The National tribune., 1907-10-24

boys dellDerateIYsw Yswentfi ABOUT to 1n1ure
Roosevelt as much asipossible because
they believed that, he had the swell
head over the high position of his faith
er. OF course, it is difficult to believe
that any youngs men in college would
be such snobs az torundertake to do
anything of that kind. On the other
hand. young Roosevelt is certainly one
of the most ineffenaive, democratic,
pleaSa young men who ever
came to Washington His fathers po-
sition-indeed. one might say their"
fathers positionv7has snever seemed to
affect any of the Roosevelt children,
and they have all been well liked be-
cause they were so litsle puffed up. 1t
seems outrageous that because he is
the son of his father Theodore should
suffer the indignities which have beer,
put upon him several times of leo. He
has suffered badly damaged knee and
a broken nose, all at the hands of the
snobbish young brutes who form the
football team of Phillips Exeter.
During the absence of President
Roosevelt the decorations of the east
and west terraces of the White House
which have adorned the terraces of the
Presidents Mansion during the Spring
and Summer are being replaced by WIN
ter-green trees. The reason for this is
the fact that the bay trees, which were
originally brought from Holland. can
not stand the Winter weather. The bay
trees number about IS, and their re-
moval will require several days labor
larger number of winter-greens will
replace them.
1t is probable that within a short
time an old maple tree which stands on
the driveway, near the northeast gate,
will be cut down. The tree has been
dead for more than year.
What we want most in New Mexico
besides Statehood are settlers" said v.
H. Harrison, of Gladstone, N. M, who
is visiting in Washington. Mr.. Harri-
son, who is large ranchman, has great
faith in the future of the Territory. He
believes the time is near at hand when
many of the broad plains in that Ter
ritory will be converted into farms.
Some of the ranchmen complain that
the settlers interfere with the cattle
business" added Mr.. Harrison. "but let
the settlers come and let them locate
on the best range country we have. All
our country lacks is DEVELOPMENT We
have great resources th.lt produce
wealth. The mountains are full of coal
and minerals and timber that have not
been touched. By getting settlers to
locate in New Mexico and become land
"
will develop these great resources. Dry
farming may have been overestimated,
but it is winning in many places. This
year we had wheat raised under that
system that made Is bushels to the
acre. Settlers are pouring in fast, and
we gladly welcome them"
81 shall be glad to get Back to Kan
sas once more" said A J. Holmhurst,
CaIi I.l, l.o
a two months tour of the East, in the
course of which he visited the James
town Exposition. New York and other
cities. The fellows down East imagine
that Western folk are a lot of half
civilized people, They think Kansas is
a frontier State, where the people are
poor and ignorant But just now New
York bankers are mighty glad to bor-
row money from us. We are lending
them thousands Of dollars every week
well remember the7 time when the
Eastern money sharks We're SHINING
us out in Kansas with mortgages. plas-
tered on our farms. Now, if there Is
any skinning to- be done we will do it.
In the banks ofi SaIiria there is $1,000
600 on deposit sto-day which belongs
entirely to farmers. I'VE paid off our
ready to loan those fellows money who
a few years ago looked upon us as
another people4a Wei are the people
now. and we will continue to be-"
Mr.. Holmhurst went to Saline Coun-
ty. Kan. 40 years ago from Sweden, a
poor man. To-day, he owns more than
5000 acres of valuable farm land, and
has large business interests in various
cities of Kansas.
Brighten. George 3. Davis, Judge
Advocate-General of the United States
Army, returned last week from Europe
on the steamer Zealand. having been at
The Hague as member of the Amer
lean delegation of the Peace Confer
ence. Regarding the relations between
the United States and Japan Gen. Davis
said: -
THE relations existing between this
country and Japan were never more
amicable than at the present. The Jap
anese representatives at The Hague
were friendly toward the members Of
our delegation all thru the Conference,
and all were deeply panied by the talk
Of war. ambassador TZudZuki, head of
the japanese delegation, gave a dinner
10 the American representatives when