'i ■ I ■ The Herald HARTM AN BROS. C O H allm ark Jeweler» and O pticians OREGON SALEM We expect a wave of sentiment to arise shortly in behalf of M r.| house man E n t e r e d « h « e c o n o -c la n a m a t t e r S e p t e i r tb e r t. 190K Etheridge, the bond 7 the ; n t h e p o e t office a t M o n m o u th , O r e g o n , u n d 1er t whose manipulation of interim cer­ A c t o f M a rc h 8. 1879. tificates has landed him in the crim­ R IC H A R D B, SWENSON inal courts. A plausible man, with E d ito r & P u b lish e r smooth tongue can secure absolu- j MONMOUTH. OREGON tion for almost an kind of a reco rd ,■ but one thing the public can n o t1 ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY excuse is financial success. As j FRIDAY, JAN. 14. 1921 long as the Morris people have any | money they will be objects of sus­ S u b sc rip tio n R a te s One year - - $2,00 picion. $1.00 Six months Three months Senator Patterson promises to forward the Senate Calendar to the Herald each day and people who are interested in legislation and the progress it is m i king, are invited to call at the Herald office and ex­ amine the calendar for themselves. 75 eta F o re ig n A d v e r tis in g R e p r e s e n ta tiv e THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Monmouth Meditations non Ira C. Powell J. B. V, Butler President - V ic e P re s id e n t F. E. Chambers C a sh ie r First National Bank Paid Capital....................$30,000.00 Surplus F u n d .................. 10.000.00 Undivided Profits........... 15,000.00 with confidence that vice will be r e n d e r e d . I. M. Simpson Ira C. Powell For any thing you want or don’t want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you. 9 onthcH%dWh^Ìue^SlHJ/Sf “ ’Tis CHEAPER to Build a Eerier Home Than to W aste Repairs on an Old O ne” C ontantly patching the old house is expensive. A nd what is worse, when the work is all done you still have the same old out-of-date house. But, put into a new home instead, that repair money would prove a better investment. The Plans and the Material We will gladly help you to plan the new home. Our experience may save you money right from the atari. And on material we can offer you in­ ducements that would warrant your .immediate consideration. Qy.ibty and prices are both to your advantage on dimension lumber, sheathing, nd- ing, lath, flooring, shingles, rooting, budding paper, etc. h in when you ca n a nd talk it i oa r w ill» a s. Monmouth Lumber Co. • m ■ ■■■ L. W . W aller, Manager. . ■ INSURANCE! Good Goods and Fair Treatment ERECT A MONUMENT TO PHONE GIRL C. C. M u l k e y The two cool days this week pleased the Eastern Oregon girls but the rest of us are reconciled to return of the moist southerly breezes. os C m F. W . LEONARD B oot and Sh oe Maker A son of James Hill, the railroad builder,! has figured it out that wheat will before long be selling for $5 per bushel. Because a thing never has happened is no sign that it never will. Flour, in compari­ son, is one of the cheapest food products we have, but at the ^same On City or Farm Insurance on three or five year time, a standard price of $5 for a bushel of wheat is something cal­ The Japs and the inmates of the * policies, w e fake notes payable in yearly installments. culated to stagger the imagination. state ien iten t:ary are alike aub- 5 Bonds of all sorts sold. President elect Harding’s con­ jeets of concern to the people of Let us place your Insurance with old, reliable Z servative instincts lead him to the the state as evidenced by the gov­ companies. GEO. W . C H ESEB R O | committal .of few blunders. With ernor's message to the legislature. the prestige of a mighty political While Orej^in has much work to be victory he has 1 ad numerous chanc­ done and needs a great population, es to “slop over” and has safely the state must be careful about the dodged them. His pronouncement kind just as the agriculturist must in favor of an unostentatious in­ choose carefully the kir.d of crops augural must commend him to the he puts in the soil. sober sense of Americans. Extrav­ agance right’ now would be dis­ tinctly in bad taste. careful and efficient ser­ Director» J. B. V. Butler, Chairman Win. Riddell Robert Steele A year ago this week the Herald I - H 4 ♦+ +++ +tt++ V +«4+***+*+**** changed in price from $ 50 a year to $2.00. At that time print paper cost nine and a half cents a pound and now it costs thirteen. From which it will he noted that the ad­ with many years experience vance was warranted. That the Herald readers htve appreciated R e p a ir w o r k p ro m p tly a n d n e a tly d o n e this is evidenced by the fact that See me in Boulden building next door to Herald shop. ! the Herald subsriitions list has ex- - w N fH fm w m * * periencced the same proportionate growth as in p ist years. More * * t* * » * i> + « * W * M * # # M * * M t * * * * » * * * M * * * i M M « M « * new subscribers have been add« d within the past month than during any month in five years. Groceries & Provisions Y o u r B a n k i n g Business t Monmouth's largest and most complete Confectionery and Book Store | MONMOUTH, OREGON m a y be e n t r u s t e d F or S c h o o l B o o k s a n d '■ Read your own Herald , 2 ®e.?er The recommendation of Governor Oicott to the legislature strongly favors a deference by that body to the authority and powers of the state highway commission. The achievements of the commission have atlrm te i attention out of the state and if it is not interfered with the commission will give to Oregon the foundation of a high­ way svs e n that will rank v^ith any it. the country. That Polk county may advance with the rest of the state and share in the advantage which a scientific highway system will give it, is an important actuat- in reason in the recall campaign now on in the county. Four years more added to the two we have just passed through is something we can not contemplate with indifference. "The American Press” , a newspap­ er for cohntry publishers, publish­ ed this week an offer of a hundred dollar prize to the publisher who can compile the best scrap look. This scrap book is to he called the “ Funk Book” and is to be made from communciations received by mail reiuesting free publicity. The free publicity graft has reached the stage where it is recognised a» a calling and large institutions main- tiin press agents whose duty it is to prepare copy sent out to news­ papers, said copy containing veiled advertising. Onde -Joba? S A V S *SKJB « n-*A T O S T E R T A K E A Y A R D AMO A H A o r 5H -IN G O O O S Bur M O W T A K E S OTM»_V H A L F A V A R O OP M O -| N STUFT- IA T . s o m e t h in # Insurance W A LTE R G. B RO W N » M onm outh Transfer W e h a v e ju s t b o u g h t a n e w tr u c k and a r e ab le to do all k in d s of h a u lin g and tra n s fe rin g . F o r w o rk of th is k in d s e e » t » * ft- » » » » POLLAN BRO S., P ro p s. ía**SA *4 A4***************** ************************** L e a v e o r d e rs a t G a r a g e M iss Iv a C h a p m a n , te le p h o n e o p e r a to r in a r u r a l c o m m u n ity e x c h a n g e a t W e llm a n , la ., d id n o t « live— n o r d ie — In v a in She gave ' t h e good c o u n try fo lk s o f h e r c o m m u n ity t h e o p p o r tu n ity to p ro v e th a t th e y c o u ld re c o g n iz e a h e r o in e w hen th e y saw one— even th o u g h s h e liv e d w ith th e m in t h e i r e v e ry d a y life . M iss C h a p ­ m an w as d a y o p e ra to r, w h e n th e n ig h t o p e ra to r w a s ta k e n til w ith th e flu In 1918 S he w o rk e d n ig h t a u d d a y — k e e p in g th e e x c h a n g e g o in g in su m m o n in g d o c to rs , n u r s e s a n d o th e r s to c a r e for th o s e a iflic te d . T h en s h e c o n ­ t r a c te d th e d ise ase, b u t d id not h a v e th e s tr e n g th le ft to c o m b a t It In a p p re c ia tio n o f h e r h e ro ic w o rk , p h o n e su b s c rib e rs in th a t r u r a l c o m m u n ity h a v e e re c te d a m o n u m e n t to th e m em o ry o f M iss C h a p m a n In th e liU le c e m e te ry a t t h a t place. Strong Evidence / OUR OOC m e a n s Fire & Son Call Phone 2003 House 1803 Highest Market Price Paid for Poultry and Veal Calves B ra n , Mill R u n a n d C orn P o u l t r y S u p p li e s • B O N E, S H E L L a n d G R I T Thos. Boulden *. : \\ ! *i T i T ji V X JU Ï *1*’»* *1* •J**)** j* »J*»J* *i**í**'*>, , ‘ ;—|*, ¡', , ¡*, ¡**[**|* t i -i 11 i t 11 > > MONMOUTH MARKET F R E S H AND CU R ED M EATS P o r k S a u s a g e ; S w e e t , S o u r a n d Dill Pic kl es FR E S H FISH ON FR ID A YS ii Passed by Government Inspector December 2 J. B. Hill & Son G u t h r i e Bldg; * Former piare of City Marke* Is the Statement of this Salem Woman Backache is often kidney ache: A common warning of serious kidr.ey ills. "AiStitch in Time Saves Nine" 1—Don’t delay use Doan's Kidney- Pills. Profit bv this nearby resi­ dent’s experience. Mrs. Emily Ed­ wards, 1108 . 13th St . Salem Ore., says: "I couldn't speak too highly Candy and Cigars in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills for I have never found anything equal to this old, reliable kidney medicine for regulating the kidneys and i stopping backache. I am only too glad to te I others who are subject to backache, as I used to he, that E D W . J. H IM ES Doan's Kidney Pills are very relia­ L C. PRICE, .VH R ble and effective for that trouble.” C ivil E n g in e e r a n d Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t Office and residence S u rv e y o r simply ask for a kidney remedy — Kurre Apartments get Poan's Kidney Pills the same Pbo->e 403 55» U > i n S* D allas that Mrs. Edwards had. 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