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New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

an the way up to two hundred, and the Joy Of
tnese poor folk. freed at last from detested
drudgery, on treadinS for the first time the soil
that Is to be theirs and their children's after
them, and crossing for the first time the thresh-
old OF home all their own, is beautiful to be-
hold
AS matter Of fact. the enthusiasm in their
letters 20 friends in the old country and else
where IN America is doing more to gain them
neighbors than the efforts Of paid agents. And
in such environment Of peaceful freedom of
Ideas. actions and beliefs the settlers are ex-
panding into the best class of citizenry. The
social life of the newcomers will naturally be-
come fuller and more pleasant the colony fills
with their own kind, but those already estab-
hshed have been made heartily welcome by the
people of the valley, who will assist them to be-
come true Americans IN every way. And tho
colonists show their appreciation in the ready
response to every advance; the shaking off Of
"clannshness." and the abandonment Of that
reserve with which SO many cloak themselves
One of the first settlers in the colony, genial
Bohemian. who is living in Of the many
farmhouses that already dotted the tract when
Plsen was formed. has seemingly imbibed the
spirit OF the Americans who once lived under
his rooftree; for having cast his first ballot In
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local politics. he is going to run for Office him
self And he will probably win, should a
magistrate ever be needed to adjust Pisen dis
putes this candidate is broad enough mentally
to take Of both sides. besides possessing the
advantage Of being his own interpreter.
At present the small scholastic population of
the colony attends the Bear Spring public
school. but in short time the Pilsen children
will be meeting in a schoolhouse of their own,
which. with Roman Catholic chapel. the COL
ony company has erected for the of their
people. All the settlers on the Piisen tract
of that faith, and the little ones-and some of
the big Ones too-will be taught the American
language and ideals well ail things set
down in the textbooks of the states schools, by
the priest, who is likewise the schoolmaster
While the settlers Of the Pilsen colony OF
that hard living, hard working, hard muscled
kind which possess the physical properties neces
sary to the makeup of a successful pioneer, they
are fortunate IN that the actual pioneering sort of
work that develops new countries has been done
for them to a great extent by former generations
Many of the colonys ten thousand acres, more
especially among the valleys have been farmed
for years. and these old world husbandmen. with
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Sry' BYE. where the Louisville & Nashville
q nSj4wa. touches the Cumberland. The boat
WI picE up small fruits and early vegetables In
Cn3e Ct3e 10 connect with the "FrIit Express" for
kets
~, me present settlers have been gathered from
Silcnigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota and even
Sshaoa, but all Poles or Bohemians. and
from Poland and Bohemia a large proportion OF
We future arrivals will come direct while ell the
Solonists VIII be natives Of the other Of
Gose countries.
me story OF the purchase Of homes by those
.Ao VIII people Pilsen is as pathetic IT is in
seiestlng' and 70 those who can read between
ue nnes tells OF eager hopes and willing sac
s-nces s Tor q longed-for end. not often exceeded,
e'eh in the annals Of the poor Each settler is
3 man with family to support, and labors
Soggedly. and at times desperately, 70 find even
.eeac for the many mouths Of his brood; labors.
so' IN city work that he loathes. or mines that
ae mates. while his heart is ever with the hoe
sao the rake and the smell Of turned soil
" new cut grass: labors In the smoke and heat
- uie factory he abhors, or In the darkness and
t.aiAe OF the mine he detests. while all the time
lis SOUL yearns for the sun and the dew. the
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ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

san Francisco. Dec 1.-The return of Mayor
Schmtz from the East was marked by great
enthusiasm on the part of his partisans, seven
thousand of whom gathered in Dreamlard Pa
viliou and waited at the house for his arrival
When tne Mayor approached, half an hour after
midnight. he received warm welcome The
burden of his remarks. which followed those OF
Father Yorlle. a Catholic priest. who presided.
was that fair play demanded suspension of
judgment until the charges against the Mayor
were proved Father Yorke especially brought
out what he called conspiracy OF capitalists
against the interests of labor. In part this dis
credited priest, who is more happy than
when stirring up class hatred. charged fatty
that former Mayor Phelan. Rudolph Spreckels
and others who are back of the prosecution of
municipal BrafterS, were engaged In this work
because they wished 10 discredt the working
men of San Francisco and disrupt labor and so
use the only means at their disposal to cut the
wages OF the men who were engaged in rebuild
ing San Francisco 1t is evident that this is To-
be the slogan of partisans OF the Mayor and
Boss Ruef, by which they hope to keep solid
the forces of labor that for three successive
terms have elected Schmitz Mayor.
Jessie Busley scored hit here this week IN
the dramatization OF Miriam MIchelsons novel
In the Bishops Carriage" What makes her
engagement noteworthy Is that Il was the first
time since the fire that San Francisco has seen
a show. Next week Maxine Elliott IL TO appear
at the Novelty Theatre
James Dowdall, the young fellow whose close
resemblance to the real criminal led to his con-
viction and sentence TO San Quentin for fifty
years for highway robbery. was released this
weak, but h~ oslshsaAsd hlsI&Sssdam hV SstxinS
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po.es and Bohenions Have Flourishjng Colony in
Middle Ternessee-Japanese in Texas.

breath OF Towers and the freedom of the fields
SUI he cannot pay even the first inStament
mat Is necessary to place him in possession of
Ills hity' has hundred or his two hundred acres
OF longed-for earin, ard seems destined to grind
away his life at uncongenal tasks when sud-
dehly he tnds that Pisen offers relief; offers TO
accept his boarded dimes and his hardly earned
doHars. a little payment at a time. until his
tanilys sacrifices have made of him free
holder and soil ter at last
And no one, not seeing the plain facts written
IN pain figures the pages of the colony COM
palys books, can have the remotest idea of the
earnest sacrifices made daily by these poor peo-
pie who, farmers once. farmers always
buoying and encouraging themselves through
their lives of hard toll with visions Of their
homes TO be.
AS soon as the future colonst has by dollars
and dimes, and almost by pennies, deposited his
nrSt instalment on the partial payment plan, a
comfortable dwelling is erected on his allotment
OF acreage, OF a size commensurate to his fam
ily's needs. and already Pilsen is dotted with
neat frame houses, each with its complement
Of barns and other outbuildings. all we'll and
substantially built None of the settlers are
taking up less than fifty acres and from that
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be constructed OF bamboo. the same as in Japan,
Mr.. Takayama says
The Japanese children at the Webster colony
attend the public school there with white chill
entered the minds OF the white people Of THAI
community They are quiet. obedient students,
ana are quick to learn the interesting things
that are taught them out Of American books
Mr. Takayama has planned to educate ths
children OF his Deepwater colony IN American
schools. They Will be provided with all the
advantages afforded by the Texas public school
system.
The present male nesnbers OF the Deepwater
colony are all graduates of the Japanese agri-
cultural college. 1t is stated that they ara az
hne farmers as have ever left Japan. They
TOMS
This has been most successful season for the
Deepwater colony Their yield of rice to the
acre was much larger than that Of American
rice farmers whose land adjoins the coIony's
cultivated tract. Not only was the yield larger
but the Japanese have sold some of their prod
uct for 81 sack. They made the experiment.
of transplanting five acre field Of rice. The
beds were carefully selected and laid off 10 feet
long by feet wide. with space OF q foot and
a half between each bed. The five acres were
transplanted in two days by ten Japanese. This
method is followed largely in Japan. and it was
Ar. Iakayamas desire TO see how it would
work in Texas. The results have been far moro
successful than he anticipated This five acres
OF rice yielded about thirty sacks of rice acre.
East sack weighs 16O pounds 1t OF such fns
quality that it sold for 81 sack for seed pur-
poses.
In addition to this five acres Of governmental
rice the colony this season raised five hundred
acres of rice by the usual method OF irrigation
which is followed by American rice planters 1t
gave big yield
Mr.. Takayama formerly belonged TO the jap
anese army. He was a major of artillery in the
war between Japan and Russia. He is highly
educated and is possessed Of considerable wealth.
His colony enterprise is sanctioned by the Jap
anese government IT is his purpose to conduct
the affairs of the colony on high scientific prli-
cples This applies not only 10 agriculture out
to various other lines of industry which he is
preparing to introduce here.
Aside from his colony enterprise at Deepwater
Mr.. Takayana mas about two thousand acres
in rice at Haywood. Tex. on the Southern Pa
cifc RAILROAD, about fOrty-eight miles from
Houston. The sale of the product raised this
season on this private farm Will bring him a
small fortune.
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He is about nearly happy In his yallev home
stead as the average man ever gets to be- and he
mas what he never had before in all his hard
better results than ever before The Pilsen COL
onist loves his vocation, consequently he works
at II willingly and intellgently and Is making it
pay. He has plenty of horse sense as we'll as
FARMING sense and sees that to be an American
outright Is a long way better than merely to be
a foreigner farming in America therefore there
is no prejudice against him in the country sur
rounding the Pisen colony He is rapidly ao-
curing English. too, and speaks it almost al
tosetner, even with his own friends. though
ne naturally likes to hear the old tongue once in
a while In his hume ii Is al English. fJr his
ch1ldren-and he Is proud of it-have always
on their lips the free American speech of the
free American people. learned in the free Amer
lean schools.
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drunk. and spent his first night Of liberty In the
city prison. DOwdan was convicted OF holding
spring. A number of witnesses identified him
as the robber, but when Louis Dabner. one OF
the Japanese bank robbers. captured ne
proved 10 be a double for DowdaI. and his con-
fession resulted in pardon for Dowdan
One OF the co-eds at Stanford University has
created much discussion by defending In the
college magazine. "The Sequoia.' the custom os
social drinking among students. She declares
that it's a good thing for students TO be tnducted
In drinking as other things. as when they go
out into the world temptation will not assaiI
them It's curious argument which VIII not
commend itself TO educators.
Twenty-Five families from Idaho have pur-
chased 720 acres near Gridley. IN the heart OF
Sacramento Valley, and purpose to grow sugar
beets. They have been successful IN sugar beet
culture in Idaho. but are attracted by the cli-
mate of Sacramento Valley and tha great pro-
ductiveness Of the soil.
A snake charmer in Los Angeles this week
was badly bitten by ella monster, the ugly
yellow reptile that for many years was credited
with the deadly venom OF the desert rattesnske.
The recovery of this proved what many
residents of the desert have seen dennonstrated-
that the ella monster Is far more ugly than
dangerous.
The Supreme Court OF the State OF Washing
ton this week decided. IN the case OF Sormsr
Mayor Zook. of Ballard. Wash. that a man was
woman If he found that she suffering from
consumption. y jury gave Miss Grover, looks
fiancee, $4,000 because he Tilted her after learn
ing that she was ConSumptive, but the higher
court sets the verdict aside and orders the casa
dismissed. because consumption is not only a
contagious disease. but is transmitted to chill
dren.
Great steel dredges are now being constructed
here for gold mining along the Yukon River In
Alaska The wooden and castiron dredges
being discarded and the best steel used. One
recently completed at the Risdeu Iron Works
will handle $500 cubic yards OF earth daily. Its
cost. through heavy freight rates. viii be S14o-
GOO by the time IT reaches Forty-nile.
The seal catch OF the Boring Sea fleet shows
a decrease OF % per cent for this year The
seventeen schooners from Victoria averaged only
900 skins each The total catch. for the season
is 13 1O5 with l. otter skins The reduction ID
mainly attributed to the presence OF twenty-ilye
Japanese seal schooners In Bering Sea. all
hunting with firearms within the SiXty-miie
limit whereas the British Columbia sealers used
only the spear within the prescribed limits
This small catch means higher prices Tor seAi-
skins for the December sales In London
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unes where the plains are sunny and tho nosn-
fsins smile.
The larger tract contains cleared and timbered
land and coal and other mineral deposits, but
the particular portion allotted to the Pflsen
colony is almost altogether agricultural. Much
Of It is already in cultivation. and much more
has been largely made ready for the plough by
iunbermen, who have cut 1t over closely, thus
assuring the coming colonists that they will
have no such trial to endure as did the fore
fathers Of their neighbors- The creek and river
valleys are fully up to the rich standards OF
Illinois and Iowa, while the uplands are almost
equally fertile, and the springs and many brooks
and creeks settle the drainage and irrigation
questions fully and finally.
Up the Cumberland River are Nashville and
ClarksvfIe, markets for every sort of farm
product, and not a day passes but some large
freight and passenger packet sounds it's mellow
whistle for the colony's landing, bound UP the
river: or down TO the reshippins towns Of Pa
ducah, KY, and Evansville. Ind. The colonists
have daily mail service TO Bear Spring from
the short line junction with the Louisville &
Nashville Railway, at present; but the resident
manager, Mr.. Long, purposes to improve both
the mail and express facilities by placing
swift launch Of considerable tonnage on the
river. to ply between Pusen and Cumberland
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FOR PERSONAL USE.

When President Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation IL excited at once great deal OF dis
cussIon In the army. On occasion Henry Clay
Trumbull, says his biosrapher. was going through
the camp OF the regiment OF which he was chap
men who were arguing the subject
Chaplain" asked the sergeant. do you think
President Lincoln had any right to issue that proc
iamation?'
TrumbuM
Well suppose soldiers got right to hold
his opinions. hasn't her
''Oh, yes. certainly he has answered thu chan
latn-'that ts, he'll take care and hold 'sru- and
not always ba singing them round carslssslx Tafna
oShnxAy~-Y0uths Companion
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-26
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Annual Election HeId-Gompers Re.
elected for Twenty-hfth Time.

Minneapolis, MINI, Nov. 25.-Sam.
uel Gompers was elected president OF
the American Federation of Labor
yesterday afternoon for the twenty.
fifth time. There was no opposition.
The Endorsement OF Gompers meant
the Endorsement OF his policy and the
men who had worked with him in
framing and executing t.
With the usual complimentary
speeches and motions. the entire leg
islatiye and administrative stan was
reelected by acclamation as follows:
Samuel Gompers OF Washington
president.
James Duncan OF Quincy, Mass
first vice president.
John Mitchell OF Indiana, second
vice president
James O'Connell OF Washington
third vice president.
Mix Morris of Denver, fourth vice
president
d. A. Hayes of Philadelphia, fftr
vice president.
Daniel ]. Keefe OF Detroit, Mich.
sixth vice president.
William d. Huber of indianapolis
seventh vice president.
Joseph F. Valentine Of Chicago
eighth vice president.
John Il. Lennon Of Bloomington H.
treasurer
Frank Morrison of Washington, sec
retary.
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-pd-O-
TARIFF READJU STMENT.

Tariff revision will ho proposed for
mally to congress, probably within a
fow months There is authority for
the statement that the president, him
SELF, will initiate the movement for
raadjustmcut Of the tarin in spec
ill me sage to congress. Il is re-
Elrlcd as likely however, that thi.
message will bee sent To the incoming
congress, rather than To the present
body. and that the message will be
delivered at an extraordinary session
Of the congress to be convened next
spring
II is urged by tariff rcNsionists
that a failure ON the part Of the Re
puhNcans 20 take mp definitely the
tariff question I'm the next eighteen
months viii foopardizo the success of
the parry iu the elections of l90S The
president has had the subject I'm mind
for long time Two years ago, 1t
was his purpose to discuss the tariff
question in a special message and Il
is well known that, as prepared at
first, his annual message contained the
statement that he would announce his
views on the tariff in subsequent
message. Prior to the publication OF
the message that statement was elm.
mated, because Of the pressure exert.
ed by the "standpattcrs" Last No.
vembcr, the president again had the
tariff question in mind. He conferred
with the leaders in both the senate
and the house He was advised that
# was an inopportunc time to project
that issue on congress. particularly az
It was evident then that the proposed
railroad rate legislation would arouse
much autagonism and consume a great
deal Of time. Speaker Cannon, one OF
the stanchest "stand-pattors," accord
Ing TO our Washington correspondent
was the determining factor in the
equation, He bluntly told the president
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-26
TO ATTACK LABOR.
Plans Being Discussed for Criminal
Prosecution Of Unions.

Chicago, H., Nov. 25.-Plans for the
criminal prosecution OF certain labor
organizations rs conspiracies in re
straint of trade are to be discussed in
Chicago on Dec. 3.4 during the con.
vention OF the Citizens Industrial as.
sociation OF America.
The leaders OF the Citizens Associa.
tion movement will declare their be
lief that the modern tendency OF
unionism is toward the formation OF
labor trust" and the methods OF
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation of Labor. are to
be attacked.
The association has delegated TO r
J. Mahoney, an attorney in Omaha
the study of the labor situation with
reference to the Sherman antitrust
law. Mr. Mahoney is to be a speaker
at the convention and will report pro
gress Of his inspection into late con
ditions.
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that II he wanted to get his railroad
rate measure through the house, he
would have to abandon, for the time
at least, his ideas regarding read
justmcnt of the tariff schedules. In
other words. the speaker demanded
this concession as the price of his
support Of the rate measure. II was
important that the rate bill should be
passed and without the speakers sup
port It is doubtful If 1t could have
been gotten through congress.
Just now. the question Of tariff re
adjustment is the most important that
IS being considered by the congress.
Washington They frankly say that
President Roosevelt was the dOmi-
nant issue I'm the late campaign and
that. without him. the Republican par
ty would have been whipped out Of
It's boots. They are inclined. there
fore. to let the president blaze the
way and follow him without outward
sign OF disapproyal. They are much
concerned. however. as to the action
the president may take and It is prct-
ty well assured that. even II Mr.. Roose.
Welt should advocate tarirr readjustment
he will meet with strong opposition In
both branches Of congress.
Speaker Cannon is expected In
Washington at least week before
congress convenes and will confer with
re president as to the program OF
tc forthcoming session II is not ex.
Iected that the tariff question will be
] 'ccipitated seriously at the approach
ng session, as, In the circumstances,
he appropriation bills and routine
! isincss will occupy practically all Of
the available time. 1t is quite GER
tlin, however. that President Roosc-
Welt will indicate, either directly or
Indirectly, in a short time, what his
intentions are regarding tariff rcvis.
ion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-26
ARDMORE GROWING.

If YOU do not believe Ardmore is
growing. look around a bit and see
fer Yourself The growth is not a
boom. bat one steady upbulding that
counts i'm the long run. What is be-
ing done is being done with a view
of stability and pcrmancncy.
one Of the best evidences Of the
City's growth is noted by the fact that
you can walk from one end of the city
to the other aud from one side to the
other and you will be Impressed with
the fact that you can not find "to
rent" sign. A city of 10000 inhabt-
ants and not vacant dwelling house
in its borders speaks well for the
town. Tho demand for dwellings is
greater than the supply and as fast
as cottages are built real estate men
find tenants.
The fact that the citizens are taking
civic pride in their city is also to
be noted. at every meeting Of the
tolntl Wllulu inc ldHl Hl'h'h VI "'i
from two to three sections area pply'
ing To the council for the privilege Ia
he laid on into Improvement districts
Strangers coming here wishing to 10
cate are finding trouble In securing
homes, even temporarily, before they
can build. II is FAR better that these
conditions prevail than TO have "tC
rent" signs strung up all over tn,
city.
When all the pavements contracted
for have p"en laid and Main stree
paved from one end to the other. to
gether with a number Of new huilding'
on that thoroughfare, and with a troll
ley system In good working order, w
will take of our hat to no city In th'
new state in appearance and go ahead
Cducss.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-26
NEW RULE ON WARRANTS.
After January I, 1907, Indian Paper
viii be Non-neqotable.

Muskogee, |. T., Nov. 24.-Indian
Inspector j. George Wright has re-
ceived from the secretary of the inte-
rior the new rules governing the pay
ment of all warrants issued by the
five civilized tribes. Beginning with
the first OF the year all warrants is,
sued will he non-negotiable and will
be paid direct ny the Indian agent All
such warrants must be submitted to
some officer designated by the De
partment of Interior and no warrant
will be good unless It has his approx
al This order will have the effect
of stopping jobbing in Indian war.
rants and It will also put an end to
fraudulent warrants which have been
bohbng up now and then in the va.
rious tribes. The new rule applies to
all the nations.