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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1916)
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First, to make a per fect seeding machine, and second, to construct that machine so as o gie long life and constant service, Van Brunt drills today fulfill this ideal. j,k-$ --7bi - . j " The John Deere Disc Harrow None Better Made WIWEGAK & LORENCE, Monmouth Civilization" How it Came to be Written C. Gardner Sullivan, co-author with Thomas H. Ince of the mam moth, multiple-reel Peace specta cle, "Civilization," attracting ca- enthusiastic at once and it is to j with faith and imagination would have listened to such an idea and would have seen into the tre mendous possibilities that have since been realized, Mr. Ince, fortunately, was just the very man to whom I would have sub mitted such an idea even if I had not been on his staff. He waxed parity audiences twice daily at the Criterion Theater, is the author of over 200 produced pho toplays. Mr. Sullivan is a native of Stillwater, Minn. The inspiration for the scenario of "Civilization," which Mr. Sul livan considers his best work, thus far, came to him one sunny Easter morning a year ago. "For several weeks," says Mr. Sulli van, "I was unable to write a line because of the tragic hold the European conflict had on me. I could think of nothing else. his encouragement and belief in me and my ideas that I owe my share in the success of this film. "It took me just about three hours to write the original synop sis. When I showed it to Mr. Ince, I think the whole thing totaled a little less than 150 words and on the strength of that one half typewritten page, he decided to invest one million dollars! "We then set to work together and plugged arduously day and night for about three months un til we had a good running con- the telling." Mistletoe Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lowe of Monmouth spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Hull. Mr. Lefever is hauling logs from Mr. F. K, Hull's to Mon mouth. Mr. William Riddell is having a silo built on his farm. Mr. George Baun has just fin ished building a silo this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith, Leonard Niggli and the proprietor of the Miller Mercantile and wife visit ed at the home of J. F. Smith and family Sunday. Mrs. Babb spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Brooks of Dallas. Thinking up comedy plots or tinuity. society dramas seemed such aj "After that Mr. Ince engaged futile thing for a man to be doing 1250 carpenters and set to work, t) earn his living when half the ! transforming Inceville, t h a t countries of the world were! unique and picturesque little plunged in blood-red turmoil. I village of California a few miles ; honestly thought I would never up the coast from Santa Monica, I be able to write again. Then, into the imaginary kingdom of, suddenly the idea came to me, j Wredpryed in which our story is, laid. 'Why not write a motion picture that would teach 4he world the horrors of war as no amount of newspaper editorials or platform! building at the cost of pj.wu lectures could possibly do?' Some one had coined the paradox that I should like to go on telling .mii Knw he erected a Capitol only to be shot to pieces in the picture, how he brought various jUA "'""I-. . J T 'We must have war in order to j little colonies or cow uo ; have peace,' and so I decided to'dians to Inceville, how he la.u a show up the horrors of war in j new $5,000 concrete how the order to impress upon the public picture was almost finished nen the glory of Christ's teachings ! Inceville was nearly destroyed oy 'Peace on earth, good will to fire, and the whole picture had men.' Theidea of putting thejtobedone over again how he Savior on the screen, I knew to took the most remarkable sub be a grave, delicate matter which ! marine pictures that have ever must be exceedingly carefully j been taken off the coa t of ban handled as it would either be the Diego, and 77. making or the breaking of the j things are each 1 ja J whole picture. Only a director (selves that would tae a eek DR.FOSTER CHIROPRACTIC has opened a treating room at Mrs. L R. Burkhead's where all who desire treat ment will find him on Mon day, Wednesday and Fri day of each week. All day. Electricity in all forms is used in his practice. Elec tric blankets and general treatments. For deafness he seldom fails. Lady attendant dllti '), t) All I VWi miV nd a mum y ""r"-";l"i s V. ; V6V. u I of your invtniMO lor tKt 1 nn.1 report on pi'mratunij. : 1 anu 1 ' 1. 1. Wr,i our lice im 0, SWIFT & CO, 1 patent uavviuio. ----- -- ! 307 Seventh St.. Washington. D. 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