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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1920)
rag First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Capital $30,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits.. .$19,000.00 Interest paid on time deposits. Investment securi ty for customers. Traveler's check Telegraphic transfers . w e are prepared to take caw of your banking business. Ira C. Fowell, President E. U Kilen, Cashier DIRECTORS-,!. B. V. Butler, Chairman. I. M. Simpson m, Riddell, Robert Steele, Ira C. Powell flRSTMlONALBANK 1 ' Satisfied Servants " are alwauft found in Ef4. j IT ' Itrttstifition proves that much of the so called "tervant problem' is due to anfiTorable workiasj traditions. The more drudjfty you eliminate from your kitchen and laund ry rjic easier it will be for you to avoid "trouble with the help." , De you know tb at electricity will Cook the food " Sharpen the knives Wash the dishes Polish ilTerware Wash the clothes Iron the clothe Clean, the house Pump the water ( Hun the fans) , and do macy othec things at surprisingly little cost! ' t Let Ks show you bow to keep servants by listening your house wotk. Mountain States Power Co. MONMOUTH . OREGON 30C 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, Rooiing, Windows, etc. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Phone Main 202. - - Monmouth, Oregon MONMOUTH MARKET ; All Kinds of Fresh Meat j Fair treatment to everyone Highest Price paid for Stock J. B. Hill & Son ; ffitjBkjp i M"I 1 H-M-l-M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1K-H-S-H-H-M M I"1"M-I-1-H"H-M"W Fire Insurance WALTER G. BROWN The Herald ntrt M .ewnd-clu. mittir iWtttmbwt, lwe. Ui Mat olHn l Munmoutk, Oratvn. under Uw trt Martha. , K1CHAKD B, SWENSON Editor k Publiihee MONMOUTH, OREGON ISSUED KVERY FRtDAT FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 191W Subscription Rates One year -, $2,00 Six months 1 $1.00 Three months 75 ets Monmouth iW I Meditations It is a . poor prune orchard that will not bring a large selling price these days. Independence hears that hops are due for an inning in financial fa vor and picks out a soft, smooth, seat in the pr isperity wagon which it plans to eccupy. He is incorrigible; nothing can reform him; although it is still January the early gardener is al ready telling about having planted spuds and peas. The Kaiser wails that Germany has forsaken him and that he no longer expects to be called back to his own. ' He may well be happy if he succeeds in staying where he is. Columbia men are booming Nich olas Murray Butler for theprtsi dency. A man in the hack feat arises to remark that we have had enough university president presi dents to last tis a long time. Those Various citizens who desert ed us cn one pretext or another a year or two ago and went to the city to get rich, are now quietly and without ostentation, resuming their former places in our midst. If you have not sought them you may not know ft but houses to rent are becoming scarce in Monmouth. Rhode Island has been given the privilege of suing the government as a sovereign state and seeks to declare the Prohibition amendment unconstitutional. It is a delicate point but we fail to see how a part of the constitution can be uncon stitutional and the balance all right. It appears quite- plain that when the race has got down to the home stretch certain gentlemen named Wood and Hoover will be close to the front. , When Mr. Bryan talks on tem perance his remarks are always pithy and to the point. He has cut out a big job for himself, that of keeping democracy on the water wagon; but here's strength to his efforts. With rain and lots of it, mud just of the right consistency to stir with a stick and breezes of the kind that blow over the islands of the south seas; every one in the Willamette valley is smiling and happy. In a recent declaration, Gov. Cal vin Coolidge of Massachusetts made these statements which' mean as much in a few words as the English language is capable of con "Savins; and production govern distribution. Greater distribution comesfrom greater, capital. If we can produce and save, economic law distributes. No power can prevent it,. Capital must accrue to the use of the people or it perishes" "If we want more coal and wheat and sugar we shall get it by giving more clothing' and shoes and ma chinery. Changes in prices will g ivno .ultima reilef . Shqrtage is met only by saving and production." "Taxes have to be paid by the public. They can not be imposed on any class. There is . no power that can prevent a distribution of the burden. .The landlord may be the one who sends a check to the public treasury but his tenants nev ertheless make the, payment. ' A great manufacturer may contribute a large share of hit income but still the money comes from the consum er." "It is impossible to escape the conclusion that high taxes make high prices. As long as the cost of government is high, the cost of liv ing will be high." Probably no stronger statement could be made of the attitude of money in the situation that now confront us. In other word it says, "If the profits of business must be paid in taxes to the government there will be no surplus with which business may expand and thereby supply catch up with ' demand." From the standpoint of one who sees on'y production carried on in its highest state of efficiency the above assertion is not, to be refut ed. But to one who realizes that in small business there is a certain benefit to localities through which it is scattered, a benefit that goes far to even up the extra expense it enta'ls it will be realized that all of the income and profits taxes do not necessarily come out of the consumer,, Such taxes with their consequent handicap on tne large producer are certain to place opportunities before workers who never would be thus favored other Dark Days Demand Light See the new White Mazda A soft light without glare. Does iM strain eyes. Eversharp Pencil From $1.00 up mmmmmwm Conklin Fountain Pen At$2.50and up MORLAN& SON Monmouth's largest and most complete Confectionery and Book Blurt F. W. LEONARD Boot and Shoe Maker " ' with many years experience. Repair work promptly and neatly done See me in Boulden building next door to Herald shop INSURANCE! Not having been able to arrange matters so as to attend the ipecial school meeting Saturday we take the liberty of presenting a few opinions on the subject here. Peo ple who have visited the rural cen ters at Elkins and other points will recall that these people have used , their school as a real center of so cial activity in their sections. What j they have done, we can do on a somewhat larger scale in the Mon-! mouth district.' In the school dis-j trict we have an ideal basis for fel-! lowship. With no differences in j politics or creed or of grades of so cial equality, we meet on a com mon level on school property. We would have the gymnasium bu'lt with due attention to acoustics so that a stage could be located atone end with a gallery at the opposite end allowing commencement exer cises to be held therein with occa sional dramatic or other entertain ments and with a floor space large enough for the physical exercises which are coming to-be recognized as essential. We should also like to see it built with a concreted basement below large enough to In clude a supper room and kitchen as well as equipment for shower baths, lookers, cloak rooms, etc. It was agreed at the meeting that a gym nasium would cost as high as $20 , 000. How will we pay for it? We offer this ps a suggestion. Proper ty secures improvements through the Bancroft bonding act by which payment is made in ten annual in stallments. Why could not the dis trict do the same? With this plan the payments each year and the in terest can be figured to a nicety in advance. Call a special school meet ing which will have to be done in any event and vote a special tax to take care of these payments, the tax to be discontinued automatical ly when the debt is piid. Figuring at $20,000 the tax at the end of the first year would be $3,200 and the amount would be $120 less each year with the assurance that at the end of ten years the whole would be paid for and forever out of the way. , Warrants can be issued in payment of $100 each. This will give an opportunity, to local capi tal to invest in the warrants and doubtless many will do so. If not enough offer the balance can be sold to a bonding company, i This will give us an opportunity to get something which ' the district needs badly and at the same time finance it with an assurance of suc cess. -. S On City or Farm Insurance on three or five year J i policies, we take notes payable in yearly installments. JJ Bonds of nil sorts sold. jj Let us place your Insurance with old, reliable I companies. GEO. W. CHESEBRO j T)ont let a smooth ' ton sued stfarfeer persuadl jpou that there is any kind of printing the Her ald Print Shop can not do. EDW. J. HIMES Civil Engineer and Surveyor Phone 573 318 Ureas St Dallas Groceries & Provisions Good Goods and Fair Treatment C. C. Mulkey & Son 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 Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says: "Eat More Bread And reduce the high cost of living." Holsum Bread IS THECHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE MOST WHOLESOME FOOD ON THE MARKET. ' BUY THAT EXTRA LOAF Your Grocer has It Cherry City Baking Co. Get the Genuine and Avoid Wastt, Has Your cm Subscript! nnin H H...J ttKtZ&r 9m you m QZtcM 1 expired ( mtom
