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First National
Bank
Monmouth, Oregon
Capital $30,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits ... $19,000.C0
Interest paid on time deposits. Investment securi
ty for customer. Traveler's checks. Telegraphic transfers
We are prepared to Uk cure of your banking business.
In C. Powell, Preeident E. L. Kilen. Cashier
DIRECTORS-! B. V. Butler, Chairman, I. M. Simeon
Wm. Riddell, Robert Steele, Ira C. Powell .
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Monmouth Oredoru
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RICHARD B, SWENSON
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MONMOUTH. ORKGON
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FRIDAY. JAN. 23. 1920
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MONMOUTH ' OREGON
With a rainless winter following
a rainless summer the pessimistic
farmer is looking for a delude along
about planting time in the spring.
Not even the league of natiors
can keep the French from having
an occasional crisis.
The legislature had all of the ear
marks of a three minnute nag on
which a stop watch is being held
with the expectation of making the
circuit in something like 2:15.
Whoever is steering Herbert
Hoover'8 campaign for the presi
dency, if it can be 'called such, is
making some adroit political moves.
We are beginning to think Hoover
has some chance. He is a western
man and this fact will not hurt him
any between now and convention
time. ,
From American Legion headquar
ters comes a warning to members
not to be too hasty in judgment
and condemnation on so called
"red" and socialists. A timely ac
tion too for the tendency is to run
to extremes and anything like per
secution will react. "The blood of
martyrs is the seed of the church".
Anything like persecution of its ad
vocates will serve to make the red
doctrine more popular with a cer
tain type of citizen. '
Building Material From
7 Roof toCellar
Oregon Fir and Hemlock Lumber
Douglas Fir Silos
TheGoldMineof tbe 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
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MONMOUTH MARKET
All Kinds of Fresh Meat
, Fair treatment to everyone
Highest Price paid for Stock
J. B. Hill & Son Gffi
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WALTER G. BROWN
Watcket and Jewelry. Repairing
A new reason for the high cost
of living has been found. Wm, B.
Colver, member of the commerce
commission says it is the excess
profits tax. which he claims takes
four or five dollars from the con
sumer for every one it fives to the
treasury. An assertion ol that kmc
does not prove anything, however.
The excess profits tax is a very good
thing for the small producer,' and,
we fancy is a fine thing for the na
tional treasury.
"She Stoops to Conquer" the
comedy given so splendidly in the
Normal chapel Saturday afternoon
by Devereux and his players was
written in 1773, nearly one hundred
fifty years ago. Its author was Ol
iver Goldsmith, a writer who al
though not greatly esteemed per
sonally in his time has the distinc
tion of having written things that
nave found readers in every gener
ation since his death. Men who
jeered at Goldsmith and made sport
of his garb and his mannerisms,
have turned to dust and been for
gotten but Goldsmith still lives,
The Vicar of Wakefield and the De
serted Village, a novel and a poem
respectively, are among the classics
of the language. They are marked
by a certain humor and cleanliness
of thought, quite in contrast to the
work of his contemporaries and no
one can read them and not be the
better for it.
Monmouth people are under obli-
gations to Senator Patterson and
Representative Fuller for their as
sistance in getting the millage bill
before the people. Mr. Fuller nev
er lost an opportunity to give the
Normal a boost and Senator Patter
son from his position on the Ways
and Means Committee was a tower
of strength and his influence in le"g'
islation was clearly felt. It remains
now for Monmouth people to turn
in and give the millage law a unan
imous boost in the special election,
While prices have gone skyward
along all lines, teachers have beeri
restricted Incomer they have been
compelled to pay the higher cost of
living ou f tnlarles that were
small enough before the era of war
prices. That teaching may not be
come an abandoned profession it is
necessary that Incomes be granted
in accord with the present plane of
prices, which no one who has given
the matter consideration, doubts
will prevail for years to come. We
might as well accustom ourselves to
the thought of higher prieea and the
increased millage for the Normal Is
strictly in line with this.
While the legislature was in haste
aa the circumstances of the mo
ment compelled it to be the govern
or was able to take his time and
his veto power has been wisely ex
ercised to sort out the legislation
that may well be reserved for
times of greater deliberation.
While the road bills were worthy
yet one could not have been allowed
without all being put on the stat
ute books and this in addition to
the projects the road commission
already has'on hand would swamp
it with the immensity of the task.
As the governor also say tlie
str light party ballot plan, may well
be passed upon by the voters first
before it is made a law. Having
some familiarity with the straigh'
ballot system the meditator believes
it has certain advantages over the
Oregon system and these are things
wh:ch if thoroughly explained to
the voter will be readily understood
and agreed to by him. The state
ment it commonly made that ,this
plan compels the voter to restrict
his choice to the candidates of one
party. - This is untrue. It is easier
to vote a split ticket under the
straight party plan than under our
present plan fur - less lead pencil
work ia required. The straight
party plan makes it easier to pre
pare a ballot for voting and easier
t) count the ballots when cast
which are two very important Items
in our great national pastime of
carrying on an election. '
The game and fish commission
still holds the stage. , The sports
men are all right but Oregon has
altogether too much at stake in its
commerial fisheries to allow their
equilibrium to be very mtc'i dis
Dark Days Demand Lignt.
. See the new White Mazda
A soft light without glare. Docs m.t strain eyes.
Eversharp Pencil From $1.00 up
Conklin Fountain Pen
At$2.50and up
MORLAN & SON
Monmouth's largest and moat complete Confectionery and Book Store
F. W. LEONARD
Boot and Shoe Maker
with many years experience.
Repair work promptly and neatly done
See me in Bouldcn building next door to Herald shop
j INSURANCE!
S On City or Farm Insurance on three or five year
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policies, we take notes payable in yeany insianmcms.
Bonds of all sorts sold.
Let us place your Insurance with old, reliable
companies. GEO. W. CHESEBRO 5
Groceries & Provisions
Good Goods and Fair Treatment
C. C. Mulkey & Son
A. N. Halleck buys junk of all
kinds and pays highest cash
prices. tf
Dont let a smooth tongued
stranger persuade you that there
is any kind of printing the Her
ald Print Shop can not do.
EDW. J. HIMES
Civil Engineer and
Surveyor
Phone 573 3 IS Levant S
D.ll.
WE BUY, BUTCHER
Wholesale and Retail
Fresh Meat
at Prices that Lead the County
THE CITY MARKET
Magazines, Periodicals
Books, Stationery
Candy and Cigars
P. H. JOHNSON
THE UNIVERSAL CAR , ' i
Buy Your Ford Car Now
To make sure of getting a Ford'car, buy one now. Don't wait until sprin but
buy now while deliveries are possible. Even next month is an uncertainty.
The number of Ford cars allotted to this territory s limited and specified. Even
to get our allotment, we must have real bona-fide orders for cars. Just so many
' cars are allotted us; just so many will get cars; will you be one .of them? Those
'who order their cars now will be protecting themselves. If you would be forehand
ed, get your name on an order today.
Don't think you cannot use it if you get it now. The four seasons are alike to the
Ford car. It is a necessity every month of the year, Besides, the Ford car' is low
est in upkeep cost and easiest in operation. And then ew Ford electric starting and
lighting system makes driving more convenient. Your order for either open or en
closed cars will have our prompt attention.
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Insist on genuine Ford parts
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