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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
Wants To Come Back.

The Rev. Currie, of Columbia, was in
Louisville last week attending Grand
Lodge. Mrs. Currie writes that little
Eudailey and little Mary want to come
back and live by "Uncle Barney"
They have been given a royal reception
there and are much pleased with their
new home.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
DR.. Hart Here.
new home

DR.. J. Hart, candidate for Represen-
tative of Breckenridge county, was here
Saturday in the interest of his election.
He seemed certain of success.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
Card OfThanks.

We wish 80 extend our thanks to
friends forSKindness shown us during
the illns& and at the death of our
father, Smith E. Waggoner.
The Children.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
Correction.

In last weeks News the statement
made by w. b. ranl in regard to the
tobacco, should have been 1,004 acres
instead Of $4,000.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27

machinist and a most successful young
man. Cloverport regrets to have him
go and hopes he will return soon.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
= Sergt.aWiIlis III.

Word has been received from Ft.
tLeavensworth, Kans., that Sergt.
Norman Willis is i'll of typhoid fever.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
AdIen Pierce Leaves.

This week Allen Pierce left for Lex
Ton TO accept position with the G.
B. Railroad. Mr.. Pierce is splendid
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-27
At The Depot.

Mr.. o. Dowell, of Stephensport, has
arrived to work at the l.. Fl. q st. l..
Station here.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
Mr.. Bundle is immortal.
A FLEXIBLE MORAL CODE

Lyncling, like freedom, takes refuge on he
mountain tops Horse thieves are operating ii
Mono county and the editor of the Bridgepol
Chronicle-Union INDUCES in elaborate argt
ment in favor of lynching them. Not that he mer
tions the odious word, for he politely describes
resembling the social contract" presumabl
with the help of a rope, and he concludes
In Mono county with hardly two hundred
eligible jurors, suppose that three different
thieves in the same act demanded separate trials
and the first exhausted the jury list the other
could not. under the present construction of
the law be tried Where is the individuals pro-
lection? Where is the consideration for
his contract with organized society?
In conclusion affirm that theacoumns of
this paper will never be open for anything SAVIOR
ing of an overthrow of the social system
archstic i'll its tone
We have most deep and abiding respect
for the laws of the land. We have in addition
thereto a warm and personal respect and feeling
for the officers OF Mono county charged with the
enforcement of these laws, and fully believe that
these same officers are keenly sensible of the
ditlons existing
Yet AZ times we often wonder.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05

HE San Francisco voter in the
forthcoming election is con-
fronted with a triple choice OF
evils and whatever he does he'll
be sorry. 1t is not at all that
the three candidates for mayor
are not reputable citizens i'll
their private lives. At least two
of them might be described as
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
THE NEVADA VIEW

In similar vein the Carson, Nevada, News:
Lynch law is to be dcplored at any and all
times. Every one says that whether they believe
it or not. The majority OF people would be afraid
to say anything else for fear they. would be
cused of being lawless and pandering to vicious
ness.
To be in line we say the same thing but
nevertheless if the men of Goldheld had risen i'll
their might and stretched the neck of the cow
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
NO INDEPENDENT CANDI-
DATE

passage and is no longer likely to be sadded with
those precious businessmen. The talk about an in
dependent candidate is nonsense. No who could
be elected wants mix in this fight The independ-
ents discovered that in the course OF their search
for candidate before the primary. Louis Ma
poleon used to say that you can do almost any
thing in the world with bayonets except sit on
them, but that is the sort of seat which the mayor
OF San Francisco must expect to occupy
A MELANCHOLY JOKE
The humor of the situation is brought out in
high relief by the melancholy debate of the indie
pendents the grave question whether they
should support Tim Sullivan or John c. Lynch
for boss of the republican convention. With what
enthusiasm must the grand old party go into the
campaign under such leadership!
HELD IN SUSPENSE
There significant thing about the repub-
ican for district attorney the primary that
has not yet been noticed in print. On analysis
of the vote it develops that some 5000 OF the
republicans did not vote for district attorney They
did not write in Heneys name, but neither did
they take the trouble to vote for Fickert That
is to say, about one-quarter of the republicans
refused to vote on district attorney What does
that mean? The Fickert people don't like it.
JUSTLY CELEBRATED COW
The famous cow that got in the way OF the
Roosevelt policies on Goat island, after becoming
the subject OF elaborate and diplomatic correspond
enee will be eliminated from the scene by bureau
cratic decree. | learn from Wells Drlry OF the
Berkeley chamber OF commerce that the secretary
of the lighthouse board writes:
l. Referring o letter of the 18th inst,
regarding the reforestation OF the con-
troled by the lighthouse board Goat island
in San Francisco bay the board has the honor
o that formal request has today been made
that the work be undertaken by the bureau of
forestry, department OF agriculture
2 With reference to the question OF pasturage,
he has tO that his mat
ter will not be allowed to interfere i'll any manner
with any scheme that may be adopted by the
bureau or forestry.
The future state of the official cow is not dis
closed but she might be presented with the COM
pliments of Uncle George Perkins to Secretary
Ballinger bearing the legend This cow monkeyed
with the buzz saw.
HAVING FUN WITH DR. JORDAN
The Oregonian is having lot of fun with David
Starr Jordan, whose facility OF speech is better
understood in this neghborhood than in the north
west. | quote:
Salmon men OF Puget sound trying to find
out what Dr. David Starr Jordan actually said,
before the big run he quoted in Belng-
ham as Temarkng that the salmon industry
ruined and that traps 10 blame This YER
sion OF Doctor Jordan's utterance is backed up bya
newspaper reporter and high ish authority OF
the OF Washington.
Then came so many FISH that the canneries
couldn't pack them. As TO Doctor Jordan,s
marks at that time, there is no dispute They
were these: Il do not advocate aboshing any
kind of gear but regulation of all The large
run this year.is not surprising. 1t expected
The apparent difficulties of this problem in the
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
NO HUMBUG FOR BODIE


The Bode Miner has fine distrust of official
figures, especially from alien source, and offers
this picturesque comment on certain Japanese
propaganda:
The misguided japanese consul general at
San Francisco has taken the trouble forward
to the Miner of figures supposed TO show
the movement OF the Japs to and from the United
States during the years 10000. The figures
of Japs in America during that period, but it
is safe to bet Pat Calhouns reputation against
kilborn's chances for the Nevada senatorship
that the Jap consuls figures fake and that
there of the little brown devils this
than before
A LITTLE INCOHERENT
The Humboldt Standard makes this defiant reply
to New York editorial on Roosevelt
And Roosevelt 1887 miles awayi-New
York Evening Mail.
HTMM shrdu etaon cn1fwyp vbgkqjetaonshrdlu
Secretary Ballinger would be pleased if the dis
tance twice as great
AN OFFICIAL MOOD
Officialism in all its varying moods and lenses
OF pomposty is ever entertaining A dispatch from
Ocean Park, a seaside resort near Los Angeles,
says:
You can't get mail the Ocean Park post
Stlson. Hordes Of dainty girls, attrac
t1veness OF whom has been approached
Ocean Park, trip daily to the postofhce for mail
Other letter seekers apparently don't mind but
been shocked. Il can't help what they
the beach, he quoted. but | don't intend
that they shall bring those called bathing
suits into federal Office
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
WHAT WRECKED RUFF

That board of supervisors wrecked Ruef He
felt constrained to accept some sort OF guardian
ship for the outht. He knew there might be
trouble, but he responsible for the situation
and was compelled as he thought, to accept it.
He had to take the helm of ship that he ought
to have known was headed for the rocks. If
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
ALFRED THE RHYMER
A STRANGE CONTRACT

The same paper prints what purports to be tn
only true version of the Tahoe-Truckee contrac
yet published The authority for this statemen
is not given. but the good faith OF the publishe
will not be doubted According to this contract
The Truckee River General electric company
gets:
l. The government to pay half the expenses
OF rebuilding the company's dam at the outlet
OF Lake Tahoe
3 The government to pay half the expense
of dredging the bed of the lake the outlet
so as to improve the free flow
g. The government to assume the expense OF
operating the dam the outlet and to pay
one-half the cost of all necessary repairs and
newals; and
T. The government to guarantee that the flow
of water in the Trtlckee river past the various
power plants shall always be sufficient the
current necessities OF these power plants they
now exist (Menfion is CONSIDERABLY made of a
collateral contract with an overrEliug providence
bv which the government is relieved of response
bility for failure to provide such flow in OF
the acts of God the public eneny.)
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
UNDER WHICH BOSS?

If you were brought face to face with the neces-
sity of picking mayor from among Tim Sullivan,
Gavin McNab and P. H. Mccarthy, what would
YOU do. what will you do? If it were my case
I would be inclined TO hold my nose and vote for
McNab But it really makes no important differ
enoe. McAab, | think, would give us as much
decent government he thinks is good for us.
The others don't know the rules OF the game SO
we'll and the results would be very uncertain.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
By Edward F.. Cahill

higher criticism which perplexes
the northwest would not for an
instant bother. us in California,
where we have some knowledge
OF Doctor Jordan infinite variety.
JORDAN AS AN AUTHORITY
Doctor Jordans authority IS
matter OF high debate in Oregon
and on the sound To quote again ::
Since Doctor Jordan claims
to be one of the highest fish
authorities in the United
States and is this country,s
member of the international
fisheries commission, large
importance is ascribcd to his
opinion a good many sal
mon men think, however. that
too much importance IS at
tributed to him. Others COM
mend him as big medicine
man in FISH knowledge.
Among the latter are gill net
ters of Astoria, who quote
him in advocacy of abolition
OF upper Columbia river fish
ing and of lower Columbia
traps Whenever the legis-
latures of two states debate
salmon. Doctor Jordan's name
is tossed around as if belong
ing on the one hand to a very
great parsonage and on the
other to a very insignificant
one
The Oregonian concludes ''an
expert in salmon can i'll afford to
say too much. Doctor Jordan
1,nc o,-identi,r cn;d q nraa4 dea1 -
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05

hallway decent board had been
elected Ruef might still be en-
joying his comfortable rakeoff
from the wages of sin that is the
recognized guerdon of the sue
cessful boss. The trolley deal
was planned long before the fire
and he got his he'll of a time, all
right.
CROCKER'S GOOD FORTUNE
1t IS fortunate for Crocker that
the discrimination of voters at the
primary relieved him of the bur
den of taking care of some of the
businessmen" and the people at
the polls may be trusted to com
plete the job. But the offering
OF such ticket was a cynical in
suit to the intelligence of the peo-
pie OF San Francisco. Perhaps
we deserve it. A people who
could elect the Ruef board of SUI
pervisors in a moment of reck-
less political freakishness have no
cause to be proud. But we shall
not repeat the dose.
NO INDEPENDENT CANDI-
DATE
They tell me that Crocker is
man OF some backbone am
glad to hear it, now that he has
escaped the perils OF the middle
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT GETS

The reclamation service gets ''the amount of
water it has had in the past if that amount is lett
1t seems almost inconceivabie that so one sided
a contract should have been made. Whatever the
terms it is clear that authenticated statement
from the reclamation service is called for
1t is easy to understand that contract for the
beneficial use OF these waters might be good public
policy in certain circumstances but it should not
be made on the basis OF the government giving
everything and receiving nothing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05

ardly murderer OF the Gdd6ed woman We would
have smiled and thought that they had done
good thing.
Two more ingenious examples of the non
sequitur might be hard to find They recall the
celebrated rebuke' of the English magistrate dev-
cred on delinquent caught with the goods
You we'll brought up; YOU come OF
good family, instead of which you go around the
country stealing ducks.
LIKE BILLY BoLEEN
You are attached to the principles of law and
order YOU hold no truck with anarchy, instead
OF which YOU go around the country resembling the
social contract
The situation is not unlike that described in the
ballad of Billy Boleen:
Billy Boleen jumped OF his bed;
He rushed his sister and cut off her head.
This caused their dear mother great deal OF
Let US hope little Billy won't do 50 again
If they should hang a horse thief out OF hand
it would cause the editor great deal OF pain for
purposes OF publication.
SENATOR FLINT'S WAISTCOATS
One learns from a Montana dispatch that at
Missoula discriminating thief stole gripsack
containing Senator Flint's clothes. This is what
comes OF reputation of being the best dressed
man i'll the senate 1t is the accepted creed OF
Washington that Senator Flint's waistcoats 4.
dream of beauty.
WHAT is AN ANARCHIST?
During the presidential campaign when times
were hard and mills were closing down somebody
asked Mr.. Taft what a workman might do when
he had lost his job and the candidate answered,
God knows. The other day in Los Angeles
grandfather wanted the court to give him the
custody of his grandchild and his petition
resisted on the ground that he anarchist.
The child was put on the stand and this was the
testimony as to what she had been taught to say
by her grandfather;
Who is this Mr. Taft:" asked Judge Wilbur
the child had failed TO come through
with the expected quotation from the president
ASK her what it is Taft says, suggested
Grant Jackson attorney for Falkner.
What does Taft say" urged the judge, in his
TAFT says God knows answered Henrietta.
The court thought that this injudicious
grandfather.
ALFRED THE RHYMER
Ny old friend, or, rather, my always young
friend Waterhouse of the California Weekly, tunes
up his Tyre like this:
NO may quote the dictionary to
with impunty. The dictionary public Of
fense."-Edward F. Cahl in The Call
O. heart. let not the sentence Jar,
For still way IL
Be disclosed for words that spar.
Though lexcons
We're not authority bereaved.
For still-look oh heart that grieved-
We still have Mr.. Cahil.
Art there, old Truepenny? That rhyme is a
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05

"jolly good fellows It is their affiliations that
diffuse an unfortunate perfume and it all comes
out OF the same bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
SENATOR FLINT's WAISTcoATs

One learns from Montana dispatch that at
Missoula discriminating thief stole gripsack
containing Senator Flints clothes. This IS what
comes OF reputation of being the best dressed
man in the senate. 1t is the accepted creed OF
Washington that Senator Fnts wastcoats are
dream of beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
THE DUTCH TREAT.
Solitaire conviviaIity Has Made Its
 Bow In New York.

From the New York World.
 Saloonkeepers and bartenders who smiled audibly a few weeks ago when it was suggested that the Dutch treat" or lone-hand style of fabrication was headed this way are willing to admit now that their mirth was premature. The soli- taire souse has made it's appearance in these parts, and they fear the worst. Many are said to have engaged places in the bread line.
 With the National German-American al- lianee, and many other powerful organ izations throughout the country favoring the proposition. cafe proprietors and their hired help realize that individual irrigation will soon be as popular here as 1t Is in other countries. Intoxication by invitation will be thing of the past. Such im- mensely popular oratorical efforts as Name your pizen!n and Load 'em up again." will go into the discard.
 'The way things look now said one disconsolate Broadway thirst destroyer, I've can chop our bars in half and still have planty of room for our patrons. No more we'll see 'em lined up three deep, waiting to get their foot on the third rail at somebody's invitation. Every man for himself under the Teutonic arrange ment.'
 Tt certainly will hurt some,'' suggest ed the reporter.
 "Hurt?" yelled the proprietor. Kill is the proper word. Two-thirds of the sa- looms in the city will be in the arms of the sheriff before Decoration Day. Some of my best customers broke in on the sin gle stunt today. And what's more they seemed to enjoy the sensation of paying | for their own drink. Mark my words. Half the breweries in the country will | be converted into warehouses and skating l rnks in a very short time.' Looks as though some of us bartenders | would be playing star parts in a human l auction sale before long, said a Bowery mixologist. From now on I'm going to | forget there's such a thing as a cash register in the place. I've got to get mine Immediately if I'm going to sidestep the 1 bun wave"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
cuRIosITIEs OF COLDS.

John Milne, F. R. S., in. London Mail <.
 When I go to South Africa, susceptf- ble as I am to colds, I can dip my head into every bucket of water I can see or put it under every tap can find. After that I can put it out in the biggest draft I can discover-in front of an electric fan for preference-and yet l do not catch cold. Colds at sea seem to come from that which was brought aboard. David Livingstone, I am told, never got a cold in South Africa, but he got a bad one when he returned to Scotland.
 Nansen and his friend Johansen could in the arctic regions tumble into cold water, sleep out without change, and yet keep well. At St. Kilda, I under stand, passenger with cold is ex- pected to remain on board; otherwise there may be influenza throughout the island. In Fair Island, and to a certain extent in Shetland, something similar happens. When the inhabitants of these places visit this country they come among strange microbes, and their experiences may be unpleasant.
 All this means two things First, it suggests to us that in this world there are environments where cold-"producing'' germs are few, which we know to be true; and second, that we can put up with homemade animals, but that 1t is dangerous to offer hospitality to menas- cries from abroad. --
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Reautlfyina Birmingham.

''The city beautiful propaganda seems to have lapsed into a quiescent state" said a man who takes much interest in the development of Birmingham
 q received letter from Pennsylvania florist few days ago who was greatly interested. He stated that Birmingham had been much advertised in this connec- ton, and desired to know what particular line of work was being followed. l re- piled that there had been some decided improvements in yards and the removal of unsightly fences, but that there still re- mained several eyesores.
 q hope the authorities can see their way to employ suitable persons to map out a well-defned plan for developing Greater Birmingham on broad lines with modern landscape and boulevard appoint ments It would be better to plan prop erly now and work out the scheme pro- gressiyely later"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
The Steel CornOratIon

The purchase of the Tennessee com pany by the United States Steel cor poration during the troublous days of 1907 not only had a far-reaehing effect for good on the Birmingham district, but it stayed the disastrous sweep of the panic and was applauded by finan- ciers, wage-earners and the public in general. No matter what technical points in law might have been eyaded and competent lawyers fail to see that there was any violation of any statute-the spirit of the Sherman anti trust law was certainly not violated.
 To begin with, the Steel corporation Is not trust in the ordinary accepta- ton of that term. This fact has been shown time and time again. It con trols only about 50 per cent of the steel production of this country And in the next place the methods of the United Stafes Steel management are far removed from trust tactics. The Steel tactics are indeed just the re- verse of trust tactics. They have been entirely different from trust methods from the start; and whatever skeptical feeling the public might have had dur ing the first two or three years of the corporations existence all such has long since passed away, No business concern in this country could possibly be managed in more "open and above board manner. It is. in fact, managed very much as public institution. It has no secrets from anybody, and the frankness and saneness of it's policy has commended itself to all intelligent people.
 Just how much of the stock is held by employees of the corporation cannot be ascertained without going over the transfer books, but it is known that a very large percentage of the shares is owned by wage-earners on the pay rolls of this company. It is said to say that a $1,00o,000 worth of the stock is owned in and around Birming- ham. Be that as it may, however, it cannot be too often repeated or too strongly accentuated that the Steel corporation is in nowise a trust.
 The subcommittee of the Senate judiciary committee is indulging in cheap politics. Senator Kettridge's term expires with this Congress. He is a defeated republican, and in his soreness has joined with the demo- cratic members in making a sensation. The full committee will not adopt the report The so-called merger was ac- complished in good faith. It was a good thing for everybody and it will stand.