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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, January 21, 1916
No. 20
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Mr. Charles A. Rice of Port
land a Normal Viiitor
MISS RDMTVEDT GAVE CHAPEL TALK
Lecture By Irving Bachellor in
the Normal Chapel, Satur
day, January 29
: In spite of the cold weather
the attendance at the Normal has
been above the average with
comparatively few students out
Everyone will be glad when the
cold spell is a thing of the past.
It was with much interest and
pleasure that the chapel audience
last Friday morning heard the
address of Mr. Charles A. Rice,
once head of the Training De
partment here and now Assistant
Superintendent of the Portland
Schools. Mr.
Riceftalked from
nis large experience on
borne
Qualifications of a Good Teach
er" and succeeded in bringing a
splendid message to eager listen
ers. Mr. Rice stressed loyalty,
cooperation and the ability to get
on well with superintendent,
pupils and patrons. He further
emphasized the purely human
qualities which should predomi
nate in the teacher. One par
ticularly interesting statement
Mr. Rice made was that in the
Portland schools sixty-four Ore
gon Normal School graduates
were doing successful work.
Always a welcome guest of the
school, Mr. Rice spent a part of
the day visiting classes and in
specting the new training school.
The coming appearance of Mr.
Irving Bachellor, author and
lecturer, who gives one qf his
most entertaining lectures in the
Normal Chapel Saturday, Janu
ary 29, is being eagerly awaited
by people who know how inter
esting and clever the celebrated
writer is. "Keeping Up With
Lizzie" is sure to be one of the
season's best numbers which no
one can afford to miss. The seat
Bale for the people of Monmouth
will be continued from January
22 to January 27 at Morlan's
store. The price of the tickets
is only fifty cents.
, Miss Alvhild Romtvedt gave
her chapel talk on "Oregon Lit
erature for Oregon Children"
Wednesday of this week. Miss
Romtvedt made a running re
view of Oregon books and
authors with the idea of showing
how varied and - interesting Ore
gon literature really is. The
unique use of the victrola in il
lustrating this was enjoyed as
well as the whole talk. -
Mid-Winter
Concert,
School .-
Normal
: The Glee Clubs and Orchestra
will present "Ruth," a cantata,
on Thursday, January twenty
seventh. Mr. O. A. Macy of In
dependence and Miss Eugenia
Woodbury of Portland will as
sist The receipts of the con
cert are to be, used by the mu
sic department to. purchase in
struments for the Training School
and Normal Orchestras. Those
interested in the futher develop
ment and success of these organ
izations and those who enjoy good
bigger and
music will be sure to be there.
Tickets 25 and 35 cents reserved
at Morlan's beginning Saturday.
Convention In February
The greatest religious meeting
ever held on the Pacific Coast
will convene at Portland Febru
ary 13, and will remain in session
four days. It is known as the
"Laymen's Missionary Conven
tion," is non-sectarian in char
acter and will be attended by the
male members of every church in
the State of Oregon, south-western
Washington and up the Co
lumbia River as far as Pasco.
. The meeting is to be addressed
by" some of the best known relig
ious speakers of the world. Such
men as A. K. Kepler ot Lhina,
J. R. Trimble, one of the big
Methodists of America, James
W. Bashford, famous college
president and, now of China,
Herman F. Swatsz, of the Uni
versity of Berlin, Fred B. Fisher,
of India, Henry H. Kelsay of the
Congregational Church, Hugh L
Burelson, of the Episcopal
Church, Morris W. Lhnes a
former college football star, E.
W. Naftzger, the great singer,
Herberts. Johnson, the great
Boston preacher, J. 0. Randall
who added 167.000 members to
the Methodist Church last year,
James P. McNaughton of Tur
key, J. E. Crowther of Africa,
and S. Hall Young of Alaska, will
be heard.
These men are among the bril
liant orators of the evangelical
churches of the world and . will
repay a trip to Portland to hear
them.
Meetings will be held morn
ings, afternoons and evenings.
No collections will be taken up
and no subscriptions asked.
Special railroad rates on all roads.
To Manufacture a Million Tile
The following article on the
manufacture of tile at Monmouth
is credited to the Dallas Observ
er.
To manufacture a million tile
during the coming summer will
be the desire and ambition of
George F. Shew, proprietor of
the brick and tile factory there,
who has announced that his plant
will be opened not later than the
first of May to supply the de
mand for brick and tile in that
section. The opening of the
plant will be welcomed by Mon
mouth people and will give em
ployment to several men.
Monmouth Man Elected
A. C. Hampton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Hampton of Mon
mouth, and well known here,
and who has been principal of
the high school at Pendleton
since 1907, also a teacher in the
same school for four years previ
ous to being elected principal,
was recently elected City School
Superintendent of Pendleton.
Mr. Hampton was born in Mon
mouth and received part of his
education at the Oregon Normal
He attended the Universities of
Oregon and Chicago, Taking
summer school work and corre
spondence. . His many friends
will be glad to learn of his suc
cess.
better Monmouth Improvements are needed
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR UCENSES
Annual Apportionment
Counties Completed
to
MONEYS BECEIYE0 FROM LICENSES 1915
Secretary of State Send Out
Statement in Regard to ThU
Matter for Lat Year
The office of the Department
of State has just completed the
annual apportionment to the
counties of the moneys received
from motor vehicle and chauffeur
licenses for 1915. The total re
ceipts amounted to $108,881.50
Of this amount $87,230.08, or
80 1-10 per cent of the total re
ceipts, was remitted to the coun
ties for the benefit of the general
road fund in proportion to the
amount of such receipts from
each county; $8,836.38 was paid
for license plates and chauffeur
badges; $7,127.86 for clerical
services; $2,617.10 for postage
and forwarding charges;$2, 282. 95
for printing blanks, forms,
monthly lists to be required by
law to be furnished County
Clerks, etc.; $719.63 for station
ery, and $67.50 for refunds.
Of . the total receipts for the
preceding year 1914, 78 7-10 per
cent was paid over to the counties
for the general road fund, and
for the year 1913, 76 6-10 per
cent was returned for the same
purpose.
License plates and chauffeur
badges for 1915 cost 8 1-10 per
cent of the total receipts, in 1914
the cost was 8 3-10 per cent, arid
in 1913 it was 8 2-10 per cent.
From the best information ob
tainable Oregon pays as little or
less than any other state for its
license plates-these now costing
but 10 cents each or 20 cents per
pair. Contracts for license plates
have never been allowed to go
outside the State and are at pres
ent being furnished by Portland
firms. Clerical services amount
to 6 6-10 per cent of the receipts
in 1915, which is 7-10 per cent
below this item for 1914.
Dr. De Busk' Lecture Interesting
The lecture of Dr. De Busk of
the State University at the last
meeting of the Parent-Teachers'
Association was unusually inter
esting to those who were able to
brave the storm of the evening.
Dr. DeBusk discussed the"Health
Examination of School Children."
He made the subject so practical
that much discussion was occa
sioned at the close. Patrons who
were present plied the Dr." with
questions regarding the retard
ation of school children until a
late hour. An effort is being
made to induce Dr. De Busk to
return to Monmouth very soon
and continue his lecture at the
Parent-Teachers' Association.
Oregon Fourth
That Oregon has attained
fourth rank amoung the states in
wool production, is indicated by
statistics just receivsd from Leon
M. Estabrodk, Chief of the Bu
reau of Crop Estimates: This is
quite a jump from ninth place
to fourth within five years.
Not that Oregon's wool pro
duction has increased; on the
contrary, it has decreased, but it
hasn't decreased as rapidly as
in other states. The production
and rank of twenty-five leading
states' for 1915 is compiled as
follows from Mr. Estabrook's
tables:
1st place-Wyoming, 29,040,
000 pounds.
2nd place-Montana, 28,682,-
000.
3rd place-New Mexico, 18,
620.000. 4th place-Oregon, 15,600,000.
5th place-Idaho, 15,286,000.
6th place-Ohio, 14.350,000.
7th place-Utah, 13,320.090.
8th place-California, 11,590,
000. 9th place-Texas, 9,280,000.
10th place-Michigan, 8,073,
000. 11th place-Colorado, 7,500,
000. 12th place-Missouri, 7.035,000.
13th place-Arizona, 5,985,000.
14th place-Nevada, 5,890,000.
15th place-Iowa, 5,400.000.
16th place-Indiana, 4,920,000.
17th place-Pennsylvania, 4,-
030,000.
18th place-Illinois, 3,975,000.
19th place-Wisconsin, 3,960,-
000.
20th place-Washington, 3,-
818,000.
21st place-Kentucky, 3,552,
000. 22nd place -South Dakota, 3,
500,000. 23rd place-West Virginia, 3,
405,000. 24th place-New York, 3,478,
000. 25th place-Virginia, 2,063,000.
For the United States as a
whole, the Crop Bureau estimate
is 288,777,000 pounds of wool
during 1915, as against 290,
192,000 in 1914, and 296,175,000
in 1913.
High School Team Victorious
The Monmouth High School
basket ball team defeated the
Silverton five last Friday night
in the high school gymnasium by
a score of 29 to 12. The local
boys will play a return game soon
at Silverton. The visitors played
at Independence Saturday night,
losing to that team 12 to 33. The
game that was to have been
played here tonight by the Mon
mouth high school team and the
Jefferson high school team of
Portland was called off. Tomor
row night (Saturday) the Capital
Business College team from
Salem will be here for a game.
Entertained Young Men
Oregon Normal
of the
The young men of the Normal
school were the guests at the
Gentle home on Saturday evening
last Report has it that the fine
hospitality offered the young men
will linger in their memories for
many a day.
Revival Meeting Continue
The revival meetings at the
Christian Church continue.
There were two additions Tues
day night, one by confession.
Rev. . George C. Ritchey nd
Evangelist Shaffer expect to con
tinue the services for about two
weeks.
CHORUS WILL GIVE MUSICAL
High School to Entertain Next
Tuesday Evening
ORCHESTRA TO MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE
The Program for the Evening it
Given Below and Public it
Cordially Invited
The high school chorus will end
the work of the semester in a
musicale next Tuesday evening,
January 25. This is the third
semester that chorus work has
been given in the high school,
and the second semester under
the direction of Miss Baker.
Miss Gudrun Brandt, aBtudent
of the Oregon Normal School, is
piano accompanist this term.
The newly organized high school
orchestra will make its first ap
pearance on this occasion. The
public is cordially invited to hear
this entertainment There will
be no admission. The program
of the evening is:
Orchestra, (a) '-'Beautiful
Lady;" (b) "Alohoe."
Chorus, "Oregon Song."
Girls Glee Club, "A Night in
May."
Boys Quartette, "As Usual."
Reading, Belle McAllister.
Boy's Octette, "Fairest Flow
er." Chorus, (&) "Red Scarf;" (b)
"Blow Soft Winds."
Boys Glee Club, "Oft in the
Stilly Night"
Girls Glee Club, (a) "Absent;"
(b) "Thru' the Wood."
Reading, Grace Parker.
Chorus, (a) "Out on the Deep;"
(b) "Alohoe.;'
Boys Quartette, "Dearest
May."
Chorus, (a) "Come " where the
Lillies Bloom;" (b) "The Stars
and Stripes Forever."
Monmouth Creamery Butter
Score Second
The annual meeting of the
Oregon Butter and Cheese
Makers' Association was held in
the dairy building of the Oregon
Agricultural College, at Corvallis,
January 6 and 7, 1916, with
President O. B. Neptune presid
ing. Many matters of impor
tance were discussed and ad
dresses delivered.
During the meeting a butter
scoring contest was held, Prof.
Frevert, of the goverment's dairy
investigation office at Salt Lake,
acting as judge. There were
fifteen entries from all parts of
the state. The first prize was
won by A. A. Oswald, butter
maker for the Hazelwood Com
pany at Portland, with a score of
95.45. This being the second
time Mr. Oswald has had the
highest score he becomes the
permanent owner of the $100
silver cup given by the Rural
Spirit He also gets the associa
tion prize of $25.00, and a silver
cup given by the De Laval Dairy
Supply Co. of Seattle. .
The second prize, which was
$15, was won by Guy C. Scheible
butter maker for the Monmouth
Creamery, with a score of 93.33.
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