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Monmouth
Herald
Vol VII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, August 13, 1915
No. 49
if EXHIBITSJ1JXPOSIT10N
Addition Made to the Coos
And Curry Booth
0 UNO OF PLUMS
Block of Granite Bearing Mag
nificent Carving of Roses
Is a New Attraction
Oregon Building, .Panama-Pacific
Exposition, August 12. -An
interesting and highly instructive
addition has been made to the
Coos and Curry booth -a map
5x9 feet compiled from the re
sults of the work of Coos County's
Agricultural Agent, Jay L. Smith,
the exhibit being made by the
Marshfield Chamber of Com
merce. This shows that Coos
.County has eight cow testing as
sociations, a larger number than
any other county in the United
States. Of, the 9,000 cows in
Coos county 2,821 are represented
in the associations. In 1914 the
product of cheese totaled 1,434,
m pounds, butter 846,372 pounds
and seventeen factories and
creameries paid above 30 cents
for butter fat for butter.
Plums, a new and unnamed
variety, shipped by VV. W. Quinn
of Oregon City, are at the Palace
of Agriculture. They are as large
as an average apple and attract
considerable attention.
A block of granite from Shani
koand Blairs quarry six miles
south of Ashland, bearing a mag
nificent carving of roses by the
famous Italian sculptor, Camille
Viggazo, is a new attraction at
the Oregon pavilion in the Palace
of Mines. It is a beauty.
More competition cherries from
Cove, Eastern Oregon, great
bunches of flax from Salem, won
derful cheeses from Tillamook,
peaches from Rogue River, are
recent arrivals.
Visitors And Events
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
Exposition, August 12. -Mr.
George Putnam, Governor Withy
combe's private secretary, has
been at the Oregon building the
past two weeks. He thinks the
Exposition is a beauty, and the
Art Room at the Oregon building
v7 superior. Everything in
this room, even to the wall paper,
window curtains and lampshades,
was made in Oregon and of Ore
Son materials. Great artists have
'd it is an ideally perfect room
-the conception and execution
of Allen Eaton of Eugene.
dge Henry McGinn of Port
fend is here; Ofust Schnoerr, of
Oregon City, one time president
of the German societies, August
Kehrberger of Salem and Franz
Kraxberger of Aurora, once state
President of Mail-carriers, came
10 attend the great German Day
activities on the 5th.
Thursday night Mrs. Lulu Dahl
Miller, of Portland, gave a re
ntal in the spacious reception
of the Oregon building.
w'thmany distinguished people
te guests. She displayed a very
basing voice and a personality
that made each person in the
m an ardent admirer. She
as accompanied by Miss Con
8ance Piper, who appeared in a
P'ano recital recently to the very
greatest advantage. Mrs. Thos.
Carnck Burke, pianoist of Port
land, will give a recital at the
building in the near future, and
doubtless will be followed by
other Oregon artists. These re
citals are being given under the
patronage of Mrs. John F. Logan,
the present resident commission
er, who is especially interested
in presenting the culture of Ore
gon as well as the resources.
Special Event Soon
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
Exposition, August 12. -All
Oregon school people will be
particularly interested in the fact
that Madame Montessori, famed
educator, was induced to give a
number of her demonstrations in
SWIE HOBKHLSCH00L KQTES'
Inquiries From Portland On
Work of Coming Session
WORK STARTED ON NEW BUILDING
I Normal Building and Grounds
Are Being Put in Good Con
dition for Next Semester
the Normal bchoo has so
many inquiries from the City of
Portland about the work of the
approaching session that it has
seemed advantageous to have a
representative spend a day or so
in Portland for the purpose of
iimuuci vi uei uttiiiuiisiraiiuus ill
the Oregon building during the jC errmg wm tn prospect.ve sta
coming four months-an honor
conferred on few other buildings, j
Saturday, August 7th, she was
at the Oregon building at 4:30
and for an hour gave class in
struction that was watched by
hundreds. She will continue her
work at the building on Septem
ber 1, 15, 29, October 13 and 27,
and November 10 and 24.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
There will.be an ice cream
social at the Elkins School
grounds, Saturday night, Aug.
14, given under the auspices of
Parent-Teachers' Club. ' Every
body invited. Community sing.
Aluminum From Greenland
Cryolite -a source of alumi
num, used also in making soda
and glass -is not produced in the
United States, the entire supply
used in this country being im
ported from Ivigtut, an Eskimo
hamlet on the southern coast of
Greenland. Cryolite is now im
ported free of duty and in 1914,
4,612 long tons, valued at $94,424,
was reported to have been im
ported for consumption in the
United States.
Taken To Portland
Mrs. R. Avery has been quite
ill for some weeks past and her
dsmtrhrpr. Mrs. C. A. Davis came
down from Eugene and on Sun
day afternoon took her to Fort-
land for medical treatment, tier
sister, Miss Nancy Campbell of
Corvallis is keeping house for
her duringjiejenc
Rock Crusher is Busy
During the months of June and
T,,i tha municipal rock crusher
worked forty-one days, during
which time it turned out approx.
matlv 3.700' yards of crushed
rock for the street improvements
now underway-Observer.
FOR SALE
A 9-room house with lot, at a
Knrcrain. Enquire of vr. J. y.
Matthis, Monmouth, Ore. 4Jtf
Fishermen Made Happy
Brownsville, Or., Aug. 11
r. E Clanton with the express
car Rainbow arrived in Browns
ville Monday bringing 17 icanj
of young trout, about 200.000 in
number. He was met at the
station by members of the Rod
j nih who had made ar-
rangementstotranspor.u.c
to various places on the Cal I o
ooia river between Brownsv,
gfoSoSS f? defight to ang-lers.
dents. With this in view. Mr,
Pittman has gone to Portland to
spend Friday and Saturday.
The dreams of the people who
are interested in the progress of
the Oregon Normal School are
beginning to be realized, and in
a very definite fashion. The
ground has been broken for the
erection of the new training
school. Messrs. Snook and Traver,
of Salem, are the contractors,
and they have begun work in
earnest. A number of men and
teams have been at work all of
the week making excavation for
the new building, and within a
very few weeks evidence of the
new building will be seen above
the ground.
Though this is vacation time
at the Normal, the amount of
work that is going on around the
building makes it seem a very
busy place. Mr. Cooper is giving
the main building its annual mid
summer bath, and every window
is beginning to shine. The library
is beimr re-modeled, and by the
first of September" will be corn-
Dieted. Mr. Scott is putting
numberless odds and ends in
perfect condition. The Normal
School grounds are in-splendid
condition, and everywhere there
is an evidence of a bright wel
come awaiting the students on
their arrival in September.
Found Dead in His Cabin
Toledo. Or.. Aug. 11. -T. O.
Svendsen, an aged bachelor, was
found dead yesterday afternoon
in his house near Toledo, appar
ently having died from a hemor
rhage of the brain. Sheriff Geer,
in ransacking the house, found a
belt containing $1020 in $20
pieces.
The body was found by a
neighbor, Gunder Olson.
Svendsen had evidently been
dead about two days. When last
seen alive he had said that ne
.a not feeling well but had no
money with which to buy medi
cine. He has a brother, sup
to be living at Boring. Or.,
and a sister at Clearwater, S. D.
Besides the gold found he nas
several thousand dollars' worth
of property here,
Enjoins County Court
What appears on the surface
to be an outgrowth of the per
sonal fight against the county
court, in which the recall petition
is at present the "big stick,"
crept to the fore on Friday, when
the county clerk and the county
treasurer were enjoined from
payment of a warrant issued in
favor of the Himes Engineering
company for services rendered
the county by order of the county
court. Henry Voth, a farmer,
appears in the plea for the re
straining order, bond being fur
nished by Joe Brown of the Salt
Creek country. Oscar Hayter
represents the petiti6ners and
District Attorney Sibley will have
charge of the case for the de
fendants. The hearing will come
before District Judge H. H. Belt
upon his return from the coast.
The petition is brief, merely
reciting that the county court ex
ceeded its authority in employing
the Hime9 company to make
plats and surveys of county roads.
The contest will perhaps settle
a question that has long vexed
the county courts of the state
and involve the privilege of the
county court to employ other
than regular employes or officers
for special work, or when failure
to perform work or inability to
do the same are in question.
Observer.
ILI
Work Commenced Tuesday
Morning
HOP HOUSES BURNED
Wnrd reached here of the de
struction by fire of six hop houses
rth of Independence, Tuesday
night, for Frank Metona.
The cause ot -tne nre nas not
been learned although report
says that it was mcendary, the
place being rented to a Japanese
or a Chinaman.
City Council Had Session
The Common Council of the
City of Monmouth met Tuesday
night in regular session all mem
bers being present except, C. II.
Ostien.
The minutes were read and ap
proved and a petition of Armilda
Doughty and 27 others asking for
the erection and maintainance of
a street light on West street was
read and discussed at some
length and laid over for further
action at the next regular meet
ing.
The council considered various
other propositions but there was
no definite action taken, there
being nothing particular before
the council.
The next regular meeting will
be at 8 o'clock p. m. August 24.
Gone To Portland
This is buyers week at Port
land and two of our merchants
have hied themselves away to
that city to take advantage of the
opportunity.
Allen Clark went on Tuesday
and H. S. Portwood followed
next day. We have not learned
as to the plans of the former but
understand that Mr. Portwood
will lav in a good stock of fal
and winter goods, especially in
the dry good3 lin.
Threshing Going On
Grain is coming in at the Mon
mouth warehouse quite rapidly
these days. Threshing of fal
wheat is getting well along, some
of the raisers being nearly done
threshing while others are not so
far along. The yield in some in
stances is light as those few hot
days affected the yield, but gen
erally it is good.
LOCAL MEN WORKING ON THE JOB
Two-Story and Basement Build
ing-Amount of Contract
Was $35,588.00
Snook & Traver, contractors
of the repairs to be made at the
Normal library, and builders of
the training school for the Nor
mal, commenced work here Tues
day morning.
Several men are working on
the library while others are at
work on the training school.
Wed'sday a Herald reporter vis
ited the scene and found some five
teams moving dirt preparatory
to making the foundation. J. F.
McClellan had two teams busily
engaged while Lyman Parker,
Ed Moreland and Fred Smith
each were busy with one.
John V. Bonnes of Portland is
the architect and the plans pro
vide for a two-story and base
ment building 128 by 84 feet in
dimensions of brick and heavy
mill construction.
The basement will provide for
the domestic science and art de
partments, playrooms and fan
room. On the first floor will be
an auditorium to seat 240, three
class rooms, toilets, lavatories,
rest rooms and office, and on the
second floor will be four class
rooms, art and music studies and
the library.
The amount of the building
contract was $35,588.00. This
does not include the installation
of the heating and ventilating
apparatus.
Brown & Sibley, attorneys and
abstractors. 610 Mill Street, Dal
las, Oregon.
0 THE
On Tuesday, August 17th, the
State of Oregon is to be honored
by the Panama Pacific Exposition
through the observation of "Ben
son Day."
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce is arranging to send all
Oregonians who desire to attend,
aboard a special train or in
private cars.
This event is a distinct recog
nition of the State more than it
is Mr. Simon Benson, and will
be attended by representatives
of foreign governments and the
States of the Union. ,
All County Courts of the State
of Oregon have been requested
to appoint a special representa
tive.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce requests that all commer
cial organizations of the State be
represented.
Reservations for accommoda
tions for a special train or private
cars, should be made to Frank E.
Smith, Secretary of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce. If one
hundred or more reservations are
made, a special train will be run
and the fare will be $26.75 per
person with $5.00 addition for
sleeper fare. If private cars are
nspd. thft fare will bft 30.00 with
$5.00 additional for sleeper. Tick
ets will be good lor thirty days.
Train leaves Portland August 15.
Hair Switches made from
combings. Enquire at this office,