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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Stationery, Soda and Ice Cream.
Cigars and Tobacco.
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Ice Cream delivered to any part of the town.