T he M onmouth
Vol. XIV
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, August 18, 1922
No. 50
T h e r e is N o L a n d L ike O re g o n a n d O nly O n e W illa m e tte V alley
Items of Interest j COP BROTHER OF
At Oregon Normal TREAT IRISH LEADER
Professor Edwin T. Reed of 0 .
A. C. spoke at chapel hour last
Saturday morning. Mr. Reed used
most of his time in the reading of
original' poems on a variety of
subjects, several dealing with var
ious phases of a teacher’s work, in
which Mr. Reed has had wide ex
perience. The students thoroughly
enjoyed this unique form of chapel
talk.
President Landers made a business
trip to Salem last Thursday.
Miss Schuette spent last week end
at Oregon City \ ¡siting friends.
Mrs. Collins has recovered from
her recent indisposition and is able
to meet her classes in Arithmetic
Methods again.
A concert which promises great
pleasure to all fortunate enough to
hear is is to be given in the chapel
Thursday, August 24, by Miss Mary
Schultz of Salem. Miss Schulte
needs no introduction to the people
of the Willamette Valley where she
has long been known for her super
ior work with the violin. She has
spent most of her time during re
cent years in New York where she
studied under the well known mas
ter of the violin, Alexander Bloch.
Thither she plans to return in Sep
tember so that the Normal is par
ticularly fortunate in securing her
for a concert at this time. Admis
sion to townspeople for this enter
tainmen will be 50c. The date is
August 24 at 8:15.
One of the very best motion
pictures to be aecund this year at
the Normal will be shown in the
chapel Friday evening of this week,
August 18. This picture made
from Dumas’ "Three Musketeers” ,
has been everywhere hailed as a
notable feature in picture making
The plot of the story affords suffi
cient opporunity for action so it is
sure to provide an entertaining
evening.
A cast selected from the Dram
atic Art» class presented "Where
but in America” in the chapel last
Wednesday evening.
The parts
were all well taken and showed
good work on the part of the class
and co-workers.
The students greatly enjoyed her
chapel hour last Friday morning
when Mrs. Mabel Ground gave
several piano numbers.
Mrs.
Ground is well known in Monmouth
where many have enjoyed her play
ing, but this was the first opportun
ity to hear her play since she went
to New York to study two years ago.
The students of the summer ses
sion have elected Miss Esther Garbe
to report the various activities of
their term for the Norm of 1923.
Space will be allotted for a full ac
count of the plays, games, and so
cial activities, together with enter
taining snaps of many people in
character poses.
Miss Arbuthnot of the Independ
ence Training School left Thursday
morning for a visit of several weeks
in L'e; Moines, Iowa.
Miss Taylor entertained Miss Ed
na I. Avery- of the Department of
Home Economics of Washington
State College at Pullman, last Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mr. Carlton Savage, of Waronda,
Oregon, has been elected to the
office of secretary to the President
of the Normal School and has
already taken over his new duties.
Mr. Savage is a gTadoate of the
University of Oregon, having been
president of the student body of
that institution in 1929-1921. He
held the principalship of the G'en-
dale High School last year.
Proof sheets for the n ew edition
M ichael CoUin*. the g re a t leader o f
the Irish F ree S tate w ho has becom e
internationally known, has a b ro th e r
on the Chicago police force. S erg ean t
P atrick C ollins P a t is now regarded
as an influential factor through his u n
official connection w ith the Irish Frca
S tate.
of the State Course of Study have
been sent to the office. This edition
will not contain many changes from
the last issue, but faculty members
are calling the attention of their
students in the various departments
to the changes as many of the
present students will be using this
course in their schools after Sep
tember 1.
The faculty committee on enter
tainments is arranging for an ex
cellent concert to be given in the
chapel the fourth week in August.
A definite date has not yet been
agreed upon, but specific announce
ment will be made soon.
Miss DeVore of the Independence
Training School is enjoying a vaca
tion at Cannon Beach.
The Sunday Oregonian contains
an announcement of the marriage
of Miss Ruby E. [Munford of Port
land and Mr. Andrew C. McCormick
of Husum, Washington. For the
past two yesrs Miss Munford has
been at the Head of the Department
of Home Economics at the Normal
where she hys made many friends
among faculty members and stu
dents. All will wish her and her
husband life long happiness and
prosperity. They will make their
home near Husum, Washington,
where Mr. McCormick is superin
tendent of the Papst orchard inter
ests.
O bituary
Mrs. J. C .Sturkin.a former resi
dent of this city died at her home
in Salem Wednesday night at 6
o’clock. She had been seriously
sick for two weeks and her daughter
Bertha arrived from the east just
shortly before her death. Mrs.
Sturkin was attacked by summer
flu which developed into pneumonia.
Funeral arrangements are not posi
tively settled but the burial is apt
to be in Salem Saturday, August 19.
The Sturkin» owned property in
Monmouth and thought ,-eriously
of returning here to live. They
have a house here and were nego
tiating for the purchase of addition
al land quite recently. Mr. Stur
kin was superintendent of the water
system in Mor.mouth when it was
first put in about 10 years ago.
From here they went to a homestead
at Chitwood and during the war
Mr. Sturkin, who is an expert
cabinet worker, labored in various
points in the East and South. Since
the war they have lived in Salem.
Mrs Sturkin was universally liked
acd will be mourned by many.
Boy Can’t Find Hia Parent*.
C olom bo*, O.— W hen H aro ld D e
i ’am p. t e r year* old, re tu rn e d borne
from a v acatio n In th e ro o n try . he
foond th a t hta p a re n t* h ad moved
from th e ir home, an d th e re>irhi>or*
co u ld n 't tell him w h ere th e y h ad g'tne.
P olice a rra n g e d fo r n e ig h b o rs to c a re
• for him u n til his p a re n ts a re found.
Court Encounters
A Two Weeks Tiip
CZZZ ON THE CORN Meeker Sets Pace
To Yosemite Park
fCR A CHANGE
More Mulishness
For Grain Growers
The Polk county court recently
Back from a tr ip on which the I
advertised the sale of $40,000 in odometer on the family Henry reg
road bonds to be applied on the West isteied 1615 miles the Herald folks
¡Side highway debt to the commis arrived safely Thursday noon and
sion. Owing to an error the sale promptly set to work to renew
had to be readvertised.
Now- acquaintance [with the 'job. We
citizens of Independence: R. M. set out Friday morning, August 4
Walker. S. C . Hanna. H. W. Matti- at 4:45 A. M. with the Yosemite
son, J. E. Hubbard and Chares D. National park in [California as our
Calbreath, have taken legal steps to destination. At the same time
restrain the sale. This is on the Mr. and Mrs. J. M. MacDonald and
ground that in the bond election daughter Miss Hope started for
the actual rate of interest to be Sebastapol, California [to visit with
paid was not positively stated and their daughter, Mrs. Marian Ives.
the location of road to be improved They became separated from us in
T y Cobb, the G eo rg ia Peach,
likes to attack “C orn on the C ob”
was not definite enough.
Eugene where we thought they
w henever he g ets the o p p o rtu n ity ,
Judge Pipes and Legislator were ahead, when in fact they were
th o u g h the g reat baseball player is
not in any way canabalistically in-
Fletcher have also, in behalf of behind us and caught up to us in
, lined, li e is seen here engaged in
their clients, appealed that uorticn Wolf Creek canyon and we journey l i . second favorite s p o r t
of Judge Kelly’s decision in which ed on together to Grant’s Pass
he sustains the route south from where we went into camp for the
Real Estate Changes
Monmouth.
first night. The MacDonald's stayed
G. T. Boothby reports a number
In the meantime it is announced in Grant’s Pass for auto repairs but
of sales this week. The M. C
from tne highway commission’s caught up to us the second night
Wattenburg place was sold to J. B.
office in Salem that no more hard when we camped at Sisson, Califor
Stump, who bought as an invest
surfacing will be laid in Polk county nia. On the third day we lost
ment and plans to improve the
this year. The grade south from them at Redding, California and did
property. This purchase includes a
Monmouth, now completed, is being not see them again. The trip down
house and2i acres. It fronts on Col
protected for winter wear by was made by way of Merced and
lege street and runs back to Whit
graveling.
what is known as the Wauwona
man street.
road into the park. It is south of
The Mrs. S. R. Smith property
A B ra ce o f W ed d in g s
the road usually ¡taken by northern
Clair Winegar, son of Mr. and tourists but we adopted it because on Clay street was sold this week
Mrs. J. E. Winegar of this city, it took us close to the Mariposa to Eugenia Summer of Corvallis,
engineered a surprise on his parents grove of big trees. It is also some science teacher at the High School.
and local friends last week by g e t longer than the north route or "Big Her father is a carpenter and will
ting married. The bride is Miss Oak Flat Road” and we registeed improve the property. Consideration
Dorothy Reuf, daughter of George 799 rriles on arriving at Yosemite $800. The house formerly belong
Reuf of Independence and a former village. At Yosemite, a brother, ed to "Uncle Bob” Williams.
T. J. Wedekind has bought a lot
high school student. They were F. H. Swenson, with his family
married Thursday evening, August from Phoenix, Arizona, was await 50x157 feet facing on Main street,
17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ing us and had selected a camp site. of Maggie and Alice Butler, for
Elmer Hastings on Monmouth We were in the valley from Wednes $200. He will build a garage first
Avenue. Rev. L. V. Lewis of the day noon to Sunday morning, tak cn the property and later a house.
Evangelical church performed the ing in the different sights and en
R. E. Derby has bought the two
ceremony. They are at present at joying the family reunion. The lots, 63x100 feet facing the property
Netarts fo ra brief honeymoon.
car registered 50 miles on the floor in which he now lives. These
desirable lots are just to the west
Charles Shipley, son of Mr. and of the valley.
The northern route out of the of E. C. Cole’s new house and front
Mrs. A. J . Shipley of Monmouth
Heights, was married Saturday, valley was somewhat shorter than on Broad street. H. E. White was
Aug'ust 12. to Miss Helen Crossman, the route in. We made the mount the last owner.
the ceremony taking place at the ain trip in a single day instead of a
G. T. Boothby has bought Mrr.
home of the bride's parents in lay and a half and gained another V. F. Daniel’s property on College
Salem. Mrs. Shipley has been a half day from Salida, the point we street. It consists of an 8 room
Normal girl and last year taught connected with the San Joaquin house and a half acre of land.
highway,to Monmouth.
the Sunny Slope school.
Two men from North Yamhill
Of the route there was an almost who have ‘ just disposed of a meat
New
Y ork.— T h e
first
C hinese continuous strip of paving from
market there were in town this
“b la c k -h a n d e r” th e p o lice h av e e n Redding California to where the
week seeking a location.
co u n tered h e re w ua se n ten ced
by
Ju d g e M ulqueen to se rv e tw o an d a foothills of the Sierras are reached
Negotiations are in progress
h a lf o f five year* In S ing Sing fo r fe on the way to the park. From the
which may result in the erection of
lonlous a ss a u lt.
Oregon line to Redding there was
H ong W ing, tw en ty -o n e, a p p a re n tly
no paving, a distance of about 125 a moving picture theater on Main
had been re a d in g so m e th in g o f "h lark -
street.
h an d " u n d e rta k in g s. H e w rote. In C hi miles. As a rule the road through
Brick work on the Odd Fellows
nese, to K ong C hong W ing, an Im such open country as there was on
p o rte r, d em a n d in g $3»m. H is n ext step this stretch was worse than the building is now eemptete and the
w as to call In p erso n fo r th e $3U0. H e
mountain roads. Two mountain carpenters will soon be ready for
handed th e Im p o rte r a n ote.
K ong C hong re a d It, an d handed ranges are crossed on this lap cf the roofers. Tenants for the whole
Hong W ing a sm ash to th e Jaw . T he the journey; the southern end t f of the building are now assured.
“h la c k -h a n d e r" d rew a k n ife a n d be
the Siskiyous across which the road Dr. Boweraox will move his drug
gan sta sh in g th e Im p o rte r u n til th e
stock into the east third of the
police se p a ra te d th em a n d se n t one follows the Klamath river and
W ing to Jail a n d th e o th e r W ing to th e Shasta river canyons and the south lower floor and the remaining two
hospital.
end of the Cascades across which thirds, fronting on Main and Knox
we followed the canyons of the Pitt streets, has been rented to J. W.
READY h U K K a c l
Just what enterprise
river and the Sacramento. From Pember.
he
will
put
into the space he has
AGAINST HUSBAND
Roseburg to Redding the road leads
not
made
public,
although he has
almost
continuously
through
leased
the
building
for
a year. The
mountains, notable exceptions being
Odd
Fellows
building
is receiving
the valley of the Rogue and an open
much
favorable
comment
and will
stretch in the vicinity of,Yreka,JCal.
present
a
fine
appearance.
Time and space impose limits on
a detailed description of the trip in
this issue but there are a number AMERICAN LEAGUE PLANNEE
of subjects that invite elaboration
such as the sights of the park, U ruguay P ro p o sta C om bination of
N ations on H em isphere.
mountain traveling, the country
W ashington. D. C —T he governm ent
of the ” 49ers” , camping and camp
of U ru g u ay h as proposed aa * prin
ers. snapshots of California, etc., ciple to he adopted by th e nations at
which will be take up shortly.
tending the fifth Pan-A m erican con
L a te it photograph of Mrs. M iriam
A. Ferguson, wate of the former
governor of T « ta * w ho was im
peached. At hobby’s bequest she
sought to enter the D em ocratic pri
maries m the race for the United
S ta te s Senate.
If "Gov. Jimmy’’
w as found ineligible, it was agreed
the wife should be "it" in place o f
ttac "stormy petrol"
T rack Man Don't W ait For Order*.
Chicago. 111.—Peace prospects la the
railroad strik e w ere dimmed by th«
addition of approxim ately lOO.MK
men to the forces of th e strik e rs. N*
f o tu tlo n s for a settlem en t were tarn
porartly at a stan d still, w ith ao poal
tt*e Indication as to th e naxt ibovi
or Its possible reault
By many It la
b eltw ed th a t the nation th is week wil
meet th e m ajor Industrial crisis of Us
blatory.
ference to be bald In Santiago. Chile,
next March " th a t all cou n tries of th*
American co n tin en t will consider a*
an encroachm ent upon th e ir rights an
encroachm ent upon the rig h ts of any
one of them inflicted by a non-Ameri
can pow er," and th a t "such encroach
m eat would give rise to a common
aad uniform a ttitu d e of all nations
of A m erica "
U ruguay also has proposed th at an
American laague of n ations be form
ed to bring about th e observance ol
th e principle
:t
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Threshers report that fall sown
grain is turning out much better
than was expected in almost every
instance. Among goo-1 yields re
ported is the following from W. M.
Meeker’s farm which we believe
will stand comparison with anything
in the valley. Mr. Meeker had 26
acres of wheat which averaged 40
bushels to the acre or a total of
1040 bushels. He had 10 acres of
oats which averaged 40 bushels to
the acre and 26 acres of oats and
vetch from which he realized 14,000
pounds of vetch feel, already sold
at 4 cents per pound, and 354
bushels of oats and vetch. Since
there is a good demand for grain
and fair prices promised, it will be
apparent that Mr. Meeker’a harvest
this year was anything but poor.
He has 155 acres of land, 8 being
within the Monmouth city limita.
On this farm is a fine walnut
orchard of 5 acres and another acre
embraced in the family orchard, a
large proportion of which is prune
trees. Mr. Meeker's experience
with the co-operative marketing
association is not such as to make
him wildly enthusiastic over it. In
1920 his prunes netted him 46 cents
a bushel for the green prunes and
the cost of drying was 43 cents,
making an allowance of 3 cents per
bushel for growing and picking the
prunes.
GLORY OF THE COAST RANGE
Ne W onder th a "Sava fh* R
Laagua" Is Aatlva and
P e rsista n t
But the redwood (sequoia aampap-
vlrena) I* the chief glory of th* coast
range. Beginning In th e m ertdlM o f
S anta Crus, w here we find a coloaaal
colonnade of theae redwood*, they
reach on Into Oregon. In a magulflcast
fo rest belt ten miles wide and four
hundred miles long. No oilier region
on the continent ahowa ao continuous
a march of these giant tree*.
It I* an hour of Joy to quit tha halt
of pine* and oaks—non# of them very
old— and to come suddenly Into tha
i>rcaeii<-e of these mighty redwood«
th a t belong to the centuries. Maay of
them w e a r lightly thetr thousand year#
of b a ttle with th e storms.
Som etim es you will come upon a
stu n t redwood with a group of y o « a |
redw ood* standing In friendly cirri«
round him. O ften have I lain down to
sleep within such a magic chamber
of fm g ran t tru n k s and bough*.—
“C alifornia th e W onderful." Kdwla
M arkham.
Ten years In th* sta t* prison was
tha punishm ent m atad out by Judge
J. A. Bakin of Astoria to R obert Drags,
who pleaded guilty to aa ladleimMjt
charging him with assault with In
te n t to rub Ho autorod th* K imp pa
3 tata hank. Making a oaay. hut ftod
a fte r firing four shots at tha mm la
th* bank. H« was onptorad a fuw
m inutas te ta r by n
COMPLETES SO YEARS
TEACHINQ AT 81
T hera are very tew parson*
Little Rock. Ark., who Have not
com« in contact with this vary suc
cessful w om an
She is Mrs. Ben*
B. Sterling, who now at 81 years
of age has just completed fifty con
secutive y ea rs of teaching la th#
public schools th e rt
She started
in 1872. It is estim ated 4,000 pupil*
have been in her classes.