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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1893)
TlllAY, JULY SV Geo. Mldtiby vUlted Junction today. Judtft Medley, of Cottage Orovt, wa in town today. Jm. KiN h was in (Springfield tlay doing cunt urvryirij. MlM.N.Itlf Stewart h ndliiK a unk or two at rslaville. J. W. Withmw returned limn to porthiud on the Iim'hI tliU nioriilh. John Hcw-art will return home from a trip up tin- McKciuie thl evening. Tin- work of tmijerillui tl record of Lincoln county ha l-n completed. A law number of team liava prd tlirouxii Kiig-ciie today, en rout to the niiuntain. Tin- Hci-l rlr lihl wf m run by steam power lit uiifht, tin- find time lor -v- ( Till month. Vh-e President Stcvetion ued IIiphikIi Ym&w: on tlil morning - 41 '(-! k 1 ml ii. Mr. II. J. Iay am! children re turned home from Snlavllle oil thl af ti timmiIi'm local. WVUlir Klnculil Mint to Salem on the h al thl iiiornliiK lo vi"il relative several day. Mr. L. Hlrw.h, who ha l-cn vislt liiK friends here, returned to her home at .-Nileui thU morning. (J. It. Chrlsmtin auil aou left for rssluvllleon the local thU morning, lo be Kone until next week. K. J. I'yer, the California detective who I lis'iklnir for murderer Fredericks, dx nt lust ii, kI'I In Kutfcne. John O'ltrieii lift accepted the mmI tloii of section foreman, under the K T. It. It., at I icrvals, Oregon. Mr. Ir. Pay ton and children went to Astoria this inoriiliitf to take a few day outing at t Jearhart I'ark. Mis I.I lu Murlau. (Jen. Hiuith and wife and Mr. J. U. Ithlnehart went to Cottiitfc drove this afterii'wn. Frank '.. I uni) left Chlituro for lioiiie yi-stcrday. 1 lu w ill atop al lien vi-r, on hl w ay, a couple of day. Mk M. A. Wllhrow and son Fred returned hint iilulit from a visit with relative ami friend In I'olk county. lco. A. HorrU and K. J. Mi-Clanu- Iihii and mui lenve for an outinu at McKciilc ItIIk TlnirwUiy morn IliK Thn-e tciiiii heavily loadisl with Corvalll MHtle wwi through here yeteri:iy ufieruooii bound McKeii.lo- wiinl. Moore V lolv, auctioneer ilcalcr, W ho wi-lit from here to Cot luge (irove several diiy aliicc. have now iron to Portland. The On-inm I'licillc coiuiuiliy I III debt to Mnrioii itiiinly fi.r three yearn t m v to ii- follows: kml';.-!! fi.r ly.si 1 1 l-vs for ImiI, fj,:iNi.iM lor IMiJ-a tolul of K777.70. IK) and 116 cent can be suved by buy inir reiuru ticket when irolnir u Portland, inaxl for :) day. Thl i M-ruiHiiciit ariank-ciiiciit with the Southern raclllc Company. Mr. K. A. Itiissell, an employe of the cable enr coiiiMny, illil very suddenly MoiiiIh.v night at M. lucent IkwiiI till, I'oilliiiid. of inlhilllinatloll of the bowels, brought on by swiillowlng cherry pit. John Stewart, w ho died at hi rent' deuce in linker Clly taut Saturday, owned n farm adjoining the town, w hich he Mld during the Issini lu I ! I to a IVnvcr coiiipmiy for M' lie leave n w ile iiml six chllilrcu. Mr. H. II. Friciiillv, acconiuiilcil by her daughter, w ill leave lor ran FYanclnn on tonight' uverlaud train, where nhe will meet her hubalid, Miivor Friendlv. Mr. Friendly ar rived in the liny t'ity yenlenlay fnun t'hlciiKo. The follow Iiik fnun the Iliilla Ob wrver contain a bit of humor: Jim J. Ihilv I clrculallnif a in lilloii aitklni; lliu i ll v council to allow horm-a and hoi; to run at Inriri' In our ainvt. lie my it I uiiliiir to diwrluilnale lu fav or of cow. lto-'buric Itcvlcw: Itev. J. It. N Id'll wa lu the clt V aeVernl ilavn till wii'k, Miiilltiir a of von-. He I in the lii lure and ilciil rl(ht hiinicM, uml l l' litoll I IV llitiklllK a KUillna ii it lie w ill In lure III Koneblirir nxill oil .MormoiiiMU and Halt lake. Junction Cllv Time: A Chinaman who ha been at work on the aectloii here for the xut nil or aevvn year, left Mondiiv for hi home In ( hlna. lie wau't rctfixtoreil either hut a be hail a prctl v kimmI lauk account he ituii lii.bil to return hemu and be oiiii IkhIt. The (leary law nbould fonv every Chinaman to deNirt him aclf. Where dm- the tile come fnun' Sune one ha flKUrvd it out that I be toper liniki- the blui-boltle lly, the ntiTll father make the k'tid lly, the CV clone maki- the houe ll v, the tdai-a- uillli limke I lie fire lly, tbecann'titer inakei Hie naw llv, the driver .make the horw llv, the urocer make I lie and tl v, and the Uwrdcr make the butter llv. FicliRiiKc: The ioiniiilloiicrof the p'lieml land olllce ha decided tliec- II U-t over the laud ill Jenny creek di tricl, throw n uiMin the market bv the lat Mirvey ill lavor of the x-ttler and Bkralul the llmU'r-laiid rlliir. (Jover rior IVmioycr' cbiliu that the land fcholihl l m l al,e a lieu echihi) land w luiioreil. Thirty day remain lu blch an npt al lo the M-erelary of the Interior can l taken. I ke rrnult I in accord with public aeutlmeul. lb ppuer tiaii tte: The iUi-t Ion t lint U aKitntuit; oinie of the farmer of I'mtilllia iMiiuty al the prevent Jiiik ture of alfiiir l; Will it be chcaivr to h i our crni tniid or y .Vi ur r i nt for in. .in v w lib which to harvcat I them? The Morni iMunty fitiiurr ure In iioKin li iiiiui.liiry ; ll y have no croM to harct, and many a faruu-r ovi'i lbi way, w li.i i iUiicIok alleinl- ' aiuv III the money IriuU fV nurt, j wouldn't mind U-iii In the Mine fix. j An t irvgoii rat hiwikre get bilarlou a fol'.owa: The Willninrtte valley I now in the mldl of In r thn-e inoiith' ' 1 1 nr ouuiiner x-axon. Tlirxklc are a ale, i rulcnn bloc; the billowy cloud are oft and lhi-y like the la'v work; around a biie neck; the iu..riilnfc- i K reet you n ili liclously nml u when you ) n Hie ilimr of all bv clu-l. tbr t rtiiiiir r bnu-lnic troni a utitt' I'a-: 1 :1c I ri . I be land I rich w ii Ii t h? ) rfiime of new lino ll bay and liiu.l cal w Ith the rallle of the liarvratcr. w hlle r all w ho UUt Ihera ta a rich , bill of fare lu fruit, tfjrrtable and juicy flh and rural. I SIVKUalTV OF ORKf.OM. Dr. t liarlea II. (bapmau, of Jill waaker, IVIi, U Klerted rretldent. A prclal Iiiwllnjf of the nKeiila of the I'uiveniily of On'Kon wa held In I'ortlauil yeatenlay afternoon. Henry FalliiiiC, pn-sideiit, and Ib-gcnta McAr thur, llarullloii, Ileiidrlck, Jlovey, Walton and lU-au were present. The cuminlite apolnlel to recommend olua tultable N-rou for preoldelil of the unlvKrtlty, In place of I'revldctit Johlivon, who rcil'ned lat fpllnif, n-colnluended I'rof. Chit. II. Chap man. l b. l., or .iiiiwaukiv, i. I lie ntiiinuieuilntloii wu approval, mid Ir. Chapinan wa iitianlinuiiily elected. Ileiia ;radu:ite of John Hopkln unlveoiiy, Italtliuore, and wa for a time a profi-wor In thut lnlltutiun. Ho come hlKhly riMiiiiiineiiilcHl by niicIi educator a l'reldeiil tilluian, of John Ilopklu, Al, of Ohkoh, and Harvey, of Milwaukee. The Kclitlcmail ha ai-ceptiil the x- Mltlon by teli-Krapli and will arrive here early In heptc iuUt to awuiiuv I lie dulie of the xxltlon at the coliilnt lliT- un lit of the next tiTin. Lecture on inn Sicarajiu ( aiial. The lii tiire on thl very lnteretlng nibjcct by I'rof. N. C Haw ley of Sa lem wa attended by a lare audi- nee at the M. I.. ( hurch Itii vlny evening. Tlie feintliiiiuii I a for cible eaker and thoroughly .-oiiVcralit with the detail of hi ubjeet. lu hi Introduction he Kikc of the three other route aciow the neck of laud l-lwceii tho Ameri can continent, which hsd been pro xmx In ttiiwer to the demand for a water way. In mukiiiK comparison he xhowixl isiucliulvely thut thl latter route wa the mot feaxiblc of the four Mini a canal could U coiixtructol there for the Iciuit outlay of money. For the Umlll of any who iiiIkIiI lw keptlcalon ai-couut of the coloeeul fulHire of the rauama Canal Company he Mated that f:iVi,lill,IMI hnd Uvu ad valiceil to thai company while Iheeili- mute of I lie total cot of the Nicaragua cuniil with nccruliiK lute n-nt on ImhhI, etc., would not excivd f lun.nm.m!. The two eiili rprl-x- could hardly be fiilrly compiinxl, for allhou)(h lie ln- ep wu a Milillcltiii of an i-xtruonll nary tyx ho wim not an eiiKimi r. Tin ro wim never a complete mirvey luailc of (he ruiinma nuite. The Nica niKtin route ha not only la-cn fully urveyed hut other piirtlculur have been carefully invellKutcd. Aiiioiik other thlliK hole have Uxn drillcil al interval to ubliilii the k'Iokicu! for mation and thu luuke Niireofudura- ble waterway w hen once i-xtnlilixlii d. The (litaiiiv from ixvaii to imi-hii by thl route, from (Jrvytowu to llrilo, I ltl i. I mil.- and of thl ibxtaiiiv UJ.II mill' I natunil waterway, through the hike and the upier wtrt of the Hnu J linn river, II outlet. Thl leave but Jil.H null- of actual canal toliecon Mtructeil. A the surface of lake 1110 feet above ea level, the bottom l.'ttl feet Udow, and cover 'Jnon Mpiare mile, ii w ill l men that there I xiinii lcnl vol ume of w ntcr to oiienite the lock. The depth varii- Ncarely four feet duriiiK the year. lie nave a detailed di-crii-I Ion of the route In all It parlicular, dwelling eih clully Uhii that part of the work which ha already been com plctcd. Ill eolli-lllxloli hr till ken) al me lelifith Umiii the Ix'iiclltx to be de rived for I'nllcd Stale iiuiiiiierce by II couxtruction. He almi dwell upon II ellccl to the colnim nv of the w hole world and tl pnieticnblllty in (general. Hi hearer iiiuat Hot only have none awav Ix tter liifornuil but more anx iously Interested In this Veiitur-, the xiuiiiv of which mean so much to our country and the I'm-llU- coast in partii--ulur. Horrnre Items. West, July 21. dray fnun Kiigrne i Iclitl-t tow n. In Wild hlackU-rrle an iiuinorou iu town. Thlrttvn feet of water "ll the bar yes leiday. Thl nioruing the Cimw towed a scow load of lunils-r to Seatoii to ls usinl in building a Pn-sbyterluli ebureli at IVadwissI A Mr. (toldson, mill owner near F.I mini, (in'itoii, and a party of live came lo Klon-mv Tuiwlay and they went to Hccvta lb-ad Ihe day following. Weilnemlay rvclimg the tug towed the chiMiiier Mary Itidwell lo t-a. Af ter enswing the lar she spread her w hite wing and sailed for .San Frau- ClsCil. tn Satunlav the 22ml of Julv. Mr. K. II. Iliinbanl, W. M. of Annua lodge, A. K. A A. M . liardim r. w ill U in Klorvnce to lutlall the nltiivr uf Sluslaw Imtge. t. Handsaker ha sold hi claim, sit-1 ualiil near ili nada, to Mr. Clin-teii-1 en, of California, and ha P-lunieil lo. the vallev, iiiucli lo the rvgn-t of hi friend. " I Tug ltolwrtssiilliil to Vnijuln Tliur-1 day n turning mi Monday with mer- j cbaiuiise for Klorenee and houx-hold j gissls, a iiaptba launch etc., for (' ly. he steamed r larhfield Tliursilay to discharge her fft-lghl.- I (Hir deputy beriir Henry Ir, ha' rvcelveil tlie apMiininieiit a Ui piny I'mted Stati lusrshal for all thai ter ritory lsjtwen Portland and Ibsa-burg, and we are glad of It. It only sen rs him right. Man I a harvester. He Is glu life at Ihe craillr; k-nnis to handle the fork; oflni ba rakish ways aud sow wild owls; tbn'shc hi way thnsugh the world and w ben be arrlvr at the rar and yellow leaf, time mow him tk n and bl remain are planted on the hill aiJ. THE WF.tt MCKE5ZIK. Ill Uouutalu. Oaun, i'i'l, Urirt, Timber, Kir. Ikiitt prlnf July 23, I)l:. Jn thl year of the w ..lid's fair mul titudm delude thetiiselve with the h i that the cup of pli iixiire nl en Joyuieiit may I found full b the brim in (he hot and rushing city of Chiiaxo, oniyioiin-Uladvllunanu a .rau.i On-gonipl,, have rtlurn.-dtlrid and Ullanllanea, and ctbir. w .u v m nap ; "u u,m" " " ' .:r the aaute tspvrit-nce, foriremuir me ... ..r laci iiiai in in miMiiiiaiii ii-mo-i'. Ihl stale more lil comfurt and en joyiiient inav be found than In I In densely crowded un-tropoli ly the lake. Mountain with their butting clil! and crag, wild fon-si and rouriuK liiouutaili stream have tviT Isen u siM'lateil In the luiiuls of men with lilx-rty and freeiloui of ihouhl and uc- llou. The Hwltzi-r In hi inoiintiiln fnttn ha realiix a true conception of a republic althcuKh surrounded by iiionurchlal Institution, luw with- stixxl the assault of tyrant and dc- imt. No mall can view these r.iwl work of nature w ithout exerli'iirliiK U-tter thoiiKhl, and n-KsrdliiK Ihl brief spun of life allotted to humanity as of greater moment and value. Herein the heart ol the Caxiide mouiitaiu nature may be aceii in her wildest missis. Fnun the lofty peaks, easily aTcMiblc, the eye wander lu every direction over grand and sub line scenery, mountain and cilll in nt'.PU jtatll. ...t VmIiI.. m!im,m. tlira.tvn III. 1,1 i s.s.,1.1.,., mnfushm bv vob-unlc action. To the east the Thn-e Sister clad lu iiow w hite slimud Iimiiii LTainlly to the skies, apparently hut a few miles distant, but really twenty-live ml lex away. The nuked eye can discern the path of a Rlacler on the scarn d siiio of the luoilnliilii. To the south Diamond Peak and Mt. Pitt rear their heads, chid in eternal snows, while far distant a faint glimpse of Shasta I discerned. Northward along the ruiiKc, Jeirerson, llissl, and Aduiii atund like sentries mi guard We P-M by the side of a Iiiiku snow bank that 1 la-lug slow ly melted by the Julv hii ti, and ob-erve Hie luxuiiaiil grasa that springs from theearlh at the edge nf the snow. Wild Mowers, that Would delight the i..u.t ..r L.1...1..1 i.. I ,c "- K"' ron.s,.... with brilliant color ami dellcloii aroma, of varictic ccullar to moun tainous n-gion. Along the side of the mountain, niviitly relieved of ihelr snowy burden, shrub arv lu full foliage and (lower. The climb though lulsirlou and tiresome I amply coin M'lisutfd for by the bcautica ol luilure unfolded ou every side. The turbulent McKeiizle, with il tributary-, arc llll.-d with Die finest (rout of (he sxi kliil, pilslde, and I il ly Yitrdcn varietli-, and though it take many weary step and cautious i axis of the line to ell'irt their capture, the xporUmun is amply p'W nrded when the piyul flsli I hisikeil and makes hi iliKjs rate struggle for life, on'.y to Is? laid ".uniting on the bank, hi Is nutl- main several inoiiths. fill ide soon to loose Ihelr lustre and Horn, on July 1, I Ma, to Mr. and brilllaucy. IWraie plentiful, but like! jraiv l'.i,pton, a-sui. lUther ollur g.sal things of life, are only to l-',,. wU, ,,. ,,,,, jira. ,t t(l secured by hard work. Four mile alsivethe Itclkuap S ring 1 a warm spring with a teiii niiuie of alxmt 13) degrws, which I Usd i-Nlciislvely by mvr. r nmi every siiie ur Hie moun-j tain, and up and down the river, trail i eon verge to thl spring, worn deep and j dusty n If Used by baud of sheep. ! ! The water ha tne same taste a the Kulcy and Itelknap Springs, thotigli lucking the extreme heat. The twoj lust mentloiieil siirinirs have a leiius-r-1 ... , aturv of Isn di-gnsw which never varies. It I ppibable that they come fnun a common oupv, but whether from subterraueali lln-s or chemical action is a m.x.tcd question. While OU the subjis t of divr it might m Intcpsdiiig to know that they may acijuire some of the luit.it and vice of mankind. Mr. Power, at the McKciule Itridgc, has a thn year old buck, w ith a flue head of horns, In hi utrk. Young as he i he hu acquired the viclou and contaminating habit of chewing, or rather eating tobactv. No tolmeeo fiend ever closed hi lip over the wiiil with more gusto and pleasure than this dipraved young buck. He I accompanied iu hi cap tivlly by a doe and Ihelr pngciiy, a six weeks' old fawn. They an- beau tic. Victim of insomnia may find p-st and Iivp In the pure air of this favor-; l region The evening and nights are cool, and the never ch.ngingsullen ,,, , pir of the river, sounding like heavy rain upon the psif, though subdued, lull one to sleep and forgi-tfuliu-ss. No .iMiua ni.y come to disturb the slum- . ll,r"r- A curiosity in natural history, near the d-er lick la-fore alludiil to, .iervi- mention. Two cedar, began their life journey aisut nva hi I apart, year a,"". One of thetn I now about three leet lu dlamrtir, the other two and one-half feet. The trunk of tl.,- small rr Ip- rise to the height of a Hit 14 fst when it suddenly U-inU toward Ihe other at an anj:le of pp.lbly iIi-:ps-, and Joins in Ihe trunk of tlie buyer tP-, Ihe point of iiltersrs-tloo laliij; aeaPvly liolieial.le. Th tp.-are fnj from isr or bleuii.h. Chm by a (ianl fir and mUt, ei Q ! five fis t in illameur. grow t.-Kfthrrl . . i. 1 1. i I formiliiJ allinl a J M.i l mm aiiuvi ground, .iixiitliii( ten bl alxive. ne ho - the man'rifl. elit timl r of thl rvxion may well Nlieve that In the lu-ar future it w ill If brought ouf f Veil IIioukIi mllpd. will have to Is- i-oii stnict.i for that purpose. The I lkiiaji spring are ultuateil ou the riulit bank of the Mi Keliie river, i, mllis i asl of y.ug ne Alsve them on Ihc north ri- a mountain to the f ,,,, f., ...rmounUd - ,.t ..fn. k. havli.K the ap- . -t fr. ,ir ,.,. Tlie ,x ran.-e of a fortn-ss or castle The : , , , ,lllliri,..i - riii( iia.r u-o a" -'v " i i.riuif dtirlnif the i,i vcar by flllliuf erevice lower down the bunk through wiili-h the water i-c;ts-il, thus r ally Incrvus- j Iiik the flow. Cold water NhMliKbt i from a niouulain tr -am In pll-" t"1' troiiubs, and tin.' iv.mp ground i up plii I from fmii-eU c itiveiilelitly sitll lited. A folllt.iiil play Us Wliter lending Is-auly to the sivlie. Stn;ii leave Ktii;eiie thn-e day Mi h -week, and nduitil ruti-s are iuw ulveii visl bus on mum! trip ticket by ntujre and railninl to the llilkiuip and Foley Springs, MeKciule llride, a;:d Illue river. The lUlkmip Spring are munxl by liMirtre J I ill of A.torla, and A. P. tMraiidcr who p-side at the xpriliu imd is the limliacer. Mr. O Irander I ijuite a INheruiiiu and hun tcr, Midi always ready to glw M tor kimmI advice, the n-sult of hi ex- 1 s-riemv. I iui ts are made to feci at i home, and every attention N paid to ! make them comfortable. The lath ' psuiis ure well kept, and the water are exivll. iit for the cure of many illa- "-. Irt uriiliarly rl.euinulism The mini or woman w ho love pun- I air, bright mid sparkling cold water, i fn-sh ami fragrant forest, mountain neelli-rv unfolding the Ix ulltlc of na ture, will ! aiuiilv rewardeil with hcnllh and n-iiewi-d energy by taking a vacation on (be uiixt Mclveiizle. C. tio-lit-n Ileitis. July !'.. ist.3. J. It. Kiviiey and liimily of Heppmr have P ttirued to (iohen to p-niain stiiiuiii ntly. Win. York and wife visited friend in C"eswi ll pn lin t Siiiiduy. A iiuinls-r of our i..lc rni1 going to the liiouutitllis for blaeklN-rrie. Clin. Sivep Ign went to Crow Sun- . . . . , , lug her parent. ! Mis Fltu Swagcart of Heppuer I visiting her piin-uls, Mr. and Mr. N. Swaggart. Misis Kmiiia Wineiitvid and Miss Nellie S'hmiit of CioVerdulc, made a brief cull ou friends hen- on Suiuluy morning. Win. Dillard ha n tal.eii M.-sxlon of hi farm ti i il cattle that wen Icaseil to Mr. Petcr-s-n for a term of years. "L'lli le Will," w ho live lu lioshcll g.x-s two milts every inortiing ami evening to milk H iw. There are few who can I at him for work. Perry MounsMiud w ife have moved , Into Mr. Winnie )avl house to re- Is our first n p irt since the happy event. Mr. Thomp-uiii has reiiti-il his farm at'd will give hm.,,oii and move to Wisslliiiru next iiiilumn. I ultj I ttrllllg,. July i'., sn2. Harvest I here again ami the noise of the sickle Is hi aid on all sides. Mi Mary Harkius is visiting her cousin at Lost Valley. Missis Kiln Multi-sou and Suan Walker ami Mr. II. P Have are at- ! tending the normal iu I-aigcuc. j t, v Vil,ot of P.,11 Creek w ill prx-adi to the people at this plaiv Sllll- da v. The sign of the limes indicate that a wedding is on the tapis. When Is it going to t ike I'linv. We think the gisxl .ip( of this ; plaie, exs-cially tlioi' who pntelid lo j Is- level loaded men, had U-tter I change their ways of conducting theiu j stdvc toward one another, and the P1- suit will Is' peace and haniioiiy among jail. I There will Is1 a basket uniting al jSu.vor Hollow the llrst Sundny III Au I gust, ou which day Kev. J. M. Swis uey w ill pn-aeh his fan-well sermon to tlu I'!'1' of thl pla. e. Mr. Sweeney ha lin a faithful rvaut while w it ti "'" '' M " .and man. He lias done a gnat work thi, community iu the eu.c of Chrit, and has r-vii ln-tnin.ent.il iu leading many a ivck!.- and i-ning Sl'TZuZ,,'? :',,,1,1"k'','"l:,,i,,u "f sin, anil tiling their minds on ihe higher and liol.ler object ol life. . MAKKii...-At the p-sideiu-e of the undersigned iu Kugei.e. Or.. Julv -v. I si'S, Mr. I. M. Newman and Mis Kli- ta J. Palmer, IkiiIi of Itie county, tr- eu.in, li-virend I., p. Henderson, D. ' IV, ortUiatiUK-. t'.M.a wriL to .i.ll. AT.i r August I any r-ui may kill ;r..u , Monnl- Ian ptuaaiit, ipail or rtrid.ea, and until Novein'.-r 1',, f,.r tb. ir own only. Kniu Novunl, r 1 1 to Oi lol-r l. any p. rsi.ii may kill sai l bpl for ui. i Our mercliant houlJ continua to haul tlieir go! from Corvallin. Cet iii ami help make tho rtti-i-lion to the (.'alif'jrnia ir.crclianU a uccc. Kupne will wtlcome the Fraiu isoo wliolele iiierchiinU inn nival munncr. Hop will be a jro" YTlct t,li f.ill. ami l.ane i the huniier hop iiiiinry in the state. lune countv will i-hit) abroad bis venr an lmuiene crop of !ii-ut', iit ami lup. The silver agitation uiunt not be uLen to indicate a backward atcj) ti the battle for tari If reform. The filver iifti"ii must not be t i'ki u to indicate a backward aU'j) in the battle for Uiri If reform. Time are getlinR ft little euaicr hi Lane county, in anticipation of tlie large crops about to be harvest ed. If pri'.fs are decent nothing a ill prevent runhinjr time here luring the (all and winter. One extreme follow another anyway, A large proiHirtioit of the 1200 to l."00 letters u diy received by tho president ure marked private and leronal and ure found to be from total stranger, who want foine fa vor lor themselves or their friend. These letters are always referred to the departments. The Krag-Jorgetisen rifle which ha recently been adopted for the 1'nittd States army and navy will pierce twenty-nine one-inch pine planks at a distance of 2o0 yards. A shown bv this test it would cer tainly plow its way through half a J men men standing in line. In conciUenco of the alarm pro duced by tlie influence of the .Sher man law, money is being with drawn from circulation, business is greatly depressed, mills and fac tories are preparing to close, and business enterprise, will not be re sumed until money can be oh tainisl at moderate rates. N. Y. Cliaiiils r of Commerce. This is why wool is low. An Knstern editor who lostasub fcriber says: Tlie biggest fool on iartli is the idiotic imbccilu who will withdraw his support from a p:iKr lx-cati-e he see something in it that doesn't suit his makeup. This samo bigoted cui-s should re member that what displeases him will please some one else, and in the very next issuu he sits some thing that will please him und dis please the other fellow. The with drawal of the support of one imbe cile won't stop this band wagon. You may dccnd on that. Did you ever stop to think of the size of Alaska? It is nine times us large as all the New England states put together; three times the size of California, or twice the size of Texas. It stretches more than 1000 miles from north to south and has a coa-l line of nearly 20,000 miles. We bought this country from Russia in 1857 und got a bargain thut ought to satisfy any human being; for, although we paid a lump sum of $7,01)0,000, that amount on ly represented about one-half a cent an acre. It has an average of one inhabitant for every 18 square miles, so that one is not likely to lie jostled ubout much. The sentence of It. C. Carter, of Mt. ernon, Mo., has been com muted to twenty-live years' impris onment. He was arrested at Hast Post hind under the name of Hose last spring for the murder of one I'rockctt in Missouri in l$st. He was sentenced to lie hung, shot the jailer and eseaie 1 to this coast. He married a Miss lUaek, at Mount Tabor, under the name of C. A. Hose, and was a leading member of the church there when rearrested last spring. He was resentenced to hang, but the governor of Missouri intervened in his behalf on a strong recommendation from a large num- ber or leading citizens. His wife still lives on the Hast Side although his first wife lives in Mt. Vernon. Mo. Portland Jia-t Pay. Salem Journal The decision of the su preme court upholding tho tt,t.i ...i r i . . state lajard of e.,ual,zation in rais- inir l oriianii a inliiiii.in f tn..si. gag.-s from 50 to 100 cent on the dollar remove the last hoj of the money-lending tax-dodgers of M ult nomah county. Of course, it is right. Of course, they should imv an lf)0 pent nn i ii :, .. ... 1 '""' tJi iiy i ue same as me re-1 i.f tl.d t .:iiii? - - r " ii ui uiju to.- OUl to f lis! fiHl t,. P.. ,l.,-. ...... " - --'.-rf - , vioiiiiu rilf Ux for this year and a eixid dear for last year. There u no Imiirer any doubt a to the validity of the Work of the state Isiar.I in ihhijIi'. init mortgages m all parts of the The Terj Flrat Aruerien (O0" The very earlie.l loiuac that can protwrly be said to be "atrictlr American" was ordered by lb orig. inal Virginia Company in the year 1C1-J, only five years after "the founding of Jamestown. These coins were minted at .Somers Is lands, now known as the Rerinu das. For a period of uiore than a quarter of a ccbtury after this, however, tobacco and beaver ikioi were reckoned as lawful currency In lC4o the assembly 0f Virginia met and declared thut it "haJ mi. turely 'weighed and coiisiilered how advantageous a ijuoine coin would be to this colony, ami how much better it would be than a sole de jvendency upon tobacco and pi-lu." After this they provided fur the coin ige of coper coins of the de nominations 2 jienee, 3 pence, 6 pence and 9 jience; but this rcsn'.u lion was never carried into effect. The first coinage in America proper was tho series of coins "truck"t 11 Mon under the order of tlie gen eral court of Massachusetts, paused May 27, lb'52, the coins lieing3,6 and 12 ence denominations, "in forme flatt and stamped on one side with the lcllcr-i 'N. E ' and on the other tho value of the piece." Short en Wheat. Enough is now known of the present wheat crop to make safe and certain the statement that the yield this year will lj exceptional ly light in the United States. On the Pacific coast tho prospects indi cate an exceptionally heavy crop, but in the slates of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis souri, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Wiscoiinn, Mii.ne sota, North Dakota and South Da kota the acreage is light and the yield will Iks far below the average. Tho significance of this fact to the wheat growers of the Pacific ewt Ix-coims more apparent when it U stated that last year these statu produced 300,000,000 bushels of the total crop of 030,049,000 bushel. These conditions were liret brought out by the last government crop re jort. Now they have been made more apparent by detuileJ rqwru gathered by the New York World from 701) oorrv.MK'ndcnts P-wrting bv telegraph from a ifnitcd States and C all parts ottoe 'uiiiida. heMlnh Portlauiler. A Portland paper hits the uiom back bankers of that city who re cently ordered that hereafter no checks or other obligations agsinit interior banks will be accepted, ex cept for collection, the following live hit: Over 3,000,000 of Port land money is today enjoying tb sleep that knorrs r.o waking in tlsJ 'wildcat" towns of Puget sound, instead of being safely and profit ably employed in tlie agricultural and industrial interests of On-pm, which have made Portland a city. What have there dignified l brokers, who have grown rich through no tiT-rt "f theirs, erer done to advan.f or build up; tM great state of Oregon? What right have they to puss judgment upon tho builders of the interior? Hw they ever done anything eit..ef through legislation or by invest ment to build up the interior in dustries? The answer is no. They are not built that way. The? think that the sun rises on thefJ bank of the Willamette river ana set on IVrtUnd Heights, and u they ever express any feeling 0 hympathv for their fellow manw would probiit.lv l on account oi t,iJe of Li nuC.rl...... ii, living OUl It 1 J tl. I ...'1 tu.. ... - - f , that sacral circle. To th- m there is nothing of value in tl"- vinf! vards. orchards, fon.-ts -r fields of southern Orcg.m. the rwa alluvial lands of the Wi.uDKtJ vallev or the rolling prairie" casUrn Oregon, nil f hi h " in need of financial air. u, ' matter of fa. t the interior W mm m lu.t..r tln:tli.'l ! . . :. r the inrt 1 oav man a no" ". .,,.., , , awil,i;,,.,. Charles Ican I-ong. of Mi- iD' who has lai n drawing a 1 a!, ,11 for totlll ill- il'.li'l I .1.1.. I.. u . ro A s.ii.irv f of ITiUKI i-er '-.r. I!'-"' V . . is ' ii mil in i-" - , , , ras iitii up lis r . i . . i. ... .). i.u I to can Hii'i oi.i .. . . ..ii.. j: .h..; , .r.i s i;.iiv u 1 J ' I - vcar. V : -.it- !ji 1 i .huulJ .... T.J xer 'Biik' braska, i1- ..i."t'.. r : b- ' uric up- A 1 . n,!i.j . .1. r I - ,. a I i- L'. S. it.r, should ' paujr of l.in.M If- U" o I O t O