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' RICHARD B. SWENSON
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Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY, DEC. 1. 1916.
There is reason to suspect that
Monmouth, its streets, the last
dance, the election, and a few other
things were discussed yesterday at
various reunion family dinners in
Western and Northern Oregon.
on
Monmouth
Meditations
30C
Now, if only every day were Sun
day we would have our street paved
in short order.
The only fault the school boy has
to find with vacations is that there
are not more of them.
Since women have taken to poli
tics a great many things are practi
cal that never used to be possible.
It is the easiest thing in the world
to make a mistake and the hardest
thing in the world to acknowledge
it.
Another reason for Thanksgiving
is that some people have at last got
it through their heads that the elec
tion is over.
For a few years the six percent
law will make Oregon economical
in spite of itself, although when the
expenses get up to a working figure
it will be hard to make cuts for fear
that it will take time to get back
again.
California raises pomegranates,
olives, cabbaires. umbrellas and a
few other commodities and prom
ises in the near future to increase
her range of production with a num
ber of acres of choice political
boomlets.
The trouble with certain humane
people is that they do not realize
that the welfare of the multitude of
people who are outside our peni
tentiaries is much more important
than the welfare of the few who are
within the walls.
A nine mill school tax mav seem
high but relief will be found when
it is compared with other districts
in the state. Bandon. for instance.
has 20 mills, the same this year as
last, and the lowest its economically
inclined citizens hoped to get was
16 mills.
As the time for the annual citv
election draws on there seems to be
a remarkable scarcity of candidates
for the political lightning. There
is a general feeling that with the
work in progress as it is at present
it would be well to let the present
officers finish it. There are manv
of the details of the work in hand
that are familiar to them but with
which npw mpn muct (omilU.:..A
. tt,. . uiuoi lauiiuai lC
Aiiasi we nave tne oust laid ana thpmspivM ihirh m.LAB ;
me iarmer nncis tne back torty m that, all things being equal, the old
u.ic siwipc iui piuwiiig -wnen me oil icers should be retained
weatner permits.
c,:n ii ii ..
c . ; ( a a ulc Ptace iaiK continues to
Speaking of good roads, now is .., . .
when a considerable section of the Tl, , 11. . encouraging symp-
n . 4 ,. , , I wiui mi uie session 01 me League
Ud-ttaU.;:' .-to Enforce Peace, held in New York
Having enjoyed your Thanksgiv
ing why not give the editor cause
for the same by renewing your subjt.
scnption ior me coming year.
Regardless of how high the turkey
roosted there were plenty to climb
after him and the places he has
haunted all Fall now know him no
more.
By the time we have thoroughly
forgotten that there ever was such
a thing the sun comes out long
enough to shake hands with old ac
quaintances. Some of the Pittsburg millionaires
are reputed to have money to burn,
but here in Polk county we are sat
isfied if we have plenty of dry wood
for the same purpose.
Monmouth business men are sure
ly in favor of improvements or they
would not have put up so cheerfully
with inconvenience as they have
within the past six weeks.
The Northwestern foot ball player
would not feel at home if he did not
wade between goals in mud up to
his ankles. The mud serves as a
cushion and helps to rise the jolt of
a tumble. '
The development of printing has
very much lessened the scope of
oratory. An orator's audience is
limited but a book has a boundless
field and will tell its story any num
ber of times.
The government is making a con
certed effort to find the cause of the
high cost of living and is sending
its inspectors into the storage
houses and investigating every pos
sible depository of food supplies in
the hope of locating some cause for
the various shortages. They ran
upon a couple million of eggs in
Th .,;ki..u- i . . me inner aay.
1 he terrible thing about contairion u-,:i.. j . ., . .
i it i. a j " ""c lk uurs ,,ul api1" mat mis is
is its certainty. It doesn t send out ,.,.. .v. .... . .
a snlii-itnr ...; . t . n c 111111 U1C """"h aniounr. n
ni,w,-" ' r . Chicago housewives have signified
Si "SSS hard " ,hat ! M -
"untile m.c iciudiua over nny
., . . uuitn. me storage eces
As for the wind, the latest and Lin ,... ... v. i..j .1 KK
. . , u unc iu uc incuscu in me near
most up-to-date reports indicate and f , a. u... u:a .."."!;
ii , imuiv oa nit lan IUI UlUS CKKS SlOreu
all signs warrant the cone usion. as'i ,
human experience agrees, that it coming on the market
still has the old time habit of blow-
tag when and how it lists. The death of Jack London last
last week, telegrams were received
from high officials in Germany,
France and England, expressing
sympathy with the object of the
ague. A combination to enforce
peace on the world offers a ground
on which all can unite, and appears
about the h,est prospect yet offered
to troubled Europe. If it is secured
and a world peace is assured the
bloodshed will not have been in
vain.
The future of the Northwest at
present is intimately associated with
lumber and lumber prospects look
good for several years to come. The
crest of the war prosperity of the
east has been past. . Ocean freights
from New York to Europe which
were three cents per bushel three
years ago and twenty cents now
were nearly sixty cents in June.
Factory statistics show that the
high month in employment was
September. On the other hand the
lumber industry has not shared in
the abnormal demand. The coming
of peace is bound to increase the
demand for lumber and the long
period of slow sales will have cre
ated a market that should be good
for some time to come.
week removed a leading character
from the world of literary men. His
contributions were valuable because
he gave the world a new view point.
Literature has its foundation in
story telling and the dealing with
human experience. Its development
naturally has taken a bent toward
culture, and just as naturally its
themes find their most popular ave
nues among cultured people. The
rise of the heroes of literature is
often from humble surroundings,
but very seldom from the sensual
and the brutal. Such characters of
this last class as appear are most
often described from the view point
of the spectator and contain a great
proportion of imagination. It was
reserved for London to glorify brute
force, to clothe the primistive in
stincts of man with romance and
attend their development through
the various stages of characteristic
evolution. To the masculine mind,
especially, there is a certain relief
to turn from the vapidity of the
average society novel to the virile
characters of London. There is a
certain element in men that is pure
ly masculine, the instinct that takes
an interest in a prize fight or a
horse race or that is satisfied with
the hunt or the chase. To such
men, who happen to be literary,
London appeals mostf all.
In searching for the high cost of
living there is one agency that can
not be blamed and that is the freight
rate. Freight rates are fixed by the
railroad commission and can not be
changed. Had railroads been al
lowed the same lattitude as ocean
carriers, or as the sugar or oil men
we would have had something to
complain about. But if it is possible
to keep rates down by law why
could they not be kept up by the
same means? And could not other
commodities be regulated the same
way? A socialist could Doint out a
whole assortment of lessons in the
government fixed freight rate.
But the results of a regulated
freight rate are not all on one side
of the ledger. Thomas A. Edison
says that the railroads of the United
States would all be electrified now
had it nOt been for legislation that
has crippled their finances. The
country is losing in other ways for
the restriction on their income is
halting the construction of lines in
to new territory, but the electrifica
tion of the r&ads will do a great
deal to advance the future of the
Northwest. The age, of electricitv
will bring the Northwest to an im
portant place. Tne cheapest elec
tricity is from waterpower and over
half of the water power in the U. S.
is to be developed on the Columbia
and its tributaries.
Forbears the United States was
exploited by the railroads, which in
their relation to one another and
the public, emulated the robber
barons of old. The rule was to take
all that the traffic would bear. The
railroads in turn were exploited by
men who happened . to be at the
head of them. Now the pendulum
has swung the other way and any
indignity is deemed suitable to ho
laid on a railroad. The worst part
Of it is that the wplfnrp nf the
HIV ,aii-
roads is intimately associated with
the country it serves. The interests
of the two are similar and how tn
secure fair play to both is a matter
on which we may well ponder.
RE
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The Roof Over Your Head
is
will'be a good one if ' it is made of our shingles.
Made of the best materials, well seasoned, if prop
erly put on they will last for years. Sairje way with
our lumber. It is the best and for that reason, the
cheapest to use.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202. t - Monmouth, Oregon
Items of Interest
i-
There are 510 children nf
school age in Independance. Two
years ago the census showed nv.
er 600 children in the city.
Gerhard Rempel has sold his
100 acre farm at Ripltrpnl f.
cash and trade amounting to
$10,000. He took a Salem resi
dence at $2,000, of T. A. Roberts
who gets the farm.
The 13 year old unn ff Mi- 0J
Mrs. R. W. Raker of InWn,l.
ence, died last week. He hnd
ailed for some tim or,
a,ii, an a I
Uck by meanles was followed by
fatal ciimplications.
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 paidforoultry, 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 oh Short Notice
GORDAN BOWMAN, Proprietor.
Monmouth, . Oregon
Independence Electric Co.
Lighting Fixtures and Supplies
Electric Wiring and Repairing
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished Free. All work
guaranteed to .tind City In.pect c We do contract work.
in with Rowe's Jewelry Store. R J. Rowe, Mgr.
rnone trouble and repair wo k, Main 621 1. We will
come
iviumviuuTH DAIRY
j. m. Mcdonald, Prop-
INSPECTED BY STATE BOARD OP HEALTH
Come and see our fine herd of Jer
sey Cows and clean, sanitary barn
Phone 2405
MONMOUTH, ORE. I
, Wood Sawed to Order
E. E. RAKE, Successor to W. L. Phillips.
our wood sawed for you just as you order it done
Phont.4114. . .
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