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TEa Vol. IX Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, December 29, 1916 No. 17 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union. DEATH OF MRS. SARAH HORR Former Monmouth Woman Scald to Death in Salem Mrs. Sarah Horr, a former resident of Monmouth, but who for the past year has been in the insane asylum in Salem, died this week. A Portland paper (fives the following: details of the incidents of her end: Mrs. Sarah Horr, 73 years old, a patient at the State Hospital for the Insane, was scalded at 5 o'clock Monday night and died at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning:. The patient had just been given a bath by a nurse and another patient The nurse was called down the corridor. Mrs. Horr, according" to Superintendent Steiner, then returned to the bathtub and turned on the scald ing water. She was scalded to the hips. She weighed 250 pounds. Mrs. Horr was committed to the asylum from Monmouth last February. She has no known relatives. On the commitment card is a notation that Bhe was a friend of Eugene Parmer of Portland. Dr. Steiner called Coroner dough, who made an investiga tion aftd absolved the asylum offi cials from all blame in the mat ter. Mr. Clough said he thought death was due more to shock than to actual burning. Butler's Annual A Merry Event The 36th annual reunion and Christmas tree of the Butler family took place Christmas night at the old homestead, owned by J. B. V. Butler, and something like forty-five were present to enjoy the evening. This is a smaller attendance than has prevailed in recent years but the measles and other contrib uting causes are to blame and not a diminishing number in the clan. There was the usual set program, the appearance of Santa Claus and the distribution of Christmas presents and some of the latter were significant of the fact that the old gentleman with the reindeer and white whiskers is considerable of a practical joker. When the presents were distributed, the tree was taken up and the floor cleared for danc ing. Some of those present from out of town were D. V. Butler of Eugene, Mrs. Frank Butler of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Butler of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McCready of Corvallis, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Butler of Marion county and N. L. Butler, 0. D. Butler and W. D. Butler and families of Independence. Mrs. D. C. Walker had the misfortune to slip on the ice yes terday afternoon in her back yard and broke the bone in one of her legs. After due medical consultation it vas deemed wise to take her to the hospital in Dallas, where she was taken this morning for treatment A Large Increate The receipts at the Monmouth post office for the week before Christmas are sixty per cent greater than for the same week of a year ago. It Was a The atrical Triumph Those who attended the pre sentation of the Bird's Christmas Carol at the Normal last Friday were treated to an exceedingly good exhibition of amateur the atricals. While Kate .Douglas Wiggin's classic would almost play itself, good judgment had been exercised in the assignment of the parts, the stage, effects were fine some of them, notably in the first and last scenes, were superb. There was not one poor imper sonation in the lot and some of them were notably clever. Marvin Richardson as Larry, probably drew more tears from the audi ence than all the others com bined. People laughed until the lachrymose dew drops appeared in the corner of the eyes at Richardson in his make-up as a child of two tender years. The world seemed such a serious place to him that it seemed dread fully funny. ' "Zena Byers' Interpretation of the part of Carol , would have been hard to improve upon. Nat urally and faithfully she made the part human, a very lifelike representation. Miss Schmidli as Mrs. Ruggles, was immense Self confident and resourceful she cared for her young brood with the air of a general plan ning a campaign. The part of Mrs. Bird was taken by Miss Norma Medler; Sarah Maud by Adah Mass; Peora by Miss Mamie Radabaugh; Alfreda by Miss Robb; Mr. Bird by N. A. Baker and Uncle Jack by Wm. Hoppes and all were very good in their parts. The boys of the family also deserve attention. Harold Haley, substituting for Stanley Evans, developed a fine ability to eat and help with the dishwashing and Morgan was equally at home waiting tor his clothes to dry or strutting around with his big red bow tie. The Birds Christmas Carol was a credit to the Normal and those who directed it. ATTRACTIONS . at the Norm theater during the coming week Saturday, Dec 30. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Theodore Rob erts New Years. Iron Claw, Pathe News. Engineering Feats of of Oregon. ; Thursday, Jan. 4th. Jane Greenwood and Grant Saturday, Jany 6th. The Cheat- Fannie Ward A joint installation of Masons and Eastern Star in Independ ence attracted attendance from local members of the fraternity Wednesday night DORMITORY CHRISTMAS Normal Faculty Given Fine Entertainment by the Girls The dormitory girls hold a lit tle Christmas festival of their own each year and each year the program varies continually al though there are certain feat ures that are always similar. The idea is to reproduce many of the customs by which the citizens of rural England were wont to welcome in the Yule tide. In that preparation the girls and the ma tron, Miss Todd, are accustomed to put in as much time and thought as for a public occasion. It is also a sort of annual recep tion to the faculty and the latter are the guests of honor. The dormitory program was given last Thursday evening, Promptly at six, the guests hav- ing assembled.- the sound of a Christmas Carol was heard from up the stairway. Soon a double line of girls appeared stepping in time to the music. They passed down into the reception room and out into the dining room where they circled around the tables until each was at her place. Then the heads of the different tables appeared and invited each her apportioned guesta .until : all were accounted for. Between the courses the din ner was seasoned with conversa tion and enlivened with song. Many of the songs were original for the occasion, written by Miss Carmen Schmidli, the dormitory poet One of these songs referred to the merits of President Acker man and another to the dormito ry "mother" Miss Todd. Both songs were excellent with good sentiment and cleverly worded. During the serving of the din ner the house president Miss Dudley Tobin, approached the table where the matron was sit ting and presented her with a fine basket of roses, which Miss Todd accepted with appropriate words. Miss Tobin then called out the cooks, Mr. and Mrs. Kel ley and with acknowledgment of the merit of their cream putts, presented them with a bunch of chrysanthemums. , In the mean time the songs and the dinner had proceeded with a piece from a Victrola from the reception room and then the various tables gave expression to chorus sentiments which includ ed many clever hits. Finally President Ackerman was called on and he expressed his delight at the informality of the occasion and was glad the girls had appre ciated the school victrolia and offered to loan them anything else of which they stood in need An adjournment followed to the reception room, where the girls sat upon the rug while ' the guests were given the davenports and chairs. All attention center ed on the fire place before which was laid the Yule log, decked with evergreens. Then, one by one, representative girls came for ward and expressed their wishes, Many of the wishes were very clever. One wished Miss Mar vin might be in two parts; one to attend to her official duties as state librarian and the other be present during the evening. An other wish was that the training school might continue in growth and influence and that it always might be Gently ruled. Next appeared four Woodland sprites who came dancing in, cir cling around and bearing fagots for the kindling of the fire. When they had danced out a single maid came with a torch. The log was placed within the fireplace and the torch applied. The fir needles crackled and blazed until its soft rays illumined the surrounding space. The electric ights were turned out In the glow of the fireplace Miss Schmidli appeared and told a Christmas story of a wandering child who was rebuffed at the homes of the rich but found a Christmas welcome from the poor. The windows were thrown op en and the sound of a chorus, growing louder and nearer was heard in the night. About this time a package was brought in and handed to the house president Miss Tobin. The package was.from Miss Cornelia Marvin, a fine copy of "As You Like It" illustrated with special prints in colors. Miss Marvin's gift was greeted with many ex clamations of pleasure which in creased when it became known that the Victrola which it had been assumed was borrowed from the Normal was in reality the property of the dorm, having been purchased with dormitory funds. Miss Hoham then put on sev erai records and an were enjoy ed especially one that must have been manufactured in a zoo. Everything connected with the program was in good taste, there were no discords, and it was something that will be long remembered by those who shared in it Gave a Splendid X-mas Program The Christmas program given by the Bible school of the Chris' tian church was rather unusual in its character. It was a Christ mas oi giving and not receiving and the only presents passed during the evening were bags of nuts and candy for the smaller children and a bed spread given to Mrs. . Elkins by the Ladies Aid. The different classes united in contributing to the inmates of certain charitable institutions in Portland. The program consist ed of a series of tableaux illustra tive of the origin of the Christian Uhnstmas and the program was exceedingly good, several of the tableaux exhibiting a high grade of talent in their arrangement and much labor in preparation. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Webster of Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Grimes of Salem spent Christmas with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Conkey of Mon mouth. The family gathering in cluded a combination dinner and Christmas tree and program m the evening. GIVE GRAND CARNIVAL High School Students Many Sided Attraction Amuses A grand carnival was staged in the high school building last Thursday and many Monmouth people took advantage of the op portunity to see the wonders and help in the paying for the school piano. A clever advertising stunt was the grand parade down town during the afternoon and all who had been overlooked in the pre vious announcements were told of the event Normal discipline was relaxed a little and students were allowed to take the evening off and this helped to increase the attendance. The feature of the main show, Box and Cox, was a howling success. George Walker and R. A. Travener were the male actors and Miss Barbara Steinberg sup plied the feminine part of the case. The farce was replete with high school hits which were much appreciated. There were other musical num bers and several side shows. A phenomenal dog and the missing link were shown in one tent. A man-eating fish and who seemed to have a fair appetite was the feature of another. Miss Rosa mond Tuttle told fortunes to all who applied in another tent and a beauty show was still another popular attraction. Then there was a minstrel show and an ex hibition of select and instructive pictures shown by magic lantern. Lest none go away hungry there were booths for the sale of candy, soft drinks and ice cream. New Year's at The Grange Arrangements for the Grange New Years celebration are now all made. The following is the program: 10 to 12 A. M. -Games. 2 to 3:30 Program as follows: Music, Violin Solo Miss Har vey. Recitation Freda Powell. Reading Ruth Mills. Solo-P. O. Powell. Recitation Edward Daniel. Recitation Herbert Powell. Cornet Selection Willie Har vey. Reading Mr. Ostrom. Speaking contest All are re quested to take part A prize will be given so come loaded with a good story,-yarn or joke. Musical number by the Rogers family. Because of lack of room at tendance of non-Grangers is by invitation. A full attendance of the fraternity is expected and all are looking to a big time. W abr fljrrala oiisbra ita g-ubflmbrra and flatrmts 4g