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The Monmouth Herald VoLXI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, March 21, 1919 No. 29 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of the Best NatiJV he Earth . . RURAL CENTERS SHOW ACTIVITY Inttitute Call Faculty. Commit. In Plant Normal Memorial " Friday afternoon the Elkins Parent-Teacher Association met at the school to listen to a lecture by Miss Laura Taylor of tlie Oregon Normal School Faculty, Mint Taylor intro duced the subject. The National Health Campaign, by quoting draft statistics that emphasized the need of Immediate action toward improv ing 'health eonditioni throughout the country. "Before the war, in 1916, TO per cent of all men who applied for entrance to the army and 78 per cent of those who ap plied for, entrance . Into the navy were rejected because of physical unfitness." She then took up the discussion of what was being done to remedy this condition in various communities. She stated that In the city of Portland an investigation In the Shattock school had disclosed the fact that 28 per cent of the children had no milk in their diet and that it was these children that they found to be not doing well in their school work. As i result the Oregon Dairy Association has voted to supply milk for these children of the Shattuck school. The Legisla ture of the State of Washington has recognized the responsibility of the state for the physical welfare of the boys and girls by passing a law pro viding that every Khool district in the state must furnish milk for ev ery school child'a lunch. As a re medial measure Mine Taylor urged the need for a system of medical inspectjon and school nurses for the country schools. At the close of Hiss Taylor's address Lieut. Laugh ary was called upon to speak. He carried his discussion into the field of army .life and the nesds there for physical .fitness. ' He stated that even the remaining 30 per cent that the army had accepted were not physically perfect but that many things had to be done for them. He emphasized the need of proper standing and sitting posture for physical well being and that care lessness in fitting children's shoes causes much of the foot trouble among adults. The time (or estab lishing habits of posture is undoubt edly during the years ol growth. One of the Benton County local Institutes was held at Mountain View on Saturday. Districts Num ber 6 and 45 joined with Mountain View in providing a program and lunch for the .visiting guests and speakers. The patrons of .the three communities were present and help ed to make a very inspiring audi ence. President Ackerman urged. the boys and girls to look forward to completing three things preparation for Oregon citizenship: First, completing the eighth grih; second, completing a high .school course; third, completing a college course. He emphasized the fact that conditions have so changed that now an education has become an essential element of success. He gave a very inspirational talk and ended by saying that Oregon boys and girls should attend Oregon in. Btitutions of education to learn to be citizefls of Oregon and gave as a slogan "Oregon Schools for regon boys and girls." Board meetings are becoming . very popular with President Acker man and Mrs. Curran, Head of the Rural Department of the . Normal A week ago the domestic science class of the Mountain View center served lunch for the board. They did it so nicely that Mrs. Curran complimented them on it when vis iting Oak Point. When a meeting was called at Oak Point the boys and girls of that school promptly inviu-d the School Board, Mr. Wolfe, Mr. Ilex and President Ack erman to have luncheon March 11 with them. The children, none of whom are more than fourteen years of age, prepared the entire lunch eon and served It. The menu con sisted of mushed potatoes, creamed chicken with egg dressing, bread and butter, jello with whipped cream, cake and coffee. Every part of the luncheon was a great suc cess, the food, the laying of the tar ble, and the serving. iTtie cake was baked by a seven'year old girl and the bread was made by an eleven year old boy, President Ackerman suid it. was the best board meeting he had ever attended. Miss Dunham, Critic for the Third and Fourth grades in Mon mouth Training School, was the Faculty representative on Wednes day. She gave an illustrated talk on Kindergartens. The talk was most informational and supplement ed by the pictures was such convinc ing proof of the value of the kind ergarten that it silenced the most skeptical objectors, Superintendent Alderson, of Mult nomah, discussed Senate Bill Num ber 45 of which he is the father, in Chupel on .last Friday. The bill provides for a central school board for Multnomah County, outside of Port lurid, and an equal distribution throughout the county of the taxes evied for school purposes. Mr. Al- derson illustrated the inequality of the tax levy by naming two districts in Multnomah County; one, very wealthy, which paid a little more than one mill; another, poverty stricken, which was taxed over twelve mills, The bill equalizes this by distributing the tax throughout the county. The cent ral board for the county and the equal distribution of the taxes for educational purposes spell progress and those interested in the educa tional betterment of Oregon are looking forward to the adoption of this bill, not only in Multnomah County tut in the near future throughout the entire state. Normal Instructors were in de mand last week for Institute work. President Ackerman, Mr. Gilmore, Head of the Science Department, Miss Arbuthnot, Principal of the Independence training School, and Mrs. Curran, Head of the Rural Department were at Monuntain View; Miss Mcintosh, Principal f the Monmouth Training School, and Miss De Vore, Critic of the First and Second grades in the Ind ependence Training School, were at Sulem; Miss Taylor, Head of the Physical Education Department was at Elkins; Mr. Butler, Head of the History Department was at Spring' field. A committee consisting of Miss Parrott Mr. Gentle and Mr. Butler has been appointed byjthe President to cooperate with a committee al ready selected by the Student Body and one to be appointed by the Board of Regents and another from the Alumni to decide upon a fitting memorial to be erected upon the Normal Campus honoring the boyi who were in the Service. The com mtttees have nothing dehnite in mind as yet but plan to be ready to have the Dedicatory Exercises dur ing Commencement week at which time" it is hoped that the boys who enlisted will return aa'well as the Alumni who are planning to be on the Campus en masse, making this truly a home-coming time for all. Miss Schuette, Head of the Mus- ic Department and Miss Anderson, Head of the Art Department were in Portland on Saturday to hear Mr, Casals the noted cellist. The Library Bulletin Board and Special Reserve Table are featuring birds this week.' The poster is un usually attractive and the list of SUNDAY SCHOOL COUNTY MEET Workers Ehjoy Three Day An nual Conferenco This Week Sunday School leaders Ind super intendents are convening In Mon mouth this week with the sessions distributed among the different churches of the city. Wednesday the opening session was held in the Christian church, yesterday the convention moved to the Baptist church and today It is holding ses sions in the Evangelical church. Speaking of the attendance, Pres ident Frank Brown says It is tre largest of any convention in, the last four years, or since he has headed the organization. Visiting members are being entertained here in tlie city, with Mrs. C, E. Stew- art'as chairman of the entertain ment committee. The feature of the Wednesday evening program was the interpre tative reading of Henry Van Dyke's "The Lost Word" by Mrs. Leland W. Porter. Mrs. Porter who is the wife of the resident minister of the Christian church In Salem, demonstrated herself possessed of talent of a high order. The story of a man who for ease and wealth gave up the memory and knowledge of a word was told with imaginat ive fidelity and the incidents by which the lost word became imper ative to his existence and how he came to know it again were equally well presented. Mrs. Peterson of Salem filled out the program with two splendid solos and Miss Havely on the piano and Helen Cornelius on the violin were both excellent in their offerings. ' -J Last night, Dr. Doney of Willam ette university was the feature of the program and tonight Harold Humbert, state secretary, will speak on "The Torch of Flanders." Rebekaht Entertain State President Monmouth Rebekahs were out in full force last Saturday night to welcome the state president of the order, Mrs. Jcanie Burke of Port land. It was an official visit, and the degree staff of the local lodge, Agate.Rebekah, No. 177, exempli fied the work of the degree as a special event of the evening. At the close of the work the president gave a most excellent talk which was very helpful to all of the mem bers present. After the session was concluded refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed by all. Miss Mcintosh took four of the boys of her eighth grade class in the Training School to demonstrate methods before the Teachers' Insti tute in Salem last Saturday. books very suggestive.' Mrs. Curran, Head of the Rural Department, left on Thursday to at tend the Rural' School Conference at Bellingham, Washington. At this meeting she discusses "Health Betterment in the Rural Schools." Mrs. Curran is going to base her talk on the work done along this line in our own Rural Centers, as the results have been almost phe nomenal. Miss Parrott was in Portland last week-end to see the celebrated act ors, Maxine Eliot and William Fav ersham, in the charming little Eng lish comedy "Lord and Lady Algy." President Ackerman was a busi ness visitor to Salem on Tuesday. The following officers were elect ed at the house e'ection at the Dor mitory; President Clara Scharpf; Vice-President Meda Angell; Secretary-Treasurer Shannon Pettinger; Song Leader Helen Coe. Reporter Edith Sumner. VICTORY LOAN DATES NAMED Local Quotas to be Larger Than for Previous Liberty Loan Plans for the Victory Loan cam paign are now being perfected. The campaign will last three weeks, from April 21 to May 10 and the mount asked for is five billion but may reach seven billion. Judge E. C. Klrkpatrick is to have charge in Polk county and the county's quota is to be somewhat larger than in the last loan. The state is asked to raise $30,000,000. In many quarters there is an in clination to assume the $5,000,000 bonding project has no show what ever for popular approval at the polls. This is probably true, but nevertheless it has a number of at tractive features. Every year shows the greater need for the new peni tentiary which it would provide and the drainage features for the Willamette valley should recom mend it to everyone who Uvea in it. It would add a great deal to the ag ricultural possibilities of the wet sections of the valley, increase its population and add to the actual value of all the property in it. SAW SEVERED FIDDLE FINGERS Brother of J. W. Howell Serious ly Injured in Mill Accident A brother of John Howell who lives In Ban don, met with a serious and painful accident recently as will be gleaned from the following from the Western World of that city. Oliver O. Howell, benchman at the Acme Planing mill, cut off the four fingers of his left hand in an accident Monday afternoon. He was trimming a board on the joining table when the knife jerk ed the board and threw his hand against the revolving blade, sever ing the digits completely. The thumb was uninjured. The loss of the fingers will prove terrible handicap to Mr. Howell in his work. Being a violin ist of exceptional ability it is doub ly sad as it will no doubt prevent him from playing. The employees of the Acme plant are protected under the compensa tion-act and Mr. Howell will likely receive an insurance allotment from the state. While speaking at a recent meet ing of the grange Senator Patterson took occasion to commend the Me morial hall and recreation center plan. "It's the finest thing of the sort of which I have heard" said ha "and when you 'get i t started I want to take out a membership in it." P. H. Johnson believes in the plan of raising money for the memorial by selling stock and by a small bond issue. He thinks control of the hall should be vested according to the amount of money subscribed. He recalled the days when the nor mal had to be financed locally, when there was no prospective state ap propriations to care for it' At one time $3,500 was raised tin a short time to carry on the work and with the present conditions he thinks we can handle the present proposal without difficulty. After July 1st the former rates of first class postage of 2 cents for letters and one cent for post cards will be restored. Some time during the interval the department plans to issue a special souvenir 3 cent stamp. Quick Trip from trance James Hinkle, who arrived In Monmouth last Wednesday from an experience with the army in France states that be was in that country one year and two months. He left France about the middle of Febru ary and arrived in Monmouth about five weeks later which is fairly good time for the distance traveled. Mr. Hinkle says that at no time was he in the front trenches being situated about one hundred miles sway. He was in two training camps, at Nev- ers and Contres, and his special du ty was that of supply sergeant. He had charge of stores used by the men. He embarked on the trans port for the return voyage from Brest and says the portion of that famous camp in which his company was located was high and drained but that many of the soldiers were stationed on lower levels where the mud was knee deep. At first the tents were pitched in this mud but board floors have long since been laid under allowing all soldiers to have dry quarters. Mr. Hinkle says the sentiment in the army toward General Pershing is very favorable. He has done a great deal to advance the comfort of the soldiers and all appreciate it. Committee Meeting At a meeting of the sub-commit tee in the matter of the Memorial hall and recreation center held Tjuesday night it was decided to call a meeting of the larger com mittee in I. O. O. F. . ball Sunday afternoon at 2:30 when plans and ways and means will be discussed snd an active campaign planned. A Rural Financier A young man giving his name as Joe Gray passed a check at Mor- lan's store last Wednesday which turned'out to be'spurious. He is reported to have performed the same trick twice in Independence Saturday. 'Sheriff Orr has been out of the county but the young financier is apt to find his career abruptly halted when he returns. MAY COMPEL -GOPHER DRIVE Legislature Makes Change in Rodent Destruction Law At the last session of the legisla ture the law granting a bounty of 5 cents on each gopher scalp, was repealed and in its place each coun ty is permitted on the signed re quest of one hundred or more tax payers, to appropriate $500 or more from the county funds and declare for compulsory rodent extermina tion. The county will then . pur chase and prepare poison which is to be sold at cost to the land own er. Two weeks notice is to be giv en in two county papers and any one who fails to begin the work of ex-, termination within 30 days shall have the work done by an appoint ed agent of the court, and the ex penses, on approval of the court, shall be considered as a lien against the property and so indicated on the assessment roll. Where there is a county agent he shall direct this work, otherwise Jby an appointee of the court. Falls City is to have a cannery which is to be located in the build ing where C. J. Pugh has been manufacturing loganberry juice, Mr. Pugh is to direct the new in stitution. 0. Floyd, shoe repair man of In dependence has bought a prune ranch at Vancouver and plans to re tire from business. Rev. Skaggs, recently of Tennes see is conducting revivals in the In dependence Baptist church. REET FRIENDS WITH A FEED Christian Sunday School Eater tains in Attractive Manner The Christian Sunday School staged what might be called square meal potlatch in the dining room of that church last Saturday evening. All of their friends were invited, everything connected with the event from the sumptuous din ner to the program and social time was a free gift and as an event it set a mark that will be the stan dard of comparison for some time to come. Twice the tables in the dining room of the church were crowded to capacity and a third . time they were spread with fresh , eatables to supply all that applied. , Under the direction of Mrs. W. J. Evans and Mrs. Waller the tobies and room were most prettily deco-. rated and the tables spread with the ; abundance offered and glowing un der the soft light of numerous can d'es were most attractive to look upon. ' As preliminary to the dinner Mrr. Mack appeared and stated that in behalf of the school she desired to do honor to one who, although a member was also the honor guest of the evening. "Aunt Jane" Pow- ell had been a member of the Bible school since 1875 and her industry, her faithfulness snd her optimism had served them so well that at this time they felt impelled to present her with a specialjdecoration, a bow of lavender, white and blue! laven. der for age, white for purity,, and oiue ior loyalty, to testily to tneir good will and appreciation of her years of service. Rev. Morns pinned the decoration on Mrs . Powell. After the dinner there was a brief program upstairs and in the smaller rooms the children congregated and played games. It was a delightful affair and much enjoyed by all who attended- Elmer Rake who was here from Carlton to spend the week end with relatives, returned Monday with his family who had been visiting here. Elmer who was in the butcher business with his brother in Carl ton, is now working on the section for the S. P., his brother having sold the market. Elmer thinks the spelling of "God's Country" is a mistake if it'begins with anything else than a capital N, the rest of it being ebraska, which is his native state and to which he hopes to be able to return during the coming spring or summer. Don't overlook the lecture by Dr. Boyd in the Normal chapel this af ternoon at 1:30. Dr. Boyd is one of the pulpit orators of the west and is in demand as a public speak er. There is still another chance for those who have not filed their in come tax returns. Income Tax Offi cer H. C. Barber will be in the court house in Dallas, April 10, 11 and 12, and those who are still troubled as to the'working of the law can consult with him. An ex tensive drive to round up delin quents is planned shortly thereaf ter.1 There was a meeting of the di rectors'of the Monmouth Cooperat iveShipping Association in G. W. Chesebro's office last Saturday af ternoon and the following officers were elected: W.Riddell, Jr., pres ident; JA. E, Tetherow, vice-president; E. A. Tedrow, secretary and treasurer; G. T. Boothby, manager There are over thirty members of the association at present. M. W. Mix has charge of the fer ry in Independence.
