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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
COLORADO GOLD MINERS.
The Development OF Gold Properties
Has Been Amazing.

The Development of Gold Properties
Has Been Amazing.
1t is the frequency of discoveries of
gold in all the leading silver producing
camps of the state that gives continued
new impetus to the development of the
mines and adds no inconsiderable part
to the mineral wealth of Colorado.
Under such conditions the silver
question naturally cuts very little fig
ure politically, although Mr.. Bryan,
against the counsel of the wise and
conservative element of his party, stub
bornly insisted that the silver plank of
the Chicago platform should be reaf-
tirmed IN its entirety as a ''para-
mount" condition of his accepting the
nomination. In the mining states,
however, 'sixteen-to-one" has been
weighed in the balance of common
sense and found wanting. Whilom
silver leaders seem to be disappearing
from Colorado, or returning to the Re-
publican fold, and even the repeal of
the Sheranm act is blessing in dis
guise. In the beginning that measure
undoubtedly had bad effect on the
mining industry. But, while driving
the men out of employment and clos
ing mines, it also impelled prospectors
to the search for gold and copper, and
as striking result, Colorado possesses
now one of the greatest gold.producing
areas in the world. Millions of dol
lars have poured into the state for in
vestment.. New Industries have sprung
up. Old plants have increased their
capacity. More men are employed and
at better wages than ever before. City
treasures are full and public improve
ments are progressing on every side.
What is true of Colorado, applies
with equal force to other mining states.
Prosperity is visible everywhere and
little attention is paid to silver as a
live political issue. Sixteen. to- -one"
will doubtless be left to take care of
itself in mining sections during this
campaign.
The honest miner knows a good
thing when he has it. He is not seek
ing change. And as natural causes
are promoting the great mining indus
try of the country, he is not liable to
support any movement which relies
upon extraneous or moribnnd theories
to bring about legitimate industrial
and financial results.
JOHN W. POSTGATE.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
JOHN W. POsTGATE.
BRYAN CLAUSES ARE HERE
Manufacturers Look for Disaster IL He
Is Elected.

Manufacturers Look for Disaster il He
Is Elected.
Manufacturers and their immediate
customers are beginning to get them.
selves in shape for the dull times that
they know would ensue in the event OF
the election of Mr.. Bryan. Reports
flom all over the country indicate that
Bryan" clauses are soon to be the rule
in signing new contracts. The latest
is contract entered into between the
New Haven Carriage Company and the
j. Curley Company, of Brooklyn. The
contract specifies that the New Haven
Company shall furnish the Curley
Company with certain number of car
riages at certain price until Novem-
ber 10, 1901. With the contract re-
ceived by the Curley Company was the
following letter from the New Haven
Company:
''We enclose herein agreements
signed. You will notice that we have
made an Endorsement at the bottom.
Will you please indorse this yourself?
1t is just as good policy for you to in
dorse it as it is for US, for you do not
wish to be bound down by anything in
case of such adverse circumstances as
would occur in the event of Bryan's
election.
The Endorsement reads:
''This agreement to be null and void
In case William j. Bryan is elected
president of the United States in No
vember, 1900"
Other large concerns are indorsing
important contracts in this way, their
managers we'll knowing that long
season of business depression would
follow the success OF the Democratic
ticket. A large Philadelphia dry goods
house in placing contracts abroad in
sists that the contracts be similarly in
dorsed.
The business men know what four
years of Organism would mean to them,
and the working people are equally
aware of the fact. If these classes are
not prosperous, they will be unable to
consume as much of the products of
the farm as they would in the event of
Republican success, and the farmer
knows the value of having an era of
prosperity among those who eat and
wear his products.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The young men Of to-day are too fin
icky-too much given to self-analysis,
Belf-pampering. Their shoes and neck
ties cost more each year than did the
entire wardrobe of their grandfathers.
They feel a sense of degradation in
small beginnings and plodding and they
wait for success ready-made to come to
them. The young man Of to-day can
not be president Of a bank or judge of
court the first week he is from school,
and he feels like the famous Eli Pussley,
that he has mo chance"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Life insurance men say that within
ten years the grip has come into the
front rank of causes Of mortality. One
American company had % deaths from
It in 1890. In 1892, 1t had 1873, and in
every year since from 20 to 40 deaths
have been reported. The medical eX-
aminers add that the figures understate
the fact since many deaths ascribed to
pneumonia, for instance, are really
caused by this vicious influenza, which
seems not only to strike at ones weak
est point, but permanently to enfeeble
the whole system. Probably the pecu-
liar depression induced by the disease
helps to swell the mortality list.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
yet have the opportunity to view Ell
rope as an uninhabited waste.

A handsome monument has recently
been erected at Pittsburg 70 TIE mem
ury of Stephen C. Foster, the popular
songwriter. The design represents
the composer in the act of writing q
melody and at his feet the figure of an
old negro who cannot be mistaken for
any other one of his race but "Old
Uncle Ned The monument is grace
full tribute to the memory of the COM
poser whose songs have given pleasure
to thousands and occupy unique place
in music. Originally written for min
strel performance, they are typical of
the music of the negro race, and as folk
songs take a high place. Though not
belonging to the "higher music" they
have been deemed worthy of perform.
ance by Parepa, Patti, Nilsson and 9th
er eminent vocalists, and have been
used as themes by Dvorak in his SYM
phony, "The New World" Foster died,
leaving many imitators, but no real
successor. His work is of such import
ance, humble as it is, that no history Of
the progress of music in America would
be complete without extended refer
ence to it. In this connection it is fit
ting to suggest that similar tribute
should be paid to the memory of r.
Nichols Crouch at Baltimore the COM
poser of Kathleen Mavourneen," one
of the most truly musical and popular
of ballads, both In tune and text.
Though an Englishman by birth, he
came to this country in 1916, and re-
mained here until his recent death. Hia
ballad was written here, and may be
fairly claimed as belonging to Ameri.
can music.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The House Of Representatives elected
In November will doubtless be the last
one chosen under the present appor-
tionment of members to the various
States. When the census returns are
fully made up, Congress will decide
how many Representatives shall be al
lotted to each State and then the States
will be divided by their legislatures into
districts. Whatever changes the new
apportionment makes in the States as
such, it seems certain that the large
cities will gain something at the ex-
pense of the rural districts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

For months hundreds of young cou
pies have been rushing off to st.
Joseph, Mich, to get married. 1t does
not appear that 1t was cheaper to get
the knot tied there than elsewhere in
Michigan, which is not an expensive
State as rule. But the place got a
name as Gretna Green and became a
magnet for the victims of Cupid. Later
these couples were startled by the news
that sham clergymen have been taking
advantage of the opportunity to earn
fees, and many are asking whether or
not they are really "spliced" or will
have to go through the agony over
again. In choosing Gretna Green 1t
is evident that lovers should be very
careful.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The Literary Digest translates a
statement to the effect that the most
recent statistics show decrease of the
birth rate in every European country,
the average decrease being per cent
since 1891. This is curious fact, and
seems to show that the Malthusian the
ory failed to take into account certain
conditions in nature that tend to pre-
vent the overpopulation of the earth
For some time 1t has been known that
the birth rate in France has been unsat-
dsfactory. But II was not suspected
that every country in Europe was In
the same declining condition, though
to u less degree. There is still an an
nual increase Of population by births,
but the fact that this increase is dimin-
ishing is remarkable, because, should 1t
continue, the crisis would be reached
and populations begin to die out. Per-
haps Macaulay's New Zealander may
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

He had been talking and talking and
talking and talking until the poor girl
was so tired and sleepy she didn't
know whether 1t was this week or last
week or come next Sunday, and the
clock on the mantel was holding up its
hands, either in pity or in protest FL
nally 1t occurred to the young man that
an evening call had its limits, at least
in a latitude where the nights We're not
six months long.
"Bless me-" he exclaimed, starting up
suddenly, 1T certainly must be time l
was going home"
oh" she said in dazed kind of a
way, "it must be good deal later than
that."-Detroit Free Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The question whether a workingman
should marry or not was discussed In
one Of our daily papers by a regular
contributor recently, and the statement
was made that Chicago contractor
had declared the contrary-that work.
ingmen ought not to MARI. The reason
given by the contractor tor his belief
was that wages were too low for labor
ing. men to support families on. The
writer cited an instance where young
carpenter secured work during the
summer at 50 day, but in winter
could get little or nothing to do, so that
he earned only about $500 a year. or
less than 81 a day, with rent at $15
month, $3.50 year; street car fare say
$40 for the year; groceries and clothing
for the family, however small, would
more than consume the remaining $100.
The day laborer, working, say, 300
days in the year, gets perhaps 500
more but must live upon the poorest
of fare If he has a family of five or
more to feed. Let us figure for him.
His bread or -four will cost not less
than $50 for the year; his meat bill, say,
$50, which is less than 20 cents worth
a day; potatoes and other vegetables
half as much more-a total of $115.
Add $120 for rent, and how does the
poor man clothe himself, not to speak
of wife and children? Verify, it is a
serious question whether laboring men
can afford to marry. 1t is not much
better with office clerks in the city,
statesmen in stores, etc Few of them
get more than enough for fair living
for themselves, and many can earn
scarcely enough to pay board and
clothing expenses and can not lay up
anything for the future. Such facts
show the folly of farmers sons and
daughters going to the city to improve
their prospects. AT home they are sure
Of food, shelter and clothing of some
sort. In the great towns their very liv-
ing is precarious. The superiority of
the farmers calling Is strikingly shown
in this, that, however hard the times,
however slack the labor market and
low the wages In all the industries in
the manufacturing or trade centers, on
the farm there is always work to be
done that either presently or remotely
will pay well for the doing. 1t may be
repairing, making improvements, she'll
tering the stock or implements, hauling
out and spreading the manure, killing
weeds, trimming the orchard, or any
other of the thousand and one jobs
about the farm. There is always some
thing waiting for the improving hand
of the farmer who has mind to work.
and his work, II inteligently and faith
fully done, pays every time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
The Mandate OF Party.

Gould we have brought Dewey
away without universal condemnation
at any time from the 1st OF May, the
day of his brilliant victory which
thrilled the world with its boldness
and heroism? Was it right to order
Dewey to 90 to Manila and capture or
destroy the Spanish feet. and despatch
Merritt and his army to reinforce him?
If it was duty to send them there, and
duty required them to remain there. it
was their clear duty to annihilate the
fleet, take the city of Manila and de-
strCy the Spanish sovereignty in the
Archipelago. Having done all that in
the line of duty, is there any less duty
to remain there and give to the inhab-
itants protection and also our guidance
to better government. which will Sc
cure them peace and order and security
in their life and property and in the
pursuit of happiness? Are we unable
to do this? Are we to sit down incur
isolation and recognize no obligation
to struggling people whose present
conditions we have contributed to
William Mckinley.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
w no Is Responsible.

Whatever show OF resistance to our
authority there is at the present time
in the Philippines will be kept up un-
til after our election in November.
The insurrection is kept alive by the
leaders who hold out to the soldiers the
hope of Bryan's election.-George
Dewey.
Such statement from so responsible
an authority as Admiral Dewey con-
stitutes an indictment against the
Democratic leaders so terrible in its
significance, that the country, for the
sake of charitable justice, has time and
again asked the Democratic leaders to
state the case in their own defense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Polling Favors mckinley.

Judging by the results of the polls
being taken in the big office buildings
in Chicago, an immense vote will be
piled up for Mckinley and Roosevelt
in the Republican wards of the city.
That this will be true has become evil
dent by the result of the poll in Mar
shall Field IL Co.'s big store, in the
Marquette building, where the vote is
five to one, and in the Monadnock
building where it is six to one in favor
OF the administration. The Rookery,
one of the largest Office buildings,
shows still larger Mckinley percent
age, the ratio being nine to one. The
vote of the Rookery in detail is as fol-
lows: Mckinley. LIPS; Bryan, l2l;
Woolley, 8; non-committal, 20; unde-
cided, 26; total, 1904. This class of
voters is largely the same as supported
Cleveland in 1892, and indicates to
certainty how the business men of the
city feel toward continuing the present
good times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
DO You Want This to Return,

From R. G. Dun Il Co.'S Review, Dec 10, 1898. ]
Mills are stopping in every direction
and the army of unemployed is larger
than its has been for many years. The
struggle OF the Pittsburg region for
business drives prices to the lowest
point ever known. $1l for Bessemer
iron. $l6.75 Tor steel billets. and takes
away nearly all new work from the
East and West, where depression in
creases. Wheat prices delivered l
cent. The price OF corn yielded one
half cent. Prices of hogs drop in spite
of reports that they are proving of poor
quality. The list of the weeks fail
ures include seven banks, an agricul-
tural machinery establishment for
81, ,000,0 an iron works for $500, 900,
heavy tobacco dealer for $500, 900,
lumber concern for 100000 and dry
goods concern for $l50,0O0.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

They may change the character Of
the seasons waltz, but young people
will always find some pleasant way to
get around each other.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Through the stoppage of japanese
emigration to Hawaii since annexation
there is now a call for laborers in that
island. The young laboring man Of an
adventurous turn has a chance to see
q little Of the United States and judge
for himself as to It's annexation policy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The New York man who says that he
left his wife because she earned more
money than he could evidently doesn't
know how to appreciate good thing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The Duke de Abruzzi is going to try
again to discover the north pole. We
wish to tender the Duke a heartfelt
apology. We have wronged him. We
thought he would stay and lecture
about 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

If st. Louis has attentively studied
the financial history Of the worlds
fairs of the decade now closing it has
learned how not to do some things il
1903.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The mosquito never shows apathy or
Indifference. She Is always earnest and
enthusiastic. This is doubtless the
cause of her success. If 1t were Gus
tomary for mosquitoes to vote none
would ever be absent from the polls,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
The Telephone in Russia.

The telephone has not made much
progress in Russia, Last year there
were only 1881 subscribers to the state
lines, and 10,164 subscribers to private
lines,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

If man attempted to keep track of
as many kin as his wife keeps in mind,
he would have to hire a bookkeeper and
a stenographer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

There is said to be scarcity of mon
keys in America. From monkey
famine good Lord deliver us.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Good for Spain! The Spanish wheat
crop Of 1900 is the biggest for genera
Gon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Patriotism No Monopo,v

Patriotism is not monopoly of the
Bryanarchists. 1t is safe to assume
that your next door neighbor is as pa
triotic as you. Hence the theory that
the republic is unsafe with the Repub-
lican party is myth. 1t has too of
ten proved its patriotism in times Of
stress and peril.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Gout is rarely known among the
working classes of Ireland. Their i'm
munity from this complaint is thought
to be due to the fact that their food
consists largely OF potatoes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

TOLEDO. ..............O OREGON
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER

CHAs. F. &ADA e. soULE, Pubs
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
The Disappearing Cowboy.

"A picturesque figure in American
life is rapidly passing away" said a
prominent Texan the other day. Il
refer to the cowboy of fiction, the man
wan the big somprero, the buckinG
broncho and the shooting irons that he
used to operate with reckless dIsre-
gard for consequences as. he rode at
break-neck speed through some from
tier town, yelling the while at his
ioudest. Sucn was the cowboy of dime
novel lore, and though the assertion
has often been denied, he has existed
and does exist yet in limited numbers.
1t is this class of the cowboy that is
rapidly disappearing. The cowboy of
practical existence, or cow puncher,
as he is known in the vernacuiar of
the plains. is an important factor in
western life. He wears a sombrero and
can sit on a bucking broncho with all
the grace of his more romantic broth
er, but his shooting irons are for use
in guarding his herd from cattle
thieves rather than the terroriZation OF
peaceful citizens, and he is as hard
worked and Industrious citizen as
you will meet with in days travel
Instead of leading the wild life of q
nomad, he is more likely to have a wife
and several young hopefuls at the
ranch house. He works hard, because
he has to, and if his guns are ever
taken from his holsters, it is for the
same reason. We have great many
more undesirable citizens in this coun-
try than the Texas cow punchers."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
Women as Bookblnders.

One of the largest publishers of books
in New York said, the other day, that
many of his special editions now were
bound for him by young women who
were permitted to develop their own
ideas. 1t is profitable work for them
and the results are novel. For instance,
half a dozen young women will each
take fifteen or twenty sets of books
worthy of special treatment and bind
them according to their own tastes
When finished this volume sells for SIS
or $40. This farming out of books to
different binders and permitting them
to use their ingenuity in designing
covers is comparatively new. One OF
its advantages is the fact that a pur-
chaser of a handsome special edition
may be assured that only limited
number of duplicates of it have beer
issued.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04
Emerson Anecdote From Ems la nd i.

In the English writer Grant Duffs
Notes from a Diary, $685." is an
Emerson anecdote. 1t is related that
at a breakfast which included Colonel
Hay and Frederic Harrison, Mr.. At
kinson, the New England free trader"
mentioned that Garfield told him that
the beginning of his intellectual life
was a lecture delivered by Emerson at
Williamstown, which excited him to the
highest possible degree; so much so
that when he left the hall and looked at
the hill that rises over Williamstown
1t seemed all ablaze. He lay awake the
whole night, yet the one sentence which
had remained in his mind was this:
Mankind is as lazy as 1t dares to be-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04

Much was expected two or three
years ago of the new turbine engines,
which we're pledged to revolutionize
speed records at sea. Then the whole
subject was dropped and people sup
posed that the turbine principies like
that of the roller boat. had proved TO
be a failure.s Lately however. the
British torpedo boat Viper. equipped
with turbine engines. made between
thirty and forty knots and there seems
to be a good prospects for the applica-
tion Of the idea to ocean liners. The
inventor. after witnessing the Viper's
trial said: IT am thoroughly satisfied.
1t signifies great things for the future.
There Ia no reason to suppose we can
not signify equally good results with
large vessels. We have found that
turbines. II anything. are more efficient
In direct ratio to the increase in their
sise. We have been working up to
nearly 1900 horse power and I can see
no reason why cannot increase this
indefinitely. Compared with the old
engine we reckon on getting double the
horse power in the same place and saw
ing q third OF the weight" One Of the
advantages Of the turbine Is that II
enables a ship to glide along without
vibration.