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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
The Herald W. T. FOCLE, Editor. Entered H ucond-laM matter September 8, 1908, at the post office t Monmouth, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. ISSIKD KVKRY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year Six months - $1 50 eU FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909 With this issue we cross the bonlerliintl of a new year and we hope that the prospects of all our subscribers are as bright as those of the Herald. Scarcely four months ago we began the publication of this paper under adverse circumstances. Several papers had started here and for various reasons none 'had re mained long. When we talked of starting we met with little en couragement in the way of finan cial assistance. We were told that the people would bo glad to have a paper here and that the town needed one, but that was about as far as it went, ex cepting that a number said that if we started and made a success of it they would take the paper. We started and the first few issues we printed something over 150 copies, a goodly share of which were scattered around for people to look at and get ac quainted with what wo were try ing to do. After a few weeks we began to receive names of those who were willing to take the paper awhile on trial with the understanding that if it it wasn't worth tho money they could quit and not be charged anything for the paper. The time limit expired a month ago and nobody has quit; on the contrary our list is growing all the time. Saturday we had six accessions and there are new i names coming m almost every day. In a short time we hope to be able to announce a new contest and in the mean time we wish to make tho statement that we have set our mark for 1000 subscribers for July 1. We may not get quite that many, but we will be very near the mark. As soon as our list reaches 0(10 we will put in a cylinder press and will then give the people a six column eight page paper and the price will not be advanced one penny. New features will be added from time to time un til we have the best home paper published west of the Rocky Mountains. We are not going to leave Monmouth as long as Monmouth treats us as royally as we have been treated during the past two months and we see no reason for any change. Some papers claim they do not have to brag, perhaps they have no reason to, but the Herald has and intends to brag whenever there is occasion to. tenance of the institution it is well worth looking into. Should this be true and the proper au thorities not correct the matter at once, an initiative measure should be taken to cut off the appropriation until such time as smoking shall be stopped for good. Instead of sending such boys to the University they should be sent to the Reform School. The criminal element is becoming altogether too num erous and that without state aid, so it would well become the peo ple of Eugene to put a stop to its further encroachments on soci ety and the tax payers of the state through the cigarette fiends ot that city. Monmouth needs a commer cial club. We have said this a number of times, but will con tinue saying it until there is some kind of organization effect ed. Kvery town of any import ance in the Willamette valley has somo such organization and the effect is being felt in increas ed population, which means in creased wealth and a consequent decrease in taxation. It also means better roads, larger schools and better social con ditions. We have passed tho stage when we can retire within ourselves and play the hermit. The race hereafter will be to the swift and the one behind will have a hard struggle to keep up with the procession. The question is, shall we eat crumbs or will we eat slices from the big fat loaf? The big loaf is coming westward and if we ex pect to get anything but the crumbs we will have to get a move on. It is to be hoped that the com ing session of the legislature will be a business one and wil i l i i t gei ngni down to work. It is hoped that there will be no mis takes made like the last one di ami that when lulls are mtro- luced they will be for the iroot ot the people. How a Girl Throws. Perhaps a better title would have been "How a Uiil Doesn't Throw,' because It Is well known that u gin cannot propel a ball or anything t'Lst like a boy. Most people ami ull boys conclude Hint this defect arises, from clumsiness, but that Is a mistake. The difference lift ween u jtliTs throw ing ami a boy's Is substantially this: Hie boy crooks his elbow and readies back, with the upper part ol his arm about at a right angle of forty live degrees. Tho direct act of throw lug is accomplished by bringing the arm back with a sort of snap, working every Joint from shoulder to wrist. The girl thrown with her whole arm rigid, the boy with his whole arm re laxed. Why this marked and unmls tnkable difference exists may be ex plained by the fact that the clavicle or collar bone In the feminine anatomv Is some Inches longer and set some de grees lower down than in the inaseu line rraum. The long, crooked, awk ward bone Interferes with tho full and free use of the arm. This is the rea son why a girl cannot throw a stone. We are now able to supply you trite Paints and Brushes Our paints are the BEST in the world every can contains a formula and is Guaranteed. Ask for Masury's Pure Liquid Colors BOGERT & SON Monmouth Oregon Phone 331 Word comes from Kugene to the effect that cigarette smoking is becoming almost epidemic in that city. Not only is tho prac tice too common among the town boys, but it is practiced largely by students of the University. If this is the case it is a black eye for our University and on the heels of the vote of the people of this state appropria ting a large euih for the main-, Firt Victory of th Revolution. The imiHirtnnce of the assault upou tort William and Mary is generally overlooked by historians. The demon stratlons against various Itritish armed vessels, beginning with the firing upon the schooner St. John in July, 17tH, as well as the battle of Alamance, lu North Carolina, in 1771, were essential i t . . . . iy h hi ii mi were bo rar removed from the Revolutionary period that they pro duced no appreciable effect upon the war itself. The "Boston massacre" was the repulse of a mob by a squad of Rrltlsh regulars, but nt Port Wil liam and Mary the royal standard was lowered for the first time, and the gun powder taken therefrom was burned by the patriots at Hunker HU1. The king recognised in the daring assault the inevitability of the Impending struggle. There is truth In the claim act forth on the tablet on the old Fort Constitution of today that the site marks "the first victory of the Amer ican Revolution." Army and Kavy Life. V. O. Boots KIRK UKK AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSKS PROMPTLY PAID A..N. Poole Contractor and Builder. General Carpenter Work Phone 187 Real Estate For Sale. 330 acres on C. K. R. R. 11 miles from station and school house. Good small house and two barns, and other out build ings and a good young orchard. Good stock and dairy ranch at a bargain. SO acres, (50 under cultivation; good house, barn and other out buildings; 2i miles from rail road station. Will sell for cash, or half cash, balance one years time. 5 springs and running water on place. 2i big lots lying on Main street in Monmouth, will sell heap. 2J 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. Perkins Pharmacy Carries A full line of Perfumes, Toilet Articles AND Druggists Sundries Paints, Oils Glass Prescriptions a Specialty Perkins Pharmacy Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management Everything strictly firstclass Conflicting. There la safety in numbers," quoted tho wise guy. 'And yet we are told that too many cooks spoil the broth," added the sim ple mug. Philadelphia Record. The brave man may fall. cannot yield-Irish Provtrb. but be Christmas is past And we have a big line of China left over which we are closing out at One-half Price Think of it, only one-half the regular price. P. E. CHASE