Vol XI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Oct 18, 1918 No. 7
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Union.
NEWS NOTES
OF NORMAL
Miss Arbuthnot and Independ
ence Pupils Appear in Chapel
Private Peat's lecture on Tuesday
evening was an Inspiration to "car
ry on". It was full of human In
terest but as he recounted the
deeds of heroism and unselfishness
performed "over Jhere" he carried
his listeners with him far above the
sordidness of trench and army life
Into a realization that there are
worse things In life than war and
finer things than life itself even.
His characterization of the Hun
was satisfying even to the most
vindictive. His eulogy of the cour
age of the English, his touching
tribute to the spirit of France and
his dramatic visualization of the
fearlessness of the American mark
him as one who has caught the
vision of "world democracy".
Miss Taylor gave the students a
brief talk last week in which pre
ventive measures were explained
and extreme caution urged in order
that the Oregon Normal Campus
might be kept free from the Span
ish influent.
Dean Todd was in Portland last
Thursday as a delegate from Polk
County to the' Speakers' Training'
Conference for the United War
Work Campaign which opens No
vember 11.
Mr. Butler returned last Thurs
day from the Institute at Roseburg
and the Normal students teaching
in Douglas County would have felt
flattered could they have heard Mr.
Butler's message given in his inim
itable manner,
The students again evidenced
their patriotism and more than
were needed responded to the call
for prune pickers last week end.
The Junior Class of the Oregon
Normal have effected their organiz
ation and elected the following offi
cers for the year: President, Mar
jory Whipple; Vice-President, Shan
non Pettinger; Secretary-Treasurer,
Vura Hudson; Reporter, Evadna
Hager.
Miss Sullivan assisted By Miss
Warner and MiBS Russell has had
charge of the First and' Second
grades in the Normal Training
School during the absence of Miss
Smith who has been attending In
stitutes in Southern and Eastern
Oregon.
Mifs Dinsdale, Y. W. C. A. Sec
retary at U. of 0., was on the
Campus Tuesday in the interest of
the United War Work Campaign.
Miss DeVore, critic of the First
and Second grades of the Independ
ence Training School, was at the
Institute at Tillamook last week.
During her absence the regular
student teachers, the Misses Han
Ben, Beekman, Hendrickson, Mc
Cann, Slate, Delk, Case arid Mrs.
Bobbins had charge of the work.
President Ackerman at Monday's
chapel gave a very interesting ac
count of his trip to Moro and La
Grande, The dominating theme in
both Institutes the President said
was the great educational crux of .
today how to persuade young peo
pie to finish their education and be
prepared to continue the great
work of democratization begun by
the war. The President urged that
teachers feel it their patriotic duty
to remain in the school room in or
der that the idea for which our sol
diers are fighting may be transmit
ted to posterity.
The Senior IPs have elected the
following officers for the semester:
President, Miss Dugan; Vice-President,
Miss Downer; Secretary-Treasurer,
Miss Henrietta Hendrickson;
Reporter, Miss Agnes Sullivan.
The Normal Auxiliary of the Red
Cross has received a supply of
sweater yarn and the girls are busi
ly at work.
Miss Arbuthnot was the Faculty
Representative at Chapel on
Wednesday. She gave, with the as
sistance of a class from the Seventh
Grade of the Independence Training
School a demonstration lesson on
Current History. The work was
made intensely interesting by the
use of pictures which were present
ed in Miss Arbuthnot's characteris
tic manner. The knowledge of
these children of the near yesterday
and today wodld have done credit
to a student of international histo
ry. "The DoWi House"
"The Doll's House" one of the
best known plays of Henrik Ibsen,
the greatest dramatist since Shakes
peare, will be at the Normal Audi
torium on Friday, October 18. The
theme of "The Doll's House" is one
which it was thought this war had
practically decided but Congress
ruthlessly shattered the belief when
it defeated the universal suffrage
bill the place of woman in the so
cial system. Many authors of rec
ognized ability have used this mo
tive but none has made the appeal
that Ibsen makes in his "Doll's
House." Elsie Ferguson who plays
the title role says it is one of the
most arduous portrayals of her
screen career and tests her dramat
ic ability to its fullest. Admission
15 and 25 cents.
Don't Overlook This
There are a few in Monmouth
who have not yet subscribed to the
Fourth issue of Liberty Bonds be
cause the solicitors have not been
able to reach them. For the good
name of Monmouth it is desired
that each citizen of the city, able,
should do his bit and Saturday is
the last day in which the opportun
ity is offered. If you have not yet
bought a bond, go to the bank be
fore Saturday evening and sign for
at least one. You will feel better
for doing so and we 'will . all take
fresh pride in our community.
Committee.
Sumner Ostrom has been trans
ferred from the .coast artillery to
the field artillery and is scheduled
soon to start for the scene of ac
tion, either to France or Siberia.
He has been quarantined with his
fellows for influenza during the past
week but as very little of this ail
ment exists at Ft. Canby, expects
to start soon for further training
at Ft. Worden, Wash.
Miss Mills' lecture Saturday
which will be at the I. 0. 0. F.
I Hall at 2:30 as usual, will be upon
I the subject of Food for the Family,
Conservation and Preparation.
GRIM GLIMPSES
FROM FLANDERS
Private Peat Tells His Story of
Experience At The Front
The story from the trenches as
Private Peat told it to a large aud
ience in the Normal auditorium
last Tuesday night, was not a per
sonal narrative. His own exploits
received but little attention, but
for over an hour the Canadian priv
ate kept close attention with a nar
rative of soldier experiences and
sensations in Flanders.
What the fighting was all about,
he said, was not apparent during
the first two years of the war. He
with other Canadians enlisted in
quest of excitement and being
among the first were given a few
weeks training in Canada by officers
who knew very little of practical
modern warfare themselves. Dur
ing the two weeks his company was
in England it rained so they had no
opportunity for drilling and the
need for men to hold the line at
the front was so great that they
were shoved into the gap without
further ceremony.
Then it was they experienced
trenches. The Germans knew about
trenches and built theirs on high
ground. 'The Canadians and British
were down below on the lower
ground In retrospect he marvel
ed how the Allies had survived the
first year of the war. With the ad
vantage of numbers and equipment
the Germans could have -wiped their
opponents off the map. Many times
it seemed as if they were massing
to do so. Peat described the plight
of the soldiers after a bombard
jment, with slain fellows on all
sides, waiting in misery for the
charges which would have annihila
ted them, but which did not come.
He ascribed their escape to a kindly
Providence.
He described how the experience
o( opposing the peculiarly savage
methods of the Germans strengthen
ed their bj p isition, how the things
that were designed to overawe them
and daunt them with their horrible
ness, maddened them instead and
drove them over the top determined
to do what they could to balance
matters with the perpetrators of
the outrages.
Intensely dramatic at times, Priv
ate Peat related numerous incidents
to throw illumination on the feel
ings and sensations of the soldiers.
He told in detail the incidents of an
imaginary poker game which pro
ceeded during the pleasant strafe
ing which the Germans occasionally
dished out for' them. The shells
burst close to them, damaging the
walls of the trenches,. killing com
rades, but still the game went on.
But when the call came that the
mail had arrived there was no more
poker. Dropping everything, los
ing interest in the doings of the
moment, all made a rush to see
what the postman had to offer.
The private paid special attention
to the political maneuvers of , the
Germans, a specimen of which he
said was the story that the British
were allowing other nations to fight
for them. The statement that they
pushed the Canadians into the
trenches ahead of them, he charac
terized as a deliberate untruth.
England, he said, had suffered
more casualties than Canada had
contributed in its quota of soldiers.
He told stories also' by way of
tribute to the fine qualities of
French and Americans, closing with
an appeal to stick at the grim bus
iness of war until the thing was
thoroughly settled; saying that the
soldiers in the trenches were only
anxious for a chance to finish
things and hoped that no peace
propaganda would do for us the ill
that it had worked in Russia,
Roumania and Italy.
While in no sense a pleasure per
formance, Private beat's story was
profoundly convincing, the side
lights on the atrocities of the Ger
man carried with them the sober
conclusions of truth and aroused in
his bearesr a realization that a half
victory over them would be in real
ity a defeat for civilization.
Alva Craven who was under the
weather last week was operated on
Wednesday in the Salem hospital
for appendicitis. The appendix was
not removed, as it was fonud to
have burst and there was danger of
infection, but the injury is being
treated and there are good pros
pects of a speedy recovery.
State Health Officer, Dr. Robert
Holt sends word that if influenza
patients are isolated, that is separa
ted from family, it will not be nec
essary to quarantine the family, or
placard the house. Patient is to be
kept isolated until all symptoms
have subsided and cessation of dis
charges from nose; which is about
tendhys.
Agricultural Council Plans
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the agricultural coun
cil of Polk county held in Mon
mouth Saturday a definite set of
aims were adopted. Here is the
list:
Rodent Control through Boys'
clubs and prizes are to be offered.
Feed Situation through the
pooling of purchases.
Cow Testing Work through re
viving work in schools. There are
about fifteen testing machines in
different rural schools in Polk
county.
Short Course through lectures
on dairying and feeding' and the
formation of dairy associations.
Corn Show through boosting
and obtaining exhibits for the corn
show to be held in Independence.
Organization of testing associa
tions and culling demonstrations.
P. 0. Powell has word from his
son, Wilmer Powell, who has been
training at Camp Taylor, in Ken
tucky, that he has been appointed
2nd lieutenant in the light artille
ry. All the friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Blackstone in Monmouth and
vicinity are invited ' to a reception
to be given in their honor in the
Christian church, Friday evening,
October 18, at 8 o'clock.
H. K". Sickafoose was the first
man in Monmouth to join in the
crusade to send the home paper to
the boys in France. Through his
generosity the Herald is to go to a
brother Odd Fellow over seas. The
idea is one that must appeal to
many, being" the equivalent of a
letter sent each week at the cost of
the stamp thereon.
GRANGE TAKES.
FRESH START
Plana With County Represent
atives for Season of 1918-19
The Grange meeting of Satur
day, the first all day meeting of
the new year was in a sense a meet
ing for the re-organization of work
for the coming year. With the har
vest's past, preparation for the new
seeding is in order and the who.e
line of agricultural work begins
anew. Mr. Gregory, the new coun
ty agent, Miss Mills, county home
demonstration agent, and Mr. Kat
terly, 0. A. C. supervisor of county
agents, were present and all united
in a round of description relative to
their respective work.
Mr. Gregory declared that the
function of his office was to serve
not to dictate, that he was at the
disposal of the agricultural inter
ests of Polk county and the more
work the said interests piled on
him the better he would like it.
Much value to the grower, he said,
came from experiences of others
within the county. Many things
peculiarly pertinent to agriculture
in Polk county had been discovered
by practical experience and one of
the functions of the county agent
was to serve as a medium of ex
change of ideas. He described a
number of instances where county
agents had helped to promote the
business interests of the farmers
they served. Mr. Katterly follow
ed with a talk along the same line.
Miss Mills talk was also along
the same line. She said informa
tion at hand showed there were
12,000 quarts ol tin canned goods
used in Polk county which was all
the more lamentable as there was
plenty and to spare within the do
main of the county from which this
want could have been supplied at
home and the money spent for the
same saved.
L. P. Gilraore acted as master
of ceremonies.
Resolution
Monmouth, Oregon,
October 12, 1918.
Sir: The following is a copy of
resolutions passed at the October
meeting of the Monmouth Grange
and is passed to you with a request
to publish the same in your paper.
Whereas there is an increased de
mand upon the resources of our na
tion to supply wool to be used by the
army, navy and other branches of
the service, and,
Whereas from present indications
the supply appears inadequate, and
there seems to be no immediate
hope of relieving this shortage,
' Be it Resolved that we respect
fully petition our government thru
our representatives to make a rul
ing prohibiting the use of wool in
the manufacturing of clothing for
civilians until such time as the
shortage be remedied.
Resolved further that copies of
these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes, sent to our state rep
resentatives and senators at Wash-
ington, D. C, and for purposes of
publicity to each of the papers in
theounty.
Signed, Mrs. T. J. Edwards.
Mrs. H. C. Ostien was a visitor
in Portland several days last week.