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T he M o n m o u t h H erald Vol. XIII M o n m o u th , Polk C o u n ty , O reg o n , F rid ay , Ju ly 8, 1921 No. 44 Monmouth is Located in the Best Section of the Best Valley of the Best State ifi the Nation N eed s C orrection A lu m n i P icn ic J. M. Devers, attorney fur the # | Last Tuesday evening the High hi*hway department, an School Alumni of Monmouth High ® I nounced Wednesday that he was I ______ held their first official picnic am .£ preparing a motion asking that the I get-together meeting. The affair V While Monmouth people spent O Friday next, July 15, Mon- The Normal is much pleased to complaint filed hy certain residents ! -'»mes Shelby Cooper, who died was staged out on the banks of the y ¡L i second Chautauqua season note that Mr. C. L. Starr was ap- 0f independence asking that the at the Kink Hill apartments in the Fourth in various places scat Luckiamute and was certainly a mou V is a six day program pointed a member of the Board of state be enjoined from proceeding Portland Monday and who was tered from the Columbia to the success from the standpoint of en starts . X this >eai *ead of a five day pro Regents for Normal Schools in Ore with the construction of the west ^,ur'ed in his home town, Indepen- Umpqua, for the automobile makes joyment and eats. gram. Th. ason tickets cost the gon for a term of six years begin Side Pacific highway, be made more t,ence- Wednesday afternoon, under j distances short these days, a gre* t The festivities were centered ning July 1, 1921. definite. The motion will be filed the auspices of the Royal Arch Ma- many of our citizens joined with about a huge bonfire. Games were same as for the five days. A larg Mr. H. L. Curtis of Oberlin, in the circuit court for Polk county. sonic lodge, which he helped found the Grangers in a picnic at the played and the refreshments of er guarantee has to be made but The original suit alleged that the there, was one of the builders of Luckiamute. The rustic attractions buns, weinies and marshmallows, the total receipts of last year were Ohio, formerly president of the Playground Association of America county court of Polk county exceed- c°unty and leases the imprint of this resort are never seen to bet etc., were then indulged ia. The large enough to have financed the and a well-known authority on play ed its authority when it designated *l's act'v'ity upon the culture of ter advantage than on a warm day achievements of the gathering were, six day program had this fact been with a clear sky. The giant trees known in advance. Therefore if that entire portion of the state and playgrounds, spoke to the Nor- certain sections of the West Side the first official organization of the j supply plenty of shade and it is so the Monmouth district does as well Born in Lawrence, Missouri, in •Vna! students at the chapel hour last Pacific highway as market roads, Monmouth High School Alumni At far removed from the road that this year as it did last year the six 1841, he came across the plains by Thursday. Mr. Curtis took as h is' and also that the county court had sociation, the election ofotficeisi there is little dust to contend with. day Chautauqua will he put over. ox team in 1860, going first to Cal subject, “ Organized Play as part of no legal authority to incur indebt- and the decision of holding one or All the visitor has to do is to ac To do this, however, requires unit ifornia, then to Nevada, where he the school curriculum,” giving an edness to exceed $5000. more such picnics or parties each quire a reposeful angle on a nature ed effort and our people are asked entered the silver rush that follow Contracts for the construction of interesting, stimulating discussion year, to be staged at Christmas cushioned couch and invite his soul to give the project a boost where ed the California gold rush. Three the Polk county highway were of the topic. time or during the first week in to commune with the scenery. A possible. At the price of a season years later he came to Oregon from Several other interesting speakers awarded some time ago, and the California and settled in Spring little company helps out with the July. Those on the committee in ticket you can miss two thirds of have already been secured for chap contractors are now at work. As Valley, Polk county, near Salem. general scheme of things and on ¡charge for the coming year a re : the numbers on the program and el talks during the summer school. yet, no formal injunction has been He farmed and went to McMinnville the Fourth there was plenty of Gertrude Rogers, Grace Parker, still get your money’s worth. j Ermine Gentle and Birchard Van Among these are people so well and granted by the circuit court. A feature of the Chautauqua this college, under John M. Johnson, company. As soon as the plaintiffs file an Loan. favorably known as Professor Hor year is a story teller and entertain later president of the University of If there were any horse drawn High School graduates out of er for the children who will have ace A. Eaton, Head of the English amended complaint, should the Oregon. vehicles there, we failed to see town are reqested to confer with Department at Syracuse Univer motion of the highway department charge of a morning’s program each Later he married Frances Graves, them. But bikes, bugs, flivvers attorney prevail, Mr. Devers wi these people relative to next meet sity, New York, and Professor day. Many of the numbers of the daughter of C. B. Graves of Inde and the more expensive article ing, also any information desired as Trueblood of the Department of file a demurrer to the entire pro pendence, a pioneer of 1844, and six day program are featured on known as REAL CARS were there to the location of any of the former Public Speaking at thejUniversity ceedings. This demurrer will be eventually they made their home another page of this paper. The backed under overhanging branches based on the grounds that the al students. Those present at the headliners are: “ Ye Olde New En of Michigan, Ann Arbor. in Independence which city has of hazel, maple, fir and ash. There picnic included the following: Hope legations of plaintiffs do not consti gland Choir” , "Dixie Doll and Com A most gratifying feature of the tute a cause of action.— Oregonian. found Mr. Cooper identified as one were occasional trucks there too, McDonald, Wilda Fuller, Helen pany"', Concert by Christian Math- of the leaders in every phase of its one of them being the commodious Summer School is the enrollment Cornelius, Josephine Hetfley, Fanny It W a s H o t isen and assisting artists, Bland’s subsequent growth. The First affair with which “ Doc” Eggleston which Wednesday of this week D. C. Walker and two sons, Clar National bank of that city was conveyed about forty Normal girls Steinberge. Naomi Mulkey, Velma Orchestral Band, An exhibition of reached a total of 526. ence and George, arrived last week founded by him, and he was active to the scene of the day’s festivities. Johnson, Doris Lee Hastings, Neta electrical science by Glenn Morris President Ackerman and Mr. But Harvey, Gaynelle Shore Knapp, Belle from Phoenix, Arizona, having in the development of the short As in every undertaking that McAllister, Gladys Evans, Gertrude and Company, "The Virginians", ler attended a ball game in Salem made the trip in a Ford car in six railway line that operated for many reaches the dignity of an event, Rogers, Grace Parker, Denzel Georgene Falukner, “The Story Monday. It is said that each select days, distance 1450 miles. In years between Monmouth and Inde some one must prepare for it, and Moore, Hjalmar, Ermine and Mor Lady” and lectures by Wm. E. ed his team, but it is not so defi speaking of the journey, George pendence, and later between Dallas preparations for the Luckiamute ris Gentle, Jay Butler, W. J, Mul Thompson, Thornton Mills, Booth nitely known whether they paid the said the first part was the worst and Independence, before it was picnic had been made several days key. Birchard and Wendell Van Lowry and W'arden Botkin of the wagers they made or not. and practically all of the hardships bought in as part of the present Kansas penitentiary. Many students as well as several experienced enroute were met the Southern Pacific system on Ihe previously. Two bath houses had Loan, Maxwell Bowersox, Burton been erected and a long table was Bell and Clarence and George Walk members of the faculty spent July first two days out of Phoenix. At west side. B u rn ed B arn a n d C o w put in place. On this table was er. G. W. 4 at their homes and various beach the end of the first day »hey arriv In addition to banking, Mr. Coop deposited the heavily laden baskets. The barn on the Hall place, oc resorts. ed at Parker where they crossed the er was one of the prominent hop W o o l G a th erin g Later when the baskets were un cupied by A.C. Canterbury, burned A comparatively small number of Colorado. The Arizona roads were growers and buyers in Polk county, packed table boards bent with the last Friday afternoon. With it Mr. This past week the greater part students, about 60, are taking the bad, sandy w ith lots of chuck holes, and was at all times actively con loads placed upon them. The food of the wool grown in this neighbor Canterbury lost a fresh milch cow, Elementary Teachers’ Training but the Mohave desert in California nected with political life of the was placed on the long table cafe hood was shipped [to Portland to be as the fire was not discovered in Course at the Normal this summer. was worse. They carried with county and state. He was repre teria style and the people present put in the warehouse of the Wool time to get the animal out. By the This is a notable fact in that it them six gallons of water and on sentative for P o I k and Lincoln filed by in two long lines and filled Growers Cooperative (Marketing as time the fire alarm was sounded proves that many have already cho the Mohave the sun was so hot that counties in the legislature in their plates with what suited their sociation. Something like 27,000 and the fire department arrived all sen to spend more than the requir even though they had been tough 1905, and was a delegate to the na fancy. To one on the end of the pounds, a complete carload, was that could be done was to :ave sur ened in Arizona their arms blistered tional convention which nominated ed twelve weeks at the Normal. line it appeared miles in length shipped from Monmouth. A con rounding buildings. Mrs. Canter in its intensity. When they had Harrison. and the time spent in getting with siderably less quantity is to be ship bury was in the house at the time The Misses Taylor, Brainerd, emerged from the Tehachapi pass He is survived by three children in sight of the food, hours at least; but the rest of the family were Sohuette, Peterson and Mrs. Wolf at the close of the second day they by his first marriage: Mrs. C. E. but when all had filed by, a miracle ped from Independence this week. away. The board structure, dry There is very little to encourage and her son spent the week-end at found the balance of the journey Ireland of Klamath Falls, Mrs. must have been worked somewhere as tinder, burned rapidly. It had optimism among the wool growers Waldport south of Eugene, and re comparatively pleasant. They were George M. Parker, of Panama and for there was enough for as many especially in regard to the past two been the custom to stake out the delayed a half day at Sacramento Mrs. W. D. Moreland, of Tacoma. port a most delightful trip. more. clips, but they are joining forces to cow but as all the children were and spent one afternoon and even After the death of his first wife he Last week the students of the ing in Eugene. George and Clar married Mrs. Jennie McNeal Logan When a normal person has been make the best that opportunit> away and there was no one to Summer School were divided into ence plan to go to Eastern Oregon of Dallas, who, with four children ballasted with chicken and salads offers. A. H. Lea, secretary of the watch her, that morning an excep five groups using their geographical to work this summer and will re survives him. The children are: and beans and cake and pie and state fair board, is manager of the tion was made. The small calf location in the state as a basis for turn to Arizona this fall where Mrs. George M. Williams, of Cen- whatnot, moistened with coffee warehouse which is located in Port was tied outside and was saved. Considerable damage was done to the grouping. Each group has al Clarence is clearing up on a home tralia. Wash., Mrs. John Hraus, of made over an open fire, he is ready land. gardens close at hand by the crowd ready elected a chairman and other stead on which he purchased a re Aurora, J. S. Cooper, of Portland for some one to trot out a program, Arthur Shandy, wife and grand engaged in putting out the fire. officers and all are hard at work linquishment. and Miss Genevieve Cooper of although he is not over anxious to daughter of Oregon City were Early this week D. M. Hampton planning the various “stunts” by help produce it himself. A few guests for the Fourth a t G. W. Portland. circulated a subscription paper to Judging from the way the Nor which they will contest for the flag brave spirits were found, however. Chesebro’s. get money for the purchase of mal campus is pitted this morning on August 3. The groups and P. O. Powell rendered a solo, W. T h anks th e C hildren another cow for the Canterbury’s o e mig.it feel justified in the sup chairmen are as follows: J. Stockholm told of the adventures ket and crops and tired formers and was successful. The following is a letter received of a fat German lady who got and a few other items that occurred Group 1. Eastern Oregon, inclu position that it is just recovering ding ali counties east of the Cascade from a case of small pox. The pits hy Miss Ragon of the Art Depart wedged within an otherwise empty to him and A. E. Esson grasped Mountains, Fastern Washington, are cherry pits, however, all that ment of the Normal School from J. barrel; a trio of Normal girls sang; the eagle firmly about the windpipe Prospects for peace in Ireland ^daho, Nevada and all other states remains from four bushels of cher- J. Hardsaker, State Director for Mrs. D. Hoag rendered a brace of and held it there while he yanked brighten and when strife in the east of Oregon. Chairman, Cecil ies brought to the Normal yester the Near East Relief.: clever character readings; Miss out several gorgeous tail feathers. Emerald ¡island is finished, its peo day afternoon from the Gentle Please pardon me for my seeming Alice Butler also gave a reading. Hughes. By and large it was a very ple may well sit down to wonder Group 2. Coos, Curry, Douglas, farm. The five hundred students neglect in acknowledging and thank L. I. Bursell philosophised on mar- pleasant occasion. why the trouble was ever started. Jackson and Lane counties. Chair were told to help themselves and it ing you for the toys which were did not take them long to do full sent us hy the boys in the fifth and man, Genevieve Thompson. sixth grades) to be taken by me in . Group 3. Lincoln, Benton, Linn, justice to the cherries. my personal baggage to the child Polk and Marion counties. Chair Actural grading on the Highway ren in Armenia. man, Esther Garbe. *Won’t vou please thank the boys Group 4. Tillamook, Clatsop, Col south of this city started this week. umbia, Washington, Yamhill apd By far the greatest portion of the for me and in the name of the Ar Clackamas counties. Chairman, work is close to the Luckiamute menian [children for their thought and there operations start. The fulness in making these toys for the Jiameta Wolff. Group 5. Multnomah county. contractor has built a bunk house liftle ones who have had so much there and also a loading platform sorrow in their lives and never Chairman* Elsa Egans. where trucks are to be loaded for known the joy of having toys of “ Black Beauty” , a story that has the fill across the river. The hill their own. been read by people in all countries on the north side of the Luckiamute Mrs. Melinda Hart sold her resi for over forty years, has been made will be cut down and transported dence on the corner of Clay and into a beautiful motion picture. bodily across the bridge. rflroad streets to Geo. Harflngton I This book relates the life of a horse. Black Beauty,* as told J>y himself. “ Black B eau^“ will be shown in of Myrtle Point on Wednesday. Interwoven with the autobiography the chapel Saturday evening, July Consideration 1800. Mr. Harring of the horse are a number of human 9 at 8:15. Particularly all child- ton plans to attend Normal and characters whose lives are also tre ren in Monmouth should plan to see »*nd his three children to the^pcal mendously affected by the stirring it, though it will be enjoyed by schools. G. T. Boothby made the © hire hunt, the burning o f th e s ti- grown people as well as children, as ( &■'*• it is a story in which the appeal is Rev. Conklin ia in Portland this ble, and the exciting race with week. which the film version closes. really universal. Items of Interest At Oregon Normal state Independence Man Ihe Fourth in the Dies in Portland Luckiamute Shade Second Chautauqua Opens July 15th