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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
LEF'E III Title BEAUTF
full VEST INDIES.
\lTIERE PROSPERITY
AWAITS Title MAN
OF ENERGY. -

An English writer who recently Wis
ited the West Indies found business
and financial conditions so greatly i'm
proved Yer the state of affairs that
existed on a former visit that he CON
fdently declares that the islands are
destined to again become as rich as
they were before the abolition of the
slave trade and the introduction of free
trade in sugar.
Fruit and timber and tobacco, as
well as sugar and a hundred other
things, will bring back the wealth and
power which, truth to tell, has only
been lost to the Caribbean group by
the inertia Of the planters and the
want of enterprise in the commercial
men. The islands have never lacked
natural wealth and an abundance of
raw material. Only the genius of
trade has been lacking. Until very re-
Gently West Indians displayed no signs
of being able to help themselves. But
the influence of traders from more
prosperous countries, American as well
as British, has stirred the people out
Of their lethargy; and nowadays the
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.lEIARpYIsEEs % q CAREBgEAN

The islands have a little army Of
their own, and the black Tommies and
white officers who go to make up the
West Indian regiments are not the
least efficient or brilliant of the SOL
diers of the king. They have parlia-
ment houses also, and politicians both
black and white. Yes, it is a wonder
full corner Of the world, this group Of
little isles so finely set in the golden
Caribbean. 1t may be that it is a
pity that places so beautiful should
have to be concerned with trade at all,
yet the packages of merchandise which
line the dock quays and fill the ware
houses of the white-built cities, and
the plantations of wavy banana trees
and sugar cane, are not unlovely; and
it Is always pleasant to hear the noises
Of labor and to witness the industry of
the h~usbandman.
Just as 1t was in the days of old,
when the wealth of the Indies fascin-
ated the whole Of England and laid
the foundations of the fortunes of fam
lilies who have long ceased to remem-
Der the origin of their riches, so II
will be again in the near future, when
strong young men go out to the west
to find new homes and new work and
new wealth. The Jamaicas of to-mor-
row will be as rich as were the ia
maicas Of yesterday, and we shall find
that the Caribbean islands are capable
of doing more than supplying the
world with sugar and rum.
For the rest, the islands are good
to look upon and worth seeing, even
though our thoughts are not on trade
or money. The fairy islands, all green
and yellow in the midst of a sea OF
the richest blue, are fascinating to all
who love beauty for its own sake, Of
who like to look at places which still
reminds one of times before cities were
filled with factories and before the
worth of a country was measured by
the wealth of its people.
In Jamaica and Trinidad and Bar.
bados and the rest, people will find
a climate and a beauty indescribable.
They will see all the glories and won,
ders of the tropics without the incon.
v%enlence Of travelling in countries
where life is cheap and laws upheld
only at the revolver mouth. In any of
these British West Indian colonies life
is as safe and peaceful as 1t is in a
little village in the Surrey hills. Yet
all the places are tropical, and all are
filled with that wild luxuriance OF
blossom and foliage which is only
found in lands that are near the line
which marks the center of the world
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

always a1ame with the most brilliant
flowers in the world. He has a saddle
horse ana a buggy, and he will find a
club in the nearest town (which can
not be many miles distantO and all
the English sports at hand. Though
he may not be a rich man, though he
may never make money enough out
Of his plantation to return to the old
country or purchase a landed estate,
he will never want for comforts or
ordinary luXuries.
l have heard it said, and l believe II
to be true, that in these Islands a maj
with a capital Of five thousand dollars
can, when he has gained a thorough
knowledge of practical planting, make
an income of from $500 to $1,000 a
year.
Indeed, Jamaica Is a happy little
place. The sun is always there, and
the thousand rivers which dance along
the mountain slopes and flow swiftly
through the valleys toward the sea,
always suggest pleasant music and
healthfulness. The negro workers are
a merry people; they laugh at their
work and on their way to work; they
laugh when they go home to bed and
when they rise in the morning. The
men laugh and the women laugh, and
the children are as merry as birds in
summer time. 1t is almost impossible
to be unhappy in the place.
Smiling Nature.
AS you walk along the country
roads, each bunch of natives stops and
smiles at you and returns your friend
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
in the United States, as 1t is believed
to be. This church is but 4Sx24 feet

in the United States, as 1t Is believed
to be. This church is but 4Sx24 feet
In dimensions, the nave is 30x24 feet
and the chancel is 1Sx16 feet. The
style of the church is also unique, IL
being claimed that there Is none
like it in the United States, unless pos
sibly 1t be one in Virginia. The walls
are Of rubble work, built from glacial
granite boulders brought from the
farms in the surrounding territory, and
the buttresses are capped with dressed
blocks of red sandstone quarried in the
locality. The windows are of stained
glass. The timbers used in the con-
struction were Of giant proportions and
the entire structure is built to stand
the test Of ages-a memorial to the lit
tie congregation Of some rs earnest
farmers who worship there. The en-
tire cost Of the church was $4,000.
Another rural church building of ma
tional reputation in the Buckeye State
Is the temple at Kirkland, Ohio, the
first Mormon temple in the United
States, and to-day used by the Reor-
ganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lat
ter-day Saints. 1t was in 1881 that
the early Mormons came to this spot
from Manchester, N. Y.
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ly greeting. You see the market wom-
en- swinging along under the weight
of their heavy head-burdens. They are
the most graceful walkers in the
world.
The colored men pass you, too; but
they are idlers compared with the
women folk. Alas! it must be admit
ted that in the West Indies the women
are the willing workers; the men for
the most part prefer to loll under the
shade 1t may be that most of them
inherit all the failings and weaknesses
of the African savage, but though they
are not too anxious to work at all, they
make good enough laborers If they are
forced to earn their daily bread.
The West Indian white man is a
Briton who might just as easily be
seen walking about The tea planta-
lions in distant Ceylon. His face is
very brown or else a deep mahogany
red; in the country he wears a SLOUGH
hat and walks only when 1t is impossi-
BILE for him to get his sau.., -,rse
or buggy. But in the cities he is par.
tcular about the cut of his coat and
the condition Of his linen. AS a rule
he is a heavy cigar smoker, and he is
the most hospitable man in the world
II you come across him at his house
you will find it difficult to tear your
self away, ever though the man Is g
stranger to you. If you go to stop with
him for a day you will probably fine
it impossible to get away under a fort
night. You will find that your host is
a pretty good hand at golf, pigeon
shooting, cricket, tennis or billiards
and there will never be any reason fol
you to complain of dullness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
New Englnnd Justice.

EbeneZer Smell, the grandfather Of
the poet William Cullen Bryant, is
described as a good type of the New
England farmer, in whose nature
Puritanism, with its stern rigors Of
conduct and conscience, was overlaid
with many Of the amenities Of Yam
kee humor. Bryant preserved several
anecdotes Of his grandfather, one of
which, quoted by w. A. Bradley, in
his biography Of the poet, may serve
to Indicate the way in which he exer-
cised his humor, and also to show
the patriarchial conception of justice
that was held in a remote New Eng
land community at the end of the
eighteenth century.
My grandfather, said Bryant, once
found that certain pieces Of lumber,
intended by him for the runners Of a
sled, and called in that part Of the
country s~led-crooks, had been taken
without leave by a farmer who lived
at no great distance. These timbers
were valuable, being made from a
tree the grain Of which was curved
so as to correspond with the curve
required in the runners.
The delinquent received notice that
his offense was known, and that II
he wished to escape a prosecution he
must carry a bushel Of rye to each OF
three poor widows living In the neigh.
borhood, and tell them why he
brought 1t.
He was only too glad to comply
with this condition.
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ton to make treaties with them. Mr..
Heckewelders' ancestors were exlles
from Moravia who fled to Saxony,
leaving behind them all they posses
sed for conscience sake. His parents
settled in Bedford, England, and en-
gagged in the work Of the Moravian
Church. John was born on March IL,
1743. In 1854 the family came to
America In a vessel owned by the
Moravian church, and eight years
later John began missionary work
among the Indians at the Indian capt.
tai Of Tuscarawas. IN 1872 uecke-
welder and Zeisberger, another we'll
known Indian missionary, established
a settlement in the valley Of the Mus
kingum river, and within a few years
thereafter a cluster of Christian COM
munitles of converted Indians arose
and prospered. The first church of the
new settlement was erected in 1903,
the second and third church in 1920
and 1852, respectively, and the new
memorial church in 1903. The pastor
Of this church today is the Rev. w. H.
Rice, a great-grandson of the Rev. Mr..
Heckewelder.
st. Matthews church in Madison
township, Muskingum county, Ohio, Is
of some national interest because Of
its size, especially if it is the smallest
Protestant Episcopal church building
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looks abroad for fortune thinks only
Of Africa, Australasia, Canada or
America; and usually 1t is In one or
other of these places that he elects to
settle; though 1t Is doubtful whether
the Islands do not offer him chances Of
prizes greater than any to be found in
the other colonies. 1t can be said of no
country in the world that 1t Is more
beautiful than Jamaica; 1t can be said
of few, If any, that they are richer.
True, there Is no gold, no great min
eral wealth; but there are the soil and
climate, the rich forests and richer
valleys. There are the sugar planta-
tons, the fruit gardens, the tobacco
fields and the cattle pens. There are
the cities also which, even to-day, are
not too well stocked with merchants.
Alert men make money quickly in
these islands; not 80 quickly as those
lucky Adventures who find potato
sized diamonds and rich gold ''pock-
cts" perhaps, but quickly enough; and
hunger Is a thing almost unknown
even to the poorest West Indian ne
gro. The fields and the hedges pro-
vide rich fruits-the banana, the on
ange and the mango, and in the towns,
fruit enough to last a man a whole
day can be purchased for a copper coin
In Jamaica the life Of the white man
Is almost ideal. II he is a planter, he
lives in q substantial house, built In
the center Of 4 lovely garden which /,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

which commentaries the work of the
Rev. John Heckewelder and which
stands neal the site of the British
massacre Of the Christian Indians,
March s, 1772. Concerning this no.
table history-making period Of the
Revolutionary war, William Dean
Howells has said: THE annals Of the
Moravian Church link In the same
chain Of sorrows and calamities the
burning of John Hus in 1415 at Con-
stance and the murder Of the hapless
Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten on
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

and Ornamented with white sandstone.
Its dimensions are 175x7O feet, while
the splre reaches 225 feet above the
ground. The pulpit alone, which is
hand carved, cost $1,000, or as much
as some churches in small towns.
Within this church there are wax fig
ures brought from Germany and upon
the walls there are life-size paintings.
Among the churches Of great historic
Interest in the United States is the
Moravian Church at Gnadenhutten,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
From Appearances.

When the six-year-old son was
taken in to see the new baby, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, he ex-
claimed:
20 mamma, 1t hasn't any teethl o
mamma, 1t hasn't any hair"
Then clasping his hands in distress,
he cried, Somebody has cheated usi
It's an old baby"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

people came to this altar just as they
now come to the church at Carey to
be healed. The people who came to
Carey, O., from Luxembourg at once
laid plans for building the church
shown in the accompanying photo
graph. 1t was begun in 1868, but not
completed for seven years thereafter.
In this church was placed a facsimile
Of the statue at Luxembourg.
Beside the Blanchard river in Put
nam County, o., is situated the little
German village Of Glandorf, a place
of less than 700 inhabitants, where
both the customs and the language of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

Antillean Islands show every sign of
a commercial revival.
1t Is curious that these beautiful
West Indian countries, possessing as
they do a perfect climate and a most
abundant wealth, should have so long
remained commercially stagnant. Eng
fish emigrants have not considered the
Indies in their calculations as to the
advantages offered by the various col
onies. The young Englishman who
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
Geehaw and Giddap

Farmer Geehaw-Sim Walton has
got forty gals comm to board with
him this summer.
Farmer Giddap-Dew tell! How did
he manage to git 80 many?
Farmer Geehaw He advertised
that nuthin' but college students wuz
employed on the farm.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

the Muskingum." Mr.. Heckewelder
was a missionary among the Indians
for more than fifty years, and was at
one time commissioned by Washing
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the Fatherland are
adhered to. In this
quaint little village
stands a church
which cost o
than $4,000, and
which equals in
magnlfcence many
of the finest church
es Of the largest
cities in America.
1t Is built Of brick
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

The people down in their hearts ad-
mire the father who refuses to sit on
the back porch for any daughters
beau
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01

If you can't give a good parade
don't give one.
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A fortune awaits the genius who will
invent a borrowless umbrella.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
FOR NATIONAL
BANK CURRENCY
SECRETARY sHAW'S PLAN FOR
MORE READY MONEY.
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Gives Complete Financial Data for
the Last Fiscal Year-Sounds
Warning About Operations ans Re-
straints of Great Trust compa.
nies.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE annual re-
port of Leslie NJ Shaw. secretary of
the treasury, made public recently,
is a complete exposition of the finan-
ces of the nation for the fiscal year.
THE necessity for an elastic cur
rency." says the secretary, has re-
ceived fresh emphasis in the financial
conditions of the last few months
Millions were loaned, approximately
at / per cent in midsummer, and call
money reached rs per cent in No
vember. The exceedingly low rate
was about as dangerous as the high
rate, for the latter was the logical re-
suit of the former. Such extremes can
and should be rendered impossible.
AS a means to this end, suggest
the ACCESSIBILITY of permitting national
banks to issue a volume of additional
government guaranteed currency,
equal in amount to so per cent of the
bond secured currency maintained by
them. but subject to a tax of or 6
per cent until redeemed by the depos-
it of a like amount in the treasury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
Suspension susta ned.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec. THE Judicial
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church last evening returned verdict
sustaining the action Of the Nebraska
conference in susBsnding Rev. +. ID.
Blakemore Of Tecumseh, Neb., from
the ministry on the ground Of dishon
esty and gross immortality. Blakemore
gave notice Of an appeal to the general
conference.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
Total estimated revenues 73S,590,515
IMPORTANT TAX DECISION.

Corporation Can Be Taxed on Fran
chise and Intangible Property.
St Paul, Dec IA judgment was
filed yesterday in favor Of the state OF
Minnesota against the Western Union
Telegraph company for $19,36O The
Judgment is the final action in settle
ment of the celebrated Western Union
tax case. which was decided by the su.
preme court Sept. rs. The supreme
court some months ago decided thar
the Western Union could be taxed mp.
on the value OF it's franchise and in
tangible property and The decision is
regarded as one Of the most important
tax decisions ever filed in Minnesota.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
Crooked tiorsemen Punished.

Chicago, Dec. THE board Of 9p-
peals of the American Trotting associa'
ton yesterday expelled J, w. Broyhers
and George E. Whitney Of Des Moines,
and the horse Mayloene, alias Caprum
alias Seash, was ruled off the trOtting
turf on the allegation that the men
campaiened the horse under false
names.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

Total receipts. 697 ,101 ,269.95
The expen litures for the same per
iod were:
For the civil establish
ment, including for
eign intercourse, pub
lie buildings, Panama
canal, collecting the
revenues, District of
Columbia, and ether
miscellaneous expen-
seS ...,..... ....... Sl3l 1871 ,Z5l.b0
For the military estab
lishment, including
rivers and harbors,
forts arsenals, sea
coast defenses, and
expenses of the war
with Spain and in the
Philippines 80. 80, 122,175,o7424
For the naval establish
ment, including con
struction of new YES
sells, machinery, arma-
ment, equipment, i'm
provement at navy
yards and expenses
of the war with Spain
and in the Philippines 1850, 30S IS
Indian service ... 14,236,073.71
Pensions So. ....... 141,773, 964.57
Interest ON public debt. 24,590,94410
Deficiency in postal rev,
enues 49,. -. 1906, 257 90
567.27S, 913.45
Postal service 80. ...152,S26,5 $3.50
Total expenditures. 720,105, 1855
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
A Rsal Politician.

Lady--WfIl you work for a meal ?
Tramp-Sure; I'll split the ticket.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

Total expenditures. 720,105, 1885
Showing a deficit Of. 23,0O4, 22S.60
Estimates for 1906.
Compared with the fiscal year 1904,
the receipts for 1905 increased $12,-
$50, S96.21
There was a decrease of $5.S79,447.-
10 in expenditures.
The revenues of the government for
the current fiscal year are thus esti-
mated upon the basis of existing laws
Customs - -. ..... $2S6,000, 600
Internal revenue ......... 242,O00,0O0
Miscellaneous sources. -. 100000
Postal revenues .......... 170,590,5l5
Total estimated revenues 73S,590,515
The expenditures for the same peri
cd are estimated as follows:
Civil establishment ...... $12S,000, 600
Military establishment. 100000
Naval establishment. ..... 11S,000,00
Indian service 49,. 49,. 100000
Pensions. ...... -. 143,0O0,OO0
Public works. -. ....... 100000
Interest on the public debt 24000,000
Postal service. 40, 5gO.5l5
Total estimated expendi-
lures 1900. ...... 746,590 SIS
Or deficit of ........... 100000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.


GoTnty Judge ..... d. o. Mahoney
SleflH ......s....... Ond5 II. WAEu
County Clerk -. James j. Marshall
County Treasurer $50. Torger Berge
Register of Deeds :. CLAUS Gilbertson
slerk of the Court ...... ID. F. Mains
District Attorney -. Earl B. Harkin
County Superintendent H. L. Gardner
Surveyor ............ Alex RistoW
Coroner ........... w. w. Dunlap
linn BID Supervisors Michael Brody
P n Commissioner 800. l.. II. Glenn
Supt. Insane Asylum 500. f. wilkins
City officers.
Mayor ..........,... w. N. Coffiand
City Clerk .... H. e. Packard
Treasurer .........., e. M. Minshali
Assessor ............. ii. 4. GoSllnS
Justices s. r. Pollard, Squire Toney
Marshal ........... p. S. Curtiss
Constables w. w. Dunlap, Frank Riley
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

vIROQUA CHAPTER n. A. NJ, MEETF
every Second and Fourth Wednesday 81
each month.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

wOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS MEETS
en- alternate Saturday afternoons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

YIR0QUA LODGE, |. o. o. F.-MEET1
every Saturday night In williams block
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

viROOUA CANTON PArRIARCHs Mill
81 each month
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

vyRoQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. o. o. p
No CO. Meets every Monday evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

w. C. T. U.-MEETs FIRST THURSDAY
Of eaHh month at 3 .. m.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LA BELLE LODGE, A. F. 4 A. NJ. No.eA.
Meets the First and Third Wednesdays 81
each month. Hall n williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
Receipts and Expenditures.

The revenues of the government
from all sources for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1905, were:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13
cHuRcH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST EPIsCoPAL.-sERYIc
AZ 1890 a. M and 1880 p. m. each sabbath
Sunday school at II N. Prayer meetings Oh
Thursday eveningB.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

vIRoQUA CHAPTER, o. f. s., MEETS
second Tuesday Of each month In Masonit
Hall
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED wonX
NEN-First and Third Tuesdays Of eass
honth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

ALEX. LowRIE POST G. A. R.-MEETp
hrst Monday evening Of each month Ia W.
n. G. Hall
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

MODERN wOoDMEN OF AMERICA
No. 1891, meets Friday night Of each week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

Total expenditures. 72o,1O5,4s 1885
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

REGINA LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RN
bekRh. No. rs, meets First and Third Mo&
day Of each month in |. o. o. r. Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -sERvI.
zee at I0:30 a. Nd. and 1880 p. IN. each Sab
bath. Sunday school Of II m.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-13

MYSTIC WORKERS OF THE WORLD
Meets second and fourth Tuesday evenings
e each month 1t W 4. O. Hall.