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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
ROOSEVELTS OPINION OF SMALL
FARMERS

From a paper by Theodore Roose-
welt in The Century Magazine for
February, 1851
but everywhere among these
plainsmen and mountain-men, and
more important than any, are the
cowboys,-the men who follow the
calling that has brought such towns
into being. Singly, or in twos or
threes, they galop their wiry little
horses down the street, their 1.-the,
supple figures erect or swaying slight
ly as they sit loosely in the saddle;
while their stirrups are so long that
their knees are hardly bent, the
brides not taut enough to keep the
chains from clanking. They are
smaller and less muscular than the
wielders of axe and pick; but they
are as hardy and self-reliant as any
men who ever breathed-with brOnz-
ed, set faces, and keen eyes that look
all the world straight in the face
without flinching as they flash out
from under the broad trimmed hats.
Peril and hardship, and years of long
toll broken by weeks of brutal dis
sipation, draw haggard lines across
their eager faces, but never dim
llltll ltChltSS tgtS hOl VI Ntlh thNli
bearing of defiant self-confidence.
They do not walk well, partly be-
cause they so rarely do any work
out of the saddle, partly because
their chaperajos or leather Overalls
hamper them when on the ground;
but their appearance is striking for
all that and picturesque, too, with
their jingling spurs, the big revolvers
In hn1tg oil ell LIZ
handkerchiefs knotted loosely round
their necks over the open collars of
the flannel shirts. When drunk on
the villainous whisky of the frontier
towns they cut mad antics, riding
their horses into the saloons, firing
their pistols right and left, from
boisterous lightheartedness rather
than from any viciousness, and in
dulging too often in deadly shooting
ARRAYS, brought on either by the
accidental contact of the moment or
on account of some long-standing
grudge, or perhaps because of bad
blood between two ranches or locali-
ties; but except while on such sprees
they are quiet, rather self-contained
men, perfectly frank and simple, and
on their own ground treat a stran.
ger WIFI lllt llOSI MnOlC-SOulSu nus
pitality, doing all in their power fol
him and scorning to take any re-
ward in return. Although prompt
to resent an injury, they are not al
all apt to be rude to outsiders
treating them with what can almost
be called grave courtesy. They
are much better fellows and pIeasan'
ter companions than small farmers
or agricultural labOrers; nor are the
mechanics and workmen of "a great
city to be mentioned in the same
breath"
The above is a verbatim extract
| from a paper in The Century Maga.
zine for February, 1888, entitled
Ranch Life in the Far West" and
signed Theodore Roosevelt" The
extract will be found on page 50z
of the magazine. From beginning
to end we give it exactly as it was
originally printed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

interested persons in other states,
who are desirous of purchasing the
Indian land.
The average acreage offered
monthly by the United States Indian
Superintendent is 10000, and some
months the list more than doubles
that amount. The October sales
now being advertised show fifty
thousand acres, majority of which
is susceptible to the highest state
of cultivation and will raise in
abundance all the crops of the tenn
perate zone.
These tracts are appraised by two
competent land men, one a regular
land appraiser and the other the
district agent in the locality where
the land Is situated, and who is
familiar with the conditions in this
locality.
The land is advertised for thirty
days in the newspapers of the state
and by printed posters distributed
by the mailing list system. The
bids are opened on the day specified
in the advertisement and the high
est bid, If it exceeds the amount
stated in the appraisement, gets the
land.
At the time of sale ten per cent
of the amount offered must accom-
pany the bid and the balance to be
paid on receipt of notice from the
Indian Superintendent to the effect
that the deed has been executed and
is ready for delivery. %
There is no doubt as to a clear
title to land purchased in this man
ner as the records are carefully ex-
amined by the representatives of the
Indian superintendent and if no
clouds affecting title are found, the
land is advertised. When an Indian
makes application for the removal
of restrictions upon the sale of his
land the same is submitted to an
appraiser for an investigation as to
its quality, improvements and value
consideration being taken as to
the distance from market, kind of
market and the roads At the same
time the District Agent is given a
| description of the land and he checks
the county records wherein the
land is located to ascertain whether
| there are any Illegal instruments OF
records. If such instruments appear
| of record the superintendent will
not advertise the land until the title
can be cleared.
The land advertised through the
Office of the United States Indian
! Superintendent is of every quality
found in any state, there being open
prairie, timber, first class agricul.
tural land, and large tracts of rough
land suitable only for grazing pur.
poses. The better grades during the
past year have sold at prices ranging
| from SO to $40 per acre, while
grazing land has brought from 81
to s. per acre.
In the southern part of the state
and along streams the land is GOV.
cred to some extent with merchant.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
GRAY LINE GROWS TIMER IN
CONGRESS-, TOO.

How time is passing and the old
order of things is changing is sug-
gested anew by the very recent death
of two United States senator's, Nc
Emery of Louisiana and Daniel of
Virginia, both of whom were in the
Confederate army. For many years
the greater part of the representa-
tion from the south in both houses
of Congress was made up of men
who had been in the military service
on that side during the Civil war
the Confederate brigadiers as they
came to be called. With the pass
ing away of Senators McEnery and
Daniel there remain in that branch
of Congress but six men who fought
for the ederacy-Senator Bank
head and Johnston of Alabama, Tai
iaferro of Florida, Bacon of Geor-
gia, Money of Mississippi and Mar
tin of Virginia. And by an odd CO.
incidence there are the same num-
ber of eX-Confederates in the house
-Messrs. Taylor and Richardson of
Alabama, Rucker of Colorado, Liv-
ingston of Georgia, Talbot of Mary
land, and Gordon of Tennessee. The
day is at hand when veterans who
wore either the blue or the gray in
the great struggle from 1861 to
1865 will be exceedingly scarce in
public life
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

the week and go to church on Sun
days. ] saved my tener and let the
other fellows do the bar act. | am
going to use my money for gasoline.
have the use of a nice little gov
ernment car on Sundays but the old
gang got so mean as to drain all the
gasoline out of the tanks so the boys
couldn't use them on Sundays, but
Parsons will fix that up now, as he
will want every man to be out nights
and Sundays whooping it up for
Roosevelt's man. Our head man tells
us that Roosey is going to have fatty
Taft put all of us fellows on the
civil service list so we can't be re-
moved in case the Demy's get back
on the throne. Say that fellow in
Pennsylvania you have ronning for
Governor is a dandy big fellow. If
he only had the nerve Teddy has he
would own the whole state. He's
got a bully name too, Tener. Is he
giving many ten spots away. Tele-
graph me. MURPHY.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
Figures of the Milk Situation,

In June a daily average of ,293
cans of milk and 3,512 cans of cream
reached the New York market, says
the Milk Reporter. This is equal to
64,S ,S56 cans of plain milk, an increase
of LAG cans as compared with re-
ceipts for the corresponding month
of 1903. The increase is represent
ed by 1000 cans of milk and 143
of cream and unsweetened condens-
ed
Market price from May l to July
15-inclusive-3 cents quart.
Commencing July 16 and until 9TH
erwise announced 31a cents per
quart to $1.40 per can of 40 quarts.
Borden's price for June $685.
July $1.10h per can of 40 quarts.
The usual June surplus was very
much in evidence until about the
goth of that month. Early in July
it disappeared entirely and a short
age developed to such an extent that
in many instances dealers were COM
PEELED to do some lively hustling in
order to secure the necessity sup
ply. At present supply and demand
are about evenly balanced.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
OUR SPECIAL FROM SARATOGA.

Mr. Editor:
Just as | promised you | am Civ
ing you my impressions of our con-
vention. | was a sub, and it was a
hummer. The hall was packed.
The crowd was pretty well divided
in yelling. Roosevelt is a corker. He
just rode rough shod over the old
gang and booted them out of control.
He is the Boss and don't you forget
it, and he will name his man for
governor and his name, / am told,
is STIMSON. He is kid glove sport,
so they tell me. When Teddy stood
on the platform and opened his
mouth to show his teeth his face
looked like that big bear trap that
used to be on exhibition in the win
dow of the Simpson pawn shop.
There were II delegates in my row
and every blessed one of us is hold
ing down a good government job,
and you can bet we made some
noise. Big mouth Leary sat on one
side of me, and every time he roared
i had to duck or have my ear drum
cracked. On the other side was an
old gent with whiskers. He looked
like a broken down sport but he
had his little part to say, all written
out by some typewriter. This old
guy lost his goggles and / had to
read his program to him and tell
him when to get up and nominate
some fellow on some committee. He
had cracked voice and you couldn' t
hear what he said If you laid in bed
with him; but Teddy had it all down
alright and didn't have to hear. You
can talk about the machine being
well creased. Say, that was the slick
est and best running article that
ever came down the pike. Every
mother son of them had his little
part all typewriter and our bunch
of IL had big yap from up the state
who would tell us when to yell and
you can bet we shouted. You could
hear us way out on the race tracks
Somebody was very generous with
the dough. All railroad, hotel and
car expenses were paid and every
man had Tener or a sawbuck with
orders TO push 1t over the bar. The
race track gang were very happy
They claimed that Teddy promises
give the live sports a show but Is
going to Jump on those pious sports
down in Wall street who gamble all
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
DISPUTING SCIENCE.

Those practical persons who have
rushed into the lists with Secretary
of Agriculture, James Wilson, and
have declared that the gentleman
from Tama, Ia, did not know what
he was talking about when he said
in a recent report that chickens
ought to be kept without food for
twenty-four hours before they were
killed, should pause before obtrud-
ing their opinions upon the public
Secretary Wilson had as a basis of
his declaration, the report of a very
clever young lady who is known in
the department as DR.. Pennington
DR.. Pennington is an expert and a
scientist, and in the words of the
Secretary himself, lis a mighty nice
girl" She has been investigating
this chicken question for a year or
two, and last spring she went before
the cold storage warehousemen and
told them lot they never knew be-
fore about their own business. They
took it nobly, too, and voted their
thanks to boot. What DR.. Penning-
ton knows about preparing poultry
for market and the effects of cold
storage on it, the relatives merits of
dry picked poultry and poultry
which has been scalded and other
things pertaining to the subject,
would fill a book. Accordingly, it
is recommended again, that nom
professional persons should go slow
in contradicting the deductions and
findings of DR.. Pennington, who
has the dope" as the sporting edi-
tor says, to back up all that she
says.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

able timber, and in the eastern part
of the state the land is underlaid
with vast beds of mineral-lead,
zinc, iron and coal. The central
portion of the state from north to
south has the famous oil pools
probably the largest in the world
and the land offered for sale is from
every portion of that part of Okla
homa, formerly known as the Indian
Territory, so rich in these re-
sources.
Professor Chas. N. Gould, state
geologist, has made a careful in
vestigation of this part of the coun-
try and in his report, recently sub
mltted to the state officials. stated
that, in his estimation, there are
many undeveloped pools of oiI-in
fact, that this product may extend
to many parts of the Eastern half
of the state.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
GOING. GOING, GONE.

Uncle Sam, as land auctioneer,
is attracting considerable attention
in Oklahoma by an unique method
of selling the red mans heritage,
in the form of good tillable land
That the farmer and investor appre-
ciate the plan and have confidence il
it is demonstrated by the fact that
within the past twelve months ap-
proXimately one million dollars have
been paid for Indian land to the
United States government through
the United States Indian Superin-
tendent at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
For several years the question of
land titles in that part of Oklahoma
formerly Indian Territory, has not
been looked upon favorably by those
desiring investments. Land that
will raise one bale of cotton to the
acre, sixty bushels of corn season
after season, better than one hun
dred bushels of oats, two crops of
potatoes in one season, averaging
one hundred bushels to the acre,
and adaptable to raising a CORES
ponding crop of any of the staples,
has gone begging and remained idle
on account of the title bugaboo
The same grade of land in Missouri
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and the other
agricultural states, was bringing
from $65.0O to $4,000 per acre,
while the Indian lands in Oklahoma
were taken by the weeds for the
lack of purchasers at ten and fif-
teen dollars.
Within the past year, things have
greatly changed. The Government
decided to sell the restricted lands
for the Indian and supervise the
proceeds from the sale of such
lands. The Indian is, as a rule, in
experienced and in any business per-
tanning to his land, such as renting
or leasing, only succeeded in getting
the title clouded, hence the scare of
poor titles.
The plan of the government Off
cials is to clear the land of such
clouds, appraise the land and i'm
proyements, and offer the same to
the highest bidder, thereby insur-
ing perfect title, the deed being pre-
pared in the Office of the United
States Indian Superintendent.
From the beginning the plan
proved an excellent one and before
the third monthly sale the lists OF
land were sought by people in all
the states. The United States In
dian Superintendent has today on
his mailing list of monthly land sale
notices some five thousand names of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

No town Will become a business
center so long as its business men
rely on a few merchants to make
efforts to bring trade to town, al
though it may have an active board
of trade Too often the men in a
few lines of trade are about the only
ones that reach out after custom.
Other merchants wait until these
men induce the people to come TO
town and content themselves with
the trade that naturally drifts to
their places. A public spirited man
should ask himself if he is doing his
part to attract people to come to
town to trade, in helping the busi-
ness community, and no town is a
success unless all lines are working
to extend the trade as far as possi-
BILE, and trying to bring a larger ter
ritory in the circles in which the
town is the business center.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Roosevelt mas proved himself to
be a bully" politician, some people
say it the other way, that he is a
political bully" the word bully be-
ing one of his pet words. Anyway
you use it will not displease him as
he is dee-lighted with any expression
that emphasize his personality. He
deserves great credit for his victory
at Saratoga from the very fact that
he won regardless of the fruits which
will no doubt blossom and mature
at the coming election. He smash
ed the Old Guard and is now the
New Guardian of the Republican
party of New York state. With
Woodruff, Sherman, Barnes and 9th
ers as trophies of his Saratoga hunt
shackled to the rear end of his au-
tomobile, he can now make his tri-
umphal return to Oyster Bay. Nero
fiddled while Rome burned. Theo-
dore Roosevelt may have a chance
to whistle while the Republican par
ty in the Empire state is smashed to
smithereens.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
A Self-Confessed Malefactor of Great
Wealth.

w cdltn.
The only malefactor of great
wealth who frankly acknowledges
the corn and confesses that he has
malefacted is the subject of an out
of-the-ordinary story by Bruce Bar
ton in Human Life for October.
This confession wasn't made on
the mourner's bench, by the way, or
after the doctor had told the man of
millions that he had but a few hours
more to live. The time and place
were even more unusual.
Here is a part of his confession
and his arraignment of other gilded
malefactors: You are robbers, too.
The only difference between us is
that l know | steal and you don't.
| am going to lead a better life and
you are not. | don't mean that |
am going to quit stealing. I'm only
half honest yet-but I'm going to use
my swag-I might as well be plain
about it, and 'swag' is what it is
I'm going to use it to break up the
system which has made it possible
for me to get it. John ID. Rookie
feller is a member of my gang, a
good, quiet little member, who
doesn't have any idea how big a
ribber he is. Pierpont Morgan is
another. The only trouble with them
is that their consciences need sand
papering, or they need a few more
jolts in the stock market, or some
thing of that kind to bring them to
a sense of their iniquity.
This is no fairy tale, but per-
fectly true happening, and the life
story of how this man made his mil
lions, what has pricked his con-
science, and his plan for destroying
the system that makes such robbery
of the public possible is one of the
most unique features of this issue
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
3. ]. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo. o.

We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last 15 years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and f.
nancially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

All of New York fell in love with
Girls" that played 225 consecutive
performances at Days theatre. The
question is will Honesdale do the
same?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Ingratitude is the objectionable
sin. | helped to make Roosevelt
Barnes, of Albany.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Nail your colors to the mast. If
the ship sinks save the nail; we'll
need it again.-Col. Abe Gruber,
New York City.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
q 4 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y \ y \ ,
y SAYINGS OF MAYOR GAYNoR.

% = ~ \ y y \ \ q
"a citizen should not be mere
sheep in the presence of a police
man, any more than a policeman
should be mere sheep in the pres
ence of a politician"
81 will dismiss every man in the
uniformed police force of New York
If that be necessary to restrain po-
lice lawlessness, and | will be as
vigorous in opposing and Furnishing
official ruffianism or corruption on
the last day of my administration
and on every day between then and
now"
There are grave shortcomings in
judicial administration. Don't be
deluded into the belief that every
thing is perfect there. Perfection
does not belong to any of the sons
of men and your judges are only
human"
81 am not one of those who be-
lieve that the courts should not be
criticised. That is a strange and
evil notion. They should be watch
tu anu tIlbltlStu Iut SAME dS OIutI
branches of government, and can be
kept up to proper standard in no
other way"
Those Judges so delicate about
criticism and yet indelicate enough
to claim they should be free from
it, are probably sadly in need of
public attention"
at is not judges, but justice, that
is sacred"
pause and ask whether a high
tariff on articles that we do not pro-
duce at all, or do not produce enough
for our use, is consistent with the
principles of a protective tariff"
1--WE should shed statues which
grow obsolete and obnoxious the
same as a snake sheds his skin"
"It is not the business of the po-
lice to revive dead letter laws"
The laws against healthy physi-
cal amusements on Sunday are OBJ
solete and obnoxious. l don't in
| tend to enforce them"
81 would rather know that a child
of mine was at a baseball or foot
| ball game on a Sunday afternoon
than not to know where he was"
, MANY of our boys and young men
/ scarcely see the sun at all during
| the short days of the year except on
| Sunday, and have no other day for
outdoor exercises from one end of
| the year to the other"
"The old Spanish proverb says:
1--WE are all just as good as God made
/ us, and some of us a good deal
worse"
"The American policeman is a
Russian czar."
To the New York police force
you arrest too many. Three out
of every four whom you bring to the
police station ought never to be
there. You are making criminals u
His notion of humor was, to say
the least, peculiar. In addressing
letter to A. B. Kerr, a political
antagonist, whom he bitterly dis.
liked, Gaynor would erase the
Kerr" and write over it Cur"
When first questioned as tC
whether he would be a candidate for
mayor, he said: Il have nothing tC
say about it. Ask Mrs. GaynOr about
it, She is my political boss. She
will tell you.
To professional reformers: you
are hypocrites. You are not sur.
prised-you are simply disappoint.
ed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Menner & Co. store are now show
ing the new line in carpets, house
furnishings, rugs, porters, curtains
and wall hangings. 74eoi4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

This is political murder, but it's
necessary.-Lloyd Griscom, New
York City Republican Chairman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

The man with the red hat will
be at the fair, as well as any num-
ber of red heads and red noses. BE
ready to have a good time, people.
Come early and stay all the week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Mrs. Emma G. Secor solicits sub
scriptions for the Ladies' Home
Journal, Woman's Home Companion,
Delineator and other periodicals.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Blessed be the (railroad) tie that
binds, etc.-H. II. Vreeland, Metro
politan Railroad.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Has anybody seen Teddy.-Tim
Woodruff.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Shall we gather at the (Salt)
river?-Sunny Jim Sherman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

How pleasant it is for political
brethren to dwell together in unity
and love.-Willie Hearst.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

MISS HARDENBERGH, teacher
of piano, theory and harmony
Terms and particulars upon request
Address 800, 14th street. 71t6
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

Cheer up; there is NO hell.-JoC
Cannon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

The long coats for Ladies, Juniors
and Misses at Menner & Co.'s store.
All latest makes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.


BY George, this is bully.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30

"a citizen should not be a mere
sheep in the presence of a police
man, any more than a policeman
should be a mere sheep in the pres
ence of a politician"