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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-11-08

| This. election day. is the hardest
day of all the year on which to write
editorials. Tomorrow we shall know
whether to bring out our roosters, or
to begin explaining how it all happen
ed.
Whether it happens our way or not.
we feel that we have done our entire
duty by the party and the candidates,
both in and out of the newspaper.
More than that no man can do and ii
the other republicans of the county
have staid by the ticket as loyalty
there can be no question as to the
results.
AS far as the Review is concerned
it is willing to forgive and forget the
incidents of this campaign as quickly
as possible but we fear that the scars
of this battle will long remain to in
jure the party as whole. and many
individual members of it tor years to
come.
If the county ticket is beaten to-
day it will be because of those re-
publicans who failed to support the
head of the ticket. 1t is hard mat
ter to defeat the head of your ticket
and to pull the tail through alive. A
house divided. is an unstable
structure.
But enough of politics until to-
morrow. We are all friends and
neighbors and fellow citizens. Those
of US who have fancied ourselves
enemies will probably find that we are
friends after all and that we need
each other in hundred ways.
1t is unfortunate for party paper,
that, taking the brunt of the fight. it
must take the brunt of the enmities.
individuals say things hundred
times more harsh. but these are for
given and forgotten while the news
paper comments are stored to rankIe
for many years.
We know that each campaign
means new crop of enemies. and yet
we believe the people at large take
more kindly to a good hard fighter
than to a trimmer or sneak. When
the time comes that we cannot sup
port a republican candidate it will be
for some very grave reason and we
shall take the people into our confidence
and tell them frankly just why we
cannot support him.
Up to that time the Review will
be found fighting for the republican
party and the republican ticket.
without any trading or dickering or
undetermined work to defeat portion
of its ticket.
We believe it is because of its re-
putation as a square. open and above
board fighter. that the Review has
so many friends among the democrats
of the county. They disagree with
the Review, but they know that it
is loyal and incorruptible. and that it
is not swayed by personal likes and
dislikes. We are glad to be friends
with the good democrats of the
county, but if they want any kind of
support for political office from the
Review. they must get on the re-
publican ticket. Personally we would
do a whole lot for them and that
spirit of friend!iness is unchanged by
any exigencies of campaign Polit-
ically we cannot support them be-
cause we believe that republicanism
is RIGHT. and that the defeat of
any candidate is a blow to the party
as whole.
We believe that the Reviews
course commands more respect from
the democrats of the county than
does the course of their own party
organ which contributes but little to
the support of it's ticket although
strenuous in claiming the rewards
when others have won the victory.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
TRICKsY "ESPERANTO."

eeE SPERANTO,'' everybody knows, is the new
~ universal language which it is hoped will be
generally adopted that people of all nations may be
able by merely learning language beside
their own Enthusiastic Esperantists have told how
markedly easy Esperanto u.s. and the Esperanto
public that any Of ordinary intelligence learn
to read it in few days
When it right down to the test, however, it
that have smatterng of several Of the
sailing In construction Esperanto really is simplicity
ITSELF Every ends in 'o''; every adjective ends
in "a'; every adverb in 'e.' Every plural ends in
"j'' (ike the English W; the pronouns end in 'i'';
adding n' for the objective and az for the posses
sive-thus mi, I; mia, mine; sin With this start,
what you make out of the following sentence:
''Simpla, feksebla, belsQna, internacia gaj
elemento la lngvo Esperanto presentas al la monde
civizaa la sole solvon de lngvo nternacia;
tire faca homj nemuta instruitaj Esperanto
Aomprenota peno de la personoj bone edukitaj."
If is familiar with either Latin French, this
is hard to read But this not being the learning
Esperanto rot easy matter to Americans for in
stance. America is such tremendously large country
there is such large proportion of the people who
go outside its borders that familiarity with foreign Ian
guages the exception rather than the rule So to most
of this sentence Of Esperanto might quite well be
Hottentot Patagonian far mastering it in few
hours days is considered It is promising, of course
but it's indicates it is built almost wholly upon
hope.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
OBEYING ORDERS.

The bulldogs tenacity of grip proverbal; that he
also possesses grip Of himself is illustrated by little
story in the Atlanta Constitution Stub master had
away for the night and left his dog guard his
apartments. >. ~. ,...->
In the evening the house caught fire. before the
fire engine arrived the blaze had gained firm hold and
little could be saved Some of the discovered the
dog and tried to coax drive him from the ROOM but
Stub held his post. His woudbe did all they
could to tole him out but he would bulge Warning
growls showed that he would his teeth if the
resorted to force and finally in their efforts to the
dog, the fremen~ turned two streams Of water on him.
Even this did not dislodge him. @. - E.
The dog s master found and notified of the fire.
When he reached his home the roof had fallen in the
and Stub, who had defed fire and water and all human
Inducements bounded out of the house, and the next in
slant was licking the hand which caressed him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
News From the Schools
SOUTH HIGH.
Tillie Will, Reporter.

The senior boys in order to keep up with the times
have purchased class caps Lars Rand is chairman of
the committee r.. G. .-.-7y. -.ea ~.
The senior class held meeting Tuesday April 8, for
the purpose of appointing committees invitations to
the commencement exercises which will be- held June
and class memorial Jacob Lampert is chairman of
the former and Harry Kettel Of the latter.
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, April and 5,
the contest for places the
held There twentone contestants for four places
signe Homboe, whose subject The Complaint Of
Enthusiast; Bertha Sanford The Ethics of the Bible
Sol F1igelman Patrick Henry the War of 1912, -
and George Gamble, 1.-The Influence of the Modern
toon the four selected by the committee of judges
Klampe, Brewer, Friedlander and Mr. Westerson The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
COLUMBUS TREES
+. OF SANTO DOMINGO
xxx.

the story Of miracle performed in connection with this
cross, which gave the hin the it bears today
"Santo Cerro'-Holy Hill. ~~~~..--~ III. b.. -
cit that after the Spaniards had departed the
Indians esped this cross, and approached to reve it,
AS they did they descend from the clouds
and alight upon the 1t the Holy Virgin, but
the Indians did not know her and proceeded to stone her
away. She did not move; then they let fly their
at her, but the sharp barbs passed thru her, and did
to affect her determination remain and pro-
cross Seeing this, recognized
santness, and fell down and converted the spot
Ever SINCE the hill has been sacred spot and the hand
chapel erected there is the result of the
tributons from those who believe the tradition. The
chapel is the shrine of really beautiful image of the
Virgin which is said to date from the time to Columbus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
contest is said to have been the and most
ing of the kind ever held T.. =
CALHOUN.
Hylda Pellatt, Reporter.

Miss Folger principal of Calhoun school, has Just re-
turned from her trip to California.
DR.. Jordan paid visit to the school, Tuesday, and
pleased with the Improvement the has made
since it was organized.
Miss Brown, teacher from Black River Falls Wis.,
visited the school Tuesday morning.
For practical civcs, B room has mock house Of
representatives The first session held March g.
Two have been held SINCE and the following officers were
eected President Donald Fermer; secretary Walter
schultz chaplain Harriet Forbes; treasurer Willie Noren
Committees also formed for different branches of
school work.
Yes, I'm studying French I IN going to take run
over to Paris, you know
so you think that will help you, eh7''
why, certainly. IT'S easy enough speak he
language
eyes, but it's hard to make the Frenchmen under
stand ii.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
WHEN IS AN INDIAN "CIVILIzED?"

WE TALK rather pompously of 'civizing the In
w dan,' and then, sad to relate when consider
the complete far education is concerned
refuse to treat him civilized being, both bust
and social way. Up in Alaska recently, family
of Indian children excluded from school because
they not civilized sitka paper took the matter
up and published list of the civzed' things the
credit of the children's father Here it is:
He is who civilized Clothes eats
civilized food, rents ockbox in the postoice orders
civilized goods from the States conducts mercantile
business for which privilege he pays license to the
government has had the marriage ceremony performed
by minister, hires to work out his road tax,
places cashregster in his place of business for which
he is paying 1926, has his building connected with the
town waterworks for which he pays his monthly rate,
repairs watches and clocks for the general public
has for years carried life insurance of SO OOO
If such things count at all for civilization this In
dian father is certainly higher in the scale than good
many people we all know.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

~ THE island Of Santo Domingo quite widely sep
L J ated, there two trees that have been
cherished centuries because each bears the name
columbus tree Only one however, is associated in
any way with Christopher Columbus only of his
name who is paid any special honor today: Is.
The christopher Columbus tree, = stands upon Santo
Cerro the Holy Hill not far from the city Of Santiago,
in the interior of the island while the Columbus
is landmark the banks Of the Ozama, near Santo
9omngo city on the southeastern shore Christopher
Santo Domingo first. His great desire was to find the
wonderful gold mines in the interior-Cbaothe natives
called the territory, and Columbus jumped to the
cluson that it. was Cipango-Japan-of which land of
golden promise he in search. -, - ~
Z certain headland offered what seemed good place
to make camp from which to send expeditions to the
mines along the Yaqu and there he disembarked
and founded the town of Isabella which today moth
ing more than mossgrown ruins
When Columbus discovered the island Of San Do
mingo it was divided into five provinces ruled by as
ritory comprises the western end known Haiti,
friendly to the newcomers but the rich mines
not in his territory and consequently the Spanish treas
urehuntng expeditions into the adjoining provinces were
met with hostility: :. ~. =
of Of the Spanish expeditions broke thru the
tain walls along the Of the Yaqu river and
stretching before him. the great plain which almost
the island. Royal Plan-Vega Realize called
it, and that it bears today Following this visit of
Columbus other expeditions went into the interior gather
ing all the gold that lay the surface and fighting
continually with the hostile natives In March, 1895,
Columbus felt that the natives must be taught lesson,
tho their attacks had been provoked by the lawess
men-and at nead OF as large IOIce
of paniards he could muster he set out from Isabella
to punish the natives of the Vega. r. t. g
They marched up the valley Of the Yaqui and found
the natives to the number of 100 00 drawn in battle
array at point where the present city Of Santiago
stands. Some distance away there hill, and there
in the shade of tree, the great Admiral Columbus
watched the progress of the battle which ended nthe
complete rout of the natives Even tho they outnum
bered the white hundred to one they stood no
chance against them, for the paniard were clad in mail
and carried swords and pixies crobows and arquebusses
against which they had nothing to oppose but their naked
bodies their primitive weapons of flint and stone
Of these people, subdued, Columbus sent home 500
as slaves thus laying the system that fastened their
complete extinction and laying the foundation of slavery
in America. After the BATTLE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

where steamers land passengers and freight, and
even tho it is roofess and fallen into decay, it's
beautiful pillared corridors destroyed, and it's
lower halls degraded to use stables for horses,
donkeys and goats, the old ruin looms up most
imposingly above the squalid palmwood huts that
lean against it's base. Near this castle and di-
rectly on the bank Of the Ozama, stands the Sec
ond Columbus tree on the island. Some, who do
not know their Columbus history, say that the
great admiral "hitched his caravel to the tree,''
but while it may really date from the latter part
of the fifteenth century, history makes it quite
impossible to give it any Columbus association
earlier than that of Don Diego and the building
of his great castle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Some two weeks ago. Junior girl told of
Letters mxup in addressing letters to her two
That Are aunts, by which railroad ticket to
Lost. the wrong one, and the other letter fnallv
found its way to the dead letter office in
Washington, from whence it to months
later 1t is astonishing how many letters 90 asray
the mails during year. Hundreds of clerks kept
employed at Washington opening such fdead' letters
and returning them to such writers had signed names
and given addresses In month recently, 5000 let
ters and circulars that had been improperly addressed
returned to the senders This may if
cleared matters at the dead letter office In reality
there are still 100000 dead letters to be examined Next
time you mail letter, look second time and be sure
you have addressed it properly. <~2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

and the hamlet Santo Cerro today supported wholly
by contributions by the faithful who from many
miles around to pay their deyotons here and perform
their vows'' "t-
Unfortunately for the future growth Of Isabella the
location chosen by Columbus chiefly because of it's
to the gold mines the Yaqui the worst pos
sble for permanent city, and in time the tide of
founded in 1896 by Bartholomew Columbus, brother of
the admiral.
Altho Columbus died poor and neglected, his Don
Diego had made great marriage with the niece of the
Duke of Alva, who also cousin the king and be-
tween them all, Diego made vceroy of the colonies
in America and to live at Santo Domingo. Don
Diego not at all minded to take up with the fimsy
buildings of the natives and he began the construction
of magnificent gray stone castle the Ozama, just
without the walls of the city This he fortified and de-
Tended with walls and cannon and utterly ignoring the
experience of other rulers in the past he ruled despo
and took such royal honos that the king eventually
alarmed and recalled him to Spain because of his
proceedings. - .--. ..@.e 49,. x. f.. =.
This castle today stands just above the wharf
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

IN America. After the battIe,
Columbus raised cross under
the tree, from whose shade he
witnessed his victory.
Frederick A. Ober, who, as
special commissioner Of the
Columbian Exposition, covered
every foot of territory in the
West Indies mentioned by
Columbus, tells in his book
Gin the Wake of Columbus,'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-08

can see the country stretched out
before him as far as the eye can
reach. Towards the west there is
gradual decline and one does not
notice where the mountain ends.
Swenson Bros. own 56 sections of
land, on this mountain, which is
stocked with thoroughbred Here.
ford cattle. Prairie dogs, which
used to prevail in this country in
great numbers, are rapidly being
killed out. and where they have
been killed out several years the
grass is splendid,
Coming to Hamlin We were sur
prised to find so much building
going on. One could hear the
sound of the hammer and, the buzz
of the saw on all sides. Hamlin is
situated at thu junction of the ORR
ent and Texas Central railroads,
and promises to become a city
some of these days. The grade of
the Texas Central is completed to
White Flats, about 81 miles west
of Hamlin, and they have begun to
lay steel from Stamford to Hamlin,
a distance OF 10 miles.
From Hamlin we vent to Nc
Cauley, also thriving little town
on the Orient. The country be-.
tween these twN towns is sparsely
settled, but wherever there is a
farm which had been we'll cultivat.
ed we saw some real good crops.
Close to McCauley the country has
been more thiokly settled, being of
a somewhat sandy and billy nature
and seemed to be especially adapt
ed to fruit raising. Here we saw
large orchards of peaches, pears,
plums, apricots, apples, ETC.. Also
large patches Of wAtermelons and
tomatoes. Cotton is earlier, here
than on the level ground and in
Some PLACES one could not see
which way the rows ran,
The neat place we came to was
EsylvcatsS' All along tho way we
jaw some Mica lusmlnG qoauHS but
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-08
NO SPECIAL TERM
For the Trial of the Com
dirt Murder Cases.

/ Edna, Texas, August Pit is
improbable that there will be a
special term of the district court to
try Monk Gibson and Felix Powell
on the charge of numbering the
-Conditt family.
Judge Wilson is willing to con-
'vsne court in special session, but
the prosecution has about conclud-
ed that it would be useless for the
reason that it would be necessary
to appoint jury commissioners to
draw for special venirea as well al
the drawing of a grand jury to in.
dict the negroes. So much time
would be consumed in this that it
would be almost time for the reg
ular term which convenes the lat--
ter part of September, before the
special session could be convened.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-08
NORTH TEXAS.
Trip Across the Coun-
try.

las stated in my last letter was
70 take spin across the country
Nth ], R. Fielder, from Sagerton
Ballinger,a distance of 1870 miles
Mr.. Fielder has been raised in
Ihis part ofthe state, and for TWEEN
@-fve years punched cows upon
Ihese western plains.
We left, Sagerton July "a and
bent towards Hamlin. Sagerton
a new railroad station on the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
H.ilroad, which road is projected to
In direct from Kansas City to the
&thmus of Panama. Sagerton is
rrounded by some good farming
nds, being mostly dark red soil,
nifty timbered with mesquite.
10 country is being rspidly set
d by Germans and Bohemians,
Ae town is still in it's infancy, be-
only about eight months old,
d consists Of three general mer-
Andise stores, four restaurants,
p lumber yards, bank, hotel,
|ug store, meat market, cotton
b. blacksmith shop and q Tee
Il btal Joint Tee Total and Unols
lat they drink here instead OF
4 lr.
#Hhere is some real nice land be-
cen Sagerton and Hamlin, a dis
Fee Of eighteen miles, but most
this land belongs to Swenson
be- in New York.
Ne drove through their pasture
D defiance Of twelve miles. Not
from 6agerton we came TO Flat
Mountain, which on the north
Uses abruptly and is about
get higher than The surround
buntry, A winding road leads
ia mountain and one 10 very
surprised to find a level
XII. az land. on TOP, Driving
pho edge Of thiA muunsaiIl one
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-08

"fiJ oO"UiOu. 11OWoV0E,
we saw quite number of Mexicans
at work who were clearing some
land. Close to Sylvester we crossed
the Clear Fork Of the Brasos. q
nice running stream Of everlasting
water, but 30 salty that one can not
drink it. Sylvester is nicely To-
Gated, but as the surrounding coun.
try is owned in large tracts by
wealthy cattlemen living at Sweet
Water, it has to bide its time.
That night we staid at the hos
pitable home of Alex. Marsh, and
when we asked next morning what
we owed, it was simply Doall
again"
The next morning we started IT,
Sweet Water, a junction Of the
Texas Pacific and Orient railroads.
This part of the country is some
what billy and rocky, bat along
the valleys one sees some real nice
farms. Cotton is early here and
we noticed an, opened boil every
now and then. Close to Sweet
Water farmers have sown large
tracts of land with johnson grass
for hay, and Mr.. johnson is
spreading himself all over that
country. Sweet Water, the county
seat of Nolan county, is business
town, having several thousand in
habitants.
After spending several hours in
Sweet Water we started on our way
to Ballinger, Runnslls county.
The first 10 miles is very rough
and rocky, only little ranch house
here and there and hardly any
land suitable for agriculture. In
front of US we couldsee some noun.
tains or breaks which gradually
appeared larger and larger till we
came to the foot of them; it seemed
impossible to cross. No road could
be seen leading across. At the
foot OF the mountain we found
spring Of cool, clear water. a wind.
ing road. leads up this break which
is said 10 be about 200 feet higher
than the surrounding country,
From the top of this break one can
take birds.eye-view Of the sur.
rounding country. Coming to the
top Of the break one again finds a
level stretch of country. After we
travelled over several miles ofrocky
country We came to black belt Of
good farming land which is thickly
settled by German and Bohemian
farmers, all having nice and sub
stantial homes. This belt is about
ten miles wide and stretches out on
both sideA as far as the eye can
reach, not tree or brush to OBJ
strudt the view. The land is most
all in cultivation, the principle
crops being cotton, wheat. oats,
milo maize and corn. Corning out
Of this belt We came into billy
country where Re saw large locks
Ok sheep and goats. n the valleys
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-08-08
County Conventions.

At the democratic county con-
vention held at Halletsville last
Saturday, there were appointed the
following delegates to the state con-
yention: D. A. Paulus, F. P. Guen-
Their, A. X. Jones, Henry Some
mann, J. H. Cook and G. l.. Sta
vinaho. The delegates were not
instructed, but are equally divided
among Campbell, Colquitt and
Bell, two for each candidate, The.
entire delegation is favorable TO
Campbell should their favorite be
dropped or withdrawn.
The only contest of any import
ance was made over the temporary
organization. DR.. f. W. Ledbet--
ter, Bell man, was elected tenn
porary chairman and Prof. Peter.
son temporary secretary, For the.
permanent organization William
Blakeslee was made permanent.
chairman and Otto Miller secretary.
The convention as a whole was
harmonious.
The republicans also held their
county convention last Saturday at
Halletsville. Mr.. A. o, Miller was
made chairman and J. NJ. CLARK
secretary. The delegates to the
state convention al III Psso were
W, J. Miller and J. M. Clark, and
delegates to the congressional and
senatorial convention were G.: Al.
Panniwitz and W, D, Newton. f.
w. Schultz was nominated for rep
resentative.
President Roosevelt's admins
tration was endorsed.
Mr.. Robert Seydler was elected
chairman of the Sinner precinct,
and tho meeting adjourned.