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The Herald ntand o ifcood-cUu. natur SpMnbr, UM, In th. pot offin M Moamxitk, Onm m&w Ik Art of Mural 1071. RICHARD B, SWENSON Editor A PublUkar MONMOUTH. OREGON ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY FRIDAY. JAN. 10, 1918 Subtcriptioa Ratea One year - " $1,60 Six months - 75 cU Three months - 60 cU 301 Monmouth Meditations In the presence of death we for get the petty imperfections which it appears are inevitably linked with human frailty and remember only those rock ribbed virtues on which the character of the deceased rested. A relieving feature of the gloom into which the death of The odore Roosevelt plunged the thous ands of admirers of the living man, is the tribute paid to his heroic qualities by people who differed radically in matters of public policy from him during his career. Influenza restrictions are burden some and onerous but not nearly as distressing as an epidemic of influ enza would be. The numerous sales of real estate in this vicinity lately, indicate that prospective buyers have money and also they believe local farm land is a good thing to invest in. It is reported that the young prince of the British royal family may seek a wife in this country There is surely quite an assortment to pick from. If our president and e'x-president fail to have eligible daughters there surely is available timber.among the families of the dignitaries and public servants in Washington, although it is likely that the Rockefellers and Morgans will prove more attractive. While we may not have as dry a season for some time to come as the one we have had recently, still the question of an emergency water supply is one that will loom larger with each year passed. It is quite likely that we will have to go to the mountains for a gravity system in order to do a thorough job. With the simplicity of American officialdom for comparison, Britain may conclude to dispense with some of the gold braid and ceremo ny of its official oxistance, which leads a sarcastic fellow editor to remark that in this event we still have the potentates of our fraternal societies with us. The truck to Portland on a regu lar schedule may prove premature as yet but it is the forerunner of a new era in the development of the country. The time of the short haul on railroads is past and the motor truck is about to demonstrate its usefulness. With its adaptability to handle a tratlic not convenient to a railed roadbed, it adds a per sonal service that the railroad could never do and it will develop the rural district in varied and start ling ways. While perhaps the theory is ov- erdone'that crime is a disease, and will yield to the right sort of treat ment, it is a fact that can not be got around. In the same way it is a fact that anarchistic and I. W. W. outbreaks are usually due to a social condition which breeds that sort of thing. Sometimes this comes to us from conditions in Europe, and it is to be regretted that some of it is caused by conditions at home. Occasionally we hear the farmer wail for that free land which our fathers used to have. He wants to go somewhere and take up a home stead that is worth the taking. It is a truth, however, that free land is a detriment to the prosperity of the farmer and now that competi tion from this sort of thing is grow ing more remote, the farmer is coming into his own. Farmers are also inclined to look with disappro val on themanner in which people flock to the centers of population, but it is this sort of thing that makes a market for agricultural products. The more people there are in the cities and towns the bet ter theetnarket for the products which the farmer has to sell. The best thing that could happen to the farmers of the northwest is a manufacturing boom that would attract people to the centers of population, and make them prosper ous, for there is no market like a home market. The Oregon Voter finds that out of thirty members of the state sen ate fifteen of them are lawyers, ten are farmers, two bankers, two physicians and one printer. Out of the sixty representatives, fifteen are lawyers, fifteen are farmers, four are bankers, three physicians, one dentist, two drugigsts, two printers, one shoe merchant, one salmon packer, one electrical work er, two contractors, one wooden box manufacturer, one insurance man, one abstractor, two steamboat line owners. Ten are or have been newspaper men, five were formerly school teachers. Thirty seven of the lot were born or brought up on farms. In the stress of war our lack of preparedness in organizing the war which lead to many deaths in the various ' concentration camps throughout the country for lack of care, did not command a great deal of attention. It was war and the attention of the public was concen trated on winning. But the same conditions now find the people in a different mood. It will be hard work to excuse conditions which cause ncedWss hardships and loss of life. The rime on the branches of trees, on the weeds and grass, on wires and roofs gave an illustra tion of the handiwork of nature in making unkempt things beautiful. There is material for a sermon in this rime but we will let the regu larly ordained ministers preach it There are certain days in every one's life that as Lowell says are like rocks that jut through obliv ion's sea and that are remembered when lesser things are forgotten Such a day to the meditator was one that occurred in the latter part of July in 1912. It wss in Chicago. The long corridors of the "An nex" hotel were thronged with peo ple, mostly men, . although there were occasional women to be met A constant stream of people went in and out of . the various rooms that were headquarters of the rep resentatives of the different states, with the mixture of business and social intercourse which precedes a political convention. Certain com mittees were in session, a platform was being drafted, argumentative gentlemen with planks which they wanted included in the platform were pulling wires and fingering the buttonholes of influence. Pre' liminary caucuses of would-be boss' es with scheme doped out to get in to the van of the successful, tome inveterate yarn spinner perhaps, would be seeking to inveigle some one into listening to his latest, but was finding it hard work. Eor ser ious faces were the rule and there was every indication that the par ticipants were exceedingly in earn est. The scene shifts to the Coli' seum. There has been the inevita ble parade with all the hurrah of banners and badges and rival brass bands. Minutes seem hours as the throngs of people crowd into the amphitheater and find seats. We wander around on the floor and find a point of vantage on a convenient balcony. The monotonous details of organisation are taken up. Fi nally in the course of events a de termined looking gentleman was al lowed the floor and was awarded an ovation that rocked the building. Sturdy in build with iron gray hair and bristling mustache, wearing glasses, he read his address from manuscript. "Oh, he has an atro- cious voice fur oratory" our neigh bor says and chuckles over it as though it were a recommendation. The speaker was Theodore Roose velt, the speech his more or less famous "Confession of Faith" in Inch he referred to the occasion as Armageddon; an occasion, how ever, known to the facetious as the Bull Moose convention." . Mr. Roosevelt died during the past week and of him Vice President Marshall said "I have ascertained since coming to Washington that he had more personal friends than any public man who was ever in this city." ffTTTTR ii 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 Heaters, Ranges MONMOUTH HARDWARE CO. Original is92 ' rfyH I Quality First ta ALUMIHUnhjJ 1 B o o k s , Stationery j . v . , Candy, Cigars j Electric Light Bulbs Souvenirs ' ; i MORLAN & SON Monmouth's largest and most complete Confectionery and Book Store. The Rag Doll Many progressive farmers are now sortingHiver their seed corn and testing its germination strength by means of the little rag dull, which tells the story of each ear in a way highly satisfactory to the owner. How the doll is made and used is thus told by B. F. Sheehan, instructor in farm crops at 0. A C: The doll is made of a strip of muslin 12 inches wide and four or five feet long. One side is marked into squares by cross lines every 2J inches, and each square numbered. Ears of corn are given correspond ing numbers and from each ear six kernels are token and placed germ side up in the proper square. The cloth is then rolled up, tied loosely, and placed in a bucket of luke warm water for several hours. The doll is taken out to drain, but is always kept moist and at moderate temperature; In five to seven days it is unrolled and the germination read for each square. The numbers are checked up with the number of the ears, and a rec ord kept of each ear tested. Only the ears that show good growing power are retained for seed. These farmers make their tests of corn in the winter. , They , send their small seed to the free seed' testing laboratory of the agrieultur al college at Corvallis. Hello, Maiden of the Depot, You, to whom I give my mail, Here is a crazy bit of jingle From a dough-boy soon to sail. You, dear Maiden of the Depot, Your glad hand and happy smile Greets us at most every station As we pass them mile by mile. Bid us "God Speed" on our journey From the forts on Columbia's stream 'Til we reach that other "Some where" There in France; of you we'll dream. ,. ,: Feel again your happy handshake While the gas clouds choke and swirl, - 'Tis for you that we'll be fighting Or some other dearer girl. Now I've spoiled this litt le jingle, So you'll think until you know, Far out in the farthest west-land SHE cried when I had to go. . By Cannon-Fodder Clark, From Oregon, 27th., Artillery, o.a.c. ; ', The above was written upon a paper plate thrown from a passing troop train at Huntington, West Virginia. Inside the plate was a drawing entitled "Pictures in the Sky" portraying the American flag under which is a Red Cross Nurse holding a lighted torch, In-order that this little jingle may be appreciated it must be un derstood that fhe Red Cross main tains a canteen at the Chesapeake & Ohio depot in Huntington from which all soldiers and sailors pass ing through, are served with lunch es, and which looks after their mail. About a dozen ladies attend all trains. This jingle was written on a paper plate from which the sold ier had eaten his lunch and evident ly must have been a spontaneous effort and written in about five minutes. . 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. 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