Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-01-15

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| For that is its favorite retreat
|: is flooding the hilltoFs enc reling our h,Iae,
1t is bathing the ripenine whe at
OH It's teasing that rose that viii never ulc!ose
But ever hangs there like a ball.
So spotted and mute, so temptihssly cute
So ocingingly close to tbs; w4lI
Let it fall o., the kcys as play mother dcaf,
Your fay oritc song. t'Hoine Sweet Ho.nep
Let it fall the pictures surrounding our heartl
Sweetcr than treasures from Rene
Yes, we're every onc horc.. Meier hayc y5u n,otho
dear.
Heavel sigh. Al deaths withorins blight;
Then how happg should We, c}cry of US, be
70 welcome tlo moons Il owing light
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| EDITOR REVIEW ] see in my lettc
in your paper Of the LIT inst, small
error in regard to tue fxnenscs Of th'
State to the Lock Co, which you or
missed j Whati intendci I TO say w;;s tn,
Legislature gave two hundred thodsant
liz place Of ten thousand dollars, and
tue nnb Of the joke was that ia a shorI
time the company tried to sell tho
locks back to the State for as much
more. n. E. the St;ltd is to have len
per cent. OF the net earnings, but the
net earnings will never fill the State
treasury. The company is Ill right.
expect they are eating interest on
our 100000; that amt very bad no
how-it is all risht-w Q have lots of
money to givelaway to private colnpa-
MES. Eugene got large sum and
that Wagon Road Go. got a big lift out
OF the over-burdened Treasury.
REVIEW is the name of your paper
and now [ will review the last Legis-
lature. What did they do? They
elected United States senator at "a
cost OF $4,000, and squandered about
100000 Of the hard times taxes when
they ought to have ell ected the Hon.
senator at the regular session, and the
other appropriations, let tho.p alone,
and never passed them.
Now, viii give py atie ntion to
Cong,uss There was till Introduced
to have i smaller set Of fIsdpremc judges,
There are SO many smart fellows that
are competent to be judges, and if they
can get another set Of Supreme judges
it will he good for another set of the
smart officers, with some $1,000 per
annum--a price ike fhat ain't much;
tue people can pay slno,her set just
as well. THE supremo judges are
nearly worked to death; they have so
much business to attend to. They
have got clerks to dp nearly all the
work for them, and soEne OF them have
pretty young female clerks. Common
clerks won't do in this day and age Of
the world
Well, we had another funny piece
of business. That bridge JOB was let
for $l3, $50, and they got neatly one
third moro, extra; but the bridge is
none too good, let a man stand his
contract-that is VII 1T job is let for,
So contractor shall receive just that
much Of other mems money as he
agrees to receive.
Now, i'll regard to that poor farm.
Ii has the right namq for it is poor
fam indeed, as there is only about
sixty acres of good Ia md ON it, and the
rest is the poorest hill land in the
country, and every time there is any
business to be done there is ferry bill
to pay and the doctor will have to go
there on expense Of felrying besides
his expenses for services rendered, but
[ reckon it is all right / had a man
say to me, "Well, | guess you want to
be County Judge" | don't want any
| Office, for | have one and it don't pay
me cent, either, but have served, all
the same, for u term OF twenty years,
and am living, tco. The clerks of
school districts DON'T need any pay;
the State Superintendent has to be
| kept in when he is Of no use whatever.
Now for the way our school money
goes. The State has no need for SO
many school superintendents, the
county school superintendent could do
all the business without that fifth
wheel to the wagon, but there must be
somebody to receive the school money
and use it or it would rnst. And the
people are compelled to get books OF
a certain set every year or So Whether
they are good books or not, that set
of fayorites must bd made rich no mat
ter what goes OF comes. Well, SO it
is, we must pay out cur money for the
books or. loose our Share OF the school
funds. Now, tliat. Kind Of business is
all wrong. Our liberty is going step
by step, and ee ar compelled to let
them do just as they pleas. We hope
the rulers viii comeI to their right mind
and try to do tho sqliarc thing like they
did whea was a boy; buy just such
books as we could and such as We
wanted # we had . he cash and il not
use the books We had.
Well, ng leticris getting TOO lengthy
so / will hold on fol this time.
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