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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Wisconsin and California have each
established a Legislative reference IL
brary," department of the Legisla-
ture in charge of experts in finance,
law, economics, history. Its function
is to furnish to the legislators impair
tial information bearing upon any
bills, enactments or measures which
the lawmakers have under considera-
ton. If legislative committee Is con-
sidering a bill, the librarian finds out
what has been done in other States
and other nations, discovers all the le
gal relations of the problem, and helps
to phrase the bill so that it will work
If it becomes law. Thus much blum
many evils that result from hasty. in
experienced legislation will be checked
The courts are always struggling with
lll-phrased, ambiguous, contradictory
laws. Indeed, the judiciary depart
ments waste much time gathering up
loose ends left by the legislative bodies.
The idea of the reference library is not
to interfere with or influence legisla-
tion, but to assist 1t, clarity 1t, and re-
late 1t at It's inception TO the legal ex-
perience Of the world which 1t must
encounter later. This work is some
what like the duties of the British
treasury. counsel and government
craftsmen, to whom bills are submitted
for phrasing and collating before they
are presented to Parliament for final
vote.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Bad water is said to kill more SOL
diers than are slain by bullets, and 1t
Is not improbable that If statistics
were obtainable they would show that
more sailors perish In accident of one
kind Of Notwithstanding shipwreck
than are lost in battle. Disasters
like that which overlook the Benning
ton are by no means rare and their
victims aggregate great number of
men. When the hazards of the sea
are added to the peril Of explosion Of
magazines and steam boilers the sailor
takes almost as many chances in peace
us in war.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Iext.-St. John Xi.
The rulers of the Jews at Jerusalem
had resolved on Christ's death, and
the mass Of the people sympathized
with them. The Masters life had
been threatened by popular out
burst. When Jesus received the mes
sage He behaved in very strange
fashion. Apparently He just did moth
ing, but went on with His teaching
and preaching.
Christ said the end is first of all
death, but that is not the termination.
Through death sickness, struggle Of
doubt and faith, should end in the
glory of God. He meant this; in the
preparation of His life and His death
the death and resurrection of Lazarus
held a central position. 1t was the
turning point, the thing that determin-
ed His crucifiXion on Calvary. That
tremendous miracle compelled the rul-
ers Of Jerusalem to resolve ON and
carry out His death. That miracle of
Lazarus resurrection gave to the faith
of the disciples and of Christ's follow
ers a strength of clinging attachment
that carried them through the eclipse
of their belief when they saw Him
die on Calvary.
Now, what would you say? Was it
cruel of Christ to allow His friend
Lazarus, His dear friends Mary and
Martha, to go through a period of sus-
pense, of anxiety, of sickness, of
death, and of the grave, that they
might do one of the great deeds in
bringing in the worlds Redeemer? Oh.
men and women, if God be wise, and
If God be great, then must it not be
that somehow or other the structure
of this world Is the best for Gods end,
and our tears and partings and calami-
ties but incidents the grand caD-
paign that shall end in the resplendent
glory Of heaven?
Death cannot ultimately be an evil,
since it Is universal-the consnmma-
tion, climax, crown, of every human
life. All, if we had the grander ma
jesty of soul to look at 1t from Gods
altitude, we should call death, not a
defeat, but a victory, a triumph.
think sometimes that If death did not
end these lives of ours, how weary
they would get. Think of ito live
on forever in the sordidness, in the lit
tleness, in the struggle, the pain, the
sin of this life of ours. Oh, we need
that angel of death to come in, and
now and then stir the pool of our fam
lily life, that there may be healing in
it, that there may be blessing in it.
Death, holding the hand Of God
through it, death, to those that stand
by and see the sweetness of human
love, the triumph Of faith celestial, has
a grandeur in it, like Christ's doubt
creating features and elements Of its
external mpedlment-death becomes
Gods minister. 1t is going home to
ones Father
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02
THESE TWINS ARE 80.
Most of the Lives of the Brooks
Brothers Spent AhOat.

brothers Spent AhOat.
Ezekiel and Ephraim Brooks recent
ly celebrated their S0th birthday-they
are twins-by pulling a load of lob
sters in boat to New London and re-
turned home the same day-the dis
tance they covered being nine miles,
with rough water prevailing. Born on
the shore of Connecticut and winning
livelihood by hard tasks at sea, the
Brooks boys never knew what failure
of physical strength meant and to-day
they take as great hazards as ever they
did In early life, thinking nothing of
dangers.
From their earliest days the broth
ers possessed great desire to follow
the water and as boys they shipped as
cooks on fishing smacks and followed
along until they became full-hedged
fishermen attached to the Jordan cove
fleet. They fished at Block Island and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

"Hello" said the country editor, by
way Of greeting, what are you filing
that saw for?"
"'Cause it's dull" retorted the
grouchy old farmer; "what'd ye
sposeT
"Ah! do you always file things that
are dullW
"Wal, no; I never file that ding
batted paper O. yourn." - Catholic
Standard and Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

The announcement that Columbia
University has decided to abolish foot
ball after this year will cause the foot
ball world to sit up straight in aston
ishment. 1t demonstrates better than
anything else the degree to which pub
lie condemnation Of the game as now
played has gone. Well may the advo-
Gates Of the grldiron game cry aloud,
Reform, reform or we perishv
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

All over the United States men are
talking Of graft and grating and graft
ers. They don't have to explain what
they mean; everybody knows. Web
ster may be ignorant of the words, in
the new American use which makes
them 30 useful; the Century may ac-
knowledge them not; 1t isn't of the
slightest consequence. They are fresh
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Only twenty boys were killed and
2O5 badly manned in the recent foot
ball season, yet there are some people
who think the rules ought to be re-
formed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

1t was something of shock to hear
that a man who could earn Jimmie
Hyde's enormous salary in the insur-
ance business was not regarded as
having the intellectual equipment need
full for an ambassador.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

DR.. Osler, late Of Baltimore and now
regius professor of medicine at Ok
ford, appeared on the same platform
with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain recently.
According to the professors pet theory
Joseph ought to have been asphyxiated
some thirty years ago.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

While the gift made for President
Roosevelt Is the first gold heart Colo
RADIO has ever given, she has in times
past distributed quite an assortment Of
marble hearts to other statesmen.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

1t has been nearly century since a
Russian Gar said to an English dlplo-
mat: There is sick man in Europe;"
and Turkey is still alive.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

There is Kalogeropoulous in the
new Greek cabinet. Probably he is a
cousin, several syllables removed, of
the celebrated James j. Pappatheodor-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Chica-
60.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

The hazers must go, and the sooner
they go the better it will be for every
body but the hazers. 1t will not make
much difference to the world what
happens to them after they are put
out.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Mr.. Root has an idea that the con-
sular service could be used to better
advantage than as refuge for played
out politicians.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

A statement of the steps to be taken
to prevent recurrence of slugging at
Annapolis, under the "code," would be
grateful to the public.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

BY abolishing free transportation the
railroads will sdetrack some politi-
clans who are deadheads In more than
one sense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

1t is rather doubtful whether the
double-headed eagle or the red flag is
the present national standard of Rus
sia
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

"I have such a wretched memory.
Now 1 have an appointment with my
dentist to-day and I've just thought of
It."
"Well, you've remembered 1t in
time"
But, blame 1t, wanted to forget
itv-Cleveland Leader.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

To obtain real parlor-like football,
future contests might be referred to
The Hague tribunal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

The baby is sick, mother is up all
night; children get sick, mother Is
up all night; father gets sick, mother
is up all night; but who Is up when
mother gets sick? Does anyone
know of it but the Lord?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

In his capacity as a physician DR..
Osler seems to have been present at
an alarming number of death beds.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

In selecting his future young part
ners" Carnegie should remember that
boys will sometimes be old boys.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Now that the chorus girls have form
ed union, will the "Johnnies" have to
combine for protection?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

If a Congressman wants to appear
peculiar, he will not introduce single
bill to regulate railway rates.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

The Russians are inventive enough
to discover the merits Of the universal
strike as political weapon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

About the quickest way for young
man to win a girls love is to bribe her
father to object to him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

Why is it that the higher prices an
author gets, the poorer stories he
writes?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

All the world loves a lover-loves
to josh him, that Is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-02

The good things Of life grow slow,
but 1t Is different with bills and SCAN
dal
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05
Stomach Troubles and Consultation.

No one can reasonably hope for good
digestion when the bowel are constlpated.
Mr.. Chas. Baldwin, of Edwardsville, ILL.,,
says, II suffered from chronic constipation
and stomach troubles for several years. but
thanks to Chamberlain's Stomach and Ii, er
Tablets am almost cured" Why not g t.
package OF those tablets and get we'll and
say wellp Price % cents. For sale by A.
G. White ~ Co
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05
Against the Ethics

ssThere are few soreheads in La
tab county who are kicking because !
they were unable to control the late
republican county convention. in
that county. Most of the hardest
Kickers are men of Judus mould
Benedict Arnolds in embryo-Ephial-
teses in all but intellect. They are
not republicans and never were ex-
cept when there was dollar in sight
They are a disgrace to any party,
and the sooner they get out of the
republican ranks the better it will be
for honest sincere republicans. There
proper place-the place where they
would 10 doubt feel more at home
is in front of some cheap saloon
waiting for free drinks. Wickliffe
Smith in Potlatch Herald
The above Is the utterance of w.
r. Smith of Cameron, schoolteacher
and candidate for representative Of
Nez Perez county on the republican
ticket.-We leave 1t to the voters of
the Potlatch, their estimation Of
such an utterance. Mr. Smith may
call such expressions good politics.
Oc1h tthJ OhC ClDC9 VIC CtbII OuT TCttu
ers attention to the fact that the
Nez Perez democratic representative
nominees are men who would not
stoop to such slurs against those
who differ from them, and hope they
will fail not in putting in the legis-
lature men who are above such me-
thods-men who fight and fight for
principle-but who do not stoop to
malign their opponents.
AS to answering or refuting such
expressions as above, we simply call
attention to the last sentence, which
refers to two-thirds of the republic
cans of this section and every candi-
date on the Independent ticket.
No, after such remarks, we don't
want to see Mr. Smith go to the Leg
islature as a representative of the
Potlatch
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05

we note that Warren 1'rui tt has
resigned from the practical head of
the republican county committee
and will make an active campaign
OF the county himself in his effort to
land the state senatorship. J. ].
Day.hss opponent is making the race
SO interesting that the Judge is forced
to step lively, This is not all, the
verdict in November will show Day
II hours ahead of the Judge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
TerI,na the News I'm HoI,nna.

In Holland births, marriages and
deaths, instead OF being recorded in
newspapers, are indicated by wind
mills. When a miller gets married he
stops his mill with the arms OF the
wheel in slanting position and with
the sails unfurled. His friends and
guests frequently do likewise with
their mills in token OF the ceremony.
To indicate birth the wheel is
stopped with the arms in slanting
position, but at a more acute angle
than for a marriage. and with the two
upper sails unfurled. Should miller
die the sails of his mill are all furled.
and the wheel is turned around until
the arms form an uprigh. cross. in
which position they are left until the
funeral has taken place.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20

Can it truly be said OF any other
book than Webster's International
Dictionary that 1t is:
The Standard of the Federal and
State Courts? The Standard OF the
Government Printing Office? The Ba-
sis of nearly all the School books in
the country? IndorSed by every State
School Superintendent? Universally
recommended by College Presidents
and Educators? Adhered to as Stand
ard by over 80 per cent of the Newspa-
pers? Reliable, Indispensable, Com
plete, Scientific, Practical, Popular, the
Safe Guide for Professional Man,
Business Man, Teacher and Student?
Should you not own such book?
Look elsewhere for advertisement In
this paper.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
Farms VS.. Battle ships.

James j. Hill the railroad man, pro-
poses in an article for the Century that
a system of model farms would be bet
tel investment for the nation than a
battleship or a couple of cruisers, which
would cost about the same. He argues
that the government is already engaged in
similar work, and he believes that such
farms could be made self-supporting. He
believes that the average farmer gets lit
tie more than half what he should from
his land. Mr.. Hill would establish in
every community a practical working
model, preferably of 80 to 40 acres, con-
Quoted by a trained man, who could show
the farmers of the neighborhood exactly
what could and should be done with their
land
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
MoraIization Of the Rich.

In an address at Ithaca, President
Schurman of Cornell said he believed
that law regulating prices in different
sections of the country would be enacted
to prevent discrimination, following the
principles of the common law. He thought
the time would come when truth, honor
and morality would be as much a part
of Wall street as of the country village.
The big task of the future he defined as
'the moralization of the rich" What he
regarded as the defect of socialism was
that it puts upon the shoulders of gov
ernment what government is totally in
capable of doing" He admitted the ills
of the wage earners, but said that the
captains Of industry must be made to
share profits
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
A Dilemma.

Jones-What's the matter. old man
You look licked to death one minute
and worried the next.
Smith-Well, the truth is / don't
know whether to be happy or furi-
Gus.
Jones-Tell me what the trouble Is.
Maybe I can help you cut
Smith-Ycu know that man Timms,
don't you?
Jones-Yes.
Smith-You also know that I told
you yesterday that l owe him $1,000,
which comes due to-day, and that I
didn't see how in the world l could
pay It?
Jones-Yes, / enomber.
Smith-Well, Tlmns eloped with an
other mans wife last night. He does
not dare to come back, and am $4,000
to the good. -...
Jones-Well I don't see that you
have any reason to be anything but
happy.
Smith-But it was my wife that he
eloped with.-Pacific Monthly.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
To Syndicate Public Libraries.


\ suggestion made by James III. Can.
field librarian of Columbia university,
looking toward a syndicate of public Ii
brarieS on a large scale, is attracting
much attention. Writing in the Indepen-
dent, Mr.. Garfield says that the libra
rians of all our larger institutions are
overburdened with accumulations which
they cannot possibly care for, either for
shelf-room or handling in any building
less capaciOus than the library of Con-
greSs, or with any ordinary staff of work
ers. He thinks the remedy will be found
in binding closely together tho great CEN
tral library of the nation and those of
various States. AS an illustration of
what he proposes, he refers to the de-
velopment of special libraries at New
York, such as those owned by the acad-
emy of medicine, the bar association, the
genealogy collection of the Lenox library,
the library of architecture at Columbia,
the library of pharmacy, the New York
historical society's collection, etc. Once
such a national library system was or
ganized, the different librarians would
be in constant telephone communication
and the system of interlibrary loans
would make the resources of all available
point a correspondence bureau, the fees
OF which would make it Self-sustaining,
would bring the advantages of these col
lections to thoughtful or studious persons
everywhere
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
WOULD SEIZE HAWAII.
Japan's First Move I'm the Event Of
War with Uncle sam.

S1Uahb thS ~
War with Uncle sam.
The possibility, however remote, of
war with japan brings up the question
of the strategic value of Hawaii. There
is little doubt that Japan in the event
of such conflict could aud would at
once occupy those islands Us base OF
operations against us. Long before we
could possibly send for their defense a
feet which could be spared only after
proper protection had been given to our
Pacific coast cities japan would have her
feet and her troopships in the harbor Of
Honolulu. With Japan once in posses
sion it would be almost impossible to dis
lodge her, for the reason that she would
do Immediately what the United States
has not done and perhaps is little likely
to do.
Because of physical conditions the
principal Hawaiian islands may easily
be made almost impregnable. Outlying
reefs make landing impossible except
through channels which could be swept
by shore batteries. In case of need for
such defense Japan as au Occupant would
have an unreasonable advantage over
us. There are in the islands to-day some
10000 men, many and probably most Of
whom belong to the japanese reserves.
They are trained soldiers.
naval occupation followed by the ar
rival of vessels bringing arms, ammuni-
ton and equipment would give Japan
tremendous advantage at the very out
set of hostilitieS. This quickly available
force would proceed at once TO the con-
struction of earthworks and fortifications
and to their equipment with heavy guns
and light batteries. Once in intrenched
occupation and with such defensive
force she could give a highly interesting
time to all the ships and men that we
could possibly spare from the defense of
the Philippines and the Pacific coast.
Fortunately our relations with Japan
are on the whole most friendly and like
ly to continue so. Enlightened self-in-
tereSt demands that they so continue, but
it is well to remember that in time
of trouble our weakest spot would be
Japan's strongest hold.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
opinion of am Exnert.

The South Chicago man, who was tab,
Ing his first trip across central Michigan,
looked out Of the car window and saw ons
OF those peculiar fences that the farmers
OF that region sometimes make by digging
up old pine stamps and laying them in
q row, with the roots facing the road.
We'll" he said. "I'ye seen all kinds Of
fads IN landscape decoration, but, By
George. there's the worst attempt in that
line / ezar saw"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
one Huadysa Years AEo.

Gen. Zebulon Pike was discovering the
peak that bears his name.
THE reason why l know Pm the FIRST
white man that ever saw it," he said, lis
that it hasn't got any patent medicine
signs en- it,
Regrstting that he couldn't spare the
time to stop and discover ths gold that
lay hidden all around him, he took a part
ing look at the snowy summit of the peak
and resumed his toilSoms march.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
Carnegie's GIFT TO baltimore.

Andrew Carnegie has offered the City
of Baltimore S500,O00 with which to es-
tablish twenty libraries, provided the
city supplies the sites and maintenance,
under the control of the trustees of Pratt
library. Pratt and Carnegie were old
friends, and it was the opening of the
Pratt library that suggested to Carnegie
the use to which he has put many mill.
ions
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
Infornatinn.

"What Is domestic animal, man.
na?" asked the little boy.
"a domestic animal" replied nam
ma, with scornful glance at papa,
who was putting on his coat, 'is one
who does not spend all his time at the
.Iuh.-Brooklyn Life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
Co.t and standard OF Liyinx.

The recent New York State confer
cree of charities and corrections created
a special committee to report what con-
stitutes the essentials of normal stand
ard of living and the cost Of such living
for q definite social unit at this time In
the principal cities and towns. Lee K.
Eranksl of New York was appointed
chairman of the committee.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-20
Autumn wizard.

King Midas is no myth, | hold,
But walks the earth, wizard bold
Last night my naples leaves were green
As any in yon why screen.
And now-each one is turned to goldl
King Midas is no myth. hold.
Emma c. Dowd in Judge.