THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1892.
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THE FIGHTING MEN.
Snlliyan and CorMt Hsnre nov Suffi
cient Training.
THE l'NECMATIC WHEEL.
HAS HE A VEKl FABLE WALK OVER?
The Champion Ready to Mow Down
his Adversary as Before.
COKBKLLH FltlENOS CONFIDENT.
Claimed That he Is a I'crfect Marvel of
Skill, Strength and Quickness
nig Endurance.
New Obi.kaxs, Aug. 29. A New York
dispatch says the work of preparation
has virtually been finished by Corhett
and Sullivan, and each aims, and hopes
to go into the ring the night of Septem
ber 7th in as good fit as he is at pres
ent. Sullivan was the first to quit train
ing. He quit hard work Tuesday in or
der to give his 'badly blistered feet an
opportunity to heal. As a matter of
fact, the bad condition of his feet has
given his friends some concern, but he
feels sure they will bo all right. If they
are not they are apt to trouble him a
good deal, if the encounter with Corbett
should be a protracted one. The ad
mirers of Sullivan cannot see how he
can bedefeated. They boldly announce,
in fact, that he has a veritable walk
over. They argue Sullivan has trained
as he never did before. He is stronger,
too, than ever, and as much of a human
hurricane as when he moved down Ryan,
Mitchell, Slade, Herald, Wilson and
Kilrain. No living man, they declare,
can stand his rushes, and the same fate
awaits Corbett as befell the other ambi
tious aspirants for championship honors.
THE PEOPLE'S ROAD.
VIBES IN THE FORESTS.
that Jii Hill Really tllories in is
; Popular Railway Line.
The Corner of tin- Hindostans on Theo-
aopny Docs Net Kxtend to It.
From the Spokane Review. " - - .
A wheel is a simple thing, and. the
principle' of its application to .a vehicle
is ao old that it is prehistoric. Yet it
has taken the inventivo genius
and constructive ingenuity of untold
millions to develop its possibilities, and
the odda are that we are no nearer the
perfect wheel of the future than was
primitive man to the improved wheel of
today.
The vehicle in which Nancy Hanks
made her unequalled record la called a
pneumatic sulky,. Robert Boon nor says
it is the sulky of the future. The wht els
have the deep pneumatic tires that have
so recently been placed upon the safety
bicycle, and are so low that the driver in
stead of sitting between them as in the
old sulky, sits above them on a light
scaffolding. They have ball bearings in
place of the ordinary axle.- The entire
weight of one of these sulkies has been
reduced to about 40 pounds. The rim of
the wheel, and also, the spokes of the
II 1 v i
ouikv in nuiui wimilv Aiiiuiio maut? uer Sdaf a w An oq A e r- . . -
recoru, are oi wooa oui a.numoer oi rlisnatM.. nf tu 07th .k-,:..;.,i 4u
iiorsemun are applying io mcycie manu- official,, nf th n,pr. j
facturers for regular bicycle wheels. firmed todav. Ther i9 nr, i,n.i.
The most etriking circumstances in ness abont the nnrmnpP" nt , lhn
connection with this development of the Great Nwthern that it will go out of
wheel is the fact that largo portion of the Transcontinental association Janu-
uie nuoiun race sua cungs w tne primi- arv lat. President Hill haa
WANTS NO ASSOCIATION RED TAPE
The Great Northern a Thorn in The
Side of The Western System,
HE IS BVILDINU FOB THE FKOP1K.
A Uappy New Tear 1893 Awaiting; the
. I'aelfle Northwestern Empire
His Hands.
at
Considerable ' Damages Done The Cas
cade Z.ock -Etc.
Special to Tbb Chronicle.)
'; Cascade Locks, Aug. 20. During the
past week forest fiies have been, raging
east and west of this place, and have de
stoyed a vast amount of valuable tim
ber, and the worst feature is, that reck
less scamps keep up firing the moun
tains in all directions. . Yesterday, eith
er through carelessness or wanton dev
iltry, some one let fire get into a wood
yard, which is about two miles east, and
on the other side of the river, and before
it was arrested some thirty cords of
wood wero burned. Today fires have
been set out about two miles southeast
of this city la the finest body of tfmber
there is. in the Columbia river moan
tains. Unless rain comes soon, thou
sands of acres will be burned over, kill
ing and burning up millions of feet ,of
the best milling timber in Eastern Ore
gon, and I- might say in Oregon and
Washington. Our state and Undo Sam
ought to use active measures in an ef
fort to stop this recklessness in firing
the mountains.
As everybody, and his uncles and his
cousins and his aunts, are anxious to
know about the cascade locks, and when
and what will be the news of contracts
CHOLERA: SPREADING.
Has at Last Got aPretty lively Start in
, . Great
EFFORTS FAIL TO KEEP IT OUT.
Excitement in Dundee and Aberdeen
Because of Deaths.
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE AS TO IT.
Torts of Colombia Closed Against Ger
many, France and Belgium. '
Other News."
- New York, Aug. 30. Great Britain
has a serious visitation of the cholera at
last. .From Gravesend, Swansea, Glas
gow and Duudee, towns in England
Scotland and Wales, reports coma of
for completion, as far as asking for bids deatn from the disease, showing that
with provisos, etc.. are eonem-norl. T I trie Wlorts oi the health officials to keeD
tive wheel of the distant past; While
the higher civilization has evolved the
dainty buggy cycle and the noiseless
pneumatic tire, the natives of Hlndo
stan, who, according to the teachings of
theosophy, have a corner on the mahat-
amas and possess a philosophy of life,
nature and religion that transcends that
of the Caucasian, are plodding along
with the primitive carls thai have creak
ed unceasingly and without variation
for innumerable cycles. This is certain
ly sufficiently occult to suit the" wishes
of the most zealous theosophist; though
it might be explained on the principle
that justice forbids one race having all
the good things to the entire . exclusion
of others.
Current Topics
prido in
having his road a thorn in the side -of
the other western railroads. He has
ever been a free lance among railroad
men. He glories in building a road for
the people. How much of, this sort of
talk is mere .advertising clap-trap re
tnains to be seen. It Is very certain
that the road will go out of the Trans
continental for a time, bnt how long it
will remain without the . fold is a good
conundrum. For a long time the Groat
Northern's intention to break loose lias
been announced. Its management has
had several quarrelsfwith western con
nections. By January ttt it is expected
that the road will reach its Pacific coast
terminus, and will thus be independent
of all connections for the transconti
nental trade. A break from the associ
ation means that the ' traffic" arrange
ment with the Union Pacific, for freight
between Butte and Ogden,' wili be
broken up. This will stOD the" Smy
win say there is but little known, now
that the specifications are being pre
pared, i believe some have been fin
ished and sent to Washington for ap
proval, and just as soon as all have been
received by the secretary of war, and
have passed the scrutiny of his eagle op
tics, then probably the order will go out
to advertise for bidders on tho work of
finishing the great ship canal at the cas
cades," and no - sooner. Neither you
it out of the country have proved fruit
less, and now this afternoon comes a re
port that a person has died from Asiatic
cholera at Bolton, a large manufacturing
town twelve miles northwest of Man
chester. The place is one of the princi
pal seats of English cotton manufacture.
and thousands of null operatives live
there. The permission given bv the
health officials at Middlesborough for
the landing of the crew of the steamer
FOB THE CASCADES.
Be
or anyone else . need flatter vnnrccif eronia, ironi Hamburg, promises to
, . . ,
that becauso. congress passed an act ve moat serious results. A steamer.
authorising government works to Iks let wnlcn "aa heen in quarantine at Elbe
by contract, that tho cascade canal will owlnK two deaths from cholera, is ex-
be completed any sooner than desired I Pected t0 arrive at Gravesend with
by railroad interests. You can bet "on ,ge nllnlber of Pr emigrants. There
that, and that is the only gameof chance i8 mucn apprehension concerning the
I know of that will win out. As far as matter' rvesend is only twenty miles
those who are here in chartre are con- frotn Indon, and an outbreak of chol-
Although no fear that the cholera will
Friends of Corbett predict a wholly dit- reach the shores of the United States
ferent outcome of the great ' battle. are expressed by the authorities of the
They have not the least hesitation in treasury department, in view of the
saying Sullivan is "up against it this alarming spread abroad, they are taking Francisco through business, and it can
time for a fair champion." Thev claim '! precautions deemed necessary to not be resumed with the Southern Pa
i -
prevent its introduction.
Treasury department orders to the
immigration inspectors, prohibiting In
dians from British Columbia, under
he has never met a man of Corbett's
calliber before in his life. In skill,
strength and quickness. Corbett, they
claim, is a perfect marvel. In addition
cific route through Oregon, so tht? safo
assumption is that steamers between
San Francieco and Portland, 6r the
same point on the sound, Will have to
be put on. Thero is a deep-down ru-
"Pompadour Jim" Las a natural advan- Washington, from comine over the line. mor that the8e steamers, designed es-
tage over Sullivan in the way of height will affect tho growers "of Puyallun P''y for ""eight service; are now be-
ana reacn. no is tnree inches taller
and the length of his arms is extraordi
nary. His hitting powers are but
slightly inferior to those of Sullivan, and
his uimbleness is sure to keep him out
to these qualities of the great fighter, contract to pick hops in the stato of
valley, who largely depend on foreign
Indians to harvest the cropand who
usually are unable to employ white la
bor. . . .
Tho silver question causes some
ing Duiu, ana win come torwardvery
soon after the Great Northern cuts
adrift. This new deal of Mr; Hill's road
corned, they are annoyed beyond meas
ure, I imagine, at the' accumulated
amount of red tape constantly being un
rolled at headquarters, in Washington.
Cascade Locks, although we complain
of dull times, owing to there being noth
ing' done on tho canal, is '- making so'iue
pretensions to growth. Dr. Leavens is
completing a beautiful residence on a
commanding eminence of the city,
which overlooks the cascade rapids and
the rugged range of mountains north.
Besides this, there are several new
houses being built, and several more
have been completed during the sum
mer. The town of Cascade Locks
era there is much feared. The an
nouncement is made this afternoon that
the company which conveys niOBt of the
aliens to. Gravesend had decided to
cease passenger traffic from Hamburg,
Dr. Whitcomb, sanitary officer at Graves
end, who inspected the steamer Gemma,
which arrived from Hamburg Thursday,
three of whose passengers subsequently
died from what was supposed to be
Asiatic cholera, denies the disease was
the true Asiatic scourge, and declares it
was merely choleraine. . It is difficult in
the multiplicity of assertions and denials
to accurately determine the real truth
of the matter. It is now declared the
of harm's way. Naturally he has by I trouble in China and Japan, where, as
far tho greater endurance, aud the ten well as in India, thev have the silver
years of youth in his favor cannot but
aid him in case of a protracted struggle.
bo reason the partisans of both sides
standard, which some people want here.
People here who ship goods to China or
Japan, before they make a price have to
to find out first what silver is 'worth
there. It is rather cheap now, as Mr.
the re- Dunbar, of Portland, who is
A elfitfh Proposition.
Portland Telegram. At both
publican and democratic conventions of flour, received a dispatch Saturday
the state of Washington the great bone the effect that for' every $100 he had in
of contention has been the Lake Wash- silver over in Japan he could have $68
ington canal. This ie, perhaps, the n gold here, he paying the cost of cabl-
most foolish effort of a very small sec- ing. A person going over to China or
lion of a state, requiring all tho rest to Japan on a pleasure trip can for everv
bow in submission, that is chronicled in $100 of his good gold get here about $150
the peculiarities of this year's political in Japanese or Chinese currency. It is
bickerings. Lake Washington is a a long time since silver was so low, and
large body of fresh water about thirtv silver agitation here is the main cause
miles long, and a half mile to three of it.
nines wiue, tuai, cxienas jrom tne It is said that the difficulty in work-
normern limits oi tne city ot iseattle, ine Ions distance telephones nnder
along its east lino, to a distance far to water has at length been overcome, and
the south. It is a beautiful lake, and that it will be possible to converso rs
well suited for pleasure and fishing pur- easily between Paris and New York as
poses; but tho Creator never intended between Paris and Versailles. Thedia.
nmnp iH. nAar.t c tains about seventy or Atoht fm!i!. HICKne89 0n lne eamer Xura, which
kane ia In W a tfn'al f .Jand has a school Population nf W at Lynn FrldaV "ith tw0 """P
far as rates, are concerned. For two They have a good school house, fitted
years ambitious Spokaners have been wi.tn patent seaU and have charts, globe
urging the Northern Pacific to bring aQd last, but not least, a fine organ. In
this about, but the" transcontinental the. holding a fine Sunday school is
line has declined to make Spokane a al maintained,
terminal. The result, has been that Fishing for salmon is being carried on
Spokane freight from the east has been bv residents here, who use deep nets
clous cases, was not cholera, but acute
diarrhoea. Excitement was caused " at
Gravesend this morning by the arrival
of a steamer from Hamburg, on which a
baby died en route. An investigation
showed the baby died of an Infantile
disorder, and those on board were all
well and were allowed to land. The
charged tho Portland tariff, plus the lo- a"d tho hook and spear with impunity, , were anowea to ana. ine
. . . or else onren thA rlnsa rntv aithor lu.tr.. i ennoycr miebt look this wav. InRtanri . -
or else given the class rate, either being i ennoycr might look this way, instead
far higher than tho terminal rate. This of watcliing Earl Taft, of Celilo, and be
sort of thing has made Spokane mer- uoore successful, probably, in his effort,
chants swear. Mr. Hill now promises oy tno eternal."
that all this sort of
stop. "
thing will have to
that it should be a rendezvous for large
sea-going vessels.. Seattle is already
provided with a deep and land-locked
harbor, as easy of access as any upon
the sound, and with which most cities
would be well satisfied.
covery by which this fei.t can be accom
plished is the achievement of a French
man, M. Oillot, the inspector of tele
grams in Paris. The inventor is fully
assured of his success, and ha9 no doubt
that his improved telephone will be in
Indians as Citizens.
East Oregonian. Indians in Umatilla
county will probably not receive their
franchise . in time to vote at the next
presidential election. . They do not - be
come citizens until the report of the al
lotment . commissioners naa oeen ap
proved by. tho department, which may
not occur until next spring. The com
missioners will have finished the allot
ment by the end of this month, but it
may take two months to prepare the re
port, which is an extensive document,
and there is no telling when the depart
ment will get around to its considera
tion ; so there is little use, as yet, for
Major Handbury . left Portland last
evening,' so rumor has it, to meet the
board of western coast engineers, which
assemble in Ban Francisco on tho 2d
prox. By tho way, a Portland paper
says: "The major must go." Go where?
How does he know? Were a change
mado no doubt the same condition of
affairs would continue. Would swap
ping horses in tho middle of the stream
help anybody out?
A. Buchler, of yonr city, was ia this
city last Saturday. Justice Schutz and
District Attorney Wilson came up from
Collins landing this morning, and left
for home on the morning passenger
train. Mrs. Emil Schutx is vsiting
Mrs. Atwell, of this place. Mrs. Frank
Clark and family, of The Dalles, are in
ing ports on the Atlantic coast of Col
ombia to all vessels arriving from ports
infected with cholera. This puts a stop
at once to communication with Ger
many, France or Belgium, as far as con
ducted through Antwerp, Hamburg
Havre and other places where cholera is
known or suspected to exist. Official
returns of all iufected districts show
4707 new cases of cholera Friday and
2834 deaths
ana BpeoiQcatlons Will
Forwarded to Washington
This Week.
From tlia Dully DIsratcb. :
The plans and specifications for the
completion of the Cascade locks are
nearly finished,' and will probably be
forwarded to Washington tho last of
this week. The government will try the
contract system for the finishing of the
works, and these plans and drawings
are to be used by those who wish a nnt
in a bid for the work. This contracting
for the completion of the n-nrt .ni,.
locks is the only way that the works
will ever be completed. These lodca
have been under wav for the past fifteen
years, and the amount of money already .
expended by .the government, and it-red-taped
employes, was more than
enough to have finished the entire
works by the contract system vears airo.
The locks can he" completed for opera-
: i i . .
nuii u icua time man eighteen months
by contract, whereas, by the red tape
BVRtom if. uai,14 l
j nuiu itnjuira nearly mat
many years more. The eight-hour law
in regard to all government works will
make it a little more expensive by con-'
tract than it otherwise would, and still
it will not reach within one quarter of
what it would actually cost tho govern- "
nient otherwise. When the contract on
the works is let, the people of Eastern
Oregon will then have a glimpse of the
ueginmng of the end. River steamers
of all sizes and class, riot excluding even
tno wbaleback, can go at will, without
let or hindrance, from The Dalles ,to
Portland, Astoria, and even to the for
eign markets, if necessary, without
change of boat. When this is done the
day for general rejoicing and jubilee baa
come for the people of Eastern Oregon.
The Least Importnnt.
Oregonian. The state of Washington
got the better of Seattle in the demo
cratic state convention, but only after
two days' sustained conflict, and appar
ently by a small majority. Mr. James
Hamilton Lewis gallantly went down
with his town, refusing to accept the
nomination for governor upon a plat
form which condemned the Lake Wash
ington canal scheme. How much of
the virtue of necessity there was in his
heroic abdication nothing bnt a ballot
could have shown, and the world will
never know. After devoting two days
to the transcendent question of indorse
ment to the canal, the convention spent
an evening in the less important busi
ness of nominating candidates. -
complete working order befose the end the politician to beoin shakin? lmiirtL.n,n .k . 1
nf SontomW I . . . . .. . . 7 ". """'l' wcoii cuu Ul lUWU. illO
That's Just so.
Review. Three great strikes have
been in progress in this country, all in
democratic states. That at Homestead
followed a reduction of the tariff. That
in New York was directed" against an
unprotected industry. That in Tennes
see was a revolt against a democratic
law. These three strikes have effected
more men, -entailed more bloodshed and
brought more misery than have all the
strikes combined that have occurred ' in
protected industries during Mr. Harri
son's administration.' ' - '
Chicago dorse Market.
J. 8. Cooper, commission salesman of
horses, Union stock yards, Chicago,
says : "The market for the week end
ing August 20th showed remarkable
strength and activity, in the face of a
strong counter attraction, such as the
Northwestern breeders' association trot
ting meeting, and the unfortunate rail
road strikes in the east. This, under
ordinary . circumstances, would ' have
"been sufficient to make a very auiet
market, and some were discouraged
from buying, but the majority bought.
regardless of consequences, and the re
sult was encouraging to sellers.
work horses generally, like the pre
vious week, had .the call in the follow
ing order: Draft horses, streeters and
general purpose corses, witn 'fair in
quiry for extra good driving and coach
teams. Every day brings now Inquiries
for branded range horses and thousands
of thesecould.be handled to advantage
in the next couple of months.
The supply of these has not at any
time this year been equal to one-tenth
Of the demand. The following is a sum
mary of prices : "
Streeters ..--f., f 95 to $115
lUUUJLB, 1AH; WJ 1-UJ lUfi . Jf, J45
Draft horses, 1600 lbs. ....... 190" 2-6
Exprrss horses ... 170 " 200
Drivers..... 125 " 200
Eauge noises ao " 60
with his Indian friend, and to inquire
after his family welfare. The Indians
will have all the privileges and all the
responsibilities of American citizenship.
They will be entitled to vote, hold office,
and exercise equal rights with white
men. Their property, now exempt from
seizure, may then be levied upon for
debt by the civil authorities.'
Irrigation Did It.
East Oregonian. . Evidence accumu
lates every day that irrigation would
make Umatilla county the richest, most I
prosperous and progressive county in
the state. One of the men who has done
much to strengthen this opinion is H.
B. Thrasher, who some years ago took
up a ranch in the sands on the Colum
bia in the vicinity of Wallula. Mr.
Thrasher this year with the aid of irri
gation has raised a magnificent crop of over the beautiful sandy hills and plains
tnemosi luscious ana aeiicious iruit. between the Columbia and this place,
xsoxes oi peacnes, large as one s nst, of Tne Dalles committee appointed to ar
Crura and Michell party broko camp
this morning, and left for home in The
Dalles by the Regulator today, having
had a fine time for the past two months
hunting and fishing on Herman creek.
Mr. Brooks informs us he will break
camp Wednesday and return to his
home in your city with his family by
the steamer Regulator. ' -""-"- Cass.
Send In Yonr Moles.
Ochoco Review. The people of The
Dalles are making preparations to enter
tain the Press Association which meets
in that city October 4th. In making up
a programme for entertaining the editors
why not give them a 'free excursion to
Prineville! There are plenty of Crook
county freighters who would delight in
loading their prairie schooners with
Oregon quill shovers and hauling them
beautiful color and splendid flavor, and
magnificent grapes have been recently
received at this office as a testimonial of
the quality of his products. Finer fruit
never was seen anywhere, not even In
California. Such work as Mr. Thrasher
is doing is of inestimable value to the
country aa it encourages other men to
go and do likewise who would not other
wise be convinced that their labors
would meet with good results.
range will please consider the feasibility
of such an excursion.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is one . of the few
remedies which are .recommended by
every school of medicine. Its strength,
purity and efficacy are too well estab
lished to admit of doubt as to its supe
riority over all other blood purifyers
whatever. Ayer's Sarsaparilla leads
all. :
- Destructive Fire.
ounaay nignt toe zist, about one
o'clock, says the News, the barn on
George Dodson's ranch, six miles north
west of Prineville, with its entire con
tenia was Durnea. witn trie barn was
destroyed a mowing' machine, reaper,
two sets of harness, and other tools and
appurtenances, besides a horse and
about twenty tons of hay belonging to
Isaac Lane, who has the ranch rented,
The loss is about $1,500, covered by
$500 policy issued by the State, of Salem.
Mr. Lanes loss is absolute, and embraces
his entire portion of this year's hay crop,
Mr. Dodson's hay was stacked outside
and escaped the fire, although the sparks
from the burning barn fell thickly upon
it. The fire was fir t seen by Billy Tom
llnson who was aroused from his slum
ber in a tent at Carmical's camp, about
300 yards from the building. He noticed
a light flickering at the entrance to the
tent and on going to investigate found
the light to come from the barn. The
inmates of the camp and of the Dodson
house were aroused, but too late to ar
rest the flames. The common theory of
the fire imputes its origin to incendiar
ism, but Mr. Dodson can think of no
one who could desire to work mm so
great an injury. He rather inclines to
the belief that- someone entered the
barn on a predatory excursion and set
the fire by accident. Horse tracks were
seen in the vicinity aud the hoofbeata of
a running animal was the cause of Mr.
Tomlison's awakening. -
The only way to cure fever and ague
is either to neutralize the poisons which
cause the disease, or to expel & them
froai the system. Ayer's Ague Cure
operates in both ways. It is a Warrant
ed specific for all forms, of malarial dis
orders, and never iails to cure. Try it.
Taxing The . Canneries.
Astoria n. It is doubtful if the salmon
law, which appears to. bo troubling the
8alem authorities, is constitutional. It
imposes a tax on cannery men which ia
not in accord with . the constitution,
which contemplates just and equal tax
ation. It allows a fisherman who re
ceives a dollar per fish to go Scott free.
out compels the cannery man to pay one-
half cent per Chinook salmon, although.
his profits aro scanty, and he Is forced
to compete with canners in Alaska and
British Columbia whose taxes are very
light. The state should not overburden
this industry. The salmon eannerymen
of Astoria and the Columbia in general
pay taxes on their plant to the state and
on their tin cans to the general govern-
ment. They add to the wealth of the
state by their enterprise and turn to
good account the product of the ses
which would otherwise go to -waste-.
They exercise no monoply, for every on '
is free to engage in salmon packing, and '
some persons are both fishermen sad k
eannerymen by virtue of the' shars
which they hold in canneries.., No eucb
tax is imposed in Washington or in the-'
Eastern states. Boats return loaded
from the fishing banks on the New York
shore, but no one imposes any tax on '
each fish that the excursionists catfch-
People catch trout and slay deer in the
Adrlondacks without paying a cent to
the state government, Such examples-
should have weight in this state, where
it appears the money is not urgently
needed, inasmuch as the fish tax collect
ed last year is still in the treasury and
cannot be used until the legislature of .
1892 appropriates it. We believe that
Attorney-General Chamberlain would ,
be warranted in using his own discretion
so far aa to forego all efforts to collect
this tax, on the simple ground that it la
unconstitutional.
Not Good Foil ties.
Oregonian. In the state of Washing
ton the political game is so made up
that Seattle will vote one way and Ta-
cotna the other, in the state - election.
And on the issue that divides these
cities there will be a Kood deal of di
vision throughout the state. The re
publican party is committed to Seattle'
local scheme ; the democratic party has
declared against it. The further this
issue is pushed the more it will tend to
array against Seattle the remainder of
the state, and to diminish the chances
of the republican party. It was not
good politics on the part of the republi
cans to put matters into this shape.
Ifeed Better Road Laws
Grant County News. The question of
good roads is one which very . vitally af
fects the commercial interests of a com
munity, hence too much cannot be said
on tne subject, we need better road -
laws, or more rigid application of those
now on our statute books. We need a
different system of collecting road taxes
and expending this money to the best
good of the public. Our legislators
should give these matters the attention
their importance warrants, and we may
then have better roads.
The Oregon Tote.
Oregonian. The rote of Oregon In
November will bo about 80,000. The
Weaver party will 'have about 20,000.
Probably 2,500 voleB will be cast for the '
prohibition ticket. There will remain
67,600 to be divided between Harrison
and Cleveland, and the vote for Hairison
may be set down at over 30,000.
, . A Lnzary... Not a Keeeasltr.
Colfax Commoner. The Lake Wash-
ington canal, is not a state necessity.- It
would be , luxury to Seattle. .