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Vol. VIII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, January 14, 1916
No. 19
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
President Ackerman's Father
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GLEE CLUBS PREPARING SACRED CANTATA
Irving Bachellor to Give Lecture
In Normal Chapel, Saturday
January 29th
The many friends of Miss
Kennon were pleased to have her
sufficiently recovered from her
illness to take up her class work
Monday morning. , , k.
President Ackerman received
word that his father, who lives
in Iowa, is critically ill, and in
all probability will not recover, j
Supt. Imel, of the Astoria
schools, visited the Normal and
interviewed several members of
the February class with a view
to recommending them for posi
tions in the Astoria schools. The
Normal appreciates the personal
visits from Superintendents, as
it feels that it is the very best
way for a superintendent to se
lect his teachers,
j The furniture for the training
school which was ordered by the
Building Committee, has practi
cally all arrived, and will be ready
for" installation as soon as the
building is completed.
The several glee clubs of the
Normal, under the Head of the
Music Department, Miss Mary
Hoham, are preparing the sacred
cantata, "Ruth" which will be
given in the Normal chapel on
the evening of January 27. This
will be one of the best entertain
ments given by the school during
the year, and there will be a
splendid opportunity for those
who desire to spend an evening
most pleasantly and profitably.
Admission will be charged.
Mr. M. S. Pittman is spending
the week in visiting schools in
Umatilla county under the aus
pices of County Superintendent
Young. He has accepted an in
vitation to spend the week , be
ginning January 24 with Supt
Smith, in Marion county, in visit
ing schools in said county.
Mr. J. B. V. Butler has ac
cepted an invitation to speak to
the Parent-Teachers' Association
at Airlie, tomorrow, Saturday.
..Friday morning Mr. T. ..H.
Gentle represented the faculty
in chapel. Mr. Gentle took for
his subject a bit of f his autobi
ography which proved intensely
interesting to his audience. He
spoke frankly and humorously of
many, very intimate and delight
ful days in his life days which
recalled to his hearers many sim
ilar occasions. The pedogogical
point of the talk was the wonder
ful influence which came from
the friendly interest of a country
school - teacher whose eyes saw
and whose mouth spoke wonder
ful things while his fertile brain
dreamed dreams- which were
actually made realities in a coun
try community.- The faculty and
students alike are eager for fur
ther leaves from this life's book.
A rare pleasure is offered all
those who can hear Irving Bach
elor's lecture "Keeping Up With
Bigger and better Monmouth Improvements are needed
Lizzie" which he is to give in the
Normal chapel, Saturday, Janu
ary 29. Mr. Bachellor is not only
an author of note-many will
recall their delight, in "Eben
Holden" and others of his books
-but he is equally distinguished
in the field of lecturing. People
who have heard him say he is at
his best, perhaps, in "Keeping
Up With Lizzie" which is a
characteristic satire of modern
life and customs. Tickets can
be secured by Normal people as
usual.
Last week end interest centered
largely in the preliminary try
outs for the final contest which
is to decide the two winners of
the local contest for candidates
to 'represent the Oregon Normal
School in the Intercollegiate Ora
torical Contest which will be held
here in March. The two try outs
Friday, one in the afternoon and
the other in the evening, were
characterized by fine spirit. The
students all made very good
showings. From the following
afternoon contestants, Mr. Whit
ten, Miss Jacobs, Miss Anderson,
Miss Chute, Mr. Evans, Miss
Gallbraith, Miss Nystrom these
two were chosen winners: Sen
ior, MissPhena Anderson; Jun
ior, Miss Jacobs. The evening's
contestants were Mr. Cornwell,
Miss Bretz. Miss Ruggles, Miss
Meyers, Miss Georgia Rouse,
Miss Mettie, Miss Rand. The
winners here were: Senior, Miss
Marie Meyers; Junior, Miss
Georgia Rouse.. , The judges were
Dr. Dunsmore of Independence,
Mr. Keezel of Monmouth High
School and Miss Davis of Salem,
The next tryout is scheduled for
the last of January and mean
while the winners are making
every effort to improve for this
final test.
OBITUARY
Phebe Jane, daughter of Elijah
and Anna Eliza Odell, was born
in New York City, July 7th, 1832
and died at her home one mile
North of Monmouth, Polk Co.,
Oregon, Jan. 7th, 1916. In 1833
deceased, with her parents, re
moved to the then' wilds of In
diana County, Pennsylvania.
where the family became one of
the pioneer families of that
County. On June 7th, 1858, the
family arrived at Iowa Falls,
Iowa. There she was married
January J5th, 1882, to David S.
Martin, and in 1891 the . family
came to Oregon and settled near
Rickreall, Polk County, and in
1896 moved to their present home
near Monmouth where Mr. Mar
tin died Jan. 9th, 1911 ,
; Mrs. Martin leaves an adopted
daughter, Mrs. Paul Tacheron, of
Monmouth,, and a host of friends
to mourn, her departure.
Funeral services were held at
10:30 A. M. Jan. 9th, 1916, at the
home, .. conducted by the , Rev.
Mrs. Pierce, and the services at
the grave , were conducted by
Rev. Bennet of the M. E. Church
at Dallas, . Oregon, and the re
mains were laid Ho rest beside
those of her husband and father
in the I. 0. 0. F. Cemetery at
that place. -
Hair Switches made from
combings. Enquire at this office.
CITY COUNCIL HELD MEETING
Mayor Murdock Called the
Meeting to Order'
FOLLOWING COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Claims Allowed and Ordered
Paid and Other Business
Was Taken Up
The common council met in
regular session Tuesday evening,
January 11, 1915, Councilmen
Riddell. Hampton, Ostien and
Goodman, Mayor Murdock, Re
corder Brown and Marshal More
land being present
. The meeting was called to or
der by Mayor Murdoch, minutes
of the last meeting were read
and approved and the following
committees were appointed:
Water Board James Good
man and D. M. Hampton.
Street Committee -John A.
Riddell, H. C. Ostien and D. M.
Hampton. ;
Finance Committee-James
Goodman, H. C. Ostien and John
A. Riddell. ,
Tax Committee-H. C. Ostien,
John A. Riddell and D. M.
Hampton.
Auditing Committee-James
Goodman and H. C. Ostien.
A communication from the
Civic Club of Monmouth was
read in which they presented the
City with the waste paper re
ceptacles at present standing in
front of Morlan's store, the post
office and the bank.
The following claims were
audited and warrants ordered
drawn for amounts of same:
ON ROAD FUND
B. F. Swope, for labor..
W. W. Newman, for im
plements and iron
Total
.$ 7.25
2.85
$10.10
ON GENERAL FUND
B. F. Swope, for labor'..... $2. 00
ON WATER FUND ;
W. W. Newman, for auger.$2.50
Motion was made by D. M.
Hampton, seconded by H. C
Ostien, to instruct the marshal
to purchase two lanterns and
have a locker built in the fire
hall to keep said lanterns in; to
purchase or have made the num
ber of wrenches required by the
firemen in connecting and dis
connecting the fire, hose, and to
have gongs placed on the hose
carts. Motion carried.
, Motion was made by H. C.
Ostien, seconded by James Good
man, that the waste paper re
ceptacles presented by the Civic
Club be accepted and the marshal
be instructed .to see that they
were properly placed and taken
care of. Motion carried.
Council then adjourned and
will meet again in regular ses
sion, Tuesday evening, January
25, at 8 o'clock.
County Grange Met Here
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Pomona Grange met at Mon
mouth Wednesday, but owing to
the weather and the . funeral of
Mr. Allan Johnson the attend
ance was not very large. A big
dinner was enjoyed and a pleas
ant time spent, . and four candi
dates were initiated in the evening.
Good Spelling '
At the last County Spelling
Contest the following averages
and rankings were made by the
pupils of District 13. The re
port is given but by Supt Sey
mour, who selected the words
used in the test
Patrons are invited to compare
these averages with those made
by the parents at the spelling
contest held not long since at
the Parent-Teachers' Association.
3rd Grade-Number of pupils,
12; average grade for class, 83.8.
4th Grade-Pupils, 9; average
grade, 97.5
5th Grade Pupils, 19; average
grade, 99.7; first place.
6th Grade-Pupils, 13; average
grade, 98.1; third place.
7th Grade-Pupils, 20; average
grade, 99.7; second place.
8th Grade-Pupils, 27; average
grade, 99.7; first place.
BASKETBALL
The Monmouth High School
first team will meet the Silverton
team in a game of basketball at
the High School gymnasium to
night (Friday) at 7:30 o'clock.
This is the first interscholastic
game of the year and a fast and
good game is expected. Come
out and see the boys play
and help them win. The admis
sion will be 10 and 15 cents. ,
Bank Holds Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the
shareholders of the First Nation
al Bank, held on Tuesday of this
week, the old officers and direct-
ors were reelected as ionows:
J. B. V. Butler, Chairman of the
Board; Ira C. Powell, President,
and W. E. Smith, Cashier; Miss
Emma M. Parker, Bookkeeper.
The directors are I. M. Simp
son, Wm. Riddell, F. S. Powell.
J. B. V. Butler and'IraC. Powell.
The bank has continued to pay
regular cash dividends and in ad
dition set aside a large surplus
fund. -
A full statement of the banks
business is published in this
issue.
C. W. B. M. Held Meeting
The Auxiliary to the Christian
Women's Board of Missions held
its regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. Otis Wolver
ton. Considering the inclement
weather and sickness the atten
dance was good. The program was
irregular. One feature discussed
was "The benefit each individual
member had received by being a
member of the Society." The
program was followed by the
hostess serving delicious refresh
ments. The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. E. C. Cole.
... CARD OF THANKS
We wish -to thank the many
kind neighbors and friends for
their sympathy and kindly as
sistance during the recent illness
and death of our mother.
,. Mr. and Mrs. Paul
tacheron.
Social Hour Club Will Meet
, , The Woman's Social Hour Club
will, meet Wednesday of next
week, January 19, at the home
of Mrs. Nettie Boche.
WELL-KBOWN CITIZEN DIES
Allan Johnson Passes Away
Monday Evening
CAME TO MONMOUTH IN FALL OF 1302
Had Been Engaged in the Wood
Business Continually From
The Time of His Arrival
Allan Johnson was born at
Ossinbrook, Leeds County, On
tario, Canada, and died at Mon
mouth, Oregon, January 10, 1916.
At the age of 16 years he went
to Wisconsin, and after living
there for some time moved to
Minnesota. He came to Oregon
in 1899, making his home at
Buena Vista, and moving to Mon
mouth in the fall of 1902. He
first lived in the residence now
occupied by J. H. Moran, and in
1903 moved into the block in
which he died. He was married
to Miss Lillie Taylor in June,
1908, and to this union two
children were born, Nada, aged
5 years last August, and Justa
Lola, aged 3 months.
He engaged in the wood busi
ness upon his arrival in Mon
mouth, purchasing 80 acres west
of town, and later starting a
lumber yard where he worked
until a few months ago, when he
was forced to retire from active
services on account of failing
health. On April 15, 1912, he
sold the yard to the Willamette
Valley Lumber Company, but re
tained the management of the
same.
The funeral service was held
at the family residence, Wednes
day, January 12, 1916, at 2 o'clock
P. M., Rev. W. A. Wood offici
ating, with interment in the K.
of P. cemetery south of town.
He was a member of the I, O.
O. F Grange and Woodmen of
the World orders, two repre
sentatives from each serving as
pall bearers, the Odd Fellows
having charge of the services at
the cemetery.
Mr. Johnson leaves a wife and
two children in this city and four
sisters and six brothers in the
east to mourn their loss.
Installed Officers
Agate Rebekah met Thursday
night of last week in regular
session and installed the follow
ing officers after which light re
freshments were served and a
social evening followed
N. G., Pearl Smith; V. G.,
Amy Steinberg; Chaplain, Emma
Newman; , Treasurer, Mignon
Carmichael; Warden, Alta Rog
ers; Conductor, Allie. Butler; R.
S. N. G., Maggie Butler; L S.
N. G., Lavilla Boothby; R, S. V.
G., Lottie Graham; L S. V. G.,
Mabel Johnson; Inside Guardian,
Libby Murdock; Outside Guard
ian, Wilda Johnson.
Died In Idaho
The body of H. R. Hall, neph
ew of L M. Hall of Monmouth,
who died at Wallace, Idaho,
recently, was interred in . the
Buena Vista cemetery last Mon
day. Two brothers of the de
ceased, John E. Hall and Ralph
L Hall, accompanied the body.
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