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?' 7 The Monmouth Herald Vol. XIII Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, October 8, 1920 No. 5 Items of Interest At Oregon Normal The concert by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra given last Sun day afternoon in the chapel wai perhaps the moat Important enter tainment ever offered by the Nor mal to Ita itudenta and friends. It whs a remarkable performance and made a deep, lasting Impression up on the large audience gathered to listen. Since it would be an impos sible task to enumerate the various excellencies of the orchestra and Its talented conductor, let it suffice to say that such muJc had never be fore been heard in Monmouth. Great credit for the success of this entertainment is due Miss Mabel West, chairman of the Normal School committee having the affair in charge, who Irst conceived the idea of bringing the great orchestra to Monmouth and who worked un tiringly for the success of the ven ture. A pleasant feature of the visit of the orchestra was the tempting lunch served at the dormitory Sun day noon to the musicians. Mr. and Mrs, OberhofTer and other visit ing dignitaries were the presidents guests at special tables. The Literary Societies will hold their first regular meeting for tne year on Friday evening, October 8, at 7:30 in the chapel. Officers will be installed and new members in itiated.' President Ackerman spoke WeJnesday in the County Institute at The Dalle. -..- The Rural Center at Oak Point opened Monday under the super vision of Mrs. Collins, the critic, with a good attendance. The Senior clans met Monday for formal organization. After the usual preliminaries the following officers were elected: Mrs. Elsie Craig Bolt of Waterloo, President; Vice President, Florence Larsen of Ft. Helens; Sercetary-Trcasurer, Fred Nitxel of Shedd; Sergeant-at-Arms, Ellen Madren of Warren; Yell Leader, Ella Hattan of St. Helens; Council Members, Ethel Dickson, Portland; Zelma Sauvain, Portland; Muriel Paul, McMinn ville; Clay E. Moreland, Monmouth. The Junior class met Tuesday and elected the following officers: Prei ident, Mark Conklin, Monmouth; Vice President, Florence Davis, Portland, Secretary-Treasurer, Mar gueritte Hansen, Portland; Ser-geant-at-Arms, Myron A. Lee, Dal las; Reporter, Eunice Tickner, Portland; Yell Leader, Elizabeth Hyskell, Warren. President Ackerman and the com mittee in charge take this oppor tunity of expressing their apprecia tion of the hearty cooperation given them by the citizens of Monmouth and Independence in putting oo the concert by the Minneapolis Symph ony Orchestra on last Sunday. It is such "team work" which makes great events possible. Miss Brenton spoke in the Insti tute at The Dalles on Wednesday and Thursday and Mr, Butler spoke at a similar meeing in Condon on Wednesday. - Miss Eugenia McNaghten and Miss Mildred Jones, June graduates 1920, were among the guests at the concert on Sunday. A moving picture made from James A. Heme's play "Shore Acres" will be given in the chapel Sa'turday evening, October 9. "Shore Ares" may be called en American classic and was regarded for many years by Europeans, par ticularly the English, as the typical play of American life. It iB a story of home scenes with sufficient in- Stiil Ceniui Taking J. C. Tibbets of Salem, a special agent for the U. S. Federal Census, was In Monmouth Wednesday gath ering information relative to Indus trial activity in the city. Indus tries coveted by hii Investigations here are the creamery, the prune dryer, the warehouse, the tile fac tory and the printing office. Mr. Tibbets Is regularly employed by the state highway commission and is on three month's leave of ab sence to do the census work in Mar ion, Polk and Linn counties. His work has taken him into almost ev ery corner of the three counties, the sawmills, especially, being scat tered at considerable distances from one another, Rumored, Reported Concocted, Collected Although he has been out of the war service for year and a half, Captain Staffrin of Dallas has only just received his official discharge. Mrs. Roy L. Hamilton, formerly Goldie Bevans of Airlie a bride of three months has asked for a divorce from her husband, She al leges her husband refused her mon ey with which to buy clothes ana secure medical services. Mrs. Hamilton was allowed $60 asked for, by the circuit court. E. A. Koen editor of the Dallas Observer has been chosen chairman of the Polk county Republican cen tral committee. The Linn county fair scheduled to begin Tuesday at Albany was called off because the rains had left the grounds in bad shape. The buildings were built this year and walks have not yet been put down. Molsen Everett of Cloverdale this county, was fined $25 in Dallas Monday for killing quail out of Guy A. Newton and Miss Gusta Setak of Independence were mar ried last Thursday by Justice Sibley of Dallas. By order of the council Marshal Stewart has taker, in the city limit signs which are to be repainted and relettered, The Harvey Dickinson farm at Elkins, the sale of which was noted last week in the Herald, was sold to Uda Burk of Dallas. Tba first pay chocks covering the armory drill pay period of six month! for tU Fifth Infsntry, Oregon Na tlonal Guard, were received at Hie ad Jutant-general's office In Salem from rha war department at Washington The checks aggregate 14,140.70. and cover the period from January 1 to time SO. IfWIt teraction of the characters to fur nish an interesting plot. A new feature of the . Normal School Orchestra for this year, is the organiaztion and election of officers. At the last meeting the following were elected: Eydth Dri ver:, President; Mary Cole, Vice President; Hope MacDonald, Secre tary; ZellaLandon, Librarian; My ron Lee, Custodian; Guy Lee, Ser-geant-at-Arms. The students are taking hold of the orchestra work with the right spirit and we are confident of a successsful year, Prof. T. H. Gentle will spend next Monday and Tuesday doing in stitute work at Kelso, Wash. It is a proof that talent among the Nor mal faculty is in demand when Washington, which has three nor mals in operation, sends to Oregon for institute workers. Mr. Gentle has previously done institute, work in Washington at Bellingham, Bur- lington and Olympia. Curry Man Says More Goats Needed , H. B. Steiner of The Sixes, Curry county, Oregon, was t visitor In Monmouth this week visiting the goat herds of Wm. Riddell & Son and J. B. stump & Sons. Mr. Steit.er is secretary of the Oregon Mohair Growers Associaion and while in folk county he visited the Grant and Gillam farms near Dal las. The association is making a united effort to encourage goat cul ture in the suite. While the goat is useful as a cleaner of clearings it is the least of his important uses. So many people have . the notion that the goat is good for nothing else and the association is making an effort to acquaint people with the much wider place in agriculture the goat should occupy. To this end they have joined forc es with the wool men to secure a law which will be to the woolen trade what the pure food law la to the grocery trade. They would have all woolen goods given a true label enabling the purchasei to know just what he is getting, wool, mohair, cotton or shoddy. They aim also to make the goat more common as a farm animal. For keeping fences clear of brush, for cleaning the weeds from fallow lands and in oilier ways the goat can live on waste. The climatic conditions of the coast country is favorable to growing an unusually good grade of wool. Some of the leading goat breed ers of the United States are- to be found in Folk county,. Recently the Rid Jells dispoed of a billy goat at San Angelo, Texas, for .the rec ord price of $1750, and this weeic they are sta.ting a shipment for exhibit at the state fair at Dallas, Texas, which naturally will attract much attention among the breeders of the Lone Star state. J. B. Stump & Sons sold a billy goat re cently 0.1 a telegraph order at a purchase price of $1000. Mr. Steiner, whose home is near er the coast, says that both slopes of the coast range are well adapted to goat growing and the fact is leading to a constant increase in numbers owned by the settlers. Social Club Would Increase Members The meeting of the Commercial club held with the Social club last Wednesday night resulted in the appointment of a committee to in vestigate a proposition which the Social club boy s have placed before their seniors. The committee is Messrs. Morlan, Pace and Dr. But ler. They are to investigate the cost and feasibility of the plan of amalgamation and report at a meet ing to be held Tuesday night. The plan which has been engin eered by members of the Social club, contemplates improvement of the social hall, fixing it up to ac commodate more members and to offer quarters for both clubs as well as a place for out of town men in town for a short time, At the meeting Wednesday night the proposed measures to be voted on at election time were discussed and a vote takn of the club mem bers on the same, Most of the measures were opposed by the club among them being the 4 per cent law, the oleo law and the plan for a double session of the legislature. The project for a bird reserve was approved. Mrs. Kenneth Ives ssks to have her Herald forwarded toMarysville Cal,, where they have moved from Riekreall. Her husband is operat ing a steam roller on road work there. - . . , ' Symphony Orchestra A Fine Attraction A wet day, following a three days rain, had little effect in dampening interest in the appearance of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in the Normal auditorium Sunday af ternoon. People came from consid erable distances t" hear the famous band of musicians. From all sec tions of Polk county they came and from distances aa far as McMinn ville, Salem and Corvallis. The last two towns sent large delegations. For two block Monmouth avenue was lined with parked automobiles. At the conclusion of the program, elghtytwo cars turned the corner of Monmouth Ave. and Main street, bound east or south while many more cars went north. It required three trips of the Monmouth and Independence bus to accommodate south bound passengers on the Southern Pacific at Independence. The orchestra itself came in a special train arriving at 12:30. There were two couches for the players and a baggage car for their instruments. All of the trucks in town and an array of baggage smashers were necessary to make the transfer from the depot to the Normal. Luncheon was served at the dormitory. ? The Normal committee had pre pared thoroughly for the event. Everything went through without a hitch. Throughout the program the closest attention was paid. Like a player upon a hugh cathedral organ the conductor, Emil Oberhof fur led the large company of play ers through the intricacies of class ical music, dozens of violin bows advancing and retreating in unison. The harpist, Henry J. Williams, the clarinet player, Guy d'Isere and the cello player, Engelbert Roent gen, all it was possible to single out from the others, were rewarded with special applause. The cello player, Mr. Roentgen, appeared in a special number, taking the place of Miss Macbeth, soloist, who was unable to appear, and he made a hit with the audinece. They ap plauded until he responded with an encore and later took special effort to approve of his work. The har pist, Mr. Williams, was also per suaded to respond to an encore. All regret the inability of Miss Macbeth to be present but many say they got more satisfaction out of the substitute number by Mr. Roentgen than they possibly could out of a vocal selection. All in all, it was doubtless the biggest musical event that has thus far been presented to Monmouth and the lyceum committee of the Normal, Miss West,' Mr. Butler, Miss Mingus and President Acker man are to be commended on their enterprise in securing and handling the attraction. The Minneapolis Symphony Or chestra is maintained by an annual guarantee fund of $125,000, sub scribed by the people of Minneapo lis. The lengthjof the home season is twenty eighfweeks during which daily rehearsals are held and from two to four concerts given each week . Following the home season the orchestra makes each jear, a spring festival tour of eight weeks through the middle west. Time is taken during the home season for a mid-winter tour, which has four times extended as far east as New York and Boston, and three times as far west as San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. The present four weeks tour through the northwest precedes the opening of the home season, A total of (8,400,200 will have been spent for dock Improvements In Port land under the jurisdiction of the com mission of public docks by November 30, 1920, according to the annual re- POrtof the commission. ... . A Red Crou Survey The Red Cross Chapter is con ducting a Social and Health Survey! in Polk and Marion Counties. This Survey is for the purpose of gather ing information that will be of val ue in determining its program for the coming year. The Chapter would like the co-op eration of all societies, officials and individuals, interested in social or helath work. Ita scope will include such questions as these, (1) Is Juv enile delinquency on the increase? (2) Does this county have a lower death rate as to contagious diseases than other counties? (3) Are there any defective or crippled children who are not receiving proper atten tion? (4) Are there any families so poor that the children cannot re ceive proper food, medical or dental attention? (5)' Are there any un sanitary conditions in your com munityf Total deposits la the banks of Ore gon on September 8, 1920, aggregated 284,464,090.68, aa Increase of $4,188, S47.76 since June 30, 1920, but a de crease of (3,977,233.25 since September 12, 1919, according to a report filed br Will H. Bennett, superloteudent of banks. George Si. Brown, 'since January i 1915, attorney-general of Oregon, was appointed Justice of the Oregon su preme court by Governor Olcott to suc ceed A. S. Bennett, who bas resigned because of private business affairs ceding bis attention In Eastern Ore gon. Attorney-General Brown will be ucceeded by T. B. Handley, who was named corporation commissioner last May. An expert from the United States department of biology at Washington, D. C. Is expected to be sent to Oregon to direct a campaign for the extermi nation of gray diggers, pocket gophers and other destructive rodents, It was announced, as the result of an Inves tigation of these rodents which has been made In Oregon by Vernon Bail ey, biologist of the C. S. department of biology. All advertising signs within the rights of way of state roads must be removed at once, according to a letter sent out by Herbert Nunn, state high way engineer, to ail division engi neers. The action was taken, accord ing to Mr. Nunn'S letter, on the the ory that the highways are public prop erty and no person has a right to ap propriate a part of it to his own use by posting advertising matter.. Mrs. Mary L Mallett of Portland was elected president of the Oregon Woman's Christian Temperance union at the 37th annual state convention In Portland. All the other officers were re-elected. They are: Mrs. Madge J, Mears of Portland, corresponding sec retary; Mrs. G. W. Miller of Milton, recording secretary; Mrs. Jane Don aldson of Portland, treasurer; Mrs.'M. Frances Swope, vice-presldent-at-large. As a result of a verdict returned by a circuit court jury in Pendleton In the trial of Irvln Leroy Stoop and Floyd L. Henderson, charged with the murder of Sheriff TU Taylor July 25 last. Judge G. W. Phelps sentenced the men to life Imprisonment In the state penitentiary. The jury had re turned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder for both men, with a recommendation of lite Imprisonment Despite the heavy rains, which ma terially reduced the attendance, the state Fair which closed at Salem Sat urday was a financial success, accord ing to a report prepared by J. E. Mc Cllntock, cashier. Mr. McCUntock's re port showed that approximately 140, 000 persons paid their way into the grounds during the week, while not less han 10,000 others were admitted on passes issued to exhibitors and em ployee. The cash receipts, totaling (73,200, will leave a surplus of (20,000. Local union No. 41, International Jewelry Workers' union, has no legal right to station pickets in front of the establishments of Portland Jewelry firms for the purpose of compelling them to recognise the union, accord ing to an opinion written by Justice C. A. Johns and banded down by the Oregon supreme court. The opinion written by Justice Johns afflrmod the findings of Judges Kavanaugh, Ga tens and Stapleton, who presided at the time the case was originally heard in the circuit court for Multnomah county. In this action G. Heltkemper, a corporation, and eight other jewel ers operating in Portland sought to obtain an injunction order restraining the defendants from placing pickets In front of the stores or shops of the plaintiffs. Will Sell Lots To Collect Costs The council drafted J. E. Wine gar Tuesday night to fill tht vacan cy in its ranks made by the resig nation of J. A. Riddell. Mr. Wine gar's protests were unheeded. The choice was unanimous, the recorder casting the ballot for the council. October 26 was named as the date for the biennial '.nominating convention to name candidates for city offices to be voted on at the time of the general election. The convention will probably be held in the Odd Fellows' hall, E. M. Ebbert and M. J. Butler being dele gated to' secure t place for the meeting. The mayor appointed G. W. Chesebro to represent the city at the marshal's sale of property Sat urday afternoon, October 9. Prop erty to be sold Includes all abutt ing on the south side of Main street from the Herald office west to Warren street on which the railroad is located. The property ia to be sjld in two auctions as advertised in the Herald. " It was also decided that children and- boys must not push or kick their small wagons along the side walks on the blocks comprising the business section of the city and the marshal was given orde'8 to en force this rule. The following claims were allow ed: Water Fund Falls City Lum ber Co., $6.27; J. S. Fuller, $11.50; National Meter Co., $3,071 Crane Co., $22.22; Monmouth Hardware ,$381.16; .... Ed Griff, $9.75; F. K. Chrpin', $2:50; R. B. Swenson, $10.45; C. E. Stewart, $16.67. , General C. E, Stewart, $33.33, Ira Williams, $1.75; Power Com pany, $73.28; R. B. Swenson, $27. 56; Walter Brown, $10.50. Road-C. E. Stewart, $16.67. The council approved a plan to turn all fines assessed in the record er's court for violations of the traffic ordinance to the road fund to be used for the txjnefit of trav elers in the city. The recorder re ported that $45 is tlae sum collect ed through fines to date. Having lived in Monmouth for two or three years Mrs. Suver hss concluded to buy a home of her own and stay longer with us. She purchased the Chas. Leonard pro perty on Wednesday, the same being occupied by Mrs. J. Denney. The property comprises a good -house and four city I lots, consider ation $2100. Boothby made the sale. Seven thousand acres of timber were bought Friday by the Deer Island Log glng company, adjoining the present holdings of that concern at Deer lsl andj. M.dMJnvolvJnjtlJOOjOOPt A Change Noted Once again 'another hop harvest has been completed and the "fruit" is in the bale. Our thousands of extra people have gone to their homes and what a difference a few years have made in the way in which they came and went. Used to be that a large number of them arrived ragged and broke many of them walking in. Now they ride in first class, hundreds having'auto mobiles, well dressed and with coin jingling in their pockets. They go awaythe'same way and have more to show for their labor than in the old days. Post. Live Wires The following have paid for the Herald within the past 'week; Mrs. D. M. Hewitt, Mrs. J. A. Sturkin, C. H. Parker. U. G. Heffley, C. F. Force, Mrs. M. A. Simpson, J. F. Hager, Mrs. C. Stengel, J. R. Bid good, E. C. Cole.
