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IIILLSEORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1891.
No. 23.
Vol. XXII.
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(iEXER.VL DIRECTORY.
81AIK UFFK'KKS.
" . hvl'oHtnr 1'ennover
l.irn..r .. w MclSride
hii.ry of State i'ihpMheu
bt.ie Fnuter :"ul,wVuJ
Supreme Court j. A yMre
AtUirni-v riftb Umtrict . r
c j i; n r y officers.
H. P. Cornelias
Jodge
CoiuruiKinere J
Ckrk
HUtiriif
Iluourder
'I it'iturt r
ho.uN.I rtu"-lliluJo'
Survf vr
Cur-mr
D. H. Kiaoner
O. Todd
11. B. Uoodin
' .11. I'- Ford
E. L. MoCormiok
j. W. Bnppuigton
C. K. Deichman
. W. A. Solid
K. M(ilk
. . V. I. Wood
clX OFFICERS.
J C Har. ftv
)eo. Wiloox
N. A. Uarrett
.F. J- Kailey
J.-K. Adkin.
J.J- Murgnn
J P. ThI!)!1
" ' L. W. Dobbin.
U. W. Patterson
. Frank Smith
' "Win. MoOmllBii
" ... J. 1. Knight
Board of TfUBte.
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""'""'Kr'T. K."l. IH1NNEM.Y. Pm.w.
EAGLE MARBLE WORKS 1
t. o. -iV-Ek:i3Sis,
M 0 N U M eTts! H EADSTON ES
nd nil kind, oi M.rbl. Work in
TALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE.
Import! and deal.r in
Anion and Scotck 6nniti kliiu-ion.
oniii o woi ,
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I'KOFESSlO.NA.'. CARDS.
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ITORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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0rici- Central Block. Kooai. 6 and 7.
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A TTORXEY-AT-LAW
A ANU NOTARY PLULIC.
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THOM AS H. TOSttl'E,
Y'rTORN E Y- AT-LAW,
, UlLI-HOUO,OKKUUN.
Omca: Morgan Blook.
WILKES UKOS.
A JJSTR ACTORS AND
SURVEYORS.
HILLHBOKO. OKEOON.
Aent for Bar Look Type WrlU. Two
door, north of Poatotlioa.
J. W. MERRILL,
TTORX EY-AT-LAW,
HILLS BOHO, OREOON.
OrFio:oer Greer1. Grocery Wore, oi
Main tret.
THUS. M. HUMPHREYS.
CONVEYANCINO AN1
A UST R ACTI NO OF TITLES.
HILLSUOKO, OKEOON.
1bh1 pam drawn and Loana on iKeal
rtate neHotiated. Ba.ineaa attended to
with promptu( and dmpatch.
)ioa: Main Street, oppoaite tb. Conrt
llouau.
K. S1X0M,
JJENTIST,
EOKEST GKOVE, OKEOON.
U now making teetb for fft.OO and $7. W
p.r I" Zi of mat-rial and wk.nh
W.ll cuinimr. with aeia ootin
extraou-d without pain. FillinK. t me
fwet pr.o,a. All work warranted.
Oin. a. three doora norU. of B r.ok
Hb.ro. )mo. hour, from a. m. to 4 p. ui.
WM. BENSON,
IRACTICAL MACHINIST,
HILLSBOKO. OKEOON.
All kind, of repairing on Ram Engine.
nrf Itoilera Mill Work, Thrwihing Machine.
M.?weM Kied Ontter., hewing Machine.
K Machine.. W"nd ffi
Scale., Sciaaor. gronnd. Onn ' "d
auiUbum. Saw. gronna and '
n larue uumlier of aeoond-hand engine, ana
boiH for -ale. All work warranted.
r. k. MAlLKT, m. n.
f. j. .it.t, . a . .
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IJHYSICIANS, SUIUJKONS AND
I ACa)UCHEUlW.
HILLSUOKO. OUKGON.
)iri.-,K- in I'harro'aTT'rnion KI.K!k. Call.
.lUnd-d "to ?n,gh. or day. "' 8- W'
Cor. Iae Line and Seooud .treeta.
J. 1". TAM1ES1E, M.
1. R. R. SUROKON,
HILLSBOKO. OUEGON.
s.
)r,.o. -an "' 'STt S
KISS.'" "-.I".
night or day. ,
S. T. I.IXKLATEU, M. . C. M.
piIYSICIAN AND SUROEON,
HILLSUOKO. OKE(K)N.
Orir: in Hilliboro PharmacT.
trom 9 a. in. to 6 p .m. at M
not Ti.iting; before and after that tima a.
reeidi'noe.
W. 1. WOOU, M. U.,
piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
HILLSUOKO, OKEOON.
Ornoa: In Ohenette lUw. R!D-kc
romer Eir.t and Main .treeta.
W. II. Rl'l'liERt
iii'ii. rsTATr.AHr..M
.
It and MONEY LOANER
HILLSUOKO, OKEUU..
OFFEKS TO THK IT'BLIO. Land, in
larc. or .raall traota, and will erohang
land, in the oonnirr ror kwh v.., ,--
ertT; in fact. If yon ha. anything to ei
change, in any locality, at me.
1. H. BKOWM,
JJENTIST.
HILLSBOKO. OKEOON.
GOLD CROWN and HRIIXtK work a
.pecialtt. All work Guaranteed.
K.ioiii. 1 and 3 Morgan Block.
3 Orrva Houaa: From a. M. to 4 .
J. C HAI.U
PURVEYOR.
All partiea wishing anrreiing don. will
rail upon me. aa I hae had eiiWen year.
Hn.rL.nM in .urreTinff in the oonntT. and
will niak. ror rhargr. aa light aa powibi.
eonvi.lrnt with the lime.
Oarir.: With Judge Humphrey., on
Main .ireet. oppoaile.lhe Court Hone. ,
Kmiv.sc.: S E. earner of SUIh and I
Washington Strta.
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nT'e-rff never e.vell
c-l Tried
and j iovi ti"
i the vt-rdii.-t
of lail'iom.
S i m in o n 9
Livr K'-l'u-l.U'.f
u t!u
o ii 1 y Li i'f
and Kidney
inii'lirir.i' to
which you
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Vj ho i.ikcii dry ori'iidc intnii leu.
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CLAY WORKS .
. I w -ay.
A Full .lock of
DRAIN TILE
Con.tantly on band.
Orders Solioitod.
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Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awinted oold Mulwint Vtu. ban Fruuuco.
BARGAINS
FRUIT TREES.
APPLES. PEAKS. FKCNF.S,
CUKKKIES and other fruit
tree, for aale at
Bed-rock Prices
forCa.li or:approfd note.
THOS. D. HUMPHREYS.
2Btf
PiimilUlt 11 n- Him e.llm'lrtl clmtll-
pion of the iiKMiiip tux. In practical
... (
I . . , ., .
worR niw ar eaiMinc inou-niKis m
,.
men uiili.uM mid onihaiir to
" ' .
.iiml ,rli.iKt Thn lnw uriivides that
.Jtu va ,.n - .
the incomes of corporations or ier-
roim that shall i-xmil l,OH0 rhall
n.. u lav ,r ni.r ifnt nil all ovpr
that num. Th railriniil companies
K.nLnur iM.fatlintinin urn linlil-
inn 2 per cent I'mm dividend for the
r,.iiiuwnf imviriL' tliH tax. hPro-
fort?, thousands and thousands of old
men, old maids and widows who
have their small earnings invested in
that class of securities are reached
and made to pay an income tax, not
withstanding their profits rarely ex
ceed a few huudrrd dollars. The
law Is reaching a class that Its pro-'
m.itn thonch warned, intended I
should go free.
. , . . u if I
Princess Johanna Bismarck, wife,
' . .. '
tRe px-chancellT of (rermany,
.... , t .,:
died at 5 o'clock lu.-sd.iy morning.
g,e ruurrlcil her hUshaud, the prince,
.
In
:HoSi CURES
7 " " ,f tt, ua
.Vllfc!! PAINSor
MAN &
BEAST
-.I. ..
TWO TVPES OF MOTHERHOOD.
Lodking about ine in a (tovern
ment ottice, I am daily Impressed by
the strmmtli and ability of women to
cone with condition' of life which
would drive many men to despair of
di.Ipation, aad I And the varied
phates of the past and present of my
neighbors there often tragic, always
interesting.
Facing me sits a widow, whode
bright face Is a daily marvel to me,
for I know that the thought of ber
dead husband Is an ever-present one,
and that every morning her love for
a domestic life is crucified anew
she kisses her Hve ; children ' and
hurries away to her oillce. But In
stead of sinking beneath the grief of
widowhood, aud the burden of rais
ing a fiuuily on a small In -nrae, of
beinir bread-wiuuer and home-maker
at the sauie time, she cultivates a
cheerful demeanor aud eutertaius me
often with lively descriptions of her
strutfj;lcs with her children's clothes
and dispositions.
Her I'Wii garments, although plain,
are Melt made, her bullous and braid
always in order and her hair care
fully arranged, while her bright
mind and quick wit rentiers ber
personality a charming one. Seeing
her at a high-priced concert one
night, however, I must confess that
I wondered how she could do it,
with all those five children to feed
and clothe; but in speaking to me
about it the next day she gave me a
uew idea of maternal duty.
" You must have been surprised to
see me last evening," she said, "but I
get ho hungry for good music that I
occasionally indulge myself. At
tlrst I look at the expenditure doubt
fully. It seems a reckless extrava
gance. I think of stockings for
Minna, shoes for Rob, lace and rib
bons for Gertrude, and a hundred
other things the children waut, and
I hesitate. But the music conquers,
and after tho money is onco Hpont I
Indulge hi no self-repioaches, but go
to the concert and store up enough
enjoyment to brighten a month of
this weary round of work and make
me a better mother to my children.
Frankly, I do not think it necessary,
in order to do her duty, for a mother
to d( uy herself everything, simply
that her children may - havnore
luxrles; to stride all her longings; to
sink her own individuality.
"I indulge myself in a fresh rib
hon or two, a bottle of choice per
fumery, an occasional rose. I want
my children to look upon me as a
woman of refined tastes, not as a
drudge, made only to work for
them. After I am dead I hope they
will often say, 'Dear mother! she
wore her hair this way or that, how
sweet she looked in pink!' or 'how
she loved roses,' and not thrust me
into a corner of their memories as
hard working, but good.'
These were new theories to me,
but when I chanced to visit her little
home, I saw their wisdom. She
rules her family with a rule of love,
but she rules it. She is the centre
around which everything revolves,
the queen, and her children are her
adoring, obedient subjects. Each
hild has some duty to perform in
hi
lie domestic economy and , Is ex
pected to do it. Consequently when
the mother returns from work, she
tlnds a well-ordered house, neat chil
dren ready to give her a loving wel
come, and a wholesome dinner pre
pared by the one servant, who has
received her orders in the morning,
and who partakes of the well-arranged
system of the household. In
the evening mother and children sit
down with books or work, or give
themselves up to the simple satisfy
ing pleasures of the home circle.
It is a charming picture to dwell
on, and such a contrast to the spec
tacle presented by the affairs or my
neighlKir on uV left!
Slip, too, is a widow, but different
from my other neitihtior.
Although
-111... - .!... ..... ..... . I nl.n hA,
i me jmu, um umr -v. . ....
hfad aro not
as. many, they have
. . ,
bowed her form and wrinkled her
I
face. . Iler hair is just scrambled to-
ir
1 her. she wears the ame ill-made
I III
lack dress for the entire year, w ith
orhapt a white waWt from som
linruaiii (niinter tor the glimmer
Sh
kiTps tier f'S't carefully beneath
shelter of her frayed skirts, but
know that their covering is
the
we
shabby, and that she does not possess
a pair of overshoe for a rainy day.
She has two children, and "lives
for them," as she asserts. She can
not understand how Mrs. Widow
uumlier one can spend so much
money on herself,
to tret any new
Si ie Is never able
clothes because
Louisa must have a tennis racket, or
Harrv wants pneumatic tire on me
, , w .
. . tin si.v.sl for weeks to
buy.
She is a chronic borrower, and
there are few of u who have not
i contributed tow ard a sash for Louisa,
or taken from the savings we are
laying up for a time of want to send
the girl to an Annapolis hop, to
which the has somehow managed to
secure a card. The larger sums h
pays back in unoiew irom uun to
time, but the quarters and halves
that have betu conjured out of our
pockets by tho magic name of Louisa
we never see again.
And what reward have we? Oc
casionally the girl descends upon us
la all tho luxury of a new toUutte,
stylish Xrora bead. to fuot, a&d ,hr
sixteen-year-old tovtUoe U paraded
about the offloe by .her proud, and
shabby mother. She greets iu with
the pert assurance of a pretty, polled
child, and after we have been obliged
by the pointed appeals of her mother
to admire the details of her garment,
some one of us Is forced to yield up a
car ticket, for Louisa u too tired to
walk home.
Neither of the children care to be
seen with "Ma." "Site la so shabby,"
they aay, and they would be sura to
see some of their wall-to-do friends.
So the poor wuman meekly Immo
lates herself on what ahe falsely con
siders the altar of maternal duty go
ing home at. night to. eet. .straight
things that should have been . at
tended to through the . day, neglect
ing her body aud mind In order to
give LouLsa an extra ruiBe on ber
dress, or to enable Harry to Join
some pretentioua due.
Are the children to blame? Surely
not. Their mother's foolish concep
tion of her duty has made them what
they are vain, selfish, indolent,
with demands for luxuries far above
any station they are likely to fill.
T. L. C.
Some weeks ago a negro who had
been convicted of a heinous crime
and sentenced to twenty years' lm
prison men t, was besieged in Wash
ington court house,-Ohio, by an
angry mob. The law. officers held
the court house with the assistance
of the militia, who In the exercise of
the! trust fired on the rioters and
killed tite of them. The furies then
came to, their sense and suddenly
dispersed. A corouer's Jury was
called to enquire concerning the
death of the five persons. A verdict
has Just been returned which recitos
that the deceased met "death by
being struck, while in front of the
court house tite evening of October
17, 189i, with leaden balls Ored from
tho Interior of the court house in
Washington court house by the Ohio
State National Ouards, who were
under com maud of James Cook, as
sheritf, and Colonel A. B. Colt, as
colonel of the fifteenth regiment of
the Ohio State National Ouards, and
I do find that at the time of the
tiring by the guards there was no
Imminent danger of serious destruc
tion of property or of harm to any
onn inside the court house, or the
remotest danger of the prisoner,
William Dolby, .colored, being
wrested from the custody of Sheriff
Cook." There are two ways to view
this finding: The Jury was com
posed of men in sympathy with the
rioters, possibly a part of the mob,
and who would find a biased verdict
regardless of the testimony. The
other, that the soldiers lost their
heads and fired when there was 'no
occasion, In which case the fitness of
the national guard to do duty other
than holiday parade is denied. If
the jury has rightly interpreted the
facts, then the Incident is only
another Illustration to prove that the
standing army is the only military
power that should be employed to
deal with such questions. The mi
litia, though, will always assert that
violence was intended to tfeeir pris
oner and call attention to the an
nexwssary presence of a great assem
blage of noisy people to prove the
fact.
REAL ESTATE TRA.18ACTI03S.
Oortanna Bobinaon and hash te Tho.
I Foater Iota of aeo 31 llirl lttOO
AW Atterbnry et .1 to Wot Hentt
aareaof aeo 82 tl.rl w 175
H C Topper el nx to W K Beat lota t
and 10 bl 1 One loo SOuO
W E Beat to H O Tapper aaase as
abo. MOO
A 8 Dudley et m to W H Wehroag SO
aoree of L M Mororoes homestead I
larSw 1400
Tho. Talbott et as oGeeraeXetcaaa
86.42 acre, of t Cornelia, d I 1 1 a
r It w and ISO sere, of B Cornelias
dl.tlnrlw ia,
Adam E Klink to 8 A Klink bl JO aad
D.I Beavertoa . 1000
A Hubert Klink to 8 A KHnk JOB eere
arc 21 1 1 . 1 1 w and bl be.eerton fO0
Caturine Stitt la .Ballot A ZA-aene
In RwimliiD 2VX)
0 8 to Tbeo J Wirta (0 acre, eec 94 1 1
nr3w Pata'i
TbeoJ Wirta at as to X.nnie Baooa
nwof.eli'ofeoc'JOtlBrSw
Tbeo J Wirta ei as to Wat Neeves a e
S of i of a 20 1 r o r w
Liuie A Pallor to Wat K Palter aad
Liuie A Fuller 10 acrea of L Hall d
I t 1 r 1 w
John V M obrmann et at to Jobs ag
ger eta!. SMIJirl
S O Morgan et ux to J J Heynelda et
al pt bl 14 Foreel Orore
B W Haiaeeet al te L t Carateo. lot
t and 4 bl I homo fark. add For eat
Gror.
Win keidt at ax to Wm H.bio loo
27. , n. and 31 bl IS Weet Fort
land Height.
10)
r
too
MO
WOO
;ou
C 8 to Jaiaea MeCornik Ira) aar.
ee lOtxarSw Pata'i
Daniel Gubeer et nx to Wia Courtney
el 50 aero. aeeSStiiiJw
Catharine Htiti to Lottie A Robinaoa
lota S and 4 bl "K" oteel'a add Bee
eorton 4.ai
100
Bill'. Cem.teiT Aoxooiatioa to H O
Tapper lot S Hill's ometert 13
L G Weidewiuea to Taae H Tongue
lot. t bl 2 Cornel. a. 300
Van B DeLaahaatt et at to J.me. A
Imbn. 664 S7 acrea of li 11 smith d
I e I 1 a r 1 w and 4J3 M aeree Me 4
and (tl.r'iw 1
A colony numbering twenty emi
grants made ap in Marion, Linn
and Polk counties, of some ot the
best citiaens, have started for their
destination, Hawaii. It is Deed less
to ny that they will not strengthen
the royalMspartJ Uttle
republic. ,
A. LAIXiM 0M TYPUOIl) FEVER.
To The Editor.
.. In your last weeks' Issue .was a
valuable article by a resident physi
cian an the typhoid fever, but .la It
ha neglects to be as specinc as I
would like.
I have, unfortunately, had much
experience with that fever, having
had . It once myself, and having
nursed.' several others, who. were de
pendent on me through severe cases.
I feel that there are some things
about the disease that I know, which
the genera! public should know.
I would not say that ; medicine
should not be given, but my experi
ence Is that careful nursing Is most
important, and I .would rather risk a
patient with a careful nurse aud no
modi cine than one with the best of
doctors and a careless nurse.
The writer of the article ; referred
to disinfectants, hut Is not specific
enough. The following method,
given me by a physician In Astoria,
has proved very efficient with all
cases that I have had anything to do
with since I received it:
Put a pound of blue vitriol, such as
the farmers use for their grain, in a
half gallon Jar, fill up with water,
and make thereby a saturated solu
tion In the vessel used by the
patient, and never allow the vessel to
stand without some in It. Fill up
the Jar as fast as used .out.
Put, also, blue vitriol in the water-
closets and cesspools. It Is a power
ful disinfectant, and is easily and
cheaply obtained. All the excre
ment should be buried my way be
ing to dig a pit about ten inches deep
and when I empty the vessel, dig
another, using the dirt from it to (ill
the former pit and so on.
I have waited on and watched a
number of cases attended by as good
physicians as there are in this conn-
ty, and I have yet to meet one where
the doctors have given directions in
these matters,' and when I have
spoken to them about It, have ten
told that they directed the persons
caring for tho sick that they must
disinfect, and supported, of course,
that they knew how.
I have know but few cases where
the fever did not spread when no
measures wore taken .to disinfect
the excrement, aud I never knew It
to spread where these, the above
simple directions were followed.
Layman.
THE ODIOUS 1M0ME TAX.
Today no stronger arraignment of
the policy of levying a tax on In
comes can be written, than the fol
lowing by the Euglhh historian,
Alir-on, who wrote of the English
Income tax law enacted in 1 791.
Dave Hill cannot opiose the system
In stronger terms. The writer cited
characterizes it as "a new tux, hith
erto unknown on this island," and
continues: "A greater error In fin
ance never was committed than the
Introduction of the income tax. In
appearance the most equal, such a
tax Is in reality the most unequal of
burdens, because it assesses at the
same rate many classes wnose re
sources are widely different. . The
landed proprietor, whose estate is
worth 30 years' purchase of the ren
tal at which it Is assessed ; the fund
holder, whose stock Ls worth twenty
of the same annual rate; the mer
chant, whose profits one year may
be swallowed up by the losses of the
next; the professional man, whose
present Income is not worth five
years' purchase; the young annui
tant, whose chance of life is as twen
ty, and the aged spinster, in whom
it ls not two, are all assessed at the
same annual rate. The tax, In con
sequence, falls with excessive and
andue severity upon one class, and
with unreasonable lightness upon
others', it extinguishes the infant ac
cumulation of capital, and puts an
end to the savings of laliorlou.. indus
try; while it is comparatively unfelt
by the great capitalists and tho opu
lent landed proprietors. Unlike the
indirect taxes, which are paid with
out being felt, or forgotten in the
enjoyment of the objects on which
they are laid, it brings the bitterness
of taxation, In undisguised naked-
ne, home to r-ery Individual, and
produces, In consequenre, a degree of
discontent and exasperation which
nothing but the excitement of con
tinual warfare or wn! of uncon
trollable necessity can Induce a ra
tion DOxscssinff but the shadow of
real freedom to bear 'for any consid
erable time."
THE SCHOOL ROOK l'ETI0X.
Rev. O. M. Irwin, who will soon
be numbered among the officers of
the state government, was in Port
land one day last week and while
there was seen by a reporter, who
made a record in the following terms
of the gotleman's visit :
"I am not officially interested In
the impending choice of text books
for the public schools," said Mr.
Irwin In response to a question.
"Th4 votes of the various county
school superintendents, and the
state board of examiners, I under
stand are now being forwarded toj
8printeadeot McSlrey. They will
be canvassed January 1st, and the
contracts' awarded for the ensuing
six years. It may be that ,1a some
instances a majority vote" will not
have been cast fur a certain text book.
In that case, the book receiving the
two highest votes lit any given In
stance, must be voted for again.
"I am free to say that I have an
opinion as to what should be done in
uhisising text books, though I have
uo vote or voice in the matter. There
is a prevalent impression that it
would be expensive to make changes,
and for that reason there seems to
lie a strong sentiment against them.
This notiou Is erroneous. The 'ex
change' syatem is practical and ren
ders the cost of new books from :i0
to 50 per cent less than the regular
retail price. For that reason 1 am
strong in the conviction that where a
suiierior book can be socureil by a
chauge, It Ls the duty of the author!
ties to get It. Whenever text books
are as good or better, they should, of
course, lie retained. Do not under
stand me to urge sweeping changes.
I mean to say that the exchangi
system is very benetlcial and renders
tho adoptiou of new books economi
cal. When, therefore, the quality of
a given work Is such as to render it
more desireable than that which has
been in use, it should be adopted.
Other things being equal, we want
the best obtainable text books for the
Oregon public schools.
"There is one Interesting and ad
vantageous feature of the contracts,
which ls customary for the state to
enter into with the book companies.
They may be termiuitod at any
time, at the option of the state board
of education. If, for any reason, it
is desired to retire any book from
use, the board can dissolve the con
tract at its option and submit the
choice to a vote of the county sumt-
Intendents and board of examiners
In tho usual manner. On the con
trary, the contract Is binding on the
book companies for the entire term
of six years. If, for any good reason,
during the coming six years, it
should be necessary to rhangn text
books In any particclar Instance, the
board of education can easily take
advantage of option."
. THE LA w"aFYhE LYNCHER.
The worst law ever framed by cl vl-
lized man Is fur preferable to the uu
checked rule of a frenzied mob.
Philadelphia Press.
There Is no other way to deal with
lawless mobs than that resorted to by
the militia at Washington court
house, Ohio. Rochester Herald.
Statute law is the expression of the
will of the whole eoplo. The desire
of any community cannot be per
mitted to set aside that law by force.
Cincinnati Commercial.
. We care not how heinous the of
fense, no mob has a right to take a
prisoner from the authorities and
hang him or to administer any pun
ishment whatever.- Minneapolis
Tribune.
Tho mob that attempted to break
into the jail was consequently an
insurrectionary mob and was sup
pressed as mobs should lie by fori
of arms, without any fooling.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Every man should realize that he
strikes a blow at public order, at the
rule of law, by participating in a
mob. The right of the individual to
avenge a crime exists only In a con
dition of barbarism. Toledo Blade.
There are times when a demonstra
tion with fixed bayonets would be as
effective as a volley from tho rifles,
and we are not sure that the rioters
at Washington court house could not
have been dispersed In this manner.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Bead Letter LM.
The following Is a list of letters re
maining uncaliisl for in the iiOHtoffice
nt Hillsboro, November 21, Jh!4 :
H. Bigham, Mrs. Mary DeVinney,
Mrs. Kettle Fol-on, A. I Strode.
All letters not called for by De
cember Bth, will be sent to the dead
letter office. One ient will bechargisl
on each letter called for.
Mary A. Browx, p. M.
The t50,0O0,0iM worth of U. S.
fives were takeu by a New York
association at 117.077. Of these
10,000,000 go to New York, Mmmi,
000 to Boston, .yxx,000 to Phila
delphia, 12,000,000 to Chicago, and
-',000,000 to San Francisco. It is
understood that none of the gold for
this bond issue is to be draw n from
the U. S. treasury. That ceremony
will come later on.
The American newspaper may not
lie all powerful, but Turkey will find
before she is done with it that it will
be the cause of much annoyance and
some trouble, it tne i urns uo not
waut te be criticised for their Ar
menian policy, let them refrain from
those murderous atrocities, inflicted
upon the Christians of that provinoe. j
There ls great activity In naval
circles at Washington and New
York. An emergency seems to have
arisen that requires all of our avail
able war canoes In Central American
waters. Just what the trouble U
du-s not appear, hot it Is understood
that England is fingering through
the gu? on a search for raiaina. '
OVIU THK MA It.
Tho voice of the Eugene papers Is
loudly raised for a flour milt. Since
EJris' mill . burned, tht town has
been without one, and the loss U
much felt
The Corvallis "Gazette" no longer
admires the classic game of foot-hull,
but his dislike apsars to be due t i
the fact that he bet his money ou tho
wrong "eleven".
Contractors agree to furnish spikes
for an Albany, Linn county brldgo
at 1.S:J sr keg. Xtils at less than
two cents wt pound Is not touch ot
an argument for free traders.
The Sheridan Sun complains that
whiskey Is given or sold to Indians
of tlietiraud Konde, in Intoxicating
quantities, and that the drunken In
dians insult and assault the whites.
A river steamboat, tirey Eagle, is
building at Ncwlierg. U'li-th, 110
ftsjt; beam, I'D fis-t and 4 inches;
draught, 14 Inches. The craft Is for
the Willamette freight and pa.-ienger
tntile.
Yoran, of the F.ugcne Register, is
uo longer confined to a dingy print
ing office. He bus Is eii elected col
onel of the second rccimcut of the
O. N. (iuard aud is entitled to ride a
horse.
Tho Independence Electric Light
Co. has recently reduced the price of
Its lights 40 iter cent. The report
fails to state w hat tho old price was
hence the new liberality of the com
pany docs not appear.
The Ea.-t Oregonian threatens to
put in a telephone system in Pendle
ton unless the company already do
ing business there reduces the rent
of instruments to (Z per mouth for
business houses and $1.50 for res
idences. Independence, Polk county, fruit
cannery is employing about thirty
laborers in ils plant. Work on
iipples will last till the last of De
cember, win n Hie company will tiso
liuilding and engines for a soap fac
tory till hpriug.
They profess to believe ut I'nion
that the proposed suu'ar factory will
lie built iu time for next year's crop
of beets. Representative of the
eastern company aro expected Iu
a few days to close tho did for thn
subsidy aud factory.
Tho O. It. A N. Co. have com
menced building a new boat at Port
land for the Willi mel to division.
The dimensions of this new boat are
iK-nm 3G feet with a length of 1G5
fW-t. She will havo a draft, when
light, of 15 inches, carrying !1()0 tons.
Orhilnly Senator Dolph cannot
object to having opposition for re
election in fact he cannot complain
if ho is not re-elected. Tho first
time he was elected it was against
the wish of nine-tenths of the people
of Oregon. Mr. Dolph cannot com
plain at taking a dose of his own
medicine. Valley Transcript.
The attention of the Ashland Tid
ings has been called to myriads of
little gnats, each with a little tuft of
greasy-looking eo'ton attached toils
body, which have been observed on
the warm days this full, lloting on
the breezes about the valley. They
are said to be the little moth of tho
wooly aphisan Injurious enemy of
the apple tree.
Typhoid fever is prevalent in the
neighborhood of Sheiilan. The
"Sun" advises' the draining of the
town. That, no doubt, would be a
good thing to do, but more is re
quired. Tho typhoid virus must ho
killed by disinfectants. The Y'am
hill river ought not to lie made thn
outlet of Sheriean's sewers, for it is
the source of water supply for Mc
Miuuville below. ,
Through tho work of the county
court iu going over the hss ssmeols
rolls and bringing to time thoso
parties who neglecled to pror!y
report their ossvsiciris in the form
of notes and mortgages lo the assessor
the taxable property In this county
has beii raised tU'ifiH'Z. Over one
hundred persons with summoned to
ap'sar before the court, and of t.'iis
nutnlxr the awssment of 10 was
ruisisl. fine man's assessment was
raised 110,000, and on several a rai-e
of from lOOOto 2000 was made.
Eugene City Register.
A Corvallis, Benton connty, cor-
rpsisjiid'-tit under date of November
27th, says: "The bunt for John
Henderson, who Is supposi p, f,avo
I wn lost on the ridge Let wis 4 Bark
erw-k and Turn Turn, or in that vi
cinity, was ended today. He left hi
home two wis ks ago Wedni.-day for
a short hunt, telling his wifr be
would return that evening fir thn
next. Xo au-picions were aroused
as to his being lost, for three ,r four
day., as he was in the habit of leav
ing home for two or thrr-; days with
out telling his folk, when he would
return. Parties of men have searched
diligently for him since a week ago
Monday. A party of forty men
hunted for his body Monday. All
hopes of his ever U ing found, dead
or alive, aro given up. It was
thought by some that he hsd left the
country, and thht parlies nmr by
knew of it; but it Ls proved beyond a
doubt, that this is a mii-take.