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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-25

Mrs. /. E farrell left last evening
for Chandler whsre she has accepted
"a position as stenosrapher for Colonel
Roy Hoffman
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26
sCALLoN,s RECORD.

In another column the Press pub
fishes that part Of DIR. ii. v. Scall on 3
record as chairman, or mayor, during
his flrst aud only term of office In
this city. At the time Of his cleo
ton the Press supported him on prac-
tically the same platform on which 1t
is now supporting Varnam, opposition
to gambling. When Scallon aban-
doned the principles on which he was
elected, the flies of the Press show
that 1t abandoned him.
In showing his record on gambling
and some other matters the informa-
tion IL taken from the news reports
of the meetings of the board which
contain nothing but actual facts as
they took place. We ask the mothers
and fathers who have children grow
ing up In this place to read that rec
ord and II you approve 1t, by all
means vote for SCallon; but II his
record does not meet your approval
register and vote for Varnam.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26
IT'S ARGUMENT.

Editor Scott, while he is advocating
the building Of cement sidwalks all
over the city, he has lived IA years
on one street and In practically the
same location and has never had even
a plank sidewalk in front Of his resi-
dence. The Journal.
We invite the people to note the
fact that the sidewalk In front Of our
residence is the only one ON that side
Of Occur d'Alene street and 1t has
been there for ten years. We want it
replaced by a cement walk aud have
advocated such improvements for Eve
years. However, our sidewalk Is not
IN issue and we simply call attention
TO the Journals mlsstatement because
II comes a. near the truth as anything
the subsidized organ says-within
about ten years Of facts
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26
SOME NEW YORK "FIRsTS. T."

The first street used for building pur.
poses was Pearl
The first manor house was erected
by Klllian Van Rensselaer, In 1880
The first man sentenced to be hanged
for murder was a negro known as ''the
giant" (164D.
The FIRST record of marine signaling
was a small redoubt erected In 1841
upon the eastern headlRnd Of the IL.
land. where dag was raised when
ever a vessel arrived.
The first building on the site Of New
York city was erected by tho Dutch In
the spring Of 1913 II was tiny struc-
ture OF logs, answering the double pur-
pose of storehous0 and fort.
The first ferry to Long Island was
established in 1887. It was In the vi,
cinlty of Peck slip, Cornells DIrcksen,
who had farm near by, came to fer
~ passengers at the sound OF q born
which he hung against a tree near his
akin.-New York Herald.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26
Modem Canal Trnfnn.

An English publisher sends over here
a book by a Brtisher on canals, which
IL intended to answer the query as to
the practicability Of their resuscitatlon.
Naturally Americans are interested In
the subject, although they may not
take much stock In Mr.. Edwin A.
Pratt's views as expressed In the book
In question, for the author holds a
brief for the railways. Money spent
upon canals, he argues. would better
serve the public II put into railways.
Perhaps the American public will
thrash this out along with other ques-
lions involved in government owner
ship.
All Europe nearly is awake as to the
extension Of canal navigation, and the
motive ls everywhere the same, to re-
llove the railways and incidentally re-
duce freight rates. This idea, Mr..
Pratt declares, lie unsound. British ex-
perIence, he contends, does not support
It, Small dealers won't lock up capital
In goods coming by slow transit. Even
In coal transportation he says that the
railroads have the advantage in the
mechanical details OF loading and un-
loading. Carnegie is quoted as saying
he couldn't afford to use canals free
for the transportation of ores. so great
ID the advantage of railways. The de-
cline Of freight traffic on the Mlssissip-
pi and the growth of 1t on railways
paralleling the river channel are cited
for proof that railways beat water
transportation. OF course 1t does not
follow that conclusions applicable to
English commerce will be decisive this
side Of the ocean. The trade customs
of the two people are different. Here
there are immense distances and deal
ers must carry heavy stocks. In
many lines of goods speed Is not con
sldered above cheapness in transit.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Those who think that the Press Is for
. closed tight town are laboring un.
der false impression. II asks that
gambling be stopped and an orderly
condition enforced. Gambling BEN
eflts no merchant and in fact Is det-
riment, because money that should
so to the merchant goes into
the pockets OF gamblers. We also
favor the enforcement Of the laws for
good order. II there Is a merchant
or citizen who Is opposed TO these
principles the columns Of the Press
are open to them for the publication
OF their views. The Press Is advocat-
ing only that which will benefit the
city both morally and financially.
The Press has always been loyal to
the best interest OF the town and has no
fear but what the citizens and business
men will continue their confidence
and support. Persons who cannot
conrol the policy Of the paper may
boycott II but the average business
man Of Occur d'Alene Is too broad
minded Cor that.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

This campaign has passed from the
sublime TO the ridiculous through the
efforts Of the journal. That PROCESS
i've city like Occur d'Alene should
elect men to Office who oppose cement
sidewalks, and free mail delivery,
who would cause halt ON It's onward
march, Is ridiculous, A complete
system OF such walks In all travelled
streets would make the city so attract.
i've that twenty-five per cent would
be added TO the value Of all property.
Doctor give the Journal dose of
something to cause II to shed the
moss from Its back. Wooden side
walks In town OF 5000, do not con-
form to moTdern ideas. Occur d.
Alene people up.to- date.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

One Of the signers Of the paper
circulated by Dollar critiCising the
Press, says that he was asked TO sign
it under 4 promise that It would not
DO published or made public. lie
was surprised to see 1t In print aud
his confidence thus betrayed. He
also says that he does not live In the
oity, T0ese methods are being re-
sorted to for the purpose Of deceiving
people and we have no doubt many
others signed the paper under the
same promise.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26
uslna the Eyes.

A scientific writer quotes Helmhotts
a. saying that In bis work he could
only likan himself to the mountaineer.
painfully and slowly climbing. often
obliged 10 turn backward, lighting nat
or ON new traces leading forward, and
finally reaching the goal, only to ind
to his confusion that a plain road led
ti1ither, II he had ouly had the eyes to
see. Darwin said he thought he was
superior to the common run Of men In
noticing things which easily escape at
tention and in observing them care
fully.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

There are five members on the board
of trustees, Varnam and Andrew are
two Of these, yet Scallon's mouth
piece tries TO make the people believe
they are tho whole administration.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Hello, etinJayF' cried Knox. Loeb
ing for anybodyT
"Why, yes" replied stinjay. "Wiss-
man was to meet me here at o'clock
TO go home to dinner with me, and IFS
9 now"
"Oh, he'll be along! just saw him
finishing a porterhouse steak in that
restaurant down the street "-Phliadel
phla Press
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

OF cement sidewalks. 1t says wooden
walk will do. !" The Press faVors
municipal improvements and Varnam
stands for them so far ~ practical and
consistent with the demands of the
offv
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

II Carnegie should give up that $780,.
100000 for ten year lease Of life
wouldn't II make him mad to live
twelve and have to hustle for living
like the rest OF as the extra two yearsP
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

One argument used against varnam
10 that he Is socialist. Let us see
some Of those making that statement
supported varnam as a delegate to
the late Republican county conven-
tion and that convention considered
him q loyal enough Republican to
send him as q delegate TO the state
convention.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

The ballooniug fad has reached the
point In Germany Of school OF aero
nautics Diplomas win take high flights
whether their holders do or not.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

The journal says that 1t is not a
mortgaged concern and that the Press
should have ''guessed more than
5000" as the price for its support Of
Scallon for mayor. Then 1t was really
not so cheap as that.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

The Journal editors are under per-
sonal obligations to every man who
contributed to the purchase Of their
support and every one who contrib
uteJ has right to dictate to the edi'
tors what their policy will be, because
be has paid for the privilege.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Wallace, wardner and ether Idaho
towns have ordered gambling closed.
The business men Of these places have
demanded II and there is but little
opposition. viii Occur d'Alene stop
the evil, or vote for a wide open
town. We believe our people are for
Law and otder.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Some people can tide over the dullest
Of these days thinking Of the bali
games that win happen along a. soon
as the ground is settled.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Ellen Terry declares she never said
American civilization stops at Chicago.
and a lady should never Be contra.
dleted
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Is Occur d'Alene a one man town,
or is II to shed its swadling cloths
and assume the garb Of q city governed
by the peopleY
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Now money Is accused Of having
germs. However. average folk can't
keep It around long enough 10 take In.
lection.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Filiplnos cry for an agricultural
bank" That may mean good crops 10
move or It may mean hunger for FREE
money.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

Nlnsteen hundred ana seven started
b boldly Win horrible acclasnGs ana
mun asEaR 49,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

The price Of the Journal for oppos-
Ing cement side walks aud favoring
an open gambling town il 5000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

TWS K@Wt58N OEINVFs
'John," said the woman with nine
chapeaux, II got another new hat to
day"
"My dear" expostulated her hus-
band, "that Is the last straw"
II know It," she said; 'Just from
Paris. life.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-26

The Journal supports DR.. sCallOn
for mayor and opposes the building
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15

The pamphlets prepared by
the State Supt. to assist in OBJ
serving Washington and Lincoln's
anniversaries were received, as
usual, too late to be of as much
use as they might be. We re-
ceived them Tuesday and mailed
them Wednesday. They may be
used to celebrate Washington's
birthday as it should be.
Konantz school is without a
teacher, Mr.. r. M. Allen having
quit last week.
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
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The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
Gleanings and Comment.

Some of our exchanges who are
so persistently knocking at dry
farming with the slogan that it
is merely a scheme of the rail-
roads and real estate agents to
make money will some day awake
like old Rip of old and find them
selves twenty years behind the
times and every parcel of land in
Baca county changed into a gar
den spot by a thriving and con-
tented people, while vast stretch
es of vacant prairie will be found
in their own counties.
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15

A delegate to the recent dry
farming congress gave the fol-
lowing account of dry farming
methods as told by Mr.. Campbell
to an exchange.
After breaking the sod he
discs it both ways. Old ground
he plows 4 or 5 inches or even
deeper after which he harrows
the ground down smooth and fol-
lows with soil packer, which
looks very much like disc, but
the wheels are about l inch wide
on their face and bevel out wider
toward the axle SO that in loose
ground the machine packs the
ground not only under the face
of each wheel but also under the
bevel of the wheel, leaving a
ditch or gutter for each wheel.
Then before seeding he harrows
the ground level again. In the
case of wheat he harrows the
ground after each rain until the
ground is well shaded with the
growing crop. Mr.. Campbell
said he had narrowed his wheat
so persistently and ruthlessly
that the men he had doing the
narrowing predicted he could put
all the wheat he would get in
your eye.' but the yield was nev-
ertheless over forty bushels per
acre.
"Mr. Campbell draws a dis
tinction between dust and loose
dirt as mulch. He does not
recommend working the ground
into dust. The point is to work
the ground after each rain just
as soon as it will not stick to the
harrow teeth. He says the COM
mon harrow is as good as any
thing for the purpose. About 20
to rs pounds of wheat to the
acre is all he recommends sowing
under the dry farming system.
"Mr. Campbell suggested that
the farmers should take up dry
farming carefully and not on too
large scale. at the beginning.
He said that since beginning the
experiment he had changed his
opinion in regard to some of the
methods that he had at one time
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15

considered essential to securing
the best results. A few years
ago he had divided his land into
two sections and had used one
section for raising a crop one
season and had done nothing
with the other section except to
cultivate it and keep the weeds
down. Now he said he had
found that it was feasible to raise
three or four crops on a piece of
land before letting it lie idle"
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
PUBLIC LECTURE FOR ALL

No reader of this paper should underestimate the Importance
of the lecture next Friday evening" February
Springfield think you sit at home and by reading
much learning and lasting good from
this lecture One the this whose ability
university connected WITH will be the speaker
Attend, whether fair weather, or foul.
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15

WANTED:-Local representa-
tive to handle the sale of our new
Unrivaled Series of Charts and
Surveys showing every state and
foreign country; reliable, histor-
ical and descriptive matter; beau
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resentatives from $500 to $500
in every county. Address, Rand,
McNally & Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15

The lecture to be given on
Washington's Birthday, Febru-
ary 22d, at Springfield, in the
evening, will be worth hearing,
and no doubt will prove to be
one of the greatest events of the
year. 1t is to be given by DR..
Frank H. H. Roberts, member
of the faculty of the University
of Denver. He is said to be a
very popular lecturer, being the
man that Gov. Buchtel sends to
fill his appointments when DR..
Buchtel fails to go. He has de-
livered his lecture on "The Max
ing of Man, THE one he will
deliver here, forty times in the
city of Denver alone. So, you
can see, it must be something ex-
traordinary we are to have. Ar
range your affairs so that you
can be present. Don't forget
the date.
1t may be DR.. Roberts will be
accompanied to Baca county by
Supt. Geo. r. Momyer of Grana-
da, and that the two will be here
during the day to assist in a
teachers meeting in the after
noon.
There will be no admission
charged, but a collection will be
made.
Hear one of the best lecturers
in the state who will visit our
own county of Baca-on the
burning subject of "The Making
of Man." Patronize a worthy
effort supported and heartily ap-
proved by all of our teachers to
supply for our education and en-
tertainment something that will
be elevating and refined.
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
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The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
County Officers

Clerk and Recorder. Geo. Erwin Konkel
Treasurer. .......... Herbert E. Homsher
Judge. Elmer E. Alexander
Sheriff Ernest P. Mcfarland
Assessor Edward Emerson
Sup't. of Schools IN. Conner Jones
Surveyor or................D. G. Greathouse
Commissioners--C- H. Davis. V. M.
Shannon and l.. McAdam.
Health Officer DR.. T. F. Milligan
Clerk of District Court rt.......................
...........................E Eugene M. Whitaker
The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
School News
by N. 6. JONES
County Supt.

w. H. Konkel, member of the
school board in district No. 40, or
Boston, visited school a whole
day last week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

his hands are clean and his expression
Is business-like rather than dreamy.
You don't look like a poet" said
New York society woman, who makes
a speciality OF exhibiting talented
freaks.
Thank YOU. answered Mr.. Irwin.
II don't intend to. I'm too healthy"
1t is quite natural that Mr.. lrwin's
personality should be at variance with
that OF the hct-house poet. When a
reporter from Tips and Tales" re-
Gently interviewed him at the Garden
theatre, New York, where "a Yankee
Tourist" was having its final rehears-
ais. Mr.. Irwin was sitting on the back
of an orchestra chair.
Tell me the story of your life."
I'm how many words?' asked Mr.. IT.
win.
About two hundred"
"All right-here goes: l was born
in Oneida, N. Y, but never got ac-
quainted with the city, as my parents
took me to mining camp in Colorado
when l was four years old. Later we
moved to Denver, whence I was sent
to Leland Sanford university in Cali
fornia. worked my way through
college. During the first two years I
took all the literary prizes. During
the third year l was fired for steal
ing chickens. How many words have
1 used now?"
about a hundred"
Very we'll. After the chicken steal
ing episode l landed in Frisco with
eighty-two cents and a friend My
friend had eighty-two cents less than
l. He was another of the chicken
thieves. We lived together on nothing
a week in a house on O'Farrel street
and then l landed some rhymes with
the News Leader at five cents a line.
Later worked on the Examiner writ
ing rhyming heads Meanwhile, l
wrote The Love Sonnets of Hood
lum.' The first edition sold some fool
ishly enormous number and I fur
nished my own apartment. Mr.. Saw
age asked me to write the lyrics for "A
Yankee Tourist This was my first
attempt at stage writing, saving few
stunts at college. That about snakes
two hundred, doesn't it?"
Eyes, thanks"
Goodbye"
"GCod-bye."