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Vol. VI
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, May 15, 1914
No. 36
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Crop Prospects In Oregon
Are Good
SALEM CHERRY FAIR JUNE 25-27
The Dates For The Portland
Rose Festival Are June
9 To 12 Inclusive
Portland, Ore., May 12.
Reports from nearly every sec
tion of Oregon indicate that the
grain crop for 1914 will be the
largest in the history of the state.
Not only has the grain acreage
been greatly increased, but
weather conditions have been
unusually favorable and in nearly
all districts the yield per acre
will be larger than usual.
. Fruit reports from some sec
tions are not quite as encourag
ing as grain estimates, but in
most cases the loss from frost
has not exceeded the annual
thinning of fruit. A large acre
age of new orchards will pro
duce the first commercial crop
this year and it is estimated the
total fruit yield will be far be
yond that of last year.
J. W. Brewer, special agent
for the State Immigration Com
mission has just returned from
a careful,survey of the lands in
eluded in the area recently elim
inated from the forest reserve
in Central Oregon and his re
port to state Immigration Agent
C. C. Chapman carries with it a
note of warning to intending
settlers on such lwids. Already
there is a great number of home
seekers in the eliminated district
and it is expected there will be
more applicants than there are
claims. Of the 23G.G80 acres
actually open for entry, at least
182,000 acres are non-tillable,
leaving but 54,000 acres of a
character which will support
settlers. The elevation of a
large part of this section is from
4,200 to 4,500 and there is danger
of killing frost at all times of the
year. Distance from the rail
road varies from 75 to 100 miles,
making it extremely difficult to
get produce to market. Pro
spects for grazing are fairly
1 encouraging and Mr. Brewer
advises new settlers to turn their
attention mainly to stock raising.
Don't forget Portland Rose
Festi validates June 9 to 12 in
clusive. The only change of im
portance in the program has been
the complete elimination of Rex
Oregonus and the substitution of
a "Queen of Rosaria" who will
be the sole reining monarch dur
ing Festal week. The election
of Her Majesty and her maids of
honor is now on and the polls will
be open until the night of Satur
day, May 16. The queen and
her court will be given a grand
tour of all the principal coast
cities prior to the opening of the.
Rose Festival.
The combined commercial
bodies of Coos County have de
cided to erect a building at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition. The
lumber mills of the county have
. agreed to furnish all needed
wooden material, the railroads
will transport it to California
free of charge, and the County
Court and citizens are expected
to provide the necessary funds,
about $15,000, to pay for collect
ing and installing the exhibit.
The Salem Cherry Fair will be
held June 25-27 inclusive. Ithas
been decided to hold the show on
the court house grounds, and
that in addition to cherries, there
will be exhibits of small fruits.
Birthday Dinner
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Hall, on May the 12th, a
social family gathering was held,
the occasion being the 70th birth
day of Mrs. Hall.
At noon all sat down to a de
lightful dinner prepared by Miss
Dora Hall, the children and grand
children all being present, but
one daughter, Mrs. Clara Stover,
and family, of Weiser, Idaho.
The children present were Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Herren, Mr. and
Mrs. Claud Skinner, Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Wither and Miss Dora
Hall. The grand children pres
ent were Harold Herren, Mrs.
Ernest t Riddell, Kathleen and
Alice Skinner and John Wither.
State Grange Next Week
Monmouth will have the privi
lege of entertaining the State
Grange which will convene next
Tuesday at 10 o'clock. It has
been customary for the com
mercial club of the city where
the Grange meets to give a ban
quet and evening's entertain
ment. Here it has been de
cided to have a Grange Picnic on
Tuesday at 5 o'clock in the Nor
mal grove (if weather unfavor
able, in the gymnasium) As
about 300 t 400 delegates and
visitors are expected it is de
sired that all the citizens of town
and county will come with lunch
baskets and assist in making the
occasion one long to be remem
bered and a state wide demon
stration of the Monmouth spirit.
This is a big occasion and the
Monmouth Grange needs the
help of the whole community to
make it what it should be.
Almost every member of the
local Grange is on some one of
the many committees and all are
determined to make the dele
gates feel that they are well
cared for.
As delegates are allowed $1.00
per day for expenses we are not
ask to entertain free of charge.
All, therefore, aught to feel like
helping to make the picnic a
great success.
Business men and others who
have autos are requested to make
them available on Monday and
Tuesday to conduct the visitors
on their arrival to their lodgings.
High School Teachers Re-elected
At a meeting held on Tuesday
evening, the School Board re
elected the teachers of the High
School to their present positions
for the next year. E. L. Keezel
was re-elected as principal. Miss
Armilda Doughty and Miss
Margaret McCoskey, assistants.
Miss McCoskey has declined
the position to which she was
elected, owing to plans made to
spend the next year in the East.
She will go to Illinois early in
September. The vacancy caused
by Miss Mcoskey's C resignition
has not yet been filled.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Tuesday Evening, May 19,
Trial By Jury"
A COMIC OPERA WILL CE GIVEN
In The Normal Chapel By The
Glee Clubs. It Will Be Pre
ceded By An Orchestral
program by the Training and
Normal School orchestras. Every
one is cordially invited to attend.
An admission of twenty-five
cents will be charged to all but
Grange delegates with an addi
tional fee of ten cents to have a
seat reserved.
Mr. Pittman, together with his
classes in Rural School Super
vision, Management and Meth
ods, numbering forty-four, visit
ed the Cochran and Elkins schools
during the week. These classes
are getting into real or intimate
contact with the problems of the
rural school aB they are, by
means of these observation
schools, and the practical work
which is being done in the train
ing school to assist. All members
will see very different ideas of
the problems as they are.
'The Normal is looking forward
with genuine pleasure to the
visit of the Portland teachers
next Saturday." Miss Todd has
plans perfected by which lunch
eon will be served in the dormi
tory dining room to our visitors,
and Miss Butler's Domestic Sci
ence class is planning to enter
lain the girls from the dormitory
in the domestic science rooms
during the noon hour.
Mr. Gentle went to Rickreall
Friday evening of last week,
where he delivered the address
to the graduating class.
Delphian
The Delphian program for Fri
day was a Story-Telling Contest,
for a prize of five dollars offered
by the critic of the society, Miss
Parrott. After the musical pro
gram, in which Miss Hoham rep
resented the Delphian's by a
vocal solo which was greatly en
joyed by all, the roll was called
and answered by quotations from
Oregon writers. Then came the
contest in which each of the
three upper classes were repre
sented by two members. Misses
Mitchell and De Vore upheld the
reputation of the Senior class,
Miss Mitchell winning the prize
with the popular folk-tale "East
o' je Sun and . West o' the
Moon," and with Miss De Vore's
assistance won the honors of the
contest for the Seniors. Misses
Louden and Smith were worthy
representatives of the Junior
class as were Misses Jackson and
Marvel of the Sophomores. The
costumes in which, the stories
were told added greatly to the
interest. This is the first Story
Telling Contest to be held in the
society. Since story-telling is
becoming so popular in school
work, we are hoping this is the
first of many such interesting
contests.
Vespertine
The Vespertine's gave their
last separate program of the se
mester on Friday evening, May
the eighth. Roll call was respond
ed to by "What I wish to b
come." Mr. Bixby, of the
Normals, kindly consented to
read his chapel talk on "The
Place of the Bible in the School."
Following this, a farce entitled
"The Unburied Woman" was
cleverly enacted by the Misses
Lillie, Eilertson and Hanson.
The Seniors of the Vespertines
gave a parlimentary drill, after
which Miss Kennon spoke on the
society work of the past semester.
A vote of thanks was extended
to Miss Kennon and to Miss
Henderson, the president, in ap
preciation of their untiring efforts
in behalf of the society, and to
whom much of the success of the
society has been due.
Last Friday morning Mr. Pitt
man spoke very interestingly on
the subject "Our Kind of Teach
ers." Mr. Pittman summed up
all the other kinds, disposing of
them half humorously, half pity
ingly, bo that his audience felt
there was really only one kind
our kind. He left with the stu
dents the final impression of an
ideal teacher. Mr. Pittman spoke
with his characteristic humor and
interest on a vital subject.
Mr. Haig Aitlon, a traveling
artist, exhibited copies of some
masterpieces in paintings of his
own copying Friday morning at
eleven o'clock. In addition he
spoke a few minutes concerning
each picture. A large number of
the students enjoyed his talk.
May 12, Miss Iza Constable,
president of the Senior class rep
resented that class in chapel with
a splendid talk on "The Place of
Play in the Child's Development."
Her talk was a clear exposition,
showing the necessity for un
hampered play.
Saturday, May 9, the Senior
class gave its annual entertain
ment to the faculty and students.
The guests assembled in the
chapel where they were seated
to listen to some splendid inter
pretations of scenes from "King
Lear," "Romeo and Juliet" and
"Macbeth," given by Mrs. Allen
Todd, president of the Shake
speare Club of Portland. Mrs.
Todd's readings were a source of
real pleasure to the guests who
listened most attentively. Be
tween Mrs. Todd's numbers Miss
Elda McDaniel played various se
lections on the violin which added
materially to the enjoyment of
the program.
After the program in the
chapel the guests went to Miss
Parrott's room where they were
each given a slip of paper on
which was a line of a familiar
song. By singing this they found
that there were groups of eight
who had the same song. These
groups gave individual and ar
tistic interpretations of these
songs in the chapel before the
other guests and the judges, Mrs.
Todd, President Ackerman and
Mr. Butler. At the close of the
contest. Mr. Butler, in a thrilling
speech, bestowed mock laurel
wreaths upon the victors.
Again the groups went to Miss
Parrott's room where ices and
cakes were served. The whole
evening was characterized by a
fine spirit of geniune enjoyment
upon which the Seniors can con
gratulate themselves.
Star Theater
Saturday Evening,
MAY 16
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DIRECT FROM
BELASCO'S;
ADMISSION
25 CENTS
'TRAFFIC IN SOULS"
"Traffic in Souls" will be seen
at the Star Theater on Satur
day evening,
May 16, at 8:15.
There will be one show only.
"Traffic.in Souls" is given in
six reels. 700 scenes and 600
people were employed in the
making of it
Wherever this picture is shown,
numerous letters from prominent
patrons of the theatres are re
ceived by the management en
dorsing it in the highest possible
terms, mainly for the great moral
lesson it shows and without ques
tion, it is doing a great good in
all cities that it is presented.
There are quite a number of .
thrilling scenes enacted, which
at times creates loud and frequent
applause, plainly showing the
favor with which it is received
by the audience. Briefly, ad
mirers of moving pictures and
more especially, fathers and
mothers of young people, should
not fail to bring their sons and
daughters to see it, for it is bound
in many cases to teach them to
lead a just and upright life. It
has the endorsement of leading
societies for the suppression of
vice, among which are the Rock
efeller Investigating Committee,
District Attorney Whitman,
Greenwich Rouse, Camp Fire
Girls, the Police Department,
Traveller's Aid Society and many
other similar great and good In
stitutions and no less than fifteen
companies are now touring the
country and in a moral way, are
doing good that must assert it
self sooner or later.
Any Seat 25 cents.
Mrs. Senith M. Fuller Passes
Mrs. Senith M. Fuller, an old
and aespected resident of Mon
mouth, died very suddenly,
Wednesday afternoon of heart
failure. She had been in failing
health for three years, but it
was not thought that the end
was so near. The funeral will
take place at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The obituary will appear next
week.
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