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FRIDAY, MAUCtt 29, l0l
I Paris Gibson, of Montana, in
any way related to our old friend,
Paris Green.
lhe Commoner ia to have a
"Want Ad" column. Possibly Mr.
Bryan himself may use it to adver-
. tise for the presidency.
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Two thousand acre of land in
the Polk county hills near Salem
have been bonded for oil prospect
ing.
The homo seekers are coming at
a lively rate. Thirteen hundred
arrived at Spokane from the mid
dle west, bound for joints in Wash
ington and Oregon.
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The various and sundry plans
adopted for the capture of Gen. Ite
Wet, the great Boer chieftain, in
variably locate him on the wrong
side of the river.
. .
The opportunity does not come to
many men to give away millions of
dollars, and not many men would
make as good use of it as Mr. Car
negie is doing.
.
Although hazing in any form is
not tolerated in upper naval circles
it is apparant that Admiral Samp
son is getting some heavy doses of
tabasco sauce.
It is a safe prediction that the
United States and Great Britain
will not quarrel about the Nicara
gua canal and that it will be built
by the United States.
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It is to be hoped that the buffalo
head on the new HO notes will not
have the defect of the eagle on a
recent bill, which when turntd up
side down, looked exactly like a
donkey's head.
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It is questionable whether the
owner of a new gas well in West
Virginia, who named it the W. J.
Bryan because it was a spoutor, in
tended to be complimentary or in
Bulting. ft ft ft
Sampson's friends want his por
trit engraved on the Santiago
medals, although it has not yet
been determined whether these are
to be of silver or brass.
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Why should army chaplains be
so bitterly opposed to duty in the
Philippines? Scarcely one yet as
signed to that service has failed to
protest bitterly against it.
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By the way, what has become o
those people who argued so vehe
mently against the annexation of
Hawaii on the ground that it
would prove a constant cause of ir
ritation to the Uuited States,
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Respectable women afraid to ven
ture out of doors, two citizens
severly beaten, one soldier severly
injured, 200 soldiers drunk, one
saloon wrecked such are one day'i
result of the "reform" effected by
closing the Fort Sheridan canteen
as reported by the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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We can't believe that Secretary
Hay will a'gain so far misunder
stand the spirit of the country as to
negotiate a canal treaty which wil
trade territory in Alaska for Brit
ain's consent to the abrogation o
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. If he
does, he will know what to expect
9
necruits lor tne new army are
not coming in fast enough to fil
the transports at San Francisco
which are now ready to sail. This
is due to the high standard required
of the recruits, only one out of five
applicants being accepted.
The United States has, it is said,
filed a claim for about $25,000,000
indeminity in China. Considering
that there were less than 1,500
Americans in China when the
troubles began, such a claim, if
really made, seems both preposter
ous and incredible.
Let us try to put ourselves in
Cuba's place and consider how we
should feel if, after years of strug
gle for our independence, we were
to find that we had to surrender it
in exchange for the protection of a
powerful, wealthy, though some
what selfish neighbor. Should we
like it? .
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There is refined sarcasm and a
world of truth in the following from
The Dalles Chronicle, which in. our
opinion might be extended to in
clude a large part of the "common
herd" as well as the papers: "It is
delightful to find a number of
papers that were either absolutely
indifferent to Mitchell's election or
openly in favor of Corbett, now
proudly occupying the front seat of
the band wagon and speaking the
sweetest kind of things of tne suc
cessful candidate.
PatnmUe Home Industry
The Junction City Times gives
its readers a well-timed lecture on
the habit of sending to extensive
Kastern "mail-order" houses for
every article they need In the house
hold as soon as they get ten dollars
ahead In cash to send away. The
Time says that the iople who rail
the most persistently against trusts
and the evils thereof form the class
most addicted to the mail-order
business, while as a matter of fact
those immense department house
which are thus patronised are the
worst kind of trust in existence.
The practice of which the Times
complains is prevalent all over the
United States and is certainly inju
rious to local interests. There Is too
much disposition to rave a few
dimes in the purchase of articles
which can lie procured in Chicago
and such cities tor cash, and to
purchase on credit from the local
merchant the thing of staple price
upon which there is little margin.
Ia this way, the ready cash goes
out of the country, while local
enterprises lag, and the very farm
ers who watch the Chicago bargain
counter most closely through the
catalogues are the loudest detain
er that "there is no market heroj"
"there are no factories;" "there is
no enterprise;" "there is no price
for properly." Thece exclamations
can be heard the loudest just after
they have bought a money order to
send to Chicago to pay for a sew
ing machine, or an organ, or a
stove, or a buggy, or a mower, or a
suit of clothes, or a watch, a bicycle
or a pair of shoes. '
This habit is not so prevalent
among old residents of Oregon as
among new comers from Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, etc. Those peo
ple know the price of every article
in the big catalogues and are al
ways talking about bow much they
can save by purchasing the things
they want in Chicago. We cannot
imagine what lino of reasoning is
followed by farmers, mechanics and
laborers who practice that kind of
financiering. How can a farmer
expect a decent market lor his pro
duce unless by bis patronage ho en
courages the merchant and man
ufacturer of his immediate neigh
borhood? How can the mechanic
expect profitable employment if the
branches of industry in his com
mumty are crippled for waut
customers? And the laboring ma
in the same way. it scums to us
that the principles of self-interest
and self-protection would dictate
policy of home patronage in ordo
that all enterprises might prosper.
The Salem Statesman believes
that the true commercial policy is
to buy the things we need as near
home as we can conveniently get
them. When there is a factory
near our homes we should buy and
use its goods in preference to simi
lar articles made anywhere else
even though the cost might be a
little greater. This is tho proper
way to build up a local enterprise,
to make communities progressive
and to enhance the value of pro
per'ty. '
Blejcle Path Fund.
Bicyclo paths will this year be
used only by wheelmen who are
willing to pay a tax of $1 towards
their maintenance.
This is the latest construction
placed upon the law enacted by the
state legislature at its late session
While the law was passed too late
to permit of the path levy, the pro
vision of the act restricting the
privileges of bicycle paths to those
who pay the tax is plain. There
no question about this feature of
the law, and cyclists know that
their use of paths without tho pay
ment of the $1 tax lays them liable
to prosecution.
The sheriff will receive bicyclo
taxes even without the levy, lie is
allowed nothing for collecting those
taxes, nor are his deputies allowed
anything for making arrests for
violations. A penalty of $.r is in
store for those violating the law.
There is reason to believe, how
ever that tho patriotic deposition
of wheelmen will prompt them to
pay the $1 tax for the purpose of
enjoying good paths, even without
tho levy of the tax. As enjoyable
wheeling dopends upon good paths,
in all likelihood tho large majority
will pay the $1 tax without a mur
mur, and but few will be small
enough to evade the responsibility
or take advantage of the condition
that makes it impossible to make a
evy. Albany Herald.
A local paper is just as much a
ocal business enterprise as any
store in town, yet many people
seem to think that it is a benevol
ent institution, and it is run for the
fun of it, says the Amesburg News.
Now a local paper is the direct
communication between storekeeper
business men and the people. When
live man has anything to say to
he people he uses the columns of a
lve paper. All business men rea-
ize this, and those , who patronize
he columns of their local paper
reap sure and quick returns!
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WASIIIMiTOJ LETTER.
Washington, D. C.,Mar. IS, 1001
Washington oflloials believe that
tho friction between tho Knglish
and Russians ia China is "greatly
exaggerated in tho press dispatches
and that it is nothing more than
some petty dispute Itctwetm mili
tary officials of minor rand, and
not at all likely to become of luf
floiont importance to bo taken
notice of by tho two governments.
It must not bo inferred by this,
however, that this government has
no apprehension of international
trouble in China. It has appruheti
sions, and very grave ones, is that
tho Chinese muddle will, k'foro it
is ended, lead to a scrap between
some of the powers. Those
prehensions are believed to have
instigated tho 'order of Gen. Chaf
fee to proceed with all tho V. 8.
troop iu Pekin, except 150 men to
be left as a legislation guard, at
Manilla. If there is to be trouble
among the powers this government
doesn't wish to bo mixed therein.
Some regard this policy as a mis
take, believing that it would have
been well to keep Gen. Chaffeo and
the 1500 men he had under him in
Pekin, until it was certain that
American interests would le pro'
perly taken care of in the final set'
tlement. But they do not pretend
to have as much knowledge on tho
subject as tho government has.
Workmen today began to tear
up the old floor of the house, pre
paratory to carrying out tho im
proved plans for heating and venti
lating. If the representatives do
not got plenty of fresh and healthy
air after the new plans are carried
out, it will greatly disappoint the
scientific exjK'rts who prepared
them, and who ate in Washington
to superintend carrying them out.
The new floor is to bo air tight,
order to keep out dust and filth,
while underneath will lie chambers
for fresh air?hich is to bo admit
ted through aperturesin the floor at
the rate of 100 cubic feet a minute,
for each member of tin house.
Mr. O. B. Stevens, State Com
missioner of Agriculture, of Georgia
who is in Washington, to testify
before the U. S. Industrial Commis
sion, on the condition of agriculture
in his state, raid: '"Georgia is pros
pering ironieuscly under the mourn
programme of diversified corps. I
doubt if the Empire state of the
south was ever more prosjwrous
agriculturally than at present.
Col. Stanger of N. Y., who sue
eeedod Assistant Secretary of war,
Muiklejohn, several days ago, is
quietly proceeding with his duties,
just as though the war over his ap
iKJtntment, which Senator Piatt
and Depew were threatening, and
which some of lhe yellow journals
outlined and headlined uj a sort of
duplicate of the war on Garfield,
waged Senators Conkling and Piatt
which resulted, it will be re
membered, in the retirement of
both senators had never been
heard of. The belligerent senators
were, it is understood, apeased
with promiaes of several appoint
ments about which they had been
doubtful. Such is the game of
politics as played in these early
days of tho new century.
Mont huatmiida are never more eco
nomical than when buying things for
their wives.
The most beautiful thing in
the world is the baby, all
dimples and joy. " The , most
pitiful thing is that sanjc baby
thin and in pain. And the
mother does not know that
ittlo fat makes all the differ
ence.
Dimples and joy have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
at, . that was comfort and
color and curve-all but pity
and love--is gone.
The little one crcts no fat
rom her food. There is some
thing" wrong;itis either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
at for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
ttle body of hers; and that is
gone, bhe is starving tor fat;
is death, be quick I
Scott's Emulsion of ' Cod
a . m a
Liver Uil is the lat she can
ake; it will save her.
' The genuine bat thi picture on
It, lake no other.
If you have not tried It, end
for free eamplc, Ita agreeable
taste will aurpriM yon.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
409 Pearl St.,
Linemist.
N. Y.
60o. and $1.00
all druggists. ,
West Hide and Fuclflo Homestead,
one year, $2. . -
The War Taxes Cat Wown.
The enactment of the bill making
a cut in the special taxes levied to
meet the government's extra de
mands during the Spunlsh-Amori
catr war will give satisfaction to the
country. The bill creating the taxes
was signed by President McKlnley
on June 13,1808, a little less than
two months after the beglnlng of
war. That act increased the taxes
on fermented liquors, tobacco, ci
gars, snuff and cigarettes, and es
tablished a large number of kocIa1
imposts on patent medicines, legal
documents, life insurance policies,
tclcgraphicdlspatolios, bank checks,
passage tickets from the United
States to foreign countries, legacies,
and many sorts of interests and
activities. These now burdens were
submitted to cheerfully so long as
the war lasted, but the accumula
tion of a surplus in the treasury
recently led to a demand that some
of these taxei bo abolished.
A bill reducing many of the
special taxes of 18l)tf and abolishing
others lias just been passed by bath
branches of congress. Secretary
Gage in his annual report to Con
gress in December, 1U00, mad au
exhibit of the treasury situation
which warranted him ia recom
mending a cut of $30,000,000 in
revenue. ?
In the contest between the two
houses a compromise was reached
which will make a out, it is estU
mated, of alwut $41,000,000 in the
revenue in the next fiscal year.
Many of the most irritating im(H)ils
are swept away, and some of the
others, as tho taxes on beer, to
bacco, cigars and cigarettes are re
duced. It must be borne in mind that
the burdens of the government in
the next fiscal year are likely to be
greater than was suposed a few
months ago. The appropriations
which have been made are larger
than tho Secretary of tho Treasury
in his forecast last December as
sumed they would bo. Consequent
ly a larger reduction in Uio war
taxes than that which has been
mu lu might have been hazardous.
Of course expenditures often fal
short of appropriations. They wil
probably fall short this time. Ye
tho outgo of the government in the
fiscal year which begins next July
will undoubtedly be greater than
anybody six months ago had
right to expect. The country
highly prosjicrous. The wealth
the nation is expanding at a greater
rato than has over been known be
fore. The number of idle persons
in vie country is smaller than it
has ever been in tho ppt. Under
such circumstances there is
iwwerful temptation toward larg
appropriations by Congress.
year'sex perience under the amended
war revenue law will show whether
any more of tho special taxes o!
181IU can bo spared. If tho govern
merit's income next year make any
considerable increase over its outgo
another cut will be made in the
war taxes, and this time, it is
reasonable to suppose, they will be
abolished altogether. (Hobo Demo
crat. -
Don't fail to attend tho public
meeting tomorrow evening at the
council chamber and hear tne
popular loan idea discussed. The
bonds will surely go at 4 per cent,
even if our own people don't want
them. There is plenty of idle cap!
tal elsewhere only waiting a favor
able opportunity for safo invest
ment.
It has been somewhat of
mystery why the bluo gum tree,
when planted near a house, should
fend off malaria from its inmates
.Now it appears that it is because
mosquitos loathe tho bluo gum
and keep away from it. The castor
oil plant is another mosquito fen
er.
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mu. wm mo nexi lour years
bring forth 7 Look back over the
last four before answoring. What
a marvellous transformation has
occurred, nat only in Unitod States
possessions but in American opin
ions. If we have moved bo far
since 1890, how far may ho not
move before 1901?
r
It is quite truo that a number of
democratic senators wore bought off
from opposing the Phillippine
amendment by the adoption of
bills currying special legislation for
their statos. It i'b hard to say
whether this action was more dis
graceful for the buyers or the
bought.
City HoihIn.
8H.000 of 4 per cent coupon fun dim?
boniln for mile.
The City of InoVperidenoe, Oreiron.
In aeoorduuee with an ordinance mmm
by the City Counell on March 19, 1001,
has opened In the olllee of the Cltv
Recorder, a hook for suhscrlptlong.
HutiHerlpilons will be received In the
following denominations at the ontlon
of the purchaser! J50. $100, $ 200 and
$.'100. Interest payable semiannually,
nondH payable on or before April 1,
1011. Principal and intercut payable in
U. 8. Oold Coin. '
The last SHHeHsed valuation of the
City of Independence was, $'264,000.
The total liabilities of the cltv la
$8000. :
The bonds will b issued Mav 1. 1001
but dated April 1,1001,
II. M. Lines, J, Li, Htoekton
City iteoorder. Mayor,
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BEHNKE'8
oinifierc ial Ool logo,
rOltTIAND, OHKGON ' v
The only oxcluHivoly Pernin Shorthand School in the
NorthweBt; offorn unexcelled facilities for learning this
system, either personally or by mail. The Pernin employs
neither Blinding, ponition nor arbitrary contractions, and is
consequently tho Simplest, Most Legible and Rapid
Shorthand in uhw, It can be learned in one-third of the
time required by tho Pitman, Graham or Munson systems.
Send for froo trial lennon and catalogue.
Commercial Building, Washington, cor. 2d it.
Portland capitalists have begun
the commendable pursuit of boring
for oil On a point on tho O. It, &
K. railway near Troutdale a well is
being sunk, whore the geological
formation is favorable to oil pro
spectors. K xpert toll us that
Oregon is a promising oil field;
that tho Willamette valley will
turn out to Ih as rich in oleaginous
product as has southern California.
It may be hoped that this judg
ment will prove sound, and that
oil will materially as an additional
bussing on the fair name of Ore
goo. ' .
Nasal
CATARRH
In til lu itasM thm
tkwttll b ejnalinit
Ilj's Cream Data
eiMKM. moUtw ud bit
UM SlMM4 BWttltWUM,
II twice Mttrrh wd drt
wJ t sold la the b4
Ciwmm Balm ! plwl IbU the Mttril, tomdt
rm the numtiru mi le RUritlm
w4Ut tuil ettrt foituwi. It It ant arylitj
tot prod at Mmtlng. large BlM,Mealf it Drug.
Ii or bf mill Trltl Bins W by Kail.
SAT B ROT UK OS, M Wtrrw Suwrt, Hew Ttrk.
It is a pity that Britain couldn't
have floated a new loan a week ago
when everything looked so rosy.
The Russian complication and the
IWr refusal to surrender have put
matters in another light now and
yet money is very necessary.
Official Washington is quoking
in its shoes lest some busylrody
shall contest tho validity of the
seven appropriation bills which tho
president signed on Sunday, Mar.
3, and thus tie up indefinitely the
t:J00,000,(X)0 carried by them,
ft
Solle to Ikllnittent Tax Payer
The Delinquent Tx Hull for tlitt ymtr
lSUO hti lwn Ucd n my Imndi for
collection by the Honorable County
Court, with Inntrtu'tlout to collect ll
ttxei duo on the itn at once. Notice
Is hereby given to delinquents that un
let pnyment it md at one I shtll
proceed to levy upon property to ittlify
itld delinquent Uxet.
Dated at DuIIm, Polk County, Oregon,
thli 12th dty of March 1001.
J.G. Van OitHiiKL,
Sheriff of I'olk County, Oregon.
8-15 .
B1IH AND BIRBEH SKQP
C. T. HENKUK, Proprietor
Hot and Cold Baths at all
Times.
INDEPENDENCE - - OltEOON
I W. KIRKLAND,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Real Estate....
Insurance, Loans.
Main Ht.
liKlependenoe, Ore.
Nolle of Teaeliem Kxamlnutlon.
NotlPfl ll liernhv vlvnn Mint fur tlia nnmiiwt
of mukliiK mi xiiiliiH(l(ii of all ernn whu
mnr iiiiit inviiiKnivua h ritixuilHU'. rur mini.
W MMlltnulu, m......u ...1 1 In, .
nl thrmr will hold h imtilbi exmnlnHllnii at
iun, urou.iri. cmmmiiiiliig ou wiliilHy,
Arll Hi. luOi tiBoVlcH-k . 111. nl (uitiUnulUK
until Krlilny, April 19, l t oVIock p, m.t
rillt, MCONU ANU THIHD IIKAtlt CKHnnCATIM,
' WuhmwiiAT I'enuittiulitn. lilaUirv. orthci.
grniuiy, rtttllllil.
iiivnniiAi-nniiun nriiiiiiiriin. MJltur w
Kmi'lilnx, urmnmsr, .i'IiikiI Uw.
KRIIIAV-Utioitriiiiliv. inniitRl .rlthmoLla.
phyntulngy, civil Kuvartiinunl,
vmmneluv Wtdtimilitv, April 10, tl nln
o'oliHik A. M.,nnd mnkluulDg until Tliurndajr
TH II, HI llllir II OIIWK.
fRtMAKT CKHTtftrATBI.
Wr.liNneiAY ronnmiKhln. orllinnranhir.
rwHrtlng,
'1 HI'H.biY Art of lllloatloil. llinnre ivf Inrh.
lllK, IIIUtlllKlH.
Dulod tlili alth dny of Mnmh. 1IK).
. O.L.Htahk,
Cimiity Bchool Biiporlulenilent.
WANTKI).-rPftl)lp, rollalila wmn In
evormmnly U rvprraenl lrK ramiiny of
"lid nimniilitl ri'pul nl Inn; fliu) xalitry jxTywr,
pnyHlilc wekly; l pr dny nlwolutely rnira
and nil (ik'Iihc.ii; NtralKlit, tHmiwIlde, dcllnllB
Klury. no eiiiiinlNcin; unlury pld m.'li
Mnturiiay and xpinne monny kiIvhommI ennh
wnt'k, HTANDAHL) ilUUHJC DnnrlMirn
BU, C'llloaKo.
The Castle
Keeps constantly on hand a Mno
aasorhncnt of
Whiskies,
C. Wines,
0 Brandies,
" ' Cigars, .
Also the famous Hop Gold Beer.
ED. GALE, Proprietor.
THE ARCADE.
Davidson & Hedges, Props.
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaooos and
Confeetlonery.
First Class Soda Fountain In oon
naotlon.
Polk County Bank
(JNCOnPOIUTED.)
MONMOUTH, ORCQON.
J.R.IUWI.KT.
ruckmrntiu
rrMitt, Vliw-erwldrat
IHAC rOWKM CuklM
Paid Capital . , $30,000.00
DIIUCCTORH;
J. If. Hawley. P. L. Campbell, I. M.
Him 1011, J. 1L V. Butier, John
A. Htump.K.H. l'owell,
Joseph Craven.
Transacts a Csnvrsl Banking
and Exchange Business.
The Independence
NATIONAL BANK
Capital Stock,
a. maacHSisa, abuta nit,
rttdAtnl. VtoIMHt
0. w.ikvunkftttiM.
DIRECTOR.
It H I ny, libera D W Sm B r Hmllb
A N.lwin M W Ittowart
A .irl RtuklBf is.
tint tit nAuM fcwiMa
UIDUCHX ; IWUH
m. '!, nitu llmiaM, oti
ifitnl.d: MtlM Mtl4 1
eurr.ui tnvuni ubjct to ckteh. taltrttt ttM
The Hntel Eail
XDaUao, Ox.
Has been refitted, and renovated
from cellar to gamt, and every
thing ia new. Uuml sample room
for commercial cm. SaUafaction
guaranteed. Hatttty $1.00 to $2.00.
special rate by tae week.
BUCK. f SMITH,
Proprietors.
THE CITY BOOK 8T0RE
Carrie a Flae Una f
STATIONERY,
CONFECTIONERY,
BOOKS, CIGARS,
TOBACCO. '
Hobirison & Go.
Independence Oregon.
G. L Hawkins
U4pi4tK, Or.
imp
Monuments and
Head . stones
Cemetery
etc.
Work
For Dray inj
....Call on....
F M. SKINNER.
Independence.
Orders for hauling
executed promptly
and at reasonable
rates.
1'UliLIC BUSINESS.
Abstract of Instruments Filed In Polk
County Mar. 19 to 25, 1001.
DRKDH
Fred Finch to Maritaret Wankey 0.45s
T 0 Tliarp d 1 c tp 8 1 r 0 w $1000.
S A Mulkey to 0 D Calbreatli (qt cl),
"It 2, blk 0, Hill's town Indep-50. .
Mnrinda O Plank to W II Boalei (qt cl)
It 0, blk 14, Lovens add DftlI8-$500. ,
Jane Frink to J O Frlnk (qt cl), 100a
eo 20, tp 8 i r 7 w-$25.
Folk County Land Co to V I Whit-
comb, n J Carmack d 1 o tp 8 s r 4 w
R Humes to O L Zumwalt, 20a sec
33, tp 8 a r 5 w-250. , v f
I U Alderman to Tho Denny, l ta 7, 8,
0, blk 2, McCoy-t36.
Henry Howe to A Byerley, 15Ox200ft
8 Sheldon d 1 o Dallas $2000.
Dallas Land & Imp Co to A Byerley
(qt el), 5a J H Lewis d 1 c tp 7 s J 5 w-L
P R Graber to J R Remple, 12a I P
Smith d 1 c tp 7 s r6 w $400. .
' P R Graber to R J Remple, 41.17 I P
Smith d 1 o tp 7 s r 5 w $1000. '
L W Hampton to John Schwind, S9a
sec 10 tp 7 s r 5 w $350.
W G Vassall to Leland Murphy, Its 2,
3,4, blkU,Fa)lsClty-$300. ; ', ,
' C C Grici'S to Jacob
wrigner ana
Dominiek Dallas, Us 1, 2, Wk;P, aud ItZl BQOT0 IUB
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The Country Editor,
One of the highnst tributes ever
paid the "country editor," is that
of Sonato; Hale of Maine, : In dis
cussing the subject of postage on
newspapers the senator fron; Maine
remarked of tne country editor: ;
He is a packhorso of every com
munity, the promotor of every
laudable , enterprise, the worst
underpaid laborer in the vineyard
Counting his space as capital he
gives more to charity, his meanB
considering, than any other mem
ber of society v He is a power in pol
itics, a pillar of the church, and a
leader in the, crusade for better
morals. He is pre-eminently ; the
friend of humanity. Line upon
line, paragraphs,' day by day, he is
embalming in cold facts from
which the Herodotus, Taoitus, Sis
mondi, McCaUley of the future will
write the history of our times. He
fully chronicles ,our advent into
the world, briefly notes our upris
ing and downsittings, and sorrow
fully records our exit . r-
Weave all more or less -gener-
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Prescription Druggist
A Han Slips Up
On It eviry time ibat ha Ukea big laun
dry work outside of the HhIuh Steum
Laundry to te done up. He flmla "tlmt
tirtd feeltug" tenllngowr lilm when he
Dote the differemv in the exqulelte eolor
aod beautiful Qnloh, eaying uothingof (he
good condition In which your linens are'
returned by the
Salem Steam Laundry.
OOL. J. OLMSTED, Prop,
DOUOUS D. OLMHTED.Mgr
Phon 4i o 230 Liberty it :
to his creator. Without his gener
ous and enthusiastic labors most of!
us would not have been' here; and,,
when he tires of us, most of us will'
retire to private life amid rural,
scenes propitious for secret medita
tion and silent prayer. ''Working
night and day during the .campaign;
when the eloction is over and the'
time comes for the distribution of
the loaves and fishes now vulgar
ly called "pie" by some strange
lapse of memory he is forgotten.
Britain is talking of adopting
the American method of counter
vailing duties on bounty paid on
sugar. I his is a high tribute to
our ingenuity but republicans, will
be shocked when they learn that
the ship subsidy bounties, if grant-'
ed, will be considered in the light
of a bounty on exports of American
sugar. , , . , -
Sinco Gunner Morgan was found
to be ineligible, only One warrant-
officer has applied for promotion to ,
ensign. ' His ball room qualifica
tions have not yet been made a
matter of record.