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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-10-08
PunIshes the Eleotors.

To avenge his defeat in the munich
pal elections for the Proyincian Coun-
ell at Tralos Monies, the Marquis de
Xanos cornered the entire stock OF
the butchers and poulterers Of the
town. The inhabitants had to subsist
without meat for a week.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-10-08

that was cut. Smiths or Browns
might have been quite hacked off and
no phonograph would have resulted.
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30
INDEPENDENCE
DAY x 1904

nial, others were regimental, and still
others were for special occasions.
That at Fort Sullivan, Charleston har'
Dor, was a blue field with a silver
crescent. The ensign under which the
battle Of Bunker Hill was fought was
the New England flag The flag Of an
American cruiser Is thus described by
the London Chronicle Of January,
1776:
"The field Is white bunting; on the
middle Is a green pine tree; and on
the opposite side is the motto, ZAP
peal to heaven" The flag Of the Gull
pepper men, who marched with Pat
rick Henry, had rattlesnake, coiled
ready to strike, with the words, Don't
tread on me"
The first American flag having thir-
teen alternate red and white stripes
upon it. iaere is good reason to believe
was presented to the Philadelphia
Light Horse by Captain Markoe, early
in ITS. T>e earliest naval flag show
ed thirteen alternate red and white
stripes with either a pine tree or rat
tlesnake, with the words Don't tread
on me-" The union flag raised Cam
bridge, Jan. /, 1776, had thirteen alter
nate red and white stripes with the
English union in one corner.
When the necessity for national
flag made itself felt the Congress of
June IA, 1777 resolved; That the flag
of the United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white, and
that the union be thirteen stars, white
on a blue field representing new
constellation The first display Of
this flag at a military post was at Fort
Schuyler, site Of the present city Of
Rome, N. Y. Paul Jones claimed he
was the first to show the stars and
stripes on a naval vessel The nation
al flag first appeared over foreign
stronghold, Fort Nassau, New Provl-
dence, Bahama Islands, on Its cap
ture, June 2S, 177S. Capt. Mooers Of
the whaling ship Bedford, first flew
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30
American.

0, Mother Of a mighty race,
Yet lovely In thy youthful grace
The elder danes, thy naughty peers
Admire and hate thy blooming years;
With words Of shame
And taunt Of scorn they join thy name
For on thy cheeks the glow Is spread
That tints thy morning hills with red;
Thy step-the wild deer's rustling rect
Within thy woods are not more fleet;
Thy hopeful eye
Is bright as thine own sunny sky,
Ay, let them rail, those naughty ones,
While safe thou dwellest with they sons
They do not know how loved thou ART,
How many fond and fearless heart
Would rise 10 throw
Its life between thee and the foe.
They know not in their hate and pride,
What virtues with thy children bide-,
How true, how good, thy graceful maids
Make bright, like flowers, the valley
shades
What generous men
Spring, like thine oaks, by MIL ana gien'
What cordial welcomes greet the guest
BY thy lone rivers of the west
How faith Is kept and truth reyered
And man Is loved. and God Is feared,
In woodland homes
And where the ocean border foams
There's freedom at thy gates, and rest
For earth's down-trodden and opprest'
A shelter for the hunted head.
For the starved laborer toll and bread'
Power, ut thy bounds ...
Stops, and calls back his baftled MOUNDS
o, fair young Mother on thy brow
Shall sit nobler grace than now,
Deep In the brightness of thy skies,
The thronging years In glory rise,
And as they fleet,
Drop strength and riches at thy feet'
Thine eve with every coming hour,
Shall brighten, and thy form shall tower
And when thy sisters, elder born,
Would brand thy name with words O
scorn,
Before thine eye
Upon their lips the taunt shall die,
William Cullen Bryant.
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

the flag IN Great Britain, Feb. 3, 1883
At length a committee was appointed
to definitely fix the national standard
This committee called in Capt Sam
uel C. Reid of the privateer Arm
strong, to devise a new flag. He re-
tanned the original thirteen stripes
and the blue ground of the union, but
added star for every state, and this
has been the device of the flag ever
since. On the admission Of territory
as a new state, new star is added to
the field of the National flag, In 1871
there were forty-fve stars.
Third, The Symbolism of the Flag
In the Bible there are certain num-
bers and emblems to which a sacred
character Is attached. These are sig'
nificant in the Christian as they were
in the Mosaic and the Edenic dispensa-
tions. In the flag there are numbers
and emblems apparently unconscious
ly adopted. 1t is remarkable that the
numbers and emblems of the Bible
and the flag are the same. Yet we
cannot for a moment think that the
designers of the flag consciously
selected these numbers and embens
because of their sacred character; or
knew that they were sacred at all,
from which we are shut up to the con-
clusion that the choice was made
under a controlling providence.
To begin with. The flag as whole
represents unity. In itself this is
nothing extraordinary. But then
unity, or One, is Of a sacred nature.
Thirteen Is popularly considered to be
an unlucky number. But the nation
and the flag belle this superstition.
The original United States were thlr-
teen and the original national flag
had thirteen stripes and thirteen stars.
This alone would stamp the flag
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

But twelve and one make thirteen
There is something more than remark
able in the sacred numbers Of the flag
that eliminate in twelve. They are:
/ 1+-3+4+6+7+12= SO, the exact num-
ber of years that Christ lived on
the earth, and the exact average OF
human life upon the earth, and the
exact number Of years in luni-solar
cycles of time, Is all this mere chance
work?
But this is not all. The colors are
sacred also. When God would give
outward expression to the mystic
symbolism of Religion He was careful
to express the colors Of His choice.
"Blue and purple and scarlet and fine
turned linen"-the colors Of the
American fag-red, white and blue.
Red Is the sign Of redemption, blue
of heaven, white Of purity and peace,
When the civilized world would SYM
bolize mercy, it could only think Of a
red cross on white ground-two of
the flags colors, and that sign will
touch the hearts Of enraged combat
ants, Christian and pagan, now en-
gagged in deadllest strife, for where 1t
flies there is "holy ground"
The Star, too, Is a sacred figure
1t is a scriptural sign, prophetic
symbol, an apocalyptic emblem. The
Star sang creations hymn the first
Sabbath morn; spoke to the Father
of the Faithful from the midnight
sky, and heralded the Prince Of Peace
standing above the Bethlehem hills.
Can a flag SO instinct with heavens
emblems, and pulsating to every
breath of breeze Or blast Of storm,
with holy sign and sacred symbol,
have come by chance? Believe 1t who
may, an American can never!
Ravenswood, Chicago. III.
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

as providential. But then the alter
nate stripes were seven red and six
white; and both numbers are sacred
Let us deal with the seven rcd stripes
first. Look at your flag, and you will
find that the long stripes are three
in number and the short stripes four
Why are they so divided? Why not
five and two? The answer is: Be-
cause three is a sacred number, and
next to one Is the most significant,
and four is a sacred number also One
represents the unity Of the Godhead,
and three the Threefold personality
of the Deity. Unity and Trinity, or
/ plus equal 4, and four in symbolic
numbers represents completion or
perfection. -Four is unique in Its com
prehensiveness. Thus we speak OF
the four quarters of the globe, the
four cardinal points, the four seasons
Of the year, the four winds Of heaven,
and in Biblical imagery the four Liv-
ing Creatures, the four Judgments OF
God, etc. But three and four make
seven, another sacred number. In the
Book OF Revelation we read OF the
Seven Candlesticks, the Seven Seals,
the Seven Trumpets, the Seven Stars,
the Seven Spirits Of God, etc. Then
the six white stripes are doubly sym
bolical. First, six is sacred number,
being a double triad, or Trinity twice
repeated, the emphatic trine and Sec
ond. white is a unity composed OF
seven, as white light is composed Of
the seven prismatic rays which con-
sist Of three primary and four second
ary, a remarkable correspondence to
the three long and the four short red
stripes Of the flag. But these two,
six and seven, make another sacred
number, thirteen. The sacredness Of
thirteen is intensified by looking at 1t
1t another way. Three and four multi.
piled together produce twleve, anoth-
er sacred number, as the twelve
tribes, the twelve Apostles, the twelve
signs of the Zodiac, and such like
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

When the law
bumps up against the
firecracker the law
usually retires from
the scene with a few
burned fingers and a
bum eye.
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

X. Yes,
ma. Doras, you are a good
1W. guesser, This is
W, the Fourth of July
~ Modest, shy,
~ Timid, shrinking,
nv quiet, u1assuming,
etc,
Uh july 4th,
~ The day we celebrate
IA Early and late
~ And in the middle;
',,. also around the
~ edges,
" With hammers, tongs
and sledges,
y |, Anvils, steam whis-
~ ties, boiler factories
!. A grand
y Collision between a
v ton Of noise
=, And q wagonload Of
=, sound.
y. The boys
~ Sit around the house
~ all day
4 And play
:, With their thumbs,
I, q oh, yes!
)M' ! guess
I'M That's a poor joke.
N, Great smoke!
Nv, It's really funny.
W.T., You cant get them
~ near the houses eX-
-, cept for money.
~ They start in bright
Y And early a week be-
/ fore and keep it up
e, until midnight.
Next day
~ The doctor h OIL d S
sway.
The old men Get the
. pace when they
. were boys,
The year of the big
=, noise,
I, And you cant stop the
:" Z hubbub
N With a club
: Or a standing army
~ What's the use.
+, OF a glorious Fourtf
4, u, II you can't turI
,M noise loose?
~ II it's to be
Yy A quilting match or
W pink tea
Let the boys know
In advance Of tht
Nm. show
eiMlh That they must shoe
No cracker, toot
VIII Nh horn
~ And they will not g
~ to the trouble 0
@ being born.
. The doctor is a bus,
S'A man,
lin N His harvest time !!
~ " here;
-; And he will max
enough this wee
To last him for a veal
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

Still, is it worth
such a fuss over a lit
tie thing like licking
the British?
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

Almost any reason
ing being if he had his
choice would rather be
an automobile than a
horse on the Fourth CT
July,
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

TO see some old
men holding their
ears and to listen to
the rumblings Of their
crouch, one would
think they never were
boys.
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30
The Day

Exper.enc . has
taught you in advance
that picnlcs are a de-
lusion and a snare; so
you know what to ex-
pect.
II elections were
held on July s the par
ty that would promise
to raise the tariff on
frecrackers 100 per
cent would get all the
votes except those OF
the wholesalers and
retailers Of noise.
It Is generally ad-
mitted that the Chi
nese might have teen
in better business
than they were when
inventlng the fire
cracker,
The Globe-republican., 1904-06-30

Some foxy gentle
men 60 up in balloons
on the Fourth to es-
cape the noise.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

There has been a lot Of noise and
talk-both of which are cheap-but
when the votes are counted next
Thursday afternoon it will be found
that E. c. kirkpatrick has a good,
substantial majority in every pre-
cinct in Dallas. The boasts of his
opponents fall fiat when one
observes the frantic efforts they are
making to get votes for their side.
The people of Dallas will never
turn down as loyal friend as
e. G. Kirkpatrick, a man who has
worked for every public improve
ment, and whose purse is always
open when money for securing
important industries is needed, and
who, by the way, never fails or
refuses to pay his subscription after
these industries are established.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick has always been
true to his home town, and his
friends are going to join in nomi-
mating him for State Senator be-
cause they know he will be just as
loyal to all of Polk county, and
because he is capable of filling the
Office to which he aspires.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
City Election Next Monday

The annual city election will be held
next Monday. One councilman from
each ward is to be elected. The candi-
dates in the First Ward are W. Fl.
Boals and J. G. VanOrsdel; in the
Second Ward, @. E. Shaw and Fl. E.
Kozer. In the Third Ward there is
but one candidate in the field, and the
only name to be voted on will be that
of Charles f Belt, the present in
cumbent. No ward conventions were
held this year, all the candidates be-
ing nominated by petition.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

A vote for e. G. Kirkpatrick is a
vote for a man who will work to
build up every institution in Polk
county and tear down none. 1t is
a vote for a man who is broad
minded enough to rise above all
factions and personal ends and
labor earnestly tor the best interests
of Polk county and the State Of
Oregon. 1t is a vote for a man who
is not pledged to any man or set of
men and who would 60 to the
Legislature free to vote and act as
his best judgment and the needs Of
the people would dictate. 1t is a
vote for a man who is not seeking
the high office of State Senator
merely to secure some Federal APP
pointment or other employment
after his term in the Legislature
expires. 1t is vote for a man who
would be able to stand on the floor
of the Senate and champion the
cause Of the people when measures
affecting their interests were being
considered by that august body. 1t
is a vote for man who desires an
election solely for the good that he
might be able to do in promoting
the welfare and prosperity of the
people of Oregon. These are the
points worthy of the serious con-
sideration of every Republican
when casting his ballot in the pri-
maries next Thursday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
Good Farm at a Bargain.

286acre farm, miles from Dallas
so acres in cultivation; 10 acres in
hops; good hop house plenty of fruit
we'll watered by living water; several
springs on place; good pastures, and
plenty Of timber; one mile from Rail
road house, barn and outbuildings.
A nice home, and great bargain at
$15 per acre. Call on, or address
W. A. AYRES,
Dallas. Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
HAVE DONE GOOD WORK
Citizen Gives Reasons Why Dallas
COunciImeh Should Be Elected.

DALLAS, Or, March 31-(To the
Editor. AS citizen and taxpayer OF
Dallas, desire to express my appre-
citation of the effective work that has
been done by the city council during
the past two years in helping to make
Dallas live and progressive town.
More substantial and needed improve
ments have been made by the present
council than by any set Of men that
ever held the office before. These men
have proved that they had the right
kind of qualities in them by the firm
manner in which they refused to
allow themselves to be bluffed or in
fluenced by the enemies Of the water
works improvement, and now, that the
city has splendid water supply un-
equalled elsewhere in the Willamette
Valley, the people are all rejoicing
that the city officers fought their way
through to success IN the face of every
discouragement that could be offered.
No sooner were the water-works COM
pleted than the council turned their
attention to another matter of vital
Importance to the health and cleanli-
ness Of the city-that of a sewerage
system. There is no doubt that they
will carry forward this improvement
in a manner as prompt and salts
factory to the people as they did in
the construction of water-works. Their
plan to assess none but the property
directly benefited by the sewers Will
meet the hearty approval Of the tax
payers and is plan that is fair and
equitable to all. The councilmen
seem to be working together
harmoniously, and, as they are more
familiar with the work they have in
hand than any new men could hope
to be for long time, it would seem
unwise to make any change in the
board at this particular time The
councilmen give the city much Of their
valuable time and make nocharge for
their work, and it would seem only a
just and gracious recognition of the
good work they have already done to
reward them with another term of
office. All the candidates on the petit
tiOns are good men, but it seems to be a
general opinion that a mistake would |
be made IN not re-electing the old
councilmen to finish the good work
they have begun. Will you please
give this communication a space in
your valuable paper, and oblige
A CITIZEN. /
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
PROBATE.

Estate OF Joseph Loe, deceased-hnal
account approved.
Guardianship of W. E. Wann, in.
competent-sale confirmed, and guar
dian directed to make deed.
Guardianship of G. G. and M. H.
Settlemier-guardian discharged as to
@. G. Settlemier
Estate Of Gilbert McCabe, deceased
petition to sell personal property
granted
Estate Of Sarah Z. Fisher, deceased
hearing of final account continued
until April %, 1904; administrator
given until April in which to file
amended final account and proof of
claims; the objectors to have until
April to file objections.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Avery Hinshaw to Havila Hinshaw,
144.54 acres, t 6 S, r6w, $500.
G w Johnson ct ux to Arthur
Glover, lots l3, IA and IS, block G,
West Salem, 1925.
H B Plummer, trustee, to Mrs M @
Furminger, lot 8, block 23, Imp 90
add to Dallas, $50.
E N Branson ct ux to Allyn Yocom,
1902 II acres, t 6 s, r W, $780,
e B Gobat ct ux to w A Mclean.
100 acres, 6 S, r 6 W, $2OO0
W A Bates ct ux to j NJ Taber, :
acre, s, 6 W, $40.
John e Miller ct ux to P H Johnson
tract in Monmouth, $34.
Essie Hawley TO A L Wallace, lots 5
and 6, block 27, Thorp's Independence.
$125.
William Ellis, administrator, to
@ W Campbell ct al, tract in and 8
s, + 5 W, $163.45.
H S Montgomery ct ux to Oregon
Lumber, Wood & Light Co., tracts in
t8 s,r6 W, $4,000.
Seth Riggs ct al, referees, to Chas
S Ruge, 100 acres, t7 S, 8 W, $780,
RF Robinson ct ux to A W Lambert
1880 acres, t 8 S, W, $250O
John D Cameron ct ux to Susie NJ
Montgomery, part Of lot s, block B,
Cameron add to Falls City, $35.
Julia B Jones ct al to L N Mulkey, s
acres, s, I W, $275.
John D Cameron to Maude Cameron,
tract in t 8 S, W, $4OO.
G W Miller ct ux to W N Nc
AZ acres, t 9 S, 4W, 81.
Riley w Swink ct ux to Mrs E |
McLane, lots and 6, block l, Suver,
$3.50.
CL Starr to H E Starr, 11.77 acres,
s, W, $780,
Henry Hill ct ux to Sherman Lem
mon, lot 7, block 70, Hills add to
Hills Independence, 81.
F A Douty to A J Gortmaker, lot l,
block 6, Hill's add to Independence,
$75.
F W Durbtp etux to B o Schucking,
81. A acres, t 6 S, rs W, $1,000
Julia A Ellis to G w and Della
tract in u and s, r W,
81.
Henry Howe to Dell Byerley, acre,
John Lewis d c, $10O
Dell Byerley to Henry Howe, 1 acre.
John Lewis d C, 800.
Martha J Hyde to Edwin w Dorton,
OTIS and 6, block 8, Balls 18th add to
Ballston, $780,
Henry Howe to R Wood, acres,
Iohn Lewis d c, $500.
W N Mclaughlin to G W Harley ct
II, 27.31 acres, t S, I 4 W, $1,000.
Henry H Turner to J T Bowman,
1924 acres, t z 5, W, 1870.
Il Bowman ct ux to w G. Stanton,
3.24 acres, t z s, I 3 W, $l100.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

Hon. B. F. Mulkey, whose name
has been mentioned in connection
with the Congressional nomination,
says his professional work as Presi
dent of the Southern Oregon Normal
School absorbs his entire energies
and that he has no time to engage
in politics. To the Oregonian
correspondent at Ashland, he said:
II am grateful to my friends who
have been kind enough to think of
me in connection with this high
position, but must decline to
mingle with politics directly or
remotely"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
Thursday, April (,
at 2 o'clock P. NJ.

Men who seek office merely to
advance their own personal ends or
those of some certain faction are
unworthy of consideration at the
hands of the voters. A public office
is too often regarded as a private
snap, and the people have to pay
the bills and get nothing in return.
Merit alone should count in the
choice of candidates Voters should
consider well this fact when casting
their ballots in the Republican
primaries next Thursday afternoon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

The Democrats have as usual set
their convention one week later
than the Republican convention,
hoping thereby to profit by any
mistake that their opponents may
happen to make. This policy Of
the minority party sometimes gives
them a chance to slip in a few
officers here and therein fact, it
is about the only chance they have
and, therefore, it is not bad politics.
There is only one way for the Re-
publicans to beat the game, and
that is, not to make any mistakes
this year.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

1t is to be earnestly hoped that
there will be large attendance Of
voters at the Republican primaries
to be held in all the precincts Of
Polk county next Thursday after
noon. The good of the county de-
mands that representative men be
chosen as delegates to the county
convention, and it is the plain
duty of every Republican to attend
the primaries and vote for men
who will exercise wisdom and dis
cretion in making up the county
ticket.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
FIRST STEP TAKEN
Council Decides to Lay Sewers on
Mill and Court Streets.

The city council has decided to be-
gin work on the sewerage system as
soon as the property in interest
can be notified and the contract let.
This decision was reached at a special
meeting held on Wednesday evening
of this week, and the motion to begin
the improvement was carried by a
unanimous vote. While plans and
estimates for every street in the city
have been prepared, no attempt will
be made to sewer any but the business
district and two residence streets this
year
The Court Street sewer will extend
from Hayter street to the outlet on the
county road near Abel Uglow's dwell
ing house, and will reach all property
as far south as the postofTice
on Main street. The Mill street
sewer will be built from Hayter
street to Lyle street, (the old Waymire
corner),and south on Lyle street to the
sewer on Court street. E. G. Kirkpat-
rick will grant the city a free right-of-
way across his property for the outlet,
which will be about 500 feet in length.
The only practical outlet that can be
had is at the foot of Court street, and
all the pipe that is laid now or in the
future will have to empty into this
main. Having secured the right-of-
way from Mr.. kirkpatrick, the city
will never be handicapped in extend
ing the system to all parts of town as
rapidly as the people desire.
The council will meet on Monday,
April is, at 7 80 o'clock p. m, to hear
any and all objections that may be
made to the proposed improvement by
the owners of the property proposed to
be benefited 10y these sewers.
Try OBSERVER legal blanks.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

While the opponents of E. c,
kirkpatrick have worked strenuous
ly to defeat him for the office to
which he aspires, not one of them
has questioned his ability or in
tegrity. His business career has
been honorable, and the success he
has achieved in his private affairs
leads the voters to believe that he
be woulda useful man in guarding
the best interests of the people of
Polk county, if elected to seat in
the State Senate. Polk county has
for many years enjoyed the dis
tinction Of being ably represented
in the Oregon Senate, and her
citizens will make no omistake when
they nominate and elect Mr.. Kirk
patrick to this important position.