t i
I! I
n
i niiiiiiiM l i kw i ! Mi.j,i,LKj y.MJCl,t. An in me task of increasing the reve-LVn ?, m':t nrnmnnuH.
ftnd daring that time there have
been two severe winters, tilling a
large amount of stock. Aud tak-
one rear with another, during the
pett fetor, at least one-half the flour
aiul nearly all the bacon aud lard
that ba9 been consumed has been
(hipped in from other counties.
Yet there has not been a single
business failure, nor has there been
on an average of a half dozen fore
closures of mortgages a year in the
county.
There must be some natural ad
vantages possessed by a country
'which can pass through such dis
advantages and still come out with
as good a record as this has. And
the only conclusion one can reach
is that the natural resources of the
country are good, and the advan
tages it possesses over reach allots
drawbacks in the way of dry sea
sons and severe winters. The
wealth of this country is comprised
in its grass, which affords an al
most unlimited range, where flocks
and herds can subsist almost with
out care or attention from nine to
eleven months each year, and bring
a handsome annual income to their
owners.
. Here there arc thousands of acres
of free range where stoek can run
at will and without expense the
greater portion of the year, and all
the land the owner need have is a
small place where he can raise suf
ficient hay to feed his stock through
occasional storms. In many lo
calities such places can be had
merely by taking up the govern
ment land, while in others improved
land can be bought at from $5 to
. $10 per acre. Yet the great major
ity of well-to-do immigrants who
come to Oregon locate in Willam
ette valley and buy land that costs
them from $25 to $50 an acre.
They invest a fortune in a farm,
and after the' get it have to make
slaves of themselves in order to
make a living. But if they would
come to the interior of Oregon, in
vest ,a few hundred dollars in land
and the rest in stock, they could
not only make a living with less
work but would also realize Bome
profit on their investments.
A country that has gone through
what this has and come out with
all it businessmen whole and its
farmers and ranchers making more
than a living is certainly one, of
the best countries in the world, arid
offers abundant inducements to the
Lome hunter who is in search of a
location where he can make invest
ments that are certain to bring him
ft good returns.
unusually large attendance was
present, the matter after having
been studdied for f some days by a
committee was thoroughly dis
cussed in open meetiug, and the
result wa3 that the secretary's ideas
were unanimously indorsed. Re
publicans and democrats took part
in the discussion, the last repub
lican ever elected governor of Cali
fornia presided, but not a single
man said a word in behalf of what
Reed, McKinley and the other
young politicians who are propos
ing to read Blaine out of the party
assert to be the only orthodox re
publican doctrine.
Mr. Morrow, Mr. McKenna, Mr.
Dellaven and Mr. Vandever will
please take notice that when the
tariff bill as amended gets back to
the house the Chamber of Com
merce of San Francisco, without
distinction of party, will expect
them to support the plan of reci
procity. The chamber's request is
addressed to all the senators and
representatives from the Pacific
coast. The republican senators
from Nevada, Oregon, Washington
and Montana are strong enough,
with the help of the democrats, to
amend the McKinley bill in accord
ance with Mr. Blaine's advice. Al
though they do not directly repre
sent California they might natur
ally be expected on a commercial
question to pay some heed to the
advice of the leading commercial
body of the metropolis of the coast.
It is gratifying to see that it is
possible for the merchants of this
city to act together in a matter vi
tally affecting their interests, but
complicated to some extent by po
litical considerations. If busiriesB
and working men generally can
once begin to look at the tariff ques
tion without party prejudice, Mr.
McKinley may as well take to the
woods.-
icreasing
nuei instead" of trying to reduce
them. V.
It is rather humiliating to the
American people to have England
say this government shall not
persue its former policy in Behring
sea, yet we wirll probably have to
stand it. since we are not abla to
cope with the old country in a war,
or even to maintain a respectable
i defensive policy. In its infanc'
the United States whiped England
twice, but now, since we have be
come one of the most powerful
nations in the world, we are told
our naval forces are too weak for us
to even attempt to defend our sea
coast and Alaskan possessions, apd
must submit to England's dicta
tions until a navy can be built.
Senator Plumb is trying to get
the remains of General Grant re
moved to Arlington national ceme
tery. It seems to us that Grant
lead a sufficiently active life to en
title him to a peaceful repose in the
grave, and Mr. Plumb ought to let
the old general's remains rest where
they are. Grant Plumb his request
and it will soon become fashionable
to dig Grant up and re-inter him,
and the first thing we know every
town that wants to boom itself or
its cemetery will be asking for his
remains to be laid away for a time
in its repository for the dead.
Leavenworth to Junction City, a
third of the length of the state,
without taking his feet from mort
gaged ground, except when he
crosses a county road or a railroad.
A man in Seattle has invented a
musical corset. He says it is im
possible foMt young man to put
his arm around any of his daugh
ters' waists without getting a 60ng
and dance thrown in, which can
I
easily be heard in an adjoining
room.
A farmer in Milton recently
drank three bottles of Jaraaca gin
ger to drive away the "blues." He
afterwards went to sleep in the
barn and a cow laid down on him
and broke two of his ribs, and he
has not been able to do any work
since. Athena Republican.
Any man can in the Willamette
valley, with sixty acres of fairly
good land, properly divided up and
persistently and intelligently cul
tivated, make fully enough to sup
port an ordinary family. Nearly
all our farmers are skimming over
too much ground, and wasting too
much that ought to be utilized.
Dallas Itemizer.
Farmers of Oregon have cause to
feel in good spirits this year. The
wheat crop is heavy and the prices
are advancing. A grain dealer of
Albany says that the wheat of Linn
county is of as good quality as ever
harvested. The grain is plump
and is free from wild onts or weeds.
7 V -I Vlt lOi
the first of
attended to.
Offic First door north of Dew Drop
Saloon, Pritieville.
Charges Keasomable.
Tanner was a beacon star com
pared to the present commissioner
' ircumuuo. iunncij wno giiivitus r i(10 pnee in tout CUV
to the old soldiers and his extrava- small choir;5 lot
gance was in a raid on the treasury i
in their behalf. Raum seems to be
taking care of himself, linir g his
own pockets and letting the old sji
diers tussle with the pension agent
sharps as best themay. RoMvrj
liview.
the week ior 09 cents.
l -i Tn camp in the
las of Salem
American people claim a great
amount of independence socially
And a distaste for anything con
nected with hereditary honors or
eavoring of princes, lords or dukes,
tut the way New York is preparing
In this enlightened and humane
age one can hardly realize that
there is a civilized nation on earth
that tortures its criminals, yet the
Russian government has been
shown to be most cruel to its Sibe
rian exiles, and the following ac
count of the Turkish prison at Us
kub, Macedonia, shows that nation
persecutes its criminals with a se
verity equal to that practiced dur
ing the dark ages : "A correspond
ent of the London News succeeded in
gaining admission into the build
ing, and found it contained 149
cells, occupied by 1811 prisoners,
or over 12 to the cell. The unfort
unate victims are sent there to be
confined from one to ten years each,
but so great is the suffering from
Congress recently created nine
fat offices, for what purpose no one
has yet explained, unless it is to
give employment to hungry poli
ticians who could not be otherwise
provided for. They are known as
"appraisers of custom?," and F. N.
Shurtleff, of Fortiand, is one of the
. ! fortunates to whom the new plum
has fallen.
The house has taken at least one
precautionary step. That is the
passage of the national bankruptcy
bill. The nation will have to go
through bankruptcy if the present
extravagance is kept up another
year.
LINN W. WOODS'
SAlsOO,
MAIN STREET. PKISEVILIj:, OREGOS
KEEPS OS HAND THE
CJHOISEST VIES,
blQUOStB
eiSAFS.
FANCY MIXED DRINKS
Prepared by an experienced barkeeper.
rf IjJE BlblalrD TBbE
EbEGtflT CbUB rOOJVIS
For the accommodation of cus
tomers.
Special attention to filling orders
by mail.
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STORE
This census business would be a
good joke, ludicrous enough to
laugh at, if it were not for the fact
that Oregon is likely to lose a con-
barbarity of the keepers and the! gressman by reason of the miserable
total disregard of sanitary laws
that one rarely outlives five years.
The greater number were stark
naked and chained by the ankles
and wrists. There were also under
to entertain Prince George, second ground cells reserved for the worst
fson of the Prince of Wales, and the I prisoners, in order to force confes
voy our independent Americans j sions when wanted. It is also cus-
fviU tody to him is certainly evi-; totnary to chain men all day in the
deuce that we have a good many
"prinee worshipers" in America.
Prince George is hobnobbing along
the Atlantic .coast, and though
worthy of no more attention than
any other young iaa who has, by
Application to his calling or profes
sion, cUtnbcd to eminence, will be
the adored of society ia the East so
scorching sun, and in suih a man
ner that they cannot move."
Congress has dealt generously
with pensioners and also 'with pen
sion agent in its allowance to them
of $10 in every case under the de
pendent pension bill. So generous
is the allowance that a thrifty pen
sion agent advertises for "active
Ion.: as he deigns to erace America
with his presence. ijiii!y because ! ier30ns ia everi' town" to druin UP
he is the son n f,,.tur0 ti the business and offers them
-i . .m I tlie fee en every case they send
The trouble betweejn GuaiumaJa I hiui, while another offers to go into
And San Salvador has bought the j partnership with J.he country news-
ucr iiu-etrgvve.ru wuAts.o; enj raj-: papers, tfcey to advertise for per
botch. Salem Statesman.
In Massachusetts there are 75,
000 more women than men. That
would be a glorious place for seme
of those fellows who want to have
four or five women at once.
XOTES AND SEWS.
The Chemeketa hotel of Salem
has been leased by a Mr. Wagner,
recently from California.
The citizens of Jacksonville have
paid the $1000 required to buy the
site of the proposed Presbyterian
college.
three of .tho .fciiingle makers are
young iaJieii; ?aeh- of whom turns
out 'her- 2w00 shingles per day.
Soiiic might consider that as mas
culine work and degrading to a
woman, but why so? The fact is
that energetic, progressive women
must ana win nna more avenues
through which to live independent
of help from others. Dallas Item
izer. .
Sonflthi mi grants hunting in the
mountains between the McKenzie
and Camp creek recently, found
the Winchester rifle that belonged
to the lost hoy, Thomas Judkins.
It will be remembered, says the Al
bany Herald, that Judkins never
returned from a hunting trip sev
eral yeras ago, and that his remains
were alterwards found. A man
with him also soon after disan-
peared, and it was thought that, he
made away with Judkins and left
with the gun. It was filled with
cartridges.
While Klamath county is boast
ing of her beautiful grain raised at
an altitude of 4000 feet above the
sea, Goose Lake farmers will soon
harvest a crop, that for quality,
cannot be surpassed in the world,
and grown from land over 5000 feet
above the sea. When it comes to
altitude and magnificent distances,.
ijaae county lanes tne cane, ana
her hay, grain,-vegetables and fruit
crop, will all compare favorably
with the best and most favored
sections of the country. Lahviem
Examiner.
- W. H. RQWAN, t
DEALER IS
STOVES AND RANGES, TIN
WARE, GRANITE IRON
WARE, SHELF HARD
WARE, PUMPS,
PIPE, ETC.
Also a fine line of fishing tackle.
MANUFACTURER OK
All Kinds of Tinware, Camp
Stoves and Camp- Outfits.
Pump work, repairing and
all job work
done on short notice.
S. W. R. Jones, a wealthy old
farmer living near Silverton, was
worked by sharps last week for
$5000. They worked a Louisiana
half j rilt(TY c rvfT (Til nri "him
.w.v.j . u.' J va. .......
The president has appointed Ed
gar J. Sommerville, James P.
Bushee and James B. Eddy, all of
Pendleton, Or., a commission to
ED. N. WHITE
MAIN STREET, PKIXEVII.LE, OREGON
PROPRIETOR OF THE
POPULAR RESORT fORjAtLL
who wish
A good cigar,
A nice refreshing drink,
A game of billiards, or
A social game of cards..
Club Rooms for Carries.
Call early, late and often.
WIDE-AWAKE TRADESMEN
AiUierica into the COntr.oyerV. And Lans entitled ta benefits and he tr
jkw the five JitUt saJiGn.sai.!Rec.,ireithe pension for half the fee aPP" ana classlI' ltie residue
Wgbi to be vorkj.nfr to ea,ch otherU ajsd e closes h proposition to Ih
Advantage are aAWWSt to sword's ; publisher with the remark that
points. All fiy.e .of the Gcn.tr.ai -'.were ato millions n H."
.Americay countries have .ari iahah
jtaucc little greater iUatof.the.e.tate
-ctfJJew Yorlvand instead of fiit
ing mong .theuistd ycsoBght to c.ou
y.idate under ene gwer.psne.rvt..
There is no .one in congress who
is more familiar with treasury .ques
tions ibau .Senator Carlisle, and
.whuA ho says .of Xhe prospective
lands ot tne Umatilla reservation
John Reansey was thrown from a
horse at Centralia on the 9th of
July .and had his leg broken. On
the 26th .amputation of the injured
member was found to be necessary,
and Le .died during the operation.
Stockmen in the higher foot hills
of Jackson county are complaining
f.n.a:rjciai!IcondiiUon.cf .the .country
John Mirtto, ex-siiwiff.of Ma--ought to be .considered 1 as coming!
rWn .county, has been ppc-intedliftoruilhe best authority. He says the .black gnats, which almost
weigher, ajed .gauger of the Portland the regular and permanent appro- j-9"?e lie -cattle distracted this sum
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rap
cn8tei$3 house hy vGu.Ueotor,of -ua-0.06
i;ir;liait, wbo .wgs .sw.uxn n.-
priations ior the year will amount j mer- i.he.v parUcaif rly bad on
to 469,000.000. If to this are ' "PPer Butte creek a.:id fc .the Dead
;adiled ,th.s.W.9ttts .which, on a low Ipti-cn country..
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BtRGfcHWG FOB. A "SUCKER'
-AT THE-
i BRICK STORE.
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URBN & SON
Desire to Close Out Their
Business in Prineville,
And Wil Sell for
Cash Only.
-AGENTS FOR TIIF-
MITCHELL WAGON
AXD-
UFEjM & SOJJ.
FULLER & CO.
SUCCESSORS TO
STEWART & DAVIS
DEALERS IN
bars ieamcd by experience tint the only waterproof
coat thry can sell to a cowboy or hunter i tlie
Pomm.l Slic.rr with the "KUh Grand" Trad
Mark on it. They are the best waterproof saddle
coats eer made. They keep the saddle, the
horse's back, and the rider thoroughly dry and
warm. No saddle sorwS from the calling wet
aafiul. Wiitn uvd a walkinz coau the cz-
ttnii,m front buttons back, and t'.ie Slicker a
chafed at cnee tu an ordinary coat. - Just try
mi, Ov;y tost but little and i:l prevent colds,
fevers, rheumatism, and other rcsuits to exposure
to the weather, lieoare i f worthless imitations,
every rarnisnt stamped with " Fish itrand " Trade
Mark. XJfa't accept anv iaferior coat when yju
can have the ' Fish If rand Slicker" delivered
without extra cost. I-articulari and illustrated cal
aloc.es free.
A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mass.
General Merchandise.
AGENTS FOR
Company
Doong s Restaurant,
IN THE
CARY HOUSE,
Prixevili-e, Oregon,
Ah DOONG, Proprietor.
The restaurant is first-class in
every respect, and the tables always
supplied with the best the market
affords.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given to the preparation and
serving of
BALL SUPPERS and
PRIVATE DINNERS.
Meals served at all hour, day or
night.
Eagle Woolen Mil
Schuttler Wagons and
Buckeye Mowers & Reapers
FULLER
& CO.
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