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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1910)
The Herald D. E. STITT, Eaitor. ... i w4r!a nutter Sectember 8, If. tnww - it the post office t Monmouth. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. ISSLKD EVKRY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months - $1 50 eta Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1910. WanU Weakling! Wed Out People think and talk and talk and think, and because of their utterances we are forced to the conclusion that persons oft en sneak or write without giving proper thought to the subject upon which they express them selves. In the following article which we clipped from the Sheridan Sun, there are several truths stated, but there is one thought expressed which we wish to ex amine. The article follows: "we hear of distress in some quarters over the disappearance of the buffalo, but when we con .aider that improved Durham or Jersers are browsing on the plains once inhabited by these an imals, and that one Jersey cow is worth a dozen buffaloes, there is but little cause for grief. Do mestic cattle are much fitter to survive than the bison of the plains. It is the mission of man in life to weed out inferiority, to see that only the fittest survive, and sooner or later he will apply this benign natural law even to his own race. There is not a field but has noxious weeds that should be extirpated in order that corn, wheat and fruit grow in their stead. Wolves and coyotes must be killed for they are hearts of prey and live only through the destruction of flocks of useful hi biverous an-imals." The thought we wish to ex amino is contained in the follow ing sentence: "It is the mission of man to weed out inferiority, to see that the fittest survive, and sooner or later he will ap ply this benign natural law even to his own race." This subject is not a new one, and men of learning and of high nosilion have held the same opinion, and voiced a like senti nient. The writer speaks of the measure as a "benign natura law." Now the word "benign, according to Webster's Una bridged Dictionary, is detinei us: "Of a kind, gentle disposi tion: irracious; lrenerous; favor able; benignant," while the nut ural law referred to is known as "The Survival of the 1-ittest," which in its genera! application means that the strong shall live but the weak must go to the wall, and in case n human being he roines unable to care for and srtpport him. or her self, apply t he remedy, "knock them on the head," ns you would a rattle snake, and if this is a benign measuso let its execution begin with the extirpation of its advo cates. It has been advocated that neonle who get too old to sup port themselves, cripples, weak minded, etc., should he chloro formed to puss them over the di vide between the living and the dead, but we can discover no be men influence behind the s lig ation; view the subject from whatsoever side you will, turn it over, analyze it ana it discloses nothing but the selfish purposes of an evil heart, and it originated altogether in the carnal man. Man has a mission, it is true; his mission is to overcome ob stacles that impede his progress, ... i but he must do it in a uenign wav: he must get right himself and keep right and teach others to so live, and if this process of "weeding out" is pursued it will not be long until there will be a general fitness of the whole hu man family to survive. The other side presents the ion and the lamb, the bear and the cow, the fox and the rabbit, and the weaker go down before the stronger. We also have Rockefeller, Carnegie and many others, also the trusts operating upon the necessities of life. On one hand there is power, luxury ar.d ease; on the other side there is pover ty, toil and want. The first con lition too often leads to excesses which bring their harvest of legradation and disease unfit ting persons for the duties and responsibilities of life. On the other side persons are unfitted to enjoy life and its responsi bilities because of conditions itn posed by those exercising power over them Taking all things into consid eration, moral fitness should be the standard and the "weeding out" process should be applied to getting rid of causes which unfit persons for the duties and responsibilities of life, instead of hustlinir the effect out of sight after the cause has produced it. Kill the cause and there will be no necessity to murder its vit tims. Weed out evil thoughts and evil purposes and let benign pur poses and thoughts enter and oc cupy instead WT"""" I Genuine January Sale of t New Spring Clothing Men's Suits, Regular $1 1.75 - 8.90 Men's Suits. Regular 12.5U - Men's Suits, Regular Men's Suits, Regular 14.00 - 12.35 16.00 - 13.90 3 I . Also a SNAPPY LOT of CHILDREN'S SUITS; the Newest Goods; 20 per cent, off during January. There are two kinds of people in the world, those who are always getting ready to do something, and those who go ahead and DO IT. WE DO IT and DO IT RIGHT - . TVTti Vaii LINDSAY! LINDSAY! LINDSAY! Get IM 6X t! Y Gil, and LOW PRICES, then follow The Foot Prints fco Lindsay & Co., Monmouth, - - - Ore. i 4 Erlv Prejudice Against Potatoes. Tho wav of the potato was said to have bwti Im'rred by tin- prejudice tuat It whs never mentioned lu the Bible. In the Lot hums It eame In about 1740. the veur of the famine, from Ire- A Pendleton boot-legger put up ln,,d- ''I'! R f,,l,"wl '? 'ill ' ... HlKllll I i Wlieil II whs I'ihuictj iu a strong appeal for prohibition, ra?lctf about Abrrlady. By the close of a few days ago by poisoning the century It wan a general article of eighteen men on wood alcohol- .,rson weul ab(Ult ,7W) for a bag of lnn. . Kiirlit, nf t.lint. nmnher re- potatoes to Kilsyth, where the Irish , . .. , method of field culture had lately been quired the services ot a physi- uM nd ,ntrodumJ thP ,nt0 eian, and one of the men came Mentieth.' where a few had been near dying. If this incident k'V:":1"'",.,! is not an appeal in favor of prohi- to the new food Old George Bachop, bition or total abstinence, what oue of ,lie Ocbtertyre tenants, when . . to'.d bv hU wife that she had potatoes will speak with more imposing for RUpper said: "Tattles! Tattles! I lorce T uever suppcu on mom a my uuya mm wlnna the nlcht Gle theui to the herd Soinethintr enormous is the ami set te aowens." It Is significant ... ., , , . that Burns, who sings the praises of t'stmnitt' ot I'oil .1 si lid s ilnnkiriiT ... ... , u i i 1.1 - - o Kaie aim purnuge anu uukis ouuu I i Jl .. .ff .1-1 . . u noui on me appearance oi me nave uowiuik io ny oi mo 1 I i ... I I ' f .. : v....r t),o .n,n tAt,.l ,,m -"8"'"" ...... (! noo f... tin , , , , , . , . "Tour chauffeur seems very respect sixty seconds of the vear l'.UO Resides this there was the cost of the revelry which led up to that minute, and also the the cost of the aftermath for the night. Hy the manner in which this news uuest. 'That air of deferential solicitude." replied Mr. Chugglns. "Is not respect It Is sympni hy. "-Washington Star. Naturally. Medical Trofessor-What Is the re sult, young gentlemen, when a patient's temperature goes down as far as-it can: stunent- ny er ne geis coiu was heralded abroad, one would feet Cleveland Leader. be led to conclude that it was a desirable achievement one to ChllTCh Directory. boast of but we are of the opin ion that the greater nu.nber of those who may read of it, look at 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. morning scuno .1. it otherwise, and that Portland Evening service at is 111a fair wav to i hanee her hunday schooi ai 11V tlV'lll UIUV 1 I1U VI Roses." to that of "The City of Red Noses." Subscribe for the Herald. L L Hewitt, M. D. Independence, Oregon Ollice in Cooper Building Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to li p. in. Both Phones. Evangelical Church L. C. Hoover, Tastor 11:00 o'clock 7:00 o'clock 10:00 a. m. 6.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. W. A. Wood, Pastor. Morning Service at H- m. Evening Service at p. m. SnnrUu School 9:45 a. m. Y. P. S. C E. 6:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m. W. C. T. U. Local Union meets every sec ond and fourth Friday in the E- vangelical church at 2:30 p. m. 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.
