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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
MARY Belts TWENTY CENTS.
New York Spent $37.9O to Liquidate
It's Indebtedness to Her.


It's Indebtedness to Her.
MARY Belts must be paid" said
Comptroller Metz, icily, to his subor-
dinates, according to the Cincinnati
Times-Star's New York correspondent.
''The books show the city owes her 20
cents. Straighten that account out"
What Metz says goes with his clerks.
They found the account. Then they
found Mary.
go long wild yees," said Mary I'm
hard worrkin' woman. I'll not be
bothered with 20 cints.'
The clerks explained to her that
she must be bothered with It. She
had to come to the Office in person and
sign voucher, 80 the city's books
might be Strengthened out.
AN pay tin cints car fare an lose
me time? l will not" said Mary.
So they got an appropriation through
one Of the side issues of the city for
that car fare. A clerk was sent over
with it. Mary came to the city hall.
The man who had the account in
charge wasn't there.
"Ye're jOkin' wild me, b'ys," said
Mary. "I'll crack the dial av tn mkt
man that comes blandandherln about
me wild his story Of twenty cints."
So all the clerks in the city took
a day off and signed affidavits and
vouchers and initiated paper and car
ried on something scandalous, until at
last voucher was mailed to Mary.
Fine" said Metz. That's business.
That's the way the city does Its work"
Deputy Comptroller Phillips shifted
one Of those long, moose call shifts
that sound like call to battle. "You
are right, Mr.. Metz said he, making
every syllable count. THAT is pre-
cise-ly the way the city does business.
1t cost $3.50 to pay Mary's 20 cents"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

weather happens to follow such treat
ment the damage to the crop is much
increased When not followed by
some form Of cultivation that will level
down the ridges left by the large shovel
cultivator, the ground will dry out
quite deeply and in the burrows be-
tween the ridges this drying readily
reaches the roots Of the corn. To
obviate this as much as possible, when
the old-fashioned large shovels are
used, the work should be followed as
soon as possible with something to
level down the surface. Unless there
is something to be gained by 1t, deep
cultivation should not be followed
Oklahoma Station.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

Give growing pigs food to produce
bone and muscle rather than fat.
The pig should have a warm, dry
bed kept clean and free from dust.
No domestic animal responds so
quickly to good treatment as the hog.
Thrifty hogs turn grains into money
quicker than any other domestic ami.
NAL.
The thrift and condition Of the moth.
er determine to great extent what
the pig will be.
When hog has to be driven to his
feed usually mistake has been made
in his feeding.
When fed dry shelled corn is more
economical than cornmeal to feed b
fattening hogs
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
Plans for Farm Barn.

The many very marked changes In
farm life would lead one to believe
that the large farm is, or soon will be,
a thing of the past The high price
Of farm help, the necessity for better
cultivation and farming, fewer and
better bred stock, better care of stock,
better buildings for housing the hay,
grain and stock, has or soon will bring
the small farm, and, SO planned and
arranged that greater variety Of prod
ucts are raised.
Many instances are known where the
man who had struggled for years with
200 to 800 acres, barely made living,
and of doubling their income by sim
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

try and hogs. The studding are 10
feet and the lower story is 8 feet !;
the COW stalls are of cement, with gut.
ter, and all stalls have pounded clay
floors. 1t will pay to plaster the walls
and ceiling of the cow barn with ce-
ment. After the silo has been used for
several years. 1t Is intended to lath
and plaster 1t with cement.
1t VIII pay to use good material
throughout, provide good foundation
and roof, and to keep all exposed wood
work well painted.
AS the various climates demand
slightly different construction, and the
lumber used is not the same in ali
sections, 1t would be simply a waste OF
valuable space.to describe them here
j. e. Bridgman, In st. Paul Dispatch
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

the same floor covered with scraps Of
carpet; and that sani-
tary receptacles can be had for the
asking, which make it possible to ex-
pectorate without endangering the lives
Of whole family.
1t would be well indeed IL these ex.
hibitions could be given in every town
and village In the country.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
The Ever MObiIized,

Rudyard Kipling recently attracted
attention by eulogizlng the medical
profession in an address. He said that
physicians made up a permanently
modified army, which always is in
action, always Is under fire against
death. ."-Argonaut.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
A venomous Comparison.

Utaplace-Why are those Russian
labor organizations like rattlesnake? =?
Parcavenue-Give 1t up.
Utaplace-Because they expend 80
much venom when they strike though
they get ratified at the end.-Balti-
more American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
Breeding Corn,

Prof. R. A. Moore says that pains
taking In breeding corn has raised the
average corn production in Wisconsin
from 20 bushels per acre in 1901 to
41.2 bushels per acre In 1907. This in.
crease is worth striving for in every
State and on every farm.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

pasture to another
while cows are
confined to one. As
shown, the hanger
is a piece Of strap
Iron bent around
the post and sup
ported by pegs.
These pegs may be
inserted in holes
at varying heights.
This is also a good
device for raising
the gate above the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

The Legislatures of a
number of States are
again considering the an
Client question Of taxing
bachelors but why, asks
a heart specialist In the
st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, should bachelors be
taxed any more than old
maids? People grow hys-
terical over the declining
marriage rate, and rail
violently against men
who will not take upon
their shoulders the yoke
Of matrlmony. But is not
there something wrong
here? Are not the wom-
en- more at fault than the
men? Why, 1 have known
a young woman to re-
ceare seven offers of mar
riage between the ages Of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
Cultivation That Damare, Corn

The corn is often damaged by the
roots being broken in deep cultivation.
This is not the case to a serious ex-
tent early In the season, when the corn
is small, but the check to the crop may
be quite marked II cultivated deep
late in the season, when the corn has
reached height Of to feet or more,
particularly IL the previous cultivation
has been shallow or neglected. II dry
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
Easily Regulated Gote.

Inc gate hanger illustrated In the
drawing Is very handy for use where
1t Is desired to let hogs pass from one
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

The mean things done by those we
dislike never surprise us.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02

ADJUSTABLE HANGER. e".o "oo'e 'ho
snow in winter
sam Avery, In, Farm and Home.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
DESPERATION

TNERY possible aid. every device
L suggested by the experience Of
H practical politics. every variety Of
strategy every invention OF cunning.
every suggestion of craft, every sub
terfuge of guile, every energetic mall
genuity and every art and every arti-
flee are being used by the enemy Of
Los Angeles in his efforts 10 capture
and sack the city.
Despair is energizlng him The
worthlessness Of his cause is sharpen
ing his wits. Absolutely destitute OF
genuinely meritorious methods of vim
ming the battle, he is using for ammu-
milton the inelegant articles which pre-
ceded hand grenades in the history OF
warfare. The machine guns are being
operated by gunnecs who believe ethics
has no part in practical politics. and
could have given cards and spades,
both to O'Conna!l and his hshWiio.
Voters should recognize in the fan
tastic coruscation of the enemy's Ian
guage a warning to redouble the dill
gence of their efforts in behalf of good
governments There is energy in de-
spair. Craft and cunning sometimes
are derived from it. The enemy has
more fight in him than ever he had, and
although his weapons are dishonorable
he will use them for all he is worth
until the votes are counted.
Therefore, not until the votes are
counted can the good citizen afford to
disregard the contemplate tactics OF
the desperate foe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
OUR NAVY

z, ECRETARY MEYER proposes to
u roosevelt the navy, and accord
~ ing to Washington dispatches one
Of the results will be "henceforth the
officers who fight the ships are to have
more influence in the navy depart
ment. Chosen men from among them
are to be the official eyes and ears of
the secretary, laden with full respon-
sibility for their reports. but are not
TO be hands. The secretary will re-
lain his administrative and executive
power for his own exercise and that of
The assistant secretary of the navy"
Red tape and bureaucracy are the
twin terrors Of all sea dogs 1t is a
common saying among naval men that
n campaign conducted on paper is apt
10 turn out in such a different fashion
rom one conducted in real life that
he paper planners would be better en-
gagged i'm writing magazine articles.
Fortunate in most of it's national
public officials, America is especially
blessed in having secretary Of the
navy who recognizes and works in ac-
cord with the indisputable fact that,
other things being equal, the man on
the job knows more about the job
than the man in the bookkeeper's de-
nartrnfut
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
SAYS THERE ARE BUT FEW
CHRISTIANS IN MODERN DAYS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-GEditor
Herald: "A Christian" writes that he
was much perturbed at reading my
letter quoting the prophecy of Jesus
concerning the end of the world. But
he found in Luke 2124 the words TIN
the times of the Gentiles be fulhtled
and is now, presumably, greatly re
lieved. He is easily satisfied. II ne
had read on a little further he might
still be perturbed. ,,,s
"a Christian" takes the words ana
Jerusalem shall be trodden down OF
the Gentiles, till the times of the Gen :
tiles be fulfilled" and contends that
they account for the prophecy or the
end of the world not having been tul-
filed. It would be just as Logical 10
take verse q of the same cnapter:
"And then shall they see the Son OF
Man coming in a cloud and contend
that because the Son of Man has not
vet been seen coming in cloud tho
non-fulhllment of the prophecy that
he would be seem is explained.
Is there anything to snow thal
Christ believed the ''times OF the Gen =
tiles" would extend beyond that gen
Grafton? Certainly not. Ele SIMPLY
foreteus the destruction and subJu =
cation of Jerusalem as something that
would precede the end of the world
without setting definite time for It,
But he does set a fairly definite time
for the end of the world (MattheW'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
GAMBLING

4 OS ANGELES is not gambling
city 1t is not q headquarters
"A for Sports dead game or other
wise It is a clean, up-to-date metropo-
lis of homes, industries and general
business concerns. There is no room in
Los Angeles for any kind Of gambling,
aud The Herald refuses TO entertain
seriously the proposition that legalizing
any form Of gambling can make it any
less gambling. An anti-gambling or
dinance that does not eliminate that
peculiar form of playing for stakes
known as gambling for merchandise is
not a complete anti-gambling reform;
in fact, might easily become a specious'
insidious, mischievous fraud upon the
public, and lead more youths astray
BY its crafty sophistry than more
direct and fortnight approval of games
of chance. Let us suppress the gamb-
ling nuisance in Los Angeles in any and
every guise. The safety of our homes
demands this.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
WORK!

NONFIDENCE is an excellent quail
ity. 1t results in decided de-
~ cisive action. But when man is
confident beyond bounds he falls under
the spell of a curious mental condition.
He sits down and allows his confidence
to work for him.
And we know how much it accom-
plishes
Most of the people of this city are
confident of the success of Mayor
Alexander and the good government
ticket. They quote facts and figures.
They remind one another of the re-
suits of the primaries. They point out
the fact (Which is indisputable) that
all the arguments are on one side and
that the opposition to good government
has not advanced a single argument
worthy of the name; that in despair
Of appealing to the reason of the voters
it is resorting to mud-slinging. Will
fication. name calling and general
linguistic mucking performed, be it
said, in a most crude and inartistic
manner.
We agree the enemy's ammunition is
beneath contempt. We agree the
enemy's tactics are puerile. We agree
his methods of discussion are of the
Bowery school. We agree that as a
narrator of facts he is rivaled only by
Baron Munchausen. We agree that 10
is repelling well-bred people by the In
decencies of his silly substitutes for
argument
And yet we would say, BE not con-
ident overmuch for the activity that
is pernicious may be depended on TO
outgeneral, outnank and outmarch in
activity no matter how mastery"
There is only one danger to good gov
ernment in Los Angeles. That danger is
not in the character or in the caliber Of
the enemy. who is daily hosting himself
with his own petards. But that danger
is in the overconfidence of excellent
citizens who may think the battle for
good government well begun is all
done when as matter of fact it is
only half done and the most important
part of the work yet remains to be
accomplished.
From now until election day and on
election day it is the duty of every
citizen who is interested in good gov
ernment and in the progress and pros
perity of Los Angeles to do his level
best for the cause of good government
and for the progress and prosperity Of
Los Angeles.
BE confident. BE courageous. Have
the courage Of your confdence-the
courage of your political convictions.
But remember. FAITH WITHOUT
WORKS Is DEAD.
You can have all the faith, all the
confidence it is possible for any human
being to have, but without works. that
is to say unless you put your faith
into practice, it viii have no results.
Work for good government. Vote for
good government. And by working
and voting, earnestly advising and urg-
ing all your rAighbors and your friends
to vote. you win help bring about that
triumph of the cause of good govern
nent in Greater Los Angeles which is
assured if you Will work in the spirit
of your faith and be as active as you
are Jealous.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
MASS MEETING

NOOD speakers and topics of alb
eT sorbing interest to every citizen
~ will attract the biggest audience
of the campaign to the Good Govern
ment rally at simpson auditorium to-
night.
Capacious as the auditorium is, it
will not hold all the good citizens who
will desire to hear the mastery sum
ming up of the issues of this memor-
able campaign by well known speakers
of great ability, and undoubtedly ar
rangements will DE made by Whica
some Of the speakers Will address over
flow meetings.
This campaign has been productive
of much oratory of unusual excellence
There is not another city in the United
States which can summon to the ac-
tive support Of any cause SO many
citizens who are able speakers as Los
Angeles has been able to summon in
this superbly well managed campaign
for civic righteousness ana for pros
perity.
Southern Pacific control Of the state
hoard of equalization cost Los Angc-
les half million dollars in taxes.
Smash the machine municipal ticket
Pulverize it! What Los Angeles does
not want is machine domination, rep
resented by Smith & Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
THE PEERS

L ORD LYTTON refrained from vot-
ing on the British budget "be-
u cause there is no proof the coun-
try opposes it,"
This should serve to remind us that
there are peers-and peers. Lytton is
the descendant of the author of THE
Last DAYS of Pompeii," which in mod
crn times, even when not perused in
the BulWer Lytton novel, is viewed by
admiring audiences at Pains pyrotech-
mics. Some of the peers represent fam
lies remarkable for recent achieve
ment. and buried among the decadent
Normans, under heaps of dodo dukes
and effete earls, may be found here
and there, gaspiug and protesting, some
unfortunate who is not really a peer"
but was showed into that mouldy mass
Of uselessness because he or his father
did something remarkable.
In the light of recent events Ameri-
cans begin to understand why certain
men fought for years the attempt of
the British Tories to give them the
right hand of fellowship and elevate"
them tn the peerage. No better or
more effective way of ridding the lower
house of a dangerous" Radical could
be devised than making peer of him
and drafting him into the gided cham
ber, willy nilly. The attempt to shelVa
to the peerage the great Commoner,
Gladstone, was resisted by that Grand
ola Man with all the force both Of his
wonderful oratory and Of his fiery tenn
per, which, when he let it loose, cowcd
any average "dook' of no matter how
venerable a vintage-beg pardon, peer
age-far more thoroughly than any
plain, everyday, commonplace horse
whipping could COW its victim.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
SAYS WRITER SHOULD LIVE
UP TO HIS OWN TEACHING

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 27.--[Editor
Herald: In n. HIS denunciation of
f. f. SIS argument of fatality he has
not yet convinced AL his readers that
man has a free will, or proven his
point.
No doubt r. II. is one of us, the
mass and in the rut. Let him prove he
has free will and get out of the hum
drum existence of the mass of Amer
lean workingmen, elevate, by force of
indomitable will, himself to the posi-
ton of a millionaire or prince of mer-
chants, or be supreme in someway and
then "show me-"
The championship of women alone
could be used as an entering wedge to
fortune and fame, as no doubt he
knows.
Use your powers. r. II. Don't miss
your calling and startle f. f. S. and
the rest of us by your meteor-lilSe ca
reer, through use of free will and your
other powers. Let us hear again from
T. II. through the Letter Box. B.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
ALEXANDER PROSPERITY

TURING the Alexander administra-
tion a sum in excess of $9,750,000
A. has been spent for new buildings
For the corresponding period of last
year the total sum invested in new
buildings was $2,5O0,0OO less. In the
machine days preceding good govern
ment an eight months record Of bank
clearings was SIP 100000. During the
days of Alexander prosperity the total
sum of bank clearings was increased
to almost $45O,OOO000.
Trade conditions in Greater Los An
geles are brisk. Business is booming
There is every incentive to citizens to
vote the Good Government ticket
There is every incentive not to tempt
Providence" by voting the machine
ticket. Hold fast TO that which is
GOOD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04

street car companies are frequently
the subject of vigorous kicks but
they certainly deserve great credit for
their aid in the upbuilding Of Los An
geles. The fve-cent fare which FOR d
long time has been in operation on the
Eagle Rock avenue line has helped
the city's growth in the direction OF
one of its most picturesque suburbs
and has helped the suburb. All the
suburbs of Los Angeles are easily
accessible, and that is one reason why
consolidation was pracueapl'
measure.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
THE MAYOR

A S THE campaign proceeds to ter
n mination that win be satisfactory
"A to all citizens who regard The
honor and virtue Of Los Angeles as
worthy of preservation, and progress
and prosperity worth striving for, some
public attention may well be devoted
to the manner in which Mayor Alex
ander is conducting his campaign"
our worthy mayor is ATTENDING
STRICTLY TO THE BUSINESS OF
THE CITY. No vote beggar or politi-
cal trickster he.
Ten hours a day solid, conscientious
work at the city hail, even at the height
Of the campaign on which his election
depends. That's the Alexander way
and the citizens of Los Angeles will
approve it in the Los Angeles way and
will return him to the office in which
he has made a splendid record for in
tegrity. efficiency and ability.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04

Mark and Luke are almost identical
on this poinD: "Verily, l say unto you.
this generation shall not pass till all
these things be fulfilled. Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my word
shall not pass away"
Could anything possibly be palmer
or more definite than that? I think
even "a Christian" win admit that
Christ meant the times of the Cen
tiles" would be fulfilled before the end
of the world. and as he does not set
a limit to the "times of the Gentiles"
and does set a time for the end IF
the world, I fail to see how the one
can be used to explain away the other.
The writer signs himself "a Chris
tian," which is doubtless a mlsnomer
There are no Christians, in the strict
meaning of the word. except among
the simplest and most Illogical people,
although most church members be-
lieve themselves to be Christians.
THOMAS
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
AT THE THEATERs

AUDIToRIUNI-"Tae Man from Home
NiASON-"Tbe Talk of Eev York"
BURBANK-'Th Heir 20 the Hoorah."
BELASCO-"TIe Climbers"
MAJEsTIC-"rae Singing Bandits"
ORPHEUM--NaudeFi
GRAND-"The Tenderfoot"
LOS ANGELES-NaHla,U.e
IISCHER'S-Nuz.cal comedy.
UNIQUE-NaudeylIl
OLYAIPIC--Musical tgavesty
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04

consists in taking for granted that
which has to be proved. He assumes
that Eusapia Paladino is a trickster'
whereas the many scientific men who
are investigating her say she is genu-
inc. And as she submits to any tests
they can devise, it is reasonable to
SUPPOSE that she is genuine. Val stone
built his argument on opinion, but
opinion is not science. This, however
is favorite argument by ultra-critics;
they start anywhere and admit all
loosely connected ideas into their argu-
ments, and generally succeed in prov
ing anything they want to prove.
p A. JENSEN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
CORRESPONDENT DISCUSSES
VAL STONES ARGUMENT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29.-TEditor
Herald: Having referred to Val
stones logic as containing gaps, I am
requested by a reader Of the Letter Box
to point out the gaps, that he also may
look through them, i'm order, as he says,
''to scotch error as it flies"
The fallacy in Val stones argument
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04

The worst evils that affect our local gov
ernment arise from and are the inevitable
result Of the mixing up OF the city affairs
with the party politics Of the nation and the
state. The lines upon which national parties
divide have no necessary connection win
the business of the city; such connections
open the way 10 countless schemes Of plum
der and civil orruption.--Theodore R0ose-
Welt
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
Public Letter Box

TO COREEs EsPONDENTs-Letters intended
for public Itien must be accompanied by the
name sid aaUrcss uf tHe W.I,r. lHe h, aid
gives the widest latitude to correspondents,
bot assumes no responsibility for their views,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04

Abraham Ruef convicted felon, with
a sentence Of fourteen years imprison-
meut hanging over him. is out on bail,
while petty offenders and misdemean
ants are serving their sentences to the
bitter end. IT may be legal but 1t
does not seem RIGHT Why this dis
elimination against poor and needy
criminals and in favor of rich or
powerful" rascals?