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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
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Graham & Son, car hire 4.W
t f Morioilan. sand and gravel
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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
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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
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