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The Herald
the best stock in the Polk County
Bank. If enough interest is
manifest in the contest we will
give a consolation prize to the
one geUing the fourth onumber
of votes. This depends largely
on hw many enter the race.
The contest closes on Tuesday
before Thanksgiving and the
prizes will be awarded ii$ time
to have t fie m to use for Thanks
giving. Normal Students Contest.
The Herald offers three prizes
to the three Normal Students re
W. T. FOGLE, Editor.
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Act of March 8, 1879.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1908
The burning of the bakery is
another argument in favor of
protection from the fire fiend.
Had there beeiPany wind in any
direction, there would have been
a sad tale to tell, for there would
have been a large part of the
town destroyed instead of one
building. It is only a question
of time when the insurance rates
will be raised unless action is
taken to provide some means of
tire protection. Had there been
anything to do with0 except
buckets, there could have been
the larger part of the main room
of the bakery saved and all the
wood, which amounted to a snug
sum. Had there been a strong
"southwest wind blowing at the
time of the fire all the north
half of the business part of town
would have gone up in smoke
and there is little doubt but it
would have been the same with
a large part of the residence part,
especially in the0 northeastern
district. We should take steps
at once looking to a change in
the charter so as to provide for
bonding the city, for water and
sewer systems. There has been
some talk that a few of those re
siding on the extreme edge of
the city would ofpose such a
proposition, but if they stop and
consider what it means to them
in case the whole town burns
up, they wiil certainly not do so.
ceiving the highest number of
votes between October 12 and
Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
Contest closes at six o'clock in
the evening. The votes will be
counted by the editor of t&e Her
ald and a committee of two
persons selected by tbe contest
ants. Those eligible for con
testants are students of the Ore
gon State Normal school at Mon
mouth. The rules of the contest
are that any one bringing in one
dollar for one years subscription
to the Monmouth Herald will re
ceive a ballot good for 100 votes
and they can designate on the
ballot who they wish to cast their
votes for. These ballots must be
countersigned by a duly author'
ized representative of the Her
aid, or by the editor, in order to
be valid. There will be publish
ed in each issue of the paper a
ballot good for five votes, with a
blank for filling in the name of
your favorite student. The names
of the contestants will be pub
lisjied each week with their
stancfingin the contest. Students,
or their friends, can bring in as
many subscriptions as they wish
and receive their ballots and cast
them for whom they please. We
would like to secure 200 new
names while the contest lasts.
Hunters Jroni the city of Port
land have been playing havffe
with the wire fences in this part
of the state. They travel with
a pair of pliers and when they
come to a farmers fence they cuf
it down. In one r two places
thev were not satisfied with
making an opening sullicient to
go through, but cut down several
panel. A good long range ritle
well handled at such times would
go a long way toward putting a
stop to such work. It is no
wonder that the farmers have
up signs to not hunt on the
premises. The city hunters do
more damage to the farms and
stock than ever the licenses will
pay for and yet if a fanner wants
a bird he can't get it. In tlu"
close season he will be lined if
he kills 141 e and after the season
opens the city hunters oveigun
the country and there are no
birds left. o
With this issue we begin the
voting contest4 This contest is
for three prizes. rhe fiit being
a line Century Fountain Pen,
good enough for anybody. It is
the best that is on the market
today. The pen is two karats
liner than some others that are
very much advertised. The rug
given as the second prize is one
of the most beautiful to be had
in the world. It is the best ax
minster and is tit to adorn the
finest parlor in the land. The
third prize of two dollars is from
Mr. F. A. Koser, of Rickreall,
had a fine exhibition of his Berk-
shires at the Oregon State Fair.
Mr. Koser has a line farm, where
he lives and raises not only Berk
shire hogs, but Cotswold sheep.
This year he had about GO acres
of clover which he threshed for
seed, and in conversation with
him we find that the yield
throughout the valley this year
will not be more than one-half
crop. Mr. Koser believes that
a farm should be better after if
is farmed fifty years than when
first startedand runs his farm
upon this basis. Oregon Agriculturist.
Hawley &Son, of McCoy, were
large exhibitors of Lineolns at
the Oregon State Fair. They
have for any years been breed
ing the Locust Lawn Lineolns,
and take great pride in them.
They had three yearling ewes,
unsheared, with the fleece
measuring 22 inches in length;
these were left in this long fleece
that the public might kno of
the possibilities of the Lincoln
sheep as a ong-vool nnOton
pPoduitfng sheep. Oregon Agriculturist.
Park Zumwalt, a farmer of
Irving, Oregon, believes in in
tensified farming. The past
season Mr.Zumwalt raised on a
piece of ground 40x288 feet 2783
pound of strawberries. These
were srid on t)ie market, bring
ing him nearly $200.
P. O. Powell will represent the
Mt. Tabor nurseries in this vicin
ify and states that he can save
the people money on their orders
for fruit trees.
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At Squares Rugs
tegular price $8.00 Sale price $6.80
" 9.00 7.65
" " 10.00 " " 8.50
" " 12.00 " " 10.20
13.00 " 11.00
" " 13.50 " " 11.50
s" " 18.00 " " 15.30
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A. N. Poole
Contractor and
! Builder,
General Carpenter Work
Phone 187
Real Estate For Sale.
330 acres on C. E. R. R. H
miles from station and school
house. Good small house and
two barns, and'othjr out build
ings and a good young orchard.
Good stock and dairy ranch at
a bargain.
2i f?ig lots )g on Main
street in Monmouth, will sell
cheap.
2 lots with .a good 5 room,
basement cottage, with a good
pantry and closet. Apples, pears,
cherries, plums and other smalP
fruit. Aargain. Inquire of
A. N. Halleck,
Monmouth, Oregon.
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