The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. Entered as 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 cU Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910. THE NORMAL GROUCH There is an old adage which says, "Misery likes company," and this seems equally true of the man with the grouch espe cially when he can find another grouch with an inclination in his direction The Oregonian has a grouch on normal schools, but no doubt there is method in its grouchi ness, as it favors one such school only and perhaps thinks that, with the influence it wields, it can land that one within the precincts of Portland. Now the Grunts Pass Observer has a touch of the same disease and while it, perhaps, has no hope of securing a normal in stitution within the confines of that city, yet, it advocates one such school and speaks in very uncomplimentary terms of the three which Oregon supported prior to the election of a grouchy legislature. The Observer in its argu ment against the normal school proposition, among other of its morbid vaporings, breathes out the following as good reasons for its position, and the Oregon ian with the jemon of the gen uine gossip hastens to spread its spume. Following is the ex tract: "These schools were of no particular benefit to the state. They were only squanders of public money. There are very few teachers in Oregon who were trained by these imbecile institutions. Oregon for years has been getting teachers from tiie eitst. There is a whole baud of eastern teachers in the Grants Pass schools, and they were em ployed because home teachers could not be had." "These schools were of no particular benelit to the state," is the first charge made and it is an appeal to the grouchy tax payer to withhold his support, as the second sentence clearly proves. Then follows the dec laration that, "There are very few teachers in Oregon who were trained in these institutions. Oregon for years has been get ting teachers from the East." Then the extract closes with the information that "There is a whole band of Eastern teachers in Grants Pass schools, and they were imployed because home teachers could not be had." That these schools were no particular benelit to the state might just as readily be said, and even more so, of the State University and the Agricultural college, and yet the considarate person finds that such is not true of these institutions, for while the student who seeks instruc tion in t hese schools is only look ing after his, or her, individual interests, yet the state is gainer because of the better educated citizenship and usefulness of its population, and especially is this true of the aggricultural student who carries his training into ef fect as a prosperous agricultur ist and who cheerfully pays his proportion of state taxes to keep up state institutions. The cost soon comes back. But the state certainly re ceives a more rapid and valuable asset from the normal school training as the return comes sooner and the influence is more wide-spread in its touch. The education of the boys and girls, of the state, must be kept up or its citizenship will be lowered because of decline in knowledge, hence, there must be instructors and instructors must be trained or else how can we hope for suc cess and advancement? Who would wish to return to the con ditions of a half century ago? No one. The world is advancing and intelligence is increasing. That Grants Pass has to seek teachers from the Kast but argues for the reinstatement of the normal school system, while the manner in which the Observer inserted that "because" in its reason for employing the Eastern article would indicate that the Oregon teacher is preferred. The objection to more than one school is rather far-fetched also, as the interest of the state is to be conserved and conveni ence of reaching the school and the cost to those who desire to prepare for teaching should have proper consideration. There is quite an army of teachers in Oregon and the demand is still increasing. If Oregon trains her teachers the rural- schools will receive benefit from such training as the influence of the normals will reach out to the remotest parts of the state. We cannot look too favorably to the Kast for our supply of teachers. It would be just as appropriate to look there for our increase in population. The Valley Record says: "The cost of living in Medford has gone up. The saloons have all combined and sent the price of beer from 5 to 10 cents." We have pondered over the prob lem but we give it up; two prop ositions confront us while a third onelooms up in the back-ground. We cannot decide whether beer is the chief article of diet of the Medford citizen, or whether it is absolutely necessary to drink beer in order to live in that city. We have known ever since we could reason that the alcohol habit raised the cost of living by creating conditions where drink ers failed to pay their obliga tions for the necessities of life and other persons had to bear the loss, also that increased tax es resulted because of crimes in duced by drunkenness, but the Medford proposition is too much ror us to solve; we give it up. Rev. K. K. Zimmerman of Portland gave a stereopticon lect ure here, Tuesday evening to an attentive audience in behalf of prohibition, that was well re ceived. M. Z. is an earnest ad vocate of temperance, a clear reasoner, and has a way of stat ing his propositions that must necessarily carry conviction with it and even the drinker.although bound hand and foot by his ap- j petite and wedded to drink, could not but accede his points, however much he might try to justify his own waywardness. FOB and YOM H FELIX HOTHCHILD A CO. 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Monmouth, NOTED FOR BARGAINS A newspaper occasionally needs a dollar to pay for paper and postage, and when the edi tor fasts to strenously, he and the paper both get lean, and, hence, we have concluded to send out statements to all pa trons of the Herald who are in arrears, and will esteem it a special favor if those who are in arrears will remember us prompty to the amount due, and we will also appreciate new sub scriptions. Persons who have subscribed for friends should apprise us so that we may not send out statements in such instances. Editor Clark ' of the Gervais Star wants to be state printer. He is seeking nomination on the Republican ticket. Postmaster W. A. Wolverton is off on a vacation and will visit King Albert's domain. He will go into Canada before returning. 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. 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