FULFILLING A WISH
wish the world were better! Lt
nfc'Hy(mhRttodo
(v,,. watch upon your actions, keep
them always atraight and true;
d our mind of selfish notions, let
,0ur thoughts be clean and high,
To0"can make a little Eden of the
sphere you occupy.
to .ou wh the world were wiser?
ffoll, suppose you make a start
Bf accumulating wisdom In the scrap
book of your heart
to not waste one page on folly; live to
kani and learn to live,
I( ,ou want to give men knowledge you
must get it ere you give.
to you wish the world was happy?
Then remember day by day
just to scatter seeds of kindness as you
pass along the way;
For the pleasure of the many may be
ofttimes traced to one,
As the hand that plants the acorn shel
ters armies from the sun.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
fflU INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
New Payrolls, Improvements and
Factories and Enterprises that
Will Give Labor Employment,
and Matters Affecting Indus
tries and Investments.
Salem, Oregon, Aug. 9.
The Columbia Highway between
Astoria and Portland will be
opened to travel August 12.
The third annual corn show of
the 0.-W. R. & N. Company will
u .nA fV.ii! voof at Walla Walln
ue iiem inio jv' " .........
Millions of Norwegian herring
i o- i t
came into Siuslaw Bay for the
first time in 8 years.
Business is better says D. W.
Campbell, assistant general man
ager, of the Southern Pacific
Company. .
Douglas County Fair will be
held September 15-16-17.
It is reported that a California
company is taking over the
mining on The Sixes River, Curry
county, and according to present
preparations will have between
150 and 200 men at work in the
course of a few months
pn,Hor wia Mnio niano tn
increase its force 20 per cent in
anticipation of large orders.
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Reports say Hood River apple
crop will be short 30 to 40 per
cent this year.
Scenic highway to the rim of
Crater Lake has been finished.
Salem Commercial Club is
working to establish a broom
factory at Salem.
Bond & Gargett, owners of the
Gold Run mine, located on the
; southwest slopes of Red moun
tain, are planning to install ten
stamps, according to a report
; that comes from Baker hills.
; The Newport Ice & Fish Com
pany made a shipment of ten
tons of halibut to Portland.
C A. Parker, representing
New York capitalists is reported
to be leasing land for oil test
Purposes in Coos County.
! The Southern Pacific has an
nounced that it will make 30.000
yard fill on big trestle near Co-
quille.
There has been talk of a shoe
factory locating in Salem.
A $100,000 mausoleum will be
erected in Portland. .
Sixty-three lumber cargoes left
Astoria in .Tnlv with a total of
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46.857,094 feet including rafts.
Medford-12,000 acres . have
tarn signed up for an irrigation
Project
Pendleton has commenced con
struction of a $9,000 steel bridge.
Grants Pass-T. M. Anderson
brought in a piece of quartz as
hi as two fists, apparently one
naif gold.
A $2,000 swimming establish-
ment is completed at Eugene
extensive onpti. t ,
extensive operatwns for gold in I
" -""'"iiiit;s Vt Soon hpmn I
onbouth Inlet, C j
t IKTlinn'n O fAA A.rt i. 1
"uScb uw.uw gallon res-
ervoir wi bp rpa,i t...
- muj use
August 15 according to reports.
use
National Forest. Take in $2..
500,000
The National Foists
into the United States Treasury
J.. ' f . .
uurmg me nscai year ended June
30, 1915, nearly $2,500,000, an
increase of more than $40,000
over the receipts of the previous
year, according to a statement
just issued by the Forest Service.
The timber sales, which amount
ed to $1,164,000 yielded on ac
count of the depressed condition
of the lumber industry ahont
$79,000 less than those of the
previous fiscal year, but the train
was- made possible by larger
revenues from other sources. The
grazing receipts, which totaled
$1,125,000, increased $127,000
over last year, and the water
power receipts, which amounted
to not quite $90,000, snowed an
increase of nearly $42,000. ,
The demoralization of the tur
pentine industry on account of
the war's curtailment of the
naval stores market caused the
receipts from the sale of turpen
tining privileges on the National
Forests to drop about $9,000, as
fins iasi '
The sale of special use permits,
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under which all sorts of enter
prises, from apiaries to whaling
stations, are operated on the
Forests, yielded nearly $78,000,
an increase of $9,000 over last
year. There was a decrease of
nearly $37,000 in the revenue de
rived by the settlement of tres
pass cases in which Government
timber had been cut without in
tent to defraud, the revenue from
this source being only a little
more than $3,000. More than
$7,000, however, was collected
from other timber trespass cases
Grazinz trespass cases yielded
nearly $6,000. an increase of
about $1,000; occupancy trespass
cases, wnicn occurreu hi
. f Hlstri,ts.
of the seven forest districts,
tivmpd in something less than
$250; about $60 was derived from
turpentine trespass cases, ana
$660 from fire trespass cases, the
latter being more than $7,000 less
than the amount collected m the
previous fiscal year for damage
to Government property inrougu
fires carelessly or wilfully started
in or near National Forests.
Some Flax Facts
A (wat deal of interest has
k ornnspd over the .flax in
dustry which is being attempted
on a small scale in Oregon this
season. Flax of the finest quality
of fiber can be grown muregon-
of that there is no doubt u re
quires expert treatment, how
ever, to prepare it
It has been claimed that nax
depletes the soil and is a land
robber" Investigation proves
that this is not the case exactly
Flax does not use up the plant
foodundulybutafteratimeit
appears to infect the soil with
I". Flax should fall into a
..,io. Nation, if grown at an.
Probably it is not the intention
, iL. a nmmnters to urge nax
OI fcllv 11A r 1 . Tl,
production on a large scale. Labor
in most nax-prouu -- ---
. .. v,D.n Macninery
is very ",tut" . . i
wantingtodo the stripping
fectively. However,
al have believed that some flax
n be grown and handled by in
mates of the state penitentiary
profitably. It would not inr
fere with free labor and might
Silon a useful industry, fur-
r.-.fi.U t
especially to begin witT
Farmer.
Final Figures for Alaska's Min
eral Production in 1914
Alaska produced aolA in 1014
to the value of $15,704,259, an
increase of about $140,000 over
that of the previous vpr. In
1914, 21,450,628 pounds of copper
were produced m Alaska, com
pared with 21,659,958 pounds in
1913. The value of Alaska's total
mineral production for 1914 is
$19,118,080; that of 1913 was
$19,476,356. This decrease is
due to the low price of copper in
1913. It is estimated that up to
the close of 1914 Alaska has pro
duced minerals to a total value
of $268,150,000, of which $244,
156,000 represents the value of
the gold output. These statistics
are taken from a report by Al
fred H. Brooks, of the United
States Geological Survey, which
is now in press.
Some Lost Motion
A Philadelphia mathematician
has figured it out that the tele
phone companies lose 125 hours
work every day through the use
of the word "please" by all op
erators and patrons. Another
has discovered that the froth on
the beer pays the freight But
as yet no one ha3 estimated the
total horse power wasted in
swallowing cigarette smoke and
forcing it through the nose in
stead of blowing it from the
mouth. -Newark News.
Odd Fishing.
It is said that ' at one time the
Icelanders taught tame bears to
jump into the sea and catch seals.
In China birds do equally well, for
at signal thev dive into the lakes
and bring up large fish grasped in
their bills. In lirecce the ustier
branches of pine steeped
in nitch and lichted. The inhab
itants of Amorgos used cypress
lpsivpd cedar, which served, when
lighted, as a lure, and the Chinese
fish in the night witn wnue painieu
boards placed in a manner to reflect
the rays of the moon upon the wa
tor These attract the fish to the
Knot whtm thft men cast a large net
and seldom fail to draw out consid
erable quantities. Anchovies are
fished for in a similar manner.
Whin th Houia Takt Fira.
Used early, a glass of water has
more value than a fire brigade. If
the amount of water at hand is lim
ited it should be thrown by handfuls
rather than in a single dash. t A
bucket of water and a broom to
sprinkle it constitute a good ex
tinguisher for a starting fire. Don't
throw water at the blazemuch
less at the smoke but upon the
material from which the blaze
comes. A coat, a rug, a bed cover,
or a few pounds of flour can be used
to smother a small blaze, and a
fpntlipr bed will choke a quite ra
pacious fire.-Exehange. '
Dr. M. J. Butler
DENTIST
Everything New
Over the Post Office
Phone :
Office 3304
Residence 3211
Monmouth, Oregon
SIBLEY & EAK1N
ABSTRACTERS
515 Court Street, D1U, Oregon
Acomblete set of abrtracU of Polk Co.
Established in 1889.
WALTER G. BROWN
Notary Public
Blank Deeds. Mortgages. Etc.
Dr. Laura Colby Price.
Office and Residence North
east corner of Clay and Broad
streets.
vwv cnp. une older things
it must be raised in mnAl
pi, inr-( -;r ,g
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
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Books, Tablets, Inks, Pens, Envelopes,
Paper and all kinds of writing material
CONFECTIONERY and SOFT DRINKS
Fancy Candies, Nuts, Cigars and Smokers Supplies
Try us for Paints and Oils, and get our prices on Carpets and Rugs,
or Furniture before purchasing elsewhere.
P. H. JOHNSON,
Monmouth, Oregon
Livery and Feed Stable
I G. W. SULLIVAN, Proprietor. ;-
Rigs to Let and horses for Hire
All Kinds of Transferring Done Promptly
and on Short Notice .
Monmouth,
Wood Sawed to Order
E. E. RAKE, Successor to W. L. Phillips.
Your wood sawed for you just as you order it done
Phone 3204. Country Orders Solicited.
POULTRY SUPPLY STORE
THOMAS BOULDEN, Proprietor
Keeps on Sale
Best Grade Chic Feed. Best Grade Grit, Bone and
Oyster Shell.
Garden Seeds in Package or in Bulk.
Witt Pay Cash for Eg; and Poultry.
Monmouth, . Oregon
Herald and
umi
Monmouth Grange 476
Meets the Second Saturday In Each
Month at 10:30 A. M.
Public Program at 2:30 P. M. to which
visitors are welcome.
P. O. Powell, Master.
Miss Maggie Butler, Sec.
V. 0. BOOTS
- Fire, Life and Casualty
INSURANCE
Losses Promptly Paid
Oregon
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
Himes Engineering Co.
Surveying and Platting
Estimates furnished on Drainage
and Irrigation Work.
Phone 502. Dallas, Ore.
B. F. SWOPE.
Attorney at Law and Notary
ruwic.
Home Phone:
Office, No. 1320,
Residence, No. 3712.
Office in Cooper building,
Independence, - Oregon
Itta reported that two M-1 ' '