OiiiXON CUi.DAY JOURIXAL.'' TORTLAND, ' SUNDAY. -MORNING, I JUNE 13. MCOL - V
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. of ChrlHtian Endeavor. .
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'MiltE ara few part of th world
today where the old-fthIonud
couch huldH such sway an- In the
lovely and picturesque Islands of
' :New Jieawnd. Tv be iiirt, 'avfry uod
railway system connect the 1rlnclpal
nlac-is In those long Islands, which ex-
tond through It' degrees of lutttude.
: but many of the Wont .charming beauty
spots and wonderlands of New. Zealand
can be reached as .yet only Dy coacn.
and the Jehu, with hla five horses and
lila 20-font whiplash Is still the Icing
f the roads a In olden Uaiea.n
' ;Much of -the country land primitive
and untamed a yet. the, scenery I so
extraordinary the canyon so deep, thp
feme and other tree1 luxuriant in
' their srowth. that every, mile" of road
possesses newl wonders for the tourist
. from afar.:',-:' .)'" r -"' - ' ' ;'
. V. Nothing can be more exhilarating and
lirarlnr thm an earlv murnlllC Start on
one of theae New Zealand coach roads.
Vive horses r three leaders end: two
.' . wheefhorse's make up the usual team,,
" The coach- la loaded, In alt likelihood.
" to lie utmost capacity? psssenger
'; with their' aocompanylijg Impedimenta,
beside the driver, being not an unusual
' ' load. But the stout horael ae equnl
to It. end start off. with a Spring that
makes you feel that they are as glad
" as vou tr1 on the Toad. '
-, What wdndere of lurrlant vegetation
and of plctureaque pcenery doea one eee
f. in even . single day'a Journey! ; The
ferne are the moat Striking -feature of
: the flora of the country. It might in
deed be (caed "FernlanAr". "I have
spokea of ferns "and other, tremf," and
It was no sll of the pon, for here the
: terna grow-o the tslse of trees". 15. 20
''and even ,34 feet .high, with 'huge boles
is larg kround a a man's body, under
which one may alt In the cool of the
"day as ondr ji perfect wlde-apreadlng
.'umbrella-"- But theretare jnanyi other
smaJler f erne, which carpet the country
iind flli evel-y nlche'end crevice ot the
hill: djlcaj malden-halr iernv- h
' -Prjnce it Wales Feathers," with their
beautlfufi stately plumes, ferns with red
I frondes and green and Ve)ry mixture of
"shade between. " , ' v; "'
The " t orestfi. , too; 'are stately .end
'grand Rod and white pines towr 150
feet Into the air.. . Great honeysuckle
' trees aa large as our biggest, elms. New
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NEW FARMING COUNTRY
onrwii-Ttr of farmlna? ! land : IS
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- ; times as large as tne .'
caiiov . in -.Wajihineton ana vi
imiiaf character will be wad
' tributary to Portljhnd by the extension
f th Columbia Tjtiver Southern rail
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road from Shanlko : tq Bend. -
F.Imer Ef Lylle is presldent)f the Co
lumbia i Southern , llaliway company,
j which company ' has already buiir- to
, Shanlko and which will build to Bend In
the '.near future. , Mr. Lytle gave the
following Information regarding the dla?
' trlct to the Sunday journa yCTiieruRy.
."That rountrv. from Shanlko to Bend,
contains a volpanlc aah soil a soil sim
ilar to that of southern itaiy -sou iimi
will" last for ages. It Is excellently
adapted to growing alfalfa, "grain and
hardy v fruits, .",r w;
'The, territory is to .be supplied with
Its first, railroad shortly and is sure to
develop with lightning , rapidity. To the
,!,....-' i, Jritrvmnn - t)i lumbernMltl
and . the miner, it 1 a land whose: at
tractions should prove almost lrre
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. -aur coniDanv will extend ' Its line
-from Shanlko to Cross Keyes, zs mufss,
this year. For this purpose surveV
were made last . year along the little
" valley leading out of Shanlko, but" as
the usually dry . stromal in, the valley
' overflowed we decided to go oyer a new
right-of-way that as been surveyed.
This new right-of-way will require the
building of fills, xt bridges, the making
01 cuts' ana. iu . vi .ravi
. '-vast work that Is to be carried, out this
.',. year. - - -
-The - next move,, of the Columbia
Southern will be to extend to the Des
v chutes rlvetv probably to Bend, an addl;
. 'tlonal distance of 78 miles from Cross
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' ' '-For 80 miles out of Shanlko the land
' (ls rocky and Is suitable for stock rals-
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Zealand fuchsias, which . are"' not ' the
puny little hothouae atfalrs of America,
but aturdir bushes ID feet high. ' The
clematis star ehaped and pure white In
Its. blossoms, crlroba; over all while Jjrll-Xthe
Kant crimson ratue1 .1ok rime spots or
flamlr.g fire In. the midst of the green
wilderness; The cabbage tree la a kind
of paly Uly, growing perhapq 80 feet
high an -lends I a tropical appearance
to the hdlo vountry: ,. '
3ut,the most distinctive trees In the
North Island re the kaulrt Tlne. which
have the distinction of being the oldest
trees In the world.- Some-of these old
veterans, according to eminent botanists,
were born long before the Christian era.
ind, though still green and fat and
flourishing, Are considerably more than
J.00O years old. 4 The export of the kauri
gum Is one of the chief things for which
lng and mining, y In fact, -It Is ; already
occupied . by. sheep ' and - cattle - raisers
and alfalfa andsome fruit is grown
there. '.'The total length pf tl valley In
reality is 25 miles and It is probably
pot more than a quarter or m mu -There
is little timber along, this part
nt ha nmnosed road. ' ' " C"
'.Twenty-eight miles south of Shn
ikd we leave the low iana ana gu w
Willow creek basin, which ie at the foot
of a plateau called Agency piain. iui
plain la a large, smooth Blope or coun
try 'containlns 100,000 acr xot excel
lent" farming land,; all of which ' has
been taken up 'by homeseekers within
the last two years, i It r i: first-class
wheatUnd alfalfa land .and most of It
Is under, cultivation; this year. .
'South of Agency plain we will tap
the Haystack, country,J a region with as
many aeres as ;Agency plain. It has
hen farmed fof 10 or 12 years--wheat
is the principal k product for., the Prlne-rj
ville market. The country is more ur
less rolling ' until we cross croonea
river and Is good throughout for wheat
wilthouah this part has- been given
jver largely to sheep ami 1 cattle ;.grax
lng. South of, Crooked -rlver are over
200,000 additional acres. this whale
territory fully 400,000 acres, have been
taken, up- by homeseekers . within the
last ttwee years. ' .
"in distance. Agency plain is 40 me
south of Shanlko; and from the latter
point to Crooked rivor Is S jnlles and
from Crooked river: to Bend Is 28 miles.
'The territory from Crooked river to
Behd is a level - stsetch and ; Is being
Irrigated by' the ;Xeschutea Irrigation
and Bower companyj , ,'
"This ' country is south or' uroonen
river and ast of the Deschutes tiverc
and running west of there 20 miles is
the land of the Columbia Southern .Irri
gation company.whlch has a tract of
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New Zealand Is famous, and -this gum is
Laot obtained, for v the most ptirt., irom
living trees, put Is embedded in mo
around., Derhaoe a dosen feet beneath
surface, where In the past historic
ages these great monarchs of fbe Wrest
lived and died and utterly disappeared
and left only a mound of resinous gum
t mark the spot of their burial. Today,
with-' long. ' pointed, spear-like stakes,
the kauri gum hunters prod the ground
until they find the long burled, treasure.
"New- Zealand is cut up Into, innum
erable ravines Vwlth high mouutaine
towering oir' either side, and ithf coach
frequently crawls along- the mountain,
side on the precarious roadbed Just wido
enough for the wheels. of the poach.- On
one side the hill towers perhaps 600 feet
In the air. on the othtr-there is a pre
cipitous drop, of 800 feet more to th
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NEW SAWMILLr ON THE DESCHUTES - RIVER NEAR; BEND. ; t
27,000 acres, on 10,000 acres of which
watur' hmi been turned and the remain
der of which will be ready for . irriga
tion by the end of the year.
"At Rend tlLe vellow pine timber pen
tiPiHnu und extends south to the Cali
fornia tate line and to the ooast on the
west. This ."Valuable timber is princi
nn 'owned bv eastern veomnanies.
Governor. Bliss of Michigan owns' 9,000
Af ros Beartlon St' Gibson ot. Minneapo-.
lis own 16.000 acres.: Powers,-uwyer
own about " 9.000 acres. The Diamond
Ma Pch company, the match trust, owns
from : 3.000 to 4.000 acres; and there
are many small, holders.. The timber is
taken up to a point 40 miles soutn or
Bend. . . J "
"As soon' as the- road 1 is constructed
to" Bend. mills and sash and tioor fac-r
tories are to be put In and box facto
ries are- going to be started. Within
a verjN- few . months a manufacturing
cltjr.ls euro to be established; land -with
the " magnificent water ' power of the
Deschutes equal in volume and power
to the ! Sookane river a city the sise
of. Spoluine i is likely, to grow In that
neighborhood within a 1 very - re w years.
'Bend will be 27 miles by railroad
from- Portland "via the Oregon Railroad
Navlgntlon. r company toad to Biggs
and - from . Biggs via the Colubmia
Southern to Bend. It. js a territory of
whtch this city Is hound to be the log-
kl metropolis - and business center.
The"- whole! territory Is; Portland terri
tory; and, when populated,- will be suf
ficient to require the business of
such a seacoast city aa Portland. ' -
'Experiments , have . also proved that
this soil volcanic ash mixed "with sand
Is splendidly adapted . to -sugar - beet
culture.' . I '.mention, this because It Is
a commercial influence that-- is but; be-
bottom of the canyon. The. roads twist
and squirm about the hills Ilk a'worm
In agony and doubje upon themselves a
half dosen times 1ft descending from one
level to another. But the drivers are
skillful ,' and , careful? . they . keep the
brakes, as well as the' rein, well In
band, or : rather the reins In hnd and
the brakes under foot, and we reach the
bottom of the tortuoua path'wlthout an
accident..'' t.'T.-' '.-i ' 'A
U 'What.. gloHous glimpses -of ' Jungia
oenery, of distant tmountalnV tops, of
snow peaks and dead volcanoes, of mag
nificent virgin forests and glorious rush
ing Impetuous streams do we get from
the top of the coach on our 'swift de
scent. The, like of them you will find
in -their fun beauty In no other part of
the world. ( At the foot-of many-of the
hills Is a stream which must be forded
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ginning in' the western states, ' and that
is likely, in time, to become one of the
best Industries that could De introduced
Into any country.- Beet culture is likely
to mean thousands of dollars to-the ai-
- "An Indication of. the general growth
la -to be had from conditions at. Prlne
vllle.:' where-; I am ' told there are now
1,000 people against 200 or 300 but a
short time back. ? Other towns are . being
mapped out and are getting their quota
or people. t
"Although there are many rich mineral
properties in the territory, little ia
Mown of them.-! A mine neas Antelope
was sold recently for $480,000. and the
sale scarcely created a breese ' in j. the
minings world; Other properties -are
being, developed and are on the verge of
being made paying, propositions.
"To show. Its confidence, the Columbia
Southern - company . has - spent 140,000
since going, into the-country two years
ago. ' Other ' commercial concerns are
Investing heavily - In. buying - properties
or , in doveloplng the holdings they have
secured. AH are satisfied that the re
gion la destined to become one of the
most Important In' the west. ' ; - ?! ? .
r "As for my individual opinion. I know
of no country west of the Missouri river
that is more promising. It has all that
Is required to make a .wealthy commun
ityconditions .that 'are' ready for the
railroad and the settler and .these-are
coming. Without uttering any dispar
agement, I -know positively s that, this
land, which contains 12 times the num
ber of acre contained-in -the Yakima
valley. Is fuUy. as rich aa the soil of
that- famous valley of big crops and
wealthy land holders.' ,
C U Tompklna of th Deschutes Irri
gation & Power, company, who hat alao ,
with, the watertle, to the tope , of the
r ,yynh 4 shout or encouragement ana a
crack of the whip, the Jehu en the bos
calls to his" horses for their best effort.
They Jump to ths lash, dash through the
water, run the hollow on the other aide
fand; are half way- up the next Incline
before their momentum Is exhausted and
fheii eldwiy. and , wearily crawl , np ih
long alg-sags to the top of the next hill,
while the canyon below recedes, further
and further Until its murky depths are
quite visible, :';'
There Is much of human Interest,-' aa
well as -of nature Interest, about such a
Journey.'' The occasional house of the
hardy settler gives a touch of life to the
-scene. '"Bis luxuriant grain fields, wrested-from
the all-encroaching forest, the
tail trees often stand gaunt and burnt In
the middle of his patch of oats, the low
ing cows and the flocks of ' scanfberlng
sheep In the pastures, remind one of
New Zealand's great source, of wealth,
f or-butter., and .cheese factories abound.
made a
said: f
i "Vour years ago: there - were seven
people at Bend and now there are 800,
many of them living in tents. While,
in a way. this means a boom, the condi
tions Justify the determination of the
people to reach there early In the game
and get locations for homes.
: "In a .climatic way, few countries are
so advantageously situated. , The sum
mers are hot,' In daytime and cool at
night- good weather for .wheat, alfalfa
and hardy fruits. In fact, no better win
ter apples are to be . found anywhere
than those raised In " this valley. ' In
winter the thermometer' rarely gets to
sero and then only for- a few hours.
Occasionally a teW inches of snow are
on the ground, but, like the extreme
cold, the snow quickly disappears. ' The
average rainfall is 10 inches during the
winter months, and there is no ram in
summer,
"The, land produces'- three cuttings of
alfalfa per: year, 'and these cuttings
have' averaged two tons per acre per
cutting. .Alt varieties of small fruits
in fact, all classes of hardy fruits
thrive throughout the length, and breadth
of the valley.;.. In no other section are
apples - crown to greater perfection.
"Irrigation companies have control of
the land under state law, acting lit ac
cord with the national reclamation act.
This act ' -provided that the different
states should - have certain parcels of
land ' reclaimed." In this state; It was
decided to let the privilege of .Reclama
tion to private companies, each com
pany to charge settlers only $10 per acre
for the land, rthd to 'let each man have
no more than 10 - acres; a . condition
upon which the 1 state would issue title
to the land. In turn the irrigation com
panles get $1 an acre a year for th use
of the- water- furnished condition that
repays them for , the money invested.
"There has never been a doubt In my
mind aa to the future of this wholo
territory: and -within it -la a very; few
years I expect to see one-or .two largo
cities . spring up; and 1: expect to - see
farm worth many times the present
cost of 'the land; and a population that
will "amount to thousands of people a
vast territory attheAery doors of the
city of Portland a and rich In farms,
In tlmber and In mleral wealth com
bination' of resources 'that , cannot .be
beaten." ' , . . ' . , ' ,
' SAVXD XT. - ' V ' ,
" ' Frorti the Chicago Trlbone. -The
, last- streetcar , out far .the night
had reached a lonely spot In the suburbs
and had stopped at a railway crossing
when two meiv-wlth masks on their faces
suddenly, entered with drawn revolver.
"Hold up y'r , hands!" they gruffly or
dered. . ( '.'. ' ' 1 1 1
w With admirable presence of mind the
young woman-near the rear door slipped
her purse into her pocket and then held.
up her hands along with the other pas
sengers, serene In the knowledge, that no
man on earth Could find that purse.
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' Jatore Assured-
) h From the Chicago" News. . ,
. "Tes, we found the baby playing with
a volume of verse." -
"Indeed t He - will probably turn out
to be apoet."
"But he tore the verses up and,tossed
them out of the winaw." ' - : ,
"Did, eh? - Well, that shows he's going
tcf be an .editor.' - r ,
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ffrgTOTHE RHINE
and the froxen meai business has
brought vast wealth to the oolony.
Now and then also, especially In the
North Island, one comes to a village of
Maoris, ; stalwart. well-formed, light
brown In complexion, ; they are alto
gether when seen at their best estate,
a prepossessing race, but when seen at
their worst estate, dirty and unkempt
and debased by the vices of clvlllnyilon.
they await the stray pennies of passing
travelers, they are anything but attrac
tive. , Still, Vhether In thejr ' beat or
worst estate, they are always pictur
esque, especially the picannlnnies,- with
their sparkling blight eyes and ruddy
brown complexion, and as they greet one
another In their unique fashion, press
ing their foreheads together and flatten
ing their brown noses one against an
other, they are an unending source of in
terest and amusement V y
Sometimes, as when we come to the
Wanganul river, we reach a spot of sutn
passing loveliness which can only be de
scribed by a poet's pen or an artist's
brush. Here we exchange the ooach for
r 1 fHB dusty,; homely toad, that has
I . been shunned and stoned by
I i country boys -almost slnce"the
. bealnnlna- of time because Tney
make warts crow on your hands," has
found a champion who makes him ap
pear a much more useful animal than
Is generally - supposed. v; :.,. m 1 a 7, ;
" A. H. Klrklsnd,v a? Boston entomol
ogist, has made an extended study of
the toad as a destroyer of Insects; and
lias come to the conclusion tnat tne 111
ti animal la a valuable friend of all
farmers, in the hope of- preventing It
destruction and convincing farmers of
its usefulness, he has written a paper
which ha Just been published by the
department : ot sgricuuuro jn nwir
Ington. ..ar-t-- v x.'-.n1;v: .';:- r':;'
.. In order- to determine, Just how many
and what noxious Insects are eaten by
toad,--Mr; rKlrkland collected and ex
amined the stomachs of- 149 toads and
classified , their contents. The result
showed that at leaat ;8vper cent of
the toad's ? food ,1 of animal origin.
The following table, . which . Mr. Kirk
land compiled, glvea.; an idea of, the
animal's preferences; :, , . ,
Food Elements.' Per Cent
Ants . . ,'n m m -., ,-19
Cutworms ..).. f vi,h w .., ,.1 8
Thousand-legged . worms'" ' . w 10
Tent caterpillars
Ground beetles and allies ...... 8
May beetles, and allies 8
Wlreworm beetles and allies 8
eevlls , , . . '4 , 8
Miscellaneous caterpillars .3
Grasshoppers, crickets ' .,..., .t
Spiders ..t. ... 2
Sow-bugs . . ti . t, .... .2
Potato beetles and allies .. ... i, ...... I
CarrioVi beetles .................. .. 1
Miscellaneous :. beetle ...... ... . 1
Snails
Angleworms ......... 1
Vegetable detritus. ..,,,,,..-.,.-.. 1
Gravel I ,.....t 1
Vnldentlfied animal matter . . S
Of the 'insects mentioned in this list
only three varieties are said to be bene
ficial: ground beetles; carrion beetles
and spiders. ' . They comprise only 11
per cent of the animal's diet, while . 22
per cent of alls, the insects he destroys
re described as neutral. They are
ants and worms, and have both good
and bad qualities, . ,
But of the remaining 82 per cent of
insect which ; the toad eats, caterpU
lar and cutworms, beetles,, sow-bugs,
snails and grasshoppers, .moths wire
worms, and potato bugs, all damage
farmers : crops or: his goods; to ait ap
preciable degree. ;,V" 1 ' . " - '
Nor car any one . sntlt atthla tAbl
and say that a toad in ,to" small to
eat 'bugs to count: for -anything. The
amount of food the. little- animal con
sumes, Mr. Klrkiand , -says, s is remark
able. t f . , . .
In ; one ' stomach Tt-i thousand-lofgei
worms were found; in 'another .wfcru 87
tent . caterpillars. - Sixty-flve. gypsy
moths -were found In a stomach of a
third, and E5 army,? worms la a fourth.
Eighty-six house- flies are , also said
to have disappeared down the throat ft
one toad 1n les than 10 minutes; and
the record ; of stuffing is held by an
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the little river steamer, and toilsomely
make our way against the rapids, the
deck hands Hauling thd steamer against
the current by wire ropts, aeoompllahUisr
a speed jof something ke two mlk'S an
hour. The steep bank on either side are
equal to . the Khlno ,1 In Its . lovolient
reaches.. To be sure, there are ho "Cat
and Mouse towers," no ruined castles, no
traditions of robber barons, ; but the
scenery Itself is far more beautiful than
the Rhine' could ever boast. 1
The lofty banks are lined wtth mag
nificent tree ferns and flowering stately
trees' of every , description. , Whenever
the rapid stream calms down for a little
Into a . placid "reach of water, , the re
flectloAa of the banks from either side
meet In the center and form the most
exquisite picture of green hill and bril
liant flowers and fern-bedecked ravines
.that U possible to Imagine. When
we get back to our coach at Pipirlkl, we
are gravely In doubt whether coaching
days and coaching ways in Neiv Zealand
or steamboat days on the lovely. Wan
ganul are the more charming.'
other, who was-WlU hungry after con
suming 90 rose bugs. ' 1
Using bis experiments aa a basis, Mr. 1
Klrkland ha estimated that in 90 days!
a '-single toad may -deetroy 2.160 i:ut-
worms, ,1,800' myrlapeds. , 2.160 '. sow-j
bug. 1.240 ants. $60 weevils and as 1
many': ground beetles, -'i A:,. a- - -v - ,
"Laws,,". protect - our Insectivorous
birds," says Ma. Klrklandv "aawll as (
others whose worth to mart is,, ton sny
the least, a debatable question. , . The
toad's worth: la an established. 'Cf act.
Should it - not receive 4 i similar pro
jection ?;. -i'-s r-... )'.:;"
Farmers who- have realised the valuo
of having many, toads on their lands
have planned to establish toad colonies;
but, unleea the animals are broiiKht a
considerable distance,, trouble will b
encountered because- of -, .their strong,
homing Instinct, - --"'' 1
Toads, as a rule,' Mr,: Klrkland tells'
us.i live year after year - in the, sm;
locality. One animal Is believed' to;
have occupied ' the same, .dooryard fori
$8 years. and F.. H. - Mosher of Wet-
port, Mass..- has positive knowledge of
a toad, that occupied ft certain ' f feeding)
ground for at least , eight years.
. But toad colonies can be formed, asj
Is shown by thi experience -of the'
authoress, Celta Thaxter, who',-- found!
her gardens on the Isles of Shoals, ofCi
the Massachusetts coast ..overrun " hr
insects 1 and snalla A considerable
number of toads - were - imported ' fiorr
the mainland, with the result that in
short, time, the peats were1 suppressed.'
' The best .plan-for . forming a colony,
Mr. Klrkland says, ia to provide Y a
breeding place and . earry.the toads to
It at mating time, so thnt later in the
season, when the young loads leave the
water, they may establish themselves
In the vicinity. A shallow pool-havtnir
a small but constant water supply ia"
all that Is needed. - '
..From the Chicago News. ' -"The
cotfee that my mother, use ta
make," began the young husband, as he
siowly sipped the steaming peveraffe.
"Oh, of course," interrupted th bride
of a week who had not read comic Jour
nais in yaln, "it was the bet ever.-
no, my dear," continued th hubbv,
'it was on the bum.. I never drank any
equal to thla" - 1 -
Whereupon his wife promptly - fainil,
l;Lj 'I 1, in 'i 1 llii' 1 11'. 1 1 in 1 it, until.. ii' Iti MinTCs. f.;. ''v;.;
't . , Undoubtedly,'
From the Chicago News.
"They say," remarked thi uhl hacht-lor;
"that women tell more Ilea Uuu men.
Do you believe It! -
"I am not prepared to admit the truth-
of ;.th' assertion." replied - the niarr( l
man, ."but If tfcer do It i' probably
qausd they talk more." : 1 '
-"',,-. ' ,'in 1 1 ,i ', 11 hi ii '" . 'i " ' " .' .' " i"" ,w
' r ' Pa's Idea ot It
- From the Chicago New,
Little Willie fvjy r-. )'-it ' 1
meanlUK of "wtrto hliirn-he"?
pa -"Carte blanche," my " 1. -
onymous with a man's !"" !-r ' 1
haa $50 In. hi cliihi' ami i; u 1.
gone to the country fur a wi
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