The Gazette.
Thursday, Nov. 2, 1899.
IRELAND IMPROVING.
While Sir Thomas Lipton was
waiting for a breeze during the re
cent successive days of calm he
expressed his views of Ireland, and
among other things said that emi
gration from that country had
fallen oil greatly during the past
few years, says the Spokesman
Review. A little over half a century ago,
or in 1845, the population of Ire
land, according to Mr. Pirn, presi
dent of the Statistical Society of
Ireland, was 8,295,001. In 1898 it
was 4,543,782. The cauBe of this
enormous decrease was emigration.
Mr. Pim shows that between May,
1851, and December, 1888, 3,754,
899 Irish people left their native
shores. About 1,240,000 emigrat
ed in the decade preceding 1851,
during which occnred the great
famine.
The Irish emigration of the
seventeenth century was princi
pally to France. That of the nine
teenth century has been almost ex
clusively to the United States. In
1876 and 1877 there was a slight
increase in the island's population,
but for the twenty-one years fol
lowing the emigration exceeded
the births.
Mr. Pirn says that since 1898
there has been a perceptible in
crease in the population, and Sir
Thomas Lipton confirms his views
and attributes the decrease in
emigration to the United States to
the fact that the conditions of life
in Ireland have become more
favorable, especially for those
classes from which the greater
portion of emigrants were drawn.
In other words there are greater
inducements for the Irishman to
stay at home than ever before.
According to Sir Thomas, the
changes through which the Irish
feel less inclined to leave the
Emerald Isle are brought about
by three causes. They are the
favorable working of the land acts;
the establishment of co-operative
creameries in all parts of the
country; the establishment of bet
ter local government.
The government under the lator
land acts has been purchasing
land for the past ten years which
is rented directly to the farmer at
a reduction of from 35 to GO per
cent below former rates. The
rents are fixed by commissioners
appointed for that purpose, who
adjust them according to local
conditions and under terms that
enable the tenant within a certain
number of years to become abso
lute owner of the land.
Such a policy has begun to
make the people more contented.
It is resulting in doing away with
some of the evils of absentee land
lordism, and with an opportunity
to own the soil and build up a
permanent home the Irishman is
tailed with more hope than for
many years heretofore.
rri ill . -
mo esiaunsumont of co-opera
tive creamenos, however, Las been
one of the strongest influences in
checking emigration. The manu
lactore ot butter has advanced to
a marvelous degree of perfection
and is likely to become the great
industry of the people. The value
of the annual product hr.s increas.
ed to such an extent that the
revenue from this industry for
last year was $3,000,000 greater
tnan for the previous year.
With a release from the pinch
ing poverty from which the Irish
have Buffered for so many years,
with prosperity in pastoral indus
tries, with improvement in muni
cipal government whereby the
people may enjoy a larger share
of the responsibilities, with a re
duction in rents and an opportun
ity to acquire and hold a home, it
may be that the Iriuh question
will Bottle itself naturally without
political eoutlicts, ami that the
pooi)o may again enjoy that pros
perity and contentment which was
theirs before the years of oppres
sion began.
Majoh J. V. Hanson, one of
Georgia's largost cotton manu
facturers said: "The general
business conditions in the South
are better than. they have been for
yetrs. There are many gold men
in Georgia, and teus of thousands
of protectionists, aod if you could
eliminate the negro question, I
think the state would go republi
can without any doubt. And
what is true of Georgia is true of
tuoft of the b tat t8 which go to
make up the so-called solid South.
President McKiniey is very popu
lar with us, and I think ha wil be
renominated and re-olectod."
THE WEAKNESS OF ENGLAND'S
CASE AGAINST THE BOERS.
The Bo-called Transvaal ques
tion has been purely trumped up.
There has been no real ground of
dispute on Great Britian's part
with President Krnger's govern
ment England has demanded a
variety of things relating to the
internal administration of a coun
try which had the fullest right to
order its internal affairs according
to its own preferances. Without
acknow lodging the right of Eng
land to raise any questions as to
internal taxation, naturalization,
school administration, and the
like, the Transvaal has neverthe
less permitted itself to discuss
such questions for several years,
and has made very considerable
concessions for the sake of avoid
ing, if possible, a conflict with an
irresistibly powerful opponent
But Mr. Chamberlain, as British
colonial secretary, has ingeniously
changed his demands from time to
time. Certain large stock market
interests also have systematically
maintained a propaganda for stir
ring up the English people. Their
theme has been the eufferiug of
British subjects in the gold-mining
districts through the oppress
ive conduct of the Boer Govern
ment. We have repeatedly dis
cussed these alleged grievances
and have pointed out their ab
surdity and their falsity. The
British subjects in the Transvaal
are there temporarily for the most
part They have never had the
slightest idea cf giving up their
British citezenship and becoming
naturalized subjects of the Trans
vaal republic Yet England for
months had been preparing for
war on a most elaborate scale,
with no pretex that any one could
give except that President Kruger
was not willing to make
the term of years requisite for
naturalization quite as short as
Mr. Chamberlain thought it ought
to be. Never before has so pre
posterous an excuse been given for
military preparations, so far as we
have read history. From "The
Prqgress of the World," in the
American Monthly Review of Re
views fer November.
New Managrniciit.
Yesterday Senstor Morrow Besomed
the mnnngeroeut of the Palaoe hotel,
Mr. T. B. Whitney retiring. Besides
being aoquainted with every individual
iu Morrow, and, we might say, the ad
joining counties, Mr. Morrow baa a wide
acquaintance with the poIitlciuLS, pro
fessional and traveling men throughout
the northwest, and it is safe to predict
that under hi uiBungemeot Ibis hotel
will double in patronage. The enter
prise of Mr. Marrow is well known, and
as he never does things by halves it it
assured that no expense will be denied
requirements for the pablio'a comfort.
He has been exceedingly fortunate in
eouring Mrs. Oilmore, of the Hotel
Qeppner, to take obarge of the Palaoe
dining room, whioh means the best table
aervioe Id the history of the building.
Klmtt "UMed Qnlrk" at Hood Hirer.
Tbe expeoted has happened. Tbe
Quod River Bud, whiob started five
weeks ago with a great flourish and
faith that it hud "oome to stay," bai
changed bands, 8. P. Bbatt, its pro
prietor, has leased tbe paper and will go
to Humpter to look after bis "mining in'
leresis." evidently things did not pan
out as Mr. tibotl was induoed to believe
by representation made by bolder! of
real estate who wished to boom the
country at tbe expense of some one else.
Be was advised by friends tbat it was
nut a good business proposition to start
a paper in Hood River, but he chose to
listen to tbe song of tbe boomer. Tho
tbe Bun bad a better local advertising
patronage than the Olacier ever bad, bis
first month's collections showed him
there was not enough in it for him to
stay with tbe paper. He bad worked tbe
towu for all it was worth, and finding
there was not enough advertising
with the limited subscriptions coming
In to pay the necessary running expen
ses ot tbe paper, solioited a big depart
ment store ad from The Dalles. This
was to muob for our business men, who
bad been accustomed to tbe Qlaoier be
ing published tor Hood liiver only.
Hood River is all right; it is growing;
in f not there is no more promising sec
tion in tbe Northwest; but there is do
boom. The time may soou come wben
it will have its daily paper, bat there
isn't room for two weekly papers now.
Hood River Olaoier.
Ootpot of to Kloadlee.
No oue will ever know exaotly bow
much gold was taken from the Klondike
fields tbe past season. Since tbe English
government imposed a royalty, tbe min
ers have adopted all sorts of rases to
evade the law. It is rather difficult to
dodge taxes, but it is mora difficult to
dodge a bad cold and tbe grip at Ibis
time ot year. When tbe system is weak
ened by such attaoks, and tbe blcod be
oome thlu and impoverished, the best
uiedioiue to take is Hoe tetter's Stouiaeh
Bitters. This remedy builds up tbe sys
tem. Resides regulating digestion, it
overcomes ooustipation. It is good for
tbe kidney and liver, too, stimulating
these organs into the proper performance
of their functions, Nothing i 10 good
for Uslarlt,
HALLOWEEN.
Nutcraok Night was the most popular
in all the year among the youth ot the
"North Coaotrie' of Britain. Note
were distributed with lavish hand and
cracked and eaten in abnndaaco, besides
being made to decide the fate of many a
lad and lassie. In the words of Barns
"The auld guidewife's weel-hoordit nits
Are round and round divided,
And mony lads' and lassies' fates
Are there that Dtght decided;
Some kindle, couthie, side by aide
And burn thegtther trimly;
Borne start awa' wi' saucy pride
And Jump out-owre the chimly
Fu' high that night."
The nuts were plaoed in the hot ashes
or along the bar of the grate, and when
they burned peaoefally side by Bide the
happy fate of tbe couple was aseurred;
ehoald one or both of them crack and
jump away tbe thoughts of a aaooessfal
oourtship might aa well be abandoned.
Not satisfied with nut oraoking, the
pulling of the kail was also a part ot tbe
evening's sport. With olosed eyes the
young people made a raid on the good
man's kail stalks, that perhaps bad been
allowed to stand for this very purpose.
Upon tbe nature of tbe stalk palled de
pends the appearance and disposition of
the mate for life. Should a stalk be well
formed and straight tbe finder was con
sidered fortunate, especially if a quantity
of earth olnng to the roots, whioh indi
cated that a goodly amount of earthly
goods was to acoompany tbe anion. If,
however, tbe stalk wa crooked and
runty, the finder was mortified at the
thought of being mated fir life with a
"crooked stiok" ; and was doably morti
fied ehoald tbe pith of tbe kail taste
bitter instead of sweet, as that was a
sure indication of a disagreeable dispo
sition. Few carried to a successful issue their
Hallowe'en spells. Tbe maiden who
was brave enough to steal out to tbe'
kilo and throw in a skein of yarn, a loose
thread ot whioh she retained in ber
haod and wound over an old skein, was
sure to drop tbe yarn and Uy with all
speed to the bouse if, when she neared
tbe end of tbe skeiD, it was oaught and
held, as she boped and expeoted it would
be. She should have held tbe yarn and
asked "Who holds?" when an answer
would have oome from tbe depths ot tbe
kiln giving tbe full name ot her future
husband.
The observance of All-Hallowe'en is
dying oat iu Great Bntain. It never
was observed properly in the United
States. As belief in superstition died
out the spells that had bseu praotioed
gave place to practical j ikes, and Hal
lowe'en oame to mean merely a lioense
to destroy property and annoy peaceable
citizens.
In some places dipping for applttp,
burning nuts, and pulling oabbage
stalks are still observed, but the Nut
oraok Night of Bams' time has disap
peared for ever. Self Culture MagHziue
tor November.
MOUNTAIN VALLEY FAHM.
Editor Rural Spirit:
Dear Sir We arrived home on tbe
night of the 14th with our show herd all
in good shape and tbey are enjoying
their liberty with the rest of tbe herd
grazing tbe alfalfa and bunch grass and
Elongus Minorus. There tins been an
uncommon amount of rain tbe past week
and if it shall be followed by a good
spell of nioe warm weather, as we rather
ezpeot, fall pasture will be exoellent
and range stock will go into the winter
in prime oondition.
Tbe Bromi Inermis sown last spring
in our private experiment station, is
growing nicely, having kept green all
through tbe dry season. A small plat
sown last year and out for seed this
season, is putting up a nice eeoond
growth. We are now plowing and pre.
paring 60 acres to eeed down. This
grass is oertainly tbe greatest boon tbat
ever struok this country and will enable
it to produoe twenty good Shorthorns
wnere n now produces oue. 1 presume
Heretords, Holsteins and Jerseys would
eat it, too.
We knew we left some awful good
oalves at horns tbat were not old enough
to wean when we started to tbe fairs aud
now find them developed almost beyond
recognition, and some of thorn certainly
better than what we showed. Among
tbem is a heifer calf or two by Gov.
Olough tbat are fully as good as our
obarnpioD yearling Mina was at same
age. Tbe bull calf, Muggins, out of a
Mnzonrka Conqueror oow, and sired by
Gay Muldooo is a oorker. For a low
down, thick, sappy, blocky oalf with floe
style and fluisb bis equal was not shown
on our oirouit tbla fall. Two or tbree
ethers of about tbe same breeding are
very close after him.
We are starting east today to take a
little look for some fresh blood aod hope
to bring baofc a tew that will be no dis
credit to the Red, White and Roao on
the coast, N. O. Maris.
A (ireat HahrrlifioB llffrr.
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magazine, tbe Ledger Moutbly, will give
tbe November aod December, XY), num.
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scribe for 1000 before January 1st. The
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with its wealth of good literature, illus
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can eeeily earn any ot the beautiful aud
valuable premiums we offer. Hood for
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HOME AGAIN.
After Twenty Four Years Jusrplt Lack man
Visits Ulil England.
It was an interesting reoital of ooeao
and land eiperienost wa listened to one
evening this wjek as Joe Luokaiin
dwelt oo the details of bis trip to tbe
OJU.itry from which tie oauie. Leaving
bare five mouths nuo he readied New
York io time to oatoh tbe ooeao liner
bound for Liverpool. Unfortunately
bis berth ooDfioed Lin: to whxt is known
as the "infernal rerfiooa" of tbe ooeao
monster. Below the upper deok be was
compelled to remain for six wear; days
with one lone Fympittbi.er experiencing
a derangement of tbe liver tbat made
life anything bat desirable. At the
expiration of the eighth day Liverpool
was reached in time lo connect with tbe
train for Mimohegtir, aud thenoe to
Rirmiogbau, tbe oity of bid youth
Twenty-four years found him here, with
eosreely a familiar mark, and he in
venturing upon the street found it
oeoessary to Invoke the aid of strangers
to relocate himself. Ia the silver and
electro-plating factory, where be spent
ten years, be found but three out of 800
nployes with whom be used to toil,
Tbe progress of tbe old country was as
tonishing to biro. A condition of com
fort and thrift was apparent on every
bsnd. When be left there harvest bands
were abundant at 3 shillings a day, and
now an itorease to 5 shillings found
bauds very scarce. In fact it seetned to
bim that better conditions at d a more
oertain future was aesured tbe working
man there than in this country.
The young gruetaticn bad taken tbe
plaoes of those wbont he koew, and at
all times listners were anxious for par
ticulars concerning this country, wbicb
they supposed to be overrun witb the
historical redmen.
Returning tbe ooean was smooth aud
an eujoyable trip made. Oooe npoo
American soil be lost no time in reach
ing Morrow county.
As relies of bygone days be brought
family heirlooms, in the shape ot family
deeds to estates over three hundred
years of ag, which be takes great pride
in showing to bis friends. Tbey are
written oo sbeepekiu in Ink w t.iob time
will never efUc.
Mr. Lnokman receives a hearty wel
oome home from bis msnj fri. n J hi re.
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Coats for winter
wear. Anything from
a heavy frieze ulster
to a fashionable dress
overcoat.
You can have a se
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Largest Stock
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and the prices ran are to
from $6 to $17
Made in blacks, tans,
grays and blues, in
Melton, Beavers,
Frieze, Coverts, Her
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Genuine Irish Frieze
in dark brown color, iy
high storm collar,
lined throughout with
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hair sleeve lining, will
wear for years, $12.00.
A grey Chinchilla, ex
tra heavy, high storm
collar, Farmers satin
lining, full length; a
coat for cold, wintry
weather; special value
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Concealed Weapons.;
The carrying of a concealed weapon
is a ticket of admission to the peni
tentiary, or to the hangman's noose.
Boys should be so instructed and young
men should take the hint. The daily
handling of a dangerous weapon has a
tendency to create an undervaluation of
the rights and lives of others. The man
who considers his life should be pro
tected by carrying a concealed weanon
is keeping bad company aud destroying
respect for the law by depending upon a
cowardly advantage over bis associate
opponent or enemy. The pistol and
dirk have gotten few persons out of
trouble, but tbey have wrecked thous
anils of lives and homes. Tbe most
peaceful, law abiding man is always the
bravest. Last Oregonian.
Broome Grass.
A new kind of grass is being intro
duoed in Umatilla tbat is especially
adapted to its soil and olimate. The
oame is Broome grass or Bromis Iner
mis. It was brought to this ooontry
from Hungarian grss. It resembles
orchard grass bot grows heavier eo tbe
ground. Tbe roots are numerous and
so down deep in the soil. Tbe plant
above ground consists of numerous
stalks and blades, making it good for
both bay aod pasture. The grass is
olaimed to be especially adapted to
aliali soils and by mountaioous regions.
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Steam Laundry
All kinds of laundry work done
first class.
Special rates on family washing.
White Shirts a Specialty
Washing without ironing 3 ceuts
per pound.
Steady customers, 3 cts per pound.
Carpet washing 3 eta per pound
Caib on delivery.
Paints, Oils
and Glass
A full stock.
Kodaks
Supplies of all kinds.
CONSER
Fresh Fruits
Vegetables
Fancy Groceries
When you want anything
to eat you will find it at
Ed. R. Bishop's,
Successors to P. C. Thompson Co.
Headquarters for
Guns
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"NAME ON EVERY PIECE."
LOWNEY'S
Chocolate Bonbons
FOR BALE BY
Patterson & Son.
Photographers' supplies of all kindB. Dark room in rear of store free to all amateur
photographers. Call and investigate. amateur
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THE CELEBRATED
Home Comfort Steel Family Range
Thev are unfinnalfid liPfonoa .
v.v, die maue oi malle
able iron and wrnncht. stool mill u. i. i.
v, nm uyi, uivuk. ov over-neatinp;
or rough usage. Flues lined with asbestos, a peculiar
mineral snnstanre nn whirh fl
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burn hard or soft coal nr wrwl unA io
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ordinary care. Above style
company wagons by their
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FLOUR FLOUR
The Heppner Flouring Mill Company
H.?a perfeoted arrangements to ran the mil permanent!,
Thej bate eeoored tbe eervioea of firat olaea mill and
wbeat enfficieel lo make and keep 00 band a permanent
supply of
Flour, Graham, Cerm Meal, Whole Wheat.
Bran and Shorts
Of tbe Ter, btat quality sod ssaranteed lo giv, fatipfacfo,,,
IK we bare to boy wheat and nobsoee vlh ...
their patronage. 8 1,8 Ui f,rmWi
The largest and best selected
stock in Morrow county.
Jewelry
A fine stock to
select from.
Stationery
The very latest.
& WARREN.
and Cartridges.
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Medicine
To be efl'eKtive must be good.
Accurately prepared from ma
terin's of good quality and in
good oondition.
We are Careful
At every step-taking nothing
tor granted, and the result is a
perfect preparation.
Stationery
A full line of tablets and choice
writing paper. Also school
tablets, slates, pencils, sponges,
pens, penholders, ink, etc.
Rubber Goods
As fine an assortment as you
can find in any store on the
Pacific coast, at astonishingly
low prices.
Seeing is Believing
Call and See.
PATTERSON & SON,
Up-to-date Druggists. C
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to get one of
t , . uu eueci wnatever.
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SmAjk Capital
Pp $100,000,000