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the table! And why had h tola her miUnr their war Slowly up th peril
what ha had - torn fort , Fool I he oua path. Parka's heart beat with ex
muttered under hie breath, and in a pectetlon and hie old spirit-seemed to
flash he was the old hard, relentless return to him aa they came nearer and
man of dollar. -, - . nearer Pin Knot mountain at the- baeH
Parka had no opportunity te apeak jLJhtlBl' WM locte tb.- 'Icheg.ha' I
' w f in at dinner, aa mere were , ' , ' ,M . - v.1.1-
manTotTian. tn ha. ettnad hut ,' The ruo was sinking -behind 'The
telt a sort of feeling- of resentment taka entf-0pped peaks in a riot of golden
possession
guests far
ha thought ever one had finished th steep mountain rose majestically
break..! befo ."ut eredtt d"nlr$ r4 gnteUMlrrJhi lltu.
oom. Ha wanted to ba alone to talk h,ut' A neat whit curtain- ehowed at
with, thla-alrl who seemed so atranaelv th ens window and a vine from, which
out tS want! 'toeeker A? TO-'M?
About the trail and why sha hd come !? J1?, lltu porch, at the, front At
to Deadwood. , He eat down and waited ' fiftl1 JU J;?J?.?j .Z&
for soma time before the door from the JrdSn ,?I0,,tbuJe,n.wdbart
kitohea opened and in slouched a coarse, "Pita tha llfelaas follaga the. huge
heavy "eyed girl Who lumbeTeup toth rook, behind and ths scant pine.
table and aaWwhat he would hava. ff-," i VnT-A.bHn ui
"wk... i. ri..n v. . tnia place, - and. Parks experienced a
"Where Is Claxar he answered. gueer feeiTng ofapprehensioa.. Then he
"Gone home for the winter. Ba back gripped himself and rapped softly.
next summer, I reckon. H Instantly, .aa though waiting for the
.Park felt queer feeling of lone- signal, thi dqor flew open and there
Uness com ever html but he allently stood Clara,, her ayes biasing, her
wallowed hla coffee and left the room, breath coming In quick little gasps.
Monday morning he wu VP and ready . ClarI" he stammered, failing back
to tort when the guide earn with the from the door. "Then It you von
mule and provisions.. Bright sunlight the trail ahead 'of met You came ' to
intensified w rroat, painted giory or ten fneae people you n
the pin covered mountain and th tb cUlmal" r . s ,
crisp autumn air heralded, the coming Hie giant form shook ai
iii winier. rarti'irnn consistea tX jot rarxe uidds waa
Pete, hi halfbreed guide, himself and thwarted in business.
IT WAS Saturday afternoon when business, I supposs, ah went on, tko
t.,-v. rsiKh- tt the iim, noticing hi apparent bluntness, "Tee,'',
Parke Gibb clambered orr tn m- h dei,g,ratd, business up in the bills.'',
ited at Deadwood. II looked around Th,a auddenly and confidentially h In--
the dingy little shack that nerved quired; "Perhaps you could tell me
.-.,,,' h rrouni of Idle, the best way te go. I want-ta leave
aa nvautlon. at th groups or laie. Mond morning." rBver been up here
gossiping miners, who In turn eyed him De(or,f. ,h asked, emillng. "No, but
auspiciously, fltore clothes and a derby rv been in some pretty rough places."
hat mirkM Mm am heme- distinctly met-added, "But you'll need a guide if -
hat marked him s neing cisunouy mm .v, over the tralf before.
ropolitan. On Saturdays the male PP- how far are you goingT" ah aaked.
ulation of the camp congregated at the He spread hi map and chart out on
depot to. talk ovur th week : Jg' wwj'f orV. ol-n-,?-.h,.. -
and see th limited come in " kort of rJch uuncii 0f olaima p ther."
voic from another world." While they he went on, while ah studied th map
speculated aa to whether h waa a new earnestly, - "and they , have never been
superintendent, and if not what his worked. They wer, owned by an old -
buttinesa at the camp could be. h bad man by the nam pt Martin Henry
. jumped in the shaky old station bus Martin. I believe and he knew nothing .
and was making bis way to the hotel. of their value. At his death he left "
"Ood! what a hole." he ejaculated u them to his widow, a very old woman,
Vhe looked at the bare, unpalnted wooden gad to hi daughter." . ,
house and the muddy, uneven streets. ji did not set th strange,' xcitel .
- Kven the mountains beyond looked grim Interest she took at what h said, but 4
and bleak through the thick blacfc went on sating, wbll. h helped him to
smoke from the nillla that seemed ta mor tea, .
. haveeettledpermanentlyoverthem.de- "And do" th " widow ; and daughter
tying even th sun's raye. -1 . know of their richness! she . inquired
With a final shake, ha was landed innocently. ' .
at the Wigwam, as the camp's on hotel "Of course not," h answered. - That'
was J called. The low celllnged room whv I am going up that trail."
. , that served as a dining room was any- "go you Intend to buy the claim as
thing but cheerful; but Parke was nun-. cheaply as you can from those women,
gry, so he settld himself and placidly taking advantage of their ignorance of
vetudied the bill of fare. Methodically the valu of thlr holdinasT" j
he ordered ruast beef, bean and "tea , "Welt, yea," he answered, apologet-
or coffee, sir." cam in a swaaL low Irallv. aa ha ttaiirht th atranc4 ouas-
voice that seemed to lift him up out tloning expression in th deep violet
of the dull atmosphere of th dingy ayea. And there ws something n those
room. Park looked up in astonishment eye that mad him ashamed; made
went on. they ar
hall offer them
at the trina little waitress, who stood him want to explain.
, respectfully waiting for "his reply. What "You see." he w
a voice, he thought "Tea." he an- verv toor neonle. and I '
wia in m iwreur auuiuta tana. j a sum OI mnnsy, wmie Doing graaiiy
Strang feeling of rest and confidence below the real value of the properties,
; took complete possession of htm.- - will seem a fabulous gum to them.
Who was she, and how did she com They will be rich, and I will be atill
to be in such a place and in such a richer," he added, pauslne, aa though
. capacity! , Then th eld bitterness 'waiting for her approval of hi plana,
against her sex cam back to him. They "But don't you think It unfair to
all have soft voices but heart of stone, deal with women In a matter of this
he reasoned, as ha tapped the table irn- jklnd, leaving them totally ignorant ef
patiently. . n had found that out year th valu of their propertla or th taw
before In th -little New England vll- governing earner'
iage where ha hag grown up. 8h had "I've come up here to do business
: promised to wait. Then be remembered with the owner of those claim, and I
the ong year of trial and hardship, shall take no mor cognisance of th
and then When ha had finally won th ex of those owner than th law will
fame and fortune he had sought for her take in It Interpretation of any oon- ;
. sake it was Only to learn that ah had tract they make with in. The claim
forgotten and had. married. The line are no good to them. They have no
around the strong fin mouth tightened money to tmprov them. The vein lay
and the jaw closed with a anap, th away under the edg f Pin Knot
whole face changed by th memories mountain and It will take a, lot of
of it And he had gon on struggling, money to sink shaft an 4 put n a
with no hop for th futur. no deslr gtamp mill."
sav to forget th past. His method "But couldn't they erganls a tock
of business wer hard even cruel And company and retain an Interest In th
ao he had drifted, each year leaving blm properties," she aeked timidly. -harder,
his heart mor bitter. And n park smiled blandly, then replied)
had learned to endure, almost to enjoy, "But they don't know 4hat, and perhaps
the lonely, empty life, relieved only la if they did they would prefer tn sell
Its monotony by hla buslnssa. - . Outright at g fair price.'1 i.
Softly the little waitress entered. -And will vou offer them a fale
quickly arranging th table with Itg price t" sh inquired anxiously. - j.
.thick, heavy china and, coarse linen. ' Oh, yea, about $1,000. Thy will
:rarK waicnea ner euentiy mi sne naa ininn xnat a lortune, ana a me caugn
jminneq lurnefi ivave in ruuni. ier
" -'(' M:
iort of feeling of resentment-take ZY?Z2Z? "l.. k.
lowing morning he waited until cabin. Some few hundred yards, away
new all i about
as he Vent on.
intensified lh frost, painted glory
Park' train consisted tf for Park Qlbb was not a man to D
lfbraed a-ulda. himaal and thwarta4 In hualneaa. ' i r
their mule with an extra mult toy th -y0u,ar like all th rest not to be
provision and blankets. . - trusted. And I'v been gooL I truit-
Slowly they wound they "Way no th ed veu. believed In you. and you auea-
mouptalna, ever steep, narrow paths, tloned me and then betrayed roe."
alongslda chasms that seemed bottom- y 8h stood silent while he denounced
"less. Thav halted at noon In a little her with all the furv of hla nature At
. ravin to prepare their lunoheon. Th last she spoke, slowly and in that same
em vera ox a xresn . eamprir. an mpty- voioa
tied contained bean and aome gloom
lo that had lifted him out of the
oom at th wigwam. - 1
"Mr, aibb, I am para Martin, HemyJ
VTBA," IIB ANSWERED, IN SCARCELY AN AUDIBLE TONE.
can that
bried bit of blsouit lar scattered about
on th rocks. : "Horn on on th trait Martin' daughter. ' My. mother and-' 1
behind us." grunted the halfbreed, ss own these claim. In summer I work at
he heaped up th pin wood and lighted , th hotel; in winter I teach , the sohool
th fir. . They ate their frugal .meal St. the mining camp above us. . Since
in sllenc and Wer soon off up. the. father's death'" tear came to her
trail. Pet wanted to reach Black Eagle eyea a sh spoke, "w have tried to
pass by sundown. There wa plenty tell ths claim ralmost give them away
of water and a rood, place (or tn muleg, . and " her her voice trembled, "and
he Informed Park. , w havf suffered so much." ,
All 'afternoon they rod, new and Bh Ank.into a chair, her frail little
then eomlng , toy place in th ro4 form shaking with emotion, great tears
whore a mule had slipped or stumbled, streaming down the pal, hollow cheeks,
on mi steep rocky path. Jt was dusk "And you cam here o cheat us co
befnrethey reached the pass. ParW rob us," h went on; ''to take ad van -
ethefd ' th mules, whll Pet . made tag of us 1bz your superior knowledge!"
th fire and cooked the supper. . Th ''Don't, Clara,' h pleaded,-his voice
eemp showed recent occupation, and, trembling, and coming nearer to where
after looking ground, wlth'th instinct the stood. "When you left so suddenly
of th Indian and guide, pet Informed I. resolved to search for you as soon
Park that whoever wa o th trail M I got back to Dead wood to ask you
waa alone. "Only pn mule, anyway, Ur-fcerp roe. I meant to ask you to be
he said, a - h rolled himself la hl"mv it, to help ma to lead a. different
blanket for th night, - life. To teach m Ood- and love are
All that night Park lay restless and mora than dollars. Forgive me, Clara,
weary, tb pal moonlight-. sifting and don't refuse to help me to at
throush tha northern nlanL But theae least ha mv friend"
things had no mystery for- him. He Sh .stood silent until h hed'ftn
only thought of Clara and th question- (shod: then she raised her eyes, to his.
ing way an naa loonea at mm. tier auq
den disappearance, and, then who wa i
- He gathered her in hla strong arms and
t held her close to him, kisning ths hot.
shrill
pect
- 'Won't you keep me company!" he asked.
"It is so lonely and there are no other
guests to object" She hesitated a mo- eon
ment, 4hen dropped Into the ehair oppo- fickle.
' site him and . began pouring his tea.
"Going- to stay long?" she inquired.
-;no," ne answersa rainer arupuy.
"On
flash!
th
; f n!(nw ii.r a i i !., w M.mif uruin. tiq niowing pacw ana otner nan or vna veranda nut ef a sm that waa on the trail anead ar tutmi tear-atained eves anil temniea.
tonsied the'tvna on. woid . RLctn!2 -"f'l- '..J-fVJ.? ""Jf ,DW5 ?.vr door on of th swinging proverb. But he could H remembered that sh had told hit , "Clara!? calle a voice from Inside.
Tonguea ins type one would ex- th poroh and aat down t an lev a eisar. Which waa nrintad tha hamelv.old mottoi tint r.nm v.. i. -.,.-,1... v,. a,i ... . .b.-. aia. .kZ "v. v,n,k..T r.A i- . .t,. ..m
Id7rrrd.e ? W &Wi i. WlWM iW.- ImI! "h? AJJ fomyT Sh "ked hi hug"ioi
MBlZlmM9m . lVfwrLlr! llbrm'ai ' aoaMat Sorl' 11 '.fflf l .TOU . t WfeA !? 4 FooU I rpeatd aloud., W,y flld I L".J'
ql,p' mg with It a fain odor of pine tree him and ha mvd hi ehair to an- him so curiously as ah arose to leav They aroa at sunrise and were soon have supper before wa talk of them."
NATION'S ANTI-DRINK CRUSADE
D
By Ferclmand Cowlc r IgleKart ;
R. IQLEHART haa contributed ta
th Review of Reviews for April
an artlcl on th "Nation's Antl
Prtnk . Cruslde," which- la th
traffic from fS ef th IT counties of
the state and from all but f 0 towns and
Cities of the same, t per cent of the
territory being "dry.1' On January Ig,
this year, th hous of repreaentatlvea
most oomprehsnsly. concla i;LdJl5,Rl,a AI "fi"' ILf0
w v -wi aimiuM uia v viiiui iiutt
and th people without doubt will make
sw(ft work af the abolition of th sa-
thought that seven tenths of th voting
population of th state will be . rad
to reoord Itself in favor of tat pro
hibition when th proposition shall b
presented,. :.,, .v . .,,.,-,
"In Arkansas the people vote by
wards, townships' and eeuntles on th
question whether liquor shall be sold
or not. Of th 71 counties, (I ar trr.-
tna
"- " Bight fter cent of th territory -of
iSSe. after 14 Var f honafUI state haa avnU4 tha aalnna
winar againei ine liquor iraoe, on.,
timely which tins yet appeared on this
most important ; subject ? s --'
"In two thirds of all th territory at
the United States, th saloon baa been
abolished by Jaw. Ther ax 10,000,00?
people in tha i aouthern uts, 17,000.-
000 of whom ar URdef prohibitory l
1n soma form. In 1909 ther were
000,000 jinder prohlbUion in th United
States; now ther ar , 000,006. In
eight months state wlda prohibition has .
cleared the saloon from an area as great
as that of France. In thst area ther
is a solid block of territory 720 mile
eant and weat. tn which bn tha first
day of next January a bird can! fly from from 17 per cent of th territory oi th ! 00,000 people in th residential
.tne Mississippi to ui Atianuo ocean, whole state. . seouopa o( jn great ciues nave anoi-
loon ether.
"Tennes
wmm'"" ",uur .aw, utu- .'UF mi ,i couniiee ID ' juilflOIin. '.T,
February t, 1807, paasad th Pendleton , ar now 'dry.' Within the past three
Jlquor Jaw. s;-,J ' ' , - year TQ0 saloons have gon Out ef bust-
- "All but five tf th If oownties of nesa in Bt. Louia alone, a a result of
the state ar now "dry," and only thre Y?rn2'' folk's stringent nforcemnt
eltlesMemphls, NahvUla and ChatU- ',th 'indJ' 0,,lnir Jw- V V'
Booga remain "wet." w - IMO Kansas .inoorporat Pr
"Kentuoky has 119.000,006 invested , Wb'tlon In Ita sonatitutlon. . t
in ditllleriea 'Through local option , i.lln ,, O"'0- -under temperance r law,
legialation it has expelled the saloon , 0 villages and cities havi expelled the
from 4 ont of 111 counties, from 170 falooa. Of thg 1,17 J i townships, 1,160
town of th 425 towns and cities, and ?rbJ,,"n tn,a "luor traffic, and
southern Industry and civilisation.
"But there ar reasons deeper than"
this which have mad such local suc
cess in th south, The negro question
nas naa naming to ao witn promouion
in Main, Kansas, North Dakota, Ok
lahoma, Ohio and Iowa.-
"Th present temperano upheaval Is
th revolt of th American oonsolenos
against what It considers to be wrong.
Th saloons are th breeding-place of
?ll kinds of vio and crime. In tham
he thieves, the murderers, ballot-bog
atuffera, grafters, purohaserg of law,
and the debauched find their education
J.nd protection! and from them tha law
ess hordes go forth to prey . upon so
ciety. Th only wonder I that th
people have-stood this menace toour
Civilisation a long as they have,
, "The publl Sentiment Is greatly out
raged at the intimate relationship be
tween tha average saloon and th dis
orderly house. The public is very an
gry because so many drinking . place
ar gambling .hells. ' .. r " .
"Another thing that haa stirred the
rubllo against the liquor traf fio has
been tha relationship between th poli
tician and tha saloon. No feature of
American publlo 11 f is so abominable
and discouraging aa this open and no
torious copartnership of all parties
in th business of ortm. It I an
astounding fact that most of th great
eitles - of th country are, ruled by
rum, and have been for a generation or
mora. Every privilege for every kind
of crime Is bought and sold for money..
Fabulous corruption-funds and thous
ands of the orlmlnal classes ar or
ganised to hold up tha public and com,
peltt to deliver. Three saloonkeepers
of Chicago have absolute authority in
ward en and eighteen, where ths
trafflo In vice is maintained. In Vew
York City a large portion of th Tam
many leaders who determine th policy;
of their party In th city and state ar
or hava been saloonkeepers. .,
"Th Woman's Christian Temner.
anc union, tha Good Templars, tha 1
National TemperAnee -Publication soci
ety, ths third-party-Prohibitionists, and
th National Reform bureau, and kin
dred societies have all been actlva in
their fields; but tha one organisation
which haa dons mor than, all others.
In giving wise direction and aueeessful
results to the present temperance rev
olution ha been tha- Anti-Saloon league.
It was founded at Oberlin, Ohio, in
1C91, by th Rev. Howard H. Russell. D.
P., a Congregational clergyman and
son of an Episcopalian rector. .
"Th institution is compactly organ
ised In forty-four states and territories,
with a national, state and district au-
perlntendenoy. It is Interdenomina
tional and omnl-partison. Th Rev.
Pur ley A. Baker, . D., is th national
superintendent Th league has eon
ducted itself , so wisely and honorably
that It has commanded th universal re
spect of tha churches of all denomina
tions, many of the Catholic as well aa
Protestant. ,
"zou cannot maka .men good by law
-r-eo manypeople and papers ars say
ing now. Tea, yon ea.nl' lo people on
.earth can be good without law and or
der; so good a typevof a race as the
Anglo-Saxon has to bind himself about
with most stringent law to keep front --
becoming a very bad - oltisan. - Glad-
orane saia mm ine primary oojeci ct jl
law is to make It easier for men to dol
right and harder for them to. do wrong. I
Moral and political, progress is al
ways along tha stagea of advances and
retreats. How long will this temper
ance movement continue without a re
actlonT No one can tell. r. -Very likely
-till every state in tha union shall have
tried the experiment of prohibition by
local option or state aotion. - - .-
"Tha whiskey men will not surren
der without a fierce and long struggles
But the- present revolution will result
In greatly reduced individual consump
tlouof rum in the manifest diminution
of . th sal of liquor, and In - th
destruction of the American saloon
la ita present fornV1
and from the boundary of Tennessee to
the Gulf of Mexico, without looking
. down upon a legalised saloon. Great
Britain and Ireland could be set down
ever , this space without covering it.
, There would ba 10,000 square miles of
"dry'' territory left as a border.
1 "Last summer Georgia became th
first, aouthern state to adopt prohibi
tion. A prohibition bill wa passed in
the senate by a vota of 14 to 7. and la
. the house by a vote of 139 to II. Gov
i ernor Hoke Smith promptly signed the
v bill, and has . sine vigorously n
. forced it.
" "In Oklahoma, after an iredlnl
exciting eonteat at the polls the pro
hibitory provision was adopted and In
corporated Into the constitution; and
.the first state of th new century, and
the youngest of Columbia's daughters,
hastened to Join her sister Georgia. in
the abolition of the saloon.
. "Governor Comer, pf Oklahoma, nailed
a special session of the legislature last
November to consider the difference
netween tne railroads and tha state,
"Two thirds of all th saloons In Vir
ginia wr found in three cltlea, and on
half of all th "wet" territory 1 con
fined to Norfolk and Ita vicinity. Of
the .140 Incorporated towna 130' are
"dry:" Of tha loo counties 71 hava no
saioons.
ished rum. About ft per cent. of tha
territory Is'-now "dry." A few week
J go th Rose bill, extending local op
ion to counties as a unit, passed both
ousea of th legislature and became
f law, unoar wnton is understood
hat 70 out of tha II counties of th
CATTLE RAISING IN ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Very Profitable ''Industry Wkict Migbt Be Greatly Expanded
at the 1. AAA AAA Infcahitenta f Veit Stat Will XD1 the saloon.
Virginia, 700.000 hsv abolished tha 11- 'ln Indiana, through the Moore law,
whiuii luioiu tne ei4uon oy a popular
remonstrance. Ill townships and 17
City wards, considerably mor than
on fifth of th population of ths stats,
quor traffic. Of the B 8 counties tl ar
"dry," 16 hava drinking places In but
one town each, four eountlea hava sa
loons tn hut two towna each, and two
counties hav saloons jn three town. hav banished thlr saloons. Seven
"In Delaware at th last election, on hundred, and fifty saloons hsv been
half of the atata. the eountlea of Kent either elosed ar prevented by ths re
end Sussex, went dryi' the other half. monstranoes. .
rural . Newcastle county and Wtlmlngv "Under th nw law In Illinois,
ton, retained its rum. YTi the people ef every
"Maryland has expelled th saloon township in tns stats may vote upon tha
fruin one (lo-ti at ii trn, euia iroin ins iiusii vi niwa or no saloon in me
When the members arrived at Montgom-
a sit
11 they,
of tha stat
ngl
nan
ery they would not giv
thought to th railroads till
expressed' the saloon out ol
' by the adoption in the senate of th
house bill prohibiting the manufacture
and ssle of liquor a beverage by a
l vote of II to-.
"Up to a year ago tha people of Mls
: slsslppl, hy local option, had driven .th
saloon from 18 out of th T eounties,
which Included 19 per cent of the terrl
tory of the stat. A fw weeks ago th
legislature met, and quietly and by
almost a unanimous vote in both houses
adopted etate prohibition, to take effect
on tha fft-st day of January, 1901.
environment of about on third of its
population.
, ''South Carolina has had th "dispen
sary" system In the sals of liquor for
14 years. It ia a aystem of state con
trol of the liquor traffic. In 1894 Sen
ator Tillman sscured tha Incorporation
of tha dlsnenssrv Into the state consti
tution.' The Carey-Cottlgan bill killed
the "tats dispensary.
"The option law was put into the eon
stltutfbn nf Florida in f7. Of the 41
counties in the state, 81 have prohibi
tion and 11 permit the aale of liquor.
There are only 22 Incorporated towna
which have saloon. About three
fourths of the people in the stats Hvs
under prnhlbltomtaw.
"The supreme court of I.pnlsiana haa
entire township. A larg number of ;
towns and cities voted no-Ucens at th
yleotlon last autumn i and within a year
II "dry" oounties hsv been added to
th tn which already sxlstsd, making
11 In U. Tn saloon, has been ex
celled from the residential dietrtnta In
cltlea It is understood that ther ar
just decided as constitutional a law un
tie r wnicn two mirds or the territory
of the state has voted for prohibition.
"Of the- (4.1 rnuntlaa In Tavaa 1,
"By the local option law the ceonle are entlrelv -rtrv m . Va. ,
Of North Carolina expelled th liquor and 45 permit the sal of liquor, it is
at least ten souare mile of territory
In th olty limits of Chicago whsr tha
salooa is forbidden by law'
xna arncie continues in-an up-to-date
review of the temperance situation In
Wtsconslit, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa.
Nebraska, the two Dakota, Montana,
Colorado, "Wyoming. Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, California, Maine New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Con
necticut, New Jrsy, New York and
Pennsylvania, and closes With ths fol
lowing conclusions: ,
"Thsr r reasons why th south
Should tak th lead in this prohibition
movement. It was neoessary to remove
th saloon from ths negro to save
WONDERS OF THIS AGE By Join Anderson Jayne
"s-fHE study of contrasts is one of
1- life1 , most delightful studies.
Through It we ty?rn the progress
: ; that wo hare mad in business,
moals, or mentality.
. Placing today by ths aids of 10 years
ago we discover how far w have
climbed , on tha hill of Jifa Todays
work, and its result is.-known to be an
Impossibility for v whn ws' wer 10
years younger than ' w' now are. The
years have given knowledge, discretion,
f race, ' symmetry and beauty. Though
oday may have its hardships and diffi
culties of 10 years ago, - because our
shoulders ar stronger, our r muscles
more supple end our ability to perform
greater. So th contrast of 10 years
reveals the progress we hav mad.
Us makes many : things common to
.us. ,..;..,-- '.:: , -'-',.
It's a far cry for us back through
the centuries to the time when our fore
fathers carried with them their tinder
box so that-they might kindle their?
fires. . Aged readers will remember pos-
iuiy in imv ooiu v mv wtnm now care.
fully the fire was banked at night so
that coals might be had in the morn
ing. And if perchance the fire did go
out, the hurried rush through the snow
to a Jar distant neighbor's, and the
quick rush back again with - glowing
embers wrapped in ashes so that -tha.
ftre might be kindled. Today, however,
the slivered piece of pine wood that has
been dipped In sulphur and Ignites
under friction, in so common that when
-we una It we think nothing ef it Yet
that friction match is one of the tower
ing wonders of the age, and marks tha
jiroxreMa of the centuries.
Imsgine Oliver Cromwell coming into
your oitlce and seeing you atyour tele
phone talking to a man in Chicago or
New York, and by a relay of operators
miking half way across the continent.
Ion ttka the receiver from Its hook, get
central, give her the nam of th party
you want In Omaha, Neb., and It's but a
ui i niiio ueiure you are yourseir send
ing the message. We have used tho
telephone so much that us has mad It
common. Yet the telephone is on of
the towering wonders of this great age.
W read with? great Interest of ths
story of the embarkation of the Pil
grims In the summer of the yesr 1610,
Ve watch the Seedwell and the May
flower as they start on their long Jour
ney. Knowing the conditions thst sur-
rOUnrlAt i h m WA a fak nAf oelaaJ k a s
the people on the Mayflower had the
fim.i an a a a, 1 til . at a
hi reaa now tnea
count,, tn mn alnn.
intrenid neonle. nAalrlna m mnA ,
dom, were tossed In the trough of th
boisterous Atlantic for thre months er
they landed at what they Immediately
called Plymouth in honor of the land
they last saw acroas th sea. Today
the same voyage, is mad in six days'
time. But we think nothing of it. Us
has made great vessels like the !ul
tanla and the Mauritania common. Yet
these vessels are among th towsring
wonder of this age. T
"pen we read or, uie rrsa acaoola of
Scotland 100. 200 year ago w ar apt
to tliink of theae school a aa aimtta t
pur own. The study of tha surround,
ing conditions, however, reveals our
mistake. - Where in the United States
today da you find a boy starting from
home with a great chest filled with oat
meal which he la to mix with water
Snd make into a porridge "which ahall
a hla only food for six. nine or ten
months? Today, our publlo school sys
tem, gathering the children of tender
years into the kindergartens, training
;hfm,.ihroufh youth, sending them out
tntn Ufa wall u-. i
la on of the towering wonder of this
great eg. . . .. -.
' 6o with nearly everything; with which
we ar surrounded. Th sharp, shrill
cream of th locomotive, awakening
the echoes, la a wonder In Ita way. Bo
also the trolley ear and th automobile.
Yet us has made all theae things com
mon, and ofttlmea, becaus of their very
common piscines, w falj.t appracl.
tHui . . ','"- .'''''," t y
' Contrast ths past with th present
and you will find thst th towsring
wonders of today with which wa ars
surrounded made yesterday seem llko
a horrid nlghtmara and revesl the truth
that today la tha golden aga of th
world. Instead of talking about ths
frood old times, remembering the facts
n ths oas. w ought to call them th .
bad old times, for today, a every today
must ba. Is ins best day th world has
aver seen. ; ' i-.i-..;.
Wonder there are on vry hand that '
hav been developed by roan more won
derful. Greater Wonders ther will be.
uei-auae man i growing mora wonaer
ful every, day that he lives. And the
longer h livss tha mor there is for
-him ta know, th mor h knows tha1
he knows but llttla Henee ever learn
ing ever striving, h oomes to better ,
things, and each aga Is better than th
last Today ls,fuH of the inheritance
of tha past, and Is big with prophecies
for days that ar to be. Today'a
Strength and today's prophecy is tns
most towsring wonder la thlswondsr
Tha Wind,
From th Philadelphia Bulletin, " ;
Th' aenatnr pushed Into tha crowd
that surrounded th automobile, ' " ".'
qu!M(f " 'ha troobls br7 h tn-
,lTu,S?ur'' t,rV" wp h man ;
,7T tiiTifli!IM-,L' 'Pewh into-
,Th breath ef summer, perfumed, sweet.
" Comes to us with each passing breesel
u'V"5! Ineth hav plaod '
-The burlap garter on the tree.
The loveliest seaaon of the year,
y The time to spray th trees, hag soma.
The roses soon will bloom again,
, And aoon we'll hear the skeetera hum!
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AN Industry of tha greatest import- . Oregon now ranks . aa on of tha
t anca to Oregon, fet about whiolt greatest livestock sutes in th union,
'little la written is cattl rals- largely to the faot that tha only
1 lng. Thars are immense trant tn BroJ ' many of tb farmers caa rals
I.!., 7 Jmna traott in aBlf , t market 1 what they can,
il-.i"'-fi n a ".naf nowthern Oregon drive on the hoof. The nbsence of snow.
Y?t 1.w. y.40L.t,h,, purpose because of tha mild climate, the Immense valleya
il6i,i. 'nil'oads and the inacces- covered with native grassea providing
alblllty of the reglona which teem with excellent range throughout the large
herds -of blooded stock. portion (of ths year and ths abundanca
of water make this section a most fa
vorable one for the cattlemen.
Of all thereglona of the state non
are mor . favorably adapted to liv
stock production than t lie Rogua river'
yauey. ne same intensity of pfoduo- The ohotorranH ,h.. . ii.
ITS.t?:"1" llJiLlV ' Medtord.": Th. steam from
wa permitted In Oregon b would In
stall on of th largest racohorso breed
ing establishments In the world in the
Rosue Kivor valley, as ho believes the
eonditiona ar most ideal for producing
awi aattaiit eviB.
tin '-vaiieV Jfla1 '.thC f teaf ln b mnly seen. To tho left
wheTeveV ahowT ' , , wloner another animal thrown and ready for
Th finest type of horses and mules
the brand.
1 a I, .Vn.. B . ....
are produced. h condition being; ideal ' 'brought' -from the surroundlni "u l. t5
for fin atock breeding.. , Tom Wll- wlntir mrKtohmrSfthrM
Uam?l '? "0"f" Preslflest of th ' fattened" upon Talfalf k ff the market! '
Pactflo Jockey club state that If racing .Most of thim ar ablped to CaluSrnSu
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