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About Broad-axe. (Eugene, Lane County, Or.) 189?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1898)
- I 4 I jQfwTLl.:3 ji SOU crwiit live, tw-cioic concern in ; I California or "Wyoming or sonic cctc. Lwdh .l'1 nJawiadliag the fruit Coa. WiuMura xa tiiifli araarra HWi 1U IJna. wt(oa l'oismw at j - MM VIM Mil BMW! I'&aCRIFTlOX BATE fMHtW ..... far alt month - ... . S'arUuaaateata . . : . YlaaaiiaUT ta tdnm ) SATURDAY, DECEMBER TO OUR READERS. Tha Bread-Axe and the Silver Knight-Watchman will We furnish ed to all arke send ui one dollar avod aix bit from the dale the rooo ay Is received ontil January 1, 1UJ0. This applies to renewal and new aubscrib.-r alike. Alsa eseb sab crTber, under thi offer, will re ceivs as a prsiauurn, either a - epy t Senator 6tawart'a real book. iaWtMt ft ' The Functions of .Money" or "The Gentlewoman.1 Here is an opportunity to gel a 16-psge paper published at the na- 'tfitift! ..nil wkinh ftr ittitiMtn encn a.d a thorough knowledge of! have "o-t Sorely flimflair.ed , ,m . ' i T,..hy their proxy sheriff. . astixriog events that are daily oe uring, and the questions that will absorb tho atteutibti of congress, and tho administration in adjust ing onr relations with our recently . . ., -.L . .1 i h action of congres on the pend- in. lnliS, ... will! , aaks the possession of the Silver Knight-Watchman a necessity to ,Tery citisen who wants to keep fosted qp. Here. then, u an un- railed offer to get., yourhomej ayhiAh AAnfoina si ! I t h irvil 1 ssvif uavu w a v iti a a a u s vtoa .news, and a condensed form of the oewi from all over tho world. to gether with a paper from the na tional capitol, containirg a reliable account of tho doings of congress -and tho administration. Send in your club lists to this office, t . Watch the Canal. ' Salem Journal: The Journal lua a prophecy . to make. . Watch the Nicaragua canal and see how aba great inter-oceanic enterprise, ofaach rital importance to the Veat, and especially to this coast, 'Will be gobbled up by a private -corporation . It is being done Tight before the v- ry eyes of the people. What does it mean? It meats "that it will be capitalized, watered atock sold to make scores of million aires, the whole enterprise mort faged for hundmls of millions of bonds, the United States made re aponsible for the bond's, the "people compelled to pay interest for gen erations and the producer taxed to .pay high rates of freight that will go into the pockets of the private corporation owning the canal. " ITIate r Pleasures- , - aMB The most exhilirating and de lightful of winter pastimes which -one can enjoy when convenient is -chat of skating. Anyone who can roinipulate his skates perfectly and lias unlimited range to operate on Is mocb to be envied . by those un accustomed to it. It looks - very simple to see a good skater glide swiftly and gracefully over the smooth surface, but in . reality it . requires much practice and endur ance, for every new beginner must tartly receive his Ufesro of the ItDoekson the back of the head; as that U generally' where the ire meets him when his skates carries iis legs from under him. Harney lake, thirty miles south of Burns, Oregon, is an ideal skat er's paradise, but being; in a remote locality few resort there for skat ing. From December till March this lake freeset over solid and is innUes long and six miles wide, and as smooth as solid glass. On this laka with a stiff gale from the vast the skater has only to brace kioaself and 1st tha wind blow him across the lea, and sometimes he xnay be. whirled diasily alonfalllt-runB d w"u rrwS !olo"", Ka raia-Ttf -Snl fl nr Klr tnlles an hoar if the winJ is heay. The vriter lua many tims been Ukea the full length of this lake by westerly gale io lees than twenty snlaatae, and with tittle or eo exertion. South Dakota is the first state In teunioQ to adopt the Initiative it en 4n this TtciKity has nweon-e somewhat of a frtd. TheW.O. "i RacJuJpti Co. wrtii headquarters at - . Loa AugiJes, California, lias been lMJxtnavy eriga!d ilhe fruit business here for the past w weeks. Thee a.lo contracted some dubu. The packer, orr.e tf thorn girls and women, are not paid.;''1" the public good and were lalorcr who are sorely iu ntvdv circumstances. X . fides ot'irrs s ui.d mand ij,, accounts apiir.tt them. - Learnlncr Tho Lesson- The bitW nil of discontent which coius from t itlt rent rarts f tbo county as t- the iwanner in! j hk'h-the busir.es of the sheriff"! ice is wnduAnJ is no more than i . . . , I ;-i cnoii-o oi me people lor maiomce. Bet it is a little strange that thel 1. SiuiVt holds an account orj,nR- lu discoveries, of science tlS4.U for wend neainst them aud j ft,ul uieolianical,. invention have Eli Bmn tU for licerv hm. le- trot new force into play, in- very peou'.e who helped to elect Tiie public good demand that tax-j our present shei iff aie the first to'ation should bo eual, or if, any crk; but well tliey miv, for thev icTcception is made it thou Id be the! by tneir proxy A representative populist editor says the iophitts have been hoodooed in the election of Sheriff Withers, and a leading demorractic editor not Campbell, n ho belong i to the ring avs amen, and adds that not onlv the rxpuhsU but thu , , -.. , , democraUai well have been cut i. . . '.. : i.... Vfc,lw4 rirriii, niiu liiriner says tliat itisn'wto be regretted that the republican candidate for that :!i.e was not elected, as he a ck-an man aud capable of filling The les-wis . of experience are surest, but sometimes they are pret ty dear. Sh?riff Withers got iuto office by the merest chance, and now tha people whu gave their votes . to elect him aro sorry that they did 89. Sheriff Withers is yheriff in name, but not in fact, lie was supported by n ring in this city and is a tool in their hands and is powerless to a "t" except at the dictatiou of tho ring. It is not necessary to state nojf New Yoik. in what way Lane conntv's sheriff i tflaT this tax way Lane conntv's sheriff is falling short of the cxpectutuns 0f friends,Tbut we may eon- j elude by saying that the people are learning a peril ct Ieon in experience and will know how to vote one year from next June. Register. - j , Wise and Otherwise. 'A bad workman always quar rels with his tools. Women laugh when. they can and weep when they will. Better go to bed without stopper than to rise with debts. Beauty without virtue is a flow er without perfume. Adversity makes men, and pros perity make monsters. The greatest wisdom In man consists in knowing his follies. ' ' Decency is the jetiuine tint of virtue, and the disguise of vice. An old man who marries a young woman gives an invitation to death. He wlsn devours the substance of the poof u"ill find a bone at length to choke him. Women can do everything lie cause they rule those who com mand everything. A wise man thinks before he peaks; but a fool spenks and then thinks of what he has been saying. 1 m In Crook county near Paulina postoflire there are . to natural 4culiarities in the wa J of springs. One is the "lied Rock" soda water spring and the other is a boiling hot spring. They are only a mile apart, and the sj la spring is al ways cool and a delicious drink; the other hot enough to boil an egg. The soda spring is on vacated deeded Jla.id, just alongside the county road, free to every thirsty passerby who is templed to drink by.. its inviting appearance rock from whence it d-. rives its name. The water waa at one time bottled and sold -quite extensively throughout Eastern Oregon as it contains superior medical virtues. Tho Messenger: Withers now denies we understand being a pop ulist. Well, he Is no democrat, therefore he most be a prohibition- (1st or a Mark llanna republican. ! .... , tluia'tflatila. IVnu.v I' ) Thime are imprisoned, not for!jutK. Y legally, perhaps in revenge, but beco it i ..t g,Kl fusees; but our las mo pubUc polity to allow thieve lii,oi',rfost yet. What i legal i run at lrgt. Murderer are iu L,vt ,HWMrily jus-t iiud ripbt. We eaccuW f..r reveng.-, but Iccaiifi uuit put jUKlioe inll1 our i.lvv M it U ctutsi.len-d good public policy. fu,t . Uurn how. In theiuean- fo wem fcl.) thrn tho entire Ume. we iaut tax Urf inheritan lit, ad we would aJaya find thtCM h,.,vily, both Iku-uo it i Je- Mv-uety ciaj-wa rht ta Ja what Vtr coiiKiJcreii necessary or dew- The rapid amwioj; ui imineu-e fortane is a dmrti v. ly ie-ei:t I . . . mi . j creasing the production of wealth to a jihenomenal degree. Steam boats, railroads and tho telegraph favt.-r the concentration, tf wealth. A frw have cotrlhd these force! in aiu.li a ay that tueew have wwaii! exueiiK-iv Weaunv. whfc? i . ... mauyiu the loner hiks h;v,ve been; robbed of '.ho opportunity to make , . a - . . . . n iuM.ou.irui a. me few .. - r mo usi 01 me -unemployed, tair.ps and paupers, ha also growu. j home the poor; for the homo of B the toiler is the comer stone of," 8:1 our national exifiei.ee. But e most hated Jof populist vagaries all know that corporations pay" far''ie lvx W!ks ridiculed and derided la than their, due proportion of!'lnall the venom at the corn taxes, and that the extremely "and of old p arty jHilitkians n hen wealthy find ways to make their , the populist party first advanced ft. taxatiou far less thau their due pro portion as compared with the poor householder. Our nitional taxes are paid indirectly on consumption -uuty on ciouies, sugar, etc; ana . lu wiwibm internal revenue on tobacco, ete.jUanks. 80 popular has the idea ) Many of the extremely ., ihy' the jple that th; escajH's tins taxation by hvi.si; ; rfpuuuta'is oi ushington plai-ol abroad. There is one war that', plank in their state platform fa these inequalities could be in a manner corrected, and that is by a national inheritance tax. if any states are adopting this kind of taxation but it i not proerely a stato fnuctton,-for thosu whom it touches get out of it by simply moving to another state. Forthi reason George Gould bought or built a houso in New, Jersey, and lives there a part of ilub,tinie, in 'order to escape the inheritance tat It can easily lie seen I that this tax should be uniform in every part of the country, regard- less of state lines.. It should apply only to large fortrfnes, and be pro-' gressi vely homer 00 larger fortunes, j Ut popl.-7 1 he how 1 is now the Would it not be good public Kil-:olljer lV!,y- II is now the man icy to not allow a single heir to in- who oppos the idea that is ridi horit more than one million dol- culed today. Even the Oregoiii.m, lars? Then the multimilliouair would disappear with the present generation, and everybody would be benefited, even the millionaires themselves, and tho public good would bo greatly promoted. In the new war tax law there i t an inheritance tax feature. I will watch the operation of this with great interest. We should prepare to increase this soon, for our need of such a taxis greater than that of any other contry, for wealth concentration ha progressed much m ra rapidly here than in an other part of the world, yet other countries have had such a tax for many years, and our tax just based as a part of the war revenue law) was more dihtasleful and di-gun-is comparatively light. Look out ! ng than another 'that idea was the for it being declared unconstitu tional by the supreme court ! for our present court is very accom odating to wealth. Other coun tries have no written constitution, by the inflexibility of which, and sn accommodating court, laws distasteful to wealth can be set side.. Our constitution is pat terned after the English government of 1776; and being written, it is inflexible and unchangeable, ex cept by amendments, which are very difficult to make. Thus we I have tied ourselves to the English model of 1776, while England, unhampered by a written constitu tion, has gone on, and in many wajs the govern men is much nearer the people, and the eopIe, ' are more free than here. It is predic ted that tho recent amendments to tho English inberitiiice tax law will finally break up the large es tate in that country, and such a result is Contemplated with satis faction by the patriotic andunself ish there. We would like to have soma of lb it kind of pstrotUm here. It would do more good than the "'jingo" kind of patriotism. Good publio policy demands that immense fortunes be divided in a way that no single heir shall inherit more than one million dol- i accuse a wmrHni't Linit le.tiiai Jlian i av i-v' l..tv of k.ctil'.L.til the tiae 1 iid jMcdijolion. Such rust ac cuiuul..lio'.is of wealth flu .not muw - : ,U.UIUA bv die i-ublio welfare. imJ it it jut and right to !) it. ' The tiroMth of 1'opulUm. Th populist jrtv ha won Tow vicUxit'rit the polls, h ha elect ed ivtiipaTJt'rvly few viUoox in ihe acecral el ites of the nnioiu flUl it l ' victories . ,v,u'u" ana otTe Ivr-remlmig clung than the triuni!f piiitical contents. Sit,, hr.t.'v it lu planted the H.Hli M ! truth in . th hearts af men. .....i I :. . i... . waenjuca uni us uocinuvs hav been scatterwl broadcast and have lnd uceeMful l...l:nient in the;, ' . 1 . C I f . . . t ....on. uohni, iniei- . . , " ' , , , " " "J "wiuiumpmo ami me JJK plutocracy can eradicate. Let us brictly review some of the gwt truths of populism which Dave found fivor with the people. higl.t Viars ago the idea of post mug hanks, was one of the' Today postal savings bank are n"d- vocaied by some of the ablest statesmen of tho old parties. In due! tho present republican nd- voring postal savings banks. Thc populist party lirat advan ced the theory of government own ership of telegraph and tel. phone lines. It was derided ns a v;iouarv scheme of populism. " Today it is advocated by a larije percentage of the membership i.f the republican party aivl isa le:iet of domic rat io doctrine;. If submitted to n fair vote f the people it would overwhelmingly carry in the United State. Dnyou rememWr nhitahowl was raised, when the populist pattv j advocated the election of United St:ltcs senators by direct vote of the most radical goldbug organ in the country, advocates the elestion of senators by the jicoplc. When the populist party - de manded that the Nicaragua canal be built, owned and controlled by the government, a million (Ki'iiical " hands went up in holy horror at I the idea. It was more paternalism and was a most dangerous and vi- cious suggestion. But time passed and it is now the pride of the old parties that they advocate the building, ownership and c l tr I of the Nicaragua canal by the gov ernment. But if among the teachings of populism there was one idea that government ownership and control of railroads. This was fanaticism gone mad. It was the most vision ary of a collection of most unac countable vagaries. The republi can party drew up its silker. skirts and shrunk with hysteric horror from its vile contamination. How is it today? A large percentage of republican voters openly declare ti.eir endorsement of the doctrine. t still lrger number would vote or it, if they voted their honest convictions. But a few weeks ago I the dispatches announced that Uen. Junes Longstreet, a republican and railroad commissioner of the United Slates, under President McKinl'y. had recommended to the government the building of two tranacontiuenlnl lines of rail way. These road are to be owned and oeraled by thu government. Populism on the subject pure and simple and that by a republican of national reputation serving As an oflicer of a republican administra tion. . These are a few of the tri umphs of populism and they are more worthy the wreath of victory than all tha victories won iu heat ed political Campaigns. If the populist party should die bxlav, it lis sown tile see-Is of truth in the minds of men that will never die. People's Press, Chehslis, Wash. lUfll "Sfilatn. Tlie shcr industry in F.nsMern Oregon iaovardoue. Tho aununfr and winter ranges nr uiwu out, especially the putmner ranije iu the vaiioua" mniitvin Jiatu-V. ' J.nat spring a great m.inrylieep eiit into t klM t Ik i kit 111 it t It m I t Ki . Ii.t .l.UH 1 1.- tender spring grass began to growfi At thnteeaaon tif the year hheept VV proaper letttr on buwohgrjK and tbo mountain irras in. not nutri tion. The fWk are graiod and driven over tiio range, in the mountains and by July when the otiiumvr grating ulimild he the leKt it i pr.ctirllg.,a.', the groonct black, nothing save the twig on the different tree, and inarh nf it i e:iten off n far a the sbrep eaa reach. Ahitii iIim r.j.lra t)... 1... r - - - - . . . v w of the vanne ald..rlr,M o,U.,., .,.! ...;n.., . eulirelv es ten otf a far the sIhtu can reach. ' ITheonee abundant, , and beautiful Its' -i. i ...... . . . 'm nren grow ao prmus-IV mi1t elllirrjy Jtmrelj In ,.: i. lh ' - I a a ,n bKi01M U w,el, ,w ,lke it bt.,t and they eat the bloom and leaves ttn)j eveu gnaw the birk as fur a they can reach, and the bush is killed in one season There is no grass nothing but water and uniorroiih in th'o rang,, a Iv-ro Ij years ago on the mevlW4 along the creeks one m'ght rut hay on the commons. In many p'aces during lat t-cason theep were seen to eat the dead pine needle and dried moes off the trees, or when it fell to the around. It i a vrrr uncommon thing in tho mountain' .'to stsj eight ;r ten lhouand sherp igrasing within an era of one or two? I mile. And to irvvlll-dsv-iisT' , asag.v.d horse caiUake vou lUra h t,,e ,n(HlllUins ,, frolu tw t0 ,hr,,, sometimes four or five band of sheep at any tiinediiring the ilav. I thireanv Wondcr that summer grazing in the mountains is a thing of the pan? ! If it doe not annw tl.is winter! I three or four feet deep in those moiin-1 tains and keep the sheep out till' July and give the grass snne up- porlunity to gmw, sheep mil suf- fer next season. This I t-ei tuin. j The Traccdy at Antrluni. ueceniiy mc nensnaiier dis .1 . 1 m. patches announced the murder of I I'hilip Drogan at Antelope, Oregon, stating that the killing a iliej result ot a dispute over wages, but I'1;:.8. ;:;:,,,;;;::;;,lr:iMAivif.ioTH stock, cover i mi ZZ.T .. 9700 SQUARE ft- of floor room st -ilea the trouble began over wages,, forrestcr claiming an smouiit ugainst Brogan . which it is said' hii rcfuseJ to pay. The tragedy oucurcd in Jack Tunney' siiIimiii wiierc isrogan, and three oilier men1 participating, proceeded to sur- IUUIIU 1 OIHFtll SIBSB) vi'inri Ul tlKl lIHm, a very narrow place, w here round Forrester in a comer of the he was unaLlo to free himself. In this manner Forrester won severe ly beaten, having one eyeball completely gouged from its socket, and hi face and lody otherwise bruised. Brogan was standing with a ctiuirm nis hands as it to strike whiyj Forrertcr drew bis knife, a large bowie, and made a dash for liberty, cutting Brogan as ho went. The cut was almost instantly fatal as a portion of the heart was cut away and two ribs cut off. Brogan walked i f:w steps to a bed in a corner of the building and expired, the chair still clutched in his grasp. Forrester escaped and vas afterwards arrested at Winnemucea Nevada, and brought buck to Tin Dalles where he is now confined in the countv iail. The first number of tbe "Eugene Public School News" published in the interest of the Eugene public w'h"ds by the teachers has made it initial bow to the public. It is published gratuitously without charge for subscriptions and 'sup ported by its sdverlismenls. Its mission is for a worthy cause and is destined to fulfill a long felt want During the winter months is good time to canvass, and "hext spring when the rosds get fine and good wheeling you will want tube in "the push" with the rest on good 'bike". Bead our liberal of. fer and try your (lurk at it. It is easy work. , Hustle among your neighbors and you will la sur prised at the list you can get. Thero is no publication in Lane county ever offered a greater in ducements to its restless. Don't let this opportunity bast you. Re-ad! Eeadl Get a Bicycle A Die PRIZE Offered for tho Lnrt3 List of Subscrlbcro K VAST TOO AhDlTlONAL bv ti e 1-1 ol Feruiiry, 1M".. to inteicft theiut-elYa in i lu led to otUr us pi iie, u Lrand hew, So 1 Illryctt Cl. una who w ill sel.d uk the biKK1""' 'i"t subaci ihera iM-taeen now ai4 tho 14 ivf Kebriuire, 18'.li, jirovitled, howm r, tluit a niany 4m Vsom ooiiijtelo for the prte. , In order thul I lie !! hi hare an equal t'Jtanoa with ths gsn .lleninn fr -tho Hie vole wc will frhully accord to Hi') lady a Ladis'a Wliee-l if kIw i the fortnimle'oiie alio soeurcs the grestrat tiustibrr ul tiaini a. Now go to work in your Jh h1iIu h llieiviiuing month, eapetially through the I'liriMiua llolidaya and secure ns large a 44 at as Matai lle, ami aend iu your name once a eek at leaal always atatiiux that you are ooHitN'tiiig br the llieyele. j'eriais wishing to try fir tJie imiiif nf tint tinivr niul mm uitt hiintile i i - I - - I - opru.tl witl I hot niirtiiic sn.J i aeirt in by eacl :b iMinjieUtor, so that une t ho w in the prize. The I'HUliill l AWAKDKH ISM. fiend the TKUMS CAM to WIN yuvj suiiht comply with ORDER BLANK When nit,i Pan si u Top ul a hA nitOAl) AXE, ll'UFNC, URMKIN, Knriittfti fiinl $ , iit'.li' .1.r. Id li JUlau imq )iini umitl Janunry Jt I'jtK): ' t-o-o-o -o o-o - o o o o-o-o o o-o- o o e e o-o-ff-o-o-o-o-o o- A V K. I ls1oH(-K. STATK. I1 -V jagki:ts IV cw Goods Arrive Weekly so vou con have a new, Stock to Select from at nny. Prices atwavs the Lowest. I: time. S. H. FRIENDLY 5 DAY & HENDERSONS "Yy lniv nny tliiiifj- yon may -vntkTt. Furniture Dealers ii.i.i, The public will please take notice that I am still it the OLD STAND on 8th St. Euene, Ore. with 1 variety of Goods 'too numerous to mention. RIGHT. Burg's Variety Store. Our Great Job Lot Wallpaper sale is still point; on. Don't M iss it for you are Saving from 40 to 65c on every Dollar you spend with us. Goods are going fast. 3 w-. ..r,.m... L, A. OVERTON: 8th Gt Wo IIrvo Iiitoly XleoclvcMlfiC'irloticl of ... , r tT eweL Stoves a'a t Ranges Couaalsstliiig- of 23 STYLES and SIZE? of HEATERS 1 " - CAST COOKS and RANQES 8 " fTEKL II A NOES. thaaa. GRIFFIN HARDWARE CO. n.iteii. Free, ro by Feb. 14, 1800. Lsrnsi'iiiHKUM os ovh iah And in ordxr to jiuluoe nur frienj U'lmlfof the lrat- A, w have cn piuo aJ-oiiul call or writef ssmjda "(iv you. A strict miouiit wi'l vo n credit di.ly i utered of every Dajuo strict juxtice ahsll lw ' awarded tha TIKSHAY, FKBKl'AflV I5 :ki:u.Y, all tlie v and rennmilier, that in order inKlitions sit hwlh lierein. - C this our. , U I Jt aul CoaUnuaUM tJaaa' fcaaa. tm JS9. . d Iks fur u hlrK yrnt will aa GAPESr and Undertabs, OAMII for 13 (TIT can