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OREGON SENTINEL.
JACKSONVILLE
Saturday, May 21, 1881
HOW MICH IT COSTS.
Reflecting on the wide spread delus
fern that in Oregon, the liquor drinker
Instead of the seller is obliged by law
to take out a yearly license of five dol
lars, a London paper remarks that
drinking in that remote country is
"very costly." The conclusion is cor
rect oven if deduced from an error, but
it is "drawn only from the first, not the
ultimate cost of the luxury. Drinking
is as cheap in Oregon as it is in England,-
as cheap as it is anywhere, but it
is costly enough. Often, wh"n a young
ruan takes his first drink it costs him
Lis manhood and character. Often,
lieft a father indulges in excess he
barters the love and happiness of wife
And children for the sake of his distort
ed appetite. Tbe character, the strength
the manhood of our joung men; the
happiness and social life of the old is
a "fearful cost to pay, in any country,
for alcoholic pleasures, but this is not
all. The prisons, the asylum", the
morgues, the poor houses are all led
gers, in which the account swells high
er and higher every year, and yet there
seems no checktotho evil. Heavy taxes
on the article have failed. Temperance
societies are ineffectual; the advice of
physicians is unheeded, and there
Beems nothing left to control the use
of liquor but a healthy public opinion.
This seems to be taking shape and the
rule seems to be that a man, young or
old, who yields too frequently to intox
ication is unfit to bo trusted in any
responsible position. We had not in
tended to write a temperance lecture
but to call the attention of parents to
the necessity of a proper and sound
opinion on the question and the pro
priety of giving their children a right
direction before they get beyond con
trol. Usually "as the twig is bent the
tree is inclined," and the season to
shape the tree is in its early growth.
Ansn erect.
Bro. Odell of the Statesman wants
to know if "six horse teams are ever
run into Jacksonville by the Overland
Stage company)" We answer no: for
the reason that there is no necessity on
the valley roads, but that six horse
stock is used on aM mountain routes
and by increasing the stork the stage
-npany i enabled trj aeiiyer-wcona
"SWktVi nl ' - to'tho PeoPle of
the Willamette on first class schedule
tjme. This is better than can be done
by the contemplated tri-weekly sei
vice and the company really should be
compensated, instead of blamed, for
doing more than the department re
quires. The Statesman has treated
this question in a gentlemanly spirit
but it is only in error and will be sat
isfied when the promised investigation
is made.
Creit C'llj- Road.
Mr. Garrett informs us that H. Gas
quet has added a large additional force
to that employed on the line of the
Howard survey. Gasquet announces
that he will spend all the money in his
hands on a track six and a half feet
wide this season, so as to encourage
further work next year. He expects
the Jackson county subsidy and asks
that a man bo sent with it to see that
it is honestly expended, which is cer
tainly fair. The Howard survey is un
doubtedly over the best and easiest
route, and we hope to see a wide sub
stantial road mado over it in time.
There is nothing done yet on the other
route but the preliminary wind work
and that, even, hardly convinces the
people that the route will be any great
improvement on the'old road.
The Vallroad 8urej
The party under Col. Hurlburt, one
of the engineers of the O. Je O R.. R.,
are-still at work on the big canyon
south of Canyonville. On last Satur
day they had reached appoint four and
a half miles south of town and were
about four Hundred feet above the
stage road. Two or three short tun
nels will be neccessary and at one point
there will besome tolerably high trestle
work, but the impression received from
the party is that a quite practicable
line will be located. The announce
ment that the party had abandoned this
work is untrue, and there seems to be
no doubt but that they will succeed in
finding good ground for the road
through the canyon.
Every year the cost for repairs on
the railways along the Missouri river
bottom is so gxeat as to more than eat
"up the profits of the preceding year.
This year, what with delays, damages
from washouts and overflows it is al
most equal to relaying the track the
'a hole way. In view of this fact, the
-owners of these roads are seriously con
templating of abandoning the bottom
and going through the uplands.
LARGE TUlMiS AND SMALL.
The Ofegoniah is a large paper,
therefore its editor concludes it is .of
great importance. The Scntikel is a
small weekly, therefore, according to
the same authority, its opinions are
valueless. This is the favorite reason
ing, the lost weapon of defense used by
the immense city, daily, when driven
to the wall by any of its country ex
changes, and it Js a good deal like an
evergrown pumpkin comparing flavor
with a peach, or an elephant, discuss
ing fine points with a race-horse, and
just as sensible. The gist of the Ore-
gonian's argument is that the Sentinel,
though published nearly in the middle
of the 0. it C. Stago route, is so very
small that it has no right to know any
thing about stage matters, and that
itself, published two hundred miles dis
tant, is so big that it must know it all.
The Sentinel is small, but not subsi
dised by any individual or corporation,
and when it repeats, that the mails are
carried over the route from I'oseburg
to Redding within and beyond the
spirit of the contract it only says what
is true, and what the Oregonian can
not disprove by fair argument or in
vestigation. The editor of that paper
is, unfortunately afflicted with "Mitch
cllphobia," and, hoping to enmesh the
late Senator in his net, continues to
drag it in waters he knows nothing
about and is angry because he onl)
gets water hauls. The Oregonian is
an are that the same company run a
daily line of stages from Redding via
Shasta, Trinity Center and Scott's val
ley to Yreka, The service contracted
for on this route was "seven times a
week. The Department cut it down
to six, with a proportionate reduction
of pay, over two years ago and yet the
company hae continued to carry the
mails seven times per week on the re
duced pay. Over this route the bulk
of the second and third class mail is
carried on fast time to Yreka and ibe
result is that it is passed between the
termini just as quick as first class mat
ter. It is a well known fact that this
company are actually doing more than
the Department requires of them, and
instead of being attacked as thieves
deserve praise for energy and prompti
tude. The company invite investigation of
i',s conduct, and it should be investi
gated. When it is, we venture to say,
that the Oregonian will crawl into the
smallest hole so very "large" a thing
fvpr cm. wind into, as it will neither
catch Mr. 'jHipple" Mitchell, expose
any fraud rm-i .. f.t."!lilljgr jm
weeklies along the line. So we advise
the big editor of the "big daily" to be
warned by Conkling's fate and not bito
off more than he can swallow, and es
pecially to remember the fable of the
frog that swelled himself up so big that
his skin refused to hold him any longer
and he "busted."
A Itlgbleon Decision.
On Thursday a decision was ren
dered by the Supreme Court declaring
the Clerk's and Sheriff's fee bill, passed
by the last Legislature, unconstitution
al. It is difficult to see how they
could have decided otherwise as the in
equalities and unfair discrimination of
the act seemed quite plain, and it is
only surprising that the bill received
the Governor's signature. The decis
ion, will, perhaps, be a guide to future
legislators and show them the necessity
of keeping within constitutional
bounds or, at least, of recognizing the
fact that there is such an instrument
in existence. The various Clerks and
Sheriffs will now again discharge their
duties under the old law and, in this
county, it will be a relief to the county
treasury. The old law is not oppres
sive but should the next Legislature,
in its wisdom so consider it, any
changes will probably apply to every
county in the state and not make fish
of one and flesh of another as the late
foolish law did.
Saie tlic Forrt.
It takes 150,000 acres of Woodland
to supply cross tics for the railways in
the Union. A few j ears ago Michi
gan and Wisconsin had 10,000,000
acres of valuable forest. Now all is
gone but 2,000,0001 One third of all
that in California was destroyed yeais
ao. Over half a million acres are des
troyed annually and Mill the demand
increases. Notwithstanding w of the
Northwest Pacific coast have an unlim
ited supply of timber, yet, with the ap
proach of the great railroad lines it
will not be many years when we, too,
may be brought face to face with des
titution of timber. Let the grovth of
young forests be encouraged.
A Stage "pass" is supposed by the
Oregonian to be the reason of our de
fence of- the stage company. Hie
thought isquito characteristic, as some
persons can appreciate none but mer
cenary motives for any course. The
opinion adds neither to the Oregon
ian's dignity nor argument.
A SjJce'of War.
Old Africa is bound to occupy a big
share of the attention of the world.
Scarcely have the echoes of the British
conflict with the Boers of South Africa
died out, when North Africa steps to
the front with a first-class international
complication, affording food for the
news monger and work for the diplo
mat. The rapid strides of the French
arms in subjugating the south shore
Beduins of the Mediterranean and ex
tending a French protectorate over
Tunis, has enraged Italy, made Eng
land mad, and alarmed Turkey, while
the wily Bismark chuckles in his
sleeves at the thought that the Repub
lic of France has got her foot in. Day
by day the imbroglia is assuming pro
portions, and it looks as if it might
culminate in a general vbuar fight.
French supremacy in North Africa
means control of the Mediterranean sea
and this Italy, England and Austria
will not submit to. In a late cable
dispatch it is stated that His Holiness,
the Pope of Rome, had voluntarily es
poused the cause of the French in the
pending difficulty, calling upon his head
the ire of his Italian countrymen.
Tlif New Bible.
The great work of revising the Eng
lish version of the Bible, which for the
past eleven ytars has been confided to
a select committee of seventy eminent
European and American divines, has at
lost been brought to a close and ttieuew
Bible is now ready to be placed in the
hands of the public. The girat dailies
east and west last Sunday published in
parallel column a collation of G7 pas
sages of scripture, transmitted by At
lantic Cable, showing what changes
had been adopted by the committee.
In some instances the changes are so
striking as to necessitate a different in
terpretation. Some time will elapse
before Biblical commentators and writ
ers of scriptural exegesis can bring
their standard works in harmony with
the new version. Heretofore King
James' translation has been accepted
as authority by English speaking peo
ple of every evangelical denomination
in all parts of the world. Whether
the new volume, which is issued under
the auspices of Queen Victoria, will be
so generally accepted remains to le
seen.
Scnnterlal SlUlnrn.
Conkling and Piatt, Senators from
New York, have resigned their seats,
I the first becausfiho could not have '3 I
4-r-. im -ii i mi. ii .i F i
way use a spoiled cnnu; me oiner Be
cause Mr. Conkling did. Conkling
thought he was President but there
seems to be a general impression that
it was Mr. Garfield who was elected, a
fact which the autocrat of the Empire
State has been slow to discover. The
Legislature of New York is now in
session and it will be a great pity if it
cannot find men who will fill the places
bf these two gentlemen who toss aside
Senatorial honors with such supreme
disdain. It has long been apparent
that the great New Yorker determined
to be "Caesar or nothing" has succeed
ed admirably in becoming nothing.
His woes and troublps may be
great but our fifty million of people are
too busy to spend much time in crying
over a disappointed politician.
"Through private sources informa
tion is received here that 10,000 tons
of steel rails for extension of the Ore
gon and California railroad south of
Rotoburg will be afloat from British
ports by the first of December next."
The above, taken from the Oregon
ian of Monday, is quite encouraging
and no doubt the information is cor
rect. The Albany Democrat of the 13th
instant says: Mr. A. Brandt, acting
superintendent of the O. & C. R. R.,
passed through the city Tuesday on his
way from Roseburg. He says work on
the extension will commence soon.
The voting of women in Illinois on
the temperance question has attracted
very general attention in the East. The
enthusiasm with which they worked
and the number in which they turned
out showed the keen interest they took
in the subject. In one little town
one thousand ladies appeared at
the polls and succeeded in electing
three out of four aldermen. At Mount
Vernon all their candidates were elect
e,d by a majority of fivo hundred, and
in other portions of the state their ef
forts were crowned with success.
The New York Herald paid Col. In
gersoll and his audience no great com
pliment the day after his recent lec
ture (April 25) in New York, chen it
said, Col. Ingersoll delighted an im
mense audience last night, and can be
sure of many more, for every bad char
acter in New York wants to believe
that Christianity is a fraud.
A great many are in the position of
the Irishman who, when told that he
had an upright Judge to try him, re
plied: "Ah, Biddy, it's not an upright
Judge I want, my darlin', but one that
will lean a little to my side."
PIONEER HARDWARE STORE
Jacksonville, Oregon,
BILGEK & MEGLY
Doalers. and Workers
IN
TIN, BRASS & COPPERWARE.
WE ALSO KEEP constantly on hand
a .first class assortment of
STOVES, -GLASS,
TOOLS,
OILS, i.?
PUMPS"4
PAINTS,"
PIPES,
BRUSHES,
MACHINES,
AMMUNITION,
-TIN WARE,
3HELFHARDWRE.
Job Worjc a Specialty,
'
ProniptffSmition given to
all orders frovi abroad.
OUR motto is
"Live and Let Live."
WE ARE also agents for the "World re
nowned Wood's Harvesting ma
chinery. The "Walter A Woods' new cn
closedGear Mower, one of the most per
fect mowers ever bnilt. Lightest draft,
complete gearing and strongest built, Pat
ent lock nuts, and all latest improvements.
23,000 OF THESK MOWERS
SOLD IK i8S0.
Call and examine before purchasing
elsewhere. BILGER & MEG LY. "
MECHANICS'
PLANING MILL
-AXD-
FURNITURE,
SASH,
BLINDS MD BOOHS
AND
Moulding Factory,
ASHLAND, OREGON,
, S. P. IVZ&XISH, Frop'r.
-r
L.T. L'J"jd'J J'JHt i.;. 3KJUIJ)-1
-. -.
in:, Turning, Circular "itfru 1:
Sawing,
FURNITURE fc ORNAMENTAL
CARVING, ETC,, DONE
TO ORDER.
Furniture, Sash, Minds Doors anil
Moulding constantly on hand and made
to order.
CSfl will contract to design and erect
all kinds o buildings. When dciirable to
lho;e employing mc,l nil! furnish nil the
mateiial required for the construction of
any 'otiildine, ready Tor occupancy.
Spring Meeting.
RACES! RACES!
OVER
Cardwcll's Sew Race Track,
JACKSONVII.LB, OREGON,
Thursday, Friday JL. Sntnrilnr.
Xftay 26, 27 and 23, 1881.
FIRST DAY.
No. 1 Single dash ofa mile for 3 year
olds and under. Purse $40; entrance, $3.
2 Trolling Race, half-mile Iicats.
Purse, $40; entrance, $.j.
Second day.
3 RmmingtRacc, half-mile heats.
Purse, $30; entrance, $o.
4 Ualf-miiji dash. Purse, $33; en
trance, $5. r
THIRD DAY".
5 Runninj Race, dash ofa mile and a
half. Purse,$00; entrance, $10.
C Foot Race, 80 yards and repeat.
Purse, $23; entrance, $3.
7 Trotting Race, mile heats, 2 in 3.
Purse, $70; entrance, $10.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
All the above purses are free for all, ex
cept purse No. 1.
All the above races to be run to rule.
National Trotting Association Rules to
govern trotting races, and California State
Agricultural Society Running Rules to
govern running races.
All entries to close at 8 o'cl ock r. m. pre
ceding each day's racing.
Entrance fee added to purses.
In all the above races, three to enter and
three to co.
CARDWELL & FLITNER, Prop's.
BLACKSMITHING
-AND
HORSE - SHOEING-.
A. BAENEBURG, Prop.
HAVING LEASED TnE SHOP FOR
merly occupied by Mrft. Shannon I
ask a share of the public patronage.
Staple produce or Cash Uken lor work.
GREAT
SLAUGHTER IN PRICES
AT
E.JACOBS9 STORE
Oregon Street, Jacksonville
WI1EKE A COMPLETE AND
tuagnellclcnt atsortroiDt of new goods
has just been received, consist ing In part of
CLOTHING,
DRY-GOODS,
GROCERIES,
FANCY G00D3,
BOOTS & SHOES,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
HATS AND CAPS,
TOBACCOS & CIGARS,
HARDWARE AND
CARPETS, TINWARE,
ALL KINDS PAINTS.
-ALSO:-
W XJSl JD 0"7U" -3-t-.v ici
GROCERIES.
A FINE ASSORTMENT
OF
LADIES' liATS AND
FLOWERS, &c.,&c.
Io fact everything to bo found In a Brv
cla"n Kloclc l General Merchandise, whicl
will be sold at prices
That Defy Competition.
The higtist price allowed for country pro
dues.
"-GiTe me a call at ray establishment
in lh: Masonic building and be convinced
that there is uo humbug about tbir
E. J COBS
MISTERS EMPORIUM!
Jacksonville, Oregon.
FRED OTTEX, - Proprietor.
nUALER IN
ALL KINDS OF AGRI-
xJ cultmal
kiod.s and a
hardware.
implcments, tools of all
general assortment of shell
Uc al'-n keens the largest stock ol,
and
all Hit latest
, improvements in
- 10 IN a ADPlSTULSr
L
ANU A FU.I. ASMHITMENT OF
rishiig S?ackl,
pLwdar, Shot, etc.
ALSO
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
AND ALL KINDS OP OIL.
Give him a call and examine his stuck
before making your purch.iscs.
THE S. P.
VARIETY STORE,
CXPEU THE MAXAOKMi:ST OF
LITTLE & CIIASE,
JACKSONVILLE,
71LL HE KEPT WELL STOCKED
Y with the choicest
CIGARS,
JEWELRY,
GROCERIES.
CANDIES, NUTS,
PIPES, CARDS,
NOTIONS, CUTLERY,
STATIONERY, ALBUMS,
TOBACCOS, CIGARETTES,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
Fishing Tackle, &c.
And everything usually found in a first
class variety store.
Our goods are the bast and gurrantced
to be as represented. Prices low, as we do
not proprose to be undersold.
CJrGivc us a call. .
LITTLE &0 II J.SE.
Clearance Sale
OF
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods.
CLOTHING, HATS, ETC.
AT
COST FOR CASH
' For the
Next Sixty Days
AT
KeamcsBros.
Ladies trimmed hats'vorth $2.50 for
81.00 at the New York Store.
Sheriff's Sale!
Sheriff's Sale
ATTENTION
IS CALLED THAT
in m
IN THE
Mew York Store,
ARE JNOW OFFERED
AND MUST EC SOLD
REGAKDLESS
By order of
Creditors.
the
ASHLAND HVWiSS
SH3?
M
C K. KLUM,
MANUFACTURER OF, AXD DKAI.ER IX
Saddlery and Harness,
ASHLAND, OREGON.
KEEPS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT O?
good in Lis lint of trade.
Laitlct, Jlcnt ami RnjV Hatldlr. a
Specially.
TEAM, BUGGY AjYB
PLOW HAIlJfESS,
WHIPS,
ROBES,
DUSTERS
T-AXU-j-
HORSE BLANKETS.
-ALSO
Winchester Repeating Rifles
(commonly exiled Henry Rifles) of
model of 18G6, 1873, and 187G.
Pistols, Cartridges, Etc.
Wheat taken at the Highest Market
Rates in Exchange for goods.
NOTICE.
Those who are indehtcd to
the undersigned by note or
book account are hereby noti
fied that an immediate settle
nient must be made, as I intend
to go East to buy goods, and 1
musthave money.
G. KAREWSKI.
Last Call.
NOTICE is given to tax payers, that
the taxes for 1880 arc now del innuen t,
and must be paid by thcSoth of this month
or cost will be added. I mean business
as the taxes MUST be paid.
"N'm. Bviibe, Sheriff.
UyMiloCaton.Dcpt.
Jacksonville, April 14, 1881.
Navy tobacco at the New York
Store for 65 cts. per pound.
Fifteen yards print for 51.00 at the
New York Store.
on
K. KU1SLI,
Odd Fellow's Building Jacksonville, Ortgon1
DEALER AND WORKER IN
TIN.SHEETIROX, COPPER, LEAD
Pumps,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
NAILS,
A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF STOVES:
HARDWARE, TINWARE.
POWDER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Fuse and Oapsf
WOODEN & WILLOW WARE,
ROPE, NAILS,
Paints. Oils, Vanish,
CUTLERY, WIRE,
Shot, Bruslis, Chains, Hoso
ETC., ETC:
I have secured the ervicesofa flrltcla(n,
Mechanic, and am prepared to do all repair-"
ing promptly and in ruperior style.
r
N CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE'
I Hni roceivincnn.I hnve con.'tanlly
baud a full and Crat-clafa itock of
GROCERIES,
DltY-OOODJ, CUM HOOTS, TOBACCO
UnAUY MADE CLOTHING,
tiLSSWAllC.CKOCKBKY,c.'
pO Everj thing bold at rearnaMe rstcn.
K. KUKI.I
Icknnvill. March. f 87H.
G. KAREWSKI,
DEALER IN
"STOVES," ' -
TINWARE,
HARDWARE,
DRY GOODS,
Agricultural Implements
MACHINERY,
GROCERIES, ETC.
Also Local Agent:
for the justly Cele
brated Fish Bro's
Wagon,
The best Ya$on on Wheels'
for the following reasons:'
1. More care is taken in the selection
of Mock; inly good, Milid butt-cut timber
being utd.
2. The Wheels arc all 5oakcd in Boil
ing I.inx-cd Oil.
It. Every part is strongly braced; andi
inMcnd of being bolted, in clipped, so that.
the full strength of the wood is secured.
4. The Tires are securely bolted, alter
being thoroughly and carefully 'set.
5. The Skeins are he.ited before driven
on, and set in Miitc Lead; consequently,,
when cooled, contract, making a perfect
fit anil imposMbl" to work loose.
It is tlic only wagon on which "Holmes'
Patent Self-Oiling .-keinV arc used, tho
whole right and title having been pur
chased. The principal points of superior
ity over all other Skeins are: 1st. Hear
ings arc pcriectiy straight, which noes
away with side-draught. 2d. Has a per
fect fitting .-and Hand. 3d. Unnecessary
to remove the wheel to oil. 4th. Will re
tain oil longer, having an oil-chamber, and
so constructed that oil cannot run out at
the point, fith. Hound lirnce is clipped
on, bringing the purchase nearer tho
wheels. And many others, too numerous
to mention, but which can lie readily seen,
upon examination; ami we cordially in
vite our many customers and all others
who contemplate purchasing a tirst-clasv
Wagon, to call and get prices before go
ing elsewhere.
LUMBER TOR EVERYBODY!'
STEELING
6 Illiles South of Jacksonville,
TS NOW UNDER FULL HEADWAY
X and is prepared to furnish the marVct
with cverv description of lumber of a supe
rior quality at the lowest rates. Bill
sawed to orilerandsatisfaction guaranteed.'
AH orders addressed to us at Jackson
villc will receive prompt attention.
PARKS & SON.
Three undershirts for $1.00 at the
New York Store.
irpn'sfine calf boots worth 6.0Ofor
St.00 at the New York Store.
it