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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1923)
THE MONMOUTH HERALD, MONMOUTH, OREGON F R ID A Y , DECEMBER 7, 1923 Pagar» Quality Service Remembrances At Christmas S«-^.,oa should ahv* the GiverK ta»te and knowltdge »1 their usefulness and beauty. The Herald V'ltm-od u second -c 1 a m m atter Septembers. 1908. n the poet office at Monmouth. Oregon, under the A ct o f March S. 187». RICHARD B, SWENSON Editor & Publisher The Monmouth Co-operative Creamery MONMOUTH, OREGON ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY F R ID A Y , DECEMBER 7, Subscription Rates One year - Six months - - Three month* * 1923 An organization of $2,00 $1.00 * local farmers and dairymen which distributes some §250,000 75 eta among its patrons each year. [c IO»----- >| *Monmouth Meditations I'aeful gifts are the practical gifts that last throughout the cumini; year. We s u r e s t |<— It is recognized to be the oldest and best . . i o n i-___ )1 In thebe days o f political humbug anti hypocrisy, when the ties o f party- Kitchen Knives Electric Stoves sit lightly alike on leaders and laity, and the ambitious are seeking prefer Table Silver Waffle Irons ence by cultivating the petty preju Electric Iron* Vacuum Bottles dices, racial, social, national, re lig Pyre* Oven«are ious; the passing o f such a man as Shears and Scissors C. N. McArthur is doubly lament Aluminum Ware Flashlights able. McArthur’s couiage, his plain common sense, his energy, his See our Xmas Display intense loyalty, were an inspiration to many- who, facing unpleasant facts, were inclined to excuse their >wn inaction with the fam iliar phrase "A w , what’s the use?’’ He was not commonplace in anything he under took. From directing the univer- iy football team and raising thor t h e oughbred Jerseys to his work in the rational capital, he left the impres of a vigorous character. H onor to "¿ 5 HSHSH 5 ï 5 HS 2 S«iSHSHSE 5 H 5 ES'dSiîSH 5 HSHSHSH 5 tîSdSH 5 HSE 5 HSE 5 îlSil 5 cl 525 E 5 HSHsÿ his memory. aS2SZ52525 Carving Seta Washing Machines Thomas &. Horton Independence TV/HCtfiSTER Efficient Service Courteous Treat ment A. L. KEENEY Funeral Director and Licenaed Embalmer Calls Promptly Answered Day or Night. Prices Reasonable PHONES 9821 A ND if co-operative organization in the state. Monmouth & Independence AutoBus T l ME SCHEDULE Bus leaves Train leaves . Monmouth Train Independence , 7.10 A. M. To Portland 7.38 j 9.45 A. M. To Portland 10.01 I 9.45 A. M. To Corvallis 10.25 M I A. M. To Corvallis 12.13 2.40 P. M. To Portland 3,12 2.40 P. M. To Corvallis 3.33 5.10 P. M. To Portland 5.38 6.45 P. M. To Corvallis 7.15 Bay monti E. Derby, Phone 1501 Prop. 9822 W o od Saw ing per cord I Hard wood, twice cut, 90c “ 3 times in two $1.15 11. F. Swope C. A. Swope Fir. twice in two80c; 3 cuts $1.00 Law yers Seth Smith, Phone 3205 210 Oregon Building Independence, Ore. SALE M OREGON Associated— Thomas Brown I-et me mend your furniture or file your saws. J. W. Howell 4t A C arpen ter 1 he young Carpenter of Nazareth was a worker who fined joyous news and beauty, even as His heart over flowed with sympathy for the weary toilers who passed before his workshop door. lie may have been a man of many sorrowa, hut it is equally true that He was also a man of many joys. I hey welcomed Him at wedding feasta; children went to llim instinctively; the common people heard His magic words that lightened their burdens, and the wise men lis tened to Him attentively because He had a secret beside which their knowledge was as dust before wind. I he centuries have rolled by and Ilia command snr- *i*t»— to love one another. And it was He who taught us that the greatest is he who serves most. Obeying these commands, let us all open our hearta to the beauty in the world and the loveableness and essen tial goodness of the men and women in it. M i ) we all learn that those who give most and that those who offer themselves completely in service to their follows And their hearts flooded with peace which passeth understanding. On His birthday let each one of us dedicate our live* to carrying forward Hia message of peace on earth, good will to all men. K. T. 8. December 2a First National Bank MONMOUTH. OREGON O fficer. IB *. c. POWELL, P res J. B. V. BUTLER, V ice P re .- w F. E. CHAM BERS, C as h ie r ; C. C. POW ELL. A sst C ashier Director« J. B. V BUTLER. CHAIRMAN; WM RIDDELL, I. M. SIMPSON. G. A. CONN. D R. RIDDELL. IRA C. POW ELL lonelier. If tie had bad a few thou mas." said Si- i sand dollars he would have sold out las Illcks. "lie 'll be and gone south to live, somewhere a fine bird by then. away from this bleak New England But I dunno. lie's the only one I’ve coast. But he could Just manage to reared out of that brood, and I'm make both ends meet. Dally he cursed kinder attached to him.” his brother In Ids heart. However, he promised Mrs. James He stnrted raising turkeys, and that finally to let her have the gobbler. was a failure. Only the gobbler lived. Silas Hicks was not a sentimental He used to watch the bird with In man. He was a farmer, and in busi terest. The gobbler would come duck ness for the money It brought him. He ing after him for crumbs. And It was had a brother John, who hud gone to odd how It looked like John. the city and made money hand over j fie began to call it John. It had a fist. JohD was a crusty old bachelor | queer way of putting Its head upon and largely devoid of the sense of j one side and calling, as John used to Shade trees along the streets of a family obligations. do when he was a boy. Gradually, to town or their lack mark the difference There had been a time, five years old Silas' fancy, the gobbler becam« between an old established commun before, when things went badly with an effigy of John. He hated It. ity and a pioneer town. Look along Silas. There was a heavy mortgage I He hated It, and he was attached, some o f the street* o f Monmouth or to meet, the crops had been ft failure, too. He made a sort of pet of the along the new highway and imagine and he had been In danger of dispos gobbler. He wanted It to love him, how much better zney would look session. Besides, his wife was on her so far as a turkey gobbler Is capable with rows o f shade trees. A mat; sickbed, from which she was never to of love. Then, when Christmas came, arise. tie was going to cut Its throat very can cut down a tree in a few hours Silas had gone In his despair to the at best, but it takes years to grow a brother whom be hud not seen tor slowly, bending Its head back to see the terror in its eyes. He would thus shade tree. It is time Monmouth years. John had turned him down tint. have his revenge ujvon his brother. took more thought on this subject. “ Fnther left you the farm because "Yes, mann, John's thriving nicely Our citizens should meet on the you played up to him, and kicked me and putting on flesh,” he told Mrs. adoption o f a plan for systematic out into the world,” he said. "Now Janies. "Here he comes. John I John I” Up came the big gobbler, put Its shade tree planting in the streets of I’ve made my pile, you have the nerve to come to me for help. I don't see it. i he city. Sllns.” "My wife's sick,” pleaded RUas. "and C H R IS TM A S S E A L S A L E you've got more money than you know The active selling o f Christmas what to do with.” Seals last week was highly success “Oh, I can find a use for It,” John ful, the entire quota o f the first con rejoined caustically. "Maybe If you'd signment o f 6,000 having been sold at the down-town booths and the Normal School. However, a re-order uead on one side and surveyed Silas to see If he had any bread crumbs. o f 4,000 was made to meet the post "Isn’t he the cutest thing I” said sale demands ftom those who were Mrs. James. “ I don’t wonder you unable to patronize the sale during can't bear to let me have it, Mr. the stormy weather and for those Hicks.” who desire to replenish their supply “ Oh, that’ll be all right marm," re as needed. The seals w ill be on shown a little sympathy for uie when sponded Silas cheerily. sale until Christmas at Morlau’s, I was hoofing It on the sidewalks I'd An elemental hatred for the gobbler Johnson's and the Drug Store and have a little more for you, Silas.” had come to fill bis heart Christmas Silas went home. Somehow he man was at hand. He pictured bow, on the also by Miss MeGilehrist at the aged to survive the crisis. But his morrow, he would grab the bird, he Normal School. vife died, nnd he grew lonelier nnd would insult It with all the turkey The results were as follows: Up From Babyhood Monday— Civic Club, $23.27 Tuesday— Social Hour Club, 6.59 Wednesday— Baptist Ladies Aid, 5.88 Thursday— Homelike Society, 8.00 Friday— Rebekahs, 3.35 Saturday— Dorcas Society, 2.57 All week— Normal Students, 20.00 The following persons, so fa r as reported, assisted in the sale: Mrs. O’ Rourke, Mrs. Arant, Mrs. Boynton, Mrs. A. B. Morlan. Mrs. Landers, Mrs. Cletus Butler, Miss Maggie But ler, Mrs. Riddell, Mrs. Boothby, Mrs John Scott, Mrs. Dodds, Mi Fuller. Mrs. Baun, Mrs. Winegar, Mrs. K ir by, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Pagenkopf, Mrs. O. White, Mrs. Gooding, Mrs. How ard Morlan, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. J. B. Stump, Mrs. Kellogg. Miss Clark and students o f the Normal School. LV LOOKS PV A UP TH E E. A, Weddle, Prop. vL, m a rm . I might let you have the gob bier for Christ | H A IR C U T T IN G Tub and Shower Baths Kodaks r K!e for ( hristmas presentation than articles made o f Oregon Myrtle. For beauty no kind of Thermos bottles Mood surpasses it. This year I have a supply of articles of this Mood and bought so it can be Stationery sold reasonably. Scenic Calendars Silverware Many Other Gift Things Toilet Sets Cards, Seals, Books and Games W MO B E N ftF ir« f 1 Shop early and shop at Perkins Pharmacy u u I f we haven't got it, we’ll get it. t h I . f i f i f i w s ' i - Y - ' i r s r g s ^f c Æ 'g & i & T& ’g f i i ! Ladies’ and Children’s | Few things are more handsome or more suit- DELAFIELD M AN (Formerly Windmill) Myrtlewood Articles ¿hiele-Joto; OH INDEPENDENCE BIRDER SHOP Here will be found many articles to supply the annual need. Come and see our for Christmas They Just Could Not Kill the Bird They Had Watched Grow ( & l i l t . W esters N ew spaper D a k s ) Christmas at the Drug Store That Gobbler By CLARA abuse that he had picked up from It; then It should die slowly, as ha would like John to die. On Christmas morning he found a letter from an unknown correspondent In th« city. Opening I t he read that his brother John was dead. John had left forty thousand dollars, half of which was to go to Silas, "in memory of our boyhood times together, and In the hope that any 111 feeling, if It existed. haa tong ago been can celed.” Silas stared at the letter. His eyes grew misty. He saw John again as s little boy upon the farm; his heart went out to him across the years. Gobble I Gobble! The big turkey was standing In front of him. Us head on one side, one claw raised begging for crumbs. "You great big faker, you 1” bellowed Silas The gobbler, looking a little alarmed, retreated a step or twoi. « « « « • • o "Oh. Mr. Hicks I’m willing to pay for that turkey, but somehow I— I feel I Just can't eat him after seeing him grow up from babyhood.” “ Wal, Mrs James I was kinder feeling that way myself,” said Silas Hicks scratching hia bead “ You see, Tin selling out and going south, and I was figuring on taking him along and raising turkeys." Ask us.
