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
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Three months 50 cts
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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tan til Ihi fni lull if lUi tltu
if Ithaca wllkiitl nlri ml.
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