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Rule on display ailvertlsluf made known
on appll JHtlon.
That was a bad piece of judg
ment that permitted the county
court house to be used us 'the
basis for Fourth of July fire
works. The court house is the
property of the people, built
with I heir money and main
tained at their expense and the
ery man, woman and child in
the Union, and no money was
ever so well ppent ns that cet
aside for the extension and iin
provement of this great agent
for the extension of intelligence
and i u i c k communication
among tho masses, i
Independence perhaps enjoyed
as "sane" a Fourth as any town
in Oregon. There were no hun-
? id red year old speeches, no , pa
rades with plug uglics, no
greased pig, no fat man's race
nor lean man's race, no sack
jace, potato race nor pie-eating
contest. There was no red lem
onade for the country girl in
white, no canes to ring nor
"nigger" babies to throw at.
There were no snake charmer?
talking through megaphones, no
merry-go-rounds or confetti!
throwers. There were no fires, I
seven militiamen employed at I
the titate insane asylum into
camp at American Lake, Wash
The ' board of trustees of the
asylum, of which the governor
is chairman, has refused to grant
the guardsmen leavo of absence
Probably a good way to test the
heroism of uspiring soldiers
"THE WILLAMETTE" Jit Salem
The party of railroad survey
ors in the mountains keeps peo
ple guessing us to what route i
will select coming out of the Si
let, country. Sometimes
threatens to come out at lridge
port oi the Falls City road, and
anain it looks like thev would
come out by way of Louisville
Any way so n practical outlet to
the Silctz basin is found.
use of it as a miniature arsenal
is not one of the purposes for j no fatalities, no people maimed
which it was designed. Were it
private property, situated as it
is, in the business ceuter of the
county seat, ordinary cautiou
would forbid that it be converted
into a place where people play
with fire and explosives in the
drv summer time. No one has
a right to set fire to his own
property nor to endanger that of
others. The charitable view of
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the court house incident and the
one that should be taken is that
there was nothing bad in the
' intent of the parties responsible.
The .character of the men in
charge of the fireworks forbids
criticism as to intentional wrong.
Judge Sibley, custodian of the
court house, saved himself from
being roasted alive in his own
fireworks by leaping through a
second story window and land
ing ou a balcony outside. Lee
Fenton, with seorched eye
brows and blistered hands es
caped with his life from a lire
imprisoned station by a dash
through fire to a door. Fred
Fisk and Mr. Dunn escaped
unscathed. Their many friends
are thankful the injuries of
those so imperilled are so slight
They are thankful Dallas was
not wiped off the map by a con
flagration and that the court
house was not burned down.
But the interior of the circuit
court room remains charred and
broken and blackened window
panes present an unsightly ap
pearance.' The insurance com
panies are noc inclined to recog
nize a claim under such circum
stances. The new county court
as representative of the' people,
don't care to take the matter up
and there you are.
The onlv reminder that it was
the anniversary of our natal day
was the booming of cannon and
explosion of fire crackers in the
forenoon. Those who could not
resist the temptation to get into
the midst of the fray, presenting
their bodies as a burnt offering
sacrifice upon the altar of 4th of
Julv fireworks in the hands of
licensed incendiaries, went to
Portland, Dallas or Corvallis.
Why, Clackamas county ulone
could support a larger popular
tion than inhabits all Oreg'
todav. Portland Journal. Don't
get too extravagant. Clackamas
has the highest tax rate of any
countv in the state.
There was nothing done by
the city council luesilay even
ing for the reason there was not
a uuorum present. There are
matters needing attention and
tonight (Thursday) has been set
for a special meeting.
Governor Chamberlain, as
commander-in-chief of the Ore
gon National Guard, has ordered it would not be right to hold it
The Salem Statesman can
find no legal objections to the
State Fair being held on the
Siletz Indian reservation. But
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HK re-lease of the Willamette hotel at Salem by J. C. Conner for a trm of nix years, is a guarantee
that there will he at h'ast one house south of Portland kept up to the standard of a llrHt class hotel.
rh ViiUmtft i-niiiniied wiLli Htoam heat, elfctrio bells, iras and elctrin lights. The rooms, in-
ludine the tlinin room and ollice have -tieen retoiiched and new furniture added. New linoleum has been
nut on the office Hoor and the ttininir room frescoed by an artist Ihe thick brick walls keep the ronmn
cool und pleasant these summer davs, as well as com fot labia in winter. There aro ovr a hundrrd wU-
furnished rooms in the Willamette, anU hard indeed is ne to please wiui can not una buuuuio inwmimu-
tions at this hostelry ns it is now k'jt.
there without the consent of the
ndians.
Independence needs a sewage
vstem. Portland Telegram
And Portland is 70 miles away
Dallas has a new sport.
illow fighting.
It is
The wonderful strides of the
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four or five years is the most
marked feature of recent national
growth. In 1890 only 200 routes
were in operation. At the close
of the present fiscal year there
will be over 25,000 routes run
ning, bringing a daily mail ser
vice to more than 12,500,000
people residing in rural distri els.
The appropriation for this ser
vice during the next year is
$20,616,60.0. It is impossible to
estimate the educational benefits
that will accrue from this mag
nificent system which, a3 an aid
to the higher civilization will
outrank any agency now in op
eration for the betterment of
conditions and thejuplifting of
the human race. While prima
rily for the benefit of farmers, it
really confers benefits upon ev-
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