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OREGON Cm ENTEUPIUSK, Fit 1 DAY, DKCKMHKK 2fi. VM. V, I i J ! . I; i I S 4 i s r i j i Charles F. Murphy, Who Sought Downfall of Governor Sulzer KSe25?Sf.'..;v nYv , w ' . . V?' ' ' '' ' ' " ' ' '.' I ' -"V. ' "V V ' ; J 1 '. . .. . . v ;,- ,-' : - - - ! r ' ' . v ' v 1 ' afl ft Photo copyright. 1511. by American Prrt Association, CHARLES F. MCRPHT. Ieder of Tammauy HalU figured prominently la the Salter Impeachment caw. It was Murphy who started the fight to "break" the fOTernor of New York auto. Why did be do it? He cause. Murphy's crltlca aay, Sulzer refused to do Murphy' bidding. Because. Murphy's friends tay. 8ulier was "a crook." So there you are The boss of Tammany, aa Murphy Is frequently called, aa were Croker and Tweed before him, revealed through his adherents In the state legislature many alleged shortcomings of Governor Sulier with regard to campaign funds. Strong Democratic organization men hoped Murphy would win and "down" Bulser. while those opposed to Tammany Hall said they would like to see Bnlser win. however indiscreet or forgetful be bad been. The country watched Murphy's mores with Interest POOR ROADS KEEP MILLIONS FROM SCHOOL Ignorance and Poverty Due to Unim proved Highways. The following is an extract from rery Interesting and Important contrl bntlon to Farm and Fireside: "Out of 25.000.000 children In the United States fewer than 18.000.000 go to school. "Of those ".000.000 children who do not go to school balf of them lire In the country, where bad roads muddy toads, rutty roads, dangerous roads tot only prevent them from getting to and from school, but by tbelr Impover ishment of the farm prevent the exist ence of any good schools for them to go to! "Many children are killed each year walking railroad tracks to school. Why? They have no roads to walk on. Many children each yearbave no schools to go to. Why? The roads are so bad there is no profit In farming, no money for schools, no progress, no growth, no ambition. Hundreds of thousands of children yearly have to do with little schooling, a little part of a term at school Why? Because father need their belp on the farm. He Isn't mak ing money enough to spare hla chil dren's time for school days, because he bna to pay so much for hauling his crops to market he has no profit left for extra hired belp! "Isn't It your problem, too. Mrs. Mother? Isn't It worth your while to agitate the question? Isn't It worth your while to bring It np In church. In school. In society, in club. In neighbor hoodto talk, to Inquire, to agitate, to educate those who don't know and perhaps don't want to know, to under stand that the expense of good ronds la like the expense of a new threshing machine, plow or a pair of horses, sure to come hack many fold In the course of time?" ROADS RAISE PRICES. On Instance of the Advsntages of Better Highways. A contrasting picture of tbe effect of good roads upon farm prices is paint ed by a dally newspaper of the grain belt In this manner: "A g"d farm on s bad. road. Nice ! MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS - - By Gross I I rrr .1 V I s .i" ' I : I - " i 1 . OOo-ovs-w, that r;ce hom ) ' MoTmg, By Us B,c Tur ccroupep cokhW ooT aurciiuee if- i tve arr MoMe 7 7& VT"!! T J ovmse. Mouern improvement. Mue team High fertility Seven miles from town. Owner wants to sell. Adver tises. Buyer come. na plenty of cash, seeking good farm, pleasantly located. Roads fierce. Conversation hinges on highway. Buyer wants good road to town. Boy In school. Likes to go In to plays, lectures. chnirh Couldn't offer over S 100 an acre and doesn't think he wants the farm at all No ' "Same thing: similar farm, similar circumstances, except good, permanent road, good every day In tbe year. Own er thinking of selling. Same man with cash In hand looking for farm. Con versation binges on price Offers $150 Owner can't see It Keeps edging np J3 at a time. Sale closed at $200 per acre Everybody happy Not the least Important phase of the whole highway agitation Is tbe effect of good roads not only upon farm com forts and contentment, but upon farm prices. A farm which bad never been priced above $75 an acre before the construction of good roads sold within a few months after their construction for $112.50 an acre, the owner admit ting the advance In value was due solely to the new highways. Such In cidents are far from rare. The amount asked for road Improvement is large enough at times to stagger us. but there are proofs In plenty that the re turn are not long in coming and that the problem Is so large as to call for an expenditure and a policy In keep ing. Bringing the Farmer to Town. Among the ways of providing better transportation fnclllties for tbe dairy man and farmer, none seems more fea sible than a radial system of good roads running out Into the country for ten or fifteen miles. Farmers then could drive in with their products at any season of the year and save the profits nf possibly two middlemen and of at least one. the railroad In prac tice It generally works out that this saving is shared by both the consumer and producer It would seem that any city could well afford to contribute gen erously as a business proposition to such a project, which would both bring trade to her merchants and cheaper food fo' ber people.-Winnipeg Tele gram. Value of Good Roads. One of our most able writers on rural f-imotnl'- bns siild that be would de duct per acre from the price of a zz:: - rr s I 1 I -. JfeJ L farm tor every mil swfly troni town or shipping point, lie tins not put It nv ns strongly, for the market and facilities for marketing are larg ele ments In the value of a farm. It I variously estimated that a farm In a locality where the rood are generally Improved I worth from $10 to $'.. per acre more than the same farm would be worth If the roads were unimproved. Chum Saved Himself. A little dog. unlicensed, had been found In the streets and taken to the pound. U was n affe. tlonate aut Ultit iiii.I greatly endeared himself to all alsiut the I'lace 'I '"'')' 'ulled him. flmm. and he Jo) fully responded whenever bis name ws spoken. A the days asse.l. oilier xor. homeless dogs were put to death Finally csme Chum's last day of grace, and no on bad come to claim him. The next morning dawned, and the man who was to kill Chum called him Into the yard. Chum danced and wagged his tall, no doubt thinking something good was In store for him. The man then said: "Well. Chummy, your time baa roiiia You'd better say your pray ers." Immeitliitely the little foreiaws j It ..rat crossed, the little head bowed. and Chum an Id his prayers. As the little body was still In this attitude of reverence a step was heard. The at tendant looked up and saw the siier- l--r.-iiili-i-t stain lint there There were tears In the eves of each. Chum la still living, but Instead of being no- hodv's dog he Is now everybody S.-M. IauIs Republic. Proved His Profession. In "Pierre tianit. Singer and Ex quisite." Is this story of the larlslan favorite: Out alone one evening In 17V.! (.Jurat was Hrre-ted by a patrol of na tional guards because be was unable to produce his card of citizenship, as decree 1 by the convention. And ao he. Garat. "whose larynx was snld to u a whole oinyra." was taken to the sec tion bouse, nnd the officer In comumud begun his Interrogation as follows: "Your profession?" "I sing " "That" retorted the otlicer. "Is not a profes sion. I also sing" "Possibly." drawl ed our bero. "but I sing better than you. Tbe case la not the same." "Ob! You will hav to prove that."' Garat alwaya fond of an Innocent coup de theatre. Immediately attacked on of the most florid romance of bis reH-r-tolre a thing of trills, roulades end "dying falls." a performance so aston ishing In that grimy guardhouse tl-at hi captors not only released blm, but escorted him home In triumph. A Novelty In Strike. Tbe management of a traveling the atrical company demanded 1 shillings for admission. Tbe visitors did not propose to pay more than 1 shilling and after a basty consultation outside tbe entrance formed a "theater goers' union." Pickets were stationed, and within a few minutes 27S people practically all who were there had agreed not to pay tbe 2 shillings. The manager appeared at tbe door way and refused to make tbe required reduction. "I'll give yuii till I count twenty." said the newly elected president of the new union, "and after that our price will be sixpence Instead of 1 shilling." ne counted slowly to nine, and then the manager capitulated. The strike was declared at an end. tbe quondam striker trooped Into the hall, and tbe union was dissolved arter an existence of nbout twenty minutes. Sydney tAustrallai Mall. Th Eskimo Mind. The dlftVulty of conveying the true Idea of Christianity to tbe Eskimo mind is related by Vllhjalmur Stefans- son: "Noes. It seems that In Kotsebue sound, where the Christlau doctrines of the Colvllle people had originated. Dsn lng Is by net ouly. As fishing Is prac tically the only work doue there tbe missionary had probably said to tbem. Do not put out your flsb nets on Sun day." meaning thereby 'Do not work on Sunday." However that may be. tbe prohibition came to our community in the form 'God bas said you must not use fish nets on Sunday.' Accord ingly tbe entire community pulled their fish nets out of the river Satur day night flsbed with hooks all day Sunday and put tbe nets back Into th water Monday morning." Her Name. One needa patience to succeed a a teacher of the young, as this brief dia logue in one of our elementary schools may show: Scholar I've left home now. ma'am. I'm living wltb my auntie. Teacher What's her name? "She's called after me Fanny." "Yes. but what's her other name?" "She has no other" "Rut what does the woman next door call her?' "She doesu't apeak to tbe woman next door" Helped With Advice. Footman-There's a poor fellow downstairs who wants belp. lie sayt the wolf is at his door. sir. Mr. Rlchlelgb-IJear me. that's bad Tell him to lie careful not to open It New York Mall. A Very Monstrous Greet hip In her "Uf of James IV," Miss I. A. Taylor says that Jaine was untir ing In III effort toward the realisa tion of a good Scottish 'cel. In loll the building of the St. Michael. " very monstrous great ship." wss com pleted. "All the woods 111 Fife, save one, had been laid wast to build her," and material was also Imported from Norwsy. According to Lindsay, Ihls wonder ship, which wss 20 feet long and lid broad, "cumlicrcd all Scotland to get ber to the sea " Her side wer ten feet thick within walla of oak. and sh cost the king, all told, some f Hl.isaV II paid her dally visit when he lay In the rots. often dining and supping on board, and exhibiting net to tbe lords and ladle he brought with him. Henry VIII. wss covetous of ber, but when the singular request was preferred that Jame "would grant Henry th loan of the apple of his ey. th great St Michael, ths king's reply was to the effect that If he would make pence with Franc he might command H hla ships." Six months after their king death the Scottish government sold this desirable ship to Louis XII. A Mystery of D'plomeoy. Of dlnippi-arauces. most mysterious was the ruse of Benjamin Itathursl. who vanished on Nov '.'.V 1l. while engaged on a secret mission for the British foreign office. Vienna wasttw young diplomatist's objective and. with a friend nnd valet III a post chaise, Perlelerg. a small posting town In North Germany, had been reached. Here Hathurst supied and slept, awaiting the arrival or fresh horses Waking, he asked ir the horse were ready and passed out of the lliu door to make inquiries. Elgin people saw him go out but none ever set eyes ou hlui again. Various theories were set sfoot-NaKleoo'a spies, robber. Illness. About three years ago. lu th forest near IVrleN-rg. a skeleton was discovered wltb a hole In the skull as from a heavy blunt Instrument Wu It that of "the Kugllsh lord." a Perlo berg people surmised?-Loudon Tatler Th Illegible Writer. A protest which Michelangelo once made to bl nephew against hi send lng letters In Illegible handwriting will arouse a great dent of sympathy In the breast of modern sufferers from th same form of rudeness It Is contain ed In a letter given In the "Life of Michelangelo." "I never receive a letter from you without being thrown Into a fever be fore I can read It I am at a Usui to know where yon learnt how to write! Little love here! I believe If you had to write to the biggest ass In the world you would take greater rare. I threw your last letter Into tbe fire because I could not read It 1 cannot therefore reply. I have already told you. and constantly repeated, that every time I get a letter from yon fever attacks me before I succeed In reading It" Insursno snd Assursnce. They were talking, the little group of agents, about th words Insurance and assurance, some claiming thst the first and some that tbe second wss tbe better word to use. But wltb a scornful laugb a Boston agent In gold rimmed s;ectacle said: "You are all very Ignorant Insur ance Is no better and no worse than assurance. Kacb has a special signifi cance, and each Is equally good In its pluce. The place for assurance is where precaution Is taken agnlust a fertalnty-agalnst. that la. death. Ufe assurance, we should say If we spoke with perfect correctness. The place for Insurance la where precaution la taken against an uncertainty, such as fire, shipwreck, burglary. Fire Insurance, marine Insurance, we should sny." Exchauge. When Mscsulsy Wss Boy. At one ieriod of his boyhisxl Macau lay's fancy. was much exercised by tbe threats and terrors of the law. He had a little plot of ground at tbe back of the bouse marked out aa his own by a row of oyster shells, which s maid one day threw sway as rubbish He went straight to the drawing room, where his mother was entertaining some visitors, walked Into the circle and said very solemnly. "Cursed be Sally, for It Is written. 'Cursed Is be that removeth'hls neighbor's land mark.' "-From G. O. Trevelyan'a "Ufe of Macaolay." Considerate. Clublelgh nit mldnlgliti My wife Is very III. and the doctor says she must have no suddfii shock. Clinton Then what are you doing here at the club at this hour? Cluhielgh-I'm afraid to go home lietore the usual time lest I give ber a shock - Boston Transcript supreme seir ionnoenco. "Nothing ever seems to disturb bli self satisfaction." "I know It He could wesr a silk bat In the presence of bis boss and b perfectly at bis ease"-Boston Tran script GOOD ROAD ORIIT. We can t leny that w e are far behind the rest of the world In good roads, but we are willing and ripis ting to go ahead. The people are mure w illing In be taxed for good Mad tbuil for almost any other public Improve ment. This Is a big country, but the nation I big enough to construct n system of national highway. The mud tax la th biggest tax of nil, and sometimes some of It Is between the farmer's front gate and the baru disir. Good road to merchant mean a direct Vncllt III sales and a do creiicil expense lu deliveries. Good rood salvation costs money, but yon will not regret the inoiiev when yon reach the other end of the good road. WHAT BETTER ROADS MEAN TO THE FARMER. The Only Thing Needed Now to Help the Agrieultunet. If I were compelled to say what I thought was th most Important phase of agricultural life I would say roads, says a writer In the American Agricul turist. To tiiLe tlic drudgery away from the rural life and gl the farm lng community u chance- to enjoy life and make money while It is har.l at work I do not know of any one thing that could be of more real lue fit than gissl Mad. I believe that bid Minis more Hum any other one thing have been rosniiislllc for the rtodiu from the country to the city. People ennnot Is- happy unless they are con tented The people on the farms are like other folks-they like to visit their nelglilsirs. go to church, go to the tuiiusonii'iils nnd see the slirht slid take part In all those things. But they are prohlMtsl from doing these thing and many others, for the reason that the roads often are so bad they cannot trnvel on them for fear of accidents and trouble: hence tiny stay at home until they become so dissatisfied with the farm they quit and move to town. If this was remedied by gissl roads so they could go and see the!r neigh hor and ss-nd nn evening with them, or go tie some entertainment st the nearby town and see a good show, or attend some public meet lng and have a chanr to take part lu what Is going on In the world about them, they would tie better satisfied. This Is not all nor the !et side of good road. The farmer living In the community where th roads are goisl prosperous, for the reason that h ran keep in toiicn witn mo mnnti'ta -Willi the It. F. U. panel post, tele phone, he neeils only gooxl roads to make farm life the most complete and most desired on earth. The exodus from the country to the city will end when good ronds come, and the re verse will then oecur-from the city to tbe farm. TEXAS COUNTY ISSUES BONDS fW.OOO to Be Spent In Midlsnd For Better Highwsys. A wealthy ranch owner of Midland county. Tex., was opposed to pro posed $:i().lS) land Issue for good ronds 1 On tbe day of the election be startisl for the county seat determined to vole against the Im.iiiIs. Fortuuately for ; good roads. It had rained tho previous night and the highway was In terrible SllllH. After several hours of fighting water hol. ami mud up to bis axles he reached town converted, announcing that any man opposed to better Mads In Midland county was a particular brand of fool. Hp voted for the bonds, I anil tho Issue cnrrlcd by a largo ma I Jorlty. The movement was started last win ter by the Midland Commerclnl club, and a vigorous campaign of education wns carried on. There was a small hut determined npHisltlnn which fought the proposition very earnestly. Mass meetings were held and speokera brought In by tbe Commercial club from otlipr counties to tell of the ben efit of good ronds In neighboring com-munltli-s. Automobile excursion trips were also got up to other counties where ronds bad been built so that a practical lesson might be taught to skeptics and scoffers. Colorado's New Roed Lsws. Colorado has done away with the old "pork barrel" method of expending state roud funds. Its present legisla ture bas lately enacted two laws, th passage of which has been strongly Advocated by gooi roan enmnsiasrs, commerclnl associations and the busi ness and motor Interests of the state for several years. One of these laws creates a state highway commissioner, with an advisory board representing the Ave sections of the sfnte, to have eencrnl sunervlslon of state roads. Tb Itioto eupynght lilt b American I'r Association. -Qkw o sll linporiniii injure hi j - - i., Vi,ui autlon. which wss scheduled to begin St Hesltl on Nut II) Ur Mom . ,.Hh. iuiiiiiiliitf lu th Chlcaeo local of the tvtaivrttiM cai union, nan -,..-,.. - - - year He ha slood shoulder to shoulder with President Hsunirl (lutoprn It fighting many Important battle for union llsr, and b has sulnl irmtlj u . . MV .. .lt. II - I liilltllMM 11 I. .1111 ll.a t-'-...l... In lltlgslloli over contempt or court prvi-uiu. in in, i-muhi w vvoiwua courts srlsing out or a iir mini second law places tne internal im provement fund lu the bands of the highway commission for expenditure on a comprehensive system of rosds This fund now amounts to shout 17V), imsi. It Is provldisl that the commis sion shall appropriate sums eipisl to those of the respective counties for work on state primary roads, but It has power to increase this ss high as $. to every t of the county's In week counties havlug low valuation and ex pensive road construction. Con ipiently there will be avatlnbl for road development In Colorado this year be tween LgMK and $;.fsi.no0 to b pent en connected road. Automobile Runs. A French aiilomoblle will run en tirety under water. Tb mechanism Is thoroughly Incased. An Kngllsh patent has been granted for a fender to lie suspended In front of an automobile wheel to brush ob structions away. New automobile headlight brackets are so arranged that one turna to throw the light In the new direction s a car rounds a corner, while th ether points ahead In the old direction until the turn Is completed,, In for It "Perclvsl," she said, looking up at blm shyly, "mother says you mustn't stay later than II o'clock." "Why. Mildred." he gasped. . "I bao no Intention of staying later than B." Chlcago Tribune, France now baa an aerial post but cynic who desire answer to their let ters doubtless will continue to send thorn by railroad train. The tax on chewing gum baa gone up lustead of down, the Idea of tbe new tariff being to get revenue only from those who have wads. . The Prince of Monaco shot an elk In Wyoming. Those antlers will pro vide a novel game decoration for Monte Curio's gilded balls of chance. Horsehair Is quoted on the market at fiO tbe huihI. which Is considerably more than horseflesh brings even In the most exienslv butcher shops. "Only one woman out of a thousand can whistle." says a contemporary. Sure, brother; she doesn't stop talking long enough to get the right pucker. Frank Morrison Is Prominent In American F. of L. Convention & W 1 . U v -sv - ' s. - .sjiisttlQ WTw Vulw K OKf'UKTAUT FRANK MORRISON of th Aimulcsn F1rniloa of Lib' . a. I.. .1.1. --... 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Ti.-i. .ffslii arter knocking i down an elephant will ofteo eootlttn on Its course without slopping v bow much dauisg It h done. hunter who was within clo- proil-ttr of a herd of elephant handed i rih to the gun beurcr snd started to climb a tre. to look lsot At that woo an elephant chaged from tb W grass sud made for the g"n As the uisn started to run be thir t hi arms, and In some manner the pliant hi reaching for him sn.t the rifle from his hand sud itoppeJ hammer II on the ground, while W black made gissl his escsie.-J. " Loring In Outing. The best way to Insure a ...... .. . .... r..r..slilllt it Is W I to build on clearly (Mined dUM W I to tear away snd remodel st locr cost. ! Amundsen. It I. said. polar trip by aeroplane. The reJ advantage of the method I. I tatlMj furnish so little of Incident to about 1 ! Wltb more fatalities JJ ! streets In one recent wontb ' before, perhaps. "St-'P- "u signs at each street Intersection be of sen' Ice. I 'England's proposal f ?J Dreadnought construction Is in sm wltb the spirit of the war supply manufacture.. It get any further. HEMRY JR.5AY5 5a iT