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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

any occasion There Is tradition in
port never saw The light 1t was about
three pages In length and strongly add
vocatod the abolition OF the department
on the ground that it was OF no prac-
iical beneht to anybody President
Cleveland returned the report with the
request that one more in accord with
the usual official treatment be substi-
tuted Tor IT, This was done eventually
although Morton never succeeded IN
his salary
Under such conditions II could not
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

~ INCE 1904 the Japanese have
~ had paramount influence in Ko-
- rea and have been conducting, l,,,
the affairs of that strange coun-
try in the true Japanese fashion. That
they have not made special success of
The experiment is quite evident They
have failed to make themselves popular
in their protectorate. and they have not
been fortunate In impressing other ma
lions with an unqualified respect for
their ability to accomplish what they
undertook so braVely. In word the
conspicuous aptitude and remarkable
capacity for prearrangement that they
showed in war have been absent In
their attempt to bring order out of
chaos in Korea.
Perhaps too much has been expected
OF them. They established such n
standard by their management in Man
churla that the world has been in
clned to look for the same skill and
success everywhere. 1t has seemed all
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

have been expected that the depart
ment would amount 10 much, and IL
didn't II was not until James Wilson
OF Iowa came 10 the office that things
began 10 take a turn. He came TO the
department with determination stamp
ed on every feature of his homely
Scotch face ana proceeded at once 10
reVolutioni2e H. There was nothing
idealistic about him He started in on
the theory that his duty was not mere-
~ 10 administer not wholly Ia keep
tho farmers satisfied, but 10 develop
the great industry which he repre-
scented That industry he maintained,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

weight of gold The specific gravity OF
gold Is about 1874. while chat OF osinIum
II almost 22la Osmum rs also the most
inseislble of metals remaining unaf-
feeted by a degree of heat capable of
causing platinum lu run Ike water.
. The only peSfnmad railway line IN
the world rae Metropolitan tube OF
Paris A. q MEASURE 90 mnilaton. Il
was decided 60 pour water containing
essfnfe VI lavender on the platforms of
all ataiionH Tho perfume was pleas
ant but too costly Now the tunnels
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

and should be treated as such An en-
thusiastic admiTer Of the bluff old
Scotchman writes as follows Of his en-
ergy IN turning the department into
one Of the most useful of governmental
agencies
Wilson has been projecting around
the whole globe In search Of things He
has developed such an ear that he can
hear an apple grow in Tibet and as
soon as he does he dispatches an eX-
petition after IT, In FINLAND they grow
alcohol potatoes, immense things as
big as your head. and no earthly good
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

RIOR to the incuEbency of the
present secretary, James Will
son. the department of agricul-
ture was regarded as some
thing of a joke In all parts OF the coun-
try when / came here" Mr. Wilson
has often observed with humorous
CLEAN in his keen Scotch eyes. II found
that the department consisted OF o few
scientists and roll top desk"
Men who are not yet very advanced
IN years remember when the commits
sioner OF agriculture was spoken of
rather cOntemptuously as "the man with
desk and u satchel full of seeds"
Not until the opening of the present
century did the government and the
people begin to realize that The scien-
tihc movement to improve agriculture
must be reckoned with as one of great
power and usefulness. The individual
who Is more than all others RESPONSE
Bile for this omergence from the condi-
lion known as book farming" Is James
Wilson, the man who has been AT the
head of the department for moro than
a decade.
The department was created to satis-
fy the farmers of the country. No one
else believed there was any need for II,
and the farmers themselves did moi
seem to be quite sure that they wanted
It. They wanted something, however,
and they were in position To demand
Il. There were plenty of keen leaders
in the Farmers Alliance who foresaw
that purely agricultural representa-
tive IN the cabinet would mean "a prop
er recognition OF husbandry ana would
work to the ADVANTAGE OF the neriCul-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

or the application OF a receiver 10 the
ear might possibly cause "A contagious
disease TO be contracted, but this Kind
OF contamination must be very rare.
and there are telephones which make
II impossible
There Is "A plant found In the Mexican
desert Of sonora which * stated 10 sur
pass the camel In It's ability 10 husband
its supply of moisture. This is known
as the quarequl, a relative of the pump
kin aud il nhablts a locality In which
practically all the rain falls within a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

are regularly sprmkled WIN s sh h
cal preparation, the odor Of VIZ as
shifted with gusto by pusaqpb'f
soon az they enter the tube s., AZ
ormolu was originally a poNpe, n
fine brass with which me eu ~ aaual
objects was covered II eop'"'"F
parts of copper and zinc' ard
The tongue percelfeH punht,dl nor.
acid tastes by the Tip the ln'u%niis IRE
ton tastes sweets and hl''erH ,tssi
hnck OF lower portion eol''''"'
with fatty substances
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

sor. with whom every step of the same
process must be repeated.
The Japanese financial adviser began
by urging on the Korean government
the necessity of fixing the salaries OF
officials high enough to live on with
out stealing from the people. After
great deal of discussion with each min
lister separately he got them to promise
to meet him on certain day in order
to have a final talk and settlement of
the matter. Al the appointed hour.
dressed in his frock coat and silk hat,
the japanese betook himself to the
council chamber. II was deserted
After waiting AN hour and rot minis
ter putting in an appearance he went
TO the Japanese legation and entered
complaint. The Japanese chief of le-
cation appealed to the Korean emperor
and secured his promise that the cab-
net would arrange the matter accord
ing to the advisers plan. The emperor
issued an order publicly to that effect
but Mt the same time he notified the
ministers that If they obeyed these pub
lie orders they would certainly lose
their heads.
One American Opinion.
How is it possible. asks the per-
picked adviser, to do anything with a
government that avoids action and al
lows its ministers to resign at the rate
of one or two week? Writing from
Seoul, an American thus pays his re-
spects to vi Hung, who has recently
been compelled to abdcate in favor of
the crown prince, who is reputed TO be
a most faithful reproduction of his ia
Their:
The Korean emperor has set of
twenty or thirty men who may be com
pared with the court cards in a whist
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

stem of the plant Is formed by hard
woody structure which is really MOTH
ing more than vegetable reservoir de-
signed 90 hoard up the scanty moisture
received with the greed of mlser, eN.
ercising all misers thuft In doling
out Tho precious tuld 10 its own advan-
tage IN time of need
An extraordinary tale of railway
having been stolen by the Ipblic waa
recently told before the vice regal COM
mission ON Irish railways The line IN
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
NEAR AND FAR.

10 watchdog. ana even this faithful
beast had been bound and gagged
This Is probably the frst instance Of
dog
has formed AN exaggerated idea of the
risk Of catching contagious diseases
from germs deposited on telephones.
The inhalation Of dust which has accu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

question runs between Br ana Por-
lumna, England and as tn Great
Southern and Western Railway com.
pany had been yearly losing $4,000 over
u they declined TO renew he loaso The
mae soon became derellct ANA thc local
people piiered rails, slceprf and wire
unlli nothing remained but lho hel ~
the railway
According to an official OF The gco-
logical survey al Washington The
heaviest metal rs osnIum. which has
bulk for bulk very nearly twice The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

for eating Wilson sent after them
and. had them brought hora and nat
urali2ed- 10 cat but 10 pal alcohol
out Of A year or so back ne sent
some scientists into the interior u
china 10 yet a rare peach. neynr heard
Of out ~ that section, and never heard
of In most Of China -sail by legendary
sharps TO be the original peach that
Eve bunkoed Adam with, hut Wilson
did not go after II on ncc1unt Of NJ
historical value. but because 10 was
good 10 eat.
HE imported macarpni whe1t rom
ltaly and set the unimaginative mrm-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

ers undertook the task there vo,
foundation of ability or honesty IN Nv
country on which to build Tbera ,,... wy
no existing institutions that could N.
taken over and used just as they s,oos
There were not even any native u.
reans who could be depended on IN a,
in the work of regeneration. ,to,s-
found that she must tear down ar,, .~
build and that she must fnd her Nina
ing material elsewhere. She hnp, !,
railroad through the country loaned -.
bankrupt treasury large snrn ~,
money. prepared text books and taaa
ers for schools. improved the sanItatlo,
of the large towns. reorgani2ed m,
army. increased shipping facilities n,
the ports and made war on many ia.
grading superstitions.
But Japan has failed nevertheless
failed according to her own estitna,o
She knows now that she made n fa,sl
mistake in guaranteeing the ndenerA
ence of the country she expected IN
govern by advice" If she had enteteJ
Korea with the avowed purpose of tak'
ing matters into her own hands and
without regard to what the natives Al
the empire might say or the native,
of other countries think. she would hav.
saved good deal of precious time and
money and loss of prestige Nov tb,,
she is forced to adopt this policy /,
may not be so easy to make good iob
of 1t.
There Is Another Side,
All this is only one side Of the bns.
ness. There is another. and It is po,a
view that rebounds to the glory Of Tho
japanese protectorate. Many Amer
leans residing in Korea. especially
those engaged in religious and edues.
tional work, are anti-Japanese in sent.
ment, and their picture of the japanese
protectorate is gloomy IN the extrelre
According to it Korea is outraged over
the injustices which the japanese ana
heaping upon her. The Koreans an
angered beyond expression, but thty
are crushed and cannot act
Those who are of this way OF think.
ing are emphatic in their denunclation
of japanese methods of reconstructed
An American prominent in educational
work in Korea gives vent to his indig.
nation as follows:
During the occupation japanese
have not picked out the better class q
Koreans for office. but have kept in n.
flee the same old venal crowd that has
always cursed the country These men
are willing to act as puppets for the
Japanese, and for this they are almost
universally loathed by the Korean pe0.
pie. There is no more cleanliness IN
government circles than before TIE
venality of the Koreans has not been
checked. but they firmly believe tia,
the Japanese are as open to bribery as
themselves JOHN Il. STURGls,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

RIoR to the incuEbency of the
present secretary, James VIII
son, the department of agricul-
ture was regarded as some
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29

state commerce commission and to the investors in railroad securities may be obtained by the appraisements which the president proposes. Doubt less. inquiries along this line will re suit in knowledge that will be helpful to road builders themselves. And all information which helps and encour- ages the building and betterment of railroad facilities is what the country now most urgently needs. It may be a generation before we can possibly have in interstate commerce tie close adjustment between railroad capital and railroad net earnings which Mass achusetts has attained, but the sug- gestions of the presidents Indianapo- lis address carry us well forward in that direction"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29

The Kansas City Star calls atten- ton to the fact that the report of Commissioner of Corporations Her bert Knox Smith on Standard Oil prices. domestic and foreign. is not complete. The Star explains: High prices are attributed solely to the Standards monopolistic power. and the monopoly is attributed to prefer ential railroad rates and other favors exacted by the corporation. But Mir. Smith shows that Standard Oil de- mands about 27 per cent more for it's product in this country than it gets for the same products in Europe. Rus sAa is the only country that can com pete with the Standard, and Russian competition, in Europe, keeps down European prices. But Russia is stop ped from competing III the United States by tariff that gives the Stand ard oil about 15O per cent "protec- tion." But for the tariff Standard Oil would be compelled to make substan- italy the same prices at home as abroad. But this is a fact that re  publican commissioner of corporations can hardly be expected to put into bis report. Nevertheless report with oui it is not complete. More than that. it is misleading and to con siderable extent ineffective"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
OVER CAPITALIZATION OF RAILROADS.

It was from the late Governor Hogg of Texas that Mir. Roosevelt, accord ins to the St Louis Republic, drew -tflaI portion of his Indianapolis speech which deals with over capitalization of railroad property The Republic says: The laws passed by the Texas legislature. on Governor Hogg's rec ommendation, to limit fair ratio be tween the actual value of the proper ty and the securities based upon it, might well have given the inspiration for this portion of the presidential ad- dress. It is 10 more than fair to the investing public that it should have knowledge of the real value of Athe property in which it invests as well as of the securities outstanding as liabilities against it. And the presi- dent is as right as he Is just to the roads in his contention that the inter state commerce commission should know what road is worth before it can intelligently fix a rate that will be equitable to the roads and to the shippers of freight. Neither the courts nor the interstate commerce commis- sion can guarantee the owners of a road costing, let us say, s1.G00.0o0 good profit on that sum But the courts have rightly held that men who have put their money into the enter prise shall not be forbidden by law to charge rates sufficient 10 bring a reasonable profit. The presidents recommendation that She Commission be empowered to increase Its force of experts so that 1t can investigate and ascertain the value Of any road with which 1t may hase to deal looks. therefore. toward compliance with the spirit of judicial decisions and to an equitable adjustment for the roads and those who use them
 That the task of ascertaining the value Of q road for rate making is dificult one the Republic admits, bus it says: Though it might not be diff ficuIt to ascertain the physical value of a given road--that Is, what it would cost to build and equip 1t at the pres ent fime-it would never be easy to ascertain the amount of capital hon -estly invested in older and pioneer roads before they began to pay ade- auase profits on the money of the bondholders and stock holders. And, actual cost and physical value are not sas President Roosevelt truly says, the only standards of salsation to be ecusidered. One hundred miles of road. well built and equipped, in a thickly populated district, and running between large cities are worth more thsn the same length of road. equally ~e,l built and equipped. In a sparsely <ettled district with DO large cities to fced It's tahic. But information of 1ze highest value both to the lster'
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
MULE THIEF CAUGHT
 BY RANGER ANDERSON

Arthur Hale. who for the past few months has been living in Gila coua- fy under the name of Smith, Is in the county jail awaiting the arrival of an officer from arant county, New Nezl- co. who will take him back 10 Silver City to stand trial for the theft of team of mules early iE the summer, says the Oboe Silver Belt.
 Hale was arrested at Timber Camp mountain by Ranger Bob Anderson, while he wae working for 2. Hayes. a well known cattleman- The ranch Is about forty miles east of Globe and
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
RSBEE DAILY

the ranger brought his man in yes terday Hale, or Smith, admitted to Sheriff Thompson that he is the man wanted by the Silver City sheriff.
 c. D. Nelson. the sheriff of Grant county, has been communicating with the local authorities for some time. but it was only recently that Hale's identity became known to the off cers. Anderson will receive a reward of $50 for the capture of Hale.
 Hale evidently thought that he was far enough away from Silver City to be perfectly safe from capture, as he took part in the bronco busting tour nament here on the Fourth of July un- der the name of Smith. He is rath- CT prepossessing young fellow and Is not over 25 years old Sheriff Nelson is expected here in a few days with requisition papers for Hale.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29

William c. Charming paid a high tribute to the common people when he said: "The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolutions; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheer fully; who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God. is most unfaltering- I believe this greatness to be most com mon among the multitude. whose names are never heard"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
WHY THE SOUTHWEST HAS
 SUCH GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

No part of the country can boast of public schools superior to those of the southwest The excellence of the schools here is easily accounted for. It is that they are given proper finan- cial support
 There is no mossbackism about the people of this section when it comes to their schools, their value is fully appreciated and plenty of funds for maintaining them is cheerfully voted and paid, says the Fl Paso Herald.
 The first consideration in the mak- ing of good schools is proper school building.
 How does the southwest view this phase of the school question? Let us review the past two months and note some steps taken in this direction. Fl Paso short while back voted s10o,0 900 in school bonds. Two addi- tionaI buildings are to be erected and large additions made to two of those already in use Nor did the school board pursue the narrow-minded policy followed by so many boards in the east of providing only for the present needs. With an eye u the future they decided on plans that will furnish ia cilities fer some time to come,
 Tucson about the same time voted $50 coo for her schools. A remarka- ble feature of the vote on these bonds was that there was but one vote cast against their being issued. Of the s5O. 900, s27.000 is now being spent for additions to three school buildings. an average improvement on each building of 5000. 5Sh- Phoenix improves her already com nodious school buildings and then calmly allows that s9S.OOO is' about what she wishes to spend on her schools for the coming year. Douglas enlarges her facilities and good naturedly complains that she cannot build school buildings fast enough. It isn't because the money is not forthcoming fast enough but sim ply that the population of the place is experiencing an unusually rapid growth.
 Bisbee constructs additions to the buildings already in use and tomorrow will vote s1s.OOo more in bonds to be devoted to building more school houses.
 with a new and elegant twostory srick school building, containing eight iarre study and recitation rooms, z commodious auditorium and library, Las Cruces considers her school ia cinties crowded and secures two ad- ditionai buildings.
 Small as it is Mesill4 Park appro- priates s7eeo for the erection of a school building.
 Crossing over the line into Mexico we find that Chihuahua is to have a s5o.oOo school and cananea is to have an equally fine one.
 These are the more important cases but by no means a complete list The total money involved in the ahose mentioned instances Is but a small part of the snm that is being spent this year for new school buildings in Ian parts of the southwest
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.

NuuULy Ul OOCuJoc3 oss
 1. E. A. Patterson. circulation mana xer of the Bispes Daily Review, do sosenniy swear that the above state nent gives the actual and bona hde circulation of the daily editions of the Essbee Daily Review for the month of July, 1907, and that from the statement all spoiled and left over pa- psrs have been deducted.
 N. A. PATTERSON.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29
NOTICE.

fl reward of $500 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction or the parties stealing The Review from subscribers
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-29

Why is it a person will look in his postoffice box at time when he knows positively there is nothing in it?
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-05-08
No Wonder That There Are Fanatics.

l do not wonder thet men and
women who seriously investigate
the temperance question are prone
TO become what society calls fa-
natlcs, and that intemperance ap-
pears to them the overshadowing
evil of the world. In political
life the liquor power, with its
thorough organization, is the pro.
moter of corruption, intimida.
tion, and misgovernment. In
social life intemperance tends
only to Generalization, degrade.
tion and ruin. In domestic life
1t is the prime source of strife,
poverty and wretchsdness. In
the religious life it is the giant
antagonist of the purity of Christ &
church and the progress OF
Christ's kingdom. In the life o1
the civilized world it is the most
potent of all known agencies fol
the blight and ruin Of mankind
From sermon of Rev. E, W
Smith, i'll Concord Times.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-05-08
Fatalities in Wilkes,

Last Friday, near J. =. Whit.
tington's in Union township, Jes.
SO Oliver was sawed to death at
the Wyatt sawmill. Oliver was
the offbearer. In picking up a
plank, it touched the saw and
THEW Oliver astride the saw,
which, ntering the backbone,
ripped him through half way to
the neck. IL this horrible condi-
tion he lived about 40 minutes.
A few years ago Mr.. divers
arm was sawed off at sawmill.
Mr.. Oliver leaves a wife and two
children.
Some time ago at this same
sawmill, young man named Wy
att was sawed to death.
On the day of the last accident,
IN the same neighborhood, a
Young man named Revis, who was
logging, was seriously injured by
a log rolling oyer him.-Wilkes.
bore Chronicle.