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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1890)
Hi Wf Points. WEST SHORE. Now that tbfl qaeatiaa of lottery Halation has beea brought before tha country by tba effort of Uta Ixtublana company to secure a diarter In North Dakota, It la not out of Uta way to Inqaira what thexa libl lottery that tha peopla should hold op their hands la horror at tha Idea of it being legalised, a bile at tha sama Uma tlx permit stock and grain gambling, ten fuli mora Injurious, and legalise Uta aala of liquor, that U recponaibU for mora thaa half Iht sla and mlaety of the country. In Uteae ma! ten wa art very InconalitenL Wa fear to grapple with aa aril aa aoIiJIj Intrenched la politlra aa Ua vblaky traffic, a bile wa aetk to gala cheap nutoriety aa ro moters of public moral by phllliplci agalnit tba leaaer trila of society. IWauea tba people of North Pako'a bava aet their (area againat wblky, bat ara apparenUy Indifferent to Uta lot tery, ao far from bowing InroniUtrnry, la aa evidence that they art brara enough to grapple manfully with tha evil Uiat (1 tba hardt to fight and from thick tha aevereet b!oa ara to U receive, leaving to fainter hearted moralbta tha mora pleaaant tuk of bombarding tha leaaer evl from a safe dlatance. Talmaga farora Uta entira luUtltutlon of a new erred fur Uta Wwtmi niter confeejloa. Ila bellarea In evolotioa of creed aa firmly aa In a rotation of tha steamboat. If, then, tha a 1m men of Uta paat vera not competent to maka a creed fur thoaa of tha preaent, ara tha aUa men of tha pre tent any mora com petent to maka ona fur thoaa of tha futara? In other word, a by maka a creed at ail that ill soon U "vara out" and bara to ba patched again after a bitter theological controvrrey ? Mtut we sUll Insiat at on laying down rulea and regulatlona for tha Almighty's deallnga itb men? Two men In Wnatcom county, Wuli , disputed, about aa axe, tha original value of ahUb aa fity cent, but thick had deteriorated ona-third by ue. Ona of litem bled bimarlf to a JurtJca and bad tba other and tha aia brought Into court. Tba eaaa baa gona through Uta Justice's court at a coal of :I0, and la now la tha dlatrkt court, and the JuatkVi clerk hai gna through tha aia by breaking the bandla ahile brrakingcoal; but Uiat l all right; tha men do not care fur tha aia now, they ara mad. Iolph'i committee of Inmtlgatioa of bow tha aemt action of tha aenata in eiecuUve region becomre kooan ouUlle tha thanher la placing Uiat ao,"jt body la a uitija similar to Uiat of Ua old woman alto told a friend la ttrirt cur.kh-rxw about Ur dome tic difllnjltJe and then wondered bow it fA out The old a omen of tba aenata prJrae to aon ler, Utoogh some of litem bara " dapa suspicion " that Uta nets did not Ml lUelf. Ir. Ilulmee arltea oKruluualy about tha insane deela of people to write, forgetting la bla oi l age andeetahUhed repo laiioa Uiat if Uta esgeroee of Iba youthful llotaes to arle valor tree U.Inp bad bee a rejeeaeej, Uta valoable things of tU ol ier llotmee aoold never bara area Uta tight. WUa ooa baa reatUd U top it U argeg lo kick daa tha 14 Wr rj abkh othera, a!ao, ara aeeklcg to riaa. r Jer mea tay tU aeti'a btll aatWliiag the aeertiary of tha treaawy tj r Iim MAtfJO tA ;lr Ut-'!o cokU-I la M a atep la tba right Lmik." It tniy ba ly a Uj, 14 tha u aha tot k It hal ua LU aaieo Wagia UkAj, iu ofee ooght U u3 lUta tl ULn ba raa take another. Hay la tery valuable la tha Wi IWnd cwanlry thta a Inter. Ona imall Hack baa cwt tao men'a litre and aerVma atmnda fortaooUtera, and Uta purthaaa tka U M 'l jIlh j.t. Ilowarrr, men mat nut ha aoiUi mmh Utera, mjw Itliy nq a ho till hout eaib other to aarora a hula hir. ( emna iheep bad been killed Utera aouhl U a Utr lla far figuring. AcUngonlha apaltioa that "clrll" nveant a.rfnethtrg. ona of Uta clerks of the citll arilrw rummlMl.Mi la Wathtnr ton nndrrtoiik to ba courtwu Ut a yonng Uly appikant br uppt;ingber lth Ua lll of tj.tlutu, and no U U Ulrtg Investigated. If thli ejitrtn of teprvalNi of our f nr Inttiiu ta ba continued aa vlll beroma a nation of Uta Arkanaaa tin Ui U a doing Ita amk iU-ntl and effectively. It la Ua bluty thaa the Ml:!-(.i ilt-4 gnn aa a regu'h of a!ell.ja, but doea nut yWII In feautti iMlne. to Uiat mitre jf e-her4c mthol. Hat the tin t bu tterneie. and Ita urfulrwa la . Wj al'InoibjuU attollah It-an J oaa otilen ona )it Ilka It. Ws ara Ignorant and aa know it, and It la a tad aula tf af falra, but you Wluii let na aluna; aa aoul I ratUr U lgrvrrtl than U ltelHd out of our Ignurarwa by anhid, It la t'tr owa Ignorance and Ulunga lo o, and a a do tuA a ant lay In terfrrenra. 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