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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1904)
West Enterpri ELKVKNTH YKAK. INDKl'KNDKNCK, l'OI.K COUNTY, OltlXJON, AUGUST 4, 1904. NUMBER oC Side BE POLK MONMOUTH. COUNTY BANK. Incorporated. OREGON J, H, HAWI.KY, liu C. I'owki.i., Cuhliior. 1. L ('AMI IiKI.I,, no 1'ronidi nt. rit cii. eso.ooo Pikk tom J. H. Hwlf. 1'. L 'amphell, I. M. Simpson, J. II. V julfr, John M. Hlump, J. A. Withrow, F. H. Powell. Train""" General Hanking ami Kxchange business. ifkilall throughout the UiiUm Sutra and Canada. Draft sold THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL STOCK, S50.000.00. I iiitfhllllKIUl. IroaidoiiL A 1UI AM MilON, VI- J'reildcn " 0. W. IHV1NK, Oa.hi-r. V. hin ill.. J. 1'. Klxxlu and nikKCTOHH. II. HirwMwrg, t. W. Swr, II, "'' ' A. Nim. 1 (unnrat bnliln- ami imft .iiiiiM Icantnrimi. U tmm matte. Bill on current account , -. 1 DAVIDSON & HEDGES UaA)u4rti For - Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies l',pn in tndU varirtv from ct lotrrtfrrou(ao4(uvl Mwmbaum. 3xJ FouaUln lo th hot day. You alway wlOtn. DAVIDSON & HEDGES C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON J UVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE I. W. DICKINSON, Prop. flood Kig for Commercial Mon a ieialty. (Sootl accommodation. Hows well fed. Mne Horse boarded by tlny,wcn or iiiuihh. Telephone Ao. lmteixiutencc, Oregon Oregon State Normal School Monmouth, Oregon Thl avhort t-R' -Mr irrdli. equal .H.rlunltlea fa bj-Rln-nlnir a cu In NjiU'iitr, November, Tirn'irniim i i i tint' m ' - ' WKK. Ulninjf ... ... .lui Aurii. i lie urn 'H,U for teacher I ihe nori '"J M.urauce of R'xxt position at good Write ir nw V" ttttt Information couoernlne 1 in iiotua counts or amuy, -.n.,!. tfacliltiR In town country scnouis Lnd full 1"t.la the d'"1 of atudy with !,. . additional ad vantni!"atiaoho.l. Adtirnw MONMOUTH, ORE. On Sborl notice lone Plows and all Kinds of edged Cools Ground Olblle Von mail Independence and monmoutl) WATER and LIGHT CO. , PROSPERITY AND EDUCATION GO HAND IN HAND The Historic Town of Monmouth The Seat of the State Normal School is Liv lier than Ever Before. Model Farms of Oregon that Helped to Capture Blue Ribbon for Polk County Situated Near Monmouth. Karly in thu spring of 1852 an emigration wai organized at Mon inuuih, Jll., for the purpose of mak ing the journey to ttie fur away Oregon country of wboiie resource returning trader, trapper and miners tjld audi wonderful aturiea. The tneuiberhip of this company was composed of aturdy pioneer men and women willing to face tha haruahipa and dangera of ihe long journey that they might ob tain homea of their own. To this little band of pioneers ia due the credit for founding the town of Monmouth. That the foundation laid for the town and community wai not the ever shifting aand but upon the solid rock has fully proven itself during the fifty yeara of ila existence. The founders were men who fully believed in tbe influence of the church and the achool and one of theCret acta waa the establishment of Monmouth Academy, later Christian College and finally merged into the present State Normal, a full history of which appears farther on in this article. Borne of the party took up homestead claims of 640 acres upon their arrival in the Will .... . . . i . amette Valley out even ai vuv ea'if uan bjohv oi mo lv" was taken, consequently, many bought homes near Monmouth. For many years wheat was tne chief product, and was ft very profitable one, the wonderfully rich soil producing from 40 to CO bu shela per acre and the price .73 to fl.00 per bu- was iroui shel. ' With DossiniE of time the condi tion gradually changed, when crops began to decrtase.in yield, Summer fallowing was adopted as a sure restoration for the soil. A few years experience umpiuiu -theory as the relief was but tern norarv. Karly in the '90s an ad ded burden in the shape of extreme low prices, wheat selling at one time as low as 35 cents, Bounded the death knell to the already un profitable businens of raising wheat exclusively, about the same time the green aphis made its appear ce on the grain and fields that bad never given a yield of less than notice has been gazed upon. Such a conception of the con ditions existing in the county are far from correct. Such men as F. 8 Powell. J. H. Mukey, C. Lor ince, J, J. Russell, 15. F. White aker. Wm. Fugate. C. C. Slone. W. Meeker, 1l. F. Cartmell. G. W'., Gibson,. W. P. and T. A. Ireland, T J. I'eltit and K. Campbell, all of this immediate neighborhood and with furma from 150 to 400 acres, have kept fully abreast with all the experiments and conditions of the titnra and are all prosperous and contented. Many farmers with from 10 to r0 acres are en joying an equal degree of pros perity. The ' reasons for the marked change in conditions are obvious, an intelligent diversifying of crops and the breeding of only the best stock has brought its own reward in the thap of tat bank accounts ington with its own Normal school. Diploma arrangments are being i i i . i made dj wmcn win aauio mum may be reached in Idaho and Cal ifornia. The course of study is so arran ged that one period each day is given for the review and studv of elementary English work; par ticular sires being laid upon th ability to speak, write and spell Kngligh correctly. Nature study is given In a practical way so that the students mey receive some ac tual benefit there from beyond the theoretical beauty of the science. The location of the school is ideal and accommodation may be had at a very reasonable expense. The school has been increasing in num bers for the last four years and the prospects for the coming year in dicate a still larger increase. The excellence of the work done ia in dicated by the fact that the de mand for the teachers graduated at this school far exceeds the supply and their work through out the state has had a marked influence for good in every way. In 1882 Christian College which was well known throughout the. state on account of the splendid educational word was merged by a legislative act into the State Nor mal school at Monmouth. Being thus planted upon the old foun dations so firmand well laid this school has amply deserved all the assistance which has been given it by the state and is now recognized Keep Politics Out of the Schools r WHITELAW R.EID. Editor. Ctunccllor of the Board ot RaU. University of tb t, of New York ... ET u see to it that all our educational work, and ESPECIAL LY THE WORK OF THE COMMON ' SCHOOLS, is dona on the basis of absolute fairness to all the people. Toxi carefully keep a saloon a certain number of yards away from a school house or a church. You are even more particular about other sources of possible contamination. But ' there ia one thing not enumerated in the law which would damage the acceptable working of your common school sys tem almost as much as these abhorrent and forbid den influences. - - . Far be it from me to disparage politicians ; no man can be a good citizen without being a politician. But, whatever party he belongs to, it is reasonably certain that, half the time nearly, or more than half, the people having an equal interest with him self in the common schools will be opposed to his party. POLITICS AND POLITICAL AIMS THEN ' CAN HAVE NO MORE BUSINESS IN THE SCHOOLROOM OR IN THE SCHOOL DIRECTION THAN THEY HAVE IN THE CHURCH. 25 bushels went down to 7 or 8. a tern wou Truly the lot of the farmer 'at this time was an unenviaDie one ..u many of them went to the wall. During this time however, the brains of the couutry bad sot been idle and extensive experi ments .were being conducted with 1 a Ct ft. HV8- view io miriAmuv" - . . 1. A of diversified larming iu Id prove profitable and rebuild the land. roremoB farmers doing such experiment work were such men as J.B. Stump nd Wm Riddell. How well tney k. .neceeded is luiiy aemou- strated by the appearance of their respective places. Mucn nas said in the various papers oi state concerning these two ,nd their fine stock . and beautiful fields ol various kinds of ciops and ?. liable to reach ths con clusion that when these farms have w" en ftll that is worthy of A town is but a mirror of the financial condition of the farmer, consequently, during the hard timeB of the '90s Monmouth lost in population and real estate values slumrjed materially. The excellent financial condition of the entire community has caused a decided change and prices are on the up grade. Many people have come from other states and located here and the investment of their money has contributed materially to the present prosperity. A large num ber of sales of town property have been made during the past six months. State Normal School The course of study is correlated with the state course bo that the students of the normal find no difficulty in taking regular State , examinations as they occur during their course so that when they re ceive the diploma from the school they seldom have more than one short list of papers to write. The vacations come at such intervals as to make no conflict with these ex aminations nd the student work. The four years diploma of thu school is recognised nd given equal credit by the state of Wash- universally to be as firmly fixed as any other state institution and to hn the laadiui Normal school of Oregon as well as one the most practical and best on the coast. The course of study and every thing else about the school is especially arranged for fitting young men and women tor the occupation of teach ing. The courses taught are selected with reference to their neds as teachers in the schools and em braces a four years' course above the 8th grade, including a year in the study of the art of teaching and the actual practice in the graded and ungraded work. The train ing school is a district School of nine grades besides a kindergarten department, Bloyd, cookng, and physical exercise. The number of pupils in this training school is from 200 to 225 giving ample op portunity of obtaining the best re sults. While gymnastics is not a principal object in the school, yet a gymnasium well equipped is pro vided and all students are encour aged to take a proper amount of exercise daily. Negotiations are in progress to secure an, expert physical director lor next yeax who has learned the business thoroughly both theoretically and practically and is a first class man on the gridiron and diamond as well as in the house. IIe,ias a member of the Colorado State University team at the St Louis exposition and cap tured both first and vecond places in two events. Mrs. J. I). Housman and child ren are visiting at Mr. Boaley's at Sunny Slope. W. L, Bristow and family Suoday with friend here. spent Mrs. Thomas Williams of Lewis ville spent Sunday with friends here. Glen Work has been quite sick the past week. Crop of all kinds are looking well, and threshing has begun. The fruit seems plentiful and gar dens are looking fine. Quite a number of students have been here selecting rooms for next winter. Property is ' rapidly changing hands and many new families are coming in so the demand for houses is increasing. - Mrs. Elizabeth Percival is visit ing her sister Mrs. Guthrie. Mrs. M. E. Percival, formerly a resident of this place but now liv ing in Shaniko, is visiting here. W. F. Scott and Rebecca Avery have moved here from Falls City. A. F. Campbell returned Satur day from a fishing trip on the head waters of the McKenzie river. He reports a very ' pleasant trip . and says the fiishing up there is fine. Prof. W.C. Byrant, principal of the Moro school, spent Monday and Tuesday here renewing old ac quaintances. T. J, Campbell came down from Albany Saturday and is visiting at the home of M. Mulkey. Messrs. J.B.V. Butler.L. Ground, Dr. Butler and G. T. Booth by re turned Friday from a hunting and fishing trip in the Yachats country. There is a. .spirited contest each year among these gentlemen for . the fishing championship, for he who catches the greatest number of the finny tribe is King on the next trip and has none of the onerous duties of the camp to perform. Dr Butler was the lucky, one this year and will probably lord it over the rest of the bunch next year in great shape. When ap proached with the question as to how he did it and how many he had to buy thei Dr. refused to be in terviewed. I. P. Reese has bought the Ira S. Smith property, C. E. Force the J. F. Powell residence, and J. R. Gor don the G. R, Huff place, and the end is not yet, for several other real estate deals are practically closed. . Miss Margaret Owen has closed her millinery parlors and will go to Salem where she has a position in a millinery store. v Wheat is yielding much better than was expected land, the cry about short crops seems to have been a trifle premature. Fall wheat is yielding from 25 to 30 bushels. W. S. Campbell is building a hay warehouse 50x80 with a storage capacity of 500 tons of baled hay. The enormous quantities ot nay raised in this locality this year makes such a building a neccesity as many pi the, farmers have not Continued on Page & IA" w
