Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-20
Monmouth News


Monmouth, Sept. 20.-The Oregon Nor
NAL opened last Monday with the larg-
est attendance in-its histoy, the total
registration at the close of the week
being three hundred and eighty five.
1t is not thought however, that the in
crease will be very great for the year
as most of the students who attend en-:
ter at the beginning of the first Sc
mester.
Mr.. Pittman left Sunday to begin his
institute work at various places thru
out the state.
Miss Arbuthnot will GO to The Dalles
the first of this week where sae is to
take part in the institute program at
that place.
The annual faculty reception was
held ON the Normal campus Saturday p.
IN.
c. w. Leonard, in swinging from the
steps of a passenger coach as he had
done many times before, had the mis-
fortune to fall and break the femer
bone of his leg at the narrow place
where it fits in the socket, causing
much pain and inconvenience and it
will very probably be some time before
he can be about again.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Hinkle went to
Clackamas Sunday to visit the guards
men and found the boys all looking
fine and anxious to return to Imperial
Beach. Irwin Stewart who enlisted
from here with the Hinkle boys, is in
a hospital at San Francisco having his
eyes treated, as they failed him almost
nntiralv uhila carvinu thara
Mrs. Helen McEldowney died at the
home of her son, w. H. cEldowney,
at Forest Grove last Friday. For
twenty years she has lived on the home
farm on the Luckiamute, moving to
Forest Grove only a month ago.
Our very congenial postmaster, A.
Parker, mas returned from his annual
jaunt at Ocean View. He also visited
Salem and Yamhill, visiting friends
and relatives and enjoying the lucious
strawberry which is bearing there fol
the second time this summer.
At the regular meeting of the city
council Tuesday evening, James Gra
ham was elected mayor to fill the va
cancy left by the resignation of j. g..
Murdock who recently moved to his
farm at Yamhill.
The Civic club was well represented
at the meeting of the city fathers Tues
day night; their purpose being to re-
monstrate against the sale of property
now occupied by the lumber company
which was donated to the city for a
public park; a petition signed by many
leading citizens and protesting against
the selling or releasing of the grounds,
was presented short talks and gem
eral discussion was INDUCED in with
the result that that the lumber com
pany was refused further use of the
Mr.. Koskins, of the firm of Hoskins
and Hobson of McMinnvlle who have
the contract for the paving work here
arrived last week and have already
made quite a showing in the way of
gathering the materials. They expectI
to rush the work through as quickly as
possible and promise to have it finish
ed within thirty days.
p. o. Powell, accompanied two of his
to Corvallis Tuesday, where
they begin work for the coming year
at the o. A. G..
Miss Alberta Green, art teacher in
lHt 4NOlHlul, ltluihtu ldsb Ntth lIoil
her summer vacation in Montana.
Miss Divins, the third and fourth
grade critic tcacner, returned home
Sunday after having spent a very pleas
ant vacation at her home in Indiana.
Hop pickers are returning to their
homes in this vicinity Oh account of
the opening of school, though many of
the yards will not finish for several
days yet.
Sloper Bros. finished picking hops
one of their yards which was
very heavy was badly affected with
mold, while another yard where the
vines were thinner was almost free
from it and most of the hops were saw
ed.
Miss Helen Scott will make her home
with the Ostrom family at Sunshine
Farm for the coming year; she will at
tend high school. !
Owing to the recent rains there is
much grain yet to be threshed and
clover hulling has scarcely begun here;
much of the clover still uncut.
Monmouth grange people are placing
their exhibit for the county fair at
Dallas today and expect to make fair
showing.