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Vol. vii
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, June 11, 1915
No. 40
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REGULAR PORTUND LETTER
Let's Keep Oregon Free From
Smoke This Summer
MALHEUR COUNTY AS II DAIRY SECTION
Governor of Oregon Has Pro-
claimed Friday, June 11,
, a Legal Holiday
Portland, Ore., June 8.-
Five thousand members of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce
have enthusiastically joined in a
movement which is intended to
keep Oregon's atmosphere clear
of smoke during the season of
1015 ' The Chamber itself is
sending letters to all corres
nondents in Oregon urging a co
operative movement in this di
rection. With the dry season just be
ginning, it is considered that call
ing attention to the large number
of tourists coming into Oregon
this year will be sufficient to
arouse the interest of the people
of the state to the gravity of the
situation. Last year thousands
of tourists were disappointed.
They came to Oregon expecting
to see the splendid scenery so
widely advertised, and on their
arrival found the brush-heaps on
fire from the Cascade to the
Coast range, the atmosphere re
sembling a San Francisco fog.
Those tourists left Oregon in
disgust -
Oregon is spending hundreds
of thousands of dollars in build
ing good roads in many sections
of the state and the work is be
ing pushed with vigor at this
time in order that the roads may
be in readiness for the use of
tourists. All this investment
will be wasted and no material
benefit gained by the state
should the usual practice of burn
ing slashings during the Summer
prevail. Bv concerted effort
throughout the state, the season
of 1915 may be made the most
successful in the history of Ore
gon in entertaining tourists. If
their pleasure is not interferred
with, it is quite certain that the
travel in years to come will be
more than doubled.
That Malheur County is rapid
ly coming to the front as a dairy
section is indicated by the report
from the cheese factory at Nyssa.
This is a co-operative institution
and at the present rate of opera
tion, the disbursements for this
year for milk and wages will
amount to at least $35,000. The
factory is now. paying 30 cents
Per pound for butter fat Sever
al of the heavy milk producers in
the county are arranging to
materially increase their herds.
State wide prohibition is nbt
Soing to make all brewery equip
ment m Oregon entirely useless,
ft Northwest 'fruit Pro3uce
mptny has beep incorporated
t Salem agd will takeover the
Gildings of the present Salem
Brewery Association for the
manufacture of loganberry juice
and for the canning and preserv
m? of fruits of all kinds. The
new company is capitalized at
legal holiday in order that resi-1
dents of the state mnv hwa a
good excuse to close up their
places of business and attend the
Rose Festival. It is expected
that the attendance on that day
it i
win oe a record-breaker.
Bay City is to have a new saw-
mill. It will be equipped with
machinery shipped from Port
land and will be operated as an
auxiliary of the Oregon Box
Factory at South Portland.
STATE N0RMALSCHOOLN0TES
Baccalaureate Service Sun
day, 1030 A. M.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY MONDAY EVENING
The Commencement Exercises
Will Begin at Ten O'clock
Wednesday Morning
Death of Mm. Charlei McHenry
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boulden
and daughter, Mary, of this
place, were called to Corvallis
last week to attend the funeral
of their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Charles McHenry, who died May
31, at 7 o'clock in the morning,
after an illness of several weeks
resulting from paralysis and a j
complication of ailments.
Mrs. McHenry was born No
vember 19, 1870, and at the time
of her demise was aged 41 years.
She is survived by a husband and
nine children, including Fred Mc
Henry, deputy county clerk; Miss
es Gertrude and Bertha McHen
ry. stenographers at the court,
and Miss Muriel McHenry, a well
known student at O. A. C, and
was loved and esteemed by a wide
circle of friends.
Besides her husband and nine
all of whom were at
home, she leaves her parents and
sister, Mary, of this place, broth
er James of Wyoming, Thomas
of Amity, Oregon, Mrs. Kosa
Arnold of Portland, and Frank
Boulden of Independence, to
mourn their loss.
The brothers and sisters of the
deceased were all in attendance
at the funeral except James, the
oldest brother, who resides in
Wyoming.
City Council in Session
Everyone is looking forward
to the events of commencement
week chief among which is the
Senior class play "The Temple
of Fame" which will be pre
sented in the Normal chapel,
Monday evening, June 14, at 8 1
o'clock. This will be a spectacu
lar affair, in which over seventy
beautifully costumed characters
will have parts. The scenic ef
fects and setting will be entirely
new to Monmouth. An interest
ing theme, combined with splen
did costumes, lighting effects and
so on go to make this play one of
the most attractive things of its
kind ever given in the Oregon
Normal School. The prices of
reserved seats will . be twenty
five and thirty five cents. The
seat board will be at Mr. John
sons store Friday afternoon,
Saturday and Monday.
The Governor nf Oreeon has
The city council met Tuesday
evening, all members of the
hnnrn hfiiner Dresent.
After reading and approving
the minutes of the previous meet
ing, claims against the city as
per the following list were audit
ed and allowed:
ON GENERAL FUND
J. W. Leask, labor and material
for repairing crossings.
G. F. Shew, tiling -
4 Total
A motion then prevailed to
draw a warrant against the road
fund in the sum of $300.00 to re
r,iQf.p the money paid out of the
general fund last fall and winter
in repairing roads.
A motion then prevailed that
the. sidewalks recently built be
accepted, to-wit:
In front of 3. Fry s m
Monmouth avenue.
In front of lot 5, block 13, on
Whitman street owned by Sarah
J. Ground.
In front, of lot 6, mock , w,
Main street owned by Mm
Sttntoflotseand7,block
3, on Main street, owned by v.
J. Mulkey. 0
The next meeting of the coun
cil will beJieJu1910
Surveying and Subdividing
Prompt service, work guaran
ted.Himes Engineering Com
Pany, Dallas, Ore., Phone 502
Wednesday night the entire
faculty journeyed by automobile
to the home of Senator Hawley
near McCoy where Mrs. Hawley
was planning a surprise for her
husband. The surprise was an
unqualified success and the Seni
tor left a neighborly tennis game
to do the honors of host at his
attractive country place. The
delightful entertainment of the
evening was enjoyed by every
guest who shared the hospitality
of the charming Hawley home.
Mrs. Hawley and her daughter
served delicious refreshments at
the close of the evening. The
affair was primarily in honor of
Mr. Hawley's birthday. Mr.
Hawlev leaves today for Califor
nia so the evening was a kind of
farflwf-.il also. He will return
somewhat later in the season.
The baccalaureate service Sun
day will he held at half past ten
with Dr. Luther Dyott as the
speaker.
The commencement exercises
twin at ten o'clock Wednesday
President William T. Foster of
Reed College deliveres the ad
dress.
Manv alumni members are
already drifting back to Mon
mouth as the center of interes
at this time.
Mr. Ranie Burkhead repre-
apnted the Senior class in chape
Wodnpsdav morning of this week.
His subject was "Practical Ap
plication of Physical bducation.
Ho reviewed the progress of
physical education and cited
npcifie means for actual use in
ii.. onmncA of tumbling. The
nnw splits of the training schoo
gave a fine exhibition of tumbling
under Mr. BurkheaQ's competent,
,wtinn. The whole exercise
received the hearty applause o:
the students and faculty.
Bath Tub Census of Monmouth
On last Saturday the members
of the Rural Sociology class of
the Oregon Normal School took a
bath tub census of the city. The
census was taken for two rea
sons, first that the class might
get an idea of the practical work
ings of social surveys including
the organization of the material
collected and second that the
citizens would be interested in
knowing the exact number of
bath tubs in the city. The city
was laid out into four sections,
the North, the South, the East
and the West. In the North
.section there were 37 homes,
! 163 people and 22 bath tubs or
59 per cent of the homes have
bath tubs; in the South section
were 85 homes, 386 people and
26 bath tubs or 30 per cent of the
homes have bath tubs; in the
East Section were 56 homes, 202
people and 29 bath tubs or 48 per
cent of the homes have bath tubs;
and in the West section 48 homes,
173 people and 18 bath tubs or
37 1-2 per cent of the homes
have bath tubs. The highest per
centage of homes having bath
tubs was in the North section,
59 per cent, and the lowest in
the South section, 30 per cent.
The total result was 226 homes,
924 people and 95 bath tubs or in
other words 42 per cent of the
homes in Monmouth have bath
tubs. This census is the first of
the many social surveys which
the students of the Oregon Nor
mal School are to make. The
surveys will cover the entire
state to find out the social condi
tions in each county and if the
people assist the students and
co-operate heartily with them
still more striking and practical
results may be secured which
may be used to make Oregon
ViPtter and the DeoDle of the state
more firm in their belief that
here is no state like Oregon.
TWELVE K1GH SCHOOL GOADS
Dr. George Rebec Addressed
Class of 1915
New Training School Building
For Normal School May be
Lost
Abstracts promptly made by
Brown & Sibley, attorneys ana
abstracters.
Salem. Or., June 7. -Because
it does not specifically state where
the building is to be erected,
prominent attorneys here serious-
v Question the constitutionality
of an act passed by the last legis
lature appropriating $50,000 for
the construction of a training
school building for the Oregon
Normal school at Monmouth.
Further they declare the title
fails to mention the sum appro
priated and this might prove
fatal.
Although the title refers to the
Oreeon Normal school, its to
tion is not mentioned, and the
name of the normal school as
well as its location is entirely
ommitted from the body of the
act This makes the measure so
incomDlete and indefinite that it
is extremely probable that were
it tested in the courts it would
be pronounced unconstitutional,
they declare. A further objec
tion urged is that neither the
title nor the act itself specifically
state for what purposes the train
ing school building is to be used.
In the body of the act the name
of the normal school for which
the training school building is to
be constructed and also its loca-
CLASSES GIVE GIFTS 10 THE
Annual H. S. Picnic at the Luck
iamute Today Ends 6th
Commencement
Twelve graduates received di
plomas at the commencement ex
ercises at the High School last
night Dr. George Rebec of the
University of Oregon delivered
the class address. Mr. O. A.
Wolverton, chairman of the Board
of Education, presented the di
plomas.
Today the students and teach
ers will picnic at the Luckiamute.
This will end the sixth annual
commencement of the High
School. The week began with
the operetta, "Polished Pebbles,"
given Friday and Saturday. Rev.
G. A. Pollard preached the bac
calaureate sermon at the Baptist
church Sunday at 11 o'clock.
Atit Slate Supt. L F. Cerleton Viiiu
High School
Asst. State Supt. E. F. Carle
ton inspected the equipment of
the High School Monday. The
school will be voted a Standard
'our Year school. The principal
need of the school, according to
his report, is better library fa- '
cilities. Arrangements are al
ready made to obtain more books.
Senior Dr Observed
Tuesday of this week was set
apart for special activities by the
Seniors. In the morning Stanley
Ivans, representing the gradu
ating class, formally presented
to the school a small statue,
"David," which had been placed
in the upper hall. After this the
Senior flag was raised, and al
lowed to float over the building
during the day. The festivities
were happily ended by a picnic
at Vitae Spring. All the mem
bers of the '15 class and the
faculty were present
The High School chorus, di
rected by Miss Augusta Baker,
presented the operetta, "Polished
Pebbles," Friday evening and
repeated the entertainment on
Saturday evening. The receipts
for the two evenings amounted
to $68.35.
Miss Rees. teacher of English
and German, has resigned and
will teach in Corvallis High
School next year. Her successor
has not been elected.
Thursday morning the Sopho
more class presented a beautiful
bust of Augustus Caesar to the
school. This is placed on the
north wall of the assembly room.
tion, should have heen specifically
set forth, argue the lawyers.
With the location of the school
omitted from both the title and
the ody of the act there is no
way of determining where the
training school building is to be
constructed, they say.
Report from Attorney General
Brown is to the effect that ac
cording to his opinion there are
no fatal defects in the act pro
viding for a training school build
ing for the State Normal.
Proclaimed Friday, June 11,