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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
a WHITE 8 LAND.
Only Spot il Central Africa Where
Caucasians Thrive.
Fertile Plateau Under the Equator
Discovered by ThomsOn-Euro-
= pean Children Do ~ Well
~ There 40 ut Home. %1s<f

" Between Mount Kenia, the great
snow mountain of equatorial Africa.
and VictoriaqNyanza is a plateau or
series of plateaus, as large as New
York state. Every white man who has
ever been there, from Joseph Thomson,
who discovered It, to the latest travel
En-, declares that it is perfectly fitted
to be colonized by many thousands of
the white race. ,-.,.. - -&...$.,> =.
The New York Sun says that it is
directly under the equator; and be-
cause it is the only region in equatorial
Africa that offers field for settlement
by north Europeans, it is worth while
to show it's exact position on this little
map. The area in black on the map is
the plateau.
It was judicious to be skeptical about
the fitness of any part of equatorial
Africa for white colonists; but the
unanilnity of testimony concerning this
plateau seems to have settled the Ques-
ton in it's favor. ".:
The latest testimony comes from c:
Eliot, British commissioner in the East
AlllCdu pIOleCtOfdte, WHO las 1lVeu
long in that region. He says the sur
face of the plateau resembles the downs
of England.
Here and there large forests of fine
timber are scattered among the wide
expanses of grazing and tillable fields.
All kinds Of European vegetables -four
ish, water is abundant and the soil is
very fertile
''Ten years experience" he says,
"showS that the climate is healthy and
invigorating and that European chill
dren born in the country can live and
thrive there. The mean average tenn
perature is 81 degrees Fahrenheit at
nine a. M, and Is degrees Fahrenheit
at noon, while the nights are much
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IS Distress movers const antly over tho
slums Of the city, and first among the saf-
ferers are the children. Mother or IA
ther Is stricken. and preserving the home
ties is no longer possible. The little ones
must be given up, must seek foster par
ents who teach them to forget the past,
to forget the existence Of the mother who
has nursed them. 4s s
The hard part comes when the officials
must explain these things. The poor do
not understand them. 1t is not so hard
to part with the children when there lisa
possibility of reunion again when cir
cumstances make it possible, and to them
must be told the sorrowful fact that
when once the little ones have passed
from their care they are gone forever.
The telling of it changes many q parents
mind, and new struggle is made to keep
the family intact, and the little ones un-
der the home roof
These little unfortunate waits Of tho
city are sent into all the surrounding
states. They find home. and love in the
villages of Iowa, on the farms of Wiscon-
sin and of Illinois,
Nor is the society's work done when
the new home is found. The officials
must keep in touch with the child to see
that it is properly cared for, that its
foster parents do all they have prom
ised to do for it. The fact that not in
one case in so is there necessity of TAX
ing the child from it's new parents speaks
we'll for humanity.
There is seldom time when the supply
of children in need of homes exceeds the
demand from those who wish to adopt
them.
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colder and the thermometer often goes
down to As degrees in the early morn
ing.
On the settina range, about half de-
gree south of the equator, have ex-
perienced one degree of frost at six a.
m. At Nairobi the heat increases at
times to 80 degrees at midday and re-
mains stationary till about 2:30 p. m,
when it cools down, but the average is
somewhat lower
Mr.. Eliot says this is white mans
country. He did not believe it at first,
'but increased facilities for travelling
have perhaps enabled me to acquire a
larger personal experience of different
parts of the protectorate than is pos
sessed by any one at present; and
have no hesitation in stating my con-
viction that Europeans can live and
thrive not merely in patches of terri
tory here and there, but practically
anywhere in the highlands; that is to
say, anywhere in the large area COM
pris1ng the Lumbwa and Nandi terri
tory, the Mau, the southern part, of the
Rift valley, Settima and Laikipia, the
whole Kenya province, Kikuyu and
probably the whole of Ukamba, as far
east as Makindu.''
The reason this great plateau is fitted
to become the home of white men is
that it's surface is twice as high above
the sea as the top of the highest noun
tain in the Catskills. In other words.
1t is over 5000 feet above sea level.
This great altitude gives it temperate
climate in tropical Africa. -
A railroad now crosses the plateau.
but generation may pass before many
colonlsts may go there. Some of the
native tribes are not yet well disposed
toward white men. There must b.
markets and ample faculties for trans
portat1on before many whites will be-
tempted to immigrate. But this is one
or the reserves Of Africa, which will
some day become center of white In
dustry and civilization. -.
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is attractive Of the city. Chicago is no
exception to the general rule, and what
is seen from the car window as the trains
rush through the city is not the attrac-
tive boulevards, the beautifully kept
parks, the handsome residences or the
mammoth Office buildings, but the
squalid novels of the poor, the ware
houses, the coal yards, the dirt and CRIME
of the manufacturing districts and the
long lines of cars in the railroad freight
yards.
Tt is unfair to judge Chicago by this
first glimpse of it from car window.
Following the elevated right of way of
the Lake Shore and Rock Island roads,
especially that section of it from Forty
third street into the depot at Van Buren,
street, one can see but little that is not
disgusting. Uttered back yards of frame
novels greet the eye with scarcely an in
terruption. Unwashed windows, unkempt
children, untidy women, the scum OF q
great city, the breeding place Of vice and
crime follow in an almost unbroken line
for many blocks, though broken here
and there by the new civilization, the
new development, that is invading these
districts in the shape of factories, mis-
siO1s, schools.
Other railroads enter the city through
muck the same sections. They differ but
little In general appearances. None are a
worthy representation of what lies be-
yond them. The Chicago that one may
see from car window is not the Chi
cago that is attracting the attention OF
the world with it's rapid development OF
culture, intelligence. industry and COM
marce. 1t is the Chicago of half a CEN
fury ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
( Why Frogs Are Away. Co,a

Many boys have probably w.nderod
why frogs are cold to the touch, and
some Of them look upon these little
creatures with sort of horror, beliey-
Ing that they have no blood. But such
9 not the case, for they not only have
blood, but they possess nerves and can
feel. Perhaps il this were more pen,or-
ally known there would not be so MANY
heartless boys, who seem to take spzcial
delight In torturing frogs and toaiIa.
according to scientists, frogs are cold
FLOODED because they consume yerv III
tie cir. It is the same with fishes
Without plentiful supply Of air thoro
ts not much animal heat, because COM
bustion is slow. 5. - 49,. 800.
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other element into the churches. The
bracing air lures the young people, who
seek the seclusion which is not possible
in the modern city fiat, to a walk. But
the bracing air becomes chilly air at
loves pace, and the open doors of the
churches offer a retreat where the lovers
may sit together, even if they may not
talk, and talking is unnecessary at such
times anyway.
Cupid leads these young people to
the churches, but the churches them
selves hold many of them for after
years, and marriage fees accrue to the
pastors when the wedding day comes
around.
The pastor Of modest little church
pointed out to me recently half dozen
or more of his congregation who were
first led to his church doors by Cupid.
They became interested and regular at
tendants, and part of them now have
children in his Sunday school. -. :
The cold of winter sends the poor to
church in large numbers. To them it
means warmth of body, at least, and q
saving of their own coal. Two things
much to be desired. It is to the mission
churches that the poor. go, and the mis-
sioQs do wonderful work among them.
=. = WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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it's maze of people. Depot Surroundings
Within five minutes of time you have
passed through the scraggly, struggling
western village, with its cheap buildings,
it's scenes of debauchery, into the metro
politan city, the second in America, the
fourth in the world.
If you wait to form your first impress
sion at the door of the depot it may or
may not be a pleasing one, depending
entirely upon what road you have
travelled on, and at what depot you'have
what is best in Chicago, though some are
yet block or two from it, but towards
them all the old town is giving place to
the new city.
d. Come in at the Grand Central station
for instance, and you are surrounded by
the cheap saloon, the cheap hotel, the
business house of the cast-off clothing
merchant, but the new, the real, Chicago
is not far away. You see it towering be-
fore you block down the street. you
see workmen bringing it nearer the
doors Of the depot in the shape of great
office and wholesale buildings going up.
Another year or two and the mammoth
depot will be surrounded by buildings
that will dwarf it in appearance. It is
the new Chicago replacing the old in the
depot districts.
The Pennsylvania lines are to spend q
million and more on new depot that it
may keep pace with the developmentgo-
ing on around it. In a few years more
there Is not depot in Chicago but what
will be in the center of the city's activity
and when this is true the city will be bet
ter advertised by its transient guests.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
Claims to Solder Aluminium,

It is announced on the best of author
ity that a young Paris savant. whose
name is withheld, has discovered a
method of soldering and brazing alum
inium after four years Of study. The
soldering is said to be four times strong
er than the metal and inexpensive The
same inventor. says he has discovered a
method Of hardening aluminium and at
the same time retaining its lightness,
the hardened aluminium being to the,
ox linary metal what steel is to iron.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

W a. S h e d district,
they leave you at
the end of your
journey at the bor-
derland OF a fairer
scene. You pass
from the train i'm
mediate'ly into the
heart of the bust
ness district right
at the head of La
Sale street with it's
long lines of tower
ing buildings, it's
throb of active life,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
Recognized 1t,

This" smiled the fond young wife
as, she passed a plate Of dessert TO her
husband, lis cottage pudding. / made It
myself III IS. u 1855
The man tasted oft. -: .ss5ss7
I'd known II was cottage pudding.
he asserted. .s. 3 50.
IS. You would e she asked. delighted.
Yes. can taste the plaster and the
wall paper. What did you do with the
shingles and the bricks for the chimney ~
Judge. 800
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k ergartenS IN u1e kindergarten
never old more than this they have justi-
fed their existence.
On Thirty-first street, along right Of
way over which the railroad trains go
laundering into and out of the city, there
is mission kindergarten in which half a
hundred little tots are cared for every
day. Here the Woodworking mother
leaves her little one with the assurance
that it is safe while she is at work. At
the Armour institute mission but few
into which pour each day the offspring OF
every color and nationality known to the
human race.
tits not SO much how to feed and clothe
them, as how to care for them during the
working hours, that sends the children
into the hands of the home finding So
cieties, and the ktndergartens are solving
this problem for the parents, and pre-
venting the breaking of home ties. The
churches have found in these a new
means of reaching the people of the
slums. They form the nucleus of Sun
day school, of a mission church. They
are a new element in the home mission
airy work.
That there is more to this kindergarten
teaching than the mere amusing of the
children few hours each day is shown
by the fact that it takes more effort to
secure a kindergarten teachers certifi-
cate from the board of education than it
tn f7fth ohor .
certificate for the public schools, though
the salaries paid are by no means COM
mensurate with the training required.
Fifty dollars per month is considered fair
pay for a Kindergarten, and many of the
under graduates of the training schools
are working for 500 per month and less.
Cupid at Church.
The cool nights of autumn have filed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

preston Of tn e
tourist, coming into
Chicago by any one
of it's 26 lines of
railway, is to be
the impression Of
the city that re-
mains in the visi-
tors mind, then
Chicago is poorly
advertised.
For reasons al
most unexplainable
a railroad right of
way through a city
seems to attract
- 49,
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of the home ties of
the poor than any
other one agency.
They have opened
a means of caring
for the little ones at
least a portion of
each day when the
parents must be
away at work. They
h ave done even
more than this, for
they assist in the
character building
of the child. If. the
= L =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
Irrefutable Arxument

Aged Husband-You are going to ruin
me with your extravaganza. You don't
need that cape any more than cat needs
two tails. How often have told you
never to buy anything because it is
cheap. "'<-"' -. =
= Young Wife with an air of one who
has got the better of the argument)-
But it was not cheap; it cost $50.-Tit-
Bits. -. r.. , ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

TIE snart Editor.

as The snart Editor.
# Can you tell me what tort Of Weather
we may expect. next month wrote 81
subscriber to the editor Of = country pa
per. and the editor replied . fol-
lows: 5 {. $3.50
is my belief that the weather next
month will be very much like your sub
scription. &
The inquirer wondered for an hour
what the editor was driving at when he
happened to think OF the word unset
tied. He sent in the required amount
next day Tit Bits go
ri 3E These strenuous Times.
Twas Shakespeare first declared 10 no
That all the world s a stage,
But it's more like continuous
i Performances in this age.
-Philadelph Press. So
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lovers.
Church attend
ance goes by sea-
sons in the city.
Late sping and early
fall is the favorite
time of the rich to
go to church. It is
then pie a s a n t
weather to drive
and they ride to
their places of
worship in their
carriages. The cool
nights of late au-
tumn tempt an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

year they placed
more than 600 chill
dren in new homes,
the majority of
them going from
the very poor In the
city to the we'll to
do outside of it. !.
The task the of
hcials of these So
have set for
themselves is not in
!. all all ways a pleasing
one to them. They
must witness MANY
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Visitor to Asylum-That's rather bad
case. isn't it? What bfought him her?
Attendant-Well, they say his wife
once made him go shopping with her,
sir.-Cincinnati Enquirer. !
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The Universal Belief.

L say with due civility
That some time, soon or late, j.5D
The thought comes unto each anz all GE
That they might soon be rich and great
If, with their own ability, e. -
They had their neighbours gall.
Chicago Recor5-Hera,d =
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Not for Him, .

Uncle Johns you're going to.school
now. And do you love your teacher.
Willie (age seven ~ oh, pshaW. She's
too old fur me. Philadelphi Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
A Narrow Esca,,e

Although the boy ne'er learned to spell
His future wasn't wrecked;
He simply used quotation marks
And wrote in dialect. j. az
Washington Star. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
HOWARD ELLIOTT

Energy and ability won promotion for
him until, in 1896, he became general
manager of all the Burlington lines west
Of the Missouri river. After J. J. Hill
secured control of the Burlington, Mr.
Elliott was made it's second vice presi-
dent. He was born in New York city on
December 6, 1860. -! -4E.s,> IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
The Foolish Worm

The Foolish Worm.
De eahly buhd he cotch de wuhm-
Leas' ways dat what heahd-
Which show de wuhm amt got no head.
Fob if he had he'd stay in bed
En- fool de eahly buhd
Chicago Record-Herald
Enjoyed b Joke.
Jimson-I just tell you, you can't find
a man anywhere who enjoys good joke
better than do. -.
Friend-Guess that's so. have heard
you tell the same joke 40 times, and laugh
at it every time.-N. Y. Weekly.
= A Wise Boy ~,;.z-.
Sunday School Teacher-Now, Bobby.
can you tell me what becomes of people
who steal? I.
! .Bobby-Yes, sir. If they. are not
caught before they get rich they become
Observation-Disclosures
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The KinderHaPtens.

The public and mission kindergartens
have done more to prevent the breaking
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
5Indfrecflx

Nocken..=-I sup oseayou find It neces-
sary TO minds the baby occasionally? .
& Peck ham yea; that is, ind It
necessary to mind my wife when she
tells me to mind the baby. Cincinnati
Enquirer. sas$st
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
OUR !. CHICAGO | D L | |. /
Why First Impressions Of tho City
Are Not Pleasing. e..%:
SEEN FROM A CAR WINDOW
The Railroads Run Through the Poor.
er Sections As Rule-The Work
Of Home Finding Associ ati0ns
and Kindergartens.

Chicago.-First impressions are last
ing ones, we are told, but if the first i'm
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Homes for the Children.
Thirty children's home-finding insti-
tutions are at work in this citv 1o.t
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Charley never thinks Of playing the.
races any more" said young Mrs. Tor.
kins. - L.
I'm glad to hear it, said the friend.
How did you persuade him to quit %
Il didn't persuade him at all. accepted
it in a spirit of patient designations and
told him that If he lost any more Twas
going to do the cooking myself. y" Wash
ington Star. =
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Lacked Mothers Care a sorrowful parting
must listen to the tale Of many aheart-
ache, must console. advise aud plan. =
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Though either the Lake Shore or Rock
Island may carry you through this un-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13
"A Menace tn soc,etx

. = V--r1|A Menace 10 Society. 80 =
The Colonel-Well, boys, this is my
last night at the club. I've gotten to be q.
fearful menace to society, SO there's mo-:
thing left for me to do but go away and
be hermit for the rest of my life.
The Chorus Why? ..ss.
The Colonel I've lived here
SO long know everybody's family his
tory. ~ :. +. < (. = z
The Chorus Of that? s.z:.
The Colonel-And. confound it, I've got
into the habit Of thinking aloud IN. 4.
Times. $ 800
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ShuftiesDey say Bulky5sz b

from Boston. Sc IS. ...='s :. s-z.. :
Limper-Yep. He alters carries
baked bean can Chicago Daily News.
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Newsie-EXtry! Four hundred found
dead!
Rube Comeon-Where? Where?
Newsie-In graveyard! Extry! Ex-
try!-Chicago Chronicle.
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Cupid at Church.
The cool nights of autumn have filed
the churches on Sunday eyenings-With
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-13

Miss Knowsitt (pensively)-I believe
that what man does in this world he
will do in the next. :, 49, s.
Mr.. Wise-l hope not, I'm a fire insur-
ance agent.-Chicago Chronicle.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1903-05-07
Oil Situation at Santa Rosa.

y The O. X. Crude oil company of Santa
Rosa, n NJ, is about the only company
operating in that field that is now doing
any active development work.
This company is now down to a depth
of $50 feet, but as yet has not struck oil in
commercial. quantities. Lately the COM
pany has made very slow progress in drill
ing and is experiencing considerable
trouble in getting the machinery out of the
we'll and several new parts have had to be
replaced.
Work has been suspended on the New
man well and the machinery will be used
in drilling another by another company
mile or so distant from the Newman well.
The most of the companies are evidently
holding OFF to letsthe present. companies
that are drilling explore the Held.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1903-05-07

TVU3, ~, 1IU'V5
|, Leslie Ellis. Clerk of the Probate
Court and ExOfficio Recorder OF the
County of Lincoln, New Mexico, do here
BY certify that the above is a true and
correct statement of the financial con
dtion of Lincoln County New Mexico, as
shown bv the records of this office.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto
signed my name and affixed my official
seal this, the 18th day of April, A. d.
1903.
LESLIE ELLIS,
Probate Clerk and Ex-OfiCio
Recorder of Lincoln county, New Mexico
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1903-05-07
rFREST BOMBS 1880 I'UND.
INTEREST BONDS 1904 FUND.

INTEREST BONDS 1904 FUND.
To bal Jan 8, 1902 ST448 o7
10 tax collections $50
BY war. & coupons paid S533,o2
BY bal Ian. 5, 1908, t47o.oo
S2OIT. o. S2OII 62
INTEREST BONDS 1907 FUND.
TO bal Jan. O. 1907, SIooIo5
no tax collections, 5000
BY war & coupons paid ,s774.S7
BY bal Jan. s. 1903, 7o4oo
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N5oo6.oo $4,000 90
GENERAL County FUND
TO balance Jan 9TH 1909, s4S5ooo
tax & license collected foo44 o2
By warrants paid, sro336.S6
bal Jan 5th 1903, 4567o6
SI4oo3. Q2 SHQo302
School FrNp
TO bal. Ian, 9th 1902, o}S25.o4
tax license etc, o370. SO
BY warrants paid & apartments
to school districts sto6lS.o4
BY bal Jan 5lh, 1908 1555.o8
Sr32o4.Q2 eI32o4Q2
Court FUND,
To bal Jan 9th, 1902. S477S 5S
lax collections. oooo. 1S
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1903-05-07

JUDGMENT FUND.
To balance Jan. g, 1902 SI628.6o
cash Vanderbilt G m, Co. Jug'g' 346 32
BY warrant paid Assessor, S37,o3
bal Ian. 5th 1903, Io37.o8
SI975 OF SIo75.oI
CHAvEs COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS FUND.
TO balance Ian 9th, 1902 5000 90
BY bonds paid e canld s4o78.oo
bal Ian 9Th 1902 1oI8.oo