The Herald
RICHARD B. SWENSON
Editor & Publisher
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FRIDAY, OCT. 13. 1916.
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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.
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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.
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The Gold Mine of the Farm
Phone Main 202.
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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
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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
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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.