Herald I HE Vol. XI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, April 11, 1919 No. 32 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of. the Best Nation on the Earth Monmouth THE NINTH.DAY OF MERRY MAY To Witneii (ho Revival of An- nuftl Festival at tha Normal President Ackerman, Miu Tay lor, Head of the Physical Educatkn Department, and Mri. Curran, Ku ra) Supervisor, are again, meeting their cIhhimmi bflvr a week spent in SpokHi.e attending the Inland Em pire Teachers Association. At Mon day's ClniH)l President Ai'kerman discussed the Educational Program of the future as outlined by the National Educational Association and around which revolved the Spo kane meeting under the leadership of Doctor Straver, President of the N. E. A. The hojie of today ia to have all the citizens of tomorrow educated. All must finish the eighth grade; at leaat, all must remain in school part time until eighteen years of age unless an Ighth.grnde diploma haa been ae cured. Every effort also muaj be made to have all attend High School and then College. All Normals are urged to extend their course to four years and then demand that Grade and High School teachers be com penimted alike. These, said the President, In brief are the move ments occupying the attention of the leading educators of the nation and are movements which not only Indirectly but directly affect us. Conseipiriitly we should inform our solves thoroughly upo(n them and keep in touch in order that we may Intelligently assist in making the hope of the future a reality. The Faculty May Day Committee, consisting of Miss Taylor, Head of the Physical Education Department, Mr. Butler, Head f the History Department, Miss Schuette, Head of the Music Department, Miss An derson, Head of the Art Depart ment, Mr. Gi'more, Head "of the Science Department. Mini Mcintosh Principal of the Monmouth Training School, and Miss Parrott, Head of the English Department, met on Monday evening, following a re (luest of the Student Body that May Day, which has not been featured for the past two years on account of other patriotic activities, be again observed. The Committer set May iUh for the festival and invited tha Monmouth and Independence Train ing Schools, the Mountain View, Klkins and Oak Point Rural Centers to join with the Normal in the cele bration of this day which the gov ernment has asked have a patriotic significance. Miss Holmes, Head of the Mathe matical Department, spent Monday and Tuesday in Eugene visiting classes at the University and at the Campus Junior High. President Ackerman announced at Mondav's Chapel that Mr. Even den, Head of the Education De partment of the Normal, who has, for the past two years been on leave at Columbia, has been offered a per manent position in Teachers College, as Doctor Strayer'a assistant. Mr. Evendcn has not yet accepted, but the position is such a splendid one and carries with it such unlimited opportunities that his friends feel that he cannot afford to refuse. While the Normal loses him with regret yet it conrgatulates him up on the recognition which Columbia has accorded-him. The Memorial Committee of the Fcaculty met 'with tho Student Body and recommended the memo rial, to be erected to the boys rep resented on our Service Flag, take the form of an entrance , to the grounds. The memorial to b e erected at the north entrance. The recommendations of the committee were accepted and the architect will soon submit plans for approval. As soon as the plans have been ap proved a campaign for funds' will be incepted. Mrs. Miller, Principal of the Mountain View Rural Center, "was a Chapel visitor on Monday. The Faculty and students are looking forward to the Easter va cation which begins on Thursday, April 17th. President' Ackerman was a busi ness visitor to Portland on Tues day. . , ,' Miss Anderson, Head of the Art Department and Accompanist for the Music Department, has for sev eral weeks been spending her week ends in Portland practicing with John Claire Monteith, Portland's popular dramatic baritone, who ap peered at the Normal last evening. Miss Daisy Slate, the represents live of the Normal In the State Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest which is to be held at Eugene on Friday, April 12th, appeared in Chapel on Thursday,' Miss Slate was enthusiastically received by the Student Body and their recep tion was an inspiration which will be a potent factor in Miss Slate's winning honors for her school. The third term ends today, April 11th and the fourth term will open on April 14th. Inconseqence rac ulty and students have been abnor mally busy finishing up work and getting ready for the beginning of the new term. There are several students finishing this term, some of whom have secured excellent po sitions for the, remainder of the year. The fifth, or summer term, will open on June 23. Dr. Winship, one of the leading educators of the United States and editor of the Journal of Educa tion, will be at the Normal on Tuesday, April 15. Dr. Winship is an inspirational speaker and will give an address that will be inter eating to the general public- aa well as to the Normal faculty and Stu dents. Mutt Not Fence in ' E$tabli$hed Highwayt The decision in the case of A. B. Richardson v. Polk County, which has been in the Courts for a matter of nearly two years has this week been decided in favor of the Coun ty, the Circuit Court having been affirmed in the ''decision given in the lower court. The county relied upon the doc trine of dedication as well as upon the rule of prescription to establish it contention. Mr, Richardson en deavored to construct a wire fence in what the county contended was a county road over which they had jurisdiction, which if permitted would narrow the road and would have been a most dangerous prece dent to establish, owing to the fact Uiat but very few roads in- this country, except In recent yers were established by dedication. ' Had plaintiff prevailed the Coun ty Court would have been at the mercy of people living adjacent to similar roads, anyone of whom might see fit to move their fence into the county road at their pleas ure. , This suit to' quiet title to the strip used as a road was brought by K. Richardson against Polk County. The first question in dis pute is whether the road is a legal ly existing road; and if it is, then the next question is whether the line along which the plaintiffs com menced to build a new fence is in side of the road. After giving a summary of the testimony, in an opinion written by Justice Harris, the Court says: "The evidence clearly shows an un mistakable intention on the part of Benjamin t . Burch to abandon all the land between the two rail fenc es to the use of the public as a county road; and consequently there was a common law dedication of all the land between the lines of the old rail fences. Burch removed the gates so that the public could use the road without hindrance; he built the rail fences for no other conceivable purpose than to confine the travel between the fences; the county accepted the dedication and for more than 30 years has kept the road graded and gravelled, and the uncontradicted evidence is that the road compares favorably with the other county roads, including the Independence-Corvallis- highway; the record shows that every dollar paid for work upon the road was paid by the county and there is no evidence that", any person worked upon the road' without pay; the strongest kind" of confirmation of the intention of Burch to dedicate the road is found in the fact that he himself recognized that the road was a county road when he caused Scott to work upon it in obedience to the order of the road supervisor. The evidence is of the most convincing character and leaves no room for doubt as to the intention of Burch when he opened the road to the public, The lines ODD FELLOWS ENTERTAIN Independence Brethren Visit Local, and Witness Work Monmouth Odd Fellows exempli fled the first link in their celebrat ed chain of virtue Monday night by inviting in Valley Lodge of In dependence to spend the evening with them, The third degree was put on with E. M. Ebbert, J. C. Andrus and Myrle Mulkey as the recipients of the honors. The Mon mouth team has been practicing up a b't and had extemporized an or chestra with J. S. Prime at the pi' ano, Wm. Bressler handling the fid' die bow and E. L. Kilen the drums. Under their stimulating impulse the work progressed with the precision ola well oiled machine. During the inevitable oratory hour, 11, Hirsehberg, one of the visitors, called attention to the fact that Orville Butler, a member of Normal Lodge who was present and himself, were the only two sur viving charter members of Valley Lodge which was organized in 1873. Mr. Hirschberg had joined the fra ternity in New York the same year that he came west and took up his trade as a tinner in Indeoen- dence in time to help organize the Independence lodge. B. F. Swope, another visitor, orated'alonir oatri- otic lines and Ira Powell recalled in cidents in the history of Odd Fel lowship in Monmouth where' their Independence brethren had served them with the fraternal spirit. - H. K. Sickafoose. disnenser of refreshments, outdid himself in that regard and at the close of lodge, those in attendance wont nxrnleri with ham sandwiches, cake, cookies, Ice cream, cheese and nicklei. washed down with amnle draughts of M. K. s celebrated coffee. There were about shttv fin nr- eni at the meeting, twenty five 'of mem from independence. When Francis A rant was seven years old he wag playing with other boys at basket ball and in course of tossing the ball' about accidentally broke the tip off of the end of one of the arm bones at the elbow. The arm was sore for a time but soon healed up. The arm always bothered him during severe exer cise and in his work at the bank be came so sore that it was painful to use it.. He went lo Portland this week to consult a specialist and the latter took out the tip end of the bone that had broken off years be fore. It was connected with the rest of the bone by tissue, which kept it from decaying and was about the size of a hazel nut. Francis now has the tip of bone in a bottle in alcohol instetd of in his elbow and expects to.be able to re sume work in a short time. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Wood have a new Ford auto. Notice The Polk County Parent Teach ers' Association will hold its annual meeting Saturday, April 19th, in the Public School Building at Inde pendence. . An interesting program has been arranged and it is hoped each local association will send as large a del egation as possible. - Mrs. J F. Ulrich, Sec. Grange Program , It is Jo be dairymen's day at the Grange this week and all who are interested in the dairy business are invited to attend the afternoon ses sion, f . M. Brandt of the deoart- ment of dairying of the Oregon Ag ricultural College will be present and his lecture which is the feature of the afternoon program is bound to have in it many things of inter est to th e dairyman. A communi ty sing will also be staged during the afternoon. upon which the rail fences stood mark the boundaries of the Burch road. The decree appealed from is affirmed, but without costs to anv party in either court. McBride, C. J. Bean and Benson J. J. concur." ' Mr. W. C. Winlslow of Salem, represented Mr. Richardson and Mr. E, K. Piasecki, District Attor ney for Polk County, represented Polk County. DEATH TAKES t TWO MORE Elderly Ladies Antwer Raal Summons Daring Week Peat MRS. EMILY HAGGEY Mrs. Haggey, mother of Mrs. D. M. Hampton, who ha made ber home with the Hamptons in Mon mouth for the past thirteen years. died last Saturday. She was eighty five years old and her death was due to the Infirmities of age. Her fun eral was held Tuesday, conducted by the Monmouth Christian Science church. Mrs, Haggey's grand daughter, Mrs. Lorraine McWil- liams of Portland read the services and Miss Schuette sang a solo. Emily K, Stockton was born in Polk county, Mo., March 30, 1834, and was married to J. C. Chaney in 1854. Mr. Chaney was a soldier in the civil war and was killed in that conflict. They had five children. Mrs. Rebecca J.Hampton of Mon mouth, R. B. Chaney of Condon, Joseph Chaney, deceased, - of De- Boise, Idaho, Bailey Chaney of Pen dleton and Charlii Chaney of Mika lo, Oregon. ' There are fifteen grand children, seventeen great grand children and two great great grandchildren. : She was married to Levi Haggey in 1893 and he died in June, 1905, since which time she has lived in Monmouth. MRS. MARY HALVORSEN Born. March 21, 1859, in Martin- ville, Wisconsin. Died, April, 1919 m Eugene, Oregon. Mary Iverson Halverson was in Martinville, Wisconsin, and lived in that state until ber twenty second year, then moved with her parents to Clear Lake, Iowa. She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1884 the took up missionary work, leaving her home and people in Iowa, going as Deaconess and Mis sionary to Moroni, Utah. Three years of success crowned her work there. From there she went to Salt Lake City to do greater work among the Mormonr . She traveled and lectured through Northwest Iowa Conference during her summer vacations, organizing, and strength ening work of Home Missionary Auxiliaries. Her work was to teach, aid and uplift mankind. While in Utah she met Rev. Olans Halversen, and on August 31, 1894, they were married m Salt Lake City. They moved from . Utah to Clear Lake, Iowa, Three daughters blessed their union. From there they went to Minnesota, where Mr. Halversen passed to the Great Be yond at Big Lake, in 1911. Shortly after his death, Mrs. Hal versen with her daughters, came to Salem, Oregon, spending the winter there. From there she went to Monmouth, Oregon, sending her daughters to Normal. Two girls were graduated, and took up teach ing which called them to Eugene, Oregon, where Miss Esther teaches in the Washington school and Miss Margaret in the Junior High school. Miss Christine is finishing her High school course. ' Mrs. Halversen was stricken with paralysis during the first of March which illness resulted in her death. She leaves to mourn her loss her three daughters before mentioned; a step daughter, Mrs. C. G. Robert son; a step-son G. E. Halvorsenand a sister, Julia Iverson, all of Salem; also three brothers living in the Middle West. . To all she was ever loving, kind and motherly. In all her life Christ was her motto, and ever in her suf fering and pain a sweet smile would cross her face at the approach of friend or loved one. Interment was made in the Citv View Cemetery. Salem. Oreron. with Dr. Leach of the First M. E. Church at Eugene in charge of the services. . , Death of Sam Morrison Sun Morrison, a well known resi dent of this locality, died in the Dallas hospital Monday afternoon after a long straggle for life. He wu operated on for appendicitis three weeks ago. His case was dim cult because it had been neglected to long and it was teen that recov ery was in doubt. ' A week ago Sunday hit condition was very bad and it was locally reported that be had passed away, but be rallied. A later operation was performed last week for obstruction of the bowels and in hit weakened condition be was unable to rally. Hit funeral services were held Wedno,Jy afternoon at the ceme tery at Lewisville. Dr. H. C. Duns- more of Independence officiated and Normal Ledge of Odd Fellows of Monmouth, of which he was a mem ber, attended in a body and eon ducted the ritual part of the servic es. Mr. Morrison was born in Illi nois, January 16, 1874 and came to Oregon with hit parents when a small boy. , The family settled in the Pedee country where bis father and mother died and were buried in the Lewieville cemetery. He has a brother, William Morrison living south of Monmouth. Mr. Morrison was a familiar fig ure here,' having been connected with the City Meat Market on' sev eral occasions. Ed Griffa laid off from his wood hauling job because of rheumatism and his work has been taken up by E. Emerson. ; OREGON JERSEY, BREAKS RECORD Pkkard't Vive La France Be comes World't Champion There is an eccentric pair of dairymen in Marion county who within the past month have succeed ed in breaking two world records in the production of dairy fat from Jersey cows. Pickard Brothers the new celebrities who have thus achieved a life ambition practically live for their small dairy herd and especially expend thought and work on the two cows which have just won distinguished honors. No child is more carefully tended by its parents than these cows are cared for, fed and milked. The champion, Vive La France, complet ed her year March 24 and during the twelve months produced 14,866 pounds of milk and 1,031.50 pounds of fat. Since the previous Jersey record was held by the C. I. Hood cow with 1,000 pounds of butter, it will be seen that the Marion county cow has a large marginjn the lead. This cow is classed as a senior four year old and has a clear lead over all Jersey cows of any age. Old Man's Darling 2nd, owned by the same Pickards, has the junior four year old record with 14,630 pounds of milk and 983.68 pounds o'fat. Vive La France's record will be recognized as all the more notewor thy when it is known that she had no silage and practically no alfalfa hay. She docs not like alfalfa, and she was fed other roughness. She had plenty of good beet pulp throughout her entire test, and most of the time there was ' plenty of kale for the two cows. At times it was hard to get the grains want ed, but she had a little oil meal practically all the time. Ovid Pick ard, who is the dairyman of the farm, tried to vary the feed to tempt the cows' appetites, but a part of the time only ground bar ley was fed. Ground oats, wheat bran, corn meal, mill run, cotton- Led meal and cocoanut meal were among the concentrates used. - In January the kale froze, and Vive La France had to do without her only succulence. Bad weather kept her in doors, so she did not get quite her usual exercise.- She still kept up her heavy feeding of concentrates, and developed a case of impactation'of the bowels. Two veterinarians worked over her and her life was saved, but it cut down her February production of milk probably two-thirds and decreased her January and March production, But in spite of all this she has realized the ambition of her owners by making a world record by a good margin. . . . . MILLIONS FOR . RURAL ROADS U. S. Government to Spend Big Sunt Encouraging the Work. The last Congress amended the Federal-Aid law in such fashion as to give the states more latitude in building. These changes became a law through the passage of the post office appropriation bill, sec tions 6 and 6 of which read at fol lows; . j "Sec. 5. That the act entitled . 'An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,' approved July 1, 1916, it hereby amended to provide that the term 'rural post roads,' as used in section 2 of said act. shall be construed to mean any public road a major portion of which it now used, or can be used, or forms a connecting link not ,to exceed 10 miles in length of any . road or roads now or hereafter used for the transportation of the Unit ed States mails, excluding everv street and road in a place having a population, as shown by the latest available Federal census, of 2 500 or more, except that portion of any, sucn street or road along which toe houses average more than 200 feet apart: Provided. That section 6 of said act be further amended to that the limitation of navmente ' not to ecxeed $10,000 per mile, exclusive . of the cost ot bridges of more than ii leet clear span, wnicn the Secre tary of Agriculture may make: be. and the same is.; increased ot 120,000 per mile. . j Provided further. That in the ex. penditure of this fund for labor preference shall be given, other conditions being equal, to honora bly discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, but any other preference " or discriminiation among citizens' of tile United States' in connection with the expenditure of this appro pritation is hereby declared to be unlawful." . . , . ; Federal aid for road construction for 1919, 1920 and 1921 has been .provided on a more liberal scale than ever before. If millions of fed eral funds are not absorbed by the States in State road projects, it will oe no fault of the Federal Govern ment. Millions are available. How completely the possibilities of the present opportunity are approxima ted depends on the State adminis trations. . Federal funds to the amount of $266,750,000 will have been made available for State road projects by the end of the fiscal year 1921. Un der legislation enacted prior to the last Congress there are available for 1917, 1918 and'1919-and now ap-. portioned among the' States-$29,-100,000. To this, the last Con-" gress added $48,500,000 for the fis- cal year 1919, making the total of Federal aid for road construction to the end of the fiscal year 1919, $77,600,000. , In 1920 there will be ' $92,150,000 available for this work, and in 1921 an additional $97,000, 000. ; ' On Cupid's Knoll On Junior'Pay The Seniors gay Were bubbling over with "pep". To Cupid's Knoll Their way they stole And lived up to their "rep". They sang their song As they marched along And captured a jolly mascot. They had their eat . "Twas a great feat To keep them from getting too hot. Some were burned They surely earned The great fun that they had. The pictures were good You know they would " Be-Seniors could never look bad. E. Sumner, Reporter. The Great and Only . Charlie Chaplin, the world's greatest screen comedian, will . be seen in the Normal Chapel on Thursday, April 17, at eight o'clock in his second million dollar picture "Shoulder Arms". Charlie has his own ideas about whipping the Huns and in this, agreed by critics to be his greatest picture, he presents them for the "edification" and "ed ucation" of the public. In addition to the Chaplin film there will be a series of Travelogues shown. Ad mission 10 and 20 cents. .w