T he M onmouth H erald
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MONM OUTH, PO LK C O U N T Y , OREGON, F R ID A Y , SEPTEM BER 21, 1923
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Harold Haley in Accident
Although an automobile, driven by
Harold Haley, 294 North Commercial
street, turned completely over four
times after it had catapulted over an
embankment on the Dallas-Salem road
near Eola, Mr. Haley escaped without
an injury.
The car left the road
when it collided with a machine piloted
by George Lewis of the Beaver hotel,
Independence.
The Haley car was
damaged heavily.— Capital Journal.
The regular fall session o f the Nor
mal School opens its doors to the
student body next Monday.
A l
ready the advance guard o f students
and faculty are arriving and seeking
quarters.
Monday will be devoted
to registration and assignment to
classes will take place on Tuesday. HOW TO GROW T T L IP S
As noted in the Herald last week,
A N D C IR C U M V E N T MOLES
there are a number o f new members
September is the month to pla i
o f the faculty and two new depart
our spring flowers, especially the
ments.
bulbs.
They should be ordered
Dr. Schutte o f the Educational de soon and the beds prepared so that
partment of the Normal arrived in they will get the benefit o f the fall
town last week, coming by automo rains and make a good root grow l I-,.
bile from his former home in Arizona. A good many hesitate to plant tulips
Miss Marie Schuette, form er head on account o f the moles, but whai is
of the Normal music department, there worth having that does not cost
writes from Potsdam, New York, that a little effort; so why not make u
she is to be head o f the Methods de mole proof bed and have it fo r years.
partment in the Crane Normal Insti A circular bed is easily fenced by us
tute of Music in that city.
She says ing small mesh chicken wire two feet
A
she misses the west and asks to be re wide and set in perpendicular.
post hole digger is a very handy im
membered to friends.
plement to lift out the soil around the
The first motion picture for the
| edge of the circle to place the wire.
year will be presented on Monday.
I made the mistake o f putting the
"H ollyw ood" has been secured for
top edge o f the wire even with the
the evening’s program.
lawn, and as the soil settled, it took
the wire down a few inches, letting
Constitution Week Program
I lost a few
The present week is known as “ Con Mr. Mole over the top.
stitution Week” and the fact is the choice bulbs, but not the next year, for
subject of a program to be given in I built up with brick and stone and
Lyon Lodge, A. F. ft A. M. in Inde haven’t lost a bulb since.
My hyacinths have never been dis
pendence Friday evening.
It is an
turbed,
(possibly they are not choice
open meeting to which the public is
cordiality invited.
J. B. V. Butler bits o f food for mice) and large bulbs
has consented to speak on this occa can be purchased very cheaply by
sion.
There will be vocal solos by buying in unnamed lots by colors.
Mrs. M. J. Butler and Mrs. Clair Try a bed o f pink and white inter
spersed with blue forget me nots.
It
Irvine.
will prove a joy indeed.
Yours for
beautiful homes.
A Civic Lady.
Jury, List
Following is the jury list fo r Oct.
1st.
Bush, E. T, R. 1, A irlie, farmer,
Becken, E. B., Independence, farmer,
Carey, 0- L., Dallas R. 2, farmer,
Conger, M. I., Suver, farmer,
Comegys, Felix, A m ity R. 2, farmer,
Chapin, Ada, Valsetz, cook;
Edwards, T. J., Monmouth, farmer,
Fudge, H. S., Ballston, farmer,
Ferguson, Earl L., Salem, R. 2 ”
Guthrie, S. E., Dallas, farmer.
Grant, W. G., Independence, hopman,
Gardner, C. L., Dallas, R. 2, farmer.
Hastings, R. A., A irlie, farmer
Hsrmon, W. H., Monmouth, farmer,
Houck, R. L. Independence, farmer,
Hudson, J. H., Falls City, laborer,
Hogg, R. W., Salem, R. 2, farm er
Morrison, W. I., Independence, farmer
Plov, Geo., Suver, farmer,
Rosenau, Otto, Dallas, R. 1, farmer,
Ruge, Chas. H., Salem, R. 2, retired,
Bidders, John, Suver, farmer,
Ryan, Chas., Falls City, merchant,
Strain, Walter, Monmouth, farmer.
Sloper, G. N „ Independence, hopman,
Shepard, R. C „ Salem, R. 1, farmer,
Sullivan, I. H., Airlie, farmer,
Seegar, Robt., Independence, farmer.
Teats, C. B. Rickreall, farmer,
Thomson, A. E. Dallas, fruit grower,
Trueax, J. H., Airlie, R. 1, farmer.
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N tU C K
The stock o f the Pember ft Snell
company was sold by Judge Cannon
o f the federal bankruptcy court in
Portland
Thursday, to the Miller
Mercantile company and was taken
over by representatives o f the com
pany the next day. A peculiarity ol
this stock was that it carried with it
a lease o f the rooms in the Odd
Fellows building to January 1st.
It is reported there was one other
bidder besides the Miller 6tore which
bid with an intention o f continuing
in business permanently. Other bid
ders
would have «used
the lease
maintaining a sale o f this and othei
goods, and others were simply afte>
the stock.
There were something
like ten bidders for the stock.
The Miller
Mercantile company
has signed up a five year lease fo r the
room in the Odd Fellows building
which Pember & Snell occupied, it
being the west two thirds o f the lowei
floor. They are remodeling and re
arranging the fixtures and w ill put
in a cash carrier system and an
nounce they will operate a store in
Monmouth second to none in the coun
ty. The Millers have been in Mon
mouth since 1916. They have stead
ily built up a reputation for square
dealing and have a circle of custom
ers that reaches in all directions from
Monmouth. W ith a circle o f eight
stores they are enabled to put into
•practice economies in operation that
is reflected in their self evident suc
cess With new store quarters they
face a new era of usefulness in Mon
mouth.
NEW E V A N G E L IC A L M IN IS TE R
T A K E S CH ARG E T H IS W EEK
The new pastor o f the Evangelical
A Few Words from L. A. Robinson
Dear Editor:— A fte r my return to'church, Rev. Louis C. Kirby o f Iowa.
tjie Great Eastern City at the close preached to two appreciative audienc-
o f a busy summer in Monmouth, I es last Sunday.
Rev. Kirby is a graduate o f Uppei
wish to extend greetings to my nu
merous Oregon friends whom I saw Iowa University and a member o f the
Upper Iowa Methodist Conference.
all too little during the summer.
I am once more mingling in the He plans in connection with his pas
mad rush o f city crowds, and doing torate work in Monmouth to tt,ke
my small part in this great school post graduate work in Kimball School
system with its 800,000 children,' o f Theology.
26,000 teachers, and annual budget of j Rev. Kirby is a preacher of wide ex
1 perience, for eight years he served as
$150,000,000.
Y e t in the midst o f it all my pastor to two churches in New York
thoughts go back to the beautiful state and for seven years he served
little city with its thriving Normal two charges in Iowa in the M. K.
School, and to the loyal people who church.
Through the influence o f Dr. Hick
are exerting themselves to make a
bigger and better Monmouth.
Per man o f Kimball School and the at
sonal effort is necessary for improve traction o f the Northwest the local
ment and it is in the small city that church was able to secure the services
His last
it counts with greatest emphisis .j i of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby.
building up the town.
t
.» chaage made a great effort to keep
Loyally yours for city impr^W?- Mr. Kirby with them but the lure o i
ment.
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\ tfle West and our mild climate ir-
fliienced him to accept the Monmouth
L. A. Robinson
chftrge.
L iv e W ire s
The following have paid their s »lj )' Roy Wilson has a leg in splints as
scriptions to the Herald this w i m tne result o f a break he suffered when
Mrs. M. A. Simpson, Mrs. H. E. Gutlv ^ bale o f hay on which he was riding
>ped over on him and broke both
rie, John Russell, Ralph Dodson, Mrs.
nes in one leg.
C. E. Force, L. I. Bursell.
One of the Present
Day Wonders
Insect Found
rhreatensWalnuts
That eternal vigilance is the price
of success as a horticulturist is shown
by the letter printed below in response
to an inquiry by P. L. Fishback
Pearl noticed a blight on nuts grown
m different places in Monmouth and
>ent them in to the O. A. C. specialists
for examination.
The letter is from
C. E. Schuster, assistant Professor
of Pomology in the school and it is
evident that the discovery may prove
of big importance to local orchardists.
In connection with the above the
Herald is asked to call attention to
the prevalence o f noxious weeds in
various sections o f the city.
Seed
from these weeds are scattered ovei
adjoining property to the injury and
detriment o f property owners who
keep their own premises free from
that sort of thing.
In particular it
is urged there is a patch o f Canada
thistles which needs looking after.
The Canada thistle is one o f the worst
scourges known to agriculture.
It
spreads through the root as well as
from seed and when intrenched is al
most impossible to eradicate.
“ The walnuts that you sent in uni
formly showed an infection o f the hac-
erial walnut blight so common among
the walnuts both in this state and in
California.
This is a bacterial dis
case fo r which we have no control ex
cept to use the later developing va
rieties that will tom e out as late as
possible in the season and still de
velop a crop that fall.
In California
they regularly have heavy infesta
tions o f this disease, according to the
season, the same as we do in Oregon.
You will find that the bacterial
blight of walnuts develops much
more rapidly during the moist season
and fo r that reason we find consider
able o f it developed this year owing
to the late rains we had in early
summer, so there is nothing that will
be of any use to use in combat* .ng
this disease on the trees that we have
at the present time.
California fl -st
began working in the control o f this
disease some twenty years ago and
they acknowledge at the present time
that they are no further along than
they were at the beginning, in the con
trol o f the disease on the trees that
they have.
One nut, however, showed some
thing unusual—that is that it was evi
dently affected by the codling moth.
One nut showed that it had been eaten
on ar.d entered by a worm, evidently
the codling moth from its behavior,
and that it also left the nut.
This s
something very
unusual for
this
country and if by chance you should
find any more o f that material we
should be very glad to have you send
it in and call it to our notice as this
is something important in the wal
nut industry in this state.
As you
undoubtedly know, the codling moth
has been bothering the walnuts in
California for some years and is also
•.•cry destructive in France.
Up to
the present time we have had no
trouble at all with that insect upon
our walnuts in this state, but have
been wondering and watching to see
whether it would develop.
I f such
is the case it will entail considerable
more expense in the raising of wal
nuts than at the present time, and is
something to be considered very ser
iously in the grow ing o f walnuts.”
Hold Over Prunes Moving
Continued activity in the market for
hold over prunes around Dallas is re
ported, and while the movement is not
extensive it is steady and indicates
that practically all of the 1922 crop
will be moved before the new crop
comes in.
Four carloads o f holdovers
were shipped by the local Mason
Ehrman warehouse to their Portland
plant for processing Tuesday.
The
local lrbor shortage made it impossi
ble to process the fruit here.
Pn king is now on in full blast in all
o f the orchards and the high quality
of the fruit picked last week is being
maintained.
Tests o f the dried fruit
show that the prunes are drying from
18 to 19 pounds to the bushel, but
th tie are indications that this figure
will run close to 20 pounds on the
riper fruit.
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Home Building Association
| The
Monmouth Home Building
| Association is the name of a local
association of capitalists who have
I united to further home building in
' Monmoutli.
Articles of incorpora
tion for $15,000 have been applied
for.
Those at present interested in
the company are P. H. Johnson, J. B.
Stump, Ira C. Powell and Jas. Gra
ham.
The company plg/is to build
houses for people at their direction
to be paid for on the installment plan
or to build houses to rent until buyers
can be found.
They have several
applicants for houses and are apt to
start active work this fall.
HIGH~ s 7?HOOL
High school will open next Monday
morning at 9:00 o’clock. It is im
portant that all enter the fiist day if
possible as those who enter late are
handicapped in their work and cannot
always get the courses they desire
after the classes art organized. Stu
dents are urged to register this week
and thus avoid the rush o f the first
day when there is little time for con
sultation.
The boaid feels that a strong fac
ulty has been obtained for the year's
work. Prin. L. L. Gooding begins his
third year with the local schools and
Miss Somers will begin her second.
The new teachers are Miss Edith
Clarke, who taker, the work of Miss
Chi istiansen in the English and Span
ish classes, and Mr. Waldo Zeller who
will have charge of the history, civics
and boys athletics. Miss Clarke comes
from Linfield College and Mr. Zeller
comes from Willamette. Both come
very highly recommended. Mr. Zeller
will also act as coach for the athletic
teams o f the Normal School.
Dad Sickafoose will again be on the
job as janitor and has the building
and grounds in excellent condition for
the opening. Visitors to the building
nearly always remark upon the ex
cellent care that has been taken o f the
building. Citizens may well be proud
of their High school and the building
in which it is maintained.
The Civic and Commercial clubs are
planning to give a joint reception and
get acquainted meeting in the high
school building soon after the opening
of the term.
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Would Make Park
Out Of City Lot
The Civic club held s special meet
ing in the High Sehool building Tues
day afternoon and considered the
matter o f assisting in a general re
ception which is to be given at the
High School building after the open
ing ot school, with the object o f pro
moting acquaintance between faculty
students and parents.
Mrs. Boothby
was appointed chairman over two
standing committees to take charge o f
the work and the club will work with
the Commercial rlub and school peo
ple in bringing about the o b i»ri
sought.
The club also discussed the park
matter at some length.
Representa
tives of the club have been conferring
with the city officials concerning the
city lots across from the post office
building and the council has expressed
a willingness to turn these lots o v»r
to the club for improvement purposes.
The council volunteers to guarantee
ontrol o f this property by ordinance
■o the club if it will undertake the im-
prov ement.
The plan which the club has in
mind, and which has attractive possi
bilities, is to hold the property with
the idea that it may be useful in the
futuie for the erection of municipal
buildings.
In the meantime they
plan to improve it with trees, shrub
bery, benches and perhaps a foun’ ain
and a rest room.
The club decided that if it under
took this park it would have all it
cared to handle and will leave the
matter o f an auto park to the Com
mercial club.
Not Enough Evidence
Clarence Irwin, arrested on the
charge o f selling moonshine at Inde
pendence, was
acquitted
Tuesday
when tried before Justice Baker.
It
was a jury trial and the six men were
out but ten minutes when they return
ed a verdict o f not gnilty.
The pros
ecution went to trial confident o f a
conviction, but the evidence given by
one o f the witnesses was so contrary
o that expected that the acquittal was
no surprise.
Irwin’s previous con
OREGON JERSEY COWS W IN
T H IR D N A T IO N A L HONORS victions on like charges had little
weight in view o f the fact that the
Dairy cattle in many classes take sales in the instances charged were
145 National Honors out of 440 for not proven.
the entire country.
Oregon Jersey cattle won 145
Stepped on Wrong Lever
awards o f credit last year to 295 won
Harry Valliere, who recently pur
by the Jerseys of all the other states
chased the A1 Dundas farm, was on
eombined, according to the report of
his way home from the vicinity of
the American Jersey Cattle club just
Perrydale, Tuesday, accompanied by
reaching the O. A. C. dairy depart
his w ife and three children, and was
ment.
This is more than 40 per cent
driving a heavy truck, loaded with
of the total awards issued in the
fruit, when a car drove up behind
United States— 145 o f the total 440.
him.
A ll at once the driver shot the
The awards cover seven different
ear ahead and smashed into the rear
classes in some of which the Oregon
end of the truck with such force that
animals outdrew those from all other
one of the children was thrown fo r
states.
In one class— medal of mer
ward to the ground in front o f the
it cows in class triple A — the only
truck, where she rolled over several
award was taken by an Oregon cow.
times, and scrambled out of the way.
The list includes all reports made to
The thild evidently was not injured
the cattle club prior to May 15, when
but the other occupants were prettv
the official year ends.
T iff number
badly shaken up.
The car in the
of animals in each class is as follows:
rear got the worst o f the deal; the
Gold medal cows, 10 out of 22 in
wind shield was broken, the rad:ator
class A A A . and 27 out of 80 in class
was stove in, and a lady in the car
A A.
was badly cut about the face.
The
Medal o f merit cows, one out o f one
man evidently stepped on the wrong
in class A A A and five out of sixteen
lever, shooting the car ahead instead
in class A A .
of slacking the speed, as he naturally
Silver medal cows, 26 out of 85 in
would when coming up behind ano’ Ser
class A A A , and 51 out of 179 in class
vehicle.— Willamina Times.
AA.
National class champions, five out
o f possible seven in class A A A , and
three out o f possible seven in class
AA.
Gold medal bulls, 5 out o f 11.
Silver medal bulls, 11 out of 30.
Medal o f merit bulls, 1 out o f 2.
Eighty two thousand people paid
twelve hundred thousand dollar* to
see Dempaey and F’lrpo battle for
three minutes and forty seconds,
which is five thousand three hundred
dollars a second for the privilege of
watching the most primitive of huo.an
sports.
Work on paving the intersections of
Monmouth avenue has been in prog
ress this week and fast progress has
been made.
Kullander Brothers of
Independence have the contract.
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Silver Trophy
Notice To Fay Up
A silver trophy has been on exhibi- j
tion in the window o f the community ! Notice is hereby given that the Arm
room of the bank. It is at present o f J. B Hill ft Son has been diaolved
the property of the higfl school an9 and that the business will be conduct
was won in the declamatory contest j ed at the old stand by the underaign '
last June; Dell Harmon, Reba Powers ed and that all accounts owing the
and “ Bill” Suver representing the said J. B. Hill ft Son are now due
local school. This trophy was pre and must be paid at once.
Fred J Hill
sented by tha Dallas National Bank
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