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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1908)
LisliULN HI LEADER R I COltlNS, Editor . f N MAVDEN. Manacer TOLEDO OREGON It Is fashionable to be thin. Also It has become tbe fashion to be a little abort Traveling by balloon has its disad vantages. The sleeping accommodations are exceedingly crude and inadequate. It is unfortunate for Pat Crowe that he happens so often to be somewhere in the neighborhood when a crime is committed. That foreign exchange expert who Is fighting his second divorce suit seems to have had some experience In domes tic exchange. There Is a man in Texas who has forty children. He probably wishes that Christmas would come only once In ten years. "What becomes of the old horses?" asks a Wisconsin editor. Don't know, brother ; but a determined effort Is be ing made to find what sausage Is com posed of. Astronomers report that knots have appeared In Saturn's rings. Observers on P ntnrn may have noticed that there has been an occasional tieup on the planet of late. Hereafter nobody will be permitted to erect In New York a building exceed ing 250 feet In height Evidently they don't want to give anybody a chance to look down on tbe Singer building. A Scotchman who was surrounded by wolves in Canada says he succeeded In caring them away by playing the bag pipes. It is a well-known fact that wolves are not easily scared, but we be lieve the story. It is reported that one of the beauti ful Langhorne girls may be wooed and In time won by Prince Francis of Teck. Tbe Langhorne family must have been fortunate enough to avoid being caught tn the financial blizzard. An Atlantic City man was ordered by the court to kiss his wife or go to jail. He decided to go to Jail. And that same man, no doubt, once held her hands and pressed 'bis lips to hers in spite of her declaration that she would call for help If he didn't behave. A Chicago man was insulted on a street car and asked a stranger to hold bis overcoat while he thrashed the of fender. After the fight he discovered that tbo stranger and his overcoat had both disappeared. Evidently he had not been living in Chicago very long. A fragile and thin-blooded person who does not enjoy winter, such a win ter as we frequently have In the north ern half of the United States, affirms complalnlngly that the amount of en- erg, one expends In keeping warm would suffice to make him president of a Central American republic. But the obvious reply Is that a true patriot would rather be a lamp-post In this country thnn ruler of any other coun try on enrth. The Important fnct Is that electrical communication without wires has been established on a large commercial senle and It Is no longer a scientific toy or n mere adjunct of navigation. And ull this hns been accomplished within a dozen years. There are plenty of llviiif people who remember that the first sue gestlon of an ocean cable was received with Incredulity and that many oxpen slve failures ensued before success wai achieved. About forty years ago. I cost $3 a word to send a cable message to London, and now the rate Is 25 cents, It Is likely to be much less In future. Graceful recognition of one to whom the first settlers of New England owed much, if not their very lives, hns re cently been made by the Rhode Island commission for marking hlstorlca Hltes. Over the famous Mnssnwil spring, In the town of Warren, a tablet was erected to the great Indian chief who owned and ruled much of ivlmt now Massachusetts and Rhode Island when tho Pilgrims were settling th - country. One of the sons of Mnssnsolt was educated at narvard College Another sun, although ho had not the advantages of a college education, sue eccded In nioklng a name for hlmif He was the famous King Philip, whose war is a part of colonial history. Mas- asolt himself was a warm friend oi the white settlers. The tablet was un veiled by Princess WootonekanimitP otherwise known as Charlotte L. Mitch ell, a lineal descendant of Massasolt. Hoys will be boys, and that portion of the life of college boys which Is conspicuous before the outside world Is the foolish, thoughtless, selfish, or 4cflnnt jiortlon. But every now and tbeu something occur to show that tbe qualities which distinguish college men In hi tor years are not acquired pud- diiily with the sheepskin, but have ln'u latent, but developing, in the col lege boys. McClure's Magazine 11 hi t rates this truth in its occount of sotuc of the details of the fire at Ithaca last December, which destroyed the fra ternity borne of one group of Cornel) University students, causing the deatt of four of the students. At the saint time tbe lives of three members ol the volunteer fire department wen crushed out by a falling wall, showlni Unit outside of college and inside th same devotion, even to tbe end, was t be found. If the emphasis' is placed upon the deeds of the college boys II Is only because the public expects hero tarn lis a matter of course from tire men. paid or volunteer, but too manj people think of college boys as a clasi by themselves, with little of the ordi nary responsibilities or virtues ol young manhood. Of the four boys wh lost their lives one sacrificed his in m attempt to save a friend. The othoi three- were victims. But of the twon- j paratlons for the departure of the ty-two others who were in the bousi great fleet, under Admiral Evans, for nt the time the fire broke out and wIk the Pacific. All the vessels which were escaped wirhvthelr lives not one prove1 to be a part of this greatest naval dem a coward, and several were severelj onstratlon In our history assembled at injured in their attempts to save theii , fellows. The etory as told in Mo Clure's is one to make the reader proud of the behavior of these American boys The ideal college boy, or, better, tbi actual college boy, Is not the ponder ous brute of the cartoonists' fancy oi ! the United States navy dressed ship tlM silly cigaiel fiend of the comb.!""'1 hpJ"n firing tho President's unltite opera, but the cool, heroic, unselfish lad who was revealed in the light oi the blaze of tbe Chi Psl house ai lthuca. Last spring the farmer was Iri trou ble, almost in despair. Cold weathci continued bo long that planting wat delayed until it almost seemed at. though crop failures In many llnei must result Under such circumstance! only the prolongation of warm weathei j in tbe fall permitted the splendid crops of tbe year and made tbe farm er's Thanksgiving the most cheerful one in the country. Secretary of Agri culture Wilson has taken the trouble to estimate what each day of good weather was worth to the farmers of 1 the land In 1007. In his annual report ' no calculates tne number or Dusneu of corn and wheat and potatoes and pounds of cotton, tobacco and sugar to be assigned to each fine day. Turn ing it all Into cash, it means $50,000, 000 a day. In 1907 every crop ex cept hops, says the secretary, will, ac cording to all the present indications, considerably exceed In value the aver age for the past five years. In some cases the gain is very heavy. Corn, oats, barley, rye, 'hay, potatoes, rice and cotton seed show the most strik ing gains, while for wheat, cotton lint and buckwheat tho rate of gain would be notable In any ordinary year. oat crop was light in volume, 19 cent below the five-year average, even for If values were so high put it 20 per cent above tflie average in the dollors it will sell for. The grand total of value of farm produce .for the year is $7,412,000,000.- The nine last years "have been nil fat years for the farmer, with a graud total of $53,000,000,000 of products, but 1907 far exceeds all the others. Talcing 1809 as a basis and ranking the value of Its farm produce at 100, 1!)03 gave a value of 125, 1904 of 131, 1905 of 134. 1900 of 145, and now 1907 gives a value of 157. In making these esti mates Secretary Wilson hns made lit may reasonably expect to get. No won dcr tho secretary, as the spokesmen of the farmers, Issued a little Thanks giving proclamation all his own. Literary Tenant of Illnnrton Tovrer, Cnnonbury tower in Islington, now encompassed by London streets, Is all that's left of the priory of the canons of St Bartholomew, which once stood in the midst of a "pleasaunce," as they used to call such private parks. In the days subsequent to Its monastic his tory many persons of literary fame were tenants of the tower, among them Euhralin Chambers, originator of tho modern cyclopedia: Speaker Onslow of tie If ony use of the extremely high t fi. ' - - "-s i prices quote,! Just before' the break in HVt the latter part of Ocofber. He is glv fMW lng an estimate of what the farmer the Gregorian era; Wood fa II, the print- of hammers and saws has been cease cr of the "Junius" letters; the famous Nor has there been any chance publisher, Mr. Newbery (whose chll- 'r by tlle enlisted men. The dren's books are bo well known), and , powder magazines have had to be filled also Oliver Goldsmith. Islington was a rural suburb, with pleasant country lanes, In which Charles Lamb dwelt and where he accomplished the feat of tiring out a dog In a persistent walk. Westminster Gazette. sounded Oninont, "Your father Bald something about my staying so late last night, didn't ! more, In case an emergency should he?" asked the young man. arise while the fleet Is In distant wat- "Yes," replied the dear girl, "he did ers there' will be no lack of ammuni say something, but I don't know Just'tlon. No such emergency Is-expected, what he meant. He said If you didn't ! but tha fleet "will keep its powder dry" go home earlier hereafter there'd be a kick coming from him." Philadelphia Press. A man may not see much economy in nt. hnm'n. hut it Is thera all riirht- at least, be la alway. hearing about lt,r- " u th flower of 0,6 Aurcan WORLD WATCHES THE . BIG PACIFIC FLEET. Greatest Naval Fighting Strength Under Flag for the Long Cruise. . J7L0WEB OF AMERICAN NAVY. Movement Is Significant, Marking Transfer of Theater of Action from the Atlantio. Not since the war with Spain has there been such a tense feeling In naval circles as that which marked the pre- Hampton Roads. The President's yacht, the Mayflower, swung into historic Hampton Roads bearing President Roosevelt and the high officials of the Navy Department. Promptly sixteen huge battleships of of twenty-one guns each. The May flower came to anchor In the roadway. Gigs and cutters put out from each battleship bearing tbe flag officers to the Mayflower, where they were receiv ed on deck by President Roosevelt and his official party. On their return to their ships the Mayflower hoisted an chor and proceeded down the roads to ward the entrance. Here the little yacht stood out of the roadway while the same sixteen battleships passed by her, decks and fighting tops dressed and roaring from their guns another President's salute. Bands , aborfrd ship played the na tional airs. This was the farewell tn the commander-in-chief of the army and navy to the American battleship squadrons, which then began their cruise to the Pacific ocean. The torpedo flotilla had already started, as Its progress Is so much THE The vessels prominent in the and a Torpedo Boat Destroyer. slower than that of the battleships that two weeks more will be consumed than by tbe latter In the Journey toward their destination San Francisco. All the navy yards of the Atlantic coast have been busy for weeks in fit ting out the ships. - At Brooklyn, New lork, Boston, Norfolk, Philadelphia rflid Charleston painters, enrpeuters and machinists have participated In the great activity. High up on the smokestacks the paint brushes were moving back and forth and the sound ; aml tlie quantities wnicn nave wen taken aboard have caused some specta tors to wonder what It Is all about. The large supply of ammunition' Is nec essary because of the project to have target practloe on the long Journey. Then also there will be ninny salutes I to fire and these will eat up thousands 'of dollars' worth of powder. Further- while trusting in divine Providence. Greatest Fighting Strength. The fleet which Admiral Evans takes to the Pacific Includes all the new battleships and the best armored cruls- I ' ' The iliiiw "GOOD-BY. BOB: TAKE tp?? 0kW! --I Ohlcairo Inter Ocean. navy, far superior to that which de stroyed the Spanish fleet nine years ago. The Louisiana carries the largest crew 050 officers and men. The Con necticut, which Is the flagship, Is the finest ship of the navy, costing $4,000, 000. Among the other battleships are the Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Vir ginia, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Vermont. In all there are 32 battleships and armored cruisers, besides the flotilla of torjiedo boat de stroyers, repair and supply ships. The progress of the fleet will be watched with Interest by the whole world, and will be accompanied by the prayer that no occasion may arise for a display of that awful power of destruction which lies within Its guns. The slgnlflconce of the transfer of the battleships stamps the event as an epoch In the history of the United GREAT AMERICAN PACIFIC SQUADRON. picture are the Battleships Wash States. It transfeds the theater of ac tion of the navy from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean for the first time since tbe United States became a nation. It reduces the naval representation of the country In the Atlantic from second place to the lowest place among the naval powers of the world, but It raises Its representation In the Pacific ocean to the-hlghest place, where the United States Is now a poor second. Whether "for fun or for frolic," as Rear Ad miral Robley Evans has expressed It, the battleships upon arrival in the Pa- ADMIRAL IVANS.' ' 4 KE'EE YOURSELF." clflc will do the United States full' honor. The date of arrival at Rio Janeiro Is Jan. 11, 1008, and tbe day of de parture ten days later. Here the crews will be alolwed shore leave. Leaving Rio Janeiro on Jan. 21, tbe fleet will proceed slowly to Punta Arenas, or Sand Point, where It is due to arrive on Jan. 31. Punta Arenas Is the last stop before rounding the Horn, and five days will be passed here In coaling-from colliers hired by the government The distance of this leg Is 2,230 knots. On Feb. 5 the fleet will round the Horn, regarded by all naval officers as the most dan gerous point In the trip, and Feb. 28,"" it Is due at Callao, Peru, 2,850 knot from Punta Aretas. Another stop of ten days will be made at this point for coal and shore leave. ington, Tennessee and Rhode Island, The last leg of the trip which Is fixed as to dates calls for the departure from . Callao on Feb. 28 for Magdalena bay, Mexico, where the United States has maintained a target practice station for several years. Magdalena jwiy Is on the peninsula of Lower California, 3,012 knots from Callao and 1,000 knots from San Francisco. Here the fleet will re main at least a month engaged In target practice. Upon the completion of this work It will sail for San Francisco, where It Is expected to' arrive about the middle of April or the 1st of May. On the Journey around the Horn tho battleshlps will pass the second torped boat flotilla, which sailed for the Pa cific on Dec. 2, and at San Francisco, If not at Magdalena bay, It will be Joined by the armored cruiser squad rons under Rear Admiral Stockton and Sebree, consisting of the cruisers Penn sylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Colorado and ,the California, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington, the later two ships now nearlng their, destination after a trip around the Horn. In addition tbe battleship Ne braska, which has Just been commis sioned, will Join the fleet as well as the protected cruisers Charleston, Chicago, Milwaukee, St Louis and the gunboat Yorktown. ' Netberland ports are to be benefited by the widening and deepening of the NorUi Sea canal, so that large Tetseli will be able to more at all sUf t&i tide.
