T he M onmouth H er ald
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M o n m o u th , P olk C o u n ty , O r e g o n , F rid a y , O c t o b e r 2 7 , 1922
N o. 8
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Last Thursday the Juniors held
their class election and chose the
following officers for the year:
President—Elmer H. Halstead
Vice President— Orral Powell
Sec-Treasurer—Margaret Anderson
Sergeant-at-Arms—Frank Beer
Reporter—Hazel Wells
Council Members—Freda Hammel,
Catherine Bates, Elise Hinkle, Earl
■Condit.
The Delphians will give a Hal
lowe’en program in the chapel on
Friday evening, October 27.
Townspeople are welcome to this
entertainment which will begin
^romptly'at seven-thirty.
Mr. Ted Leavitt, who is conduc
ting revival meetings in Indepen
dence, spoke to the Normal students
at the chapel hour last Friday.
In common with the other state
schools the Normal is to be repre
sented on the program given in con
nection with the Oregon Health Ex
position at the municipal auditorium
in Portland, October 26—November
4.
About forty young women
undef the direction of Miss Taylor
and Miss Chandler will give a'group
of dances on Friday afternoon.
Mr. John Gill of the J. K. Gill
Company in Portland will speak to
the students at the chapel hour on
Thursday’ November 2.
Mr. Gill
will take bookstores and the pub
lishing business as his subject, a
matter upon which it goes without
saying that he is very well jin-
formed. Townspeople are invited
to come to this chapel exercise
which will begin at 9.30 o’clock.
Monmouth business men have the
promise from the highway commis
sion that the cut at the Helmick
bridge will be graveled this fall
and farmers who are interested
have promised to convey the gravel
from the hill to the fill on the other
side to make this road passable for
the winter. The road has been
closed now for two successive win
ters. A committee of business men
from this city interceded with the
county court for this work and the
court in turn urged it upon the
commission.
Ben Pollan and mother have dis
posed of the Pollan home at the
edge of the city to Grover Hinkle.
They have rented the Chase prop
e r t y on M( nmouth avenue.
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sch o o l
On account of the Teachers’ In
stitute which is to be held at Dai-
las, November 1,2, and 3, the high
school pupils are rejoicing over the
prospcets of a three days vacation.
Mr Gooding, High School Supt,
has been appointed as chairman of
the Athletic Committee, and also
placed on the committee to discuss
Teacher’s Tenure, at the Institute
Dallas.
The high school is planning to
have a Hallowe’en Masquerade
Party, Tuesday evening.
Local
pedestrians are asked not to become
frightened if they meet a witch,
ghost, etc., on the street. The
social committee is making plans
for an enjoyable evening,
The Glee Club had their tryout
Tuesday evening. We are hoping
to have a good boys’ and girls’
chorus as there were several who
joined.
Miss Christiansen has charge of
the Dramatic Club which met Mon
day night. Much interested spirit
is shown, and the prospects are
good.
Much of the athletic spirit is
being shown in basketball. The
boys had their first practice Tues-
day evening and the girls Wednes-
day evening.
The Homelike Society was enter
tained at the Mac Donald home
last Wednesday, twenty two ladies
being present. The afternoon was
spent in sewing ard conversation.
The society will serve a chicken
dinner on Election day, November
7. Keep it in mind.
By a change which is to be effec
tive January 1st, P. H. Johnson is
to move the Normal Book Store into
his own building west of the bank.
E. B. Arnold with his bakery and
tea shop is to occupy the place Mr.
Johnson vacates and Charles At
water with his shoe shop will occupy
tne place vacated by the bakery.
Marvin Garland of Rex, Oregon
was a guest of his friend Miss Ger
trude Rogers last week.
Mrs. C. B. Dalton and daughter
of Coquilleand her sister Miss Elsie
Shinner of Burlington, Wisconsin
are visiting at O. A. Wolverton’s.
Birchard Van Loan of the medical
school in Portland was a week end
visitor at the home farm.
Ralph Boothby of Seattle, a con
ductor on the Northern Pacific rail
road and Frank Boothby of Port
land were Sunday visitors with their
uncle, G. T. Boothby in this city.
Name Swope Civic Club Revived
Mavor Candidate
By Women of City
c itiz e n s
«
Attorney B. F. Swope was named
as candidate for mayor in the citi
zen’s convention held in the com
munity assembly room Tuesday
evening. W. R. Graham and Frank
Murdock were named as candidates
for councilmer and J. J. Williams
was nominated as city recorder.
There was but a small attendance
at the meeting and no differences of
opinion developed.
While Mr. Swope is but recently
moved to the city, he is by no
means a stranger. For a number
of years past he has been city at
torney and while he practiced ^law
in Independence, had much'business
and many triends in this city. The
mayorship will give him an oppor
tunity to exercise his acknowledg
ed talents as an administrator.
Mayor Wolverton, who has made
the city an efficient executive for
the past four years, declined a re
nomination. Possibly he plans to
put a P. M. after his name instead
of an Hon. preceding it. At any
rate he felt he had served the city
long enough and it was time to
give attention to other matters. It
was also understood that the two
councilmen, H. H. Parker and G.
W. Chesebro, whose terms of office
are about to expire, desired to be
relieved from further duty.
After the convention the council
men, mayor and citizens who were
to'formulate a city budget adjourn
ed to the council chamber. O. A
Wolverton was named as chairman
of the budget meeting and Howard
Morlan secretary. The expanding
needs of the city constantly call for
more money and a slight increase
in monev was voted but owing to
increase in valuations on the as
sessment roll the percentage of city
tax is apt to be slightly less than
last year.
Two transients speeding north on
the highway on a Ford truck came
to grief one day last week They
ran off the grade the other side of
the tile factory and turned the
truck bottom side up but luckily es
caped without injury. Both men
were arrested by the constable, C.
E. Stewart, charged with intoxica
tion and possessing liquor. They
were tried before Judge Baker and
the charge was made to stick on one
of the men, Kenneth Edgar, and
he was fined $50. The other, Ira
Williams, (not our Ira) was re
leased .
Regular H allow e’en Scare
»
The meeting called for the organ
ization of a Woman’s Club Satut-
day afternoon started with an en
couraging attendance and much in
terest was manifested. As the old
Civic Club was still undisbanded
and offered a frame work for otgan-
iaztiun as well as a small balance
in the bank for a financial starter,
it was deemed wise to reorganize
under that name.
Mrs. J. S. Landers was elected
president; Mrs. G. T. Boothby,
vice-president, Miss Maggie Butler,
secretary and Mrs. F. E. Chan-
bers, treasurer By way of a start
at active work committees were
named on Place. Park and Publicity.
For place of meeting the school
board has volunteered the usa of
Room 1 in the high school building.
The time for the monthly meeting
has not been definitely set but will
probably be on a Friday afternoon.
A meeting is to be held this week
on Saturday afternoon in the high
school auditorium at 2 o’clock.
A group of three women who are
experts in landscape work and who
will visit the Rickreall school with
suggestions in this line are to be in
Monmouth Saturday as guests of
Miss Todd, and if possible one of
theft ladies will be secured to ad
dress the club. The club also has
a committee at work looking up
ways and means to secure a suitable
auto park in the city.
S. P. Parker has rented the Nor
ton farm south of this city.
A number of Monmouth Christian
Scientists attended a lecture in Sa
lem Sunday afternoon.
O b itu a r y
Mrs. H. E. Guthrie and Mrs. M.
E. Percival received word this week
of the passing of their brother. A.
A. Davis at Oakland, Cal. at 2
o’clock a. ni. October 20.
His death was due to hardening
of the arteries and he suffered
greatly during the past nine months.
For four months preceding his
death he was in a sanitorium.
Alfred Alexander Davis was born
at New Town, Missouri April 10,
1863.
He was one year old when
his parents, John Wesley and Mary
Jane Davis crossed the plains to
Oregon. His early life was spent
in the Chehalem and Willamette
valleys.
He was of a portly, stur
dy constitution with a witty, cheer
ful disposition and was a favorite
with all. He went to California in
1892 and has since made his home
there
He married Miss Rose Car-
lysle in 1900 and thev had three
children, Sybil Rose who died when
a year old, Carlton, a law studert
in San Francisco and Lucille, a high
school student. His wife also sur-
vies. He is also survived by sev
en sisters and two brothers, all liv
ing in Oregon. He was the first of
ten brothers and sisters to go.
The funeral occurred at the En
gle funeral parlors, Oakland on Oc
tober 22 and the services were con
ducted by Rev. Fuller of Golden
Gate Baptist church with interment
in Mountain View cemetery. Mr.
Davis was a member of the Baptist
church and of the Ordet of Eagles.
Hugh Guthrie and Mrs. Dora
Chase, a nephew and niece attended
the funeral.
C o n sig n m e n ts of w h eat a r e a rr iv in g
a t th e A storia p o rt te r m i n a l s from the
p rod ucing p o in ts In O regon, W ash
Ington and M o n ta n a at th e r a t e of
from 12 to 15 c a rlo a d s daily. As a
Baptist Church
10 a. m. Bible School Prof. re s u lt of th e lo w er freig h t r a t e s from
M ontana, w hich a r e In effect, an In
Homer Dodds, Supt. 11 a. m. c re a s e In the g ra in r e c e ip ts is an tic i
Morning worship. Sermon. Special pated and th e Indications a r e t h a t a
music.
c o n sid erab le q u a n ti ty of w h e a t will
6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor be ex p o rte d from th e te r m i n a l s this
Vesper service. Discussion. Special season.
At t h e a n n u a l c o n v e n tio n of th e dis
music and other interesting features
t r i c t m a n a g e r s of t h e Pacific P o w er
Closing address |at 7:20 by Prof. J. & L ig h t c o m p a n y , a t Hood R iver, It
V. B. Butler. Service closes not w as an n o u n c e d th a t th e federal pow er
c om m ission bad juBt g ra n t e d th e c o m
later than 8.
The Sclo Condenaary last week paid pany a p re lim in a ry pow er p e rm it for
out $700 In bonuses to the several th e re c la m a tio n p o w e r site on the
patrons of the concern who have con D e sc h u te s ri v e r a b o u t 20 m iles from
tinuously sold their mflfc to It for one Its m outh. T h e site is c a p a b le of
develop in g a b o u t 30,1)00 k ilo w atts , and
year.
By crawling Into a burning house a p la n t t h e r e will cost an e s t im a te d
through the bedroom window, Mrs $5,000,000.
F o r th e las t tw o w e e k s all t h e fish
Delbert Irvin of La Grande saved her
little children from being burned to e r m e n on th e U m p q u a r i v e r h a v e
m ade la r g e c a tc h e s of silv e rs ld e s a l
death.
Petitions for the recall of County mon, so m e b o a ts g e tt in g a s high as
Judge Cross of Clackamas county w ere t h r e e to n s of s ilv e rs ld e s in one night,
filed with County Clerk Miller a t Ore and non e less th a n half a ton. T he
gon Ctiy. The petitions contain 2563 salm o n has been t a k e n c a r e of by the
th r e e cold s t o r a g e p la n t s on th e lower
signatures.
The largest registration ever record- U m pqua. F is h e r m e n say t h a t th is Is
«d In Clackamas county was reached a p h e n o m e n a l ru n, both a s to th e
this year. Official figures completed n u m b e r and th e len g th of tim e the
bj Fred A. Miller, county clerk, ahow fish a r e r o m iu g In w ith o u t a n y letup.
More th a n 50,000 c a s e s of p acked
\ total of 17.273
p ru n e s a r e piled up in th e R o se b u rg
Electrical energy from the big plant
p ack in g ho u ses w hile e ff o rts a r e be
at Proapect, Jackson county, is now
ing m a d e to ob tain c a ra to sh ip the
coming to Springfield over the new
p acked p ro d u c t to th e e a s t e r n and
transmission line of the Callfornia-
foreign m a r k e ts. A dded to th is co n
rregon Power company to the Moun
gestion. t h e r e a r e sev eral to n s of dried
tain States Power company, the last
p ru n e s being received daily, ta k i n g up
link of the longest power line In the
all av a ila b le floor space. Aa a resu lt
world having just been completed.
of t h e condition, tw o of th e packin g
Leeter Barrows. Frederick Barrows ho u ses h a v e been forced to h a lt p a r k
and Homer Bray of Marlon county ing fo r a few d a y s until so m e of the
have shipped their club project pigs floor s p a c e can be < I eared
to Spokane to exhibit at the western
royal livestock ahow October 28 to
November 1.
Fourteen thousand bushels of wheat
were lost In a fire of undetermined
origin when the large grain warehouse
at Briedwe!) burned to the ground.
The total loaa will approximate 840.-
00« or $50,000.
The Pacific highway paving, which
hae heretofore been broken at Jeffer-
»«», Is now connected and will be
ready for traffic on November 1$. says
W K Wright, resident engineer for
the state highway department.
The lownr Bluslaw river Is alive
with salmon according to Louis E
Bean, state game and fish commis
sioner The big fell run is on and the
people along the river are taking out
more they know what to do with.
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Dates for Corn Show
Are November 17-18
The date of the Independence
Corn Show has been set for Novem
ber 17 and 18 The exhibits and
classifications will be similar to last
year wtih the exception that pota
toes nre to be included. $400 in
cash and merchandise is to be
awarded as premiums, the mer
chandise being contributed by mer
chants of Indpeendence The pre
mium list will be out next week.
This evening at 8 o’clock Polk
County opens its regular fall En
deavor Convention at the Christian
church in Independence and every
one who is the least bit interested
in Christian Endeavor work is cor
dially invited to come. The ses
sions beginning this evening last all
dav Saturday and end Stinday after
noon. The registration fee ia 25
cents and banquet tickets 35 rents.
The banquet, which is to be held
in the Methodist church of Inde-
oendence, and which Mrs. Mack
has in charge, is to be given Satur
day evening at 6 o’clock.
Again
you are earnestly invited to attend.
Rumored, Reported
Concocted, Collected
F’red Smith started Tuesday with
a car of goats for Arizona and will
stop off for a visit with his parents
at Phoenix. The goats were shipped
by J B. Stump and Sons and F’red
went along to take care of them.
He will ke joined in Phoenix by
Mrs. Smith and their son who start
ed yesterday by automobile for Cal
ifornia with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. II. G. Heftley. The Heffleys
will tour California and visit friends
ani relatives for six weeks when
Mr. and Mrs. Smith will have fin
ished their visit in Arizona and will
return to Oregon with them.
There was a large representation
of Monmouth Masons at lodge in
Independence Wednesday night at
the regular meeting of Lyon Logde.
George Walker of Portland re
ceived the final degree.
Candidate Walter Pierce with
Undertaker Keeney of Independence
as chaperon were shaking hands
with voters in Monmouth Monday.
Mr. Pierce expresses the utmost
confidence in his success. He says
he plans to he a neighbor of Polk
county’s and dropped in to get ac
quainted.
C. C. Mulkey has sold his house
on Monmouth avenue to Mrs. Lan
etta H. Rich of Independence. Con
sideration $2650.
Mr. Mulkey
planB to build a smaller house. G.
T. Boothby made the deal.
A Word for the Churchet
In enumerating the many pleas
ing and worthy features of our lit
tle city in a recent "letter” the
writer inadvertently failed to speak
of the fine church edifices and the
splendid trees that shade the
streets.
“The trees were God’s
first temples” .
With reverence
for the church which Christ him
self established and with honor to
all who love the church I hasten to
make amende honorable.
The
churches are a moat worthy feature
and one that makes all, both at
home and abroad fee! that Mon
mouth is a safe place for the young
men and women to gather m num
bers for educational work. Mon
mouth is known far and wide as a
church going community. Our
churches stand for the uplift of
humanity, the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man. Who
would want to live where there
were no churches.
A. L. B.