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The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

population should share In the Improvement
of this service.
Roosevelt's Reco m IN md alton.
In his last annual message President
Roosevelt again called attention to the
importance of the rural free delivery
service. saying:
The rural frec.delivery service has been
steadily extended The attention Of Con
gf-ss Is asked to the question Of the com
pensation OF the letter carriers and clerks
engaged IN the postal service, especially on
the new rurnl frre-dellvery routes. More
routes have been installed since the LIST Of
departments history While due regard
TO economy must lie kept In mind In the
establishment Of new routes, yet the eI-
tension Of the rural fre--delivcry system
must be continued for reasons Of sound
public policy. No governmental movement
OF recent years has resulted in greater i'm
medlnt" beneht to the people Of the coun-
try districts Rural frec.delIvery. taken In
connection with the telephone. the bicycle,
and the trolley. Bccomplishes much townrd
Iessening the isolation OF farm life and
making IL brighter, and more attractive,
In the Immediate past the lack Of just such
facilities as these has driven many Of the
more active and restless young and
women from the farms to the cities. for
they rebelled Mt loneliness and lack of
mental coinpanIonship. 1t Is unhealthy and
undesirable for the cities to grow at the
expense Of the country. and rural free de
but In good because II Is one Of the causes
which check this unwholesome tendency
toward the urban concentration OF our
population at the expense Of the country
districts
The foregoing quotations are sufficient
to show that Republican executives real
iztd the Importance of the rural delivery
system to the farming communities and
did everything in their power to extend
il. During President McKinley's first
term establishment. of routes had been
given such an impetus that by 1900 the
service lad passed far beyond the expert
mental stage and Congress had approp-
Rated S45O.OoO for maintenance of the
routes then in operation. These routes
numbered 1.2T6 at the close of McI[in
lcy's i'rst term, but many others had
been surveyed aud were ready to 1e
established. The service became so pop
ulnr that farmers flooded the postpflice
department with petitions for new routes.
Corps Of inspectors were appointed divi-
sions We're created. superintendent plnc-
ed in charge and the service was put on
n mt thudical business basis.
Routes Now In Operation.
Tie system has been so rapidly e1
tended under President Roosevelt that
Congress this year appropriated s2l 900.
GD for the service. which now en-
braces approximately 2I,5OO routes.
either in operation about to be estab
lished. These routes are scattered over
all the States and territories. as will
he seen by the following table. which
gives the total number of petitions re-
ferred for examination and investigation.
the routes in operation September
IL, 1901. and the number of petitions
pendin. on the same date:
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The French Bantam Club is preparing
for great rooster-crowing contest.
" hich is to take place in Paris next
month. The training OF ROSTERS for
Growing is an art In France The Demo-
cratic party has auadrenially attempted
to make rooster-crowing popular in the
United States. bu' has signally failed.
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The question as to where Judge Par
ker would apply the pruning knife to
national expenditures, whether in the
Postofiice Department, the army. the
navy or Oh pensions-items covering
more tl:an so per cent OF the national
eSpenditures-ha not been answered
and won't be. because national honor.
safety and mail facilities are dependent
on the appropriations for these purposes
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for the egotism of his personality. This
is the fifth presidential campaign in
which Mr.. Schurz has assailed Republi-
can candidates from the unscalable
heights of his own colossal egotisn. 9th
er men now and then have suspicion
that all the rest of mankind differing
from them may be right Carl Schurz is
never troubled by any such weak mis-
trust in his own omniscience.
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was finished Mr.. De Koven began
Chopin's Funeral March
Suddenly heavy hand was laid on
his shoulder and he was pushed off
the music stool.
"'You can't dismiss a congregation
said the organist impatiently. Watch
and see how soon I'll get them OUT"
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EvARrs SCORED ON HoAR.
Had Pat Answer Ready for Wrathful
Statesman.

He and Evarts were implacable en-
emies when 1t came to passage of
words, and the honors were about
even. One day. however. toward the
end of the New York senator's career,
Evarts came off with flying colors.
He was chairman Of the library COM
mittee and Hoar was minor mem
Der. Evarts was lazy, and would not
call his committee together from be-
ginning to end of session. A meas
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Last Australian Convict.

The last of the old-time convicts
transported from Great Britain to Aus
tralia has just died. His name was
Frederick Clarke. He was born in
Yorkshire in 1929 and was sent to
Tasmania under ten years sentence
in 1S47. Between then and his death
he received sentences amounting in
the aggregate to eighty-fve years and
seven months for bushranging, bank
robbing and other offenses.
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Decline to b. Led by Hill and sheehan

The Peoples Democratic party" a
new political organization in New Jer-
sey, will support Thomas T.. Watson. of
the Populist party. for President. The
new party is composed of Bryanites and
Hearstites, who bolted the Hill-Shcehan-
Parker party. Here is what the new
party's platform says:
I'VE decline to follow the lead of COM
mercial politicians into the camp of Wall
street. and refuse to recognize the Hills,
the Sheehans and the Belmonts as proper
exponents Of popular rights
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AutomobiIinq In India.

Automobiling is making a rapid ad-
vance in India. Next Christmas the
first reliability trials held under the
jurisdiction of the Motor Union of
Western India will take place. The
trials will be run from Delhi to Bonn
bay. distance of about $50 miles,
over very stiff reads. The native
princes are taking great interest in
automobiling generally.
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Likewise. Parker has heard something
about Illegal and dishonest trusts. but he
doesn't know that there is anything to
be done about them. And nobody cares
about his ideas on that question. He'll
never set any river atire in his indigna
ton over the trusts; not even river OF
petroleum would be ignited by such n
match.
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"our foreign policy has bsen not only
highly advantn Eeous to the United
States, but hardly less advantageous
to the world rs a whole. Peace and
good will have followed In it's foot.
acknowledgements letter OF acceptance.
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vote for Judge Parker in the coming
election will be a vote OF censure on The
odore Roosevelt. Ii is inconceivable how
any patriotic. fnir-minded American can
take that position toward man Of Pres
ident Rvosevelt's character and record.
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Parker declares that the American ma
ton is extravagant in its expenditures.
But the people know what they want,
and they mean to have it. They are
W Working hard to earn more money; that's
the way they meet necessary bills
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PLAYED ALTOGETHER TOO WELL
Reginald De Koven Not a Success at
Dismissing Congregation.

Reginald de Koven was touring the
country with one Of his operas" said
New York musician, 'and a certain
Sunday found him in the town of Day
ton.
They told M. de Koven that an
Episcopal church in the neighborhood
had superb organ. Accordingly he
went to that church. ascended to the
organ loft. and sat beside the organist
during the MORNINGS service.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

1t is denied that Judge Parker was
seen trying to set fire to the Hudson
River Mt Esopus with sulphur match
without taking the preliminary precau-
tion to smear its surface with pint
of kerosene.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

At every turn the Democrats continue
to prove themselves the best asset the
Republicans have in Il campaign. and
this year their candidate comes fully up
to the tradition of the party.
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Wooden.

Wooden.
"She should be celebrating her
wooden wedding"
What are you talking about? She
was only married the other day."
well, she married a blockhead."
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

From his chosen seat among the cata
combs Cari S'hurz has dictated 1000
word letter damuing Theodore Roosevelt
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Popular Oh

Popular Chorus.
While David Bennett Hill
Prepares to make his bow,
The people with a will,
Shout: You can quit
right
now,"
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Routes by states.

Tie suhjoined tables give more details,
as they show what has been done in the
Congressional districts. The States nam
ed IL the tables are fair examples of the
progress made by Republicans in cover
ing the whole country with rural mail
routes:
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your executors" said Evarts, with
smile.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
1. Thi. n C.mpnign Lier

o. this may be important
You'd better keep IL dark.
They say that Uncle Henry
Was with Noah on the ark.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

They say he ran for office
While living on that boat
And that. just as to-day. he failed
To get the floating vote.
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Totals ..............i|b
NEVADA.
NEW YORK.

'Fr"m the second to the seventh, and
from The ninth 10 the eighteenth districts.
inclusive. ~ The State Of New York, petl-
tlons have been flcd. they are city dis
tFlgts
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i'lhlN 'f''. ioi -o.s s'S-' fsfpt
Nutc.-Df the i.i6I petitions pending, 0SS
have been fhvorably considered and ordered
established, effective either October LIST or
I1rh 1901
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Rural Free Delivery Service of IncaIcu abe Ben
eft to Farming Communities.
DEMOCRATS WORKED HARD AGAINST II
FIatIy Refused to Obey the Mandate of Con-
gress to Establish Routes, but Are
Now Claiming Honor-Rec-
ords Compared
Roosevelt. Reco m IN md a tion.

population should share in the improvement,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07

islands I do not overlook the fact that
in the development of, our interests in
the Pacific ocean and along it's coasts,
the Philippines have played and will play
an important part, and that our interests
have been served in more than one way
chief reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought In good faith
to try to do our share of the world 8
work, and this particular piece of work
has been imposed upon us by the results
of the war with Spain.
For Elective Government.
Within, two years we shall be trying
the experiment Of an elective lower
house he Philippine, legislature. 1t
may be that the Filipinos WIN misuse
this legislature, and they certainly will
misuse it n they are misled by foolish
persons here at home into starting an
agitation for their own independence or
into any, factious or improper action. In
such case they will do themselves no
good and will stop for the time being all
further effort to advance them and give
eminent. But if they act with wisdom
and self-restraint, if they show that they
are capable of electing legislature
which in its turn is capable of taking a
sane and efficient part in the actual work
|. of government. they can rest assured
that 1ull ana increasing measure OF
recognition will be given them. Above
prime needssare moral and industrial, not
political. It is a good thing to try the
experiment of giving them legislature:
but it is q far, better thing to give. them
schools, good roads, railroads which will
enable them to get their products to mar
het, honest COURTS an honest and efficient
constabulary,, and all that tends to pro-
duce order, peace, fair dealing as between
man and man, and habits Of intelligent
I industry and thrift. If they are safe
guarded against oppression, and if theirreal
wants, material and spiritual are studied
intelligently and in a spirit of friendly
them than by any effort to give them
political power though this effort may
In Its own proper time and place 30
Hhsst *4sF
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
News Notes.

For the first time in history tho
Republican president comes from
Stearns county. >
Seven men have been killed by be-
ing mistaken for deer in the northern
Minnesota woods this season, and
there are few days left yet.
Chief O'Conner of St. Paul allowed
no turkey raffles for Thanksgiving.
The house speakership fight is set
tied and Frank Clague of Lamberton
will be the car of the house during
the coming session of the legislature.
Gen. C. C. Andrews yesterday re-
ceived report of prairie fire near
Deedwood, in Kittson county. The
origin of the fire is assigned to a
railroad engine. About 1890 acres
were burned over.
The w. H.. Walker Milling COM
pany's mill, elevator and flour ware
house burned at Alden. The origin
of the: fire is unknown. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
The state farm school sent a dele.
CATION Of about seventy-fve students
to the international live stock show
held at Chicago. The students, have
secured a special rate Of IS for the
return trip in special coaches.
Construction work on the Moorhea6
street railway line is about finished.
The Northern Pacific has issued :
handsome THANKSGIVING menu card
An Indian squaw, with her papoos<
on her back, L. the illustration OF
the front cover. The back cover
shows. an Indian family before it.
tepee. Inside ars several appropriate
verses. II,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
Milking by Electricity.

An electric COW mixer is the latest
invention which is receiving attention
by State Dairy and Food commissioner
w. w. P. Mcconnell.
The apparatus is similar to the one
now in use in many parts of Germany.
The machine has rubber hood (which
is attached to the udder of the cow. A
rubber tube conveys the milk to a
large vessel and the air is removed
from the tube by a electrical device
and the action is similar to the suck.
ing of calf. Other tubes can be run
to different cows. The highest sue
cessful test that the machine has made
is on twenty cows.
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examinations. This corps includes ex-
perienced consulting and constructing
mechanical and legal matters, and is COM
posed largely of men who have spent
most of their lives in practical affairs
connected With irrigation. The larger
problems have. been solved and it now
remains to execute with care, economy
been laid out. All important details are
being carefully considered by boards of
consulting engineers, selected for their
thorough knowledge and practical ex-
perience. Each project is taken up on
the ground by competent men and viewed
from the standpoint OF the creation of
prosperous homes, and of promptly re-
funding to the treasury the cost of con-
struction. The reclamation act has been
found to be remarkably complete and eff
fective, and SO broad in it's provisions
that a wide range of undertakings has
been possible under it. At the same
time, economy Is guaranteed by the fact
that the funds must ultimately be re-
turned to be used over again.
Forests.
It is the cardinal principle of the forest
reserve policy Of this administra ton that
the reserves are for use./ Whatever in
terferes with the use Of their resources
Is to be avoided by every possible means.
But these resources must be used in such
way as to make them permanent.
The forest policy of the government is
just now a subject Of vivid public inter-
est throughout the west and to the peo-
pie of the United States in general. The
forest reserves themselves are of ex-
IRENE value to the present as well as to
the future welfare Of all the" western
public-land states. They powerfully at
feet the use and disposal Of the public
lands. They are Of special Importance
because they preserve the water supply
| and the supply of timber for domestic
purposes, and so promoteSsettlement un-
! der the reclamation act. Indeed, they are
essential to the welfare of every one OF
the great interests OF the west u. i Z
Forest reserves are created for two
principal purposes. The drst Is to pre-
serve the water supply. This Is their
most important use. The principal users
Of the water thus preserved are irriga-
ton ranchers and settlers. cities aud
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07

with cordlal hospitality.
But the citizenship of this country should
not be debased. lit is vital that we should
keep high the standard of .well-beinr
among our wage workers. and therefore
We should not admit masses of men whose
standards OF living and whose personal GUS
toms and habits are such that they tend to
lower the level Of the American wage work.
er; and above all. we should not admit any
man OF an unworthy type, any man con-
corning whom'we can say that he will him
self be bad citizen, or that his children
and grandchildren will detract from in
stead of adding to the sum of the good
citizenshiptof the country Similarly we
should take the greatest care about nat
ural1Zatton. Fraudulent naturalization,
the naturalization Of improper persons. is
curse to our government; and it is the
affair Of every honest voter, wherever born,
to see that no fraudulent voting is allowed,
tnat no fraud In connection with natural
ization Is permitted
Naturalization Laws Need Revision.
There should be a comprehensive revi-
sion OF the naturalization laws. The courts
having power to naturalize should be
denn1teiy named by national authority; the
testimony upon which naturalization may
be conferred should be definitely prescribed
publication OF impending naturalization
applications should be required in advance
of their hearing in court;' the form and
wording of all certificates issued should be
uniform throughout the country, and the
courts should be required to make returns
10 Inc secretary Of state at stated periods
OF all naturalizations conferred.
Not only are the laws relating to
naturalization now defective, but those
relating to citizenship of the, United
States ought also to be made the subject
OF scientific inquiry with view to prob:
able further legislation. BY what acts
expatriation may be assumed, to have
been accomplished, how long an Amer,
.ceive the protection of our passport,
whether any degree OF protection should
he extended to- one who has made the
declaration.o Of intention to BECOME q citi-
gen Of the United States but has not So
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Increase the Penalty.

AS result of the numerous reeert
hold-ups and murders that have &C.
Cured in Minnesota the announcement
Is made that one of the first bills that
will be introduced in the Minnesota
legislature in January will be an act
providing punishment of life impris-
onment for conviction in any hold-up
case where dangerous weapon is
used.
Such bill is in force in Illinois and
other states will adop: similar mea-
sures this year.
Should such bill b. introduced in
the Minnesota legislature there is little
doubt but that it would pass, as there
is strong sentiment already in favor
OF some such strenuous measure. The
recent hold-ups in the vicinity of Min
neapolis have aroused the public and
anything in the way of Legislation that
would have tendency to check such
brutal work would have the support
of the public.
It is stated that the bill will be in.
PRODUCED by member Of the Ramsey
delegation in the house and that it will
be drawn alonf the lines of the ILL
nois act.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
Rhodes Scholarship.

Examinations of this year for the
Cicil Rhodes scholarship at OxforG
must be held in January, according to
a change in the rules, of which the
scholarship committee for Minnesota
has just been notified. Last year the
the examinations were held in the
spring. The Minnesota committee
which, consists of President Cyrus
Northrop of the state university, DR..
G. H. Bridgman of Hamline, President
Mattson of Gustavus Aldolphus, and
President Salmon of Carleton, met in
the Office of President Northrop at the
university.
The examination will be held at the
university in January, and thus far
fifteen students of that institution
have announced that they will ente,
the competition. The other colleges
are expected to increase the number tc
about twenty-five. Last year there
were only five competitors.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
For the Babies.

A bill has been drafted for presenta-
tation at the next session Of the legis-
lature making it q misdemeanor for a
landlord to refuse to rent house or a
Dat to family having children. It is
understood that the bill will be pre-
sented by a member of the Hennipin
county delegation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
MANY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Sees a Pressing Need for
Labor and Trust Leg
iSlation.
NO WORD ABOUT TARIFF.
Leaves the Subject for Special Mes
sage Which He Promises at
Later Date.

SHOWS Good Results from the Work
OF the Agricultural DEPARTMENT.
outlines Our Relations with For
eaKn Countries and with the Phil
anpines-urges Need of Adequate
Naval Force as Guarantee of Pence
nm" Asks for Revision Of Immi-
grafton Laws.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
State Fair Figures.

The Minnesota State Fair association
closes its fiscal year, Dec 10, with a
profit on the years operations of near
ly $4,000. The annual, report of the
association, which wilr be given out
soon, will show that the rainy weather
which prevailed during the week Of
the fair this year did not make much
over $4,000 difference between the
profits of 1908 and 1904 fairs.
The excellent showing made by the
fair association is matter of much
surprise to the public in general l,
was believed that the rains of fai,
week would cut the profits down to a
small figure, and might even leave q
deficit on the years business.
Secretary E. w. Randall said that the
report Of the years operations was nov
nearly complete and tn at he believed
he was safe in saying the profits are
within $40, 900 of those Of last year.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07
Gets Top Prize.

Tho Minnesota state college Of agri-
culture beat the world III cattle at the
International live stock exhibition in
Chicago, when Clear Lake Juto the
Aberdeen Angus two-year-old prize
steer, was awarded the first and great
est prize of the exposition, that of
grand champion.
Clear Lake Jute won second place,
or that of reserved grand champion,
in the same exhibit year ago. He
was sent to the Chicago exposition by
the Minnesota institution in the hope
that he would this year capture the
first prize. He fulfilled their expecta-
lions of all the cattle experts at the in
stitution by first carrying of first
place in the Angus prize contest and
followed this by winning the greatest
cattle prize in the nation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-25
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX AND HER WORK.

mighty personal influence
and audience Mrs Ella Wheeler
Evening Journal whose
ton there multiplied by their dao throughout the country give her
practical thoughts
living sincere sympathetic and filled with the
American mind the hunger struggling
o
daughter
forced
to miles
still
Mercury and other periodicals
In of
famous book
from Harbor the Golden Gate
publicity un1rng loyalty dream her
M. Meriden, brought
winter home being New York and her
life the city.
1908 b. B.. Hamlin, Jr