Woman's Day at Grange
cziocd
The oroerara given by the wo
men at the regular grange meet
ing last Saturday afternoon was
good, demonstrating that in that
field the ladies could handle their
share equally as well as the men.
The program was announced in
last week's Herald and as a sam
ple of its fulfillment we present
the paper by Mrs. E. R. Ostrom,
entitled: "The Grange as an In
fluence on the Questions of the
Day." :
The Grange, . as I understand
it, is an organization of the high
est order, originating among
the tillers of the soil for the pur
pose of progress in all things per
taining to the betterment of hu
manity. Co-operation is our watchword
and the sooner we realize this
and practice it the better will it
be for us, for we will never get
a square deal until we demon
strate to the powers that be that
we can stand together and de
mand our rights.
The tendency of too many of
us, I fear, has been to think only
of the Grange as a pleasant meet
ing place, a place to get a fine
dinner and have a good social
time and to regard with indiffer
ence the principal purpose of the
order, which is mutual benefit
and protection.
We are often told that the
farmer is no business man. We
know that he has the longest
hours of any other class of work
ers; that he is the least organ
ized and that he will not co
operate. Big business which is
so very successful (in fleecing the
iarmerj is thoroughly organized
and co-operates to the fullest ex
tent Small business competes
and a large per cent of it fails;
just as farmers have failed be
cause they are all
vveaejv VSllg
against each other instead of
standing together and working
for the common good of all.
I see in the Grange creat nossi.
bilitiesin an educational way.
for we are. beginning to think
and to realize that here is the
place to bring our problems: not
only the simple ones that come
to all of us in our every day work
on the farm, but the great ques
tions of the day which we have
heretofore left for the press and
the politician to decide for us,
must be dealt with intelligently
and understanding, for it is in
these things that Big Business
takes advantage of us and we
pay for it good and plenty simp
ly because we haven't taken time
to investigate and decide wheth
er they are in our interest or not.
No matter how efficient an in
dividual farmer may become in
his line, how cheaply he may
have learned to produce his crops
or how bountiful his crops may
be, it will not insure his perman
ent prosperity nor benefit his
brother farmers unless he also
acquires the right to set his
price and see that he gets all
that his product is worth.
We will never get an efficien t
rural credit system until we de
cide exactly what will best meet
our need3, then work altogether
No. 10,071
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
First National Bank
At Monmouth, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business,
on June 30, 1916.
l.
2.
3.
23,572.51
1,200.00
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $111,942.60
Overdrafts, unsecured. . . . 210.07
U. S. bonds:
U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 15,000.00
4. Bonds, securities, etc.: .
Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal
savings deposits...' $ 2,000.00
e Securities other than U. S. bonds, (not including
stocks) owned unpledged 21'672'
6. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank '..$ 2,400.00
IR nmnnnr linnniH 1,200.00
7. Value of banking house (if unencumbered) tm'nn
8. Furniture and fixtures J'JJJJ
10. Net amount due from Federal Reserve bank o.uw.w
11. Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New
. York, Chicago, and St. Louis 2-310"
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in
other reserve cities 47,701.89
12. Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than
InttluHoH in lfl rtr "
Outside checks and other cash items
Fractional currency, nickels, and cents
Notes of other national banks homoo
Coin and certificates iim
ai. Legal-tender notes
21. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from
U. S. Treasurer $235,235.28
Total
LIABILITIES.
, $ 30,000.00
. Capital stock paid in in 000.00
26. Surplus fund
14,700.00
1,500.00
50,012.88
939.37
262.10
950.00
750.00
127,828.89
3.354.33
27. Undivided profits
28. Circulating notes outstanding ........
32. Dividends unpaid....
Demand deposits: -
33. Individual denoaita subject to check
-i t 0,UUtuu
34. Certificates of deposit due in less than SO clays .j
36. Cashier's checks outstanding..... 425.80
38. Postal savings deposits iiw 117 13
40. Total demand deposits, Items 33, 34, 36, ''1St,m'
Time deposits (payable after 30 days, or subject to
days or more notice) t, 39,251.98
41. Certificates of deposit........... $235, 235. 28
Total
State of Oregon,
i,
County of folk, f 88 ." . AnUemnU
, W. E. Smith, Cashier of the above-nan -
wear that
r oi we -- . .. ,
the above statement is true to the best of my wowg
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th 4"j BROWN,
' , ... - Notary Public
My commission expires September 28, 1916.
- CORRECT-A""
. n Daw0T.L
Here is This Store's Platform
Day In and Day Out, Told in Three Short Sentences
A Higher Standard of Quality
A Higher Standard of Value
A Higher Standard of Service
Which U only another way of
saying that we sell the right
merchandise at the right price
in the right way.
THE MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO.
which pays highest prices for farm products
ollCTOPliC
hoc
3 O CZ30C3BO (
30C
for it. Other governments loan
money direct to the farmer and
we must demand, that our gov
ernment does the same.
Our parcels post system Was
gained only after a hard fight
extending over a period of twen
ty years and it is going to be , a
constant struggle with the ex
press companies to retain it as it
is or to improve it
As grangers we should protest
m no uncertain terms against
the criminal gambling in wheat
futures in our great financial
centers, where for every bushel
of wheat actually handled, 300
bushels are gambled in futures.
No wonder the farmer doesn't
see the prosperity the papers tell
us is his.
The position the national
grange has taken on the prepar
edness question is certainly com
mendable and should be an in
spiration to all as well as a warn
ing to the plutocrats who would
burden us with more and more
taxes unnecessarily for their own
private gain.
This instance proves that farm
ers can stand together on a great
national issue, especially when it
is a question of increasing taxes.
The amount of influence these
grange decisions will have on
legislation will depend largely on
the number of men we send to
Congress whom we can trust to
look after the farmer s interest
and it naturally follows that the
number of men we send there
will depend on the way . we co-
iperate on election day. We
should vote for the principal,
rather than for the man and for
true democracy that ever plac
es human rights over property
rights and has for its goal the
co-operative commonwealth.
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Trains into Monmouth
L've Portland 7:15, a m, Gerlinger 10:33, Independence 11, Monmouth 11:10
" Salem 9:45, "
" " 1:40, pm Dallas 2:55.. " 3:20
4:00, " Gerlinger 4:38, Independence 4:55, Monmouth 6:05
6:15, " " 7:00, " 7:20, " 7:30
" Portland 3:20, Connects with above
" Corvalli8 6:45, am Independence 7:85. . . . Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1:15, pm " 2:20 " 2:30
" Dallas 7:00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
" Airlie 8:30, a m and 8:55, p m. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 a m and 4:30 p m
Leave Independence, 7, am, 7.35, 8.45, 11, p m 1.30, 2.20, 3, 4.15, 4.55, 7.20
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:15 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
- " Same as Bbove ' Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:W), pm, ." 2:14, , " 2:27, Salem 3:15
"Same as above ,, ... , Portland 5:55
" Monmouth 4:35, " 4:55, " 5:10, Salem 6:00
" 9:05, am Dallas 10;10 " 11;10
" ' 4;30, pm 4.55, 6;00
" ' " 9;05, a m, Independence 10;50, Corvallis 11 ;50 .
' ' " 5;10, pm, " 7;15, , " 8;15
" " 7;25 a m and 3;20 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 3 ;50 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.15, a m, 8.15 9.05, 11.15, 1.60, 2.35, 3.20, 4.35, 5.10, 7.35
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