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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, October 8, 1915
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150 Additional Tablet Arm
Chairs Purchased
!SS HOPKINS CHAPEL SPEAKER OCT. 13
unmouth People Are Invited
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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.
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Miss Mary VV. Hawley, of j the
Oregon Agricultural College,
is the New Instructor
was
house
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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