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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1908)
o The Herald W. T. FOCLE, Editor. Entered as second-clans matter September 8, 198. at the post office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. ISStKD KVKKY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year - - - $1 Six months - - - 50 cU FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1908 Several times during the past summer we have noticed a wagon, hearing on the fide the name of a well known firm in Portland, going around through town delivering teas, coffee, spices, etc. We are not aware that these people pay any license, perhaps not as they have a man go around with samples and then the goods are delivered later hy another party. Now we have plenty of dealers here who help pay the expenses of run ning our county and city govern ments, who are worthy of sup port, and they should receive the money that is going to help enrich retail dealers in Portland. It is not fair to them that this money should go away. What ever profit there is in the busi ness should remain at home and help huild up the community in which we live. There should he some way of reaching these people, either hy license or by an occupation tax, in order to make them pay extra for the privilege of entering the field in competition with our local deal ers. great many people who patronize these outside dealers do not stop to think that it is very unpatriotic to do so, nor do they stop to consider that it is sapping the life hlood of the community, for this money once sent away never in any amount returns to help make property more valuahle hy way of added improvements. If this system were continued indefinitely it would mean the utter impover ishment of the , community, as in time there would he nothing here to draw on to get the money to send out for goods. He patri otic enough to patronizi,' your home merchants, if not in Mon mouth, then in some other place in the county, hut of course we prefer thatyou huy in Monmouth. Let us follow the plan of these outside people, keep all we have at home and get as much as pos sihle from the outside and hring in and it will he only a matter of time when we will he very wealthy as a community, even if some of us have hut little of this world's goods to show for our lahor. In the early days it was cus tomary to burn the straw as soon as the threshing was done and the wheat hauled from the field. This destroyed much valuahle fertilizer that should have been given back to the soil to replace that which had been taken away. Of later years this custom has been abandoned to a more or less extent, but notwithstanding the fact that the state pays a snug sum in taxes to keep up the Agricultural College, there are to be seen the reflection of burning straw piles almost every night. It would seem that with the modern education that is given farmers that they would abandon this practice, .which is little short of criminal. Evtrv ounce of fertilizer tha cam ! produced on the fam i and then some in o?d? the soil up to standard. YM $ia practice of putting hack as much as was taken away, been in vogue from the earliest farming done in this valley, there would now be no more fertile soil under the sun, yet in many places the land is utterly worn out, having been fanned continuously for fifty years. Here in Polk county there is a large majority of suc cessful farmers who are taking advantage of all the modern methods and are tutting back on their farms a large part of what they are taking away and thus they are keeping them in good shape and the results are plain to be seen. The practice of some boys 1 . aim even voun men, in she ing at any and everything with rifles will result in a fatality one of these days. Parents who allow boys under fifteen years of age to take out a gun of any kind, should he prosecuted, for there is no telling what kind of trouble they may cause. There is very little game of any kind to be shot at fiear towns and villages in this valley, especially with a rifle, and there is no necessity for hoys to know any thing about shooting before they arrive at an age when they are supposed to have a little reason regarding the use of firearms. The writer was not allowed to handle a gun until he was six teen years old and yet he furn ished the family table with meat for several years after learning how to use one. These con ditions have changed now and game is not so plentiful and even if it were the game laws prohibit hunting at all seasons of the year. There is no war on and so there is no reason why there should be a rille in the hands of irresponsibles. The very close call from a rifle ball, received by Mrs. Rufus Smith' last Saturday, is cause for this editorial. No name was given us, but the party firing the shot is subj ct to criminal prosecu on more than one count and should consider himself very lucky to escape so easily. Disc Plows. A Disc Plow to do good work should run a depth of at least SIX inches. The OLIVER will do this and even deeper owing to the fact that it has the weight with it and is so constructed that it runs lighter than any other Disc Plow on the market of lighter weight. You can turn either to the the right or left as easy with any walking plow owing to the fact that it is all handled with your team. We are going to make a special price on one of these Double Disc Plows while they last. The regular price on this size of a plow is and yoi can now have it at $.V,).f0. If you want a Disc Plow, buy it now as this offer is only good until the Fifteenth of October.' Mail or phone orders will re cieve prompt attention. K. M. Wade & Co. Independence. W. K. Craven, Mgr. New This week we are making a big cut in Couches, Bed Lounges and Davenports NOTE THESE PRICES Former price $7 Cut 12 15 We have a fine line of New Art9 Squares room, at prices that Portieres and Couch Covers in an almost endless variety. All late importations and popular designs. We still handle Masury's Paints; the best all-round paint on the market. Every can contains the formula and is Guaranteed. V. O. Boots FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID 'A. N. Poole Contractor and Builder. d General Carpenter Work Phone 187 Real Estate For Sale. 330 acres on C. E. R. R. H miles from station and school ho'iox . Good small house and two barns, and other out build ings and a good young orchard. Good stock and dairy ranch at a bargain. 2J big lots lying on Main street in Monmouth, will sell cheap. 2 J 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. Hallkck, Monmouth, Oregon. Job Printing The HERALD1 office is equipped for print ing Sale Bills, Posters, Dodgers and all forms of Commercial work. Prices as low as pos sible consistent with good work. ftfftft A AA V GeOA 1 price $5.9 former price $10 Cut price $8.50 10.20 12.75 if will please you. ti-z, Under Management of Graduate Pharmacist Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Prices Right. Come in and investigate our Up-to-date line of Brushes, Stationery, and ToiletArticles. Full Line of Paints, Oil and Glass. We carry the sole agency Williams Paints. Pure Drugs, Reasonable Prices J3- Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management i Everything strictly firstslass J. Ei, Winegar & Co. Hardware, Stoves, Ranges 2tm Beef Harness, Implements, Vehicles, Shingles, Moline Wagons, Def ring and Champion Binders, Mowers and Rakes Store 14 20 " 11.90 17.00 on display in our store S3 in for the well known Sherwin- Buggies
