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Farms VS.. Battleships.

In the December number Of the Gem
fury Magazine Mr.. JAMES j. HILL sub
mits the proposition that, on a basis Of
equality Of cost, a system of model farms
would be a better investment for the ma
ton than a battleship or a couple of cruis-
ers. He advances sound and reasonable
argument for such farms. His scheme
is not altogether new, but it includes
various novelties in its details.
Mr.. HILL admits that enterprises Of
this nature properly belong in the do
main Of the individual States. Against
that he sets the fact that the national
Government is already engaged in sim
liar work, and that it has in operation
"a machine of wide scope and consider
able efficiency, dealing with similar
needs though in less practical ways"
For this reason he would prefer Federal
operation, and it is his claim that such
farms could and should be self-support-
ing. II they we've not so the whole
scheme would be an utter failure.
The argument for the model farm
stands upon the well known fact hat
our farmers, with few exceptions, get
probably little more than half Of what
they should get from their land. In
1905 the average yield of potatoes in
Maine was IT'S bushels to the acre, while
in New Hampshire it was only twenty
bushels. New York farmers got seventy
bushels, while Pennsylvania farmers got
ninety bushels. The average for the
whole &C ntry was eighty-seven bushels.
The people of the Eastern States got from
% to sig an acre for their hay. The
average acre return from cotton is some
what more than it is from hay, but the
net profit is probably no greater than it
is on hay. In 1905 the acre value of the
national corn crop was sl1 SO, the wk.ea
r $lO.S3 and the oats crop $9.SS.
The average farmer, as Mr.. Hill says,
follows his occupation according to habit
and routine very much as his father did.
He farms specifically and without sys-
TEN. Occasionally an experiment ia
tried, only to result in failure through
carelessness or ignorance. Mr.. HILL
would establish in every possible COM
munity a practical working model,
preferably OF thirty to, forty acres in
extent, conducted by a trained man, as
an object lesson to the community. He
would by practical illustration and
demonstration show the farmers of the
neighborhood just what they could and
should do on their own land. He be-
lieves that they would be quick to
appreciate and to avail themselves Of
demonstrated advantages"
Mr.. HILLS ideas and arguments are
as sound as United States dollars. We
believe, however, that the work would
best be done by the individual States.
If two or three were to undertake the
enterprise on a proper scale there is
little doubt that all the rest would o
be compelled in self-defence to follow
their example.
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A Timely Arrival.

On his return from Panama and Porto
Rico, President ROOSEVELT finds await
ing him the very kind of crowded hour
he loves with all his d%auntless heart.
He finds the still burning question of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, the now immi-
nent explosion in the Public Printing
Office, and the poignant international
issue just raised by the Chicago labor
leaders in connection with the recent
riots in Ontario, Canada.
As regards the Twenty-ffth Infantry,
the country will await the President.
His is the next word.
The Public Printing Office, however,
r. enveloped in a roaring con~hagration
and viii so remain until the President
takes time TO quench it,. We're his tact.
courage and indomitable resolution with
held much longer, the most disastrous
consequences might ensue. But he is
back in time to discipline the disturbers
and to prove to them that he meant what
he said in declaring for the open shop"
and %proclaiming his determination to
run this Government without asking the
permission or seeking the advice of
GoMPERs, MITCHELL and their various
walking delegates, organizers, business
agents, &c. These well salaried gentry,
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Right, Of Witnesses in Court.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: I am very
glad that you commented on the remark made
by counsel In a recent case In a City Magistrates
Court: How many m can you bring hereH'
1t ought TO have been impossible for a man 70
have made such n remark without being prevented
from further appearing In the case or being heavily
nned OF having charges made against him looking
20 his disbarment. The women that he referred
% would have been Immaculate In their charac-
ter had they been witnesses In favor Of Caruso,
but because they appeared against him they are
characterized as strumpets, and the remark Is per-
mitted TO go unrebuked BY the Magistrate.
1t is a disgrace 10 the courts that such conduct
and language are permitted. No wonder that
women decline to appear in court when they
know that they may be made the subject Of unre
buked abuse and deliberately insulted. In my
opinion this matter ought to DO taken up by the
Bar Association. NJ.
NEW YORK, November ~.
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The Profound Mystery Of Genius.

It must be conceded by every philo-
sophie and unprejudiced observer that
nothing that President ROOSEVELT "A
do will serve to abate or lessen his dig
nifty in the eyes OF the people. 1t is the
most inscrutable and wonderful Of his
many gifts. Before it the power and the
right of impeachment have become an
obsolete tradition. He can no more
make himself ridiculous than the Senate
can resuscitate the passions with which
it assailed ANDREW JOHNSON. Not since
the great figure that held the whole stage
of Europe a hundred years ago has there
been another in history so magically
endowed. There is no mystery in all
humanity like the mystery of Genius.
Therefore all criticism is futile, and
only acquiescence is the safer and the
wiser part. 1t is Improbable, if not in
deed abject folly, to urge that while the
President cannot make himself ridicu-
lous it is possible that he should make
the country ridiculous. 1t is the same
providence that watches over both.
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No Precedent This!

We acknowledge a communication
from a friend in Plymouth, Pa, defend
ing the summary discharge Of the COL
ored soldiers as a proper exercise Of
supreme authority" necessary for the
enforcement of discipline and justified
by precedent in the manner here stated:
Those who seek for . precedent for this action
OF the President may md one In the proclamation
OF President LINCOLN OF March II. 1858. when. for
much less heinous offences, he declared certain
persons TO be forever incapable OF holding any
once OF trust or PROFIT under the United States, or
OF exercising any rights Of citizens thereof"
Our correspondent is mistaken. The
proclamation Of President LINCOLN on
March II, 1895, referred to the crime of
desertion. The statement Of the penalty
which our correspondent describes as a
declaration" Of President LINCOLN was
no more than a recital by him Of the
exact language of an act Of Congress,
approved March 3, 1885, which the law
itself required the President TO proclaim.
Congress, not the Executive, declared
that forfeiture Of the rights Of citizen
ship was to be the punishment Of de-
serters who should fail to return to the
service within sixty days; the Executive
merely notified and warned the persons
concerned.
In the instructions communicated on
October 4 by the Acting Secretary Of
War, Mr.. ROBERT SHAW OLIVER, to
Inspector General DARLINGTON, we find
a penalty fixed not by act Of Congress,
but by Executive order, and specifically
applied by Executive order to the fnnO-
cent as we'll as the guilty:
" The President authorizes you to make known
to those concerned the orders given by him In this
case, namely; II the guilty parties cannot be dis
ccrncd. the President approves the
dalton that me phoIe three companies implicated In
this atrocious outrage should be dismissed and
the men forever debaTred from reenllsting In the
army or navy Of the United States And the Presi
dent further authorizes you to make known TO those
concerned that unless sueh enlisted men OF the
Twenty NTH Infantry as may have knowledge Of
the facts relating to the shooting. killing and riotous
conduct on the part Of the men with the organi-
Eatlon serving at Fort Brown. Tex. on the night
OF August IS, 1900. report TO you such facts and
all other circumstances within their knowledge
ties. orders will be Immediately Issued from the
War Department dischArging sVsrV man In Com
panles r. C and ID OF the Twenty arm Infantry,
without honor. and forever declaring them from
reenlistlng In the army or navy Of the United
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Tho Bishops Troubles.

Last week the prayer chain which
has caused the Right Reverend Bishop
Of Massachusetts, 50 much annoyance
during the last year or 80 reached Long
Island. The prayer is a short petition,
Of which the recipient is asked to make
nine copies and to mail each copy to a
friend. 1t Is prophesied in the letter
accompanying the prayer that whoever
neglects to utter II will suffer some mis-
fortune.
Bishop LAWRENCE, whose name is used
in the letter without authority, has denied
many times that he had any responsibility
for the so-called prayer chain-in fact, so
numerous have been the inquiries re-
garding It that he has adopted a set form
Of answer. This document has had wide
circulation In secular and religious pub
locations, but apparently 1t has had no
effect. II it breaks the prayer chain in
one community the nuisance soon de-
velops in another. 1t would seem that
the whole country must have seen prayer
and disavowal by this time, but such Ia
not the Ease.
Meantime the prayer and the threat
accompanying it have caused many good
persons much anxiety, to say nothing OF
great annoyance. Absurd as it is, some
men and women have felt themselves
compelled through fear to obeythe anony-
nous Friend who signs the letters, and
several cases Of serious ervou disorders
produced by it in delicate persons have
been reported. 1t has been not only
bothersome, but positively harmful in its
effects.
Bishop LAWRENCE has done his utmost
to put an end to the chain, with small re-
suits. 1t is likely to run it's length, re-
CARELESS of what he may do to stay it,
and its persistence throws a curious side
light on the frequently repeated state
ment that religious faith is waning in
this country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-28

The Chicago Tribune has printed its an
nual compilation Of football disasters. The
list shows fewer deaths and fewer serious
injuries than were recorded last year. We
do not care TO make any searching exami-
nation Of the catalogue OF football casual
ties and fatalities, but there are two items
in the Tribune collection that jumped at us
from the printed page. The deaths are
classified: High school players, college
players, girl players, other players" In 1905
there was one girl player" DEATH The
second item is thus recorded, under the head
Of serious injuries: November 10, EDDIE
DILLON, Princeton, brain injured"
November 10 was the date OF the West
Point Princeton match. DILLON, the Prince
ton quarterback, had to leave the game.
Perhaps his injury was serious but we
hardly think IL can be such as to fall prop
erly under the Chicago papers rubric:
Injuries the effect OF which will be borne
through life" In this opinion we will be
upheld by the 10000 or so persons who on
November II, one week after he serious"
injury. saw DILLON play a brilliant game
against Yale; a game, too, in which head
work" was most conspicuous.
We do not seek to discredit the work Of
the Chicago Tribune In gathering and coll
locating the figures for football catastro-
Plies; the compiler has had at least the
grace not to include in his enumeration
the persons killed or injured by the COL
lapse Of a stand at the Colgate-Syracuse
game. It is our intention simply TO illus
trate, by a concrete example, the harm that
may be done by the overzealous collector
OF casualty statistics.
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Tn. ..Hlrsd Girl, In AdjectIye..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: l have at
last discovered why the hired girl Is the sort OF
proposition she is. IL is because she Is a ' woman.
Impulslve, whimsical, emotional. tcmperamental
unbuslnessike. sentimental, romantic. impress
sionable, frivolous. vain, deceitful. cunning, Inn
practical, Inconstant, extravaganza, inconsiderate,
selfish, hysterlcal. unreliable, prejudiced, gosslpy,
garrulous, feminine That's the answer. Put the
same work In the hands OF men and the problem
will be settled permanently. WHAT MAN.
Nhw YORK, November 20.
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water $40 q Barrel.

GreenDdtsY correspondence Sacramento Bee.
There was q water famine In Greenwater last
week, and for three days the precious fluid sold at
A., A barrel and at 81 a gallon in small qu antilles.
The supply comes from Aliens we'll. thirty miles
east OF Greenwater. and when the teams played out
under the heavy trafnc the price jumped up. Finally
new horses and a bigger tank were secured and the
price dropped TO 81 a barrel. There are more than
thousand people In Greenwater. and the nearest
water In thirty miles away. A full sized bath costs
.A,.tN aIO
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Good old Timss In Texa..

From the Orange Tribune.
The frequent nrng Of guns in the north part of
town is evidence OF the would be wild and woolly
fellows being In existence. in spite Of the civilized
state reached by the average people Of the coun-
try. Al least three nights OF this week unknown
parties have galloped through the streets of North
Orange nring their guns at random. Occasionally
onncers are successful in hunting down these cattle
guilty Of handling a gun in the above manner. and
when once npprehended the right punishment 10
generally administered 20 the limit.
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Useless


FTUWE IsW3TTDT HFWW0Ts
The town council OF a small German community
met to inspect a new site for a cemetery. They
assembled at a chapel. and as II was a warm day
some one suggested they leave their coats there.
some one can stay behind and watch them
suggested Herr Botteies.
what ior'" demanded Herr Fhrlich. IL we
are all going out together what need Is there for
any one 70 watch the clothes7"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-28

In striking a great corporate enterprise thou
sands are affected. -Trov Press.
What Of it2 All persons with corpora
ton affiliations must DO punished. Politics
Is the only business which IN all wise Gov
eminent has any right 70 be- good to.
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n our friends pho racor US utth manuscripts for
publication irish 10 haze rejected articles returned they
must IN all cases send stamps for nat purpose.
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Professor JAooAR wants an earthquake observa-
ton station In Boston. -B0ston GLOBE.
Somebody ought to keep the Hon. JOHN
BUTN MORAN under observation.
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Kentucky Peace Treaty.

FROM the Rdnneld Mountdtnecr.
John Edxerton and I'd Williams. who have been
mad at each other for some years, yesterday took
q drink together and made up. Ye scribe was 10
tho game.
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subscriptions by Mail. Postpaid.

Published by The Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at 10 Nassau street. in the Borough Of
Manhattan. New York.
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a Song On season.

To rnE EDITOR og TIE SUN--Sr!
Standing pat;
Depew and Platt SCAT.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-23
PUPIL THREATENS TO
STAB BRAVE TEACHER
WOman's CoolnesS Probably
Saves Her From Serious III
jury; Boy Is Beaten

LEWISTON. Me, Nov. 22.-'I'll FIX
her now." said George Flynn, four
teen -year.old pupil in the River Road
school, as he brandished an open knife
about and started for the teacher, Miss
Kathryn Shea, daughter of Officer John
Shea of Lewiston Police department.
:Ill run this knife into her so far
she II never teach school again, - Flynn
cried. and then he darted for the
teacher.
"Take your seat, Geotee." was the
command given by Miss Snea, who ap-
peared to be perfectly calm as the
Young man came toward her
Flynn again warned her, She stepped
TO one side and be pranced about the
room.
"Will You take your seat. George, or
not7' the teacher asked second time.
The boy replied he wouldn e but instead
would put her out of the way and run
things IT, suit himself. Then he com.
manded the pupils to stay IN their
seats.
Miss Shea resumed her lessons, while
the Young man walked around the room,
with tho open knife. She kept the pu"
pills, though, fifteen minutes after
school and until the driver who carried
her 10 the electric car line called, then
young Flynn, who had waiting for
school 10 let out, seeing that be was
beaten at his game. hurried into the
woods. where he kept in hiding for sew
eral hours,
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exact number of the killed and wounded
on that vessel has not been reported
here.
The damage to the Oriuoco was CON
fined TO her bows
Both vessels remain in the roadstead
here.
Collided at Slow Speed.
When the collision occurred the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse was steam
ing at the rate of seventeen knots an
hour from Cherbeur2, after having
touched here on her voyage out. The
Orinoco was bound for this port when
the accident happened. The commander
OF the Orinoco claims that he slgnalled
that he was going to starboard or the
North German Lloyd vessel, but that
the latter held her course across the
Orinoco's bows and only went to port
OF the Orinoco when 1t was too late.
The engines of the Orinoco, it is
added, were reversed as soon as it ap.
peared likely that an accident would
occur, but she crashed into the star
board bow of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, making breach twelve feet
wide.
The stem of the Orinoco above the
water line was carried away as the YES
sci cleared after the collision.
The shock threw all the passengers on
feet and the grinding of the Orinoco S
bow into the steerage Of the German
vessel instantly killed four persons, dis
emboweling q girl II years old.
Passengers in Panic.
The captain of the Orinoco ordered
boats to be cleared but the panic on
board of her was general. Some of the
crew jumped into and launched two of
her boats and several frenzied women
attempted to get into them as they
were being lowered over the side. One
boat was swamped when 1t struck the
water.
As soon as the accident occurred
number of small boats from Cherbourg
put out to the scene of the collision
and succeeded in rescuing some of the
sailors and passengers who were strug
Cling in the waves, but five of the crew
of the Orinoco are believed to have
been drowned.
Some of the bodies of the persons
drowned were recovered during the day,
The pilot Lesage had Just left the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse when the
accident occurred.
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SEVERAL LOST IN
STEAMER COLLISION
Details of Crashing Together of
German and British Ships
~ Are Received.
PASSENGERS ON BOTH
SHIPS PANIC-STRlCkEN
Death List Will Number at
Least Thirteen; Many Pas
sengerS Injured.

CHERBoURG, Nov. 22.-Details of
the collision yesterday between the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse and the British
Royal Mail steamer Orinoco, show that
it occurred at 8 clock last night
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse aud
the Orinoco were both outward bound
via Cherbourg for New York and the
West Indian ports respectively.
The shock is described as having been
terrific, causing panics among the pas
sengers on board the two vessels, espe'
cially among the emigrants.
Gn the Orinoco three men and wo-
1?ea were killed. six women and man
were injured and five persons were
knocked overheard and drowned.
OF the two steamers the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is said to have sus"
tanned the most damage, but beyond the
fact that she has a hole in one side,
the nature of her injuries has not been
ascortained.
Four of the crew of the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse are reported to have
been killed and twelve Injured, but the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-23
FOUR MEN DROWN
Caught by Storm on Crib of Holland
Harbor Lake Michigan.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. 22-
Four men who were caught By last
night s storm on the crib work of the
new breakwater at the entrance to
Holland harbor, Oh Lake Michigan,
were washed away by the waves and
drowned.
The men could not gain the shore be-
cause of the immense sea. The life
saving crew attempted to save them,
but the waves We're so high that no
boat could live. Attempts were made
to shoot line to them, but the hurri-
cane hurled the line back
When night closed down the men
were still clinging desperately to the
crib work AT daybreak today they
were gone.
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exact number of the killed and wounded
on that vessel has not been reported
here.
The damage to the Oriuoco was CON
fined TO her bows,
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HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS
East.

East.
Via Oregon Short Line and Union Pa
cifc Railroads. Following rates will
prevail from Salt Lake:
Denver and return. .$I975
Omaha and return. ,... ...... 32 90
Chicago and return n...... Al so
Kansas City and return. ....... 1900
ST. Louis and return n........ $3.50
TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER
Goth and DECEMBER 18th, limited to
60 days from date of sale
Porportionately low rates from and
to many other oints. See agents for
particulars.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, 20l MAIN
STREET
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GREENWATER!

The new copper wonder Only
reached via Salt Lake Route Stage
and auto from Amargosa. Phones
1886. l69 South Main street.
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$4,000 to California,

From ice and snow TO orange bios.
SONS and sea bathing in one day.
Phone 1886, Call 169 South Main. A
pleasure to answer questions at Salt
Lake Route Office,
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OGDEN AND RETURN S1.OO

Via D, & r. G.. Sunday, November 25.
Leave Salt Lake 1925 a. m. and 2:30
p M. Returning, leave Ogden p. m.
and 10 p m. Big meeting of the Uni
tartan society. EyerybodY invited.
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BASKETBALL-PR0TO
Y. M. G.. A. VS.. B. Y. U.

Saturday, November "a. Special 500
p. m. via Salt Lake Route; SIPS round
trip. Special returning. Every body
welcome
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-01
Sudden Death Of Pioneer.

Samuel Cottrell. an old pioneer of
walla walla and more familiarly
known as "Scotty" was found dead
sitting in a chair in his hoom in the
Stencil building about 1890 today, by
Joseph D. Barnes.
Mr.. Cottrell was last seen alive
yesterday evening when he was shaved
at Schiffner's barber shop. 1t is
thought his death occurred immedi-
ately afterward. The deceased was
rs years Of age and had been in poor
health for some time. 1t is thought
that his poor health, old age and the
effort OF climbing two flights of stairs
IN order TO reach his room in the
building was responsible for his
death.
Cottrell Is we'll known in the city
and about Is years ago worked as a
clerk in the old Totel stlne.
No letters Of any kind were found
among the effects OF the dead man,
and il he has any relatives their
whereabouts are not known.-walla
walla Bulletin.