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f he, Monmouth HEEiyiD Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, May 7, 1920 No. 35 Vol. xn Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Nation )1 Items of Interest At Oregon Normal ' President Ackerman is still visit ing the various hlfh schools of the lUte this week and reports many In terested In the Normal. 1 ' A cordial Invitation li extended to all teachers to visit the Normal on Saturday, May 8, at which time , there will be regular work both in the Normal and the Training School. Asa recompense (or the above ex tra schcol day the students will en joy a day's vacation on May 17. This is Monday so counting the - week end there will be really three ' days, May 15, 16. 17. Miss Carson of Elkins Rural Cen ter gave an entertalnlng'tslk at the chapel hour last Wednesday, bring Ing her students to illustrate her statements. The Normal was very happy this week to assist in the entertain ment of the stockmen from the East who spent a short time in Mon mouth on Wednesday. Plans are being made for the us ual Memorial Day program In honor of the Civil War veterans to be giv Ven In the Chapel May 81, at two XJ1. Judtfe L. T. Harris of the State" titrw Bench, will give the address andme special music is being prepare Mr. L. M.AikW. an alumnus of 0. A. C. spent a IWf hours In Mon. mouth Monday. spMing at chapel hour. He is organiziik the county .unnnrt of the Milia Bill and - --ri - , urged particularly that eacl - . ual take this matter ap ' with his friends. On Wednesday evening. My 12. Rev. Geo. E. Lewis will givilan il lustrated lecture on Alaska the chapel. Mr. Lewis is especial! fit ted to speak on this subject, haling iunt the trreater nart of his life In the North, and hence knows material intimately. He, has con, sented to speak at the chapel hour, also, on the same day, giving some of his reminiscences which he la obliged to omit from the regular .. . lecture. The public Is cordially in vited. An admission of 20 and 30 cents will be charged in the evening. An excellent picture will be shown in the chapel Saturday even ing, May 8. The play, entitled ' "Rio Grande", Is a story depicting life along the Rio Grande, written by Augustus Thomas. Aside from the story the picture contains great deal of scenic beauty, laid as it is In the tropical orange colored deserts. Mr. R. W. Kirk, Supt. of the Or egon City Schools, visited the Nor mat one day last vtfek. The last program of the yenr ly the Delphian Literary Society will be giien on Friday evening at seven thirty In the chapel. A spring pro gram, consisting df an operetta, May Dance, and some appropriate songs has been prepared. Miss Schuette will sing a solo. Would Fill Community Need The gymnasium for the high school, the building of which ia to be decided next week, would give something to Mflnmouth-which is badly nceded-a place of public as sembly. As planned by the archi tect, the gvm will seat 680 and with a wide stage and a balcony could be made to accommodate a thousand if the occasion demanded. The possibilities of this building as a community center, aside from its need as a trym. must demand the thoughtful attention of our public. Rumored, Reported Concocted, Collected Pioneer Dies at ' - Age of Ninety Plan Clean Up and Paving Collection Rev. Peter Conklin left Tuesday to attend the annual conference of the Evangelical church which is held In the First English church of Portland. Mrs.. Conklin preceeded him to Portland. . visiting with friends th-re but joined him to at tend the conference. There will be no preaching services In the Evan gelical church as a consequence Sunday, but Sunday School will be held as usual at 11 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Short are now permanently located in the residence which they bought of Mrs. Sarah Ground and the latter has gone to Portland to live with her daughters. The Shorts are from Ranier. where Mr. Short was engaged In the butcher business. lindivid- finitely " The County Clerk's office had record breaking month during Ap' ril, having taken in seven hundred and sixty dollars and twenty five cents in fees. This is about one hundred and seventy five dollars more than has been taken in in any preceding' monlh dujing the history of the'offlce, , During the teim of Cduny Clerk Moore, the business has increased to such an extent that he has aver aged one hundred and fifty dollars a month more than did his prede cessor. The work is becoming so great that Mr. Moore states that it will be necessary to have another H. C. Stewart and friend, Miss Wright of Chehalis spent the week end with the former's parents Mr. and Mrs.'N; Stewart.- - They ttayed over Monday to attend the birthday party of Mr. Stewart's daughter, Elise, it being her elev enth anniversary. A number of boy and girl friends of the city helped celebrate the event. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sturkin visitors here this week, nave re ccntly returned from a winter'! trip in the east and south. They isited it Mauston, Wis., In Chica t ..... . r. ito and in Indiana and lor a time Sturkin worked In Beaumont, They returned by way of thA Grand Canyon in Arizona and southern California and now plan to locate either in Salem or Port land where Mr, Sturkin has open' ings. , Dr. M. jl Butler of thiscity was re-elected president of the Marion Polk county I dentists organization at their annual meeting held at the Hotel Marion in Salem last Satur day, night. Dr. Zimmerman of Portland gave a lecture on extrac tion at the meeting. J. C. Stombauth, city salesman for the Cudahy company in Port land was a week end visitor in Mon mouth, helping his)wife get packed for moving. The latter will board with Mrs. Erickson until the close of school. The Evenden house in which they have been living has been sold to Howard Morlan and is to be vacated May 10. Miss Hazel Buresell who is I sophomore at the Agricultural col lege, was appointed recently as one of three assistant instructors in the chemistry department of home economics and she is the youngest of the three. She is getting along well in her studies at the college and her friends are highly pi eased with her progress. - John L. Williams, a "forty nin- er" in California and one of the pi oneer settlers of Oregon died Tues day night in the Deaconess hospital in Salem. He had been bed ridden for a long time and was under the constant care of a hired nurse for the past three years. With' Mrs. Williams he was taken to the hos pital Tuesday and did not live twen ty four hours after his arrival there. Mrs. Williams also la in very feeble health. Funeral services will be held Sat urday at 1 o'clock from Henkle'i parlors in Independence with Rev Dunsmore officiating. Mr. Williams, famlarly known as Uncle Bob" was about ninety years of age. He was born in Ar kansas and crossed the plains in an early day, tried his hand at mining but found it more ' profitable to raise produce for the miners. He came to Oregon over fifty years ago, settling at Lewisville on what is now the Linderman place. He moved from there to Buena Vista and from there acquired the farm now owned by L. E. Olden. This farm he sold to Amos Holman and bouirht the farm iust across the road from the Elk ins school house He sold this eight years ago and moved to Monmouth. He waa mar' ried in 1851 to Martha, daughter of Green Simpson, who survives him They had no children but adopted a daughter, now Mrs. W. K. Tether ow of Northport, Wash. The lat ter is here to attend the funeral. wo v. . Clean up day for Monmouth was officially set for May 17 at the reg ular session of the Common Council Tuesday night. Ihe city will fur nish transportation to carry the rub bish but citizens are cautioned not only to have rubbish collected but to have it readyjthe morning of the 17th. The rubbish this year will be dumped in a long unused city well which will save the usual timejand trouble of hauling to the river in Independence. The long delayed resolution order- ingg in sidewalks on the west s'de of Monmouth avenue, south from Main street, was introduced and passed. Unpaid assessments on Main street were also considered and the recorder was instructed to notify delinquents that legal proceedings interrupted by the paving suit, now decided in favor of the city, would be resumed to collect all ments unpaid after May 15. Claims' paid as follows: General Fund J. F. Moreland, $25; Power Co., $73.28; Oscar Hayter, $125 R. B. Swenson, $10.75. Water Fund Continental Pipe Co., $2904.64; and $3056.34. R W. Jones. $166: Chas. T. Parker $4,230.40; .RB. Swenson, $16.95; J. F. Moreland, ' $65; Monmouth Hardware, $67.03; Power Co., $44.02. , s Road Fund-M. H. Pengra, $149.. 65; G. G. Mattison, $132.50 Gravity Line Two Thirde In The work of installing our grav ity water system is now two thirds done, according to a report render ed to the council by the city engin eer. All of the ditch ia dug and something like four miles of pipe are laid and covered. Work on the intake on Teal creek has also reach ed an advanced stage. As to pipe, the manufacturers plead that , they have troubles of various kinds but Three Hundred Are Entertained Monmouth entertained visitors Wednesday at noon having some thing like three hundred (guests in all, Jersey breeders and their wives. They were touring this part of the Willamette valley going from one stock farm to another, a link in the circuit that started in ... .-J., i nmiu rrtia oracir inn Tjircp v. v... . v ... olJ ..J Lt n.. V- next week. If the pipe had been '""ru. "r ready the system could have been ready for use May 15 but ia now apt to be delayed to June 1. , Miracle Performance So Chapman Reports back again to the point of starting. The party reached Monmouth short ly after 11, having visited MeAr thur and Stauff at Rickreall and the Morrow farm near Brunk'i cor ner during the forenoon. Here'dairymen of thia section, represented by the Grange, the Farmers' Union and citizen of Monmouth, had prepared a picnic Miracle of miracles, the impossi- kin k.. LnnnaniJ In tVlA lT1ft1ll- uo "... , .L. V7.l LUIC. uc iawi n m --vviw. i . . .' . , ., . ., campus, witn weal weatner ue Marion County fought against every uuuu uuur woo sycui. uui u uwtv. road bond measure. His opposition to good roads was intense, bitter and habitual. It was supposed nothing could change it. Yesterday he dropped in to see his neighbor, C. C. Chapman of Hopewell, just across the Willamette River from i xi- n u iw Pel. director of .the chard in Mission Bottom, where the .. -... , Guests and entertainers made a to tal of five hundred people who were fed and thre was ample for all. At 12:45 all assempbled in the Normal chapel where a brief pro gram was given. P. O. Powell pre sided and introduced Hugh Van American senator grew the first loganberry I - rf SElkint Rural Center it The pupils of the upper room of The joint Sunday School program given Saturday evening in the Christian church proved most pleas urable to those In attendance. The small children on the program cov ered themselves with glory and the demonstration of primary teaching the Elkins school appeared in chapel at the Oregon Normal School last Wednesday jn a series of physical training demonstrations. After chapel the time was spent visiting classes in the Training School ; and Hiirh School. In the afternoon a ball game was played with the Jun iors and Seniors of the Monmouth High School with a resulting score of 26 to 13 in favor of.Elkins The pupils of the school, other than the members of the team, joined with the teachers in giving the boys of the Elkins team a rt- ceDt on Friday evening. Ihis was in the nature of a baseball game in which the events of the evening were represented on the tally cards as Innings. ThesUdent teachers from the Normal who are doing their prac tice teaching work here at the pres ent time are: Elizabeth McGerr, Ontario, Ore.; Hillie Haveman, Newberg, Ore.; Velda Roork, Pen dleton, Ore The Local Farmers' Union meet ing was held, in the schoolhouse last Saturday evening. The County Agent, Mr. Carpenter, from Dallas was present and gave a short ad' dress. Mr. McBee, the Co. Pres. also gave a short talk. Three new members were taken in Mr. and Mrs. Hannum and Mr. Blodgett. The Elkins ball team is planning on playing the Freshman-Sophomore classes of Monmouth High School in a baseball game at Elkins, Friday afternoon. , Children's Week was observed in the local Sunday School last Sunday morning by short talks by the fol lowing ladies: Mrs. . McEldowney, Mrs. Mary Tedrow and Mrs. Jones, Next Sunday will be - observed as Mother's Day. Convention at Lewuville . X Sunday School convention for the Airlie district is'to be held at Lewisville Sunday May 16. Follow ing Is thelprogram. 10:00 Song Service 10:20 Sunday School Hour Workers' Conference Teen-age Boys-J. F. Ulrich, Airlie Teen-age Girls Miss Gladys Carson, Elkins Junior Mrs. W. C. Williams, Lew isville Primary Miss Florence Hill, Elk ins 11:00 Music 11:15 The Way to Emmaus, Rev Jas. Elvin, Salem Y. M. C. A 11:45 Announcements 12:00 Lunch Hour. Basket Dinner 1 :30 Song Service 1:45 Business meeting. Election of officers. ; 2:15 Question Box 3:00 Address, Rev. Chris J. Beu- ney, Co. Pres. Special meetings for the girls.led by Miss Canon and the boys, led by Rev; Elvin, will be held during the afternoon. Also games and Bible stories for the children. Every one cordially invited meet with us. , i that ever were grown in Oregon on a commercial scale. The two cronies passed the time of day and looked at some of Chapman's hogs and calves. "Chapman. I'm for the bonds," finally blurted out the old senator who had 'led the fight against every state and county bond issue that had been up for years, ""What bonds? demanded Chap man, amazea. bonds, the amendment 1 azainst. raising the limit from 2 per cent to 4 per cent," he respond ed. "I'm for the measure. 1 looked over the figures that those wished to start an orchard and re quested advice of an expert in the business. "The way to grow an or chard" was the advice "is to start your trees a long time ago." The speaker fund a simile in the 'dairy business where quality is acquired by building on afoundation started a long time ago. ' He lauded the X .? j qualities of milk as a food and ex The state road L ...... ,.4. , . Voted 1" uieiewre uiat kuuwnie oi trns De aispiayea wnerercr schools exist. 1 R. M. Gow, leeretary of fir club, waa also intreioeed and -air a short talk. H tune, be said, expert acuntante figured up. and I'm satisfied the bonds won't raise I . uiy uam dtou iiibiij yai u wrc uu- my taxes, so I'm for 'em, as I want all the good roads I can get. If they are going - to be built in time for me to use them, they had better hurry up and build them, for I am getting old. I really don't desreve ion but waa willing to acknowledge that he bad never looked on any better than the fertile valleys he had seen as he came to western Oregon. A group of girls from the upper grades of the Training School any roads, the way I ve fought 'em " , , .... r . . . iL ii n presented a blossom dance which but I guess 1 11 get them all right, r r . , , , , . , ... .. was rvigorously Tapplauded and a he continued with" a wink. "I'm ' ' ' , to group of smaller girls, arrayed as milkmaids with caps and pails, sang a motion dairy song which took immensely with the visitors. The latter came back with the fi nal number on the program, a song atettintr all my neighbors to vote for the measure." , "Yes, I voted against the meas ure, but I'm for it now, he con eluded. Let us get the roads built nn no ia Ann VUa AM nOl'lUff as ewu van, inv.uB., , n , ,, i . our license fees and gas tax, and . ....... , . mi . .1 1. 11 we may as well get tne roaas. The bonding measure comes up before the people at the May 21 election. Peter Stolenberg and Miss Pearl Ogle of Independence have been li censed to wed. At a special election held last week the Independence school dis trict by .a small majority voted to deputy in order to do justice to his by Miss Beatrice Robinson , was ex- build a gymnasium, said building patrons and to himself ., jceptionally good. to cost $15,000. ;, Education and Taxes 1 "Why do all the states in t!.e un ion support higher education was asked by an investigator of the higher educational support bill, which will be on the ballot on May 21 and will provide 1.26 mills tor the state university, the agricultur al college and the Oregon Normal School. He was told that education is the greatest protector of Ameri ca's free institutions; that the pros perity of this country wa3 largely due to its educational system; that countries whose populations were mostly ignorant usually paid the highest taxes,:and that good educa tion tended to keep taxes down Whereupon he said he would vote for the bill. Since the earliest days the unedu cated people of Europe and Asia have been thq most oppressed in the world by taxes. Many times they have been driven into rebel lion. Taxes seem high in the Unit- comic ditty in which they worked in a reference to the-Normal girla which was very well rendered ai d loudly applauded. During the afternoon thetrave!- .T V Tui-Bnn mnvort Mondav nta " hi. now hnmn rwvnt V Durchased '" have gone to Yamhill to live until Kht was school is out. Guy Newton of Independence, aft A Seventh-day Adventist church employe of the telephone company is being established in Independ- fell from a pole across a rail fence ence, services being held in K, P. one day last week, seriously injur hall in that city next Saturday af- ing his back. ternoon with two elders from Salem M McDonald and Mr. Bullock in charge. and their wives were visitor! Sun- ed States, but the high level of ed- day with relatives of Mrs. Bullock ucation of the American people in the prune district souh of fca helps keep taxes down. Education lem. Mr, McDonald says that see- therefore an investment and an turn of Marion.county,4at tma sea- insurance, and this is one of the ar- sob of the year, is white with prune guments being used for the pro- and cherry blossoms and is a aigm tection of the work of the Agricul- worth going miles to see. tural College, State University and Normal School on May 21. Pine Valley residents are making another effort to divide Bak county. It is proposed to cut off what is tailed the Panhandle, ones a part of Union county hut later annexed to Bakor, and form a new county, .The great distance from the PanhandU to Baker, the county seat, Is the source of dis satisfaction. " :;i There has been considerable in quiry pertaining to the legality of independent, registered voter vot ing at the special election,' May 21st; and the County Clerk's office desires to make it clear to the regis tered voters that all who are regis tered may vote upon the meeeurea to be submitted on May the 21 at, regardless of political affiliation or. I non-affiliation.
