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The Herald W. T. FOCLE. Editor. ISSUED KVKKY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cU FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 1908 There is a matter that concerns every one in this state, that is every one who labors for a living and that s the issue now pend ing wherein the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co., seeks to have the Supreme Court of the United States set aside the Initiative and Referendum as unconstitutional. If the tel egraph company can find enough men like Judge Grosscup it will be an easy matter to have this done. If we want to live as the Russians are doing then all we have to do is to sit idly by and let things go on as they have beeh doing for several years. We can at least give our moral support to the issue. The State Grange,has set aside a sum of money to defend the measure and have employed A. S. Ben nett, of the Dalles and a promi nent attorney of Washington, D. C. to look after its interests before the Supreme Court. The people should organize and the best organization now in exist ence is the Grange. Its member ship should be doubled in this state and trebled in this county. We ought to have ten Granges and we have but three in Polk county, i hink it over and see what it means to you. If the rural population of this .country does not take interest enough in this government to save it from the grafters, then it is going to the demnition bow wows in short order. People are thinking more now than ever and it is necessary that they should; as a result we are getting rid of the saloon in fluence, but let's go farther and get rid of the poliical grafter for good and all. He it is that makes it possible for the Superior courts to decide adversely to the interests of the people and of law and order. Is it any wonder that anarchism is on the in crease? When the highest trib unals in the land side with the monied interests against the common people what else can you expect? Is there any re course? In Oregon we have the Initiative and Referendum and the Recall; crude to be sure, yet the most potent weapons that have been given into the hands of the people for years and now a great effort is Wing made to wrest them from us. If success crowns the eftorts of the corpo rate interests in their fight against the people what may we not expect next? tends letting it out on the Grange. The chances are very favorable for somebody to get Ktiinor nml it will verv likely be - 1- the Grange. The history of every organization of like nature, that has let partisan politics play any part in it, has been that it has sunk into obscurity in a short time, because of the fact that one man or a few men, have made it the stepping stone for personal gain. We fear that the Oregon Grange has made a los ing deal in the consolidation. It has been building rapidly the past few years and is becoming a power for good in this state, but if it has to drae an incubus along with it in the shape of an aspiring and ambitious politic ian, it will be sadly hampered and may go down in defeat. H. M. Williamson has sold the Oregon Agriculturist to C D. Minton. of the Northwest Poultry Journal. Mr. William son has been identified with the Agriculturist since it first started upas the Rural Northwest seven teen years ago. He has made one of the best little agricultural papers in the United States and we are sorry to see him leave the field. We hope that his suc cessor will keep the paper up to its excellent standard. Mr. Williamson intends starting magazine devoted exclusively to the Angora gout. We wish him abundant success in his new venture. are L. M. Gilbert, of Rosedale, M. M. Ellis and S. P. Kimball, of Polk county, and Enos Pres- snall, A. L. West, and L. M. rozier, of Marion county. L. M. Gilbert, is president of the association; Enos Pressnall, vice- president, and S. A. Laselle, sec- etary and treasurer. The Salem Statesman says the association will handle only the products of its members and has already se cured about 40 carloads. A arning has been issued that all prunes which are to be packed bv the association must be thor oughly dried or they will not be received. The organizers of the associa tion are well and lavorably known and ought to make a success of the association. Mr. Laselle, the manager, has bad much experience in packing and marketing prunes, and has many friends among the prune growers of Oregon. Some people are thinking of picking only a portion of their bops this year. This ought to make what they do pick worth a ittle more on the pound. College street can boast of a row of stately maples that would add beauty to any city in the world, yet we scarce pay any at tention to them. Nature scatters her bounties with a lavish hand in this part of the world and a man needs to go elsewhere in order to appreciate them. It is very gratifying to receive the many kind expressions of appreciation that have been tendered us since the first issue of the Herald. Our subscrip tion list is building up rapidly and if the present rate keeps up for three months we will have a fine list. The paper will not be forced on anyone and if afte you have taken it three months you are not satisfied with it come in and have it stopped. We wil take no offence. There will be others who do want it. We don't expect to please everybody but we do expect to please the majority of the people because we are laboring for their benefit The initial number of the Fa citic Grange Bulletin is out. It is the result of a consolidation of the Oregon State Grange Bui letin and the Washington State Grange paper. The first num ber seems to be devoted mainly to Washington politics and that mostly to Whatcom county, the home of the editor of the Wash ington part of the paper. Pre sumably he has a political bee buzzing in his bonnet and in Have you thought about that Civic Improvement Society mat ter that was mentioned in last weeks Herald? If not then thin it over and let s get one organ ized at an early date. When w get organized we can then as the Mayor to set aside a day for a "cleaning up day" and w ought to have one before the fa session at the Normal opens up but at the verv latest we must have things looking spick anc: span before the legislature meets for we want them to send a com inittee over here to take a loo at the Normal and when it comes we want the town to look prettiest. Don't you think so A New Prune Grower Assoc A number ot prune growers of Marion, Polk and Linn coun ties have organized a packing and marketing company name the Northwest Fruit Association It is reported that the association has bought the Laselle plant at Albany, which has ample capac ity for a very large business anc will make that its packing plant The capital stock is $10,000, Among the growers mentioned who joined in the organization Perkins Pharmacy Under Management of Graduate Pharmacist 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 HATS Latest Fall Styles Monmouth Miss Mclnnes has bought out the Davidson Sisters and is now ready for business with an entirely new and stylish line of Fall Goods. Also a fine showing of Fall and Winter Hats for Street Wear. Monmouth needs a freight depot the worst way, but from present indications it will continue to be needed for a long time. So long as there is but one line of rail road through here we need ex pect nothing more than is abso lutely necessary in the way of transportation facilities. If the people of this valley would pay one-tenth as much at tention to apples that is givem them at Hood River we would soon be getting a stream of dol lars that would equal that re ceived in the long ago for wheat Think it over. How many times did you spray your apples this year? The first four months of the fiscal year, beginning April 1, show a net increase in post office receipts over the same period of last year, of $133. This is grat ifying news to all those who are desirious of seeing the town thriving and prosperous, for shows a substantial growth during the past year. (Jut down the thistles and you will have less pests to fight next year. Never mind if your neigh bor don't cut his down, cut yours anyway. Talk to your neighbor about cutting his down and if he don't do it, then you cut them down and if he gets mad about it you tell all about it in the col ums of the Herald. Monmouth Livery and Feed Barn Graham & Son, Proprietors. General Transfer and Delivery Business. Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or Month. Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management Everything strictly Hrstclass The Davidson Studio Successor to C. C. Lewis Artistic Photography Fir&class Equipment in Every Department Guaranteed Work at Right Prices College Street. - Monmouth Polk County Bank its It is said that the wheat crop has been light this year and in some parts of the county it is very foul. The Herald man saw some being cleaned at the In dependence warehouse that was the worst he ever saw. It looked like it might have been tramped out on some of the old Egyptian threshing floors where they use oxen to do the work instead of up-to-date American thresher. Pink heads were so thick that the warehouseman had to stand on the cleaner with a pole to shove them aside so the wheat could have a chance to get through. Evidently the farmer paid well for threshing his pinks. Established 1889 Paid Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits $30,000 $7,000 Transacts a General Banking Business OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS H. Hawley, President P. L. Campbell, Vice President, Ira C. Powell, Cashier F. S. Powell, J. B. Stump, J. B. V. Butler, I. M. Simpson. Subscribe for the Monmouth Herald. $1 per Year