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Tta mssM Monmoutli, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Dec.ll, 1917 No. 16 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union. NEWS NOTES OF NORMAL Red Cross Benefit Meets with Fine Patronage. Receipts $90 Tuesdaywas indeed Red Cross Day for the Oregon Normal. At chapel time Miss Taylor represented the faculty in a most splendid way by outlining the history of the Red Cross movement, its scope of work and the desperate need for money and members at the present time. Miss Taylor's graphic presentation of the subject added to her intense interest in the work itself combined to influence the whole audience to a more thoughtful attitude toward the magnificent work. Miss Tay lor's talk was the opening feature of the real drive fo members which was later carried on at the evening benefit. The Tuesday evening motion pict ure program planned by the lecture course committee of the Normal to aid the Monmouth branch and the Normal auxiliary of the Red Cross was a splendid success. Besides the two films "Little Miss George Wash ington" and "Jack and the Bean stalk" there was a varied program of music by the Normal Orchestra and the High School Glee Club; some spirited community singing and a pithy address by Mr. J. B. V. Butler. Ushers were girls dressed as Red Cross nurses. At booths in the lower hall were displayed vari ous types of Red Cross work from socks to pajamas; Red Cross stamps were also sold by representatives from Monmouth High School. The drive for members brought about forty new names, while the cash re turns were between eighty and nine ty dollars, every cent of which above the actual expense of the films will be donated to the Red Cross in Monmouth. Prominent people in the community who were patrons and patronesses for , this entertain ment were Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pow ell, Mr. and Mrs. Blackstone, Dr. and Mrs. Bowersox, Mr. and Mrs. Winegar, Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton, Mr. and Mrs. Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. Lightfoot, Mr. and Mrs. Arch ie Parker, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mor lan, Mr. and Mrs. Ostien, Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. V. Butler, and Mr. and Mrs. Gentle. To Mr. Nelson and Mr. Henkle of Independence the committee is indebted for the loan of the mov ing picture machine. Friday morning Miss Philbrook represented the faculty in chapel by a very well selected and splendidly played group of violin numbers. Miss Philbrook won her audience completely by her sympathetic in terpretation and her delightful playing of the Concerto in A minor by Accolay; the Adagio Movement from De Beriot's Ninth Concerto and a Serenade by Drdla. The sere nade was so intensely encored that Miss Philbrook graciously consented to paly it a again. Miss Philbrook's artistry on the violin was charming ly echoed in Mia Hoham's beauti fully played accompaniments. The Christmas dancing party which was the feature of the winter season was a delightful event of Saturday night. The gymnasium was fragrant with attractively ar ranged fir boughs, huge clumps of mistletoe and brilliant crimson streamers. Everyone was in fes tive mood so that a real spirit of the holiday season was abroad. The Christmas special was a unique feature dance with its dozens of glowing incense sticks eerily light ing the dancers. Punch was dis pensed from a prettily decorated Jaooth. All together this was a really enjoyable party which will be delightfully remembered. Vacation at the Normal will be gin on Fridj, December 21st, and will last until January 7th, 1918. A special train will leave Monmouth for Portland on Friday, at 3:30 P. M.. returning Januarv fith iQia leaving Portland at 6:3ft P M f, Monmouth. L. V. Macken was nvpr fmm Salem for a visit Monday; He is now a representative of the Interna tional CorresDondtmee Sehnnl nf Scrantofl, Pa., and has in his dis trict parts of Marion, Linn and Polk counties where the Pennsvl- vania institution has something like iuo students. Technical instruc tion appears to be the most Donular branch of education with their students although they have many students in Spanish, French and Oerman which they teach with the aid of phonograph records. Christmas in the Training School The "Spirit of Christmas" was early made manifest in the Training School. Monday morning the child ren's assembly presented a scene of unusual interest, the occasion being the singing of songs taught the var ious grades by the student-teachers in chargeo f the work in music. The classes vied with one another in the production of their parts. It was interesting to note the grada tion in the ability of the pupils from the lowest to the highest grades. Miss Nellie Bramberg of Independence assisted as soloist in the rendition of the chorus by the grammar grades. The teachers nd pupils were honored by the presence of some of the mothers. The depart ment of - music is continuing its efficient work with the children, in order that their part in the celej bration of the Community Christ mas Tree, may add pleasure to the occasion. Christmas parties are in vogue in the lower grades. The pupils will be at home to their parents Thurs day afternoon. On Friday afternoon all the grades will present a pro gram in the Assembly at 1:15. Santa Claus has promised to be there, and will be welcomed by the children even though they may not be the recipients of his generosity this year. Decorations are occupying the in terset of the children this week. Teddy Graham, imbued with the right spirit, installed a fine tree b: the grammar department: Other grades caught the spirit. The cred it goes to the primary this year for the pVettiest tree. The children decorated it themselves, and with the products of the labor of their own little hands. The Art Depart ment is doing its part too. A fine exhibit will be sent to Portland. The 7th and 8th grade boys have a creditable part in the exhibit, as Well as the girls. t "Let Independence be our boast" we sing, but not when it comes to playing basket ball. With the two games of the season in our favor, we have bright anticipations for the future. "Elementary Science" Small Boy to Miss M. in the boy's playroom early one morning "Miss M., have you a dead dry battery to give away?" Miss M "Yes, I think so, but what do you wish to do with it?" Boy "J want to make a bell rtofr-" . . . . Miss M "But how.with a dead battery?" Boy "Oh, I'll just pour some PNEUMONIA into iti and that will make it alive." Merry Christmas to all our friends and patrons. The receipt of Red Cross day at the Normal Tuesday were over $90. WILL ADVISE THE DRAFTED Personal of Board to Consult Men Called to the Colors Pursuant to the Selective Service Regulation prescribed November 8,1917,by the President relative to the selection of the National Army, a Legal Advisory Board has been appointed for Polk County, compos ed of the folllowing: Permanent Members: Oscar Hay ter of Dallas, Chairman, L. D. Brown and Claude W. Barrick, In dependence. Among the associate members are : from Independence, D. E. Fletcher, Cecil Swope, Homer S. Wood, R. R. DeArmond, C. W. Irvine, Fred Young, H. Chas. Dunsmore; from Monmouth, J. H. Ackerman, J. B. V. Butler, C. H Ostien, Ira C. Pow ell, W. E. Smith, Archie Parker, Jacob Smith; from Airlie: C. V. Johnson, Geo. A, Conn, Geo. H. Bronson, V. J. Love; from Suver; Fred N. Stump, G, A. Peterson; The duties of the Legal Advisory Board, as stated in the Question naire sent out to each registrant, are to advise registrants of the true meaning and intent of the Sel ective Service Law and of the Reg ulations, and to assist registrants to make full and truthful answers to the Questionnaire and to aid gener ally in the just administration of the Law and Regulations. Registrants who desire advice or assistance may feel free to apply to any member of the Board, who will render such aid ' as he can, without charge. Headquarters will be main tained at the County Court House in Dallas, Where registrants may ap ply at any time, but it is suggested that where convenient application should be made to the nearest mem ber. Any member of the board giv ing advice or assistance will enter upon the left hand margin of the front page of the Questionnaire of the registrant so assisted the foil lowing? "Aid given by me," and sign the name of the member, fol lowed by the words: "Permanent Member" or "Associate Member Legal Advisory Board," as the case may be. The occupational qualifications of every registrant must be set forth with precision in his Questionnaire. Therefore, registrant's answers to Series 1, Question 2, page 4, must without fail specify his particular job within his industry by answer ing, for example, not merely rail road man, but track layer, or train man, or car shop repairer. The Legal Advisory Board does not decide questions, classify regis trants, nor grant exemptions. Its only functions are, as above stated, to advise and assist. The Local Exemption Board, composed of the Sheriff, Clerk, and County , Physi cian, will pass upon the Question naires when: returned and notify registrants of the action taken. Carefully study the Questionnaire and the instructions contained therein, and also bear in mind that none of the printed portions of any of the questions shall be struck out or erased; that if the registrant cannot read his signature shalf be made by mark and witnessed by the officer who administers the oath to him; that supporting affidavits are required from every person over sixteen years of age named as de pendents; that every person making a supporting affidavit must read every question and every answer of the particular series of which he is supporting, and that all blanks in the supporting affidavits must be filled out in the handwriting of the person making the affidavit; that the "only change to be made in the printed matter in the affidavit is to strike out the word "affirm" or "swear", as required. JTljf fyralb wUstjra all a Urrrj fHrrry (EbrtotuiM. The man who had to look long and hard to find water in his well in September now is wading around in hip boots, poking with a stick, trying to find his well in the water. This joke is officially credited to G. W. Baun. Typesetter is an Ingenious Machine This issue of the Herald was put in type by a Unitype, of which previous mention has been made and which arrived on Wednesday of last week. C. 0. Metzker of San Francisco, representative of the Unitype Co. of JersejjCity, N. J., arrived Friday morning and by Saturday afternoon had the ma chine in running order. The first work done with the machine was the composition for three songs, destined to be sung at the Commun ity Christmas tree exercises and the first line "Joy to the world, the Lord has come." The Unitype is a typesetting ma chine, setting from foundry made type as distinguished from the lino type, the intertype, the monotype, etc., which set matrices and casts their type. It is fully as ingenious as any of them, however, and not only sets type but distributes it, taking the columns as they come from the paper, and sorting out the types in their proper places, even to apportioning the different thicknesses of spaces, i The Unitype is an improvement on the Simplex, which in itself was an improvement on the Thome, the original type setter. It was the invention of the Thome machine that financially "busted" Mark Twain and sent him on that last lecture tour of the world in which he raised enough money to clear himself. An interesting story of Twain's experience with the inven tion is told in' Albert Bigelow Paine's biography of the humorist. A great deal of money was spent before the invention was a success. It had barely become established in the printer world when the linotype was invented and with it the type setter can not compete in a large sense. The original Thome requir ed three persons to operate. One to put in the lines to be distributed, one to operate the keyboard, and one to "justify" or arrange the set type into column widths. With the Simplex a mechanism was perfected that loaded, the lines for distribu tion automatically. The unitype has been still further perfected and simplified. While in no sense a rival of the type casting machines the type setter has certain distinct advantages for a small office. It Is cheaper to own and cheaper to operate. It sets from foundry made type, which are of a harder metal and have a better printing surftace han the slugs, which are apt to have their surface marred by allowing the metal to become too hot or too cold. It is instantly available for use; can be turned on and turned off at will while the casting machine has to wait the heating or cooling of the metal pot. Monmouth people, and visitors in the city are invited to come in and see the machine in operation, and incidentally, the machine "eats" copy and people who have news items and who desire to con tribute to the Herald columns are invited to do so. For some time past, the Herald office force has been hard put to ac commodate all copy that was avail able, but this is altered now and everything of a legitimate nature can be handled. STUDENTS STAR ON THE STAGE Dicken's Christmas Carol Giv en Before Parent-Teachers The meeting of the Parent Teach ers' Association held Tuesday even ing was unusual as regards its pro gram. A play, Dicken's "Christ mas Carol" was the entire feature of the evening. The play was put on by high school students under the direction of R. W. Tavenner, who also took the part of "Scrooge". As an amateur production it wat exceptionally good, ingeniously staged and with novel ideas in the presentation of the "spook" scenes with which the play abounds. One half of the stage was por tioned off into Scrooge's cubbyhole of an office and a small curtain was rolled up on the other half of the stage to display the visions which were seen through a fine netting. The cast of characters was given in these columns last week. With uot exception, all did nicely, show ing the effect of skillful and pains taking drill. The ghosts and the spirits were nicely portrayed, the Cratchite, the street people were good, Tiny Tim was excellent. As good a scene as any was the one where Scrooge played his little joke on Bob Cratchit. As acting, it was first class. There was a large attendance and during the evening the girls of the school sold Hooverized candy for the benefit of the war relief fund of the school. Itis Wet Over four inches of water In two days was the record at Oregon City and Salem Monday night and Tues day night and Monmouth probably fared about the same. It was a heavy and continual rain and its effect was most noticeable along the channels of natural drainage. The Willamette raised more than ten feet in a short time and the smaller streams such as the Luckiamute, fairly went wild and flooded the surrounding country. Airlie went without train service Wednesday, water covering the tracks of the S. P. making it dan gerous to cross. The Portland mail which comes around by way of Al bany, was missing in Monmouth Wednesday and Thursday because of delays due to the flood. Thrift Stamps The government's war savings plan is a plan by which you can lend small savings to the govern ment at four per cent interest, compounded quarterly. You lend to your government by the purchase of war savings certificates and thrift stamps. A war savings cer tificate costs $4.12, if purchased this month or next the cost to advance one cent each succeeding month during 1918. On January 1, 1923, the certificate will mature and the government will pay you (5 for it. A thrift Btamp 1s a stamp costing 25 cts. to be applied in payment for a war savings certificate. It does not earn interest, its purpose being to help purchasers to accum ulate in 25 ct. pieces, the amount necessary to pay for a war savings certificate. War savings certifi cates and thrift stamps can be pur chased at your postofl.ee, from your city or rural carrier ,at your city bank, and from your merchants and othr authorized agents. The manager of the corn show this year will be Mfs. Winnie Brad en of Dallas. It is expected that Professors Bishop and Larson of 0. A. C. will be the judges. Mr. Flavelle of the Western Farmer, Pwill be one of the speakers. 1