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D. E. STITT. Editor.
Entered u .ecund-elaA. matter September 8, ly.
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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
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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.
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