The Herald
RICHARD B. SWENSON
Editor &, Publisher
Enteral m Mcon4-clM matur Swtanhv 1 19t.
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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.