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VOLUME XIX
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1926
NUMBEP. 12
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
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FOR ill STREET
Specialty Shop Under Di
rection of S. Dcitrick, to
Open in New Building
S. Dcitrick, who runic here from
Missouri a few months ago, has lens
cil one of the Mulkcy stores nnil will
open up h specialty store with arti
cles for mcn'H and women's wear.
He expect to start about December
fir.it but the opening (lute will de
pend upon how soon stock is received
and the store is ready for occupancy.
Mr. Dfltrick is a brother-in-law of
F. E.' Chambers and since coming, to
Monmouth has made many friends
who wish him success in his new ven
ture. The new Mulkcy store building,
now ncaring coiiiplction, will make
an acceptable aildilinii to store quart
er on Main street. It is divided in
to two parts, the specialty shop be
ing located on one sido and Wilson
Brothers' market on the other side.
Mrs. White, who has conducted a
novelty shop In the front 'of Elliott
& Elliott's furniture store, will move
in with the specialty shop.
Visit inir Association Meeting
The Polk County Visiting associa
tion meets in Dome's hall Thursduy
evening, December 0, instead of De
cember 2, the date being postponed a
week. The lodges of Hallston and Mc
Coy unite for entertainment.
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Sugar Beet Promoters
Seek Polk County Acreage
The Utah-Idaho beet-sugar company
with a factory at Bellingham, Wush.,
is endeavoring to contract for acreage
for sugar beet growing this year in
Polk and Marlon counties to the ex
tent of from ten to fifteen hundred
acres. They offer to guarantee a
price of $(5.00 per ton for beets f.o.b.
nearest shipping point with an addi
tional price to harmonize with the
selling price of sugar. It Is reported
sugar beets from this section of the
Willamette valley produces beets with
a sugar content of 1!V4. The yield
of beets in the Puget Sound counties
of Washington is from 12 to 20 tons
per acre.
In Washington it is stated that it
BEE KEEPERS MEET
Bee Men in Dallas While
Falls City Meeting For
wards Club Activity
CU B WORK
The season for organizing Boys'
and Girls' club work for the coming
year is at hand and at a meeting
held in Falls City last Wednesday
some of the preliminary work for en
larging the Boys' and Girls' club pro-
costs on an average of $31 to bring! if"1" wn KoUpn unlt'r wav
the beet crop to harvest time. Har-
Colfax, Washington, Man
Buys 180 Acre Tract and
Will Stress Dairying
Guy Deming, real estate operator,
reports one of the most important
farm sales made in this vicinity in a
long time. The farm of T. J. and
O. A. Edwards, situated one mile
south of Monmouth was sold to A.
H. Ccdergreen of Colfax, Washing-
vesting costs about $25 per acre with
rental at $20 per acre, making a total
cost of $70. This figures all labor as
hired.
It is figured the value of beettops
per acre for feed is $0.00 per acre.
The company furnishes the seed
and plants it. All other operations
are performed by the farmer.
Student Run Over By
Automobile at Intersection
Catherine Barnard, a Normal stu
dent, was knocked down and run
over by a car driven by George B.
Sedgwick, &41 East ICth atrcet.North
Portland, Saturday noon. The Port
land car was one of a large number
headed for the football game at Cor
vallis. The girl saw two cars go by
and thinking there was a clear space,
stepped off the walk at the corner by
the Associated Groceries store. Mr.
Sedgwick stopped and rendered what
assistance he could. The girl wears
braces on her legs and was not se
verely injured.
Above Albert B. Fall, former
Secretary of the Interior us he is
today, this photo being taken at
WaHliington last week, as he ar
rived from New Mexico to defend
himself. Below, Mr Fall as he
looked before being indicted on the
chnriea of alleged conspiracy to do
fraud tho govc'iini.... in granting'
oil leai.es.
O. N. S. Debating Team
Selected at Tryout
The Oregon Normal school has a
new kind of cause for holding a
"pep" rally and that is to give
nine big "rahs" and three bigger
"rahs" to the enthusiastic people
who ore holding up the stnndurds
of the school this year in the world
of debate where brains, reasoning;
and a ready tongue score the
"touchdowns" for the school i Give
them a rousing cheer!
Of tho fifteen who tried out
Tuesday evening, the following
were selected as the official repre
sentatives of the school;
Women teams: Affirmative, Lou
eso Howard and Mildred Quint;
Negative, Helen Bryant and Flor
ence Snow; Alternate, Afton Oliver
Men teams: Affirmative, Earl
Stewart and Albert Beardsley;
Negative, Virgil Merherson and
Eugene Dennett, with Leon Blank
enship and Scott Williams as al
ternates. The teams will begin immediate
ly to read material for a back
ground. The reading will continue
until the beginning of next term
when they wilL take Debate Forum
to plan the arguments that will
score the "touchdowns" for 0; N.
S. when the final contest comes.
Are we behind them? Yea, Bo!
Here's to their success!
The ton. This farm consists, of 180
meeting was held in the Falls City acres and the sale includes live stock,
high school building and was sponsor farm machinery and feed, every-
ed by the Chamber of Commerce with (thing upon the place except furni
Representative-elect, S. L. Stewart
and the County Agent, J. R. Beck as
the speakers.
As a result of the meeting people
of the Falls City community are
planning on organizing several sew
ing cooking, canning, bee, pig, and
garden clubs with perhaps others as
tho interest may develop.
To have charge of the work of or
ganizing and procuring local leaders
for these clubs, a committee consist
ing of Fred Patton, Eldon Frink,. II.
II. Miles and Mrs. J. B. Hatch was ap
pointed. Next Monday night the 20th,
County Agent Beck has agreed to go
over the club plans at a meeting of
the P.T.A. of the Falls City eommun
ity.
FORMER STUDENT MARRIED
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Gertrude H. Johnson of Cor-
vallis to George M. Lusby of Spring
field, who is now teaching at Corbett,
Oregon.
Mr. Lusby is well known is Mon
mouth, havintr v araduated with the
1 summer class of 1926 of the Oregon
Normal. He was president of the
student body of the summer school of
'25.
E. M. Ebbert and family spent Sun
day in Corvallis. ..
BEEKEEPERS . MEET
Next week the State Beekeepers
association meets in Dallas for a
three day seession, December 2, 3, and
4, and in edition to the several items
of entertainment and interest, there
will be an especially good program of
instruction.
Carl F. Buck, head of the Walla
Walla comb foundation company
bearing his name, will speak on comb
foundation. Lee Turner, bee special
ist for Eugene Fruit Growers asso
ciation will speak on bees for pollcn
ization. Boys' and Girls' Bee club
work will be discussed by H. C. Sey
mour, State Club leader. II. A.
Scullen's topic will be the distribu
tion and spread of bee diseases.
Beekeepers in all parts of the
county are invited to be present at
any or all of the sessions, whether
they are members of this organization
or not.
Harold Regie is teaching in Ad
na, Washington. He has been
very successful in athletics. His
team having won all games so far.
Also has a fine debating team that
is showing their ability. He is re
membered as one of the prominent
athletes of O. N. S. last year. Ho
is also functioning as an official in
inter-scholnstic games.
Clay Eggleston, who is in Wen
dell, Idaho, is finding great pleas
ure m his work there. His foot
ball team has been undefeated,
with one game left to determine
tho turning point.
David Oleman, principal of
Roseburg, has recently married
Miss Henderson of Eugene.
Maude Medelene Spain is in the
city school at Hayden, Arizona.
She has a third grade of Mexican
children, and they are quite a
problem when it comes to teaching.
She enjoys teaching very much.
"Oregon will look good to me"
says Miss, Spain, "because I antic
ipote attending the University of
Oregon this summer."
ture in the house. Mr. Ccdergreen
is a dairyman and expects to special
ize in this line.. The farm is well
adapted to this class of work, being
well drained and conveniently locat
ed. The purchaser, Mr. Cedergreen
spent thirty five days in the valley,
and looked over dozens of prospect
ive places before settling on this location.
VISIT AT WHITE HALL
Dr. Marie Turner and three
young women friends, all from the
East, who, for the past several
weeks have been touring the Unit
ed States, were guests Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. P.
Conklin. Neither Dr. Turner nor
her friends have ever visited the
Pacific Coast before. They have
visited in Seattle and Tacoma and,
more recently stopped for a short
time in Seaside, Oregon. After
spending a short time in Mon
mouth, the quartet continued their
journey, their destination being
San Francisco. Following 'a visit
there they will return to their
homes in the East.
Power Company Expands
To East Side of Rockies
Mountain States Power Company,
one of the largest public utilities in
the Northwest, has just purchased the
Midwest Public Service Company
supplying electricity to. a group of
twelve communities in Wyoming,
Southern Montana and Southwestern
South Dakota, according to an an
nouncement today from C. M. Brew
er, vice-president and general mana
ger. With the acquisition of these
towns, Mountain States now serves
more than 100 communities in the
five Northwestern states with elec
tricity, gas, steam heat, telephone
or water service. The new properties
will be operated as part of the Casper
Wyoming Division.
Towns acquired through the pur
chase are Baker and Forsyth, Mon
tana; Edgemont, South Dakota; By
ron, Greybull, Hudson, Lovell, New
castle, Pavillion, Riverton, Worland
and Yoder, Wyoming; electric ser
vice is furnished in these towns and
in adidtion a steam heating system
is operated at Forsyth, Montana.
STUDENTS
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Southern Pacific Takes Two
Hundred to Portland on
Special Train
There will be two motion picture
shows this week end. One tonight,
(Thursday) is "The Quarter Back",
with Richard Mix in a ) prominent
role, and the. .other for Saturday
evening is "Partners Again" with a
cast which includes" George Sidney.
One show each evening at 7:30.
Plenty of rain with lots of water
has filled up the creeks, sloughs and
nnnrla nnrt Hnrlc hunters arp facing
the best hunting season for several extra god luncheon after lodge ses
years. ' sion was over.
FORMER STUDENT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Stockman of
Helix, near Pendleton, visited recent
ly with Mrs. Stockman's mother, Mrs.
P. Conklin. They left last Thurs
day for Eugene and returned by way
of Corvallis where they attended the
annual homecoming at O. A. C. Mrs.
Stockman was formerly Miss Dorcas
Conklin, a graduate of the Normal
School.
Encampment Confers Degree
Model encampment conferred the
Golden Rule degree on a class of
three Tuesday evening and with the
aid of wives of members, served an
Normal School was but Wednesday
noon this week for the Thanksgiv
ing vacation which lasts until Monday.-
The Southern Pacific offered .
one fare for the round trip to Port
land and sold over two hundred tick
ets. K. A. DeMarais, of Salem,
traveling agent for the company, was
here helping Agent Powers to handle
the ticket sale." . -
Professor and Mrs. Butler and Mrs.
Hilda Butler are spending Thanks
giving with relatives and friends on
Coos bay.
Mrs. Ruby Shearer Brennan is in
Curry county doing institute work
at Gold Beach.
Miss Henkle and Mrs. Morris are
doing institute work at Ontario.
A bridge party was given Miss
Bernice Goehring, head of the de
partment of Public Speaking at the
Normal, by Miss Macpherson and
Mrs. Parker at the home of Miss
Lavelle Wood Tuesday evening.
Ferns and chrysanthemums were
used in the decorations which were in
bright autumn colors. Mrs. Elder
was awarded first honors and the
euest Drize was nrovided for Miss
j Goehring.
SUCH IS THE FAITH OF MEN
By A. B. CHAPIN
Entertained by Faculty Members
Tuesday the Kiwanis club of Salem
had the pleasure of hearing two mem
bers of the 0. N. S. faculty at their
noon luncheon. Miss Woodruff enter
tained with some vocal solos. She
was accompanied by Miss Kathleen
Booth. Mr. Spencer spoke on "The
Business View of Education."