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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1909)
The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. Entered u second-class matter September 8. 1908, at the post office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, DEC. 31, 1909. WHAT IS EVIDENCE? "That proves it. Didn't I tell you so? Haven't I prophesied it ever since this hullabaloo over local option began? Didn't I say from the start that they can't down the liquor traffic?" "Well, what's the matter now? What has been proven, and what confirmation have you of your, 'I told you so?' ". "Why, Massachusetts has gone clean over to the saloon in terests again; I knew it; I told vou so: rum is still in the saddle and riding." "Come now, you are really excited; perhaps it is not nearly so bad as you think. How na ny cities and towns have actual ly fallen into the licensed saloon ranks again?" "Why Boston and and and ohl really, I can't tell you how many have swung into the wet column, but that settles the question beyond dispute." The foregoing is a sample of what some persons are pleased to present as evidence of the waning cause of temperance and abolishment of the saloon busi ness, and we are sorry to say the same is true of many of the edi torial profession, who ought to know better, and who certainly do know better, but who, in their hurry to boulster up and aid the unrighteous cause, rush to the front and let their sentiment and desire shine through the thin gauze of brain behind their extravagant utterances. Alcohol has its uses and it should serve in its proper place, but when it comes to the booze proposition there is nothing that can be said in its favor, or for its extenuation. When itisdis tilled it requires a copper worm to withstand the chemical influ ence of the product, and if tlie man who drinks it is not provid ed with copper lining and copper lined recepticles to receive it, he must expect nothing else than that it will get the best of him, become his master, and in the end destroy him, for flesh and blood cannot withstand its blighting power. Why should a business which is so detrimental to progress ex ist? The answer is: Because there is money in it to those who deal in it. The rum traffic would have no standing whatev er were it not for the easv nion- ey made in the saloon business, and the lustful desires of those marked with the alcohol habit. The dispenser of intoxicating beverages has no regard for the welfare of those to whom he sells it. He is alive to the fact that he is aiding in the cultivation of a habit which will bind its victims with chains much stronger than any metalic artisan can forge, and that when the bonds have been well secured that his vic tim is liable to commit any crime in the whole category of evil deeds, but he cares not; the jingle of the coin as it drops in to his coffers allays his con science and drowns his scru ples. We are not foolish enough to believe that a man's appetite can be controlled by legislation, nei ther do we think that any per son, nor number of persons have the right to dictate what a man shall or shall not drink. Man's agency is sacred and what God respects man ought to. However we have the right to plead with and importune men and women to refrain from that which will injure them and which may bring injury and distress to oth er persons. There are men with whom we conversant who are bound ft i t To Our Sale I I 3 I B" ICS FOLLOW THE Foot Frkte are by alcohol's fetters who would feign sever 'their shackles, but the effect of stimulants operating through their nerves exerts an influence over them which noth ing but divine supervision can break, and this class particular ly deserves our sympathy, and the best helping hand we can ex tend them to help them to rise from their enthralled condition. because their appetite has con- j quored their will power, and they cannot resist the torturous cry of their myriad nerves for their unnatural food and accus tomed revelry. The best evidence that the temperance cause is not waning is found in the increased terri tory in which local option is be ne: adopted, and in the close supervision which large corpo rations, especially railroad com panies, are exercising over their employees. But, suppose that the interest is waning, what does it indicate? Only that the ma- t ority sanction the evil influence Don't let an opportunity pass to visit our Store. Always Noted For Bargains which follows the saloon. Lindsay '& Co., er indulgences and excesses to which attention misrht be called. ft rri - " Art Jhou consistent The Medical Science has des. Some things are appropriate, ign'ated some things, and the time and place being considered, name applied indicates the while others are not, but unfor- cause. Here are some of the tunately we cannot always per- medical applications: Alcohol ceive that which is befitting and ism, or Hobnail liver, Tobacco that which is not, otherwise we heart, Tea 'heart, Coffee heart. would appear in better taste on What shall we do with the many occasions. beam? The temperance ques A. 1 1 V II t il f . . i An om provero says: a unei tion is a theme we should pon- always cries thief first." We are der over and then pursue the not going to discuss thieves but wisest course, but let us be con the fitness of things otherwise, sistent Cast the beam out of your own eye that you may see more clear ly to remove the mote from your brother's eve. The foregoing Dissolution Notice The old year is closing and the time to resolve is here. If you make a resolution let it be a , . , , . , , . good one and then keep it is not quoted word for word but r the thought we wish to express is made plain. How often we hear persons Notice is hereby given that the make the remark that if they partnership heretofore existing had been some particular indi- between G. T. Boothby and C, M v;,i not rw ft, n-mi r hnvo Lewis has this day been dis- donethat which the person ties- solved by mutal consent. i una ted did on some marked oc casion. Thev speak unadvised ly for if they had been that per son then their environment and conditions would have become that of the other person and they would have done what that same party did Dated this 30th day of Nov ember 1909, G. T. Boothby. C. M. Lewis, Church Directory. Evangelical Church L. C Hoover, Pastor Morning service at 11:00 o'clock But the point we wish to mnkfl Evening service at 7:00 o'clock this: It is verv bad ?"ay. . 1U ' m I. r. A. Meetmc at K.SII n m i i .(-.-. i i , " uifcie ior an em oezzier 10 reprove Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. x thief, and vice versa. With CHRISTIAN CHURCH what propriety can a glutton, W. A. Wood, Pastor il' r ,a i.) iinii., nil . . ir n . - - is "'"ciai in uri nuiu ca- Morning service at il. a. m, cessive indulgence reprove a evening service at p.m, luironn iwl.li'ni.! n iU c f Sunday School 9:45 a. m. I -v, v.v, uo iv- bacco? Why should the slave of tobacco think it in order that he might give alcohol's victim a plain 6:30 p. m 7:30 p. m, Y. P. S. C. E. Prayer Meeting Wednesday W. C. T. U. Local Union mppfs pvprv sof. kvuu, ,uuuu irvmif : iesme me 0nd and fourth Friday in the E- things enumerated there are oth-" vane-elical church . 2-sn n Polk County Bank Established 1889 Monmouth, - - Oregon Paid Capital $30,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $9,000 Transacts a General Banking Busi ness Under State Supervision Officers and Directors J. H. HAWLEY, President; J. B. V. BUTLER, Vice President; IRA C. POWELL, Cashier: J. B. STUMP, F. S. POWELL, I. M. SIMPSON. Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management Everything strictly firstclass MONMOUTH BAKERY C. C. MULKEY, Prop. Bread and Fancy Pastry, Confectionery, Stationery, Soda and Ice Cream. Cigars and Tobacco. Agency for Victor and Columbia Phono graphs and Records. Ice Cream delivered to any part of the town.
