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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-18

Miss Virginia was happy. Dffe.ftar
he might be, and an unhumbled m
of TIM world as well; but, to use Re
erend Billy's phrase, she could ma
him sit up"
Il beg yours, I'm sure" she said, de-
murely. Il didn't know II was a craft
secert."
Winton looked across the aisle to
the table where the technologian was
sitting opposite square-shouldered,
ruddyfaced gentleman with fiery eyes
and fierce white mustache, and shook
figurative fist.
"i'd like to know what Adams has
been telling you," he said. Sketch
ing in the mountains in midwinter!
that would be decidedly original, to
say the least of it. And | think
have never done an original thing in
all my life"
For single instant the brown eyes
looked their pity for him; generic pity
it was, of the kind that mounting
souls bestow upon the stagnant. But
the subconscious lover in Winton made
1t ptIoOndl w Illll, anu IL WdS Lu6
lover who spoke when he went on.
That is damaging admission, is
it not? | am sorry to have to make it
to have to confirm your poor opinion
of me-"
did l say anything like that?" she
protested.
Not in words; but your eyes said
it, and | know you have been think
ing it all along. Don't ask me how |
know it; l couldn't explain it If l
.sould try. But you have been pity
ing me, in a way-you know you
have"
The brown eyes were downcast.
Frank and free-hearted after her kind
as she was, Virginia Carteret was
ence to have man tell her BADLY at
their first meeting that he had read her
inmost thought of him. Yet she would
not finch or go back
There is SO much to be done In the
world, and so few to do the work, "
she pleaded in extenuation.
And Adams has told you that am
not one of the few? 1t is true enough
to hurt"
She looked him fairly in the eyes.
What is lacking, Mr. Winton-tns
spur?"
Possibly" he rojoined. There is no
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-18

think for moment that | wolld-er
so far forget myself" he went on,
fatuously What | had in mind was
an exchange of seats with him.
thought it would be pleasanter for
you; that is, mean, pleasanter for"
He stopped short, seeing nothing but
more hopeless involvement ahead ;
also because he saw signs of distress
or of mirth flying in the brown eyes.
''Oh, pleased" size protested, in mock
humility. do leave my vanity just
the tiniest little Granny to creep out
of, Mr.. Winton. III promise to be
good and not bore you too desperately"
But let's ignore Mr.. Adams" she
went on, sweetly. Il am much more
interested in this" touching the bill
of-fare. will you order for me, please
| like"
When she haa finished the list or
her likings, Winton was able to smile
at his lapse into the primitive, and
gave the dinner order for two with a
fair degree of conference. After that
they got on better. Winton knew
DOSJOH, anu HeAt 10 Lne weather BOS-
ton was the safest and most fruitful
of the commonplaces. Nevertheless,
1t was not immortal; and Winton was
j.sc beginning to cast about for some
other safe riding road for the shallop
of small talk when Miss Carteret sent
it adrift with malice aforethought.
1t was somewhere between the en-
trees and the fruit, and the point of
departure was Boston art.
Speaking of art, Mr.. Winton, will
you tell me how you came to think of
sketching in the mountains of Colo
RADIO at this time Of year? | should
think the cold would be positively pro-
hibitive of anything like that"
Winton stared-open mouthed, 1t is
to be feared.
Il beg youf pardon" he STAN
mered, with the infection which takes
its pitch from blank bewilderment.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-18
chandlcr's Joke on conkIina.

Roscoe Conkling was capital boxer
and quite proud of his skill One
evening after considerable banter he
induced Senator Chandler to put on
the gloves with him. He played with
Chandler for few rounds, much to
the discontinue of the downeaster
The latter bided his time and some
time later quietly brought a profes.
sional pugilist to dinner where Conk-
ling was a guest. In the course of
the evening Mr.. Smith" was induced
to engage in a boxing bout with Mr..
Conkling. The professional danced
around the senator, landing when and
where he wished, playing with him as
he would with punching bag. The
elegant New York senator was dazed,
overwhelmed, humiliated, crushed.
When he surrendered and called
enough, as he did at last, Senator
Chandler smiled blandly and presented
the pugilist in his true colors.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-18

one near enough to care, or to sayl
We'll done!"
How can you tell?" she questioned.
musingly. 1T is not always permitted
to us to hear the paudits or the
hisses-happily, l think. Yet there are
always those standing by who are
ready TO cry 10 triumphe!' and mean
it, when one approves himself a good
soldier"
The coffee had been served, and
Winton sat thoughtfuly sti ring the
lump Of sugar in his cup. Miss Car
teret was not having a monopoly of
the new experiences. For instance,
it had never before happened to John
Winton to have a woman, young,
charming, and altogether lovable read
him a lesson out of the book of the
overcomers.
He smiled inwardly and wondered
what she would say If she could know
to what battlefield the drumming
wheels of the Limited" were speeding
him. Would she be loyal to her men,
torship and tell him he must win, at
whatever the cost to Mr.. Somerville
an.
Darrah and his business associates?
Or would she, woman-lil1e, be her
uncle's partisan and write one John
Winton down in her blackest book for
daring to oppose the Rajah?
He assured himself it would make
no jot OF difference if he knew He
had thing to do, aud he was pEr-
posed to do it strenuously, inflexib!y
Yet in the inmost chamber of Ills
heart, where the barbarous ego stands
unabashed and isolate and recklessly
3ontemptuous of the moralities minor
and major he saw ghe birth of an in
tiuence which must .lenceforth be das,
perately reckoned with.
Given name, this newborn factor
was love; love barely awakened, AND
yet no more than a masterful desire
to stand well in the eye of one Won
GRO BE CoNTINUEp.)
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

robbing the entire community,
and being immune from justice
by the almost Constant practice of
bribery; it IS gangrened with
gambling and bunco- scoundrelism
actively protected and even
promoted by municipal authori-
ties; it has the most disgustingly
bestial display OF harlotry to be
found in all Ameuca-and that.
too, in the very heart of district
inhabited by respectable working
people, and within a stones throw
of a public school, condition not
only tolerated but justified by the
unblushing citizen holding the
Office of Mayor.
Take the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the State govern
ment: Can you think of any
American governor SO widely and
deeply despised as Peabody; or
fancy the nation regarding Nc
Donald as righttully in Office
Does not the last Legislature stand
disgraced before the world by its
base assent to the shameless theft
of the governorship of an Amer
lean Commonwealth; and is not
the recently elected and already
bribed assembly about to make
Colorado for six years a by-word
and kissing by sending Simon
Guggenheim into the Senate OF
the United States1
Turn next to the State judiciary
There can be no certainty OF
rights within society when the
highest court OF people is un
worthy; and the Supreme Court
OF Colorado is notorious through
out the continent as tribunal not
entitled to respect, either for its
motives or its works. The re-
election of Gabbert postponed
The newspaper., 1906-12-21
HOW TO ATTRACT
DESIRABLE IMMIGRATION.
Touching the Proposal that the Press Quit
Talking Politics.
From The Rocky Mountain News Of Dec. u.

Post is printing these days, openly
urging suppression of some truths
and Misrepresentation of others.
Some of the gush, too, is worse
than silly: it is corrupt-inspired
by men and corporations hoping
to profit dishonesty by diversion
of public attention from their
rogueries. AS for the course pro-
posed by the president of the
Manufacturers Association we'll,
it would be cowardly, contempt
bic, and hurtful to this Common.
wealth.
Colorado. besides possessing a
superior climate and impressive
scenery and being natural center
of distribution for an immense
area. has rich resources-mines.
agricultural and grazing lands,
water-power. She can maintain
in affluence and contentment a
vast population. Sooner or later
she will have that vast popula-
ton; but before she can gain it
some changes are Imperative:
Law must reign here; a repub-
lican form of government must
prevail; honorable capital and
organized labor must be secure.
Law does not reign here.
Take this capital. and consider
All of its public utilities are owned
by private corporations habitually
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

and smelters; it dominates gov
ernment; it hesitates at nothing
conducting to its ends, whether
bribing a Legislature, debauching
the bench, or pauperizing a real
competitor. So generally is all
this known, in truth, that recent
evidence taken here by Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Clark,
though disclosing colossal in
iquities, produced scarely a ripple
of interest on the surface of Colo
rado life. With regard to labor
the case is equally clear. Or
ganized labor is justly afraid of
Colorado, and thousands of
skilled men and women, admir-
able as citizens, we'll knowing the
shocking brutalities and amazing
despotism OF the Peabody regime,
avoid this state as they avoid a
pestilence.
Colorado will flourish measure
ably, notwithstanding all of this.
Every state of the union is flour
ishing just now-to a degree, in
deed, leading the secretary of the
treasury to cry out day or two
ago in genuine alarm; and to be
sure, where natural wealth so
abounds as it does in this rich
region there is certain to be a
considerable degree of monetary
prosperity, at least, no matter
what comes or goes for the mo-
ment with the makeup OF the
government. But Colorado will
noc grow truly and soundly great,
will not draw to herself the
flower ct American civilization,
until she trees her life from the
pollutions here considered.
The best present service a
newspaper can render Colorado is
concluded on seventh page-1
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

During the first annual dinner
Of the Colorado Manufacturers
Association. last week. the in
coming president spoke sharply,
though in good temper, of the
course of the Denver press. his
desire appearing 10 be that in the
interest Of what he called boost"
the newspapers should abstain
from criticism of public officers
and refrain from political dis
cussion. He was followed by one
editor who found the present
mountebank mayor of Denver to
be a prodigy of civic virtue. and
by another who pledged himself
TO make the writing about politics
"odious" in Denver.
A good deal of the same sort OF
maudlin sentiment is being in
dustriously circulated by the great
corporations of this State; and it
seems high time for bit OF plain
talk.
Of course there is much good
Faith work here as elsewhere tor
encouraging desirable immigra'
ton; but most of the so called
boost" gush is not sincere, is
supremely silly. and SO far as it
counts at all serves to injure.
The outside world is bound to be
unfavorably impressed by such
idiotic drivel, say. as the Denver
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

perhaps for years the regaining
by this State of the reputation
essential to attracting hither in
numbers men and women of the
noblest character; and not only in
the highest court is there dehle-
ment, for. broadly speaking. the
judiciary of Colorado, with here
and there a shining exception, is
rotten. as all must feel who, un-
derstandIng even the rudiments
of law, study the practice and
decisions. The courts of this
state are in dIsrcPute from ocean
to ocean.
A republican form OF govern
ment does not prevail-it is only
loosely approximated
The odious Peabody made Colo,
RADIO somewhat worse than a
military despotism, and in that
relation brought the State into al
most worldwide shame. Since
his time it has been run by a few
powerful, unscrupulous, private
corporations, represented here by
vulgar cunning rogues. Indeed,
in the Tool case the supreme
court threw aside all disguise and
candidly drove coach and four
through the venerable republican
theory of government solemnly
handed down to US by the Fathers
held, in fact, that in itself and
and not the people reside all un-
delegated powersl
Honorable capital and organ
ised labor are not secure
Thievish capital is in control OF
an astonishing proportion of the
natural resources of this state
mineral deposits especially coal,
arabic land, reservoir sites, water
power; II holds. absolute master
ship over transportation facilities
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

Above we print half tone
made from photo taken of
lands to be irrigated by the Lily
lands Canal and Reservoir Com
pany in the famous Naturita
The newspaper., 1906-12-21

Concluded on seventh page.1
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
TO COMPLETE ITS FUND

The Y. NJ. c. A. is still short some
$4,000 in its building fund. 1t proposes
to go ahead with its plans, trusting to
the future to bring forth the necessary
balance. This may be good faith, but it
isn't good business, and the Y. NJ c.
A. should stick to business basis.
There is a way out for the Y. NJ. C. A.
that is both businesslike and sensible
and if acted upon 1t will not only give
the association the money it needs, but
will leave a surplus which will come in
very handy when the building is COM
pleted and equipment is required. That
way is to sell the very valuable lot
which the association now owns at
Sixth and Hill streets and buy a
cheaper one little farther out. This
southward movement of business set
in, at a low price, and was then emil
nently suited for its purpose. Now it
Is in the heart of the new retail district
and in five years it will be entirely too
far downtown for Y. M. c. A. build
ing such as Los Angeles needs. 1t
could doubtless he sold now for close to
$25O,OOO, and this would enable the as
ISOLATION to cover the cost of a new and
cheaper lot. complete it's building fund
and have a fine surplus for equipment
and endowment.
Within few squares of Sixth and
Hill streets any number of lots could be
secured, better adapted to the asso-
ciation's purpose. for a fraction of
s25O,OOO. on such a site could be erected
a building designed for and devoted
to the needs of the association exclu-
sively. On the present site, one that
can be converted into an office and
store building within short while must
be provided, or serious loss in the
near future must be risked.
A certain sentiment may hang about
the present lot, but this should not be
allowed to interfere with the obvious
opportunity the association now has
before IL to close up its building plans
obtain "A better site. away from the
a temptations Of the central downtown
district. have money for equipment and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
FIRE INSURANCE RATES

The few interested knockers of the
likely ii be discreetly mum next week.
Engineers of the national board of un-
derwriters are expected to be in Los
Angeles within a few days to make a
thorough examination of all matters
bearing on possibilities of loss by fire.
There will be not only a critical ex-
animation of buildings but also of
facilities for extinguishing fires, the
water supply, of course, being par
amount
Upon that investigation will depend,
in some measure, the rate of increase,
for Los Angeles, in charges for in
surance. 1t is understood that con-
siderable advance in rates is contem-
plated throughout the state, with a
probability of some advance through
out the United States This as a con-
sequence of the enormous losses sus-
tained by the insurance companies in
the San Francisco conflagration.
The insufficiency of the present water
supply VIII De plainly IN evidence on
examination by the experts, as it usual
ly is painfully in evidence when a fire
calls for heavy pressure. Even in the
heart of the business section of the
city there is complaint of lack of pres
sure whenever a considerable fire oc-
ours, In many of the outlying districts,
as all citizens know, the pressure
is hardly sufficient to keep the lawns
from being scorched by the sun, to say
nothing of saving homes in case of
conflagration.
The Owens valley water project is
now the salient thing with which Los
Angeles must grapple. And it must
be grappled without gloves, in the
energetic and determined manner for
which this city is justly famous.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
ANOTHER HrRALD VICTORY

The Herald has won another victory
for law and decency in Los Angeles.
Last night the police department. in
company with a Herald reporter. made
raid upon Chinatown and arrested
fan-tan players and sellers of lottery
tickets
Sundays Herald contained complete
account Of the gambling features OF
Chinatown, with the names Of the COM
panies dlsposins OF lottery tickets. Act
ing upon that information, the police
moved promptly and proceeded to make
a large number Of arrests.
1t is the duty Of great daily news
paper to see that laws are properly en-
forced and that dens Of lnfamy that
spring up-often without the knowledge
Of the police-are closed.
It is the business Of great news
paper to speak for public morals and
civic righteousness. II is the eye with
which the pu ublic looks into the conduct
Of its citizens. and that eye should
never be closed
without any prelimInaries or prom
ises, The Herald only few days ago
exposed the crib district on Jackson
and Also streets and caused that sec
tion Of the city to undergo a thorough
reformation at the hands of Acting
Chief Auble and his police officers.
1t next made a thorough investigation
of Chinatown, discovering such a con-
dition of affairs there as again called
for police action. 1t is proper to say,
also, that i'm this matter The Herald
had the moral support of the Chinese
merchants and physicians in this city,
who are desirous of preserving the
peace and dignity of their section of
the city.
The Herald is determined that beau
tiful Los Angeles shall not be marred
by open and shameless violations Of
law, and to this end it will labor, find
ing its reward in the sympathy and
encouragement of all good citizens.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
THAT BOND QUESTION

The coterie Of chronic kiciSers in this
city are elated, Of course. over the
question OF legality raised concerning
part Of the bond proposition recently
submitted to the voters. II should be
remembered, however, that there Is no
questlon-and that there can be no
question-concerning bonds issued for
water and sewer purposes. II will be
folly for the kickers Of the owens
river water project to attempt to
strengthen their kick by assuming that
there is the faintest odor of "taint'
on the water bond proposition.
With the assurance Of an increase
in the city's tax revenue of nearly
or quite S5OO,OOO for the coming year,
and the reasonable certainty of n cor
responding increase thereafter. there
should be no further occasion for bond
issues other than for water purposes.
Sufficient funds for public improve
ments of all other kinds, including fur
ther sewer extensions, should he avail
able from current revenue. The only
thing necessary to make the city's
financial ends meet, aside from the
great owens valley project, Is an
economic and honest use of the pub
lie money.
Los Angeles city bonds are rated as
gilt-edged in the eastern money mar
kets, and nothing should be done that
might possibly tend to tarnish the
gilding.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
THE PUNcTuREp LIFE

How strange is life! A most uncertain
thing,
Dependent on the wiles and whims of
Fate;
How much more joy its passing hours
would bring
II one was destined never to be late
Tonight, alone, midst other thoughts L
pause
And ruminate before my ember fire;
lost the girl love the best because
had to stop to mend punctured
tire.
How true the things we crave are just
ahead
Invitingly they beckon. out of reach
But when far down life's speedway we
have sped
We find some other fellows captured
each.
Then undismayed we throw in our high
gear,
No weak compression thwarts our
keen desire;
Yet ever when we feel the prize is near
We have to stop and mend a pune
tured tire.
And thus my life has been broken
thread,
For when I'm running swift and sure
Some object seems immovable ahead
And 1 put on the breaks and fall be-
hind.
But in the end when all lifes cares I
drop
And 1 Shall run my auto chariot of
hope 1 shall not then be forced to stop
Outside the Gate and mend pune
tured tire.
-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
ROYAL DAUGHTERS, ALLOWANCE

People sometimes wonder what sum
is put aside for dress by the daughters
of royal houses.
Before her marriage, read the other
day, the Duchess of Fife was said to
have small dress allowance, and the
sum of $500 year was mentioned. Be
sides yachting and everyday dresses,
and all the usual costumes required by
girl Of the upper class, royal prin-
cesses have also to wear the costly and
elaborate dresses which their rank de-
mands at the weddings of their near
relations
On the whole, it may be asserted that
frugal princess may spend as little
as $4,000 a year on her dress, while her
more wealthy and extravagant sister
may find her dress bills amount to ten
times that sum.
The empress of Russia, who more
than any other European lady is able
to indulge her widest fancies, dresses
with the greatest simplicity-in the
daytime mostly i'll tailor-made coats
and skirts, in the evening generally in
the purest white.-The Tatler
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
THE ALIEN FLOODGATE

The new Immigration bill, as passed
by the senate Wednesday is the most
important measure Of a general charac-
ter enacted during the present session
of congress. The bill carries long
series Of amendments to the present
law, nearly all aiming to sift out the
undesirable class of immigrants. The
most potential of all the amendments
is one establishing an educational re-
quirement ability to read in some Ian
guage) applicable to all aliens above
sixteen years of age. The only excep-
tion to this rule relates to members
Of the families of male adults now re-
siding in the United States"
The fact that the bill was passed by
the senate without division shows the
unanimity of sentiment in that body in
favor of checking the enormous flood
of aliens pouring into the United
States, much of which is of very un-
desirable quality. 1t is enough to excite
apprehension in the minds of all Ameri-
cans to glance at the figures showing
the stupendous increase in immigra-
tion within the last few years. All
records were broken by the ar
rivals in 1905, and the early
months of this year show large in
crease as compared with the same Pc
riod last year.
Ten years ago. 1896, the total immi-
grafton reached 343267. The following
year the figure dropped to 230,S32 Be
ginning with 19OO startling increase
is noted. In that year the arrivals
numbered 44S,572; in 1901 it rose to 49,
91S: in 1902 to 64S,749; in 1908 to s57 7,o46;
in 1904 it dropped to S12,S70. Last year,
however. there was a record jump to
], 1,O27, ,421.