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RICHARD B. SWENSON
Editor & Publi.har
MONMOUTH. OREGON
ISSl'KD KVERY FRIDAY
FRIDAY. JAN. 81. 1913
Subichption Rmtet
One year
Six months
Thro monthj
75 cU
50cts
Monmouth
Meditations
on
"How Dry 1 Am"
rival "America" as
anthem.
bids
the
fair to
national
It appears that the
has a few friends in
legislature.
rural' school
the present
similar to that of the man who,
having grasped the bull's tail firm
ly finds ithard to let go.
Now in those times of peace ad
justment the price of products is
being squeezed down and labor is
getting into a place where it must
re-adjust its values. The period of
strikes and disorders draws near and
it will be observed that the people
who sacrificed the least for the
cause will be the most exacting in
their demands. m
Thrift 'day, ' Tuesday, February
third, is a good day to put in prac
tice some of the lessons of the
times. Thrift never meant so much
to the American people as it did
within the year past. Thrift will
count for us more during the time
when we are a part of (that league
of nations' than it has in the years
gone by. For we will have keen
competition in our struggle for the
tilings necessary to modern exist-
ance.
One benefit will result from the
influenza scare. People are taking
better care Jof their health; Com
mon colds are more carefully atten
ded to and the result when the
winter is over should be more vig
orous constitutions possessed by
people who have been compelled to
take unusual precautions.
Of course great wars have had
some man or group of men whsJ
were responsible but if any of these
have ever been brought to time
and compelled to nswer at the
bar of justice for their deeds we do
not now recall such instances. Na
poleon was exiled, but more for the
regulation of his subsequent activ
ities than for his previous crimes.
The trial and punishment of Ger
many's conspirators would be re
freshing as an instance that the
world progresses. Such an example
would also have considerable influ
ence on future groups who have
similar opportunities. After all, the
effect of punishment of criminals is
not on the 'criminals themselves
but on the great unapprehended
multitude who may be tempted to
follow in their footsteps.
In snite o f the fact that House
and Senate have united to abolish
the zone postal law, letters contin
ue to come urging country editors
to bombard their representatives in
Washington for the purpose ol re
taining it. The latest to arrive is
from the "Republican" of Mitchell,
S. D., which complains of the com
petition of Minneapolis dailies. We
It seems it renuires as much do not believe the dailies of one
preparation to stop a war as it does i section are entitled to protection
to start one. Just at present we j from the dailies of another to, he
are presenting a picture strikingly i amount that increased postal rates
ime of issue ret, and never
gives them sutficicnr advantage.
would present. The
Neither do we take a great deaVof
stock in any need of protection of
a country weekly from a daily
paper. The country weekly has a
field of its own ' where it is pari- fornia label and has been bought
mount. It is more menaced by the mid acquired a reputation , at the
lame ducks and cripples whom this hands of people who did not know
modest alniut claims,
has been building up a reputation
on Oregon fruit. It is claimed and1
much proof has boon presented to
show that Oregon fruit has gone in
to the eastern market under a Oali-
Books, Stationery
bill would foster" than frtun compe
tition with any healthy enterprise.
A whole week has elapsed since
the flood and it is beginning to be
quite dry acain.
The man on the high ground is
a'ready beginning to figure on his
spring garden.
The building of highways is a
great deal more popularj now then
it was two years ago which is an
other thing we got nut of the war.
The price of butter comes, down
just as if its market price was en
tirely separate from the cost of the
feed that produces it.
It would have been most appro
priate to lift the ban on February
2, the day the ground hog comes
out to look for its shadow.
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The pei sistensitter at this season
of the year, rivals the constant lay
er in the affections of the poultry
man.
Having listened to the optimistic
predictions of Profs. Pittman and
Gilmore we are now waiting for
the brass band to strike up "Yank
ee Doodle."
How closely the sentiment for
the liquor traffic is associated with
the profits in it is disclosed from
the localities trom which excuses
for the business continues to be
made.
In the complete ebb tide of prohi
bition there is Iwund'to b stranded
a lively assortment of the gentry
who have been accustomed to mak
ing their living off of the frailties
of their fellow men and in certain
localities a partial effect of this
letting loose of gentlemen of easy
morals is teflected in police statis
tics. At no other time in the his
tory of the country has there been
presented to the wiles of the graft
er and confidence man the opportu
nity such as is presented by the
possession of. government bonus
among people unused to response
bilities of this character. This is
especially true in the great wheat
and oil producing centers where a
swarm of charlatans have descend
ed on the guileless bond owners
seeking to separate them from their
property. The favorite method is
to exchange for stocks in oil or mill
ing companies. Possession of the
latter is represented as a sure
means of getting rich quick.
Stories of ease and affluence follow.
ing on small investment are glibly
told and one hundred per cent divi
dends per annum is a small figure
in the returns which are assured the
investor. In place of the meager
four and a fourth per cent which
the government pays, the dazzling
bait of riches only dreamed of is
found irresistibly attractive. Such
a menace has this evil developed to
the prosperity of communities that
leaders in the diff erent sections
council of defense and other like
organizations have taken means to
combat the agents. In one. town a
large tank has been erected, paint
ed yellow on the outside, with tar
within and committees await on the
agent when he, alights at the depot
show him the tank and tell him the
time of departureof the next train.
At other points the agents are
seized and placed in jail until time
to be put aboard outgoing trains.
Warnings are given to the popula
tion and every possible handicap
that ingenuity can suggest is put at
work to save the money of the com
munity for the people who earned
it.
of the origin of the product. Canned
fruit is sold in the exst as Califor
nia produced. Prunes and pours
grown in Oregon have gone far to
create an impression that the best
luality of these articles is associat
ed with the word California. Wal
nuts and loganberries are among
other products which it is sought to
get full credit for. If legislation
can get for Oregon full credit for
its fruit products it will be that
much accomplished. "
Items of Interest
Candy, Cigars
Electric Light Bulbs
Souvenirs
V. V. Fuller, Polk county legis
lator was confined to his home in
Pallas by sickness lat week and
could not attend the owning ses
sions of the legislature,
E. C. Kirkpatrick and II. I.. Cri
der have opened a brokerage office
in the National Hank building in
Pallas.
The flu situation in Dallas had
eased up sufficiently so that school
began there Monday morning, al
though many citizens opposed the
move.
A. L. Martin, former head of the
Power Co. in this county has been
elected president of the Maishfield
Chamber of Commerce.
A license was recently issued to
Oliver White of Ruell and Miss
Gladys Putnam of Monmouth. Miss
Putnam has been teaching in one of
the schools of northwest Polk coun
Mr. and Mrs, M. J. Pirtle, who
traded a hundred and sixty acres
of land near Red Prairie, Canada
with Galland Jackson for his forty
five acre farm northwest of the city
have also traded for the La Creole
acadamy buildings of Dallas and
will remodel the old dormitory and
turn it into an apartment house.
Senator I. L. Patterson has intro
duced a bill in the senate to make
Washington's birthday a half holi
day in schools with the forenoon
devoted to patriotic exercises.
The Mountain States Power Co.
has moved its central office from
Tacoma to Albany and will transact
executive business from that city
in the future. The company has
branches all the way from Marsh
field to Klispell, Mont.
MORLAN & SON
Montniiuth's largest uul mont complete Confectionery STIkI Book Slow
Oregon fruit growers are seeking
legislation for the credit of the
state. California, first in the mark-
jj
Wx
he 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
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IaluminumMi' III
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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
sood, Cement, Wall Plaster, Lime,
Brick, Shingles, Rooling, 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.
Swope &b Swope, Lawyers,
I. O. 0. F. Bldg. '
Independence
Sell Us Your Beef Cattle
We are in the market for all the Beef Cat
tle you have and will pay top market prices
DR. F. R. BOWERSOX
PHYSICIAN & SURGEOS
PHONE NOS.
OFFICE 3303
HOUSE 1502
WALTER G. BROWN
Representing the
"PENNSYLVANIA"
Fire Insurance Co.
of Philadelphia
Notary Public
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc.
Monmouth Grange 476
Meets the Second Saturday in Each
Month at 10:30 A. M.
Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which
visitors are welcome.
P. O. Powell, Master.
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Office and residence
Kurre Apartments
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INSURANCE!
On City or Farm Insurance on three or
five year policies, we take notes payabje in
yearly installments.
Bonds of all sorts sold.
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ison with ordinary
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