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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1917)
The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor 4 Publisher son would have been apt to have luff with plenty for all and much to;j EnUrad u Mcood-cUM mttr Sn'ttib S. If. lb post offiw ml Munmoulh. Omcon. under tht Act of Marrh. ItCi. ISSIKD EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months 75 cts Three months 50 cU MONMOUTH. OREGON FRIDAY, DEC. 21. 1917 a variegated trail across the length and breadth of the state if only a portion of the tales that t re told by the firesides of Coos county about Simpson's earlier exploits are true. "Sink without leaving a trace" is the German motto in submarine warfare. "Dead men tell no tales" was the way Captain Kidd used to put it. Which goes to intimate that both parties engaged in the same business. Monmouth Meditations . Let's see! only a few weeks i 1 . i 1. .1: people were reaiiy 10 oeneve ago that after countless ages of practice, the weather man had forgotten how to make it rain in Oregon. There was considerable momentum about that telegram which the gov ernor sent the war department and it was aimed straight at the bull's eye. It hit the mark too, judging from the speed with which it brought results. Senator McNary appears to have taken numerous good steps and a few faulty ones thus far in his career as a U. S. senator. He has shown that his sympathies, univers ally, are with that class commonly known as the "dear people." . . . i.i spare, that men should spena tneir , time planning and scheming to bring . unhappiness to their fellows. J Therefore it is a good thing that Christmas comes once a year, a day originally observed to commemorat-, ing the birth of a new year, now ! observed as the day of the birth of, a new idea, a new dispensation, the( power of peace and good will. . I 301 It is increasingly apparent that the Monmouth high school at pres ent has a fine lot of young men and women who are capable of giving an excellent account of themselves when they appear in public. Our line storm this year got an early start, and judging from the ginger it has so far exhibited, it promises to keep it up all winter. One distinctive featur which characterizes an amateur from a professional theatrical performance , is that the latter exhibits its bit of imitated life while keeping the ma chinery of the project in the back ground. The amateur likes not only to exhibit talent at impersonati n but he likes also to'show how it is done. The professional realizes that it detracts from the illusion of the imaginary scene if the audience can see him in the various stages of making up. Red Cross activity is especially appropriate for Christmas. The humane spirit of the work is direct ly in line with Christmas thought. Not everybody in the land can go to Prance to fight for the flag and for the peace and welfare of poster ity, but all can enlist in the Ked Cross. It isTi chance to become a recruit in the greatest army ever organized to alleviate human suffer ing. . There is no age limit and no physical examinations are required. You can take active work in the association should you be so dispos ed, but it is not imperative. You can contribute your dollar which will represent you in the great work of the association. A "Red Cross membership is the Christmas spirit in terms of action." Let the men and women of America make that sentiment ring like a cathedral chime throughout the land on Christmas morning. , The interned Germans at the sta tion at Hot Springs, N. C., are not prisoners of war. They comprise officers and crews of the German merchant vessels which were held in the United States at the time of tha declaration of war. These aliens receive no funds from the Government except compensa tion for labor actually performed. Those engaged in construction work get $20 a month, with an additional $5 to foremen. Interned oflicers have not been permitted to receive from any source more than $10 a month and crewmen not more than $5. Receipts in excess of these amounts are placed to the credit of the aliens in banks. Three plain but substantial meals are prepared eacn day. .mere is waste, the same measures of economy and conservation wnicn are being urged upon every Am erican housewife is being practiced at Hot Springs. an We Say Nothing But Saw Wood now If you owe the Herald anything would be a good time to pay up. It will help you to start the year with a clear conscience and will also help the Herald to pay for the expensive new machine which it has presented to itself as a Christ mas present. The Independence Enterprise was one of our numerous exchanges to get out a Christmas edition this year, four extra pages and a colored cover, with an extensive featuring of the beet sugar prospects of the adjacent country. frank uotch who perhaps was one of the greatest wrestlers who ever lived died at his farm home near Des Moines. Iowa, last week. During his lifetime he never met man on the mat who was his super ior, but a stomach malady put him out at the age oi 41. He was a money maker, took care of large stakes which he won from time to time and was reputed to be worth null, n iiiiuiuu, n. jjuyvlhui njoivjuv . j and a cultivated intelligence that ar? 81 6 taught him how to grasp an oppo. nent's toe in a manner so painful for the latter that he must yield, that the hold may be released ; or with his crossed legs to get a vise like hold known as a "scissors to at complish the same end two little tricks' that made him both, famous and wealthy. By "right of war the right of strange races to migrate into Ger manic settlements win be taKen away. By right of war the non- Germanic population in America and Great Australia must be settled in Africa. By right of war we can send back the useless South American romance peoples and the half - breeds to north Africa." Quotation from the Ger man inthe new 170-page publica tion issued by the committee on Public Information, "Conquest and Kultur." Copies may be secured free of charge by application to the Com mittee on Public Information, 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. How many farm folks and small town residents fully appreciate what a spirit of community cooper ation may be made to mean to themi Not alone can this be weighed in the scales of sentiment and civic pride. There is also some' thing of a dollars and cents value in boosting one s home town it we study the matter from the mercen People who are fond of an interest ing time will be apt to look with regret upon th announcement that L. J. Simpson of North Bend is not to run for the governorship. Simp- In a community that is financially sick it is a very uncommon thing to find the individual prosperous. This is because the individuals who make up a community shape the trend of a community up or down All you have heard people living in or near a small town say: Our little town can't grow.it is too near the city. So, with thisbelief plant ed in the mind one gees on spending It is a hard thing to work up a a lHot of the money that is pro. proper uinstmas spirit and at tne duced bcally in the stores oi near same time consider the record of by larger towns and cities. You go on tailing to patronize ii i mi your home town mercnants. iney can'i make a go of it and as $$0M V.tB3ltrO NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY contain a dear, acctu'ctc, I .ial answer. It is an mdi-Trnsi'. le self-help to success. Hunuredi -f thousands of people in all wa-V of life use, profit from, and CA) y l ' ' vut tuna vl mtoraution. Axe You a . The on ly diet V. .sr y wit h t r ri en ill vt Jen puie, i .lanrtcrlieil "A Stivkoof ;ni.j. T'Tamjfter l M-tvaIr.t to that of a 15-?u.ume eacyclpUa. RLSUUUI and IIA-PAFCR Cdllloin. WRITS tat Specimen fast. Hlatt trartc. FKE,taf yockom U you mention Um paper. G. & C. MERRIAM CO, world events as they are transpiring from day to day. ' What a record it is! Lies, deceit, suspicion, hy. pocricy, barbaism; nations and peoples blackguarding one Another, murdering, torturing, executing trading center the home town falls lower and lower in the scale. Local' merchants become afraid to ;:ssa;inating, stealing, destroying stock up with high grade merchan lives and property. Famine and exposure from cold, imminent in many places. Burning up, in mu nitions, the fruits of wealth it has taken years to accumulate. Surely . ,1 J" il. ! i 1 . . . m me iace oi mis, it is naru to see ff Ve h m a chance to buy in a: any evidence of "Peace on earth, jent quantities so that he can goou win to men. it cans to mmu D v VOu at the same price as a lecture-sermon which the writer heard several years ago, delivered by Henry Wade Rogers, then presi dent of Northwestern University at Evanston, 111. Rogers is a sociolog ist, a man who thinks deeply about when some one tells us he can buy lumber for less than we charge We don't care to argue with a man who judges solely by price. Don't you make tuch an error. Buy our lun.ber and buy satit faction with it. You'll te money in pocket in the end besides. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon hoc IOC Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop Monmouth Transfer and Feed Stable All kinds of transferring done promptly and on short notice FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor. Monmouth, - Oregon Read your own Herald $1 fj" MONMOUTH DAIRY J. M. Mc DONALD, Prop- mmmmmmmmm ' INSPECTED BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Come and see our fine herd of Jer sey Cows and clean, sanitary barn Milk 9c per quart Phone 2405 MONMOUTH, ORE. For any thing you want or don't want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you. Springfield. Mm., I 1 1 fhjjjjlJ 6000m.rt.o the wrongs of the poor and the un fortdnate and the picture which he l presented was one oi sordid con- '. ditions, no less harrowing than true. Thi crimes of capital and labor against one another, the whitened sep'.ilcners ot society who thrive on money wrung from human misery, the thieves and grafters of politics he spared none of them. When Mr. Rogers had finished, Mr. Mill man, known as the "blind chaplain" of the Senate, arose to pray. With his sightless oros nxed on the lm mensities of space he seemed to be standing, knee deep in filth, beg ging for a regeneration that would wipe out human frailties. When you think about it, the miseries of war are just an exaggeration of the miseries of peace. Jt is not at all quieting to think that on this earth, dise after atime and it isn't long before your home town stores carry only the lower grade of goods. Don't pay your local dealer two prices tor a gooa articie;Dut ao ffic-.up-the . i i i t i e same aarticie can De Dougni ior elsewhere. Encourage him with your trade .i . i i so that he is not airaiu to carry well-known brands of goods with a standardized quality. 4A standard article represents the same value no matter where you buy it. Once the merchants of your home town knows the trade is back oi him in the community, they w;Hl not hesitate to carry standard pro ducts of known quality for you to select from. You have the opportun ity to help make your community improve. For, with better stores, comes a better town and a good town means enhanced values for any property you own in it or near it. C. G. GRIFFA, Plumber and Steam-Fitter. ' Carries, In Stock Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures and all kinds of Plumb ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise. Ml orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed. MONMOUTH, OREGON Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop For Sale: 110 acre farm, 9 acres in orchard, mostly prunes, 80 acres under cultivation. Situ ated three and one half miles west of Monmouth. Inquire of . W. H. Mack o c 30E on Special Christmas Goods See our Stock for the goods that will please your sweet heart and make the child ren happy. WALKER & SONS 30E m 4
