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Unsown the 9P M 4 ! 47T11 YEAK. OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912. NUMBER 47. A PROPOSITION TO UNITE. Ilelow we rIvu a list of the land owners In these districts, together with the acres owned by them, num ber of children and the mileage from their present schools and that from the proposed district school. FIVE LIVING GENERATIONS. - I I 5 . ti -A .No, Hit lor of Intnl. St 3 ! 3 t 2i il fail! PS Auld Lang Syne. Should mild m-quiilnlsn o be forgot, And nuver lirouulit to mln'7 Should auld aoiuiiliitiinci'bu forgot, And d.iyno' tutd U-.g ayne, I'or HUld Inns nynn. my clear, Pur auld lium nyiie, We'll Ilk" il riipn' klndni'iH yet For iiuld lung synu! Wo two hue run almul the littiei, And pu'd tin itowiint lliii't Hut wo'vo wandrrrd mony a wcsiry foot fin nutd liitii: ytn Wolno h:ic p'lcirt I" tin- Imrn l'rni- tnornln' run till dim! Hut seas Iwtwi'cn u timid lian roared flu mild limit syiie. And lirrp'a a linnil, my Iruiiy Here. And tflf't ii Inind n' llilnoi And we'll Ink ii right Riiltl wllllf-wutiglit I'or mild Imu syne! And surely yi'll lie your pint-Mown, And nurely I'll t.e inlnci An' we'll take a iMipo' kliidni'M yi't For ii it 11 luna syne, I'orauld litngiem-, my dmr, I'or iiuld litim in-. We'll take n oupn' kindness yet, Tor :iuld limit syne! Yes my dear lioy ami ftlrl: for auld l.tnr syne sake come back to thu old home town. Let us once airaln look Into your facu and again clasp you by llm hand, take a .stroll down to thu old swimming hole: talk over thu days that aru kohu. First week In August, Monday, thu llflli day, at our annual chautainiua. Always With Us. Superintendent ('arson, of our coun ty Infirmary, tiled his annual report with the comity court at lis recent session, anil the annual Inventory was made by the court during Its March session, Fiom this report wullnda most satisfactory condition to exist, and we doubt If there is another like Institution In our statu that Is so sit Isfaelorllyoonduetctl and managed. Not only arc the inmates humanely c.ircd for abundant, wholesome food, aud comfortable clothing and meat, well kept quarters, but thu cost in caring for them and the Kcucral man agement of thu Instlliillnii Is con ducted at thu very minimum cost to thu taxpayers. Hot Ii the taxpayers aud Mr. Carson are to be congratu lated. The annual exhibit shows It only cost the taxpayer tlKH to maintain the count) VdcpcndcntH during the tearcntllng March, llIJ. Theiolal re ceipts ami expenditures were as follows: Kecelpts. . 77 III . '.HI H7 , .Vi7 4." . HI4 71) 1st quarter. . Jd quarter . ;ird itiatter Ith iiiarter Kxpcndcd. oSM J .m; uh 4U4 II l.7iu mi i cr. on i....i -hi I.. niac. ti.ipii t' 7 Total value of personal piop erty March I. IPIJ Personal piopetty, lull ."," W l'" (lain in puisoual properly lis id litcclpts lor HHJ ,;mii in r.xpcnditurus tup.' .... Itcceipts aud personal erty pmp- i, mt x . l,7U!l Oil I. list) .11 Oct to taxpayers, lid J lis 71 Tlieru wen-clght admissions during thu year; four deaths, three dis charged and one taken to the asylum, Them ate ten inmates at the pres ent lime. These tin: Time In X.illvliy. A no. Home Vr, .lo-epli (,'o V.i. ,V III Tim, swi eiiH)- lie. Jii -l simdiril N'okiud Mo. T" 10 Il Suiter. tier. ill n CIiiiv Mi-Coy . Ky, ill ' Vims 'I'nylor III, 1 a .1.11, Hurley I ml. ii-J Ssni.flHI.eii Kim. '.' I Wm. Houclit'iiy Mo. i'i .Ino. Ainlei'Miii. Sweilen ,V, '.' Wl,s. Another Landing Place. Thu members of Meyer I'ost held a most enjoyable meeting at the home of their comrade, (J. V. Cummins, on Saturday afternoon of last week, and both Mr, and Mrs, Cummins made I lie occasion one that will linger pleasantly In the minds of Hie old veterans for somu time to come. The parlor, reception room aud ill n In;; room were tastefully decorated with old (ilory, and Mr. Cummin received thu "boys" as they came in ones, twos and threes, and by thu tluiu the commander called "come lo order," (i. YV, found he had a hon-e full, as In the days cone by, they were usually ready for duty "at the grub pile." Following I lit usual order of htis. iiessj, tlie comrades were Invited to the dining room and seated al tables, were given a most enjoyable and rel Inhabit! luncheon, by Mrs. Cummins, who was assisted by their daughter In-law, Mrs. Guy L. Cummins, and Miss Lillian Austin, a granddaughter of their late, comrade, Albert Hoockur -7''- I.?-. 'L r.-i (' ' a., I. A V:- 1L i - 4 JUL. 1 Kxplanatlon: C- Church. S School house. Heavy lines roads. Unlit lines Division or lamb.. Trlplu lines Division of dlstiicts. I'Vatliered line Tp. and ratiKulinu. Numbers Laud owners. To Vote on Proposal to Consolidate Four Rural School Districts at Coming: Election. At the coming vhool election, the districts known as Minnesota Valley. (4): D.ilu Center, (oi: l.lbeity, (VI) and Itoss Drove (CI), will vote upon thu proposition to unite these dlstiicts, and thus bavu a district lllnh School. Tlieru Is Mime opposition to the pro posed consolidation and thu pros and cons are alllirnlni: ttielr forces for what seems to be a spirited battle. md It will be on in earnest on the day of election, widen will be Tues day, April '.'. There are now In the slateeluhleen consolidated dist rlcts, aud w here t ried have (jlven cucial satisfaction. As the territory Is so fur from Tint Sen tlnel oillce, and know Ihk notlilnn as to Its practicability In thu section in which the consolidation is proposed. of course It cannot take up the ques tion and discuss U as It would were wo on the ground. The advocates of the proposition claim that it Klvc :t IIIk'Ii School education at home, aud makes poss. blu a country school equal In ever.t sense lo 1 1 it; nest city scnoois, yei within the reach of the farm houses: they also claim thu plan Is the more economical: It minus U-tier teachers and better taught schools, Tin-opposition "can't see It that way, and claim that they are salMled, that It Is far from economy and the Increased cost will not Justify thu cliaiiK'c. Ami there jou are: According to the last enumeration, May IS. IUII. there were ll'J school children in the four districts Mlniic- sola Valley. 14: Dale Center, -'.': Lib erty. ::": Iloss dove. :k The total assessable wealth of these four districts is approximately 1 12, 7ui. elassllled as follows: Personal. Lauds. Total. Minn. Val .lW iHt,:nn ftls.iiiHi DaluCenter. Wjm ftt.'iVl UU.SIU Llbuit.v '-'S.sio tkiH!iKi li,4U llusstiiove. Il.'.'lu M:;,7on ui.nio Totals.... y.Mim ::tu.;tM i'j,7io The map above shows ihe location of the four tlistrlcts and If the piopo slilon Is carried it Is likely the til lilct lllb School will be located in the joining corners of the four dls tiicts on the lands owned by Isaac I'.ilntoi. Abe (irlllllli. II. (i. Nauiuau m lloliert Kennish. Theif are H,t land owners In the four (IKl i Ids having no chlldieii enumerateil, who own H,IH7 acies. There ale .M of thu owners who have the total 14'.' children, a fraction over two to each owner. John l-'leeuerbas the lamest number of children, 7:and II. ti. N .Ionian owns the largest num ber ol acres, .ViJ: T. V. McCoy and the Kjjlutun estate 4SD each: V. Ii. Andes 4.VI. aud .1. T. Cottier, T.'o. I'lii' table was nicely decorated, the center piece beliiK a mliilatuie can non, mounted, and In position ready for act ion. About thu table were a mlnle ball, k'rapeshot, battle-scarred belt buckle aud other mementoes, that took the veterans back to those days that will never he fnri'oltcn. The piece of artillery was a beloved toy of t !en. Albert Cummins nrunil sou of the host and hostess, a patri otic little follow whose Journey heru was brief , but he loed the old soldlei and marched with "grandpa" to the .silent clly ami placed his love token on some soldiers Krave. That genuine spirit of comradeship, that only the old soldier can appre ciate prevailed throughout thu meet liiKi anil before leaving the table, thu comrades arose, ami expres.sed their appreciation of the onerous hospb tality by Kivin their "Unco times three" nretithitf. An Honest Confession. The follow ftiu. copied from a Ne braska exchatiKU, concerns a former Oregon school liny, and one of Tin: Skstinki.'s typos, who reunited to Ne braska some .tears a'o, and has laeu more or less mixed up In matters po litical, social, and religious In that slate ever since: Will M. Maiiplu. of Lincoln, an nounces that he Is a candidate for llailioatl Commissioner, and in dohn; so comes nearer lolling thu truth about It than most candidates do. lie says that he is a candidate of his own volition: that hu has not been iirKetl by his friends; that the salary of t.'l.uoo a year looks (mod to him; that ho Is making no personal sacri fice In Kolng after the Job; hu claims to have no exceptional inallllcatlous fur thu olllce, only a modicumb of common sense, and the Him convic tion 1 1 Kit any man should expect to woik haul and kIo his undivided of foil to cam tiVi a month, ills an- ' noiiufciiiout will strike the average voter as behu; neater the truth than the usual KrandsUnd pioclamatlon of J those seeking an olllce. J We ain't no sciatcher but, If he ( was over in thu Kood, old land of the "Missouri banana" and wauled to tie Itallroad Commissioner, Secrelan of Slate, or what not, darned if we wouldn't c.lve him a boost, autiwe are of the opinion theie are many down thlsway that would follow suit. Tun Skntinki. sincerely hopes that Will WinJet thuiu bya hantlsoine majority, lie s every way tleservliiK and thor oiiKhly competent for the Job. Making Good. The follow Inc. from the Santa Mon ica aiiKiiard, will be of Interest to relatives here aud friends of yomi); Clarke Irvine, Krandsiiii of Mrs. Ami l. Irvine, of this city, anil son of Claie Irvine, a foimer Oiol-oii buy. who weul to the old school, aud In lHs,'i was one of the ownuis of the lloll County I'ress. Clarke, a lew yea is aim, came heie and made bis hume with his i,'iandmother ant) attended our school licit-, lie made many friends, anil became tpiHc a favorite in his set, "lly takhiK exercise prescribed by I'ncle Sam for yeoman recruits in the navy, Clarke Irvlne.a Santa Mon ica yoiitli ID years old, has added nearly threu Inches to Ids statute In six months. He went away a strip ling live foot ten inches tall, and re- 1 ('has. Anderson .. L' W. V.. Ilatnes. . . T. Cottier.... 4 Vuba New i'i IL Mclirar.... tiIM IliiL'Hiiii.. 7,101111 Sbepheiil. .. I.T. Nuntman... in Win. Fries 11 Win. Fries IL'.loscph Fries I.'lj.lamcs .lacksoti.... Ibilohii Hawkins ir. Alex. Meyer Hi A. T. Il.wvland.... 17 lliuh Cottier Is'KlMiiuIiiii Kstate. UClames Cottier.... '.lij.l .tines Cottier L'l'Mr. Thompson. .'I'ltioiiert cottier. J.IM.T. Cott so Ho i:mi I i Hi mi no jo to M tiki Uio bwi ino; so so I ... . III"'. ISO I'Jtl but 1 1 HI I'JIU - a i 0, -J!" i ii -n u 'J o n o' ii o, 'J n 1 ti CM ' Ijl 41 4! ft u :tl :i: u :it u J I ;ii J u I :i :i :u js :t ;i: ii 'ottler... JIM. I!. Wanl Km! I L :i J.V.I. A Miller .Hail 0, J. -Jj J(i.loi;ph Close M'l , Ij" I! J7..Mrs. Ilamm so 'J I ViVtei Wherll I'Jo u I "J 2:.l. II. Caiitlh ;IIM 0, I . 'J I 3o.t. t: Heck Uio .T I ' ;n 31 S. (Jrlllllb 'Iihi l 1, :i: 3J(5eo. Meter 'Itw U I , 'Jl :i:t Kit wherll.. :il.lii(h l-Matc . . ','' Mary .lackson . ." li.tv lllnihuaii ;i7Mlllei F.siate.... 'K II. (5olilslH.ru :i'.i Will, (iolilsbent.. Til 0, 4o.lol.li Hall 'Jsu I' 4l.lol.ti Markt duo 'J. 4'J.I. I!. Kellei so, ti C 4.1 W. It. Andes s(i u 4liW. Dance su n n l.VMrs. K. .1. Cannon... x 'J, J fiilll.. I,.. i ....,...,. 1 vill 0 in ii din I i .iiiiiv'ii i' Itw 11.0 IJO ll.ll lf.lt I s,)' lino ,11 -Jl It1 .11 47 II. i:. Mel. sl.l. K. Kite in, Frank .liitlt ... .',0 I Iitinest Millet. .-.I - Miller. .VJlloy Miller. ... ."..I Macule Mot ton. MIS. F. Lower .V Fleetl Kstate. . . .".tl.l. II. Nauiuan ;7Chas. (iriltlth.. M Isaac 4i 1 tit t It den .'Ii'j i ti .'IJO o I 7.1 u ,.! 'JO! u : -ju' . . i ti'J . .'It'iO . .II'JO ' III I i -1 ti ti n, n ul n 1 1 J .'U Motle Morse 4ilio:ti'. I'alntei til, Isaac Fainter UJ Ahcliiitltth i U I-:. F. Mc.liinl.liis ... ill llobeil Dowell if llobeit Dowell .... lai.lobn Wherll (.7 Jacob Wherll. lis W. !. Andes tin W. (!. Andes 70 A. Wherll 71 II. Iluruer 7J Aiishbaiicher Kstate. 7:i.lacob Wherll 7111. i. Naiiman ... . 7.VI(obeit Iveunlsh 7tllltobeit Kt'iinlsli 77)11. (!. Nauman 7s.il. F. Nay 7IM'brls llueter sii'a. liilllllli sblsaac liiiilltl sj.l. F. N.tv s;i F, .1. (laskill si II. Flnnej SoChas. McClaiidMi... siiti, M. Iiiowuiii): s7 F. tiasklll ss.iiibn Maun s'i.1. II. Kunkel INI II. Morse Ul Fanny Kunkel tlj.lobli lluetel O.TFied Wieiich Uli'l'iun Uemilsh U.V.I. I'. Walker nil. I. M. Wat kin U7L. C. Smith . '.Is N. tiitv itn;it. K. Iloss loolll. Kelley l(i(iotlfie Maiti InJilleiiry Fiibiman. . lo.i llen Smith lol'.laine- KenuM lav II. K. Iloss ImlM. Wherll 107,1!. K. Itoss liisMolui Fleener loull'. N. Colwell llo. I. S. Nauman llllD. C. Nauman 1 12iI. D. Mann M.'l Chas. HoIiMm-i ry. sn bin' loo to Uio so' i 1 s0 I SO, 'IJO I'J.VI o.l I s" lo 0J , It Mi I III SO illU SO ii; .17 :isi 'J7U so, H7J . 1.0 ! so . so .' 0 . IJO . I so, -!ia 'i'JO .I'JO . 1 mi ii n :t M I S' Jon li 'bin. o lliai J' I'Jjo, J . n' o' III ti ' so 0 so 7 sil, I sn Ul"! II I II 1 II II II II II il' II u! II II II II, II "I M II o .1 II !! r,( i! II i' a ti n u II ! II II II li ti o o o 1 11 o .11 l; :i! J Jl li Jt II o I I li i: I! I o o 4 so 114 nr.' IHll.. ('. Mclntvic. .lames Miller. I. II. Itamsay. II. Miller. lolin Miller UP WaltcrSlockwcll.. IJo.1. F. Miller I Jl Civile Davh. . .. 1JJ.I. M. Mam IJa Fretl Stevens 1JI.I. M. Maun IJ.1.M. Morse IJUM. V. Illnes. IJ7Lcf Dearmoiit.. , . IJs.T. C, Dmian. . . . IJ!i,l W. achary . . . . Jlo: jimi; so lii; so su SI I III III JO (I 10 J ml o I'i so . so' a .'loo; Mrs, achary lai L. I ill A, Mrs. N. A. Mr. Slkes.. lolin Who lllfs. !!e"l so III II1 IS I II II I' 1 I iii i ii i i i, i ir I! i -1 1 u I! II U, u I ii Mrs. N. H.Dozier, of Benton District, Representative of Five Liv ing Generations. In the best of health, enjoying all her faculties and almost as vigorous as when In middle lire, at the break fast table early, ami spending her days In the full employment of mind ami Ik tly, suicly Grandma Dnk r.autl her surviving relatives bate much to be thankful for, and from all we know of this nootl old lamlly wo kiicss llie areever.t wa. Irult thankful. Mis, lnler was, pilot to her mai i land Clarissa Uriels, ami was liorn In Howanl county, Mo., Feb. a. 1 .. and has thus just rounded out o .teats' Journey on this beautiful. Hood, old earth. In IMI she came with her patents to Ituchaiiaii conn tv.wheie she became the wife of Nlniilaii II. Du.ler, anil In KJ they came to Holt county, where the fam ily lias cool biliously lesldeil. icspecl ed ami esteemed b neli'libots ami fi lends, local Iiik oh coiiiIuc. to 1 1 it conul.t in tliu Ileiitoti tllstrict. The Dolcrs weie early solders In the county, ami .lolin Dolei, the fathei of tlie original stis'k, served as a member of the count) coin I (IiiiIiik Ihe eais Itdn-'it. The old Mock was of the all-wool-autl-a-.taiil-wlde stulf, and the uraiitlsousaud other lelatlvos of the old stock are of the same make. Mother Doler Is proud of hei ac.o. ami of ever.t r.ty hair hi her head, and is ul the optimistic turn, ami hopes to lite many years louder. Her spteiuliil tltality has led many toex p'ess the U-lief that It isdiietothiuk Inu' id. out side lhlue rather than her self, and kfcphu: her mind occupied in a wa that leads to complete se renity, and ptevents waste of the forces by worrlii)over trivial affairs. She was tlepiltetl of hercoinpanlon. who tiled Dec. I.'t, IImhI, and since her widowhood has made her home with her children, who have never neglect ed her, ami whose loyalty to her hate ever been prompted by that chilli's love, who would never permit tlieiutu ftiruet mother." She is the mother of clejil chil dren, seven of whom are now living, William bohiK dead. The surviving children me: Mrs. Cordelia Noland, of the Hanks district. Mis. fella Swindler, of the I!. inks district. Mis. S.uah SccrNt, uf l'lemlui;s, C..I. I. C. and .lames, of the Iteiiton ills. I i let. N. V.. id the ll.iiiksdlstilct. C. W., on the lioitie place in the lll'llttlfl tllstiicl. These hate bronchi lo her .'U Kiauilchlldreii. M real-randi'lillihi n ami two crcat-Kieat-iiranttchllilii'n. ur llhistiatlon prteuts the live Meliorations In the follow Ini; older. Mrs, Cordelia Noland, eldest daugh ter. Mrs. tiiace N'olaml, il.tiinhlor of Mr. K l. Noland. Mother Doier. awe so. Hi by IMIier. tlauuhtci' of Mis. til ace Noland. Mr. Kd. Noland, son of Mrs. Corde lia Noland. The Sentinel sends Its kindly creel lns (n all these, triistlm; their days mat tcl be many. stcielary with an average of close to P'.' per cent, one ol the best refolds made on the training ship I'cnsacola. This places him in the rank of third class yeoman, which oilers a Hue of piomol Ion to positions with attrac tive salaries. The transput t Sheridan will sail Apill.'i from .tn Krauclsco with sup plies ami recruits for China, where the Asiatic Meet Is criilslnu. Votini; Ii vim. will Co and expects to he awa I' l . 1 1 1 hoiue eliihteell months," entilii',' his fuilotiKh al home his p.nents. pilot' to bis salHm; He Is with Jl I The Hest Occupation. 7 In IIhhi there were about ."i.ihi.i, li 1 fa i ins in the Fulled Stales. The HI 0, o C. Smith so U o, u l.u !'i' Kilo. V. W. Mi-Coy.... I.'I7 I'eter Dearmont . laHJacobClose I.'l'.i Walker Kstate.. Hit. I, M. Mann. ... so, ISO' JtKI, HU, HUli Kill1 tnrnetl Jitore than six feci. Also hu added fifteen pounds in weight, and what Is yet more to his credit, passed his examination as a ship's writer or ,000 last census leports that the niimliei was a lit tie over r..ooo,tMKi In I'.Uo. The peiceiitane in Inciease has been about In pel cent. In the same ten teals the noiiiilatlon of the coiuitrt has In- I ! ..neii.il nii.ri, I loin 'JO not eolil . I Tblity-si per cent, of the popula-i Hun lived In the cities In Hum. Now) iiiore lli.in lo per cent beloncs to the cities and n per cent intne Hies away i riiiiii thu lariii. So, for every inn I .men. women ami ciiimreu, omy ,u 45 'uin concerned In thu labor of protluc V I Invr fixxl. Though there lias been a II tiemeiiiliioiis increase in yields in 41 ! the last few years, the expoits ol ; food st nils have fallen olf, showing iij 1 1 ha I there N a smaller surplus to sell 3 j 'aliioad, the home markets absorbing o larger anil I iwr tiiani H les, M The census shows that more than HJ I two-lhlnls of the American farms jj 'aie fiee of mmit.,ae. In ten .tears o fL',7no,oou,ihHi has been spent for new jj 1 I.iiiii biilldiiiKs. An Increase of us '". i per cent Is noteil in the value of me j tcliauical eipilpiuent upon the farms. a j Hecause of Ihe slow Inciease In Ihe J Iniunbor of producers and the rapid i Inciease in Ihe number of consumers, rs? I because of tlie hich prices for food which such a situation In Inns about, and becausu of tlie improved meth ods of working land and caring for crops, thu farmlnf industry is the most piomlslm; In America ttida.t. A True Tale. Not lonn since, ill the city of Dcs Moines, Iowa, an old ui'Htlc man, uienilKT ol' the I'lesbytcrian cliuich, alter a few tlats of illness, tiled. His next ilooi neighbor on one side was a llelnew, on the other shle a moiulier ol the Methotlist chinch, ami , the neighbor a secoml ilooi away, a C.itholic. I Hu Inn his illness ihe uciuhhors look I ii i ii about hi c.iiIiik I'or I ho old i man. whilst, wife was a semi-iuvaliil. iTheie was no help In the household I save that leuileieil alternately by the .lew, the Catholic ami the Methodist. They took splendid cue of the am'tl I'leshyterlau and his wife. While the old man was th ine. Micro was no minister pre-ont ami the wile asked if some one could nut oiler a prater. The Catholic repeatetl lev eiently thu hold's prayer and the otheis reveielltly Jollied. Together the Methotlist and the .lew and the Catholic pieparetl for the funeral. A I'leshylerlan clciuj man read the sei t Ice. There was hut one relative- a daughter living in Cblcat;o ami the funeral coi'tcim eunslsteil ol the dauuhtf r and the families of the .lew , Ihe Catholic aud tlie Methotlist. Thai's all. I inly this: Twenty years aim Mich a thlmr would liave been Impossible. Surely the world niows better and nunc chai liable ami kinder. Ilealllnif that usau has teli'K'aleil biographies to post mortem iuIvIIIk'cs, well nli!h, yet there Is every reason why thl should not be so, "A rose to the llvlnif Is mote than sumptiiuns wreaths to thu dead." Ami so, auree Inir wllh the poet, that "II you have a nood wind lo say Sav It at once and aloud; Don't wall to toll it lo muldeiinjrclay, To a colli u and a shroud, Time Is a credit that Kites no Kraco, Ami life uncertain at best; So words of praise to a dead, cold face ArunauBhl but a Krewsome Jest." MMiflT r-itli ii I 1 T UtiTYiriiTHl t