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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Cruel.

"Ah. me" sighed the lovelorn Mr..
Kallow. 81 tossed and turned upon my
bed last night. and couldn't sleep a
wink"
'That sou replied the heartlcss maid.
"What's the matter: Are you teeth
ingy"-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
A Cause For worry,

A man may so along fur fifty years
an not be worried much about de here
after. but de mint de barber finds .
bald spot on his head he's got burden
to carry fur de rest of his days-De-
troit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
The Uxual Delay.

Restaurant Proprietor Ito gucsD-It's
too bad you have ind to wait so long.
Our men have Just gone en- strike.
How long since you gave your order2
Guest-.About half an hour. didn't
know there was strike. thought 1t
was merely tho usual delay.-Chicngo
Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Her References.

Il don't Ike these references. IA said
the housewife.
"Well. num-" returned the applicant
for position, II didn't write ''cm, 30 It
amt my FAINT. II you don't like 'em
Jest you so to the. people us gave 'em to
me nm tell 'em so."-Chicago Post.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
A FAIR Warning.

Mrs. Brownc-D Don't you think the
new ncigilbor is cute? She has such
IL coaxing little way about her.
Mrs. Grccne-SNell, she'll get herself
into trouble If she tries her coaxing
little way on either Of my hired girls
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Ono View Of Dinlect.

Dialect tempered with slang Is an nd
mirablc medium Of communication be-
tween persons who have nothing to say
and persons who would not care for
anything properly snid.-Thomas BAL
ley Aldrich in Century.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
a IIint IN On

II have something to tell you before
I co." he finally said.
us 1t long story?" she hastily
asked
mo; 1t is a, very short one.s
"Then l think You Will Just have
time" she sMeetly said.-C levehDa
Plain Dealer. s.&.ss5 ~
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
An Experin,cnt.

'You sec," said Corntosscl, "a phre-
nologist once told us that our boy Josh
had remarkable head"
$50 you sent him to collcge!"
Eyes. Now we're waiting to SEQ
whether his head Is goin' to turn out to
be congcnial residence fur brains or
jcs' garden fur football hair
Washington Star
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Ilo,. the rorg.tmcnot Wa. Named.

How the Forget nlcnOt WnN Named.
Everybody knows the pretty little
forgetlncnot and likes the flower more
perhaps because of Its name than its
beauty How was it SO calletlY The
Germans account for II by quite pa,
tllctic romance. 1t seems that once
upon a time knight and lady were
walking by the bank OF the Danubo
when the latter asked her gallant
gay" to pluck for her Il tiny blue flower
which she saw growing In the stream.
No sooner said than done but the
knight. ovcrbalancing. fell into the
river, and owing to the slippery nature
of the bank and the weight of his own
nrmor was carried away by the cur
rent. AS he threw the flowers ashore
To his lady he cried out With his last
breath, "Vcrgiss mcln nicht" c'l'or-
get me not") And ever since the
flower has been looked on us the en-
blem of fidelity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

Where there Is one scholar who be-
comes insane through overstudy, there
are hundreds who remain inune by
reason Of undcrstudy.-B Boston Tran
script.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Airing His French.

"Gracious. What In the world is
that man ordering such n lot of dishes
for? VIII he be able to cat thcm1'
"Oi, no. He merely likes to show
that he can pronounce all those French
pnmes."-SaD Francisco Bulletin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
The u.b,..h,n9 Rascal.

"Snifkins says that when he gets
married he wants not only pretty
girl. but a good one"
'.The bigamist"- Flown Topics.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
which 3

"Quietly, you know. is the silent
aartncr."
"At the Office or Mt homew-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
where rricpd.biD Cease.

where trScndhhtD Ceases.
'aThat girl With Johnson thcre-a
friend of his. presumeT'
''Nope: used to be. though"
$50? Had falling out?"
mot exactly. lie married herbal
timore American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

Much better results can be obtained
by paying woman IL compliment than
by trying TO argue with her.. Boston
Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

To get nice polish on eyeglasses
hoistcn with alcohol and polish as usu-
II with chamois. BY this meess ali
grease Is removed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
lrinis,

The Teacher What were Noah Web
ster's; last words!
The Scholar-I don't remember just
what they were. but know they all
begin with the Z.-Yonkers Statesman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

The Anxious Motlcr-Are you suro
my son has appendicitis?
The Eminent Spcclulist-Wc can tell
you better, madam, after the operation.
Life.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

No man who needs n monument ever
ought to have. one.- Hawthorne.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

The son of the self made man gen.
orally begins Mt the top and works
Observation-Disclosures Rre~~.s ua.-AAs -,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
The Inst Dnncc,

He-A1ay ask you for a ianceg
Sle-Certainly. the last ono on tho
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
COrfect..

Correct:
This recipe is out of sight:
To right wrong right you write right
Eight.-Baltimorc News.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Too prcyions.

He-Isnt I'll not be here then.
She Neither will 1.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
A Dennitioa.

"Pa. what is frayf"
"Why. my son, that is what a person
who hnS never boar q. !. = IT
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
THE DOG PRISONERS,
Apt to Get Good Dogs only-curs are
Too Smart.

The man who first devised the
spreading OF poison to XIII objection
able dogs in his nelghborhood had
about as much sense as the character
in fable who killed the goose that
laid the golden eggs. II probably
never occurred TO his massive mind
that he might XIII on all the good
dogs and never touch the bowling cur,
The poison fiend is abroad at Sea.
side and Hammond. and thus far only
valuable dogs have perished. 1t would
be a good idea for the officials of
those places to enforce the dog license
ordinance II a man is compelled TO
pay for the privilege OF keeping a dog
he viii want to pay for a dog that is
worth paying for. and in this way
many a hybrid canine will find an
early grave. and in the same way many
valuable animal will escape an un-
timely death,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06

Prices have steadily advanced under
the stimulus Of decreasing supply un.
III now second-grOwth wood is in de-
mand at 50 so to 81, and old growth fir
is sold at not less than $3.50 per cord.
Stumpage is worth as cents to S1.25
per cord, according to distance from
town, and II is not infrequent to gee
men sell stumpage enough to pay for
the land the timber stands on. In
some cases the timber has brought the
owners several times the price ne
paid for the land.
The available supply Of standing
timber within hauling distance from
Salem has greatly decreased under
the heavy consumption incident TO the
growth of the population, the multipli
cation of prune dryers and hop dryers,
and the clearing of land. The fear
has been expressed by some that the
fuel problem will in few years be a
serious one to the prune and hop m
dustries.
In past years II has been the custom
to haul wood from the farming dis.
tricts to the city. While one who rees
the hundreds of evergreen-covered
hills that surround Salem would not
think so great change possible, it is
predicted that some time wood will be
shipped to Salem by rail, and then
hauled from town to the hop dryers
and prune dryers.
Much of the timber seen on the hills
is very young. being the growth which
has sprung up where timber has been
removed for fuel. The entire deple-
ton of the local supply is not a very
imminent contingency, for wood that
was not marketable a few years ago,
now finds sale, and is being cut.
Urged on by the high prices of this
year a large supply will be cut next
year, and the prices will be some.
what lower, though probably never so
low as TO leave the farmer without
good profit.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06

Of Salem water? who has seen III
Whence their authority for the charge
Of pollution?
viii the city Of Portland assume tc
back their onslaught on the sanitary
conditions Of all the towns Of Western
Oregon? Will the state board give the
public the vital statistics Of Portland
alongside Of all the other towns Of Or
egon, and allow the people to Judge fof
themselves.
The question Of water supply is cne
for each community and each individ
ual to settle Had this board found
certain damaging facts to be true
which they did not. It would have been
their duty to notify the local authori
ties, instead of flying into the news
papers with an unfair and injurious
set OF statements. That would have
been the act Of gentlemen and fair
minded citizens.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.


The session OF the Official body Of
Oregon Methodsts, Just concluded.
was one OF the most interesting events
in the religious development OF the
state.
Not for any great or sensational
things done, but for patient, int~nl.
gent dealing with the work of this de.
nomination. promotion OF IFS educa.
tlonal interests and general progress.
With immigration some new men
have come 10 Oregon, and that will add
strength to the personnel OF the min.
lstry. and strong men have been pro
NOTED as Rev Parsons to be superin-
tendent OF Alaska missions.
The 100000 endowment fund for
Willamette University has been given
a fine start. The Methodist ministry
are liberal givers, for their incomes,
probably the most liberal body OF
men in tho world OF religious effort.
The Methodist system of church or
sanitation has again shown itself 10
be perfectly adjusted machine for
discipline OF largo body Of believers,
scattered over wide territories of city
aud country.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06

Tables were presented TO the recent
congress OF Rctuaries showing that
since 1871 deaths from heart disease
have increased from 7.95 per 10 600 in
the cities OF America 20 1273; apo
plexy has risen from SAL per 10000
10 5.S2; liver troubles have decreased
from s.14 per 10000 20 2.61; paralysis
has slightly decreased. while cancer
has Increased fro S4i per 10000 TO
5.56 Suicides have increased from
81 per 10 600 deaths TO 40 in 1900.
Deaths from bronchitis are about sta.
tionAry. as compared with 1871; ~
phoid fever has been reduced from
A50 per 10000 20 ass. and phthisis
from S2.4s 20 1916. Deaths from
pneumonia have shown the heaviest
increase-2246, as compared with
ltS0 thirty years aso.-Publlc pinion,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
HAPPINESS.

Is. W DeLacy In Seattle Times)
Mot rsyerie for that we cannot gain
Nor wish for that we know we can
not reach,
But Just to strive by tenderness Of
speech.
AMI gift OF gentleness to soften pain I:
Bo lift the fallen that they may regain
Another opportunity. To teach
The music of sweet sympathy to
each
And hsapiness will not be sought IL
vain.
To lend a hand Of help, with pleasant
smile
OF hopefulness TO meet the coming
days
VIII. like the sun dispelllng gloomy
TRnsngure sorrow. and the mind be.
guile;
For. after all Is saia. II understood,
True happiness is found in doing
good.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
THE WATER SUPPLY.

The battle over the purity or the i'm.
purity Of the Salem water supply still
Tages.
Like a woman's virtue, once called
in question Il Is not easily restored in
character.
n the state board OF health had
wished TO be fair, they would have
published vital statistics OF all cities
including Portland.
They would have published the mum.
ber OF typhoid fever cases at Port
land. and all the Oregon towns. and
Iet the public draw their own coaclu.
slons.
II Is well known that. even with Bull
Run water (the best in the WORLD
fhere have been hundreds of cases at
Portland OF typhoid fever. more than
at Salem In numbers.
II Is well known that about three
times In forty years have there been
typhoid fever cases at Salem. and
other valley towns, proving that the
drinking water supply Is not the prl.
mary cause of fever.
The calling In question OF the purity
of tho water supply OF the valley cit.
les, and mentioning nothing about
feyers at Portland leaves the brand
of unsanitary conditions on all these
cities.
The untalrness. the injustice. the
mallgnity, 80 20 speak. OF the effect OF
the~state board OF health's publica.
lions, ought TO condemn the authors Of
that screed TO retirement n not pro.
fessional starvation.
Think OF a wholesale house. a man
ufacturer, a lawyer or any respectable
citizen. fastening the reputation OF un
cleanliness and unwholesomeness
from sanitary standpoint ON anoth
or community, He would be declared
insane.
Unless they can show that the sa
lem water supply Is contaminated az
Ter Il goes In at the mouth OF the suo
tion pipe az the crib In the gravel bar
tho state board OF health are an onloia
body of preyarlcators.
Water that Ia pumped through slxt,
feet OF alternate layers OF sand ant
gravel from tho middle of grea
STREAM of pure mountain water Ik,
the willamette. cannot be contami
mated from It's source
The same Is true OF the water rup
ply of Eugene. Albany, Corvallis an,
Astoria Why does not tho state boar,
of health publish It's alleged analyst
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
saw LOveJoy's Press Destroyed.

Judge Toole of ST. Joseph, now 81
years Of age. was is years old when
his father moved TO Alton. Ill. He VII.
messed the destruction OF Elijah Love
joys printing Office. one OF the histor-
ic incidents OF the slavery agitation.
and vividly recalls the picture Of the
type and printing material OF the anti
slavery leader strewed about the
ground, and the incident OF a mutual
friend, a minister. demonstrating with
Loyeioy because OF the pursuance OF
a task beset with dangers. and hope
less OF final triumph. The very
words of Loyejoy yet remain in mem.
ory, and the decision and grandeur OF
the man as with flashing eye and def.
ant tones he declared; Il am right,
and will pursue my course, even To
the very death. st Joseph News.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
coRDwooD AT A PREMIUM.
Rise IN Price VIII Cause Extensivs
Cutting This Winter.

A Salem special says; The amount
OF cOrdwood that win be cut in this
vicinity this fan and winter will be
larger than il has been in four years.
slAce wages have advanced, and labor
has been soarcer. the farmers have
not been cutting much wood. and the
supply has scarcely met the demand.
For two winters there has been a
deficiency IN the local supply. and con.
siderable quantities have been ship,
ped In by rail This year the shortage
is greater than ever. and prices are
soaring. The profits that are 70 he
made by cutting and hauling wood win
cause extensive hanling this winter
and Il Is altogether probable that next
year the supply win be plentiful. and
prices win be lower.
During the hard times second growth
ar sold in salem. delivered, at $50
10 81 a cord. aud old-grOwth wood
brought S25o 70 taTS In those times
stumpase had scarcely any value.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
A cAALLENoe TO THE SENATE.

The October Atlantic contains
among other papers two articles OF
marked value and national import
ance: Representative Mccall con.
tributes to the Atlantic a powerful
political article, THE Power Of the
Senate its usurpations-
taking for his text the startling vale
dictory words of Speaker (to bel Can
non at the close of the last session.
He arralgns the undemocratic charac.
teristics of the Senate and forecasts
a conflict to come between the houses,
which he predicts will be decided "in
favor Of those great principles Of pop
ular government which underlie the
American commonwealth"
Shortly before daybreak, in the
closing night of the session of the con.
gress which came 10 an end on the
4th Of last March, Mr.. Cannon made
a remarkable speech. One of the
great appropriation bills necessary to
run the government was in conference
between the two houses. Unless II
should pass before ~ o'clock on that
day It would be necessary TO have an
extra session, or the wheels Of some of
the great governmental departments
would be stopped. A senator had de-
livered an ultimatum that an ancient
claim of his state should be fastened
upon the bill, or as an alternative. he
would defeat the measure. Under the
rules OF the senate II was clearly In
the power of one senator to carry on,
as long as his physical strength would
last, the appearance of debate. which
would In no fair sense be debate at
all. but simply a forcible stopping OF
the legislative machine.
Mr Cannon very unwillingly con.
sented to pay the price demanded,
but he declared with emphasis that
the senate should change its rules,
or that another body backed up by
the people. will compel that change
else this body. close to the people.
shall become mere tender, a mere
bender OF the pregnant hinges of the
knee 20 submit to what any one mem.
ber OF another body may demand of
this body as a price for legislation"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS

Man cannot remain forever satisfied
with material progress. however great
It may be, which, from its very nature
does not make him all he should be
and knows he ought to be. Force lies
within the personality which wait to
be touched into action by motives and
purposes which are above all temporal
and material incentives. Within this
feld God waits for the opportune sea
son to make His most effective ap-
peals. The twentieth century is wait
ing for miracles OF power In the spirit
ual to equal those in the material
realm. There are large areas of un'
developed territory in the Christian
man OF today, and there are indlca-
tions that Christian manhood will
move out OF the field of present strug
gle into the new domain Of worthy
endeayor, where IL viii awaken to a
new conception of the undeveloped
power resident in Christendom.-The
Standard.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
The King Of All Game Birds.
(Albany Daily Heraldl

AS is well-known the China pleas
ants were introduced into Oregon by
Hon o. N. Denny, OF Portland, then
United States consul az Tien Tsin.
China. The birds were first liberated
ON the farm OF John Denny, now a res
ident OF Albany. in the immediate vi.
yinity OF Peterson's Butte. in this
county. March II 1850. Though the
birds have increased wonderfully and
spread throughout most parts OF West
ern Oregon, they are more plentiful
here In Linn county. where they were
first set at liberty. than elsewhere
The China pheasant now has no
rival 10 the title. king OF Oregon
game birds" Il is considered by all
as the best game bird and sportsmen
anxiously await the beginning Of the
open season, There has been much
more Illegal hunting than usual this
year and yet very few arrenst have
been made for violation OF the game
law.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE

The University comprises the following colleges and schoc
The Graduate School, The College Of Literature Scien
and Arts The College of Science aud Engineering Civ
Electrical Mining and Chemical Engineering. The UniveI
ity Academy, The School of Music. The School of La
The School of Medicine.
Incidental Fee $40 90. Student SS
Wednesday September 1908,
catalogue address University OF Oregon
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06

And take a look in the California
Bakery, on Count street aud you win
never buy your bread and pastry any
other place
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-06
The Weather.

Tonight, occasional rain; wednes.
day fair and warmer.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
Farmers Need a Moses.

The implement dealers have organ
Ted: the beef packer, are following
-uil. the steel producers. the sugar
makers. the miIIrrs. the butcher, the
baker, the candlr,iirh maker, every
ur"r'. ion aud every trade has its
n-~orlriuu or it, union What are the
farm, r- OF this country going to do
in this direction? VIII they be the
last ia r.i tug,thrr for mutual pro
toriluu and welfare? And after every
citizen in IA" .uitcd Staf,, is mem
h.r 81 - trust. union or mutual ben
eth H-srciation. how much better of
viii 80 h" than il the old days of in
dlNiduali>m and free competition?
Lrt the farmers tab, This up before
it Is too hate Ia do them any good cx-
r,pt defensive. What is first needed
is leader Where is here II Moses?
--Colmau'> Rural World.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
PRUNING FRUIT TREES.


Every kind of tree or plant, in fact,
every individual, presents its own pc
Guitar problems To the pruner. Hence
no arbitrary rules can be given. To
do the work most jud,cjnusly the OPP
orator must understand the prin-
ciples involved, then apply them to
each case. Skill in pruning can come
only with experience and practice.
Perhaps the most important thing
j. to observe the manner in which
apple or pear tree bears it's fruit
mostly on fruit spurs" and So would
not hr pruurd in the same way rs Z
peach tree. which bear, it,. fruit oulS
on last seasons growth. y ounce
tree which produces its fruit ON the
tips at the growth made the present
SEASON would naturally be pruncd
differently from either an apple or
peach tree" Likewise, The correct
pruning Of grapes j. based on the
fact that the shoots Of the present
season produce this Years crop, The
same principle in pruning holds true
throughout the whole list Of fruits
that is, the manner in which the
fruit is borne should govern the man.
nrr OF pruning
In q general way, il may he said
in regard to tree fruits that all dead
branches should hc removed aud the
tops Of the trees be kept sufficiently
open tu admit an abundance of sun.
ligh' tor the coluriug of the fruit.
R"ds nuahly open tops are also ~
great advantage in spraying tn"
trees aud in harvesting the fruit.
The natural habit Of the tree should
suggest the form tu Ice adopted by
the prunCr. In other words. tree
th" branches Of which naturally
drn"p cannot well be prmcd to an
upright form, and Il tree with Il
strong tendency toward forming an
upright head cannot readily bc made
tn assume decidedly spreading
form. OF course these natural tend
cuCirs can he Influenced In u measure
10y the manner of pruning, hut they
cannot he entirely overcome. The
tops should be kept symmetrical and
as well balanced rs possible.
The pruning Of the various kinds Of
small fruit, is based on the same
general principles MS tn" pruning Of
fruit trees that is, the manner IN
which the fruit is borne and the
character of the growth should gov
crn the method of pruniug.--I'urm
crs' bulletin, No. 1Gi