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RICHARD B, SWENSON
Editor & Puklukw
MONMOUTH, OREGON
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1918
SuWriptioa Rate
On year $1,50
Six months 75 cts
Three months SOcts
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Monmouth
Meditations
I' 'or-
, The magazines which prepare
their 'material several weeks in ad
vance are still prodding up the
public to fight the war to a success
ful termination.
Judging from a letter which ap
peared this week in the Oregon
Voter, Prof. M. S. Pittman still
spells RURAL SCHOOLS with
capital letters.
Prune men are profiting by these
pleasant days in the process of
pruning their prune trees.
' As for the water situation dur
ing the past week, there are still a
few incorrigibles who were able to
retain enough surplus sense of
humor to crack jokes about it.
If the Sinn Feiners ever get con.
trol of Ireland the Emerald Isle
migh( as well be staged and set to
music. The effect should be just
about as diverting for the spectators
as a comic opera, although rather
tough on the people who have to
live with the actors.
Come to think about it, Cuba is
entitled to a place at the peace ta
ble. She was one of the indepen.
dent powers to declare war. At the
table, she could furnish some of her
justly celebrated tobacco with which
to keep the peace pipe supplied.
Considerable heat of temper was
displayed during the time our
water system was disarranged but
they who did the perspiring were
the people in charge of the operations.-
Have you learned to write it
1919.
With two whole days gone, the
Monmouth hotel has not changed
hands in 1919.
Thanks to the liberty bond issues,
the"average family has not bwn im
poverished, but rather enriched by
the war. Many have money luid
aside who would not otherwise have
done so.
It appears to take just about as
long to get peace terms signed up
as it did to fight the war to a suc
cessful termination.
Now in the time of New Year
resolutions, we suggest a few aims
toward which the city might strive
during the coming year.
An emergency water supply. A
pipe line laid to Independence
might be one way of securing this.
A concerted effort to keep our
streets clean and with an adequate
wearing surface.
A through line of alleys on both
side of Main street in the business
district.
Cheaper water that would enable
all to keep lawns green in the summer-time
without prohibitive ex
pense. Completion of paving in the city
to connect with paving to Indepen
dence and Dallas.
The adoption by charter amend
ment of a financial system that will
cause general running expenses to
keep within the amount annually
placed in the general fund and the
creation of a separate fund to
care for special expenses.
Renewed vigilance and diligence
in that age old task of keeping the
city picked up and in presentable
condition.
From the contradictory "nature of
the reports and the general inconse
quential character of the mass of
the correspondence that gets intb
the daily papers from Europe, the
enterprising representatives of the
press abroad are getting hard
pressed to supply their regular
amount of reading matter.
New Substitute
For Gasoline
WELCOME, 19191
Nineteea-Nineteen, welcome I
Oh, I'm glad you've cornel
Though you're yet a myiteiy
Tongue duaeetly dumb.'
Nineteen-Eighteen, scurrying!
That's became you're here.
And I'm glad but, just a moment, ,
HI dry this tear.
He was kind to me you sees
Kind at I deserved;
Though,whenkcametopuniihment, ,
His justice never swerved.
But I've let him carry off
All unpleasant things ;
Keeping safe in Memory's box
Only that which tings.
What may be the solution of the
problem of finding a cheaper and
more efficient substitute for gasoline
has been announced by Major Oliver
B. Zimmerman and Captain E. C.
Weisgerber of the gas and oil divi
sion, with the permission of the War
Department. This announcement
that a substitute has a last been
found is made definitely and without
qualification, and it is stated that
in a very near future the substi
tute, called Liberty fuel, will be
manufactured fur the open market.
In making it Captain Weisgerber
says he fully realizes that all previ
ous efforts along this line have fail
ed; that every previous announce
ment, has fallen short of the mark,
and that consequently hia state
ment is going to be challenged from
a thousand sources by incredulous
experts everywhere. Exhaustive
tests have been carried on with air
planes, motorcycles, automobiles,
trucks, etc., all under Government
supervision, and the substitute can
be used by the automobilists in
place of gasoline without any
change in the carburetor and with
out any detrimental effects on the
car. It can be produced in quan
tity for less than half the cost of
gasoline, gives more mileage per
gallon, greater speed, has less
heating effect'on the lubricating oil
than gasoline and starts easier
The substitute is in liquid form
manufactured by a still process,
composed of commodities which are
now a drug on the market and
which are plentiful enough to
assure supplies to meet the future
demands. The formula is a'secret
in the hands of the general engine
ering depot and the inventor. The
cost of manufacture is said to be
40per centlower than that of mak
ing gasoline.
In the tests by Army officers,
mainly conducted by Captain Weis
gerber, the new fuel, was used in a
passenger car, motorcycle, airplane,
tractor and truck in comparison
with gasoline. In the tests by the
bureau of standards at the labora
tories it was used in a class B truck
engine and a 150-horse power His-
pano-Suiza airplane engine in com
parison with gasoline.
Used on a passenger car the fuel
drove the car 174 miles per gallon
as against 9 miles per gallon on
gasoline, and increased the speed
from 47 to 69 miles per hour.
In a hydroplane with the engine
at 1600 revolutions per minute the
plane remained in the air 22 rr.in
utes longer on 10 gallons of gaso
line. A Harley-Davidson motor
cycle was driven 28,000 miles In
severe" tests and showed no corro
sive action and no carbon. Weigh
ing 693 pounds with its load the
motorcycle journeyed 256 miles
without adjustments on 4.66 gal
lons of Liberty fuel, consuming 11
quarts of lubricating oil, averaging
55 miles per gallon. The average
speed was 22.fi miles per hour.
Used with gasoline over the same
route and at the same speed the
motorcycle averaged 32,18 miles
per gallon and consumed 4 quarts
of oil. A Garford 3-ton truck
weighing 7373 pounds with its load
averaged 10.4 miles per gallon with
Liberty fuel over 232 miles, used 2
gallons of water in the radiator and
consumed 2 quarts of lubricating
oil, or 103.1 miles per quart. The
journey was made at a speed of
from 9 to 12 miles per hour, the
lower speed during rain. With
gasoline the truck averaged' 6.37
miles per gallon, consuming 45 gal
lons of gasoline, used 8J gallons of
water in the radiator and 41 quarts
of lubricating oil at the rate of 63.6
miles per quart of oil. The truck
easily traveled the Cumberland dis
trict mountains on Liberty fuel,
and failed to'do this with gasoline,
In the report of tests of the Lib
erty fuel by the bureau of stan
dards signed by W. S. Stratton,
chief of the bureau, it was stated
that three grades of the fuel were
submitted marked "type A", "type
B"and "Liberty fuel", the first
two being for passenger, cars the
the third for airplane consumption
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The War is at an End
Why do without things for the house any longer?
Household comforts and
Household Necessities
Furniture,
Rugs,
Linoleum
See our line of 18-92
Aluminum ware
The ware that wears forever
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Dedicated to the Junior
With all their boasted genius,
the members of the JUNIOR
CLASS have yet to prove to the
rest of the student-body that they
are as brilliant as they seem to
think. We have no particular de
sire to contradict anything which
the JUNIORS have asserted for the
simple reason that we do not consid
er their statements worth refuting.
We will even go so far as to grant
them that they may well be at the
back of the inspiring "PEP" which
has manifested itself in the student-
body meetings of school year '18
'19; said "PEP" looks just about
like the general run of things they
do..
Be this as it may, the JUNIORS
certainly have one or two enter
hrising young authors, whose tal
ent should be devoted to bigger
things. By conscientious practice
in the arts, they may at some fu
ture time become very successful
in some other form of occupation.
When they do , let them tell us
about it; atjpresent we will content
ourselves by reading their monthly
report cards, which determine for
us the brilliancy of the JUNIORS,
and give us alt necessary informa
tion concerning them.
The JUNIORS evidently believe
in the . old adage, that "He who
tooteth not his own horn, the same
shall not be tooted".
Respectfully submitted by the
Seniors.
Heaters,
Ranges
OMntl ibb'i '!l Oualltv Vint
PURE SPUN HH
ALUMINUM
MONMOUTH HARDWARE CO.
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Dr. Foster, 1). C. ' Uses elec
tricity in all forms.' Room 21, Na
tional Bank Bldg. Dallas, Oregon.
E. K. PIASECKI, Lawyer, Dal
las, Ore. Probating of Wills and
Settlement of Estates a Specialty, tf
A. N. Halleck buys junk of all
kinds and pays highest cash
Drices. - 26tf
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the
fidersigned as administrator of the
estate of L. C. Gwin, deceased, has
filed his final account in the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Polk County, and that Saturday
the 4th day of January, 1919, at
the hour of 11 o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, at the court room
of said County Court in the City of
Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed
by said Court as the time and place
for the hearing of objections to the
said final account and the settle
ment thereof.
C. H. Gwin,
Administrator of the estate of L
C. Gwin, deceased.
Swope & Swope, Attorneys.
Dated and first published Decem
Books, Stationery
Candy, Cigars
Electric Light Bulbs
Souvenirs
MORLAN & SON
Monmouth's ItrgMt and most eomplnU Conficlbntry and Book Store
Building Material From
Roof to Cellar
Oregon Fir and Hemlock Lumber
Douglas Fir Silos
The Gold Mine of the Farm
Lath, Mouldings, Fruit and Butter Box
es, Cedar Posts, Green and Dry Slab
wood, Cement, Wall Plaster, Lime,
Brick, Shingles, Rooting, Windows, etc.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone'Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
For any thing you want or don't
want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you.
Under New Management
CITY MEAT MARKET
L.J. Huston, Prop.
Fresh and Smoked Meats
Home rendered pure Lard 33c
Lard compound' 28c
We buy veal and hides Phone 2302 '
Monmouth - - Oregon
INSURANCE!
On City or Farm Insurance on three or
five year policies, we take notes payable in
yearly installments.
Bonds of all sorts sold. '"'
Let us place your Insurance with old, reli
able companies.
GEO. W. CHESEBRO
Th em a
'Salesman from
Virginia
who was chewing and
swapping yam with the
men on the Post Office
comer. "Have a chew,"
says he to Jake. Jake
doesn't think he's chew
ing unless his cheek bulges
out like he had the mumps.
"Call that a chew? he
snorts. "Sure!" says the
salesman. "This is Real
Gravely. That small chew
satisfies, and the longer
you chew it the better it
tastes. That's why it doesn't
cost anything extra to
chew this class of tobacco."
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PEYTON BRAND f
Real Gravely Ghewing Plug
each piece packed in a pouch
mmmmmm
ber 6th, 1918.