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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
PASSING OF THE COWBOY.
He Has Done Much for the Western
Country, but His Day Has Gone.

Country, but His Day Has Gone.
The passing of the cowboy from the
Western ranges Is an inevitable part
of our national development. With
the restriction Of pasture and the in
PRODUCTION Of fences the necessity for
guardians Of our grazing lands is fast
disappearing, and the erstwhile fan
tastic figure Of the cowboy immortal
lied in art and literature must 90 for
ever.
Those pioneers who have lived In
the West for many years have vivid
recollections Of the cowboy in his pris-
tine glory. He was a picturesque per-
sonage, a terror of the frontier. and at
the same time paragon of bravery
and gallantry. Humanity has never
had more striking or higher expo
nent Of knight errantry than Is repre-
sented In those men who rode the
ranges and guarded the herds. In the
storm which invited stampede; In the
silent night beneath the stars, and dur
ing the burning heat of day, the men
who sat in their saddles for many
hours and faithfully kept their lonely
vigil were heroes who may well be
lmmortalized in verse and story.
The great West, especially that Dor
ton which is given over to the cattle
raising industry, owes its development
largely to the cowboy. AS a specta-
cular and at the same time faithful
and necessary adjunct of livestock
production, this type Of man stands
out in scenic interest. One cannot con-
template the old-time cattle business
without including in the retrospection
the Cow puncher" now fast disap-
pearing. The civilizing tendencies Of
tranquility and progress have rung
down the curtain upon the dauntless
men who for half century earned
sustenance upon the range and lived
under the patronage Of the ranchmen.
The wreck Of storm, the fever Of heat
and the romantic associations Of the
employment have cast the cowboy In
heroic mold.-Kansas City Journal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

There has been far too much Of the
elegant gentleman idea in the big
Eastern universities. President Eliot
has just publicly taken note of its
somewhat blighting influence at Har-
ward. A good many young men go
there for course In scorn and get it
though incidentally they may get bet
ter things. The same may be said of
Yale and Princeton, and though at
each and all Of these institutions the
modest workaday youth may get as
good a training as his father could
have got the influence of the gilded
loafer is bad The Western universi-
ties are squirting the Eastern institu-
tions up with magnificent competi-
ton.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
CUTTING UP THE RANGES.
Vast Tracts of Land in the Southwest
Being Given UP to Farming.

Being Given UP to Farming.
Conditions in the great ranch coun-
try of the Southwest were never in
better shape for the homeseeker and
investor, says s. A. Hughes, general
immigration agent Of the Frisco Sys-
TEN, who has just returned from an
extensive trip through Texas. The
cattle ranches are being generally cut
up and sold out in small tracts to
farmers from the East and the North.
One railroad system has been carry
ing about $500 homeseekers into the
cheap land districts along its line each
month for the last two years, and the
other southwestern roads have been
doing nearly as large business. Con-
sequently it Is safe to say that Okla
homa, Texas, Indian Territory and Ar
kansas have increased at the rate of
10000 settlers a month. The invasion
of the ranch lands has come from
Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, Illi-
nois. Indiana and Kentucky.
In recent years the cattlemen have
been feeding their cattle in pens and
fattening them on crops grown by
farmers. Hence it is no longer neces
sary to devote the grass products of
twenty acres of land to fattening one
steer. Cattlemen have no further use
for the land, and are selling it ut
prices Of from So to SIS an acre.
The northern and eastern farmers
who have bought this ranch land and
begun to cultivate the soil have all
made money. One man near Corpus
Christi bought tract Of ranch land
at SIS an acre and put 1t out In Ber-
muda onions. Two years later he sold
$1,000 worth of onions from eighteen
acres.
In Greer County, Oklahoma, land
sold at So an acre two years ago, but
prices have jumped to SIS and $50 an
acre. Farmers are raising a bale of
cotton or thirty-fve bushels Of wheat
to the acre in that region. One Of the
richest parts Of Oklahoma, just now
being made central point for home
seekers, Is Woods County, in the Bagle
Chief Valley. Only a few years ago
this valley was vast cattle range,
but 1t Is now a thickly settled and
prosperous farm ommunity.-New
York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

Evidently the gospel is not preached
to the poor in pews that rent for 1850
per annum. Evidently the poor are
not wanted in churches that make no
provision for seating them. Evident
ly there Is q serious defect in arrange
ments for public religious services that
take no account of the poor. Evident
ly there are many churches, and by
no means all of them are in New York
city, in which the gospel Is not only
rated above the reach of the poor, but
quite too high to be attained by the
middle classes or even by the well-to-
dds, in fact, available to none who
is not in affluent circumstances. The
remedy is free seats In all houses of
worship. Like most other reforms,
this moves slowly, but it is really NOV
ing, and is bound to win out" For
ever the right comes uppermost."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

method-just when the failure yvur
own fault and just when it resulted from your
essness Your confidence and consequently your effective
ness constantly increase you reduce your work to
systematic procedure You always know where you
at you can note progress and there is with
such method far less for possible encouragement
There is nothing helpful knowing the
failure you make; for If you know your weak point you
guard against it next time This cautious method
always finding out what prospective customer wants be-
fore taking goods to him is the only way become
a really high class salesman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

If fashionable society should ostra-
cize the divorced the penalty might
frighten those of its members dis
posed to get rid Of mates objection
able to them; but, after all, the civil
law which grants divorce is the ex-
preston of far larger and wider So
cial sentiment The sum and sub
stance of it all Is that the church can
enforce its law only on the con-
sciences Of those who firmly believe in
its full and divine authority.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
An or Year.

There are people in England, as else
where, who do not believe that the
civilian is greatly benefited mentally,
physically or morally by few weeks
service in the militia; but surely as
long as such stories as the one below
can be told of any man, his military
training is not an unmixed evil.
An officer in charge Of the bath
parade at garrison near the sea,
where the amateur soldiers were main
ly from the inland and mining counties
Of England, reports that the first day,
as he was watching the men getting
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

A Brooklyn scientist has discovered
that Cinnamon never have consump-
ton because they permit the hair on
top Of their heads to grow long. If
this Is the case scientists who have
been trying to head off tuberculosis
might do better if they devoted their
time and efforts to the work of dis
covering some means Of preventing
badness
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

There were 10000 divorces in the
United States last year, or an average
of nearly seven for every hour of the
day and night, Sundays included. The
business Of making and unmaking mis-
fit marriages appears to have become
a great national industry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

The Chinese word "janson" means
the same as the Japanese ''banzai,"
the French "vive," the German "hoch"
and the English "hurrah." If the Rus
slams ever had an equivalent for the
word 1t las been forgotten through
lack of use
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

ready for their dip, he noticed one who
looked very dark. A comrade noticed
him also, and said, Jack, you're pr4t-
ty dirtyw
Yes said Jack, simply, II wa, not
out for last years training"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

wouu But must have different system Of ma
tona education from the present one which trains
children away from the land This idea is gaining ground
We have manual training and domestic science taught in
Of schools That is getting back the true sy
tenn Of education where instead of the old folks remain
ing at home die alone while the boys to the cities
with the idea becoming millionares but to end
terumpers and clerks the making and keeping of home
is taught Every child should be made gardener and
horcuturis The winter should be devoted half to
books and half work the benches and term
should be devoted to agriculture The boys would learn to
build home and the girls to for them wives and
mothers We gradually getting away from the heresy
that money is all in this life and that must raise
something sell it, and buy something back again before he
gets what he wants.
The evil life is not that the rich getting
richer the poor getting but it is the lack of
cultivation of the SOIL No oppress sturdy
of farmers that and till the land The land is the
greatest of nation Our public lands should be
securely held for the real homemakers. There
who have acquired, never intended by Congress
great tracts of thousands of of land without settle
ment and without the building of single home These
laws still upon the statute books Moreover the great
live stock interests and the spectators intent upon
keeping them there and upon attempting to
land speculative legislation
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

"The longer we live" says the Ne
hraska State Journal, "the more thor
oughly convinced we are that no man
knows as much as he let's on" This
seems to call for sharp rejoinder
from Editor Stead.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

At last we have word from our old
friend WI Ting Fang, former Chinese
minister to the United States. The
Empress has allowed him to ride horse
back in the Forbidden City.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
Arraigned in Advance.

Nov, DEAR" said Mr.. Polkley, who
had just been accepted, when shall I
speak to your fatherr"
"You needn't bother" replied the
dear girl. "Pa said he'd speak to you
tomorrow II you didn't speak to M
to-night."-Phiiadelphia Ledsak
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

The personal experience of Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman in training
children might make her remarks on
the subject seem highly amusing to
the average mother.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

A man will never acquire fortune
unless he is proof against the habit Of
buying useless things because they are
cheap.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

Wide awake life insurance COM
panies will proceed to classify deer
hunting as one of the extra hazardous
occupations.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

Hereafter the right sort of man may
feel encouraged to consider the vice
presidency as a stepping stone to the
presidency.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

You do not have to throw grit in
your neighbor's eye to prove that you
are a man of sand.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

War would soon go out of fashion
II the bankers would quit subscribing
for the bonds.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

Many a young man after being
turned down by giddy girl isn't able
to appreciate his good luck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

EA succession led into trying to anticipate her.
But alas, what error They will learn
she chooses to like any particular time they must
like Fashion has numerous whims to which she attaches
canonlike Importance She takes while playing bridge
and drinks beer when engaging in Of manle She
does not tolerate all diseases 1t is all right suffer from
appendicitis though she particularly partial to neuras-
thena To her three four Doctors her friends
necessary OF course must pardon this weakness
she has confidence only in them.
Fashion has her likes and diskes. She has for
the poor She affects to pity them, but defends
against their cries All her sympathes with the RICH
although she counsels them not to speak of money
the poor dimes at the table of the rich Fashion
teaches him to pay good breeding graceful compliments
He must not bewail his condition then. At the the
repast however after having shown that he free
jealousy it quite proper if he leans his neghbor
and whispers: "Do you believe all this luxury produces
happiness"
We might ask with some concern how she will manage
to pass the time when the automobile will have
day What form Of excitement will take its place? Maybe
she will turn to Of her old tricks When and
bookmakers shall have lost their charm perhaps will
revive some of the diversions Of ancient times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

q shame not to enjoy 1t more. It's an
artistic old world. too, but do we stop
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

You need not be a shadow because
you are not a sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
MANY WOMEN TALK TOO MUCH.
by NikoIa 6reeIey-Smith.

Some women are born gabbers, but more are
made so by the mistaken idea that men have to
be "entertained' and that the way to entertain
them is by a constant voey of rapid-fire conver-
saton. 1t is safe to say that in ninety nine out
Of 100 couples one meets casually the girl is do
ing the talking; possibly she is succeeding in
being entertaining but that is by no means so
certain as If the man were doing the talking
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
FIRST LEARN YOUR CUSTOMERS WANTS.
BY John 4. Rowland.

The highest class salesman never appears to
work hard to make sale. Usually he is not a
great taker 1t is the clerks in cheap stores who
talk hard and fast; they hustle and sweat and
appear to try to corner their customers and to
browbeat them into buying. The first class sales
man is cool and easy in manner'because he has
studied his art The great talker may be a good
salesman, but he chooses the hardest road. The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

consciously unconsciousy, definite method Of pro-
cedure.
Before trying to sell anything find out what the person
buy. When has told you just what he wants he
committed himself and he has given you distinct
vantage business it Is the effort Of each to make
the other man to him." and your pros
pectve customer has told you what he wants-materia
style price, etche has come to you all you have
to fill the order If you do that there Is strong
presumption in of sale without much further
on your part
1t is of absolutely impossible to make sale for
every inquiry what immense satisfaction it is
know accurately-as you know If you follow this
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

Men like to talk There is hardly any man who
talk well some subject And there women
who possess genius for discovering what that subject
is The silent will always be preferred by
the gabblng woman
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
GET AN ACRE AND LIVE on 1T.
BY George n. Maxwell.

Get an acre and live on it. l wish l could burn
that thought into the heart of every working
man in America. In the West l would say, get
an irrigated acre. If every man who now works
eight hours day in a factory could work four
hours day in factory and four hours day on
his own acre Of land he would double his in
come and he would insure himself, his wife, and
his children against want when the days wage
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27
the MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF FASHION.
By Gabriel de Ia KochefoucauIu.

In literature and in politics Fashion has few
IDEAS, but she dictates opinions. Often it is wise
to listen to her lavish advice in order not to be-
come the object Of ridicule. Ridicule is Fash
ions weapon, which she plies without mercy
when she chooses to take revenge.
Sometimes artless persons noticing that Fash
ion rarely admires the same thing two days in
succession are led into trying to anticipate her
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

CHAs. y. & ADA K. sopLE, Pubs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-27

TOLEDO. O.............O OREGON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-04
AGENT BRINGING BONDS
HAS MISSED HIS STEAMER
Should Have Been Here on the Alameda But
viii Be Compelled to Wait
For the China.
To GEORGE r. CARTER, Governor of Hawaii:
Detained here until January II. TERRELL"

That dispatch received by the Governor Saturday afternoon
tells that will be of people
Terel the agent States Mort
Company of New York who bringing
Hawaiian bonds the lately sold signed
the Territorial officials order complete
retary Atkinson Terrell sailed
the Sonoa leaving last Saturday, which brought
Honolulu Friday. If he caught steamer
would have been signed and Tes
closed that he could have
Alameda the following week
That would have landed him back January
h which the earliest day. the scheduled
which he leave that The China sailing the 18TH
is the boat that Terrell
comes the rghter Nebraskan and he all likely do
that Returning delayed he is Terrell reach
cisco his New before I'd
clear loss ct sixteen days in the closing up of the bond deal
OF this distance. there explanation of
caused the agents delay The officials of the Territory no
position to explain it. having nothing but the cabegram go
upon but perhaps Mr. Terrell will
finally does reach this city.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-04
SINCLAIR WITHHELD THE COAST FILES.

By the delivery
Mongolia OF the Advertisers files Associated Press letter
the public of Honolulu deprived of customary
TINS morning Though this has permit from
Collector Stackable arriving signed
permission Of DR. Cor superior Dr. Sinclair,
have its files and letter lowered boat alongside from
from the irrespective OF pratique although this
latter privilege has been enjoyed October DR. Sinclair
took upon himself last night for sanitary reasons interfere.
At the he did Advertiser
have which had him aboard and which had
presumably been exposed much infection, there
the Advertisers files The sufferers in the from Dr. Sin
cla unaccountab freak the people OF Honolulu
added that the authority enjoyed by Sinclair has acted
his Imagination that long ago fine the
waterfront reporter of this paper $50
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-04
EVENTS ALL TURN TO GLORY OF JAPAN
TERMS OF SURRENDER.
(Cablegram to Consul saito.) J

TOXIC. Jan. 4The capitulaton agreement consisting
of eleven articles signed January The
points follow: The whole fortress ships arms ammunition
military buildings materials and other government property
be surrendered The japanese troops
action when those objects attained Destruction
jury of public property after signing the agreement
stop. The plans of forts torpedoes mines lists military
officers be delivered Japanese
Army and navy volunteers and other officials
all imprisoned, whereof consideration of brave de-
of Port Arthur the military and and
civil officials attached the garrison allowed
side and keep private property Of immediate necessity
daily life; also returning Russia upon parole
take until the of the any action opposed
Japans The forts of Etshushan Antsusan
be surrendered the Japanese before
the sd of January guarantee of good faith.
TAKAHIRA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-04

Triumphant Nippon marched through the of Honolulu
celebration of the capulation OF Port Arthur thou
bearing Japanese trudgng between solid lines OF
spectators flags flags OF the Empire of the Rising
along serpentine length Of
marching line alternating here and there the Stars and Stripes
flag England triumphal procession such
as made picturesque
the the foreigner by the novelty OF the the excitement
the briance of all that goes make
Iapans famed lantern fetes.
Japan feel selfish her glory the Russians
marked degree by the which the
United States be represented by Governor
Carter and Britain represented by His Britannia Majesty
echong banza In the feeling
military the Japanese of Honolulu did not forget
regard for the friendness of the
two great Ang1o-Saxon nations
The procession like all japanese professions It ended
as 1t moved seemingly without order
always progressing steadily the nformai
giving added pictuesquenes The greater the
disorder paader the coruscation OF color Lanterns
were the low down and others half
way wavy OF lights and the bearers were
shouting crowd of happy people
who watched the procession go by have some
thing to stamp the of Port Arthur their minds
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-04
BALTIC FLEET
WILL WAIT FOR
REINFORCEMENTS
First Sign on the Part of Russia of
a Disposition to Stop the Ad-
vance of Ships Under Admiral
Rojestvensky's Command.
,AssoorATnD PRESS oAs1.RaRAnrsJ

SA1SVUAA1MD OABL&GRAMBJ
PARIS, Jan. 4It said Roestvenskys fleet win
probably be held Madagascar awaiting
This is the first time since the sailing of Baltic any
indication has been given purpose stop its
progress toward the seat Of in Asia
JAP CRUISERS CLOSE TO JAVA
BATAVIA JAM 1.-Two Japanese cruisers have been sighted
off the Java fota torpedo
ing in the neighborhood Borneo
OFFICERS CAN GIVE THEIR PAROLE
ST. PETERSBURG JAM 4-The Car has granted General
Stossels captured per-
give parole Japanese contrary general
expectation.
There has been revolutionary following
fall of the Russian stronghold although disposition
official circles any talk of peace
PEACE TALK PREMATURE
LONDON jan 4Repors official circles indicate that
Of peace between Japan premature.
MEDICINE RUSSIANS.
WEIHAIWEI JAM 4.-The British Andromeda has
sailed with cargo supplies
Russian sick in the fallen fortress.