The Herald
D. E. STITT, Editor.
Entered u econd-claH nutter September 8, 1908.
at the pout office t Monmouth, Oreffon, under the
Act of March 3. 1874.
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Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910.
A number of our exchanges
have been publishing an item of
a wonderful tree and shingle
mill that were and are the won
der of Tillamook countv. As
published, the tree, a magnifi
cent cedar, made 141,000 shin
gles and it took the mill 33 days
to cut it into shingles. When
we calculate upon its achieve
ment we li tul that the mill cut
less thtiii 4300 shingles per day,
or not enough to keep a good
shingler busy laying roof, and
we have known men who cut
their timber, rove and shaved
more shingles per day than that
mill cut. The tree, no doubt,
was all right but what about the
speed of the mill? Such infor
mation as this is sent out with-'
out thought as to its merit, and
we do not always see the ludi
crous tangle that is warped
around it. Tillamook very like
ly had a tree that produced 141,
000 shingles, but it is hard to
imagine the merits of a mill that
would be employed 33 days in
making that amount when it is
a well advertised fact that single
machines have cut that amount
in less than a day and a half.
The State Encampment of the
Socialists of Oregon takes place
at Klamath Falls, June 27, last
ing over July, 4th. Eugene V.
Debs, Gaylord Wiltshire and oth
er speakers of national reputa
tion will be in attendence.
The Gate City Journal of Mal
heur County gave voice to the
following: "One of the most im
portant Questions that will come
up before the people this fall is
the normal at Monmouth. Better
look into conditions so you can
vote yes which is right."
lives in a country not inclosed
with a tariff wall. It begins to
look as though the tariff on wool
was being manipulated by the
manufacturer for the benefit of
the manufacturer. Someone
must get the benefit of that 11
cents and apparently it is not the
grower. East Oregonian.
Willamette Valley Filled With
Colleges.
Professor J. B. Homer, of the
O. A. C., in an address at the
Albany High School dedication
the other day:
"I have carefully . studied the
geography and history of the
Rhine and Rhone, the Seine and
the Thames, as well as the dense
ly populated districts of this
country, and have come to the
conclusion from the evidence be
fore me that there are more col
leges, universities, churches, or
gans and pianos in the Willam
ette valley between Eugene and
Portland than in any other dis
trict of like size in the world. In
this narrow stretch of territory,
123 miles long by railway and
covering less than 3000 sections
of land, there are sixteen colleges
and universities, and as many
business colleges and academies.
Every habitable foot of land is
accessible to a good public school.
Seventy-five of these public
schools teach high school studies,
and many of them already afford
high school buildings.
"In this little tract of territory
is one-thirtieth of all our colleges
and universities in this country;
and these institutions of learning
train about 1-80 of the college and
university men in the govern
ment. These figures are all the
more remarkable for the reason
that there are no colleges in
Southern Oregon, and but one
in Eastern Oregon.
"There were founded by the
Oregon pioneers at least 16 other
academies, colleges and universi
ties, which have since been
merged into high schools and
supported by the state, the ma
jority of which are located in this
favored tract of garden homes."
Valley Record.
Maybe the editor don't belong
to your church or lodge or polit
ical party, but is he doing a lot
more than you have dreamed of
to keep your town on the map.
And he can't paint it in glowing
colors and buy VeneHan red to do
it with forever, unless he is a
man of independent fortune. If
he's the right sort he won't ask
you to advertise or subscribe un
less you get one hundred cents
for a dollar, but he can sing the
town's virtues in a much clearer
tenor if his advertising columns
are filled and some good citizens
occasionally help him by writing broking the eais of th
a little something for publication
in? t ad of telling him what to do.
The Dalles Chronicle.
SIR JOHN SOANE'S WHIM.
The Practice! J ok a Celebrated Man
Played on Posterity.
One of the uumt f Minims of postmor
tem Jokeu was that perpetrated by the
donor ot the eeletnnted Snuue museum
ot picture and other vuluubie objects
d'lin to liriu'iiinU. the lute Sir John
Sonne, who died in 1N37. In his will
Sir .loliu made provision for the open
ln of three Healed cupboards on cer
tain specified dates in the presence ot
the trustees, in IHiHi that Is to say,
almost thirty years after the death of
the testator the first of the mysterious
receptacles was with much ceremouy
and breaking of seals opened In the
presence of a committee of tneu. with
the then president of the Koyai acad
emy. Sir K. Grant, at their head. In
stead f a priceless treasure or some
evidence that would throw an entirely
new light upon some doubtful Incident
tu politlc.nl history the contents of the
cupboaid proved to lie worthless ac
counts.' letters and stationery
Twenty years passed by. and the In
terest that had smoldered after the
disappointment of 18CU was araln
fanned Into flame at the prospect of
e second cup
board, at which rite there were pres
ent, ii tiion c others. Dr. Alfred Water
house. It A., and Sir (then Dr.) B. W.
Ulchardsou. Like the cupboard men
tioned In the well known nursery
rhyme. Sir Jobu's "second cabinet
proved "bare" of any sensation, the
coutents being chiefly composed of let
ters relating to certain long forgotten
family quarrels that had not even the
merit of helnir Interesting. If some of
those authorised to be present at the
opening of the third and last reoepta
Why i the Tariff?
The United States is an im
porter of wool. The tariff
amounts to 11 cents per pound.
The price of wool in Oregon is
the same as the price in free
trade London. Umatilla County cie of mystery were dubious about the
growers of wool are beginning to ! proflt tlint would ",crue by letting the
i.i , " . I "clt of day fall upon the contents
ask themselves pertinent quest- tnereof nfury8lxtv y- darkness, one
ions concerning the why and I at least, sir n. w. uichardsou. looked
Wherefore of the tariff. The. forwMrd wllh unabated Interest to that
grower is blamed by the" con-! f y, "18!m h?n u,e ",st "pal wou"1
, .... . D broken and the mystery solved, but
BUiner for insisting on a tariff i he. alas, died just two davs before the
Which makes the high prices of ceremony was performed, and the fact
practical
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Sale
of
Jardinieres
and
Flower
Pots
See them
all the
week at
Lindsay & Co.
Noted For Bargains
Monmouth. Ore.
A Shady Place.
A hotel keeper near New York city
is a Frenchman, and his family know
little more about English than he does.
Ills suburban hotel stands in the cen
ter of a square filled with large trees.
When the proprietor wanted to call at
tention to this advantage be put on his
cards, "The most shady hotel around
New York." The reputation of the
place is beyoud reproach, and the pro
prietor does not know yet why bo
many persons smile when they read
the line quoted.
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C. W. HENKLE
Funeral Director and
Licensed Embalmer
Independence, Ore.
I also have a line of
Caskets at P. E. Chase's
Store at Monmouth.
Calls answered day and
night. Both Phones.
Lady assistant.
Independence, Ore.
Church Directory.
Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
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x.v. nufactured goods possible I ,hat Slr John hwl Played "
i . ' Joke upon posterity was dulv
wniie he receives no more money i, K. VL 1 . .
for his clip than the man who perfectly worthless letters and papers
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
W. W. Davis, Pahtor.
Preaching Service, 11:00 a. m.
7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:30 p. m.
Polk County Bank
Established 1889
Monmouth,
Oregon
Paid Capital, . - $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $11,000.00
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.
Interest paid on time deposits.
HOTEL MONMOUTH
D. M. Hampton, Prop.
This hotel has lately been refurnished throughout
It is our aim to please the' public by giving them
the best accommodations at the most reasonable
rates. Give us a call.
Everything Stictly Firstclass.
Monmouth Bakery
C. C. MULKEY, Proprietor
The Best Bread. Fancy
Pastry of all Kinds
Give us a trial. We can surely please you
Monmouth, - Oregon
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