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FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1917.
( '01 )
Monmouth
Meditations
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The legislature has given a fine
exhibition of harmony as a starter.
This is the season of annual re
ports and reports this January are
decidedly optimistic.
Everything comes to the strenu
ous chap who goes after the good
things the other fellow is waiting
for.
It is to the credit of the Russians
that though they have failed to re
lieve the Roumanians the latter
have a friend to retreat with.
The situation in England is still
rather confused although there is
no trouble in telling which George
is running the government
Almost any Monmouth woman
would, if cross questioned closely
enough, admit that last Monday
was a fine wash day.
The list of arrivals by the stork
route appears to be in danger of
being eclipsed by the list of de
partures by way of the mortuary
column.
Judging from the quality and
quantity of pork that is in demand
the high cost of living will be only
secondary to the high cost of
Congress.
If holding the office of city re
corder is half as pleasant or un
pleasant as it has been marked out
to be it will surely be something
out of the ordinary.
As for the Germans they appear
to be after peace and the Roumani
ans at the same time and appear to
be making noteworthy progress in
both instances.
These spring days in January are
very enjoyable but apt to cause the
fruit trees to bud out of season,
with due apprehension for the dam
age the inevitable frost would do to
next season's fruit prospects.
Now that the regular annual batch
of first of the year duns and New
Year's greetings are disposed of,
post office employees are getting a
chance to draw a few regular
breaths once more.
Mrs. Mary A. Stine rather ques
tions the accuracy of our observa
tion as to the days growing longer,
but the best sort of evidence we
know of is the little speedometer
which the light company furnishes
free to patrons and its evidence will
be given at the first of February.
four years. The Republicans are
plainly disorganized and it will be
remarkable if the many discordant
elements of Democracy can remain
united four whole years more.
Last week the saw mill at Falls
City, after a vacation of a year and
a half, began the work of turning
three million feet of logs into lum
ber. The work will help Falls City
immensely, but it will also help all
the citizens of Polk county. It indi
cates continued gains in the lumber
market which in turn has a decided
influence on all other markets in
the Northwest.
The popular mystery of Polk
county does not have to do with
hidden gold or haunted houses or
missing murders, but it has to do
with railroads. What is the influ
ence behind the Valley & Siletz
railroad? Who islbuilding it and
what for? If, as some think, it is
to be extended to Newport, it will
give this particular section a short
er route to the ocean.
It now looks as though Oregon
will be dryer than the hinges of
Hades within the very near future.
The Webb Kennon act was declared
constitutional by the U. S. Supreme
court by a decisive vote one day
this week and the old original pack
age dodge will work no longer. It
can be made positively illegal to
ship any kind of liquor into the state
and judging from the instructions
of his majesty, the people, last No
vember, the legislature will not be
justified in providing for anything
but complete prohibition. The
original package decision did more
to thwart prohibition than any
amount of money or literature was
ever able to do. The hopelessness
of contending with such a state of
affairs did a great deal to discourage
temperance work. Its removal will
put new life and vigor in temper
ance workers everywhere.
Magazine editing is now getting
to be one of the high sciences and
to be strictly up-to-date the maga
zine manager must originate and
put into practice various bright
ideas. Muck raking has lost con
siderable of its attraction and "the
Shame of the Cities" has got to be
an old story. McClure's recently
ha3 been taking a straw vote on
common honesty and has come to
the conclusion that Americans are
but sixty-four percent honest. As a
test McClure's sent out one hundred
one dollar bills to fifty men and
fifty women, enclosing a dollar in a
letter that any one could see had
been mistakenly addressed. They
classified the list seeing that all the
strata of society were represented
and demonstrated to their own sat
lsfaction that all of them were
similarly honest or dishonest. Mc
Clure's moralizes that humanity is
prone to dishonesty in certain
things, notably tax dodging and
beating a railroad company, which
seem to be common instances where
dishonesty is deemed excusable. A
great many people will be surprised
at how they differentiate in their
minds different kinds of honesty
and are prepared to defend just the
sort of "dishonesty" alluded to.
More people will defend it than will
really take advantage of an oppor
tunity to practice it. The cold
blooded impertinence of any one
who will deliberately set about to
tempt and tabulate the honesty of
his fellows is repugnant in its high
est sense.
One thing is to be noted about
Thos. W. Lawson. He never fails
to achieve the front page when he
starts after it although his exposure
of sundry leaks is about as illumi
nating as the sun is just after mid
night. Here's guessing that some
newspaper reporter is made the
scape goat.
It looks as though the breaking
up of the old party ties that have
prevailed for over half a century
might take place within the coming
Buffalo Bill, having hunted on
many grounds, geographical, finan
cial and sociological, is now headed
towards the traditional happy hunt'
ing grounds of the sportsmen of
earth. Having hunted on the plains
during the first half of his life, the
last half was spent hunting for fame
and fortune in civilized society. He
had a unique career and has experi
enced about all that fortune has to
offer. The first half of his life was
spent in acquiring a reputation as a
scout and hunter and the last half
in cashing in on that reputation. It
was the good fortune of the medi
tator to see Buffalo Bill at three
different typical stages of his latter
career. I
As a boy with his first visit to a
large city, taking in his first theat
rical entertainment with all the
wonders of the first sight of stage
scenery, a house with real doors and
windows, and a bam with a hay
mow from which one of the char
acters fell, with a camp fire and
real Indians dancing around it, and
Buffalo Bill as the center attraction.
It was in a play written by Ned
Buntline, the place Milwaukee, and
the time 1881, in September. The
same night the death of President
Garfield was announced from the
stage. As an actor Buffalo Bill was
a tenderfoot at that time. His
career as a showman was just start
ing.
To the boy it was all very wonder
ful and some a the scenes of the
play were acted very numerously
for a few years following. One in
particular, was a favorite. This
exhibited the Indian dance, the ap
proach of an old medicine man,
bent and muttering, who, when the
proper moment appeared, straight
ened up, threw off his disguise and
as Buffalo Bill, the terror of the red
men, slaughtered red skins right
and left.
The next appearance was during
the progress of the Columbian ex
position in Chicago in 1893. At this
time Buffalo Bill was at the zenith
of his success as a showman and
was exhibiting stunts that have
been copied by smaller fry in the
circus line since then. He had troops
of Cossacks, Germans, French,
Arabs and American military men
and Indians of all sorts and condi
tions. There was the old Deadwood
coach, which took part twice daily
in the Indian hold-up, and cavalry
rescue scene and the herd of tame
buffalo which wearily plodded
around in the dust or the mid
while each and every horseman wl o
could pull a trigger banged away at
them. The roof of the grand stand
was covered with tin onto which, as
the riflemen fired at high targets,
the fine shot would rattle down. A
prominent attraction at this show
was the white horse which Buffalo
Bill rode. It was a noble animal
and its training was perfection.
The last scene was three years
ago in Southern California. Then,
as the fag end of a second class
circus, the border hero was bring
ing his public career to an end. He
still had a fine horse but the show
man did not ride it. Instead he rode
in a phaeton pulled by two white
Arabians. The white curls that
reached to his shoulder were path
etically sparse and despite the wax
used his mustache and goatee looked
frazzled and faded. His fortunes
had declined materially in later
years. Disappointed in his ranch
ventures, unhappy in his domestic
experiences, he was merely making
a feeble effort to regain a portion
of the fame and fortune that were
once his.
Escorted Her Anyway.
While Robert Browning and hit
eon Barrett were living alone in
Florence the won gave one afternoon
an exhibition of his new paintings
in the family drawing room, lo
Mr. Browning was assigned the task
of meeting the guests. Late in the
afternoon, when the room was well
filled, there appeared at the druw
ing room door a woman whose face
was familiar. Yet Mr. Browning
could not recall her name, and he
judged from her appearance that
she was not an invited guest.
There was embarrassment on
both sides for a moment, and then
the womiin said eagerly: "Oh,
please, Mr. Browning, I'm the cook.
Mr. Barrett said, as I was to come
and see his pretty picturV'
Whereupon Mr. Browning, offering
his arm, showed her about the room
with all the attention that he could
have bestowed upon a reigning
queen.
How 8he' Earned It..
"Cultivate a little more sunshine
in your disposition, my dear," said
Mr. Dubbley. "Happiness and suc
cess in life depend upon the quanti
ty of rays one emits."
"Very well, John," replied Mrs.
Dubbley: "111 do my best, but I
think I'd be happier and more suc
cessful into the bargain if you would
emit a ten dollar Taise in my allow
ance." Harper's.
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The Roof Over Your Head
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. Same way with
our lumber. It is the best and for that reason, the
cheapest to use.
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Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
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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
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Phone Main 2302
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Electrical Supplies
We are developing
into a line of
Musical Instruments
See us for anything
of this kind
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