The Monmouth herald., July 28, 1916, Image 3

Stunts
Continued from page 1
ty, furnished an exhibition of
school days, ancient and modern
They showed, with a partition
betwern. two schools in session.
One was the old variety, where
the birch was wielded, the water
pail passed, and the three It's
pounded into the understanding
by forcible means. The other
side exhibited modern processes,
with pictures on the blackboard,
with the reading acted out, and ,
sand modeling. A special feature
was take-offs on members of the
faerlry, which were very clever
ly done. X. A. Daker was chair
man of this group and Mrs.
Gladys Smith, head of the stunt,
committee.
The Tilwayans, group 10, pre
sented a tragedy. This group
consists of Tillamook, Yamhill. ;
and Washington counties. The !
tragedy featured the attempt of '
the king of Yamhill and the '
queen of Tillamook to prevent1
RAILROAD
WAGES
Shall they be determined by
Industrial Warfare or
Federal Inquiry?
To the American Public:
Do you believe in arbitration or indus
trial warfare? x
The train employes on all the railroads
are voting whether they will give their leaders
authority to tk up the commerce ol the
country to enforce their demands for a 100
million dollar wage increase.
The railroads are in the public service
your service. This army ot employes is in
the public service your service.
You pay for rail transportation 3 billion
dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every
dollar from you goes to the employes:
On all tie Western railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the
tram employes earned these wages (lowest, highest and average
i all) as shown by the pay rolls
PatMBftr Freight Yard
Rant Atotm Rdi A?w Rim AtMaia
EDimeen. 3 $2195 $2071 2445 $1378
CnCor. 1878 1935 1355
" ' W78 1 3 1 7 2 1,81 1552 9 73
E"k iS 967 m 1135 im 1107
The average yearly wage payments to all Western train em
ployes (including those who worked only part of the year) as
shown by the 1915 payrolls were
PuMngar Freight Yard
Eoiineeri $2038 $1737 $1218
Conductors ..... 1772 1624 1292
Fireme 1218 973 832
Brakeme 921 1000 1028
A 100 million dollar wage increase for
men in freight and yard service (less than
one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a 5 per
cent advance in all freight rates.
The managers of the railroads, as trustees
for the public, have no right to place this
burden on the cost of transportation to you
without a clear mandate from a public tri
bunal speaking for you.
The railroads have proposed the settle
ment of this controversy either under the
existing national arbitration law, or by refer
ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. This offer has been refused by the
employes' representatives.
Shall a nation-wide strike or an
investigation under the Gov
ernment determine this issue?
National Conference Committee of the Kiilways
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Here
Day In
is This Store's Platform
and Day Out, Told in Three Short Sentences
A Higher Standard of Quality
A Higher Standatd of Value
A Higher Standard of Service
Which is only another way of
laying that we sell the right
merchandise at the right price
in the right way.
THE MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO.
which pays highest prices for farm products
0lCZ10C3C IOI lolC30PLoll IOI J51C301Z3llo
the Prince of Monmouth from
wedding their daughter, the
princess There were several
acts tr this, giving an oppor
tunity for the footlights, three
girls In red, to go dim, and to
brirnten up again and allow the
sc.nery, six girls in green, to
sMft once in awhile.. The bur
;esoue ended . when the princess
snd prince, who had stabbed
themselves fatally, were brought
to life again and all lived happily
ever after. Claud . A Arehart
was chairman of the group, and
Howard Ilanscom chairman of
the stunt committee.
Group 9, Chintimini, Lincoln,
Benton, and Linn, gave an ani
mated exhibition of the Normal
pipe organ with students In high
caps white and black, represent
ing the keys. Miss Vera Tracy
was chairman of the group and
Miss Elsie Grieg, of the stunt
committee.
On Saturday night Group 1,
Multnomah county, gave an
elaborate presentation of the
"Kin;? of the Land of Nod." A
number of local children had
been borrowed for the occasion
and the different scenes, with
the Sand-man andjock of
Dreams as heralds, the dream
fairies and the King and Queen
of the Land of Nod to supervise, '
was prettily done. The stunt1
was a high class production and
worthy of comparison to profes
sional effort.. Flovd D. Moore
was chairman of the group and
Miss Clayton Burrow, chairman i
of the stunt committee.
Group 3, consisting of Polk
county, presented an old-fash-!
ioned singing school, many feat-!
ures of which were greeted with
uproarious laughter. Ivan Wood
presided as songmaster and fin
ally with considerable persis
tance he managed to get his
class within gunshot of the tone
of his tuning fork. They sang a
few of the old time classics and
then indulged -in a Virginia reel,
to the Inspiring music of a har
monica. R. W. Dobell was the
chairman of this group and Miss
Gretchen Kraemer, chairman of
the stunt committee.
Try our lost and found column
Trains into Monmouth
L've Portland 7:l3, a m, Gerlinger 10:33, Independence 11, Monmouth 11:10
" Salem 9:45, " " " " " '
" " 1:40, pm Dallas 2:55... " 3:20
" " 4:00, " Gerlinger 4:38, Independence 4:55, Monmouth 5:05
" " 6:15, " " 7:00, " 7:20, 7:30
" Portland 3:20, Connects with above
" Corvallis 6:45, a m Independence 7:35.... Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1:15, pm " 2:20 " 2:30
" Dallas 7:00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
" Airlie 8:30, am and 3:55, pm. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 am and 4:30 pm
Leave Independence, 7, am, 7.35, 8.45, 11, p m 1.30, 2.20, 3, 4.15, 4.55, 7.20
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:15 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
" Same as above Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:50, pm, " 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 3:15
" Same as above Portland 5:55
" Monmouth 4:35, " 4:55, " 5:10, 1 Salem 6:00
" " 9:05, am Dallas 10;10 " 11;10
, " " 4;30, pro 4;55, " 6;00
" 9;05, am, Independence 10;50, Corvallis 11 ;50 '
" " . 5;10, p m, " 7;15, " 8;15
" " 7;25 a m and 3;20 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 3;50 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.15, a m, 8.15 9.05, 11.15, 1.50, 2.35, 3.20, 4.35, 5.10, 7.35
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The Mariclacks, Marion and
Clackamas, presented a pioneer
meeting at ChaniDoes. in which
a debate was Indulged in, as to
which had done the most for
Oregon, Marion or Clackamas,
with Uncle Sam and the thirteen
original states as judges. The
decision was a tie. Frankie
Launer was chairman of this
group and Miss Margaret Parr
ott, chairman of the stunt com
mittee.
The Blue Mountain Stars,
Grant, Gilliam, Baker, Wallowa,
Harney, Malheur, Umatilla, and
Union, presented a very pretty
sketch, entitled the Fountain of
Youth. It dealt with the attempt
of DeLeon to find the fountain
of youth, of his finding it and re
fusal to accept it because of the
conditions. A fine sketch and
well rendered.
Group 4, the Mt. Hoods, con
sisting of the counties of Crook,
Jefferson, Sherman, t Wheeler,
Wasco, Morrow and Hood River,
presented two scenes' from the
famous pageant play, "The
j Bridge of the God's." The two
scenes depicted represented the
Great Council held to debate
whether or not the tribes would
remain under the sway of the
j Willamettes, ending with the
railing of the bridge. The last
scene showed the death of Mult
nomah. The colored blankets,
,the camp fires, helped to make
this a picturesque spectacle and
the introduction of riders on
ho'rseback added realism to it.
A part of the exhibition was
the students. Seated on the
planks that were raised on the
tennis court, with their banners
and sectional cheering, they re
called in a small way a political
convention. Each group had its
yell leader and nothing in this
line was slighted, some of thf
compositions showing consider
able literary ingenuity. -