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Vol. VII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregpn, Friday, May 21, 1915
No. 37
The Daily Evening Telegram and Monmouth Herald both one year for $3.50
REGULAR POM LETTER
Willamette Valley Dairymen
Buy High Grade Jerseys
AT ASTORIA LAST WEEK
STATE NORMALSCHOOLNOTES
Class From Willamette Uni
versity Visited Normal
BOARD OF REGENTS MET HERE SATURDAY
Work of Gearing the Right of
Way for New Railroad Will
Be Started at Once
Fortland, Ore., May 18.-
That the dairymen of the Willa
motte Valley are fully alive to
the importance of improving their
herds is indicated by the phe
nomenal success of the auction
sale of registered and grade
Jerseys at Independence last
week. The total number of ani
mals changing hands was 185. of
which 135 were registered merit
cattle. This is the largest num
ber of Jerseys of this class ever
offered at one sale in the United
States. Congressman McArthur
was one of the largest buyers,
securing 10 animals at a total cost
of $2,590, his highest price being
$375. Other high bids were: H.
H. Curtis, $500; W. L Pate, $400,
and W. B. Allen, $395. As many
as 36 head of Jerseys were
brought to this sale by a single
breeder.
Professor Thpg. Shaw, the
noted agriculturist of the Great
Northern system, accompanied
by a party of high officials of the
Hill lines, will make a tour of
Central and Eastern Oregon dur
ing the week beginning May 31.
This will be an educational trip,
the experts in the party giving
lectures and demonstrations at
all principal points in the terri-J
tory visited. They will study the
Tumalo project and other irri
gated and dry-farming sections
and on their return will mail ex
haustive reports for the benefit
of the railway immigration department.
Governor Withycombe has des
ignated September 21, 22 and 23
as the dates for the waterpower
and public land conference of
Western states which will be held
in rortiand. At its late session
the Legislature provided for such
conferences and authorized the
Governor to fix the dates. .The
Oregon delegation will be: E. B.
Piper, of the Oregonian; W. Lair
Thompson, president of the sen
ate; S. B. Huston and S. C. Hud.
son, of Bend. The Governor will
act as chairman of the delegation.
At the convention of the Co
lumbia and Snake River Water
ways association at Astoria last
week, W. W. Harragh, of Pendle-
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ion, said: If ' the open river
causes a reduction of but 2 cents
per bushel on wheat, it will save
Umatilla County alone $120,000
per year, and if corresponding
reductions are made on other
commodities-shipped from that
county, it will mean the saving
of more than half the county'
annual taxes of $400,000."
All preliminaries having been
settled, work of clearing the right
f way for the new California &
Oregon Coast . Railway, from
Grants Pass to Crescent City,
California, will be started ai
nce. The contract provides that
feline shall be completed to
Hays Hill within six months and
that the first 40 miles shall be
finished in 40 months. This line
will open up the rich copper region
of the Illinois River and the tim
ber country below it.
As an echo of the recent open
ing of the canal at Oregon City
for the free passage of river
craft, it is announced that a line
of boats to carry passengers and
freight will be put on between
Portland, Dayton and McMinn-
ville, on the Yamhill River. A
small job of dredging will make!
that river easily navigable for
light draft steamers.
In an effort to stimulate the
use of Oregon manufactured
goods and Oregon labor, the
Chamber of Commerce of Port
land yesterday began a campaign
thlYincrVl its Viiifcm nf rAnctrua
and manufactures te take ad. i to be pleased with what it saw,
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D. M. HEWITT PASSES
Semeiter Fee Reduced -Governor
to Appoint Building Com
mittee for Training School
The Normal was honored by a
visit from Prof. Matthews and
his Mathematics class from
Willamette University, who spent
the day at the Normal last
Wednesday. It bespeaks much
interest on the part of the class
to take the time and effort to
make the visit. The class seemed
vantage of the Bingham bill
which becomes effective as a law
this month, and which was passed
at the last legislative session.
The Bingham bill gives a
preferential of five percent in
favor of goods manufactured in
Oregon, or in favor of Oregon
labor, in the consideration of com
petitive bidding before county
courts, boards of county commis-
may have many such visits from
said institution.
The Board of Regents met at
the Normal building last Satur
day, at which time the financial
affairs of the School were pre
sented by the President and
thoroughly examined. After
due deliberation the Board felt
that it would make attendance at
the Normal as reasonable as pos
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sinners, scnoo, ooarua, cuy cuu , gQ
ens, or uuitx puunt uiiiccia au
thorized to purchase supplies or
contract for labor.
"In plainer English, a purchas
ing officer is authorized to accept
as the lowest bid for labor or
supplies that offered by repre
sentatives of Oregon products, if
the bid of the latter is not more
than five percent higher than the
owesf bidder from any other
state," said George D. Lee, sec
retary of the bureau. "It is in
tended to counterbalance the dif
ference in the cost of production,
as between local and foreign con
cerns. It somewhat adds to the
handicap of the foreign manu
facturer represented by freight
rates, and it should prove an en
couragement to the establish
ment of factories for the manu
facture of those items needed in
the building of roads and bridges
and materials consumed by mu
nicipal purchase.
'Senator Bingham introduced
the bill after consultation with
rpnresentatives of the organiza
tions which have been struggling
to enlarge the market for those
factories already nere anu w
pave the way for others yet to
be secured.
"In the opinion of David M.
Dunne, and other pioneer manu
facturers, the Bingham measure
will prove oi great vaiue.
CARD OF THANKS
&Jy dear neighbors and friends
fr$m the depth of my heart I
wish to thank you for the love
and respect you have shown for
my precwm husband. I also
thank you for the beautiful floral
offerings.
Mrs. D. M. Hewitt
and Family.
CAioOFliANKS
We wish to extend our heart
felt appreciation to our many
tnonte and neighbors -for the
kindness and sympathy shown us
during the sickness and burial of
our husband and latner.
MRS. M. A. MORELAND,
Daughters and Sons.
to reduce the semester fee from
six dollars to four dollars, begin
ning with the fall semester of
1915, the tuition for the summer
term to remain as scheduled,
namely $6.00. The Governor
was authorized to appoint a
Building Committee with power
to select an architect and build
the new training school building,
The site of the building was
located almost directly east of
the dormitory, on the vacant
tract of land now owned by the
Normal. Without doubt the
Governor will appoint the com
mittee soon, and it will proceed
as rapidly as possible to the
prertion of the building. It is
planned to make it up-to-date in
every respect, and the people of
Monmouth will without doubt be
proud of the building in which
their children may be educated,
Last. Friday morning Miss
Laura Taylor occupied the chape'
hour with a talk on "Festivals,
Their Development and Pur
pose." In view of the recent
May Day Festival and Pageants
the talk was particularly fitting
Miss Taylor traced the
origin of such communal celebs
tinns and showed how all the
arts were joined in the festival,
As an introduction, Miss Taylor
summed up cleverly the talks
riven by other faculty members
this year. The students evi
denced their interest by hearty
cheers.
Miss Elsie Philpott's paper on
"The State Library and Its
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Work" was the Senior contribu
Hon to the Wednesday chapel,
Miss Philpott's paper was fu
of splendid information and
the students resources
fully at their command.
Saturday afternoon Miss Laura
Taylor was hostess at an afternoon
in honor of Miss Katie uunsmore,
Win? and conversation enter
tained the guests who were the
ttv women ana wives
fnitv members. Refreshments
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DlED-May 15, 1915, Daniel
Matheney Hewitt, aged 71 years,
1 month and 13 days.
Again the grim reaper has vis
ited our little city and taken his
toll. This time choosing one of
our honorable and influential citi
zens and transporting him over
the dividing line to the realities
of the spirit land to await the
time of the resurrection, when
the spirit and body shall be re
united and he shall be endowed
with immortal life.
His death was very sudden,
being caused by apoplexy. He
was stricken about 8 o'clock in
the morning and died shortly be
fore noon, not having regained
consciousness.
Deceased was a native of Ore-
i i tir i-
gon, navmg Deen Dorn m wasn
ington County, April 2, 1844,
his parents, Henry and Elizabeth
Hewitt having arrived in Oregon
in 1843. When a small boy his
parents moved to Yamhill Coun
ty where he grew to manhood
and where he was wedded to
Miss Henrietta Miller the Gth day
of September 1867. After his
marriage he remained in Yamhill
where he followed farming until
872, when he moved to this
county and purchased a farm on
the Luckiamute some nine miles
south of Monmouth. Several
years later he became a resident
of Monmouth and engaged in the
drug business for awhile. Dis
posing of that he returned to his
arm and in time purchased a
second one near to the one al
readv owned, and followed the
pursuit of farming until some
nine years ago when he retired
rom active life and settled in
Monmouth to enjoy church
privileges and the blessings per-
aining to social life. He was
converted at the age of 18 years
and joined the United Brethren
church, but later in life united
with the Evangelical church of
which he was a faithful member
at the time of his death.
The funeral discourse was
preached by Pastor F. M, Fisher
of the Evangelical church, as
sisted by Elder W. A. Wood, of
the Christian church, and the re
mains were laid to rest in the
K. P. cemetery south of town
the funeral services taking place
Monday, May 17, at 11 o'clock
A. M. at the Evangelical church.
There was a very large atten
dance at the funeral services and
a procession of rigs and automo
biles to the cemetery that totaled
about fifty vehicles. The atten
dance at the cemetery was about
250 persons while the congrega
tion at the church service was
much larger. The floral offering
was immense and very beautiful
The grave was was more than
covered twice over, friends from
near and far bringing their trib
ute of love and respect.
Deceased leaves a wife, two
sons, E. E., of this plarj and G.
G. of the Luckiamute, three
grand children and eight brothers
to mourn their bereavement. He
was the oldest of nine brothers,
six of whom were in attendance
at the funeral and served a3 pall
bearers for their deceased broth
er. His brothers present were
H. H. of Albany, Adam of
Amity, Andrew of McMinnville,
POLISHED PEBBLES, JUNE 4-5
Other Dates Are Set
Next Month
For
M. H. S. WINS PUCE IN TRACK MEET
Monmouth High School Gym
nasium Girls Gave Exhibition
Evening of May 13
The girls of the Monmouth
High School gave their first dem
onstration at the High School
gymnasium Thursday evening of
last week. There were about
three hundred and fifty people
present and everyone seems to
think the students did exceedingly
well for the small number who
took part. Too much credit can
not be given Miss Merle Stearns,
who had charge of the demon
stration. She has instructed the
girls in their gymnasium work
the last semester and has made
it a great success. The Normal
orchestra gave several selections.
M. H. S. Wim Place in Meet
Monmouth High School ( took
our points and ninth place in the
nterscholastic Track Meet at Eu
gene, may lo. thirty-one high
schools were represented. Co-
umbia University won first place.
W. J. Mulkey, the only entry
from M. H. S., won second place
in the broad jump, and fourth
place in the javelin throw. Mul
key was one of the six who quali
fied for the finals in the 100 yard
dash. This race was won by
Lincoln High of Portland. The
javelin record made last year by
Mulkey still stands.
Prof. Gentle Speaki to H. S.
On Friday of last week Prof.
T. H. Gentle gave a very inter
esting speech on "The Organiz
ing and Mobilization Power of
Germany." He explained the
subject very thoroughly as he
has lived in Germany and knows
the conditions there.
Dr. Straub Addrened Stude ntt
Dr. John Straub, Dean of Col
lege of Liberal Arts at the Uni
versity of Oregon, addressed the
students of the H. S. in a very
pleasing manner on Monday after
noon of this week. His subject,
"The Great American Question"
thoroughly impressed upon the
minds of the students the value
of an education.
"Poli.hed Pebble," June 4-5-Other
Datet Sg
The High School chorus is busy
in the preparation of the oper
etta, "Polished Pebbles," written
by the author of "Windmills of
Holland." This assures a good,
snappy entertainment.
Other dates for the close of the
Semester are:
June 4-Junior Reception to
Seniors.
June 6 -Baccalaureate sermon
at the Baptist Church.
June 10-Commencement
June 11-Annual Picnic.
Miss Ida Strong, W. J. Mulkey,
Guy Sacre and E. L Keezel went
to Eugene for Junior Week festivities.
Isaiah of Salem, J. L of Port
land, L L of Independence and
Merit of Amity. M. C. Hewitt
of Rose City, California, and W.
H. of La Grande, Oregon, were
not present.
In the death of Mr. Hewitt the
bereaved family lost a kind hus
band and father, and the com
munity a good citizen, a model
man, one whose aim was to do
what he believed to be right. A
good man has fallen asleep and
the sympathy of many friends
and neighbors goes out to the
bereaved family.