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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1913)
Local and Personal Mrs. L. K. Wonijior, who has, boon a resident of Monmouth for; the past yoar. moved to Salem last Mom. ay and will teach school I at that place, having Ikhmi a former teacher there. Word reached here yesterday i of an automobile accident at Dal- i las, Wednesday ni.uht, in which one man was killed and another! seriously injured. The wreck was caused by a wheel coming i off the axle. Glen Work and Calvin Holem j left on a vacation Wednesday, j the former from the depot here. : He will visit Newport and later will visit his sister at Harbor, in the southwestern part of the state. Mr. Holem is employed at the lumber yard here and will visit his home at Elk City and also spend a few days at New- port. Electric Light Rates' to be Lowered j Good news comes for users of j electric light as the Oregon Power j company has made a reduction to : take effect on September service, at which time the rate will be cut from 15 to 11 cents per kilo-; wat, with a further reduction of! 10 per cent to those who pay j their bills before the 10th of each j month. The reduction of 10 per cent for early payment will make the rate at about 10 cents per ' kilowat, but if bills are not paid by the 10th of the month the full j charge will be made. i A Farewell Surprise Party On Wednesday evening of this 1 week, Miss Gertrude Rogers gave a surprise party at the home of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Treat, in honor of Miss Coleen French whoi leaves this week for her new : home near Vancou ver, Washing- j ton. The evening was spent in j social games. Delicious refresh-i ments were served after which ; Miss Coleen was presented with j a handsome present as a token j of remembrance. ! Her friends bade her good bye ; at a late hour having spent an! evening long to be remembered and all declare Miss Gertrude a royal entertainer. A Former Monmouth Resident Dead A Lodi paper received here this week tells of the death of Hugh W. Morehead at El Paso, Texas, of typhoid fever. Mr. Morehead was 30 years of age and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Morehead who were engaged in the dry goods and grocery business here for several years during the nineties, leaving for California about 1899, and has many acquaintances in Monmouth. AFTER LONG YEARS After a residence in Washing ton and Idaho for forty years, Mrs. Frankie Boone Keith is visiting her old home in Mon mouth. She is accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Boone, the eldest daughter of David Lewis, one of the first pioneers to Polk County, and by Mrs. Powell, of Falls City, a younger sister of Mrs. Boone. Although the general aspect of the country is the same, the trees have grown till some localities have entirely changed in appearance. Hardly a spot in Monmouth is recogniza ble. Mrs. Keith was one of the tirst students of the old Christian College and is much interested in the development of the school and the growth of Monmouth. Mrs. Keith's present home is at Twin Falls. Idaho. She is visit ing her old friends, Miss Cassio Stump and Mrs. Mary Campbell. Abstracts promptly made by Brown & Sibley, attorneys and abstracters. JIMMIE'S LONG SHOT. It Wat Clevrr Bit of Roguery, but th Crook Wat Foiled. Manv a I't'iUviU innocent man or woman lias found himself or her self in senoiw trundle in New York without a nioiiieiii's warning. There are new narc anil traps baited well day for the unwary. One trap, which almost caught a man old enough to know better, was prung on a subway statiou re cently, savs the New York Sun. While a crowd was waiting for a train a well dressed young man step ped up to an elderly man and said quietly: "I'll trouble you to return that monev vou just took out of my pocket." "What do you mean?" asked the older man in astonishment. "That $-V you robbed me of," said the younger man. "Give it up." A policeman walked up and the vouns man soon explained the trou ble. ' "Ho von accuse the man of rob bing vou?" aked the policeman. '"Yes," aid the young man. '"That man stood near me. and now 1 re member be jostVl me several limps, lie has niv money." This the other indignantly de nied, but be was nevertheless taken to the police station. There the desk sergeant asked how much monev the voting man bad lost. "Fifty-two dollars," was the re ply. The oh man was searched, and a roll of hills containing just $.V.' was discovered. In another pocket he had $li and some change. In vain he protested that he was a reputable business man and sent a messenger for friends. When things looked mighty black for him he ex claimed : "W'hv, 1 just drew that $.V? from the hank." and showed the Btub in his check book. The desk sergeant called a po liceman from the rear room. "Collins, do you see any one here you know?" "Yes." said Collins, pointing to the young man. "That's .liminie, the slick pickpocket, just out last month." The young man saw the game was up and confessed. lie had seen the old man draw the money from the bank and thought when be ac cused him and could be so accurate as to the amount that his victim would give up the money rather th in be arrested. "It was a long shot," said .lim mie, "and I have lost. That's all." The Prince Could Bite. The first wedding attended bv the kaiser was that of King Ed ward and Queen Alexandra, in March, 1st;:?. He was then a small bov of five, and Itisbop Wi I her force gives an amusing account of bis be havior during the ceremony. His fidgety disposition being known, bis uncles, the Ihikos of Edinburgh and O'onnaugiit. were told off to'sit be pido bi'ii and keep him in order. The service was long, and presently the future emperor began to shuffle. A warning nudge admonished him. whereupon, records I he bishop, he "knelt down and bit both uncles in the calves of their logs, not playful Iv. but in such deadly earnest that tbev bad much to do not to cry aloud with pain." Westminster Gazette. Men and Women and Buttons. The differences of the sexes in the matter of buttoning clothes has stirred many thoughtful correspond ents to explanations. Men button their garments from left to right, women from right to left. And the difference arose, one may suspect", from the days when men habitually wore swords on their left side. In moments of emergency it was neces sary to draw the sword with the right hand and button up the coat with the left. Therefore the tailors put the buttons on the right to be sought by the finger on the left h ole. Lond on ' Daily Ch ron icle. A Decade In Transit B AUCE 1. BL'RGE What M iiiei'taclf for inlNcollHiieous articles are honk: Wticii out- closes a hook he or she most prolmhly slit! will take up almost aiiythlin, to mark the place Then, too. iIiIiikh that may lie well pivservtnl tint, their way be tween the leaves of volune-N Khm er, pliotnioaplis. old letter, lilt of paper or u II kliidx. may t? mIiiiUoii out of hooks Due day one Joseph Werner, a rnati of thirty, strolled into H library to uoh about ainonii the volume on tint shelve lie was H scholarly fellow, anil the book he sought were Mich it few imtsiiiis cared tor I'iiskIiik H shelf marked "History." he took down a copy ol "Josephus." an eminent Jew IhIi historian, who wrote tliirlnir the tlrst century of the C'hiistliiii era Turnltiu over the leave, he came, llMiii an unllnlshed letter written la a wo man hand. The words "Dear Joe" rnuv.it HI eye. and Mince hi inline was Joe he wan Interested (Hunclug at the date, he saw that ten vears had passed since the letter hud heel) writ tell tie pictured In his mind the history of the volume from the day the letter had lieen placed In It A Klrl was writ Inn to a inn ii Some one entered the room whom she did not wish to ee the letter "Joseph us" wns lylliK open on h table She placed the letter In the hook and closed It. telther he had forgotten It or hud been railed a way and never saw It niialn. The volume with the letter In It hud found Its wiiy into the library, where It may not have been ieiied up to the pre ent time While Werner wu dreamltiK atsiut the letter he was lookltu, at the chl roirraphv. It reminded him of writ uur. t tin I he Mini seen lung ago. It was all very mime, but there was some ttilnu InexpieHsllilv tender connected with It. He ulaiieed down to see who was the writer, tint since It was unfin ished there was no siiriintiire His mind urirtisl hack to a period about the tune the letter wu written. Perhaps u was tin iissiM-lntloti with the hniiilK rituii: He was then enter lim upon Ins first, and thus far his only, love How ilelliilitrnl that Itrmi ual fuslim "f two yoiini: heart; Lor luvt was as natural us hrcathlni: Then caine the Hei'tiiii part. He was about to iro HWti.v to rlclu on the world's bat tlefield for a ilvdm a competence, a fortune. He hud spoken his love, which was returned, hut the Klrl must have time tu think iiltout It. She wns farseemi! and tliotiL'ht It unwise to etiL'aiie herself to one who had not yet even made a start She would let 1)1 m know lictore he went away. Hut he did not hear from her While thus reverting to the past his eyes were hNerl on the letter. He read without knowliiL' that he was reading. The writer evidently was giving to a lover an answer such as he had hoped to receive Leaving i'ie volume on the shelf, he took the letter to a window, where he could get a clearer view of the hand writing. It looked more familiar than before, tjradiiallv H belief came to him that the letter had been written to hi in He remembered the date that he had left home and that on the let ter was the day before his going. As he looked and continued to look the old familiar In ml came back to him There was no mistaking It. The letter had hecn ultteti not Mulshed - to him. Hut it had never heeli sent Why? Ah. There was the mystery. The letter went Into Werner's pocket Instead of the volume In which It had been Inclosed He knew where the writer lived, though he had not seen her since he parted with her a decade ago He determined to go to her for an explanation Thei stood face to face Fach rec ognized the other He drew the let ter rrom his iHH-ket and handed It to her She looked Ht It In wonder, rec oL'tiizim; it. nut evidently being dazed at holding It In her hands, "How did you come by this?" she asked He related to her the strange hap pening tiy which he and the letter had drifted to the library and met there. Her ineiiiorv seemed to be confused In part, though us to writing the letter it was dear "I wrote this." she said, "the day be fore von left us. Mother suspected that something was bet ween us and hud advised that we remain each free until you were able to marry. Nevertheless I resoived to answer you In the affirm ative While I was writing I heard mother coming A book--1 don't re meuiher what hook-lay open on the table near me I put the unfinished letter m it and closed It "Mother asked me what I wast going to do about you. find I gave her an evasive answer She drew a promise from me to take no action without no tifying her was but seventeen and uncertain what to do; therefore 1 did nothing The letter remained In the book, where i had placed It. When we L'iMe m Housekeeping, leaving our home el ll-. wln-i . - -i lime.- . leu .- ,, .HO nuiio Win Hi. tin I'm it- tin li. i.l. . mil -Hi mil punka to a OVnl- 1 1 -a luio the library 'niid it can't Imagine tiinight It from tin) i olio was present," he . r i 1 1 made up your mi, i, o oeiuiove tiie, i to make It up i - I us i nusiiler thin let-.'i-iicil sealed and Kent Noi inn;- iih tnit to make up for lust lime Ami II"-' I'd ""l.-.d No Christian Name. A upeaker at a meeting of the London Invalid Children's Aid as sociation at tifosvenor House, said one child gave her name as Smith. Asked what her father's Christian name wu-, sltv replied that lie had not trot one. "Hut what mime does voitr moth er c.ill biin by ?" the child was asked, "I'lockhead," was I be disconcert' ill!.' replv. I.om' m Standard. A MARVELOUS FENCE. The Story of Auatralis'a Wr Upon the Rabbit Peat. The huvoc that rabbits have wrought in Australia has cost the. I'o.iiitry millions of dollars. I'ntil a few years ago, however, the western part of the continent, protected by a bulwark of seemingly impassable desert, was tree from the pest. Then one day a solitary rider on the edge of the arid land saw something scut tle across his path. It was the ad vance scout of a vast invading army of rabbits. The government im mediately determined to build a 1,'v'OO mill! fence to shut out the devastating horde. This fence, says the Wide World Magazine, is the longest that ha ever been constructed. It traverses an inhospitable country where for miles and miles there is no timber, where the rain may fall once a war, or perhaps not at all for three years. It wits necessary to carry materials for the fence and supplies for the workmen hundreds of miles in carts and on camel back. The work had to be pushed with feverish haste, for countless thousands of rabbits, pressing westward steadily, were eating the country as bare as a city road. When the workmen had nearly finished the barrier, the news came that the rabbits bad rounded the end. Without hesitation they be gan a second fence 10(1 miles to the westward, and before the fanning region was safely inclosed the two fences extended over 'J,10(l miles. In appearance the barrier resem bles the woven wire fences that are seen in all parts of the world. The netting is stretched between posts sunk deeply into the ground and treated with tar to make them less likely to be destroyed by the white ants. The lower edge of the netting is sunk into the ground to prevent the rabbits from burrowing under it, and along the top runs a heavy wire capable of withstanding the shock of charging kangaroos and emus. Without constant attention and patrolling, however, the fences would be useless, for outside of lliein the rabbits keep ceaseless vvatch. A boundary rider patro.a each section of the fence twice a week, and he carries enough ma terial and tools to make ordinary re pairs. In some parts the riders are men on bicycles, in others they are horsemen, and iti the arid districts the men use camels. There is a sort of "flying squad" assigned to each half dozen sections, and the bound ary rider can call on them when the fence is badly broken or when the incursions of rabbits are especi ally threatening. ' The Boomerang and Its Inventors. The boomerang is rather a puz zle. One might think that the high est laws of mathematics hud been laid under contribution in the per fecting of it. The convexity on one side, the flatness, on the other and the sharp, knifelike edge on the inside of the convexity have the air of having been carefully thought out. Yet the people wlfo invented this singular weapon cannot count higher than five and are destitute of all the arts and amenities of life. Theirs is perhaps the lowest plane of human life. Some people have assumed that the boomerang was the creation of an older and higher civilization, but for this there is no evidence. It must be the product of an ago long empirical use of throwing weapons. London Spectator. Professional Cards Dr. Lam a Colby I 'tier. ( Mlico illld Residence N'ol ill' west coiner Main niul Collet:1' Slicels, one block West of the l.llu'l'lll stoic. Trlrphnne 66. Dr. J. B. Grider DENTIHT Ollifc over Post OHico Monmouth. Oukcon Dr. J. 0. Matthis Physician and Surgeon Oll'ice in Postollicc l.uildintf Culls answered promptly both day and niht. lioth Phones. V. O. BOOTS Fire, Life and Casualty INSURANCE Losses Promptly Paid B. F. SWOPE, Attorney at Law ami Notary Public. Home Phone: ( Mine, No. I.l'ju, Resilience, No -iT I '2. Ollicc in Cooper luiililiiiu. Independence, - Gregon WAIl'KR ".. liRoWN Notary Public Hlank PcciIh, MorlKiip'K, Ktc. Mail Departures and Arrivals Mail Arrives as Follows: 7:15 A. M., l-'roin porlluml. NfwbcrK anil Corvallis train. H:,rfi A. M., Armo from Salem an 1 Portland. 51:05 A. M., Prom Airlii- train 11:15 A. M., From Portland and CorvalliH train. 11:15 A. M., . . pioin Indi pcndcni c 1:25 P. M., From Dull t:W V. M., From Portland and ( 'orvallis train. 2:10 P. M., . From Independence 5::!5 P. M., Fkiiu Airlie 7:U0 P. M., From Portland. Newborn imil ('orvallis. 7:!i0 P. M., From Independent Mail Dispatched as Follows: (i:.')5 A. M., ',::i5 A. M., CorvalliH. 7:15 A. M., 8:55 A. M., , train. 8:55 A. M 11:15 A. M., 1:25 P. M., Corvallis train. 1:25 P. M., 4:1)0 P. M., 5:35 P. M., ... To Saletn . . To Portland an I To Airlie Portland and Corvallis To Independence To PallfcM To Portland and To Independence ...... . To Airlie To Portland, New berg and ( 'orvallis. 7:15 P. M. . To Portland, NewberK and ( 'orvallis. 7:15 P. M. To Independence bV4OVER 6S YEARS Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anronemi(tliij anlu-l. h ,,ini iioiinrlpMnn mm qnlrldr luimrlitlu our iililuil True wliiilhnr an hivniiOiin in pruliritily pui mil ni,, C.Hiiniunlra tliiiiaatrlnllrmiiillilaiiiliil. HA'IDHOOK on I'atmiu sunt froe. Olilimt nimn-y tor imm-iii'Iiik imlniiu. I'liiniita takuii tliriiiiili Muim St (jy, reoulTa ipfriai nodes, without olinivo, lu tlio scientinc American. A tmndiomoly tlliiHt.mto'1 worhljr. I.nrpnit. 1r. . -,,...:.w.. ... nu, n.iiuiM iiin Mini Mill. ' f.1 ",yivJj,ntiithi,$L HulUbyull nowndwilorit. MUNN&Co.36'By.Newjfork branch omoo, m V St, Wmliluulon, rf. rj. 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