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flffl onmouth Herald Vol. VIII Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 14, 1916 No. 45 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union SUMMER NEWS FROM NORMAL "Joan of Arc" to be Given. Fine Quartette is Coming The several groups are now planning for their annual picnics. The Ya-Wa's group had their picnic on Wednesday night, and the other groups are planning for theirs. Quite a good deal of interest was awakened by many of the students concerning the annual Chautauqua at Dallas, and it is planned to make this a greater feature of the school tor the en suing year. Mr. Chas. Zueblin, of Boston, last Friday evening gave one of the most enjoyable, inspirational and helpful lectures that has been given for years, and all who were privileged to hear him felt greatly uplifted. He took for his subject, "America, the Peace Maker or Pace Maker," and handled his subject in a master ful manner. It is with pleasure that the Normal announces that the date set for the adjourned band con cert to be given on the campus is July 19, and it is earnestly hoped that the weather will be such that it will not have to be post poned again. The several groups are showing much enthusiasm in the prepara tion of the several "stunts" which stunt program will be giv en on the campus on the even ings of July 21-22, to which the public is invited. , The fourth week closes with a total enrollment of 820, and the interest and enthusiasm remains unabated. President Ackerman was in at tendance last Saturday with the Committee appointed by the Board of Regents to prepare a report on the, standardization of Oregon Normal Schools. The committee did not complete its report but reported progress. On July 26, at 8 p. m., the Summer School Glee Clubs will give Gaul's historical cantata, "Joan of Arc." They will be assisted by an exceptionally fine quartet from Portland, composed of the following: Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, Mr. Joseph P. Mulder and Mr. Dom J. Zan. These singers will sing the solo parts and do special quartet work in the cantata. The choral effects even excel the mid-winter concert, "Ruth," that many will remember with pleasure. Tickets will be sold and re served at Morlan's. Students and public admitted for 85 cents. Children of Training School 25 cents. Jacob Smith has given up his work with the co-operative creamery and P. 0. Powell has taken his place. Your summer can be made more pleasant by our porch fur niture, hammocks, etc Moore & Walker, Home Furnishers, Independence. Rebekahs Install OfFicers Installation of officers was held in Agate Rebecca Lodge last Thursday evening. Alta Rodgers, D. D. P., installed the following officers: N. G., Amy Steinberg. V. G., Ida Scott. Secretary, Mina Cornelius. Treasurer, Mable Johnson. W Mamie Gilmore. Con., Alice Butler. Chap., Addie Shore. R. S. N. G., Laura C. Price. L S. N. G., Libbey Murdock. R. S. V. G., Maggie Butler. L. S. V. G., Emma Newman. I. G., Lottie Graham. 0. G., H. K. Sickafoose. P. G., Pearl Smith. May Call For a Special Election in the absence ot the mayor the regular council meeting last Tuesday night was brief and on ly routine business was transact ed. It was decided to purchase ten more water meters of the National Meter Co. and an ad journment was taken to Monday night when several matters will be taken up. The letting of side walk contracts is one of these. Another matter that will be considered at this time is the ad visability of holding a special election to amend the city char ter. The proposed charter al teration relates to an effort to change the taxing powers of the municipality for the purpose of increasing its revenues. A present farm areas within the city do not pay a city tax ex cept for one acre surrounding the dwelling. Since the city was put in a separate road district it is alleged these tracts escape road taxes. Just how the thing will be threshed out is a matter to be threshed out at the adjourned meeting. Active work on street paving will not begin until after July 29th. on that date the sixty day limit expires in which property owners who desire to do their improvements themselves have the opportunity to conduct the same. Therefore work on paving may be expected to begin shortly after July 29th. The following bills were audit ed and allowed: GENERAL FUND Harry Judd, constructing three cross walks WJ-JJ Himes Co., services to June 13 . . 35.75 w a Rrown. recorder fees to June 27 - L C. Price, health officer salary.. 5.00 JF Moreland, marshal sal., June 15.00 A B Robinson, county clerk, tran script property owners, Mam .traM between Broad St and Monmouth Ave J-jJ . n . rv .lime liehts . . ob.W Uregon ru" " Graham & Son, car hire 4.W t f Morioilan. sand and gravel J. i . . . for cross walks...... G Bowman, hauling sand & gravel 29.65 Ralph Mason, work on sireei . WATER FUND National Meter Co., 10 meters. 96.00 J F Moreland, water supt salary 45.00 W G Brown, collecting waier T.. 50 for June nn Power Co.. pump power 52.40 PVh2toJuly5, supplies for water department ROAD FUND 48.52 . crraHinff streets .. 77.00 DEATH CALLS EX-PUBLISHER D. E. Stitt Died Last Friday Came to Oiegon in 1877 D. E. Stitt, who for over six years was the guiding genius of this newspaper, died at his home in Monmouth on Friday night of last week. He had been sick for nearly a year, had been confined to his bed for the past two months. He suffered a stroke in August a year ago and although he soon recovered, was smitten again, and realizing that his days were numbered set himself to prepare for his final departure. Because he was not able to con duct its management any longer, the Herald was sold to the pres ent management last March. About six weeks ago the prev alent lagrippe seized upon him for a victim, and under its in fluence he has steadily dropped away until death came to release him of his troubles at 11 o'clock Friday night. His malady took the shape of the filling of his lungs with bloody water. When relieved of this by help of his physician he seemed much better again but each time left him a little weaker. David Ehrhart Stitt was one of the pioneer newspapermen of Oregon. He had been in the harness in this state for some thing like thirty-five years. For something like 18 years he pub lished the Bandon Recorder. Mr. Stitt was born in Arm strong county, Penn., and moved with his parents to Indiana when a boy. There he grew up and made the acquaintance of Mary Catherine Richardson, whom he married at Edinburg, Bartholo mew county, Sept. 27, 1871. Shortly after the young couple set out for the Golden West, liv ing first in Northern California but coming to Oregon in Novem ber, 1877. They landed at Cres cent City, California, from a sail ing boat with the usual experi ences and traveled north into Curry county and Mr. Stitt bought a ranch on Floras creek. He was one of the first men in that section to plant new and un tried vegetables and garden stuff. A few varieties were grown there but all of a kind that tra dition said would stand the cli mate.. Mr. Stitt sent for various seeds and succeeded with them in the fertile bottom land and in especial, raised melons that were famed for miles around. He soon sold out, however, and moved to Bandon which had re ceived its name from an Irish man, commonly known as "Lord" Bennett, who brought a party from Bandon in Ireland. Ben nett's town was a short ways down the coast but later the name was used to apply to a town which grew up at the mouth of the Coquille river. A newspaper had been started at Denmark, a hamlet which is still a cross roads settlement in Curry county. J. M. Upton, who as register of the U. S. land office at Roseburg died last spring, bought the Denmark paper and moved it to Bandon. Mr. Stitt had undertaken the livery business but soon bought out Upton and embarked on the sea of journalism. He had had no experience either as printer or publisher but had taught school some, had a liking for politics, an easy style in composition and made a success of the newspaper. His was the experience of the pioneer journalist. He had a Washington hand press and a limited supply of type. All freight and most passengers came in by water and in the days before the mouth of the river was improved, making the entrance to the har bor was dangerous business and only attempted by the smaller boats. A great deal of the traffic was by sailing ships and these were often wrecked in the effort to get from the ocean to the Continued on page 3 Students Plan Entertainment An interesting event to which the public of Monmouth is cor dially invited is a series of stunts to be given on the Normal cam pus on Friday and Saturday even ings of next week. As usual in the summer school the student body has divided itself according to the different parts of the state from which the individuals hail and the entertainments are de signed as a safety valve for the pent up spirit of local pride which the various representatives are possessed of. It will give each a chance to do a little community bragging and also allow an op portunity to advertise the various attractions of each section. Every county in the state is represented among the ezu students regis tered, and seven outside states. Competition is keen to see that each group is fittingly represent ed in the stunt and some inter esting exhibitions are anticipated. Mining and wheat growing, fish ing and cattle raising, lumbering and fruit growing suggest some of the possibilities from which the different groups can draw The following are the group leaders: Floyd D. Moore of Portland, Group 1, Multnomah county. N. A. Baker of Eugene, Group 2, Lane county. R. W. Dobell of Monmouth, Group 3, Polk county. Ranie P. Burkhead of Wasco, Group 4, Crook, Jefferson, Sher man. Wheeler, Wasco, Morrow, Hood River counties. Franklin Launer of Canby, Group 5, Marion and Clackamas counties. L A. Wright of Butte Falls, Group 6, Jackson, Josephine, Douglas and Klamath counties. Florence Hill of Gold Beach, Group 7, outside of state, Clat sop, Coos, Columbia and Curry counties. Sara Ruggles of Moro, Group 8, Grant, Gilliam, Baker, Harney, Wallowa, Malheur, Umatilla and Union counties. Vera Tracey of Albany, Group 9. Lincoln, Benton and Linn counties. Claude Arehart of Monmouth, Group 10, Tillamook, Yamhill and Washington counties. START FOLKS TO THINKING Its a Necessary Preliminary Said Zueblin in Lecture According to Chas. Zueblin of Boston, who lectured to the Nor mal students last Friday night, the hardest thing Americans find to do, is to think. They are so accustomed to acting as suits the passing fancy that a little think ing would be profitable. The audience might not agree with his sentiments, asserted Mr. Zueblin, and he did not care whether they did or not, but if he could only set them to think ing he felt that his labor was not in vain. Ahd with rapid fire sentences, like the pounding of a trip-hammer, Zueblin proceeded to over turn preconceived notions and arraign established customs in a manner that was truly startling. He seasoned it all with lightning like flashes of wit which kept the crowd laughing a considera ble part of the time. He believed in preparedness but he wanted it to have peace as its object. Most preparedness, he claimed, had war as its ulti mate end. His subject was "Un cle Sam as a Peace-maker and a acemaker". He showed the folly of taking European standards for Ameri can use. Lurope arms to defend its border and sea coast. He showed how, if we were to take Europe as a standard and with our scanty population attempt to make the same defense of our borders and sea coast line as Eu rope, it would lead to speedy bankruptcy. The European war showed the folly of the old style of military drill. The idea of men contorting theis physiognomies into the un natural posture of the soldier was out of date. The soldiers of battling Europe are not indulg ing jn rifle practice. The shoot ing is with long range artillery. When the private soldier gets a chance at his enemy in the trenches he is so close that he uses his rifle as a club. The main work of the modern soldier is to dig trenches. It is not nec essary to declare war to engage in this work. The United States could use thousands of miles of more trenches right now. They could be dug so as to drain our sloughs and swamps or for sew ers in cities. Again, the soldier was a road builder. The high ways he builds for the transpor tation of artillery and amunition are marvels. We need not go to war to set our soldiers to road making. Opportunity opens off in evers direction. The flying machine machine is used much more in war than in peace. There was no reason for this. No need of war to find use for a swarm of flying machines. We need scouts over our forests. How easy it would be for a man flying over the woods to detect the smoke and get the fire out before it caused great damage. A whole brigade of airmen could Continued on page 4 J l MCVieu"