GRAW HARVEST EQUIPMENT
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Your Time and Money u
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Bothersome knots, frequent breaks and
marls these come irora using cheap jAj!miiMkr
sinistra art4 L.L fca.. V ''. 4 .a'V; H
twills ih wu vuj anu ui calk
downs that amount to many times the
cost of the twine. You can avoid this
extra cost by using PLYMOUTH.
No getting down from your seat to RV
loosen snarled places; no stopping to
thread up; no loose sheaves to re-bind
and no lost grain.
PLYMOUTH
BINDER TWINE
always satisfies. Wheat growers say, "PLYMOUTH is
the most even twine ever made." Any man who uses
PLYMOUTH will tell you it has the fewest knots and
causes the least trouble. Works perfectly on both old and
new binders. Saves many times its own cost. Goes farthest
Always marked with the sheaf-of-wheat tag, which guarantees
a smooth-running, strong, full length twine. Call and let us
tell you more about PLYMOUTH. Ask for free booklet
on twine.
See us for Plymouth twine
John Deere Binder
John Deere implements are the best to be
had. No untried mechanical construction has
been embodied in the John Deere binder.
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When you compare the John Deere with
others you will readily see that it is the most
durable, strongest grain binder on the mar
ket and that the substantial construction is
applied throughout the entire machine.
WINEGAR & LORENCE, Monmouth
Education Versus Vocation
(By R. G. Dykstra, author of "The
West and Its Opportunities.")
Someone has said that it is not
the work of the public schools to
give vocational training; that
trades are to be learned after the
student is thru with the public
school and that any efforts put
forth by the teachers to encour
age the students in the practical
things of life, are futile and
wasted. It is indeed true that
this has been the theory and
practice in many public schools
from the beginning until of late.
In considering this question, may
we enquire what is the real pur
pose of our expensive system of
public instruction? The question
might be answered in a broad
way as follows: it is to the schools
that we look for the equipment
of the rising generation. The
child has an inherent right to a
common school education at least,
and the safety of the state de
mands that all our people should
receive a more or less thorough
mental training in our public
schools. We tax all people to
maintain the" public school and
we try to compel every parent to
send his children there for a term
of years.
The results of this system are
far from satisfactory. Not more
than three per cent of the public
school children'go to college,' and
less than ten per cent go through
the high school, i It seems then,
that ninety per cent of our public
school children must follow what
are sometimes called the common
walks of life. But when they
leave school they can not earn a
living; for they do not know how
to do a single useful thing. They
have been educated right away
from the work they must follow
all their lives.
I maintain that it is the right
of the child to be taught in the
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school some of the practical proo-
lems ot lite ana instruction in
industrial club work, manual
training, domestic science and
art, will assist materially in this
big problem.
It is urged by some that the
entire time in school is needed
fnrthe retrular instruction. On
tho onntmrv. it ha9 been proven
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wherever tried, that thoughtful
labor with the hands promotes
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the acquisition ot Knowledge irom
KnnlfB The theories learned from
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books are put into immediate
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practice. Thoughtful worn de
velops the mind, and the change
from the study of books to prac
tical work rests the mind and re
moves the feeling of drudgery in
study from the pupil's mind. The
hot house, rushing metnoa prac
nublic schools is
certainly injurious to health, and
many students break down unuer
it before their school days are
nearly finished. There is a great
moral uplift in the consciousness
of every child who has been
taught to do some useful thing
n , & v R ttotne various ic-
formatories will reveal the fact
that nearly all the inmates of
those institutions have been for
shorter time pupils m
the public schools; indeed, not a
few high school graduates and
even college graduates will be
found in those lnswunoiw. .
The question at once comes to
the mind, "Why are these young
people here?" The answer will
be found often in this, when those
young people left the public
school, or college, they did not
know how to do a single useful
thing! And worse still, in their
school life they had in some way
formed the absurd and ruinous
opinion that it was a disgrace to
labor with their hands; handle
shovel, plow, dishcloth or needle!
But they must, live, and having
no money and no friends who
can support them, they drift into
crime of some sort. It is morally
certain that if these young peo
ple had been taught some useful
occupation while in school, they
would not have become criminals
and a serious expense to the
state.
Recently a president of a uni
versity in the East wrote: "I
agree with all you have said
about the importance of industri
al education and I would be glad
to have every student in our uni
versity learn some useful trade,
nor would I except the theologs."
First National Bank
Monmouth, Oregon
Paid Capital, $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $18,000.00
Established - V 1889.
Ira c. Powell, President; J. B. V. Butler, Vice Pres.
W. E. Smith, Cashier.
We offer the best service consistent with
sound banking, and solicit your business.
Interest paid on time deposits.
DIRECTORS:
I. M. SIMPSON, P. S. POWELL, Wm. RIDDELL,
J. B. V. BUTLER, IRA C. POWELL.
Items of Interest
Mrs, George Con key has been
elected to fill the vacancy in the
Independence high school teach
ing force caused by the resigna
tion of Miss Almeda Fuller who
expects to begin an active cam
paign for the offiee of county
superintendent
W. S. Kurre of Independence
will enter the ' government for
estry service for the summer in
the vicinity of Hood River. His
position at the First National
bank will be filled by Ira Mix. '
The management of the recent
chautauqua at Dallas admitted
free of charge to the various pro-o-rams
the families of those
guardsmen serving on the border
who could not afford to pay tne
entrance fee. The Chautauqua
has been signed up for the com
ing year at Dallas.
Want a Wrist Watch, Girls?
Gold Filled Bracelet attached to your Watch
Any open face watch can be used to make a
stylish and attractive ornament. Call and see t
and get prices. Guaranteed watch repairing.
WALTER C. BROWN,
Watch Repairer and Jeweler.
Perkins Pharmacy.
Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop
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I J. M. Mc DONALD, Prop-
INSPECTED BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
MONMOUTH. ORE.
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Come and see our fine herd of Jer
sey Cows and clean, sanitary barn
t Phone 2405
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