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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1911)
' w - . . r j . . . . . . ... The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. Entered u nerond-claxa matter September 8, lung, at the poet office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the Act of March. 1879. ISSl'KD EVEKY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1911. MUST HAVE WATER A proposition which confronts the citizens of Monmouth is a bountiful supply of pure water, ami it must necessarily come up in the iinmedioto future, as pro tection of health, progress ami safety from lire, all demand that we exert ourselves to overcome this deficiency. According to inquiry and ob servations made the reservoir system, supplied from wells, will rove the cheapest, and we believe the best that can be put in operation for the city, and this will cost in the vicinity of lfir,0()O, so that a probable bond issue of $ 20,000 will be necessary to make certain that the project will be achieved when opera tions have began. Now don't get a tax-scare on when we mention this sum for the tax will not fall upon the tax-payers but upon the water users, as an individual and a house-holder we expect to pay at least $12 a year into the fund that will liquidate the interest and finally wipe out the bonded indebtedness but we do not ex pcct to pay one cent in tuxes for the purpose of tutting in and maintaining the .system, as the. funds which come in from those who use the water will doubtless be ample to pay all the expense of running and repairs, besides leaving a surplus to be used in liquidation of the bonds. QUESTIONABLE HONOR Andrew Carnegie's public gilts have now leached the co lossal amount of over ISO mil lion dollars, a sum so great that it is hard to realize the amount of property it represents, and perhaps there are but few minds able to eomcprchend its vastuess. If a man earned $101)0 each day and worked 300 days in the year it would require three and a third years to acquire $1,000, 000, and to earn us much as Car negie has given away would take 0-10 years not counting expense of living, and yet what Carnegie has given away is but a repre sentative of the'wealth which he still holds. How did he get it? Is it an honor to hofd up the gifts as a representative of the man? We are inclined to think otherwise. He could never cave earned so great amount according to the schedule of wages paid for the lest skilled mechanic, hence he liiu.vt have obtained it through questionable methods in other words he has held up the public just the same as the Standard Oil Company and other trusts have done. Another question arises out of this vondiiioti: Is Carnegie to be censured for taking the advantage he did? Well we think he is, but there are wrongs and faults elsewhere. Carnegie had helpers on the one hand and on the other was a sleepy public who were not awakened ., t ... i 10 ineir own interests. The masses of the people were, and are, asleep to conditions such as have made the multi- millionairs of the country. They have never came in touch with the advantages and per ceived the opportunity. Those who did as a general thing took advantage of the occasion, con- troled by that degree of selfish ness which guarded the secret until the prize was attained, and in case one could not control or overcome conditions that pre sented, aid was sought sufficient to the accomplishment without publishing the secret, and thus the selfish attributes have been whetted and fostered to the de gree that has produced the in equality and unrest that is al most everywhere visible in civic and national life. How much better it would have been had those whose minds opened up to the higher possibilities labored dili gently and raisel.the rest of the human family to higher intelli gence and greater activity. The world has reached a high degree of intelligence, but if the selfish instinct had been elimi nated and all have wrought to gether the increased mental tower would, without - doubt, have reached to higher and grander results. LIKED THE FRYING PANS. Indians Found an Exciting Us For tha Cooking Uteniilt. The Indian, however averse he may be to any kind of useful labor, is not slow to avail himself of a new source of amusement. This was shown some years ago when hukuik the supplies sent by the government to a certain aireney In the west were several hun dred lare frying nans wllh lonjt han dles. These the Inditui nuent found In UtocU when he look possession, and at the end of the year the number had not been diminished. Thlnklii!! that perhaps he had not dlsi harmed his whole duty In -the matter of supplying I'nele Sam's wards with these culinary utensils, the agent began making spe cial efforts to Induce the red men to use them. At first It was hard work, hut by the time he had fcivon nut about two dozen there came a stid lea change. Not a day passed In which the agent did not have applications for at least a dozen, and some days he disposed of twice that number. When the supply was nearly ex hausted he noticed among the appli cants some to wiiom he had previous ly given pans, and naturally enough he became a tritle curious to know what use they were making of them, lie questioned several of the men to no purpose, but at length a young buck more eominuulcailve than the rest gave him to umleiistand that If he would visit a certain part of the reservation not far away lie would tind his in quiry answered. The next day, therefore, the agent rode out In (he direction indicated. About two miles from the agency he noticed on the crest of a narrow spur of the mountain three or four Indians who suddenly disappeared on the op posite Nide of the ridge. At the same time lie heard faintly the cry of ninny voices. On turning the point of the ridge he saw a crowd of several hundred In dians who were shouting as I: grently excited. Ue noticed also several ob jects, which he at tlrst supposed to be bowlders, descending the side of the mountain toward them with tremen dous rapidity. Instead of fleeing from these moving objects the Indians simply applauded and shouted. Soon he saw other ob jects like the first descending, and In a short time the whole situation was plain to him. Having selected a long, smooth slope of the mountain where there were no atones, the Indians had converted It Into a sort of earthen toboggan slide and were utilising the frying paus as toboggans. Seating themselves In the pans, they grasped the handles with both hands; theu, crossing their legs over their arms, they went spinning down the slide with great rapidity. The agent let them have the few pans that remained 4n the storehouse, but did not order a new supply. Harper's Weekly. 6 5i6 6 6 ' ' ' 1 a 1 ' 1 1 ' ft Kf Kfl K Come in just the same Always ready to wait on you. ' A General Store for you all. Noted for Bargains M Abstracts promptly furnished at reasonable rates, by L. D. Bown, Dallas, Oregon. tf 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, 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. B. Y. P. Union, at - - 6:30 W. C. T. U. Local Union meets everv sec ond and fourth Friday in the E- vangehcal church at 2:80 p. m. Dr. J. O. Matthis Physician and Surgeon Office in Postoffice Building Calls answered promptly both day and night. Roth Phones. Laura Price, M. D. O trice in 15. F. Baker's Residence Both Telephones. B. F. SWOPE, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Home Phone: Office, No. 1320, Residence, No. 3712. Office in Cooper building. Independence, - Oregon We will show you the goods; we ' have them for you; come in and see AT onmouth, Oregon Polk County Bank Established 1889 Monmouth, 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. HAW LEY, 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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