The Herald
D. E. STITT, Editor.
Entered u second-clus matter September 8. 1908,
at the post office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1910.
If expectations at the Wliitea
kor oil well are realized, there
will soon be a hustling in this
section of Oregon, such as would
make a "Weary Willie" tired to
dream of.
Supervisor Thomas Strain has
been doing some good work on
the highways in this district in
the way of grading and supply
ing gravel. The Street Com
missioner, backed by the city
council, has also been at work
and has supplied gravel to the
streets in needed places Keep
the good work moving.
The Monmouth Improvement
Company has had septic sewer
age installed for the brick build
ing, 01. the corner near the de
pot. This is the second im
provment of this nature put in
recently, as Mr. Robert Steel
had his property on Mai,n street
provided with septic sewerage.
These improvements are very
commendable and much more
of a similar character is needed.
According to news paper gos
sip Spokane is coming up with
a proposition to build a monu
ment to Adam and Kve. Mark
Twain once proposed the same
measure, but whether in jest or
otherwise, who can say. Spo
kane however appears to be in
earnest, but it is a lute date for
the enterprise, as Adam and
Kve began building their own
.monument some six thousand
years ago and the institution is
still in progress. Of course
Noah's ilood koocked a big bole
in the structure, but the foun
- dation was left and the monu
ment is still growing. Spokane
may erect a pile of marble or
bronze but it will look puny
alongside of Adam's collossui
tower. Spokane may as well
give it up She can't over-shad
ow Adam as a builder.
Money Made by the Poison Route
It seems that the pure-ford
arm of the Government has
reached out and grappled with
the fellows who are manufact
uring ice-cream cones out of pois
oned material. Some people who
have read of the circumstance
may think that the word "pois
oned" is a little strong, and that
we should be content to call it
deleterious" and let it go at
that It is found, however, that
chemists say that borax is inju
rious to the human stomach. So,
all things considered, the stron
ger word is the better.
In the fact that the pure-food
people are after these manufac
turers, we have that which is en
couraging. It is so different from
what would have happened ten
or a dozen years ago! Whether
the cones be very poisonous or
not, is not so much to the pur
pose as the fact tha1 the Govern
ment, by virtue of pure-food sen
timent and the legislation based
thereon, exercises a watchful and
protective regard for the people,
and serves notice upon that brand
of greed which would as soon sell
poisoned food as not, that its
business is dangerous.
It has not been so many years
since the people of this country
were entirely defenseless against
this sort of thing. For a time,
too, it seemed to be hopeless that
we would ever succeed in so crys
tallizing sentiment as to bring
about the enactment and enforce
ment of effective law, which
would help to put the swindler
and the poisoner out of business
as he was engaged in the man
ufacture of foods and drugs. The
abuse complained of has not been
wholly cured; but a great gain has
been made in the fact that Uncle
Sam has a watchful and reprov
ing eye on these fellows, and
they know it. Telegram.
Through the press, much is
being said pro and con of the
assembly method of selectingcan-
didates, some contending that it
is not a nominating machine, oth
ers maintain that it is. We are
not much interested as we are
pretty weel through with parti
san politics, but, if we were
called upon to define it, we cer
tainly should say that it is not a
nominating institution as the
law makes provision for nomi
tions by primary election, but as
nearly as we can size up the sit
uation it is this: It is the same
old political machine, and while
it cannot nominate its object is
to select the candidates and it
fully expects the party to ratify
its selection. The assembly
looks upon its selections us the
candidates who will receive the
nomination, and that is about as
close to the old process as they
can get until the primary law is
annulled.
The man who argues that a
horse is man's best friend wasn't
with a certain party on the beach
when the tide was coming in
The rig with its human freight
was not far from the water's
edge when the horse which had
heretofore refused to start, still
remained obstinate. It was not
until all the various means and
methods to start a balky horse
were resorted to before this gen-
tel old animal made up her mind
to change locatio s and took the
rig to another spot more to the
liking of her ambition to wait
Fircrackers were used as a last
resort to move this trusty old
animal, man's friend, and as long
as the firecrackers held out rea-
sonably good progress was made
but it does seem rediculous that
a "man's best friend" should re
quire a Fourth of July celebration
to accompany it on every beach
excursion. Cloverdale Courier.
Zook the Painter, will hang
Church Directory.
Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'olock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening
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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.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E-
C. W. HENKLE
Funeral Director and
Licensed Embalmer
Independence. Ore. t
z.
I also have a line of
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Caskets at P. E. Chase's
Store at Monmouth.
Calls answered day and
night Both Phones.
Lady assistant
Independence, Ore.
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.
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C. C. MULREY, Proprietor
The Best Bread. Fancy
Pastry of all Kinds
5 Give us a trial. We can surely please you
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