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The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. Enteml u cond-lM mutter 8ntnhr 8. 19HS, at th poet ntftc at onmout h, Onpoi, urolrr th Act of arrh S, ISTSi. 1SSIKP KVKKY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY. MAY 30. 1913. Control of Streams. The disastrous floods, during March have stimulated thought along the lines of preservation as will be seen by the following article from the Toledo Blade which says: "If the March floods taught anvthing it was that there should be some responsible au thority in complete charge of streams, navigable and innaviga ble, and not alone over naviga ble parts of rivers, but also over shallows, sloughs, sandbars and flood plains. The government watches with the utmost jealousy against en croachments upon navigable channels. Upon the other hand it is indifferent as to what goes ou in other parts of a navigable body of water. We can recite the local instances of successive government officers wiping their hands clear of responsibility for Spike island and assuming com plete indifference to the custom of government contractors spoil ing sailing ground for low draught craft with material ta ken from the commercial chan nels. The government acts the same way about bridges, being careful only that channels are kept open to shipping and not the least careful lest a bridge is constructed in such a way that it acts as a dam in time of high water and helps make destruc tive floods more destructive. There is a need of far better supervision than this, is any steps are to be taken to guard against floods. Authority must be exercised over every part of a stream, its channels kept clean in order that the water shall run off as speedily as possible, its shallows left unobstructed and flood plains kept free of the kind of railroad and road embank ment which can turn a river in to a broad and engulfing lake. We once read of an Irishman who, while the subject of "Irish Bulls" was under' discussion, said: "I don't believe that more than about one-half of these lies they tell about the Irish are true, and from information received direct from San Francisco, it would appear that there is a re semblance in that tale to the sto ries which are coming out from the Panama Exhibition work be ing accomplished on the Expo sition grounds. England is noted as a con structor of dreadnaughts, but in Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst 6he has one dreadnaught more than she wants and one that she does not know what to do with. We can say of the work at Panama that the ditch is dug at any rate, even if the water of the oceans and the commerce of the world do not pour through it. Telegram. Zook, the paper hanger, will do your painting for you. NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT Court House Notes. PROBATE Estate of Martha Simpson, pe tition for letters of administra tion filed, U. S. Loughary ap pointed administrator and bond of $16,000 approved. C. G. Coad, F. J. Craven and Walter Vassal appointed appraisers; letters of administration filed. In the matter of the guardian ship of Florence Adams and Wal ter Ray Adams, minors; new bond filed. Estate of Ruth Ruble; petition to have will filed; will admitted to probate; C. A. Conditt appoint ed executor and letters to issue upon filing of approved bond in sum of $10,000. In the matter of the guardian ship of Charles M Chapin, et al; W E Fuller. H H Dixon and A Nelson appointed appraisers. In the matter of the guardian ship of Hallie and Lawrence Smith, minors; petition to bor row money to erect dwelling house filed and prayer of petition granted. Estate of Horace G Chace; pe ri tion for letters filed; Allen K Chace appointed administrator and letters to issue when ap proved bond of $4,190 filed. Estate of Samuel Thurston Smith; executrix granted leave to sell certain personal property. REAL ESTATE Sophia Essig to Wm and Dora Ash, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block 2, Highland Add. to Dallas. $10. Matilda J Ridgeway to Cyrus Blair, land in 6-6, $1.00. Elizabeth L. Blair to Cyrus Blair, land in 6-6, $1.00. Sarah A Blair to Cyrus Blair, 97.62 acres in 6-6, $1. Wm P Miller et ux to Dallas City Bank, 50 acres is 8-5, $1. Jerry O.Brien et ux to Geo W Harding et ux, 25.75 acres in 6-7, $10. Jas H Wilson et ux to W J Mor- ford et ux. e hf of ne fourth of sec 35, tp 9, sr 6, $1. E T Morrison et ux to Lowman II Conner, 4-10 interest in 210.36 acres in 6-5, $5,000. H L Pratt, A A Winter and D M Metzger, trustees to Dallas College of the Oregon Confer ence U E C, land in 7-5, $10. Kingwood Park Co to Geo F Quaintance, lot 13, block 4, King wood Park, $10. Melvin Hollister to George F Quaintance, lot 11 in block 14, Kingwood Park, $400. Wm P Miller et ux to Dallas City Bank, 65.09 acres in 7-5, $1. Wm D Estelle et ux to H P Crawford et ux, 17-10 acres in 8-6, $10. Eleanor F Butler to Wm D Es telle et ux, one acre in Polk Co, $100. Reuben E Morris et ux to J H Frakes, land in Dallas, $50. Enoch Chamberlain et ux to 0 M Allen, 10.12 acres in 9-5, $300. Ira J White et ux to 0 T Vin cent et ux, 184 acres in 6-4, $10. Mary E Brown to Charles M Walker, lot 22, subdivision of Academy block, $10. POZZLES nfFTGOrTES; ' home of the Unsolved Riddlea In tha World ot Numberi. There arc many mysteries in the world of numbers little things the conditions of which a child can un derstand, though the greatest minds cannot master. Everybody has heard the remark, "It is as hard as squaring the circle," though many people have a very hazy notion of what it meant;. It is this: If you have a circular piece of paper, how are you to cut out another piece in the form of a squaxe that shall con tain exactly the same area!' Well,1 it cannot be done with exactitude, though we can get an answer near enough for all practical purposes, because it is not possible to say in exact numbers what is the propor tion of the diameter to the circum ference. But it is only in recent times that it has been proved to be impossible. Only cranks now waste ROUND TRIP FARES TO Portland Rose Festival VIA ONE AND ONE 1 10 SUN 5 IT 1 from all main and branch line points; from points on the C. & E., S., F. C. & W. and I. & M. Sale Dates: Eugene and all points north including branch line points, June 8 to 13 inclusive; stations south of Eugene, June 8-9-11-13. Final return limit June 16. For illustrated booklet on the Rose Festival and leaflet giving full program, call on any S. P. Agent, or address: John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon C. G. GRIFF A, Plumber and Steam Fitter. Carries In Stock Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures, and all kinds of Plumb ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise. All orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed. MONMOUTH. - . OR KG ON Wood Sawed to Order W. I. PHILLIPS Your wood sawed for you just as you order it done Have placed an order book at Johnson's Woodyard; leave orders there Herald and Pacific Monthly one year, $1.75 Herald and Pacific Homestead one year 1.75 Herald and Weekly Oregonian one year 2.00 Herald and Daily Telegram one year, 5.00 Herald and The Weekly Blade one year 1.35 mi their time in trying to solve thin venerable puzzle. Again, we can never measure ex actly in numbers the diagonal of a square. If you have a windowpatie exactly a foot on each side, there iit the distance from corner to comer staring you in the face, yet you can never say in exact numbers what it the length of that diagonal. The novice will ai- nre suggest that we might take our diagonal first, say an exact foot, and then con struct our square. Yes, you can do this, but then you can never shv ex actly what is the length of the side. You can have it which way you like, but you cannot have it both ways. Here are a couple of puzzles that have not been proved to be impos sible, but that nevertheless have not been solved. They will give the reader some fascinating employ ment during spare hours if he hap pens to be fond of figuring. First, then, take the round table problem. Nine persons are stopping at a boarding house, and they all sit down together to dinner on twenty eight successive nights at a round table. The rule of the house is that no person shall on any two occa sions have the two same neighbors. Uow is it to be done, if at all ? Here is another poser. If we write down I he number, composed of seventeen ones 1 1,11 1,1 1 1,1 1 1, 111,111 and ask you to find some number other thaii 1 or the num ber itself that will divide it with out remainder the answer will give you considerable labor to discover. We will, however, say at once that the only numbers that will divide it are 2,071.723 aud 5,303,222,357. Now add two more ones to the num ber, and wc cannot tell you whether it can be exactly divided ' by any number or not. for nobody knows. If you can find such a divisor you will have done something that no body else in the world has yet suc ceeded in doing. And we cannot say that it ist impossible. THE THE -THIRD FARE TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Polk County will hold the regular examination for applicants for State papers at the Court House in Dallas as follows: Commencing Wednesday, June 18, 1913, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Saturday, June 21, 1913, at 4 o'clock p. m. Wednesday Forenoon, Writing, U. S. History, Physiology. Wednesday Afternoon. Physical Geography, Heading, Com position, Methods in Reading, Methods in Arithmetic. Thursday Forenoon. Arithmetic, History of Education, Psychology, Methods in Geography. Thursday Afternoon. Grammar, Geography, American Lit erature, Physics, Methods in Language, Thesis for Primary Certificate. Friday Forenoon. Theory and Practice, Orthography, English Literature, Chemistry. Friday Afternoon. School Law, Botany, Algebra, Civil Government, Saturday Forenoon. Geometry, Geology. Saturday Afternoon. General History, Bookkeeping. ' Respectively, H. C. Seymouk, School Superintendent, Polk Co., Ore. WALTER G. BROWN Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc. POLK'S' OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory Directory of each City, Town and Village, giving descriptive sketch of each place, location, population, tele graph, hipping and banking point; also Classified Directory, compiled by business and profession. B. L. POLK ft CO., SKATTM Professional Cards Dr. Laura Colby Price. Ollice ami Residom-B North went corner Main and College xtrtH'U, one block west of th' Liberal r-fcore, Tolephon 56. Dr. J. O. Matthis Physician and Surgeon Ollice in Postoflke Building Calls answered promptly both day and night. Both Phones. V. O. BOOTS Fire. Life and Casualty insurance" Losses Promptly Paid B. F. SWOPE, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Home Phone: Ollice, No. 1320, Resilience, No. 37 P2. Office In CooKr bulUllnii, Independence, Oregon Church Directory. EVANUHMCAL ClH.'HCH W. A. Gukkkkoy, Pastor. Morning service at 11:00 o'clock . -j Evening service at 7;30 o'clock Sunday School at 10;O0 a. m. Y. P. A. Meeting Bt 6.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. J. M. Ohiuc K, Pastor. Morning Service at 11. (X) a. m. Evening Service at 7:30 p. m. Sunday School 10:00 a. m. Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m. BAPTIST CHURCH. G. A. Poi.lako, Pastok Sunday School at - 10;O0, a. m. Morning worship, - 11:00 a.m. Evening worship, - 8:00 p. m. W. C. T. U. Local Union meets every sec- ond and fourth Friday in the E- vangrelical church at 2:.0 p. m. THE Weekly Oregonian The best Weekly Journal of the Northwest. Gives all the News of the World. Price per year $1.G0 Herald one year 1.00 Both papers for 2.00 EXECUTOR'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the terms of the last Will & Testament of Roena E. Meeker, de ceased, the undersigned executor of the estate of Roena E. Meeker, deceased, will from and after the 20th day of June, 1913, proceed to sell the follow ing real estate, to-wit: Lot No. 1 in Block No. 5 in the city of Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, belonging to said estate, at private sale, to the highest bidder for cash, in accordance with the terms of said will and in the mannor prescribed by law, subject to confirma tion by said County Court. Bids may be made to the undersigned at his residence at Monmouth, Oregon, or sent by mail. Dated this 22nd day of May, 1913. W. M. Meeker, Executor of the estate of Roena E. Meeker, deceased. B. F. 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