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Monmouth, Polk tounty, Oregon, Friday, Feb. 1, 1918
No. 22
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union.
NEWS NOTES
OF NORMAL
Portland Librarian Visit Alor
mal and Addresses Student!
Last Friday morning Mr. Ide of
the Education Department repre
sented the faculty in chapel with a
most interesting talk on "The Psy
chological Clinic", Mr. Ide discussed
the purposes and the methods of the
clinic in an illuminating fashion il
lustrating by many concrete refer
ences. Perhaps one of the most un
usually interesting phases of the
talk was the tests given to three
children Dorothy and Euphemia
Gilmore and Donald Skeene. These
showed the development of motor
control, judgement and speed ;ln
children of varying ages as, they
used various pieces of testing appa
ratus. The topic was ' splendidly
presented in clever fashion, and Mr
Ide was royally received in his first
Chapel appearance.
Miss Mary Frances laom of the
Multnomah County Library, was a
guest at the Normal School on
Wednesday, when she spoke at
Chapel time on "Books and Read
ing", Miss Isom's fine plans for
practical reading, her insistence : on
the owning of few1 friends in
books for continual reference, her
enthusiasm for the best books of
both yesterday and today and her
delightfully friendly fashion of talk
ing, all made her talk most inspirit
ing to the BtudenU and faculty as
well. Miss Isom spent the day vis
iting the various departments at
work. It was with real pleasure
that the Oregon Normal Schoo!
greeted Miss Isom whom it wishes
to return again.
The Normal School will bold
special program in the Chapel, Mon
day morning at 9:30 to which the
friends of the school are most cor
dially invited. Monday has been
nationally proclaimed s "Thrift
day" and this topic will be empha
sized and discussed all over the
country. IraC. Powell, president
of the First National Bank of Mon
mouth, has very kindly consented
to address the students and towns
people at this meeting and explain
the "thrift stamps" or so called
"baby bonds". They should be of
special interest as they can be ob
tained in almost any amount and at
any time and pay excellent interest
for a term of years.
In additioirto the address there
will be music and singing by the
students, and it is hoped that as
many a possible will be present.
Mrs. 1 Fisher, who has charge of
the high school teacher training
work at Eugene, visited the Normal
last Tuesday. We were very glad
that she did so, as the Normal
wishes to get in as close touch as
possible with the high school teach
er training schools of the state and
would be glad if more of said teach
ers could find an opportunity to
visit us.
Miss Greene and Mr. Gilmore
spent the week-end in Portand.
Quite a number of the February
class have left to take up their
work in the various schools of the
state. Nearly all said class have
positions. Baker City, LaGrande,
The Dalles and Astoria are among
the cities that have recently elected
Normal School graduates.
All are looking forward to the
concert by the Music Department to
be given next Tuesday evening in
the Chapel at eight o'clock. The
Glee Clubs will sing "King Rene's
Daughter". No small amount of in
terest centers around the orchestras.
The Normal Orchestra and also the
Training School Orchestra will per
form. Seat sale will begin Friday
noon at 12:30 at Morlan's.
Mrs. Jane Burns Albert of Port
land, the well-known and admired
soprano, will sing at the concert at
the Normal on Friday evening, Feb
ruary 5.
Training School
Facts and Fancies
Of all the interesting exercises
conducted in the children's assem
bly, perhaps none was more thor
oughly enjoyed, nor will be longer
remembered, than that of last
Monday morning. Miss Parrott was
the center of interest, and won the
hearts of the children with her
charmingly illustrated story telling.
We heard the story of the Five Lit
tle Puts, and our sympathy was
with the little pig that cried, "Wee,
wee," all the way home. Old Moth
er Hubbard, and her wonderfully
intelligent dog, whose eventful ca
reer was depicted before our very
eyes, next claimed our interest. Of
course, we all decided that the Fool
ish Little Fir Tree was most beauti
fully drest in its own natural garb,
moreover, we were pleased to know
that the little tree was made con
scious of this fact. The adventures
of the Owl and the Pussy Cat . were
certainly pleasing. The guitar, five
pound note and pot of honey added
to the material comforts of the
journey, as did also, the banquet
spread under the trees, complete in
all its appointment, even unto the
runcible spoon. The children will
long be grateful to Miss "Parrot t for
the delightful morning.
Boys and girls of the Training
School ursre your parents to invest
for you in Thrift stamps, to the
extent of Five Thousand Dollars.
The investment will pay Six Thous
and in five years but you may with
draw your loan at any time. It is a
safe investment with Uncle Sam as
sponser. tome will , you do tnist
We want to help win the race.
"
Have you faith in your '. Uncle
Sam? Help him then all you can,
Lend to him your every shilling,
So he will know that you're most
willing, To do your part in the
great crisis (That limits food, but
raises prices,) A loyal effort upon
your part, Will win the approval
of every heart, That has for its aim
the truth divine, Liberty and Jus
tice and for all time. Help then
to win this victory sure, With free
dom and justice forever secure.
A lesson in Thrift: Teacher to
second grader, "I shall be unable
to go to lunch today, so please take
this dime and buy me a Hershey's,
you may buy something for yourself
with the other nickel," Boy re
turns: "Here's your chocolate,"
The Teacher: "Thank you and
what did you buy?" ,
Boy, "I saved the nickel. I don't
Continued on page 4
TIGHTENING UP
ON FOOD WASTE
Crisis in Nation's Struggle to
Feed Itself and Its Allies
To the general public of Polk
County:
Incompliance with the request
of Mr. W. B. Ayer, Federal Food
Administrator for Oregon, I have
consented to serve as County Chair
man for Polk County, Any ques
tions pertaining to the food in this
county should be referred to me,
and I shall endeavor to give them
my prompt and considerate atten
tion. Your sympathetic, full and
patient co-operation is requested.
The public should always bear in
mind:
1. That we must conserve and
substitute now if we , would have
plenty for ourselves and our allies
afterwhile. We must follow now
the requests of our Government or
we shall probably follow the orders
of another government later,
2. That the Government's direc
tions to grocers, confectioners and
hotels are very definite and that
they are expected to live up to the
regulations. ,.
3. That we should cooperate with
them fully and gladly and never ask
them to make an exception of us
To do so is very -embarrassing ' to
them and proves that we are unloy-
al if not disloyal to our Govern'
ment.
4. That wheat, sugar, meat and
fats are the foods to be conserved
and substituted.
5. That Monday and Wednesday
are wheatless days and at least one
meal of all of the other days should
be also; that we should use sugar,
pork and fats very sparingly all of
the time.
That we are to deny ourselves
these articles even though it costs
The first factor which would
lead us to expect an increase is the
fact that home gardens, the increas
ed use of perishable foodstuffs, and
the increased amount of home can
ning contributed very materially to
the kitchen refuse of 1917. The sec
ond factor which would lead us to
expect an (increase instead of a de
crease this year, is the fact that in
practically i every butcher shop in
the country, the scraps of fat and
bones, Vhich were formerly thrown
under the counter to be sold to ren
dering companies, are now pushed
off tg the customer. Figures from
the rendering companies which used
to buy these scraps "how that the
housewife is now doing her own
rendering.
"Under these oenditions," the re
port that the quantity of garbage
collected during the first ' nine
months of 1917 in eighty one cities
showed a decrease of twelve to fif
teen per cent over the collections
of 1916 is nothing short of marvel
ous. Translated, this means that
the housekeeper who used to put
seven or eight pounds of material
into her garbage pail every week
has nbt added a pound or two, as
might be ; expected on account of
her larger use of perishable food
stuffs and butcher's scraps'. Instead
she has actually withheld one pound
out of every seven or eight which
used to go into the can, pd has ex
ercised her culinary skill to put it
into the soup kettle or baking-pan."
us much more to get the substi
tutes. The purpose is to supply the
armies, we must Dear our part oi
the inconvenience and hardship if
such it be.
7. That we should produce all we
can in 1918 and encourage every
body else to do so.
8. That we should not suspect our
neighbors too easily to be disloyal
but should encourage every one to
the fullest measure of loyalty.
per cent of the people of Polk
county will do their duty in this
matter when they know what it is,
the remaining 2 per cent will prob
ably need some slight assistance.
9. That we should live fully up
to what our Government expects of
us that others will have no cause for
suspicion.
10. That any purposeful and per
sistent violation of the Govern
ment s requests in these marten
should be reported to me and that
the individual cases will be irvesti-
gated.
Believing that the people of Polk
county can be relied upon to sup
port the Food Administration fully
and ungrudgingly in its efforts to
provide enough of the right sort of
food for all with no injury to any
one, I am, "
Faithfully,
M. S. Pittman,
CountyChairman
Gentle to Address
Parent-Teachers
Prof. T.H. Gentle, whose wit and
wisdom have a reputation of their
own which never fails to make his a
welcome figure at any public meet
ing, will be the principal speaker at
the next session of the parent-teach'
er association to be held in the high
school auditorium next Wednesday
evening. The first Tuesday of the
month is the regular meeting night
of the association but the date is set
at Wednesday to accommodate the
musical concert at the Normal Tues
day evening. Following is the pro
gram of the evening: .
Singing by members,
1 Led by Miss Hoham
Piano solo, Ethelva Elkins
"How the Star Spanglde Banner
Was Written" Dramatization
Boys 6f 5th & 6th grades
Girls trio, Girls from High Schoo!
War pictures, by Zeta Smith, Cla
ra Wade, Glen Turner
Address by Prof. Gentle
Prof. C. I. Lewis, Department of
Horticulture 0. A. C. will address
the Fruit Growers at their annual
meeting, Saturday Feb. 9, on the
subject of "Lime for the Prune
Orchard".' He will also discuss the
"General Outlook for Orchardists'
of Oregon and the Pacific North
west.
On the same date Mr. Larsen the
newly appointed Agricultural Agent
will outline the plan of work to be
carried on by this office this year,
The election of officers for the
Fruit Growers Assn. will take place
at one o'clock. Following the elec
tion will come the program as out
lined. The meeting will be held at
the Commercial Club rooms at Dal
las. 7
F. V. Brown
C. P. Bevins was up from Airlie
on business last Saturday .
GLOOM AHEAD
FOR GOPHERS
Grangers to Take to the Trail
of the Destructive Rodents
Steps to speed up the war on go
phers and ground squirrels were
taken at the meeting of the Pomona
Grange in Monmouth Saturday. Out
of its fund the county organization
appropriated $15 and will ask other
interested organizations in the coun
ty to take similar action. This as a
direct result of the poison demon
stration by 0. A. C. agents last
fall which has been tested and
found effective.
W. J. Stockholm, gave some
strong testimony in regard to the
effectiveness of the poison, stating
that he had tried it and killed some
thing like 30 gophers in a single
tria!.
Sheep killing dogs also came up
for discussion at the meeting but no
curefor this evil was found other
than legislation.
County Agent J. E. Larsen was
present at the meeting and gave an
outline of the initial steps being
taken in starting out the work of
his office. He said an agricultural
council was to be organized . with
delegates from the different sections
and agricultural activities of the
county, delegates to be both male
and female, and through whom the
agriculturist would work. v
Miss Edna Mills of McMinnville
was also present and talked of con
servation from a woman's stand
point. H .Hirschberg of Independence
was present and was called on to
give an outline of the government
plan of raising money through the
sale of thrift stamps and war sav
ings certificates.
During the business session of
the morning a resolution was pro
posed, endorsing the stand of the
trustees of the agricultural college
in raising the salary of President
Kerr of that institution. , After a
somewhat extended discussion the
motion was tabled, the grange de
ciding not to go on action for or a
gainstatthis time.
The next meeing of Pomona
Grange will be a Oak Grove on the
last Saturday of March.
Garden Seed Exchange Day will
be observed at the next meeting of
the Grange, Saturday, Feb. 9. All
who have a surplus of garden seeds,
especially those listed in the premi--ura
list of the County Fair are in
vited to bring them and exchange
for something they do not have.
Prof. Hyslop of the O. A. C. will
speak on "Beans and Potatoes" and
Mr. Larsen, the County Agricultur
ist will also be present. The after
noon meeting with the program is
open to the general public.
All those who are on the social
list of the Oregon Normal School
are cordially invited to be present
at a party and dance to be given
Saturday evening February the sec
ond, at eight 'o'clock. , The dance
will be given in the gumnasium;
the party in the dormitory.
J. E. Winegar was absent in
Portland two days last week taking
in the session of the Hardwaremen's
Convention. '