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cent', of the t1uo of produotlonl Th
Jldwest company is now sinking a chain
LITTLE mor than, ft y weak '
ago t Omaha bustneas - mn ,
turned their beads' to gaie .
'at-Wyoming. Prtoe to' that
only their ears were inclined J
that way, and ' some of' the.
tilings they heard went through one and
out the other. They were not deeply 1m- -pressed.
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Now, since something happened a little
more than a week ago out there at Cas
per, not only Omaha business men have
turned to look, but men of the east and
far west as welL They have halted,
money In hand, while making their way.' 1 ''
wCf.? V i-. through the section , and it is estimated - ,
look at Wyoming. To.r transplant and; - whooKfan4 wltl ir,
hange a flower of thought? -often ftp- L ,,-. , .,AflM ..v . 'th ?
iVarlng on anotherpage of The Bee.' Wtl- " :
.ey have heard, "There's gold' in; these' .ra 4h H?r.:.,iummtr Jf ..
plains, boys." For, no doubt, the en : ' Lt' 1: :" ".ui"'
thuslastio gathering of ' more than 200 ' 6a(It Cree uthe e '5h ;
. ... - . - school sections: all of which are under
ecnuus minaea men in rasper, May .; ' , .. - -J , ' :.
and 29, was the equivalent of seriously ese 10 011 operators, On three of them,
repeating that frivolous phrase. eluding the one being developed by . ,
It was the second annual convention of the Midwest company, drilling Is now In
the Oil Men s association. Business men Progress. On section 16, of township
froriUll over the United States and Eng- th Insurance Oil company is drilling and
land, France, Germany, .Switzerland and 0I section . 16, ; of township 3, the lucky
other foreign countries were in attend- Strike company has ft well nearly down
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ought forth and to co-operate on plans or more ft year will pour into the
or the I future. ' Although these Were , Wyoming school funds from lands in the
there, Wyoming was particularly repre- Salt Creek district within six months is
eented because the convention was prin- confidently expected by- the state au- .
clpally for the people of that state. thorlties. Vhis IS one of the circum
The kings of flhance reviewed the re-' stances In the development of the oil
souces and the machinery " that would fields that is turning Omaha business .
add tq their investments. . All were there men to gaze at the neighbor state.
to set up safeguards against those, who,. In , former years to speak of oil in
by unscrupulous methods, would hamper Wyoming brought to the average mind
me mcuoaiion oi mese eggs oi invest- nnlv artra ,ia hhha. nt n .
ent. -And tliey emphasized that they signed at So many dollars Per signature.
were not there to place nest eggs. The T6r a whil4 u haa the earmarks of the
slogan of Casper is: . "No boom wanted; thea reiatd mining industries. But now
make it a steady growth."- -that real money is seen coming from
Particularly has Omaha become inter- feal thlng8 ther has comA an awaken.
estea. two prominent Dusmess men, ' . i
ily invested in the tompftny and tt la safe
to say that the success of this concern
means the immediate advent of a vast
anlount of French money for the de
velopment of the west, not only tot the
oil regions, but also for. the' other great
natural resources, r ,.,'.
v While Cajair" practically is the oenter
' ol the Wyoming oil operations It 1 not1
. the only producing spot in the state. OU
tlelda are found In nearly every portion
of the state. ' Probably next to Casper as
an oil center is Douglas. Her there la ft
, great opportunity for development, much
of the country not producing what It
could because of the timidity of capital
in going Into the section. During the last
twelve A-eara there have been various
In the production of that fl'el Is certain, wells drilled In the field, with the object
To the Interests i ow controlled by the of locating the oil bearing strata.1 At
P. Wead and Jotin F. Flack, represented
the Omaha Commercial club at the con
vention and in speeches before the meet
ings, told the oil men how the "market
town!' Is watching what is being done
there with almost vital' Interest. S. F.
Miller -of the, Chicago & Northwestern
railway, also was a representative of the
Omaha business men. He has for several
Another great stride in the oil industry
.which brought with it even greater con
fidencj'was taken only recently, when a
5ti0,0 refinery and pipe line began ac
tual operation. June 1 the Natrona Pipe
Line and Refinery company began' this
production, which means putting out on
the retail market 116,000 worth of oil a
years takenran Interest In the deVelop- aay lrora lne on,nnon na salt "reeK
ment of the Wyoming oil fields, and spe- 'lelds' mt m,,M nortb- of Casper. The
cially appreltlates the growth of the Natrona company, which will handle the
western industry.' As other Omaha men Product of the Wyoming Oil Fields corn
see it, he can get from the future a vision Pany the pioneers in the development of
of the great benefits praaha' will derive the oil . fields of the region will refine
from Wyoming oil fields and how the 8,000 barrels daily. This Is the rich lubrl
11 fields will prosper from Omaha ', eating oil of the Shannon field and the
Although it now appears in the far dls- more volatile product of the Salt Creek
tant future, there is the outline of an oil field, which Joins the Shannon field on
pipe or railway direct from the produc- the south. ,
rig fields; to the Nebraska metropolis and . Thirty-three grades of lubricants rang-
arket, and what that means,, when the lng from the costly watcbmakeri oil down
reat value of the oils now being brought to axle grease, will be produced at the
ut of the ground there is considered, can , refinery from the Shannon oil, while gas
ow only be pictured in, pleasant dreams, ollne, kerosene, distillate and fuel oil will
but dreams, nevertheless, that seem cer- be refined from the Salt Creek product
tain premonitions. :' The Wyoming' oil .. The refinery. ln respect to its equipment
fields are destined to do for Omaha what for the production of ail manner 'of lubrl-
the ugar Creek fields have begun to do cants, is the only one of its kind in the
for Kansas; City: bringing cheaper fuel, west outside of the Paclfio coast. It is
and with, that more factories; with more Under - the technical direction of Dr.
factories, more people, and with more Frederick Salathe, one of the five mem-
people-growth, prosperity and ' greater bers of the International Petroleum Com-
ontent. ' ' r " ' tnUiinn
As . young as i the oil, Industry IS, the The refinery occupies a sixty-acre tract
I state of Wyoming alPeadyv has ; beguh ' on the eastern outskirts of Casper and
greatly to benefit from it and as a con- represents the last word in modern equip
eequence to the benefit of a neighbor. ment. ' On a hill across a wide aulch
Omaha soon will begin to feel the good, from the main part of the plant, two
Wyoming Oil Fields company belongs the
lion's' share of the credit for the devel
opment of the Shannon and Salt Creek
fields, in point of site and production the
most Important oil region between the
mid continent fields of Kansas and Cal
ifornia and the Oklahoma fields. ;The
the present time there are five wells
producing oil, and six wells producing
gas. These are all shallow wells, ranging
In depth from S2S feet to 680 feet.
Gas wells are situated over ft
range of four miles over the
field, and the depth of the gas
Wyoming company represents an amal- Bftnd Is very uniform over the territory,
gamatlon of the Franco-Wyoming com- , The production in' these gas wells has
pany, a Delaware corporation that ae- been very steady, the gae has been used
quired the Shannon field from P. St. for drilling purposes, heating, cooking
Shannon, a Pennsylvania oil man, who end lighting th drilling camps, and also
was the first to undertake the develop supplied to various ranches situated In
ment tf the oil fields Of that region, and the field. ; - .
of the Petroleum Maatschappjl Salt Creek The oil from three of these wells has ft
of Wyoming, an American corporation gravity of 41.S5 degree. The .production
largely financed In Holland, which was in from ten to thirty barrel day from
the first to explore the Salt Creek field each well. Two wells produce lubricating
and which brought in the first well In - oils similar to the Shannon wells on Salt
that field in 1908. f Creek and th amount of production la
Despite Innumerable obstacles, not the probably much the same as some of those
least of which was the freighting of sup- In that field.
plies and heavy equipment fifty miles ' 1 The Douglas oil field extends also south .
over rough and at times Impassable roads of the town, and the oil indications In '
from Casper, the nearest railroad point, that dlreotion are very promising, nome
these two companies persevered in their
work of exploration and development,
putting . approximately 13,000,000 Into the
project before receiving any returns.
years ago a well was drilled at the mouth
of La Bonte creek, which produced a
quantity of gas. This was cased off and
drilling was continued to a depth of U0Q
Truinv. with th mn iin. .ni r.finer. feet through blaclr shaie. :At that depth
Sana was sirucic, wun ugni on nu an
In operation, wtlu more than two soor
wells spouting forth their oil and with
th promts that this production will soon
be Increased , to a marked extent the
Wyoming Oil Fields company sees Its
efforts crowned with success and begins
to reap th benefits of the years of toll
and discouragement through which the
Interests it now represents passed in
doing their part in the development of nM
me natural resources oi me west. Ana
artesian flow of water. The hole was too
small, which prevented drilling deeper,
ftnd th well was abandoned. The well
proved, however, the exlstenc of light
oil and gas in that district. This well
Is about sight miles south of the town
of Douglas and only one mile from the ,
railroad. . ; f, .'
Near Lander the Wyopo Oil company
struck some wells having an
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i j BY JAMES O. BTII.SON. . elder the best means of preserving for
No record could be more full of publlo the use of the public, the forests, corn
spirit and publlo Interest than the record mons and open spaces In the neighbor
Of the Commons Preservation society, hood of London ' ; 1. .
which Is fully set forth in a revised edl- The Issue of this committee's report was
tlon of Lord Eversley's volume, "Com- followed by the foundation of the Com
mons, Forests and Footpaths." The story mons Preservation society, and this was
which he has to tell Is a story , of a long the turning point In a great national
and honorable struggle on behalf of pub- movement. It Is Interesting to note, that
lie rights and In defense of public prlv- among the earliest members were such
lieges. men ss John Stuart Mill, Lord Mount
intrt th. at st. if n, .... - .... . d -a .u. .v. . -4 A i i. m. v ii.u... .i Hti innr at a. m. and : victory wmcn has oeen largely Temple. Prof. Hnxley, Thomas Hughes;
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tiaid M0OM for th .rhnni fn fmm t . . . I--.. u .Ui i u vih k.rnn it TnrtBd that the dally Broductlon wofl' " victory for good sense, for a Edward . North Buxton and Baron Pol-
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(Mflnft haTAt TBvn thu ituriM eanaclty i DeveloDmerit of the company's nrooerty there will reach 1,000 Barrels Dy we
The -Midwest Oil - eomnanv. which U rinwn fmm ha nil fi.Ma win annn ha tarmA ta itm nttprmost. for In 4hs Shannon ar.d Salt Creek fields is lng autumn. In the Salt Creek field,
aanhaltlno- haaa. Tha flaMa ara louth
In those benefits the state of Wyoming an(, northw,gt from Lander. Further
and Its neighboring states as well will northweBt wiu are producing In the
share to no small degree. Shoshone Indian reservation. "
Otto Gramm of Laramie, Wyo., Is presi- jn all ei,hUen oil flld ar known In
dent of th Wyoming Oil Fields com- Wyoming and several more will Be found
pany, the directorate of which Is com- u prospected for. In each of these fields
posed of Mr. Gramm, former Governor oil Is found In 'springs' or there ar thick
A. W. Barber of Cheyenne, Wallace banks of oil sands exposed. Many f the
Bond, former United States consul gen- lands are lying Idle because of the lack
era! at Copenhagen; State Senator WU- of railroads for transporting the oil.
Ham Dubois of Cheyenne, former Land ' Some day in the progress of th times
Commissioner Robert Fuller Henry transportation facilities will be-seoured
Mason of Chicago and Pierre Humbert- in these sections and Wyoming will pro
of Ban Franlcsoo. French capital Is heav. duce enough oil to supply th world. .
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just Interpretation Of the law, and for lock.
the statute book on be-
th tn&aora, and the
ona nf tha nil enmrtanfoa nnarotln thnn . .- ,1.. l tin., . en uul I n... thi. .snitv , risvalnnmatt tha xnmnanv'a tirnnortV thara Will raBfh 1.000 barrels bV the Com- J 11 V Wl l"
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mi- u.-u . a. -I .. . -- . . - ..a .u iaM. (. (. a .,,.-, in Bait Hraak field. OB" u1' 01 " wnow commun- The society soon xouna lieeu. uc w
omnnv haa one (Usher of ' ' ' faC With ft HOUWrtft Struggl. ' Th
f r... MlJ .v.. J.. . ' . . v .u. i . ti. h h. n.ntt ni sflft harroia a rtav nrnrtnntinn. and several Aiora versiey, in nis interesting survey statute of Merton was exhumed from tne
vow, fuu mo. i aiiiuunt ta roya-iuee rets a. aay. At me reunery tue cruae proaucing jw oarreta vl mo c.n cnn. , ulduvh v vmiv w.,v. . . , w. "
oii the production of five oil wells in'a oil storage tanks will hold more than valuable oil a day, and In the Salt Creek ;the new refinery will be Increased ma- others ranging from 700 to 1,000 barrels
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xorty-acre tract in the corner of a school M.OOO barrels; a battery of receiving tanks field the Wyoming on iiems company tenaiiy. ai anannon me v jrom.u . w . a uay, rwu.uu... ":::" manors, from the earliest days, and worw 0 atwiosur was begun in all dlro-
secUon. These royalties represent 10 per will accomodate 750,000 gallons of the fin- has some twenty wells pouring out a total Fields company Is having thirty addt- as fast as possible and a heavy Increase rhows evolution of the Idea ZZ. The society organised everywhere
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: s . 1 1 ! 1 , ' - . . real utility and value to the community. .n.A.-i,m.tI an afta aaa u
mysterious and complicated of all prob- from Haeckel over Hartmann to Eucken, evolution of the world, understands ltseu jB fAuda, tlm(jg of courM ,n amyf
lems. . though all founders of religions but no matter how-it manifests itself, only in connection with an Infinitely much of vlllelnag9 wnlcn WM th)S alrect for.. jj u! th. commonera had
have tried to simplify and explain their whether as rationalism, which .declares greater, cosmic life. At the side of ef of oopvho,di the rlghu t0 graze JUrs Junto their own hands and
theories. Religion Is the struggle of. nlty to ,bs an Imperative 'demand of Christianity stand other equally Important an(, cut turf on th wagUg of M thV wxaUous DaJUades
every new period In the history of hu- rea.on, or a the thought of laws , of religious centers which have their saviors WM R very Ma, ud neCessary Tf Xects of to aody were In the
manlty toward a conception and Idea of natur. or , any oth.r form, It never and divlnltlss. "What reason Is there to ala t0 ,lfe of the flependnts of th f , 1 of th. obnoxious
life, and that Is why it will only die out ru aIonji Daeause dualism will always think that our European Christian cu . . f lh 1. . A1 J?S JTa TI 7 .!
BY PROF. THEODORE KAPPETEEf with th desire to form lifelike images on earth with th last human being. : ba there t0 dlsput its claims. 1 ' ture is not to disappear and give room By flagr,eg however, th functions of Z . " . , , I .' , !, .,a and Wataa
t t. .vt. ' a- w.w. ,a ...kit..,. v..nt ' n.,t hat i. h. tha t.ira of re- , . 1 . n. 11.. i ..iia.na anita .. . 7 . .t . ' hsv all commons W sngisna ana.waie
a t iuuwjjumioio uim raujjEioa vi soua uw uiu aiwiwvw , ,w - . : ; "jhen comes the seconc question. v now vmuauj uij'u, ,0.111. .i.v.-w lne iora 01 tne manor were wniiiiea
has a past a past which Is as old as that tombs, pyramids, obellJks and temples, tfgionf -' ' , ! we as modern men, as disciples of, Les- with new phophets?" asks Troeltsch. Is away, and his Jurisdiction became very
of humanity itself. For when our first The basis of all law is the Idea of a xo deal with the multitude of religions . imaina na einsle individual per- it not ridiculous and conceited when flimsy. He was confirmed, however, In
Has Religion a Future?
nowledge of man Is connected with fire, Just divinity acting as a Supreme Judge. ig impossible within ' the . limits of an .aiitv u the center of the whole liis- Christians, Jews or Chineee consider his right to enclose parts of the waste
hrough the use of Which homo SSDtens The oath In court invokes the name Of .1.1. anA t nronhaav ta tiaalam. but . . ,. 1 w.vin Intn a themselves tha aona nf haaven and the landa of -hla manor bv tha Statute of
aaji 1 .ivtv aa. ava av l vfinru av r - OK fl Is lis Will J t m Jl , ' - w -
egan to rise above the .mere animal God as ft guarante of th truth of the thm are curr.ntt which point towards tod any belng hom by man, In Chris- sarth th center of the universe? Every Merton. A. D. 1135. This, the first en-
BtaO-aft TH1 If TI niV Iat1 Craft A VAlraaaa etas laM mArlV Af SfL TTlTfl stslaf 'in VnarfJLnift .... a at . " a ' ...... J a. a . .I.LI- 1. a. li - ..,,,. a naa a. a,ft a rak tha lnul a Via. Ma A
"b"" ....w .vue w. mv tM-aS ui -.wsaa., w - tH most IiKeiy COUrM 01 me tvubwu f,.ni(v Anfi Athar fpUsTlons. we unoeri"tt jniciii wuuiu vusmui um ilb uwu iuuiv uvbuiv avw io ,o iu v t nitva
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dsck to me urai. aaorea svitar 01 religious science 01 Mironouiy, wna u. wh,oh interests our Intellectual sphere . -ult of a bero but We do not rec-
cult in the world. Even today, the eter- slr. aatrolonr, originates in the cult moit.tIla Cnrl.tlari wMgloB. - ., !nj7t the foundation of ft church
nal burning lamp in Catholio churches of the stars. - - . ., ,, ?n' .
tells of the sacred fire which the virgins Religion i. Heaven and Earth, but it.' When a notion find, itself and organ- m any religion but our own. :, ,
of Vesta guarded, of the sacrifices of Is also Hell, it Is the most touching Itself politically, we-get tne state. 4 Christ belongs, according to his own
Abel, of the burning thorn bus.h of Moses confldenc and the most horrible fear, it When 11 flndB "self .and - organizes .re- wora8 not in the gospel of God's fatherly
from which the voice of Jehovah called is egotism of the very worst kind and Uglously we have the church. This means ; tovei but doe8 not do away, with th
for his services, and of the fires on "readiness to sacrifice; It has ms.nl- that both are subject to the law of evolu- lnjp0rtance of the Nasarene as a symbol
Mount Carmel which the false priests rested Itself In the most various ways, tlon; that they ar dependent on outside M an example. The soul always
built In honor of Baal. The planting of by bloody and merciless religious wars, event. We are living at a time wnen huiids Itself a body and thus Christ will
of light and Christianity is like one of this right, provided only that it should
these solar systems, but like any of these appear on complaint of the free tenants
It is not eternal, but will last its alloted
placed under schemes of regulation. Af
ter success in costly and protracte4 Htl-'
gation, the first of these objects has been
virtually achieved, Success in the second
has still to come. But the record of the
society Is already full of brilliant tri
umph. To its efforts sre due both the
conservation of . countless open spaces
time and give way to other religions.
Religion will exist as long as humanity
itself, but no particular cult Is Immortal.
Miraculous
A lawyer was retained as counsel for a
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commons to satisfy their rights with thought of th battle waged on bftlfof
free access thereto. This Statute of PubU righto wd publio expediency and
Merton became six centuries after Its h growth of that new opinion which,
enactment the legal battleground of the without opposition, now regards the, pres
great struggle In which Lord Iversley crvatlon of commons, and open spaces
has tsken sn heroic part. ' rights-of-way ss an important Ren.
After the powers conferred by the "V n general enaracier 01 fuum
tha first seed in snrin(' was a rellelouS antorfafaaa. Inniilalttnn an4 tnrtura. bv traditional Christian religion is about to .nntlnna in ha adarnad as a Symbol and man WhO Stepped Into a hole in the Street fctt,,t nf Msrtnn hail haan anna rant iv dom
act. the ver. sacrum, the first born of the self-denials of the ascetes and monks change Into the yet unknown religion of tha mMt .triklng example of his own and broke his leg. The verdict was In exhausted, much common land continued I-rd Eversley's book is very welcome In
cattle and men belonged to the gods, and by the haughtlnees jf the priests the future, which is to give It new life reugtou. teachings, Just as Moses ana favor of his client. After settling up the l0 be enclosed under private acts, and Its revised edition. The historical survey
and even toaay aivine services are neid who put their foot on the neck of the and soul. Free unnstianuy is gatnenng Buddha. Mohammed and Confucius aie ciaim ne nanaeo nis eneni a miver uoimr. it wfts not until 1845 that the General or tne queauun to. j v.
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jn ine cnuniuw jw uuuuuim wnoie worm, an ner Bireuai.ii iu auuimv u mi" un- venerated. But the propnet must nevei
harvest. " t Religion Is a strange word, and at the formation. In four directions its evolu-
All the great festivals-of Israel are same time on with which we are all. tlon must follow certain paths. The Idea
connected with nature. Art also to a familiar. It is a mixture of activity and 0f a personal divinity as we have it In
daughter of religion. . "Th ornaments passivity, courage and meekness, con- thl Jewish and Christian creeds must
transform himself into a god, even whei,
his head touches the stars and the
Christian mysticism, which adores Christ
as a God, always stands in need of sobei-
wlth which the savage adorns his body." quests and sacrifice, but It is always merge Into monism. The pious adoration. lnjr ,ritlclsm of tha myth of Christ, which
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tattooes himself . have religious signifi- powers. It is not history and not phil- understanding with historical philosophy,
cance,; they are the original amulets." osophy. It Is mood snd over-readiness, christian ethics are In Conflict with our
The oldest dances are religious dances. Least of all. It Is theology. It cannot be materlai Intere.t and wlth the virtues of
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King uavia aancea in nuuur 01. aw uora, auifi. uuib nun wsui. 10 vUBf u
And wltn tne religious aances came tne aupemien iry to prove mat :rvy nave
first musical insirumenis. xiarpa, cym- never ion ji. n ma unuiriuii-i vi an
)&.8 1 1 Li . t I Hll.U aikUia aiV-UllJaauCU tllO vuiiaw u ...v, w . . a wmv, ahu , tUV
fust prophets of Israel. Sculpture fJpens never mere skllL Religion Is th most
bravery and Justice whih Yule the strug
gle for existence. Common cult is en
dangered by present individualistic ten
dencies. 1
Monism is no concrete Idea. It ranges
even draw his existence into doubt. Ws
need religious prophets to strengthen and
build up our religious Hfe, Just as we
need leaders in all other things to whom
we may look, but the thought of Christ
as the center of all the world or all
humanity is a dream which has outlasted
its effect. '
Humanity, sprung from the biological
What is this for?" asked the man. Enclosure Act withdrew the considers- The personal note lends.an added interest
"That is what Is left after taking out tlon of such, schemes from parliament- to the story of this struggle.'. Th reader
my fee, the cost of apeal and other ex- aary committees, substituted local . In- understands and sympathises wtt,h ths
penses." . quiries by Independent, commissioners, brave work of the. Society, .which has
The man regarded the dollar a moment, an,i first confirmed certain public rights, been rendered perhaps even better. Ser-
then looked at the lawyer. " Twenty years later th real battle was vice as the constant mediator In. dispute '
"What is the matter with this?" he begun, and It was precipitated , by a amicably arranged -between : owners ;ol
asked. "Is it bad?"-McCall's Magazine, schema to fence, drain and empark Wlm- property .and, th public than as , th
bledon Common, of which Lord. Spencer doughty champion in th courts, t Ths so
was lord of the manor. This scheme, al- clety, moreover,, has: been the . natural
belt, Lord Spencer undeoubtedly sought parent of many other societies pursuing
the publlo Interest in his proposals, similar ends fhlch today stretch a 'net
aroused a bitter hostility, and the dls- work of protection ovet the many pUbiie
The Woman of It
He I see there's a chance for the Im
position of an Income tax. Good thing,
too.
She Yes, George, and you must pay as cnsslon which it provoked had much ef- parks and open spaces Which ar an In?,
big a tax as you can, dear, Just to keep tcct on the proceedings of a Parllamen- tegrsl part of -the public health and enr
up appearances. , tary commute appointed in is to con- joymeni 01 me.
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