The Monmouth herald., September 29, 1922, Image 1

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T he M
onmouth
Voi. XV
H erald
No. 4
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Septem ber 29, 1922
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T h e r e is N o L an d L ike O r e g o n and O n ly O n e W illa m e tte V a lle y
Won Seconct Prize
100 Acres of Hops
Fraternity Fodder and
Polk county took second prize in
Enrollment of 520 the consist of counties at the state Unpicked at Wigrich the Little Black Bear
| fair. Fifteen counties took part |
and Jackson county with its fruit, j
President Landers and the mem­
Once upon a time there was a
When the hop picking season end­
minerals, vegetables and other
bers of the Normal faculty extend
little
bear and he ranged the hills
products was awarded first prize. ed with the coming of rain there
a cordial invitation to the towns­
along
the
upper McKenzie. He was
The Polk county exhibit was in were 100 acres of hops on the Wig-
people to attend a reception to be charge of Mrs. Robert Sachtler, rich ranch still unpicked. This loss a little black bear and if there were
given Saturday evening, September secretary of the Polk county fair which is estimated by Major Rose any big black bears they were not
30, from 8 to 10 o’clock, to wel­ and Paul Carpenter, county agent. at $20,000, was due to lack of pick in evidence. Perhaps the big black
come the new students. Come to Features of the Polk county exhibit ers. When the season opened the bear or bears had been killed or
the main entrance of the Adminis­ were dairy products made from Wigrich ranch hal 50 more pick­ maybe they thought the little black
tration Building.
g o at's milk; and walnuts, hops and ers than they needed. Many of bear was old enough to shift for
them were transients who were af­ himself and had turned him loose.
The total registration at the Nor­ grapes.
ter new experiences and were soon He was a roly-poly little black bear
mal so far this week is 520. This
satisfied
in the hop yards and pass­ and climbed up in a big fir tree
Funeral
services
for
the
late
D.
is a considerable increase over fig­
ed
on.
The
regulations that hops after ants, or honey, or maybe
M.
Calbreath
Friday
afternoon
in
ures for the first week last year.
the Community house chapel brought must be picked clean also worked following his little black nose.
A motion picture made from An­ out many friends of this highly re­ to keep down the daily amount the
Along came a bold bad man with
thony Hope’s novel, “The Prisoner spected pioneer. Floral pieces were pickers could earn and made the a rifle and a red shirt and another
of Zenda’’, will be shown in the exceptionally numerous and beauti­ work less attractive. The associa­ bold bad man with a rifle and a red
chapel on Friday evening, Septem­ ful and the words of tribute given tion price was 50 cents and the hat. They saw the little black bear
ber 29. This is one of the very expression to by Rev. L. V. Lewis smaller operators, observing the and straightway two rifles were
best of present-day pictures and were commended by many. Rela­ need of action, were not slow to pointed up into the big fir tree.
will be no doubt greatly enjoyed. tives who came from a distance to raise the price to 60 cents and even Bang went the two rifles and the
25 and 50c.
attend the funeral were Dr. Cal­ 70 cents per box. When the prune little black bear lost all interest in
The members of the woman’s lit­ breath of Portland and nephews season opened prune men, all of ants or honey or his little black
erary societies are busily securing from Oregon Cjty and Falls City. whom had large crops, were afraid nose and ti mled to the ground.
The two mighty hunters who
the rains would come before their
new members for their respective
The 71st anniversary of the Re-
organizations. Installations and in­ bekah Degree of Odd Fellowship crops were taken care of. So the were indeed our old friends, Edward
itiations will be held on Friday was observed at the regular session prune men invaded the hop yards Griffa and Albert Sacre, laughed
making various inducements. All long and loud when they saw that
evening of next week.
of the lodge, last Thursday evening.
of these things made it more diffi­ little black bear fall at their feet.
A short program was given, con­
Death of Native Son
cult for the big Wigrich outfit to “ Gadzooks” quoth they, “ He is in­
sisting of a piano solo^by Miss Ma­
John Albert Woods, native of bel Johnson, vocal solo by Mrs. F. maintain a large enough force. deed a fine little fellow. We will
Polk county and one of the most E. Chambers, and a very interest­ They worked short handed practi­ take off his little black coat and
prosperous farmers of the Oak ing and instructive address by Rev. cally all the time and so were com­ prepare him for the oven and wnen
Point section, died Wednesday. He Dunsmore of Independence. After pelled to see a large acreage given Baker Arnold of Monmouth shall
have run him through his electric
mould and spiders.
was born 56 years ago between In­ the meeting closed, refreshments over to _____
oven with the seasoning in proper
dependence and Monmouth and was were served.
The Odd Fellows building is proportions and some sweet pota­
a son of SolomonVWood.'one of the
being held up at present because toes roasted in his fat, then indeed
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Murdock
early pioneers. At different times
of scarcity of cement. Cement will there be a fine meal for the
he resided in Eastern Oregon, in drove down Shelburn Thursday tn
scarcity is acute at present and all Odd Fellows of Monmouth to put
Northern California and at Walla get a final load of furniture and
work of this nature is more or less their teeth into. No fine young
incidentally to attend the 71st an­
Walla, Washington.
handicapped. It is said there is porker will be better than that
He was a member of Salem niversary of the Rebekah Degree
plentv of cement in Utah but con­ little black bear when he shall ap­
Lodge, No. 336, B. P. O. E. and of whichjwas observed in the regular
tractors will not pay the freight pear a t the fraternal board” .
Ochico Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Prine- session of lodge Thursday night.
rates necessary to bring it to the
As proposed they acted and many
ville and he belonged to the canton
coast.
Oregon and California mills
A window display of small savings
were the commendations lavished
in Walla Walla.
banks, shaped like the Liberty Bell can supply but a small portion of at the regular meeting Monday night
He is survived by a widow, Mrs.
has aroused considerable interest at the demand.
on the heads of all who had part in
Myrtle Woods, and two daughters,
the bank this week. Advertising
Mrs. Edna Myer of Portland and
Mrs. Hattie Smiley and son of preparing the spread. The little
explanation of this innovation is
black bear dressed twenty pounds
Mrs. Vivian Meiring of Portland,
found in another part of this issue. Corvallis are again domiciled in one and indeed rivaled in taste a young
and three grandchildren. Peter and
of the Murdock apartments. Mrs.
Baphime Bessoti of Oak Point and
Mrs. Joy is packing up and dis­ Smiley rents her house in Corvallis porker, and many were the pieces
Bruce Harper of Walla Walla.
posing of her household goods and to students at the Agricultural Col­ that were wrapped in oiled paper
His remains were prepared for expects to move to Lis Angeles to lege and comes here to attend the and taken home that the folks by
the family fireside might sample it.
burial by Undertaker Keeney cf spend the winter with a daughter. Normal.
They do say, however, that some
Independence and will be shipped Her residence has been bought by
H. W. Morlan has been appointed
of the stomachs around the board,
today to Walla W alla,>here funer- J. W. White of Yamhill who will
local agent for registering voters.!
accuxtomed to more common and
al services and burial will be had. move here.
Only a short time elapses before the
plainer fare, received the bear mor­
The regular meeting of the Social
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harvey of closing date for registration.
sels with ill grace and several were
Hour Club will be held next Ciatskanie and Mr. and Mrs. Carl­
Mr. and Mrs. Claire Winegar denied sweet refreshing slumber in
Wednesday at 2 P. M. at the home son of Portland spent a few days
have rented the Murdock bungalow the small hours of the night follow­
of Mrs. Evans.
at the home^of their brother, M. M. on B^oad street as a place of resi- ing. Perhaps the spirit of that
little black bear, if we could have
dence.
Mrs. Stockholm accompanied her Harvey and family.
mother, fclrs. Raymond, to Portland
one day last week.
Mrs. Boche, who returned from
Reno, Nevada, last week says the
shell which killed her nephew, Wes­
ley Guilliams, had been emptied of
explosives and was thought to be
incapable of any harm.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Morlan went
to Corvallis Friday to visit with
relatives.
Mark Conklin is teaching school
at Canary, which ia in Lane county,
close to the ocean.
Jack Leask has a 1923 Ford tour-
E car to use in prosecutingih s
od business this winter.
Robert Steele and Mr. and Mrs.
G. Peterson of the Oak Point
trict were visitors in this city
furday The Petersons are hav-
I their new house enlarged.
Jack Stump, who is attending O.
C., spent Sunday wtih his par­
ts, Mr. andMrs. John Stump.
F ’T al action on tha M alS-ur bird
larva controversy so far aa the core
ite e rap reaen tln a th e sta te aad fed
ai governm ent la concerned, will
obabljr be taken a t a m eeting of
r com m ittee In P ortland la July,
cording to Percy A Cupper, state
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What Do You Have?
Prospects for a Monmouth exhib­
it at the county fair are looking up.
T. J. Wedekind has volunteered the
use of his store as a place to assem­
ble the exhibits A local fair will
be held there Tuesday for the pur­
pose of selecting the best for exhib­
it in Dallas. Don’t come and look
at the display and say you nave
better stuff at home than is exhib­
ited. Bring it along and help us
to have an exhibit that will make
rivals sit up and take notice.
Bring your stuff for exhibition Mon­
day and Tuesday to the central
point.
Rumored, Reported
Concocted, Collected
The Evangelical church is moving
at present with a speed that will
likely place it on its foundation at
the corner of Jackson street and
Monmouth avenue about the latter
part of the week. J. U. Purtin of
Corvallis has the contract for mov­
ing the building for(the sum of $550
with right of way furnished.
Because wires had to be cut in
moving the church, the Herald
went without power at certain per­
J. M. MacDonald has bought the iods Wednesday and Thursday and
lot on which the Evangeilcal church the amount of type set up was less
was located, consideration $300. than common for that reason.
This includes the cost of sidewalks
around the lot and curb on Main
The community sale nt Elkins last
street, but not the horse shed on week Thursday was embarrassed
the rear of the lot. Chas. Stewart with a plentitude of articles offered
bought this. Mr. MacDonald is for sale. Something like 70 head
planning to build a good residence of cattle great and small were
on this location this winter.
offered for sale. The number of
horses offered also served to keep
Alva Craven looked in vain for a
bidding slow.
small house in which his family
could live this winter while the lit­
tle girls in attending school, so he A Tribute to Mies Doughty
set to work to build a house. He
Miss Armilda Doughty who de­
bought a tract of land, 40 x 80 on clined reelection as an instructor in
Echols street of E. W. Strong and the Monmouth high school to retire
immediately started to build a from teaching has had one of the
house on it. The plat is located most interesting careers of any Or­
across the alley from E. C. Cole.
egon teacher.
At the age of eight
years she entered the publie school
Birchard Van Loan left this week
in Monmouth, at that time under
for Portland to start a four year
the principalshlp of T. P. Campbell
course in the university medical
who later was the founder of Chris­
school.
tian College which after became the
Monmouth Normal School now call­
H IG H SCHOOL
ed
the Oregon Normal School.
High School opened Monday, Sep­
Much
of her early training was re­
tember 25, with an enrollment of
ceived
under the inspiration of that
82. Several students are still out
educational
leader and it was upon
helping with the prune harvest, but
his
advise
that
she decided to be­
are expected to register by next
come
a
teacher.
She taught her
week.
first school in the Elkins district
The Seniors and Juniors in meet­ about four miles southwest of Mon­
ings Tuesday and Wednesday after­ mouth when 17 years of age, re­
noons respectively, elected the fol­ ceiving $25.00 per month and
lowing class officers: Seniors— “ boarding round" as was the cus­
President. Ted Graham; Vice presi- tom in those days. One unusual
Jent. Philip Partridge; Secretary, coincidence happened the past year
Nellie ¿Hinkle; Treasurer, Minnie when one of the seniors enrolled in
Keeney; Executive member, Mayda Miss Doughty's classes proved to be
Huber; Class Advisor, L. L. Good­ the son of a man who was a mem­
ing. Junior class officera- Presi ber of the primary class in her first
dent, Clay Fgleston; Vice presi­ school at Elkins.
dent, Merle Wilson; Secretary,
At the close of the first [year of
Dorothy Clark; Treasurer, Horace teaching Miss Doughty became an
Butler; Executive member, Della employee of the Christian Messen­
Blunk; Class Advisor, Miss Marsh. ger and learned to “stick type” . In
The Sophomores held their class 1882 'Christian College passed over
meeting Thursday and elected the to the state and became the Mon­
following—President, Hugh Van mouth Normal School.
Miss
I/)an; Vice'president, Silas Coats; Doughty set up the type and print­
Secretary and Treasurer, Naomi ed on a 'small job press the first
Huggins: Executive member, Earl catalog issued by the normal school.
Rogers; Class Advisor, Miss Christ­
With the opening of the normal
ensen. The Freshmen will hold s:hool Miss Doughty entered as a
their class meeting and election of student and graduated in 1884,
officers this evening.
working in the Messenger office on
The Freshmen are wearing green Saturdays and at odd times in order
colors this week and at assembly to pay her expenses.
Thursday morning the song “ Wear­
Her record in the normal school
ing of [the Green” was sung in was so good that she was offered
their honor.
and accepted a position on the
A number of the students have faculty of then normal where she
been absent from school this week taught for six years. In 1890 she
visiting the State Fair in spite of entered San Jose Normal in Califor­
nia, graduating there in 1892.
rainy weather.
A class in Social Problems has After teaching eight years in the
been started this year with Prof. grammar schools of California she
Gooding as teacher. A class in entered Stanford University and
Agriculture was attempted but not when forced to leave on account of
enough interest was shown and it lack of funds, lacked but a little of
graduating
She soon received a
was dropped.
life
certificate
in California aad
The teachers from the Commercial
after
a
short
time
was elected as a
Department of the Normal who are
member
of
the
faculty
of the Ash­
doing practice teaching this term
land
Normal
school
where
she con­
in the high school are Mr. Parka,
tinued
to
teach
U^ltil
it
was
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Bookkeeping: M iss'Stollar, First
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year typing; Miss Snyder. Second in 1909.
In
191
ljshe
was
induced
to
accept
year typing.
a position in the Monmouth high
Irving Swenson
school where she has worked contin­
heard it, would have echoed the uously for the past eleven years and
boisterous mirth with which the two served as principal during the war.
As a teacher, friend and counsel­
mighty hunters greeted it when
that little black bear fell from that or Miss Doughty will be greatly
misssed by the high school.
| big fir tree.