The Monmouth herald., June 28, 1918, Image 3

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Lloyd hiid gone. When the trench
mnrtare opened op, a middling ter
mr eeled him and be wanted to run,
to get away from that hmrlhlt din,
anywhere to safety. 80 quietly sneak
Ing around the traveine, he enm to the
entrance of communication trench,
and run mndly and blindly down It,
running Into traveraee, atumtillni Into
inudily holes, and fulling full length
over trench grids.
Groping lillndly, with hli arme
atretehed out Id front of him, he at
limt came out of the trench Into the
village, or what ued to be a village,
before the German artillery ruled It.
Mixed with till fear, he had pe
cuilnr anrt of cunning, which whla
M'red to him to avoid all eentrlee, be
enime If they anw him he would be
eeut back to that awful destruction In
the front line, and perhiipi he killed
or nuilined. The thought made him
shudder, the cold sweat coming out la
bead on hla face.
On lilt left, In the darkness, he could
liuike out the ahudowv forma of tree :
crawling 00 hla handi and knees, ntop-1
ping mid crouching with fear at each
ehcllburst, be finally reached an old
orchard and cowered at the bate of a
shot-scurred apple tree.
He remained there all night, listen
Ing to the aound of the gum and ever
praying, praying that hla nucleus life
would lie spared.
Aa dawn began to break, be could
discern little dark object protruding
from the ground all about him. Curi
osity mastered hla fear end he crawled
to one of the objects, and there, In the
unceriuln light, be read on a little
wooden cross:
"I'te. II. 8. Wheaton, No. 1670, lt
London Itegt. R. F. Killed In action.
April 2f, 11)10. & L I'." (Iteit In
Peace).
Continued next week
Good organ for Bale or trade. For
particulars apply at Herald office, tf
Thrift stamp canvaswrs who have
been circulating through the Mon
mouth district during the past few
days report that while they have
met with good success, greater than
might have been expected, still the
prospect are that tonight will find
them short of the quota asked for.
A variety of reasons are responsible.
The quota is undoubtedly large,
the advertising has been insuffi
cient, the last drive was only a
short time ago, and it is the season
of the year when money is close.
Miss Laura Farmington who has
made her home with her aunt, Mrs.
J. L. Van Loan, while attending
Normal, has returned to her home
in Columbia Falls, Montana.
Beth Otitrom spent the week end
with friends in Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mulkey who
have been attending school at Dav
enport, Iowa, are visiting with Mrs
Mulkey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C,
, K. Force.
It Shows Time
in the Dark
ATHHIS is the new In
8 Kersoll Waterbury
the stylish small-size
witch the jeweled watch
the sturdy watch.
Here you have it with the
Radiolite dial. The hands and
f.pn-r, are made of a new self
luminous substance containing
genuine radium. It glows
brightly (or at least ten years
probably much longer.
We'd call it about the best
" buy " we have in our store.
Wi.'d like to show you.
Walker Bros.
W. S. Kurrc Takes
His Own Life
Wm. S. Kurre, cashier of the In
deendence National Bank, shot and
killed himself about 7:30 o'clock
this morning at his home in this
city. No earthly reason is known
for the young man's rash act.
In the best of humor yesterday
and apparently without a trouble
in the world, he performed his du
ties at the bank talked with friends
about town and went automobile
riding. This morning he said to his
wife and her mother, who was visit
ing them, that he was going to take
a bath. He went to the bath room
and ig a few moments the shot was
fired. Mrs. Kurre made the discov
ery of what had happened and rush
ing to a neighbor'! summoned Dr.
Butler. The physician hastily ar
rived, but it was of no avail as
death was almost instantaneous.
The shot had entered his head just
behind his ear.
He left a note addressed to his
wife in which he requested that a
very simple funeral be held, only
one song sung, and that Dr. H. C.
Dunsmore be the officiating clergy
man; that only a plain casket be
used and that it be not opened;
that his body be carried to Portland
by C. E. Henkle in his auto hearse
and there cremated. The note was
written with a fountain pen and the
date for the funeral was first writ
ten "Tuesday at 2 o'clock." This
had been scratched out and
"Wednesday at 1 o'clock" substi
tuted with a lead pencil. No reason
was given for the suicide. From
the soiled condition of the note and
the change of date it must have
been carried in his pocket for a day
or two. The last request of the de
ceased will be complied with in full.
The services will be held at the
Baptist church.
The entire city was astounded
when the tragedy became known,
which probably will always remain
a mystery. Polk County Post.
Continued from page 1
mouth.
Miss Myra Butler of the Normal
School Faculty is now in communi
cation with the War Work Council
of the Y. M. C. A. concerning over
seas canteen service. Among the
requirements for such work note
the following; First The appli
cant receives no salary and even tho
transportation and living expenses
maybep rovided by tho Counil, she
must furnish at least five hundred
dollars for equipment and incident
al expenses. Second Application
for Canteen Work must be made in
New York City in person. As Miss
Butler is leaving Monmouth to go
to her home in New England, it is
possible for her to have the personal
interview, when undoubledly, her
application will be favorably consid
ered for she is eminently qualified
for Canteen Work.
It will be of interest to her
friends to know that Miss Butler
has been notified that transporta
tion and maintenance will be provi
dedif she is accepted for service.
The five hundred dollars for equip
ment and emergency expenses is be
ing undertaken by her friends with
enthusiasm for they know how well
qualified Miss Butler is for Canteen
Work.
Word received from Ira Powell
this week is to the effect that his
son Clares is resting sqme easier
and his condition is more favorable.
Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Crofoot have
rented the White farm and have
gone to Maupin for team and
effects, planning to live in Mon
mouth. j Wm. Kendr'ick of Pittsburg, Pa.,
was a visitor this week at T. J. Ed
1 ward's.
Wills Wim Suit
After taking two months to hear
pleas of both sides and think the
matter over Judge Belt decided the
Miller-Wills case this week In favor
of the latter. The case was for the
possession of a house on the corner
of Broad and Clay street and a! tho
the house has been in possession of
Mr. Miller for several years and has
been improved by him, the court
held that in one of the ten days no
tice given, the full time had not
elapsed, a few hours were lacking
when action was taken by the coun
cil, in pursuance to notice given,
which was a vital error. Claim for
damage by Wills was denied, but
the court absolved the -city from,
claim for recovery on the part of
Mr. Miller on the ground that the
sale was on buyer's risk,
Columbus, better known as
"Fighting Jo Hooker" Howell, was
in Monmouth from his home near
Walla Walla, Wash., Saturday to
visit with his brother J. W. and
family. Mr. Howell reports pros
pects for a wheat yield in the Walla
j Walla country as very good. They
have had some rain there lately and
while not enough, sufficient to save
the crop and make an average yield.
This was Mr. Howell's first visit to
Monmouth in twenty five years al
tho he was born in Marion County
where there is a large tract of
country that bears the family name
Nine brothers, one 01 whom was
father to the present brothers, took
up land' in the early days on Howell
prairie just east of Salem. They
j took a section apiece and between
the nine, owned the whole prairie.
Now, after seventy years, not
descendant of the nine owns a foot
of land on that prairie.
Trunks, Bags and Suitcases,
Moore Si Walker.
Clark Hembree has joined forces
with Ross Nelson of Independence
and they have gone to Willows,
Calif., to encage in the rice busi
ness during the summer.
A casserole was borrowed by
some one at the time of the Red
Cross sale, possibly to carry home
some beans. Mrs. Heffley requests
that it be left at one of the stores
and she will call for it. As the
Red Cross feels responsible it is
hoped the borrower will return
promptly.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Pittman and
daughter Catherine Allen left for
Portland Friday to visit a bit and
take in the Columbia highway be
fore leaving for Eugene where the
former is attending summer school.
Their household goods were dis
posed of at auction Thursday after
noon. There was a fair attendance
at the sale and things sold well.
At the request of the Food Ad
ministration a meeting ,of the
threshermen of the county is to be
held in the county court house in
Dallas next Saturday afternoon
June 29, at 2 o'clock. There it is
hoped to organize a threshermen's
association and decide upon a wage
scale to be paid. County Agricult
ural Agent Kable of Benton county
and Prof. Hyslop of 0. A. C. will
be present to advise. All interest
ed threshermen are urged to attend.
- Attention Sunnyslope
Patrons of Sunny Slope School
district, No. 49 meet in your
school house Friday night, June 28,
to make arrangements for raising
the quota assigned to your district
in War Savings Stamps, $11,000.
A. Parker, Chairman.
Patrons of School District No.
13, Monmouth meet in the school
house, Friday evening, June 28.
From results of preliminary can
vass we are short of our quota and
public spirited citizens interested in
seeing the matter through are urg
' ed to come. By order of School
I Board.'
Roosevelt Urges All
e
To Bay W. S S.
' I
Theodore Roosevelt says: "Let us
put through the war-savings cam
paign." In a recent editorial he wrote:
"Of course the primary factor
in deciding this war is and will
be the Army. But there can be
no great army In war today un
less a great Nation stands back of
It. The most important of all our
needs is immensely to strengthen
the fighting line at the front. But
it can not be permanently streng.
thened unless the whole Nation is
organized back of the front. We
need increased production by all.
We need thrift and the avoidance of
extravagance and of waste of money
upon nonessentials by all. We need
the investment of our money in Gov
ernment securities by all of us.
"The Government, through the
war-savings campaign, offers the
opportunity to every indivdidual in
the Nation to join in a great nation
al movement to secure these ends.
This is the people's war. The re
sponsibility for the Government
rests on the people as a whole. The
Army is the people's Army. It can
be supported only if the people in
vest in the securities of the Govern
ment, and this investment by the
people should be as nearly universal
as possible. All the men, all the
women, and half the children of the
land should be active members of
Uncle Sam's team. The war-savings
campaign offers them the
chance to be active members. This
campaign means the encouragement
of thrift and production. But it
means much more than this. It
also means to make our .people rea
lize their solidarity, and mutual in
terdependence and to make them
understand that the government is
really theirs. Therefore, . it is a
movement to fuse all our different
race stocks into one great unified
nationality. It is emphatically a
movement for nationalism and pat
riotism. Let all of us join in this
movement.
A June Wedding '
Wednesday, June 26, at the home
of Mrs. Allen Johnson of this city,
Miss Reta C. Marks and Chester
W. Chambers were united in mar
riage. Rev. W. A. Wood offici
ated. Those witnessing the cere
mony were Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Marks, James Chambers Mrs. Byron
White, Mrs. H. Broadwell, Miss
Gertrude Heffley, Mrs. Johnson,
Thelma, George and Clara Marks.
The bride is well known here hav
ing graduated from both the Mon
mouth High and the Normal schools.
Mr. Chambers is a graduate of the
Oregon Agricultural College and is
engaged in farming in Benton coun
ty where they will be at home to
their friends after July 4.
Burton a Benedict
Friends of W. H. Burton will
be
surprised to learn that he is mar
ried, which information is obtained
from a statement that leaked out
this week. According to the report
which appears well authenticated,
Mr. Burton was married in New
York over a year ago, an affadavit
to this effect being filed with his
registration papers in the list for
the selective draft.
One evening last week a number
of friends gave Miss Reta Marks a
surprise in the way of a miscella
neous shower, brinigng many pretty
presents with them, at the home of
Mrs. Allen Johnson where Miss
Marks was spending the evening.
Those present were: Mesdames
Alfred Smith, Byron White, Ernest
Riddell, Misses Lib and Clara
Wade, Mabel Smith, Grace Parker,
flM'A!fstT,rGTT
Ruth Willson, Gertrude Heffley,
G,adyputtnumTne,maMarkan3
Laurel Canning.
Ye editor and wife accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Gentle to attend the
meeting at Suver Wednesday night.
1
We sell the famous Sturgis Baby
Carriages, Moore & Walker, Inde
pendence. At a meeting of the Republican
central campaign committee held
in Dallas Friday, D. M .Hampton of
Monmouth was named chairman and
Mrs. Henry of West Salem, secre
tary. Cook for one half cent per hour
with the Florence Wicklesa Oil
Stove, cheaper than wood, coal or
gas, for sale by Moore & Walker,
Independence, Or. '
Mrs. Walter Nelson and daughter
Barbara Jean of Independence visit
ed at M. F. Hoyser's this week.
Louis Atwater entertained his
soldier son Charles and daughter-in-law
this week. It was the tat
ter's first visit to her new relatives.
She is from La Grande.
Mrs. G. G. Stone and family
I moved this week from the Murdock
house to the Mack house, formerly
occupied by W. E. Smith. Mr.
Stone came down from Vancouver
to help with the moving.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Dalton
of Mary's Peak where Mr. Daltcn
is connected with the logging busi
ness, were visitors several days this
week with his mother, Mrs. O. A.
Wolverton.
(Continued from page 1)
was after all very simple. That we
should not waste our efforts on ac
cumulated worries but stick to the
essentials and in common things
work to sustain the hands of the
capable people who only could do
our work for us in Europe.
Evangelical Church Notes
Sunday, June 30. Sermons at 11
and 8 o'clock. Subjects: "Christ
ianity the Religion of Joy" and
"What Christianity has done for our
Country". Duet at the morning
service by two little girls. Special
music for the evening service.
Sunday School at 10. Y. P. A. at
7:15. Miss Dorcas Conklin, Lead
er. P. Conklin, Pastor.
(Baptist Summer Schedule
10 a. m. Bible School. Students.'
Class led by Pastor on "Ideals of
Jesus."
11 a. m. Morning Worship. '
7 p. m. Young Peoples' Union.
8 p. m. Vesper Service. Song and
special music. Addresses: "Mak
ing Democracy Safe for the
World" ,
June 23. The Challenge. '
June 30. America First.
July 7. God in His World.
July 14. The Coming New Day.
July 21. Conversion of Militarism.
July 28. Jhe New Internationalism.
Aug. 4. The World's Only Hope
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executor of the estate
of Malinda E. Tally, deceased, has
filed his final account in the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Polk County, and that Saturday Ju
ly 6th, 1918, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of siid day,
at the County Court room of the
said County Court in the City of
Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed
by said Court as the time and place
for the hearing of objections to the
said final account and the settle
ment thereof.
W. J. Miller,
Executor of the estate of
Malinda E. Tally, deceased.
B. F. Swope, Attorney.
Dated and first published June
7th, 1918.