To The One luterftaied. Anawar
Ta Opt-n Letter
To Whom it may concern: .
I am asked by what Divine , or
legal authority 1 am proccceding or
intending to put a baptistry into
the Union Church building. I
have simply consulted with par
ties as to cost and the desirability
of such an addition; snd I have
announced upon good faith in the
good sense-ami good nature and
generous offering of certain ones
who have given as much or more
toward the support and building of
the Union church as ony one else,
that we expected to build a bap
Cst'rv in the church, lea vine the
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fine points of legality and author
itv with them to settle. When
came to this place I inquired i
tliere were anv trustees to consult
or authority to obey in the use
the building a"1 was told that
there used to be trustees, but their
term had expired and none had
been elected to fill the vacancies
left; that one or two of the original
, tnwtei'a lived somewhere in the
country, but they or he had delc-
iTnte.l what authority there was to
our RoK'rt Smith, and that was all
there was to it, custom had framed
certain laws and regulation for the
use of the building, which allowed
any one to use it when some one
else was not occupying it. Now if I
have superseded my rights or
authority I stand corrected before
any further damage is done. My
action has been simply advisory
and hortatory in the matter of
stirring some one else up to action,
with the intention of having as
little to do about the work as pos
sible, that is if I could get some
one else to do it.
Now ray advise is that our peo-'
pie (that is all who hold with us
for a vital and scriptural union of
believera upon the basis of confess
ion and practice which we believe
to be taught by our Lord and dis
ciples) that such join us in buying
lots and building a baptistry,
which can be transferred into a
building which we shall hereafter
use for our work in this place
Such a building is much needed that
we may hold services every Lord's
day and keep up the early practice
of breaking bread as is our cus
tom. A large tabernaele such as I
have heretofore pointed out is our
aim, this can be begun on a small
scale, building a part at a time.
Let us build the baptistry first,
Who says yea!
E. A. Child.
At Aarluoi for Insane.
The State Asylum Board met
Monday afternoon, and' had under
consideration the quarterly and
monthly reports of Superinten
dent J. F. Calbreath, for the close
of the year 1902, the last monthly
report that will lie considered by
the board as now constituted.
Superintendent Calbreath re
ports the general health of the in
stitution good; that most of the
cases of tyhoid fever have fully re
covered, and the remainder are
convalascent, and that no new
cases have appeared lately. Dur
ing the month he received and paid
into the state treasury $1109.30 for
the care of insane patients from
Alaska for the quarter ending
September 30, 1902.
The total expense of the institu
tion for fie month of December, for
supplies, provisions, tool?, etc , was
JS1G3.90.
The following statement gives
the number of patients in the
asylum on November 30, and the
number received, discharged, died
and eloped during the month of
December;
Number of patients November
30; male 87U, female 370, total
12o2; nuinl.er received during
December, male 26, female 13, total
39; number returned escaped, male
1; number under care and treat
ment, male 903, female 389, total
1292; discharged, died and
male 17, female 10, total 27
ber of patients December 31
886, female 37-', total 1265:
age number daily. 125G.
'oped,
aver-
Shoes. A full line of Ladies', Genst
and Children's shoes. 8. J. i Co.
.tt.bl.all Ca-operatlT Mart.
The Federated Trades Union and
the various organizations of labor
at Grants Pass are preparing to
establish a co-operative store simi
lar to those in towns in the Rastern
and Middle, states that are con
trolled by the Grange farmers
Alliance and Patrons of husbandry.
Stock is being liberally taken up
by the members of the local organ
ization, and by the cituons of the
county, and those who have the
matter in charge feel cofindent that
they will have no trouble in getting
a store started. Only groceries
will be handled at first, but it ib
the intention of the promoters to
branch out and bundle all lines of
merchandise. The combination of
all the Grants Pass stores and n
mutual agreement to keep prices
at a high mark is the labor organ
ization's reason for establishing i.
co-operative store.
Dettlb ! Dr. Alexander
On Christmas morning the
death of Dr. F. Alexander oc
curred at Campbell, this county.
Dr. Alexander was born October 5,
18215, in the state of Virginia.
W hen a young man he crossed the
plains, arriving in Oregon in the
year 18.V2, settling near Albany,
Linn county, where be engaged in
the practice of bis profession.
He was a man prominent in the
early history of the state, where he
represented his county in the leg
islature for several terms. Ho wa:
a charter member of the Masonic
lodge of Albany and an honorary
member at the time of his death.
Dr. Alexander was a man of un
usual intellect and power, a man
once met never forgotten. A mag
netism surpassing that of most
men was his. Charity and be
nevolence were his cardinal
virtues. A widow, two sons and
five daughters survive him. San
Jose Mercury.
Broke Jail a Year As:
Sheriff Storey and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Matthews last night
arrested Emmett Kimberling, who
broke jail a year ago at Canyon
City, just before he wsb to be sen
tenced for horse stealing, having
already been convicted.
Information was received by
Sheriff Story from Judge Clifford,
of that district, that he was
supposed to be in Portland and
this resulted in the arrest of the
man in a lodging-house at East
Washington and Water streets.
He was going under the name of
Jackson, and was doing concrete
work for a well-known contractor,
he was inclined to deny his
identity, but finally confessed and
said he had stolen a horse worth
about $30. Kimberling has a wifu
and child who have just 'arrived
here to live with him, and they ure
in a penniless condition. The
Sheriff has notified the woman's
parents and an effort will be made
to have her sent home to Eastern
Oregon. The Sheriff of Grant
County has been notified to come
for his prisoner. Telegram.
Bold, Bad, Bear.
James Brown, of near Cascade
Locks was in the city last evening
and reports that there has been an
unusually heavy fall of snow in
that section during the past few
weeks. As a result game of all
kinds has been driven down from
the mountains, and the farmers
and lumbermen are feasting on
fresh meat.
Deer have become so bold that
they wander in proximity to the
houses, and become an easy prey
tu the marksmen. They are in
fair condition and make fine veni
son. One man up that way has
killed ten handsome fellows with
in the past week. He is salting
part of them down for future use.
Others have been almast equally
fortunate.
Mr. Brown also says that bears
are paying the ranchers almost
daily visits. As they are fond of
pork they have In-come a great nui
sance, having Killed (;uiu- a num
ber of young shoats. Two or three
farmers became so enraged at the
depredations committed that they
have been keeping n persistent
lookout for tho bigshaggy animals.
Their patience has been rewarded
to a certain extent, as they have
three bearskins to their credit,
The brush is so thick that but
very little headway can be made
following bruin. Hu will struggle
strangely swift through a dense
copso of underbrush that it is im
possible for a man to penetrate.
The marauder, therefore, has a
decided advantage, and Mr. Hrown
says he knows how to mako the
most of it. Portland Journal.
'rimloii for O. II. A N. Men.
Portland, Dee-. 20. Tim veterans
in tho service of tho Oregon Rail
road and Navigation company will
receive the compliments of the
Christmas season for the company
in the sbajH.- of an official notice of
the inauguration of a new pension
system beginning January 1st,
UK);.. Iliu information was given
out by President A. H. Mohler to
day. The circular says:
"On January 1st, 1903, the Ore
gon Hailroad and Navigation com
pany will establish a pension sys
tem and provide the necessary
fund for the same, the benefits of
which will accrue to those employes
who have been twenty years con
tinuously in the company's service,
and who have reached an ae
neceessiating retirement therefrom
The amount of p.-nsion to be paid
an employe will depend upon the
lengtn oi ins continuous service
with the company, and his average
monthly salary during the last ten
years thereof."
Local Coutrol In Couutlea.
It apears that again the di
vision of a county from Wasco and
Crook will come before the Legis
lature. If precedent be accepted,
this issue, purely local to the peo
ple of that region, will be injected
into state matters at Salem, and
affect decisions that concern every
one. It is obvious that this coun
ty, for instance, lias no interest in
the subject, and is willing that the
people there settle the dispute as
they see fit. Yet, if history rqient
itself, as history habitually does,
this local issue will lie used to mix
up affairs at the state capital and
bother every county in Oregon.
Likewise city charter issues will
come into the Legislature, and will
be made material upon which
members will trade their votes.
Why one city should care how
another city governs itself, is be
yond the ken of reasonable per
sons. Yet, by the senseless laws
of this state Portland may not reg
ulate its internal affairs by the
adoption of a new charter without
asking consent from every other
city in the commonwealth.
Let us have a general statute
providing for certain basic princi
ples of government for cities and
counties, of graded classes, and re
fer such matters to the people in
question. This would be local
self-government, and would elimi
nate from Legislative sessions
many troublesome concerns that
consume valuable time, and per
mit politicians to muddle matters
two years. Portland Journal.
Irrigation lletnrua.
In connection with the present
interest in the development of ir
rigation in the West, the following
facts noted from a paper recently
issued by the United States Geo
logical Survey on the'' Development
and Application of Water near
San Bernardino, (,'olton and River
side, California," by J. li. I.ippin
cott, resident hydrogripher for the
State of California, will lie of in
terest as showing what may be
done by mean? of irrigation and
also the limits of its possibilities.
In the eleven years prior to 1898
there were shipped from Riverside
nearly seven million boxes of
oranges, which at fair figures
means an average income of $1,
0X1,000 a year. With the present
condition of the orchards an in
come twice as large may be ex
pected. During the season 1897-98
four thousand carloads of citrus
fruits were shipped from Riverside,
while in 1899 the annual yield was
Said to be one-third of the entire
output of the State". Previous to
the application ofwat r t is sec
tion was a poor sheep pasture,
worth hardly 75 cents an acre.
With regard to individual
profits, n man should average 10
per cent on Ids investment at the
end of fifteen years, but if the con
ditions are modified by a lack of
water supply,' destructive frosts, or
low grade of trees, the profits may
be much reduced. It costs in the
neighborhood of $900 an acre to
get a citrus orchard in liearing
condition, including land, water,
and interest on the investment.
Under favorable conditions a ten-year-old
orchard should produce
$200 gross mid $100 net per acre.
When all conditions arc satisfac
tory it takes five or moru years of
hard, patient and intelligent work
to place an orchard on a paying
basis; so it will readily bo seen
that it is not a poor man's bus
iness, but is subject to the stem
laws of the survival of the fittest,
as are other lines of enterprise.
When, however, success conies,
life in this region is ideal a coun
try life in a pleasant land, among
golden fruit and cultivated neigh
bors, with most of the conveniences
of the city.
Took Corn halve.
One day this week a Jap lalior-
ingman hurried into one of tho drug
stores in the city and asked Un
popular and obliging young drug
gist he found there for cough medi
cine. Of course his pronunciation
was not as clear us it might have
been, hence the druggist showed
him some corn salve, which seem
ed to suit him, but he wanted it in
the liquid form. Then the oblig
ing druggist dissolved some of the
stuff and gave it to him in a bottle
and he went away happy. .
Within a few days he returned
to the drug store and informed the
druggist that had waited upon
him that the medicine had done
the business with him, and also
with a couple of his fellow country
men, who had been nearly sick
with bad colds. ,
They bad taken the stuff intern
ally and it had done the work, cur
ing them completely. Bohemia
Nugget.
A leed Conga medicine
From tin Gaulle, Toowormb , 'Au-t-nll.i.
I find Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy it an excellent medicine. I have
been suffering from a severe cough for
the last two months, anil it has effect
ed a cure. I have great pleasure in
recommending it. W. C. WOCKNKU.
Thin is (lie opinion of one of our old
est and moot respected resiilentx, and
lias been voluntarily given in good
faith that others may try the remedy
and be benefitted, as was Mr. Woclc
ner. Thin remedy is sold by all drug
gists. v
FROM OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
Lebanon ExpreuH.
J. C. Gordon returned to Leb
anon yesterday from eastern Ore
gon, after an absence of several
months.
Prineville boasts of a hairless
dog, but admits that the little
fellow looks chilly on a frosty
morning.
The appointment of h postmas
ter for Albany may occur within a
few days. The four-year term of
the present official will expire
within two or three months. There
are several candidates for the po
sition. The saloon of James Gulley, in
Albany, was robbed Tuesday night,
tytt entrance being effected by the
rear door, which was left open by
the burglar upon his departure.
Nine dollars and forty cents, the
only money left in the till, waH
taken. f
Mr. and Mrs. Geo McKnight'
who have been living near Hepp-
ner, for the last two years, are visi
ting in Linn county. Since going
into that Country George ami
Frank McKnight have acciimii
hite I quite a band of sheep and
have found the business profitable.1
i
The Ort-grm Wefkly Journal, a Pt-mo-
crallc newspaper, Hi pagiw, full of ntws J
all of It! II a year to any acldrcxs. The
Journal, P. O. Hoi 121, Portland. Or. I
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Wines, Liquors,
Eotnesbio and
TmportedOig ars.
Proprietors f the
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Fjropro f l.uildin;s, KlllxfiOO feet, U) feet, bi-inir two
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General Fowii-i'mi, Storage ami CoinniissioiiMeri-lmnts.
DEALERS IN
ISlneksmith coal, Flour, llarbc J Wire, Nail, Cement, lime
Coal oil, Plaster, Sulphur, Wool ami Grain sacks ami
Twine, Grain ami Feed. Highest price paid Jfor Hides mid
Pelts.
Special attention given to Wool trndo. First. Class baling
and grading facilities.
Stock yards with all tho latest and best facilities for hand
ling stock.
Agents for the Wasco Warehouso Milting Co. "White
River" and -'Dalles Patent" flour. Best in the Markit.
9arA Sonts Cart S. 70. Co.
Prlnevllle-Shanlko
Stage Line.
JAM KT1EDI NHTlUt 1KJ SaiNM.
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Leave Shuniko. 6 p. m.
Leave Prineville 1 p. m.
First class accommodations
for the traveling public.
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II our line of 500 samples of choicest new woolens.
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The Celebrated
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Always on Hand.
PrincTifk ShIi Wurks.
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CIGARS.
l-'lRST DooR SOUTH
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Arrivn Prineville, t a. m.
Arrive Sh'uniko, 1 a. m
RATES REASONABLE-
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