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Teach self-denial, and make .
its practice .pleasurable, and
' you create for the world . a ' ,
destiny more sublime than '
ever issued from the brain of ,
; the wildest dreamer, Walter .
Scott.
. RECLAMATION WORK.
IFSECRETARY HITCHCOCK
. has a spite against Oregon, he
doesn't show it by withholding
money for the Klamath irrigation
project, $2,000,000 having now been
made available for thsrwork; and $2,
400,000 more being set spirt for use
there when needed, v Money is also
available-,forztheI2matinaproject,
though it seems there will be further
delay on account of the rejection of
reservoir bids, which were considered
too high.- ; VV'.V:.'vV-i
The reclamation service has now
on hand 24 irrigation enterprises,
work being in progress ton 22 of them,
involving an expenditure at present
of about $1,000,000 per week. - One
plant, in Nevada," is already in opera
tion, the. cost amounting to $26 per
acre of .the reclaimed land, and the
first payment of $2.60 per acre will be
due next fall, marking the beginning
of the return flow of the money ex
pended . into the ' national treasury.
In a few years millions will be com
ing back in this, way, to be used on
other reclamation projecta.-and-ao-the
gqgd -wo; uiu go. uu. until all re
jt claimable' land is irrigated. The total
'; irrigation fund collected from the sale
ipf Jublic lands flow aggregates about
' $41,000,000, which will allow, of the
continuous and vigorous prosecution
of the work. it V .-
; Settlers seize '. with avidity upon
- these lands as- soon as it; is" known
that they are to be reclaimed and arc
wtllingto wait a year or two . for
water and to pay the assessed cost,
for even though it should be $40 or
$50 an acre the land can in a few
years be .made worth1 several times
' that amount. ' 'V-' '..
.; The Klamath reclamation work in
volves lha drainage of large swamps
. as well as . irrigation-r-taking water
- off land as well as putting water on
land and this is a proper use of the
fund where swamps are public prop
erty and are surrounded by or con
'tigtloua to arid; land; but the bill
, passed by the Senate to divert a por
tion of the reclamation fund to the
' drainage of swamps, some of them m
. eastern and southern atates, that con-
tribute nothing ' to the fund, the
. swamp landa being private property,
ought to be resisted and beaten in the
. house at the next session, though it
is likely to go through. , j . ;
'.;, Perhaps no law passed since the
enactment of the homestead law will
; have been - more - beneficial to the
' country or helpful to a great number
f people than this reclamation' law,
and its provisions should be jealously
guarded and faithfully executed, as,
barring -some, -inevitable -red -tape,
" seems to have been done so far.
f PRESIDENT AND PROTECTION.
r
N ONE of his speeches wh3e
touring the country President
1 Roosevelt said: "We have in
1 our acheme of government no room
for the, man 'who does- not wish to
. ; pa his way . through life by what he
does"
lITJiePriJ,ent js sometimes .badly
; mistaken or very inaccurate.'. Or per
haps he does not consider protection
part of "our scheme of government"
. " Yet as the government has been ad
; ministered for many years protection
is one of its main features, and as
long as it is so there ia "ample room
.and verge enough" for' men such as
the president mentioned.' 'v' ;
4-- Under this -scheme of favoritism
and plunder something like $1,000,
'000,000 a year is steslthily and subtly
transferred from the pockets of the
masses to the r pockets of the pro
jected classes. .The 'only return for
this billion of diverted. earnings and
;' profits belonging to the whoje people
is a lot of sophistry and claptrap, and
few donations ' by the protected
"muJties" to colleges and churches.'
gxregations of private wealth as are
fcaaessed by theae legalized grafters,
the protected multimillionaires,' made
so largely in many cases by the tariff,
and by methods of combination and
monopolisation to which protection is
as a twin brother, and which its ad
vocatea indorse and support - -.
' Being somewhat of a student and
historian, as well as statesman, ' the
president must be ' aware, of these
facta, and must know that these legit
imatized grafters and plunderers not
only "do not wish to pay their way"
bnt wish to and do take inequitably
from others some of " the rightful
means of payingtheir -way-through
life by what they do. .' ' ' - ' .. '
The "president is given; credit for
being courageous; he is pitching into
various illegal trusts; why does ' he
not boldly. strike at the tap root of
trusts and monopoly, protection .
. ) I
PROGRESSIVE , LOS
ANGELES, i
OS ANGELES is one of the
most progressive of American
cities, in several respects. It
is .experimenting in methods of legis
lation and self-government to a
greater extent thanany other munic
ipality, and ; " the ' results win be
watched by other cities. Locally, it
makes use of the initiative, the refer
endum and the recall merely means
by which the people take the gov
ernment of " the cfty into their own
hands. wJ.: : '
The charter provides that the peo
ple may obtain by direct vote any or
dinance, though -the council refuses
to pass it, on a petition of 15 per cent
of the electorateOn.such alpetition
the' council must pass the ordinance
or submit it to a vote of the people at
a special election.. - And if more than
7. and less than IS per cent petition
fof an ordinance, it must be sub
mitted at, the next general election.
Thia. charter provision has been in
voked twice, once to banish all
slaughter house; and again to close
all saloons, but in both instances the
proposed ordinance . was defeated.
But once the "recall" was. successfully
invoked to oust ; a councilman who
failed to -do his duty aa the people
saw, it. K'-t:
It is now proposed at the next elec
tion not to banish saloons but to
regulate . them according to the
nance prevails the city will, turn over
the saloons to certain responsible par
ties,. thecityto. receive- large pro
portion of the profits, -and under the
following restrictions: . No treating;
bartenders given a percentage of
profits on soft drinks sold; no viola
tions of the laws in any. respect; only
the purest liquors to -be sold; no
liuorsjoldojtninors or intoxicated
people; no women allowed in saloons.
Los Angeles has fewer saloons in
proportion to population than.' any
other northern or western city, and it
is likely further to restrict, the num
ber and their privileges and perhaps
take : them over itself to the extent
of diverting the profits largely into
the eky treasury.' ; i. -i
SHOULD BE "RECOGNIZED."
SINCE
-furfl
why
INCE capitalists combine, in the
furtherance of their interests,
should not workingmen
nave that privilege, and have it rec
ognized" by employers? Capital to
the amount of millions has combined
here to operate electric railroads and
electric power,- and - everybody that
does business with the company thus
using that capital has to recognize it
and deal with it as it has been cre
ated and organized by the capitalists;
why should not labor be accorded the
same privilege of forming a union
whereby the men. working for this
company may act together, and for
their mutual interest and protection,
so. long as they act lawfully and rea
sonably? ' It is conceded that the
company has generally been fair, and
that the carmen are generally capable,
careful, and' reasonable, and we see
no reason why one combination or
organization should not be , "recog
nized" ' whether its demands be
grsnted or not, as well and as much
as the other. Labor needs to organ
ize in self-protection, ' and ' labof
unions, acting along proper and rea
sonable lines are. entitled to. formal
and decent recognition as such.
The information that the Buddhists
and Shintotsts are ' subscribing the
money to rebuild the Christian mis
sions destroyed in Japan comes to vex
whh the thought that a religion broad
and liberal enough to do that may be
too fine a thing to uproot, and that if
it should be supplanted the proselytes
should be encouraged to hold on to
the most unchristianlike tenet of their
forsaken faith. ,-.-' ' . , ;
Considering some of this country's
high financiers and millionaires, it
looks at if our prosperity as well a
our foods were, pretty badly adulter
ated.-: '.' ' ',. ' ' - .'.'' .;..'.
'"Mijr we -suggest that In "Ihiscoh"-
troversy between" the streetcar com
pany and tha union, tha peopU have
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ. WHILE YOU WAIT.
... Xn tha Garden.' ;
They're singing la the parlor, , ,
And dancing i tha hall, ' .'
And the rooms are sry with laughter,
But I Ilka this bast of alL .
My quiet, dear old garden .. "
Where tha wind blows oool and free.
And tha hollyhocks ara dancing
In the moonlight Just for ma v
-'- :. v .-'' f-' . " tv 'i-'t-
t)h. thalr skirts ara tfltad gaylv
And they're atanpla' In a row, "'
r-Wnk and red and dainty yellow .'X
' One, two, threa and off tnay ft.
tn my badroom with thaa baautlaa
No black, heavy coat a I aea, . . . v
For my holly hooka ara danclna
' In Aha moonllfht Just for ma.
. Elala Caasalsn Kag.
- V , Foreign Note'sv v,- . , -
An inventive Bwlaa la aaia to manu-
'actnr perfum tablet which, when
odor of tha burnt raaea and emits a
pleasant and agreeable acaat They coat
ts cants . for a box or aix. ana one
tablet will perfume t(0 mile of road.
Travelers In Africa have told how
natives communicate intelligently over
vaat distances by mean of drums, aome
of the mesaarea In transmission being
almost telesraphlo In their accuracy. Tha
drum also furnishes the . principal In
strument of "music" In certain tribes.
Tha Oerman admiralty has resolved
on furnishing ships of war with means
for recognising each other's Identity at
distances too great for reading tha name
of the vessel. This is to be effected by
tha us of rings or bands on tha ehlm
ney funnel, differing In number and
color. -' - '- .-' "
In Holland potatoes are not received
In- tha parcel post, Denmark will not
reeelra almanacs and Egypt will not
permit sausages to be posted. Germany
refuses anything of- American origin
and haa soma clauses directed against
Japan, while alrguns, maps, wax
matches... rosaries, relics and jewelry
are the miscellaneous lot barred by
Spain. , .-':;.' V ..'.. TV"". "'''.':
Did You Know This? .
" From the American Megaalne. :
"Say, d'you know anything 'bout
hosses, hey? D'you know they'll eat
pork? Well, they will, when It's fed 'em
an' they have to. . Tha - heaves stops.
subsequent, though, they're an allrlred
sight wuss afterward. Belie went right
onto a meat diet, hogmeat an' oil cakes.
Ten. linseed oil It'll fat a rail fence.
Belle took on weight amasln'. Cufous
thing "bout oil cakes, though; once a
hoss haa been fatted on 'am, an' then
grows peaked agin, there ain't nothln' In
God's world'll put flesh onto . him a
second time.- Tou can try aa much aa
you're a mind to; It ain't no use."
V Dog That Brought Luck.7 . -
" .
From the London Graphic,
One" rarely Tieaf Of a Stray dOgTOuna
practically starving in the sreets or a
an interest that the contestants should
not overlook? ' The tieup of the sys
tem La Portland would be a calamity
to thousands of wage earners, and be
fore the parties to the .dispute reach
the "you shall" and the "you shall
not" " point the people may want to
exercise the right to suggest arbitration.-''
rvv : - '.:.' .'"',:".:
Our contemporaries need not worry
about the kind of men who will sub
scribe to the expenses of Mr. Bryan's
reception, J. ' Pierpont , Morgan's
name has never appeared on any sub
scription list of which -Bryan was the
beneficiary; ' - and our Republican
friends will jlook in vain for evidence
that his campaigns were made on the
"yellow dog" funds. ' ?' a",:'
' One political prognosticstor has it
figured out that the scheme of the
firm of ;"Teddy, Taft &' RootT is to
"give the country Taffy' in 1908 and
1912, Teddy again in 1916 and. 1920,
Taffy in 1924 and 1928 and Root all
the time." This is figuring a good
while. ahead.Will Bryan be running
and getting beaten all this time? t
j ' . '
- Uncle Chauncey Depew used to be
given credit for being quite humor
ous, but he never cracked quite so
great a joke as when he ssid that his
health broke down in consequeqee of
his hard, work in. the senate. Or
maybe, in senile, semi-idiocy, he really
believes this. -r--1
.,- Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Ly
man J. Gage explains thst his object
in' getting' next to the Tingley The
osophical colony is to lead the simple
life. . But he msy find it a strenuous
rather than a simple matter to break
loose from the Tingley, if once she
gets him well in her clutches. .
The st6rieS of the mutiny among
his soldiers and sailors are not caus
ing the cssr to lose any beauty, sleep.
He has the official copies of the re
ports of the courts-martial and by
them has learned that his marines
and infantry would rather die than be
killed.:.; ... - ... .
According to a reliable con
temporary the people of Montana
will exercise great care in selecting a
successor to Senator ,, Clark. This
means thst no merely cursory Scrut
iny of Bradstreet's will be made.
.Appropriately-
"Wonder what Wellman Intends to do
when he finds the north pole?"
"Dunne, Freese to It probably!"
Highland Correspondence of Ore arm
City courier: Orlando Fellows breaks
the news. of a -letter that he received
from his sister. She sava that her
husband and her waa keeping a ronmlna-
-house In San Francisco at the time of
tne euaasuoua earthouaka,-,
of tte Common
city rising to fame and bringing for
tuae to its benefaotor. Such, however.
Is the history of tha eelebrated dog
Brigadier, whloh years ago, after
being hustled about the streets of Man
chester, found a sympathetic friend ia
the lata Mr. Foulkea of that city.
Finding the dog in tha street home
less, Mr. Foulkes took it home, and
with it, after careful training, succeed ad
In winning the Waterloo cup.. With the
money thus' won Mr. Foulkes purchased
a hotel t Wlthlngtoh, a suburb of
Manchester, which ho renamed the
Waterloo hotel; - 7- ., ...
In a quiet spot of the' hotel grounds
stands a tombstone erected to the dog's
memory. ,- . --':
Sunflower PhUosophy.
"From the' Atchison Globe.
- look yourself over carefully. . Are
you a. fool? And nothing pays so well
1 a little eenae.
How men are abused! - Tet is it not a
fact that you know a. dosen good man
to every unreliable net :
When people ara kind to you. do you
become insolent and overbearing? That's
ne eiieci ainaneas nas on' oeruuniy
seren people out of ten.
When your rival sells a bni of goods.
you are apt to think that aomebody paid
more than was necessary, simply to
make you mad,, But isn't that a foolish
notlont ' . y
A farmer doesn't have a chance to do
much wortt at this season, being com
pelled to stand guard with a gun all
day to keep his neighbors from stealing
his hired bands.
. India Needs Food Reform.
Soma muckraker Should give his at
tention to the pure- food problem in
India. In northern Indla-tha favorite
article of diet Is a gray shale. This is
excavated mostly at Meth, in Blkanlr.
and is exported to the 'Punjab at the
rate of 3.00S camel loada a year. In
different districts different varieties of
clay are eaten, but. If the natives have
at one time a taste for a special kind of
mud, as the habit inoreasea the depraved
appetite soon - becomes satisfied wltn
bricks and broken pots. White ant soli,
with the nests and ants themselves, is a
great delicacy. , v . t - ;
V - Alfonso's Tooth, :"'"''v;'
One of the .proudest treasures ef King
Alfonso's nurss Is a gold ting in which
Is set the first tooth shed by her royal
charge. It . bears the inscription, "My
tooth to my nurse, Alfonso XI1L" In
making this pressntalon his majesty
followed a. custom which has prevailed
in the Spanish royal, family for centu
ries. . - -
, Without and Wlthm. ; -
- If ovary man's Internal " care r .
Were written on hla brow,--
How many would our pity share
who Tens our envy now:
Pletro Metastasio.
' v Off the Retired List
' ; From the London Tribune. U'
By the recent" death" In" Tasmania of
Captain Edward Dumareaq, lata Eighth
Bombay Native Infantry, the oldest offi
cer in the army passed away. Ho was
born in 1SQX, and was consequently 194
years of ago at the time of hla death.
He Joined the Indian army aa lieutenant
In 1SU. and was promoted to captain la
182. and retired on half pay in 112K
If
Letters ' From
, v People
' Flrland Station. Lenta, Or.. July 11 To
the Editor of The Journal Judging from
recent publications in your paper, it appears-
that ths people are beginning to
wake up ta the fact that a more equal
distribution of tha land would be better
for all parties. I ara referring now to
tha literature advocating tha division of
farm land into smaller tracts.
' I Infer from the argument that- the
large holders of land have more than
they can profitably cultivate, or perhaps
are cultivating a little and are holding
the rest for speculation. -What about
the" situation In Portland' and suburbs?
Ara there not many vacant lota to be
seen? - Vacant 'not because of lack fit
demand,, but on account of a prohibitive
prlccr , -.-. ,. '(.,.. -; - '
If the large land owners in ths country
are holding back the state, doea not tne
same argument hold true of the city
land hogsT : .'-'',' ' '''.
It la an indisputable fact that land
and labor are the source of all - wealth.
It is obvious that land without labor,
or labor without land, are alike worth
less. If the land la tied up or controlled
by the few, ths many work that land
the few -see fit or not at all. But it
Is necessary to work to live, and land
of some sort, whether It be the alto of
a department store or a potato- patch,
la necessary for work. Therefore the
many are - controlled by ' and roll up
wealth for the few. 1 v-- -t
None .of these articles Suggested a
method of dividing the land. Perhaps
they depended upon - the generosity of
ths land bog, who. when ths fact was
called to hla attention that he was re
tarding tha prosperity of Oregon, would
sell -at reasonable prices. -
This appears to me to be a sure, safe
and Just method of oausing a more equit
able division of land: Tax the land ac
cording to ita full selling price.
It Is evident that a great amount of
money would be raised In this way. Per
haps more than necessary. If so, it is
very easy to reduce the rate of taxation,
or, better- still, remove the tax from
residences. Tax a man for the full
value of his lot. but exempt his house.
The house is the result of labor. Labor
Should be encouraged. - The lot, en the
other hand, was put there by Pod for
the use of mankind in general. If one
man wishes it for private use let him
nay the community for that privilege.
Therefore tax the lot, but not the house.
If thia method of taxation were adopted
a man would hold no more land thaa hs
oould use.. Land would then become so
oheap as to be practically free. The
freedom of labor depends directly, upon
the freedom of the land.
la Russia and Ireland, where the land
ia owned by ths very few, labor
tlons approach slavery. In this eountryVpioyera feel the same way.
on tne Atianuo coast land is mucn rreer
and much -cheaper than In Russia or
Ireland and other European countries,
and labor Is much freer and better paid.
On ths Faclllo coast land la much freer
or cheaper, and labor much freer or
wageshigherlhanon the Atlantic, but
aa conditions supposedly "Improve "Tand
becomes dearer and wages decrease.'
Aooordlng to ths rnnatltutloq we are
entitled to "ura. uoerty and happiness."
We have Ufa; let us have frea land and
labor will be free. Each individual can
then, devote a" little' time to his ' happi
ness, v ...... : . . SINGLE TAX.
' While riding In the woods In Crook
county a' man waa attacked by a large
hawk, whoso nest he bad ridden near,
and was followed a long distance -and
repeatedly struck by the bird's beak and
Claws. - - . ..;..',.', '.; -
After you had been caught
you were Immediately caught and
,Wpuldn't It 5WI2ZLE You?
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cf TIMELY TOPICS
:.'"'; t SMALL CHANGS. ' V' '
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Oregon la comfortable" again! '
,'- -. 1 e; e-, c' V
Opportunity sometimes knocks at ths
back door.. 1 . : i - -,'...
The Ice' man ean take a good long
vacation next winter. . , v
.';.,--.'.; e ..e':r".'vv '" ?VT" '
, The dry eountlea seem net to have
perished of thirst yet .-
f '' .', ' - S; n' ;'-' ' '
" Row real eulot Teddy is keeping these
days, isn't it Alarming T , . ' - 0
There are tlmsa ia Oregon ' when
clouda are very welcome. , . , .,;'-.;, :
A whole lot of people are dodging
ratner than looking for work. ;, ji
If 'a man la able to work and won't
work, neither should he eat muoh.
Soma women think, with respect to
owl care, that men eoma home too late
now. .:-v'. i--?-,v'-,r
Less money for' navies and snore for
rivers and harbors would be a good
poucy. v.- ,v .- : ' . ' .' .y , - (. i
Oregon ean harvest and market Ita
erope without the worry and bother of
a campaign. ,
Boston haa a pugilist named Pants,
but objects to him because his name
Isn't .Trousers. -... . '-A .V ;.
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When . vacation, time -oora as We al
ways regret that we did not become
a high-salaried preacher , , ' ... . -,
Can greater happiness be . Imagined
than that of 'the boy who ean "go in
swimming" aa much aa he pleases T ,
,''."',".:. ' e ' e '.;.'',' ;-.
Now it la alleged that leather ta being
adulterated. But It may do very well
for beef steak in some boarding houses.
Buttermilk Is here." Buttermilk Is
undoubtedly a good hot-weather, drink,
but It won't reduce the consumption or
beer matarially. ; -.' f . , .
e . e : v . ...
'Perhaps one reason why so many
more women than men go to- church
is that nobody paya much attention to
a man's elothea, - , . ,
la advertising for a boy a Portland
business man adds: ' "No cigarette
condl-Larnoker wanted." and most
other em-
' Mrs. Leslie Carter had been married
for months before anybody knew it
and yet - it ' waa announced : before a
divorce suit made it known. . -
1 A Chlcagojnan sold his little daagh- j
ter to a gypsy for liOO, but many Amer
ican parents have eold their daughters
to worse fellows for a title, ,
,V " , .A .,.,,:,.
One ground of a Portland man's suit
for dlvoroe la that hla- wife threw prase
tn his face. Well, why didn't ha open
hie mouth T Prunes are good. ,
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Labor In ' great demand and wages
good, yet lota of able-bodied men won't
work, is tha report all over the country.
A large proportion of humanity baa a
constitutional antipathy to work.
and robbed by a gorilla
robbed by an- Imitative monkey?
ill
OREGON SIDZLICHT3.
; "
, Kew brickyard at Nyssa.
' ' ' ,. ' . e ;,,..;.',: :
. Several new buildings will be put up
in Eoho soon,
, ' ....'." a f 'i.hl- ; -y v.v'',
Scappooae is lively; much improve
ment going on. 1 - - v "t ..
: ;..--'-' '- - .
Everybody works in and around Bherl- .
dan, says the Sun. v . ,v. . . '' .
,s - ,,
Every Oregon' town wants a' railroad,
or another "one, ajid some of them will
get It : . r.', .- ,'.- v
f '- : ; '';':, -' e ";,;!.; .-.
'' The CmatlUa 'river la carrying mora
water thia season several times over
than required for the various irrigating
dltchea-v v -;'.'.. . . 7Z
'"- .. e e . ; . .-t .' ,
. The official weather record eould not
be had In) Pendleton last week because
the weather observer had been driven te
the mounUtna by the heat
; :'',''.:" " -The
owner of a Bheeo-ahaarlna- m.
chine .. sheared over 60.000 in Wallowa
county. Another Wallowa man sheared
70.000, of which 10,000 were his own.
Amity Entemrise: ' Tha farm era . '
the Willamette valley have more clover
than aver before thia year. Much more.
North, south, each .and west they are
all making clover. It. haa been pre
dicted by a man who ought to be a arood
Judge that the increase in olover acre
age for next year over thia will prob
ably be CO per cent
Tha following from the Drain Nonna.
rati ia the report tn subataaoe of papers
all over the state: "There la a great
scarcity ef laborers In Drain. It ia im
possible to get mn to work at common
labor; although the wages are nearly 60
per. cent Higher than ever before oald
here. It appeare Ilka there are plenty
of idle men around town, but they won't ,
work." . ' v""- ' - ..
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Forest Orove News: On account of
the lack of wild berries and other food
in the mountains a number of bears re- -cently
have become quit familiar in
different aeotloue of the country. Starr- ;
atlon haa becom such a live issue with '
them that tn the remotest parte ef the '
country tha younger bears come down
Into the valley and sally bravely Into
the oroharda of the farmers and help -themselves
to green fruit, . preferably .
green prunes. ,
A. B. Coney of Union county owns
1 0,11s acres of fine farming land, worth
over 4 aa acre. Another man ot that -
county owne S.I46 acre ef good land
and hla brother nearly as much, another
owns 1,164 acres, another 6,11 acres ot '
timber and graslng land, another. 11.11
acres, another 3,661 acres, another MS!
acres, another 10,1)0 aores and several
others over 1,000 acres each. One lum
bereompany nwnr It.610 acres and an-"
other one 1L6SS acres.
A man living eear Myrtla Polat
brought to the Enterprise office a bunch
of fish poise which he alleges are oat
straws," and the heads Would appear to
carry out hla contention. , The largest
of the straws Is eight feet and aeven
inches high, with a head ef ti inchea of
well-filled oats. The straw Is nearly
half aa inch In diameter. -There were ,
five atraws ia the bunch, the other four -being
nearly as long as the largest, and
they all sprung from one grain of oats.
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