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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
Bows Who Ran Away From the Fourth of July

with group of city lads, whom they found
nice fellows, were just at the height of de-
lighted anticipation, when hand was placed
with some force upon the shoulder of each.
Looking up, they saw Joe, seeming somewhat
hurried and anxious.
Time to go home long ago. said he; 81
looked for you everywhere
ITO go home? We don't want to go home
yet; we are going to stay and see the fire.
works"
How you get home, then? 1 go now.
Night going to be dark Folks be scared
about you, anyway. Late when get to Still
Bend"
But it took such a little while to come
down in the canoe this morning, joe There's
no need of starting so early. We shall get
home long before bedtime"
Much different going up. Current strong.
Take twice as long"
And so, though they begged, protested. re.
monstrated, it was all in vain, and there was
nothing to do but follow Joe to the river.
and embark in the cane just as the first
golden drops of the rockets began to fall in
soft showers through the twilight.
And thus their Fourth of July ended
When they reached the village, feeling very
guilty as well as weary and disappointed,
they found a crowd of people just leaving the
\
around the hotel which fronted the green.
why, where have you been all day." cried
Willis small brother, who brushed against
them on the sidewalk. Papa has been
searching for you everywhere, and mamma is
awful frightened, and so is Toms mamma.
And-oh, my, amt we had jolly fun here
today? In the first place there was Punch
and Judy on the, green funnier n anything,
and then a splendid show with a sword swal,
lower, and two-headed bossy, and a feller
that made birds out O. nothing, flying out of
his hat, and lots of jolly things, all for fifteen
cents. Then Aunt Lou asked us and the
boys in her Sunday school class to come over
There was candy, too; chocolate cream drops
and taffy, you'd better b'leeve. She couldn't
find you or Tom anywhere. Then tonight
the boarders over at the hotel and lots Of
other people got up some freworks-the kind
that whiz and sparkle up in the sky, and the
bang away down low-the jolliest fireworks
you ever saw! And Uncle Sam came up
from the city and gived me five or six rockets
all for my own. He had some for you, too
but when you weren't there he fired them
off himselfP
And the little fellow was quite out of breath
with excitement
The boys looked at each other with silent
misery. Their feelings were too deep for
words. But when they separated for the
night at Wills gate, Tom said that 'nothing
should ever induce him to run away from the
Fourth of July again.
And Will feelingly responded that nothing
would ever induce him to do so, either. He
supposed boys who did wrong were ALWAYS
unfortunate, though they told the whole story
of their escapade to their parents, but neither
of them was punished, the parents thinking
them sufficiently punished already, in having
lost the Fourth Of July.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
Continued from Fourth Page


it was only half-past eleven o'clock. Joe was
in high spirits, having been extremely fortunate
in his fishing. He had FIVE or SIX dozen Oh
the speckled beauties, which he had strung
upon, some twigs of silver (birchs with the
green leaves still upon them, and his father
had as many more. -.
The old man, who had more room IN MS
craft, took the fish with him, and the TWO ca
noes pushed briskly off together down
the river. Oh, how hot it was tnere
under the blaze of the noon sunshlhe'
The water itself looked as if it was burnt to
a white heat. The cool morning breeze had
all died away and not breath OF air slrreu
from any quarter.
The raftsmen whom they passed grumbled
and swore with heated and perspI1ng races
The leaves of the trees which bent over the
river looked wilted and dropping, and the dis
tant smoke and tumult OF bells and guns seem
ed to render the air more oppressive, and
add 10 the general discomfort OF the situa-
tion.
Even Joe wiped his wet brow and murmured
something about 'much heat" and the boys
were obliged to sit quietly in the bottom
of the boat, with only the tops OF their
heads reaching the air, and, without pro-
lection from the glare of the sun, We're
more dead than alive when they reached tne
city.
Ii was considerably after one O'Clock then
and there was nothing to be seen but slowly
dispensing crowd, the fagend OF bedraggled
and disjointed military procession, and hand
organ, with monkey that was performing,
but going home.
There was lull even in crackers and torpe-
does. and the heels of enthusiastic small boys
who had been. celebrating since the witch
ing hour of midnight, were fast disapi
pearing through household gates and vesti-
bules. ,,
"But there's ice cream" remarked VIII, by
way of consolation, as he looked about MN,
with the dreary sense of having come too late
for the fair ;, :,
"Oh, yes; and I'm awfully hungry" said
Tom. frightening visibly, Lets go and get
some right away I've got two dollars to
spend"
sI'ye got nearly three. I've been saving up
ever since Christmas; but don't care much
for fireworks now. l guess l shall buy two
or three ice creams and some cake, and
good deal of candy"
They accordingly visited restaurant, where
they dined upon cake and ices, with green fruit
and candy for dessert, and while they ate,
though their refreshments were not the choic-
est OF their kind, they were happy, and after
ward looked back upon the feast as the one
bright slot in the day.
After this feeling their spirits somewhat
heightened, and being greatly refreshed in
body, they started once more in eager search
had sprung up, playing gayly with the bright
flags which decorated the public buildings and
bringing the greatest relief to weary and heat
ed mankind.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

In intellectual STRIFE,
And ferrule and rattan have both retired to
private life;
The spider, in its new made web above the
teachers chair,
Waits for the buzzing bottle-Ay to fill his bill
of fare;
The wild grass and the jimson weed the play
ground overrun
And CLEANS through the unshuttered panes
the blazing dog-day sun.
But where are they whose voices fill for nine
months in the year
These walls that on this August day seem so
forlorn and drear?
Jim Rue the LATEST boy in school, and the
brightest in his class,
Beneath spreading naples shade lies stretch
ed upon the grass;
To him it matters little if the Mississippi's S
flow
Is emptied into Lake Huron or the Gulf of
Mexico
For geographic questions have no charms for
Master Rue,
And to topics educational he has long since
bid adieu.
Upon the mill-dam, in the sound of the an
cient waste-gate's roar,
Sits Billy Black, who calmly waits to have
"just one bite more"
While at his feet his basketful OF sunfish large
and small
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
X Fighting for IBIS Own I

Then I will not" replied Sir Morgan, more
cbeerfully.
And | inferred that he interpreted my ad-
vice as an encouragement that the case would
be settled without recourse to the courts.
He left us, and Tremble straightway began
to put on airs. j was sorry then that | had
consented to confer with him.
"You think you can have it all your own
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

fensive remark to me, shall refuse to talk
with you. II you have anything to propose
state il at once"
'It is not my purpose to say anything often
sive to you. In the first place, Sir. Morgan
and ] have already made ourselves liable by
bringing you on board of this vessel. OF
course, you will not press the case against
US"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

''What l do will depend upon circum-
with you" | answered.
81 think this is really the first question in
order. You have only to say, as you did once
before, that you will not appear against us,
and that will be the end of it" persisted
Tremble.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

way, Gay Brooks, but you cannot. I repre-
sent the baron now, and he does not repre-
sent himself" he began, in a very offensive
manner, as / regarded it, under the circum-
stances. He who is his own lawyer has "a
fool for his client"
John Tremble, 1 shall not handy words
with you," | replied. "If you use another of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
Copyright by James Elverson)

HE door is locked, and dust lies thick
on desk and window-sill,
And silence reigns supreme around
the schoolhouse on the hill;
No scholars droning voice is heard
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Oregon Salmon.

The board of fish commission
ers held a meeting last week and
considered the rerort of Fish
Warden VanDusen for the month
of January, from which the fol-
lowing facts are taken:
Complaints were filed in the
justice court, Astoria precinct,
by Walter Bailif Settem, against
the Clatsop Mill Company, As
toria; The Tongue Point Lun-
Der Co, Astoria, and the Astoria
Box Company, Astoria, for al
lowing saw dust and other lum-
Der waste to be dumped on the
bank of the river in such man
ner as would permit the high
waters to take the same into the
waters of the Columbia river.
In the case against the Clat-
sop Mill Company the justice of
the peace imposed a fine of $50
and costs, which was paid.
The cases against the Tongue
Point Lumber Co., and the As
toria Box Company are pending
ruling of the court upon de-
murers that were flied ia each
case.
For fishing for salmon with a
net in the waters of the Siuslaw
river, above the town of Maple
ton, Linu county, Levi Hollen-
beck entered plea of guilty and
was fined $50 aud costs which he
paid.-Statesman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Favorable Comment.

DR.. James Withycombe, the
director of the experiment station
of the Oregon Agricultural COL
lege, came down from Junction
City yesterday morning, where
he attended a farmers meeting
and delivered an address on the
subject of diversified farming.
He has number of meetings to
attend during the next few
weeks, where subjects in which
farmers are interested are to be
the themes for lectures, and he is
kept busy with these and those
duties devolving upon him as a
director of the experiment sta
ton.
DR.. Withycombe, who is a
prominent candidate for the re-
publican nomination for govern
or, has thus far been given little
opportunity TO look after his poll
tical fences, his duties at the
college taking up his time, but
so we'll is he known in the state
and so popular has he become
that his campaign is practically
taking care of itself and he is
steadily growing in the estima-
ton of his fellow republicans,
while support is coming to him
from all classes of citizens with
out regard to party affiliations.
ALBANY Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Faces Grave Charges.

Charges of conspiracy have
been made against the United
States Minister to Bolivia, Will
liam R. Sorsby, of Mississippi.
It is alledged that he aided in
plot to destroy mining company
in Ecuador by means of fradu-
lent bonds. Minister Sorsby was
placed in the diplomatic service
through the influence of Senator
Quay. It was said that Sorsby
sold letters and papers to the re-
publican Congressional Commit
tee which were of use in the cam
paign. Senator Penrose OF
Pennsylvania had Sorsby named
for the Bolivian post.
Accompanied by a half-tone
cut of Minister Sorsby the above
write-up appeared in the Oregon
ian of Friday. In past years this
gentleman has visited friends in
Corvallis. On each visit he add.
ed to his list of friends and &C.
quaintances here and it is hoped
that there is some mistake regard
ing this affable gentleman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
WOODS FOR VEHICLES.
Conditions i'm Manufacture and
Trade VS.. Fa1Iacies.

The manufacture OF vehicles
and implements occupies a rather
curious position among wood
working industries, as is shown
by a study OF vehicle and i'm
plement woods lately made by
the Forest Service. 1t appears
that in spite of the fact that the
more popular woods are becom-
ing scarce enough to make the
use of substitutes in some cases
imperative, the trade is largely
tied down by unfounded preju.
dices, in the minds of consumers
against the use of substitutes.
And these prejudices which man
ufacturers would now often be
glad enough to overcome, are in
some degree due to their own
efforts, under the stress of COM
petition, to create and strengthen
a demand for the very woods
which the depletion of supplies
renders it more and more difficult
to obtain. For years the maker of
vehicles and implements made a
point of the fact that his wares
were constructed only of certain
kinds of wood, and the consumer
has been led to believe that these
kinds, and only these, are the
best. Now that other kinds
must be used, the consum; r,
who has been an apt scholar, still
insists on having the old favor
ties.
Under these peculiar circum-
stances many manufacturers have
chose perhaps the only course
open to them-that is, they have
used substitutes without taking
the consumer into their conf
dence. And in so doing they
have been justified not only by
the pressure of competition and
the scarcity of supplies, but also
by the excellent results which
have been given by the new
woods. The consumer, how
ever, who feels that he has been
tricked when he discovers what
has been done, is likely to be in
dignant. When he finds, for in
stance, that the box of his buggy
or wagon, which he took to be
poplar, is not poplar at all, but
spruce, red fir, cypress, cotton
wood, or red gum, he at once
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
lation for the home-maker says
Maxwell's Talisman. It will

ldtlOu lOI Tue uOmC.mdkSI says
Maxwell's Talisman. It will
remain difficult so long as there
are any new lands to occupy be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific.
Land speculation began with the
FIRST discovery, by the Jamestown
and Plymouth men, that after
occupying and improving land
for a while it could be sold for a
good price, even though nothing
was paid for it in the beginning.
This discovery was the origin of
the nomadism which has char
acterized so large portion of the
settlers whose steady advances
have built up the country. But,
viewing the matter in its larger
aspects, it is not the man who
has 'smoved on" who has done
the ''building up'' as is held in a
popular creed, but the man who
has stayed. 1t is he who has
created the permanent homes,
the fruitful farms, the smiling
villages, the busy factories, the
great cities. 1t is he who has
made the business for the rail
roads.
It is only as nomadism is elm
mated from our population that
the highest civilization is at
tained. The nomad has learned
to grab larger and larger areas
for speculation. The big land
holdings Of the West, which
block improvement, are his. He
has become in inumerable cases,
too, the proxy of rich spectators
in the older states, whose hold
ings mark unimproved areas
scattered all along civilizations
line of march across the conti-
nent. 1t is mainly to the land
speculating settler that we owe
whatever is crude and rough, ILL
compacted and garish in our
national development.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13

complains to the retailer.
In this way he learns for the first
time that a large percentage OF
so-cailed poplar vehicle bodies
are actually made of one or other
of these unfamiliar species. In
the implement trade similar corr
ditions obtain, though not in the
same degree.
To facilitate the introduction
of legitimate substitutes it there
fore see ms necessary to put the
matter to open trial, aud, by re-
moving popular fallacies, to
enable manufacturers to offer in
good faith a product which will
bring a reasonable profit without
falling short in utility.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Jingle-Jangle.

81 asked her to marry me,
go to papa she said,
Now she knew that l knew
That her papa was dead.
And she knew that knew
The bad life he had led,
And she knew that knew
What she meant when she said,
Go to papa
When cyclone struck the place
Gentle Jane was whirled through space
"Its all right" said Jane, 81 know,
But it was an awful blow!'
Bob fell in with Bill one day,
But promptly they fell out.
Yet by the lake they stopped to play,
And thus it came about
They both fell in, alackaday,
And never more fell out!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13

Reform.

A microbe in this town
Is ranging up and down.
The bug they call reform
Has taken us by storm,
One cannot get away
From its contagious sway.
In curbing vice and crime,
We occupv our time;
The day of graft is done
The DEVILS on the run.
We've got Jealous mayor
Whose one special care
Is guarding the young and fair
From sin polluted air
OF gilded den and snare
Quite right, We all declare.
With strife the councils torn
From eve to dewy morn
They argue and contend
About the way to end
The reign of vice and sin
And kick out satan's kin.
The pl eacher's thund'rous voice
Makes sanctity rejoice.
The churches so they say
Have gone into this fray
And there propose to stay
For ever and a day.
In club, in car, in street
Reform is all we meet.
Although We hate to blame
We hang our heads in shame
To see the awful sin
Our neighbors wallow in.
Reform does not begin
Like charity at home,
To locate wrong we roam.
Reform does not apply
Unto the pronoun "I."
Some say that change you can't
With law, or shrek, or rant,
The nature God gave man.
But sure these persons can
Not understand, for they
Proceed TO jeer and cay
These insects SO unblest-
That they would like rest
From efforts to reclaim
This town from horrid shame.
But we the goodly know
Where souls of knockers go.
So ownward to the fight
Hurrah, for US and ri ght.
-Oregoni
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Nomadism and Home-Making

1t is sometimes difficult to
separate the land-speculatipg ele-
ment from the home-naking
element among settlers in new
countries. when planning legis-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Spraying.

Messrs. Fullerton, Huber & Reed are
prepared to do city and country spraying
at reasonable rates. Leave orders with
J. r. Smith & Co. 15-18*
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13

Have your job printing done
at the Gazette office.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13

Take The GAZETTE for all the
local news.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-13
Notice.

NOC1C0.
The Phi1omath Mills will be prepared
to furnish pins and brackets for teIe-
graph and telephone works after jan
uary 25, 1906. Inquire of M. Elk at
mills. st
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-12
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II the Senate Monday Mr.. Long intro
duce0 the court review amendment 20 the
railroad rate bill agreed on at the White
House Saturday, but could not get the
floor to speak on it. Mr.. Fulton of Ore
gon spoke in favor of the bill as it stands,
discussing It's constitutionality and precip-
itaring general legal debate. Mr.. Nelson
AMI Mr.. Hepburn made brief speeches on
the measure. Mr.. Hale reported the ur-
gent deficiency bill and gave notice that
he would call it up Tuesday. Mr. Tillman
presented a complaint from John s. Will
liams & Sons, bankers of Richmond, Va,
alleging that the Chesapeake and Ohio and
Norfolk and Western roads Disseminated
against Virginia points in favor of Phila-
| delphia and Baltimore, and took orders
from Pennsylvania railroad officials
-:
Mr.. Long of Kansas spoke at length in
the Senate Tuesday in support of the rail
| road rate bill. Several Senators who were
not at the recent conference at the White
House when the Long amendment WAS
considered made inquiry concerning its
proceedings, bat both Mr.. Long and NJ.
| Allison declined to divulge anything. Mr..
| Long assumed complete responsibility for
| the amendment. Mr.. Tilman presented
| his daily letter on the railroad and coal
| situation, it being a complaint from c.
| w. Eedes of Balston Spa, Y. Y, retail
| dealer, who charged that the Delaware
AMI Hudson Railroad Company had
crowded him out of business. The confer
! ence report on the Indian bin was consid-
ercd, but no action was taken. The House,
| by vote Of POP to 26. passed the national
! quarantine bill, which gives the general
| government control of sanitary work in
| epidemics, particularly yellow fever in the
| Southern States. There was much opposi-
ton on the part of representatives from
the South, but the leader of the minority.
Mr.. Williams, the author of the bill
spoke in its favor and the majority OF
the southerners voted with him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-12

DR.. Adolphus Rambeau of the manual
trainirg school at Kansas City has ac-
cepted an appointment TO the faculty of
the University of Berlin.
Attorney General Mayer says in an
opinion on the New York election contest
that the court may order the ballot boxes
opened for a recount.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-12
CLERKS ARE THIEVES
LOOT PITTsBURG STORES FOR
WEEKS UNDETECTED.
Police RAN Down Gang of PilferinS
Employees Who Had Unique sys-
tem-Scniator AIser of Michigan
Is Not Expected to Recover.

4 club consisting Of store clerks, every
member Il thief, is Pi,rsburg's latest CON
tribution 10 the crime record. The de-
tectiycs call ii the store Clerks Theft
League" The members called it a Pleas
ure club" i met regularly, and after
the business was concluded a wine sup
per wound up the light. The business
part Of each meeting. according to the
detectives, consisted fn an interchange OF
plumber \ clerk Mho had stolen more
jewelry than he needed would exchange
with one who had pilfered more clothes
than he could wear What was left over,
the stuff that none Of the members fan
cied. was sold to provide pocket money.
Detectives who have been at work on the
case say the scheme has been worked like
a charm for several months. One firm,
Joseph Horne 4 20, places the loss at
$4,000, and says it may be twice that
amount. Clerks in number Of stores,
men who bought the plumber, and en-
plOyos Of two theaters are being carefully
watched one Of the clerks arrested broke
down and revealed the plot Among the
articles stolen was a solid gold and jewel
studded clock, valued at $4,000, and a
$500 diamond studded collar. These were
returned by women to whom they had
been presented by the clerks. The woman
with the clock tainted when told its value
hy the police She thought it was gilt
and rhinestone affair Of little value The
Horne company had no idea it was being
robbed until the detectives produced stolen
goods they had recovered. The police say
many other concerns have suffered in the
same manner.