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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-05-01
WILL CONTEST TONIGHT
Representatives of Eight Colleges
Will Strive for OratorlcaI
Honors at M. e.
Church.

The intercollegiate Prohibition
Association Of Oregon will hold its
annual oratorical contest at the
M. e. Church in this city this eve
ming at s o'clock. Eight colleges
will be represented: Albany, Cor
wallis, Newberg, Forest Grove, Nc
Minnville, Philomath, Monmouth
and Dallas. The orators who will
come from these colleges are men
who have won first honors in oratory
in their respective schools. It will
be the most extensive contest ever
held in Oregon, as there will be
more colleges represented than in
any previous contest, and the
orators who are to speak are men
who are especially strong, having
won the honor to represent their
schools after severe rivalry with
their fellow-students. For this
reason and because of the extensive
advertising done by the Dallas
students, people are expected to at
tend from at least ten other towns.
McMinnville will drive across the
country with a good-sized delega-
ton; Philomath will be here with
close to score, and Newberg has
promised to send a whole carload,
Other colleges will send delegations
OF dozen or more,
A conference lasting from 8
o'clock this morning until 4:3O
O'Clock this afternoon will be held
in the College Chapel, where the
various delegations will be present
to discuss matters relating to the
Association.
The contest to be held here is
but one of the fifteen which are to
take place this year in fifteen
different states Of the Union, taking
in all the principal states from
Oregon to Massachusetts,. The two
best speakers Of this evening, or the
two who win first and second
honors respectively, will go to Cor
Wallis on May % to compete with
the winners from California and
Washington,
The Washington contest was held
recently, and man from the
University of Washington and
another from Whitman College will
represent that state in the Corvallis
contest. Berkeley and Stanford
were among the great universities
furnishing contestants for Califor-
MIA; SO the winners this evening
will find plenty of warm opposition
at Corvallis.
A similar Interstate contest will
be held in Iowa for the middle
states, and one in Ohio for the
Eastern states, and next year
great National contest will be held
in St. Louis during the Exposition,
when the winners from Oregon will
have opportunity to compete with
the winners from every state in the
Union where the college movement
has been established.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-05-01
COUNTY OFFICIALS.

STATE SENATOR-B. F. Mulkey.
REPRESENTATIvES-G. L. IIaw.
kins and B. F. Jones.
COUNTY JUDGE. e. Sibley.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Seth
Riggs and ]. B. Teal.
CLERK-U. s. Loughary.
sHERIFF-John T. Ford.
TREASURER-D. v. Dalton.
AssEssOR-F, e. Myer,
SCHOOL sUPT.-C. L. Starr.
SURVEYOR. Ground.
CORONER-W. S. Cary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-05-01
PUBLIC OPINION WILL RULE
Correspondent Has Sound Views ON
Greatest Economic Question
OF the Day.

DALLAS, Or, April 27-(To
the Editor. THAT the labor ques-
tion today is the all-absorbing
question, and the one question that
overshadows all others from an
economic point of view, no one will
attempt to deny. The very founda-
tions of all industrial institutions
seemingly are rocking, while ecapital
and labor wrestle fercely for the
mastery. Some say that war and
bloodshed are inevitable, but this
we do not believe will be the out
come, for we have an abiding con-
idence in the intelligence and
patriotism of the great American
public opinion, against which no
power of money or Drawn can
stand.
The American public is today
delving into the relations between
capital and labor with unbiased
minds, seeking the greatest good to
the greatest number. This is the
paramount questionable question
that oyershadows all others-and
the one great question that, above
all others, is not tainted with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

Sometimes would see one. hoInevgard bound. swim
straight toward until he within few feet ~
the shore. when he rouc dive. tnl presently would
hear certain hollow eoahd as he clamlarad into his
burrOw through the submerged entrance. And some
tilaes, iH-the middle of che day, would see female
rat gathering grass for her nest She would swim
quietly to spot where the grass thick and land
ing. she would walk about shcdding the water fr0m
her shining and bite of tuft tuft grass.
until her mouth would hold more Then she would
launch herself into the water swim 20 within short
distance of her burrOw and dive. later
she would reapnear and swim of for another load.
Tn tllc burrows I'm the banks the young musErats
stages Of their maturity At first they blind and
hairless with very blunt and with short. sturdy
limbs and thick-set bodies. When they begin get
their FUR they pretty little creatures. and they
learn follow their mother out of the burrow. and
accompany her in excursions across the lake
stream which they live Sometimes I have seen
several Of them sitting together log near
The water into which they would scramble like turtles
the first sign of danger BY the fail they prac-
tically run grown no doubt many then help
gather turf and sticks and with which mat
"a winter home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

quest there sign OF his having foEnd any
thing eatatle The other trails led field
presented the appearance OF railway map with
lines TecrUssfTE ret
ton AT frequent intervals there were holes The
snow. scratched through TO the bare ground by the
mtskrats. who sought 10 CLEAN few kernels of
from the frozen earth In place rhe had been
up. though teams OF pigInies had been play
ing football there, and found explanation enough Ia
the remains a single Of corn. from which every
kernel had been 10 doubt the hungry Tnskrats
had f01nd fe the Snow. ard had hauled and
pulled and fought other ia their efforts get
share OF the coveted food-
days afterwards. had some warm weather.
and the and Ice reited frO the surface OF the
lake. After shat there clear frosty nights.
and again the hike frozen oeF, this time with
strong, transparent see went visit The uuEfTat
house. and when J ont the dee and
lsaped 1Tpon the d0ule OF The little dwelling shaking
il its Foundations could hear sound from the
interior. bur I shock the structure three
four shadoN'y forms shooting outward through the
beneath the ice OF course These the rats.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
THE WONDERFUL POWER OF RADRM

TAR. GUSTAVE LEON BON. tho high-
est scientific authority in the world
on the nature and powers Of that
most wonderful of metals. radium made
the following literally astounding declara-
ton 10 the correspondent OF Sunday Post
Dispatch at Paris:
we might Cby means Of radium) OK
plode an the arseuals IN the world and
unish with war forever by eNhausting all
accumulated explosives. And while we
are making Euppositlons we may go one
step farther and even suppose THAI q man
might invent an instrument which. COM
bninE all these immense forces Of ma
ture. would at the touch of a key blow
up the whole earth and bring about the
end OF the world.
in the event Of war IT might be pos
Sole Tor the nation which had perfected
the use Of radium 20 explode an the forts
and AMMUNITION IN an euemy's country
by merely turning a small glass tube
My experiments prove that there are
in radium certain forces Of infinite pO-
tenuaiity. Some DAY, when properly uu-
defstoOd, they may give rise 10 the con-
structlon or a new system OF electric or
radio active guns which VIII not project
a ball. but bundle Of electric sparks at
immense distances, and ser fire to vessels
and explode the ammunition of q great
II can this-black light"
Think OF tia gun 70 launch a bundle
Of radtum rays at a formidable battle
ship!
Fancy weapon which can blow UP the
most powerful fort an the world. equipped
with al that Is best in armOr and ord
nance. And then go further and imagine
a torcc which, at the command Of "a single
man, might bring about the destruction
Of the world,
In speaking further to the correspond
ent he said:
Ten wears ago I published IN a pamph-
let my first studies on radium and what
NcGlled black light. I described by that
term the effuSions OF bodies struck by
rays OF. light. When the uranic RAYS were
atterward discovered / was confirmed in
my views. as I saw their analogy TO
what ] had termed black light
u deduced therefrom the following gen
eral law;
All bodies, when under the action Ct
light, or chemical reaction. electric aC-
IOn and often spontaneously. emit from
the constituent atoms cffusiouE of eff
iiuvta which are entirely distince in their
nature from the properties OF the bodies
or atoms from which they emaHate.
There is nothing strange in this; as for
instance, when YOU throw a stone I'm the
water II produces waves, yet waves have
nothing in common with the stone so
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

whea under certain condificns 7 find Thar
radium produces phDsph 0reseeace It a
distance or acts on Bodies at distanCe
through solid metallic WHlis il produces
light which I call black light. becHusc
~ IS not visible 10 the ordinary human
Visual organ but has exactly the same
dUCe light. the difference being thnr tire
waves of vibration IRE longer and there
fore do not work Cd the visual nerve ="
I ventured 10 ask: '1Iave YOU not re-
Gently had some wonderful 'nHnifesta-
tons during your experiments. u-lleu Il
was said YOU prddured balls 81 fire on all
the gas Jets and other rnBtaIlic objects.
IN the room Ia which you were expert
menting?"
yes" said the doctor. 'sRadinm d1es
produce emanaziuns at distance. hut
they are only fHintly VISIBLE and in the
dark. ike phOsphOreEopneo. Besides. ra-l
dunn is TOO e1pensfve 1or tho present to'
what have discovered is that al ob-
5ects retain aue HUcGfnuiHte Impressions
they hnVB recEiEEd. You have heErd az
latent heat, al bodies Also have latert
ligi2t, latent energy Of every descri Triton
which continues 0Oziug out Of Them con-
stantly. This is why YOU may see light
at a distance which y0g cannot see neHT-
by. il you were on tho planet Mars. for
example, you might see no light at an.
Yet from the earth we see the planet
as brilliant as g diamond. II Is lateflt
light that we see. ElHdium umitB latent
fgOrCes. only IN n more apparent manner
than other substances. but these e1nis-
as the Odorous emissions OF musk .ceaAe
after Veur or two.
las 4 said in a lecture delivered some
time ago before the Paris Academy OF
Science, electric sparks may be produced
az a distance on certain points BY means
Of wavy trarsr11issi0us far more power
ful than anything conceived IN wireless
telegraply.
THE effects Gf these demonstrations are
surprising. IL a spool giving twenty
inch spark Is used the effect rs tremen-
dous. At distance OF ten feet from the
instrument al metuilic objects receive q
shower of electric sparks.
~ short time ago ] WIS experimenting
with Professor Oudin with an electric re-
senator. When we put on "a current Of
10 volts All the instruments on the dis
trlbuuou table. Which W-uE ten fest away,
Such as the rlae0Etsts the Wglrnme4Hrs
and q mDgTRu1grerE hnnnun 1flurufnr tad
and started TO burn, short circuits were
formed with 1he electric cable in the
street and such s. tremendous rnanifssfn-
tloa ~ energy took place thEt we had To
shut off the current al once 10 prevent
the house from taking fire. '--ft. Louis
J POst-Dispatch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

paused close fallea white brch los close 10
under surface OF The lee. lie had been there perhaps
minute when the idea Of unsing him occuired 70
and pulled ms watch FOr three iuinutes there
was not sign of movement and thea few bubbles
tlfeiee Ahetst minute later faore huh
hles up and then the animal himself fOated up
against the ice. At five minutes from the time took
my watch, the lay without sign Of life. and
lseEan to anxious for his safety. SO stamped my
uBon the ice and like black streak he dired and
gone He had been Under water ut least six min
lites and by the way he am AWAY afterwards he
seemed litfle worse for thu experience
In the spring the freshets ana the surface OF
the lake rose Until the rrusrat almost sub
merged Then one morning &C washed from Its
foundations lighter parts of Ct 0ated far away
Then the nuskrats took 10 the banks and they aug
lonE tunnels in the soft soil Many Of the tunnels he'd
two openings. one the top side of the bank. end
the Othar down under the water The last was The c1e
they usually when entering leaving their home,
the other only q doorway Occasionally,
but as an air shaft Slate the burrov-- Some
times on warm evenings would hide in the bushes
near the bank and watch the swimming ABOUT
chasing one another or ylngfat the surface OF the
LAX
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

they were frozen into one solid mass and It would
take the mBsirats something lees than second to
escape into the lake, through d0orsvays which
well below the ice. OF nusArat tracks there
assign at this point but knew that should fnd them
somewhere along the shore. for nuscrats seldom stay
away land very long Fifty yards further on
came 20 little creek at tire side OF which drk
spot showed where the ice very thin this the
spot which xhe muskrats kept Open and where they
lefI and re-entered The writer every night From the
dark spot IN The ice there a wen beaten path
through The snow beading 70 the top Of the hank where
il divided into several paths less Vel defined Here
the character Of the Eslrts trail could be observed:
the marks az the slan fore feet the large. PARTLY
web5ed hind feet ann between them all single line
made by the staTp-edEed almost hairless rail- 81
had traiied on the ground behind. single traH led
UP to ciuTnp OF old apple trees ant the animal which
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
y Ernest HaroId BaYnes.

Asst WINTER walking along the shore Of
frozen, snow covered lake, when ] came upon
muskrat house-a dark. dome-shaped mass OF
s leaves md turf rising some two feet above the
surrounding ice. and capped with Scarcely three
feet away there line Of fox tracks, and twenty
yards from the shore these crossed by the trail
Of ruffed grouse. who for some reason, had been
walking the lake. The fox had not stopped
TO sniff at the musrat house, for perhaps knew
better than he what waste OF time II would have
been Reynard is very fond OF musrats, and doubt
~ winter they would be more than acceptable. But
& wOuld take biIn long time TO scratch through
thick walls Of such house I looking at, when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

stook-se1IiuE purposes. they selected
me president Of the cUmpany and gave
me a bunch 'of stock.
They raised a few Thousand dollars
and the officials visited the fields and
If1ude contracts Tor having q well driV-
IN VIC then returned home The drill
eIE did not strike oil, .hut struck matt
ural RHs, in TWO dny,s my stock was
worth S150.000. 4 sold cut. paid my
left, although lost pert Of u By going
into Texas ana California oil specula
ton. The good part Of this is that
went to md the reporter who gave u8e
my boost and Found that he had en-
tered fhe ministry. ] recenfly bought
hi1n "A mission somewhere Out in Ne
5raska"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Polar Personal.

First Arctic Explorer Sticking his
head out Of sleeping bag)-Say. Bill.
how cold is 81?
Second EXplorer-it's 128 degrees be
low zero IN the sun.
First Explorer what's all that
racket
Second EXplorer-Thats the Eskimo
Outing club giving q lawn fete.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS WERE hot 50 HVOllBIE

bringing Gown the manufactured prod
ucts before lDnE-
Livestock Rese1pts.
The total receipts OF the eating sorts
OF livestock at the four big nnsCrkers or
the country for the year closing prom
Use 10 be IN the neigh0orh0od Of the
following mined HuFnbErE-
Cattle $3.50, 08e; sheep, 5000, GEO; hogs,
1851, 000.
Increase over 1902: Cattle 100000:
sheen. 3e0.000.
Decrease over 1907: Hogs. 100000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23
FELLOW SERVANT
MEASURES ON TAP
Joseph WiSby Drafts Bills
in Behalf Of Bar ASsO-
ciati0n

The committee appointed by the
Bar association to draft a fellow ser
want law presented the following bills
to the house judiciary today. JOS.
Wisby is chairman Of this committee
orations-Liability
An Act Making Corporations Liable
for Damages to Agents or Ser
wants
BE it Enacted by the Legislative AS.
sembly of Oklahoma Territory:
Section l. That every corporation
doing business in this territory shall
be liable for all damages sustained by
any agent or servant thereof while in
the employment of such corporation
by reason Of the negligence OF any
other agent or servant thereof: Pro
vided, that It may be shown in de
fense that the person injured was
guilty of negligence contributing as
a proximate cause to produce the in
jury
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23
couneII-Afternoon sessl u.

COunCll-RlleFnOon oeSa' lns
Senator Gore moved to request the
attorney general to submit to the
council his opinion on the Terrill case
now pending before the Kansas su-
preme court and involving the validity
o fthe Oklahoma contract with Kansas
TO keep the convicts of the territory.
and to furnish briefs on both side of
the cases and other information
Upon Senator Winkler raising the
point Of order that the matter should
be reached by resolution, Senator ore
prepared a resolution covering the
matter except that the governor was
also included The resolution was
then adopted
Senator Hickam presented a mem
orial from the citizens Of Saltwater,
stating that the oil sold there was
deficient, and that the present oil in
spection law was a dead letter
Senator Hickam called up House
Concurrent Resolution No. 2. This is
the penitentiary resolution of Jones
of Logan, Senator Blakeney moved
TO indefinitely postpone the resolution.
BY vote OF 5 to Senator Blakeney's q
motion was lost Senator Webster
mQyed TO adopt the resolution, and
Senator winkler offered an amend
ment to make the appropriation for
expense one hundred dollars. Sen
ator Campbell moved to strike out
all reference appropriation. Senator
Mathews opposed the resolution while
/ Senator Gore favored It. Senator
Campbel's amendment was adopted
I by vote Of z TO and the resolution
was voted down by a vote OF 10 8.
] At o'clock the council adjourned
until o'clock Monday afternoon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23

The readers Of this paper win be
pleased to learn that there is at least
ona dreaded disease that science Las
been able to cure In all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Halls catarrh cure is
the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrn be-
ing a constitutional disease. re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in ernal-
ly,acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system there
by destroying the foundation Of the
dieease, aud giving the patient heed-
ed strength bg building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In do
ing It's work. The proprietors have
so much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer one hundred doliaIs s
for any case OF catarrh that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, +. ]. Cheney & Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are. the best.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23
SMOTHER A COUGH.

You can smother a cough
with your hand but you can't
cure it that way. Some medi-
cines only smother coughs.
SCOTS Emulsion cures them.
Old coughs and deep-rooted
coughs can't be cured until
the inflammation which causes
them has been replaced by
healthy tissue.
That is exactly the kind Of
thorough work ScotRs Emul-
sion does. 1t changes the
entire nature Of the throat and
lungs so that there is nothing
to cough about.
s.end for Free sample
SCOTT a RowNR Chemists, 4es Pearl ST.. \. Y
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23

limiting the liability of such railroad
corporation for any damages under
the provisions of this act, shall be
valid or binding, but all such contracts
or agreements shall be null and void.
Sec. 8. Void Contracts.-That all
contracts limiting the common law
liability of carriers of passengers or
freight, are hereby declared to he void
as against public policy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23
pamaaes and VoId Contract.

Damages and Void Contracts.
/ An Act Making Liable Railroad Cor
porations for Damages to Agents
or Servants and Defining Vive-
Principals and Fellow-Servants
and Declaring Void Certain Con
tracts with the Agents or Ser
wants of such Corporations. and
all Contracts Limiting the Com
mon Law Liabilities of Carriers
Of Passengers and Freight.
BE it Enacted by the Legislative AS
sembly of the Territory Of Okla
homa
Section l. Liability of Railroad
Corporations for Damages to Agents
or Servants. THAT every railroad cor
lporation owning or operating a rail
road in this territory shall be lab
for all damages sustained by any
agent or servant thereof while en-
gagged in the work Of operating such
railroad by reason of the negligence
of any other agent or servant there
Of: Provided. that IL may be shown
in defense that the person injured was
guilty of negligence contributing as
proximate cause to produce the injury.
Sec. 3 vice-PriEcipals Defined
That all persons engaged in the serv-
Ice of any such railroad corporation
doing business in this territory who
are entrusted by such corporation
with the authority of superintendent,
control or command of other persons
in the employ or service of such cor
porauon. or with the authority to di-
rect any other servant in the perfom-
ance of any duty of such servant, or
with the duty of inspection or other
duty owing by the master to the ser
want, are vice-principals of such cor
porations, and are not fellow servants
with such employees.
Sec g. Fellow-Servants Defined. ~
That all persons who arc engaged in
the common service of such railroad
wi Ibl aAiblif anu WIZ Mulit 80 0ti-
gagged, are working together at the
time and place, to a common purpose
OF same grade, neither of such per
sons being entrusted by such corpora
tlon with any superintandence or con
troll over their fellow employees, are
fellow servants with each other; Pro
yided, that nothing herein contained
shall be so construed as to make any
agent or servant of such corporation
in the service of such corporation a
lfellow-servant with any other agent
or servant of such corporation en-
gagged in any other department or
service Of such corporation
Sec. g. Contracts Limiting Liabili
~ Declared Invalld.-No contract
made between any railroad corpora
tion and any Of It's agents or servants.
based upon the contingency Of the in
jury or death of any agent or servant
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23

SCHOOL FUND
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that the bill pass as amended The
report was adopted and the Bit was
upon its final passage, the rules being
suspended, and unanimously bGsscd.
The bill authorizes the superintendent
of public instruction to apportion 81 "a
to every child of school ago in the
new country thrown open to settle
ment August 6, 1901.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23

Sheriff c. A. Cox, of Indianola,
Miss, has dubbed President Roosevelt
a fourteen carat jackass." Why do
people persist in making the patient
jackass synonym for all the foolish
ness in the world.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-23

Roulette parties in private homes
have become very popular sipce the
closing recently Of several high class
gambling houses. according to The
Herald Bridge whist and poker
have been crowded out and society
has taken up roulette In manner
that promises 70 make it the rage Of
the winter