Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-16
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The annual meeting Of stockholders
OF the First National bank was held
last Tuesday afternoon, and resulted
in the following officers being chosen
Ira G. Powell, president; J. B. V.
Butler, vice-president; W. E. Smith,
cashier; |. M. Simpson, Robert Steele,
William Riddell, J. B. V. Butler, and
Ira G. Powell, directors.
The new city officials were sworn
IN and assumed charge of the city IS
affairs last week. The first regular
meeting of the new council was held
on Tuesday night when the several
committees were appointed.
The high school basketball team de-
teated the Baby Tigers Of Corvallis
by score of 81 to 16. The visiting
team showed fine sportsmanship and
clean playing. They were much light
er than our boys but they played with
amazing speed. Monmouth players
were Henton and R. Roberts, for
wards; J. Brown and Butler, guards;
and Star, center.
The first copy of the high school
weekly appeared last Friday. 1t con-
tanned school news, and editorials of
general interest. By use of a mimeo-
graph machine, it is possible to run
off 100 copies in few minutes.
N. Needham of Corvallis was a vis-
ltor in Monmouth Tuesday coming
up to attend the meeting of stock
holders at the First National bank.
Mrs. L. P. Gilmore and children re-
turned from Salem Friday evening,
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Gilmore's mother, who came home
with them for visit here.
Il. I. Evans, who has been serious
ly ill of pneumonia, for the last three
weeks, is much better and it is thought
now he will recover. The trained
nurse returned to Salem Saturday.
J. l.. Vanloan, E. R. Ostrom and
Stanley Evans sold several loads of
potatoes to Allen Clark last week,
hauling them to Independence where
Mr. Clark is loading car. The pota
toes will be used in the Southern
Pacific dining car. service and are of
first quality.
Mrs. Sarah HarE who lived in
Monmouth several wears and who was
scalded to death in a bath tub in the
Salem hospital. was buried by her
brother. Eugene Palmer, Of Portland.
in the /. 0. 0. F. cemetery of that
place.
M. Sacre received last week thor
oughbred Jersey COW from the Alt
man herd. Three daughters of this
COW sold at the sale in November for
$1l20. Emmett Stats recently re-
ceived bull from this herd consider
ed to be one of the three hest hulls
in Polk county. The Other two Of
the trio are Orford You'll DO, own
ed by Billie Morrow, south Of Ipda-
pendence and the bull belonging to J.
B. Stump.
J. W. Howell has received word
that his daughter, Mrs. R. Nichols
and son Robert left Omaha last Wed
nesday on their journey to Monmouth.
They will visit enroute and will not
arrive here until the first of Febru-
ary.
William Haines. twin brother of
the late Jos. A. Haines, was up from
Eugene for a visit last week with lis
nieces, Mrs. Emmet Stats and Mrs.
Fl. S. Portwood.
The annual installation Of officers
was held at last Saturdays meeting
of the grange, one of the state grange
officers being present to assist in the
work. The entertainment features
of the meeting included a solo by
Edward Daniels, several recitations,
instrumental music and some sketches
by Normal students. A question box.
with lively discussion on things of
local interest, was also part Of the
program.
Prof. Evenden of the Normal fac
ulty gave very interesting talk last
Tuesday night at the Parent-Teacher
meeting on Development of a
Child" He showed that $40 per day
is the value to students of a high
school education and with the help |
of a blackboard and crayon placed
figures before his hearers to substan-
tate his statements which covered the
following points: the average earning
capacity Of a man is increased SD
per month by high school education;
time in school is valuable and can be
reduced to dollars and cents; time
lost by children in American schools,
through preventable diseases, was two
billion dollars per year; children of
America are worth in cold cash one
Thousand times as much as its hogs,
vet the federal government spent
more money on hogs than on children
After the program the meeting ad-
iourned to the Norm theatre on invi-