REPUBLICAN
COLORS ARE OP
Andrews Opens Headquarters
For Presidential Campaign.
PARTY IN FIGHTINC TRIM
Pennsylvania Will Try to Excel Her
Glorious Majority of Half a Million
For Theodore Roosevelt at Next No
vember Election, With Taft and
Sherman as the Standard Bearers.
The Party Organization Was Never
In a More Harmonious Condi
tlon.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 1.
With the opening of the state head
quarters in this city yesterday the Re
publican campaign in Pennsylvania is
now fairly under way.
Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee, was busily engaged all summer In
arranging the preliminaries for the
state canvass, so that everything was
In good shape to begin the aggressive
work which will be carried on until
the polls close on election day. Tues
day. Nov. 3.
While even the Democrats concede
Pennsylvnia to Judge Taft and the en
tire Republican ticket, it will be the
aim of the Republicans of the Key
stone state to maintain the prestige
which they have long enjoyed of be
ing the banner Republican state of the
Union.
It may be difficult to surpass the glo
rious record of half a million plural
ity given by Pennsylvania to President
Roosevelt, but it is the purpose of the
sturdy Republicans of this splendid
commonwealth to endeavor to excel
even that accomplishment at the ccnf
ing election.
Organization In Splendid Shape.
During the last two months Chair
man Andrews has been working untir
ingly to perfect the various county
organizations, and he has succeeded
in whipping matters into excellent
trim for the starting of the more ser
ious business of the canvass.
There are 6000 county committee
men already upon the Bring line, and
they are alert and active in promot
ing the cause of the party nominees.
The county chairman are now engag
ed in compiling their list of vigilantes
who will comprise an army of 80,000
wide-awake and patriotic Pennsylva
nians enlisted under the banner of
Republicanism, and determined to
rout the enemy at every point.
Every school district will be thor
oughly canvassed, and early reports
regarding popular sentiment in var
ious parts of the state are most grati
fying.
The Republican organization of
Pennsylvania was never more harmo
nious, nor was there ever evinced a
more pronounced spirit of loyalty to
the party standard bearers.
Walton Heads Speakers' Bureau.
The announcement by Chairman An
drews of his appointment of former
Speaker Henry F. Walton to be chief
of the bureau of speakers was every
where accepted as an assurance that
this feature of the campaign will re
ceive competent and careful attention.
Mr. Walton is familiar with the inter
ests of the several counties, and he
has a wide acquaintance among pub
tic men of the different localities. He
is in a position to enroll a formidable
corps of spellbinders, and it is pro
dieted that in arranging for meetings
and providing them with speakers he
will make an exceptional record.
Mr. Walton has already been in
touch with Chairman Hitchcock, of
the Republican national committee,
and he has been promised some of the
most forceful and eloquent men, who
will be on the stump this fall for as
signment to meetings to be held in
the debatable congressional districts.
National Committee Support.
The fact that Senator Penrose haa
been appointed on the executive com
mittee of the Republican national com
mitte. and that private offices have
been assigned to him in the national
committee headquarters in New York,
where he will spend much of the time
during the campaign, will be of ma
terial assistance to Chairman An
drews and Mr. Walton in their efforts
to have the committee send to Penn
sylvania a strong assignment of speak
ers, and to otherwise assist the state
organization in its ambition to sur
pass the Roosevelt plurality of four
fears ago.
Andrews Is Sanguine.
"Republicans of Pennsylvania." said
Colonel Adrews today, "will be true
to their party at the coming election
There is no good reason why any Re
publican should desert his colors in
this campaign, and we can fairly look
for many gains from among the ranks
of the first voters and the thousands
of citizens who were formerly allied
with the Democratic party, but who
are not in sympathy with its present
candidate or its policies, and who in
tend to vote the full Republican ticket
In November.
"By its broad and wise policies the
Republican party has developed the
industries of this state until it is far
more important in its Interests than
any other state in the Union, and it
has more at stake In this campaign
than any of them. A change in these
policies would Inflict more damage to
Pennsylvania than to any other com
monwealth, and, therefore. It stands
to reason that Pennsylvania should
support that party. What is true of
Pennsylvania Is In a degree applica
ble to many other states.
"Every man In Pennsylvania Is di
rectly concerned in the outcome of
this contest. Every farmer, all of
whom are prosperous, must recognize
the fact that the perpetuation of Penn
sylvania's manufacturing industries
means continued prosperity for the
tiller of the soil.
Farmers Directly Concerned.
"Farmer* Id PuuUTlvinla an nra(-
porous Co a greatar aegrvr man
before, and they do not hare to send
their products to New York or other
states, but they have a home market
made up of the hundreds of thousands
of citizens engaged in industrial en
terprises in their very midst. They
have a vital interest in tho continu
ance of Republican administration of
affairs in the state and nation which
has developed these industries and
brought about this condition. There is
a healthier tone manifested in ail
business interests throughout the
United States and the temporary stag
nation is about over. Mills are start
ing np, and thousands who were idle
are groins to work. The country is set
tling down to normal conditions. After
a period of unexampled prosperity,
which was followed by a temporary
cessation of business, there is now a
resumption of trade, a revival of in
dustrial activities ami nn assuwnce
that with the continuance of Republi
can rule the country will expand in
wealth and power in every direction.
"Pennsylvania will blaze the way in
November in a national movement
that will mean greater happiness for
all of the American people during tbo
next four years."
CLUB KEN WILL
RALLY FOR TAFT
Great Gathering Anticipated at
State Leape Convention,
l Special Correspondence.]
Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 1.
A mighty host of stalwart young Re
publicans will assemble here on Wed
nesday, Sept. 16, to ratify the action
i of the convention which placed the
j Taft-Sherman ticket in the field, and
to formally inaugurate the campaign in
| Pennsylvania to be waged by the State
i League of Republican Clubs.
This will be the twenty-second an
i nual convention of the league, and all
: indications point to it being the most
I successful in the history of the or
ganization.
Vice Presidential Candidate Sher
man. Senator Boles Penrose, Congress
j man Nicholas Longworth and John
| Hays Hammond will be among the
i principal orators at the mass meeting
! to be held on the opening night of the
convention.
This will be the first convention to
be addressed by Senator Penrose for
some years, and by reason of the
prominent part he is to take In the
management of the national campaign
his remarks will have special signifi
1 cance.
Prizes For Clubmen.
Robert B. Habgood. president of the
State League, has been here and has
cordially approved of all of the ar
rangements for the entertainment of
the visitors. Prizes are to be awarded
to the clubs sending the largest dele
gations and for those coming the long
est distance.
The league clubs are to take a con
spicuous part in the campaign and
will co-operate with State Chairman
Andrews and the various county com
mittees in arranging for mass meet
ings and providing the speakers and
distributing literature.
Pennsylvania clubmen have a warm
feeling In their hearts for Judge Taft.
whose strong character and sturdy pa
triotism appeal especially to the yourp
men.
First Voters' Club.
Plans are under way for the organi
zation of First Voters' clubs in every
school district In Pennsylvania to en
list those who will cast a presidential
vote for the first time in the ranks of
the militant Republicans In the great
national contest.
Reports from every part of the
country show that the trend of s< nti
monf among the young men is toward
the Republican party and its standard
bearers and that hundreds of thou
fands of first voters throughout th
Union are being enrolled under th-
Republican banners.
Particular attention Is to be given
by the State League to the several
congressional districts in Pennsylva
uia which have been classed as doubt
ful, and in this connection the officer?
of the league will work in harmory
with the national and state commi'
tees and the Republican congressional
committee in their efforts to get o;j:
every Republican Votr>.
The Democrats ar° making bn'd
claims In the matter of congressional
seats in this state. Til v now hav
seven representatives in t: < I otise ar.-'
they are claiming ten.
If the Republican c! ' arr-n, »
pllsh half of what the*- v . j n t
way of educating the vot -r- - I rcu
Ing enthusiasm for the R '< r
nominees, the Democrats »vi|! b > \
If they carry three districts In t i
Stftte In November.
Joel Chandler Harris.
He t !'h ->no from the- children .in 1 ' d
• r iittie cn-eturs"
T1 I t ed BO well
Tot: t i rlous realm of v/hici
No o- .rns to tell.
All child! jd land Is full of grief
And bitter tears.
The animal kingdom's cast in gloom
And darksome fears.
For the frlcn 1 who understood and loved
them
Hath gone away
And nevermore can Join with them
In Imaginative play.
Hut In a better land than this.
More beautiful and fair,
Ile'll find some loving little ones
Awaiting for him there.
And in this world he's left behind
An empty space;
The "little creeturs" will find no "Mister
Man"
To fill his place.
—Clara Cox Kpperson In Nashville Amer
ican.
Faded.
Tess VPS, she said her husband
married her for her beauty. What do
you think of that? Jess—Well, I think
her husband must feel like a widower
now.—Philadelphia Press.
His Idea.
Tired Tatters—l wlsht I had money
enuff t' patent a Idee uv mine. Weary
Walker— Wot's de idee? Tired Tatters
—A noomatlc tire fer perlice clnbs.—
Chicago News.
jbj^UNTINGTIIE
qOPronc Buck
14 5 by
r THEODORE ROOSEVELT
J [Copyright, 1893, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Published under arrangement with G. P.
j Putnam's Sons, New York and London ]
the wide plains where
the prong-buck dwells
the hunter must some
| times face thirst, as well
SJJIHESI ns fire and frost. The
only time I ever really
suffered from thirst was
while hunting prong-buck.
It was late in the summer. I was
with the ranch wagou on the way to
join a round-up, anil ns we were out
of meat I started for a day's hunt.
After two or three hours' ride, up
winding coulies, and through the
scorched desolation of patches of Bad
Lands, I reached the rolling prairie.
The heat and drought had long burned
the short grass dull brown; the bot
toms of what had been pools were
covered with hard, dry, cracked earth
The day was cloudless, and the heat
oppressive. There were many ante
lope, but 1 got only one shot, breaking
j a buck's leg; and though I followed it
| for a couple of hours 1 could not over
take it. By this time it was late in
[ the afternoon, and I was far away
j from the river: so I pushed for a creek,
in the bed of which 1 had always
found pools of water, especially to
wards the head, as is usual with plains
watercourses. To my chagrin, how
ever, they all proved to be dry; and
though I rode up the creek bed to
ward the head, carefully searching for
any sign of water, night closed on me
before 1 found any. For two or three
hours I stumbled on, leading my horse,
in my fruitless search; then a tumble
over a cut bank in the dark warned
me that I might ns well stay where 1
was for tho rest of the warm night
Accordingly I unsaddled the horse,
and tied him to a sage brush; after
awhile he began to feed on the dewy
grass. At first I was too thirsty to
Bleep. Finally I fell into a sumber,
and when I awoke at dawn I felt no
thirst. For an hour or two more I
continued my search for water in the
creek bed; then abandoned it and rode
straight for the river. By the time
we reached it my thirst had come
back with redoubled force, my mouth
was parched, and the horse was In
quite as bad a plight; we rushed down
to the brink, and it seemed as if we
could neither of us ever drink our iil!
of the tepid, rather muddy water. Of
course this experience was merely un
pleasant; thirst is not a source of real
danger in the plains country proper,
whereas in the hideous deserts that
extend from southern Idaho through
Utah and Nevada to Arizona, it ever
menaces with death the hunter and ex
plorer.
In the plains the weather is apt to
bo in extremes; the heat Is tropical,
the cold arctic, and the droughts are
relieved by furious floods. These are
generally more severe and lasting in
the spring, after the melting of the !
snow; and fierce local freshets follow
the occasional cloudbursts. The large I
rivers then become wholly impassa
ble. and even the smaller are formi
dable obstacles. It is not easy to get
cattle across a swollen stream, where
the current runs like a turbid mill-race
over the bed of shifting quicksand
Once five of us took a thousand head
of trail steers across the I.ittle Mis
souri when the river was up, and it
was no light task. The muddy current
was boiling past the banks covered I
with driftwood and foul yellow froth,
and the frightened cattle shrank from
entering it. At last, by bard riding
with much loud shouting and swing
ing of ropes, we got tho leaders in. ami j
the whole herd followed. After them
we went in our turn, the horses swim
ming at one moment, and the next j
staggering and floundering through
the quicksand. I was riding my pet
cutting horse. Muley, which has the ;
provoking habit of making great ,
bounds where the water is just not
deep enough for swimming; once lie j
almost unseated me. Some of the cat i
tie were caught by the currents and
rolled over and over; most of these we
were able, with the help of our ropes,
to put on their feet again; only one
was drowned, or rather choked in a
quicksand. Many swam down stream,
and in consequence struck a difficult
landing, where the river ran under a
cut bank: these we had to haul out
with our ropes.
Although I have often had a horse
down in quicksand or in crossing a
swollen river, and have had to work
hard to save him, I have never myself
lost one under such circumstances.
Yet once I saw the horse of one of my
men drown under him directly in front
of the ranch house, while he was try
ing to cross the river. This was in
early spring, soon after the Ice had
broken.
When making long wagon trips over j
the great plains, antelope often offer ]
the only source of meat supply, save
for occasional water fowl, sage fowl,
and prairie fowl—the sharp-tailed i
prairie fowl, be it understood. This '
is the characteristic grouse of the cat ]
tie country; the true prairie fowl is a ;
bird of the farming land farther east.
Towards the end of the summer of
'92 I found It necessary to travel from |
my ranch to the Black Hills, some two |
hundred miles south. The ranch wag- |
Strictly Fresh fcggs.
There are summer resorts, remote
from any agricultural communities,
where fresh farm products are even
harder to obtain than in the city. It
was at such a place that the new
boarder, who had eaten four or five
breakfasts there, began to wonder why
the eggs were invariably served fried.
"See here," he inquired oue morning
of the genial colored man who waited
upon him. "why do you always fry
eggs here? Don't you ever boil them?"
"Oh, oh, yes, sah!" responded the
waiter pleasantly. "Of cose yo' kin
have 'em boiled if yo' wants 'em, but
yo' know, sah, yo' takes «ie risk!"—
on went with me, driven by an all
round plainsman, a man of Iron nerves
and varied past, the sheriff of our
county. He was an old friend of
mine; at one time I had served as
deputy-sheriff for the northern end of
the county. In the wagon wo carried
our food and camp kit, and our three
rolls of bedding, each wrapped in a
thick, nearly waterproof canvas (sheet:
we had a tent, but we never needed It
The load being light, the wagon was
drawn by but a span of horses, n pair
of wild runaways, tough, and good
travellers. My foreman and I rode
beside the wagon on our wiry, un
kempt, unshod cattle-ponies. They car
ried us all day at a rack, pace, single
foot or slow lope, varied by rapid gal
loping when we made long circles aft
er game: the trot, the favorite gai'
with eastern park-riders. Is disliked by
all peoples who have to do much of
their life-work In the saddle.
The first day's ride was not attrac
tive. The heat was intense and tin
dust stifling, as we had to drive- soin<
loose horses for the lirst few mile.,
and afterwards to ride up and down
the sandy river bed, where the cattle
had gathered, to look over some young
steers we had put on the range tin
preceding spring. When we did cnmi
it was by a pool of stagnant water, in
a creek bottom, and the mosquitoes
were a torment Nevertheless, as
evening fell, it was pleasant to climb
a little knoll nearby aiul gaze at tile
rows of strangely colored buttes.
clad, or of bare earth and scoria, their
soft reds and purples showing as
through a haze, and their Irregular out
lines gradually losing their sharpnes
in the fading twilight.
My foreman and I usually rode far
off to one side of the wagon, looking
out for antelope. Of these we at lirst
saw few, but they grew more plentiful
as we journeyed onward, approaching
a big. scantily wooded creek, where 1
had found the prong-horn abundant in
previous seasons. They were very
wary and watchful whether going sin
gly or lu small parties, and the lay of
the land made It exceedingly difficult
to get within range. The last time I
had hunted In this neighborhood was
in the fall, at the height of the rutting
season. Prong-bucks, even more than
other game, seem fairly maddened hj
erotic excitement. At the time of m\
former hunt they were in ceaseless
motion; each master buck being inees
santly occupied in herding his harem
and fighting would-be rivals, while sin
gle bucks chased single does as gray
hounds chase hares, or else, if no does
were in sight, from sheer excitement
ran to and fro as if crazy, racing a'
full speed la one direction, then halt
lng, wheeling, and tearing back again
just as hard as they could go.
At this time, however, the rut was
still sotne weeks off, ami all the bucks
had to do was to feed and keep a look
out for enemies. Try my best, I could
not Ret within less than four or five
hundred yards, and though I took a
number of shots at these, or even
longer distances, I missed. If a man
is out merely for a day's hunt, nml has
(
TTV got the leaders in and the whoU
herd followed.
all the time he wishes, he will u >•
scare the game and waste cartridges
by shooting at such long ranges, pre
ferring to spend half a day or more in
patient waiting and careful stalk in.':
but if he Is traveling, and is therefore
cramped for time, he must take his
chances, even at the cost of burning
a good deal of powder.
1 was finally helped to success by ■
characteristic freak of the game I w.i
following. No other animals are as
keen-sighted, or are normally as wary
as prong-horns; but no others are so
whimsical and odd in their behavior
at times, or so subpect to flts of the
most stupid curiosity and panic. Late
in the afternoon, on topping n rise 1
saw two good bucks racing off about
three hundred yards to one side; I
An Eaty Way.
"In order to succeed In life," said the
experienced person, "you must not be
•fraid to make enemies."
"Then," answered the tractable
youth, "you would probably advise me
to putin some time as a baseball um
pire. "—Washington Star.
When the Adamses Move.
Mrs. K., while telling her children
about Adam and Eve nnd the benutles
of the garden of Eden, was interrupted
by one of the tiny tots saying. "Oh,
mamma, when those Adamses move
away let us get that place to live In."
•-Delineator.
sprang to the ground, and fired three
shots at them lu vain, as they ran llkn
quarter-horses until they disappeared
over a slight swell. In a minute, how
ever, back they came, suddenly ap
pearing over the crest of the same
swell, immediately In front of me
and, as I afterwards found by pacing
some three hundred and thirty yards
away. They stood side by side facing
me, and remained motionless, unheed
ing the crack of the Winchester; 1
aimed at the right-hand one, but a
front shot of the kind, at such a dis
tance, is rather difficult, and It was
not until I fired for the fourth time
that he sank back out of sight. I
could not tell whether I had killed him
and took two shots at his mate, as the
latter went off, but without effect
Running forward, I found the first
one dead, the bullet having gone
through him lengthwise; the other did
not seem satisfied even yet, and kept
hanging round In the distance for
some minutes, looking at us.
I had thus bagged one prong-buck,
as the net outcome of the expenditure
of fourteen cartridges. This was cer
talnly not good shooting; but neither
was It as bad as it would seem to the
man inexperienced In antelope hunting.
They stood side by side facing me, and
remained motionless.
When fresh meat la urgently needed,
and when time Is too short, the hunter
who is ufter autelope In an open tint
tish country must risk many long
shots. In no other kind of hunting is
there so much long-distance shooting.
Throwing the buck into the wagon
we continued our journey across the
prairie, no longer following any road,
and before sunset Jolted down towards
the big creek for which we had beeu
heading. There were many water
holes therein, and timber of considera
ble size; box alder and ash grew here
and there in clumps and fringes, be
side the serpentine curves of the near
ly dry torrent bed. the growth being
thickest under the shelter of the occa
sional low bluffs. We drove down to
a heavily grassed bottom, near a deep,
narrow pool, with, at one end, that
rarest of luxuries in the plains coun
try, a bubbling spring of pure, cold
water. With plently of wood, delicious
water, ample feed for the horses, and
fresh meat we had every comfort and
luxury Incident to camp life In good
weather. The bedding was tossed out
on a smooth spot beside the wagon;
the horses were watered and tethered
to picket pins where the feed was
best; water was fetched from the
spring; a deep hole was dug for the
fire, and the grass roundabout care
fully burned off; and in a few mo
ments the bread was baking in the
Dutch oven, the potatoes were boiling,
antelope steaks were sizzling in the
frying-pan, and the kettle was ready
for the tea. After supper, eaten with
the relish known well to every hard
working and successful hunter, we sat
for half an hour or so round the fire,
and then turned iu under the blankets
and listened to the wailing of the
coyotes until we fell sound asleep.
We determined to stay in this camp
all day, so as to try and kill another
prong-buck, as we would soon be past
the good hunting grounds. I did not
have togo far for my game next morn
ing. for soon after breakfast, while
sitting on my canvas bag cleaning my
ritle, the sheriff suddenly called to me
that a bunch of antelope were oomin
towards us. Sure enough there they
were, four in number, rather over half
a mile off, on the first bench of the
prairie, two or three hundred yards
back of the creek, leisurely feeding In
our direction. In a minute or two
they were out of sight, and I instantly
ran along the creek towards them for
a quarter of a mile, and then crawled
up a short shallow cotille, close to the
head of which they seemed likely to
pass. When nearly at the end 1 cau
tiously raised my liatless head, peered
through some straggling weeds, and
at once saw the horns of the ouek
He was a big fellow, about a hundred
and twenty yards off; the others, a doe
and two kids, were in front. As I lift
»d myself on my elbows lie halted nn t
turned his raised head towards me:
the sunlight shone bright on his sup
pie, vigorous body with its markings
of sharply contrasted brown and
white. 1 pulled trigger, and away
he went; but I could see that his race
was nearly run, and he fell after goin?
a few hundred yards.
I*¥?
A Book She Wouldn't Keac.
There Is one book of Mr. Steven
son's that I myself have never rend,"
Bald Mrs. Stevenson once. "I refused
to read it and held to my refusal. I
make It a rule never to read a novel
the scene of which Is laid In a bygone
age. The author always deems It his
duty to make his characters talk in
what he considers the language of that
period, nnd I am always sure that he
doesn't know positively how they did
talk, so I won't read such books. 1
would never read the 'Black Arrow,'
and Mr. Stevenson thought It such a
good Joke that be insisted upon dedi
cating it to me."
HAPPIERJARM LIFE,
Farmers Talk of President's Plan
to Better Their Conditions.
MAY SOLVE VEXING PROBLEMS
View of Maine Cattleman Who Be
lieves Investigation Will Greatly
Benefit—Hoosier Says He Takes a
Bath When Needed Government
Advice Deemed Useless.
The recent letter of President lloose
velt to Professor Bailey of tho New
York Agricultural college, in which the
chief executive expresses a desire to
become more conversant with condi
tions of farm life with a view to Gild
ing out whether or not such conditions
might not be improved by national
oversight and assistance, has attracted
a good deal of attention among the
farmers in the vicinity of Biddeford,
Me.
From various parts of the United
States the opinions of representative
farmers on President Roosevelt's plan
for bettering their condition were re
cently gathered by the New York
World. The dispatches follow:
Deems Roosevelt Right.
John M. Deerlng of Saco, one of the
state cattle commissioners, says:
'"I firmly brieve in the recommenda
tions of President Roosevelt and the
wisdom of his policy of inquiring into
conditions on the farm. The investiga
tion he has set on foot should be of
great l>eneflt to the farmers and their
families and very likely may result in
the solution of some of the old ami
vexing problems of farm life. The
question Is one of national importance
and Is deserving of the prominence the
president would give it."
William M. Nutter of ICennebunkport
said: "I am In favor of anything in
the nature of the policy of investiga
tion with a view to Improvement which
the president outlines in his letter to
Professor Bailey. I hope and believe
the movement will result in benefit to
the farmer all over the country and
will result in placing him in a position
of greater strength economically and
socially than he has ever been In be
fore."
Doubts Roosevelt's Plan.
Orrln Gilbert of Middletown, Conn.,
a prominent granger and successful
farmer, says; "I believe in helping a
man that tries to help himself. The
American fanner la one of the most in
dependent men in the country and sim
ply asks to be treated equally with
other men. Help given the farmer
through state agricultural experiment
stations and the government agricultur
al department in combating diseases,
the study of Insect peats and experi
ments with many varieties is a good
thing, but togo beyond this would be
likely to have a taint of patronage and
would be detrimental to the best in
terests of the farmers and would be re
sented by the most of them. I be
lieve In the betterment of the farmer,
as It would tend to the betterment of
tho nation, but I think that President
Roosevelt's plan would not be for the
best ns I understand It from the press."
V- 'otato Bugs Killed Off.
Tb 1 sentiment of the fanners
on tli<_ -nd of Long Island seems
to be agv. : the principles of Presi
dent Itoosov t In advocating the sani
tary improvements on the farms.
Frank Thllburg, who has a farm at
East Marlon, says:"l believe that
President Itoosevelt's suggestion to
ward Improving the condition on the
farms is a grand, good thing. Insects
of various descriptions are fast de
stroying the crops of brnssels sprouts
and cauliflower between East Marion
and Rlverhead. Our cucumbers are in
a pitiful condition. What about the
potato blight? What we want is to
have men from the agricultural de
partment sent down here to look over
our farms and find out how we can get
rid of the pests. There Is plenty of
money spent in the agricultural de
partment. Why not spend some in this
way ?"
None Happier Than Farmers.
Madison county (Ind.) farmers almost
unite that ltoosevelt Is not familiar
with farm life of today and disagree
with him that they could be happier
and more sanitary. Jerome Brown,
county commissioner and successful
farmer, said:
"Roosevelt's idea might have applied
to some of the country years ago. but
not today. We live well, and none is
happier than farmers. Sanitary condi
tions of farm homes are, as a rule, bel
ter than 75 per cent of homes in any
city. Most families on farms have
moro rest and recreation and are
healthier than townspeople. Our death
rate is lower than In cities, and sui
cides are rare in rural districts. There
Is also less of race suicide."
Takes a Bath When Needed.
Howard D. Trease, speaking of Cedar
Creek township, in Indiana, said:
"I don't know anything about the j
farmers in other states or parts, but I j
guess we in Indiana are managing to j
take pretty good care of ourselves. If !
President Roosevelt could do some- j
thing to better the condition of our j
crops it would be more to the point. I
don't believe I could ever get used to i
plowing corn in a swallowtalled coat
or milking the cows In a plug hat.
When my horses balk I usually maul
them with a clapboard, although It
might be more according to the rule of
etiquette to read them a few stanzas
rrom Browning.
"My notion is that the president
could find plenty to do If he'd try his
reforms on a lot of congressmen from
the cities. The country congressmen
seem to average up about right, and.
Jtulglug from what I saw when I was
at the Inauguration three years ago,
there Is as much for bettering so
cial conditions right under the shadow
of the capUo'l as there la out here In
Indiana. We send our children to
school, have the dally papers brought
to oar doors every morning, can talk
to-our neighbors and city cousins by
telephone, take a bath when we think
we need It and don't think we need a
commission to take caie of us Just yet.
Personally I would recommend the
president to reserve his commission for
the Indians and the white slaves."
Qovarnmant Advloa Uislm.
y*naar» la the vicinity at AJtan. 111,
j er families unless focal co-operation is
J given. Farmers would have to Inter
est the government In giving financial
; assistance for building of good roads,
encouragement of extension of public
utilities to the country now enjoyed In
the cities. Good roads must comelirst
before social life In the country be tin
I proved. Then the service Improve
ment Idea must be extended in the
country as well as in cities. The lot
of fanners has been greatly Improved
by rural telephones and mail service
and Interurban electric lines. Social
life Is Just what the farmer and his
family make it, and government ad
vice as to rural social delights would
hardly be a success.
Think President Is Sincere.
While It Is true that during recent
years there has been a marked Im
provement In the social conditions of
farmers and their families, the farm
ers of South Dakota recognize that
there is room for further Improvement.
Such of them as have read the outline
of President Roosevelt's plan for Im
proving their social condition by the
commission method and by suggesting
legislative action express the belief
that the president is absolutely sincere
In his effort to improve the social con
ditions of the farmers of the country,
but that It is a matter which cannot
be adjusted by the president or con
gress. The true solution, they declare,
of the desired improvement lies with
the farmers and their families, each
for themselves, and that no two fann
ers might agree as to what was an im-
I provement of their social conditions.
Up to Farmers Themselves.
One farmer says: "Bettennent of
conditions Is up to fanners themselves.
No commission can materially help the
farmer. Material prosperity as evi
denced by the high price of lowa land
is enabling farmers to have nearly ali
modern conveniences of the city In their
homes, making them financially able to
own an automobile, have telephone
service and make home and surround--
lugs more attractive t<> the rising gen
eration, stemming the tide cityward."
Another says:"l am well pleased
with Itoosevelt's Interest In the welfare
of the farmer. The appointment of
Henry Wallace of Des Moines to tUo
commission is an excellent choice."
It's a Good Idea.
Since I'resident Roosevelt's sugge -
tion for the betterment of conditions
on American farms has become belter
understood it has received more seri
ous consideration from the farmers la
the vicinity of El Reno, Okla., although
there are those who think the sugges
tion looks too much like iwiternallsni
and nn Invasion of Individual and fam
ily rights.
John Failou, a prosperous and pro
gressive fanner of Canadian county,
looks upon the proposition as a good
one and regards any plan, idea or proj
ect looking to the bettering of condi
tions as something which means at*
honest trial. He voices his faith in
President Roosevelt's honesty and is
not alarmed because the present propo
sition Is a novel one. "Many of the
president's ideas," he said, "are novel,
but they generally turn out to bo
right."
Enthusiastic In Texas.
Farmers at Brownsville, Tex., are en
thusiastic over Roosevelt's plan to bet
ter their social condition. This is the
sentiment expressed by the leading
planters and fanners of the Rio Grande
valley. The agricultural community of
this region is comparatively uew, all
having sold their holdings In the north
within the last two or three years and
settled in the Rio Grande valley and
coast country of Texas. The farming
community about Brownsville Is there
fore an unusually intelligent class.
Small Hats From Paris.
Isabel Holland and Mary Moore, Bos
ton milliners who have been studying
styles in Paris, arrived at New York
recently by the North German IJoyd
steamship Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse
with sample hats for the fall which
look as much like "Merry Widow" cre
ations as a baby parasol does like a
song and dance umbrella. This Is the
comparison of the milliners themselves,
who say the reaction from the expan
sive hat is extreme.
The Cricket's Warning.
Outside my window there's a thicket
Where hawthorn branches Intertwine,
And there nil night a fretful crtekct
By accident or by design
Proclaims that summer's on the wane.
Insists that autumn winds ere long
WUi blow across the hills again
And leave the world bereft of snug.
I wake at midnight from mv dreaming
And restlessly t vss to and fro
What time tin erl-ket kiK-ps on scream
ing
"The autumn wind 3 ere lore 'blow,.
Tho peaceful, restful summer U.iys
With sum-tier's Joys will soon be j»ast.
Tho sumac soon will he ablaze.
The nights are growing longer fast "
Out on you and your sad complaining.
Oh, foolish little pessimist!
I know the summer time is waning
Therefore you may ns well desist.
Prate not to me of autumn's ills
Nor scold because the nights grow
long.
For when the haze Is 011 the hills
My dreaming quickens Into song
—Chicago Record-Herald.
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