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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1916)
The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor & Publisher Kntarad u aaeoad-tlau matter Savtmber a, Uo. t tht poat office at Monmouth. Oraton. undar Uia Art at March a. 187. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One yer Six months Three months . $1.50 75 cU 50 eta Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, OCT. 13. 1916. E IOC Monmouth Meditations Again we remark Unit a r-roBS-itig of the railroad at the depot is badly needed to accommodate traflic. Now would be a good time to work for it. This is odd weather and an odd season of the year to have a cold but many of our citizens are snee.ing in our bright Octo her sunshine. The thanks of the contractors of our street paving are due to the weatherman for he has sure ly been good to them so far. With lino weather the work is progressing nicely. With wheat Hour close to 4c per pound it seems like rubbing it in for the Germans to Bink large cargoes of wheat on their way across the ocean. Let us hope the fishes will appreciate and find some way to muke food out of the grain. The Texas steer that could toss a coyote or wolf or pass any kind of a barrier, acknowledged itself beaten when fenced in with barbed wire. That's tho way Monmouth's Main street is fenc ed in at present and the barrier is effective. Drop in and see the Herald in its new quarters. We have nothing to complain of the friendly manner with which the Monmouth public has greeted the Herald and its management and hope this will be continued in the new quarters. Not to get all tho good things at once and raise a mountain of expense but now would -be a good time to plan details for the obtaining for Monmouth of a sewer service. We'are a city of homes and good sanitation is what makes a residence town attractive. Always taking out of the meal barrel soon reaches the bottom which reminds us that the Her ald manager has been under considerable expense during the past week and the delinquent subscriber who calls to settle for the coming year receives a double welcome these days. Put your money in circulation and watch Monmouth grow. Any one who approaches Main street these days might think that a championship ball game was in progress. 1 IJ, 2 H, etc., read the signs which might be taken to mean 1st base, 2nd base, etc., except that no one ever heard of 5th base and 5 B is om of thv sins. These le gends, however, refer to the dis tance to the streets where a turn may be mado, 1 block, 2 blocks, etc. A certain peaved gentleman who very much disapproves of the improvements now being carried on in the city, called in one day during the past week and ruthlessly chopped away his own connection with the Herald subscription family tree. Sorry to part with you, brother, but, honestly, we wouldn't willingly acquire your state of mind for anything on this footstool. Miss Almeda Fuller did some effective campaigning when she spent time and manifested in terest in the industrial work of the boys and girls and helped to display their work at the two fairs. This was good practical work and shows that Miss Fuller is not afraid of a little exertion and also that she has an interest in other fields of education than that of the three R's. One of the most pathetic things we know of is the inter est of the brewers in the nursing mothers of Oregon. On the face of their heroic attempt to relieve the difficulties of the nursing mothers of the state, the efforts of the charitable people of the world to relieve distress in Bel gium and Poland seem tame and cold. In the face of such disin terested sacrifice who can doubt for the welfare and security of the coming generation. With the brewers ready to sacrifice time and labor in behalf of the mothers of Oregon we may well look upon the future with a very contented frame of mind. it is an idea that will last is a Question. If it does lat it must serve some useful purpose and 'must hold the interest of the boys as well as benefit them. The principles it inculcates are of value to the boy and often such, however well intentioned his parents may be, he can not receive at home. Anything that . will rub the freshness from the, average boy and teach him re-j spect for his elders as well as for j the established institutions oi the things that are, is of benefit to the growing generation. A pretty safe course to follow on constitutional amendments mid referendum? which deal with topics with which the aver age voter is not familiar, is to vote no. The legislature is the place to thresh out matters of legislation. Legislators are es pecially hired for this purpose and devote more or less time and thought to it. The average man can not hope to be posted on all the details of measures which private Interests push into a place on the ballot. A popular vote on matters of legislation can only be useful as a last re sort and on questions which for a long time have been agitated, ;ire of grave importance and on which the legislator hesitates to act for fear he is not voicing the majority judgment of his con stituents. The only question on which Monmouth people can not vote no this fall is that of the establishment of the Pendleton Normal. This is a question in which a precedent has already been set. Monmouth had profit ed by the popular vote of the state and can not oppose any other community which reason ably seeks the same end. r 1 . J Complaint is made that the attendance and interest in the base ball championship Raines is not as great as in past years. The gate receipts are only about thirty thousand dollars as the price of watching eighteen ath letes pound a horsehide covered ball around the lot which must he u big disappointment to the said athletes who only get about a thousand dollars apiece for each day's exertion. But cham pionship games like everything else, grow old and lose their novelty, although the outlook is that some faint interest in this particular diversion will be man ifested for several years to come. One of the amendments to be voted on this year would limit legislative appropriations to a six percent increase over that of the preceding year. Because the legislature of four years ago ap propriated for many things that carried over two terms the last legislature was not called on to appropriate the normal amount required to keep up the state in stitutions. Says the Secretary of State: "If this six percent law is put in effect it will reduce the present appropriations for state institutions and there will be no prospect of any new un dertaking. It will cripple the state and paralyze its development." The Boy Scout movement has had a wonderful growth consid ering the short time which has elapsed since the idea was first put to practical use. Whether Willamette Valley Silo Manufactured by the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. ii S LLiii " VMS, 8 Ask us to quote you on The Gold Mine of the Farm Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon 30 3 C nor 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 prioe paid for poultry, veal and all kinds of hides. Free Delivery. Monmouth, Phone Main 2302 Oregon People who oppose road im provements are accustomed to say the cow path was good enough for their fathers and will he good enough for their chil dren. But thev do not take in to consideration the fact that times are changing. They say we are paving and good roads crazy. But the road Question is a matter of development to meet cniingiiig conditions. The rail road put a stop on road improve- ments that lasted for a quarter of a century. In the early his tory of the government numer ous highways were projected ft 4 across the country. The settle ment of the states on in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys was a matter of concern and high ways were planned and started to aid settlers to get at the uncultivated land. The ap plication of steam to freight and passenger traffic developed set tlement along new channels. For seventy-five years the rail road was supreme but now it is meeting a formidable competitor in the way of the gas driven motor. Especially on short hauls the motor car is bound to cut into the railroad business. And to the motor truck and automo bile is to be attributed the agita tion for good roads which is growing stronger every year in this country. Some day the highways of a section will" be in a sense rivals of the railroads reaching into the sections where the railroad does not exist. Motor trucks and trailers will take the place of freight cars on the short Haul. This is one of the ends Monmouth Transfer and Feed Stable All Kinds of Transferring Done Promptly and on Short Notice GORDAN BOWMAN, Proprietor. Monmouth, -.. Oregon t Independence Electric Co. Lighting Fixtures and Supplies Electric Wiring and Repairing Estimates Cheerfully Furnished Free. All work guaranteed to itand City Intpection. We do contract work. in with Rowe's Jewelry S ore. H. J. Rowe, Mgr. j rhone trouble and repair wo k, Main 62 1 1 . We will come MONMOUTH DAIRY j. m. Mcdonald, Prop- INSPECTED BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Come and see our, fine herd of Jer sey Cows and clean, sanitary barn Phone 2405 MONMOUTH, ORE. Wood Sawed to Order E. E. RAKE, Successor to W. L. Phillips. our wood sawed for you just as you order it done Phone 4114. rnr,.. rw-. Snitched. of the present movement for goal roads. The people in their building will make many ,is. takes hut the matter is so im portant that public attention will be focussed on it e cient road making will he veloped that will success W accomplish good and su." roads.
