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a VoLX Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Nov. 30, 1917 No. 13 First Use of New Chapel This was practically Institute week for many members of the Faculty of the Oregon Normal School. Miss Green taught in the Hood River Institute; Mr. Butler in the McMinnville Insti tute; Miss Hoham in the Salem Institute; Mr. Pittman in Mc Minnville, Salem, Albany and Eugene; President Ackerman at Albany and Salem. Art report enthusiastic meetings and that, perhaps, the most enthusiastic members were ex-students of the Oregon Normal School. County Superintendents report that practically every one is mak ing good, which speaks well for the work of the Normal. Heywood Brothers and Wake field Company, of Portland, who are furnishing the extra opera chairs for the new chapel are in stalling them this week, and it is hoped that the first assembly af ter the Thanksgiving Holidays will be held in the new chapel, and every one will be more than pleased to get' into permanent quarters. The S. P. Co. kindly arranged for an excursion train which left Monmouth at 6:15 P. M. Wednes day, November 28th, and which will return, leaving Portland at 6:10 Sunday evening, December 2nd. The students are very grateful to the Company for making it possible to have these trains. ' The faculty representative fo r Wednesday's chapel was Miss Mamie Radabaugh whose enthu siastic outlining of qualities nec essary for a successful teacher was very well done indeed. Sub ject matter, method, enthusiasm sand the dominant personality of the fine teacher were telling points of the well worked out talk which was of interest to all. Miss Radabaugh's audience was with her from the beginning to ' the end. The first student body party of the season was a delightful event of Saturday evening. Es pecially agreeable was it to have the first affair held in the recent ly completed Normal Auditorium which is a spacious room with generous balcony, fine lighting and large stage, admirably adap ted to hold the throng of happy guests who came in response to the invitation. Besides faculty and students a number of towns people enjoyed the evening's pleasure. Special features of the enter tainment were clever imitations of the quarter's special chapel exercises, delightful interpretive dancing, music characteristic of our Allies, Russian and Irish folk dancing and a variety of infor mal games which brought various groups into friendly rivalry. The decorations were largely patriot ic in character, varied with the flags and national colors of Eng land, France and our other Al lies. Groups of students and members of the faculty received the guests who were charmed with the new auditorium and the j gracious hospitality of the first gathering held there. The joint meeting of the Ves pertine and Delphian societies on November 16 was an excellent example of how an evening's en tertainment may be based upon regular school work as the en tire program was rendered by the classes in Dramatization and Story-telling. Under the charm of Miss Parrott's supervision the classroom work received its re quired bit of polish and lo, the results were even more delight ful than had been anticipated. The first number on the pro gram was a vocal solo by Mr. Fin- ley which was thoroly enjoyed. The old folk tale "Chicken Lit tle" was splendidly interpreted by Mrs. G."out. The Story Telling and Dramati zation classes of the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th grades gave "The Sleep ing Beauty" and "King Alfred" charmingly and some- excellent music completed the program. Effective costuming and stage settings added much- to the different scenes. Theatrical Red Crow Day The Lecture Course Committee of the Normal School is planning in line with the nation wide move ment for Red Cross benefit the atrical performances on Decem ber 7, to have some interesting films both for grown ups and children. Everywhere people are urged to attend these per formances since the proceeds go only for Red Cross-one half to the national organization and one half to the local chapters. This is a cause that demands support. Plan to give your support and en joy a good film at the same time. Later announcements will be made about prices of tickets and films. These films will be shown in the new Normal School Audi torium where there will be room for everyone. Remember that this is a movement in which managers, players, film produc ers and public all over the United States are cooperating for the Red Cross which needs funds for its splendid work. Elkins Rural Center " Hanby Harman sold 1100 lbs of beans Tuedsay at 8 l-2c. Miss Elithe Loughary is spend ing her Thanksgiving vacation at home. Miss Elise La Roche of Port land and Miss Gussie Bradberg of Baker are the new teachers this week from the Normal. The children of the Elkins school gave a short Thanksgiv ing program last Friday after noon at which time a short meet ing of the Red Cross was also held. T, Lee Williams went to Salem Tuesday for an examination for the army. I. H. Loughary who has been at the Officers Training Camp at the Presidio of San Francisco has returned for Thanksgiving. He has been comissioned 2nd Leut in Non-flying aviation corps. H. K. Sickafoose will spend Thanksgiving with his son in Portland. ' The many friends of Mrs. Gentle are pleased to hear that she is home from her sojourn in the hospital and very much im proved in health, The men folks feel that they will have a real Thanksgiving at their house. P. T. A. Program The next regular meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the Training School Auditorium. Tuesday evening, December 4th, at 7:30 P.M.. The following program will be rendered by the pupils of the High and Training Schools: Singing by members. Led by Miss Hoham High School Chorus Business Session Trio-Girls from High School Dramatization-First and Sec ond Grades ' ; s Musical Number-Fifth and Sixth Grades Through the kindness jf sev eral lady members of the Asso ciation light refreshments will be served following the program; after which will be a general ac quaintance meeting. Every body welcome. High School The basket ball game between the high school and the alumni was' well attended. The score was 16 to 8 in favor of the school. In a game between the soph omores and the rest of the school the 2nd year men won 11 to 3. Splendid spirit was shown by all present, yell leader Fistyer be ing out in force. The gate receipts netted eight dollars. The M. H. S. is going to have four days Thanksgiving vacation this year; Thursday, Friday, Sat urday, Sunday. The libarary committee has cleaned up the library shelves, removing alftf the old magazines, which greatly improved the ap pearance of the room. Thus far Lowell Kaup, Eric Swenson and Henry Larson have escaped ducking. Francis Arant, Willie Harvey, Delbert Skeen and Maxwell Bowersox are going to the Older Boys Conference at Eugene next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. English III has been changed from the first to the nineth period. Monmouth Heights Miss Mary Lee of Falls City was a guest of her sister Miss Gladys Lee the past week. B. F. Felger of Dallas was in this vicinity on business, Friday. James Goodman and W. L Phillips of Monmouth put in a galvanized iron culvert in the road near J. P. Walker's place last Friday. A number from here attended the O. M. Liehman public sale near Oak Point Thursday. Ed. Wunder and family of Independence spent Sunday with the former's parents. Miss Ella Syron attended a teachers' institute in Falls City Saturday. August Ohms of Portland was a guest of his sister Mrs. Emma Heck and family Saturday and Sunday. Clem Fishback and family of Portland and P. L and Ina Fish back motored to Salem Monday where they did some shopping. Poor old tired mother, make her happy with a nice easy chair. We have a good line to select from, Moore & Walker Complete Home Furnishers. Good Tax Record Deputy Sheriff Hooker reports the following tax collections be ginning January 1, 1917: From 1908 tax roll .... $17.75 " 1912 " 65.72 " 1913 " " .... 20,391.85 " 1914 " " ....20,151.06 1915 M " 22,518.51 " 1916 " " ... 392.295.93 Total amount turned over to the county treasurer, $455,439.93 The total amount of the pres ent tax roll (1916) as turned over to the sheriff for collection $400,638.51, there has been col- lected to date $391,420.52, plus $87452 interest, leaving a delin quency of $9,217.99, the smallest delinquency in the history of the county, being only 2.3 per cent IOC 1 001 7fl o f.nrnl Rrevitips o mm www mm m m laOC300C30CJ R. U. Steelquist of the Oregon Power Co. was a business visitor in Monmouth Monday afternoon. Speaking of the returns of ag riculture H. Portwood says that he planted 30cts worth of turnip seed late in the summer and has to date marketed over $60 worth of turnips from the resulting crop. Now that A. Maybee has com pleted his well drilling for the city he is expecting to go to the Luckiamute country to do similar work for G. G. Hewitt. Mrs. S. R. Smith adds her tes timony this week to the efficiency of Herald want ads. Her, lost package of silk advertised last week was promptly returned to her. Boys with sling shots have taken to breaking windows and have already done considerable damage and more will be done unless their elders take the mat ter in hand and abolish this lat est of nuisances 1 A , letter from James Hinkle states that there now are 280 men in the company of which he is a member. An additional 125 men from the newly drafted re cruits were added recently. As corporal Hinkle has charge of seven men, all strangers to him. G. T. Boothby who spent sev eral days this week in Corvallis, was in Monmouth Wednesday. He reports that his son-in-law, W. T. McCready who has been seriously sick, is somewhat bet ter. Mrs. Boothby has been in the 0. A. C. town for a week helping minister to the sick and Mr. Boothby returned there Wednesday afternoon, planning to stay until Mr. McCready is able to be about once more. Moore & Walker of Indepen dence have the contract for fur nishing the fine new house re cently built by Mr. Kutch of that city. Fire Insurance I have been appointed local agent of the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company of Philadel phia. This company is a big, old line fire insurance company, es tablished in 1825. There I can now write your fire insurance in any amount you may require. If you need protection on your prop erty, phone or call on me at Per kins Pharmacy. Walter G. Brown Pennsylvania Fire Insurance lo cal agent, Monmouth, Oregon. New Well Stands Test Having reached a depth off 150 feet in the new city well the pump and pipe were placed in position Saturday and Monday morning a test was made. The pump was worked for six hours, throwingat the rate of twenty five gallons of water a minute, and the 'supply was apparently as good at the end of the test as at the beginning. An informal gathering of the city fathers Monday night decid ed that the well answered all present demands and it was de termined to take immediate steps to get the well housed, the pow er installed and connections made so as to get the use of the addi tional water as soon as possible. The quality of the water is good. Walter Scott was given the job of putting up the pump house for the new well, at the Council meeting Tuesday night Pipe and equipment has been ordered to get the well into use as soon as possible, Beyond the regular monthly payment of bills no oth er business was transacted by the council. There will be a special meeting of the Red Cross in the Norm theater Tuesday night Impor tant matters will be taken up and it is urgently requested that there be as large an attendance as possible. D. M. Hampton and Mrs. Mary Stine represented Monmouth at a meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps at Independence Monday morning. The occasion was the inspection of the Corps by Mrs. Higgins of Eugene. A part of the program was an unusually good dinner. Talking about Dentistry, Maurice J. Butler is located over the post office. Will do work evenings by appointment. . Miss Elizabeth Read expects to go to Portland Thursday after noon to attend the State Music Teachers' Convention in session in that city. She will return Monday evening. Varnish's Friend, O-Cedar Polish for cleaning and polishing Hard wood floors, Furniture, Pi anos, Automobiles Etc. 25ct, 50ct and $1.00 cans, Phone your order and we will mail it to you, postage free. Moore & Walker, Complete Home Furnishers, Ind. Junior C. E. Bulletin "Self Control" will be the sub ject of the discussion at the meet ing next Sunday evening, Dec. 2. The attendance is steadily growing all of the time and sev eral more from the high school would be welcome. Make it' a point to come. The meeting be gins at 6:30, p. m. There will be a business meet ing and social next Saturday ev ening in the Endeavor room of the church. All members are urged to be present for the bus iness meeting. A personal invit ation is extended to all high school students and those outside the high school, between the ag es of 14 and 18 to come at 8, p. m. and enjoy a splendid social especially prepared for the occa sion by the social committee. J. P.