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Vol. VII
The Daily Evening Telegram and Monmouth Herald both one
REGULAR PORTUND LETTER
Oregon Congressmen Investi
gating Land Grant Case
KUtTNOMAH COUNTY IMPROVING ROADS
Oregon Wins Medals at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition
at San Francisco
Portland, Ore., June 29.
In view of the recent decision of
the United States Supreme Cflurt
in the Oregon & California"' land
grant case, the matter has be
come one for action by the Citi
zens of this state. Some decision
must be arrived at by Congress
within six months from the date
of the Supreme Court decision,
and five months of that time will
elapse before the beginning of
the next session of Congress,
leaving only one month in which
to have the question acted upon
by both houses. In order to ex
pedite matters and to secure all
necessary data, Oregon's con
gressional delegation, consisting
of two senators and three repre
sentatives, will co-operate with
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and a series of conferences
will be held to determine the
standing of settlers and other in
terested parties in each county
in which the disputed land is lo
cated. It is believed that by
taking vigorous action during the
Summer and Fall all facts and
figures can be collected and tab
ulated in such form that Congress
will be able to reach a decision
without delay. As on this de
cision depends the winning or
losing by Oregon of several mil
lion dollars, it is of the utmost
importance that no time be lost
in starting this investigation.
No time has been lost by the
road authorities of Multnomah
County in taking advantage of
the permission, granted by the
people of this part of the state
at the recent election, to spend
, $1,250,000 in paving county roads.
On Monday, June 21, the Warren
Construction Company signed a
contract in the office of Road
master Yeon, and three hours
later work had been started on
the first unit of Sandy Road, just
outside the city limits. Two days
later the finishing coat had been
applied to this section and pre
liminary work on the next unit
'as well under way. Contracts
for paving the Columbia High
way and other county roads were
S'Rned the same day and work
started with almost equal prompt
ness. For the purpose of handling
Poultry products to the best ad
vantage, a "Poultry and Egg
urcle" has been organized at
wvallis under the direction of
experts of the Agricultural Col
lege, The new association has
already made arrangements to
"andls the products of flocks ag
gregating more than 3,000 fowls.
The eggg wjn De Rraded, candled
an! marked with the association
mp. A market has already
ken established which will rep
resent a marked increase in re
turns from this source. If found
to work satisfactorily, it is pro
Posed to organize similar circles
Monmouth,
all over the state
That Oregon dairies rank
among the very best in the
United States is indicated by the
action of the judges at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition nt
onA tinn : ... u .. , . ,
.iu v Kv in kiu, ior me highest
average scored by ten samnta
i uiriiun limn t'Aiuuliea. AieOHlS
were also awarded for the ex
tremely low bacteria count in
samples of Oregon milk and
cream, no other samples having
made anywhere near as good a
showing.
Lacked Adhesion
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Word reached here Monday ,
that the Commercial Club of
n ii'
wjrvHius was going out on
Booster trip Tuesday and that
their auto train would pass .
through Monmouth Tuesday
afternoon at 4:15 and of course
arrangements were made for a
reception
and an address of.amuna ineir vanou Danners-
welcome and the anticipated re-.
sponse, while the Normal faculty scn001' representing aim0Sl as
and students had prepared toman-v 8tates- assembled. Prompt
delight the visitors with bewitch- j at eiht 0 M, the uest9 be;
imrmnsirv sntisfvin their thirst 'an io arnve and were Kreeted
with delicious punch and appeal
to the taste with edibles. , ana ine " Z V ,
Everything was made ready ;S"mmer Scho FacuUy: a l of
on time and the business men of j J"1" 'ere he giving hne
our little city, headed by the Beside t e FaCulty. President and
mayor, hied themselves to the ! rs. Ackermaj wer assisted by
xt r i u - (i, 1 the Misses Mettie, Grettie, Skin
Normal grove to do honor to the ' ... ' XT
v.sitorg ner, Doty, Pallett, Michel, Ny-
n ,, , , j quest, Jackson, Williams, Pear
Four fifteen o clock came and,4 , , t ' , '
passed; then came a rumor that
the train would be along by 4:30
or 4:45; more waiting, but at the
latter time a lone car pulled in,
after a while a second, then a
third and a fourth passed on
we learned that the start had
been made from Corvallis about
75 strong the route being to In
dependence, Salem, Dallas. Mon
mouth and home but that the
company began separating before
leaving Salem and -well The
address of welcome is still wait
ing with no response to material
ize. The students sang their
songs and those present drank
the punch but the occasion was
marred for lack of sticktoitive
ness of the excursion party.
Succesors to Wetherbee & Jones
W. F. Elliott, traveling sales
man' for a large dry goods firm
in Chicago, was in the city over
Sunday. Mr. Elliott is a mem
ber of the firm, to be known as
Elliott & Eddy, who recently
purchased the store of Weather
bee & Jones. His long experi
ence with this eastern firm fits
him for the business acquired
and we have every reason to be
lieve that he will make good.
His 'partner, Mr. Eddy, is at
present engaged in business at
Willamini. Both are young men
with pleasing personalities and
up-to-date business methods
which insures a continuation of
a well established business. -Enterprise.
Theater Opens
The moving picture show
opened last Saturday nirftwrth
a large attendance and a very
good show. The house was we
filled, standing room being well
taken.
Polk County, Oregon, Friday,
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Reception for New Students
Last Saturday Night
It ii Expected That the 50.0 "Mark
Will Be Reached By rVf End
of the Week
The first social event of the
Summer School was the reception
tendered the new .students by
President and Mrs. Ackerman.
The gymnasium was transformed
into a veritable drawing room
and the walls were beautiful with
maple boughs and pennants.
There were pennants for the
0reRon Normal Scho1 and one
r each county in the state as
we" 33 one honoring Oregon's
Gut'sts- under which- when the
8tuden,s were asked to 8up
sixteen members of the bummer
r i l i
by President and Mrs Ackerman
son, vvesc,
Porter and Messrs,
Arehart, Winters and Ranie
Burkhead who did much to make
the new students feel at home.
The first part of the evening's
program consisted of a vocal solo
by Miss Hoham after which Presi
dent Ackerman welcomed the
Summer School students to the
Normal in his usual happy man
ner, to which Mr. Moore of Mult
nomah County, responded. Mr.
Moore paid a high tribute to the
work of the Normal and urged
the students to put therr best in
to their work for the value to
them would be inestimable, clos
ing with Elbert Hubbard's
nreachment. that "Shirkers get
naid what they are worth." Mr,
Macy of Independence, followed
with a vocal solo. Mr. Butler
then announced that the students
would form in line in counties
and headed by their county pen
nant join the Faculty, led by
President Ackerman and Miss
Parrott, in a grand march. The
marching, countermarching and
serpentining of the nearly five
students through the
UUllWiv-v.
lighted campus was most effec-
tive. The return to the gym
nasium was followed by a solo by
Mr fiilmore. Punch and wafers
wpre then served to the guests,
after which all said good-night
feeling that all were friends and
all members of the Oregon Nor
mal School. The music by the
Studennioyer rchgstra.of Salem
added much to the enjoyment of
the evening.
Miss May Sevis .of Beaver
Falls. Pennsylvania, has been
the house guest of Miss Todd for
the past week.
Mr. C H. Jones, Editor of the
Oregon Teacher's Monthly, spent
two days of this week at the
Normal in the interest of his
July 2, 1915
Salem Cherry
Fair
Salem, Ore., July 1. Visitors
at the Salem Cherry Fair held
July 2 and 3, and with which is
combined a real old fashioned
Fourth of July celebration, will
have an unusual treat in seeing
Fred De Kor, one of the best
known and most spectacular bird
men in the country. De Kor will
fly from the Fair Grounds at
Salem on the afternoon of July
3; he calls himself the "Dare
devil of the Air," and by all ac
counts lives up to his reputation
thoroughly.
Glides, dips and flops are among
the least showy of De Kor's
stunts in the air. The famous
''loop the loop" is performed, as
well as spiral and zig-zag flights.
Flying upside down he skims
through the air with swallow
like smoothness and speed. His
exhibition gives a good idea of
the advance of aviation in the
last few years, and indicates why
thp hirrl men have nlaved such a '
large part in the European con
flict -
To match the speed demon in
the air, there has been arranged
for the same afternoon, motor
cycle contests, to be staged on
the mile track at the Fair
Grounds. The foremost speed
artists of the country are , to be
present to take part in the exhi
bition. As there is probably
nothing faster on wheels than
the demoniac little motorcycle, a
meet full of thrills and plenty of
excitement is assured.
"I am practically willing to ad
mit," said F. G. Deckabach,
Chairman of the Committee on
Arrangements, "that I believe
that this Cherry Fair will be the
most successful from the point
of view of entirely meritorious
attractions, that has ever been
staged in Salem. Every angle
of the arrangements is progres
sing satisfactorily, and we have
even pledged the weather man
to good behavior."
The two busy days of the
Cherry Fair are to be followed
by a solid week of the Salem
Chautauqua, which is to be held
July 5-12. It is thought that many
from the surrounding country will
probably plan to spend ten days
in Salem, and take in the entire
bill.
publications.
Miss West spent the week-end
in Portland.
It is very gratifying to those
interested in better rural schools
to note the crowded classes in
Rural Methods. This certainly
augurs well for the future.
The students are continuing to
enroll. The 500 mark will prob
ably be reached tke end of
the week.
The Court Grawps met on
Monday eveijin and effected
their organizations. All are look
ing forward to the "Stunt Even
ing" whittfi has come to be one
of the big events of trg Summer
School.
Surveying and Subdividing
Prompt service, work guaran
teed. -Himes Engineering Com
pany, Dalla3, Ore., Phone 502
No. 43
year for $3.50
Speakers of Merit to Handle
Various Subjects
WHOLE WEEK OF GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
Ciricillo's Excellent Band Will
Delight and Entertain
Attending Visitors
Dallas is scheduled for a pleas
ant and instructive week of enter
tainment commencing Saturday,
July 3rd, and lasting over the
10th, during the visit of the Ellison-White
Chautauqua at that
city.
This noted company held forth
there last year for a week, and
the porspects are that the pleas
ures and benefits this season will
excel their previous visit.
Speakers of wide reputation
and merit will be in attndence,
and not the least feature, will be
the presence of Ciricillo's famous
band W delight lovers Of excel
lent music.
Dallas Band Gave Concert
Some forty autoes, filled with
chautauqua boosters from Dallas,
among whom were the members
of the Dallas band, came over on
Monday evening and the band
gave a concert on the Normal
campus.
There were COO or 700 people
out to enjoy the music, but the
main object of the visitors was
to invite citizens of this vicinity
and students of the Normal to
visit the Chatauqua at Dallas the
coming week.
Boys Invade Campus
For the third time Oregon
grade school boys have come to
the O. A. C. campus to study,
work and play. They learn to
know the common field crops,
how to produce, harvest and
utilize some of them, and to know
some of the most common insects
and diseases of orchard, field and
garden. Some of the smaller
boys get a little homesick for the
first few days but' this soon
wears off and all are sorry when
the time comes to leave.
Boy Badly Injured
There was an accident in Inde
pendence a couple of days ago in
which a youth was jammed be
tween two autos and very
seriously injured. It appears
that each auto was trying to
avoid collision with the boy on
the bicycle with the result that
the boy was caught between the
autos in a head-on collision.
Pastor at Christian Church
George C. Ritchey of Newberg
has been secured as pastor of the
Christian church here and will
move to this place about July 11.
A Mr. Jones filled the pulpit last
Sunday and will preach here
again next Sunday.
School Meeting
Remember that the annual
school meeting takes place at
8 o'clock Saturday evening in the
public school building. A direct
or and clerk are to be electee! and
other business attended to. Do
not fail to attend.