T he A shland A dvertiser . I ( " Neither j ** 1*«“,1’ perhap«. Dewey nor ¿> more binding.i Merritt recognized Published Everv Wednesday. the insurgents as allies, but these troops . fought with our own against the Span- • ... y CltlAV'''^’ I ' E ditor , . . Pl H1.1SHKK. ' iards, and for independence. They will • I P roprietor . not achieve independence, but become a part of the United States, and their ser­ — TERMS. — vices helped transfer the Philippines to Subscription, One Year,. .., $.5( the United States. They w ill be paid as Six Months,. .25 auxilliaries and disbanded. Sample copies mailed freely. Advertising rates, j , Discounts. ........ f Made ^lown uP°r Terms to Agents, | application. C^“A1) ads., notices, etc., when not paid in advance, run until ordered out, Entered at the post-office at Ashland, Oregon, as second-class matter. P. FISHER. NEWSPAPER AD- vertising Ageilt. 21 Merchant’s Exchange, San Francisco, is our author­ ized agent. The A dvertiser is kept on tile in his office. • WEDNKSDAY . . . D ec . 28, 1898 The Editor of the A dvertiser , in the Philippines, does not intend to engage in the newspaper business upon his re­ turn to the United States, and as he will probably not be back for some time, he desires to consign to the realm of things that have had their day and ceased to be, T he A shland A dvertiser , which, ever since it was founded in ’93, has held first place in the field of small newspaperdom. Thanking the friends of the soldier editor for their generous patronage in the past, with this issue T he A shland A dvertiser ceases to be. All parties having claims against T he A shland A dvertiser will please pre­ sent them at this office at once. All persons knowing themselves to be in­ debted to T he A dvertiser will please call and settle their accounts, which, though small individually, collectively amount to several hundred dollars. Moon-Eyed Mongolian Kicker*. Be a Friend to Your Purse, And when you wish to buy anything in the line of Mens’ and Boys’ Boots and Shoes, Furnishing Goods, Fine Suits, Hats or Caps, Overcoats, Ulsters, Mackintoshes, Slickers, Heavy or Light Boots or Shoes for Men or Boys, Gloves, Overalls, g Call on the Clothier and Hatter, BARNLS °PP,,,,te „ "j, W. O. JOHNSON, General Blacksmith and Horseshoer Forty-five suits by Chinese plaintiffs to recover road poll tax were tiled against the county of Multnomah Thursday in the Portland justice court by Attorneys Lord and Harlow. The period covered by the actions is the past six years, and the amount sought to be recovered in LL KINDS OF BLACKSMITHING anil Repairing done at short notice ami each ease is generally $12 or about $500 in a satisfactory manner, at Right Prices. altogether. During the six years Chi­ nese residents have paid to the county $21,000 road poll tax. They have pre­ F) ) V < CITY BRAYMAN, served nearly all of the receipts, and say they will sue to get the money back. It is alleged that the tax has been illegally Orders left at William Hevener’s Grocery will receive prompt exacted, and also that it is unequal tax­ ation, not being collected from the mass'! and careful attention. of people as the law provides, but only from the Chinese, and a few others. The point in these suits is that the assessment and levy was entirely ne­ SECRET SOCIETY CAROS. glected, and the other contentions will EHrraKUt'» Opinion of Dewey. Î lie strongly urged. To test the law, the Rear Admiral Dewey as a young offi­ 1' (I T M Graniti- 'lent. No. 4, supreme court will probably be eventu­ cer impressed one as a self contained IY. 1 . Ill • Knights of the Macca­ ally appealed to. man with powerful native force. I often bees, meets in regular review’ on the sec­ think of the remark made by Admiral ond and fourth Wednesdays of each month Horses and Mules for Manila. in Main St., near Bridge, ASHLAND - - - OREGON . Myer Block, Main Street. I TiiUiOWO iUikiU ¡Olí? 5------------------ # A FINE DISPLAY of Wanamaker & Brown’s Samples . . . OF MEN’S A BOYS’ CLOTHING AT THE SALES AGENCY. - -3 - Cheaper than Ever. - - Come and be Convinced that we can save You Money DAVID ALLEN.