/ * r 'ài ©emoeratie firnes Printed Every Wednesday, by BRIEF MENTION. Mrs. J. Nuuan was a Medford visitor Tuesday. E. S. Cor”ss was in Medford ouo day last week, on his way to Neil Creek. Southern Oregon was covered with a light mantle of snow Monday,some of which still lingers. S. F Godfrey of Rogue River, who has tho Curry farm rented of J. W. Merritt, was a rocent visitor. Geo Engle, who removed to Port-1 land with Ashland's cigar factory, has sold his Interest in it and returned to Ashlaud. Martin Bros, have purchased H. E. Smith ‘s stock of goodsand mercantile business at Merrill, Klamath county, pay 48700 therefor. Mrs. H. C. Shearer of Jacksonville, upon whom an operation was perform­ ed last week, by Dr. Gale, is getting along nicely. Gore & Wortman, who have been buying cattle in Klamath county, ship­ ped several carloads to San Francisco from Montague Monday. Ed. Levier, the miner, has been Times Printing Company among us several times lately. C has . N ickell , Editor and Mgr. John H. Real, a prominent citizen of Ashland, was with us not long since. TERMS: One Year, in advance... Six Months...................... Office W'lb Ryan I I LOCAL NOTES Fred Pratt, Phoenix's expert black­ •1.50 smith, did business here Welnesday. 1.00 J. S. Howard, the veteran civil engi­ neer, was a Jacksonville visitor Tues­ Pacitlc Slates Telephone Co., Bu khng. California St. day. S. L. Fielder, one of our best miners, Is located in Foots Creek district at present. Ä COMPE^S ä TI'JG WÄGE; —... Elevated Railroad Invented. I* 1» the Muuufnr'nrcr'« Frirnti De »pite It» Checkervd Christian Endcavorers Meet. G rant j Pass’ “oral Wave. Hair Splits Career, Tue societies of Christian E' deavor It is a nouuced that the capita) The tariff question is up again tn Bukcr A iswers Hepburn and for this district, through their dele ­ city o: Jmcpbiue county hat, been rid Canada and is becoming warm. It is Flays the Trusts. said that tbe crowu muy dissolve pur- gates, held a rally at the Presby­ of most of Ils undesirable element A PROSPERITY WINDBAG PRICKED The Ileal Truth About the Condition oi l abor In This Country—Not True That There !■ “Compenautian Work For Wane” All — A That Ha> Fallen Behind Coat of Livinir. Several Democratic congressmen have taken CongressrniHi Hepburn of Iowa to task for his reckless and unfounded - ■■ ----------- assertions on Nov. 19 that— H. B. Reed, who is our pioneer fence One-half of the world’s production of “There is labor in every part of the maker, was on the southbound train coffee comes to the United States. We country for every man who wants a Wed nesday. pay over •1,000.000 a week for our place to work, and there Is a compen­ Mrs. C. P. Briggs, who has been coffee, and send the money out of tbe sating wage for every man who will country. Germany and France togeth­ suffering with a severeattack of gripp perform a day's work.” er consumed last year only half as much ¡8 convalescen t. But uo other congressman has made as we did. We consume over 800,000,- Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Norris visited B. Mr. Hepburn and bls statements ap­ 000, or about ten and one-half pounds H. Harris of Medford and his family pear quite as ridiculous, to use mild a piece, every year. Wednesday. terms, as did Congressman HsMac of Mr. Lyon, who has been visiting his Fred Melhase of Fort Klamath will Brooklyn iu his maiden speech,In con­ Some statistician has figured that brother, J. A. Lyon, the horticulturist, soon erect a two-story stone building gress. The following Is a part,of the there are 600,000 Smiths in the United at Klamath Falls. It will be used as a column report of Mr. Baker’s speech States. Three thousand are employed left for the south Wednesday. W. H. DeZeng, the well-known wholesale and retail meat market. as It appeared iu the New York* Times by the United States government and miner, was in our city Tuesday. He is nineteen Smiths die every day. In The Southern Oregon Development of Dec. 15: “Is there any man, even upon the Re­ New York alone there are 126,000. In­ still developing the Elk Creek mines. Co. will soon begin operations in Med­ publican side,” he asked, “as we see J. Y. Eccleslon, the pioneer miner of ford. T. C. Norris, tho wideawake cluding the Smythes, the Schmidts, Smidta and other variations, the Watkins district, has resumed kis real-estate agent, is trustee and man­ growing up gigantic fortunes almost beyond calculation and In our great family is roughly estimated to comprise operations, bis health being improved ager. cities hundreds of thousands of ip considerably. 1,000,000 in this country. A. C. Jacobson, late of the Ashland dividual» who scarcely know where Tribune, ,who .lived in Medford for a their breakfast Is coming from In the W. F. Ash pole of Eaglq Point was In The San Francisco Chronicle’s an­ short time, and C. M. Willey have gone morning, who will pretend that these town Wednesday, on his way home from nual is devoted to reviews by leading to Southern California, looking for a huudnsls of thousands of individuals Big Applegate, where he is feeding 12) experts of that state of what has been who have none of the wealth of the location. head of cattle. accomplished during tbe past year, and Lewis H. Plymale, who has been world have received compensating Wm. Heely, J. B. Wetterer, Herman estimates of California's ability to main­ wages for their toll? tain 20,000,000 people at the close of Kummer and A. G. Swanson, all Alas­ stopping at Jacksonville a few days, "Compensating wages, we are told, ex­ this century. It is estimated that the ka miners, are operating a placer prop­ returned to Portland, where he is in ist for every man who demises to work, tbe employ tbe Mitchell, Lewis and and yet the evidence was brought out population of San Francisco at that osition on Applegate. lime will be 5,000,000. During 1903, in before the coal strike commission that Henry Ries is among us again. He Staver Co. round numbers, 118,0(0,000 in gold and has been employed at Bohemia and A special train was run from Jack­ under the system of slavery that ex­ •860,000 in silver were produced by the other mining camps since he left us sonville to Medford Saturday evening; isted In the anthracite coal regions of California mines. to accommodate those who wished to Pennsylvania persons had worked for several months ago. fourteen years and never received one John R. Hardin is among us again. attend the rally of the Christian En- solitary penny in wages. New tracks to the extent of 5723 He has been in the employ of the Oro deavorers. It was fairly well pat­ “Cardinal Gibbons says of the per­ miles were added to tbe American rail­ Grande Mining Co , that is operating ronized. sons employed In the clothing Indus­ road system in the year just closed. in Steve’s Fork district. C. C. Hogue of Albany, past master try in Baltimore: "They are living on The mileage of all roads in the United ot the grand lodge of Oregon, is in this starving wages. The result Is that In Mrs. Josephine Russell left for Loe States now reaches a grand total of section,in the interests of theA.O.U.W a few years they become Incapacitated 209,855 miles. According to the Rail­ Angeles, Tuesday, where she will spend He is a good speaker and a splendid or­ for work ’ When they become Incapac­ way Age nearly all of the new mileage the winter with her sister, Miss Fran­ ganizer, and bis efforts are meeting itated hoc work, when- are they gutug ces Nunan, and friends. to receive tbe compensating wages thut for 1903 was laid in the Eastern states, with much success. are to support them? U. S. Morris, formerly of Lone Pine, Oregon being credited with but 30 John H. Miller and bls family, who ’This condition Is not unique. Right miles, Washington 116 miles, and Cali­ Neb., arrived here a short time ago, have been residents of Jacksonville in my own city of New York, for nearly and may permanently locate among fornia with 167 miles. With the re­ during the past three months, left for two years men have come to my home ported financial stringency in the East us. We hope he will. Allegan county, Mich., Tuesday. They almost every day to ask me for Avhat and great prosperity in the West, it is John Murphy, who was employed as probable that the coming year will expect to return here for permanent little influence I have to get them a job in the city parks. That pays $2 per witness much greater activity in rail­ night watchman for the Iowa Lumber residence in the near future. day. but a foreman In that department road building in the West. Co., at Jacksonville, now bolds a simi­ Blue prints of township maps, show tells me that on an average the men lar position at Modford. ing a’> vacant land, fifty cents each only work four days a week. As men are largely the creatures of Oregonian-Pocahontas Tribe No. 1. For reliable information concerning "These men are begging for an op­ environment, the home life of a boy Imp'd O. R. M., has received quite a government land write to Frank E. portunity to earn $8 a week In the Alley, Abstracter, Roseburg, Oregon. is necessarily largely responsible for number of accessions recently. It is great city of New York, where rents his character. If he is parentless and one of the strongest lodges in South­ Hon. Felix W. Ewing, whospent his are so high, where prices have been In­ is left by society to shift for himself, ern Oregon. younger days in Ashland, after attain­ creased in this period of prosperity, probably to inhabit the haunts of vice where trusts have been able to squeeze A. M. Woodford has been appointed ing eminence in the legal profession in labor down and raise prices up. and crime, his criminal education is be­ i California, is now ably and accept­ postmaster of Medford, vice Geo. F. “The cost of living has gone up 37 per gun early and is speedily finished. If ably filling the position of superior Merriman, whose term of office has cent during this period of so called he is neglected by a shiftless and care­ about expired and who did not wish the judge of Ventura county. prosperity, and. at the best, wages have less father or mother his footsteps turn C. W. Roberta of Klamath couDty, not gone up more than 10 per cent. A place any longer. irresistibly to tbe prison door. It is who shipped 42 head of cattle to the eomi>enaatiug wage! Is It a compen­ P. J. Sullivan, of Watkins district, only by intelligent home training, by Oakland Meat Co., 22 of which were sating wage that gives to tbe toiler one- the proper exercise of parental au- the genial prospector, was with us not steers, received 41321 60 for them fourth of the Increase and makes him thority, by tender solicitude for the long ago. He recently built a house, (about 831 apiece) above expenses. pay the whole increased cost of hls physical wants and moral needs of our and some people have become unduly Many stockmen have sold their cattle commodities? “In tbe great state of Iowa, (Hep­ children, that we can hope to make suspicious thereat. that way during tbe season, and gener­ burn’s statei. where we are toldkevery L. Lytle and J. N. Fielder, who ally with good results. them good men and women. A neglect­ man has his bank account,” be declar­ ed child la usually a child lost. It im­ have leased the Owings cement mines, Dr. Hargus, a prominent citizen of ed, "the farm laborers do not revive located in the Jackson creok district, bibes premature ideas of independence, Klamath Fails, und Miss Lena Apple­ in wages as much as the mileage that goes forth Into the world before its are waiting for a supply of water suffi­ gate, the amiable and accomplished i is paid to the gentleman from Iowa to time and is dazzled by the palaces of cient to operate them. daughter of Capt. and Mrs. I. D. Ap­ congress. sin and the haunts of crime. “A gentleman who at the time of the Southern Oregon’s board of pension plegate, were married Jan. 9th. Con­ examiners, consisting of Doctors Jones. gratulations and best wishes are in or­ great labor trouble at Homestead was very careful to remain secluded at T here has been a good deal written Cole and Reader, was in session Wed­ der. Skibo castle, who was very careful not nesday. Several veterans presented In disparagement of the knocker, but Judge Hanna, who has been bolding to respond to cablegrams sent him not nearly as much as that despicable themselves for examination. tbe January term of circuit court for asking him to use his influence to see Rev. F. G. Strange will hold services Josephine county, has discharged the that the struggle should be ended, An­ individual deserves. There is a wide difference between the man whoexpree- at Phoenix Sunday morning and even­ jury that had been drawn and return­ drew Carnegie, has a great deal to say ses disapproval of any scheme which he ing. The subjects will be “Tribula­ ed to Jacksonville Tuesday. He will go about tbe beneficent system' Instituted believes to be dishonest or detrimental tion and Why;” “The Hope that back to Grants Pass soon and hear the by the United States Steel corporation, which Is called their 'bonus,' for their to the town or district, and the in­ Never Fails Us.” All are invited. equity eases on the docket. employees. dividual who disparages a new enter­ Our Board of Trustees have decided Guaranteed Forest Reserve Scrip for “Says Andrew Carnegie, ‘In the bo­ prise because of his ignorance or nar­ to plant two or three hundred cotton­ sale, in large or small quantities, by nus granted to employees we have row prejudice. There are men who can wood trees along Jackson creek, in the Frank E. Alley, upstairs over Land proof of regard for them which cannot never see any merit in any enterprise rear of the present breakwater, hoping Office, Roseburg. Oregon. Will place but tell, and the distribution of shares that has not been demonstrated. They thereby to protect the town from the same for non resident purchasers. lu the concern has an advantage which John S. Shook, a prominent stock­ so far even no partnership has enjoyed.' are always throwing cold water on further ravages of that stream. “Yes. Never before In any large way, other people’s ventures, and making Rev. P. Datln of Grants Pass filled man of Klamath county, passed extravagant claims for the propositions Rev. J. D. Murphy's appointments at through the valley Monday morning, on any large scale, has an industrial in which they are personally interested. the Catholic churches In Jacksonville en route home from Portland, where corporation been able to foist upon Its If the opinions and wishes of such men and Medford Sunday. We are sorry he has been attending the meeting of workmen stock at 82^ which sells to­ day In New York at 52%.” had prevailed there would have been to learn that the latter’s health is not the National Livestock Association. little development of the natural re« as robust as It should be. He is in The state revenue to be raised by di­ The Hanna Plan of Redemption. sources of Southern Oregon. If you can California for its benefit at present. rect taxation for 1904 is 41,225,000 When Senator Hanna made his spec­ nothonestly commend a new enterprise, Jackson county stands eighth in tbe tacular tour of Nebraska in 1900 and H. C. Shearer and H. J. Mattoon distributed campaign funds with star­ started in good faith, at least be man list, the counties paying the largest have the contract for logging for the tling prodigality he was hailed by the enough to keep your mouth shut and saw mill that W. R. Stansell recently taxes being Multnomah, 4382,567; Republican leaders as "the redeemer give those striving to better their own Marion, 475,092; Linn, 464,435; Umatil­ purchased of F. M. Nelson. L. Dooms condition and help the community a la, 460,025; Lane, 456,595; Yambill, 447,- of the state.” But this lavish use of and Mr. Nelson will be in charge of money In Nebraska Inspired In many chance. the mill as engineer and sawyer. Mr. 89"; Douglas, 442,262; then Jackson of those who received it the Idea that county with 438,465. boodle and graft is the reward of ac­ Stansell will sell his lumber to the Iowa J apan has been preparing for years Lumber Co. The case of N. B. Nye vs. the Bill tive partisans. It is hardly singular, for a struggle with Russia, so the state­ Nye Mining Co. has been appealed to therefore, that political corruption Is ment that the Japanese government tbe Supreme Court. In the ciicuit found to exist in the wake of wher­ has long been ready for the carrying court tho plaintiff was given judg- ever Senator Hanna steered his po­ out of a scheme to wreck the Trans- ment for 4800 and legal interest for litical bark and that the state of Ne­ braska Is badly in need of another re­ Siberian railroad the moment war is A South Bend (Ind.) dispatch to the several years for services rendered tbe deeming. The United States grand declared seems credible. It is asserted Chicago Record-Herald of a late date company as superintendent. A. M. Jury for the past month or two has that hundreds of Japanese under the has this to say of an invention of Da Cannon and Geo. F. Martin are the been engaged in the Job of indicting disguise of Chinese coolies are mixed in Republican officials charged with buy­ vid L. Curtis, who was a citizen of appellant's attorneys. with the natives along the eastern True Cox was made a party to a ing and selling offices and stealing Jacksonville for a number of years, stretch of the road, while explosives and is well known to many residents of highly sensational runaway in Jack­ from Uncle Sam. Tbe list of those In­ have been buried at convenient points, dicted Is a long one, ranging in im­ Southern Oregon. Those who have sonville one day last week. He had portance from United States Senator to be used in blowing up viaducts and looked into the proposition say that It just unfastened the horses from a Dietrich down to more Insignificant bridges. With the railroad running is entirely feasible and will revolution­ hitching rack, when they become frac­ personages and others Implicated In along the Chinese frontier for two ize the present idea in the buildlDg of tious and started to take a spin on their land frauds. This shows that an un­ thousand miles, much of that distance own account. True held onto the lines precedented era of corruption Is «ram­ railroads. through a wild country, and the peo­ “South Bend is to have an elevated and struggled hard with them, but pant In Nebraska, and it apponrsffrom ple hating the Russian as the devil electric street railway, the first of its they got away from him and dashed the evidence produced tiefore thee grand does holy water, the report that Japan kind to be built. The undertaking is for home. Fortunately little damage jury to have had Its InceptlonSor at would cripple the road at once in case least have become epidemic soonlafter that of David L. Curtis, inventor of u resulted. of war need not be doubted. Under Senator Hanna had sown the seed In plan by which cars will bo conveyed on Blue-print maps of any township In 1900. tbe most favorable conditions war would tax the capabilities of a single a single tracx. He hopes to begin Roseourg, Oregon, Laud District,show all tbe vacant lands, for 50 cents track road to its utmost. It can well work within a year or so. By Curtis’ log each. If you want any information plan a single track is supported on The First $5 Bill. be imagined bow the little brown men from the U. S. Land Office, address poets placed about sixteen and a half Title Guarantee & Loan Co., Rose­ endowed with a full share of Oriental, The first 85 greenback issued by our fatality, would deem it the greatest feet apart. The*tar is suspended on burg, Oregon. hangers which run on the track, honor to lose life, if need be, in effect­ The Neilon bond case, appealed from government was in 1862, and ever Power is obtained from a motor on the since 1864 has been tbe heirloom of a ually cutting Russia’s land line of com- Lake county, which was sent back for prominent family. Its age has In­ upper part of the hanger, to which municatioos with the Orient. a new trial by the Supreme Court, has creased its value greatly. This is abo electricity Is conveyed by a simple been compromised. The sum agreed true In regard to Hostetter’s Stomach contrivance.” upon is 43,300, or 4100 more than the Bitters. Itwasintrodu ;d fl'ty years A Household Name ago, and because it positively cures bondsmen agreed to pay at the start, stomach, liver and bowel disorders it If The Baby Is Cutting Teeth. and use that old and well-tried reme the latter also paying the costs of the Is valued more highly than any other “Royal Baking Powder” is a house­ Be sure M rs . W isslow ' s H o O th ug S yrup , for hold word pretty much tbe clvllzcd dy, children teething. It soothes the child, soft appeal. A. J. Neilon, ex-sheriff of Lake remedy. Those who have once, tried world over, and the article itself has ess the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic county, who was the cause of the lit­ it always keep a bottle on hand to and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty cure dyspepsia, nausea, indigestion, become a necesity in thousands upon five cents a bottle igation, is serving a seven-years term dizziness, heartburn, insomnia, chill-, thousands of families In nearly every in the penitentiary for the embezzle­ cold and malaria. Sickly women, to>, civilized country. Tbe success of this WANTED. splendid peparation is due to tbe fact ment of tbe money, which amounted realize Its wonde ful value as a health maker and r ;ulator. Be sure to try that it is exactly what it Is represent­ to about 88000. it. Your druggist will supply you Live agents to sell Dr. White’s ed to be—3 pure cream of tartar bak­ with the genuine, also giye you a ing powder. One of its great recom­ Electric Combe, patented Jan. 1, ’99. copy of our 1904 Illustrated Almanac. mendations is its high leavening pow­ Cure dandruff, hair falling out, sick Pleasant and Most Effective. Ask for it before the supply Is ex­ er. Th it, of course, appeals to every and nervous headaches, yet cost no T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator, Liber­ hausted. housewife. It secures a light baking more than an ordinary comb. Sells ty,Texas, writes Dec. 25, 1902:“ With with tbe least amount of attention on sight. Agents are wild with suc­ and unsolicited by you, I and trouble, It can be counted upon. cess. Send 50c for sample (half price) 1 pleasure testimony to the curative pow­ But It has a virtue beyond that—It is Write quick. The Dr. White Electric er bear There is a smaller amount of waeto of B Hard’s Horehouod Syrup. 1 “absolutely pure.” Royal Baking Pow­ Comb Co., Decatur 111 J matter in the cultivated apple than in have used it in my family and can der contains nothing deleterious. It cheerfully affirm it is the most effec­ most other foods. A-STOKX A.. can be used with perfect confidence, Tht Kind You Haw Always 8 ou / ji tive and pleasant remedy for coughs and with the certainty that, so far as B mh tu A special edition of a Seattle paper and colds I have ever used.” 25c, 50c It is concerned, tbe baking will be •IgaMu» gives the pictures of lu&lawyers whodo and 11.00. Dr. J. Hinkle, Central thoroughly wholesome. •f Polpt. business in that city. Entered at the Posioffice at Jacksonville, Ore., as Second Class Mall Matter PROTECTION IN CANADA. liument at any time. Sir Wilfrid Lau- terian church iu Mtdford Saturday since It is uo longer a wide-open town. ricr, the premier, can have a- dissolu­ evening. About eighty delegates A dozen gamblers Imo. ¡grated at one tion whenever he advises it. He is like-1 from Ashland, Jacksonville aod Med time, accompanied by a number of ly to advise it soon, for he realizes that' ford were pie-ent, and tilde was a -carlet women. Toe slut machines are all turned toward the wall and a trade reaction is near at band, and large attendance resides. The visiters were n c-:ly enter alned i (.here is no gaming of any kind. he wishes to get a new lease of power by t lie b cal societies, who appointed Sunday, for the tirst time in several before the people feel the effects of the depression too much aud turn sour on committees to receive those from years, tbe saloons were closed—front the government. Tbe correspondent of other places and make i hem at iu me doors, back doors and side doors—and the iron Age gives the following rea­ All partook of au excellent lunch set to liquors wei i sold; even the “blind sons for thinking that dissolution will in the parlors of the church bu 111 of pigs” were headed off. Tne cause of occur soon: before the exercises be/an. this condition Is the change of city "To wait until the present parliament Fred Homes of Ashland, p esideni ' administration. From the time May- lived out the full live years of the con­ of tbe district association, presided at ir H. L. Gilkey took officeGranta Pass stitutional limit might not be good tac­ tics, for tbe next eighteen mouths the rally. The proceedings were quite was a changed town. One saloon man might be more or less a period of de­ interesting, beginning with the rendi­ Jeclared tnat he would keep his sit­ pression, and depression Is notoriously tion of musical select! ins. A priyer ting-room open Sunday, which he did bard on the government. Bad crops, by Rev. F. G Str inge was f llowei out early Monday morning he appear­ dull trade and lack of employment are by an address of welcome, delivered ed before ti e mayor asking that do very closely identified by a large part by W. 11. G ire, which was responded charge be preferred against him an 1 of the Canadian population with Hie to hy Pre-ideut Homes. Miss Mabel promised to ne good. He was inform­ government's fiscal policy. liuLWt'en Jones sang one of her popular solos ed that two more violations would 1872 and 1878 there was depresaffn co­ Short addresses were made by Revs revoke bls license. incidently with a low tariff perlal. Iu consequence the Mackenzie government E. A. Child, H. C. Brown, R. c. Imperfect Digestion. was driven from office In 1878 in the Blackwell aud W. F. Shields of Med Means less nutrition and in conse­ general elections of tbe latter year, the ford, Rev. F. G. Strange of Jackson­ quence less vitality. When the liver popular cry being for protection. There ville, E P. Hughes aud W L Mel­ fails to secrete bile, the blood becom­ was depression concurrently with high linger of Ashland. Prof. E E. Wash­ es loaded with b'Hous properties, tbe duties In the middle nineties. This burn of Jacksonville was un tbe pro­ diges.i in becomes impaired and the brought about a reaction l'or free trade, gram "r the principal talk of tbe ev­ bowels constipated. Herbine will which reaction was at least one of the ening,ami clrcse as bis subject “Some rectify til’s; it gives V ,e to t ie stom­ causes, though probably not the main Benefits Derived from the Conven­ ach, liver and 1 drey*, strengthens the appetite, clears and improves the one, that brought the Laurier govern­ tion.” complexion, infixes new life and vigor ment into power in 189U. • • • It Is President Hames discussed the pros­ '<)the win lesys'em. 50 cents a bottle. doubtful If tbe elections, premature pect „ of the state convention of Dr. J. Hinkle, Central Point. though they are to be, have not been Carlstian Endeavorers and also spoke deferred too long to anticipate tbe ef­ favorably of the work being done in Winter Care of Horses. fects of trade reaction u]K>n public eon the district. tlment.” In Canada, then, two (kepreastons Too many farmers get tbe notion have oocurn-d under high tariffs and into their heads that as soon as fall’s one under low ones, for the present work is completed almost any kind of rates are high for Canada, tbs Laurier The follow ing is a list of those who a ration Is good enough to keep the udmlnistransn having made no ma­ were appointed road supervisors for horsj up until spring when work terial changes. Canada's manufactur­ t'ie ensuing year at the January term begins, then the process of feeding ers of course are bringing all possible of the County Commissioner ’ s Court. heavily and a result of colic, and oc­ pM'tsure to have the duties on their In-tr let casionally a dead horse. Horses should goods Increased. They want protec­ No. 1—Geo. Grow. be kept in trim during the winter. tion, they say, “in order that capital N i. 2—Chas. Lindsay. und labor In Canada may be properly The muscles should not be allowed to protected from <»e epeciali*d and No. 3—Jacob Stone. become soft. It is best to hate a heavily protected industries of foreign No. 4—J. M. Cantra'l. reasonable amount of work for tbe (NMintries which use the Canadian No. 5—C. C. Pursel. horses to do during the winter, giving market as their dumping ground." Tbe No. 6—L. C. Basye. them good rations so that in the tariff that they want must “above ail,” No. 7—Chas. Hamilton. spring when work commences they they say. “enabie Canadian products No. 8 — Isaac Woolf. will not be injured by h»rl work or to meet the competition of foreign la­ No. 9 — an ii crease in tbe grain ration. It is bor on fair and equitable terms.” No. 10—L A. Rose. better to feed t* e horses often and Manufacturers are always greatly not t o much ata time. For this No. 11— O. Caster. <'oneern»Ml atout the earnings of their reason we would advise the three- No. 12— W. H. Stinsin. tariff changes are be- employees meal day plan during tbe winter hig made. Tbe other day wben the No. 13—Henry Tenn. months with a combination of a failed the Ballry Cutlery company No. 14—Geo. Frey. reasonable amount of exercise. foxy manufacturers at once had the No. 15—T. J. Wes'. news sent all over Canada and the Na 16—J W. Smith. Unitad States as well that “Insufficient Over-Work Weakens No. 17—W. H. Peuitiger. tariff protection is given as the cause 18 — J. H. Crawford. No. Your Kidneys. of suapeustou, the firm being unable to No. 19—W II. Newton. compete with American prices and the Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. No. 20—J. A. Martin. cheap labor products from England and Germany.” No. 21-J. H. Wnipp’.c. All the blood in your body passes through It is only fair to say, though, that No. 22—W. K. Inghdue. your kidneys once eveiy three minutes. tbe Canadian manufacturers do not No. 23—W. A. Tresbam The kidneys are your ask for ae high a tariff as that of the blood purifiers, they fil­ No. 24—J. B. Welch. United States, For the present they ter out the waste or No. 25—J. C. Pendleton. impurities in the blood. would be satisfied with mq|ffi less. No. 26—W. R. Johnson. If they are sick «r out It is hard to beat the manufactur­ of order, they fail to do No. 27 —Wtn. McClanahan. ers. If depression occurs under low their work. No. 28—Rjbisoo Wright. tariffs they blame It all on free trade. Pains, aches and rheu­ If It occurs under high tariffs It Is No. 29—J. B. HigioboUiam. matism come from ex­ due to "insufficiency of tariff protec­ No. 30-C J. G cr. cess of uric acid in the tion.*’ And there you are. A coun­ blood, due to neglected Na 31—J. J Fryer. kidney trouble. try that has hothouse industries on its Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady hands need not look abroad for trouble. heart beats, and makes one feel as though BRYON W. HOLT. Mrs. W. H. Layha. of 1001 Agm*« Agne« they had heart trouble, because the heart is seiv - over-working In pumping thick, kidney- Ave., Kansas City. Mo., bas has for sese Tl»e President Administer. I» Floral al years betn troubled with severe poisoned blood through veins and arteries. Floscia*. li! Ir arsem arsero ss arid and at times a hard cough, ceugii, It used to be considered that only urinary which she says, ‘Would keep me in In troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, doo s for dai dat . I was prescribed for but now mclern science proves that nearly hy physicians with no noticeab’e re­ all constitutional diseases have their begin­ sults. A friend gave me part of a bot­ ning in kidney trouble. surta. tle of Chamberlain's Cough R'wedy R 'medv If you are sick you can make no mistake toclu«ely follow the by first doc. oring your kidneys. The mild with Instructions toclo«ely directions and I wish to slate that »•'- s'- and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's i r the first day I cou.d notice a de de- ­ Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is cid d change fir the tbe bett°r, better, a'd at soon realized. It stands the highest fo’ its t' is time after using It for two w< toh w« fks, rks, wonderful cures of the most distressing cases lave i ave do no hesitation in saving I lealize and is sold on its merits that I am entirely cured.” This by all druggists in fifty- remedy is f r sale bv a al 1 druggists. cent and one-dollar siz- “ I have used Ayer’s Hair Vigor for thirty years, it is elegant for a hair dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends.”— J. A. Gruenenfelder, Grantfork, 111. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair­ splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer’s Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will stop it. 11.00 a battle. All dnifftet*. If your drnggi«t cannot supply yon, ■end ut one doUar and we win express yon a bottle. Be sure andrive the name of your nearest express office. Address, J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. R. G. GALE, M. D Office In Orth’s Building. Hours—2 10 4 and 7 to 8 p.m Road Supervisors for 1904. Iti in You may have a ot sample bottle by . _ mail n. («me Swarap-Ro« tree, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer The case of E. A. Dunham vs. the k Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. ÏS. À Heavy Verdict Given Given. —Brooklyn Eagle. Steel PWieee Here and Abroad. On Dec. 18 the steel billet pool met and decided to maintain tbe present price of $23 a ton. On Dec. 17 the Iron Age published a letter from Lon- ■don, dated Dec. 5. which stated that ■"American representatives were offer­ ing steel billets and slabs iu the Lan- arrksblre steel centers at 75 shillings, a cut of 4 shillings compared with the price -asked last week.” As the freight can scarcaiy be U-ss than $5 a ton. it Is evident that our beloved und well protected steel trust Is selling steel for export at about $14 per ton that can­ not be obtained here for less than $23. ” encour- fl’hls Is ttte way . “protection . ages tbe thousands of American indus­ tries whlch use steel as a raw mate- rial. Knllmnda und Export Hute«. S. P. Co., tried at Grants Pass last week, resulted in the jury returning a yerdict for 112,000 fur tbe plaintiff. Ju’ge A. 8. Bennett, one of the best lawyers In Oregon, appeared for Dunham, while the railroad company was represented bv H u. W. D. Feu- ton, also a very able lawyer, Mr. Lei­ ter of Portland and A. 8. Hammond of Grants Pas«. The home of tbe plaintiff is at Tal­ ent, and be Is a son of Mr. Dunham o' that place. The accident, which was the basis for the action brought against the railroad company, occur­ red at Grants Pas;, March 9, 1902, when Dunham, in the course of hi* duties as brakeman, attempted to jump on a moving engine. Accor­ ding to the evidente brought out at the trial he failed because the grab iron on the tank was missing, and the plaintiff was drown under the w heels, which passed over ills right leg near the hip, and it was necessary subsequently to amputate the limb. Au action was tiled asking for dam­ ages in the sum of 830,000; but the jury after being out some hours came into court at 9 o’clock p. m.witb a ver- di< t, fixing the amount as above stat­ ed. The 8. P. Co. has given notice that it will appeal to the Supreme Court Do ’tn ke a iy mists', e. but re­ member the name. Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, und the ad­ dress. Binghamton, N. Y. on every bottle. Do You Enjoy What You Eat ? To« can eat whatever and whenever yon like U you take KodoL By tha um of thia ratnod y disordered digestion and diseased stomachs are so completely restored to health, and tho full performance of their functions naturally, that such foods as would tie one Into a double-bow-knot are oaten without even a “rumbling“ and with a poet- thra pleasure and enjoyment. And what is more— these foods are assimilated and transformed Into the kind of nutriment that la appropriated by tho blood and tissues. Kodol la the only digestant or combination oi dgeatanta that will digest ail classes of food. In addition to thia fact. It contains. In aaaimllative form, the greatest known tonio and reconstructive properties. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all disorders arising therefrom. To encourage export business and dis­ courage American manufacturing In­ dustries that depend upon cheap raw Kodol Digests What You Eat materials the railroads give specially Makes tbe Stomach Sweet. low rates on steel and other heavy BottMaaoly. Rs<«lsr sire. J100. boMtac 2M th tbe trial sue, which Mila for 80 oecis. freight for export. The interstate com- by K. a DeWITT * OO., Obk««, meree commission\is holding hearings ami Is attempting to have the railroads publish their exiwrt rates on all lines of freight. This they object to doing. It was brought out In one of these hearings that certain railroads will not accept freight from tramp steamers at the same rates, as from regular lines A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. wittNwhich they)have agreement». This Is clearly discrimination In rates and is If you are going east a cartful selec Illegal. This istonly one phase of the lion of your route is essential to tbe The shortest line be > ween enjoyment of your trip. If it is a export question. Minneapolis, St. Paul and business trip, time is the main con­ sideration; if a pleasure trip, scenery Ch.cago is To Cure a Cold In One Day. aud the conveniences and comforts of Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. All a modern railroad. Druggists refund the money it it falls to cure Why not combine all by using the Orove’B signature is on oach box. 25c. Illinois Central, the Up-To-Date Road, ruuniug two trains daily from Keeps Corn Forty Years. St. Paul ar.d Minneapolis, and from Omaha to Chicago. Free Reclining Chair Cars, the famous Buffe'-Llbrary An Indiana farmer wdl make an Smoklng Cars, all trains ve^tlbuled. nnusual display at the World’s Fai . In short thoroughly modern through­ Corn that has attained the ripe old out. All tickets reading via the Illi­ age of 40 years, and yet appears to bo nois Central will he hono ed on thesi and no extra fare charged. as good as on the day that it was har­ trains Our rates are the same as those of the route <. the famous vested, will be showu at the Worlds inferior roads—why not get your Fair by an Indiana fairner. L. C. money’s worth? Write for full particulars. Fence, a pioneer settler of Gran’ 1>. H. T rumbull , county, harvested an unusually lane Commercial Agent, Portland, Ore. corn crop In the fail of 1864. lie put I. C. L indsey , T. E & P. A , aside 100 bushels of that year’s hai- Portland, Ore. vest and kept it in an open crib. It P. B. T hompson . F. & P. A., Seattle, Wash. has remaiaed there ever since and 2he Tia;n for Comfort” received no treatment other than to allow the air to pass through it at all eve y night ’.i the year times. For Infants and Children. 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