U f/i ... v °fo L'b • T he M onmouth H erald VOL. XV No 52 MONM OUTH, PO LK C O U N T Y , OREGON, F R ID A Y . A U G U S T 31, 1923 T h e r e is N o Lan d L ik e O re g o n and O n ly O n e W illa m e tte V a lle y MISSOURI PE O PLE P L E A S E D Items of Interest Farewell Reception W ITH CO LU M BIA H IG H W A Y Going and Coming Mr. and Mrs. George F. Alwe< At Oregon Normal | arrived In Vacation Time l o Mr. and Mrs. Pace this week from Kansas City ---------------- ! for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cole and chil- | About two hundred Odd Fellows A very successful summer quarter Dodds. Mrs. Dodds is Mr. Alw es’ from the point o f view of faculty ant! sister. The Kansas City people ere Jren who who returned last week from | and Kebekahs and friends assembled students closed this week with m any, traveling by automobile on an e x *! their vacation trip in Southern Ore- ( ln the Odd Fellows’ hall Monday students completing their work for tended vacation trip and expect .to, ¿on, visited at point.; in Coos county. [ l; ¿ht and tendered a farewell recep- graduation. Seventy seven diplomas | reach San Diego before they return The.v took the Roseburg-Myrtle Point j tion to Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Pace, who were conferred at a special Chape! home. Mr. Alwes is a printer, con- highway to Marshfield and North aie leaving for other fields of labor. A number of semi-impromptu Assembly on Thursday morning. ! nected with a linotyping concern c f Bend, called on Rev. H. E. Russell and On Wednesday morning, as the la s t! Kansas City. They encountered the family at Coquille and made a trip to speeches were made by W. J. Stock- The • holm, F. E. Murdock, Claude Boothby regular chapel hour, the students were Rockies in Colorado and followed Bandon and its famous beach. entertained by a delightful program them north t.o Yellowstone peik, tind- road into Bandon is now under con -! P- H. Johnson, President Landers, arranged by the Music and Public ing the traveling rather strenuous struction and the detour over which Prof. Gooding Prof. T. H. Gentle and Speaking Departments under the The Columbia highway struck thee travel is routed is something to be ex- Ira C. Powell expressing the appre- perienced rather than described. ciation the community feels for the direction o f Miss Peterson, Miss Keel- as the best thing they have yet f.i — - — ------------- ! good work o f Mr. and Mrs. Pace and er and Miss Godbold. and say the sights along it « c i C . r. and Mrs. (. Lorence expect to the general regret at their departure The householders of Monmouth. worth a!1 th* trouble necessary to grt start soon for a vacation trip to t h e 1 Mr p * . , . , in t e r e s t e d work fo. to it. Mr. Dodds and fam ily w ill who are on the accepted list for fu r­ land o f their youth-M innesota and th, community w elfare was especial nishing living accommodations for accompany them on their journey tc Indiana. It is thirty nine years ,y stre8sed. He has worked with California as far as Southern Oregon. students, attended a meeting at the since they left those parts but th e y ; the odd F#11 ow 8 i in the Commercial Normal School on Monday afternoon, Indep. Auto Camp on Pay Basis expect to find plenty of things and club> in community driv88, and has to consider the living problems for For some time Independence has folks to re-auaken recollections o f taken a deep intere8t in matt*rs out- next year. Dean Jessica Todd pre­ maintained a free camp ground but other days. They expect to be gone side of the direct path of church sided. The decision was made that it has been found that systematic several months. jvvoik where he could see a chance to the price for board and room namely | oversight o f the grounds are neces Miss Alberta Greene, former head tbe community, $7.50— would be continued. A uni- 4ary to keep them wholesome and form fee o f fifty cents per week for aanlUry. Therefore the ciay council of the A rt Department in the Nor ! As was P °'nte<^ °ut, much of Mr. the use o f the electric iron and a Iecent meeting voted to levy a mal, was a visitor Monday at H. C ani^ •'^rs- Pace s work with and in be- Miss Greene just returned half o f students was performed so laundry facilities was adopted. From I charge of 50c per night per auto Ostien’s. She super- Quietly that the facts were known the ascertained number o f houses al- Jack p McCarthy, 29, Seattle has from a trip to Alaska. vised art in the schools o f Walla on,y 10 the few who happened to find ready filled, the enrollment fo r the been licensed to wed Ethelyn Nich- Walla last year but is leaving foi out about them- A * tokens of appre- Fall term will exceed any previous elson, teacher, Monmouth. River Falls, Wisconsin where she is ciation the Rebekahs through Mrs. J year, but with the new building and Floyd L. Water, 21 Salem, has been Murdock presented Mrs. Pace with opening up o f more rooms, students licensed to wed Alice Marie Herbaugh to be a member of the faculty o f the Normal school in that city. a wrist watch. The Odd Fellows in will be adequately provided for. 17, Eola. ------_ —_ — turn presented Mr. Pace with a gold Miss Todd closed the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Dempsey of j watch chain with an emblem charm. Dallas Bride Dies the announcement that she had been Two musical numbers were present- Mrs. William A. Mott o f Dallas, the Heppner Oregon were visitors this granted a leave o f absence for a year, week with Mrs. Dempsey’s sisters, ed during the evening by Miss Helen and that Miss Taylor would act as bride o f a few weeks, died o f pneu­ Mrs. Guthrie and Mrs. Percival, they Cornelius and by Mrs. Landers, both monia Saturday. Mr. Mott and Miss dean o f women in her place. went to Long Y'iew, Washington be- of which were much appreciated, The three weeks’ respite before the Gladys Weaver were married July fore returning to Heppner. At the close o f the rather informal Fall term opens on September 24 will 14 by Justice Ed F. Coad. Returning program refreshments were mad; to Dallas three weeks ago they set- Wm. Harvey left in his car Thurs­ be greatly appreciated by the Faculty and those students who are returning tied down, the husband being in the day, headed for Gibbon, twenty miles ready by the men in the dining room. at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Butler ( furniture business with his father, east of Pendleton, where he will teach Ice cream, cake and lemonade wer served. A feature of the spread was are motoring to Glacier National Park Mrs. Mott was taken ill ten days during the coming school year. a fine large cake baked by Baker Ar- and Mr. and Mrs. Ostien to Canada previous to her death and a few days Herbert Evans will teach school in nold, and which was the personal gift Mr. and Mrs. Bowling, with friends l*ter developed pleuro pneumonia from California, will be off on a fish- j Until Thursday of last week it was the Lakeview region next year and [o f C. E. Fetzer. ing trip. Mr. Dodds is driving with thought she was out o f danger, started this week for that country in i In expressing his appreciation Mr. his Ford car. Maurice Gentle and Pace told of his coming to Monmouth his fam ily to the coast. Miss Brain- j but there follow^ d^ a relapse. Philip Partridge accompanied him 1 and said there were no brass bands ard and Mr. Savage will both be gone Picnic at Rickreall and will return by train. They went j nor welcome committees at that time from the office for a two weeks’ va ca -j The The farniljes of W m. Riddell and by way o f the Columbia highway and and he humorously contrasted the tion. Miss Peterson leaves fo r her Jim Riddell of Monmouth, and John Bend. ; farewell reception as expressive o f home in Idaho, Miss Taylor to Tacoma Ridddl of independence, together ------- -* • • — -------- ' ! greater pleasure in seeing him leave and Miss Clarke to Eastern Oregon. with Jim and Kenneth McCray o f Leb- J. B. V. Butler will spend a pait than arrive. The good will o f all Miss Alleene Keeler who has been w ho are visiting at the Riddell of his vacation at Tillamook and then , present, however, was in evidence al! one of the Normal Faculty during the | f arm> and the Misses Vera Coulter, will try deer hunting in Southern Ore- through the evening, and expression summer session, has left for Daven- yjae Horton, Bearl Meisinger, Minnie gon. of appreciation o f faithful service port, Iowa, where she has charge of and Leota Wilson spent Sunday after- were sincere and spontaneous. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Leask are start­ the music in the Junior High Schools. noon picnicking in the grove at Rick­ ing off for a vacation o f a couple of F. E. Chambers and fam ily return reall. weeks, going to Tacoma and other ed from their vacation trip in South­ C O M M ITTEE A P P O IN T E D Washington points. FOR CORN SHOW No Chautauqua for Dallas ern Oregon Tuesday afternoon. Dallas has decided it will not have A lva Craven and family, J. L. Van This year’s exhibit of the Inde­ J. O. Andrus and fam ily are back a Chautauqua next year. A represent­ Loan and family and Mr. and Mrs. pendence corn show will be handled from a nine days’ outing spent in ative of the company which has fu r­ A. A. Moore are spending a couple of by a committee o f six from the Retail They went south nished programs for the city for the Southern Oregon. weeks at Belknap Springs. Merchanta’association. A t a regular as far as Ashland and then went to past eleven years has given up the Jack Pember returned last week semi-monthly w ....- ™ «..»«, meeting of the associa quest for the required number o f sig- Coos cofinty visiting Marshfield, Co- from a vacation trip with the Boy tion Tuesday night at Hotel Beaver, ......... „h ...n v « « of Qui,le- Myrtle Point and spending Scouts to Cascadia. The Shattuck the members of the committee who a£ er * in three days in Bandon. They had a| boys, who were form er residents of functioned so efficiently last y e a r - A . * * the s>’stem “ very pleasant time. Monmouth, returned with him for a E. Horton, W. H. Cockle and A. L. Dallas each guarantor was made re- o f a certain Mr. and Mrs. M. E. W right and visit with local friends, Keeney— were unanimously selected * ^ n,SI _ ^ ",r.nLi [ number o f tickets. This year many children were visiting several da>s Mr. Elliott who lived in the Dunton to serve this year, and the president guarantors paid their entire liability last week with Mrs. W righ t’s parents apartments winter before last, i- was authorized to add three to the o f $36.50. here again with Mrs. Elliott looking Mr. and Mrs. Crofoot. committee. He named Guy Malker, up residential quarters. With his Mr. W right is superintendent of the W. P. Harris and Robert Smith. Normal Girl Wedded Gold Hill schools, and consequently son he has been running a store in Miss Evelyn Ridgeway, a graduate Kansas. R IC K R E A L L M AN IN JU RED o f the Normal last June, was mairied visited our Normal School. He has IN A U TO M O B ILE A C C ID E N T m Albany Sunday to Ward Kennedy [ * « «fe n d in g summer school at Civic Club E. B. Rutan o f Rickreall received The ceremony which took place at J Berkeley University. The Civic club met in regular severe bruises about the shoulders 9.45 A. M. was performed in the pres­ session last Friday afternoon in the Vacation Along the Sound Mrs. Sunday evening when the automobile ence of friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ostien High School. Murdock • attended, and — her • , starting this week end on a vacation which he was driving on the Dallas- F. t c.. jiuraock 'o.u tu , -..o Various committees reported prog Salem highway and near the Winona sm M daughter, .r a 1 ayv.a-< >n* o | trjp Qf three weeks to Washington ress and some wished further time. girls, the other being Ira n - _ ... . r • T. station was crowded into the ditch by the flower girls, The committee on a community and British Columbia. They will visit While in a machine driven by Henry H artwig ccs Johnson of Albany. for two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Tom flower show reported discussion of of Dallas as the latter was trying to Monmouth Mrs. Kennedy lived with Ostien. Tom is government engineer the matter all of which was favorable pass and cut in too soon. The Rutan Mrs. Cornelius and during a part of on a road project near Mt. Baker. to having such a flower show in th‘ - machine was badly damaged. Mr. the time worked in the telephone This is a road being built w-ith coun­ near future if weather conditions e r«- The young couple w ill be at Rutan was taken to Salem where his office. ty, state and national co-operation. favorable. The chairman suggested injuries were dressed after which he home in Harbor in Curry county. Mr. and Mrs. Ostien will spend the having small prizes for the most was taken home. The Social Hour Club will meet at last week o f their vacation tourirg beautiful individual displays. The committee also suggested the .Sound country. They expec' to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Arnold made a the home o f Mra. C. R. Butler, W ed­ visit Vancouver and Victoria in Brit- that the club begin planning now for nesday afternoon September 5, for the visit to Portland on Wednesday. Mrs members ish Columbia and will take in some of a tulip show in the spring. Arnold stayed over for a visit with preliminary meeting. A ll The next meeting o f the club will the ports of Puget Sound by boat. are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. John Webber. be on Friday, September 28. A l' interested in civic betterment are urged to attend. National Champí:' a and Only 17 Rumored, Reported Concocted, Collected Herman \V under o f the Sunny lope district asserts that it takes a Dutchman to grow peaches and to •love his assertion brought into the ft raid office a fine assortment of ' 'raw fords among them being a dozen that weighed half a pound each. They tasted as big as they weighed. Just as Floyd Waiter of Dallas was n the act of purchasing a license to marry a local girl. Deputy Sheriff -enter arrested him on a warrant ent from Tillamook. W alter was iccused of unlawful operation o f a notor vehicle. He arranged over the elephone to plead guilty to the haige and paid a fine of $10 and costs. Esther Mason returned from Camp Douglas, Wisconsin where she has >een the past year. She is to have harge of the Junior and the Wolver- >n house dormitories. G. T. Boothby reports the sale of Mrs. Thorp’s house at the corner of Echols and Main streets to Mrs. Jen­ nie A. Reehr o f Portland. The John Scott house on East street has been rented to M. C. Graves of McCoy. Mrs. Graves will attend Normal School. Mrs. Ellis o f The Dalles is spending a few days with her father, G. W . •’hesebio. Mr. Chesebro has fitted up some rooms in the post office block in which to live. Mis. Ruby Hinkey, o f Walla Walla, who has been visiting with her par- nts, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Arnold for the past seven weeks, returned homo Wednesday. Jleleu Wllla, 17 year old Califor­ nia girl, U the now National Wo­ men's Tenuis Champion, defeating the seven Ume champion. Mrs. Mot- la Mallory, at Now York last week. In straight seta, 0-2. 0-1. Now the youthful star Is returning home to take up eathetlc dancing to improve her footwork upon the courts She will not play ln uuy more tourna­ ments this year. The Evangelical ladies put on their annual Dahlia Show Thursday a fter­ noon in the old meat market. While the warm, dry weather had spoiled many of the choice flowers which would have been at their best a month ago, still the display was very beauti ful and the affair a success. Georgia Crofoot is attending the C. G. Summer Conference at Columbia City as delegate o f Polk County Union. Mrs. H. W. Gross, who graduated luring the summer from the Normal will teach next year in her former home and where she taught her ftrat school, at Woodland, Washington. Mr. Randall of Albany and his niece Miss Daisy Buckner were visitors here Wednesday. The latter stayed to work in the post office. Dr. Bowersox is putting in his leis­ ure time learning to forget how to drive a Ford. His new car is a Star. Ermine Gentle leaves this week for Salt Lake City where he will join a A pleasant evening was spent at friend on an auto trip over the Sier­ the home o f Mr. and Mrs. Jim Riddell ras to San Francisco and southward last Saturday when several car loads afong the California coast. of relatives and friends arrived and ! 10,000 pounds of green prunes were sponsored a surprise party in honor of sold in Dallas Tuesday to the King's Mrs. Riddell’s birthday. Music was company o f Salem at $26 per ton. a special feature and at a late hour t 750 pounds o f dried prunes were sold all were invited into the dining room I to the same company on a 7 cent basis whole ice cream and a beautiful cake, for 30-35s with a drop o f Hcent for garnished with pink candles and gera- each five pfflnt graduation to the ■iium blossoms, were served. smaller sizes. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Riddell and baby and Miss Min­ I.cuse Hop Kilns nie W ilson o f Independence, Jim and j The E. Clemens Horst company has Kenneth McCray o f Lebanon, Ed and j leased for this harvest the six hop Dave and Miss Mabel Riddell, Mrs. kilns on the Hugh H. Hanna ranch Addie Calbreath, Mrs. Clinton Baughn, just north o f town. The company Head Meisinger, Leota Wilson, and will operate these as an auxiliary to Air. and Mrs. Janies Riddell and son. its own equipment. Surprise Birthday Party T hink Less Means More M oney A Real Test for President Coolidge Preparing for Winter Chas. Reed, a Portland contractor hss been busy this week waterproof ing a portion o f the dormitory walls. This is done by calking with oakum and tar and by the application o f a surface covering on the outside of the bricks o f a substance known as “ mtn- wax” . It is planned to have the sou’ h wall o f the Odd Fellows buil tu Ajrih-uuarai Director: Oroevenor Dsw*. C u }., jt i , J .ln M Radí-irh. Re«*#reh Director: aeated, Rydut-y Jhsliii-B of Minué* >U. Pies, cf Wfceat Couadl.