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MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 22. 192a
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Summer School Starts
Students Number 745
Europe Now u W ork
Say« Henry Allea
Shei iff Shuts Doors Albany Will Honor
of Pember & Snell Polk County Pioneer
-Larry Ho"
An Editor Again
Road Work For June
Reaches Many Places
Registration for Summer School at
In the May county pay roll it ia dis-
The first business crash Monmouth) On the afternoon of July 4 at the!
the Oregon Normal this week has
1
closed
that this is the season of the
has had in many years occurred last Chautauqua auditorium in Bryant
reached a total of 745 which is a
year when road work is busiest. This
Saturday
when
Sheriff
J.
W.
Orr
came
Park,
Albany,
Oregon,
a
special
com­
healthy advance over the number en­
sort of improvement is in progress all
over from Dallas and closed the doors memoration of the one hundredth an-
rolled the first week last year which
over the county and the June ex­
of
the
Pember
and
Snell
Mercantile
niversary
of
the
birth
of
Mrs.
Sarah
was 675.
penditures will probably total $21,00«
Company, it being the outcome of a Helmick will be held in her honor, '
which
is as much as expenses in this
The Normal this year is offering
suit filed in the circuit court by R. L. The Modern Travelers and the Cham-
department
for tjie balance of the
much more practice work for student
Sahin, assignee of a debt owed to her of Commerce will join in this'
year.
Over
700
warrants were issued
teachers than was the case in any pre-
Fcot, Schultze and Company for meeting. Other features are planned
by the clerk's office covering the May
• vious year. To give all an opportunity
$32tM.47. Since the initial suit was in her honor, one of which is a show-1
payroll, which is about three times as
training schools are maintained ir. In­
started a number of other claims er^ f flowers at her home at Seventh
many as are usually issued. This
dependence, Salem and Corvallis as
have been presented until the aggre- and Baker streets, at 1:30 P. M., pre­
¡was
the cause of some delay in the is­
well as in Monmouth. This makes the
gate is a considerably larger sum. ceeding the program at the park, in
suance
of warrants and was not due
faculty roll a long one as will be ob­
Since Saturday the doors of the com- which her friends, the various ladies |
to checkipg citizenship as some people
served from the following list:
believed. This checking for citizen­
awaiting the rtgular routine of legal city will participate. Music by the
'1-arry Ilo" Hodgson, twice mayor ship did not develop into the magni­
Monmouth
procedure.
,
hand
and
singing
by
the
children
will
or St. Paul, Minn.. W back In tlte tude that was first expected of it, be-
Thomas H. Gentle—Dept, of Train­
Since the company has been in be special features. Grandma Hel- newspaper game with a hang, pick- |ing
ing Schools
due primarily to the decision of
lug up bis famous blue peard to as­
Misiness but a short time and there mick and her late husband were! sume
tbe editorship of the Mhuxwy- the attorney general of the state, who
Cecil J. S. Bowling—Assistant in
is
no
claim
of
reckless
or
extravagant
among
the
earliest
pioneers
of
Polk
\cict. Mr Hodgson la known
Education
that the law was cnly applicable
management, and since the proceeds county, where she has many friends, iUi$
throughout the middle west, aa a to held elective
George Hug—Education
officers and those appointed
yen
La
I
philosopher
In
prow
and
vene
of
the
company
as
far
as
received,
all
of
whom
are
invited
to
join
in
S. S. Duncan—Rural Department
to
fill
vacancies
in elective offices,
aud
U
a
gifted
public
speaker.
have been used to discharge obliga- this notable celebration,
J. B. V. Butler—Dept, of History
though the intent of the bill, accord­
Henry Allen, former Governor of tions, it is hard to see how the liabil-1 Mayor G. W. Chesebro spent the
Herman Ostien—Dept, of Mathe­ Kansas. Just back from Europe as ities of the company can be much week end in Portland and returned |»AUL GREENE WRITES FROM ing to those who introduced it, was to
Near East Relief. Is mighty hopeful greater than its assets. It appears | with a housekeeper, his granddaught-
matics
require all employes of the county to
for a quick recovery aa agriculture
CALIFORNIA JJRANGE BELT be citizens
Edna Mingus—Dept, of English
and
producers
are
diligently
at
to
be
a
case
of
insufficient
capital
to
er,
Marion
Ellis
of
the
Dalles.
With
Martha Darrah—Dept, of Public work there.
Not only is the road money being
handle the scope of business undertak- . them came also his grandchildren, Paul Green is reading gas meters at expended
Speaking
this month but it is going
San
Berncdioo.
California
but
he
says
en.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Snell
and
their
as-
George
Ellis
and
Lawrence
and
Gilbert
Alabama Brenton—Head of Dept, of Kate Houx—Critic 5-6
all
over
the
county. A pledge Com­
sistants, Messrs. Kent and Jepson'Auld, the last two of Portland. They he has not caught anything contagious missioner Riddell
made wins that he
Art
yet.
However
there
are
a
number
Florence
Beardsley—Methods
4-6
have worked hard to make a success'are here for a vacation visit,
Agnes Campbell—Assistant in Art Rozene Epple—Methods 1-3
of things that come under his obser­ would endeavor to have the road
of
the
venture
and
have
made
a
good
In
addition
to
being
one
of
our
old-
Dept.
money spent in the districts where it
L. Gooding—Methods 7-8
impression with the public. J. W. est citizens, there are few that have vation and in a letter to the Herald originated,
Blanche Clark—Assistant in Art L.
and this is being carried
this week he relates the following:
Mrs.
Ora
R.
Hemenway—Physical
Pember,
the
financial
end
of
the
con-
had
as
long
a
period
of
residence
in
Dept.
out.
As
a
result districts where tax
cern, has been an adept at raising the state as Mrs. Helmick. With On June seventh and eighth the
Vivian Chandler—Physical Educa­ Education
citizens
of
Beaumont
California,
and
payer8
h*ve
had 10 8° «way from
Allene Keeler—Music
money in the past and may yet her parents she crossed the plains in
home to travel over improved roads
tion
Garnet
West—Art
the
Ucaipa
Valley,
held
a
Cherry
Fes
raise
enough
cash
to
see
this
venture
1846
and
the
first
land
claim
the
fam-
Catherine Winslow—Physical Edu­ W. W. Green—Rural
getting some improvements in
through.
i ily took up was on the present site of tival. Beaumont is located in the are
the home bailiwick now. Typical
cation
Salem
mountainous
part
of
Southern
Calif­
Mr.
Pember
who
was
in
the
city
Salem.
This
they
passed
on
to
oth-
Homer Dodds—Science Department Margaret Cosper—Supervisor
these is the Sunny Slope and
yesterday says that Monmouth is his ers and took up the Helmick donation ornia just out of the Coachilla desert. of
Helen I. Moore—Head of Dept, of Clayton Burrow—Critic 1-2
the
Antioch districts. In the
The
town
was
first
started
ns
a
resort
home and that he will keep his name land claim on the Luckiamute about
Music
for tuberculars, many of whom took Antioch district was probably the
Esther
Halverson—Critic
3-4
upon
the
firm’s
present
store
quart-
1848.
Jennie Peterson—Assistant in Mu­ Emily DeVore—Critic 6th Grsde ers for some time to come.
An incident of the western trip up farming, principally for their steepest grade in the United States.
sic Department
health. On account of the rather un- Her* the road ha* been
and
Lois
Reed—Critic
7-8
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was
the
loss
of household goods and
Miss Morrisey—Writing
usual
topography
of
the
surrounding
“
n*w
and
much
*•“
Pronounced
Edith
Schmeer—Critic
5th
Grade
More
Houses
Needed
'kitchen
utensils
on
a
raft
that
went
Katherine Arbuthnot —Advanced
Handling and caring for the flood of over the falu at Oregon City. This country, Beaumont and the Ucaipa grade established. For the first time
Cervallis
Methods
Normal
students appears to have accident occurred while crossing the Valley receive more rain than any 'n b',tory citizens of that part of the
Oma
Emmons—Critic
1-2
Grades
Louise Syp—Commercial Depart­ Mattie I. Carr—Critic 3-4
be«i
fairly
easy this year. Although rjver when the ra it got away from other part of Southern California and,Luckiamute wil* find ** fair,F ea*y
ment
to Monmouth and Independence,
there
are
about
seven hundred and
But it waa only an incident cherries and apples can be grown sue-
Geraldihe
Purdy—Critic
6th
LeVelle Wood—Home Economics Mrs. Ethel Miller—Critic 7-8
fifty students enrolled they wore read-
made forkg and plateg out „f cessfully and with profit,, with a mod- A »ravel bed Haa be«« tapped'in the
Department
Frances Cox—Critic 5th
ily absorbed by the rooming and wood and used them until something crate amount of irrigation. It is this l-,uc*t'8mute river and the freeh
Alice McIntosh—Critic 7-8
same irrigation, though, that makes *rade *° b* graveled this fall,
boarding
facilities of the city and better was obtained,
Mamie Rychard—Critic 5-6
the fruit soft and juicy, rendering it! improvement# have «iso been the
there
is
room
for
more.
There
is,
Mrs.
Helmick
has
maintained
her
Grange Picnic, June 30
Catherine Gentle—Critic 3-4
unfit to ship any great distance. The or<ipr ^be day on this end of the
quite
an
increase
in
the
number
of
mentsility
and
likes
to
talk
to
visitors,
Grange organizations from Polk, young men, who are now here in num she attended the family reunion at local
Ida Mae Smith—Critic 1-2
market, however, is quite suiH-,road wb*cb *» » postal road and will
Marion,
and
Yamhill
counties
are
to
Independence
ent
to
the entire crop at ra- ,bare i*1 federal funds when com-
bers
to
make
a
fairly
respectable
Helmick
park
on
the
highway
last
picnic together at the picnic grounds 'showing. Not a few students b8se!summer an(j plans to do likewise this ther an consume
Emma Henkle—Critic 1-2
unusually
high price, on ac- Pi*ted 10 *be approval of govern-
near Rickreall on Saturday, June 30. taken to tents which is both practical I year
Bertha Hays—Critic 3-4
count
of
the
fact
that
in no other part mcnl inspector*. A new road out
Elaborate arrangements have been and economical at this season of the
Grace Parker—Critic 5-6
of
Southern
California
kinu °^ *own bas been established which
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m
worked out for the day’s program. year. There is, however an urgent Morgan Starts For New York of fruit be grown. It can is this
Mrs. W. A. Barnum—Critic 7-8
rather a eiim'natea a bad hill and the route up
Prominent
speakers
have
been
se­
Ashland
for houses and it is estimated Burton Arant is here with his par- mountainous section, resembling some the Fighback hill h«s been graded
cured to speak before the organiza- demand
George A. Briscoe—Education
that
twenty
five more apartments or onts for a visit, having recently con- of the fruit farms between Salem and and will be graveled this fall.
i tions, among them being Governor small residences
Ines Miller—Critic 7-8
could readily find eluded an automobile tour in Southern Monmouth, Oregon. On account of These road improvements mean
Walter Pierce, State Master George ' tenants.
Miss Engle—Critic 5-6
Oregon. He has been a member of being only a short distance from Los mucb *° Monmouth for they tap
Palmiter of Hood River, and A. J.
Isabella Wattenbarger—Critic 1-8 French
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the
faculty of the Eugene Bible Uni- Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, ,ome v*ry fertile country well adapt-
of
the
Grange
legislative
com­
Peter L. Spencer—Psychology and
Will
Live
in
California
versity
this last year, but plans next and other large cities, the Ucaipa Val- *"d to Pru n ea and walnuts. With
mittee. Special music for the occa­ A quiet wedding was solemnized atI y(,ar to operate
Measurements
a studio in the univer- Icy has become quite as popular as a winter road* assured this country
is to be furnished by Mrs. Ermine the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Keen- g^ y cj»y ¡n conjunction
Verl E. C. Burkhhrt— Methods 1-4 sion
other picnic and play-ground and real es- w'^ be developed and be a big aaset
Fawk, soprano, and Mr. ey, Saturday noon, June 16, when their mugical instructors. E. A. with Morgan,
Florence Enschede—Methods 5-8 Bushnell
ia selling readily at a high figure. to Monmouth.
Lyman McDonald, baritone; also a daughter, Hester W. Keeney, and ^ r-|wen known to Monmouth people, who A tate small
Miss Blumenfeld— Physical Educa­ men’s
five-acre farm will sell easily I Another achievement in which
quartet
from
Monmouth.
This
Elburt
Petterson
were
united
in
mar-
a,go
wag
Qn
the
faculty
0f
the
E.
B.
U.
tion
for
from
to six thousand dollars. f°mmiasioner Riddell has been in-
part of tffe program is to begin at riage. Rev. L. V. Lewis officiated. departed this week for New York, to The road five
Callie Vogeli—Commerce
ia
paved
all the way from "trumental ¡» the division of the mar-
ten o’clock A. M.
Susanne H. Carter—Rural
Only
the
near
relatives
of
the
bride
(ound
a
career
¡n
vocal
music.
Mr.
Los
Angeles
and,
although
steep in kpt road *und8 of the county by
At noon a picnic lunch will be in and groom were present.
Leona Marsters—Music
places,
makes
Beaumont
within
an whicb the aouth half of the county
|
Morgan
appeared
in
a
concert
in
Port-
order after which athletic contests The young couple left Saturda> jand ia8t winter where hia work won easy three hour»’ drive.
Mrs. V. V. Mills—Art
*et* half of the money. It had
will be in line. Messrs. Adams, ¡afternoon for Long Beach, California
Pendleton
prajge
fron,
the
musical
critics
The
soil
is
a
red
lava
ash
which,
be*n P,anned to spend the whole of
Stockholm, and Edgar are the com­ ‘where they will make their future in the daily newspapers.
Austin Landreth—Psychology
when dry, blows from place to place *b's money on the road northwest
mittee
in
charge
of
the
arrangements.
Clara M. Pratt—Critic 1-3
home.
like desert sand but when cultivated ^rom U»H*s- Now it haa been divid-
I’owell Reunion Next Sunday
and irrigated produces amazingly.
and tb* Elkins-Kings \ alley road
Dr. J. M. Powell has been busy The Cherry Festival is an annual ,b*r*# equally with the Ballston road,
this past week arranging for the pro­ event in Beaumont and is a great sue- While the north road leads to Til-
gram for the Powell family reunion cess every year, bringing several **mook and the beaches of that reg-
thousand people from Los Angeles, *0,!’
other leads to Newport and
¡on the old Powell donation claim in San Bernadino, and other toWhs in tbp beachea of Lincoln county. The
Elkina road i* being graded aa far
| Linn county not far from Albany. Southern California.
Something like two hundred kinsmen Many Oregon people were present aa the Luckiamute thia year and it
attend these annual reunions of which this year but although the fruit is ia P,annpd to make it to the Benton
'this is the fifth. Dr. Powell is pres­ large and lucioua and the cherries county line next year. Thia road
ident of the society, Mrs. L. J. Pow­ created a home-like atmosphere, not wb,cb P»sse» through King’s V’alley
ell, an honorary vice president, and an Oregonian could be found that wif'
•J°'n
Corvallis road near
Mrs. A. M. Arant is annalist. The say that the Beaumont cherries car. Blodgett,
program this year includes Ulks by equal the sweet, firm-meated Oregon,
UR ADVERTISING ALPHABET
P. 0. and Ira C. Powell.
product.
A
serious
out-break
of
rabies
has
Improved Post Office Interior
among the dogs of San Ber-
Under the direction of O. A. Wol- occurred
nadino.
A
college afo student
was dwJ
bit-
verton, the post office rooms are being t#>n ovM. a month
an<J ig now
’’•licked” up considerably with fresh from hydrophobia Hydrophobia ia a
paint and kalsomine until
• ¡ digMg' {or
a p r^ u U ra b«
transformation ha* been made.
I no cure haa been discovered. Forty
Jack Chute is working for Morlanl^y,! ¡, the usual length of time for
and ^on.
_
the deadly germs to get in their work.
New Store BuBding About Rr«d>
*ft" th*
b*Uw>: and
The new store of Morlan The
and Son
>>
!
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“
large j most beyond conception
just about complete,
The San Bernardino police have de­
basement has been given a concrete clared
war on all dogs not being held
floor and a composition floor has been 4 in restraint
the premises of the
laid on the store floor. The new owner with on
the
that about a
store, which cost $5,000, and which ia hundred dog* have result
been
killed in the
a model in ita way, will be ready to past week.
move into in about a week.
It is thought that ths warm weath-
| In the meantime work on the hard j*r is responsible for the out-break
surfacing of the highway lags. De.and the authorities do not look forth#
lay in getting gravel because It took disease to abate until the cool weath-
time to assemble and build the facil- Pr ^ tb* falL^ _____
¡ties for handling ft hare caused the Carlton .Savage of the Normal Fac-
delay, but the actual work ia expected ulty was a visitor in Portland Wednes-
to start soon.
¡day.
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