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RICHARD B. SWENSON
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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
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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
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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
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Ml orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed.
MONMOUTH,
OREGON
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