■'WWW'-■ TH E W EST. ABANDONING THE PANAMA CANAL. wdDBUSSIO BTXBY KIDAT MOMMHO.— S. F. Chronicle. */ Take Time by The Forelock. W.H.WEATHERSON I have opened a shop in« » M dnks ’ yo» S* dw’v « id u n 3 I t I »0 When w oh? The Great White Store. keep a stock of JfoecÜ A lw ays on Hand. G iv e me a Call. tata t< » 1 8 8 2 New Year’s G reetings 1 9 0 0 C. BRACEY. 6 nob i Won 14 (poet t Jufit a 3npt ll lo lb -'r eta'hi-l to u 't I rhluk» lu t I o WI imi lo r t tu Suoli rh ln k l K ith f» But yo- Buthor <■ »o New Meat KarM » «i A dispatch ¡rom Colon stataa that tho TfenT tvan « d i Panama Cansí Company is discharging When that tired feeling. the first then- 1 _ men an«l has stuped surveys. There m^f{c pain, Ihe first warnings o f impure W ild * © A L amb C ouvtt , O bbgon seems to be an attempt to connect this blood are manifest, take hood s Sarsapa- <>•00(1 stoppage of work with some sort of a riCa and you mUl rescue ycur heaUh and “revolution" which happens to be going probably sa te a serions sickness- Be sure bill. to gel Hood’s, because on in that country. That excuse, how­ Senators are very leisurely discussing ever, will deceive nobody, A canal the financial bill, which is to lie voted E d it o r a n il P ro p rie to r. company which was ojierating in good H .e y ^ r D on Feb 15th, and the speeches so far faith would not stop work on account of made are notable fur their brevity. F lo re u c e , O rc . Feb, 2 , 1900. any trumpery South American revolu- This is not bard to understand, however WASHINGTON LETTER, -------- -——-------- ----- ----- j tiou. The work is stopping because it as tlie financial question has been so J W Crawford of Portland has pur- . logins to |,e evident even to Panama thoroughly talked ont that no senator F iumi or« bxgl ' lar GonjtEsroNDE.iT. chased the Dallas News and the West ,,rolnotcM it is useless to throw can find anything new to say on the Side l>otli published at Jnilcjieudouct- any more good money into that bottoin- N ext door to M orris Hotel. subject. Oregon, less ditch. It is difficult to conceive Washington, D, C., Jan 22, 1900. The influence of tlie administration is ! how the money can have been raised Au epidemic of Boer sympathy broke exerted in behalf of the Payne bill, now T|iit year 1900 will be a history u-|,iei, bus been s|ient during tlie past out in Washington several days ago, and before tlie house ways and means com- maker of fame county. There will lie two or three years. It lias, of course, ia now raging in and out of congress. It mittee, providing for an extension of ACME ITEMS. great activity in all lines, and the arrival been supplied by the stockholders o f , luliy be said to have started with Sena-- the U S laws to Porto Rico, and tlie of a desirable class of new citizenship Uw company in tho hope of getting it tor Hale’s somewhat sensational speech, establishment of customs and internal Bv X Y Z, rill add no sniall degree to tho general | back from the United States with ns in which lie expressed the belief that i revenue collection districts. If tlie bill pro grues of the country/ -Huqtpe l-rijbi- iMueli as possible of tlie sums sunk in nine-tenths of the people of this country \ becomes a law, Porto Ftico wifi lijtrp Jan 30, 1900. former years, and yet it is hard to were in sympathy with tlie r.oers.; f,ec trade with tlie U 8. ter, Marion Sweet was in Acpie Monday. imagine that any one should have had Then came Senator Allen’s resolution, Miss Irma Säubert spent Sunday with Bv uBFirsixQ to seat Roberts as repre­ sufficient faith to contribute. The sus­ asking for information as to why the friends up tlie river, There is no better medicine for tlie sentative from Utah, congress line pension of surveys is evidence that hope statu department declined to recognizo a babies Ilian Chamberlain's Cough Dr Säubert was called yesterday to at­ settled the question in tho right way for is abandoned. properly accredited representative of tho Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt tend Mrs Tom Stork of Maple creek who all time as to whether a polyamist is It is evident that Congress is Transvaal republic, which was adopted and effectual cures make it a favorite is quite ill, Mis Nicollo and daughter Hester of eligible to the office of representative in determined to pass tho'Nicaragua hill by tiie senate after it was amended, so wilii mother« and smull children. It quickly cures their eougiis and colds, Mapleton visited friends in Acme a few that body. It is gratifying to notico and doubtless ujion assurances that the as to leave it to the discretion of the preventing pneumonia or other serious days last week. there was an overwhelming majority in state department sees no serious diplo­ president, whether the information eousequenees. It also cutes croup and There is a very bad case of spring favor of excluding hint. matic difficulties in tlie way, Tnere should lie given. It reached its highest lias been used in tens of thousands of fever in town which we fear will prove should he none and probably will 1» point Inst piglit, at a big public meeting, cases witiiout a single failure so far as contagious. Too much exposure to we have been able to learn. It not only sunshine, T in miiii - piku business of the Siuslaw none. Great Britain, as the dominant I advertised as a “ Boer demonstration,’’ cures croup, but when given as soon as White inni and Mr Tripp and wife, ar- river during the past four months pro­ sea power, is greatly interested in the j at which speeches were made by Sena- j the eronpy cough appears, will prevent, ii Mr cu i(oic .......... ....................... ived here last week from Pennsylvania. bably exceeds that of any previous four cutting of tlie isthmus and understand» ! tor« IJalc, of Maine; Allen, of Nebraaka; | the attack. In cases of whooping cough ^tiZy are "visiting relatives and looking months since this country lias lieen in­ that no canal can be built which is not ¡Mason, of III; and Reprcsentatives . it liquefies tlie tough mucus, making it over the country with a view to making habited by white people. Taking the dominated by the United States Tl'»» Bailey, of Texas j De Armond, of Moj 1 easier to expectorate, and lessens the tlicjr home ¡u this locality. severity and frequency of tho paroxysms Mr Benedict has several men now *t product of the creamery, tho canned could work no injury to Great Britain Sulzer, of New York; Lentz, of Ohio; of coughing, thus depriving that disease Salmon, and two mills sawing lumber except in ease of a war with this coun­ Lainb, of Va; and Chump Clark, of of all dangerous consequences. For sale work repairing tlie boom here. He ex­ pects to drive 503 piling next summer for shipment, to say nothing of what try, which is a chance she must take. Mo, Because a man happens to be by all druggists. and get botli booms in readiness to liold fins been cut for homo consumption by Tiiore are tun uhances that she would a member of congress, does pot, of all the logs that will come down next ONE ISSUE LEFT, the other two mills on the river, the find the canal an advantage during a course, prevent Ids having tlie same winter. value of the diilerent cargoes tiiat have war with some other power to quo that sympathies as other men, but many A good program has been prepared for C lear L ake , O r , Jan 28, 1900. been sent out to tlie markets of tlie »lie will bo engaged in a war witli tlie question the good taste of their partici- tlie Sunday school enternment to be given at tlie school house here next world, amounts to many thousand dol­ United ¡States. It is, therefore, to lier puting in a public demonstration against Editor ••T ub W m t ." Having bad lots of time to read during Sunday evening; exercises to begin at lar« and lias made a very welcome ad­ interest that the eunal he built, and be a nation with which this country is on A collection will be the past two or threo months of rainy seven o'clock. dition to the money in circulation here. controlled by a power strung enough to the most friendly terms. taken at the close for the benefit of the weather I have been looking over some The best part of it is, that not only will maintain its neutrality as between In view of the fact that tlie com­ Sunday school. All come. thaaa favorable conditions continue, but i other nntions, and unlikely to be en- mittee was unanimous in its verdict of tlie new democratic speeches of 1896, We are glad to see so many at Sab­ thera is every prospoct of a great in -, gaged in war with any uution of l$u- against tlie right of Roberts to sit in , Tlie new democratic leader Mr. IVm. bath school last Sabbath. Tlie lesson crease in the volume of business on rope. Such considerations, which tlie house, although differing ns to J. Bryan told us then that free and un­ had been well studied and was en­ this river during the next year. With ' should be obvious to every one, will whether his scat should merely be de­ limited coinage of silver at a ratio ol 16 joyed by all. Great interest is shown in tlie contest work among both teachers two and probably llireu mills to bn doubtless lie quite sufficient to induce clared vacant, as advocated by the to 1 would make good lively times and and scholars. Subject for next Sabbath bring everything up to a high price, lie erected or fitted up with now machinery 1 Great Britain to gracofully surrender majority report, or whether lie should lesson, “The First Disciples of Jesus. this year in Florenco and Acmo the out- whatever shadowy claim to stand in the be seated and expelled as advocated by now says tlie trusts have caused every­ “Deeds are Fruits, words nra but put of lumbar will be more than doubled way may have been foolishly conceded tho minority, it seeme a little odd for thing to be so high. Consistent, isn’t it, leaves.” The many wonderful cures ef­ Tlie new democratic party, or in other The shipping will be increased accord- to lier by some of our short-sighted the house to devote three -days to dis- fected by Hood's Sarsnparilla are tlie words tlie Bryan democracy, lias at the Jngly. Tlie lumber must find a market statesmen of lialf century ago. It is , cussing ths matter, but that is exactly fruits by which it should be judged, end the only w«y io »«oh it is by evident, at any rate, that the United ; wi,at will be done this week. They say present time not a single issue on which These prove it to lie the groat remedy vessels on tlie ocean, New vessels are States needs tlie canal for lier coastwise i tj,at jjie jjgCUggiOn jg necessary, not on it dares to go before the American peo­ for all blood diseases. Hood's Fills cure all liver ills, Non- to be built on the river the coming sum­ trade, and is going to liavo it. No con. j llcc0lJnt 0( ltolierts, who is bound to go, ple. Like its leader it is today simply mer and others will be chartered to Sidération wae evor given by Great anyway, , lly lW ( by practically a unanimous marking time and whistling any tune to irritating. meet the demauds of the increasing Britain for our aolf-deuying agreement vote of tho house, but because of the | keeP its c™ c UP- Witll0Ut * cun’ GENERAL NEWS. trails. Thia makes necessary an in. in the Clnyton-llulwor treaty, and it i» importance of the question in volved - «tructive policy, held together only by an appetite for spoils, it waits, Micauber creased appropriation for tlie jetty good law and good morals for us to 1 the right of the house to shut out a M II De Young, publisher of the San work. The jetty must be oxtonded out servo notice that we do not care to lie member, even when lie presents credcn. liko, for something to turn np. Francisco Chronicle is mentioned ns a What would best suit its purpose Io the bar as soon ns possible. The bound by it iongor, Recognizing this tiais which are perfectly proper. candidate for tlie vice presidency. would be a calamity that would bring business interests demand it. If the as at nny time possiblo, there can be no The regular pension appropriation bill Tho City of Peking arrived nt San present ililly dally policy is carried out doubt that GroHt Britain is quite ready never toils to bring out some lively talk : hard times. It is praying for a panic. Francisco January 24th having on board and a few thousand dollais granted to have the matter arranged in a more in the house, and tlie present bill just I Tlie eagerness with which Bryan liiin- the bodies of 150 of our soldiers who j self hailed t li e recent money squeeze in died in tlie Philippines. ease In two or three years and most o f! gracef„| wuy, passed by tlie house, was no exception On Thursday of last week the house 1 New York and Boston showed where th»t used to repair the damages done to tlie rule. There was some very plain by storms and the ravages of decay I AN E D IT O R 'S LIFE S A V E D BY talk about the methods of tho pension ' liia hopes lay. But there is a forlorn of representatives pussed a resolution C H A M B E R L A IN 'S C O U G H ' chance, too forlorn in fact for serious declaring B II Roberts of Utah ought while tlie work is stopped, few of us sharks, just before tlie amendment was not to have a seat in congress and tlie REMEDY- ............................._______ i consideration. Tho new democracy now living W|H »ec the (city completed seat to which he was elected is declared adopted giving tho commissioner oil pensions authority to refuse to pay the , i» condemned to dwell among the dried vacant, according to tho plans drawn up by the During tlie earlv part of October, 1896, Wm Goebel, democratic contestant for I contracted a had cold which settled on i fee of a pension attorney when he bones of its present ami Mr Jennings engineers. Business men do not man­ age their affairs in that way. Not a my lungs and was neglected until I Unow8 that the attorney fails to 1M?r< van is destined logo down among the the office of governor of Kentucky was shot and dangerously wounded Tuesday bit of it. They plan to push their work toared that consumption had appeared ; (hU {o claj|n> Represen. dead men oi Xovcn,ber, 1900. morning. The crime is said to be the About the only debatable issue left “ ... ...... ................ ...w . outcome of tlie political light in that much low from delay ss poouhlu. W hut wl jd) j foijld not j i,Pcnlrle alarmed of I'a, asserted that it wns a practice of for the new democratic . party , , or state. Is there to hinder congress from start- „„ j , (lur givint{ tlie i,x.Bi dm-tor a trial the pension sharks to file a case and Brf anite8 to lnfert tn0,r FUtior,n Senator McBride’s Indian war pension ing this work in a business way and tonight a bottle of Chamberlain's Oough lhen |eHve it for the congressman of the ,bis year is whether 1900 is tlie last bill, favorably re|>orted, extends the Appropriating, ssv »100,000, a sum large Remedy and the resnlt was immediate d(liniant (0 ]ook after knowing tbat year of the 19th century or the first year privileges of the pension system to the veterans of the Cayuse Indian war of ........ — r — •• - 1847-48, and of the wars in Oregon and Y’ours Truly, money to be available at the completion |tM|ll|y , tat, g E dwards , Publisher to them when tlie ense got allowed, Washington from 1852 to 1856, ns wuil S B C olvin . as the surviving widows of such of the present contract and have tho Qj .p 1B j|uv[eWi Wyant, 111, For sale Talk and investigation consequent veterans. jetty extended out to the bar in a year by nil druggists. ; upon the unveiling of a hamlsone bronse RAILROADING PATENTS. Reports from General Duller say that or two! Other places on tho coast with I statute of Daniel Webster, in Washing- real estate transfers . General Warreo’s troops have re Ito more commerce than the Siualaw — —— ’ ton, has brought out the very interest- A single firm of Patent Lawyers, C A 1 treated south of the Tugel» river. Tim have reccivoil larger nppropriatiotia than I I 11 Fisk and wife to Eli Bangs, lot 9, ¡ns fflcl u ,8t Mr Webster, who was for Snow A Co, of Washington, I) 0 , have Boers say tlie British lost 150-3 killed that, end why should not thia river re. block 6. Fisk’s addition to Glenada; »25. a |ong tlnQe 0„6 o( ttl0 lea)lillg practi-, jn procured , patw|„ ...... .. i January 24th ami that 150 of tlie En- i I. . i. u ,, i - In the last year procured 1,630 patents ’ . . . . . . reive • fair share? Eli Dangs and wife to Duncan ' tioners ^,0,® t|,e U S Supreme Court , „ . , I »l,y the latter pro­ »cros of secs. 14 and 15, tp 17 a, r Vw: The schooner Danielson of San Fran- tulvnncoil to account for it is that Mr cess the inventor often dies before lie All the bleod In your body passes through ,. , cisco with 110,000 feet of lumber from ----ULA-.W . onca auerv »our kidney» syery three three minutes. mln_.— , ' . .... . . . . . . ” The kidneys sie your Valentine Klmmsl to Msrtba A Pope I Webster was so well known that it gets his patent. [ the Florence Lumber Co’s mill was blood purifiers, they IU- undivided one-sixth interest lu 159 never occurred either to him or mem­ | tone-1 cut to sea Sunday morning. She tlrrat« with yea «briller you «•'níla-H ' tsr out the waste or arlui oi , rc 15> lp 17 B> r „ w , | 100. bers of tho court, that he required to be H er**-! Ul lug lobacvc b a b il. K C-TO spread her sails to the breeze and was w s w s y a ....... ....................... ... ir m i'W t th e deairw for Lvb*»x-o. «» ’ c til ner*o«sitli»ire«». expel»M l«^^ > quickly out of sight. formally admitted to practice. lin e , p u riJee th e n of order, they fail to do hauer to Martha A Pope, iinr-sialh in- The schooner Del Norte which ar­ Thu proposed purchase by the govern­ •tore« iraJxee thelr work. | terest in 159 acres of Sec 15, tp 17 s, rS rived here last week, went to sea Sun­ Pains, sohesandrheu-' H . . jqq ment of the submarine torpedo boat _ Rill ’’»nur drn»'ct>t. wtv» malisni ooms from ex- ' _ vouch fo re * . T»t«> »1 w»fb day with iv cargo of lumber from tlie r « l l l pJtllrt.i », p«rxi»tr"»lT « HVR cess of uric acid In the 1 Frank Drew and wife to (. liarlcs L t>X, Holland, received a decided ret back Acme mill. bo*. «4. is»UA..p MTM; > bux^». «; ’< fm a m n ie -J to c t ix , t r w c r tf on 1 tniMtey. ' when the naval board of construction blood, due to nogleoted 135 acres in tp 17 s r 0 w i »450. Jesussi, The schooner Bella, C. ptaiu Smith, trouble. decided by a vote of 4 to 1. against i was tow«M out ever the bar Sunday trouble omises quick or unsteady FOR SALE OR EXC H A N G E, ...d makes one feel as though TO CURE LA GRIPPE IN 1 WO DAYS recoin mending the purchase, This de­ bound for San I’eilro with a cargo of Jag- had heart trouble, because the heart Is 270,000 leet of InuiLer from ttm Acme cision wae made on the ground th a t, over-worklng In pumping thick, kidney Tsko L.«v«Ttv« B komo QvtxjK« T ab - such vessels are in the experimental A house and lot in GleuaJa. The mill, blood through veins end arteries. ---- 1 >„ |t used to K, be eunsldored ounsldored that only urinary txts. All druggists it fund the money stage, and that their usefulness for house is 111 by 24 feet and one story and Tlie steamer Robaits left f. r Astoria iblea were to bo traced to tho kidneys, i ¡| ¡g (RiIs to Cure. F W Gsovx's ugna- war pur,awes had not been demon- a half in height. Also a go«xi woodshed Mouday morning. She carried a load ■ow modern selenio proves that nssrly (u,e ......... u .,. J $ c ^ h u tk > n a l diseases'have llislr begtn- ol canned salmon from the Elmore stratrd. The departmfnl is not opposed 0,1 pronnees. For fiirUats psriiculara farmery at Gardiner and will bring W ■Inr In kidney trouble. ! opposed ,0 the idea of submarine boats, inquit»a, this offioo. SUNDAY 8E R V IC S 8. yeu ere slch you oan make nomtsteke P Reed's new river steamer down to the Umpqua. us it is row having on« built at the, An idler is a watch that wants both _ Sunday trlmnl 10 A M. Iherrest kidney remedy Is tkvluuibia Iron Works, of Baltimore. , , , . , The steamer Maggie left ye.-1erday tor hands, se UM >iese wlion It goes "I’« « ClW . lmv wUil H(J of (a,. 1'rsaul.ing 11AM ami 7 PM . m m ieak»H II stands the highest tor Ms Iteprvscillative Roberts, ol Mues, lis» al acres of the moot distressing coses I U K notts , lands, 1 ul,,i, Imiorging to Clias Ssubert and Pastor. .. . n’;:..p ; VXD RON L'lande \a le s on l»mrd. alt drugglsis In (Ifty- t-KKAOXS rO K ,1!« WANTED eiVKHVI. jera In Ib i» »late m ’’ K .-r i-ervon-m renrewnr u«»» d*, »«er. T, i , ’ ’ Irlcl Oflnv Mana Cfwil and uns dollar sit In ikle ami el.we kv romiitea Salary T axi a • "• steamer .lx^g.e arrived here P o s t Tutsrrs Sell ooS K om S s T»ar U fa Away. revreeriii me In «heu « a n amt »urrom nltn« rear and e»i-eu»ea k ira la h L 1-na ft.te. no m.-re W e v llle n ls r m o r n in g Irom tlie north T o q u it ml-oreo easily sad Inrsver, be n o s - 1 ro -iu ile x vyuu-is Io par yearly W-CO. nayal.le no ir — -alerv. r .- it i o u [a-rma-ieni. O w r. ’ " -v -a n iu , O e-liaM e rm p inyravn i w ill! ilnueual ieferc»'ce*. any Belle. Iu l| ol tile , serve sad visor, la k e No-T o ­ weeklv In any tnwn. li la mainly . r 1 — —“ ■ r < p t—r »•initie». Relerenvre exchangrd. Kn Futa BM C«, HE ’ introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 for the erection of a statue of tlie late Gen Lawton, in Washington. In view 1 of the nine,y ninety oua odd «»o«»««' thousand «»»M». dollars, con­ ° * «•* tributed by by the tlie people people of of the the country, tributed country, , for the widow and children of Gen JQ J?10 1 * 6 0 .^ 6 Eawton, it would seem that congress I would would do do a a popular popular thing thing to to pass pass this tins f' >4 the . Aroni er, ani (y cual ¿>lc o£ W ölb' i f unk ixnspcr Ola nit pinco, ' „ “ an i In the i placo, ie feU 1» •What orge. Si try ^>h jlta h a d «•Got Iona no : to did b rad gre was prêt »»ve a » •They that's man s • - Î6 year i “ But V f. And best wishes for a prosperous and happy year in 1900 to all our patrons and friends, W e extend thanks for the liberal patronage you have show n, and trust to merit a Continuance of sam e through fair dealings and S U P E R IO R GO ODS. It is our aim to keep in stock as far as possible, all goods required in our various lines, ^ o u r s y r a l$ , 0 . W. H U R D . C A R M A N ’S CHEAP CASH STOKE! Drv Goods, Groceries ★ and FLORENCE MEAT ......... J u s t A- N otions. MARKET. O D e n e d ., Goods as Reoresented. PROPB.FTAM J. W . C A R M A N A . tF \i 5 ^ k p R ^ G T IC A E Oabcaltty IO TO MAI Ir. n » •• • ! If ShvMMe-Koot. wenderf and tseoMon Itsroorits ass"¿.‘' . - N. T i . ' «»• fee« . Blnfhsmton, lla « . Vke a .,m le r worker, ISav n a k — weak mea • irons A ll d r u fw u u . Mu or »1. C u re rn a ra a - rf.e v aelt-addvee-ed Mamiw,t env rto p a Palli, CIC i a>m u B u ild h is, Chlragc. , le e d Ik x ik le t and »ampia Ir e » Address . I S u a llr g IlcwH-dj Os, Obleas« «r N ew Verb * S A olCc« wert « • « • m ln r *1 b«»i»r. Hrfer»»»«*r. Fneli»*r *c!f a«Mrt'w*»S Mamp«4 envelope. ¡»«•■i.\|Oh CoMraftV» lK‘ p< t Im a fu . _a Tun i _ Y«« II««««*| F 4 » a « t« t r M t ih ( 'M t a r t U . V'am l, C ath artic, euro m msiipaitoa form er * ^ ® e . U C-y.U.ua, diUK>:.wkarxX^4 THE GENTLE-WOMAN is a m-mtli-1 l.v magazine devoted to subjects of inter­ TO OUR P A T R O N *. By est to the ladies. The regular subecrip-! "'« have mad. arrangements non prire is ooe dollar bnt we hare made which we will furnish tbe Weekly arrangement by which we offer it for a Oirgonian with the W .er for one ve» short time tor flftr rents a year. Call an-I. to any a. id res. tor tiie sum of , ** * “W - i'An .vyable cash in .drxoce. tw« Ja|