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VOL. XVI
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1924
No. 27
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valiey
Items of Interest
At Oregon Normal
Oregon Normol School, March 4, 1024
A number of Normal students will
attend the Student-Volunteer and
Christian Endeavor Conference held
in Corvallia, March 7th, 8th, and 0th.
One of the prominent speakers for
the conference ii MrBlanchard, who
addressed tho national meeting at
Indianapolii durlijg the holidays.
Aside from the regular conference
work, pageant and a banquet have
been planned for the visitors from
over the state. Students who plan
to go from here are: Alice E. F.
Smith, Portland; Mildred Cinn, Moro;
Zella Wallace, Ntrth Powder; Mary
Dippert, Portland; Irene Iverson,
Portland. . '
Mr. J. S. Landers, President of the
Normal School, will address the
monthly Parent Teacher meeting at
Independence on the Bok Peace Plan
tonight (Tuesday). President Lan
ders spoke to the student body on the
same subject last week. , He gave
the salient points for argument from
first the negative and then the posi
tive point of view, i
Dr. T. H. Schutte of the Depart-
ment of Education spoke to a teach
ers' assembly at Newberg, Saturday,
March 1. He gave two general ad
dresses, "The Social Program in tho
High School" and Seven National
Problems in Education".
A meeting of the Willamette Valley
, College Conference was held in Mon-
mouth, Saturday, March 1. , In this
association Linfteld, Pacific, Philo
math, -Dental, Albany Colleges and
me normal ociiuiw wkio nijnrotui.
The Chemawa Indian School and Mt
Angel Junior College sent delegates
who aplied for school membership.
They were permitted to . schedule
games with the conference team and
the question of membership will be
determined at the next meeting which
is to be in November. The confer
ence made a base-ball schedule for
spring. Arrangements were also made
for a tennis tournament in Monmouth
May 80, and 31, and a track meet at
Linfteld College in McMinnville.
Winners of the basket-ball champion
ship were considered. However, the
championship was not awarded be
cause of a question of ineligibility of
one of the players on the Dental Col
lege team and also one of the Albany
College team. The championship
will be awarded after an Investigation
of the protest made. Professor G.
R. Schlaugh, Registrar of Linfteld,
presided as president of the Confer
ence. The baseball schedule for the
spring term is as follows:
Mnnmouth at Linfiold April 25
Chemawa at Monmouth, May 3
Linfteld at Monmouth, May 0
Monmouth at Pacific, May 16
Monmouth at Chemawa, May 21
Monmouth at Albany, May 23
Monmouth at Mt. Angel, May 28
Pacific at Monmouth, May 30
Mt. Angel at Monmouth, June 4
" Albany at Monmouth, June 6
Special music will be provided dur
' ing chapel assemblies this week in
recognition of Good Music Week. A
Student, Miss Pansy Van Housen, of
LaGrande, sang two classical num
bers, "Eyes of Spring So Azure", and
"The Lost Chord", for the first assem
bly of this week. She was accom-
panied at tho piano by Mrs. J. S.
Landers. '
V Some throe months ago the Com
mercial Club launched a weekly
school newspaper, ; "'The 0. N. S.
Breeze". The popularity of it has
j wv Army Fliers Ready for 'Round the World Flight
1 y?s - jif 1 v 'txC V j - ill
Aft rMnn. the President's
aviators went to their posts for the
It. L. D. Schulta, Lt. E. H. .Nelson,
H. Smith and John Harding, Jr.
been so marked and it hus made such
rapid strides in growth that the
Club found the task too great to keep
pace with properly. So the student
body plan to take over the publica
tion and be responsible for it. A du
cldedly clever stunt was staged in
assembly, a mock wedding of "Mini
O. N. S. Breeze" to "Mr. Normal
Blank", indicating the change of mun
agement. At present a contest is on
to contribute the most suitable name
for the new student body paper.
' The Saturday night dunce and pluy
(party were voted a decided suecetH
jby the participants. Dante decora
tions were crepe paper streamers in
.the pastel shades and large baskets
of pussy-willows in various plates in
the gymnasium. Miss Addie Grahui.i
of Toledo, Oregon, gave a dainty little
scarf dance as the special dan'co feat
ure. The play party was a sere of
geographical games and the decora
tions were in keeping with the nature
of the entertainment. Special feat
ures were given by various students.
Miss Mildred Hoyt of LaGrande,
general chairman of the dance com
mittee, and M'rs. Beatrice Young, of
Wallowa, general chairman of the
play party committee, both deserve
credit for efficient management of
these functions.
As the date of the Oratorical Con
test at McMinnville, March 14, ap
proaches, more and more enthusiasm
is evidenced by the .Normal st udents.
A large delegation of student and
faculty will represent the Normal
School.
Miss LaVelle Wood's domestic pci-
ence class will prepare a dinner for
the Faculty Friday evening. This
will prescribe the faculty meeting to
be held in the Training School build
ing that evening.
The Gipsy Trail is the three-net
comedy which is to be presented by
the Junior Class, Saturday, March 8,
at 8:15. . The characters are as fol
lows: Michael Rudder Russell Jones;
Edward Andrews George Lusby
Frank Raymond Glenn Savage
John Raymond Margaret Murray
Stiles Ray Logan
Frances Raymond Mildred Lovett
Mrs. Whidimore-Frances Leavengood
Miss Janet Raymond-Lilah Holloway
Elen Effie Ek
Those who saw the Moroni Olscn
Players in ."Candida" lust fall will be
delighted to know that they will again
have a chance to be highly enter
tained, but this time in a light com
edy, when "Mr. Pim Passes By"
comes to the Normal School on March
11, at 7:30 P. M. It is all fun from
beginning to end every bit as funny
as was the drunken scene in "Candi
da". Tickets will be on sale at Mar
ians' Monday, March 10. Admission
60c.
Roosevelt Club Pleases
The appearance of the Roosevelt
club of the Portland Y. M. C. A. at
tracted large audiences to the Evan
gelical church last week-end. On
Saturday evening the program was in
a lighter vein and that it made a hit
with the audience was evident from
the many Expressions' of apprecia
tion to be. heard. The services Sun
day morning and afternoon attracted
capacity audiences. Many stayed to
the dinner at noon in the basement
of the church. The singing was a
prominent feature of the services.
There were fourteen of the club mem
bers in the choir and a special quar
tet which was made up ' from their
numbers was exceptionally good.
F. B. Smiley of the Monmouth ware
house was largely instrumental in
arranging for the visit of the Port
land boys.
C. E. Force is down with the grip
and other complications. '
"GodsDeed" and final inatructibns,
"Round th Worid" flight which soon starts Left to right they ares
MaJ. P. L. Martin In command, L. L. P. Arnold, Leigh Wade, Lowell
Rumored, Reported
Concocted, Collected
Monmouth Bov Weds
Lrmine K. Gentle took advantage
or the George Washington holiday
and the week-end vacation to make a
flying trip to Salt Lake City, Utah,
He returned to Portland on Tuesday
morning bringing with him Miss
Frances M. Douglan of that city as
his bride. Mrs. Gentle is the onlv
daughter of Dr. C. I. Douglas, one of
the leading physicians of Salt Lake
City. She is a senior, in the Univer
sity of Oregon and the president of
the Girls' Oregon Club there. She
will graduate from that institution
in June.
Mr. Gentle is a son of Professor
and Mrs. Thomas H. Gentle of Mon
mouth. He is a student of the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School in
Portland and a member of the Phi
Chi medical fraternity. The young
couple have many friends to extend
hearty ,good wishes and congratula
tions. Wheat Farmers Hard Up
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Edwards return
ed last Friday from a visit with rel
atives and friends in Moro and Was
co. While they found the roads very
much improved over what they were
a short time ago and prospects good
for a bumper crop this next summer
tho people of that section are too
much engrossed with financial troub
les to make cheerful company. All
through that wheat farming section
tales of ill fortune, of lost farms and
adverse markets are the common lot.
. . .
Mrs. T. F. Graves Passes
Mrs. Tom Graves, wife of the for
mer county commissioner died at her
home at McCoy Monday. She dropped
dead without previous warning of
sickness. Funeral services were held
at Bethel Thursday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock. ' '
Mrs. Graves had been a sufferer
from heart trouble for many years.
Her maiden name was Mary Ella
Newbill and she was born in the
Grande Ronde section in Polk county
June 21, 1861. Married to Mr. Graves
in 1885 they went to live on the
Graves homestead near McCoy. 32
years were spent- on this farm and
since they have lived in their new
home at McCoy.
Beside her husband she is survived
by one son and one step-son.
Observer Chansres Hands
The Polk County Observer has a
new hand at the helm this week, the
sequel of the following advance no
tice which appeared in that paper
last week.
A deal is pending by which Earle
Richardson becomes the owner of The
Polk x County Observer, E. A. Koen
selling the plant and business. Pa
pers will be signed and the transfer
made Saturday, March 1.
Mr. Richardson comes to Dallas
from Elgin, Oregon, where he had
been publisher of a newspaper. He
has had other experience. Being a
native Oregonian, coming originally
from Yamhill county, he will no doubt
make a decided success of the busi
ness. Mr. Koen, who has been publisher
of this newspaper for the past five
years, has no plans to announce. He
has several deals in view, but may
spend his time politicking until af
ter the primary election. . In the
meantime he proposes to see some
thing of Oregon.
As an outward evidence of an in
ward desire to help make Monmouth
beautiful, Morlan & Son are turning
over the sod in front of their store,
preliminary to seeding to grass or
flowers. . "Who'll be the next?"
at Washington, the U. S. Arm?
Portland Firm Will
. Plan Sewer System
The matter of sewer facilities for
Monmouth has been steadily acquir
ing importance as a live issue for sev
eral years past and the first active
boost the project has received was
at the hands of the city council thto
week. A short time ago a Salem
sewer tile dealer volunteered to get
8 rough estimate of what sewer fa
cilities would cost. He interested an
engineer and did some work in the
city recently.
luesday being the regular meeting
night it was expected that some re
port from this source would be forth
coming. But no one appeared on be
half of the Salem man. '
Two other engineering concerns,
however were represented.
Frank E. Semon, acting 'for him
self, made a proposition to the coun
cil. Mr. Semon is at present engaged
in supervising sewer work in Dallas,
and is able to present ample evidence
of his capacity. In a written and oral
communication to the council he went
over the sewer situation in Mon
mouth and made a proposition of a
preliminary investigation. He pro
posed to enter the service of the city
at wages of $16 per day for field work
and $10 per day for office work and
when the total of his services have
reached the sum of $125 to turn over
his field notes and engineering data
to the city. Further working connec
tion with the city to be thereafter
agreed on should the city feel encour
aged to tackle, the larger problems.
Mr. Semon undertook to guarantee
the best of engineering services.
Mr. F. T. Koehler represtenting the
firm of Stevens and Koon of Port
land made a proposal to furnish plans
and specifications from a preliminary
survey of the needs and possibilities
of the situation for a lump sum of
$200. He detailed at some length the
recent accomplishments of his com
pany in constructing sewers in Alba
ny and Portland and water systems
at Condon and at Camas, Washing
ton. He also explained the construc
tion of a sewer system where the
sewage was cared for by means of an
Iemhoff tank. This tank, he explain
ed, had originated in Germany and
was the latest word in this phase of
sewage disposal. He also explained
methods and costs of trench excava
tion and said that at times it might
be cheaper to lay a larger pipe than
to run the expense of laying smaller
pipe in a deeper excavation. ;
The council decided to give the
Stevens & Koon company the job of
making the preliminary investigation
and preparing data of costs.
A step toward real city airs is to
be taken tby Monmouth in the near
future. The council authorized the
drawing up of an ordinance requiring
a permit for the erection of any
building within the city limits. This
determination was arrived at following
the receipt of a communication from
a committee from the Civic Club. In
this communication it was requested
that the council take action banishing
pigs from the residence quarters of
the city and that dairies be also seg
regated where they do not give
offence to residents. The part re
fering to dairies was ordered turned
over to the State Dairy and Food
Commission.
i ; The Byrds Visit Honolulu
Mr. and Mrs. J. c JByrd of Spo
kane are here on their; return trip
from a two months -visit in the Ha
waiian islands. They went to see a
very young grandson and Mr. Byrd
says his sea experience was such
that he is sure the youngster will
have whiskers as long as his body be
fore he cares to repeat the experi
ment. Not only was the voyage
stormy but he found winter in the
islands conducive to rheumatism
and other troubles. Notwithstand
ing a few of these discomforts they
found many pleasant experiences in
this land of perpetual summer.. Its
crops, its people, and its megnificent
flowers and trees make the visit one
long to' be remembered.
' The meeting of the Polk County
Odd Fellows 'Visiting Association will
be held in Monmouth witji the local
brethren as hosts.' The dafe of the
meeting is March 17th. The Inde
pendence team wil ptrt on the iniato
ry and the Monmouth team will put
on the first degree. t
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Force cerebrated
their fortyninth wedding anniversary
March 4th.
Job for Kiss
MS J
1 Wi
Margaretta Pratt, 17. of Kansas
City, (Mo.) High School, dared her
teacher, E. E. Damon, to kiss her.
Ee did, lightly, she says, and-r-lost
his job.
Greenwood Community
Uian;s Electric Lights
A very interesting program, and a
delightful cafeteria supper was eiven
by the Greenwood community at the
schoolhoi se Saturday evening, Febru
ary 23rd. The program, including
a number of patriotic readings, a
clever dialogue concerning the com
parative merits of those two trreat
Americans, Washington and Lincoln,
a play "Preparing a Lincoln Pro
gram", the song "Beautiful Oregon
Rose", all given by the pupils of
Greenwood Schdok - a ! vocall duet.
"Whispering Hope,"- by .Willie and
Lorene Rideout, and an appreciative
rendering of Lincoln's "Gettysburg
Address" by Lorene Hideout, led us
who were present to see and her, to
a realization of what patriots
means.
The cafeteria supper, served bv the
patrons, neighbors and friends of the
school, was a decided success from
both culinary and domestic points of
view. " '' " ' ; : -
The proceeds from the supper, to
taling' nearly forty dollars, is- to be
used to complete the payment on the
electric lights which have been re
cently installed in the school building.
Much credit is due to . Mrs.
Oestreich, the teacher of Greenwood
school, for the progressive work she
has done and is doing' for the school
and the community.
, Tree Alphabet .
On the estate of Sir William Geary
at Tonbrldge there Is an avenue of
alphabetical trees, which Is being add
ed to by a new set, which are being
planted in pairs on each side of the
existing avenue at intervals of ten
yards, beginning with alder, ash, birch,
catalpa, davldla, elm, fir, and so on
through the alphabet to yulan and
zelkova.
In the Weser district in Germany
there Is another fashion In trees which
Is entirely a ' commercial one. The
trees have a .red and blue tint,
which is the result of experiments
In dyeing." Each tree Is hung with a
receptacle containing blue or red
coloring. This Is conducted through
a rubber tube tnto the roots of the
tree. In about a mouth the coloring
matter makes Its way through all the
branches. The trees die off and are
felled, the wood being used for many
purposes, but especlallj for making
furniture. ?
President Told of
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Members, of the S. Good Roads Association from tho south and
west, called upon President Coolidge to tell of their hopes and aim.
He was urged to attend the national convention at Alberquerque, New
Mexico this year and mfeet personally President Obregon ox Mexico
who has accepted
County Cooperates
In Settlement Work
Several members of the Monmouth
Commercial Club attended the meet
'iig of other county representatives
n the rooms of the Dallas Commer
cial club last Thursday evening. At
ihis" meeting representatives of
!and settlement committee of
Portland Chamber of Commerce
the
the
ex-
plained their mission.
All are familiar with the $300,000
fund raised by Portland for the de
velopment of the state. It was plan
ned to spend this money in advertis
es but previously the railroads of
the Northwest had come to the same
Jetermination and they were first on
the job. ; ' ;
Taking lesson from the experience
of Southern California which had big
results from this type of advertising,
;he Portland Land Settlement com
mittee is preparing to organize this
:nflow of settlers which has been tak
en for granted as bound to come and
Is arranging the machinery to take
care of it.
It is realized that the settler who
is an asset to the state is a satisfied
settler and to guarantee him a square
deal is the problem of the moment.
They aim to secure responsible
people in each community to steer
the newcomer 'in' the right direction
and, if possible, to secure disinter
ested appraisal of land that is offered
for sale for the protection of the pros
pective settler.
Whitney L. Boise, a representative
of '"the "state and Portland chambers
headed' the - delegation and Marshall
N. ' Dana of the Portland Journal,
Mr, Jenkins of the Southern Pacific
Company and others were called on.
The definite organization of the
county is to be held in the same place
.next Monday evening. , j
HIGH SCHOOL
Last Friday the Monmouth basket
ball team defeated the Turner team
at Turner by a score of 17-9 Arnold
was' high po:nt man. , Several open
shots were missed by Monmouth or
the score would have been larger.
Friday of next week ends the bas
ket ball season. Perrydale. plays the
return game at Monmouth.
A student body meeting was held
Wednesday and it was decided that
the high school would take part in all
athletic contests which include base
ball, track, tennis, typing and declam
atory. W-','
The school play will be given dur
ing the last week of the month. The
date is not definitely settled.?
Mr. Zeller is being kept busy coach
ing his face through a severe attack
of poison oak.
The tennis courts have been salted
down in hopes of killing the grass
and weeds. , ,, :.
The girls are beginning to feel the
call of spring and are already spend
ing their spare moments playing base
ball. Evan Hartzell
The Shirt Gilmore Wove
John Scott recently received a wool
en shirt from L. P. Gilmore, Hughes
ville, Pa. .with the explanation that
the fabric had been woven in the Gil
more mills. It is a fine shirt and,
naturally," Mr. Scott is much pleased
with it. f
Good Roads Hopes