The Herald
W. T. FOGLE, Editor.
Entered aa second-claa matter September 8. 19.
at the post office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1OT9.
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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1909.
The special city election is
over and the result is better than
was expected for a time. .The
vote on the question of chang
ing the charter so as to allow the
people the right to vote on bond
ing the city for $20,000 failed to
carry by three votes. This
would have been reduced if not
overcome had some of the pro
gressives not forgotten that the
poles closed at three o'clock.
However we feel gratified that
the vote was as good as record
ed. It shows that with a little
thought along this line, that the
next time the matter comes uj
that it will carry by a good ma
jority, Then there will come
the matter of submitting the
bonding proposition to the peo
ple. No doubt this will be vol
ed down the first time, but it will
keep coming up until it carries
and we have the capital to put
in a good water system, There
are some who argue that $20,000
will not be near enough to put
in a water system, but if they
will take the trouble to investi
gate, provided they can get the
inside figures, they will find that
the expense of putting water sys
terns is not so great as is general
ly supposed. As soon as poss
ible we will get figures and pub
lish them showing the actual cost
of building and maintaining sys
terns such as we liced. Amend
ing the charter so as to retain
the road tax, carried by a good
margin, but it should have been
unanimous. This town shows
the need of good work on the
.streets. A sample of how some
of the work is done here could
have been seen here last week
when a lot of dirt was hauled in
from the country and spread on
Main street. With the tax we
can get gravel, if nothing better
is offered and make the streets
much better, but it is hoped
some method of covering the
streets with tine crushed rock
may be hud.
A perusal of the Jury list for
the May term of court shows an
almost unbroken line of farmers.
This augurs well for the people.
From this list a Grand Jury can
be chosen upon which may be
depended the finding of indict
ments against the illicit liquor
sellers of this county. There
never was in the history of the
world but one other organization
that had such a strong hold on
the public as the liquor dealers
of this country and that was the
Assassins of ancient Asia. The
liquor dealers go to almost the
same lengths to protect their
nefarious business. Over in
Tillamook county they have
threatened the life of J udge Gall
oway if he convicts one of their
number for illicit selling of
liquor. At best they are an un
lawful association and if they re
sort to violence the law abiding
citizens should organize and visit
summary justice on the whole
bunch. If every saloon keeper
and illicit liquor dealer in the
United States was wiped off the
face of the earth at one fell stroke,
the country would be millions of
dollars better off, not to say any
thing of the moral and physical
benefits to acrue from such a
consumation. Polk countv will
pass through a strenuous time
during the coming eighteen
months and it is up to the better
element to be ever watchful or
the county will go wet at the
next election. Among the ques
tions asked of jurors in the re
cent fake trials held in Dallas
was "Would you give the same
consideration to the testimony of
a detective as you would to that
of your neighbor?", or words to
that effect. It seems that the
oath of a detective in the liquor
selling cases is no good, but in
any other case it is perfectly
good. Why this distinction?
Portland Letter.
Portland, Oregon, May 3, 1909,
The Oregon palate is never with
out a relish for a good warm
soaking, growing rain, but never
did it taste more like a full meal
than during the last days of dry,
record-breaking April.
"Raise more hogs and get
more wealth by sending the Ore
gon Brand of packing house pro
ducts to every market of the
world" is a motto that should
be announced from every com
mercial organization in the
state.
The Horse and Cattle sale in
Portland has opened the eyes of
livestock breeders in every part
of the United States.
Without regard to the exact
spot in which they may reside,
Oregon people are beginning to
realize fully the tremendous ben
efit of the Annual Rose Festival,
which this year begins June 7th,
continuing until the 12th. This
festival emphasizes to people at
distance the extremely favorable
climatic conditions which make
possible the production of the
finest roses in the world.
County Judge J. B. Messick
of Baker County, upon the re
quest of several county courts of
the state has issued a call for a
state meeting of the County
Courts and County Commission
ers, at which it is expected to
perfect a state organization sim
ilar to those existant in other
states. Judge Lionel R. Webs
ter, of Multnomah County, will
act as Chairman of the Recep
tion Committee, with power to
name his associates. The gath
ering will convene at the Con
vention Hall of the Portland
Commercial Club (6th floor) at
ten o'clock Tuesday morning,
June 7th, and continue through
the day. An arrangement has
been made for the County Courts
and Judges to secure a point of
vantage to witness the Rose Fes
tival Parade Monday night will
close its session, devoting the
afternoon to the festivities.
County Commissioners, Sher
iffs and Engineers have derived
great benefit from their organi
zations throughout the entire
United States, and it is certainly
meet that the County Courts and
County Commissioners, who
practically handle the public af
fairs of each county, snould get
together for the benefit of each
other's experience.
Oregonians don't wish any
body hard luck, but they never
get sufficiently sympathetic,
when the fruit crop fails in the
older states, to "mark down"
the price at which we "hold up"
the balance of the world for its
best apples.
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