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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1899)
DIRECT ACTION NECESSARY. 8. F. Chronicle. « - t S a U U M P BVBBY BB1DAT MOBKIM«.— Vhoaaaca, L x s a C o d b t t , O bboob W hile the administration is committed WASHINGTON LETTER. TH E CONTROLL OF CONGRESS. become a repub'ic after the death of J F BOV o r n 8. F. Chronicle. W hile it is true th at.th e control of to the Nicaragua canal it is almost nope- congress has been lost to the Eastern states and passed into the hands of |to expect anything to be sc- compl shed through either of the syn Western men, it ought not to he in to becoming a republic; that Italy will ( RBOLLAR CoBKKSPOSDKXT. Crispi, and that France, after having . absorbed Belgium, w ill form a coalition with Spain and Italy against Germany. ¡ That sounds like the geographical night "M any men of many minds” exactly mare which it , probably ----------, is, — hut Col i describee the present attempts ol the ujkg ie riOusly as though he Washington, D. O., Nov. 13, 1899. dicates which obtained concessions from ferred that Westerners ars going to ride politicians to predict what will be the * ° believed every word of it the Nicaraguan government. Nothing over tho East and deprive it of its rights. dominating issue in the presidential Mrs Joy, wife of representative Joy, of The Eastern states and seaboard will will probably come of the M aritim e campaign. No bettor proof of the cor St Louis, has opened a new line of war Canal Company's protest against the undoubtedly be treated with fairness In rectness of this assertion is necessary fare on representative-elect Roberts, of Editor and Proprietor. annulment ol its concession, although everything relating to the common than the declaration of two prominent Utah. She is obtaining the signatures the "events ol w ain force" provided for good. members of the house, Grosveiior, of of the wives of representativcs-eleet, to The West hss had cause, nevertheless, Florence, Ore. Nov. 24, 1899. in the extension clause of the franchise Ohio, snd Barham, of California-both petitions, demanding that their hus are alleged to have occured and impeded to complain in tins past that the East republicans. Gen Grosvenor said; bands shall vote for the expulsion of Mr T ub jmmbbitaxcb tax which the the work of construction in the numer was not dealing fairly with it in con “ There w ill be but one issue next year, Roberts from the house, and it is said Federal government w ill get on tho es ous revolutions and other causes for gress. This has been shown in the dif and that is the financial issue," and that she has already secured quite a tate ol the lata Oorneliua Vanderbilt is rhich the Nicaraguan government was ficulty always experienced in eecuring M r Barham said: "The money question number. I f the women do not suoceed likely to be over »8,000,000. Chauncey alone responsible. The eontract of the appropriations for the VS estern river w ill hardly be thought ot in the next in driving Roberts out ol congress, they Depew w ill have to give up »80,000 of company expired on the 9th of October, and harbor improvements, while the campaign. I t was brushed aside and will make things very unploaBant for hie »800,000 legacy to the revenue col and on the following day the concession public money w«s being lavishly dis lost sight of in the state campaigns. him. He is more likely to go than to lector. Besides the Federal tax the made to the Eyre-Oragin syndicate, tributed along the Eastern seaboard, The people did not want to hear it stay. State of New York w ill get about which is believed to represent the rail and that in many instances when the talked from the stump. The two things proposed improvements ware of doubt »600,000.: _______________ _ road corporations went into effect. all audiences were interestei in were, K daaate Too» Mowel« W ith Cssserets. ful m erit. Then, again, the unfriend Caod» Cathartic, cure constlpstlon forever. W ith their affairs thus complicated, first, expansion, and second, trusts." 10c, Me. If C. C. C. f»il. drugs!«« refund money. C A Snow A Co, Patent Lawyers, op- liness of the East toward the West has oven iQthey were sincere in their inten Other examples of contrary opinion poaite the United Statea Patent office, been shown in the treatment of the tions, it must be evident to any one might be given, but these w ill suffice to Washington, D C, who have actual Nicaragua canal whenever any bill bear that nothing is likely to be accomplish show that the politicians differ widely, dienta in every city and town of the ing upon the eonetruction of that water ed by either company toward the con and to recall the oft-asserted fact that United Statea and Canada, report that struction ol the canal. I t has been, way was under consideration. the people make national issues for the never before in their 86 yeara practice There is no disposition in the West, in fact, intimated that the government politicians to advocate. baa the work of the office been so well however, to retaliate. I t has secured w ill not move until the W alker com Lieutenant Castle, aide-de-camp to n p to date. They claim that patenta supremacy in congress because popula mission makes a final report on the sur Gen Brooke, m ilitary governor of Cuba, Tf» now be procured in less than half tion has been shifting westward, but its veys of the canal mads last year, and who is in Washington on furlough, ex the time formerly required. position will not be abused. Congress hinta have been thrown out ol diploma presses the opinion that it w ill he a w ill be able nnder the changed condi tic negotiations for canal privileges, the great mistake on the part of this govern tlons to deal more intelligently, perhaps, thousands have it and purport of which cannot yet be divulged. ment to supersede Gen Brooke with a with some of the important public ques civil governor at this time, and predicts don't know it. I f you The state department at Washington tions, such as irrigation, which are much dissatisfaction among the resi w ant quick reaulta you can make no maintains a positive silence on the sub peculiarly Western, and that without dents of Cuba, if it is done. Neverthe mistake by using D r Kilmer's Swamp- set. doing any injustice to any Eastern in Meantime, Congressman Hepburn of less it w ill be done very soon, unless the Boot, the great kidney remedy. All present plans of the president are druggists in fifty ceut and dollar sixes. Iowa is determined to .renew the fight terest. • - • XT - • • W. H. WEATIIERSON KT DN E Y GBEÄT WHITE STDBE Has Something to Offer in tho Way of SHOES For both Old and Young. We are making preparations for our fall and w inter stock to arrive shortly. are many lines we desire to Close Out. and Great Bargains can be had in Ladies’, Children’s, and Misses’ TAN SHOES Niv M ealIaM as well as in Black Wear. I have opened a shop in Florence where I shall keep a £ood IN GENT’S W EAR stock of • deu*Puvs trouble hardly believe that it can he possible to sell light Always on Hand. also pam for direct action by the United States out if you government without regard to the inter phlet telling you how to find have kidney trouble. Address, D r K il ests of either the M aritim e Canal Com pany or the Eyre-Oragin syndicate, and mer A Co., Binghamton, N Y , changed, or lie is convinced by those TH E REV IRL R. HICKS ALMANAC. who maintain that Cuba, having been by an official decision, concerning the There is no ITozt door to 0 W Hurd’s. between revenue laws tlassod as “ a foreign for that purpose lie will introduce a bill former editions, and this splendid Alma country,” the president has no legal B omb or the democratic papers now at the coming session of congress. He nac for 1900, now ready. Printed In authority to maintain any other than a claim that the result of the elections in correctly places little value on a »125,- beautiful colors, on much finer paper, m ilitary government therein. This last WILL Ohio and Kentucky, is due to the fact 000,000 franchise held by any one who Its 19fl pages arc packed with invalua is a new view of the question, and was candidates for has not that sum in possession and who ble Information on storms, astronomy not considered by the preaident and his governor in those elates were weak cannot hope to raise it. and meteorology. I t is illustrated with advisers when they first reached the that the MEN’S SHOES at $1.25 Give m e a Call. C. BRACEY. comparison BE DISAPPROVED yet we intend doing this very thing for the next 30 days. UNANI MOUSLY. If you aro in need of children’s democratic Taeomi Ledger. No other motive than to get himself W e ore inollned io believe that the nearly 200 finest half tones and other conclusion to put Cuba under a civil talked about is discernible in that por This superb book would government. dorsement of M cK inley’s administra only hops of the canal project maturing engravings, tion. I f that ia true it looks as if the lies in direct negotiation by the Unitod sell anywhere for fifty cents, but it costs The Japanese delegates to the com tion of the report of M r Castle, auditor democratic party had used poor judg States government with the govo.-n only So^cents a copy, and every sub mercial congress, which Is being held in of the postoffico department at Wash ment all around In selecting candidates mentsof Costa Rica and Nicaiagua for scriber to Rev I r l R Hicks’ now famous connection with the Philadelphia export ington, which deals with a suggested re men, and that the election la not an in Doubtless paper, Word and Works, at »1.00 a year, this year as Maryland, la the only state the necessary privileges. ■uuh a course would be productive of receives this elegant Almanac as a showing a gain for the party. something tangible, particularly so premium. Word and W ork! is a T ub majobitv of human beings must when it is intimated beforehand In of- recognised loader among tho best family spend their lives w ithin tbs bounds ficisl circles that both of the Central and scientific journals, while nothing of exposition, had an extended conference gtriction or abolition of the issue of pos at the department of agriculture, with tai money orders. M r Castle seems to Secretary Wilson, their special object have used his report as an excellent ve being to try and get the tjaty of ten hicle for the dissemination of his views HATS OR CAPS Come quick, beoause they aro going! publications. Professor Hicks has Just been discovered, tested, and accepted as OUR CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARKS. ly, and of neceaaity, withdrawn hia good far human society, philosophises atorm and weather forcasta from all The report juet made to the «ecretarv the Ohrlstian Register. Before any one free almanacs, having generously given of the treasury by second lientanant have original opinions upon any hie tim e and labor free for nearly twen Henry B Clark, the noting superintend subject which w ill be useful, ho must ty yeara. Word and Works Pub Go, ent ol the Sequoia sud General Grant eommonly hove mastered the results ol National Parks, in California, deals in 2801 Locust 8t, Bt Louis, Mo, the knowledge wbluh has been an interesting manner with the prob cumulating since the world began. If G ENERA L NEWS. lem* under hie control. During the be be a genius, endowed as geniuses are past fiscal year ntueli devastation ol tim w ith the gift of insight, he may almost M ajor John A Logan son ot the late ber by forest firss and of game by un a t a glance see how the matter stands, General Logan snd tlx privates were lawful bunting baa been nnpreventabla killed in en engagement In the Philip- and where the needed improvement by the force under his commend, be plus* the 13tb. must cause ol the necessary removal of the The government cruiser Charleston I t is announced as a probably oorrect regular m ilitary patrol for war service struck a rock near the island of Luson statement that the President, in his sn and tho entirely Inadequate force of and was abandoned, Tho game of football at Cambridge, Baal message to congress in December, civilian cuatodiana appointed in their Maes., the I8 th , between Ysle snd Har w ill urge that body to formally annex place. I t le estimated that over 800,000 vard ended in neither side making a the Philippines. The majority of the sheep have been roaming at w ill over score. people want annexation. Undoubtedly these reserves, private property fed at cbb the majority of oongress favor this pol publie expense; and by these many ol Nobody believes this country in tho nests of game birds have been M y ease w ill give up the islands. There trampled out and much of tho herbiage ley. fore, the correct thing to do is for eon needed by the elk and mountain «beep grsee to make this point plain to all the lias been consumed. The latter two contractionists by passing a bill or species have practically all been killed resolution specifically showing that the off, and other smaller game, now in POINT TERRACE ITRMR« B y C aiimxn . Nov 80, 1899. was imposed, whether it was for revenue them will be unanimously condemned. M r Castle wants the business of the protection or to discriminate against Secretary Wilson told them government limited strictly to what can that the U 8 did not regard the not be accomplished by private enter Japanese duty on tobacco as a discrimi prise, As far as this applies to the pro going ! GOING! Don’t forget they are going from the HEADQUARTERS of all good things. YOURS TRULY, cents a pound on tea removed or lessen on large problems of government, We which have been drawn by the expert- American governments are ready to its kind can compare with the Hicks ed, because of its injury to the tea trade do not know that the country was wait encs ol the paet, and must maintain make suitable terms if proper assurance« Almanac. One dollar a year its a nomi of Japan. They were somewhat inquisi ing for these with any particular thirst; themselves and do their w o rl In the nal price for each unique and useful tive, desiring to know why the duty and such as they are, at least one of are given. world by conforming to that which has You will nothing heretofore ever equaled in prices. CHOICE KEATS. Sample bottle by mail free, There 0. W. HURD. J4IB I ■■ -!■ ' !---------- ffiL-UBLg-1 ■■■"■ ' - I -T -_ . --3 Japan. nation against an American industry, posed government control of telegraphs but as a source of revenue and a means it may be commended, though there is of protecting the home market on the no visible reason why it should be argued part ol Japan, leaving them to infer in this time or place. But when he run* that our duty on tea waa for the same up against the money order eystem, lie opposes one of the most useful agencies purpose. Three out of the ten chaplain« in the of the government for the service CHEAP CASH STOKE! of the regular army recently ordered to the public. His notionis that thisjssrvico Is costly Philippines, because congress, pre sumably through oversight failed to pro requires an army of clerk« to do the vide any chaplains for the volunteer bnsiness, and is properly a function of regiments, have succeeded in escaping the banka. But the obvious answer is that duty, one on the ground of ill- that the banks cannot perform the same health, one by the discovery that he had function for the people if they would. miaatatod the year of his birth when ap There are thousands of poetofficcs in tho pointed and ia now entitled to retire country located where there are no ment, and one by sheer “ pull” has had banks. C A R M A N ’S How are the people of these Drv Goods, * Groceries * and A Notions. FLORENCE MEAT MARKET.. ........Just ODened. hia orders to preceed to the Philippine« small cities and towns to be served? This By what medium are they to transmit revoled by the war department. sort of thing waa predicted by numer sums of money if the postonico goes out ous army officers when the order was of the beiness? No snewer to that Goods as Reoresented. M r John Mason has gone to Kugeno issued, which, if cairied out, would query appears. Again, even in the on business. transfer some of those gentlemen iron» largest cities, there Are thousands of Philippines are not only part ©I the greatly decreased quantities, w ill be pre Miss|Minnls Sanuders is working for the easy places they have had at vari people are using the posloffice for the American Republic, that tlie American served with difficulty unless immédiats Mrs Ogden. ___, — __ _ it in the transmission of funds who have no bnnk ous army r posts, to _ roughing J. W . C A R M A N people Intend to keep them , and to give and energolio »tape are taken. Juliu Kteear and Jody Wiadom made Moun Philippines, with troops constantly Oil 1 accounts, no means of maintaining any, them a better government than they tain lions, panthers, coyotos, several a trip to Lake creek last week. the move. I t doesn’t speak very high ' an,| who know no moro about tlie pur- Bertie Booth lias been taking subscrip over had before, or than they could varieties of fox, black, brown, and ■ . __ V___ ____I . . . . , - _ . .. . . ___ ___ ... chase of :check or draft than they do of have under Use rule ol any of their cinnamon bear, dear, mountain and tions and selling papers in this vicinity. for the class of men who have been ap pointed chaplains in the army in time any complicated financial operation. M r James Neely, wile and little chiefs, or any other nation.—Hrrold valley quell, and many specie* ol fish daughter are visiting friends and rela of peace. W hat are they to doT are etill quite abundant ; and probably tives on the river. Col J Hamilton Lewis, who has jngt W e may rest nssured that, whatever GARRET A. HOBART. the carnivores in thia list are holding There Is talk ol the Rock Quarry returned from Europe, whither he went else the government may do or not do, it their own. Speaking ol the mighty shutting ¡down for the winter, as it is on a sort of independent diplomatic w ill continue to issue and cash postal or O«r VIoe-PreeMsat Gone fo Join Ik« forest monarchs ol the General Grant very disagreeable working in the rock mission, involving claims of miners in ders. Indeed, the roost important quss- »Ileal Majority. when it Is so stormy. Park, Lieutenant Olark says. lbs disputed territory adj iceut to tbs tion of late has been whether it conld Quite a nnmlier of logs have gone “ Tbs tree General Grant was named Garret A Hobart vico-preeident of tho Ataskau boundary, against tho British not ampily this function by providing down the river during the last freshet. in honor of the general white he waa Unitod Btetao, died ot hie home at Pat government, brought back as pictnr> some sort of postal fractional currency. Point Terraoe school Is progressing still in command of the armiea In 1847. nicely under the clever management of esqus an outfit of clothing as he wore The dispatch of small sums through the terson N J., Nov 81, 1899. Tho stump and lug of the immense tree Miss C Blume. M r Hobart wao born in Long Branch, when a member of congress; also some , majl j8 increasing in volume and import- exhibited at the Philadelphia Centen Services were held Iter* by Rev decidedly picturesque ideas concerning anco «w ry year. The interests of the N J., in 1W4. Ho practiced law eon- nial are well-preeerved objecta ol in Knott« last Sunday, which was com tt^ e alde of tlio tima since ho was 23 impending changes in the map of E n - . public require this to be guarded and terest. Another log lias been so burned munion Sunday. There were thirteen year« old. Ho has represented hie state rope. He predicts that Germany will facilitated as much at the transmission people who joined the church and the that a cavalryman can ride through its In both brand»«« of the legislature end absorb Austria aud Uollaud, and be of intelligence. The banks conld not whole length, 186 feet. Tho stump of little son of M r and Mr« Beck was bean speaker of the hosts and presi come the greatest power in Europe, and till the bill if they would, and havo no the World'« Fair tree la to he found christened. dent of stats senate at diffitroot times. eventually w ill, through; its colonial dtBiro to. Big concerns have no wish to north ol the GrentJPark. The largest He w esa man poseeesing great per- SUNDAY SERVICES. possessions in Asia become embroiled in be bothered with a Hood of petty dutiee; tree in the Giant Foreet ia the General aturaction and was greatly re- great war with this country; tbst while the lack ot banka in country cen Bherman, 94,»4 feet In diameter e l its 10 A M Sunday sehool. I by all who knew him . 11 u ua will absorb Bohemia, Finland ters would leave thee« helpless. M r base. This ie conceded to be the larg 11 A M I Baptism Preaching and commnnlon l'ruachlnii communion “ •» * » r k .y , and . will . . . fight . . . a . big . war C ast,.’s snggsetion w’ llh e administered w ill fall to est and finest tree in the world, rivaling service. e t»N ea» R n e k s 4w* —_ aaM laMeee aasltr asta forever, be m e - the eucalypti ol Australia in height, and to th o u wishing it. with the reception with England for ths possession of ground with a "dull thud.” »Me Au II e i tile, «e rre sad viper, tabe NeTe- Asiatic territory, in which the U 8 it baa.tbs « s e lli eirbsr, 1*0»inr far surpeeeing everything elee in bulk. of members. 2:90 P M Endeavor, leader; Ida ¡likely to become involved; that Spain au «rauta», »ta sr M T H E G E N T L E -W O V AN is a month- Another clean and healthy sequoia, TO OUR PATRON«. Hn.lsal. will have another civil war as a prelude t f v H D wM fc yow v l k e U w r T * t f M — J ly tnagaslne devote«, to subjects of inter which has stood sentinel over the < « e v n ta a d « * b fe r « 7 :00 P M Preaching. We have mads arrangements V Tliank«givint Services w ill he held in ' W A N T F H —SKVFRKU WRIGHT ASH HON ' est to the ladies. The regular subscrip Sierras and the Pacific for a more than tv r«T pvr-on« to ,-|tr««piit u» u Msnasrr- »re« WM tion price is one dollar bat we have made which we w ill fnrtiiab the Weekly a thousand years, is called the Admiral Presbyterian church. Thursday the 90, In Wits anu ctosw by «»aatts«. 8«t»ry IWW « 1 1 A M . Let all assemble for thia na tear and c»|»n-e». SinUehl, bnns-fl<t<. ao in'UP arrangement by which we offer it for a Oregonian with the Wanr for Dewey. Visitor« ere generally content ! no lew wilar». O u t, > .... bank hi fcnv Inuit. 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