The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 23, 1892, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Texthe. (Drc0on $MsU SUBSCRIPTION, fl.GO PER YEAR. 8T. If Kt.EXR, lKCEMHKtt 83, 1892. j u ii '..it i! i.1 11 l a WE NEVES KNOW. The tat gatherer ought lo be well known in Diegoi. and he would be were lie not numerous imliviilunl. aye Ihe Oregon City Enterprise. The owner if tmmll iiUeo free from debt hat lo enlerUtii the county assessor, (he cchool aud city testator. After nmkiut' tlio acquaintance of these par- (let, each of whom must be paid for bis services, he entertains in turn the sheriff, the school clerk, the cily tax - collector and the road supervisor, to each of whom he must contribute uniull, or possibly large, sum lo main. tain the various branches of govern ment, and for the expense of collect ing. This manner of collection In ad dition lo the "indebtedness clause" which is used by many moneyed men 8 a cover under which they escape all taxation, mcko the poor man's tax much greater than it ought to be. The man who is actually benefitted by the indebtedness clause is not the owner of a small home or the farmer who owns a few hundrcds.for both are ustessed at a higher rate to make up f'jr the tax-dodging practices carried on under cover of the law exempting indebtedness, aud which was passed ostensibly for the poor man. The motto for the coming legisla ture should be "lot no property escape taxation," and having this thought be fore them proceed to frame such a law as will best and most equitably regu lite the burden of taxation, let the e.Tect of such a law hit whom it will. If it is a good thing to have three or four assessors aud the same number of tax collectors, all of whom have lo be paid for time spent in the performance of their several duties, so that a man never knows when his taxes are all paid, just for the sake of keeping the funds all separate, then why not carry this principle a little further and have a state tax collector, a university fund collector, a military fund collector, a state school fund collector, a general county fund collector, a county school tax collector, a bridge tax" collector, and so on ad infinitum, till there are offices enough to go around, when everybody can be supported by the government? Ia contradistinction to this is the Iowa plan which make the county treasurer the sole collector, and he works for a salary so that the total cost for a county like this would not ex ceed 12.000, including clerk hire. One assessment is made by a precinct assessor under instruction from the county supervisors. Upon this assess ment the supervisors make their ievy for state, county, school, city, road and special purposes ; thus once a citizen has his tax receipt in bis pocket be knows that he is done, and he can live without fear and be happy the rest ef the year. Let the taxpayer insist upon having : justice from the legislature that con venes next month. It is time some thing was done. TBE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT,; We have before us the annual re port of Fostmaster-Qeneral Wanama ker, in a neatly bound and exhaustive volume. Among the many recom mendations of that official is the abol ition of the box rent system. He ays: "I again advise the abolition of box rents at all offices which are without free delivery, and also at free delivery offices to persons . or firms located be yond the free delivery boundaries. t the public is obliged to be at the trou ble of calling for mail, it should not be charged for boxes." The postmaster-general also recom mends that the fees for money orders be reduced, and submits a tabulated statement of rates to be charged for the issuance of money orders. ' He also states that the 1-cent letter post age which he recommended one year ago is a near nossibilitr. and adds : "One-cent letter postage to every place in the world is what this nation is ' surely coming to." At some length he urges congress to pass a law divid ing the postal service into districts upon a real business basis. This is along the same line, only a step far in advance of the visits by the county seat postmasters, which has been pro ductive of much good, so far. This, i f1, . 1 .iL. i . i 1 f iiao me outer great postal reiorms, can be only a question of time. Upon this question the postmaster-general says: . "Briefly, the plan is to divide the whole postal territory into a certain number of districts, say one hundred. I formerly suggested a division by states; this would probably not be numerous enough. Each district would be put in charge of a postal supervisor or director, and the regular inspectors of the. department should assist these supervisors, as they might , be needed, in depredation work. Then all detail matters relating to the estab lishment and discontinuance of post- appointments and -removals, the best Utilization of and changes ia routes, t'Ve putting on and the taking off if vice, Die right interpretation of the, . . ' . regulations, irregularities, aud, in gen era), .the whole business conduct of the servico, would all bo superintended personally by the district supervisors with the assistance, as suggested, o the regular inspectors when reiuiredJ and with the support, of course, of all the postmasters ig the district who would feel, as never before, that their effort 8 on behalf of adequate facilities and economical and enterprising niau ftcement would find appreciation. The district supervisors could acl under rules without reference to the depart mcnt at Washington and without uoe less delay ; Ihey would be Ihe counsel 04S of the department, the general medium of communication with it; and the first assistant postmaster-gen erul should be constituted the comp troller or actuary, to whom the super visors should report. The members of congress would find themselves re lieved of no end of disagreeable de partniental drudgery, and the depart ment would come directly in touch wuh the postal employes, and they in turn would he better in touch witu the people served." ' , WHERE EMIGRANTS GO. Tho attractions whioh the United Stales offers outweigh all others, says the North American Eeview. Of a total of 334,452 emigrants from the United Kingdom in 1S91 there went to British North America 83,791; to Australia 19,714, and to the Uuited States 252,171. The Irish go mainly to the United States, and the Scotch largely to Canada, Of Germans 96 per cent, go the United States, and targe numbers to Brazil, but almost none to the colonies which their gov ernment has planted and tended with so much care in Africa. The Swiss mike for North and South America, the Italians for the co an tries borderiug ou the river Flat and Brazil, but one third of the whole for the United State. Frenchmen do not any longer settle in Cana la, and their coming is said to be discoursed from fear lest the turbulent spirit of innovation which tl.ey bring with them should work havoc in church and state, but they shape their course for South America instead. From Austria Hungary the stream flows iuto the United States and Argentin. The former of these draws from the three Scandinavian countries and attracts Russians, Poles aud Jews from the ezar's dominions. Thk meeting -of the electoral col lege in each state for the purpose of voting for president and vice-president uow takes place on the second Wednesday in January instead of the first Wednesday in December, as was formerly the case. The law was changed by an act of she Fiftieth con gress. On the second Wednesday in February next the two houses of con gress will meat in joint session, when the votes of all the states will be opened and counted, and the success ful candidates notified of their elec tion." - The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices during the week ending December 17, was 763,12S. For the corresponding period of last year if, was $557,978. The shipment of fractional silver coin from the 1st to the 17th insls. amount ed to f 681,703. WASHINGTON LETTER. - (From our regular correspondent.) Washington, December 10, 1802. Senator Gorman, with whose tricki ness as a politician the country has long been familiar, is the manager of tho democratic scheme to secure the election of senators from Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska and possibly California who, if not demo crats, will make an ironclad agreement to vote with the democrats on all po litical questions, including the organ ization of the- senate of the next con gress: and Jerry Simpson is to be his chief instrument for hoodwinking the populist members of the legislatures of those states. Facts were brought out at the republican senatorial caucus held this week which convinced the re publican senators that anything like an honest deal in these states, except ing California, is bound to result in the election of republican senators, and steps are being taken to npset Gorman's little game by preventing democratic dishonesty. It is now be lieved that the republicans can con trol the senate in the next congress, although if at all it will be by a very narrow margin. Present indications hear out the truthfulness of the report prevalent before the assembling of congress, that the anti-option bill was to be talked to death in the senate. The other report that a number of Sonthern senators who had favored tho bill at the last The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. psed in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. session had changed front and were now opposed to it is not borne out by the notion of the Southern senators who have already epokeu upou the bill.; The presidont will ondoavor to get a little recreation during the holiday recess of congress by going on a duck shootini! ttiii, While he is rot ex actly sick, his health is far from being robust. His friends and family hope that a short rest will put him in a gotxl condition to stand the immense amount of work that will be imposed on him imer tlio liolHlavs. - In marked contrast to publication in democratic newspapers alleging by uniilication, il not in plain words, Hint Secretary Foster is trying to deceive the democrats and thu country us to the condition of the treasury, are the words of Representative Springer, the chairman of tho house committee on ways and means, which has iust been authorized by a house resolution to inquire into and report upon thu pres ent comliuoD of the treasury and the Idture ' prolxiblo revenues under I1 res ent laws, Mr. Springer said i "We shall call upon Secretary Foster for a statement covering moneys on hand and indebtedness up to and including December 31, which closes the lirst half of the current fiscal year. Of course wo have every confidence in Secretary Foster, who is eminently fair, and there is no doubt that we will be given a precise statement of the treasury s condition." Secretary lo ter told Mr. Springer and beiiutnrs Carlisle and Brice that il was abso lutely certain that there would bo an available surplus of not less than $20, 000,000 at the close of the preseut fiscal year. The excitement in the houso over the studied slight put upon Speaker Crisp at the reform club banquet has not yet died out, but as there is still a doubt as to whether Mr. Cleveland was a party to it many democratic members are not talking in publio about it. The impression that the in cident blade Crisp's re-election to the speakership certain is not so strong as it was at first, and the shrewdest ob servers have ' come to the conclusion that the speakership, like the extra session question, will be decided by Mr. Cleveland. They argue that the average democratic member of Ihe next house will naturally want to get as much patronage for his constit uents as possible, and that he is not likely to start out by offending Mr. Cleveland, the man from whom he ex pects the favors lo make him solid in his district, by voting against tus wishes in the speakership contest. Tia a sordid and selfish argument but it is very human all the same. I he design for the equestrian statue of Gen. Logan that is lobe erected in this city has been selected. The suc cessful artiBl is Mr. Franklin Simons, the furrous American sculptor. There :s available lor this statue $oi,UUU, ?50,000 of which was appropriated by congress and the rest donated by Gen. Logan's comrades of the G. A. It. and the Army of the Tennessee. It is the intention of the committee having the matter in charge, of which Secretary Elkins is chairman, to make this the Hnest equestrian statue ia the city of Washington. At last the nonse has taken up and passed one of the regular appropria tion bills Ihe army, liepreatmtati.e Anthony, of Texas, csused quite a stir in the bouse when the bill was first taken up, by offering an amend ment that no person drawing a pen sion from the government should be allowed to draw any pay from the ap propriation. It was not adopted. Wllifj VISIT THE COUNTIES. Tbe State Board of Equalization Will Take a Spin Over the State. At the meeting of the board of equalization yesterday a form of cer tificate for tbe assessors lo give the correct valuatiou of mortgages was adopted and the secretary was author ized to have them printed aud for warded to each assessor. Several communications were dis posed of and one from Attorney-General Chamberlain was spread upon the minutes. It was a reply to the board's query, ("How many separate and dis tinct classifications can be recognized by this board in equalizing personal property?" and informed the board that such classification as shown by the form of assessment roll sent oul by the secretary of state would be suf ficient to guide it. At the afternoon session W. G. Hun ter made a motion, which was earned, that the board leave Poitland Friday morning for a trip to Eastern Oregon, for the purpose of obtaining informa tion from counties along the road as to values and methods of assessing. The secretary was then instructed to notify tbe county clerks of Baker, Morrow, Union, Umatilla and Wasco that the board would be in their re spective county seats between Friday, December 16th, and Monday, Decem ber 19th. An examination of the rolls of Ba ker, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Carry and Douglas counties revealed the fact that they were de fective, inasmuch as tbe sum secured by each mortgage does not appear in said rolls in tho descriptions of the assessments of mortgages. Salem Statesman. Iir a recent letter to the manufac turers, Mr. A. W. Baldridge. Millers ville, 111., says: "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives the best satisfaction of any cough medicine I handle, and as a seller, leads all other preparations in this market. I recommend it because it is the best medicine I ever handled for coughs, colds and croup." For sale by Edwin Ross, druggist. aking Powder: A Prize Picture Puzzle. EXPLATf ATrOW, Ttto fcllntn( picture annul four too, s ma and Mi thrt dauihtere, Any on" can tuid the man' (ace, (ml tt It not tu eoty to dittinauiiia tbe km of iIm lliree young lad.it Tin Jctnre mi puhlitheil in lew uewtpapent turn time so, and attracted cormderable attention la our tttnilard remevlrt. We now offer a now prim aniietitiou in connwtlun wuh It A UM tul object it to Introduce our medicine Into ntwhouua, tbotteeho entered the former contjwtltioii nm re.tiier.ted not to eomi.no iu tliia one. At lo tin reliability of "Th. Sard Pill Co.," end tho wtinuition in wliicn their uedidnet ere held in Toronto, Cimailn. voir they ant Vrtl kmwn. pumii ar. rslernd to lite uulj Tli ptoprtrtrj ef Fofd Pit! f 9., itl ttvt an ttmuit fIr of Shfltf And PonUfc Carriage) and Harness, lud t JGCp, (Jtimrod fix lninynnl u Umi.U :!, tU 111 A.. llam ta l.,. . n nutL nttl lha tlirM tluililllPra' fbM. To thfl IfmJ will ha ffilMn ttfl olcUata Ladv's do'4 VVltoh, - in tnmirt and tsrvlc. tothaA'uwiiiUtivpoa Kortak Camera. 'but,aOwin1 Muolo box. lo itx Mtmt. a French Mantel Clock. To tlx an akaam Banquet Lamp. Toth.Kiw, a jviircj crown Derby Vases. To iha tnut, a ouwoUta Lawn Tertnla 8ot,-i aunyoilrar pru. in -rUr til nWiu Kvry eumptlilor matt cut oat U al' " 1'nsJU) i'lvtarts" dtstiiisn ihe three girk' laces by marking a crott with a lead pencil on each, nnd m:n wtv it U. S. ttrocclit tianiue for cute of the ftillnwina "IVire Kerned!:" "Kord'a rl rilla," "Ford's Prlao CtUnrrh HumedyV or "Ford-a Prlae CouirU CJvro. c-eieu any ci of tla atove Till CO.," Civ. Wellington & Kiy Sit., Turontn, Cufl-ufa. The per o allot envelope it ponttiuritcd ft rat triil be awarded the Cm prue, and the otlien in order of nieiiu At thia adver tiiaincnt optvan ftiiuultaneoutly throughout lb United Klbtet, every one hjt an eiu! UTRvor tnnirv. To thepenon tendtngthe JVnr currw-t answer widbe given an etanuit Uprlirtit Uonottrt C.ritnd riuua, wtiucd at 500.-'.. To theyfrr reieon from tin Uit aHuliux a correct aiiar will Ue given Kemlemaii'a fine tjoltl BnutIoa Witch, which ttiikes the Ivuun and quarter h nuon trtiiill carhc-lnd long at plrature, and tulucd at aSOO.OO. To the timid from the ), li.Ht-ciats Mafvty llloyi-lo, pneumatic tire. To the Mrrr from tuof, Bllrt-la.t EngiuhMltot Enn. Totheyuv-i iioui ihtoti, a tulteof Pitrlor Furniture, To the front toe fast. iiulaom Silver TtServiee To tbe ' fmm theauA an eleinuit Piano Liui. la the irrvna from the iosf, a hands-Mite rxitr of Portieres To the tvj-AM from the aril, a genuine Knitlidi leather traveuinf Truuk To Iha aAM boa the iutt, two piecee of gauiiiai Vnacb EuUuary , aud muiy cibcr p utj in ur! ef mruib t SPECIAIt PHTSIFS Ffllt EACH RTATFa A rmKin) nriM of a 81 lit Dreaa Pitttorn (tuteen HAWInnr Hlnr h 1 ni farr nwke detarudl wul ba U. S. who can nuke cut the three ilu,luei' facet. beeidca tecial priree, (if there thould he eo tneny MivJuig correct ertiwert. J Nochnrgeutttadeiurbojiiiig and oadttneof Driree. The names of iheteadina dverueefnent in ieadinf newt(iepen next tmeith. willing to attut in totnxlucing our Btenlcines. nothing It cnantea lor tne prtrea to any way. 1 ney are totofntelv ctven a way to introduce and advertite Pord'a Pr l ItotncMl lea," which are Maud- are btolntely given away to introduce and advertite ard meilicinet, and will be urted in every family lor year where they hove been once iuln.iuced. All pritet will be awarded ttrictly ia order of merit, and with perl art taninrtimi to the puhuc luertniediet will ba tent by mail, rjottpaid, acd prirea (reo of a watch Font ETEiY roKBCT Ayswiin. Ad extra preniluiaof a famiriie Famrleoa'' Watrh. (item wlrvter.) will Uawtle-ltri every fjartonwhoacildt a correct answer within jodaytaflartlu edvertiteraentalrpeart, in cate they thould act ho fortunate cnoinrn to tecure one of the larger prue. 1'hat it, if any one can nod the three facet and cm: lore them within y daye from the time this advertitement airpaart in the ntwraier, they are Siarantcea cr.tner one oi inv reauuif; prim, vw w, immum wmni.ira Ma. o answer will tie noticed that doet not conttia jo aentt fr one ol Kord'a Prlao HenitxJIee. v. Address THE rCnO rlLUliu, of, tsr. LEO. SKLI-ING, (8UCCKSS0B TOC. M. WIllEIiO.) DEALER IN FINE BOOTS Ladies' Fine Shoes, Childrens' School Shoes. Men's and Boys' Footwear. NO. 169 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, F. R. CHOWN, HARDWARE -AND- STO 212 First and 9 Salmon Street Columbia County, Too. Washington county, says the Pacific Builder, appears to be badly in need of a new jail building. The county commissioners in session at HilUboro last week made the following repcrt on that subject : "We have visited the countv and city inils. From the investigation we made of the county jail we will say that we are in hearty accord with previous grand juries in condemning that blot on civilization known as the Washinton county jail, as the same is wholly inadequate, un safe and unhealthy. The cells are so arranged that there is danger that the jailer when entering the same will be attacked by the prisoners. We there fore recommend that without further delay, a good, safe, healty and conven ient brick jail be constructed near or adjoining the courthouse. By so do ing the same heater used in heating the courthouse can-be used to heat the jail, thus avoiding fire and damp ness. We further recommend that tho jail be so constructed that there will be separate apartments for women, and also for persons confined as wit nesses in criminal cases.. We do not think it humane to confine persons who are merely held as witnesses in the same apartment with criminals." A Cure for Twenty Cents. Any remedy sold at one dollar a bottle which claims to cure rheumatism in rimply an impoHition, for when all expense are deducted it leaven not more than twenty cent to represent the medicine. Dr. Driim mond's' Lightning Bcinedy, which is per foruiinfr snch wonderful cures that it is be in n prescribed by the medical faculty every where, in cornKuntled at sreat expense from rare drugs, and cannot be sold for less than Five Dollars per bottle. Hut it always cures. Kent prepaid to any address on re ceipt of price Druiumoiid Medicine Co., 48-60 Midden I.ane, New York. Agents wanted. - - ' -, i We have a few thousand apple trees that we will offer at very low prices by the hundred. Write for list, A. Hoi a Jay, Hcappoose, Or. Odtf ffltIIH1'IMWU'w"IMgg!!!l diamnndt. To Ilia thmt trill ho aivon a pan- of nwMi a bandaama China- rr-iueiltea you centre. Address 1 110 avottl ynnlt, any color), or a tlrat-cltis riven to the A i Jlttt pereitt in earn Stele in tit t avayHOO vnlnathlo nrlaoa. W e ahall give an' cire ertnnert will be riuMithod in connection with our Kxtra premiums will he given toouly thote wli,- are " Pord'a Pr Im IteiincMl lea," duty. wsiungioa nay sis., loronio, vanaaa, AND SHOES, - OREGON. VES. PORTIAND A mitllou Frlentta. A friend in need is a friend Indeed , and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King's Mew Dis covery for consumption, coughs and colds. If you have never used this great cough medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful curative owers in all dis eases of throat, chest and lungs. Kach bottle Is guaranteed to do all Unit is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at Edwin Ross' drug store. Large bottles 60c and $1. ' ' Bucklem's Arnica Malve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Brultet, Sores, Ulcers, Halt IUienm, Fever Bores, Tatter, Chapped IlHuds, Chilblains, Corns and all Hkln Krnptlons, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It it guaranteed to give perfect tatlt faction, or inouey refunded, Price 2S cent per box. For Bale Bv Edwin Itoss. American Cholera. From the Dally Reveille, Whatcom, Wash. "T. C. Burnett, the democratic can didate for sheriff, was taken violently ill at Clearbrook. He had all the symptoms of Asiatic cholera, and for an hour or two it was feared he would die. They finally gave him a dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy, which revived him until a physician arrived." That is precisely what the manufacturers of that medicine recommend for cholera, Send for a physician, but give their medicine until the physician arrives. If cholera becomes prevalent in this country next summer, this preparation will be in great demand because it can be depended upon. For sale by Ed win Hoes, druggist. STRAYED FROM MAYGER.OR., about Heptember 1, one large red and while ox, white line back, crumpled horns, branded with fitturo 9. uti hip. Will pny any one liberally for delivering him at Mnvger, or for information us to his where about. (I. C. h. A M. CO. Mayger, Or., Nov. 25, lHttt. it. NO. 140 10 PER GENT. DISCOUNT We must have more room. cent, on every suit and overcoat Men's $12.00 Suits .10.80 Boys' f 10.00 Suits. ..........,.$ 9 00 13.00 " ........... 12.16 " 12.00 10SO 15.00 13.G0 Child's $3.00 4.W 18.00 16 20 , " COO '.. 5.40 20.00 " 18.00 " 7.00 " with vest (1.30 " 26.00 . 22 60 Men's 4.60 Punts.,.,,....... 406 30.00 " 27.00 " 6.00 " 4.60 4.60 Overcoats 4 05 " , fi.00 " 6.40 M 7.60 (1.75 " 7.50 ............ 8.75 " 1000 ........ 9.00 " 2,00 Underwear. 1.K0 16.00 13.60 " 6.00 " 4.60 ' 20.00 18.00 This reduction is for the marled in jlain figures. Duri off from every article. Every garment warranted. returned, if not soiled. We Are the Manufacturers, J. M. MOYER & CO., 140 First Street, Corner UNnifiK firm oilman, Farmers' and Merchants' INSURANCE COMPANY, .Albany, Or. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, SECURED CAPITAL, - PAID CAPITAL, - - FARM PROPERTY A SPECIALTY. All Losses Promptly and For pitrtieulani apply at Hit ollico EVERDING & FARRELL, Front 8treetf Portland. Or. DEALERS IN Guano, $20.00 Per Ton, A CHEAP FERTILIZER. Land Plaster $2.25 Per Barrel. -Also a Fine Line of- GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS CASH STOEE! W. J. HUCICLE a CO. -I'KAMCIIR IN- General Merchandise, Crockery) I Boots, Shoes, Glassware, Ladies Dress Goods, Queensware. Furnishing Goods, lumber, shingles; etc; Produce Taken In Exchange. It Will Pay You to Consult Our Prices. RAINIER, - - OREGON. PIANOS and ORGANS A fine stock of renowned KIMBALL and celebrated IIALLET & DAVIS Pianos and reliable KIMBALL Organs can always be seen at my saleroom. ' ' All instruments are bought from manufacturers direct, and sold at lowest prices for CASH or on EASY PAYMENTS. Old Pianos and Organs taken at their full market value in part payment for new ones, $ICall and see me or write for Catalogue and prices be fore buying, ' LAWSON V. MOORE, 305 Washington Street, FIRST ST. We offer a Discount of 10 per from regular Marked Price$. entire stock. Our goods are all ng this sale we tale ten 2er vent. Moneif refunded for all good of Alder, Portland, Or. - - . - $r,00t000 - - - 217,500 - - . 74,250 Satisfactorily Adjusted. ef Mtxiro A Cole, or Thk Mitt t,IBce. PORTLAND, OH r i A,. r lYl