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The Washington times., 1909-03-05
WILL EXTEND MEET
At TAMPA A WEEK
Request Of HOrsemen Grant
ed, Owing to Delay at
Jacksonville Track.

TAMPA. Fla, March at the re-
quest OF the hOrsemen who are racing
their runners at this course. il has been
practically decided 10 continue the
meeting for another week The main
reason for the owners desiring an ex-
tensioa Of time is that the new course
at Jacksonville viii not throw open its
gates until the 10Th. and if this assO-
ciatior wound up its successful meet
on the coming Saturday it would mean
a wait Of nearly two weeks.
While the officials have not given
a definite answer 20 the petition, IL IS
said semi-Ofhciauy that il viii be act
81 on faEorabLN.
The Washington times., 1909-03-05

Graw can push over another penuant
winner and achieve his now GreatesJ
ambition Of overtUrning the wonderful
Cub machine.
SeYenth-HOw the White Sox will
fare without the redOubtable and crafty
Fielder Jones at the helm.
EiGhth-HOw the OId-tine rrarvels-
Waddell. Brown. MatheWSOE. Donovan.
joss, Walsh, and others of equal or like
Ik-cone across, and how the great and
only Cyrus Denton Young will look after
his twentieth season on the big league
firing line.
Nlnth-Whether some new wonder will
supplant Ty Cobb in the American or
Honus Wagner IN the National when II
comes to supremacy with The ash flrni-
tuTe.
Tentn-WEetheT or not Hughey Jen-
Mugs can set g new American League
record by winning his third straight
pennant-nO other previous lineup in
Ban JOhnsOr's circle ever having Won
over two in a row
The Washington times., 1909-03-05

First-The showing George StaIlings
makes with the New York American
League outfit from the wreckage OF 1908
Second-The showing Clark Griffith
makes With the sadly jumbIed Cincinnati
team that has been waiting in vain for
a mOgul to lead it out OF the wilder
ness
Third-Whether or not the Cubs can
win their fourth straight pennant and
set a new record.
FoUrth-Whether or not the Cubs can
win their third worlds championship
and thereby set a record that is likely
C. stand
Fifth-WhetheV or not Nap Iaioie is
to come into his own ar last and upset
the fates with ClevPla0d's first pennant
wipaer in twenty-eight years of big
league campaigning.
SsxtE-Whether or not Johnny Nc
The Washington times., 1909-03-05
DICKSON IN CHARGE
OF LEHIGH SPORTS
Famous Penn Player Gets Berth
as Director of Athletics
at Bethlehem.
at Bethlehem

SOUTH BETHLEHEM March S.
The Onice Of director of outdoor ath-
Ietics AT Lehigh University was Gre
ated today by the authorities and
'By'' Dickson. the famous University
Of Pennsylvania football and baSeba
player, V as made director by the ath-
letic committee.
Director Dickson for the past three
years mas coached Lehigh's football
team.
He viii now personally coach the
baseball and football teams and have
general oversight OF the coaching OF
the other outdoor teams. EfT. Dickson
will reside here.
The Washington times., 1909-03-05
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
THAT FACE COMING SEASON
FIGURED BY INGENIOUS FAN
Will Griffith Save Cincinnati Team ?-Wl Cubs Main
tain Supremacy? Cobb Hold His Own
And Then Some.


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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

The literal strictness OF German
rules and regulations has always beer
a matter of amusement to other nations
which do not insist so rigidly on the
letter Of the law. A writer in the
Washington Star recently told a story
illustrating this point Two men
Schmidt and Krauss, met one morning
In the park.
"Have you heard" said Schmidt, 'tht
sad news about Muller?"
NO" said Krauss. What is it?'
"Well, poor Muller went boating or
the river yesterday. The boat capsizet
and HE was drowned. The water was
ten feet deep"
"But couldn't he swim"
swim? Don't you know that al
persons are strictly forbidden by the
police to swim in the river?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

ther to the north is Death Valley. and
as one looks out the car window he oc
raslonally sees mirage that may be
anything from a green-felded farm
house to ship sailing in the clauds
bottom side up.
Governments Great Projects.
However, all this is to be changed
AT Yuma the government has made a
start toward supplying water to the
desert, and while the task may not be
completed for years, part Of the arid
land will be reclaimed within the next
two yenrs. The undertaking now un.
der way consists of damming the Colo
RADIO River at Yuma and dverting It's
waters into two channels by means Of
which the adjacent country on both
sides Of the stream will be watered.
About $4,000 acres of land will be
made productive by this work alone.
By similar means 1900 acres will be
reclaimed In northern California.
The government has also done some
thing and is doing more to bring back
to life some Of Nevada's 81 ,00O,OOO dead
acres. At Truckee the melting noun
tain snow is diverted to the parched
tracts far below in the valley. The
work has already progressed 20 far
that water has been turned on to so
900 acres, and within a few months
irrigation bitches will be ready to sup
ply LOCO more eighty-acre farms. This
is only start. Of course, and does
not amount to much. But when the
fact is considered that the government
has enough arid land in Nevada to
make two states as large as New York
1t Is evident that the small start that
has been made Is but the forerunner
of great finish.
Conduit Through Mountain.
Out In what is known as the "Gunni-
son country" In Colorado, another gl-
gantic undertaking is under way. At
the bottom of Gunnison canyon Is Il
picturesque little stream called the
Gunnison River, that up to this time
has served no other useful purpose
than to Increase the beauty Of the seen
ery and hold speckied trout to lure
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Early in the Congressional career Of
Mr.. Blaine, says writer in the New
York Tribune, when Thaddeus Stevens
died, who for ten years had domina ted
Congress. Mr.. Blaine, who entered the
House the same year MS the late Sen
ator Allison, remarked to friend In
the rotunda Of the Capitol. THE death
of Stevens is an emancipation for the
Republican party. He kept it under
his heel"
"Whom have you got left for lead
ers?" queried the friend.
There are three young men coming
forward" was Mr.. Blaine's re,ly
There Is young man to be heard
from, pointing to Allison, who was
passing. james A. Garfield is an
other"
There was a pause, and the friend
asked, "Well, who Is the third?'
Mr.. Blaine gazed up In the dome, and
said quietly, 81 don't see the third"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

In the irrigation business 1t Is pour
ing out money like water for the pur-
pose of getting water. At this very
moment the government has under way
twenty-eight tremendous irrigation
projects, as the result of which water
will be turned on to more than half a
million acres Of land this year. At
Roosevelt Ariz., for instance, public
funds are being expended to throw
across Salt River n dam 2S4 feet high
that will hold back enough water to
put a slice two feet thick over the
whole state of Rhode Island The dam
Will not be finished until 1910, but
when it is completed it will convert
into gardens 100000 acres around Phn-
nix that are now good only for the buz-
yards to fly over. The agricultural de-
partment has analyZed the soil and
found that 1t Is remarkably fertile !;
the climate cannot be excelled, and, as
soon as the water comes, no region
will be more productive.
Then there is California. Anyone
who has ever entered the Golden State
at the little southern town called "The
Needles" doubtless remembers his
amazement that the state should be
called the land of sunshine, fruit and
nowers.' The sunshine is there all
right. but the fruit and flowers can he
found only in the dining car. Outside
there is only sand, sand, sand-mil-
lions Of acres Of it, as far as the eye
can reach-and cactus bushes. It's the
lower end Of the Moiave Desert Fur
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

AT the rate scientists are discoverin;
pretty much every kind of food of hu
man consumption it is likely to become
Il serious question how a man may eat
at all and maintain healthy body. The
yegetarians have done their best to de
pict the terrors Of a meat diet, and now
the vegetarians are confronted by a
Buffalo physician who has it all worked
out that vegetables cause cancer. Can
Ger, off and on, has been laid to to-
matoes, oysters and lager beer. Now
this physician, in paper read to the
Buffalo Academy Of Medicine, lays 1t to
cabbage, celery, onions, lettuce and the
like. His contention is that the com
mon garden worm is the source Of the
parasite which produces cancer. The
worm crawls over the vegetable. infect
Ing the plant. Even boiling, it is de.
clared, will not kill the parasite. Bese'
on every hand by some terror, 1t seems
to be a problem in this poor, old, germ
infected world whether to starve to
death or take one Of the parasite OIL
bacilli routes. There certainly Is rea-
son in nature, If we must accept all the
theories and discoveries" for the new
school Of psychological dietarinns which
holds that the cravings Of appetite and
the inner man may be satisfied in the
main without any tangible. physica
form of food. Once the psychological
theory is established on practical
basis. however, watch out for somebody
to discover the germs Of measles, diph
iberia, appendicitis and lot more all
ments in the psychic waves that operate
to appease hunger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Salt Lake Valley need be told what the
When the Mormons went to Utah the
country around Salt Lake was as DESC
late as the mind could picture. Now
the River Jordan winds through as
beautiful a country as lies outdoors.
Water did 1t all-water from the river
and water from the mountains that
was sluiced over the land. And in that
state the United States government
owns more than 100000 of other
thirsty acres.
The national government also has
large holdings in twenty-four other
states and territories. Uncle Sam owns
enough land in New Mexico, for In
stance, to make two states almost as
large as New York and Indiana !;
enough in Montana to make another
commonwealth far exceeding In area
tie great State Of Illinois and enough
in Nevada to make twelve states as
large as New Jersey. He could carve
out five states as large as Massachu-
setts from what he owns in Idaho, and
seven vermonts from his unused lands
in Arizona. And that is saying nothing
about his 100000 acres in North Da-
kota, his 100000 acres in Oregon, his
100000 acres in Washington, and his
100000 acres in California and his
24,00O,0OO acres in Colorado.
Some Of this land has nothing but
gold and silver In it. The rest of 1t Is
heavily freighted with the latest posi-
billties of potatoes. alfalfa. wheat, oats,
corn and fruit All that this latter
class Of soil needs to make it produc-
tive is water. In the old days this
seemed to be an insurmountable dill
Guilty. Arid land boomers talked to
their prospective customers In vain.
This land needs only water and
good society to make the country a
paradise" said one of these gentry, ac-
cordinS to an old Joke.
That's all the Internal regions
need" retortcd the traveller from the
East. who had Kentucky relatives.
Busy with Irrigation.
But things have changed since then.
The government has become very busy
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

They have bankers row" at JolIe.
prison, and It has been ChlcaSo's for.
tune to furnish most OF its inmates
Stensland Is there. Van vlisslrgen is
now there. In Van Vllssingen's cls,
the machinery Of the law had no obsta
cles. No hlgh-prlced lawyers fought tc
save the culprit from punishment OF
flimsy technicalities. The guilty mans
conscience saved the state the time and
expense Of long trial. These TRACE
dies In the business world read tlsall
own lesson. A career Of crime can only
be prolonged to a certain limit. 1t is
fortunate when the crash comes before
Innocent victims have widespread hard
ship and misery inflicted on them. But
the crash will come sooner or later
Like others Of his class, Van Vlissln.
gems first wrong step led him to take
others. His "endless chain" of irregu
larities WAS not endless, after all. II
his case the losers are fortunately moi
small bank depOSitOrs. But a man OF
his type Is as demOraliZing to the bust
ness world as the roDber OF bank say.
ings or the swindler of widows and
orphans. 1t Is a high tribute to the
general integrity Of the financial world
that moral lapses, as in Van Vlissin
gems case, evoke no maudlin sympathy
Swift and stern justice is the only saf,
deterrent for others with tendency
toward dalliance with temptation.
felon's cell must be made grim reality
for crimes of this nature. The higher
the former estate, and the greater the
fall, the more certainly is the adagc
that THE wages of sin is death" proved
true.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Cooking schools are an old story, and
special courses in domestic science have
been in operation for some years in
more than one city. Probably the first
institution, already established for gen
eral culture, to undertake household
economies for women is Kings College,
london. The university housewife will
receive her degree for three years
work in all that mistress of home
needs to know, from laboratory prac-
tice in scrubbing to the theory Of home
decoration and the law of landlord aid
tenant.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

the yield from fifteen cherry trees for
two hundred and forty dollars. Another
received forty-nve hundred dollars for
the peaches which he raised on three
and half acres third sold his nine
acre pear crop for the same amount.
and still another got eleven hundred
and fifty-nye dollars from three acres
of potatoes. The Yakima valley is pa
culiarly adapted to fruit-raisIng, but
there is no reason why farmers else
where may not increase the yield Of
their land by adopting some Of tht
methods successfully used there.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

China can never go back into the
dark. 1t has been brought too far into
contact with the world of ideas and
action now to revert to the ancient type
western ideas are firmly planted in tne
Chinese soil, but, nevertheless, there
has been great work Of preparation
there to insure an eventual roofing of
civilization as the West conceives the
term.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

What can he done with intensive
farming and irrigation is shown in a
circular recently issued by the CONNER
cial Club of North Yakima, Wash
One farmer received ten thousand dol
lars for the apples from his fifteen
acre orchard. Apples sell for dollar
and a quarter box. and the yield runs
from Ave hundred to two thousand
boxes an acre. The man who raised
the ten-thousand-dollar apple crop sold
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
When George Grey Barnard's statues

When George Grey Barnard's statues
were exhibited recently In the Boston
Art Museum, one piece, "The Hewer."
was set up outdoors on plot of green.
This is said to be the first case of a
temporary exhibit Of statuary in pub
lie square, and 1t establishes sug-
gestive precedent VIII not more people
see work Of art If 1t is placed on a
thoroughfare than I'm a museum, and
may not the time come when exhibits
Of statues will pass from one public
park to another throughout the coun-
try?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Prince Won Buelow refers to Germany
AZ parvenu among the nations. There
are many people who will find 1t diff
cult to understand how Germany can
feel hurt owing to the fact that sho Is
hlamed for being young.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
History In July.

In at least four countries perhaps
the most important event in their his
tories was recorded In July-namely
the establishment of their independ.
ence. In our own history we have the
memorable Fourth Of July, while the
patriotic efforts of the liberator Simon
Bolivar for the independence of Vene,
zuela were consummated on July 8
Colombia Kidding herself of the Spanish
yoke on July 20. Then there-is France
with her July IA, marking the date
when the suffering French people
stormed the famed and fearsome Bas-
tile. The Spanish forces at Santiago
Cuba, capitulated on July 16.
There is entirely too much remedy In
this country that Is not applied.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Sometimes a man proves that he Is
great through his ability to recognize
greatness in others. 1t Is In this way
that Boswell won his fame. The city
Of Litchfeld, England, the birthplace Of
Johnson. has lately erected statue OF
Boswell near that Of Johnson himself.
BOsweIs Life of Johnson" Is still re-
garded as the greatest biography in
history
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

John ID. Rockefeller's testimonials to
his non-cOersive methods in acquiring
rival companies as the kind have al
ways used; | have used no other" will
sound familiar to the readers Of soap
advertisements.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

We can see no reason why anybody
should seek to kill the Kaiser by wreck
Ing the royal train, or in any other
way. He is good and obedient mon
arch
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
people.

Tradition seems to have sustained a
hard jolt through the fact that it was
not the German empress who talked
too much.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

A Kansas man who married a school
Aa'am complains that his wife always
assumes a dictatorial attitude whenever
she hears the school bell ringing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Now who would ever have suspected
that such a kindly disposed old soul as
Uncle Edward Of England would have
taken the trouble to poster anybody!
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

How the Gar Of Russia must despise
the Emperor Of Germany for permit
tirg a legislative body to lay down
rules of conduct for him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
cutie tho Contrary,

The Sympathetic Friend-It must be
very hard to lose money at the races.
Smith Ia plunger) er)-Hard Hang It.
old chap, it's the easiest thing in the
world London Opinion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

A fellow doesn't always know where
to place his sympathy. A Massachu-
sets man with fifty children was ar
rested for non-support of recently ar
rived twins.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
UNCLE SANS PR0DI6AI GFIS
m FROM IHE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Government Has Given to Sttrs H. Acres and Has
More lhaa Enough eft TO Make -Four states as Large
as Te1as-VaSt Projects OF Irrigation.

No wonder the world calls us rich.
What other country could make the
prodigal gifts to its people which Un-
Gle Sam has made from the public do
main. This government has already
given to settlers 100000 acres Of
land.
But what the government has given
away is only a small garden in COM
parison with what it has to give. The
public domain, taking into considera-
ton land of all sorts, good and bad
amounts to the colossal sum of 754,-
S9J,2 acres-more than enough to
make four states as large as Texas
1t is true that almost half Of this vast
area Is in Alaska. where farms will
always be about as valuable as as they
are at the north pole But it is also
true that there 2GO,OOO,OOO acres Of
public land In the United States proper
that, sooner or later, will be devoted
to agricultural purposes. In the arid
West 1t Is all matter OF getting water
on the land. In the cut-Over timber
regions OF the numbering states all that
Is needed is to keep eff the forest fires
and give the soil an opportunity to re-
cuperate
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

A Boston woman is suing for divorce
because her husband threw pie in her
face. 1t must not have hit the right
spOf
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

The people of France are drifting
around to the point where they are
In favor Of more babies-for other
people.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

One trouble with 4 universal Ian
guage Is that so many men could not
stay at home long enough to learn it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

Isn't It about time for another change
u the style of our 2-cent postage
stamps?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05

a cat has fed a Connecticut town
that voted dry. 1t probably was scared
away by blind tiger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-05
Water Did 1t All,

The United States government owns
In Utah, for instance, more than
enough land to make another state ns
large as Michigan. Nobody who has
ever climbed the foothills of the Wah-
satch Mountains and seen what Brigh-
am Young and his followers did for
New-York tribune., 1909-02-20
RECEIVERSHIP DELAYED.
Justice ErLdnger Postpones 4ppoint-
nent in Washington Life Case.

Justice Eranger postponed yesterday the aP-
pointrnent of q receiver for the Washington Lie
Insurance Company in the action brought by VIII
lam Hepburn Russell until Tuesday He suggested
that counsel hold conference and try TO agree on
some man to be appointed. Henry A Ruolno. OF
counsel for the Washington Life and the Plttspurg
Life and Trust Company, refused 10 take part IN
any such conference.
Justice Erlanger said he would like ex-Justice
Hatch senior counsel for the defendants. to be in
court on Tuesday. Mr.. Rubino said Mr. Hatch was
in Oklahoma to take part in a case and would not
return for three weeks Judge Hatch Issued Few
dsvs ago q statement criticising the decision Of
Justice ErIanger 10 appoint receivers
Mr Russell appeared yesterday for himself with
James A Byrne and Ezra ". Prentice. Deputy At
torney General was in court to watch the case for
his Office and for the State Insurance Super1n-
tendent-
This acton was begun by me-" said Mr.. Rus
sell. because 1 had become satisfied that- unoer
the laws Of New York, neither the Insurance De-
partrnent the Superintendent OF Insurance nor the
Attorney General Of the State Of New York had
any statutory power authority TO right the
wrongs perpetrated by this transaction. In my
judgment It only by an application 70 court
Of equity could have these wrongs remedied
Mr.. Rubino wished 1t noted that he appeared
specially for the Pittsburg company to object 70
the jurisdiction of the court and that he made no
general appearance.
Justice Erlanger said he might appoint two re-
ceivers so that one could always be IN attendance
and look after the details. If the counsel could
agree on one man who would inspire confidence, he
said he would be glad appoint him. Nj Rus
sell favored two receivers. Mr. Rubino said his
clients did not recognize the need OF receivership
Albany, Feb. 19.-Announcement was made to-
night by Superintendent William H. Hotchkiss OF
the State Insurance Department that he had called
a conference of al parties to the action in Albany
before Tuesday Counsel for the Pittsburg Life and
Trust Company and the Washington Life and for
Mr.. Russell expected 10 attend.