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T he M onmouth H erald
Vol. XIV
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, September 30. 1921
No. 4
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
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ed the students in his usual happy
vein and introdueed President Lan
ders. Miss Fannie Steinberge re
sponded for the students and Mr.
Wolverton for the townspeople wel
comed the new president. To these
talks, Mr. Landers graciously r e
plied setting forth seme of his aims
in his work here. A fitting and
beautiful climax to the whole was
given by Mrs. Landers who sang a
group o f songs. Instrumental mu
sic for the evening was furnished by
a group o f girls under the direction
o f Miss Peterson.
President Landers and several
members o f the faculty attended
the luncheon tendered the United
States Commissioner of Education
on Monday at Salem by the State
Teachers’ Association #o f Oregon.
At the guest table were ^eated
President Kerr o f the Oregon Agri-
»yltural College; President Lan
ders; Mrs. Fulkerson, president of
the State Association; Mr. Kessler
The Normal enrollment ha3 con
secretary-treasurer; and other dig
tinued to grow this week until now
nitaries. The meeting was all in
there are 361 students in O. N. S.
all a very inspiring one, the talks
This shows a gratifying increase
being particuarly helpful.
Many
; over last year when there were but
city
and county superintendents
229 at the er.d o f the first week as
from different parts o f the state
compared with 359 on the same date
were present so that the effect of
; this year.
the visit will no doubt be far-reaehj
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A n Instructive Family
The Vespertines and Delphians,
literary societies for the women,
will install their officers on Friday
evening, September 30th, beginning
at 7:30 o ’clock. The townspeople
are cordially invited to this pro
gram.
The Gentle family is busily en
gaged these days teaching the young
idea how to shoot. With five teach
ers in the family they are making
quite a dent in the ranks o f West
ern Oregon pedagogs.
Maurice,
youngest member o f the family,
The senior class met Tuesday for started in this week in the Antioch
the first time. A nominating com | district; Hjalmar is at Valsetz,
mittee was appointed and plans helping to keep the loggers steered
heights;
laid for a permanent organization. I toward the Olympian
Ermine has a position in the Jun
The usual program for the chape!
ior high school in Albany and Miss
exercises with some minor modifi
Catherine resumes her position in
cations, is being maintained this
the Corvallis schools. Prof. Gentle,
year.
The chorus work will be
fifth but not last, will’ stili continue
given its usual place and plans are
as guardian angel o f the Educational
being made to secure several out
Department at the Normal.
side speakers o f note to address the
students.
Tile and Tile M akers
James Partridge has started in
at the Agricultural college where
he is specializing on ceramics. G.
H. Partridge therefore comes up
from the McMinnville yards Friday
evenings instead o f Saturday to look
after the week end work
James
has been foreman of the local yards
a!! summer. In the local jarJsone
hundred fifty thou sand tile have
been made this summer and twenty
thousand building tile. In Mc
Minnville thev have made over a
million bricks and have found busi
A splendid “ get together” spirit i
ness good in both places.
is evident in the Normal this year
as in the past; evidently both the
Herbert Powell started in Mon
fruition o f good work done in form day at the University at Fugene
er times and the charm o f the new, and will specialize in journalism.
forceful leader o f the school.
Members o f the Normal faculty
The reception given the students
who attended the dinner given to
and townspeople in honor o f Presi
John J. Tigert, the new U. S. Com
dent and Mrs. Landers last Satur
missioner o f Education in Salem
day evening was a happy occasion
Monday were President lenders and
in every respect. The gymnasium
Profs. Butler, Gentle and Beattie
and refreshment rooms were artis
and the Misses Taylor, Rrenton and
tically decorated
with autumn
Moore, The dinner was at the
leaves and flowers, presenting an Hotel Marion and was given by the
appropriate background for the
Oregor State Teachers Association.
^party. The short program was
opened by Mr. Butler who welcom-
In addition to being Portland Day
at the fair Thursday it was Normal
| Day and about 100 students from
the school attended.
There has
been a large attendance at the fair
from this section, each day, with its
pleasant weather, finding us well
represented.
The Board o f Regents at their
last meeting topk definite action es
tablishing four regular terms at
the Normal. This means that the
regular work will be maintained
throughout a twelve weeks term in
the summer with a full quota of
the faculty present to offer the reg
ular courses. A student may then
enter at the beginning of any term
including the summer session, com
pleting the work in six regular
terms.
MOLLA IS DEMPSEY |
OF TENNIS COURT
The Odd Fellows home coming
and reunion scheduled to occur Oc
tober .10 has reached the point
where it has been decided to greet
all with a chicken pie supper. It
will be the event o f the season and
no member o f
Normal Lodge
should miss it.
Molla Bjurttedt Mallor> joesn t
look much the petted (ixorite ol
society in this picture, taken a* she
proved for the sixth time that she
is the best »om an tennis player ns
the world
It was she who made
the French European champion. Su-
»anite Lenglen, quit in the second
se’ of i terrific net battle in national
play this month at Long Island
Rumored, Reported Men of Main Street
Concocted, Collected Entertain President
The following relative to future
road work on the west side high
way is from last Sunday’s Journal:
On the west side highway the
work this year has been to fill up
the gaps between Forest Grove and
McMinnville and between Corvallis
and Junction. The grading work
has been completed between Mc
Minnville and Amity and between
Monmouth and the Benton county
line. The new grade is to be rock
ed for this winter’s travel and
probably paved next year.
Next
year’s program provides for the
paving between Amity and McMinn
ville and between Monmouth and
the Benton county line, giving a
continuous pavement from Portland
by way o f Forest Grove to Corvallis
with the exception o f the stretch
between Rickreall and Holmes Gap,
about six miles, in Polk county.
This section is to be regraded and
probably will not be paved before
1923.
Clark Hembree of Willows, Cali
fornia, has been here during the
past week getting his herd o f Jer
seys shipped to Orland, Cal , where
he has disposed o f them. He says
prospects in the rice market are
looking up and that labor in that
part of California is more plentiful
and more reasonable in price than
was the case a year or two ago.
The breaking o f a steel cable on
the Polk-Marion ferry Tuesday be
tween 12 and 1 o ’clock in the after
noon, caused the craft to drift down
the river, being finally brought to
anchor at the Homer S. Wood hop
yard. On the ferry were the Or
ville stage car and another car with
several passengers, affording them
a mild thrill of excitement.
At the time o f the mishap, the
ferry was being operated by Mr.
Leonard, who was supplying for
James Burch, the regular operator.
However, Mr. Leonard was in no
way responsible for the trouble.
There was a heavy wind, a strong
current and the cable could not
stand the strain.
Word was sent to Salem for a
tug boat with which to haul the
craft back to the ferry landing but
as there was no outfit available at
the time for the purpose, Homer
Mills and T. W. Hart took the con
tract to do the job. They started
Wednesday afternoon and In a few
hours by the aid o f the ferry’s own
power and the assistance o f a -few
men the ferry was back in position
and service was resumed.— Enter
prise.
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The men o f Main street met with
the school men and city officers in a
dinner given to President Landers
in the Community House dining
room last Friday evening. A chick
en pie dinner was served by the
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society. When
the dinner had be n dispose of there
was a group o f informal talks by
represetative citizens expressing
pleasure in greeting the new presi
dent and tendering assurances of
cooperation and good wishes by the
business men of the city, with re
sponse by the president.
Ira C. Powell presided as toast
master and remarks were made by
Messrs.
Rossell, Pace, Johnson,
Bowersox, Parker and Swenson.
Their topics were assigned by G. T.
Boothby, president o f the commer
cial club.who, because o f the death
o f a relative, was unable to be pres
ent. The two ministers discussed
the interlocking relationship of lo
cal churches with school and stu
dent; P. H. Johnson spoke o f social
life in the city; Dr. Bowersox dis-
cuss“d professional relationship; A.
Parker talked o f postal relation
ships and to ye'editor fell the jobjof
introducing both sides o f Main
street.
President Landers,
in his re
sponse, reviewed the prospects,
past and present, for school and
town, and found in them much rea
son for encouragement.
He said
progressive business men must at
the end of each year lay plans for
the next. Unless they took time
to visualize improvement and in
crease o f volume and to do this
definitely and work toward it they
could not hope to succeed. It was
the same with the school. Plans
must be made and ideas o f growth
and expansion reduced to practical
terms that the faculty and student
body could have definite aims.
The attendance this year has greatly
increased over last year, in fact the
opening day registration is the larg
est o f any year# since the school
was reestablished with the excep
tion o f 1916. He believed that the
registration for the year would
reach 500 and wtih the stimulus of
the fact that teaching is regaining
favor with young workers, that old
teachers are returning and the addi
tional fact that recently enacted
legislation works directly toward
an increase in Normal attendane,
would unite to swell the numbers of
students who will come to Mon
mouth.
He felt sure that in a
short time our citizens would be
callei upon to open up their homes
attitude o f people it; the different
sections o f the state toward the
Normal over what he had known
nine years ago when he left the
state. He felt that the work done
in that interval had been well done
and quoted students and visitors
who had had an opportunity to com
pare, in commendation o f the scope
of the work here. He felt that this
needed advertising and urged that
no opportunity be lost nor chance
neglected to speak a good word
for the school.
He reviewed the early history of
the school, congratulated our citi
zens on the work they have already
done and expressed pleasure in the
tender of further help which the
meeting had voiced.
President Landers, in his short
time in Monmouth, has made a very
favorable impression and all are
looking forward wtih confidence to
the future.
Miss Paradine Doughty left this
week to take up her duties as a
cook in the dormitory at the Uni
versity known as Friendly Hall.
Her specialty is the baking o f cakes
and pies. She has electric mixars,
oven and other up to date equip
ment and hakes from fifty to sixty
pies a day.
Mrs. Singleton, who was taken
seriously ill last week Wednedsay,
l'S slowly improving under the care
o f Dr. Bowersox and will soon be
back in school but not able to do
any more telephone work on account
Frank DeWitt and family o f Falls
o f a nervous breakdown. Mrs. Sin
gleton is an Ashland graduate and City were called to the* home o f his
will finish the Normal course with mother, Mrs. J. P. DeWitt Sunday
on account o f the illneas o f his sis
the class of J#ne 1922.
The answer o f the Attorney Gen ter, Mrs Sadie Singleton. Mr. and
eral in the highway case was filed Mrs. Guy Lewis were also there
from Falla City.
with the county clerk Tuesday.
Lib rHr
y
City Will Contest
Payment of Claim
While no definite action has been
taken, 'members o f the council who
oave been seen this week express an
intention to fight the suit which
Engineer Huston has brought and
fight it to the limit. Mr. Huston
seeks to collect $252 charges for
preparing plans and specifications
for paving the sides o f Monmouth
avenue— two blocks. City officials
say that Huston offered to settle his
claim for $175 but this wa6 not
passed on because it was considered
excessive.
It is alleged that the engineer did
noc do any actual field work upon
the street, that his plans and speci
fications were based on a blue print
made by some one else, that he had
n<> actual contract with the city but
that his work was o f a tentative
Baptist Church
nature done on the prospect o f get
ting the job o f supervision when
Services Sunday as follow s:—
the
paving was actually let.
10:00 Bible School. Graded les-
sons'and classes for all ages. Paul
Greene, Supt.
James lliltibrand, a pioneer of
11:00 Morning worship. Ser
Polk county died at his home in the
mon: "God Becoming Man” .
Luckiamute country Tuesday.
6:30 Chiistian Fmdeavor meet
ing. Anna Uhlen, leader.
F'uneral services for the late Mrs.
7:30 Evening worship. Sermon: Mary Gwin were held at the house
"W hat Kind o f a Christian are last Saturday afternoon with Rev.
You?”
Rossell o f the Christian church in
Those not having other local charge. Mrs. Gwin was a home
church home are always welcome person with devotion to those near
to work and worship with us.
to her. They were her constant care
Obituary
and she is deeply mourned by rela
tives and many friends.
Burial
Sunday School at 10 o'clock sharp was in the K. P. cemetery.
A. N. Poole, supt.
The Herren funeral services which
At 11 o ’clock, .Prof. Beattie of
were held Sunday afternoon in the
the Normal school will speak.
Miss Berryman o f Philomath, a chapel o f the community house
normal student with decided talents were attended by a crowd that filled
will act as pianist during the com the buiding. Normal Lodge o f Odd
F’ellows attended in regalia and
ing school year.
In the evening at 7:30 Franklin had charge o f the services at the
The coffin and pulpit plat
Launer, son of Rev. I.auner o f Sa grave.
lem will will give a sacred musicale. form were banked with beautiful
Mr. I.auner is both a teacher and Autumn flowers. Rev. H. C. Duns-
student of music and his ability as more o f Independence preached the
a vocalist is recognized.
Do not funeral sermon and Mrs. M. J. But
ler gave three vocal solos which
fail to hear him.
Willamette University will in the were very nicely rendered. At the
near future send some or its best grave in the Odd Fallows cemetery,
talent to supply the pulpit o f our south o f Independence the Odd F’el-
church. Prof. Hertzog o f the De lows were in charge with C. H.
partment of Rural Sociology will Newman as Noble Grand, Rev. Pace
come as will also Dr. Hammond. as chaplain and Paul Tacheron as
The Gospel Team has promised to marshal. The pall hearers were
come, possibly on taro different Sun neighbors and business associates.
days. Watch for announcements
Mrs. Nunn, a sister o f the late I.
in the Herald.
T. Fream, died in Dallas Wednesday.
Chriatian Church
Evangelical Church
Sunday mornnig sermon subject:
Glorying in the Cross’ ’^ Flvening
subject: "Manifestation o f F’aith” .
Bible School at 10 o ’clock. Be
sure to attend and help prepare for
to the young men and women who
a big rally day October 9.
Mrs.
William
Manning and will come here to go to school.
C. E. Senior and Junior at 6:30.
daughter Mildred are here from
He had sensed, when he came in
Progressive Class will meet Mon
Olympia, Washington and the latter
day
eve at 6:30.
to Oregon, a great change in the
has entered the high school, stop
ping with Mrs. Boche. Since they
left here the Mannings have been
in the Washington
capital city
where they have a small tract of
land and like it very much.
R. O. Dodson and family have
been in Eastern Oregon taking in
the Pendleton Round Up and other
features o f the inland empire.
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Social Hoar Club
The Social Hour Club will have
its first regular meeting after vaca
tion at the home o f Mrs. Ira C.
Powell on Wednesday, October 5.
Officers elected for the year are:
Mrs. Mingus, President; Mrs. Ira
C. Powell, Vice President; Miss
Maggie Butler, Secretary and 1 reas-
urer.