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Monmouth, Oregon.
FKIDAY. JUNK o. I'.Hl.
PITS Tilt: DOLL A P AH KM)
I,;lSt Work Vi f-lllilisllt'd till'
action of tht' Hop i I rowers' A
t'iiil'lv. Tin' assomliU' ('tit forth
reasons which, no tloiihi, look
reasonable mid strong to thciit
lnvauso of their interests, which
are not so eonsi.hTed other
peisons taking a wider view of ;
the situation, or who look at it
trout a tiiftVrent view point.
Tiie aseni liy pt . 1 art ii iiuro
to how the coni'arati ve int;it-ih'.-s
of the Imp industry and
then a-keil: ' Can the Mate af
ford to om tliis industry'.' "e
can by the same force of reason-!
iii!r show the immensity of the
sum spent each yeav for alco
holic l0Yerae;es, which sum ex
ceeds the anitiiint spent for uic.it
or cloihiiii:, or for any one arti
cle that is necessary to the health '.
a 1 o i comfort of the people of the i
nation and ak, Can the l.'nio d !
States afford to stop, or to even i
' j
chock the drink habit?
It is true that a few thousand
persons earn eo I wa for two
to four weeks tluriiiL: the hop-j
picking season, hut will this'
wa'e s.fason, ttic'ether with thej
planting, tending and all other1
benelits derived from the hop iu-
emand for sheep I'eeii ; I 'oiialtl 1 lays, Lav I .in lor. I lioltna
The slieepineli are in Smith. l.eta Woolsey. Violet llt'tl-
,f il,c. arc .nut well. Kuth Miller. Ralph lionnett,
isint'ss because of Iree
If thev were It would he
ill order to examine then lor
brainstorm. In claimine; that
has the dt
i so eooi
1 clover.
UiX b
trade.
'free trade has killed the shee
business, those making -ni-U as
sertions are ti nic to use ii
their liU'J powder and ii ha
rained on Ka-t 'i
been
mi. in.
77) i ' Con.it nirt it;-S'ti' i'fthr Arnni
The I'liiladelplli l 1'ublie Led
ger fails attention to the Army
as a life saver, rather than a life
iMniivr he ei I e er In st.,',1 U
ilt'st o er.
of the Alllel i
in.ttter of course.
of the emu men t is I
has been done at
in Ann) as a
The occa-ion
the work that (',,,.,.
era Lni Vallien
siiu'e (ieneral Fnii.-ton took hold
Vohna Kay, Cirant Kurfonl. Hazel
Ilouser. Kcho 1'ialtlt'rroo, Nora
I loisini;tini, Dora Hoisinton, Kay
Smith, Klaira Stinttotto, Merle L.
Karber.
Hist riot No. .", l'eedee l,eo
Comlron. Florence l.aooy, Miltlretl
Olctnan.
District No. V, Hallst.m Lola
W'inelaiitl. Dlea I'owman, Kitii
Conner, .lennio Vueoin.
District No. 10, Salt Creek
Julia N'lllwoek.
District No. lfi. Airlie-Norma :
Williams, Alfred Wienert, I '.en I
Caue.hey, Stephen Tarter, llultlaj
ieiiert, Douglas l'alkenber, j
l-'.dna Jones, Carl Woods, I
District No. 17, liethel
May Kichanls,
Alvs l'.iuterick
Wilson, .luyson Kri.zel,
l. cki
Hazel
Aliee
Mary
First National Bank
Monmouth, Oregon
Successor to Polk County Kanlf
Paid Capital, - - - $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $15,000.00
.1. H. V. Ktni.Kit, President; litA ('. I'oWKI.L, Nice Pres.
ami Cashier: W. K. Smith, Assistant Cashier.
Transacts a (lateral Banking Hnsltti'ss
DIRECTORS:
1. M. .S.IMPSON, F. S. poVKU W'm. K I DDI'.l.l,, Si; ,
. P.. V. lU'TI.KU, I K. C I'oUT.I.I,.
he further ; Month.
l-ll!es there -hall
hostilities in Mt lco, and cir
cumstances are fr. inline, the hope
iutti the expectation that (here
will not be. the lives saved by
our occupancy of Vera Cm are
undoubtedly many limes molt
than tho-e that were sacrilieed
in taknie posses-ion of the place.
And the loneer we shall remain
there, the more will our exam
ple, our teachiue i.nd our iu
ihienee for life saving as exerted
thlOUIl the Al'liiy I'ceohir el
deiit and appreciated by tin
Mexican people.
The Army ha- done uork like
this before mil on a far 11101
extensive Male. History 1 1 i
made its life-s.ivjn epl iits n
Cuba and the Philippines a
in. itter of common knowledge,
and army training and army
ideal- brought a bout conditions
on tin- Isihuiiisof Panama which
Were essential to the successful
prosecution of the jjreal canai
dustrv make up to the st.ite thei
1 "i,: .i ;. ... ii.i j project. Suiii:niii'r all thes
1..-.- 1,1111.11 is sits l.l t lltil o lit I
people ill money ami lo-t time'.'1
Iie.-ides this there is the harvest
of drunkenness with its accom-j
panintf theft, ijainblinj;, murder- j
inland immorality, imbecility. j
ill health, poverty, sorrow am
distress bnn
drink habit, s
becomes, very
:ht about by the
) that the tjuestioh
appropriate, Can
Ii.,-
matters tot-iher, the Army has
a ercat deal to its credit as a
eon t I'll c t i v e, life-collseivilij:
agency.
( )iie Is moved to Wonder if it
eve!' Will be po-sible to ellliU'ee
on tin- character of service from
the Alhiv; if some time or other
It may not be ma i nta i ned for
the continued prosecution of
constructive work. It hardly
seems possible that th re will be
any other motive for maintain
ing an army than preparedness
ior war. nut in this uav ami ae
of evolution it is so frequently
the ease that the See II I i 1 1 " ly im
possible comes to pass. Port
laud Tide'' l a in.
re-
IV-
meii in
the state afford to retain tht.
uor tralic?
In the case of those who have
invested their money in build
ing and preparing to raise hops,
they took their chances. The
prohibition ijuostion is no new
tiling as tin; temperance advo
cates ha vi,' been at work for the
last half century ami longer,
with an ever increasing force,
and should they have to change
their occupation they still have
their lands and their buildings
will hold hay ami grain just as
well as hops. Mesides it is no
worse for them than it is for
teamsters and stage owners udio
have built up a remunerative
business, when a railroad is
built which destroys, their occu
pation. Powder Got Rained On.
A story has been sent to a
Portland paper stating that ma
ny of the largest sheepmen of
Kastern Oregon arc quitting
business:, free trade being as
signed as the chief cause. It is a
rich joke for sure. Eastern Ore
gon sheepmen secured this year Eighth Grade Graduates For
under free trade from 25 to o() Polk County, May, 1914
per cent more for their wool than District No. 2 Dallas-Rosa
they received last year when the' Gi,solli Foster IIocketti nazel
high tariff was in force. Not in i)UrS(,t Charlie Hayter, Bolton
years has the wool market been ' Stinnette, Frank Dornhecker,
so strong. Not in many years Ernest McCallon, Maggie Odom,
The Philadelphia Ledger
celitlv said : These are the
! when the "small haw
J eohgiess are so small that a
j magnifying glass is needed to
j Ii nd them. There are some of
them still at work, however, in
an attempt to prevent the gov
ernment from making proper
preparations for p r e s e r v i n g
peace. The surest guarantee of
a peaceful settlement of tin: Mex
ican question is the American
warships at Vera Cruzr A right
eous demand, hacked by power
to enforce it, will be respected
twice w here a nation like Mexi
co would disregard all demands,
whether righteous or not, un
less so hacked up.
District No. P.i, Oak drove
Meryl Kitchey.
: District No. 1M. Pcnydalo
Mh'orivo Ueetz, Joe Jennings, Pert
Pee, Clara l.eltleken.
j District No. '12, Fairvievv -
Wilbur Nelson.
District No. 28, Klkins Custer
; Kust.
i District io. liiilepend-
1 , x ' Ik I 'II f
ence i.uiu iuiwy. Keva .Mills,
John Meeker, Dorcas Arrell. P.eryl
I Kobinson, Meatrice Weatherbee,
W alter Smith, Miles Cook, Ora
i l''enton, Floyd Mew ley. Jack
! Foster, l;i.v Duva'.l.
District No. West Salem -
Norien I It'll, Leslie Mine, Clara
; Witcral't.
' District No. .".;, Meuna Vista -i
Marvin Wells. Kdna Schrunk,
ICiilbrrt I.OV, Johtuiie Nash, Krad-
na Smith.
I District No. o-l, Muell (ieorge
Walker.
District No. Hf, Spring Val
ley - Alma Iloldredge.
District No. oil. Popcorn M( n
jiman Mietz.
District No. II. North Dallas -Alma
Mitchell, Leona Mrown.
District No. 57, Falls City
(lien Dann, Percy Snider, Clara
Aikman, Kuth I'wis, Lureti.a
Treat, Fvelyn Johnson, Kmerson
Wonderley, Cecil Muell, (leorge
Wagner, Klizaheth Wagner, Sybil
Wilson, Samu'l Ilalsey, Margaret
Samrnons. Kalph Cook.
District No. 5S, Pioneer Lepiia
Pjlodgett, Velma Curtiss.
District No. 5'J, Cherry (Jrove
Nora Murhaiik.
District No. (50, Oakhurst-
Maurice Selig, Alma Strayer,
Arthur I'aldwiu.
District No. 01, Mountain
view Ksther Mailey, Marion
Miller, Wiilmott Moll, Mildred
Imlah.
District No. (Jl, Valley Junc
tion Flha Parker.
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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
noir
owe
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If You Buy Before Getting
Our Prices We Both Lose
We arc in position to luniish 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 la rye assortment of
Screen Doors, Window
Screens, Window Weights
and Cord.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202.
Monmouth, Oregon
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Darby and Joan.
Tlie nifiiiiiii- nf Imrliy imil Jnim
(itlf nf r(Hllilili:il fllilllfllllll'KH mill InV
us cxi'iiiplitit'cl liy Imrliy iiml .luiin
linsliiiiiil ii ol wife-In mi cllitccnt i ,..,.ir Work
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(('1IIIIWJ' IIMIIIHI. Iippi'lll UIK j
llciiiiiii's .Miilm.Iiu.'. M.'ircli. IT:!."', 11111,1
tltli'il "TIih .Io.vh nf I.ove Never Fir
dot: ii Sunt:." Author Henry Wonilfa
Imil lieeii iippreiilli-eil In .lnlm Imrliy (
Iliii'tlinliiiiiew rinse. ICotiln ml. mnl
employer ;i ml wife foinieil the liel
iiml liel'iiiiif ol the soliK-
NOTICK TO CREDITORS
Notice is heredy given that the un
dirsigned has heen duly appointed ad
rniiiistrator of tin; estate of Senith M
Fulier, deeeaseil, hy the County Court
of the State of Oregon for 1'olk Coun
ty, and has imli(ied.
All persons ImviiiK claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to pre
sent the same duly verified, together
with the proper vouchers therefor, to
the undersigned administrator at his
resilience in City of Monmouth, in said
County, within six months from the
date of this mil ice.
Dated and first published May 2'Jth,
1914.
JOHN FULLFR,
Administrator of the estate of Senith
M. Fuller, deceased.
B. F. Sworn, Attorney.
W. F. SCOTT
Contractor and Builder
All kinds of Ciirpenteriiio; mid
oie in a work-
ike milliner.
Let me figure with you on
that new building you arc
soon intending to erect.
Bargains In Land
We have concluded to engage in the
Real Estate Business, but dill'erent
from others. We propose to bring buy
er and seller together. If they trade
our remuneration to be 2 1-2 per cent.
1 am in touch with many prospective
buyers and traders. Consult me. 1
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 anples, (50
acres good land, balance rocky; good
house and barn.
1520 acres, 3 miles from Centerville,
prairie land, 22f acres under plow, part
of land is second swale, part of unculti
vated land can be plowed, the balance
is pasture land; hog-tight fences, most
ly new; well, springs, windmill and
tank, house, new barn anil other build
ings. Owner does not need ensh and
has farm machinery to sell on reason
able termji.
120 acres, 10 miles north of (inldeii
dale. X acres under plow. Hi acres
slashed and burned. 2110 to 22f bearing
fruit trees. HI 10 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, barn. I'rice $0,000,
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 nil 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.
1(18 acres, 5 miles out of town.
34 acres, in town, to trade or Bell.
If I haven't got what you want I'll
get it for you.
Call and see mo or write to
S. H. 1IINKLE,
Monmouth,
Okicgon.