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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

A column of small odds means
money in a ledger as well as in a
journal.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

The best and rarest moral bracer In
the world is the knowledge that some
one has faith in you.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
Acetylene Gas,

ed in reading about 1t in another part
of this paper.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

San Francisco's demand for brick Is
so great it has created brick famine
in California
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

When the fool killer met the scorch-
ing automobilist, there was hot
time in the old town that night
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

=, hed Cross Bag Blue makes clothes whittier
IMAM snow: Delights the laundress. Ali
grocers sell it, Refuse imitations @An
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Adam found gardening in Paradise
impossible, for he had neither son nor
heir.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

ear is attached at G into which tb
rope Is fastened The requirements
are a pail. rope and some stiff wire.
Montreal Herald
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Some people are born rich, while
other strike diaper-pin the first
week.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Real restitution is rarely seen in
Japan. Though some of it's inhabit-
ants are very poor, yet all seem to be
fairly well fed
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
HELPS AND HINTS
Designs OF Practical Value in
Home Made Labor Savers
Hydraulic Ram or Pump.

nquirer.-Which is the better for
raising water, a pump or hydraulic
ram?
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

pick lock, but anybody can pick d
quarrel.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
Homemade Corn Cutter,

Homemade Corn Cutter.
This implement is made by boiling
the blade of a strong heavy scythe to
a sled, as shown In the illustration.
A rod of wrought iron about one inch
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

McCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Houston, Texas, operates the lar &c st force
of competent detectives In the South
They render written opinions In cases not
handled by them. Reasonable rates.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

A father thinks he is q good discip.
linarian when he gets mad with his
wife because the children won't mind
him.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
BIG SENSATION
IN HOUSTON,

Houston, Texas, Oct. II, 1905.
When the Houston daily papers an.
nounced that the Higgins Furniture
Company would leave Houston and To-
cato in Los Angeles, California, II
came like a thunderclap from a clear
sky. They have always carried the
best goods at the lowest prices, doing
big business. They advertise goods
at nfty cents on the dollar. Any party
in the state can save money by coming
to Houston and buying their furniture
and cooking stoves. Write immedi-
ately to higgins Furniture Company,
Houston, Texas, for their five lists of
special bargins at fifty cents on the
dollar, or better still, come to Hous-
ton. The sale begins Wednesday.
Oct. Is, at 10 a. m. 1t Is expected that
10000 people will attend this sale
opening.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething, softens the gums reduces M
0smmaton, alays pain. wind coils 25c bottle.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Sir Isaac Holden used to get recre-
alton out of compulsory walking
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21
LARGE or Small Pipe.

]. M. OIL have a spring 600 feet
distant and 60 feet lower than my
house. | wish to lay pipe and build
a windmill to pump the water. One
man tells me to lay twO-inch pipe
the entire distance from the spring to
the tank, as the friction on one-inch
pipe would be too great. Another
man advises me to lay one-inch pipe
as the weight of water in a two-inch
pipe would be so great in a 60-foot
rise that the pump couldn't work.
Which is the better size to use?
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Holiness without heart is but a hin
drance to humanity.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Politicians are men who try to save
the country at it's own expense.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Piso Cure for Consumption Is an infallrole
medicine for coughs and colds-N w. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove N. j.. Feb II, 1900
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Try me Just once and I am sure q
como again. Defiance Starch.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Storekeepers and HoteIkeepers
Should investigate acetylene gas
Write "Acetylene Jones" to-day.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

More than 1000 people earn a living
in Paris by fortune telling.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Farmers and Merchants
will be interested in announcement OF
"Acetylene Jones" in this paper.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-10-21

Early to bed and early to rise makes
farmer so durn tired that he bankers
for Sunday i. e.s,,..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-13

governor Chamberlan's message to
'he legislature is one of the most
Voiumlnous documents ever prepared
oy an Oregon governor, and consists
Oh about 10000 words.
Every subject of interest to the
state is discussed in full. Following
are some of the chief subjects which
receive attention from the executive:
Taxation of Corporations.
taxation for state purposes ought
70 De divorced as far as possible from
'nat Tor county and municipal pur-
poses' 10 that end, in many states,
methods have been successfully re-
sorted to for relieving real as well as
personal property from taxation to
meet the expenses of the administra-
tion of the affairs of the state.
AT the last regular session of the
legislature, progress was made in the
right direction by the passage of the
inheritance tax law and the corpora
tion license law. There may be in
equalities in these that will need adj
Justment, but the general purposes of
both are most excellent.
During the 16 months the Inherit
ance tax law has been in force, $6,-
1888 has been pad into the state
treasury Hereunder, while under the
latter law $191,615.S7 has been col
iected. These amounts are likely to
increase each year as the state grows
In population.
In addition to the amounts thus
realized. insurance companies during
the year 1903 paid $7,363.21 license
fees and $38,O36.19 taxes on net pre-
miums collected, and for 1904 ST.
310.51 license fees. The tax for the
latter year will not be due until
March 1st next.
OF the license fees collected 40 per
cent Is paid to the secretary of state
as fees under section 3724 Bellinger
and Cotton's code, while only so per
cent thereof is paid into the treasury.
THE TAXES REALIZED FROM
THESE THREE SOURCES SHOW
WHAT is POSSIBLE TO BE DONE
FOR PURPOSES OF STATE OTHER
THAN BY LEVYING A TAX UPON
THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF
THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
BUT A STEP FURTHER SHOULD
BE TAKEN TO REACH A CLASS OF
PROPERTY THAT, PRACTICALLY
ESCAPES TAXATION. 1 REFER
TO THE TAXATION OF THE FRAN
CHISES OF EXPRESS, TELE-
PHONE, TELEGRAPH, PULLMAN
CAR, AND OTHER SIMILAR PUB
Lie SERVICE COMPANIES.
Different methods of taxation for
these corporations have been resort
ed to in the several states, but from
an examination of a number of stat
utes, it is impossible to deduce any
general principle for adoption.
The secretary of state, who has
given the subject much thought, sug-
gests in his biennial report that tax
upon the gross earnings of these cor
porations might be the simplest form
of taxation. I heartily join with him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-13
recommendations BY THE GOVERNOR

In the recommendation that an ACT
be passed at this session to compel
these companies, owning valuable
privileges and operating at a large
profit, to pay fair proportion of the
expenses of government. A tax upon
the gross earnings, as in the case OF
insurance companies, would, as sug-
gested by the secretary of state. in all
probability be the simplest and best
method of taxation.
Public Schools.
The public schools are in most ex-
cellent condition, and their standard
should be maintained at all hazards.
To them the great majority of our
people must look for the education
of their children, and statistics show
that far the largest number of the
school population of the state attend
these schools, Taxes for their sup
port are ungrudgingly paid by our
citizens of all classes and creeds, and
every effort should be made to main
tain them throughout the whole
school year. In many OF the rural
districts, especially in those which
are thinly settled, schools cannot be
maintained for more than three
months in the year, and greater ef-
forts should be made to lengthen
these terms.
Advocates Less Books.
A HEAVY TAX IS IMPOSED ON
THE PATRONS OF THE SCHOOL
BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF
BOOKS USED, AND SOME OF
THOSE OUGHT TO BE ELIMINAT-
ED. 1T WE'RE BETTER THAT A
FEW BOOKS ON A LESS NUMBER
OF SUBJECTS BE MASTERED BY
THE PUPILS, THAN THAT THEY
HAVE CONFUSED IDEAS UPON A
VARIETY OF SUBJECTS FROM A
GREAT VARIETY OF BOOKS.
THINK 1T SAFE TO SAY THAT
THOSE WHO GRADUATE FROM
THE HIGHEST GRADES OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME
ARE NOT AS THOROUGH IN FIRST
PRINCIPLES AS WE'RE THOSE
WHO GRADUATED FROM THESE
SAME SCHOOLS WHEN THERE
WE'RE FEWER AND A MORE
THOROUGH TRAINING IN THOSE
BOOKS WHICH WERE USED.
Normal Schools.
In my first message to the legisla-
ture l recommended the abolishment
of at least two of the normal schools
of the state. Instead of needing
this recommendation a bill was pass
ed but vetoed by me creating an ad-
ditional one. If those already estab-
lished are to remain as fixed and per-
manent institutions, il is the duty of
the state to improve the service which
these schools now render to the peo-
pie by confining appropriations for
their support to their legitimate work
of training teachers. There is in
creasing demand for thoroughly
trained teachers.
The work of normal schools could
be made far more effective for this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-13

purpose by eliminating all prepara-
tory work. and concentrating the la
bors of their faculties upon a purely
professional course of study. There
is no economy in taking the time OF
state normal school faculty fol
teaching pupils in grades that are al
ready provided for in the common
schools.
An important educational reform
could be accomplished by the adop.
ton of uniform course of study fol
all the normal schools of the state
so that persons fitting themselves fol
teaching could receive the same cred.
it and recognition for work done in
any one of them and have better
standing at home or abroad.
By placing all the normal school:
under single board of regents with
uniform course of study for all, and
basing appropriations upon a mum
Der of qualified students satisfactorily
completing a full years work in the
prescribed course. the state would OBJ
viate the manifest injustice and in.
equalities in the present system.
Portage Railway and Canal.
An act was passed at the last ses-
sion appointing a board of portage
commissioners, consisting of the gov.
ernor. secretary of state and state
treasurer, and appropriating $165, 900
or SO much thereof as might be neces.
sary for acquiring the rights of way
building and equipping portage rail-
way between the highest. and loves
points of the navigable waters of the
Columbia river between The Dale!
and Cello in Oregon. The act II
question expressly provided that "nt
expenditure should be incurred there
under in excess of the sum appropri
ated."
Immediately upon the taking effec
of the act, the board employed A. E
Hammond as its engineer, with in
structions to survey a route for {
portage road between the pointl
named, prepare plans, maps anc
specifications, and as expeditiously al
possible to report to the board, will
estimates as to cost of construction
keeping in view the above limitation
as to expense to be incurred.
Maps of definite location were pre-,
sented by the engineer September 23
1908. In the meantime the board, ir
conjunction with the attorney genera
kept up its negotiations for rights OF
way, and practically arranged term:
with all the owners except I. H. Taffe
and the o. r. & N. Co. Between
these and the board no agreement
seemed possible along the line map
ped out by the engineer.
The matter of procuring these
rights of way was finally placed in the
hands of the attorney general, and
actions to condemn commenced by
him against both the o. r. & N. Co
and Taffe.
Estimates of cost of construction
exclusive of cost of rights of way
were filed by the engineer November
5. 1903, showing conclusively that a
large expense in excess of the appro-
priation would have to be incurred in
order to carry out the terms of the
act
When matters had progressed
Continued on page g.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-13

WHERE'S THE GAME?
Not hard to find If you come here
when you are hunting for the best
place in the city to buy coal and wood
Highest grade coal and best sound
wood. Prompt delivery. Large and
small orders solicited
Let us keep you warm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-13

Continued on page g.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
ClearaWay
Shoe Sale
LAST WEEK

The special clear
away sales of the
past three weeks
have been unusual,
ly successful.
Our custom erS
have learned that
the reading of our
ads is profitable
business.
You get the goods
advertised and at
the price advertis-
ed-why shouldn't
our sales be sue
ceSSful.
They have been
so much SO that we
have scarcely any
Of this class OF
shoes left. But in
order to keep the
ballrolling, we have
added a few more
lines Of shoes, not
intended at first to
be put in this sale.
and offer them to
you at the same un-
usual prices.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
Elmer Gets Busy,

Representative Elmer E. Adams, of
Fergus Falls, has introduced a bill in
the House making it unlawful to sell
lumber which is not of the size and
dimension which it purports to be.
The bill is aimed to stop the present
practice of saving lumber from a
quarter to hglf an inch less than the
size which it is sold and billed for. He
contends that it is the regular practice
to do this in this state and that in
spectors call down mill when it saws
too thick. The proposed law gives the
lum bermen until December l to work
off the present stocks of "short meas
ure' stuff but after that time all lum-
Der not of the dimensions which it is
sold for must be sold as "short meas
ure." The people not only suffer by
having the lumber sawed in the state
short measure but the Pacific coast
lumber is exceedingly thin in order
to save freight as we'll as logs. Mr..
Adams takes the position that there is
no more reason for allowing lumber
men to give short measure than there
is for the milkman or grocer. The
retail lumber dealers who meet the
people that use the lumber would be
glad to sell honest measure lumber if
the mills would only saw it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
Rural Telephone Company.

A general meeting was held at the
residence of Henry Hughes, township
of Orange, on the 10Th of January, and
organized company to be hereafter
known as the English Grove Rural
Telephone Company. Its purpose will
be to construct telephone lines from
English Grove to Sank Centre, Osakis
and Willard. The following stock
holders were elected to represent the
board of management for the ensuing
year: G. S. McCurry, President; John
Pennie, Vice President; o. w. Dunn
inert, Secretary; Henry Hughes
Treasurer.
Directors-C. S. McCurry, John
Pennie, Chas. J. Homm, G. A. Austin,
and G.. l.. Rowse.
The company has fifty-tnree shares
of stock subscribed for. AS soon as
they get sixty shares of stock taken
they will then begin to purchase ma
terial and get the line constructed as
soon as possible in the spring.
o. w. DUMMERT, Secretary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26

measures, however, the liberal spirit
seems undaunted, for in Moscow
Prince Galitzin, who recently resigned
the mayoralty in protest against the
imperial ukase condemning the
reform programme, has been again
chosen mayor by the municipal coun-
Gil by vote of 113 to 10.
Shopkeepers and residents OF st.
Petersburg have evinced their appre-
tensions by boarding up their doors
and windows.
Cavalry and infantry patrols were
all that were to be seen at midnight In
the streets of St. Petersburg and
Moscow
The end Is not yet, and no one can
tell what the end will be. Rivers OF
human blood may run red in Russia.
Vultures feast and fatten on the bodies
of the slain, the skies be illuminated
with the blazing huts Of peasants,
grim Civil War crush multitudes be-
meath his chariot wheels, but Free
dom's flame has been kindled in the
breast of the stolid Russian, his mind
has been disilusioned OF the supersti-
tons tradition of centuries and moth
ing can stay the mad march of the
multitude until the rights and liber-
ties OF the masses of the Russian peo-
pie nre established on a firm founda-
ton and Russian tyranny buried for
ever under the ruin it has wrought
with it's own hand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
Aid the Committee.
st. Paul, January

st. Paul, January 20, 1905.
To Whom it May Concean:
The legislature has appointed a
joint committee of the Senate and
House to investigate transportation
and traffic rates in this state, with a
view Of ascertaining any unjust rates,
or discrimination in the rates, that
may exist, and advising the enact
ment of such legislation as may be
deemed necessary to correct such evil,
either by granting increased powers
to the Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission, or by other legislation.
This committee has now organized
and is holding it's sessions at the rail-
road committee room OF the Senate,
at the new state capitol. 1t is respect
fully requested that the people OF this
state, who are interested in this mat
ter, shall cooperate with the commit
tee in making this investigation thor
ough and effective. The committee
proposes, so far as it is concerned, to
thoroughly sift the charges made that
transportation and express rates are
excessive and that various parts OF
the state are unjnstly Disseminated
against by these rates. To do this,
the committee must be furnished with
the evidence, or at least with com
plants put in such tangible shape
that the committee can intelligently
act upon them. The committee calls
upon the shippers and others OF this
state, who are interested in seeing this
question of rates and unjust discrim
ination fully and fairly presented t.
the committee, to formulate thei
charges, making them as specific a:
possible and sending them to thu
chairman of the committee. The com
mittee will then take the matter vi
and make a thorough, careful ant
complete investigation of each charge
Yours RESPECTFULLY,
A. o. EBERHART, Chairman
w. ID. WAsHBURN, JR. Secretary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
Pleasantly Surprised.

Miss Nelson of the sixth grade, was
very pleasantly surprised by hel
pupils last Friday evening.
She was called out of the room short
ly after O'Clock, and then it was that
the merry group of children seized the
opportunity of taking possession Of
the room.
They literally covered three tables
with all sorts of good things to eat,
and then seated themselves to await
the return of their teacher.
AS she entered the room, loud
cheer greeted her surprised attitude
and the youths heartily enjoyed them
selves at games until O'Clock, when
all participated in the good lunch and
scattered to the four winds with 2x4
grin of satisfaction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
A Good Program.

The Athenian Literary society will
give the following program in the
Assembly Hall on Friday afternoon.
All parents and friends are invited to
attend.
Piano Duet-Gertrude Doolittle and
Hattie Erwin.
Essay-ArnOld Book.
Debate-Julian Dubois and Elmer
Hendry. Subject-Resolved 1.-THE
Army Canteen should be abolished.
Oration-Bernard Sewell.
Music-Mr. Foster.
Declaration-Lewis Williams.
Piano Duet-Mary Woodbury. and
Frank Robischon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
RED REVOLUTION
REiGNS
Asking Conference Strikers
Confronted With Cannon.

On Sunday last at St. Petersburg,
in the land of the Car, occurred one
of those shudderingly horrible Incl
dents that have from time immemOrial
occasionally darkened the pages OF
human history when humanity dared
to petition tyranny for righting OF
its wrongs.
Men, women and children, on peace
full motives bent, marched to the
palace gates headed by their priest
expecting to meet their ruler, who
instead OF meeting them in friendship,
decimated them with bullets, charged
them with bayonets, trampled them
with cavalry and scourged them with
whips. The sickening accounts OF
the awful desolation, death, ruin and
suffering wrought, in all their CHASTITY
details have been given to the world
by the daily press and they are no
longer a matter of news.
The following interesting recital
of conditions in st. Petersburg given
by the St. Cloud Journal-Press is re-
produced:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26

The condition up to Tuesday night
is given in the Associated Press dis
patches to Wednesdays St. Paul
Globe as follows:
"There was no bloodshed in st.
Petersburg yesterday, but the condi-
ton of affairs there has not improved
and in other large cities of Russia
matters appear to he assuming a
critical stage.
In Moscow particularly the outlook
is threatening, the strike there having
become general, while the revolu-
tionary spirit seems to dominate.
A proclamation in the name OF
Father Gopon has been circulated
melting to the use of bombs, dyna-
mite and any weapons whatsoever
against the members of the govern
ment, who, it is asserted, outlawed
themselves by the course that was
adopted against the workmen Of St.
Petersburg on Sunday.
The office of governor general of the
city and governor OF st. Petersburg
has been created by imperial order
with extraordinary powers for dealing
with the existing condition of affairs,
and Gen. Trepoff, whose administra-
ton of affairs while chief of police at
Moscow brought upon him sentence
of death from the revolutionary party,
has been appointed to the post.
Hundreds of arrests have been made,
including authors and prominent
editor whose names have been con.
nected with a reported revolutionary
propaganda. IN spite OF the repressive