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Tli Herald
D. E. ST1TT, Editor.
Entered as second-clans matter September 8, l'JOS,
at the post office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1H79.
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FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1910.
Should Have Been One More
There was no lack of enthusi
asm at the mass meeting Satur
day, and many deserved com
jiliments were passed, but we
think that there was one more
that would have received atten
tion hut for an oversight.
It is written "Without me ye
can do nothing," ami while we
are not going to make a scrip
tural application we are going to
mention a business fact With
out money ye could not have
won out, as there were expenses
to he met and the cash had to
come from some source.
There was good work donehy
each in his special Held and all
did well and each deserves his
full share of credit for the vieto:
ry won, but to P. Y. Mulkey be
longs the credit of taking the
disagreeable part of the labor
and making of it a decided suc
cess, for without the funds neces
sary to defray the extreme there
could have been no success and
among all those who labored for
the State Normal school none
worked more diligent nor suc
deeded better than P. Y.
The Home Rule Advocates
spent .t;!),7S().7o during the
campaign to carry their measure
to a successful conclution.
They won out and will soon
have the opportunity to make
their promises good, but we do
not expect that they will do so.
In talking with a saloon pro
prietor a few yrars ago he re
marked that if a saloon-keeper
obeyed the law strictly there
was no money in the business,
and from the frequent viola
tions that appear from time to
time at diverse places there is
not likely to be any great ref
ormation in the saloon business,
for it is a noted fact that no
corrupt body reforms itself.
The reformation must come
from an outside and a higher
source or there will be no ref
ormation in the liquor trallie.
There are reforms which do
not reform and this seems true
of the football arrangement that
was expected to eliminate the
dangerous element from the
game, Up to the twentieth of
last, month the death rate inci
dent to that sport was only eight
behind the total of last year,
ami the injured recorded were
double of that of the preceding
year, while the death list is ex
jiecteded to exceed last year's to
tal by the end of the season.
Another reform or two with like
results will place football in the
"joy riders" class for fatality.
Palls City is moving toward
the amending of her charter
with the purpose in view of
bonding in the sum of $:0,()00
for the purpose of securing a
water supply. It begins to look
as though Monmouth will have
to do something of that kind to
supply the amount necessary for
the use of "the town.
Monmouth citir'.ens are talking
water system, sewerage and
thinking about improvements.
The location of the normal
school has brought responsibili
ties and the echoes are awaken
ing the go-ahead spirit that does
things. Monmouth will come
out yet. She will have the op
portunity, and all that is neces
sary is a well directed application
of the energy that can be brought
into action.
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Monmouth Herald
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cember 31, at 6 o'clock, P. M.,
we will give 1000 votes for each
new subscriber to the Herald
for one year.
Remember these must be new
subscriptions.
For renewals of old subscrip
tions for one year, 500 votes will
be given.
All subscriptions must be han
ded to us at our store not later
than December 31, 6 o'clock P. M.
CHASE BROS.
ARABS AS
TRACKERS.
They Road the Footprints of the Cam
els Like a Book.
In some ways the Arabs of the
desert resemble the Indians. A
traveler writes: "The Sherrarat are
all very good shots, and their skill
in tracking is also very great, for
these nomads, like the red Indians
or the Hottentots, have reduced the
practice of tracking to a science.
Half the life of ti Bedouin is spent
among the camels. From early
childhood, when he is sent out to
guard the herds, until he is too old
to ride out on raiding expeditions
cnmels form the chief concern of
his existence. They are herdsmen
by profession. Without the camel
life would be impossible in the des
erts of Arabia. Small wonder, then,
that camel talk is as interesting to
the Arab as the camel itself. It is
his only means of information, and
by constant practice the true Bed
ouin enn read the footprints like a
book. They are science and gossip
to him. This art is called athar.
"On several occasions when trav
eling by night my hunter stopped
his camel and after a short exami
nation of some camel tracks ex
claimed that it was a raiding party
of such a number and of such a
tribe, and on each occasion I proved
him correct. In daylight he could
determine the exact number of
cnmels from a mass of tracks all go
ing in one direction and could also
say how long ago they passed and to
what tribe they belonged. Maraud
ing bands always leave a long,
straight, compact line of footprints,
as of men traveling fast, close to
gether and with an object. Kven
on hard, stony ground, where the
camels leave little or no impression,
they could tell exactly the time at
which the owners passed that way
and deduce the extent of their wan
derings. "Another most interesting cus
tom of the Sherrarat is their habit
of fortune telling. On every pos
sible occasion when in doubt as to
the way, in danger of marauding
bands, in want of water or even
when hunting and in doubt ns to the
age of an antelope track they pro
ceed to tell their luck before ven
turing. It is simplv done by smooth
ing out the sand and making at
hazard several rows of marks in the
sand with the fingers. An even
number is a bad omen, an odd num
ber a good." Chicago News.
City Streets.
Dr. Johnson would have snld a wise
thln had lie said what somebody said
later for him "Cimm. let us take n
walk dowu Fleet street." It sounds
commonplace, but often a coumiou
ldace is concentrated wisdom, and that
is how In our careless day a master
of the commonplace jrets to be regard
ed as nu oracle. If you want to under
stand a people just do take a walk
many walks-ia their jtreat highways
of t rathe J nines Millie iu Fortnightly.
Don't
Rubber Round
'ust Come to
Lindsay
Co.
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(Incorporated)
For
Rubber Goods of all kinds
Slickers, Lined Duck Coats
Noted for Bargains
Monmouth, Oregon
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 7:30 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, Pastor.
Preaching Service,
Sunday School,
11:00 a. m.
7:30 p. m.
10:00 a. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:C0 p. m.
Dr. J. O. Matthis
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Postoffice Building
Calls answered promptly
both day and night.
Both Thones.
Laura Price, M. D.
Ollice in B. P. Baker's Residence
Both Telephones. I
V. O. Boots
KIRK LIFE AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
LOSSES PROMPTLY TAID
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.
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