The Monmouth Herald
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.