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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24

make more money and spend it more
economically but also to bring the
greatest amount of happiness and plea
sure to those living in rural districts.
! The Grange is an educational organ
iZatiOn. 1t fosters schools and works
for practical instruction in agricul.
ture and home economies. 1t goes fur
ther and trains its adult members to
think intelligentIy on farm problems
and to work together for the common
good.
The Grange encourages its members
ito discOuntenance the credit system,
the mortgage system, the fashion sys-
TEN and every other system tending
to prodigality and bankruptcy"
The Patrons of Husbandry work for
the protection of the farmer. They
oppose combinations of capital to re-
strain trade They aid railroads. steam
boat lines. canals and shipping because
these furnish market with higher
prices for the products of the soil.
The Grange is nOn-partisan but in
culcates the famous saying. The Office
should seek the man and not the man
the Office" The organization also ad-
mits women to membership.
Its officers claim for the Grange the
credit of raising the secretaryship of
agriculture to cabinet position: the
establishment of the Interstate Com
merce Commission: the equalization of
taxes in many states: the enactment
of pure food laws relating to OleOmar-
gcrine. butter and maple sugar: the
abolition of patents on driven wells,
sliding gates and sewing machines:
the establishment of rural mail deliv-
erv: and the establishment of state eX-
pertinent stations.
The greatest work of the National
Grange. perhaps. has been in bringing
relief to the farmers wife. The routine
of life on the farm has been made more
ENJOYABLE. Nei.hborS have been brought
into closer association and the social
side of their lives developed. 1t is for
these reasons largely. that the National
Grange has lived and prospered.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
ONjTHE TAXING
OF EDUCATION

We are not disposed toward enthu-
Siasm for the bill of State Senator
Dowell which purposes to abolish the
collateral inheritance tax now levied
and to substitute therefor a tax upon
education.
Senator DOwell hardly would call
the proposition of his bill a tax on
education. but it is. He wants law
which will impose upon each student
who matriculates at Columbia or ROlla
the payment of two dollars a month
for his tuition. This sum. he calculates.
would make good the loss of the cOllat-
erai inheritance tax. which he declares
is unpopular, and which he designs to
abolish.
Doubtless the collateral inheritance
tax is unpopular, but so are all other
taxes. Few persons pay them with
swelling chest and rising Joy. Many
persons evade them if they can. Most
persons pay less than they should if
they were wholly candid with the as
SCISSOR.
But tax on education would be
not only more unpopular than one
upon collateral inheritances but much
more unreasonable. The man who re-
ceives an inheritance can afford to pay
st. Louis Times.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR

Feb. %. China RemOdeling Her Civil
zation, James Ware, of Shang
hal, China, second floor, Aca
demic Hall.
Feb. 26. 'Pan-American Night" by the
Cosmopolitan club, 7:3O p. M.
women's parlOrs of Academic
Hall.
Mar. 4. Social Problems of American
Cities, DIR. I. J. Riley.
Mar. 5. Elks' Benefit, University Audi
torium.
Mar. ii. The Relation of the Physician
to the Public and the Public
to the Physician, DIR. A. w.
NIcAlester.
Mar. IS. The Positive Value of Doubt,
DIR. c. NJ. Sharpe.
Mar. %. The Outlook for Christian
Civilization in South America,
Mr. S. Perry Wilson.
Apr. l. Does American Law Embody
the Spirit of Jesus, DIR. W. w.
Elwang.
Apr. s. The Position of the Educator
in the Promotion of Social
Uplift, DIR. A. Ross Hill.
Apr. 10. The Political Outlook in Rus
sia. Dr. IsidOr Loeb
Apr. %. The Church Outlook in Rus
sia, Rev. VI. A. Hart.
Apr. %. How far do the Teachings of
Socrates. COnfucius. Buddha
and Nlohammed Agree with
the Sermon on the Mount, DIR.
W. u Lhamon.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
PATRONS OF HCSBANDRY.

The recent organization of local
lodge of the National Grange at the
University of Missouri has brought the
men and women of the College of Ag-
riculture in touch with an organization
of farmers that has been in existence
thirty-six years.
The members of the National Grange
are called Patrons of Husbandry. The
Grange stands for the advancement of
agricultural interests and for the bet
terment of farm life. 1t strives not
only to induce tillers of the soil to
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
Stairs East or West?

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
The stairs at the west end of the
corridors i'm Academic Hall are always
crowded while those of the east end are
practically empty. Students coming
from the library have good reason for
going to classes on the second and
third floors by the west stairway. But
why do those who come through the
front entrance always use the west
stairway: Is it because they are ex-
tremelv sOciablc and like to be with
the crowd! II.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
Her Ideals.

Howell: 1t is hard for woman to
understand statistics
Powell: I guess that is so. told
my wife that for every passenger the
railroads of this country transported
two tons of freight. and she wanted to
know why the passengers were allowed
to carry so much baggage.-Harper's s
Weekly.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
An IS" Fraternity.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
While we are i'm the fraternity
founding business. why not form fra
telnity to which those who make 81
in ma ajOrity of their studies are eli
giblc? In that way the best students
of the University could unite and work
for such things as literary maga :
zine or All-Stunt Days. Under the new
system. there would never be more
members than could assembly in a
large class room. o.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
Not for Spring Holidays.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian'
No, thank you, We would not care
for Spring Day nor even two OF them
Think of attending st. Patrick's Day,
Ben Franklin's Day. King SOlomon's
Primitive Picnic. Farmers Fair. Medics
Seance. Mock Trial, Sham Battle. in
two days. Besides. think of seven
dances and seven kinds of punch in two
nights We couldn't study for week.
NJ.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
Princeton Expedition to Arabia.

A Princeton archaeological expedition
has sailed for Central Arabia A sim
liar expedition four years ago found
valuable Inscriptions written in an old
Roman border fortress.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24

When the recent snow melted so
quickly. Il minister remarked that the
sun had accomplished what the mu-
nicipality should have done. Let us
pray that the sun will tackle" the
mud
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
VIEWPOINTS S

THE University Missourian invites cont,i, n
buttons NOT TO exceed 200 words on matteIss >
of University interest. The name OF TI .nn
writer should accompany such letters. oIt VIII
not be printed unless desired. The UnNeI-
sirr Nissourian does not express approval nor
disapproval of these communications BY print
ing theTD
The Coop PostOffice.
To the Editor of the University Missourian;
The branch postofliee in the 'Co-oP
will be great help to students ana
faculty. But, alas! we cannot get our
mail.
The willy Coop don't want to worry
with hOmesick freshmen. r..
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24

Mrs Flanagan: An so we've got a
pinsion-'t will come in very handy
surprised in me life. me that niver saw
a shot fired in anger"-Punch.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
A Course in Typewriting.

A Course in Typewriting.
To the Editor Of the University Missourian:
From the difficulty the Department
of Journalism has in keeping its type
writer's in order, it would seem that
there ought to be a chair of Typewrit-
ing with required course for begin
nerS. VI.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24

At last President Roosevelt is actu-
ally going to Africa. He will start
next month and will land in the jun
giles in April with complete battery
of guns. Kermit. the Presidents see
und son. is to be the official phOtOg-
rapher of the expedition and the pic
lures will be used to illustrate the
books that Roosevelt expects to write
when he returns from his trip.
EDNA ANDERSON.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-24
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS

The battleships of the globe
fleet are home again. They sailed in,
firing a 1000 gun salute as the Presi-
dents ship. the Mayfower. came in
sight The total distance covered by
the fleet was 1927 miles and the time
consumed one year, two months and
six days. Fifteen foreign countries
were visited.
This is the first successful completion
of such cruise and is regarded by the
people of every nation as of historical
Importance. Never before has any such
fleet circumnavigated the globe and
never before has any fleet of any ma
tiOn of the world visited so many ports.
in so many countries in continuous
voyage and, greatest of all, never has
there been such universal manifesto
tion of good will and friendliness as
was shown the American fleet at every
port.
George Washington had vain
streak in his character and sat for his
picture more than 200 times. Fred w.
Lehman of st. Louis. an attorney. has
collection of 200 portraits of Wash
ingtOn and, strange enough. no two are
alike. According to his pictures Wash
ington might have been long, short.
lean. fat. grim. kindly. savage. benevO-
lent, big, little, dark, light, athletic or
anaemic looking man. Just how many
authentic likenesses of Washington ex-
ist cannot be decided.
The habit of the American to run
things" not only takes effect in our
own country but also in others. An
example of this is Mexico. Americans
have "butted in" in almost every walk
of MeXicO's life and are not in the least
by the Mexican resentment.
On every trip an American engineer is
at the throttle of the engine of each
train i'm and out of Mexico and an AM
crican conductor gives the orders.
The American with the picture show
and the New York capitalist are alike
Americans of all classes
the prospector. the ranch owner. con-
tractors. managers. clerks in railroad
and mining corporations. foremcn and
mechanics. Yet in every ease you find
American ''continentalism." However.
well he talks Spanish. the American is
IA man of his own country and retains
his own civilization.
The great American interests are in
railroads. mines. and cattle ranches.
We 90 for the whole cheese" or for
The loavcs and do not mind the
There is nothing small about |
he American when it comes to money
matters and when he has made his
pile" he takes the first train for home
md brings Mexican wealth to the Uni
ed States.
The big things of Mexico are ours.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
HAVE YOU?

Have you ever felt the pressure oi a tiny baby hand. CT a little upturned face a. ga'nst your own? Have you ever rocked a little one away to Sunderland When the sunlit day to eventide has grown? Have you listened to the cha ter of busy little tongue, Ol the glories where the child world plays a part? Have you kissed the lips of laugh ter when the sleep songs have been sung, Bringing dreamy rest unto the little heart? Have you quieted the troubles of tired little soul? Have you listened, to the litt,e childish cares? Have you croOned away the sob pings with a sympathetic In a lullaby Of old time sooth- ing airs? Have you seen the dancing sun light in the eager little eyes All ag!eam at the mystic fairy tales you'd tell? Did you note the looks of won der and expressions. Of sur prise.
 Ger that charming spot where gnomes and elfins dwell? Have yoW heard the supplica- tions from the rosy little lips, - Ere the sand man came around upon his quest? Have you felt a thrill of rapture from wee tiny finger tips, As you hugged the little dream CT to your breast? Then give thanks above that lit tie dimpled arms yours to feel
 In a, clasp of iove about your neck at night When within the dusk of even at the snowy cot you kneel. Listening to the gentle breath ing soft and light. E. A., Brinninstool in Los An geles Express.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25

their councilmen relief from muddy water and inadequate pressure which made fire a con stant menace. Indeed "a large portion of the city did burn down during. the period or poor water service. The council in turn not only threatened to take away the franchise of the cor poration but instituted and press ed a suit in the federal court at Little Rock.
 Then the corporation got busy and as result installed i'll Pine Bluff what is pronounced to be one of the most efficient water systems in the South. There are plenty of deep wells improved pumps and a mammoth concrete resetvoir all of which are to tbe inspected today by the visiting fire insurance men,. It is expected that a material reduction in in surance rates will result from the conference as the protection against fire loss has been great ly increased.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
SUS SSCRiPTgON RATES:
NEW FREIGHT RATE

Little Rock, March 24.- Freight rates in Arkansas will take a drop which will be "a de- cided one. and which will be ap- preciated very much by the ship peTs of the State Monday if Judge Trieber considers the new tariff to be submitted by the Ar kansas Railroad Commission with favor After much work, i'll which rate experts were toiling night and day for several weeks, the new tariff is completed. It shows an increasa of 33 1-3 per cent over the old tariff of the Commis- sion, which was recently cnjoin- ed by the railroads of the state and the much higher rates ap- piled. Judge Trieber, when the petition for. modification of the restraining order was before him recently, directed the Eommis- sion to prepare the tariff it has just completed and it is thought he will direct the railroads to handle freight under it until the injunction is definitely deciCr q upon.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
TO TEST WATER WORKS

Pine Bluff March 25.-Just how much a first class metropolitan water works system is worth in dollars and cents to the business men and property owners Is to be revealed through a confer ence which is to be held here to- day. The conference will be be- tween property owners of this city and representative insur- ance men of the state. It is the result of a move inaugura ted by the Board of Trade, largely through the efforts of it's secre- tary J. l.. Caldwell, following the completion of the new water works plant and system some weeks ago.
 / Up to within the past few months tho people had every right to complain of the water service furnished by the Pine Bluff corporation a private con- cern. The people arose in their indignation and demanded of
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25

place without a hitch, the neg ro's neck being broken by the fall. Stinnett committed his crime January Is and was con victed and sentenced to hang last month but a respite of 30 days was granted by Governor Don aghey i'll order that additional testimony might be presented to him. The testimony came in the form of a petition, free y signed by the people Of the county who did not want the stigma of a leg al execution upon the county, asking for communication, but Gov Donaghey refused to grant this Stinnett is alleged to have made a confession in the jail to the jailor Tho remains were taken by the mother, who recently went to Harrison from Muskogee to citculate the petition for com mutation.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
WAY BE SOLVED SOON

LewisviMe, March 23. The stomach oi Fife Kitchens was returned to Stamps this morning after an analysis was made by Dr. kraus of Memphis. It remains in the depot tonight awaiting payment of charges for the re- port which amount to S1OO. A subscription i4 being taken up. Relatives and friends of the dead girF await developments which will either confirm or dis pei the murder theory. No new clue that seems plausible has been advanced in this mysterious case, but it is expected that a period of 4S hours will settle the matter.
 Fife Kitchens was found ill a dying condition in bed early one morning two weeks ago. She said she saw a man leaving by way of a window and that she thought she had been poisoned. She died without making any further explanation.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
DIDN'T DECEIVE JAlLER

Van Duren, March 25.-W hen ever Jailori Levy Smith cuts down pseudo suicides he reaches in from the outside, through the bars and gently snips the rope. strap or! suspender. This com, mendable habit occa sionally saves him from much personal discomfort such as attends, in variably, raps on the head with an iron cuspidOr and prevents prisoners walking over his pros trate form to freedom. At least that's the way he did when Tom Davis decided, apparently to quit Van Buren by the suicide route.
 But Jailor Levy is by instinct a cautious man having been born that way. When he found Davis dangling at the end of a strap and his cell mate Brennan wild ly calling for assistance and hold ing Davis weight carefully from the support of the strap, Levy didn't rush pell-me,l into the Cage" leaving the door open and likew ise an avenue Of escape. In- stead he stopped to ponder a moment and incidentally to cut off a chew" He reflected that it was mighty strange that Dav- is should launch himself into e. ternity just as the jailor's key was heard in the door and that his cell mate should exert himself to the extent of holding 32OO pounds for two minutes if all that was to be gained was Davis life. NO Brennan would sure,y have called for hep at an eal+lier stage of the game if
 But Levy just reached through the bars and cut the strap. Then Davis and Brenan looked at each other foolishly and retired to their hunks to think it over.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
STINNETT EXECUTED

Little Rock. March 25.-. Mes sages from Harrison yesterday afternoon late, told of the exec ution thero of Charles Stinnett for criminally assaulting Miss Emma Lovett an aged woman of Boone county. The mulatto died without making a statement
 whatever. The, execution was set for noon, but someone gave the negro liquor and Sheriff keefe would not permit the hang ing to take place until the neg TO had come from under it's in- flcence. Only a few people wit messed tho execution which took
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT THE FLEET REVIEW.


   Rear Admiral his hand the salute of sailors deck The led Assistant
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-25
THE PRESCOTT DAILY NEWS.
 PUBLISHED BY The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class matter April .5, 1907, at the post office at Prescott, Ark, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
WANT RED ROOFS
FOR PORTOLA fETE
Bunker of Chamber of Commerce
Thinks Tones of Land
scape Too Somber

San Francisco must begin to paint
the town red before the beginning of
the Portola festival, according to the
ideas of William M. Bunker, trustee of
the chamber of commerce, who is aided
and abetted by the members of the
Outdoor Art league of which Mrs. Low
ell White is the president To produce
cheerful effect, Bunker suggests that
the roofs of all the houses of the CITY
be given fresh coat of paint of scar
Iet crimson, rosy russell, carmine or
even tftian-but some shade of red il
must be to give a welcome to the thou
sands who will journey here for the
Portola festival in October
1t is declared by the enthusiasts for
the plan that the rebuilt portion of the
city has charmingly cheerful color
scheme, but the older residence section
is too gloomy with its somber grays
and browns. Red roofs will illuminate
and cheer the landscape, particularly
as the city is so hilly that the roofs
are much in evidence. To create vari-
ETY. there should be an occasional white
roof
Window gardens are to be secured
low blossoms being advocated for these
as being cheerful and also in harmony
with the scheme of Spanish decoration
The Outdoor Art league has under
consideration, in conjunction with the
Portola committee, the matter of of
fering prizes for the gayest and most
alluring window garden. Further de-
tails of the plans will be announced
within a few days.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
LOSE THEIR SAVINGS
OF EIGHTEEN YEARS
Mrs. Katie Item and Husband
Want B. Gainsbury Arrested

After saving by rigid economy $500
in IS years, Mrs. Katie Item, s33 San
chez street. and her husband. August.
stand a fair change of losing every
cent of 1t through the alleged manipu-
lations OF 3. Gainsbury, a real estate
dealer In Mission street. for whose ar
rest on a charge OF obtaining money by
false pretenses Mrs. Item procured a
warrant from Police Judge Deasy yes
terday.
Mrs Item and her husband were
anxious to invest their savings in a
lot and called upon Gainsbury, who is
alleged to have represented to them that
he had a lot for sale in Fifth avenue
near street, which was owned by a
man named Whitman. for whom he was
agent. July 1 Mrs Item handed Gains
bury the $500 and he is said to have
promised to arrange for the transfer
of the lot to them through G. H Umb-
sen & Co.
Mrs Item and her husband waited
patiently for several days and finally
made an investigation and say they
discovered that the lot was not owned
by a man named Whitman and that
Gainsbury was not an agent for the
real owner. The warrant for his ar
rest was then issued.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
SEAWALL BONDS ARE
PROPERLY EXECUTED
Signature of Governor GiIIett
Held to Be Not Necessary

The petition of N. w. Halsey & Co.
for a writ of mandate to compel Gov
ernor Gillett. Controller Nye and
Treasurer Williams to sign the recent
issue of seawall bonds was denied by
the supreme court yesterday afternoon.
The petition was similar to the one re-
Gently denied by the same court to E.
c. Graham. Different points were cited
in the application. In denying the writ
the court says:
The statute authorizing the issuance
and sale of the bonds is somewhat am
biguous, but since the whole 1000
bonds authorized are required by the
act of the legislature to bear the date
of January 2, 1905, the better construc-
ton of its equivocal provisions seems
to be that the governor. controller and
treasurer then in office were the
proper officers to execute them, and
such having been the construction OF
the act evidenced by their contempt
lraneous action. we hold that the bonds
rendered to the plaintiff were duly and
properly executed according TO law,
The opinion was written by Chief
Justice Beatty and concurred in by
Justices Shaw, Angellotti. Sloss and
Lorigan.