A BallroHd t or Prlnrillc.-Cona-vatlve
AnvweriMl.
I notice a stricture in the Review
on my court house suggestion, ny
one styling himself "Conservative."
Now since every man hos a right
to his own oninions ami not to
, court a controversy with any one
' over what should be common in
terest to all, I will say that my
r rH.lo ,w written ill answer to
the question, how to keep the
county seat and how to secure a
permanency and prosperity to our
city, providing the railroads give
us the "go by," as they wem to ne
iilannine to do.
Ami nines "Con" (wo will call
him that for short) began by say
ing that he endorsed every word,
svlklilfl and letter therein. We
are at a loss to understand his ar
ticle except upon the theory that
he either did not understand his
what the term "endorse" signifies,
or that he did not care for his
word.
The latter might be "inferred,
since he says that "our courthouse
is as commodious and convenient
in every way as Laue, Linn, Ben
ton & etc." Now that is so ex
cept that it isn't. Either of these
counties mentioned have court
houses that could take our build
ing into their first story and then
have room to stow away some of
our other fine buildings in . the
same departments without having
to go up stairs at alL
Perhaps our !Con," like his
countryman namesake, wuz quoit
yung whin he wuz borrn over in
the emerald ebfoot country and
things looked big then since the
moss grew even on public build
ings and it was a good many years
ago, before the wise men came
from the east; and when they did
begin to come it was a long time
before they could be persuaded to
invest their capital where the moss
grew on everything, even the con
servative settler's back!
Here we have a county several
times as big as the ones cited by
"Con," and with several times their
resources and advantages to manu
facturers and advancement that
. outclass anything "Webfoot" ever
dreamed of. The days are at hand
and the progressive men that call
for rapid advancement in order
to keep abreast of the coming pop
ulation that are now entering our
doers. My three previous articles
were written to answer anxious
questions of busiuess men whose
interests are here in Prineville.
The majority of population will
eventually be and that in the not
far distant future, along the Des
chutes. Conservative men are now
saying that the county seat will be
moved, and I do not say that it
will not be for the interests of the
county to move it eventually, but
what I have written I have written
in the interests of Prineville and
the days are not far distant when
it will be seen that the advice was
not larger than the occasion de
manded to maintain the status quo,
as well as the adjustment for the
future.
Our Rip Vanwinkle "Cons" will
wake up to see greater lights than
Aladdin's lanterns and stronger
cords of influence than "sjiider
webs" when the C. S. , Jy. goes
whistling up the Deschutes and the
irrigation ditches come seeping
through ten thousand farms down
the desert's fertile soil. But if we
all, like "Con", lull ourselves off to
sleep with the assurance that some
thing will turn up "beyond a ques
tion of doubt," then we deserve to
be left in the "wilderness" fyrty
years longer.
The man who .raises a family
does just whit "Con" says he does
not. Now if "Con" had a wife and
children, vhich I suspect he has'nt,
(for such generally claim to know
how it is done better than those
who have better than a dozen,) he
would be at work this blessed day
of grace acquiring all tne territory
he could lay hold of f jr future oc
cupation. Just the thing to do
while it can be had in close proxi
mity to his investment and home
stead. So with Prineville, wc want
to keep what we have and get what
we can while it may be had with
advantage for future progeny and i
and coming population, both for, a
pleasing effect upon the eye and
substantial effect to the pocketbook
of those who the shares if you
please, as well as for those who are
able to buy, but furnish and pro
duce a commodity that makes life
worth living and the buying worth
while.
Come now "Con," the Camel is
young and large and strong and
can stand tons of bay, not to kick
at a few straws the like of which
your well meaning writer is tick
ling him with,
K. A. C.
The Oilier Side.
Will "Jack" Matthews, if he
should succeed in placing Mr. Ban
croft, who has been "a large em
ployer of men" in the place that
Mi. A. B. Croasman occupies as
postmaster of Portland, hand Har
vey Scott a gilded cube?
This is the problem .that is per
plexing "large numbers of men,"
who have not been in Mr. Ban
croft's employ nor in the employ
of the corporation he represents.
.State Senator McBride is not say
ing a word, but he knows that he
alone holds the key to the situation
the United States marshal's
office. Mr Scott thinks that lie
knows what he is going to get from
his new found friend "Jack" but
he really isn't "on" a little bit.
Itis openly predicted that the
wolf's long howl on Unalaska's
shore will not be a mouse squeak
compared with the roar that will
go forth from the tower when the
Senatorial package that Jack has
in his valise for the editor is de
livered. Mr. Bancroft has been' too busy
with the large numbers of men he
has in his employ to bother with
politics much. He is working
hard on his freight bills and pay
rolls and leaving his fate in the
hands of Senator Mitchell and
Congressman Tongue. In the in
terim of political sallies the De
partment of Justice is working on
jack's case and trying to find out
where that resignation is and who
uvjt the back date on it. The ad
ministration moves slow and Mat
thews will not be told to keep his
fingers out of the political pie until
the department makes an investi
gation on its own account.
But the fight against Croasman
on the ground that Mr. Bancroft
has been an employer of large
numbers of men is creating a smile
all over town. The laugh has
reached Washington and has had
a bad effect on Bancroft's cam
paign. The deal between John
"Buttinsky" Matthews and Mr.
Scott has not helped the cause of
the employer of men and it has
materially assisted Croasman.
A short time was spent among
the business men of Portland this
morning by a Daily Journal repre
sentative in which inquiry was
made as to whether or not Mr.
Croasman has made a satisfactory
postmaster. No particular class
of business men was selected, hut
the question was put to all classes
from the largest to the smallest,
and the same old response came
promptly, "perfectly satisfied."
It was not a man here and there
or persons selected with a know
ledge of how they stood, or a know
ledge of their political belief, but
the question was put to every one
met that was idle a sufficient
length of time to give the question
consideration and give an answer.
Clerks and persons present when
the inquiry was made could not
resist joining in the indorsment of
Mr. Croasman, and many times
the statement was made: "It is
only politics an attempt to dis
place a good officer who has given
universal satisfaction to the people
just to satisfy a clique of politi
cians." "It is a shame and an im
position upon the )eopIe," said
many others.
The general sentiment of Hie
lieople the universal sentiment,
it may well be said, for the oppo
sition is too small to l considered
against the whole, is against turn
ing out Mr. Croasman at this time.
In fact the people do not believe
in bartering so important an office
that is supjKieed to be already in
the hands of the republican party
among a lot of the cheapest and
most corrupt political ringsters the
state ever had, Not only the re
spectable element ol the Ropul
liean party demanded that Oroas
man bo retained, hut the rank and
tile of the party demand it; and
the Democrats knowing that the
Republicans are entitled to the
postollice and that Croasman
also entitled to it, and that he is
worthy and the best mail for the
place, are unanimous in their Blip
port for him.
If Croasman is turned out one of
the gravest political errors in the
history of Oregon will be com
mitted Portland Journal.
Abraham Lincoln once declined
the )osition of governor of Oregon
Territory. This is not generally
known, but it is none the less true.
After the office bad been refused by
John Marshall afterwards chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States it was tendered to
the great "rail splitter." His reply
came characteristically: "No sir
ee! ' Lincoln refused the pes. turn
not from any lack of appreciation
of the honor or unwillingness to
bear the responsibility. The real
cause was the unwillingness of his
wife to undergo the hardships of a
trip across the plains and priva
tions of life in the far west. In
other ways, Lincoln's life touched
the history of Oregon. His birth
occured in the same year 1809
in which John Jacob Astor con
ceived the plan of fitting out the
ship Tonquin for trade in the Ore
gon country. Exactly fifty years
from Lincoln's birthday, Oregon
was admitted as a state. Again,
when Lincoln was inagurated
president of the United States, he
was introduced to the eople by
Oregon's first senator, Colonel E
D. Baker. And during the cam
paign one of the candidates for
vice-president on an opposition
ticket was Ex-Governor Lane, whom
Lincoln had been asked to succeed
in office. Pacific Monthly.
Siw Death 3ear
"It ofteu made my heart ache,"
writes L. C. Overstreet, ol Elgin,
Tenn., "to hear my wife cough until
it seemed her weak and sore lung
would collapse. Good doctors said she
was so fait gone with Consumption
that no medicine or earthly help could
save her, but a friend recommended
Dr. King's New Discovery and jwrsis
tent use of this excellent medicine
saved her life." It's absolutely guar
nr. teed lor coughs and all throat and
lung diseases. 50c and $1.00 at Adam
son A Wiunek Co. Trial bottles free.
Married In California.
Joseph Richmond Whitney and
Miss Zella Emile Wood were united
in marriage at the residence of the
bride's brother, Arthur W. Wood,
at 527 South Flower Btreet, in 1.03
ngeles, California, on Monday
evening. December 22, 1H02. Rev.
Dr. Mclntyre, of Los Angeles, per
formed the ceremony, which 'was
witnessed by only a few relatives.
The groom is one of the propri
of the Herald and state printer
elect. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wood, of this
city, and a most worthy and ac
complished young lady. They
will spend their honymoon visiting
in California and will return to
Oregon about January 1. Their
home will be in Salem, where the
duties of Mr. Whitney'" office re
quire his residence. They have
the best wishes of all for a happy
and prosperous wedded life. Al
bany Herald.
Purtneritlitp Dissolution
Nut ice is hi1 ruby given Unit I lie
firm and iurtn;rnhi of Willey
and Dee, consign; of Cbiirb-nM.
Willey and John W. Dee, doing u
gunenil khw mill buHineHh on Wil
low Creek, Crook county, Oregon,
has been this day dissolved by
mutual consent, Cbarlen M. Willey
retiring from the firm. All ac
counts due naid firm will be col
lected and receipted by John AV.
Dee, and all account owing by
said firm will be paid by John W.
Dee.
John W. Dee.
Charles M. Willey.
Dated December 10th, 1902.
A Thanksgiving
Surprise
Br (LISA AIMSTIONO ItMOUM.
00 T7TT ADyoua pktiMnlTlmnkntiivl.iti
E
this ytttr: qucrwtt tut mtlt
Wo mttu in blue.
'M'no, wt dnltiV ttwt ii,
tjitl not, though my luilmi liulm viMr
timv he think of it, mi hen l leiial. miht hnvo
(Mijivvcii it," rrpltrd the tall wmimu lit lirm n.
"Oh, well mine men nru llutt way; tiuw
will Iniitfiml anything, Hut what Iim''mioiI f
Iul your cook go out of ontt door a the tur
key earn in by another"
"Nothe did not letw, but her grand
mother' second couiin'i wife diedtt ii
ttrfthfie what mortality there u in her fam-
COULD COOK DINNER LATER.
ily at holiday timet. She tatd the funeral
would be over At noon on ThBiikiiivtntrlay,
and if 1 wanted her to he could lie at home
to cook dintier for me 1.1 itntiuiei luUr, At
her gr uiotuoiher'i eeond euunti live ten
mile uttiiy, however, 1 commie red that
doubtful.
"So you juit made a firtue of neceMily.
Oh. well, you Gin at lentt remind her of it
the next time that you haverompany."
"Ve-e. if she hnpieiif to tw villi me that
lung. Anyhow, it did not item to matter
greatly, bceau- each Tiiutikf;Tvtiig day
id nee our murriuge w have dined with my
linkuii' nier. We originally or ranged
t hnt we were to entertain eiti'h other on al
ternate TmutkKiviii(i. and 1 nave aiwuye
iiuuic it a (mint to f.y mch tiniei we lat
down to dinner, 'Now, you muni all din
with me next TtunUgiviRtf day. i will take
no reltial.' Oh, 1 am alwayi eery careful
to keep an nt(reemenl."
"Oh, and did they "
"Well, er no. You ee I am to forgetful
that when Anna would lay in a tort ofrft
t.itmjr tort of a way, ai Thnnk-givir g dy
drew en r: 'Well, are you and .lhn Hiid t he
children coming over an uual on TiiuimU)?'
I would juat hasten to reamure the good eoul
on that point. Hut I never failed to give
them all a cordial invitRtion for the next
year."
"Oh. I tee."
"Yen. Well, thi year 1 did not bapen
to ee Anna, but I knew it would be all
tiffin . eopci-iiilly ai 1 had ahown myielf o
friei.dly each year. Kowhett John began
to Uik of Tiiankigiviiig 1 tld him tl;al
Anna would be hurt if we failed to' come.
She does her own work, you know, and hai
no cook to go off and urmet things. John
had brought home a fine turkey, but'
'that would keep until Lii.iay.
"So I thought. Well, we started early In
order thai Anna nug'iL he uite aure of us
when she sUrU'd to He pit re dinner,"
Oh, so you reaily went:
"We did. John urnl I have heea married
14 yearn now: he know it i Triest tot'" what
I ay the lirst time I my it. 1 day,
you remember, was cold and wjnuy, and
we were chilled through with our long drive
and the cUidren were quite fretful when
we arrived to "
To find a glowing fire, a warm welcome
and a good dinner. How nice; quit like i
bit out of a Ktory (wok."
To find the place deoerted: not a soul at
home! I was never o enraged in my life
I always did hate a lack of hoopitatity. I
wanted to go on to hit uuut's, but Jobu wtid
we would go home, and he said it in sucb a
lone that we bad driven a mile before I
caught my breath."
'Ofi, well, you could cool your temper by
givir.g him a cold dinner."
T nit w:ij what 1 resolved to do, but. if
you will be!i(-ve it, w:ien we reached home
we found An nil, witn her hi!lmnil nnd all
im' r 'liMren only two Unc tntia wp have
e'u;ti; waiting for us on the rorrh!
S ie f.ii.i that my inviintion on lout Tne.isk-
giviiR d;i ta.i b'-en mm-'i a pi cuing one
thit che v njhl not lirnl it in her heart to
dt,i point me! So I actually I r.d to go to
.wdi k :tnd get up a dinner for her wtio.e
fa nit y a well as my own. Did you ever
hear of Mien an impaction on good nutuic
in your life?"
'mutton for O K. dc H, Men.
Portland, Dec. 20. The veteran
in the service of the Oregon Rail
road and Navigation company will
receive the coninlitncntH of the
Christmas weapon for the company
in the shape of an official notice of
the inauguration of a new pension
Bystem beginning January 1st,
1903. The information wtis given
out by Pr. sident A. II. Mohlcr to
day. The circular says:
"On January 1st, lUO'I, the Ore
gon Kailroad and Navigation com
pany will establish a pension sys
tem and provide the nei-cssary
fund for the nunn the benefit of
which will accrue to tho-eemplovet-who
have been twenty yean con
tinuously in the companyV service,
and who have reached an age
nesecssiating retirement therefrom.
The amount of (tension to he paid
an employe will depend uton the
length of his continuous service
with the company, and bis average
monthly salary during the last ten
years thereof."
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Domestic and
Imported Cigars.
. Proprietors of the
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SHANIKO, OREGON.
Fireproof LuiMings, lUOxIKX) feet, 150 fwt, being
stories in height.
General Fowanling, Storage ami Commission Merchants.
DEALERS IN
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Oml oil J Plaster, Sulphur, Woolfjind Grain sacks and
Twine, Grain nmlFcctl. Highest price paid for Hides and
reltn.
Special attention given to Wool trade. First Class baling
and grading facilities.
Stock yards with all the latest and best facilities for hand
ling stock.
Agents for tho Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. "White
River" and -Dalles Patent" flour. Best in the Market.
71ark Soods Care c W. Co,
Prinevillc-Shaniko
Stage Line.
DAILY BETWEEN PKhNEVILLt AND SHANIKO.
-SCHEDULE.-
Leave Shaniko, 6 p. in.
Leave Prineville 1 p. in.
First class accommodations
for the traveling public.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
Adamson & Winnek Co., Agents,
G. M. Cornett, Manager.
war
madc
by I
Strauss
"Amerlci's Ltidinj
Chicago
Good clothes contribute
nem. You (rain the point In Strauss Xros.'
made garments. Ther are made scientlflcallT
to your exavct mo&aur
2 taillim In AloAtt o.iiit.i.tf
r
W Iromdrstto last given the minutest attention, tho
rt-sniiocinif (farmenu distinctly
and absolutely aatiafactory.
ii nun u can oe aone at tne low prices
i via uue ui ovv umpiei 01 cuoiceit
Salomon, Johnson
BEGEPTIOr
J a The Celebrated
m A. B. G. Beer
t Always on Hand.
I'rincriHc Soda Worts. '
ISOM CI.KKK.
JOHN COMBS.
Combs.
CIGARS.
Arrive PrineviHe, t! a. in.
Arrive Shaniko, 1 a. in
RATES REASONABLE-
For that
Millionaire'
Feeling
garminU
- to - ordcr
i i i
Bros.
Tailor,"
much to lianol-
w
bT hiirhlv hHIIM
ohin. Vu... An
above the ordiiary
You trill wonder
quoted. Call and see
new woolens.
& Co.
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