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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
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Monmouth, Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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price $5.9 former price $10 Cut price $8.50
10.20
12.75
if
will please you.
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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
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Hotel Hampton
D. M. Hampton, Proprietor
15 years in Monmouth
Under Same Old Management
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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
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17.00
on display in our store
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for the well known Sherwin-
Buggies