EX. STAR EDITORIALS.
Kay« the Gold Beach Gaaette: The
Bishop of Perth has n,aJe t,ie Pr°I»liecy
that there will be a general European
war within three years and that in fifty
year’s time there will not remain a
crowned head in Europe.
well his family may have lived in the
meantime. He aspires to be a merchant
as well as a farmer, and counts only what
he sells, not what he raises. And yet it
is perfectly clear that a man with a farm
worth having need never come to want
for food. If that is not being independ
ent, what is?
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According to the Dayton Herald M ar-, Among the press comments regard-
jo,, county leads in fruit. It says: The ¡ng Honorable H. B. Miller as a candi- A
Murion County Fruit (¡rowers’ Associa-1 date for Congress, the Scio Press has
OF C EN TR A L and W E S T E R N OREGON.
tion was awarded first premium for the this to say: H. B. Miller, of Grant s
largest ami best display of fruits in the Paws, is prominently mentioned as a
probable candidate for the nomination
fruit palace at the State Fair.
for
congressman by many of the news
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NEW TOWN:----- Only three years since first plat filed.
No Boom
The Marshfield Sun very pertinently papers of this, the first congressional
says. The closing of the world s fair at district. Mr. Miller, it will be remem in Prices but Steady Growth.
Chicago on Sunday is opposed vigorous bered was instrumental in getting our
ly throughout the country. This is the division bill through the legislature
Where he is the best
only day the poor chi , attend, and the last winter.
sensible thing would he to close on Mon known he is the most popular.
day, the busy day of the week.
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A worthy sentiment this, from the
Brownsville Times: We believe th a t if a
millionaire would devote a few of his
thousands to bettering the condition ol
the homeless he v.ouid find flowers
when* he thought it was a desert, and
aunshine where he thought it was a star-
A few more crowned beads, starving
P R IC E OF L O T S
plebeians and standing armies and Rus
sia will stand in th e front low. Read
, this from the A thena P re ss: Awful sto-
ries of famine in Russia still come in.
(i,eater distress than for many years is
witnessed among the poor class. Wom-
e n u re offering themselves tor sale to
procure food for th eir children. Russia
less m id n ig h t.
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also has the honor (?) of the strongest
The Prineville News says: The warm standing army in Europe.
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weather is about over, but the heat that
The Daily Roseburg Plaindealer con
is likely to lx* generated by the coming
tains
the following: The Iowa editors of
campaign in this county before next
June will lx* pretty certain to keep mat the republican Capital Journal join ill
ters and tilings comfortably warm, even the democratic attack on Congressman
if some aspirants arc not scorched or Hermann “ for the public good’’ and “ in
the best ami truest interest of the rep u b
badly burned.
lican party.” The Journal has not yet
The Fargo Daily Kepubliean gives a «'«de public the nam e of the candidate
plowing match worthy of emulation in it would like to see succeed Mr. Hcr-
the following: The jmliticul campaign in maim, but it doubtless has one. Trot
democratic Muryland bus attained ad him out, ami let all see what m anner of
ditional interest on account of the plow man hu is.
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ing mutch to occur lie, ween the candi
r!
It
don’t
pay
to
“
suss
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back
at any o
date*. This is a novel idea, hut it is
isThaps nettur than plowing up each th e lines’enrployrtf tîy rtilTjZo?FTYiïYT?n?, *
as this from the Heppner Record wpuld
other's reputation.
seem to indicate: An Iowa man who
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could
not take time to answer the ques
flu* Buy City Tribune prints .the fol
tions
of
tin* census taker, in regard to a
lowing truthful statem ent from Mr. Hill,
the railway magnate: Theie is more val mortgage on liis farm, hut who found
ue, more profit in one acre of the Intu time to write an insulting letter to the
dn*ds of thousands of acres of tinilwr on M,,IM?dntcn d en t of the census, finds an
the coast, tliun 1 have ever seen except opportunity to consume more tim e and
in coal mine* in any acre. They an* |s*rhaps some money in getting his of
worth mon* than an aero of wheat land fense clear of the courts.
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producing thirty bushels of wheat for
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t
alifoinia
is
solid
on
the
train-wreck- ¡
cm* bundled v ears.
'
ing
business
judging
from
the
following '
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S|xaking of a syndicate coming to Irom the Eugene Daily Guard; Califor
t oquille, th,* Herald informs it* readers nia has the right kind of a law to reach j
that they have left that place for cer train-wreckers. It provides that any
E . F . W a i t T re ftS .
tain reasons, ami hen* is what Itecomcs |H*rsoii vi ho places dynamite or any ob C . C C u s h m a n P r e s .
of them : We are told the syndicate, a struction on any railroad in the state, ' C y r u a C u s h m a n V i o © P r e s .
I B . C u s h m a n Seoy*
or does any thing with the intention o f !
very wealthy one, have settled on the
Snisluw, and will use th eir eudeuvors wrecking any passenger, freight or other
W E M A N U F A C T U R E A L .L K I N D S O F
mid capital to the end of rivaling th,* train, or attem pts to rob a train, shall
he
guilty
of
felony,
punishable
with
hay in deep-water advantages and boom
| death. The offense is complete though
attractions.
no jH*rson should be hurt, ami even th o ’
the
attem pt to wreck the train should
D.M Hssing the re election of Honora-
O T JR , A I M I S A L W A Y S T O P L E A S E
1 "• Binger Hernetnn, the Oregonian suys: fail.
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lit tht* first district then* is a g.xxl deal
Speaking
oí
the
improvement
of ro ad s,!
,*f dipcu**ioh alxtut nieudxr of congress.
the
Central
Point
Enterprise
says;
In
The mam question is w hether Hon. Bin
England the country roads are so good I
ger Hermann shall Is* nominated again
REASONABLE PRICES TO A LL OUR PATRONS.
that a single horse can pull a vehicle'
'« not Mr Hermann has lsx n M*nt to
with two passengers and a driver more
congress for three terms. 11,* has ¡earn
ed how to G* efficient, and we think if the than forty miles a day. and do it with
|x*„ple ol the first dis,ru t want gm*,
g.xxi ser ¡s rf.vt ease. How is it in the United
vice they **.ould do well to send him Mates, except in a few localities, mostlv
near the great cities and where the set
again.
tlements are numerous end populous?
The indcjs nd, nee of the farmer is thus i he road work is a mere farce in its re
m its. and yet burdensome on those who
com m ented uix.n by the Monmouth
IViHiei»; The farm er does not realize are compelí,*d to l,,n , othereniplovm e.it
h. w lo.I, J, nd, nt he is He is a „ork- occasionally and do it. The system of
neglect during a portion of the vear is
>*an, hut his am bition lading where
supplement,*,!
by the system of' doing
th at ol any other workingman ends.
things the wrong way when they are
Hu* latter toils long and liani to procure
b o o t s an d s h o e s
done at all.
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fvxal for Ida family . The farmer takes
.tl’ L Í r r * ? .“ “ ? p,ow’ »n‘i >'«rrows.and
no a,vom it of the farm producta consum
ed bv tua family ; he thm ks lie j« jn „ «11 kinds ott,m is to w„rk old and new
ground, at bottom prices. W rite and
very t« d way if at th e end of the season
In- has not!,ing to aell. no m atter how get price, on any thing you n w d ¡ in inv
hue. F L. Chambers, Eugene.
-HEALTHIEST
CLIMATE-
IN THE
UNITED
STATES!
GEO. M. MILLER, OWNER OF TOWN SITE,
Oregon.
Florence,
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