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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.
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