The Monmouth
HI EfelLD
VOLUME XIX
MONMOUTH, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1927
NUMBER 29
There is No Land Like Oregon and Only One Willamette Valley
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Marketing, County Fair and
Oil Prospects, Federated
Club Talk Topics
Candor, in cold, crude chunk mark
I'd tin riixcuNxiort of marketing prob
lems, county fit lr nttciidiiwe urn I oil
well finance methods at the meeting
of tin' Federated clulm in Monmouth
VYcdnemlny evening. If thi'y did not
itift these matters to their very fyun
diition principle it wan hecauxe there
were vurioUK odds mid end that were
overlooked by the men who took the
floor.
Professor F, I.. Hullurd of the 0.
A.C, delivered' an extremely intercut
ing aildrexN on marketing and rural
problems. He explained that hi
duties took him into every corner of
the Htute and lie had recently mado a
trip to the pant of the Rockies, and
had found the condition of agriculture
about the same everywhere. Oregon
he said, was in belter condition than
the middlo west because its farmers
had not been quite so optimistic dur
ing the war period and hud not bought
up so much of their neighbor's land
at inflated price values. He thought
the northeast coast was in the brut
condition due to accessibility to ex
tensive markets. The two hardest
problems the farmer has to solve he
said are the high cost of help and too
much of the price received for crops is
absorbed in the cost of transportation
to market.
Of the various plans brought for
ward to relieve agriculture such as
legislation, cooperative marketing, he
tuiid it was characteristic of each thut
its advocates were inclined to muke
too large claims. Individual c(Ton
was tho indispensiblo without which
none of the plans could be even par
tially successful.
Iieyond protecting the farmer from
unfair competition and alleviating ex
cesive freight rules he did not think
furming could expect much from legis
lation. Cooperation also is capable
of injury as well as benefit to those
who practice it. He asserted unbal
anced cooperation becomes a machine
which grinds itnelf to pieces. Thi:i
he illustrated with the experience of
California raisin growers who suc
ceeded as long as their tolul crop was
near the capacity of the country to
consume. Hut success encou raged
overproduction which was followed by
collapse. It might seem heresy to
say it, ho said, but cooperative mar
keting to be successful must take on
itself the limiting of production.
Farming of the future, ho said, must'
seek out markets before the crop is
put in. Hood River orchurdists arej
turning to pears and in time apple
raising there will be a minor issue.'
Tho reason is that in apple growing.
they are competing with forty states
while in late winter pears they have
one or two stutes us competitors.
(1. A. Peterson of Oak Point start
ed the fire works on county fair at
tendance. He said there were on the
average a fine lot of exhibits but
people grew tired of the work of pre
paring exhibits when no ono came to
see them. The only time anything
that might, bo likened to a mass of!
people were within the fair grounds i
was at night when the young folks
como out to dance and have a good
time. He thought if more farmers
could be persuaded to exhibit prize
vegetables and stock they might uao
como out to see their own BtutT and
incidentally that of others.
W. J. Stockholm disagreed. He
told of instances where they had visit
ed farmers who had good crops and
who willingly let them have specimen
for exhibition bi 1 who were not in
terested in seeing their own stuff on
exhibition, and would not attend.
Mr. Hogg of the, Brush College dis
trict thought we wore too close to
the state fair and exhibition purposes
can be served better there. He told
of many times in which he had ex
hibited stock and products and with
no one coming to see them each time
he had resolved this was the last.
Representative S. L. Stewart plead
ed for a revival of interest in the
county fair for the sake of the club
boys and girls. It is there, he said,
they receive the start and encourage
ment that leads them to more am
bitious exhibits.
Henry McKee of Perrydale then
CANDOR
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CLUB
DISCUSS ON
Making Air History
AVIATION
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ery day making jur history in his
gnat flight, ltu'y to Africa, to
South America and soon to fly
North to the United states, Cunoda
and hoi, if ujiii...
brought up the subject of oil wells
which could be made successful in
this valley nnd which would do much
to build it up. He detailed the ex
periences of himself and others in the
Cuarunteo Oil company of Eugene.
At. times he was highly sarcastic. He
referred to the head, of the company
as "the chief" and also to a "doodle
bug" which he usually had with him.
$ii()0,000 in stock, he said, had been
issued hy this company and of this
$;l()(),()00 had been divided between
three men, the remainder being sold
to people who would buy. "The chief"
was characterized with a reluctance
to put his own shares "in the pot" and
had usually been among the missing
when his presence was wanted. Mr.
McKee went into detail over efforts
made to reorganize the company. He
said there were times when the drill
ers had not been paid wages due for
six months and oil for the engines
was not to be had for lack of funds.
Re-organization was now effected, he
said, with a man named Hock is from
Yamhill county as manager. The
company bus drilled down 3050 feet,
the last fifty feet being through rock
with more than half an iron content.
Oil men, he cssertcd, were positive
oil is just a short distance below. He
appealed for financial aid to help
finish the well.
Th'j meeting was attended by about
folly representative people of the
county. Senator II. J. Elliott presid
ed and County Agent Reck acted as
secretin y. Mr. Beck made a brief
talk aloi.g promotion lines und A. G
Reiiiple of Dallas gave a review of
attempts being made to secure a
cannery for that city.
Extended Birthday Party
For Mrs. J. L. Murdock
Mrs. J. L. Murdock had a very ex
tended birthday this year. The event
occurred on the 17th of March, and on
Thursday, which is Aid Society day,
Mis. Moore and Mrs. Shore ar
ranged for a nice treat at Aid in honor
of (he birthday. Also all day pres
ents had" arrived from husband and
children. Then Smjday when Mrs.
Murdock got home from church she
was greeted by four of her children
r iid their fnmilios and a long table
set out with a fine birthday dinner
which they had brought with them
and which nil proceeded to enjoy.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Murdock and three children of
Monmouth; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mur
dock and children of Corvallis; Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. White and son of Al
bany; and Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Griner
of Eugene.
Town Team Wins
The last gnme of basket ball, played
between the Monmouth town team
und the men of the Normal faculty
proved to be rather tame, the town
men winning 13 to 11. Quite a little
trouble was had with the lights of
the Normal gymnasium where the
contest was held which had its effect
on the playing. The town team was
composed of: Sellers, Haussler, Smith,
Winegar and Tilton. The members
of the Faculty team were: Bell, Bar
nett, Christenson, Dodds and Ray,
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DILEDGE USE
THEJffiFHIM
President Landers Urges
Graduates To Make Good
With Learning
In bidding a formal farewell to the
class of forty-three graduates Wed
nesday morning, President Landers
referred with real eloquence to the
Aristocracy of Education. He des
cribed the method by which in the
early duys of civilization, distinctions
in society were won at arms. The
squire who through some feat of valor
became a knight, at the same time
became a member of the aristocracy
und us opportunity offered and his
courage and resourcefulness in time
of trial was made apparent he climb
ed upward in the sociul scale.
The only modern aristocracy he
said was along the pathway of know
ledge. People are looked up to and
respected according as they use the
special knowledge which they have
uciuired, to advance the good of so
ciety. Thus though knowledge is the
key that unlocks the doors to pref
erence it is not so much what or how
much you know as to what you do
with it.
He detailed the experience of Mil
licent Rogers of the New York family
who sought to buy her way into the
aristocracy by marrying a count and
asserted that such hopes yield a
heritage of bitter fruit.
A vocal solo sung for the.occasion by
Miss Woodruff gaVe fresh evidence
of the high grade of talent she pos
sesses for this kind of work.
The exercises drew out a number
of visitors and the chapel was filled
almost to capacity.
Although the program was informal
the graduating class entered the
chapel in processional to music by
the Oregon Normal school orchestra.
There is to be a motion picture
Saturday night, "The Mysterious
Rider" a Zane Grey production with
Jack Holt as the star actor. One
show at 7:30,
A motion picture show is to be
given Monday night, "The Campus
Flirt" played by Bebe Daniels. Two
shows: at 6:30 and 8:15.
With the coming of vacation Wed
nesday noon, lusting until Monday,
most of the faculty who could do so
are scattered to their respective
homes.
A party consisting of Miss Florence
Johnson and Miss Marie Mitchell with
Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Morris are spend
ing a short vacation at Agate Beach
Inn at Newport.
A women's dual debate is to take
place on the evening of March 29.
The local club debates the Chinese
question with Linfield, the affirmative
team in each case being at home with
the negative team as the traveler.
The affirmative team is represented by
Helen Bryant and Florence Snow and
the negative team by Louese Howard
and Mildred Quint.
April 5th, the Madrigal club of the
Oregon Agricultural college will pre
sent the comic opera, the "Mikado" in
the Oregon Normal auditorium under
the auspices of the Normal school fac
ulty. This famous operu which has
entertained thousands, receives a tal
ented interpretation at the hands of
the Corvallis club and will be very
much worth seeing. It is being put
on here for the purpose of financing
the Educational conference to be held
at the Normal school in April and
further details may be expected in
ntfxt week's issue.
Messrs. Hugh Bell and Albert
Beaidsley are planning a- business
trip to Portland tomorrow.
Mrs. Neal's Anniversary
The annual birthday party for Mrs.
Esther Neal was held at her home
Friday noon, March 18th. Present
were Messrs. and Mesdames William
Dawes and Charles Dawes of Indepen
T. J. Edwards and Neal Edwards of
Monmouth. A feature of the dinner
table was a birthday cake sent Mrs.
Neal by her daughter-in-law in Wasco.
Mrs. Neal received some fine birthday
remembrances. 1
Dr. C. G. Stem spent Sunday with
Fred Johnson on his ranch at Airlie.
BY
BUELL GRANGE
Seventy-Five New Members
Initiated As Result of
Lodge Contest
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Powell attended
a session of the Grange at Buell Tues
day evening where seventy-five can
didates were given the first two de
grees of the order. Ninety-five can
didates had signed up to join the
Grange at that time but the full num
ber did not show up for the occasion.
Buell which had a membership of
forty previous to the big adoption
now rivals Monmouth for leadership
in point of numbers in the county.
While the grange at Buell was estab
lished only a short time ago it has
some live members and they have de
veloped the ritual part of the organi
zation to the point where they will
put on tho first degree as an exhibi
tion before the state grange to be
held in Corvallis in the late spring.
Among the members influential in this
grange are Mr. and Mrs. Locke, for
merly of Mountan View.
The large increase in membership
in the Buell grange is due to a con
test which pittf-d the men of the or
ganization against the women to see
who could recruit the greater number.
Meetings at Buell are held in the old
school house of the community which
was recently purchased by the joint
effort of Grangers and Woodmen of
the World. To pay for it, community
dances were held and these have been
a big social feature of that section,
being attended by citizens of Willa
niina, Sheridan, and other towns in
that section, and have proven very
popular.
Mr. Palmiter, the state master of
the Grange was present at the time
of the class adoption Tuesday night.
Linn County's Best Bested
By Local Horseshoe Twain
J. O. Andrus and T. J. Wedekind,
Monmouth's representative horse shoe
hurlers, with A. E. Randall as busi
ness manager, went to Albany and
engaged the choice of Linn county in
the county in the ancient and honor
able game of barnyard golf. The
Linn county prodigies were strictly
not in it, being easily defeated by
the skillful twain from Monmouth
who won 6 games out of 9. There
are rumors of a return engagement!
and true sportsmen are even now en
gaging seats by the ringside to cheer
the local champions.
LARGE
WE'RE NEVER SATISFIED-
StlUCIfS-WiSH I HAD MIS JOB
tfornifJ'To Do 4U VKf Bot RtM touD
IN A TKl'CK DE.IVE?L.W SROCeBlCS
NO BACK ACHS fea 44lM,NO SOi F&T.
Prttty soft, t'D say
OU DEAC - WISH I HAD Ht? JOB
noThim't"DoaliDay But Side "
around oh b'loon hres and sell
automobile nobha1nfas
Ton. HtiH , NO 1tt AL SAL Mf HEADAO'ES-
Vrgtty soft Joe, Wei Gct I
Asks One Million
Nations!
Above is Aaron Sapiro, origina
tor of the Farmers' Co-operative
Marketing Plan, plaintiff against
Henry Ford in a $1,000,000 libel
suit, for a statement in the Dear
toni Independent which charged
t' lt he was in "a conspiracy of
bankers who seek to control the
food markets of the world."
Chicken Dinner for Boys'
And Girls' Athletic Teams
The boys and girls basket ball
teams of the high school were guests
at a chicken dinner given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roth on Wednesday
evening.
The table was appropriately decor
ated with a basketball in the center
surrounded with moss and violets.
Each place at the table was marked
by hand painted favors.
After dinner was served Miss
Huckleberry and Mr. Patchin present
ed letters to the following players:
Jeanette Hinkle, Cora Light, Gladys
Mitchell, Florence Bierce, Ilia ftuber,
Greek Riley, Bernice Winegar, Evan
geline Davidson, Paul Penhollow, Mar
vin Smith, Claude Winegar, Leslie
Davis, James Bush, Elmo Jensen and
Herschal Bond.
The giris presented Miss Huckle
berry with a basket of flowers and
the boys presented Mr. Patchin with
a watch chain.
Yells led by Leslie Davis were given
to Mrs. Roth, Mrs. Bush and Mrs.
Winegar for giving the splendid din
ner. Then games were played and
a very enjoyable evening was spent. '
The teams wish to thank the ladies
for the good time.
A baby girl was born to Mayor and
Mrs. Howard Morlan in the Salem
hospital Saturday morning. The
young lady has been named Charlotte
Clare.
ffoSH- WISH I MAO MIS J06
WCTH.W' T' Po Atl tAV BWTjGflK.'
So?AS AV LADLE ICE CREAM
no BAwlim'oot fen. him feu.
Daw' tAtte with au oaief-, r
VohY I4AFTA TRY T PlEASG A UT
0' FUSSY OU DAMES
PoftTT SOFT, I'LL Tell Tu ' wsiuD '
Vft ops- WrSH I HAD HIS JOB
WTHU' TO DO ALL "PAY BUT S IT
ArXOUAO LOOKING- WISE AM' RMEftw
p His "Discount Profits
No wORdY 'Boot BEimS- SToox tuflH
USED CARS no DoDY TO Take Hrs
AftEWCY AWAY FROM HIM,. ,
Pretty Soft, Til say
LIFE CARES END
EOR YOUNG MATRON
Zona Mulkey Strain, Native
Daughter, Passes After
Lingering Illness
After a period of sickness lasting
over two or three years past, death
came to the relief of Mrs. Walter
Strain Tuesday morning at 3:20
o'clock. She has been a patient suf
ferer and for the past year has been
confined to her bed most of the time.
Zona Mulkey Strain was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Huse
Mulkey of this city. She was born
in Monmouth May 31, 1889 and was
educated in the schools of this city.
She was married to Walter Strain
February 22, 1907, who with two
daughters survive her. They are
Velma, and Victory Lorrain. Her par
ents also, survive her as well as two
brothers and four sisters: The latter
are: Hartley Mulkey, Monmouth and
Myrle Mulkey, Adams, Oregon; Mrs.
M. M. McGowan of Buena Vista, Mrs.
Grace Holman, Chehalis, Washington,
Mrs. Blanche Sloan and Mrs. Edna
Adams, both of Monmouth.
Mrs. Strain was a member of the
Christian church and a faithful work
er in the church activities. Funeral
services will be held in the Christian
church, Friday afternoon, March 25
at 2 p. m. Rev. Victor P. Morris
will officiate with A. L. Keeney direct
ing the services. Burial will be in
the K .P. cemetery.
Mrs. Hewitt Honored By
Greenwood Birthday Party
A birthday party was givW at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hewitt of
Greenwood in honor of Mr. Hewitt's
mother, Mrs. D. M. Hewitt of Mon
mouth. She was brought there from Mon
mouth shortly after Sunday school
and to her great surprise found a
housefull of invited guests to greet
her.
The house was beautifully decorat
ed with ferns and yellow daffodils.
A delicious dinner was served at about
12:30 by the hostess Mrs. Guy Hewitt
assisted by Miss Ilah Courtright.
Those presgnt were: Mr. and Mrs.
Early Hewitt and daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Travis of Eugene; Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Hewitt and daughters, Frances
and Audry Mae of Portland; Dr. L.
L. Hewitt also from Portland; Miss
Ilah Courtright; Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Hewitt and son Derrel, from Green
wood. -By A. B. CHAP1N
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Soft Cuswcn keepim' boom
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No tfOOEY HANDS OX SOPPY FEET
Good MiWTtaeTrY soft feu "him
SOQD CsiEF - WISH I HAD HIS JOB
That mail man DoESw'r Kno HrS
WELL OFP , ,
0 RCSPo VSiOlUTY P KEEPWfr- THE
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FLOORISMIMfi- CODITIOd
WoTRENP0vl Financial WORftres-
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