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mook Headlight, October VARIEGATED SPELLING. THE SETTING SUN. ■< 00 o Q c (ß o C •rt CD I Mark Twain Liked It Because It Wax So Refreshing. Writing In the Hartford Coeraet 0» -Mark Twain." Dr. Edwin P. Parker ot Hartford said: "In 1870. according to my memoran du m. a notable spelling match took _ at the Asylum Hill Cobgrega ..... pllK'U tlonal church. In which eome thirty persons, under their respective cap tains, took part Among these con testants were Dr. Burton. Judge Car peuter. Charles E. Perkins. Mr. Clem ens, Mr. Twlchell. Charles H. Clerk General Hawley, Miss Trumbull, Miss Blythe. Miss Burbank and Miss Stone At last there were left standing only Dr Burton and Miss Stone, end the gallant doctor took the first oppor timity to make an error and so to leave Miss Stone the winner. • But this notable coDteet wee pre ceded by a preliminary speech In which Mr Clemens wittily criticised the supposed necessity of having any uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. Among aererai amusing lllus trillions of his argument was one as follows: '1 have a correspondent whose letters are always a refreshment to me. there Is such a breezy, unfettered originality alamt his orthography. He always spells Kow with a large K. Now. that Is Just as good as to spell It In tbe conventional way with a small one! Il Is better, for It sug gests to tbe mind a new, grand and Impressive creature.' "Nevertheless, In the contest that ensued Mr. Clemens produced no 'eo- perb effects of varlgated spelling.' but stood up among the last five, if my record Is right, only Mr. Clark. Miss Keep. Dr. Burton and Miss Stone out lasting him." t- < H ? ® •d 4 r* ¡> Ü 3C 's» Q 4 (D P g From th* Chfcrgc Inter Ocean. >*«*************** *«*<*************** *****• --------------- J * WHY ROOSEVELT IS LOSING GROUND. * * Lifelong and loyal Republicans will not follow him out of the * * KfPTl'er Ainerican people will not gratify the disappointed ambition « * of a man who, in a spirit of revenge, would wreck the Republican * * party because it refused him a presidential nomination. * Tilt country does not want for president a man who eagerly I grasp at every wild and radical theory merely to gain votes Honest men will not support a candidate who instituted dishonest contests to help his nomination and who accepts money for his cam paign from the Harvester and Steel trust directors. Thousands of Republicans do not believe that men of unblemished character who disagree with Roosevelt are thieves and liars Right-thinking people cannot trust a canuidate who violates his solemn pledges. , Republicans are beginning to realize that the only possible effect of his candidacy may be the election of Wilson, and they are not willing to bring upon the country the disaster of a Democratic admin istration merely to gratify one man s hatred or ambition. The people will not Mexicanize the United States by electing to the presidency a man who declares that he sees no objection to any number o term» provided’ there is a recall That ’s, if again made president he would expect to remain in that office until the people drove him out. What Washington would not take, what Grant coula not get. Roosevelt shall not have. 0 Shows That the Roosevelt Move ment Is Now on the Decline. P 4 cf- p 0 4 N H- y p. o Ü K W tn 45 o a 2: 0 Ch Ln MOTION OF THE EARTH. : ♦ « * « « ♦ Í I Í « ♦ : e*************************************************** CANVASS OF INDIANA 45 o a 2! Ö œ o “5 Indlitnapolis, Ind.. Sept. 30.—A caie- fit! canvass haa been made of the Roosevelt sentiment In every county tn this state The Inquiry was started by a prominent biialiiess man of tills city, « h<> wns anxious to learn for him self the true condition of affairs. He sent out a la_ge number of letters to men In each of the counties w o were not politicians and would have no In- I centlve to falsify the situation. The re plies showed that in every county In I the state, with one exception, there had been a marked decrease in the Roosevelt sentiment. The opinion was universally expressed that the Third ! Term candidate had fewer followers 1 now In Indiana than at any time since , the campaign opeued and tills number j wna steadily decreasing A few of . these reports summarized follow: White county—"Ours Is an agrtcul- tural community and the farmere nil j eeem satlsfled with conditions and are j not calling for a change I see no evl- I rfence nt Bull Mooselsm spreading On ' the contrary, it is weaker than at first.” j Steuben county "The Third Tnrnt- i era are on the down grade and will not be as strong a month later as they are now." Lake county—’’Sentiment for the Progressive ta weakened, i ospeetally among tho farmers. Sentiment Is growing more and more favorable to the administration.” Montgomery county — "The Bull Moose sentiment hero Is waning The Third Term party ts losing as the campaign progresses ” De Kalb county—"There will not be many Bull Moose voters here Taft will get some Democratic votes—quite a lumber " Mlama county—"The changes are bow coming at! our way There are no more desertions from the Repub lican ranks" Ttppmiioa county — "The Pull Mooes asuttmont la subsiding ” Reports from Allen and Im Grange countlee are to the same effect. SLIDING BACK IN NEVADA Roossvelt Has Reached Hie Limit and Is Rapidly Receding. o T5 o p) □ C/3 Reno. Nov . Sept 2S. Tho decline of the Roosevelt movement. notice Ohio Ihnnigbout the country, la very apparent In Nevada "The Interest tn the Bull M osh movement la crystallised In Roœe- volt," >av« tbe Evening Gasette. ' »nd that Intereel le waning " Tbe Gavotte further state« that Kooeevelt'e dleap- pelntlng arneoh tn this state, the fact that he Is receiving funds from George W Perkins and Io belug sup- perted only by .set-off politicians are drag atones about bls nock The Ga •otto sumo up tho situation In Nevada aa fol Iowa: "Root • velt haa reached the limit of hla power and ta eliding bark rapidly - 24, 1012 KANSAS IS REPUBLICAN Roosevelt Strength Among Voters 1» Decreasing Perceptibly Through out State. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 23.—Notwith standing the enthusiasm which has always existed In Kansas for Theo dore Roosevelt, It Is undeniable that his strength as a presidential candi date Is decidedly waning throughout the state. If he were the candidate of the Re publican party, and if there were a chance of hla election, he would, of course, sweep the state without any serious opposition But neither of those conditions exists. The fact that his own leaders have been obliged to yield to the wave of Indignant pro I test which swept against them on ac t count of their effort to have Roose 1 velt’s electors placed in the Repub I r lican column has not only proven the I strength of the Taft sentiment, but It has eliminated all possibility of Roosevelt carrying the state. The I withdrawal of hla electors from the t Republican columns hns emphasised the fact thrtt he Is not the Republican candidate; and Kansas is too well satisfied with the conditions which have prevailed during the past six teen years to follow any man, how ever popular be may be. out of the Republican party. The Roosevelt sentiment has been further weakened by the universal conviction that, there Is no possibility ot his election and that the only ef fect his candidacy can possibly have Is to expose the country to the dan ger of a Democratic victory Kansas is as far from being a Democratic state as It ever was and with the sub stantial cdllapee of the Roosevelt cam palgn. this state will be found in Its aocuetomed’ place near the head f'f the RepuMhcan column. It May Eaaily Ba Demonstrated by a Simple Method. It Is quite possible to prove that the earth revolves on its axle by a simple experiment nnd without hnrlng re course to mntbemntlcs. Take a good sized bowl. All It nearly full of water and place It upon the floor of a room which Is not exposed to shaking or jarring from the street Sprinkle over the surface of the ws. ter a coating of lycopodium powder, a white substance which can be bought at almost any drug store. Then upon the surface of this coating of powder make with powdered charcoal a straight black line. say. an Inch or two Inches In length and lying north aa4 south.. Having made tills little black mark with the chnr.'oal powder on the aur- face of the contents of the bowl, lay down upon the floor n stick or some other straight object, so that It shall tie exactly parallel with the mark. («eave the bowl undisturbed for a few hours and then notice the position of the black mark with reference to the object that It was parallel with. It will be found to have shifted Its di rection nnd to have moved from east t<> west- that Is to say. In a direction opposite to Hint of the movement of tlie earth on Its axis. The earth In simply revolving haa carried ilie water and everything else tn th« bout around with It. but the powder on the surface has been left behind a little The line will always lie tound to have moved from east to west, which Is good proof that every thing else has moved the other way. No More Smiling. The new vicar was paying a visit among the patients in the local hos pital. When be entered ward No. 2 be •■ame across a pale looking young man lying In a cot. heavily swathed in band ages. There lie stopped, and. after ad ministering a few words of comfort to the unfortunate sufferer, be remarked lu cheering tones: "Never mind, my man. you'll soon be all right Keep on smiling; that’s the way of the world." "I'll never smile again," replied the youth sadly. “Rubbish!" ejaculnted tbe vicar. "There ain’t no rubbish about It!** ex claimed the other heatedly. "It's through smiling nt another fellow's girl that I'm here now."—Pearson's Weekly His Eloquence. The curate of a country pariah lately preached a charity sermon, and the collection which followed amounted to £20 7s. «Vjd. In tbe vestry after the service the churchwardens- counted It out and mentioned the result. "Well.’’ said the reverend preacher, "J must bnve preached pretty well to get all that” “No doubt you did. air." re LOSING IN NEBRASKA piled one of the churchwardens who had been collecting, "but tbe squire Progressive Party Will Dis Before put In a £20 note, and he’s deaf."— I I-ondon Mall. Election Day Comae Around. Unroluetantly. Reports from Nebraska show that "Ralph Darnley called again tant i the Roosevelt sentiment Is decreasing. nlghl. Resale, didn't he? Ton know “The Third Term party," says one he's either well off. no I hope you letter to Director Mulvane of the didn't treat him distantly." said ffeatern bureau of the Taft campaign, mamma “la dwindling down to Pope" i "Indeed I didn’t mamma I was James kJ Clark of Haatlngs. Neb. verv much drawn to him-very mark" president <*f a large company which she answered, with a blue* handles tnveatmente. securities and farm aotlgaaea. and who haa ex rep A Hardship. tlonal o*ovi unity to know the feel "Thev talk of hardships." said er. Ing emo«« ’tie farmers, says that tn Irish snklier a« he ley down tn alert- 1 Nebraaka the farmers are beginning on the do k of s transport, •but. he to realise that if they followed Roose dad thl« H the hardest ship I wee etri velt thev will land nowhere, and If tn In my life!" they alloe a Democratic president to be elected, they will be ruined. Health and an Umbrotta. * In Lincoln. Neb. the Third Term A man’« health I» something like an party had dlflcuity la securing evea Ombrella When once lost It la hard two hundred and fifty signers to a re- to get tM<-k. but when worn a little It , tltlon for their county convention. may tw recovered. "The Progressive |-erty will die before election.’ save one report Senti I S|w*ak with the speech of the ment is looking bettor tor Taft every think with the thoughts of the 4 «» ’** John Hay Summary of Assessment Roll of Tillamook County Year 1912. Number. Acree of tillable land.......................................... Acree of non-tillable land................................... Improveniente on deeded land........................... Town and city lot»................................................ niprovemente on town and city lota............. niprovemente on lands not deeded ............ Steamboats. manufacturing machinery, etc Merchandise.and etock in trade......................... Farming implements, vehicles, etc................. Shares of etock, money and notes................. Household furniture ................................... ......... Horses and mules.................................................... Cattle ........................................................................... Sheep and goats...................................................... Swine............................................................................ Doge............................................................................. for lfle Value. 15,220 581,005 10.941,1» 35,335 «0,(15 1.141,871 ■CO,® 14U) 102,« 120,010 1,334 0.370 N*i 182,320 1,102 Grose vali'C of all property »4,520.388 Majority Rule Amendment meaeurea from the vicious ones the wheat from the chaff, i0’t~ apeak, and paua favorable on the Among the thirty eight measures, good ones and reject the bad ones? which will appear on the official We say no, and to substantiate our ballot to be voted on by the elector claim we need only call attention ate of Oreg-on at, the coming elec to the fact that you may go forth tion on November 5th, will be the today----- less than a month before Majority Rule Amendment. This election, and consult 10 businew is an amendment to the Constitu and professional men whose btut. tion of the State of Oregon so as to ness and professional training has require a majority of all electors taught them to look carefully into voting at any election to adopt con important matters before render stitutional a.'iendment and pass ing a decision thereon, and p«k initiative measures. them if they have looked carefully This measure is proposed for the into the 38 measures proposed and express purpose of preserving the if they have read the 250 pages of Initiative Law for the people of the official pamplet. We make Oregon by preventing the over-use the statement without fear of suc by its friends, and by preventing cessful contradiction, that at least its abuse and possibly its appeal seven out of ten will admit they by its enemies. have not read the pamphlet at all, It scarcely admits of argument and if so, have only given it a an that the Initiative^Law as originally perficial glance. If such be the intended by its sponsors, is a most caae with the man who >s supposed worthy measure. But we find it to to give these matters close attention, day “working overtime” in Oregon. what can be expected of the bnsr We find it being grossly abueed and mechanic and laboring tnan whose perverted—turned from the purpose attention is centered in then di lor which it was originally intend rectione and whose environment is ed, namely, to be a powerful weap along other lines? on in the hands of the people with The remedy suggested at the pres which to get important and neces ent moment by some of the most sary legislation after the same has prominent newspapers of the s’ate been neglected or refused by the is, “Vote ‘No’ on all measures un State Legislature. Governor Wood less you are sure.” Not having row Wilson says: It is to be regard studied the merits of the 38 meas ed as “a gun behind the door”—to ures, how can the voter be sure! be used only when the people’s If he votes “No” on all or most representatives fail to represent all the measures and all are turned down, how about the one, two per them. BBtat 2^*' UT’* After its eight years of use and haps three or four meritorieus abuse we find it is fast pushing the measures for which there is a genu Legislature into a subordinate and ine need or demand by the peeple! secondary p'nee. Beginning with Are they to meet the same fate as few measures and a comparatively the dozens of ordinary measures small official pamphlet.it has grown which should hive gone to the until today there are 38 measures to Legislature in the first place, or be voted upon, and an official the vicious, or fanatic measures >amphlet containing over 260 pages which should be turned down with or the voter of Oregon to grope a vengeance ? If we are to preserve the initiative through in order to arrive at any thing like an intelligent conclusion law for the people of Oregon, both in regard to the proposed measures. present and future, we must pro What percentage of the voters ttect it by surrounding it with a will take the trouble to give these 38 safeguard which will prevent its misuse and abuse by those who tention in order to vote intelligent would use it to further selfish in detriment of the ly thereon ? And yet it is the terests to the bounden duty of every voter todo so, greater number of the people of because in this conglomerate mass the state there may be important measures The Majority Rule amendment affecting vitally all of the people of will do tins by driving all ordin-ry the state. A large majority of these measures of legislation into the 38 measures are ordinary matters Legislature where they belong and of legislation which should have by driving the selfish and perni gone to the Legislature where mem cious measures into oblivion where bers elected by all the people are they, also belong. paid for the purpose of passing up The Majority Rule amendment, it on the merits or demerits of such passed, will reduce the number ot measures, and who are at least sup measures on the ballot to a sane posed to be competent to render an basis by giving notice to all that a intelligent decision thereon. And measure in order to stand a chance yet, we cannot expect any change of passing must have real men! tn the number of measures on the and that there must be an actual ballot so long as we have an un demand for the same, in whichcaae bridled and unprotected initiative there will be no difficulty at all in law that allows every paid propa getting a majority to vote in favor gandist, every faddist and fanatic of it. . k who may be able to raise the price Take the time and pains to looa with which to hire an army of pro into the Majority Rule amenlmt“ fessional petition circulators to go and if you do, you will vote ‘or‘ forth and solid signatures to a and preserve the initiative law 1 petition at so much per name. the people of Oregon. What is there to prevent special interests from initiating measures Vote 322 X Yes containing jokers which if let pass, may work untold injustice to the No 323 people of Oregon ? Will the elector, ate of Oregon take the time and the Majority Rule League. trouble to dudy this official pamph let sufficiently to select the good Paid advt. Don’t Buy Any Range “Unsight, Unseen ' l «IKlT tìj[li BAjfifi: |i R*»f‘ WÜ« Reputoti- If anyone should ask you to buy a team of horses “unsight, unseen,” from a mere printed description you would think he intended to “stitig” Ku. Now there is no more sense in ying a range “unsight, unseen” than there is in buying a team cf horses — nor is it necessary. Tno Crcat Mcjcatic ij in use ‘ ta almost every township in the United State t it wi.l ] ( .. =7 drive an . extra west of the New England States—nnd A y yon to ------------ . . ten miler, if need be, to see and carefully examine the Greet Airy**”. —the range with a r putation — built cn 1. nor—.. f the best material» — before investing your money in a rau; • cf t.uy kind. . You don’t buy a range every dry, or indeed, every year, and wn Jon do, you want the best yonr money cau procure—that’s the >7 1 stamped 1 rn¿—i kt' tufi» 15 g nar«t, * f.-ttu th AA i’j Alex McNair Co