JOHN IiOIHJK'H SKKMON
Tint ininiHliT miiil lHt niht, HiiyH hi),
"Don't lie nf ruiil of jfivi'ii';
If your lift- nin'l not liin to other folkH,
Why, wIiiiI'm Iho iiho of liven'?"
Anil thiit'H wlmt I wty to wife, nayH I;
There's Itrown, tho miHcriililo Hinner;
llo'il Homier H heer hIiouM Htiirve
tliiin ive
A ii'iiny Inward Imyiii' 11 dinner.
I tell yon our ininiHter'H (runl hit in;
Hut I couldn't iiiite ileterniine,
When I heard him a giviu' it. rijfht anil
left,
JuhI who whh hit by Imm Hermoil.
Of eourse, there roAldn't he no mmtuku
When he talked of "lung winded
prayin',"
For 1'eterH and Johnmm they Hut and
Hcowlcd
At every word he whh Hiiyin'.
And the rniniHter he went on to nay,
"There'M varioim kindw o' eheatin',
And religion 'h an good for every day
Ah it in to bring to merlin';
I don't think inileh of a man that givn
The I,ohl 'AmellH1 at every Jnearhin',
And KpeiidH the lime the followin' week
In rheatili' and overreaehin'."
I 'Bpeekn thut dime wan bittt-r enough
Fur a limn like .lone lo Hwaller;
Hut I noticed he didn't open hirt mouth,
Not onee, after that to holler,
Hurrah, nayH 1, for the rniniHter
Of course, I aid it quiet -(live
u h Home more of thin open talk,
U'h very refrcMhing diet.
The rniniHter hit 'em every time;
And when he Hpoke of fiiHhion,
And a ritftfin' out in hown and UiingH
Ah woumn'x rulin' paHHion,
Ami u romin' to church to nee the HtyleH,
I rouldu't help n-winkin and nugin'
m my wife,
A mi HHyn 1, "That'H you";
And 1 kwah it net her a-thinkin'.
Siiyn I to mj'Helf, that Hermon'B pat;
Hut man is a queer creation;
And I'm much afraid that most of the
folks
Won't take the application.
Now, if he had said a word ahout
My perHonal mode o sinnin',
I'd have gone to work to right myself,
And not set here a-grinnin'.
JiiHt then the minister saya, says he:
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost their shower by usin' their
friends
As sort V moral umberellers.
Go home, "says ho, "and find your
faults.
Instead of huntin' your brother's;
Go home, "he says, "and wear the
coats
You've tried to (it for others."
My wife, she nudged, and Brown, he
winked,
And there was lots o' smilin',
And lots o' look in' at our pew;
It set my blood a-bilin';
Says I to myself, our minister
Is gittin' a little bitter;
I'll tell him when meetin's out, that I
Ain't at all that kind of a critter.
-Sel.
With the Churches
Baptist Church.
Hy A Member
Sunday school 10:30 A. M.
Morning service 11 o'clock.
Evening service at 7 :!$().
Prof. K. P.. Van Osdel, of Mc
Minnville College, speaks at both
services.
No Young Peoples Meeting.
Regular prayer meeting on
Wednesday at 7:30 P. M.
Report of Polk County Spelling
Contest Held November 26
Class "A" (Schools of more
than 5 teachers. )
Third Grade
1st place Dallas, 95 per cent;
2nd place Monmouth, 94; 3rd
place Independence, 91.
Fourth Grade
1st place Monmouth, 98; 2nd
place-Dallas, 97.75; 3rd place
Black Rock, 97.2.
Fifth Grade
1st place-Falls City. 98.83; 2nd
place -Dallas, 98.63; 3rd place
Dallas, 97.
Sixth Grade
1st place Monmouth, 99.88;
2nd place-Falls City, 99.54; 3rd
place -Dallas, 98.5.
Seventh Grade
1st place -Falls City, 100; 2nd
place Monmouth, 98.6; 3rd
place - Independence, 98.
Eighth Grade
1st place -Falls City, 100; 2nd
place - Monmouth, 99.8; 3rd
place -Dallas, 99.07.
Class "P." (Schools of two to
five teachers.)
Third Grade
1st place - Buena Vista, 98; 2nd
place - -Perrydale, 97; 3rd place
Rickreall, 90.
Fourth Grade
1st place - Buena Vista, Rick
reall, 100; 2nd place - Smithfield,
97.75; 3rd place - Ilopville, 97.47.
Fifth Grade
1st place -Perrydale, Rickre
all. 100; 2nd place - Ballston.
99.0; 3rd place -Buena Vista,
99.5.
Sixth Grade
1st place-P.uena Vista, 99.75;
2nd place -P.allston. 99.5; 3rd
place-Rickreall, 98.5.
Seventh Grade
1st place -P.allston, Buena Vis-j
ta, Ilopville, 100; 2nd place-
Motintainview, 98; 3rd place
Rick reall. 96.3.
Eighth Grade
1st place - Buena Vista, 99; 2nd
place -P.allston, 98.5; 3rd place
Ilopville, 98.
Class "C" (Schools having one
teacher. )
Third Grudo
1st place - Sunny Slope, 100;
2nd place-Oakhurst, 97; 3rd
place Parker, Gooseneck, Fir
Grove, McCoy, 96.
Fourth Grade
1st place Zena, Rroadmead,
KM); 2nd place Upper Salt Creek,
99; 3rd place Fernvilla, 98.8.
Fifth Grade
1st place Fir Grove, Rogue
River, Mroadmead, 100; 2nd
place Spring Valley, 996; 3rd
place Orchards, Cochran, , En
terprise, 99.3.
Sixth Grade
1st place Red Prairie, Park
ers, Orchards, Gooseneck, Buell,
Oakdale, Lone Star, 100; 2nd
place Fir Grove, 99.3; 3rd
place Butler. 98.6.
Seventh Grade
1st place Polk Station, Goose
neck. Cochran, Oakpoint, Mc
Timmons Valley, Sunny Slope,
Concord, Oakdale, Lone Star.
McCoy, Cherry Grove, Broad
mead, 100; 2nd place Bridge
port, 99.6; 3rd place Orchards,
Ward, 99.5.
Eighth Grade
1st place Ward, Cherry Grove,
Oakhurst, 100; 2nd place Coch
ran, 98.6; 3rd place Orchards,
Upper Salt Creek, Enterprise.
Concord, 98.
Schools making highest aver
age for all grades.
Class "A" Monmouth, 97.57.
Class "B" Rickreall, 97.48.
Class "CM-Lone Star, 100.
The following schools made 95
per cent or more in the following
grades:
Third Grade
Perrydale, Rickreall, Buena
Vista, Dallas, Parkers. Orchards,
Ward, Gooseneck. Cochran, Fir
Grove, McCoy, Oakhurst, Sunny
Slope.
Fourth Grade
Zena, Red Prairie, Orchards,
Gooseneck, Elkins, Buell, Upper
Salt Creek, Suver, Greenwood,
Oakhurst, Broadmead, 72, Sunny
Slope, Monmouth, Black Rock,
Dallas, Ilopville, Buena Vista,
Rickreall, Smithfield.
Fifth Grade
Ballston, Perrydale, Rickreall,
Buena Vista, Mountainview, Falls
City, Dallas, Red Prairie, Ward,
Orchards, Gooseneck, Cochran,
Oakpoint, Spring Valley, Enter
prise, Crowley, McTimmons Val
ley, Fir Grove, Sunny Slope,
Concord, Oakdale, McCoy, Pio
neer. Highland, Rogue River,
Broadmead, 72.
Sixth Grade
Red Prairie, Bridgeport, Park-
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IS
HIGH GRADES
And you have them if you buy of us
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Shirts, Derby Gloves, R. & G. Corsets, Burson
& Knox Knit Hose
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ers, Orchards, Gooseneck, Butler,
Oakpoint, Elkins, Antioch, Buell,
McTimmons Valley, Fir Grove,
Sunny Slope, Oakdale, Lone Star,
McCoy, Oakhurst, Highland,
Valley Junction, Falls City, Mon
mouth, Dallas, Ilopville, Buena
Vista, Mountainview, Rickreall,
Perrydale, Ballston.
Seventh Grade
Smithfield, Ballston, Bethel,
Perrydale, Rickreall, Buena Vis
ta, Mountain View, Ilopville, In
dependence, Monmouth, Dallas,
Falls City, Bridgeport, Lewis
ville, Orchards, Polk Station,
Ward, Gooseneck, Cochran, But
ler, Oakpoint, Antioch, Popcorn.
Crowley, McTimmons Valley, Fir
Grove, Sunny Slope, Concord,
Oakdale, Lone Star, McCoy,
Cherry Grove, Highland, Broadmead.
Eighth Grade j
Orchards, Ward, Cochran,
Harmony, Upper Salt Creek, En-j
terprise, Concord, Cherry Grove,
Oakhurst, Broadmead, 72, Falls j
City, Monmouth, Dallas, Hop- j
ville, Mountainview, Buena Vis-!
ta, Ballston. I
Christmas Greetings
1913
The heartiest greetings of the Yuletide
Season are extended to our patrons dur
ing the year of 1913.
We wish them all
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Oregon Power Company
Oregon Agricultural College
FARMERS' WEEK
i
December 8 to 13, 1913
This will be a notable event in the
educational history of" Oregon.
Farmers' Co-operation will be the
leading topic of a stimulating series of
lectures. The week will be crowded
with discussions, and demonstrations in
everything that makes for the welfare
of the farmer and home-maker.
WINTER SHORT COURSE
January 5 to 30, 1914
The College has spared no effort to
make this the most complete short
course in its history. A very wide range
of courses will be offered in General
Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Hus
bandry, Dairying, Poultry Keeping,
Mechanic Arts, Domestic Science and
Art, Commerce, Forestry, and Music.
Numerous lectures and discussions on
Farmers' Co-operation, at home and
abroad, will be a leading feature. Make
this a pleasant and profitable winter
outing. No tuition. Accommodations
reasonable. Reduced rates on all rail
roads. For further information ad
dress H. M. TENNANT, Registrar,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Farmers' Business Courses by Corre
spondence without tuition. 10t7
If your clock has been stopping of cold nights
bring it in and have it cleaned and oiled, it will most
likely improve your disposition and it will certainly
help the clock.
Broken spectacle frames, rings, 'chains, etc., hard
soldered.
Come in and see me about those agates you intend
having mounted for Christmas presents.
WALTER G. BROWN,
Watch Repairer and Jeweler.
Perkins Pharmacy.
POULTRY SUPPLY STORE
THOMAS BOULDEN, Proprietor
Keeps on Sale
Best Grade Chic Feed. Best Grade Grit, Bone . and
Oyster Shell. Best Grade Bran, Shorts, Barley and
Oats. Best Grade Corn, Scrath Feed, Egg Food,
at Lowest Cash Prices.
Garden Seeds in Package or in Bulk.
Will Pay Cash for Eggs and Poultry.
Monmouth, ..... Oregon
THE
Herald and Pacific Monthly one year, $2.25
Herald and Pacific Homestead one year 2.25
Herald and Weekly Oregonian one year.... 2.50
Herald and Daily Telegram one year, 5.50
Herald and The Weekly Blade one year.... 1.85