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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1914)
The Herald D. E. STITT, Editor. Knl'rrd a vomi-tla.-v matttr SpUmmUt S. I 'S, at the pwt otlu-e at Monmouth, ttirtm. umU'r the Act .if Miirvh X. is:v. ISSIKO KVKKY KKlPAY Subscription Rates j unto for ji;itriitiMii. It involves j cannot invest in suoh property Iputienee, toloi nuoo, Mini above i and soil it at a profit as anyone lull a just attitii.lo toward all oon-j would h sawmill, a farm, a hank. Verne'd. Mr. Tail knows tlt, , or a newspaper, who will want I ... .. .1,11.,.. . inner complications of tin- situa-1 ,,,l.u k. tion, and his counsel is thcrelore tho more worthy ti hood. Port land Telegntm, jeleetrie or street railway plant in ; Oregon? Those aro serious ques- One year Six months Throe months $1.50 Sf els 50 cts The Clean l'p at Vera Cru.; Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY. MAY 22. 1U14. WE FIGHT IS COMIXC, Tho Primary Kleetion is over and the victory is won, although there were more defeats than otherwise. However, the great battle is yet to cunic as the forces will now align for the November election. Perhaps the heaviest battle will rage around the prohibition question as both sides are or ganizing for the fray. This will be a contest between right and wrong. A tight wherein dollars will be weighed against the souls of men and women; where alco hol will outrank the virtue of the girls and boys, on one side, while on the other the welfare of humanity will be placed on the scales and a light made to secure as much -as is possible the human family from the blighting influence of Hie liquor t rathe. It would be bad, sutliciently so, were the boys and girls of the advocates of the liquor traflic the only ones that will be thrown under its blighting intlueiice, but this is not so, every other boy and girl, in fact all must suffer the effect that it enjoins Upon the communities effected. MEDIATORS AT WORK tions. I What nhould ho a good sound ! policy for any state to pursue? i Do wo not want tho benefit of In whatever w ay it may bo J competition between public own made manifest, wo are boun. I toorship and private ownership? entertain a high opinion of tho j Will not tho people got tho host eilicienov of the r.iitod States results if private capital iroes into Army, whether the occasion be one of war, of assistance in time of disaster, or of sanitation, such as that which" engages the forces at Tera Cru.. We have gone into that Mexi can city as a matter of stern rep- all tho development enterprises possible and when a community can hotter itself lot tho commu nity ho free to install plants for public service. If the policy is established that public utility corporations shall have their values fixed bv the rimand no more unless circum-1 state, and have their power t! stances shall force the issue of ' declare dividends and earn profits war. I.ut already we have begun ! upon the investment curtailed, to perform a mission of mercy it h possible to got any out-; to those people, for it is a morov si(l" mo,li'-v mto development en- to show them bv ,.ra. tical exani-1 U'rl)rist's in a m'w tmny , i i .1 i i settled state? Is there any nub-' 1 pie how thev can live more clean-j i , , " ., i l.i ho utility m making it impossible Ivand consetitientlv more health- . . ., . ,. 1 to get outside capital into Oregon.' : lully. j , The effect of such lesson is Boys Short Course in Agriculture First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Successor to Polk County Hank Paid Capital, - - - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $15,000.00 J. H. V. P.rn.Kli. President; hu ('. I'owkll. Vice Pres. and Cashier; V. K. Smith, Assistant Cashier. Transact. a General Ihtnkiim llusincss DIRECTORS: 1. M. SIMPSON, F. S. POWKU,, Wm. RIDDI'I.l.. Si;., J. It. V. P.UTI.KR, IRA C. POWP.I.I,. June 15-30 In connection with the regular a the Oregon usually lasting; and when we fi nally leave Vera Cru, just, as i i . . t l wlien we loll Havana, tlie none- j sl)mmer S(.Ssion of hcial results oi our having Leon Agricultural College, a two weeks there will remain. The lesson j short course in Agriculture will which the army is now teaching j be given for boys of the Seventh, at Vera Cnf never will be quite I Eighth, and High School grades, forgotton. Portland Telegram. I A special illustrated circular of 1 1G pages has been issued and Overhauling the Public Utilities mailed to all county school super The Oregon Railroad Commis-1 intendents and to city and village The Peace Envoys of Mexico j and the U. S. have met at Ni-j agara, Canada, and are now in session, but as such bodies move slowly it is not likely that any thing definite will be known for some days and perhaps it may be weeks before the final result will be attained. The elimination of Huerta seems to be one of the points that will be insisted upon, but unless the commission hurries up its work, it is possible thut the Constitutionalists will elimi nate the Mexican dictator before the envoy gets around to it. However if the com mission can arrange terms by which peace can be established in Mex ico and the United States army withdrawn honorably from Mex ican territory they will have done a commendable thing. "In the Service of Humanity" That is a fine utterance from the lips of ex-President Taft a reiteration and an endorsement of that for which President Wil son contends "If we must go into war, let it be understood that it is for the service of hu manity." If those forces that shall de termine either for war or for peace are not unduly influenced by the clamor of jingoism, "in the service of humanity" will be the one paramount considera tion, and we will have no war. The pressure of circumstances, and some of them of malign im port, makes for war, but the out come that will be the greatest triumph for us is to avoid it. Mr. Taft emphasizes the key- sion is engaged in overhauling the records of nearly every pub lic utility corporation in Oregon. In some cities the people want reduced rates. In others the community wants public owner ship. In others it is being done on complaint of individuals, or by initiative of the Railroad Com mission itself. Sixty-two such cases are pend ing before the above commission, which is known by a new law as the Public Utilities Commission, and it has power to employ ex perts to make valuations of the corporate property, to call for the books and records of the corporation, to summon witnes ses, and employ legal experts. In one city in the Willamette Valley this kind of an investiga tion has been going on for over a year. A water company that for over twenty years never declared a dividend and has lost money for several groups of citizens who were owners, at last de clared a good dividend in 1913 when it made some money. Pending this investigation the company has suspended all bet terments or extensions. There are two objects in hav ing this company overhauled. There is a strong movement in this particular city for public ownership, and the Public Utility Commission is used to beat down the purchase price which the owners ask for the property. The other purpose is to show that the water company should not earn over eight per cent dividend in any one year. If the business of this corpora tion is taken over a period of twenty or thirty years, and for half that period no earnings were made, but all the earnings and other capital that was borrowed were put into the property, and at last it begins to pay, and then the earnings are limited to eight per cent, what will be the result upon all such properties in Ore gon? -Will it be possible to get cap ital in Oregon or from the east to go into such properties and develop them? If the owners superintendents and principals. Copies may be secured of them or of the director of the summer school. Prof. E. D. Ressler, Cor vallis, Oregon. The Circular contains a de scription of the instruction to be given, full information in regard to R. R. rates, cost of board and room, supplies and clothing to be brought by boys, method of ap plication for enrollment, etc. There are also pictures of the boys of last year's course jn class, laboratory, field, swimming pool, on hikes and at games. Thirty five boys, representing over a dozen counties, attended the first session. Accomodations for one hundred boys are provided this year. Four to five hours each day, including Saturday, are devoted to study and the remainder of the time to play, with Wednes day and Saturday afternoons free. A general leader, assisted by three to five senior or graduate college boys, will keep careful oversight of the boys day and night, both to keep them from getting into mischief and to see that each boy gets his share of all the work and fun. The boys will be organized into groups, ac cording to age and development, for both the instruction and play. Each group will have one of these leaders who will be a sort of big brothers. Any boy in Oregon is eligible, but not more than one will be ac cepted from one district or ward school in the towns so long as there are applicants from schools not represented. All applicants must be approved by the county or town superintendent, both as to character and ability to profit by the course. No tobacco users will be accepted. Boys, teachers, parents or others who may be interested should secure a copy of this circular. FREE Special for May and June An extra pair of trousers made to order from same goods or goods of same price with every suit of tailor-made garments sold during May and June. Suits sold at same low list as before this offer. P. H. Johnson, MONMOUTH, - - OREGON V. O. BOOTS Fire, Life and Casualty INSURANCE Losses Promptly Paid on DC on an If You Buy Before Getting Our Prices We Both Lose We are in position to furnish you first class material as follows: Lumber, Shingles, Doors and Windows, Mouldings, Lath, Lime, Plaster, Cement, Brick, Sawed and Split Cedar Posts, Slabwood, Wall Board. Also a large assortment of Screen Doors, Window Screens, Window Weights and Cord. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Phone Main 202. - - Monmouth, Oregon W. F. SCOTT Contractor and Builder All kinds of Carpentering and Repair Work done in a workman-like manner. Let me figure with you on that new building you are soon intending to erect. Bargains In Land We have concluded to engage in the Real Estate Business, but different from others. We propose to bring buy er and seller together, If they trade our remuneration to bo 2 1-2 per cent. I am in touch with many prospective buyers and traders. Consult me. I have lands that can be bought or traded almost anywhere you desire it. Washington Lands 80 acres. 9 miles north of Goldendale, 12 acres cleared, mostly in apples, 60 acres good land, balance ' rocky; good house and barn. 320 acres, 3 miles from Centerville, prairie land, 225 acres under plow, part of land is second swale, part of unculti vated land can be plowed, the balance is pasture hind; hog-tight fences, most ly new; well, springs, windmill and tank, house, new barn and other build ings. Owner does not need cash and has farm machinery to sell on reason able terms. 120 acres, 10 miles north of Golden dale. 8 acres under plow, Hi acres slashed and burned. 200 to 225 hearing fruit trees. 300 more two year old apples. All good land and lies nearly level. Irrigating ditch and good creek. There are 1000 cords of wood standing. Large 7 room house, bam. Price $6,000, mortgage of $000. Will trade for im proved ranch of equal value. The timber soil is volcanic ash and red shot, and it is suitable for all kinds of fruit, berries, alfalfa, grain, pota toes, etc. Land is easily cleared, as the timber is scattering, in some cases the timber will pay for the cost of clearing, and an average cost is $25 per acre. Oregon Lands 172 acres, one and one-half miles out of town. 108 acres, 5 miles out of town. 84 acres, in town, to trade or sell. If I haven't got what you want I'll get it for you. Call and see me or write to S. II. HINKLE, Monmouth, Orkoon.
