The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-01

shine stun produced In North Caro-
lima is really made In registered dis
uneries. the storekeepers and gaugers
certifying only to a limited par OF the
true output and sharing in the profits
Of the balance with the rascally dis
tller
Under the new law, also, any town
can vote to prohibit the sale of whisky,
ard in a little while we shall see bu;
fe,s places left where the alcoholic
traffic is allowed to exist"
Il don't believe | am wrong in stat
ing that the town OF Brookline, in
which live, is the wealthiest town Of
its size in the whole world" remark
ed Mr. Alfred e. Kenrick. a promi-
nent citizen of that aristocrauc SUI
burb Of Boston, at the Royal
"Brookline has not over 10000 peo-
pie. and Us assessed taxable wealth is
ss70OO,O00 which represents but a
fraction Of the real values. am not
saying this in a boastful spirit but the
fact Is I am bit proud Of the old
place. for in many ways It is a model
Show me another town of like size that
has water works which cost 81, 500 goo.
a high school building worth 100000,
exclusive OF the lans, a manual train
ing school, for which we paid $4,000.
public parks costing S2500O0, all its
streets macadamized and kept beauti-
fully clean, and a 100000 bathhouso
Cor our children. which s practically
free. This year our appropriations for
all purposes reach s1,4Oo.O 600. 100000
Of which go to the schools. Each high
school student represents an expendi-
ture of 1925 per annum, but nobody
growls at the cost But with all this
liberal spending there is no prodigaiity
or waste. and taxes are only $40 in the
thousand, while in our big sister, Bos-
ton, they are almost double that fig
ure.
Best of all regarding Brookline, it
is a town where the CRATER does not
abide We cling to the old fashioned
system of New England town govern
ment, and once a year the people meet
in the town hall and elect their offic
ers without the slightest reference 10
partisan politics The best citizens
are chosen as select nen and for town
clerk, treasurer, and 81 on, and we
have often had these 30 remain in Of
flee for as long as forty years with
out break This Is me truest democ
racy practiced in America, and the
best known type OF civil service, for II
needs no reforming
Il didn't take out any gold to speak
of while in the Klondyke, and yet
despite the hardships | underwent IN
that region, my stay there was MOI
without it's pleasing features" sale
Mr. Peter Taylor. Of New York, at tn,
Royal. Looking back on my Klon
dyke experiences, have no cause foI
regret.
Il got up there pretty early in th'
summer Of 1898, and found that hun
dreds had preceded me Il didn't taxi
me long to rid myself Of the delusioI
that / would strike 1t rich for ! sool
saw that not more than one man Il
500 stood any chance Of settins gold
But all the same / prospected with al
the ador of my soul and spared no ei
for TO win the shining stun The eH
citement Of hunting for gold Is a fas
clnating thing and II viii cause eyei
timid men TO brave almost any perils
q went over dangerous trails, bra'
ed the rapids and swift oTf9nts Of tn
Yukon, deaed the cold, tnd lived o
a bean diet for months, anu still tn
life didn't seep half bad as long a
there was any hope Of making a 5 rik'
When finally all hope OF that vanished
Il occurred to me that beans tire
times a day smacked of monotony, an
made a break for beefsteaks and ci'
ilization."