The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor & Publisher li in T VL ' nn Bnund u Mcond-elaM naiur Snunlw a, 1. t th Kt office at Monmouth, Orar. undc the ActofMarckt. 1OTS. ISSCKD EVERY FRIDAY ' at the meeting Tuesday night was , to be in the forefront in any matter very graceful and very pretty, as mat oeais wun quauuua ui f ,ic thA mini.f the flair drill, rxlicy and hil iron nerve and un- the blacksmith drill and the singing compromising disposition make him game and the Virginia reel was a , peculiarly qualified as a leader m an show in itself. The children are I unpopular cause. It was the fortune fortunate to be given the services of the writer M spend one day wjth Laroliette, oneottne critical uays in his career, the day that practical- Subscription Rates , One year 11.60 Six months . . 75 cU Three months 60 cU MONMOUTH. OREGON FRIDAY, MAR. 9. 1917. A cnoc Monmouth Meditations 0 of a teacher as capable as Miss Taylor, and their physical instruc tion is an important part of their education. E oc The signs of spring increase; the rugs are beginning to decorate the clothes line and the wall paper hanger becomes a personage of im portance. There are numerous newcomers along Monmouth's Main street' and it is about time we got together for a get-acquainted meeting. (A hunch for the Commercial club.) As a dairy section, Oregon is nat urally interested in the cow beat, and the profits of the sugar industry interest all in the sugar beat and all require application and hard . work, but the kind of beat that flourishes without cultivation is the dead beat. The famous lost bridge biH has been found and has been mailed to the speaker of the house and presi dent of the' senate for their signa tures. This will give the lawyers an additional chance to try their hands at it They were anxious to test its constitutionality anyway and here is another weighty matter for the spare time of the supreme court Is it constitutional for a bill to get lost? And still the old world wags on. Don't be too ready to believe all you hear. Stories never lose any thing in the telling and many times great yarns are built on very small foundations. One day last week the report was current in Monmouth that the summer school session of the Normal was to be held in Port- and and it created quite a little stir until it developed that the students of the Normal were to spend one day there during the session of the educational convention. C. C. Chapman of the Oregon Voter appears about the most ardent good roads advocate in Oregon. Chapman is working early and late and i3 putting in some telling strokes for the bond issue that is to be voted on shortly. 'About the time that George Walk cr becomes a star in the vaudeville circuit as a monologue artist or slap stick team leader we expect to note a distinct revival of interest in that particular form of amusement. It is all very well to denounce Senator Lane, to demand his recall, and to hurl various epithets at him, but to call him a "coward" is over doing it a little. It appears to us that it took real cburage in the face pf the popular clamor to line up with"' the dauntless twelve. The Forcf seems to be a popular car with the .auto thief, who can not be accused of not knowing a good thing wVien he sees it. Seven times in the jast few weeks Marshal Moreland has received postal card notices of stolen autos, all Fords, and all trout the Portland sheriff. Recently we came across a book dealing with "Modern Inventions' and published in 1900. Scarcely any of the inventions described are modern, this being especially true in the case of the experiments of Prof. Langley with flying and de scriptions of the submarine. The 'modern" phonograph, illustrated, looks about as rriodern as the large sleeves worn by the ladies of those years. Which goes to show that in the invention line the word "mod em" is only a temporary affair. The president's latest note is ad dressed to the people at large and he says the coming session of the senate must positively pass cloture rules that will make impossible the thwarting of the will of the majority by a minority. Whi'e they are about it they might abolish the senate and house entirely. It has become the custom fbr the executive branch of the government to draft bills and insist that they be passed without the change of a single word. With the minority gagged in the senate, with the majority dominated by patronage and party expediency, we might as well have a kaiser and be done with it. If Monmouth's butter maker can win Second prize in an exhibit with the, dairyman of ten states, without siecial exertion, what could he do if he really got down to business, Again, if the general run of butter from the Monmouth creamery is good enough to win prizes for ex cellence it ought to be sure of a welcome in any market. It is reported that Dallas is so "miffed" at Marion county on the bridge proposition that it would iigree to a separate county bridge nt Independence and allow Marion to build whatever it likes at Salem. Which isn't a half bad idea either. There is a good crossing at Inde pendence and , such a bridge has many features to recommend it. Courage, character, intelligence and common sense are requisites to the successful execution of the duties of the office of state dairy and food commissioner and Mr. Mickle seems to possess them all. It takes courage to combat the ex igencies of business when they are furthered at the expense of the careless public. The man, or group of men, who are prosecuted will re member but the average public is indifferent and forgetful. Important auxiliaries are the men and women who are public spirited, who realize the necessity for sanitation and reg ulation and who act together to make regulation possible. We are not content with conditions such as our fathers contended with. New occasions teach new duties. Much of the unsatisfactory conditions with which officers of public sanitation have to deal is due to rapid expan sion in the development of the United States. As new sections have been settled we have been glad to get any kind of service whatever, ly decided that he was to be ad-; vanced from the governorship to the U. S. senate. Beginning at 6 ; o'clock in the morning and contin uing until 11 o'clock at night, it was a day brimming with action. Sub sisting on crusts of toast and milk, his private secretary, John Hannon, handled him very much as a trainer would handle a prize fighter. His name at that time in that section would attract a crowd at any cross roads hamlet and such was his abil ity as a stump speaker that he urned literally hundreds and thousands who were opposed to him into his friends. LaFollette's strength laid in the fact that the big newspapers hated him so thor oughly that they never gave him a fair show. The man's arrogance, his very narrowness on questions that affected his career would have been a handicap hard to overcome had the newspapers not played into his hands. They were so manifestly unfair to him that all LaFollette had to do was to take his story to the people in person and the reac tion always won for him. A letter from German Minister of foreign An airs Zimmerman nas been the sensation of the past week. The letter written to his nations representative in Mexico stated that Germany was about to enlarge her submarine operations, which might cause war with the United States, and in event of this the minister was asked to urge Mexico to attack the United States and to ask the as sistance of Japan, Mexico to receive the states of Texas. New Mexico and Arizona as a reward. For cool effrontery the letter was a master piece, the more so as President Wil son was. at the very time it was written, engaged In securing a hear ing for the German peace terms with her enemies. It shows the present German government up in ery repugnant light and has en couraged the element clamoring for war so that it has seemed impossi ble to avert hostilities. The climax 'was reached when twelve senators, numbering among them some of the ablest men in the upper house, successfully killed by filibuster the president's armed neutrality act. In all probability they could not have done this had the president not insisted that the bill must pass exactly as he had pre' oared it. Two objectionable fea tures that had weight with the op ponents of the bill were that it did not provide that ships carrying mu nitions to a nation at war with an other, should not be given armed protection by us when we were at peace with both nations. Also, that the government should not engage to financially insure cargoes owned by people who are getting large profits from the business. It the president would have agreed to these exceptions it is quite likely the bill would have passed. As it was the incident created a greater stir of in terest than anything that has hap pened in many years. The Roof Over Your Head Expanding needs have monopolized The rural mail carriers, if they our attention in directing new niinht, in convention assembled, be erowth and the requirements of consulted, doubtless might express health and the niceties of culture a few opinions on the subject of have come trailing along in the j;ood roads. ' One would suppose rear. Now their turn, too, has come that as the summer draws near they in the course of events and these 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. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Phone Main 202. - Monmouth, Oregon CITY MEAT MARKET Alway: i 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 '"v Oregon Monmouth Transfer and Feed Stable All kinds of transferring done promptly and on short notice FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor. ' Monmouth, . Oregon " Independence Electric Co. f Lighting Fixtures and Supplies , Electric Wiring and Repairing Estimatei Cheerfully Furnished Free. All work ' guaranteed to itand City Inspection. We do contract, work. in with Rowe'i Jewelry Store. H. J. Rowe, Mgr. Phone trouble and repair wo k, Main 6211. We will come would welcome it, but there are some at least who assert that they prefer the wet and mud of winter to the heat and dust of summer. The dancing of the Highland questions of sanitation and pure fj)od are bound to receive more at tention from the general public , Senator LaFollette is very much in the limelight just now for the Fling by the girls of the 8th grade, ! reason that is LaFollette's nature NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned Henry S. Portwood and Mary Mable Staats have been duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Polk County administrator and administratrix, respectively, of the astate of Joseph Ansel Haines, deceas ed, and have qualified. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby required to pre sent them, duly verified, with the prop- j er vouchers, within she month of the j date of this notice, to the said adminis-1 trator and administratrix at Monmouth j in said County of Polk. Dated and first published February 9, 1917. Henry S, Portwood 1 . Mary Mabel Staats Administrator and Administratrix of the estate of Joseph Ansel Haines, deceased Osar Hayter, Attorney. 23-5t BOOKS, STATIONERY, Electric Light Bulbs Electrical Supplies We are developing ino a line of Musical Instruments See us for anything , . of this kind MORLAN & SON Monmouth's largest and most complete Confectionery and Book Store t