HOOD RIVER SUN HOOD BIVER, OR., OCT. IQ, "Jr99 LOCAL AND GENERAL. . Dry 10-inch wood will be-taken on subscription at this office, if delivered - soon. ". . . A special meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society has been called for Friday after noon.1 '- ; Misses Elton and'" White, teachers in our public school, visited in Portland Saturday and Sunday.. v- ' . H. F. 'Davidson, president of the Davidson-Fruit Co., made a flying busi' ness trip to The Dalles, Monday. . County, Surveyor J. B. Goit, of The Dulles, as in this section a couple of days last week on official, business. J. A. Smith, one of our many new subscribers-, last week visited relatives at Hosier the latter part of the week.: '.' An oldtime farmer neaf . The Dalles was afraid to pull a tooth out of a har row until he had ascertained whether it was against the dental law. A large' audience was out to the Con gregational church Saturday night to hear the lecture of Earl Sanders on the I'lilippines. ; . E. Hayes was in town Friday from his .. logging 'camp on the Klickitat riverj " where he has a large contract for cutting logs for the Lost Lake Lumber Co. ' Frank Gregory, who recently moved out from Kansas and located at Daven port's "planer, ' has been. in. Sherman county a couple or weeks baling hay.:;'..,' The trains were delayed several" hours on Wednesday night of last week by the breaking of a truck of the eastbound passenger train, near Cascade Locks' A vigorous war is now in progress be tween the British and. Boers in South Africa. Of course -they will want some thing to eat." "Any of that embalmed b.eef left? :r ., . V,,.:' :;.. ; When Dewey was asked the question. "Do you think the Filipino's are fit for self-government r' he replied, " Well, no ; not iust now." That is- the blow that broke the strongest plank in the demo cratic piattorm.- ' - : ,:-.-..' '. Oregon's registration law goes into ef fect this year, and to be allowed to vote next June every -voter must be regis tered.- ltis a new departure, but one that will do away with much dishonesty at the ballot-box. - - Miss Maude Clarke of The Dalles", who has been attending the exposition at Portland, arrived in the city yesterday for a few days visit with her grand-par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Clarke; ;: ;. Prof. Thompson informs us that the largest enrollment of pupils in our pub lic school is 178, which was reached this week. 'However, this number will - - - . . doubtless be increased before long. Died at Mt. Hood, on Monday last, the 18-riionths-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eiobert Leasure, of brain fever. The parents have the sympathy of their many friends in their sad bereavement. Messrs. Will F. Davidson and Cb.as.N. Clarke,'- returned Sunday evening from The Dalles, where they went to procure furniture for the Hassalo Club and suc ceeded in finding just what they wanted. Another bank official - convicted of theft has been let-out of jail before half of his short sentence was served. These days it scarcely seems worth while to prosecute any man who steals over 10,000. 4 :-' Hon. ' J. W. Morton informs us that lie and the 0. It. & N. Co. have suc ceeded."in making terms for a right-of-way through his riverside farm, and the work of straightening the track will com mence at once,- r ' ' Married on Sunday, Oct. 15, 1899, at the Congregational parsonage in Hood River, Mr. Burt .W. jSroesey. and Miss Maggie : LeMay, Rev. J. L. Hershner officiating. Their numerous friends join the Sun in hearty congratulations. Mm1 Roe and her accomplished daugh ter, Miss Ida B. Roe, returned to Eu gene "this, week, after a couple of months stay on their farm near Hood River. Miss Roe has a position as teacher in the state university at $ 100 per month. Pease & Mays, the big wholesale and retail merchants of The Dalles, recog nizing the Sun's- excellence as an adver tising medium throughout-Wasco coun ty, have ordered an attractive ad in its columns. , Read it carefully each week. Mrs. L. E. Bailey of New' York, a na tional organizer of the W. C. T. U.,' and temperance lecturer of National reputa tion, is billed to lecture on prohibition in the' Congregational' church of Hood river, this Wednesday evening, com mencing at 8 p. m. Admission free. All invited, , ... . . - : ' H. F. Davidson, president of the Da vidson Fruit Co., informs us that of the many carloads of strawberries' the company- shipped this season, one carload was shipped to Los Angeles, the famous ' strawberry belt' of" California. This speaks volumes for the Hood River -production. ";. 1 .v The Dalles papers iiaye been "roast ing" the actions of what they term high toned young society ladies of that town for becoming intoxicated when the Min nesota . Volunteers took dinner there a few days. ago aiid hugged and . Hobson ized the soldiers until they were "black in the face." . ' '" Hood River soil against the-world for ' productiveness." Saturday . M. H. Nick elseri seirt in from his fine farm near Belmont, two corn stalks that measure 104 feet in height beating Judge Davenport's best corn 'at Mosier by six inches. Each" corn ear on these stalks seems large enough to almost feed a hog through the winter. ' . -, . . ; . -The pastor of the United' Brethren Church, Rev. H. K. Benson, will preach Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on the theme, "Christian Growth," and in the evening at 8 o'clock, -on - "Kindness." The Christian Endeavor Society will be led by Mrs. S, E. Bartmess and will meet at 7 p. m. Sunday School at 10 a. W. All are welcome. .- Rev. C. F. Clapp, of Forest Grove, will preach at the Congregational church in Hood River, next Sunday, at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Mr, Clapp is a very earnest and fluent speaker, and it is hoped he will be greeted with large congregations. j ' A large crowd attended the Jjasket so cial at Frankton school house Friday night and all were delighted with the entertainment, ? The baskets went like hot cakes, ranging from 25 cts. to $2.50 and the snug little sum -of $42.10 was realized therefrom which Will be used in purchasing a case for the school library, ' John Cradlebaugh, the veteran scribe. miner, and bonanza king of. the Golden Eagle mine, dropped down from the Greenhorn Monday, :and reports some winter weather in the. .Blue mountains. Mr. Cradlebaugh- is keeping mum about the mine in which he is interested, but looks just like be has a rich- thing, -r-Times Mountaineer.': ;; - ',-. At a recent meeting of the city coun cil Clyde Tv Boniiey was elected- city alderman to fill the unexpired term of G. D.. Woodworth, who. recently' moved from town to his farm' near ' Belmont, and A. S. Blowers was also elected an alderman to take the place of Wm Yates',1 who resigned," for the reason that as postmaster he is ineligible to hold an elective office. . .The neat little, passenger steamer of the D. P. & A. N. line started on the regular schedule, for the . first time Thursday morning. Although the com pany have experienced considerable dif ficulty in making the Flyer a success they have done admirably as will be proven later. The Flyer is well equipped for the accommodation of passengers and will eventually be the favorite boat of that line. It makes the trip from The Dalles to Portland in 7 hours. ;. , A good joke happened to one of our young men the other night. He was ''Bitting up" with his best girl, she on one side and he the other: side of the cook ejtove. After "sparking" this way for a few hours without either one think ing of anything to say; she finally blated out, "what are you thinking about?" when he said, "why,- the same as you." Instantly she said, "well, if you try it I'll slap your face' for you I" Heppner Times. - - - j :: Apportionment of School Funds. Under the-- school laws of .Oregon, which -went into effect May '20th, 1899, the county superintendent is required to apportion" the common school funds quarterly, viz: the first Monday in Jan uary," April," July- and October of each year, instead of in April and August as formerly. - ; - .' ;, There are 4306 children in Wasco county between the ages of four and twenty years and in the present appor tionment of funds the'' per capita dis tribution will be $2.06, of which $1.51 is from the state school funds and 55 cents from the county school funds! Total amount of state funds distributed is $6502.06. . Amount of county funds in the treasury . $2510.91 ; amount dis tributed.'. $2368.30 ; surplus on . hand $142.61. - . ' - . ': . The apportionment of state school funds for 1899 is $1.51 per capita, as compared with $1.20 for 1898. This is probably the highest apportionment the state has ever sent out. Under the school law that went, into effect May 22, school boards cannot have' more than $50 surplus school funds on hand at' the close of the school year, the first Mon day in March. , A few schools in the county';; have contracted with; their teacher for such length of time as the public funds would justify The un usually large apportionment sent - out yesterday will materially aid them in the length of terms. . ; IS BETTER ALL AROUND. Changes Which Have Proven of Great BeneBt to the County. . ' ': i J' -. ' : Dalles Chronicle. - 3 :: . The Chronicle published a few days ago a summary bf the assessment roll of Wasco county for the year 1899, which has been passed over to the county clerk by the county assessor. '."''.,' The county board of equalization, ccmposed of the county . judge, county clerk and assessor sat for the past week for the purpose of equalizing assessments and correcting errors. . While two or three , changes in valuation-have been made the , total - amount of. assessable- property remains about the same as re ported, $3,144,452, which is an excess over the 1898 roll of $72,153." ; . . ; The county 'J; clerk" at" its session in March last very wisely divided the county into seven districts for inent purposes and appointed as many deputy assessors, each of whom was well acquainted with the real estate and per sonal property of his respective district. The same basis for the classification of tillable and non-tillable lands was used in 1898, and we are of the opinion that the following favorable , comparison of the year's -work in- the field and in the office, will hereafter justify the more careful work in this important office: Cost of deputy hire for 1898... .$ 489 Cost of deputy hire for 1899... ;., . . . 642 T.npraA.aari ATnanan I AS Cash collected for poll tax, 1898.,. ......... :" 114 No polls charged on roll of 1898; 670 Total i .'.-..'..',.....'.,". . t 784 Cash collected for polls in 1889 168 No polls charged on roll of 1899. . .'. . 916 Total .'. 1084 The excess of polls of 1899 over 1898 is 300. . ; " :' ' : : ' '--. ::: ; ' ' .-. The field W0Tk of the assessor begins on the first Monday in- March and ends on the first . Monday in September, a period of six months, which maltes it impossible for one man to travel over so large a county as Wasco and do thorough assessment work. Not only is it less ex pensive to make the assessment of. the countywith the aid -of deputies under the instructions of the assessor but it makes it possible for the assessor him self to make up his own -roll with more exactness and attention tg detail. : ' A Great Graft. - . A great deal of complaint is made by parents throughout the state at the ex: tortionate' ' prices charged for' school books, he prices being much higher in Oregon than in any of the other western states. ; Below we. give - the prices of books in Oregon and California, which show that the school book combine is working' the -''graft '-here' with: a thrift equal to that possessed by Aguinaldo.;" -. Cost of Books. :-- California. . Oreeroh. First Reader , $0 16 fO 25 Becond Reader......:...:. ... " 28 ' 40 Third Reader. : 44 : . 8 Fourth Reader . 58 80 Priruary Arithmetic. ..:.'.... ' 20' 88 Advanced Arithmetic!.-. ..... . j- h 42 .'" 65 Language Lessons.-. ,, . , 25 . 4A Grammar: ' 42 ' GA United States History.; . : 70 , - 1 00 Elementary GeogrBphy.,... . 60 , (ft Advanced Geography. ...... .' 102 ' 126 . The Other Side. . . : The following letter from Matt. P. Watson, : who. has been to Alaska for some time, to his father, Wm. P.' Wat son, proves that the paths of an Alaska miner are riot strewn with roses to any great extent: - s -; , ; .. v . ; ; .,; , . - - AfUW, B. C, Sept. 5, 1899. Dear Folks: This leaves Us all well. I ex pect to leave here in a few days for, fikagway. Can't say how long I will remain there. Brother will stay here awhile as he has some deals on hand that may prove .profitable yet. People are getting out very fast and 96 per cent are broke. , This camp sure enough. IS a poor man's cam p. The law is such that a poor labor ing man has ho show. The capitalists and of ficials are a lot of grafters; ; A good proposition ca-nnot be held by a poor man', they will swin dle him out of it by Jumping his claim, and to commence suit It costs hfm ?20 to get the case before the judge and then a lawyer at (100 or more to present the case and' if theparty that jumped has the most money his lawyer will see your lawyerj they -have an understanding and then they begin to put you 'off and talk compromise until your money is used up,- then another call for money and if you can't "ante" your case is put off again until you give it up in disgust. The officials tell you they can't help you; you must see a lawyer. - This is the .way thousands of cases are carried on and the poor devil can swear and cuss, and tell how he is beaten out of. his case. - The poor Canadian suffers the same as tbe Americans. Clerks in the recorder's office note all errors when a man files his placer or quartz claim and then some friend of theirs will be posted and he goes out and restakes your claim, then you lose it be cause it is not properly done and the clerk gets an Interest in the location providing there is anything in it. This is only a small way the thieving is done, so thousands of people leave in disgust and the hydraulic capitalist gets in and buys up a part of a creek and no more. Then they send out men to buy the balance at a very low price and if you don't want to take the price they offer you can keep it. Then you have to have your claim re-recorded at $2.60, then get a "lay-over'.' which wiU hold your claim until next June; then the season will open and if you are not here at that time your claim is declared vacant, and the hydraulic man captures it. In the meantime the hy draulic man gets a permit to tale out the water in the creek up as far as the mines are good, runs it in a flume along' the side of the hills and turnB it back in the creek somewhere above the mouth, and if you want to work your claim you have no water unless you are able to buy it from the ditch or flume company, so you lose your claim after all unless you can pay a big price for a few inches of water; If you show fight the police run you in and you get a chancS to lay In jail and think what a d- :d fool you were for coming into such a country. Such rascals would be strung up on the Ameri can side "too quick." It is a common saying, "If I ever get back under the stars and stripes I never will leave it again." I have heard many Canadians say ' they are going to the United States and take out their papers as this government is too rotten for them. You may write me at Skagway. ' . . The nights are getting cold and freezing; stormy weather threatening; Four steamboat lines are running here and fare is cheap, which is a blessing for the people. ------ . , . , , CLIPPINGS. News 'of Local Interest Erom our i . Nearby Exchanges.- j : -No political party has yet had the courage to come out ; boldly upon the servant girl issue. . , Mr." Bryan's voice has not yet been heard booming Dewey for the nomina tion for president on the democratic ticket. . . . . - Albany Herald : Local sympathizers with Aguinaldo object to being called copperheads. Well, then, how will rebels strike you, gentlemen? Some men take so much time telling what they could do if they had an op portunity, that the opportunity passes by unobserved. Salem Journal : Isn't a $5,000,000 sys tem of locks at The Dalles to let one boat a day through each way a- rather expensive government improvement? ! R.: H. Webber, who has spent the past three months in Estorf , Germany, where he went to settle un the familv estate, his father having recently died, returned last week, accompanied by nis sister, Sophia Webber. Chronicle. - About a vear aero the editor of the Eu gene Guard was married, and at that time, he referred to marriage licenses as glory tickets , now he calls them mar riage licenses : and we'll not even specu late-on what, he 1 names them a year hence. ' . : - In three years of republican adminis tration the country has doubled the highest' export mark reached in Mr. Cleveland's term. Democratic orators in their campaign speeches can hardly be expected to pay much attention to a trivial commercial incident like this, but the country is not likely to. lose sight of it.--' '. ' : , .-;;..,,'-..., The Venezuela boundary dispute is" ended.,- Venezuela gets . 100 miles of marsh land and England receives nearly 60,000 square miles of forest land. This IB understood technically as a compro mise in. which the South American re publie ought, to be glad. She is proba bly shaking hands with herself . because she is still on the map. . Our. genial friend, H. C;-. Cook, of White Salmon, visited at Goldendale last week, the guest of Assessor J. R. Jttankm. The editor has been presented with a couple of boxes of nice apples from' Mr. Cook's thrifty orchard - at White Salmon. .Mr. Cook is now build ing a handsome residence on his sightly place on the Columbia and expects soon to have the new grade completed from the bluff to Rankin's landing. Sentinel. A Goldendale editor tells the story of a young bachelor sheriff who was called upon to serve an attachment on a handsome young widow. He -called and said, "Madam, I have an attach megt for you." She blushed and Bald the at tachment was reciprocated. "You misunder stand,1 he said, "you must proceed to court." She told him she knew it was leap year, but she had rather he would do the courting. "Ma dame," lie -continued,, "this is no time for trifling, the justice is waiting." 0,1 prefer the minister," she said. "A squire married.me the first time andl had bad luck." . : FINE PAINTING. ' R. Lane, of Hood River, is nronared to do all kinds o! Artistic. Decorative. Siifn and Land scape Painting at the most .reasonable prices Give him a trial. White Salmon News. Editor Sun We. have received'your first issues pf the Son and failed to see anything from this ftr surrounding coun try, and we have faken it upon ourselves to Bend you a few news items and will from time to time, -give a brief descrip tion of different localities-in and around White Salmon. We cannot -be left out in the cold from the' fact we are on the sunny side of the Columbia river. .L We know pur present' and future fine pros pects are grand, beautiful, and extended pointa of view are khewn by" the few, therefore we trust you will pardon the seeming egbtiBiri in putting patent facts before your readers! ? We boast not, but do have big mountains, big canyons, big timber, big apples; big strawberries with big yields, and, we trust, a big-hearted people. As to our apple industry, it is yet in its infancy, but few of our orchards hav ing been properly carcf - for -one that has and gives good returns is the ot "chard of ' N. M. Wood, Bituated three miles from the Columbia river, on land where "big". timber once grew, and Mr, Wood, though an aged man, cleared and broke the land, set his orchard, tended it welf and for the past few years has sold from $300 to $500 worth of apples from "an 'area of about three acres of land each .year. '". His son-in-law, : Wm. McCoy, is clearing quite a number of acres of land to set him an orchard in addition to the one he now has adjoin ing Mr. Wood's.-t : -. Hundreds of acres of just such orchard land awaits the industrious hand of the settler, and the markets, of the world are asking for just, such apples as Mr Wood grows. ' The time is far distant when the markets will be pverstocked with No. 1 apples. The raising of good apples is not along flowery paths of ease. Eternal vigilance is the price of success. Let "excelsior'.' be our motto, and what a few have. done others can do. The fu ture is before us. . Shall we ship No. 1 apples by the car' or train, load? ' - - '':-- 1 NKWS 1TJMS.. .'':. -. '-" '"' Matt.-Wilken has had an offer tor his home place." u, . ;:. Ark Ward is hauling boom timbers for R. D. Cameron. - ."'V ..'--" ' Mrs. J. B. Montgomery of Portland is stopping at Mr. John Deitnifeir's.;. , " ' A jolly crowd of people went on a pic nic to White Salmon falls last Sunday. ? v, John Dethman of Bingen. was visiting some of his friends at Huaun, last week. ' iEolus Jewett has returned from Port land, where he had been having some dental work done. . .. Robert C. Cox is cultivating his straw berries on the Jewett ranch and intends to put out several acres more. ' r Our school is doing well under the tutorship of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Moore ; 40 pupils in attendance so far. .r -''"' -Mr. and Mrs. McFarland, of Juneau, Alaska, are guests of Mrs. Jennie Jewett, also Mrs. J. Wismer of Portland. , Allie Henderson of Bingen is increas ing his dairyr He also iraised some-of the finest potatoes in the county. , The telephone line which is being put in from .The Dalles to Lyle will be ex tended on down to White Salmon. , ; . We understand the "Burdoye road" is soon to be" opened and thus make a shorter road to his place and on to Lyle. - Robert Thurman and family have just returned from the hop-fields in Yakima county. 'They bring home good reports and expect to return next year. Jack Percy has just finished his new house and now his son Johnnie is putr ting up one on a claim adjoining his father's.- Wonder who the housekeeper is to be? , - . ' " ''::'. - ' Hon. E. S. Joslyn of Colorado Springs, the first owner of the Byrket ranch, is on a business trip to' he Coast, and is now visiting his brother-in-law, J. R.. Warner. -: -' ' - - . The Mormons are getting in their work-in good shape around here. Mr. Huff's two bright young girls united and were baptised into the church Sunday the 8th, also Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson. . - Several families of White Salmon who were at the hop-fields have returned. Mr. and Mrs. Marble who went to the hop-fields in the Willamette Valley in tend to stay in Portland for the winter for the advantage at - sending their daughter to school. ,.'' ''. -Mordecai '. Jones has .- the finest log house in these parts,.8x48 feet, two stories high, with a huge fireplace.- He is now caulking it with oakum, making; it snug and warm for the coming winter. Mr. Jones is soon to go bear hunting "at the snow line on Mtv Adams, in com-' pany with, MnBaulflpw of Lyle, Wash.," and a gentleman frotn JjewYork and one from Philadelphia. " Mr. Jones and wife are very fond of hunting. . I. D. Clark. Notice to Teachers, For the purpose of -educational ad vancement, by fraternal intercourse of teachers, a movement toward the Organ ization of a local teachers' association has been started by Prof. C." D. Thomp son, principal of the Hood River public schools. "The " following letter is ad dressed to teachers throughout this sec tion of the county: ; : ;. '.- - . r Dear Fellow Tbacher: - .: ''.'. Believing much valuable information may be had from the organization of a local teachers' association I have, at the suggestion of several teachers, taken the liberty to ask you to meet with us at the public school building at Hood River, on Saturday Oct. 21, 1899, at 1 :30 p. m., for the purpose of organizing a teachers' association. '"....- - If you are interested in this line of work, kindly honor us with your pres ence, or if you cannot come that day please drop us a line signifying your willingness to help us.".; . ;.: x Very respectfully, ".:. . c. d. thom IHOMPSON.- It is a certainty that President Mc Kinley in his December message to con gress will recommend and urge the con struction of the Nicaragua canal and the trans-Pacific cable. These are import ant measures hi: which the Pacific coast states are deeply interested. . - DRY GOODS - DEPARTMENT. We have the largest and best selected Stock of. DR5T GOODS, LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, NOTIONS, . . Ever shown - in . Eastern Oregon and. we Solicit the patronage of the people of - . I Hood River and Vicinity, , And wish to call attention to the constantly offering - "' RARE BARGAINS in each Department and will furnish through our Mall Order Department, sample of any and all goods as promptly as is pos sible, particularly . DRESS GOODS, which; we make a - specialty of. If you will pay strict attention to our advertisement in this paper you will surely find many good things from time to time which will interest you. i Mosier Mutterings. Harry Powers and family and J. P. Wynn returned last week from the har vest fields of Umatilla county. .; , W. Q. Hunter has arrived from Mon tana, being called to the bedside of his mother, who was very low last week. Mr. Jones, of the O. R. & N. Co., at Viento, spent a . day in the suburbs re cently. Some attraction up this way, eh? ; W. W. Stevenson, commonly known as .Big ism, returnea trom tlie la- louse, country last week the same old Billy, with a smile and kind word for every one. '-. . . A, M. Roop has filed on 'and intends improving what is known as jates' flat, located on the county road between this place and Hood River, and intends going into the "poultry -business. . . . John -McNeil, of The Dalles, spent t; day or two last week visiting friends in these parts. John was with our boys when they made the gallant charge on San Juan hill, being at that time in the regular army. He relates some interest ing reminiscences relating thereto. Grandma Evans passed away about midnight on the 2nd, surrounded by children and grand-children. She was in her 73dyear. She leaves three ons and two daughters who live with their families in this community, beside other children in the east. . Those living here are Leander, Ira D. and. S. E. Evans, and Mesdames F. M. Hunter and C. G. Graham, J , Funeral services were con ducted by Elder Stark, of the Christian Church, on Wednesday the 4th, Almost the entire community attended the ser vices. Mr, Evans died here about two years ago. : ;. A, 1. 2. East Side Snapshots. ' "' ' ' :--. (Pine Grove.) H. Hardesty and family have moved onto the place belonging to . Mrs. Hastings. . - . " ' Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Wells, Mrs. L. Silliman and Miss Maybee Silliman took a trip overland to The Dalles, last week. Miss Thurman has been quite Sick for the last few weeks, but ,we are glad to report" that Bhe ' is now improving rapidly. ' ' -" Mr. H. Henegan is about finishing his contract , for hauling 300 cords of wood belonging to the mortgagees of the G. D. Woodworth property. ' Warren WTells is gathering his apple crop this week, Mr. Wells expects to harvest between 400 and 500 boxes which will not be a bad marker for an off year. Sam Kershaw is here from his gold mine on upper John Day river where he has been doing development work for the last two years. Mr. Kershaw will do one or two months work on his ranch while here.. Mrs. Jerome Wells has returned from Portland, where she was taking treat ment in one of the hospitals. Mrs. Wells is reported not much improved, but her many friends hope for a speedy recovery. "- ... . " .... . Mr. Geo.. Knapp came down from Sherman county last week, and is visit ing his son-in-law Virgie Wenchell and family." Mr. Knapp, while here, will superintend the erection of a new dwell ing house for Mr. Wenchell. - . ..--".-'.:. ... -- U. WHIZ. Cascade Lox Explosions. .' - Thomas Coyle has returned home after several weeks absence. . Alvin Benson has returned to attend business after two weeks of sick leave. T. W. Badder is laved up in bed with three broken ribs, caused by scuffling. E. 15. - Wood made a flying trip to Hood River and The Dalles, Saturday afternoon, returning Sunday morning. , P. Aug- Nelson went to Portland to the Good Samaritan Hospital, accom panied by Judge Stout, on last Friday's boat. Contractor Taylor received a couple of new engines this week and as soon as they are placed in position Mr. Taylor intends putting on a full force of men.. The Stripper. fact that we are - . -v- ..- CHILDRENS EFORE BUYING YOUR .CALL And get Their Prices. .They have A Soots and Shoes, Rubber Goods, Dry Goods, Staple' arid Fancy Groceries, Flour and Feed. These goods were bought At the Old Stand, - W. E. S HER RILL' New Furniture at Portland Prices. 'QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS" is our motto. -MY- FURNITURE, Paints, Oils, . Builders' Supplies,. Etc. Is complete and not equaled between Portland and The Dalles A firstclass. mechanic ready to do all kinds of repairing, and new work either by the job or by the day. " Shingles and Finishing Lum6er . - ' Constantly on Hand. . W. E. SIIEHRILL'S FUKMTUKE STOUE, . Rooms on Oak Stmet and Skcond Street, flood River, Or, " - Glacier Pharmacy. Paints, Oils -AND- Wall Paper. Prescriptions and Family llcclpes Carefully Com pounded. CHAS. N. CLARKE, - FURNISHING GOODS - DEPARTMENT. . You'll -not need much after you are lead.' ' -We can fill your want while you ars alive. . . In the lino of clothing we ttwrfy the largest Unil test selected stock of MEX'S, &UTl8 And BOYS' CLOTHING in Eastern Oregon, ' " COMPRISING : ' MT?MQ"" w0l t'beviot "tuts u Sluej Ulatk, Gray O ad Fancy Mixed at $5.00, $7.oO aiid $9.8o, IVTFN'Q Fine worsted in Black Bnd .BliW Fancy Stripe ... and Checks at- $8.50, $10.50, $15.00 and $17.85. YOUTHS' A11 '00' Su'H'" '",tebt styles' and -ma terials at prices rurtging from-" - - ; $3.50 to $15.50. - Suit.nl ill all the' Latest $ovel ties. Special attention givbjt to mail dHDEits.. All eoouri . MARKKD IN PLAIN KIGUKBS. : ' ' SUPPLIES FOR WINTER ON full stock o. right and will he sold right. HOOD RIVER, OR. AT- s, STOCK OF- Pure Drugs May not mean anything. Soma drugs may be pure, but if not fresh they are worse than useless. We buy only in such quantities as will insure always 'keeping the stock fresh. -It may do td experiment w3i some things, but not with pre scriptions. One wrong one ftraj" , make further doses unnecessary Our prescriptions are carefully" prepared by a registered Phamt-' cist who knows drugs and thdr uses thoroughly. . . Sundries Stationery Supplies. Toilet Articles In latest designs. Prop.rHood River, Or-