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The Merald
W. T. FOCLE, Editor.
Entered u aecond-clus matter September 8. 1908,
at the post office at Monmouth, Oreim, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
ISSUKI) KVEKY FRIDAY, BY
will get tl.' wheat, if we sit
around and wait for what comes
to us we will get the tailings and
the chances are favorable that
there will be a considerable
quantity of French pink among
them.
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Monmouth, Oregon.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1909
During this session of the leg
islature we should have our
charter amended to provide for
its being amended by the people
without having to wait until the
legislature is in session. This
can be done and it should be at
tended to at once. There will
be a number of things come up
inside of the next two years and
among them will be the propo
sition of the city putting in its
own light and water system.
This cannot be done under the
present charter as it does not
provide for the bonding of the
municipality to a sufficient a
mount to cover the cost of these
improvements. If we had these
two improvements they would
pay for themselves and improve
the city, besides giving us a
better service than we are now
getting. We cannot expect any
large business enterprise to lo
cate here when we have no tire
protection. We are near enough
the river to give us the beneht
of river transportation and far
enough away to avoid any danger
of high water. We are near
enough to large bodies of timber
that we ought to have planing
mills and factories for the hand
ling of the rough lumber aiid
putting it in shape for the mar
ket. Situated in the midst of
the largest body of cheap land
west of the Cascades, we should
soon become the center of a
large and prosperouscommunity.
Nowhere can so many kinds of
tanning be carried on as profit
ably as here. Nowhere is there
better educational facilities, nor
can they be had as cheaply
Rent is so cheap here as to be
merely nominal. Houses that
in Portland would rent readily
for $45 a month can be had
here for 8 to .$10. Shall we
reach out after the good things
that are floating around or sit
idly by and see other towns less
advantageously situated secure
them? A little effort exerted at
the right time may bring us big
returns, but first we must pro
vide protection from fire. A
kind Providence made this
valley as near perfect as it was
possible to get so large a bodv
of land and as a consequence
the good things of life came to
us who lived here 30 years ao.
but times have changed and
now we must rustje if we get
ahead, for the other fellow is
hustling hard. We have heard
it asserted that there are people
here who believe that we do not
want any more people here. We
, hope this is not true for they
are coming and we cannot pre
vent them, but if we get the best
we must tell the world of the
inducements that we have to
offer. We believe that every
farmer would rather have clean
wheat than tailings, so it is with
immigration, if we hustle we
Brownsville has organized a
booster club and has raised a
fund to advertise the town, which
amounts to one dollar apiece for
each inhabitant. If Monmouth
would spend 25 cents a head for
advertising we would soon be on
the map in dead earnest. As it
now stands there is hardly any
body outside the state that knows
there is such a place, unless it
be some who have lived here in
the past. Can't we possibly
organize some sort of commer
cial body and get down to busi
ness. It has been stated that
the reason a Board of Trade
could not be kept up here was
that no secretary could be had
to do the writing and look after
the distribution of literature. If
that is the reason we will remove
it by volunteering to do the work
gratis if the citizens will only
get a move on and do some ad
vertising of the resources of this
part of the state. Who will be
the first to start the ball rolling?
Help us get 000 new subscrib
ers during the next six months.
We are going to get them and
we want you to take enough in
terest in this paper to help boom
it As soon as our list will war
rant us in doing so we are going
to enlarge to an eight page six
column paper and then we will
uive room for more good matter
We will be able to keep more
help in the office and can then
get out among the farmers and
stockmen, the fruit growers and
gardners of the country and
give full Accounts of what is be
ing done by all.
The White Front Furniture Store
Keeps constantly on hand
A full line of
HOUSE FURNISHINGS
Consisting in part of
Carpets, Linoliums, Dining Tables,
Couches, Rockers, Mattresses, Bed
steads, Sewing Machines, etc.
Picture Framing a Specialty
BOGERT & SON
Monmouth Oregon
I Phone 331
Indications point to the fact
that the saloon element will
make a hard fight to vote this
county wet at the first opportun
ity. While some of them are
carrying on business at the old
stand, yet there is the element
of chance entering into it that
was not there under the wet
system, besides the bulk of the
money paid them heretofore is
going to the wholesale houses
and they don't like it a little bit.
A Snap
160 acre farm, 50 under cultiva
tion, 70 pasture, 40 timber, 7
in hops, all under good fence,
6 springs on place, 7 room
dwelling, 4 room tenant house,
good hop house, two good
barns, fine for fruit or dairy,
three miles to railroad, one
half mile to school. Price $30
per acre. Polk County Realty
Co., at Herald office, Mon
mouth, Oregon.
A Pretty Warm Fi.h.
A well known fisherman was fishing
for perch and was seated along the
edge of a lake near the roots of a
large trea, which was a favorite snot
for the perch. Luck had been only
fair, aud he was debating on the ques
tion of hauNng In the line and srolnir
home when there came a powerful
tug.
He knew that he had a huge fish
and struggled vigorously for twenty
minutes before he landed bis prize.
It was a sunflsh, one of the largest he
had ever seen. . He landed It on the
bank, and then he noticed that the
rays from the fish were so powerful
that he was. almost blinded, and tht
grass In the vicinity was shriveled up
by the heat
A few minutes later the man fell
over. He had been sunstnick by the
sunfi6h and was beyond hope. Phil
adelphia American.
V. O. Boots
FIRE LIKE AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID
A. N. Poole
Contractor and
Builder.
General Carpenter Work
Phone 187
.
Heal Estate For Sale.
330 acres on C. E. R. R. H
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.
80 acres, GO under cultivation;
good house, barn and other out
buildings; 21 miles from rail
road station. Will sell for cash,
or half cash, balance one years
time. 5 springs and running
water on place.
2 big lots lving 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 small
fruit. A bargain. Inquire of
A. N. Halleck,
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
Four lots inside the city limits
of Monmouth, 63 and one-half by
165, or nearly an acre, all in
young orchard. Priee $200. We
have other good buys. Polk
County Realty Co., office at Her
ald office.
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