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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-07
The Humble Peanut.

INV
Commissioner of Agriculture
Miner has given ont some addi-
tional facts concerning the culture
of peanuts, as follows:
The Virginia running variety of
the peanut, being most widely
known aud most popular with the
trade, may be taken as the typical
American peanut. Its vines are
large, with spreading branches,
growing fiat on the ground and
bearing pods over almost their en-
tire length. The pods are large
and white, weighing about twenty
two pounds to the bushel. The
Virginia bunch variety grows erect
and fruits near the taproot, but
produces pods very closely resem-
bling those above described.
There are two varieties in Ten
nessee, the white and the red; the
white closely resembling the Vir-
GINA running variety, and the red
production somewhat smaller pods
with kernels having a dark red
skin. This variety natures earlier
than the white, yields fewer pops,
or imperfect pods, has a less
spreading habit, and on account of
this difference in growth is perhaps
somewhat more easily cultivated.
The North Carolina Cor African
variety grown in the Wilmington
section of the State, has much
smaller pods than those just de-
scribed, weighing twenty-eight
pounds to the bushel, the kernels
containing more oil than those of
other varieties.
The Spanish variety has a rel
atively small, upright vine, forms
small pods near the tap root, and
can be planted much closer togeth-
er than any of the others, thus
producing a very heavy crop to the
acre.
The North Louisiana Station
found the Spanish a desirable va
riety, easily harvested, all of the
peas adhering to the vine. 1t re-
quired a much shorter period to
mature, and, planted as late as
July 1, matured a full crop in that
latitude before frost. The pods fill
ed ont we'll, forming few if any
pods.
The Georgia red nut, like the
similar variety Sin Tennessee, has
medium sized vines growing up
from the ground and fruiting prin-
cipally near the tap root, with
three or four kernels to the pod.
While the peanut requires eli
mate in which there is a season of
FIVE months free from frost, it is
not necessary that this should be a
period of extreme heat, as the seeds
form during cool weather in the
latter part of summer and early au-
tumn.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-07
Low Ratss-st. L. B. & M. R. R.

On account of Annual State
Baptist Convention, (colored) San
Antonio, Texas, Oct. % to 3Oth.
Tickets on sale Oct. p and %.
Good to return until Oct. 81.
Fare for round trip, 5000.
G. T. PORTER, General Agent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-07
For Sale.

Five hundred head of cattle at
La Lomita Ranch at SO per head.
Address CONWAY & HOLT,
Hidalgo, Texas
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
"WoRKING" THE SCHOOLS.

The way in which tho pubic school
system is made to wash the church
linen is eXemplifed IN a recent case at
Spanish Fork A little hand'hill is be-
fore us which announces benefit ball
at the city pavilion there on Thursday
night, May 9th, "for the benefit of j.
Ralph Wilkins, who leaves for mis-.
sion in Mexico the 18th inst This
benefit ball is '"to be given under the
auspices of the Spanish Fork District
School Teachers, The reason why the
district school teachers should be the
sponsors in a send.off of a Mormon
missionary is not given In the hand
bills but note from a friend at Span.
ish Fork explains that the j. Ralph
Wilkins referred to "is a son of the
tithing Office clerk, and one of our pub
lie school teachers" and further, that
''this is the second time this year that
the public school teachers have helped,
as public school teachers. TO send one
Of their number on n mission Fur
ther, IN the case before that of vii.
kins, the school trustees not only re-
leased the teacher from his contract in
January, "but to help the church ont,
and his family, they employed his wife
to fill the vacancy in the number Of
teachers
That is a fine way, indeed, to man
age the public schools, making them
an aid TO the Mormon missionary prop
aganda. Of course, the church gets as
tlthcs one.tcnth of all the public mon.
cy paid to the teachers; for it is not in
the least likely that any but Mormon
teachers, willing tithe payers, would bc
employed in a community given 10 this
prostitution Of public utility to
church uses.
The Mormon chiefs are evidently de-
termined to make the public schools
serve their special sectarian purposes to
the utmost extent possible The "ro-
hglon class - occupancy Of the schools
was almost universal before the gen
eraI public had any idea Of that secret
propaganda and trespass, And though
for time these religion classes
were. nominally, at least, Withdrawn
from the public schools, there is not
lacking direct and positive evidence
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
PROVING PoLYGAMY.

Though thou shoudest bray A. fool
in mortar among wheat with a pestle
yet Will not his fooliness depart from
him SO the wisest of men said in his
time. And the proof of the universal
wisdom of the saying is found III the
fact that 1t is just as applicable today
as 1T was three thousand years ago
One is reminded of It's present local ap~
plicability by the idiotic rciteration,
with respect TO polygamous marriages,
that 'Thlngs that happen can be
proved. - But that. as the notorious
head OF the polygamous cult proclaims,
sis Just the kernel in the NUT The
secrecy, the binding obligations. the
public odium, the tricky evasion, that
surround polygamous marriages make
them impossible of proof in court of
law. It has always been so, Ii is not
in the least likely that Of all the thou.
sands Of polygamous marriages that
have been performed, legal proof could
be had of even one of them, against the
wish Of the parties thereto.
The time comes, of course, when those
marriages arc no longer denied when
the offspring OF the marriage make the
fact Of IT sure. But even then, TO go
into court and uuderstakc to prove the
marriage, the gates of secrecy are
securely locked. The plural wife will
swear that she ism t married: that she
doesn t know who is the father of her
children; her father will swear that,
though the children and the mother
may be living in his house he really
doesn t know anything about the mat
ter, has never inquired whether his
daughter is married or not, or il mar
ned, who is the husband. The plural
husband Will swear that he doesn & even
know the woman who is his rcputed
plural wife; doesn t remember ever 10
have seen her beforc; and so on. And
every officiating elder will deny ever
having performed any such marriage or
knowing anything about it, This is
what has happened repeatedly, SO that
the attempt to prove a polygamous mar
riage has from the first been practically
futile, where the parties thereto have
from the first objected thereto
How ldiotic it is, therefore, TO crosk,
and recroak that "thpgs that happen
can be proved, 4" That is precisely what
can not be done. And yet, for all prac-
teal purposes, the open admission by
the Mormon general conference that
such marriages have occurred since the
manifesto, is conclusive. It's naive pro-
position, further. that il is d wonder
there haven't been more of such mar
rIages, IS not only an impudent insult TO
the public, but confession that at no
time has there been any earnest effort
or the church to stop such marriages;
for # there had been such effort, those
marriages would have stopped alto
gether: of that there can not be the
least doubt,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, H. 1907

increase in the assessment roll, but
because tho board received the priv
ilcge from the late session of the Legis~
lnturo of adding mill to the tax levy
for current expenses; that addition it,
self will add about 100000 to the
revenues of the board.
The evidence afforded by this very
large increase in the assessment roll
of the prosperity of Salt Lake City
is mainly within the city limits) will
be gratifying to all wcll-wishers of
Salt Lake. At the same time, it is
not an undilutcd blessing; for besides
the increase it will entail upon the tax
payers for local purposes, it will add
very materially to the amounts raised
for State purposes and taken from the
city to apply elsewhere throughout
Utah for schools and for other local
purposes in the different counties, II
VIC had State constitution that was
up TO civilized ideas in the way Of tax
alton, and which allowed the State to
get its revenues in other ways than from
InC dSStSSlHtHI TbllS ol INC tUuuI]tS,
then il would not matter how high the
valuation was made as long as it was
equalized properly among the different
property owners, The higher the tax roll
the less would be the rate Of taxation,
But under the present bad system
with the high assessment roll IN this
county, we get decidedly the worse Of
it, as compared with the State at large.
Salt Lake county will pay TO the State
at large this year on the clght-mlll
levy basis, pretty close to half mil
lion dollars. That Will go far toward
meeting the increased appropriations of
the late Legislature which were so
much in excess of the anticipated rev.
enucs: but in considering the rapacity
Of the late machine legislature and It's
rcmorselcss exactions upon the taxpay-
ing public, the owners Of property i'll
to consider that an enlarged assessment
roll is in any way to their advantage
or, from their standpoint, public
blessing.
We should be glad to sec full value
and weight given TO the assessment of
property, not only in Salt Lake City,
but IN every locality in the State.
This, however, cannot be done fairly
until the article on taxation in the
State constitution is thoroughly revised
and brought up to date, so that the
State will no longer depend upon the
counties to collect It's revenue, nor upon
the valuation in the different counties
for the amount of money it is to re-
ceive to pay lis current expenses.
Under our present system, both the
and the State are at dis
advantage, and habitually IN conflict
with each other. 4 reform in this
matter is one of the most essential
matters before the public at the pres
ent time, and will so continue until the
wrong is made right.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
THE INCREASED ASSESSMENT.

The increased assessment of this
county the present year, as made by
the assessor, shows a gain in valuation
of over seven million dollars The total
figure is S57,6sS,447; to this is to be
added the assessment Of the street rail
way and of mortgages which arc to be
otherwise assessed. There will also be
the addition of the valuation of rail.
ways, telegraphs, and telephones to
be fixed by the State Board Of Equal
lzation, so that it is very likely that
the assessment of the county will reach
fully $60,000,000 the present year.
To be sure, the County Board of Equal
ization is still TO act upon the valua-
tions that are here given, and there is
likely to be n small decrease, especi-
ally in the value Of real estate and
improvements. However, these will not
materially affect the total. so that we
may anticipate a valuation as high as
the above estimate. We give herewith
the figures as returned oil the assessor IS
books, showing the totals and the
increase and decrease under the various
headings:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
STATE LAND VALUATIONS.

1t is announced that the State Land
Board is about TO adopt a new scale OF
valuations for the remaining Utah lands,
selected under the various Congressional
grants. 1t is the purpose to raise the
price of such lands to applicants for
them, to the end that the funds for
which the grants were made may be
increased and the revenues from inter
est on those funds swelled,
IT Is curious proposition, tins of IN"
creasing the price of lands after the
most desirable tracts have been selected
out by applicants in the ten years and
upwards that this State land system
has been in operation. There were
school lands in the rich valleys OF this
county and other counties that had been
farmed for over an average generation,
that were so valuable per acre that
fair price for them would have given
us school fund so large as to have re-
quired no boosting of prices on the IN
ferior and less desirable lands that are
now untaken. But no advantage was
taken of the fact of this high value. nor
were those who got the land at mere
ly nominal price made even to pay an
equivalent of the face value of the
taxes they had skipped by being on
school lands. They were made present
of the increased value and of the missed
taxes that equitably they could have
been required to pay for their forty
years or more of occupancy and use Of
the lands
The State has thus adopted the pol
icy of letting the highly valuable lands
go for trihe, and now the Land Board
seeks to recoup by adding 10 the price
of lands that for years no one would
take at even the low rate. The pclIcy
has thus been exactly the reverse of
what it should have been. The valuable
lands should have yielded something like
their fair price to tho school fund ana
to other funds, and the poorer lands,
that in fact are worth little, should have
been charged for at proportionotely
lower rate than the rich and valuable
lands yielded. But the valuable lands
were practically given away, and now
the lands that are worth little arc cx,
pected TO make up the deficit.
The policy has been radically wrong.
The idea of parting with land worth
$500 al acre for Sl,25 an acrc and
charging $3.50 an acre for land worth
not more than 81 an acre, is scheme
that could never have been thought of
by others than shifty politicians.
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church organ on the former occasion
when this question was first sprung,
that any such use was being made of
the schools; but an official investigation
directly after showed over three hun
dred schoolhouses in which this intru.
sion existed.
And the evidence is conclusive that
in every possible way the church auto
Gratis are determined to work the
schools to the limit, and even beyond
any decent limit, to their profit and ad~
vantage.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

that in some cases they have been re-
'nstated there, using the public building,
the fuel, the furniture. for sectarinn
purposes, regardless OF the fact that the
public bears all the cost in the obliga-
tion Of taxpaying. To what extent this
reintroduction OF this sectarian intrusion
into the public schools has been accom-
pIished, we cannot say. But we remem-
Der distinctly the disclaimer BIZ the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Citizens will observe. too, that if the
church desires fusion III the municipal
campaign they will see to it that the
ecclesiastical promise to be mot in it -
in the matter OF politics shall be faith,
fully fulfilled
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

his candidacy for the Presidency as
Nonascorotic, would probably confer
great favor upon citizens if only he
would say what they would be required
TO take as q chaser.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

lhIs large increase in the assessment
roll Will be gratifying to those officials
especially of the board of education,
who have been imagining themselves
short OF money on the regular revenue
from the tax roll. There need be no
excuse the present year for the small
pay of teachers, Every teacher can
receive substantial raise and still the
board will have ample money left.
This, not only because of the large
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Still the Mouth Will not admit that
there has been new poiygamy since tho
manifesto, merely because apostles have
been unfrocked because of it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Whatever may be tho outcome of the
threatened Omaha strike, probably the
public will be best satisfied if neither
packers nor employees will make it
horse.and. horse.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Yet our Elks will be careful, when
they go to Philadelphia, TO not bring
back any of the somnolence which they
will disturb
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Being compelled to pay damages in
the sum of iftecn thousand dollars, Salt
Lake merits recognition as being OF a
grade that is indeed high
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Promising TO return in thousand
years, probably Mr., Dowie contem,
plated being back in time to hear Mr..
SSnoot denounce polygamy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Uncle Joe Cannon, however, cannot
see any use in being President so long
as there is the House Of which ono may
be the car
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Having falsely stated that ashes can
be burned, the originator of the story
may be permitted to repent in them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Oklahoma s constitution will be per-
fectly satisfactory to residents Of other
States if only it will remain in Okla.
homa.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Perhaps, though, Apostle Smoot con-
siders that however much polygamy
there is in his church, his own purity
is sufficient TO Offset it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Beautiful as arc her spring robes, Salt
Lake will prove that they are much diff
feren5 from those worn in the Temple,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Haywood and others may not dislike
lemons, but they will probably object
to the kind produced by one particular
Orchard
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

However, dealers in coal may be re-
minded of the fact that ice companies
do not expect citizens to store ice for
them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Even if they did quit fheir jobs at
the Federal building, doubtless they will
object TO being called scrub women,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Moreover, the hierarchs are advised
that fuse always leads TO an eXplo"
sion of some kind.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

But Apostles Taylor and Cowley Of
Tended the church less by taking new
wives than by being found out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

And as 10 the particular Bell, it is
very likely that the County Attorney
could designate the toll.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Polygamists can at least say that
Utah is not state of single blessed
ness.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

And hearing Mr., Peet talk, anybody
would know that Utah is misrepresent-
ed,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
Telephones.
Saturday, May II, 1907.

japanese sleeves may be the style, but
not recognized by California ladies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

The Hon. Robert I. Hunter of New
port News, who desires acceptance Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Business communications should be ad-
dressed: THE Tribune, Salt Lake CITY,
Utah" mi
Matters for publication, 10 Editor The
Tribune Salt Lake city, Utah,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11

Entered at the Postofilce at Salt Lake
City as second class matter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-04
Sissy Preachers Cause of Decline in
Church Going

"a sissy religion, delivered by a
sissy preacher is driving men from
the church, said Bishop Warren Cand-
Ter Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, in an address to the Methodist
preachers of Atlanta, not long since.
No wonder the men don't go to
church," continued the bishop, when
they are forced to listen to lot of
sissy talk.
There is too much Of this effemin-
ate religion. l have often thought,
what does the average man think OF
this efeminate religion and dainty
lullabys. l don't mind telling you
what | often do when l go to church
like that. I get into some corner and
go to sleep. When man trifles with
it's a good thing to do. But
you must not snore.
There must be virtility in religion
if the men are to be held"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-04

A lawyer was entertaining dinner
guests recently with stories from his
personal experiences.
"A woman came into my office one
afternoon and said she wanted to see a
lawyer on rather important matter,
he said. She was very prim and sell
possessed"
" What can I do for you2' I asked.
" WELL she said in an easy tone
my husband was hurt in the wreck the
other day
Il noticed she was dressed in mourn
ing. but from her Indifferent tone !
gathered that it had no connection
with her husbands accident.
" Was your husband badly iniuredF'
I asked.
" Yes she answered in the same
quiet voice. He got his head cut
off, kansas City Times.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-04
viii Build Trail Thru Indian Pass

The Darlington correspondent OF the
Arlington Times says that officials Of
the forest service have let a contract
for the construction of a horse trail up
the north fork of the Sank river and
thru the Indian Pass. This trail will
give an outlet to great grazing coun-
try for sheep and horses. Many sheep
are grazed in the reserve east of Oar
rington in the vicinity of Glacier Peak.
In order to reach that territory it is at
present necessary to come in from east
ern Washington by way of Red Noun
tain and cross high mountains. The
new trail will furnish a more &C
cessible route and will doubt
less throw trade to Arlington and Oar
rington. 1t is understood that work on
the trail is to proceed at once. This
pass, which was formerly used by the
Indian tribes as their main thorofare
from east to west, is considered by
many as destined to be the route of a
railway gateway to the Sound.