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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
CITY MAN IN THE COUNTRY.
Problem Middle-Aged Men Are Trying
60 Solve in the Metropolis.

so Solve i'll the metropolis.
II farmers could know the number
of men at work in cities who are slav-
ing and pinching that they may save
enough to buy small home In the
country they would be more than con-
tented with their lot. City life has its
rewards, but the wear and tear on the
mental and physical being is very
great. Probably the ambition of four
hfths of the trained newspaper men
in the great cities is to accumulate a
sum sufficient to enable them to buy
paper in small town; one that will
give them a comfortable living with
out the remOrseleSs grind incident to
work on great city daily. So with
the clerk and the artisan In the great
city; they long for a few acres Of land
from which to get their living, and
many of them are doing 1t successful
ly, though more are failing from lack
OF technical knowledge. 4 man of 80
in the country feels that he has years
enough before him to accomplish a
great deal; in the city. If the man OF
% years be an employe, he Is In daily
fear, and justly, that he will lose his
position and some youth get it. The
writer knows whereof he speaks, for
he has been the city man and the
farmer, Some day some Carnegie will
find an outlet for his fortune in buy,
ing large tracts of land In settled
farming communities, near schools,
churches and stores, cutting them up
into small farms of ten or twenty
acres, building a house on each, en-
ploying one or more experts as teach
ers in rural lines and Offering these
homes to city men of middle age who
have saved little money. at a price
and on terms that will enable the man
from the city to pay for his little home
by his labor. He will be taught how
by the experts employed by the rich
man. This is not charity, for the rich
man will find his philanthropy paying
him a goodly per cent on his invest
ment-Indianapolls News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
ALax of Ancient Rome.


Oh! the Roman was a rogue,
lie erat, was, you bettum;
He ran his automobilis
And smoked his cigarettum;
He wore a diamond studibus,
An elegant cravattum,
A maXima cum laude shirt,
And such a stylish hattum!
He loved the luscious hic-haec-hock,
And bet on games and eQui;
At times he won; at Others tho,
He got it in the nequi;
He winked (quo usque tandomO
At puellas on the Forum.
And sometimes even made
Those gOO-goo oculorum!
He frequently was seen
At combats gladitorial,
And ate enough to feed
Ten boarders at Memorial;
He often went or sprees,
And said, on starting homus,
"Hic labor-Opus est,
Oh, where's my--hic-hic-dom
Altho' he lived in Rome
OF all the arts the middle
He was (excuse the phrase)
A horrid individ'l;
All; what a different thing
Was the homo (dative, hominy)
OF faraway B. c.,
From us of Ammo Domini.
Harvard Lampoon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
TALE OF THE EARLY DAYS.
First Fight of Wild Bill, Famed Des'
perado and Pioneer.

Wild Bill, whose real name was
James Hickok, first came West in
1857 and drove an OK team on the
plains for Majors & Russell in 1850,
He subsequently engaged himself to
the Overland Stage Company as stock
tender and was put in charge of a
new stage station on Rock Or Elk
near the old McKandlas station, which
was generally known as Robbers
Roost. This was the headquarters for
the McKandlas gang, crowd that
had held together since the Missouri
Kansas border rufiian days and gen
orally had things It's own way. A man
named Ficklin, and number one
stage hand, was the superintendent.
He tried to buy out the McKandlas
station, but failing In this, he built a
new one near by, putting young
Hickok in charge. Up to that time
he had never experienced trouble with
anyone, and was not likely to have
friction, especially with the old station
keeper McKandlas or his men.
In the winter of 1SGO-61 McKandlas
and his nephew and four other men
passed by the new station on horse
back, leading an old man who was
afoot. They had rore around the
old fellows neck, and occasionally
they would take few turns around
the horn of the saddle, make run
on the rope and jerk the old man
down and drag him on the ground
until he was nearly dead. The only
spite they had against him was that
he was North Methodist preacher.
If Wild Bill was anything he was an
aboltionist and free-soiler and loyal
to the United States The McKandlas
crowd was planning to make Il raid
on several stations to secure the stock
ard go south. They told young Hickok
they would take the stock. He replied
that he would he there.
When they returned late In the even
ing two stopped at the corral, two
went to the front and two to the back
door of the cabin or hut. Hickok told
them he would shoot the first man
who took down the bars Of the corral.
The elder McKandlas fired at Hickok,
but missed him. Hickok returned the
fire with a rifle and shot McKandlas
In the heart The next shot from
Hickok killed the nephew, and the
two fell at the front door, Just then
the two at the back door opened fire.
One shot from a double-barreled gun
lodged seven full-grown buckshot into
Hickok's right side and breast, two Of
which entered his lungs. The two men
who stopped at the corral came to the
assistance Of the two men at the house
Jickok was then In a hand-to-hand
fight with four men. He killed three
Of them In the house and wounded
the other so badly that he died OH the
prairie.--Denver Field and Farm
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
EASY FOR cHAuNcEY oEPew.
Editor Comments OF the Senator's Re-
marks ON Lack of Laughter.

marks ON Lack OF IauRnterS
Chauncey NJ. Depew says that we
are all too parslmonious of laughter;
we don't look around for the fun
there is In life; we take things too
seriously. Maybe that's true enough,
but II does make us tired to hear this
sort of philosophy coming from man
Ike Chauncey, who rests on downy
beds Of ease, and never has to lie
awake at night trying to cipher out
where next winters coal Is going to
come from. Channy has bins In his
cellar full OF all sorts Of imported and
domestic money, and when he wants
anything he Just goes down there with
sack and shoyes In enough money
to buy what he wants, and that's all
there Is to it. It's dad-blistered easy
for man to be cheerful philosopher
when he has few cords of green.
backs piled up In his woodshed. And
Chauncey, while he says such henu-
tlfu things between times, is contrib
utlng to the gloom Of the nation near
" all the time by telling weary old
stories that turn mans blood to
water It's nice howdydo for a man
to spring lot of heart-breaking anec-
dotes, and then look around upon the
weeping and shuddering people and
tell them that they are too parsimonl-
Gus of mlrth.
There's man good deal like
Channey within thousand miles
OF the town we live in. lie goes
around all the time with a beamlns
smile as serene as Il May morning,
throwing around gems Of philosophy
pr0miscuously. He is always saying
pretty things about letting sunshine
into our lives and gathering the roses
while We may, and all that sort Of
thing, lie has a string of platltudes
on file In his memory all the time, and
he never misses chance to distribute
them.
But that's about all that he ever
does distribute. lie Is so stlngy that
he would steal hay from blind horse.
He has always been well fixed, and
his father was well fixed before him,
and he has never known what II
Ioeans to walk the floor in the silent
watches of the night, wondering how
in blItZen that note was going to be
paid, All he does is to look serene
and quote chaste things concerning
the sunshine, and go around jacking
up his tenants and renters IL they get
a few days behind and pIling up
wealth In the bank. It's mighty easy
to be philosopher under such circum-
tances.-Nebraska State Journal.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The Galveston was one of six YES
sells to be built under act Of March 3,
1899, providing for protected cruisers
Of $500 tons trial displacement 1t
was to be sheathed and coppered and
to have high rate compatible with
good cruising qualities, a great radius
of action and was to carry the most
powerful ordnance possible to ships of
its class, 1t has an actual steaming
radius under full speed of 1872 knots.
Its length over all is 300 feet. beam
A feet and mean draft about 467 tons.
1t has 6 boilers, a double bottom and
67 watertight compartments.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

Twoimportant announcements made
recently viii no doubt cheer the heart
of dilapidated humanity. A Christian
Scientist announces that he Is able to
pray new suit OF hair onto a bald
head and Scotch dentist IL prepared
10 graft new teeth on an old iawbone.
The secret Of eternal youth, II appears,
is not to be sought IN an elixir which
Is to transform the human body at d
jump, but In skillful repair work
which makes good the wonout parts
after the method of the bicycle or
automobile mender Treating the
human body as piece Of machinery
is eold-blooded proceeding that the
average man is likely to resent, but
I'VE may be coming TO IT,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Cause OF His Downfall.

Archbishop Ryan tells a story Of a
philanthropic man who used to make
a practice of visiting the eastern peni-
tentlary in Philadelphia, and becoming
acquainted with prisoners about to be
released so as to help them make a
new start in life.
One day when he was calling on a
man whose term was about up. he no.
ticed man in stripes who impressed
him. Going over to him, the Good Sa.
maritan said:
What brought you to this place, my
friendg"
''Sneezing."
"Sneezingy"
Yes, sir" said the convict. 81
sneezed one night when l was stand
in by an open winder. 1t woke up
an ole gentleman, and he had me pinch
ed"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The wonderful discoveries I'm chem
istry make 1t almost certain that the
miner Of the future win be engaged In
a search for rare elements, and perhaps
for some that are still unknown or not
fully appreciated, writes John A.
Church. In the Mining Magazine. The
power OF electricity has given us the
command Of elements which could not
be separated except In minute specks
twenty-five years ago, and 1t is entirely
possible that new alloys with valuable
qualities will extend the field OF his
usefulness. The miner In fact has one
eye applied to a telescope looking for
new fields OF effort, and the other glued
to a microscope, searching for traces of
metal. that he may recover from the
slags and gases of his waste products.
His work is bound closely with the de.
Yelopment Of transportation, and In
deed with every other industry, so that
men who boast conservatism that re-
Jects investments in mining look with
dismay while their bonds fall in value
because there is a strike among dis
tant mines.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Il E2I / 9PIAEsA3
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
S.-sc-@SSscSS SSocSSS,Sc-.--SsS SsScsSSc-c-SScSc-~

intellectual toll for long sttlngs Forude going out of
the world.
If of wishes to escape fatty degeneration
porea intellectual and moral it necessary for him to
himself uncomfortable. Let him sleep hard mat
tress let him sit only hard straghtbacked chairs with
upholstery; LET him bahe in cold water let him black
his boots; let him walk long distances let him
sparngy and OF but simple dishes; let him do the
things that he does like to do let him refrain from
doing the things he does like to do let him morfy his
flesh and humate his desires until he shall gain the
terry himself.-San Francisco Bulletin
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Public Land Sale-UsOlated Tract

United States Land Office The Dalles, Ore
gon, october %, l90l.-Notice is hereby given
that in pursuance of Instructions from the
commissioner of the general land office under
authority vested in him by section 2i55,
United States revise statutes,as amended by
act of congress approved February %, 1895,
we will proceed TO offer at public sale at the
hour OF 10 o'clock a. m, on the 9th day Of
December 1904 at this office, the following
tract of land to-wit
7 E13 NE14 of section %, township north,
range II east of willamette Meridian.
Any and all persons ella ming adversely
the above described lands are advised to file
their claims In this Office on or before the
day designated for the com encement of
said sale, otherwise their rights will be for
feited. MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Register.
oct27 decl ANNE NJ. LANG, Receiver.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Her Time to Worry,

Marryat-I tell you, old man, my
expenses are getting so big I'm barely
able to make both ends meet.
Ascum-I suppose it worries your
wife good deal.
Marryat-Well, yes, believe she
does worry good deal whenever she
wants a new gown or hat,-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
MOTOR FARMING.
ateat Phase of Scientific Agriculture
l..

Latest Phase of Scientific Agriculture
In England
The many uses to which the motor
has been put are illustrated In the ac-
companying photograph, which shows
the Ivel agricultural motor, an English
invention, at work. This machine is
capable Of hauling any kind of two or
three furrow plow, or, In fact, any
agricultural implement. 1t can also be
used for driving all kinds Of machinery
usually driven by steam or gas en-
gines. and when not at work in the
field 1t can be doing carriage work
In a plowing experiment the Ivel
motor. hauling q three furrow plow,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

plowed six acres one rood nine poles
Of land of very hard surface to an
average depth of seven inches In eight
hours flfty-four minutes, and the cost
worked out at rate Of shllllngs per
acre, which included everything.
Comparing these figures with the
cost of doing the same work In the Or
dlnary old-fashioned way, It will be
realized that by using the Ivel motor
you can get the work done very much
cheaper and quicker.
Machines have already been export
ed to Portugal, Egypt and South Az.
rica, as In these countries the superi.
ority of mechanical power over horses
and cattle is appreciated.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

were two hundred entries, a smaller
number than the previous year, but
the standard was much higher and the
variety greater The queen, who was
herself a prlze-winner, presented the
prizes, and the king showed much in
terest. Yet ten years ago, when the
first native Baganda missionaries went
10 this people, they were sunk In the
lowest depths of savagery. In some
respects, this exhibition in the heart
Of the dark continent was more inter
esting and remarkable than that In
st. Louis
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The hardest task OF the missionary
among tropical savages is to teach
them the dignity of labor. Where
every bodily want Is supplied freely
by nature, the chief motive to work.
the earning of ones daily bread, is
absent. But the lesson is being
learned. This was shown some months
ago in Toro--a central African coun-
try lying to the west of Uganda at the
foot Of the snow-clad range anciently
known as the Mountains OF the Moon.
The kings birthday was celebrated by
an exhibition of native work. There
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

With the story that prominent
candidate for national Office prefers a
humble although merltorious kind of
poetry, attention is again drawn to the
legend that Lincon's taste for poetry
was not fine. Lincoln was fond of the
dldactlc verses, "Why should the spi..
1t of mortal be proudT but he also
liked the greater poetry of Shak-
speare, In one Of his letters Is an
impromptu criticism of Macbeth" not
unworthy Of cultivated man with
more time for books and art than Lin
coin had. The man who wrote that
masterpiece Of American prose, the
Gettysburg address, could not have
been insensltlve to good poetry, and
his own style shows that he was alive
TO the literary beauties of the Bible.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

II is probably just coincidence that
one scientist predicts that we will all
be insane Just few years after the
date fixed by another scientist for the
disappearance Of the blondes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

A statistical expert says more money
is spent In this country for candy than
for hats, shoes and gloves combined.
This, however, is not as startling as
the fact that more money Is spent for
whisky and beer than for all of them
put together.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The Gar has appointed his uncle in
spector general of artillery, but the old
man will not have much to inspect un-
til some Of the artillery can be taken
back from the Japs.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

All proposals OF marriage on the ten
year plan should be accompanied by
tables Of rates showing, among other
things, the cash surrender value from
year to year,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

Scientists have declared that IL a
man be put in dark room with blue
lig-.t II is possible to extract his teeth
plainlessly. Shut man with the tooth
ache in dark room and the air will
become blue enough without artificial
aid
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

1t should be part of every ones
education to learn how to stand it.
Not enough is said Of the heroism of
those who recognize that they must
stand It, and quit complaining
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

While the statlstlcian Is striking all
sorts OF averages. the practical house
wife is being convinced that figures on
domestic economy are susceptible Of
prevarlcatiOn.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The conviction grows that IL Peary
fails John d. Rockefeller is the only
man who can take the North Pole into
camp.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
A Frank Tribute.

"She is beautiful" said the studious
girl, but she is not accomplished.
my dear" answered Miss Cayenne,
there is no accomplishment more diff.
cult than being beautiful. l."-WaShing.
ton Star.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

King Peter had a good deal Of tinsel
at his coronation, but he has nothing
on his clothes hooks that compares
with Dowie's new robe Of office.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

Some one might suggest to General
Corbln that an officers marriage is a
private affair.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

Especially is this true of bachelors who live in hotels
and have to do anything for themselves but all
share to degree In the common luxuries that have
converted even the poor among us into sybarites.
Strength of muscle. mind Of will Is acquired only
by exercise An athlete runs mile. 1t is hard work
but 1t builds up his muscle. If he lay in bed he would
be at ease, but his muscles would grow abby and
weak and In the day of trial he would fail child whose
slightest wish is obeyed will grow up weakwled and petu
and will be helpless afterward the face Of deter
mined opposition
Modern invention and the competition Of business have
relieved people of vast deal OF labor which formerly they
had TO perform The elevator saves climbing upstairs the
ELECTRIC light the work Of filling and cleaning oil
lamps the telephone going erands the cars
save walking All things done for In consequence
losing the habit and the knack OF doing things for
ourselves We going to seed falling into fesh suffer
ing weakening Of the will and a darkenng of the un
derstandng The old Spartan spirit is evaporatlng We
cry under slight pain and demand aneshecs. Our soft
bodies cannot stand heat cold soft minds intense
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The pumpkin pie that mother used
to make were usually called punkin
pies, were they not?
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

The Empress OF Japan smokes q sill
yer pipe. Well, even that isn't as bad
as cigarettes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Topics of
the Times

Uneasy lies the head that wears
Peters crown.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

been beterf The far greater peace and quiet
the town. the increased sobrety the absence of the old
Of youthful uans would suggest that there
has been improvement during the period since the whip
abandoned In the schools For reason New York
is far orderly than 1t before and order is
preserved easily. Riotng comparatively fre-
quent has ceased The discipline in the schools themselves
is more efficient than when 1t enforced with the rod
In every respect they are better.--New York Sun.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

If you would have your money reach
those who are needy, buy poetry with
If
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Keep the Rod Out Of School

NoW was II thirty years ago, when corporal pun
s1ment was abolished In the schoolsH Were
lot those the days when whole districts Of the
own were infested with gangs Of young ruff
lans who terrorized the neighborhoods and
~ galnst whom the police were almost power
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

1t is said of a certain cook that she
can't boil water without burning 1t.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

die with good laugh"
There is objection to joyousness on the solemn
occasion of passing from this form Of existence to Of
which know nothing except by faith All the same a
frivolous laugh to be aectaon of courage rather
than genuine herosm Death is Joke for those who
for those who left behind One may say with the
of Emerson: 1.-THE God who has led gracousy
all through this life trust wherever He leads me-"
Syracuse Telegram
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
COURAGE in War.

: !: !: !: e J: : : = e :
~ the great naval battles that have occurred in
TH the East In the great land battles doubt
HWH Hthe Russians died game, So did the japanese,
kAkk so do the common soldiers and sailors of most
KSMMNAV Vcivillzed peoples and Of many semcvllized
t0H@&I and many barbarian peoples No people in the
world meet death with more nonchalance or
more grim stocsm than the Turks North American
Indians To die reckessy in battle is trait and
argues special nobility of character Least of all does
give any indication of the righteousness OF cause
possession of the traits that make for the glory of nation
in peace To have bulldogs fearless pugnacty does not
the possession OF Christian even of moral
virtues Bad men have it In with the best men,
Boston Herald
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

It's fortunate thing for some won,
en- that beauty is only skin deep.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Makina Ourselves UacomIortabIe.

N NE Of the troubles, or, rather, sources OF the
troubles, Of this age is that people are too com
Portable. Hot and cold water in every room,
= electric light, elevators, steam heaters, easy
q chalrs-all these things are running the race.
Ri We are growing soft, torpid, lazy and inefect-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
Death and the fear of lt.

9-NEORGE MEREDITH is reported to have said
A - lin recent interview that doctors and parsons
w Eare doing harm by increasing the fear of death
land making the English less manly. mo one
KunaxI The added should consider death think Of 1t
k=1N Las than going from to another"
For his part, he says, he "hopes he shall
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

THE U. S. CRUISER GALVESTON.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03

And your petitioners do pray that the said
irrigation district be organized under the
provisions of said act, and for general relief