The Monmouth HeIald
Vol XII
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 2, 1920
No. 43
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
The registration In Summer
School hn reached 465 which num
ber added to the 60 enrolled tt
Pendleton maket moit gratifying
total for the lummer of 1920.
The Norm) wu particularly for
tunate lut week to tecura Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise of New York City
at i speaker fur Thursday evening.
Rabbi W lie it a man of national re
putation at a social worker and It
wu indeed a treat to listen to his
discussion of "Americanization".
Mr. Gentle will speak Friday
morning of this week at the Nor
mal Extension In session at Pendle
ton. The question of regular work on
July 6th was referred by the presi
dent to the student body, The
latter decided t show their patriot
Ism by declaring July 5th holiday
nd they are planning tome fitting
celebration.
The annual reception by the fac
ulty to the student of the f ummer
Sesalon was held In the Gymnasium
lut Saturday evening. Neirly ev
ery ttudent accepted the invitation
nd the informal "get acquainted"
party proved very enjoyable.
Tho first grouping of the students
by counties for the social activities
of the Session wu made here, much
tpirit and enthusiasm being display
ed by each grouk " Plant are now
, well under way by the committees
! in the groupa for picnic, social
dancing, and the usual "atuntt"
' program which it given In the chap
el the lut week In July. , .
... The "Norm", the year book pub-
lished by the Normal students, hu
been an entire flaanuial tutu thk
year, under the efficient supervision
of MIssEugenia' McNaghten and
her corps of workers. It Is, more
over, an extremely attractive book,
one which will be greatly prized by
its owners u the years past. ,
The motion picture, "Other
Men's Shoes", to be given in the
chapel next Monday evening, July
5th, It said to be a typical present
day comedy. It ' contains many
dramatic situations with well sus
tained suspense and an attractive
climax. .
Mitt Brenton gave the students
and faculty a very enjop&n chapel
hour Wednesday mining.
The chairman of the entertain
ment committee of the faculty hat
announced the securing of tome
very attractive numbers for the
Normal next year. Among these
are Mr. Frederick Ward, well
known lecturer and interpreter of
Shakespeare's plays. w'-6 will be In
Monmouth during the first term of
the next school year. Also two un
usual numbert during the year will
be furnished by John Kendrlck
Bangs and Thomat Wilfred. Mr.
Bangs, who is so well known ua
humorous writer, will lecture and
Mr. Wilfred will give a most unique
entertainment. He it known as a
aingcr of old folk tongs and ballads
and Dlaver of the twelve-string
arch-lute, and gives a program of
Enirlish. Danish, and French trou
badour songs and music which has
been much praised by audiences in
Vassar College and Minnesota Uni
verslty, TheJ above all promise
much pleasure to the Normal next
year.
As evidence of their feelings of
respect and sympathy for Mitt Mc
intosh in her bereavement, the
President and the other members of
the Faculty closed their classes dur
ing the funeral services for her
mother on Friday afternoon.
In the death of Mrs. Mcintosh all
who had the privilege of knowing
her will feel the loss of an example
of beautiful and kinrlly age. '
Form Company
To Seek Gold
A. J. Babb and A. L, Miller are
exhibiting this week a report from
the U. S. asaayer't office in Portland
on sample of ore which they took
recently from their claim near the
headwaters of the Rantiam. The
ore assayed at the rate of $207.40
In gold and $6.24 In silver per ton
and Die two prospective miners
claim there it Iota more where the
tamplet came from.
Mr. Babb and family !ave this
week for the mines with the aim to
develop them and Mr. Miller will
follow after harvest. They go to
Gates on ' the railroad and from
there pack their aupp lies overland
between thirty and forty miles.
Freight costs five cents a pound to
get to the mines and during a maj
or portion of the year they have to
cross mow fields to reach them.
In the winter they are blockaded.
A company hu been formed to op
erate these mines and other local
people are Interested.
Ticktt$ Find Ready Sale
Representatives of Monmouth
Chautauqua are camming this
week for the rale, of tickets arid
have met with very encouraging re
sult. They are presenting a well
balanced program and the fact is
appreciated. Locally tickets are on
sale at the following placet: Wi.ie
gar's, Miller Mercantile, Hill &
Son, Mulkcy&Son, Johnson's, Mor-
lan's, and the Creamery. Child
ren's tickets tell for $1.10; stu
dent's $1.65; adult's $2.50.
Normal girlt who have charge of
the tale of tickets for the Chautau
qua are the Misses Lois Sweek,
Burdelle Brooks, Helen J, Bliss,
and Eva N. Beekman,
Realty Deals
The Lark Hall housa and two lots
were sold this week by Miss Dora
Hall to Mr. Kaup of Lewisville.
Thit week Ira Williamt becomf s
the owner of the smaller of Mrs.
Boots' houses, located on the corner
of Clay and Monmouth avenue.
Consideration $600. G. T. Boothby
handled the deal. (
G. T. Boothby reports the sale
this week of 38 acres of! of the
Wm. Riddell, Jr. farm, to Edwin
Nissen This is the southeast corner
of the farm coming up to the high
way mar the Van Muter house It
includea 11 acres of prunes and the
.est Is sown to clover and rape
E. L. Farrens who recently sold
his ranch at Roseburg, was a visit
or this week with hit relatives, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Moreland, M'.
Farrens is traveling with his family
by automobile to The Dalles near
where he expects to locate.
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"Uiant Firecracker." All of the pranks, the deaf
ening nolaet and the filled hospitals, to much in
evidence about the 1th, 10 or 10 reart aao. are but
nlng Dolwt and the filled hoiDlUli. ao much la I
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ibadr memories bow. An
that It bringing at back
irue meaning ot "Independence." And, best ot all,
la this new type ot Fourth we are Instilling Into
tbe bearta and minds of the coming generation the
wtence of the Declaration of Independence and
what It meant to the Americas clUtea,
A Square Deal
... For Foreign Born
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York, who lectured in the Normal
chapel last Thursday evening, haa
the happy faculty of causing people
to think. Hit talk wu largely of a
patriotic nature dealing with the
war and the problems that have
grown out of it. He advocated (he
same treatment for foreigners
which is given to American born.
The foreigner, he said, dislikes to
be considered a problem. He is
human like the rest of us, he has
absorbed perhaps in hit youth,
customs and mannerisms that may
seem strange to us but they are
only outward symbols and the
heart of the world, one nation the
same as another, beats very largely
to the same impulses. He paid
many delicate compliments to the
Hebrews, their sturdinesa that has
persisted through centuries and
thousands of years, their high ideal
and their advanced intellectuality.
He held the close attention of his
audience throughout the address
and was rewarded with enthusiastic
applause at its conclusion.
Coat Brings Record Price
The sum of $1750 was paid by B.
M. Halbert of San Angelo, Texas,
to William Riddell & Sons of Mon
mouth for a two year old Angora
buck last week at a session of a
three days auction sale in conjunc
tion with the fifth annual conven
tion and show of the Sheep and
Goat Raisers' association of Texas.
Goat men say this is the highest
price ever paid in the United States
for a regi stered goat. Officers stat
ed that the price' of $600 paid by
Mont Noelke of San Angelo to W.
S. Hansen of Collinston, Utah, for
a registered yearling Rambouillet
ram is another record price for
sheep.
F
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OLD STORY
alt noon mad-duTi
the wonderful tale ot tbe
eroluUon la taking place ')
to tbe realization of tbe r
When Monmouth
Had a Race Track
In tearing down a partition in
the transfer barn the other day,
they came across a letter bearing
the postmark of June 3, 1891. The
letter was'written by J. R. Holman
of Independence to W. Garrison of
McMinnville and dealt with the
subject of trotting and running
horses. Mr. Garrison had tome
horses which he wu thinking of en
tering in races in these parts and
Mr. Holman, as handler of thor
oughbreds, wu encouraging Garri
son to try bis luck on the local
track. "The track" writes Hol
man, "is in fine shape and there
will be a half mile dash and t fif
teen sixteenths mile run" these be
ing two of the events for which
there were twelve or thirteen purses
' hung up".
The finder of the letter, W. R.
Graham, hunted up G. T. Boothby
and gave it to him, Mr. Boothby
having been a chaperon of race
horses as well as a jockey for the
same in 1891. The letter calls up
to hit mind a number of recollec
tions., At that time a race track existed
on what it now U. G. Heffiey's
property, the stables of the track
having gone to make Mr. Heffiey's
barn. At that time the rage to
own trotting horses wu at pro
nounced u the rage to ride in Fords
and Studebakers is at present. The
progeny of "Rockwood" and horses
of Hambletonian pedigree were of
ten to be met drawing the farmers
wife and a supply of eggs and but
ter to town and many an awkward,
unpromis'ng looking colt wu pol
ished up into a speeder on which
hopes and fortunes are lavished in
the regular events of the circuit.
.The Heffley track while located
close to Monmouth wu owned
and controlled by Independence
sportsmen and .while Monmouth
km r A
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Pisa
horsemen were welcome to attend
u spectators, any attempt to com
pete in the races or to train or
house any of the horses who travel
ed the circuit waa looked upon with
c )ld disapproval by Independence.
This wu the time that Boothby
discovered a horse in the Luckia
mute country, the Sol Stump horse
known as "Coaly" which he made
up bit mind had considerable speed.
Riley Cooper of Independence had
a horse "Black Diamond" and Old
Tom Richmond of Dallas had a trot
ter called "Goldie" which might be
expected to be among the winners.
The Luckiamute horse had never
appeared before and its qualities
were unknown to the regular hab
itues of the track.
In previoua trialt Boothby had
satisfied himself that Coaly could
win from Black Diamond but he
had never Jiad a trial against Rich
mond's entry. So when tbe three
met in the Polk County Champion
ship race on the local track he told
his agent, Gene Cattron, that he
was going to lose the first heat in
order to find how much speed
Richmond's horse had. The trial
wu sufficient. He got the measure
of the Richmond .horse and found
he wu not u good u Cooper's
pride. Black Diamond wu the
horse which the Luckiamute un
known would have to beat. Cat
tron wu instructed arccordingly.
The reader can imagine the pleas
ure Boothby derived in taking the
next three beats and the race.
Cooper and hit henchmen were wild
and were at little paint to conceal
their chargin. "Well", said Rich
mond, as be offered congratulations,
"I'm glad it wasn't an Independ
ence man that beat me".
Coaly strained a tendon in the
pasture the next spring but even
with that handicap came dote to
winning a second championship that
year. ' "
The whirligig of time plays many
pranks but in few things shows as
many contrasts u in the means of
transportation. The road horse is
fast disappearing from the high
ways. Draft horses engage the
farmers attention and the auto
mobile bu become a common neces
sity. Only the old timer now can
arouse an affectionate interest in
the time when the two wheeled cart
wu common and the driver with
coat tails flying in the breeze went
skimming down the vista toward
the horizon behind something which
he fondly imagined wu a budding
"MaudS." or "Nancy Hanks".
Wedded in Portland
Edwin N issen, local stock buyer,
evidently beilieves in preparedness.
Recently he rented the Goodman
house on West street and furnished
it for housekeeping. Then with the
house in readiness he went to Port
land and married a wife. As he has
picked a Normal town to live in, it
was of course eminently proper that;
he should marry a school ma'am
and this he proceeded to do. The
bride is Miss Margaret Cunningham
for five years a teacher in the Mt.
Tabor school. in Portland.; The
ceremony took place Saturday and
was performed at a Presbyterian
parsonage in Portland by Rev.
Dorse. We extend the hand of wel
come to Mr. and Mrs. Nissen who
are now regularly domiciled in our
midst.
Saw Accident
Proves Fatal
A. L. Stimpeon, one of Mon
mouth's wood taw men lost hit life
lut week Friday in a peculiar and
shocking manner. Because of tear
city of labor he wu accustomed to
work with hit gasoline taw alone.
He wu working on the large piles
alongside the Griffs rooming boats
when the accident occurred. The
woodpile wu high and to get at the
sticks more retdily he climbed oh
the taw and looted one or two of
the sticks to cause the pile to
tumble.
The taw it protected by a guard
on the outside but not on the in
side. Stimpson fell on the intide,
catching on the guard which was
all that prevented bis being eswn
squarely in two. As it wu the
saw penetrated deeply with a gash
that reached from the center of the
chest down through tix ribt to
point nearly opposite on hit back.
Juanita Button and Pluma Shu
mate, two . Bandon girls, were in
the Griffa bouse, watching the work
of tawing and they witnessed the
accident. They gave the alarm and
Mattie Crook of Luckiamute went
to the rescue.' She ran up to
Stimpson u he lay on the taw
frame and told him to let her have
hit hand and she would pull him off.
But Stimpson, who wu fully con
scious, told her to keep away or she
might get hurt. In the meantime
C. G. Griffa appeared and stopped
tbe taw. Miss Crook ran for the
doctor.
It was found on examination that
not only were Stimpeon't ribs tawed
through u stated but his lungs and
liver were cut into. First sid wu
given him and he waa sent to Dallas
where the wounds were dressed and
the cuts Hwed op. fie Jived thirty
hours after he reached Dallu.
He wu conscious up to the lut.
As he lay on the saw, before the
doctors arrived he gave minute in
struction! u to hit affairs and what
to do in case he died. His only rel
atione are a nephew in Portland, a
sister in San Pedro, Cel., and a
sister in Wisconsin. The sitter in
California, Mrs. Coaler, wu tent
for and made arrangements for the
funeral services which were held
Wednesday afternoon in the Evan
gelical church. There wu a large
attendance at the church and floweri
were unusually numerous. Rev.
Peter Conklin preached the funeral
sermon. :
Mr. Stimpson wu fifty nine yean
of age. He wu born in Wisconsin
but had lived in Oregon and in the
vicinity of Monmouth (for yean.
His wife died a few years ago and
they had no children. A friend,
Mr. Roe of Pedee responded to a
call immediately after the accident
and assisted in taking care of him.
The funeral of Mrs. Frances Mc
intosh, mother of Alice A. Mcintosh,
wu held at the home lut Friday
afternoon. Friends gathered to
pay their lut respects and there
were many beautiful floral offer
ings. Mrt. Parrish sang Tennyson 'e
"Crossing the Bar" very beautiful
ly and Rer. Conklin spoke words of
comfort to the bereaved. Inter
ment wu in the K. P. cemetery.
Misses Florence and Joe Heffley
were week end visitors in Portland.