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
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MONMOUTH MARKET
All Kinds of Fresh Meat
Fair treatment to everyone
Highest Price paid for Stock .
11 D Will A Son Guthrie Bid?.
I Mi Ds nlU Ofc t-rUli Former place of CityMarket
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
National Surety Company
of New Tork. In the Stat of New Tork, on th thirty-first day of De
cember, 1919. made to the Inauranea Commiaaionar of tha state of
Oregon, pursuant to law:
CAPITAL
Amount of capital stock paid "p f S,00O,0OO.0S
INCOME
Ket premium received during tha year I 1,101, SSa.SS
Interest, dividenda and rents recelred during tha year- 7I7.f73.Ts
Income from other auurcea received during tha year I.OOt.lM.M
Total Income
,1.,40,S4tM
DISBURSEMENTS
Net loasea paid during tha year Including adjustment ex
penses 1 ,liO,Tie.l
Dividends paid on capital stock during the yar
Commissions and salariea paid during the ww S.414.337.0
Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the y-ar. 4NA.03t.46
Amount of all other -pn.-ii-- J. 151. 810.91
Total expenditures
l ,7lwa.w
ASSETS
Value of real eotate owned (market value)
Value of stocks and bonda owned (market value).
Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc. .
tun in oanaa ana on nana-
..I 7S.42III
11.01.(74.10
f 1.SS1.00
. i,8.i,i7i.n
l-remlums in courae of collection written since Seotember
so. m l.usjn.ei
Iaterest and rente due and accrued and accounts recelv
able
913.031.14
Total aiseti ttt,3M,MZ.0S
Lass special deposiu In any state (If any there be) I none
.y Total asseta admitted In Oregon lt,30a.tZUM
LIABILITIES
Gross claims for losses unpaid S 1,017.183.10
Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks 1,087,777 13
Due for commission and brokerage 4S4.S36.47
All other liabilities .... l.U.404.T
Total liabilities, exclusive of capital stock of
8,000,000.00 :
IS0S,M1.1S
' BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR
Net premiums received during the year I 112,110.4)
Losses paid during the year 11,955 40
Losses Incurred during the year 17, Ml. 70
' NATIONAL SURETY COMPANT
We B, JoycePresident Hubert J. Hewitt, Secratair
Statutory resident attorney for service:
Edward P. Welch, 203 Corbett Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
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First National
Bank
Monmouth, Oregon
Capital;.! - $30,000.00
Surplus er.d Undivided Profits.$19,000.00
Interest paid on time deposits. Investment securi
ties for customers. Traveler's checks. Telegraphic transfers '
We are prepared to take care of your banking business.
Ira C. Powell, President E. L. Kilen. Cashier
E1KECTORS-J.;b. V. Butler, Chairman," I. M, Simpson '
Wm. Riddell, Robert Steele,. . Ira C. Powell
riRSTAnONALBANK
5 Monmouth ' OretSoru
A Helpful
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No wise seed buyer will think of purchasing hla re
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over 100 photo engravings showing actual results from
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Editor A Publisher
MONMOUTH, OREGON
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iW Meditations
Early garden stuff is finding this
a cold world just st present.
Money talks in til languages but
finds it increasingly hard to under
stand ia German.
Some. men who think they
are presidential timber are merely
presidential splinters.
Kerr Wolfgang Kapp is finding
fiat the chancellor's cap is several
sizes to large for him. .
Maybe Milwaukee votes for Eer-
ger for Congress because that is
the only way to get him out of Milwaukee.
.cover's chances are looking up
a bit. The New York Sun refers to
him as handsome, a remark that is
especially pertinent now that so
many women have the vote.
Judging from appearances the
veiled and open threats which are
always an accompaniment of I. W.
W. activity had the'r effect on the
jurors at Montesano. Otherwise it
is hard to account for the reason
ing that led them to agree on con
viction for murder in the second de
gree. .
To date the German revolution
appears to have a few of the feat
ures Of the regular course of enter
tainment inCentraTAmerica.
It is in the winter that one hears
all sorts of statements and surmis
es about highway work in the pres
ent, past and future. If you don't
believe it just keep your ears open.
A Dallas editor thinks that Mon
mouth and Independence have been
unduly favored with road work at
the expense of the' rest of the coun
ty, impressions gleaned while joy
riding through our midst. We
wonder if by chance his route led
over Monmouth Heights. :
Consolidated industry succeeds
because it profits by the small
things, the by-products, which or
dinary producers waste. Many an
item in the. farm budget Is lost be
cause advertising" would have called
it to the attention of some one in
need of it and thus something
would have been profitably disposed
of that otherwise would have been
wasted.
School districts, especially, city
districts sre now struggling with
the effort to raise money to keep up
the standard and quality of work in
the face of increasing . costs. In
this way they should feel a fellow
sympathy for the -higher institu
tions of le?rning who are row deep
in a struggle t secure more troney
with which to keep up their end on
the pathway of progress.
A gentleman in the back row of
seats rises to remark that apparent
ly Hoover is willing to vote either
the Republican or Democratic tick
et providing he is the ticket.
Gasoline is to go up 2 cents in
price and k.-rosens 1 cent by reason
of which some philanthropic gifts
to various benevolent enterprises
will probably be announced by
John D. in the near future? . t
An effort is general throughout
the land at present for the applica
tion of business methods'to nation
al finances as administrated by the
government. National expenses
which in 1917 were one billion, one
hundred million, have grown until
at present the amount expended
each year, it over 1 five billions.
When you figure th.it this meant
tn average of fifty dollars for each
man, - woman and child in the na
tion you see the importance of the
thing. In the early days of the na
tion the cost of government was
comparatively small and there was
a general Indifference to it. An ar
ticle in t recent Saturday Evening
Tost details plan of business ad
ministration as applied to Illinois
under Governor Lowden which Is
most interesting . So effective has
the change been that It has enabled
Illinois, in the face of rising costs,
to conduct the business of the state
at a less cost than . wat necessary
before the war, which it In decided
contrast to the other states of the
union. As in Introductory over one
hundred tnd twentyfive commis
sions, board and independent offl
ce'rs were abolished and the entire
business of the state was grouped
under nine headings, the depart
ments of Finance, Agriculture, La
bor, Mines tnd Minerals, Public
Works and Buildings, Public Wel
fare, Public Health, Trade and
Commerce tnd Registration and Ed
ucation. In each case responsibility
wat centered on one man, it being
found that better results were ob
tained from one man 'than from a
commission of three or more. Thty
found this a better way to secure
accountability of officials and it tl
s) acted for quicker decisions and
more expeditious action.'
In organizing the departments
the duties of the office were not
closely detailed, a contrast to the
federal government where the cus
tom it to hedge in each office with
restrictions and limitations which
are productive of red tape tin.e no
officer can step over the limits set
upon him tnd is compelled to refer
business to someone else which I e
could himself do were his duties
not restricted to such t fine point
of exactness.
Another innovation it in the
matter of finances. In the national
government each, bureau chief
makes his own estimates of money
needed for the ensuing year, an es
timate naturally satisfactory to the
bureau but not always to the pub
lic as a whole. The Illinois plan is
for all estimates to be made by the
bureau of finance, just as the esti
mates of a corporation are made
and which with a knowledge of
the resources and amount of money
available acts as a check to cut out
needless offices and useless expendi
tures. The treasury department al
so provides t uniform system of
book keeping and oversees ac
counts, approving and disproving
of all vouchers. We feel sure the
country is headed for reform in its
administrative features and the ex
ample of Illinois is bound to be of
value as an example in actual ac
complishment. -
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Keeprour Eyes
C am - Clear neennv
a, im tr to. a- c-.o-e.KA
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r?klf -arTUk
Get the Genuine
and Avoid
Waste
Economy
in Every Cake
tfS P fci Doyoi
your bathroom
Or is it unsightly because
of old fashioned plumbing
fixtures?
Modernize your bathroom
by having us install
PACIFIC ,
.Plumbing Fixtures '
in your home.
We do work any
place in the county.
RICH & ELLIS
Dallas Ore.
512 MAIN St. PHONE 452 '
Dark Days Demand Light
See the new White Mazda
A soft light without glare. Does rut strain eyes.
Eversharp Pencil From $1.00 up
Conklin Fountain Pen
At $2. 50 and up
MORLAN & SON
Monmouth's largest tnd 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 Boulden building next door to Herald shop
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I INSURANCE :
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On City or Farm Insurance on three or five year
policies, we take notes payable in yearly installments. J
j Bonds of all sorts sold. t
t Let us place your Insurance with old, reliable
I companies. ? GEO. W. CHESEBRO I
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Groceries & Provisions
Good Goods and Fair Treatment
C. C. Mulkey & Son
Fire Insurance
WALTER G. BROWN
Magazines, Periodicals
Books, Stationery
Candy and Cigars '
P. H. JOHNSON
Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop
Satisfied Servants
aw alwaus found in
Electrified Homes
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Invertigition proves that mucli of the 10 called "servant problem" ! due to
unfavorable working conditions. The more drudjrty vou eliminate from youf
kitchen and laundry the eaiier it will be for you to svoid "trouble with the help.
Do you know that electricity will
Cook the food Sharpen the knives Wash the dlshe
. , Polish silverware , Waah the clothes Iron thelothee -Clean
the home Pump the water HuntliiiFant
tnd do many other things at aurpriiingly little coitf
v let ui ihow you how to keep icrvanti ty lightening your house work.
Mountain States Power Co.
MONMOUTH OREGOII