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About Weston weekly leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1885)
WCStOn Weekly LeadSr. j speculators lost hea-.ihr last year k: i -u'-m. ! and are now trving to make good yRIDAY.SEPTiSMBHR 18, 1883. j their loun by a'coabined effort to force the farmer to sell at ruinously low figures. "We do not doubt their willingness t do such a thing, but doubt their ability, and there fore the low price of wheat is a mys. tery. -V Tux Portland Beard of Trade feat actually said a good word in fa er of openhag thft Columbia river. Taut another for Uncle Sam. The prize English yacht, Genestn, m beaten in the international race Wy the American yacht, Puritan. Tub Chinese nuisance has reach ed the Atlantic States. Chinese cheap laVer is playing havoc with many industries there. Perhaps the Senators and representatives of those, ealiehtened States will he able to bring mere common sec and less silly sentimentality to bear on the question when it azain tomei up in Congress. Thb controversy over the silver dellaris onethaldoesnot particularly interest the farmers or merchants of Umatilla County. Neither of these classes seems to he overbur dened with silver dollars. In fact change has been and still is quite scarce. There does not seem to be too many silver dollars in circula tien among as and we are pleased te get dollars ef any kind. TJkkat pelitical pressure is being brought te bear upon Gov. Moody to call an extra session of the Legis lature to select a successor to Sena tor Slater. It is well known that the Portland Oregonian and a few other Republican papers favor Ex-Attorney-General Williams, while the Portland Newt and the majority f the Republican papers in the State favor Ex Senator Mitchell. It is worthy of note that it is the friends ef the latter who are so anxious to have the Legislature convened in a "spirit of compromise and concession," it being of course tacitly understood that the oppon ents of Mr. Mitchell will do all the compromising and conceding. But will they do this? One thing is certain, that if the present Legisla ture succeeds in electing a Senator, no faction or the other will be obliged to "eat crow" to a humiliating- extent It is significant also that every plea that is made in fa Tor of an extra session is based on yarty grounds. It ought to strike the average taxpayer as a . very cool proposition to tax the State $30,000, isimplo that one of the parties may .gain an advantage over the other If the public interest demands an extra session let us have it by all mean, no matter what the cost may ho. If it does not, it wonld bo worse than folly to incur such an .expense. Tub present system of assessing needs amending. Perhaps it is not possible to reach all the assessable 'property in a large county withou expending more money than would he gained by a thorough assessment, seems impossible, however, for one mar to do the work thorough ' ly in the specified time. Deputies are net responsible to anybody for ' the manner in which they do the work allotted to them. It is quite probable that there are people in Umatilla county who have never paid any taxes. It is also probable that some rich people do not pay - their share of the common burden. .It has been suggested that there ought to be a board ef assessors for each county, instead of one assessor. If there was a board ef seven or nine assessors, there weuld-be sonre among them, a majority probably, who could not be influenced by every rich man in the county, and who would have, a disposition to act independently. They would thus support each other in a deter sainatiea to make an assessment ac cording to which the wealth would share in equal proportion with the poverty of the county, in bearing the tax burden. There would not be a political temptation for so oeaar men to use the office as a atepping stone to some higher place, It is evident that the better an as aesser is acquainted with the local iVy which he is to assess the better he will be able to perform his duty. This would seem to favor the plan of having precinct assessors. After Ahoy had each completed the work in his precinct they could meet and equalize the assessment of the coun . ty. The question is of sufficient isaportanoe to merit consideration with a view to future legislation. It is said by treasury officials that there is no hope for the repeal of tne uiand silver bill and that it is doubtful whether any legislation modifying the act can be got threngh congress. Ine subject has become of such importance that it may be made an issue in the choice of speaker, for the composition of the committee on coinage, weights and meaeures would, in a great meas ure, facilitate or defeat action by the house. Of 184 democrats elect ed to the next congress 108 are from the southern states and 76 from northern states, and of the southern democrats 64 were mem bers ef the forty-eigth congress and 44 are new members. Of the northern members 45 are old and 31 new members. 'In caucus the southern members have fifteen trior than a majority. The proposition from the appropriation committee at the last' session of congress to suspend the coinage of silver was defeated, yeas 113, nays 152, not oting 54. Of the 152, 75 were southern democrats, 48 northern democrats and 29 republicans. Of those not voting, 12 were southorn democrats, 16 northern democrats and 26 republicans. In the next house the southern democrats have 2 more than in the last house, while the northern democrats fall from 105 in the, last house to 75 in the next house. Calculation is made that the advocates of silver coinage in the next house will num ber nearly 200 members. A major- icy of the house is 163 members. ;e.ekai, sews. j India is threatened with another terrible famine. Rumored that Blaine will run for the Maine governorship. The cholera is prevalent in many of the towns in Southern France. The resignation of Keily, min ister to Russia, has been accepted. A contagious disease raging in Clay Co., S. C, has proved fatal in 100 cases. Washington, D. C, has 60 Chin ese laundries and there is a great local ontcry about it. Keiley has formally tendered his resignation as minister to Austria, which has been accepted. The Jennings Co. bank, at North Vernon, Ind., has failed, on account of the township bond frauds. The Genesta-Puritan yacht race was sailed on mond&y and resulted in a victory for the American boat. Near Livermare, Cul., 14th, L. C. Cully, a farmer, strangled his wile to death. Insanity supposed, Beecher favors putting a hijjh li cense plank in the platform ot the JNew York republican state convert tTon. ; The cholera has almost disappear ed from the provinces of Valencia, Murcia, Saragossa and Granada, in Spain. General John A. Logan's book is now in the hands of the publishers, It is entitled "The Great Conflict Its History and Origin." Tbe total number of cases of chol era reported in Madrid since Septem ber 1st was 10.666. and for the whole of Spain for the same time 23,644. 8'i'aTE XE. j. ohtlakd, beptember Id. Su'iar I advanced two cents a pound here today. A base ball tournament will be one ot the attractions of the fetae Fair. Hon. Henry WaTon, of McMinn- ville, Senator from Yamhill die .1 on the 13th inst. The Mammoth mine, in Union county, has been bonded for $50,- 000 to eastern capitalists. Mr. McCleay, President of the Portland Board of Trade, in his an- ual address, said: "Through the courtesy of Major W. A. Jones, United States Engineer, the mem bers of this board were afforded an opportunity of visiting the impor tant government works under his charge at the Cascades of the Co lumbia river. We were profound ly impressed with tki immeusity of the work, and were pleased to note the progress that had been made. I deem it of the utmost importance to Oregon that the canal and licks at this point should be speedily pushed to completion. The valua ble island navigation of the Colum bia river and its tributaries is im peratively needed, and the vexa tious delays that have taken place are alike detrimental to the inter ests of our people and productive of the increased expense to the govern ment that always attends intermit tent labors ef the kind. TRADE MAW" CHEAT HQRTHWESTERH REMEDY. mm. PFUNPE R?S 1 Those who work early and late need a whole some reliable medicine like PFUNDER"S ORE GON BLOOD PURIFIER. As a remedy and preventive of disease it cannot be beat. It I cheeks Rheumatism and Malaria, relieves Consti pation, Dyspepsia and Biliousness, and puts-fresh energy into the system by making New, Rich Blood. All Druggists and Dealers keep it. 91.00 bottles, 6 for 15.00. tSim JPne front Opiates, Emetics and poisons. There has not been a law suit, A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE No doubt remains but that a ter rible famine is impending in India. The crops in Deccan have all failed for want of rain, while in Bengal the crops are ruined by an excess ef rain and floods. The country for fifty miles about Calcutta is com pletely submerged. Nearly all the railways in the province were injur ed by floods and landslides. The railway at Lucker Serra, has been completely swept away. Public subscriptions have been opened and all possible preparations are beirg made to provide, against a famine which now seems inevitable. The London Times says: The statement is read with interest that we have the presence of the chief justice of the United States among us. It is regretted, though, that the time of year prevents concerted action respecting his visit being taken on the part of the different inns of court. The legal profession, however, will extend Chief-Justice Waite the cordial reception given by Americans to Lord Coleridge on the occasion of the latter's visit te United States, but it is fitting that the presence of a iudire ; et more eminent in position than Lord Coleridge should be known and re' cognized by us. The state papers verv generally, and we think with reason, object to Judge Deady s decision that pre euiption entries can only be can. celled by due course of law in the courts. Heretofore registers and receivers have cancelled these en tries upon due proof of tbe forfeit ure ef rights. If such is a correct interpretation of the law congress should change it. It is no better to cancel by decision of court than by the register and receiver, besides taking such questions through the courts is attended with much more expense and long delay. The collector of the port at San Franeisco, has been ordered to re duce his force of employees. The order will throw twenty-four out of employment. Gen. Middleton and the Cana dian minister ot miutia will soon visit British Columbia to take steps fr fortifying Victoria and other coast points. Emory A. Storrs, the well-known barrister and political orator, died at Ottawa, Illinois, Friday night of paralysis of the heart. His death was unexpected. In the four-year-old trot at Sac ramento, Simpson's Antevol trotted a mile in 2:1 9 J. This beats the four-year-old stallion record two and a half seconds. President Cleveland appointed Judge John S. Hagen, collector of customs for the port of San Francis co, and John Flannigan as collector of the Southern District of Oregon. German naval officers have re ceived orders to ioin their vessels and prepare for any emergency. The orders are specially binding on commanders ot squadrons in foreign waters. Judge Bane, ef Salt Lake, in charging the grand jury, characteriz ed polygamy as a vile componnd and outrage on law and civilization. He said the law must be vigorously enforced. Leading clearing houses ef the United States report that the total clearances for the week ending September 12 were 710,927,188, an increase of 12 per cent compared with the corresponding week last year. A large building occupied by tbe Chinese laborers at the Coal creek mines, twenty-eight miles from Seattle, was attacked by a mob at midnight Saturday. The China men, about fifty in number, fled to the woods. Secretary Manning declines to make any statement whatever in regard te the, alleged silver com promise on the ground that he not any time to read the newspa pers, consequently he did not know what had been said on the subject, Immense additional works of fortification are being constructed at Sebastopole. The czar is organiz ing a new fleet to he stationed at Batoum and building military works on a large scale connoting those in the Caucasus with those of central Russia. it in Harney vallay there is to be a swamp land settler luouie lviaguiresim is again rampant in the upper and lower Luzerne districts of Pennsylvania. Nine murders have recently occured in the northern coal fields, anl mines are frequently fired. A general outbreak is eccur in November. expected to Thb present low price of wheat is apparently unaccountable. The ahortago ia the wheat crop of the world is net denied by any. Ia the wheat growing countries of Europe the crop it far below aver age. India, instead of being a for midable competitor in supplying the European demand, is actually threatened with famine. The sur plus for export in the United States it far from sufficient te supply the foreign demand. What keeps down the price ef wheat! It does not aeern auflwwnt to say that grain O said who purcoasad from one of the "swamp angels" that gobbled all the land over there under that title from the State, wbo is sinking an artesian well upon the site to get water! This is on a par with the letter ef a leading ex State official, who informed a Canadian syndicate of capitalists whe were about to purchase a block of a million acres er so of Oregon swamp lands, that much of it was "capable of cultiva tion if irrigatnd." More than a million horses must be raised in this country yearly simply to keep the stock of fifty millions we now have; and .yet some predicted years ago that railroads would almost spoil the market for the noble animal. Railroads have enormously increased the demand for them, as the introduction of machinery has generally increased the demand for labor. Yellow fever prevails to an alarm ing extent at Guaymas. The city is in a filthy condition and people are dying c-y hundreds. J. D. Spreckles has received a dis patch that Mr. Pearce, a member of the Glasgow firm who own the steamers Zelandia and Australia now plying between San Francisco and Australia and New -Zealand under charter to the Pacific Mail company, has accepted a contract to carry the mails frosa there to New Zealand for .30,000 a year. The O. I. Co.'s large buildings occupied by Chinese laborers at th Coal creek mines, 20 miles from Seattle, were Attacked by a mob of masked men at midnight, the 12th The Chinese, 50 in number, took to the woods. Their lodging and cook houses were burned. Nuraer ous shots wero fired, but only to frighten the Chinamen, it is said. Most of the fugitiyes took refuge at Newcastle. They claim a loss of $5,000 worth of property. At its last session Congress passed an act authorizing the Postmaster General to lease the buildings occu pied by third-class postoffices. The amount of the appropriation was only $450,000, or just about enough money, to defray the expense of leasing the buildings for offices of the first and second-class; conse quently the Postmaster-General has been unable to carry out the provis ions of the act authorizing the leas ing of third class offices. either criminal or civil, in Willam ina, Sheriden or Bellevue precincts, Yamhill county, for more than two years. Rumor has it that work will be resumed on tbe Oregon k Califor nia railroad, connecting San Fran cisco and Portland. Oregon. About 120 miles yet remain be tween the two ends, most of which is heary work. (Jnien county has set the follow ing prices to be paid for the scalps of wild animals: r anthers and cougar, $3; wild cat and catamount, 1; bear, $2; wolves and eayotes, squirrels, from March 1 to June 1, 2 cents Several burglaries are reported as having occurred in Corvalhs last Friday and Saturday, and it is thought by the same parties who visited Albany. They captured little booty. It is asserted that the company of ' burglars are travling through the valley in a hack, A man named John Skelton was killed at McMinnville last Monday by his team running away. He wa3 near the railroad track when an engine gave a tremtndous whistle, scaring the teanv Mr. Skelton was thrown out, striking on his head so that his brains oozed out, and he died in a few hours afterwards. It is reported that on account of the reduced rates of transportation over the O. P. R. B., wheat is four cents a bushel more than at Albany, or it would otherwise be. Ibis certainly is an excellent thing for Benton county farmers. $40 on the thousand by reason of reduced transportation is a big item "these modern days. The other side of Salem a few miles, on last Saturday forenoon, welve hundred cords of fire wood belonging to the railroad company caught fire, and together with con siderable of the track, was nearly consumed. As a result the noon train did not reach Albany till about four e clock in the afternoon Prineyillo has not been keeping up its customary record on shoot ing episodes, , but last Ihursday Wo. Brown had some words with Ed. Evans, a saloon keeper, where upon the latter picked up a shot gun from behind the bar and fired at Evans. A bystander knocked up the muzzle of the gun, thus preventing the usual murder item from this nourishing eastern Ore gon town. - ; Curry countv, according to the census, has a population or II 4U, The number is about 100 less than in 1880; but the local paper says the census is very incorrectly taken, since some of the precincts have more than doubled in population. In Curry county there are 24,192 sheep and 3192 cattle. The county produced 54,900 pounds of butter last year, A boy named Brannan went out to bunt horses a few days ago in Harney valley, and as he did not return that night search was com menced. After hunting all day his horse was found with the saddle turned under him, and the body ef the boy was found about two miles awey. It is thought that he had fallen from the horse and his foot hung in the stirrup. His face was horribly bruised and mashed, and eye wholly gone. Marshal Pygall has just arrived atCorvallisfro'uFive Rivers, eighty five miles southwest, bringing two prisoners' named Horton, arrested for stealing. He also wanted Ad Hood, their accomplice, but while out hunting two hours before Pygall reached Five Bivers, Hood was shot and killed by the Mortons. Hood's body was left where he fell, in charge of a party of hunters, wait ing for the coroner. Tbe shooting was claimed te have been accidental. The assessment roll of Douglas county for 1885 shows the follow ing: Total acres of land, 498,371, valued at $1,733,131; town lots, 1158, valued at $203,247; improve ments, $588, 867; merchandise and implements, $367,915: money, notes, carriages, watches ete., $93,270; number of horses and mules, 4578; value, $191,248; cattle, lii,118; value $220,571; sheep, 111,061; value, $23,614; swine, 9650; value, $18,416; making a total ef $4,536, 655. The indebtedness amounts to $1,310,125. Exemptions, $294, 544, which leaves $2,931,986 taxa ble property in the county, which is $42,993 less than returned bg the asiessed last year. The number of polls assessed are 1502, a decrease from last year of 263, The following account is given of a murder at Antelope, last week: For tMtsua, Bm Threat, HoancMSS, Colds, vw-sb, wamsy, raw u fjfefxt, aan attar (lection, of the TkM sd T Price no cents a bottle. RnW kv Tkm.,- .-a Dealers. ParUa finable to induce Vteir'dealer to I promptly get it for Hum will receive tiro bottlet, Sxprtte charges paid, by lending one dollar to THM CHABLXS 1. TOGKLSS COaPAII, Soto Owscra ibfl Bf aauActarvra. , SUrjIaaS, V. S. A. a: h.-v. A V V OjCjHair Vigor cores baldnei -- -aj-t- Hair Vigor restores youth al freshness and color to faded and lira? air. 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Notwithstanding the low price for wheat, there are good times for the farmers who deal with REESE & REDMAN, at Adams, where they get good goods in erery line at astonishingly low prices. Our Fall Goods hare began to arrive, which we purchased in the best markets at the lowest possible rates. These advan tages we will share with our customers. Our new brick building will be ready for occupancy in about forty days, and for that length of time we wiU offer EXTRA IN DUCEMENTS in BRY GOODS, CLOTHING and BOOTS and SHOES. Come and sec us. e Adman 1 .: f ' Am r. -' " I Agricultural Implements, WALLA WALLA BAKERY CONSISTING Or Plows and Harrows. MOWERS, RAKES, Headers, Wagons, Etc., Established 1861. O. BE.ECHTEL MAirorACTcau m intend to make a specialty of the celebrated ALBION SEEDER, the most complete farminsr imDlement ever in- rented. Anything I do not happen to bare in aiocK win dc ordered on snort notice. CHAS. BOWLING, Adams - - Oregon. BREAD. CAKES & PIES. And all kinds of C RACKE X S Fire-Proof Building, Main Street, WALLA WAiXA ;W. T, i WHEAT! THARP BROS., Blacksmithing! My New Warehouse is now ready to receive Done to order in Style. first-class TWIST, NAVIES; CRANULATED AND f INECUT Tobaccos. Cigars, Notions, Cutlery, I will pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for wheat. 3T Agent for Mathoit Bros., Portland, Oregon. N. PIERCE. In addition to the abore we would respectfully I imorm me larmers 01 tne surrounaing country that we now carry a full line of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS J. I. Case and. Randolph Headers. The Celebrated Empire mow ers ana me stuaeoaKcr n ag- ons. THAttP BROS. Adams Oregon. Hilton Oregon. "S. B. Pratt, a saloon keaper at Antelape, ssventy Miles south of The Dalles, was shot and killed bj E. T. Glisan. Pratt came from the hotel and wa entering the saloon, when Glisan shot him from a black smith shop window, forty feet dis tant, where it is supposed he was waiting for him to return from dinner. Death was instantaneous. The cause was jealousy, of two years' standing. Glisan lives a mile from Antelope, and came te town that morning with a shot gun in the bottom of his wagon. Pratt was a single man about 35 years Id, and of good reputation. Glisan is nearly 50 years old, and has a wife and serea children. Gliwa is under arrest at Antelope." WHITMAN COLLEGE. Fall term will begin Tuesday, September 1st, 18S5. No better place in the Pacific Northwest to take a College Course, or to prepare tor Teaching, for Business or for College. Ample boarding facilities at reduced rates. Sena lor Catalogue to the President. A. J. ANDEKSON, Ph. D.. 3m Walla Walla, V . T. MEAT MARKET. PERFUMERY, PORTE M0NNAIES. COMBS AND BRUSHES, FISHING TACKLE, STATIONERY AND SCHOOL BOOKS. PLAYING CARDS, FANCY GOODS, JEWELRY. French and American Candies, G lie apex titan Ever ....AT. L. H. POWELL. U. D. ERWIN. Powell & Erwin, ADAMS, OBECOX. Carpenters, Contractors, . JOHN FLETCHER AND T. E. COULD, Proprietors, F. Bf. FAULTS. 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