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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1892)
Vol. 3 yiorem-o. taro Comity. Oregon, Friday. ,l|n!(, ,(| No. 8. I t is Senator Alley w ith o u t a d o u b t. of peace, and it is generally a d m itte d we may l’V1'‘g Now th a t th e b u stle and w orry of elec th a t Russia cannot, u n d ertak e a great eniplovedtoX nvey p 1, ’ ’ I * enge,"cara «ver while m illions of h e r people are tion is over it is m ore th a n probable , ............... ...... our common railroad tracks, and e \\., something will be done in railroad m at- starv »ng for lack of food and th e treasury to be used in place of the steam engine to " ‘7 ^ en’Pty‘ FranCC i8 nOt lik’eIy f° r freigllt trains’ ' The public ters. ________________ _ are more ' e an attack on G erm any w ithout credulous now than t>0 B inger H ermann ’ s p o p u larity and years ago. hustling propensities te n d in g to our gen h iin g assured of R ussia’s assistan ce, Aerial navigation, writes J. E. Emerson eral good has assured him a n o th e r term and G erm any seems anxious to keep the «*' the Scientific American, is no doubt peace. as Congressman. . --------------- ------ “ '“ ‘œoinplishment of the future, and bout the only conclusion to arriv e a t j "ben some supposed erank savs th a t he T here m ust have been h u m o r in the a t the present w riting relative to tire '8 going to cross the A tlantic in an a ir substance of a lecture ju s t delivered in | *ng " ith th « ty ran n y . There n too much of the “ dilly, dally, come u n i be k ille d ” about this to please us, or indeed any one who is not an anarchist. 1’ iik cost of transportation by railway across the United States is so great that it is said oranges which can be bought for one dollar per box in California cost, «ve dollars per box in New York City. ct th e 1 lurida orange growers find it difficult to com pete against California Cornell U niversity, th e title of which outcome of the N ational republican con ship, don't discourage him nor predict a vention now in session a t M inneapolis, failure, as they did poor Fulton with his oranges in the New York m arket. These was: “ Some G re at In v e n tio n s of the is a guess with odds in the guessera fa first American steamboat. Florida orange growers are going to try Moderns T hat th e A ncients S to le.” vor th a t the candidate for presid en t will to capture the British m arket this year, T he people in and a b o u t H eceta Head be e ith er Blaine or H arrison w ith a pos ’ T he bold idea of ferrying loaded as they think it will lie more profitable ? . . • .................... .. ” • • • M IM I O |> lA M I I 111)1(1 and Cape P erp etu a c an n o t b u t feel g ra te sible heavier balance on th e Blaine side. » g i-cars across Lane Michigan is th an th e home m arket; Two fast steam - ful to C ongressm an H e rm a n n for his A “ dark horse” is talked of, and one is »on to be ‘ put into practice. A large ships especially fitted for orange carry quick and efficient work in securing a d liable to come to the front and knock obstruction at Tol- ing are to be put on th e m ute between j edo, which will have a ca|>acity of 21 ditional mail service betw een Florence out both principals. Jacksonville, Florida, and Liverpool. It, ________________ _ cars, and ¡t is expected to tow a barge is proposed to send 50,000 boxes ol Flor and W aldport. T here m ust surely be some m istake Ci‘rr)’ing 15 cars, making 36 cars, nr ida oranges to England every m onth. P ubi . ic opinion ag ain st th e “ tre a tin g ” as to the location of the new Jeru sa le m , more than an average freight train. The A lthough the distance across th e oeeau habit has broken out in P h ilad elp h ia, the promised land of rest — it can n o t cost of transferring grain mid other is great tran sp o rtatio n is chen|>er by and a strenuous effort will be m ade to do possibly be at any other place than M el freight from ears to steam boat and from w ater than by rail and no doubt th e away there w ith th e foolish custom . I t bourne, A ustralia. There no Sunday steamboat to ears forms a heavy item of trad e will prove profitable. is peculiarly an A m erican h a b it an d as papers are perm itted, no hotels are al cost, which the proposed plan, if suc- pernicious as it is senseless. Now th a t the Chinese question In tho lowed to open on Sunday, no sm oking ¿esslul, will save. The liailirag Ai/r says U nited States has been practically set T he Siuslaw people stood by th e ir allowed on the streets from Saturday that Lake Michigan is a treacherous tled by the exclusion of th e Chinese, the candidate for S ta te S e n a to r in a m an n er n ig h t until Monday m orning, and any hater, and considerable risk will be in- ill ferrying across it, especially in C alifornians are beginning to agitate for most com m endable, an d T he W est is one driving past a place of w orship a t a j'l a n o th e r exclusion act to keep ou t the just brim full of g ra titu d e and will see taster pace than a walk while service is »¡fti i , whan ice ulkiunds. Jap an ese who ure continually arriving ' to it th a t any th in g possible for m an to ........ ...................................................................... l w w »m . « the Pacific . oast in huge num bers. It accomplish lor th e ir good will be a m a t I " " " " ............................................................................................................................................ ter of first consideration by M r. Alley. I he statistician ol tiie U nited States to the public on Sundays has bean act- popular sen tim en t in favor of such a hill T he river and h a rb o r bill is now in d ep artm en t of agriculture has prepared tied at last. In the House of Congress th a n it was to secure th e passage of th e good bands. B lan ch ard , C atehings and a report of th e wages of farm labor, tin- ,,n ^ ;iy 2fi a resolution was adopted pro- C hinese Exclusion Act. Them has al Henderson have been appointed as con- result of nine investigations from 1866 to viding th a t no part of the am ount appro ways been a strong prejudice against th e ferrees by both bouse and sen ate. T heir 1892, with prior records of wages as far priated for the exposition shall be av ail Chinese throughout th e U nited States, decision will be final. I t will be re back as 1840. The report shows monthly able unless the doors of the exposition and th e very name of C hinam en has membered th a t it was th ro u g h th e rates botli w ith and without hoard for assistance of C atehings th a t H erm an n th e season or year and also by the day in was enabled to keep th e Siuslaw in th e harvest tim e. I t shows th a t for ter hill. ________________ years wages have been very uniform and shall be closed to the public on Sunday. As the chief object ol keeping th e expo sition open on Sunday was th e m aking of money it may be safely said th a t the T he dowry of a T u rk ish bride is ab o u t well sustained in spite of fluctuations in m anagem ent will not risk the loss of any $1.70. No “ real love m atches ” w ith prices of farm products, and that a money voted by congress for the sake of gentlemen of th e B ritish aristocracy are steady dem and exists, with a positive the sm aller am ount likely to lie received made in Turkey. B ritish e rs prefer scarcity of farm labor in a large [xirtion a t the gates on Sundays. Probably nearly as much money will be taken at lather to tra d e th e ir th re a d -b a re two-for- th e country. a-nickel royalty for A m erica’s m illions. And they find n o t a few d e a r p a re n ts of this country b idding for th is so rt of snobbery. Ir has been a proof of th e irony of 'ate th a t up to th e p re se n t tim e th e "orld has dw elt in ignorance of th e per- !<unal appearance of th e m an who m ade possible th e civilization of h alf of it. Among th e several p o rtra its of Colum bus taxing a respectable claim to notice, 'mt one has heretofore been identified as a veritable likeness. I t is a notew orthy fact th a t th e re have ,” <n no rum ors of w ar in E urope for a la * r 'Bg time. A y e a r or tw o ago colum ns "> war predictions were cabled across tl,e A tlantic every w eek, b u t tiie war« hsvor. " « t r ocenrre.1 i an.l . people „ere -------- ?-----------— , , the gates ns if the exposition were open S enator D oi . pii lias received a letter o i . . t , , , on Sundays, for most of those w bo would from Consul-General Mason, ol tier- visit it on Sundays will go on a week m any, who says some very nice tilings day instead. about David Buick, who was recently A narchism is fast, by fur too fust, appointed a t Sonnenburg. General gaining a more substantial foothold in Mason says: Buick is a very fine state-1 . . ... .. all countries of the world. Hie tim e ¡men of a live, high-minded American will soon come, we hope, wRen all na- citizen, and I only wish he and his fam -, . , ,, , , , ’ J eons shall rise up and declare war ily had a b etter place to live in than! . . ... J 1 against this unw arrantable assassination o ____ — i ................ ir . ,.4 ..,* ..1 S o n n en b u rg .” H e also stated that Mr of innocent people because of a political Buick bad a very good idea of the consu difference of opinion. No hum an beings late already, and would make a very united together in what are term ed efficient officer. The Oregon delegation ! toleraU) fof * m om ent t | ,a t u n atu rally feels pleased th a t the peraons wnaH vi,h the unusual q u ie t in E urope. and filthiness. But, rightly or wrongly, the im pression is general th a t th e J a p anese are a superior race. Travellers in Jap an have brought home such p retty stories of th e sweet and gentle ways of th e Jap an ese th eir n e a t and cleanly habits, th e ir love of flowers and chil d ren , th e ir courtesy to each oth er and to strangers, th eir desire for knowledge and readiness to copy tho custom s of th e outer w orld, th a t a general feeling of kindness tow ard the Jap s prevails in tiie U nited States. »Moreover, it is said th a t th e Japanese G overnm ent would not consent, ns the Chinese G overnm ent has done, to the exclusion of its subjects from th e U nited States and th a t if the U nited States congress ever pusses a Jap an ese exclusion act th e governm ent ol Jupuu will m eet it w ith an act of re taliation excluding nil Americans from Jap an . of |ne(, ghou|d tukfi ,,p()n CHINA*» I’OI’1/1. A Tl <) N. they recommended should be so highly themselves to call attention to th e ir po- to w the tables of I | • According ■ „ war aaw | population / |/ « »» w sw w row V spoken of.—Oregonian | litical opinions, and to gain adherents to th e y ear th e C hinese em pire still leads A r the e American centennial at Phila- them , by condem ning this man or th a t th e world witli 404,180,000 people. Tiie delphia in 1870 an electric light was ex- m an, and th en endeavoring to dostroy ! British em pire comes n ex t with 31ft,886,- t v w v im i b v w i s v i i .i.... 000, then tho Russian with 104,200,000, begin- , bibite.1 . . » enriu.,ty, but now nearly the eon.le.nnM man by exploding tlynw- .......... . K 11 lng to discredit all such reports when all of our cities are so lighted, and Mr. m ite H,ey ceased to com e. P e ilia p s th e R us-J Edison has given th e world the iiican- idea “an fam ine ha» had som ething been associated with all kinds of vice in his im m ediate vicinity. I be U|J(, t | |W V nite,, .states w ith about as of th e anarchists, however, seems ,nttny. to do descent light for the interior of our, to be th a t, w hilst they may do th is, any _ A n y ami all kimls of building niuteri- Bus- dwellings and buildings. The storage law or tribunal th a t endeavors to protect ttl h»fb rough and dressed, at David A 1,1 has always been the great disturber battery is now being so perfected that | society against such proceeding» is aet- ion’» Glcnadi. saw-mil)