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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7.
Helpltj; the Rebels.
"Helping the rebel" is nor seen
at the head of column after column
of the administration organs, which
re trying to shift the responsi
bilities of the war with the Filipinos
from tha shoulders of the rightful
parties.
"Helping the rebels is s non-1
ensical as it is unjust. This how-1
ver is ad new thing. The United!
Males were never engaged in any;
with
-ar. except perhaps our wurs
the Indiana, that we did not have ,
the same old cry of "helping the'
enemy" hurled at those who did
not sanction everything the war
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iurr w a n. irrit 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 iir inuinprvni.4
In the Revolutions war thel1"'" ,J ordinary Oregon town.
toriea '"helped" iu tauy ways ''the
enemy." In the war of IS 12 the
veople of New England as a general
thin "helned tha enem v
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All tile I
war with Mexico, the Whigs ru" "H ' wmcn
of the Northern states "helped thej.,he Pr!f; ite.d of the saloon-
enemy- even mere than the people!
of the present time, who oppose
imperialism, are "helping the:
enemy."
A GraTe Bobber.
On TA Kin who it will h
remembered as figuring in a case
wherein two sisters were ' arrested
for keeping a house of ill-repute:
under the guise of a barber shop in
F!llvnA KgA Lllr.t tin Annf
the most depraved creatures
imaginable. King had lived about
Eugene for aereral years, his wife
supporting him by taking in wash
ing etc, until when those female
barbers were arrested it was found
that Le had stolen his wife's jewelry
and given it to "Queen Lil," as one
of those barber damsels was called.
, This resulted in Mrs King being;
divorced from King at the spring
term of circuit court.
But now comes the bitter part of
the story. A child of this couple
died some two years ago and was
buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery
near Eugene. A few days ago Mrs
King received a letter written at
Fresno, Cal, from Kiug in which
he said he had taken the body of
the child from the grave and placed
in charge of a friend at Springfield,
and that he intended to have it
shipped to Tennessee for reburial.
On investigation it was found that
the body of the child bad been
removed, but the most grievous
part of the story is yet to be stated.
On Tuesday last, Decoration day,
Mrs King went to the supposed
grave of her child, and placed
flowers there to learn the next day
that her deid child had been re-
moved to some place unknown to
'The Saeriflee of the Shcagirl.'
A well written article appeared
in Brann's Iconoclast of recent date
under the above heading, by Mary
Virginia Channing, which calls to
salad sous eseot occurrences hers
La Eugene. And Ins frequency t
these things have become aUrming'
and sboulJ adsnonUb 'the good
people of the com vanity to exert
very means io their power to pro
tect it, against an element which is
larking like a moral pestilence in
this city, destroying the honor and
u virtue of young girls and bringing
disgrace and inconsolable grief up
on their 'parens nod relatives, be-
- sides casting a shadow of reproach
poa the whole city. We spare
. the names of seveial young daught
ers of respectable families who bavs
fallen "victims recently to un
principled scoundrels and given
With to babies.: And these eases
is wait known do not include by
bum tha true number of Touns
girls who have thus been morally
gained, bos Isava escaped exposure
imply because tbey have been in
bsUef luck than their trail con.
I yfcaiooa, who have given birth to
& a a a a a '
. SrarerJt smicn nave oawe to ngai.
T know " whereof ww ' speak,
wham we bat that the eases of
IflegitimsiU' childbirth mentioned,
4o not include nearly all the cases
f morel rain that have vertakeu
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run'','in 'bi c',r 1
vur cuv oiiuiui nave lor u mug
lime known of numerous of
immoral practices that have been
carried on. and w4tich they have j
tried to suppress but which thev 'present condition. , Class legisla
have not exposed (or the sake of , lion in utterly odious to a large
parent and friends, and for the
good name of the city. However
4rvy-fUd U say that Mavor
Harris City Recorder Dorris,
Marshal Stiles, his night watch
men and Citv Attorner Stevens
?say they are determined, to use
i every lawful means in their power
to enforce tho Uw against law
breakers of every character ir
respective of persons.
Ws bespeak a careiul perusal of
the article osi the outsid of this
paper under the above heading and
commend it to the consideration of!
the reader,
Pistol, Whiskey, and Crime.
Later accounts say the your.g
Charles Farrell spoken of ss being
shot and killed last Tuesday in
Albany given on the first page of
P9Pr bss sufficiently recover
ed to be out or danger. Sxi much
for the wind up of a drunken row
in a licensed saloon. Now let the
taxpayers foot the cost of the affair
i before the court. - Rut -"sich is
,uive a man a license to sell a
young man "fire water" which
makes
him break the law, and
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court for the offense, and
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,sl"re y7-
iirni iiuit u is; ilia council
sells the saloonist the privilege of
selling the unweary driuk that
roaddms him and makes him com
mit crime and get into the toils of
the law, which causes a big bill
" costs to accrue whicu the
county, not the town has to pay,
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Iniustice a3 InltJ to the
Teaching Profession.
Mr. Editor: I hive been wait
ing some time to see son.e notice
iaken of certain complaints oP'grrat
injustice ana maigntiv io public'
school teachers" refer'red to in .h I
i iw w via a uy a uutlt; a. iilmji
Teacher" in the Public School News
of Eugene: The article is an able
one in many respects, but I cannot
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"u" writer, inaiscnooi
teachers are suffering either "in-
j jstke or indignity" under present
conditions.
Allow me to quote the complaint:
"Concerning the teachers wages
and tenure of office a great injus
tice is done. To a large extent the
law of competition prevails, and
whenefer there is no way of de
termining relative fitness, or a dis
position to ignore it, wages will go
as low as the desperate struggle for
existence compels the teachers to
bid or the false economy of the dis
trict will offer."
Now I should like to know wheth
er the1 writer, above referred to, is
ignorant cf the fact that the same
"cooa petition and desperate struggle
for existence" prevails over this
whole land among toilers and
largely determ incs tho price of the
product of labor, whether of brain
or musclef Surely if the writer is
aware of this fact he does not ex-
jpect that public school teachers
should be made exempt frm the
law cf "competition and the des
perate struggle for existence" which
effects all other classes. Does the
writer wish for a law of this kind?
Abolish district boards, appoint a
county board, whose duties shall be
o i this line, to select teachers for
all schools in the county, fix their,
the teachers, salaries and fasten
such teachers Upon the people
"during gjod behavior;" the county
board, of course, being the judges
on the "good behavior' of the
teachers, allowing the taxpayers no
ear in the choice of teachers, no ssy
as to their "tenure of office," be
cause of the indignity (?) of teach
ers having to epply at the end oi
the year for a renewal of engage
ment to teach. I have known such
a law proposed by the teaching
profession, but it was not in the
United States. Mr. Editor, if this
would not be class legislation, I do
not know what to call it. Allow
me to make a suggestion: Make
the qualifications required by the
exemiuing board so high that the
number oi teachers wilt be reduced,
thus securing leas competition and
possibly more efficient teachers.
T-e editor of the Fublio bchool
News uklls special attention to the
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HiiW VUlllim VUI l HUiN WJWII
and remarks that tha suggestions
rs mo I timely and tho manner c-f
thir prsnttion makes thi m both
near ami convincing i iki me
leditor docs nolsgreo with that who
claim that teachers are suffering
"injustice and indignity" under 1
majority of the American, people
ana III well that jl is sa. irt, I j
see no other way by which the so
called 'injustice and indignity" I
caul entirely avoided. Being like
the author of the articlo "The
Public Sch'vd T acher" of a modest
turn of mind, allow mo to subscribe
mvself Aorioola.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In Poijji, Nebrask, May 31,
three distinct tornadoes passed the
vicinity, lirge ain.iunt of prop
erty was destroved and considera
ble lire stock was killed.
An exchange says there is now
plenty of room in the "middle of
the road" for what populiuls are
left, ly way of explanation of which
it may bo stated that the great
majority of them have taken to the
b.uah.
E. G. Smith Ins au order for
4X) bales of h.ps of the coming
crop. He will contract for 12 cents
per pound and advance five cents
for picking and drying. Frank
Tage has an order for 300 hales
at like prices.
On May list
it rained stead-1
ily all day through thj
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v.aiiiorni.i.( Kipening cnernes and i
oernes win bo somewhat lnj'-.ried,
and hav cut but not stacked will '
be des '.roved. Growing wheat and
barley, howsver, will be materially
benefited.
Arbor day was generally oWrved
in Eugene in an appropriate man
ner. Bunting was displayed from
tue houses'and business was sua
pended. The demand
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n-n not mlMilliln la I ho lum.k- !
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As for oursclf we could only aflec-!
tion'ately remember the graves of.1 turned his wheel
our relatives who sleen thousands across the walk, striking
of miles away in our native hills
in Kcntuckv. Instead of flowers'
we could but decorate their graves
. c
w,lh lhe mort during emblem of ;
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The case agaiuU Mrs Lixzie Han
rt t . n .4 klP ti .1 null la. nli....u1
w - V. .11 MUXII.l I.U11ICCTJ
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with manslaughter in disposing of
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orougni oeiore justice w miermie1
last Thursday. After considerable
evidence had been introduced, the
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case was dismissed with the under
standing that the girl would be sent
to the Magdalene Home at Tort
land, a refuge for wayward girls
Some of the ladies of the W. It. C.
have interested themselves in the
case and attanded to the details cf
sending Miss Hautovan to Po.t
land.
A special from Manila says: In
formation has been received that
satisfactory results have attended
the movement among the members
of the Volunteers regiments in Ma-i
nila for the establishment of an
American colony in tho Phili pines.
Four thousand of the volunteers
are reported to have signed a pe
tition to the president and secre
tary of war, praying that they re
ceive jdischarges in Manila. It
was explained that they believed
th-i I'hilipine islands "offered rare
opportunity for industrious and
enterprising Americans to make
homes" and dsired to remain, "for
the purp ae of taking part in the
development of the mining, agri
cultural and industrial resources of
the islands."
A ease of clever swindling perpe
trated a couple of weeks sgo has
just come to light. A man about
40 years of age, giving the name of
Henry Miller, and dressed as a
miner, or farmer, came to Eugene
May 8 and represented that he had
just removed here from Coos
county, and was working on a farm
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near ireweii. ne neposilcd a
check for $155, with ons of the
banks, for collection from a party
in Coos county. He then went to
several stores and represented that
he v-as going to the Bohemia mines
and wanted ti buy supplies. He
bought goods to the amount of $200
or more, giving in payment checks
payable May 15, representing that
he had deposited a check for col
lection, and that the money w'ould
not be here before that date. On
the strength of his purchases he
also succeeded in getting about $')
in cash, and a gold watch from
merchants in exchange for checks.
He then dissppesred, and in due
time it wae found that he was a
swindler. The goods purchased bv
him
are still swailimc orders for
shipment.--Register,
TUSSELS WITH
' OUR EXCHANGES
Bryan may hung up his fiddle
now, and 10 to 1 is no more. The
flniudealer of Roscburg has like
certain animal spoken of iu the
Bible, opened Its mouth. Brother
Conner, "stop dat knockln at the
dc-ah.'
We have, not learned whether
the conductor of the lrain WatelicJ
man is an editor or an editress or
whether the lrain paper is a
Watchman or a Wutchwoman.
We have ttied to exchange with
thaCVpsprr several times just to
find opt some of thoe ' things, but
thus far we have failed. We'll try
sgain.
Junction Times: Claude R Can
non, f Koseburtf, has received the
apjtoiutment of deputy collector of
customs for Alaska. The appoint
men I is worthily bestowed but at
the rate Douglas county is being
recognised there will r.ot be a
sutlicicnt number of republicans
Kft U form a central committee.
They don't need a republican
central committee in Douglas
county Rrolher Morehead. The
demo-pops are running that county
now Mika kumlux?
t i i- v u r. i i
Judge Ctco K Nash of Columbus, j
Ohio, wns nominated for Governor'
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by the republican convention r ri-1
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uij auu jouii a vaiuneti '"'ithree
Lieut Governor. Hho conventiouj
'adopted a strong sdnumstrstion
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expansion.
' Capital Journal: This mornir.g
c ir u'i,;t .
. , A. .
wheelman on the walk on the I
courthouse grounds, ha was deliber
ately run into, the consequence of j
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which will be iu evidence on his;.. ....
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re''. Hiuu in
hand for several weeks. It
"fnl9 lhat e young man Uelibcr
square,
his left
hnd nJ bd'' niashing his thumb
nd mangling each fingtr severely.
Tlie "Vg man never stopped to
i j v. .u t. i
"i ouwhether any damage had
in done or not, but disappeared ' .
as soon as he could. Mr White j ,,,0,ved ,1,,d," V' ,Who
went UDrLane. office and had l"d. BU,ed oa whtr 'e
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the hand dressed, the thumb being
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I severely cut, and all the fingers on
ih,t km.l. Th rri,lPIt
that hand. The accident will dis
able Mr White for several weeks.
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i from having bis shoulder dislocated
and reset.
It is a fact that before Govrrntr
Geer became so bitterlv ornoeed to
the return of the Oregou soldier f
boys he secured the discharge of his
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nepnew 'intj oruy reiauve no nau
in the army. Comment is unnec
essary. Oregou -State Journal.
Why is "comment unnecessary,"
Drother Kiucaid? Let's comment
just a little bit: Since we first
jaaow sa itiv iivi uiiivv tt j si t .
read Noah' Webster's fable of the
farmer and lawyer about the differ
ence it makes as to whose ox it is
that is gored, we have hern pre
pared to regard with some leniency
tho smartness of the lawyer in de
fending his personal interest.
When the governor's nephew was
in danger of being gored by the
FilipinoVbul lets it's fair to pre
sume that the governor iVanted one
soldier, his nephew, returned from
Manila, but when his i.ephew was
out of harm's way and the rest of
the Oregon soldiers who were noth
ing to the governor, and w hen they
were being gored by the Filipino's
bul lets, whythe governor is op -
posed to the return of the other
Oregon' Soldiers. And this is our
comment. ,
Closed Down.
We feel gratified to announce
that gambling rooms and slot ma.
chines have closed in Eugene
through the notice of our city offi
cials to parties concerned thtt the
law would be enforced rigidly
against them in case of the law's
infraction in this regard. Ws are
glad also to state that there seems
to be no disposition upon the psrt
of any to disregard the notice of
the officers, but that all hands have
cheerfully set aside their slot ma
chines and quit handling "chips."
Ws are certain that the action of
our city officials in this regard will
meet the hearty approve! of every
good citizen and wilt receive his
moral support in the discharge of
their duty. ,'
Died, at Alpna, Oregon, May 2d,
1899, of consumption, Mrs Annie
McVsv. aeed 43 years. -The re'-,
mains were interred in the Dead -
wood cemetery. .
Bodies Brought Home. ,
The remains of three Oregon
volunteers, who died of typhoid
last summer in the Thillpines,
were brought tv San Erauciseo on
the United Ktatea transport Sher
idan, which has arrived from Ma
nila. The bodies are in hermet
ically sealed caskets, and Mill be
shipjod at onco to the relatives of
the dead. Their names are:
Private Kdgsr J. Johnson, Com-t
pany D, died July 'JH.' Remains
sent to Rock ford, Wash.
rriva'o Rufus K. Holhrook;
Coippnny C, died August 10. Re
mains sent to Lowell, Oregon.
Trivate Edwin C. Young, Com
pany A, Second Oregon volunteers,
typhoid; died August 11. Re
mains sent to Kdwin Young Mc
Minyille, Oregon.
. May
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21.
I, ils'J'J at ins home,
alA:y Washington county
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Idaho Exekirl nsiley aged 75 years.
The subject of this sketch was
born in Clay county Kentucky in
the year of 124, and remained iu
thnt county until the winter - of
'PV50, when he caino to Mis
souri and crossed tho plains in
, that year to Oregon with a large
train, arriving on Mary's river in
iwnion county in iK-toier. Jte-
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wti uu m U'lllitMl'll lIIU IIU1U
miles west of Eugene.
In tho vcar -18)3 he married a
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, Mrs. Kins who came to Oregon
Missouri in that - year. The
fruit of this marriago was six
children, three lovs and three
; girls to-wit: Mary, wife cf James
Calloway of Lane county, Martha
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wito ! George Wsro residing at
fiti.M.ll f'piwiV - 1 1 1 fl t II fr.iii-ivi
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John H. and Jeff D. of Idaho.
Jlrs. sarah who married a con
iH i .1. utiidii no lunnicu
f M .s.k -irLt
tlemah of Douglas county, (name
not rcmcmlrcrcd) and Leo young
est son, also of Idaho.
Mr. Bailey removed from Lane
county in IS 75 and settled near
the town of Mitchell Crook cttunty
wtu.ro he , remained until shout
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died alter a year s illness, tiom
the effects of g'ip and old age.
Ezelcicl Bailey was in every sense
of tho word a typical pioneer.
He Mood six feet and 7 inches in
his socks, weighed 230 'pounds
ordinarily, all bone and sinue,
hsd a daik rugged complexion and
colo brack hair when young, never
knew fear, was generous to a fault,
and possessed the old fashioned
sense of honor and integrity, that
characterised the early pioneer of
Oregon. We may mention that
Mr. Bailey took part in most of
the Indian wars of this country,
and thai no became a memrjer oi
ts Baptist church many years
before his death.
Well, we must bring this notice
of our old friend and neighbor to
a close. We knew him in boy
hood, in the land of our birth.
We have known him in Oregon
now 41 years, and little did we
think through all these years that
it would fall to our lot to ssy a
parting word over his remains,
for from any reasonable calcu
lation he should have survived
the writer of this. And as we
lay our pencil aside, we revert
in memory to the many, manv
pleasant hours we have enjoyed,
iogether through the Jongyears
of our journeys through life.' And
we can only say, as Bob Ingersoll
said a while ag", at the grave of
his early play mate. "It seems
to me thsj some how or other
we shall meet again," and un
til the time when the grave shall
give up it'' deed rest in peace,
the ashes of Esekiel Bailey.
The wool market at The Dalles
is opening up quito sntisfactory.
Within the past few dsys sales
have been made at arices in od
vsnte of 12 cents, while there
have been numerous offers of 12cts
for choice clips of Isst year's wool,
and 10 cents has been offered for
a few choice lots of this year's clip.
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Tlaindealer; Last Thursday night
Frank L Smith, then und.;r the
sentence of death ia Jacksonville
for the murder of Peter Nelson,
signed a statement to the effect
that he did not kill Nelson, nor
sssist sny ons to kill bim. The
statement was signed a few hours
before news of the commutation of
1 Fniilu'i sentence to life imprison
' v1 "ivhed Jacksonville.
Mew Rork Crusher.
The new rork crusher ' recently
purchased bv the count v a ill be
used in improving tho loads iu the
south part of the county, coiumenn
in the vicinity of Cottage Grove
A l.Vhorse Hiwer J. I. Cnse traction
engine has been purchased to fur
nish Hwcr for the new crusher.
Roth crusher and engine w ill be
delivered at Cottage tSrove. The
county will havo two first -las
crushers in 0erittion during the
coming season. The one now in
use Is at work on ilie roads west r(
Eugene. V
Charnclton Mulligan rfu-d May
HO at his home in Spriitgfiuld. lie
was aged 72 years, 11 months and
10 days, and wns one of the enrliest,
oral known ami most resH'cted r
Lane county's pioneers, lie came
to 1. a ne county in 11 and was'
smong those who donated lands for
the laying out of the county seat.
They havo their storms just east
of us sometimes that makes a
Willainrtter say: Writ, gee whlssf
Last wet k in the vicinity of Fossil
it hailed down lumps of ice three
fourths of an' inch n diameter,
killing chickens, damaging or
chards, gardens and crops. Large
panes of glass were broken in the
Fossil Journal office, and near
Mayville George GUiIkmi lost four
valuable horses by lightening. Gee
whixx doesn't cover the bill.
Itlarhly ftews.
The crops in tho famous Lske
Creek valley are looking well.
.niewheat7Tiowcvtr7 is looking 7T
litllo yellow, but with a little sun
shine we will make a fair crop.
Oats are looking will and we will
have tho usual amount of fruit. I
find by traveling over the valley
that some of the ieach orchards
will l a little short, bul I think
the fault ia mainly w ith tho farmers
for not cultivating the trees as thry
should. Some of us are a little
tardy with our gardens but what
is up is looking wrll, and we are
all still . planting us fsst as the
weather will admit.
Slashing and fence building are
going on almost on every furm.
From the indication now there will
bo a large amount of land cleared
and fenced the coming season.
There will also be some who will
build new residences and barns
this season, of which 1 will have
more to say in detail later on, for
the eople of this vslley are of the
kind who build up and beautify
their homes. Thero hare been sev
eral land salci of late, and more
are now under way. Our beautiful
valley is fast filling up. and all
our new comers seem to tske hold
as if they meant business.
We are to celebrate the grand
old Fourth of July, as a large
crowd responded to a call on May
19 at the school house where we
held a most enthusiastic meeting.
Committees were apointed on all
the various duties. The place
selected was at the Triangular
lake, one of the most beautiful
places in the county. Messrs
Roberts aud Tipton were elected
marshals of the day which will
guarantee law and order. And we
now extend a general invitation to
all of Lano county, and will
guarantee all who may choose to
come a good time except such as
the C E Loom is ilk who I see by
your paper, the Broad-Axe is still
waving the bloody shirt. Such as
he we do not want out here, and if
he comes he may get what he needs,
a coat of tar and sent back over the
road in double quick, lie msy
get thrown in the middle ot the
lake for fish bait. For a man that
would write what is over his name
at this day and time should luck
their head in shame and sneak off
neve to show up in decent
company again, for we hope to
soon see the day when all such
men are stopped from braying in
public. I will have more to say in
regard to our celebration in my
next.
Win Elachly, our niot worthy
road s'.iwrvis r, will comn end) to
work tin ronds soon, which are in
a bed condition. Then everybody
can come out and seey beautiful
valley.
, Isaiiih Hlaytcr wide his regular
business trip to Junction City last
week.
Mrs L O I hompeon and ron,
Owen, made the county teat a
business visit last week.
A union fun lr school was or
gsniied last Hunday with Miss Ora
Head as superintendent, which will
guarantee its success.
Messrs E Wolf and Win Trlnn
'UVB hfir ,,gtt mM running
order, and are how turning out
about 2UKXI shiuglek jh r day, and
ns fine a shingle aa is mnde on this
eosst anywhere and Ihry deserve
thi pstmnago of every Ixly in Lnne
county who niny niH-d shingles.
They nun moles their shingles to lie
Just what they say they are, so
everybody send orders to Wolf Jk
Tripp for shingles to Kiaihly,
Oregon.
In conclusion I want to give
three cheers for the RroadAse,
and its editors for their coursge 'in
battling for the pvojdo's rights.
We are the wage earners, and the
lioiu'si ones (whst few are left)'
nud for thron ing hot shot Into the
w,0 ,t u-longs. The tsx-
ri,l,ic Ilt.o,,i0 wi,h iheir Ursfooled
children and rugged drrsd wives
begin to think as you do Mr Editor
in itgniu iu iMcrtiiiicy tarut auvi
trusts.
i i
Oregon Troops Klllf Fighting.
It turns out now as has been
predicted. The Oregon troops will
1.. 1.. . I . L 1 . I . .. . . . II .. .
not como home as given out they
have lieen taken back to the front,
i i ... ..
auu were in a neavy Mine llie
townvot Morong east of Manila
June 4. in which four men were
killed whose n a ints we have not
lrurnrd, and six wounded.
Tho hvat it is stated was in
tense, and the troops suffered
greatly. This news will fall on
1 t Km a r at sif mis ei a, . . 1 .a 1 ! L a
-w vui "' ' s v i i sa j st
of thunder eauiing many expres
.ions if bitterest - disappointment.
We have no words to express our
surprise and utter inability to ac
count for the conduct of the war
department in the expansion bus
iness. The people will know bye
and bye.
Oh, Well, Love Is Urammarlrm.
rWukanl (Of.) htf
M iss Mu ry " J il k li lis w edde d
William Him. Howsver ungrain
inntical it may be, she is Iliui's
and Him is hrrs.
Bfleflet.
The pioneer Cs plain Rigdnn of
Pine Openings was in town Mon
day. We ask a carrf ui reading of the
communication elsewhere in this
paper over the signature of "Agri
X)la." It treats of a most im
portant subject.
Our regular nia.hly correspon
dent gives the Broad-Aie quite a
compliment, and roasts "Dr. Loom
Is" after the most approved style.
Resd It.
Anvone cin distinguish a noison
D I
dus serpent from a harmless ons,
for a venomous snake possesses in
variably a triangularly shaped
head and a blunt nose, while its
tail is correspondingly blunt and
stubby.
The weight of a car axle is but
little less than that of a single
wheel, ranging from 425 to 650
pounds. In the new steel cars,
with a capacity of 100,000 pounds,
the weight of . the axles is about
IKK) pounds. each. The guaranteed
life of a car axle varies Irom three
to six years.
An eminent physician says tnat
no person should be permitted to
drink tea or coffee until be or she
has attained the age of 18 years.
In the young those beverages nn-
duly excite the nervous system,
and have an injurious effect upon
the digestive organs.
A German professor, in giving
his experience as an explorer in
the wilds of Africa, says that tho
best protection against lions is an
umbrella, as the beasts are especi
ally afraid of one when opened
suddenly upon them. (
The band boys played some gay
and lively pieces Isst Sunday after
noon in tho city park. They
were short but sweet. Boys you
don't 1 play long enough so the
lovers of music isyevh.
Laura Donaldson, a patient at
the insane asylum, committed
suicide by hanging at 4 o'clock
Sunday morning. She made a
cord of her night dress, fastened it
to a window guard and jumped off
the rill. She was 30 years old.
Sho was committed from Wasco
county April 10, IH9. -
The Noggett il busily engaged
now advertising the Broad-Axe
among the miners and Its readers
In the south psrt of Lane, last
week's Nuggett giving as a nine
Inch single column npper-cut write
up.- We will retaliate by swinging
heavily and hope it will land on
his wind. Let the good wuik go
on Howard.