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THUK6DAY, MAI'.CII 10, 1L
f!ITOKMt. XOTKS.
Ghx. Joii.v M. 1'AijiKK )ru elected
United States onator from Illinois on
tbe 1 1th inat.
Tub enterjMiiin;; property owner?, oi
Dallas 1'tAk oounty, have decided to
build a r,xolen mill.
THE Arlington Advocate i:
moved to Coolon and the
changed to the Condon Globe.
to he
name
fjf E total itHlvbUxlne of the UniUid
Htte, ineludinic both the inlerwt bear
ing and non-inusrst bearing, in f 1 fill,
986.785.DS. Tosr SouTsm ha xetired from the
Portland Workl and is superceded by
JJobt. A. Thonipeon and W. W. Cojxj-
land the former :i editorand the latter
as manager.
Thk lcguUtiofi enacted by the past
conunws in the ratuication ot vanoug
treaties heretofore concluded between
the comtniuwnorB on the jwrt of the
United HUlorfflnil variou? f ndiun tribes,
will result in the opfnin of over eight
million acrex of public land to Mjttle
ment, the a(great o:t to the govern
ment being oho" l'J.000,000.
0.vi?f the active and eHicient fac
tors in the futuie development and
7roperjly of the state, is the mining
inlereeta, ond 'he outlook i certainly
oxctfllent in thi vicinity. 'Hie Coniu
cojjm, Sanger aud Sfmrta miuea, which
are diroctly conticuouc and dopendent
ujon Union, are rajwlly coming to the
front as the moat prutniior; investment
in the ontiro country.
fc0CKJ.Bn8 HlMI'KO.V, the ilAVCCcd
congrefiniHii from Kunuts, waa asked
by it Waahingtou lady the other day if
it wan true that he did not wear Kcks,
Mr. Hiinpsuu had his nerve with him
and replkd: "Madam, 1 believe in
tho doctrine of reciprocity. If von will
show me your aocka I will ihow you
miiH'." "Oh, my!" exclaimed the
lady, and lied. Yet the world muit
admit that Mr. Himpcon had a keener
eoiie of propriety than the lady.
A.VM Mtill (he question in l;iiig ar
gued, "What religiun did General Sher
mun profo?" Whnt'a the use of such
u Kat mortem? Wlmt'ii the diflbrcncc?
Wherever he wnv going he'e got tliere
arid no one will over know anything
about it. If someone, not a thousand,
or a hundred, or a dozen, but junt one
could give un survivor a pointer in
thin matter tlmt hax iuzzl'.'I all for
5,891 yearn, three months and uigliteeu
(la, how valuable the information
would he. Abtorinn.
( Is tlit Dixie school district, near
Walla Walla, a roligious war lian re
cently been mgiiiK whiuh, though not
so fur-reachiug or disastrous in its con
suquunue, hits engendered quite as
much hittMrneaa of feeling, in compnri
ton Willi the extent of territory em
braced, t did any of the religious wara
whicii in liiiien past devastated Ku
rope. The excitement culminated
when the schoolmaster of the district
refused to join in the church work,
aud the most interested have since set
thciiisfdvco to work to seutuu his dis
missal on the ground that he was an
inlidol mid therefore unlit to teach
children. Tlio matlor has not yol
been dropped, and tho teauhnr still
holds his position,
Thk election of Palmer as senator
f i om Illinois reduces the nominal re
publican majority in tliu senate to six
and wipe out the high tariff majority
aUogethur, Three of tho republican
mutators l'liunl), of ICuiiias, Padduck,
of Nihrul;a, and Pottlgrew, of South
Dakota voted against the McICiuluy
hill. They liavo since been reiuforaed
by Iluuihnuigh, of North Dakota, who
is under kludges to the deuieurats.
Those four, even if no otliors hav been
taught niiythiug from last full's laud
tliilu, and if New Muxiuo and Ariaouti
bu still kc; uiit, will he onottgli to put
(ho UirifT rofonnera In control of the
jittimto. Tho anti-furco hill mnjoHty is
still greater than tliunnti-McKluley tim
jorJty, but in vl6w of the ooinpositiou
Of the now house that point is hardly
worth mentioning.
HE ACTEJ 1VIELV.
A maiorilv of the twpers throughout
' the slat are bemoaning Governor Pen-
i noyer, becaaw of his veto of the van-
1 mi mvon rod amronriaUa bill?. In
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small counties vehtca contribute nm a
email proportion of the taxes W tb
etate treasury we cannot Warn the
citizens for feeling a liMfc hart. A
number oi tin? cla of euUntw had
bilk introduced by thetr rrprnutfTe?
for twowiU r.-irin; front flOJ to
Xmm. rrrtine about tV)X)00.
j but were finally acakri down to a boot
-JSOXJ, and in this manner pared traeied by private citizens for private
tbe hottae and senate, a large number interests that had never been aathor
rotuic for ttw bill in order to get soms izl by their predeoeaOM. Tbe editor
pet meature of theirs through, know- af an ntleged nex'spafwr that boaats
ing that the governor wuW veto the ' that "if tlwre wf anything wrong tlie
bitW. Two-thirds of the senator aod
repttMeniativee were oppor'jd to any
road appropriations liy the etat.
If the bilU IimI become a law, Union
county wMild have contributed to the
fund about 5000. What would she
hve received in return? The bill in
troduced by Hardy, of Uafcer county,
to build a road down Powder river,
through Union county and on to the
Seven Devils mine, was for -fXMXJ, but
reduced to -f-loOO. According to the
provisions of the bill Union county
would have expended half this amount
in the construction of the road, and
Baker county the other half, which
would amount to ?22;X). There, was
nothing to be gained. We would have
paid into the state treasury about
000 and received in return ?2250, to be
exjwmded in a manner we know not
how. Taking the pact record of the
way in which such appropriation have
been handled and expended through
out the state, by commissioners and
aien who have no interest in the mat
ter, except to squander the money, our
benefits would have been small indeed
It would be much cheaper for the
county court of any county, having net
taxable properly of over -3,O00,OiK), as
Union county has, to appropriate mon-
eydirectly autof the county treasury for
the building of roads, and place it in
the hands of men who will expend it
to the heel advantage.
Multnomah county would have con
tributed a large amount to this fund
aud would have received nothing in
return, and it would be the same re
sult with a number of other counties
in the slate. We are of the opinion it
would not be'a fair representation, and
think the governor acted wisely in ve
toeing the bills.
Union county it now agitating the
building of a road from Pine valley
down Pine creek to Ilnllurd'e landing
on Snake river, to tap the rich mines
of tbe Seven Devils country, and no
doubt an appropriation will soon be
made, if the money is expended prop-
erlv we will have a good road and it
will not cot the county as much as if
the bill introduced in the legislature
fur this purpose had become a law. If
Maker county would do as much, and
build a road down Powder river to Ea
gle valley they will also have a good
road to the mines, as there is already
a llret-claw road from Eagle valley to
the line of tlie propoiod road from Un
ion; but tome of the citizens of liaker
county teem to think Union county
should make an appropriation equal to
the amount they propose to subscribe
or appropriate and build the road to
gether, down Powder river. Tho Un
ion county court lias already appropria
ted $2000 for a road down this jhibs,
which has been expended, but only a
small pari of the road was completed,
and it will require a considerable sum
to finish it, but this is the natural out
lot for Uuker City to tho Seven Devils
mines, and we see no reason why they
should not complete the road, if thoy
wish to compote for tho trade of this
camp. It will cost them no more than
Union county will appropriate in mon
ey, donations and work by hor citizons
for the road from Pino valley to Hal
bird's lauding, mid thoy will huvo fully
as good a thoroughfare, the distance
from liaker and Union to tho mines
being about equal. Tho sumo state of
a Hairs exists in many other counties
aud it is not just for ono county to bo
taxed for the building of roads in other
counties, entirely antagonistic to their
own interest.
Two years ago an appropriation of
fSOOO was mado by tho legislature for
the improvement of the Wallowa can
yon road. Union county had tho han
dling of, and oxjiemltH! $2000 of this
amount, but how much did she pay
into the state treasury for tho privilege?
Hho virtually paid into tliu treasury of
Wallowa county tho sum of $2o00. It j
is true this road was much uoedod and
tho citizens of Wallowa county wore
unable (o build it, hut Multnomah,
Marion, Linn, aud other counties
throughout the etnto, received no ben
efit from this appropriation, yet thoy
contributed largely toward the fund.
Wo ceuiiot see why any county should
favor appropriating money out of the
UVe trary for the building of waf- '
"u ' - -
on roads, unle tbey receive an amount
Ur"7 ,a excess 01 WMat lhe-v ,wTe W
W ,Bto ttot trcaeor7 fer
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"SILKSCB IS BBST.
fmntinn thm nvpT
Under the above
Ui wHiAr . iHp Prn Onvnn K -
publican advhes th city cuancil of
Unimi not to pay any attention to the
; inqair ptopounded by a "cjlhsen"
j wbo had taken the liberty to ask why
certain fand were raid oat of the eitr
treasury to cancel indebtednea ooa-
Republican would hare told you so"
boldly aseerte that the members of the
council are acting wisely in treatine
tbe candid inquiry of a "allien" in re
gard to what has been done with a cer
tain amount of tbe people's money
with silent contempt.
He a bo turns his little squirt gun in
the direction of tlie Chronicle and
thinks one of tlie most stupendous
thoughts that we remember to have
ever noticed emanating from under his
number live at the ba-e but two stories
tall bat. Wc feel that our readers have
been put sufficiently on their guard to
yreMjnt it in all its collo&sal magnifi5
cence:
"Why the La Grande Chronicle
should take up the fight of "Citizen"
is accounted for on the name grounds
on which it based its '100 steal' de
lusion. As we remarked before it is
hard for some peoole to stand defeat."
Tlie Chronicle some time ago made
inquiry in regard to the gtatus of an
appropriation of a large sum of county
funds, and the public was not only
surprised at the conglomeration of non
sense, falsehoods and inconsistencies,
hotch-potched together by the editor
of the Republican and his first and
second cook, but they were also amused
as the farce proceeded. They are aUo
fully satisfied that twelve hundred dol
lars of the people's money will be re
turned to the county treasury that
would never have been expend-! for
the purpose for which it was appro
priated. The taxjayer8 of Union county have
marked carefully the vituperations that
have been hurled at the Chronicle by
this same Republican as a Chinese
man of war would hurl its stink pots
at an approahing enemy, and they have
not been surprised to see the Republi
can reducod in size to a six column fo
lio. The Chronicle has a wide and
rapidly extending circulation in Union
and believing that tho interrogations
made by citizen swere worthy of can
did consideration and unequivocating
replies it dared to so expres itself. We
are not now surprised to see the Re
publican advise that "silence is best."
Tlie Republican seems to be acting as
the retained counsel of the little organ
ization over at our seat of government,
whenever they attempt to appropriate
tunU'9 out oi citlicr city or countv or
city treasury, and well remembering
tho chastisement it received a few
weeks ago at the hands of the Chron
icle, and the punishment to which it
subjected its clients itadopts the strat
egy almost invariably pursued by wise
counsel to the desperate criminal and
whispers "silonce is best."
We presume the advice is good from
the Republican's standpoint. .Silence
is usually adopted by those who aro
perpetrating crimes or shielding crimi
nals, but it is beliovod that in many
cases an open, fearless, candid and
honorable mothod of doing business,
that is above reproach and beyond sus
picion, 18 best. Chronicle
pay Youit mnrrs.
An oxclmngo says; "Tho roligion
most needed now-a-days is ono that
will prompt a man to pay his dobts."
This is truo, and whilo wo would not
for a moment think of converting tho
church into n debt collecting agency,
wo at the eamo timo have- no confi
dence in tho religion of the so-called
Christian who tries to shirk an honest
debt. Where iv man can pay and
won't pay ho should be shunned by nil
honest men. Many good men arc so
situated that thov cannot moot nil their
pecuniary obligations whon duo, but
thoy go frankly to their oreditor and
tell him so und do not try to shield
themselves behind limitation or ex
emption laws. It is terrible for a man
to gamble, drink to oxcoss, and swear,
but in doing theso ho is only injuring
himsuU and family, if lie has ono, but
whon ho willfully repudiates a just debt
he is injuring followmen and need not
flatter himself that he shall finally ou
ter the pearly gales. No indued ; his
Krtion will be In a olimato especially
noted for the entire abienoe of win tor
and all winter attachment.
Hubsoribe for Tub Scour.
AT TIIK PEOI'l-E's EXfENSE.
Senator Hearst'i death ws expected
I and ben it cecum! there was no pist
j surprise. It was aLK,retd that his
i remains woaW be taken to California
for burial, bat no c ne astkimted that
! this expense wenkl l? borae br the
' corernment. It turns out that the
j booe sdctt of the country will have
W ml the expense, and it will cot
i aboot 30,W3 to earn" one man's re-
J mams and the mourners acrs tac
! continent. It i a inot outran us ex-
petwitare and wae oi tne pecpu s
raouey. It shows plainly to what base
wes the money, unnecessarily drawn
from the pockets of the producers, is
pat. Senator Stanford had intended
having hii private car attached to tbe
funeral train, being an old friend of the
dead senator, but when be found that
it was to be a junketing party he or
dered his car detached and expressed
himself as disgusted at tbe proceedings.
Nine senators and eight representatives
were appointed on the part of the re
spective houses as an escort of honor,
the wive of some of these men accom
panying them as well as two employes
f the senate. It was sent out the day
before the train left that Mrs. Hearst
had eet her foot down on so large a
party going and that sooner than have
tbe solemn obsequies made a mere ex
cuse for a junket at government ex
pense, she would pay the cost of the
train herself and shut out the junket
ers, but she does not seem to have been
successful.
The beastly party were too eager to
see California and eat and drink at
government expense te allow their
scbeme to be frustrated, so the train
started from Washington to California
last Saturday and no doubt the gour
mands and gluttons are having a good
time with the same ravenous glee that
possesses a coyote when he discovers a
dead sheep on the lonely prairie.
A man or woman is low, indeed, when
tbey depend upon charity for favors
and can enjoy them to such an extent
as to be always keen in their search for
more. It is a plain truth that one who
lives on unearned bread soon looses all
delicacy and sensitiveness and becomes
a mere bird of prey. These people
who made up the junketing party are
of this class, people who have lived all
of their lives at the expense of the pub
lic without giving value received. Ho
can they have a sente of decency and
honor when their lives, in the nature
of things, are given up to the "flesh
pots of Egypt, so to speak? Last
Oregonian.
The Daily East Oregonian of the
11th inst. was a double number, con
taming a vast amount of matter rela
tive to Pendleton and Umatilla county,
and reflects much credit on the enter
prising publishers.
Presbyterian Church.
Preach i ne
every Sabbath at 11 a. ra. and
atb school at 10 a. in: Chris
p. id ; nbu
tian l'.udeavor fcocicty. Tuesday at 7 p. in.
All are cordially invited to attend. We
urf,-e parants to brinf; their children to
church that they may be nurtured in mor
ality and piety. " V. J. IIuoiid--,
Pastor.
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