The Herald
W. T. FOCLE. Editor.
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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
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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
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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
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Under Same Old Management
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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.
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