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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1909)
Wallowa Comity Chieftain Pabfah n Tharaaav kr Ike f NTtRPRlSC PRESS ENTERPRISE. OREGON Com let n worry together about the Ice crop! If bachelor are to be taxed bow can they be expected to n enough man ay to get married? Mr. Gompera says Just a food men a be bare been In jail. Sure enough! John Banyan, not to apeak of other. Queen LI1 thinks her claim against tbe government will be paid. Anyway, It won't bart her to (eel optimistic boat It European courts bold that the man who owns land also owna tbe air over 1L This looks Ilk trouble for the aeronauts. It la reported that a German profes sor has concussion of the brain. Prob ably caused by a collision between two trains of thought. An Oklahoma woman has 301 ways to cook corn. But mother will go on toaklng them In hot water and apply ing father's best rasor. There Is no good and sufficient rea son why you should mind your own business If other people will pay yon more for minding theirs. More school children are made sick by Improper eating than by anything else. The cooks' onion should inspect the food of all school children. Mrs. William E. Annla asks: "Is there no unwritten law for broken hearted widow or fatherless chil dren?" A very pertinent question. Had a woman's club been in exist ence in Mark Antony's time we should not bare had to wait till now to learn that he married Cleopatra for her ooney. China now owna Its telegraph system -whleh makes ns wonder if it isn't quicker to send the Chinese1 language by freight than try to strain th wires with it An Eskimo, with a scientific educa tion and the proper outfit. Is going after the aorth pole In deadly earnest The Eskimos believe that the pole should be kept at home. "All children are liar," said a Wis consin professor. A well-known biblical personage who made the same state ment concerning all men admitted af terward that be spoke in baste. errry day or so. But tbe world obsti nately refuees to be destroyed, and when it comes to an end, only one prophet will be entitled to gasp, "I told you o V A year ago Vine. d Thebes of France predicted war be tween Japan and America In Novem ber. 198. Instead, a little later. There was the exchange of peaceful notes. Nothing daunted, madame predicts ter rible wars between next August and February, 1910. So look out for a "red year. An interesting study of "College Fa. trance Requirements In Theory and Practice' which appeared In The In dependent presented a long list of uni versities and colleges at which a very large percentage of the students wert admitted with conditions. One of the institutions, which took in more than 50 per cent on these terms, formerly insisted that all conditions should be worked off before tbe student could enter the freshman class. Th appli cants bad to pass examinations, ne matter what school they came from. If they took the examinations early in the summer and failed In certain studies they worked on thos studies through th summer racatlon and tried again at th opening of the college in the fall. If they failed this time in whole or In part they were kept out until they could make good. With the system changed, entering with conditions hat become the role, and such a history emphasizes, we think, soma of the points that are made by John G. Bow man, the writer of tbe article In The Independent If the purpose of the colleges is to Increase the student roll it is no doubt successful, but the ques tion naturally arises: "What signlfl cane bare the requirements?" They are, as Mr. Bowman says, not a real minimum, "they are at best an oaten slble minimum, any part of which it liable In most colleges to temporary su pension and occasionally to complete abrogation." There la no standard worthy of the name, but merely a pre tense at a standard. Th requirements look big in tbe catalogue, but the dis cretion that is used takes all th ferror out of them and reduces them to an aijenrdltT. There is no real co-opera tion between the secondary school and the college, but an excellent opportu nity is offered for passing along th unfit If numbers a Ion Is th object Mr. Bowman la right in saying that "the college has embarked upon a dan gerous course which threatens its sin cerity and Its efficiency." On th other hand, if th printed requirements are unreasonable, "it la time not to make exceptions that confus all standards and demoralise students, but seriously to face th problem of organising pre paratory education on a basis that is really vital and indispensable, and of devising machinery capable of en forcing It" On of the preachers says Adam was a loafer. This decision has probably .been arrived at because we havs no proof that Adam ever got up in the morning and pat on the coffee pot for Eve. Mr. Rockefeller has given another million to the University of Chicago. At the rate of a million a year it will take him twenty-eight years more to give away the $29,000,000 saved by not having to pay the fin assessed by Judge Landls. Massachusetts has a law to prevent recklessness and speeding In automo biles, which law may be rendered rldte uIcm by its wrong punctuation, as it forbids driving over roads "laid out under the authority of the law reck lesaly or while under the Influence of liquor." Boston, in consequence, la in rhetorical spasms. An extraordinary demand has arisen tn the eastern counties of England for second' hand Bibles the older and dirt ier the better. Copies which formerly realised four pence are now readily bought for half a crown. They are being used to manufacture evidence of age in the case of old-age pensions. A woman who produced a Bible to prove her age as 76 from an entry on the flyleaf bad, unfortunately, omitted to tear out the title page, which showed that the Bible was printed in 1800. In the advertising columns of the newspapers are found the business cards of countless seers and clairvoy ants, who promise for a small sum to rend the veil of the future and tell their patrons what is going to happen to them. That palmists, card readers and clairvoyants are able to pay for the advertisements which appear- In the same place day after day Is evidence that they find enough credulous persons to keep the prediction business on a paying basis. Their victims are beyond reason, or they would reflect that the forecaster of future events, such as the condition of the stock market six months ahead, would make more money by using his knowledge for his own benefit than by selling It for two dollars. Besides the prophets who are In tbe business for the profit there Is In it, the world Is blessed with gen erous philanthropic seers, who publish free of charge predictions, always of some disaster, aa great storms, earth quake, wars, and the end of the world. Sometimes an vent obligingly fails out on somebody's prediction, and a reputation la made. If ers In all parts of the world keep on foreseeing earthquakes every day or two, an earthquake, when It cornea, will be like ly to And a prophecy awaiting it Th room is so taken up with predictions that an event must alight on one of tham. x proohet destroys to world CHILD LOT SHOULD BE BIAUTU'UJL By Sir Oliver Lodge. The ultimate object of religious training must be to encourage such ideas and habits as shall result In a happy childhood and a sound and useful life. The first real gods of a child are bis pa rents, however ungodllke they may be. And hence arise that feeling of security and near ness of protection snd law which Is one of tbe luxuries of childhood, and, I may add. one of the- responsibilities of parenthood. That nation or colony which could Insure that Its children should spend their short and vital early years among healthy, happy surroundings suited to their time of life and state of development and leading to a good, robust serviceable manhood and womanhood that nation would in a few generations stand out from amongst the rest of the world as something slmost superhuman. From my experience of the Innate goodness of un spoiled humanity I nav an idea that If children could be planted amidst favorable surrounding they would nearly all flourish and grow beautiful as plants do under right conditions. - No fraction of the world or of tbe Individual can be thoroughly healthy and happy while any member of It la degraded and wretched. BLUFF AJTD KOISE MODEBN WEAPONS. By CL K. Chesterton. On most political platforms. In most news papers and magazines, I observe that there ar at present only two ideas, either to avoid controversy or to conduct it by mere bluff and noise. Evasion and violence are the only expedients. A man must be deaf to his op ponents' arguments; be may be deaf and si lent snd this Is called dignity; or he may be deaf and noisy, and this Is called "slashing journalism" But both these things are equally remote from the fighting spirit which Involves an Interest In the enemy's movements In order to parry or to pierce them. It Is part of that uncbivalrous and even nnmilltary Idea of bullying, of using bombastic terrors In order to avoid a conflict which is at this moment the highest tur ret of the tall hypocrisies of Europe. Europe is full of th Idea of bluff, the idea of cowing th human spir it with a painted panorama of physical force. W se 11 in the huge armaments which we dare to accumulate, but should hsrdly dare to use. I do not like hovering and lingering threats of arma ments nor do I like hovering and lingering threats of riot If people want to have a revolution let them have It and let It have the advantage of a revolution, that of being drastic and decisive. But a mere parade of pos- slble war seems merely a perpetual anarchy. Revolution creates government but anarchy only creates more an archy. SOCIETY "TEOFESSION" OF CEDHE. By H. J. B. Montgomery. Mtny penologists assert that the profession slonal criminal Is a man whom it is hopeless to reform. They say that he finds In crime not only a livelihood, but exhilaration, sport, fascination. He is a beast of prey, who must be not only muzzled but caged In the inter ests of society. I have no hesitation In stat ing as the result of my experience that the nMiimntlon which underlies the argument of h lonniixrist la not only not correct but Is absolutely fallacious. The criminal who Buds a fascination In crime has no existence sbt in tbe Imagination of the penologist The professional criminal has been msds sucb by society. He Is a prison product in the first in stance, and when he is released from prison society gives him clearly to understand that his place for the future is with his own class the criminal class. Out of the light of my own experience I declare that men. even criminals, are not so hopeless, so callous, so Incorrigible, so devoid of human feelings as the penolo gists would have us suppose. In every human being there are principles of good and evil, and possibilities of either being evolved. The easiest way, I suggest to abolish the professional criminal is to ceas manufactur ing him. HIGHEST FUNCTION OF THE CHUBCH. By Rev. A. H. Stephens. The church must ever be the handmaid of law enforcement and stand aggressively for the suppression of vice and public immorality. Th highest function of the church is to serv the community in which It Is located. In Its civic, social and religious life. It should feel Its responsibility to present a higher type of life than is found elsewhere, less Influenced by human prejudice and human passion, freer from compromising entanglements and questionable alli ances, exhibiting th purest form of social circumspec tion and political and commercial probity. The community has a right to expect something bet ter from the church than It finds in Itself higher Ideals and more unselfish endesvor at their realization. In these respects the church owes it to th community that It shall not be disappointed, but that It shall experience the' thrill, if not the surprise, of entire fulfillment Th church must seek the co-operation and allegiance of the contiguous populations, not for Its own good, but for th good of those sought ever teaching the lesson by exam ple that It Is more noble to serve than to be served. THE GOLD nTDUSTEY. Illaatratloa Which Vlvaa Idea, f lis laatHltr I mntZ An engle, a S10 gold piece, h II about one Inch In diameter. Inuring ' glittering yellow ribbon of jo pieces, lying edge to edge, beglnnln. ban Francisco and extending east, through the Sacramento Valley 0f c, fornla. across the lofty Sierra Nerm, mountains, spanning the Great Ami can Desert In Nevada and Utah, ors the prairies of Wyoming and Nebruu across the green fields of Iowa and n nots, over Indiana and Ohio and u1M chusetU, half way to the BrltlRh ln. Imagine this continuous string of eagles eage 10 euge. wimout break interruption, over mis vast stretcb land and sea a distance which to sumes at least eight dnys In the swift. est express tram nna ocean steamers. and you will be able to form some . ceptlon of the amount of gold that hu been producea in tne united Stater. It requires some such Illustration m this to grasp the immensity of thejoia industry, to form some dennlte Idea of the Importance and magnitude of tt gold production of the North Amerlcn continent The profits from the gold indoitn are mngnlflcent They are greater thu In any other department of eommercUl activity. The figures of the worlfi production are enormous. In 1007 tk output of the gold mines of the urti amounted to nearly $500,000,000. Of this vRst sum about one-half, or more thit $200,000,000, was net profit No otlw industry can make sucb a showing u this. This gold was found in Ameriti, In Mexico. In South Africa, In Auitnllt and elsewhere. This huge sum of profits, mow tan $200,000,000. was distributed to Mom of thousands of people. BOKO 07 THE BT-ABD-BT. BUYS HER A BOX OP CAHDY. latea Loaf In Custom Bona. By sending to a woman who Uvea In West Fifteenth street a larze box of chocolate bonbons to take the Dlace of candy she had lost when it was passing through the custom house on Its way to her from Germany, Uncle Bam re lievid himself of the suspicion of petty thievery, the New York Press says. The woman did not demand restitution. When she discovered that half the candy which her friends In Germany hud rent her In a huge Christinas egg had disappeared in transit she solemn y sat down and wrote a letter to Col lector of the Port Fowler. "Your men hove eaten of the candj which vs made abroad specially foi me," she said. "The occurrence must not happen again." Her complaint was so straightfor ward that It impressed the collector. Usually peremptory demand Is made for restitution when small loss is experi enced on Imported goods. There was nothing of that kind in the woman's letter. She simply desired that the col lector should know that her candy had been eaten and that It should not occur again. "That letter sounds straight" the col lector said. "I am unwilling that a lady who has paid duty on candy sent from abroad should be deprived of any of It." He summoned tbe men who had han dled the candy package, which was val ued at $10. There was no chocolate In the corners of any of their mouths. The collector exonerated them alL Finally some on suggested that rather than be regarded as petty thieves, the men who handled the package make up a fund and buy a box of candy to re place that which had dlsarmeared. Thev did it and the collector sent It to the woman with the compliments and best wishes of tbe men. Th Dlattnetloa. flchool Teacher Johnny, what is a patriot? . Johnny A man that tries to benefit Us country. School Teacher And what Is a poli tician? Johnny A man that tries to have his country benefit him. Judge. Doat Wear 'Earn Straight Any More. Thoy were ready to go out "Is my hat on crooked T tbe asked. Thos, owing to tbe new style of head gear, a traditional phrase used by the feminine sex ever since woman was created, received a stunning blow. Judge. By and by a man gets tired of asking for bis dally bread and Insists on oat. lng pi and cake. Life's a gamble and every man has chance unless he's a Wall street lamb. It seems so far to the happy day When the clouds will leave the sky. But 'tis sweet to hear, when the world is gray, Tha song of th By-and-By I : i The hills and rills they are shining bright And our cares like phantoms fly: An echo sweet In tbe lonesome night Is th song of the By-and-By! It seems so far to th happy day, But Its rest they'll not deny; We bear what the angels sing and say In the song of the By-and-By 1 Frank L. Stanton. Claranca and the Code 1 Clarence had looked forward to the two weeks of holiday time through all the school months. But when Christ mas had come, his brother, who was the messenger for the firm of Walwlck II Waldon, suddenly became ill. "He'll be on bis feet in a week," the doctor snld, but in the meantime the poor lad was worrying about bis place in the office. "Can't I take your place?" asked Clarence. Thus It was arranged and for the two days before New Year's Clarence ran errands and did everything that was asked of him. Just as tbe office was being closed the night before New Year's. Mr. Walwlck called him and said that he expected to come down town the next morning although tbe office would be closed, and he wished Clarence to be sure and get the mall and place It on his desk and wait for btm. It was quite early when Clarence found his way Inside tbe silent build ing. He had brought his skates with him, as there was to be a hockey game later, aud there was to be the family dinner and the usual good time on New Year's afternoon. He carefully put tbe mall on Mr. Walwlck's desk and sat down to wait Tbe janitor came and swept but Mr. Walwlck, did not come. There was still plenty of time before the game, but the clock bands were slowly turning. Finally he picked up a magazine and turned over the pages. The hour when be should be playing came. Tbe game was on now, be knew. Tbe office was getting chilly and be walked around from room to room. He looked at tbe clock. Tbe game must' have been over for some time and they would be expecting him for dinner. Ha was getting cold and hungry. 8trange as It was, when be began to give up hope tbe time seemed to go faster. Finally he curled up on a couch and went to sleep. Dream after dream tumbled over each other, and in tbe midst of a won derful hockey game, where everybody skated about eating hot goose and cran berries, be beard a bell. He wondered wbat it could be and before be could ask he awoke with a start Almost at bis ear tbe telephone bell was ringing. He jumped and took down the re ceiver. "Hello I" he shouted. "Is this Walwlck & Waldon T "Yes, this is Walwlck & Waldon's office." "Well, I hardly hoped to catch any one. Take down this cablegram and rush It through to Mr. Walwlck. "'Calcutta. India, Jan. 2. "'Spike sugar Hardly new candle. "'Spiegel, Hocker & Bona' "There, have you got that? All right Repeat It All right Good-by." Clarence rubbed his eyes. There was the message written out, but what a message! It did not mean anything and it was dated a day ahead. He remem bered hearing that Mr. Walwlck lived in some hotel. He had seen the name some place. Oh, yes, It was on the magazines. There it was. The Albero. Like a flash be ran downstairs and Jumped on a street car. In about twenty minutes he reached the hotel, and as he stepped In tbe door he saw Mr. Walwlck Just entering the dining room. He rushed ud to him and deal of money, and now I think that would better take vou home in mv lUtomoblle lust aa fast as T ran. Ynnr motner will be worrying about you." When they were seated in the hie machine and were wrapped in by the neavy robes, Mr. Walwlck suddenly asked what the boy had thought by tne peculiar message. I thought it was verv fiinnv. hut how could It be dated January 2, when wis is Kew Year's T "You will have to ask your school teacher to explain why, but you see the earth turns round the sun and it Is the day after New Year's in India now. Each of the queer words in the message means a whole sentence when you look them up In a little book carry. We call It a code." when they came to Clarence' bouse, Mr. Walwlck went Infn warm parlor and told the storv f hi. mother. Then he took a piece of paper and wrote something on It "What ao you think that means?" he said vaw heart wire Clarence Young desk apple. "I might tell you. sir. if i had the code." said Clarence. "Well, here Is the code book, and your mother can look It up." Ana tnis was what they read looking up the words: "Walwlck k Walden hereby promise to give Clarence Young the best educa tion possible at their expense." The uousegeeper. hello!" he shouted. Mr. Walwlck looked at him In surprise and then remembered bis face. "Yes, wbat to it?" "It's a message telephoned In. sir," and he gave over the slip of paper. Mr. Walwlck looked It over anil quickly took a book out of his pocket went to tne notel office and wrote a half a dozen telegrams. That was a close shave." be said half aloud, and then noticed Clarence at bis side. "How under the sun did you bap pen to be at the officer "You told me to wait, sir, until you came." Then be told the whole story, and when be bad finished tbe bead of the great firm of Walwlck A Waldon took the messenger boy by the hand Just as If be had been a grown man and said "My lad, you've saved us a great You by Beaat Fond of Tnh.u We have all heard of how to tame a Hon or tiger by steadily keeping the eye flxed on him. According to an expert animal trainer a more effective method . o vijnt or cigarette, says the Louis Post-Dispatch. Nearly every wild beast that I ever come across," said this man iuuu or touacco m some shape or St have "is form - - auntie or rorm I made this discovery quite accident Hilt- Ourt i. i . . was the lay any. une or tha vi.itn.. u. - ."wwiq TV UU smoking a cigar puffed some of smoke into the lion's face as he asleep In the cage. "I expected to SPA tvanl a.A. ... - & iui, out in- stead of that the lion, after giving a ui,m 01 sneezes, moved quietly up to the bars and miKMi hi. . uuk auimngiy, as If asklns for n ko,m , --.wui uubc, j nave tried the experiment on all sorts of u..uu. a.uce and I have found m mem enjoy thoroughly Dig sniff of thnw. V? 8PJadaktyu.!k-lng aao "We had a benr hr. " uj mac used to rub his nose and back against the asking amok ngau bars of nis on aa in,t nt. B rat tO be Stroked vhanuo.. . i- BUJ one mok- ""w " Mm. Antelopes Mild Willi anot. a . . i Buiianea with the mere whiff. If y0U give them a cigar , "--" win swallow it eagerly and, what Is more, seem to suf- ici uu unu tuwia irom their meal." When the girls rave about woen ne nrst comes to town, months they want to et the bun. A matchless cigar may be lighted some other manner. man three dog on in Tramp Lady, I'm near pfrlthlnj from exposure 1 Lady Are you a Con gressman or a Senator? Town Topla "Doesn't she ever stop talklngF "Oh, yes, wben she is breaking In fteu piece of gum." Washington (D. C) Herald. "Is that woman rich?" "Rich? I should soy so ! Why, she can even i!- ford to be a kleptomaniac." Baltlmon American. "She's not handsome. Is she?" "Lori, no I Say, If there was a tax on tat ty, she'd be entitled to a pensloo.' Cleveland Leader. "The first time he went out in U new auto he ran across a few frienia, and " "Did they leave fanilllei!- Baltlmore American. "Now, then, look pleasant P'" Not at all ; this is to send to my tli at the seaahore. She would come bom at once !" Fllegende Blatter. "Was your father college breoT "Yes, but we never mentioned It Th college he went tb bad a rotten foot ball team." Chicago Record-llenu- She Are you good nt guessing wom en's ages? He You are not OTer She How do you know? He- woman over 25 ever asks that QU tlon. John I've lust lost a thousand 4 lars. Julia Well, it is better that 1, should have happened to you than tt some poor beggar on the street H. Club Fellow. "It takes a heaD o' deternilnitlon son," said Uncle Eben, "to bar It' own way In dis life, an' a heap brains to know what to do wlf It you gits it." Washington Star. Harlemlte If you wrote yesterdtf morning, I don't see why I odIv f! your note this evening. Downtown 1 do. I affixed a special deliter! stamp to the letter. New York Tim "Ponsoubr Is the laziest man I '"I saw." "What's the matter now?" "Wj nun in a Dtueiy razor iuui u" ' erated by a storace battery concea In the handle." Birmingham Age-He-I aid. Mrs. Subbubs (engaging cook) you any male friends? 1 can't hawt1? men hxiniriniT around the nlnce. M4 Snowball None, 'cent . niab bo11' an' be don't couie aroun' 'cept on P"; day. Philadelphia Record. Terrible Child Will you pleat pWj something for me on the violin. Jones? Jones But I don't know bo Bobby. T. C Oh. yes, you do, j Jones, I heard mamma say you second fiddle to Mrs. Jones. I Mrs. OToole Shure, 'tis bad b ners yer goat has, Mrs. O'FIU i found him In me cnblwge paten , marnln'. Mrs. Fllun Shure, thin. not bad manners that do bother darlln'. 01 call It blame poor ta ) Fluffy Young Thing I'd like to f pay the express on this .package- , press Company's Agent WBati i value? Fluffy Young Thing Xoi sir. It's a bundle of letters. ' , sending them buck to hiui. CW, Tribune. J Caller (on crutches and with a l age over one eye) I bnvexcome, i make application for the amooni & on my accident Insurance policy. I down a long flight of stairs the evening and sustained damage , will disable me for a month to Manager of Company Young ny have taken the trouble to lnTe,tt your case, and I find you are not titled to anything. It could j called an accident. You certain" - i the young lady's father was at nw Btray Stories.