The Herald
RICHARD B. SWENSON
Editor & Publisher
I drugstores to six, o'clock. More
than that we have had a mild win
ter, the grass has been green in un
What skill, human cunning has de-
vised to increase fistic prowess was
never his. As a prize fighter he had
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J, FRIDAY, FEB. 8, , 1918
checked luxuriance since the rains but one rule and that to batter his
of the fall. . You may look around opponent through the strength that
in any direction and fail to find a
section of the country more favored
at present than the Willamette val
ley.
Monmouth
Meditations
Fifty farmers in Congress is the
slogan of the Non-Partisan League;
which reminds us why not have twen
ty five teachers, thirty merchandise
men, nineteen blacksmiths.seventeen
plumbers and a liberal sprinkling of
druggists bankers and editors. Why
not divide up the representation in
a different manner than at present,
have a census of the different avo
cations, races and sexes and give
each its numerical proportion. For
one thing this would do away with
sectionalism, minimize the race
problem, etc. But on the other
hand wouldn't it establish friction
Lenine and Trotsky may yet envy in new places. Of course, there
Nicholas his quiet and comfortable wouldn't be as many lawyers in Con-
finish. '" j gress as there are at present but we
may feei sure that the same men
One fine advantage urged for the woujj be re the professional
thrift stamp habit is that it keeps farmer or, shop keeper would be apt
one constantly in a financial condi- to develop some of the human traits
lion which makes it impossible to wm-cn our statesmen now exhibit.
indulge in riotous living
Harun al Raschid, in his travels
around ancient Bagdad uncovered
some wonderful stories but hardly
anything more wonderful than one
that is being enacted in real history
right now. Trotsky, two years ago
was living in New York City, sub
sisting off of occasional quarters
which he managed to borrow from
dining room girls and bar tenders
He bought a suit of clothes for $7
from a second hand dealer in order
to array himself for his trip to Eu
rope which was to result in his be
coming a leader in one of the great
est nations in the world. Some of
the things he promised to do, to
People who 'remember the Colo
nel's fondness for simplified spelling
.are foremost to urge that he be sent
on some mission or other to Russia.
Accordine to reliable reports it
costs high to live well in Berlin
. Butter there costs $2.25 per pound,
sugar sells at 56 cents a pouiW.ham
and bacon bring $2.11 a pound and
Ivory soap is sold at five bars for
$1.12.
was his in his splendid physique.
He thought it his ubility to batter
down and escape the consequences
of vice in the same manner asheov
ercame opposing bruisers, but lived
to see his error. In later yqars he
became a strong advocate of tem
perance, always listing himself as
an awful example. Sullivan was a
good advertiser. He had the fac
ulty of keeping himself in the fore
ground and wherever he went the
newspaper reporters were always
sure to find in him a prolific source
of copy. This faculty kept him
among the beet known Americans,
along with Billy Sunday, Buffalo
Bill and Teddy Rooa-velt, who stick
on year after year, when popes and
presidents and potentates who are
to the front for a brief space, sink
into oblivion and are forgotten. He
wrote an autobiography some years
ago which was thoroughly charac-
teristic of the man. Thoroughly
good-natured, always charitable to
his enemies, he ambled on through
a series of reminiscences which took
him through places high' and low on
the social scale. He invented the
term "rabbit whiskey" to denote
concoction, one sip of which would
srive a rabbit the courage to spit in
a bull dog's eye, tut none knew an
described more vividly than he the
abysm of degradation that entraps
the booze fighter
One of the things which the pat
riot needs to resolve is to do even
more farming than last year. It
miirht be a srood thine if in daces
where it is possible to do so, business around the tebles of cheaP
in towns is suspended half of the restaurants in JNew lorn, nenas ac.
time, the remaining half beinesDent tually performed. He would pub
, .
on the farms or in farmimrmdustrv. tne secret agreement oi me ai-
hetoinz to raise the food that we Hed powers, he would found a "mod.
will need next winter. ' el republic". He would force peace
upon monarchs. Whether or not he
Like a steadily rising tide the can carry out the whole of his pro-
criticisms of the war department gram is another matter.
constantly gather force and if the
war continues the demand for. more "Shoes and ships and sealing wax
efficient methods is bound to grow and cabbages and kings" is a bewil
more insistent until it tnumnhs. dennz combination, met with in
Such is the story abroad and such it "Alice i n Wonderland". B u
is apt to be here. If resisted it will it may be appropriately applied to
result in upheaval which will make a collection such as is met with in
it impossible in the future to con- these columns for it is our happy
duct such an undertaking as that in privelege in these rambling talks not
which we are now engaged along the to be bound by any hampering, lim-
lines of partisan politics. its. We note that the war may
cause the come back of the base ball
As Banker Powell indicated in his prodigies of a few years ago, to take
address to the Normal students, the place of men who have in their
thrift is as far removed from stinei- more vouthful skill, edged them
nessasit is from luxury. Thrift away from the skinned diamond,
means making the most possible out young men being needed as soldiers.
of life at the least expense . Stingi- The life of a base ball player, as such
ness that denies itself information is a short one and few are stil!
or recreation illy prepares a man or in the ranks at thirty. There have
woman for crreatest usefulness, been some notable exceptions, and
Thrift does not deny itself anything it is a curious fact that these excep.
that is essential either in food or tions have been men who were pre-
clothing, for the mind and body. , eminent, and who have avoided ex
cesses and kept control of the mach-
. . . i .i i it
I Ast summer when the drnnth me of bone and muscie mat mey
was at its worst the fear was f re- were possessed oi
, Miss Hoham deserves extra credi
this year for carrying her annual
musical program through to a sue-
cessful termination. The work of
preparation must have been consid
erably more difficult than in years
when students were more numerous,
but undaunted, she kept things mov
ing, imparted to the student a
measure of her own energy and pep.
hoc
We Say Nothing But Saw
Wood
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 such an error. Buy our lumber
and buy satisfaction with it. You'll be money in pocket in the
end besides.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
Monmouth Transfer and
Feed Stable
All kinds of transferring done promptly
and on short notice
FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor,
Monmouth, Oregon
It became known Wednesday that
considerable rain water was escap
ing from our city limits and rushing
over to Independence. As conserva
tion is the order of the day and as
we will need our surplus for next
summer, and as Independence has
plenty of rain water of its own, it
was suggested that we construct
several large pits and store the wa
ter: sort of can it. as it were, for
future use.
Mein Herr von Hindenberg has
made public a few plans. Evidently
not caring to be outbragged by Sec.
retary Baker, he announces that he
will be in Paris by April first. How
he expects to get his big guns across
the French and Flemish mud, to say
nothine of overcoming the heroic
defenders thereof, is not so plain
quently expressed that the Willam
ette valley would have a lean win- Prominent among these was "Cy"
ter, with food scarce and high. But Young who achieved the mark of
the reality has not come near up to pitching a thousand games of league
expectations. In fact, notwithstand- ball. Never a man of physical prow.
ing the war, Willamette valley is in ess such as Walter Johnson or Amos
better codnition than it was a year Rusie, he had a wise head on his
ago. Potatoes are cheaper, ditto shoulders and by conserving his
flour' and beans, all essential feat- strength and studying out theweak
ures of the larder. All of these ar- nesses of his opponents, he kept in
tides are cheaper here than they are the front rank for a long period of
in the east where crops were rela- years,
tively much larger. In addition to
, this, our fuel supply is ample. East His career was the exact reverse of
of the Rockies, right now, even John L. Sullivan, another sporting
small business establishments must hero who died Saturday at Abington
close down Monday of each week, Mass, Sullivan was a man for whom
with groceries open until noon and I nature had done splendid thingi
New Oregon Map
A new folder mtlp of Oregon has
just been issued by the Southern
Pacific Lines. This map will be of
service to local people in gaining a
better knowledge of our state, and
will also direct the attention of res
idents of other states to the resour
ces of Oregon.
The map is carefully drawn, show,
ing all the lakes, streams and prin
cipal mountain peaks, as well as the
railroads and highways. All the
cities and towns are plainly indica
ted, and an alphabetical index ena
bles one to readily determine the lo
cation of any town in the state.
On the back of the map is a brief
but very complete exposition of Or-
egon's resources. The geographical
divisions, with physical features
climate, productions and scenic at
tractions, are set forth in detai
The prospective settler or the tour.
ist will here find much valuable in
formation . All' of the work on this
map was done in Portland.
Copies can be obtained from any
Southern Pacific representative.
CITY MEAT MARKET
Geo. Sullivan, Prop.
Fresh and Smoked Meats
Hams, Bacon, Boiled Hami, Minced Harm, Bologna. Etc
Fresh Fish on Fridays
The highest cash price paid for poultry, veal and all kinds
of hides. Free delivery. Phone 2302
Monmouth
Oregon
To prove that it pays to keep a highly bred laying strain of
chickens, I have received orders this last week for 6 ' cockerels
and 17 hens from Eastern' Oregon and Washington. Besides 3
cockerels in Monmouth, 100 day old Leghorn chicks, future de-..
livery, and a 50 egg incubator lot of Leghorn eggs. My fowls
have been laying all winter, marketing a case and better a week
thru January. Some people are complaining about their chick
ens not laying. If this'is a fact take my advice and sell them
off while the market is exceptionally high. Then this Bpring se
cure some hatching eggs from highly producing layers of the
breed you like best and get a new start of A. No. 1 fowls. Do
away with those old crossed up breeds that your grandmother
gave you that only lay a few eggs in the spring of the year un
der the most favorable conditions. ;
Some people scoffed at me for paying $1.50 a setting for hatch
ing eggs from Corvallis College three years ago, but my invest-
ment was O. K. for I secured the right kind of stock. I reared
115 nice pullets on a city lot the year I sold out my grocery bus
iness. Those.pullets began laying in the fall and jn eleven
months they brought me in $368.00 as a side issue to my var
ious lines of farming. Last spring I sold from two ens of Leg
horns consisting of ten hens each and two pens of Burred Rock
consisting of 12 hens each, $178.00 worth of hatching eggs and
hen hatched day old chicks. Could have sold more of them had
I been able to spare them. This in addition to the chicks hatch
ed for my own use and the eggs from the general flock that
were marketed at the stores. There was a general complaint,
last spring about the eggs from the heavier breeds not hatching
well. From the best of authority it was due principally to the
cold, backward spring. I guarantee all the eggs to hatch good
that are secured from my pens, if they do not I will make them
up to you by replacement. A great many poor hatches are the
result of poor care of the sittnig hens. If you will place them
by themselves give them good warm, roomy nests, , litter to
scratch in, plenty of clean fresh water, good, dusting box of
ashes with plenty of louse powder Bifted in same and not allow
the laying hens to trample over them you will get a great deal
larger percentage of chicks.
For all around utility fowls there is no doubt that the Barred
Rocks are the best breed. For eggs alone I would secure the
white Leghorn as they are great layers, eat less food and are
fine foragers. I can furnish you hatching eggs from winter
" layers of both these breeds, the price is within the reach of ev
ery one.. ' $1 for setting of 15.
A. H. CRAVEN
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