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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-04-06
j. H. FLOW E R
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

In J. H. Flower, the people of Polk
county have candidate for the
Legislature who is not controlled by
any ring or faction. He has lived in
Oregon Is years and in Polk county
over four years. He is Republican
straight from principle. He takes an
active interest in all public questions
and states his position fearlessly. Mr..
Flower is a good speaker, and is we'll
qualified by education and experience
to represent Polk county in the next
Legislature He worked his way, un-
aided, through the law department Of
Columbia college of New York, his
native city, and has met with success
in his practice. He favors among
other things, taxing franchises nine
months school for all districts, thus
giving the child of the farmer the
same advantages as those Of the town
resident, and is opposed to four normal
schools If elected, he will faithfully
and fairly represent Polk county and
do all in his power for the benefit Of
the state. A vote for J. H. Flower will
be vote for a courageous, honest and
ahIa man
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-04-06
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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02

life IL n city. The authorities entertain
hopes that the extensive educational IA
cilitieS now offered to the gibaro may be
the means of raising him to the status
of the American farmer. Such expecta-
ton must fail 10 take into account the
Unborn prejudices and characteristics OF
these people, carried unchecked through
a long line of ancestors, who lived the
same free, lazy life close to nature, with
no desire for other conditions. 1t Is pos
sible that two generations of school
going gibaros might produce a third OF
ambitious and energetic farmers, but
the difficulty Is precisely the same as
that which lies In the way of sailing
the tail OF sparrow. You have got to
catch your feeble gibaroons." as a Teu-
ton friend affectionately called them. and
far from receiving any aid from their
parents, you are likely to meet with OBJ
struction.
The situation would not be deplor
able IL the gibaro could be induced to do
efficient work as an agricultural iaborer-
With a rural population 30 per cent Of
the whole, the Porto Rican planters
everlasting plant Is that be cannot Sc
cure sufficient field hands. II the gibaro
is persuaded to hire out he IS worth little
to his employer. He insists on doing his
work In his accustomed manner Neither
driving coaxing will induce him TO
put more energy into It. After a few
days of steady labor be deems a rest
well-earned. and viii lay of for week
or two. The proceeds of four days work
will support him and his family In easy
comfort for a fortnight. and he does not
believe in unnecessary exertion. There
you have the problem that is worrying
the authorities IN all our insuIar pos
sessions Perhaps IN our nervous. ener-
getic way we are exercising ourselves
unduly about the matter At any rate.
1t is morally certain that the more
wake the natives up the more trouble
we shall create for ourselves.
VerJ few countries are as evenly set
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02

kets his unkempt pony, who thanks
Fate for a master of such delightful
ieisurely habits. Our friend has a devil
may air and an honest eye, with a
twinkle in 1t that distracts the attention
from his homely garments and bare legs.
The long sword stuck through one of the
baskets is u traditional appurtenance. AS
a wea pom it Is needless and useless, and
probably could not be drawn from the
scabbard. Having sold his fruit or ber-
ries in the market, he will repair to the
church, say his prayers and deposit his
mite in the poor-box, although there are
none more poor than he. He may spend
a peseta-about 20 cents-at a wine shop,
but he Is an abstemious fellow by nature
and never drinks too much. The after
noon will be spent at cockfight a
dance, and toward evening he will wend
his way homeward, singing or whistling.
not one whit depressed If he happens to
be returning with empty pockets.
The life Of the gibaro is one of care
less ease. He is not troubled by tax
collector or landlord His ground needs
but little attention and his wife and chill
dren divide the labor of tllling and pick
ing With him. His cabin is a crude con-
trivance. but admirably adapted to his
requirements. few simple agricultural
implements and articles of furniture sup
ply all the needs. A bolt of cotton
clothes the family, the children wearing
the scantiest attire consistent with de-
cency. Aside from the Inconvenience and
additional work entailed By an occa-
sionai hurricane the gibaro has no trou-
bles. The greater part OF his life Is
spent swinging In a hammock putting a
long homemade cigar or perhaps twang
ing q guitar. His neighbors are kindred
spirits, whose code for the conduct OF
life is the golden rule They live together
peacefully and with free unconyention-
atty. True sons OF the soil, they abhor
the cramped conditions of the town. and
would AZ soon be doomed to death as to
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02

country to Porto Rico was encouraged
The class that was introduced by this
movement was composed of pennfless
peasants. When they arrived they found
the land ali parceled out in grants to
cavaliers, who. although they made no
use of it. declined to give any of it TO
the newcomers. The latter were forced
to become renters or squatters. In the
former case they incurred debts that
they were seldom able to liquidate, and
the law transferred these from father
to child, many generations lived under
system Of peonage which was virtually
slavery. Thus the gibaro was denied at
the outset the opportunity to lead In
dependent life. and the incentive to bet
ter his condition and lay the foundation
of a future for his children. When we
concede this much excuse. however. we
are probably treating the case Of the
gibaro in an over-liberal manner. 1t IS
doubtful whether he would have cut
much Of a figure In the world under the
most favorable circumstances. As 1t is
he is the most useless and the most pic
turesoue person in Porto Rico.
The love of dolce far niente which
characterized the emigrants from sunny
Andalusia has been fostered by their de-
scendants until 1t has developed Into the
most insouciant Iaziness ever attained By
white man. God made the country for
the gibaro. and condemned to the town
restless beings who do not know how to
appreciate his gifts. Such is the gibaro.s
creed. He accepts with comfortable
gratitude the all-sufhcient provision of
hountifui Providence. and asks no more
He is the most contented creature In ex-
istence- His little banana patch and cot
fee grove provide ample means Of sub
sistence. and leave a small margin OF
profit. so that he may indulge his ardent
passion for gambling wnen he goes into
town on a saints day TO sell bis produce
and attend mass On such an occasion
he may be seen mounted behind the bas-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02
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tied as Is Porto Rico. Almost every
rood of its area is capable Of supporting
man. The entire face OF the land Is
dotted with the cabins Of the peasantry,
white and coored who live together In
goodfellowship. There are no large towns
in the interior, but pneblos or villages
are numerous. Each of these is the CEN
ter of scattering agricultural COM
munity which depends upon II for the
simple conveniences OF civilization. Each
village has its church. town hall. plaza
and shops. The society Of the place
consists of the cura--always I'm
portant member-the doctor. lawyer,
notary, and perhaps one or two WELL
TODD tradesmen. They pass their days
in somnolent contentment There is
nothing in which they could busy them
selves IL they would. A casual traveller
is a godsend. There Is no hostelry in
the hamlet, but the representatives OF
the learned professions will vie, with
one another for the pleasure OF entertain
ing the stranger. And Ii he be man
weary and sore from the hot strife Of
northern city sojourn In one OF
these peaceful spots will be bliss IN
speakable. Here all men are passing
rich, for all are perfectly content. Kind
ness-bonhommie-is the keynote of the
daily life. Perfect harmony prevails.
Mans mood unconsciousy reflects the
attitude of nature. 1t is all very prim-
tive, but therein lies its chief charm.
The vices of these simple, honest folk
lose the sinister element in this innocent
environment. The cock fght Is merely
the exuberant play of grown-up children.
Even the padre will stop In his walk to
watch an important main by the way
side, and he may become sufficiently In
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02
ole Wizard Of the Air.

Santos Dumout may be well called the
wizard of the air, for all other efforts to
construct a navigable <and Siderable bal
loon are comparatively puny when COM
pared with the young Brazilian's brilliant
achievements. He has only one rival
far as conquering the air is concerned,
and that man is Signor Marconi, with
the difference that the latter sends mes
sages through the space, whilst the
former sends himself.
Santos Dumont was born at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil In 1873, and Is the young
est Of family of 10 sons. Very early
I'm life flying machines and balloons alb
sorbed the whole of his attention. and
he determined to devote his life 10 solv
ing the riddle that has bafied SO many
and has cost SO many lives In 1878 be
visited France. climbed Mont Blanc by
way of getting his nerves in good trim,
II he ever had any. and In the same year
he visited Paris and assembled from the
Jardin dAcclimatation IN The smallest
navigable balloon ever made. In Sep
tcnber of that year be made the first
Siderable balloon ever driven by a petro-
leum motor. but unfortunately 1t was
wrecked at the first experiment Nothing
daunted be set to work to remedy its
defects, and by gradual process and ex-
perinents at length he succeeded in
.1aunching'' a Siderable and navigable
airship. in which be flew from st. Cloud.
near Paris, round the EfTei Tower and
home again. a distance of eight miles.
Paris-nay The whole world-was amazed
and saw in the young inventor the herald
of a new era In flying machines. This
encouraged the young inventor and he
was tempted to try for the $4,000
Deutsch prize offered by generous
Frenchman, named Dentsch. 10 whoever
succeeded in sailing IN the air from the
Aero Club TO the EifseI Tower and home
again in half an hour. Dumont accepted
the challenge. and a great crowd gath
cred TO see one Of the bravest and most
extraordinary feat ever attempted by q
man. The first time Durnont was unsuc-
cessful. his balloon not answering prop
erly TO the controller. But on October
90 1901, he again attempted to gain the
Deutsch prize. and after brilliantly sue
cessful trial missed the reward by being
only 20 seconds over time Mons. Deutsch.
a thoroughly just but exactiag sports
man would not consider the prize won
NY conditions were to sail from St
Cloud round the EiGeI Tower and home
again In % minutes" he said. Santos
Dumont has uobly acquitted himself. but
Is 40 seconds behind time. He must try
again.
The President OF Brazil presented him
SIS. 600 IN recognition OF his services and
in order that he might devote the spend
Ing of IL 10 prosecute further experiments.
The same year he made sensational
fight from Hampstead TO Harrow and
back again In his aIrship. the Ssatos Du-
mont VI.
Such an intrepid master Of aerial naTi-
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-02

CATION as Santos Dumont cannot hope to
escape disaster sometimes. and he has had
some miraculous escapes from death
When competing for the Deutsch prize
for the first time. In sight OF all the spec
tators. the airship. to eyeryone's horror,
suddenly and totally collapsed In midair
and landed on some houses near the Elf
feI Tower Everyone expected that the
young Brazilian was killed. but, strange
to relate, be received nothing but a Sc
we're shaking and few bruises, whilst
the aIrship was totally wrecked. The ac-
cident was due. the inventor said. to tho
ventilator refusing to act Mt t. crucial
moment In 1902, when he was sailing
across the Mediterranean, his airship coll
lapsed and fell into the Bay of Monaco.
The aeronaut was picked ~ unhurt by
boats. but his ship was rendered USE
less. For the past three years Santes
Dumont has steadily been navigating the
air and diligently pursuing bis all-absorb-
Ing study and making new inventions
with which he hopes TO perfect navi-
gable balloon. Indeed. he claims that II
is possible TO reach the North Pole and
that he has solved the riddle of giving q
new impulse to aerial navigation As he
rightly says. what seemed impossible Eve
years ago seems possible now The two
great drawbacks TO the balloon, he says,
are condensation and expansion. and be-
cause of these defects IL Is cot possible
for balloon to stay In the air for
much longer period than "a hours. though
the record Is for q little under 30 hours
The higher balloon goes the colder
the gas becomars with which II Is infiateSsc
and thus condenses. Ballast, therefore,,
has to be thrown out 70 compensate for
the descending Of the balloon. Even the
heat from the sun expands the gas and
raises the balloon. and IL the valve IL not
opened TO let some OF the gas escape. an
explosion would follow The balloon,
again. is greatly Influenced By atmospheric
pressure and has TO be treated and regu-
lated accordingly.
Now. II the steam, which collects In the
interior Of the envelope Of spherical
balloon. can be recovered water IN
reservoir fitted TO opening used Mt the
bottom, instead OF evaporating through
the silk. then n Santos Dumont declares,
a long studied problem VIII be solved He
will use petroleum for evaporating the
water into steam again. which Will. when
desired. expand the Salioon and It will
rise and fall at the will OF the operator.
Instead OF tightening the balloon by throw
ing out ballast. by burning petroleum be
will transuute the water Into steam,
which will expand the gas until IL pro-
duees the required lifting force
Santos Duusont has invented a most in
xeulous continuance, a sort of condenser
In series OF aluminium tubes. arranged
vertically inside the balloon, which will
throw out the bot steam produced from
the water heated by the petroleum, and
so will cause the balloon to rise and fall
when the steam is turned OF.
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07
THE ABoRTIvE KANSAS OIL SUITS.

In their appeal to the public Messrs. Rogers and
Archbold of the Oil trust undertake to inspire confidence
in the methods of their company by stating that $50 lar
as Kansas was concerned, the state authorities abandoned
their attack" The idea being that the country knows
about the fighting spirit of Kansas, and will draw the pro-
per inference from the fact that Kansas discovered the
impossibility of making out a ease.
In Kansas, itself, however, the dropping of the suits
surprised nobody. The suits were opened by ex-Attorney
General Monet of Ohio with a spirit that promised results
But he had scarcely got under full head of steam when
the startling announcement came that he had been retired
from the ease. The suits %thereupon languished, and with
the withdrawal of Monet, Kansas interest in these suits
also languished. Nobody ever expected to hear any other
result that the cessation of the suits, and nobody was at
all surprised when this announcement of the abandonment
of the actions was made.
Missouri took up the fight where Kansas had dropped
il and it was Missouri and its wide awake Attorney Cen
eral who demonstrated that the Oil trust was a persistent
and defiant lawbreaker. The default IN Kansas was not
the lack of a case, but of a l~awyer.-Topeka Capital.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

was A failure from a box-onice point Of view. While two
nights later the Maid and The Mummy characterized IN the
main by not over-clever horse play, packed the house
This condition obtains in every city. The comic opera Is
a winner.
The only redeeming feature Of the comic opera Is the
music. The dialogue in a majority Of these production
appears to be thrown together with about the same skill
that a contractor builds a supply house by the side OF q
building he is preparing to construct. But thousands oi
dollars are expended in setting this claP-lrap TO music
The hest composers Of the world are secured to make some
thing out Of nothing, and it appears that their efforts are
successful. for what excuse would there be for the MAID
and the Mummy, The Sambo Girl and like plays, oerel'
Of the catchy airs and beautiful strains Of the classic
museY
II is to be hoped that the time is not far distant III
America theatricals, when a collaboration shall ensue
that will give the public lyrical sense and nonsense Sc
formed as to merit the appreciation Of the sensitive who
in their disgust at slap-stick fun, lose the beauty OF the
music.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

The Tulsa World will on the 18th commence the pub
LEGATION of a morning daily with full Associated Press re-
ports. The World has pushed rapidly to the front since
being launched, and with its new equipment and new SER
vice will crowd some of the older territorial papers for
supremacy.-Osage Journal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07
CUT OUT THE SLAP-STICKS.

1t has been demonstrated in the present theatrical
season, not only in Tulsa, but in other large amusement
centers, that The public wants attractions of a seemingly
low grade. For instance, the engagement of Walker
Whiteside a few weeks ago, starring in a production
Astounding in real humor, real drama, and finished acting,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

What's President Roosevelt been up to during the
temporary absence of Congressman Miller and Campbell in
Kansas. This rumor from Washington that he intends to
recommend revision Of the tariff along protection lines
by a Republican congress is mysterious.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

At SelGord, Del, the young ladies are selling kisses
for $l.OO each for the benefit of the San Francisco suf-
ferers, and the Washington Post thinks the young men
of that town will experience the sensation Of going broke.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

Without any intention Of being hypercriticol, the
writer would like to know when the "reform'' street com
missioner intends to get Boulder street between Second
and Third down to grade so that "A sidewalk can be laidY
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

As a matter of fact, marches to the sea by members
of the Sherman family have always been unpopular IN
the South.-Bartlesville Enterprise.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

Really, would it be criminal to ask the Democrat what
the "reform" administration has. accomplished
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-07

Special prices for Saturday and
Monday on Mems Furnishings Of all
kinds, at The Famous.
The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23

first sighted the peak on November l5,
1906, and on November 81 reached it's
base. He did not attempt to climb to
the summit, declaring that the mount
ain could not be ascended by human
being. Now there is steam railroad
running to the summit, where the Unit
ed States has established an observa-
tory. The famous young soldier-ex-
ploscr vas killed April 27, 1873, in an
attack on York (now Torontol Canada.
Although but "a years Of age. he was a
brigadier general, and was in command
of the attacking party, which was VIC
torious over the British. His remains
were inferred with military honors at
Madison Barracks, New York, where
they still lie.
The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23

The Lamar Sparks deplores the
fact that Hon. C. C. Goodale was
not given the appointment as dis
trict judge to succeed Judge
Northcutt in the following Ian
guage: There is no Republican
in the third district more entitled
TO the honor than General Good
ale of this city, nor is there one
better qualified to grace the
bench. He has stood continuous
ly by the regular Republican or
ganization at all times, being one
of those who risked political an
Inhalation to maintain the party
organization in the days of '9G.
Yet when the opportunity came
to advance one of the party to
the position of district judge the
faithful wheelhorses of the Good
ale stripe were passed over and
a man new to the Republican
harness was given the prefer
ment that is supposed to come
after years Of faithful service" :"
Just wait till next fall, broth
er, you may then have occasion
to support General Goodale for
the district judgeship. Of course
Republicans know he is the man
for the position, and we are glad
to see that the Democrats recog-
nize that fact.
The Springfield herald., 1906-03-23


WE ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of a
pamphlet entitled, "a Collecting Trip
to Southeastern Colorado" by Edward
r. Warren, the same being a reprint
from "The Condor" a magazine devot-
ed to birds. Mr.. Warren worked in this
county last April and May, making COL
lections of specimens of the mammals
and the birds which were here at that
time. The pamphlet treats only Of the
birds, eighty-one varieties of which are
tabulated as being found in this county
Only few water-birds are noted and
the list does not presume to be q complete
one. The scientific and common names
are given, together with the places
where and when seen. The article
shows good working knowledge of
birds and will be valued addition to
our collection of interesting pamphlets.