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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1919)
The Herald tion that it did not have time to ! consider the influenza. Road niak- Knifrw -.o .iKi-fi.- Kuttr sr tcmitf. is, ing and its attendant problem of AV,h,rf7.11T"r"""lh 'n0tt,hVl,rovidinP,,rk tor the H'turninir I soluier have the active interest of j botli houses and the consolidation ' idea also promises to absorb con siderable attention. KK'HAKD 15. SWKXSON Editor A PuWihr MONMOUTH. OliHGON ISSl'KP LVfUV t'KlDAY FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 1918 Subscription Ktci One year - ' $1,50 Six months - - 75 cts Three months 50 cts 30' The The? Company cf Fnlem is putting out attractive calendars this year advertising their products butjespeeially spurring on the'grow er of fruit and berries to greater effort. With the spread of prohi bition the bottling of fruit juices assumes a new importance and the rhei people believe in getting in on the ground floor. all pass. tJO 1 fnnniniltl) f A writor in tlu IVrtlandTelgr: m?f A led nations . r y V ;type, worn in service, all to be gathered and melted fur the con struction of a monument to Theo dore Roosevelt in Washington, P. C. An ingenious idea and one that would make a worthy tribute i to a man who perhaps has occasion- The pood citizen is the map who ed as much copy as any man this obeys the quarantine restrictions 'country has produced. IOC From the way the wind blew Tuesday night it must have been in a hurry to get to its destination. with a mind on the public welfare. Somehow or other we don't covet for our Yankee soldiers the privi- The backbone of winter appears to have suffered a decided fracture. , lege of restoring order in Russia ' If we insist on restoring order to The French are a little inclined the Wf wj ,mve , job on our to keep to the tried and testtnl handsand if we are just ekitiff for paths to peace and prosperity, j tro'uble we oall fin(l it a whole lot Their experience has not made them nearer home Wf have Mgm over sanguine about the outcome of ing that wrt flf thing jn Mtfxico fw untried experiments. 'some time past. The person who insists on sharing his diseases with his neighbors is a good person to avoid just at present. From the way the Germans have gone for the Bolsheviki, they do not need outside help to straighten out their domestic affairs. If anyone knows just what the Sinn Feiners are after he is re- co.iested to rise to his feet and ex plain it. Consolidation is a dream that is difficult to make a reality. Like the consolidation of churches it would be fine if all would quit in favor of your favorite. The idea of a League to Enforce eace appeals strongly to the Amer ican mind. It may not be practi cal, and day by day the develop ments indicate that securing an in ternational agreement on the point is no easy matter, but it is worthy of the strongest effort and whatev er is accomplished is so much to the good. The legislature which met this we'k in Salem found so much to do in the way of prospective legisla- When we speak of a million men killed in action we little realize what those few words mean. A million is a vast number, larger than the ordinary mind can readily grasp and to give a better idea of the slaughter that has accompanied the present great war we quote the following which originally appeared in the New York Tribune: If the British dead alone, for in stance, were to march down any street 20 abreast and with the rows onlv three feet apart, they would pass a given point from sunrise to sunset without a break for ten long days. r It would take another eleven days for the French dead to lie down the same thoroughfare. Russia's loss in killed would require the time of more than five weeks to pass the given point in the specified formation; and the dead of all allied nations, marching 20 abreast, could not be reviewed in less than two months and a half. German and Austrian dead would require anoth er six weeks for review and the whole total of men killed in. the war on both sides of the conflict would march steadily abreast for more than four months before they could Not all of the get-riehquick ptople strike oil, or gold or a real estate loom. It is told that a Vancouver, Wash., lady laughed aloud with joy at receiving letter and'when asked the cause of her hilarity, explained that her husband had been killed in action and that she would get $10,000 insurance. It is explained that some war" wed d ings have been contracted by spec ulative ladies w ho have had eye rather for the insurance money they might get than for the sedate responsibilities of matrimony. With several state legislatures racing to achieve the honor of being j among the thirty six necessary to the adoption of national prohibition the prospect is that the skills will soon be under the Demon Ruin. When we con-ider how easily and speedily the victory has been won, once the track was cleared, we may wonder why it was not done long ago. We have long realized" with Ingersol that "intemperance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood in its prime and age in its weak ness"; that it "blights parental hope and brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave". We have also accepted as a truth that "from the time that liquor issues from the coiled and poisonous worm in the distillery until it empties into the hell of death it is demoralizing to everything it comes in contact with from its source to where it ends". We have seen it convicted of caus ing misery and crime, seen the hearthstones it has desolated, the wealth it has squandered and in spite of it have thought it impossi ble to cope with. This because of the ingenious scheme associated with the traffic by which the tax payer shared with the rum seller the profit of the business. Now we are about to put it under foot along with the opium habit and the gambling habit. Truly, the world prorgesses. The ma;or in his annual report presents two matters which should hold the attention of the people of Mmmouth. One coi cems a means of increasing our water supply. The past year has been exceptionally dry and every city in the valley has been confronted with water short- age. This is more than likely to correcf itself with the shifting weather conditions and while the probability is that Monmouth will have plenty of water for domestic purposes, yet the - interests of the city demand that it work toward not only increased amounts but also for cheaper water. Public opinion is in favor of a gravity system and this mustjeventually come. It may and probably will take years to bring it about but it is something toward which we must construct and devise plans. It is it matter which should be kept constantly in mind and freely dicsussed as is also another recommendation of the mayor bearing'on increased reven ue. Personally, we believe a new fund should be created which might be called the Progress Fund. To supply it tl city could levy an ad ditional ten mill tax, Since prac tically .the who'e of our outstand ing warrants, have been accumu lated in progressive measures ,one half of the new fund could be ap plied to wiping out the old debt. The other half could be applied to keeping up the appearance of the city. Monmouth has the possibili ties of a most attractive city. 1'eautifully located, there are doz ens of ways by which its natural ad vantages could be enhanced to make the city attractive as a place of res idence. Think it over. The Family Goat The cartoonist with whom the Newly-weds are a favorite if some what hackneyed subject, may sharpen a fresh pencil; the day Is coming, if not already here, when I the joys and sorrows of young wed j lock may be pictured from a new 'angle. We are familiar with the Newlyweds' bungalow, with their i baby, with their Tin Lizzie, fruit ful of mishaps; soon with these stock possessions may be listed an otherto wit, a goat. j One may keep a goat in the ordi nary city or suburban back yard, j No extensive pasturage is required as in the case of the cow. If a va cant lot or brushy hillsida be avail able, a goat will thrive on what it can glean there, though a cow, horse, or even a sheep - might starve. But our suburbanite New lyweds presumably must keep their goat within the confines of their own back garden. Very well; ev eryone ray still be happy including the goat. For the goat will con tentedly resolve into milk and mut ton any kind of vegetable or greei stuff that grows in the garden. Weeds enchant her; she will eager ly devour, and with great profit to herself and her owner, the re sults of a strenuous morning's weeding on the part of Mr. New lywed. By-products of the kitchen, such as the parings of fruit and vegetables, are welcome, though it must always be remembered that contrary to general belief, the goat is a clean feeder; the garbage must go to the chickens, not to the goat. Briefly, a single goat may almost be kept on the waste from a garden, and the feed of a cow will maintain seven or eight goats. Eleanor Anstruther, in the January Sunset. e I 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, Lges MONMOUTH HARDWARE CO. w w 'P wjT yuaiity Firs tpt i pi u mi ""Oriqinal 189) PURE SPUN ALUMINUM Books, Stationery Candy, Cigars Electric Light Bulbs Souvenirs MORLAN & SON Monmouth' Urt ami moiit complete Confectionery ind Book Stort 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 XI 141! For any thing you want or don't want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you. The Light in the Clearing By IRVING BACHELLER To read this story is to .be uplifted, en nobled; is to feelthathonor and integrity indeed form ' the corner stone of national as ! well as individual I character; is to ; make one long for the sweeter and simpler life, which to older readers is some thing more than a tradition. And pervading it all is a pungent but kindly humor. You will enjoy every installment of "The Light intlieClearing." Our New Serial! Don't Fail to Read It! 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 Jeff Say that tie used to think he was getting more (or hit money by buying a big plug of ordinary to bacco, until he ran acrou ''Real Gravely. Now you couldn't make him twitch back to the ordinary plug again. Gravely has that PEYTON DRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug each piece packed in z pouch good taste that every man want. It laiti to much longer that you get the tobacco satisfaction you are looking (or without extra cost. t . I'll frlkir-llui'i wit) ft tan til Ihi fni lull if lUi tltu if Ithaca wllkiitl nlri ml. I Jl-Wf1,VHkV-..lTlIJ.J" J." '.Ill
