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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02
Governments Census of Indian Wards

and the Indians are gradually learn.
ing TO live by the sweat Of the brow
upon the product Of their own self
respecting handiwork. rather than up
on the bounty OF the government.
The Apache Indians employed on
the Roosevelt reclamation project un-
der the act OF June IT. 1909. earned
s34. 900 In 1909. and rendered eminent
ly satisfactory service In regions
where, on account OF the heat. a white
man could not have labored. Sheep
herding has given profitable employ.
ment TO many hundreds tf Navajos
and Pueblos In the past year.. and
Pima and Papago Indians. employed
as navvies on the Southern PaSifo
railway. earned many thousands of
dollars. The Sioux farmers have done
well. though they are deficient In the
quality OF persistent patience that
makes the most successful sort OF az
ricultural laborer.
The Indians worst foe at present,
aside from whisky, is tuberculosis.
The investigation by the Smithsonian
institution In 1909 showed that about
one In four Of some 1900 Indians en-
amined were suffering from what has
hitherto been known as "the white
plague" Sanatorium camps have now
been established and the government
Is exercising special care over la
wards
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War and Culture.

go hostile 10 culture Ia war that
tho artisans OF France have never
been able 10 attain 20 the standards
OF workmanship which prevailed un.
der the old monarchy. Latin has been
mispronounced In England ever since
the wars OF the commonwealth. Our
national culture started with the
handicap OF n neven-years' war. and
was always little behindhand. Dur
ing the nineteenth century the Ameri'
can citizen was buffeting tho waves OF
new development His daily life was
an experiment His moral, social. po-
litieal interests and duties we're inde-
terminate. Nothing was settled for
him by society Was a man 10 have
an opinioni Then he must make Il
himself. This demands a more serious
labor than n he were obliged 10 manu-.
facture his own shoes and candle
sticks. No such drafts upon individual
intellect In made IN IN old country.
You cannot get European 10 under
stand this distressing overtaxing OF
the intelligence in America. Moth
ing like II has occurred before. be-
cause In old countries opinion is part
OF caste and condition; opinion Is the
shadow OF interest and OF social
status-John ]. Chapman in Atlantic.
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FAULT In TRAINING
roo MANY PARENTS NOT CON.
sisTENT WITH CHILDREN.
70 Laugh at Prank Today and Punish
for II Tomorrow 10 Something
Of a Puzzle 20 the In
fant Mind.

| One Of the greatest faults in train
ing our children is a lack Of con
sistency. We make a great mistake in
laughing at cunning baby pranks that
will some day cease TO be amusing.
When the twoyear-old baby feels her
self badly misused and sulks In the
corner with a comical look Of offended
dignity on her face II is laughable, but
when the six-year-old girl screams in
a passion because she cannot wear
her new dress out TO play in II Is not
so funny. And yet the principle in.
volved in both instances is the same
and the poor child ia the sufferer.
Little William had been taught not
TO touch the piano and very seldom
disobeyed. but one day he grew rest
less. and watching mother and Aunt
Mary out Of the corner Of his eyes
went over TO the plano and down came
the little FIST on the shiny keys. He
walked away with such look OF
complete innocence that mother and
auntie both laughed heartily. and
auntie caught him up with kiss and
carried him out 10 see the kittens.
But the next day when mother and
William called on tho new minister's
wife tho little boy soon discovered the
piano and started 10 play. His mother
spoke 10 him. but he paid no heed,
no she rose and started TO close the
piano, but Master William objected
and there were angry screams and
mother had 10 carry the little boy 10
her chair. And why not1 Yesterday
II had been a play: they had laughed
at him then. no why not today1 II
was injustice 10 his baby heart and he
rebelled. 1f no attention had been
paid 10 the baby when she sulked she
would have soon tired OF her lonesome
corner and forgotten her grievance.
and n william in his restlessneas had
been gently reminded OF the piano be-
ing forbidden thing and his atten.
tion directed 10 something else. he
probably would not have troubled the !
piano again. A good idea n the baby |
rulks IL 10 leave the room Immediate
". With no attention baby'a offend.
Nd dignity wears on. and with no
audience n screaming child will soon
lire OF TIA tantrum. But babies de-
nand attention. and n We laugh at
HON for some little mischief one day
hey think thoy are cunning and viii
,zpcct us 10 laugh at tho samo prank
mother day.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

Mrs. Humphry Ward says tho nor
NAL woman land especially the mar
ricd woman) lives In irrcparable ig
noranos OF politics because she Ia y,
much engroesed in her own business
Does Mrs. Humphry Ward really sup
pose the normal man has no business
OF his own. or spends all his time IN
meditatipg on the principles OF the
constitution In fact. he has 40 much
business that he IN ahrcwdly tempted
10 leave politics 20 n professional
clAsa-whioh Ia notoriously the great
drawback and peril OF modern demoo'
raoy. I think the onfranohiaoment Of
women would. like proportional rep.
resentation. tend 10 oounteract this
evil. Other good people say tho nor
NAL woman must not have vote be-
cause sho cannot fight This argu.
ment is not only foolish. for several
reasons, but insulting 10 all infirm and
Qncient men. What shall I be de.
franchiaed for being olc enough 20
have learned the exercise OF the muL'
Ile-loadlng Enheld7-Sir Frederick
Pollock In London Times.
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quiries which will elicit adequate in.
formation concerning the extent nnd
effect Of that system Of reclaiming
land for the purpose Of agriculture.
This census or investigation was or
dered by congress in act amending
the census law passed last February.
Under It's provisions the director Is
ordered TO ascertain the area Of ir-
rigated lands In the arid regions Of
the country; whether such irrigation
is carried on under state OF federal
laws; the prices at which irrigated
lands, including water rights, are OBJ
tainable; the character and value Of
crops produced upon them; the
amount Of water used for an acre; the
situation Of the various irrigation en-
terprises. together with a description
Of their methods Of construction. their
physical conditions and the amount OF
capital invested therein.
In taking the agricultural census,
the field work for which has Just been
completed, the census Office furnished
the enumerators with supplementary
schedule relating to irrigation. These
questions, however. did not develop
all the information asked by congress.
and nine different schedules are being
prepared for special agents OF the
census bureau. In connection with
these new schedules the director is
asking the advice Of government and
state officials, corporations. experts
and the special agents themselves,
who have been selected because OF
their special fitness 10 do the work.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

An English gardener is In this ooun-
try 20 start breeding farm for toads,
He declares that II American farmers
realized the agricultural value OF the
toad they would protect It strictly and
profit thereby,
Cutworms are the toad's favorite
food. He also eats caterpillars.
weeyils. grasshoppers. crickets. thou
sanc-legged worms and other insects.
And his appetite is tremendous. II
is estimated that a single toad in
thirty days win consume 700 cut
worms. 1000 ants. $50 weevils. l40
ground beetles and several hundred
miscellaneous bugs.
II the English export Is correct.
the humble and homely toad Is as.
suredly important enough 10 deserve
the kind Offices OF the department Of
agriculture. which is so multifariously
active In the interests OF the farmer,
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NrER and elk preserves may play an

nEER and elk preserves may play an
~ important part In reducing the
high cost OF beef. According 10 gov
ernmsnt experts who have maze an
Investigation OF the cost and methods
Of raising venison. declare that the
game laws OF the various states are
preventing deer and elk farming and
denying the country one OF It's chief
sources OF cheas and good meat. Deer
and Elk can be raised readily In near.
ly every state in the Union. They are
easily controlled and eheaply fed.
The increase OF elk under domestica.
lion is fully equal to that OF cattle,
Tney are harder AMI more able to
stand exposure and the elk hide Is
more valuable than that OF the steer
The Virginia or Whitehall de7r, com
mon IN nest parts OF the united
States, Is not so hardy as the elk. but
with proper care can be raised with
profit.
The state and the government.
through It's Yellowstone park officials,
have eo-operated with individual
ranehmen In caring for the vast herds
OF elk In the Jackson's Hole region In
Wyoming, II is estimated that there
are 10000 elk IN the Yellowstone park
region, constituting the only great
herd left. For two or three winters
these elk have been fed. and have now
come to look upon the feeding as
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02
axpsY WordIsss language.

To communicate with one another.
gypsies now use letters-and they use
the telegraph, too, when necessary
especially In this country. nut the
modern Romany also follows the pat
taran." tracing the footsteps. or wagon
tracks. Of his friends on the road by
the same method employed by hts an.
Client prototype. reading directions
where no words are written as clearly
as tho gorgio does a roadside sign
board But the pattaran can be read
by the gypsy only-it Is hidden and
secret. although Il may be IN plain
sight. as signboard Is open and
public. The pattaran may be formed
Of sticks OF stones or grass. placed
cross fashion at the parting OF roads
IN such manner that only gypsy
would instantly notice and understand
To him II means much: irst OF all. the
direction taken by Romany predeces-
sors.--From Riley NJ. Fletcher Der.
ry's Tho American Gypsy" in Con.
tury,
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WlFE'S PET DOG WAS USEFUL.
In Order TO Secure New SILK Dress
She Gives Beast to slster--can
Get Him Back.

Il haven't seen your pet dog fol
several days." said devoted husband
to his wife.
NO" she replied: "the fact is,
have given him away"
why. you needn't have done that
] had not particular objection to him.
"Oh, know that But / thought
that II was not right for me to haze
pet dog about the house when
have such a good, kind husband to
lavish my affections upon"
The husband sank into a chair with
deep sigh.
How much do you want, MaryT'
he asked. as he drew his purse from
his pocket; 1T can't be a sealshin
jacket, for the winter is over"
NO" she said, ut is not a sealskin
jacket. darling; but would really like
a new silk dress this summer, and you
know II has TO be bought and made
and all that"
Now" he said. as he handed her
the money, what proof OF your af.
fectlons will you give me when you
want another dress, since you have
given away your dog7"
"oh." she sweetly replied. "rve
given the dog TO my sister. and can
get him back againi"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

TN the present census the govern
i ment has made a great EFFORT to OBJ
tain. through special agents. full and
authentic data concerning the tribal
relations OF the Indians. as a decade
hence when the fourteenth census will
be taken. It probably win be found
that those Indians who are now de-
pendent wards OF the nation have be-
come fuli-hedged citizens.
The Indian population OF the United
States decreased In the decade from
1890 to 1900. from 27s,607 TO 266. .760
In 1850 the care Of the Indians cost
the national government s5.2O6.l09;
In 1903 the cost had risen to s16.-
T94,l62, more than three times as
much. The total attendance OF In.
dian children In schools conducted by
the government or by missionary en-
terprise Is 26.T77. In these schools
no effort Is spared to teach the child
some industry by which he may sup
port himself when be comes Of aGs.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02
oregon Mans Insse, Catcher.

In the country all sorts OF homely
devices are used 10 catch the bugs
and kill them, and an Oregon man.
who probably had his apple orchard
overrun by some destructive species.
patented . trap for the pests, A bar.
rel has pieces cut out OF the upper
portion and is half filled with rotten
OF bruised apples or some other odor'
iferous fruit. On top OF the barrel Is
place, a pan partially filled with wa
ter, oil or some poisonous liquid. From
the apex OF tripod that keeps the
basin from falling on the barrel hangs
lantern. In the daytime the insects
viii be attracted by the odor OF the
fruit. and In fiying up TO feast many
OF them are likely to fly into the wa.
ter. At night the lantern is lighted
and bugs will come from afar TO fiut-
ter against Il and meet their death In
the liquid below.-Chieago Tribune.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

A REPORT made 10 congress by a
n commission appointed TO examine
land titles In the District Of Columbia
disoloses that many lots OF land occu.
pied by modern business houses and
residences IN the national capital are
still owned by the government. not
withstanding the present tenants be.
lieve they have n clear title TO the
property. -s,@f---
This question OF land titlea IN the
national capital Ia not n new one. Two
years ago congress created n commits.
sion 10 study Il. Tho commission con.
sisted OF tho attorney general. the sec.
rotary OF war. Senator Scott OF West
virginia. Representative Bartholdt OF
Missouri. and one Of the district com.
missionSra. The report reveals n hor.
rible land tangle. which the courts will
probably never be able 90 straightsn
out The tangie Ia the outcome OF the
wild speculation In real estate that
took place for good mAay years after
the capital was laid out.
Private lands were acquired IN
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

WASHfNGTON.-1gnorance on the
w part OF amateur diplomats con.
cernlng the proper form Of diplomatic
correspondence nearly preclpitated a
war scare In two nations not long
since. II was announced that the em.
peror Of Germany had deliberately
anronted the United States govern.
ment by employing affecticnate terms
In addressing President Madr'z of
Nicaragua, whom our government had
refused to recognize.
Great and Good Friend" is the
way the kaistr's letter to Madriz was
commenced. This had sinister sig.
nlficance to the amateurs. Immedi.
ately the newspapers were filed with
stories that Germany had espoused the
cause OF Madriz: that the Monroe
doctrine had been thrown down and
repudiated by the warlike kaiser;:
also the emperor had been acting
queerly OF late and undoubtedly was
bent on making all the trouble he
could for the United States. After a
little Inquiry the war scare faded
away.
In all probability" said a state de-
partment Official. the emperor never
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02
POPULATION CENTER
Likely to Remain Within the State
OF Indiana.
indications Are That the New Census
VIII Not Move II Far-Wleker-
sham and NsseI to Report
on Alaska.

Neutrality-suspicious. spot in Indiana
probably will mark the center OF popu-
iation Of the United States for another
ten years. IL is worth while TO en-
phasize the word probably" because
there Ia not available at this time
very much definite information on
which to base speculation as TO where
the center Of population will be.
The officials in the census bureau
who have access 10 the population re-
turns refuse to speculate at all. Out.
slders without great deal OF infor-
nation in hand on which TO base an
opinion are disposed TO predict that
the center" will not move very far
from the point six miles southeast OF
Columbus, Ind. whore II Is now es'
tablished.
The census figures 30 far made pub
lie show that there has been an enor
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INVESTIGATING ALASKA AFFAIRS

Washington. - Attorney General
Wickersham and Secretary Of Com.
meroe and Labor Nagei have not gone
90 Alaska for their health. What may
be termed the Alaskan situation" 10
giving President Taft much concern
He desires that theae two members OF
hi1 cabinet shall aft 10 the bottom
numerous controversies with respect
10 the government Of the territory.
After they have studies tho situa-
tion FIRST hand he wants them 10 tell
him what they think OF his plan OF
having congress install the commits
sion form OF government up there. He
wanted congress to provide this now
form OF government at the recent ses.
sion; at his suggestion Senator Bev.
oridge, chairman OF tho senate com.
mittec on territories. introduced a TO
organization bill. but no much opposi.
ton developed that the legislation was
temporarily abandoned.
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HERMIT BUILDS OWN CHURCH
Western Minister Cuts the Number
Of Shingles by Hand and Ereets
Place OF Worship.

Because he finds no place In estab
iished churches to preach the Gospel
message which he feels called upon to
deliver. Nathan d. Fry Of Colville has
built a church OF his own, the Colville
C''ash.) correspondent for the Spo-
kane Spokesman Review writes.
II is a wooden building 30x44 feet,
with 22-foot walls and will seat 300 OF
400 people. Every foot Of lumber,
every sill and plate. every framed
door and window. every cedar shlngle
was made and put In place by the
hands Of Nathan u. Fry. without hui
man assistance.
With his own hands and the crude
appliances of the backwoods, this de-
termined preacher split, trimmed and
put In place 1884 cedar shingles, the
long, slender and handmade sort that
outlast two generations.
The preacher-hermit has arranged
the auditorium on an angle. As he
puts It, "the sills are crooked, the
plate is crooked and the floor IL
crooked" thus giving him a chance to
6Vh hie bNhNs NJ ObNhbt hhkitb W tuNh
other and making every seat n good
seat from which to see the preacher
He is making tho seats with his
own hands. not according TO any es
tablished pattern. but on an original
scheme that is saving OF material and
yet simple Of construction.
Nathan Fry is preaching regularly
each Sunday even now. his audiences
being In the Indian settlements. mill
villages and backwoods towns.
The church Ia nearly square inside
the auditorium. as a portion Of the
front Of the building had been used for
stairs, opposite which Mr.. Fry has es-
tablished his living rooms. His bed 10
under the stairs on the second story.
There is touch OF business sagac.
ity In these primitive arrangements.
which Ia even more pronounced In the
plan for finishing OF IL rooms above
the auditorium. six on the second
story and six attic rooms for sleeping
These rooms he proposes
10 rent 10 small families 90 support
himself and pay the expenses Of run.
ming the church.
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Now Planning a Substitute for Beef

matter Of course. and State Game
Warden Nowlln OF Wyoming. who has
led the feeding experiments. says that
the las, OF he great elk herds IL be.
comirg rapidly domestioated. Several
ranehmen IN the Rocky mountain eoun.
try have conducted private elk pre-.
serves for years. Outside 81 the pri.
va,e elk preserves there are few herds
left In the west.
narret Littleheld. who lives near
Slater. has several hundred elk on his
great ranch Every season he ships
many eareasses Of elk 10 the Denver
market. besides supplying geological
ssTdens throughout the country. He
has found IL profitable to raise elk for
the market-so profitable that he
eban'oned the cattle business years
ago and has devoted himself entirely
20 the raising OF yenlson.. There are
two other elk preserves In northwest.
ern Colorado. ]. b. Dawson. a Routt
county pioneer. has several hundred
head Of elk on his ranch near Hayden.
The Glen Beulah deer preserve Is an
estate OF about 5000 acres near De.
beque. Col. and here one finds sew.
eral hundred deer and elk roaming
about. Henry Binning. Of Cora. Wyo..
has a large herd OF elk under enclos-
ure. and In a report TO the government
he shows how easily elk yield TO cap
tiyity when he states that the en-
closure In which he keeps the animals
Is less than four feet high.
In nearly every state In the Union
the killing OF deer is forbidden ex.
eepting in the fall and during a linn.
tied period. II deer and elk are 20 bs
raised for the market the yenison
farmer must be allowed TO kill for the
market. whenever the demand Is there.
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The president wants 10 know, too.
whether there 10 anything In those
stories that ayndieate IN which J.
Pierpont Morgan and the ouggenheim
brothers are the influential factors. 10
In fair way 90 gain possession OF
about everything OF value In the ter.
ri,ory, Then there are numerous local
quarrels that have been brought to the
attention OF the president.
OF course, tho broad question relates
20 the future OF the territory. II is
incumbent on this administration 10
adopt "A general policy with reference
10 the terTitory-a policy that may be
safely followed for n generation TO
come. In adopting general policy
the question as 70 how the vast wealth
OF the territory Is 20 be dealt with
must be settled. Ia Il 20 be locked up
for generations 10 come, or Is Il 10 be
made available for the use OF the
present and succeeding generations
under proper restriotionsf
Messrs. wickersham and Hagel en-
pect 20 spend at least month In the
territory. They are under instructions
10 visit aa many parts OF Il as they
can IN that time. James Wiekeraham
(not related 10 the attorney general).
the territorial delegate In congress.
wants home rule for the territory and
introduced bill providing for an cleo
tive legislature OF "a members-four
representatives and two senators from
each judicial district
Wiokersham says the territory has
more coal than Pennsylvania. West
Virginia and Ohio: more gold than
California and Colorado put together.
and more copper than Montana and
Michigan. The prize Is the greatest
within the gift OF the United States,
he asserts.
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nrsa, Man FOND Of Fruit.

No man ever welcomed the return
OF the fruit season more heartily than
did Doctor Johnson. OF strawberries
and cream he declared that he could
never have enough. though In his
later years he deyoured enormous
quantities OF them. A yoracious eater
at any time, Johnson's appetite for
fruit was limitless. Mrs. Thrale says
that he used 10 eat seven OF eight
peaches before he began his break,
fast. Lucy Porter. at Lichfeld. used
always 20 keep the best gooseberries
on the bushes In her garden until
Johnson came down to pick them
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02
Asvsr,IsIna That Counts.

Four thousand circulars describing
an important series Of books writer
by a man who ia authority In his ield
and published by a Boston house oI
the highest standing. were sent q
persons and institutions that seemed
likely 10 need or appreciate the work
Just two replies we're received. This
Is not an isolated instance. Yet foi
that reason We delight 10 quote Il
For the ten thousandth time Il em
phasiEes the truth that the only ad
yertising which really counts" Is on
announcement In a reputable newspa
per or periodical that Is "at home" IN
families.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-09-02

why didn't you protest when thes
charged you with violating the speed
regulationsG"
Il was too thankful 70 kick" replied
Mr.. Chuggins. i've been trying tC
sell that automobile. and It takes q
good deal OF strain on my conscience
to have somebody testify that she car
20 faster than mile In ten minutea'
Washington Star,