The Monmouth herald., December 09, 1921, Image 1

T he M onmouth H erald
Vol. XIV
•Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, December 9, 1921
No. 1 \
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There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Item s of Interest
Thirty Eight Ducks Basket Ball Victory Monmouth Students Afterm ath O f The
Visitors Entertained
A t Oregon Normal
Take Third Degree
Over l*alls City in Corvallis College
Luckiamute Elood A t Mountain View
The students in the Domestic
Science classse under Mi^s Mun-
ford’s direction served a most ap­
petizing dinner to the members of
the faculty last Friday evening.
Tne affair was held in the Domestic
Science room s and proved a de­
lightful occasion. The dinner re­
flected great credit upon Miss Mun-
ford and the students under her
supervision.
“ Quack, quack” was the pass
if ¡t had b ^ n possible to buy
Oregon Agricultural College, De­
j word at the regular meeting of stock in the Monmouth high school cember 8— Monmouth is represent-
Monmouth Odd Fellows last Monday basket ball team last Friday after- ed by seven of the 3400 students
| night. None o f the brethren had noon and to have held it for twenty registered at the college. Hazel
any trouble in remembering it and four hours, a speculati r might have Bursell, a senior in the school of
j none was averse to giving it every received a vigorous boost on the home economics is a Monmouth
time the occasion offered. There highroad to fertune. For before s t u d e n t , prominent in journal-
were 38 w ild ducks which attended | the game wm, Falls City was play- istic work. She is head copy read­
with the seventy five members but ,,j not e\en a confirmed optimist jer o f the Barometer, home econom-
the ducks had all said their lii.-t could
** see a gleam o f * ■
hope •
in the ics editor of the Oregon Country-
"quack, quack” some time previous- prospects.
With some o f the so man and was administration editor
A faculty meeting was held im­ y. Having been duly initiated and called best players out of tie game of the 1922 Beaver. She has play-
mediately following the dinner given the preliminary degrees in anj the prospect o f a bunch of ed on the class basket ball team ev­
loggers to oppose them, ery year; is a member of the 4H
where questions o f present import Baker Arnold’s oven, they came up husky
in
roasting
pans
to
become
full
^|oom
in
deep, dire gobs, hung ov-lclub secretary-treasurer of Scribe,
were discussed. Plans were laid
fledged
members
o
f
the
order
in
the
hopes
of Monmouth in the | the honorary journalism fraternity;
and committees appointed to estab­
looming contest. Such is jthe psy­ and a member o f the Shakopean lit­
lish the J. H. Ackerman Loan Fund, good standing.
It was a banquet that will long chology of the thing that it took erary society. During the summer
fo r students as a fitting memorial
live in the annals c f the local lodge. the first half o f the game for Mon- of 1920 Miss Bursell was telegraph
to the late President Ackerman.
The duck dinner was the inspiration mquth to find itself. At that inter editor o f the Salem Statesman.
Miss Ida Mae Smith returned to o f Orrin Kellogg, who with Frank
esting stage the score was 6 to 0.
H. G. Bursell is registered fresh­
her work in the Training School on Whiteaker, supplied most o f the
But the tiguies do not tell the man in the school of forestry and
Monday.
game which they shot along the whole story. Monmouth was ex­ logging engineering.
This school
A dinner and program for all pat­ Rickreall. Cakes, salads, pies and pecting to be eaten alive, to be has a total enrollment o f 97 stu­
rons of the school was held at the coffee supplied by other members backed into a corner, gasping for dents.
Mr. Bursell is a pledge of
Mountain View Rural Center last went to fill out the menu. At the breath, to feel like a man who has the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Saturday evening under the direc­ conclusion o f the dinner an im­ encountered a cyclone and is puz­ He turned out for freshman foot­
tion o f Mrs. Inez Miller, the super­ promptu orchestra broke out into zled to know why he is singled out ball practice this fall.
visor there. Both President Lan­ music. The orchestra consisted o f by a kindly providence to be rescued
Catherine Gentle, whose father is
ders and Mr. Beattie spoke. The Wm. Bressler, J. S. Prime, Frank from a horrible death. But to tell head o f teachers’ training at the Or­
party was well attended and a most Whiteaker, Ernest Riddell, Edward the truth, their feelings were the egon Normal School, has made a
W'under and Walter Brown, all of exact opposite.
enjoyable affair.
They realized a special study of applied psychology
whom took turns at piano, violin, mistake had been made somewhere. and is conducting mental tests
A Christmas dancing party will
clarinet and guitar. The music was
Not only was F’alls City a great among thetrhildren of the Corvallis
be given by the student body in the
brisk and started feet to action. deal less formidable than had been public schools. It has been thought
gymnasium on Saturday evening,
J. V. Webber rendered a Spanish expected, but it was radiantly ap thut all the children might be test­
December 10. Local friends are in­
jig which he learned at Reno, Ne­ parent that instead o f being an ag- ed but it has been found that this
vited to attend.
vada, when “ the little camp was gregaiion o f substitutes, there were would be too great a task. She is
Superintendent A. C. Strange of new” and a little later G. T. Booth-
some real players within
their studying music at the college and
the Astoria schools visited the Nor­ by and P. H. Johnson’ demonstrated
ranks. Their contestants, Hardin has organized orchestras among the
mal last week and engaged two of that they still feel as young as any
Smith, Clay Eggleston, Neal Ed­ grade children in three of the pub­
the December graduates to take up o f them. During the evening C.E.
wards, Flrnest Chapin and le d Gra­ lic school buildings in Corvallis.
work in his schools.
Fetzer took the third degree and ham, had found themselves and , “ This work to me” , says Miss
A motion picture, called "R ip became a full fledged Odd Fellow. were playing like veterans.
So Gentle, “ is o f great interest. In
Van Winkle” , will be shown in the Besides a full attendance from the they went at F’alls City and fairly one buliding 1 have an orchestra of
chapel on Friday evening, Decem­ hone membership, there were sev­ swept from their feet the quintette 64 members made up for the most
ber 9. This picture is made from eral visitors from Independence.
o f young men who represented that part o f children from the fifth
Irving’s story and Jefferson’s play
burg. In the last half Monmouth grade down to the second and first,
of the same name. It is probably
made 21 points while F’alls City was playing all kinds o f instruments.”
H IG H SCHOOL
the best picture, from all view­
accumulating 3. The final score
Herbert Ev&ns is a special student
The Basket Ball season opened
points to be given at the Normal
was 27 to 9 in favor o f the locals. in commerce. The school o f com­
with a bang Friday, for Monmouth
this term.
The game was played in the Nor­ merce with an enrollment o f 790
High school. The local boys met
mal
gym follow ing the Christrms students is the largest o f the schools
Mrs. H. D. Auld and children of the Falls City team in the Normal
program
given by the Delphian lit­ although engineering follows in a
Portland, who were recent visitors gymnasium and a fast and very
erary
society.
The F’allcfCity team close second with a total enrollment
at G. W. Chesebro’s, have returned hard fought game followed.
and
a
company
o
f rooters arrived in o f 740. A commerce building is
to their home. One of the Auld
The score stood 6 to 6 at the end
time
to
attend
the
program.
Fri­ being constructed to accommodate
children went to The Dalles to visit o f the first half and the outcome
day
night
Monmouth
is
to
play
In­ this school which has had such a
relatives expecting to return the was in doubt, but the Monmouth
dependence
in
that
city.
rapid growth.
next day but because o f the storm boys rallied in the last half with
J. M. Bowersox, a junior in the
it was ten days before he got back. the effect that the final score stood
Next to a fire, a balky horse
school of pharmacy, has resumed
will
attract
a
crowd
as
quickly
ss
Advancing Christmas is heralded 9 to 27 in favor of Monmouth.
his course at O. A. C. after spend­
The student body appreciated tht anything we know of.
by some attractive window displays
ing the year 1920-21 at the Univer­
If the proposed 1925 fair becomes
on the part o f some o f our Main interest evidenced by the large
sity of Oregon medical college in
street merchants. Two 'especially number o f towupeople'and Normal a reality, one o f the things that Portland. Mr. Bowersox says that
will come with it is excursion rates
good ones are at the butcher shop students who attended the game.
he expects to get his Ph. D. in
Falls City had quite a large rep- on all railroads. People who have
where Fred Hill has constructed a
pharmacy and in the meantime is
novel winter scene and the Miller resentation present and considerable friends and relatives in the east preparing himself to teach scientific
will urge them to take advantage
Mercantile store where fir branches enthusiasm was aroused.
subjects in the high school. He is
The
gate
receipts
for
the
evening
o f the lowered rates and come out
and merchandise make a very at­
a member of Kappa Pei fraternity
reached nearly fifty dollars.
and see Oregon. Thousands of vis-
tractive combination.
which is a professional pharmacy
F’riday night the boys and girls itor--who otherw ise would never get
fraternity.
Statistics show that
U. G. Heffley leaves this week
will both play Independence at In- within our boundaries will come
men
in
fraternities
maintain a high­
for Marshfield to make the acquaint­
dependence. Great things are ex- and many o f them will stay.
We
er
standard
o
f
scholai
ship than non­
ance o f his new granddaughter.
pected o f the local teams at this venture there is r.ot a community in
fraternity rr.en. The average for
Mrs. Heffley has been in Marshfield |
time.
| Oregon but has someone living in
fraternity men last year was 83.73
for some time past.
The members o f the senior class
who was attracted to the state and that for indepen lent men 83.58.
!
have ordered their class pins which through the influence o f the fair
Mrs. Ethel Ayers is a home eco­
will probably arrive sometime be- ! ° f 1904.
nomics student.
This is a latge
fore the holidays, by Flarl Keeney
\ call is out for a meeting in the school with an enrollment o f 524.
interest o f reduction in taxes to Two courses are offered in the
Sociology, zoology, business ad-!
meet in McMinnville in the near school o f home economics- general
ministration, physical education and
j future. In the call is a list of the aid professional. The professional
journalism are the subjects specially
| reforms demanded. Some o f them course gives a more intensive, scien­
studied by the seven students regis­
I are good and achieved would be tific training. Institutional man­
tered this year at the University of
greatly beneficial to the state. But agement, tea room management,
Oregon from Monmouth. Flulalia
| like all moves o f this kind the pro­ and dietetics are special phases of
A. Butler and Dell M. Tedrow are
gram makers would not stop at a the work which may be taken up
both freshmen in sociology; James
r>
H .
.
,
,
reasonable goal
If some o f the under this course.
N. Russell is a fre.-hman in*zoology.
_
,
, , ..
,
• . pr> p >sed ref<.i
rrled out,
James Partridge is registered in
hard A . Van Lo n w ■ senior in
a high board fence might as well be mining engineering and is doing
•oology; Donald 'H . Porto. d is a
proposM t > encircle the state bear­ special work in ceramics. He in­
senior in businets administration,
ing this legend "D on ’ t make any tends to assist his father who is en­
Dorcas E. Conklin is a junior in
racket outside here, or you might gaged in the tile and brick industry.
phy-im! e d * atc n, and H*-rl • rt B
disturb our slumbers” .
Mr. Partridge plans to continue his
Powell is a freshman in journalism.
course
in the east at some future
Lived W ith Hatoin In Stomach
H H o j a — Th re e month* ago Mr*. date.
With the Armament Conference
í/tjcle Jetos
and the Irish settlement we seem
to be making notable progress in
the way o f peace in this month of
December, 1921.
Klla le v y auailowetl a seven-inch hat­
pin and lived. Hnrgeona operated and
found the pin. it had penetrated the
wall of the stomach In three plncea.
I'hyiiclana said she would have died la
24 hours.
Representatives of the highway
The dinner given in honor of
commission were at the Luckiamute President and Mrs. J. S. Landeis
looking over the grading there, as j of the Oregon State Normal school
it stands with the subsiding of the by Mrs. Inez Miller, supervisor o f
flood. It is reported the bridge at I the Mountain View training school
the farther end o f the fill may be at the Mountain View school house.
made longer and another bridge Saturday evening, was one of the
may be put >n closer to the river pleasant affairs o f the week end.
bridge. Mr. Trent, the contractor,
Covers were laid on the beauti­
had about $2,000 worth of bridge fully appointed table for twenty
timber washed into the neighboring guests and a five course dinner was
fields but practically all of it will served by the student teachers o f
be recovered. The force o f the the teachers’ training department.
flood is indicated by the fact that it Those present were President and
washed the pile driver away. The Mrs. Landers and Professor and
hammer weighed close to a ton and Mrs. Beattie of Monmouth. Profes­
the frame was made of green tim­ sor Page o f the Department of Pub­
ber, 40 feet high, thoroughly bolt­ lic Speaking at O. A. 0 .. Superin­
ed. It was moored with several tendent Castle, Mrs. Inez Miller,
guy cables, one to a 6 inch tree Ralph Miller, Miss Donaldson, Mr.
which was pulled in two when the and Mrs. S. L. Coleman, Mr. and
pile driver floated away. Mr. Trent Mrs. W. N. Locke, Mr. and Mrs.
is planning to spend a part of the O. K. Bate, Mr. and Mr.-. I . A.
winter visiting his old home in Ten­ Blake and Mr. and Mrs. George
Schrepel.
nessee.
Interesting after dinner talks
Here is an incident o f the flood.
A straw stack which has been in were given by Pres. I-anders, Supt.
process o f decay for a few years on Castle and others. After the din­
Ralph Dodson’s place was floated off ner an informal reception and pro­
bodily over fences and under brush gram were held in the auditorium
and lodged twelve feet above the of the school house.
President Landers gave a short
river bank on a hillside on the farm
address full o f interest and infor­
run by H. B. Thompson and sons.
mation. Prof. Beattie o f the Nor­
Lena Lavon Snyder died in the mal School training department,
Good Samaritan hospital in Port­ pleased his hearers as usual with
land December 6. aged 20 years and his remarks. Mr. Castle, Benton
11 days. She was the daughter of county
school
superintendent,
Bert Snyder and a sister of Gilbert spoke briefly on school work. Miss
Snyder, both o f Buena Vista. The Mildred Perry sang a group o f
body was brought from Portland to wings which were greatly «njoyed
Keeney’s undertaking parlors in ln- by the audience.
di pendence Thursday afternoon and
After an hour spent socially, the
burial will be at 2 p. m. today in hostess served punch and wafers,
the Odd F’ellows cemetery in Buena and the guests, after a delightful
Vista. Rev. E. B. Pace has charge evening, voted Mrs. Miller a splen­
of the funeral services.
did hostess.
John McCaleb, an old resident of
Monmouth, died at the home o f his
daughter, Mrs. Ida Tate in Dallas
Wednesday night. The old gentle­
man has made his home with his
son, Millard in this city but went
to Dallas recently for a visit. His
death was caused by the infirmities
of age. He was about 80 years old
and was born in Pennslyvania and
was a resident o f Oregon for about
40 years. Besides the son and
daughter named, he has two other
sons, Clarence o f the Antioch dis­
trict and William o f Heppner. His
wife died some years ago. F’uneral
arrangements have not been made
as yet.
It is H. S. Thompson, not H. B.
Thompson who is the father o f the
girl announced in last week's
Herald. While H. B. Thompson is
only the mere grandfather, he takes
the new family honors quite cheer­
fully.
G. T. Boothby has a little agri­
cultural fair o f his own with the
chief exhibits on the bulletin board
in front o f his office. A carrot and
mangle are there displayed raised
by Mr. Ragsdale o f Rickreall, both
are large, but the carrot is o f es­
pecially mammoth proportions. A
large blood beet raised by Mrs. Per-
cival on her town forty also attracts
considerable attention.
The Independene Parent Teachers’
Association will hold its annual
cooked food sale and “ doughnut
fr y " Saturday, Dec. 10, in Conkey
& Walker's grocery window in that
city. Coffee and hot doughnuts,
10 cents. Come over and help give
our training school a boost.
It
The Rehekahs had special doings
last Thursday evening taking in a
large class o f new members. There
was a large attendance and a fine
time is reported.
At the meeting o f the council
Tuesday night an ordinance was
passed accepting the report o f tl e
viewers relative to the new High­
way street and ordering warrants
drawn in payment o f damage award­
ed to A. Parker and C. E. Leonard.
Antioch has been and is noted for
its generous hospitality and on no
occasion has this reputation been
better sustained than on last Thurr-
day at the home o f Mr. Wm. Stein­
berg. Appreciating that the social
instinct is one o f cultivation, Mr.
Steinberg decided to prepare a din­
ner such as only one skilled in tie
culinary art is capable o f doing; be
invited in the Misses Naomi Mulkey,
Barbara Hixson, Dorothy Clark,
Trace Graham. Velma Johnson i nd
F’.lt-anor Portwood and the menu
prepared by himself was such as to
api>eal to the taste o f even an
ep icu re-d ain ty ,
substantial and
abundant, with the salads and de­
serts, together with the usual and
even unusual trimmings.
He proved himself a delightful
entertainer and together with his
daughter, Miss Fannie, gave the
young ladies an evening they will
long remember.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ives and
son are visiting at J. M. McDonald’s
but expect t«> leave shortly for the
neighborhood o f Petaluna, Cal.,
where Mr. Ives has work with the
Warren Construction Co. fie has
worker] during the summer at Corn-
stock.
Dr. Matthiswas over from Salem
Miss Lydia Huddleston, a former
Friday to assist in the arrival o f a
Normal
girl, was married in Port­
r.ew daughter at the home o f W.
land
one
day last week.
H. Wamsley.
Chas. Hinkle and wife o f Auma-
H. C. Winters is living on Mrs.
A number from Monmouth at­
ville
were recent viiators at S. H.
Alderson’s farm o f 16 acres east of tended the Corn Show in Indepen­
Hinkle's.
town.
dence last Friday and Saturday.