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The Monmouth Herald . 1 "fOt, Vol XIII Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Decmber 10, 1920 No. 14 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State in the Nation Items of Interest At Oregon Normal These ire busy days it the Nor mal, with examinations, vacation plana, and schedules for the new term ill to be arranged before ti e close of thia U-rm, December 17, Tho outlook for an increased it- tendance for the new term which begins January 3, 1921, ii very promising according to reports re ceived from the registrar, The faculty club met in Die libra r last Monday evening and begnn the systematic study planned for the year. The program for the evening on "Methods' was In charge of Mr. Gentle who gave a brief resume of the work In mcth oda which he gives in his courses in the Normal. This was followed by model lessons working out the principles given by Miss Houx of the Independence Training School tnd Miss Hunter of Mountain View This work of the club serves to ac quaint all members of the faculty wihth all course being given tn the different paruj of the school. Mr. Frederick Warde. distin g iislied actor, author and lecturer, will lecture in the chapel Decem ber 16 at 8:15. Mr. Warde will give his well-known lecture "Fifty Years of Make Believe, a fiucinai Ing story of stage life that breathes of the great characters of the drama. This will be an excellent opportunity to hear this noted man. Admission will be 35 and 60 cents The regular program of the Ves pertine Literary Society, postponed from December 3, will be given in the chapel Wednesday evening, De cember 15, and will be in the na ture of a Christmas enterUinent The public is cordially invited to this program which will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Atten tion is called to the fact that the literary society programs begin at 7:30 instead of 8:15, the time of other pcrforancea at the Normal. The basketball game lust Fr id. y evening between the Junior ai d Senior teams was an exciting con test resulting in a final tie score tf 32-82. FREDERICK WARDE WILL APPEAR HERE SOON Famous Actor to Licturt on Fifty Vsai of Make. Bsllsv." Review of the Year For Farm Burea Frederick Wane, for morn than half a century on of the greatest un ion of th any, Is to appear lii ro Jn the near future as one of die innt. In the local lyceutn wrloi. Mr. Warde'i lulilurt will l.n "inn.- Tears of Make-Delleve," a funrlmilli.g rtvclatton of Hie real American singe of the post half century, It Is a tre mendously Interesting story of Miikc lift that breathe of tho limit Hmr. sclors of the drama, told by one who was In the midst of th bom of It. Mr. Warde tried to retire from 11,.. tags and drama a few years ago, but sn appreciative public Inst year culled ) A 7 1 f III ii ii him to taks the leading role In tlx great mission nlav of Loa Anct. th. American "Obartmniargau," where he appeared with greatest success, lie is to take the leading role again next season. Mr, Wardea eontmnnirlM nr,H friends were the greatest sctors of his time. Bis lecture li tnunn r prlcelsM memories, clothed in choicest language and dajivered with the con summate skill of a wonderful actor, A Bad Tumble Miss West entertained her broth er, Dr C. W. West of Reno, Neva da, last week-end, Rev, Peter Conklin of the Evnn gelical church is laid up with two bnken ribs the result of a fall which he took last Saturday. H was on his way to visit J.L. Chute, member of Mr.Conklin'schureh. and a former resident heie. Mr Uiute has been very sick and is in a serious condition. He lives aboi t ten miles south of Monmouth and Mr. Conklin went withU.G.Hefflev to visit him. To reach the house Miss Mcintosh gave an instruct 'wn ltit.iliiot luff niitittnl lull luct i.v, tn vli voiiiug viiuwi win mm. Wednesday in the form of a model grammar lesson. This was much appreciated by the students, who Stf?- loreac the h,w . , ; , . , they left the car and crossed the fAlinrl if 1 1 1 ! 1 1 hfilnfili And allnitA el. I . . . . - .... " ''i'"" - right of way of the Valley & Siletz Ive. road. Climbing over a trestle on ti,. niMm. t,u t,,,.; . this railroad, Mr. Conklin started The Delphian held 8"H to desrend on thc other sifie and meeting on Monday at wntcn the slipped on the round of the ladder, following officers were elected for second from the too. fallinsr witl: the winter term which wi(J begin the ladder eight or nine feet onto heavy timber below. Beside the broken ribs he hurt one leg. He was resting some easier at last re port. on January 3. The following were elected: President, Helen Brande, Portland;- Vice President, Eunice Tickner. Portland: Secretary. Saruh Williamson, La Grande; Treasurer, Viaiton from Independence la T i i r mi . n - I r Mary uona.uson, oquuie; cer- The CJve and cub of geant-at-Arms, Gladys Lursen, Dendence met with Mrs J. W Portland; Reporter, Florence Davis, Pember on Wednesday with an at Portland. "A Cumberland tendance of about twenty five. Fannv Steinberor and Velma John son gave readings and solos were beautifully rendered by Mrs. Irvine and Mrs. Butler. Mrs, Pember reviewed a very in teresting article on the manners and customs or the Japanese peo Romance. ' a picture-show with Mary Miles Min ter playing the role of "Easter" will be given in the chapel on Fri day evening December 10. This ., .... ., anu cusioniB oi ine Japanese peo- picture is adapted from the novel pe; Jap(m being the subject for A Mountain auropa" ny jonn f ox study this year. After the study of life among the mountaineers of fllwkpoured in the dining room L Qlfh 1 I wnaij Mivmuvift, iiticu uui lie- i i t linn uuiiitovii cuiu miOt mnu h thoSt-iKWRniu in th. ana wafers to those present . r. . , . I Guests for . the afternoon wimp u,,mu... ... uTu, ,B, Mrs jiHiA!kerman M-issTodd December 11. Local friends on the Normal social list are invited to at tend. Allen Clark of Albany was a vis itor in Monmouth Sunday. Miss Levis and Miss Ida Mae Smith, Lee Barnett and family have moved into the Peter's house south of the Evangelical church and the children will attend school. As a fitting close for an active year the Polk County Farm Bureau Is staging a series of general public meetings, one or more of which will be of interest to every farmer iioi oniy win me work of the year be retried upon by the committee men in charge of the project work in the several organized communit ies, but detailed plans will be whipped into shape for the work of the corning season, Most of the organized communi ties have convened and outlined work for I'm with rodents crop improvement, livestock, fruit and other projects, At the general ses sions the local programs will be tied together and the entire county gw en attention. Especially is it vital in the squirrel poisoning work that all sections of the county work in hurmony and as a unit. The schedule of meetings follows: Tuesday, Dec. 14, Horticulture, 1:30 P. M. Wednesday, Dec. 15, Crops and Rodents, 1:30 P. M. Thursday, Dec. 16, Poultry, 1:30 P.M. Friday, Dec. 17, Livestock. 10:30 and 1 :30 at Monmouth Saturday, Dec. 18, Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. 10:30 and 1 : tn. All sessions wlil be held at the Farm Bureau office, Dallas, except the meeting of Friday, when those interested in the breeding of pure stock will gather at the Crange Hall in Monmouth. For Friday end Saturdcy people are asked to bring a basket lunch. In each case coffee will Le served by the Farm Bureau. According to P. O. Powell, ores- ident of the local Farm Bureau not only the membership but the gener al public is urged to attend these sessions and to participate tctively in the discussions. eliuu ciifloans oT packed apples and pears were shipped last week from Demon county orchards to New Or leans, tho growers receiving as high as $2.75 a box for their fruit. As Tillamook ounty docs not have conituon point rates similar to Astoria and other Oregon cities, a movement is on foot to apply to the Interstate commerce commission at Washington. Tud!OTonsof a general strengthen ing of the markets for dried and green fruits were announced by ft. C. Paul us of Salom, sales manager of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative associa tion, tn an address delivered before tho State Horticultural society at Its meeting in Eugene Friday. Careful Investigation made by the Sherman county farm bureau, based on figures kept by cooperating farmers. reveals the fact that the average cost of producing a bushol of wheat last yor wus 11.85. Half of the farms pro duwd their crop at a figure above this, some running as high as (2.40. Protest agaliiBt what is alleged to be an excessive rate proposed by the national forest service for grazing In the Lava Bed country in Modoc and Siskiyou counties, California, has been lodged by the Klamath County Wool Growers association with W, G. Dur bin, supervisor of the Wodoc national forest. One hundred and forty-nine Orego nluns were decorated by foreign gov ernments for their Bervlce abroad during the world war, according to s compilation completed by George A White, adjutant-general of the state. In his work of organising the world- war records affecting Oregon and Ore gon men. The mllllng-ln-transit rateso lone sought by the Bmaller lumbermen o' western Oregon probably will be put in force by the Southern Pacific com pany in the near future, aocardlng to a letter received by Fred C. Walters, president of the Elmlra Lumber com pany, from George Quayle, secretary of the Oregon Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Quayle enclosed a letter from the public service commission In which It was stated that theicommlsslon was in formed by letter from the railway com pany that when the new consolidated lumber tariff was Issued, the mllllng- ln-transit privilege would probably be Included. Miss Parrott Visits Historic Places poem seerrs e Salem, Mass. Thanksgiving Evening To the Editor of the Monmouth Herald : I have just returned from Plymouth where I ate my Thanks giving dinner, not on the spot but near where the Pilgrims observed the first one. Plymouth is a Mecca for all tourists who visit the Fast- anil I found many there ' who, like myself, were interested in spending there the day made historic bv these devout people. Plymouth is I one of the n.ost modern and up-to date cities in Massachusetts and lit tie remains to remind you of the Pilgrims. True! there is Plymouth Rock.'and, despite its protecting canopy and guarding iron gates yoii feel you are on sacred around: antj 'Aye, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They left unstained what there they found, Freedom to worshio God.' from Mrs, Hemans particularly Siting. From the Rock you walk un Lev den Street, the first street in Ply mouth and the one along which the Pilgrims built their homes, to Bur ial Hill. (The Pilgrim Society is planning to have this part restored as it was in the days of Governor Bradford, Miles Standish, Priscilla and John Alden. The work is un der way and some of the buildinc are being razed and it is hoped the restoration will be completed before Hit- ( Tercentenary Pageant which is Jo take place some time in the spring.) Burial Hill was the sile of the Fort and Watch Tower ol L ni: - ... me r ugrims anci today the monu ments which mark the last restinc place of many of those who came m the Mayflower are seen from the harbor and the surrounding hills as as the Watch Tower of old. Pilgrim Hall houses many re mmuers oi me ioreiaihers and is of interest to everv Amnrlnn me of the most notable relics are the cradle of Peregrine White, the chair of Eider Brewster , the Damas cus sword of Miles Standish and the Bible of-Governor Bradford. After visiting Plymouth Rock. Burial Hill and Pilgrim Hall one is in a state of mind to appreciate the National Monument to the Fore fathers which is beautifully located near the center of the city on a small eminence; and is a fitting memorial to these people who brav ed the terrors of the 'sea and the hardships of the wilderness for a belief. The statue of faith which surmounts the pedestal and the four figures surrounding the base, svm- bolizing Freedom, Morality, Educa tion and Law, typify the ideals of the Pilgrim Fathers. The four alto reliefs which decorate the faces o' the pedestal depict incidents in the life of these people. They are "The Departure from Delft-Haven", 'The Signing of the Compact", 'The Landing" and "The First Treaty with the Indians". Any one of the motifs would make a worthy memorial and their combination in one harmonious whole evidences our feeling of indebtedness to these people "a debt that can be cancel ed only byjkeeping their ideals, the ideals of the nation which they founded", says Prof. Baker of Har vard. Plymouth is only one of the looked forward to places that I have had the opportunity to visit since coming to New England. There is sicarcely a city, town, village or hamlet but has its place or places of literary or historic interest. New England has been truly desig nated as the "cradle of liber'y and the birthplace of American Litera ture and culture". In Salem. House of the Seven Gables-unau thentic but interesting nevertheless and the Custom House where h found the incident that inspired "Scarlet Letter". The Witch House where were tried the witches dur ing Saltm'g reign of terror, is still standing. Only a few hours Tid from Salem, through Boston, over part of the road made historical by Paul Revere, are Lexington and Concord. Enroute you Dass th Washington Elm at Cambridge: Longfellow's home where the broad stairs and grandfather's clock re call "The Children's Hour" and the Old Clock on the Stairs". Jn the library, the chair made from the "spreading chestnut tree" re cans ine village Blacksmith", as does the Iron which is located on the site of the smithy and the marker which designates the loca tion of the spreading chestnut tree. The Wayside Inn, associated with Longfellow, Hawthorne and Emer son, is another interesting spot, and here meals may still be secured at an unreasonable", price. The Orchard House, familiar to the lov ers of the Alcott books, is only short distance from the Inn; and is now the home of Mrs. Sidney, the creator of the "Five Little Pep pers." The Old Manse is the next house of importance, and was tie inspiration for Hawthorne's "Moss es from an Old Manse''. Concord Bridge is the Mecca of this trip; and here, as well as at Plymouth' one feels one is standing m sacred ground. The bridge, the itatue of the Minute Man, the shaft and the stone, whicfj marks the grave of the unknown British dead, all tend UrtfaWlt -harlowed round and the words of Emersonis 'Concord Hymn" are clothed with new meaning. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze un furled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world". On our return we detoured and visited Walden Pond made famous by Thoreau. His cabin has not been preserved but the site is marked by a pile of rocks, and each tourist is invited to take one as a souven ir and add two so the pile grows apace. Rosa B. Parrott. we A County Library Secured for Polk -1 Bv an action taken in the cmintv court on Tuesday of this week Polk county is to have a county circu lating library with headquarters in Dallas and branch offices at various olaces in the countv: This in n project in which Miss Marvin, state librarian is very much interested and the action Tuesday is largely to be credited to her active work. A delegation of citizens from Dallas, Independence and Mon mouth and other Doints. header! by Miss Marvin waited on the court and were promised the sum of 12,600 from the county. The state also adds to this giving a sum which will finances substantial list of books. Monmouth is interested in this as under the agency of Mr. Pace we now have a library and can share in the advantages which the county library will offer Monmouth is not destined to remain long without a dentist. Ben F. Butler, a former resident of the city and a son-in-law of W. J. Mul- key has rented the quarters vacated last week by M. J. Butler and will open for business shortly. His tools and equipment aie at Heppner, from where they will be moved to Monmouth. Mr. Butler practiced dentistry in Dallas moving from ! there to Eastern Orecon. For tho have Hawthorne's birthplace, his past half year he has been in Salem. The House by the Side of the Road Dedication services at the Baptist church is the big event of the com ing week and the following ia th official program: Sunday morninir. 11 o'eWW th dedicatory sermon will be preached ny Kev. Myron K. Hayne?, D. D. 3:00 P. M. Dedicatory exercises. Special music. Prayer. Pastor Peter Conklin Evangelical Church. Addresses Greetings nn hehnlf of the Oregon Baptist Convention, w. T. Miliiken, D. D. The other local churphmt H V. Rosselle, Pastor Christian Church. The Oregon State Normal. Pri. dent J. H. Ackerman. The community. Prof. Thn. R: Gentle. The Dasser-bv. Prof. J. V. R Butler. Dedicatory words by the Paator and congregation. 7:30 P. M. Sermon by Rev. J. Reid, D. D. Bible school and Endeavor at un. ual hours. Monday. 7:30 P. M. Ar!rlns hv Pastor W. A. Waldo, D. D., Cor-vallis. Tuesday 7:30 P. M. Pastor C. I Trawin, D. D., McMinnville. Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Pastor W. T. Miliiken, D. D., Salem. rbursday 7:30 P. M. 0. C. Wright. D. D.. Portlmd. Ex-Seere. tary Baptist Convention. The above schedule is subject to -i . . cnangc or two. Preliminary services have been held during the week past, begin ning on Sunday when Pastor Pace preached two introductory services stating the advantages which the church and its community adjuncts will offer to Monmouth and vicim-' lv Ha colls it "Tli a Unncn lis tk . Side of the Road" 'after the well known poem by Sara Walter Foss who declares his preference not for he life of a hermit or the solitude of the pioneer but close to the beat en thoroughfare where the rare of men go by. Dr. J. S. Reid of Port'and. an evangelist of considerably more .iiun uiumnij uvmii lino UTCU preaching evenings this week to louses that have filled the seating opacity of the church. His nat ural wit and nertinent. language ime been commended by allwho have heard him. Next year's convention of the Ore gon State Hotel asociatlon will be held at Astoria, It was decided at the recent session held at The Dalles. The Salem Floral society has chang ed lta name to the City Improvement league and has announced a program city beautificatioa and betterment. Lake county has 549 farms, a de crease of 163 from the number In 1910. However the number of acres of Im proved land shows a large Increase. All street work In Klamath Falls has stopped for the winter. During the summer and fall approximately $186,000 was Bpent by the city on pav ing. '-.-.. Naval radio men engaged In testing receiving apparatus at Tongue Point, near Astoria, last week picked up a radio call from Nauen, In northern Germany. ; The Oregon Humane society esti mates, in figures filed with the secre tary of state, that Its needs from thS state tor the next- biennium will be about $6000. The annual poultry and pet stock show of the Oregon Poultry and Pet Stock association wll be held in the municipal auditorium in Portland De cember 13 to 18. L. D. Roberts of Turner met with a loss when his herd of five milch cows broke away, got on the railroad traek and were all run down and killed by railroad train. Ranches bordering the banks of Coos river will he served soon by a highway skirting the southern bank of the river from Eastside to the fork, a distance of eight miles. A convention will be held at Dallas December 18 to nominate a candi date for county judge, after which peti tions will be circulated for the recall Judge A. 8. Robinson. There were tour fatalities due to In dustrial accidents In Oregon during the week ended Devember 3. The victims were Victor Marlow, trouble man, Portland; Floyd Hardy, truck driver, Portland; Joseph E. Caldwell, laborer, Parkesvllle, Ky, and Harvsy Straw, rigger, Powers. A total of iU accidents were reported. . . . . J