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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

and sand bars, for this land was all
made by water, and about once in 10
years is all overhowed. Some seasons
only part of II is flooded, and the
floods usually do not last long. Mr..
Hackett pays 400 cash rent for the
place, and keeps about 25 head of cat.
tie and 13 head of horses, some of them
fine roadsters. Uncle Dave Guthrie
formerly owned this ranch, and built
a fine hop house on 1t. Mr. Hackett
has been on the coast for about Is
years, living on the coast, and clearing
the place at Ten Mile, above Yahats,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02
TWO CARS
OF POWDER
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one.l
will not be known for many days II
cannot be learned until daylight wheth.
or there has been any loss OF life.
The wrecked cars are burning. The
explosion was plainly heard 90 miles
away.
All the switching crews Of the Penn
sylyania yards have been accounted
for. There are 80 tracks in the Crest
liue yards all OF which have been
more or less damaged. The main
tracks are piled 10 feet high with dirt
bent rails. car trucks and other rail
road machinery.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

oratorlo Society.
Tonight at the Presbyterian chl
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02
RIVER BOTTOM LANDS PRODUCE
More Than a Thousand Pounds Of
Hops to the Acre.

John Hackett, who leased the S. E.
Rhodes place, on the Polk county riv-
er bottoms the year, got over 1000
pounds of cured hops to the acre. He
has 112 bales of a very bright article
of 10 acres, and has been offered as
good as 25 cents. That would be about
$3.50 an acre. The Rhodes ranch is, in
all, about 200 acres, mostly heavy tim.
Der, such as grows on the river gravel
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

The state board of education today
granted life diploma TO Miss Lena
Merryman, OF The Dalles a graduate
of Phllomath college, and state Ger.
tiheate 70 Miss Ella Whealdon. OF
Pmlomath. upon examination.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

A large size Fischer piano for sale.
pm which the young lady who pur,
chased IL is willing 20 sacrihee $lO0.
4 sold soon. To see this plano call at
Geo. C. Wills music store.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

where he carried the mail for sevs
years. He is a very successful
raiser, and his sons have rented l
Gilbert & Patterson yard at Lind
of 60 acres. That will make hin I
his sons about 20 acres of hops aid
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-02

The simplest ways are the dss
medicine.
Drs. Schoettle, Barr & Barr, 0f
paths, Grand Opera House. salsr .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

Senator Hopkins of Illinois, who while
in the House was chairman of the census
committee, has introduced bill that in
addition to the census now required by
law there shall be taken in the yeal
1905 and every ten years thereafter a
census on the statistics of agriculture,
which shall show the number of farms,
their value and acreage, give classified
ton of live stock, with value and the
acreage, quantity and value and the corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, hay,
flax, rice and potatoes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
CORRECTIONS MADE.
Board of Public Works Confirms One
Assessment,

The board of public works met this
afternoon for the purpose of confirming
the assessments for building the sewer
on Record and Shaubut streets and curb
ing and guttering on Mulberry street.
II. j. Roberts, who was assessed $2S. S5
for one lot, wrote letter to the board
saying that he would not pay the sewer
assessment, as he had already been as
sessed for building new sidewalk that
would not have been needed for a cou-
pie of years yet.
d. d. Brewer appeared and asked to
have his sewer assessment corrected. He
was assessed for two lots, and said that
he owns only one ON the line of the i'm.
provement. He did not object to paying
the assessment on one lot
The board corrected an error in the
curb and gutter assessment and reduc
ed the assessment $l.22 a lot and ther
confirmed it.
The board decided to set aside the
sewer assessment, on account of Mr.
Brewers lot having been included by err
Tor, and new assessment was made
raising each lot about $llO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
LOOK FOR BAD WEATHER.
Foster Says Well Have a Blizzard the
Middle of Month.
rom Saturdays Daily.

from SdCuTOay Dally.
Washington D. c., Nov. 2S.-The
last bulletin gave forecasts of distur-
bance to cross the continent Dec. l to s.
warm wave Nov. 80 to Dec. 4, cool wave
Dec. 3 to 7. The next disturbance will
reach the Pacific coast about Dec. s.
cross west of the Rockies by close of
Dec. 9, great central valleys Dec. 10 to
II, eastern states Dec. IL. A warm wave
will cross west of the Rockies about
Dec. s, great central valleys Dec. 10, east
ern states Dec. IL. A cool wave will cross
west of the Rockies about Dec. IL, great
central valleys Dec. l3, eastern states
Dec. Is.
This disturbance will bring about the
usual force to all weather features till
the warm wave and rainbelt have passed
eastward and then, whew!! What cold
wave and blizzard you will get. 1t will
be a bad one and the very moderate, dove
like zephyrs, during first part of the dis
turbance. will mislead many, they will
be caught in sudden cold wave and
severely pinched because they are not
subscribers to this paper and fail to
see the warnings contained in these bull
letins.
L do not expect to give the exact hour
or day these important weather events
will reach your locality but that cold
wave, moving eastward will reach lines
drawn from Winnipeg to Leadville not
far from Dec. ID, Duluth to st. Joseph,
Mo-, Dee. IA, Burlington, Iowa, to Hous-
ton, Texas, Dec. Is, Toledo, Dayton and
Atlanta Dec. l6, Atlantic coast Dec. II.
First half of December will average
very much warmer than last half From
near first to middle of month the fall
in temperature will be very great with
fluctuations between. High temperature
waves will pass great central valleys
moving eastward near Dec 4, IL, Is, %
and 81 and another cold wave and biz
gard blast near Dec. 26. First half of the
month will have an average of tempexa
ture above and last half below normal
Precipitation of the month will be great
er than usual
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

Mclean county, Illinois, can boast of
the largest rural mail delivery system OF
any county in the United States. Oct.
ffty-one carriers started out from
twenty four different postoffices for the
purpose of distributing mail to all the
farmers families in that county. The
figures on the extent of the Mclean coun-
ty service will be of interest; number
of miles travelled by the carriers on the
fifty -one routes, LOO; area of miles COW
cred by the county service, 1900; num-
Der of homes served, 5000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

does the work necessary. He covers a
territory of from ten to twelve miles
daily, on reasonably good roads the
year round, while the rural carrier
covers from twenty to twenty-five miles
on country roads-at some seasons of
the year almost impossible. Then,
again, carriers in cities the size of Man
kato and even smaller, get $40 per
year in addition to horse allowance refer
red to, making total of $l,04O year.
This is said in no spirit of criticism on
the compensation of city carriers, as they
earn every cent of it and more, but the
comparison is made only with the view
to show how greatly underpaid are the
rural carriers.
| Mr.. Hunt concluded by saying that
it is pleasant to reflect that the case
of the carriers is being agitated in con-
gress, and that such gatherings are of
great Importance to those who engage in
them. The rural service has grown from
400 routes in 1897 to over $4,000 in
1903, and it is estimated that the SER
vice will require an expenditure of $l2,-
600 900 in 1904.
| At the close of Mr.. Hunts address
the association proceeded to the last
item of business of the meeting the
fixing of the initiation fee. The presi-
dent stated that the local association on
becoming affiliated with the state and
national associations would have to pay
fifty cents to each body for each mem
Der of the local aggregation. 1t was
voted to require each member for the
first year to pay $3.50, the treasurer
being instructed to forward the annual
fifty cents fees to the proper officers of
/ the state and national bodies, thus leav-
ing fifty cents in the local treasury for
each member All seventeen of those
present now were enrolled in the local
association, those who already belonged
to the state and national organizations
being taxed only fifty cents.
Before the meeting adjourned the
members were urged to get the other
carriers enrolled as soon as possible.
Blue Earth county alone has twenty
seven rural carriers and in all the coun-
tries under the jurisdiction of the local
body there are about seventy-fve car
Iriers on rural routes.
Several of the carriers when interview
ed regarding their expenses said Mr.
Hunt struck it just about right in esti-
mating each carriers expenditures for
his business at $500 per year, absorb
ing half his salary. Several said they had
tried riding bicycles over the routes but
it was very poor plan. When the roads
We're bad it was impossible and such
means of travelling in the country could
be relied upon only to very limited
extent
At the close of the meeting Mr.. Veigel
conducted the boys over to the postoffice
and explained some of the interior work
ings of that institution.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
SEND MORE MEN.

From Fridays Daily.
Gen. Widell today sent twenty five
more men to Johnstown, Neb., where
he. is constructing an arch 800 feet long
with a thirty-two foot span for the
old Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val
ley road, now a part of the Northwest
ern system. The bridge is to span Plum
creek, and it is intended to complete the
work this winter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
PASSED FORGED CHECKS.

Otto Miller has been doing a bad
check turn at New Ulm, swindling mer-
chants and hotelkeepers. He passed him
self off as bridge builder in the en-
ploy of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

Is there any reason why farm homes
should not have water piped in from
tanks and flowing from faucets just as
it does in all modern city homes? The
plumbing would cost no more in the
country than in the city. While the
water supply in the city comes from city
water works, that on farm should come
from windmill, which is far cheaper
then the rentals of city water privileges.
Most farmers fail to realize the convent.
ence and economy of flowing faucets, not
only in the house but in the stock barn
or they would certainly provide them.
The following is boys essay in the
duck: The duck is low heavy set bird,
composed mostly of meat and feathers.
He is mighty poor singer, having o
hoarse voice caused by getting so many
frogs in his neck. He likes the water and
carries a toy balloon in his stomach,
which fills wiCh air on going in swimming
over his head, to keep from sinking. He
can quack loud, but can't sing a little bit.
Some doctors are called quacks because
they are such cheap ducks. The duck
has only two legs, and they are set so
far back on his running gears by nature
that she came purity near missing the
body. A quack doctor has only two legs
but they are fastened on his body low
down. His bill is not so broad as a
ducks, but heap longer and harder to
pay. Some ducks when they get big have
curls on their tails and are called brakes.
brakes don't have to set nor hatch, but
just loaf, 90 in swimming and eat. If
l was going to be duck, I'd rather be
drake every time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

The peninsula of India, which in area
is half the size of the United States,
has a population of 2OO,OOO,OOO are far
mers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04
ALONG THE RURAL ROUTE

The Pennsylvania farmers have refused
to pay $40 month to women school
teachers for their children, but are offer.
ing So day for men to dig potatoes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

a farmer was telling how he succeeded
in killing lot of rats. 1t is an old
scheme He took barrel and put about
six inches of water in it. In the center
he put stone large enough that one rat
could stand on. On the top ne put heavy
paper and cut it in quarters. Then smear
this over with cheese nd put boaro
leading up to l.. lie catches just scads
of rats.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

In southern Illinois farm of 800 acres
upon which leguminous crops had never
been grown and which had never had ar
application of manure upon it, has beer
farmed for IS years. This year it was
rented for soc an acre.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

The average weight of horse is 1000
pounds, and his strength is equivalent to
that of five men. The greatest amount
a horse can pull is 900 pounds, and this
only momentarily. In continued exer-
ton half of this is the limit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-12-04

The report of the commissioner of the
general land office, just issued, shows
that during the fiscal year 22,650,92S
acres of public land were taken up by
private individuals. These enormous fig
ures taken in connection with the current
reports on wholesale landstealing in the
west should cause the country to call a
halt on this rapid disposal of the public
domain, especially when it is shown that
but little of it goes to erect actual
homes.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10

a crown Of thorus, the moral
world has it's cross of gold
where unsuspecting young men
are being crucitied every day
and night.
Let our bright young men
take warning and keep away
from denS of vice and remember
that all good men wear about
their necks the marks of "moth
ers' apron strings and reverbra
ting in the corridor of the soul
is the tender memory of the
music of mothers prayer for her
boy that his eye may be always
clear and his character clean.
Every young mans safety in
this world of wicked environ
ment lies in his attachment to
home and his answering deter
mination to be a man.
Poor boy-at his tomb we bang
a garland and think what he
might have been and as the days
30 by we will dwell in the light
of the beautiful and manly char
acter that was destroyed by the
surrender to the first polite pro-
posal of the tempter to ''shoot
craps, play pool, an innocent
game of cards for fun, just to
pass away the time. The judg-
ment Of men who traffic in hu-
man souls we leave to the JUS
tice of that Being whose prov
ince is to bless--who never
deals hastily or unkindly with
his subjects and whose judg-
ments are always right.-Ft.
Worth Register.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10

A sweet girl graduate in a
Missouri city thus describes the
manner in which goat butted
boy out of front yard: He
hurled the previous end of his
anatomy against the boys af,
terward with an earnestness
and velocity backed by the
goats avoirdupois, impaired a
momentum that was not relax.
ed until the instigator of the
vehement eXasperation landed
on terratirma beyond the pale
of the goats jurisdiction.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10

inviting responsible their
the members their invited
fendsa moi for promiscuous $ public
members shall be allowed to monopolc of the
No he to reading matter
OF and coniiute
trashy literature
shall fail period 30 days
him. shall have
dropped from the rolAo membership OF the club
in the
provided tkc Constitution OF this club.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10
An Object Lesson.

All ODJcCU LCSSoH'
The pathetic circumstances
surrounding the death OF Maur-
ice Rosen, in Ell Paso, last Sun
day night, gave a note OF warn
ing to every young man in Tex
as can afford to consider. Or
good blood, we'll bred, carefully
trained and cultured in home OF
his childhood and youth, OF
brilliant intellect, of cheerful
and sunny disposition, he was
up to one year ago considered
by all who knew him an eXem-
plary and promising young man,
fitted to succeed in business and
to triumph in the higher pur-
suits of life. About fifteen
months ago all these flowers OF
promise began to wither and
died. Some one introduced this
unsuspecting young man into
the mysteries and ethics of gam
bling "just for fun"-taught to
shoot craps. The moment he
threw his first dice the fatal in
fatuation seized him-the new
accomplishment charmed him
and forged about his neck the
chains of habit whose links
could only be severed only by
death. On this altar he sacriiic-
ed the love of home and friends,
tue prospects of flattering ca
reer, the fairest flower of his
bright young manhood, every
noble and manly impulse and
his very life.
The story of this young Lille
once so beautiful, so full of
promise now wrecked is enough
to clothe the very stars in
mourning. He was well known
in Ft. Worth, where he is re-
mem bered as one Of the bright
est pupils in the local schools,
and his death by his own hand
has created a painful sensation
and yet there is nothing
strange about it, for the men
whose chef business is to lead
young men astray do not respect
intellectual gifts and when a
Young man, no matter how bril-
liant he may be, falls under
their fateful fascination and
charm, the breaks are taken Off
and the descent to the Internal
pits of disgrace, despair and
hopeless perdition is made easy.
| The devil never goes fishing
| for fools and we may be surpris-
ed when bright young man
full of hope prostrates his soul
in the realms of folly, and it is
lonly too true that with all our
boasted attainments of know
ledge and reason, with all our
religious devotion, with our tall
est church spires blazing with
FURNISHED beauty kissing the
skies, we are permitting the
flower of American manhood to
, be cruelty sacrificed upon the
altar of vice. If the financial
world has for the brow of labor
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10
CATTLE LOSSES.

So many reports concerning
cattle losses in the Panhandle
have been printed in the differ
ent newspapers that it is hard
for actual facts to be known.
Exaggeration as to losses, and
the covering up of the truth,
both have their innings.
The truth is, the loss. except
in few counties, has been and
is very serious aud will be felt
this spring and fall. The past
winter, especially the months of
February and March, was un
usually severe. Not for many
years has the Panhandle country
experienced such severe snow
storms and continued bad
weather.
The calf crop will be light as
great many COWS were shipp-
ed out last fall, and that togeth
er with the loss in the cattle,
will surely cause a shortage. In
soLle counties many steers have
died and it is hard to fix the per
cent as it varies in different To-
calities. In Donley county, for
instance, 5 per cent will easily
cover all losses, but in other
sections the per centage is much
greater and an average is hard
to figure, Hide buyers are do
ing big business and their re-
ports of number of fallen hides
bought beats all records for
years.
And yet the greatly exagger
ated reports sent out by some
of the daily papers are not to
be believed. The loss, as re
ality, is bad enough, without
having the true facts stretched
in order to create little sensa
ton.
One thing is certain, and the
quicker we get to it the better
for us:-Cattlemen must raise or
buy feed to be safe hereafter.
The W nter grass proposition is
played out in the Panhandle,
and the successful Cattleman
of the future will grant his herd
good protection, and feed plen
tifully for at least 30 days of
the winter. Banner Stockman.
The Spring grass is sprouting,
but Lingo Co., won't let
it grow under their feet if they
know you are in the market for
Lumber.
.....s..rss..
For Sale-Some cotton seed,
saddle, buggy and harness, a
good buggy horse and S25 vio-
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10
BYLAWS.

being admitted to membership shall
sulsc % following obligation:
of honor that will be subject to
that will attend its business meet
OF the club in attend
will lemean myself gentleman ana that
high moral plane and it shall
member with all
shall he prohibited in all rooms OF
The penalty for the violation OF this
OF ST.
profane indecent obscene or abusive language sh De
this The penalty for the violation OF
this sart n Of ST.
the club in state OF noXnato
or malt liquors. sha
and repetition OF the ohense
he's he expelled from the club
shall prohibited in all the
this article shall be subject to fine OF
shall be closed
the club Sunday shall be subject to
50.
shall assessed against him by the
privilege appeal to the club but shall
aside that he assessed by the
president
this club shall apply to all invited visitors ana those
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10
CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE l. the Young Men
Soc Club" OF Canyon City Texas
of Mems Social Club shall be presl
vicepesilent treasurer and corresponding secretary!
ART > 1t shall OF president preside all meet
inrs appoint all special committees ana
perform all he hereafter assigned him.
ART 1t shall duty vice-prcslent to attend all meet
OF the absence {" the peh' an"
he bet chairman OF the finance committee
ART D. the to attend all meetings Oh
record OF all the proceedings TN doom 'o
shall also be the duty Of the ecr-
keep roll OF members ana 10 co'ec' '.' "'. - m ~ t
club and same into the treasurer ana take
therefor and to give receipt to e"ch member from WHOM "
collects
APT If shall he the duty all col
i his therefor and hod same subject
m tbe written order of the be signed by
eachm o the finance committee
shall be the duty the corresponding secretary 10 "'eh
o the club correspondence
shall hold regular business meeting III eh
meeting shall he held ON the THIRD MONDAY N"iil IN
ART shall constitute quorum and all measures
passed by two thirds majority
ART TO- All shall hold their respective offices
for term until their elected
ART H. president finance committee to be com
e OF its chairman who shall he
shall be the duty OF this committee 10
seq after the OF srang
ers to OF the club to pay
necessarily ncurs and olook after the weae
OF the club in general
shall apply to the president o'
appoint committee OF thiee meers
application and said committee should report 1aVoape
ON said application proceed v ballot on said app-
cation applicant wohrcs majority OF suc
o. before he can become admission to the
shall into the club an initiation rec Oh - u e
monthly dues of each member shall he % cents.
ART 49, Any male person and Of good moral
character eligible for membership in this club
ART H. amended by giving written notice
signed said amendments must receive
trefourths majority OF those present at "! meeting " o'' W '
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10


For Sale-Some cotton seed,
saddle, buggy and harness, a
good buggy horse and a S25 vio-
lin. Apply at this office.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
Adopted by the YOUNG MEMS SOCIAL CLUB, Or
ganized in Canyon City, March IS, 1908.

PREAMBE-We Canyon City Texas realizing le
and being anxious to improve our
pleas
organized ourselves ntoa social c"p or
o ual Improvement entertainment OF our friends
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-10

The Spring grass is sprouting,
but Burton Lingo Co., won't let
il grow under their feet if they
know you are in the market for
Tmmber.