REFLECTIONS
(By John Stark)
"I must take my turn at the mill,
Imust grind out the golden grain.
I must work at my task with a res
olute will,
Over and over again."
Often wa think that the unneces
sary grind of life's daily toil becomes
a burden to uu. un so oimjh, wo m.
for a rest from the maddening same
ness of the daily struggle for exist
ence. We are weary. We see those whj
toil not, neither do they spin, yet are
enjoying a life of luxury, eating then
bread (their bread?) in utter idleness
so far as useful employment is taken
note of.
And yet the preacher has said if
our life has been precious, it has been
toil and trials. True, it is. There art
worse conditions to the life of man
kind, then that of purposeful toil
even tho at times we seem near the
breaking point.
Will you calmly sit down to night
while we may reflect life from dif;
ferent angles, other than the front
view? Perhaps the time may be well
spent if we look to other lights and
shadows than those which so directly
concern the present moment. Just
close your eyes and let me read tc
you a little. I can read fairly well foi
a rutabaga digger and I have some
thing of interest for all humanity to
think about. I will turn to page 11 of
the daily Oregonian for December 6.
Now listen.
"A man of 22 years arrived in
Portland from Nova Scotia last month
with a small sum of money, thinking
he soon would find work So far noth
ing but failure is in sight. The man
has pawned his clothes to pay room
rent. In his desperation he has ap
plied to the Associateted Chanties
to help him find any kind of a job.
He is a high school graduate, has
spent three years at college and haa
been educated as an engineer. He is
Ma nt kppninc a net of books and
doing general office work but will
take any kind oi worK mat win nevy
him from becoming an object of char
ity." Pardon me, did you fall asleep
while I was reading to you such com
mon everday occurence, which is
none of your affairs? Well, then you
had better wake up, possibly my talk
mav interest vou more, for I am so
wide awake that Morpheous Bhiea
from me.
It might be well that we go over
this case a little, not because it is
so singular but because it shows a
condition of thousands of our brothers
and sisters. Note the exceptional
qualities of the young man, in the
boasted Rose city at about the time
the president tells us that the wholu
counry is prosperous.
Our esteemed Secretary of State
looks up from his important task of
counting the Chautauqua coin and
calmly says "yes sir" The Oregonian
has shoved over the story of the won
derful bank clearance of the city to
make room for this item.
This particular young man will be
told the reason that he can find no
work for his hands to do in order to
obtain food for his stomach and that
is because the Democrats have put
toothpickB upon the tree list. If he
will just wait until the country ad
justs itself to the changed conditions
or 'till the Republicans come back,
things will go on again in the even
tenor of their way. There is no thot
of this all powerful government ex
tending its care to the unemployed
unless he may be in the Jawsmith's
Union and a place must be found for
him, if not at home then In some for
eign land, as a consul, minister or
embassador.
Oh yes, by the way, the Great Com
moner thinks it is very important to
build a little shanty, costing one hun
dred fifty or two hundred thousand
dollars apiece because he is used to
that sort of a thing, or if not used
to it it would be so nice!
Oh no I I did not forget the penni
less young man simply because I stop
ped long enough to scold that big
mouthed, much advertised and over
rated hero of yours. No, not by all
the highpriced crooks in Congress
can I forget, (shall I tell you why?)
but just tos how you the class char
acters of the government, I brought
in the contrast.
There are tonight many young men
ands ome who are not young anymore
and oh the crying shame of it, women
the children, small, helpless, little
ones without shelter, without food,
without friends, without a country,
shivering along the highways or soma
chance vacant building. Perhaps there
is nothing in the telepathy idea that
I can Bee some of them as I sit here
and write, with at least creature com
forts, humble though they be, still
sufficient for my needs and which
would seem a mansion to those un
fortunate ones I can see tonight,
while the elements seem to be doing
double duty.
Perhaps the recollection of former
days, days of terror until exhaustion
numbed the senses to the actual sit
uation, perhaps that recollection
makes it seem so I can see others to
night in their sad phlight.
Did you ever have the sensation of
going from plant to plant offering
to sell the only goods you were po
sessed of, your labor power, and was
turned away? Did you walk tho
streets of a strange city and feel all
alone? Did you hear the soft toues of
the piano coming to you from some
attractive looking home and madden
you with the melody; and only that
you were just then in a state of al
most utter collapse, prevented yoj
from doing some rash act against in
dividuals who in themselves were in
nocent? Nol Well then, don't sneer,
even that handfull of pennies may not
always be with you. Remember this,
you are not too old to De hung, so
you cannot know what may befall you
yet.
Hungry men are not in a position
to be reasonable. It would seem far
better to society to see that all were
employed, the right to work to earn
one s own living is not to be denied.
Neither is the right to be lazy a nat
ural right
It may seem to you that a bank ac
count guarantees the right to idle
ness. By the eternal, nol In the sweat
of your own face must you eat your
bread. You have no right to filch
your living through cunning.
In my childhood I was told that toil
we s a curse put upon the human race
because our common mother a few
thousand years ago, exercised her
mind in investigation, and that the
curse was laid upon her children for
ever until the asbestos curtain would
be rung down.
Would not eternal idleness be hell ?
Even if our animal wants were sup
plied? That is amply shown by the
loafing class who kill time by stupid
entertainments and put their energies
into vices. We hear of the better
classes. That is a lie. They are not
classes. That is a lie. They are not
away, and I call everyone idle wh;
might be more usefully employed. '
Pathetic as that story reads, of the
young man, there are many worsa
cases just as deserving as he, wh.)
nannnf PirPTl Cpfr. A TirPSS notice to helD
them out. What are we doing about
it? riddling away m wasningum on
a currency scheme so that the busi
nessness men may take advahtage of
greater gains, according to the pur
pose avowed by that pension pension
ing professor from Princeton, who is
pulling down $1,500 per week to look
after the interest of business. But you
never now-a-days hear anything of
the working man coming into their
consideration, but why should you ex
pect it when no workers are in Con
gress, only exploiters? Only recently
I remarked to a neighbor that if the
farmers want legislation they must,
as a class, go after it. The answer
which I received, was that farmers
were not qualified for such positions.
When I hear such nonsense I wonder
if a kicking machine should be install
ed close to the hitching rack for such
juicy chumps. And this man aspire3
to the leadership of working men.
These jays get on my nerves.
The only class which can solve the
nmhlomg nffoptinc economic wellfare
is the working class, but they must
of themselves do it, not ionow we
lead of the jaw-smiths. All petty re
forms, whether free trade, protection
9 oinn-lo tnv nrnhihitinn or ordinan
ces forbidding slit skirts, tango danc
ing, are no use to us. we musi eim
all forms of exploitation
First of all let all workers respect
themselves, no matter wnat tneir oc
cupation be, the workers are the only
,n0o,.fKio nonnln in the world. Learn
that lesson well. Enter ye into the
kingdom of self respect and all other
things will be added unto you.
Of late years we hear a good deal
of the importance oi grauuiK xmm
products and the farmers fall for
that. Now of what good will graded
products be to people without mean?
to buy them? They may starve and
fAH his Graded urou-
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ucts to his pigs. In the city the mon
eyless and jobless man is ioio. io go
back to the farm, take hold of a grub
v, Dni tapUln the Indeed off land,
UUD mm on
and that kind of rot fills the press
and no end of fools. ,
What- ia mnst. imnnrtant is letris
lation to provide employment, but you
will never get it um.ii yuu lepiatu
those five hundred Diowers wiui mi'
hammers
Mr. Hicinbotham Explains
Tn thin wnpk's Courier Mr. U'Ren
exemption bill, which he and some
wants to know wny I oppose vne qiiuuu
ti.af.a ava froffino- nr. when I never
ww'wa &"wv-"3 -Jrr ...... ,
.!,! o unrl nirulllttt. the hill that WaS
on.u " - -
submitted last year by the State Tax
Commission to exempt nousenuia j-ui-niture,
jewelry, and other similar
property in actual use irom an ux-
Now I think I can answer that
question very satisfactorily. J. was so
Vinav fiorhtinir vnn Rincle taxers and
Harmony-Road Bill advocates that 1
did not pay but very nttie attention
that liill nlhnno-h I dirl not like it.
still I thought the State Tax Commis
sion had so mucn Detter cnance to
have a thorough understanding of
flint oiihipct. than T did. that I did not
take the time to investigate it, but
..... . ii . t i ji u:n
witn tne Knowledge i nave oi wiiu um
now. I think it is very unjust. But
freely admitting that that bill looks
very unjust, and may bo even more
unjust than the $1500 exemption bill,
that does not justify this bill. If we
passed an unjust hill last election, un-
inrnnfinnnllv thnt. isn't, rpnsfin thflt Wfl
should pass another bad one at our
next election witn tne plain unucr-
eftimlinrr ef tllA pfTprfr. it. will have
Help the poor when they first try to
start.
George Hicinbotham,
CAN BY
Mr. Skinner has just finished dig
trine a well on his place.
Rollins Porter is building a new
house for himself and Mr. Skinner is
helping him.
Mr. Phillipine has hud' some land
cleared on his place this winter.
Mr. Ilenriksen is having some land
cleared.
Charley Huiras is clearing land
for Mr. Knight. Some stumps are
being removed so that crops can be
crown on this cleared land.
Irvin Wheeler and his family
moved back on his place a few days
ago,. The man who rented his place in
tends to move out on the C(jnby prair
ie, Mr. Smith, who hns not been able
to work for some time, is now able
to walk around again.
Mr. Rider, who went back to his
old home in New York state has re
turned buck to Cunby. It was fortv
yeurs since he had visited his old
home.
Frank Kendall has come back to
Canby again.
Mr. Baty has commenced tob uild
a house on his property, which he
purchased recently.
Mr. Robbins has built a new wood
shod on his property.
Mr. Pitty is painting his house at
present.
Mr. Hilton is ploughing here lately.
Mr. Chubb lias been putting up
some new wire fence on his place of
lute.
Christmas is drawing near and the
little floks will be looking for Santa.
DOING TME1R DUTY
Scores of Oregon City Renders are
Learning the Duty of the Kidneys
To filter the blood is the kidney's
duty.
When they fail to do this the kid
neys are weak.
Bachache and other l-.idney ills miy
follow; 1
Help the kidneys do thoir work.
Use Doan's Kidney Tills the test
ed kidney remedy.
Oregon City people endorse their
worth.
Frank H. Busch, Jr., Main St., Ore
gon City, Ore., says: "I suffered from
acute attacks of kidney and bladder
trouble and got no relief until I tried
Doun's Kidney Pills. Two boxes re
moved my complaint and I have had
no return attack."
"When your back is lame Re
member the Name." Don't simply osk
for a kidney remedy ask distinctly
for Doan's Kidney Pills, the same
that Mr. Busch had the remedy
backed by homo testimony. 50c all
stores. Foster-Milburno Co., Props.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DEC.
THE INSIDE WORK
How Politics and Drugs Combine to
Leech the People
(I will answer any questions pertain
ing to health matters if addressed to
me, care of Hotel Edwards, Portland,
Ore.)
Some More about Smallpox
t haua rtrevinnqlv &nnouced thru
these columns that smallpox is not a
dangerous disease, nor is it a contag
ious disease. You could not "catch" it
pIra if vou wanted to un
less by getting the virus into your
system by personal conuicu in ui-
nnoi-n Id tint fiH1&Pn 1) V IHrma M LUC
vaou io ii wv ; o ,
Ar.ntrra frv tV RfflrA VOU Into
litcuitai i. v j
believing, but by internal filth caused
by wrong eating ano Dy Dreaming
foul air, which, failing to oxiaize ami
,,-;f tha MnriA hplna to make the di
sease. You could sleep with it and
wallow with it and never eaten it.
The quarantining of houses and
people, and closing of schools is only
a part of the superstition and "scare"
to separate you from your dollars by
increasing the vaccination harvest
and employment of nurses and guards
for political effect.
The "scare" was worked in Al
lington successfully last week. A few
mild cases appeared and Dr. Calvin S.
White, state health officer, was sent
for by the town marshal.
The "Morning Silurian," of Port
land, published as news, in its Sunday
issue that Dr. White went there, call
ed the people together in the school
house and pointed out the dreadful
ravages caused by this terrible dis
ease, and insisted that everybody
present be vaccinated, stating also
the U. S. government "guaranteed"
the vaccine he used to be pure. All
but two, anti-vaccinationists, sub
mitted. This, my friends, is a sample of
some of the deceptive statements
handed to the dear people by medi
cal doctors.
The U. S. government does not
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antee" any to be pure. How could it?
Mulford & Co., of Philadelphia and
the drug trust are the chief vaccine
makers, sending to Japan for human
"seed" virus, frequently of syphilitic
origin.
The anti-vaccinationists Christian
Scientists and patrons of the various
drugless schools, who pay one half
or more of Dr. White's $5,000 a year
salary, will no doubt feel highly ed
ified to know that their hard-earned
tax money goes to propogate allo
pathic medicine. As before stated the
State ttoard or iieaitn as now con
stituted exclusively of medical doc
tors, is an illegal body and a monop
oly in violation of the state constitu
tion. Some taxpayer with the necessary
money and nerve can put it out of
business with an injunction and let
tho political doctors work or starve.
Circular No. 10 For Young Women
Published by the Oregon Social Hy
giene Society, the third degree of the
State Board of Health,' is a filthy
production that is boing scattered by
mail and otherwise broadcast for the
alleged benefit of young women.
After telling a few things that arc
so, and much that is not so, it pro
ceeds to inform moral and virtuous
girls, possibly contemplating niatri
money, that "at least one half of all
men in large cities have had certain
venereal diseases (I -omit the name)
once or several times and that a larga
per cent of these, who become hus
bands, infect their wives. More than
one half of all operations upon wo
men for disease of tho sex organ.?
are caused by venereal disease, and
at least 25 per cent of all blindness
is caused bv germs getting in the
eyes at birth from mothers infected
with it."
Women! read this over again and
think of it! Could womankind be
worse insuked? And this from such
a high moral source as the Oregon
Social Hygiene Society, which has
the endorsement of prominent "teach
ers, preachers, judges, lawyers, bank
ers and others." For shame on such
a vile lie and down with such a ly
ing society.
"A Stuffed Club"
is the name oi a montniy magazine
issued monthly by J. H. Tilden, M. D.,
in Denver, Colorado and devoted to
drugless healing. The regular price is
one dollar a year, but in order to
stimulate interest in this matter he
has written me that during December
they will make the subscription 60c
for 1914.
I hope that hundreds will subscribe
for this splendid booklet as it will
give you the opinions of one of ths
ablest doctors in America, who, altho
a "regular" M. D., many years ago,
saw the light and has since shed that
light for the good of millions. Send
in your subscription.
Why is Mrs. Catherine Kelly?
Dr. Calvin S. White, Secretary of
the illegal state board of health, has
been sending Mrs. Catherine Kelly
a "trained" nurse, all over the state
at the expense of the taxpayers, pay
ing her a salary, hotel bill and rail
road fares, to "inspect" the country
public schools. Mrs. Kelly has just
reported that she has -inspected o
schools and 2,700 children in six
counties and found 26 cases of impet
iero. six of scabbies, six of defective
mind, four of defective speech, four
of adenoids, eight of defective eyes
and one of ringworm. She also states
that she excluded two children from
the Barclay School in Oregon City
and one from the Canemah school for
having "contagious" skin diseases
all of which was probably known to
the family physicians, if true.
It has cost the taxpayers several
hundred ddllars to find this out and
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then what? Nothing, of course. There
is no law that makes allopathic medi
cal treatment compulsory and all this
waste of the peoples' money has gone
for nothing and the only person Ben
efitted is Mrs. Kelly," whoh olds a po
litical iob. and the end is not yet.,
She is now going to inspect the
schools of Eastern Oregon where the
expenses will probably be twice as
much.
By the way, Mrs. Kelly is not a
doctor, and is performing a doctor's
work, and I am suprised that some
one has not had her arrested for
practicing "medicine without a It
cense. SteDs should be taken to stip
this illegal and unnecessary work for
it is only a boost for allopathic med
ical practice.
Hastening Child Birth
One of the most diabolical prac
tices of the allopathic medical irate
nity is to deliberately hasten par
truition, thereby endangering the life
of both mother and child. They us
ually charge a certain fee in con
finement cases with an additional
charge of 50 per cent or more if in
struments are used, and 1 regret to
say that in a majority of cases tho
greed for money makes them use in
struments when entirely unnecessary,
various excuses being offered for do
ing so. It is an outrage, but as
people are so ignorant regarding
these matters, they are compelled to
rely on the doctor who will add to his
fee if he possibly can. Always pro
test against this practice and don't
allow it, ai it is rarely necessary to
use instruments.
Strongly Entrenched
Every section of Lord's Oregon
Code (except one) relating to medical
practice, that is medicine and sur-,
18, 1913
gery and osteopathy, emanated from,
the A. M.A. through its appendage?,
the political medical doctors who have
their talons sunk deep in the throats
of the people. Every member of every
health board, except Dr. van Brakle,
is a medical doctor and they have for
years had things all their way and
practically fastened allopathic medi
cine on the people as state medicine,
which is pust as illegal as state relig
ion. The political doctors in contrast,
are, as a rule incompetent and unable
to earn a living at private practice,
so jobs at the expense of the taxpayer
are provided for them, and this is
going to continue until the people rise
up and send men to the legislature
with instructions to smash this ring
and restore the peoples' rights.
Begin by retiring to private life
every allopathic doctor who is a can
didate for office. Compel your health
boards to be of all classes of doctors
and cut off fat salaries. Make a start
by cutting off $5,000,per year paid to
Dr. Calvin S. White:
JOHN CHINAMAN
Further Proof that the Chink was
Our First American
(Woodburn Independent)
Several weeks ago in one of his
Arizona letters in the Independent,
Editor M. J. Brown, of Oregon City,
advanced and strongly advocated the
theory that the American Indians and
their Aztec and other predecessors in
this country, are descendants ot KM.-
nese immigrants who reached our
western shores long before Columbus
discovered the new world. His main
contention was that the present Pu
eblo Indians of the southwest were
enough like the Chinese to be near
cousins.
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tion as a possible answer to the rid
dle of the Western hemisphere.
But here, in a still more recent is
sue of the Outlook, on November 29;
comes Francis B. Sayre, President
Wilson's new son-in-law, with an ar
ticle entitled "A Forgotten Race," in
which he urges even more strongly
than our Oregon City iriena, the
theorv that the Americas were peop
led first from Asia by way of Ber
ing's straits, and that the Chinese
fathered the h-skimos.
On a visit to northern Siberia, he
says of the Eskimo natives there that
many of the faces were strikingly
Chinese. And in summing up the mat
ter he adds: "There can be no room
for doubt in my mind that the Alas
kan Eskimo came originally from
across Bering's straits from Siberia."
Indeed he points out how very easily
this migration could have been ac
complished, with only forty miles of a
boat passage and the high Diomede
Islands as a midway station. Twenty
miles isn't a very long boat trip, and
how far it looks across a stretch oi
water, one who spent the f irt twenty
five years of his life on the north
shore of Long Island, only that dis
tance from Connecticut's clear cut
shores, easily comprehends.
Once across and into Alaska cli
matic modifications as the descend
ants of the Chinese spread south
ward would doubtless account for all
the variations witnessed among the
Indians of this hemisphere.
Entertainment
Fir Grove School, Dist. No. 116, at
Redland, will have a historical dress
pageant representing Old English
customs, also a concert by the Red-1
land Brass Band Friday evening the
19th, at 8 o'clock. Admission free.
RURAL CARRIERS CONVENE
Meet at Molalla, Pass Good Roads
and inner iiesoiuuons
(Omitted last week.)
n..uni rinnntv Rural Carriers
f i co-sinn nt. Mnlnlla. Ore., with
Warren P. Lee, President, in the
chair, more than hall tne carriers oe
ing present. Frank Whiteman was
elected Sec. and Treas. Wm. F. Smith,
W. T. Echerd and Frank Manning
were named to draw up resolutions in
regard to Parcel Post Mail boxes. -FYrnz
Kraxbererer.
John Stubbs and Edgar M. Waldron
were named to draw up reguiuuuua
on good roads.
Resolutions on man ioxe
That Pnot. Mncters. from which R.
F. D. Routes start, require that pa-ti-nnu
mnoivinD- mail from that office,
to erect uniform Parcel Post Mail
boxes, so constructed that the car
rier can deliver parcels witnout any
inr.nnvpnif.nra what ever.
Where there are one or more box
es in one place, to have one or more
than one parcel post mail boxes, said
lontr. 24 inches
wide and 20 inches high and placed
in the same regulation styie as me
mail hnvoa. saiH box to be 4 feet, 4
inches from the ground to bottom of
box.
Resolutions on Good Roads
IVhprp wp havo to travel all kinds
of roads and bad roads, which mean
a great hardship ana expense to us,
we therefore favor the building of
rrnnH rnnrls.
Our experience has taught us that
the large districts do not give the
best results, we therefore recom
mend that the present districts be di
vided into smaller districts, believing
that this will give, the road supervi
sor a better chance to oversee the
road work, also that it will induce the
people and tax payers to vote a spec
ial tax and will help induce the
people to do more volunteer road
work in and near their own homes
and on the roads traveled by the Rur
al Carriers.
We also favor the appointment of
more competent road supervisors, also
to keep the appointment of supervis
ors out of politics. We also favor
State and Government aid in con
structing permanent roads.
The Carriers of Clackamas County
wish to extend their thanks and ap
preciation to the Carriers of Molalla
for the good dinner that they gave us
at the Powell Hotel.
LOGAN
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. T. E. An
derson on Dec. 8th, a daughter. The
Logan correspondent has not forgot
ten the date because it was the 55ti
anniversary of his appearance on this
mundane sphere.
P. M. Kirchem is hauling the
creamery butter to Portland twice a
week and N. L. Kirchem remains in
Portland most of the time to dispose
of it. New Zealand butter has not in
terfered seriously with the sale of
first class creamery product.
Mrs. Arnold Mostul and children
are living near Milwaukie, so that the
children may attend school there.
R. M. Tracy had a shooting match
on Dec. 13th, and many fowls chang
edh ands and will probably lose their
lives.
Mr. and Mrs. Jose and children
were visiting Mrs. Jose's mother, Mrs
Gus Fischer last week. '
There will be a shooting match at
B. A. Buson's Dec. 20th.
CLARKES
Capt. S. M. Elmer of the Salvation
Army, and Lieutenant preached in
Clarkes last Sunday night.
Mr. Stout is doing some carpenter
work for Ed.Buol and he is fixing
his house now
Miss Irene and Irma Lee have gone
to town to stay.
Miss Elda Marquavdt and Ida
.walker visited Timber Grove School,
Mr. Buol was o nthe sick list, but
is some better now.
William Kleinsmith is sawing
wood at present.
Sam Elmer is plowing and is get
ting ready to sow some grain.
Our supervisor, J. Putz, is working
on the road in Timber Grove.
( Mr. Bottemiller is plowing and is
getting ready to sow wheat.
Mrs. Hepp went to Portland on a
visit recently.
Mr. Utiger is sawing wood for Mrs,
Lee.
Mr. Kleinsmith purchased an auto
just betore Thanksgiving. .
Miss Lillian Bonfigt spent he(
Thanksgiving at her home in Sher
wood. Ohildxan Cry
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December 1, 1913 .
To the Editor:
We wish to ask your kind co-operation
in a movement to connect our
unemployed with a job. There are
undoubtedly many residents of your
county who could use the services of
a good hand this winer and there are
many idle men in Portland and other
cities in this state who would be glad
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OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT
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Nearest railroad station or steamboat landing
Number of men or women needed
Character of work offered
Wages to be paid
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ENDORSESAND OPPOSES
J. S. Yoder'g Opinions on Several
Matters of County interest
Editor Courier; ,.','
I wish to commend County Super
intendent Calavan for trying to re
..: tka in-niiinir nt nnellinc in our
vivo t. ...
public schools. The .writer has noticed
that if a child is noi taugm. iu ojjch
ln li-o fiief VOflrP. it. Reldom masters
the art. I think spelling is one of the
essential parts oi an eaucauun.
The other day I asked a first or
second grader, one of those scholars
that are turned out at the afternoon
recess, how often he recited in a day.
He didn't know what I meant. So I
asked, how often do you read in a day
and he answered, "onc't." How often
do you spell? "We don't spell at all."
To my mind such a child is not
taught enough in a day to pay for
the shoe leather it wears out going
to and from the school house.
The trouble is that our schools
have too many fads in the curricu
lum and too many faddists at the
head of the machine.
I am not a Granger but I want to
endorse the resolution passed by Ab
ernethy Grange as reported in last
week's Courier under the heading
"Oppose Bourne's Scheme." I think
we will have enough to answer for
without burdening the coming genera
tions with bonds for road purposes.
Let us improve our highways as fast
as we can pay for the work.
I am hardly in favor of dividing
the county into four road districts as
mentioned in your last week's issue.
One competent man to one fourth of
the county would De "spreading it on
i-nthor. thin." nnH who is to keeD him
from appointing some of his favorites
as sub-bosses?
J. S. Xoder.
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OSWALD WEST