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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1921)
I The Guardian o f Prudence * r R. RAY BAKER 1 » « . by McClure Newepeper S y n d ic * » > t'clculatlng by the calendar, Benson Npztalr was not an old m ao; but lijt- ure It in miles and he was. No, It was not years that mude Ben- sOn old, for he was no. n>ore than thftty. He was old In wisdom bora of roving the world, suffering hardship In rtlany lands, making money and losing It, losing health and reguiuing It. At thirty Benson had “settled down” In ijhe wild West, choosing IJermono- slite as his permanent home. Iler- nymoslde was West geographically. It was not wild because of cowboys sBtT bftd men, but due to the dense forests and the mountain ridge that Isolated It. .Hermotioslde consisted of 25 crude ft^uie dwellings and a trio of stores that were little more than trading posts, grouped on a lower slope of Mfeunt Kennedy. Tiie trapping Indus try was to blame for Heim, noside's coming Into existence, and It was mfhied'after the man who founded the cdjony. Hut: *1 he trapping industry was too IfftlusiCynis, and the government stepped In with some luws to prevent tHb*Aft-hearing animals from becom ing extinct. Hermonoshle did not die, however, because Its population con sisted principally of people who never fijft a.desire to rove, or who, like Ben- s<*h, had roved to their heart’s content aijj] were willing to spend the reinain- d y of their spans o f life far away from bright lights. J )f .gtourse there Is a girl In the stgry. Her name was Prudence Wild- h$, iAd she was Benson's ward, made sov by the last expressed wish of her frttlwr'aS he lay on his deathbed In his I^tr-MMwiosIde shanty. That was Tour years ago when he was twenty-six and looked fen more. Prudence at the time was sixteen. Benson's first act as guardian was to arrange for n widow of the colony to serve as companion and teacher. The widow had once taught In a girls' school In the East, coming West on the advice o f her physician. With the aid of two strong bands, a hammer, nails and a saw, and some money left by Jake Wilding, Beeson built a warm, comfortable dwelling and In stalled Prudence and her companion In It. In the succeeding four years the Wilding money guve out. and Benson replenished It from his own snug little hoard, which he had brought with him to Hermonoslde. Now he eurned u subsistence by tilling his 25 acres of soil. | In those four years Benson changed little, except that gray hair became more plentiful arid he developed moody spells and took to gazing gloomily out the window and smoking quantities of dark, smelly tobacco Prudence changed a great deal. From a promising hud she had devel oped Into a rosy spring blossom, and the Hermonoslde youth began casting shy appraising glances In her direc tion. Soon the glances became less shy, und Benson became more wor ried. Benson was In love with Ills ward. It would never do to harbor serious thoughts concerning Prudence and him self, because of his nge arid his guard ianship. Noth log could ever come of It, of course, he told himself repeated ly, and he never allowed himself lo think of marriage. Hence the ninntly spells and the gloomy gazing from the window. Benson « n s reasonable. He knew Prudence wee hound to linvp love nf fairs and to marry some day, lint he dreaded that day. It had got to the point where Benson lived for his «aril. Prudence made a confidant of Ben son, ns she had of her fnlher. She told him about her feelings toward the young men of Hermonoslde. of whom there were few and still feuor who could be classed ns desirables. In fact, the nnniber Imd simmered down — -i- - - | i to two. Finally came the day of Prudence'« life that would have been considered an important day in the life o f al most any girl. 'S h e received propos als. only three hours apart, from both j f the two desirables. That evening she came to Benson's cabin and told him uhout It. “ What'll I do?" she Implored on the verge of tears. "Only one thing to do,” said Benson, filling Ills pipe, which had been idle half an hour «h ile he partook of his evening meal. “The only thing to do Is to accept the one you think the most of und reject the other." "And you—you—” Prudence asked falteringly, ¿‘would you approve of either?” "My dear girl,” Benson replied, “either Sam Johnson or Mark Hatha way would bq regarded as desirable by any girl in Hermonoslde. Saui bus a big farm anil Mark, I am told. Is an expert machinist, if he'd only go out In the world un<t follow his trade.” "Mark is planning to go East," she said, “ and he wants me to go »■ 1 1 h him. I don't know what to do. It Is an awful position to he In. I like Sam better than Mark, hut I do so desire to see the world.” “ Maybe « e can arrange it. Prudence. Perhaps If you went East you would see somebody you llkeil belter than either of these young men Now, I have a pretty fair little sum hidden u»ay. und I've beeu thinking It woujd tie the proper thing to send you to some girts' school." Prudence's eyes lighted up. but she became downcast nunédiately. “ It's line of you,” she told him, “but I couldn't accept your money for any thing like that. Besides, I don't care so much about going to college. I have a pretty good education now. What I «an t to do is have a home— out In tlie «orld somewhere. But I couldn't accept money from you— not with you being my guardian. Benson gave her a quick look. How many times he had wished he was not her guardian! But of course he was too old, anyhow, and she could never Bilnk of him that way. Fie' resumed his survey of the small part c f the terrestrial globe within range of his window. “ I wish— I—wish—“ Prudence suld, halting. “ I wish I could make souie- body understand things. 1 wish you were not my guardian Benson turned to her and forgot to draw on bis pipe. “ Why?” “ Because — because — well, Benson, can't you see through anything? Can't you see I'm—don't you suppose ! think a lot of you? Have I got to go on eating my heart out like tills, walling in vain for you to give some sign of returning my affection? Don’t you un derstand that I don’t care for either Sam or Mark? Have I got to go on being your ward, and nothing more? Benson, I'm terribly brazen about It, but you seem so dense.” Beuson's chair fell to the floor, so suddenly did he leap to his feet and cross to her side. la a moment she was clasped In his arms. “ Dense!” he roared. ‘‘Dense Is no name for «h a t I am. I’m dumb! Just because I’m your guardian—say, wait a minute! I’m aot your guardian any more than I’m your grandmother. Come to think of It, my job ended when you were eighteen, and that was two years ago. Prudence, do you mean to say you would be willing to marry me?" Prudence hung her head. “ I’ve been wanting to for a long time. I’ve been awfully bold about It, hut there dida’f seem to he any other w ay!” Benson went to a coat hanging on the wall nnd returned with a timetable which he spread before them. "Bet’s see.” he said, turning the pages with one hand, «b ile his other arm crushed her against him, “ there's a train leaving Delphia at seven to morrow night; and If Hncksmlth’s tllvver can make it in time we leave on that train—for the East." A little silver aluminum-colored mon oplane Is on Its way from Dayton, O , to New York to be shipped to France, where, according to Its recent trials and performances, aeronautical engi neers believe It will revolutionise the construction of speed planes. It is the Daytou-Wrlght R-B, espe cially designed as one of the three American entries In the Gordon Ben nett races In France, Sept 27 to Oct. 8. The R-B monoplane measures only 22H feet from wing tip to wing tip. Its body Is 22 feet long. The wings, of rigid cantilever construction, are made of three-ply veneer. When the little plane Is In flight the wheels and ° UP l0‘ side the body. Bear “ re A crank In the Instrument board of the machine enables the pilot after he has left the ground to raise his wheels and landing frame Into the fuselage, at the same time flattening out the wing. The process requires from 12 to 15 seconds. The wing curve, which can be al tered at will, enables the pilot to de crease the landing speed 20 miles an hour and increase the racing speed In the same ratio. It is believed the plane can fly 200 miles an hour. The machine has a Hall-Scott rac ing engine of the Liberty Six 250 horse power type. The efficiency of the mo tor Is Increased by using a special syn thetic fuel developed in the Dayton Wright me oratories. Descent at 450 Miles Per Hour. Lieut. Weiss of the French army was attempting to establish a height record recently but unexpectedly found ills supply of oxygen virtually exhausted. The Paris correspondent o f the Morning Post states that at the moment lie was at 8.000 meters and his only chance of safety was to nose dive. For a certain number of seconds he achieved a speed of 450 miles per hour and actually traversed 4,300 yards of descent In thirty seconds. THINK IT REAL SPEED PLANE The machine was Injured as a result of the strain und certain portions <nf Baby Airship on the Way to France le the wings were torn off. while some Confidently Looked to to Break supports also were broken before he Flying Records. was able to Uatteo out the machine for landing. At the Electric Sign “SHOES a p • A n A ctu a l F a c t Is that in order to quickly reduce the Stock on our shelves we have entirely dis regarded costs and figured prices so low to hurry the goods out before our annual inventory February 1st and to get the money for immediate use, thereby saving interest for us. "W e Lose You Gain” , but the friendship we gain pays for the loss. Pumps at No Profit ""Any Red Cross*Pump valued from $$11.- ^ v *85 to $15.60 reduced to choice for |$8.95 * * Any Holter’ s Browa or Black Kid Pumps valued at $8.50 to $9.25, youi choice for $7.19 : « « fe n , lot o f Brown Calf and B'ac'c Kid Pumps"and ^nkle Strap Pumps, school heels, former price was $4.50 and $4.85, your choice at $8.69 T JANUARY 5 B u s in e s s is G o o d W E W ILL START A SACRIFICE SHOESALE For we have increased our sales in 1920 above the year 1919 more than 36 per cent, which means many more satisfied customers because the average sales were lower priced. We desire to continue to give the best shoes for the least money with perfect satisfaction in every case, hence this GREAT SACRIFICE not only of profits, but costs in part'too. THE R E A L R E A SO N Why we make this GREAT SACRIFICE, besides the fact that we can use the man- ey to very great advantage, is that it is generally recognized that the re adjust- ment in manufactured products has been thoro and that it is sound business judg- ment to refigure our prices basing them on the new conditioi.s and |immediately reach a level that will unquestionably in- spire confidence in their values. The practice o f ffiakiig continuous small cuts ¡n prices we do not look upon as a good business policy as it only tends to keep the trade in a state of constant demoral- ¡aztion. In our judgment the sooner the prices are made to reflect values, figured upon the cost of the basic raw mattr.als, the sooner confidence will be restored, The reason o f this sale, Oxfords Sacrificed, Too Red Cross Brown Kid Oxfords, French or Cuban heels, our former values $12.00 to $14.25, your choice for $9.65 Red Cross Brown Calf oxfords, plain or Brogues military heels, our former pric es were $10.00 and $12.00, go for $8.35 Red Cross Black or White Kid oxfords French or Cuban heels, $10.50 to $12,00 grades $8.29 Other Oxfords in grades as low as $3 85 LADIES’ SHOES P r o fit s F o r g o t t e n One lot of smpll sizes in Black Kid But ton; none larger than 4A, all good quali- tiis, at $1.00 MEN’S SHOES One mixed lot most all kinds, principally pmall sizes, good qualities; way less then jobbers or mfrs cost at $1.95 Men’ s Black English and round toes>$3.85 Gun metal English Bal welt sole, now at $4.95 A nice lot of good serviceable shoes; all TV jizes. at $3.95 Black and Brown English Bal and black, round toes, $5.80 •4-4-iOne lot Flack and Brown Lace Shoes; all sizes $5.15 Lot 25 Hollers Gun Metal English, mili- !■ tary heels, old price $9.50; new price j $6.35 Y T Several gojd numbers in Black and Rrown Calf Lace, English last; military heels, at $6.45 M on ey S avers Misses’ and Child- Boy Shoe Specials fine lot Boys’ good school shoes, sizes ren’s Bargains One 2J to 51 at $2 95 One lot Gun metal lace, sizes 11 to 2 Several good numbers $2.45 sized 1 to 2 at $3.65 Red Cross Black Calf, military heels, $12 50 grade, at $9.45 Any Red Cross Black Kid or Patent in __ French, Cuban nr military heels, for this ^ale only, the $12.00 to $15.00 grades -vyour choice at $9 99 This is much lower than they wi II tie again this year Every pair of Shoes the Store Sacrificed Boys’ shoe?, One lot Gun metal lace, sizes 11 to 2 One lot Boys’ Brown Blo.cher, 11 to 131 $2.95 $2.69 Sizes 1 to 2 at$ 3.25,"sizes 21 to Several styles of former $1.25 to $4.50 5 at $3.45 | A special lot of Red Cross all Camel Col- ' *"6ied Kid, Brown Kid \amps. Camel Kid lines in sizes 11 to 2, will be put in at $3.35 tops, lace and a Brown Kid vamp Camel top button,, values from $13,00 to $1.C0 Six different lines of Frown and Black not all si*es, hut go for $$.65 Calf and Flk, English and round toes, Highest grade Red Cross Brown Kid sizes 11 to 2, $5.00 to $5.50 grades at shoes :n French. Cohan or Military heels, $3.85 our old price $14.00 to $15.0Q, [this sale (war tax 9c) for $10.90 in Three numbers Boys’ sizes 10 to 131, worth up to $3.95 :»t $2 85 Dayton Men’ s Pilgrim, plain toes, wide, $9.00 grade, at $6.30 /Vny Regal shoe Jin the store, including t h « $13.50 grades, during this sale only, at $9.45 A ny Drown Calf with Beaver, Kid or B ack tops, including the {$12.50 grades, go at $8.30 H e a v y W e ig h t: L o w C o st B1 ick Grain double sole, tip or plain tot $6.00 to $6.50 grades, at $3.95 One lot Boys’ shoes.2A to 51, worth $4.CO Brt'wn Army and heavy welt shoes, to $5.00, special price o f $3.15 $7., »0 to $8.00 grades a^ $5.95 Boys’ heavy Service shoes. Black cr Hte^vy li-in ch top, double sole, value Brown, worth $4.00 to $7.65, $8.95 The very best "Plam ate" shoes Black $2.95 td $5.45 $ 11 . 50 , new price, Bear, sizes 11 to 2, the $6.50 quality, ^double sole, value Boys’ Heavy 10-imh High top, $8.00 to Heavy 12-inch top goes in at $4.95 S8.95 $10.90, new price. $8.75 grades at $5.90 to Sizes 81 to 11, of grades similar to the Many other numbers and all cut prices. Heavy 16-inch top, double sole, value above at proportionalteiy lower prices. $15.50, ntrw'price $10.95 Will put Rubber Hee Is on any new shots Rubbers a t C u t P r ic e s Arch Supports and other foot com fort ar we sell at half price, 25c. any day. Men’ s hip and i*V>orting loots, up from ticles, Laces, Polishes, Oils, Dressing, Goo Is bought dr.r ing this sale will t e $4.95 Slipper Soles, Shoe Trees, etc., all find exchanged but N o Money W ill Be Re Men’ s short.boots. red or hhek. up from ings at reduced prices. funded $2.95 Reduced p» ices on all Rubber Overshoes A T T H E E L E C T R IC S IG N , “ S H O E S ’ O u r Bargain Colum n Bruce house in Monmouth For Sale. Will take a team o f horses as part payment, G. T. Boothby_____ 2t For Sale or Trade— Packard Or chestral Organ, in good condition and tine tone, being U6ed every day. $25.00 E. N Keeney. 2t After Jan. 1st J. M. Mcv.a|eb will spare a few settings o f eggs from his Hollywood strain at $15.00 per setting. Any person desiring eggs should order early. This mating is from hens with trap nest ed egg records from 292 to 309 eggs and mated to males from hens with egg records of 307 eggs. tf Jersey Cow: Will sell for $35 or wiil trade for hogs. Geo. Niggli. 3t LOST- Pair of gold rimmed glas ses. Return to C. W. Leonard. 2t For Sale— A good forty foot windmill. For particulars phone Farm 3612 or 1802. Craven & Van Loan. 1 and 2 inch Fvough Lumber for sale. Parker Bros., Monmouth. Mrs. Mack can care for several more housekeepers. The Monmouth Cooperative Ship ping Association will save farmer’s money in the sale of liv“ stock. Ship with us and cut out middleman’s profit. It you have stock to ship notify W. J. Stockholm, Mgr. tf For Sale 8 acres of land 100 feet from city limits. 5 room house, good barn, fruit and berries. On paved road for $2500.00 10 ares of land, all in cultiva tion, good house and barn, i mile to city limits, an ideal home- Price right. 8 room house, 5 lots. Fruit for family use. City water and elec tric lights. Fine location. Price $1500.00. Good terms. 148 Acres of land, 3i [miles south west of Monmouth, mostly Luckiamute bottom. Fine as a fiddle. Good house and barn, 10 acres of prunes. Good school near. Price $125.00 per acre; good terms. 182 Acres, Luckiamute bottom land; 100 acres in cultivation; .no improvements; good county road. Price $12500.00. Terms. G. T. Boothby. Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed ad ministratrix of the estate of Wil liam H. Mack, deceased, by the county court of Polk County, Ore gon, and has qualified. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same, with proper vouchers there for, to the undersigned at Mon mouth, Polk County, Oregon, with in six months from the date o f this notice. Dated and first published Novetr.- ber 19. 1920. Minnie K. Mack, Administratrix of the es tate of William H. Mack, deceased. Brown & Helgerson, attorneys. Notice of Final Settlement Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as the administrator of the estate of Richard Jone: Ev ans, deceased, has filed his final ac count in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Polk County, and that Monday the 17th day of January, 1921, at the hour of 10 A. M. thereof, at the Court room of said Court in the city of Dallas, Oregon, has been appointd by said Court as the time and place for the h< aring of objections to the said final account and the settlement thereof. Dated and first published Decem ber 17th, 1920. Edward T. Evans, Administrator of the estate t f Richard Jones Evans, deceased. Swope & Swope, Attorneys. A Good Building Material and an everlasting building mater ial at the same time. The Tile Works at Monmouth is making a bui’ding tile which will make any kind of building from a dwelling house to a pig pen cool in summer and warm in winter. . Es pecially fine for your fruit, vegeta ble and milk house. We also have all kinds o f drain tile. Drain tile is your most ur gent reed. Get that wetland drain ed. We will do your draining for you if you wish, but do it your self if you c an Central Tile Co., Mon mouth, Oregon.____________ ______ The Herald wishes correspondents in neighboring communities. F<r particulars apply at this offee. For Sale—A dozen White Leg horn Cockerels. 0 . A. C. laying strain. $1.75 each. G. Niggli- 3t
