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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Sept. 21, 1917
No. 3
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union.
Good Prospect
Confronts High School for
Session Starting October J,
The Monmouth High School
will open Monday, October 1st
for the school year 1917-18.
Opening of school has been de
layed about two weeks in order
to give students a better oppor
tunity to assist in harvesting the
crops. '
Indications are that the enroll
ment will be large. This is as it
should be. The fact that the
country is at war should influence
no boy or girl to remain away, on
the contrary it haa become the
very reason, why every student
should take up his or her work
more earnestly than ever. The
State department and the various
colleges and universities are
making strong efforts to have
every available student in school
this iall for it is realized that
very soon the demand for trained
people to meet the new emergen
cies is going to be greater than
the supply. In no other way can
the young people of the country
be of greater service to the na
tion and at no other time has an
education seemed likely to pay
greater returns on the invest
ment Monmouth has a standard First
Class high school and now offers
4 years English, 4 years History,
3 years Mathematics, 8 ' years
Science, 2 years of both German
and Latin and 4 years Commer
cial. This vear the course of
study has been revised somewhat
and strengthened. English has
been made a department and
tlaced under the complete charge
of one instructor instead of sev
eral as in the time past Physi
cal Geography will be a one half
vear subject followed by Com
mercial Geography the second
semester. Physiology and Bot
any will be substituted for the
general course in Biology given
last vpar. Solid Geometry will
also be added.
' The requirement for gradua
tion has been raised slightly so
that now a major subject of four
years work and a minor subject
of three years work will be re
quired, the object being to pre
vent too great a "scatteration"
in the selection of a student's
course and secure more continu
itv in the' work. A total of fif
teen units is still required, leav
ing eight for the free election of
the student outside of his major
and minor subjects, also elected
by the student
The enrns of teachers are as
follows: Miss Armilda Doughty,
Histnrv and Economics; Miss
Hazel C. Fishwood, English and
German: Mr. R. W. Tavenner,
Science and Commercial; Mr. E.
H. Hedrick, principal, Mathe
matics and Latin. Other than
the music teacher (yet to be se
teeted) there has been but one
-
change in the corps from that of
last year. Miss Fishwood who was
elected to succeed Miss Hawley
1 is a graduate of the University
of Nebraska and has had several
years of teaching experience in
Oregon. She has specialized in
the teaching of English and
comes very highly recommended.
Mr. Hedrick will be at the
High School Saturday, Septem
ber 29 and will be very glad to
meet any students desiring to
talk over plans for the years
work. '
Urged on by an appeal from
superior officers the local auxilia
ry of the Red Cross decided at
its meeting Monday night to
make an effort to increase its
membership. Each member is
urged to use his personal influence
to gain one new member, and if
this is done the end will be ac
complished. All members are
urged to take notice and do their
best to make this. gam.
The case between Peter Kurre
of Independence and Mrs. E. Ol
son was tried Monday in Judge
Baker's court in Independence.
Kurre had attached Mrs. Olson's
furniture and after the writ was
served the latter tried to release
the goods by tendering the mon-
ejj due for back rent. A jury
decided that the attachment holds
and the law will have to take its
regular course.
The Arehart farm located three
miles north of Independence was
sold this week to Chas. Whipple
of Nebraska. The sale wasenT
gineered by John Moran and is
notable as it was a real sale, and
no swap or trade appears in it
Consideration $9,000. The Are
hart farm is a good one,', with
good buildings; 62 acres of land
and, considerable live stock and
machinery went with it
A fishing party consisting of
Richard Williams, ex 0. A. C.
foot ball star of Corvallis and Ed.
Griffa and Mr. Blackstone of
Monmouth left here Saturday
afternoon for a fishing trip to the
Siletz. In the course of follow
ing, the trout to their native
haunts they found themselves on
the afternoon of the next day,
five miles from their base. Luck-
ily they found a hut just vacated
by one of the forest rangers.
with salt, coffee and a few other
conveniences. Here they made
themselves at home but would
have found the sleeping' better
were it not for the wood rats and
civet cats who insisted on shar
ing the hut with them. They
report plenty of fish and a
fine time.
M. W. Jones returned this
week' from his summer in Coos
county. He returned overland
with his team and reports the
roads between the coast and the
valley about as bad as they make
them. CarlPollan with his two
teams still remains at work in
the vicinity of Coquille.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leonard
spent last week in Dayton and
Newberir visiting with friends
and relatives. A feature of their
visit was the silver wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster of
Newberg. His mother, Mrs. Fos
ter of Monmouth went up to at
tend this event and A. Parker of
this city was a visitor there" Sun
day. "
Geo. Sullivan and Ed Griffa
are off on a deer hunt to Wolf
creek.
Library Week
Canvass to Provide Funds
for Reading for Soldiers
The need of good reading for
the army and navy has been rec
ognized all over the country, and
to supply this need completely
and efficiently the Secretary has
appointed a War Library Com
mittee which will be assisted by
the Library Association.
The field to be covered by the
libraries includes service for re
cruits, for men in training, for
men being mobilized, for men in
garrisons, for men in their rest
period while on the march and
even for the men at the front
A million dollars will provide
for this great work-less than a
dollar for each soldier and sailor
in the service.
This million dollar war fund
will be raised, not through large
subscriptions on the part of a few
people, but by every man and
woman in every community in
the United States doing his or
her part under the leadership of
the local libraries.
The amount apportioned to
Monmouth is only $30 but all
towns and cities are asked to
double this apportionment if pos
sible. If every man woman and
child in Monmouth would give
five cents we would have more
than our portion.
The following have been ap
pointed on the local War Library
Council:
. Miss Mabel G. West, chairman
Miss Loretta Smith
H. C. Ostien
A. Parker
H. W. Morlan
' E. B. Hamilton
, Miss Hazel Lorence
Mrs. R. B. Swenson
Mrs. T. H. Gentle
Mrs. G. T. Boothby
Miss Emma Kramer
Governdr Withycombe is state
chairman of the War Library
Council and W. L. Brewster,
Title and Trust Building, Port
land, is State campaign director.
Next week (September 24-29)
has been chosen as campaign
week. Monmouth will be divid-1
ed into districts and a house to
house canvass will be made.
Let every onebe ready to ' do
his or her share.
In addition to the money for
the up keep of the libraries we
want gifts of books and maga
zines. Every one has some good
book they will be glad to send to
the soldiers. Adventure stories
are especially acceptable but we
want biography, travel, poetry,
fiction, in fact anything that will
be of interest to the men. Mag
azines sent in should not be more
than three months old.
Arrangements have been made
with the local book Stores to have
books and magazines for the sol
diers left there or they may be
left at Miss West's home. When
a sufficient number for a ship
ment have been collected, they
will be sent to the Portland pub
lic Library from which point
they will be distributed.
L V. Macken has disposed of
the Norm picture show business
to Messrs. Moore and Bursell. It
is understood that the deal was
a swap in which cattle figured as
a medium of exchange. Mr.
"Macken moved his household
goods to Salem Tuesday.
Miss Arbuthnot had her tonsils
removed by an operation in Sa
lem last week and is recovering
nicely. MissKennon submitted
to a similar operation this week.
Mrs. Carlton and two sons of
Salem were visitors at J. H.
Ackerman's the first of the week.
Because of a scarcity of help,
Frank Loughary has determined
to sell his herd of famous Jerseys
and G. G. Hewitt has added a
consignment from his herd to
make a big sale which will be
held on Mr. Loughary's premises
October 15th. There will be six
ty registered Jerseys in the sale
and a catalogue is to be issued
with complete description of the
record and prospects of each.
Water and Gas
A. Maybee the man who is dril
ling the Monmouth wells, was
the driller of a well in the north
ern part of the county which
struck a large vein of gas and of
which considerable talk was in
circulation at the time the well
was put down. This was two
years ago, a fact that is note
worthy because of a peculiar fact
in connection. ,The well was put
down for Newman Bros, living
between Amity and Perrydale
and they were after water. Con
sequently when gas was struck
they were not inclined to pay for
it. They feared the gas would
play out in a short time and then
the well would have to be lower
ed if water was obtained. May-
bee made an agreement with
them that if the well still con
tinued to flow gas at the end of
two years he was to be paid for
it The supply of gas in the well
appears to be as great as ever
and now the time for settling for
the well draws near it is likely
that an attempt will be made to
put the well to commercial use.
The gas was struck in the neigh
borhood of 380 feet and as far as
is known this is the largest gas
well in this section.
This gas well attracts new at
tention from the fact that, acting
under request of Congressman
Pat McArthur the U. S. Geolog
ical Survey has agreed to send a
man to Oregon to look up possi
bilities for striking oil or gas.
The great demand for fuel oil be
cause of the war has caused the
authorities to look thoroughly in
to all possibilities of increasing
the supply. It is alleged that the
Standard Oil company has for
some time past held options on
thousands of acres in the region
between here and McMinnville.
Previous geological investigations
of the north Pacific coast have
inclined geologists to the opinion
that there are no large deposits of
oil to be found here. They claim
that such oil as exists comes
from decaying patches of sea
weed and that there is no evi
dence that any considerable
amount of timber was buried
here by natural convulsions to
form a supply source for coal or
oiL
Normal Notes
Faculty and Students Gath
ering for Opening Monday
The campus is being cleaned
up and looks very well in spite
of the many weeks of drought
It is again urged that all house
holders attend the householders'
meeting called to meet at the i
Dormitory this afternoon, Friday
at 2 P.M., as matters of vital
importance to all concerned will
be discussed at that time.
Miss Levis, assistant to the
Dean of Women, arrived from
Seattle last Tuesday, and reports
that Miss Todd's health is rapid
ly improving and that she will
probably be ready to take up her
work at the opening of school.
Prof. A. L Ide, the new Head
of the Department of Education,
arrived yesterday and is careful
ly studying his new held or
work.
Mrs. Nellie G. Tirrill, the sup
ervisor of the Mountain View
rural center- arrived Thursday,
and in company with Mr. Pitt-
man, Head of the Rural Depart
ment, is spending the day in
looking over her new field.
Owing to local conditions, the
Mountain View rural center will
not begin school until October 1.
The other centers and the Mon
mouth and Independence Train
ing Schools will begin as sched
uled, next Monday.
Miss Myra Butler, Head of
Domestic Science Department ,
has returned and reports a most
enjoyable vacation.
Miss Philbrook, assistant in
music, and her mother have ar
rived and have taken apartments
with Mrs. K. H. Sickafoose.
The work on the addition and
cottage is progressing as well as
circumstances will permit The
contractor says he is hampered
greatly by scarcity of labor.
t :
Dr, Matthis received his long
expected instructions to report
for duty at Camp Lewis at Amer
ican Lake, Monday and left
promptly for that place to take
up active work as a lieutenant in
the U. S. medical reserves. '
W. M. Bennett who has been
living on one of the Riddell farms
a mile west of Monmouth, will
move to the city in the near fut
ture, taking up residence in the
Halleck house on South street
He will have an auction sale of
stock and farm machinery on
Wednesday, October 3rd.
Two special meetings of the
council this week were not suf
ficient to settle the paving work
this week. On Tuesday night the
work was not completed and at
the Wednesday night session
Mr. Hobson did not appear, he
having ieft the cjty. s
D. M. Hampton started
Wednesday for Pendleton where
he expects to attend the Round
Up and visit with relatives and
friends in Eastern Oregon.
H. C Ostien took Mrs. Ostien
and Mrs. Boche to Portland on
flyjng trip by auto Wednesday.