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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
TUBS DAltKS
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Entered at the poetoffiee at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class mail matter. .
Published in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
STATE OFFICIALS. '
ajrernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H B Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bnpt. of Public Instruction.. G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
JG. W. McBride
HMiatovs j. n Mitchell
IB. Hermann
Congressmen jw K E1Ug
State Printer ....W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFIC1AXS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
Bherlff. T. J. Driver
Cleric ' A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Wm. Michell
, , (Frank Kincaid
Commissioners JA a Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
upon a majority being found in favor of
any such .measure of remedial legisla
tion.
The special session of ' 1885 cost the
state about $65,000, snd a special session
in 1896 wonld certainly cost no less, and
would probably accomplish nothing.
The taxes already levied and assessed
will have to be collected whether or not
the legislature is convened, so that the
taxpayer will gain no relief by this
measure. Moreover, if there is a true
disposition to economize, it iaeasyfor
the state officers to withhold expendi
tures of money in many cases where the
appropriation seems too large, until the
regular eession, when the same relief
can be obtained without the expense of
a special session.
Apparently the Oregonian and a few
Multnomah politicians are trying to use
the governor as a tool tor their own pur
Coroner...
Burveyor'.y.'.'.y.V.'."..".'.".".."."....'.-.K.F. Sharp poses, the real plan being to amend the
superintendent of Public Schools... Troybheiiey p , nhter for DOliticaI Durooses.
We do not believe, however, that Gov'
ernor Lord can be prevailed upon, with
such transparent arguments for econ
Senator Sherman's speech on the U"J . , ' .
nnancai condition oi me juiuuicu , ,,,. j i... -
nnt rW manv mistakes I trortiana lODuyists ana politicians!
President Cleveland
NATIONAL
ATES
PROSPERITY CRE
EIQH WAGES.
SHERMAN ON THE FINANCES.
points
committed bv President Cleveland as
E. G. Ingersoll said were made by Moses
The greatest of these mistakes is the
president's unwillingness or inability to
see any peril in the continuous treasury
deficits, and his opinion that greenback
retirement is a sovereign remedy for the
government's financial ills. A good
many Republicans, however, believe
that a 8cberaeof gradual extinguishment
of the entire demand-note debt would
be wise, but it is folly to overlook or ig
nore the revenue shortage menace.
A treaty has been signed by Chili and
Brazil which promises to be of commer
cial benefit to both countries. An
agreement is made that a steamship line
between the two countries shall be sub'
sized. It is stated that the successful
working of this treaty will greatly im
pair the trade of the United States with
both countries. Chili and Brazil are
carrying out the idea that was part of
James G. Blaine's political faith, and
had his council been heeded and plans
What tl, onatr BiA hr,iir. the danger pow:iu. " """
i Ww-vV. o I .i o il a : ui: :,t-nnA
of the continuous treasury deficits I. " fu P
gospel. Of course, the elimination by "l y,
the supreme court of the income tax haV.6 T 'e ProporUpne This
feature of the Wilson law is immedi- nauoD cLa8 aemroysu, in vue mt ,ur
i ui . u 4 1 yearo, wuttb lb win ukc a ujuuu Licaicr
alalv vABnanfiin hi rnr IhA TtrMpnE rtpfllMr.. t
- .j - t u..:u
V.nt th ,Winn nf rhia ff-aturft was in ,e"ou 01 Mmo lu nruu,,u-
itself a blunder, which waa often
pointed out by the Republicans during
the discussion of that measure,
The Ohio statesman bad a still easier
task in pointing out the president's mi9
take in saying that the McKinley tariff
was ineffective for the purpose of rev
enue. That law, in most of its features,
went into operation on October 6, 1890.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891,
revenues exceeded expenditures $26,-
800,000, and the excess was $9,900,000 in
the year ending June 30, 1S92, and $2,
300,000 in the year ending at that date
in 1893. Then the turning point came,
and in the next twelve months the cus
toms receipts dropped sharply, and there
was a deficit ot Z7U.uuu.uuu. .But it is
very easy to see that the menace which
Democratic victory brought was the
chief cause of this shortage. The Dem-
An inter-collegiate debate has been
arranged between the oratorical socie
ties of Columbia College, New York, and
the University of Chicago. Some ques
tion of national importance will be taken
as a topic of discustion, and prominent
judges of New York and Illinois will be
invited to decide the argument. In
former ' years inter-collegiate debates
weae not unusual occurrences, but in
recent years the contest between the
great institutions lay in the direction of
muscle more than brains. New York
and Chicago can possibly ineet on the
piattorm witn eatery, Dut were sc. iouis
a contestant, instead of the Empire City,
it might be wise for each city to send its
men of brawn.
The bill which restores to ex-con
federates the right to serve in the army
ocratic platform of 1892, the Democratic j9 not of so much importance as some of
candidate's letter of acceptance, and the naners represent. In realitv. thia
that candidate's earlier record as presi- disability was removed many years ago
dent assailed the Kepublican tana law, from everybody except those who held
and when Democratic victory came in commissions in the United States armv
that year that law's days were num
bered. This portentous fact unsettled
trade of all sorts, cut down importation
and brought the deficit.
That endless chain of greenback with
drawals of gold from the treasury did
not begin to take dangerous shape until
this administration and the congress
which went into existence with it cre
ated the revenue shortage. The senator
had no diffculty in showing that coiner
dence. In Republican days the endless
chain was so harmless that com para
tively few persons knew tnat such a
chain existed.' Another drawback at
tending Democratic government,
or navy at the beginning of the war and
broke their oaths to enter the confederate
service. It is only to this comparatively
insignificant number of ex-United States
officers that the recent bill applies.
The passage of the bill was all right,
but the extent of its operation does not
justify so much editorializing about
it. Ex.
The Bond Syndicate has dissolved its
existence, and the members are released
from any obligation to deliveY gold for
bonds. Meanwhile there is little doubt
as to the success of the popular loan.
one Pierpont Morgan and his friends will
which the senator did not mention, but
which, of course, he had in mind, is
that no considerable body of the people
anywhere has any confidence in Demo
cratic management of national affairs,
The Republican party, too, makes mia
takes, as it did during the term of its
latest president, but with that party
mistakes are the exception, while with
the Democracy (hey are the rnle. Most
not have the opportunity to make the
large commission, as they did on the
previous sale, but the interests of the
country will be as well served.' If the
government must owe money, it is bet
ter that its own friends be the creditors.
The exports of American products and
mapufactures, from the port of New
York, amounted to $360,776,967 in 1894
J I 3 1 Aon i r rrn inn rri
of the men whose votes turned the scale ""u op ,ufo,wjo in loao. mere was
in favor of the Democracy in 1892 were crease oi whhi.uuu last year, not a
prompted by a temporary resentment very satisfactory showing for the Empire
toward the Republican party, and ty to make in capturing tbe markets of
doubtless rerrettP.l their ar verv Boon the world But la8t year 8 mport8 at
after thev committed it. The business New York were $83,200,000 greater than
interesta in ffflneral have fop manvvfiara 1894, which very well shows whose
past had a supreme distrust of the De
mocracy, and a triumph for that party
is thus reasonably certain always to
bring calamity to ' the country. St,
Louis Globe-Democrat.
markets are being captured.
National prosperity, beyond all denial,
stimulates industry, which creates em
ployment. Hence, it always "has and
always will create a demand for labor,
which must increase the wages of work
ingmen. Cheaper imported competitive com
modities will destroy national prosperity
and the demand for labor must decrease
in proportion to the importation, because
all -competitive importation 'eupplants
home production, closes the avenues of
employment, thereby reducing the rate
of wages.
Of all men, the wageesrngttis most in
terested in creating. a demand for labor.
which he can only secure by having the
industry from which he obtains employ
ment, protected to an extent that will
produce the greatest amount of employ
ment. .
If capital, without which no industry
can exist, is not made secure against the
effects of cheaper competitive foreign
competition, it will not be employed.
Without the medium of capital there will
be no employment for labor.
. The only capital possessed by the wage
earner is his labor. His capital increases
in proportion to the demand created.
The greater the demand for employment
the higher will be the rate of wages This
axiom has held good in the pa6t and will
hold good for all time.
If the American workingmen desire
to retain their high rate of wages and
recover their past prosperity, they must
create for themselves a demand for labor.
This can only be secured by keeping out
of our country the foreign competitive
manufactures, which, for self preserva
tion, should be manufactured at home
It does not lie within the brain of
mortal man to frame any, law that can
determine, for the whole people, a fixed
rate of wages without destroying personal
liberty. The prosperity of every nation
is measured by the prosperity of the
masses, which is determined by the rate
of wages they1 receive. Freedom, per
sonal liberty and national prosperity can
not continue when the wage earner is
poor and dependent.
The Democratic party, and their allies,
who advocate free-trade, claim to be the
poor man's friend and party, a claim
most untrue, for their policy and meth
ods have always been antagonistic to the
welfare of ' the wage earner and of the
nation. .
The poor man strikes a self inflicted
blow, not only against .himself, bnt
against his country, when he casts his
vote for a party whose policy is to ad
vance the interests of foreign countries
instead of those of his own. Conse
quently he surrenders his franchise to
scheming demagogues, who betray his
interests in order to obtain political
power or personal aggrandizement, re
gardless of the welfare of the voter or of
the nation. tconoinist
Over three-quarters of a million dollars
will be required for slate expenses the
present year. This amounts to About
$2.25 per capita. When this is added to
connty, school and municipal taxation
the effect ot the pressure is more than
the average citizen, without regard to
party, is disposed to endure without a
protest.
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Monitor: Sherman county, though rich
in eoll and climate, is lacking in timber.
not even an evergreen suitable for
Christmas tree is to be found in the
count v. i
That may be all so, but our county
warrants are worth 101 : Perhaps eome
others can do better. Wasco News.
Arlington Record: G. W. Alexander
of Bickleton was in town Tuesday look
ing for subscriptions to make a new grade
up Wood gulch. Of course the business
men of this place are all favorable to the
grade and will give substantial aid to its
progress. Arlington is the natural mar
ket place for that eection of Klickitat,
and we are heartily in favor of doing
anything that will give them better
roads to our town. Elsewhere in this
issue is a notice of a meeting to consider
this matter.
Goldendale Sentinel : In view of the
danger of invasion in the event of a war
with England, the Lyle board of trade
propose to erect fortifications to protect
the harbor and the Lyle and Goldendale
railway. Their proposals and bids may
may be called for the construction of a
couple of ironclads; the board having
appropriated S .UUU.UUU for defense,
Col. Rowe, at his own expense, has ob
structed the Klickitat at the falls so that
it will be impossible for an English gun-
Doat to reach wankiakus. .
CLOSE TO THE DALLES!
Klickitat Agriculturist: Goldendale
has been auoted as a dull town bv har
own people, but strangers from sister
cities often express themselves differ
ently. Money is not very plentiful, yet
trade is comparatively good. The pros
pective building of the Lyle-Goldendale
railroad will do much to attract atten
tion and capital this way, and an addi
tional population to Klickitat. The
outlook for the new year is certainly
bright.
Skamania Pioneer: Stevenson is going
to boom in the spring. That is, it will go
ahead, and not stand stiil as it has the
past year. We know of several new
houses that will surely be built, and
there are indications that eeveral new
business houses will be established here.
Altogether we believe that the year 1896
is going to be a good one for Stevenson
and the whole of Skamania county. It
is believed that there will be a heavy
immigration this year into this state,
and if there is Skamania will, no doubt,
get her share of them. Nowhere in the
state is there government land so acces
Bible as in Skamania county.
ways thirty-two jackscrews were needed
James Hanahhan, an experienced ship
carpenter, has immediate charge of the
work of repairing.
lioad Supervisors fur 1896.
The county . court thiB morning ap
pointed road district supervisors for the
year just beginning. The list is as fol
lows:
District No 1 C A Stewart,
No 2 J J Lucky.
No 3 M B Totter.
No 4 Chris Detbman.
No 5 William Jacksou.
No 6 Frank Lapier..
No 7 M Dovle.
No 8 A Field.
No 9 C F Mitchell. ,
No 10 Alex Fraaier.
No 11 F A Seufert.
No 12 E K Russell.
No 13 J C Egbert.
No 14 J B Haverly.
No 15 Monroe Heisler.
No 16 J W Russell.
No 17 A J Swift.
No 18 Martin "Wing.
No 19 N W Wallace.
No 20 R R Hinton.
No 21 George W Smith.
No 22 M O Wheeler.
No 23-A Billings.
No 24 S A BroyleB;
No 25 W H Williams.
No 26 George T Prather.
No 27 Edwin Burlingame.
Republicans Getting Keady.
Si
A Decision Rendered.
HISTORY
IN THE SOUTHERN
SCHOOLS.
WE WANT NONE OF IT.
It seems very strange that the Orego
nian, which until recently has let no
opportunity slip to vilify and abuse the
last legislature, is now advocating a
Bpecial session of that body, ostensibly
for the purpose of having the unexpend
ed appropriations rescinded. In view
of the fact that it has always insisted
that the members are irresponsible pub
lic plunderers, incapable of doing a pa
triotic or disinterested act for the public
good, and offered thanks when the last
session adjourned, the reason - for this
Bndden conversion of sentiment has
doubtless some connection with Multno-
The vote taken in the Ohio legislature
resulted as long ago foteshadowed. J,
B. Foraker received the unanimous Re
publican vote. This marks the close of
the Sberman-Foraker fight and both
Republicans have triumphed at the dis-
comfituie of Millionaire Brice.
Sheriff Kil bourne of Baker county
was. among the belated passengers in
The Dalles today. He was en route to
Salem, having in charge an unfortunate
for the insane asylum.' Sheriff Kil
bourne said Baker City had enjoyed a
prosperous year, and expects to be
treated better during 1896. The adja
cent mines have yielded rich treasures,
and the stringency of money has not
been noticed there so much as in other
places. A good deal of eastern capital
has lately been invested in Baker
man nnnf. nnlitiita It nlil h nrHl n 1 J
u, y v.. d reotion is nprt1 rn Via
hue lCJieiabuiu vuav vuku iud
appropriations- to withdraw them, un- The sugar-coating, which makes Ayer's
less, as in the case of the Oregonian, the Fills so easa to take, dsssolves iruined
members have suffered a recent change lately on reaching the stomach, and so
of Heart. Certainly, after the bitter parents the fall strength and hnnpfit nf
controversies of the last session and the the medicine to be promptly communi
strong antagonisms then engendered, it cated. Ask your druggist for Ayer'a Al-
would be expecting too much to depend manac, just out,
The Cleveland World alarms itself un
duly because there is taught in the pub
ic schools of the south a history which
presents slavery and the rebellion from
the Southern point of view. Such
teachings are wrong, of course, and a
greater injury to the South than to the
North; but human nature must be taken
into account. It can not be expected,
ys the Spokesman-Review, that the
Southern people will admit to their
children that they were entirely wrong
n plunging their country into civil war.
That confession would throw upon them
a terrific responsibility. . Children of the
south, viewing the scars of war which
have not entirely healed, could reproach
their sires, for a wrong so grievous.
'You admit that slavery was a mighty
evilf" they would say: "that secession
was wrong. Why, then, did you perpe
trate this great wrong in defense of a gi
gantic evil?" And the logic could not
be resisted.
It is to shield themselves from this re-
ponsibility that, the Southern people
continue to give the lost cause a senti
mental and theoretic defense. The
virus, though, has become practically
armless. Southern children may have
mild attacks of rebel varioloid ; but the
irulent epidemic will be seen no more
forever.
MATTERS POLITICAL.
Albany Herald : There is some talk
throughout the state of a special eession
of the Oregon legislat ure for the purpose
of reducing state expenditures, and the
matter has been presented to the gov
ernor. The only excuse for an extra
Bession of the legislature- would be to
reduce state appropriations by abolish
ing useless commissions and other ex
travagancies, so as to rednce taxation.
Heroic reform is heeded along this 4ine.
Unless, however, the members of the
legislature have themselves reformed
since the last session and are ready to
practice vigorous' retrenchment, an ex
tra session would only be an additional
burden .upon an already outraged peo
ple. It is said Governor Lord does not
at present think favorably of the move
ment. La Grande Chronicle: There are in
dicationa that there is going to be a red
hot campaign directed against extrava
gant expenses incurred for state govern
ment. This was a campaign cry two
years ago, but the demands of the pub
lic failed to fall on sympathetic ears
after the offices bad been secured, and
the expenses of government have been
piling up mountain high. All this
might have been more easily overlooked
and forgotten during prosperous times,
but when there is a decline ot about one
half in everything else bnt state expend
itures, the pressure comes too hard.
A decision was rendered this morning
in the matter of dividing Dufur precinct,
The afternoon yesterday, as well as the
morning, was taken up with hearing the
arguments of the opposing sides. The
debate was quite acrimonious, and the
disputants were not at all averse to ex
pressing themselves in forcible language
The tilt of eloquence was greatly en
joyed by the spectators and some side
lights were thrown upon the play of
politics in Dufur precinct. Messrs. T,
H. Johnston and M. J. Anderson, who
appeared as against the granting of the
petition, left for their home last night
and this morning members of the court
received several telephone messages ask.
ing that nothing be done until they
could return, as. it was declared new
evidence bad been discovered. The line
to Dufur was kept "pretty hot," in the
language of one of the courthouse offi
cials, but the judge and commissioners
decided that they had spent enough
time with the matter, and declined to
prolong the agony further. This morn
ing the court decided to grant the peti
tion asked for, which was championed
by W. H. H. Dufur and J. M. Nolin.
The new precinct will be called Ram
sey, and will embrace school districts 27
and 36, with a portion of 37. The area
mentioned will poll about seventy-five
votes, but it is probable that a portion
ot Kingsley precinct will be added to the
one just created, which will give it a vot
ing population of about 125. The end
of the matter is not reached yet, and the
echoes of the precinct division will be
borne on the winds around Dufur town
for some time to come.'
Mr. Dufur and Mr. Nolin departed for
home this morning in a happy frame of
mind.
The busiest place around town is
where the Regulator is being repaired
The sound of hammers is . heard from
morning till evening, and no music is
more pleasing than the sounds arising
from industry. A score or more of men
are at work on the boat, and a great
deal has been done towards putting the
steamer in better, shape. The . boiler
tubing has been taken put and is being
cleaned of scales. The mud which had
gathered in the boiler has been re
moved, and the latter made as good as
new. A new mast is being put in the
steamer, which Captain Waud declares
one of the best pieces of timber he has
8 sen. The new mast is 57 feet long and
free frdm blemish., The planking,
which was worn out, has been taken
np and new ones are being put on. Con
sidering the hard service the Regulator
has seen since she was last taken out,
her condition is very good, and when
the repairs hav been made, she will be
among the best boats on the Columbia.
Repairs arei most needed on the bow,
where the strain of making landing is felt.
A new keel will be put in at this partof the
boat and the timbers strengthened. In
order to raise the boat from, off the
Republicans in Wasco and Sherman
counties are getting in line for the be
ginning of club work for the campaign.
The state executive committee has called
for a convention of clubs, to be held in
Portland, February 4th. Tonight the
McKinley club of The Dalles will choose
delegates. The Columbia Precinct Re
publican club will meet for the same
same purpose at the Fairfield school
house, Friday, January 24th, and the
McKinley club of Moro will' meet the
evening following. We are not,
yet, advised of the meetings of other
clubs in the two counties, but are as
sured they will all be in line. The club
work is getting to be an important fea
ture of the campaign, and a great deal
depends upon the enthusiasm shown at
the Portland meeting. Every, club
should send its fall quota of delegate
and see that its best men are chosen
Oregon is in the foreground of politics,
and its election next year will be indi
cativeof the political feeling everywhere,
The matter of choosing delegates should
not be left in the hands of a few inter
ested people, but a large number should
be present and a general expression given
in. making the choice. Remember the
meeting of the McKinley club this even
ing in the council chambers.
There are some people who are never
positive in anything. ' It js always,
don't know," or "I guess so..' There is
a word of such people , and it is refresh
ing sometimes to hear a person speak as
one haying convictions, like Mr. Chas
F. Snyder, of Bangor, P., who wrote ; "I
ran heartily recommend Simmons Liver
Regulator to all who are troubled with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint."
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for Jan. 18, 1896. Persons calling
for the same will give date on which
they were advertised : . f .
AlkinB, Mrs J
Brown, L
Blacketon, Wm 2
Barzee, E L
Bell, W
Beatty, Dr
Cassill, Dr W B
Crate, R V
Eastman, G L
Flowerday, F A
Gamble, Simmon
Gravln Edw
Gold, A B
Goodman, Chas
Huggins, Frankie
Lawrence, W H.
Lonergan, Jas O
McAllister, Chas
Staneman, C
Sbarar, Mrs E
Waddell, Miss Alta
Weir, Joey
Wyles, WD
J. A. Ceossen, P. M.
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Ttaa Wheat Trade.
The local wheat market shows signs of
strengthening. In The Dalles today the
prices quoted are 45 to 46 cts per busbel.
In Pendleton the nominal price ia 40 eta.
Although considerable wheat remains
in the warehouses, but little is changing;
handa. The conditions in Portland and
the East are reflected in the following
taken from the Commercial Review in
Portland:
We have passed through a week of
dullness, holders of grain in Eastern
Oregon and Washington are Btill cling- 1
iug on to their wheat, and will only aell ..
at an advance above market quotations.
Many will sell if they can realize 60
cents per bushel . there, 624 cents at
Portland. Thia is practically out of the
question,, according to prices paid in
Europe and Chicago. In the Walla
Walla country very little wheat has
been disposed of aa yet. : Holders there
are convinced, that prices will advance
as to enable them to sell at a good profit.
At the present writing we hardly see
where their hopes can be realized, and
hope that expectations may prove true.
Receipts have been fair and sales mostly
are made to interior millers, at 2)4 centa
above the local price. Exporters' wants
here are small ; there are few ships at
hand to load, and these have cargoes
pretty well provided for. Not many
ships are due to arrive in the near fu
ture, and those under forward engage
ment, but not yet provided for in the
way of cargoes, are not likely to suffer
any detention. Values are about 90 to
92 cents per cental for lair average
Walla Walla: 95 cents for round lots of
valley.
EASTERN MARKETS.
The past week was a moderately act
ive one in the speculative markets. Ad
vices from Europe were a little more
encouraging to holders. Stocks of bread
stuffs in Europe are understood to be .
gradually decreasing, though the im
ports are quite liberal. I he receipts of
gram at the larger distributing points,
while not so free, were fairly liberal.
and considerably in excess of the arri
vals at this time last year. The move
ment of grain eastward was fairly
libera, and widely distributed, consid
erable grain of all kinds being distrib
uted through the eastern and middle
states, and also through the central
West, more particularly to millers.
Stocks are accumulating at interior
points. The estimates of the govern
ment of grain production in 1895, issued
early last week, show returns about aa
previously foreshadowed, with the ex
ception of wheat, which is Tetnrned aa
fully 43,000,000 bushels ereater than
suggested by the figures given ont in
October. This makes the crop about
7,000,000 bushels greater than that of
1894. The winter wheat crop shows a
shortage 65,157,000 bushels, while the
spring crop is 71,992,000 larger than ia
1894. The average production of wheat
for the past ten years baa been 462,000,-
COO bushels, sp the crop last year was
only fractionally above the average for
the last decade.
Judge Blakejey and County Commis
sioners Uarneilie and Blowers decided
upon the tax levy thia morning for the
ensuing year. The county- levy waa
placed at 21 mills. A special road tax
of 1 mill waa levied, the proceeds of
which will be applied towards making
needed repairs upon county roads and
especially upon the lower 5-Mile road
leading out of The. Dalles. The neces
sity of improvement lias long been ap
parent. The dividing of the Dufur pre
cinct made some changes necessary in
the list of judges and clerks as published
Tuesday. For Ramsey precinct, Jamea
LeDuc, P. M. Thompson . and K. P.
O'Brien were appointed judges and J. .
W. Nolin and Frank Chase clerks. Aa
the first two named had been appointed
for Dufur precinct but, the division
throwing them into Ramsey, Monroe
Heisler and Edward Bohan were named
in their stead. A new road district, No.
27, was created today.
Whisk.era' that are prematuaely gray
or faded should be colored to prevent
the look of age, and Buckingham's'Dye
excels all others in coloring brown or
black.