The Monmouth herald., October 29, 1920, Image 1

The Monmouth Herald
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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, October 29, 1920
No. 8
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Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best Sti&f in the Nation
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Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Tuesday was "red letter day" In
the Normal Calendar aa Professor
William Chandler Duale of Colum
bit University gave two dwa
a man of national r,nt.tln .". .
mere on uinr nuv. Mr . .
atudent and speaker and as such
(.brought im inspiring message
to the .tudmti .nH r.,ut. nt
Oregon Normal School
Mr. and Mrs,
Duller pleasantly
entertained the members of the fac
ultyat their home on Thursday
evening
A new stack has been Installed In
tho reading room to provide shelv
ing for the large number of books
recently added to the library.
Gracj Miller White's book, "Judy
" ni kui v umuv A I VIII I
of Hogue'
Harbor"., will be wn
in the chape! Friday evening, Octo
ber 29, This picturo affords the
atur, Mary Miles M inter, many op-
portunitics lo display her ability as
the enters Into the tins scenes and
exciting situations of the story
Critics connidir "Judy of Rogue's
Ilurbor "a film drama masterpiece.
President Ackerman spoke at the
County Institute at Hillakoro on
Thursday of this week.
The Normal was particularly
gratified by the arrival of a carload
of coal last week, as fuel was be
coming short. Tho contractors
who sold wood are seemingly una
ble to fulfill their contract.
The Vespertines enjoyed an in
formal "git together" party in the
Gymnasiuml last Tuesday evening.
Rather extensive plans for ob
serving "better Speech Week", No
vember 1-0, are well under way
in all department of the Training
School as well as in the Normal
proper.
Mr. A. C. Newill of Portland
will speak at the chapel hour on
Friday morning, October 29, Mr.
Newill is principal of a irivate
school in Portland and a men b.-r of
the Portland Sihool Hoard. He is,
moreover, a man of wide interests
and training in educational matters
and is certain to be an entertain
ing, Instructive speaker. The pub
lic ia invited to this speech.
Pomona Grange will be held at
Brush College, October 30. Fol
lowing era some of the attractions
on the program: Home Demon
stration work by Mrs. Jessie Mc
Comb of the Agricultural College;
Roys' and Girls' Club work by L.
T. Gilmore; The Americanization
of our Youth, by Mrs. 1. L. Patter
son; a discussion of some of the
measures up at election.
John W' Kaste, Portland attor
ney, who was an Important factor
in the legal proceedings that put a
stick in the spokes of highway pro
gress in Polk countv, had his name
in the Portland papers last week.
Kaste was Interested in an affair in
which a nurse, Ruby Caldwell, end
a laundryman, named John Dannells
were implicated. The Oregcnian
says Kaste prepered the contract
in which Dannells agreed to pay
$70,000 to the nurse and then sued
the laundryman for $820 alleged to
be due him for preparing the agree
ment. The opposing lawyer refer
red to Kaste as an "unscrupulous
blackmailer", Later the case was
withdrawn to the disgust of one
of the jurors' who said that both
aides should be prosecuted.
1. H. lnirram of Indeoendenc
an elderly gentleman who has been
11 ml at iUa iiiAntUnM hahia tima
has it now develops, cancer of the
throat.
' jtDouble Trouble
In Tuesday morning's mall W. J
MillT received two letters telling
of trouble for his kinfolk in as
many different places. At Ten
Sleep, Wyoming, a small grand
daughter, one of twins, two years
lold, was drowned by accident.
Thi little girl wandered away
iom her m' Mr- "rcery
,nd f 1 L' Int' Cfek
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the burning of a house belonging to
Perry J. Miller, a son in Harding
Countv. Iowa. The hoiiM k In.
Lured for l.'.OOO but Jack Leask.
ho la visiting there, M his trunk
and $300 In cash
Rumored, Reported
Concocted, Collected
A contract for the repair of the
pon trus Pan of Marion-Polk
.Uge over the W.llan.ette.
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river at Salem will be let by the
state highway commission at its
meeting in Portland, November 6.
The expense of the improemcnt is
to be,shared equally by the high
way commission and the two coun
ties. A recent Investigation of
the structure has shown the neces
sity of strengthening the support
as a precautionary measure and the
repairs will necessitate the use of
some 3,000 pounds of steel,
Dallas is the only city in the
county whose municipal officers will
be elected Tuesday by voting at the
regular election booths. As no
one but the city recorder, of that
city filed nomination papers, the re
mainder of their city officials will
oe chosen from a list of l eople
whose names have been written in
on the election ballot. The Com
mercial club of Dallas has made up
a ticket as follows: Mayor, U. S
Grant; Councilman at large, N. L
Guy; Councilman 1st ward, W. S.
Muir, Chas. Bilyeu; 2nd ward. J.
R. Algood, C. B. Sundberg; 3rd
ward, F. D. Moore, R. S. Kreason;
4th ward, Chas. Hayes, Carl Ger
linger.
The third annual corn show is to
be held in Independence, November
23 and 24. $150 is cash prizes are
offered and $200 in merchandise,
contributed by Independence mer
chants wifl reward the competitors
t the show. Mr. Moore or Moore
& Addison is chairman of the show
comm ittee.
There was initiation of candi
dates In the K. P. Lodge in Salem
Tuesday night attended by delega
tions from Dallas and independence.
Frank Miller of Independence has
gone to Salem to undergo an oper
ation.
The Eastern Star Chapter of In
dependence gave an autumn party
Tuesday night which was attended
by members from Monmouth.
T. Ktttahara, Japanese sardclnar.
wu killed almost Instantly when a
8outhorn Pacific train struck a truck
In which he was riding on a crossing
about two miles north of Salem.
The Fattest American Destroyers.
All American records for need were
broken by the torpedo boat destroyer
Sntterlee durloa her standarcllMtlnn
firing over the measured mile of Rock
land, Me., wnen sue made a mile at
the rate of 88.28 knots, The best pre
vious record of 37.04 knots was held by
the Ajnerlcan destroyers Dent and
VVIckea. The boat also established a
new record In her class for horsepow
er, developing a maximum of 81,223.
The Sntterlee. which has been In com
mission six months, was built bv the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Pry
Dock compuiiy, Scientific American.
Logical Enough.
"Whnt Is the inennlnir of the term
'alter ego'?' asked the priuclnul of a
preparatory school,
"The oilier 1." was the renlv nlvon
Dy D m1
taii0ns,
"fttt'll
by a lad generally correct In his red-
"Give me a sentence coutululug the
i,lirase-"
ase."
He winked his other I," .
City Officials
Renominated
From the crowd which turned
out to the city nominating conven
tion held Tuesday night in Odd Pel
lows' hall it was evident there was
no lack of interest in municipal
affairs this year. It had been rum
ored about that a plan of the same
sort which has throttled the com
mercial club was about to be sprung
and a crowd of between sixty and
seventy assembled, fifty p?r cent
of them being women. The condi
tions were not favorable to revolu
tion and the old ollicers were re-
nominated with little opposition
G. T. Boothby was named cha.rman
of the meeting and Ira C. Powell,
secretary. Prof. Ostien placed 0
A, Wolvtrton in nomination for
mayor in a nice little address in
w n en ne levim-wi hnA tho
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years. The nomination was made
unanimous aa was the renomina
tion of the city recorder later in
tho evening. For councilmen the
meeting worked at cross purposes
in endeavoring to single out nomi
nees from a group of three, all of
whom had high votes and all of
whom were eventually nominated.
For councilmen the candidates are
For the four year term, E. M Eb-
bert and W. J. Stockholm; for the
two year term, M. J. Butler
Elkins Newt Itemt
The Student teacher beginning
her practice teaching at Elkins this
week is MissjGertrude Murphy of
Kings Valle'.
Frank Loughary went to Portland
last Tuesday on business for the
Monmouth Co operative Creamery
Harold Price was ttunncd last
Sunday morning as a result of being
Uirown off a horse he was riding;
but outside of a few bruises, he
was not seriously injured and is at
tending school this week.
The Elkins School has ordered
some new High School equipment
amounting to $05.
The student teachers of Elkins
attended the address at the Normal
chapel Tuesday. The speaker was
William Chandler Bagley. Some of
our most valuable text books for
teachers were written by Dr. Bag-
ley.
After a successful deer hunt in
the Cascades east of Eugene, Roy
Miller, accompanied by his brother,
a visitor from Kentucky, and Prof.
Calwell of Dallas, arrived here
Wednesday.
Mrs. Chloe A. Seymour and Miss
Florence Hill visited the Normal
School Tuesday evening where Dr.
Bagley held a round table discussion
with the faculty members. Dr.
Bagley is making a special study of
Normal School conditions through
out the country.
Several of the High School boyi
have stayed at home to work this
last week. Melford and Lloyd Nel
son have been taking night shifts
running their Fordson.
F, J. Melndl, attornoy of Portland,
lias purchased the grand champion
lunlor bull at the Oregon state fair of
1920, and has placed the animal on
Lhe Lazelle farm at Twilight In Clack
truss county, the former home of Mrs.
Melndl. The animal was from Tilla
mook county.
There was one fatality In Oregon
due to Industrial accidents during the
week ending October 7, according to
the report of the state industrial ac
cident commission. The victim was
Harry Lund, camp foreman, of Coch
ran. A total of 661 accidents were
reported during the week.
Argument has been heard by the
state supreme court in the suit of
the Union Fisheries company of
Astoria to enjoin the Btate fish and
game commission from enforcing the
law regulating fishini outside thn
Columbia river beyond the three-mile
limit during the closed season;
Pedagogy And
The Ultimate Job
or two days this week the Nor
mat
entertained Prof. WilliamJ
Chandler Bagley, u faculty member
f the teachers' college of Columbia
niversity and the author of a
number of text books now in gen
eral use in schools. Prof. Bairlev
was here on a tour of the Normal
schools of the Northwest, being es
pecially interested in rural school
training and methods. He address
ed the students of the Normal and
others Tuesday afternoon In the
Normal chapel.
He took for his subject Educa
tion as a fine art, education aa the
ItimaUi job, and education with
respect for the raw material. As
teacher in Columbia he said his
work waa much easier than his first
which was teaching in the
northern nonituml. VT:k!.. i-
the one room j.mI t, w . k.-
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class of four. Three of the class
learned to read in two months and
graduated into the higher grade.
He thought he was entitled to credit
for their speedy advancement but
found out later it was the mothers
at home that had really taught the
three to read. As to the fourth.
boy, he stayed in the chart class
for two years, and thinking about
that boy the professor said made
him understand how little he was
competent to handle the big job of
teaching a child to read. As for
his class in Columbia, it was easy.
It taught itself. It even taught
lim. He found much practical
Knowledge was to be gained by list
ening to the ideas of his pupils.
Yet for this easy job he waa paid
much out of DroDortion to what hp
was paid for the much harder task
of teaching a child to read
This brought out the fact that
teaching was a fine art and people
who used it as a stepping stone to
something else did not realize the
stones they were stepping on were
the heads of the children whom
they taught.
Teaching as an ultimate job, that
is a life job, was something entire
ly different. He spoke of one wo
man teacher who had taught in the
same school for fifty years. This
extraordinary fact he felt entitled
her to consideration as one of the
forem:stcitiiensof her community.
Yet she and the community would
have been very much surprised if
on public occasions she had been
singled out and given deference the
same as was given to the leading
lawyer, merchant or manufacturer.
That due respect to the raw ma
terial, the children taught, re
quires training, he instanced an in
cident when he supervised a grade
school in StLouis. As a supervisor
he felt be must be critical to earn
his salary and the only chance for
criticism he could conceive of was
when a teacher was handling long
division. He inquired severely why
the teacher did not explain the rea
son of long division to her pupils.
The teacher sweetly responded
that she would like to have him
demonstrate the reason himself as
she was not quite sure of the meth-
oi. He started with a flourish but
the further he went the desper he
got until he remembered he had im
portant duties elsewhere that could
not be neglected. He afterwards
discovered the reason of long divi
sion was complicated. It is only
recent discovery,
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For a long time
mathematicians schemed with car.
cellation and other methods to
'
complishjhat which the long divi
sion process now renders a simple
matter. It was typical uf all edu
cation, The new born babe starts
where the new born babe of
the
stone age started, but has to
ac-
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quire in a snort time what numanitv
has discovered through long ages.
It was an appreciation of this fact
that should a-m th. (.M.-k.. ..J
pub,ic bettr opini"n of th teiu:h
I era' iob.
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Another Pioneer Gone
..m a inug iiiiicm n, a, nai-
leek passed away at his residence
easi oi we city ibursUay morning.
Death was due to the infirmities
of age
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Cor .(.lint,, Un EVl m .rip
..wu.n, wu., reuruary i, 1040,1
be nr near v 7fi v.r. nt t k-
time of hit death. With his par
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ents he came to Oregon by ox team
in 1859 and the family ttlt in
King's Valley. He lived there until
1884 when he came to MonmouJh
which has since been his home. He
was married to Emma Miller, May
8, 1864. They had six children.
one boy and five girls, two of the
dagl ters being dead. Beside the
widow and children he is also sur
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vived by 12 grand children all toys
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uul one- 0 re" Brand
children
and a sister over 80 years of age.
Funeral services will be held to
day at 1:30 in the Evangelical
church.
Mr. Hal leek's was a strong per
sonality, an ardent Republican and
Prohibitionist as well as a most
loyal friend. He took a lively in
terest in all newspapers and was a
frequent and welcome caller at the
Herald office where he will be
greatly missed.
High School Notes
The initiation of new members
of the Y. N. O. A. and Athena so
cieties took place in the High School
building. Friday evening, October
23. Everyone reported a fine time.
The Foot Ball Squad say they are
on the road to success if few
more good peppy boys would stay
and practice evenings.
A masquerade party will be given
on the eve of Hallowe'en, in the
high school building. All who
have paid their dues are expected
to be there, masked their very best
and prepared to give and have a
good time.
Anyone lacking a whole credit
towards graduation may take the
New Course, Bible Study, and re
ceive one half credit for each the
old and new Testament. It has
been understood that this course
will be triven at the Christian
Church in the near future to any
one belonging to that church or
any other denomination, Watch
your Opportunity.
Monday the Senior room changed
from a study room to a Library;
this change being for the good of
the students as they will naturally
get better grades. They wlil also
be under the supervision of the
teachers at the same time.
If you wish to seek a position
other than eettinir an pHnontinn
getting married seems to be the
next best thing, if you follow in the
fOOtsteDS Of a few of the mi mhors 1
whohtVe .rntton tk'l
late.
Unconquerable Soul.
The soldier whe sent his people the
tunic he had worn In huttio
from the hosultal. "Yon win nK
that there are nine bullet holes In it,-
ui , as awruuy lucky, only five of
'em hit me," has a rival in an ni,i.v
of nine, whose cheerful acceptance of
the "bludgeonlngs of chance" are thu
Instanced : ,
"My life has been a verv Incinr An.
he wrote In a "composition." "When I
was three years old I fell downstairs
ana cut my nead. When
T m a ft da
years Old I was Innklno at um.
-a UCU9
an,J dog bit my leg.
nma i was elgnt I went with my
brother In a carrlaee. and k
fell and threw us out of the carriage;
uij uiwiw m on nis reet and I lit on
:he horse's back.
"Last year I was nlavlne anfl mn
Into a wagon and cut my eyebrow, and
ii nas leit a mark. 1
"One day I went Into i,v,i
bouse In Chicago and a big sheen ran
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ulp ""u "nocsea me aown and
hmim mv arm
"l BIV J)A! ?ery happy life." '
Dairy League
To Invade Polk
The Dairy League, about which
considerable has been printed of
ha reched Polk county
At
meeting of dairymen held here
Wednesday night the plan of the
league was explained by Mr. Mehl
of the Agricultural eollcsre market-
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uncut, mr, oiiioc, cniei
ul ule county agenu and Mr. tre-
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v. viuauua, ii ifjcniuer oi uie
league from that section of the
state.
All were chaperoned by Paul Car
penter, county agent for Polk. All
four of the gentlemen Ulked in a
session that lasted until midnight
and at the close while no decided
action waa taken it was argeed that
the matter should be put un to the
dairymen of this vicinity in the
near future for their approval cr
rejection.
In the course of the evening in
the remark from all the speakers
it was brought out that co-opera
tion in the dairy business had
reached the stage where the ore
ducer controlled the manufacture
of his ware up to the time it was
put upon the market. Formerly
he did not even do this. All he did
was to feed and milk the cows and
hand it over to the manufacturers
who told him what weight he had.
what the test-of fat was and what
he would get for it. Now he te sts
and weighs his own milk and the
next logical step is to market it.
Complaint is made at both ends of
the line that the consumer is pay
ing more for the product than he
should and the producer getting
less than he should, that the a ter
med iate agencies are getting an ab
normal profit and waxing fat on the
industry in a manner out of pro
portion to their importance to it.
The trouble with former co-opera
tive plans is that they have been too
loosely held together and have not
been financed to an amount that en
abled them to bold their own with
individual competitiop. Frequently
in organiizng co-operative concerns
farmers have subscribed to stock,
but have not paid for their shares.
The building has gone forward
and when the buildings are in
place the stockholders have con
cluded that as the buildings are up,
regardless of how they have been
financed, that the stock money need
not be paid in at all and the ven
ture is left to shift for itself as
best it may with the result that a
large proportion become bankrunt
speedily. '
The plan of the dairy leasrue tie
the farmer up on five year con-
tract on apian that was tried in the
courts in California and found to
hold. Thus he can not weaken
when for purposes of their own
Drivate institutions offer him spe-
cial inducments to desert the
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r"' A memoersn.p lee 01 1U
is required. A plan of manage
ment is th at all earnings are pool
ed. The product beinsr disDowrf nf
in various ways some brine a
higher return in proportion than
the surplus, but all is put into one
pool which is equially divided
when returns are all in.
The plan is endorsed without res
ervation by the agricultural college
which finds in it a good scheire
that will benefit at both ends of
the marketing problem.
Oscar Hayter of Dallas, who is
one of the Democratic candidates
for elector, has been touring the
Willamette valley making addresses
for the Democratic ticket.
Miss Alta Buffum and L. D. Eich.
and Miss May Taylor and G.. E.
Buffum, all of Independence, were
marriei by Judge Bushey in oalem
recently.