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NO RESPECT FOR CREED
DR. I1ILLIS' DEXCITCIATIOT OP THE
DOCTRIXE OF DAMXATIOX.
lion- PlymontU'ti Pastor Fat Him-
lelf Oat ot Fellowship of the
Church lie Brenn In.
Beginning his sermon, Sunday morning.
March 23, with a statement of the great
Importance that Ideal of -the future life
have for men. he Quickly made the as
sertion that until eolutlon came the
world had no data, for an adequate dis
cussion of the problems of right and wrong
and penalty. He placed himself' fairly and
isouarely upon the ground that both Na
ture's penalties and God's punishments
represent, not anger, but medicinal love,
that they are cot to break the bruised
reed, but to bring"growth and victory.
He showed out of what partial and
carbled materials the mistaken genius of
men had erected ideas ofcvcrlastlng hell
and of cruel jpd vengeful punishments,
pointing with sorrow both to Michael An
gelo's artistic ideas and at Calvin's and
Jonathan Edwards' dogmatic assertions
and passing to the. Presbyterlanlsm of to
day. From this background rose, like the
finale of a rich and glorious symphony,
his concluding apostrophe to the deliver
ance of man out of the very sternness of
Nature:
"Know, then," he said, "that there is a
'deliverer. With confidence that Is absolute
and with certainty that is unyielding and
Immovable, I point you to Jcsua Chrx3L"
Dr. mills' sermon in part follows:
. "Among life's gravest problems let ni
include the problem of the life to come,
with Its penalties and rewards. No other
question has so fascinated man, no-other
problem is so big with wonder and mjs
tery, and none has so fully occupied the
thought of the common people not less
than of the poet and the philosopher.
For when man has tolled long- with bis
tool, his 'law, his friendship, and made
ready for his old age, it remains for hlra
to become good friends with his past, with
his conscience and his God, and to pre
pare for his- admittance into that court
of universal Ioe into which the good and
great of all ag hae been garnered.
Perhaps', after th'eir many and long In
quiries, tho wisest of men can never knon
with certainty what is the nature of that
future life, what occupations and duties
there await them, but certain It is thit
"nothing educates man like the Vorecast
and preparation for a future that con
lessedly must remain unknown. All w'll
admit that no child can know beforehand
that wisdom, wealth and Influence may be
long to three-score years and 10, yet It is
to the fast degree important that the boy
should wander and dream as to what
manner or home shall be his, what tool
or task he shall take up; whether glory
and honors ehall await him or povrrty
and neglect discourage his labors. And
If man In his youth prepares for an un
known career this side of the grave, man
grown gray and old does well also to fore
cast that realm beyond tho horizon trhcre
mortal law must also reign. If In thu
life vices and sins Journey on attended
by harvests of unhapplness, perhaps be
jond the-grave those who love truth and
goodness- will And the angels of God ever
upon the wing.
"Now our Intellectual tread will be the
firmer If we note what evolution has to
say1 as to the laws of life, growth and
continuance of any organism. Reduced to
its simplest possible terms. Mr. Spencer
tells us life depends upon correspondence
with environment. The stone Is dead. I:
has no nerve of connection with nlr or
coll. A plant lives a little. It has one
nerve down to the soil and another nerve
up toward the sun. The lark has more
life. It has mouth for food, feet for walk
lng, 'wnga for the air and 6ong toward
Its fcjlowa. The savage adds jet more
life. Ho Is related to soil, to seeds, 4o
fruits, to flocks and herds, to Are and
clone and metals. The civilized man adds
to his life. He runs one nerve toward
the kingdom of beauty, one toward the
kingdom of color and one toward the king
dom of truth; while for man in his nobles,
state, there are relations toward the In
isible realm, where hope and loe and
conscience dwell. Cut off any nerve of re
lation and to that extent death has taken
place. Cut the root nerve of the plant,
and it dies. But tor the bird, death in
volves more. Remove the wings, it still
has feet. Remove the feet and It has the
mouth for food. But removo the head
and life Is gone. Because man has a thou
eand nerves relating him to the universe,
death is more difficult. Cut the optie
nerve, the kingdom of beauty goes, bi!
man lives. Cut the nerves of hearing also
and of speaking, man etlll continues his
life. Cut the nerve of conscience and
friendship, and the moral realm goes.
Many me who are alive phyelcally have
been dead for 20 years toward the kin
dom of love and conscience. Cut th:
nerve of memory and intellect, and the
body stilj lives. Cut off hands and feet,
the1 pulse still thrives. But touch the.
heart life is gone. In man, therefore, tlytr
measure of life Is the measure of relation
and correspondence. Obedience to the
laws of exercise and nutrition fcr
etrecgthenlng the nerves of correspondence
Increases the life. Contrariwise, d sobe
dlepce to these means death. This la nat
ural law. Tears will not change 11;
groans and shrieks will not Interrupt It.
God's world Is one -world The laws that
reign today will rule tomorrow and to
morrow's tomorrow- Now this law is bis
with destiny? Cm
"But evolution makes' much of another
law the law of the conservation of en
'ergy. A natural law is God's thought
organized, and these think and work for
God and under him. In accordance with
this principle. God governs rocks by
force, animals by fear, ravage men by self--lnterest,
good men by reason, the bes:
men by love. The law In. the lowest realm
Is the law of force, and the weak go to
the wall, the strong survive. But as man
approaches the realm where God dwells
he finds the law reversed. There tlie
strong go td the wall, while the weak sur
vive. Jn the low animal stage, the weak
perish and strength survives and multl
piles. But when the savage mother iden
tifies her babe with herself for reasons
of self-lntercot. she wishes" every part
of herself to survive, and so lifts the
chleld to protect her babe. In the cold and
rain ehe makes her body a shield above
tho ch'ld. Soon the babe In Its weak
ness survives, and the strong mother
perishes. But .when men saw that thlfl
was after an a form of progress, then all
lathers and mothers, named the state,
made a law to preserve, not simply
banes, but to cause the weak slave and
serf and debtor to survive. A law waa
made to give the slave his freedom after
seven years, so the serf survived. A law
was made forbidding the creditor to take
the sleeping blanket from the debtor, or
to take- his spade or sickle when these
were his only means of life. At length
the state lifted the shield above the blind
the deaf, the aged, and weakness sur
vived more and more. Finally Christ
came, declaring that the law of force
never blossoms until the etrocg perish that
the weak may survive.
"With these principles In mind, what
has Christianity to say of the future
life and its penalties and rewards? First,
life great problem is to keep the soul
that has been achieved for you by your
ancestors and by your God. This Is
Christ's question: 'What shall It profit
a man If he gain the" whole world and lose
his own souir The problem of the bad
man Is: Given a body fearfully and won
derfully made, given a tout fully equipped
with faculties .rational, affectional and
moral, given nerves running out into the
earth beneath and the heavens above, how
shall I through sin most quickly cut the
nerve toward truth and the nerve toward
beauty rnd the nerve toward friendship
and the nerve toward all immortal realms,
until I stand alone, without a single"
nerve of relation a mere lump of flesh,
as truly dead as a stone that has no rrrr.
toward soil or sua? And the problem
of the good man is this: Given a soul,
no, matter from whence it came, that now
eecms the Image of God, hpw shall I ex
ercise and strengthen the nerve of rea
son toward truth, the nerve of memory
toward a noble past, the nerve of hope
toward a great future, the nerve of aspi
ration toward he Immortal life, so that 1
shall be as Immortal through faith and
love as God and Christ, with whom I am
In communion? '
"Now .nl3 automatic Judgment also ex
plains the awful warnings of God's word.
What terror and alarm in this divine
book! What separations and descriptions
that blanch the stoutest heart! Listen!
'Because I called, ye refused: I stretched
out my hand and no man regarded; there
fore, I will laugh at your calamity; I
will mock when your fear cometh when
ear cometh as 'desolation and destruction
sa a whirlwind." Misunderstanding for
centuries, men -have thought this was
the voice of God speak" ng. From this
scripture Dante and Milton created their
pictures of lurid, fiery torment. But this
voice of warning comes from, the throne
In man, and not from the throne of God.
It is the-voice of Nature. Proverbs Is
the book of wiedom- Wisdom Is here
personified and rpeaks to us; The glutton
lives for" stalled ox and highly seasonea
foods. The drunkard lives for fiery stim
ulants and plced wines. The lecherous
man Uvea Sot pleasure, and his kiss cf
passion sets a blister on the forehead that
KEV. DR. XEWELt D WIGHT HILLIS.
hitherto was while. And when this evil
life has been, persisted In, Nature ascends
her Judgment seat. The brain exclaims:
'I have called to ye, oh, ye gluttons, and
ye refused." The exhausted .nerve ex
claims: 'I have stretched out my hanc,
oh, ye drunkards, and no man regarded
IL' And the weakened heart cries out.
"Te would none of my counsel: ye mocked
my reproof, and now J" the Injured brain,
or nerve, or stomach, exclaims "I will
laugh at your calamity; I will mock at
your desolation. When the agonies of sci
atica and dyspepsia and all forms of phy
sical anguish shall desolate your life, ye
shall eat The fruit ot your own devises."
It Is tho voice of physiology. It 1s the
vofce of Intellect If the scholastic the
ologians have substituted God for Nature,
there Is no scholar but knows that the
book of Proverbs represents Nature and
wisdom warning man. And though the
wrongdoer, when It is too late, pours
forth his tears, though he send forth
prayers and exceeding bitter cries, the
laws of God will move on. Nothing can
stay the penalties. 'He that sows to the
flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption."
'Whatsoever a man sowetb, that shall he
reap." This is natural law. This is true
today and tomorrow, and shall be true,
on the morrow's morrow.
"Another partial and hideous view was
taught and Is by Jonathan Edwards aLd
the Calnnlstlr theologians. They took the
words of Solomon, where brain and nerva
and stomach speak, saying to the glutton
and the drunkard, 'I will laugh at your
calamity. I will mock when your fear
cometh," and constructed a. form of fu
ture punishment therefrom. Adam and
Eve represented the race. For their sin
ill manblnd n-., tfanmf (n trr!1 nnn.
lshment. Christ came In with a lifeboat
to save a few of the. lost wretches; as
Edwards said, 'the bigger part of men
who have died heretofore have gone to
hell; tho whole heathen world Is hopelessly
doomed: against the non-elect the wrath
of God Is burning, the furnace hot, the
flames race ard glow and devils are wait
ing for their coming like lions restrained
and greedy fcr the'r prey." On one page, M. Visiting competitors arc expected
Edwards writes: 'God holds the uncon- from Vancouver. Victoria, Seattle, Taco
verted over the pit of hell, as much as one ma, Spokane and also some from Callfor
holds a spider or a loathsome Insect over nla. Entries to all championship events
the fire," "and from time to time the gener- must be In the hands of the secretary of
ations In darkened lands, without temple, -the i association1 P. B. Glfford. of Port-
without Bible, without religious teacher,
are swept Into hell as the- housewife llt.s
the lids from the glowing coals and sweep
files into the flamed." And today one of
our greatest denominations still includes
that awful statement In Us conf&slon of
faith, saying that certain men and angels
are foreordained to everlasting death, be
ing 'particularly and unchangeably de
signed, and their number is so certain and
definite that It cannot be either Increased
or diminished.' And every young man who
enters tho Presbyterian Church has to
solemnly swear to believe ard 'teach this
frightful view. Yet every attempt to re
vise and expel that statement from the
creed has been successfully combat ted by
a majority that wishes to retain the doc
trine. It would seem that it men believed
It. reason would be shaken to Its founda
tion. It would seem as if a man would
prefer to bs burned at the stake rather
than hold and charge 6uch Infinite cruelty
upon the all-merciful and all-loving God.
The day the echolastlcs wrote that chap- j
ter in ine conies:on or xaitn tney got
the devil confused with God. What, read
the story of Christ's life love, sufferings j
and death and then charge God with
particularly and unchangeably designing"
tne majority ot n children to eternal tor
ment I would rather shake my flet in tho
face of- the Eternal and fling every vile
epithet toward that stainless throne, where
eternal mercy sut with the world's aton
ing Savior, than lift my hand with that
creed toward God's throne and affirm that
I taught or believed It: For the man who I
doei believe that hideous doctrine the hour
of Judgment has already come. His sun Is
already darkened; his moon is. turned to
blood; his stars have refused to give thIr
light. But for the common people driven
toward utter denial and atheism by such
falso theology, there has risen the light '
of science to reconcile contradiction, to
enforce righteousness, to convict of sin
and to recover men unto belief In and love
for God revealed in our Savior, Jesud
Christ.
"Equipped with- this automatic Judg
ment seat, knitted In by ties of friend
ship and association with our fellowe. re
sponsible for influence, how solemn the-,
thought of that coming judgment day.
For wise men science, with- its new em
phasis of the permanence of character, has,
taken away the dreams of Dante and Mil
ton and Edwards, but hag substituted
realities that are a, thoussted-fold more
Impressive, stem and rleorous. The old
ecbolastica only eMsaraed the sorfaee ol
Nature's dark flood, over which the mari
ner sails. Ours is a moral universe. It
is keyed to righteousness, and not happi
ness. Dreams become thought, thought
becomes -habit, habil becomes character,
character becomes destiny. This voice of
the sage Is also the voice of Nature and
of God. Conscience .never takes a vaca
tion. The judge la ever on the bench.
Every hour the testimony .comes in. Laws
hem man In op every side: God" "never
slumbers nor sleeps. Many there arc who
dare not trust themselves out under the
stars that blaze and, like flaming light,
nlngs, burn and sear. For them the heav
ens are braes. For them the earth U
iron and ashes. But for these broken
hearts and wrecked lives Is there no placa
of recovery?
"And when I see Christ stretching pity
ing hands toward sobbing Peter and whis
pering, "There Is Joy in heaven over on
sinner that repenteth"; when I see Christ's
tenderness toward that weeping girl, con
cealing her tragedy as she wets Chrlst'H
feet, with her tears and wipes them with
her hair: when I behold Christ's mercy
toward Saul slaying Stephen, and then
himself assuming the responsibility o
Saul's sin, raising up a new leaderln Steph
en's place, and so bearing and atoning for
Saul's transgressions, and then going oa
to meet Saul in a vision hour and trans
form Mm to Paul, then I understand that
glorious deliverance that Christ brings
to each wicked courtier like Francis Xav.
lor; to that wicked thinker, John Bunyan.
to the criminal Jean Valjean.""
WILCOX TROPHY CONTEST.
Close Scores on Wnverly Link-.
Coming Tournament.
The contest for the T. B. Wilcox trophy
cup at the Wavcrly coif links vesterdnv
afternoon was exceedingly Hvelv. and fh
scores svere well bunched, there being but
a. difference of 15 between high and low
man: F. G. Wheeler won the contest with
a score of IDS and 10 handicap, making
a net 98. P. B. Glfford (scratch) and K.
L. Macieay, with two plus opposite his
name, each made 105 gross. F. S. Wheeler
and Dr. H. E. Jones qualified for the
finals, and the cup will be contested for
every Saturday afternoon from now until
the end of June.
Yesterday's scores follow:
QLssI 2
PLATERS.
F. a. Wheeler.....
H. E. Jones ..
J. K. Kollock
N. E. Ayer
C. E. Ladd
J. E. Young
T. B. Wilcox
P. B. Glfford
R. L. Macieay....
J. Bourne. Jr
W. J. Burns
W. M. Whldden..
105 10
111 12
111 10
112 S
114 10
109 4
117 12
10;
106 2
U13 6
121 12
120 10
122 12
119 7
US 2
101
104
104
105
1C5
1C5
107,
107
109 I
110
110
112
D. C. Lewis
C iL Lewis..
ThomasKerr
113
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The Pacific Northwest Golf Association
will hold Its second annual championship
meeting, in Portland next Wednesday,
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. There
will be five contests each day. beginning
at s:.o A. M.. and continuing until 5 P.
lana, not later than Thursday evening.
Entries for all other events may be made
with the committeeman acting as starter
at the links. Only amateur golfers bo
longing to clubs on tho Pacific Coast can
compete In the open championship events.
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The other events are open to all amateurs
from any part of tho United States or
Canada.
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PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
REMEDIES SUGGESTED FOR EXIST
ING CONDITIONS.
Precinct Assessors Favored In
CroolcCoanty Jadsje Bird Stands
br Present Lair.
The questions of assessment and taxa
tion and revision of the assessment laws
continue to be discussed with Interest
throughout the state. There are as many
remedies for existing conditions as there
are persons to advocate them. Jujge
Wills, of Crook County.favora Precinct As
sessors and a State Board of Eq.ua.lza
Uon. He considers it useless to u.ge
County Assessors to perform their duvy
under the present law. Judge Bird, of
Yamhill County, thinks the present law Is
sufficient if Assessors would enforce It.
Judge Potter, ot Lane County, offers as a
remedy an inheritance tax and direct levy
upon railroads and telegraph JInea and
upon counties, according to population, for
the purpose of raising state revenue.
rilECIXCT ASSESSORS.
Crook County- Plan for Getting? a
Fall Assessment.
PRIN.EVrLLE. Or.. April 2L The liabil
ities of Crook County were, according to
our last semiannual statement. Including
Interest on outstanding warrants, JlS.iHi 75;
estimated resources, m,979 70. Of the last
amount, SKCO was cash on hand, applicable
to tho payment of county warrants. The
balance consisted of uncollected taxes due.
The tax levy for ISM for general county
purposes was placed at 10 mills, and will
bring in a revenue of J1S.441 4S. If all is
collected, but we expect to fall short of
this amount about JIOO. All warrant
against this county registered prior to
October 14, 1S3S, have been paid. The
actual expenditures of this eounty during
ISM were approximately $13,000. The In
debtedness has m the last year and one
half been reduced about 110,000. Our reve
nues from all sources In 1900 will be nearly
fSMXC.
How mines should be taxed is a questios
that up to the present time has not been
considered in this county, but Indications
are that It soon will be. We have no
patented mines as yet. but have prospects
that apparently will develop Into propertlej
of great value. I am ot the opinion that
mining Improvements and machinery can
only be taxed as personal property, and
their values should be governed by their
earnings for the year they are taxed.
Having served the state for four years
upon the State Board of Equalization, and
having become familiar with the manner
in which assessments are made by As-ws-Sors
in this state, and knowing the oath
Assessors take before entering upon their
duties, it seems to me that suggestions
for the benefit of Assessors would be
sweetness wasted on the desert air.
What do I think would be a remedy for
existing evils? My answer Is: Compel
every Individual or corporation owning
property within any county in this state
to deliver to some person In each precinct
who shall have been previously appointed
by the County Assessor, to receive the
same, a full and complete list ot all of his
or their property, personal and roil, within
the precinct of the person1 so appointed.
Listing of property- should be as of March
1. Such a law should be backed by heavy
fines or by forfeiture of a large per centum
of such property as was not so returned.
Thus we would find all the property, aftet
whjch It would bo only necessary for the
Assessor to visit each precinct and. In
conjunction 'with his deputy in the pre.
clnct, place an appraisement upon
the property. when such lists
would b! complete and rcad7 for
entry on the county roll. The
i Assessor's blanks and assessment rolls
should be furnished bv the tnte.
ana
should correspond as to classification of
1 property, and the Assessor should be corn-
pelled by law to use, blanks so furnished
and none other. AH classes of property
should be placed upon the rolls In a uni
form manner, and no two classes of prop
erty should be merged under one heading.
Summaries of each roll, giving the
classes as they appear on the rolls, with
the number in each class, and of total
valuation, along with the average valua
tions in each clara. should be sent to the
Secretary of State by a given time or
fixed date, under penalty for neglect or
tan spina w.3 iu w bj. jiivic auuutu uc oiuic
o jj 3,3 'Board of Equalization offeotlcss than five
refusal to do so. There should be a State
persons, representing as many districts.
who should have power to sit as Ions as
SO days. Such board should be allowed a
reasonable compensation, a part of which
should be for traveling expenses, while
tho Individual members are In .search o!
Information outside of their own districts.
It should be their duty to equalize the
valuations of each class of property found
In the summaries as between counties and
return tho same to the Secretary ol
State, who should then charge each coun
ty with Its Just amount of state taxes, ac
cording to the report of such Board of
Equalization. Such equalization should
i fTl tit. l1. tt it. .tv TV.. ....... ..
.". ...j . t.... titbit,, ajj avuic bugh
means only will we ever know the true
valuation gf the property In this state,
lr valuations make high rates. High
rates breed llara and causo concealment of
Property. Low valuations are bad for the
state. High rates are bad for the local-
lty.
WILLIAM C. WILLS.
County Judse.
Brycn's I.end-PIpe Clrich.
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
There arc two sufficient reasons why
escape from Bryan's nomination by the
Democratic party is hopeless. The first is
that there Is absolutely no other candi
date to be found. The second Ii that he
has unshakable possession of more than
enough votes to nominate him. To pre
vent his nomination, 311 votes, or more
than one-third of the convention, will be
necessary. All the votes of the delega
tions from all tho states In which there
Is any possibility of revolt from hlm-New
Ycrkvr. Indiana DO. Ohio 4S. Michigan 2S.
Minnesota IS. Iowa U. and Maryland 16
aggregate only 23i Nobody pretends that
he will loss the solid delegations from
these states, so that tho size of tho nn.
j position to him will be much smaller nu-
uicrjcauy man mis aggregate. Long be
fore any of the states named above are
reached In the roll-call, hjs nomination
will be assured, and tho chances are ten
to one that the call will cither never he
finished or that he will be nominated hv
I awniMui, v nymu ov pjjc oi me great.
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COLUMBIA
CLEVELAND
EAST PORTLAND AGENT,
F. P. Keenan, 134 Grand Avenue
est surprises In American politics If a
candidate with such a grip as this upon
a convention could bo set aside at the
last moment, especially when tho party
has no available man to take his place.
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PRESET LAWS GOOD.
All
Ther Jfced Is
Xced Is Amendment
to
Make Tuem Effective.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., April 2L-The
financial condition of Yamhill County at
the beginning of 1300 was very satisfactory,
especially when we consider the low rate
of taxation that has prevailed for a num
ber of years pact. Our levy for 1SS0 will
be a little heavier than for some years.
However, this becomes necessary for more
than one reason. Yamhill County has a
great many expensive bridges spanning
the streams which And their source In the
Coast Mountains and then wind their
way to the Willamette River, a dlstanco
In some streams of 50 miles, all la this
county. In the practice of economy that
the taxpayers nilght not be overburdened
during the hard times through which we
have so lately paesed, the County Court
spent very little money on these bridges,
so during the year ISM It became neces
sary to Increase tho expenditure In this
direction very largely. So we did not quite
get out of debt, as wo had Intended when
wo made the levy for this year..
We have no bonded Indebtedness what
ever and no road warrants outstanding.
But we had county warrants outstanding
December M. 1K, $11,372 T9: accrued Inter
est on outstanding county, warrants, 3:
total liabilities. J12.Z73 79.
Our resources are uncollected taxes on
roll ot 1S5S, K117.
Total liabilities over resources. $6156 79.
Our county warrants afthe end of the
year were paid up to October Z. 1SS3.
The following Is a detailed statement ot
our levy for 1S39 and the amount of each
fund It will raise:
State purposes. 6.30 mills. ralstng430.93 si
Scalp bounty. .25 mills, raising.... 1.230 13
School, 5 mills, raising 24.602 79
Indigent soldiers. .10 mill, raising.. 493 03
County purposes, 6.75, raising 33.213 6
Total. 18.40 mills, raising C0.53S 41
Under our present system of raising the
state revenue, it seems that some kind ot
a law regulating tho equalization ot as
sessments in the different counties Is a ne
cessity. The manifest injustice of the
way in which the present law Is admin
istered I so apparent that it is needles.1
to call attention to It It occurs to me
that It would result In-better laws If our
Legislators would take our present laws
on assessment and taxation as they find
them and direct their efforts toward
amending them where experiences ha3
proven them to be wrong and Ineffective.
After following this plan a few yearn, we
would. I believe, find a great improve
ment !n our system. Instead of this, our
Legislators undertake an entire new law
from beginning to end. They labor and
work at It all through the ccsrfon, and at
the close the framer of the bill would
not recognize It were his name not on It
as the Introducer, and as It pleases no one.
It Is lost on Its final passage, and the old
law still remain with all of Its weak
nesses. Jut as cumbersome and Inopera
tive as ever. R. P. BIRD.
County Judge.
BV DIRECT LEVY.
Judge Potter's Plan for Raising: the
State' Revenue.
EUGENE, Or., April 2L Following is a
statement of the financial condition of
Lane County December 31, 1S33:
Liabilities
County warrants outstanding and
unpaid .. ...........$100,713 37
Estimated Interest on same 3,5 00
Total noun n
Cash In hands of Treasurer, ap
plicable to payment or county
warrants .........$ 2.3SS 97
Tax levy for UJS State and scalp
bounty, 6.S3 mills; school. 5; county
and road purposes. 11 95: total. mllls.VS
This levy will raise JS4.0S9 S3.
Thero are no road warrants outstanding
and no road funds on hand.
The net Indebtedness of the county Is
about 147.09X Since July. 1SS6. the county
has erected a Courthouse and furnished
it at a total cbst of about r74,OW. nnd
during the same time has expended 1C6.000
on road and bridges. Including $4300 ex
pended In the purchase of rockcrushers
and other road machinery. We have also
procured a present ownership list and plats
for the Assessor's office, at a cost of $2400.
and have had to bear the expense of the
trial and execution ti a murderpr. The
people of the county are thoroughly awake
to the value of good roads, and are willing
to subscribe money and work outside or
Kielr taxes for the Improvement of the
highways. The development of the lum
ber and mining industries of the county
makes a promise of prosperous times for
the future. County warrants are selling
at a premium, of mere than 1 per cent,
and the population of the county ls in
creasing rapidly.
I have no suggestion to mako as to the
rnmn.. matruvt r i..imr min,.
I favor raising the state revenue oy a
Coaste
POPULAR FROM OCEAN TO
The" demand for Free Rear Wheel Auto
matic Coaster Brakes on bicycles has be
come so general, the output will not meet
tho demand at this time, and a probable
shortage will occur, here as elsewhere. We
are prepared to fit the Morrow Hub Coaster
Brake or the Columbia Coaster Brake on
New Columblas, Clevelands and Hartords
at 5 extra. .
MORROW BRAKES
Fitted to Bicycle In oc.
COLUMBIA BRAKES
Fitted to Bleyclca In me.
.3.30
?T50
The Columbia Coaster Brake has fewer
parts than any other. Is an absolutely free
wheel brake, having no friction between
crank and hub coasts farther than other
brakes. The simplicity of the Columb'a
Brake recommends it to all. It puts no
strain on your rim. spokes, hub or renr
wheel bearings. Has no equal as a Coaster
Brake. The only Coaster Brakg that can
ys fitted to a bevel-gear, chainlets bicycle,
wh'ch combination make3 the ideal whejl
for every day use and for touring, being
free from any possible source.of trouble.
We maintain the best equipped repair
Dhop In the West. All work fully guar
anteed and done promptly.
Bicycles in A1 repair,
No falrjjfler refused. They must be
THEBiGFQLJ
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SURPASSING COfVIPETSHON
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direct tax by the state upon railroads and
telegraph llnee, and 'some form of Inherit
ance tax. In my opinion, a levy upon
the counties "according to populatlm
would be a better method, of rating the
state revenue than the present. If th
present method continues,
I favor a State
Board of Equalization.
E. O. POTTER,
County Judge
The German Agrarians.
London Spectator.
The squirearchy who are deerhpl hv
tnat rather pedantic name have for gener-
ations past been the foundation, the bed
rock, as the mineralogists say. of the
monarchy, not only-in Prussia, but In atl
the minor states. They have suDnlied the
armies with nSlrpra Tir-v tini- mir.i ii
hlchcr rank of tho civil srrvlr.. .-.ml im,
tenants and laborers have formed the dj.-pefJa ant. liver trouble from di-'ry
most Important section of tho soldiery. crrors- and the cauwa of most dfcests ar.
They have ltd. If they have not ruled. . cajlly traceable, but although pile art
the large body of small freeholders, and i rcwl troubles are as common ae an of
that considerable section of German so- thoe- tlu caus ' oh.cure.
clety which on almost every social ques- LoIcnt ?cr,ion' ,s m ftic. som-Jmts
tlon falls Into rank behind the aristoc Prdu-i them a:J a sedentary occupation
racy. They are monarchies to a man. and ls Dl" Trae -PP""61' ..to '1 P""!"6"11-!
the great majority of them are torles of cause, but as a rce pl! .-ml rectal trou
the old hlgh-and-dry type now so near'y b!8 appear vrtthou npparent provoc .t.on.
extinct In England, Tories such as the' 'here are many pil- saU e, .ami o.r.tmen 3
Scotch landlord, were before the reform ! ??h!ch " t-r-porary relief, ard vvhei
bllL Even under the present con-tllutlon, theEe fa"- I6"1' ir hc "n aord VJ
hnTOr fT,. hM,t t,h ., ,-,, czpene and I5 t .lllntr to tano tV r'-k.
whenever they hold together they
cat
control the Reichstag.
In fact, driven together bv In-
the most peremptory kind.
They are,
terests of
Much poorer than the Eng'lsh yquin
archy. and much more dependent on "the
land." they have been so nearly ruined bt
the fall In agricultural prices that they In
slst. as their onlv method of -preservation,
upon retaining a monopoly of the
home market. Without this, they snv,
their incomes -will dlr-ippear entirely.
Their demand, to which they mike everr
thing subordinate. Is for protection In it
old sense that !. taxation upon Imported
food-and their Ideas about thit tnxntln-.
are decidedly large. They have alrpidj
raised the orlce of cereals to an artificial
level, and they nre now trying, urdrr cov
er ot sanitary precautions, to prohibit the
Import of meat altogether.
I 3 I
Prefer Cltlzen-Soldlcra.
Junction City Bulletin.
The organization a thp imn? tipw mm.
I tary companies In Oregon now going on
la ;l ruou nung. ana ougnt ,10 ne encour-
St k&MKi
I have shown that elcrtrlclty Is the grandet cure fir all pains .and we k-c's
fhSw.' k2?h' lIvcV olc-ntM" pow-r. and by my nehd h-. cur
5.imln 5fbCt!l "V3 ,n over r)e01 casc Evidence of this" is tHe unvar-Is ed
testimony of tho'e whom my treatment has Irstlngly rslrd' who n n r es I
mV'lhTmifi"?1 " sone bounding "through thclrSn. anVtLrin
lng tnra with new for e and happy ambit o-s
Send for my new b:ok t I lng a 1 about it.
dr. m. a. Mclaughlin,
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Sell for Cash or Installments.
FRED. T. MERRILL COMPANY
tomuD spflure sunur tacosu
OCEAN
$10.00 up
sold.
FORD
PENNANT
Sixth Street
aged, for the more mtiitla companies there
are, the less standing Army v.iH be need
ed, hence will Icsvn the ex-iense In kern
ing up our stardlng Army. As the cvi
j denca in the late na's pr-c:ically demsr-
. stratrs tnat tne rcgu an are no btt r
i fighters than ihe mlll'U volunteer, it wi.l
I bf seen thjt we can get along with .a grc it
j dc3.asma!.cr standlrg Army. Evory state
I s--hco! shouia tfach mi'ifiry tRCtics.
!:
NO PA1.N!, TRIFLING EXPENSE
.V Simple, Ilsr-nlcss ltcnictly far tlic
Cure of X'ilc.
! A person contract a
contract a eo a. pr.e jmocla.
. rhrurrHllsm nrd pleurisy from expj urc
I has recourse Jo a surgical operat'on. Bu;
I tl"e, Js ?e ,?ac '' Wch " l Tn' -?
"f J' -'
brine about a permanent rare, and t.iat U
' the well-knov-n Pyramid Pile Curv.
In lonsr-stcnuins cases the Pyrcr-id h.is
proven to be the only cure eice-u .. dan
gerous and cxce-dinKl pilnfui furglcal
operat'on, ard Its advantages over ay
kind of operation are man), aa it Is pa.n
' lcsr. causes no Interference with dailj
occupation, ard being !n the form of a
suppository. Is alwa. convenlint a"d
ready for :se
Tho Pyramid PHe Cure i" an effect ve
' combination of soothing oils and art'rep
tlc acids, it contains no cocain" nor nerc
destroIng opiatfj. ami unllko most -llo
, salves, contains no bichloride or mer
cury nor any pokonous. lnjuricus drug ot
any k'nd.
i All drugsUts roll the Pyramid Tile Cur
' at M centc for a complete treatment of
the supro'ltorlcs.
A Il'tle booU on cause and cure of pUs
WM he malld fne hy addres-lng Pyramll
".u. t-unipany, .Marnai!. ncn.
SI IT and
Square
Treatment
SfW"?i"isP-""Kft "wai
OHART
, Plow is it Dr. McLaughlin's Electric
Belt stands out so strongh in the electro
medical world? Because. I have so suc
cessfully brought to the front the most
perfect bod" batten- ever applied to the
human system. Because I have so fear
lessly exposed those who deceive the pub
lic by their cheaply made, injuriors ap
pliances. I have seen many people im
posed upon by rosy-luted promises and
30-day trial offers; I have seen how pa
tients have been dragged to death or tor
tured by needless operations, and when
their purse gave out, how they were
turned awav as no lnnrrpr wnrtfi tmntinn-
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SEATTLE. WASH.
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