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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1904)
WEST SIDE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREOON THREE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT B,. E. J-Thompson Py Tribute JUT. " ' . . ,n .1 p.C.ndEaaU Slmpton. ft wa uurttig iuj yadrnc. that U' . 1 1" 1) 8itupen and '' Ltb of M Mi" K'M'i "'"i . . . . .ll M occurred. 1 em sure you -' of llinaa vnrv friends to me. M l-rt was ineJ with deep u"uw on .i. th d lldlK that ' ton- of thie unei peeled event. Barring to Prof. 8ltnra 11 mt ,(,,1 1, made litalnun with mo (hnb lirH "twiii ' tbi city. Very won Miwmr tip, to be y "n 01 mo" nl character and during the awes) Inltt-tial auiaUnn with hln I becerae uch url.l to blm because of bi kin J, genial, sincere nalur. Bieit noble young uin, lo ,mrrJ by bigh .dealt end worthy aibiUone. He wee ever eeeklng wd striving for something better ita higher and hi motto w al ,j ' Kiceislor." lo ble cbowo tlii, th tcberV be waa o r.ii,r,.i ia tint rallUSUl suture, r,J the riuht, twluved by every puptl. nl respected by every M- Ntiuf the school. In Uf C"y. wir.tr nd state, thutigli yet aulle jouig, he had won for Itiuisttir tell deserved and enviable repu UUoti imong Uiachera. Trulv there seemed to Qn be font him wiJe field of usefulness, kt hi possessed times) grl ler Ucg qualities lht burled the jnndef structure of noble m.n tood. Prof. Simpson wa an apt miJnl quick of thought and kind 4 hurt. Hi untimely death 1 iwply mourn but I remember the sordi of the poet, which for him tnutj true: W live la deeds, not year; Ia ihouahls, not breath; !o fwlings. not in figure on . tie dil. Wihoull count time by heart throb. Hi moat live, who think moat, feel the noblest, act the best." Not less can lie eald of hi dear wler, Mit Ernie Simpson, who in It that! three montha followed bin lo the better and brighter titld beyond. I knew her well. It aurov happy privilege to have Mr. and Mr. Simpaori with the iVtind Ewie in oay home for a 1t, and not alnce the lot of ray Iota home have I had an pleasant a mt; and they all made it a delight- Ul home for me. Especially il tbii daughter ami slater fill the Miiniiliina anil iov. ul- 'iVi hinnv niul HMMlttnir In make -other) hsjipy, juung ldy of po- NUnp, cliaracter and the purot iwmiej or mind and heart, bhe u ever full of irood cheer and me, and made her own life hapy he did the liven ot all around w. Her ambition and energy JoeeJeJ her airHiioih ml ahe bo urne the victim of the dreaded d fatal dineae. coiiaumntion. l!(d bravely for her life and did ''Itouitn I. " ft'iu V4J bill na P'urin? h,.r lnn, in.) nttnn vnrv pmful licknens, ahe never uttered ord of complaint and mo PUrmur ever ...nA.I her lioa. ;'nt and irratoful at all times. H f really a benedjetion to visit '"leu room, tn lli a aweet h ''I Of natinnf rnoirrnolmn .nil lO jHr cheering word of hope to the '"parents and othera roinieter 'to her. At lHt very peacefully ent to sleep to w ake no more ,,arth. Quickly and aoftly'the yl chariot came to bear her to mansion above where her olller was waiting to welcome norue. K. J. Tiiomtson Improving U. liaea. A new i ..t,r haa Imwo lunbguintsd. It I raited rtiiienli'a" and relate to the liiiimtement ot tlie rr, r,rllj fn a ilij.l.-l way. In a word. It nineern t? lirtvtlltig of Mninser etilldreu. f-ro tnm,r Kram I (Jnllutt, lha faumiia Kng llih liUfldglit, aajra of li n.w a1..nf; "The aim of vuMeulca la to mireamit nh cInm er aert by Ita beat aperl Uieni, raunlni ibeni to nintrlliuta more tlian iMr imnwrtlim to fit tie it fan erillon; tUt done, to leava them to rurk not their eoiuiuon dvlltiatloa In their iiwu wy,M Mint ran a learned wrMj do to further aurli a ai U-mTt I'nifeaaor (lal tori iilitKeala Ilia following euurae of (iriM-eilura: rlrat, dlut'iiilnnlloii of a kt)iilmtK of Ida lawa of liiedlly o far aa they am aurely known and pro umlliiii of tlielr furllier atuiljr; atvimd. Iilainrlral liniilry Into the rnti-i wllb Whli h the vnrloiia rUiM of aoHety ham coiitrlhulixl to tlio population at varlniia IIiiim; third, ajratetuitlc rot lerllmi of fact allowing tlio clrevni-ataiu-ea lit which largo and thrlrlng famlllea havf nioat freUently orltftoat ml; fourth, a atudy of the Influeneea affecting marriage; fifth, peralatem1 to aeiilnf forth the national Importance of till, kind of atudy. Kaya the writer In conclusion; "Tlicra are thre atage to be paaaed through ttefore eugenic ran he widely practiced. Klnit. It tnuat be made fa miliar aa an acadeiulc quewtiuu until IU eiact luiimrianro haa been under at4 1'i't accepted n a fart; aucond ly. It uiiwt be raeotrJl a a aubject th prmiiral development of which la In near prwaiwct and reijulrea aertoue coiiMderatloo; tblnliy, It uiuit lie In troduced Into tli national conadenre. like a new religion. It haa Indeed atrong rlatnui to bocotua an orthlo rellgluiw tenet of the future, for eugeu k riMHirratea with the working of nature by a-urlng that humanity shall U re.rewlil!d by the flttint new. What neturw d.w blindly, akiwlv nd rnthteaaty mau may do providently, quickly and kindly. As It tic within hla oower. au It become bl duty to work In that direction, Juat a It la his duty to be rharltable to thoae in mie fortune. The linjirovemeut of our stock aecma oue of the highest object that can be reasonably attempted. We are Ignorant of the ultimate deatintee of tiumanltr. but feel perfectly sura mat It I s noble a work to mine Hs level it would be dlagraceful to abase It I no linpoaalhlUty In eugenics be coming a religious dogma among man kind, tint Ita details inunt flrat be Vork d out aeduloualy In the study. Over aaal leading to hantj action would do harm by holding out aipectatlona of a near golden age which would certainly be falalfled and cause the science to be dlaeredlled. Th first and main point I to secure the general Intellectual ac w-ptanre of eugenic a hopeful nd out Important study. Then let Us priocli.lt work into the heart of the onW which will gradually give prac tical effect to them tn ways that we may not wholly foresee." It aurely Is time that matters of this aort be talked of In punry n ocas. The upbuilding of the race In .very poaalble way should become a paaaloo wllb ua all. The chief question of life Is not "What can I do to get rlchr or "What can I do to become notorious or even "What can I do to ave myself r but "What can I do to uinko the world beucrt" In Iarfcct RiiM. To reallw Ju how unjust and out rngeou goverutoental orpr.fo.lon l Ituwla has Uwme the follwli. story. ,ke.. from tbo New York Evening mt, I tllnslratlvc: N.,t Urns o a number of mtenli at wr to loko. J tur , h.. of i Mtoh Je nU.11(ftr). this lh. -x.ii. for msa I JZ,M the ii v,.m tM...lna """'",,"u' private -'-, promln-nt fh JJJ' 'fenced r.- ;TwT. mnmed into . story simance. h,llhf Th,r e abundant tctlmoiir tht M in other rapM progress " Ws ,j ,t . said psrt. of th. Kuan empire That the 'v"r this Pr- dlnary duties to TP"" security In the tlculae f"Mr- J"0 Unl.hl.-S streets Is d"!"',Jwr onlers have point 1-att-r y fcv""w'lrth ,ouir gnlvrs Un arming 'jj,, aJajaeW or daggers, and h "m. vaults and T. the multiplication of fa prBC. rohbertrs. T lm nalclas. "'lil tMr Z. nd attention to fhT8.indh..tud.nt -wtom thegmls would destroy they horn w a Jg g0. first make n,a.l Bur n bor seising of Mgiieo Nobody treatment of her own h nation destroyed, but t"e wants h.DR,u!1..., ..,, in pleased majority or man.- that op to aee the despotism siushu. rses the Kuaslan people. ' judging- by price-, the beef trust Is thotigh not eiactly lr the fashion. The poonc - fact that pnmes and breavi" A Tals of Two Csuturtaa. The pendulum of the ago swings by eenturlw. Vt't hava mnit niifwsnl tn ha an4 of lh arc and ars ready to begin the return, ' j i At the and of each hundred year la a tlm to balatKw account. I It la a tlm when men reckon up th movements of th past and ask them selves. What of the futuraj The nluetei'iith century ccompllbd Diuch, yet It was but n earnest of what will be sccouiillshod by the twentieth. In tlm past hundred years the prog ress wss Individual snd material. lo the licit hundred years It will tie so cial snd spiritual. lu th former It was toward politics) lllierty. In tha latter It will ba to ward Industrial liberty. The nineteenth century was prolific In dlecovrrh lu the realm of physical scluuc. The twentieth century will be proline In the discoveries In uientaj science, w tilcii lira behind tue pliyalcal. Th nineteenth century uv the ex tension of trade and empire through out the world. The twentieth century will see the extension of religion and civilisation. The nineteenth century was remark bte for Uie growth of many strong snd splendid state. The twentieth ceutury Will be remarkable- In that It will wit ness federation of the natlou-a re public of the world. Th nineteenth century struck the shackles from the black chattel alave. The twentieth century will unbind the liuibe of the whlto wage lve. -In th nineteenth century competi tion brought about It moat splendid result snd reached Its logical end by destroying llaclf. In the twentieth cen-( tury will be ushered In the era of co-, operation. j lu the nineteenth century Christiani ty was carried to the so called heathen world. In the twentieth century Uie true nd higher Christianity win oe taught to the Cbrtatlan aa well aa to the heathen world. The nineteenth century ran mad with extreme of rlchea and poverty, of culture and Ignorance, of high char acter aud degeneracy; the twentieth century will see more equitable condi tions, an uplifting of the entire maas. a more general diffusion of prosperity. The nineteenth ceutury waa filled with war; the twentieth century will Anally uaher In a worldwide peace. The nlneteeuth,Cntury waa loartea by noisy struggle snd barbaric aplen dor; the tweutleth century will be marked by more allont, but more aya tematlc, effort aud by the cultivation of the artistic and beautiful. In a word, the progress of the nine teenth century was outward; the prog ress of the twentieth century will be Inward. The ccnUirle form the rounds on the Isdder of sdvanccment. Humanity la about to make another t..n unward. Ito not dismayed. The world growa better, brighter, happier, no not dismayed. Our side may lose In a factional struggle. It la but an Incident in the world progress. nn not dismayed. Things may not move as rapidly as we would wish, but j At. km iln vrt it S3 nil thnt Is much. i UK v' ' ' i Ho not dismayed. There Is a nenefi- rent Intelligence in the universe, ana through all things runa a purpose; the law of evolution stilt operates, and the human race ia not retrograding, but 1 moving onward. Do not be so egotistical as to Imagine that, simply because things do not go your way. the Lord baa quit doing bualnea8. v Henieuiber it Is always possible that you may have been the one mlatuken. The world is not perfect, and is not apt to become so In a hundred years, or a thousand, either; but It la going In the right direction and it will retjeb the goal of a holier civilisation by and by. He an optimist He Is the only sound and healthy philosopher. It is not nec essary to shut yoqr eyes to present evils, but do not let them distort your vision of the future. With a reverence for what baa gone, let ua turn unto the new. John D. 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