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The Monmouth Herald ft Vol. XII Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 23, 1920 No. 46 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Nation . . - ' - -- - - ' rS - '" ' i Items of Interest At Oregon Normal HEY SKIPPER YACHT? IN CUP CLASSIC i Telephone Company 6-Day Program High Court Revei 'apancse Partial Boosts Local Kates For Next Year Riddle Road Case To English Books According to Miss Marvin, Normal Arrangements have been made fur the annual excursion to Salem, which affords an opportunity to the Nurnial students to vitit the state Institutions In that city. The ex curaion is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, leaving Monmouth at eight A. M and will be in charge of President Ackerman and Mr. Butler. President Ackernian has been re cently n-.tiflvd thut the Normal is to receive a small legacy from the eUt of Miss Rachel Phillip!, late of Oregon City. Approximately $4,000 la the sum of the gift to th Normal and Just now the most per plexing question is to decide what one thing to be bought with Ute money will bring the most pleasure and benefit to the neatest number of people. The Nor.nal moat corditlly In vites the citirns of Monmculh to attend the band concert by the Sa le it Band to be giveu Sunday July 25, at three o'clock P. M., on the Normal Campus. Students who attended the Mon mouth Chautauqua-and.they were many-express themselves as much pleased with the numbers on the ejurse. They consider themsclvt s espjcially fortunate to be able to attend a Chautauqua and summer school at the same time. . The public is invited to attend the chapel hour next Tuesday morn ing, July 27, when Governor Olcott will speak. The exercises will be gin at nine-thirty. , . , Dr. Barnes of Clark University, visited the Normal last Friday and 'tUdressed the students at Chapel hour and gave several informal class room talks In the Bfternoon. Dr. Fames is a man of sound scholarship and the Normal wus indeed fortu nate to have the lectures by him. The annual entertainment known as "Stunt Evening", given by the summer school students, will occur In the Chapel next Wednesday even ing at 8:15. Students are divided on the basis of counties into six groups and each group strives to put on the best 'stunt", the winner to be awarded '.the silk flag which nw hangs in the front of the chapel. Last year tliis trophy was won' by the Eastern Oregon group and while its members are determm ed to keep it, still other groups are putting forth just as strenuous elTorts to win. Wednesday, July 21, was a red letter day in the Ncrmal calendar for Miss Marvin, President of the Board of Regents, spoke at the tr Clnpel hour and Congressman W. C. Hawley gave an address in the evening. Both were much enjoyed . . , .in i - Mr, and Mrs. Dell Butler aie . here this week visiting at C. H . Newman's. its own expenses instead of throw ing the wme on congress. It pro. vided a system for auditing and checking up within the administra- tive department whereas at present the custom is for the auditing to be done by members of the Ways and Means committee, congressmen who can not possibly be cognizant with the details of all the various departments ....-.. , Mr. Hawley reviewed conditions in this country which he held to be dangerous, the tendency to extra vagance, the growing laxity of business morals through the abnor ' mal demand which has lowered standards of quality, the indiffer ence to p iblic affairs, but found safety in the . coming generation which, with optimism is ready to pick up and carry on the duties of citizenship. .Mt ( tnifirnstlonl Interest li cantered on these two men uppr Copt. W. P. Burton of England, f ha k!per "bo will sail the Upton raultt "Shamrock," and lower Cnpt. Chas. V. Adams, II. of Now York, who will sail the defender "Itcaolute," In the American, cup rue, la the background la the Aiusrlcaa cup defender "Reso lute." Hawley Discusses Nations Finances Congressman W. C. liaw'ey ip- peared before stjdents and puhlic in an address in the Normal chapel Wednesday night in which he ex plained many facts in connection with the manner of financing the national government. As a mem' ber of the Ways and Means com- m ttee he spoKO as one having di rect information. He explained that all appropriations for any and all governmental activity must or iginate in the Ways and Means committee, how that Congress itself expends but one tenth of one per cont of the total of government expenditure, most of which is ab sorbed in the task of administering the laws of the nation -under the di' rection of the executive department. He said there is constant 'strife be tween congress ' on the one hard and the senate and the executive department on the other . to keep down or increase expenditure. The senate, not having the power to originate appropriations and being freed from direct responsibility for appropriations, never was Known to decrease a house appropriation and the various departments that go to make up the executive branch of the government are constantly ex panding to meet temporary needs which afterwards are sought to be made permanent. Before the war, said Mr. Haw ley, s' opulent was the country and so large its income, that no matter how large the appropriations weie there was always a surplus at the end of the year. The war has changed matters. The expense which the nation has met since 1917 has been over twenty one billions, a sum greater than the total ex pend ituresof the government since the Union was established. For several years to come with sources of revenue strained to the utmost, the nation must face an annual deficit.' Business sense, asserted Mr. Hawley, demands that expenses be kept . Within defined limits. The speaker then explaine 1 the workings of the proposed budget bill which had been passed by the house but vetoed by the president. The bill proposed to make the ex ecutive department responsible for The decision of the public service commission on telephone rates in Independence, and Monmouth, allow ing a rane effective July 15, has just teen announced. By this order exihange between Momnmouth and Independence is free for a three minute period ufter which the com piny may charge 10 cents for the net three minutes. ' Exchange of either town with Dallas or rails City is 10 cents fur each three min utes and 5 cents for each additional t'uee mlnuUs. The commission finds the actual deficit of the company for 1019 was iOH.iy and that the present com bined value of the Independence and Monmouih exchanges for rate mak- i ig purposes is $.'12, 000. Following is the new schedule of rites for Monmouth and Indepen dence. Independence - Unlimited Business Service-Wall set, rate per month One party line $3.50 Two party line $.1.00 Ten party Suburban line $3.00 Extension with bell 90c. Extension without bell 75c. Exten sion bell only, 15c. Unlimited Residence Service- One party line $2.00 Two party line $1.75 Four party line $1.50 Ten party suburban line, $1.75 Monmouth Unlimited Business Service -One party line $2.75 Two party line $2.25 Ten party line, Suburban, $2.-25 Extension with b.-ll 90c. Extension without bell 75c. Extension bell on!y 15c, Un limited Residence Service One party line $2.00 Two party line $1.75 , Four party line $1.50 Ten party Suburban line $1.75 Exten sion with bell 65c. Extension with out bell 60c. Extension bell only 15c. For deck set add 25 cents per month to above rates. Rural Service Farmer ' line switching, per subscriber 50c, Minimum charge per lin,e $3.00 Rent magneto wall telephone 25c An adjourned session of the council was held Tuesday night at which time the weed and grass or dinance was placed on its final pas sage and duly adopted,. It provides that if after notification by the maishal, property owners do not flit u-iwls anil m-AKg on their Innri to the centvr of the street abut- ting, the city will do the cutting and charge the same as a lien against the property. An ordi nance muking final the new water rates was also adopted. In the interest of economy it was voted to- abolish the office of water superin tendent beginning with the first of August. OREGON GOAT SELLS mi H. Vi -ft v M-l v An Oreson bred and raised Angora billy goat has set new record, selling at auction for $1750 at the Goat Raisers' Show, held ,in Ban Angelo, Tex., recently, the highest price ever patd.for a goat. Be Is a tlo-year-old, raised by William Riddle of Monmouth Ore.. and sold to B. M. Halbert of Sonora. Tex. Mr. Riddle to holding .the goat In the picture above, t Monmouth's first Chautauqua ended Saturday evening with a-f crowd which tested the tent to its capacity to hear the colored artists from Virginia in a program of Jubi lee melodies and camp meeting airlgs. - -,' Announcement was made during the evening that the West Coast company had come to an agreement with the local committee and would be back again next year with a six day program instead of the five day program held this year, lie guarantee sum for the six day pro gram is $1,000 as compared to the $650 guarantee for the five day pro gram,' As the local receipts this year were cjose to $1,500 they should have no trouble In meeting the issue next year when two extra performances are given and all twelve programs are of a higher grade. ' ; , The Ellison White company was a competitor for the privilege of entertaining us next year and it had a lady representative present at a meeting held with citizens Th ursday evening at the conclusion of the performance. Their price for the six day program was a hundred dollars higher and while the high reputation of their com pany was an undoubted attraction, the citizens were practically unani mous for another trial of the West Coast people. While a stock of superlatives was not necessary to describe any of the performances of the week, still all were good, all well "balanced and better than the average. The Han del Orchestral Choir, the attraction for Thursday, displayed to advan tage some well trained voices and a and Mrs. Heskett, whose home, by the way, is on a prune ranch at Rex, pulled young and old out of their afternoon drowsiness with some vigorous physical exercises, On Friday Lawrence Timbers gave some readings from Walt Mason and some grease paint im personations, the last of which were a L trifle overdone. He was at his best in the Widow Doodle which waa ridiculously true to life. Mrs. Catron's imitations were enjoyed by all as was the address by Stewart I. Long, a message of inspiration to the disconiagedmd a general open- ing of the vision to the opportun ities that are around us. His ad dress, however, would have been improved by boiling down and with a little more message and a little less self advertising. Saturday's program in which the Virginians starred, was probably be3t of the week. At least it took FOR RECORD PRICE &rrH in 111 On Tuesday the Oregon Supreme court made known its decision on the more or less famous Riddle case. The decision resulted in a complete vindication of the highway commis sion and reversed the dcisbn of Judge Skipworthby which the com mission was enjoined from proceed ing with the Myrtle Creek to Can- yonville cut off. Judge Skipworth ruled that the commission did not have the right to lay out new roads, this being a prerogative of county courts and MIC ;tni highways must conform to county roads already inexistance. On this point- the supreme court with Justice Burnett as spokesman said: "The act of 1917 provides for a general system of state highways, consisting of trunk roads along the main routes of travel and commerce, with branch lines extending out into every portion of the state. It pro vides lor a highway commission, whose power, authority and duty are not confined to any one person or thing, or to any one county or place, but are general and extend to every hamlet and neighborhood in the state; "The courts have found much difficu Ity sometime), in close cases. in distinguishing'Tjetween general laws on the one hand, and local and special ones upon the other, but here the act is so broad in its scope, so general in its nature, that there is little if any room for question ing its character as a general law. "It seems perfectly plain, from all of the various provisions, that it was the intention of th- legislature that the highway commission should have power to lay , out, designate and improve roads where there had previously been no highways. Other wise, why would there have been any provision for acquiring rights of way, and why any' provisions as to local changes, and why the dis tinction between state and county roads, and the provision for the definite location of roads by the Rtnte engineer' "If this were not the proper con struction it would be impossible for the commission to work out any complete system of connecting roads. The commission would be entirely at the mercy of the county courts, and would have to follow the roads as designated by the caunty courts however difficult the grades and alignment might be. It would entirely prevent the commis sion from taking advantage of any cutoffs or new alignments, however much better the new route might be thin the old one'. We do not think that the road by Riddle was officially and definitely located as the Pacific highway prior to the act of 1917, or at any time thereafter. .. Joe Stover and his sister, Miss Ruth from Weiser, Idaho, through Monmouth last Saturday on their way to Monterey, Cal and stopped for a short visit with their aunt, Mrs. C. E. Herren They were traveling by automobile and report the roads in good con dition with no shortage of gasoline until they struck the Willamette valley. , best with the audience. Not second, was the address in the after noon. by Mr. McLaren on "The Mis sion of the Mirthful Nature" With a constant fire of witticisms he kept the crowd on edge through a long address, showing how mirth is a serious and usefull thing as it improves the appearance, length ens life, exalts the character and useful in numerous ways. The camp meeting and jubilee songs in which. Paul Lawrence Dunbar and others, ... . - "ll-i. ..aJ the Virginians specialized are peren Regent of Salem, who lectured to the students at Chapel time Wed nesday, the most popular book in China is Elizabeth Wetherell'f Wide. Wide World". "John Hal- ifax, Gentleman", also has great currency m Japan, it may De surprise to learn thfct American and English books are widely read by Orientals, but Miss Marvin says that American manners and customs are very much more a matter of common knowledge tharf Japanese manners and customs are in Amer-, ica. 1 One thing that has contributed to this fact is the moving picture. American films of the cheaper type are shown everywhere in Japan, For this reason the idea is common there that Americans spend their time at Coney Island, that a com mon garb is the bathing suit, and domestic troubles, jazz dances, with the wild west stage robbery and lynching bees, give them an insight into our regular customs and habits. The phonograph , too, is common in Japan and American music is to be heard everywhere. However, sentimental bits in pic tures and stories are always censor ed. The Japanese do not want their women to absorb American customs in this respect and in books it ia 'ie custom to cut out pages of sweet converse and substitute "and so they were married". Two boys applied for the privilege of cleaning Miss Marvin's shoes. They looked alike and she asked them if they were brothers. "Ob, yes, We Damon and Pythias" waa the reply. By inquiry she found they knew of Roland and Oliver, Robin Hood, etc., having read of them in Baldwin's book of heroes. ' Japanese newspapers give very much more American news than American papers give of Japanese news. It is the custom of Japanes e papers to be printed in parallel col umns, one of the classic lingo of the educated, and the other of the dialect of the common people.. Asked to name the three greatest heroes of the world a Japanese bey named Washington, Lincoln and a general of his own race. Because they have for many centuries been self governing and dominated by no other nation, the Japanese, f aid Miss Marvin, have a genius fir government' This the Chinese do not share. A fact that has held China btck is the 4,000 characters of the Chin ese alphabet. For this reason only occasional Chinese can read. How ever, an alphabet has been invented with only 29 characters and since it has been put in use, reading among the Chinese is very much more com mon. While tne Japanese nave a universal money system, ia China the money changes with each dis trict which requires the traveler to be constantly changing money, a source of loss and- annoyance. When Miss Marvin was in the Orient the American dollar was worth be tween 75 and 80 cents. Concluding, Miss Marvin said she realized that America and the Orient each had its problems which each must settle for itself but urged on all a study of the charact er and customs and literature of the other that better understanding might result. nially new. There were five in the group and the two men, Mr. Brown ley and Mr. Oceola Comer gave their numbers with every acrobatic in flection that could be possibly con ceived of, all ludicrous. The latter gave a number of readings, from were vhj Kuuu.
