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PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
OREGON PITY, JULY 7, 1899.
An American Internal Policy.
Fmst TuMIe ownership of publte franchises.
The values eref.ed by the community should be
fcmg to the community .
6oSD-Do3truetlou of criminal trusts. No
onopulUitlon of the national rosourcos by law
less private combinations nnre powerful than
the people's government.
Ti"u A graduated iuoometax. Every oltlzon
ta eeatrnmteto the support of the government ao
oaritn? to hl imans, and not according to his ne
cessities .
FuOMH Election of senators by the people.
The senate, now becoming the private property
3f oorjiwatlons and bosses, to be made truly repre
sentative, ni the state legislatures lo be redeemed
from recurring scandals.
flrn National, state and municipal Improve
ment of the public, school system . As the duties
of eitiienshlp are both general and local , every
Kverm snt, both ginoral and local, should do
Its share toward fitting every Individual to per
form Hum.
fiim Currency reform. All the nation's
money t be Issued by the nation's governnien t.
and its supply to be rogulatod by the people and
at by the banks.
Dirrot Lkoisiatioh Lawmaking by the voters.
"Ths Initiative The proposal of a law by a per
isentage of the voters, which must then go to tho
Iorendum,
Thi Behbknihim The vote at the polls of a
law proposed through tho Initiative, or on any
law passed by a lawmaking body, whose refer
ence is petitioned for by a percentage of the
oters.
The Impkiiativk Mandate Whencvor a public
official shall be deemed dishonest, Incompetent
. .i 1 lit (utU (the voters shall have
the right to retire him and elect one of their
choice. The people alone are sovereign.
If Secretary Alger is elected senator,
it is safe to say Michigan will got the
worst meat that the packers have to sell.
Pittsburg Press.
The office boy for the trusts has let
tout tins fact that the octopus simply
wiuked the other eye when it heard that
Alger was to fight it. Chicago Record.
ill factional lines are fast disappear
ing in the democratic camp and the
party is being solidly cemented together
for Bryan in 1900, and this is what
makes the trust advocates of the g. o,
Bo,uirm.
Alger makes the discouraging state'
nient that as the senatorial election will
tiotta'ioe place for a year, he has no idea
of resigning from the cabinet. ThiB on
ly makes Pingree's alliance with him
the more unaccountable. New York
Journal.
What gill the O'.ii) republican con
vention placed on exhibition in its plat
form in denouncing the trusts, then it
tlx came paragraph praising Mark Han
ma's president for "maintaining the gold
standard." We wonder what those fel
lows take tl people to be?
Mr. Alger having announced that as a
candidate for tho United States senate
lie is opposed to trusts, there arise
sounds from Maine to the Pacific w hich
betoken a popular conviction that the
secretary of war is endeavoring to palm
oft" political canned beef upon the pub
licPhiladelphia North Ameiican.
We paid two dollars a heaJ for the
Filipinos; that is, we bought them on
the range fi.r that price, but it is costing
us about fifty dollars a head to get our
vn, not to mention the loss of life of
our toys who are doing the rounding up
act, and when wo get them, they are
dexdj H begins to look as though we
Stave run up against the biggest bunco
ji&nx- of the century.
M' pity our Fourth of Julv orators
this year. The old boast was: "This
government derives its just power from
the consent of the governed." This ser
ved Ue patriotic orators for over a hun
Hired years, but it won't do any longer.
It is not true now. It was a mistaken
idea four forefathers. We are wiser in
this generation. We are going to gov
ern now w hether tho people consent or
fjoS -Salem Journal, (rep).
DOVBLR-L. r.
The Enterprise, of which the senator
from Marion county is the political edi
to devotes considerate if its"va'nable"
spat e to tl e Oourikr-Ukeald, It stated
lust weeli that we h uge $3 for sheriff sa' I
when we agreed to do it for $2 23. We
did not agree to do so and don't propose
to, either. Our charge for the work is
the same as the worthy senator.
He talks about manhood, but can't see
the beam in his own eye. Just think, a
man that will Bell him.ielf, body and
soul, for gold, talking about manhood.
Tiiis same unscrupulous fellow has been
trying to find S: nie grounds for tho re
pudiation of our contract with the coun
ty, lie can't bear to see the rounly get
work done cheaply, when he might have
had the work himself unil have made a
goou tmng out ol it. lie also claims v
made an exhorbitant charge for a blank
book, but it is useless to talk to a man,
who doesn't know the difference be
tween advertising and job printing. We
don't like to burden the reading publ'c
with these petty matters, as our space
will not permit it, although if we had to
fill this paper with boiler plate, as he
does his organ, we might explain the
matter in full for his especial benefit,
as he doesn't seem to know what he is
talking about. He seems to think the
public don't want his political record
shown up, and offers us "a chair in his
office." We suppose this is similar to
the offer he made Mr. Fitch. This car
pet-bagger from Wisconsin, who has
held a public office almost since the first
day he set foot in the county, thinks he
is very popular but if he knew how his
own party distrusted him he wouldn't
be so conceited and hightoned. He
will hardly notice a man on the
street unless lie belongs to his class
and he speaks of the working men as
so many cattle.
The Couriek-IIkrald has chanced
from calling our soldier boys murderers
to coning them heroes. It is easier to
call them murdereis when thev are in
Luzon than it is when they are in Ore
gon and they will be home in a few
days. Enterprise.
We never called the boys murderers
but refered to the murderous policy of
the administration. We have never
said anything derogatory to the boys or
their actions and defy anyone to prove
the contrary, and besides we claim to be
more patriotic than many who do a lot
of blowing to hear themselves talk. We
will endeavor to proye our assertions in
this matter and by the boys themselves
when they get home. We welcome the
boys home as heroes. They are not to
blame for the administration's blunders.
According to the Oregonian, Alger
aoes not lully till the bill as a g. o. p,
statesman, but when such men as Pot
to-patcii Pingree jump on to him, he is
entitled to the sympathy of all loyal r6'
publicans. Tis pleasant to note that
even the great daily with its boasted in
dependence and absolute fairness in dis
cussing public questions and its unswer
ving devotion to civil service reform can
when it has to, swallow a dose like Al
ger, together with the entire rotten beef
combination. If is evident that the
stomach of this plutocratic sheet can
contain anything which the boss xr
scribes. Surely, this man, Alger, must
nave a wonderful pull on the g. o. p.
Secretary Alger announces that, al
though a lull-fledged candidate tor Bena.
tor from Michigan, he will not resign
the war portfolio. He will stick to the
end of his term. This announcement is
made in an authoritative way; and it is
intimated in this connection that Gov
ernor Pingree is an administration man
This will be a strange association. Pin
gree is the sort of "reformer" who insists
on other people coming to him. Gener-
al A lifQn lYitu i - . ii
... muak iinva a K. eater pun on the
administration than is commonly sus
pected. He seems to be able to hold the
war portfolio against protracted protest.
and to carry the administration over to
the peculiarities of Pingree. It will not
be a surprise to learn that the narks
and reservations in Washington I,,.
been converted into potato patches.
Those government financiers who are
boasting about the conditio:! of the
treasury ought to be ashamed of them-
selves. They say that the deficit is go-
ng to ue only think of it, only one
mud red millions; and that if it had not
been for the war there would have been
a surplus of twenty millions. What a
transparent fraud this is ! If the moncv
derived from Bpecial taxation had not
teen spent for war, there would have
been a surplus. When the present ad
ministration came into power, McKinley
ussumed that it was drealful for the
government to have greater outlay than
receipts. He held up his hands in hor
ror at the idea of there being business
prosperity while tho government was
running behind. He hurried congress
together to get the sheet to balance ; but
more than two years have gone by, and
the government is still running behind,
whether considered from a peace or from
war standpoint. The deficit next year
s likely to be greater than that of the
year 1898-9; but we hear no t ilk in ad
ninistration or congressional circles a
bout the revenue question. The whole
effort seems to be lo throw sand i the
yes of the people, ou fie question of
finance, and to create artificial renti
nient on expansion.
OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 7,
Shuhd.
veil, herelvsg ag tin already. You
see I vent to town the odor day und t
meot mine frent Prownoll und I gifet to
him two pieces' of my mind already. 1
tells him vot for in dor devvil you re.
move mine frent Yudge lllne from the
high place vat he vas occupy, IWt
you vas know dot ve both ome from
Germany already and dot von blood vos
yoost so blue as de odder, and may be
some times I can pull his legs ven I
vant some appointments. But now you
see it is yoost like ven you see a nice ret
apples ou a top of a dree you dink I vill
make me some cider pooty soon, but
Borne man mit a long polos who vas in
the senate goes und nox me mine apples
down, und I looks at him und ho vas a
rotten apples eny vay und now I gets
me no cider und no appointments.
I tells you vat, Meester Editor, it
makes me so mad dot I say ting? vot I
never learn in Sunday school, but de
mans mit a long poles say veil, may be
I do wrong already, but I thought it vas
best for me vat I mean, for Glackamas
county so blees forgive me, und next
time I fix him plenty all right; you see
dere is yoost von mans in Glackamas
county who don't vas make mistakes.
Maybe he means you, Meester Editor. I
don't tinks he means me, for some nuns
say he vill fix me blenty ov I don't vas
Btop writing like dot. But I vant lo get
before der peoples; you see I vant to be
vone delegation to de county convention
next year. You see I vas me a delega
tion to der demokrat convention, vone
times to republican und vone times to
poplist convention. Next times I like
to go mit der prohibition und show der
peeples how I can make fools of dem
mit me. I dink I vas pooty smart.
Patsy McDugan.
On the TralL
Prineville is at the mouth of the
Ochoco river, a tributary of Crooked
river. By traveling west, one goes down
the Crooked-river valley for 12 miles
past numerous hay ranches to Frank
Forest's big horse ranch and way sta
tion. Here the valley narrows down to
a deep, rugged canyon, and the traveler
pulls up a rocky hill to the desert that
stretches away to the Deshutes river,
a dreary waste of sand sprinkled with
lava stones, as n some giant in the pre
historic age had used a crater cone of
melted lava as a pepper shaker over
this vast region. The only vegetation
is sage brush and juniper trees. The
latter will average 12 inches in diameter
and 12 feet in height.
The green banks and rippling rapids
of the Deshutos river are a welcome
change to the weary traveler. Here A.
J. Tetherow keeps the stage station and
a bridge spans the stream. There wa
ters here and tor 30 miles up are said to
be the best fishing in Oregon. To my
personal knowledge Mr. Tetherow took
42 beautiful mountain trout with hook
ana line in less than a quarter of an
nour. now is that lor sport I
Leaving the bridge, we have another
16 miles' ride through just such a desert
aB aescrioea, only a little more so.
Most of your readers douhtlesa r.
member reading last summer of an en
terprising fellow starting out with
traction engine and a dozen freight wag
ons from The Dalles en route for Silver
Lake, 22o miles south. He contempla-
w "to emancipation 01 the thousands
of over worked freight horses in this
Dtincn grass domain. Week by week,
month after month, he bravely kept at
it and when snow flew he left his iron
horse and three of the wagons (the oth
ers had been sent on bv horse power) at
Mud Springs, some 89" miles from The
Dalles. This spring he again "hit the
road." Today I saw him 12 miles be
low rnneviile, 114 miles from his det.i
nation. The bronco and ierk line will
very likely hold the boards until a rail
road is constructed.
Thirty-five miles west of Prineville is
a prosperous settlement of hardy pio
neers on rquaw creek, a timbered coun
tro, well watered. Half a hundred
ranches have been carved out and beau
tified by years of patient toil. Stock
raising is the principal industry. Each
rancher puts up a good supply of rye
and wild hay. consen. ient.lv tb Inaa ,J
stock was very light last winter. H. E.
Smith is the merchant here and post
master of Sisters postotlice, named after
the Three Sisters mountains that Innm
up distinct and grand above the settle
ment and only a dozen milea tn i ho
southwest. This is the sportsman's
paradise. J.N. Cobb sj,ys it, Is a com
mon occurrence when out with the rod
to land trout weighing several ponii ts.
Ju'y J- E. A.
You Roldbug? called me an anarchist
in 1890. I want to tell you that you
haven't a name so hard as to prevent
my doing what I can to prevent a hand
ful of English financiers from Mnnir.g
the United States. I don't pret'nd to
love my children more than other peo
ple love their children; but I woul 1 be
ashamed to call myself a fatlur, and
transfer to foreign financiers the right to
dictate the conditions that shall sur
round my children when I am here Do
longer. If you advocates of the gold
standard believe the gold standard is
good, come out into the op. n and defend
the gold standard. If you think the
gold standard is good stand by it and
tight for it, and go down with it, but
for God's sake don't admit it is bad, and
then say to the American people they J
must submit to it, because foreign fina- .
ciers want it. The republican p.uty put
in its platform the most ab.-urd propo?i
tion that any party was ever guilty of.
I assert Hint no business man woul.i do
business on the principle adopted by
the republican party. Why, the repub
lican platform declared the gold stand
ard to be so b id tluit we should try to
get rid of it by international sgreement.
So bad that we should petition other na
tions to help us to tt,.t rid of it. And
then announced to the other nations
that if they would not come witl
latuiney would not come with us we
ould stay w th them.-WM. J. Brtan.
w
Our Money System.
(.)
(Written for the Courier Herald by Argm.
We expected the silver wing of the re
publican party itself to have aided large
ly in defeating the gold standard forces
at the last election, but tho following
from the great champion of the jrold
standard in the West w ill account for
their failure to do fo.
From editorial of Oregonian Dec. 30,
1898:
"It has been a just ground of griev
ance against the McKinley administra
tion from the first that it was tied np in
league with politicians and bosses in all
parts of the country, who have endeav
ored to control party action and who
have received the ollices as their reward.
Nowhere has the abuse been more fla
grant than in Orem. It was a tiost-
convention agreement that put every
thing in Oregon In the hands of a faction
that had previously committed the
party in t he state to the silver delusion."
There was more of the same sort, hut,
this is enough to show the scandalous
manner in which the cold olitraivhv
overrode the free choice of the citizens.
Ve should sympathise with the Orego
man as uie honest champion of a bad
cause for thus exposing the wrong do
ing of its own party, if we did not know
that its chagrin was for tUe loss of the
boodle and a fair share of the aouronri-
ations for itself and friends was the main
reason of its petulencv, as the following
from an editorial of Nov. 15, 189S, will
show :
It would be a promisine field of en-
ceavor if a few such devoted men in the
United States should undertake to con
vince the opinion of the Rocky mountain
states that their silver mines will earn
more profit under the gold standard
than under the free coinage of silver,
but the task will hardlv be undertaken
unless we can secure the services of some
of the gold standard defenders in Eng-
taitu ;iie men who study nnance at its
source, master its principles and put out
authoritative discussions on currency.
In this country we are too busy; we
have no time to learn the truth and
teach it. To many pensions are yet un
granted and rural waterways unim
proved. Some su-plus millions will soon
be tapped by appropriation bills, and
Hon. Expert Handshaker and Never
Forget A. Name must be abjured to got
us our rightful share of them."
If the above was not intended as a fa
cetious confession for the Oregonian
itself, but only for the other fellows, it
yet ought to have been. We have
searched its columns for 12 months, anl
uere give us oest argument on the over
production theory, together with the
same for gold ;
SILVER IN HISTORY.
(Oregonian, March 16, 1898.)
From 1723 down to about the year
1805 the ratio varied little from 15 0'
loii to 1 .
From 1865 silver again began to fait
slowly. In 1870 the commercial ratio
of 15.57 to 1 ; in 1872, 15.63 to 1 a fall of
.13, or about J& ot 1 per cent.
The world's yearly product of silver
had stood for a long period at 30,000,000
to 32,000,000 ounces. Suddenly, about
the year 1861, it began to increase, and
about 1873 it was 67,267,000 ounces, al
most double.
This vast increase of production, as
the commercial ratios show, was attend
ed by a new decline in silver.
These statements, which are carefully
drawn from the best sources, from the
mint reports and secretaries' tables,
show:
First That silver before 1873 had be
gun to decline from the ratio it had held
for so long a period anterior to 1863:
and, '
Second That its production since
1800 had increased six fold, or COO per
cent, while its fall in value had been less
than 60 pe? cent.
Do men see in these facts no relation
to cause and effect? Is it not clear that
we have a commercial problem only?
i;old IN HISTORY.
From 1723 down tn nhrmt ti. ....
1865 the ratio varied little from 15 or
From 18-i0 gold again began to fall
slowly. In 1850 the commercial ratio
was 15.7 to 1 ; in 1857, 15.19 lo l-a fall
of .31, or about 1-3 of 1 per cent.
The world's yearly product of gold
had stood for a lonir uM-i! i,.
500,000 ounces. Suddenlv. oht i,
year 1851, it began to increase, and be
fore 185o it was over 6 000,000 ounces
over 10 fold.
This vast increase of production, as
the commercial ratios show, was attend
ed by a new decline of gold.
These statements, which are carefully
draw from the best monetary history,
the mint reports, show :
First That gold before 1S73 had be
gun to decline from the ratio it had held
for so long a period p.ior to 1850; and,
,o?,?l;0ni1TT,iat its Production since
18)0 had increased 15 fold, or 15)0 per
cent, while its appreciation in value has
been enormous.
Do men see in these facts any relation
of cause and effect? Is it not clear that
o tine a legislative problem pure and
simple?.
Git-en Oregon atj a Mack Eye
The Portland Evening Telegram,
while pretending to give a lot of news'
from Oregon City, does not print them
in the Portland edition, which is gen
erally circulated. In fact, the Tele
gram does not advertise Oregon City
scarcely at all. Not long ago some peo
pleat Parkplace, practically a part of
Oregon City, were getting the Telegram
by mail, and complained that they re-1
reiveu no uregn Uity news whatever.
Last Monday that paper added insult
to injury by giving Porland credit for
all of Oregon City's industries, and that
in a special edition too. It savs:
"Three-fourths of the manufacturing
don in Oregon is done at Portland
There is no city better supplied with
power for manufacturing purposes. The
electricity used by ti e city is made at
Oregon City 15 miles away, where the e
is aounuant water power. Thei
also many ideal locations alomr th
:iere
are
lie
ter front in Portland for manuVturine
wa-
ilea "
A fu'l line of Sialdiim's "officioi"
baseball supplies in st k at Huntlev'a
book store at Eastern priors
(ireat
I Glcarance Sale....
I Don't fail to iret the Great Bargains we offer durin?
the month of July.
down to actual cost.
It's So!
The Star Cothing House
Strictly One
,1m.
hm, Tlardins Block, Opposite.
Commercial Hank Oregon C'ly, Or.
Socratex On Argus.
(?)
We will begin on intrinsic value by
giving a full definition of the word,
j intrinsic; its 1st definition, according to
I Webster, Is internal and this word, in-
temal, means within; 2nd definition is
genuine and means, real ; 3rd definition
j is, inherent, and means, existing in
! something, innate ; 4th definition is, es
sential, and means, indispensably nec-
essary, important in the highest degree.
Surely, then anything in order to p isseBS
intrinsic value "must have value within
j itself; it must possess real value; its
: value must be innate or within itself;
' it must be indispensably necessary, im
I portant in the highest degree. We think
i we have made it clear in our other arti-
cles that neither gold, silver, paper nor
even dollars possesses any of the above
mentioned qualities. What is it then
that does possess intrinsic value? We
' will begin with land. The soil from
I which everything else is produced has
the most intrinsic value, it is indispen
sably necessary, and important in tho
I highest degree, and is also the basis on
which rests all our circulating medium,
: This is true whether man understands it
or not, and we think we will be able to
prove it before we have done with this
money question. The next most impor
tant thing is the food we eat; it is indis
pensable, hence has innate value. The
next most important thing is the clothes
we wear. Now, we have man fed and
clothed. He is the most independent
creature on Earth, and can accomplish
almost anything to be accomplished, but
make money. He must not monkey
j with money making for, I tell yoi, he
i hasn't senBe enough to accomplish the
undertaking. No sir, he has tried it for
six thousand years, and has demonstra-
. ted to an astonished and enlightened
generation his u'ter inability to accom-
! plish the task. Yes sir, every effort ne
has made along this line has been the
cause of his downfall, and yet he will
not let this simple problem alone, but is
' hamraeiing away at this very day hard
er than ever, and if he doesn't solve it
within a few more years, he will have
: the worst downfall be has ever yet had
over this notorious stumbling block.
(To be continued.)
Socrates.
An Interesting Manila Letter.
As the time approaches for the return
of the volunteers from Manila, any
thing concerning their experiences there
is of intense interest. The following
letter was written by Sergeant Frank E.
Weed at Marilo in April to his mother,
Mrs. Clara Weed. A former letter was
printed some time ago. He wrote:
Bocave is a small station some five
milts beyond Marilo. There we were
joined by the balance of the regiment,
there being three companies A, L and
M at Marilo. The 13th Minn, also
joined with Oregon there. On the banks
of the Bocave river the two regiments
bivouaced for the night. It seemed iust
like the stories you read about. For
there the boys were loitering about tel
ling Btories while here and there all
about the camp the flames from the
burning bamboo tires pointed heaven
ward. It was a real picture of old war
days. But gradually the tires died out,
as did the story telling, come to an end.
At early dawn While the stars were
still visible, we were astir. General
Wheaton had been in camp with us all
night and right on the ground to direct
our movements. Soon after daylight
we started The Minnesota boys took
the right with two battalions on "the fir
ing line and one in the reserve. The
r i . ,
uiegun uoys kiok me leu in tne same
formation. Off through the open fields
over rice "paddies," through jungles
and over hills we went. Our course
was ah Eastern one toward Luzon's
mountains, and in the direction of the
direction of the native towu of Santa
Maria. With us was one 3-inch can
non and rapid-fire field piece. The ad
vance was a hard one owing to the ir
regularity of the ground. Climbing
over rice paddies is by no means easy
work, but the boys endured the hard
ship manfully and all were pluck in
staying with it. Colonel Summers was
on foot an I showed his enduring quali
ties. We reached the town of Santa
Maria about four miles distant before
any s'gn of the enemy was seen. We
had advanced all this distance in skir
mish line. Here the enemy fired upon
us. Company A was in the reserve at
first, but later went up the line. When
we were in the rear we clung close to
the ground behind the lice paddies for
the bullets were falling around us
rather lively, but soon we advanced to
the line. After a half hour's hard ru.hr
and lively exchange of volleys the reb
els took to their heels. We entered the
town, but soon came back aways and
cut. off to the north in pursuit of the
cowards. We advanced three or four
miles farther on, but failing to find the
enemy returned agaiu to Bocive.
The democratic national committee
will have a meeting on July 20ih. Mr.
Bryan agrees to step down and out if the
committee thinks best. The peovle will
object and resent it if he is forced to
give up the battle at this stage.
The situation in the Philippines is aj
it was a year a;o md Uncle Sam holds
no moregrounl than he dil then and
the work of a year has been for naught
best It 8 th loss of the bra' e
1)0)8 who
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All our summer stock marked
When you see it in our ad.
Price House
A. HECHTM N,
Manager
1'rlneville.
High water in the Columbia river is a
great drawback to navigation. The
steamer Dulles City, from Portland
lands both passengers and freight at a
wild, rocky spot on the Washington
side, then wagons transfer them some
four miles to the Regulator dock above
the rapids.
The crops between The Dalles and
Kingsley appear to be damaged by the
hot winds along about the 10 tn 15th nt
juiib. Alter passing Kingsley
going
souiti tne crops lmnrova with
mile traveled.
every
I stayed over night with O. L. Paauet.
near Wapiuitia, better known as Oak
Grove, about 50 miles south of The
Dalles. This is a eentlv rollim?
between the White and Dechutes rivers
first settled bv Peter da I ,nra in lKi;n
The first postoffice was called Mount
Hood, afterward changed to Wapinilia,
an Indian word signifying "rolling nrai-
ne." Mr. Paquet was a Clackamas
county lad. His father. F. X. Panut.
came from Missouri in 1852 and located
in vregon uity. During the civil war
he helped build Uncle Sam's first iron
clad, the historical Merrimac.
Grain prospects are most encouraging
in all this i-ountry. A heavy rainfall ou
the night of the 25th inBt. insures a
bountiful harvest.
And here we enter the Warm Spring
Indian reservation. We are informed
that 1000 Indians are reported to Uncle
Sam, but an old settler says that at least
500 of them are "good injuns" in other
words, they have gone over the cloud
trail to the happy hunting ground.
The north agency line is three miles
from Wapinitia, and wt traveled over 30
miles of wild, rugged country before we
lift the si wash domain at the upper
Dechutes ferry.
Twelve miles south of Oak Grove we
nooned at the Simnasho Indian Mission,
under the auspices of the Woman's Mis
sion Board of the United Presbyterian,
church, Rev. J. A. Morrow in charge,
where he and his worthy wife live alone.
12 miles from a white neighbor and are
much beloved by the "poor Indians,"
who are Christians in profe-sion, if not
in practice. Mr. Morrow thinks their
civilization is as high as can be reached
under a reservation policy.
At the agency there are 140 pupils
who are put through a complete course
of Btudies and in due time will be turned
out full-fledged graduates, and then in
six months time they will drift back to
the blanketB and wickiups of their say
age ancestry.
'J he Warm Spring river is well worth
a day's journey if one is prepared to
camp. There are about 40 boiling hot
springs within a mile of the wagon
bridge. Wonderful stories of restored
health to numerous individuals are told.
Some day a big sanitarium will be filled
with guests where todav the coyotes
yelp undisturbed except at rare intervals
uy tne pate faces.
J. E. Campbell keens a coin fort a bin
and cozy hotel and feed barn at the
Warm Spring ferry on the DeShutea
river. If one contemplates a trip to
rnneviile from The Dalles we strongly
advise the Warm Spring route.
We had a ride of 20 miles from the
ferry to Haystack postollict across a
level uninhabited prairie. Here we saw
thousands of acres of waving bunch
grass knee high, but as it is many miles
from water, the cattle graze but very
little here.
There are a number of good farms in
Haystack valley, which was first settled
in 1878. There is a very fair prospect
for fruit here, where the settlers have ,
thrifty young orchards.
An eight mile ride takes one through
the Haystack settlement, and then go
ing souin mere is another long stretch
of 15 miles through sage brush and over
hills without seeing a house except at
long range.
The air here is so e'ear that one from
old Webfoot is at first greatly deceived
in the distance of objects they view. To
day we saw a horseman at a distance of
half a mile smoking a pipe, an t could
distinctly see the blue Binoke curl lazily
awiy with each puff of the smoker.
As we reach the crest of a sage brush
hill we have the Ochoco valley spread
like a panarama before Us, dotted here
and there with ranch buildings, and It '
miles away the prosperous and pictur
esque county seat of Crook countv,
Prineville, like an oasis in the desert "of
brown hilis.
An hour's drive over an ideal road,
smooth and hard as a floor, brings us lo
the town of 700 inhabitants. There are
four general merchandise 6tores, four
blacksmith shops, two drug stores, five
saloons, one brewery and a local tele
phone system. A telephone line is be
ing built from The Dalles and will be
completed to Prineville by the first of
August. This town is a business place
from the word go, has two live newspa
pers. The Crook Coun'y Journal rep
resents the republicans and the Prine
ville Review (L. N. Liggett, ediior and
propri-tor) is a bright, newsy, all home
print independent paper.
Prineville, June 27. E. A.
It has not been so very long sgi but
what we can all remember it, that many
labor organizations paraded the s'reeta
of oui cities, and shou'ed lustily for
"McKinley and p-osperity." Now the
imps ( fMcKinlty are ismii g and er
foicing orders at the mu-zles of the
: guus that no union man shall be allowed
to work in some of the weeteru mines.
HOW lORg uill union vnrlimon Ko oltn.
ed l0 wotk jn )l(ce 5( t. continue
a .
iaiu co vu t ih lives for u our.trv
io eieci such men as McKinley?