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FIGURES WILL LIE.
Nebraska is enjoying a blizzard.
Oregon should cot complain.
The floods on the Mississippi
are alarming. Tbey are causing
both loss of life and destruction to
property.
Duuand, the forger, pleaded
guilty down at Portland and was
given twelve years. His "graft"
was a fake organ and piano fac
tory.
The Gazette has entered upon a
new year, having been established
March 29, 1883. It has gone
through some hard times we
hope the worst and still lives.
The Salem Independent takes it
that the Gazette was "off of its
base" when it blamed the pops for
Corbett's appointment, and offers
a recapituation of "figgero" to
prove ita point.
The Gazette doesn't care a tink
er's curse for the figures. . Facts
are wanted in this case. A pop
that was elected as a republican
and who voted for Bryan is a pop,
A pop who was elected as a repub
lican and who voted for McKinley
with a wry face, finally standing
in with Bourne, referendum and
the devil, is a worse pop. Union
bimetallists are pops under anoth
er name. In all, there were
enough of this sort of cattle to
hold up the house, without "liig"
Jones and the tools from Multno
mah county who never went to
dinner without asking Joe about
it. The senate was organized
regularly, and if the odds and
ends of pops had done their duty
by assisting to organize the House,
in a manner known to be regular
beyond the question of a doubt,
the Simon influence would have
cut no figure. Unfortunately the
chance to graft was too good to be
overlooked, and the interests of
the people of Oregon were sacri
ficed for gold, put up by Corbett,
and spent under the direction of
Joe Simon.
The Gazette knows what it is
talking about.
The report that Gen. Rivera, the
Cuban general who succeeded
Maceo to the command of the
army, has been captured makes
sad the heart of many a liberty
loving American. Yet in the end
the Cubans will doubtless win
their freedom.
THP fll!Nn MANPV" I IT maim a iir ma ceearmr,nyorn.rTouattsaa
lib i3UUHU IlUnC I Lll- witn wnich to make exchsnfn-s. Tbe owner of
x..-- ! ! x a. the coin would still have to so forth and find a
Kiaiuicappcailliy 111 WlCStS market for this kind of money in competition
columns is published under Z?lUTlrt?tl
k i:rt!An 4 xl- C..il the silver, but would simply put It Into aba;
Money Club," of New York.
McCLEARY'S SPEECH.
A Complete Answerto Congress
man Towne's Great Speech.
I Continue 1 frura last issue
Production and Coinage of Silver In This
Country.
Our annual production of sliver Is now and
has been for years more than a thousand times
an creat as it was before the war, and yet
there are leaders among the silverltes who
find it necessary to malign human nature and
attack the memory of good men In order to
explain why an ounce of silver is not worth as
much now as then.
Our total coinage of silver since 1873, up to
and including 18U4, has been J.8,444,467. This
is an average of almost I25,000,OCIO a year, or
ten times the highest average annual coinage
before 1B7U. Ami of this coinage the vast sum
of $4.'il,&X).457 is in the form of dollars, every
one of which is full legal tender. Buch an
enormous coinage of silvor was never dreamed
of in the world before.
put It into shape
to meet whatever real demand there might be
for silver coin in the channels of trade in com
petition with other forms of money.
And, sir, because of the bnlkinessof silver In
proportion to its value, the demand for sil
ver coin in actual business is very limited.
As a matter of fact there is more silver coin in
this country today than can be used as coin.
Experience has shown that the business of tbe
country needs about f 126,000,000 in silver coin
of all kinds, including minor coins. But we al
ready have a stock of silver coin amounting to
over JoOO.000,000. So there is absolutely no
trade demand for more silver coinage for some
time to come.
Wages In Mexico.
Every one will admit that, so far as legisla
tion can affect the matter, that system is best
under which those who earn their dally bread
by their daily toil receive the best returns for
their Bervices.
The gentleman from Texas Mr. Bailey,
who has Just Bpoken, points to Mexico as
"prosperous" in consequence of having the
free coinage of silver. He quotes from an arti
cle in a recent number of The North American
Review, written by the Mexican minister, Mr.
Romero. This distinguished representative is
naturally loyal to his own country and desir
ous of making as strong a statement as possi
ble as to her prosperity. Ho claims that manu
facturers are making large profits. But what
does he find to say about the wages of work
ingmen in Mexico? Listen :
"Although our wages are low, there has
been in recent years a marked tendency to
their Increase,
Beware
Of Mercury!
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Their waees are "low," oven in silver. What
The Great Increase In Gold Production, about increase in wagest The most that he can
. ... claim is that there has been a "tendency in
But some one might properly asK in this that direction no real increase worth men-
connection, "Has not the output of gold in- tioning specifically. Workingmen will do well
creased also? The answer is, "Yes. enor- in ",n,w n ti,e t.iiin'r
The following statement appears in bulletin
So. II, low, of the bureau or the American re-
Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
Street, St. Louis, was given the usual
mercurial treatment for contagious
blood poison. He was twice pronounc
ed cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red lumps and sores cov
ered nts Dody.
"I was in a hor
rible fix" he
says, "and the
more treat
ment I receiv
ed, the worse I
seemed to get.
A New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no good
stiff and full of
was useless so
to do even the
i
NOTICE 18 HEfiEBY GIVEN THAT CNDER
and by virtue of an execution issued out
of the circuit court of the State of Oregon for
tbe county of Morrow and to me directed and
delivered, upon a Judgment rendered and en
tered in said court on the 2nd day of March,
1897, in favor of William fenland, Plaintiff, and
against William Doonan and Mary J. Doonan,
Defendants, for the sum of Five Hundred Ninety-one
and 13-100 Dollars, with interest thereon
from the 15th day of October, 1K95, at the rate of
ten per cent per annum and Fifty Dollars attor
ney's fee and the further sum of Thirty-seven
Dollars costs; and wnereas it was mriner or
dered and decreed by the court that the mort
gaged property described ai follows, to-wit: The
eaBt half of the northeast quarter of section
twenty-eight (28), and the southeast qnsjter
of section twenty-eight (28). and tbe south half
of the southeast quarter and the south half of the
soutnwest quarter oi section twenty-seven iz')
all in townshin one (11 south of range twenty-
seven (27) East of W M , be sold to satisfy said
judgment, costs and accruing costs. I will, on
The 21st day of April. 1897.
at one o'clock, p. m. of said day at the
front door of the court house in Heppner,
Morrow County, Oregon, sell all the right, title
and interest of the said William Doonan and
Marv J Doonan. Defendants. In and to the
above described property at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash in hand,
the proceeds to be applied to the satisfaction
oi said execution ana an costs, ana cuts mat
may accrue. J L. MA lux K,
Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon.
Dated March 19, 1897. 629-37.
wh ate ver,
pains,
The house passed the Dingley
tariff bill on last Wednesday, every
republican voting for it. The af
firmative vote includes five demo
crato, three from Louisana and
two from Texas, and one populist
rom Alabama. Twenty-one mem
bers of the "opposition" would not
vote either way, declining to inter-
ere with the passage of the bill.
he vote stood as follows: Ayes
205, noes 122; present and not vot
ing, 21 a majority of 83. The
bill will be taken to the senate
immediately.
An Albany teacher whipped a
girl 15 years old. He wa9 arrest
ed. The cirl's mother backed up
the fight against the teacher. But
when the case came up for trial
the truth came out: The teacher
lad spoken to the girl for misbe-
havior and the girl had made faces
and put her thumb on her nose at
the teacher. Th defendant was
exonerated and discharged. If
the "young lady"
stead of 15, and
such conduct she should
been "scorched" good.
The Spanish goueial, Wejler,
has decreed that General Rivera
and Colonel Buccal oa shall be
tried by court martial Bnd shot,
which means that there shall be a
farce and then these brave men
will be murdered. The Cubans
on the contrary have been releas-
inc prisoners, boiDg uuablo to
keep them and having too much
humanity to butcher them in cold
blood. We do think in all sit),
corctv that this should bo stopped,
The Cubans have earned the
right to bo treated as a party at
war and civilization should da
mand it. It is humiliating for an
American to sid idly by and listen
to these revolting stones of in
humanity, pnrpi-tratod against
those who are lound to us in
Liberty's tics, Bnd who are fight-
a a..
nig for llio freedom mat wo are
enjoying and for which our fore
fathers fought.
Nut long sinco the Gazette
printed tn excerpt which appearet;
in the Oregon inn as having been
taken from the IMaiudealer, pub
lished at Uoseburg, ami as it dealt
rather severely, as well m unjust
ly, with our joint senator, Hon. A
W. Cowan, tho Gazette replied iu
liko vein, and iu a manner neither
courteous nor complimentary. The
Gazette has been apprised that the
clipping in question never ap-
m . at w t a
reared iu tup i laiutieaier, out was
taken from tho lloseburg Review
tho democratic paper, and through
mistake, or with intention to mi.
lead, was credited to the I'laiu
dealer. Under tho circumstances,
a 1 1
tuo UHZoue owes isro. iiiiy an
apology lor liaviug lirougut up
"old by-goues" with the evident
iuteutiou of opening up "old sore"
that should be healed past all re
opening.
The popuHut central committee
of Clackamas county has en
dorsed the stand of tho pop me in
tiers from that county on tbe legia
lauvo fi..lo, lint not without op
ition. I" Ken u'knowltHltd
that every pop member with mm
except iou cot from f."0 to 1100
"from tho enemies uf Mitchell"
Coi boll's money, of course. Duly
about half tho rrcciurts of th
9
county were repren'tited ud
tho rreapiit were pot unanimous
it go( to liow that f hr is tiul!
ahead for tlid vK ()"D 10 Vfr
mat.
had been 35 in
were guilty of
have
mously."
Up to 1848 the world's annual production of
ftold never but once reached $14,000,000, while
n this last half century it never but once fell
below $100,000,000, and fn 1895 it was over $200,
000,000. The world now produces more gold
every month than it did in a year half a cen
tury ago. In other words, sir, the world's pro
duction of gold in these last 50 years exceeds
by far its entire production for the preceding
400 years. This is the fact hinted at In my col
league's chart, but not clearly brought out.
And the annual production of gold alone is
now more than four times as great as was the
production of both gold and silver up to 1840.
This is tho fact, sir, which has sounded the
deathkncll of the free coinage of silver.
Theoretical Versus Practical Bimetallism.
The advoentos of the unlimited coinage of
silver sav: "Open the mints to the free coin-
ago of both metals. Then they will both be
coined, and both will circulate as money." But
though every country in Europe ana America
has tried this experiment, though some are
still trying It, the advocates of this method
cannot point to a single instance in which their
method has ever succeeded. As we have al
ready seen, France had, with her mints open to
both metals, first a circulation of silver up to
about 1850, and then a reversal to gold only
Our own experience here in the united (states
as been the same. Our coinage ratio of 15 to
1, from 1792 to 18U4, overvalued silver and un
dervalued gold, so during those years, at least
the last 20 of them, our circulation consisted
of silver und no gold. The chunge of ratio in
1814 and lt&7 to 15.98 to 1 (commonly spoken of
as "10 to 1") overvalued gold and undervalued
silvor, and silver gradually retired from cir
culation bs money. No one would part with
871.25 grains of silver (the amount of pure sil
ver in a dollar) tor luu cents as money when
he could sell it for 108 cents as bullion.
And this has been the experience of every
nation that has ever tried the experiment. A
double standard is, therefore, an alternating
standard. It is not bimetallism, but one-at-a-time
metallism.
What the people want is the use of both met
als, each in the way that will best serve their
purposes. They want the actual circulation or
both, not simply the promise of it. You free
silverltes offer them a method that has always
failed and in the nature of things always will.
Wo offer a method that has never fulled under
normal conditions, and that is why it has been
adopted by all the leading nations of the world.
You offer a law permitting both to be coined,
hoping that both will be. We offor a plan
whereby the desired result is secured with cer
tninty. Yours is the bimetallism of the statute
book. Ours is the bimetallism of the counting
room. Yours is theoretical bimetallism. Ours
is practical bimetallism.
A Short History of Coinage.
In the evolution of money the metals gradu
ally superseded all other commodities as the
medium of exchange. Iron and copper came to
oe produced In such quantities tnut they ceaNed
to be "precious metals" and gave way to sil
ver. In tho course of time, as civilization and
IIeitneh will certainly have a
race meeting this spring, and it is
very probable that eventually
company will buy up tne race
premises and build a nice track of
the old style, and otherwise im
prove the grounds with tbe view
of making the thing pay as a bust
uess proposition. mere are
enough well-to-do men in Uepp.
ner to carry out the proposed
plan, and the Gazette hopes that
it will reach consummation. But
in any event, Lleppner will have
races this spring.
FOBTMASTEH GENERAL GaUY has
decided that except in cases which
present some extraordinary reason
for a deviation the old rules will
bo adhered to in tho appoiutmeut
of postmasters, says a Washington
correspondent. These rules in
brief are about as follows: Re
publican senators will bo allowe
to name the postmaster of the
largest city in their congrppsiona!
district; republican representatives
will name all other postmasters in
their districts, and in districts rep
resented in congress by democrats
or populists and in states having
no republican senators, the choice
will be inade by tho republican
chairman or some other designated
rofereo. Tho congressional dele
Ration must also keep track of the
expiration of tho terms of post
masters, as the department wil
not notify them.
Few pe.iple know that all plants cod
tain tlitfpaliv principles. Thejr ciuno
absorb their food until it is (I i nested
any mors than animals cso. Th M.iun
I.rbaoan Winkers have learne.l the art
of ellrafltiiitf au.l ntiliiint these illa-i-a-
Ilv pnnoiplea, and ll is Mr Itm reason
that their Shaker lit(estiv Cordial
tneeliutf with mob phenomenal moveas
irt the treatment of dyspasia,. The
Hhaker Pitfestive Cordial out only 0o
tains fiKit! already derated, but it also
roDfaing dltfMliv prluoiplea which at
the ili.eatiou of other fimila Ibal may t
eaten with it. A single 10 cent sarnpl
b itlla "ill I anfflotwnt til dcmniiatrala
ll valui, and snidest Ihst arrry
suffering i1)pplir niaka a trial (if it.
Any druggist eau supply II.
oublies:
"Onoof tho greatest evils (referring to Mex
ico) at the nresont time is the existence of a
scale of wages which defies all power of reduc
tion, which robs the laborers of all sense of
dignity or feeling of association with the rest
of their fellow citizens, and hnving reduced
them to a condition of abject abasement dete
riorates to a like extent their nroductive now-
er and the measure of their ability. They are
content to regard themselves as a plant or
machinery which moves by extraneous aids
only and has no power or volition, ana no de
sire to exercise it if it had."
And yet Mr. Romero finds it impossible to
claim more tnan mat inere naa neen --a ren
denev" to imDrovement in wages.
Wh have before us. Mr. Chairman, a special
message from the president asking us to make
an appropriation to pay certain railroads for
cnrrvini certain Deonle from the Mexi
can line to various parts of the United
Btatos. What is the story behind this? bun
ply this, sir: Home of our workingmen,
having been told how fearfully they were
being abused under our system, and being as
sured that things were "booming" in Mexico,
became the victims of their misplaced confi
dence in free silver orators and went to Mex
ico. Then they learned the truth, finally com
ing home at public expense. How many more
of our workingmen will allow themselves to
be made victims of similar tales;
U ow About American Workingmen?
And now let us see how the situation of
was
my left arm
that I was unable
lijfhtest work. This was my condition
when I began to take S. S. S., and a
few bottles convinced me that I was
being benefitted. I continued the
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
me sound and well. My system was
under the eltects of mercury, and I
would soon have been a complete
wreck but for . S. S."
S. S. S., (guaranteed purely vegetable)
is the only cure
for real blood dis
eases. The mer
curial treatment
of the doctors al
ways does more
harm than good. Beware of mercury!
Books on the disease and its treat
ment mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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On receipt of ten cents, ensh or stands.
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Wurreu St., New York City.
Bev. JohnReid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if tised as directed."
Rev. Francis W". Poole. Pastor CentralPres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 60 cents.
workingmen in this country compared in 1SS0
times.
with that during the bo called "bimetallic
Lainl la I ha boat mmttrtna for child
raa. lKKHora rreorniuand it In plaoa of
Castor Oil.
Hood'
Pills
1 ur an liter ilia, rilitia
li. . ln-a.la.-h. amir tt,im
i ll. lihligeitiiiti, runttipa
ll.. Tht . i wi'v. ita-
pvI irp a-' 14 v all drvt(Mt
the demands of trade red ui red it. gold was in1
trodueed into one country after another. In
this evoluttun a nation's needs and progress
can bo pretty accurately determined by noting
tbe kind of money used by it.
At nrt the metals pnssetl Dy welgnt. To save
tho trouble of carrying scales and the danger
of being cheated by means of alloys the custom
gradually grew up of having the ruling prince
cut the metals into pieces of convenient sisa
aim siiane and siamp on one shir oi tne piecs
its weight and fineness land later on its worth)
and on the other sido the feat tires of the prince
as tne nuthoror the stamp. This was the origin
of coinage.
Hut princes were sometimes tempted ny
their greinl or their need to put into the coins
less or the metal than thev should. Then, In
order to compel people to accept these debased
coins in payment of obligations, the princes de
creed that the ooins must be accepted. This
was the origin of what are known as "legal
tender" laws.
For hundreds of years the money of Rome
was copper, no have a memento of that time
In our KuifllHh word "estimate." The Latin
for copper is "see. " and to estimate literallr
means to give the value in copper, adoui uuu
H. J. eopiier was dethroned and silver became
the standard money. About b') 11. C. gold I
n to be used in Koine as money. With the
all of Koine Europe was for about five cen
iuih minim riiiiini. uu"U, K"iu iie'iiVt
the currencies of mlia'val Europe being or
Sliver and copper. The reintroductlon of gold
coinage began it Florence, Italy, in 12&2 with
the rolnaife of tile florin.
A a result of the t'rusadea the commerce of
Florence. Oenna. Venice and other states lying
along the Mediterranean had so increased as
to demand the use of a more convenient money
than silver. Gradually other nations, as their
commerce tiecame great enough, introduced
the um or goiu money with silver money. '1 he
Crusades not only enlarged trade along the
AiiNiiterranesn, Put they also opened up to
Europe the then only gold yielding districts
the I 'rimea so that the demand for gold money
and the source of supply came together. The
ue or goiu as money wn tnerouy ixiio nooes
MttatrfHl and made possible.
Then began tho coinage of both metals. Then
began, Uh, as a mnrutjiiencwN (be monetary
troubles with which the history of the next
five centuries alMitinds tbe alternation of sil
ver money nnd gold money, the frequent
changes In the ratio In the vain attempt to
keep both, the edicts against shipping out
either kind of coin, the execution of promi
nent merchants and others for seeking gain
by cj.rtnit the metal undervalued in the
mints of one country and overvalued in the
mint of another. Tnew "open mints for both
mettils" were not In oonwniuenceof any theory
of "bimetallism." but of what I .eon Kay, quot
ed before, so aptly characterised as "the prim
itive insiiiiity or IU" legislators to ronmine to
gether the two precious metals otherwise."
tirenine. Ciiemicu, Orcahain and others
hail at different times and In different coun
tries pntiibd out the source of the trouble, tmt
tha"prlmltiva Inability of the legislators" li ft
the countries without a remedy. And tha
supply of gold and sliver was so small (as will
lie seen by reference to the table showing their
annual production that the nations kept on,
hoping ngaiuxt hniw im we n apt to do when
we M-e no alternative) that sumenow the often
mint f r both metals would glva the circula
tion of With. Hut, mw have ft. -en, thew hixa
went Indulged onlv to be disappointed. Eng
land rut the iKinllsn knot In IM IB and was
freed from the finnn.'lnl embarrassments on
this sere that had sillu l.-d her. Hut other na
tions kept nn In their old way. with the old
result of alternating standards, losing at one
lime their (..Id ami at anuther time their sil
ver. Die flood of gold at tha middle of this cen
tury nts lied the way for relief. 1 Kir own coun
try, as ii nth I ha existed from ths enterprise
and Intelligence of our fteople, was the first to
a.-t. As we have seen, eongrtiM as early as IKJ
(liferM the birth of the Hepul.liean part I
imsMt an set irtnkma silver nuns aulwl.llsrv
and limiting tin ir coinage and tender, i rm-e
began to nmve In INt'iT, and In IMVMhe countries
coii'iioeinii the IjiIim union adupteil the prim-l
pie of limit. -il coinage and t-m!i-r i.f silver.
(t. riimnv followed in Kl tit. And the principle
has mw U-vn adopted tiy nearly ad th oivt
lired iininni of the world.
tt refrr. ii.-e to the table showing th pnv
diu n..n i f gold and silver it will be et-n that
lii'rtlr after IsTd the world's production of il
ver tsgsn to tni-resNe enermoiiNly, h-aping
fr..in an average of i.i.Yir'.uau in ihe period of
INC TU to an . rsge. f Ml.Mit.mil In the period
of H.u ;.V ll wit at this time that the theory
of .. 1 1 rd ".lnietKlllm" H l.rn. An I ftnl.t
ta-t.ire, it came Into being U.rn of recent
n.id sii.l h. i n.l f-r. The pnalu.-tn.n
of silver a i b.-oi.iiilna' o large tl.sl it wai
becoming hard find a mark.-l for the pnt
.-!. This ws tbe nwn t..r In Insertion ol
the "trs.le dollar ' In the flnal edition of ths
ae of Is.. The neeeeeltlea of Ihe silver pen-
riinvr were not yet an greet tht tht-y bad tbe
.in. Ilty to liroixs anal they did afterward.
Ais.nl lT4 they tefn to lath about "bliaatal'
.l.ui" an t Its alleged brautt-a.
WWat free Coinage Meaas.
Hint il e "frea coinage," ! failed.
meant It diss n I mean that lb iruverntneut
would buy any of the silver, not an oun.-e
the eitrtiiinrnl would atmiily rerelve lb il
v r from H owner, simg It anil hand It be. k
In him. lKwa Uiat rrvata any ilittwl for lb
iliverr
liiii kwheat flour Is now at to a limited ei
lent for f.l. Tha demand for bii khee
Sour t enttretv due to tht f ft-'t. Would npea
Ina a new but kwheat flour null create any de
mand for bu. kwheait ivrtamly n. t, any mora
II eu Ihe rest ing and Ihri.lilni did. 1 near are
t.l el it 1 1 v In trrririii( the supply. Tbe
t ra. I would '111 bare to I. fonjul la asuyr
a ion with other kteds of fl -nr.
I And similarly Ihe". i a mint" nM rfeata)
ftftcta, ro iP u mi l wL.t.-wr f. r m-e arr rcif lb
From the famous senate report on wholesale
prices, transportation and wages, before refer
red to, I take the facts for the following table
of wages in leading occupations every tenth
ear lor some time uerore tne war, wnen we
ad our mint "open to the free coinage of both
metals," ill comparicon with wages in lbfiO, a
sixth of a century after we finally adopted our
present system of unlimited coinage of gold
anu limited coinage or silver:
Wages per diem
Occupation. 1840. 1850. 1860. 1800.
Plasterers tl 60 tl 75 11 75 IS 50
Blacksmiths 160 1 50 1 50 8 00
Blacksmiths' henicrs 8IIU SUM 8.M 176
Painters 1 25 1 25 1 26 2 60
Wheelwrights 1 25 1 25 1 25 2 50
Camenters 1 2D 1 41 1 52 1 1)4
Engineers 200 2 25 800 425
Firemen 1 25 1 87 1 44 1 65
Laborers HI 1 04 U9 1 26
Machinists 1 54 1 65 1 76 2 19
Watchmen 1 10 1 06 1 00 1 55
Average, according
to importance, for
all occupations, 1860
being rocuoneu as
100..T 87.7
There are in almost every community men
who worked by the day before the war. Any
young workiiipinau who is at all taken by the
glowing promises of the free silverites would
do wen to asa one oi inese oia gentlemen now
much he really was paid in those "bimetallic"
duysand how much lie could buy with his daily
pav in the way of necessaries and comfort.
We have seen that the condition of Amertcau
workinirmen bus vastly improved since the
days when we-liad free coinage of silver. It
has been showr), also, that opening our mint
to coinage of silver on private account would
at once send us to a silver basis. How would
this affect wages and the men who earn themf
Every man who earns bis dally bread by his
daily toll owes It to himself ana those whom
ho holds dear to think this over carefully.
Any man who will examine dally quotations
of prices as reported in the newspapers will
soon discover that they change from duy to
day and sometimes chunge very greatly in the
course of a month. But every man who earns
wages is familiar witn tne ract mat tney
change slowly, an Increase or 10 per cent In a
ear being quite a gain, i'ricea change quick-
Tbe editotof the Review of Reviews
passes suggestive comment on the latter
phases of tbe Greoo-Tnrkisb question.
He holds tbat the only reasonable solu
tion of the Cretan diffioolty is to place
Crete definitely in the keeping of Greece.
His theory is that Russia is playing a
waiting game, and tbat tbe otber great
powers are playing into her bands. Tbe
Review reproduces a portion of tbe
Athens Epbemeris of recent date, con
taining war news nod comment printed
in modern Greek, together with several
striking cartoons showing the Hellenic
point of view.
92.7 100 1C8.9
Notice to Farmers.
I will plaoe for sale At Onuser &,
Brock's a reoeipt for killing squirrels
and gophers, which is easily prepared
and can be made at a onet not to ezoeed
5 cents per gallon. They readily take
t bis priisoo and it is a sucoess in every
particular. I will furnish with reoeipt
drugs to make twenty gnllons of the
poison for $4 and guarantee the drngs to
oost lees than 5 cents per gallon.
tf B. F. Swaqoabt, Heppner, Or.
For Bent.
The Bailey Ditoh oompany have for
rent three or four 40 aore tracts of fruit
and garden land under this ditch on tbe
Colombia river below Umatilla wbiob
they desire to lease for a term of one or
more years tor ooe-fonrth of orop raised
tbe renter to plant such trees as are
famished and oare for them daring tbe
lease. The lands are well irrigated,
bave plenty of water and lay well are
dose to railroad or will sell on easy
terms, long time and low rate of interest,
for information write to tbe Bailey
Ditch Company. Umatilla Or., or call a(
tbe oompaoy's farm.
Leading Febd Yard. The feed yard
next door to tbe Gazette office, now be
ing conducted by Wo, Gordon, is per
fectly equipped in every particular. Billy
solioits your patronage and you may rest
assured tbat ynnr horses will be well
oared for when left in his charge. Prices
very reasonable. Hay and gram for
tale. tf
SHERIFFS SALE.
B1 VIRTUE OF A WARRANT ISSUED OUT
of the County Court of tbe State of Oregon
for the County of Morrow, to me directed, com
manding me to levy on the goods and chattels
of the delinquent taxpayers named on the de
linquent tax roll for said county for the years
itsu, iB, ik, ls.u ana lsua, thereto attached,
and noi.e be found then upon the real property
as set forth and described in the said delinquent
tax rolls, or to much thereof as shall satisfy the
amount of taxes charged therein, together with
costs and expenses. I have duly levied, having
oeen unaDie to nun any gooasorcnaiteis Deiong
lng to the respective delinquents hereinafter
namea upo tne loiiowing described pieces or
parcels of land as set forth in said tax lists, lvlng
and being In said Morrow Coiintv, State of
OregoD, described and assessed as follows:
AM T. Til.
Jackson, C 8, S'i of lot 4, blk 15, town of
Lexington; tax 1894 3 20
English, K C, lot 1, blk C, town ol Dairy-
vuie; uijl io4 z ou
Barryman, M F. lot 5, blk 15, town ol
Lexington; tsx 1894 8 20
Conoway. 1 M, lot 9, blk 11, Mt. Vernon
addition to tne town ot Heppner: tax
1893, $0 27; 18!)13 45 3 72
Taylor. O f, NE! and 8E of sec 14, tp 2
n, r 23; tax 1893 f3 26; 1894 8 10 11 36
Tyson, A fl commencing at NE corner
of lot 3, blk 3, Quaid's addition to town
of Heppnir, running north 148 feet, ,
west 16 feet, south 148 feet, east 16 feet
to beginning; tax 1894 1 70
Roy Be. Mary A, lot 5; blk 20, town of Lex
ington ; tax 1893 0 81 ; 1894 3 20 4 01
Pettys, M B, of sec 24, tp 2 n, r 23;
tax 1894 4 06
Murrav, Grace Annie, lot 3, blk 7, town
of Lexington; tax 1893 ?0 20; 1894 3 20 3 40
Land, Alice, lot c, nig v, town oi Lexing
ton; tax 1893 0 20; 1894 3 20 3 40
Carr, E M, lots 1 and 2, blk 10, Mt. Vern
on addition to Heppner; tax 1893 10 57,
tax 1894 $3 45 4 02
Spoonemore, J C, lot 9, blk 7. town of
Lexington ; tax 1893 0 61 ; 1894 W 82 . . . 93
Mayfield, Solomon. BWJ of sec 18, tp 2s,
r26 e: tax 1894 7 34
Barclay, Richmond C, commencing at
8W corner of N WH of sec 10, tp s, r 28,
running north 85", east 20 51-100 chains,
south 1 15-100 chains to south line of
said NWX, thence 20 chains to begin
ning, containing 1 85-100 acres; tax 189g
4 76; 1894 $0 60 5 38
Willis, Henry C, SWfc of sec 28, tp 4 I, r
23 e; tax 1893 7 20; 1894 4 06 11 28
Owens, Wm C, NE of NW) and lotsl
and 2, sec 30, tp 1 n, r 25 east; tax 1891. 5 76
Odium, Lorenzo, SWJ of sec 12, tp 1 n, r
24 east; tax 1893 $3 26; 1894 $4 06 7 32
Brown, Isaiah, SE4 of sec 18, tp 1 n, r 25
east; tax 1894 5 28
Bowen, Owen, N'X of SEH see 16, tp 2 n,
r 24 east; tax 1894 2 25
Davis, Frank, east 25 feet lot 6, block 9,
town of Lexington; tax 1893 10 20; 1894
S3 SO 3 40
Blythe, Percy H. Stf of SH of sec 25, tp 3
s, r 25; tax 1894 6 66
King, Ellen 8, N W4 of sec 36, tp 8 s, r 24
east; tax 1K94 o 7t)
Gilmore, Adaline. lot 4, blk 13, Stans-
Dury s addition to ucppner;;tax i4. . 17 20
Wright, Linden, SW of sec 34, tp 2 a, r
i east; tax i am
And on Saturday, the 24th day of April
1897, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day,
at the court house in said county and state, I
will sell the above described real estate at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder for cash, sub
ject to redemption, to satisfy said warrants,
coats arid accruing coats.
E. L. MATLOCK,
530-38 Sheriff of Morrow Co., Oregon.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
firm of Downer & Swann, composed of D.
C. Downer and Emmett Swann, and doing gen
eral house, sign and ornamental painting in
the town of Heppner, haa this day been dis
solved by mutual consent, Emmett Swann hav
ing disposed of his interest to D. C. Downer
who will continue business at the same loca
tion, collect all accounts and pay all bills con
tracted by the above tirm.
D. C. Dowhir,
Emmett Swann,
Dated at Heppner, Oregon, this 2nd day of
, April 1897. S2tf'
THIS:
k York Weekly
Trbmie
For Bale or Trade.
i
If yon want Eleppner property don't
fail to oonsult J. W. Morrow. For tbe
right person, one who wants to garden.
milk a few oows, raise chickens, etc, I
have a fine proposition to nfler one.
Once developed will produce revenue ol
81200 yearly. Will be sold on easy
terms, would not object to takine 160
aores as part payment. B23tf
yeai
iv ; waees chamre slowly.
Now let us grunt what the advocates of free
silver claim that going to the silver basis
would "double the prices of commodities.
Does any worklngman believe that wages
would be doubled tooV Even if they should
lie, how much would the wage earner profit
by the change? No intelligent wurkingman
believes for a minute that bis wages would be
increased by more than a small per cut that
is. wlnl'i his waves might bfi nominally In
creased somewhat the prices of the things ha
haa to buy Wyuld be increased very much
more. Ho tha real purchasing power of a day'a
wora wouia oe greatly cnminiNiie
rience shows that anv debasemen
ey system of a country raises prices faster and
further than it does wsges. This might Influ
ence someemployers to consider the propriety
or depasing our currency, nut it is precisely
the reaaon whr workingmen should oppose It.
Ho far as woiklngmen are concerned tn
whole silver Question Is to lie summed nn In
one query, lo you want your wages cut uownr
ir so, vote lor me ire coiuags oi sliver,
Would Not Help tha Farmer.
What tnducementa do the silver producera
hold out to the farmers to get them to co-oper
ate In this sehemef They promise the fanners
higher prices for their products. 1 be sensiiue
question which every thoughtful farmer will
natura iv asa is. loom iney ana wouiu iney
keep their promise? Let us aa what tha
tliance ara.
Thev claim that "silver would Increase In
Value and would carry with It tha prleaa of
farm product."
To say that there is any relation lietween
the price of a metal dug out of our western
hills ideiiendlna for Ita value upon conditions
peculiar to luelf ) and the price or any or the
vimetabls Droductaof our fields (each of which
denda for Its value Dsin a set of conditions
peculiar to iwin to leu men inni tunrv i
any relation between tha prices of things so
different In their natura and uses, Is to Insult
th Intelligence of tb.me who ara addressed.
But looking at It from another sianupeint.
let us see what th probabilitlea ara tbat tha
promts could b kpt.
(in would think to hear these gentlemen
talk that silver production Is una of tbe over
shadowing Industries of this country. Let us
niuka a few comparisons.
Th total value or in Sliver proanct or inn
I'mted HUtis in P2. even when reckoned at
th price before Ik; 8, was ttt. 101,000, and this
was (be greatest vtcld In th history of our sil
ver production (Mint Report, page 242).
According to tha hUtisttral Abstract, pafra
SAVE YOl'K GRAIN.
Few realize that eaob squirrel des
troys 81.50 wortb of grain annually
Wakelee'a Squirrel and Gopher Exter
minator is tbe most effective sod eoo-
FOR
Farmers and Villagers,
FOR
Fatners and Motners,
FOR
Sons and Daughters,
FOR
mi tne
With the close of the Presidential campaign THE TRIBUNE
nomicai poison known, rnoe reduced recognizes me iaci mai me American people are now anxious 10 give
to 30 cents. Copser 4 Brook and Minor their time to home and business interests. To meet this condition
ni.ed aii eJp- & Co., agents Heppner; A. Woolery. politics will have far less space and prominence, until another State or
ement in tbe mon- agent, lone; Niobols s Leaob, agents I r . .
LextDgton. aiiuuui ucuubiuu ueiuauuts a renewal oi tue agni zor tne principles lor
which THE TRIBUNE has labored from its inception to the present
ml
Cheap tea you think day, and won its greatest victories.
1 t .
we mean trasn; we aon t
we mean Schilling's Best.
It is the cheapest tea in the
United States.
If you don't like it, your
Every possible effort will be put forth, and money freely spent
to make THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE pre-eminently a
National Family Newspaper,
interesting, instructive, entertaining and indispensable to each member
grocerwillgiveyourmoney fl6 tUmlSll "TIl6 GaZGttG" and "N. Y. W66KIU
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I I I' I I I 1 I I I ft" II I ft" W ft" 1 l III I .aCllell
HIUUIIU UUU UUI 1UI tPO.UU.
A Schilling t Censaay
Sta IrsacMca
the cotton crop of this
UUI waa HoU.UUO.UiU: that of thi
n
du.-e mora wealth every year than these silver
miners, wnn so patroniiuigiy toll loa Isnuers
tH7, the farm vslua of
O HI 11 1 rj im tot., M v. , " ... "
wheat crop wm, in rouna n urn ours,
Out, and thst ef tha corn crop waa over
Uui.uu. The value of onr corn rmp alone wsa
tea llmra lbs valua of ths all ver orop of this
nontry and four times tha valne of all the sti
ver produ.-ed In the whole world that year
any, sir, tne ciitcaing nens or our farms i
lib
im
a hut they will do f..r them.
r'nrmer friends of mine In Mlasesejta have
told me that before the war tbey have hauled
wheat (t) miles to market with an ox team, oc
rnprlna daa la ra-h trip, and got 4ft rente a
buhel for It In wibleat money, wbirh waa In
danger of being worthl when they fot
hem . Vet In IhiMe dsys tbe mint was oien to
the "free and unlimited rolnsge of silver."
Tha KltaathMi of Farmera la
Fm mm h hsa been said by free sllv orators
to ttiuleed tsrmi-ra Into the Idea thst every
thing prierona with thent before IfvS
and nothing; hsa tieen sine, thst I submit inw
a persk-mph that 1 have copied from tbe re
r.-rt of the Iowa Mute Agrtftillural e-Metv f"r
.:. It la from an adilreea delivered bv C. H.
K. --. at the Harrison ormnty fair, and elves
a faithful pieture of the altuatloa at tbat time
in thst mltfhtv stele
"1'rond of these aepecta and nt her pri'ursea
In prw-tieal agriculture, still the condition of
Heppner to Pendleton via Beppoer-
Eobo Btaee Line. Persons deairons of
visiting Pendleton oan tare time and
money by taking this root. Br ao
qualntina tbe agents the previous even
ing tbe stage will make connection wltb
i o'clock train at Kcho (or Pendleton
Otlioe at City Drag Store. W. D, Lord,
Proprietor.
OAMII
Address all Orden to
I IV ADVANCE.
THE GAZETTE.
HELP WANTED
We are preparing for a big spring trade, but must have
help to make it a bowling success. We are filling up
and completing our stock of
To car all old sorrs, to beal ao In-
axr;c AND HARDWARE
nt-viruiiif in uirrouona, &ia UHsrio-iiap
action will aopria yon. Oooscr k Brock.
Tea es!7 ti.lt ft . Ua4-, ftmMiitl. I ""'Pf "laiag d
aiwueMteejaaMMW
r y an -re taea
Tbvae are sJ
the Ulmrtnf nun and farmer Is far fr..m wbat
Is d,nble. Thev hsve wocbe.1, wat. Iird and
wsit.il for an adequate reward until weari
ness hue Well nigh turned to b"t leaaueee.
r arming baa Un a flnnnnnl failure for tha
Ia.l tbree tear Hani I. .11 baa ipvned up One
arms sn.l brought to the blua the pro.lu. le of
ttu. iauiple.1 barveeta. but tbe amies bava hard
ly twiil esiwueea and bought cheap clothing
until the d ining karveat. Torre Is ao surplus
to Improve bul.dtnga. parebaee thoroughbred
stork and furbish the k.-me wltb any of tbe
lusurtt of art and literature."
Wee Id Ita Harol mm Ilektara.
I.rt us suppoee thai tbe ad-atea of free all
er sweep ev. rythlng before then, rapturing
the preal.li cy and ths hmwa and continuing
to c nlr,. tbe senate. bat w,id be tne eat
Prel tiling !i rspectt what would r da tf
..iee una isrel and fa were r I protect- '
ed by a g--U cteaea in Ihe coalreeef V,i aiHi'-t I
d. lllJ ImI at llrg ,w verv Baeo I
te. ee e M e
Ancient Itrltlah O raves.
Thfi miiMum of the Caatle 1111 at
Taunton (tho courthouse of "blomljr
JcfTrira") tuva just been prraruteil by
Iord Ix)vrlai- with a kiatyacn, or an
cient British prove, diarovcred with Its
skeleton Inmate upon Culbon Hill, Ex
moor, on th brwzy coach route lirtween
Minehva! and Lynmouth. Th klt-
yarn, a atone-built chamber about four
feet below the aurface. meajurrxl 3
feet 6 Indies- by 22 Inches by 18 itichea;
ami the early l'.riton had to be Irifrenknia
ly packed. A eonme ctay cup mas found
near the skull, which waa so wnll pre
served after aJI thee eenturie that
some Americans twin; the coach ar
aid to have made "fabulous offers' for
even a single Uajth. The entire klat.
however, has U-rn removed to Uie bead-
quarters of the Somersetshire Archeo
loflcal society, where It will be re
erected, lotermenta of a similar na
ture have been found all over Fop land,
and notably In Wiluhlre and York
hire.-N. Y. Sun.
C.J
Kr1
1 tvui Is It 4 ill Us 1Mb I
I i 9m 1 " Srrefk Teevea Cs I
time aMdrttniei
eaeeaVelaeaMBeTeanveleaeeaape
which will be sold as low as possible for a legitimate busi
ness. We have many customers now but there are still
several vacancies io this department of our store, to be
filled.
Applications will be received at all hours of the day.
Apply io person or by letter to
P. C. Thompson Co.
Corner Main and Willow Streets.
Do You Want a Rig ?
Don't You Want a Place to
Put up Your Team ?
Arc You in Need of a Saddle
Horse ?
All these can be procured at Thompson A Bices, Lower Main Street,
Heppner, Oregon.
Theae aentletnea ara well acquainted with Orant. Harney, front. Ollllaaa and other ei.t.tt.
ana caa aava money and Urns ta aaln tbees sections Itb travalln j smb.
M'Vt la keeping wlta lbs time.
THOMPSON & BTISriSTS,
Ci -fit;