The Herald
D. E. ST1TT, Editor.
Entered as 8econdclafts matter September 8, 1908,
at the pout office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
Well we are very j'lea.-ed to
think that life is not all toil and
worrv, but that there are enliven
ing oases that peep out as we pass
along and leave beauty-spots in
termingling with the thorns and
discomforts met by the way.
This was accentuated Saturday
evening when the Monmouth
Concert l!and made its lirst
public appearance and dis
coursed music for the citizens of
Monmouth who had gathered to
the band stand for the occasion.
While the band has not attained
to what they expect to accom
plish, yet they have made good
progress, and the public showed
by liberal applause that the
efforts of the band to entertain
were appreciated.
This part of Oregon had its
hot weather visitation last week
which came with accumulated
force culminating Sunday with
the hottest day of the season
and much discomfort, murcury
playing around the century
marl; for some four hours as if
contemplating whether to fall or
rise, but went down with the
the waning day. Since then
the air has been cooler, but the
blistering rays on Sunday left
their touch upon ripening ber
ries in places where exposed.
According to information at
hand there is a general move
ment of idle men toward the
Pacilie Coast. Many of these
are said to have the appearance
of mechanics or tradesmen and
profess to be looking for employ
ment. Trainmen complain that
they are experiencing difliculty
in keeping these men from
westbound freight trains, and
say that not for many years
have they noticed so many
loiterers in the vicinity of rail
road yards, stations and along
the right of way. Upon one or
two occasions .bands of these
man are reported to have taken
possession of an entire freight
train. The inquiry to be enter
tained in regard to the above
item of news is this: What is
the cause of all this idleness and
the reason for the western move
ment. Olcott Reducing the Graft
Secretary of State Hen Olcott
dererves commendation for re
ducing the extravagant propen
sities of his olliee. Ho dis
charged a number of merely po
litical strikers for what there was
in it. and reduced salaries.
lie has practically abolished
the otlice of assistant secretary of
state, and is doing a hit of that
work himself. Ho reasoned cor
rectly if the otlice could run for
years without a secretary, when
it had a secretary it could run
without an assistant. One place
or the other was useless, and
there was no excuse for an olliee
that no one had to be on hand
to perform its duties.
He has reduced the payroll in
addition about two hundred dol
lars a month, because employees
were overpaid for their work.
The fact is people expect to
get about two salaries for doing
work for the state, and that is
called politics. Very few per
sons in the public employ could
get anywhere near what the state
pays them, besides the honor of
working for the state.
This is a common sense busi
ness proposition, and Secretary
Olcott is entitled to praise for
his efforts to treat the taxpayers
right. Capital Journal.
How They Do Things
Washington, D. C, July 17
Hail to the tiller of the soil. He
has won the respect of the world.
Perhaps you have noticed that it
isn't so common to decry his
occupation as it used to be be
fore Uncle Sam discovered it to
be a science. Now young men
are flocking to the agricultural
schools and colleges and many of
them are graduating into profes
sorships, or into positions as ex
perts with the government. One
of the latter has just returned to
Washington after spending two
months in Spain and Sicily in
vestigating lemon growing. He
is G. Harold Powell, whose work
for the Department of agricul
ture in the investigation of cases
of fruit decay in cold storage
and in transit attracted such
wide attention. The citris fruit
fruit growers of California held
his talents in such esteem that
they tried to get him to go out
there. When they got up to an
offer of $10,000 a year salary he
succumbed, and he is now secre
tary and manager of the Citrus
Protective League of California,
a model business organization of
agriculturists, which has been
fighting for a tariff on lemons
that will permit the industry to
survive. Having secured that
tariff, the organization is now
combating the organized cam
paign of the Sicilian importers
to have it reduced. The latter
have raised a big fund to in
fluence public opinion in this
country and to affect legislation.
BONES OF THE EAR. .
Th LittlB Stirrup When Displaced
Causes Noises In the Head.
Vibrations of the eardrum tire com
munlcatcd to the Inner ear by menus
of three exceedingly small bones, one
of which Is called the stirrup. When
this pnrtlcuhir little bone Is displaced,
however sightly, the patient hears
sounds which are subjective, or, to
use plnluer terms, noises confined ex
clusively to the auditory apparatus
nnd not heard by others. These sounds
frequently seem like wind whistling
through n crevice or a buzziug such as
one hears when passing under a net
work of wires on a windy day. Other
sounds of similar subjective origin are
classified as musical. They take the
form of ringing bells, trumpet blasts,
organ notes and the piping of birds.
Still another form conveys to the pa
tient sounds such as frogs make as
they sit on logs nnd like the shouts of
a crowd at a baseball game.
Ir. Marage, a fatuous Trench aurlst,
recently laid before the Academy of
Sciences In Paris the results of his
study of a thousand cases of this gen
eral sort. He has found that the nerves
of the ear In certain cases maintained
the conducting position which they as
sumed when they transmitted tho
sound of a ringing hell or like sound,
and. like an electric button out of
position, kept the bell vibrations from
being Interrupted. Other sounds were
produced by the persistent excitation
of the auditory nerve centers. High
frequency electrical currents and vi
bratory massage have been used by
leading specialists In the treatment of
ear troubles in these several conditions,
and the results have been eucouraging.
New York World.
A Gift.
"I regard conrersation as a gift." re
marked the studious woman.
"It usually Is," replied Miss Cay.
enne. "If people had to pny for It
there would le much less of IC
Washlnjrton Star.
What if
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Monmouth,
B. F. SWOPE,
Attorney at Law and Notary
Public.
Home Phono:
Olliee, No. 1320,
Residence, No. 3712.
Office in Cooper building,
Independence, - Oregon
P. E. CHASE
Notary Public
Will do all kinds of notarial work
Monmouth, Oregon
WE HAVE DECIDED
TO ALLOW
1000 VOTES
on Piano Contest
For Every
$ Dollar's Worth $
of goods, now on display
in our window, when
sold, consisting of
Hair Brushes
Clothes Brushes
Safety Razors
Strops
Tooth Brushes
Toilet Sets
Manicure Sets
Goods will be changed
as necessary
Votes will be given only
on goods in
Window Display
We have it or we'll get it.
Ask us.
Perkins Pharmacy
it is
HOT
Have the Famous Porous
Knit Underwear,
Light Weight Shoes
and Socks.
are
Come in and Cool off.
The Coolest Place
In Town
Strickler & Murdock.
(INCORPORATED)
Noted for Bargains
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.
City Meat Market
Highest Cash Price Paid for Veal,
rork and Mutton. Once a cus
tomer, always a customer. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE Paid for All Kinds of HIDES
SULLIAVN & MOR1SON, Props.
Monmouth, . . . Oregon
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