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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1910)
4 ' The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. ISSITKD KVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, AUG. 12, 1910. a few days since the Portland police arrested sixty-three per sons, in the short period of Entered .econd-cl. matter SepUmW 8. lwe . tweilt.V-fOUr hours, ill the city of t the post office at Monmouth. Oresron, under the Portland for Selling i ntOxk'il IltS . ... ,.r i u i iu-o j wmiout license; does mat argue that Portland had better take off all license and let the sale he without restraint in order to keep these "bootleggers" and "blind-piggers" from breaking the law? We think not but it is the same proposition that is advocated by some who favor the continuance of the saloon. Do saloon proprietors obey the laws of the land? Do they sell to minors? Do they permit gambling in their astaldish nients? Do they sell to habitu al drunkards? Did any-hody ever see a saloon keener that always obeyed the laws which were in force to regulate his business? We fear not; then is it an argument in favor of hav ing no laws to restrict the sale of intoxicating drinks in order that these thousands of saloon keepers may not break tne laws of our land? We think not, yet the proposition is the same. Then shall we vote against pro hibition and aid and abet the licensed law breaker and bear his sins with him, or shall we stand on clean ground and be free from aiding either the li censed law-breuker or the unli censed one. The "booJegger" plies his trails in "wet" localities just the same as in "dry" ones and under the former condition he is much less liable to detec tion than in "wet" districts. Take your choice; it is not our purpose to say how you shall vote; you are your own agent; when we haveN set the conditions plainly before you, our responsibility ends and yours commences; we have tried to discharge our trust, and the proposition is with you. Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Oregonian, died in Baltimore last Sunday, having submitted to an operation in the John Hopkins Hospital the preceding day. In the passing of Mr. Scott Oregon loses one of its very foremost citizens, in fact the most prominent and best known man of the Pacific slope, passes over to the great majority whose labors in this life have" ended. As a journalist Mr. Scott ranked with the highest and his forty years service as editor in chief of t lie Oregonian has made him a personage of wide and marked influence. HOW SHALL I STAND Men have their likes, and dis likes; some have their manner of reasoning, strong or other wise, while some, seem to reason very little and that rather of an indifferent nature, while still we find now and then a person who reminds us of a mad bull going through a fence they just shut their eyes ami go ahead blindly. This leaes us up to the local option cause which is coming into prominence just now be cause of the political battle that is on iuih which mutt be fought to a finish whether the contest is settled this fall or only de ferred to the future; whether it be long or short. Now we do not believe that it is possible to legislate morality into any person, nor class of persons, and laws are not de signed for that purpose, as we can readily discern when we give the subject proper consid eration, but laws are devised and the things a person may not do are stated plainly and a penalty attached, in order that the evil doer may be held in restraint, so that the rights of other persons may not be outraged. This, then, is the purpose of law to protect ourselves from the en croachment of persons who do not regard the rights of other persons and who have no regard for the evil inlluence their lives may exert upon- other people with whom they come in eon tact. This then is the object of law, and the local option law is for the same purpose. We cannot legislate a man's appetite into obedience no one expect to but we expect to bring about conditions favorable to those who have not aquired. appetites for strong drink, and save our boys and girls from the hateful influences of alchol, so far as possible, and in doing this we only perform a responsibility that rests upon us. Now the local option proposi tion has come up; what will you do with it? Vou have a .respons ibility resting up on you and you must answer before Him who created you for the manner in which you discharge that re sponsibility. Vou cannot shift it; man was not created to live alone; each is responsible for bis acts and for the influence he may exert over oilier individu als in other words man is his brother's keeper at least in the sense of leading them bv his in fluence. Sometimes the argument is made that local option only leads to law breaking and that it is better to have the licensed saloon than prohibition in a ter ritory because of the disobedi. ence to law -which prohibition brings. Well let us take a look around William E. Mason says that he believes that fiffy" per' cent of the seats in the U. S. Senate have practically been purchased. This coming from one who has "been there" ought to he good argu ment that the Oregon Primary Law and Statement No. 1 ought to be preserved and even strengthened instead of trying to destroy it and return to a policy of selling the Senatorship to the highest bidder. Yamhill Record. Be natural. Do not try to im press people with your import ance. If you are really import ant they will find it out. If you are of no account you will not deceive- anyone by acting as though great interests rested in your keeping. The day of pom posity is past, we hope never to return. More people than ever bofore are intelligent and able to iudce those with whom thpv and see about how far-reaching ! come in contact This meang that argument goes. It is only that they are able to judge you i it FELIX ROTHCHILD CO. C.khrtt.d CMcm The importance of correct dress as a business asset is to often overlooked. It's not the cost that counts it's the effect. No matter how expensive, if your clothing has not the style which well dressed, prosperous men insist upon, it might as well be the cheapest. We carry the famous FELIX ROTHSCHILD & CO. CELEBRATED CHICAGO MADE CLOTHING because at a moderate price we can give you not only the best possible, durable materials, but style and fit equal to the very highest price clothing in town. We are displaying a splendid line of Suits and Overcoats!; uCttZ"kgiv:$10.00 to $25.00 a choice of garments, all hand tailored perfect fit, made on the most approxed models, and values better than you have ever seen before- Examine it and compare it with others. Try it on and see the style and fit. See our window display. LINDSA Y & CO. MonmoX NOTED FOR BARGAINS and place a true rather than a false estimate on your abilities. Malheur Enterprise. History shows that the high cost of living is the beginning of every national decline. What we need most at present is a conser vation of business. We must quiet down and let things go along smoothly. We are too much inclined to throw away our money. The brains of the coun try could find no better work to do than, the evolution of some scheme that would correct the growing national habit of extrav agance. We can cut down the expenditure in the government service all the way from five to ten per cent by putting business methods in place of wastefulness. James J. Hill. 300 Acres for Sale $25 an acre for 300 acres, 12 miles from Eugene and 6 miles from Juntion;c 90 acres tillable, balance good pasture. Call on or write. Jim Moreland, Monmouth. 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. 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.. U. Local Union meets every sec ond and fourth Frktay in the E vangelical church at 2:80 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 x :
