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Vol. IX
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union.
ALL CITIZENS
ARE INVITED
Generous Invitation to Nor
mal Reception Saturday
President and Mrs. Ackerman
request the pleasure of your com
pany at a reception in honor of
the Citizens of Monmouth and
the Faculty and Students of the
Oregon Normal School in the
parlors of Normal Hall at eight
o'clock on Saturday, October
twenty first. The Committee has
endeavored to have invitations
sent to every citizen in Mon
mouth. It is desired that if any
persons' name should by mistake
be slighted that such person will
feel that he or she has a cordial
invitation.
President Ackerman accepted
an invitation to speak at the
teachers' institute at Hillsboro
on Thursday, and Mr. Gentle on
Friday, and Mr. Evenden spoke
before the teachers' institute at
Roseburg on Wednesday.
Miss Taylor spent Saturday last
in Portland in attendance at a
committee meeting of the Ore
gon Social Hygiene Society.
Miss Kennon, Miss Parrott and
Miss Greene spent the week-end
in Portland.
In the interim of his institute
work Mr. Pittman spent last
Monday at the Normal.
"The Melting Pot," Israel
Zangwill's play of alien Ameri
can life, played to a large and
most appreciative audience in the
Normal chapel Saturday evening.
The play was well interpreted as
was evidenced by the quick re
sponse of the audience at every
bit of clever acting or emotional
crisis. The company was well
balanced and certainly gave a
very faithful presentation of the
great play. The lecture course
committee feels that it is a real
achievement to have a play of
this excellence staged in the Nor
mal auditorium.
Following closely this last at
traction comes a lecture recital
on October 24 by Hartridge
Whipp and Leonora Fisher Whipp
of Portland. The Whipp's are
people of rare distinction in ar
tistic recitals and the people of
Monmouth can surely anticipate
a real pleasure in hearinz them.
Mr. Whipp has a baritone voice
of compelling force and richness
which has won him an enviable
reputation among Pacific coast
baritones. Mrs. Whipp is an ac
complished pianist and pipe or
ganist Mr. Whipp is the pos
sessor of a remarkably winning
personality which is evident in
his clever explanation of each in
dividual song before his interpre
tation of it The tickets for this
lecture recital may be purchased
at Morlan's Book Store from Oc
tober 20 to 24 for twenty five
cents.
Friday morning Miss Mary
Hoham represented the faculty
during the chapel period with a
very interesting talk on "Music
Appreciation in Rural Schools."
Miss Hoham's object was to dem
onstrate that any teacher with
Mo-nomh,
the aid of a nhonoirranh
lead her pupils to appreciate the
best in music just as she could
present to them the best poetry
or pictures, and that the inex
pensive machines now provided
served the purpose admirably.
After a prefatory talk in which
the preparation for the musical
selections was worked out by
Miss Hoham as it might be done
in school, the records of the
"Wilhelm Tell Overture" and the
"Hallelujah Chorus" were played
as illustrations of the work. Miss
Hoham's talk was suggestive and
illuminating in its fine practical
way and her audience felt the
decided inclination to put into
early practice the actual appre
ciation work. During the course
of the year it is planned to take
up all the selections in the State
Course of Study so that all the
students will have a definite
background for this splendid
work.
Tuesday, Miss Marvin, State
Librarian and Regent of the
Normal, was a house guest of
Miss Mabel West
"Civilization," the great Ince
moving picture drama showing
the horrors of war and the bless
ings of peace will be shown in
the Normal chapel October 27.
Tickets may be had at Morlan's
Book Store after October 24.
Fifty cents is the price for adults
and twenty five for children.
pigh School Notes
On Friday afternoon the boy's
basket ball teams met for the
first matched game of the season.
The Senior boys challenged the
rest of the school and Mr. Taven
ner, the underclassmen coach,
selected the team and also ref
erreed. Although the score was
23 to 9 in favor of the Seniors!
the opposing team put up a good
fight and with a little more prac
tice will be able to give the Sen
iors something to do. The line
up was:
Rpninrs Underclassmen
C. Starr L. Brown
V. Ranre R. Brown
.r RutW Hiltibrand
G. Portwood H. Brown
G. C. Walker M. Mulkey
Misses Wilda Fuller and Jo
sephine Heffley went to Albany
Saturday to attend the Round-up.
Thp hnsket ball team has or
ganized with Silas Starr as cap
tain and Donald Portwood as
manager.
The Golden Rule Sunday school
class of the Christian church met
on Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Sadie Waller. Scis
sors, needles, and busy fingers
at patch work made the time pass
pleasantly and profitably. The
business meeting opened with
reading of Scripture and prayer.
Minutes were read. Treasurer's
reports and visiting committees
full nf enthusiasm in their
work. Those present were: Mes
dames Alderson, Simpson, Noble,
Jones, William-
1VUU1W, w-
son, Clark, Williams, Sullivan,
Rake, Stone, Shore, woivenon,
Neal, Mack, Waller, Cowing and
Arant
Pok 0mtr Ore8oni Fr.day
NAME ROAD
COMMITTEE
Elkins Meeting Well At
tended, Awakens Interest
The call to the road meeting at
the Elkins school house last Fri
day evening served to call out a
large attendance of interested
people. The road needs of the
district were discussed and the
following committee was ap
pointed to plan a budget for the
ensuing year: E. H. Lorence,
Monmouth; J. P. Walker, west
of Monmouth; Chas. F. Smith,
Helmick bridge territory; John
Palmer, Elkins school district;
and Frank Loughary of the forks
of the Luckiamute.
Jos. A. Tetherow, road super
visor, presided, and ex-officio
Road Master J. W. Finn was
present and explained the pur
pose of the movement which is
something new in Polk county
road making and which evidently
is the result of Finn's inspiration.
There apparently is no law to
warrant it but it has appeared to
him that if the different sections
of the county would get out their
own program of road work and
submit it to the court there would
be better all around satisfaction.
Then when the budget comes up
for discussion in November the
people of the county can see in
black and white just what is
contemplated and just what it is
going to cost.
The meeting discussed various
plans for the road improvement
of the district and one of these
is the cutting down of the hills
south of this city. The meeting
developed harmony among the
conflicting interests of the dis
trict and the committee appoint
ed to prepare the plans is larger
than was at first contemplated
because it was deemed desirable
to recognize all the sections of
the district This committee will
also wait upon the court with
representatives of the other dis
tricts in Dallas, October 28th.
The date was originally set for
October 21st, but postponed to
give all a chance to prepare their
plans in advance.
Monmouth was well represent
ed at the Elkins meeting.
Civilization, the famous mov
ing picture which is to be shown
at the Normal chapel Friday,
October 27th, could not be pre
sented anywhere else in the city.
It requires two of the latest pow
er six projectors. A high class
transparent curtain is used and
two operators handle the reels
for a continuous show. It re
ouires a special light from heavy
transformers to handle the pict
ure. There are 11 reels of the
picture and the presentation re
quires two and one half hours.
Special orchestra music accom
panies it
The road committee appointed
at the Elkins meeting was in
town Wednesday looking up our
mpan wavs on which the ways
and means of the district is to
be expended.
Joe Craven is reported sick
abed.
0c(ober M ljis
Some Biz Apples
A. N. Halleck brought in with
his compliments one day last
week, nine Reiner npples that
weighed a little over nine
pounds. Each apple was large
enough for a pie and if George 111
could have had one in his dump
ling he would have thought it a
case of Gulliver come again.
Two of the apples have reposed
in the window of the Herald of
fice arid many have paused to
wonder at their size.
New Officers
of Civic Club
At a recent meeting of the
Woman's Civic Club of Mon
mouth the following officers were
elected: Pres., Mrs. Arvilla
Booth by; Vice Pres., Mrs. Eldora
Olson; Sec'y., Mrs. Fannie Guth
rie; Treas., Miss Cassie Stump.
A fund of about $20 was sub
scribed among the members as a
nucleus to start improving the
park as soon as possession is
gained of it, which is expected
by Spring.
Also a scholarship loan fund
was attempted for the beautify
ing of the grounds around the
depot.
The members would have been
glad to have been able to report
greater achievements and are
sorry the list is so short
Scout Council
was Organized
A company of parents of Boy
Scouts and others assembled in
the bank office Tuesday night
and organized a Monmouth Boy
Scouts Council. The functions
of the Council are to supervise
the activities of the boys, to se
cure a scout master and other
work, largely of an advisory
nature. Ten persons at present
compose the council, consisting
of Messrs. Bowersox, Fisher, Ira
Powell, Elkins, Parker, Haynie,
Swenson, Williams, Winegar and
Matthis. Rev. Elkins is presi
dent of the council, Rev Fisher,
secretary and treasurer, and F.
R. Bowersox, scout commission
er. The boys are at present with
out a scout master, although
several are under consideration.
Several others, interested in the
Scouts, are expected to become
part of the council in the near
future.
The following is the program
committee of the Parent-Teach
ers' Association who will prepare
the program for the next meet
ing, the first Tuesday evening in
November: E. H. Hedrick, chair
man, Miss Mcintosh, Miss Maggie
Butler and Mr. Elkins.
Chas. Leonard is home from
the Dallas hospital, arriving Mon
day. The bone of his broken leg
is knitting nicely but the doctor
does not allow him to. put his
weight on it yet, nor will he for
some time.
The Riddell exhibit of goats
appears to have swept everything
in sight at the state fair.
MELTING POT
GREAT PLAY
Redpath Presention Makes
a Decided Hit with Crowd
The presentation of the Melt
ing Pot at the Normal chapel
last Saturday night was a treat
in every sense of the word. Not
only was that classic story pre
sented by strong dramatic talent
but it was staged in very effect
ive scenery. Perhaps the best
stage effect was the last scene, a
New York roof garden with a
painting of the bay and the stat
ue of liberty in the back
ground with a practical elevator
as the entrance and exit in which
the elevator ascending and de
scending was counterfeited by
an illusion with shadows.
The characters were taken
with rare fidelity, with David
and Vera, presented by the lead
ing lady and gentleman in a
manner beyond criticism. The
homely faithful reproduction of
the Jewish piano teacher and his
mother and their Irish servant
took one bodily for a visit into
their tenement home and the
German orchestra leader Herr
Pappelmeister, was a whole show
in himself. His genial art was
reflected in every movement and
his mannerisms had all the stamp
of the real thing. The Melting
Pot as given by the Redpath act
ors was an exceedingly interest
ing entertainment
Although the attendance at the
Grange meeting Saturday was
small the program was very in
teresting. Among the topics dis
cussed was the very pertinent
one of the high cost of living.
The mission of the small farm
came in at one angle of the sub
ject and the back to the farm
movement also was considered.
What can we do to help Mon
mouth? was another useful and
timely topic and a number of ex
cellent ideas were advanced.
Rural Credits was also discussed.
Frank Moreland, water super
intendant has had troubles of his
own the past twp days and inci
dentally a portion of our citizens
have shared the same with him.
He interrupted the water service
for 'a block along Main street and
pails and pans have been resort
ed to in an effort to keep up a
water supply. A hydrant had to
be put in and the work took long
er than was expected.
The Priscilla Club
A very enjoyable meeting of
the club was held at the home of
the president, Mrs. J. H. Acker
man, Saturday, October 7, for the
purpose of talking of the work of
the coming winter. A large at
tendance attested to the interest
and enthusiasm of the member
ship. Mrs. Ackerman's and Mrs.
Carlton's talk on their summer
trip proved both interesting and
helpful. An article on "Pre
paredness" was read by Mrs.
Edwards, followed by discussion.
The next meeting of the club will
bo held Saturday, October 21,
with Mrs. W, E. Smith hostess.