Resolution! ! Psirtlau Boar
Trade.
Whereas, with the certain in
crease of population incident to
the low' settlers' rates established
by the railroad companies and the
i-ffectiva advertising work done
throughout the East by Portland's
Commercial organiiationa and the
Lewis and Clark Exposition Cor
poration, it is highly desirable that
the comparatively inaccessible
central section of Oregon, an em
pire vast in area and natural re
sources and eapable of sustaining
an enormous population, receive
its share of be home seekers look
ing to Oregon for homes, and
Whereas, this section of Ore
can be made susceptible to set-
tle&Silt atii (!eveliiieiil Bill?
through the feiauiishriieiUol IFatts
portatioh facilities, and
Whereas, through the inaugur
ation of various irrigation enter-
prises large tracts of arid land in
Central Oregon promise soon to be
reclaimed and become productive
and
Whereas, it is of vital import
tr. tlu commercial interests
of Portland that the trade of this
rich. though as yet isolated uilauu
empire tributary to the metropolis,
be not diverted, and
Whereas, reports of railroad
activity in the Southern portion of
this State indicate railroad invas
ion from the South, lhat threatens
of the trade of Central
Oreeon to Portland, and
vvWoin. it anwars that the
only means through which Port
land can retain Wis traue anu 111
rease its volume is through the
building of a railroad from some
points on the line of the O. K. & J
Co. South, and
U'Wnna there appears to be
no disposition on the part of the
officials of the Columbia Southern
Railroad, the only road heading
for Central Oregon from the North,
to extend its line to Bend as pro
jected and promised, and
Whereas, this apparently inex
cusable inactivitity on the part of
the Columbia Southern Railroad
Company, offers encouragement to
,. railroad enierurlsra p.vim;t;d
Central Oreeon from the
South, and
Whereas, there is grave danger
that unless prompt action is taken
Portland may forever lose the
trade of Central Oregon, and the
development of this section will be
greatly retarded, the absence of
transportation facilities driving
home seekers into more favored lo
calities, from a transportation
standpoint in adjoining states, now
therefore be it
Resolved, by the Portland Board
of Trade that the commercial in
terests of Portland demand that
the transportation situation in
Central Oregon be at once investi
gated and that such action be
recommended, urged and worked
for as may result in the extension
of transportation facilities to Cen
tral Oregon and the retention of
the trade of this section for Port
land, be it further
Resolved, that the President of
this Board appoint a committee of
two with full power to confer
with and act in conjunction
with a like committee to be named
by the Chamber of Commerce, said
committees to select a fifth mem
ber from the citizens of Portland,
and that the duties of this joint
committee be: To wait upon rTie
officials of the Columbia Southern
Railroad Company and ascertain
if possible the cause of the inactiv
ity of said Company and failure to
extend its line from its present
terminus at Shaniko to Bend, as
projected some time ago.
To ascertain the probabilities nf
the Company taking early action
looking to the extension of its line,
and if such possibility exists to
urge all possible haste in the mat
ter: To ascertain the feasibility
of other routes that might tap Cen
tral Oregon trom the North in the
event it is found impossible to in
duce the officials of the Columbia
Southern Railroad Company to
act in the premises: To ascertain,
if possible, the present status of
railroad encrouchments from the
South and the possibilities of (heir
threatened extension. To procure
facts and figures in reference to the
extent of the territory that might
be opened to settlement in Central
Orogon through the extension of
the Columbia Southern railroad of
the building of a new road from
the north, and the resources of the
same and the probable volume of
tonnage, if tapped by a railroad:
To do any and all other things
that might, be deemed advisable
for the opening up of Central Ore
gon to settlement and the reten
tion of its trade for Portland: To
report to this Board from timo to
time in referenccjto the progressjof
its work.
WHAT IRC BUST? .W1J Will ?
... -
A ft Poiilil 611 tU. I lit P"1'1"
Plstilo! mr
!.. Ths !HoMt til th.
Urease's Degree.
Piano names are a legion and in
quality and character they vary
quite a? much is human nature.
Generally speaking there is the
cheap commercial kind that sell
for a small sum, and come dearer
then the "stenciled" one at which
the finger of scorn is always point
ed, the medium priced piano, a
whole horde of them and which are
nlwnvs nl.'usinir: the hiah stand
ard piano costing a little more, but
a kind it always pays to have; and
finally those that have reached the
vprv iiinnacle of perfection. Pi
anos that remain faultless and
sweet in tone, perfectly sound in
construction and pleasing in con
struction for more than one gener
ation toenjov. Instruments that
oifterl artista have lavished time
and Ulent on to produce decora
tion to harmonise with the artistic
and refined tone within; on which
the scientific piano make has be-
sIowctI skill, experience ana ex
periment to evolve a case combin
ing perfect symmetry of outline
with the utmost possibility '.for
tone production; to whose con
struction the forests of the world
have yielded up their richest
woods; mine and forge have con
tributed fine metals; from out the
Orient 'are ivories have been
gleaned unit -uplmnt rhn-Htr h
famished finest fleece for felts and
leathers. Supreme intelligence and
judgment the most discriminating
musical ear and the greatest me
chanical skill have co-operated to
so assemble combine proportion,
shape and finish these rare pro
ducts that sweetest tone, the great
est volume, most endurance, re
sponsive touch and perfectly bal
anced action shall produce a fault
less instrument. Few pianos pos
sess all these qualities and none to
so marked degree as the Chit-leering
piano, the oldest in America,
Boston's best; the Weber of New
York, by many odds the finest in
strument made in Jhat city, and
the great Kimball of Chicago, the
most modern and progressive up-to-date
piano made. One that
through sheer virtue of its super
ior tone and finish and-the reason
ableness of is price has risen in
its short existence of fifteen years
to a prominence in the musical
world, equal to the former much
older makes.
These three pianos are the lead
ing makes carried by Eilers Piano
House, the great west rn high
standaid low price piano store of
the Pacific Coast, Large stores
Wuhingtcc street corner Park,
Portltad, Ol; Bar. Itar.cieio and
Sicntnento Cal. Also Bptkin?
Wash.
Mf 1st Wmi Her Terror
"I would cough nearly oil night
long," writes Mrs. Clnis. Applegate, f
Alexandria, Ind., "and co Id hardly
get any sleep. I had consumption so
bad that if I walked block I would
cough frightfully and spit blood, but,
when all of er m dicincs failed, three
11.00 littles of Dr. Kings New Dis
covery wliooly cured me and I gainul
58 pounds." It's absolutely guarnii
teed to cure Cough", Cold, LnUrippe,
Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung
TroubUs. Price 50c and l.OO. Trial
bottles free at A(l niton & Winr.ec
sCo drugstore.
Subscribe for Journa
CHOOSING A HUSBAND
Blanche Ormonde end her (htperon, Mrt,
Romam, were traveling down - to
Southampton in order to aiwnd the week
end oo Word, Lord Mahou's jwelit ftirj,
lying OU Uowee.
Soon (iter the train had 'passed SurbilorS,
Blanche's paper fell on to her Up, and her
ajree rjerMne nied on vacancy.
"Thinking which of the three rod will ac
cept, deerr inquired Mrs. Komain, qsittlv.
A alight flush tinted the girl's delicate
eompleiwa is the replied: "How did jou
eessr
"I have tut! through tlx wood mjrstlf.
dear, and I know how perplexing it ie."
"l'truli'iing is no name (of it," cried
Blanche. "1 wish you could help me.'1
"Haven't you any preference? Don't yon
care a little more or one than anotherr"
sited the old lady,
"Not a bit. They are all splendid fellows,
and equally eligible. In fart, I feel tome
Unies though 1 should like to be a te
nnis sultan, and marry them all,"
''""""" . T ' J ...... Ill
.-el P uarry ninneiru you win
obtain a title," suggveted Mrs. Domain,
"Which U ewrtejuly a cooiiutrauon. i
"X -, but he'a so fearfully headstrong.
NU know." '
"How about Capt. Dilwyn, then? You
won't And a handsomer man, nor a braver
one. if you hunt all Kngland through.
"Yes, Dick's awfully good-looking, isn't
he. Hut don t you think he s inclined to be
jealonv? 1 couldn't stand a jealous husband
it any price."
"Mr. Manby hasn't that fault, at any
rate, and 1 am sure he very fend of you.
"I believe he is; but he's so masterful,
and he always ssems to look upon nit as a
little child.
"It st-ems to me," observed Mrs. Romain,
"that if there was only one of them you
would take bun and be thankful; but, as it
is, you are suffering from ehibsrras de
ricliewe."
"Partialis you're right," admitted
Blanche. "But I wish it could be settled one
way or the other, for 1 can assure you it's
getting on my nerves.
"You mny dciend that you will have to
settle it yturelf," said tlie old lady. And
then, with a smile, she added : "You should
draw lots fur them.'
"I've tried that," replied the girl, plain
tively. "Hut it k-u no use, for I bad to do
it three times to be fair, and each time it
came a uilft-rent one."
"Then, really, 1 don't know what you are
to do, unless you make up your mind to ac
cent the hrt one who proposes.
"If I did I am sure 1 should be sorry after
wards, wMch ever one I had; but I have a
great mind to let them decide the matter
them.eives.
"What do you mean, child?"
"Why, suppose I was to fall overboard
and agree with myself to choose the one
who was brave enough to jump in after me
and save my life?"
"Hut think how wet it would make you,
and it would be sure to take your fringe out
of curl; besides, you might be drowned."
"(In! I should make that all right with a
life belt underneath, and I am not a bad
swimmer, either. I think I'U doit."
"My dear Blanche," appealed Mrs. Ro
mAine, "pray consider "
"Yes; that will remove the responsibility
from my shoulders," decided Blsnche.
"And, of course, de&r Mrs. Komain, I shall
rely upon your honor not to betray me in
sny way." '
Mrs. Komain had chaperoned Blanche Or
monde ever since the death of her last sur
viving parent three years previously, and
she knew that when once the young lady
munner remonstrance was useless, snd so,
with a gentle but pathetic sigh, she resigned
nerelf to the inevitable. Jn due course
they arrived at Southampton and took the
boat to C'owes. where they found the yscht's
gig awaiting for them.
It had been proposed to weigh anchor the
following morning, and proceed for a tail
round tnc island; but the almost dead calm
that prevailed precluded that plan being
followed. Most of the guesta went on shore,
but Blanche pleaded the necessity of writ
ing some important letters, and on coming
on dtek when she had finished her corre
spondence, she found only her three admir
ers, who were evidently awaiting her pleas
ure, snd Mrs. Komain, who was pretending
to read, under the awning.
This was her opportunity. A butterfly
that had lost ita way afforded her an excuse
for approaching the open gangway. A sud
den stretch, an effort at recovery, a faint
scream, and Blanche was floating on the
ebb tide.
Without a moment's hesitation, or stop
ping to remove any article of clothing, Kin
naird immediately jumped after her, and
being at the best of times an indifferent
swimmer, was toon vainly struggling to
keep himself above water.
(.'apt. Dilwyn quickly took off his coat,
kicked off his shoes, and then dived over
the side in a manner that showed he was
quite at borne in the treacherous element.
A few powerful strokes brought bira
alongside his rival, and in an instant he per
ceived that it was all up with him unless be
was rendered immediate assistance.
A painful position to be placed in, with
the girl he loved in the one balance and his
old school friend in the other.
Heaven only knows how it would have
been settled, but just then Kinnaird derided
the matter himself by aeizing the ciptain
with the riesfieration and tenacity of grip
that is only known to a man who has been
down once and is on the point of sinking
aisiiin,
In the meantime Manby quittly descend
ed the accommodation ladder, stepped into
the dingy which was alongside, and casting
eff the painter, commenced scuiling after
the rapidly disappearing young lady.
Ihv-)ng assisted her in over the stern, he
was ibie Wturn his attention to the others,
and was just in time to prevent them swal
lowing more salt water than would have
been altogether beneficial for their con.ti
tutiins. "Oh, my dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Romiiin,
when the ladies were once more safe in. the
seclusion of their cabin, "how magnilii-cntly
ins lordship plunged in after you! Wasn't
it noble of him ? )f course, you will decide
upon him now?"
"Of 0'iurse I shall not," replied Blanche.
"Do you tiiink I'm going to marry a man
who has not sense enough to look before he
leaps?"
"Then I suppose yon will accept the cap
tain? If it had not been " .
"No, indeed!" interupted the young lady.
"I daresay it was very natural and all that,
but it ill, he preferred his friend to nie; juid,
beanies er to tell you the truth er Jack
asked me when he was helping me into the
Itoat, and I promised to marry him." Ally
Sloper's Half-Holiday.
Proper Remedy. "Pittsburg m laboring
under heavy lire insurance expense! io the
downtown diftrict," remarked Mr. Du
kan. "Now that ii something," added Mr.
(iaiwell, "to which the water cure fcjiould
be applied." Pituburg Chronicle Tele
graph.
HUMAN NATU11E.
Tha Ulk about vkwlng the country
and atudyuig human natux from tti
window of a railroad ear dotau't aipnch
rcaulta obtained from vitwitiK tht (mblioj
and tudyiiig human Mturt from tht win
Jow of a lartie uot ofHct," taid an uipkty
of U) Woa I minion pott ofit, I
long aco 4 wocuaD huxriw! uB 6
the window, and 1 oouiri w from tht grati
fied axiirwiaioit on bar face that aha waa dead
aura ah would aoon tube aoothar woman
i4 unliai-py, only in tliM tU Vtlier
woman' happvntd to be 4 man.
" 'Oh, aay, Mr. Clerk,' aha cried, Mgwly,
'can tVaOier btda bt lent thmugtuh nttiUf
'WeJl, wt don't encourage tht practio,
mi at,' I anawertd, frowning to tar a
nulla.
" There! aha exclaimed, triumphantly,
to a companion in a raglan, who had, In the
mean time, eomt up, 'Charlie will have to
pity me tht box of oandy. You ,' the ex-
plumed to me, 'a geiitlmn friend bet me a
hot of candy againat a bol ?ftre that he
could Rend a leather bed throuih ihm mail
and I bet him he couldn't, and now 1 have
won. yii.iamtognrt. Cbarlwiaaoawart,
N 'lie can tend a fuathtr bed if ha mokea
tt small enough, and ft doesn't weigh over
four pounds, miae I resumed, 'or any other
article that ia mailable, provided ha doea
not register it, as sue cuts no ice so long aa
it ia to be delivered in the United Btatee,
but if it is to go to foreign shores, then both
lite and weight very important. If he
brings the bed down, miss, wt will send it
for bira if properly packed and the pottage
it prepaid. You have lost your bet.
" 'Well, he won't,' the anawertd, mad
clear through, 'and 1 won't pay it, cither,'
and the looks those two women gave me
were as inky as jet as thty swished out of
the building. It would have leen a good
joke on her if her beau had had a little
(cut her bed made up and mailed to her.
"Tht (ptvations which ate fired into us
wnuid m.ike the face of an i'ig it tuy clock
look troubled to Hud ready mid tAtiiftu'tory
answers. Men, as a rule, atept our state
mrtitP, but women are inclined to doubt
m form conclusions of their own. The
mn at the inquiry window in the big rail
rond stations have the same experience, but
that it wtutt we and they are pmd for.
"Two women came in ene day, and one
anked if she could send her pet canary to
I'iuludflphia in its cage. I said she cmld
if she limt killed the canary, took the IhkIv
o a taxulermut's, had it thoroughly dnrd
and prepared, replaced it in the catte and
even included a small box of hirdaitd to as
unge its hunger en route, provided the
whole parnplivinitlia did not weigh over
four pouods, but that anything al've had
to be shipied by express.
" 'Why, she said, very indignantly, 'my
landlady told me at breakfast that I could
end tht canary. The ideal'
" 'She meant after the cat had kilted it
and it was stuffed just like yon were
tufted,' said her comnion, with a smile.
Hut the other one didn't crack a break in
the bloom on her fair cheek.
"I have had well-dressed, and evidently
well-educated people ask me the fate of
postage to some foreign country, say Hus
iia, and when told that the United States
Ive-cent stamp wiH carry a half ounce let
ter to practically all countries in the world,
big or little, near or far, from Kngland to
the Niger coast protectorate, AfghauiKtun,
Abyssinia, the Pitcairn islands and other
places as remote, they say:
" 'I know the rate to London and Paris,
but 1 thought,' etc., and they bad another
'think coming.'
thVtorli, iWu'of f,rTr,,-'e.rare
members of what is known as the L'nivirsal
Postal union, and moat of thoae that arc not ,
the little fellow, have agreed ujon the tame
letter postage, rive cents, though some out- 1
side of the union vary as to weight and sue
of the article mailed.
"You can make your foreign relatives and
correvpondt'nts pay the postage on your let'
tvrs. Postage upon domestic first-clan m.iil
matter must be prepaid at least one lettei
rate of two cents, else it will be held at tht
post office where it is mailed. The addrentee
is notified by card, and if he sends the re
luired amount in stamps it is forwarded to
aim, otherwise it is sent to the dead-letter
office.
"Hut you may drop a letter destined for
foreign parts without prepayment of post
age. It will go forward to destination, and
the recip;ent will be required to pay double
rat.es for the privilege of reading it if he
values it that high. On packages, howfver,
intended for abroad, you must pay at least
part postage to have it go forward, and the
deficiency will be collected and doubled
when delivery is made. If you fail to pre
pay at least a part of the postage ui-on pack
ages, they go to the dead letter office, and
the public do not seem to catch on to thii
curve of distinction in the two classes of
matter. Always prepay postage in all in
stances, despite the privilege, on all classes
of matter intended for home or foreign de
livery.
"The Brooklyn woman who objected to
her divorced husband paying her ali
mony in pottage stamps and had recourse
to the courts, saying thaf she did not mind
receiving it in two-cent stamps, hut ob
jected to those of targe denominations, as
ihe could n t sell them, and that is the way
he got even with her, probably, reminds me
of a man who -came in one day and nuked for
a stamp of the ten -dollar denomination.
"None are issued. The only denomina
ions now issued are the l, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
ind the ten-cent special delivery; 15, 30 and
.Ill-cent and the , $2 and 5 stamps. There
it alight call from all over the country for
it am pi over the 15 cent issue,
"A woman rushed wildly in here one day,
-aying that she wanted 'my letter back,'
winch she had ported a few moments previ
ous. Of course, she thought 'my letter'
could be picked right out of a million or so
other letters.
"Well, "he was able to get 'my letter,'
lieraune s!;e was able to comply with the pos
tal law and regulations governing the
withdrawing of mnil after mailii g and be
fore ils dispatch. The utmont cue is taken
to ascertain lhat the person desiring to
withdraw the letter in the peion -ntiitled
to do so. He fore she was handed 'my let
ter' Kfie was required to exhibit a written
sdtiTtHi in the same handwriting as ap
puired on the envelope, which was her own,
ind dcMciihe it minutely, convincing those
in charge tht she wan the actual fender of
it before she got 'my letter' hack.
"Another woman came in one day with a
renhot stove temper because, as she de
clared, we l.ad 'given my letter to the mean
est old tiling that ever lived.' It didn't cool
her '-IT a bit when we told her that the josial
tvpuUtiuR allowed the delivery of mail to
eitner pcrion where it is addressed to one
in tare nf another. I'nlesK the poat master
i-t potilitd to the contrary he is obliged to
deliver it to trie firit of the two persons who
aiay call for it. The other woman must have
opened it, read it and repealed it, hence the
bright red glow of anger upon the face of the
woman at the window." Washington Star.
sniTirs
Wines, Liquors,
Domestic, and
ImportedCigars.
Proprietors of the
Two PoorSotith of
First Nittiunul ltitnk,
CHAMP SMITH,
Jiondcrson
-DKALfitlSIN-
WINES, LIQUORS,
MMstirald
IMrOKTED....
COUNTRY ORDERS
SOLICITED.
PRINEVILLB,
SHANIKO WAREHOUSE
ISHANIK0, OREGON.
Fireproof L'uildings, lOOitiOO feet, 150 feet, being t
stories in height.
L GeiicralJFownrtling, Storago and CominitfHii nMorehants.
DEALERS IN
Blacksmith coal, Flour, Barbal Wire, Kails, Cement, Limo
Coal oil, Plaster, Sulphur, Wool and Grain sacks and
Twine, Grain and Feed, IJighest'prico' raid for Hides and
felts.
Special attention given to Wool trado. First Class baling
and grading facilities.
Stock yards with all the' latest'and best facilities for hand-
ling stock. '
Agents for the- Wasco Warehouse. 'Milling Co. "Whito
River" and "Dalles Tatent" flour.". Best in the Market.
Tlfark Soocs Care c)7 W, Co,
fiPrincvlllc-Shanlko
StagegLine.
' I DAILY BETWEEN PSINEVILLt AND SHANIKO.!
-SCHEDULE.-
Leave Shanikof 6 p. m.
Leave Princville lp. m.
First class accommodations
for the.: traveling public.
PASSENGER i!P FREIGHT
AdsusisXru A Wkui va, Agvau,
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Pmi&iSL: w.r garmonti
PF ivJ!??.'-!:'.-. mad - to
&&&2Z. by i i
1
If Strauss Bros.
i "America"! Leidiof Tillon,"
m C U I o a r, n
' . V W J,
Oood clothes contribute
nem. Ton (fain the point
made(farmenU. Thej re
to your extxet metamr bi
tailor In clean, sanitary shorn,
V I I is
irora first to last given the minutest attention, the
result briinrr garment distlnctl above the oriliiarj
a'ii absolutely MtLUctory. Von will wonder
how it can be done at the low prices ptol OsU md see
CSl Hue Of Wi aaraiilai afrlmsl ...u..
Salomon, Johnson
RECEPTION.
The Celebrated
A. B. 0. Beer
Always on Hand,
Prloorillij Sod Work. - i ' ' . f ;
PHIMVMK, ORE.
IHOM CLKEK.
& tPollctra
CIGARS.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH
POINDEX'UKR HOTEL.
OREGON.
Arrive Prinevillo, 6 a. in.
Arrive Shaniko, 1 n. m
FATES REASCfAIL!
0. "M, Corneu, uiniger.
For that
Millionaire
Feeling
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much to happi-
in Straus. Hroe,'
macleBcientliioallr
hiirhlv ukllM
flverr (Mall
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