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The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
UNEMPLOYED LANDS.
Much OF the Earth's Surface Is Yet
Comparatively Unknown.

Comparatively Unknown.
From the New York Tines.
Who knew until yesterday that the in
terror OF Newfoundland was suH unex-
plored? Yet the announcement by the
British geographers. Workman and Mel
bourne OF their purpose to find out this
terra incognita. tracing the course Of its
rivers and determining the existence Of
rumored lakes and mountains. viii be
followed by many Ike announcements
concerning supposedly familiar portions
OF the earths surface.
Only in Europe have the unknown re-
gions disappeared. Rich forests have
lately been discovered south OF Hudson
Bay in Canada; coal and copper on the
arctic coasts. and new gold fields in the
northwest But parts OF Alaska. aggre-
eating six times the size Of New York
State are unmapped. UNEMPLOYED. Sources
- rivers are unbound in Texas and New
Mexico. Despite the quest Of the rubber
hunters portions Of the Amazon valley
thrice the size OF New England are un-
tracked. Explorations are afoOt IN Bo-
livia. Asia's vast wildernesses, the Sa-
hara's solitudes. the blank spaces Of
New Guinea, the mazes OF the Melanesfan
Islands. the Samoan interiors, Ausualia's
northern wastes, the mysterious valley
Of the Brahmaputra, the Monaghan step
pes. the Congo. Libya, and Liberia await
the pioneer explorers. In how many OF
these seeming desert places viii the
worlds wealth be found? Alaska gives
partial answer.
But after the geographers must come
the biologists. the botanists. the zoolo-
gists, Psychologists, anthropoIogists,
meteorologists. chemists. the specialists
in the practical pursuits OF mankind.
each TO map these regions anew. Il
takes its inhabitants a long time to
discover the earth. II requires new ad-
vances Of civilization
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
GERMAN MARRIAGE MARKET.
Author Says The KhiSer's Men Are
Passive Articles of sale.

Passive Articles of sale.
From Miss Wylie's "My German Year"
The men in Germany do not marry
they are married: they are more or less
passive articles OF sale, which stand IN
rows in the matrimonial shop window
with their price labeled I'm large letters
in their buttonhole. waltingly patiently
for a purchaser. They are perfectly
willing. even eager. victims: they want
70 be bought. but their position does not
allow them TO grasp the Initiative, and
they are thankful when at last some
one comes along and declares herself ca
pable and willing TO lay the price
The girl and her mother with their
purse in hand, pass the articles in re-
view and choose the one which best
suits their means and fancy.
Il shall marry an officer" one girl
told me some time ago. with the easy
confidence Of person about TO order a
new dress; and 10, and behold, before
the year was out she was walking proud
~ on the arm Of a dragon lieutenant.
I even knew OF three women who swore
to each other that they would only mar
~ geniuses. and here also they had their
Will One married a great painter, one
a poet, and another a famous diplomatlst.
That they were al three peculiarly un-
happy is not a witness against the sys-
TEN, but proof that geniuses may-Oc-
casionally-be very uncomfortable part
ners. In this case the purchasers were
rich and popular, and could, therefore.
make their choice Others of lessor NAM.
would have had 10 content themselves
with an officer, cavalry or infantry, ac-
cording 10 the dot" OF a lawyer, or a
doctor. or a merchant. and so on, down
the scale.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
Breaking Into Society.

Breaking Into Society.
Dad makes a strike somewhere,
To New York HES;
He has a daughter fair,
A perfect prize.
She can't get in the swim
BY any fluke;
Dad sees it's up to him
And buys a duke.
They find the duke a pest,
A creature coarse;
There Is a hike out west
And a divorce.
The details OF the case,
We must confess.
Are given lots OF space
BY all the press.
Once more New York they try.
A welcome get;
At last are honored by
The swagger set.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Insult TO Injury.

"Wen. Richboy is married at last. He
was an excellent catch
Yes; and all his former flames are
dead sore"
why should they be vexed2 lie
couldn't marry them all"
'No; but II seems his bride took their
various locks Of hair and had them made
into a set Of puffs"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Gets Them Running.

''Wil the business men OF this COM
munity subsidize "a Marathon meet?"
How VIII a Marathon help the busl-
ness msn?''
In many ways. The telegraph COM
pany ought 70 be interested. Look how
Il will stimulate the messenger boys"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

gather and gaze upon each others faces.
One by one. and very shortly now. they
win drop from the ranks. and soon there
viii be no survivor.
But, thank God. what this slender COM
pany stood for still survives and shall
survive until the earth is gray. For
they stand, typical of American honor
and glory; for America at her best; for
the ideals that ali true Americans love.
Disbanded! But not to be forgotten. Dis
banded To paraphrase Tennyson:
Their work Is done.
But while the races Of mankind endure.
Let their great example stand
Colossal. Of every land.
And keep the soldier firm, The statesman pure:
TIL in all lands and thFo all human story
The path Of duty be the way to glory.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Beauty.

Prom the Housekeeper-
Socrates called beauty a short-llved
tyranny; Plato. a privilege OF nature:
Caneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle
that IT was better than all the letters Of
recommendation IN the world: Homer.
that It was a glorious gift Of nature.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

This is awkward. hirted with a
young man at the seashore, and we both
pretended TO be rich. Now I find he lives
in our city"
But yon needn't see him II you don't
want TO-"
Il can't well get out OF IT, 1t seems
he collects the payments on our piano"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Very Prosperoun.

Prosperous times, these"
quite so"
Yes; even the poor don't seem 70 be
getting any poorer"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

This is the time Of the year when the
man who purchases his first gun has his
desk Uttered with the catalogues OF
various makers and his brain filled with
the good points claimed for each style
Of smooth-bOre shooting iron" said Frank
n Pierson, Of Detroit. Mich, who Is az
the Raleigh. Mr.. Pierson is "a most en-
thusiastic shot" himself, as he said.
Becoming sufficiently confused as 20
which IS really the best. he usually at
tempts 10 find the solution Of the prob
lem by seeking advice from his shooting
friends, only 10 ind himself in a worse
snarl than ever. Every man who shoots
a gun believes. as a rule. that the par
tiCular make Of weapon he uses is the
best that can possibly be turned out.
This Of course, is natural. as otherwise
he would not have bought IT, Il can be
safely asserted. however. that all makes
and grades Of American shotguns will bag
the game if proper ammunition is used
and they are held straight
The various makes vary only in de-
tails Of construction continued Mr. Pier
son. and the different grades in the
amount Of ornamentation on their metal
work, the degree OF fneness Of their bar
rels. and the quality Of wood in their
stocks. But a SIS gun will kin Just as
much game and kill II Just as dead as
one costing sixteen times as much. The
cioseness with which a gun viii shoot
that is to say. the number OF pellets IL
viii place in thirty-inch circle at given
distances simply a matter Of boring the
barrels. Il is not so many years since
the hammerleSs was only shot by q few
sportsmen who could afford 10 pay from
500 up for a weapon. Now. however. that
gun is the accepted type, and a double
hammerless Of good make and workman
ship may now be had for as low as SIS
The degree Of Quicl0ness with which a
gun may be manipulated IS OF much more
Importance than many suppose. and is
almost as much a reason for preferring
nitco to black powders as IS the absence
Of smoke and the cleanliness OF the for
mer as compared with the latter. Nitro
powders give greater velocity to the
charge than can be obtained with the
ordinary black gunpowder.
The man who goes directly to a sport
ing goods store and picks out a gun with
out determining whether It fits him or
not has handicapped his shooting at the
very outset. No man would 90 into a
clothing store and come out with a SIS
suit Of clothes wrapped up in a package
without having previously tried them on.
Yet the same man has often been known
to purchase a gun which did not come
nearer to fitting him than would youths
suit Of clothes; but for which he paid
twice So"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Few specfmcnH Left.

Guides are said 10 be scarce in the
Adirondacks this season"
I'm not surprised. With the heavy
mortality in the joke column, guides are
about due 10 become extinct"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

That Missouri decision against the har-
vester trust may result in the farmers
out there being able 10 buy American
harvesters almost as cheaply as they can
be had in France
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
AIMED AT THE COLONEL.
A Sfnndnntter.

Fn,m the Philadelphia North American.
Anyway. Roosevelt stands pat on the
first pages OF the newspapers.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Up-to-date Mother Goose.

From Judge.
The teacher was telling the story OF
Red Riding Hood She had described the
woods and the wild animals that lived
there.
Suddenly" she said, Red Riding Hood
heard a loud noise. She turned around.
and what do you suppose she saw stand
ing there. looking at her and showing all
its sharp, white teeth?''
Teddy Roosevelt" cried one Of the
boys.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

I'm the old days a smuggler was n
rough and hairy man in rubber boots.
says the Mobile Register Nowadays he
could not afford rubber boots unless he
smuggled them in.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

Laura Jean Libbey says that If women
get the ballot they Will vote to please
their husbands. This is a paradox; for
most husbands would be best pleased If
their wives would not vote at ALL
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

September y is the date Of the raising
Of the siege of Vienna in 1888: the battle OF
Chapultepec, Mexico. in 1917; Walker. the
hlibuster, was court-martialed and shot
by the Honduras government in 1860. and
the fugitive slave law was passed in 1850
II is the birthday Of Francis I. Of France
u4SD; Sir William Dugdale. the English
antiquarian QGOO; Jean Philippi-Rareau.
composer d6S9; Andrew Huh Foote.
naval officer $500: Philip Francis
Thoman, Secretary Of the Treasury under
Buchanan OSLO; Richard N. Howe.
printing press inventor Qa2); Richard J.
Calling, gun inventor QSl9; Charles
Dudley Warner, journalist and author
QS2S), and the date of the death OF Pope
lnnocaat VI Q)69; Lebrecht Won Butcher
field marshal Of Prussia dSl0. and Fran
coils Pierre Guillaume Guizot, French his
torian and statesman QS7D.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

What is the use OF disputing that seien-
fist wi.o says the earth weighs seven
trillion tons, since there IS no Inspector
OF weights and measures TO test his
scales
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

That was thrifty Brooklyn gentleman
who. when he got into a row with his
wife. produced a divorce that he had Sc
cured seven years previously.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
The Easy Way.

''You must take vigorous exercise II
you expect 20 regain your health"
Jaw, shucks, doc. Why can't take
some kind OF a patent pill?"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

From the Providence Tribune
Those who marvel az Mr.. Roosevelt's
energy forget. perhaps. that It is very
easy to talk continuously. provided you
say nothing
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

That Newport society woman who
dashed into the ocean 10 rescue her cook
was not heroine at all. She needed the
cook.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

From the Ohio State Journal
Col Roosevelt has handed down two
decisions. reversing the United States
Supreme Court
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Also for the Majority.

From the Buffalo News.
The Roosevelt Page" would eliminate
lots Of extra search and trouble for
those who don't care to read IT,
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

That snake bite is cure for epilepsy
will be hailed with Joy in dry towns, be-
cause It IS well known that whisky Is a
cure for snake bite
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

One reason our friend Wellman will not
fly across the Atlantic Ocean this sum
mer is that his airship in Atlantic City
is in the hands Of the sheriff.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
The Vacant Chair.

From the Cleveland Leader
VIII the Outlook please inform US as
to when T. r finds time for his literary
duties2
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Fast CoIors.

Women, when they buy cigars.
Like a Stylish shade;
And they also want a weed
Neatly wrapped and guaranteed
Not 20 fade.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

A-member Of the Louisiana legislature
has a cabbage head Weighing forty
pounds. The only extraordinary thing
about it is the weight.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

could not blow their own horns any better
than certain modern gentleman We
could mention.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

How perfectly unnecessary for the colo
mel to advise newspaper men TO be honest
and gOodi
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

Fatal quarrel In Uncle Toms Cabin
troupe" reads a dispatch. Started. prob
ably, over the age of Little Eva.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
A Bargain Mt Any Price.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
Roosevelt spoke fifteen times on his
quiet day" says a headline. We be-
lieye that. after all. the Outlook found a
bargain in the man.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

No wonder the railroads are timid about
having repairs made after that Illinois
Central affair
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
Wise Pa.

From Judge.
PA. what's the difference between the
north pole and the south pole, anyway
IAN the difference in the world. my
SON"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

One Of the most hopeful signs Of the
times is to be found in the fact that We
sent $4,000 worth Of soap TO the Philip
pines.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

A baby in Des Moines has been named
Halley's Comet; but. as Kipling would
say, that's another tale.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

There was probably humble pie on the
menu OF that dinner that Senator Lorimer
had 20 eat alone
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
WONT BE HIS Fault.

From the ST. Paul Dispatch.
II the wedlock between the special in
terests and corrupt politics is not broken
by the efforts and speeches Of Col. Roose-
Welt. Il viii be because he lacks the sec
onding support of public not yet SUI
hciently aroused.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

If 1t be not an impertinent query. Did
the Outlook get the worth Of its money!
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

The Washington On. c. News asks:
What is a fellow to do when he is
broker" Mend his ways, Of course.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

Now James J. Hill IS talking about con-
serving conservation. An endless chain
sort Of uplift
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

It Is hardly polite to say that that ban
quet was quarantined against Lorimer.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

La Toilette had about $1,000 votes to
spare. II he could only ship some of
them over into Indiana for Beveridges
usei
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

The membership list of the Hamilton
Club, Chicago. is not quite full
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

And he is Autocrat Of the Dinner
Table, too.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

II may have been noticed, however, that
Uncle Joe" ate az the same table.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

The direct primary system. in the opin-
ion Of most Of the machine politicians
and bosses, is all wrong.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12
working Well.

How about the new football rules?"
II understand several collarbones have
been broken under them already"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

Horns have been found on skeletons un.
earthed in the Topango Canyon. 1t is a
safe bet that these prehistoric men
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

And besides all the other things that
happened on the trip. the colonel did not
make speech without splitting an in
finitive or two.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

Pick ont the vest from the moth balls,
Dig cut suspenders, too;
Put the straw hat away.
For now comes the DAY
When the chills Of the autumn arc due
The Washington herald., 1910-09-12

When the colonel goes TO Indianapolis.
will he refuse 10 sit at feast with his
old friend Delevan Smith?
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-22
Summons.


In the Circuit Court of the State oi
Oregon for Polk County. Department
No. q.
George A. Purvine, Plaintiff, VS.
William Lawson and John Long, De-
PENDANTS.
70 William Lawson and John Long:
In the name of the State of Oregon
You are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint filed against
you in the above entitled court and
cause, within six weeks from the date
of the first publication of this Sum-
mons; to-wit, November 8th, 1910,
and If you fail SO to appear and an
swer said complaint, plaintiff will ap-
ply to the court for the relief demand
ed in his complaint, to-wit: decree
removing a cloud from the title on
account of an uncancelled mortgage
upon the following described real
property:
Beginning at the N. w corner of
the ID. L. G. of w. b. Walker in the
S. w. II of Sec. 19, r. S. r. w. of
the w. M, and running thence s. SIS
chains SO links to post; thence E..
SO chains 60 links to a post; thence
N. 55 chains SO links; thence w. SO
chains so links to the place of be-
ginning, containing 29751 acres, more
or less, situate in the County of Polk,
State of Oregon.
You are hereby further notified that
this summons Isl served upon you by
publication thereof in the Polk Coun-
ty Observer, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation published in the
City of Dallas, Polk County, Oregon,
pursuant to the order of Hon. Geo. H.
Burnett, Judge of said Court, made on
the End day of November, 1910.
You are further notified that the
date of the first publication of this
summons is the Sth day of November,
1919, and the last publication thereof
will be made on the goth day of De-
cember, 1910.
JOHN H. McNARY and
c. L. McNARY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-22

In the Circuit Court of the State OF
oregon for Polk County. Department
No. 2.
II. II. Sloan. Plalntim, VS.. Holley
Groom, Jockey Groom and Lee
Groom, Defendants. No. 3S52.
To Holley Groom. Jockey Groom
and Lee Groom, the above named
Defendants:
In the name of the State of Oregon:
You are hereby required TO appear
and answer the complaint filed against
YOU in the above entitled Court and
suit within six weeks from the date
Of the first publication of this sum
mons. to wit, on or before the 2lst
day OF December. 1910; and II you
fail so To answer. for want thereof
the plaintim will apply to the Court
for decree as prayed for in said COM
plaint. towit:
l. That the defendants herein may
be required to set forth the nature OF
their claims in and TO that certain
parcel OF land described as Lot No. 3
OF Section No. - In Township :
South. Of Range 8 West OF the Will
annette Meridian in Polk County.
State OF Oregon. containing 35.7S
acres more OF less.-and that all ad-
verse claims OF the defendants may
be determined by a decree OF said
Court.
2. That by said decree Il be de-
clared and adjudged that the said
defendants and each OF them have no
estate nor interest whatever I'm OF 20
said parcel OF land and that the title
Of plaintid thereto Is good and valid;
and
3. That the said defendants and
each of them be forever enjoined and
deharred from asserting any claims
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-22

The defeat of Bowerman again
demonstrates that an Eastern oregon
man cannot be elected Governor re-
marks the Woodburn Independent The
Independent is correct, and the cause
is not hard to find. Delegates from the
sage-brush country are always loud
and insistent in their demand for a
candidate from Eastern Oregon, and,
by united effort, they are usually able
to nominate their man. Right then,
their enthusiasm seems to die. They
will demand the nomination of can
didate from East of the mountains
and then turn around and vote against
him. Eastern Oregon demanded Fur
nish's nomination, and defeated him
in the election. Eastern Oregon forced
the nomination of Bowerman, and
likewise defeated him. While the
Western Oregon counties piled up ma
jorities reaching into the thousands
for West, the counties East of the
mountains either voted against their
candidate or cast a few paltry humid
reds of votes in his favor. Such half
hearted support does not elect candi-
dates to office. Eastern Oregon will
have to learn this lesson, If 1t would
hope 20 gain recognition from the re-
maipder of the state in future.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-22
Kramer Delights Audience.

On all sides are heard words of
praise for the lecture delivered by
Howard M. Kramer in the Woodman
Hall, Saturday night. Mr.. Kramer is
all that the lyceum management has
claimed for him. and more. His schol-
arly and entertaining address on
Here or Nowhere" held the closest
attention of his audience for an hour
and half. The faculty of Dallas
College is to be congratulated upon it's
choice of attractions for this year.
Every number has been of a high or
der of excellence, and this promises
well for the remaining entertainments
of the course. Watch for the an
of the next number.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-22

Doan's Directory for the year 1911
is at hand. While this little book is
published as an advertisement for a
private concern, it is well known
throughout the United States and its
estimates of population of the various
cities have been found to be remark
ably accurate. As the Government
count will soon be completed it
will be worth while to preserve
this directory for comparison
later on. Estimates of population of
two Polk County towns are given as
follows: Dallas, $500; Independence,
1000. San Francisco's population is
given at $4,000; that of Los Angeles
at 305, 900 and that of Portland at
255, 900. As the Federal Census shows
the actual population of the two Cal
ifornia cities to be far in excess of this
estimate, 1t would look as though the
official nose-counters are giving Port
land rather the short end of 1t in arbi-
trarily cutting the official count down
to the neighborhood of 100000.