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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
Between Boston g. Northern and Old
Colony Roads and their Employees.

Lynn. Mass. May 22--'rhe terms "f
IN, agreement entered into last Mon
day al tn" cnnfcr"ur" held in Boston
nv President Sullivan Of Tie Enston 4
Northern ana Dld Colony Railway Cos.
ana representatives Of the employees
wcrn announced tonight hN President
George y. Rose Of tn" Lynn division of
the Employees Union after largely at
tended meeting nf tn" division.
According To this announcement. tn"
agreement Includes = change in the
sliding scale of wages and also pro-
VidoS against strikes and lnckoutS, and
declares that all differences as to wages
in IL" future shall ~ settled Nv arbi-
tr;.tinu. the arbitration hoard ~ con-
Sist Of thr"" men, one selected hy tho
company. one by the union and the
third 10 be agreed upon by these two
The union men consider that their con
,tcntiJn for recognition of their organ
ization has been practically conceded
by the new agreement, and although
the demand for = fiat rate of Is cents
an hour WIS Hot granted, th"r" arc
some concessions provided for in the
new sliding scale. The demand for 4
9-h"ur day Was not granted. the 10
hour schedule Of work being continued
under the new scale
Tho agreement as to wages provides
that the motormcn and conductors
shall receive for the first SIX months Of
service 20 cents an hour: for the second
six months q cents; for the second,
third and fourths years % cents; for
the fifth. sixth and seventh years %
cents; tor the eighth and ninth years
"A cents. and for service of 10 years and
over % cents.
The pit men" by which car repair
ers are known, are granted an increase
Of per cent. and are to be allowed
tirla and a half if compelled to work
after midnight. Snow pillow employees
are also to be granted an increase &C
cording to the Lynn Union officials, the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New York. May 7"
FLOUR Rcc'ripts 1nn,.; exports. 1855:
SAILS, 500: quiet but steady.
WHEAT Receipts, 1909; exports GlF:
sales. ".2o0.oHo futures. spot barely steady .
No :. - nominal elevator, 10. 2 RCD. u
nominal y afGat; NJ. Northern I'n-
mth. - nominal b ailnHt: No. | north
crn Manitoba. SOL. nominal o y :tilnat
CORN Receipts. 1890; exports. 9,692
sales. 1I.GG0 futures: spot st"ady; No. z,
81, romfnal elevator and "a nominal - !,
ailoat: No. > y"lluw. 5It% nominal; No. >
white. - nominal.
OATS Receipts. $500: exports. 9,,N>:
spot easy; MIXED oats, ~: natural white,
:.'g1il0. clipped white. i0l-WH
CUT MEATS Steady.
PICKLE;D IAMS-llhM12
LARD-Barcly steady; western prime,
S.-01'S.75 nominal; refined, easy; CONT
ncnt. go
PORK Steady.
nUTTEi- steady. unchanged; receipts,
EGGs-stcady, unchanged; receipts ..
80
POTATOES irregular: bermuda. per
Dbl. 3Gfi: Southern, 1.-0n475 Maine, per
bag 21OM2.50; state and western. 2m . p.
St'GAR-Raw, steady; fair refining. >
2?-3-H2 1j-16; Centrifugal 96 test. , 12-"2N
3 7-l6; molaSseS sugar, 2l-32d2 Ills; re
fined steady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
THE TIDE or REVOLUTION
Is IN The hsccndancy, According to
Prof. MiluI<off'5 Views.

It Petersburg. May -. Prof. Mlluk-
of. To" s;rokcSmIn Of the t"n9tItu'lonhl
Democrats. according to an article pub
IiShed hv him in the RcCh. l. rather de-
sroudcnt over th" prospect Of staying
tho tid, of revolution in the country.
fIc hasca his pcssimism upon tn" con
yirtipn that the government VIII not
Weld Il fun constitutional regin" With
which ne says il IS still possible 7" calm
the PASSIONS Of the people. ~" regards
Premier GOremykn and ms cabinet M
mere puppets doing tn" bidding Of IN"
POWERFUL influ"nccS ~ court ana pc
Iicvcs that Emperor Nicholas is dcstln-
81 to throw away tn" opportunity ~
Louis XVI. did of transferring tn"
country to q peaceful parliamentary
regime. This tn" professor considers t"
he the governments last 'han"" ana
that 4 refusal to do 81 VIII cut IN"
ground from under tn" Constitutional
Democrats and strengthen tn" rcV"lu-
tionary elements which arc preaching
that paIlilmentariSm IS an illusion and
make anarchy ANA 4 bloody revolution
Inevitable Nevertheless the ton3titi-
tionul Democrats will pcrScvcrc III their
attempts to place the country on q
constitutional basis ana if they fail and
disaster follows the responsibility Will
not be upon their shoulders.
The central committee Of tho 'onSti-
tutional Democrats has pledged the
draft of the laws to he introduced in
Parliament including universal 9utlrag"
irrespective Of sex and equal rights for
all citizens, laws guaranteeing immun-
ity IF the person and inviolabllity Of
domiCile without due process Of law.
providing ais" the guarantee Of haboas
corpus and specifically excluding All cX-
CeptionS.
While no party at court favorS &
complete surrender of the demands Of
the Lower House of Parliament. the
Trepoff cabaI, which secretly favorS a
dissolution of Parliament is not strong
enough for the moment to seriously
urge such a course. The Emperor con-
tinues to he well disposed and is sup
ported not only by many mobiles at the
palace but by other big landed pro-
prietors throughout the country, who
now seem 10 be fully convinced that I'M
| less the peasants can be measuredly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
Justifying Refusal to Grant
P|enafy Amnesty.
Cannot Deliver Criminals From
Judicial Punishment.
Provincial AObIemsn, Fearing Revolution,
Are Selling OFF Their Lands.

st. Petersburg, May 23.-The follow
ing official statement of the govern
m1nt Jusllfying the refusal to grant
plCnary amnesty was given out tonight
ana made puhliShatlc III All til" papers
of Russia tomorrow:
The question Of fun political amnnS-
ty. which has been raised i'll Parli;l-
mcnt ana which is included in th.
Lower Houses address to the Emperor
and supported by several organs of tue
Russian Ircss is far from meeting with
= .EmPa hetl" response from all sec
tons Ct Russian society. 1t is ilnpoSsi-
hi" to avoid noticing strong current
of feeling against full amnesty in diff
f"Icnt classes of the population, where
il Il pointed out that political aSsassi-
natl ms DO not cease. News Is daily tel
'gIapf"I from the provinces Of fresh
murders Or attempts {" murder OIL
cidl:. In the presence Of such an irrrC
oncilabie disposition IN the part Of
adopts OF the Terrorist societies the
government cannot expose til" peace
tul, right thinking section of the pupu-
Iation to danger. The government can
not refrain from bringing to justice
f'i ~ i7'H anu ''''''n t''i y" -
~ ''''' ~ - 49, -
.,,,1l iii I'm ,.,,,,,,,itt;,,, I'M, n,;n,o
..,,,,,,,,,.r,i,,r ,to.a u.hn b,yo boon
.
arrested hy administrative order. many
already have been and others will he
liberated after careful investigation 81
the causes Ut arrest. The full parton
of all who haV" been arrested by al
miniatlativ" order IS Il p"Sslh'I'ty. ana
1t may also he possible I" apr"E"l" uei'-
Hlttly ny ieSl%i''lN' "r"'r S'"''' y,
war 'Ntra"r'lllaiH d'''t''' ''N'' ''''
1urlhef l" lhSt'h'' J'"iI'idi VI I"
u'h IN l"'aiitl'S Where tue i'H"'"t' "',
AIRY movement hiSnE'NS "N'h- ''u'.i'',l
expression ~ fF'"''' \ '''i"'9Si''.'' !"
tho&" districts "Nli'E 70 NJ III 1t i~'''6
ana ASSASSINATION 'N'"' :"
@n'Aill"'hd !" "'S''S ,,,
~" 'i' j.
i. ,,,.t,r,,,,iti,tn,,,, IL III. ~
,.;.;.,,, -. .,h,..,r,1,nu Of ,x.tptjonaI
I,,rc
A.. i,,,,,,..,.;
Nu'H W INV 'l'''''' ~ Wv
bility and lnorr"rtuneH'SS "' '''' am
mostly entertained ny 'h''S' E'''''''9 -,
society, which, refusing I" '"' cav ,''
away ~ T''' -"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

Enormous iceberGs We're reported by
Captnin HiScoc Of the steamer Cam
brian. which arrived Wednesday at
Boston from London. Tho first berg
was sighted May IL III latitude a.. is
north, longitude 42.4 west. 1t was near
~ half Il mile in length and 100 feet
hiph AMI with marine glasses the mud
dy tracks Of animals could be seen ON
it's surface. The temperature of tn"
wat r. in the vicinity Of this floating ice
island WIS freezing and the air WAS
very cold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

satisfied by compromise on the lana
question, = revolt Of the peasants
against the mobiles will j" aroused
which will ruin the latter, as I'll" peas
ants win fur, lille seize their pr"pcrtI
TO tn" accompaniment Of horrors ann
cXc"ssr's
The provincial papers are filled with
offering estates for #tl',
inserted by property owners who, de
spairin@ Of :y'yiug their property. ar"
ready +" a"cert what they can and il" e
from thr country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
CATHOLIC FORESTERS.
Hiqh Court of Massachusetts in Annual
Session at Springfield.

Springfield. Mass, May 23.-Thc 18th
annual session of the High Court of
sSachuSrttS, Catholic order of For
estcrs. WAS begun in this city today
with 1000 delegates in attendance, near
IN All Of whom attended mass in st.
MichacI's Cathedral ticv. James III.
O'NciI Of E"ckland. High Court chap
lain nf the order. was cclcbrant of uie
ma \ ami Right Rev. Wh"n,:IS -. Beven
bishop of the Springfield diocese he
slowed the Episcopal hl"%s'n;; at the
close of tn" services. The delegates
then marched I" Apollo h1lI. here the
business of the convention WIS taken
UP. The morning was i"v"i"I to tn"
reports of the officers AMI committees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
Boston Produce Market.

Boston. May 20.
R-I'uchauc.d. mill shipments.
Spring patents, I.Gnt,.l0.
DIN Easier; No. :; yellow, G-mC.I3.
nAIS-Eas No. : clipped white. Iitu
Az.
fAY-Tnchangod: No !, 10.
MILL FEED Easier.
SPRING: ERAN-2I 7ITf21.
MINED FEED "."f.,,.
COTTON SEED MEAI.-::f.=6.
iDEK-StcadY: medium. SD.
IjAI;p- Steady: 1G".
BF.EF-IfnrlltnEcd; whole cattle. rhinS.
LAMBS l'nchangcd; I0fn1.
VEAI.S- Unchanged, Hulo
HITTER Steady; northern, 2lHep%
CIiEESt,-StcldY; York state l%m ~.
ltGGS-Stcauy; choice, 2Mi21; eastern. 10
40
APPLES-Quict: russctS, $50 10
POTATDFS-I'nc h:ngrd: Green Noun
tainS 81: EIobronS. A3nsJ
STGAE-Stcady on 4 basis of 1G0 FOR
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

wHEAT-May, S5h; July, slzs@fS2;
l XII May. 4st&; July. NJ; Sept. ~.
OATS-Mly, 33ls; July, 80: Sept, 3llEd =.
pORk-May. 1o.5''z' July. l9.'"-' sept
II IARD-May. S.52A; July. $50; Sept.
: & RTHs-May. ST.; July. aO5; Sept,
lash quotations were as follows:
j'IOUK-firm. o,- , IN
WIiEAr-No. : spring SietH"' NO :" %
ass: No > red. SgaEi?lh. ~
CoRN-No. .. -; No yellow. 4?I.
OATS-No. 2. 33I@: No. white. %l2"%1;
No. :; white, ;%l4m3pi.
I;YF-Nn. 2, 6ll.Ad62.
BARLEY Hats.
AIALTING-i1m52.
FLAN SEED-1.09; northwestern LIZ.
TIMOTHY SEED-3.:1t33j.
cT.DNER-11.25.
SHORT RIGS-SNma.
NESS PORK-15.jJftlJ0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
A Sign Of the Soldiers Feelings.

kursk. Russia. May 33.-Th" soldier;
of the bhay'u regiment here VIII" wcr"
to be dispatched into the country dis
triCtS in anticipation of agrarian
troubles. have refused To take bal!
cartridges with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

mut1rmcn To receive 30 cents an hour
and the conductors q cents.
The agreement affects all the lines
Of the Boston & Northern and Old COL
ony street Railway systems which en-
ter the states Of New hampshire, Mas
SachUetttS ana Rhode Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, May ..
Additional rains in Kansas and Nebras-
XII caused weakness today in the local
wheat market. At the close. the July de-
livery showed net loss Of 1c. Corn was
down 81. Oats were off Lass Prpvis-
ions were q shade t. IT, higher.
The leading futures closed as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
COUNT SOLSKY RELIEVED
OF the Presidency of Upper House OF
Russian Parliament.

st. Petersburg: May ~. Count Soils
Ky has been retrieved Of tn" presidency
Of III" Council "r the Enpr" "r Upper
House Of Parliament II his "WiI re-
quest and on account Of i'll health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
New York Cotton Market.

New York MAY "
Spot closed arIict. MiddInE npldnds
J. 80: do. gull 21l. Sales. I06 bales
Galveston steady. II I-I6: Charleston
quiet. II ZIG: Memphis steady II 10.
New Orleans firm. III. Mobile quiet IL. :
Savannah quiet, II :-li
Not rccciptS for five days. 1J.0lS
Exports to Great Britain. 9l55; to the
continent. II, ~.
Stock, .jIS Jyj.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
New York Money Market.

New Nnik. May q.
Prime mercantile paper F.ri5ii Tcr cent.
Sterling exchange easter NJ - .t.i ~. u
for demand anu at $500 ~, 10 tor ,0-d;y
bills.
Posted rates ~; ana iSG,..
comm, rciaI bills 4Nit.
Bar SILVER IS.
Mexican dollars l1l.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds easy.
Mouey on cHll steady at "iirti p"I cent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
HENRIK IBSEN.
The Great Norwegian Poet and ORA
matist Passes Away.

Christiana. Norway. May IIcnfil
IhSe1. the Norwegian poet and dramat
ist, died at go o'clock this afternoon
He was born in 1928.
The death of IhSen WAS unexpected
although for the past year. he had beer
very weak and il was known that hi:
death was only a. question of time. IL
passed away peacefully. None Of hi:
friends was allowed to see him during
his illness. the only persons admittc,
to his room being the doctor. the ORA
niatis's wife and his son.
Vie news Of Ihsen'S death made {;
great impression in this city, where II,
W@S much beloved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

W%S much beloved.
Henrik IhSen, who WAS born March
20. 1S2S. at Skien. Norway, was til" son
of a Woll-to-dO merchant. When Ii'scn
was eight years old. his father suffered
sever" losses and from that time ON
young IbSen had TO work for his living.
When Is years Of age. he was apprcn
ticed to an apothecary ut GrimStGd.
a small country town and while al
work lie tried 10 prepare himself to
pass the entrance examination Of the
m.di"al school Of the Christian>t Uni
VerSi:Y. Literature. however, was more
to lbSen'S taste than medicine and al
though he passed his first examination
gave up medicine and devoted himself
80 literature. Ihscn'S first published
work was a drama entitled "CdtiIinc,"
which, however. brought him no tinan-
cinl returns ana t. support himself, III
sen hc"Inlc I'll" "ditnr of q political and
sntiricaI weekly. which existed fnr
only nine months. Again he WAS in
n"l. but the WrlI-knnWn Viulinist, 81"
Full, had ny this tim" recognized In
scus very rrm1rkafc capacities and
procured fer MIN til" position of stage
manager nr the new ihcatcr in Bggcn
There Ihscn worked for seven years.
writing n new drama every year for
prt S'ntati"u ON the foundation of the
th"atcr.
In !N11 IhS"n was appointed director
Of the NEW Th"at"r III chriStiana
wiIcr" several Of his plays We're given
In 1861. tile stat" granted him IN an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
SOLD BY

WEBER G. HEWSTT,
GEORGE D. HASKELL.
MERRILL BROS,
GEORGE w. WADLElGH,
q. M. BROWN,
h. w. FAIRFIELD,
EDISON LOCKE,
w. r. TURNER,
r. M. MOVES,
J. (. CUNNlNGHAM,
FARMERS SUPPLY CO,
CHAMBERLAIN e. LADD,
a. A. BRANN,
GARDINER
CHARLES n. CLARY,
A. c. HARRINGTON,
HALLOWELE
JACKSON TOWLE,
WINTHROP
\. M. BOWMAN G. CO.,
MANCHESTER
Z. L. COVE,
WHITCOMB & CANNON,
MORRILL, G. CRAIG,
WATERVILLE
w. w. NTE CO.,
FAIRFIELD
ALLAN & POLLARD,
WINSLOW
o. S. sHER6URNE g. Co,
RICHMOND
FRED p. EMMoNS,
BATH
FULLER-H0LWAY COMPANY
DISTRIBUTORS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished Daily by J. J. Quinlan s. Co.,
Office, Opera House Block, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24

RE Rss clever Blossom and the Asasy Zee -
Rvery Bottle.
"A Geld or a Cough nearly always pre-.
duces constipation-the water all runs 10 the
eyes, nose and threat instead Of passing oui
Of the system through the liver and kidneys.
For the want Of moisture the bowels becoms
dry and hard"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28

prize ring as effectively as though
there were an "ough''in it, and yet
no poet, no bard, no sentimentalist
would "shed one gentle tear" on
account of the change in orthogra-
ply. 1t and the other short cuts
involved in the proposed reform
would reduce the labor necessary
to express an idea. would compress
language in newspapers, books and
all other publications into far
smaller space, would reduce the Ia
Dor of every form of written Ian
guage. would aid the student and
save the children from toll, and
what is more than all, would start
the English tongue far on the way
to be the universal language Of the
world, which otherwise, it can nev.
er be.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28
FEWER SHEEP.
Bot More Cattle, Horses ano
Hogs In Benton this Year
Than Last.

The total taxable property in
Benton county according to this
years assessment roll is 81, 81 S, 42o.
The total number of acres of land
under assessment is 36e,5e2. The
number of horses in the county is
2,431; of cattle, 1873; of sheep,
24,25o; of hogs, 2,19e. The figures
are from the assessment roll, on
which the footings were completed
by Assessor Davis and assistants.
Mrs. Strange and Robert Johnson,
Saturday evening.
The total taxable property is
more than $500, 900 less than last
year, when it was $4,742,eS5. Of
sheep this year there are 200 less
than last year when the number
was 24,45o. Last year the number
of hogs was 1,716; this year, 2, 1919;
horses, last year was, 1898, this
year, 2,431; cattle, last year, was
1860, this year, 1888. The totals
on this years roll are as follows:
Acres tillable land, 63 500.
Value tillable land, $1,000, $50,
Acres nontillable land, 3o6, ,oS6.
Value nontillable land ST., ,165, 100
Improvements, $332,765.
Value lots. S341,63o.
Value Improvement lots. .$31o,o3s
Miles R. R., Tel, and Tel. lines,
3oS. Value, 245.S2o.
| Value R. R. rolling stock, $751;
I25.
Value mdse., S137,o45.
Value farming inlple., $52,1 80
| Moneys, $1S,83o.
Notes and accounts 800, $50.
Share of stock, 700.
Value shares of stock, S2S. 500
/ Value household furniture, $73-
900.
No. horses. 243I.
| Value, $1oS, 800.
No. cattle, 1878.
| Value, $4,000.
| No. sheep, 24,25o.
| Value, $40, 6,2o5.
| No swine, 21ee.
i Value, S4,eI5.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28
Corvallis Times
CORVALLIS, OREGON, {.
TUESDAY EVENING AUG. q, 1906.
BROTHER WARREN AND SIS
TER SMYTHE.

Itwas not orthodox and entirely
outside the ministerial prerogative
fer the Rev. Brother Smythe in
Rev. Brother Warren's own pulpit
and before his own congregation to
denounce Brother Warren as a de-
spoiler of homes and lover of Sis
ter Smythe. 1t was, on the other
hand, not strictly orthodox and not
in complete harmony with the teach
ings of the gospel and family ethics
for Rev. Bro. Warren to withdraw
his love from his own wife and
three children and bestow that love
upon Sister Smythe and her two
children. AS to Sister Warren's S
part in this comedy of the pulpit,
she seems to have remained decent
ly and happily behind the curtain.
The incident is valuable from two
standpoints, first it shows how the
Pittsburg millionaire is not always
the man In the case; and second
that it furnishes the plot for some
thing new in melodrama that might
be entitled, The Gay Pulpiteer; OF
how Brcther Warren wooed and
won Sister Smythe and Brother
Smythe's roaring revenge"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28
HIS DEATH.

William W. Barker, father of
L. A. Barker of this city, and who
visited Corvallis for some time
last year, died at Everett, Wash
ington, last Thursday of heart
failure. aged IS years, 10 months
and IS days. William Wallace
Barker was born in the town of Or.
we'll, Oswego county. New York,
October 7, 1880. and removed with
his parents to Waukasha county.
Wisconsin, in 1916. July 20, 1852
he was united in marriage with
Martette Hungerford, who died
March S. 1900, at Clayton county.
Iowa. In 1858. he removed to
Delphi. Deleware county, where he
resided until 1880, when he moved
to Clayton county, Iowa. In Oct
ober 1901, hejourneyed to Everett,
Washington, to reside with his
his daughter, Mrs. William Nc.
Fall. To the marriage nine chill
dren were born, of whom seven are
now living, towit; Mrs. Caroline
Wheeler, Delphi, Iowa; Mrs. Helen
McFall, Everett. Wash: Mrs. Alb
bic Peet. Lamont, Iowa; Albert
Barker, W. L. Barker, and Mrs.
Lottie Scott, Clayton county, Iowa !;
and L. A. Barker, Corvallis. He
had one brother, Lauren Barker,
of Brook6eld, Wisconsin, and one
sister. Louisa Alexander, Rockelm,
Wisconsin. The deceased was a
member of the M. E. church of
Everett, Washington.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28
BANKING.

The First National Bank of Corval.
lis, Oregon, transacts a general
conservative banking business.
Loans money on approved secu.
rity. Drafts bought and sold and
money transferred dto the principal
cities of the United States, Eu-
fope and foreign countries.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28
AS TO SPELLING.

The Rooseveltian leap in behalf
ofthe proposed spelling reform mer-
its emulation. It may not be usual
for a president of the United States |
to appear as revolutionist in any
line, but it is mainly by the un-
usual things that he has done that
Mr.. Roosevelt is so much in vogue.
AS to the spelling reform, the
incongruous and irrational group
ings of letters into so-called words,
as is the case in the English Ian
guage is one of the chief absurd
tiles of the age. Dough, through,
rough. slough, all, with a widely
different pronunciation of the ough
is what sends CONSERVATION to the
embryo learner Of the language,
and delays beyond the necessary
time the mastery of orthography
by the growing child. "S!ow" in
stead Of slough. do" instead of
dough, thru instead of through,
and ''ruf' instead rough. would
save infinite vexation and delay to
the student of our tongue, and spare
many pang and many a tear to
the children. The moving scythe,
the grain cradle and OK team have
yielded to the mower. the harvester,
and the railroad train. If the old
forms of the English words that
the primitive and unskilled English
man made centuries ago, must be
retained, the telegraph and tele-
phone ought to be discarded. If
"ruf" is not better than rough,
then the 2oth century printing
press, the compound engine and
the linotype are failures. If, in
our business, in our factories and
on our farms we had to use the
ancient and tedious methods that
we daily submit to in Our orthog-
raphy how quickly would our
vaunted achievements and our
headship of the world in all
lines fade away. If, we in
sist that "phthisic" is better
for US than "tizik" then why shall
we not likewise insist upon throw
ing aside the up-to, date threshing
machine with its unnumbered labor
saving devices and go back to the
old hand fail?
Language is constantly subject
to change. The English speech of
today is the haphazard and chance
evolution of many centuries. It has
happened to be so without applica.
ton of intelligent or orderly design.
To apply now few sensible
changes making the tongue less
cumbersome and in more complete
harmony with the age would be mere
ly an observance of the general laws
Of progress. 1t can be done with
out doing violence to sentiment or
good sense. No tradition clings
round "tough" to forbid it to- be
written "tuf." It would be just
as expressive to describe the or:
binary beefsteaks as ''tuf,o as il
would be in the old fashioned way.
"Rup' would describe the play in a