The Herald
hICHARD B. SWEXSON
Editor & Publisher
Enteral w MRmi-cUu matur ffeptmhn I. It.
at th pot offie at Monmouth. Oraaun. undor Uit
Act at March I 1K7V.
Path of Life'' is nmpk which
formerly were sold in the rural dis
tricts at good stiff prices in the days
pirini fur mtr, tot f tn tubjrrt
that 9eems to oe uppermost ais
the seas is a preparation for peace.
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yet a couple of thousand feet of film
taken in the trenches and hospitals
of France would have been very
much more effective to portray the
horrors of war.
Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY. NOV. 3. 1916.
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Meditations
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vveu, tne tan and winter rains
have begun and citizens of western
Oregon are settling down to enjoy
that comfortable home like feeling.
Having rallied for the ReDubli
cans, the Democrats, the Socialists
and the Prohibitionists, we can. af
ter another week, rally for an attack
on the high cost of living.
C .'a... rr .
ovarcuy 01 cars anects us in a
great many ways but when it holds
up our paving work it becomes a
community affront and is rubbing
it in.
Being an alderman in Monmouth
these days has some of the com
bined characteristics of an afternoon
tea party and a Fourth of July cele
bration..
. One soldier in a thousand people
each year is what the government
expects to recruit each year, which
surely is a modest aim and not one
to give us as a nation a reputation
for a thirst for blood.
Our friend, D. C. Walker is a good
Democrat but when he dons his
rubber coat or makes a still hunt
for his umbrella he is fain to admit
that as election day draws nigh we
are having a streak of Republican
weather.
Reports from the east are to the
effect that the potato crop which at
first appeared to be very much short
has, with the digging of the late
crop, turned out an average yield,
which makes interesting reading to
the man who has to buy.
A week from today it will all be
over and the cracker barrel 'states
man who now is as busy as a boy
killing snakes, constructing proph
esies out of signs and omens, will
then be just as industrious in ex
plaining how it happened.
The late .Geo. W. Peck, author nf
Peck's Bad Boy, publisher of Peck's
Sun, governor of Wisconsin four
years, and mayor of Milwaukee,
left an estate valued at $4,000 which
leads to the conclusion that a great
deal of Peck's work was not of the
kind that can be cashed in potatoes
and flour.
One of the privileges incidental
to the Presidents reception in Nor
mal hall recently was the fact
that it allowed many of our cit
izens to get a glimpse of the interi
or of the dormitory. Among the
rubbernecks was ye ruminator who
is convinced that the eirls who are
domiciled there have very pleasant
quarters. It is stated as true by per
sons who should know, that the
Monmouth dormitory is the best of
any maintained by our state educa
tioual institutions. Neatness and
order must be the aim of the schoo
ma'am and the practice at the dor
mitory fulfills all the traditions.
The rooms are conveniently arrang
ed, have never lost their appearance
of newness and the girls who live in
them are to be congratulated.
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.While the pictures had the finish ofltionsof the Germans enlisted the
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nigh class photography ana me concern anu susyit-iuu ui mc num
moral involved was very beautiful, ' so now the financial strength of the
United States s acquiring a similar
state of suspicion and jealousy in:
the same countries. Because of their!
necessities we have prospered; they ;
become worked up at the thoughts
of it and now they plan reprisals in
a commercial sense that will restore
to themselves the financial prestige
they have been forced to give up.
For particulars read the reports of
the Allied conference at Paris. The
control of certain raw materials is
relied on as one weaDon and the
hlack list is another. It has been
intimated that we are too proud to
fight in a physical sense, but it re
mains to be seen whether we will
have the courage to fight in 'a com
mercial sense. Commercial success
is not the only thing to seek in a
nation's welfare, but it is an im
portant one and grave issues wait
upon the conduct of our foreign at'
fairs during the next few years.
The brewers are evidently men of
wit and humor for they ppear to
have originated several little jokers
to go with their "square deal to
home industry" initiative. Just who
the joke will be on will be very evi
dent to the dear public if it allows
the measure to become a law.
An enthusiastic partisan in Dallas
is reported to have wagered $10 that
Texas will go to Hughes this fall.
Which does not prove anything.
Any old time that Texas shows a
gleam of that particular bran,d of
sanity the Herald will announce the
results with a row of roosters across
its front page.
We confess to have been disap
pointed in the movie play, "Civiliza
tion." It reminded us of thosesub
scription books of which the "Royal
There is genuine humor in the ad
vertisement that appeared this week
in Portland papers, a circular letter
signed by leading brewers of the
state in which they announced that
it was not their intention to estab
lish distributing depots in case the
brewer s amendment carried. Now
it stands to reason they would not
have felt impelled to make this
statement had the amendment not
allowed them the privilege and the
idea of the brewers that their simple
word of honor would be sufficient
and the people will vote them a
privilege which they promise not to
take advantage of has in it some
thing decidedly funny. About the
time documents of that kind are ac
cepted in a court of law we expect
to see the lion and the lamb sleeping
under the same bed quilts.
According to a straw "ote taken
in Morlan's store last Friday and
Saturday, the battle might as well
be declared over and the expense of
holding an election dispensed with.
Out of 120 votes cast Mr. Wilson re
ceived 74 and Mr. Hughes 46. The
election was conducted on ballots
sent out by the organization which
is seeking the abolishing of the
Sunday Closing law. The enemies
of the Sunday Closing law and the
friends of President Wilson were
identical for that measure was also
opposed by 74 votes. 40 voted to
retain the law. Other candidates
voted on were : For Supreme. Court
Justice- Bright, Pro., 10 votes; Bur
nett, Rep., 74; Hofner, Soc. 4:
Moore, Rep., 51; Oliver, Dem., 50.
or Secretary of State - Cannon.
Soc, 5; Olcott, Dem., Rep., Prog.,
1U2. hor Dairy and Food Commis-
sioner-McKinnon, Soc, 7; Mickle,
Rep., Dem., Prog., 82; Rempel.
'rog., 9.
A measure that should attract the
attention of the voter next week
with a negative vote is the six per
cent law. This measure provides
that no legislature shall increase the
appropriations of the preceding leg
islature more than six per cent. It
is a measure that while designed in
the interest of economy will pro
mote extravagance. Try it on your
self. Suppose you wanted to build
a house or barn or buy a piano or
automobite and the only wav vou
could do it was bv spendintr SfiO
' O T
more each year. Because of various
under takings some years the legis
lative total is high. Other years the
total is much lower. With the six
percent restriction the tendency
would be to maintain the higher
level and to put Oregon in a finan-
cial strait-jacket. It would impede
ner progress and retard her develop
ment. It is not a party Question.
Citizens who have regard for the
welfare of the state and her insti
tutions should vote NO on this
proposition.
It is at election time that Oregon
voters realize that they are a part
of the legislature and are called on
to make laws as well as elect offi
cers. As a eeneral rule the mem
bers of the legislative badv should
be allowed the privilege of making
our laws. It is their duty and is
what they are given position and
salary for doing. Extraordinary oc
casions appear when it is necessary
for the people to arise and exercise
their legislative functions. But it
would appear wise to use the initia
tive power sparingly. There does
not seem to be a single one of the
initiated proposals for which the
voter can not vote NO except for
the Pendleton Normal. The safest
thing is to give the negative vote
for while a good measure may be
lost it is better that than that a bad
one should get on the statute books.
If a measure has merit the legisla
ture will take it up and there is no
reason why the people should deal
blindly with measures of this kind.
One of the measures that is thus in
cluded is the anti-liquor importa
tion law. But our present law is
working well ; it is allowing people
to have liquor who feel thgy must
have it, but it is making liquor
harder to get hold of and is not
putting it where it is poked under
the noses of boys every time they
turn around.
But there are the measures that
were initiated by the legislature as
amendments to the constitution
which should have consideration.
The single item veto amendment is
designed as a help in legislating by
which it will not be necessary to ve
to a whole bill in order to defeat a
single item. This is an effective
weapon to combat log rolling and
should be passed.
Another item is the ship exemp
tion tax amendment designed to ex
empt from taxation shipping regis
tered m the state over fifty tons
burden. The measure is designed
to increase and promote shipping
and while it violates one of the
fundamental rules of taxation is a
subject that has two sides to it and
for the sake of the development of
the shipping and commerce of the
state should be carried.
A third amendment is designed to
remove restrictions in the constitu
tion relative to negro and mulatto
suffrage and removes dead wood
irom tne constitution .inasmuch as
the provision is nullified by the fed
eral constitution.
The Roof Over Your Head
will be a good one if it is made of our shingles.
Made of thbest materials, well seasoned, if prop
erly put on they will last for years. Same way with
our lumber. It is the best and for that reason, the
cheapest to use.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
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 price paid for poultry, veal
and all kinds of hides.
Free Delivery.
Monmouth,
Phone Main 2302
Oregon
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
guaraneed and Ci jr Impec in. Wed en rac writ.
in with Rowe's Jewelry S ore. H. J. Rowe, Mgr.
Phone trouble and repair wo k. Main 6211. We will come
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MONMOUTH DAIRY
J. M. Mc DONALD, Prop-
ASHLAND PRESIDENT
FAVORSJPENDLETON
NEED OF EASTERN OREGON
SCHOOL FULLY SHOWN BY B F
MULKEY, FORMER HEAD OF
ASHLAND SCHOOL.
INSPECTED BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Come and see our fine herd of Jer
sey Cows and clean, sanitary barn
Phone 2405 MONMOUTH, ORE.
Portland. Ore.-The Honorable B. F.
Jlulkey, ex-President of the. Southern
Oregon No:nal School at Ashland,
says, concerning the establishment of
in additional Normal School at Pen-
Qieion: "I ha nnnnr.pt tk. m
Wood Sawed to Order
E. E. RAKE, Successor to W. L. Phi Ips.
Your wood sawed for you just as you order it done
Phone 4114. Country Orders Solicited.
meet ;ue ut jJS ci aU iifcb a a.
Oregon. There Is no institution thai
touches the masses of the people so
closely as does the Normal School and
me oentrit derived from the taxes paid
uj me people or the state tor the main
. 0Uj,j,url lne measure w ,v
For many years the belli hrtiiy for the reason thnh 6 the ei
nations of Enrniv W- Normal School, thoueh on f ihh-. tenane of such schools nturns direct
' ln country, cannot be adequate to I t0 the maD nd womn wno P'J
0 " t" nd is conferred directly ud-
on mem ana tneir ennarea. ifl ex"
pense of maintaining a good Norms'
School in Eastern Oregon to a tax-payer
on an assessed valuation of $4000.04
would each year be under the cost of
good Havana cigar. I sincerely hops
that the coming election will grant tfl
the peopkj of Eastern Oregon the re
lief they seek in a Normal School"