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Independent and Oregonian
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Vol. XXII.
HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1895.
No. 37.
GENERAL 1)1 RECTORY.
HTirU UFFlCKtUi.
dovernor Wn. P. hoti
Hecretary of Hint . . Harrison K. Kinemd
1 reaenrer Pb'lllp Mtcban
rlnpt. Publie Instruction (i. M. Irwin
but fruiter.
W. H. Ueda
..Cba. K. Wolvertoa
at. tt. 1M
' f. A. Moor
Supreme Court ,
Jndue Fifth Dial riot
,T. A. Ilebride
Attorney Fifth lhatrlet . .
. W. N. Barrett
COUNT V UPPICrJIUj.
Judge....
ConimieaioDere J
Clerk
Klierin ...
rteoorder . ..
Treaaurt r
Aasewior ....
Hobnul Haperlntemleut
Hurvevnr . .
Coronwr ... , .
P.Corneliu
l. B. itxaaoner
t.o. Toda
... B. B. Good id
H. P. ford
. E. Ii. MoCormick
J. W. Happiniftuo
. C. K. beuihuiau
W. A. Hond
L. E. Wilke
W. I Wood
CITY OrPlCKlM.
( . .. H.
UuUio, Mayor
K. C. Itrowo
Joe Powue
.P. J. rutiley
Board of Trnte
4. n. Stanley
I. E. beret
. . ....J. P. inmiMit
. D. YV. Dubbin
O. W. Patteraun
W. Itadmund
1. 1. Kuiaht
Recorder
Troaaurvr
Marabal
t uatioe of Peace
POST OPFICB INFOKUVflON.
Tbe tr.aila oluaa at tb llillaburo I'oat
OUloe, d.tllr:
Uleuooe, Went Union, Bethany and Cedar
Mill, hi 11:20 a. iu.
Oointf Huutli, o:30a. m. -
(Jointf to I'ortluiid and w-ty-offlo., 8M A.
lu. and p. m.
For r'artaiutiton and La oral. Wdnadaye
and Hutnrdny at lt):0 a. lu.
OlttUON Oil V LAND OFFICE.
ltobort A. Miller
I'fitur ruct ...
. . . Katriater
.'. : ltooeiver
CULKCI1 AND HUCIETY. NOT I C EH.
K.irr..
IH(ENIX I,ODR. NO; 84, K. OP P.;
maul in Odd Fllowa' Hall on Monday
arnninir of aaoh waek. . bojoarnlnu bratbran
wuloomed to lodffe niftinif.
D. W. DOBBINS, 0. 0.
W. J. Pabtlow, K. of It. ck 8.
I. O. O. t i
f ONTEZTJM U)IKiK, NO. M, meeta
l I Wixliixaday eveiiiimn at 8 o'olook.lo l.O.
O. F. Hall. Viaitora made wloom.
i. 1. KMOHT, N.O.
I). M. C. Panti. fcWy. ' ' '
A. F. and A. M.
fHjLITY LODOK NO. 6, A. F. k A. M..
1 menu rrrry Hatnrday night on or aftar
full mo n of aaob raoiilb.
A. O. L. W.
I TILL
I L W., ramit every aMOnud and fourth
1 nuxday avvuina in tlin in'nih.
I'. U. HAl'OHMAV, M. W.
J. I. Knioht, Hcoorai'r.
rAlTimTON ENOAMPMKNTNo.24.
l.O. . F., lueula on aaoond and
fourth Fridnyl of ruoh month.
It. U. Ooiuin, 8orilM. t s - '
. Itaacrhtara f BbUlu.t.-,.l
T TILLSUOUO KKBEKAH I.ODOE NO.
I L M, 1. O. O. F.. uita in Odd Fellowa'
Hall evnr lat and 3rd ttttlurday avauiUK of
aaob uiontb.
Alaa. MAHY HUMl'UREYS. N. O.
Mua. Ma Oaaaa. H)'y.
P. of II.
nll.l.HWHU) OKANGK, NIX 73, Hamta
2nd and 4th Hnturdayaof aaoh month.
Hkkj. Muhomkld, Maater,
AMNia iMBRia, Him).
V.- ! H. t K.
ME K.T8 aary Knnday avoning at 7 o'clock
in the I'hriatian cliurnh. Yoq are
cordially iuvited to attvndtta uimtinua. t
A. O. LtKua, i'rea't. I
WASHINGTON COUNTY ROD ND
Onn Club merta in Morsan Biuok
very aeoand lliur-Kiay ot aaoh month, at 8
. u. "
ILLHIIOUO JCVENiLK TEMPI, H
niocti iu Granue Hall at H o'clock
wry hundiiy aitu kii. All arc Invited
to c'mie and join, eaiotally the children.
I lTl.T.HItTlUO TiOOOK NO. 17. 1. O. O. T.
I nieeta in trHiiH Hall every
hal iirday rveninu. All mijonrnin member
in kmI aliuidinil are invited to viait with
th. bxllix.
W. li. tUriLT, 8-cretary.
CIONOKI'.OU'IONAL CHURCH, corner
J Main and Fifth etrete. PreaolntiK
ev.-rv S ilihatli. mrnin and -veninii. 8ah,
bath artvmi at HI o'cl.Ksk a. m. Prayer
liuwinn ThnMfclay evening. '. T. P. . C. h.
u m.k Mt i.-:ti1 o. in. ' - 1''
" k
Il KMT Chriatian Church. It. I, ttu- ney,
V paator. Iaf line and Fifth. Preaobing
Heniiid and Fourth Hnndnya at tl a. m. and
1JM p. in. Hunday School. 10 a. m. rrJ
er meeting, Thnrndny. 8 00 p. m. Y. P. 8
Mt.. twt li Hi Hi, H. '. VtVbb. I'HKtor.
.Preaching every hahhath morning and
evening. Sabbath aobool every Sabbath at
10 a. m. Irfvmue meeting every Sunday at
r. at. teneral praver meting every
Thnrdav evenmo. I.eadera and Steward'e
mi-eting the aeoiid Toeedny evening of eao
month
1 1 V N t E 1. 1 (HI. CHl'ltl! H. Corner
l4i F.fth and Fir. Preaching every Sunday
evrning at a p. m.l aeoond and fourth San
dnv at U a. m I Sunday achnol at 2 .10 p. m i
K. L. C. F.. everv SnniNy at'7 p. m.l prayer
meet lag ev-ry Wedueaday evening. V. t.
btrayi'r, paator. .
CtHtNrl.ll'S CHl'UCU Servtoea nrat
and third Sunday at 7 . M.t aecmd
nl fourth Snndav at 11 . M. and I . at.
Voting People"' S.aMeiy of Chriatian Endea
vor everv xundav evening at 7 o'clock. Son
dav achool at 10 k. . P'ayer meeting oa
Tburmlav evenitw at 7 oVli-rk. Preaching
at GU-noo n flrat and third hunday ot each
month at 11 a. at.
P. 8. Wioaratn, Paator. .
iiiisr Hvprisr ciivncH op mixs-
I1 boro, eormr Third and Fir. Preach.
Itig aeoond and fotirth Sabbaih. nM.rnmp.
and evrntna; Snndav oh.l every tionday
M 10 H.y. SCHOFIELP. Paator.
CAlHOlTio SKKVICES WILL BE
J bald at the reaidenoa of air. H.
tnternahrer on Ihe laat Friday In each
""""'"K.'v.V'b. DONNELLY. Paator.
EAGLE MARBLE WORKS!
iRvrtcTraaa or ,
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES
and all kind ol Marble Work In
TALIAN AND AMERICAM MARBLE.
Importer and dealer la
An.lcai and Scotch 6nnlti HsRimats.
omcs'iflD wobbb
Um St. POBTI.ASn. OK.
MITKF.
NOTI0K IS HkKEBY GIVEN. THAT
all t 'ountv W arrant. eadoreed prtor a
July It, tW. are nt w redeemable at tbe c4
n, ,f the C.maty Treaearer. and
wtll eeaae on atroe after January .V
Daud al.HtlUboro Dmn. January li.
twil W. MPI INUIVN.
Ceaaty Tuaaarer.
PUOFEHHIONAL CAKD8.
C.E.E1SDT.
TTORN EY-AT-LA W,
PORTLAND. OUEOC.M.
Room : No. S, Portland Bavin Bank
DoilduiR, Second and Waabiaatoa btraeta.
w. a. aiaaarr, U a. taunt
BABBETT ADAMS,
Jl TORNEYS-AT-LA W,
HILLS BOKO, OREOON.
Omca: Cantral Block. Boom and T.
M. B. HC8T0.X,
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
HILL8BOBO. OREGON.
- Omoa r Koon No a, Cnioa Blook.
THOMAS H. TOXtiCE,
TT011NEY-AT-LAW,
HILLS BO RO, OREOON.
. Ottie: Morgaa Block.
WILKtS BBUS.
ABSTRACTORS AND
SURVEYORS.
HILL8BORO, OREOON.
Awmta for Bar Look Typa Writer. Two
doora north of PoalotUoa.
i. W. EBBILL,
TTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HILLS BOKO, OREOON.
latimt near Oreer'a Orooar Btora, on
Mainatreet. 1
1 TH0S. D. HCJ.PHBEYS.
CONVEYANCING AND
AliSTRACTINO OF TITLES.
' ' HILL8BtKO, OREOON.
' Legal papra drawn and Loan on Real
Eetate nejtiated. Buatneaa attended to
with proraptneaa and diapatch.
Oroa: Main Btreet, oppoaito the Court
Kongo.
R. K1X0.N,
jQENTIST,
FOREST GROVE, OREOON.
fa now making teeth for 5.00 and $7.50
per att beat of material and wot kmanahip.
Will compare. with eeta coating 26. leeth
extracted without pain. Filliuga at the
loweat prioea. All work warranted.
Orrioat three doora north of Brick
store, omoa houra from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m.
. WM. BENSON
PRACTICAL MACnlNIST,
I. HI'1"1"1 "'t UAUIVIU
All klnda of repairing on Steam Enginaa
and Boilere. Mill Work, ThreehinMachlnee
Mower a. Feed Cnttera, Sewing liaehinaa
Waehing Maohinee, Wringera, Pumpa,
Sea I m, Soiaaora ground. Gun and Loc
amitbing, hawa groonu and filed; and nave
a large number of aeoond-hand enginea and
boiler tor aala. All work warranted.
I. a. BAILIT, at. D, . . BAILBT. B. a., . O.
DBS. F. A. E. J. BA1LET.
1JIIYSICIANS, SURGEONS AND
A- i --ACCOUCHEURS.
! " U ILLS BOKO, OREOON.
Orrwat In Pharmacy, Union Blook. C
attended to, night or day. Reeidenoe, 8. W.
Cor. Baae Lina and Seoond atreeta.
, J. P. TAXIES1E, M.
s.
Pi R. R.-SURGEON, .
, HILLS BOBO, OREOON.
Ornca km Rminaitca: corner Third
and Main Htreeta. OtUoe houra. $0 to 13
a. m., 1 to and 7 to 8 p. m. Telephone to
reaidence from Brock A Sela' Drugatore at
all houra. All calla promptly attended,
night or day.
S. T. LIXKLATERt M. B. C. M. '
piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
HiLLSBOKO. OREOON.
.
i u;ii-bu.M pti.miiA,. Ilaar.
tivmitb: eaat of Court Hooee. Omoa houra
from a. m. to s . m. at rwniw.
not viaiting; before aud after that time at
reaidenoa.
W. I. WOOD, X. 0.,
piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
HILLSBOKO, OREOON. J, , J
' Orrtca: In Chenette Row. Raaroaaoa
corner Ftrat and Main atreeta.
C. B. BB0W!f, :
)ENTIST,' - ;
. HILLS BORO. tREQON.
GOLD CROWN and BRIDGE work a
specialty. All work Guaranteed.
- Kounia I and Morgan Blook.
t Oreoa Hooae: From a. at. toJ4 . at.
HllHltF? M.l LB.
RY VIRTUE OF AN XECTJTION
i.. .. -.!- iMmJ mi of the Cir-
S ' 1.1 1 U W "I I ... m.v, " " - -
enit Conrlof toe state or ireoo,ior """
ington Oountv, tn favor of O. Arata A Co.
and againet C. O. Rlaner. 'or the aum of
t'Ji . eta ard for the further ran of
A'.ioKi), V. 8. gold coin, with lntereat thereon
at Ihe rate of l per ornt per annual, from
tbe Uth day of December, 1W4, and for the
eoata and eipenaea of aala and of eaid writ.
Now. therefore, by virtue and la pareu
anoe of aatd Judgment and order of aale,
rendered on the Uth dav of December. 14,
I will. n Mondav. the llth day of Febru-a-y.
1891V. at the aoutb door of tbe Court
Hooae. in Hilleburo, Waahingtoa County.
Oregi n, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. of
aatd dav. aell at public auction, to the h?n
eat bidder for cnab. tbe following deaenbad
real property. e.d real prop-rty waa at
tacbet by me oa tbe Slat day of May, 1AB)
Uu)ta a. 6. T and tn bloc I. and lot 1 la
block o. all la tbe Town of Smorkville, bow
kn wn a 8nerwd. annate tn Waahington
Coonly, Oregoa. to eatiafy the hereinbefore
named tint, and f or the eoeta and ax penaej
of eaid aale. Said property will be Bold
enbject to. .redeanptioa aa per atatata ot
'wTi'naaSn j hand thia KHh Janu
ar. WV H'i',r0,lr.'
bbenff of.Whint.Hi.CooBty. Oregon.
SS7
t4iw4-kbldrm' Jt
XTOTICE IS HEREBT OITEN. THAT
lS tliere will be a meet in. of A
atockholdera of tbe Billaboro C-Ope
ativa Company, held at tba Oraaae
Hall, la Hillaboro, oa Saturday, ta
tHh day of February, liai, at the boat of
I o'clock, P. M. A full elteodaace la
deetred. By order ot tba Board of Director.
j...w,e,i.jLnttJUlt8(wtorr
"As Oil Ba
the bilk" ami
never excell
ed." "Tried
and proven"
is tbe verdict
o f million.
"S3?
Sinnoni
Liver Regu-
JLJCttC and Kidney
medicine t o
wbich you
can pin your
gmrJl t"eitH for a
l nan
mild laxa
tive, i d d
purely veg
etable act-
T J J '" directly
A-' C on tbe Liver
,MJ. fit J nd Kid-"
nevs. Try it
Sold by all
DruggicU in-Liquid, or in Powdar
'julu taken dry or made into a lea.
The King of l.lrrr Mrdleinea.
1 tru.e 11m U Ui-Sitnir.iu.. i.lver IttHfU
at..r uitU r in oii--i i.i;iu-i mi I i uie
k u:v uti ii -ft ini'iMi ii. i . I .-uji:dt It a
lu. Ih-iii. .-in- i In i: l it -ir... A', JAUib
en.. '1h itiia, Vi'uMliiittfii.a.
I 2 I t KIIY IMtKAOl.
fj. tbe Hl7niit 1 red on wren
NORTH PACIFIC
. CLAY WORKS .
A Fnll atook of
DRAIN TILE
Constantly on band.
Order Solloltaxd.
JAS. H. SEWELL, Hlllsboro, OrtfOi.
Extraordinary!
ijUj'Yeg ulaf 8u bscripHon
price of Ths
Independent is $1.50
And the regular subscription
price of the Weekly
Oregonian is $1.50.
Any one subscribing torTaB
Independent
and paying one year in ad
vance can get both Tbb
Independent
and Weekly
OregonianlejwIiL$2.00
All old subscribers paying
their subscriptions for one
. year in advance will be en
titled to the same offer.
HILLSBORO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Avrantei Cekt MeJd Mid win ur Fair, aea Pntatwie,
BARGAINS
IN
FRUIT TREES.
APPI.E8. PEARS, PRUNES,
CHKHKIL8 and other fruit
lieea for aala at
Bed-rock Prices
for Caah or . approved notea.
TH0S. D. HUMPHREYS.
Ktf
You
Can Oct
r'a Reeti at your dealere
aa rrenh ana fertile aa tbouab
' you rot thrin direct from Kerry ' '
Seet r arma.
RRRYS .SEEDS
an known nnd pr.ntel rrr
D. M. rfTT 4 C.
O 9f fOlt a M tOfla
RIBB0XS AXD . . .
. . . CARS0X PAPER
FOR
TYPEWRITERS
AT
INDEPENDENT OPPICI
ShST. JACOBS.. OILJRure?
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia,
clrtica.
Lumbago,
8rra'n.
ruleee,
Bum,
M..WHAT MORE It NEED CO
CICLE CPU'S HORSE TBlUK.
f Annt Susan aenda Uncle Eoh to town
lo aall the cow. Meeting Farmer John-
oa wua a dun mule, ha make a itaue.j
omclc trH.
"Coma out brah, Tbomaa 'Raalua, an'
atat wnt daddy got
Woa dar, you long -tared debMI, yo' lega
too full nr troll
Olt out da way, you eaUleo, ha mtgbty
full nr flah,
His mammy wua ur Mo'gaii, ur Jackaat
wua hi alah.
Slop dat, you Olneral Jackaon t (Da Voo
doo's la alt mule I )
Say, Chilian, arhar yo mam my? (I apec
I bio ar foal.) - 1
Ob coee ha aummat ipavin' an' loo,
blln' hi on eva, "
An' da ha'r all oi la placet dat coma a'
right timely.
(Fa' da Laa-d, dar 8uan now how 1
gwina tar 'aplalu
Urbout dlS Jtrtbhh ' hoal trade hit
gwina go 'ginat "da grain.)
Daa look Br ih, of 'omiti', I'm traded
effdaco: .
Tea bet I aud ur bawgin an' dat vouae
bouii' tar 'low.
Da cow was mighty acrawuy aa' deu her
mos wm dry ;
De price ur hay am raialn' dar's no geen
la my aye. (
I met ol' Fa'mah Johnalng ur ridiu' in
tar town, -
I '(arbed dia mule'a flue action and axed
the ajeaipmun down,
. . , .1,1 i
I led him forruds, backuds his action
mighty free,--Bis
motif I aaniloated his age de tirty-
tree.
Au' daa I mak ur offah da cow fur
Johuatng' mule,
He cuaaed urroua' ur little I nebber wua
ur tool. '
So Johnalng dribe de cow oS, ur wa'kiu',
doaa' you aee, ' "
Wile 1 coma home ur ridiu' ei big ex big
kin be.
Des watch him trot, ol' 'oman, dat mo
tion's Mo'gan true
Fine blood gwina tell In muleaea ex well
ex hoaaes, too. '
I need him fur de plowin' w'en gyardenin
time come 'roun', " ,
My back dona got rheumatics an' I
. cyawn' apade ae groun'."
SUSAN.
"You call dam bones ur hoas trad? You
allua wus ur fool I
Tuck my cow aa' traded fur ur knoc'kneeri,
spavin' mule!
Dat blood do tell in muleaea! hit telle iu
nlggaha mo'
Da Brown wus allua triflin', an' Efnini,
youse mo so.
1 wucked ha'd all lars aumuiah w'en you
wn loafin' roun'
Hpeu'in' yo lars' nickel in dem dram-
ahope ia d town,
Ur swaatla' an' ur gruntiu' in dat ol'
waahln tub '
Tr buy dat Juaaey heffiah an' keep you
all in grub.
Descom nr little closah, you triflin lini'
eb Ham I
Oomhoot I smell de liquab. 1 knowed
you hed ur dram.
You loof-legged, tu'key trottin', black,
good-fur-nothin' fool
Ur India' off my heflah fur yo' match
ur apayia' mulct
Et I des hed hot watah, I'd acal' you bofe,
I'clar;
You ringbone, kuoc'-kneed, triflin', ol'
addle-culled pa'r!
Des clam back in dat saddle an' fo' da
sun go down.
You hunt up ol man Johnaing ex nho'a
yo name am Brown,
Aa'gitadat Juaaey
Low hit' done ;
beftah I (loan' cvali
You tu'ns her in dat back ya'd urfo' de
rUIn' aool"
And Ephraia and tb dun mule of Mor
gan blood deaceut,
Weat galloping down the red mad fur
Farmer Joliuaon's bent.
At five o'clock next morning when tbe
Shanghai rooeter crowed.
The yellow Jeraey heifer in Hovtn'i back
- yard lowed t
Janut Edwin Campbell, in A'atr
Held' Washington.
A Heattheld Treat a re.
D. W. Fuller, of Canajobarie, N.
Y., says that he always keeps Dr.
King's New Discovery in the house
and his family has always found the
very best results follow its use ; thut
hw would not be without it, if procur
able. O. A. Dykeman, druggist,
Catskill, N. Y., says that Dr. King's
New Discovery Is undoubtedly the
best cough remedy j that he has uwd
it in bis family for eight yean, and
it has never failed to do all that Is
claimed for it " Why not try a rem
edy so long tried and tested. Trial
bottle free at Hlllsboro Pharmacy.
Regular slse 60c. and f 1.
A gentleman of this county who
has excellent Judgment remarked to
us the other day that he knew of no
pill, so good for constipation, dys
pepsia and liver complaint as De
Witt's Utile Early Kisers. W. K.
Brock.
Though last year was a dull one in
building, tbe number of school houses
erected In Ohio was greater by thirty
two than in 1893. The Ohio roan
may talk hard times, but he is bu.y
stealing a march aa usual.
Promptness ia a commendable vir
tue. That's why we offer you One
Minute Cough Cure. It is prompt
in relief and prompt In curlnsr.
That Is what it l made for. W. K
Brock.
Cottonseed mills helped the South
to flftjr-two million dollars last year.
AM As1-ess,
Stifinee.
Cute. Hf Ma,
Frost-bitee.
fa.'cr.e l,
Hejaacfiw.
ackactia.
THAN A PERFECT CURE....1
OViK 1 HE STA1E.
Ileppner levied a lil-mill tax for
the KUpport of the public erhool of
iliut pt HH
A fire of some magnitude oecu:red
at CorvallU last week. T!ie loss
amounts to wmie 110,000.
Tbe Iteimrter ntuten that the For
resters' Lodge, at McMinnville, made
the largfht increase in membership
during 131M of any lodge in tbe
Jurisdiction.
Charles Frye, of Powder river, has
Ju',1 marketed five hogs averaging
CCD iuinls in weight each, while
another 'farmer in that section sold
one weighing 750 pounds.
In ltiniton county, furmcrs are
turning fhip into wheat fields I it -tltttetl
with grain aphis. The sheep
eat tie hhitlfs, ntttlks and aphis.
doubt tdimu of tlie bugs will be
destroyed.
Plucer ininiiig in Southern Oregon
has been hu-ei)d(sl fur a time be
cause of the freezing of tbe water
courses. Miners are preparing to
resume work and are diking prvcau
tions against freshets.
W. W. Hmlth, A. T. Buxtou aud
Charles CtiHtidler ure the students at
Agricnlturitl College from whom a
delegate to the state oratorical contest
is to be chosen. The state eoutest is
set for Forest Orove, February 22d.
Baker City boasts ol fourteen men
who average 240 pounds iu weight,
the heaviest being 299 J, and the
lightest 201. They are all over six
feet, but two, one of them being 6
feet 6 Inches, and another but half
an inch shorter.
Mrs. Elizn J, Smith, the woman
who has been confined in the Lane
county Jitil fur two or three weeks,
on the charge of adultry made by
her husband, has been released, her
husband having concluded that he
was mistaken, and furnishing bonds
for her. lie should surely pay the
costs.
Monday, three Corvnllis loafers
were tried for plundering liquor
from a saloon nt a 'ime when it was
on fire, and were acquitted for want
of evidence. They themselves in
court gave evidence of having the
original evidence concealed about
their persons lu an absorbed form.
Kveryttrintr; row points to the rUUcki'iVillis...vUMidiMitally. shot
sibility or Kt. Helens being supplied
with fresh mountain water. The
proposition is to bring the water from
one of the large springs on Germany
hill, a tiling which could be easily
done without requiring the outlay of
a great amount of money. A con
servative estimate places the cost at
aliout f")00.
The Reporter Is responsible for
this story: Two little McMinnvllle
girls were looking over the news
paper. The elder, who could rend
better than understand, was going
over the senatorial vote in the legl
lature. The younger, who could
neither read nor understand verv
well, after hearing that Lord had
four votes, sMike up, "Look, sister,
anil see how nutny there were for.
Jlflis."
Murray Springs, a veritable oasis
In the desert of sand Itelween Rufns
and (irant, is assuming the form of a
city quite rapidly, and has become
one of the mot delightful spots on
the line of the O. U. A N. Co. W.
M. Murray, wbw resilience here for
thirteen years past attests what labor
It n I water will accomplish toward
reclaiming a barren waste, is extend
ing his opera tit ins, ant I has already
one of the nicest nti.l t leniiest bearing
orchards in tin: inland empire.
A very successful revival meeting
la being held at North Yamhill, by
Rev. J. A. Campbell, of the Christian
church. Up to Ttiesdny, fifty-one
persons had made the good confett.
slon ami promised to Jend better
lives. Interest continues, and the
seating ami standing rotim Is occu
pied each evening. The church
there already hail a niemlienthip of
alxnit forty, and it will Irffome one
of the Is st in the valley. It was the
OregnniHii that aptly reintirked the
other day, that the churches are
schools of good citizenwhip. North
Yamhill is to lie congratulated . Uwn
having a strong school organized
there.
Portland has scook.hI the Puget
sound cities by securing its docks for
the terminus of the new American
Asiatic steamship line. Arrange
ments have tss-'n completed for tie
curing railroad connection with the
East over the Great Northern and
connecting lines, and all details as to
division of rate, etc., have been
settled. Negotiations have lcn go
ing on with S.tmuels, Sunuels dt Co.,
of Yokohama, through their agent,
Mr. iMvidge, of Victoria, B. C, to
put on one ateamer per month to this
port, and all preliminarien have been
arranged, and Mr. Davidge was in
Portland on Wednesday to complete
the contract, and, In short time,
fleet of fast and commodious steam
ers will be plying across the Pacific
from Portland to Hung Kong, and
Intermediate stops at the principal
commercial ja-irt in Japan
aud
China
Tbe Enterprise (states that the
Bandon woolen mills, in which sev
eral Oregon City people are Inter
ested, has recently finished large
order of blaukets for the Japanese
government to supply their soldiers,
now' fighting China. Since their
first order of goods went out the
Bandon mills have been rushed with
Orders. They not using. shoddy nor
Cotton to mix with their wool, their
goods immediately took a high siayuj
in the markets, for the dealers found
(heir orders always filled up to the
Standard of the samples submitted
to them. With this policy kept up
there is no mistake in predicting a
prosperous future for the Bandon
mills, for there has been Indicted
during late years so much shialdy
goods ou the trade that people are
refusing to 1st swindled longer, ami
an honest article can find a ready
sale.
A State University student's brown
study was turned to a bbsnly one, a
few days since at -Fugeue, Ho Was
in the midst of a lot of lines ami
anglca described In Kuclid, when his
finger wandered to a gun that sonic
romantic things regard as a necessary
possession for a student. This finger
pulled ou the plaything aud wnt a
pellet of lead through his leg. He
now kuows thut a point put lu mo
tion will describe a Hue, a fact that
he was ouly dimly conscious of
before.
Five hundred dollars ex enses for
bringing a prisoner from Harney
county to. Portland in order to try
him for selling a pint of whiskey to
au Indian, sevms like a high price
for the punishment for the olfeiise;
but thut is what the last case cost the
government. The prisoner will la?
in Jail until June, and the total cost
of trying him will be about 11,000,
wiiiclt is a big price for a pint of
whiskey, Uoseburg Review.
, A Dalles paper says that prairie
chickens are destroying fruit in the
orchards near that city by eating the
buds, ami advises shotgun treatment.
A little graiu scattered where the
birtls could get it would le more hu
mane aud economical. When snow
covers up all food, even prairie
chickens must look outside their nat
ural sources of supply tor something
to eat.
himself last Saturday while hunting
on the mountain side a short dis
tance below Portland. The charge
of shot tore through his right arm
above the elbow cutting the main
artery. lie started for help but bled
to death before he had gone further
than 200 yards down the mountain
sitle.
The new school building erected at
Buttevlllo was dedicated last week,
and school began in the new edifice
last Monday. Tho . building cost
3,1100, and is said, to be one of the
I vent school buildings (o be found in
any small town In Oregon. The con
tractor lost money on the Job.
The threatened break in the river
bauk at Corvallis Is to be prevented
by a revetment, the contract for the
building ol wbich was let last week.
A dressed meot war is bittery
waging iu Portland, greatly to the
advantage of consumer.
Dunbar, the smuggler, by the su
premo court's decision, will go to
pri-on f r two years.
Tbe fund for the relief of the suf
ferers from the Silver lke fire has
reached f.-ftt.75.
The amount of gold produced in
this counrry last year is placed by
Wells, Fargo 4 Co., one of the best
authorities, at tl5,S92,0OO,an increase
of tll,fi9,o0 over 1893, and the
largest amount of gold mined in the
United States in a quarter of a cen
tury. About the same weight of sil
ver was produced in 1S9I as in 1393,
but the decline lu price made its
value $23,721,000 in 1891, against
38,402,009 In 1393.
A careful estimate of the decline In
railway earnings places the figure at
30,000,000 for 1893 and 13n,ooo,noo
fnr 1894. During' republican timet)
their average Increase was .Vl.ooO.OOO
a year. The railroads therefore are
out , 260, 000,000 as a result of two
years Of busmen deprewlon.
If the expression "backing down"
could be dropped from lalr differ
ences It would be much easier to dis
cuss them In a sensible way. A good
business man accepts or rejects a prop
osition on business grounds, and can
own that he was mistaken without a
sense ol injury to his moral or phys
ical courage.
The republicans In congress stand
ready to support any feasible and
sensible plan for the relief of . the
treasury. But the trouble is that the
democrats are not willing to accept a
plan of that klrid
It will be observed that Mr. Wil
son's efforts as a tariff reformer are ;
now being directed to the amend-.the
ment of the law which bean bis
name, and which is materially reduc
ing our foreign trade.
Queen Victoria Is writing her i
memoirs, and the book will prothly
appear before the year is out.
TUE SEW lUlLROtO COSIJtlSSlO.Y
The following is Ihe full text of
Hon. II. V. Gates' bill to amend
Section 400.1 and 4007, Hill's code,
creating the railroad commission.
Bo it enacted by the legislative
assembly of the state of Oregon :
Section 1 That Sections 4003 and
4007,. Chapter LXXIII, Title 1 of
Hill's Annotated Laws of Oregon, be
amended tn read as follows:
; Sec. 4003 Said commissioners
constituting said board shall be
choseu by the governor, with the
consent and advice of the secretary
of state and state treasurer immedi
ately after the passing of this act,
anil before adjournment of the pres
ent assembly, one to be selected from
each congressional district and one to
be a civil engineer and to be selected
from the state at large.. The com
missioners thus appointed shall hold
oillco until the first day of July, 18911,
and until their successors, shall la
elected and qualified, and at the gen
eral election to be held in 1890, there
shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the state, three railroad
commissioners, ono of whom shall lie
elected from the first congressional
district for a term of two years, and
one of whom shall be elected from
the second congressional district for a
term of four years, and one to le a
civil engineer,-shall be elected from
the state at large for a period of four
years, and at each general electiou
every two years thereafter there shall
be elected- from the above enumer
ated districts a successor for any
commissioner whose term of office
expires during the year of such elec
tion, aud If a vacancy occurs by res
ignation, deatli or otherwise, the
governor, with the consent and ad
vice of the secretory of state aud
state treasurer as aforesaid, shall ap
point a commissioner to fill such va
cancy for the residue of the term.
To provide a fund for the payment
of the salaries and current expenses
of tho board of commissioners, they
shall certify to the secretary ot state
on or before the first day of January
in each year, the amount necessary
to defray the same. The entire ex
penses of the railroad commissioners,
including all salaries and expenses of
every kind, shall be borne by the
several corjwrations owning or oper
ating railroads within this state, ac
cording o their gross" Income, pro
portional to the number of miles in
the state, to be apportioned by the
secretary of state as aforesaid, who
on or before January 1st of each
year, shall assess upon each of said
corporations its Just proportion of
such expenses in proportion to its
said gross income for the current
year, ending June 30th next preced
ing that on which the said assess
ment is mado. The secretary of state
shall thereupon certify to the county
court of each county the amount due
from the several railway corporations
located anil 0H-rated in said county,
and the county court shall cause the
same to be levied and collected as
other taxes upon railway corpora
tions, and the county treasurer shall
account to the state for the same as
provided by law for other state
funds.
Sec. 4007 The said commissioners
shall each receive an annual salary of
12,000, the clerk of said board to re
ceive au annual halary of $1200; all
such salaries to be paid monthly out
of the atate treasury from funds not
otherwise appropriated.
KEt'ORX WIIEKE BEFOBX IS
SEEDED.
As the present legislature has taken
for Its watchword, "economy" and
"reform," would it not be advisable
for tho appropriation to be with
held from that licensed gambling
concern, generally reputed as the
"agricultural horse trot." For sev
eral years appropriation running
into the thousands have been voted
by the legislature to uphold an insti
tution that has nothing more to rec
ommend it to the farmers of Oregon
than the name "Agricultural Fair."
Of all the appropriations made by,
the legislature f several years post
those for the agricultural are the
mot inexcuiable. They serve no
other purpose than to tap the state
treasury in the interest of a class,
that the moat enlightened sentiment
of the United S'ates hold to be made
up of gamblers and nothing better.
The pretense that the farming inter
eats or any other legitimate Interests
are benefitted by the state giving
assistance to these miavnamed agri
cultural lairs, is an insult to the in
telligence of the people of Oregon.
While the knife Is being applied
so freely to prune off the expendi
tures for university, college, normal
schools and other public Institutions,
it is to be hoped that those gambling
fairs will, If licensed to corrupt tbe
community, be allowed to furnish
the money on which they bank.
Tbe tnmey
annually drawn from
state treasury and worse than
wasted nn these "trota" would fur
nish the needed aid to the best nor
mal achnol in the atate. The que.
thai as to the healthy influence on
the public of the normal achool and
the "trot" netl do argumerit The
normal school has been ami is ono
of the intelligent supports of tho
common school system of the state,
and turns out skilled workers in that
profession on which tho general In
telligence of the rising generation
depends, while the "trot" with its
actual, if not inevitable accompany
ment of gambling, stealing, drunk
euess, thett and every Immorality
condemned by tho decalogue, edu
cates its hosts for the state's prisons
or drives them to the insane asylum
and the poor house. The contrast
between one of these "trots" ami au
exhibition of the products of tho
farm and the mechanical and domes
tic industries of the state is as great
as that between the Holy lempiu
and the cheating filthy shambles,
that was designated by ono who was
pure, the reformer of reformers, as a
"den of thieves."
"TitUK Rkfokm."
MIHS rKKU WAS COOL HEADED.
Mlsa Maggie Fred, of Chester
county, Pa., by her remarkable
bravery, raptured a burglar. Miss
Fred's summer home Is an old stone
mansion on Big Klk Creek, though
in winter New London is her resi
lience. She hud occasion recently to
visit the mansion, and as she proceed
ed up the drive, smoke was noticed
issuing out of the big chimney. Be
ing a woman of nerve, she alighted
and threw open a door, when, to her
amaaement, she saw a strange man
In an arm chair by a cheery fire in
the fireplace.
"What are you doing here?" asked
ihe owner of the estate.
"Making myself comfortable, as
you can see, mam," was the reply.
"Who gave you permission to oc
cupy the mansion?" asked Miss Fred.
"A neighbor gave me tho key,
mam. I am an orphan, and have
no place to stay but here," answered
the stranger.
"That is false," flashed Miss Fred.
"There is only one key to the hall
door, and I have it. I shall remain
at this door until help arrives, ami If
you stir yon are a dead man."
The stranger saw Miss Fred meant
business, so he remained seated. He
talked of his past life in New York,
where his mother died. That did
not cause Miss Fred to relent, but she
kept her eyes on him, and her hand
close to her bag. which the stranger
supposed contained a pistol.
Letters found showed tho fellow
was from New York, and connected
with a band of thieves. It is stif
posed he was the advance man of the
gang aud settled In that locality,
where many rich farmers reside.
It is no uncommon thing to read
of stock running Into a barb wire
fence, or a team getting against a
hanging telegraph wire, but it is out
of the way to read of a passenger
train getting tangled up in its guid
ing spirit, the telegraph wire, says
The Dulles Chronicle. Such a euso
occurred to the westbound passenger
yesterday morning between tho,
liocks aud Hood River. The wires
had been carried by a falling imjIu
across the track, and every individ
ual wire sought out some dill'erent
part of the locomotive to grasp hold
of. 'The train was delayed an hour
and a half, while the wires were cut
loose and unwound from theft vari
ous sjltions.
Boston is quite right to honor the
birthplace of the Rev. Samuel F.
Smith, of that state, the aged com
poser of the patriotic poem, "Ameri
ca," familiar to every school child,
but the coiitpoHitiou has no right to bo
called the national hymn. Its music
is that of the British national air, to
borrow which would bo not only
Inappropriate, but a mnfttnsion of
musical poverty. Wo have some
good national poetry, and will have
lo wait for a national melody.
Meanwhile, "Yankee Doodle" will
serve as a cheerful jingle for stato
occasions.
Prof. (J. W. Shaw, of the Oregon
Agricultural Collego and txjxri
mental station, has Just received no
tice of his election as a member of
the American Chemical Society of
New York. This society is very
conservative in Its membership ;
therefore membership in it is con
sidered quite an honor. There are
but four members on this const, ami
Prof. Shaw is the only member in
Oregon. (Jorvallis Times.
A Nebraska farmer w ho entered
some fine Berkshire hogs at an agri
cultural fair in a primitive corn r of
Alabama not long ago was surprBed
to find all the pri-s awarded to
native raaor-lMcks. Ho asked for an
explanation, and was Informed thkt
nobody but the owner can ever catch
a raaor-back. A state wlx-re even
the pigs are thorraighbnsl mci-m i-
probably entitled to two governors.
Germany's populist
demand,
among many other things, a national
granary and high tariff taxes on
AmTitan grain. All clas-if of f ler
rjMiMseeni to think they are ruined
by cheap Amorlrttn food production,
and w have even had to rnd a
missionary to pT4irade them that t
plate bt goblen-brown corn "ake
with white clover honey is gid to.
eat.
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