ROAD DISTRICT
POLITICS.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The plans for taking a census of the
island are now being pushed and as
F a o u Qt'B JUA.ULAB C okkehtondent .
Greenleaf
Aug.
1,
it
is t onipleted, orders will be issued for
— fUBM SUKD KVfUY k'EIUAV ilOBXJKO.—
Editor of T he W bst :—I was glad to
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municipal elections all over the ¡Bland.
Products of the Northwest will all fie
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observe that your Deadwood correspon
July 31 189®.
T h at is us far ns present plans go, of
Exhibited at the Fair this Fa II.
dent
thinks
it
would
he
well
for
the
Sccnetary
Root
arrived
in
Washington
courBei
that a general election will soon
pLOBUXCE,
L ank C odnty ,
Q bkgon
county commissioners to boost the today, and will, tomorrow be sworn in fo||ow the municipal election.
People who attended the exposition Mapleton-Florence road before election as secretary of war. Everybody is
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TT w r i r n m n o n v i “ 1’0^
•i“’t SUtUn?n
P1““**1 ! R they want Dya.dwood votes again. trying to find out how much, if any,
NEW BOOKS.
W . l l . V y IBT a 1 11 iB lLclv
and satisfied with the gjghts they saw, i I thought perhaps those democrats and foundation there is for the story a b o u t:
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! and the instruction and amusemeut populists of Deadwood who voted for ! his intending to inaugurate a genera!
very
interesting
hook on a «abject
Editor and Proprietor.
¡afforded. And they will be pleased to
rpother party’ b candidate for commis shake-up of the much-criticised bureau ; in which the people of thia country are
7 7 Has Something to Otter in tjie Way of
l learn that the exposition tq be held this sioner because ho lived in this end of cratic methods of the war department,
' interested at this time is one edited by
Florence, Orc. Aug. 11, 18Q9. j scasop will ain, to excel all its prede- the county had been made pure on the and to introduce a mqro modern system. ! Marshall Everett entitled “ Exciting Ex-
. 1 reason. I l will begin gept. 28 and end
eve of another election by the letting of Mr Root lias tbe art of saying nothing I perjences ¡„ our Wars with Spaih and
T here abe a few significant facts star ■ Oct. 28, and its success is already a contract to bridge Deadwood creek, down to perfection, and he is practicing
! Filippinos.” I t gives the official mess
in« us in the face, which cannot lie long-' assured; enterprising men of affairs are Í wW d) |mg been dangeroug ford Blnce it. Most of these stories doubtless liaye
ages of President McKinley in regard to
,er ignored by the most nnthoughtfnl, ■ at its bead, and the various committees tbe bri(Jge W(jnt Q|Jt te;] year? agQ an(, their origin in the well-known need for A b e ’
jireJjudiced, unreasonable fault-finder. are working in a wav that guarantees , j oe ^y|>¡ginan lost bis four horse stage changes in the busimess methods of this
For both Old and Young. We are making preparations
Another fine book is the “ Lite of Ad
C attle, hog», sheep, horses, poultry, the beat exposition ever held in the team and nearly lost his life there.
! departm ent. Secretary Root has the miral Dewey. Both books give a great
for enr fall and winter stock to arrive shortly. There
wool, Imps, lumber, etc., command ex Northwest.
Last fall it was current report th at reputation, in his profession, of being j ea] o£ in formotion about the lute
cellent prices will) an upward tendency
The business men of Portland have i the money for blasting on the Maplcton- able to get at the bottom of tilings as ;
\y a[cr Cure” Is a medical work are many lines we desire to Close Out. and Great Bargains!
along all lines. It has been a long time already subscribed a guarantee fund of p |orence road wou| j be promptly forth-
quick as the next man, and it will not t|,aj tells how to cure diseases by the
since the tj. P. company did as much $12,000 to provide for the expenses coming from the county. Then came
be surprising if lie recognizes “ ‘“»y ust. of ,vutcr. It is a method that is not ean be had in Ladies’, Children’s, and Misses’
freight business as it is doing at the incident to inaugurating such an exposi a rumor that County Judge Pottar said
weak spots in his experiences with tlio unj erBtood by many people yet hut
present time. The carrying capacity of tion, and this ¡8 a sure indication that
th at he, if not other meihbcrs of the departmental business in the next two ; proniiBC8 to Bnve muc|, expense for
all sea-going and coasting vessels is used nothing will bo left nndonc to make the court, had been offered money to ob weeks, and has some change to recom
doctor bills.
to its utmost. The pulse of commerce is fair a credit to the entire Northwest.
struct and delay the opening of that mend by the time the President returns
F J Buettgenbach of Minerva is agent
throbbing with a vigorous, healthy
The products of Jtlie farm, forest, road. If that vere true, the fact that from his vacation. Gen. Miles can give
for these books in this vicinity. He
inovonient, indicative of real growth of mine, stream and factory are all going
he exposes the attem pt is pretty Bure him a num ber of pointers, and lie is also carries a number of other tilings to
as well as in Black Wear.
prosperity. The great army of labor to be on exhibition at the exposition, proof th a t lie was not bribable. But credited with the intention to do sq.
show the people.
seekers has vanished. There is not a which will make it an object-lesson this spring it was given out th at county
Nobody in Washington believes th at
corporal’s guard left to tell the pitiful instructive and invaluable to all. The
CONCERNING MR. BAILEY.
help for the blasting could not be bad, Admiral Dewy used the language attrib T
Btery of starving wife and children; exposition management will take to which leaves tbe road no better off, uted to him in an interview, cabled to
only now and then the contemptible, Portland free of charge all exhibits;
Wo publish a letter this week in
though Judge P otter’s skirts are clear. this country and widely published.
professional tram p, without excuse for shipping lugs and full particulars will
It may interest the Deadwood corre Even if he thought our next war would Which the writer severely criticises
being hungry and in rags. In making be sent if you will drop a line to “ Sec
spondent and others, who use the be with Germany, he has too much Commissioner Bailey and intimates
a general tour of the county we hear retary Industrial Exposition, Portland Nelson and Giiickaliominy road a good sense to publicly say so.
that Mr Bai'.ey is more concerned about
only this complaint; laborers are scarce Oregqn.”
You will
his political prospects than about doing nothing heretofore ever equaled in prices.
A
m
atter
which
has
given
the
admin
deal, to know th at two successive road
and wages high. Surely in the presence
Gold, silver and bronze medals and supervisors liave declared that the com istration a great deal of trouble and his duty toward the people in this por
of all these facts and the general admiss diplqmas will be awarded for the best missioners told them to spend no money which threatened to cause more or less tion of the county. W hether the hardly believe that it can be possible to sell light
ion of the democratic fusion press that exhibits, and tlio farmers and juoducers
or work on the Nelson road, and th at scandal before being disposed qf, appears criticism ¡3 just or not, the writer has
times arc much better in the last six who send exiiibits will be doiug good
while the rest of the district lias a man to have been settled by an opinion of the manliness to come out openly over
months than in times previous, tho man work for themselves and the whole
to the mile and all the money collected the attqrney general, given at the his own signature Instead of taking
who will still stand up and ussert that North Pacific coast—work th at will
in the whole district, Nelson creek and request of the secretary of war, that refuge in a nom de plume as so many do
the people are in destitution, and the result in bringing here people and
mountains are worked by one man to neither the secretary of war, nor the in such a case. But v c think he does
country rapidly going to thy dogs m ust wealth and development. It is intend
President has any authority to grant \ Mr Bailey an injustice in th at letter, vet we intend doing this very tiling for the next 30 days.
six miles of road.
be blind and deaf and daft.— Rustburg ed to have on exhibition a sample of
This is not a personal grievance with perpetual concessions of a public nature lusted of each having a certain portion
Pluintiealcr.
every variety of grain and grass that me, for I never use the mountain route. in Porto Rico. Tho attorney general of the county to look after, the mem hers
grows in the Northwest, with full par T h e taxes taken from it are spent on takes the ground that previous to the of the county court are elected by the
SW AM P- Is not recommended for ticulars as to its growth, yield, etc.
the Lake creek route, which I do use. treaty of peace with Spain, the privilege voters of the whole county and transact
ROOT. everything; but if you B ennett’s full military band of 32 Possibly if our county commissioners of granting such concessions was excl u - ! the business together and are held re-
If you arc in need of children’s
linve kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it pieces, which furnished such splendid
were all from Cottage Grove or McKen- gively th at of the Spanish crown, and sponsible to the entire county. People
will bo found just the remedy you need. music at last season’s exposition, lias zie Bridge they would not bo afraid of that by that treaty it was passed to the
are all more familiar witii the needs of
At druggists in fifty cent uud dollur been again engaged, and the amuse allowing the shortest road from Halo to ' United States, and ean now only bo
their immediate neighborhood than
sizes. You ipay liave a sain pie bottle of ment feature of the fair will be ns Mapleton tq be improved lest the mail disposed of by congress. There is some I with those of more distant phicee. It is
this wonderful new discovery by mail usual, new and attractive. The railroad niiglit cease to bo carried via the long disappoinment among those who expect- j to be i t ^retted tl. it every road in the
free, also pamphlet telling all about it. and steamboat lines will give specially route past tlieir doors.
ed to get profitable concessions, because county can not have all the money that Com e quick, because they are going! G O IN G ! GOING! Don’t forget
Address, Dr Kilmer & Cq., fjingliaintqn, low rntes, so th at the enjoyments and
W m . H W heeler .
of this opinion, but it is very safe to say is needed to put it in good condition for
they are going from the HEADQUARTERS of all good things.
N Y.
benefits q f the great exposition will bo
Trembling hands, weak limbs and th at it is not shared either by the Pres travel, yet where is the taxpayer who
within the reach of all.
ident or the new secretary of war, both would advocate the county court doing
unsteady gait. Iludyan cures, All
I f T iik opinion of Attorney General
of whom are, doubtless, very glad to this? As for tho Lake creek road from
drnvgists, 50 cents.
Blackburn in regard tq taxing mortgages
YOURS TRULY,
IHflRROyED TR A IN S E R V IC E .
OBcnpo tbe task of deciding who should Hale to Mapleton about which that
is sustained by tlio courts of the state it
TO PUSH THE WAR.
have the concessions sought for. I t letter speaks, it is well known that for
will bo likely to bring aliout the ro-cnr
Effective Feb. 12th, tho Northern
would liave been a thankless task at about eight years while the stage trav
actinent of fhe old mqitgage tax law or Paciljc will inaugurate double train ser Toledo Blade,
best, and full of political dangers.
eled that way, the county court appro
The statem ent is made th at Secretary
vice between Portland and all points
some similar statute.
T hat tlie new Dewey home will be priated large sums of money to improve
Under that law all ipqrtgages were east. Trains will leave Portland at 11:30 Root is in favor of an energetic prosecu purchased, is now a certainty, unless
that road and comparatively little was
a m , and f t p in daily. These trains tion nnd a speedy endjng of tlio war in
subject to taxatiqn ill tljo cqunty yvherq
Dewey forbids it, but tlie sum contrib given to the main river road, though
will both be first class and fully equipped
tho mortgaged property was situated. in every respect, heated by stoum, Luzon. Wo behove this to be the posi uted is not ns large us the committee in
there was much kicking and faultfind
According to tlio attorney general’s veslibuled, standard Pullman and tion of tlio majority of tlio American charge would like to see it. In an
ing with the court for doing this.
.opinion tbe repeal of that law leaves tourist sleepers, dining cars and colonist people. They liavo no taste for war for appeal to the public, giving notice that
With three post offices along the main
notes secured by mortgage subject to sleeping cars, with through Bleeping its own sake, and nttach no value to it the subscriptions will be closed before
river
road and only one on the other,
assessment and taxation ns personal cars tq Missouri River pojnts via Bill- ns a means of promoting the graces of the ndmiral returns, tlio committee
tho
intimation
that fear of tho mail
properly in fjip coquty where the holder iljgij, which renders the service now civilization. Having come into the pos says: “ We will purebaso the homo if
route being cliu.’ged makes any differ
offered by the Northern Pacific un session of tho Philippine Islands, they
of the poto resides. Mortgage notes
not another dollar is received; so that ence in the assistance given the Lake
equalled by any othor transcontinental
belonging to parties residing in Oregon lino. The only line to tho Buffalo demand the restoration of order at the tho question now is whether the patri
creek road is unworthy a moment’s
will be taxed unless the qwqersqf such Hump territory. See that your tickets earliest ]>ossibie moment, and tlio estab otic and generous people of the country
considera ion.
poles resort to some means to conceal rend via the Northern Paciljc to all lishment of just such a government a will perm it the purchase of a^ffioinc at
It lias been earnestly desired that the |
their property and so ov«<je tlio lajv points east or south. For further infor tlio natives appear to be fitted for. A tlie nation’s capital, for the hero of
road from Mapleton to Florence bo j
mation
call
on
address,
realization of this demand will necessi
while mortgages liplt) by residents of
Manila with $20,000 or $30,000.”
opened and a crew of men liave been nt |
It M cMtui'iiv,
tate energetic preparation for a renowal
other states against property in Oregon
.General Agent, Eugene, Or.
The man who made a success of the work on it for about two weeks. Assur
of military operations at the close of tlie
will entirely escape such taxes. Jliis
most gigantic job of vaccination ever ances liave been given th at tho road
w ill make a diffidence of from l,1« to 3
Palpitation qf heart, indigestion, rainy season. All tlie volunteer soldiers attem pted — th a t of all tho inhabitants
will be opened this fall. Hopes were
molancliolia. Iludyan that want to come home should be of Porto Rico, — Dr. Azel Ames — is in
jier cent — whatever the rat,0 °f 1*XA- sleeplessness,
entertained of having it completed
allowed to do so. Tlieir places should
tion may bo — in favor of non resident cures. All druggists, 50 cents,
Washington. He talks very in te rest-' before tlijs but there have foam delays,
be filled with meu more anxious to serve
money loaners, and will bo a strong
ingly of th at island. He said: “ Potto However die people will be well pleased
SHOULD RETAIN PHILIPPINES
their country. As wo liave often poiuted
temptHtiou to people of thi» state whop
Rico is getting in a fair shape, but there ' if the road is ready for travel this year,
out, no attem pt should he made to get
loaning money on mortgages to liave
are several handicaps on the country Taking all things into consideration we
With a view lo obtain reliable inform along witii a minimum force. T hat
Bitch mortgages drawn in favor of theip
th at need immediate correction. The h0|,i that though Mr. Bailey may have
friends in other states in order that ation regarding tho agricultural and : plan lias been tried, and except us
government is still top-heavy Hiid needs made some mistakes, ho is au efficient
they niuy dodgo the assessor and escHpo oilier wealth prqducing possibilities of affording an opportunity for brilliant
simplifying. Tlio mistake has been commissioner and has served tho county
tlie Philippines, the Call lias interview exhibitions of heroism, it has not been made of trying to galvanize a defunct ( faithfully and the voters of Lane made !
payipg l»X0B Q» 1,10 mortgage.
ed a number of tlio Oregon volunteers a conspicuous success. Despite repeat
Spanish system of laws and yoke it | no mistake when they elected him ai
whose Iqng stay on tlio islands afforded ed defeats, tlie Fillippiuos appear to he
INDEPENDENCE FOR CUBA.
abreast with our progressive American member of the county court.
them excellent opportunities for observ- as determined as ever to hold tlieir own.
W. CARMAN
policy. The natives arc by no means fit i
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P R O F R IF T O B
tion, Most of the troops believe th at Tlie murderous conduct of tlie so-called
Tacoma Ledger.
for
self
government,
as
yet,
and
while
it
How
far
th
at
little
candle
throws
its
One of the earliest tasks tq lie taken tho land of the Philippines is well “ amigos” th a t find themselves within
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is always advisablo lo supersede a n i d i - ' beams so shines a good deed in a
up by .Secretary Root will be Io devise a i a,|Hp(vj lor American agriculture witii tlie American lines indicate th at tlie |
tary government ns quickly ns prudent naughty world,
plan of government for Culm wlijcli * i" tho exception of wheat, but they add terrorism exercised hy Aguinaldo is not
hy civil authority, the time isu’t ripe
A little philosophy inclineth a m an’s • » - Í A i i ' A i S í ’J " '
be acceptable tq its inhabitants antf con- (|,aj nearly all of tho agricultural land tlie only inlliicnce th a t unites them
yet to do away with m ilitary rule on the
mind to atheism, but depth in philos-
forninble to tlieir future social and ani, certainly tlia best pf it is tho |x>8- against the American forces. Tlie
island. Two things, however, should
e
coniincrcial relations witii the United i Bt>Bsioii of tlio church authorities and greatest headway is to bo made by as- i
jOphy bringeth men's minds about to xí= » ' ° f " tT í - »
bo done nt once. Tho Spanish money, |
religion.
Slates. This will be a difficult t;;sk, ‘ wou|,| have to be purchased by inteud- sinning that lie and his followers liave a
now in circulation there, should be
altliougli Mr, Root jiosaesses peculiar | ¡ng getllers.
common purpose, and th$t they will
TX ? C - f ry
withdrawn, and replaced with American
qualifications for the work, Tlio change
’Tho soldiers of Oregon almost to a nut surrender until compelled to do so.
cuircncy, even if some loss resulted to
of the status of tlip people from tlieir man are emphatic even to the suggestion Delore that can bo dono' tiiey must le
j
our
government. The next most press
former condition, tlioir in,oral sense qf making natives of tlie Philippine citi driven from point to point. Every inch
ing need is tho abolishment of tlie
having lieen educated by years of zens of the United States, although tlio of territory occupied must l>e held.
tariff. Tlie idea of keeping up import
Spanish corruption and customs, and to opinion seems to prevail th at American Eventually nothing will remain for
duties between this country and any of
th a t of an indiqicudept people, relying labors laws could advautagously be p u t1 the Filipinos hut to surrender to tlie
to pull them through, and are
its possessions, is an absurdity, and it is
t
•
Ul»on themselves for goverument and in operation on tlie islands. As for United Stales. But a plan of this kind
working grievous hardships on the
prosperity, will be u radical one, and Americans working in the Vliillippines, will require a large force, perhaps
in matters o f
people of Porto Rico. A system of in dilly-dally
the laws for tlieir guidance should I* | U,o sqldiera declare that It is utterly out 100,000 men, which should be raised
•nd
health.
W
ith
it you can
ternal revenue fairly adjusted
¿artfully adapted tq all tbe condi of the question. The heat is too intenso and forwarded as rapidly as |H>ssible.
honestly collected, will give to Porto accomplish miracles.
W ith-
tions.
and the climate generally too enervat Otherwise tlie rainy season will be at an
The people of Cuba have learned ing. The Philippines, they say, are end and inadequate means provided for Rieoull the revenue it needs for tho out it yOlt Are “ HO g o o d ."
K eep
expense of adm inistering the govern-
ys. hove!« end
pinny things during the past year under the last lands oil the earth fqr the poor tlie prosecution of tlie war. An undue
blood h
o i Hood’s Par
, m ent.”
sa; urtila, the faulth-rs blood piirithr.
th e control of tlio Unitod States author men to seek tyllb » piirpose of improv- prolongation of the contest is certain to
A well-known Washingtonian, who
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p. P ive re lie f
ities, and are advancing towards tho mg their conditions.
produce dissatisfaction. It is doubtless
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r o j *»p. pala .u n i th a t Is Ilcaxl'g Sarsapa
lias just returned from a trip to Cuba, to
r illa .
I t it j n x l o i.\
M y lU’tir-.'.'.-. also
plane when tlicy may safely lie left tq
j a realization of this fact that lias led
M I t . ! ' ' ow ix. It i O ak Street,
thus sums up tiis opinion of it: “ Not Ft
Lheinselves ip a large degree. Their
Bliurhamton, New York.
M ayor J oiixsox of Denver is another Secretary Root to make known tints
until Cuba is Americanized will it he
T
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r
e
d
F
e s tin a
“ M y appetiti» was
advance would liave been more rapid tq use Ids infinenco tq check tho brutal early >» b>B adm inistration what he
io u s . m j liv e r (ffs o rd e m l and 1 wng
worth while to settle in, and it isn’t c tir .ip e rh
t, llo o d ’ .i S a rsa p a rilla re lh ved It alL
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
mid satisfactory but for the obstruction custom of prizefighting conducted by proposes to tlo.
TO OU A P A TR O N S.
I t cured n frie n d o f m ine of tentai.' weak
pf some of tbe g raftin ', self-constituted socalled athletic associations. Prize AGKXTS WAXTKIV—FOR "T H E I.IEK A S P i going to be Americanised first until sonic ness." Mas. .Ir: sm A. M iìa u S-, C layton , Del.
. i i i c i v u iiH o f A ttin im i i>cw<>>." tiiv „iir.ii'« definite nolicv ig declared regarding our
A house and lot ¡ i n ’ Glenada. Tlie
fenders. However, tbe influence of these fighting of any kind appeals to the liretttvsi
We havn made arrangement« by
ruMivsi iiMkttl Item . By Murwl IIw H ivittl, the
16*.long
is fu.-.at and auunrvr »f the tiau on • Intentions as to annexation.” The r ~.
house IS If. by 21 fret and one story and . which we vill furnish tbe W eekl,
men is lessening nnd tlie people are lower instincts in mankind and has no Viol.
HU’irvM «»ul b«M»i book; over .xw worcs
inch. » neait> tun isw>w halftone iilustiw ¡cy of the adm inistration is to carrv out
a half in height Also a good woodelted i Orvgoniao with the W bst for one
pqmipg more and more to appreciate piare in eivilixed communities but svio
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on premises. For farther particular? ; lo any addrves for the sum of two
pie business-like methods and policy of should lie left to tho barbarians where time. Writ.« «|iitvk Tlie lh m iin lo o CoinpAtiy. the expression of congress and give
j 3rd Floor Cnkloti bld» , Vblvggo
inquire at this office.
Cuba an independent government.
the custom originateti.
p ie United States,
, lart .tayable cash in advnncp.
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E S T . OREGON lNDVSTBIAL
EXPOSITION.
SHOES
TAN SHOES
IN GENT’S W EAR
M EN ’S SH O E S a t $1.25
HATS OR CAPS
0. W. HURD.
C A R M A N ’S
? CASH ST0EE1
Drv Goods, ★ Groceries * and * Notions.
FLORENCE MEAT
MARKET.
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