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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-28
Horses Wanted .

Aulger Rines will buy your horses
heavy draft horses, general purpose
horses or any other kind of horses.
He will also have horses for sale.
Apply to Aulger Rines or Arson
Howard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-28
Oan. 14-Jan. 2s)
PROGRAM OF EXAMINATIONS
Common School Certificates,

AZ princeton In tho court house, at Milaca
IN high school building, and at
Onamia In school building,
Feb. 4, s and 6, 1909.
Thursday, February 4.
FIRsT GRADE sTuD1Es.)
A. M.-S:00 Enrolment.
$3.50 Geometry.
1918 Physics.
P. M.-1:3O Algebra.
3:15 Physical Geography or General
History
Agriculture may be taken at any one OF the
above periods, and may be substituted fol
either geometry or Physical Geography.
Friday, February 5.
SECOND GRADE sruD1Es)
A. M.-6:0O Enrolment
$50 Professional Test.
$50 Spelling.
1000 Arithmetic.
P. Mile Geography.
2:45 Composition and Penmanship.
$3.50 Reading.
Saturday, February 6.
SECOND GRADE sruD1Es.)
A. M.-S:00 U. s. History.
9:45 English Grammar.
1880 Music.
P. M.-1:15 Physiology Hygiene.
2:45 Civics.
400 Drawing.
GUY EWING,
County Superintendent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-28
TOWN OF ONAMIA,

Cotton, Geo. M. 81. 90
Person, Chas.: ...3.82
Vandergren, A. C..1. 16
Erickson, Lars....1 81
LaMoreaux, Mrs. Az. 10
Mcclure, Mrs. NJ. Is. 40
Orion, Geo. A. 80. .1.42
Solder & Dahlin. 1914
Vendergren. Chas.. 20
Warren. T. j.
Young, T. F.. .6.M
Franklin, j. E. ..... .04
Haiden, G. and c.. IL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-28
A Horrible Hold-Up.

County Superintendent.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
..s23.ie5.392

Such liz the inglorious story OF our trafnc
with our greatest European customer. And
England IL adding TO It's cotton spindlcs ut
the rate Of more than 1000 o every 80 days.
In the last IL months this increase In the
United Kingdom was 1896. 900. And every
new mill and every new spindle In England
Is erected with the confidence that the raw
cotton can be obtained from the American
planter at prices which beggar him.
King Cotton on a British Throne.
Cotton Is the worlds king. but II sits on
n British throne,
Last year we exported n little over 200.
10000 yards OF piece goods. valued at SIS.
O0O. 900. but at the same time the United
Kingdom was selling abroad more than
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

5000 900 900 yards, valued ut more than siO0% 100000!
II YOU confront the ordinary iublant statistician with
the cold analysis Of our unsuccess abroad the rejoinder
IN apt to be that, after all. America for many years has
had a favorable balance OF trade" In a recent optt
mlstic review Of Americas foreign coms+-rce II In set
forth with much citation that the excess OF exports over
imports In the past fiscal year amounted In value to
SAC. O00,0 900. But to get those figures we had to count
In sis2. 100000 worth OF raw cotton shipped abroad; and
II we cross out raw cotton from the record our foreign
commerce reveals an export trade considerably less than
our import. and as manufactured cotton Is sold abroad
through no enterprise on the part OF America. but 10
rather a traffic resulting from our neglect OF our oppor'
tunity, there Is nothing In the mere totals OF our foreign
traffic TO warrant the complacency Of our statesmen.
There was a time when Yankee packets carried
American wares around the world, but We have aban-
doned our ships and they have all but vanished from the
seas. The federal hand has been busy building break
waters. scooping out harbors and deepening waterways.
Now We are cutting a channel through the hemisphere,
Conscious Of our strength and In the presence Of bewil
dering achievements at home. we find II dlficult to
realize that our dominion pauses ut the shores OF our
seas. The decline OF our merchant marine from the days
OF our great achievements Is not the result OF any de-
crease In our national yigor. The energy and genius Of
the American people have simply been withdrawn from
the sea. We have expended our ingenuity and strength
and riches in exploiting the continent. or at least the
northern and western part OF II, with the result that We
have developed between the two great oceans the most
successful industrial nation the world has known.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

manner. to jewelod whips and dia'
mond pins presented by owners.
A certain Newmarket stable appren.
tice who has ridden several winners
this year rides without holding
In his mouth a piece Of straw. about
three inches long. which he found
while In the stable n day On the
back OF the hrst horse he was asked
TO ride In a C. For some unac.
countable cas- he regarded the
piece u straw AZ an omen OF good
luck. more particularly after he won
that lrst raes.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

Ing query OF all who suggest that the
idea is absurd.
On the other peak In the cemetery
In which are buried the poets mother
his daughter, several old friends of
the days Of 40. whose dying wish was
that they lie in the little brush
fence plot watched over by joaquin
Miller. Also In the cemetery are many
cats and dogs.
Towering up beside the cemetery,
and a landmark that can be seen
20 miles OF down In the valley
Is the great funeral pyre Of rough
stone Joaquin Miller fashioned with
his own hands. II In hollow and the
top Ia covered with iron grill work.
Inside this hollow space In piled sew
eral cords Of oil.soaked wood. At his
death the poets body will be placed
on top OF the pyre and the ashes that
remain will be scattered to the four
winds"
In dedicating his autobiography TO
the memory Of his parents, joaquin
Miller asks permission To Introduce
himself. for II really seems to me
that from the day | was suddenly
discovered and pointed out In Lon.
don ] have been an entire stranger
In my " land: the land | have
loved, lived for. battled for from
the first. As for that red.shirted
and hairy man bearing my name
abroad, and standing before kings
! never saw him. never heard OF
him until on returning TO my own
country | found that this unpleasant
and entirely impossible figure ever at.
tended and ever overshadowcd my
most earnest work"
So much doubt has shrouded Joaquin
Miller's parentage that his own state.
ment OF his early history has peculiar
Interest. MY cradle was a covered
wagon. pointed west" he writes. II
was born In a covered wagon, I am
told, at or about the time II crossed
the line dividing Indiana from Ohio.
wherein my mother was born. NV
mothers people were Dutch. not Ger.
mans, AS a been so often said and
they were the Oldest Dutch In the land.
My grandfather Miller. OF Scotch
stock. from Kentucky. fell at Fort
Meigs on the Maumee river. have
read he was an Officer. but hope and
believe he was OF the ranks. Please
let the dead patriot escape the perse.
eution OF IDIOTS seeking an ancestry
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
POET OF S|ERRAS'
Famous Old Joaquin Miller Busy
Compiling His Works.
Patriarch Explains Why Ne Has Re-
fused Tempting Offers to Lecture
Lives on Mountain Top over.
looking Frisco Bay.

San Francisco Sitting on the dooi
step OF his cabin home. The Hites.
1000 feet up In the mountains behind
Oakland. Joaquin Miller. the Poet OF
the sicrras," explained the other day
why he had refused m offer to tour
the United states aud England as q
lecturer.
Il was neither because the patriarch
poet Is averse to revisiting the scenes
OF his irst triumphs as an exponent
OF the native wonders OF the country
to the west Of the Rockies. o be.
cause n money lnducement was lack
Ing. The nature lover won't come
down out OF his mountain home until
he has finished his work Of compil
Ing a combination autobiography. his.
tory and all his poems he believes are
worth p~erpetuatins. There are to be
six volumes. and proofs OF the first
volume have just been delivered to
the author.
For many years. how many no n
on the mountain side oil In Oakland Is
able to say. Joaquin Miller has made
MS H"tuuVuhIN'Ih vi tue Dlk NWf'Hlhh
table land on the very top OF the noun.
tain overlooking San Francisco bay.
and al far back as the Oldest inhablt.
ants memory goes he has always sup
ported n Or more youthful, aspiring
artists and poets. To house these pro-
teges the poet has built from time to
time replicas OF his own cabin. until
to-day there are u dozen little. odd.
shaped buildings. each one containing
only u room and all with high
peaked roofs and stained glass win.
dows.
on n OF the two peaks rising above
the table land, 1000 acres In extent,
and all OF II the property OF the ven
cradle poet, II a great stone monu.
ment. erected by Joaquin Miller him.
self. and marking. 80 he declares with
apparent sincerity. the grave OF
Moses
III Moses isn't buried here. where
70 he buried" is the poets never fall
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

Bits Of skin Of famous racehorses
OF the past are very much priced by
superstitious Jockeys. who would az
soon think OF riding without q saddle
as without this peculiar talisman. II
q bit OF skin cannot be obtained the
jockey contents himself with a few
OF the hairs out Of u famous race.
horses tail.
One weli.known Jockey was In the
habit-and so far q the writer is
aware he continues the habit to-day
OF carrying a small prayer book In
his riding Jacket. Quite a romantic
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

story Is attached TO this mascot. II
vas sen to the jockey by an old lady
who. requiring a certain sum OF money
TO aid her daughter and not knowing
where TO get Il. had the Idea Of back.
Ing the horse ridden by this jockey.
She got n friend 70 make the bet.
and. the horse winning. she obtained
all the money she required. Two or
three days later the jockey received
the little prayer book. with q note on.
planning the circumstances and saying
Il Was the old lady's irst and last bet.
She would never forget the jockey.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
Diplomatic Lions.

Lions are said to walk about the
palace OF Emperor Meneiik or Abys.
slnia and injure no one. and are do.
ellie at the least sign from their mas.
ter. A Russian visitor demanded OF
Menelik how II raj that his gentle
pets respected such and such a Vial.
tor, They have scent" replied the
emperor. They know the smell of
an ambassador. They know they must
not cause trouble between me and
the foreign power. They are diplo.
matte lions" The queen added. They
once devoured before me an Italian
consul. II was afterward found that
he had not his letters OF credence.
tie was not In order and I excused
the lions"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
JOCKEYS AND ODD MAsCOTS

for sixpence and regard the animal
as an emblem Of good luck. ! have
christened Il Arranmore. and II will
accompany me wherever mas DO
riding"
Plant 70 by no means the only
Jockey who 10 superstitious. As a
matter Of fact. most Jockeys carry
talismAns IN cae form or another.
These range from bits OF straw and
hossusAiR. Acquired In some curious
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

An analysis OF this trade In cotton goods reveals that
OF our exports more than 100000 worth consists OF
unbleached cloths. while OF our imports more than
s22. 10000 worth consists Of finer fabrics. including em.
~broideries, laoes and curtains. Altogether the figures
show that while we exported in the 10 months ending
with October. 1908. s29.0 900 900 worth OF the output Of
our cotton mills. the nations sold TO Us almost 100 per
cent. more than we sold TO them.
II Ia n grotesque and almost unbelievable item In
the commerce Of this age that a resourceful nation like
America. the producer Of the worlds cotton, should buy
back two dollars worth Of cotton goods for every dol.
lars worth II ships abroad.
When our Competitors buy from US eight or nine mil
lion bales OF manufactured cotton, Il is n mark Of
their enterprise. not Of ours. The greater part OF our
foreign trade Ia the result OF suction from abroad. not
OF propulsion from America. The need OF the nations
is for our raw cotton and they send their ships TO get II.
II we were aborigines and raised cotton we could sell IT,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

and asked him to accept the prayer
book Al an emblem Of good luck.
And" said the jockey some time ago.
Il hrmly believe Il has been my good
talisman. for | have been wonderfully
successful since I received it."--Tit-
bits,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
o.s ,sey casssss pisbaid Rat and An
other . Prayer week IN Nsdirs
Jsckst.

II knew { shsuid ride a wlnnsr this
ssscrnoon.s said y. Plant. the we'll
lnouu jocksy. after he had STORED
Arrsnmofe. an outsider. nrat past the
wfnnlna past ~ the race tor the Great
4.n piAls a. Lincoln q few days ago
= lnse6st .. ssssAsd rae this meFnA.s
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
AGE Of Trees.

The pine reaches a maximum age
OF 100 years; the silver ar. 425; tho
larch. 275: the red beech. 2+5: the ~.
pen. 2i0; the birch. 200; the ash. 40;
the elder. les. and the elm. $50.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

significance In the fact that alien
nations that never saw n cotton plant
have Ions since entered the Kingdom
Of Cotton and now divide dominion
among themselves. excluding the
United states-the country IN which
the cotton liz grown.
The reign Of cotton II forever. IA
long NJ the race survives cotton
goods will be worn In multiplying
forms. but the countries that now sell
the finished products OF cotton to the
world have no assurance Of perma.
aence In that trade. Americas ulti.
mate control In the cotton world Is
Inevitable. Our manifest destiny as
a world trader In cotton goods looms
40 a menace acros the horizon OF
European states. Americas future
In this fabric has awakened the
statesmen Of all countries save u
own. The wealth and progress OF
the United States are enduringly In.
terwoyen with the coming civilization
Of all cotton-consuming continents
The home for the dynasty OF cotton
Is In the land OF Dixie. not In London
and Liverpool.
Knowing our latent power. We eau
afford TO look candidly at some con.
temper Y fncts. They are o Hat.
terins { our national pride. They
reveal a world OF opportunity passed
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23

v ALI. discussions regard
Ing cotton two facts are
paramount; first. that cot.
ton controls the world:
and second that the ma
lions that reap a prodigal
harvest from the sale Of
cotton goods depend upon
America for the raw sup
ply.
The American people
hare haunn IN rootfzas tha
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15

could save mnoey by agreeing 20 close
their respective business in one city,
and operate In the other without op-
position The following situation eX-
listed IN Iathrop;
The Methodist Episcopal church, OF
which Al Brock is pastor, has about
l5O members. The society is in a
prosperous condition, and the church
is sclfsupporting The Methodist
Episcopal church, South. W p owen.
pastor, although teaching the same
doctrine and practically the same
church iu every particular. was strug
CLING along with about forty members.
Instead OF being sclfsupporting, 1t
has been necessary each year for the
annual conference to appropriate
about $3.50 TO assist the church to cX.
list
Many different ministers were sent
20 l.athrop In an effort 20 stimulate
Interest in the NJ r. church, South,
hut 90 no avail about year ago
the Rev W. A. owen, for twenty
years q minister Who had been a sue.
pr,,ml reNNalist Was sent 90 Lathrop
20 bring the brethren into the fold
lic did not have amy moro success,
than his predecessors The priuoIpo.
.,......F..... .,f Cd I..... 4,...fI.... tH..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
EDWIN J. KIEST, President.

Methodist church, South, each ap-
pointed a federation committee of five
members This committee ascertains
from the presiding elders OF the re.
spcctiyc societies where both church.
cs are working in territory which is
not Of sufficient strength to support
two organizations The two commit.
tees then get together and agree that
each society close a church. II was
through mutual agreement that the
Methodist Episcopal church. South
at Lathrop WAS closed. as il was the
weaker OF the two societies. To off
set this the Methodist church will
close church In some city within
the jurisdiction OF the conference, but
in another district whore it is the
weaker organization.
Neither organization will again al.
temp, to open church in the tern.
tory ccdcd to the opposition This
AAN '''N h'N' ~ az 30 NHAl'.N va NllN
soun and is considered AS prcnm.
mary s,cp toward th. uniting Of tae
.No churches
The ROY MIR owen and his con.
srcga,ion did mo-, know thar their
church wl, ,o bc closed until alys.
cd by the presiding elder. TN, tus.
toes or rhc Methodist EprsconaI
rrnr.1 Soprb Osu .,u rhp pr,n,rry
nh. pr,.r,i. of Oh, sl,r Am r.,.r.
to Che ~or.,., ,o br. used tr som. ,.b
rr manner Nh.r, Oh. mono, ma, h.
.nn. 10 Oh. h.., ,l,antloa II g..
a.n.rll, b.lt.,,J Inn I,,bra, .r,t ,r.
mono, r.,u.... from ,.. s,r. ,, ,,a
church r.oo.r, .g.r. .,,II .,..r..j IN
uur.r9.r , ulr..r.s. .. Ty,., sr,
miles ra.t of I.tbrnn. v,.r, r.
south church &. strong and whore ,
new $4,000 church Mas dedicated bis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
ROBERTS NOTIFIED.
Former Clerk Gets Reward For Faith
fulness-Land Office Appointment.

Lawton, Okla, Sept. 1i.-Gecrge
b. Roberts. clerk in the Lawton Ian
office and son of Judge J. c. Rob.
berts, formerly attorney general o.
Oklahoma Territory, today received
notification from Washington Of his
appointment as register of the fedora
land office here to succeed MaJof II
ID. Mcknight, deceased His comm,s
sion will be forwarded as soCl rs
bond for $4,000 is furnished.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
Night on Bald Mountain.

On lonely night Alex Benton OF
Fort Edward, n. Y, climbed Bad
Mountain to the home of a neigh.
Dor, tortured by Asthma, bent on
curing him with DIR. Kings New
Discovery, that had cured himself Of
asthma. This wonderful medicine
soon relieved and quickly cured his
neighbor. Later il cured his sons
wife OF severe lung trouble. Mil
lions believe It's the greatest Throat
and Lung cure On Earth. Coughs,
Colds, Group, Hemorrhages and Sore
Lungs are surely cured by 1t. Best
for Hay Fever, Grip and Whooping
Cough. soc and SlO0. Trial bottle
free, Guaranteed by Ardmore Phar-
macy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15

o. Andrew had. by marriage and 9th.
cry j. NJ. Trimble and J. b. Finley
Of Ohio, members OF the general con
ference OF that year, held in New
York introduced resolution that
Bishop Andrew dcsist fro mthe eXer.
else OF his office or get rid of the
slaves. The resolution was adopted
Fifty-one Southern delegates protest.
ed asserting that such decisions plac.
ed in jeopardy the supremacy of the
church by subjecting the bishops TO
the will and caprices OF the majority
not only without law. but in deri.
ancc TO restraints and provisions Nf
law.
4 committee of nine was appoin' n
to provide for 4 mutual and friendly
division Of the church. The repor.
OF this committee was adopted and
was known as the Plan OF Scpara-
ton"
Before leaving New York the Sou,l
cru delegates agreed TO meet in LOUIS.
Vile In May 1913, and there arranged
for the first conference to be held
I'm Parkcrsburg, Va. in May, 1916
some of the members OF tho South
church in Lathrop say that there were
two reasons that Bishop Andrew
could not free the slaves. First, hog
aid not belong to him. but 20 his wife
and second that the laws 90 Sou,h
Carolina would not permit h'm TO
free the slaves If he so dos.cd
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
be over If dry weather continues.

be over II dry weather continues.
The gin has been running regular.
ly for the past week.
Health in the community is better
than for some time.
Mrs. Bow who died at sunrise on
Sunday, the fourth, was buried at sun.
set the same day. The funeral was
an unusually sad one on account of
being surrounded by the gloomy
shades OF night. The Sunbeam So
ciety extends its sympathies to the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
SPRINGER. S

Springer, Okla, Sept. 1+-TIe
weather is still warm and sul,ry.
There has been no rain in this com.
for two months except a few
local showers.
Cotton and corn gathering will soon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15

\ furnished room 10 rent? \ wan
ad will change II 70 a furnished
room. RENTED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15

bereaved ones.
Mr. J. w. Morgan and family visit
ed in Ardmore last week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15
Warming.

Do not be persuaded into taking
anything but Foley's Honey and Tar
for chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay
fever, asthma, and lung trouble, as
II stops the cough and heals the
lungs. Sold by all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-15

Use Ardmoreite Want Ads for that
rundown business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-23
The Broken Idol, Xmas
 Attraction at JaekSOn'S

yvu,iam Foran. one of the com edians of "A Broken Idol" which comes to Jackson's theatre Cnr1stmas matinee and night. tells a funny story of his first. last and only appearance in the Shakespearian drama It nap pened a good many years ago, when Foran was just beginning to win his spurs
 T was engaged by an organization known as the Ford Amusement As sociation to be leading comedian in their company. Atlanta, Ga-." says MT. Foran. "One of our productions was the Pink Domino which as IS well known. is a short opera As front niece the manager decided to present the forum from Julius Cae- sar' The day before our show went on. our manager came and informed me that I was to play the First Citi-
 .. eyvhy.'I can't play Shakespeare.' |"
 "sOh, you can try it, he said, you haven't much to do, and there IS no- body else to play the part
 a.well,' what shall do?" he said.
 "sOh do nothing. but be funny. "
 "So after some persuasion, I went on. We had very fine actor named Gilbert who was playing the part ot Rrutus. He had just finished his baranrue to the Roman populace and had bid them go forth and hear what Mark Anthony had to say
 The populace went off the stage and Brutus. in all the glory of his Roman toga. stood there looking over where I was. He turned to me with n frown Now, First Citizen. he said to me. What woulds't thou" I would have a chord in G l replied. and turned to the musical 9lreetor, From Borneo' and I sang 1t with fourteen encores and pretty nearly broke up the entire performance"