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Vol. VIII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, March 10, 1916
No. 27
Help boost for a bigger and better Monmouth Improvements are needed
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Miss Kennon Gave Talk in
Chapel Last Friday
MISS RUGGLER REPRESENTED SENIORS
; The Old Home Singers to be at
( the Normal Thursday Even
ing, March 16th
Emerson Bassett, Leland Stanford,
Jr., University.
Delivery -A, King Wilson, Portland,
Oregon; Henry L,. Benson, Salem, Ore
gon; Georcf L. Koehn, Portland, Ore
gon. The banquet is to be held in
the Dormitory dining room and
promises to be a triumph of an
unusual sort, judging from the
menu and the toast program.
President Ackerman is to be the
toast master.
V. F. DANIEL STORE SOLD
Miller Mercantile Company
Buys Dry Goods Stock
i Miss Laura H. Kennon spent
; Saturday and Sunday visiting
friends at Eugene.
1 Mr. Pittman spoke at a parent-
teachers' association meeting at
t Sylvan, Oregon, last Friday
night, and reports a very inter
: esting session.
, Miss Myra Butler, Head of the
Departments of Domestic Science
J and Domestic Art has been more
. than busy in getting her depart
) ment in ship-shape order. She
f feels now that shejhas as fine
( rooms as any Normal School on
i the Pacific Coast
Friday morning Miss Kennon
'was the faculty speaker at chapel
1 time. Her subject was "The
A Enjoyment of Poetry." After
showing what poetry is and what
i enjoyment it offers to the average
reader, Miss Kennon illustrated
' her points by great poems. The
talk was well received by both
j students and faculty.
Miss Marie Myers, the Nor
mal's contestant in the Oratorical
Contest, gave her oration in
chapel Tuesday morning. The
whole school was splendidly
enthusiastic in yells and songs.
Everyone feels that the Normal
will make a very fine showing.
The Seniors were represented
in chapel Wednesday morning by
Miss Sara Ruggles who gave an
interesting account of "Current
Events in the School room."
The Inter-collegiate Oratorical
Association holds its meeting at
the Oregon Normal School this
year. All those connected with
the affair from Miss Laura Bell,
who is the association President,
to the last committee worker
have been working with splendid
enthusiasm for the success of the
meeting. The program follows:
Overture, "Red Gnome," (Rollin
son,) Oregon Normal School Orchestra;
Address of Welcome, Laura J. Bell,
President of I. 0. A. 0; "Spinning
Song" from "The Flying Dutch
man," (Wagner,) "Will 0' The
Wisp," (Spross.) Oregon Normal
School Girls Glee Club.
ORATIONS
"Social Unrest on the Liquor
Problem," Mr. M. C. Smithson, Mc
Minnville College; "Will America Fol
Lew Rome," Mr. Max W. Bicker, Pa
cific University; "Americanizing Our
Immigrants," Mr. Eric Englund, Ore
gon Agricultural College; "The Edu
cation of Tomorrow," Miss Marie
Myers, Oregon Normal School; "The
Invisible Devastation of Selfish
Strife," Mr. Frank M. Jasper, Wil
lamette University; "The Trust," Mr.
Meade G. Elliott, Pacific College; "In
dependent Sovereignties and Vital
Interests,"' Mr. Walter L Meyers,
University of Oregon; "A Present Day
Problem," Mr. Folmer A. Jensen, Al
bany College.
Solo, "Invictus," (Huhn.) Mr. 0.
Allen Macy; Romance, "Water Col
ors," (Gumble.) Intermezzo, "AT
Parting," (Troward.) Oregon Nor
mal School Orchestra.
JUDGES
Composition-J. M. O'Neil, Univer
sity of Wisconsin; Thomas C. True
blood, University of Michigan; Lee
KVENTORY BEING TAKEN THIS . WEEK
Company Owns Large Stores at
Newberg and Dayton -Will
Handle Groceries
The Old Home Singers here
March 16 in the Normal Assem
bly Hall are to be the Musical
treat of the season according to
all advance reports. Their pro
gram is a journey into the days
of vesterdav. Each of the
singers is an artist of ability
Following is the program and
personnel of the Old Home
Singers:
Program And Personel Of The
Old Home Singers
Miller's Weaving, Quartette
Tingle Ingle-High Jinks, Quar
tette; Hawaiian Song, Quartette;
Old Oaken Bucket, Quartette;
Juanita, Quartette; Old Folks at
Home, Quartette; Ragtime Lulla
by, Tenor.
The above songs are sung in
evening dress and are used as
Illustrations in the discussions of
modern music and the music of
fifty years ago. This discussion
eventually leads to the idea of
having an old fashioned party
and dressing in the costumes of
our grandfathers and . grand
mothers. " :
The songs used in the last part
are as follows: Two Sailors, Ten
or and Bass; Same Old Dress,
Quartette; Sweet Genevieve.lCon-
tralto; Grandma's Advice, Con
tralto; Coming Thru' the Rye,
Contralto; Sally in our Alley,
Quartette; Love's Old Sweet
Song. Quartette; Ruben Ruben,
Quartette; Campbells are Com
ing, Quartette; Rocked in the
Cradle, Bass; Captain Jinks,
Bass; In the Gloaming, Quar
tette; Polly Doodle, Quartette;
Low Backed Car, Tenor and Bass;
Last Rose of Summer, Soprano;
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,
Soprano; Kerry Dance, Quar
tette; Mary of Argyle, Tenor;
Over the Garden Wall, Tenor;
In Old Madrid, Tenor; When
Johnny Comes Marching Home,
Bass; Dixie, Quartette; Soldier's
Farewell, Quartette; Home Sweet
Home, Quartette.
The program is continuous and
lasts about an hour and forty
minutes.
Helen Smith, Soprano; Pear
Maupin, Contralto; Cecil Wil
liams, Tenor; Harold King, Bass;
Elena De Marco, Pianist
Tickets for this will be on sale
at Morlan's Book Store from
March 11 to March 16. The price
of tickets is only 50 cents.
The Literary Societies have
selected "Peg 0' My Heart" for
their annual play which will be
given in the Normal Chapel on
March 24. Members of the caste
accompanied by Miss West and
Miss Parrott motored to Salem
on Saturday evening to see
Florence Martin and her com
pany in the play. This was a
rare opportunity for the caste
and their rehersals are showing
that the opportunity was made
the most of.
The V. F. Daniel store was sold
this week to the Miller Mercan
tile Company, said company hav
ing large stores in Newberg and
Dayton, and U. S. G. Miller of
Newberg and Mr. Fender of
McMinnville have been here this
week taking an inventory of the
stock, which will probably be
completed today or tomorrow.
The partition in the back of the
store between the main room and
the room in the rear of the bank
will be taken out to give more
space. Mr. Miller expects to in
stall a general line of groceries
in connection with the dry goods
and will carry the second largest
stock in the county. E. C. Cole
will be retained as manager.
Mr. Miller has had twenty-seven
years experience in the mercen-
tile business and is well qualified
to have charge of this line of
work.
Accident Prevention Means Low
er Accident Insurance To
Farmers And All Employer
Since the State Industrial Ac
cident Commission announced
ast July that a rate of 2 per cent
had been made for general farm
ing, and that application from
farmers for the protection of the
Compensation Act would be ac
cepted, several hundred farmers
have taken advantage of the Act
and more farmers are coming in
each day.
The Commission has now de
clared an exemption of payments
for February and those who have
paid into the fund for the pre
ceding six months, will have
their insurance carried free dur
ing February. A similiar ex
emption was made last July.
This makes two exemptions for
this fiscal year which begins
July 1, and is a reduction in the
rate of 16 2-3 per cent
Those farmers as well as all
others working under the Act,
who have a good accident ex
perience for the year, requiring
the Commission to pay out for
accidents to their workmen, not
to exceed 50 per cent of that em
ployers contribution, will be
granted a reduction in their rate
of 10 per cent This will bring
the farmers rate down to $1.80
on each $100 of payroll. For
those whose accident experience
is as good for the second year,
will receive a second reduction of
10 per cent in their rate on July
1, 1917, bringing the rate down
to $1.60 on each $100 of payroll
These reductions are in addition
to exemptions.
The rate for those farmers pay
ing 2 per cent this year is there
fore, after deducting two months
exemptions, (1-6 of the entire
year) $1,667 for each $100 of pay
roll. After July I, 1916, those
that earn 10 per cent reduction,
will pay only $1.50, and one year
later, this should be reduced to
$1.35, a very low rate indeed,
provided the same monthly ex
emptions are then possible.
The State contributes sufficient
money to the fund, to pay all ex
penses of administering the fund,
therefore every dollar paid by
employers and workmen is avail
able to be paid back to injured
workmen for hospital and medi
cal attention and for time lost
The rate the employres pay,
bears a direct ratio to the number
of accidents.
There are no leaks, no profits
and no commissions to pay. Ac
cidents only are paid for. Re
duce the number of accidents and
the rate of payment to the fund
will be reduced by additional ex-exemptions.
The records of this Commission
show that last year one of each
eight workmen employed in
hazardous occupations in Oregon,
were injured.
This is too high a percentage.
By cooperation of employers and
workmen to prevent accidents the
Commission believes that the
number of injuries can be cut in
half.
That means cutting the rate in
half, by reductions and exemp
tions, and the farmer would then
be paying less than 1 per cent.
No farmer in Oregon can afford
to carry the risk of injuring or
killing workmen, when he can
thus receive insurance' with the
absolute protection of the state,
at actual cost and be given also
the opportunity of constantly
reducing his rate.
In view of the above, the Com
mission has issued a call to em
ployers and workmen of Oregon,
to cooperate in a movement to
prevent accidents, and wil
conduct an active campaign
of accident prevention. The
results desired can only be
accomplished by cooperation of
both employers and workmen
with the state and will result in
a vast saving in money, and an
increase in efficiency of manu
facturing and other operations
through preventing loss of time
and the necessity of replacing in
jured workmen who are ex
perienced, with inexperienced
men. What is more important
still, it will prevent untold suf
fering to the thousands of work
men who are now annually torn
and mangled, many of them
made wrecks for life, while toil
ing to earn their daily bread
MEETING HELD TUESBftYKlGHT
Commercial ClubSecures Per
manent Meeting Place
Answer To Taxpayer! Question
Inauiry was made recently by
a taxpayer as to his share of the
tax for the building of the new
Training School. On looking up
the necessary data and figuring
the tax, I find that a man who
has a house and lot valued by the
assessor at $1000 would pay be
tween five and six cents as his
share of the tax. Of course the
same amount of tax would be
paid on the same property
whether located in Medford,
Moro, or Monmouth.
Respectfully,
H. C. Ostien.
TWO COMMITTEES WERE APPOINTED
Will See About Having Road
and Bridget Repaired North
of Monmouth
At the meeting of the Com
mercial Club on Tuesday evening
the moving picture show room
was rented for the permanent
meeting place. The members
are showing good enthusiasm in
the work proposed to be under
taken for the spring and summer,
and we may expect some real
results for their efforts. Con
certed action, a pull all together,
is necessary to accomplish any
public improvement Even if a
large majority in any community
want some special thing for the
general good done-it remains un
done until some concerted action
gets behind it and shapes up the
practical end and starts the
work going.
This is the object of the com-
mercial organization, and the
Ladies Civic Club is doing the
same thing along the lines of ac
tivity which interests them.
Both organizations should have
the support of every loyal citizen.
A committee was appointed to
interview the residents north of
town, who reside in the adjoining
road district, and ask for joint
action in securing the much
needed repair of bridges and
grades north of town. Also a
committee constituted to secure
the consensus of the opinion of
the property owners on the kind
of paving to be adopted, also the
opinion of the city attorney on
the requirements of the city
charter as to payments.
Talk On Farm Crops
Prof. H. D. Scudder of O. A.
C. will talk at the Grange meet
ing Saturday of this week at 2:30.
An opportunity will be given for
any questions on soil, crops and
fertiliziers.
His talk last year was very
much appreciated by the grang
ers and visitors several saying
it was worth several times the
loss of a fine day in the fields.
A Development League for the
Willamette Valley will be or
ganized at Albany on the 11th
inst Commissioners Wells and
Beckett U. S. Laughary and P.
O. Powell are the Polk County
Delegates.
The Dairy department of O. A.
C. sent F. B. Powell to Gresham
last week to test the Holstein
herd of Mr. David McKowen.
The milking was done four times
a day and one cow made 3.3
pounds a day.
Don't work for a bigger town
merely-work for a better town.
Meetings Progressing Nicely
The revival meetings at Inde
pendence with Evangelist A. W.
Shaffer in charge of the singing
and George C. Ritchey of Mon
mouth doing the preaching are
progressing nicely with a large
attendance. There were eight
additions Wednesday night and
twenty-two additions to date.