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ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
NO. 37
Look at the Soldier
Sweet Pea Exhibit
A Novel Scheme
More Sewer Discussion
The Boy Scouts
Adds More "Sorrow"
The Rebeccas Install
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The following clipped from the
People s Irce Press gives a farm
cr's opinion of the .soldier of todny
It is nn opt illustration of whnt
uiight be expected to result trotn
socialistic conditions: laziness, lack
of ambition and physical weakness
While federal and state soldiers
are disporting themselves out at the
Clackamas range of the Oregon
National Guard, and while they are
shooting off Sto worth of real bul
lets aud real powder every day, the
farmers in the neighborhood are
doing some profound thinking.
Sometimes they think about the
stray bullets that came zipping over
their domiciles, aud then send the
cows running home with punctured
flanks, aud at other times they think
about questions of economics.
One of them has unburdened
himself as follows. He said a lot
more, and most of it was good stuff
but space forbids its use here. He
said all this to a member of the
Peoples Press staff, not knowing
that he was going to burst into
print. Hut his remarks arc too true
to lie buried in oblivion, or in the
receptive brain of the reporter.
"I don't wonder there are hard
times," he said. He did not stieeify
where the bard times were, but. that
Is of small consequence. "There
will always be hard times as long as
some of us have to work to keep
others lazy. Look at the soldiers.
They don t do anything but shoot
guns, march around, aud eat three
square meals a duy. They think
they arc learning what war is. It
there should be a war they would
not be any good.
Soldiers are never any good in
war. They are accustomed to too
easy a life. 1 hey go out in the
field and fight, aud then they wait
for reinforcements. And pretty soon
the government begins to take in
the common people to take the
places of the soldiers who arc in
hospitals, recovering from the hard
ships of war. The common people
get trained for a week or two, and
then go out and win. They urc
letter soldiers for two reasons:
Hirst, they urc fighting for their
homes, and not for pay; secondly,
because they are used to hardship,
llefore they went to war they used
to starve when they were out of
work, aud so they don't mind starv
ing a few days till the regular sol
tilers bring up the provision trains
History shows this is so. Look
at the facts of any great war, aud
you'll see that it was the common
jwople, the volunteers, who endured
the hardships and the starvation,
aud still kept on fighting. The
main trouble with these soldiers is
that they hnve to have three meals
n day, or they can't do anything.
Aud we have to pay for those
meals, and for their target practice.
I call it foolishness."
There is logic in those remarks.
Likewise they explaiu why the
Clackamas county farmers don't
stop their haying and go down aud
see the soldiers try to hit the tar
gets. Death of Mrs. Harris
Died in St. Johns, July 8, 191 1,
Mary Jane Atkinson Harris, in her
36th year, She was born in Eng
land aud came to the United States
when seven years of age. Her
father settled In Wisconsin where
she grew to womauhood and was
there married to William T. Har
ris on July 4, 1897, and about five
years ago they moved to St. Johus.
She leaves, besides a bereaved bus
band, her father, three brothers and
two sisters In Wisconsin, who know
tliat the loved one has goue to meet
mother over on the other shore
May they be an unbroken family
In that great beyond, Sister Har
ris had chosen that better part aud
will now seethe Christ, who, while
here, she hoped to spend eternity
with. She was also a member of
the W. R. C. of St. Johns, a faith
fill one and always willing to do
her duty until her health failed and
she had to lay such burdens dowu
and go up higher.
'We speak when the work of the
day is done
Of the dawning by and by.
And number our treasures oue by
one,
In our Father's house on high.
And oft we think when our rest
shall 'come,
Of the meeting there will be,
When the good and beautiful all go
home,
To the city beyond the sea."
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A member of the W. R. C.
For Sale House, furniture and
lot) 100x126, all improved; terras to
suit. W. C. Walker, 633 ttorth
.Portland boulevard,, . 36tf .
The second annual Sweet Pea
show at the North Hank Pharmacy
last Friday was an immense success
and immeasurably surpassed the
initial effort last year, The exhi
bition was worth coming many
miles to sec. The flowers were su
perbly beautiful and in large varie
ty aud abundance. The air in tiic
vicinity of the Pharmacy was
heavily charged with the sweet per
fume exuding from the monster
array of bouquets on the Inside.
Last year there were 34 exhibitors,
and this year about 80, aud the
bouquets on the average were much
larger than was the case last sum
mer. Willie tlie ntiair lias been a
rather costly one for Mr. Citrrin,
the satisfaction he has gained
demonstrating that St. Johns raises
the finest pea-blossoms in the world
makes him feel fully compensated
for his outlay in dollars and cents.
The store presented a constant
stream of humanity going in and
out all day long, and all who dc
sired were served witli tec cream
free of charge. The judges were
1. II. Alouahau, I' rank lest and
D. N. Hycrlcc.
Mrs. Hattie McKiuncy won first
prize for the most beautiful bou
quet, an S3 bottle of perfume, aud
Mrs. Nelson second, a S3. 50 bottle.
Mrs. S. W. Rogers secured a I3
bottle for the largest bouquet; Mrs.
D. 1'.. Urodahl, a $2. 50 bottle for
the largest bonnet of oue color, aud
Mrs, Alice Gilltuorc a $2 bottle for
the bouquet containing the greatest
variety. Prizes will also be given
for the best photographs of sweet
peas. The exhibitors were Mrs.
L. F. Clark, Emma Cauright, Mrs
I. 11. Martin, Mrs. Ann Mason,
George Downey, Rose McGrew,
Heuluh McGrew, Mrs. Alice Uill-
inore, Koy, Daisy, worence ami
Mary McGrew, Mrs. R. II. Rice,
Alice Galloway, Mrs. J. F. Gill
more, Mrs. M. A. Massey, Verne
Hall, Cora Clark, Mrs. D. E. Uro
dahl, Mrs. J. II. Ross, Mrs. Hattie
McKiuncy, Thelma Stokes, Mrs,
M. S. Cobb, Mrs. C. F. Doherty,
Lewis Clark, Mrs. E. F. Reid.Mrs
S. W. Rogers. Ruth Wels. Ivy
Burke. Mrs. Tecling, Ida Tcclisg,
Mrs. Anna Gage, Alma Rossi, Mrs.
G. C. Donaldson, Florence Hredecu,
Herbert Frank, Mrs. T. J. Mona
ban, Lloyd McDowell, Helen Crouch
-ester Holmes, Mrs. v. C Migli-
ells, Mrs. C. H. Thayer, Mrs. Her-
tha Horsiuati, Mrs. Charles McGIII.
Ada Schrlmsher, F. L. Emerson,
Loyal Thurston, Vera Thurston,
Joseph Coutrerus, Uirdie Cox, Re-
ba Cutto, Mrs, Hurcli, Alice catto, Da
vid Howe, R.H.Johuson, Mrs.A.V.
Nelson, Miss Hoomsllutcr, Maurine
Leedorn, Georgia Lynn, Lyla Mas
ter, Opal Welmer, Idrys Welmer,
Ueulah Heam, Mrs. w. b. jeans,
Alda Miller, Bernice Shaw, Florence
Hutchlns, Chester Rambo, Oscar
McKinuey, Journlba Mortsou, Ma
bel Hellair, James Murphy, Elmer
Hellalr, Gladdys Salmond, Pearl
Snced. Bertha Miller, Alta Miller,
Mrs. R. "Kceruer, Bernice Bromley
aud Mrs. Bell Preston.
And there was not an exhibit
of the entire lot but was a beauty, and
the judges were at their wits' end
n some instances to determine be
tween two or three which one was
entitled to the prize, No exhibitor
should feel disappointed because
he or she did not receive the prize,
for the exhibits were all of such a
high order that their exhibitors can
well bejiroud of their efforts. In
only one instance was it easy
for the judges to decide, and that
was in selecting the most beautiful
exhibit: Mrs. McKinney's hang
ing bowl of golden colored blossoms
every one just like its ueighbor.and
arranged with asparagus ferns in
such a manner as to balance the
colors making an exquisitely beau
tiful exhibit. If it was "done on
ptifpose," Mrs. McKlnney Is an
artist In the arrangement of flowers
and. if it was a "happen so," she
las a most perfect pattern to prac
tice on. In any event she is to be
congratulated upon her beautiful
production.
Orecron has a climate that is a
ereat asset but this fact is not gen
erally recognized here at home. It
as impressed duriug the past week
however, when the national con-
eutiou of Christian churches was
in
Portland. R. A. Lone, mil-
ionaire lumberman of Kansas City.
who pledged a gift of $1,000,000 to
carry on the work of the church,
said the Portland convention was
the best in the history of the organ
ization, and was due to the favora
ble weather which made it com
fortable for the delegates at all
tunes.so that the sessions were not
fatiguing nor were the- speakers
tired and dull, as is often the case
when the conventions are held in
the Eastern cjties in mid summer,
Ba a POOSTEH for St JoIibi.
Since the mosquitoes have gotten
rather plentiful lately, half a dozen
of our young sports have adopted a
novel method nf pvliritiltmlSmr
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' 1 1 , n 1, 1 IMin,, 1 n t.i 1 . . 1 1 1 . n ! - nn 1
kwui. x tiutw nun 1111:11 aiuipa
shaved close to the bone, and every
evening they sit along the streets
with their hats off. The bald pates
have a wonderful fascination for the
festive mosquitoes, and they delight
in gathering upon them. The boys
sit right still until every available
space on their domes is squatted
upon by a mosquito, then they
quickly clap on their hats aud has
tily repair to a bucket of water at
some nearby point aud douse their
heads therein, retaining that posi
tion until all the pests arc drowned.
The boys say the sensation is a lit
tle disagreeable at first, but soon
becomes a source of enjoyment
and delight unless a wasp or yel
low jacket makes the blundering
aud painful mistake of alighting
upon space reserved exclusively for
mosquitoes. The more mosquitoes
that occupy the mounds, the more
room there is for the next batch,
owing to tlirmauy little bumps that
rcMilt from the operation. The
traps arc set half a dozen times each
evening. The novel scheme is
quite effective, for the mosquitoes
are getting appreciably less right
along. So far the boys have not
patented their Invention, and all
who desire may aid in their lauda
ble enterprise.
Making Investigation
Some of the city dailies have
been making great ado over the
death of E. F. Shultz, who died in
this city July ist. An attempt
has been made by Rev. Bucchler
to prove that his death occurred un
der suspicious circumstances and
loul play may nave been the cause
of it. Jul. L. Stockton, Telegram
representative, has the following to
say concerning it:
An investigation of the reported
foul play in connection with the
death of E. F. Shultz in St. Johns,
July 1, is under way. A.II. Block-
burn, the undertaker, says He saw
nothing in any ways suspicious,
aud Dr. A. W. Vincent, the at
tending physician, states that Shultz
was suffering from valvular heart
trouble and that this caused his
death. He had been unable to
work for a week or more before
leaving the Chicago rooming-house
to go to the Moser home, where it
said he had proper care and atten
tion. The undertaker also says
Mr. Moser paid the funeral expens
es himself and that the bill was
a good deal more than $87 as is
claimed by the Rev. Huechler.
No one appcurs to nave seen the
$500 which Shultz is said to have
had, and no bank account is on
record in his name In St. Johns.
William Jacques, who roomed in
the same house, says Shultz was
trying to save up mouey with which
to go to the old country to visit his
relatives and that Shultz told him
that when he died he intended to
give his batik book to an unknown
widow. Mrs. Mclntire, his former
landlady, says that Moser told her
that Shultz had property in
many.
Ger-
New Box Factory
The Multnomah Trunk aud Bag
company has closed a deal with the
Peniusula Factory Sites company
for the purchase of eight acres 011
the Peniusula near the Monarch
Lumber company's mills, as a site
for a new box factory, which is to
be erected at ouce. The main bulki
ng of the new plant is to be 200x72
feet, one story. D, C. Pelton and
C. Wrenn are the controlling
stockholders in the Multnomah
Trunk audBag company. Until
recently this company operated a
box factory at Seaside, but owing
to the failure of the lumber compa
ny from which it secured its lumber
the factory was forced to shut down.
It has been dismantled aud a part
of the machinery will be installed
in the new Peninsula plant. S, E.
Wrenn, who negotiated the deal for
the eight acre tract ou the Peniusu
la, paid $12,000 for the holding.
Journal.
Colonist rates to Oregon will again
c in effect this fall, from Septem
ber 15 to October 15, on a basis of
$25 from St. Paul and the Missouri
River to any point in this state, or
$33 from Chicago, Railroad traffic
officials expect there will be heavy
movement to the Pacific slope this
fall, for there is extensive inquiry
already about the rates.
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Work for QroaUr" 8L JbJisi.
A number of property owners of
the Maple street sewer district as
sembled in the city hall last Friday
night to discuss conditions fur
ther regarding the matter. Paschal
Hill and Geo. M. Hall reported
that they had a coufeieuce with the
property ownets' attorney, Senator
Fulton, aud he advised acceptance
of the maintenance bond unci con
tract tendered by the contractor
and bondsmen. Mr. Hall stated
that he gathered from the lawyer's
remarks that they would not have a
ghost of a show if the matter was
taken into the courts. Mr. Hill
stated that he had been under a
wrong Impression regarding the
Bancroft bonding act, that Mr.
Fulton had made it clear to him
that ii the matter was tied up in
the courts that the time for taking
ndvautagc of this act could not be
stayed, aud as a result the property
owners would stand a very good
chance of having to tiny cash for
the sewer. In spite of this ml vice,
Mr. Pcrrine, Dr.McChesney, W.H.
King and one or two others were In
favor of fighting the thing out in
the courts. Mr. Downey was more
pacific. He could sec no reason
why they should butt their heads
against a stone wall; if there win
no chance of winning, he thought
it would be foolish to continue.
Having implicit confidence in Sena
tor Fulton, he thought the best
thing to do was to accept the con
tractor's bond with the best grace
possible. The fact that the prop
erty owners would lose in dollars
aud cents if they did win in court
did not look good to him they
would have to pay for the sewer,
would have to pay their proportion
of the cost for relaying, would have
to pay $1000 attorney fees mid
probably lose their chance to take
advantage of the Bancroft act. K.
Mujcskc stated that one Kramer
had told him that at several places
jn the sewer he had knowledge ol,
the pipe did not fit in the bell by
three inches or more aud that ce
ment was not used properly or not
at all. A suggestion was then made
that a committee be appointed to
investigate this charge, aud upon
motion of Mr. Pcrrine. K. Majeske
aud Mr. Kramer were appointed to
conduct the investigation. Mr.
Mnjeske demurred at first, but final
ly agreed to serve 011 the commit
tee. It was then decided that the
meeting take a recess for one week,
the investigation to take place in
the meantime and a report made
tomorrow night.
After 23 Years
Wesley Mcll otid father of Berke
ly, California, is in attendance at the
campmeetiiig of the Evangelical
church at Quimby, representing the
Pacific Coast Bible Soclety.of which
he Is secretary. Twenty-three
years ago, when the Evangelical
church was ttiidcr the hill here, Mr.
Mell, then a boy preacher, served
this church. Since then he has
been almost all over the world, was
for five years missionary in India,
Being so near the place of his boy
hood efforts, he yielded to the de
sire to see the old faces (those that
yet remain,) aud the familiar spots
of the old days. It was a great
surprise to him to find a very mod
ern little city with its trolley Hue,
two electric light systems, gas sys
tem, miles of cement walks, macad
amized streets, and just now our
maiden effort being made at hard-
surface to say nothing of the busi
ness blocks, residences, splendid
school buildings aud comfortable
churches, excellent water system,
where all was virgin forest and un
derbrush when he preached in the
little church tinder the hill. His
surprise must have wonderfully In
creased when informed that nearly
all of this great advancement has
been made witiu the past seven or
eight years. Yet some folks say St.
Johus is slow I
A. U. Davis has been inducted
into the post office as assistant! post
master. Mr. Davis had four years
experience in the work at Hastings,
Oklahoma, just prior to coining
here some eight mouths ago aud is
well qualified for the position. Mr.
Davis with his mother has decided
to make St. Johus their permanent
home, rightly estimating the loca
tion here the most attractive and
having the best prospects for the
future of any ou the coast.
Willamette Valley counties will
combine to make splendid exhibits
at the state fair at Salem aud later
the fruits, vegetables, grains and
grasses grown on Oregon soil will
be sent East to be exhibited at five
of the largest of the land' shows in
the country next fall.
Scout Clyde Thayer has been at
Dallas visiting his sister, Mrs. C.
P. Gates, and fishing for frc'sh
water lobsters.
Scout Leon Peterson, who Is on
a visit at Genesee, Ida. reports crops
fine and weather tropical up there.
The scouts mourn the loss of
their sturgeon. It was not a com
mon fungus that caused his death
but a sporadic enemy worklnc un
der the epidermis, known to pisci
culturists by the name of Ichtyo
phthirioe. The name is enough to
kill almost anything, but it could
uot have gained a foothold on him
Had there been no break in the cpl
dermis, but in handling the fish
while constructing the tank it
scratcucu us skiu giving the spores
an entrance, and once established
there Is no known cure. There Is
not a boy in the entire bunch who
so deeply regrets the loss as the
scout master who had the fish in
charge. The lessons to be learned
by the misfortune is to never han
dle a fish in any manner if it can
be avoided and then only with a
net; never to put the hands in the
water, and never touch a fish for
the aquarium with bare hands. The
hand of man Is oisou to the fish.
The aquarium will be installed in
the library Saturday, but it will be
uninteresting now that Acipctiscr
Medlrostris Is dead. Wc have but
oue specimen now, Amiurtis Vul
garis, contributed by Scout Philip
Peterson. See how many of our
boys and girls will recognize him
by his zoological name.
Now a word of caution and warn
ing. The scouts are nutting this
aquarium in for your entertainment
aud pleasure at their own expense
and think it uot asking too much
to request the public not to touch
the glass or to put their hands in
the water, or for that matter any
thing else. The scout master will
feed and care for it until he has
trained some of his scouts to do the
work. If the public will not com
ply with this request and thus en
tail a loss of the Inmates, the
aquarium will be removed. Come
aud watch the Inmates to your
heart s content, and come for a look
every time you visit the library, for
the boys will be continually adding
interesting I eat tires.
Several new entomological speci
mens have been captured but nave
heard of no case In which wc may
display them.
SCOUT MASTItK
Library Notes
Open Hours: 2i)0 to 5i30 and 7 lo9J0p.ni.
A few moving picture show pat
rons are already beginning to real
ize how this popular form of enter
tainment aud the library may be
made to work together for their
greater enjoyment, others have yet
to come to that realization.
Frequently the subjects of the
pictures are taken from the best
authors. Such pictures will mean
much more to the person who has
lirst read the story which they are
intended to portray. Ou the other
hand, if the pictures are seen first,
the books can be read with a It viler
interest, Many will remember hav
ing seen presented Dicken's "Tale
of TwoCities."Tennyson's "Huoch
Ardeu" and the story of Jean Val
Jean," from Hugo's "Les Misera
blesj" but have you become ac
quainted with these stirring tales
in book form f
Again the pictures show incidents
in the lives of famous men, scenes
from foreigu countries, or curious
processes In the industries of the
world? Are you aware that at the
library books as interesting as any
romance can be found on these sub
jects? Often the hand bills for the mov
ing picture shows make known the
topics of the leading films long
enough in advance to permit of
one's looking up the subjects before
hand. liutthe rule is a good enough
one to work both ways, and no mat
ter which comes first, books aud
pictures will each heighten the
pleasure in the other. Incidentally,
if people show an increased inter
est in the pictures which are worth
while the standard of the moving
pcitureshows will gradually beraised
to the benefit of the whole commu
nity. LIBRARIAN.
Building Permits
No. 76 To Walter Owen to erect
a dwelling ou Polk street between
Greshamaiid Hayes; cost ?iooo.
No. 77 To P. W. Ilinmau to
erect a dwelling on Jersey street
betweeu Alma aud Burr; cost $75.
Nearly new restaurant range for
sale cheap. Clarke Ptirniture Co.
ltd. Review: I beg to be heard again
for fenr Mr. "Subscriber" will lapse
again back to the unknown. Wc know
now Hint lie is here, ami If you have no
objections we will perform 11 few more
stunts while he l.wntchlug mid maybe
wc enn coux hint out a little farther and
thereby discover his Identity. Now, Mr.
ltdltor, in nnswerliiL' tnv little smith von
seemed to think tlmt I should have fmiml
J ti later report than 1904. There is n kind
ot an under Insinuation that there Is n
later report? if there Is I have not seen
it, and you know I don't ninkc the l'. S.
I report. If there It a reiiort that will rc
I fute this one I would be glad to know
that it Is uot as bad ns Uncle Sam says It
I is. As you arc in this discussion you are
III dtltV bound to Produce the evidence.
Baying "I don't believe," or "I do be
lleve," or "who would believe" Is. not
evidence or utgiimcnt. It is begging the
question. The rctwrt that I quoted was
from "Comparative Statistics of 726
Identical Manufacturing Kstabllshmculs
iroiu IB90 to 1904," liullctin ol Labor,
July, 1906, page xiB. It may be n lie
hut the socialists did uot make It. "To
err is Human," ami mere are so many
people who have made the remark to
me lust lately that I looked as If
"might Ik human." I am somewhat
shaky, so I will turn over to you the fol
lowing table aud would kindly ask you
to figure out how much value the labor
ers produced in this oue cleanup:
Iron, steel aud tin plate production
1904 l'ig Iron:
Capital invested f 177,157,223
urosstousui production..,, 7,411.300
Kcnnzcd value 101,30,467
vaiuc 01 nastc materials
Average days In operation,.
5 1, 664,808
4
14,087
7.VU9.JJ5
561.46
1.96
lotui employes,
Aggregate wages paid
Average yearly earnings,,..
Average nauy wages.
Cost ot lalnir per ton , . , , , . ,
Tonnage per man per day,. ,
1.07
1.85
The above is the full table just ns the
rcort has it, raw material nud all,
rii-anc (inure It out. if vou have time. It
will not take Mr, Subtcrilcr long, either,
11 lie is interested,
Hut, Mr. ltdltor, you said that "take
nway prolil ami what remains? The test
of life is goue, nothing to live for, noth
lug remains." And then in the local
new column I saw this hit of news:
"The Mull School booklet Printed bv
an Oregon City concern Is no credit to
the printer. While the price was high,
it sense 01 ciiciipuess, poor paticr, jioor
inn mm prcssworK crvuiics tl lliruugii
out." ou say mat the "work was 110
credit to the concern." What do you
iiieaur lie mo not want credit, lie waul
cd that "zest" he heard you talking
about -and he got it, too, flut whnt dii
tiic society get who employed tlie con
cern f -"poor ink, oor work," etc,
urcui u "rest" 01 capitalism I The re
sults of which is "poor work, poor Ink,"
etc.
Now in the lust Issue of the Review in
iK-ukliiK of that "eri)Ieilug newer ques
lion- you made tms rcuiurk: "tior
could the engineer or Mr. Ilrowu, the hi'
six-ctor, ultord to permit such a thing,
Uepututloii Is ever more precious tliiiu
gold or silver," In this inntance there
must have lccn somethlui; lihiher than
the proflt you oke nboul in uusweriug
my urtlcle, which you say Is the zest of
life. Mr. ltdltor, I believe that there Is
a csl, more precious thuu gold or silver,
mid titut tins zest is diametrically oi
iHited to the zekt you had referred to 111
answering my article, SociullsU stuud
for this zest, not profit, Interest or rent
zest. Do you see the xilnt, Mr. Sub
scriber One mure point, Mr. ltdltor. nud then
I will blow out the gus. Mr. Subscribrr
says: "Don't yoii, think they should
give, us some Mrs of the Socialistic
state?" Of cours "platforms" and "die
ttouarles" don't count, U-cause they are
uot "reliable," Suppose I give you the
definition that our worst enemy gives of
us My the U. S. Government Rcxrt of
Co.operutive Societies in U.S. under T.
K.'s administration, I know you would
like that fur T.U.kuows.aud if the rcixirt
did uot suit him he would whe it oil the
map, Well, here it is; "llulletlu -De
iMMmcut of I,nbor, No. 35, July, 1901;"
(Mr, IMitor, excuse me, this is the tut
est I have), "Co-ocrativc communi
ties in the U. S. may be clasklfiod ac
cording to their aims rather than their
achievements. There are three kinds:
(1) Communistic; (3) socialistic; (3) twr
tlully cooperative. The communistic
are thoe which aim at the widest possi
ble comihuiiity of goods, and which seek
to have both lubor uud income equally
distributed umougst the tuemlwrs. The
tociullsta are those which aim at collec
tive ownership of all the meuus of pro.
ductiou and nt equitable ruther than
equal distribution, Opposed to exploit
ation, they ure uot opposed to honest
thrift. They would encourage industry
and skill, and discourage laziness and
iuelficieucy." What do you think of
It. Mr. Subscriber? Will you kindly
give me an idea of the future of the cap.
ilistic state under Tuft, say one year
hence ? Will we or will we uot have a
panic this fall? If you cannot tell defi
nitely what will come under capitalism,
why arc you so contented? Uhut your
eyes; out goes the gus, O. I I'errfue,
We are ulad to have Mr. I'errlne
"come back," but think he is serving u
mean trick by handing us a bunch of Sc
ute this hot weather, However, accord
inu to the figures submitted, there are
736 Industries employing aggregately
14,087 employes, or un average of less
than 30 employes to euch industry: the
average capital invested in each indus
try is 344,010, which svemsiuea pile 01
mouey to give employment to less thau
30 men, lly deducting the amounts paid
for labor aud basic material from the
realized value we find that these indus
tries combined have cleared u little bet
ter than 30 per cent on their enormous
Investment, l'rom this, however, must
be deducted Interest ou mouey that may
lmve been borrowed, rent, light, power,
heat, repair, wear uud tear, damage suits,
attorney services, a just share for brains
and service of each proprietor, and other
Items that tlie reiiort does not snow.
Then we reach the net profit, which
would be less than 30 per cent, which
Mr, I'errlne uiust concede is not un out
rageous profit. Auy Industry must fig
ure 011 a 30 per cent profit, or should
keep out of busiuess. If this is the most
scaudalous report Mr. l'errlue can pro
duce, why hunt further? He took the
An csiKcially interesting time was
enjoyed at the installation of officers
of I.aurchvood Rebecca lodge in
Odd Fellows hall Wednesday even
ing, July 12, when District Deputy
President Hattie U. McKlnney, as
sisted by her stafT, placed the fol
lowing newly elected oflicers:
Mary Cheney.N. 0.; Alda Over
street, V. O.; Hattie K. McKiuncy,
Recording Secretary; Rose Robin
son, R. S. N. O.; Tiliie Hill, L. S.
N. G.; Mabel Walker, R. S. V.O.;
Lillian Sizctnore, L,. S. V. C; Hm
ma Churchill, Warden; Cora Mer
rill, Conductor; Carrie Pcrrine, I.
G.; G. Ward.O. G.; Cynthia Hew
itt, Chaplain. Hffie Dcam was elect
ed captain of the degree staff, and
Is said to be a most efficient officer.
In fact, the Laurclwood oggregtt
tion is n live bunch energetic,
aggressive, and the most delightful
entertainers; they have had no
trouble in rolling up n membership
of 177 with others knocking for ad
mission. They have their brothers
in Laurel lodge outclassed n long
block, and are nil inspiration to
that sleepy headed bunch. The
example of the Rebeccas Is having
a good effect, for old Laurel is Tin
iug like a young Hon and when our
fair sisters hear the roaring they
may look to their "Laurels" for
the rally cry of Laurel lodge Is 200
members by January 1,1912.
After the installation refresh
ments were served and n happy so
cial time enjoyed. Cor.
leading nud lOMibly the iiumI profitable
Industry In the country. What would
the lenit profitable one show? Of course
this is not nrgumeut, but Is food (or the
Imagination. He asks, how much value
did the laborer produce In this clutiuuii ?
We lmve n right to assume that th lit
txirer received the full product of his la
bor. The difference between the actual
cost of the product and the price receiv
ed for it, II it dues uot belong to the
manulacturers who assumed the risks,
furnished the employment, capital nud
brains, certainly docs rightfully belong
to the consumer. The lalnirer receivutl
nil that he agreed to work for, and was
paid 111 inn,
Kcimrdlni! the lob of printlne. it indi
cates what Is liable to happen witli com-
petlou eliminated. Thuy got the job at
their own price, had 110 hoe or ambi
tion of ecttiui! nnythlui! further from St.
Johns, uud therefore made "a mcsil" nut
of it. There wus no zest shown in it 111
the way of doing good work nud wmiing
their money, Zest Is uot money, Imt the
pleasure of uttululinr. the ttroceMi of llw
struggle of attainment. Society got just
what It foolishly accepted or Iwriiuliwd
for. II it did not hamuli! for it. why ac
cept It? We surely would not lmv tlotu
so. Society ever gets just whnt ItlwrjjHln.
for. or it need not accent, (tratt Ii so
ciety I The work was 110 more crwdit to
tlie concern III question than h I'umkml
brick wall would be to Mr. l'erHnw'ti
handiwork. The fact is so obvious tlwt
it is unworthy of comment.
Yes, reputation is more precious tlmn
gold uud silver because capitalism can
not "corner" It nor socialism conlWut
it. Some people take n est In umIh
taluinu it, while other take a eat in at
tempting to destroy that which mw Iws
sought to build up uud maintain. It U
more holy thuu profit, yew.
The last point is directed at Mr. Hub
scriber, uud he can attend to hi own fu
neral. We might In iKivsliig, lMwvr.
slide him this hint: That Mr. l'uiritv
lingered u little too long in "blowing
out the gas," McKiuley dim! Svpt. 14.
1901. hence Teddy did not prtNMd ovr
the destinies of this nation until sovoral
mouths ulter July, 1901, and "our worst
cueuiy" is consequently guil(ls of llv
charge inude, lie is your "meut" how,
.nr. ouDw-'iiucr. ivu iiiuiHiive.
Ail adjourned meeting of the city
council was held last Thursday
evening for the puroc of hearing
rlatt & l'latt s decision regarding
the validity of the ferry bonds. The
lawyers, however, had not finished
their investigation. 1 hat the intuit
ing might not be called for naught.
Soc. Pcrrine gave a little (limita
tion ou socialism, taking as his
theme 'Discontent." He stated
that he had 110 use for a man that
was satisfied with his condition,
that discontent aud dissatisfaction
denoted progress; that if he was ou
his deatli bed and some one came
to his bedside and said to him that
If he had not done a great deal of
good in the world, he had at least
put up a great howl, it would af
ford him keen pleasure. He quot
ed scripture, but it was noted that
le did uot quote that passage relat
ing to contentment ucing netter
than great riches.
J. S. Downey and T. J. Mona-.
lau interviewed several of thu
xstal officials at Portland lust
week in regard to securing free de
livery of mail in St. Johns, and
they were advised that it would be
Kst to call a mass meeting ot the
wople to sign a petition praying for
the desired boon. Tlie officials be-
ieved there would be no difficulty
experienced if the citizens went
after it rightly. They stated, how
ever, that annexation had nothing
to do with the matter, and would
not be hastened by it.
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