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THURSDAY, DKCKMHKR 31, lfl.
AN 1SSVK PROPPED,
An tlie democratic forces through
ont the country l-gin gathering
tlieir iksups for the next national
campaign, it if a noticeable fact
tliat the matter of trials and mo-
rioplies abow an appreciable ab
sence. At leaiit present indica
tions point toward another politic
al slogan in the fall of 1904 in
stead of the cry against monopol
ist tendencies which was a force
ibleand pannoimt question in the
last campaign.
As an excuse for this apparent
negligence on the part of the
democratic leaders, it may be pre
sumed that Roosevelt's decided
stand against the greed of monopo
lies and his advoeacy of string
ent laws to control them has served
to dampen the ardor of those who
are opposed to the present admin
istration. Or it may be that new
international relations have furn
ished the pot in which to boil the
stew. Anyway the trusts have
received their share of the politic
al turmoil and the next campaign
will undoubtedly see them rest in
peace.
But over it all may be seen the
lime light of progressive circuni-!
stances. The American people,
inclusive of the democratic party,
becoming convinced that no great
nation, striving as has this nation
for commercial supremacy, can
exist in this age of fierce competi
tive strife, without the aid and
prestige of combined wealth. From
earliest history advanced condi
tions hove displaced labor in pro
portion, but in figuring up the
commonwealth has gained in in
calculable measure from these
momentary hardship so difficult
to swallow. And after all, it is
labor's cry that in the majority of
cases strikes the wedge of discon-,
tent and furnishes issue for jiolitics
to struggle with.
That there are bad trusts and
good trusts no one denies. That
the bad trusts should be controlled
by good laws is another question
that fails of dispute. But to com
pletely annihilate these great com
bines which have made America
what America stands for in even
country on the glolie would he a
telling step toward the destruction
of the greatest of all nations. And
these facts are gradually king
recognized. Whenever and when
ever inventive genius has put a
laltor saving machine on the mark
et, just in proportion to the dis
placement has there been a cry of
the poor becoming poorer and the
rich becoming richer. And no
where can this inventive genius,
which has revolutionized this re
public, lie more readily ileteeti'J
than in the great leviathans of
trade and commerce which have
conquered nearly every industry
in tin I'nited Slates. Hut still the
old republic forges ahead, forcing
its way into every port; every city,
every mart of commerce in the
world. Uncle Sam is no laggard
and he walks ahead with gigantic
Index. N'o backward steis has be
taken since his birth a hundred
years ago and the resident of bis
inconqiarahle domain are carried
forward to better ways of living,
better conditions, and higher
planes of thought. Inventive
genius, ierh:ips less easily reeog
nited covered up in the immense
aggregations of capital, has never
theless been instrumental in bring
ing about this change. Then who
shall say that the average Ameri
can citizen is not in Ivtter eircum-
taiiocs as a whole, surrounded
Rcmenilicr tlmse? Three limes, j have utterly failed in proving 1111
and Crook county's strained and j allegation. Of the charges pre
over taxed eyes bid fair to contract
a seasons growth of cataracts.
No, indeed. I 'ass around some
oilier victuals besides this hysteria
frappe that makes the head dim'.
fcrrcil by I'ncle Sain s sleuths not
a single one has been substantiated
by n conviction, and most of them
have fallen Hat on the griddle
There was a split cog some where
l'his railroad business has played! Its location must slill be desigeat-
monkey with Central Oregon and,ed as an unknown quantity,
made her first cousin to the giraffe! Perhaps President Roosevelt
a little hit too long lor any exces
sive indulgences over the last re
port. When the railroad comes
when it conn's, Prineville will be
there, shouting, but as I'ncle 'Linn
said, "This ain't no time to he
dealin' in these here esky air
castles."
with grr-ater luxtiri, and partak-1 or saying something.
ClTl'tNli IT OCT.
It is presumed that you, along
with a tolerable number of others.
will swear off tomorrow on doing
It doesn't
what that
ing of more of the comforts of ; make much difference
life than his worthy ancestor dur
ing the strenuous days a century
ago.
SAD BUT TRl'K.
The Crook County Journal can
see nothing to rejoice over in the
announcement that the Columbia
Southern railroad will advance to
Bend next year. It affects to be
lieve that the announcement was
designed to stimulate a townsite
boom or something else but that
there is no intention of building a
railroad. We regret to see such
spirit exhibited. Why cannot
Prineville rejoice with Bend at the
railroad prosjiect? Bend Bulletin.
Just a trifle misconstrued.
Prineville, along with the rest of
the county, will stretch its ribs in
rejoicing when a railroad conies.
Just at present, however, there is
no occasion to go into hysterics
over a mere report.
Black headlines, big ones, too
and official and semiofficial re"
ports of railroad building have
been in vogue here for many years.
Some of the oldest moss on the
juniper trees remember these.
They have been current topics
since LSSo or thereabouts. A year
ago last July Mr. Lytle said ar
rangements for the-exten-ion of the
Columbia Southern bad Wen com
pleted and that the contracts for
building the first 20 miles would
lie iet on August 1, l!r. Remem
ber that? August 1, 1WV. First
twenty miles of the extension.
Prior to that time, and once since,
two reports made a miraculous'
escatie and came sailing down in
to the interior. Remember tlnw?
Two oi them. Big. fat. healthy re
ports. Way back in the early Ws the
Corvallis v Eastern was to have
been extended. Scores of arsons
rushed over to the Deschutes river
and look up hoiiief-leail-f. d.--ert
land claims, etc. 0
realized this when he issued
through bis secretary the revoca
tion of suspended land entries.
powers as warriors, In cutimicf
cial circles their rapid advance
ment has been a source ol aniiic
nient to thoclvilUed world and has
made possible Japan's present
stand against Russia,
A noted authority said recently
that Japan's present preparations
for war were undoubtedly the most
complete, thorough, and detailed
the world has ever seen. If Japan
can live up to her present reputa
lion of eHicicney, the fact thai she
tyrhaps he realiml that the j has a superior licet and inagiiili
speeial agents were iti.ini! at the Cent iirniv organization, and a
business -backwards to unearth proximity to her base of supplies
fraud, if such gigantic breaches of may make the final outcome of
the statutes existed as alleged, the impending trouble opposite
Perhaps lie realized that if the ! to the general prophecy. If so, Jap
government was being cheated ofjnuwillbc the agent to evangelize
its domain the hulk of the guilt ' not only Corca and Manchuria to
lay with the tiniWr syndicates and Anglo-Saxon methods and inslilu
not with the individuals whom the 1 tions, but the Chinese empire as
law seeks to protect, I well. If Russia is successful the
Perhaps he realized that the lieu (dominion of the Mongal countries
land law was working a greater ' will lull under the control of a gov-
A. II. LIPPMAN & CO.
...rinnufnctiirvrs of itml Dealers In,,,
FliRXlTUKK, COFFINS mid CASKKTo
l1AI!rFTS,STOVKS, PAINT8 iind OIL'S
Lumber and all Kinds of Building Materia
For CASH Only
hardship 011 tiuilicr ami bonis lead
seekers, ahd robbing the govern
ment of thousands of acres of its
most valuable land far more than
any individuals could have done.
Perhaps but then, supinations
enough have been quoted. The
fact alone remains that the order
has been issued, "and that the
shrewd eye of the president has
penetrated lo a more distant point
than the one. covered with the
gauze of fraudulent land entries.
Perhaps this is the cine. Do von
! know?
something is just so it's something.
It will ease your conscience, per
haw rejuvenate your purse and
make the family geuerully feel luip
picr. IVi it anyway whether it
falls under this category or as
sumes another psychological form.
Fashion long ago set the first
dav of the year as the tiW when
vacillating American humanity
should turn the tables on itself. A
new leaf is gupposeil lo be tinned
upward, and the swearing on pro
cess is part and parcel of the trans
action. So by all means, swear off
niw'tliiiur Don't be dilatory
- 11 ,, n,i,.ldrs are in iwTHK SITUATION IN TIIK EAST
van. Cut out some ugly phase 'nf.
vour life which is making existence j ar preparations now Iring 111-
a burden. The smoking gag is an jdulgcd in by Russia and Japan
old one, too old. Oct something' point to an curly conflict between
new. pwearotl on me niouier-iu-; uiese two powers. 1 ne inimcmaic
law tri-weekly visits, which extend! cause of the trouble is Ru.-sia's ag-
over a. period of two days each, or gressive policy regarding Corca and
the midnight perambulations with j Manchuria which has become more
the one-year-old, or the sudden ex-; marked of late. But the real cause
postulations and blue colored ex-; ii. the popular opinion of the Mika
pletives when a real sharp tack j do's forty million subjects which
takes kindly to the bare toe. Use has been directed against Russia
a little discretion and judgment, , for a number of years and is now
eminent notoriously corrupt and
vastly inferior lo those from which
Japan has copied. In cither ease,
whenever the Chinese branch ol
(lie Mongolian race show the same
disposition fur assimilating west-
. , i
cm emulation and nictlioils as
.1... 1 .1.. 11-
toe jupuncnr, iiieir iiitiitioc oo
countless numlH-rs will make thejj
i ellow Peril a reality and not a ;
dream of the future. !
O'Ncil llros.
OYSTER HOUSE
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Good Meals and Rooms '
Miller Building, Prineville, Oregon
KISII AND CAM K IN SEASON
lllli'AD AND PIES Fol! Til K TltADE
SPECIAL RATES TO BOARDERS
From the latest household re
ports most of the Christinas tur
key has been consumed, but the
hone soup season is now at its
height.
Liquid air docs not stvm to have
quite filled the place in the com
mercial world as has its brother
hot-air. ,
and drop out something that has
not in years part been worn down
to the col jr of a chestnut. Be orig
inal in your swearing off, and
above all things, don't forget to do
it. Tomorrow's the first and last
chance of the vcar.
LOOKLNli FORWARD.
The western timber states, and
particularly Oregon, have welcom
ed with no small measure of joy
the recent order from the depart
ment of the Interior which annull
ed the suss nsion of land entries
and ordered them to be passed up
for patent.
Secretary Hitchcock was, in
this instance, the figure head
through which the order was trans
mitted. It is not necassary to in
form the public again who origin-
road was j utcil that order. It came, its rc-
rapidly forcing events to a crisis.
It is universally lielicved that tlieir
tumble cun result in nothing but
war.
Such a contlict will have feat
ures many and harrowing. It will
pit against a Caucasian race of
very low order, geuerully speuking,
the highi-t standard the Mongo
lian nice has ever reached. It
would demonstrate once for all
j whether the Japanese proven su
periority over the I lunese entitles
them to r.mk with the progressive
The difficulties over in the Phil
ippines seem to have jumped
from the frying pan into the fire.
Insidj each po'.r..l 1 icL.v.e '
Lion Coffee
will Iw fuiuul a rSulZ i:a:;u
CO different games. All i. '..'.
At Yor Croi.-r'.!.
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A. Tye and Brothers
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We carry A full line of
Gents' Furnishings
We Have A Full Line of Men', Ladies',
Girls' and Babies' Shoes.
Wc Have just received
Two Tons of Candy and Nuts
N.
TYE and BROS.. Merchants
coming, sure. Survey had
made, so why shouldn't it.
was run clear across the
from the Cascades. Hubs
stake? are still there, hut the rail
road isn't.. Remember that?
Three times in the annals of
of the past decade have that many
electrical lines been constructed
from The Dalles. Three times.
lieen suits will lie felt, and the 58 specia!
Line I agents, who have torn up the soil
esert in this state during the past eight-
amlien months, will, no doubt, be
transferred to fresher and more
verdant pastures. The Pinkerton
Aid Society has been dissolved.
It is a noteworthy incident that
the aforesaid 5 ''specials," with
the ner-dstent aid of the Oreponian.
5
GRAND BALL
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Prineville Amateur Athletic Club
-AT THE-
P. A. A. Cs. New Building
, CHRISTMAS NIGHT
December 25th, mi
NEW YEARS NIGHT
January 1st. 1404
Finest Ball Room in Eastern Oregon
filacksmithing That Pleases
Is The Kind You f.cl ill
J. II. WK.LL'S
(Stirtvor In)
COKXETT & ELKIXS'S
A Stock of Kami Machinery alwl s on hand
THE BEE HIYE
THE fLACE TO SAVE MONEY
WeIl be there on time
We're not going to dissapjsjint the throngs of friends anil customers who have
learned to expect our Xmss displays to lie the biggest and best. This year they
will be bigger and lietlcr than ever. You have our word for that.
Here are a few faint t-howings of what we have
TOYS TOYS TOYS
We have as large an assortment apever came to Prineville to select from
ALBUMS
HOOKS
TOILKT CASKS
OA.MKS
EXPRESS WAGONS
DOLL lilJGOlKS
DOLLS
P.OCKKV HOUSES '
a Just Arrived
A. E. NATHAN S Go's
Custom Made Clolhing
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J. F. MORRIS'S
The Host "Wearing and Fitting Lino ol'
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You will find
HlCYCLI'iS of all Rood makes
Kamblers, Imperials, Ideals, and many
others. A good line of bicycle Sundries AT Hill IT'S,
WATTS MARBLE M GRANITE WORKS
Watts Baker, Props.
Marble and Granite Monuments
All Kinds of Strtlie Work
FIRST CLASS W)ItK AT LOWEST PRICES
Second Street, The Dalles) Oregon
mm m Line
Daily Between Prineville and Shanlko
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I,eavis Hlmnikn, (I p, 111. Arrives ut Prineville ft n. m.
leaves Prineville 1 p. in. Arrives at Hhaniko 1 a. in.
First Class Accommodations
The Best Line of Candies in Town
All Kinds of Fresh Fruits and Nuts
Hoping lo receive your Xina orders, we are
Yours respectfully.
1 3VLICHE
CO.
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jyk ! ALL PRICES AND SIZKS NKW AND NOR-BY
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I DRY GOODS MILLINERY GROCERIES
)mt Forjn't the Special Sale on lien's and Boys' i
llirv YOUIt MIILINKltY
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MKS. ED. BRADFORD'S
HuecehHor lo Mrc. usie Slnvton
l!p-to dale Millinery at less than city prieet".
Hair Ihwainj; Parlors in connection
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