The Monmouth Herald
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925
NUMBER 22
VOLUME XVII
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
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TAME GAME LOST
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First and Second Normal
Teams (Jet Practice In
Game of Many Scores
The fourth victory of the season
was scored by the Oregon Normal
basketball team when the Grande
Romle Indians were defeated In the
local floor Tuesday night, 29 to 37.
The game WUH ,1lL unusually fust, the
Indiana leaving three of their bent
men at home,' and the Normal's ee
ond team-doing tho honor in the flint
half. The gamu whs unusually
clean, our opponents winning the sup
port of the crowd by their good-natured
sportsmanship and their very evi
dent desire to "play thu game on the
square."
In the second half Couch Meador
put in tho flint string and the visit
ors responded by speeding up propor
tionately. The Normal hoys at
tained quite a had at the start, but
then allowed the Indians to roll up the
score on them toward the end of the
game. The first hulf ended at 15 nil
and the final score at the end of the
second period stood 2U to 37.
For the second team Smith was
high point man, caging ten poinls
for the homo team. Howe and Ray
made a field goal apiece and Kay con
verted one free throw. Beck, Con
dit and Nelson scored fur the Hint
string. Simmons and Hudson for
the Indians showed up well, the form
er being high point man despite his
playing a guard position. Byeru of
Independence was referee.
Got to Get About i
OF MILLERS
0IE5 ATJEWBERG
Was One of Mercantile Co.
Founders. Acquired First
Experience in Nebraska
Mn. Frank Kelley, of Glacier
National Park in Montana, mad
ime snow shoes for her chickens
ml it didn't tuke "Old Mike" long
.i nm:, tor them. Mike Is such an
pt pupil that Mrs. Kelloy Is now
iin:r to have some skates made
ir 1 i id.
QUEST FOR HEM!
SEWER OUESTION i
DECIDED TUESDAY!
i
Mass Meeting Monday Ev
ening to Answer Inquiries
From the Uninformed
SUCCESS
U. S. G. Miller, oldest of the Millers
who were the founders of the Miller
Mercantile Company, died at his home
in Newberg, Wednesday. He has
been ill for some time and has done
no woik for the past two years.
Although other stockholders have
been admitted in the past several
years the Miller company as original
ly founded consisted of two sets ol this question.
cousins, U. S. G. Miller and Roy Mil
ler, brothers, and George Miller and
Fred Miller, also brothers, and cous
ins of the first two. All were born
in Nebraska where their fathers were
in business together as merchants.
This arrangement has been continued
in Oregon. Roy Miller lives in Mc
Minnville and George and Fred Mil
ler live in Portland where the head
quarters of the company is located.
The last two named have been in
the East on a buying trip and ar-
langementa for the funeral were held.
up pending the location of the brothers.
On Tuesday of next week the ques
tion of a sewer system for Mon
mouth will come up to a vote of Mon
mouth citizens and this time there
need be no uncertuinty an to the qual
ifications of volers. The proposal
is in the form of an amendment to
the city charter and all voters quali
fied in the city election can vote on
Mark P. Guilliams, Nevada
Horseman Passes Away
In Salem Hospital
- NORMAL NOTES
Thevmotion picture for Saturday
evening Is "Texs of thu Storm Coun-
trv" with Mary Pick ford in the-' atari.
role. Regular prices. Show
starts at 7:30.
The Literary Societies of the Nor
mal School combine for a progrum (
Mart" P. Guilliams, a brother of
Mrs. N. S. Boche of this city, died in
the Salem hospital, January 27. He
was born in Ida county, Idaho, June
24, 1878. For years his home was
in Reno, Nevada, but last summer he
came here to be treated for rheuma
tism. He has been under the doc
tor's care practically ever since.
Mr. Guilliams was unmarriea. He
and Mrs. Bee Wallace of Beaver, Ore
gon, and two brothers, Warren Guil
liams of Monmouth and Berle Guil
liams of Chico, California.
During his residence in Reno Mr.
Guilliams dealt in stock and he en
taLe wide reputation as a
judge of horses. He made several
trips to Europe buying consignments
of thoroughbreds for breeders of that
section.
Funeral services were held at the
homo of his sister in Monmouth en
Thursday afternoon with burnt in
the Monmouth cemetery ,
Dr. If. C. Dunsmore of Independ
ence officiated at the funeral services
and Undertaker A. L. Keeney direct
ed arrangements.
OF YELLOW
this evening in the chapel to which j8 survived by two sisters, Mrs. boche
the public is welcome. I . -
Prof. W. G. Ileattie was a viaitor which the Junior and Senior girls
in Euirene Wednesday evening where iwj contend for the championship in
he was the guest at dinner or the Or basketball was played Tuesday even
egon Normal School club of the Uni
versity of Oregon. The dinner was
at tho Anchorage and Prof. Beattie 12.
spoke to the students on tho problems
of the Normal as they appear at
present.
....Professors Bowling, Schutte and
Franseen will attend tho debate in
Falls City this evening us judgps.
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Juniors won by a score of 36 to
This contest is between teams from
DalluB and Falls City.
The first game of the series in
The Normal Men's basketball quin
tet played Mt. Angel on the latter's
floor last evening.
A Senior forms! is to be given in
the gymnasium Saturday evening.
Miss Arbuthnot goes to Dayton
biuuiui.y luvi.iinig to assist in a lo
cal teachers' institute.
A Decision Day
If the plan for a sewer system
is not adopted at the election next
Tuesday we will probably wait a
long time before another attempt
is made. Adoption of such a sys
tem will be a division point in
city progress. "Do you have sew
ers!" is the question the new com
er asks. "They have no sewers."
is the way citizens in neighbor
townB speak of us by way of class
ification. Do not oppose the pro
posal blindly. Inform yourself
and you are apt to find that your
objection is no objection at all.
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A representative of the engineer
ing firm which is handling this mat
ter will be in Monmouth next Monday
at the city hall and will explain any
detail not plain to inquiring citizens.
During the evening of Monday there
will be a mass meeting in the Com
munity House where the engineer will
appear and explain the sewer plan to
interested citizens.
Here are some of the plainer as
pects of the problem:
The proposed sewer system covers
the entire city with a plan for main
sewers or laterals accessible to all
property included in the one sewer
improvement district except the agri
cultural tract lying at the north bor
der of the city and a limited section
in the extreme southeast corner of
the city. The first named section is
high enough so that any future time
as the need is felt it can organize it
self into a separate sewer district
and connect on with the city system.
The proposul to be voted on Tues
day is for $"5,000 general sewer bonds
bonds to take care of the" trunk sew
ers and disposal system. In addi
tion the Normal is pledged to $10,-
000 as its share in the whole expense.
The cost of the laterals, estimated
at $30,000 as a minimum, is. not in
cluded in the bond issue. It will be
assessed against the property thru
the various steps by which the city
undertakes such work. The cost will
be assessed against the property un
der a general plan by which each
front foot in any part of the city is
assessed the same, and through a
calculation which includes depth of
(property as well as frontage, corner
property pays frontage only on one
street.
As to the estimated cost per front
foot under the district assessment it
is expected tentative figures will be
forthcoming from the engineer,
People living on a street along which
a main sewer runs will pay the same
district assessment per foot as the
man at the end of the most remote
lateral.
No sewer will be laid on Main
street where it is paved but the street
will be crossed twice with a trunk
sewer; once at the intersection with
Whitman Street and the other fct
the intersection with'Cattron street.
The minimum depth of sewers is five
feet and where the depth of the main3
is greater than that, extensions will
h raised that connections may be
made at the regular depth.
Surface drainage and rainwater
will be excluded from the sewers but
as we understand it, seepage into
basements as well as sink and bath
water will be disposed of thru the
sewer,
in tn hp disDosed of throiik'n
a' 'septic 'tank to.be located Jo theiforuana,
northeast of the ciy. .
Farms Need Planes
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Godfrey Cabot, Pres. of The Na
tional Aeronautic Ass'n., te'ls Con
gress that airplanes should be de
veloped for agricultural uses,
pointing to the recent spraying of
06.000 acres of cotton to kill the
boll weevil, as to possibilities.
IDE MELLOW LIGHT
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ELECTS OFFIbcriS
CANDLES
Theme of University of Ore
gon Play With Music By
Man From Monmouth
Will Continue to Eat and
Talk During Coming Year
Plan For a Budget
The annual meeting of the Commer
cial club, which was adjourned from
the meeting of January 20 to January
27 in the city hall, resulted in the se
lection of a fresh set of officers all
around. E. M. Ebbert was named
president, R. B. Swenson, vice presi
dent; Fred Hill, secretary and treas-
urer and Ira C. Powell, Jeff Ayers,
and B. F. Butler, executive commit
tee. Much of the time of the meeting
was spent in discussing the sewer sys
tem and becoming familiar with de
tails of the proposed plan.
It was determined to hold monthly
meetings during the current year, at
the option of the president and secre
tary in the evening and with a din-,
ner. A committee consisting of
Clares Powell, E. Jones and F. J.
Hill was appointed to arrange for the
next meeting.
It was also determined to fortify
;for the season's work with some sort
; of a budget, and to obtain money a
drive for members was proposed and
a committee consisting of F. E. Cham
bers, and H. W. Morlan was named to
seek contributions from business men
of the city with five dollars as the
minimum.
Many Monmouth people will read
with interest the following item from
the Emerald, University of Oregon
student body paper.
"Yellow Candle Light," the Univer
sity of Oregon's own play, will htive
its" premiere tomorrow night at Guild
theater. Written, composed, directed,
produced and acted by University
people, this original musical fantasy
by Fergus Reddieand Perry Arant
offers something distinctly new in en
tertainment, both for university and
townspeople.
"Yellow Candle Light" deals with
a child's conception of fairyland and
is produced entirely from the child s
point of view.
The simple appropriate melodies
are entirely original and will be sung
by a chorus of sixteen voices. An or
chestra has been organized under the
direction of Perry Arant, especially
for "Yellow Candle Light," whose
members are all prominent in Univer
sity music circles.
The new scenery constructed dur
ing the Christmas holidays, together
with many yards of brilliantly shaded
cloth, bought especially for the play,
will be used with all the effectiveness
and liberty which such a fantasy al
lows. All of the animals in the play
(two horses and one mouse) are be
ing played by men, under peculiarly
constructed costumes. The designs
for the horses are executed more on
the impressionistic style than on the
realistic.
On Federal Jury
J. L. VanLoan of Monmouth and E
E. Tripp of Independence are doing
iurv dutv in the federal court in
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the second half, the panel picked for
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THHm, m-H pxnonenea has me nrsi nan naving oeen e.muai,Cu,
shown the plan foi the collection and ,me jury service wu uur.ns cu.u
disposal of sewage is practical.
It is needed because the Normal
s.hool and dormitory have oui grown
their equipment in this regard and
must establish a new system. It is an
opportunity to combine Ihe needs of
T ... 1 ? 1.1
ary. in wis son oi service iney are
not on jury all the time or even the
major portion of the time. As the
different cases come up sometimes
the- accused pleads guilty and if a
jury trial is demanded not all the
HIGH SCHOOL
The triangle debate occurs Friday
at 7:30 o'clock, January the 30th at
Falls City, Dallas and Monmouth.
The question is: Resolved that a
strong third political party would
promote the interests of a good gov
ernmept in the United States.
The Falls City Affirmative" eomes
here to debate with our Negative:
Robert Hall and Opal Wedekind.
Our Affirmative: Earle Stewart and
Cecil Poole, go to Dallas to debate
with their Negative; and Dallas Af
firmative goes to Falls City to debate
with their Negative team there. The
The townspeople are cordially invited.
There is no admission charge. '
The Senior class had a party on
Wednesday evening in honor of the
students who will graduate at mid- .
year.
The semester exams will be given
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
next week.
The Rickreall girls played the Mon
mouth girls here, Tuesday evening.
The visiting team won by a score ol
15 to 8.
A double header will be played
with Independence there, baturday
evening at seven-thirty.
The plans for the new gym can be
seen at the office of Comstock and
Poole. '
The debating teams presented their
question before the student Doay
Wednesday at one o'clock. The sty-'
dents received them with enthusjjts
tic applause. We all agree that the
judges will have no difficulty in de
ciding in favor of the Monmouth Hi
teams. Bessie Tilton
It is not the size of your corner
in the curbing or home grounds, but
the exercising of a "squatter's
rights" over the weeds territory and
giving a flower, shrub or vine "right
of way" that count for civi( pride
and the eradication of the wfeeds.
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(U N.1 nH thP neodR of the town panel are taken. They are usually j
, the most ecoioir.ical basis. Each; home over the week-end.
can be of service to zni other,
That both the Normal and the town
need this service is ' easily; demon
strated. The Normal ' septic tank
passed its capacity long ago. In a
dozen places in towti the character of
the open ditches and of standing wa
te are evidences of the need of im
proved sanitary condition,
heating systems and the storage of
wood with greater convenience.
The indications are that this meas
ure will carry. At the last election
with a misunderstanding as to voter
qualifications and practically no cam
paign for the measure, it missed pas
sage by a few votes. Now the inter-
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It will benefit Monmouth for it will I . . . v ni.r. Tf vnu nre not
simplify the building of houses.' It convjnce(i tnat sewers are necessary
will make the city, more attractive as . Monmouth examine into the con-
a place of residence.. ditions yourself. If there are points j
By offering a drainage for base-' you do not understand, inquire at the
ments it will make it possible to have city hall Monday and in any event
most of the houses of town supplied attend the mass meeting at the Com
with this convenience providing for munity House Monday evening.
Squelched
When competing athletic 'combi
nations formerly tame to i Mon
mouth they looked upon the trip
as a lark in which they could fat
ten their peiccntage of victories
won, jolly the girl students and
depart very well ; pleased ; with
themselves. . I j
Now when they get beate$ they
are sore. After Friday's game at
the Normal the visiting Dentisto
sought to relieve their chatfirf at
losing by ridiculing our ljiajest
city. The boy s4 stood it' Sonlf a
short time when Ralph i.Hargett
scratched his head and asked: "By
the way, who is running tho store
in Portland, now?" Thatclosed
the episode. There was f nothing
more to be said.
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