The Herald
RICHARD B. SWENSON
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Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1916.
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Monmouth
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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