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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.
ENORMOUS STRUCTURES TO BE
ERECTED BY MONTGOMERY
WARD And COMPANY AND
OTHERS.

Suggests Question Whether Giant
Catalogue Houses r Benetit or
Detriment to the Farmer and the
Country Generally.
Chicago is to have the greatest build
ing the world ever constructed for com
mercfal purposes. 1t will have a floor
space of SO acres-a good sized farm.
1t is to be 10 stories high. including the
basement, and were it to be all
stretched out on one floor it would
cover IS of the big city blocks in the
windy city. 1t will be 900 feet in length
and 270 feet wide and will be built of
steel and concrete. The cost will be
81, SOC, 900. The present building &C.
cupied by Montgomery Ward and Com
pany is a huge affair, but is stated to
be entirely inadequate to the needs of
this enormous mail order house, and
so this new pile is to be constructed.
1t seems to be the time of big COM
merical houses in the great centers of
the country. Another big firm is to
erect a building on Chicago avenue,
which will contain a million square
feet-20O feet by 500 feet; Sears, Roe
buck and Company is a big Chicago
business rival of the Montgomery Ward
firm. and has just also been i%ncorpor-
ated TO do business in New York, with
a capitalization of 100000 900, paying
the State incorporation tax of $4,000.
To BE PROUD OF.
These are fine projects, and at first
thought may make one proud of Amer
lean business institutions, but what is
the real effect of the success of these
gigantic commercial houses upon the
COuntry's prosperity? How does their
business affect the country merchant,
the country banker, the country town
itself and in fact the country people
who are the patrons of the great mail
order houses. What creates the village,
the town, the thriving city? What
keeps it a live and bustling center ra-
Their than a lead congregation of a few
houses with one or two miserable
stores? 1t is the patronage and sup
port, is it not, of the surrounding coun-
try homes. Towns are butt up only
when they have support from an agri-
cultural territory. if agriculture is the
surrounding industry, which is the
case In nine out Of ten instances. But
conversely, the richness of the soil
alone does not make the most valuable
farms.
THE MARKET FOR PRODUCTS.
There must be a good market for the
farm product; if the farm is adjacent
to a live growing town supporting ac-
tive and well-to-do-people, the market
for the farmers products will be ac-
tive and the prices good. If the town
be a dead one he will have to turn
elsewhere to dispose of his products,
- n.-hanc ippt,r hnovH- tr~anCnnrta-
ton charges in their shipment. This
fact is set forth Enthusiastically in the
last census figures which show that in
a small area of tie United States, the
regions where factories ahound,-a dis
trict comprising but little over 10 per
cent. of the United States-the value
of the farm lands is over half that of
all of the arabic land in the entire
country. The farms in these regions
are located close to the factories,
which afford a profitable home market
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

for all the agricultural products. So
that the greatest factor in land value
is the nearness to good markets. 1t
becomes plain, therefore, that the bet
ter the home town can be made, the
more valuable is the farm land tribu-
tary to it. In the purely agricultural
sections, the average country town is
located in the center of from rs to $50
square miles of territory; that is the
town is supported by the trade result
ing from that area of farms. Accord
ing to federal statistics the average
farmer spends 1927 a year for supplies
clothing for his family, household
utensils, food that he does not grow
himself, farm implements. etc.
-. Now 1t must be evident that II a plan
were to be followed looking to the
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THE COMING PEOPLE.

"Outward changes. economical and
political. more or less marked. are
always going on in the forms and or
CARNATIONS of society. But to-day one
can make a specially strong argument
that great and radical changes are i'm
pending. No one can believe that
existing conditions will continue in a
world where all things move and
change. Waste, extravaganza, political
corruption, fierce mercantile riyalrieS,
colossal monopolization of wealth and
of the industrial plants of the world,
masses of dreary pOverty,-these are
natural subjects for profound, patri-
otto and humane concern. Is not the
old social and industrial machinery.
the competitive or wage system, show
ing signs of breaking down beneath
its load?
The question is quite fair whether
any system is just that permits lnd|~
viduals to roll up immense fortunes MS
the result of lucky speculations, or ol
the rise of land values about a great
city. that permits other individuals %
inherit almost unlimited money power.
as men once inherited duchies anu
Kingdoms. while millions of workiu.
men. with small wages, live close Z
the danger line of debt, or even of coi
and starvation. and are liable TO
thrown out of employment for MOI
at a time.
when in the face of natural Wei
so abundant. and forces of p
duetiOn augmented indefinitely nA
science and invention, so many almost
fail to reap any benefit from the re-
sources which surely belong TO me
race, ii must at least be confessed thaI
our present system, both of production
and of distribution, is not intelligehlN
or humanely managed. It's results ~
not represent an ideal democrae1 q
brotherhood of man.'-From INC
Coming People, by Chas. f. DOW
1t bchooveS everyone who has etl'
10 see and ears to hear and a ora'"
with which to think to study the llJ
mendOuS social problems with MIC"
we are face to face to-day.
Whether they are settled riehl ~
wrong will affect every member oil ~,
community. No one can escape
evils that will result from a W.
settlement and everyone Will De '''
fitted by n right settlement. .ho+
Nothing is more important than ln1s
we should get started right. Inc Inc
guidance and insniration | n ever bv
of "THE COMING PEOPLE
ChaS. F. Dole. ,ithin
In order to bring this book Was hos
the reach of all. n popular edllloes
lust been issued by the Holneeto' rod
Gid of the Talisman which can Ut
for % cents. postage included, . hery
hv postal money order. express ma9 9rTEF
order or postage stamps 70 81
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 143 Main y"
WATERFOWL, Mass"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

This book is the first of n Series
that will Chronicle the Progress of the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with it how they may do so through
the formation of local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Betterment, stimu-
late. home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions, industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities of edu-
cation in the local public schools, and
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will go far to check the drift of
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid of the Homecrofters
has been established at Watertown,
Massachusetts. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located ut 1i3 Main
Street, where the Garden School is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing in Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The Viewers
are already at work at the looms.
1t is not designed to build here an
isolated institution, but to make a
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
Copies of'THE FIRST BOOK OF
THE hOMECROFTERS" can be
obtained by sending twelve two
cent stamps with your name and
address Carefully and plainly
written) to The Homecrofters' Gid
of the Talisman 143. Main ST.,
WatertoWn, Massachusetts.
There is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants a Home
of his own on the Land in the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which is as fol-
lows:
peace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war;"
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CONTROL AND USE OF THE
GRAZING LANDS.

'Ah4ALA%N1 1es
8. That all INDICATED public lands
not otherwise reserved shall be re
served from location or entry under
any law except the Homestead Law.
and shall be embraced in Grazing Re
serves under the control of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, who shall be en-
powered to issue annual Licenses to
Craze stock in said Grazing Reserves.
but such licenses shall neyt. be issued
for a longer period than one year on
agricultural lands or five years on
grazing lands, and all lands classified
as grazing lands shall be subject to
reclassification at the end of every five
years; hat no leases of the public
grazing lands shall ever be made by
the National Government. and that
the area of the homestead entry shall
never under any circumstances be en-
larged to exceed 160 acres.
RESERVE STATE LANDS FOR
HOMESTEAD SETTLERS.
0. That the public land states shall
administer the state lands under a
system similar TO and in harmony
with the national public land system
dbbNC oillllllt's III lldA az Al
shall enact a State Homestead Law
for the settlement of lands owned by
the state, and that state lands shall
be disposed of only to actual settlers
under such law. and that all state
lands shall at all times remain open
to Homestead Entry.
UNITED OWNERSHIP OF LAND
AND WATER.
10. That it shall be the law of every
state and of the United States, that
beneficial use is the basis. the meas
ure, and the limit of all rights to
water. including riparian right, and
that the right to the use of water for
irrigation shall inhere in and be ap-
purtenant to the land irrigated, so thai
the ownership of the land and the
water shall be united, and ID right to
water as a speculative commodity
ever be acquired, held or o. ed,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

THE slums and tenements of the
great cities are social dynamite, GER
tain to explode sooner or later. The
only safeguard against such dangers
is to plant the multiplying millions of
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

our fast increasing population in in
dividual homes on the land-home-
crofts, however small, owned by the
occupant, where every worker and his
family can enjoy individual industrial
independence George II. Maxwell.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
PLANT FORESTS AND CREATE
FOREST PLANTATIONS.

1. That the Timber and Stone Law
shall be repealed, and that all pub
lie timber lands shall be included in
permanent Forest Reserves. the title
to the land to be forever retained by
the National Government, stumpage
only of matured timber to be sold.
and young timber to be preserved for
future cutting. SO that the forests will
be perpetnated by right use; and
that the National Government shall
by the reservation or purchase of ex,
listing forest lands. and the planting
of new forests, create in every state
National Forest Plantations from
which, through all the years to come.
a sufficient supply of wood and timber
can be annually harvested to supply
the needs of the people of each state
from he Forest Plantations in that
state.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
BE 4
Learn by Doing. Work Together.
Give every Man a Chance.
THE SLOGAN OF THE HoMEcRoFrERs Is

TIE Do OF I'D TEKo 10
Every Child in a Garden-EVey Mother in n HomeerOh, and Lndi=
ViduaL Industrial Independence for Every Worker in
Home Of his Own on the Land"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

THE Citizen standing in the doorway of his home -contHted on his threshold. his family
gathered about his hearhstone, while the evening of well spet dy loses in scenes sand
sounds that are dearest he shall save the Republic when the dum-ap is futile and the
barracks are exhausted. -Heny N. Gtaay
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

"A little croft we owned-a plot Of corn,
A garden stored with peas and mint and thyme.
And flowers for posies, oft on Sunday morn,
Plucked while the church bells rang their earliest Chimes
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
EDUCATION U & Hor1EcRoFTS
OPPORTUNITY = m COOPERATION

THE FIRST BOOK 1 Gn HOMECROFTERS
HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED AND AMONG ITS CONTENTS ARE
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF ABSORBING INTEREST
The Brotherhood of Man
Charity that Is Everlasting
The Secret of Vippon's PoDer
Lesson OF a Great Calamity
The Sign OF a Thought
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

~ NJ v ideal o. civilization is a yer high n nj h approach to it is
a New England w of some W thousand inhabitants, with nj rih
a n no % % mn in it, Ill minRhng in h same society YER child
too proud TO stand aloof, nobody too hunble to be hut N That's New
England as it was fifty al < :. h civilization that fingers
beautifully or the hilsideso of New England, II nest1es sweetIy in the
valleys Of Vermont, the omen 1T approaches "A crowd like Boston,, " a
he greater centersO # modern civilization. - Wendell Philips
Itisa we'll known fact that thu cities are rapidly apping h strength
of n village mmunit II h count towns by estroy local
trade and undermining h local spirit. The very life # the
tow depends the hecki of this paralyzinE forces d the protec-
tu of lOcal Interest,"
The only "a this IAN De accomplished is " arousingl local sentiment
in favor Of n improvements OF local enVironment the beautifyinR of home
TRADE.
To that end the editor of this department desirest to keen in tmch
will n active emberso o. Civic aud Local rover AHocntinns
aud very me interested in the improvement N the objection If rural
village life.
What is being done in. Your town to encourage small industries and
me4a N tn identifying OF private lawns n public parks?
Are your local merchants receiving tn support IF h eIoca1t trade?
Experience, plans and suggestions will be welcomed by the editor of
thsd epartuent and so ar asp possible given place n these colunns
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21
lands reclaimed. as required " the
National Irrigation Act.
SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS FOR
HOMEMAKERS.

6. That not another acre of the prb
lie lands shall ever hereafter be
granted to any state or territory for
any purpose whatsoever, or to any n
other than an actual settler who has
built his home on the land and lived
on ii for five years. and that no more
land scrip of any kind shall ever be
issued, and that the Desert Land Law
and the Communication Clause of the
Homestead Law shall be made to con.
form to the recommendations of the
Public Lands Commission appointed
by President Roosevelt and of the
Message of the President to Congress.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-07-21

Suggests Question Whether Giant
Catalogue Houses are Benetit or
Detriment to the Farmer and h
Country Generally.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25

the Standard 10 get their business. in.
cluding the building OF an ostensibly
independent pipe line The same tactics
were pursued in the Marietta field. They
however held their customers.
Fretter testified that In 1906 he all
but closed q contract with the Rock
Island to lubricate II for n year and
General TruesdalI was just signing the
contnct, when he studied moment
aud told Fretter to come back In day
or two. When he returned Trucsdall
refused to sign because Mr. Barstow OF
the Standard Oil was director OF the
Rock Island. "My last attempt was 10
sell to the Santa fe system, had to
60 To Traffic Manager Paul Morton,
Morton said that there IL no use in
wasting words you could not begin to
give ia the tonnage the Standard does,
II is to our interest to deal with those
who will give us the most business
That showed me the error of my way,
and / Immediately ceased all effort with
that railroad"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25

CLEVELAND, o., May a. w In two
protraeted sessions today Of the inter-
state commerce commission MesNrs,
Prouty and Clements were In attendance
aud heard evidence bcaring upon the
business methods of the Standard Oh
Company. The session wa. a continua'
ton OF the investigation adjourned In
Chicago two weeks ago. No decidedly
sensational testimony was produced, but
most Of il related Ia methods which the
so called trust took to prevent cnmpcti'
ton and drive It's rivals out Of bust
ness. Much evidence was offered show.
Ing that the railroad companies took
considerable part in aiding the Standard
to fight its rivals.
One Of the witnesses, Frank II, Fret
ter, secretary of The National Refining
Company and president OF the National
Line Company. operating small pipe
lines In the field. Of Findlay, Mari
etta Homework and Slo, told Of the
establishment Of their pipe line in the
findlny field IN 1908 and the methods Of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25
Railroads Refusedto Supply Wants
OF Small Companies.
FAVORED BIG CORPORATIONS
Before Interstate Commerce
Commission Shows How Pennsyl-
vania Road Favored Big Coal
Companies.

PHILADELPHIA. May 24.-Addition-
al evidence of discrimination by the
Pennsylvania Railroad in the distribu-
ton of cars in the soft coal field was
presented to the interstate commerce
commission today John Lloyd, a bank
er and coal operator of Altoona, who is
one of the members of the banking
firm OF Cassatt and Company, testified
that the Columbia Coal Company was
forced to sell the Alexandria mine be-
cause of n shortage of coal cars, and
George f. T.. Scott of the Puritan and
Crescent Coal Companies, declared he
paid for the use of cars. when he fail
ed to secure his allotment and during
n period of twenty-thee days the rail
road furnished him only one car, He
also asserted that Michael Trump, Gen.
eral Superintendent of transportation
told him the company intended to pro-
tect the BerwindWhite Company at all
hazards The commission today re-
ceived telegram from process server,
who went to Irvine, Pa, the home OF
Congressman Huff, who it has been re-
peatedly testified, made offers of stock
in several coal companies to the rail
road officials, The telegram stated the
officers were unable to serve Il subpoena
on Huff as the latter locked himself
in his house and eyaded the server by
escaping by way of the cellar, 1t was
learned later that he left town.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25
ARRESTED FOR
MURDER
Officer Brutally Kills Re-
tugee in Frisco.
PLEADS FOR MERCY
During Disaster Man Chases Chick
ems and Is Shot Like
a Dog.
BODY IS THROWN IN THE BAY
Drunken Marine Stabs Man in Back,
and Officer Then Brutally Shoots
Him Down With His
Revolver.
BODY IS THROWN IN THE BAY
Drunken Marine Stabs Man in Back,
and Officer Then Brutally Shoots
Him Down With His
Revolver. Z

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.-Ernest
Denicke, son of L. A. Denicke, wealthy
San Francisco banker and capitalist
was arrested today on the charge of
manslaughter Friday afternoon of
April 20, Denicke, wearing the uniform
of a lieutenant in the United States
army, shot and killed an unknown man
on the Lombard street wharf, and he is
now being "sweated' by the police. To
representatives of the press he admitted
the shooting, but refused to talk further
until he secured counsel. Denicke is a
well known mining engineer. who has
seen military service in the Philippines.
On the night of the earthquake he dom
ned his old uniform and volunteered his
services to the colonel of the Twenty
second infantry. He was detailed for
duty along the water front. Friday aft
ernoon coop of chickens was liberated
on the Lombard street wharf and a num-
Der of refugees scrambled after the
fowls and one of these, evidently q
middle aged Italian or Mexican, was ac-
costed by drunken marine, who stab
ed the man in the back with bayonet.
The refugees succeeded in wrestling the
gun from the marine, when an army
officer rushed up and according to
stories told the police by eye witnesses,
deliberately shot the man three times
while he pleaded for money. The man did
not die Immediately, but it is alleged
was allowed to lie on the wharf until IL
o'clock that night. 1t was then discov-
cred the man was dead and his body
was weighted and thrown into the bay.
No report of his death was made to the
coroner and it is alleged none was made
to military headquarters. For long
time the identity of the officer was
shrouded in mystery, and the
police are now dragging the bay in hopes
of recovering the body, Denicke was
later released on $4,000 bonds.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25
Members Of Large Firms Paid
Much Money.
FROM "UNKNOWN SOURCES
In Crosby -Thomas-Taggart Rebate Trial
Members of Half Dozen Firms Ad-
NIT Receiving Large Amounts
of Money.

KANSAS CITY, May 24.-Members of
half a dozen large firms admitted at
the Crosby Thomas -Taggart rebate bill
trial today that they had received thous-
ands of dollars in commissions from
unknown sources All the firms hired
Thomas to attend to shipping their
goods from the Atlantic seaboard to
st. Louis and Kansas City, but none of
the witnesses would say that the money
came from Thomas. W. L. Emery a
member of the Emery Bierd- Thayer
Drygoods Company, who admitted re-
ceiving from $500 to $1,000 per year
said he did not know who sent it but
supposed it came from Thomas" Not
withstanding the large sums thus paid
in commissions, none of the firms kept
any record of the amounts, according
to witnesses. The examination of sew
eral Burlington employees regarding the
payment of these commissions develop
ed the fact that the vouchers for the
amounts had disappeared, The govern
ment rested its case this afternoon when
Judge Spencer for the defendants filed
demurrer arguing that no evidence
was produced to show that conspiracy
and also lack of jurisdiction as the al
legged crime was committed in New
York and not in Missouri. He asked that
the case of Crosby be dismissed. Judge
Mcpherson overruled his motion as to
Crosby and said the argument on the
demurrer would be had tomorrow.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25
FIRE I'm MINE.

TRINIDAD, Colo, May 24.-Fire
started late night in the Engleville
Mine owned BY the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Co., and the latest reports are that
all attempts to surround and smother
ii are so far flalitless. The smoke has
spread to Starkville the workings Of
which connect with the Englevile mine,
and have compelled a suspension of
work there. About 5000 men employed
in the workings threatened with de-
struction. deserted the mine before the
real danger threatened.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-25
ROYAL COUPLE.
Will We'd
All Spain Awaits Expect
ant for Big Event.
PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE
King AIphonso Leaves for Frontier
to Greet His Future
Bride.
ROYAL BULLS WILL FIGHT
Marriage Celebration Will Continue
Eight Days Concluding With Two
Weeks Honeymoon -- Wedding
y, VIII Be on May 81.
ROYAL BULLS WILL FIGHT

MADRID May 24-This city is fast
assuming an aspect of feverish expect
ancy as the day of the royal nuptials
approaches. King Alphonso's departure
for the frontier today to meet his bride
was the first event of the elaborate Of
fetal program Pueta Del Sol and other
centers presented scene OF intense ami
nation today, with the crowds of pro-
vincials in their picturesque costumes.
Throughout the day the principal
streets were filled with arriving troops,
sailors and marines, with bands and
banners coming to greet the royal
couple, A large number of ministers
and a glittering array of military Off
GERS accompanied the royal party to the
frontier. The track was lined with sol
diers and crowds of country folks gath
cred at the stations and gave ovations
to the king.
The Spaniards seem to have entered
into the spirit of their kings love al
fair. The following is the provisional
general program beginning next Tues.
day.
May 29th--The arrival and reception
of the foreign princes.
May 3O-The official signing of the
marriage agreement.
May 3l-Marriage at San Geronimo
church, Cardinal Sancho, the archbishop
of Toledo officiating.
June Gala banquet.
June 2-Flower battle.
June 3-Religious feast and gala ball,
June 4-Royal bull fight.
June 5--Departure of the foreign
princes.
June 6-Banquet and ball. departure
of the king and queen for La Grandaja
Palace for a two weeks honeymoon.