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-' K V PBritt Advertising Rates; Advertisements will be inserted in Sextinel at tlie followintr rates: PufcKsliecITliursdays, AT ACKSONVILLE, OREGON. BY VILT. JACKSON. & J. W. MERRITT. Ten-lines,- one insertion . $2 50 " each subsequent insertion . "5 .Lesral advertisements inserted reason. ably. Locals, per line. firt insertion, 12 cent each subxequent insertion, 5 cents. Job work of all kind done on prompt no tice and in woikman-liW manner. & . 'JL'AiiAt Jx:?: )nr"o:r ,f esrln AdTuncc ..... gg.on A Libra! DUrountlul early Adirrllnera JACKSONVILLE, OREGOS, THUESPAY, JANUARY 12, 1888. NO. 2. VOL. XXXIII. 1 j i mlm t&L. r -&mf Umr fSEIKz fA-tlskvai -KhZ-m? wA fm ixa SW-'ilm m . n m --d i- . 3 i ii r a iz. tfrzzxv yMxrn- -nr my m i i H r H' v Wg? Vgcium-jKr.NrtL. .. ----r-"-3V IT ' SBL y & Jim EkJP r life' --UbbWi ir 'sTefts "" 5"' ! W . WbS H& J3P ?: W' "'"' Life Official Directory. SfATE OF OREGON T.S. Senators. J. H. Mitchell. J. N. Dolph "ongressman, . Hermann; Governor, b. t'ennover; Secretary of State, George V. Ucunilet State j.rcnurrr. utu. ,"""' jtate Vrinter.F. C. Baker; bupt. Public In- trurtion, E. 11. McElroy; Sutircnic Judges, ,V. I. Lnrd, Chief JusUce W. V. Thayer, i. S. Strahan. nil?TjriICIALMSTRICT. ComprisinK J.v'iMin, Josephine, Lake and Clamath counti.-t: Cirruit Judsc, U 1 Vcbster; District Attorney. A . M. Colvig. jAcitnos cocxtv. Senator, A. C. Stanley: Representatives, T.Bowditch, It. A. MHler; County Judge, t. ivrwittti ConimiionfrN. lt4j.-Hr-nond.S. A. Carlton ; Clerk, V. II. Vnrkcr; -nenir, B. W l)caii;Trea-urer. N. Fi.her; Vstess..r, J M. Childers; School Supcnnten lent, Wm. Tricst; Surveyor, I . A. Englnh, Coroner, R Prycc. JOSENIISE COrSTT. Senator, H. 11. Miller; Iteprccntativc, S. lr. MitchcU ; County Judpe, . Colvig; Com missioners, S. Messcnpcr, J. M. Iy"e. :icrk.C K.Clianor.Slienir.T. R. Patter ton; Treasurer, J. -W. Howard: Assessor, J 11. Lewis; Shool Superintendent, b F. Hathaway ; Surveyor, W. N.S.iundcrs; Cor oner, Ur.'Kreincr. KLAMATH COCKTV. Joint Senator, 0. M. Cartwright of Wasco; KMe-nUtivc, R. Mrl-cJii ;f Klamath; sinner. J. L. HankT, tmmltt; Clerk, W. C. Hale; Sheriff. M &tlT'i,7FFaam Urer, O. T. Baldwin ; Assessor. 1L II. ilatton ; School Superintendent, V. L. Grecnc;-feur-vnvar. It. S. Moore. JOHN MILLER, Manufaetttrer aid Dealer In GXJISS, PISTOLS, AMaitXNITION, CUT LERY. jTI SUING TACKX.E, HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, VAR KISU, GLASS, ETC. CalifbriiUi St. Jacksonville, -grcgon. 5s A' LKK CDUMl. ,.w,ibs - Senator. C. M. Cartwright of Wasco; Rep- 're-pcctfuliv reentativc, R. McLean of Klamath; County amc. JuJgc. A.Fitts: Comiiiissloncra. Geo. M. - Jones. ClKiftus: Clerk. W.T.Boyd; Sher- ., . iiiic,v. ,., -.--. -- - ,,.,.., iff, A. J. CharltMii; irciurcr, . -; .T lenj. School Superintendent, A. H. rislier, Aa.essor, O. L. Stanley. JICETINU OK COt'HTS, ETC. The Supreme Court of Oregon meets at llalnn. tfiular term commencing on the lirat Mondays in March iind.Octobcr. Circuit Court for Jackson countv meets the first Mondavln April, SeDtcnilwr and Drrrmlicr; for Josephine, the lint Muuuay in March anrt August; for KLunalh, the i-ecoqd Monday .in June and tirst Monday in Kovembcr; for Lakcthc third Monday in My and the second Monday m Oclolnr. For Jackson Countv, Probate and Com rui.si.meTs' courts meet every month, com- -i. ill. ilw. first Mondav: for Jose- Mii.u. totintv. tlie tirst Monday in Jumiarv, April, Julv and S.-ptcmbcr; fur Ukccounty every alternate month, commencing the first Mondav in lanunry.. lor Mama in County the ifrst Weilnesday m March, June, Bcplember and Sovemlier. rfST-U'Wp5J'J'3 VROI'ESSIOSAI.. MTSk HXVTSG FAILED TO CLOSE OUT mv business in Jacksonville, as I Wished to do, I have concluded to continue tlie same en a larger scale than ever. I was in San Francisco recently, where I bud in one of the largest and best stock of all kinds of Hardware. Ammunition, Cutlery, Fire-arms, and Snorting Goods, ever brouyht to this masket. These goods will be mld . t the lowest possible price. I will -uarantce these goods to be just what I t present them to be. I feel thank fnl in mr itd mslniiiprs for their oast pat ronage "u liberally jicstnwcd, and would solicit a continuance oi mu Johx MlLLr.n. m wm, 3 Afoso.uteSy Pure. 'llns powder never varies. A marvel ol purity, strength nnd wliolcsonieniss More economical than the ordinnn kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in oms. RoYAI. BaKIKO ?C1V deuCo.. lOSWall-st. N.Y. Wm. HANLEY. AT Till" WI I.L K V. It "I" .W FORD, ATTORHZY ANO COUNSELOR AT LAW. IIiJlu.-!, Jrcjou. Vill 4irs-,J KiU JjL' ,J" J' "J.,-"lU3j-?5lSfi UUieeiii'JIunin1slir' K no k.uii-bus. 'rl iff i&z'S'E, ATT0RX3Y V'ajorK3Rl5R-"AT-LA.W JidAanilllr. Or; Will practice in nllJi-Ceartef ifiis State. 0H?e wi (Uliforniawtrt'Ct, opjHisite J. Ju han's store. l II. IC. KANXA, IVTrORNEY-AT-LAAV, ostBtnce Blore, IS SLLUNG GOODS AT BED BOOK PRICE. When vu want aything in the MER-CANTlLl-" line, dun'vforgct that he has always on lmnd a ITIKjST-C"C.Xs?sS STOCIC . -m BOOTS iL SHOES iTJILNG M. - ctps LADTEFD v INT P Cattle branded A on left hip and side. Earmarks: Swal- ow fork in left ear; split in TPn- " if X i 1 I -li lH'U"'roP an( jifclSSa rihtear. J? Vt?,sjfi,YJ&(uj BILLS TIIT"L0S:hE8iMA-JS HERMAXY WILLIXTRODtCK. Representative Hennann, .of yrcgon, will introduce the following. bills in tlie house at the first ODportunity: Various bills for river and Jiarbor im-. provctriciita m Oregon. . . Dill for a new custom house) building in Portland, Oregon. Bill for pensioning ex-union .soldiers formerly in confederate prison. $ Bill providing for the crectionjjfalife Ktving station at Yaqulna bay. Bill providing for a. life-saving, station at or near the mouth of the Umpqua or Suislawrivers. " " "I Bill appropriating sufficient money for improving the channel of the Willamette rUer.it Corvallis. Bill allowing second homestead entries where the tirst entry was noveri consu raated. j Bill for payment of balance ofj award to Oregon Indian war .claimants as al lowed by Commissioners Groverylngalls and Smith. . ' Bill increasing the salary of thiUniled Status district judge of Oregon. Bill requiring the secretary of war to contract for construction and material in government works on the Columbia riv er. Bill establishing a United States land o5cc in Harney district. Bill providing compensation and in struments to voluntary signal service ob servers. Bill for a United States lighthouse at the mouth of the Umpqua river. Bill to authorise the construction of a railway, wagon and toot passenger bridge over the Columbia river from Xa Cajias to Sandv river. Bill forfeiting the Northern Pacific railroad land grant between Vllula and Portland Or., and to protect the rights of betllers. Bill for a ship-railway on the Columbia river at The Dulles portage. C0.1URBSSMK.VP SALARIES. "WINKH DE-COTE.- "Jacksonville - Oregon. Will practice in all the Courts of Oregon. Office On Oregon Street, in Orth's Block. X I. XX-tlM, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOPv-AT-LAW. Jacksonville, Or. ' pi vticc in all th&courts of the State. Ulnctiln (iouriiiuuse. J.W.Rom-isov M. R. " 1 M.Gill, M.D. DRS. V '1UNS0N A OILL. Eliy8ici;ms.n3i& Sttrgeoas, JacUenrilh. Oregon. Office on -California Street, in Mrs. Ga himg'' building. rST"Calls promplly attended day or uight. 'EfiSS GOODS. 'ACT THE Dry GoodsSlepartment -is coiiit-Lai: HANLEY& LOYE. RATTLE AND HOUSES BRANDED UlILunleft hip. Also cattle branded H on left hip r Mile, also cattle branded ? on left side or hip. also branded with a figure 2 on lrft xide or hip. The ear-marks ofcthcaVKiye branrt. arc-rlinrt crop in loft tar7nu7Iir-ri,-)rtWi"iA'-g'.r, . t,M,rH.41rwtl!i SP .u left'-hTiiinind marke'd cri-piririg! w i. cri -p in right t-rir. hole and?l)Ut-out in left. Hif'' . ts ' - ROGUE RIVER DISTILLERY, I .ihvav3 have on hand, a fiirenstock of JOHH A. HAHXiBY, Pro, CATON & GARRETT General Agents. PURE UNADULTERATED AKTltlX or -x. SUCH AS SUGA R, TEA, COFFEE, BYJIUP, HIVE, TEA, ETC., :OaJ jl'S,Kr EL"2"3S3 0X6N WHISKEY VA . 7 In Quantities and at jgrices to Suit. tisfaclion guaranteed. HANI.EV. '"O ti ITij J. O. AlIiSIT, tt. D. MEDFORD OREGON. Sr-Discascs of women and children a bl'EClALlTY. AVITIj JACKSOX, JACKSONVILLE fjTlEGON. Teeth extrset'! at nlHtorur. (.LauchinartEas aimlntatered, if "dewreel. for wnich extra charge ill be nude. Office on corner of Califor nia and 5th strru. LUPvlBER! I have a fine lot of Lumber nnd ant now'rvadv to fill all orders for any Uiroonjit dcJrcJ. T. R. YOUNG, 31. X. Physician et Surgeon, CENTRAL POINT, OR. Colls promptly attended to at all hours. la. L." AVH1T1STEY M. D., -EAGU: POINT, OR. Having located at tins place, I a?V a share of the patronage of this cction. Calls at-. tended to at any time. TAKEN AT THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE. Sat N JOHN A. Jacksonville Jan,8th 18S7. IVOXIOIVS etc. SHAVINC, 1IAIRDRESSING BATH ROOMS. Our Xrvr fitore, vrhtcli we nowofcnpfi ! abont 3 cif of Irioor 8parc Tlie BITVKHS' CUIOK ti lunrd Stpt. ihnd Slarcll, i each year. w- 301 prngc, I i( 11 lnche,-iTlth over ' 3,500 Uluitrmttons a nnoie l'iclnr eialltry. GIVES IVhoIrtale Trlrr. direct to eommihera on all poods for personal or family nic. Telia lionr lo order, and rive exact coit of cTerjr tiling yon ne, cat. drink,- wear, or hare fan Trlth. Tlinc IBrVALVADLB 1IOOILS contain Information glranrd from the marlirta of the world. A eopj- sent FREE npon rrctlrt of 10 ctt. to defrajr expense of malHc;;. MONTGOMERY WARD &. CO. 111-114 .-lcblsaATCne.CtlracorlIU CUPPING AND BLEEDING CARE fullv performed. C. IJ. ROSTEL. Jacksonville Or.. Dec 11. 1S77. U'ffiRLiD -TU CALIFORNIA VIA & California Railroad. And connections. (ton "S-THE MT. SHASTA ROUTE S5 Close connections madejt' Ashland with, stages orthe California, Oregon -andIdibo Stage Co. ,, Jf" - Time between Medford and San Francisco, 24 hours. CALIFORNIA KlrEEM TKAISS DAILY, iiOUtll North DR. W. H. SOMMERS, 'j?hysicianrurgcon and Accovchcr JackiaBilIle, Orrion. CONSOLATION IN GERMAN AND English. Calls prompt! v answered both day nnd night. Office in the building formerly occupied fcy Dr. Aiken on California street. -RrETCE,M D E T Giaev.M D rRYCE GEARY. Physicians and Surgeons, . -. ? Medfprd. Ortgon. -OrriacInJIamllu's brick, up stairs,,- Re.iAc.ncc of Dr. Pryce at the Riddle House n'Dr. OeaTj-OfleStrcct. L. "3El-."irjX.J5, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, CnliforniaSrfert, MAKES a speciality of cleaning and ' repairing watches and clocks: Charge reasonable. Give me a call. 4:00 rft Leave Portland Arrive 10:10am 8:05 am Leave Medford Leave 6:2.PM 8: AM ArriveAshland Leave 5:10pm 7:30 AM arrive San Fran leave J-8 :30 pm Pullman Buffet Sleepers EXCURSION SLEEPERS for Se-ond Clas Pas'sencers on all through trains FREE OF CHAROJ& EMIGRANT SLEEPING CARS, between Portland and Ashland, Sis rivous and San Francisco, FREE OF CHARGE. The 0. & C. R.R Ferry makes connection with all the regular trains on the East Side Division from foot of F. street. One of the clerks of the House, the other day, iu talking about the habits of the members in drawing their salaries, said that about one-hulf of them drew what was due them' in advance every mouili. About 6nc-third of .them made checks against the fcprgeant'at- uririiwluineyerieywjjitc. woritiv limy wouiu ugauisi auianK;iiwrtni-i- lie-tal. uMiuliy casbcsirihem, no -matter. wlielher any money is nutf.-lne ewgross man or i ot, but he uMihtly eot-A Jhattliey d not oveidraw their annual-salary. Sev eral members let their salary1 accumulate until he end of- tlie session, and then draw it in a lump, "John II, Jvetcham, Willum X. Scott, Adams of Chicago, and AVilkinsof Ohio invariably do ibis. Mr. KamlalL.wIro has noUiin''.Dut his salary to live on, tfttfidly.TlrawB down to. his margin. In the'Senatet.hepruciiceis similar. Mr. Cullouvwho is a poor man, drawnhUpal.iry.at thoendofgcb month. Mr. Edmund generally leave.-liis until tlie cud of the quarter; and takes three month's wages atone 'time. jMr,- Sher man is one of the monthly parraent-senators, but Mr..Payne leaves ni on. de-po-it until he happens to need money,, and then he sends a page to the Clerk's office to have a check made tut for., all that is due him. Mr.-Hale has a similar habit. "William Maxwell Evarts gi,ves checks against his salary to the real et tatc agent from whom he rents his house, and it takes it all. Don Cameion is very careless about his salary, and never seems to know how much is. lie him He lets the money accumulate 1 1 several months, and then, when he wat.?a funds, makes a ch :rk regardless ofthe amount due him. Mr. Stanford generaljr, leaves his cutil the end of the fces.ion, and then draws it all lieforehe leavesWiliipgton. When he arrives here fonthav inter he always dcosits $50,000 to- the- credit of his wife at the bank of itiggs. & Co., and that carries the family, through, the ses sion. - - ',-. , "I say, dad, diet you hear the1, news:" a.ked Joacher's hoy of liis falthdr. T-WfiaTnewsr-'lquestiowd'hisparent. "Aniin tslioV1doTm""to the village sttire." r "GotBhot?" t "Ynp." fZ "What for?" " 'TpgoJiantin'.wilh.'' . -" ALASftJl. - Alaska comprises more than 550,000 square miles. That portion of the prov ince north of the valley drained by the Yukon, and lying for the most part be yond the Arctic circla has about 3000 Es quimaux inhabitants, who will not sur vive long the present rapid disappearance of Jhe walrus and the whalo. In the great valley of the Yuicon are a hundred villages, half on the river banks and a fifth on the delta, containing, G370 peo ple, all savages save nineteen whites and eighteen half-breeds. Tlie Yukon ia 000 miles long, seven miles wide, 1000 miles from its mouth, and pours into tlie Beh ring sea a volume of waler one-third greater than the Mississippi delivers into the Gulf of Mexico. The lower valley of the Kuskokviin river, lying beyond the mountains toward the Yukon delta sup ports a population of abmt 0000, all sav ages, except three while men. ' To the. southeast is the Kodiac division, with a coast stretching from the Shumaqutn is lands to Mouut St. Elias. This division includes Kodiac island. The population is 4352, one to every sixteen square miles, with nearly a thousand whites and half- breeds. To the westward stretching out towards Asia, is a long line of treeless is lands with a population of 2451, one to every six square miles, who in the sea naileries and in the pursuit of the fox nnd sea otter are the most profitably em ployed of all of the natives of Alaska. This population includes 82 white", 470 half-breed i and the 290 inhabitants of the Pribylof islands in Behring sea, vt Inch are the breeding grounds of the fur seal. From two of these islands, St. George, containing 33 square miles, and St. Paul 27 square miles, comes all the direct rev enue of the United St ttcs from its pur chase of $7,200,000, and that revenue of over $300,000 pays a fair interest on the investment. To these islands every year comes more than 4,700,000 seals. One hundred thousand of-tlie young; male seals are yearly killed and their skins shipped lo London. The remaining di vision of Alaska is the Sitka region, al ready becoming well known to tourists. It has a iopulation of 7001 Indians and over 2000 .whites and half-breeds. The Indians are willing to work, and appre ciate, regular wages. The scenery is so .w.H.t and wouderful that Mr. Reed de- pjjbe itaa?myrior toJbjatorNj'ijwgy cr MMlzenanu ine voyage iniiner uirougn 2001 miles ot water that seems like an inland sea is made in comfortable steam ers. Juneau is growing fast into an at- ,i! ! CITY BARBER SHOP. California St JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. West Side Division; BETWEEN PORTLAND &. CORVALLIS MAIL TRAIX DAILTfEXCEPT SCUD 4V.) MX M !:2SrM Leave Portland Arrive I Arrive Corvnllii Leave i!:1Apm 1:30pm Germany compels compounders of tat' ent medicines to prhft "a list of-the inzr&" dients on the labels. Foreign ''good .'of thiss kind aro analysed ;by government chemists. A widely advertised iktdney euro .was thns"" officially" announced to contain nothing medical bnt a small quantity of wintergfeen. Well! What were the otheringreditits? - , The middle states conference of prohi bitionists was held lately in New York. Plans were laid for state and focat con ferences. Tlie iavorite forthepftsiden titl nomination is Gen. Clinton B. Fisk of New Jersey. An anniversary meetfng was held at Checkering hall and ad dresses were made by. SU John, Fisk and others tractive village, and Silka is already a beautiful town. Wrangel is described as an, Indian village uncontaminated by civilization; tliat is, 'nasty and unclean." The Yukon river is not open to naviga tion until July and closes at the end of September, but in the Sitka division, be tween 55 degrees and CO degrees of north ern latitude, the thermometer in fifty years has never been under 4 degrees be low zero"and never but once has gone to 87 degrees above. The means of all these years was 43 degrees 28 minutes. In 1837 the fir'st snow did not fall in Sitka until Jari. 1G, but tlie summer is not warm. The native population includes i-17,617 Eskimo Indians, 2417 Aleuts and 11,-478 Indians. The imports are yearly 10,000 barrels of flour, 6000 cases of hard bread, 1200 chests of tea, 2500 barrels of sugar and between 15,000 and 20,000 pounds of tobacco, with'an equal value of dry goods. The resources of Alaska are at present furs, fish and minerals. Six thousand sea otter skins are taken an- -finally on the southern coast, (he beaver extends through the east inferior, and the fur trade has doubled since Ameri can occupation. The salmon are so nu merous that, with reasonable restriction, one-fourth could suoport the natives and the rest supply the world. There are deep sea fisheries of cod and halibut far exceeding in quantity and-ease of access, the fisheries on th Atlantic cbast. The greatest stamp mill for pounding-gold out of rock, is on Douglas isfund,in onr Alas kan archipelago. This mill now num bers 120 stamps, and the owners have al ready begun the work of doubling its ca pacity. The gold-bearing rock vein is 400 feet, wide. There is little gold to the .ton, but tliere is plenty of rock and the process of extraction is not cosily. The vein stretches for miles the whole length of the island. Water power is used, but steam power is at hand in case of drouth. Coal has been found in several places. Tlie forests of Alaska will some day be a source of wealth when the timber of Ore- gon and Washington has been much di- minished. Thomas B. Reed, m North American Review. spread, and hundrcda'of men and .boys gathered on the wharf of the Oregon Im provement Company's mill, watching the rescuers who had, gone to the. wreck with boats. -Many Nvhohadseenthcexplosion fronr that point said debris 'was blown 100 hundred yards in the air, and 'one man said he' saw the body of one ot the men blown fifty yards into the air, alight one yards away, and then watched him swim about until rescued by boatmen. The bay between the mill and lines of. poles was covered with wreckage. Tlie heaviest timbers of the frame work, .sides and roof of the cabin ladders, tool-boxes, etc, covered the water. The scene beggard description. Not a piece of the boiler properremained. Tlie fire box had been torn from the boiler and lay upside down in the hatch. Tlie iron where the boiler was fastened to the fire box was torn away as if it had been rotten felt. No peace of the engine re mained. The connecting rod was broken in two, and the house which stood in.tlie. rear oi the boiler was blown to atoms, and nothing remained but a piece of the roof. THE INJURED MEN. Tlie workmen who had been thrown into the water by the explosion, after they had been rescued and placed on a scow, were taken aboard the Lone Fish erman and taken around to Coleman's wharf, where physicians and teams were in waiting. They were removed to their homes and given medical care. James Livingston was taken to his boarding place at Mrs. Plummer's, cor ner of South SeCond and Jackson streets. He was very badly injured and died at 4 o'clock this afternoon.. He wa.s scalded on the face, head, back and right arm, was then thrown a long distance, and picked up nearly drowned. He was a native of Nova Scotia, 29 yaara of age, and leaves some brothers and sisters at home. He was a member of the K. of P. and Odd Fellows. John H. WynuMi was thrown fifty feet and swam around until picked up. He was taken to the Mill-street house, where Dr. Minor sewed up a large gash in his chin and dressed his wounds. His right leg is b.i'lly injured but not broken. He is bruised about the head also. Wm. Driscoll and F. McPhereou were slightly Inlured. Frank Byret and Ed 1 t'oster, foreman, escaped unhurt. The engineer, John Lr James, -JIs a married" man. He was t iken home dnd attended by Dr. Willard. He is badly scalded on ihe head, body and legs, and very badly shaken up. He was able to converse at 2 o'clock, and told the following story : "We were moving into a new position, preparatory to driving a fresh pile. As near as I cau tell, we had 100 pounds of steam. I think the boiler was blowing off a little. I was standing by the engine, with my hand on the le.er, when the ex plosion occurred. I was. thrown to one side and but for a pile would have fallen into the water. My head, which lay over the. side in the water, fras pulled in by some one, and I recovered. The ex plosion was caused by a weak boiler. It was unsafe. I threw up my job the" 1st of December on account of it, and retur ned to work again by request. I had of ten told my wife when going to work that she must not be surprised if at any time I failed to return, home alive. I had often spoken to the boys about the unsafe character of the boiler, and also spoken to the owners, Messrs Allen & Nelson. ADDRESS TO TUB WOOL UIIO WERS, Monrr Versos, O., Dec. 25. 'St. To the Wool Growers ot tho "United Sta'ca: Tlie sentiment favoring free- trade in this country has been argument-' ed to the extent of the president's influ ence. In announcing his sympathy with t those who do not encourage American in dustries and domestic labor, the execu tive has emphasized his contempt for tyour industry by pro)-osing the repeal of all duties on imported wools. You num- ; her about 1,000,000 of voters and give " employment to about l.OOOJXW more Every state and nearly every county in 1 each state of the Union, has folds ami " nock-masters. our flocks generally aro small; your wealth mixed, and your lo cations so scattered as to render organiza tion and united action difficult. Once the producers of three hundred million pounds of wool annually, valued at about $100,000,000 you have seen the unfriend ly legislation of 1883 check your growth and actually reduce your flocks in num ber, and your annual clip in quar.tity, to the extent of fifteen per cent. These re sults followed a small reduction of pro tective duties. Now, the president pro poses their abolition, so that South America and Australia, with other for eign nations, can supply tho consump tion of the United States .spindles and looms. The officers of your national society de sire to organize resistance to this cruel attempt. In order to secure its defeat by active consolidated resistance, I ad vise that you petition congress freely from all parts of the country; send letters to congress from every district; have each association of wool-growers, state, coun ty or towuship or town, pass and forward appropriate resolutions; incite granges or associations of husbandmen to unite their forces with ours in urging congress to promote the welfare of agriculture. En franchised freeruc- may obtain justice and avoid oppression by making those in authority understand their wants. If you have not large or consolidated wealth, you have votes. Exercise wise ly the power which this privilege gives. The founders of our republic placed in the hands of its people, power to correct tho errors of those who make or adminis ter our laws without insu'roction or vio- . . ..w av.Ui.,u Mrto uctU miElll- pmned. Tiemova jhe decep'.iry ndit i mm-auuuie natiquTKnow you will Dot eubmit toiiroposcd injustices without a resolute Struggle. C. G. Delano, President of the Wool Growers Association. SEATTLE NOTES. Seattle, Jan. 3. The body of Alfred Taylor, who was drowned off Coleman's dock about two weeks ago,was found this morning on the beach, near the junction of the Grant street bridge and the wide guage railroad. It was removed to un dertaking rooms, and will be buried to morrow by the 'longshoremen. Two murderers, A Friedrich and Geo. II. Mjller, under sentence of de th in the King countv jail, will have their cases heard at the present term of Supreme Court. Oregonian., EXPRESS TEAK DAILV (EXCEPT BCSDAY."1 40 pm Leavt Portland Arrive 0:00: am 8:00 p M Ar'veM'MrnTillcLe've 5:45 A M AtAIbanr and Cnrv.iftis mnnwt with trains of the Oregon Pacific Railroad IIilUDJr"i:iH,J-l,I,SLIJ,S5; I ForYnformafion regarding rate,, map,, ctc "pared to do all work in his line fn the best i manner ana at reasonawc prices. GEORGE SCHUMIT. sec Compnay's Agent at Medford R. KOEHLEB, E. P. ROGERS. - . .Manager. CF.&Pas!. Agent. No sufferer of a scrofulous disease, wlro- will fairly try Ayer"s Sarsaparilla"' need despair of a cure". " This remedy purges the blood of all impurities, destroys ther and was rescued by boats. germs of scrofula, ana infuses- fiew-- life TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT SEATTI.B. Seattle, Jan. 3. A terrible boiler ex plosion occurred this morning at 11 :30 o'clock in the southern part of the city. A force pf men were engaged driving a line of piles' south of the OregoM Improvement Company's mills, and wereat work about 400 yards south of the mill when the boil er suddenlyexploded, blowing thehotrse, engine and boilerintoten-thouand pieces, and covering the bav with debris for 101 yards in all directions. Of the half dozen or more men at work on tho driver not one was instantly killed, though one wis blown 150' yards, falling into the water, Makixo Bacox. As many are making bacon now, I will give you my way. A cold, frosly time is best, but a rainy time is better than a north wind, which dries the skin on the meat so hard that it will not take salt. If the hogs are large and the weather not cold enough to cool them through, it is best to take out the back bone and ribs as" soon as killed. For salting I use a box six inches deep and three feet wide by four feet long. Pour Into the box 50 pounds ot Liverpool salt and 2 pounds of brown sugar. A little saltpeter will da no harm t but too much is worse than none. After the meat is cot up put each piece into the salt box large enough to hold all the meat and cover it up to keep out the flies. After it has lain one night take it out and let it air over night; then salt as before and re pack. This must be done about three times, then two or three times after the third night. After Ijmg in salt three weeks, take up the meat and wash off the salt and hang np to smoke. I tike gal vanized wire, cut it into pieces six inches long, and make hooks, which are much handier than strings. Almost any kind Wimft M4A 1atliaV tn flniaV. imAlln. wrttV. to keep off the flies. It will also keep a person from eating the meat nnless he has a very strong stomach. The smoke should be kept up pretty steadily for sL w?ek, and once every two or "three . . , , ..ivt-.s i'--' ,-..., , . , eray- ior iwo weens longer, oome pacic andvigor throughoni the'phTSical crgsr-- a discharge of a cannon, and tra? hetrd the bacon in bariev and some use ashes. rzaticn. all ovsr the city. The news quickly fir.it wrapping flic meaf in paper. Ex Commander-in-Chief Rae of the G. A. R. has expressed himself as being heart- ilyin sympathy with tho pension bill' prepared by that organization, and pre-' diets that it will receive the necessary support and become a law., This bill, similar in many respects, to the service pension bill vetoed last year by President Cleveland, provides, among other things, for pensioning that large class of invalid soldiers whose circumstances are such that they cannot prove, satisfactorily, that they are entitled to a pension. Many cases exist where it is well known by friends that the disability of tho appli cant for pension was caused by tlie expo sure of army life, but whero tho lapse of time renders it impossible to bring con elusive proof of the facta in tho case. The death of a single man whoso affi davitona pension application has been demanded has been known to defeat the issuing of the order to place the appli cant's name upon the pension roll. Changes in residence have often operated to accomplish the same undesirable re sult. In view of facts, legislation is need ed to sanction less rigorousrequirement3 than now prevail in establishing a clai mant's right to the relief he asks". It is but A matter of simple justice to tho de fenders of the nation in time of peril. The Oeiqw of the Word "Boodle."' The word "boodle" has gono into the United States language. Eastern news papers, even those of Boston, use it wittv out quotation marks. We believo" the' word originally appeared in the Commer cial Gazette in a report of the great American Express robbery in Cincinnati several years ago. On Sunday afternoon a one-horse wagon wa3 driven up to the office oti Race street, a small iron travel ling safe was loaded en and taken over into Kentucky and rifled. Larry Hazen, the famous old detective, was employed by the Express Company to work up the case, and he succeeded in recoverinz most of the money. When met by a re porter at the station after the lucky carw ture, Hazen threw up his hands in a happy mood and said, "We've got the boodle 1" -The word was afterwards ued to denote money U3ed for dishonest pur poses in local politics, and disreputable politicians in the city and stale came to be known as "boodlers," and their party as the "boodle party." The word spread in usage and is now common throughout the country. Cincinnati Inquirer. Seventeen persons, widows and or phans, were left denendenl when thy of hard wooel is good to smoke with.-f thugs threw their bombs at the Hayinar Tire noise of the explosion sounded like ket meeting a year and a half ago. Po liceman Sheeban was unmarried; Po liceman Degan left a boy; Policeman Barrett a very pretty young bride of a few months; Policeman Feavan, u wid ow and three children ; Policeman Red deo, a dependent widow and two young" children; Policeman Hanson, a widow and six small children dependent. f'-m S V f !