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llalpy Dratii Tile Factoiy.
tint tUat III .kipped lo any .it part o
lb. eoaatry. D HASH CO.. rroprWUs
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Drugs. Pharmacy,
Chemical,
Medicines,
Physicians Sup
plies, Surgical Appliances.
l'aintora Furnish Hg
laria auanllll.. awl IHiI
MONDAY, JAN. 2.
J. IL Itram nnt up fnm AHny
)-ttenly.
Illliul John Kny n-tumwl lure
(lii. aflernooii.
IU.Im-H lU'liihftrt, a ilruiuiner. I At
Ihv Hotfinan.
Jrd HiM-ncrr And wlfr of Portland am
vi.itiiiK In Ktwtie.
Mr. John O'llrldi paid HarrUburg
Ah'trt vl.lt txlay.
The tiul.lio whoola of thU rlty
uiim-1 Hulk' thU inornliiK.
Mm. K. K. Hobaon and aim, of A
torla, ara vI.UIiik t" ,,ly-
J. 11. P. (Miy, of th Salrlil Hlata
man. m.-nt HuikIav Iii Fugi ne.
II. A. Ilarr ha. hrvn .iH-ndlmc (he
holiday with frltixU at iHxtrr.
(.'lark h Johnann were on the trrcl
Unlay Willi a lr of new trurka.
IVnutv Hhertir Day la conflned to
1,1. l.iui with a anvpre raae of munipa.
We ai knowUslire a arrriiade from Vie
Kuirrne Cornet band, !a.t Haturday
Thanka!
Mr. J. W. Wlthmw whoba U-en
arriiHlMly t'l for aeveral wet k I no
coiivalcMvnt.
Krl FrWhkom, of the J'ortland
Turn Vrrvln, axaln caiitutvd a Rld
nirdiU, Chrl.lliiaa.
lU-inoiutrnniva atfnlWt the divl.ton
f I jiiio rouiilr are in i-lrrulatlon and
are IvlliK llbrrally alKHitl.
Canlnhi Hat h ran a ru.ty nail Into
hi fil Hntunlay nitdit, and I now
llnimiijt fnnu the nwult.
Mr. Col. Alley, of Klorvm, I vb.lt-
na- with Ik? IiuhIwimI at the rr.Kl. lnr
of her Qirenta III Mil city.
The New Vrk Aiiarluni car were
here today. They did a x.r bu.iuena
tmtiuiw they failed to ailvertlae.
It I thought the democrat will coif
Ind both hiHiai'a of the Montana legli
lain re and elect the I'. K nator.
Th Marine Cadet fired a aaluta
welconilnir the new vear Haturday
nluht. Two church U-lla were also
rui'lf-
IUJQ Ii Wn n, pretty well known In
Ijine county, I rnndiicllUK a buteber
hop In lirtland on the east tide, and
I doing a good bUNlnt-n.
Memra. K. T. Whltoouib, Jaa. and
Henry llotrnuQ and their famitlea
hav uiovrnl to lltelr new and eUyant
nMuu In th aew 1'lokett block.
A watch party flven by Ml
Stella I torn, at tha fkuiily realdence
Haturday evening. A very plcaaant
time waa had ty Uiiwe praeut.
Hill v Mvera. who ha lieen employed
a book-keeper at the le work during
Hie iiaat aeaMiu, will leave toniorrtiw
night for an eitended vl.lt to I'tmlaiid.
A. C Wnabwk and U. W. CtwV
l.tneiVlheftaU- Ihianl of rnaliMk
tlou peiitHtiiiday In Kuip-ne. They
returned to haleiii thl. morning by the
early train. The board will complete
Ita lalMtr Uetlncwlay.
At a meeting of the board of dlreo
torn of i lie Klrl National laiiik of Ku-
gene, th.Oumrf f lO.rtkJwaachargcd otr
lo aurjilua, making the preaent .urjiliia
f" Thi. Iiauk l rapidly becoming
one of the leading financial liulitullona
of live Plate.
Phlllli) Hohl ha nurchaaed an Inter-
rat lu the blackainltli .hop wllli Hher
man Heller on Mntn ativet. V,th
gviillcineii are well known In thUvi. in-
It r a gVl workmen ami tlua wt.h.
iiigr work In that line will do well to
call ou litem.
The editor of the Portlayj Hunday
Mercury ha an article in lu laat laaue
acctinlng Jay C-. Smith, bookkeeper at
Inea.ylum, with being criminally In
timate with an attendant there. It la
evident that the prevent management
of that In.tilutlon need InvotlinUlng.
1!a iMi.lnew putllc m becoming
thonnighly dicu.ted with th number
of fake ilmeil upn them, the wnrt
of all bring the numcrou advertlalng
clH-nre thry are continually aiHight
to patroolae. 1 rxre la imlv one kvitt
male way for a tiu.imva man to adver
Umy and that Ulna new.paper. Ill
money thrown away lo Ihi.Iimw
by pauonlilng wail h.n r and other
Mich advertising lake. They are
eorcely noticed by any one.
Horace (line, an enterprUIng rltlarn
of Hormoe, arrived here by Sunday
morning' train via Iraln' He In
formed it. I hat A. H. Illiton ha aold
hi. inlrre.1 In the NVeat lo CoL Alley
and w ill ahortlv trt a newvwprr at
llatkland or Mettford. That the con
tract ty Itlkt, Mooturry lv oa
l 1m rovertiawnt li-hlhiw will he
emnplrteal In about a werk. Plorenew
w ill ak to he tncnrpnatcd at the com
Inc arwaion of the Wvi.lature.
CKU V. KINSKY, Al'CTlONKLU.
o
When yoo want your buw
tw.kl furniture h Und atU at aiK-tlon.
call oatrnv W. Klmwv, the poievr
and nit aucrrWul au twnerr la loe
nwnty. He w ill aiu-oj to all amlra oo
' a rea.uat kr Conitutanri.
I.HFSP IX?.Pl-Tri"l; VflTti'V
AU per.. 1. Ia, m..iT ew nlng
, acaU'V bvp of aWp aif.M-tnl w.lh
1 !!, are trj wxniM that
aw J .
O"" thoenochiT lirP"
1 asactecl la kui mti dta forthwith.
l111- wUI Uate ta Wt ka
!lierp4ippe4 by the I Mwrtnr at aJ
?V K. Jk.lN Shrrw Iaperlor.
pijeslDSlilTH'S
Steam, Saw Mill
For Sale Complete.
eata at Crta tmm. tm-
Goldsmith, the Pio-
1 eer Grocer.
BATURDAYDKC. II.
Wyoming will hav two tU legia-
lalurra. .....
A revival mc llng ta u lug new a.
Cottage Orov.
Pnif. Hlbbltt Iia moveu inuu
vl. to JunctU'U.
lire. Lund, of Halwn, ni ia
night In Eugene,
Alei Davl. of I'ortJana, canm up
tliLa afternoon' train.
Junctional lir"'f M"
other fire company.
We wlah all mir reader A happy ana
V
priMtierou .-
Mr, r . J. ( mucli, reiurueu uo.
Portland tbl morjfig.
J If WlilUaker. the Crwwell mer
chant, wa In lowu to day.
Ml Anna Craln returned irom a
vl.il at AlUny thl Afu-rnoon.
tl Fnmk cam up from Albany uii
afternoon for a vlalt with friemi.
Chauneey Iwkwond of Salem I Via
Itlngat the relleut of H. JL KlncaHI.
MiM Dor Ilcklnai.n, or loiiair
drove, Diade thl city A mon vuu
day.
Ml Maggie Croner went to ioue
drove thl. afternoon for avian wuu
MiabeMlIlaniA.
J. ST Baker and family hav re
moved to Salem. Mia LilaMerlAU 1
vltltinir wltb Ibein.
Th.Ute boanl of equalliatlon fiat
roncluleU to aaaiwa aoeep -
head O. I over the aUte.
it u ..nit likely that Cliff And U
nier t 'l.wver Will open A boot Alld h
tor At Oakiwdale, an.
It.... I V ItUIr who b.t barn Vtnll
lntf hi', brother In Ihii ciQ n-lurm-d to
hi bouie at haU iu thl mornlug.
Johu O'Hrieil, who Iia been
hi family durlutT tha at weU b-rt
for hi houi at Willow, thl morning.
The Eugene lUnd played aonv is-
llcjjtful inu.lc ou tue treet una ai
teHoon. Alarracrowd waa ptvaenL
mi. tNiik niuntv county court atka
r..p i.i.l. r..r rout.! hlank. They will
n..t niiva Llilt from firm oulatda the
county.
A laud coiiteat ce I Iwlug heard to
l.v linfum CU-rk Walker. The con
testant are Mr. HrownU and W. V
Wit hem.
J..hn Krauaw and wife will remove
to Salem about Feb, lt. where he will
lake a iKMltlou lu hi brother .tor at
tha lilace.
It la now authoritatively ataled that
Senator Carll.le ha bn ftrmally of
fered the trea.ury portfolio In Cleve
land cabinet.
I. 11 (iMbla-rt. a former mldeut of
lM.-aiit Hill, did at Phoenix,
Arlona.Jk.vcmlcr 14, of hemorrhage
oftheluVn. HI age wba year.
The Corwin faction of the Congre
gational church of Salem are cumtciup
latlng IheOrecllon of a uew church;
that t o( leaving lu cnunn a u uuw
la.
V. H. McClure, and old and reepected
i.li.iS r. la Ivine at the nolut of death
at hi horn three mile north of thi
dty. liu lamitterlug fnm liiflaO "-
tloiiof thttoinacb.
Mra. J.aml.h Hill and child, who
hav bwn vl.ltlne at the tvaidruce of
her parent, Mr. and Mr. 1). M
Drake, returned to her home near
Junction thl morning.
Tlie On-gon Hute Secnlar L'ulon will
bold their third annual convention at
Salem January 11, 12 and IS, lt'.V
FJder W. W. Sharp, of thl city, will
be one of the principal peakera.
Councilman FUhrr, thl. afternoon,
received a choice, tfeak from the Ladd
W0 pound Chrl.tma beef, dl.played
by the I'nlon MiiU Co., of Portland.
It la a line looking plec of meat.
Senator Alley arrived here laid night
from Florence on hi way to the U-g-Ulature.
He wa compelled to walk
the entire dtMauce a the road I block
Ailed by hundred of fallen tree.
After th flmt of th yeai- tho con
vict In th Oregon tjite iJrntlary
will be privileged to read tU aiat Pa
per, aa the old rule prohibiting their
admlaion Into the priaon I to Iwabol
Uiied. Dalla Otaierver: A number of
Ifellaa' young ieople enjoyed a oclal
time at lb apaclou home of M. A.
lloyd a tulle iurth of town on Monday
evening. The party waa given In hon
or of Ml Jle I'Arka, from Eu
gene, A&anv Democrat: It. J. Hawthnme,
OraM Mater A. O. U. W., went to
Mill Htv Weineila evening and In
talled tli offlcer of that loditv and
bkat evening iu.talled at llirvalli and
neil Tuewtay will Inttall the offlivraof
Safety Lodge In thi city.
Allwny Democrat: Card, are out for
the marriage of Mr. Phil Lewi, of
Ellen.lHirv, Waahington. and Ml
llelle Sender, the accomplUhcd daugh
ter of U Sriidcm, of thb city, to oivur
at the home of the bride' parent on
Sunday evening, January
Cottage Orov Irader: lien Lurch,
on of our rnterprt.lng nierchanta, left
Sunday for an extended vl.it in Cali
fornia, Mr. Lurch will endabrtef
araaon vlmtlng with hi daughter, Mins
LiUie, w ho I attending achotd at Oak
land, anj accotupauied by hi daugh
ter w ill vwit with relative and friend.
In n Franclaco.
Portland Dipatch: It b commonly
underttoml and accepted a a fact tlial
th di.patch In th Orrrtilan thl
morning purporting to eonie fmm a
Washington corrcendent. In which
Clevelaud and liov. IVnooyer ant made
lo aay hard tUitie. about each other,
wa ' faked" In the fjeegonlan office.
It I alo aatrrtrd that tltrre la a at'. k
of type-wnttrn rplea In that offlce
nrwdv lor uae a aor m (tor. IVnnoyef
can ( aren again.
Spring ftVM Mraaruger Our frlemU
totitrauutn have trained a bid to he
prtamted to lb IrcWatur f the
kmittKa fmn portkMna of Lan and
IkugU rtHiD'.kc of "Mineral county. "
Al:b.w(h the banar Kaa a rnl (orlal
lie nog about U, indiraliott are thai
a Sen the attempt I BteaW to have !b
Mineral'' roinl Into a new eouuty,
tbe b-gt.latnfv will peonownec the lua
trrlai at hand a pnoci pally tlie lu
metal ef ail !h nxive out of wrW-h a
nun of euuvl value with tlw thi-tv-one
ottier eounttea la the atale ea' be
made. The krtfalaturv w ill nrvrr rl
ta nrrwUUna a ml a au a rmu!y
erwn:rrSit.
0
A rVaaAkl Pat-ly.
Ia:Taw r B
tJ. W. OrlA t IL Later.
M
I- T
liamaaodj. J. t4r rar a
daanag paiy m rjarr HaU. tmM
etv&iag W Uat taeotjr oi ttarr
yeccg fra-cla. 1 ha it am L4 been
tbaWoy dVlUl fur tla
mui a lua ft. fmmirt bavl
ra4 Ia It rauea f-voa whica r
Skaara:aearrr4dE.nsc tb lu-j
i pan . iurT!Lt. i i i m ;
! of u na eamjaia. ixacit.( partsa)
1 giea ae ti-ai ittkt. i
Tha New York tun hai dicoy
frcl that the niAXimum nutuwr oi
aoldicri in Active arrtice in an im
..... ... t. . . . . i
arn.ie of the I IllleJ M Al any '
lime from SumpU-r to Atpotna tox
lV!SmV"
700 000. Tbn information u taxen
from the pnernmenl record.
Wn. i. ertting to be the abbrev
iation for the tate of VAliington.
There ii plenty ol precwlent lor me
Abbreviation, aa we nave i a. ior
Pinn.ylvAnia, VL for Vermont,
ami ao on through a11 the iUU-.
Jt iacerUinly much hAtiJicr tlun
Wm!i, and there la no uxenn.KHi
of ita being confounded with thul
of any other ute.
MonUna nu n in New ork are
reimrr.-a to be much wrought up
over the tory that the woman who
tioaul for the nlvcr uiue wouiu
have to y 110,000 f. r the privi
lege, one oi them iiu iilenully re
marking: "Any one who know.
Montana men i. aware that they
Are not built thAt wAy." The whole
queation. it aeetni to u, bingea on
the war MonUna women are builL
The newinty of going out or the
tate for a mold would ecm to
uKgeat that they, too, were "not
built that way."
A glAnce over the country fur
nithc Aufficient evidence in proof
of the .roiition that he who con
duct hi. farming in a diver illed
manner invariably reaf good
profits He raica everything that
ran be rained on a farm. It one
kind of produce tinda a uluugUli
market, the other aro ure bi nuke
up for tHe lu. He aclU cg", but
ter, meP, fruit atC vegetable, be
idea wheat and barley uud oat.
A a result there i pt'rha no man
in the country irye prorjicrou
than t e man who fanin in thi
way.
The comptroller of the tate of
' i. F :. i :n i : .1.
.ew tors is prvanw a out wintii
would levy an inheritance tax on
nemo.ial nrowrlv or entatea be
tween elO.OOU and $100,000 of 1
ner cent: between 1100,000 and
;00,0i)0 2 jer cent; between l'00,
000 and 1.000,000 3 per cent, and
over 1 1,000,000 5 per fi t. Thii to
tupiiunt the preaent vtctu winch
it defective in aome rettct. The
com pt roller' ollice it a fat one.
For iu.tanco the incumbent re
ceived a 110,000 Tee for aunplv re
ceiving the inheritance tax of the
Jay Ci iuld entate.
Dr. Sargent of tlie Harvard gvm
noviuui ha measured nearly 10,000
women who were perfect as to
health, strength and general devel
opment, but hi result were not
such that he it willing to affirm
that there ia audi a thing aa a "per
fect feminine figure " He took aa
hi standard the average O each of
the measurements made for
the I
whole 10,000 and then compared
the line of each with that. Kadi
waa found to vary in some way,
some more than other, but all in a
marked degree. It waa a lYnnyl
vania young woman who carried
away the prize which wo oHl-red
for coming the nearest to plinical
perfection.
St. Louis ha a deeded novelty
in the lie of a street postal car.
When in operatiou one poetul clerk
receives, distributes and delivers
mail matter; the other postmaO
and arrange it for distribution.
The car it provided with pigeon
hole and tl.Q furnishings of a reg
ular fleam postal car. At the car
whinct along carriers run up and
hand their collections to a man
stationed ou the car. Letters pre
pared for delivery within the car
are banded to carriers at certain
rallying point along their routes.
The service hat proved to tucvett
ful at to lead to the belief that it
will tion be adopted by other large
ciliea.
At a Sew Jersey prayer meeting
during the hett of the lat cam
paign, a republican brother prayed
lhat hit party would hang Ugether,
whereupon a democrat resjionded,
"Amen! Amen!"' Back came the
former with the emendation to hit
Cprayer: "Not in tlie sense
our democratic brother means, but
in the spirit of accord and ctin
cord." "Any eonl will do, Lord,
any cord will do, only so they
hang," slkiulcd the democrat. You
will n w ee a sign up in this
chun 'i, "Positively no reference to
oliti jiermitted" in prayer in
thitivurvh."
Al! e railroad organiutkms.
with l e exception of the swiicli
men, are, it is taid, to once more
form t .emM-lyea into an amalga
mate., aauocialion. The meeting
for t.-purpoe of thi amalgama
tion ill take place at Cedar
Rapi ', Iowa, and will bccomped
of th t" !lowing: BrotherlMimlt of
raiir . I employes, locomotive engi
neer., locomotive firemen, train
men, inductor and UlegTApher.
It i ...id that the object of thi
amalgamation it to prevent rail
road 'nke that might occur dur
ing the time of tbe grrateiposition.
It is f ared that if th various
brvt?.. rhood a ere cf to tl.eir own
discretion, and in view of thie dls
a'.i.f. 'uon already exUticg amr.g
tbe (rgtoitaUou.. trouble would
enu vn many o: . . prominent
rvavls of countr . J-uch con
servaiive labor IcaJet. at P. M.
Arthu:, of the enfiDeers, fnJ D. (J
lUmarr. of tbe wWrst her, wbolauetuon. A trnerai lav will no
Lei J a eocf renoe oo tie subject a
tbort t;--a af ifrri that if any
! crrutkUon vent out on a strike
dancg tbe fair public te-ntimect
ai rTri would be a !r..Cr
would end ia tbedls...lu,Jon
of tbe r.rjir u'.'u -a.
Seutlbl Advice.
n.ninn- The lcaiilature will
itko no tnUuke if it pcrautently
ma
. , ,, -I..,..nM
ior
iyUion lhat wili b. urH
"l"nyiu attention by enthu.ia.tic
re t.rtenUtivea of towna aapinng w
county-acat hooori. There in not
iu t ie whole uie oi wrrguua
county that would lie benefitted by
being dismembered, nor i there a
Motion that would be made more
piwperou by assuming tbe burden
of a separate county organiiation.
There are already several countiet
possM eing but a" small population
and not enjoying a tuflicient (jeve
nue properly to aupport a county
nivernmenL They were creaU-d
becaumj of tbe great area of tbe
countiet to which they formerly be-...nm-d.
and the ncctetit of redu
cing it to that the poople might live
within a reasonable distance
of the teat of government
Thit condition does not exist
now in any locality where there
it tuflicient population to mam win
a aenarate county organization.
The proposed new countiet coutist
oi territory already witnin reaaon
ablri distance of the present county
teaU and enjoying fairly good
. . .
meant of communication by rail
1 Im i!c maud for new counties is
made toldy for town-booming pur
Hee, to give towns added impor
tanou and the extra business inci
dentiil to a eountv-tcaL It is not
worthy the attention of the legisla
ture, when to many important mat
U-r demand ita consideration.
Let that body give careful attention
to the assessment laws, the employ
ment of convicts, the opening of the
Columbia, the better government of
our state institutions, and oilier
matters of general concern, and
viva new county boo inert a cold
o - -
shoulder.
Poor Washington.
Kosebure Review: Whenever
tboat- who advocate the rejwal of
the mortgage tax law cart about for
an argument they invarully turn
to our sister stale oi v asmngum
Thero they eay, money is plenum
because there is no mortgage tax
law, and the capitalist are not
afraid to loan their money. They
overlook the fact, however, that the
people are now paying dearly for
the lolly oi Dorrowing recxiessiy
at a high rate of interest and then
passing laws which protect only the
money lender.
The Seattle Telegraph complains
at the interest rate on many of
these obligations and particularly
at thu interest rate on floating in-debb-dness
represented by outstand
ing ncrip. Tbe Telegraph says:
"Vrv few ncraona have any idea of
tho amount of money, paid in in
terest by this state, aud tho cities
and towns within iL The aggre
gate must be very large. The rate
is high, being 10 per cent, We
surest that the time has come
when t'Q rate should be lowered.
There it no longer any reason why
the t-tate government or the other
institutions referred to should pay
such interest. It is a useless and
absurdly large addition to the al
ready high taxation which Vie
pie have In bear."
nor
Dalles Chronicle: ThQ recent
snow ttorra has probably played
havoc with freshly ripened berries
which were to have been plucked
from vines west of the mountains
on New Year's day. Notwith
standing thit there is consolation
in the thought that there are but
few (date in the latitude of Oregon
producing ripe strawberries (2nd
raspberries up to the middle of De
cember, as this stale uu. O
The Snake river canal, which is
to be constructed as soon a possi
ble, will be over 100 mile in
length when completed. It will be
43 fc t wide at the bottom and 74
feet wide at the top, and will covr-t
.-.,.- a 1 . 1 a a.
tiuu.uuu tcrrs oi una. ai u.e
tioint where the waUr is taken from
(She river the canyon ia w leei
I deep, and the water will be raised
by means of a dam. The proposed
terminus will be near Huntington
TI.e reappearance of a malignant
type of cholera in Hamburg is
warring that should not go unbeed
ed. That It will probably tweep
over the continent and invade
Great Britain can hardly be doubt
ed, and tliat we shall be obliged to
meet it at every port, aiid fight it
with every weapon at our corn
man J, must he apparent to all.
Con press should act in the prem
bea, and its first duties would teem
to be the restriction of immigs-i-tion,
and the establishment of a na
tion:.! quarantine system. If we
are again vi-ited by" thit terrible
scourge, we can not, at all events,
plea. I that we were not warned in
time.
Th Roseburg Plaindealer favors
the bonding of county debts but
does not explain how to get around
the constitution prohibition of
incurring more than IjOOO indebt
edrea. It says: "It is quite like
ly tUt a bill allowing the different
coanuee to bond tl.tir floating in
debbDesa will be jweacd by tlie
legislature this winter. A petition
to lhat effect is being circulated in
Klamath and Fake counties, while
several of the Willamette valley
couiiik are also considering Ua
J doubt provide that ao bond shall
!- K.ld at les than par. And will
; tberrfire prove a rxxl thing, ina-
I much a it vi1'! Lave a tendener to
! curb tbe tliarpert who are deirou
' of rokicg a commiwion on the sale
i of tbe U-nda.
IA tiNATlMKU.
i ata tfae Mat tlaaa f
Vi.ll lb
raclll i ea.l.
Nkw Yokk, Duc..10.-Tliepn-.ldeiit-elect
baa l n touched and gratined by
the In-arty Invitation w'
and hi family to make n vWt to the
PaclneCoaat, Uelore aeuiiiiiiB . -Ilea
In March, but tliere la alliu cbanj
that he can favor the wi.he of Cali
fornia at tlw preatiit time. Just
now, I am very aorry to Ay, It In prae-
. I am very aorry to ay, u i prac
;iy out of the ou.wtion to undertake
,t I know would prove a delightful
Instructive tripaald Mr. t'leve.
tli-all
what
I l,..lnl..l va Irlt
aiiu ii,.. ... - II i
land. "1 ilon't now i can i
getaway. My time will be fully oc
cupied hire tor tlie next two month.
1 1 wa k-arned Irom A oune very claj
to the prcaiilelit-etecl tlial lie wa inn
wliclimil with iKillth-al engagement
r... .-ka.liead. chiellv covering im
portal) t conaultallona over caoiur,
.iwl tha line of policy to be
a.i.u.te.1 in cotigre.. Tin-n ne na w -
aldcrable bu.lnea to clear up which
ha been banging nre in in law linn.
He want all thcae cl cieareo "
be U-ave for Washington. ll ,
however, deeply liuprvaacd with (a -fonila'
cordial Invitation, and will
make every endeavor to acwpl It at a
more convenient time.
loon try Papers.
Joaquin M'A raaya, I hurrah for the
rural editor; ior the true, frank fellow
who love hi brother and l.ters and
the simple hearted neighbor born at
hi. aide. lie I a man man m.
through. And that I why bl apcr
I la-tler tlian any paper In the cny.
Ah, you want to take bue wit me,
inn ur. niv dear VoUllg Mr. rwh,
w ho aaw the citv but June for the flrat
time? Well I don't care to answer.
ItukI Anneal to every earnest, truthful
man and woman to .top a moment
rlaht here and anawer for me. There
ia not one but will say that the quiet
country itata-r has uwiQ truth In It,
nuiiv aiiui-rltv. more M'liae. more man-
lineaa, more of all that I good and uae-
ful to read ami Meaaaiil to reau uiai
It I harder to lay down the quiet, sin
cere and truthful little country pcr
than It I to put aside the w hole pi.cn
Aiid deluge ol paper lu the city.
Okkoo.x Hokhi IX Calikoksia.
The Oregon horae Uking part In the
San Franclaco races are m-arly all mak
ing record for thcmclvu and win
nlng many race. n)urWg t'Q past
we-k Misty Morn ha won twice
aiid wa second twice, Patricia
won a race, aud Jack the
Kipper, Alius, and Nipper liAVe
all won good race. Jack the Hipper
I proving a phenomenon. He ia a
Molalla horse. Nipper i from Inde
pendence and Alius from Eugene.
Mahrikd. In LAiieeonntv,Orion,
December H, by C. II. llaker, J.
I. at the residence of John Amlt-rann,
(ileu T. Andemon and Minnie L.
lklcher, all of I-ane county.
Starr &
Boot & Shoe Store
A. HUNT. Prop.
Will ktraaftar ka.. a ennpltt ttock uf
Udles' Jlbwea' and Children's SHOES.
BUTTON BOOTS.
SUppers, Whit acd Slack Sas&i
FINE KID 6U0EH,
MENS' AND BOYS'
BOOTS & SHOES
Ad la fact Terrthlnc la th Bontaad
Hhu 11a. to loca 1 latead lo aavnto
ay aspadal aMaalioav
-MT GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS.
A ad roaraatl atrv0Maatad. aad will
ba wli l ta lwaM iioa. lbt t
artkUoaah.anea.L A. HUNT
A Family Affair
3? Y Health for tlie Bal-y.
VT?w) rieasure for the Parents.
tNcw Ule for thOU Folks.
RootBeer
THE CntAT
lOTHsArXS DRIKX
!! iTj'.-1 e -Villi
I - . . . teat
aa. . ntatat a (.altw. of
av.. tire: klMBing
ttttrrmmxlt, krvcrac.
TWi ka aWtTra4 a Aaator. trm
im m m4 Urf at. i..t va
auwamaar kina a. MMtaal"
la faa k.,teluaS)aMu4
FISHER & W ATKINS,
FI;npKiKT
ill kasa aia itatly aa Uaal a !4 iVj
MUTTON, PCKK AND VLAL
W llck tkry iQanillU Ual saarkr ,i
aw. A law all ata ml U b.i aatiraar aa
bilaa. TtTTHF ritUUJI i
Wa mil pay tb U.Saal MU rka l.ir Fat
Caul. &. aai Uay.
enor on wtLiavrrrE rrtEtT.
ttonz cm, enrccx
Uaak Jalitaral to aay pmA ml Oat eity tn.4
i-L:v:t.Aa.D
a. mi -I
CENTRAL MARKET!
"53 I
hprlngflald Items.
MeaM-ngcr, Dec 30
Tlie oticm bouse I enclosed. Win
dowt aud diatr frame hnve arrived and
will aooti be put lu. Z T. Klntili y U
getting ready to paint the building
and the bulldlgg will begin to look
like a neat and commodious opera
house lu a abort time.
Tho school board met Monday ulght
and decided to employ the present
corti of teacher two mouth longer.
The board have made aome Improve
ment In tbe prlmAry department.
More desk room aud fourteen feet of
blackUiard have been added.
Died, at hi home arris the river
from springtleld, Friday, Dec. 23, all
p. m., W. J. Holloway, aged years:
The deceniwtl ha Ui u a auflen-r for
some time. He waa an Oregon pio.
nevr having come to tbe stale lu lVii.
Kind friend cared for him during bi
lllnea and belwd place the remain in
Laurel drove cemetery Sutubiy morn
ing. The deceased leave a wife.
Ki.tur.Liv afternoon about o ciocka
heavy windstorm swept over Ibis place
from the west making thing lively for
about M minute. Hie wiud cam In
tit fnl gust, making strong auosianuai
i.uil n.ira i-nnk and uuber. Nearly
all the aiding w as blown otr the south
Ideoftholbiurtng mill a clean a
though a carpenter Imu none tut wora.
A small bouse west of Mr. IWnla
maii'a n-sldeuie waa blown on the
foundation, while several barn and
outbuilding were blown down. A
large tree in Geo. Dorris' field near the
cast end of the Springfield bridge, lies
In broken piece on the ground a vic
tim to the fury of the wind. Tlie storm
lusted but a short time but made
thing Intereatlngduring IUUy.
Had LfcK. Heppner Oaaettte:
We.ln.-s.lay Hun. T. J. Mat
lock,.! hi fine colt, Alta'a ftI
of 'Ui The animal had been alck for
alsHit two wivkt, and while Mr. Mat
lock did all he could for It, 'twas of no
avaiL Yesterday word came down
from the Hlnton Creek ranch that Ite
prtta' foal of 'W waa dead. Conges
tion of the lungs I HUpMjed tOQliaV
Imvii the cause in the latter case, lioth
were thoroughbreds, the first named
a trotter aiiu me taiu-r ruiiiuun
and were worth aeveral thouaauu aifl
lar. Mr. Maths-k had been ottered
3iioi)for t'tnatllUi, the runner, and
would easily have sold ior ?,u"u next
spring.
Pally uuaid, Jaa. 1
A Buokkx A km. A 6-year old ton
of Dr. Mclnturir fell out of au apple
tiee and broke hi right arm very clos
to the shoulder Joint, today. Dra. Kuy
kendall A Pay ton reduced the fracture.
Hie Oregonlau Issued Ita annual
New Year' number yosterday. It
was a creditable number. Notwith
standing the dull times, the state and
Portland have made rapid advauccs
during the past year.
uu u no
Griffin Hardware Company.
Sells the Celebrated
NON-KUSTING Tinware.
GENERAL UEALEK3 IN j
HARDWARE, G STOVES
ETC I
r
EUGENE, - OREGON
Sportsman's Eporium.
HORN & PAINE.
Practical Gunsmiths
Dealtr ia
1 GUNS, IUFLE.T,
FlikiDi Tirkle us! liltritls
MvilnaT kfaehlsien sin1 lkelteal '
All ailwda far Male t
Rerairiof d ta tb a.tfett etyle and .
qutad. f
Guns Loaned & Ammunition FumkM
Rwaana WfllaawtU ttnL '
o GEO. F. IBAW,
P08TOFFU1 i
Cigar
storf
Engaaa, Ort-
EiiOENE CITY
MILL CO.
PAT1KRS0N, EDRIS 1 CO
-Maaafarrare
Best
Grades
Family
Flor
Oraia aa tk axat
famral-la ?
w k-at raariDta o aa
aMtkai'
i. imiaHl mminmA. taiia ia aaikt.C
riuar ar raao.
-riiiskaat Cask Pric Paid In VtaaUl
If vou want Grocerle
or Croclcery. call on.
Goldsmith'
DAY & HENDERSON.
rodertaier;
FC B1ITT BE DEAL El
Eugene Oregon-