Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-22
MONMOUTH NEWS

Capital Journal Special Serviee.)
( Monmouth, Ore, Dec. 2l.-Monmouth
held her city election Monday, Decem-
ber 20. The following officials were
elected: Mr.. j. l.. Murdock, mayor;
Mr.. W. +. Smith, treasurer; Mr.. W. G.
Brown, recorder; Mr.. John A. Riddell
] and d. NJ. Hamptonas councilmen to
serve for the term of two years. The
duties of these officers will start Jan
uary /.
The Monmouth high school basketball
team are practicing daily and getting
themselves in shape for the match game
to be played with Albany high school
in the near future. The boys have a
strong team this year and have not been
beaten yet. They are under the leader
ship of Mr.. Milton Force, who is coach
ing them this year.
Mr.. A. w. Poole has the contract for
building the new garage for Graham &
Son. He is pushing the work of con
struction to the utmost. In spite of the
continued bad weather the building is
being erected.
Mr.. p. H. johnson has sold his con-
fectionery and book store to d. C.
Walker & Son of this city. They now
have possession.
Mr. C. E. Spense, of Oregon City, is
the state grange master and he will
have charge of the installation of Of
fcers for the Monmouth grange at their
next regular meeting on the second
Saturday in January.
The Normal students who remained
in Monmouth for the Christmas vaca-
tion are not exactly idle. Many of them
are planning social evenings and a
grand new year s ball
The students of the Monmouth high
school are now engaged in a difficult
line of English work than any given
heretofore in this school. They edit
under the supervision of Prof. L. L.
Keezel, articles for the local paper, thus
affording themselves profitable as
well as pleasing pastime.
The policy of the Oregon Normal
school here is to have all the students
learn the athletics and Mr.. ]. H. Ack-
erman has undertaken to bring this
about by combining the athletics to the
campus. A series of five games of bas
ketball are to be played between the
boys of the senior and junior classes
and also between the girls of the same
classes. A silver cup is offered as prize
for both the boys and the girls. Mr..
Alderman says "It is very necessary
that the students learn athletics for
they will be required to teach it in some
form or other when they go out into
the world teaching school,
Recently heavy rains in this section
have caused the overflowing of all
streams around. The Luckiamute is re-
ported out of its banks and many farm
ers are marooned ana unable to get out
only by boat.
Trappers from the vicinity Of the
Luckiamute river az reporting many
large catches this year of muskrat.
mink, coon and skunk, and owing to
tho increase in price on all raw furs
most Of tho trappers are busy and doing
well.
Tho farmers living north of Mon
mouth held a telephone meeting Satur-
dav to incorporate company and buy
tho lines they use from the "Belln peo-
pie, if possible.
Wednesday night is amateur night nt
TIM "Norm" theatre. There is usually
larger crowd on amateur night than
anv other night.
Ridden Brothers. breeders of pure
bred Cotswold and Lincoln, sheep and
Angora goats, who lives near Monmouth
have purchased another quarter section