The Pauls Valley Sentinel
Pauls Valley, !nd. Ter.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905
Roosevelt in Colorado.
The hunt in the mountains of Colorado is to be
prolonged until May 14. The president is enjoying
the sport more than any hunt of his life and all seem
to be in the best of spirts with, possible, the excep-
tion of the bears. The chief executive is connected
with the outside world by wire from his camp in the
mountains to his private car and Secretary Loeb. In
the midst of pleasure the affairs of state are not over-
looked and after the chase is ended for the day the
duties of offbe demanding his official notice are taken
up and dispatched with the same business like meth-
ods as is used in dispatching the grizzly. And
yet he does not fag nor break down—this wonderful
man! During his stay in the mountains he has ap-
pointed a judge of the court of claims for Washing-
ton, D. C. and examined and disposed of several im-
portant pardon cases and attended to various other
matters coming up for consideration. And this is re-
creation for the Rough Rider president—a continuous
activity in the field and cabinet for about 18 hours
out of every twenty-four. He will go back to Wash-
ington by Chicago where he will be the guest of the
Iroquois Club of that city which is Democratic in
name but which is broad enough in spirit to welcome
at all times the embodiment of Americanism as per-
sonified in President Roosevelt. He will reach home
after his recreation in the mountains refreshed in
health and spirits and closer to the hearts of the
American people than ever before.
often times the salaried man remains on a salary wait-
ing for the opportunity that never comes. The temp-
tation to spend money is greater in the city than in
the country and a man's cash stays with him better
in the fields or the furrow than it does in a crowded
thoroughfare surrounded on a^l sides by speculators of
evei7 kind whose very existence depends on turning
their little capital over and over and the faster the
better. The idea prevails, with some people, that
the farmer's life is one of such strenuous facts and
stern reality that he wears out early and goes to an
untimely grave but statistice show just the reverse.
More often he has a healthy, comfortable old age,
rich with usfelness and devoid of regTet, while, with
his city cousin, it is frequently the case that business
worries and irregular hours captures his health and
brings old age before its time. Examples to substan-
tiate these facts are abundant and are seen every day
by any observer.
claimed that the legislators were offered $500 each
to vote for the measure, if this be true the people of
the Empire state must certainly feel proud that they
have a Vody of law makers who value their votes a
little higher than the price of a span of horses, and
especially vrLen a vote in the affirmative would mar
their natural landscape and destroy the grandeur of
nature that has been the center of attraction for every
tourist that ever crossed their state line since the
landing of Columbus.
Nothing is so calculated to detract from the useful-
| ness of an official of the town as to yield too freely to
' the opinions of those who are, in no way, responsible
| to the people. It is always well to listen to the ad-
j vice of taxpayers and others who are interested in the
i progress of the town but when someone whose inter-
i ests are wholly personal takes a too active part in the
management of affairs it is time for those who are
, really responsible to go slowly and take the advice of
| this self-interested person with the traditional "grain
; of salt." The activity of such a person is generally
pernicious and the results of his activity do not gen-
| erally redound to the best interests of the people, as
a whole, though it may be of benefit to his immedi-
; ate circle of friends. Government is always, or should
be, for the whole people and not for any particular
class, and when any particular person reaps unusual
benefits from the action of those in authority, it is
safe to say that such person is, more or less, "a pow-
er behind the throne." Let our municipal officers do
always what they think for the best interests of the
town and not yield too freely to those who are eager
to shape the management of affairs.
Commissioner Garfield is pushing the oil investi-
gation in the state of Kansas vigorously and in his
labors he is going into the minutest details of the
Standard Oil Company's methods of dealing with the
public as well as private individuals. Of course the
gTeat combination is doing everything possible to
make his work difficult by disguising its methods and
the conspiracy to defraud that exists in its operations
with the people. The knoweledge he obtains must
necssarily come from other sources than the com-
pany's agents for, of course, they can't turn state's
evidence. The oil producers are the ones from whom
he has learned that this infamous aggregation of wealth
has arrogated to itself the power of dictating the price
of crude oil as well as the price of the finished
article thus giving themselves unlimited power to rob
the producer and consumer alike and in this calling,
that they have proved themselves graduates beyond
compare the American public is ready to testify at any
time. All this grand scheme of deception and double
dealing carried on under the cloak of legitimate auth-
ority is dangerous and destructive to the best inter-
ests of the people everywhere and, in his investiga-
tions, Mr. Garfield will receive the sympathy of all
who believe in the great truth that for corporations as
well as individuals "honesty is the best policy."
Oklahoma was sixteen years old last Saturday and
for a new territory her growth has been unparalleled
in the history of territories in this country. Her
magnificent cities now were bare spots on the land-
scape then. Her population has increased more
rapidly than that of any new country hitherto opened
for settlement under Uncle Sam's regime. In the mat-
ter of railroads, schools, and public buildings also, her
rise has been phenomenal. The commercial activity
that has dominated her people has been the wondeT
j of the Southwest and challenges the admiration of the
; entire nation. Backed by a soil that is second to
j none for agricultural purposes and peopled by folks
who do things and who have at all times had an un-
bounded confidence in the future of Oklahoma it
would be strange indeed, if the result was otherwise.
True a vast amount of her wealth was brought to her
through immigrants and railroad builders but yet
what resources she has developed have been husband-
! ed closely and every thing utilized that would add a
dollar to her natural wealth. Her history during 16
| years as a territory is a guarantee of what she will be
as a state when linked in the sisterhood with Indian
Territory.
With the advent of rural free mail delivery and the
telephone system the farmer's life is made more en-
viable day by day. His life in the freedom of range
and opportunities for outdoor recreations too are items
that some fail to take notice of when comparing his
life with that of the town man's. Generally the far-
mer in a few years owns a home and a business, while
The Leggett "Niagra grab bill" has been killed by
its supporters weakening at the last moment and re-
fusing to fight for it in the open. Of all natural ob-
jects of the world none is sublimer than the falls of
Niagra and it is to the honor of the New York legisla-
ture that they have taken this action and preserved to
the world this gTeat natural wonder. The sentiments of
the people have trumphed over the greed of a great
corporation, that is not satisfed with controling all the
wealth in the bowels of the earth, but seeks to extend
its conquest to one of the most famous and beautiful
objects of nature on the face of the globe. It is
The passing of Joseph Jefferson removes from earth
the "Father of the American stage," a title that he
had won from true meritt He had been an actor
since he was four years old and he was 76 years old
when death came. His interpretation of character on
the stage for so many years and with so much truth
and feeling has made a warm place for him in the
hearts of all who have seen him act, both in this
country and beyond the seas. Besides his great tal-
ent as an actor he was universally esteemed for his
pure life and noble character and in the good will and
affection of the people he was second to none. He
will be missed from the stage and mourned as per-
haps no other actor has been before.
Speaker Cannon has declined the invitation tender-
ed him to visit Indian Territory and Oklahoma this
summer. This will be learned with regret by many
owing chiefly to the attitude of the speaker on the
statehood bill last winter. If he is of the opinion that
Oklahoma and Indian Territory are not worthy of
statehood yet, a tour of the two will disabuse his
mind of such an erroneous idea. By many the de-
feat of the bill is charged to him directly; if he is
guilty as charged and needs evidence to remove the
opinion he entertains nothing could furnish more con-
victing or conclusive testimony than would a visit to
our territory, and in justice to the people, as well as
to himself and his constituents, he should not spoil a
good notion by declining to come.
Cupid Defeated.
A half repentant bachelor, with quite a pile of
ro.lcs,
Dropped in, one day, beside the way, and bought
a pair of socks.
Arrived at home—romantic joy!—he wond'ringly
drew out
A note deep hidden in the hose—from some fair
hand, no doubt!
'•I'm twenty years of age," it read, "and called a
country belle,
With you I'd like to correspond—if you will
never tell;
My object matrimony is, and yours, I hope, the
same >
If you'll address me, I'll respond" and then she
wrote her name.
On fire with hope, the bachelor that very evening
wrote.
And folded his epistle with a kiss inside the note.
Sly Cupid had him in his mesh—no very clever
catch.
For, after all, quite foolish is a half repentant
bach.
But, oh, how sheepish did he feel, when from the
fair unknown
This answer came, to quench hii flame: "An
old maid I have grown!
Alas! 'twas forty years ago I planned that fond
surprise,
Defeated by a heartless wrech who wouldn't
advertise!"
—PRINTER'S INK.
Togo and Rojestvensky continue to play hide and
seek in French waters and the French Admiral Jon-
quires, is exerting himself to enforce neutrality.
Meanwhile the lull in hostilities on land and sea is
growing monotonous to newspaper readers. If this
naval fight is to decide the issue why not make haste
and pull it off to relieve the pent up suspense that all
the world is enduring? Both sides would be the
gainer by bringing the conflict to a close. Perhaps
these naval heroes have found a good fishing ground
and are taking a vacation. They should remember
that time is money and that procrastination is the
thief of time and that they are therefore making them-
selves accessories to a thief.