THE WEST SIDE
EC, VENTLAND, Publisher.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21. MM
A PLAIN DUTY.
' The wfl railroad disaster which
occurred at Lake hiliish tlio other
day hiw awakened local public
opinion to the importance of guard
ing against a repetition of similar
casutUitit iu the future. The public
instiuctively feels that human life
is needlessly endunjred under the
prweut loose system of railroading,
and quite naturully the blame is
laid on the management itself.
Now, we do not raise the ques
tion as to the primary cause of the
recent disaster whether it was the
work of train wreckers, or Imeauae
of damaged and rotten timbers.
What we havo to say is altogether
beside that question. The point we
raise is this: Oregon has a legally
appoiuted railroad commission (two
of them iu fact) whose duty, among
among other tilings, is to inspect
and report upon the conditio of
railroad bridges, trestle work, etc.
Under ttie preseut regime this com
mission only nutkes one report an
nually, but it should make at least
semi-annual reports wpou the con
dition of all railroad construction
work within its jurisdiction; ami
these reports should bo a guarantee
to the traveling public that these
roads are comparatively safu for
passenger traflle, and at the same
time afford a protection to railroad
companies agaiast financial rcspou
sibility ami unjust public censure
in just such cases as the recent cat
astrophe near Lake Labish. This
commission draws its salary out of
the public funds, and the public
interests should be paramouut to all
other considerations. There
nothing in the eye of the law mid
consensus of humane sentiment so
sacred as human life, and it should
be the first duty as well as the
highest ambition on the part of the
State to zealously guard against the
wanton sacrifice of the same.
DEDUCTING INDEBTEDNESS.
If in argument you allow un op
pouent an inch, he will take an ell,
and this seems to be the ease with
our correspondent who writes in
favor of deducting indebtedness.
e never admitted mat a man
could go to a money lender and
mortgage his farm for four fifths of
its value. The common rule iu
loaning money on real estate is
about 40 per cent of its value.
Hence a man w ith a piece of real
estate worth f 10,000 can borrow on
the the real estate only $1000.
Now then, if real estate were taxed
at full value, 110,000, the tax levy
would be less than one half, conse
quently he would pay uo wore
taxes than if it were assessed at full
value, and the mortgage taken out,
on present rates. But that view of
the question is not its worst side,
Our assessment law is educating a
people to go into debt in order to
evade their just duties, and the very
fact that by going in debt and hav
ing the property placed at a low
value is the chief reason why you
never can get real estate taxed at
true value, "What would you gain
if you paid 20 taxes on your pro
perty with a mortgage taken out,
if by not taking out the mortgage
you paid no moref Nothing. Gain
is what yon seek. Then the incen
is to undervalue and let the mort
gage bear the burden. This drives
money from the State, and enter
prise is dwarfed. The people of
Oregon are naturally as enterpris
ing as those of Washington, but our
monetaryjsystem is against enter
prise, OUR ELECTION.
The city election of Independence
draws nlglu A word to the people
who vote. What kind of men are
you going to elect! Do you want
to elect men because they are rich t
or because they need an ofiice t or
because they are jolly good fellowsf
or because you like them person
ally! Then do not go to the polls.
Your duty is to elect ablo and con
scientious officers, men of good
standing and recognized in
tegrity, Elect such men and you
will have reason to thank fortune
that you are in possession of the
right to vote. Shall we place live
men in office, or shall' the officer go
to whoever asks for them ! Nose
of the offices outside of the marshal
and mayor will be sought for, be
cause they bring much care and
anxiety ; hence, select the men you
think will honorably discharge their
duties and elect then. Fill the
seats of the city council with live,
wide-awake men who are progres
sive, OUR SIDEWALKS.
We have repeatedly called atten
tion to the condition of the city
sidewalks through the local columns
of this paper. We now venture a
word editorially. It is one thing
to call attention to a public nuis
ance, but it is quite another thing
to have that nuisance abated, The
more than shabby condition of the
sidewalks along some of our streets
Js of common and notorious repute.
It does seem to us that the city
council should take 0niu notion In
the matter, and make thesoj dilapi
dated walks at least safe to Isnly
and limb. Auy person Is liable to
bodily injury iu passing along those
walks after dark. It docs not re
dound to the credit of our other
wise progressive and energetic city
to have its pedestrian highways In
so rickety a condition. icntlcmeu
members of the city council, step
up to the front it.ul have these side
walks repaired,
If the indebtedness elntiso is not
abolished iu this legislature, the
farmer will lie the man who will
suffer the most by the result. Take
Mr. A, w ho owns live hundred acre
of land. It is now assessed at T5tM,
about half what it is worth, and
he takes out, say fVHH) indebt
edness, paying taxes on only 2,500.
Xext year his property is assessed
just the same, but as so mauy of his
town friends and baukcrs have paid
no assessment ho pays a third higher
rate, consequent ly pays out more
money. The great bulk of indebt
edness uow is iu towns among busi
ness men, and not among the farm
ers. Next year you will see that
a large increase of indebtedness will
appear. It is so easy to arrange
a business so that It shall bo just
right for the assessor. Small stock,
plenty of debts does it. You say
the farmer can go in debt also.
No, he cannot. 11 is debts are for
tangible objects, which the Assessor
reaches. Not so In a town. Iu a
town lives Mr, 11, who has several
men in his employ. He gives in
to the assessor his debts, (a true
one) owing each of his workmen,
say each. These men at ex
empt fcWO, consequently no revenue
arises. He has ten men, consequent
ly owes fcttWO, and that with a mort
gage or two wipes out all his taxes.
You run sw how easy it is to evade
our tax lw.
' The following W a summary of the
How would we treat mortgages! SllllJuy wruio0 , u, ltn(.i tt
Simply as jiersonal propi-ty follow-, etmreli, by Itev. It. MfKillop.uf MeMin
ing its owner. If llauker Jones has mlb, Oregon,
a mortgage and lives in Oregon, he Them - "The iii.iin.-iou eltmeut in
should pay tax. ou It. If not, no M k-nuMaw of eii.r.-
. , , i Ttt-"rtmon trmt not tlmt the Lord
taxes should l wlUntwl. Every h(fcldoHirtoj lwBhilll.-jm,1rtlrtfl0i
dollar of money that comes into our , ,.Mimt , ,, fll,.p
State makes more taxable property. e. xxli?.
The money once here pays taxes. Simmon repreenl Inw who depnn
Kncourage money to come in fur;
loaning, and very soon then would
be so mueh of it that it would seek
investment in enterprises, and then
our state wouiu progress, mo
farmer who owns a farm worth
TitWO now when money is scarce at
8 and 10 per cent, could then get
plenty of money at 0 and 7 per
cent., and his laud could lie im
proved and his farm become more
valuable.
It is very easy to evade taxes iu
Oregon, and uext year the know
ledge gained by this year's agitation
is going to be felt. Take a man in
business. How easy to let his bills
run for a few mouths. Give iu his
his property correctly, give in his
debts correctly, and he has nothing
left. You say, tnflke him bike an
oath. He will take the oath all
riht. You say, he is dishonest.
Yes, nnd some men rob their child'
ren of an education and say they
are honest ; and very few men like
to pay taxes and when they can get
out of it do so ou every occasion.
Independence is rapidly bccoin
ing a commercial center, anil people
are locating here for the purpose of
making permanent homes. They
find man v inducements for so
doing good schools, church facili
ties, a live and progressive com
mtinity. We believe in encounrg
ing honest, sober, industrious per
sons to cast their lot with us, and
to that end we should be able to
give them employment. A cannery
would largely supply this demand,
besides paying a fair profit on the
money invested.
The present law governing asses
sors is a strong law ; but the very
people who are clamoring against
repealing the indebtedness clause
are the ones who would rebel if the
assessor did his duly. As the tax
levies arc acknowledged to be
just twice too much in Oregon, if
property were taxed at full value
the owner would have to pay his
hist share. That is what ho does
not want. His plan is: Tax my
land at one half its value, and the
mortgage I take out will relieve me
from any taxes.
There is a cood deal of loose
capital going to waste round about
Independence, lc., it is not making
the net nrofit that its intrinsic
value demands. Judiciously in
vested it would double its present
interest bearing value to its owners.
Then why not invest this money
where it would do the greatest
amount of good ! Gentlemen cap!
talists, step up to the front and let
us have a cannery.
What an encouraging state of
affairs it is when a I'ortland firm
gets $100,000 each mouth to . loan,
and it all goes to Washington!
Not a cent in Oregon. No wonder
we are becoming more dwarfed
each year.
.niii.
V people who now live In Oregon
wmit to aoo U boctimu im pMHH'nnw tu
our ulitinduiit nnourcee can nmkc It,
unit w want to wo It ttccomo o Mtm
wo tile, too, If the coiuliitf Oivgnu
I.tKllMtur diK iuit repviil the lndubt
etliiiw cIhum', tltoao who want to live
In a live, pniurowlvo Btntu, may m well
leave Oregon aiul go to annai other Hlutu
Wo lcrii from thii experience of other
8lnUn, mill rticttiulwtitNlitmttl goiilit'iiil
of Uicii'liK - tlmt when no UidclitcdncNi
It tukeu not of property that It is mwaod
at a oukIi value. If the land of Polk
MHiiilyumo.oooaerwO.wlth the Improve
ment, were uawaaed at a line value,
our ttix Mil would amount to not Ices
tlmn 10,000,000, suit rule of llvu mill
would pay Htate, county, and at-lioul
tux, which now wuotitita to hIhiiiI
fliVHWenelii a rulu less tlinu onotliird
Hit) preacnt one. If tlio Slate tax www
largely rained through taxation of cor
poration (which would make a illllt'r
eiuv la the Uix roll la l'olk county of
only (11)0,000), then a tax levy of three
mill would run our county. I low mueh
better It would sound nhi-nud to have U
mUI: "l'olk county tax levy l three
inllU on fti,(Hiil,iO0 worth of properly,"
Instead of now, "l'olk canity's tax levy
Is seventeen mills ou a httloove r 2,.Vni,.
Oou worth of property."
(In gnu ptluctttlng It hh1o to ilia
liouiMty. When the lnnet man fliul
that ho Ik the hull of the knave w ho
andillea nil the taxes on him, he rcbeU
amlellher leaven the Hlaleor become
a knave hIho. No doubt lint that cer
tain persons are very well mitUlled with
the pnwent law In Oregon, but are they
pnigiviinlve people'.' I not Oregon noted
for Its "iiitMHtiuekH."' IKi you think
Oregon ellnmle due It'.' S I'uget
Mound tuts exactly the moue climate
that the Willamette Valley liaa, nml
Spokane Fulls Jut the anme at luixlern
Oregon, It l Hot the elhnnte, It I not
lli MHiple, It Is thin "UMv'wiiielit law
tilve the ietipte souiii tuula to work with;
umku an eUid HMteaHiieiil law, nnd
eueounige eitpiial to come Into (he Mute
Encourage money to count Into Or
gou. Make uiouey plentiful and It
beeoiiieN i-henp, Mitke It cheap and It
becomes Invented hi enterprlnes. Our
Suite develop,- The stagnant wheel
of prugre move,
AMONG 01 R CUl kClIUS.
further ami rnrther rmm u.mj uutn tiwi
Ut'mri ruin unn. ai,mi-4 repitMoiii mm
who ae ooiKlautly eoniiutiuf4 with (iU
llntt In whole boing imrlnkes cf the
nnliire of (IihI.
(.'lismetr In it tlilnirenoen- ("hitriteler
Cuiui from ciirwuui to nuikfl n nmrk, niul
Hi i nnok id iiiiulii hjr the gt'iierul trend ot
life, tilherwiwt Noah would liuve Ihi-n it
druiikurd, I'eteriniitHwlnle, while Jenelieit
might Intve been la.lv, niul Henrjr VIII
good linnbitiid. We lenrn two hamiin:
TlH'Vut men uwtl lowiitnlr, the wonti
ot mpn nmy be wored. lha eoiuite of it
trettra with its eddieti nnd bemlii reprn
lite wht'ther good or bud. It hut
iU kitiitkI coumei it Inu il eioeplioniii
but utrt'tim llov in upMwite tlirectloim
ftlnoiiHi in Inn n il lite, ii. one i'e, llioiiiili
crooked, it ia towurJ Owl, nnditliull reie b
Unn; in the oilier it ia tuwnrj evil, hiuI
nil ;il I tie loat. In curb there tint aubdivw
ioua. Amoiik'M uiiholievern there are
muriilUU and nmnliTort; smoiigitt believ
er! there ore proiht,'ii!SiimMiiia, who sie
ftiproBt'lies, and there lire Mor'i who are
living epiatles nml tilewiiigN to the
Cliriittiim Chiir.-h.
(Irowlh iu tbta diflurenee-it will con
tiiino in eteruit;; it eertiuuly tinea in
time. There are mlliumer to euilte it.
Putt of tlii'no nre beyond our cmilrol,
uoli m birth-pliiec, either iu Chum or
in Oregon; o piireiitnge mothers hnve
t wonderful power ln-re - itilliinnce nndtir
our oontrot, nuoh iu fiuth; sued have Ood
to tie their futhera mid grew in Ilia like
Dealt, anrne womlrnnily m Mtmea, while
8iimin wim it poor alavo grinding in I he
priaou-hiiUHO. If ao Willi believers, how
much more no Willi iinh,1n'vera, The
gmwth between hi'lievern nrd iiiihelievura
aboil ultimately he I lie "ri'ut gulf thed."
Tbia gruwlh la ii;u'im.'iou,i, Can you
aee the ouk grow? or the ivi h iu the
loom? or thcftiip bui'ki't und .'r I In- Hiigm
maple? Ho with I'lmrnotiT, alglit oau not
dctermino it, nor fceliugH. .San a. n f. It
na he was wont. Obediuiieu to tlnd ami
following Chriat aicura it. Faith 1.1 Ood
ouoaee the atroam of lifu to How bonvou
ward, whin eniiHlant coiniiintiion with
Ootl ahitngea that life into Ilia hlmnvfta.
Abstract of sermon delivered by Ifev
O.V.I'oIIiik (Kvanjrelieul) at Presbyter.
Ian church, Monthly, Nov, tilth.
Theme Freedom by the Truth. Text:
"And ye ahull know the triilh, and Un
truth shall make you IVee." The text
does not prove the lielty of Christ, but
la enough to convince v.s of the Divine
character of his mission. His aim was
to make nil men five, mid the iriciins
employed were the highest eomvlvuble
Truth. J lc did not lulk about origin
of Hpccltt), jxiwlh of clvrialion, or
the proper d'Htrlbulhiti of pr.ipmty,
but filled the Inner ninn-tho Intellect,
soul, spirit and thus the outward man
bcriinio full ulso. Chiist Imighl the
truth that inukes men five.
1, Goil ; 2. mini ; .'). iiiinioi tality.
1. Wo hint out the thought of God,
a living person, and life becomes worth
lean, existence becomes meunluglcHs,
the universe a blank, mid our noblest
aspirations left without stay or support.
Life Is then not worth living, and men
are no longer worth saving. The Hon
exhibited God as love, and thus the
superstition was destroyed which had
hitherto debased man In the sight of
God. 2. Man Is a mystery even to
himself. We often wonder how It can
be possible for man (made In the linage
of his Maker) to sink below the brute
creation. Christ looked upon inun us a
fallen being, and yet niagnlllcent oven
In his ruin! We learn from this to es
teem und yet to suspect ourselves. To
suspect the depravity of our nature, but
to esteem tlio principle which Is allied
to God, redeemed by the Huvlour, and
made a temple of the Holy Ghost. 8.
Christ taught that this life It not nil.
Materialism degrades life, but the
thought of Immortality expands niul
elevates the soul. Jo the Iioihi and
knowledge of this truth we are free
from the fear of pain und death,
a t)i rjtrioN or MONV,
To Tint Kimtor:
Money i aubjeet lu which liiosl people
are IntcriHited, but there ere mme very
iimple qtiefttmna concerning It which
never bare beeu answered find which citii
nol Is tniawirid at nit without Jtt'innlic
investigation. II re, for inatiuioe, ia t
tpieatioit ou which ticcurnt infoimitlion
would be of the very highot value;
"What ia Urn cuoulalr g power of
(1000 liclii hi mint lou to the population
of the country in which it circulates?"
Clearly It ban certain rliuuleting powei
in lelitliou to the SI utile oi ooin,nd in
relation to thu iinuibar ot people in the
ooiiiitry which makea audi notes legal
tender for tleble. A far H We kuow
there liai been no iitiempt to calculate,
with an approach to accuracy, bow ferth
eirouluting power ot m legal tender uote
la limited oi exlvtided by iUdeuuaiiuutiuu.
It ie enay to are tlmt the elrruhiling power
dooiea,.a In the asuie ratio to Its deuoni
jimtion and to population. There nre other
oouditiona, but theae two seem to etert
the gieiileil inlliiniicit in determining tan
ton) in the problem,
It in a population f ii.i.DiKi.JOO we
uiiugiue a -currency" of S'HiMl.telO III
ultt'' one million dollar note, we can
euaily ace that ll'mijh ilila repicaenta "an
average eiretilntiou of one dollar to the
bend of population, there would be en
circulation at all, u fur u aoniethmg over
W.tKHI.mx) of the people ere conceiued.
Only a few uiilhoimiriee could bundle the
million dollar uotet, It we luuigiee the
aitiup amount of money lu one thousand
dollur note, we eau atill aee that the
actual circulation u contracted by the
high tlenomitnitiou There ere pridmhly
tO.lXKMItiO ptniple in the United MUlee
who unver had IIUKI at once iu I heir
lives, 1 or Iheae teople the on tbotiaand
dollar note la out of olreuUtlon. When
we come to the f 100 or 850 note, the need
of a rule for iletermiumg it eirfluhtliug
power le plainer, brceuae iineeuf iinh
dtuioiuinatiou nre liable to coiinli'ute
very etmaidernble part of the volume of
the currency lu any country uaiug uiMr
money. Aa long aa com waa need e the
not uiouey the problem did not preeeut
itself, The bigheat deotmiluatioiiaof gtdd
(xnna have never exreeded our own
ilotible eagle or t'A piece. Tina la n de
nomination eevuiingly lit reach of tuoal
ptstple.
Tbere ere imlh ua who do nt t
have $.1) ofteu, at onoe, during their hvea,
but there are probably not very many
I thouantida who do uot have uiorn than
that ocenaiunally. Aa the legal tender
money, whatever It hi, iuereaaee in demur
i iualion, ila power of circulation uiual
diiimui.li in e ratio that aeema erlniu
able, with accuracy enough for practical
purposes, at Iraat. The whole qileetiuu
la very practical We have recently given
our Secretary of the Treasury power
tu itaue SUino uole aa bullion ticket,
iiiHiead of lower deuouiuiutiona at bia
diwrelloii, Tbeoe notm entit in the
volume of the ourretioy. Il ia a very
senium qiieatioti bow far they eau become
a part ot the Ncltlal eiiricncy. The unl
hoiwlollar note could pa lu rictinnge
through the Immh of perbn 10,0(10
lit the doled Hlatca; the f UXXl or S-VIO.
uote could pane through many mora, but
it would aeciil that it would "till lie prae
licnhly out of circulation aa money, If we
are to have currency controlled by the
Government, it ia absolutely ueeeaanry
that such tpiratioiie of arithmetic ahull Id
he s orked out and the Inwa governing
them ao y-.temaliied (but every uue eau
uiiderlaiiJ tbeiu. Unlet preeeut there
la probably not a man in the I'liited
States who can tall, approlimntely, bow
mueh leaa a autgle SllllO-iiotn will circu
late thiol will one UioiKAiid aitigln dollar
mile. 8.8.
llKIOIlll or IIKIIIH,
Itml estate transfers for the week
endiiix Nov. loth, furnished by Sibley
A Kakin, of DidkiM.
G. W. Williams to J, K. Sears, lots
, I, und ft, blk 2, McCoy, fl.ai.
J. S, CtsiK'r und wife to J. it. CtsiH'r,
lots In lndcH'iiilciice, $.loo.
J. S, CtKis'r and wife to J It. Ctsisr,
blk 0, Patterson ndd , InilcM-iitleliee,
1 1, A. 1 bulge and lfc tot). A. Kra
mer, lot fi, blk 12, IiidepiUitleuce, tiV).
W. W. Conkey mid wife to C. A.
ItoH kes, lot 3, blk 11, dinkey's mid.,
Dallas, f KM).
Jlenry Howe nml wile to f, .1, Stone,
lot In Dallas,
A. II. Atkins ami wlfo'toJ. N. Jonctt,
lots In Hill's add., Indepelcio, J.stK).
II. M. Itljs to HenJ. V, is. Is, land,
sec. 7, tp, 7, sr.t W, IIK.
Ail ImllKiiaiit I'mlrnt,
The following resolutions were
adopted hy the Fulls City Union ut Its
uuvlliijf of November 1ft, WH:
Wiikhkas there apiH'aretl in the last
Issue of the l'olk county ltrmiter (Nov.
I lth) an Item purporting to come from
Falls City, contrutllntlng an article sel
ling forth the resources, etc., of Falls
City, reprinted by Tiik Wi-xr Sum of
date Nov. 7th
Aud Wiikkkas said fuels aud IIkuivs
Klven In said article, reprinted by Tiik
Wi:ht Sihk. were bused upon estimates
furnished hy the Falls City Colon, and
the writer of said contradictory Item
casts reflection upon the veracity anil
judgment of this union by assert Ing his
peraonal Judgment as to said facts and
Itgui'cM as supcilor to that of this union
nnd Its commit lee, which has carefully
collected this data ;
Ami Wiiijruas we have reasons to
know that the writer of this contradlu
tory Item does not-live In Falls City,
hut rather bus Interests antagonistic to
Falls City, of which facts the editor of
thu l'olk county Itemixer Is fully
aware; therefore, be It
I'.KStU.VKi) by tlio Fulls City Union
thai we do not reeogiil.o tald corres
pondent as a Fulls City correspondent ;
that we believe said contradictory Item
was written with Intent to Injure Fulls
City's prosR?ots, and that we censure
thu l'olk county ltemizer for know
ingly crediting Falls city with such
Items.
J. M Pakky,
1'rcs. Falls City Union.
F, C. Raymond, Scc'y.
We ofTcr valuable premiums for those
who will work for the Wust Siok.
A fine line of table and hanulmr
lamps ut H. & W's. Sold at bed rock
prices. t
Say! the roads will ho very bad lu
the uenr future, and It will he a good
Idea to call In at J. D. I. 'a at once, and
lay In your winters supply of groceries.
Ho Is selling way down,
KISSES.
14 kaneewMMU
A promlnonl hveMea eejlt Ine klei "M
k-ftnt dlewnilnanir ot aiinaaa." lia un
hver la aemul bt It, m are lunf dUmuna."
Out ttHa uw gtuuitt and eaplna vaealsMtd
krlitnillr kleaea are net fur auh aa ha, and
the old fm aava tlitri"SI arexiur. Lathlm
davirte hluiai lf to maainf our woman baallhr
ad IUi minim that kuaa mar be elaaae. Tht
nan auralr be dona bf the uae of tlr. Herea'a
ravoriM rraeruuiHt, wnion h ainiMiv
kal In eurliif illmae eweullar to fmnalea,
Artwr taklne It tut a rmantuible lenalh of
Ilia Uwra will be no mure u-rnriilarllr. bark,-
aehe, birln-dtwn antiaallniia, nwvoua n
Iratinn, innaral dnbllily anl klmlrrd ailmrnU.
U le Ine iniljr m.tlHlna tr wimmihi. aold hf
drutrfiaie, eniilar uoelllve ajuaranlee
from the matnilaetutvra. Iluil It will lvnU
tafaetliHt In e, rf imea, i ninney rvfundnl.
A llHk of lot! iuwolou " Wuiuan and I lev
fliaiHiaea, ami Ihelr S. f-i)iin-," U Niii.
In nr aitilriwa, aartorlv Mulnl In a laln ett
Veiw, nit nMti.t iif tea ennti, In I.oiihi.
AMnwa, woauia Iliareeaaev Maiiiimi.
AaaoiiUTloH, em Main Sim. Hulfalo, N. V.
Dr. PIERCE'S PELLETS
nwrelv Vegetakle and rervertljr Heraw.
a. (inciiiaa im Liver rilk MmallMt,
ChntiMet. Raanvl to Take, One liuf ,
ar-eoa4 Pell a Beae. . Curre
ll llMdarke, alllloaa IteaJaebat
I'aiietlaaUant IndlgaMlaa, Mlloaa Au
larka, and ail oVraufeoianti of the HUimauk
aud UoaakV It eaul a vUU, by ttruffeNa.
H'AHIUNOTOM I.KTTKII.
tfrnra uur regular enriwiunuiil.)
WAattlNOTON, D.C., NoV. 10.
The preehlent la hard at work on hie
animal message to eoligreas, Juet aa he
vtiHild have been had there len no
siltleal cyclone, lie llstena Hitleully
to nil the explanations made by the re
turning republican of the cauaea, and
iaautlsltet) (hat the result waa brought
alsuit principally by atay-at-home re
publleniie, ami that they n-iiutlnetl at
home on account of tlcims-ralle mUre-
prest'iitutloiiM coiieerulug the new tar If)
law ami the federal election bill, ami
that the liuinlwr of lteuibllenn that
vohsl for Deiiita-mlii U small In auy one
Its-sllty, though II luiaints up In the
aggregate. -
A notable thing about (lie situation
Is, that not a single prominent ltepub
llcail who hint been to W ashington aiuee
the eleethui feela any alarm ulsiut the
result III lsiio Without exeeptlou they
aa of the opinion that the (llssntlsfuu
tiou In the Iti-publlcim ranks which
enabled the iHuiiiM'mte to elect aueli a
large uuiiiUrof r'prtaeiilntlve In the
northern States, will all have tllsnp
IsiicihI la-fore the oH-nlng of the
national enuipalgn. Tills Is certainly
encouraging.
"What alsiut the election bill;"' lea
iiicstou that has Imvii asketl very often
since the eli-t Ion. I do not pretend to
s-ak by authority, but Judging from
w hat Is aultl by Itcpubllcan reprewiita
lives niul Senators now here, 1 think It
will be pushed through the Henuteat
once: however, n.,(blnir will be done
until a caucus of Itepuhlh-atl HcuMtom
hna U-eti lielil, and a there are several
proinlueiit Heiiutora who have from
the start tliiMight It unw ise to pam till
bill, ami It may he dtvhhst Uilct Itdmp.
The President will In all prolmblllty
make some rei-ommeuthitloii regarding
this bill In hla message; he has Istii
generally aupsia.Hl to be In favor of It,
but there nre rumors during the hut tiny
or two that hu now thinks It would Is
unv, le to p.ttempt to puaa It through the
Senate at the short session; not because
lieths's uot think there is a necessity
for such a law, hut latinise he fears
iKiiHs iatlctllllluistciiiig against the bill
would hike up m much time that It
would Is- Impossible to pass the Congres
sional Hportloniiicut, which will also
be bitterly opposed by the Democrats
In both House and Senate, and the
thirteen regular nntiiuil appropriation
hills, ut the short session. It U (icrfoctly
natural that the President should be
averse to culling an extra scaslon of the
new ly elected Fifty-Second Congress lu
the spring, and the failure of even one
nf the regular appropriation bills to pass
at the coming session will leave him no
choice In the matter, the fmssuge of all
the appropriation bills before the first
of uext July Is necessary to keep the
wheels of Onvernmciit running.
Home of the shrewdest jiolltlcjil obser
vers here think that nothing abort of a
miracle can prevent I he holding of an
extra session hi the spring, and the fact
thai the Democrats have already oiK'ncd
(ho campaign for the sMakershlp of
the House In the Fifty-second Congress,
shows that they believe an extra session
to U' one of the certainties. Of course,
the Hepubllcuns wll! do .their level best
to pass till necessary legislation at the
coming short session, I u ortler to prevent
the holding of an extra session.
The closing session of the Fifty-first
Congress certainly bids fair to be one
of the most Interesting und exciting
short sessions ever held.
Speaking of thu cainpalgil for the
speakership of the. next House: It Is
already In full blast hero, nnd owing to
the large ami unwieldy majority that
the Democrats will have, It promises to
be unusually hot nml exciting. For the
Hist time In thirty years thu northern
Democrats Will find themselves able to
control the House, If necessary, without
the aid of a single vole from the south,
em States, tnd that they will attempt
to elect a northern Democrat Speaker
ia well nigh certnln. The southern
Democrats have ho long retarded the
speakership of the 1 loitso as their special
Itcrqulsito, when the Democrats con
trolled the House, Hint they are not
at all disposed to give It up, anil will
not without milking a most hitter fight,
Already they are tirgulug that among
the democratic, representatives elected
from the northern Slates there Is no
man who possesses the parliamentary
knowledge and legislative experience
uecessary to muko a successful Speaker
of the House, nnd up to this time the
argument has been un unanswerable
one, Neither Itynum of Indiana nor
Springer of Illinois, both of whom are!
candidates, can hope to secure the solid
support of the members from the
northern States, and without It they
cannot win. Mills, of Texas, Crisp and
Blount of Georgia, llrockenrldge of
Kentucky, Hutch of Missouri, nnd
ACORN STOVES AND
The Latest Improved
The ACORN
Heating
Stoves are
the best
and Finest
Finish of
any.
Everyone Fully
Warranted
and First-class.
Coumundsce our Car hstd Assortment of the Af'OIlN Kin and
Stoves,
GOODMAN & DOUTY,
Wllaon of West Virgin, nre already In
the field AM aoiltheru cuudldutea,
The town has been shocked by
rumor, which started lu New York,
that Postmaster (Iciieral Wannniiiakcr
waa financially embnrrasaed, Nobody
here believe word of It, and Mr.
Wnntinmuker'i frlentU any tlmt Jay
Gould started the rumor In order to
Injure Mr. Waiinaker'a credit, because,
Kid nst Gould's wishes, Mr Wanna
maker persists In pushing hla Idea of a
stal teletrrjipll system, which (lould
think would I Injurious to the West
ern I'nloii Telegraph Company, which
hu controls.
I-atest In the ahoe Hue, at J. L Stts-k-ton'.
SlM,to"ewl
Th - Ui Fateab ta;
niOTOGRAHIS
liiiniiawt, resit)' In atlrk nv! to aiijililnn
rU, Ita-aru, walrhrw, iln, Ifttnn, i-urlo,
autojrnih allam, wnlillni rarila, He,
16 for $1.
hftid a iImiOihiU (t-ntiliiel tlx) of jrourw lf
or frlt'iuK All lioliimli aeiil to me will
b enrfftttljf liniiillist, aitd rultintifl a-Uh thf
imler.
Atliliwaa all unl, r lo
W. H. Whiteaker.
Inletiirli'iu'v, . . Oregon
BEAMER & CRAVEN,
I "ruler lu i i
HARNESS and IDLES,
- n nit
All kinds of Harness ami Saddlery
(lomla. Cnrriace THniitij nnd
repairing.
SPECIAL RARtlAINS.
Curry Comlw, three bars, 5 cents,
llrushes, 10 cents,
(kiiniilete set of Team Harness,
14.00.
W. O. Cook
(Bucea aot to A. J. Wbltaakat.)
MALI Ut
FURNITURE
PARLOR AND T.EDROOM PETS,
BOFA8, AND BED LOVNQES,
lint Rack i, Rocking and Easy Chairs,
in Pine, Maple, A eh or Waluut. Also,
Woven Wire Mattresses, Cuil Springs
Wool and I lair Matt reuses.
CARPETS
CONSISTING OF
IVo and Three Ply Wool, Tapestry
BrusBclli and Axminlstor, Also,
Oil Cloth and China Matting
Wall Paper
FROM PUIH KITCHEN WALL PIPER UP
Alio the Heaviest and Richest Quid Fin
ished Parlor Taper. Well selected
assortment of Fresco Paper
for Celling, and Walls.
Picture Frames
MADE TO OKDEU
From Natural Wood or Rtuh and Hoavy
Tressed Gold. Framed Engravings
and Tainting for Sale.
Main Street, Independence,
Bat. B and 0 Btreeta.
NOTICK I OH 1'l lll.lCATION.
Lund Oltloo at On'gon City. Orrgon,
Out. 4. lHtKi.
Nolle Is horcliy ttlvKn that the rollowliijr
natiiod settlor Iihk llleil notice or Ills Intention
lo lliHkfl flu at prool In KUnsin oi' tila vlalin,
and that mild uroofwlll lio nimte before ilm
1,'lerk of l'olk futility, at Dallas, Ori'Kon, on
Muvembnr 4, ISIIO,
via: William Hnrren nrammnUnn D. ft. No.
72 Ibr the a H of H K of Hoe, M Tp II H, It 7
W.
lia nnmei the followlnit witnesses to prove
his continuous residence nnon and cultivat ion
of, auld land, vlai Jacob w. Klmxey, Huitt
Hen licit, nf Klngii Valley, Benton Connly,
OreRim; Frank Kaw, nf Lewlavtlla, Polk
County, Orairon; Clinrlea Newman, of Kings
Valley, Benton County, Oregon. f.io
In
COOK AND HEATING STOVES.
WMV V. Taoism . .
J. D. Irvine,
The GROCER!
Never wants for Customers Imcaiu-e
j -His Trade is Urge.-
J. I). IRVINE
Never needs money, when his cus
tomers come in and pay their hills.
In his Store, you will find a large
Slock of
Groceries,
Crockery,
Tobacco,
Etc., Etc.
W hich is Sold at,
Bedrock Prices.
When You Want to Bo;
Fancy-
-and Staple--Groceries,
tlLASS WAKE and fltOCKEKY
Rock Bottom Prices for Cash
ar PRODUCE go to
Hyde I: Dalton.
the Wreckers of High Trices in
Independence.
1, D & :,':
-Old Stand-
Main St.,
Independence.
I. A. MILLER,
DAI. IK
MARBLES GRANITE
Monuments and Headstones of All Styles.
Fira-Clnss Work nnd Prices 20 iw cent
lower tlinn any other chop iu the state.
SHOP COR. MONMOUTH AND R. R. STS.
ISDKrBNDKNCB, - . OkBQOH,
I I DI.1C SAI.U.
I will sell tlio following imipeity to the
tll.rhitMt Itlllrlltl 1,1 HIV t.ltlili, lO I ml. i.'.n, .
OiVKon, Nov. -ti, ism), at ,10 o'clock! (Ine uinre
seven yeitra old, I Imrno lea years old, two
ttiii'n jhur ,,iu, 1 union mare, 1 sei Har-
nBM 1 ,,,. Ul.l 'C.tl ..r All
, ..., ..v. ......o ,., n,,,,, KUIIIN
over I0 twelve iiiontlis with nimmved
aiHuirlty with Interest, J, W, Uu iiakiwon.
o.'ii-ti.
Worst than Leprosy
la catarrh, niul thorn ia mm hut i.n
partition that does cure tlmt disease, and
tlmt is the California Positive nii'l Netfa
tive Eleotrio Linitneni. Sol,l hv n
(IriiKifis's. It sso otiros ueiir'altna.
rheumut IBin. heilftaellA. mimind nnrtiu
and all Dtiu. Trv it im,i tuii v.,,.,.
negihlior where to get it.
Remove the com by iisiug Buster Sc
Locke's corneiire,
RANGES!
The improved
ACORN
Ventilated
Oven is
the Latest
and Bait
on the
Market.
Have no Equal
for Finis
ana wur...i,.
(!ook Hove, also Heetinjf and Box
INDEPENDENCE, OBEfiON.
READ
And be Convinced.
72 Steel tooth Iron harrow, 20.
5 a:;d 7 tooth cultivators.
The lxt horse shoeing.
The licst In "
Iron
Steel
or Wood
AT
... w m w . - 1-
Best price paid for
Old Iron and
Castings.
Main St,.
Independence.
THE 1
Of Independence, Oregon.
Transacts a general Real Estate Biuinaat
buy and tells Property, affecta
Insurance and does a general
Conveyance Business,
Parties having Lands for sale will Sad
It to their advantage to
With this Company, as they are dally
sending lists of land east, thus plac
ing desirable property before the real
dents of the East
JAMES GIBSON,
J. W. KIRKLAND, President
Secretary.
G. W. SHINN,
Hdubb, Sign & Ornsmentil
PAI1TTEE.
Paper Hanging, Graining, Prescoing,
Etc. Paint rooms opposite Johnson's
Stables, Independence, Oregon.
O. A. KRAM ER,
-Wants Your Impairing.
Wntt'ti mvniii'lnir a unmliiltv win i.
bargains In Watches, Olooka and Jewelry,
Mi Maker and Jeweler,
WITH
Buster & Locke,