Monmouth
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Vol XI
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, April 25, 1919
,
No. 34
Monmouth is Located in the-Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State of the Best Nation on the Earth
HERALD.
THE ORATOR FOR
BACCALAUREATE
Portland Man Accept. June
Graduate Secure Poiitiont
Doctor A. E. Wlnsliip, education
al lecturer and editor of the "Jour
nal of Kducatiun", liut Tueidav ad
(IreHKt'd the Normal on "Comtnun
ity Demoerarey", . Autocracy col
he wild, on November 11
1918, and democracy it now on the
throne. What ii democracy? It it
not law. It ii not philosophy. It
ii an atmosphere, tatd the itwaker
A pure democracy may be likened,
he said, to a symphony orchestra.
In the orchestra the stringed, Die
wind, the reed and the percussion
instrument must all play In har
mony with their particular group;
but the group must all harmonize
to make a perfect whole. So in a
democracy. The community must
work in hurmony but thi must
harmonize with the greater group
represented by the state and the
state with the nation. A pure de
mocracy was defined a a place
where every individual I appreca
ted and given the opportunity to
do what he can do best. iThe lec
ture wut interesting, informational,
entertaining and optimistic, a he
concluded hy saying that he had
faith that the problem which con
fronted democracy today would be
solved and solved satisfactorily and
to the best Interest of those con
cerncd.
Dean Fawcett, of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, who was a Chap
el visitor on last Wednesaday, spoke
for a brief while on "deal", a sub
ject that never become trite or
commonplace. She suid, "One yel
low streak discards Die most beau ti
ful slab of marble; one blot rum
the most exquisite fresco; one fault
man the greatest character". She
impressed upon the students that it
should be their care, especially as
they were to be guide for the com
ing generation, to see that thi one
fault did not mar their character
and inhibit their influence. Dean
Fawcett spoke at the High School
Assembly and spent the day at the
Dormitory, the guest of Dean Todd.
Mr. Collins, Critic of the Oak
Point Rural Center, was the Facul
ty representative last week. Mrs.
Collins, who is a graduate of the
Normal, said that when she gave
her Chapel talk as a Senior, the sol
emnly promised herself never to
give another. But that promise as
you see, she continued, ha not been
kept for here I am. That promise,
however, was only cracked, for the
was simply the prologue and the
children gave the real Chapel talk.
Through the medium of reading let
tons, poems, motion songs, illustra
ted and visualized talks, the splen
did work of the Oak Point Center
was brought to the knowledge of
the Normal Faculty and student.
Throughout the program violin
numbers given by the pupils of Mrs.
Chase were interspersed. The en
tire program was entertaining and
replete with suggestions for those
who are going to work in rural
schools.
David Campbell, an alumnus of
the Normal, who was Head of the
Music Department at Pullman Col
lege, Washington, prior to enlist
ing, has recently returned liom
France. We are glad to welcome
the boys home and hope to see them
often on the Campus.
Commencement plans are being
rapidly perfected. Doctor W. W.
Willard, one of the most brilliant
speakers on the Pacific Coast and
who is temporarily supplying the
pulpit of the First Congregational
Church in Portland, has been secur
ed for the Baccalaurate sermon.
Doctor Willard's home is in Chicago.
Members of the June class are be
ing placed most satisfactorily and if
the present demand continues all
will be located before they receive
their diplomas. Miss De Borde has
accepted work In the Intermediate
Department of the Warrenton
Schools and Miss Millican, in the
Primary in the same school.
Many of the , Faculty members
have been out in the field during the
last two week-ends. Mr. Gilmore,
Head of the Science Department,
talked at the local institute at Myr
tle Creek, Douglas County. Miss
Arbuthnot, Principal of the Inde
pendence Training School, and Mr.
Cur ran, Head of the Rural Depart
ment, were entertained by and en
tertained with a reading and a taik
the Oregon Agricultural College
Club of Faculty women. President
ACKcrman ana Mr, turran were
on the4irogram for the County Par
tni-ieacner meeting which wa
held at Independence last Saturday.
The Normal it justly proud of
the recognition accorded It alumni
in educational circle over sea.
Two more have been (elected to at
tend English college, Joe Bell, '14
and Tom Ostien, '15.
Mr. Will, '18,upervii!orof Polk
County, and Mis Joyce, Assistant
State Club Organizer, 0, A. C,
were thapel visitor on Thursday.
Mr. Gilbreath, '17. writes that
he and hi entire corp of teachers
have been elected at Silver 'Lake,
Waahintgon. Mr. Gilbreath' po
sition i a responsible one which
carries with it adequate compensa
tion and hi re-election it conclu
sive proof that the responsibility
was rightly placed.
Friday afternoon the Elkint
School Board renewed their con
tract with the Normal School for
two year. They expressed satis
faction with the school in every
way. Miss Jewel Delk and Mis
Glady Carson were re-elected as
teachers.
Through the influence of Presi
dent Ackerman, the Oregon Normal
has joined with the other state
schools in Oregon and Washington
to bring to the coast speaker of
national and international reputa
tion. Among those it i hoped to
secure are: ex-President Taft, Hen
ry Van Dyke, Lyman Abbott, Elihu
Root, Jane Addamt, Chariot
Hughes, A. Beveridge, W, J. Bry
an, Stephen Wise and many others
oi equal prominence. This will give
the Oregon Normal a series .of lec
ture each year which cannot be
equalled elsewhere on the coast.
Superintendent Robert Goetz. of
the North Bend School, waa on the
Campus Wednesday looking for
teachers for the North Bend schools.
Most'of the student and many of
the Faculty spentjtlieir brief Easter
vacation out of the city. All were
in the class rooms on Wednesday.
however, and the work progressed
at if there bad been no interrup
tion Among those who were out
of the city were: Dean Todd and
Assistant Dean Levis who were in
Portland; Miss Ida H. Holmes,
Mathematics, in Portland; Miss
Margaret Anderson, Art, in Port
land; Miss Ida Mae Smith, First
and Second Grade Critic, in Eugene;
Mitt Allie Bramberg, Registrar, in
Forest Grove; Mist Mamie Rada
baugh, Fifth and Sixth Grade Crit
ic, in Eugene; Mist Lucile Chase,
Domestic Science and Art. in Sa
lem; and Miss Rosa B. Parrott,
bnglish, in ugene.
The beginning Domestic Science
Class assisted by tome of the girls
from the Eighth Grade of the Mon
mouth Training School served
lunch, under the direction of Miss
Chase, Head.'pf the Domestic Sci
ence Department, to the visitors
from Oak Point Center on Thurs
day, At the tables, beside the
guests from Oak Point, were Presi
dent Ackerman, Mrs. Curran, Rur
al Supervisor and Miss Mcintosh,
Principal of the Monmouth Train
ing School. The tables were at
tractively centered with epring
flowers and large bowls of the blos
soms made the room unusually
beautiful. The luncheon which was
prepared by the Domestic Science
class and served by the girls from
the Eighth Grade, wat perfect in
every detail and much enjoyed by
the hosts and visitors.
Red Croat Note
Red Cross knitting is to be re
sumed. Mrs. C. Lorence who has
charge of the local work has been
notified that Willamette chapter has
a quantity of wool on hand that
must be knit Into refugee garments
before September 1st. This is for
sweaters, scarfs and stockings for
the orphans in the devastated parts
of Europe. Ladies willing to help
in thit work may find a supply
available for this purpose at the lo
cal rooms next Tuesday, April 29.
Lindley M. Bowles, a former
member of Company L was united
in marriage to Miss Esther Brown
in Dallas recently.
" .
Making Carbon ' '
For Gas Masks
i
John Webber ii among the return
itig soldier to reach Monmouth Uil
week. He wa in the army nine
month and since last November
wa located at Zanesville, Ohio, en
gaged in the manufacture of carbon
for ga masks. Hit company, east
ward bound, wat ir. Chicago the day
the armiatice wa signed and he
witnessed the jubilee over thit ep
och marking event which took place
in me Windy City, The carbon
work wat done in plant which
make a specialty of enameled tile
apd it it claimed ha the largest
plant in the world. The company
ha two large tunnel for kiln work
and one of these wa turned over
to the government. The makine
or t-e carbon took much experi
menting and it wat two months af
ter arrival that carbon wa regular
ly manufactured. Test were made
by releasing the poison gas at the
bottom of a cask of carbon. It
was ignited by torch at the toD and
when the light showed blue It watt
sign the ga waa harmless but when
the light turned to green it showed
the carbon had absorbed all the ooi
son it could and wa no longer to
be relied on. At Zanesville they
perfected a carbon which would
purify gas for fifty hours of use
whereat the first French carbon
used could only be relied on for 18
hours which show the advance
made; A ga released in the open
air it rarely more than ten percent
ttrong it it seen that thi carbon
used in a gat mask would guana
tee preservation from poison for
a very long time. The latest gai
masks de not have nose clamp nor
mouth piece. The air after pasting
through the carbon it directed
through a tube and released near
the forehead of the wearer. The
fresh air thus passes over the eye
glasses which keepa them from fog
ging and thence over the face, re
lieving the discomfort of the close
quartet a. The carbon wat packed
in druma holding about 200 pounds
and since it was all manufactured
tmce the signing of peace, the
druma were placed inetorage where
they now have enough to last a
large army for long time. The
carbon was made preferably from
cocoanut shells, but prune pits
were also largely used. The carbon
wat aubjected to two periods of in
tense heat when it was it ita best
stage for absorption and then wat
ground about at coffee it ordinarily
ground.
John found the toot and dust of
the east very disagreeable.
A Popular Production
A roll call of Monmouth could
have been called at the Chas. Chap
lin show at the Normal last Thurs
day evening and there would have
been exceedingly few absentees.
Of course the old people had to be
there to chaperon the children and
the good people could not miss it
for fear the bad would have them
at a disadvantage. It has been a
serious winter and apparently ev
eryone in town wanted a chance to
relax nd be jovial and the genial
Chas. happened along at the oppor
tune moment. Most of the Nor
mal girls were absent on a short va
cation and had they been present
the management would have had
hard work to accommodate all. It
was a large crowd all right, and a
large show, too, Charley's astonish
ing army adventures being supple
mented with a cartoon comedy that
sent the small boya into hysterica of
glee, and some scenic reels from the
Philippines, Martinique and other
points, all most interesting and
entertaining, .
The south half of Monmouth av
enue has been much improved this
spring by graveling and grading.
John Fuller has done the gravel
work and mostly on his own initiat
ive, he doing the hauling and the
city furnishing the gravel. Mon
mouth avenue is in many ' respects
the best residence street in , the
city and recentwork on it has helped
it very much. , . ,
.Some forty acres of territory
were added to the city limits of
Sheridan at a special election last
week. v
Peter Kurre has acquired the Mc
Donald property adjoining his Inde
pendence home through a trade for
several lots in St. Johns.
City Clean-up Days
Set for May 1 to 3
At its meeting Tuetday night the
common council fixed upon May 1,
2, and 8 as "clean-up" day for the
city of Monmouth. All citizen of
the city are urged to bear thit in
mind. Conveyance will be provided
for the dumping of train and cart
ing it away, and in all cases the
rubbish must 6e enclosed in burlap
sack. Citizen are alto requested
to trim up and improve appearances
about their house and placet of
business that we may start the ram
mer more presentably.
President Ackerman appeared be-
fore the council and reqested on be
half of the Board of Regents of the
normal that the width of navi In
front of state property be placed at
bu leet intead of the 40 feet adopt
ed. Thit the council readily agreed
io. ine extra width wa deemed
wisest because of the necessity of
parking autot alongtide the ground
in timet oi gathering at the school
and alto to provide ample room for
turning.
The Normal people are Immedia
tely beginning the work of beauti
fying the street that pastes through
the state property by setting out
shade trees in the parking space.
It has been tacitly understood
that the two block of Monmouth
avenue over which the Pacific high
way passes are to be paved to full
width; the commission to pave the
central 16 feet and the balance to
be done at the expense of the abut
ting property. It has been debated.
however, whether East Main street,
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ntewise a part ot the highway, is
to be paved in. the tame manner or
whether it it to have the paved cen
ter tupplemented with macadam at
the sides. . Property owner alone
the thoroughfare are to.be consult
ed and thit settled in the near fu
ture.
It being "bill night" the council
allowed the following claims: Moun
tain btates Power Co., lights. $69.-
62; power, $71.10; E'ectrical Ap
pliance Co., $2.65; Perkins Phar
macy, paint, 60 cents; R. B. Swen
ton, water collecting. $10.86: re
corder feet, $3.99; J. F. Moreland,
marshal, $15.; water eupt., $60;
Independence Gravel Co.. $36.40:
0. A. Wolvertbn. expense to Port
land, $4.32; Fred Smith, eravel
hauling and street dragging, $109.
Vick Brothere. distributors of
Ford cart and tractors for Oreuron.
have moved their headquartere from
Salem to Portland.
Congressman Hawley is expected
in Dallas shortly to look over the
tract in the Siuslaw forest reserve
that is asked for, the better to
protect the city water supply.
County Convention
of Parent-Teachers
The Parent Teachers Association
of Polk county foregathered at In
dependence Jast Saturday where an
all-day program had been prepared
under the direction of the county
president, Mrs. F. Loughary and
the secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Ul
rica of Airlie.
Independence as the meetine
place furnished many of the music
al and special features of the enter
tainment including two or three
character readings by Miss Arbuth
not, all thoroughly appreciated.
President Ackerman was the first
speaker with a brief description of
the educational program which the
nation is now undertaking. This in
its widest sense seeks equality of
opportunity and aims to secure this
for the school children of the coun
try as well as it can be worked out.
He said he hoped to see the day
when a grade teacher was paid as
high wages as a high school teacher
and a rural teacher as . highly paid
as a city teacher, educational quali
fications beingjequal. , Another aim
oh the educational program was to
wing to the teaching profession the
same inducement of salary which
other professions enjoyed. He read
a table in whi-h the grade teacher
was close to the bottom in a list of
comparative salaries attached to
various avocations, and 'said he
wanted to see conditions change to
bring a fairer recognition to the
teaching profession.
Frank K. Welles of Portland and
Prof. Almack of the U. of 0. made
addretse deal'ng with their experi
ence and observation, and Mr,
Fulkerton of Salem, rural supervis
or of Marion county, told of tome
of her experience with, truant,
both children and parent who
sought to avoid the obligation of
the law.
Mrt. Curran of the Norms I gave
a fine talk on how to improve the
health of rural people. She showed
statistic to prove that whereas ru
ral health was formerly better than
city health, a change had taken
place and now the health of city
residents averaged better than that
of rural people. This the contend'
ed waa due to the adoption of sani
tary regulation on the part of city
people and which could readily be
adopted by country folks. She
gave figure of a contest which hat
recently taken place in Elkin where
health conditions were normally
good at the start but where the av
erage health has been improved by
strict attention to health rules
adopted. I
Received Medal for
Slaughter of Enemy
"The German will go tome now"
i said to have been the first remark
of Sergeant Harry Mullin, sharp
shooter extraordinary of Princess
Patricia Canadian light infantry,
when told of the death of his broth
er, Roy Mullin, atCourcelette, Sep
tember 15, 1916. And it was not
an idle boast, for Harry Mullin,
who is the ton of Mr and Mrs, W.
Mullin formerly of Portland, but
now of Victoria, B, C, that very
night picked off two Boches. killed
eightjthe next day and in the four
day following killed 20 Germans.
Sergeant Mullin was born in Port
land in 1891 and while only a
youngster was taken to Moosomin,
baskatchewan, by his parents. It
ws on the plains cf Saskatchewan
that Mullin got hit training' in
marksmanship which earned for him
the reputation of having killed more
Germans than any other one man in
the Canadian army, and which has
brought him the military medal and
the Victoria cross.
Through sheer bravery and dar
ing, the story of which reads like
a paperbacked novel, Sergeant took
two Hun pill boxes single-handed,
killing three of the occupants of
one and causing the surrender of 10
Huns in the other. According to an
account of the crowning ' achieve
ment of Sergeant Mullin't career,
as published in the London Times,
the Canadians were held by the
deadly fire from two pill boxes.
Mullin was seen to crouch down in
the trench, spring over the top,
wriggle from one shell hole to an
other and gradually work toward
the nearer of the boxes. .
A sniper raised up a little and
Sergeant Mullin's revolver barked.
One more Boche had gone to his re
ward. Mullin then rushed the first
pill box, shot two of the gunners,
then ran at top speed for the second
pill box. Springing upon the top of
the box, Sergeant Mullin caused the
surrender of the 10 occupants of the
post. He took a revolver from one
of the prisoners, casually placed it
in his belt and went on shooting
Huns. Later that day a bullet
crashed against the revolver, smash
ing it, and thus saving Sergeant
Mullin's life. '
Of this act of Sergeant Mullin's
for which he was awarded the Vic
toria cross, the official British Gaz
ette says: "His gallantry and fear
lessness were witnessed by many and
although rapid fire was directed upon
him and his clothes riddled by buK
lets, he never faltered in his pur
pose and not only helped to save
the situation, but also indirectly
saved many lives."
Sergeant Mullin enlisted at Moos
omin, November 1, 1914, as in the
trenches in Februray 1915, and al
lowing for the time that he was in
England convalescing from slight
wounds received at the third battle
of Ypres, was in the front line
trenches for three solid years. Mul
lin's brother Roy enlisted in Febru
ary, 1916, at the age of 17 in the
Princess Pats. Their father and on
ly brother enlisted in Victoria later
in the war. Telegram.
Harry Mullin's mother was Erne
Kennedy and attended the Mon
mouth Normal School in 1886. She
was raised in Corvallis and is a
cousin of Mrs. A. J. Haley and Mrs.
J. N. Pember of Monmouth.
OREGON TO HOLD
JERSEY JUBILEE
Breeders of Nation to Tour Val
ley Visiting it Famed Herd
The Oregon Jersey Cattle Club,
in celebration of the recent achieve
ment of an Oregon cow in captur
ing the world' Jersey butter fat
record from a cow now owned in
Maine, will hold what is to he
known as the Oregon Jersey Jubilee
during the week of May 18th to the
24th. The Jubilee will consist of a
session in Portland, including an au
to trip over the far famed Colum
bia Highway, followed by a loop ex
cursion thru the Willamette Val
ley, which will include a visit to.
most of the important breeding et-'
tablishment of Oregon.
Transportation and entertain
ment will be provided by the Ore
gon Jersey Cattle Club. All Jersey
breeders, dairymen and other in
terested in the "little fawn cow"
are'eordiaily invited to be the
guests of the 0. J. C. C. during
that week. . , ,
At the Oregon Jersey Jubilee.
you will aee: 1. The World' Cham-
pion Jersey Cow over all aces, who
also holds Senior 4 year old and
Junior three year old records.
The World't Champion Junior
4 year old Jersey cow. '
3. Twelve of the 40 class leaders.
that it the first 5 cows In ' each of
the eight different classes. ,, )
4. You will see one of the two
Jersey cows to produce over 1000
pounds of fat m a year and 4 other
who have produced over 900 pound
of fat.
6. You will tee three Jersey cow
who have milked over 17,000 pounds
in one year, there being, to the best
of our knowledge, but 10-tuch cowt
in the breed. .
Among the farms which . will te
visited are: "Sunny Bank", H.
West, Prop., Ed Cary's, F. E.
Lynn's, McArthur & Stauff't, W.
0. Morrow't. "Fair Acres". 0. A.
C R. L. Burhart's, H. Stewart's,
J. M. Dickson & Son's. Pickard
Bros.,."Iron Minee", Wm, Ladd,
Prop., and others of note.
You will see many of the descend
ants of Golden Glow's Chief, St.
Mawes and Noble of Oaklands in
eluding the get of Noble Peer and
Rochette'e Noble. ''-
Every Jersey Breeder in the
United States, who can possibly do
so, should plan to attend the Jubi
lee. .
Training School
Facts and Fancies
To all our Friends-Upon the
evening"of May the first, when the
clock is striking the hour of Eight,
the curtain in the Auditorium will
rise and disclose one of the most in
teresting scenes the Training School
has ever presented. ? ,
The production is a little operetta
entitled the "National Flower'
Candidates for the position of na
tional flower appear before a Judge
and a Jury, who with the assistance
of lawyers of considerable repute
and erudition, try to decide upon
the merits of the case. Flowers
daintily garbed, a stately oak, in
numerable weeds including obnox
ious thistle, to say nothing of an
odoriferous onion, all demand a
hearing. The Jury are quite disa
greed when finally Uncle Sanfoffers
a suggestion which solves the prob
lem to the satisfaction of all.
An overture will be played by the
Training School Orchestra.
The price of admisison is 25 cents
and the proceeds will be used in a
good cause.
Come and be one of the "400" to
enjoy the entertainment, and en
courage those who have had a part.
Yours in the interests of the school,
Alice A. Mcintosh.
P. S. "Invite your friends and
also your neighbors", as one of our
seventh graders said. A. M. '
Lecture Monday Evening .
Arthur Walwyn Evans, the
nephew of Lloyd-George who was
to be at the Normal on April 23rd,
will appear on Monday, April 28th
at 8 o'clock.
E. L. Kilen and Mr. Smith spent
Sunday in Woodburn and Portland.
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