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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

touched his cheek as she bent toward
him. Dickey was shaking as with q
violent ague.
When Dickey escaped to his own
room at last. and had put bolt and bar
between himself and n toO.hllarioua
world, he shed tears of bitter repent
ance. It did not occur to him that
there was anything to do but stand by
the bargain he had made. The queen
of the house party was hls-alas. his
fatal attractivcness had been his ruin,
for he had been for two long weeks
busily constructing a future for him
self, through every nook and corner OF
which moved little girl called Fan.
And Fan was an heiress II was SO
easy to love Fan. And she would
never forgive him She would rot
even wait for him until death or some
unforeseen calamity should set him
free Perhaps she would even marry
the hated Rcmbert. the too.eloqueni
Rembcrt. who had had hand In has
undoing
For some weary days thereafter
Dickcy was led about and shown on
by his fIancee. manfully trying TO look
as little miserable IA possible, even In
dim way to make love. That he old
II badly he knew, and It did not help
him in the least TO see her pause ana
look ut him with interest at such
times. II was n telegram that broke
the spell and proved the signal for the
breaking.up of the house party. Miss
Garner read It at the breakfast table.
and twisted the yellow slip thought
fully
TOO bad" she said. with regret. j
suppose | must go It's my lawyer,
you know How tiresome' Dickey
will you drive me down to catch the
twelve.thirty train"
In q few moments Mrs. Arnaud knew
that her house party would be fitting
before another day had closed. but she
smiled. II had been great success.
Dickev's nerves thrilled a little as
he gathered UP the reins. They were
all crowded around her and could not
let her 20. How popular she was,
after all-and how stunning, At least
It was something that this splendid
creature was going to be his wife, ana
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

The governors of all the states,
whose legislatures are In session.
have recommended legislation 10
control the railroads and curb the
trusts, and It will be interesting to ne.
tice how far these necessary reforms
will be legally provided for But
recommending laws to control cor.
porations and even enacting such is
useless unless the laws are enforced
that Is what brings results, The Val.
entinc law OF Ohio has been on the
statute books ten years. but until last
year II has virtually been dead let
ter when an attorney general was
elected who was possessed with the
old.fashioned idea that laws are made
to be enforced.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22
Missouri
Legislature
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The page who took to the clerks
Sesk In the house the "lid-lifting" pc
tition was unable to raise 1t to the top
of the desk. There are $1,000 sigma
cures to the petition. 1t was referred
TO the committee on criminal jurispru-
dence.
The anti.cigarette law passed in the
house met its death in the senate
when the committee on criminal juris-
prudence reported 1t back to that body
with recommendation that it be not
passed.
The total number of bills introduced
in the house now reaches $50 One Of
these provides that all railroad com
panics should run at least one train
each way daily over the lines. An.
other was to prevent discrimination
in the selling price OF oil in one section
of the state against another. There
was one, introduced by Representative
Muir, which provided that the sheriff
OF county take into custody all per
sons hebitu6lly using intoxicants to
excess for examination by the county
court, and II the court find such per-
sons to be habitually intoxicated that
they be sent to the colony for the fee.
ble.minded
The senate bill in relation to an
amendment concerning changes OF
venue was defeated in the house.
Gov. Folk issued a proclamation Mon.
day offering a reward OF 5000 for the
apprehension of Henry Boston, alias
Henry Birdsong, charged with killing
his wife In Polk county in June, 1908,
and who has been fugitive from jus.
tice ever since. The reward is good
for a period of one year.
Representatives of express com.
panies doing business in Missouri APP
pearcd before the railroad and ware
house commissioners Monday, hav.
ing been cited to show cause why
their rates should not be reduced.
They asked for a postponement for 80
days, which the commissioners re.
fused, stating that but Is days more
time would be allowed. The attorneys
for the companies refused to accept
the ruling of the commissioners, and
all left In body, "bOwng themselves
out Of court" as Chairman Knott of
the railruoad bureau expressed #. and
no further hearing will be held.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22
the state treasurer 81 on each 500 of

the state treasurer 81 on each 800 Of
premiums collected. The fund 80 ere.
ated is TO so to the hremens relief
boards In these several towns, which
are to be named by the mayors, and
be distributed by such boards for the
benefit OF firemen disabled by sickness
or to their dependents in case of his
death while in service. Firemen who
have served ten years continuously
are also to be beneiiciarIes of the fund
so created
The house passed the following bills
Monday afternoon, there being no
fight on any OF them but the one
which provided that any five citizens
might employ associate counsel for
the prosecution in a criminal case,
and that the prosecuting attorney
should not be permitted TO enter a
nolle except with the consent Of the
associate counsel. The bill received
only the constitutional vote required
to pass the house. The other bills
passed we're: Sewer districts in cit
les of the third class; providing pun.
ishment for turning false alarm of
fire; changing boundary lines in vii.
lago school districts, making effective
orders OF board of railroad and ware
house commissioners from their pro-
mitigation until overruled or set aside
by the courts.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22
HOUSE

The house Thursday passed, without
debate. the committee substitute for
the Wamsley game law, the vote be.
ing 1914 to p, and the emergency
clause was also adopted Section 5
of the substitute provides that: NO
person or persons shall injure, kill or
destroy, by any means whatever, the
following named game birds, except
between the following named dates:
Wild turkey. from January to Feb
ruary | and from December l to De.
cember 81 of each year; quail, from
November 10 TO December 81; pin
mated grouse shall not be killed prior
to 1910: after that year the open sea-
son shall be from November Is to
December Is: ducks and geese, Jan
uary to April 80 and September 10 to
December 81; snipe January / to April
30 and September IL to December 81;
plover. woodcock and dove, August l
TO December 81"
By change Of one vote on the roll
call, the bin making county school SUI
pervislon general instead OF optional,
as It has been since 1878, secured just
votes enough to pass the house Thurs,
day afternoon An earnest fight was
made on both sides, the discussion con
tinuing a couple of hours or longer,
and Representative Swlers, one OF the
friends OF the bill. said its opponents
were justlfying their opposition be-
cause there was local option super
vision law now, and that they were
using this local option feature to pave
the way for securing a local option
vote on Sunday opening OF saloons In
st. Louis.
The house Thursday PASSED, with
out debate, the Simmons primary cleo
ton bill. the affirmative vote being
"A, with 81 In opposition. This shows
eight democrats and three republicans
either absent or not voting. 1t was,
however, Il strict party vote, all those
supporting It being democrats. The
democratic absentees were Represent
atives Botsford, Conran, Embry, Grit.
9TH, Huck Organ, Sosey and Lucks,
The republican absentees were Repre-
scntatives Hill, Phillips of St Louis
and Mahan.
Only four bills were introduced In
the house Thursday, bringing the
number up to SG4. One Of these, Of
fered by Representative Roseberry,
provides that every insurance COM
pany doing business in an incorpor'
ated town in this state, which has an
organized fire department under city
control whose equipment is valued at
$1,000 or more, shall annually pay to
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

The house Wednesday passed tho
senate bill to prohibit greater charge
for transporting passengers in cars
across bridges forming a part OF the
railroad track than is charged for car
rying passengers the same distance on
other parts Of the road.
Mr.. Humphreys bill providing for a
separation of the state grain inspec.
ton department from the board of
railway and warehouse commissioners
did not meet with the favor OF the
senate committee on agriculture and
was reported from that committee
with an adverse recommendation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22
Something WRONG in Panama.

Panama matters are all topsy .tur-
sy Shonts retiring from the canal com
mission. with Chief Engineer Stevens
20 succeed him, is the most important
event. President Roosevelt Is urging
congress to abolish the commission
and create a one-man power to run
the wabbly machine The real reason
for all this shake.up has not yet been
made public but there must be some.
thing radically wrong with the admin.
lstration of affairs to need such a
radical organization And yet Il is
only few weeks ago the country
was assured that every detail was in
apple pie order.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

Gov. Folk sent TO the senate for
confirmation the names Of b. F. Muir.
dock Of Platte City and j. p. Wood
sides OF Alton, Orange county, as
members OF the board OF managers Of
the confederate home at Higginsville
Following the Introduction OF a
bill proyidlng for the abolition of his
office, there was introduced in the
aouse D.onday afternoon a resolution
censuring Supervisor of Building and
Ioan Associations Watkins. whose
newspaper has harshly criticised mem
beers who voted agains. measures fav-
orcd BY the governor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22
THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE.
Congressional 'Subserviency TO the
Speaker and President.

The little Ash and weak sisters IN
congress are always ready to stand
by the speaker and the president" In
any event. They may be I'm doubt"
about how their constituents stand
on important issues and very wab.
bly, themselves, on such question as
ship subsidy for instance but when tho
speaker and president approved that
measure they felt that they could vote
for the steal with safety. They are
now able to go home and tell the
voters why they did It, They are will
ing to give up their own opinions and
30 contrary to the wishes of their
constituents lest they be guilty Of a
failure to oblige the source Of all po.
ltical power-the speaker and the
president.
| Thus a representative OF the people
is degraded into mere pawn and sub
| serviency Is more favored than indi-
yIduality by the party leaders whose
wishes are supreme and popular cleo
lions are so degraded into a useless
| form. What Is the good Of going TO
| the expense and trouble Of GleCting
congressman and sending them and
keeping them at Washington to repre-.
sent their constituents when the
speaker and the president would an.
swer all purposes and probably act
with much greater celebrity than con.
gress does? II an ollgarchy Is to run
- 10 lob al
have the advantages Of the rule Of
few by doing away with the expense Of
the worthless many.
Why does the ordinary Republican
congressman determine to stand by
| the speaker and the president? Re.
cause he knows If he Is not subservi.
ent to the machine the speaker Will
| put him at the tail end of a commit
| tee and refuse him recognition on the
floor and no public buildings or river
| and harbor improvements will come
| his way, for the pins will he set up
against him. Because when the presi-
| dent openly threatened. that as he
| alone Is the appointing power and that
members of the house of representa-.
| tiycs have no constitutional right TO
name postmasters or other officials.
| he implied that II they stand by
him" they would receive their share
| of the patronage A Republican CON
| gresham without pap" would be a
sorry creature.
Occasionally bold spirit or one
! who thinks he is really n representa-
! tive Of the people breaks over the
| traces on some issue upon which he
! has strong convictions What hap.
pens then? He Is called an insurgcnt.
! he is looked upon with suspicion and
even his friends fight shy of him He
! rs disciplined, but II he shows cOntri.
ton he is received back into the fold
| End his share Of graft and garrulity is
ngain his. II he has a large enough
! following to be troublesome to tn"
| leaders. they compromise with him
| aud he Is rewarded for his indcnCnd.
| enCe and Speaker Cannon puts his
protecting arm around him and says
| he is all right but discipline must be
| observed flor the sake Of the party.
/ Don't do II again,
Thus the government has degcncr.
ated into an oligarchy-the speaker
4
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

No one has heard Vice President
Fairbanks opinion of the Brownsville
matter or any other disagreeable Is.
sue in the Republican ranks But he
no doubt has his ideas in cold storage
for future use when 1t is politically
safe for a candidate to cay anything
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-22

The Republican policy OF giving a
subsidy to ship owners is but carrying
out the tariff policy Of robhing The
many for the benefit Of the few.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
SCHOOL COLUMN.

Claude Edwards and Clair Had
ley are having time with the
mumps.
The seventh grade reports Ed
win Allison's return after selge
of the mumps.
Ruth Reed is still out of school
on account of the mumps but is
slowly recovering.
Ethel Andrews is back in school
again after having siege OF what
everybody. is havins-the mumps.
Programmes we're held in sew
eral rooms ,ons "Wednesday after
noon of last week and the High
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
for those traits and qualities which

for those traits and qualities which
are typified in the ideal home.
and are the sources OF a nations
health and true prosperity Is
there another Christmas present
costing so little that equals i,a
On receipt of sl.75. the yearly
subscription price, the publishers
send to the new subscriber all the
remaining issues of The Compan-
ion for 1907 and the Four-Leaf
Hanging Calendar for 1908 in full
color.
Full illustrated Announcement
of the new volume for 1908 will be
sent with sample copies OF the
paper to any address free.
The YoUTH's COMPANION,
144 Berkeley street, Boston, Mass.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
The Companion as a Christmas Gift.

Nobody is too young, nobody
too old, to enjoy reading The
Youths Companion. For that
reason it makes enc of the most
appropriate of Christmas gifts
one of the few whose actual worth
far outweighs the cost. Welcome
as. the paper may be to the casual
reader on the train, at the office,in
the public library, it is. after ALL
the paper Of the home. The regu-
larity and frequency OF its visits,
the cordial; sincerity of its tone.
make for-it soon the place OF a
familiar friend in the house. Like
q good friend, too, it stands always
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

items relating to the town. Mr..
Rawalt convinced me from hrs
earnest talk relating to the advan
tages of that country that he IS
a newspaper man of long expert
ence.
Many of the early settlers that
knew when first came here now
live in town in fine residences, hav-
ing retired from hard, active labor,
to enjoy their competency. One
thing you will notice generally IN
this western country and that is no
matter how well-,o do they get.
they never forget old friends, but
are as sociable as in early days
when living in their log cabin and
listening to the bowling OF the
coyote. Geo. o. STATES.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

The President is eminently
correct in leaving the motto "In
God we Trust" off the new coin
age. No more certain way to
cheaper and throw into disrespect
that great sentence was ever in
vented than placing it on our
coins. 1t was copied and hung
over every bar in the land with
the addition that all others were
expected to pay cash. 1t tell into
the mouths of every mountebank
and chuckle headed idi who
discussed the monetary question.
Bat there are still people who
think they have piety who want
something of the sort Haunted in
the face of everybody and they
will doubtless strive to replace
the motto.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
Advertising Rates.

Display advertising on first page Is cents
per inch per issue
Display on other pages as follows.
Less than ten single column inches 12ha
eents per inch per insertion.
10inches and over 10 cents per inch per In
oertion.
Y page $500 per issue.
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page $3.50 per Issue.
"A composition charge of 2Is cents per inch
viii be made on display advertisements in
serted once.
Issue
Headed local ads. 10 cents for the heading
Transient business 10 cents per line first
insertion and Ave cents for subsequent in
sertions.
Lodge Cards announcements ten cents
Der issue when carried regularly.
No advertising of any kind done with
out adequate compensation. Locals ad
vertising church socials. entertainments or
other gatherings of the people when an ad;
mittance II charged and profit expected will
be charged for at the same rate ms other
business
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

WHILE congress will undoubt
edly do something calculated to
make panics less possible, it now
looks as if the banks were to be
given fresh power to mulct the
people. It's very difficult to sug-
gest so feasible plan as that pro-
posed by Mr.. Bryan. Under his
suggestion every depositor would
be safe at all times and this alone
would virtually remove all fear Of
a panic. Then the banks would be
compelled to make the expense
feature good to the government.
Thus we. should have legislation
that compelled the National
Banks to do what they should
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

The legend on the gold and
silver coinage "In God we Trust"
seems to have been taken too lit
orally by eastern bankers. The
people have been fooled into
thinking that they could trust the
great money repositories of New
York, and they in turn seem to
have put their faith in the motto,
and now insist that the people do
likewise.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

have done from the start 1t is
with deep regret that we see it
stated that the President will
recommend giving the banks
greater control over the currency.
They have too. much control now
and while his postal savings bank
plan will mitigate it. that alone is
not sufficient to give safety.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

THE Governor seems 10 think it
necessary to send circular letter
to the western slope explaining
why he did not appoint Judge
King to the supreme bench. Like
Caesars wife the old guy is pro-
testing too much. AT first blush it
as if he was actuated by
good motives, and merely selected
Helm because he considered him
the best man. 1t now looks as if he
acted for, by and with Bill Evans
as usual.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

Now it is stated that Judge King
will be taken care of next fall. He
will be nominated by the republi-
cans for the place that Gov. Buch-
tel was compelled to give to
Evans choice. Well. there is moth
ing like sticking to it. Mr.. King is
a great runner and always willing
to try.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

ONE result of the recent gam
bler's panic is to cause those who
had money in bank being boarded
by the banker in the effort to show
that he had lots of capital, are
now drawing it out and placing it
direct on loans. Possibly people
who have means will sometime
learn that good loan is far
better than a bank account. If we
are given postal savings banks
and thus enable the poor to
safely guard their small holdings,
those who have considerable
money. will take the loaning busi-
ness more largely out of the hands
of middle men and the net result
will be great gain. 1t is abso-
lutely sure that money will not
again go into banks SO readily as
before. Legislation that protects
depositors viii assist il, ,allaying
the fear that is SO prevalent, but
that is long .way4in the future
judging from what congress is
doing.
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

The government claims to have
compiled evidence to prove that
the killing of Special Officer
Walker was the direct result of a
conspiracy among a dozen lead
ing citizens of the San Juan
country and that they sent hired
thugs to shoot the man down and
rob the corpse of the damning ev-
idence he had secured. Some necks
are liable to stretch if the govern
ment makes out that sort OF a
case
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
School gave the first OF the few
entertainments which they are ex

School gave the first OF the few
entertainments which they are ex
peeting to give during the year.
Hazel Simms is now enjoying a
visit from the mumps while her
sister Marie spent Thanksgiving
day entertaining them.
MISS Heberling is assisting Miss
Lewis in her school duties as Miss
Lewis has more than she can
handle. AT present she has sixty
five enrolled.
Mrs. Anderson has the mumps
this week but is lucky enough to
have them on just one side. We
are afraid she is setting a bad ex-
ample before her small pupils.
The Basket Ball and Foot Ball
teams returned home Thanksgiv-
ing night after spending the day
at Delta. Although both teams
were badly beaten, they were
warm in their praise OF the Delta
players and are hoping to be able
to play them at home in the near
future,
The newspaper., 1907-12-06
Kind Words For Paonia.

FROM the Mason, Mich, Democrat.
EDITOR DEMocRAT:-Today |
received your paper of Nov. 18th
and as | saw the date it reminded
me that it was over % years since
have been taking the paper. 1t
was % years the 7th of this month
since myself and family arrived in
Delta county. Colorado, and your
paper has been a weekly visitor
ever since.
In the spring of 1886 took my
first trip up what was called the
North Fork Valley. 1t had then
only been settled little over three
years and about all the houses
were the frontier cabins with the
usual adobe roof | found little
16x24 school house. a small store
and postoffice called Paonia. /
held some meetings among these
hardy pioneers which ! shall
never forget. In those days the
nearest railroad was 35 miles and
not bridge for crossing the rivers
Five years ago the Denver & Rio
Grande built branch from Delta
and instead of few cheap little
buildings. they now have fine
looking city with $4,000 school
house, a number of substantial
brick church buildings, a system
of water works with the finest
mountain water that can be found
anywhere, being piped several
miles from the mountains There |
is an electric plant. and the town
has a number of business blocks |
where all kinds of merchandise can
be found. Paonia is surrounded by
the finest fruit ranches of any
where on the western slope. AS |
drove above the town and looked |
over the beautiful fruit ranches, it
put me in mind of some of the
fruit ranches in southern Cali. /
fornia, where you could travel for
miles and miles through orange,
lemon and various other groves.
looking like a veritable paradise.
Land with bearing orchards is
selling readily from $500 to 81 900 |
per acre and some very choice
pieces have been known to bring /
as high as two thousand dollars an
acre.
c. A. Frederick, who conducted
the first newspaper in Paonia and |
had much to do in building up the
town, has left and located in the
southeastern parttof the state.
The, city. now has two newspapers, !
Paonia Booster and The PAoNIA
NEWSPAPER. the latter conducted |
by c. T. Rawalt, which is the
youngest paper, being established
less than four years ago. l had a
very pleasant visit with Mr.. Ra.
walt, who gave me some valuable |
The newspaper., 1907-12-06

HERE are any amount OF gilt
edged loans in the North Fork
country to use every dollar of sur
plus money owned here. North
Fork ranches and North Fork
chattels are better security than
the promise of a New York
banker.