The Herald
Entered u Hrond-clsu matter Septemberi. MS,
In the peat office it Monmouth. Ortvon. under the
Art of March S.
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lost in the present war. Also the theory than it does in
number of sick in the Nation's hos- People who have tried
pitals is very much greater than
the wounded. Prevention, proier
care before the ailment is acquired
is very much more to the point
than care during the stage of sick
ness. The situation demands that
every precaution be taken that will
aid in stamping out the disease.
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Meditations
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Alsace and Lorraine appear to be
headed in the direction of home.
The Kaiser, Hindenburg and Lu
dendorf are in a fair way to become
back numbers.
Every step taken in the Interna
tional war game within the past
month has been a step in the direc
tion of peace.
There is considerable politics on
tap just at present and the most of
it is far from good natured. But
it is only another illustration of the
old.truth "the greater the compres
sion, the greater the explosion."
We will survive and will all feel
better for getting it out of our
systems.
The chances are good for resur
rected Poland and Bohemia and
that Russia will be split up into at
least three and perhaps four
nations. The best prospects for a
federated Europe lie in this direc-
tiqn for the numbers cf small m-
tions.w.yj .ljave to organize some
sort of confederation for mutual
protection. . ,. , i
juSge Coke as aT candidate for
supreme justice appears to be get
ting support in many quarters
With some small acquaintance with
the judge and with a greater
degree of familiarity with his re
putation and record among his
fellow citizens in Coos county, we
believe he is worthy of the place he
seeks and would make an excellent
official.
Peace of the kind to save all the
pieces possible appears to be a pop-1
ular thing with the Central powers
just at present and the lobby of
the Allied war council is crowded
with representatives of the various
nations. A verbatim report of the
eliberations of that council would
be a most interesting thing to read.
What the representatives of the
successful powers think of each
other; of their various interests
and what are the impelling motives
that influence in the d ictation of
terms to be exacted of the common
enemy these are things which
arouse curiosity. Wre may have to
wait for years for the whole truth,
taking it from the memoirs of
some one present, ur it may be
tjld when the deliberations of the
council are fully ended. It may
be taken for granted that future
historians will view it as the climax
of a long train of unusual incidents.
As a Red Cross benefit we sug
gest that a hall be engaged and a
joint debate staged between L. P,
Gilmore and John Howell on the
best methods of growing potatoe?
Both appear to be equally success
ful, Mr. Gilmore relying on science
and Mr. Howell on the beneficial
attributes of certain phases'of the
moon. We are a little inclined to
favor Mr. Howell in the contention
for if the moon cannot be put to
some service in agriculture .we
might as well chop it away and let
it drop out of the planetary system.
We note a general scurrying
among Republicans to get on their
gas masks owing to the sudden
bombardment with shells by
General Os West. The density
and quality of the gas appears cal
culated -to do execution although
the stretcher bearers and first aid
men have so far been able to care
for all casualties.
Having tested it we are prepared
to testify that J. S. Prime makes
some prime apple cider. The trou
ble withj most cider, says Mr.
Prime is that people insist on mak
ing it out of rotten apples. He as
serts that good cider can no more
be made out of rotten apples than
angel cake can be made out of rut
abagas. But you must have a few
worms to give flavor to the finished
product, correct acidity, give it
tone and add life and vim and pep
to it.
practice,
it know
that the purchase price asked for
the land is the least part of its cost.
The man who clears off this land
earns it a second time and when he
is done the chances are that it is
not worth what he has paid for it.
People best adapted to handle this
land are people who have other
agricultural interests with it and
can afford to let it lie in practical
idleness for a period of years, with
the only income from the land the
pasturage of sheep and goats.
What the northwest needs more
than some one to clear off its
logge lands, is industries for its
cities. With a large and proserous
urban population, assuring a mark
et for agricultural products, the
logged over lands will be cleared
by people who have an incentive tc
clear them.
Monmouth people are somewhat
acquainted with W. L. Finley, state
biologist, and a few words from
him relative to the Oregon City
Fish controversy will be of interest.
Mr. Finley asserts that the law op
posed by the Clackamas fisherman's
union is necessary to preserve the
supply oi salmon, there are so
many traps and means of ' catching
the fish between the mouth of the
Willamette and the mouth of the
Columbia that the few which enter
the Willamette are needed for the
spawn they produce in the head
waters of the stream. In 1917 the
state got but six million Chinook
salmon'eggs whereas from forty to
fifty million eggs are necessary to
keep the Columbia stocked. The
statement that fish are stopped by
the falls at Oregon City Mr. Finley
says is false. Practically all the
hsh that reach the falls pass over
without delay.
We have little sympathy with
the idea that seeks t o minimize the
influenza as something in the
nature of a mild distemper.
"There is no cause for alarm" says
a contemporary "People with grippe
and colds should take care of them
selves and prevent an attack of
pneumonia." We beg to differ for
we think there is due cause for
alarm. Statistics show there have
been more deaths in the United
States from influenza than we have
It is doubly irritating to news
paper men who for the sake of win
ning ' the war have been asked to
make certain economies in the use
of paper to observe fifty thousand
copies of a so-clalled prohibition
paper sent into Oregon from
Indiana to manufacture political
sentiment for Mr. West. There
are several ways in which this pub
lication violates the spirit of the
regulations laid downjto news
papers by the war board. It vio
lates the spirit of the postal laws
also for it is advertising and is not
so labeled, thus avoiding proper
payment of postage under the zone
postal law.
With Germany adjusting her
self to a new and more popular
form of government the world may
well view the evolution from auto
cracy to democracy with varied de
grees of interest. Will it take the
form and substance of the radical
changes which befell France at the
close of the eighteenth century or
Russia within the past year wherein
class hatred inflames itself until its
heat is quenched in the blood of
thousands of fellow beings? Or
has the education and training of
the German fitted him to make the
change in a more sane and less
blood thirsty manner? Popular
education in Germany, it may be
remembered, sprang out of the
Napoleonic wars when one or two
observing men took note of the fact
that the helplessness of the Germans
was due to ignorance and founded
the school system of that country.
Now we may observe whether the
education of the German has given
him sufficient stability of mind to
change his form of government
with the same systematic methods
which have characterized his career
as a manufacturer.
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An nuusai number oi apples in
Polk cunty this year are affected
with brown spots which appeared
shortly before picking time. There
are several diseases which cause
spotting of the 'fruit, but the most
serious one which iruit growers
have to contend with, is that caused
by the anthracnose canker. The
small round spots sometimes devel
op after the apples are stored and
increase in size as they grow deeper
into the flesh. They have a rather
indistinct outer margin shading into
the natuH color of the fruit and
the middle is usually of a distinctly
paler or yellowish brown in con
trast to the deeper brown of the
outer portions of the spot. The
diabase which causes the rotting of
the fruit also produces dead spots
on the bark on any part of the tree
although on old trees the trunks
and large limbs are not often affect
ed. These dead spots begin to
show up in the 'winter time as
round dark spots on the bark. In
serious cases infection may become
so numerous that they run togetn-
er, the limbs become girdled and
the ends die. The remedy is
Bordeaux spray and the cutting
out and burning of all diseased
limbs. The first spray should be
applied immediately after the
fruit is picked. It is better to do
this early in September if possible.
A second application should be giv
en the last of October. If you have
this disease in your orchard, call on
the county agent for further infor
mation regarding its control.
Senator McNary's proposition to
give to returning soldiers, logged
over land farms sounds better in
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Monmouth, Oregon
Independence has a complete
double set of candidates for city
offices in the election of November
5. For mayor the candidates are,
W. H. Walker and C. E. Henkle;
for recorder, B. F, Swope and R.
E. Baker: councilmen. with six to
elect, W. E. Craven, J. S. Bohan
non, W. W. Mix, C. D. Calbreath,
W. S. Grant, W. H. Cockle, G. G.
Walker, W. M. Huff, H. L. Fitch-
ard, J. L. Donaldson, R. E. Du
ganne, M. Pengra.
CITY MEAT MARKET
George Sullivan, Prop.
Fresh and Smoked Meats
Hams, Bacon, Boiled Hams, Minced Hams, Bologna. Etc
Fresh Fish on Fridays
The highest cash price paid for poultry, veal and all kinds
of hides. Free delivery. Phone 2302
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