The Monmouth Herald
Vol XI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, February 21, 1919 No. 25
Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of the Best Nation on the Earth
WASHINGTON'S.
NATAL DAY
Exercise at Normal thii After
Monmouth Creamery
Holds Annual Meet
Elects Officers and Boosts for
Legislation Regulating Oleo
PARAGRAPHS OF
POLK COUNTY
SAFE STORAGE
FOR WHISKY
Safe Became Unsafe as Soon as
Sheriff Orr Discovered It
noon. Faculty Club Meet
MIm Brcndu Francklyn, the Eng
llih miniature pa inter who wan
honored by being commissioned to
paint General Joffre, wan the ('Imp
el speaker on Thursday and made
a most telling plea for the father
lea children of Franco. She spoke
of the thousand! of French orphans
that were being cared for by the
people of the United States and em
phaai.ed Die fact that this philan
thropic aasoclation would cement
the friendship between i thesetwo
countries for generations to come,
The Faculty, students and various
organizations of the school have
been caring for twenty of these
children for the past year and the
Interest was so augmented by Miss
Francklyn that others are planning
to aaaist, Miss Francklyn motored
over from Salem and was accompa
nied by Mrs. Jones, wifeofSeaker
J ones of the House of Representa
tives; Mrs, Chilild, wife of Senator
Childs; Mrs. Brand, wife of Repre
sentative Brand; und Mrs. Sheldon,
wife of Representative Sheldon.
The concert given on last Friday
evening in the Normal Auditorium
by Die Apollo Club of Salem was a
most delightful evening both for
the music lovers and those who
limply enjoy. Che numbers were
carefully selected, pleasingly ar
ranged and artistically rendered,
reflecting much credit upon their
conductor, Superintendent Todd.
The work of Miss Ada Miller, solo
ist, and that of the Misses Bernice
Clark, piano, and Lillian Stcge, vi
olin, accompanists, deserve speciul
recognition. The Club and their
friends who motored over from Sa
lem to hear the concert were enter
tained by the Faculty at an inform
al reception in the parlors of the
dirmitory. 1
The National Week of Song is be
ing observed at the Normal and
special stress is being placed upon
the chorus work. On-Friday even
ing at 7:30 the joint musical pro
gram of the societies will take the
form of a communi ty sing. Every
body is invited to come and join
those whc are trying to mane the
United Suites a singing nation.
Miss Gay Zonula McClaren's imi
tative recital of the popular play
"Bought and Paid For" on Mon
day evening in Chapel was well
received by the audience und evinc
ed unusual histrionic ability on the
part of the reader.
Miss Taylor entertained on last
Saturday afternoon honoring Mrs.
Stombaugh of the English Depart
ment, and Mrs, Parrish, formerly
Head of the Music Department of
the Normal, the "newly -wedj" if
the Faculty. The afternoon was de
lightfully passed with conversation
and music.
President Ackerman was called
to Salem Wednesday on business.
The Faculty Club awakened from
its somnolence caused by the ban,
on last Thursday and a most inter
esting meeting was held. The wnge
situation and its connection with the
present Bolshevik! movements were
discussed by Mr. Butler, Head of
the History Department, Miss Tay
lor, Physical Director and Miss
Chase, Head of the Domestic Sci
ence and Art Department The
talks and the discussion which fol
lowed were most interesting and
informational. " """ 1 ,,. '
Mr. Butler, Head of the History
Department; will discuss the vari
ous provisions outlined in the plan
formulating a League of Nations
at Chapel on Monday morning. Any
At the annual meeting of the
Monmouth Co-op .-ralive Creamery
which was held Saturday afternoon
in I. O. O. F. hall, the following
officers were elected for the coming
year; F. I.oughary, president; Ed
Rogers, T. 11. Gentle and G. G.
Hewitt, directors for two years and
A.J. Haley, II . Matthison and Em
mett Slants, directors for one year
The annual report of the manager
was read giving figures for the
year's work as given in this paper
a few weeks ago.
The meeting formally endorsed
the movement to tax oleomargarine
and by resolution endorsed senate
bill No, 230, which taxes the man
ufacture, wholesaling and retailing
of oleo.
It was also voted to increase the
capital stock of 'the association
from $7,500 to $10,000.
Mia Smith Selected
At the meeting of the Red Cross
Tuesday afternoon the local branch
found itself short of a vice presi
dent, caused by the resignation of
Mrs, Richards who is moving from
the city. Several names were pro
posed as successor but none men
tioned wanted the job so a draft
was made and Miss Loretta Smith
given the honor. Acting on sugges
tion of J. B. V. Butler, minutes of
the organization were completed so
as to include report of the chair
man of the specially appointed com
mittee to carry on the auction last
spring.
William Hull of Buena was the
guest of his brother L. M. Hall
this week. ,
one interested in this great forward
movement is invited to be present.
The representatives of the vari
ous book firms of the nation are
making their pilgrimage to the
Normal looking forward to a
change of books next year. Some
of the offering are meritorious and
are being tried out in some of the
Normal classes in order that an
intelligent selection may be made
and the children of Oregon may
have the best possible tools to work
with.
Two more of the February class
were placed this week; Miss Powell
at Evans and Miss Ruth Russell in
the Portland Schools.
Following the annual custom,
Friday afternoon will be occupied
with exorcises appropriate to com
memorate the memory of Washing
ton, Mrs. Mary E. Patterson who
has been prominently associated
with the D. A. R. for the past sev
eral years will deliver an address.
Members of the Faculty and Stud
ent Body will also appear on the
program, The exercises will begin
at 2.00 o'clock. The public is in
vited.
Mrs. Richards who is leaving for
Portland and whu was formerly a
part owner in some zinc and lead
mines in Wisconsin, has donated
her valuable collection of zinc,
lead, copper and other ores to the
Normal. They are on exhibit in
Room 2 where Mr. Gilmore, Head
of the Science Department, will be
glad to show them to any one inter
ested. Skinner's Dress Suit
"Skinner's Dress Suit", which
was featured a short while ago in
the "Saturday Evening Post" wil 1
be shown at the Normal on Satur
day evening at 7:30. This is con
sidered by critics as one of the best
comedies on the screen. Admission
10 and 20 cents.
And Nearby Territory in Con
densed Form for Busy Readers
Walter B. Stevens and Otto Teal
have built a saw mill two miles
southeast of Falls City and started
operutiuns this week. last week a
son of Mr, Stevens and Teal were
participants in an auto accident,
their car being run into by the gas
oline car on the Falls City branch
of the S. P.
The lady relatives of Dallas
G. A. R. men' presented the armory
of that city with a new American
flag last week.
Grade stakes are being placed
for the state paved road from West
Salem to Derry.
Roy Whiteaker, mourned as miss
ing in action in France, turns out
to be alive. He became separated
from his company and this gave
rise to the report. He is at pres.
ent with the.army in Germany,
According to the Post, the Com-
mon Council of Independence is
deadlocked on the question of elect
ing a city treasurer, the former
official having removed from the
city. Mayor Walker has appointed
Ira D. Mix as city treasurer. The
council disagrees with the appoint
ment on the ground that "the
treasurer should have personal lia
bility in addition to the usual
bond." .
Raif Floyd, aviator and military
prisoner in Germany, is at present
at his home in Independence. He
was driving an aeroplane for deliv
ery to American quarters at the
front but lost his way and landed
in German occupied territory and
was put in prison. He escaped and
got nearly to Switzerland when he
was retaken and pluced in solitary
confinement until the end of the
war.
A group of Salem capitalists have
bought the Miltoma hop ranch near
Independence from Frank Milto
ma, a Jap.
Members of the state highway
commission are expected in Polk
county in the near future to deter
mine routes as yet undecided upon
and p'an the work for the coming
season. : , .
Noah Gregg of Ballston, for forty
two years a resident of Polk county,
died last week. At one time he
was county assessor and he also
served a term in the state legisla
ture.
C, S. Graves, county assessor, has
bought a home in Sheridan and will
move to Yamhill county when his
official work is over.
Editor Sued
Editor Lew A. Gates of the Dallas
Observer is made one of the defen
dants in a suit for conspiracy in
Coosjcounty according to the last is
sue of the Bandon, Weatern World.
This is because of an alleged agree
ment wiih two daily papers in
Marshfield at the time Gates was
printing the Coquille Sentinel, said
agreement having reference to ti e
publishing of summons in foreclos
ure in collection of delinquent tax
es. It is alleged the three put in
previously agreed on bids, the win
ner to do the publishing and divide
profits with the others. $9,337 is
the sum for which the three pub
lishers are sued.
Galland Jackson who recently
traded his 45 acre farm northwest
of town for a farm in Alberta, has
had the trade full through for reas
ons pertaining to title. This week
Mr. Jackson made another trade by
which he secured residence -property
in Salem in exchange for the
farm, the deal being made with F.
H. Jackson of Salem-. Mr. Jackson
By proving himself an adept at
safe breaking, Sheriff John W. Orr
is now in possession of the largest
Btock of contraband liquor ever cap
tured in this county, about 60
quarts of a well known brand of
whiskey.
The sheriff had received informa
tion from California officers that a
consignment of liquor had been
shipped by freight from Oakland to'
Ballston, in the northern part of the
county. Making a trip to that ham
let last Saturday afternoon, the
officer located a suspicious - looking
box in the freight house there and
proceeded to open it. , The box con
tained a steel safe of the office cab
inet style, with Cimbination lock
set. The smell of whiskey was so
certain, however, that Sheriff Orr
decided to inspect its cqntents even
if he had to blow it open. With
the aid of a. hack-saw, a cold chisel
and an axe, however, he succeeded
in opening the safe and found an
amazing array of pint bottles, each
filled with whiskey, filling the en
tire interior. The wet goods had
been carefully packed, being
wrapped in two bed qui'ts. " Some
broken bottles explained the odor,
which betrayed the safe's contents.
That the safe had originally been
purchased in Portland was evidenc
ed by a tag of a dealer in office sup
plies in that city. With its "pre
cious" contents, however, it had
been shipped from Oakland, Califor
nia, by the "Raymond Safe Compa
ny" and consigned to "J. H.
Schneider." No one named Schnei
der is known at Ballston and it is
believed to be a name assumed by a
Portland bootlegger who intended
hauling the liquor to that city by
auto truck.
Sheriff Orr kept his capture quiet
for several days in the hope that
some one would call for the liquor,
but it is evident that the owner of
the illicit shipment had received a
tip, for up to Wednesday morning
no one had called for it. Even
though the bootlegger who attempt
ed t o import this stock of liquor
into Oregon has not been appre
hended, it has cost him a neat sum
for his experience. The whiskey it
self cost him not less than $125 and
the price mark on the safe was
$130.-Itemizer.
A Good Record
Since Monmouth contemplates a
gravity system, the following from
the Polk County Observer as to the
workings of the gravity system in
Falls City will prove of interest.
The Falls City water system is
making money for the municipality,
and with reasonable good luck the
bonded indebtedness of $30,000 will
betaken care of with the sinking
fund and a profit accrue to the city
besides. Under the supervision of
Mr. Sampson the receipts during
the past twenty two months have
been $8,416, while the expense has
been comparatively sma'l outside of
his salary of $80 per month. Mr.
F. K. Hubbard, who is always in
close touch with affairs of this char
acter, expresses the opinion that
the city will net better than $6,000
from this source during the period
named. -
and family will move to Monmouth
and occupy the Kelley house in the
southwestern part of the city.
In a letter from Mrs. Hazel Work
Tollman of Harbor, Oregon, to a
friend here; comes the announce
ment of the arrival of a new baby
boy, born to her on November 18.
National Red f 'oss
Abandons Jittlan
H '
Finds New Work at tfg for
Funds. Relief Activities "c t
The National Red Cro.
changed its mind about estaolish
inga large reserve fund. Two
months ago an appeal was sent out
to the lesser organizations for their
local funds which were to be sent
to National Headquarters in Wash
ington to be placed in the hands, of
financial experts for investment, so
that the small sums scattered
throughout the country not bearing
interest, would become a sufficient
sum to draw splendid interest for
the organization.
But new activities are now being
promoted which have resulted in an
expansion of expenditures and the
call is made that all money is need
ed to meet current expenses.
The society has also had to com
bat a tendency throughout the
country on the part of chapters and
lesser units to use accumulated
funds in building or helping to fin
ance hospitals, convalescent houses
or other permanent institutions, a
matter that has caused the national
organization much concern. Nat
urally if this thing is allowed to
continue it will interfere with the
work of various people and a
special statement has been issued
to the chapters who are urged to
remit immediately such sums as
they have that it be made available
for use.
Dead or Alive
Is Roy Johnson dead? He has
been officially reported killed in
action and his parents have a certi
ficate to his effect but letters ad
dressed to him have been returned
marked "wounded". It is a curi
ous fact that in some cases at least
wounded soldiers are not given
complete mail service. They send
out letters to friends here but let
ters sent to them are returned bear
ing the word "wounded".
Ten Million Dollars
For Paved Roads
Prospect for Legislation Good.
Much Work for This Year
The appearances now are that the
ten million road bonding bill will
pass safely during the next few
days, the final hours of the present
legislature. It may have a referen
dum clause or privilege'attached to
it in which case action will be de
layed for a short time, but with
the present sentiment it is quite
likely that the voters of the state
will endorse the actions of the leg
islature on this measure without
quibble.
Once the legislature is adjourned
the decks will bo cleared for action
by the highway commission and
definite plans for state wide work
may be expected shortly.
We note in an exchange that
there will be a provision in the bill
providing the commission will do
the paving in cities of less than 2,
500 population and if this is true
we may expect some, hurried cen
sus corrections on the part of enter
prising and ambitious cities in Oregon.
W. A. Wood has traded his 40
acre farm home one mile northeast
of town for a 355 acre ranch east
of Spokane, Wash. The land is all
in cultivation and is otherwise im
proved. Mr. Wood will have a sale
of personal property and hopes to
leave about April first. The many
friends of the family . will regret
their departure but wish them well
in the new venture.
SCHOOLS PLANT
HISTORIC TREES
A Washington Walnut for every
School-yard in State of Oregon
The yards surrounding every
schoolhouse in Oregon from the
large and imposing high school to
the smallest rural building, is to
be planted with black walnuts from
the historic trees surrounding the
tomb of George Washington at
Mount Vernon; the tree planting to
be made a part of the Washington's
birthday exercises to be held Fri
day, February 21, as Washington'
birthday falls on Saturday.
0. M. Plummer, general mana
ger of the Pacific International Live
Stock Exposition, also a director of
the Portland public schools, visited
Washington's tomb 10 years ago and
succeeded, after crossing the old
negro attendant's palm with silver,
in carrying away six nuts from the
celebrated trees, which he planted
as soon as he returned to Portland.
Only one grew, but it has attained
a height of 40 feet and this year
bore 100 pounds of nuts.
The Oregon Sta'e Chapter,
Daughters of American Revolution,
have succeeded through the present
legislature in having Washington's
birthday again made a legal holiday
in the public schools of Oregon with
a patriotic program in the morning.
Mr. Plummer has turned the nuts
over to the "Daughters" withthe
suggestion that the tree planting be
made a part of the exercises and the
suggestion has been adopted and
Mrs. R. S. Farrell of Portland is
chairman of the committee. " "
Wherever it is possible a'member
of the Daughters will assist in the
exercises and a child born of for
eign parents will turn the first
spadeful of earth, thus emphasizing
the new Internationalism.- There
are D. A. R. Chapters in Albany,
Eugene, Dallas, The Dalles, Port
land, Marshfield, Oregon City, Pen
dleton and Roseburg. Mrs. F. H.
Wilkins of Eugene is the state reg
ent and shejhas expressed the hope
that every school principal and
teacher will cooperate in making
this year's celebration a notable one
in the patriotic history of Oregon,
Help Coming for
Perplexed Persons
Experts in Independence to
Explain Income Tax Tangles
' Have you paid your income tax?
Blanks are being sent out to all
suspects in the state and if you are
entitled to one and did not get it
now is the time to put up a "hol
ler." Roughly speaking, the tax
provisions provide exemptions for
single men who made less than $1,
000 during the past year and for
married men who made less than
?2,000 during the year.
Deductions may be made from
the gross income for expense that
did not add value to your property.
Thus you may deduct for insurance
and taxes but not for a new bsrn
you may have built.
If in doubt you may consult John
J. Collins'and T. A. Reinhart who
will be stationed at the Hotel Bea
ver in Independence from March 13
to and including March 15. The
time for filing income tax returns
has been extended to March 15.
Charley Bowman, who has been
ailing for some time, was taken to
a Portland specialist last week, who
pronounced his trouble appendicitis.
In the hope that an operation may
be avoided Charley will make regu-
lar trips to the city for treatments.