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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1923)
T he M onmol VOL. D ¥ ¥ 1 No. 15 XVI There is No Land Like Orciror Valley ** - fiE FI I m h à, 'Rito! t .Jr . ? a -i* ? h iw m w w i i ■ 'i n i r i B B W B B miss West Side Highway Open Promise Winter Road South By the first of next week the new concrete pav ing on the W est Side highway will have seasoned sufficiently to be used for traffic and the ban which has long existed on travel from south of the Luck- iamute will be lifted. Secretary and Engineer Kline of the highway commission has announced that the unpaved part of this road will be kept in condition for w inter use. The only doubtful place on the road is the cut through the Heimick hill; the rem ainder of the unpaved p art of this road is highway that has been graveled and used for years. In the cut through the hill a spring of w ater was encountered, a spring which it is claimed is connected with the underground reservoir from which the well on the Clay Bush farm gets its sup ply. A great deal of gravel has been dumped in this cut and at present it is in usable shape. It is reported the commission will plank this stretch if it fails to hold up under w inter traffic. Of the unpaved road there is still a mile be tween the Benton county line and the end of the new paving, and about four miles between the Hel- mick bridge and Monmouth. The paving finished this summer is practically all new road through the Luckiamute bottom country and around the Wheeler hill, form erly an obstacle to travel south of the bridge after the winter rains set in. The new road which leads through the Steele, Suver and Jones farm s, through fertile land and fine stand ing tim ber, is characterized by pretty scenery and is bound to be popular with the public when finally made accessible. The opening of this road means much to Mon mouth and Independence for it aids to remove a barrier to w inter travel that has been keenly felt. In regard to roads this section has advanced considerably this year with more progress than has been made during the same tim e for a genera tion at least. Heretofore it appears to have been the program in influential centers of the county not only to take all road improvements possible but to apportion to the Monmouth section as little as pos sible. This year fortune has been good to us and work on two thoroughfares has helped to bring nearer to us the fertile land of the Luckiam ute valley. These roads are the King’s Valley M arket road and the road around the Antioch hill. Said a visitor from Falls City the other evening, “Did you know that only two miles of road need to be graveled to make a direct road from Mon mouth to Falls C ity ?” A prominent purpose in the publication of this special edition is to remind the citizens of these territories affected of the facts and to suggest that they take advantage of their opportunities. During this Christm as season they will find the advertisers in the Herald will treat them right in the m atter of trade. Closer relationship should also be established that the combined influence of all can be brought to bear where it will do the most good. Monmouth Odd Fellows entertained visitors from Falls City last Monday night and conferred the first degree on three candidates for the Falls City brethren. The three candidates were: W ellington Hill, Guy Mott, John Zuver. In addition the same degree was conferred on one Monmouth candidate, Harvey Young. The Falls City delegation will Monday with the same be back again a week ee. candidates for the thir eras w aiting for them, On the plea that the s le a hasty trip to the Mr. and Mrs ’ ai very ear>> t Saturday morning ival there the long a -Imt tse ir s-.d -r. nt of an eight pound g nicely. Club Plans Street Numbers Would Protect Shade Frees At the meeting of the Commercial club Tuesday night the club went on record as favoring the prop agation and preservation of shade trees on the streets of the city. It was unanimously decided to urge the council to refuse permission for the cut ting down of young trees in the parking spaces of the streets of the city. Since some time had elapsed since the last m eet ing of the club, a number of m atters were aw ait ing attention. For some time the club has been custodian of a sum of money to be used in the permanent better ment of the city. At this meeting it was decided this object could be achieved by placing street signs in place and working out a system for the num ber ing of houses along said streets. E. M. Ebbert, K. E. Derby and E. C. Cole were appointed as a committee to investigate and put into effect a sys tem of street numbers. It was felt this is urgent ly needed in the city. Strangers here are con stantly seeking direction to residences or rooming houses and street numbers will help in this m atter m aterially. Hitching posts for the accommodation of team s which are tied in the streets while owners are en gaged in business, also commanded attention. The present hitching place near the corner of Main and Broad is open to objection in that the Monmouth A Independence bus garages ale close by and the large cars passing frequently bother the horses. It was decided to remove the hitching posts to another place on the same street and E. C. Cole was named a comm ittee of one to look after this public con venience. The G range is considering inviting the Oregon Dairy ouncil to meet with it at some future time and the club voted to offer what encouragement to the project it could. were elected to office for the ensuing year. M aster, W. J. Stockholm; Overseer, Paul Riley; Lecturer, Mrs. Edwards; Steward, Mrs. Hull; A s sistant Steward, E. N. Keeney; Treasurer, Geo. R. Crofoot; Secretary, Maggie Butler; Gate Keeper, Ed. Rogers; Ceres, Mrs. Crofoot. Pomona, Maggie Powell; Flora, Julia Stockholm; Lady A s'st Stew ard, Allie Butler. jeiween Men Grangers Prepare Meal Casualty List Not Numerous Grange Meeting last Saturday was what is known as “Brothers’ Day”, so called because annually the men folks of the G range are expected to prepare the dinner. Usually it has been custom ary to ov erlook various wifely or sisterly aides, but on S at urday, under the leadership of W. J. Stockholm and P. O. Powell, it was decided to make the dinner en tirely masculine. The only article of food on the menu contributed by the women were the cakes which the men folks bought from the dinner com m ittee of the Dorcas Bazaar. , Feminine curiosity was of course ram pant and Christmas Tree and Program For Training School Pupils iei ids A Christm as festival for the children of the Training School will be given in the Normal audi torium next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. The pro- giam which follows includes a Christm as tree and a number of fine musical features which have been arranged by Miss Kurth of the Normal music de partm ent. Children, parents of children and all friends of the Normal are invited to this program. Tuesday, December 18, 1923 2-30 P. M., Normal Chapel Processional—“ Deck the Halls”—Children of the Training School PART I The C antata "C hristm as”—F. Abt.—O. N. S. G irls’ Glee Club Chorus— Prayer for deliverance—Glee Club Recitative—An AngeP’Ye Shepherds W atching’’ - M yrtle Mortenson Angels’ Chorus—Proclaiming the coming of Chris’. —Glee Club Alto Solo—"F ear not at all, the Light ha* com e"-- Florence Metcalf Shepherds’ Song—"O come Thou great le a d e r"— Glee Club (Continued on page 3) the members, both male and female, arrived early. The women were “shooed” into the lodge hall and told to open up the session while the men repaired to the kitchen. Such sterling cooks were there among them as W. J. Stockholm, U. G. Heffley, Charles Parker, Wm. Riddell, Jr., M. M. Harvey and others, all of whom acted as though they had done such work before. They boiled and mashed pota toes, roasted a fresh ham of pork, made gravy, pre pared oyster soup and when all was in readiness called in the multitude. The women admitted that the dinner was extra good but insisted th at if the home cooks were as extravagant there would soon be lota of business for the divorce courts. In addition to its being "B rothers’ Day” it was also election day at the Grunge and the following r I • i V“ [ * * * * j* ! -Vr! > s.