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 - ------ municipal elections all over the ¡Bland. Products of the Northwest will all fie —AT— 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 - - - by - - - ------ w 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: -------- ! 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«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 D y a p e n a ’ « I ke > > v o p. P ive re lie f ities, and are advancing towards tho mg their conditions. produce dissatisfaction. It is doubtless > j \| __ ' . . ; i tir,-' - - - , -rrtr r y. u •' a w 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 i 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 Ilo n ». O n ly I I. , 1» ►: n o r m ou» rtentm ul. Big couimlwloiiM. O u t it fate. Ctmnce o f a llfv 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. CTBEE W 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. Just Ooened....,.. Goods w ih ‘¡Si Represented« ^GTI(AE r •M