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The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor &, Publisher Enteral m Mcon4-clM matur Swtanhv 1 19t. tt th post oAk at Monmouth, Orwon. under tha Ad of March t Itnt. IHSUKD EVKKY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year . . $1.50 Six months . 75 cU Three months . 60 cU Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, APR. 14. 1916. REGULATING RAILROADS The Standard Oil company Las been a prosperous institu tion Bince it was officially busted a few years ago. On the con trary the railroads of the com 1 . . puny nuve 1101 iirosperi'd since it was recognized that they were a monopoly hik! were put under the Htrict regulation of the In terstate Commerce com mission Regulation of the railroads by the government has worked to thwart their energies ami para I.vbh their growth. Since their receipts are ollicially fixed und their expenses constantly on the increase they have been squeezed until they are now in no envia ble condition. Until the gov eminent goes to work to make a fixed rate for employee's wages there can he no great expansion in railroad development in this country. If the above has proved any thing it has proved that regit lation is effective to curb a mo nopoly. T( .1. . r. 1 . .. ii iue standard Uil company wag in charge of a similar com unsown wun an ouicial price set at which petroleum products ' could lie sold there would be no such thing as 20 cent gasoline T. 1 11 noes not cost any more to produce gasoline than it did a year ago. These are some of the things the above facts bring out: that regulation of corporations is ef fective while an effort to make large concerns return to the primitive methods of competi tion by legal action is au all around failure. Brother Clark of the Indeien- jdence Enterprise has told us of .u number of thiugs that he will not do. if elected to the legis lature. Now while the people MUSHROOM TESTS. Not One of Them I AbMluttly Safe, Ooclaroi n Exptrt "There i no absolutely safe, ren- erul or single, inmular test which C1--F I I ire assembled, would be a good 'fan applied to mushroom grow- time for our brother to enumer-! if " Ui Z 1 Berry in the iviciitinc American. ate a few things lie will do if (Mr. Berry ridicules the popular be- eiecieu 10 uie legislature. Aikici id uie usuui icn ucii-ui yui little positiveness does wonder fully become a man. If there is an indication of a man's popularity in the racket made by the scrap iron orchestra which welcomes him home from his wedding tour, a respected Monmouth citizen must be deep ly intrenched in the hearts of his fellowtownsmen. The aggravating thing of it is that the time when the fish ari biting uud garden making time always come at the same season. TODAY IS YOURS. Most any old thing serves as a pretext to raise prices these days and once in a while there is one in which the WHrdoes not enter. For instance the fruit dealers say the California crop has been ruined by late rains and tho prices of all kinds of products on hand are to bo raised for fear of a shortage. The worst part of it is that it is the jobber who is getting the profit and the retailer and the grower are not remembered. The graduation at the normal and the opening of tho summer school will bring many people to Monmouth, some of whom might be induced to stay for a longer acquaintance. Monmouth is naturally a pretty place but it is good sense and good business to put the best foot first in wel coming these guests. It is none too early to arrange your cleiyi up program. Prii It, For Ytstorday I Gona and Tomorrow May Navar Coma. The best thins vou have in this world i todav. Here it is. a won- derful treasure, a marvelous jewel. Its yours; nil yours. Its in your hands. What are vou coins to do ..1 .. . c --o -- - Willi it Today you can be hunnv. not ves terday nor tomorrow. There is no Happiness except today's. Most of our nnserv is Inft over from yesterday or borrowed from tomorrow. Keep today clean. Make up your mind to enjoy your food, your work, vour nlav. todav anyhow. lime is not divided into three parts, past, present and future. There is only one real time. It is now. You can do anvthin? if vou'll only go ut it a day at a time. Don't let life mass against you. Attack it in detail and you cun easi ly triumph. "Oh, but I can't help thinking of the past! And one must plan for the future." To be sore; only forget not that it is not the past that determines the present: it is the nresent th.it determines the pust. llie past is what we nmkp of it. It is the temper of the present that qualifies it. It all depends upon how vou now consider it., ulietlior it bring you despair or discourage ment. Suck out its wisdom, keen its lea. sons, utilize its experience, make of all those things dements of present ii . 1 power, mu lorget its septic quali ties. Don't let tho past unman you, benumb vou with remorse, wpnken you with self contempt. The poet says we rise by stepping on our dead selves, and, as for the future, the best preparation for it is an unafraid today. n hat ever lulls VOU hnve to rlimh whatever bridges vou have to rms whatever enemies are lying in wait for you, whatever crises are to be nipt. Villi ran Kin nn lwifn ;.,... 1 for them than by living this day soundly, cheerfully and free from tear. Apprehensions, premonitions, wnr. ries, these are the Doison ,J . .... o- - our ioe, me future. If you are to die tomorrow the best way to be ready is to discharge faithfully today's duties and to en joy heartily today's simple pleas ures. Todnv in viinrs ClnA l.n , to you. All your yesterdays he has taken back. All your tomorrows are still in his hands. Today is yours. Take its pleas nres and be glad. Take its pains and play the man. Today is yours, just a little Btrip "i upn oeiween two darknesses. soiious toadstool can be distin guished from edible mushrooms. It if not true, he says, that a sil ver spoon placed in a vessel in which tiny are cooking will discolor if poi sonous fungi are present and re main bright if all in the pan are edible, for the deadliest of mush rooms if freshly gathered will not discolor a spoon, while the most in nocent will discolor it if decomposi tion has set in. Neither is it true that if a mush room has a pleasant odor and taste or if the stem be solid or the skin readily peeled from the flesh it is edible, and the salt water test is equally valueless, for the deadly amanita will be unaffected by salt. Again, some of the deadliest of toad stools have the same pink gills a- the innocuous field mushroom. It is especially in the "button" stare that it is dillieult to distin guish poisonous from edible mush rooms, for the most deadly amanita rarely reveals its poison cup in this staire. "There is," acording to Mr. Ber ry, "but one form of mushroom which can safely be recommended to the world at large, to the un thinking who recognize no danger, the puff ball. And even this should not be gathered at either extreme of its existence, since in its button stage it may be confounded with the amanita, and when beyond maturi ty it may be infested with maggots too tiny to notice until they have made the eater ill. "It is true that one may not heed warnings and yet possibly live after catina poisonous mushrooms if one soak them lengthily in brine or vinegar and pour this off before cooking. This, however, destroys the delicate flavor of the mush room which makeB it the coveted morsel centuries of epicures have declared 11 to be. But the wise man. savs Mr. Berrv. will either make a serious study of fund or will rely on the iudirment of a trained mvcoWist or will t f D avoid wild mushrooms entirely and grow his own. An Only Child. Being "an only child" is usually regarded as a piece of good luck. Recent investigations show that it is just the opposite. Of nearly 300 "only children" that the investiga tors examined only twenty were pleasant, normal boys and girls. The trouble with most of them was that they were selfish and ill tem- pered, and either because they were unwilling to make concessions or did not know how to make them they were unable to get on pleasant ly with their playmates. Their par ents had spoiled them. The moral seems to be for fathers and moth ers rather than for children. Exchange. DOLLARS Portland to Los Angeles and Return is the round trip rate to Los Angeles. Six months return limit with stopovers. Thesprng is a delightful time to go. Southern California Beaches are at their best Nice warm sunny days making bathing ideal. Choice of beaches, Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Venice, Redondo, Long Beach and Newport are all within a few minutes ride of Los Angeles. Remember that the beautiful Panama -California Exposition is open all the year. Many of the best exhibits from the Panama-Pacific Exposition have been taken to San Diego mak ing this fair bigger and better than ever. ' Write for our booklet on San Diego and Southern California Ask local agent for further bilormaHon or write John M. Scott. General Paiaenger Agent Portland, Ore. Southern Pacific CITY MEAT MARKET GEORGE SULLIVAN, Manager Always on Hand: Fresh and Smoked Meats, Bologna, Minced Hams, Boiled Hams, Ham and Bacon Fresh Fish on Fridays The highest cash price paid for poultry, veal and all kinds of hides. Free Delivery. Monmouth, Phone Main 2302 Oregon C G. GRIFFA, Plumber and Steam Fitter. Carries In Stock Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures and all kinds of Plumb ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise. All orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed MONMOUTH, OREGON (Paid Advertisements.) FOR TREASURER I am a candidate for the office of treasurer on the Republican ticket. Your vote is respectfully solicited at the primary election, May 19. 1916. A. V. R. SNYDER. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY I hereby announce my candi dacy for the republican nomina tion for the office of District At. torney. If nominated and elected. l shall enforce all laws as I find TO THE REPUBLICAN VOT- ERS OF POLK COUNTY lama candidate for Di Attorney of said County, and if nominated and elected, I pledge myself to diligently and faithful ly attend to all the duties per taining to said office, and will fearlessly enforce all the laws in an impartial manner. I respectfully ask your sup port at the primary election - Vli tne 19th of May, 1916. B. F. Swope. iirtnnocoo .. " ""U just a bit of life between two ilceo f WlthUt fear or favor. and doathi. in a just, conseipnriona mon. Today is yours. Use it so that at ! I will give to the County's affairs 1 1 . a goon pniuorni lor some candidate to adopt is the build ing up o( a state school fund but thi9 seems to have been over looked a campaign timber bv the majority. its close vou can sav: "I have lived and'loved todav I" IV. Frank Crane in Pictorial Re-iew. Tomboy. Versteran gives the follow! nri. Kin of the won! "torn bov" a, applied ' 16 m entire time to to romping girls: "Tuni'bo, to dance- i "!5 .you an administration of the the same careful, conscientious attention I would give to the affairs of private clients. I re spectfully solicit VOUr Slinnnrf and if nominated and elected, m aevote my entire timetogiv- NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF POLK COUNTY OREGON I hereby announce myself on the Republican ticket for the of fice of County Clerk, subject to the will of the voters at the Primary Election in Mau a rapecauuy solicit your support. L. V. Macken. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR I hereby announce my candi dacy for the office of County Surveyor on the republican ticket, subject to the will of the mem bers of that party at the primary m May. I solicit the support of all republicans throughout Polk county, assuring each that if I am nominated and pWoH rbo duties encumbent upon the coun ty surveying will be given the very best attention. Efficiency, Economy and Im partiality is my motto. WM. A. ("BILL") HIMES 1 i 1 ; , wince, turn bod, danced: hereof we vet call a wench tlmt il-mo, . in vl it-apeia ivKe a boy, a tomboy; our nim alxo of tumbling cometh from b,se." affairs of this office such reward you for the trust and con fidence placed in me. Walter L Tooze, Jr. TO THE VOTERS OF POLK COUNTY I hereby announeo onif . candidate for the office of County Treasurer, on tho .nM!- ticket, subject to the will of the voters at the primary election in May and respectfully solicit your support Mrs. Winnie Braden. TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS Having been urged by ' my friends to azain hpmn o nnA. w hvwuuiv u vniiu date for commissioner and hav ing acceded to their dpmand. I most respectfully ask the support of all republicans in the 'primary May 19. My past record is my only platform. G. A. WELLS. FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR I herebv fl n fl fill r n a wit Aon. Jidacyonthe republican ticket for the office of county assessor of Polk county, and solicit the Support Of all reDubl.Vnn aWfnrs in the primary. C S. GRAVES.