Tm5 MONMOUTH HERALD, MONMOUTH. OREGO
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FRIDAY, JANUARYQ
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Winter Shoes, Dress Shoes
Cost and Quality Count
See my stock and get prices.
Full Line of Strings, Oils, Polishes, Etc.
First Class Repairing
Post office block Phone 6802
CHARLES M. ATWATER
TALES OF THE
OLD FRONTIER
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
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Guaranteed work, Cleaning, Pressing
Men's Suits, Overcoats, Sweaters
Ladies' Suits, Dresses, Sweaters
Give me an order and be convinced.
T. J. WEDEKIND Monmouth Ore
School Supplies
Candy and Fresh Fruit
Holsum bread
P. H. JOHNSON
Groceries & Provisions
Good Goods and Fair Treatment
C. C. Mulkey & Son
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Fire and Accident Insurance
Liability and Surety Bonds
W. H; NEY
Successor to G. W. Chesebro
Monmouth Oregon
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Transferring by
auto truck and by
team, within the
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city or out of town.
Leave order at Garage
Call Phone 2003
W. B. EGLESTON .J?
"THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF 'W
IT WAS In December, ISM. For days
the weather hud been mild, but the
early settlors In the Mississippi valley
shook their heads doubtfully. "It's a
weather-breeder," they said ominously.
"It was like thin In December, isw.
the winter of the deep snow. Look
out for a change I
Then the change came. First a lltfht
snow fell, then It turned to rain and
the ground became ankle-deep lu
slush. Suddenly a cid wind. Dew"
blowing from the west. Almost Instant
ly the temperature dropped from 40
degrees above lero to 20 below, a
change of 00 degrees In a little more
than that many seconds.
The whole face of the country was
changed from water to Ice und In some
places the strong wind blew the water
In a series of ripples which froze, mak-
Inir a stretch of rldices on the Ice. In
one settlement a group of boys, going
home from school, came to a pond
about fifty yards wide. The larger
boys started to wade across and
reached the onnoslte side only with
difficulty for the water was freezing
ahead of them. One little fellow held
back for a few minutes and by the
time he had started the Ice was thick
enouirh to suDDort his weight the
whole distance.
The "sudden change" wrought ter-
rihln havoc over a wide stretch of
country. Deer, elk and other wild
animals perished In their tracks. The
settlers' live stock seemed to be
driven craiv by the sudden cold. Chick
ens curled ud on their roosts and fell
to the ground, frozen solid. Thousands
of horses, cattle and hogs died before
they could be brought Into shelter.
A vnune bov who was riding home
from a neighbor's cabin was thrown
from his horse, which ran away. His
hoots were filled with water and by
the time he bad reached home, only a
short distance away, both ooots were
frozen fast to his feet. One man, rid
Ing across the prairie, realized that
he would not be able to reach the
nearest settlement alive If he tried to
push on. So he dismounted, killed his
horse, dismembered It and crawled in
side the warm body to escape the
Meld wind. Weeks later passersby
found his frozen body Inside Its Icy
tomb.
Later Investigations of the "sudden
change" showed that the Icy blast had
struck the Mississippi river settle
ments about ten o'clock In the morn
ing. By three o'clock that afternoon
It had reached central Illinois and by
eleven o'clock Indianapolis was In ltf
grip.
PLENTY OF DRY WOOD
We have an arrangement
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dv wmcn we get z carioau.
weekly, of
Planer Mill-end Wood
rom Valsetz. which will
supply all demands. This
wood is dry and in stove
entrths. rcadv to burn. Call
at office with F. K. Skeen or
Dhone.
Monmouth Wood Company
Pollan Brothers, Props.
The Difference
Between the Cost of Good
and Cheap Printing
is so slight that he who goes
shopping from printer to
printer to secure his printing
at a few cents less than what
it is really worth hardly ever
makes day laborer wages at
this unpleasant task.
If you want good work at
prices that are right, get your
job printing
At This Office
The Village Smithy Up to Date
Under costly canopy
The villas blackamlth sits;
Bcfor him ia a touring car
Broken to little btta. r
And the owner, and the chauffeur, too,
Have almost lost their wits.
The villus blackamlth smiles with (lee
As he lights nil fat cigar.
He tells hli helpers what to do
To straighten up the car.
And the owner, and the chauffeur, too.
Stand humbly where they are. .
The village blacksmith puffa his weed
And amtlea a smile ot cheer
The while his helpers pump the tires
And nufrikejr with Ihe gear
And the owner and the chauffeur, too,
Stand reverently mar.
The ohlldren going home from school
Look tn at the open door;
They like to aee him make his bills
And hear the owners roar.
And the chauffeurs weep as they ae-
nlar
They ne'er paid that before.
lie goes each morning to the bank
And puts away his caah;
A healthy balance and big Rolls-Royce
Help him to cut a dash
But the owner, and the chauffeur, too.
Their teeth all vainly gnash.
The cheatnut tree long since baa died.
The smith does not repine;
Hie- humble shop haa grown Into
A building big and fine, '
And it bears "Garage" above the door
On a huge electric sign.
London Tlt-Blts.
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"Ordinary farm milk", says Lieut. Hill (of the Naval
Acadamy farm, near Annapolis, Md.) "contains about
6,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter." - A cubic centi
meter is about 16 drops.
The U. S. Government says: "Bacteria in milk are dan
gerous to human health." Take no risk.
Buy inspected milk of low bacteria count. We produce
and distribute the only inspected milk in the city.
Inspected every month by G. V. Copson, Corvallis,
milk inspector.
Drop in and let us show you the results of these Analy
ses. They are also on file at the office of Bacteriology,
Agricultural building, Corvalllis.
YOUNG BROTHERS DAIRY
Radio Po$ibilitie$
A nromlnent English radio auditor
snld recently that be could foresee th
day when rndlo would create tin ex
change of experiences between the si
lence of nature and the hum of the
city. He said: "I would set up my
aerial tomorrow If in the heart of Lon
don 1 could hear the cattle lowing on
remote hills or the barking of a fox
In Essex, or the scream of an eagle
over a Scottish glen. I would gladly
summon the roar of Niagara to rearess
the roar of the Strand ; but suen things
are not yet"
Prolific Sow
A. Clow, Bockwood, Ont., Is the pos
sessor of a sow that has broken all
breeding records of western Ontario.
Although only six years old. this hog
has given birth to no fewer than ten
litters of dIks. "two Utters a year,"
numbering, all told, 175, of which 140
were raised. On May 16 she brought
Into the world a litter of 19, 10 of
which are living and thriving. Of this
number the mother Is raising 18, tne
other three being bottle-fed by their
proud owner.
Coffee Ship More Than
Three Years on Voyage
The old Dutch sailing vessels of
days gone by were notoriously slow,
blunt of bow and clumsy. 1 heir slow
ness was considered an advantirJM by
Importers of green coffee from The
Netherlands East Indies to AmerW i,
ulnoe tha effect of the conllnemeul of
the coffee beneath closed hatches was
held greutly to Improve Its nuvor
Such "sweated" coffee brought top
prices in the market During the
World war one shipment of Timor
coffee Is said to have taken three and
a half years coming from Java to New
York. It was aboard the German
steamship Brisbane, which cleared
from Bntavla, July 4, 1014, and, fear
lng capture, took refuge In a harbor In
Portuguese India, where It lay uniu
Portugal Joined the allies. - Then
the Portuguese seized the vessel and
turned It over to the British, who
moved It to Bombay. Here the cargo
was finally transshipped to the City of
Adelaide, reaching New York In Janu
ary, 1018, three and a half years after
the coffee left Batavia.
Outlook for Farm Prices
. GOOD
FURNITURE
is
YOUR DUTY
to your
HOME
JSlii
Cozy Home
Life In the home revolves about tha
living room. It Is the meeting place and
resting place of the family. It Is the heart
of the home. For furniture In keeping with
this duty of the living room we have chosen
carefully from the best work of the best
manufacturers. Call and see our
Furniture for Comfort
The easiest of easy chairs Morris
chairs of generous size all await your
Inspection. There are rockers here for
mother when sha sews and larger rockers for mother
when she rests. We have also full Una of lh
many piece, some d-coratlve and some useful,
that help to give tho homelike Individual fouchea,
Be among the first to select from this colleclloo.
Good Furniture Is Our Pledge to You
MONMOUTH HARDWARE
J. E. Winegar, Proprietor
Read your own Herald
$2.00 per
vear
Something Good to Eat
Something made
of good flour, good
milk, ofgood nour
lshing2compressed yeast, of, gdod
shortening. ,
AlPure'Food Product
What could it be
but breaa; the per
fect food?
There is no food on earth so tempting
when it's reallypure and wholesome
like 4
Genuine Butternut
and Holsum Bread
CHERRY CITY BAKING CO.. Salem, Ore.
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WHOLESALE PRICR8 DURING THE CIVIL WiB AND WORLO WAR PERIOD'
(FOB THE CiVM WAR 1856 TO 1880 100, AND FOB TUB WORLD
WAU 1010 TO 1814 100)
Will priceg go up or down, or remain stationary during the next decadel
If you knew the answer to that question and knew how to take advantage of
the situation, it would mean money In your pocket, according. to the Sears-Hoe-buck
Agricultural Foundation.
Dr. G. 8 Warren, agricultural economist of Cornell university, has collect
ed evidence on the price trend to be expected. He finds prices are acting In
almost exactly the same way they did following the Civil- war. The price level
following the Civil war continued to fall for 18 years. Dr. Warren, believes
price levels In the United States will again act In this way.
The present huge supply of gold has much to do with the situation. Great
Britain alone has sent to the United States Blnce the beginning of the war more
than Sl.800.000.000 worth of aold nearly a quarter of all the gold money In
i the world. Before long, Dr. Warren thinks, Europe will take her gold back.
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The staunchest friend one can have is a bank book of
his own to lean upon. The satisfaction of being com
fortably fixed removes all minor worries and leaves the
mind free to think of bigger and more pleasant things.
It lengthens the horizon for ambition and allows for big
ger and better work.
A bank book of your own is awaiting you at this insti
tution. Acquire it this week and you will be surprised
at the thrills of satisfaction it will give you as you
watch savings grow.
It is a thriller,
is the bank book.
First National Bank
MONMOUTH, OREGON
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Then prices will go down.