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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.

You will find this journey of life
is not always what it seems, nor
that it lies all the way through
verdant valleys and flowery mead
ows. 1t is not always bright with
the sunlight of pleasure, You will
not find a bed of roses to recline
upon every time you are weary.
Don't expect it, or you will very
likely be disappointed. You will
find that about the time the path
gets past the schoolhouse it
switches of into some rather rough
country. You will very probably
find some rough hills to climb and
some deep gullies to cross. The
briars will tear your nice clothes
and the stones will wear out your
fine shoes, and you will have blis-
tered heels and stone. bruises in
plenty, before you get through.
There is only one way to avoid
all tbs. That is to sit down, a
whining beggar by the roadside,
despised and self-despising. But if
you are going through you must
brace yourself for hard climbing.
You will find plenty of roses by the
way, but they grow among thorns,
and if you would gather them you
must not be afraid of a few
scratches. All the fruits worth
having are near the tops of the
trees. You can have your game
suppers and your quail on toast,
too, but the game is wild and the
birds roost high, and you can't
put salt on their tails to catch
them. You can have all this, we
say, but just as likely as not when
you get it you will have no teeth
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
Warning of Cigarette Smoker.

The use OF cigarettes makes many a
boy nervous wreck, The New York
and Brooklyn papers some time ago
told OF a young man who died at 81.
Joseph's hospital in Brooklyn as a vic.
tim Of cigarettes. He was "a chorister
in one Of the Brooklyn churches" and
was said to be in general ian exem
plary young man. His only marked
faults were Lying and cigarette smok-
ing" When brought to the hospital
his fingers were yellow with the cigar.
ette poison. His suiferings were ex.
crucialing. Just before he died he
said, pitifully: Il wish all the boys
who smoke cigarettes could see me
now."
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
rANEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Taney County
BY w. II. AND r. b. PRICE,

7-ANEY is the fourth county from the west
line of the state, in the extreme southern
tier, and SO bordering on Arkansas and en-
joying to its fuilness the wonderful climate
Of the sunny Side" of the Ozarks, where the
temperature rarely touches zero ln winter aud the
nights III summer are always cool enough TO make
sleep delight.
The county contains $50 square miles. 1900
acres of which about 6i,U0U acres are under i'm
proyement. The soil varies from the rich alluYlal
bottoms TO the strong limestone soils of the ridg'
es, producing successfully wheat, ON which The
county was awarded the silver medal at the Lou.
isiana Purchase exposition, corn second to none,
Ia stalk on display IN this oice measuring seven
teen feet four inches in length,) potatoes, cotton
melons, tame grasses, berries, fruits. vegetables,
IN fact everything except tropical products Pears
and peaches do especially well,
The surface is rugged and picturesque covered
with forests aud traversed by streams OF spark
ling clearness, among them the beautiful White
river famed Tor its scenery and ITS hnny tribes,
including the gamey black bass and jack salmon,
while the wooded cXpanses abound III small game
of various kinds, including fox, raccoon, opossom,
squirrel, quail and turkey, aifording abundant
recreation with rod and gun.
The population OF the county by tine last census
was lU,l21, only two OF whom were colored aud
al but ~ American born. Taxes are not heavy.
Wood for fuel is plentiful and Remarkably cheap,
selling III Forsyth for 81 wagon.load with side.
boards. Church and school facilities are fair and
increasing, pany OF the schools manifcsting such
spirit of up'tu.dateness as to provide Libraries
for the use OF pupils. Improved farms are valued
AT slO to ~ an acre, while unlmproved lands can
be had at Ia to -. There are still about SUOO
acres Of government lands, subject to homestead
or cash entry. The county is finely watcrcd, the
White river alone winding IN and out Tor about
hundred miles within its borders
There is considerable timber OF commercial val.
ue, including hickory, whiteoa6, walnut, pine and
cedar, aud vast mineral wealth, as Indicated by
the little prospecting that has been done. Our
minerals include marble, hydraulic lime, mangan-
ese, copper lead and zinc in their multitudiuouS
forms silver and gold, recent prospecting show ing
the presence OF both in p.ying quantities, all OF
which VIII allord wealth-makng opportunities TO
men OF means, Judgment aud energy.
In no spot on earth, perhaps, can poor man
so easily acquire II home and make II living, aud
any man mho is honest and energetic will be well
coined, be he rich or poor. The railroad, white
River line of the Missouri Pacihc,) is stimulating
enterprise and enhancing values. River traffic
aud electric roads are n certainty of the near tut
urr, to give new stimulus to every material inter
est and enhance all realty values. Now Is the
time 10 get in right and reap the benefits.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
Shooting at Balloons,

The great interest aroused in the
question Of aerial navigation by Herr
Martins book, Berlin Baghdad," is
about to find expression in q series of
important experiments as to the posi-
bility OF taking aim at balloons and
airships in midair, The experiments
are to be conducted in the neighbor,
hood OF Dantzig.
Small balloons OF the capacity OF a
hundred cubic meters are to be sent up,
and they will be fired at by heavy guns
and small arms. Balloons held cap
tive by cables 5000 feet in length will
be towed by warships to within range
of coast batteries ut distances varying
from three to nine miles. The expert.
men,s will be watched by number of
officers of the general staff, as we'll As
artillery officers and those attached to
the ballooning department London
Standard,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
KINDNESS UNSPOKEN

Do you know the world is full of
kindness that was never spoken,
and that is not much better than
no kindness at all? The fuel in
the stove makes the room warm,
but there are great piles of fallen
trees lying on rocks and tops Of
hills where nobody can get them;
these do not make anybody warm.
You might freeze to death for want
of wood in plain sight of these fall
len trees, If you had no means of
getting the wood home and max.
ing fire OF it. Just so in family;
love is what makes the parents and
children, the brothers and sisters,
happy. But if they take care new
er TO say word about it; if they
keep it profound secret as if 1t
were a crime, they will not not be
much happier than if there was not
any love among them; the house
will seem cold, even in summer;
and if you live there you will en-
Wy the dog when you call him
"poor fellow"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
A Frightful Fall.

On the 9TH instant John Nagel, a
constructing engineer, fell from the
top Of 200-foot chimney in the Stand
ard car works at Hammond, Indiana,
without severe injury. In his fall he
struck a projecting scaffod on the out
side about twenty-five feet from the
top which enabled him to grasp a
plank, thus saving his life. Nagel is
in charge Of the erection OF the sky.
scraping chimney, and went to the top
10 a drop bucket to observe the prog.
ress OF the work. The man in charge
of the hoisting engine on the ground
failed to perceive Nagel's signal to
stop on nearing the top, aud so Nagel
was thrown over the edge OF the chin
ney.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
MIR. Nasby Had Troubles Of His Own.

Many persons entertain the errone.
Gus idea that Petroleum V. Nasty,
famous as humorous political writer
just preceding, during and for some
time following the war of the rebellion,
wrote only upon political topics. This
is great mistake. Ia fact he touched
up" many matters OF social, educatio
al and religious interest, in his own
inimitable way, and most of his utter
ances are as much to the point today
as they were when written. Writing
from the famous "Confedrit X Roads,
(which is in the Stait OF Kentucky J
loon 2l, 1888" after describing Doiiti.
cal and economic conditions, includ.
ing an arrangement whereby he was TO
have "enuff likker to sustain life" in
consideration of his industry in bring
ing custom to Bascom's bar, he says:
Soshelly, we are hevin some trouble.
Mrs. Bascom went TO Louisville last
week, and come home with two new
silk dresses and some silk stockings,
and shoes wich button instead Nv bein
tied with calf'skin strings. Now good
close ain I any yOose to Il woman onless
she kin show EN-, and so last Sunday
Mrs. b. cum to the mcetin.h house with
all her moo toggery onto her, and she
sot SO ez to show them cussid shoes and
the silk stockings in all their glory.
1t wuz very injoodishus.
Mrs. Kernal McPelter, wich hezn't
he'd moo pare Nv shoes for five years,
and Mirandy Pogram, who generally
takes advantage Nv the warm weather
to come to church becos NV bein able
in summer to come bare.footed, and
lssaker Gavitt's wife, whose shoes is
Nv calf.skin tied with leather strings
and whose stockings is NV wool, knit by
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
49,
DO YOJR OWN FISHING.

Young man you'll never catch
any of the golden fish that swim
in the worlds waters by standing
with your hands in your pockets
and watching another hold the
pole. If you expect fish you will
have to dig your own bait, put the
tempting morsel on your own hook,
throw in your own line, hold your
own rod and closely watch for the
nIbbles. Seeing another cork 90
under, and tip bent and line
strained, won't do you the least
particle of good; loa6ng on the
shore gaping at Others spreading
or drawing nets won't fill your own
stomach or barrel. You might Just
as well attempt, by taking hold of
the straps of your boots, to carry
your sluggish avoirdupois over a
mud puddle The one thing is about
as sensible as the other You have
got to fish for yourself-even "cut-
ting bait" won't answer. 1t is the
only pathway to success. Fish
don't come for the whistling or
the wishing. They are wary and
have to be tempted. If you ex-
peet to have them, you have got to
"go for them" in more senses than
one. Holding up some tree while
others hold the pole and manipu-
late the reel, never yet brought a
man his breakfast. The more you
try the more you will find the alb.
surdity of the proceeding. "Bob"
for your own eels.-that's the only
way to certainly get them. They
won't crawl up to your feet and
beg to be skinned.
Do your own fishing. The world
is a great herring pond, and your
chance is as good as that of your
neighbor, if you choose the right
kind of bait, use diligence, have
patience and take advantage of
time and tide. Golden fishes swim
about in plenty, and are to be
caught, but another cannot do it
for you. Every successful man
owes independence to individual
energy and enterprise. Standing
on rock all day and looking and
hoping never yet filled a basket;
such a Scaly proceeding won't
cause the use of SC ales-you may
depend upon that. Every one has
to fish for what he gets. Others
may possible bait and take off the
prize from the hook and paddle the
boat, but the fishing has got to be
done by your own hand. Every
other means you may try will turn
out failure.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11

had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, of
Rural Route |, Georgetown, Tenn,
that | coughed continuously night and
day and the neighbors' prediction con
ption--s seemed inevitable, until my
husband brought home II bottle OF DR..
Kings New Discovery, which in my
case proved to be the only REAL cough
cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs. :"
When all other remedies utterly fail,
you may still win in the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New Dis
covery, the REAL cure. Guaranteed by
a, II. Parrish, druggist, SOC. and $l.00.
Trail bottle free
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
81 a Year in Adg nee.

to chew it with, so you mustn't
build too much on that.
Yes, youag man, the glaciers of
life are hard to climb, and you will
never make the trip without a
guide. The name of the guide is
"work." Tie yourself to him,
young man, and he will pull you
through all right. He is rough
and rugged, as all mountaineers
are, but don't despise him on that
account. Don't despise his home.
ly garments; he is brave, true
hearted fellow, who has led thous.
ands safely through, and will do
the same by you if you will trust
him.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
FORSYTH, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1907

cant change-we must live like trOo
Kentucky gentlemen.
| insistid that Mrs. Bascom don't
intlame the female mind NV the Cor.
ners any more, by wearin them store
cloze at home. We hev desidid she
shell go TO Louisville wunst month to
sport en- but they must not be seen
any more here. 1t is too dangerous an
experiment Ez Bascom gifts all our
money we cant pertend to dress our
wives and dawters ez he does hizzen,
and SO we cant afford to enrage EN- to
a pint wher they will abslootly rebel.
This will probably settle it. We
hev given it out alreddy that the cloze
she wore that Sunday wuz given her
by rich sister in Cincinnati. II takes
u great deel Nv intelieck to run both
ends Nv II commoonity.
PETROLEUM V, NASBY,
In comparative comfort.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
IN THE HonE NEST
Cheerful Evening Reveries for Tired
Mothers
FATHER AND son.


StI must look TO the sheep in the fold,
See that the cattle are fed and warm,
So, Jack, tell mother to wrap you WE'LL
You may go with me over the farm;
Though the snow is deep and the weather cold,
You are not baby at six years old"
Two feet of snow on the hillside lay,
But the sky was AS blue as June:
And father and son came laughing home
Nhen dinner was ready at nOon
Knocking the snow from their weary feet,
Rosy and hungry aud longing to eat.
"Thc snow was SO deep" the farmer said,
That feared could scarce get through"
The mother turned with pleasant smile
Then what could little lad do"
81 trod In my fathers steps" said Jack;
Wherever he went kept in his track"
TIE mother looked in the fathers face,
And Solemn thought was there;
The words had gone lik, lightning flash
To the seat of a nobler care
"lf he treads In my steps then day by day
How carefully must choose my wayl
"For the child will do as the father does,
Aud the track that | leave behind,
II 1t he firm, and clear, and straight,
The feet Of my son will Rnd
lie will tread in his fathers steps and say:
I'm right, for this was my fathers way"
Oh, fathers. leading IN Lies hard road,
he sure of the steps you take;
Then the sons you love, when gray.hared men
will tread in them for your sake;
When gray'haircd men, to their sons will say.
1--WE tread in our fathers steps to-day"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
The Three Suppliants.

Three doors there sre In the temple
Where men go up to pray,
Aud they that wait at the outer gate
May enter by either way
There are some that pray by asking;
They lie on the Masters breast,
And stunning the strife of the lower life,
They utter their cry for rest.
There are some that pray by seeking
They doubt where their reason fails;
But their minds despair is the ancient prayer
To touch the print of the nails
There are some that pray by knocking;
They put their strength to the wheel;
For they have not time for thoughts sublime;
They can only act what they feel.
Father give each his answer,
Each in his kindred way;
Adapt Thy light to his form Of night,
And grant him his needed day.
WILLIAM WATSON.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
herself, they held conveushun to

herself, they held II conveushun to
wunst.
Mrs. Kernal McPelter remarkt that
Of some wimmim's husbands kept a
grosery at wich other wimmen's hus-
bands spent the heft Nv their time. and
all Nv ther money, some wimmen Good
hev silk gownds, and silk stockings and
buttoned shoes, likewise.
Mirandy Pogram remarkt that Of the
old fool, her father, Good only be kept
out Nv Bascom s, she might hev shoes to
go TO church into, and Issaker Gavitt's
wife suggested that Mrs. Bascum wuz
a wearin dry goods wich they wuz a
payin for, through the mejum Nv iher
husband g stumicks.
They wuz jined by about a hundred
other female malconlents, who can't
be made TO understand that the one
thing on earth wuth livin for is a
grosery, and that the prinsiple biznis
NV mankind is to pour ther money into
grOsery keepers tills, murmured, like.
wise, and they resolved to make it
warm for Bascom and his wife.
Wat they are goin TO do don u know,
but Il hundred iDfooriatid women kin
make a great deel Nv trouble ef they
git woke up. We can't afford to drive
em to eggstreme measures, for ef they
shood strike who wood do the farm
work while we are getiin ourselves in
TO condisbn TO save the kentry at Bas.
CONS? shudder TO think wat wood
happen ef Miss Mirandy Pogram shood
refOose TO do the m.lkin and butter.
maxim, and help at the plantin, and
savin the craps. The good old Deekin
wood bav to resine his place at Bas-
CONS and do it bisself, and I-where
wood my subsistence come from? We
amt got no niggers TO do Cur work
now, and somebody must do it. We
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
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A Threatened Calamity.

The type founders trust has Just
offered another advance OF 3 cents per
pound on type metal in exchange for
type at an advance averaging nineteen
cents owing TO the advanced cost OF
material. On the same basis, the total
advance in the prices of metal has
been or $ cents, and In type an aver
age OF about 30 cents per pound. II
there should be another cent or two
advance in the cost OF material" new
publ cations would have to be "run
of" on typewriters. Linn Creek Re.
veille.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11
They Don't Track .

Predictions of cool summer and
the announcement that Senator Till
man will make a lecture tour are as
contradictory as gee-haw.-St. Louis
Globe. Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-11

For calarrh, let me send you free,
just to prove merit, trial size box of
DIR. Shops Catarrh Remedy. 1t is u
snow white, creamy, healing antiseptic
balm that gives instant relief to catarrh
OF the nose and throat. Make the free
test and see. Address DR.. Shoop, Ra.
cine, Wis. Large jars SO cents. Sold
by all dealers.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
TRAIL NO |.

We the committee of sheepmen rec.
commend the foil wing described trail
across the Western Division of the
Heppner Reserve. On the old estab-
lished trail commencing at point
where the Lone Rock and Haystack
road intersects the reserve on the n. in
TIP. 6 s. S r. "A E. and thence along
the dividing ridge between the waters
OF Kalher creek, Haystack creek on one
side and Wall creek on the other and
thence leaving the ridge between Wall
and Kalher creeks to point near the
Rocky ridge horse corrall and follow
the most practical route to point about
3, mile below the junction of Wall and
Wilson creeks, thence n. f. one mile to
top of rim between Big and Little Wall
creeks, thence E. to Monument 6nd
Heppner wagon road.
J. H. Wyland, l.. A. Miller, Geo.
Perry, W. W. Steiwer. T. J. Merrill, R.
J. Carsner.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
TRAIL NO =.

Htppner, Oregon, Feb. % 1907. Hon.
D. 3. Shelter, Sir
We, the joint committee of sheep and
cattle men from the Eeastern District
the Heppner Forest Reserve, wouli
recommend that trail No. ,, beginning
at a point where the Monument County
road intersects the North boundary Of
the Reserve, be amended in that said
trail shalt be one half mile wide from
the beginning point to the S. w. quar-
ter OF Sec. 6, T s. R. 2S E. W. NJ,
and the balance of said trail shall be
one-quarter mile wide, except stop
over or camp one half mile square
where the old trail crosses the Grosuen
land on Mallory Creek, and also stop
over or camp on East side OF main Pot
amns Creek. one half mile wide and one
mile up and down the creek thence
East to reserve boundary.
(Signed by same committee as above.)
TRAIL NO. 3.
Beginning at Boots Camp; thence in
a southeasterly direction along county
road past Arbuckle Springs; thence
about miles along said road to forks
on ridge between Ellis and Pole creeks;
then down the ridge along this road to
crossing of Ellis Greek thence around
the head of Deep Greek. along the
ridge between Deep and Matlock creeks
to where it intersects trail No. > on the
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28

south to township line at s. w. corner
of Sec. "a, T. S., 2S E. w. NJ. thence
sonth to boundary line at s. w. corner
of Sec. s, T. S. r. % E. W. NJ. thence
East following boundary line to place
of beginning.
Geo. L. Horsman, J. D. French, 81.
B. Gil man, G. A. Minor, John Kill
/ kenny, w. B. Barratt.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28

The work required both day and
night sessions from Tuesday after
noon until Saturday evening at
s o'clock when the work was fin
ished. The reports follow:
Heppner. Oregon, Feb, %, 1907. Hon.
D. b, Sheler, Forest Superintendent,
| Sir
We, your committee of cattle and
sheey men for the Eastern Division OF
the Heppner Forest Reserve, do hereby
agree to set aside for the Willow Creek
cattlemen, the following described ter
titory, to wit:
Commencing at the N. f. corner Of
Sec. is, TIP. S. R 20 f thence run
ming three miles West to N. w. corner
of :Sec. IA; thence South IL miles
thence East z mile; thence South d
mile; thence East mile; thence South
IA miles, thence East to intersect the
Arbuckle and Boots Camp wagon road
thence following the old Arbuckle road
in northerly direction to the place of
beginning at the N Z. corner of Sec. IS.
We further agree that that part of the
reserve living east of the following line
shall be used exclusively for cattle and
horses, viz: Beginning at the N. w.
corner of Sec. "a, T. 4 S., R % E. NJ.
thence south miles, to the S. w. cor
ner of Sec. So, thence East l mile to S.
E. corner Of said section, thence South
miles to South reserve boundary, at
n E. corner of Sec. SO, T. 5 s., r 90 E.
w. NJ.
Geo L. Horsman, J. d. French, II.
B. Gilman. G. A. Minor, John Xii
kenny, W. B. Barrat..
Heppner, Ore on, Feb. 23, 1907. Hon.
D. B. SheIIer:-
We, the Joint committee of sheep and
cattle men for the Eastern Division OF
Heppuer Forest Reserve, do hereby
agree to set aside for the Madison Butte
cattlemen the following described terri
| tory:
Commencing at the n. W. corner OF
Sec. 10, T. S. r. q +. w. M. thence
running due East to the y. F. corner OF
| Sec. 20 thence south miles to the :.
f. corucr of Sec. "a; thence West /
miles t. the S, W. corner of Sec. 81 ;
thence north to place of beginning, all
in I. 5 :, Il. y, Z. ". VI.
We further recommend that the
cattlemen from the lower Potamus have
the following described territory:
Commencing at S. w. corner of Sec.
SO, T. s, Il 2S E. W. NJ. thence l
mile North ; thence miles East; thence
! IL miles north thence , miles west
thence dagonallv across 5. W. quarter
of Sec %, to the s. W. corner; thence
West 3. miles to n. f. corner of Sec
25 thence north Imile; thence West
y mile thence north mile; thence
West mife; thence north mile
thence West ! mile, thence south l
mile; thence East = mile; thenc