t mmtl Vol VIII Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, October 8, 1915 No. 5 0 d Til mm Hei'aM E5 150 Additional Tablet Arm Chairs Purchased !SS HOPKINS CHAPEL SPEAKER OCT. 13 unmouth People Are Invited JI1V"" to the Normal on the After noon of October 21 The chapel period of last Fri day was taken by County Super intendent J. Percy "Wells, of Jackson County, who Rave a very interesting address on the sub ject of the needs of the rural schools. Supt. Wells has been connected with the rural schools for many years, and if there is a man in the State of Oregon who knows their needs that man is Supt. Wells. He expressed him self as being well pleased with the spirit of the school, and es pecially pleased with the plan of the new training school building, and as he said, it will fill the needs of the school for years to come. The 7th and 8th grades under the efficient leadership of Miss Alice Mcintosh, 7th and 8th grade critic, have been in the Normal for two weeks, and are feeling very much at home. The Nor mal students are delighted to have them with them, as it gives them a chance to observe at close range. Owing to the increased attend ance, which has now reached 340, the Normal had to purchase 150 tablet arm chairs, 100 of which were delivered last Tues day, With the addition of these chairs each room can be used to its seating capacity. . Pres. Ackerman is in attend ance to day, Friday, at the Rose burg institute, and will return Saturday morning. Mr. Hittman returned from Southern Oregon after ah absence of two weeks, and gave a very interesting chapel talk Monday morning, speaking of the splendid work be ing done in the rural schools of Josephine and Jackson counties. Pres. Ackerman also urged the students to prepare themselves definitely, especially the young men, for positions in Junior high schools, first class teachers for which will hkelv be in demand in the near future. Miss Hopkins, who represents the Y. W. C. A. School organiza tions will speak in chapel Wednesday, October 13, and a cordial invitation is extended to all to be present Pres. Ackerman is in receipt f a communication from Mr. Mark Woodruff, Secretary of the Publicity and Conventions Bu reau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce to the effect that Mr. A- J. Kingsley, Mr. O. M. Sum mer. Mr n r. Freeman and Col. H. B. Miller will be at the Normal on the afternoon of Oc tober 21, and the people of Mon mouth, and especially the pupils the high school, are invited to he present at a joint meeting, the hour to be named later. They are campaigning in the interests the educational features of the Manufacturers and Land Pro ducts Show, and will be found yery interesting speakers. - The Firemen Had Meeting The boys of the M department met again last Mon day evening to' select by-laws and regulations, which was done, ana to more fully perfect the or ganization. Three active mem bers were added and one honorary member, the later being state inspector on the training school building, who is going to make the organization a large map of the city to hang on the wall of the council room, with the loca tion of the hydrants marked on it and the different districts into which the town will be divided, etc. The boys purpose to have two companies of ten men each, each company to have a captain and lieutenant, these officers to be elected by the members, officers to hold office for one year. The two companies are to be presided over by a president and vice president, both to be elected by the membership,, but to be con curred in by the common council of the city, and the city is to be marked off into ten districts. It was determined that effort will be made to raise money to i Horse Had to Be Shot Because of Injury Sustained Mr. S. A. Holbrook met with a serious accident last Friday night about 7:30 o'clock, while driving from Independence to his home at Monmouth. Near the home of Ellis Ireland and about a quarter of a mile from the bridge, on this side of Independence, his horse was hit by an auto driven by Harry Nelson. The report is that the driver of the auto could not see the horse on account of the darkness and rain beating against the windshield, and the flare of the lights ahead. Mr. Holbrook, when interviewed, said that he had previously passed several autos and was keeping on the extreme right of j the road and driving at a walk, j Upon seeing the t approaching auto was about to collide with him he turned his horse to the right, but the auto struck the horse on the left shoulder break ! ing its leg and injuring the horse so that it was shot shortly after ' ; me aeciueui. anci (uimuh rc secure a new fire bell and for that i . tVia onfn etr,,. tup y.nsrsrv purpose L. Macken will donate j throwinK Mr Holbrook from the one night's proceeas oi uie iNuniH b t f rtunateiy he wa3 not seriously injured. and harness were damaged. The buggy very badly Theater. Other social events will be inaugurated and it may be that the city will aid in this matter as the organization will be working for the city's best interest. It is purposed to have the fire bell arranged so that it can be rung from the telephone office, and later it can be arranged to be rung from each of the ten sta- j gxposition durinpr the month of tions. and each section will be 1 0 . , and of tnese more than designated by the ringing so that j a dozen will be devoted to live the firemen will know just where Coming Occasions Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific Exposition, Oct. 6. -There are seventy-two big and little pnnvpntinns scheduled for the to go. , The boys will meet once a ween until thoroughly organized, and once each week for training. Airlie News Oct. 6th. Miss May Tapscou aueuu stock and agriculture. The horse show is scheduled for the days between September 30 and Oc tober 13. Horticulture Week be gins October 21. The Exposition management hopes to make November 2 the greatest day of the big fair. This ;a tr he San Francisco Day, and o -mwd nf 300.000 is the ambi- the State Fair at Salem Saturday. tioni jhe largest crowd hereto- The Parent-teachers' meeting fore was that of Opening way, held at the school nouse;a total 0i iso.wu. out, c, stress is placea on mis wmi gicai, day. and there is general confi- Oi egon Has Many Autos The automobile plays an im portant part in the finances of Oregon. M. O. Wilkins, the Portland authority, finds that in the state there are 22.732, and placing the population of the state at 800.000 there are not quite thirty-seven people to each car. California claims a car for every twenty-six persons and other states are well up in the number of their holdings. Figuring upon the above regis tration and assuming that each car represents an average ex penditure of $750, Mr. Wilkins contends that the people of Ore gon now have an investment of about $16,000,000 in automobiles. As the average price of cars is now much lower than formerly, the above-summing up does not nearly represent the amount of money expended in these ma chines. The average distance that each car is driven daily can only be conjectured, but assuming that each is driven fifteen miles per day. the total distance will be 333,000 miles, and as the aver age number of miles per gallon is about 12 the autos of Oregon use some 27,750 gallons of gaso line each day, that being' near twentv eallons each minute. At the average price for oil, this amount would be worth about $4,165, which is spent for oil in Oregon per day. Added to this amount is the oil burned up each day by the 3,000 motor cyclists of Oregon. Mr. Wilkins carried his com parisons further and finds that Oregon has one automobile for each 222 acres of land under cul tivation, and between 1913 and 1914 there was an average of 45 cents per acre spent upon roads and bridges, while for each auto owned in Oregon a sum of $99.90 was spent during the same period. nr Miss Mary VV. Hawley, of j the Oregon Agricultural College, is the New Instructor was house r IX lVr Fridav evening, umcem w year were elected as follows: Mrs C. V. Johnson, Pres; Mrs. Ulric Vice-president, and Miss Topscott Secretary and treasurer. The high school hasremveu . . , .,mmpnt this week. newhioiogy tqu'H Practice has begun on oasm ball and it is hoped to have a good team this season. Mr Staats and family and Mr. Kile French attended the movies at Dallas Taesdyjyemng. C W B. M. was The C. W. B. M. was enter tained on Tuesday afternoon i by f I, p r.raham and Mrs. V" rru, was a Rood at- ,Wp that the desired figure will reached. One of the features calculated to attract is that of giving away twenty gifts ot $iw in cash to each ot the twenty holding lucky numbers given away at the gates. Exhibitors have arranged to give away 100, gifts. Besides the monster pa rade, there will be a sham battle during the afternoon between the United States armyand the naval (nrM. in the bay. At night the Monitor and the Merrimac will engage in a spectacular dual and the most magninceni oi an me Exposition fireworks will be on j;.io Of course the flyers o irnnn HL- uioi"v" - Graham. Ihere T will fly. It is expected that Art u and an excellent pro - w , ... . tenaantc "- - shou d Smltn ine wc gram. Special mention shoui Jug L made of the beautiful Jo Ni,e8 and Silvio Pett,. Miss Mabel After :. Zthcr Garvin, , accompanist. ser ved. rossi are giving both day ana night flights, and the flights prove great attractions. Christofferson fl,-in(r in a monoplane, IS aiau - , ., nnKwntrers auuui mc Tfflhlei. attorneys and carrying passengers aoo t tn abstractors. 610 M.ll Street, Dal WJt each morningi las, Oregon. Club Held Meeting The Woman's Social Hour Club met Wednesday afternoon of this week at the home of Mrs. V. J. Mulkey, on Main street, where she and Miss Paradine Doughty were hostesses to the Club, twenty-six of the thirty members being present. The president, Mrs. Ostien, has planned an in teresting prograrn for the year, and the books were put in circu lation by the book committee which, with the entertainment committee have arranged their work well. A pleasant after- was spent by thosppresent Loganberry Fame Spreads A recent issue of the National Packer, representing every fruit growing district of the United States, carries a column and a half review of the loganberry and its by-products, mostly quo tations from the Loganberry By products bulletin issued by the Horticultural department of the Oregon Agricultural College. Since the National Packer goes into every part of the country, reliable information as to the qualities and uses of the berry will have a universal distnbunon throughout the United States, influencing very materially the demand and market for this im portant Oregon fruit Miss Mary W. Hawley, of Cor- vallis, Oregon, the new teacher in Monmouth High, arrived on the noon train Monday. She came directly from Carson. Washington where she has been visiting. She was elected by the Board on Friday night and called by phone immediately. She is a graduate from the Commercial department of O. A. C. With the addition of this teacher, work has begun in earnest The courses are completed and schedules arranged. The course includes Ancient, Mediaeval, Modern, English and American History; four years of English; Book-keeping; typewriting; Pen manship; Algebra; Geometry; Physics; Biology; Physicial Geo graphy; Latin and second year of German. Miss Ilawley's principal work will be in Com mercial subjects. Miss Baker will continue the Chorus work this year, with Miss Swift as pianoist'. Last summer Principal E. L. Keezel predicted that the regis tration would reach seventy-five. This mark was reached Monday morning when David Oleman, of Kings Valley, entered a9 a Sophomore. Mr. Oleman was a student of the Kings Valley High School last year. Miss Ida Strong, a student of the Oregon Agricultural College, visited the high school Friday afternoon. Miss Strong is a member of the 1915 class of Monmouth High School. In this column last week, in the list of students entering from outside of Monmouth, Miss Frieda Powell, of Cochran was classed as a Freshman. Miss Powell is a Sophomore. Meat Market Sold J. E. Grimes and brother have sold the City Meat Market to C. J. Bruce a gentleman who moved here from near Dallas having lived between Dallas and Falls City. Mr. Bruce has purchased the Swearengen property on the northwest corner of Knox and Clay streets. He is to take possession of the meat market next Monday morning. BORGMAN-BENSON A quiet wedding was solemn ized on Wednesday, Sept. '29, at 6 o'clock P. M., at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. S. Miller, near Monmouth, when Miss Florence Benson became the wife of Wm. II. Borgman, of Placer, Oregon, Itev. T. J. Jones of Brownsville officiating. The bride is a graduate of Bellingham Normal school and has taught successfully several years, obtaining thereby a life diploma. The groom i3 an en terprising mining man of Placer, where the young couple will be at home to their many friends after Oct. 20th. FOR SALE A 9-room house with lot at a bargain. Enquire of Dr. J. O. Matthis, Monmouth, Ore. 49tf