WEST SIDE ENTERPRISE INDEPENDENCE OREGON
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on iipUoalloii.
, The editor of the Tolk Count'
Observer has another fit. lie
always has when he gets off on
the wrong foot, hence life with
him is coming to be one
sweet round of spasms. Ihe
latest excuse for being thrown
into convulsions was furnished
the super-sensitive Observer
when the West Side Enterprise
gave to the public the news of a
a lire being started in the court
house on the Fourth of July and
the Observer didn't. Both saw
the item at the same time but
the Obseryer was beaten to it.
Seeing the error of slighting or
attempting to suppress a news
matter of interest to every tax
payer in the county the Observer
tries to hide behind the Fourth
of July committee and Judge
Sibley and in its frenzy either
wilfully or carelessly misrepre
sents the report of this paper.
There is no apparent reason
however why the Judge's name
should be exempt from appear
ing in connection with an error
of his judgment, the result of
-which threatened disaster in
volving the whole county. The
publication of important news
like this in the eyes of the Ob
server is "silly" and "yellow jour
nalism." Good morning, Carey!
Why your bald statement
ascribing to this paper the re
port that Captain Fiske or any
.body else was soaked with water
. or any other fluid. is as false as
your political prophecies. Your
railing at the flames going up
ward is assinine. Yojur attempt
to belittle the size of the room
where the fire works were kept
and fire started, is futile, Your
effort to hayethe public believe
that $50 will cover the loss is
the cropping out of that 16-year
old disposition of yours to pass
upon things that you know
nothing about. Adjusters will
inform you of the loss. Your
statement that the court house
never was in danger entitles you
to Annania's crown. Your hand
is jaundiced and your paper too
. "yellow" for a small pox flag.
Take something for your dispos
ition, Carey. Forget your name
is Carey Hayter. Recognize that
the world revolves on its axis
and you can't make it revolve
around any person or place on
its surface. Tell the truth, if it
does hurt. Treat all alike. Play
no favorites. Get out of the
'rut. Give the news. Be loyal
tn tliA nnhlic rather than indi
r
viduals. That such a
mlpu
KsJ i. kJ S
will be appreciated is abundant
ly attested by the constantly
growing list of subscribers to
the West Side Enterprise. There
isn't the slighest doubt but this
paper will publish the news as it!
happens regardless of whom it 1
happens rega
hits. They who want the un
biased news of important hap
penings in Polk county, can get
it first handed iu this paper.
The Portland Journal is near
unto the breakers. It has again
' taken up the jetty at tl e mouth
of the Columbia river.
JuJgo Iuker claims u corner
on silence. When the demo
cratic platform caiuo nut nilent
on the money question, the
Judge spoke up.
William Bailey aged 72 and
Mrs. Sarah Kdleman, aged 70,
were married in Corvallis hist
Friday. They probably are old
enough to suit the Astoria editor
who rails at youthful weddings.
A Portland paper thinks un
less more hotel room is provided
visitors to the Lewis and Clark
Fair next year will have to roost
in trees. Happy thought, pro
vided nil who attend are
roosters.
(Jeo. Graves and his auto
passed through Albany yester
day afternoon in a very quiet
and careful manner. Albany
Democrat.' He reached here
Monday of this week still con
ducting himself in a very
decorus manner.
Mrs. W. C. Conner, wife of
Editor Conner of the Roseburg
Plain dealer, shot a deer and cut
its throat near Cottage Grove
last week. If all dears look
alike to Mrs. Conner, Roceburg
is liable to be short one editor
while the deer season is open.
In nominating Judge Tarker
for President Mr. Littleton said
"If you ask me why he has been
silent I answer because he has
not attempted to be the master
of his party, but is content to be
its servant." Within the next
twenty-four hours Parker played
the party dictator, but not until
he had obtained the nomination
"The offices of the operating
department of the Southern Pa
cific Company are being removed
from old headqvarters corner of
Third and Washington streets
in Portland to the Union depot
and the other offices to the
Worcester building. , Mr. Calvin
is general manager of both the
Southern Pacific and O. R. & N
iu Orpeon and Mr. Koehler has
gone to Europe, on a vacation.
Another bit of . news in con
nection with the big merger
awaited with interest by people
along the west - side is the
announcement of another train
out from Portland.
"Spray your hops!" This is
the advice of practical hop' men
who have been successful grow
ers for a number of years. The
rain has been helpful, though
the crop is not as heavy as it
would have been had the rain
fallen earlier in the season. The
danger to be avoided now is the
ravages of the vermin. Says a
a prominent hop grower: "The
expense of spraying is so small
that there is no excuse for any
grower failing to spray." Ac
cording to II. Hirscberg's esti
mate, hops can he sprayed by
,
macnine nower at a cost vi
i.
$3.16 an
acre. Allowing 1500
pounds to the acre this is an
expense of only 1-5 of. a cent
per pound. This expense may
be itemized as louows. i
pounds of whale oil soap at 5c,
70 cents; 16 pounds of quassia
chips at 6c, 96 cents, making
$1.G6 for one acre. One day's
work, 6 acres; $3; one team, $3;
one team for water hauling, $3;
one sled, $1.50; one laborer,
mixer, $1.50, making a total of
$9 for six acres pr $1.50 for one
acre, which, added to the cost of
material, makes $3.16 per acre.
The financiul report of the
Direct Primary Nominations
League, of which A. L Mills is
president and W. S. Uren sec
retary is now being sent out. It
shows the total expenses incident
to the campaign in which the
direct primaries were overwhelm
ingly carried, was $1700.52. The
statement gives the names of all
contributors, the totulof which is
$l")S5, leaving a deficit, after
all subscriptions are paid in, of
$130.52. The League officers,
in their report, take occassion to
thank the press for its effective
work to help roll up a big
majority for the Direct Primary
law. . Iu a total vote of 72,550,
only 10,354 voted against it.
It is said the rich men of Tort
land have taken to heading the
list .in subscribing funds for the
public enterprises. That's the
most hopeful sign of progress
Portland lias yet shown.
Every democrat is at liberty
to write his own financial plank.
May be Acquired.
"Several physieans of the Belle
vue Hospital, New York, have sud
denly contracted tuberculosis" from
association with patents in the in
stitution. House burgeon liobert
b. Mac Donald is the most serious
ly affected, and his death is expect
ed hourly."
Undoubtedly tuberculosis, like
other diseases, may be acquired by
infection from another, where
there is any predisposition to such
a disease in the blood of the person
so atlected in other Words, when
there are impurities in the blood,
among which the germs may find
a good breeding ground. It is iua
possible to take root and flourish
in the body of a person whose
blood is perfectly pure as it would
be for you to set fire to a pile of
iron fillings, but if there are thav
ings of wood among those iron
filings then you can start a blaze
great or small, according to how
numerous the shavings may be.
Such being the case, it is evident
ly a great mistake for those who
may be subjected to tuberculosis to
remain in a city, where the wind is
constantly blowing around minute
germs or dry consumptive sputum,
which being inhaled, may easily
take root in the body of susceptible
persons. By all .means let con
sumptives lake to' the mountains,
or the desert, and live in small
cottages or tents, in the open air
That with a plain, nourishing
diet, is their greatest hope of sal
vation, whatever 'mercenary preten
ders and fakers may say.
When To Marry.
Nine-tenths of the unhappy
marriages are the result of human
calves being allowed to run at
large in the society pastures with
out yokes on them. They marry
and have children before they have
mustaches, and they are fathers of
of twins before they are the pro
prietors of two i airs of pants, and
the little girls who marry them are
old women before they they are
twenty. Astoria Herald. Editor
Curtis is an old married whelp and
delights to discourage girls during
the remaining few months of leap
year.
Dog Tax Notice.
Notice is hereby given to owners
and Keepers of dogs that dog
license were due Julv 1. 1904. If
said license are not paid by August
1st, 1904, all dogs within the city
limits found without collars and
license tag attached thereto, will be
dealt with according to the provis
ions of ordinance No. 53, govern
ing the same.
A. J. TUPPER, City Marshal.
H. O. Ottenheimer, a hop buyer
of Salem was in town Tuesday.
kllKODOUU ROOSUVELT is the
youngest mail wlu ever held
llnv otlliH of president or the
Unit til Statu. He wait not
fortythroo year or age until more
.than a month nftor the assassination
of President McKlnley. tloneral tJriint
was the youngest mini over actually
elected to the presidency, though if
President Roosevelt should 1ms suooesa
fui t the polls in November ho will
displace Urnut from tluit distinction.
At the time of Ida Inauguration iinuit
was within one mouth of the forty
seventh anniversary of his birth, while
Mr. Roosevelt will uot be forty-seven
until lie. i.'.". 1903.
In mreral other respects the present
candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt is uithpie.
In tho flint place, or th thirteen presi
dential candidates immeil by the Re
publican nurly, Mr. Roosevelt In the
first lintUe of New York state, lie la
also the first president who was Itorn
In New York city. He is the first iniiu
who, becoming president by the death
of hid principal, ha received the iioml-
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PRESIDENT TIlEOnOKE ROOSEVELT.
nation for the higher office at the hands
of his own party. Of his four predeee?
sore In the vice presidential office who
succeeded to the presidency, John Ty
ler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johusou
and Chester A. Arthur, but one, Fill
more, was a candidate before the peo
ple for the presidency at the ensuing
election, and even he was not 'nomi
nated by the party which had made
him vice president The others were
all anxious to receive the Indorsement
which the nomination for the presi
dency would have implied, and one of
them, Chester. A. Arthur, nearly suc
ceeded, but the popularity of James G.
Blaine with his party wasstoo great to
be overcome, and Arthur was defeated
In the convention by the "Plumed
Knight," who in turn was beaten nt
the polls by Grover Cleveland, at the
time a comparatively unknown nju.
The present campaign is the thirteenth
for the Republican party. In, all but
three elections since its formation into
a national organization it has been
successful, the three exceptions being:
1850, when John C. Fremont was de;
MRS. THTSODOIl BOOBKVBLT.
feated; In 1S84, when Cleveland was
elected over Blaine, and 1892, when
Cleveland again won, bis Republican
opponent being Benjamin Harrison,
who had won from him four years
earlier.
Theodore Roosevelt started out In life
with what some observant Individual
has declared to be the two greatest
handicaps a boy can have ill health
and great wealth. He has, however,
overcome they both, for be la now as
rigorous a specimen of physical man
hood a on would wish to see, and It
In said that he possesses nt prenent but
a small portion of the emit fortune
which he Inherited from hi father.
Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace was
2S East Twentieth street, New ork
the date, Oct. iT, lut Ilia fiither.
Theodore, w n wealthy descendant of
an old Knlekerhocker family and was
well known an a philanthropist. Ilia
mother w a demandant of Archibald
Bullock, first president of tleorgla aw
ing the Revolution.
F.lfcht generations of President Roose
velt'K family have lived In New York,
nml from the middle, of the nevontcenth
contur.v the nanio ha been In thepolill
cul, bimlnenn and ioelul affair of
Cotham. The founder of the family In
America wan KIiikh Mnrenmin Uoomiv
volt, who came from Holland In llMl
and nettled In New York,
' The 50UIIII Theodore wn described
OB a "weak eyed, pig cheated hoy, too
frail to take part In the mmiti of ImU
of bin age." Though frail, however.
"Tedd.v" ns ho wan familiarly called
by hi playmates, wan not nt ull lack-
lug in ambition or .in courage. In the
veins of his nnccHtors there flowed
Dutch, Irish, Scotch and Kreucb Hu
guenot blood.
"From the Dutch," writes one of his
biographers, "he obtained his name,
from the Scotch his obstinacy, from
the French his Impetuosity and from
the Irish his gift of tongue."
Young Roosevelt was sent to private
schools during his early years to avoid
the rough treatment of boys in the pub
lic schools. He entered Harvard with
the determination to make a man of
himself, mentally and physically. By
obedience to tho laws of health and
careful exercise the puny, sickly boy
grew to robust manhood. At Harvard
the tastes of 'young Roosevelt, already
exhibited for natural history and hunt
ing, were plainly manifested. His riile,
with which he had roamed the woods
in summer, was the most conspicuous
object in his room. Live turtles, other
animals and insects were also in evi
dence. Ills stubborn defense of his
own convictions, even against the opin
ion of bis instructors, is still reraem
bered by his classmates.
Athletics at Harvard received from
him duo consideration. He soon be
came the champion lightweight boxer
and was also u fair cateh-as-eatch-can
wrestler, a good runner and a lively
polo player. For a time he was cap
tain of the college polo club.
Young Roosevelt was graduated from
Harvard In 1SS0. After extended travel
In Europe he returned to the United
States, studied law for a few months
and then plunged at once Into the mael
strom of municipal politics. He was
elected in 1881 as assemblyman from
the Twenty-first assembly district, and,
although then but twenty-three years
old, soon succeeded in making himself
a storm center at Albany. His best
known work in the legislature at this
time was in connection with the pas
sage of the nets abolishing the fee sys
tem in county offices and in depriving
aldermen of their veto power of the
mayor of New York's appointments.
He served two terms in the legisla
ture. In 1884 Mr. Roosevelt went to
Chicago as chairman of the New York
delegation to the Republican national
convention.
The next two years of the president's
life bore unexpected and unforeseen
fruit They made him an author, paved
bis way for appointment as assistant
secretary of the navy and undoubted
ly gave him fhe training and view of
life which later suggested to him the
formation of the famous regiment of
rough riders. After retirement from
the legislature Mr. Roosevelt went each
summer to the ranch be bad purchased
In the Had I-anils of N-rth Dakota.
Mo been ins there an expert rider sud
gained a reputation a courageous
muii, an Indefatigable hunter of big
game and u sportsman of ability. There
he became Intimately acquainted with
the ranchmen, rustlers and cow punch
ers who subsequently formed the nu
cleus of the regiment of rough rulers.
In lSKU Roosevelt was again lu the
turmoil of New York city polities.
Henry lieorge was the labor candidate
for mayor. A brain 8. Hewitt was tho
noinliK of the Democrats. Mr. Roose
velt was put In the field by the Repub
licans. Mr. Hewitt won.
President Harrison In INSft appointed
Mr. Roosevelt I'nltcd Htntes civil serv
ice commissioner, lie was a firm be
liever in the competitive merit system
and put his Ideas III force at once.
1'ivsUlent Cleveland retained him In
office, but Mr. Roosevelt resigned In
IMPS to become, president of the New
York board of police commissioners.
The police department hud Just been
exposed as corrupt to such an extent
that many felt that only a reorganisa
tion would work any radical Improve
ment. I'mler Mr. Roosevelt the mo
rale of the force became higher than It
has ever been since, and the efficiency
of the men advanced In proportion.
president McKlnley nominated Mr.
Roosevelt on April , TWIT, to bo as
slstant secretary of the navy. From
the verv first Mr. Jtoowvelt foresaw
the possibility of a conflict with Hpnln,
ii nd he sut ubout preparing his depart
ment for It. He spent enormous sums
of money in ammunition ror target
practice and left nothing undone that
could secure tho highest efficiency In
(lie service when tho time for action
should arrive. When actual hostilities.
began. In 1S!'8, Mr. Roosevelt resigned
his post In the navy department and
orgiuilxi-d a regiment of rough riders.
The history of Roosevelt and bis
rough riders during the Santiago enm
palgn Is too well known to be repeati-l.
After fiuiisintns and San Juan Hill
Colonel Wood was made a brigadier
general and Lieutenant Colonel Roose
velt the regiment's colonel. After the
cftiiinnlim was over Colonel Roosevelt
rreturnod to the I'nltcd Htntes to find
himself talked of for the gubernatorial
noml.uitlou l New York. Ho was
nominated and elected. '
From the governor's chair to the vice
presidency was but a step, although
an unwilling one for Mr. Roosevelt. He
was nominated nt Philadelphia June
21, tlNKl. Mr. Roosevelt was unwill
ing to have his name presented to the
convention, declaring that he did not
desire the nomination, but he finally
yielded. The tragic death of President
McKlnley Pept. 14, llKil, made Mr.
Roosevelt president.
One of the most astonishing things
In -the president's life Is the great
amount of literary work he has accom
plished despite his manifold other con-
cerns. He began to write before he "
left Harvard, nud in the year after he
was graduated he produced his "Naval
War of 1812." Ho wrote a "Life of
Thomas H. Benton" and also n blogra-
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phy of (louverneur Morris, followed in
1888 by his "Ranch Life and Ilti'itlng
Trull," which proveTl u very popular
book. "The Winning of the West."
however, lie considers his greatest lit
erary work.
Other productions of his pen ara
"Historic Towns," "History of Nw
York City," "Essays on Practical Pol
itics" and "The Wilderness Hunter."
He also wrote "American Political Ide
als." "Tho Rough Riders," "Life of
Oliver Cromwell" and "The Strenuous
Life," and. In collaboration with Henry
l.'ubot Lodge, produced a volnme en
titled "Hero Tales From American
History."
Most of President Roosevelt's time
during the coming campaign will bo
spent at his fine country home at
Oyster Hay. At this beautiful estjitu
on Long Island sound Mr. Roosevelt
has passed ninny pleasant summers,
eveji before he became prominent po
litically. He has an Interesting family,
consisting of a wife and six children.
Mr. Roosevelt has been twice married.
Ills first wife was Miss Alice Lee of
Boston, who died In 1884, one year
after her marriage, leaving a daughter,
Miss Alice Roosevelt, now twenty years
of age. In 1880 Mr. Roosevelt led to
tho altar Miss Edith Kerinit Carow,
the friend and plnymate of his child
hood. The five children resulting from
this marriage are Theodore, aged sev
enteen; Kerinit, fifteen; Ethel, thirteen:
Archibald, ten, and Quentin, seven.
Tho boys are great advocates of the
"strenuous life" and never lose an op
portunity to put their theories Into
practice. Mrs. Roosevelt Is essentially
a "home body," although she is a mem
ber of a family which for generations
has been prominent In the social life
of New York city. She has the repu
tation of being one of tbe best house
keepers In Washington, and her devot
ed husband, who treat her with the
same gallantry that be accorded her
while tbey were children and later
sweethearts, declares that tbe refuta
tion is well deserved.