f1 7 The Times-Mountaineer SATURDAY....... JANUARY 13. 1894 ITEMS IN BRIEF From Wednesday's Daily. Mr "W. J. Cantrell, of Tygb, is In town to day. A cbinook came oat of the west last . ' night, and to-day is calm and mild as spring. -. The young men have formed a new danc - ng club and will give a series of dances on ' Friday evenings in the Chrysanthemum hall. Prof. C. Leroy has changed bis Thursday class to Saturday, and will give the regulai soiree after the data from 9:30 to 12. Up to nnon to-day about fifty Chinamen bad been registered by Mr. Chamberlain, . and each one of these brought their pho tographs with him. Last evening at the regular meeting ol Mt Hood ctiinp, Woodmen of the World, there were eight initialed inlo the order, and thirteen applicants. This society i increasing in numbers very much during ; the last few months. The stockyards of R. E. Saltmarshe & Co., in this city, have done a good busi ness in the last few weeks in shipping - hogs to Portland. These came from ibis county and Klickitat on the Washington tide of the Columbia. The East End Hose Co., at a meeting held a few evenings since voted to hold a ball on the 14th of next, month St. Val entine's day. This company is well or ganized,and is a great protection to prop erty, in case of fire in that portion of the : city. . ; . ' Leon Rondean, of Kingsley, is in the city to-day on his return from Portland, where he bad been to dispose of a carload ci hogs, upon which he realized 4 J cents a pound. - Tbia be considers a good price, considering the general dullness in all liner of business iu the metropolis. . , We are informed that a whis t club hut been furmed at Dufur, under the manage ment of Mr. M. J. Anderson. The uiem- - bers are attaining a high degreee of pro ficiency, and several who, a few week ago, could hardly tell one card from an other, can play a good game now. The Salem Statesman says that the state's tax levy for this year will probably be b mills. Last" year it was 6 23-25 mills, together with a special tax of 1-7 ti a mill for the support of the state nniver : sity and 1-5 of a mill tor the support ol the Oregon national guard. Last Wednesday night, says the Salem Journal, two boys, fatsy Moouey and one named Davey, made their escape Iroiii the reform school. They are :uout 17 years old, and made their escape through a window into the new wing. Assistant Superintendent Bryant is in pursuit, and last evening had. them surrounded iu . water waist deep, at Boone's ferry, about 40 miles down the river. -The Astoria Budget says: A gentleman from Portland stated to a Budget reporiei the other day, that there is liable to be trouble up there at any time. He say. that the ieeling there against the Portland Savings bank crowd is something terri ble. They are rich .men, and many a de positor m the defunct bank are now with out a mouthful to eat. The Budget be lieves that they should be comoelled to settle as loag,as either of the stockholders ' has a cent. Newspaper editors and printers are not such a bad lot after nil. . Kead what a valuable exchange says: "Of the 3891' convicts in the slate penitentiary ol Texas, there is uot a printer or a news paper man, white there are bankers, dec v tors, photographers, ministers, barkeepers, cooks, bnrbers and members of all otbei callings and professions. The cog-wheel of justice must have slipped somewhere.' The New Year's edition of, the Salem Statesman has been received. It consist: . of 24 pages, and contains a very elaborate description ol the capital city and viein ity. rom its columns the fact is gleaned that, notwithstanding the hard times ex pel ieuced during -the past )er, Ualcui has forged right ahead, increasing in wealth of new buildings and of the de velopment of natural resources. Such i number is not enly indicative of the pluca. and energy of the publishers, but of the enterprise of the community from which it derives its support. ' At Stockholm, Sweden, the longest day is 18 hours iri length. At Spitzbergeu it is 8 months. At London, England, , firemen, Prussia, the longest day has 10 hours. At Hamburg, Germany, and Dam zigr Prussia, the longest day has 17 hours. At VVardbury, Norway, the longest laj lasts from May 21 to J uly 22, without in terruption. At St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tobolsk, niberia, the longest day U ' 19 hours and the shortest 5 hours. Ai Ternea, Finland, June 21 brings -a da nearly 22 bouts long, and Christmas one ' less than three hours in length. At New York the longest day is about 15 hours. At Montreal, Canada, it is 16 hours. them to be filled out for the ordinary mortal taxpayer. The times are too brisk, (?) you know the good old Jefferson times of sim plicity (and poverty ) Mrs. Luther White, a pioneer of 1847, died of la grippe at Brownsville on January 4, at the age of 72 years. Mrs. Sarah J. Sawyer died at the same place, on the same day, from the same cause. She was 64 years of age and has been a resident of Ore gon since 1877. Officers of the reform school at Salem 1 captured the two runaway boys, who had bee a at large several days, and returned with them Monday night The 'a 1s pos sessed pluck and e idurance, and gave their cup tors a merrv chase thro gh the woods ol Oregon. They were finally captured in Portland by members of the police force, aud given op to the olfioerj. Down in Benton county ttie clerk com plains that the hard times of 1893 affected even the marriage license business and onlv 53 licenses were ieued iu 1S93 as against 9S i 1S92 Here in Jackson county, says the Acbland Tidings, the license business pretty good with the c uoty clerk in 1S93. Our young people evidently take anothtr view of hard turns, aud double up as a mat ter of economy. Mr. Chauibefiain, deputy collector of in ternal revenue, has received 84 applications for registration of Chinamen' in this city np to noon to day and will le.veto night for Heppber, and from there will go to Arling ton, where he expects to be Friday or Sat urday. From there he will go to Grants, and will return here for a short stop on Monday or Tuesday next. J. E. McCoy, a Salem contractor, re turned Monday from Oregon Pacific head quarters, savs the Journal. He had been (here to loo after some claims for his mends. "I could have bought the whole thing if I'd a wanted to," said Mr. McCoy. Being asked why he did not acquire a prop erty that cost eleven million, ha said he would have done to but the property would not earn money enough to sand the rails and he did not want it. There is to be a. windmill pump pat into rhe Colfax artesian well. The contractor has got water at 1000 feet depth, but there is no ovetflow. The wind mill pump it is bought, will be feb!o to supply all needs. It should be one satisfaction to the well Jiggers of the Inland Empire to know that it they get a good ne it :s likely to' last forever. The oldest artesian well iu Eur ( e is found at Lillers, France.- From iu mouth water has flowed uninterruptedly tor 746 years. Bilker Uity JJemocrat: Ihe tall ot snow during the pa t twenty-four hours has been general over Eastern Oregon and especially las the depth been great and drifting un usual at points west of Baker City, across he line in Union county, Pyles' canyon be meat treacherous placealong the entire route of the Union Pacific system. At last iccotints last night a freight train preceding he morning passenger was snowed in and lothing definite was given out when the ;rain from the west would arrive here. George H. Smith shot and almost in stantly killed Charles Long at Palmer ske, eight miles from Loomis, Saturday ight. Smith, who is a Kittitas cattle nan, had trou le with Long over a ranch, nd at night the Utter called at the Smith -am'n and, asking Smith out, announced his utention of ' killing hitr. Smith alien lulled a gun aud fired. The two men : appled and Smith- hit Long on the head vith the bntt of a gun, and then shot him mith then went to Conconully and gave Himself up to the authorities. A telegram was yesterday received bv Dr. T. N Snow, of thiscitv. says the Baker City Democrat, informing him that his son, Charles, who is attending a medical collrge it Umaha, had shot a man, JNo particnlars were given further than the wound had not vet proved fatal. This is a' sad blow to the voung man's parents, who are prostrated vith grief.. Charley comes from. one of the 'et and most highly respected families in Baker City. Democratic) Clubs Convention. The committee of credentials reported at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the convention proceeded to business.' As the matter of permanent organization was the first consideration before the con vention this was done by the election of Hon. S. B. Huston, of Uillsboro, perma nent chairman and It. L. Hay den, per manent secretary. A committee of five was appointed on resolutions, consisting of J B Mullay, H P McGuire, P Powers, A S Benuett and S K Blythe. The meeting then adjourned until half past 1 in the evening, after adopting an order of business. At the evening session the first on the order of business was the election of a president of the Democratic clubs of Or egon, and hear the fun began. The Jefi ersomaus and Young Men's Democratic clubs of Oregon nominated Hon. J. J. Kelly, and the Tammany association named Hon. George Is. Chamberlain. This was the gauge of battle, and it was eagerly seized by the opposing faction. We have never seen such an apt illustra tion of "confusion worst confounded" as at this juncture of the proceedings. The permanent chairman, Mr. S. B. Huston, of Hillsboro, had a most difficult position to fill, and it is to bis credit to state that he kept his head and managed affairs coolly. To the spectators it was a free show, and they eujoyea it veiy much. Hot and an gry words were passed by the supporters ot each candidate, and at one time it seemed probable that the meeting would adjourn after the Donneybrook fair style. A dozen at a time jumped up and called for the recognition ot the -chairman, and the speeches in fact, senseless explosion of language were amusing but not en tertaining. If ideas were expressed tbey were clothed in words that completely covered their meaning, and passions were torn to tatters and the actions of the members in their wild excitement re' minded one of bedlam. It was a show, circus and several minstrel entertain ments thrown in. The boys enjoyed themselves very much, and the cat-calls, stamping of feet and whistling reminded one of what pandemonium should be. There were speeches that consisted of words without ideas, empty sounds that did not have the least affinity with sense of their management. And in this connect tion we approve of the act ef the last leg islature providing for a soldiera' home in Southern Oregon and an insane asylum in Eastern Oregon; and, Resolved, further, that the building of these institutions and the erection of the jute mills at Salem will provide much needed work for the unemployed in our state; that we iavor the speedy construe tion of the earn?. And fiually we reoom- mend that the executive committee be in structed and empowered to appoint an or ganizer of clubs in every county in the state. Afcer tendering a vote of thanks to the local club tor courtesies shown, the con vention adjourned sine die. Snow-Bound. East Oreaonian: A biz train, a furious southwest gale, a number of deep cut.', an I something like 4,000,000 wngou loads ot -now were a combination which knocked out the Union Pacij pnsienger train, No. 1, Portland-bound, Tuesday night. Inquiry at the depot during the evening discovered the train was about four hours iate. Later it was six hours late. Liter it was twelve hours late. And in fact it was late all around. The train up from Portland was held to day in the hope that some more sure prospect of getting through would op.'n up. The deep cuts near North Powder were loaded to the gunwale with hard packed snow. As fast as the crew threw it out the wind blew it in and for a I these hours no progress was midu. A snow plow came to the rescue and the iuo bileigured tram is coming slnwlv along in the hopes ef some time reaching Pendleton. Several feet ot snow in the mountains at the a i minit are yet before it. At 3:30 this afternoon the east-bound train pulled out. The Battle Ground. The fizht between the'seventeen Demo cratic clubs in Multnomah county took a turn something after the scrap between Mitchell and Corbett, who finally selected Florida as their battle ground, there to have it out and leave all the odium of .their meeting upon the heads of the peo ple of that state. The Democratic clubs of this state came- to The Dalles unsolic ' ited. They had their fight, and finally departed. Only because of the better counsels of Hon. A. S. Bennett and J. H From Tmrsdfj's Daily. Tbere are five occupants iu the county jail, one held for murder, and the others to. petty larceny and larceny in a dwelling. The Ashland Tidings is now issued semi weekly. We exieLd to our cotempcrarj congratulations on this evidence of pros perity. R. E. Saltmarshe & Co. shipped from their stockyards last night a carload bi hogs to Portland, and will ship another one, to nigi.e. Work still continues on the improvement of Second streut, and it is expected, whti. this highway is completed others will be covered with crashed reck. We have received a neat calendar, with f good supply of blotters, from J. M. Hunt ington & Co., of tbia city, local agents loi the Guardian lnsurar.ee Company of Lou don. " In the past few days there have bee sleighing in the Willamette valley and r i the Sound; but at The Datleatbe wiathet has been most delightful and as enjoyabt, as spring. Tbere is a baud of bogs at the stockyard of R E Saltmarshe & Co. belonging to tnt Columbia Packing Co. They are in excel lent condition, and are fiom Klickitat . county. Wash. In police matters the city has been ver quiet, and no arrests have been made for a tew days past. No hoboes have ben found on tbe streets, aud the citizens bave rested in peace and quietness. A man by the name of 8. P. Bur w brought from the Locks last night b John F. Trana, coDntab e. He was tonne guiltv ot larceny by Justice Candiana and sentenced to tbe county jail for 90 nays. At tbe Congregational church from 7 to 8 o'clock this evening, praise and prayer meeting. Topic "A Prayer of Daniel; a Confession." Dan. ix:3-19. All persons not attending elsewhere are cordially invited Persona frcra the country say tbe roadi are in a terrible condition, and in places al most impassible. More rain has fal'en thi year than for many yeara previously, ami the ground is thorougnly moistened. With the usual spring rains there will be no fail ure of crops by reason of drouth, and snow is not needed to insure the growth of cer eals. The member of tbe East End HoceCo. are making extensive preparations for the ball tbey propose giving on Feb 14th. It will be held in Wingate'a hall, and wi'l be one of the most pleasant events of the rea son. The rock-crusher still continues chewing np the b'uff in Union stieet. When it can find no more feed in this place it may be turned loose in Court street, where there is enough stone to keep its jaws at work for a long time. A journal in rival town on Paget Sound thus refers to Everett, Wash.: "The home of the whileback, the mosshack and tbe greyback; followed by a slideback which is such a set back that nobody ever expects to ge their money back." The Baker City Democrat, in speaking of tbe heavy snow in tbe Blue mountains, says it was general over Easttrn Oregon. The Dalles should be excepted from tb6se re marks, for there has not been enough snow since Nov. 22, 1893, to cover the ground in this vicinity. Many of the farmers in tbe county are feeding their damaged whrat to hogs, and this gives them better return than if it bad been sold at ruling rates. More attention will be given to hog-raising in the future and there will not be as much dependence placed npon wncat and grain harvests. -. - . The tax receipts this year are as extensive as a Chinese puzzle, the result of the pres ent revenue law. mere is Doming puzzling Contrary to expectations the Chinamen re not registering in Salem, in fact say they won't. First, they are afraid of highhind--ts. then tbey hare not been ordered to torn headquarter, and they can't afford to 'uy theMctnres required. Only nineteen have registeied in Portland The same re ult occurs in Albany. They will not regis er, unless .instructions are .received from he b.x companies to do so. An effort has een made to make the Celestials believe theis irfere registering; but th y are not so easily fooled. The Rosalia Rustier furnishes an interest 'ng contribution to the old marriage ex libit. It says that A. J. Gregg, or Father Gregg, as he is familiarly known, of Rosa- ia, wai born June 30, 1811, and Mrs. Gregg May 8, 1S13. They were united in marriage Jnne 22, 1828. He was a boy of not quite 17 years, and only 15 summers had passed over her head at the time, but or almost 66 years they have traveled the rugged path of life, hand in hand, heart and heart. Few couples have clung together o well or lived as happy, peaceful liyes as hey. They are still living in Rosalia, and ire one cf the most prominent and beloved couples in the community. The Coryollis Gazette talks in this manner carding Albany: "God bless the man who first invented sleep," so Don Sancho .inzt said and so says Albany. They had quite a fire down there the other nicht, ut seet-ed unaware i f its existence. Offi cer McLagan, as usual at his post of duty, tnticed. the light and suggested to Carl Hoiles, at the telephone exchange t hi t a ire was raging in Albany, who in turn not fied them that the fawn was burn ng. Had an Oregon Pacific tram been handy. he Coryalhs file department would have tiken their apparatus down and cut it on and thus avoided awakening tbe- t red people of that sleepy town. A dispatch from Colfax, dated the 9th inst., says: "Late this afternoon ihe $1000 which it was supposed Rursell had taken, was found on the bank conn tor in a package addressed to a correspondent of the bank. Russell is now reported out of danger. His friends state that he has done nothing ! wrong. They make the explanation t at he owed the bank about $8030 on notes. Being oalled upon to make up that snm im mediately or lo-e bis position and stand -lUir, he became despondmt and attempted his life. The warrant originally issued for his arrest here has been withdrawn, al hough the suits and attachments hold Ruseoll is in a kind of stupor, and ha can not explain things clearly." From Friday's Daily. Mr. Ed. M. Wiugate, a leading merchant of Antelope, is in the citv. Revival meetings are being held at Morn, a-i'i much religious interest ia being mani fested. There was one drunk and disorderly per son arrested by the police force last night tor being drunk and disorderly, and i icar cerated in the city jail. He was inter viewed this morning by the recorder and lined ia the nsual amount. There were four carloads of sheep shipped from the stockyards of R. E. Saltmarshe & Co. last night. Tbey were in fine condi tion, and went to supply the meat market of Mr. Cbas. Butler at Port Townsend, Wash. The official statement of the findings of the board of equalization has been received at the clerk's olfiice. Net value of property ia this county m giyen at $3 338,907, which is $7,141 leas than tbe amount on given by tbe c uoty board of equalization. The as letsed value ot horses and mu'es ha been reduced 20 per cent; swine, 33 J per cent.; notes and accounts, increa ed 10 percent. The East Oregonian reports an accident to tbe Union Pacific in the Blue mountains Wednesday night, in which the Denver sleeper was detached from the train and tbe coach burned. Before the accident was dis covered the train had left the burning coach, which had rolled down an embank ment, some distauce in the rear, and the Pullman conductor rescued tbe eight pass engers from w hit threatened to be a holo caust by presence of mind and active efforts. In a circular from Prof. E B Elroy to to Rev. Troy Shelly, the school superinten dent of . this county, occurs this paragraph, which is ot especial importance: "Ail school districts in your county desiring to levy a tax forany and all school purposes whatever, must do so between this and tbe first day of February, or, otherwise they will be compelled to wait another year." This is a matter of great interest to the di tricta in this county, and should receive immediate attentioa. - Pendleton Tribune: . The Union Pacific trains are having a hard time these days for 100 miles or so east of Pendleton. There are nine or ten landslides between here and La Grande, while snow in large drifts both ered the engineers in a number of places. No. 1 west, doe here at 9:40 A. M , did not arrive until 8 t. M. N- 2 east arrived yes terday morniug on time, but remained nnti) 3 o'clock in the afternoon, waiting for the track to be cleared. All the section men bave been mobilize i on the mountain di vision, and railroaders are in hopes that the worst is over. The snow can be easily ikam hnvAver. save the knowledge I e oime of where the money will come from to c.u l wpHt- the situation. Cradlnlianirh were thv nrevented from or reason, waving of hands and loud vo-l ,eavin tbe 8Cene, of their difficulty in ciferations that would haye been more in dlsra-e. It wa8 Judce Bennett's tactics uarmony wun a crowa oi sans .cwoucs than-of intelligent American citizens. Motions to adjsurn sine die, to January 8, 1895,until to-morrow morning were mado, and each one voted down. Tbe Republi cans in the audience could not but coolly cogitate npon the performance, and come to the conclusion that the atliurs of the nation would.be safer in the hands of any mob than in the keeping of these Demo cratic clubs. Judge Bennett, Hon. J. H. Cradlebaugb. and a few others kept their heads, and this was tbe only reason that anything like order was brought out of this wild confusion. The former gentleman was nominated for president; but very sensi bly declined. la the chaos of motions, after the nom inations of Kelly and Chamberlain had been withdrawn, Mr. Huston was' named for president and elected by accla mation. Mr- George Herbert was thun elected vice president. Then came a Democratic love-feast. Pat Powers buried the hatchet against Kelly, and said be was a better Democrat than ever before. Edward L. Gates was elected secretary, and P. Powers, treasurer. - An executive committee of fifteen was elected. Before adjournment the following reso lutions were adopted as th$- platform upon which the Democracy of Oregon Stood: Whereas, There has been a studied at tempt ou tha part of the Republican pres aud party leaders to falsely represeut that the present financial J depression is owing to the Democratic control of the national administration,-and Whereae, We fullyfbelieve that said financial crisis is the natural result of a long system of Republican misrule, where the many - have been taxed for the benefit of tbe few, and the weath ot the country taken from the masses for tbe few, by the unjust and uoiquitous tariff system; now, therefore be it Resolved, That in tbe opinion of this asso ciation a restoration of the country can only be secured by tbe modification or repeal ot the tiriff . Bysteai which has been brought about by our present condition, and es pecially the obnoxious McKinley tariff, and the enactment in the pjace thereof of sucsV laws as shall tend to a more equal distribu tion of tbe wealth of the country, Jand the restoration to the masses of tbe common people of a, just proportion thereof; and be it Resolved farther. That in this convention we heartily approve of the proposed enact ment of congress of a law providing for a saving ot a portion of the revenue of the country by a tax upon tbe incomes of the weathy and opulent. Resolved, That we, the repretentatiyes of the state association of Democratic clubs in convention assembled do reaffirm our al legiance to the puociples of the party as formulated by Jeffersoa and exemplified, by the long and illustrious line of his success ors in Democratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland. Resolved, That we warn the people ot our common country, jealous for the preserva tion of their free institutions, tint the pol icy of federal control of elections, to which the Republican party has committed itself, is fraught with the greatest dangers, scarcely less momentous than would result from a revolution, practically establishing monarchy on the ruins of therepublic . Resolved, That the present time is ripe for perfecting the organization of tbe Dem ocratic party of the state of Oregon, and in so doing to embrace within its folds all who will join it in the patriotic effort to re dress the many abases of the party in power in this state by repealing laws that are un just and oppressive, and substituting in their places others making the taxes lighter, and giving laws that will check the cen tralization of power in the interest of cor porations and will bringthe capitalist and wage-earner stability anl permanency that will secure productive investment to the first and constant eniployement to the latter. - - , r ' '. Resolved, That we denounce that attempt of the Republican majority Of the last leg islature of Oregon to destroy the Austra lian ballot law, and we coalmen 1 the pat riotic course of Hon. C. H. Woodard, the Republican senator who has dared to vo'e against the decree of tha Republican caucus uu this question. Resolved, That we recommend to the con sideration of tha voters of Oi'egon tbe ays tern of legislation known as the initiative and referendum. Resolved, That we favor the passage ot a I iw providing that non-residents shall not serve aa peace officers in the settlement of labor disputes, and that tbe Pinkerton and other private police shall be prohibited. Resolved, That we condemn as unpatriotic and un- American, any organizitioo, secret or otherwise, which seeks to apply a relig ious test as a qualification for holding office. Resolved, That we approve of the system of distributing such of tbe public institu tions of the state among different sections thereof, so far as the same can be done, without impairing the efficiency or economy that finally restored order.and thus Wasco county was in a measure excused from responsibility tor the muss. This morn ing a delegation of ten members from the convention called upon Judge Bennett to thank bun for bis kind e-fflces, and say to him, that in future should tbe Democratic clubs of Oregon ever find occasion to do so, they -voulJ reciprocate the favor with interest. - ' x A Hotable Prisoner. Oregon JJemocia. Ellas Downs finished serving a sentence of one year in the Oregon penitentiary a day or two ago. He waa sentenced from Umatilla county on conviction of obtain ing money by false pretense in Pendleton. It seems bo was agent for renting a house and it was charged that he rented it to two different parties for the same month, collecting the month's rental fee from each of them. JTbe turn collected was only $15. But the old gentleman was convicted and sent to prison. He bad not been in tbe penitentiary long . before he was made a trusty by Superintendent Downing. His conduct was so commendable that bis term of service was considerably shortened by credit marks. Now there is a move on foot to have a pardon issued to restore tbe old man to citizenship. Mr. Downs is an old newspaper man. He worked for years on the Boise Stales man and Walla Walla Staeetman; Super intendent Downing says he ought never to baye been sent to the penitentiary. - ' Eeal Estate Transfers. Jan 9 Hood River Townsite Company to Robert Rand; lots 1, 2 and 7, block 17, Hood River proper; 8311. Jan 9 T A Ward, sheriff, to Z F Moody; lots 1 and 2 of sec 2, tp 1 n, r 15 e; $585. , Jan 9 Robert Rand and wife to Mrs C F Allen; lots 1, 2 and 7, block 17, Hood River; $300: Jan 4 D M French and wife to Nancy Cooper; lot 8, bloek 24, Gates addition to Dalles City; $2029.98. . Jan 10 Mazland B Perry to Lettie J Perry; lit 4, block F, in first addition to I Hood River; $1. Jan 9 C R Hill to W F Lockwood; ae qr of oe qr, sec 23, tp 1 n, r 13 e; $1. Jan 10 S J Bufnr and wife to T H Johnston and W L Vandernool; blocks 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22. 27 and 28, fourth addition to town of Hood River; $1. The mandolin aud guitar club pa d a nocturnal yisit to the residence of Mr,' and Mrs, C. L. Phillips last evening and spent time very agreeably in mnsio and games, after which the hostess invited them to an interview in the dining room, which was readily aceepted, and tbey enj oyed them selves in matters which enter into the sub stantial, if not -the. poetical pitrt of exist ence. Wanted. To borrow $500 on the best security for two or three years. Address, "C," P. O. box 381, The Dalles, Oregon. OOUflTT 00TJET. Bills Allowed and Other Important Business. The following snpervisors were appointed for the ensuing year tor the road districts District No. 1, Mell Leavens; No. 2, Geo T Prather; No 3, Frank C Sherrieb, No 4, Peter Odell; No 5, J B Rand; No 6, Jos Miller, No 7, M Duyle; No 8, G B Halvor; No 9 German Stqui; No 10, Alex Fraser; No 11, V A Seufert; No 12, E K Russell; No 13, Fritz Clausen; No 14, J B Havelv; No 15,'H M Pitman; No 16, J W Russell; No 17, M Kennedy; No 18, R A Laughlin; No 19, W Ashby; No 20, K N Steiher; No 21, Frank Wagonblast; No 22. John Driv ers; No 23, S M Baldwin; No 24, O P Crabtree; No 25, John Ryan. The petition ot Hugh Farmer and others for a countv road was continued until March term. In the matter of E Wicks and others for a county road, GtO A L:ebe, C M Fouls James L Harper, appoiuted viewers a id E K Sharp, surveyor, to meet on a day to be designated. The petition of John Mesplie and others for a county road was continued uutil the March term. The petition of H O'Niel and others for a road was continued until the 19:h. J H Jackson appointed constable for West Dalles precinct. Ia tbe matt er of a proposed county road, M Dichtanmiller's damages to be appraised by a committee to be appointed. Liquor license granted to P McEUaney from Feb 12th to March 6th, The same granted to T W Lewis for tbe same length of time. The jury list for 1894 consisting of 200 nimes drawn from the assessment roll, l'he boundaries of Nansene election pre cinct were changed as follows: Commenc ing at se corner see 15, township 1 s, r 14 east; thence running ea-t to se oirner of sec 17; thence south to se corner sec 20; then ce east to se corner see 22; thence south to township line betweeo townships 1 and 2 sonth; thence east on township line to Des chutes river; thence np said river to the se corner of sec 14, township 3 south, range 14 east; thence west to range 9, between ranges 13 and 14; thence north on said range line to place of beginning. Changes were made in the boundaries of West Dalles, Trevitt and Bigelow election precincts. The snm of $5000 allowed in the assess . ment of Max Vogt's property on the s half and lots 4, 5, and 6, block 5, Bigelow ad dition. Ordered that the justice courts for East and West Dalles precincts shall hereafter b consolidated into one justice court dis trict to bd known as Dalles precinct, to go into effect and the justice of tbe peace to be elected at the next election. L:qunr license granted to C V Lane, of Antelope, for two months. Tbe following judges and olerks of elec tions were appointed: Falls precinct Judges, Charles A Stew art, E Bergeron and R Black; clerks, D L Cates, C F Candiana, M osier J H Mosier, W T McClure and R A Powers; Jeff Mosier and Frank Phillips. Wet Dalles J M Marden, E Sohanno and Geo W Ruoyan; E Schutz and Sam Johns. Trevitt J L Story, A Battingea and J S F'lsh; Hans Hansen and F W Wilson. Bigelow S B-Adams, John Cates and C J Crandall; W K Corson .and C E Bayard East Dilles F A Seufert, John Bla?er, C E Chrisman; John Filloon and D H Roberts. Eight Mile H C Williams, .1 C Wing- field and J E McCormick ; Newt Patterson and Oscar Angel. Dufur A Diroielle, Jas La Due and T H Johuston; H M Pitman and W L Van derpool, ' ' Kingsley T W Glavey, M Callaghan and F C Sexton; John.Ward and E P Williams. Tvgh I L HoUingshead, LZamwalt and W McCorkle; -V Zamwalt and A A Bonney. Wamic A J Swift, F S Gordion and A E Lake; Frank Woodcock and P W Knowles. Oak Grove Woodsides, H T Coram and W Davis; J R Cunningham and J B Mau ley. , ' Bakeoven Thos Burgess, Richard Hiu- t in and Geo A Yonng; Newt Burgess and H C Rooper. Antelope N Wallace, Edward Wingate T H McGreer; Fred Wallace and Grant Asbbv. ' - Nansene Polk Butler, H E Moore and J F Eastman; N E Moore and W C Adams. Deschutes E Trout, W L Ward and Albert Roberts; Jos Ward and W Gil- housen. Colombia J C Ebprt, Jas Fulton and G H Riddell; A Deckert and D L Bolton. Balwin J M Baldwin, Rees and Diara Wishart; G Graham and W R Winans. Hood River George T Prather, S F Blythe and W Baker; A Rand and C L Gilbert. John Wlckstrom -M Leavens Mrs M Dryden M Dryden I Mrs a Harpham Mrs A P Cockles Mrs L Harpham K V U1DOUS do do do do do do do do 4 00 400 8 40 2 40 1 40 2 40 2 40 10 00 C F Candiana. Justice neace. 19 45 J F Trana, constable 29 60 Schutz, Justice peace 61 33 John Irvine, witness-.. oeo Herbert do John Smith ' do , Jacobsen do Cbas Nieberger do ' Gustav Stiegler do Frank Hagan do L 3 Davis, justice ot neace. drawinz jury. . J K Page, drawing jury. .". J W Blakeny, drawing jury I C Nickelsen, supplies assessor Geo D Baranrtl & Co, recurds...... , Dalles City Water Co Mrs 11 Frazer, meals for jurors Dalles Pub. Co. Drintinir and adv I C Aiickelsen. school supt supplies Meston, liygeyt & Co, supplies Ben C irvin A Co. supplies Troy Shelly, examining teachers A R Andrews, examining teachers. ..... .M- Anoie M Lang, examinitig teachers J H Croei, supplies pauper . 6 Kiien, supp.ies pauper iurs r. a eullun, Dulauce on contract...... W A Kirov, supplies piuper ... A L eWlnan, supplied pauper Mrs N J Murry, supplies pauper Or Eshetuiau, mejica. attend ...... ....... M.ier s Benton, supplies pauper Hugh Logan, M D, nied attend -.. FarlcV 4 t rank, rock crusher Oregon Lumber Co, road diat No 3 Ward 4s Sons, road dist Mo. 16 Jos T Peters & Co, wood lor paupers .. Harbison Bros, road dist Mo o M V Hood, labor, road dist No 6 F H Stanton, brides, dist No 6 J Nuler, road viewer . W T McClure, road viewer - Wm Husbands, road viewer Wm Davis, cnuinman J M Elliott, cbainman S M Briggs, marker r bnarp. surveyor... Jos Freunan, shoes.... P Trana, making coffin and box KobtMays. work on Tvirh bill Mays & Crowe, one shovel W a biirby. supplies pauper Chrisman & Corson, supplies pauper BlAkeleyds Houghton, medicines pauper... J Flaherty & Co, lumber dist 6 Lr jt c crosius. examining insane.. DrOD Doane. attending pauper TlMKS-MoUNT AMBER, supplies....- l. l, sranner, meal jury . . 6 10 4 70 4 70 4 70 1 70 1 70 1 70 3 00 2 00 2 00 6 20 88 85 10 00 27 00 21 00 5 70 91 60 41 35 15 00 12 00 12 00 5 00 3 00 4 00 3 30 2 Ou 10 00 5 00 10 00 87 10 3 50 30 O0 6 62 6 00 18 24 3 75 18 00 .2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 48 00 1 75 10 00 6 00 1 00 6 00 4 50 22 85 3 73 9 40 2 00 15 20 tO 05 MUTUAL KEETEFIT LIFE IISURAICE ASSETS, $51,395,903.69. The following bills wer allowed: Stephen A Kistner, juror circuit court. ...$ lliW nitre Miss Bell is looking, Addie.'. Ye?, Laura Why, ooly a 51 ar i eo tier lace v as com pletely covered with pin, pits, blotches nnd tores. She told mother that she owed her nice, cleat complexion to her using Sulphur Bit!er, Well, Laura, I shall try them too. County' and City Warrants Bought Auy person haying city or county war rants for sale can dispose of them bycalliog on F. H. Rowe Ona of the daintiest of the new year cal enders is that issued by the proprietors of Hood's sartaparil'a. It will fully satisfy eyery expectation as to beauty and utility, 'Sweet sixteen" is the head of a beautiful girl, the lovely picture being lithographed in many delicate colors. The pad harmon izes with the exquisite array of color above, while the dates are easily read. Hood's calender may be obtained of your druggist or by sending 6 cents in stamps for one or 10 cents for two, to C. I. Hcod & Co., Low ell, Mass. M Stecker TBCoon J C Hayes M M Cushlng G W Miller George Udell R A Laughlin James Burling me d d aaniey F C Sexton J Cambel Robert Mays, j '. 'John Bonu J McHaley J A Nicholson E C Dicksor FH Wakefield C E Wing t em-.e! Burgess U W Mcintosh Geo Arnold A J Linton W T Wiight ISO amitn J W Allen Dan Roberts L P Ostlund G M Sterling A Grammond 4 D -herty K N cnanaier i E Burnett Frank CoEineUy F Vogt E P Koontz L M Ben bam J F Stanials J L Harper J Milland R H W illiams ROC oster Wm McCram do do do do do do do do do do do do do do . do do do do do do do do do do . do do do do ' d do do do do do do do do do do do Mrs May Dryden, witness circuit court.. BJ uryrien Dryri Link Tlarphan E P Cockle Charles Rogers Seymour Slim Jim - B F Pratt Wm Murphy G W Patterson Frank Cook 8 W Patterson J M PoweU Karl Carlton Wm Gliiran do do do do do do do do do do dn do do do Children Cry for FITCEIB'S C ASTORIA " Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it aa superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Akchkr, U. X., Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y "I nse Castoria In my practice, and find h. specially adapted to affections of children." Alex. Robertsoh, M. D., 1057" d Ave., Mew York. "From personal knowledge I can say that Castoria is a most excellent medicine for chuV drett." So. Q. O. Ossood, . Lowell, Mass. Castoria promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency,. Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverikhness, Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natnraX Caatorla contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. M Garcia, witness graud jury... Cbas Bradley oo .-, Tbos Bjhna do MMRubrtson do- Alice McCoonell do ThosMaloney do Charles Schwartz do .... Darid King do W illiam Walker do E L Minton .-do A A Bonnev . do E M Wingate do G C Vinton do : . F T Jones do Charles Bartman do ' C W Rice do J ambel do . Robert Mavs,jr do Charles Nieberger do. Charles Frank do . John Trana do P McEUauey do ACollia do C F Candiana du Cyrus Cooper do A J Knightly do J F Trana, witness circuit court....... Alfred Colbs do C F C&ndiMUh do V C Lewis - do - P McEUaney do J 8 tichenck do Mr McConnell do Stephen Meeks, witness justice court.. Guy Pike do F T Jones do Cyrus Cooper do . Paul Paulson do . Joe Doug hi tt . do . 00 6 80 6 40 4 00 12 80 12 20 17 40 21 50 20 60 20 40 16 20 4 00 4 00 4 00 8 "-0 21 00 3 80 4 00 19 20 87 00 22 80 20 20 31 70 S5 00 24 30 33 00 26 20 28 20 SO 20 28 30 26 20 (8 20 28 20 28 20 26 20 28 20 24 20 24 20 26 20 24 20 24 20 26 20 24 20 11 00 11 00 13 00 13 00 a 20 8 40 8 40 - 6 00 19 00 19 00 19 00 19 00 10 70 21 09 19 00 19 00 5 20 6 00 6 60 2 70 2 70 12 40 2 20 - 9 00 14 0 12 60 19 00 19 00 18 OO 19 00 10 20 10 80 8 20 8 20 8 20 17 CO 13 00 16 Oi 13 00 2 20 11 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 II 00 11 00 t SO 2 20 4 70 B 80 4 30 2 50 4 00 4 00 J L Koontz. assessor 113 30 Cnronicie Pub Co, publishing statement... 6 00 n uarretson. ciro ot cluck zt uu W H Wilson, district attorney 25 GO Oiiuger A Bone, moving county poor to boat 2 00 E D Wright, wttuess justice court.......... 1 70 Mrs i Vvo'l.wituess justice court.... 1 ' Mi&s Ida Wulf. wituesa I 70 Taytor Kichardson. witness 1 70 J M M Cuahiug, keeping nou-res pauper 22 24 A Frazer, work dist No 10 15 00 W Cuok, woik dist -o 10 9 00 11 Uerbring tupplies pauper 7 35 E Jacobsen, supplies clerk .... 3 00 Oregon Lumber Co, dist 2 - 13 01 Rand, Dent & Co, supplies dist 2 62 Rand jt Morse, team work 19 50 D P Craotree, labor Tygh hill 34 50 Frank C Maloner. constable 6 30 McHaley Sous, lumber dist 21 14 50 J T Hood, G A K fuud 25 00 u bnodurass. nureing A Frickner ou uu It Schutz. drawing jury V3 00 I 1 Buraett. drawinir iurv .. 2 OO J H Jacaaon. drawing lurv 2 OU E Scliutz. iustice peace- 13 25 The reports of the supervisors of the twenty-hve road districts were read, ap proved and placad cn file, and the following wairants ordered drawn: Mel Leavens, Dist No 1 124 00 ueo T Prather, No 2 : w uu 1 F C Sberrieb. No 3 74 00 C P Udell, No 4 40 00 J B Hand. No 5 iuo uu G W Knoe. No 6 ; 64 64 MDovle,No7- - 40 00 G B Halvor, No 8 . 59 00 U Sequ , No 9 : 76 00 K L, wickham. No 10 izt uu F A beuiert. No 11 4S 00 E K Russell, No 12 159 00 F C Clauien. No 13 6i 60 J B Uavely. No 14 .... ' 60 20 J D Douglas, No 15 101 OO M Callaghan, No 16 82 00 M Kennedy, No 17 36 00 R A Laugblin, No 18 46 00 K N bt&ehe. No 20 , 104 00 Frank Wagonblast,No 21 - 49 25 John u Litvers, no zz zi uu S M Baldwin, No 23 65 50 Jumes z.umwail, no za ww Jon uegan, no ze ivi uu Report of load district No 19 filed' and continued for explanation. On Friday Chief of Police McGuire, says the Biker Democrat, arrested one Joseph McCormick, with manly aliases, a big burly mio of perhaps 50 yeais of age. and with a G. A. R button ia the lapel of his coat. who went the rounds of the city represent ing that he was a U. S. marshal. Ia this KUise he swindled tbe miners chop house oat of a meal ticket and from one or more persons he hot rowed from SI to 82. Mc Cormick was turned over to the sheriff aud he is eating out his meal ticket at the ex pense of tbe county. IV.EW T.DA.Y. (No.ff Bank, 3441.) REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE - . FIRST NATIONAL BANK, at Tbe Dalles, in the Stats of Oregon, at the close of business, Decemcer 19, 1893. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts Overdrafts secured and unsecured. U. S. Bonds to secure circulation - Premiums on U. S. bonds.. Stocks, Securities, judgments,elaims, etc. Banking-bouse, furniture, and fixtures.. Due from National Banks (not reserve agentr) Due from State Banks and Bankers Due from approved reserve agents....... Checks and other cash items Notes of other National Bank i. Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents Specie Redemption fund with U S. Treasurer (6 per cent, of circulation) - flHHUBL DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS VS. TONTINE OH LONG "TEBjH DISTRIBUTION." Annual Distribution Shows Decidedly Best Results. SOME STRIKING!- COMPARISON S, showing that the MUTUAL BENEFIT, the leading Annual Distribution Company, saved more of its interest receipts above expenses in 1892 than the Four leading Tontine Com panies combined; that over (16,000,000 would have been saved by the Four leading Tontine Companies in 1892, and over 1 20,000,000 would have been saved by the two Original Tontine Companies since organization, for policy holders, had their management been as favorable as the MUTUAL UKISlFim Tontine Funds Jeopardized as a General Surplus Available For Expenses. Tontine " is a system of forfeiture nnder which a liability is convertible into a delusive "surplus," as under the Tontine system the LIABILITY (for deferred or confiscated dividends withheld in pool ostensibty (or the benefit oi persistent sur .. vivors) is not only IGNORED; but this Tontine Fund is included in and unjustly jeopardized with the general surplus, and is also available for expenses. The enormous expenses of the Tontine companies as shown . below, and the great disappointment experienced with the results of the first drawing of the Tontine lottery, prove not only this, but also that "Tontine is more available to excite hopes pf legitimate gains than it is to fulfill them." . 80,166 49 . 2,374 SB . 12,500 00 . 1,600 00 8,231 83 1,681 8S 6,770 90 1,635 66 671 68 1.132 It 205 00 46 15 16,482 86 662 60 . Total $132,760 22 - LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in I 60,000 00 Surulusfund 12,000 09 Undivided profits 7,010 42 National Bank notes outstanding 10,650 00 Individual deposits subject to check, .... 26, 670 18 Demand certificates of deposit 3.3S5 00 Tune certificates of deposit 23,144 67 The following tables, compiled from Official Reports, show the relative standing of the Mutual Benefit Life Insur ance Company, the leading " Annual Distribution ' Company, on one hand, and the Northwestern, the New York Life, the Mutual Life, and the Equitable Life, the leading Tontine or' "long term distribution" companies, on the other hand, for the year 1892: ' .- Total Income, 1892, fro o Expense , . . .. Ratio of u . ' Difference Dividends Paid Expense Ratio at COMPANIES. (inchd'a- taxes) between . p?licr: , (including- Dividend p, ' In.trem.and Interest and holders in' !) to total Premium,. rMtt n 1892 Expenses. 1892. toiom. Premiums. Mutual Benefit, N. J $6,952,833 $ ',633.211 $ 1,338,654 t.294.557 I i597595 13-96 22.98 Northwestern, Wis . 11,804,016 2,753,538 a,47,34l 281,197 1,139,886 16.98 9 66 . Mutual Life, N. Y 32,047,765 8,191,100 7,419,611 77M89 3,684429 1844 8.38 New York Life, N. Y 25,040,114 5,896,477 7.659.278 t 1,762.801 1408,220 24.76 5.6a Equitable, N. Y 34,046,568 6,239,669 . 7.62M99 t '.381.830 1,687,135 ' 18.92 4.96 Excess of Interest over Expenses in 1892. f Excess of Expenses over Interest in 1892. .TT.... $132,760 22 Total State of Oregon County of Wasco I. J. If. Patterson. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to tne oesc 01 my anowieage ana oeiiei. J. M. Patterson, Cashier. Subscribed aud sworn to before me this 2Sth day of Dec., 1893. f KA.XK JlENU tli, Notary Public for Oregon, HnRRitcT Attest: J. S. Scnsxcx. 1 Ed. M. Williams, Directors. Grto. A. Luuia, I . But the Tontine Companies claim that, as by their plans they withhold moneys for many years which the MUTUAL BENEFIT pays out in Dividends Annually, they should be credited annually with the additions to their assets; that is, with the amounts ''put by" during the year for the future benefit of their policy holders. The following table compares the stand ing of said Companies on this point for the year 1892: Sheriff's Sale. COMPANIES. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION and order of sale, issued out o tbe - Circuit Court of tne biate of Oregon for Wasco county, upon a decree and judgment made, rendered and entered by said Court on the 1st day of December, 1893, ia favor of the plaintiff, in a suit wherein T. 11. Johnston and Geonre W. Johnston, co-partners, doing business under tbe firm name of Johnaton Bros, were plain tiff, and A F Brown and Iff E Broun wen defend mmi to me directed and-'llolivercd. command ing me to levv upon and sell tbe lands mentioned and descrined in SAid writ and hereinafter described, I did on the 8th day of Januarp, 1894, duly levy upon, and will sell at public auction, to the high est bidder for cash in hand, on Saturday, the 10th day of February, 1894, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of laid day, at the front door of the County Court Bouse in Dalle City in Wasco County, Oregon, all of the lands and premise described in said writ and herein described as follows, to-wit: Tbe southeast quarter of section 24, In township 4 sonth, of range 13 east, of tbe Willamette Merid ian, in Wasco County, Oiegon; together with the tenement, hereditament and appurtenance there unto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, or so much thereof as snail be sutficieut to ntUfy tbe sum of S663 80, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum since the 1st day of Decem ber, 1893; 60.00 attorney's fee and 819.72 costs in said suit, together with costs of said wr t and accruing cost of sale. T. A. WARD, bhenff bf Wasco County, Oregon. Dated at Dailes Citv, Oregon. Jan. 11, 1894. jalS .MUTUAL BENEFIT, N. J. 'Nor' h western. Wis Mutual Life, N. Y New York Life, N. Y Equitable, N. Y Premium Received in 1892. S6.952.833 11,804.016 32,047,725 25.040.114 34,046,568 Paid Policyholder and "put by" for Policyholders' Future Benefit in lc92 Paid to and "pat by" for PolicY bolder lor each iioo received fiom Policyholder in 1892. $ 8.295,158 12,270,811 34,455,550 25.546,920 33,894,339 $119 31 103 06 107 51 102 03 99 55 Policyholder Loas ovine to lea favorable maiMgront than tna Mutual uenent In 1892. fl. 811.916 3,781,636 4,326,932 6,727.602 The figures speak for themselves, as the payments and accumulations of the Tontine Companies, as well as dividends, are proportionately Less than those of the Mutual Benefit, and show that 116,648,086 would have been saved to the policy holders of the four Tontine Companies in 1892, under management as favorable as the Mutual Benefit's. Administrator's Sale. RELATIVE STANDING SINGE ORGANIZATION. The following table shows the results produced by the Mutual Benefit, the leading "Annual Distribution" Company, on the oneTiand, and the New York Life and the Equitable Life, the Two Original "Tontine" Companies on the other hand, since organization: WB P.RE AS, the Hon. County Court of the 8tate of Oregon, for the Countv of Wasco, on the 6th day ot November, 1893, duly made an order di rectin? me. the uUU appointed. Qualified and acting administrator of the estate of Ernest 8 Ilaage, de ceased, to sell the lauds and premises belonging to said estate, and hereafter particu arly described, at putlic auction, to toe nigntst D dJer, lor casa 10 nana, Jscw therefore, by virtue of such author tv, anl in pursuance of said order, I win, on Saturday, tne lOtn dav of Februa. v. 1894. at the h.iur of ten I o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at tbe fixnc door of the County Court House lit Dal Citv, nasco County, Oregon, sell, at public au -tion, to the higb et bidder, for esh in haod, tbe lands and p-emises belonging to aaid estate, and particularly described as fo Iowa, to-w.t: . The southwest quarter (sD and tha southeast quarter of the northwest' quarter (se1 of uw) of section niteeu, (lb) In townanip one (I) soutn, of range fourteen 14 east, of th Willamett Meridian in Wasco 1 ountv. Oregoo. containing two hundred acre of land, raid sale will be made subject to ap proval and confirmation of tbe said County Court. Dated at Dalle city, Wasco County, Oregon, this 9tn day 01 January, lav. T. H. JOHNSTON. Adm'r of the Estate of Ernett S. Baage, deceased. ''.., INTEREST BAWD Premium Payment to Poll OrouAaMta, "J""1. ' Po1- Or xcet ot parawat to COMPANIES. Date ol or- . Received ainc cyhoJuer. ino ,,.itL ." P"vholders, and pr. Luaranita. gam .tion. Organization. organization. Dee. 81, 1892. Organisation and ent ,tu, over Pre- present Asset ml urns received. " 1 MUTUAL BENEFIT N. J 1845 $146,207,257 $124,558,723 $51,386,072 $175,844,795 $29,737,638 New YoYk Life N Y 1845 296,983.263 169.290,106 137,499,199 306,789,305 9.806.042 Equitable NY ' 1859 328,941,759 174,822,419 150,591,675 325,414,094 -3,427.665 , Assignee's Notice. YfOTICE is hereby given that C. L. Phillips, u signee of Wm. Farre It Co, insolvent debtor, tin filed his final aceount as inch ueignee in the circuit court of the 8tate of Oregon for Waaco COUIlty, an 1 that said final account will be heard in said Court on Monday, tbe ISth day cf February, 1894, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M., or a oon there after aa tbe same can bo reached by tbe Court, laid day being th first day of the regular reomary, 1894. term of said court. ' u. b. raiL-iurs, Dalle City, Oregon, Jan. 12, 1894. The above table shows that from (150,000,000 less premiums than the New York Life, the Mutual Benefit has saved $ jo.ooo, 000 more of its interest receipts than the New York Life; that lrom $ 182,000,000 less premiums than the Equitable, the Mutual Benefit has saved 133,000,000 more of its interest receipts than the Equitable; that from (479,000,000 less premiums, the Mutual Benefit has saved over four times as much of its interest receipts above expenses for policy holders as the New York Life and Equit able combined, by excess of payments to members, plus assets, over premiums received; and that l 20,000,000 would have been saved by the fwo companies since organization, under management as favorable as the Mutual Benefit's management The first table shows that while the Mutual Benefit saved $1,294,557 of its interest receipts above all expenses in 1892, the total expenses of the New York Life and Equitable exceeded their combined interest receipts by over three million dollars in 1892. The Tontine Companies, like lotteries, do not publish the moneys forfeited by members unable to pay np to the end but the above tables exhibit the enormous amount of the loss to the losers, and show the great advantage of the Annual Distribution of surplus, as practiced by the Mutual Benefit MARK T. KADY, Manager. Portland, Oregon. r