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THE MONMOUTH HERALD, MONMOUTH, OREGOV FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1923
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back, found their people, buried above the street, or rather w here the
Miss Campbell Relates or gone burned
the dead. But in the street once was. During the earth­
Chinese quarter where they lie under quake the bottom of the bay came up
bleit brick houses, nothing has and hit a boat lying at a dock. When
Stories of Earthquake num
been done, and now it is too late. the boat put to sea the crew found
Kyoto, Japan, November 18, 1923 People who return for one reason or
The number of storiea that have another, find conditions incredibly
come out of the earthquake are myr-1 worse than they remembered. When
iad. As 1 hear them I try to w rite they fled their houses may have been
them down. Here are some which I knocked down, but there. Now on­
you may like to publish in the H er­ ly a heap of bricks and ashes re­
mains, providing they can find the
ald.
This house in which I live is the place at all. The wonder is not that
best known foreign house in Kyoto, I ten per cent of the population was
had almost said in Japan. Through killed, but th at ninety per cent es­
its doors passes a constant stream of caped.
visitors of all sorts, from the hum­ On his way in to Yokohama direct­
blest missionary on her way to China, ly after the shock, Mr. Briton passed
to high dignitaries and distinguished a large prison, the walls of which
guests. Mr. Hondo, a very distin­ were down. The prisoners stood in
guished Japanese gentleman came a close group with inadequate guards.
one night recently to dinner. In his By evening when he returned the
long and active life, among other group had spread out. That night
semi-diplomatic duties has been that the prisoners escaped. Only those
of entertaining visiting royalty,—for with life sentences or long term s got
instance he arranged the visit of the away, those with short term s made
no attem pt to go. Some of the es­
Prince of Wales last year.
Mr. Hondo is writing a book about caped prisoners,—not all,— were
the earthquake, a book that has been Koreans. They fled to the hills.
approved by the Imperial court. It A t night they came down into the
will be published as a sort of “blue villages on the outskirts of the dev­
look", (unfortunately blue, he said,) astated regions. Young men of the
to be sent to all the countries that village guilds at once organized them ­
to generously rushed to Jap an ’s aid. selves and set upon any and everyone
He explained its plan: a history tirst caught pilfering. Race feeling ran
of earthquakes in Japan, then a full high. Many Koreans work in exca­
uccount of this one, followed by a vating land in Japan. They got the
tribute to the courage of foreign born blame of it all. The life of the son
inhabitants, and to the manner in of one chief of police in Yokohama
which the Japanese have borne this was jeopardized just because he
blow. Even they themselves did not looked like a Korean.
know how much of the spiritual qual­ The situation in Yokohama is more
ity of kindness and brotherly love desperate than in Tokyo, Mr. Briton
they possessed. The pity is it may says. There is no place to begin
not be more munifest in less trying again. There are at present some
times.
fifty foreigners living on boats in
Mr. Hondo is gathering the m a­ the harbor, digging out safes and
terial for his book by hearing the looking after property. It is quite
stories of as many as he can. When certainly known that over two hun­
you consider that everyone of the dred Americans were killed, perhaps
millions of people in Tokyo and more since the large floating popu­
Yokohama has a story, you may lation will never be accounted for.
imagine how colossal the task he un­ I have heard three different expla­
dertakes. He came here to meet nations of the earthquake. The
and talk with a Mr. Briton, manager first two were in Japanese so I got
of the Zenma Boiler Works near nothing from them. Later I learn­
Yokohama, which fortunately es­ ed that the two speakers had not
caped destruction. Mr. Briton had agreed. But Mr. Briton's explana­
many stories not only of the actual tion, happily, I could understand
time of the shake, but of the succeed­ The center of the disturbance seems
ing weeks, and he told them well.
to be about a thousand miles deep
Yokohama, he says, is a dead city since along the three hundred mile
of the dead, stark cold. The Jap ­ arc from Osaka to Tokyo the shake
anese have gone back,—indeed when occurred practically at the same time
the first impulse of the foreigner Changes are many and easily evident
was to flee to the ships and get The surface of Yokohama has sunk
away, that of the Japanese was to and w ater mains and concrete cas­
stay or to return. So they have ings are left standing several feet
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A Tour of This New Store is a
Visit With Santa Claus
because here are gathered gifts he will dis­
tribute lavishly on Christmas Eve. Gifts
for every member of the family—no matter
what their particular likes mav be.
First, of course visit Toyland with the
kiddies. Then for a tour throughout the
store. On every hand will l>e suggestions
for gifts you will feel proud to give.
We have a large assortment of the most
popular brands in Christmas boxes.
We also have hooks and toys for the
kiddies.
Send mother a subscription to her favor­
ite magazine for Christmas. Publishers’
prices prevail here.
Fountain Pens make excellent gifts. See
our large assortment of pens and pencils,
separately or in sets.
themselves in a wreck and had to
beach hastily. Now the bed of the
bay is said to have lowered again.
As we approached Yokohama we
were all much concerned about an
island that bad disappeared. There
is another island that has turned
We manufacture Brick, Drain Tile and
half over, dumping its fifty five in­
habitants and the police officer who
Building Tile in our yards at Monroe, Mon­
had just come to take the census, in­
to the sea. Only the carcass of a
mouth and McMinnville. We make Drain
cow is left on the upper corner.
Tile and Building Tile at Monmouth. Yard
Many and curious are the stories
of individual experience. There is
on paved road. All you have to do is to
that of two sisters, Russian dancers,
who lived in Yokohama. One went
drive by and he loaded up. Drain Tile will
to Tokyo for a week. The other
dreamed on three successive nights
make your poorer acres the most produc­
that she sought her sister through
tive on the farm.
fire and ruins. That is exactly
what happened. They are both in
Kobe now.
Another tale concerns the organist
of C hrist’s Church in Yokohama.
From the room in which he lived he
could look into the church. As it
chanced he got up very late on the
morning of the first of September.
As he dressed he glanced across the
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yard. Through the open door, be­
fore the altar he could see a coffin
on trestles. Not knowing of any
rooms assumed a very attractive ap­ W illamette District will begin in the
funeral th at day, he hastened his
pearance. A ready m arket was near future.
lressing and went across to the
found for the wares offered for sale The boys basket ball team played
church which he found em pty. With
and many were fed at the dining an interesting game at Perrydale
the thought that the light m ust have
tables. The gross receipts of the and were defeated, the score being
caused the illusion he returned to his
day were something like $300.
21 to 19. The boys will go to Sa­
room and had but just entered when The holiday recess for the Normal
lem on Friday evening to play a
students
will
begin
on
Wednesday
the earthquake occurred.
game with the deaf and dumb school.
Ebbert
Quits
Council
December 19. Work will
1 like the story of the American evening,
The girls basket ball team have
Four
Years
Enough
resumed in the second week fol-1
doctor, I think his name is Steam s, be
three
scheduled for Friday
lowing, on Wednesday, January 2. A fter a career as councilman ex­ evening games
who went up from Kobe on a tram p That
at
four
o’clock, each game
day will be devoted to reg istra­ tending over four years, E. M. Ebbert lasting ten minutes.
steam er. When they arrived in tion for
The first game
the
winter
term
.
felt that he had served the city as will be between the Sophomores and
Tokyo Bay a few days after the
shake-up, he went to the Captain of The “NorM” staff, elected a few long as could be expected of him and eighth grade, second between the
the Em press of A ustralia and said, weeks ago, has gone to work with placed his resignation with the coun­ Sophomores and Freshmen and the
"W hat can we d o ?” “If you will go commendable zeal and energy. A l­ cil at its adjourned m eeting lest third between the Freshmen and
in and rescue a thousand or more ready nearly all the student pictures Thursday evening. Mr. Ebbert has eighth grade. Miss Chandler will
Chinese who seem to have been ov­ have been taken, and contributions made a conscientious official and has act as referee.
erlooked, you will be doing a great for the literary, athletic, and other given liberally of his time and energy
Mary Shropshire
to the city’s welfare. The resigna­
deal of good,” replied Captain Rob­ departm ents are well under way.
tion was accepted and H W. Morlan
inson. The Americans went ashore,
NOTICE OF BOND SALE
collected the Chinese and took them A motion picture under the title of was appointed by the mayor to fill Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the under­
on board in the ship’s life boats. The "Children of the D ust” will be shown out the unexpired term.
until the hour of 7:30 o’clock
decks were iron but the cargo hap­ in the chapel on Friday evening, De­ At the same meeting, Mrs. F. signed
P.M., the 21st day of December, 1923,
Snyder asked permission to cut down and
pened to be tea. The m atting was cember 14.
immediately thereafter publicly
taken from around the tea cases and To assist in raising funds to pay ihe maple trees in the parking before opened by the Council of the City of
place with the intention of re­ Monmouth, Oregon, for an issue of
spread on deck, and the thousand
the cow, pledged to the children’s her
of Monmouth Improvement
placing
them with walnut trees. Per­ City
Chinese were brought to Kobe and for
Bonds
in the sum of $10,322.17, said
Farm
Home
some
tim
e
ago
by
the
mission
was
granted.
transferred to tem porary quarters Normal student body, a group of stu-j
bonds being in denominations of $500
allowance of claims each, with the exception of one bond
there without the loss of one.
dents will give a vaudeville on S atur­ The monthly
that the change in the w ater in the sum of $322.17, said bonds
The A rgentine consul and his wife day, December 15, a t eight o’clock in showed
date December 1, 1923, m a­
line near the intake has been bearing
had just reached their house, retu rn ­ the chapel. They will be assisted pipe
turing
ten
from date; optional,
finished, several claims from Falls homever, at years
ing from a summ er resort. He. in the perform ance by the Normal City
the
pleasure
of said city
workmen being pa;d.
at any semi-annual coupon period on
feeling the shake, seized the lintel School Orchestra under the direction
one year from date, said
The Dorcas Society meets with and after
of a door,—Japanese lintels are very of Miss Peterson.
bearing interest six per cent
low. His wife also clung to the Students and faculty friends were M rs. J. Leask next Tuesday after­ bonds
per annum, payable semi-annually,
door fram e and they were saved. But delighted to greet Miss Helen I. noon.
principal and interest payable at the
Fiscal Agency of the State of Ore­
the house collapsed behind them and
gon in New York City, which said
HIGH SCHOOL
in front they beheld the earth open Moore at the chapel hour last W ednes­
bonds are issued under the provi­
Mr. Beattie, a representative of the sions
and engulf a number of people, close, day.
of the so-called “Bancroft Act”.
Normal
School,
delivered
a
very
in­
killing them, open and close again.
All
bids must he accompanied by
a Record Breaker teresting talk on Alaska to the S tu­ a certified
check for $500.00 and m ust
The Japanese seem to have a Bazaar
Bazaar held under the auspices dent Body last Monday morning.
be unconditional.
great fear of just that sort of thing. of The
The approving legal opinion of
the Christian church in the Steele The final tryouts to determine who Messrs,
There is a tale that people hanging building
Teal, Winfree, Johnson A
last
Saturday
ranks
as
the
will
be
the
members
of
the
team
to
to straps in street cars were electro­ largest and best thus far. With enter the contests of the Oregon McCulloch will be furnished the suc­
bidder.
cuted As a m atter of fact they plenty of room much effort and skill High School Debating League are cessful
The Council reserves the right to
packed the cars because a tram car went into the building and arran g ­ being held this week. The contests reject
any and all bids.
would be too large to fall into any ing of the various booths and the with the other schools in the west
J. J. Williams,
but the biggest cracks. When the
Recorder.
fire came they were suffocated.
The question is, w hat should one
do in case of earthquake? If one
stays in the house he is likely to be
crushed. If he rushes out doors he
chances being engulfed. A favorite
Japanese method is to get under a
table. Another popular sanctuary
is a bamboo grove. As there arc
constant small shakes the moral
would seem to be— pick your bamboo
grove early.
Through all the destruction of J
Yokohama, one duck, somebody’s pet.
miraculously surviving, paraded in I
solitary dignity.
Many people are going back to sec |
Yokohama and Tokyo. Personally,
l have no desire to go as yet. The
memory of Yokohama is still too
vivid and too horrible.
1 get the Herald very often, and
read it every word. You have no
idea w hat an interesting paper it is.
Sincerely yours,
Agnes Campbell.
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
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Banquet Next Time
I The date for the Commercial Cluh
annual m eeting and banquet has been
set for the evening of the second
Tuesday in January. Clares Pow­
ell and Fred Hill are the committee
in charffo of the* projrrMtt* ___
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M O R L A N & SON
Monmouth’* iargent and moat complete Confectionery and Book Store
The Central Clay Products Company
MFRRY
CHRISTMAS
Folks!
insure a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
with
CHAMBERS A POWELL
A thousand and one things in the hardware
store suggest Christmas presents.
From Pocket knives to washing machines,
granite ware for the pantry shelves, bed room
sets, rugs, linoleum, silverware, parlor furni­
ture. furniture for the dining .room, remember
the hardware store when making up your list of
Christmas presents.
MONMOUTH HARDWARE
J. E. Winegar, Proprietor
lin m il