T he M
VOL.
onmouth
H e rald
No. 21
MONM OUTH, POLK CO U N TY, O R EG O N . FRID A Y , JA N U A R Y 25, 1921
XVI
T h ere is N o Land Like O regon and Only One W illam ette Valley
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Mr. P. A. P arso n s of th e P o rt
land School of Social Service spoke
a t th e chapel hour on Monday.
Mr.
P arso n s discussed th e histo ry of
social service and th e grow th of a
technical tra in in g fo r such work. He
spoke in a m ost in te re stin g m anner
on a sub ject which w as new to m ost
of his h ea rers, who g re a tly enjoyed
th e hour.
S everal fo rm e r O. N. S. stu d e n ts
atten d ed th e dancing p a rty in the
g y m nasium la st w eek-end.
Am ong
them w ere Miss G race H endrickson,
Miss Effie M oreland, and
F ran cis
Lord.
The stu d e n t body nom inated officers
fo r th e rem a in d er of th e y ea r a t th e ir
re g u la r m eeting la st W ednesday.
The election occurs
F rid a y of th is
week.
L ast F rid a y m orning a t th e chapel
hour a s trin g q u a rte t u n d er th e di
rection of Miss P ete rso n , gave two
excellent num bers and w ere h ea rtily
applauded.
A m otion p ic tu re u n d er the title of
“T he Voice from the M in a re t” will be
shown in th e chapel on S atu rd ay
evening.
Both th e A rt Club and th e Eu-
phabiana, an
o rg an iz atio n
of th e
T rain in g , have recently reorganised,
elected officers fo r th e te rm , and
planned various ac tiv itie s fo r the re
m ain d er of th e year.
T he m em bers of th e N orm staff who
in th e lib ra ry on M onday evening,
fo r a discussion of th e Bok Peace
P lan .
M ost in te re stin g
consider
atio ns of different phases of th e
plan w ere given by P re sid en t L an
ders, Mr. Bow ling an d Mr. G entle.
HIGH SCHOOL
P ro fesso r Gooding has received a
com m unication from th e S ta te Board
of V ocational E ducation sta tin g th a t
they a r e in position' to offer a course
fo r w omen in H om em aking subjects
such as D ressm aking, M illinery, Child
C are, Cookery, etc., and ask in g him to
g e t such a plan befo re th e women of
th is com m unity. T his is one of th e
agencies u n d er th e S m ith-H ughes act
fo r conducting V ocational Home E c
onomics.
All vocational w ork is carried on by
m eans of F ed eral m oney, which is
m atched by th e locality, so th e sa lary
of in stru c to rs is paid h alf from th e
s ta te and h a lf from th e m em bers of
th e m em bers of th e class.
T he classes m ay be held in e ith e r
th e afte rn o o n o r th e evening, and in
every case so f a r have been held in
th e high school building because th e
la b o rato ries a re av ailable. If tim e
perm its, an d aftern o o n class may be
held a f te r th e high school classes a re
finished.
Any ladies who a re in te reste d are
invited to call or confer w ith Mr.
Gooding a t his office an y aftern o o n
a f te r 2:30.
Mr. E. C. t'a r lto n of th e E xtension
Division, who is well known in Mon
m outh, gav e an in te re stin g address to
th e stu d e n t body one day th is week.
His ta lk w as follow ed by a sh o rt in
sp irin g ta lk by C ounty S u p erin ten d
en t W ills
T he high school b ask et ball team
lo st to th e F alls City team la st F ri
day n ig h t by a score of 14 to 20. T his
F rid a y th ey expect to go to D allas fo r
• gam e.
— E lizab eth T ilton
Cafeteria for Students
Accommodates Many
For Forty Years
Resident of State
Ja m e s Jo sep h R ussell, who for the
p a st fo rty y ea rs has been a resident
o f th is section of O regon, died a t his
home in th is city W ednesday m orning
a t eig h t o’clock.
Mr. Russell has
been ill fo r th e p ast tw o y ears and
alth o u g h he had rallied fo r a spell,
w as not s tro n g enough to m ake recov
ery p erm an en t.
N early a y ear ago
he received a tra n sfu sio n of blood
from his old friend, C. Lorence, and
th is stren g th en e d him fo r a tim e.
Mr. Russell w as born n ea r H arp er's
F e try , but on th e Y iig in ia side of th e
line in Londen county.
He was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo n a th a n R us
sell.
They cam e w est about 1880,
and m ost of th e tim e since has lived
in Polk county on farm s n ea r Mon
m outh and Independence but recently
fo r a few y ea rs he lived in Y am hill
county.
A bout five y ea rs ago he re
tire d from activ e w ork, bought a
place in M onm outh and cam e here to
live.
Mr. Russell w as an Odd Fellow
w ith a m em bership of over th irty -
five years sta n d in g , o rig in ally w ith
th e M onmouth lodge, an d when th e
local lodge building b urned down and
th e order w as disbanded h ere for a
tim e, he tra n s fe rre d his m em bership
to Valley lodge in Independence and
has s.nce re ta in e d his connection.
In addition to his widow, M inerva
Ja n e Russell he is survived by th ree
d a u g h te is an d fo u r sons. They a re :
M rs. C laire V. G lover o f W hiteson,
M rs. Ada McCann of M cM innville,
an d Blanche R ussell of M onm outh;
J . O. Russell of W asco, W. J . Russell
o f O akland, C alifornia, G. L. Russell
of M onmouth and B. R. Russell of
P o rtland.
He also has th ree sis te rs living.
They are, M rs. W arren Johnson of
A lbany, M rs. A nne g trin g e r of Kelso,
W ashington, an d M rs. E m m a Cross-
ley ot B erkeley, C alifornia.
T he fu n eral will be held S atu rd ay
a t 1:30 P. M. a t th e C h ristian Church.
The kitchen is a much used place,
now th a t we have a ca'feteria. Be
The m em bers of th e orm staff who
tw een fo rty and fifty N orm al and
have .been industriously a t *^>rk for
T ra in in g .'Vhool stu d e n ts a re ■*ervi-d
sev eral w eeks, introduced th e ir v a ri
daily. T he price of food is low ; ju st
ous co-w orkers in a unique s tu n t a t
enough to cover th e cost of food and
th e chapel hour on W ednesday of
expenses and u su ally th e whole lunch
la st week.
would cost only 20 o r 25 cents. Many
Mrs. Lottie Orr
P re sid en t L anders atten d e d th e a n o f th e T ra in in g School children b rin g
The d eath of M rs. L o ttie O rr, an
nual m eetin g of th e B oard of R egents th e ir own sandw iches and buy only a
resid e n t
of Independence,
of th e N orm al la st W ednesday in S a cup of cocoa (3 c e n ts) o r a bowl of elderly
soup ( 5 c e n ts), w hile o th e rs buy j occurred a t h er home in th a t city la st
lem.
T h u rsd ay , J a n u a ry 17. Mrs. O rr,
A le ctu re by A lb ert Bushnell H art, m ore.
w as a s is te r o f W. M. F ish er, and an
The
C
a
fe
te
ria
class,
w
hich
consists
fo rm e rly of th e D ep a rtm en t of H is
a u n t of Rev. F. M. F ish er, both fo r
to ry a t H arv ard , will be given in th e 1 of N orm al school stu d e n ts, p rep ares
m e r resid en ts here, th e la tte r p asto r
and
serves
th*
food.
One
g
irl
is
chapel on th e evening of M arch 7.
o f th e E vangelical church d u rin g 1916
Mr. H a rt is well know n and an able m a n ag er, an o th e r is responsible for
and 1917.
M rs. Ja n e G radke is also
th
e
soup,
an
o
th
e
r
fo
r
th
e
cocoa,
des
sp eak er, se his le ctu re will be very
a niece.
C h a rlo tte J a n e F ish er w as
se
rt,
etc.,
fo
r
one
w
eek.
T
hen
each
is
much w orth while.
The
given one o f th e o th e r d u ties to p e r b ern in In d ian a Ju ly 21, 1842.
form so th a t d u rin g th e course each fam ily cam e to O regon in 1881 and
Former Resident Dead
has had th e resp o n sib ility of p e rfo rm since th a t tim e she h as been a re si
M rs. Ray M cA llister, fo rm erly Miss ing each d u ty fo r one week.
d en t of Independence.
Beside her
E dna P ark es, died J a n u a ry 12th in
husband an d those alre ad y m en tio n
T
he
m
a
n
a
g
e
r's
position
is
th
e
m
ost
M ilw aukie, O regon of tuberculosis.
ed she is survived by a sister, M rs.
She is survived by a husband and two responsible as she m u st plan th e 8. K delm an.
F u n eral services w ere
children, a g irl of fo u r y ea rs and a m enus and e stim a te th e cost of each held in th e chapel of A. L. Keeney
serving, so th a t th e c a fe te ria will r e
boy tw o and a h alf y ears of age.
w ith Rev. H. L P ro p p e presiding,
Both Mr. and M rs. M cA llister a re m ain on a p ay in g basis. She also o r and b u rial w as in th e K. P. cem etery.
ders th e g ro ceries and acts as ca sh ier
known to m any here.
They w ere
fo r th a t week.
Incom e ta x d ep u ties will be in In
m a rrie d in A u g u st, 1916.
This fits th e g irls to go o ut and dependence F e b ru a ry 13, to a ssist
M rs. W. P. L appe h as been s p l i n t m anage like c a fe te ria s o r school people w ho have tro u b le in m aking
ed p o stm istre ss a t V alsetz.
lunches in th e ir own schools— B reeze o ut th e ir schedules.
State C. of C. Man
(iuest at Banquet
A s an innovation th e Com m ercial
club tried o ut an o rch e stra for its a n
nual banquet served a t th e hotel
T uesday evening.
The o rch estra,
which was from D allas, specialized
on Jazz m usic an d tu n e s w hich are
th e order of th e day a t Basoko, Wad-
elai and o th e r points in C en tral A fri
ca were presented w ith s tric t fidelity
to th e original.
W hen th e g u ests had filed into the
b an q u et room, P. H. Johnson, vice-
presid en t of th e club, called atten tio n
to the fact th a t th e p resid en t, G. T.
Boothby could not be p resen t, le-
ferre d fittingly to th e la tte r's service
fo r the club, and fo r M onm outh, and
expressed the hope th a t he would
soon be resto red to h ealth and to
active work.
A fter g race by Rev. H. C. S h ro p
sh ire th e g u ests did ju stice to th e
good th in g s w ith which th e dining t a
bles w ere loaded.
In introducing th e to a stm a ste r, Ira
C. Powell, Mr. Johnson re fe rre d to
his services to th e com m unity saying
th a t no good th in g had come to Mon
m outh w ithin th e b ast th ir ty y ea rs in
which Mr. Powell had not aided.
Mr. B rew er, of th e S ta te Cham ber
of Com m erce » a s introduced as th e
sp e ak e r of th e evening. As a rep-
rese n ttiv e of th e C ham ber he said it
w as his p leasu re to ex p ress to th e
various civic ce n te rs of th e s ta te the
in te re st which th e big city has in
them . A fund of $300,000 has been
raised in P o rtlan d and it is to be p ut
to use fo r th e developm ent o f th e
"h in te rla n d ”, th e co u n try in which
P o rtlan d is in te reste d and which
stretch e s from th e C alifo rn ia line to
th e C anadian border an d from th e
Rocky m o u n tain s to th e Pacific.
He spoke of th e to u ris t trav e l and
w h at it m eans to O regon and p ro p h e
sied th a t in ten y ears tim e th is b u si
ness will m ean m ore to O regon th an
any o th e r sin g le in d u stry th e sta te
has, n ot even ex cepting lum ber. He
u rged to leran ce upon his listen ers,
th e b rea k in g down of county, city and
octional b a rrie rs and adm onished each
to rem em ber th a t we w ere all one com
m onw ealth and n ex t to p ro sp erin g
ourselves o u r in te re st w as in p ro m o t
ing th e p ro sp erity of o u r im m ediate
neighbors.
He stressed th e im p o rtan ce of the
fa rm e r and ag ric u ltu re and urged no
one to lose a chance to boost th e in
te re s t of th e fa rm e r and to cu ltiv ate
frien d ly relatio n s w ith him.
T h e to a stm a ste r th en introduced
P resid en t L anders who b riefly review
ed th e n atio n al situ atio n , expressed
ap p reciatio n of th e m ission on which
G eneral D aw es and his assocoates
a re now in E urope. N atio n ally he
said th e psychology of th e situ atio n
w as to refra in from “ rocking th e
b o at” . He expressed confidence in
P re sid en t Coolidge and said th a t w ith
o u t u n necesary d istu rb an ce the co u n
tr y w as set for real p ro sp erity in
1924. Mr. L anders said he ag reed
h e a rtily w ith any m easu re fo r th e
p reserv atio n and developm ent of ag
ricu ltu re . He believed our fo rm ers a re
a p ro g ressiv e class, th a t th ey are do
ing efficient work b u t m u st be aided
to th e sam e plane of financial re tu rn
as th a t on which o th e rs, n otably,
lab o r w as stan d in g
M.r. Powell th en called on th e H er
aid ed ito r who as a re p re se n ta tiv e of
th e business men extended th e g re e t
ings o f th e city to th e S ta te C ham ber
and review ed b riefly som e of th e
th in g s on which o u r citizen s base
th e ir confidence in its fu tu re .
E. F. C arlto n of th e U n iv ersity E x
tension d ep a rtm en t who happened to
be p rese n t also spoke b riefly of his
m ission to th e high schools of th e
s ta te and th e en couraging th in g which
he found th ere.
J u s t before ad jo u rn m en t a reso lu
tion w as adopted ex p ressin g sy m p a
th y fo r th e ab sen t P resid en t Boothby
and th e hopes of all for his speedy re
covery.
T he an n u al m eeting of th e club fo r
th e election of officers w as set for th e
evening of th e first T uesday in March.
Officers and m em bers of th e club
a re v ery well pleased a t th e success
of th e ban q u et and m any npw m em bers
w ere signed v v a t th e c'o se of th e pro
f ra m . ' ,r
'_______*
J . O. A ndrus of th is city spent
Sunday w ith his fam ily a t M cM inn
ville w here his d a u g h te r, Rosalie
O rv e tta is seriously ill w ith stfcmach
t rouble.
She ia ta k in g
special
tre a tm e n t prescribed by
Drs. U K t,
Wood and M ichaus and is b e tte r a t
tnia w ritin g
C 1 V 1(
( L I B
The re g u la r m onthly m eeting of
th e Civic Club will be held on Friday
aftern o o n of th is week a t th e Senior
C o ttag e of th e Norm al School w ith
Miss L au ra J . T aylor as hostess.
In response to roll call each m em ber
will tell w h at she believes is th e
m ost im p o rtan t u n d eitak in g fo r the
Club in 1924.
The p rogram com m it
tee fo r th e y ear, Mrs. W. G. B eattie,
Mrs. C letus B utler and Mrs. Thom as
G entle, have provided fo r some in
te re s tin g p ap ers on w hat civic clubs
of o th e r tow ns are doing.
A b rief
social session will follow th e business
m eetin g and p rogram .
All m em bers
are u rged to be present as w ell as
an y o th ers who wish to become m em
bers.
C onsiderable in te rest w as m an ifest
ed in th e b ask etb all gam e betw een the
rep rese n tativ es of D allas and Indepen
dence high schools in Independence
la st F rid a y n ig h t. Independence won
13 to 10.
How Accident Aided
Choice of Vocation
Average Dairy Herd
Larger Than in 1922
As an illu stra tio n of how such an
.n stitu tio n as th e Monmouth C o-oper
ativ e C ream ery develops th e d airy in
d u stry th e an n u al rep o rt show s some
in te restin g item s. W hile the am ount
of b u tte r m a n u fa ctu re d by th e com
pany has increased from 369,199 lbs
in 1922 to 433,555 lb s in 1923 th e
num ber of p atro n s has only been in
creased from 285 to 310 show ing th a t
each p atro n is m ilking m ore cows
th an w as th e case a y ea r ago. In o ther
w ords th e num ber of cows in th e a v
era g e herd has increased w ithin th e
p ast year.
$188,268.05 w as received by th e
com pany for b u tte r sold a gain of
$43,106 over th e receip ts of 1922.
The concern h as sold eggs fo r its
p atro n s and supplied them w ith feed
and th e to tal sales w ere $200,679.
The to ta l cost of op eratio n w as
$25,881; sa la rie s and w ages $8,968.71
Supplies $4,912.04
T he an n u al m eetin g of the com pany
is held in Odd Fellow s hall S atu rd ay
aftern o o n a t 1:30
T he annual m eetin g of stockholders
The subject of th is sketch, Mr. in th e Odd Fellow s Building com pany
T hom as H. G entle, w as born som e will be held in th e ir hall T uesday
tim e ago in P eo ria C ounty, Illinois. n ig h t, J a n u a ry 29.
His fa th e r w as a n ative of Ohio and
his m other of Ireland, com ing from Harvey Voun# Marries
Former Normal Girl
th a t co u n try to A m erica when she
w as b u t tw elve y ea rs old.
This
H arvey Young, local milk m an, and
la tte r fac t m ay account in some
Miss W ilma Jo h n so n , te ac h er in the
m easu re for his h earty ap p reciatio n
school a t A u ro ra, w ere m a rried in
of th e Irish people and his occasion
th e p arso n ag e of th e F irst C h ristian
al reflection of th e ir mode of o u t
church of Salem , la st S atu rd ay , th e
look upon life.
His boyhood days
cerem ony ta k in g place a t 4 p. m. w ith
w ere sp en t upon th e farm and from
Rev. J. J . E vans itfficiating and H om er
it he co n stan tly draw s th e illu s tr a
Dodds actin g as heat m an.
Mra.
tions which those of us who have
Y oung will finish o u t h er te rm of
been in Mr. G en tle’s classes recall so
school and th en will come to m ake
well.
He passed th ro u g h th e com
her home w ith h er husband in Mon
mon schools of th e home com m unity
m outh.
She is a N orm al g irl and a t
in much th e fashion of th e tim es.
tended sum m er school la st y ear. She
A lthough we have had no recourse
en tered as a ju n io r two or th re e y ears
to th e records in those schools, i$ is
ago.
T W H erald joins w ith m any
n ot related of him th a t he stood out
frien d s in w ishing th e h appy couple
fo r an y th in g in a p a rtic u la r way.
h ealth , w ealth and happiness.
No tra c e of th e fu tu re profession was
noted by those in ch arg e.
In tim e Tractor School Attracts
he g rad u a ted and he hinted to us in
And Interests Many
o u r interview th a t he th o u g h t th a t
ev en t in his educational c a re e r cam e
Between n in ety and one h undred in
som e tim e before he knew very te re ste d people atten d ed th e tra c to r
much.
T his m ay be w hy he occa school at T hom as A H o rto n 's in Inde
sionally te lls his stu d e n ts to bew are pendence W ednesday. P ro f. G ilm ore
le st the N orm al g ra d u a te you before of th e O regon A g ricu ltu ra l College
you a re able to su stain the honor lectured on pow er farm in g . H e was
w hich g ra d u a tio n confers.
accom panied by a class of 16 stu d e n ts
Mr. G entle say s his choice of te a c h from th e C orvallis school and classes
ing school a s a profession w as an a c from th e Independence high school
cident—foredained, m ay be—b u t nev under P rof. Grow also took in th e
er th e less n ot cou rted in advance. dem o n stratio n .
His p are n ts both passed a w a , when
T hree reels o f special m oving pic
he w as y et a m ere b oy; so he was tu re s w ere show n, show ing d etails of
reared by his g ra n d p a re n ts.
They pow er farm in g and tra c to r co n stru c
belonged to th e rugged pioneer type tion
of th e m iddle w est an d reflected in
People w ere p rese n t from a wide
vigorous m an n er th e th o u g h t of those stre tc h of te rrito ry . S everal re g is
days. They
believed th a t farm in g tered from F alls City arfti th e re w ere
could m ake no good use of one d es th ree o r four from Je fferso n .
N atu ra lly th e lectures laid s tre s s on
tin ed to be a cripple, so when th e boy
c o n tra cte d w hat is now called in fa n pow er farm in g , th e con stru ctio n and
tile p a ra ly sis they shook th e ir heads m anag em en t of th e M cCormick-Deer -
and said he would never be any good ing tra c to rs and ad ju rin g of plows.
anyhow , he w ould b e tte r g et ready
to teach school. T h at se ttle d it and Farmers Union Elects
he was se n t off to a tra in in g school.
New Set of Officers
W hen th e tra in in g c ta s e d and he was
A t th e an n u a l m eeting of the Polk
ready to begin activa work he was
tw en ty -e ig h t y ea rs old. The p araly sis County F a rm e rs Union held in D allas
had left off by th is tim e. Mr. G entle la st S atu rd ay th e follow ing officei s
te lls us th a t he has not m issed a y ear w ere elected: C. C. G ardner, p resid en t
of activ e teach in g since \ h a t tim e Mrs. I. G. McBee, vice p resid e n t; E.
All b u t one y ear have been sp en t in A. Tedrow , se c re ta ry ; I. G. McBee,
conductor; G. B. Jones, d o o rk ee p e-;
th e w ork of train in g teacher*.
Wes E llio tt, T. J . A lsip sn d U. 3.
Mr. G entle believes howevet th a t
G ran t, executive com m ittee m em bers.
his g ra n d p a re n ts’ ju d g em en t a * to
D uring th e com ing y ear it is
his "future w ork w as g re a tly aided l »ter
planned to hold a num ber of open
by th e influence upon him of som e of
m eetings
his teach ers. He cam e u n d er th e *K-
C. J . H urd o f th e O regon A g ric u lt
rect in stru ctio n of fo u r men in I llin u ral College m ade th e p rincipal ad
ois whose life work on th e problem ( f
dress of th e day.
elem en tary education h as been f e lt
A resolution w as passed opposing
th ro u g h o u t th e en tire n atio n . Two th e use of m a rk e t road fu n d s to hm d
of these a re still v ery ac tiv e , and su rfa ce an y road until all th e m a rk -t
th e re is no book put o u t today in «the lo ad s of th e co unty have been m acad
field of elem en tary education whifc b
am ized.
does not quote m ore or less from th e . T he m eetin g also opposed th e elec-
w ritin g s of th ese ed u cato rs. These V.*»,n of an y m em ber of th e county
men a re Dr. Jo h n W. Cook, Dr. c t,u l t fro»" • " inco rp o rated or sepa
C harles D eG arm o, Dr. Me M u rry and r a te ."-oad d is tric t as hia road work
Dr. F ran k Me M urry. D r. Cook has w ould «have 1® be done in d istric ts in
ju st passed aw ay w ithin th e p a s t tw o
w hich ha’ does not
ye^rs. Mr. G entle enjoyed th e close
personal contact w ith th ese men fo r
Mr. C r n » * ord of S p rin g Valley and
fo u r y ea rs and when he left them he
was fired w ith an am bition som e day Mr H ogg o f Eol* b a re been appoint-
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to
become a m a ste r __________________
in th e in stru c tio n ed by th e ccsonty "»uri «•> v,*w th *
of boys and girls. L a te r he had th e fgiropoeed eour*.T ro*d to be built from
good fo rtu n e to be u n d er th e g u id an ce J Independence Along the rou’e * *
and train in g of Dr. W ilhelm R ein, th e w estside highw a.v would have
m o st p ra c tic a l in te rp re te r o»f th e «d had n o t th e dirtprt ro u te been a pt-
theoriea of H erb ert, whom m any ot ed. It is p ro p o sed to Cro a t the L- k -
us recall from our educational h isto ry iam ute a t P a rk e r and join th e w u
(C o n tin u e i on p ag e 7 )
side h ighw ay.
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