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T he M onmouth H erald
VOL.
XVI
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
MONMOUTH. POLK COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER
No. 14
7. 1923
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
Directory Shows
HIGH SCHOOL
Enthusiastic l hrong Mining Prospector State Low
Ili^h School Cost Curtis L. Hawley
Dies In Harness
Brought for Burial
Regular woik at High School open-
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ed Monday morning with a rush, lor (
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The Official Directory j^st issued
every one was anxious to find out tl *> ' • !
'H v ill » lU U IIIS I j
by State Superintendent J A. Church
result of his or her examination*.
ill gives among other things som>
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Dr. Schutte gave an interesting I The concert gn en by Efrem Zim-
Albert Milton Tay’or. father of very interesting statistics concerning
The members of the student body u ,k , o {h
student body
Tuesday , balist in the Normal chapel last Mon­ Clay Taylor of this city, was buried the high schools of Polk County. Thi
ra!ivC ine ththe,r Chri8tmaS QdanCi nK morning. '* He chose as his subject, day evening reached the high wateg ¡n the Etna cemetery near Crowley report shows that while Monmouth
party in the gymnasmm on Saturday ..The Worth of H h , deals...
Mr. Taylor was has by far the lowest per capita cos
mark of excellence.
The violin mu­ station Saturday.
evening, December 8.
The date wee
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lhe hrst basketball game of the sic of this master performer was born in Gray county, Missouri, Sep­
per high school student, it also has
changed from the fo owing Saturday „„„
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• season wajs played last F i ¡day even- listened to by an audience which filled tember 18, 1857, but came to Oregon
the highest total school tax levy
t° give a closed week-end and time ing Wtw^ n Monmouth High and
every seat in the large auditorium in time to be considered a pioneer This results from the fact that Mon
for study before the final examina- Falls city Hi h.
The ftnnl ecore
It was a most appreciative audience, He lived for a long time near Crow- mouth has fewer high school teach
tions at the close of the term.
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was 32-14 in favor of Monmouth, and the attention given the artist lty station but in recent years has
ere to the number of students than
friends on the Normals social list tl
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The next game is scheduled for F ri- was something remarkable.
The been a prospector for mineral in the the other high schools but becaus«
are cordially invited to the dance j
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day evening, December 7, at Perry- great Zimbalist arose to the occasion mountains of Southern Oregon and
of the small area of the district thi
and also to the party for those who daje
California.
He
was tax late is higher.
and in response to repeated encores, Northern
The report als<
do not dance, vl huh will occur in the
The Freshmen and Sophomore girls
added several numbers to his regular seized with apoplexy while living at shows that no other four teachei
m,n‘ S ratlon
Ul
uring the organjzed ¿nto two basket bal1 teams program.
Happy Camp in the Yreka. California high school in the state had as mam
same hours.
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The two captains were
His accompanist, Emanuel Bay, is legion.
The camp was remote from students enrolled as were enrollei
The Delphians will give their re<j- F'vangeline Davidson for the I'resh- also highly commended by many for automobile roads and the body had to
here.
This is a condition whicl
ular program on Wednesday evening, men and Pauline Riley for the Souho- his skill and talent with the piano be carried out.
Clay Taylor went will have to be lemedied soon, how
December 12.
This too suffered a ; mores.
Mr. Bay, it is said, speaks no English to California to attend to looking a f­ ever, if the local high school keep?
change owing to the (Lange in dates
Christmas vacation has been fixed but music has a universal tongue and ter the remains. Mr. Taylor died No­ pace with the progress of othei
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by the board for Friday, D m n b r his work showed he was quite famil­ vember 26.
F'uneral services were schools of equal size.
At present
held at 2 p. in. Saturday with Rev. the classes in some subjects art
Mr. and Mrs. Gentle enterta.ned 21 t0 January 2.
Leonx Meeker. iar with it.
Neither did Ziinbalist utter any H. L. Proppc of the Independence overly laigc for the most effective
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,
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word during the performance al­ Baptist church officiating.
work and the number of courses of
formerly of
Plattville, Wisconsin,
though he is quite competent to do
fered must be kept smaller than ii
who visited Monmouth and the Nor­
so.
He smiled his thanks to the re­
mal on Monday.
the schools having more teachers
peated applause but beyond that de­
At present ti e emphasis is placed
The picture, "Why Worry” will be
C. N. McArthur, candidate for the
pended on his violin for communica­
upon giving the students thorough
shown in the chapel on Friday even­ republican nomination for
United
work rather than a great variety of
ing, December 7. This is the picture States senator, spent last night in tion with the audience.
At the formal hearing Friday,
His music will live long in the
courses.
Fallowing is given the
starring Harold Lloyd, which has Salem, having driven over from Mc­
Judge
II. H. Belt threw the T. S. tax rate and the per capita cost in
had so long a run in Portland recent­ Coy where he acted as a pallbearer memories of those who listened. At
Brown market load case out of se\eial of the high schools of the
ly.
Admission will be 20 and 40 at the funeral of the late C. L. Haw­ times the notes were as sharp and
clear as when steel is struck agains' court, holding that the case had been county:
cents.
ley, which was held yesterday. (Sun­
steel, and again became as soft a* adjudicated in a previous action and Town
tax rate
per capita cost
Mr. McArthur returned to
Miss Arbuthnot has been unable to day).
water dropping in a goblet or the that no appeal had been taken to the Airlie
$96 10
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Portland
this
morning.
He
will
meet her classes this week because
supreme court.
murmur of a mountain brook.
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Dallas
o f the serious illness of her aunt in open headquarters in Portland, Jan­
It was not long after the case F'alls City
Delegations of music lovers were
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Independence.
present from
Dallas, Salem, Inde­ came for hearing that it was evident Giand Ronde
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"I am satisfied with the outlook,"
pendence
and
Corvallis,
among the that the court was of the opinion Indi pendcnce
Friends are offering congratula­
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said Mr. McArthur this morning
latter being Prof. Peck and Dean that the plaintiff had no standing Monmouth
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tions to Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tate, who
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"I am receiving assurances of sup­
in court, and in the midst of argu­ Perrydale
Ressler.
have announced the birth o f a daugh­
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port from all sections of the state
ments the judge held that the case Rickreall
ter on November 25.
Mrs. Ta*e was
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and am also receiving advices that
should not proceed further.
Genevieve Howell, and was gradu­
the Ku Klux Klan is on the down
The standing of the case in court
ated from the Normal in the class of
grade.
Press reports indicate a lot
depended upon the points that the
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James F’ . Murphy, son of a pion­ vour’.y cou~t did not appoint apprais­
o f internal friction within the klan.
Members o f the faculty and student Many old members are dropping out. eer minister of Polk county and on< e r , post notices or have a hearing
A good 20-gallon whiskey still was
body are welcoming Miss Macpher- Politicians who cater to the klan of the founders of Monmouth, died in upon the establishment of the Dallas-
the
state
hospital
for
the
insane
in
seized
Monday night in a small
either
openly
or
secretly,
are
going
to
son’s return to her place in the li­
W allace bridge market road around
dwelling
just outside of F'alls City to
Salem, Wednesday, November 28 the north side of Butler hill.
their Waterloo.
brary.
It wa*
“ I am not making any rash pre­ F'uneral services were held in A. L contended for the county court that the west, and A. B. Allen, better
Members o f the faculty will be en­ dictions when I say that I expect to K«en*y’s chapel in Independence,
the change in question was made by known as "Curly” Allen, is being
tertained at dinner on Friday even­ be nominated for United States senat- FYidav, November 30, with Rev. H
accepting deeds for the right-of-way »ought as the alleged owner of the
ing in the Domestic Art rooms in the tor in the republican primaries next C. Shropshire of the Monmouth
fiom the three men through whose outfit.
Training School.
Sheriff John W. Orr and Deputy
Christian church
officiating.
His land the road passes, and in holding
May.’’—Capital Journal.
remains were buried in the local K P. that this was a legal method of es­ Sheriff Floyd D. Senter made the
Unable to get any response
cemetery.
He is survived by two tablishing the road, Judge Belt made laid.
brothers and one sister.
They are the first move that ultimately re­ to their knocks, they broke in a dooi
Eighteen members of Normal lodge
Prof, and Mrs. H. C. Ostien left
and found the still reposing on thi
of Odd Fellows braved the storm on Wednesday for DesMoines, Iowa, Robert Murphy of Albany, John sulted in the case being dismissed.
cook stove, all ready to be heated
a trip to Falls City Tuesday night. where they will visit with Mrs. Os Murphy of Independence and Mrs
As the time for appealing the
There were just enough of them to tien’s relatives. This will be the first Sarah A. Mulkey of Independence former case, in which the same judge and begin producing real white mull
fill out the team which conferred the Christmas Mrs. O. has had the pleas­ Mr. Murphy was an inmate of the held that the county court could Theie was also in the house two bar
initiatory degree on three candidate* ure of spending with her folk* in state hospital for the past thirteen umend its action in establishing the rtls filled with mash. But about threi
pints of the finished liquor was found
years.
for the Falls City lodge.
It was the thirty four years.
noith side route and make its action
They plan to be
Sheriff Orr made another trip to
occasion o f the meeting o f the county back by the first of January.
legal, has passed, it is thought that
Tom
the
Allen home early Tuesday morn
visiting association and the work was Ostien has a vacation from his work
this settles the case and that the
According to current gossip, Ex
irg, but again failed to find Allen
followed by a midnight luncheon of with the Federal roads department
construction of the road can proceed.
county Judge E. E. Kirkpatrick is to
He is supposed to have gone into
generous proportions.
Because of and will take Prof. Ostien’s place
This road is the shortest outlet to
be a candidate for the office of county
hiding,
having reason to fear a se­
the storm only about fifty of the with his classes in Normal until the
the entile Tillamook and Pacific City
judge this year.
Other candidates
vere sentence if he is captured and
brethren were present.
seaside resorts, and once put in use
holidays.
mentioned by the Republicans are
convicted.
Three years ago hi
will be the most traveled load in the
F'rank Loughary and John W. Orr
served
time
and paid a fine on a
Christmas trie trimmings, Christ­
county.
The quarrel over the loca
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Haley spent
On the Democratic side it ia taken
nioonshining charge.
Allen is un­
mas
boxes,
crepe
paper,
tissue
paper,
tion
of
the
road
around
Butler
hill
Thanksgiving with Mr. Haley’s sister
for granted that
Robinson will
married and lived alone in a build­
has been bitter and long-continued
Mrs. Carrie Donaldson, in Hillsboro. etc., at the Variety Store.
endeavor to succeed himself and he
ing where he ia charged with mak­
controlled
They went down Wednesday and re­
Dorcas Society Annual Bazaar! will have Hugh Black as a compet When Judge Robinson
ing moonshine.
count road matters the road was lo­
turned home Friday.
Tomorrow. Don’t fail to attend!
itor.
cated around the south side o f the hill
and some work was done.
In the
The regular meeting of the grange
following election the matter was this week Saturday is what is known
made an issue in the campaign, with
as "Brothers" day, called so for the
the result that the Robinson faction
reason that the menfolks of the order
lost.
When County Commissioner
W. J. Stock
Riddell, elected at that time, came will supply the dinner.
holm
is
chief
chef
for
this
event, and
nlo office the first of the year, he
he
has
issued
a
proclamation
that the
joined with Commissioner Hart and
ocated the road on the north side of women must stay out of the kitchen
the hill, without officially abandoning until the bell rings, and men helpers
the south route.
Twice since that are commanded to be on the job by
he work has been ^topped by re­ nine o’clock, and furthermore that no
straining orders, in both instances in man who doea not help can eat. This
he name of T. S. Brown, who owns Grange day la the time for the an
a ranch on the proposed south side nual election of officers for which
toad.
There was considerable de­ reason no program will be given
lay in the first instance, hut in the
during the afternoon.
later case the court quickly disposed
Magazine subscriptions taken a'
of the matter.
Interest in the case has increased Morlan'a. Magazines may he sent tc
ty Brown fathering a proposed recall any address
See them for clubbing
of Commissioner Hart in which he rates.
failed to get enough signatures for
Dorcas Society Annua; Bazaar’
the November election, announcing Tomorrow. Buy those Christmas gifts'
then that he would secure more
names and have the matter come to
a vote at the spring primary. Failure
of the case in court admittedly puts
a crimp in the proposed recall.
McArthur Optimistic
Over Political Prospects
Judge Belt Cuts Short
Dallas Hoad Tangle
His Father Was a
Founder of Monmouth
Visited Falls City
Sheriff Confiscates Still
For Falls City Citizen
A Trip to Iowa
Candidates
Judge
Attention Brothers!
Christmas gooia.T ree decora*iona.
Stationery, Sheaffer gift sets. Life­
time pens, Pottery and Vases at Mor-
lam 4 Sons.
Cuitia L. Hawley, state dairy and
food commissioner and a former
resident of Monmouth, died at his
nome in Portland last Friday after­
noon at 1 o'clock.
He was afflicted
with chronic nephritis and for a week
previous was not expected to live.
Mr. Hawley’s father, J. H. Hawley,
was for a number o f years a central
figure in Monmouth civic life and Mr.
Hawley himself, was educated in the
Normal School and after graduation,
ran a book store in this city.
This
is the establishment now owned by
P. H. Johnson.
Curtis L. Hawley, sun of Mr. nnd
Mrs. John H
Hawley, Oregon pio­
neers, was born June 10, 1869, at
Bethel, Polk county, Oregon.
He
was educated in the public schools
and graduated from the Oregon State
Normal School at Monmouth with
the class of 1889.
He married Rose
Landis, August 14, 1895.
At first
he engaged in the mercantile business
at Monmouth, but later moved to a
farm at Bethel where he raised
thoroughbred Guernsey cattle and
Lincoln sheep.
F'or many years he was director
of the local school district and since
1909 had been a regent of the Ore­
gon Agricultural college.
He represented Polk county in the
house of representatives and Polk
and Benton counties in the Oregon
senate for several terms, and while
a member of the legislature was the
author o f many statutes pertaining
to education, agriculture and live­
stock.
Hawley served as one of the com -
nissioners representing Oregon at
’ he Panama
Pacific
International
exposition at San Francisco.
F’or several years he was president
of the Pure Bred Livestock associa­
tion, and he served as a director of
the Pacific International Livestock
Exposition association since its or­
ganisation.
He was elected state dairy and
food commissioner for Oregon in
1920, for a term of four years.
He was a member of the Christian
church, which he joined at an egrly
age, and was a thirty-second degree
Mason, Shriner and member of tne
Odd Fellows lodge.
He is survived by his widow, and
by two daughters, Mrs. Willis Kails
and Beatrice Hawley, and one son,
Clarence Hawley; by his mother;
wo sistejs, Mrs
B. F. Mulkey nf
Portland and Mr*. H. A. Beauchamp
if Stayton, Oregon; and two broth­
ers, Luke Hawley of Buffalo, New
York, and Hamilton Hawley of Kolin,
Montana.
Boosts Public Utilities
W. P., better known as “ Bill”
Strandborg, of Portland was a visitor
in Monmouth Tuesday.
Mr. Strind­
berg, who is a high rlass publicity
man, has taken under hia wing a
group of seven public utilities among
'hem being the
Mountain States
Power Company.
He says his pub­
licity consists of facts instead of
ipinions, and he is sure he can find
enough thing* of interest about the
concerns he repre*ents to make the
average editor sit up and take notice,
Caaea-
Hand Bag*—Vanity
Ladie**
handkerchiefs—silk hoae, at the \ a-
riety Store.
Dorcas Society Annual Basaerl
tomorrow at former Miller Store.
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CHRISTMAS MMRF.R
Next week the Herald will issue |
its annual Christmas number.
Ad­
vertisers who wish to get in this issue
are asked to have tlftir copy in early,
by Monday, if possible.
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