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ThtWiir ImoI otft iho Ottt Medium for Advortla
r of rjr publication on th Pacific Coatt.
A MltOMJ t n,rt it Wing made in S.uth .ik-la by
P ihc le tat IliM! l-i pfVtit tb al' of lt l
land, m pfovidd f r in constitution, and
! "j'l I ! of rauij Thi in haw-d w"'ii
Ibr inf 1 Ui !! that thr rental value of land
I' i i to fplr,an r printed by the (f-v mm -tit,
i hrry hif j;frl many Jopr arr lint )tt will
li.f toalpt, atill lb ugg"tion i i $ ittv. Tic
kU' li Moig to the state a I gift ffoin tli nation
iii tnitt f r thr U Ik fit of public nlurtiti, and tin
M.ly jtnli"ii that !niM If considered i : uw ran
It. If tit I luatiagod lil Hxure throbjr t for which
(t t mad ? If thr land W l I, the original ur-
f ha f - lTplrmt all the urf,t the m will
l.itr, awl aiijr tin f raw. in their value will inure to
t!. h'.J If It of thr title, who will krl th iltrreaM-d
iMttal ialuv Will it not If LtW f.,r th school fund
if tho Uu ! I tmlo.1 than if Ihry !. a,., Thrfr
artiitta no ijurti.-n al-tit it (f cotirw if it If
?. ,i tjn th" uirhaM inotiry it If. itiUa of
IheiMrfrtt rif ffi-m it iliVottlnrrit, thrfr-
i Jiffff mm him.IiaUljr aailllr f -r hl ir-m,
t thtijrn' .f thr fulnir !ut udi a f;i;g
tuM If n linj'hU'Uitt ai.l unl-mihf ulik that t
tliwotiMlf a Utravalof thi trul Whr n-.t. ihm.
lawtU fata l, the rrhta! incfTMinj ai thr Ui,. r.
CMiura tit.,if talmllef t'tnlotil tollr -inr j.-rti.-i.t ,,f
it wi!lloutu0 of ttoniut alu", ar it i rr that
the JnjLJte h.4 fat. !ny rrvmr thr iiKfrtfcr,
lathff than thr .V1 f j ritalr Inhu lual
r u.aiUaj'j.!; ai w!l to Vahin1..n i. I Mut.Unaa
it thr lialMaa Waihitifl-.n a!ft lr ha a j ra tj.al
cun jU if Ihi in thr ,Jh,l in ,,t4f 7,,,,
hlh hull f an olgnct )ru.t that OUfht It. 4 t-.y
ti,hwjr4 If thrh4 lat4 art J fvjflr hinl
Ihr; will in time )irl 1 rt'trtu that .n t
aUui t f uUif tlwti.n ujr,f Uanr in th-o! hf
Mat'-nan'l curb a thing ac levying a etate tax upon the
j-v.j.Je fur fch urH-H will be unknown. Oregon's
frr.it mistake in the matter of whool lands should k
a warning to all new ftaten.
A inoft iruprat ticahle bill ha been introduced in
the (N iialeat Olympia H-eking to puninh people who
nr' ( ar m w ith firearnm. The object sought i right
riitih, but the f'rin of punishment borders on the
ri-llfijlnUH. It projiowH a a penalty that the careleHS
iii'lividual who injures another lc debarred of the
privilege of carrying arms in future, and if he pimply
di-harg-s a gun prematurely he must deny himself
th luxury of In ing a jterambulating arsenal for five
yars. Th- utter imKssibility of enforcing such a
jnalty while th-jM-rson is at liberty to go wherever
hf ch'-s ought to lx- apparent to any man of Bense.
This is an eflort to cure the least harmful phase of the
wi nxiti habit. It is the weapon in the hands of the
man who uses it intentionally, though often without
great deliberation, that does the most deadly work.
There is no reason why men pursuing the peaceful
walks of civil life should carry weapons at all, and the
privilege of doing so simply jwrmits those who make
crime a business and those who ne edlessly carry weap
ons and ue them in the heat of passion or in a cause
less fright, to constantly menace the lives of others,
ami (ills our jails with criminals. The privilege of
Waring arms guaranteed by the constitution never
im lu.led or intended such a Mate of affairs as exists
to-day. What we need is a statute denying this privi
lege to every one not sjecially authorized ; and its
rigid enforcement would not only cure the mild malady
of a rardfM handling of weapons, but the more fatal
one of their tin- with murderous intent.
Tim- adherents to the Wlief of the direct manage
ment of the details of mundane affairs by the Almighty,
and who ran see bin hand in every accident that occurs
to per-on violating their ideas of Sunday propriety or
to evi ry saUii or ungHy theatre, may be able to ex
plain why the Catholie church at Sierra City, Cal.,
wad.-stmy.-d by a ,ji(e nnt thc prpt(bytcrian
bur h i,, !r,.,klyn, N. Y., by a wind storm a few days
go hitlrr denomination may be able to account for
thr d.sa.t. r to the other, but how aUmt both of them?
K'H-tirg ha, taVen hold of the project of a railroad
to 4 1 in f ar(,,L u a i(ulIi( nMTting hfl j thprc
" lh- ninth a .o,nmitr waj aps,intcd to solicit
t-k f.r tu :,,urR,V t.,s Hay railroad and to take
trurnl .harge of the proj,,t. It is (t.nfidently ex
lM that actual construrtion on the road will lie
nsn,,rUny,T. Ste, were also Uken to organ-'"l-ifdoft,,,!,,
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