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
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RURAL CENTERS
SHOW ACTIVITY
Inttitute Call Faculty. Commit.
In Plant Normal Memorial
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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.