f SPEAKING FOR THE SYNDICATES pr<*sent in every village. His bed THE KING OF DREAMLAND. consists of a certain species of palm Senator Fulton, of Oregon, had a cut into strips and supported three I am a king, mother, far away. second hearing before the public land or four feet from the ground on a In a city that stands by The Gates Day; eumi Ission, In Washington, yester­ frame. A few earthen pots complete i me furnishing of his house. So lai, so far that the woild grows day, and made arguments against dim, i the policy of the government in the A h 1 inator. Dreamland Isle; The dear remembered melody .My bonny HHllors will speed with Of Tweed once more again. In speaking of the rigid enforce­ glee. ment of the timber and stone act, be Aud 1 will beckon them far at sea, Wan water from the border hills. objc-cted to tue questions now asked Dear old voice from the old year I, They will hover close to the silent entrymen. by the land office officials, Thy distant music lulls and stills, shore, . With barely a splash from the dip­ in regard to «ue good faith of the Aud moves to quiet tears ping oar. filing, and as to his intentions to And I will be r»‘ady to sail away. Like a loved ghost thy fabled flood transfer title to another, In the Ini- To my dr<*amland Isle at the Gat«« of Fleet i through the dusky land; 1 mtMiate future. He said this dras- , Where Scott, come home to die. has Day. i tic quizzing Is unjust, that it is none , StOOd. The star that shall guide me 1 know •>1> teet returning stand. I of the government's business, prac-1 I so well— I tically. what a man Intends to do A mist of memory broods and floats, (But that is a secret I dare not tell)— with his land after securing title. For only the mists of the sea and I The border waters flow; Know wiM*rc the paths that I fol- The air Is full of ballad notes, He said the outcry from Oregon courages undue activity, in the case low lie. lierne out of long ago against the absorption of the public of peace oaicers. tne mure trouble And O. how 1 wish I could take you I there. the more pay for them, and if peo­ domain by the large companies and Old songs that sung themselves 10 To live in my palace so grand and land syndicates is "senseless." He me, ple are peaceful, it is distressingly fair— Sweet through a boy's «lay dream. dull for the officials. This being the says it is a mistake to parcel out the While trout below the blossom'd tr»e I would build and give you a golden case, it is ninted that officials often priceless timber lands of the West in tnrone— Plashed in the golden stream Carved and jewelled and all your stir up trouble and incite petty crime quarter section tracts. Companies own; In order to get a tee. This leads to should be given the privilege of buy­ Twilight, and Tweed, and Elldon Hill. With gems for your feet that were Fair and thrice fair you be. Once to, every man and nation untold corruption and injustice. In­ ing land in large quantities in order never seen. You tell me that the voice is still < comes the moment to ♦ nocent men arc in thia way made to be able to build mills on these By anyone else but my own fair That should have welcomed me. decide, ♦ queen the victims of pernicious plots by tracts, without being compelled to —Andrew I-ang. ♦ In the strife of Truth with undergo the uncertainty of buying the which petty officers fatten and con­ » Falsehood, for the good ♦ On one ot the many eminences With down fur your feel and down or evil side; tinual disorder is kept alive. The land from Individual owners. ♦ for your bed. «'blch meet the eye of the visitor in He says the forest reserve policy ♦ Some great cause. God's new -«ame condition prevailed in a high San Francisco stand» an Imposing And a pillow of dreams for your d«-ar each Messiah, offering ♦ old head; degree in Oklahoma, when that ter­ of the government ts holding tho .»- looking building liearlng the name the bloom or blight. ♦ ands of acres of land from the tax The Little Jim Hospital." it the vis- I would dress you out in the robes of ritory was opened up to settlement. ♦ Parts the goats upon the left state; Deputy United States marshals often rolls. That it prevents settlement ltor Is curious enough to inquire Its A thousand fairies on hand, and the sheep up- ♦ history, he learns that a number of and development and works a hard on the right, ♦ hid whiskey in farmers' wagons, wait; years ago Little Jim was a newsboy, ♦ And the choice goes by for- afterward following them into Indian ship on the different counties by be­ who, while plying bis calling at on« I sould tell you the tale ot my sunny ever 'twixt that < dark- ♦ isle. Territory, searching the wagon and ing deprived of the taxes that would of the street corners of this busy city, ness and that light. ♦ In stories older than Egypt's Nile; accrue from the purchase of these met with a very serious accident; bis nnding the whiskey where the mar­ —james Russell Lowell. ♦ "bank" account, like that of most You should guide my sloop, with Its « shals themselves, or some accom­ timber tracts. sails of fire— was deplorably small, 1 Be ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ft plice had hidden it The farmer In answer to the first statem«-nt of newsboys, newspaper for which he had been Finer than silks of the olden Tyre Senator Fulton, regarding the rigid­ working headed a subscription list for And the Dreamland billows. »0 deep Creamery butter is selling for 401 would be hauled up and fined $50 for and blue. ity of **>e law governing fillings un­ his benefit and the endless chain was I taking whiskey into the territory, the cents per pound in Pendleton at pres-' murmur their tender»« started, that wondrous chain with bu- jVould der the timber and- ston«» act. it Í6 ent. This would mean 38 cents per marshals would get a fee of 310 and strains for you. r an hearts and pocketbooks at one only necessary to cite th«- thoughtful 1 pound paid to the farmer for butter some family would suffer through ead and a bruised, broken and home- But I am so sorry It cannot be— The government reader to the bold faced comiptiou >c«s newsboy at the other. IdtUe Jim For nobody goes there but kings, like fat. At this price an ordinary cow » I this corruption. me. which has been proved in the courti had soon crossed the bar— would yield an income of $9.50 per ■ t . should clean out these festering con­ — Bert Huffman "Had ceased to puli again»-1 the of this state within the past mouth. month. If there is any other small i ditions. Salaries should be paid of­ » Pendleton. Or stream. Transient m«»n. who never saw their investment that will yield this return i ficials on which they could live in de- Had seen the gates of Eden gleam " land, are permitted, under the laxity cency and honor and everyone caught But the chain held, and thè »ub­ it has not yet been found in Umatilla NEW YEAR'S EVE encouraging disorder, especially on a of this law, to secure title to land script ions came in. and atili carne '.n county. wild frontier, where conditions are under ii, as now administered, de and so today this pile of brick imi Ring out. wlid bells, to the wild swy. Dispatches from Panama say the none too good, at «»est, should be friving actual settlers of their right­ s’one stands an enduring monutreot The flying cloud, the frosty light; o "The tic that binds" and to Lit The year is dying in the night; elections in the new government on given a double penalty in the courts. ful heritage, and for prices fixed lim Ring out. wild bells, and let him die • 40 Monday passed off without a single months in advance of the date of the or : attempt at bribery or corruption, the liberals being elected. It must be I discouraging to American officials 1 who are watching over the new re-, public, to note thia marked absence I of American influence and methods on the very first public election. A > few wards should have been bought up, just out of respect for Panama's best friend, the American Tbe officials of an Interior school district ask the East Oregonian to roast to a brown frazzle a book agent who sold them a school library of 100 volumes. The officials ordered tbe nooks from the enterprising agent, signed a contract to receive and pay for them on arrival, and now becat.se they discover that the same books which cost the district $25 of publlc funds could have been pur«~ased in The Cudahy Packing Company re-1 Pendleton for $11, I, they want the joicee in the prospect of war between ! agent "roasted '* The East Oregonian Japan and Russia The Russian gov- feels inclined to "roast" these offic­ eernment has just ordered 1,500.000 1 lais, mlidlv. io thia age of enlight- pounds of mess meat for the army, ‘ »-nment and advertisement they from this American trust. Russia » should have been on their guard, don't fear the American navy, but I Warnings are sounded through the she trembles before the American i press daily against buying of tran- meat trust. It is better to be mas­ . sient peddlers and grafters Home ter of the food supply of the world 1 institutions pay out hundreds of dol- than to hold all the forts, harbors, lars in advertising and yet people mountain strategical points and will bite at these outside "bargains." passes on earth. It seems useless to grov hoarse talk­ Owing to the fact that no emerg- ing to people in their own interest, •■ncy clause was attached to the re-. when they ignore it to their loss. Ped­ enactment of the exemption clause I dlers will always infest a country of the assessment law, the taxpayer that is so easy to work and the only will not get the benefit ot the exemp- i was to avoid the "skin" game of the tion on the 1904 assessment Tbe • fakir la to confine yonr trade to citi­ bill does not go into effect until zens of your home town who spend March 23, 1904, and the law cannot tbeir matey in building up tbe com­ be made to cover an assessment munity which begins on March 1. However. There is more tood profanity and Oregon will appreciate tbe exemption cuss words to the block in Pendleton more when It does take effect, and is than in any other city of its size on glad to get off without tbe necessity the coast. At any hour in the day. of another special session to remedy in the presence of women and child­ this matter. ren, on the main streets can be beara i disgusting and degrading remarks by A "prominent1' lumber man from smart young men, who take a delight Portland baa been giving the Baker la being beard by all passers by. City Democrat a specimen of the This profanity is the lowest brand of heavy argument of capital against ignorance. It is bad enough and does the forest reserve». The gentleman I no good on the sheep range, and its says if the preeent destructive policy I use on the streets of a civilized town of barring the lumber companies In the presence of women and child­ from the public domain continues, ren who are forced by business and one of the leading industries of Ore­ necessity to pass up and down the gon will suffer greatly. The gentle­ public streets. is especially inexcusa­ man forgets to mention that if the ble and disgraceful. The East Ore­ government does not continue to bar gonian is not teaching a Sunday the lumber and land syndicates from school class and la not in favor of »«ecuring the forest lands of the West converting ordinary business Into a in enormous tracts, to the exclusion prayer meeting, but there !s a limit of actual settlers, that not only one to all bad habits. Every man is en­ industry, but 10 or more vital indus­ titled to the widest personal liberty, tries on the Pacific Coast will be de­ but every sane man also owes a duty moralized within a few years by the to the community and one of those process of denuding the mountains duties is to respect the rights of the of their forests. Destroy the forests community. This disgusting pro­ and you prevent settlement, irriga­ fanity among the young men and tion. stock raising, reclamation and boys should be stopped. It Is not an all other of the great systems that evidence of good sense, good breed­ are to be utilised In civilizing and ing, good taste or bravery, and the developing the unsettled districts of woman and children who must use the West the streets are entitled to protection from the ignorant bullies who wan­ The report of the secretary of the tonly Insult them day by day interior in addition to showing a con­ dition of unparalleled fraud and per­ It in safe to say that if the in­ jury in public land and timber en­ vestigation In the Smoot case comoa tries. is a strong denunciation of the to a joint where the senator must Timber and Stone Act, the commu­ either give up the senatorial toga or tation clause of the Homestead Act suffer the Inner facts of the Morm m and the Desert Land Act themselves. church to be looked upon by gentile These laws he describes as structur­ ««yes. he will gracefully surrender the ally wrong and fraudulent In intent. »oga to save the church. Although Before Secretary Hitchcock, eecretar i he Mormon is a civilizer, an aggres­ les of the interior and commission­ sive citizen, a thrifty, virile force I”, ers of the general land office without every community, yet it is the sup­ number have recommended the re­ position among the uninitiated that peal by congreaa of theee three land polygamy is yet fixed firmly in the stealing laws. Public sentiment, Mormon faith, under the surface, even however, is now becoming awakened though the Mormon, in defense of his to the vast steals perpetrated under ■hurch smoothed over and obliterated these laws and to the fact that the .ts traces from the surface of society. government has been defrauded of The progress of the church Is due to tens of millions of dollars of proper­ the zeal of the members and if It l»e- ty and what is worse, that the land comes necessary to surrender a abeorption is continuing at a con­ United States senatorsbip to guard stantly increasing rate. It Is not a the secrets and mainspring of the or­ question of enforcement of the laws, ganization from exposure, the sacri­ though a rigid administration would, fice of this office would be considered of course, help matters some; the a small matter, compared to the Im­ laws were themselves born in ini- portance of keeping the faith secure quity to enable land grabbing. from the pliblic gaze. Governor Brady, of Alaska, con- demos the tee system for officials now in operation In that territory. As the officer's salary depends upon the amount of business he does, It ea- A merger or the following,railroads Is being effected, the whole to form i system to be called the Chicago ft Alton: Kansas City Southern, Chica­ go ft Alton, Iowa Central, Clover Leaf and Minneapolis ft St Paul filing, transfer the public domain to A Parisian clothes dealer kicked a the grasping syndicates for whom dpg out of his shop. The dog snvt w.tb some rapidity and knock I Senator Fulton is making an elo­ out over a woman with a jug of ml'»k: quent. but specious plea. the woman broke the jug and upset Do the people of Oregon think too an elderly gentleman, and the juz many questions are now asked the cut both of them At that moment a entrymen* Do they want the weak cyclist arrived and. was thrown off Lis machine by the prostrate fig-i.«r, safeguards now thrown around «he and »Imultan'-ously a cart came up public domain removed, giving the and smashed the bicycle. The naris- syndicates still wider privileges and I irate who was appealed to blandly ad the squad to proceed agtiaat allowing more flagrant and dlsgustl ig I v i he dog and they are now loogiag violations of the law* Do the people for It think the government should make it still easier for mercenary entrymen No matter what the trouble. in the sunshine or the rain and mercenary land trusts to secu.-e i If you axed him his feelings. the public domain by removing the Well, he never did complain rigid restrictions even now accom An I reckon it was wisdom. For the world'll jump a tram panying the acquisition of land under To make the glad acquaintaor e these loose laws? Of the chap who don't complain If congress does anything w,th I —Atlanta Constitution these laws K should repeal them ea- . tirely Ev»ry filing on the pub:!c i The extreme variability to which domain, hereafter, should mean a tne newspaper mind seem» to be bona fide settler on the public do somewhat subpect is thus set forth in the Kansas City Journal. When a main. Within a quarter of a century new newspaper starts up In the lerri the young Oregonian will be stnpj- M tori««« the country exchangee greet it I I as naked of land rights and opp c- in a form which reads something like Vol 1, No 1. of the Doaks- 'unities as the Irish boy, In hU lord- thia: vllle Daily Tribune baa reached our errt-ed island today table The Tribune is a newsy little Some safeguard m»i»t be thrown, sheet, which supplies a long felt want I around the public domain. Some fvi- in that thriving little communl’y by » the placid waters of pictureequ? Bit ther restriction must be placed up«»n ter creek. The editor. Mr .»ames the process ot securing title to land Smith, is a scholar and a gentleman, that rightfully belongs to th» people. who has acquired great journalistic In answer to the plea, that the ability by serving a number of years forest reserve policy is holding thous­ on the reportorial staff of one of the metropolitan newspapers of Kansas ands of acres of land from the as­ City. Good luck to you. Jimmy; we sessment rolls. It is only necessarv affectionately welcome you to th«- fold to cite the case of Eastern Oregon ot the true moulders ot public opin­ During the past 20 years the Oregon ion." But these amenities don't last 'eng James runs counter to the ,»re Lumber Company has stripped hund­ .al'ing opinion on some living »az is. reds of thousands of acres of valua and ib< next thing he reads of t'..u ble timber land in Eastern Oregon. self tu..s In this fashion: "Vol. 1. No. They sawed out every available tract 2 of tnat disreputable organ of the of timber that was easy of access Snake Indians, the Doaks lUe Trib­ une. published in that heli hole near from the railroads Thia land was the sewer of creation, by that dough- purchased under the timber and stone laced, pudding-brained idiot who re- act. and the timber ent from it. To­ < ently fled from Kansas City, leaving day that land is lying idle, unfit for a two dollar laundry bill unpaid the which seems queer, as he does not any purpose under the »un, nobody nave any washing done here." The claims it, it has been advertised tor whole Is not refieated. as only s sam­ sale for taxes, but the taxes are still ple la necessary to show the troubles unpaid on thousands of acres of it. which soon overwhelm the advrntur- ous James Smith. The removal of the timber destroyed • • • the water courses, and dozens of A member of the learned prolesslon small streams that formerly furnished of law in a Southern state was once water for small farms and orchards, passing on the qualifications of a juryman. The juryman in question are now dry. The syndicate took the v xs anxious to escape service, an 1 ex­ lumber, left the land useless and the plained; no understant goot Eug- county is still trying to collect taxes. ll»h.” "Not sufficient," snapped his What the government should do honor; ’’I’ve been on the bench five with the timber lands of the country yearr bda »m in a position to positive­ ly assurt you that yo’i won’t hear suy la to preserve them for the future. good English in thia court room5 Senator Fulton speaks for th» pres­ Tntullla. Dec. 2ii. V ent. He does not consider that fu­ A COLD. ture generations in this state will have need of resources to support He has a cold, and life no more settlement. Is fair and radiant as of yore. Every syndicate which denudes an He sees no sunsets gild the sky. acre of forest in this state In future, No autumn colors greet bls eye; For him the earth Is full of chills should be compelled by national law, And potions, capsules, salves and to plant an equal amount of land to pills. useful timber. A plan for restocking Hot baths and blankets, coughs and tear». the forests must be Introduced. A Advice and sympathy and sneers; continuous chain of young forest Red eyes that mark a present plight must be started. If not by those strip- Without tne glee of yesternight. ping the forests then by the govern- And friends declare. “ ’Twill soon be well meat. Or else ’twill kill you; who can tell’’’ In the Eastern states, the great Of all the ‘ 111» ' life can unfold, ra'lroad companies are now growing His is the worst who has a cold. timber for future ties, and as fast as —Washington Star one tree is made into ties, another A Song of ths World. Is planted to take its place. This When we think of all the rushing must be the policy. Senator Fulton And the rolling of the spheres; should at least be public-spirited Of the coming and the going enough to suggeHt some means of re- Of the sacrificial years. cuperating the priceless forests which Of the love our hearts have lavished That has never l»een returned; be proposes to deliver to the syndi- Of the cruel disappointments, cates, wdth less trouble than they Of the gifts that have been spurned now experience in acquiring them. Then we vent our keen displeasure On this ill-starred universe; PRIMITIVE INDIAN And we ask ourselves, bemoaning. If it could be any worse, In the new republic of Panama r$' side the Talamancans, a tribe of In- Till there comes an inspiration, Like a glimpse of second sight; dians ruled by a king, who have not changed their habits since the days We are none of us commissioned To set the old world right. of Columbus The Talamancan's —Chicago Record-Herald. but, which is a masterpiece tn the art of thatching. Is a huge affair and shelters bls entire family and all hie Colonel H. L. ThomaB. for 34 years worldly possessions. Including the do- a translator In the state department mestic animals. at Washington, is dead, aged 68 As he is a past master in the art years. He spoke, wrote and translat- _______ of domesticating the wild deer, the ed French, Spanish, Italian. German. peccary, the tapir and even the tiger Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portu­ cat, numerous of these animals are guese. Hebrew. Arabic and Greek. I I i I iSPECIALS FOR. THIS WEEK; ♦ Satuiday Specials Wednesday Specials Ladies’ Suits and Jackets at actual cost Lace Curtains oi all grades reduced 20 per cent Thursday Specials ♦ i ♦ ♦ « Jap Silk, all colors.................... 23c yard Ladies* Ice Wool Head Shawls, reduced 20 per cent .................... Friday Specials Meii s and Bojs Suits and Overcoats, re­ duced .............. 20 per cent Mens Fleece«*-lined Underwear, heavy Made........ ............. 35c garment Comforts and Woolen Blanket«, re- auced ................................. 20 per cent ♦ I 40c Calico, io yards lor........................... ♦ 4 Outing Flannel, 7 rent grade, 10 yard« for........................................................ 45c All Dress Goods value 5 of ail kinds reduced Men’s Slippers ol all 4 ♦ kind« reduced .............................................. 20per cent t ♦ 4 ♦ MEN’S OVERSHOES All sizes ♦ ♦ For One Day Only ♦ 90c pair ♦ _______ ♦ ft ft ♦ t ♦ ft ft ♦ » « ♦ » ft«ft«ft«ftft«ft»ft»ft»ft»ft»ft»ft->ft«fteft«ft~ft»ft« ♦•♦•♦•♦•'••♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•ft- Si»ivai:on Army, «nd a reunion was urranged. To the Aroy is due Wilson's res.ue lrom th«- grip ot the morphine habit. He w&n supposed to be dying when >u<- police found him covered »¡th loathsome sores in a box car on the water front, a month ago. The Army 1 took an Interest In his «ase and sent him to a sanitarium in Portland, where he was cure«! of his craving for drugs The letter was delivered to Wilson at the sanitarium Wilson was for­ merly a locomotive engineer, but lost his position through his bad habits 11U 'wife believed him dead until the Salvationists round her and told h»r »he truth. Mrs. Mary E. Werts. an Oregon pioneer of 1852. died Wedn«-sday at Tangent. Linn county, aged 87. The legislative clerks hrve finished the revision of the senate and house X»urnals and fc ind them to be cor­ red Portland is nos asking ____ _ . residents _______ GENERAL NEWS. to take roomers during the meeting of the National 1J »«-stock Associa­ Baron Gevers, minister ot the tion Netherlands at Washington has Japanese leaders say in case of war been transferred to Rome between Japan an- Hus«la that 2>»i Twenty seres m Japs will go from Portland to join per cent of di-ath* in Chicago since last summer I the army haSre been caused by pneumonia George Griffith an Oregon pioneer » Ring out the old. ring in the new. One hundred thousand barrels of1 ot 1849. is the owner of a 65 gold Ring, happy bells. across the flour have been booked by Mir>neapo-| piece which he has carried in his »now. Ila millers for Japan within the past pockets for 52 years The year is going, let him go. 10 days John Ditchburn. a Portland law- Ring out the false, ring In the true. The Cuban government is trying to I yer. is being tried in disbarment pro- set a loan of $35."OOJI j O in the United ; reedings, on charges brought by the Ring out the grief that sap« the States, an to 45 year« ago. is alive land office for the past year were in England, well and active He is $2.696. and the expenses $4 764. only Ring out old Hha^-.-. of foul disease. over 70 years of age. 2v original homesteads being filed it Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; G«x»rge Nei] is dead from iaj-inea tne dl»tn<-t during the year. i..ng out the thousand wars of old Ring in the thousand years of peace received in tne Grand Rapids wreck.' At a watch meet-ng on New Year's He vu the 22d victim to u«e He eve. members of Mis pah Presbyter, took the train by mistake. Ring in the valiant man and free. an church, at Portland, will burn np 1 ae strike of employes of the Indi- i The larger heart, the kindlier hand: a promissory note just paid off by tne an Harbor. (III.) Stn-l works has: Ring out the darkne»» of the land. efturch. to the bull»..ng fund failed, and the men have returned to I Ring in the Christ that is to be 1 t b<- . »ed by the Canadian «o' work at their old wages —Alfred Tennyson Oliver W stewart. the only party ' eri m»nt that the head tax of $500 prohibitionist in the Illinois legisla I ea«n. imposed by the dominion gx>v THE PEACEABLE PLAN. ture. Is likely to be the next prohibí ; ertment upon the Chineae. will vlr t «ally end in Chinese exclusion I In his book. "A Land Without '.ion candidate for president. Nebraska repub.-cans have begur The body of Mrs. Nate Jonec. who Strikes, the late Henry Demarest Lloyd gives 23 reasons why New Zea­ an organized tampaign to secure the stepped off an open draw into the: land trade unionist» value and main­ nomination of John L. Webster, an ' Lewis river. Washington, two weeks ago. was found Wednesday by her I tain their compulsory conciliation and Omaha lawyer, for vice-president. arbitration laws. Radium is being used with great son. 16 miles from the scene of the I. Strikes and lockouts have ix-en stxx-ess to detach cancerous growth.- accident. I stopped. 1« Is not known whether it will ue Mrs Charles G Dehning. of Che­ I 2 — Wag.-s and terms Lave been fix- stray the initial growth permanently. halis. Wash a bride of but two e«1 m > that manufacturers can mzk« The Cathedral of Westminstet hours, stepped off the Northern Pa their contracts shead. without tear ot (Catholic) Is just completed, after be­ cific ferry at Kalama Monday more disturbance. ing eight years In building, at a cost tog. and was rescued while unking 3. Workmen, too. knowing that ot ll.OuO.i**»« It is entirely clear M me second time. their wage» cannot bh ent down, nor debt. The .uroner's jury in the inquest of suspended, by strike» or lockouts, can | The Russian government has plac Albert Young, shot and killed by D marry buy land or build homes. ed an order with the Armour Com G. Van Houten in Portland. Monday 4. Disputes arise continually, new terms are fixed, but Industry goes on , ¡»any for 1.500.000 pounds of meat night, found that Young was murder delivered at San Francisco by Jauu- ed by Van Houten, but did not make without interruption. any recommendations. t. No factory has been closed by ary 22. All the aboriginles of Panama have the act. Tom Connolly, a Dalles sheepman 6. The country is more prosperous been strongly «-nlisted on the aide ot lost 900 head of sheep Monday night the new government by persuasion, on bis fa9m near that place, by than ever. 7. The awards of the arbitration with a few well-considcred promises I smothering to death The band pile«: I court fix a standard of living, which and threats. up in a deep canyon and suffocate«! other courts accept in deciding cases | L. H. Shelter, tobacco expert of the before they could be scattered. affecting workmen agricultural department, insists that The Pomona, a river boat plying 8 Awards mad«* by compulsory ar­ tobacco as good as the best grown ir. bitration are often renewed by a vol­ Cuba, can be produced to perfection o nt be Willamette between Oregot City and Corvallis, struck a sunker untary agreement when they expire. In the United States. snag in the river near Salem. Tues 9 Trades unions are given new The grand jury at Kansas City. day and went to the bottom The rights and are called upon to admit Kan., has dug up evidence showing all competent workmen in’ the trade that the city school board was cor­ water was shallow at that point an 10. Compulsion, in the backgrour , rupted by a Chicago publishing house the U»at was only submerged to the lower deck, The passengers were makes «'oncilfatlon easier *.n the selection of text books picked up by­ a passing boat two 11 Compulsory publicity gives the From December 14 to 21 there were hours later public, the real arbitrator, all tin 269 deaths from pneumonia in New facts of every dispute A daring attempt to break jail was 12. Salaried classes as well as the York City; from the 21st to 28th. 272 macle by the Bice brothers, confine«' Many leading physicians are now workmen, are claiming the beneuts ot for horse stealing, at Roseburg. Tues claiming the disease Is infectious arbitration. day. They seized the deputy by th< Moses T. Clough. William Shaw auj throat while he was handing in th» 13. Peaceable settlement with their Benjamin W. Kinney, all prominent men has been made possible for the noonday lunch, but before they ha< majority of employers who wanted to and wealthy men. were yesterday succeeded in getting out of the cor arbitrate, but were prevented by mi­ burned to deatn at Troy. N. T-. by ridor. were confronted by the sheriff the partial burning of a club house. norities of their associates with a revolver. They were return e. 14. Labor and capital are being or­ John Morriss Is dead at Chillicothe. and placed in irons ganized Into trades unions and em­ Mo., aged 74. He was a very wealthy ployers' associations Instead of mobs stockman, and shipped Into Missouri I» La Grande Missing itr and monopolists. the first blooded Shorthorn and Here­ A gentleman who is not a ilrrtmer 15. Trade honesty is promoted by ford bulls ever brought into the state. by any means stated that be firmly the exjKisurc and prevention ot frauds The Union Railway Company, of believed La Grande capitalists were on the public. 16. Humane and law-abiding busi­ Pennsylvania, a line belonging to An­ 1 ttlng a golden opportunity all; ness men seek the protection of the drew Carnegie, and operated between through their fingers In not sinking law to save themselves from destruc­ his properties, will reduce the wages an artesian well above the site of the tion by the competition of inhumane of all employes 10 per cent January city reservoir, not for cold water, but f«»r hot. He stated that there is a and )aw-br««aklng rivals (towtt, the 1st. This keepers of sweatshops). In 10 years American exports of warm spring on the hillside. 17. The weak and the strong are boots and shoes have increased from water must certainly be a seepage eqiializ«Ml. both among capitalists and $1.000.000 to over $7.000.000. and now from below, and. knowing as we a! exceed the exportations of all «vther, do the hot lake situated only a short workmen 18. The victory is given as nearly countries combined iu that line of distance from La Grande. It is reasrn able to expect this warm spring as possible to the right, instead of to goods. comes from the same source If the the strong, Recent events in the Utal ixial; main body of hot water could be tap­ 19. The concentration of wealth mining districts have incensed the ped. La Grande could be heated with and power is checked. latror unions greatly against the Mor- ■ hot water and for all time to come 20. The distribution of wealth is mons for their part in breaking the determined along lines of reason, jus- strike by furnishing unorganize«! la­ the fuel question would be solved — Ijt Grande Observer. tice and th«» greatest need, instead of along the lines of the greatest greed bor to operate the mines. New Industry for Baker. 21. Democracy Is strengthened by PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS- Mr. F Leach, for 35 years in the these equalizations. iron manufacturing business tn Port 22. It furnishes the people their There ar«* now 150 cases of m«»aslcs land, has been spending a few days only cheap, speedy and untechnical in Astoria. In Baker City, with a view to estab justice. Portland has paid out 1442,211 for lishing bis son in a branch plant here. When seen yesterdav Mr WORK OF SALVATIONISTS. street work in the year 19vJ. John T. McCartay. an old sfoldlei Leach said that he liked the appear Rescued from a fate worse than aged 70, died at NVwberg. Wednes ance of Baker City verv much anc thought it would afford’ him the ot> death. John Wilson, formerly one of day portunity he was looking for. if h< the most notorious “dope fiends’’ in R. Radford, a Portlaml pioneer aged «establishes a foundry here. It will be ftoattle. today rocoived as a Christ­ that city Wednes- 80, dropped dead in for the manufacture of what Is knowi mas gif' “ letter Informing him that, his wife and children have been to the trade as light foundrv work The city council of Forest Grove «uo the aame old way f»»r low wage». We cat» help you ant-orn Teas and Coi fees, reccgn'sed as the tigLest grade on the market. • • 4 4 • 4 ♦ • 4 4 4 Î 4 4 ♦ 4 4 • 4 c ROHRMAN caot'KK COURT STR RET 4 4 4 4 4 » V -, la /xg - - - ,. Ready for a Christmas Drive * tantamount to baring on band a 'lack or Buggy which was »old in thia -ubli-dunetit, for her* ar* to be found »•chicle« of many stylea, slae. and ha|w* all, however. noted for their «Irvngtb, crwefui line«, ortaintv of Ivtiug many yean» and of being driven »«■r ■•u; *• l»v« T m > Baa. te, tram au i Umaaa Ha* ka and V mml Brat o itw nwM Mad« from sir 4net Uabe«.will rom'oa: la«r«.xkCam*’*' “** **‘*7 iEAGLE BROS., THE BUCIS1ITHS Schedule of pares On and after April i, fare over he Pend.eton & Ukiah Stage Line »ill be: Peadieioa U» ■ ielon io Aik*, •o »!••«•. M, n. *ua toek. M. Office at Golden Rule Motet Suffered E;gh( Months I caa heartily recommend Acker*» rableta for Dyspepsia and Stomach "roubles. I have been suffering for lght months and tried mac? remc- lire without any relief, until I got kckera Dyspepsia Tablets, which I »sed only a short time and am bow perfectly well. Thanking you for he speedy recovery, I am greatfully vourn. 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