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Friday, Sept. 22jqoq INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Two . , - ; . , - m VARIED CAREER EARLY MONMOUTH NEWSPAPER (Burton Arant in Monmouth Herald) One of the most interesting of the early publications in Oregon was the Christian Messenger, founded in Mon mouth in 1870 by T. F. Campbell, who was president of Christian College from 1869 to 1883. The Messenger was published by Mr. Campbell, who was an outstanding figure in the early educational and religious life of Oregon to assist him in building up the college and bringing its work to the attention of the people of the northwest A copy of the first num ber, dated October 8, 1870, has been preserved by his widow, Mrs. Mary Campbell of Monmouth. It contains four six-column pages, and the first page was adorned by a row of adver tisements in the first column. Among the articles in the first number were "All is Vanity" and "The Bad Effects of Moarding-house Life." There was an announcement of the opening of Christian College and the following unique description of its surround ings: "The location of h etcollege is cen tral, accessible, and beautiful. The rolling prairie on which it is situated is bounded by timber, bordered with a serrated fringe of towering firs, marking the course of the Luckiamute four miles south, the Willamette two miles east, and the La Creolo six miles north, while the oak hills with their dense foliage rise one above another in solemn grandeur to the main range, in plain view, twenty miles distant "With a genial and bracing climate, a fertile soil, a population disting uished for industry and moral worth and removed from the diversions and temptations of a city the surround- Get aivay this year to Oregon State Fair SALEM SEPTEMBER 25-30 RAILROAD TICKETS ONLY COST One Fare and a Third Round Trip Sale dates Sept. 23 to 30 Return limit Oct. 2nd. Special Attractions Day and Night $75,000 in Premiums and Purses Agricultural Displays Exhibits of every kind Greatest Horseshow in Northwest Horse Racing Amusements Stock and Poultry Show For further particulars ask agents or write JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Arent and D ccn OS onkey & Walker (' 0 ings are all most favorable for health, virtue and proficiency in every de partment of study." T. F. Campbell came to Oregon in 18(59 and founded the Messenger at the beginning of his second year as president of Christian College. The printing plant was located in the Good Templars' hall on the southeast corner of the campus directly across the street from the present residence of Orville Butler. The equipment included a hand pres and the printing wjvs done at the start by a journey man printer, Dellinger by name, who happened along at the time. How ever he stuid but a few weeks. Pres ident Campbell heard of a printer who had settled in Fulls City and .sent for him. This was Robert Foulkes who had come from Wales. When interviewed by Mr. Campbell he could not speak English and his wife had to act as interpreter. Mr. Foulkes moved to Monmouth and had charge of the printing plant until the Messenger was discontinued. In 1879, Mary Stump, who later became the wife of President Camp bell, became business manager and proof reader on the Messenger. Luther Roland, who died recently in Salem, was a typesetter about this time. Others who set type were Etta Davidson, deceased, and Armilda Doughty, who is a sister of Charles Doughty who founded the Polk Coun ty Observer. Miss Doughty gave full time to the paper until 1882, when the state normal course was estab lished; then she entered the normal and until her graduation in 1884 worked in the Messenger office on Saturdays. About this time David Foulkes, now superintendent of the Oregon printing plant, was learning to set type as a youngster. John Stump and Prince Campbell came in on Thursdays to help fold the papers. It is said that they enlivened the of fice with their spicy stories, which they have not forgotten to tell. Miss Maggie Butler of Monmouth also worked in the Mesenger office. The Messenger played an import ant part in the early Christian edu cational life of Oregon. Its columns were filled with valuable articles from the pen of President Campbell, and there were many contributions from students of Christian college. It had a circulation of nearly 2000, going all over Oregon with many readers in Washington and Cal ifornia. It was published every week with one exception between the years 1870 and 1883, when Mr. Campbell resigned as president of Christfar. college. When Mr. Campbell left Monmouth to become president of a Christian college in Canton, Missouri, the jour nal which he founded led a wander ing and uncertain life. D. T. Stan ley took charge of the college, changed the name of the paper to the Christian Herald and after a few years moved it to Portland where the Herald was published for a short time. Then he journeyed to San Francisco, taking the plant with him. There Mr. Stanley's connection with the paper was severed for the breth ren of the Christian church took charge of the plant and relieved him of his duties. Stanley apparently be lieved in a variety of names, for dur ing his wanderings he changed the name of the paper several times. When the brethren took charge the paper was published under the name "Pacific Christian," with G. K. Berry as editor, and was the official spokes man of the missionary society of the Christian church on the Pacific coast. However, it was not on a firm finan cial basis and when the earthquake visited San Francisco in 1900, it never recovered. An attempt was made to revive it, but without success. MONMOUTH TICKETS ARE ROUTED VIA INDEPENDENCE Eat uVBoife Jfi And reduce the High Cost of Living olstani Bread IS THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE MOST WHOLESOME FOOD ON THE MARKET BUT TH3T EXTRA LOAF itSTYour Grocer Has It CHERRY CITY BAKING COMPANY Arrangements are now being per fected whereby it will be possible to buy railroad tickets in Monmouth, by way of Independence once more. By special agreement with the Monmouth and Independence bus, a ticket bought at the depot will be honored on the bus and baggage, within the limit, can be checked for 25 cents per per son. The fare from Monmouth will be the Independence fare, plus 15 fents. Since the I. & M. discontinued, the only tickets sold out of Monmouth were by way of Dalian. As the charge was considerably higher and there was only one train ,a day the patronage on this line grew less all the time. The change will give the local station agent more to do and will again put Monmouth on the rail road map. The bus will start from depot and post office. This arrangement, while making no more revenue for the railroad com pany, will greatly add to the conven ience and comfort of passengers, as they will not have to bother to pur chase tickets on arrival at Independ ence, nor will they have to claim their baggage at that point and re check it as was the former practice. Monmouth Herald EXPOSITION TRAIN IS IN EASTERN OREGON Portland With the dispatching on Monday, September 10, of n elabor ately equipped special train for M 850 mile trip through Eastern Ore gon, the committee on tho 1925 ex position has opened in earnest the campaign to get stato-wide sanction for Portland to .tax itself for the ex position. The 125 leading Portland citizens upon the train are urging Eastern Oregon to approve tho mens ure on tho ballot at the state election November 7 amending the constitu tion of tho state so that Portland can tax itself. Tho special train, which after the Eastern Oregon trip is to be sent into other parts of the state, will be an array of lights and colors, a baggage car witn eiecirtcai equipment nuvmK been fitted up. The delegation will bo entertained in the various cities and will hold mass meetings and will stage stunts to interest the statu in the exposition project which tho committee is urging as a state-wide publicity movement. Tho special train will be on the road three days and four nights going as far as Baker and Joseph and making a stop at Pendleton for the Round-up. Lit erature explaining the present unde veloped condition of Oregon, the ex isting assets such as agricultural lands, water power, timber lands, in dustrial lands and opportunities, and urging that tho state unite for Ore gon as California has done for Cali fornia will be scattered along the line of the train. Itt is the intention later to dispatch the train which will be known official ly as the "1925 Special" to various parts of the state carrying a large number of Portland citizens and dis tributing the literature in support of the movement which while started In Where Is Your Will? YOUR Will speaks for you when you can. not speak for yourself. If after you are gone it is lost burned stolon destroyed it cari NEVER be replaced. In a Safe Deposit Box here no curious K(H.S it and nothing can happen to it. eye The Independence National Bank Independence, Oregon. 40 paid on Savings Account cf FEDERAL RESERVE CSfc Y S T E MiJ Portland and financed in Portland must have state wide sanction. Jack Hatton has opened a Willard srrvice station at Dallas. She (cntimentl) "Do yojli marriage U a failure?" Furniture Dealer (pri Good lord, no! 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