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D. E. STITT, Editor.
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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
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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
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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
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CELEBRATED CHICAGO MADE CLOTHING
because at a moderate price we can give you not
only the best possible, durable materials, but style
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uCttZ"kgiv:$10.00 to $25.00
a choice of garments, all hand tailored perfect fit,
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better than you have ever seen before- Examine
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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
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