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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1920)
i be Monmouth Herald Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Augurt 13, 1920 No. 49, Vol. xu Ml-iuth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in to New Faculty Members Opening Day Sept. 20 Tli Oregon Normitl Sehool will open it doori fur the ym't work on SivU.Tnber 20. At tb.it time the work will lUrt on the revised chum fur the first time. The re vision it along two lilies first, the yen It divided Into three ternn of twelve week each.; Thil maket it poMlble fur mure Intensive work in each tubject and lengtheni the practice teaching period two wetki. Surond, it provide fur much greater specialization and a greater choice of selective. The special courset offered are: Primary, Intermediate, advanced, music, drawing, physical education, household economy, and commercial. The new course offer ed ia the commercial the completion of which authorize one to teach commercial tubject in high d'hoola, The completion of the courte In music, drawing and phy aical education authorize one. to teach said subject in high schools The new instructor aret W. G. Beattle, Head of the Rural School Department and Institute Instruct or; Mist BcssGodbold, Head of the Public Speaking Department; Mist Louise Syp, Instructor in Conv merclal subject;' Mis Lola Rec ords, Third and Fourth Grade Critic, Monmouth Training School; Mis Bessie McChesney, Third and Fourth Grade Critic .Independence Training School; Mra. Chloe A Seymour, Supervisor Elklni Rural Center; Mis Florence Hill, Assis tant Supervisor, Etklns Rural Center; MisNn Hunter, Assist ant Supervisor. Mountain View Rural Center. The summer school during the first six weeks wo administered in two sections, one at Monmouth and one at Pend'eton. The enrollment at , Monmouth was 475 and at Pendleton GO and the work of both sections was very successful. The summer,' session at Monmouth was continued for six weeks beginning August 2, and was planned for those who withed to complete the teach ers' elementary training course. The enrollment for this term is 42 and very satisfactory work is being done. Mr. Butler, Mr. Gentle' and Mr. Ostien ae the instructors. It is the first time the Institution has offered the twelve week summer sohool for any class of students and in all probability such a course will be offered next summer with addi tional courses. ' The Board of Regents at its an nual meeting authorized the en largement of the heating plant and plans are under way for the en largement of the dormitory next spring. A very valuable report has re cently been issued by the Carnegie , Foundation covering the prepura- tionand train nr of teachers, es- IRISH MINISTER OP AGRICULTURE IN U.S. Capture (he Still Lose the Distillers Moonshine Raids Halt Booze Flow ' Laurence Glnntll, member ol larli.mcnl (or North Wonlmoatb ?nd ailiiismr ol igrlmllure In lb rltih llopubllran government, I l bin wajr from tut Uraerald Ul Ir the t'nltod HMn on a "Nation- MltMop ' The iteacnr upoo wrudi ha sails Is oot named I & M Rumors Rumor of a return of the I. & M, R. R., always ex intent, are now more numerous than ever. It is sild the Valley and Siletz is to get the road from A irlie to Monmouth and to bo extended 'to Indepen dence. Another report says the S. P. haa the I. & M. right of way and will p"t down the rails again and electrify a service to Monmouth. The truth i ipt to be that the S. P, will hold the right of way to prevenfthe V. AS. from getting physical connections In Independence. A meeting of business men of Polk county haa been called in the rooms of the Commercial club in Oallaa Wednesday at 10 . m. to arrange a campaign for combatting the five per cent interest rate bill. The Christian church of Dallas which was damaged by Are, ia nuw repaired and services will be re sumed in the building Sunday. pccially normal school. The Faculty will in all probability make an intensive study of said report during the year with a view of comparing the work ' now being done in the normal with the sug gestions of the report. Said report would be very interesting reading for any one interested in normal training. The Normal was pleased to note that one of its graduates, Mr. Rol lin Dickinson has been elected Principal of the University High School. Mr. Fleming Oleman has been elected to a position in the Umatilla eiunty schoola at a salary of $1200 per year. The programs put on by the two groups'of students on Tuesdays and Fridays are very interesting. Any one wishing to spend a few minutes very pleasantly is cordially invited to be present at these programs. They begin at nine fifteen, A.M . We halt the press to insert an account of how the sheriff and an editor raided still another still and topped a source of firewater which has probably drained Its dribbiing course among the soak and youth ful tipplers of Uils section for some time past. No bacuwoods, or rocky inlet stuff in this either unless the region of North Independence can be classed under the former head' ing. Y Sheriff Sherlock Orr, so the report goes, irritated at the ease with which numerous raids had been foiled, at last got bit eagle rye on the tight place and with his faithful Watson, M. L.Boyd, edi tor of the Itemizer, made a night raid Tuesday at 9 :30. A house be longing to L. F. Evans is the scene of the excitement. Thither goes the sheriff rnd his, valiant ally., "We are here" says Sherlock, "Watson, you alarm them at the front door and I'll nab them when they make exit at the rear." A glare of I'ght played acror the front. of the house. It was con spicuous distressingly so. Moon shiners tre supposed to be desper ate and even a small marl make a fair target. Some one had to get out the Itemizer this week and the editor stuck to the shade. Like a sheep rancher going after a nest of coyote the sheriff tackled the back of the house. There was a subdued racket and two men bounded out of the front door and headed toward town. The sheriff gave chase, shootim? hi revolver, not at the men. however, because the street had many people return ing from the picture show. The men leaped over the concrete bridge and were lost in the brush. The sheriff returned to the house and found a big still, a-. copper affair made by someone who knew how. It had a capacity of a quart every six minutes. It had just been fired and there were only two quarts which were freshly distilled, but the plant was rilled with' prune and raisn mash and before it had cooled sufficiently to take up, 12 quarts of brandy had drained out. Something like 200 gallons of mash were dumped into the river at the ferry. The still and liquor were taken to Dallas and the sheriff and deputy Hooker are now on the trai seeking the moonshiners. N In combatting moonshine busi ness in Polk county Sheriff Orr has a hard tusk as there are so many conditions that favor the business. But he has now raided and destroy ed stills in nearly every corner of the county and has proved himself the uncompromising enemy of the law breaker. His work kept up: will maks the county so hot for the booze maker that he will be forced Judging from the news report this is the on season for the moon shiner businesa for the federal agents for it i a rare day that doe not tee some sort "f exposure of this kind. Last Thursday Marion county officials raided a still on Tke's Island in the Willtmette, near East Independence. The island which it large and on the Marion tide of the channel, makes ar) ideal tpot for moonshlning. The office rt who raided the island searched it from one end to the other without finding the appara tus which they sought. But after the occupant of the island, Howard Buckner, was arrested he led the officers to the still. It was located on the river bank, reached by boat and was so hidden among the brush and overhanging branches jf'tree that it might well defy detection. Thirty gallons of white liquor, four boxes of mash, three boxes of prunes, several jugs and a quantity of sugar were seized and all but a small quantity retained as evidence wis destroyed. Buckner was taken to the Marion county jail. Beside the Tice Island raid two Other itills were raided in Marion county but week. One near Silver ton where Willie Franki was taken into custody with a still made of l tea kettle and a twelve foot coil of copper tubinj. The other was near Aumsville. Andy Schwab, a farmer two miles south of that place was discovered manufacturing a still and had 20 gallons of mash ready for the apparatus wTien it was completed. SOME OF AMERICA'S BEST AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES 'Wworl(l8 Record r.K ro.ioivutTjR'siiwori(i8Kecord ' fly TJ ' Illinois- . f "ViW'."v i ... in.r.jr .fy' WttWUTUbX HAMILTON r mmwmm S I UAMH MLL-ll IrtJUND HMEI EUif Uh UtA f II AIM Ct? nAn rrSM 'LOREN MUPCHESON 'SPRlftTCI Worlds Record 3 H-T.fcTlffl ttDl IT1 ICVVlJflMII TfN CHAMR AU-flWONO AMETEUR OF U.S. f UApice Alt nai tra turned toward Antwaro, win more laurel. Hera art some ot the record-breakers and hopefuls. MISSOURI Srintck MAis. Belgium, where America's best are confidently looking tdj SAVE YOUR SUGA'R , SACKS if. fsi & IV- m Rliliiored, Reported ' Concocted, Collected That unfortunate right angle curve in the road near the Reuf farm waa the cause of another wreck Saturday atfernoon. A man traveling for an auto supply com pany in Portland, accompanied by his wife, was traveling at the rate of twenty five miles per hour when they reached the turn and the car, a Buick roadster, skidded off the road into a ditch. One hind wheel was broken and the car otherwise crippled. Claude Skinner - went out after the wreck and the passenger. This drat was made at a cost if (0 cents br Ulst Doris Peter too ot Belllngham, Wash., a htfh tchool alrl, who teems to have wlvad the women's clothes prob lem In part at least The mate 1al I sugar sacks, some colored otton plus two hours ot labor. vnd presto! n attractive dresa. bflat Petertuii eie the medal. Only two bid were received pur suant to advertising, for the con struction of a gymnasiu m on the high school grounds in Indepen- Idence. One was in the sum of $16,998 and one (16,775. Both bids were submitted by Salem par ties, Mr. Anderson placing the former and Mr. Knapp the latter, but neither can be reached by the money provided by the sale of bonds as authorized by a vote of the people, which amounts to 115,000. The directors will perhaps modify the plans and advertise for more bids. The $15,000 bonds have been sold for a small bonus above par. hive thousand dollars was taken by the Farmers' State bank of Indepen dence and ten thousand dollars by E. L. Devereau & Co. of Portland. Recently Federal Detective Wolf of Portland raided a still on Che- halem creek, near Ncwberg. Tte following account is from the Mc- Minnville Telephone Register: The house is located one and half miles northwest of Newberg on the L. F. Hall farm, in a quiet cove at the junction of two little creeks. The place is well hidden from public view. Nearby is the home of Lawrence and Ernest Hall idowers, who are occupying the farm, but claim that they knew nothing of the existence of the b i 11 . as the tract and house had been rented by parties who intro duced themselves as gardeners. The Hall brothers have been arrest ed ami taken to Portland for trial in the feneral court, and it is said some startling revelations may be msde which will implicate a num ber of unsuspected individuals. The building in which the still was operated was a large one, hav ing but one outside entrance, and. but one window' The door leads into the living quarters, and back of these was the bedroom, were there were two beds. Adjoining the living room was the still, in the largest room in the building, and this was lighted artificially Back of this room was a compart ment for storage, which had ground floor.' Here were shelves containing a half dozen large kegs of manufactured whiskey, all supplied with faucets. There was a large stock of emptv bottle, as well as a goodly supply of corn meal and.hops for further manu facture. The place had a capacity of 100 gailons per day. There were several containers filled with kero sene,"which supplied the heat under the copper still by a spray injection produced by a pump similar to those used on water wagons of Would Move County Seat Orville Butler comes forward this The bonds bear interest at six per week with a proposal to remove the cent and are to be retired at the county seat from Dallas, placing rate of $1,000 per year the Question upon the ballot this fall if possible. Says Mr. Butler, w " promised that the long if it is necessary to build an eight heralded telephone improvements. in mile oon at sz&.uou per mne w ' put the county seat on the high- nt few weeks. A construction , way, it would be cheaper to move an8 m the direction of the the countv seat to the hiehway. Portland office ia to handle the Seriously the selfishness Dallas is work- Many of the old pole are showing in the highway matter in to be taken out and replaced and obstructing work which would have P e'8M to a dozen on a line cir- Wofittort th. hntp 'Ktjif and its cuiU are to be abolished and four to a line win be the rule nereaiter, it is announced, At the same time the charge for residence phones ia to be raised from $1 to $1.50. cool disregard of an obligation it should have because of the $265,000 bond election creates in dignation wherever it is discussed G. T. Boothby reports the sale of the P. E. Chase property on Clay street to Mr. A. M. Essen of St. Helens, Or. Mr. Essen arrived Rev. Peter Conklin has bought the Boots place of the insurance companies who took it over a lew years ago. Consideration was here Sunday evening with his house- 1,000. Mr. Conklin has also bought hold goods and will take possession the two lots, one on each side of of the property immediately. The the premises, belonging to P. H. consideration was $1,000. Johnson for $500. The Conklins is back on the! P,an to remodel the house into apartments for students. Tie place has a fine location and with C. C. Archibald job as manager of the Mountain States Power company business in Independence after a brief stay in San Francisco. Mrs. Archibald and son who have been on a long visit in the California town, return ed with him. M. B. Young has resigned from the Dallas common council. the improvements desirable property. will become t Chas. Hubbard, a well known young man of Falls City, died Tues day of tuberculosis. They were taking him to the ocean in the effort to prolong his life and were threshing crews. A .whole line of Unroute when he died, tanks of large size were rowed up for the successive processes of dis tillation, some filled with mash in fermentation, others with little in them, as you approached the finish ing process at the still To Advise Court Having led in the movement that has tangled up whatever highw, y The use prospects the county has for some of kerosene as fuel eliminated any time to come, the Dallas commer- exposure from smoke. Under the cial club by way of reparation is still sat a ten-gallon glass jar recejv- planning a concerted request to the ing the flow of the completed county court to adopt road pro- article, and when the officers visit- gram for the county. As a pre- ed the place, though the occupants liminary a committee from the club had made their retreat, the still has made a tour of Marion, Lane was yet hot and the liquor flowing land other counties to observe the therefrom. One man was seen sort of road machinery they have in running from the place at some use there with the idea of recom- distance. . mending the same to the court The equipment has been confisca- should it be deemed wise. to get out of it. The conditions in and around Independence have been particularly notorious fot the past lyearand here'B hoping the im provement will be decided . from now on. ted and will be removed to Port-I land. It is said that the land may be confiscated to cover the expenses of the find and the (rial. Sheriff Henderson and son and County Clerk Wilson went downl County Clerk Moore was sold out Wednesday and visited the palce of the house he had been living in in company with the federal detect-land has bought a home of his own ive. ' 1 in Dallas. Dr. Dunsmore is back in his 1 place in the Independence National bank after a vacation spent at tel- Knap springs.