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The Herald D. L ST1TT, Editor. BnUnd m Mcund-clua matur SapUmbar 1. 1, t tht pot affie at Monmouth. Oraron. undw tlx et of Mural 1K7V suggested oao5, with the IKHl'KD RVEKY t'KIDAY Subscription Rate One year $1.50 Six months 75 eta . Three months - 50 eta Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915. JOHN BARLEYCORN'S RACE It took the United States 75 years to produce a solitary pro hibition state, standing alone, and it took Maine 29 years or until 1880 to produce the second state. After nine years North Dakota i-anie in. These three states were followed a year later by North Carolina and Missis sippi which in turn was followed in 11)09 by Tennessee, and West Virginia came in in 1912. Next came Virginia, Colorado, Ore gon, Washington and Arizona, and during the present year Arkansas, Alabama, Idaho am Iowa have gone dry, making 18 slates in all. This should be a good starter but during the past year Russia has banished vodka, France has quit aiisintiie, ueimany ner beer, and England has quit her strong drink. War has ban ished strong drink in the old world and big business is doing it up in the new world. John liarlovcoi n s race is about run and the world is looking forwar to its close. The Bureau Of Invention And Development The Scientific American has so often felt itself called upon to criticise the policy of the present heady of the Navy that it affords us very real pleasure to endorse Mr. Daniel's plan for the crea tion of a Bureau of Invention and Development. The scope and plan of this movement are laid down by the Secretary in his letter to Thomas A. Edison, asking him to join the new board, in which he says "One of the imperative needs o the Navy, in my judgment, is machinery and facilities for utilizing the natural inventive genius of Americans to meet the new conditions of warfare as shown abroad, and it is my in tention if a practical way can be worked out as I think it can be to establish at the earliest mo ment a Department of Invention and Development, to which all ideas and suggestions, either from the service or from civilian inventors, can be referred "for determination as to whether they contain practical suggestions for us to take up and perfect. We, of course, receive many sugges tions, but our only way of handling them at present is to leave them to various bureaus already overcrowded with rou tine work, and it is not always possible to give the necessary attention to propositions that are not so definitely worked out as to make them immediately available for the service " In announcing that he would accept theSecretar'y innovation, Mr. Edison made a suggestion, the importance of which, in its bearing upon the proposed board of invention, cau scarcely be over-estimated. He that in connection Secretary's Hoard there should be a department of experimenta tion, provided with the necessary mildings and plant and a corps of ellicient men qualified to carry on experimental work under the irection of those who have made suggestions that have re ceived the endorsement of the board. ! Now, the idea of enlisting the nventive gifts of the whole na-; tion in the service of the Navy, by specific governmental in vita-1 tion and encouragement is thor-, oughly sound in principle, and.j if properly worked out, should : prove to be thoroughly practical i and a most useful aid to the de- j velopment of nuval material. In Germany the spirit of this movement, if not its definite ollicial recognition, has long been at work, with results in scientific and mechanical elli ciency which have astonished the world. Great Britain is lending ear to suggestions of the same character as uttered by II. G. Wells and by Prof. Ramsay. Nobody understands better than Mr. Daniels and the tech nical experts of the Navy that the composition of the Board of Inventions and Developments is matter calling for much thought and great discretion. That it should be highly expert goes without saying; for its voice should be so authoritative as to make its decision not only final, but convincing. The work of the board will not be less; it will be Hooded with suggestions ranging all the way from the crudest and most impractical ideas to those of the highest practical utility; and the task of detecting and sifting out those suggestions which have more or less promise utility, and of de termimng from the inventions, as thus selected, which are of such importance as to call for im mediate and very thorough test and development by the suggested department of experi mentation, will be one calling for cool and unbiased judgment and a mind absolutely free from all prejudice against the inventor as such. Scientific American We are off- oIlCHOCDltc )l )oCJOIZDo1l( ZZ3QI ZZ3lC30Dlo Loughary of the Elkins School tied for third place. These people have also com pleted the six months work in the Dairy Herd Record Work and made some excellent reports of which the College states they are the best they have , received. They will also be barred from the County Contest but will enter the State Contest There is nothing sentimental with the way Germany is deal ing with her enemies. She has melted up the lion she and Eng land erected on the battlefield of Waterloo and is throwing it at them. Industrial Club Work in Polk County In Division 1 of the Foultry Contest, Industrial Club Work, which ended July 1st in this County, the first three places were won as follows: Hazel Bur- sell of the Mistletoe School, 1st place; Monroe Cooley of the Bethel School, 2nd place; Perry Smith of the Smithfield School 3rd place. These three people will be barred from entering the County Contest this fall in this Division but will be allowed to compete in the State Contest They have completed the six months work and have made some most ex cellent reports. In the Dairy Herd Record Work, Alfred Loy of the Buena Vista School won 1st place; Carl Dodson of the Elkins School, 2nd place and Mary Rand of the Ballston School and Frank On ad-writing this week, but we are not off on Goods and Quality. Call in when you need anything; We'll find time to wait upon you. You need our goods; We need your money; The benefit is mutual. MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO. Monmouth, Oregon Himes Engineering Co. Surveying and Platting Estimates furnished on Drainage and Irrigation Work. Phone 502. Dallas, Ore. W. F. SCOTT Contractor and Builder All kinds of Carpentering and Re pair work neatly done. Let me figure with you on thai new building youare going to have built. SIBLEY & EAKIN ABSTRACTERS 515 Court Street, Dallaa, Oregon Acomblete set of abrtracts of Polk Co, Established in 1889. WALTER G. BROWN Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc Newport Oregon's Popular Beach Resort An ideal outdoor retreat Hunting, fishing, boating, surf bathing, etc. Interesting visiting points in the neighbor hood. Convenient camping grounds, electric light, pure water Low Season and Week-End Round Trip Excursion Fares Two Daily Train From Albany Ask for illustrated folder "Newport" giving list of hotels, rates, etc Two A Visit to the World Expositions at San Francisco and San Diego is an event of a life-time and one you cannot afford to miss Special Fares in July to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego on certain dates Low Round Trip Fares Daily with stop-overs in either direction Four Fine Trains Daily in Each Direction Stop-Overs at Expositions All tickets to the East via California permit stop-overs at San Francisco and Los Angeles to see the Expositions Ask nearest Agent for "California and Its Two World Expositions" "Way Side Notes Shasta Route." SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. 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