The Herald
D. E. STITT, Eaitor.
... i w4r!a nutter Sectember 8, If.
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it the post office t Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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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,
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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
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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
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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, - -
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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."
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Evangelical Church
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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.