, 1910-04-14

tonal Bank or the Saratoga Sun.
a smile n its countenance the majority of mankind would smile-and push.
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fla man appears at your door and begins o py into your family affairs,
don't get offended and slam the door in his face, but invite him lin and give
hun all the information you cn. 1t will be the census taker and he will
simply be doing just what the law requires he shall do.
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There is a sensational legislative investigation going on at jackson,
Miss, which is uucovering a great deal of bribery and graft. This is men
toned simply as a n example that Legislative graft and bride taking is not
confined to any particular locality, or to any distinct class of public men
Humanity is all tarred with the same stick.
The adver of two parties of ditch men last Tuesday is sufficient to make
Saratoga people st up and take notice. One of these parties is interested
in the large irrigation project at the head of Jack creek, and they are only
waiting expected word from Washington to turf their men and teams loose
Brush creek where n equally importapt project is being finance, This
coming summer will certainly SET a great deal of ditch and reservoir work
done in this valley. Our time of prohibition is almost over. The day of
rich harveas and many homes is at hand.
"what Saratoga needs" said a business, man to the Sun n day this week
sis some way to get rid of its knockers. IF a business man
has a deal on hands he has to conduct it st quietly and secretly that the
public cannot get wind ofit,o Or some knocker will give it a tap on the head
with his little hammer and kill it. l know of a transaction which would
have brought a good man to this valley fith had not been killed by a couple
of our knockers. A 7. Collins cihzen bot ii "a up and had all nut closed
"A deal for rome of the most valuable ranches in the valley, when the prospec-
tive buyer a gotten hold of by a couple of knockers and the deal was dead
The result oft that failure is o put. the Fl. Collins man wise to the knocking
that goes on here almost constantly and there is a strong robabifty that
he will never bring another buyer to the valley again. I'll not tell you who
the knockers WERE but if you hear any man squeal over my statement right
there will the knocker be found"
The above, from n of ur most reliable citizens, is enough to make a
man get IL with a shoot gun and gather a few worthless knockers tt their
fathers. And yet we all have to acknowledge that it is true. The Sun has
ltdIt Jsb u"Sd Sbcltcu mhuy tuhcS upt anu ut huONSO Vi INSTANCES NneT6
Legitimate deals we're blocked by the interference of some outsider to whom
the deal meant nothing, n way or the Other, except a opportunity to graft
little personal spite.
The man who doe, not take a keen interest at this time in the movements
of the world must either be ignorant of what is going on, or Indifferent to the
Importance of the events that are now daily transporting. When one looks
over the world, as portrayed in the daily press and the magazines and peri
odicals, it is surprising to note the many great movements that ire being
made in the way of public Improvements and in the fuancia, moral and po-
itcal upHft that is to be seen 81 every hand. There eve vas a time when
the eutme world was in such close touch as a the present day. There never
was a lime in the history of the world, the days of the Egyptians not &C
cepted, when so many tremendous public improvements err under wa
at this time. The world has many great statesmen, many great benefactors
many great investors-n fact the eye cannot be cast in any direction but
what it sees looming on the horizon som event of world wide Importance,
that is so enormous, so daring in its conception. that one is lost il wonder
and astonishment at the spirit of the age.
When n takes a comprehensive view of The world, as it is forging ahead
at this time, it really seem that the present is a most fotuitous time to have
lived, and the only regret that any n could have at passing o at this time
would be the regret that he could not be present and share in the great
events that ire crowdiug each other and will be accomplished within the
next few years. Indeed it is hard to realize that, as the world advances.
still other enterprises, as much greater than those Of the present day, as those
of the present are greater than those in the past, will come out of the Womb
of Time and mar'hal the past as the past is marsnaled by the present.
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The inimtabe Roosevelt. poos.,I, 80.
Cooue' nooseVei, Is TINT only X as Napoleon, as many sideed as Frank
president IN the World IL could IN lin; he is as stubborn and fearless as
me uay speak to newspaper cores Andrew jackson and Is patriotic as
poudents in four different languages, Mckinley.
Ehghsh Herman fren N Italian He is for peace but will fight at the
uecHue 10 accept a n audience with tint drop of h hat He ia M rnp..trI