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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1916)
The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor &. Publisher Entarad u Mcond-clu. natur SitOTitnr 1 l tht past office tt Monmouth. Oration, under tlx Actrf Mirrhl im ISSUED KVKKV FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year $1.50 Six months 75 cU Three months - - 50 cU Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1916. WJf Monmouth Meditations 0 One week Main street. nearer a paved Poet who tried to rhyme "em hnrgo" with Chicago evidently has swallowed a few western burrs. During their summer vacti tions more of our inventors should discover substitutes for giiholiue. i I imported liquor than any town in the county since the first o January. Another tribute to the quality of our city water. This is vacation time but Monmouth is not going to sleej The sound of the hammer an. saw in various directions gives evidence that the wants and needs of the fall and wiuter are being anticipated. Again there is serious news from the border. Watermelons are forbidden the troopers be cause rinds which will not burn attract swarms of flies. Of course it would have spoiled another story but why not bury the rinds? Now that Explorer Shackle ton is safely located, a relie party might be organized to ex plore the dark depths of oblivion for sight or sign of that heroic ex-candidate, the Hon. Coleman Du Pont, de Nemours, of Dela ware. There appears to be a short age in the American crisis out put. We have not hail one for several days. What has become of the old fashioned horse that used to snow uneasiness wnen passing an uutomobile? Secretary Lansing having gone on a vacation, it would be a graceful act for the Mexican crisis to do the same. Probably 200 supersubmarines of the Deutsehland type coul carry one fair sized ship cargo. It is not yet time to throw a fit. The sugar trust has become so 'accustomed to having its hand in the public pocketbook that it has begun to be at home there I he man with the mountain climbing auto is now in demand to conduct the fishing party to the home of the speckled trout tor a man who has been killed six times and who is even now forced to go around on crutches, Pancho Villa is singu larly hard to catch. Milwaukee, it is said, is threat ened with a water famine, but it is understood that the inhabi tants have long been prepared for such an emergency. Unfortunately the only way to get "the boys out of the trenches" thus far discovered is to blow them out by shell fire or dig them out with bayonets. The cool year is good for the apple orchard that was properly sprayed in the spring and bump er crops are reported in the sur rounding neighborhood. liven the post oflice is having a rest this vacation season and our excellent P. M. has time to get more thoroughly posted on the sterling qualities of our effi cient executive, Mr. Wilson. In proportion to its popula tion Monmouth has used It is what might be callei "rubbing it in to those unfor Innate editors compelled bv force of necessity to stay at home when they read of the roval wa in which Medford and Ashlam entertained the fraternity at the annual get together last week A farmer in the neighborhood reports an apple tree in his or chard that has growing fruit and blossoms on its branches at the same time. With such summer as we are experiencing it is asking a great deal of a con scientious tree to determine just where the blossoming and har vest seasons are located. If you will take the trouble to read the stories of both sides in the impending railroad contro versy you will discover that like the European struggle God is on both sides. ' Notwithstanding which the railroads have rarely had as just a cause and a strike ..ill .i wouid do more man any one thing to drive the country to government ownership. A conspicuous place on the blue ribbon list of hens belongs to a biddy in the possession of Mrs. E. T. Ebbert of this city This hen, a white Wyandotte, luring the present week pro duced an ecir that takes the record so far as local annals are concerned. It was one-fourth of a pound in weight. 8 inches in p . ,i i circumierenco me long ways and 6 1-2 inches in circumfer ence the narrow way. An anonymous but evideritly interested friend sends ye editor this week a clipping in which the words Roosevelt, Wilson, Hughes, Republican, Democrat ic and Progressive appear fre quently. We imagine our opin ions ou these topics are uot of general interest to the members of our family circle but should our anonymous friend desire en- ightenment let him call around any old time and he will be ac commodated. John Hull never learns from experience, lo the long list of Irish martyrs was added last week, the name of Sir Roger Casement, thus immortalizing that getitleman. He and the uprising of 1916 will go down in Irish literature in red ink, the theme of many a ballad and ro mance. Whereas had his case received the action it warranted he would have been incarcerated in an insane asylum. It is hard to grow romantic over a lunatic. While this section has experi enced the coldest summer in years it is amazing to read of the torrid conditions at the same time in the east. An item that gives a side glance on conditions experienced is the following, clipped from the Waterford, Wis., Post: "During the intense heat of last week and when the job de partment of the Post print shop was most busy the rolls on the large press melted. They are composed of glue, molasses, gly cerine and other ingredients and the summer rolls are made for hot weather and supposed to withstand any ordinary heat on this mundane sphere but they melted. Only printers know what that means and probably accounts for the odor of brim stone, sulphur and profanity which such a catastrophe produced". This also reminds us of an other valued exchange, the Bur I i n g t o n Standard-Democrat, which has the distinction of be ing the only out and out demo cratic paper in three populous counties which gave space in its last issue to a clipping from the Wisconsin State Journal, enu merating certain reforms which had been enacted through the efforts of President Wilson IN SPITE OF the Democratic party. The Herald print shop fin ished this week the printing of the annual directory for the In dependence and Monmouth ex changes of the Independence Telephone Co., which might al so be called a directory of the enterprising representative citi zens of the two communities. The more people who use a tele phone service the more good this great invention does to a community. And, by the way, more people in this community should be using the telephone. Living is not for the sake of amassing a small sura of money to leave for posterity to quarrel oyer. It is for the sake of liv ing. The man who can afford the comforts of life and does not use them is cheating himself. Just about the time when many automobile manufacturers were hinting that owing to the increased cost of iron and steel the price of the- buz wagons would have to be raised, came the announcement that the pro duct of the peace loving Henry Ford had dropped $80. Since the new century began the out put of automobiles has steadily increased and there apparently has been no limit to the capacity of the country to absorb the product of the factories. But economic writers are figuring that the limit of demand is in sight. Either hew avenues of demand will have to be opened or the output will have to be imited. When the European war ends with a halt in its de mand for various kinds of cars there is bound to be a big slump in the automobile business. Perfectly Matched Boards are necessary if a Perfect Floor is expected. You can always rely on getting them in any ft quantity in any stand ard width and finish. Ceiling and Side Wall Lumber of the same high grade also. Bear us in mind when you plan repairs Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon CITY MEAT MARKET t 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 Send the Herald to your Eastern relatives or friends. It will help out in that correspondence you find so little time for. A weekly letter at less than the cost of postage and stationery. For spe cial rates apply at this office. Monmouth Transfer and Feed Stable All Kinds of Transferring Done Promptly and on Short Notice G0RDAN BOWMAN, Proprietor. Monmouth, . . Oregon First Class Laundry Service Beginning Monday, July 10, we will call for and deliver laundry in Monmouth. Ours is strictly quality work and our prices are reasonable Capital City Steam Laundry . Cheer up. Pruues are ripening Independence Electric Co. Lighting Fixtures and Supplies Electric Wiring and Repairing Eitimate Cheerfully Furnished Free. All work Ir.nteeJto.t.ndCity In.pection. W. do eonlr.ct work. in with Rowe's Jewelry S ore. H. J. Rowe, Mgr. Phonetrouble and repair wo k, Main 62 1 1 . We will come Read your own Herald $1 X
