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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02
ONE TaINc eREATLY ID.

With the hundreds Of tons Of vegs-
tables and fruits that annually 90 %
waste 10 Leon county, and TIE thea
sands Of tons beside that would Be-
grown II there was . profitable market
for same. there Is urgent need Sor q
hustlinR, honest fruit and vegetable
broker.
A man Of this kind, keeping in close
touch with the markets Of the country.
could alnisst invariably cell our produces
at profitable prices. For this line Of
business Leon county has exceptional
advantages. The counties Of Southern
Florida are limited to only q feWpro-
ducts, and these must be grown IN sea-
son Of two or three months. From Tai
lahassee produce Of this kind, grown
on our own soil, can be shipped every
month in the year, 80 great Is the diver
sity Of our products.
We could begin on lettuce N January
peas, beets, rutabaRas and cabbage M
February and March, strawberries and
Irish potatoes In April, cucumberss
beans, squashes, OlgTa, tomatoes, mel
ons in May and June, peaches and
plums IN June and early July; hgg, peerl
and early sweet potatoes IN July
August and September might be de
months, but IN October we could Eesume
with sugar cane and an endless line 81
vegetables, and keep Il up during th
remaining months OF the year.
A business Of this kind systematicalI
and wisely conducted would, within
few years bring every available acre
Leon county lands IN cultivation "a
more than QuadTuple its population.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

GFWhisky Advertisements are not accepted
and inserted IN this Newspaper a any price or
anfaF any conditions o. cTcumgtances. Hot q
single ons has ever appeared IN a.
GB-DisDlayod advertisements under two an0nths
q cents per inch first iuGeFti0u and ~ cents peI
fnrk fOf eaeh subsequent insertion. ElectfOa and
piaie natter 10 cG1ts per Inch eafh lasua. NO al
VaTtiarnent run after contrast expires. Loeaie OF
Haadidg matter. except news. among pure reading
matter, B cents line each iagua. Al chanGea o.
advertisements o. anything intended for pubilea-
tIon must b. handed IN not later than IhuTaaag
aight, b ruceiye prompt attention.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

r. Griffin johnson, the hustllng real
estate agent, who, after q tour Of the
entire United States. settled in ITALIA
hassee few months since because he
found Il the place Of greatest attrae-
tons and advantages, has already been
worth many Thousands 10 this city, and
his worth viii certainly increase az he
is enabled 10 present the advantages Of
this section % the world
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Colonel G. B. Wells writes a long ar
tiele 10 the Tampa Tribune, citing the
passage Of the prohibition amendment
by the last legislature, and concludes
that there cannot possibly be State
wide prohibition before 1913, even
should the amendment be adopted. It's
likely that Mr. Wells Is not q well Wisher
Of the amendment, and argues accord
ing 10 his desire. The real friends of
prohibition are likely 10 discover that
the gentleman Is mistaken in his views.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Dean Davenport, Of the University
Of Chicago, has computed that In an
other hundred years this country will
have q population Of ]. 400, 900, 900, but
he does not tell % where ell Of them
can be put. Exchange. Well, we can
easily take care Of 10000 Of them In
Leon county, and will not care how
soon he sends them along.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

lying Tallahassee and Leon county and
making i attractive. Let the people
% 90 Well.and this will be q section Of
vast richness and Incompatible advhnt-
ages.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Au48eaoL people die each day
from the heat In New York. What q
fine privilege II is 10 live in such a de-
hgbtful summer climate as that Of Tai
iahassee.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Pittsburg has built . million dollar
base ball park, and yet they say times
are dull IN this country.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Getting together and sticking tOReth-
err like a leach in the interest Of your
community Is what makes prosperity.
Mr., w. B. Crawford puts Il this wise
In his paper, the Pensacola News:
mo great movement for the upbuild-
ing Of q community can beget sufficient
momentum through the initiative Of g
single individual, TO guarantee itS sue
cess. Cooperative action, cohesive de-
duetion and the entire dynamic OF the
community should be brought into play.
A spirit Of oneness must obtain, petty
differences must be overcome; idIotic
jealOusies submerged, a spirit Of self
abnegatiOu must assert itself, all ele-
mentary, abraeadabra must be squelch-
ed and the entire pOpulace act as 9
single person IN every matter affecting
IN any way the general welfare Of their
city and community"
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Let every man In Leon county become
aNnmhaT = ~ Chamber Of Commerce.
your own interest
afch
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

n congress can finally decide what
net income is Il viii confer an lByalua-
be favor upon millions Of aspiring cit-
liens who would like 70 have q rule for
finding out whether they have any such
income.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

To make the whole world "dry" is
the purpose Of the FIRST international
conference 10 establish q permanent
Worlds Prohibition Congress. which
will convene In London next month, in
connection with the twelfth Interna-
tiohaI Congress in Alcoholism.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Down with the croaker. Let him
have no place with us.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

President Finley, Of the Southern
kallEsy, be ths naIl on The head when
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

The soil Of Leon county is prolific
enough 10 support q half million popu
Iation.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Everybody Is commencing the Cham
Der Of Commerce Tor the manner in
which Il has gone about IT, work for the
upbuilding Of Tallahassee and Leon
county. The idea Is for everybody 70
get q move on for better times.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

transport them free. But strange 20
relate, not q single member Of the
board felt inclined 10 take the free ride.
There ls q lot of downright fOOlishness
In this free pass business.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

When the wealthiest and most repre-
sentative citizens Of Tallahassee chow
their faith IN the town BY large real es-
tate investment, II is pretty sure evil
denee that they know prosperity is re-
turning. Nothing IL more conducive 10
businesg than confidence.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

Our heighbOring city Of Quincy 10
pushing 70 the front. and as Tallahassee
Is just q little bic envi0us we are going
10 see II we cannot get ahead Of her IN
the progressive march. Nothing like
friendly competition along this line.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

We have 80 quit Wailing because che
pine forests we're cut away, because We
have found out that the Land on which
stood these giant trees is the finest IN
the world for farming. This fact was
only discovered after the trees had been
removed. BAY Minette, Ala, Times.
And this Is exactly IN line with what
the Journal has always contended, viz I:
that 20 Ear as Florida is concerned II
will be q blessing 70 the State when the
last gallon Of turpentine and the last
stick Of timber have been shipped to
market. Valuable az these products
have been, an acre Of Florida soil win
produce IN one year a farm or garden
crop Of more value than the
same acre has produced in hundred
years Of timber and turpentine. The
clearing Of this land will force the OWL
ers 10 develop L or 10 sell Il 70 some
one who win develop It a. farming land,
and that development will mean more
people, higher values and q more happy
and prosperous commonwealth than is
possible before the land is cleared. :
Pensacola Journal.
The South Georgia people thought Tor
many years that their pine lands were
Of no value except for the timber.
When II Was removed they begun 20
cultivats the coil with success, and for
several years South Georgia has been
the most prosperous section Of that
State. And just 90 will it be with al
most every acre Of pine land In Florida,
but the value will be far greater be-
cause the highest priced fruits and veg
etables can be grown on them.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

1sllaAssssS. Friday. JuIy 2. 1909.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

atiVe Of q Florida rail.
appearing before the
week, urged the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
Worth of a Life.

Mark Twain said, "if you would be
good, die"
The corporation lawyer" has one
that's better: "If yau would collect
the most damages. die piecemeal.
No man is worth more than $1O,-
900 if he die all at once. No jury, in
any state, can return larger verdict
for his heirs.
Crippled but not killed, however,
a man may get damages aggregating
S246,230 for injuries to various parts
of his body, providing they do not re-
suit in death. A live cripple is worth
more than a perfect dead man!
It is cheaper-nearly 25 times
cheaper-to kill a man than to Grip
Pile him. While the law fixes az limit
beyond which injuries may go in
awarding damages for accidental
death. it fixes no limit to the amount
that may be recovered for Injuries
that do not result in death
A New York court recently award
ed wife $4,000 for the loss Of her
husbands memory. brought about by
injuries, while the loss of an eye has
been assessed at $4,000 by; one jury
and injuries to the spine were assess
ed at $4,000 by another. A Texas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
When Rogers Lost Money

A few years ago the late Henry H.
Rogers, who was, next to John ID. and
William Rockefeller, the principal di-
recting force in building up the great
business of the Standard Oil company,
was supposed to have amassed a for
tune of more than 100000, 900. AT
the time of his death he is said to have
owned s14,O00,000 of Standard Oil
stock. but it is believed that his total
fortune was greatly diminished in the
great stock slump of 1907. Some esti-
mates place his losses in that year at
more than $3O,OO0,OO0. Mr.. Rogers
estate will probably prove to be worth
more than s50,000,000. His invest
ment Of $12,OOO,OOO in the virginian
railroad, although not Immediately
productive Of dividends, should not
involve any ultimate loss to Mr.. Rog-
ers' heirs. provided they can carry
the burden for a few years. But Mr..
Rogers will be remembered in the fl
nancial world as the man who dropped
larger amount of money "in Wall
street" than any other financier ever
spilled there. He had what he called
his "fun" but he paid for it more
than the full cash price, with probably
10 years Of his natural life in addition.
Hartford Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

Nothing costs less than encourage
ment and few things are worth more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

Those caring to go higher wiuld be
able to enter the larger universities
with good standings.
But for the future success of the
academy an endowment seems in
denspensible, especially so if the
school is to be enlarged. The school
receives no money from the state and
the income from the church and from
tuitions is scarcely sufficient to meet
the expenses. SO it is necessary for
the school to secure such an endow-
ment that the interest from the same
viii make up the deficit The acad
emy people now have some plans for
raising such an endowment, In
carrying them out they should receive
the hearty support of the people of
the city and of the county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

Commenting upon the compromise
freight rate schedule submitted by the
railroads to the interstate commerce
commission the Spokesman-Review
declares that the railroads and the
coast cities have combined to bluff
Spokane.
analysis of the railroad plan of
rate revision, of which the traffic
managers have submitted a sample
to the interstate commerce commits
sion, convinces shippers that it would
leave Spokane and other inland cities
in a worse condition than under the
present rate, says the Review.
at can not be believed that the
railroads offered this scheme seri-
ously or in good faith. 1t is not to
their interest, and the traffic man
ayers know it, to take high rate
freight business away from the job
bers of the interior and turn it over
to the Coast jobbers at low terminal
rates. To do that they would have
to haul merchandise 400 miles furth-
er and get less for the haul than they
would receive if Spokane and other
inland cities had terminal rates.
THAT would be a foolish move by
the railroads and Mr.. Hill and Mr..
Hartman and their traffic managers
are not foolish"
Upon this same subject it might be
well to ask why the railroads seek to
defend the terminal rate system at
all. The present rates are all for the
benefit of the coast cities but at the
expense of inland peoints. AS result
of the system the development of the
inland cities has been blocked while
two or three coast cities have gone
forward. Would it not be better for
the railroads as well as for the coun-
try in general to have greater dis
tribution Of business?
But then freight rate making is a
very peculiar business and the wisdom
displayed by those who represent the
railroad end is often beyond under
standing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
PENDLETON ACADEMY.

In many ways the Pendleton acad-
emy is a valuable institution, not only
for this city but for the county and
for eastern Oregon. 1t is the leading
church school in this portion Of the
state and is almost the only institu-
ton Of its kind in eastern Oregon.
Accordingly there is a field for the
school-a far better field than have
some Of the crowded denomination
al schools of the Willamette valley.
If the move to change the academy
into a Junior college is carried out
and a substantial endowment is Sc
cured for the school it will then fill a
much broader field Of usefulness than
at present. A junior college would Of
fer a course sufficiently advanced for
the average student and as a result
he would be able to secure college
training without going abroad for it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
ROOM FOR OPTIMISM.

Over a third of an inch of rain fell
in this city last night and in SOME
portions of the county the precipitation
was even greater. Coming at this time
the rain has been a blessing and to
some farmers it means salvation from
crop failure. 1t is estimated that the
rain will make a difference of ten
bushels per acre in the wheat yield in
the Pilot Rock country. Perhaps
this is overestimating the matter but
K is certain that the moisture was
badly needed and will be of immense
benefit everywhere.
Up to this time the rainfall for the
season in this county has not been
up to normal and the fact that the
precipitation was below normal last
season makes the situation even more
serious, because the ground was dry
to start with last fall. However the
yields this year will depend largely
upon the weather conditions between
now and the close of the growing sea-
son. If conditions from this time on
are but satisfactory this county at
least will have a very satisfactory
harvest. But should the yield be be-
low the normal the loss will be but
little felt for the reason that the price
promises to be about so per cent
above the normal. So why should the
Umatilla county farmer worry?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

Taking the average for the world,
there is one newspaper for $4,000 in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

ULTINIUs LABOR voCAT

: Happy the man who hears the I
trumpet blast !
+ Call him again into the Oft !
: fought field, /
= Where loins are girded and z
= whose heart is steeled Z
Z For the great combat that he !
Z knows the last. !
Z Yea, blest is he whose ears age !
! hath not sealed !
2 Against that summons; who I
3 hath not grown fast !
Z In sluggish ease. until the I
. hour be passed !
, And he, inglorious, in his tent !
: must yield. !
Z Lord, make thy conflict brief, !
Z for all day long I
! Thine arrows we have felt prick !
us like hail, Z
+ And true were welcome now, I
and welcome night: I
; Even for Thy blessing We are I
no more strong I
: As in the morning. yet before we I
fail, {
, Hear one more prayer. o Lord, /
grant US to fight! +
&C. A. Price. +
Z 3 + + + + = = + + 4 + = + 4.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
ILLINOIS AND OREGON.

After having been deadlocked for
over five months the legislature Of
Illinois has just succeeded in electing
Congressman Lorimer as senator.
What a senatorial deadlock means to
legislation the people of Oregon well
know. 1t means that measures of all
kinds, whether good or bad, are made
subsidiary to the principal issue-that
of choosing a senator. 1t means that
bills introduced do not fare accord
ing to their merits but fail or succeed
in accordance with the particular
leverage their authors may have as a
result of their positions with respect
to the senatorship.
Oregon used to have deadlocks
much like the one just ended in Illi-
nois. But it has found a way out OF
such difficulties. Who would like to
see the state go back to the dirty hole
from. which it only recently ascended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

The news that the contract for the
erection of the new o. R. & n. depot
has been let settles all doubt as to
the company's plans in the matter.
The new depot is to be built and built
Immediately. 1t is good news for
Pendleton, for the travelling public
and for the railroad employees who
have had to use the old station house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

railroad man recently proved that but
for the accidental loss of an arm he
would soon have been promoted, and
the jury gave him $4,000. A Wis
consin jury some time ago awarded
a man $4,000 for the loss of both
legs in a railway accident, while Il
Texas laborer, earning $210 a day,
elected $4,000 for a crushed ankle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
Comnensations Of Wealth.

J. ]. Hill predicts immediate re-
turning prosperity, but talks as If he
wouldn't like to see it. There are
some compensations in being worth
less than $7O,OOO,O00. You can be
something Of an optlmist-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27
Running = NnrFou by Gambling.

A national lottery has been author
lied by the vote of the congress of
Cuba. The Cuban secretary of
finance reports officially that the
Forthcoming budget viii show an
outlay OF s29,OOO.eO0, leaving a defi-
cit of $4,000, 900 over the regular rev.
enue. Cuba needs the money, so 1t
is going into the lottery business in
the confident expectation of making
up that s2,OO0.000, and perhaps
something more by robbing the peo,
Pile. country that teaches gam
bling az high-cIass occupation cam
not be on a very firm foundation.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

The oregon commission has won out
az Seattle and the grounds in front of
the state buildings will not look like
a ten cent street carnival.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-27

Those lower insurance rates are
duly appreciated by the property
owners of the city. 1t is only too bad
they were not granted sooner.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
State Auditor. Gordon ON
The Tax prebleA.

State Auditor. cordon ON
The Tax Prsblen-
i A great amount Of talk has
been INDUCED in here ct Jsffer-
son City, and as > member Of The
State Board Of Equalization, I
have received many letters from
st. Louis and other parts Of the
State. suggesting and requesting
that ! should vote TO raise the
valuation Of the farm lands Of the
State sufficiently 10 bring into the
State treasury enough revenue TO
adequately meet the growing de-
mands Of the different state Offices
and state institutions.
| admit that there Is ground for
apprehension that the state viii
be unable 10 meet all demands
made on it's treasury, under bur
system and mode Of rais-
ing revenue.
The idea has been spread
abroad through the State Tor >
number Of years that all property
other than farm lands has been
assessed ct q very high rate Of
valuation, and farm lands at .
very low rate Of valuation. I too
believed that this was the case
until I came into the office Of
Auditor OF State. Since taking
charge OF this office, | have spent
quite q little time investigating
extensively the sources of the
States revenue, and from deduo.
lions which / show below, ! sm
convinced that the farmers land
10 assessed at q higher rate OF
valuation than any other class Of
property, excepting bankers, who
pay upon their capital stock and
surplus, which 10 assessed at 30
per cent Of its true value. From
statements made to the State Sen.
ate Of Missouri, this year Of 1909,
blythe individual assessors Of each
county, . copy Of which ! have
before me, I find that the real es-
tate Of the State is assessed ct en-
average Of 80 per cent Of its aot.
ual cash value. as
I want to give below to the
people of the State some figures
showing what per cent Of money,
notes and bonds Of the State is
assessed, as compared TO their
actual cash value.
I find that In September 1908,
there was on deposit in the vari-
GUS banks Of the State, S512, $780,
500; that the amount Of money,
notes and bonds returned by the
assessors Of the State for tsxsbls
purposes, for the year 1908. was
$S5, 5,61S,5s2. This last amount
was assessed ct an average of 80
per cent, which shows the amount
Of money, notes and bonds on
which taxes can be collected for
1909. This amounts 70 the paltry
sum Of 500, sos, ,2e4.12, which is
only eleven and two one hun-
dredths percent Of the actual cash
value Of the money, notes and
bonds Of the State, while on real
estate the assessed valuation Is 80
per cent Of its real or cash value.
I wish to say to my friends over
the State who have talked with
me about raising real estate TO Its
actual cash value. that / am un-.
altsrably opposed to doing 30.
until some plan b inaugurated
whereby the people Who own the
money Of the State win be made
&c pay taxes on It In soma form
or other. II that can be done,
there win be no cause for alarm
at there not being sufficient rsys-
|nus 70 meet each and every de-
mand on the state treasury.
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| Might ON Bald R1ountain
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