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Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest
VOL. 4
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1908.
NO. 42
ST.
JOHNS
FINE RESIDENCES ON HAYES
This is One of the Handsomest Residence Streets
DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
in St. Johns, as a Visit There Will Attest
We do not nupposo that ono portion
In 20 who lives In St. Johns thinks
or taking any notlco of tuo residence
nlong tho street as ho Is passing.
Wo nro rio familiar with thorn that
wo hovor think of It. It occurred to
us to mako a nolo of tho rosldonccs
on Hayes ns wo wcro coming along
on tho wuy to tho offlco, and this
Is what wo saw:
Tho first, two little cottages on tho
cast sldo of tho strcct.numbcrs 700
and 708, and then tho flno rcsldonco
occupied by Danker Wood on tho cor
ner of Trumbull nnd Hayes, whero
a traall, hut beautiful lawn with Its
ahundanco of ropes dollght tho oyo,
It Id an Ideal location, from tho up
I.or floors of which tho river with Its
floating Ufa may lo seen. On tho
weet-Bldo of Hayos.and between Cat
lln nnd Trumbut Hob n solid block
of (iround, ono of tho prottlost In tho
city Thin Is tho homo or li.R.Chlp
,man, who has 0110 of tho prottlost
houtoa In 'ho city. Mr. Chlpinan Is n
lover of ilia little buoy boo and has
In his npalry scincHiIng like 20 or
moro colonics working hard for him.
He, too, has a piotty lawn nlcoly
kept, with nn nbundanco of roses of
nil kinds, beside n m vcgcLnblo garden
nnd various fruits. On tho opposlto
ldo of Trumbut and on tho west
sldo or lluycs Htu-et Is tho beautiful
homo or J. F. Olllmoro, with its
lovely lawn, Its pivlty beds of carnn
and tho west sldo of Hnyos, Is wo
think, tho moit beautiful rcsldonco 01
cntiro street. It If. the homo of Mrs.
n, 11, CarlBon ,acd Is built In much
tho same stylo nj Mr. Cochran's
rcrldcnco and It too, flits In In n boat
tlfu) lawn.woll cared for and very
prottlly ornamented wlht shrubs, rou
es and other growth. It Is a lovely
homo ami commnndti a flno vlow of
the river
Tho noxt home lt that of Dr. Mary
Mchnchlnn with her parents, In n
quaint llltlo house among tho trees,
fronted with a neatly trimmed lawn
Tho last losldonce on tho west sldo
of tho street boforo you roach tho
buiiliioss section lb that of D, V
Horsmnn. This Is ono of tho most
beautiful locations 011 tho street and
in bountifully supplied with fruit of
ah kinds. Thora In no prettier 'awn
In tho city nnd Mr Horainnn keeps
In tho pink of porfcctlnn.
Thoro nro two llltlo collagen on th
or-it nldo of Hayes street opposlto th
tail mentioned homos, aro two that
are noted tnnro foi their deltctotiH
fruits nnd crisp vcgtonLtcs than for
tlto beauty or their architecture or
Inwt s. In ono or thorn lives our gon
Inl friend, Androw Cralk. who certain
ly lias struck thu key noto on grow
lnp flno vogotnbloa.
From Catlln stroot north on Hayes
thcio nro a number of pretty res
An Interesting Session Tuesday Evening in Which a Large
Budget of Municipal Business Was Disposed of
Hons tllnuinir vino mid nrottv shrub-. ,uncc anl "0 onlorprlHlng cltl
bory. Tho noxt residence lo that or WM nro lmv,,,K lhu Prollmlnnrr work
. ..... .1 'drum inward irntlli'tr lln von Hlrnnt Itn.
.tirn. iiucKor, n ncui 111110 coungo, - - -
wllli a smoothly dimmed lawn. Tlio nrocd l worth ond of tho stroot
noxt resident wo do not hnvo tho wl11 bo onn of tho Proltloit of
honoi to know, tut thoy havo flno' our improvcrt streets wnon tills is
comfortnblo, two-story homo with nn dono' nnd 11 wou,rt bo BUn TnnA
nbundanco of fruit , and on tho;,f 11,0 lr00t bo covorod with
lot next to tho corner of tho block Is crushed rock at tho same tlmo. This
tho Bow.two story residence of tho I " uro ,0 co"10 mUo "onr r,,lur0
'itnto ot Mr. Johnson, a flno homo
und splondld locution. On tho oast
ildo ot Hayes near tho contor or thin
Mock nro two noat cottngeswlth n
flno lawn, nlcoly trimmed. At OH
Is tho homo of Mr. Clark tho mill
rolght, according to the city dlroc.
It ought not to bo so vory vxponslvo
either, ns tho rock will bo produced
nt x minimum of cost Wo hnvo tho
moil beautiful stKotn wo havo soon
In my city. If thry were onco cov
ercd with crushsd rod. In n proper
mannor, thoy would almost last a
lorv. whllo nt fill, Jnlm McNeil, tlio J Hfotlmo nnd mako tho prottlost drive
nninmr h. hi. nhn.io.. wyfc for tho buggy or tho nuto enr
Coming on towi.rds tho uu5jnoss to bo found Intho west.
part of tho city on tho south sldo
of Fessondon nnd wost side of Hnyos
nro two littlo cottages nnd tho noxt
rosldonco Is tho flno l.cmo ot Mr.
Ttinmni Cochran which Is n bonutlfu
two-story structurt, nnd would bo nn
orramont to a much large r city than
Rt. Johns. It Is built on tho colonial
itylv of architecture' and sits In n
noatly kept lawn ornamonted with
Thoro aro other sections of tho city
which contain Just an lovoly homes
a doos Hayes sheet and soon an wo
hnro an opportunity to visit them
wo shall havo something to say In
rcgr.rd to thorn. Wo bollovo wo aro
Just on tho ove 01 ono of tho groat
est porlods of development that tho
city has ovor Bcnn, Tho city was
never so woll equipped for permanent
rnYo shrubbery. Across tho stroet atieot Improvomoni as now and It Is
from Mr. Cochrun'i. homo Is that ot
Jr. V. Brlco, our worthy mayor, who
also finds tlmo to caro for beautiful
roses and a flno lawn, besides a
good little vogotrlilf gardon.
On tho south Uilo of Chicago stroet
up lo tho citizens to tako advantage
of tho opportunity to mako this tho
most beautiful spot on oartluWo havo
every natural advuntago that can bo
askod and all that It roaulres Is a lit
tlo ambition nnd porsovoranco,
Brother of Recorder
Esson Leaves State
Albyn Esson, brother of our city
recordor and pastor of tho Christian
church at Stlverton during tho past
two years.has resigned his work there
and alter a tow days visiting with
relatives In tho state will leave for
Paris, lll.,whoro ho will servo his
old congregation. Mr, Esson has e
good record to leave as to his work
here and the Christian people of tho
stato will bo very sorry to seo him
leave.
A, M. Esson, our recorder, his wife
and little daughter went with his
brother to Qervals, Oregon Wednes
day! evening for c day with the rel
atives In a grand reunion before bis
brother leaves for the East. They
will be Joined there by two other
brothers, Dock, ot The Dalles, and
Ron of Hood River, Their father Is
still living at the advanced ago of
82 ycars.and they anticipate a vory
happy time.
Hours are Shorter
A newcomer want to know why the
post office In St. Johns closes Its win
dow at 6 p. m., while In the East
Invariably close at 8 p. m. As we
understand the rulings of the post
office department th e office must
be kept open during "business hours"
The Grammar School
Needs a Fire Escape
That flro escape In the grammar
school docs not so em to oscapo us
and we cannot but think that our
peoplo are taking a continual risk
ot having some ot our bright young
boys and girls burned to death. Wo
aro poorer than Job's turkoy otter a
protracted drouth, but wo would rath
er pay for tho flro escapes ourselves
than to havo such a calamity coma
upon us. Our directors aro able,
careful and thoughtful men, and no
doubt have given this matter their
earnest attention, but that does not
relievo us of the feollng of Insecurity
or causo us to believe that It would
not bo possible for tho flro to bo-
come so fierce In tho assembly room
that escape through that room would
bo shut off before all the pupils aro
out.
An Old Printer
Mr. and Mrs, John Butterworh of
Protland and their daughter, Miss
Marian, were welcome callers Tues
day evening. Mr. Butterwortu la a
cousin of our good looking Jeweler
is a reformed printer, now laboring
for Uncle Sam in his railway mall
service, could not resist the tempta
tion to get a whiff of the old smell of
printer's ink, and was pleasantly sur
prised to see tho Mergentbaler put
of the day, In the East the bust- tlg up tho typo instead 0f the old
neat houses generally keep open until thumb and finger operation of Faust
8 p. m., while they
here.
close earlier
and Guttenberg. He thinks 1 Us a
great Improvement.
Tho ndjournod mooting of tho city
fathers convened r.bout tho usual hou
Friday night and discussed sovcral
mt.ttcrs of lmpqrtnnco. All woro prct
ont except Hunter nnd Wlndlo.
Tho matter of Increasing tho bonds
of tho troasuror to $50,000 by Issuing
(10,000 additional bonds was discussed
nnd passed tho house unnnlmously,
A question ns to tho form, or word
Ing of tho bondswns raised nnd ollc-
Itod n lengthy discussion nnd tho
matter was held ovor until tho noxt
tlon.
Tho bondsmen named aro Titos
Cochran, M. L. Holbrook.F. C. Knnpp
I'cler Autzen, It. T. Plntt.and L. II
I'oworBn!ll good bondsmen ami able
to qualify nt any time.
After an oxtonded discussion, on
motion of Doblo It was decided to
chorgo 80 cents per yard for tho
crushed rock on tho wagons nt tho
ctushcr.
On motion of Doblo tho recordor
and city engineer woro Instructed to
attend to BccurltiK tho necessary per
mlt to erect tho city dock .
It wns announced that n proposl
tlon had boon mndu to return thu
old flrehuoso to tho city for n gar
nee In which tontoro'tho city's chug
wngou. Tho prlco asked for tho build
Ing wns C0. No action was taken,
Adjourned to noxt regular meeting.
At tho 20th regular meeting of the
common council, tho city fathers
woro all In their chnlrs.
A communication from C. C. Wood
house asking poiinlcslon to erect nn
nddltlon to tho back part of his
building on tho cornor of Ivnnlioo nnd
Burlington was road nnd roforrod to
tho flro board, as tho council could
not sco how thoy could grant the
permission Intho faco of present or
dlnnncos, much ns thoy would hnvo
boon ploasod to accommodate Mr.
Woodhouso tu tho mnttor .
Communication from Mr. Montague
with roferoiico to tho questions up
betwoon tho city nnd tho water com.
pany wns road and tho recorder In
structed to Invito Mr. Montnguo to
meet with tho council In nn ndjournod
session Friday night of this wook to
discuss thoso matters nnd endeavor
to arrive nt somo cqultnblo adjust-
tuont of tho differences.
Tho communication from tho chief
of tho flro department received In
January was road again nnd roferred
back to tho chief for any additional
rocommondatlons ho might sco fit to
mako. During tho discussion It was
roportod that tho Roso City hotel wai
putting up n tiro cscopo ns wns nlsoi On tho Improvement of RnBt Rich
tho Burlington hotel, or that thoy mond Btroct on motion or Johnson th
wcro getting tho escapes built. Tho resolution wns adopted as rend and
report was also made that tho school
building would not bo benefitted by a
flro cscapcas thoro was every oppor
tunity afforded for tho exit of tho
pupils from tho Btnlrwnys 011 either
sldo of tho assembly room, nnd that
steps will bo token to havo this work
dono.
Tho hid on tho Improvement of
Buchanan Btrcot was rojoctcd bocnusc
of thoro not being any bids for tho
grndltig or crushed rock work. Thoro
If tho flro occurred under ono of .woro bids for tho cement sldewnlks,
tho stairs, tho pupils could find a one from J. II. Moore and tho other
way out through the rooms which
connect with each other and out by
tho other Btalrs. Suppose, howovcr,
that tho assembly room should ho-
como suddenly filled with flro nnd
from M. llnnson & Co. of Portland,
nnd woro vory nearly tho samo, tho
bid on eroHH widks being n little
lower In tho first named bid.
On motion of Hunter tho motion
smoko, so that It would bo Impossl-J adopted last week making tho prlco
hlo for tho children from tho upper, for crushed roth to tho contrnc-
story to pass through, How would tors SO cents per yard wns expunged
thoy oscapo? It Is perhaps not ox- from tho record nnd tho prlco wns
peeled that such a tiro can ovor nc-;mndo id cents per yard. All voting
SOCIALISM S PRACTICE
An Object Lesson Given by a Colony in Washing
ton Which Will Prove Interesting Reading
Our good socialist frlondJ como In tlona to oppose oaoh other. The
for n bit of criticism thfo week from 1 property owners will gladly surrender
tho Nntlonal Tribune, .1 itipor pub-'houses nnd lands, nnd. In fn.it. nil
llBhod In Wellington, 1). C. It was, kinds of prlvoto property to tho bo-
nnnuca 10 us uy a rriomt vitn a re-j clallstlo commonwealth nnd bo con
quest to publish. Wc glvo It for what tout to shnrt, nil with thu Idln nml
It Ih worth m n demonstration of tho worthless.
cur; but It Is a truo statement that
In cases of thoso fires, It Is tho un
oxpoctcd Hint always happens. it
It hnd boon expected It would hnvo
been provided ngnlnst. Wo mny bo
foolish, but wo bullovo It Is Import
ant that ovcry pupil mny bonblo to
promptly leave tho upper floor ot the
building without using tho stairs
Tho Iosa of tho llfo of ono ot our
bright young people could not bo
compensated for by thu saving of n
thousand such hilts ns would bo In
curred by tho plnclng of tho flro
osenpes.
In tho mnttor of thu opening and
wldonlng Willis boulovard, Mr. Ma
ple filed an objection, but It wnu
n wook too Into coming In uh tho
roport of tho vlowcrii was accepted
last week nnd nn ordinance ordered
drawn mloptlng tho name.
Mr. Mnplo objected on tho ground
Hint tho C00 was not enough to
cover his damage by renson of his
loss ot land, that tho distance to
ho condomned 127H foot should bo
17714 Instond, nml that ho should bo
nllowod nt least $160 to cover this
extra CO foot which ho had sold under
contract to Mr. l'oniiy nnd might
havo to mako good If tho street was
oponod through tlierct. Ho thinks ho
should bo nllowod fSOO for his own
loss.
On motion of llcnliani tho recor
dor wns Instructed to notify Mr, Ma
ples Hint his remoustrnucu was ro-
colvod too Into, nil vollng.yes.
Tho tlmo for testing tho city's buz
wagon wns sot for Thursdny nt 1
clock. At Hint tlmo tho agent of
the company soiling tho machine will
Vut It through lb paces and arrange
ments nro being mndo to glvo tho
boiler n thorough tost also.
yes except Alderman Doblo.
Bill of tho PonliiBuIn bank for $10
for the lithographing of tho city dock
bonds. This wan Just halt tho prlco
or tho bonds stock, tho other hair
being homo by tho company buying
thu bonds. Bill wi.s allowed ,
Ordinance approving tho report ol
tho viewers on tho proposed opening
nnd widening or Willis boulevard was
passed unanimously
Itcsloutlon establishing tho six hy
drants nn per contract with tho wn
tor company wn unnnlmously passed
Resolution to Improvo Kant Burl
Inglon btroot passed unnnlmously.
An ustlmnto of tho cost of tho not
city dock wns rend showing tho cont
to bu npproxlmntcly $10,000, which
provides for n dock C 10x100 feet with
n roof ovor 440x100 feet nnd n lower
dork lOOxGO tout for tho nccommnda
tlon ot tho river bontn. The city un
glueer Is hard at work on tho plans
nnd specifications and as soon n
hoy nro finished, bids for the construe
tlon will bo ndcrtlued for. It Is
hoped Hint thin mny bo reached nt
tho next meeting.
Tho recorder was requested to moo
tho ferry peoplo and ask them tor
froo transportation for tho rock to
cover Pittsburg and tho other streets
that aro next the dock, from which
tho ferry people recelvo tho groat
est benefit.
On motion of Dnvls tho mayor wns
roquested to look Into tho affairs )t
tho city engineer, and If It was nec
P'i'ry.to procure assistance for him
In tho field work so Hint ho may bo
nblo to dovoto Ills ontlro attention
to tho city dock plans nnd got that
mnttor moving nt tho earliest op
portunlty. All voting yes,
Adjourned to Frldny night.
How They Settle Dif
ferences at the Zoo
It was In October. 1891, that tho big
python at tho zoo fell Into tho dcplor
nblo orror of swallowing his compan
ion a Bnuke only n few Inches short
er inan himself, A similar disaster
is roportod from Bombay, whero for
some yoars two laige Indian pythons
had occupied a largo cago In tho mu
setiiu ot tho Bombay Natural History
society, Thoro wab somo mlsunder
landing betwoon thorn over a pat
ridgo, for hoy woro found tightly en.
tangled In each others colls that ut
most endeavors of peacemakers all
failed to effect a fceparatlon.and thoy
were left to settle tho matter accord
ing to their own lights, Next day
there was only one vory stout python
visible, Ex. It just occurs to us
that possibly horc Is where John D
the great Amorlcan python took his
firsc lessons.
Business Picking Up
Mr. Gordon Jones, advertising di
rector of the Holmes business college
was in tho city on Wednesday, Ho
says business Is picking up all over
the Northwest. Mi. Jones should be
In a position to know, becauso tho
calls that thu business colleges
recelvo are dependent upon the pros
perity of the country. Tho Holmes
having many more calls for office
help than they can fill. Tho school
in Us 21st year and wo understand
that tho prospect for a largo at
tendance was never brighter
Many of tho pleasure seekers at th
seanhore havo returned home to rest
uo.
Street Work Will
Make Things Boom
Stroot work In St, Johns hna taken
on n now leaso nt llfo. Oswego and
Buchanan streets will soon bo con
traded for and according to resolu
tions published In tho Rovlow last
week, Salom, Crawford, Pittsburg
and Hayes streets will bo Improved
In tho near future, This together
v-lth tho work on tho city dock will
glvi St. Johns fa prosperous appear
nuco to say tho least. Nothing llko
good streets to attract tho oyo of tho
investor and homoseeker.
Interesting Ball Game
Will be Played Here
A Busy Man
If you want to find n busy man,
Just to sco how ono looks, got a
squint at our city engineer, What
with tho now streets to mako es
timates on, others that havo asked
to havo tho grades established on
nud tho city dock plans, specifica
tion i and estimates to make up ho
ha? moro business on hand than a
peanut monopollnt. Cbarllo Is all
wool and a yard wldo though, and
will come out oil right In theflnlsh.
Looking for Location
J. T. Holraan, wlfo and grand son
ot Hood River were In tho city Tues
day evening looking tho best little
city on tho coast over for a loca
tion. Wo rofcrrodd him to somo of
our friends and hopo they may succeod
In suiting them with a good location.
FOR RENT cards, at this office.
Agood gnmo ot bntiobnll Is prom
Iscd on tho local grounds 011 Auguut
30, beginning nt 2:30 p. m. Tho con
tost will bo between tho St. Johns
Flro Department and tho (Sola Sonl
club of Portland, Tho locul toum
has boon strengthened by tho nddl
tlon of Pnrkor on First and sovernl
other Important changes. Tho Clold
Soals nro good bnll players and huvo
mado qulto a reputation this soasou.
So If you want to sco something good
bo on hand at thu tlmo und place
doslgnntod ubovo.
Too Cold for Billy
Alderman Wlndlo has roturned fror
his outing at Seaside Ho says ho
had a hilarious good tlmo and that
tho old gag ' Aw.como on In, tho
wator Is flno" did not work with him
as tho dampness was sovoral degrees
colder than a dog'c noso and Billy
took his warmed up,
Correspondent III
Wo loam with felncoro regret that
our bright yourig correspondent at
University Park Is loo 111 to gather
notes for us this woek. Wo slnceroly
hopo the Indisposition will bo but for
a littlo time and that tho nowu
Items will again como to brighten
our pages.
Tho ladles of tho M. B. church will
hold a bazar tho first Wednesday lu
Decomber,
present day cffortB nt socialism. A
man cannot Ml what may be dove!
oped from th) present d.iv socialism
Ono cannot Judgo from oiu.' cflort nn)
moro than .ho present government of
tho United Stntcb could have been
judged by thu efforts that wero bulng
mndo In Iho onrly pari ot King
Oeorgo's rolgn. Wc nro net n so
cialist, bollovo there nro no 1110 good,
honest, upright BoclnllstH, and also
that thoro r.ro somo who should be
with their candidal for president, In
tho punltontlnry, who aro not. But
tho a Is Just enough royal Ameri
can blood In us to llko to boo tho
under dog hnvo n fair show, hence
when n goad friend ot ouru rrked for
space for ll. u soclnllstn lo present
tholr vlows, wo granted the request
on tho snmo conditions nn wi would
any othur unity. Wo hopi our poopl
will rend these columns carefully
Hint wo mny bo nblo to determine
whether or not there N anything lu
tho claims of socialism. If there Is
wo want ll, and If not wo want to
bo suro to turn It down. Tho article
follows:
Editor Nntlonal Tribune- of all
tho ovlls Hint need a remed) Social
Ism appears to mo to bo tho most
nangerous. It hns proven Itucli to bo
n failure wherever It ha been tried
Take tho case of Equality colony lu
passing let 1110 nay that ho far uh I
havo been nblo to gather dt.tu tho
history 01' each and every colony of
tho kind scorns to havo uhown prac
tically tho same Ignominious failure
ns lu this liiktanco. Hero (at F.qml
Ity) was a baud of men nrd women
nil BocliilUtH trying to work out
tho socialist theory, nnd )iit Heeined
ruublu to agree on scarcely i single
point. They quarrelled and fought
nnd wero often boforo tho courts, and
somo of thoir. wero sunt to Jall.Thoy
ultimately divided Into two factions,
and Inter enuio to u pitched battle
In an assembl) meeting where clubs
ttovowood, s'lugshots, brickbats, nnd
conl oil lamps wero thu weapons In
piny. From this thoy iiiziilu went ho
foro ho court, nnd, lu fact, stayed
thoro until Hid final close out, thus
dissipating thousand!, of dollars of tho
carefully secured colonial property.
This wan mndo up lu part by fees of
tho various members and In part by
contributions to tho cuuuo fn-iu sym
pathizers In nearly or quito every
statu In tho Union. Tills win not nil.
Ity renson of the rancor engendered
the capacious colony barn was sot
on flro and entirely consumed,, to
gethor with Its vnlunblu c uteiits, con
sistlug of 20 head of cows and. tholr
calves, sovernl work horsoi ami 7fi
tons of liny, besides other valuable
property; also n lnrgo root house
fillod to bursting with tho prdoucts o
tho colony soil, Tho colony which
hud numbered as many ns 00 mum
hers becumu reduced to no moro than
10, wont Into tho hands of u recolv
er , and tuo placo that onco know
'quality colony,, knows It no more
ferovor, Yot socialists tell uh Unit so
clallsin will do away with til war anil
strife. Thy claim that i'oIi.u away
with private ownership will put an
end to all theft, us "no out would
steal from himself, "ns ho Is a full
partnor In tho public ownership plan,
and yot every bit of Ioore property
n Equality, whethor personal or pub
lic hat to bo kept under lock and
key, and oven this did not always In
suro Its safuy,
When socialists aro toll tf thoso
socialist failures they usually Bay:
Oh, well, that was not socialism;
that was only nn experiment" But
when thoso colonists won- radical
socialists,, and with no outside In
terference and under most favora
ble circumstances, failed lu working
out tholr experiments, how can thoy
expect to muko It work lu the ualoii
and uudor moro adverse circumstan
ces 7 Thoy claim that socialism will
show a perfect government, tho high
.'nt Idonl, etc., nud tho deduction can
nly bo that progress will forever
coaso; tliut a majority voto for bo-
lallsm will at onco usher In tho
mlllenlum ot pouco, happiness uud
prosperity. )
Wo will say Hint thoro aro 15,-
000,000 voter In thoso United States,
and of this number 8000,000 should
voto for socialism; tho opposing
,000,000 will experience bo sudden 11
chango ot heart as to placo tho day
of Pontacost entirely Int. 'in shade.
Thoro will bo no moro parties or fuc-
Tholr speakers toll us thn thoy ox
poet to thus orndlcato nil ovll nnd to
banish selfishness from tho human
heart." Thoy volco this aphorism:
"All wealth Is produced by labor,"
und "Ho who will not work neither
shall ho o.it." Tholr toim ' work"
seems to apply to manual labor only
and tho bnukur, tho merchant nnd nil
profeslonal men who labor with tholr
brains "do not crento wo'ilth." Thoy
toll us that every day's labor produ
ces nearly $10 worth of wealth, of
which tho laborer rccolVdH hut about
one-fourth nud tho other three fourtlu
Is absorbed by capitalism; hut under
Socialism thoro will bo no dividing
up. If youiiBk them what they pro
pose to do wit 1 tho wonlth of tho
capitalist, s line of thorn flatly ad
mit that they Intoiid to distribute ho
wealth of tho rich among thu poor;
others will Buy: "NO, Hint would not
bo Just. Wo will tako It over for
the cominoiiwi'tilth, hut will pay thou
from It." Thir. pay iuiiho ho lu labor
chocks, as "ilo monoy has no placo
In BoclnlUm. But In that i.niu Rocke
feller and olhersof tho hi.ted rich
ci uld llvo m their ease, also their
children iifur them, and l lcntlfully
fed by tho product, of tho workers.
Wo nro told that tho laborer ges
all tho wealth he produces under so
cialism uud does nut h'.i'o to dlvhlu
up. Tho urn who does twice thu
work that hit neighbor does should
get 110 moro wage, and tho skilled
loborer sliunld ho paid no moro than
the Mtrmit bveopor. Tho s'nglo man
kuta tho unniL wngo as thu ono with
n dozen cMldiou, nud lhuo last tho-
slughi man must help support. Ileum
he does not. get all ho curat., or nt
least cannot keep It. Attain, thoy
fay thoy Int-nd to pon.tloii all at
tho ago i.t '.fi. These thy.i coaso lo
uroduco r-'iythlug, and add to this
count,, all tlo persons in nteful pro
fuHMions.nll thy sick and crippled nnd
children; Ml thumi will ce-lalnly mini
bur half or moro of tint population
Id ho Hupporled by tho producing
members ot tho connuonwoullh, and
even n Goilullst Is tmtho.vd to know
ow all ll.l. Is dono au.l yet "each
man gets M ho earns."
Some will Hay all this will como
out of tho general fund to ho raised
by taxation. Whuiolii does this dif
fer from tho present system? I think
Roosevelt tho host president slncu
Lincoln, but In IiIh y.oul to bring about
refrom lu tho govurnmtiut ho somo
Hiiioh overreaches himself. This Is
an error ot the head rather than of
tho heart nud tho iiiiihsom huvo fultu
In his honesty, Tho bltturost ene
mies ho has aro tho trusts uud tho
socialists, Thu former hnto him be
causo hu Is fighting them, nnd tho
latter, because, as they admit In his
effort to bring rufrom ha Is retard
ing Koclnllsm. If ho would only Join
forces with thu trusts thoy would
hate him loss, as they think suuh nn
alliance would help socialism. They
want no reform, they clamor tor rvo
lulon. U.'foriu thoy cull patch woik,
nud wilt havo none of It.
If tho elty of Seattle has here and
thoro u shabby building, Iproiumo tin
plan of tho socialists would bu to
sot flro to tho city and whan ood
and bud aro both destroyed, build on.
tlrnly now. No patch work thiu. '
Hut our fathers began at Him foot of
tho ladder, and for, lo these many
years bulldod carefully, and would It
not bo safer tu add Improvwiious one
by ono uud with cure, than to burn
tho whole establishment down and
sari anew.
II. li. I.oiik. I-angiuy, Wash.
A Fine Specimen
Tom Monahau brought lu n fluo
pomologlcal specimen In tho shnpu
ot a Hello Dubuque apple. It is u
now variety to ua.bolug tho first ong
wo havo over soon. It Is n lnrgo,
smootho apple, measuring 1 1 VI luuiioi
around and weighing IS ouuncas. It
a much tho shnpo of a standard Yel
low Nowtown, Is light green In color
mottled ovor with a dollcato pink,
which makes It Icok as It whon it
thoroughly rlpoued It might bo a red
applo.
Richard Shopnrd, Sr, roturnod fron
three or four days' trip to Soasldo
last Saturday,
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