A' TEE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and eimplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by- scientific processes Jrnown to the California Fig SrBTjp Co. only, and we wish to impress upon U the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. ' As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured 4y the California Fig Sfbup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other pa ' ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fin Sykup Co. with the medi eal profession, and the satisfaction which, the genuine Syrup of. Figs has 3?iven to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty f the excellence of its remedy. It is :4ar in advance of all other laxatives, -s it. acts on the kidneys, liver and "bowels without irritating or weaken Ing them, and it does not gripe nor mauseate. In order to get its beneficial -effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. Cat. uot'UllLLE, Kj. AEW YORK, W. X. THE OTHER SIDE. Another Correspondent Glvea His Views on the Keserve Problem. Editor Cn bon icxk: . I would like to say a few words in newerto Mr. H. Rice's letter in your paper of February 4th. I have had near ly fourteen years experience in these aoie mountains, during, the summer 4noctha, -while stock is being pastured :here, and . Mr. Rice eaye, "Daring vtbe-Jbot summer uionthe, the men keep "their herds along the creeks and water ing places, and pollute the waters, etc." Now, my dear sir, no man ever saw a ..cheep that would stand in the water for be pleasure of cooling itself and switch ing flies; instead, they have a natural at. Jtiorrejice of getting their feet wet, and as "eyeTybody knows in crossing these firAfikfl. if a fthftnn riin1 inmn from one -side to another, the men build bridges to -cross them on. Of course they certainly drink, but as' soon as they have done, they immediately seek dry ground.- Not so with cattle or hogs. When cattle go to (these creeks to water, they will stand for fiours in the water and switch flies that are worry irg them. An t who can say -f&Kftftbey do not cast more filth in these mountain streams than stock that ie airaia oi geiuug lis teei weir 2fow I have passed many farms that sire situated ou these creeks, and in. ... t . 511 33iOTe tmn one piace, as mr. r. ce win llcnow, swine wallow in these creeks dur ing the hot months for the pleasure of Sleeping cool, and all this in these very waters Mr. Rica is eo afraid of being rpollnled. Anyone knows nothing -will foul the air like a big hog-wallow. Again, X have teen many irrigating ditches, where water ia taken oat of these istreams, that ri.n past barns, sheds and cow yards and lower down re-enter the .creeks, carrying far more tilth than vsver thrown into theee streams by herds. Of conree, it is "a man for bis inter eats" and we all ' Understand why this opposition comes ; it ia not that sheep Mllete the waters, and not that they de ." troy the forests, bat the simple reason (that they eat the grass, that they want '(Sheep excluded from these mountains. Of course that would greatly benefit the aUle men, and their cattle could wander over these, hills and valleys, undls- S irbed by herds of sheep. .Now as to sheep injuring the timber, iiaye not the Swiss herded their flocks ia the Alps tor generations n Have we ever heard their forests were injured hereby? Have not the weather reports shown on an average the past few years, as much rainfall as we bad niteen or (twenty years ago? Ae long ago as twenty jye&TB no wheat could be raised on these Wasco plateaus, and are not now farms thick all over them, where the golden grain is each year threshed in abund ance? Also the past few years have we not had heavy rainfalls in the month of June? He aleo savs "the creeks used to be flush up to Augupt 1st." My dear sir -twenty years ago irrigating ditches were -very scarce; now tbeyare plentiful. Can me not account for this, lessening in the -creeks to the heavy use of irrigation Along these valleys? Wurely this will ac- -count for the greatest part of the shrink -age of our creeks. The main destruction of our forests ctme from forest fires, and I have ob served, as many fires are started in the mountains where no sheep are ever herded as where sheep are herded. The main question is. how to stop so much. annual destruction. I believe if tbeee forests were protected. by mounted police or foresters, who would do their duty in guarding these tracts, and trace these fires to where and by whom they were started, and give us convictions with suitable' punishment be it fines or imprisonment that it would almost stop this wanton destruc tion, which comes principally from negli gence. 1 fully think such a course would greatly lessen this annual lots eo great ly to be regretted. ' W. E. G'. CIRCUIT COURT. Grand Jury Drawn and the Cases Which ' Have Been Disposed Of. The circuit court convened, this morn ing and the following grand jury' si chosen : C W Haight, foreman ; Messis. Thoe. "Bishop, James - Fulton, -Elmer Green, Wm T McClure, J J Gibbons, and A'J Graham. John 'Doherty "was appointed grand jury' bailiff, and J H Jackson and J H Harper court bailiffs. The docket was read and . cases dis posed of as follows : - EQUITY. D Bunnell vs Wm Dunn et al, missed. Eastern Oregon Land Co vs P C dis- Far- rel, continued for term. '. ' T G Condon vs W N Wiley, passed. , . Vena McKalvey ys David McKal vey, passed. The Dalles Lumbering Co vs Winans CovTngton et al, passed. ' ,"" ' '- H S Wilson, receiver, vs A N Varney, no action. '' . James L Kelly vs Wm R Tillett .passed ; report of referee filed. ' W M Watson Co vs Geo ChriBtensen, passed; publication, default and decree. D M Osborne & Co vs Mary Bohan et al, passed. E R Pratt vs E Pratt, no' action. M J Grant et al vs M J McCullough et al, no action. " S.E Foster va F W Foster, no action. Anna Knighton vs Green Knighton, demur to complaint. Belle Bryan vs Wm Bryan, publica tion, s ' Josephine Beroa va J E Beroa, publi cation. V ' .': Meda Morrison vs W R Morrison, pub iication. . . ' John Robinson et al vs Alma Taylor et al, passed. Stella K Eddy vs' O D Taylor et al, or der for sheriff to make deed. LAW. A E Latourette vs Wm Vandervort, default and judgment. . . . Eastern Oregon Land Co va S R Brooks, continued. SS Booth VsG W. Mcintosh et al, passed. ( ' A E Bowman va the Columbia South ern Ry Co, settled and dismissed. . James E. Sutherland vs H S Hanna, passed. ' Rothchild Bros ys W T Wiseman, dis missed.' - i . A A M Williams & Co va A J Bunnell, no action. Qeo'W Robertson vs Robt Kelly, sher iff, at issue. Wm Floyd.et al va Wasco county, at issue. A R Mitchell va Mary Bohan et al, no action. Ferd H Dietzel va James M ' Smith,- passed.-, . C P Richardson va F W Angus, no action. " WA Johnston vs ' James Kishwalk, passed, demur to complaint. Hood River Lumber Co vs Wasco co, passed. J A GulliforJ va Adolph Dietrich, pub lication. . Jaa Sutherland va Mary E Meine, de fault and judgment. Wm Henry va L O'Brien, demur to complaint. O D Doane vs G E Sanders et al, de- mar to complaint. - JHGerdesvsJH Woodwortb, mo tion to make complaint more definite. CBIMINAL. ' The following cases will come np later in the session : State vs Wm Rolfe. State vs Wm KoUe. State va Frank Forester. Mr. S. A. Fackler, editor of, the Micanopy (Fla.), Hustler, with his wife and children, suffered terriblv from La Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was the only remedy that helped .them. It acted quickly. Thousands of others use tbia remedy as a specific for La Grippej and its exhausting after effects. Never fails. Snipes-Kinerely Drn'g Co. La Grippe ia again epidemic. ' Every precaution should be taken to avoid it, Ita specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Suepard, publisher Agri cultural Journal and Advertiser, Elden, Mo., says : ' "No on? will be disappoint ed in using One Minute Cough Core for La Grippe." Pleasant to take, quick to act. bnipes, i-ineraley Drug (Uo Use Clarke & Falks Rosofoam; for the teeth MEXICAN NOTES. Soma Bits of Information Oonoern .', " . ingf tb.9 Dons. The Manners, Habits and Customs of am Interesting People De crlbed In Concise 'Form. Barbers all wear long linen dusters. Bank drafts are always ma4e out in 1 duplicate. I No person carrying a load is allowed to walk on the sidewalk, ' It .is contrary 'to law to indorse a check from one person to another. Drivers never cluck , to their steeds, but urge them on with shirill hisses. - There aje free parks,, free seats and free music in all the cities of Mexico. ' All kinds, of vehicles as well as bi cycles are. olJlijred to carry lights after dark. ' - : . - . . ' Strips of newspapers are-fastened to the balconies in front ot rooms that are for rent. ' V Every Jiouseholder is required io sweep the street in front of his prop arty and vsprinkle. it twice a day. .' All men and most of the women of the lower class smoke cigarettes, but none of them chew, tobacco. Heavy wagons are not allowed to use the streets paved with asphalt except when absolutely necessary. A ihack 'driver- never leaves his seat and you open the door for yourself and settle with him on his"high perch. A (Mexican servan; or messenger never . enters ven a business house-or addresses his superiors without-removing- his hat. .'Hand rakes are almost unknown Leaves and loose grass in the parks are 'swept up with long- handled brooms, made of stiff twigs. - Street cars never stop at street or track. intersections to avoid right-angle collisions, but the drivers make their approach known' by shrill horns. If -the police find anyone carrying a bundle through the streets who cannot tell where. he is -going, or give a clear account of himself, be is promptly ar rested. The single entrance of even the larg est apartment house is locked at ten o'clock every night, and the portero ex pects a- "gratification" if he is roused after that hour. - When a person is injured on the street he and every one connected wfth the affair are taken to the nearest po lice station, whereeach is required to make a declaration. The water pressure is seldom suffi cient to furnish a supply to upper stories, and every house is supplied with a force pump wvlth which a reser voir on the roof is kept filled. The ' residences are all blessed. At the completion of the home 'guests are bidden and the ceremony of blessing them corresponds to a house-warming'. The priest passes through each room, sprinkling it with holy water. Th,e banks- will not take for deposit a five-dollar check on a bank in another city, although it bear the indorsement of a regular patron with a good balance to his credit, but the- same customer can go to the bank and get a New York draft for $1,000 without paying for it and the bank will send around the next- day for a-check to cover the amount Invitations to baptisms come in many dainty forms, but invariably have at tached to them a -new piece of money, To the immediate members of the fam ily the coin, is of gold, but to most of the bidden is sent a silver ' ten-cent piece. Everything and everybody pays a di rect tax, from the street porter to the largest mercantile establishment, and the stamp tax for documents is equally lucrative. Even placards and posters, other than your own-in your own house, must bear a stamp Water for the bathrooms as iheated in a novel way. The separate supply tank" on the Toof has an opening from top to bottom, through the center, that acts as a chimney to the fireplace below the tank. A small fire heats a good quan ity of water very quickly. Nearly every one is named after some saint, generally the one to whom the day or. which he was-- born ia sacred. If ibe bears the name 61 a saint whose day falls on other than his birth i. y, he celebrates only the saint's day and calls it el dia de su santo. The Mexican policeman often seems a bit stubborn, but it can be truly said in his favor that lie never sets him self lip as a court of judgment. If an al tercation or a fight occurs on the street he does not attempt to. decide which party was right, bu . both are promptly taken to appear before the judge, whose business it is to determine' which one started - the row. Modern Mexico, The smallest things may ' exert the greatest influence. De Witt's -Little Early Risers are nnequaled for overcom ing constipation and liver trouble. Small pill, beat pi'l, safe pills. Snipes-.Kin- erslyDrug Co. . It will neither make you nor break you if you don't ' try Schilling's Best tea " coffee soda baking powder flavoring extract and spices but you 11 miss something good: - j ' For 53,8 dugn' Adams & c. ' " i - lygu v aiiey, yjee INDIANA'S FKEAK CORN. It Grows on Trees from Prehis - torio Seed. ' The Strangre Discovery f Scientists In Arkaniai Another Singu lar Kind of Corn . from Rnaslaw ---i'. . . . Dempsy Waggy, a farmer residing in Madison county, probably has the most interesting field, of corn in Indiana. Two years ago Waggy and Br. Cullen, a neighbor, were hunting in Arkansas. They were staying in a small village named Marked Tree. It got its rather unusual title from the fact that one of the trees bore strange hieroglyphics of an. extinct race. The small village is surrounded by many mounds of re markable snakelike contour. During their stay some northern scientists vis ited the mounds and began explora tions, finding many trinkets. Going deeper they found bones of humans and trinkets whieh had been buried with them. In one of the hermetically sealed receptacles, which was evidently the last resting place of one of the rulers, the explorers found brnam'ents, the skeletons of a dog and of a human be ing- and also some' hermetically sealed jars, iiotn jars were air-tignt, ana wnen opened were found to contain corn. It was as bright, yellow, solid and dry as though it had . just been shelled. The explorers took these vessels, but gave Wagrgy a handful of corn, - He wrapped up in a .handkerchief and threw it into- his traveling chest. There it lay for two years. Scientists claimed that there were ample proofs that the body and the corn had been interred at least ,000 years and probably as long as ,000 years. " .. Waggy came across the seeds last spring and planted them in his garden. He was surprised when tiny blades shot up through the ground. The corn grew marvelously fast,- and as it developed it threw out new mysteries almost daily, until to-day the stalks are ten to twelve feet in height and are somewhat on the order of a tree, being- as thick as a man's wrist at the ground Three feet from the ground tney snoot out, xnree long, palmlike leaves. The leaves are heavy and very solid,- resembling a cactus leaf. Some of them are five feet long from tip to tip. These are the only leaves on the sialic, aoqu, two ieet iurmer up are the ears of corn. Many stalks bear six ears and none has fewer than four ears. At this rate it is figured that the average yield to the acre would be about 250 bushels. Above the ears the stalk continues three er four feet and is topped with a very elaborate tasseL The husks 'surrounding- the ears are. very heavy, and as the corn matures they break and curl back, revealing a firm, yellow-grained ear. The grains are very solid and are exceptionally good for feeding. The roots of the plant, are very long ana bury themselves deep in the ground. While other corn, was Buffering on ac count of . the drought this year the prehistoric corn was green and healthy. Waggy will save all of the yield this year and plant 50 or 60 acres next year. He has some of the stalks and corn, on exhibition and they are attracting much attention.' H. J. Blacklidge, of Anderson, who owns several farms north of that city.' also exhibits a freak in corn. A year ago a friend in Russia sent him a pack age of seed and told him. to plant it. The seeds were very nice and solid and seemed to be superior to the average Indian corn. It was planted in a good lowland section, and it outgrew all of the surrounding corn. It was about the same height as the other corn, but was little heavier, in the stalk. The ears began to form and silk and every evo lution was about in line with that of the other corn which surrounded the small patch, except that there were two ears on the new stalks to one on the old. . One day when the strange corn had almost matured Blacklidge we.nt' out to gather a little of it. He took:hold of a well-formed ear and threw back the husks. He was surprised to find instead of vellow irrains of corn a series of smaller husks where every grain should be. He opened one of these and found it to be properly silked. Underneath it lay a second husk, also properly silked, and under it was the grain of corn, Blacklidge figures that the new corn will yield 125 bushels to the acre, ana that it is superior in dent to the other corn, but he does not know how to han dle it. Probably it will be fed through a sheller and then subjected to a f an ninsr process. He announces that he will plant several acres of it next year, He cannot classify it with any of the known varieties. A Scottsburg (Ind.) farmer who has been ' experimenting . for the last few years claims to have secured a corn that will run 150 bushels to the acre on the Indiana knobs in the southern part of the state. If it will grow to that ex tent in that locality, it will run almost double the number of bushels in the better corn lands of the central and northern parts of the state. Chicago 5 Reward. -. Lost, somewhere between the poatof fice and my home on west Second street, a gold watch. 5 reward will be paid for ita return. 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By virtue of au execution, decree and order of sale, duly issued out of and under the seat of the circuit court of the Mate of Oregon, for the eounty of Wasco, to me directed and dated the zstn day oi uecemoer, igys, upon aaeoreeior tne foreclosure of a certain mortgage, rendered and entered in said court on the '20th dav of Decem ber, 1898, in the above entitled cause in faror of tne piaintm ana against aetenaants, in tne sum of Thirty-two hundred and Filty-iour dollars. and commanding me to make sale oi the real property embraced in such decree of foreclosure ana nereinaicer aescriDea, x win, on tne 7th day of February, 1899. at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, and at the front door of the County Court House in Dalles City, Wasco Count , Oregon, sell at pub- lie auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all the right, title and interest which the deieudants or either of them had on the 11th day of June, 1883, the date of the mortgage fore closed nerein, or wnicn saia aetenaant or any oi the defendants herein, bave since acquired, or now have in and to the following described property, situated and being in Wasco county, Oregon, to-wit: TbeSK. NW!4.a-nd the hl4 NEm. Bection 19, Townshiu5. south of range 12. East of Wil lamette menaian, containing ibu.47 acres accord ing to the government survey thereof, the same' being known on the maps and plats of the United States as Cash Entrv No. 80. of John P. Shannon : or so mueb of said property as will tisfy said judgment and decree, bald property U be sold subject to confirmation and re demption as by law wovided. . Dated at The Danes, Oregon, mis am oay 01 Decern oer, isus. ROBERT KELLY. 1 ec31-ii Sheriff of Wasco County, Or. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION, , Land Ofticb at The Dalles, Oregon,; January 19, 1899.1 Notine Is hereby given that the following- named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final nroof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made btfore the Register and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Satur day, Feb. 26, 1899, viz: Harmon S. Cbeesman, of The Dalles, Oregon, H. E. No. 5040, for the lots 1 and 2, and the E)N W Sec. 21, Twp 1 north, range 12 east. Yv M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon ana cultivation of said land, viz: J. W. Johnston. W. H. Cal vin, D. Bunnell, H. Readel, all of The Dalles, Oregon. JAX r. LUCA3, Register. jan-21-il " ' Guardian's Sale. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned guardian of the person and estate of Francis C V. K ox, an insane person, wm on me . , 6th Day of March 1809, at the hoar ef 2 o'clock In the afternoon of said day, at the front door of the county court house in Dalles City, Wasco county, Oregon, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following de scribed real property, situate and being in Wasco countv. Oregon: The s wl4 of the 11 e i. the s e of n w Ki, the n e of 8 w , and the n w of s e of Section 6, Tp 2 N, of Range 9 E w at. &aia properly win De soiu luujmi to xm nrmation. febU-i SARAH L. 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S. Schkmok. Eo. M. Williams, Geo. A. Libbx. H. M. Eball. Tie Colombia Packing Co.. PACKERS OF ' PORKand BEEF MAN0FACTDKKK8 OF ' . Fine Lard and Sausages Curers of BRAND HAMS & BACON OtlE1) BEEF. ETC. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION. U. S. LakdOffich, Vancouveb, Wash., January 14, 1899. ( Notice is hereby riven that the followinr- named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and tnai 6aia proot win re maae Deiore w. a. rres by. United State Commissioner for District of Washington, at his office in Goldendale, Wash ington, on Friday, March 10th, 1899, viz: Carft C Franzen. Homestead Entry No. 7688, for the fractional n4 01 seenon tnirty, townsnip tnree north, of range thirteen East, W. M. and 8 of section twenty-rive, township three north, of range twelve east. W. M. He names the following witnesses to Trove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said land, vfz: Stephen Marlett, Porter Hardison, Robert An derson, Lyle P. O., Washington; Gabriel Hardi son, of Hartland P. O., Washington. 1-18 1 W. R. DUNBAR, Register. Ml ORTH ERN PACIFIC RY. - s Pullman Sleeping Cars Dining Cars Sleeping Car Elegant Tourist ST. PAUL ': MINKBAPOU DlLUTIl fAKGU fO GBAKD FOR CROOK9TOS , WIMSIPEQ HELENA an BCITE Through Tickets CHICAGO T WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA HIW YORK BOSTON AND ALL POINTS BAST and BOOTH For information, time cards, maps and ticknta, cal on or write to " w. c. ALLAWAY. Agent, The Dalies, Oregon A. D. 25 ARLTON. Asst. G. P. A., rrlson Cor. Third. Portland Oregon Casi tn Your Cnecks. All conntv warrants regietered prior to Men. 14, 1895,' will be paid at my office. ' Interest ceases after Jan. ' 14, 1899. C. L. Phillips, - - ; Countv Treasurer. DeWitt' Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles. Scalds. Barn.