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The Herald
D. E. STITT, Editor.
Entered u .ecoiid-class matter September 8. 19fB,
at the post office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 19,1909.
WILL IT CLEANSE?
There is much said in regard
to the Tammany element in New
York city, the cleansing effect
being the theme. But will it
cleanse? Will New York stay
clean? , s
The graft, and the abuse of
political powers, in many of the
large cities, smells to the ends
of the earth, and states, such as
the Pennsylvania Capitol graft
scandal, are not behind in the
scale of wrong doing and im
portance, and the same spirit of
evil reaches out into corpora
tions of various kinds until the
graft proposition has become
world-wide and growing.
We do not mean that there
are no honest men, nor honest
combinations, for we believe
that the majority of the human
family is honest, honemble men
and women, but that conditions
have obtained whereby those
who are not honest, have been
able to profit at the expense of
the many, because of the envi
ronment which has been thrown
around them, such environment
or opportunity ofter. being the
result of shrewd design.
; Francis J. Heney is a reform
er and has done much to prose
cute rogues, but he could not be
elected prosecuting attorney of
San Francisco. The majority
said, "No." Those who led the
tight against him were able to
control the votes necessary to
his defeat.
A few years ago the citizens of
Philadelphia made a clean sweep
and turned the rogues out, but
what was the result? They had
a clean government for a year;
they got several thousand dead
men's names taken off the rer
istration list causing u shrink
age of nearly one hundred thous
and in the city's vote, but' the
wave of reform stopped. The
citizens went to sleep over the
cleaning process and soon the
rascals turned themselves in
again, that is the city's govern
ment soon fell into the same
hands that had held high carni
val with its funds before.
The Tammany Tiger is not
dead but sleepeth. The wires
will be laid and unless the ma
jority of New Yorkers keep wide
awake Tammany will be in the
saddle and riding in a short
time.
A great American said:
"Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty," and it is true.
The Springfield News says
that the town jail there was oc
cupied one night last week, by a
couple of "Booze fighters," who
became too hilarious and whose
street expressions were not up
to the standard of morality to
be tolerated. They may have
been "Booze fighters" but they
showed very inferior general
ship, as Booze got the best of
them and won the victory while
they were jailed because of the
racket that Booze made. It
may have been fighting booze
but there is a difference between
that and Booze fighters.
Bad Roads Are Costly
The Lebanon Express gives
some interesting statistics on
the cost of moving freight It is
interesting reading as this ex
pense touches citizens of all de
grees and classes. It reads as
follows:
' 'The average cost of carrying a
ton of goods a mile, by lake is
eight-tenths of a mill and by rail
7 1-16 mills. The average cost
of carrying a ton of goods a mile
on first class roads is said to be 7
cents and on common country
roads 25 cents.
The latest report (made by the
department of agriculture for
1904) shows 2,151,570 miles of
public roads in the United States,
of which 7.14 per cent were im
proved. In old, populous and
rich states, such as New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan,
improvements were reported on
less than 10 per cent of the pub
lic roads.
Almost every pound of freight
originating upon or destined to a
farm moves over a country road,
most of it over a "common"
country road, at a cost some three
times as high as it would be if
the road were first class. Some
times the goods actually pay a
heavier toll for a few miles' car
riage between railroad station
and farm than for all the remain
der of the journey.
The railrods themselves spend
millions to clip off 1 or 2 per cent
from operating expenses here
and there, and if farmers were
presented with a feasible scheme
for reducing their railroad
freights, even one-quarter, they
would feel that there indeed was
a burning issue.
Road improvement receives
much more attention than form
erly, but much less than it deserves."
Zook the Painter, will hang
your paper.
L. D. Brown, Attorney-at-law,
Notary Public, Abstractor, Dal
las, Oregon.
Dr. Allen, dentist, Cooper
Building Independence Oregon.
Both phones. 19-tf.
Executor's Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed by
the Hon. County Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Polk, Ex
ecutor of the estate of Mary Jane Wol
verton, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are here
by notified to present the same duly
verified, together with the proper
vouchers therefor, to the undersigned
at his residence in the City of Mon
mouth, in said Polk County, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated and first published October, 29,
1909. O. A. WolverTon, Executor
of the estate of Mary Jane Wblverton,
deceased. 5-t
J. W. HOWELL
Contractor and Builder
Carpenter shop and General
Repair Work.
Moulding and Finishing
Material
Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts.
The Monmouth
Furniture Store
Having purchased the Stock
of Furniture from E. Bogert
& Son I am now ready to
offer to the people of Mon
mouth and vicinity a first
class line of Furniture at
prices that are shure to please
Come in and look our Stock
over. You will find it worth
your while.
Respectfully requesting a part
of your patronage. I remain yours,
P. E. CHASE
Phone 331 Monmouth Oregon
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