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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1909)
The Herald W. T. FOCLE, Editor. Entered u Mcond-clau matter September 8. 1908, at the post office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ISSUKD EVERY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909. The fire Saturday is a fertile subject for discussion and the numerous views had of the sit nation would drive a Philadel phia lawyer insane if he attempt ed to unravel them, or ret a connected story out of it all. One man saw it one way and no doubt some more than one way, while no two seem to have seen it alike. Some condemn the chemical engine and others praise it. So you can have your choice of opinions. The writer saw most of it and is of the opin ion that had it not been for the chemical that nothing would have been saved worth mention ing from the upper story. Some argue that it burned so slowly that everything should have been saved without any engine, which is the strongest argument in favor of it, for it kept the fire down to a medium speed, check ing it very much. Mistakes were made at the start that were fatal to saving the 1 house, but once the company got to work in earnest they worked as well as veterans. Too many people lose their heads at a lire and so do more harm than good. Their intentions are good, but there is a place remote from Mon mouth that is said to be paved with good intentions, hence they do not count here. The lire boys should be let severely alone when they ure doing all in their power to get good re sults, for a very trilling inter ference will cause the loss of valuable time and time is the essence of salvation in case of j onvct having just been received fire. The writer does not claim ( bv V. O. Hoots. This does not to have any greater perceptive j ,,., tlMt thero is a rebate on powers than other people, butji,mu.aiu.e ow in effect, but all he does claim that he uses his powers of observation most of the time and in the case of the they were in a normal condition. Others condemn the chemical engine as no good, but we say emphatically that but few who condemn it know anything about it. Further, there are plenty of people so constituted that they would condemn Christ now with as great, if not greater, alacrity than did the Jews ly 1W0 years ago. They ileinu the chemical and those who bought it, vet they would vote early and often against any proposition to bond the city for the purpose of putting in a first class water system that would give us a good lire lighting source. If there is anything on earth more than another that would cause the use of profane language it is to stand and lis ten to some of these persons dis cuss learnedly the why and wherefore of this tire and of other fires. Life is too short and time too valuable to waste in trying to teach such people the philosophy of things tempo ral or otherwise. It is said every one has a right to his opinion, which we hope is true, but at the same time he has no right to condemn his neighbor un heard,' which in this case hap pens to be the chemical engine Going Up The following terse language was used recentlv bv Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, while talk ing on tariff revision. While in the main it is all too true, vft we have grave doubts if the democrats under the same con ditions would do anv better. Only wl'en independent, non partisan representatives of the people take the matter in hand wm anvtniiiir be none lor me consumer: "They are again about to de liver the masses over to the clash es, and sharp-faced and lvnx- eyed avarice will still continue to throw mock kisses at the pout ing lips of plundered confidence, and the carriage of Dives will still continue to throw con temptuous dust from its glitter ing wheels on the squalid rags of Lazarus. The sovereign people will soon wake from their irridescent dream of revision downward to find the same old vulture of protection rising far above the Dingley minimun and soaring to the blue cerulean of the Aldrich maximum, with the American consumer bv the seat of the pantaloons in his talons. Protection has run men mad with lust for gold and hunger for power. There is the iingle of gold in the very laughter of modern financiers, the eyes of politicians are jaundiced with it, and I sometimes think that if the great Republic could be lifted up and spread out in the kingdom of heaven the repub lican party would dig up the golden streets of the New Jeru salem in three hours, and levy a tariff on the harps of the angels for the protection of American industry." Insurance rates have been lowered in Monmouth from 25 to V. l-.S per cent, notice to that hereafter taken will be at the new rates. This action bv the Underwriters was largely i n II u- bv the fact that we have a chemical engine, for the ex aminer who recommended the lower rates spoke very highly of the progressive spirit of the council in buying it. This low- ering of rates ought to prove to j ti,ose who comienm the engine j tuut jt is wovth the pric0 A(1. , mitting that ony onehalf the near-.icSS.r rttte is tho Tcmt of the eun-jeil,.ilul) the Bttviug in illsurunce ;,for ihree ve.irS) the time ghen to pay for the engine, will more than pay for it. The Observer came out Tues day in a new dress, the product of tho new linotype just installed. Hrother Hayter deserves a great deal of credit for his progressive spirit. The Herald extends heartiest congratulations and best wishes that the venture may be a profitable one. Old Fashlonad. "Did be ever castigate his son for playing truant T "No; he never fooled with them new fangled ways o' dola". He Jest give htm a sound lickln'." Baltimore American. KEEP Phone 331 a uu i Burp You W. ATLEB V. O. Boots FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID A. N. Poole Contractor and Builder. Blue prints made to scale from original drawings. General Carpenter Work Phone 187 A. B. WESTFALL Painter and Paper Hanger Monmouth . Oregon J. W. HOWELL Contractor and Builder Carpenter shop and General Repair Work. Moulding and Finishing Material Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts. TO 1- FUES By Buying Your of BOGERT & SON Monmouth Oregon will be satisfied with the products of ee S "Seeds that Shall W mail von our New Pomnlefe fitaW BURPEE & CO., Burpee Building, Perkins Pharmacy Is Selling Pure Paiftfc AT $ 1 .50 per Gallon Too Busy Selling Candy and Soft Drinks to Write an Ad P. E. CHASE Grow" Philadelphia.
