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he Monmouth Herald VOL. XVI MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924 1 . " No. 30 There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley , - i - ; . Items of Interest At Oregon Normal For several weeks various faculty members have spoken during the as sembly period on different phuses of the Bok Peace Plan. Last week students and faculty voted on the plan. - The results will be tabulated and announced a little later. Mr. Bcahm of Corvallia, who in a representative of the Studunt-Volun-teer Movement, spoke to the students at Normal lant Friday, He outlined the purpose of the movement and held conference! during the day with students who are interceded in doing Student-Volunteer , work. As a vpcial feature of the same chapel exercise, Mr. Ronald Beattie, itudent of the University of Oregon, sang two solos. The spring quarter of school began Monday. More than fifty new students registered for work and very few left at the close of the win ter quarter, so there is a noticeable increase in the enrollment. A num ber of new courses are being offered this term. Next week the Delphians will pre sent their first program for the new term, "The Spring Chautauqua." HIGH" SCHOOL The play "Assisted iy Sadie" proved a success in every way. The members, of the cast are to be com mended for their hard and faithful work in preparation for the play. The , net proceeds will probably amount to about $45,00. We deaire to express our apprecia tion to Wincgar Hardware Store, to the members of the orchestra, to all those who lent costumes for the cast, and to all those who aided in the transportation of the furniture and other properties. The contract sent out, for the base ball games is as follows: April 11 at Dallas; April 18, Falls City here; April 25 at Independence; May 2, Dallas here; May 9 at Falls City; May 16, Independence here; May 31, County Track Meet. The first half of the semester ends April 8rd. mnm Dr. Dunsmore of Independence who recently quit the duties of cler gyman to become a bank clerk finds it difficult to entirely abandon his former moorings. He is frequently called on to officiate at funerals and weddings and on occasional Sundays preaches in Valsets and Mountain View. . ' As it is being electrified the Inde pendence ferry Is to have a ten horse power motor. Motion is to be obtain ed from paddle wheels at the sides of the ferryboat and the rear action of a Ford is being used to connect motor and propellers. Our Army Airmen Sailing 'Round the World r irA SU $ W? &Sft& hM This phot6-diagram shows the proposed route of the U. S Army fliers who are now making an attempt at an around the world flight. Insert is of Maj. Martin, in command of the flight and one of the air eruiaera being use . i . Death of Mrs. Irene Smith Mrs. Irene Smith, widow of the late Rufuii M. ffmith, died at h r home In Monmouth, Mureh 21, at lhj oge of 73 years and 11 months. She is survived by five children: Idu M. Goodnight, Vancouver, Wash ington; E. M. Smith, Corvullis, Ore gon; Myra I Noble, Heppner, Oregon; Rosa E. Smith, Portland, Oregon ati'i Roy M. Smith, Monmouth, Oregon. A daughter, Cora M. Smith, died sev eral years ago. Mrs. Smith was a devoted wife and mother and was beloved by all who knew her. She had been a member of the Christian church for over 00 years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were both pioneers, coming from Illinois with their parents and locating in Polk county, where they had since remain ed. They were married in Corvallia, Oregon in 1807. They celebrated their golden anni versary several years ago. James K. Phillips James K. Phillips was born in Liv ingston county, New York, May 31, 1845 and died in Independence Sun day following a stroke of paralysis. For twentyfive years he owned o farm north of the Independence city limits but five years ago he suffered b s'reke of paralysis and had lived in town an invalid since. lie also lived in the vicinity of Falls City for Ave years. He was a member of the Baptist church and in that church his funeral services were held Wednesday, March 20 at 2 p. m. with Rev. H. L. Proppe officiating. Burial was in the Inde pendence cemetery. Hjs wife, Evelyn Phillips survive? him. They had no children. Registrars Officers to register voters have been appointed in different precincts and districts of the county: Kola Mrs. B. I. Ferguson; Rickreall J. O., Price; Independence Roy Walk er; Buena Vista O. R. Mack; Ah lie Kenneth ' Williams; Bridgeport; C C; Gardner; West Salem Maude Millerj Pedee J. J. Banta; Brush College Mrs. Fred Ewing; Mon mouthHoward Morlan; Lcwisville Mrs. W. C. Williams. Captain George Mayo, corps of engi neers, United States army, in charge of tbe first Oregon district, received word from Washington, D. C, that the award of the contract tor 886,000 tons of rock for use on the Coos bay jetty had been approved. The contract was awarded to the Hauser Construction company. Surveys for the power plant of the Pringle Falls Power A Water com pany, 40 miles above Bend on the Deschutes river, have been completed, It is stated by Oswald West, president of the company. The company plans to develop 6750 theoretical horsepower for use in pumping water for irriga tion from wells in the Fort Rock Tkllur. Goes Over Grade ' Car Fall 50 Feet W. E. Rice of Rainier, driving a G. M. C. truck and going north, passed Maude A. McGurgy driving a Dodge delivery ear on the grade just this side of the Helmick bridge last Saturday morning at about nine o'clock. The Dodge got too close to the side and tumbled down the em bankment, roiling over twice in a distance of about fifty feet. Miss McGurgy and her brother-in-law, Angilus Casta, who was riding with her, were both injured. The Dodge has one wheel smashed and sustained other damage. Rice's family consisting of his wife and several children, were rid ing with him. The children were facing backward in the rear of the truck and saw the accident to the other cur. The Rice party, how ever, did not stop and the McGurgy Casta party hastened to a telephone. At their request the marshal stopped the Rices in Monmouth. They dis claimed any responsibility for the ac cident, claiming they had started to cross the fill first and the second car should have waited until they had passed. They were held, however, for a hearing which is to take place today (Friday) before Judge Baker in Independence. Mr. Rice had been in Corvallis and was on his way home. The occu pants of the Dodge are from McMinn villc. With the assistance of a tractor their car was hauled up the embankment and brought to the Graham & Calbreath garage for re pairs. July 25 and 26 have been set as the dates for the 17th annual convention of the Oregon State Editorial asso- ' elation. The convention will be held at Tillamook. ' The Clackamas county court has out lined a program of road construction that will Include 20.45 miles of bond roads that have been designated as market roads. The Upper Columbia Athletic league, comprising the high schools of Sher man, Gilliam, Wheeler' and Morrow counties, will begin the second annual baseball season Saturday. Inability of the Bank of Gold Hill to pay checks sent through regular banking channels was given as tbe cause for an order issued by the state bank examiner, closing the Institu tion. The Oregon Btate fish commission has appealed the decision of a jury at Hood River, March 6, awarding to Sidney S. Mohler, $5000 for 5V6 acres of land now occupied by the commis sion. Indignation, especially by business men of La Grande, has been aroused in the last week because Industrial Workers of the World have establish ed eastern Oregon headquarters In that city. The Astoria city commission has granted a 20-year franchise to the Astoria Transit company for operating motor bus lines in the city to replace the street car system, which is to be suspended. La Grande, has organized a company of riflemen, known temporarily as the 162d infantry, but later to be known as company E, 186th infantry of the national guard, with 75 men en&sting for service. The Southern Pacific company, In Its street cor operations, made money at both West Linn and Salem in 1923, but lost at Eugene, according to the annual report filed with the public service commission. Women inmates of the Oregon state penitentiary hereafter will be compell ed to wear prison garb, deposit their Jewelry arst monay with the matron when they enter the Institution, and write letters on stationery furnished by the sAate. . The Tillamook covBnty fair board has adopted a plan to construct one main building on the niiw fair grounds In 'the.Fa'irview district that will be modeled after the; main building of the Pactic Intwnauionaf Livestock ex- position at Portland. - Families who have been using-water from springs in various fparts of the city of Astoria, have beipri officially informed that the water is .impure. Re cently City Manager KratV: and City Physician .Vernon took siimples of water from six of those springs and had them, tested by the staVe board of health. The report showed that only one.'sample .was pi (re. Independence Man Killed By Accident William Snyder, an electrical work er living ncr Independence suffered injuries from which, he afterward died in an automobile accident last Friday evening. Mr. Snyder had been at work on the electrification of the Independence ferry and was on his way home in his Ford runabout. He lived south of Independence. It was a little after seven o'clock when he met a car driven by Henry Frank. Snyder had been accustomed to throw off his lights instead of dimming when passing a car at night. Although the road was wide the two cars came too close together. The runabout was struck a glancing blow by the other car and such was its momentum that it turned over twice and its driver sustained injuries to his head and shoulders which rendered him uncon scious. He was taken to the hospital but although the doctors worked over him until the afternoon of the next day they could not restore him to con sciousness. They operated on his skull and raised a portion of the bone that had been caved in but did not succeed in reviving lije. The doctors say he was killed instantly at th etime of the accident and his robust vitality was killed instantly at the time of the vital organs so long afterward. Beyond a few scratches Mr. Frank's car showed little of the effects of the collision. Mr. Snyder was born in New York City November 15, 1877. He was mar ried to Lois M., daughter of the late Rev. John Osborn, October 22, 1910. He was a veteran of the Spanish American war in which he enlisted as a telegraph operator in the 18th cav alry. He was transferred to the sig nal corps. Following his army experience he worked as an electrical . contractor and, was a general foreman for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul road in Montana when electrification of their trans-continental line was ac complished. During the past three years he has worked for the Mountain States Power Company. He had con struction charge of the work on the high power line from Albany to la dependence. He is survived by a wife and three children: William Sanford, Jr., aged 3; John Osborn, 2 years old and Nor ma Jane, 4 months old. Funeral services . were held in the Keeney undertaking chapel in Inde pendence Sunday morning at 10 o' clock with Rev. H. C. Dunsmore of ficiating. Burial was in the Inde pendence cemetery. Base Ball Season Here Last Thursday evening the base ball fans and prospective players held a meeting in the barber shop and organized for the coming season. Several business men were present and indicated their desire to have as strong an aggregation as possible, and their willingness to back the boys financially. It was shown that last year the Team expended about $400 for suits, grand stand and equipment which can be used again this season, so with 'he proper backing the present sea son should be a financial success. It was decided not to call upon the business men and other fans for do nations at present but to try some other means of raising money. Or val White, Charles Atwater and Ira Williams were appointed on a com mittee to devise some means of doing this. Last years officers were re-elected as follows: Manager, C. C. Powell; Property Man, H. L. Rimstidt. The position of captain was left open till the team was selected. Fifty delegates were registered at the, annual presbyterlal or missionary conference at Eugene of the Presby terian churches of the Willamette valley. . The farm value of Oregon dairy produots in 1928 was 123,882,362.28, according to statistics Issued by J. D. Mickle, state dairy and food commis sioner. The Sawyer Brothers' sawmill near Brownsville, suffered a loss of $65,000 J by tire. The mill Itself was saved, but the fire destroyed large stacks of lumber. An allotment of $23,000 for improve ment work on Willamette slough' at Portland, was announced by General Lansing H. Beach, chief of army engineers. Grange Supper To secure money for the purchase of a flag the Grange is giving a sup per in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday ev ening, April 1st from 6:30 to 8:00 p m. A charge of 30 cents will be mad-j for the meal. After supper a pro gram to which the guests are cordial ly invited will be given in the hall as follows: Song Mrs. M. J. Butler Violin Quartette Gertrude Rogers, Helen Cornelius, Dorothy Clarke. Mildred Scott. Reading Helen Cornelius Violin Solo Eldon Riddell Address Thomas H. Gentle Reading Mies Alice Butler Violin Solo Mildred Scott Reading Fred Hill Song "Because He Joined the Grange. No chaige is made for the program and all are welcome. Candidate's Night About seventy-five members of th? Order of the Eastern Star from Dal las came in a body to visit thr Adah chapter, O. E. S. in Independ ence Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs R. B. Swenson of Monmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Walker of Independ ence were received into the order during the evening. Refreshments were served at the close of the ses sion. It was also politician's night at the Star, nine candidates for county office being present. Assessors at Work Deputy Assessor Paul Tacheron is busy this we-?k feel'ng the financial pulse of our citizens and making out the assessment roll for Monmouth. A. J. Shipley is depi.t.y assessor for Cooper Hollow and' Mistletoe; Elhins Parker and Euena Vista are being looked after by Fred Scholl. J. Bcg lcy is assessing Suver ; and Soap Creek; R. L. Houk has Oak Point and Greenwood; J. D. Allen handles Rick reall and Oak Grove; L. Wright has Independence under his charge and L. A. Ostrander is looking after Ritt ner, Pedee and McTimmons. A. L. KULLANDER HAS BOUGHT JEWELERY STORE AT VERNONJA A. L. Kullander, well known Inde pendence jewelryman, has enlarged the scope of his business activities bv purchasing a jewelry establish ment at Vernonia, Oregon, and ha taken his brother, Roy L. Kullander into the business. Vernonia is a new saw mill town in Columbia county, some 80 or 90 miles from St. Helens, and is developing very rapidly. Mr. Kullander is retaining his es tablishment in its entirety and will spend his time directing the affairs of both institutions. His brother, Roy, will be in charge of the Inde pendence store and he will be as sisted by 'Charles Miller, an Inde pendence boy who has spent the last four vears in the employ of Mr Kullander. Enterprise.' NEW FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE ADDED TO EQUIPMENT The Valley & Siletz railroad com pany has a new freight locomotive It has 19-24 cylinders, super heater, and is modern in every respect. It was purchased from the Porter LO' comotive Works, Pittsburg, Pa., and the journey across the continent re quired 31 days. The engine was pulled "dead" but traffic regulations required that it be accompanied by an engineer all of the time, The new machine was delivered at the company's headquarters at Hoskins about a 'week ago and the past few days have been spent in limbering it up and making adjus ments, and it is expected that it will be ready to go on the freight run today. Work was resumed , Monday by the company on the extension of its I line to a connection with the South ern Pacific just' north of Independ ence. The distance is about 3000 feet. In order to provide greater yardage space the company is seek ing an additional right-of-way of 500 feet across the P. 9. Black tract. After this connection is made all of the traffic out of Valsetz basin will, be routed by Independence. It is now switched to the Southern Pa cific at Crisp, reaching the main line via Dallas. The . daily lumber and log traffic amounts to 30 to 35 cars. The logs go to the Spaulding mill in Salem and the lumber comes largely from the Cobbs & Mitchell company mill at Valsetz. Pomona Reflects Growth of Grange The Polk County Pomona Grange meeting on March 22nd was made more interesting by the participation of three newly organized eranecs. These were added through the work of Brother M. C. Glover, National grange deputy, as well as overseer of the State Grange. He was as sisted by P. O. Powell, Pomona mas- . ter and deputy for Polk county, and also by several members of Mon mouth and Oak Grove granges who assisted in installing the officers of the new granges and in demonstrat- : ing the unwritten work. The meeting was well attended, with splendid interest manifested in all departments of work. 1 Resolutions were passed offering' hearty co-operation with the bankers and business men who are becoming really interested in the farmers' prob- ems and are laying plans for as sistance. The movement has the specific aim of bettering . local mar ket conditions for the surplus prod ucts of the farm and garden. At present the merchants of the county . have their produce brought in daily by truck and do not care to take the small amounts that any farmer . may bring in. By encouraging the production of quality goods and by . grading and standardization, it is thought the farmers may assist in developing the local markets. A strong resolution against the use of dairy products in the manufacture of butter substitutes was heartily en dorsed, and a committee was appoint ed to wait on all groceries and meat markets of the - county to ask that butter substitutes be not sold by them. ; v . A vote was' taken after some dis cussion on the issuing of $40,000 of road bonds to release that amount of market road funds already spent on the highway through the county and showed a majority in favor. ' v. The special feature of the literary program was the address of Mr. J. L. Brady, editor of the Oregon States man, on tne aiorai rraining o our Boys and Girls. It was a real up lift lay sermon. Mr. E. E. Elliott's talk on Voca tional Education was also quite in-; teresting and instructive, explaining the working of the Smith-Hughes law in its application to this sub ject. The musical numbers by Billy Ut- ley and Willard Bartlett were enthu siastically received as was also the reading by Mrs. Stella Henry of Brush College grange. , Twenty one new members were voted in at the evening session and ten of these were present and were initiated into the mysteries of the Fifth degree. , On the 2oth the organization of McCoy grange was completed includ ing the installation of the officers. S. L. Stewart is the master, George Shields, overseer, Mrs. Mille Steven son, lecturer and J. Waldo Finn, secretary. This grange starts out with a charter list of seventy four. A meeting was held at Buell on Wednesday evening to start an or ganization there with enough mem bers signed to insure a good organi zation. , Delicate Job of Skin Grafting A delicate skin grafting of some magnitude was performed Monday on W. E. Cade of Albany at the Dal las hospital by Dr. A. B. Starbuck. Cade had been seriously burned, a couple of months ago while working at the Willamette Valley " Lumber Company camp when he used gaso line to kindle a fire in a donkey en gine. The skin wa3 , transfen ed from other parts of the man's bo ly to the badly burned area on his calf and ankle. , He is reported as doing nicely. County Fair Board Named W. V.. Fuller was named as chair man of the executive committee of five of the Polk County Fair associa tion by N. L. Guy,' president. Other members are W. L. Soehien and D. J. Bowe of Dallas, C. W. Irvin, Inde pendence and H. J. Elliott, Perrydali. The burden of raising $500 to in sure the fair , will fall upon these men, and in case it is raised, ihe planning and staging of the 1924 fair will be in their hands. The board of directors of the association Dlaced April 15 as the date by which J the money must be subscribed but it is expected the committee will be ' ready to report upon it by next wet.