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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1908)
The Herald W.T.FOCLE, Editor. Entered u Mcond-clau matter September 8, 19T8, t the poet office it Monmouth. Oregon, under the Act of March. 1879. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 60 eta FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908 In the parlance of the gamb ling fraternity, which it is aiding and abetting, the Oregonian has exposed its hole card in the Sen atorial matter. In the first place it was a conspiracy on the part of the machine politicians to get rid of the direct primary and thus re-establish machine rule, When it was found that the people did not want Senator Ful ton to represent them any longer in the Senate, then he with the other members of the machine mustered their forces and de feated a good man and clean re publican in order that they might try to buy off enough members of the legislature to de feat the will of the people and thus set the tide of public opin ion against any reform legisla tion. Without the aid of Fulton and the machine forces, Cham berlain could never have been elected. This fact is amply proven by an examination of the vote cast for Senator at the Tune election. Where Fulton's forces were strongest, there Chamberlain has the largest plu ralities. Without the vote of Portland and Astoria, Mr. Cake would have come out ahead. A good clean man who is not a tool of the machine, cannot carry the republican vote of either of these two cities, from the fact that both are controlled by the saloon element. The floating population of those two cities, which is composed of the riffraff of creation, is sufficient to throw any ordinary election in this state. That this population is controlled by the saloon is well known to any one at all familiar with that element in the city. Are the people of this state to submit tamely to being rlimllam med every two years by the criminal element? It is time we had a tax paying qualification placed against electors in this state and that qualification should be something more tan gible than the tax collector's re ceipt, which is very easy to get on the eve of election. Would it not be well for the Oregonian to pause in its advocacy of crim inal legislation and consider whether it is not pursuing a very unwise course? The time may come when the principles it is advocating now may become a boomerang and be the means of its downfall. It should take heed of the conditions that ob tained not many days ago in San Francisco, when the people became aroused at the attempted assassination of Mr. Heney. The Examiner barricaded its doors in anticipation of an at tack from the mob, but the mob did not materialize, largely from the fact that the assassin's bullet did not do the work it was in tended it should. The Exam iner has been following a course of sneering at the law and its advocates. TheOregonian sneers and jeers at the laws made by the people and at the people themselves, but the time may come when the worm will turn. When it does, God pity the poor fools who now imagine they are made of finer clay than the com mon herd. The handwriting on the wall is easily interpreted to read that at no distant day a change must come or there will be an outburst of wrath on the part of the great middle class, before which constitutions and supreme courts will melt as with fervid heat. The conditions leading to this end are being largely fostered by such papers as the Oregonian, advocating disregard of the law and for the peoples wishes. TheOregonian's arguments may be, in large part, technically correct, but the people are tired of technicallities the criminal's refuse and want more facts with right and justice back of them. Before another issue of the Herald we believe some action will have been taken looking to a solution of the water supply problem. That it must be met and a solution had is true and the citizens of this town should make it a part of their individ ual business to see that some thing is done before another spring. Fire protection must be had as a matter of self preser vation as well as a financial in vestment. Monmouth as a mun icipality could not make a better investment, from a financial point of view, than to bond it self for a suflicient sum to put in a firstclass water and sewage system. The Herald is carrying insurance for but one-fourth its value, from the fact that the rate is almost prohibitive. We would gladly double it if the rate were reasonable, but one might as well lose by fire as to pay out all the profits of his business for insurance. However we are hopeful that a solution may be arrived at in the near future and that it will be but a short time until this city shall have one of the best water systems on the coast. Many Language! of Mexico. Purl us the fit's t a of Christmas or the week of AH Souls and All Saints, when the Indians swarm down from the mountains with their holiday wares for sale, visitors In the City of Mexico may notice the strange language that the venders use in addressing each other. Even when they turn to Berve the purchaser their Spanish Is neither Cnstlllau nor Mexican, but Is frequent ly broken by peculiar syllables and accents. This Is merely an lllustra tion of the fact that the Indian lan guages of old Mexico have not been entirely submerged by the conquering Spanish, and In some of the most re mote districts of the republic various and distinct languages banded down from the pre-Columbian era are still spoken in their pristine purity by many tribe members. Mexican Herald. Easy House Moving. Ilouse movlug is an easy task among the Lakns, a tribe living near the La gone river. In the French Kongo, Af rica. This tribe, which is one of the most superb examples of the savage black race, lives In conical shaped huts constructed of plaits of tough straw. When a change in location is desired, both the women and the men put their shoulders to the task and carry the roofs of their homes to the new site, sometimes many miles distant The circular walls of the huts are rebuilt Who Whip.T The clergyman s little son was tell ing the small son of a parishioner of the dreadful fights which he and his sister Indulged in. "You don't mean to say that minis ters' children fightr replied the horrl fled little layman. "Oh, yes." "Who whlpsr "Mamma." Exchange. White Front Furniture Store HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO SELL! Carpets, Art Squares, Linoleums, Mattings, Shades, Lace Curtains, Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Sewing Machines OUR NEXT SATURDAY'S SPECIAL WILL BE ON Stand Tables and Dining Tables 15 per cent off For Cash BOGERT & SON V. 0. Boots FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID A. N. Poole Contractor and Builder. General Carpenter Work Phone 187 Real Estate For Sale. 330 acres AC. E. R. R. H miles from slfion and school house. Good small house and two barns, and other out build ings and a good young orchard. Good stock and dairy ranch at a bargain. SO acres, 60 under cultivation; good house, barn and other out buildings; 2i miles from rail road station. Will sell for cash, or half cash, balance one years time. 5 springs and running water on place. 2 big lots lying on Main street in Monmouth, will sell cheap. 2i lots with a good 5 room, basement cottage, with a good pantry and closet. Apples, pears, cherries, plums and other small fruit. A bargain. Inquire of A. N. Halleck, Monmouth, Oregon. Students Contest Ballot Five Votes For. Not good after December 11 Perkins Pharmacy Under Management of Graduate Pharmacist .n Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Prices Right. Come in and investigate our Up-to-date line of Brushes, Stationery, and Toilet Articles. Full Line of Paints, Oil and Glass. We carry the sole agency for the well known Sherwin- Williams Paints. Pure Drugs, Reasonable Prices Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management Everything strictly firstclass Christmas is Coming Our Goods have already arrived Come in and buy your presents early and get your choice. Our stock of Jewelry and Silverware is larger than ever. Our Leather Novelties are just the thing. Don't forget our Home Made Candy It is Clean Pure and Wholesome Yours for the Christmas Trade p. E. CHASE