Golf Cloakings.
Downalene Quilts.
way.,
We Shallv4ive Away
Holiday buying will soon absorb your at
tention To help you in deciding on what
to buy we will make numerous suggestions
in this spiice from now until Xmiis. Golf
cloaking in newest combinations at $4.00
S4.50 and $5.00.
That& the mission of our advertising; the store must do the rest. If we point right, if we are in
cia coverings, ani. ; -""ess cut!t7 oi rbVs
careen used in .'sikln of tm. $2.00
One Hundred Cameras.
rnest and honesTin our public announcements, if our merchandise and methods invite your confidence,
then the road, the well-beaten track, leading direct to our doors, and traversed by hundreds of the buying
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Beginning Monday next, and as long astKwjagt, wo shall give with every five dol
lar or more cash purchase, in our Dry CuoJsTSkiv's Furnishing and Shoe Depart
ment, ONE YALE CAMERA, complete with devetbgjr and printing outfit. This
camera takes a picture 2Ax2, and can be used either forshr 8hot or time exposure.
THE SUPPLY IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED, imoKfirst come first served
will be the rule. They'll not last long, and if you want one wewould advise an early
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White Bed Spre
public hereabouts, will become a familiar road to you. There's economy at the end of it. Money saving FliT Collarettes.
confronts you at every turn when once you cross the threshold of this store.
Real beauties, every cne of them, and no
two alike. Stone Martin. A aska Sable.
French Seal, Black Astrocbnns and other
choice furs are used in the making of them,
S3.50 to S15.00.
To introduce thef,eBrntea ?a,
mwi. n Jatrons, we oB r for this
week our I cr hemmetl bed spreads.
This week's newspartly told.
Special at fr- value (fuarantcea si.25.
visit.
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Silks for Waists
We would like for every lady customer to receive for holiday
wearing material for a nice waist. To make the getting of one easy
we will offer a reduction Of 28 per Cent on every purchase of a
Waist Pattern from our elaborate stock of Fancy Silk. No reserve
Pattern Suits
Women's
Tailored
Suits.
Here is liberalgood fortune. Just
fourteen stylish, very desirable cos
tumes, to Ve sold at $ I O.OO. Some
are silk lined, some are not. One
or Uvo made of black cloth, with
silk-faced lapels; others are plainly
made of garnet, green, navy, tan or
pretty color mingles, in Tweeds,
Cheviots, Coverts, Assebet Suitings and Serges Of course
there is selection, but a blindfold choosing of a dress to vour
size would mean the getting of an exceptional value. Regu
lar values are from $12 to $18.
Another Eight only! Ladies' tailored suits, made with
, , liy front, silk-lined jacket, some braided in
?peCIHI. contrasting colors, all made of cloth suitings,
.e be sold at the special figure of S6.0O. Regular value, $10.
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:. Men's t
Clothing.
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Not made to -order but mad to
fit and as surely made to tit an
though the clothes were made
from the cloth to your order by
the carefulest tailor. For we do
just as the tailor does alter the
clothes if alterations are indicated
when you try them on. No charge
for that you couldn't pay us
enough to justify us in letting ill
fitting garments leave the store.
Prices talk. An all-wool Cassi
mere suit, superior cloth and fin
ish, six different pa'tterns.
Price $7.50
1
Handsome
Scarfs
38c
rnusually heavy silks to be
priced so little. And these
are in patterns t' at otter unu
sual opportunities, in the ef
fect of the tying. An idea of
tbe variations can be seen by
a (fiance into our large show
case in furnishing goods de
partment. Only ne style,
"De Joinvllle." 88 cents.
A. M. WILLIAMS
& COMPANY.
Silk and Velvet Waists.
IS
All that's new and pretty
in made up waists are here.
Materials are woolens,
silks aud velvets. Some
braided, others plaited; all
show the handiwork of the
artist. One of the latest
comers is a lot of black
India silk waists, made up
tor us especially and to sell
at f3 To attract you and
others to our waiat depart
ment, we say,
Special,
for this week only.
$2.25
We all know them;
know them as the
best the corset
world produces. The
fit of your dress can
not be perfect unless
worn over a Royal
Worcester.
We show the latest
models
to
$450
No need to tell of the richness and taste shown in these Suits,
terns not found in piece goods not found outside of Williams &
store. f Prices range from $6.00 $12.00.
This week we discount them 28 per cent..
Pat-Co's.
SKlrlS i - rjhronah onrtonkwe firid too
rtiVny'low-pwcda SkirtfU.Bet
iPltOOj ter ones have had thepref-
erence this season, which is
of course not lamented by us.
It is our ambition to sell goods and the better the
qualities the more agreeable to us.
But to the point: Lack of sales in these
cheaper grades leaves too many low-priced ones
on our racks, therefore to give them the benefit of
a good. bye start as well as to give our customer a
special opportunity, we have marked about fifty
black and fancy mixed
Dref S SkirtsSpecial $i oo
They were to $1.90.
Dressing Sacques
for women. The right kind,
rit-Titly made and comf rtable.
delicately tint d. elegantly fin
ished. The needed warmth and
daintiness of soft eiderdown.
These prices,
$1, $1.75, $2.50,
and $3.50.
A.M.Williams
& Company.
5moking Jackets.
Offer a fitting subject for prcs
ent mention. An express ship
ment of very choice ones has
just arrived. Rememoer these
when thoughts of X-Mas giving
enter your mind. There's not
one man but who would take
great pleasure in "beirg re
membered" with one of these
comfortable garments.
Price, $6and $8
I READ THIS LETTER.
g YALE CAMERA CO.,
- Manufacturers of the
I " Yale Camera "
General Ofiices and Factory. ...
E 38 EAST RANDOLPH STREET.
Chicago, Oct.. 3, 1898.
E Messrs. Pease & Mays,
' The Dalles, Ore.'
5 Gentlemen:
S We have your valued favor of recent date to hand and take
jE pleasure in forwarding, as per request, sample No. 1 1-2 camera
. for your examination and test. We trust we may have your early
g . report on the matter as we permit the use of same to but one
dealer in each city, believing this to be to the best interest
of all. V
E . : The camera craze is now at its height, and we believe the
E tine is ripa for using a camera as an advertising or premium .
E offer. We ere prompted in making this offer by the phenomenal '
r success which a number of the largest merchants in the east have
E had using our camera in this manner. Each outfit is guaranteed;;
jE fully by us, and same will be replaced if found defective in '
jE any way. '
E We trust we may have the pleasure of allotting your ter-
;E ritory and await your early report. . 1
SE v Very truly,
E Yale Camera Co.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
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, TOO .GREAT PHOFFI1S.
.The annual report of the commis
sioner of railroads makea some start
lino; revelations as regards the earn
ings of different roads throughout tbe
. United States, and shos some
enormous earnings of roads that were
a few years ago in tbe hands of re
ceivers. Conspicious among these is
tbe Northern Pacific, whose annual in
terest charges were reduced more
than t4,5O0,0OQ since reorganization,
' and whose gross earnings for tbe past
year were 123,679,719. After paying
f all fixed charges and dividends it had
a surplus of $5,500,007 applicable for
.-dividends on watered,stocfc. . ;
When it is considered that this
'road's earnings are greatest on its
western divlison, in Montana, Idaho
and Washington, it appears that tbe
people of those sections are paying
too dearly for tbe'seryice rendered by
the railroad, wnich compared with
. like service rendered in other sections
of the country are out of all - propor
tion. From Eastern Vashington to
the ocean, average distance of 400
:' miles, the charges for hauUng a bushel
of wheat are 12i cents. From Chicago
to New York, a distance of 960 miles,
the charges are 4 1-5 cents. Hence
the eastern roads are either hauling
wheat for less than a reasonable profit
or tbe Northern Pacific is charging
too'mucb. From tbe report of its net
earnings the latter would appear to be
true. Eastern Washington farmers
';are taxed too heavily for the malntance
of tbe road that has a monopoly of the
wheat hauling trade of that section,
QUAY AND THE SENATOBSHIP
A Philadelphia grand jury has in
dicted United States Senator M. S
Quay and Benjamin J. Haywood, ex
state treasurer. . The indictments
charge the defendants with conspiracy
with John S. Honkins late cashier of
; the People's' hank, .for the unlawful
use of the money in the bank for the
purchase of stock, and conspiracy with
Hopkins in the use of state funds on
deposit in the People's bank.
Hopkins got himself out of the
scrape by committing suicide a few
months ago, but Quav is so busy with
. his contest for re-election that be can-
not afford to shuffle off at the present
. time.
But the-people of the nation feel
more interest- in-what tha Pen
nsylvania legislature will do . than
' in what will be' . the outcome of the
r trial of Quay. It is not expected he
will be convicted, . no matter how
. guilty he may be, but will the Penn
sylvania legislature indorse a man
' over, whom such a cloud is hanging?
With . : an indictment hanging
over ' his head, and tbe bitter fight
. ex- Postmaster-General . Wanamaker
is making to rid the state of Quay and
' Quaylam, it does not seem possible
that a self respecting legislature sould
'support him.' But Quay is a politician,
a trjxter and an unscrupulous wire
worker, an'd it is not unlikely that be
' will be able to work tbe legislature,
while the sympathies of the votera of
Pennsylvania are against him. ' '"
attempt -palliative or remedial treat
ment accordinly.
The other recent use of the Roen tgen
ray of special value is in observing the
movements, of the stomach and its con
tents. in the preliminary digestive pro
cess... By mixing subniirate of bis
muthi which is said to be a harmless
powder, with the food, the movements
of the stomach may be see a by means
of the fluoroscope under suitable.' con
ditions. The knowledge thus gained
is" of great importance tothe pby'si.
ologist and the physician, and many
facts hitherto unknown are revealed.
It is not strange that an English
writer playfully remarked that the X
ray may yet be employed to read tbe
riddle of the Spbinx. It is certain
that Professor Roentgen gave to tbe
world a discovery which is bringing to
mortal gaze many of tbe deep-hidden
mysteries of nature.
A BOTHERSOME PROBLEM.
Now that we have the Philippine
islands, what are we going to do with
trem? What kind of a government
will we. establish in that far east
country. The sentiment of a majority
of people in this country is on the side
of expansion j but the public-generally
have! not counted the cost' cr con
sidered the responsibility of undertak
er RESTS WITH US.
Twenty years ago a few prosperous
miners who had been successful in
Leadyille conceived an idea of making
agreatcity of Denver. They bought
inside property and begun building up
huge buildings thereon. At that time
there were few pretentious buildings
in Denver; in fact,' while it was i
lively western town, it bad not as
sumed metropolitan airs. But as a
result of the investment of these
miners it took on new growth, and it
grew in population from 25,000 to a
city of over 100,000 inhabitants in
twenty years, and has become one of
tbe foremost cities of the west. Denver
had little to recommend it a9 the cite
of a great city; its resources, outside
of tbe surrounidng mining industries
were extremely limited; it is far in
land and has no water power or other
natural advantages. - Therefore its
growth and prosperity can be attribut
ed only to the indomitable energy of
the few rich men who built it lip
despite adverse circumstances, men
who said Denver should be a' city and
made it such. - .
From Denver The Dalles may well
learn a leasod. What made Denver .a
great city tt applied to The Dalles
would - make it the foremost inland
discredit upon themselves or their
sui ior8, and as a result, when the
report is made by tbe committee it
will be that there has been no una
voidable suffering either in the field
TRUSTS AND TRUSTS.
Despite the decision ofotbe supreme
court sustaining the anti-trnst law,
big manufacturering concerns go
been supplied with every comfort
possible.
Had the members of tbe committee
really wanted to get at the real found
ation of the complaints, they would
have called as witnesses tbe eDlisted
men who are supposed to have been
imposed upon. They are the ones
who are most competent to give tes
timony as to the treatment received,
therefore when congress makes in
vestigation they will be the witnesses
who will be beard. It l but fair that
the soldiers as well "as the officers
be given an opportunity to tell what
they know, for in this way only can
tbe whole truth be arrived at, and
that is the purpose of an investigation.
ing-W govern 9,000,000 semi-civilized! town on tbe coast. Here we have
. BOENTQEN. RAYS. - "
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The applications of '.the Roentgen
ray, especially in the domain of medi
cine and surgery, are of constantly
widening usefulness,' although one
hears less of them in tbe daily press
now that the keen edge of novelty has
been blunted by a world's apprecia
tion. Two fields .of exploration madg
possible by tbe fluorescence of vacuum
' tubes, and recently entered are of
noteworthy promise. - One is the ex
amination of lung tissue in tbe case of
consumption. The healthy lung gives
comparatively little shadow in the
sciagraph, while the diseased tissue
has a much darker appearance- in the
picture. It Lb tnus possible to ascer
tain exactly the part affected, and to
people who are a mongrel race and
have never known' what freedom is.
What to do witb the new acquisitions
in the Pacific will be one of the most
complicated questions this govern
has had to solve in many years. First
of all, the Filipinos are opposed to an
nexation to tbe United States or any
other foreign-power. They want in:
dependence, and believe they' are cap
able of self-government. Therefore it
will be with reluctance and possibly
at the point of the bayonet that they
will submit to any attempt of this
country to assume control over them.
People governed against their will or
by force, are never good, loyal citizens.
They are rebellious, hence a military
form of government is all that will
keep them in submission: It would
seem then that the only way to con
trol the Philippines is to set up a
dictatorship over the archipelago
backed by a strong army and navy.
If this shall be tbe outcome it is
questionable if the Filipinos will be
in much better condition than they
were under Spanish domination, and
that the new acquisitions will become
an additional expense to this govern
ment is a certainty. We fear the
United States will yet rue the day
when the treaty of peace with Spain
was signed.
"The importer pays the tax" is the
favorite argument submitted to excuse
the theory of protection.- Now if this
Is true, who. will-pay the tax on Ameri
can imports into tbe Philippines after
we have annexed them. ' If thero is a
duty levied on Amerioan goods im
ported into the islands, American pro
ducers, we presume, will pay tbe - tax.
If there is no duty on American im
ports and we . corral the business
pf the islands, then the Ameri
cans will have to pay the expense of
maintaining the colonial government
jnst the same.
The sugar beet producers are pre
paring to. get their hands into the
state's pockets by askiug.that a bounty
of one dollar a ton be given on all
sugar beets' produced in the .state.
This is a little request they will make
of the next legislature that should be
voted down. If the beet sugar industry
cannot thrive without a bounty it is
undesirable in thisstate.forit will ever
be a. burden upon tbe taxpayers. A
business that must be bolstred up at
the expense of the state is not wanted
An Indiana man! who is' looking
snarp ior pusiness says, "mere are
400,000,000 Chinese and every mother's
eon of them ought to have a folding
bed and a bicycle." To which the
Tacoma Ledger adds, . "Washington
follows in the same practical vein,
that she can - furnish wheat, :. flour,
lumber, fruit and fish for the Chinese,
and she has entered upon tbe under
taking, with ' encouraging prospects.
Every public official should be paid
a reasonable compensation for tbe ser
vice he renders and tbe responsibility
he assumes, only this and nothing
more. W ben hie her salaries are paid
the office holder is getting something
for nothing, and the taxpayer is un
justly burdened. This is the state of
affairs that exists in Oregon .'today.
There should be a pruning down.
every natural facility for building up a
manufacturing town and ereat trade
center. We are surrounded with-one
of the most productive farming sections
in tbe world, by soil and olimate that
will produce anything common to the
north temperate zonejtributary to us is
one of the great grazing countries of
North America; at our very doors are
tbe falls of tbe Columbia, Deschutes
and Klickitat, if utilized,- would fur
nish unlimited powor for tnrniDg ma
chinery; within easy reach are the
forests of the Cascade mountains that
are destined soon to furnish tbe
lumber for the world; we are beside
one of tie mighty rivers of tbe contin
ent that fios nntrarheled to the sea,.
hence we are accorded the cheapest
possible freight rates to all parts of the
world. W hat better advantages could
there be for building up a great and
prosperous city?
Why The Dalles is not a city of 20,
000 or 30,000 inhabitants is a question
that puzzles the stranger who visits,
the place and does not enquire into Its
past history. The reason is we have
lacked in interprise. We have been
toO easily satisfied with what came to
us and to let well enough alone,
not .putting forth any effort to
better our condition or build up the
city.
While we have no wealthy mining
men to take hold of the place and give
it new life, yet we have sufficient
capital to put in motion the wheels of
industry and convert this city into the
liveliest place on tbe coast. We can
inaugurate manufacturing industries,
we can develope the supposed coal
mines that lie almost within the city
limits. We can offer inducements for
the farmers and stock raisers of the
interior ' to make this ' their trade
center. - In short; it rests with us who
are located here . to. make of The
Dalles a great thriving city, or to let
it dwindle down to simply a way
station on the rail road', a place where
people and capital may locate when
they can go nowhere else.
or in camp, but that the soldiers have ' right ahead organizing trusts for the
purpose of ' limiting tbe product of
their commodities, preventing com
petition and keeping up prices.
Prominent among the industries that
refuse to recognize the anti-trust law
are tbe sugar refiners, coal oil manu
facturers, glass manufacturers and
rubber goods manufacturers, and now
it is announced that tbe linseed oil
manufacturers have combined for the
purpose of controlling tbe output of
this article, and have organized with
a capital stock of $50,000,000. In the
combination are all the principal
linseed oil factories in the United
States and they will .be able to control
the output of linseed oil, regulating
prices to suit themselves.
With this preponderance of trusts
throughout the- country, in what con
dition will the producers of the country
who cannot fo-m trusts find them
solves? Most assuredly at the mercy
of tbe trusts,' forced to pay whatever
price the trusts may demand for their
products and forced to sell the product
of the' farm at whatever price .the
trusts may fix. ; ' "
With the farmers the formation of
trusts is impossible. Tbe output of
the farm can never be foretold, hence
it cannot be regulated. No one- can
ever tell in advance what the seasons
will bring forth, .hence when grain is
planted no one can tell what the bar
yes will be, consequently the output
cannot be regulated. But with the
manufacturers it is different. The
output can be controlled so that there
can be no domestic competition so long
as all interests in one line can be
Forty-three members of tbe present
congress will not be members of the
next. Of this number twenty-six are!
republicans and only three democrats,'
eleven are fusionists' and three are
populists. As a rule men who had
attained little distinction in past
sessions were retired.' Tbe men who
came to the front as faithful advocates
of the rights of their constituents,
were retained in districts where their
parties bad an even show. This is an
evidence that the people require active
service from their public servants.
A Dalles boy at Manila writing
home says - he cannot save anything
out of his $15. tO a months pay as it
takes about all of it to buy extras to
live on. This is a disgrace to the
nation. Our soldiers are supposed to
be fed and should be provided with
every necessity of life. They should
not be required to take money out of
their scanty pay to buy extras to live
on. in tne tropics tney snouia oe
supplied with something besides bac
on, beans, hardtack and coffee. The
commissary department needs re
forming. '
Millions of dollars are hid away in
safe-deposits and obscure places, that
keep money out of circulation, because
people who own It have not confidence
In savings banks or have not access
to them. A system of postal savings
banks would prevent this, for every
body has confidence in the stability of
the government, and such institutions
would be accessable to all. Then why
should not congress give us a postal
savings bank system?
train our guns on the people
a few months ago we were
to liberate from Spanish
combined and a protective tariff pre
vents competition from abroad.
Hence it is we have trnsts and tbe
producers will be at the mercy of them
so long as present systems prevail.
PHILIPPINE COMPLICATIONS. 1
Tbongh the war with Spain is ended
and tbe treaty of peace will be signed
within a week, the prospects for peace
with our newly acquired possessions
are not flattering. Advices from the
Philippines that the insurgents will
not recognize, tbe cessation of tbe is
lands to tbe -Unised States, and that
they will resist American authority
are not by any means encouraging.
This may involve us in war with the
natives of the Philippines and cause
Ius to
whom
fighting
tyranny.
Should tbe 9,000,000 Filipinos com-
bi ne under one leader to oppose
America they would become a formid
able enemy, but this is hardly likely,
They cannot all agree among them
selves, for there ara numerous dis
senters within their ranks, yet enough
can be concentrated to cause no end of
bother, and to keep up a desultory
warefare for years
Should tbe Filipinos carry out their
desire to become an independent
people, it will become a disagreeable
task for American soldiers to advance
upon them. When it comes to whip
ping a people into submission, as
Spain, England and France has done
in the past, it. is contrary to the
American idea that the governed are
entitled to cnoose tbelr form of gov
ernment. The Filipinos do not stand
in tbe same position as did tbe people
of the South when they undertook to
break away from the Union by seced
ing and sought to tear down our civil
Institutions. They were rebels against
: tne government, and it was wltn a
hearty will that the men who were
loyal to the Union took up arms
against them. But the Filipinos, if
they -choose to resent our domination,
are only carrying out their former de
sire for independence.
They have never been a part of the
Union, at least witb their consent,
hence cannot be classed as rebels.
Under such conditions liberty loving
Americans will not readily engage in
war against them. When this govern
ment calls for an army to subjugate
the Filipinos it will find comparative
ly few willing volunteers, for the
American peoplo as a rule are opposed
to wars of conquest of subjugation.
It is not a pleasiug outlook to tbink
that our newly purchased "citizens"
in the Philippine islands are display
ing a rebellious disposition so early.
It portends trouble add bloodshed, and
the introduction of a new class into
our institutions people who are not
citizens but subjects, and are to be
made subjects against their will.
An appropriation of state funds for
the maintenance of a state -fair is a
waste of public money. The state at
large does not derive any benefit from
tbe fair. All the good it does is to
make times lively in Salem for a few
weeks each fall.
In 1865, at the close of the civil war,
the people of the United States were
practically free from debt. The
public, private and corporate deb'-s of
the United States now approximate
forty billion dollars.
The American flag will . float over
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
as an emblem of freedom. This flag
abhors despotism. Beneath its folds no
form of slavery can ever be established.
The strength and permanence of
a nation depend 'upon the masses of
the people being Independent, self
reliant home owners. If the gold
standard is not abandoned our people
are doomed to become a dependent
tenantry. .
If a treaty of peace .betweeu the
United States and Spain is presented
to congress at the next session free
from the taint of a corrupt deal with
Spanish bondholders and simply rep
resenting the just and legitimate fruits
of victory, it ought to be ratified with
out unnecessary delay.
It has been suggested that .when the
United States assumes control of the
Philippines one of the islands be
made a leper colony. .Wouldn't it be
a first rate plan to include as its in
habitants a lot of the worse thau lepers
tbe professional politicians of this
country who have no other interest
in tbe nation than to live off the
people and build up tbe burdens of
taxation?
Salem is confronted-with a more
serious problem than almost any other
city in the. state. Its expenditures
exdeed its revenues from $8,000 to $10,
000 a year, and the people are begin
ning to ask where they are at and
where they are going to.' It is the
condition that will -. confront every
other city that is a victim of official
ism, where public officers have no
other object than to fleece the tax
payers.
In his annual report Secretary of
the Navy Long states that during the
war with spain tbe enlisted, men in
tbe nayal sesvice was increased from
12,500 to 24,123, and during the en
tire war there were only 17 death
among tbe officers and men in tbe
service. What a contrast this is to the
fatalities in the army. There was
good management in the nsvy depart
ment and bad management in tbe war
department which explains the pre
ponderance of fatalities in tbe latter.
It is estimated that .the world's pro
duction of gold for tbe jear 1898, will
be at least $275,000,000. For tbe calen
der year of 1888, the production was
ouly $110,000,000, showing the sur
prising increase in tbe yearly pro
duction of gold of $165,000,000. Tbere
are now in -the mints of tbe govern
ment $134,000,000 worth of bullion
awaiting the minting process.
If America annexes the Philippines
and offers an "open door' to imports
from other countries, where is the
revenue to come from to run tbe
government? It will require no less
than $100,000,000 to govern tbe islands,
and if this cannot be collected as im
port duties, where Is it to come from?
Probably off of the already overtaxed
people of the United States.
Ten clerks. In the senate and twenty
in the house should be enough to per
form all the clerical work in the state
legislature. It c greater number is
employed at the regular session It will
be an extravagance. Our law makers
should not disgrace themselves by
paying off their political debts with
appointments to clerkships in the
legislature. Only such a number as is
actually required should be employed.
Next year promises to be a busy one
among railroads in the Northwest.
The O. R. fc. N. and Northern Pacific
are arranging to build a number of new
lines throughout Eastern Oregon and
Washington the coming year. Two
big crops harvested in the Inland
Empire have put new life into rail
road companies. Thus it is that upon
the farmer's prosperity all other in
dustries depend.
An extra session of congress is
almost a certainty, as it is insisted
that there are numerous state matters
that cannot be disposed of at then
short session soon to convene. But the
real demand that will be made for an
extra session is for the purpose of re
forming the currency. There will b
nothing done in this line in tbe 55
congress, and tnose wno are mo-t
anxious for reform co not care to take
chances on delay. They fear that
should congressmen elect be allowed
to remain with tbelr constitutions too
long, they will get out of the- notion ol
retireing credit currency, ..
Some people would have our ex
presidents made public wards by
placing them on pensions after they
retire from official life, but this is en
tirely unnecessary in tbe case of the
two living ex-presidents-j for both o(
thbm are able to take care of them
selves. Mr. Cleveland enjoys a good
law practice and so does Mr. Har
rison. He has been retained by
Venezuela to re prase nt that govern
ment before the arbitration com
mittee that meets soon In Paris to
settle the dispute between Venezuela
and Great Brltan, and it to receive a
fee of $100,000 for his services.
Tbe" campaign it not over in many
of the states that bave United States
senators to elect. While tbe legisla
tures bave bee a selected, apd people
have bad their last saj," the would-be
senators are plying their arts and also
their cash to win votes. Especially
is this tbe case In New York, Penn
sylvania and California, where it
-ecnis that senatorial honors are to be
put up at auction to tbe highett bid
der. Were senators elected by the di
rect vote of tbe people this would not
be true. "
EXPENSIVE ACQUISITIONS
Tbe $20,000,000 which we shall have
to pay Spain, is only about one-third
possibly not one-fourth of the total
amount this government will be called
upon to pay. One section of the terms
provides that each oountry shall ware
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against the other for money damages.
That will make this government re
sponsible for all damage done to
property owned by American citizens
In Cuba, during tbe two last revolu
tions. Claims against Spain aggre
gating more tban $25,000,000 are
already on file at the department of
state, for this class of damages, and if
t.hla ffAuwnmAnt hflRnmpR r&anonslble
as many more are- certain to be filed
Allowing that these claims would be
scaled down one-fifth, tbere would
still be left about $40,000,000 ior this
government to pay. besides half that,
amount which it must pay to Spain.
The rebubllcan papers, particularly
those that lean to protection Ideas, aro
quite amusing these days. Tbey are
busy explaining to their reader
tbe difference between "tbe open door
policy" of the administration to be
put in operation in tbe government of
the Philippines and Porto Rico, and
free trade. Tbe explanation is quite
plausible, but it does not remove tho
fact that stares tbe protectionist re
publicans in the face that the advocacy
of a world's money by any party mu?t
in time lead to an advocacy, of a
world's trade free trade by that
party. East Oregonian.
Competition
is the Life
of
Trade
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THE ARMY INVESTIGATION,
It matters Utile what tbe report of
the iwar investigating committee is,
there will.be an additional investigat
ion made by congress through a com
mittee selected - by that body, and
clothed with authority to compel tbe
attendance of witnesses whose testi
mony is required to ascertain If any
abuses existed during the recent war
and upon whom the responsibility
rests. ?"
'" The committee - appointed by the
president to enquire into tbe adminis- j
tration of the war department has
learned nothing definite concerning
the management of the army, and its
report will therefore be unsatisfactory,
hence another investigation will be
demanded. So far the commissioners
have apparently used their best en
deavors to not find out if abuses were
practiced. Their inquiries have been
principally among the officers, and it
is not reasonable to suppose that they
would criminate themselves by giving
evidence that would tend to show
that there was mismanagement or neg
lect in the camps. They have avoid
ed telling things that would throw i
Half prices in other stores, and half again, .will not come up to our prices, for the same quality of goods in oar lines of men's and boys'-wenr, as we are ""J"
ufacturers of clothing. We have not any bargains to offer you in ladies' wear, as this is not our line, but if you are in need of- men's clothing, boys cloth
ing, underwear for men and boys, hats, blankets, we can show you a better line than has ever been shown here at The Dalles, "andl; our- .rices have never
beeu.equnlled. Remember that we will stay here but a few days longer.. Money on interest has no comparison compared to what you au make by buying
vour outfits from us during our stay in your city. A call is all. we ask and you will be convinced that we do sell better goods for less money thau had ever
been oliered for in this city. .
Boys' Suits, siz9s 12 to 19, handsomely finished, long- pants, our price
All wool Boys' Suits, all sizes, 4 to 14, large reefer collars, bur price v -Men's
cassimere all wool suits, all sizes - - - -
tweed cheviot suits, all sizes
cheviot, dark blue, silk stripe, all sizes - -handsome
clav-worsted suits, latest style, imported goods,
Mens' blue and black beaver overcoats, satin and worsted lined
" handsome kersey overcoats, all silk lined
All goods in proportion, and if our goods are not better and prices lower on them than elsewheie in the city, we do not ask yon to buy them. Money re
funded as cheerfully as received, if our goods do not suit for the price.
" We invite country.merchants and peddlers to call and inspect our good3, and we will guarantee to save them money by buying from us.
' 5 ' All mail orders promptly attended to. We prepay all express charges on goods if not satisfactory, and money refunded.
Remember the name and place, No. 116 Second Street, W. A. Johnston's old stand
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$3.50
$1.25
$5.50
$4.50
$5.50
$10.00
$650
$10.00
The White House Clothing Companj , of Portland, Oregon.
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