Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-17
Monmouth News
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Capital Journal Special Serviee)
Monmouth. Ore. Jan. lT.-Monmouth
grange met in regular session Saturday.
January l3, in the /. o. o. F. hall. As
usual there was a good attendance OF
the live wires. About an hour was spent
in attending 10 the regular routine of
business, then we adjourned for dinner.
There were several guests as usual
among them the Honorable NJ NJ. Bur
ton, who was sent to us from Salem by
State Grange Master c. Z. Spencer to-
install the new officers elected at the
December meeting. Imediately after
dinner the following program was Civ
en-: Reading, "Our Automobile by
Neal Edwards; song. ''I Did Not Raise
My Boy TO Be Soldier by Edward
Daniels; reading, German Ghost
Story DaiSey Edwards; song. by
Normal Girls Glee club; reading, "Lit-
tie Boy Blue" by a normal student.
The principal subject for discussion
was 'cSueeessful Farm Management, -
IN which quite number took part. Ae
cording to our installing officer, Mr..
Burton, the first requisite to the sue
ces sof a farmer is to obtain a good
dence aud make her his partner in the
business; he also thought it very neces
sary to use business methods, keep ae-
curate accounts all the time and take
an inventory AT the close of each year.
Several expressed the thought that our
school system is to blame, in that it
fails to ascertain what the child is best
fitted to become The installation serv-
ice as conducted by Brother Burton was
very impressive; all the newly elected
officers were present and were given
the change At the February meeting 1t
is expected that we will have Prof,
Boquet and others here to talk ON in
dustrial club work as a preliminary to
the year S work for the children in the
various club projects.
The meeting of the Parent Teachers
association last Tuesday night was an
interesting one and was well attended
As usual the program begun with the
singing of several old-time favorites by
the audience; as Miss Hoham was UNI
avoidably absent, Miss Barnicott led
There was a violin duet by Gertrude
Rogers and Hialmer Gentle and a vocal
solo by Gaynelle Shore. Prof. Evendon
of the 0. n. S, spoke ON "Chi!d De
velopment," which he said was so often
retarded by physical disabilities anc
preventable diseases. He asserted that
the children of America were worth al
least a thousand times as much IN colo
cash as all the hogs of the nation, yet
our government spends much more mon
ey for the development of the swim,
industry than it spends Tor the welfar,
of its children. Mr.. Evendon places {
value of ten dollars per day for every
day spent in high school to the studen
who finishes his high school education
and says that the earning capacity o.
the average man was increased fifteel
dollars per month by such education. A
the close of the meeting Mr.. Macken
proprietor of the Norm theatre, invited
the association over to see some moving
pictures. The invitation was accepted
and the pictures shown were much ap
preciated.
Mrs. Laura Tacheron, who died las
Sunday morning, was buried in the /.
o. F. cemetery in Dallas last Tuesday
The funeral was held at the home at
o'clock, the Odd Fellows and Rebekah
attending, she being a member of Agat
Rebekah lodge here. Rev. Mrs. Pierc
preached the funeral sermon Miss Tach
ern was beloved by all who knew he
for her sterling worth, always provin
herself friend in need. She leaves
husband but no children. A singula
coincidence was that her father died jus
three years ago, and her mother just on
year ago to day in the same room i
which Mrs. Tacheron died
Mrs. D. C. Walker, who slipped on tn
ice a short time ago and broke he
thigh bone died last Monday mornin
in the Dallas hospital. She had suffe
er a similar accident to the other lin
three years ago which had not bee
properly attended to, leaving Aer systel
in bad nervous condition. The new