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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1911)
Tfte Herald D. E. STITT. Editor. Entered u .ecund-elaA. matter September 8, ly. at the poet office at Munmoutii. Orevon, under the Act of March 3. 187S. ISSUKD EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months - SI 50 cU Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, JAN. IS, 1911. GOSSIPING OF WAR ami as tlire can be no order without law, itis necessary to iittMcli a tif nultv in order that the law does not become of no effec t. No man need commit I crime; there is no compulsion in the matter, and the person that does it does so through pure cussed ness, ami with a knowl edge that he is doing so, and when he becomes enmeshed in the toils of the law he has only him or herself, as the case may be, to blame in the matter. 1 lie murderer commits an outrage against the law; he be comes a menace to the public 3C ti . : , l i i e comes a menace to the public 1 here is a good deal of war 1 4 n ,i i .i weal; men's lives are endangered talk ironic the rounds these ' b times, both in the newspaper held and that of common gossip. In the Philippines Japanese spies are reported to have bought up all the maps of the Islands that were on sale in the stores ami to have gathered definite information of the fortifications, etc. Besides this a Japanese ollieer is reported to have said that Japan could take the Phil ippine Islands whenever she wanted to do so. When nations contemplate going to war they .are not ant to do any boasting, before hand, nor to let much information leak out so that it is hard to de termine the true status of the situation, but where there is so much talk most likely there is some cause and for some reason or other there has been rumor after rumor of trouble with Ja pan ever since that country dressed down Russia. That the Japanese are wiley is but the result of their train ing. Their religion teaches them that to accomplish one's purpose it is proper to use cun ning, expedinst or pious fraud, and with such conception of right and wrong, treachery weuld be but the natural result when dealing with other peoples. ' We know that there is much unrest in all parts of the world, and it is reasonable to believe that there is much trouble ahead that must show up soon, ami if there is nothing more than ru mor in the Japanese problem, that in itself will serve to stir up enmity, just the same as gossip brings its crop of ill in a neigh-borhood. The overthrow of Jay Bower man for president of the senate is a telling blow against assem blyism, and one that evidently will make politicians wake up and take notice, while the victo ry for the opposition places the insurgent forces in control of the legislature. The general public will await with interest to see what the new alignment will bring forth. j if he is not apprehended; what shall be done? frhall he be per mitted to run at large or shall the law step in and rid society of the danger? The law is en forced; the man is proven guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt and the criminal is executed ac cording to the law. Why the law does so and the one that springs the trap is no more guilty than the jury that con demned him, or the witness who testified of what he knew. Order is the result of law and there is no kingdom either tem poral or spiritual that is not up held and sustained by the ob servance of law. The only ex ception to this that can he urged is hell, and we must needs be lieve that there are certain bounds and laws governing that place. We once thought capital pun ishment very wrong, but ns we have delved deeper into natural conditions we have changed very materially. The question arises what wil you no with the criminal class who endanger the lives am property of peaceable citizens': Will you cage them up and toi for their support and endanger the lives of those who wait upon them, or will von let, tlm lw take that which the guilty per son has forfeited? Liberty and License is what the criminal desirethat he may carry out his sellish purposes, and how often docs lm ti-iL- lown his guard, or jailer, that he may gain his desire imif are no compunctions when his guard stands in his way, and lie has no qualms of conscience for their lives ulwn he stiikes to regain his liberty. Come in just the same rvn liV We will show you the goods; we have them for you; come v in and see AT AY& OKU IS IT A CRIME TO PUNISH CRIMINALS? v In arguing in favor of the abolishment of capital punish ment an exchange aks the ques tion: "Is not the ollieer who, in compliance with hisotlicial duty, executes a murderer also guilty of committing murder?" The answer is, No. The otlicer who springs the drop is in no way responsible for the man's death Monday evening and Tues iy morning brought our first snowstorm of the season, which will perhaps, also, be the last one during the winter, but when we compare such small tlurrv with Eastern conditions we are far to the fore in good weather. The little blow experienced here is nothing to the fifty to seventy two mile rate' on exhibition at Chicago and Pitsburg, Sunday, while mercury dancing around the snow-line is a sunbeam com pared to that reported from places East of the Rockies with in the week. Oregon is a good place to live although it does blow some along the coast. More Money Needed It now looks like tVio on. ittiaa, - VllV VttOll'll C.ovcrnment are formed for , 0ren "ranch asylum will be a the protection of the governed ,Mtau r institution than we sup- and not for tin rogues. People protection of assemble and posed. That a paltry $200,000 win not be enough to build and make laws, not to execute crimi. I qU,p an as lum lar nals, but for the nmiwiinn ,.f i!- . aecommtHlate 600 pa , , v " ; nents IS now c airndit Always ready to wait on you. A General Store for you all. Noted for Bargains onmouth, Oregon I 3E want about $400,000 additional. Then that money should be voted of course. It will not do for a great state like this to be nig gardly toward its unfortunates. But remember it is the state of Oregon that asks for this money; it is not Umatilla countv. East Oregonian. 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 n. 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. i 7:30 n m Sunday School, i0:oo a. m! B. Y. P. Union, at 6 30 W. C. T. U. Local Union meets evorv spp. ond and fourth Friday in the B- angencai church at 2:80 p. m. A. B. WESTFALL Painter and Paper Hanger 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. II. 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 F. P. PYLES, Prop., (Successor to D. M. Hampton.) The Best Accommodations at Reasonable Rates. It is Our Aim to Please. Try Us EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS P. E. Chase . XI. , List your property with the WESTERN REALTY COMPANY First door West of Furniture Store. Davis i nose who do not commit crime Monmouth Oregon Monmouth, - Oregon authorities at Salem. So they
