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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1920)
Christmas will Soon be Here Our Christmaf stocks are all in and ear ly si. oppers are beginning to make selec tions. , We have anticipated a big business this y jar and our store is filled with beautiful t; ifts. Cone and see them. Wa have the most wonderful selection of diamonds and advise anyone who plans a gift of this rare gem to come'early. MARTMAN BROS. CO. Hallmark Jewelers and Opticians M SALEM, OREGON Your Declaration of Independence Follow yoor country's example. Declare your inde pendenceindependence of the tyranny of financial worries. Banish the fear of the future. Win your complete freedom and hold it You do ail thesj by starting to save and keeping at it. Your signature to your initial savings deposit slip is your declaration of independence. Every daily or weekly deposit will be acelebntion safe and sane. Save for Your Future Ready cash makes you ready for opportunity. To be financially prepared is to have practical insur ance on success. You dream cf the future. Why not plan to realize those dreams? Decide on a definite saving policy and stick to it with determination. You will be building character as well as capital. And character will bring you extra capital when you reed it Sign your declaration of in dependence todayl V I A To Save Your Moikbjj BANK. WITH US FIRST NATIONAL BANK MONMOUTH OREGON For any thing you want or don't want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you Our biggest asset is the good will of our customers and we sin cerely value the busi ness you have given us. May your Christmas be Merry and the New Year Bigger, Better and Busier than ever before. The Herald Kntmtl aa Mcond-uua iMttfr Hvptmbtrd. IK, n Ifea port otto at MunmMtfc. Or?ot. andar taa Artafll.rcM.lltn. RICHARD H, 8WENSON Editor & PubluUr Monmouth Lumber Co. L. W, Waller, Manager. Read your own Herald ;$2 f MONMOUTH. ORKQON ISSUKD KVEKY FKIPAY FRIDAY, W.C 24. 1920 Subacription Ralae One year $2,00 Six months $1.00 Three months 75 eta Fomgn Advartiainf RvprvMnlattva THE AMERICAN PKrJS ASSOCIATION Monmouth Meditations C3Q Christmas is not a merry time for everyone. Some art starving, as they are in Europe; some, on the other hand, have so much wealth that thev are constantly worrying lest tome one should take it away from them; tome are afflicted with sorrow or shame which overmasters them; some are not merry for they are constitutionally unfitted for- happiness. Nevertheless we say "Merry Christmas to everybody". A year ago while the Willamette valley wai snowbound and frozen the Rogue river valley poked fun at us for our misfortune which they escaped. Now they have cold weather down there and we still have our normal temperature. We A) not believe in monopolizing any thing and trust that skating along the California border will be good while it lasts. Mark Twain has remarked that there comes a time in every nor mal boys' life when he longs to be a pirate or a desperado, an ambi tion which he outgrows with" ma turity. Happy the boy who gets through this periodwithout actual accomplishment which after years will leidliim to recall with humili ation. To the normal boy, expjs ure, the fact of getting caught , is a corrective punishment and only the abnormal requires anything more. The shortest day of the year came on the 21st day of December and this year that dae was the three hundredth anniversary of the land-. ing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, A proper celebration of the event took place at Plymouth on the 21st. Although, theoretically the event was of great interest to the whole country and th? addresses have been given front page space in the large newspapers of the country, only nine hundred people gathered as spectators of the celebration. The Pilgrims and the Puritans have come to be a tradition rather than a reality and while their "courage and fortitude are universally ad mired, thev were of the seventeenth century and we would chafe and writhe if compelled to submit to their regulations now. It is aston ishwg what reactions, in a religious way have come upon , the descend ants of the' Puritans. While in the old days the garb people wore and their hours awake and asleep were regulated with strict and stern au thority, now no church is more lib eral than that of their descendants. n fact Universalism and Unitarai- anism are the off shoots of Puritan ism. If William Bradford or Elder Brewster should, walk abroad t Plymouth, now doubtless they would. find many things to astonish them other than the skyscrapers and elec tric lights. Not so long ago it waswar pnd extravagance ' and influenza that were sweeping the country. Now it is crime. We seem to be a sym pathetic humanity and all act to gether. Well, the crime wave will spend itself some day and"" then it will be something else, just what it is hard to foretell, Let us hope in the next instance Dame Fortune has SDmathing worthy in store for us. - Recall Starts , (Continued from 1 1) tich of Airlie at recall candidate. Mr. Ulrich, who was present, was invited to make a spfech. He did so and made a good impression. Speaking plainly and without lent he asserted that he took up the in vitation to run with reluctance but being in would cmUavtr to ghe a good account of himself. ' The court had cume to a deadlock with the highway commission and for other reasons also he felt that change must be made. He would conduct hit campaign squarely and fairly, without mud slinging and would try honornbly to win. Everybody, delegates included, stayed for (he after meeting. Ul rich'i talk had txktn tome of the Wind cut of the tails of the Robin- con fuition, howevtr, and there was not the pep to the reaction that might have been lo.ike.l for, Holman was chairman and Editor Boyd of the Itemiier, secretary, Holman gavt one or two lurid rhet orical exhibitions, intimating at one time that the proceedings of , the convention would not stand law. This infpired G. A. Peterson of Suver to n nibtk that while he did not know as much law as Mr. Hol man, he knew that Mr. Holman did not alwtiys tell all he knew. Be side Mr. Peterson, Attorneys Hay tor and Sibley spoke briefly and Mayor Grant of Dallas did ilkewise. A call was sent out for Judge Robinson and he was' escorted to the chamber and made a few re marks concerning road affairs in this and other counties. The delegation from Airlie was favorable to Judge Robinson and when they found the sentiment of the remainder to' be against him, withdrewfrom the deliberations. The recall j campaign against Judge Robinson was organized in Dallas Wednesday afternoon with the selection of August Rempel of Dallas as chairman and F. R. Ka die of Rickreall as secretary-treasurer. Less than eight hundred signa tures an all that are required to initiate the special election and any one who imagines that many signa tures will not be obtained is singu lirly blini to conditions in the county. Another provision of the law that deals with Vecalls is that after the papers are filed the re Ctlled officer has five days in which h; may resign and save the county t'le expense of a special election. Naturally an effort will be made to m ike a good, showing in the way of signatures. A thousand or more names would, materially help the judge to see the light. . Here are some of the reasons which the opponents of Judge Rob inson advance for his recall: Fe- cauEe they believe him temperment ally unsuiteJ to the job of county ju Ige. . Because his office hours in Dallas have been so irregular that many people who had business with the court have had great ' difficulty in finding him and the public welfare has suffered. Becausa directly traceable to his disagreement with the state high way commission the construction of 'permanent roads through" the county has been unnecessarily de layed. Because, since he entered upon his official duties as county judge many if not most of the highways of the county have deteriorated. Because, to give one concrete in stance, the route traversed ', by Route No. 2, from Dallas is alleged to be in the worst condition in the eighteen years since it was estab lished, and the government has or dered, it temporarily discontinued. aw w i mmm m i foe M OR LAN & SON Monmouth's Urgent and moat coniiltv Culifcrlioiirry and Buck Slur F. W. LEONARD Boot and Shoe Maker w itli many years experience j Repair work promptly and neatly done j See me in Boulden building next door to Herald shop . 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, reliable companies. ' GEO. W. CHESEBRO Groceries & Provisions Good Goods and Fair Treatment C. C. Mulkey & Son Fire Insurance WALTER G. BROWN Monmouth Transfer We have just bought a newtruck and i are able to do all kinds of hauling and transj ering. For work of this kind see , luv orderi at Garag . Call l'hone 2003 House 1803 POLLAN BROS., Props. J. Houses and Lots Houses with one acre. House with larger tracts. Very reasonable in price. Se3 Moran. ... The Herald wishes correspondents in neighboring communities, For particulars apply at this office. A. M ARANT ' Fire Insurance, Real Estate ' and Surety Bands , ; Reliable Service Highest Market Price Paid for Poultry and Veal Calves r. Bran, Mill Run and Corn Poultry Supplies' ' BONE, SHELL and GRIT r Thos. Boulden MONMOUTH MARKET FRESH AND CURED MEATS Pork Sausage; Sweet, Sour and Dill Pickles , FRESH FISH ON FRIDAYS Passed by Government Inspector December 2 , J. B. Hill & SOI! CuthrleBldg- Former place of CityMark" H.M-W.-MH 1 1 1 1 1 t I MERRY16HRISTMAS I P H. Johnson 'A EDW. J. HIMES Civil Engineer and . Surveyor Phone 403 ' S58 Levoni St , Dalian L C. PRICE, M. D. Office and residence Kurre Apartments J Phone 1903
