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likely rHcupe'bcing killed. In muny cu i me Hioreu rood rots or is abandoned during the winter I, cause of the water In Uie runways, and the poiHon is untouched. The H-Ht ewniK-s and the person trying the method votes It a failure. Cut your Lait at leant one and one-half inches long and one-fourth inch qunre. It in the only sure method of making Mr. Gopher take hi medicine. The bait should be handled with great care in the field, especially when it Is placed in pastures where stock is at large. Ilury or destroy unused plmit. The person placing the poison should bear in mind the fact that a small amount of poison ed bait, placed in a burrow in such a miumer that the gopher will be Certain to get it, is more effective than is a large amount of bait placed in a hit-or-mis fashion. A place In the main runway several feet back from the latent work should be selected, By means of an iron prod made by ' sharpening an iron rod which should be about four feet long, the main runway enn be easily located in the region of a mound. After this has been located enlarge the opening, drop, in two or three pieces of bait and place a sod over the hole. Do not leave the opening uncovered, the gopher will close it with a load of dirt and bury the lait or push It out. Be careful not to (111 the run way with dirt or otherwise leave any signs of interfering with the runway. Visit the field a week lat er and if new work is visible, pois- .. i uu um icummtoK gopners. Gophers may be poisoned at any season of the year, the sooner the work is started the quicker will the county be rid of the pest. The best time is during the months when the fall or spring sewing is being done. Some people CHrry poison bait while plowing and drop the bait in run ways found in the furrow. New burrow are more easily recognized after a heavy rain, experience has shown that the most effective time to start a campaign is on the first clear dny after a rain. From the way the boys and girls in the schools are going after the gophers and moles in the fields and meadows. in all parts o f the county it is evident that there will be con siderahle rivilry in the contest for the prize money amounting to $35, being offered by the Polk County Agricultural Council to be distrib uted about Christmas time. Already reports are coming into the county agent's office of boys who are catching an average of nearly one mole a day, and before the contest is over, it is expected that they will be trapping more thun this number. Every boy and girl in .the county has an equal op portunity of winning a district prize as well as the County prize. It is n:t too lute to enter the contest now. Boys who have not already Becurad their traps are urged to get them immediately as the supply in the hnrdware stores is limited. The first reports of the contest will ap pear in next weeks issue. (Continued from page 1) ticed others into buying more of our wares. And now that it is all over and we have earned a' net profit of seventy-five dollars, we realize that it was largely due to the donations and patronage of the citizens of Monmouth. That an enterprise of this sort could be suc cessfully launched in a town of this size speiks well for the community spirit. The Mountain View Grange held its Harvest Home Festival last Sat urday; an all day meeting was be gun with community dinner. The dinner consisted of allt he good j things to eat for which Mountain View dinners are famous. The after dinner program consisted of ' the consideration of aft,.r wr n,,U in duration and agriculture. Trie chief speakers were Mrs. Margaret i Curran of the Oregon Normal School, Mr. McDonald of the Ore-! gon Agricultural College and Mrs. Inez Miller of the Mountain View School, Mrs. Keicherd, formerly Miss Guthrie of Monmouth, delight ed every one with her songs. Songs and recitations by the children of the school and a rejxirt by Mrs. George Lampcrt on "Letters from the boys over there" completed an enjoyable afternoon. Continued from page 1 ' most notable Thanksgiving Day for America and the world, that they have ever had. or ru.rlmti. cv.,r u,;n have, let all the people show their gratitude to Almighty God and by their Father of All Mankind I Pre m'ce and pMticipation 'n this "mice- 10 o'clock sharp next I lnur8Jay morning in the Normal chapel. .1 i - Juniors Win in Basketball On Saturday evening, the first in the series of Girls' Basket Ball games was. played in the Norma Gymnasium, The game came as a i fitting climax to the Merger Cam Pa'tfn Week and by an admission ! ft!e 'dl materially in "over the i tp"ping the Normal School quota. A new departure was made by having the game played in quar ters, thus affording a greater num ber of students who have been out for practice an opportunity to par ticipate. ' The two teams were so wonder fully well matched that there was no chance of naming the winners at any time during the game, thus keeping the players and the . audi ence of enthusiastic rooters, con stantlyon the qui vive. When time was-finally cdllej the score st'wd 21 to 18 in favor of the Jun iors Moie Time for Parcels By order of the war and post office departments of the national government the time for sending Christmas parcels to the boys in France has been extended from VT 1 . . n novemoer io 10 au. Parcels may be mailed at your local postoffice up to the last receipt of mail for No vember 30. Any individual who has received a label for a Christmas parcel and who has lost or destroy ed it, or the nearest relative to t soldier from whom no label has been received may send S parcel not earlier than Nov. 21 by makinc proper application at any Red Cross Christmas Parcel station. Burn Your Shells Collection centers have been noti fied by the Bureau of Conservation to stop all shipments of fruit pits and nut shells and to discontinue their further accumulation. At the same time chapters and others with any of these materials on hand are requested to dispose of them in any way they may desire. It has been suggested that a ton of peach pits almost equals a ton of coal in fuel value. If this bejj true there should be no difficulty in disposing ofjany stocks on hand to particular ly good advantage.' Moon on the Job The brisk breezes of the Pacific invaded the valley last Thursday night and rocked things a 'bit for us; the most notable effect beinir injury to our power lines which put out the city lights. The trouble was not located until Saturday and in the interval the moon did service for people who had to travel at night.' House lights and the power wire were not affected. , J . C. Hayter of Dallas was a vis itor in Monmouth Monday and the Herald acknowledges a brief visit STILL ADDING TO WAR FUND Indifference Among Well-to-do is Shown in Totals Collected The drive for the War Work is almut completed now. While the result is somewhat disappointing, yet considering everything the out come is gratifying. This being pro ceeded by so many other drives naturally came in for the leavings. Then people generally were not so well posted on the work of the or ganizations represented in this cam paign and as a consequence did not i ,tel the urgency And the fact ot the armistice with nromis of peace took away what of zest there might otherwise have been in the campaign as many could not; see the further need of these lines of war work, not considering that need really intensified during the period of demobilization. The result for this district stands as follows: Monmouth, N. W., $146 25; S. W., $134; S. E., $119.. 50; N. E., $236.70; Sunny Slope, $13.75; Klkins, $102.73; Cochrane, $130; Antioch, $41; Mistletoe, $25; Fairview, $73.50; High School, $106.21; Commercial Club, $75; Total, $1203.64. Apportion ment $1400. In addition to the above the Nor mal School gave $1000. Items of Interest D. C. Walker of Buell had busi ness in Monmouth Monday and Tuesday. School was resumed in Indepen dence Monday. Roy Clark and family have moved into the Goodman house recently occupied by M. S. Pittman. Miss Neta Waller returned Wednesday to Coos Bay to take up Lsehool work at Bunker Hill and Miss Kramer who is teaching in Marshfield left on the same day. C. P. Wilson of McMinnville is working at the hardware store in place of C. Stewart who ift rnnnirto Meeker's tractor and plowing out- . fit. The annual meeting of the Polk County Agricultural Council will te held on December 2. Election of officers, adoption of the report of the Program of Work Committee, and changes in the Constitution will be the principal business of the meeting. It is not every year, even in the Willamette valley that roses bloom out of doors during the latter part of November, but a fine bouquet brought in to the Herald office by Mrs; J. H. Ackerman, Monday, testifies that in 1918 at least we may have roses at Thanksgiving time. . A delegation of Monmouth peo ple, Messrs. Ackerman, Powell, Wolverton, Boothby-and Morlan waited on the county court in Dal las yesterday in an effort to have the road from Monmouth to Inde- pe ndence smoothed up a little. Writing from Camp Mead, Mary land, Howard Morlan states that the soldiers there are. still receiving their over seas outfits although he does not believe they are to be sent across. He sends regards to Mon mouth people. Mrs. H. C. Ostien was elected n member of the executive commit tee of Willamette Chapter at the meeting held in SMem Wednesday. In addition to Mrs. Ostien, Mrs. C. Lorence and Mrs. Harriet Richards attended from Monmouth. Mr. and Mrs Carl Pollan came up ' from the Siletz country Wednesday! and departed for a visit with rela-1 tives in Linn county. Monmouth Vol. in Monmouth, Ore., Written and Edited by Students of Monmouth High School (11 Eric SwRiwfi) To all the reader of the Mon mouth Highways, greetings. This number marks the beginning of volume three pi the Highways, the second year it has been publish ed in the Monmoutii Herald. We have been somewhat slow in start ing our publication this year, but are resolved to make it bigger and better for that reason. The boys of the High School or ganized for basket ball last week. Dell Tedrow was appointed mana ger; James Partridge, treasurer and Manley Arant, caretaker of the basket ball. The following is the first team as oragnized at this time: Winegar and Van Loan Guards Evans, Captain-Center Powell and Bell -Forwards. On Saturday evening of last week there was a basket ball game be tween the boys' First and Second teams. An admission fee of five' cents was charged to help pay for a new basket ball. The Firsts tri Because of the fact that Thanks giving day comes on the Herald's printing day, contributors are re- ! quested to get in their copy a day early next week. Henry Ebbert of Philomath was a visitor with his mother and bro ther in Monmouth Wednesday. People who have been spinning stories about their spud crop are on the anxious seat just at present for .C. E. Herron is digging his crop this week and when the work is completed will have something to talk about. H. M. Richardson, the new mana ger of the Independence Telephone Co. was a visitor in Monmouth Tuesday. He was formerly mana ger of the Home Telephone Co. of Castle Rock Wash., and his services were secured by the local company - 1 j to succeed Alfred Spratley who died of influenza. CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR will mean more than ever to thoughtful people, but it will not be a season for extravagance; only worth-while Christmas . Dresents will be given. For nearly one hundred years The j Youth's Companion has been the! popular Christmas present. It al-, ways has been the best present for j so little money, because the paper j The War is Over American industry and produc tion must be reorganized to suc ceed in the strong competition for the world's commerce. Agricultural production of food stuffs is America's biggest single industry: improvement in this field should lead all others. Making two blades of grass grow where one grew before be comes the duty of the American farmer: the Polk County farmer. Begin now to put in tile drain age which will produce that sec ond blade of grass on your wet ground. Help America and Yourself Central Tile Co. Monmouth, Ore. T Highways Nov. 22, 1918 No. 1 umphed with a score of 36 to 6. The girls have also organized for basket ball and are practicing three times a week after school is out in the afternoon. 1 hey have, as yet, not organized a team. M. H. S. raised $106.21 in the United War Work Drive last week. This makes an over subscription of $31.21. This is a Tecord of which we are justly proud. Because of the fact that there is still some danger from the "Flu" the students have been requested to keep away from the building at noon. During the noon hour all the windows are opened and the build ing thoroughly aired. The epidemic has also prvevented any gatherings of a social sort among the students. The High Schol library has been opened in the hall adjoining Miss Doughty's room, with a stock of current periodicals.' A librarian is always in attendance and the stud ents have free use of the magazines and papers. means so much to the family life and continues to come every week throughout the year. , In serious times The Youth's Companion is worth more than ev er. It costs just the same $2.00 for 52 issues. It's the best $2.00 that can be invested, in a family, and when giving The Companion you give only the best. The following special offer is made to new subscribers: 1. The .Youth's Companion 52 issues of 1919. 2. All the remaining weekly issues of 1918. 3. The Companion Home Calendar for 1919. All the above for only $2.00. Jo you may include 4. McCall's Magazine 12 fashion numbers. All for only $2.50. The two magazines may be sent to sep arate addresses if desired. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, Commonwealth Ave & St. Paul St., Boston, Mass. New subscriptions Received at this Office. Notice The Telephone Company will appreciate Subscribers calling t the office and pay ing their accounts at once. 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