The Monmouth HeI.lo
VOLUME XIX
LEGISLATURE
IN StCGiGi,
Special Service To Herald
From State Kditorial As
sociation Bureau
Salt-in, .Tun. 12: (Special) A news
liuri'uu In Imiidlu wiittiTH coming vp
during tlit xcMMtun of thf nta(" Icgls
laturo ha lu'in established by tin
Oregon Stuti Kdiioiiul Ajihu IhIIoii
with clii'iilflo of newspapers of tin'
tale including the Monmouth Jlerald.
A. C. (luge, veteran ntwitpaper man
and puliliHlitr of the Angina Goat
Journal, tiuii been rneured to head th
burt-iiu und oh IIul Hosk, secretary of
tho Kditorial association is secretary
to Governor Patterson, patrons of the
bureau lire apt to gut their tnforma
tion straight.
Thi activity In an original venture
with thn editorial association and tin
early indicia ioim are it will prove of
decided value.
Projection of income tux no shortly
after the beginning of the Kcmiion, in
lino with Pierce's retiring mcss'ige hr
brought out a very t ronjr expression
for or against thi'i issue. Ir. wa
presumed that defeat of the Pcnnis
reHolution making it impossible ti
enact income tax U'lfinli.t ion before
1010 would, in combination with de
feat of the grangu tux measure ir
November, delay further attempts a'
iiuch laws. This apparently is not Uv
case. Grange lenders with thel
friends in the senate and house go
quick action.
Income tax is a question not -decid
td. Lobbyists are here on both sidi
and while the opening of the legisbit
ure wns peaceful, from the flag on lie
south wiiii; tne rapitol to the re
factory in the basement, things an
active in between.
Topics mentioned in both giiberna
torial messages are being presentei'
in form of resolutions, memorial'
house and senate bills on subjects c.
varying impoitimce.
Among them is a resolution Ir
Claud Iluchanan of Hentoii rtiliiiint.'
to inerensed salaries for county otl'i
cers, providing that the inereur.e shisl'
not prevail during the term for whirl
the olllcer was elected. This will In
submitted to the voters.
Creating state text book commis
sion state superintendent, four mem
bers, appointive by the governor, fair
year teim, only one member from r
county. Excludes from menibershii
school districts with twenty thousun:'
or more children of school age.
More Pay for Legislators
Increasing pay of legislators fror
$3 to $5 per day is -the basis of n bill
to be introduced, probnbly by Mult
nomah county members. It has been
numerously supported by house mem
bers. No More Pay for. Jurors
Like lawmakers, jurora are under
paid in the opinion .of many. Piseur.
sion of n bill to rnrke the figure $5
prompted your correspondent to p.?,
Senator Banks what Bueh a move
would accomplish. "Not a thing, not
a chance," replied tho fbrid mt'iiibt"
of the upper house. "There woufel h
opposition to it from its long standing
as a custom." Lester W. Humphries
states that no change has been made
in jury system anil pay since 1800.
Legislators bring to Salem their
abilities not for pay but for service
At least that is the impression one
gains from the class of men in the
34th session. With jurors it is not
always the busy man who gives his
time, but when ho docs he is sacri
ficing as much as thn mnn who makes
laws. With present shortage of funds
the pay increase is (helmed jn doubt.
The legislators and jurors might form
a trades union.
Stream Pollution Up
Legislation is in prospect, to regu
late tho dumping of sewage and
refuse from industrial planti? into the
rivera of Oregon. Following the
meeting January 11 in Salem, mem
bers of the league of municipalities
with city- officials, state ' board of
health, and representatives of the
anti-stream pollution league are ac
tive in this project. Measures will b.
presented to give state and other offi
cials control of all waterways and
small streams. Meetings will be hehi
in Portland January 18 and 19 at the
Benson hotol, when the executive will
determine the form legislative propos
als shall take. V
There is No
Fights for Primary
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Former Senator Beverldge of In
diana Is lending the fight In his
state in defense of tho Primary law
which the politicians of both pnr
ties are trying to have repcj 1. j or
a return to the old bots-ridJen con
vention iiyi.U'in.
Normal Notes
O. P. Beyers of the Union high
school was a visitor at the Normal i
office Thin. silny.
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There will be a hou'rholdi'rV meet-1
ing in the dormitory lucsdav, Janu-
ury IS at 2 p. m. People interested 1
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are urged to intend.
Busier Kenton's famous film "The
General" which was taken in the vic
nity of Cottage Grove, is to be the
attraction at the Normal chape! Sat-
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.inlay evening. Two shows: at 0:30 lecturer of the Pomona discussed the
u 8:15. 10 and 25 cents. jGood of the Order.
J. H. Fuller, normal regent of Ash- I5ut l1 grunge had a big all day mcet-l.-.nd,
and Mrs. Cal kin, wife of tliei inK 0,1 Saturday last with -a large
q-eaker of the legislature in Salem. ' attendance. County Agent Beck in-
were guests at lunch at the dormi
tory Tliursdny and
Normal r.chool.
also visited the
The Normal young folks who at
tended the National Student confer
neo in Milwaukee during the Christ
mas vacation nre to he featured in
the chapel program tomorrow (Fri
.lay) morning. They are Flora
ilaysany, Avis Pieison, Albert Beard
sley, Scott Williaiim and Karl Stew
art. Two 0. A. C. girls who attend
ed are also students at the Normal
this teun. They are Lois New and
Ruth Witmiger,
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Apparently requests of the legis
lature for money for tho three nmr -
mal schools of tho state ate to be
asked for in one bill formulated by
the board of regents. At a meet
ing held in Salem Wednesday it was
decided to ask for $175,000 for a
class room building for tho Oregon
Normal school and $121,000 mainten
ance; for Ashland they a-k for $150,
000, and $33,000 additional" mninte
ntnce: for the Eastern Oregon Nor
mal they ask for $175,000 for the first
building.
Missionary Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Societv
.if the r.vai'gcl;e:il church will hold
il s January meeting the church
basement on Thursday- afternoon,
Janua.y 20, with Mis. A. N. Poole as
leader. An instructive lesson on
Mam and Christianity will be pre-
m nted after which a silver tea will
be served by Mrs. Emma Cox. The;who wiI1 give tlie flrst of a Berie8 of
m u,eiS ,e uigeu to come and any
who may be interested are cordially
mviLea 10 uueiui. 'the members
riembers
call by
uie asked to answer to i oil
tho namo of a missionary.
Junkets Off the Pronrnm
Trins afield W ImriuinW.
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but even this is not as. uied.
Commiitep H:iKi i.v s,,i...
Two sections were devised in one
committee bv Snei.im. rti-i,!,, n.,
lias a committee on roads and high -
ways and one oti automobiles and
roads, thus giving place to a number
dcr the ban for this session. Therellnte,ostcd ln scl,ols and scho1 ad
may be the annual dinner for news-' ministration ore sPecinlly invited,
paper men at the slate institutions ! Prot- Rai"ey has been making special
of members he wanted active. JustiSTof the 4th. , This grange has the
how these two will function is uncer-
tain but the plan seems to be aimrov-
ed. ' ;
Another Short Cut in Seconding
io save time and get action, Speak -
cr Caikin has dispensed with all sec-
onus to motions, When the move has
stated his points the motion is before
me nouse. tins practice lias worked
out, well in other legislative bodies,
and illustrates the firm desire of the
Medi'ord man to speed up the situation.
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13,
Land Like Oregon
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OF THE GRANGE
Brush ('ollet'e Debaters Win
Slate Honors Installations
Held in Several Places
Polk county won the silver loving
.i r
cup given an a trophy in me orange
jditmtt! which has been in progress
I during the past year. The final
iconUst was between a team from
Brush College, consisting of Mrs.
, Stella Henry and Mrs. Cook and a
Ileum from Benton county, and the
Brusli College ladies won. The sub-
Iject for discussion was: Resolved that
no more irrigation projects should be
launched until agricultural land now
under cultivation is placed on a pay
ing basis. The Polk county team
upheld the negative.
The first Grange lecturer's school
is being held this week in Corvallis.
Polk county had the second largest
attendance at the opening and had
four of its Grange members on the
program. It also furnished one of the
t ams for the final debate of the state
wide contest of debaters among the
granges.
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Mrs. Marie MeCall, lecturer for
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i)i uhii v oiii'Kv grunge iijfunc uii
value of music in Grange programs.
Mrs. Inez Miller of the Normal
had the topic "Interesting the Young
People" and Mrs. PearJ M. Bartlett,
stalled the officers with Dan Blair,
master; Mrs. I-ocke, lecturer, and Su
sie B. Fletcher, secretary.
Six candidates were initiated into
membership.
At Monmouth, Saturday, E. A.
Blake, master of ttie Linn-Benton Po
mona acted as' installing officer. The
following were duly installed: W. J.
Stockholm, master; G. A. Peterson,
overseer; Mrs. T. J. Edwards, lectur
er; Miss Maggie Butler, secretary.
Miss Butler has served continuously
in this office for thirteen years.
The remainder of the officers are
J. L. Murdock treasurer, Wm. Kurre
stewai'd, Mrs. Calbreath chaplin, O.
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Kellogg assistant steward, Miss
Alice Butler lady asistant steward,
Mrs Kurre Pomona, Mrs, Kellogg
Ceres, Mrs. Craven Flora. .
Mrs. Powell installed the Juveniles
and will continue as matron for the
coming year. Miss Florence Hoch-
Iberg is to be master for 1927.
P. O. Powell will install for Rick
reall on Friday night and on Saturday
the 15th, for Suver. State Master
Palmiter will address the Eola com
munity club on Friday night on the
work and actiyities of the grange as
a farmers' organization and will in
stall the officers of Fort Hill grange,
(formerly Willamina) on the evening
of the 21st.
1 The ncxt meeting of Pomona will
bo Bt McCoy on Saturday, the 22nd.
'The state master is expected at this
j m0(,ting as0. The spPakel8 for the
afternoon will be Miss Case, of O.A.C.
four talks on the important subject
of nutlition and Prof. Homer T. Rain-
ev 0f the university will .discuss the
finances and administration of the
common schools of the state.
e Program of Pomona will be
open to all, 'and teachers and those
study of the subject for several years
and speaks as an authority. He will
have. a nimhcT of important sugges
'tions for the. improvement of our
j scho1 laws- ,
State' Secretary, Miss Bertha J
Rwk installed for McCoy on the even-
distinction of having a woman mas
tr, Mrs. S. L, Stewart, who starts
,,out with great promise of a success
j ful term.
1 Mr. Kellny, master of Multnomah
county, installed for Brush College
on the evening of the 7th.
P. O. Powell assisted by Mrs. Pow-
ell installed for Oak Grove on the
night of the 8th. A. V. Oliver is the
mrfSW WillorH S ' Rnrtlpi t ). Wt.m.
er. Two new members were instruct
ed in the work of the order.
and Only One Willamette Valley
Cm ELECTION
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Question May Be Of Vital
Importance to Future
Municipal Welfare
Next Tuesday, January 18, the city
of Monmouth has a special election
for a charter amendment to enable
the council to meet the state in the
erection of needed Normal school
buildings by furnishing additional
ground as needed, the limit to be
$15,000. In case the legislature can
not fiid money with which to finance
such building or buildings, no money
is to be expended by the city. No
one questions the fact that if such
buildings are to be erected they will
be of material advantage to Mon
mouth.
No one can go abroad and be ob
livious to the fact that the Oregon
Normal School stands in general fav
or with the people of the state and
this attitude is reflected in the legis
lature where the tendency is to be
fair to the school and to grant the
necessary buildings if the money can
be found with which to finance them.
This feeling of friendliness is due,
of course, to a recognition of the fact
that we are centrally located and have
favorable climatic surroundings, but
it goes further back to an apprecia
tion of the struggles by which the
people of the city have helped to keep
Normal school work a live and actual
living thing in Oregon. Citizens of
Monmouth have in times past put
money and labor in the work of keep
ing the school afloat when tangible
returns were only a hazy prospect.
Now on the assurance of actual con
crete benefits we do not believe the
progressive citizen will hesitate. .
The shortage of state funds is not
due entirely to one cause. The ac
tivities of government with the cost
of maintaining it has grown greatly
in recent years. It is all right to
talk of returning to the old times
when the state and county did little
and taxes were low, but everybody is
interested in some few lines and in
variably he wants the return to more
simple ways to be conducted along
lines which do not affect him. When
our taxation system was devised it
was never intended to load it with
the multiplied costs which modern
government carries along with it.
New methods of financing such ex
penses must be worked out. As a
matter of policy, therefore, show our
interest and appreciation of what the
state has done for us by voting fav-
oraby on the charter amendment
next Tuesday.
TUESDAY
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
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Russel C. Wood secret service
man is personal guard for John
Coolidge, Jr., succeeding Col. Starl
ing who attracted too much atten
tion because of his age. Young
Wood will pass as a fellow colle
gian. DAVID L. HEDGES
David L. Hedges, Polk county pion
eer and veteran of the Indian wars,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Mcintosh in Independence today. He
was born in Morgan county, Ohio,
February 25, 1838 and came with his
parents to Oregon. His father was
Israel Hedges, remembered by the
older citizens of the county. He was
one of the figures in the hop industry
up to a few years ago when he moved
to Independence to live. He was
part owner of the Davidson-Hedges
yard north of Independence. Dur
ing the Indian war he was in the
company of Captain B. G. Burch.
He is survived by three children,
Mrs. Lottie Hedges Mcintosh, Mrs.
Davidson and P. C. Hedges, all of
Independence.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday, January 15, directed by A. L.
Keeney in the Keeney chapel, Rev.
Mort officiating. Burial will be in
the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mr. Hedges helped to organize the
Loyal Temperance Legion and he was
a member of the M. E. church.
Miss Cassie Stump and Mrs. Mary
Campbell returned home from Port
land Tuesday after spending the past
three weeks with David Campbell and
family.
The annual meeting of the Polk
County ' Farmers Union is to be held
in Woodmen hall, Dallas, Thursday,
January 20. It is an all day meet
ing starting at 10:30. Among the
program features is expected to be an
address by Sam Moore of the state
lime board.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Hold Open Meeting And
Place Officers For 1927
A joint installation was held Mon
day evening for the installation of
officers in the Odd Fellows and Rebek
ab lodges. District Deputy John
Riney was in charge for the Odd
Fellows and Mrs. F. E. Murdock di
rected in a like capacity for the Re
bekahs. Miss Alice Butler was mar
shal for the women's organization
and Claude Boothby acted as marshal
for the Odd Fellows. At the con
clusion of the work there was a mid
night lunch of wieners, rolls, coffee
and cake and there was also dancing
by members of the joint organiza
tions. Following is a list of the
officers installed.
N. G., W. J. Stockholm; V. G., E. C.
Cole; secretary, Paul Tacheron; treas
urer, C. W, Price; R. S. N. G., Ed
Rogers; L. S. N. G., J. L. Murdock;
warden, Jess. Johnson; conductor, L.
B. Howard; R. S. S., J. D. Smith; L.
S. S., B. B. Friesen; outside guardian,
C. J. Stanton; inside guardian, G. M.
I Partridge; chaplain, H. K. Sickafoose;
R. S. V. G. E. N. Keeney; L. S. V. G.
W. B. Egelston.
The Rebekah officers are: N. G. Ro
salie Andrus; V. G., Elsie Wilson;
secretary, Beatrice Crofoot; treasurer
Olive Gentle; R. S. N. G., Susie Stan
ton; L. S. N. G., Lillie Boothby; ward
en, Eugenia Keeney; conductor, Alta
Rogers; outside guardian, Nellie Dem
ing; inside guardian, Iva Hamar;
chaplain, Ida Scott; R. S.V. G., Hat
tie Winegar; L. S. V. G., Annie Hinkle
News from Gilmore
From a private letter from the L. P.
Gilmores we gather a number of
items of interest. Mr. Gilmore, who
was in the wool manufacturing busi
ness at Hughesville, Pennsylvania;
has disposed of his interests in that
enterprise and is now principal of the
high school at Wellsville, New York.
A $500,000 high school building is to
be finished in that city by fall and
the two Gilmore girls will be in it.
Fred Gilmore is in the second grade
at school. Wellsville has 6,000 pop
ulation and is in the oil region. Nat
ural gas is used for light and fuel.
A. J. Shipley is at Amity this week
with his daughter, Mrs. A. R. Griffith,
who has lost so many of her family
during the past month with a pecul
iar malady.
Clem Janes of Washington, state ia
here visiting with relatives.
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