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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
2
The Acorn Press editor discusses a city water and sewer project in Monmouth Oregon. A veteran pioneer recalls local history and the piece notes a plan to present the issue to residents at a future date with an estimated cost under ten thousand dollars.
An 1908 note calls for forming a civic improvement group to clean streets and vacant lots this fall with elbow grease not large funds. It urges grass control, safer fire conditions, and a town water system to reduce insurance, even proposing a tax on nonresident property owners if voluntary aid is lacking.
The Herald emphasizes it carries no patent medicine claims and avoids reprinting content from daily papers. It asserts the paper serves an intelligent public with original news rather than payed endorsements or past week advertisements.
Last week there were twenty two additions to the Herald family and there are more coming in daily. At the present rate of increase our list will have large proportions by Christmas. Don't be discouraged because the hens are not laying heavily just now. A little more care and better feed will soon put them on a paying basis again. Try it. A few walnut or fruit trees are not a bad thing to have in the chicken yard. We noticed the chickens liked the shade of a tree better than the shade of their house during the hot weather. Then again the income for a good bearing fruit tree isn't so bad. Is it?
A Philadelphia Ledger item reports three year old May with a habit of cutting things. Left alone with her curly headed baby brother she cut all the curls from the back of his head. The nurse asks if he reached the back. May says the boy himself did it by stooping on a stool.
Oregon Agriculturist notes a widespread practice of shipping barreled or boxed apples to market, earning poor returns. Lake County faces sheep shortages with half as many sheep on ranges due to forest reserve grazing limits, high mutton prices, and low wool prices, harming the local economy.
The Oliver double disc plow is described as capable of deep six inch plowing with lighter weight and easy left or right turning. R. M. Wade & Co offers a limited sale price of 59.40 down from 70, good until October 15 with mail or phone orders. Independence W E Craven, manager.
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