The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969, December 21, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextIOC 300E 01 : Local Brevities j LATEST On account of the flooded conditions the S. P. has found it necessary to cancel the secial train for this evening. E. Emerson and his mother and sister are now 'domiciled in 0. Zook's house. Clyde Jones of Mountain Home, Idaho, arrived Wednesday for a vis it with his cousin M. W. Jones, whom he had not Been in twenty three years. The freshet of the past week is said to have the worst in years. In the matter of Red Cross mem berships the following new additions to the Monmouth branch of the or ganization are reported: By Mrs. Waller, Mrs. M. Percival; by Mrs. Edwards, Miss Delia Brant. Richard R. Brown and Miss Mary M. Sanderson of Independence were married in Salem last Thursday.' Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Tedrow of Elkins were visitors in Monmouth Wednesday. Columbus Tetherow and wife were up from the Luckiamute on business Wednesday. Talking about Dentistry, Maurice J. Butler is located over the post office. Will do work evenings by appointment. 13t Miss Lorena Shuck, well known to many Monmouth people as a for mer Normal student, died December 8th, after a two days illness at her home in Ceres, California. , J. M. Garrison of Salem visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Sickafoose, the latter being his niece. Letters from Stanley Evans slate that at Camp Mills on one occasion his tent had two inches of water on the floor which froze into ice with a sudden change of weather. The Misses Neta Waller and Mar ie Smith who are teaching at Bun ker Hill, near Marshfield, are here for their Christmas vacation. Joshua McGeeof Mohawk, near P.norono is here to snend the win ter with his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L. w. wauer. Hoover & McNeil of Albany, who have had charge of the work on the addition to the Normal, finished the work last week. Only some paint ing remains to be done. Mrs. J. L. Van Loan visited with her sister, Mrs. Fred Holman in .Dallas, Saturday. Mrs. M. J. Norton is at Blodgett where her mother is seriously sick. Dorsey Edwards carries his right arm in a sling as the result of a sprain from a fall in the gymnasium during practice work last Iriday. P. 0. Powell had business in Portland Saturday. Community Christmas Tree Monmouth, Oregon, 1917 Joy to the World Joy to the World ! the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove The glories of His Tightness And wonders of His love. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Hark ! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new born King! ': Peace on earth, and mercy mild , i God and sinners reconciled.' i Joyful, all ye nations, rise Join the triumph of the skies; ! With the angelic host proclaim, ,, ! "Christ is born in Bethlehem." Hark! the herald angels sing, , "Glory to the new-born King!" Hail! the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail! the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in his wings, , Mild He lays His glory by, I Born that men no more may die; , Born to raise the sons of earth, I Born to give them second birth. L Coronation Hymn All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall! Bring forth the royal diadems And crown Him Lord of all; Brirg forth the royal diadems And crown him Lord of all. Let' every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To Him all majesty ascribe And crown Him Lord of all. To him all majesty ascribe And crown him Lord of all. ' It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old,. From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold; "Peace on the earth, good-will to men From heaven's all-gracious King;" The world in solmen stillness lay To hear the angels sing. - For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophets seen of old, When with the ever circling years Shall come the time foretold, When the new heaven and earth shall own The Prince of Peace their King, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing. . President Ackerman was a visitor in Portland last Saturday. Saturday was a good business day for Monmouth merchants, an un usually large number of farmers leine in town to trade. It is estimated that there has been an increase of at least 50 per cent in the corn output in Polk county, due to the corn show that was held last year in Independence. A hospital has been established in Falls City with Mrs. Massie as matron and Dr. Prime as manager. U. S. Grant of Dallas was re elected president of the Angora goat breeders' association at its meeting held in El Paso, Texas last week. J. B. V. Butler developed consid erable talent as an "after dark" speaker at the Red Cross meeting Tuesday night. The burning out of a fuse left the Normal chapel in darkness, while Mr. Butler was in ! the midst of an appeal for member ships for the organization. He kept on talking in the darkness, springing a lew joKes relative u the need of the light in dark places which Red Cross subscriptions would produce, and when the light was restored, continued as usual. Christmas exercises at the Chris tian church will be held next Sunday evening. The same program as was given last year, the story of the events connected with the birth of Christ, told in tableau, and directed by Mrs. McKinney, will be given. Two wayfarers, J. Kelly and Jack Ryan, were captured in Albany and brought to Polk county on the charge of breaking into the store of the Falls City Mercantile Co., an offense which was committed last week. $300 worth of goods were taken and practically all of it was found in the possession of the two i men. In the freshet of the past week one 01 tne supports oi tne aiem bridge was undermined and weaken ed and the bridge is closed to all but light traffic. At the annual school board con vention held in Dallas Saturday Ira Powell was one of the speakers, appearing on the program with the subject "Thrift in the School". 0, A. Wolverton, president of the local district board was also in attend ance at the convention. Mrs. W. H. Mack has nice house keeping rooms for four girls. 4t Crossing the Luckiamute this week has been something of an achievement, the continual heavy rains having swollen the normal flow of that industrious stream. The water was so high tha tthemail carrier could not cross Tuesday or Wednesday and his route on those days was that much shorter. Mr. and Mrs. John Howell expect to spend Christmas with their son, D. B. Howell in Portland, and fear ing that there were no turkeys in as far north as Portlnad they are go ing to take along an 11-pound bird just to show what Monmouth can produce when it gets started. ' Cows for Sale. Fresh soon. J. L. Van Loan, Monmouth. 13-4t Dr. Matthis was here Wednesday j First National Bank, Robert Steele, Monmouth Improvement Co. South ern Pacific R. R., Oregon Warehouse Co., L. P. Gilmore, R.B. Swenson H. E. Guthrie ,W. W. Newman, E. from his duties at American Lake It was 60 degrees above at 9 o'clock Tuesday night, which is warm for this season of the year. What better Christmas remem brance could you make a distant friend or relative than a year's sub scription to the Monmouth Herald? A weekly letter throughout the year for the exact Cost of a postage stamp each week. Special: To any one, now a subscriber and who wishes to take an additional sub scription to be sent as a present, we will make a special price of $1 for the coming year. There will be basket ball at the high school gym. tonight. Amity high school is the attraction and the boys from the town to the north will endeavor to duplicate the feat of their sisters on their recent ap pearance here. As a coffee cooler the Dallas Cubs will engage in fierce and sanguinary combat with the Cubs of Monmouth. All for 10 and 15 cts. ' At 7:30 tonight. A. Switzer, Jas. Graham, E. W. Strong, Winegar & Lorence and E. Lorence, fifteen in all. The opposi tion is led by P. H. Johnson and Peter Kurre and in addition has the following: Mrs. Riggs, I. M. Davidson, Martha L. Chapman, W. J. Mulkey, R. M. Smith and Thos. Boulden, eight in all. Miss Riecker entertained the children of her room Thursday with a Christmas party. The parent and a number of visitors came during the afternoon and were delighted with the program. After the pro gram the children participated in a peanut hunt and then each was given a stocking full of popcorn and candy. RESOLUTIONS! Whereas; Death has again enter ed our midst and removed one of our faithful members, Brother J. H. Remington. Therefore be it Resolved, that in his passing to the beyond, the lodge has lost a worthy member, the daughter a loving father, the com munity a good citizen and kind neighbor. Resolved, that as an expression of our sympathy, the charter of Agate Rebekah Lodge be properly draped, that a ccpy of these resolutions be sent to relatives, one to the Mon mouth Herald and one be spread on the minutes of the Lodge Miss Maggie Butler Mrs. Alta Rogers Mrs. Mina Cornelius, Committee Marion Butler has resigned his school at Buena Vista and has en listed in the aviation department. Another ex-Normal boy who has deserted his school for government service is R. W. Dobell. He has resigned his school near Jefferson and has taken a typist position with the government, being stationed in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Samual Conkey who have been absent for the past six weeks on a trip to Princeton, Wis., where they visited with relatives, returned to Monmouth last Satur day. They report a very enjoyable time. Miss Pearl Conkey who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Webster in Dallas, is also back home starting in at the high school again Monday morning. , The heavy rains of the week sat urated the ground to the satisfac tion cf every one and had a large surplus. The surplus to the south oj town was so large that it became a vast lake. All of the rivers from the coast range are raging torrents but the Willamette is not so high as it gets in the spring when there is snow melting in the mountains. The following resolutions were adopted at the school board conven tion held in Dallas Saturdsay: Resolved that we endorse the, work done in the rural schools Jay our Supervisor, Mr. Moore. Resolved that this convention recommend that the necessary legislation be secured to give us the county unit system of taxation for our public schools. Resolved that this convention go on record as favoring the idea of the Superior School as presented by Supt. Churchill. Resolved that we consider it for the best interest of our schools that the School Board Convention be continued in Polk County. Resolved that we express our sin cere appreciation to tne speakers who have so ably addressed us in this convention and to Supt. Crow- 1 it mlinca aPprtfte Koita n A : convention a success. , Signed by the committee, 0. A. Wolverton F. T. Romig Geo. W. Conner G. A. McCullock Mrs. H. B. Cosper. According to the Polk county Itemizer the Injunction brought against the city in the paving mat ter is officially credited to C. G. Griffa, et al. Mr. Griffa, however, has made application to pay his as sessment . and therefore can not be an objector. Others who have paid or made application to pay are The Annual Bank Meeting Notice is hereby given that the shareholders of the FIRST NA TIONAL BANK of Monmouth, Oregon will meet at the banking house in Monmouth, January 8th, 1918, at 1:30, P. M. for the pur pose of electing a board of di rectors and the transaction of such other business as may prop erly come before the meeting. W. E. Smith. Cashier MONMOUTH HIGHWA YS WALTER G. BROWN Representing the "PENNSYLVANIA" Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc. Monmouth Grange 476 Meets the Second Saturday In Each Month at 10:30 A. M. . Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which visitors are welcome. P. 0. P0WElX.Master. Miss Maggie Butler, Sec. Vol. II Monmouth, Ore., Friday, Dec. 21, 1917 No. 10 Written, Edited and Set in Type by Students of Monmouth High School According to figures compiled by Y.M.C.A. workers in Oregon, Monmouth High School raised more 'money, per capita, than any school in the State of Oregon; The total amount $283, with only an apportionment of $80, This means that 354 percent of the quota was raised. This was a good showing. But there is no occasion to be suprised. Monmouth High School never CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday School, - - 10.00 a. m. Preaching Service, - 11.00 a. m. I Y. P. S. C E. Meeting, 6.30 p. m. Preaching Service, 7.30 p. m. Prayer Meriting Wednescay, 7.30 p. m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY In Odd Fellows Hall Services, 11.00 a. m Subject: Is t he Universe including man evolved by atomac force Sunday Sc'.ool, - 10.00 a.m. Wednesday evening meeting, 8.00 p. m. was known to pass a page in his tory without doing her best and literally coming through with the goods. Although the amount mentioned above was only the pledges almost all of the pay meuts have been made. The high school gave a short pro gram at the Norm theater last Sat urday evening. It was followed by the film "Barbara Fritchie" JOSEPH A. FINLEY, Vocal Teacher Portland Studio, 41 1 Alder St Director of the Portland Oratorio society Choir Director of Mt Tabr Presbyterian church Conductor of the Gresham Oratario Society Conductor of the Astoria pratorio Society Supervisor of Music in the Dallas public schools Supervisor of Music in Gresham grade schools Private lessons given every Thursday afternoon and evening at the home of J. Craven. $8 a month in advance for a 3-4 hour lesson a week. $6 a month for a half hour lesson a week.