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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1907)
A MI8FIT INDEPENDENCE. fop sold that indupcudcnce woo the greatest tiling he knew, " And when my daddy says a thing It's gcnonilly true. It helps a miin to triumph for the right and send hit foes Up whore the grunt Bnlt river is, up where the woodbine grows. But woo Is me that It should bo; It didn't work thut wny with me, And this Is how it was, you see: On July Fourth when I got up I'd net tled in my mind ' That I'd be just the freest of the Inde pendent kind; I'd have my way all through the day, uo matter what should bap, And that Is why face down I He across my daddy's lap, And that Is why I cry, "Oh, my!" as he lays on the strap. Ho told me jiiHt at breakfast time to help him feed the cows, And when I said I wouldn't we'd the prettiest of rows. But I was firm, for I was free, Just as he said I ought to be, "And then I skipped. Ah, woe Is me! I stayed away the livelong day, And then there was the deuce to pay, For when I got back home that night My daddy's1 wrath was out of sight He wouldn't hear a word from me ' About the, glories of the free, But simply put me on his knee And gave It to me one, two, three From which I judge that while it's clear That independence has no peer For nations fond of liberties, It doesn't do for families, Else pop has gone and changed his mind Or mine was not the proper kind. Harper's Bazar. A DILEMMA OF THE FOURTH Six boys, aged about 14 and 13, bad formed a club called The President's Own. Originally, the club room had been the upper story of a brick stable, And the boys had secured the use of it free of rent. For several weeks the club had been saving money for a glorious Fourth of July celebration. Sky rockets, Roman -candles and even flower bankets were to be bought with the ten dollars and thirty two cents they had collected for this pur pose and were to be set oft! from a huge rock above the village, where all could see the display. James Porter, the keeper of the largest grocery in Uie village, went to New York for the fireworks which the Presi dent's Own had ordered ; the weekly pa per announced the pyrotechnic treat In etore for Dogberry, and all was in trim for the most patriotic Fourth the little town had ever known. The Fourth was due on Saturday and all Friday the President's Own fidgeted through their lesson, and 4 o'clock had no more than sounded than they ran pell mell to the club room, where they had agreed to meet, six strong. . "I saw Jim Porter this afternoon," announced Maxwell Fenn, a leader of the club, "and he said he hnd our fireworks all right. Suppose we go right away and get them." "That's the idea," said Alfred War ren, leading the way. "Come on. There's no time to spare." The boys started whistling and doing a double shuffle down the path, when Clar ence Richmond called out, "Who's got the money for the 'technics?" "That's so!" answered the rest, stop ping short. "Guess we'd better go back end get It, If you've forgotten It." Upon this The President's Own wheeled and returned to the club room, moving In a body on the closet, where the money was hoarded in an old leather wallet. The closet was well lighted by the window opposite, and the boys searched every nook and corner without finding the wal let. "Where did you keep it, anyway?" was demanded of Maxwell Fenn. "I didn't keep It anywhere ; I gave It to Clarence," growled Maxwell. "I know where I kept it well enough," retorted Clarence. "I kept It right up here on this shelf under the baseball caps, but it ain't there now; that's sure enough." The President's Own groaned. Again end again they fumbled among the caps on the shelf, and among the bats, golf clubs and tennis racquets on the floor of the closet. The money was not to be found and they turned away looking into one another's faces for explanation, but finding none. ' . , . "What's to be done how?" asked Clar ence. "You ought to know." "Well, I don't." . , . "Say ! How'd It do to say nothing Tout it to-night and to-morrow we can look again," suggested Alfred. "Agreed!" cried the others, so they filed out of the club room, locking" it with the greatest care, and disbanding, to go home with very sober faces and gloomy hearts. The much-anticipated Fourth was a sunny, delightful day, and the President's Own convened early at the club room, as they bad agreed. A second search, how ever, was as disappointing as the first had been, and a heavy-hearted six stood about the club table, tapping abstracted ly upon it. "It's hard on old Porter, too," ob served one of them. . t "Oh, his flreworks'll keep til! next year, when we'll be ablei to buy them," aid, another, Looking the door, the boys walked slowly down the main street, looking at other boys' fireworks. Thus they whlled away the day as best they could till 4 o'clock. Wandering dejectedly along a side street, they came face to face with Oen. Bradbury, the summer cottager of whom all Dogberry was so proud, , "Halloo, boys!" he cried. "A glori ous day for your celebration. Hear you are to give us something fine to-night." Glancing hastily from one to another, the boys blurted out, "That's all up now ; the mon's lost somehow !" "What! How?" the general demanded, sympathetically, much surprised. "We don't know," answered Clarence. "The men about the stable might have stolen It," and then he stopped, flushing at the realization that he bad uninten tionally expressed the boys' suspicions. "See here, my lads, don't be so quick to blume someone till you're sure ! Sup pose you come up to my house this even ing, and If there are any fireworks to be fdund In the town we'll send them off." "We will," said the President's Own heartily, then added hesitatingly, "Jim Porter's got some fireworks, sir. We were going to take them, but " "Oh, yes ! I understand," laughed the general, and he turned on to the main' street and hurried to the pyrotechnic sup plying Porter. Half-past 7 o'clock that evening found the President's 0wn assembled upon the terrace of the general, helping hlra to adjust the most elaborate fireworks dis play that the little village had ever dreamed of. The general's pretty daughter and housekeeper now left her seat on the JOHN HANCOCK. THOS. JEFFERSON. piazza and, joining the President's Own on the terrace, Invited them to the din ing room to complete their celebration, there. This invitation produced a lively whispering among the boys of the club, and they followed their host and hostess to the dining room. Before partaking of the tempting refreshments, Maxwell Fenn rose to moke a little speech. "It has been unanimously decided, Gen. Bradbury," he said, "that you shall be asked to become a member of the President's Own. The club has now ex isted two years, and this is the first occa sion upon which we have extended the right hand of fellowship to a fellow not our own age. We shall be glad to have you' belong." ' With cheeks very red, he sat down and dug deep into his mound of Ice cream. "Thank you, my boys," answered the general, waving his glass of lemonade. "I am highly honored and shall be very pleased to become what might be termed a sleeping partner of the President's Own." ' , The cheers that followed this pithy ac ceptance were only quieted when Miss Bradbury held, up her dainty hand and asked for a moment's attention. "My father," she said, "has told me of the club's pecuniary loss, and I have thought that If they would be so good as to allow me to visit their club room, that well " and she stopped and look ed up at her father as If he were to com plete her meaning. "Do come! ,We shall be glad to show you our room," the boys cried in one voice. - . , . So that Is how it happened that the next Monday afternoon, -after school hours, Miss Bradbury was escorted by her father to the club room of the Presi dent's Own, and she seemed much Inte'r ested In all she saw. "See what a nice, big closet the club has," said the general, pointing to a door which was ajar, disclosing the parapher nalia of athletic boys. "May I look Inside Just once?" she asked, exchanging a glance with her father. i ' "Oh, do I" they answered. And it was then that, reaching up to the shelf on which the baseball caps were tossed, the girl felt. under them and drew out the lost wallet, Its contents undis turbed: ; ! ' , . ( The President's Own stared at Miss' Bradbury as I' she were a' magician, but she only smiled and told them that she had mistrusted that It was there ever since her father had told her about its Iobs. "A woman's fingers," she added, "are much better' for finding things than a boy's that is, the boys of The President's Own," and she smiled archly at them. The club did not argire the point. It whistled, stamped, cheered, apologized for the racket, and Immediately voted the charming 'girl the one and only feminine member of The President's Own. De troit Free Press. NOTHIW DOIN' Off THE FOURTH. Jnlr 2 Wan the Date on Which In dependence Wm Declared. The government has published a book showing that the Fourth of July ought to come on the 2d of the month. The book Is entitled "The Story of the Dec laration of Independence," and the author is Col. Wm. 'H. Michael, who has chargo of that historic document and the price less archives which go with it. The brief account given in the preface of the adop tion of the Declaration of Independence shows that Congress passed the resolu tion on July 2. That Is really the date on which a majority of the people's rep resentatives formally and legally express ed their intent. According to the journal of that Con gress, the original of which is on file, nothing actually happened on the Fourth of July. On the Oth of July the vote, by States, was made unanimous by the ad dition of New York, which had not be fore been authorized to take this course. BICHABD HENRY LEE. JOHN AnAMS. So this date might be celebrated if it were desired to commemorate the date of the complete adoption of the resolution If it were desired to commemorate the day when the declaration was siened. Aug. 2 might be selected, as on that day the members of Congress began to attach their signatures to the formally drafted document. By an error In the journal a note was made on the 19th of July to this effect : "Ordered that the declaration (passed on the fourth) be fairly engrossed on parch ment, with the title and style of "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States Of America." It Is evi dent that the journal should have read "passed on the 2d," for that was the day when Richard Henry Lee's resolution commanded a majority of the votes. On that day the resolution received the votes of all of New England, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina and Pennsyl vania voted against it. The Delaware vote was evenly divided; the New York delegates were uninstructed. and refrain ed from voting. The next day, July 3, Ca?sar Rodney of Delaware came eighty miles on horseback, as hard as the beast could go, to add his vote for independence, and thus Delaware was swung into line. It was several days later that Pennsyl vania and New York came wabbling along. The first celebration of Independence day was at Philadelphia, on July 8, when the sheriff of that city read a copy of the original declaration, passed on the 2d. The man who drafted the resolution pass ed on the 2d of July, which consisted of a short paragraph sufficient to voice the sentiment of each State for or against the proposed war for Independence, was Richard Henry Lee. The man who sup ported the resolution on the floor, and led in the debate which preceded the vote, was John Adams. The man who after ward drafted the formal declaration, to the outside world, embodying the senti ment of the Lee resolution, was Thos. Jefferson. The man who presided over the convention where the resolution was adopted was John Hancock.'' The Unexpected. He bought a huge cracker as big as a rail, To be useiat poor Tabhy's expense. The cat ran Away with the fur off her tall, While Willie flew over the fence. . . Judge. ' OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j SHEEPMEN KICK AT TOLLS. Hate to Pay Tax for Driving Across Umatilla Reserve. Pendleton Three thousand sheep are now on their way across the Urn atflla Indian reservation, being the first to pay the required tax and cross with a permit. The band be longs to Joe Connelly, and the ex pense incurred by the toll will be close to $100. When the Indians, under the direction and supervision of O. C. Edwards, the agent, last year put a tax on livestock driven across the reservation there was much dissatisfaction among the sheepmen, who drove their flocks around instead of across. All the sheepmen, both last year and this, with the exception of Mr. Connelly, have taken their sheep on a circuit ous and difficult route around the reservation. The rule made last year requires a toll of 3 cents a head on sheep, 5 cents on horses and 10 cents on cat tle. In addition the owner must give a bond for damages and, pay an In dian policeman to act as escort, to see that no grazing is allowed along the route. That the toll of 3 cents is wholly unjust is held by the sheepmen. Ac cording to them they have no objec tion to paying an Indian policeman to accompany them and to giving the bond for damages, but they look up on the toll as pure graft on the part of the Indians. Archie .Mason to Build Aey Dike Klamath Falls Archie Mason, of the firm Mason, Davis & Co., has been advised by William Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Company, that his bid on the con struction of the dike across the Kla math marsh had been accepted, and that he was expected to begin work at once. This is a good piece of news for this section as it means the early completion of the California-Northeastern Railway to this city. Mrt Mason expects to have two large steam dredges in operation by July 10, and states that he will complete the contract by the first of the year. The contract embraces a dike or grade about six miles long across the Ady swamp lands. The fact that Mr. Mason has undertaken construc tion of the dike gives assurance that the railroad will reach this city dur ing the summer ofc 1908. Law Weak at Vital Point. Salem An inquiry received by the ! state railroad commission from a rail road telegraph operator calls attention to the fact that the act of the last legis lature regulating the hours of labor of railroad employes was very loosely drawn. Though the law forbids the employment of telegraph operators more than 14 consecutive hours, there is nothing to prevent their being work ed 23 hours out of 24 if they be given an hour's rest at the end of 14 hours. Trainmen are protected in this respect, but telegraphers are not. Adams Wheat Crop is Good. Adams The prospect for a banner yield of wheat in this locality was never any more promising than at the present time,. The fall wheat in most 1 Instances was put in at just the right time and got a good start and while the spring wheat came on slowly on ac count of the backward season the late rain has now insured a good crop, and the acreage is considerably larger than a year ago. The same report comes from the Weston and Athena district, which is the center of the great Walla Walla valley wheat belt. ' Factory Employes Protected. Oregon City Deputy State Com missioner of Labor and Inspector of Factories and Workshops C. . Henry Gram, of Portland, have made an in spection of the factories in this city. He visited the huee nlant of the Wil lamette Pulp & Paper Company,' where he made a close examination, , and declared the protection afforded the lives of the employes was first class, aa was also the fire protection. Mr. Gram is president of the State Federation of Labor. Construction Starts Soon. Drain Every Indication points toward an early opening of construc tion work on the Oregon Western Railroad from here to Coos Bay. Concrete abutments for the steel bridges on the "Y" across Elk Creek are being built and all the steel for the two bridges is now in the yards in South Drain. At the tunnels the machinery is being put in shape and everything will be ready for work In ten days. Mill Assessment Shows Increase. Aberdeen County Assessor" Car ter says that the total value of the mills of Grays Harbor, exclusive of shingle mills,, as shown by the re turns is (896,020. -The personal as sessment property of Chehalis county will show a 10 per cent increase over the assessment cf two"' years ago. Only personal property Is assessed this year. , " WHEAT NOT SPOILED. Clackamas County Crops ard Looking Well Large Abpie Crop. Oregon City The farmers of Clackamas county are encouraged over crop conditions, and believe that the yield will be large, espec ially in wheat. The aphis, which did so much damage? last year, has not appeared, and the recent rains have been very beneficial. Last year the aphis prevented much of the wheat from heading, and the loss to the farmers was heavy. Reports from outlying districts are very satisfac tory, and in the eastern and south ern portions of the, county there will be good crops. George H. Gregory, of Molalla, one of the few teasel growers of the Pacific Coast, says the crop this year cannot be excelled. While the prune crop in many sec tions will be short, there is a fine prospect for a large crop of apples. The strawberry crop is still being harvested, and Wilson berries sold for $1 per crate in the local mar kets Saturday. Indications are bright for a large crop of cherries, and very few have been spoiled by the rains so far this season. Trout Plaated Near Astoria. Astoria A shipment of 2,000 brook trout and 12,000 rainbow trout has been received from the government hatchery on the Clack amas river. The brook trout were planted in streams near Forts Co lumbia and Stevens, while the rain bow trout were planted in streams tributary to upper Young's River and running through property owned by Dr. Vaughn and C. V. Brown of this city. Messrs. Vaughn and Brown, will prohibit fishing in the streams ;for three years, will feed the young fish for a time, and will also fence off with wire screens the portions of ' 'the streams where the fry were planted. Crude Oil for Track. Pendleton The oiling of the O. , R. & N. Co.'s roadbed between here and Spokane is now on in earnest. A I trial run has been made under the direction of M. J. Buckley. The road that ia being oiled is considered by travelers to be the dustiest and most disagreeable road to travel in , the Northwest. The route lies through, alkali dust and sand for many miles and all passengers alighting from the Spokane train are covered with a white coating. The dust, coupled with the heat of the summer months, makes travel on thia road anything but a pleasure. Heavy Wheat Yield Certain. Condon About an inch and a half of rain has fallen here and the ground is soaked deeper than ever before at this time of the year. A big yield of fall grain is absolutely assured and many of the wheat men are expecting from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre, which will be the largest yield in the history of the country. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 86cj bluestem, 88 89c; valley, 86c; red, S'l Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028.50; gray, nominal. Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.50 24.50. Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per ton. Hav Vallev tmothv. No. 1. 11718 per ton ; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 23; clover, $9; cheat, $910; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $1314. Fruits Strawberries, $1.502 per crate; cherries," 65 75c per box; apples, $33.50 per box; apricots, $1.251.65 per crate; plums, $1.65 per box. Vegetables Turnips, $2 per sack; carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets, $2.50 perEack; asparagus, lOo per pound; beans, 78o per pound; cabbage, 2c per pound; corn, 3550o per Arwan fintiimliowi 7fn ruin Iniran i tuce. bead, 25c per dozen; onions, 15 20o per dozen? peas, 2$4o per pound; radishes, 20c per dozen: rhu barb, 3o per pound; tomatoes, $3.50 4 per crate. Potatoes Oregon, $2.753.25 sack; new potatoes, 34c per pound. Butter Fancy creamey, 22)25o per pound. , . ' Poultry Average old ; hens, llo per pound; mixed chickens, 10c; spring fryers and broilers, 1415o; old roosters, 9c; dressed chickpns, 16 17c; turkeys, live, 10 12c; turkeys, dressed, choice, nominal; geese, live, pound, 710c; young ducks, 1314o; old ducks, lUc. .. Eggs Candled, 2324o per dozen. Veal Dressed, 547o per pound. Beel Dressed bulls, Z 4o per pound; cows, 66c; country steers, 67c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 9c pe: pound; ordinary, 57c; spring lamb?, 1010c. Pork Dressed, 68)c per pound. Hops 68c per pound, according to quality. Wool Eaetern Oregon average best, 1622o per pound, according to shrink age; vauey, zjzzc, according to fine ness; mohair, cnoice Z93Uo per pound.