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1IILLSB0R0, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 189:
No. 4.
Vol. XXII.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
HTiTK orncEns.
Oovornor . ...Wm. P. Lord
Heoretary ol 8tiU . . Harrison K. Riaeiuil
'treasurer t'biUip Metsobao
Bapt. Fnblui Instruction G. M. Irwin
HUM fruiter W. H. Lmli
. I LUM. womnon
Bapem Court . .R. . Been
( F. A. Moore
In.U Vllk Ttlatrb
T A. UaHnda
Attorney Fifth District . .
'. . W. N. Barrett
COUNTY OFFICKK8.
Judge
Commissioners J
filers.
Hlierif?
Keoorder
,...B. P. Cornelia
. . . . 1. B. rUtanoner
T. O. l'odd
B. H. OooUin
H. F.Ford
. E. L. MoCormiok
Treason r
J. W. ttappinvton
Assessor OaorRJ a. wnooi
Sellout ttuperinlendenl iWi.Av,;;nU
Honour ". ,K:."'?
Uorouer.... W. U. Wood
CITY UFF1CKKH.
f . .& B. Huston, Mrtvor
a. l. nruwn
Jos Downs
F. t. riailev
i. B. Hun ley
I. E. Herat
...J. F. Tamieeie
. .. D. W. Dobbins
. ...O. W. Patterson
W. itedinond
.' J. I. Knint
Board of Trustee
Recorder
Treasurer
Manual....
Justioa of Peace
POHT OKFICK INFORMATION.
The v.alls aloss at tba HilUboro Post
ore,ucoa!,Weal Union, Bethany and Cedar
Mill, at 11:5)0 a. m.
Going Honth. t:30 m.
Going to Portland and eay-ofBoss, 6:65 a.
"'For'aniilnJrton and Laurel. Wednesday
and Baturdava at Iu:o0 a. m.
OREGON 01TY LAND OFFICE.
Robert A. Miller Register
Peter Paqnet.. heoeiver
CHURCH AND HOCIKTY NOT1CKB.
! k. r r.
OHCSNIX bODOK. NO. M. K. K .
I meets in Odd Fellows' Hall on Moudar
rvening of eaab week. Hojourning hrelhrsii
w.loo.d to lodg. lnj. HB(Na (J v
W. J. Patuiw. K. of K. A 8.
I. O. O. '.
ItOSTEZCMA LODGE. NO. W. meU
l 1 Weduesdsy evening st 8 o'elook.lu l.o.
O. F. 11.11. tor. mad. wjcoo,..N o
D. M. 0. Gaott. Bea'y.
A F. and A. 31.
mUALITY LODGE NO. . A. F. A A. M. ,
1 meets every ttatarday night . or after
full uio m of eaoh month.
A. 0. D. W.
HILL8BORO LODGE NO. 61. A. O. V.
W., meeU every aeoond and fonrtb
lua,..nin lntb.Amonth.AN f
i. I. Ksiobt, Beeorder.
ASHINGTON ENCAMPMENT No. 24.
I.O. O. F., meets on seoond and
fourth Fridays of eaoh month.
R. II. Ooodim, Soribe.
,'" . Daaghter ef Bekekah.
ITlLL8URO REBEKAH LODGE NO.
Ii MI. O. O. F.. meeU in Odd Fellow'
Hall aer lat and 3rd Saturday awninu of
each "".MAKT HCMPHREY8. N. O.
Mas. Mai Oaaaa, Beo'y.
P.tTH.
HllXPHOHO GRANGE, WX W, meets
2nd and 4th Saturdays of aaoh month.
hm. aoauniLD, Master,
Asms Uaais, Hec.
" . P. C f.
MEETS eery 8unday " J'ol0''
in tne Chriatian eburob. You are
..nllall invited to attend ita meetings,
eoraiauy '"T" " ,,ULUu r vh. Fma't.
Wm Lin BMW.."-.-
WASHINGTON COUNTY ROD ND
Uun Club meets in Morgan Block
Tery seoond Thursday of eaoh monlh. at
T. M.
nILLHHORO -0VEMI.K TKM".E
.ry aWJSa
KmM4 MiLLaa, becretary
UILIitBORO LODOK nu. w. i. . v..
meet in Oraage Hall ejery
HaluitUy evening. AUaoJourning meniber.
in a.nd ataading are invited to Tisit wilh
b."-. JOHN MATIHEWS.0.T.
Yf . 11. UMWi
nONGREGATIONALtCHCRCH; rn.r
bath .hoot at 10 o'olooll a. . fW
meeting Thursday evening. Y. P. V. r.
Hsnday at :i P-
I I LM L IJUriaVtllaM Vsav --
I banMUy.lHlO p. m. T. Iv., nn
dT. p.
""L" .. T...t..jiaj u u Waikh. nuritor.
MB. vnvnvn, ,r .
. Preaching every Sabbath mornma and
evening. Hahbata bodooi tf7 --
mMtinii the seond Tueaday evening of eaoh
month
1MV ANGELICAL CHrBCH.--0ortier
h K.fth and Fir. Preacbing "y
enina at p. n. seoond sud fourth Sun-
k1?C. K. avert Sunday at 7 p. m. prayer
meeting every Wedneeuay evenintf. . J.
Sirayer, peatur
CORNELIIIM CMLItn nei.-...-j
aud third Sunday at 7 r. ! second
and f"rth sSnday at II 4. . and 7 ;.
Young Peoples' Society of ..tiiu. lin.a.
,Vrerv Huudsy svening at 7 o eiook. Sun
7u. J,h.l at 10 a. u. Prayer meeting on
Tburdiy etenintat T o'clock. Preaching
aY Ulenois .on nrst and third Sunday of aaoh
month at 11 a. W0(rrm4Ih Plurtor.
i MUST BAPTIST CHCW H OF HILLS-
i 1ATHOLIC StIVICW WILL BE
I J held at the re4dic of Mr. H.
VnterVahrer o. tka k Fl.i.y l
mottb ej 10 ppj5.jj.tY, ruM.
iitui c::li cods!
T. O. H
isortcTttaas or
PWOMTS, HEADSTONES
and til kind of Marbla Work In
TALIAN ANO AMERICAN MARBLE.
Importer and dealer la
Aitiicii ii. ScotcH GrtBlti MoibbijJs.
omcs aaa was "
. MM Me P0BTI.AS I. OK.
IV Witt'a Wltt'h Haxel Salv curea
fa-aid, burn, Indolent tore nd
never till to cur pll. W. E.
Brock.
' PROFESSION A.L CARDS.
C. E. KI5DT.
TTORN EY-AT-LAW,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Room i No. , Portland Savinoa Bank
Building, Beound and Wasblngtoa btreeta.
w. u. unurr, . . as
B1EBETT AOIMS.
ITORNEYS-AT-LAW,
HILLS BOBO, OREGON.
Omoi: Central Block. Room and 7.
S. II. HIST0X,
TTORX EY-AT-LAW
A AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
HILLS BOKO, OREGON.
Ornca t Room No. 8, Colon Blook.
THOMAS H. T058UE,
TTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HILLS BO RO, OREGON.
Omoi: Morgan Blook.
WILE EH BROS.
ABSTRACTORS XaymHL
HILL8BORO. OREGON.
Agents for Bar Lock Type Writer. Two
doors north of Poatomoe.
TH0S. D. HUMPHREYS.
NVEYANCINO ANl
ABSTRACTING I)F TITLKS.
H1LLHBOKO. OREGON.
U,nl paira drawn and Loan on Ileal
FMtiM u-Koliti. BumMai attended lo
with prooiptnea and diMatch.
I irrica: Mnin btteet, opposite the Cmrf
Hmiav.
R. SIX0.X,
JjENTIST,
FOREST OROVK. OREGON.
I. now making teeth .for 5.0fl i and l .W
per at beat of material and "J"""
Will compare with seta coating . lajth
eztraoted without pain. illinge at tue
lowest prioes. All work warranted.
OrMuai three doors north ot Brick
tore. Office hours from a. lu. tot p. m.
WM. BENS0S,
PRACTICAL MACHINIST,
H1LLSHORO. OREGON.
All kinds of repairing on Steam Kngines
and BoUera. MilfWork. T-h"T
Mowera, Feed ntters.Jawlna: Msch ines
Washing Maomnea, n; - r
Scales. Sci-aor. gro-nd -
smitniug, wwi ' T7. -nd
a large number of aeoond-hand ann'nea ana
boilers for sale. All work warranted.
r. a. BULir, n. o
t, i. iiuiti a. a., it. n.
DRS. F. A. P. 1. BAILEY.
TJIIYSICIANS, SUTUJEONS AND
1 ACCOUCHEURS.
HILLS BORO, OREGON.
. ... it.: ui.uk. Calls
attended to, night or day. Reaidenoe, B. W.
Cor. Baas lane anu
J. 1. TAMIES1E, M.
O P. li. R. SURGEON,
HILLSBORO. OREGON.
.. a aaowaa. Third
Ornoa AMD nenuu"v W1 1 I ,
re.7d.no. f 5 Broek iVi
all honr. All ealls promptly attendee.
night or day.
8. T. LIXKLATER. M. B. C. M.
pHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
IllLLSHORO. OREGON.
Ornca: in HilUboro
DHoa- eaet of Court House. Otnoe bijura
from rm.to6p.m.nt Pharmacy. when
ii?it?n beforS a.d af wr that t.m. at
reaidenoe.
W. U. W000, M.
pHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
HILLBHOHO. OREGON.
Ornca: in Cheoette Row. Rastoawos:
oorner First snd Main streeta.
C. B. BROWS,
JJENTIST,
HILLS BORO. OREGON.
j nmnni work
UVLiLF " ... -
speoiaity. All work Guaranteed.
r a. a 1 41 U..H.en Nlrtok .
IVKMUB 1 aiiU iaawsn-- "
8 Urrcs Uocm: From i.M.4l-
All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's
Kw Diaroverv know Its value, and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try it free. Call on
tho advcrtlswl druggist and gt a
trial bottle, free. Menu your otuiw
and address to II. E. Dutklen A Co.,
Chicago, and get a sample box or vr.
King's New Life pills free, aa well as
a copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instrnctor, free. All of which
Is guaranteed to do you good and
cost you nothing at the Hillsboro
Pharmacy.
I. Parrott, at Ooldendnle, Wash.,
i-i at work on a flying machine. He
thinks he hu it. He Is also the In
ventor of an engine of baby dimen
sions, but of giant power. He claims
to be able to tlevelope iiw norse
power from machinery no larger
than can be put in a "hog trough."
Hut how big is the hog'a feed box?
I'vallageat.
Hhe. "Can one receive a shock
throuirh the telephone?"
He.-" Well that depends upon who
Is at the other end."-Miemeiu
Weekly.
"As oil as
the hills' ami
never excel 1
oU " Trial
Warn
J!jL at"l proven"
Brv?.1- is the verdict
o f uiillions.
.Simmons
Liver Ilegu
litor is the
only Liver
aiul "Kiilucy
meilicine to
wliich you
cm pirt your
i'ntli lir a
cure. A
mild l.ixa
tive, lad
I'Uivly veg
ct tU act
in.? 'lirertly
Better
n
WW
Pilh
f i.n the Liver
J a li a Kid-
in-vs. Try it.
S..U l.y all
Druggists in Liijuiil, fr in Powder
to bo taken dry or m:ic!e intoa tea.
The King of l.lvrr Mrdlrlnre.
Ml have uel yoni Sirnmini'il.lvfr UfirU"
latur and fan cuitM ii.i.'"'ttiy may it ! tlie
kins f all I iv.-r imr.l jnrt. 1 .iiUtr II a
birdlt'iii i'li-1 lit nfit -iii:it. V. Jack,
um, Titxuiiia, V uiluii :l..n.
(rHTJIY P.lC&AtiE-Wa
fjae the Z ftt.imp In rrd on wreppea
NORTH PACIFIC
. CLAY WORKS .
A f-nll sKx k or
DRAIN TILE
Constantly on band.
Orders : Solicited.
JAS. H. SEWELL, Hillsboro, Oregon.
Extraordinary!
The regular subscription
price of ThK
Independent is $1.50
And the regular subscription
price of the Wkkklv
Oregonian is $1.50.
Auy on? subscribing lorTiiK
Independent
and paying one ytar in al
vance can get Imth The
Independent
and Weekly
OregonianliiirlL$2.00
All old subscrilers 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
Avnreel Gold MUdil Mklwiattr F.ir, ten Francuca.
BARGAINS
IN
FRUIT TREES.
APPI.KH. PF.AKM. I'Kl.'NKH.
4'HKKIUKS find oilier fr.nt
tree fur wile at
Bed-rock Prices
for Csuli r approved nolee.
TH0S. D. HUMPHREYS.
XStf
RIBBONS AXD . . .
. . . CARS0X PAPER
FOR
TYPEWRITERS
AT
iObdpindcnt office
TH E GREAT RE
r jQpo.
i Snl'l i;crv!irrp. NV
I f Omuii l'"vrn-,hcrp.
ffERRY55EEDSj
v.i ' '!-' ' T ' T II 'Tti .-r.-l for Jm
l Krrr'i AihihuI lr IO.V MM
I it ' tijJ lit' ! nil j i.t lit r a ul lovrs fM
Ul f- IT 't ... I UIHl Hinitiful JT m
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V u. r ikv t., C,,a
HtLlOUE TO WOKkKRS.
A county Hunday kcIkkiI conven
tion was held at Lelsyvillo school
house some months ago, which, at
the time was mentioned as u gather
ing, that did g(sid and etlivtive
work. . The address of welcome was
delivered by Mr. Alex Chalmers.
It was so highly appreciated that he
has been asked to furnish it for pub
lication. The convention being as
sembled, Mr. dialmers said :
Mr. President, Friexks axi
Fellow Workers: I must thank
the citizens of Lelsyvillw for the
honor they have placed on me in
culling me to this duty, although 1
must confess I would have felt much
more at home to hnve tilled the posi
tion at a fanners' convention on
agriculture and sts k rniiii;.
We farmers think we have the
greatest calling on earth and Insist ol
our profession, and perhaps we have
a right to boast, for we are more
closely associated with nature than
any other. The Utilities of nature
are unfolded before our eyes day
alter day, and nature's Hod teaches
us lorion after Ichsou. lint the God
of nature is also a iod of grace, lor
which we ought to feel inure deeply
thankful as free and full as the gifts
of nature, and universally so. The
progress of men in this little world
of ours, the struggle for supremacy
and power, fainn or fortune, ending
iu partial success or disaster, is our
lot here Iwlow.
Our political hurrah, that luis Jul
blown over, serves to remind us ol
lite uncertainly of limes, things
men run almost wild on something
they don't kuosv what. 1 say men,
iM-cause J lieheve our lady Inenils are
not in it. They look forward to
great things on election day, hieh
may all blow ofT in smoke, and
which often has no hetter tendency
than to bedim the sky of political
reform. A patriotic interest for the
good of a few which may or may not
deserve it. Men have rank diller
ences of opinion for no particular
cause. Home favor free Interchange
of commerce for national prosperity,
while others, vice versa, think our
dlguity must be kept up by hiy;h
protection and high prices ;f prod
ucts. In this cainpaigu we have an
ottlcer to support us who is incom
parable fa representative whose self-
interest does not overshadow that of
His constituency, a leader whose
banner over us is love a cause that
might bo said to m in endless
progress.
The prophecys of the old tcstamen
say in referring to this leader:
"The government shall be upon
His shoulders, his name, shall U'
called Wonderful, the Prince of
Peace." The history of our own
nation emphasizes this fact. Wher
ever the gogpel has been spread, civi
lization, progress and -) have
j reigned, that peace w hich hath her
victories.
We then are at the head of an
army that leads the world; we grasp
the possibilities of this life and .of
that which is to come, and we ought
to feel thankful our leader is being
crowned in our land. 1-very day by
the wayside, from the pulpit and
'."-Sunday school, from words of council
aud songs of praise, "Crown Iliiti,
Crowuliim; Jesus, our blessed JIo
deemer." But we ought to lo c!sH:ially
thankful for Sunday school work so
closely associated with the training
of tho young, which might Is' com
pared to starting tho tiny rivulet,
that flows on to a mighty river, and
after it leaves the parent si renin
mingling aud mixing in the waters
of the ( swiii of inlluence. Like in
fluence in life aud after death, "they
rest from their lalors and their
works do follow them," as well as
christian influence and counsel. It
is a means of upbuilding our social
and moral nature. From the Sunday
school ranks eoine the grandest sjk-c-imens
of the human we, the purest
thoughts and the rarest gems of liter
ature, which influence should be fell
in our most remote. districts, w hich
in some ca4 are still destitute of
Sunday school gosjal, a ipjcry for
our sujierintendents and officers, per
haps the greatest issue of the day.
As soon as we become aware of the
importance and can properly control
the training of the young, soon
will our laud be paradise.
It is encouraging in this work to
think that our best support and ofil
ccrs come from the kitchen, from the
wife, the mother, the daughter or
tho nurse, where, love, sympathy
and influence Is the strongest. Vol
umes can be written on this subject.
I think I have said enough, and
jin the name of the citizens of
Leiyville, and in the name of the
.gospel of the Sunday school, I Wel
lcome you, the delegates lo this con-
CURES
PAINSc
ME OT.
Mji beast;
vention. We welcome you all, from
every sect or denomination, color or
clime, and lios that your visit may
be pleasantly and profitably spent.
And let us Imjie that our common
prejudices may soon be broken down,
and that Sunday achool ' Influence
may spread as predicted "From the
river to the ends of the earth."
Isaac Watts said, perhaps nearly
'.00 years ago:
Jesus shall rei(n whsre'er the sun
I "es his successive journeys run ;
His kingdom spreed from shore, to shore,
Till uiuons shall wax and wan no luotf .
People and realms of every tongue,
Ihvcll on his Inve with sweetosl song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early bluwiiiKS on his name.
I VMM li t; UR1TES PILLS.
Ktigraving by dynamite, by which
such exquisite tracing of delicate
leaves, grasses and ferns are made on
metal surfaces through the explosive
force of the material, was discovered
accidently. Some officers at the
naval station at Newport were test
ing a new fuse. In some way a
small dried leaf had sllped in be
tween tho dynamite cartridge and
the iron hlock on which the charges
was tired, and a perfect Imprint of
the leaf was left in the metal. The
discovery was afterwards utilized in
decorative work, and the process Is
found so accurate in o-ratinii Unit
even the veins in the etal of flowers
can Is- reproduced iu metal.
A writer lu an engineering paper
calls to mind another service of un
usiiid character into which dynamite
has heeti drafted, namely, the driv
ing of piles. Some years ago the
foundations were ts-lng prepared for
a public building In Illudit-Pesth,
and the preliminary work of pile
driving had lieen finished. It was,
however, discovered that a change in
the construction of the building
would Is necessary, which would
add considerably to Its pressure on
the foundations. The piles, there
fore, had to be driven In further.
The expense of bringing a pile-driver
lo U-nr on each pile for so small
an amount of work would have been
very great, and it was decided to try
dynamite. The piles were cut
square and caped wilh a wrought
iron plate alaiut 12 inches In diameter
and I) inches thick. In tho center of
this plate was placed a cake of dyna
mite, it 1 nche lu diameter and about
three-quarters of an Inch thick. It
was wrapped in parchment par,
covered with clay and Ignited. The
effect of tho explosion was equal to
that of five blows from a 1,500-pound
monkey falling from a height of
about 10 feet. The Iron plates re
sisted from twenty to twenty-four
explosions. Ohio Valley Manu
facturer. kllliug off the Afrlcaqs.
How many more Africans are to
be sacrificed to the greed of chartered
companies? Assuredly Moloch was
a mild deity in comparison with
thfse. adventurers. In South Africa
thousands of Matabele were slaugh
tered because a chartered company
fancied there was gold In their land
and wished , to steal it. In list
Africa another chartered company
massacred the natives of Uganda
and then had the impudence to
hand over the country to us, because
its occupation was not a paying spec
ulation. Now we have a massacre
of Africans in West Africa. The
Itrassmen have lived In snco and
unity with the w hites for half a cen
tury. They complain that they
wen- starved owing to the customs
regulations of the N'iger Company,
and indc-piiir attacked it station of
the company. Their town has now
Is-cn burned down and many have
Ixs-u saved from starving by being
killed. lindon Truth.
Knit h of ,t. K. (isliien.
The Little Hock (Arkansas; Ik-mo-crat
of recent date announces the
death of Major A. K. (iaines, In his
72d vear. Mr. S. A. Clark writes of
him :
lie was the eldest son of Uovernor
John P. Iaines, (who came out as
governor of Oregon.) lie remain
ed lure until ISC!, when he
returned to Little Rock, where he
resided thirty year. His brother,
Aimer P. Oaines, resides at Corval
lis. Archibald thdnes, deceaved, was
among the most sincere and earnest
minded or all the pioneers of the
e;irly times. Those who knew him
here in bis younger days, w ill not
doubt that he was considered ever
afi r a (rue m;in and honored cltiacn.
Appropriate Text.
When Dublin Cathedral was re
o; ned, after restoration at the ex.
pejisc of n Mr. Wise, the Archbishop
look for his text, "Go thou and do
like Wise." Tid-Ilits.
A u-firii-in hits this aualitv in com.
mon with the angles, that those who
suffer belong to her. Ualzas.
IsKtor hTrT Fish, of Oravols
' Mills, Mo., a practing physician of
many years ex perience, write: De
Witt s Witch Haiel Salve has no
equal for Indolent sore, scalds and
; burn
It stops pain instantly, lieaii
ia burn quickly and leaves no scar.
I W. K. Hns k.
HOW CUOOSE V. 8. SESAT0B.
Mr. Editor : The necessity for a
change in the manner of electing
United States senators Is not because
of a lack of capacity in the members
of legislatures upon whom this duty
devolves. No out can question their
ability to perform this duty. The
failure to use that ability ia where
the trouble lies. Ry the trickery
that of late years appears to be al
most inseparably connected with
such elections, all other important
business la pushed aside and the con
sideration of laws that are In fact of
so much or even more Importance
than choosing a senator la delayed,
until If passed they are so hopelesnly
defective that but little, If any bene
fit Is received from their euactiuent.
The action and non-action of the
last Oregon legislature is sufficient
evidence of the truth of this asser
tion. Laws, the enactment of which
would have relieved the people of
the state In the present hard time
were, if passed by one branch of this
model legislature, pigeon-holed by
the other, as a means to force men to
sacrifice their own couvlctlons and
their constituent's wishes in the
choice of a senator. It would be use
less to be more sjshjIQc lu this charge.
The facts are too notorious to be suc
cessfully controverted. Docs any
ouo seriously believe that such in
competency, or what ia worse, ueg-
loct of duty, would have been ex
hibited by the legislature if the elec
tion of senator had not beeu on the
board ? Forty days of precious time
at an expense of thousands of dollars,
worse than wasted in efforts to elect
men, that after five vote were given,
no intelligent member lavlieved could
boehrted without Using means that
would make honest men blush.
A record of hundreds of laws In
troduced, that were smothered in
committee, or that for want of time
for consideration, had letter have
met the same fate, Is sufficient to
condemn a system that from the
present and past experience, not
only in Oregou but in other states,
has been productive of so much
wrong doing, that if the evils inher
ent in it cau be remedied by a sub
mission of the matter to a direct vote
of the people, the remedy should be
applied at the earliest day possible.
The necessity of this change will
further be apparent when it is oo-
sldored that the primary object of
tho sessions of the legislature is to
pass laws in the Interest of the people
and that the election of senators and
other officers is a matter of secondary
Importance, and should be placed
directly in the hands of the people
wherever possible. That it would
bo advisable to allow the people to
chooso United States senators by a
direct vote has received the approval
of some of the ablest men in the
United States, many of them mem
bers of the senate. This is enough
to eutitle the question to receive that
consideration that so important a
question demands.
The reasons for tho present consti
tutional provision for tho election cf
senators, were at the time of its
adoption considered sufficient, bnt
conditions have changed and it is
proper to make changes in our con
stitution and laws to suit these new
conditions. There is littlo probabil
ity that Washington, Hamilton and
others of tho framcrs ot our consti
tution who so earnestly advocated
the formation of the upr branch of
congress, could they have foreseen
the abuse and corruption that at the
present time apfsrs to bo insepar
ably connected with the selection of
Its members, would have provided
for such a body, or If they had,
would huve removed the opportun
ities for corruption by leaving their
selection to a direct vote of the
people. VoTKR.
HIUR WAWRS.
A French writer, In discussing the
wages problem in the United States,
has this to say: Every phenome
non has its cause. What are those
then of the high scale of wagos in the
United States. The four chief causes
seems to me the very efficiency of the
Industrial plant, the state of farm
property and of cultivation, the pro
gress of wealth under the regime of
freedom of labor and the customs of
American democracy,
Knter a shop or factory. The first
thing that strikes one is the role
which machinery plas. Here steel
rails and tilates are wrought. In a
shed 100 meters long, monster mills
crush the mass of incandescent steel
that movable aprons repeatedly push
backward and forward between (he
rolls until the fashioned piece la car
ried on endless chains to the rower
end of the works. Each movement
la automatically executed, and a few
men suffice to direct the labors of
Titans, Elsewhere screws are made;
orjeratlons most delicate, effected by
machines as supple and iogenious as
an artist's hand. At the one end
they seise the iron wire and at the
other emit a continuous Jet of screws,
which flows like water from a spout.
The mechanism Is so perfect that one
workman suffices to oversee five or
lx machines, so that at a factory
only a few human heads ran be ob
served scattered through the rows of
machiae. Ia a shoe factory the
sperleate kr different Male and fe
male hands are crowded together to
ecooosolae space. Each baa a ma
chine lo front on which he or she
does a single line of work, always
very simple, so skillfully, that some
times thousands of pieces ere oper
ated upon per hour by the same
hand. I have observed a pair of
men's shoes which had passed
through fifty bands in the process of
making, and w hich the manufacturer
sold Air four francs. Use of machin
ery and division of labor are pushed
to the utmost limits. In this respect
the Americana are in advance of the
Europeans, especially those of the
ooutireat. Here is an example : Iu
the factories) at Rouen each weaver
supervises two looms. In Massa
chusetts he supervisee at least four
and six upon an average. At Low ell
I have seen women supervising eight
apiece.
Observe this sequence : The Amer
ican, living in a country where wages
are High, has steadily applied his in-
veutive tulenls to perfect machinery
that will dispense with hand labor ;
aud he has acquired a remarkable ca
pacity for invention. Machinery, lu
turu, considerably increasing indus
trial productivity, has made it possi
ble, during the past forty years, to
maintain and even to increase wages,
while at the same time it has lower
ed the prices of the product. Happy
economical evolution, that has mani
fested itself throughout the who'e in
dustrial world, but nowhere perhaps
more strikingly than iu American
manufactures.
Independently of the influence ex
erted by machinery, wages long ago
were high in America because of t he
high reward for his labor that a man
could secure by going outo laud,
either as the cultivator ot a farm, oi
which he become proprietor gratuit
ously, or at a small price, or a paid
farm band.
This cause is still active, although
the extent of lands fit for occupation
is now much reduced, in the West
only one farm hand is found for
every three farms.
in forty years, between 18CU and
1890, the number of farms in the
United States haa tripled, aud their
aggregate value has quadrupled.
Our partrons will find De Witt's
Little Early Risers a safe and reliable
remedy for constipation, dyspepsia
and liver complaints. W. K Brock
X IHstarbea Market.
"You paid t-'5 for a horse? Great
Scott! You can go to a street car
barn and buy all you want for 17
apiece."
"Rut this was a rocking horse for
my boy. It has a genuine horse
hide." Chicago Tribune.
J. A. Richardson, of JeflVrson
City, Mo., chief enrolling force 38th
general assembly of Missouri, writes :
I wish to Ustify to the merits of One
Minute Cough Cure, When other
so-called cures failed, I obtained al
most instant relief and a speedy cure
by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. W. E. Brock.
AS0TUKB WO0LK5 MILL.
Oregon is soon to have another
woolen mill In operation, making
eight now in the state. The Thomas
Kay Woolen Mill Company, owners
of the Salem woolen mills, have put
in a mill at Waterloo, a small town
on the south fork of the Santiam
river in Linn county. The mill is
supplied with all the latest machinery
and Is a three-set Is size, being one
third larger than the company's mill
In Salem, and will employ to start
with about eighty hands. The out
put of the mill will be wholly flan
nels and blankets, while the finer
cloths, such as cassimeres, etc., will
tie made at the Salem mill. Water
loo has a splendid witter power from
the falls of the Santlam river, which
will be utilised in furnishing power
for the mills. The freighting to and
from the mills between Waterloo and
Ibanoo, the end of the Southern Pa
cific branch will be done with teams.
The manager says he is not working
for any railroad extension to Water,
loo now, but he thinks that when the
business Is established and the need
of a railroad there is apparent, either
an extension of the Lebanon branch
of the Southern Pacific or a motor
line from Albany will be built to
Waterloo. The Salem woolen mills
have been crowded for the past year
with orders and the enlarging of
their capacity by building this addi
tional mill ia an evidence of their
merited prosperity. The success of
the Salem woolen mills is proof that
honest made goods will sell, even in
dull times.
B, II. Bowman, publisher Enquir
er, of Bremen, Ind., writes: Last
week our little girl baby, the only
one we have, was taken sick with
croup. After two doctors failed to
give relief, and life was hanging oo
a mere thread, we tried One Minute
Cough Care ai4 Its life was saved
W. E. Bmck.
OYER THE STATE.
They have a neighborhood center
in Clackamas county named "Mink."
The taxpayers of Clackamas county
are promptly paying their taxes
more so than heretofore.
Rev. J. C. Itead, w ho attempted to
rob an list Portland bank recently,
is on trial this week. Ex-Senator J.
N. Dolph is his attorney.
E. J. Mi1anahan is shipping front
Eugene to the state tlsh and game
warden of California, at Santa Ana,
twenty Denny pheasants, for breed
ing purpose.
A tanning factory at Needy,
Clackamas county, has lieeu enlarged
to a capacity of li'O hides cr month.
The appliances are so arranged that
the output can be doubled on
demaud.
Fourteen of the principal placer
claims along the Otand Rondo river
have syndicated, and it is expected
that interested persons will arrive at
La Grande iu a few days to examine
them, with a view of closing a deal
for the entire lot.
Mr. Symthe, of Arlington, sold
2,000 lambs and yearling wethers to
Uroot ii Dastian, of Chicago, at i
per head. Oil delivery of the sheep
they were attached at Arlington by
(M'rsons having claims against Mr.
Smythe. What the final outcome
will be is not known.
A mail on the brake ts-um of a
freight train for fear of la-ing seen by
the train men, jumped off w hen the
cars slopped at Molalla last week.
The passenger did not notice that
the train was on a bridge. Ho
dropped through, struck bis head on
the rocks below and was killed.
Marshall and Furnish, of Pendle
ton, within a week ex-ct to thip a
trainload of sheep to Chicago. Tho
shipment will comprise lambs. They
have 4,500 not yet sold and have sold
to the ,Pacitic Meat Company, of
Taeoina, 4,300 of their older sheep.
Their Chicago-bound lot will till
twenty to twenty-five cars, aud make
two trains.
For several years the high waters
of the Willamette .have been en
croaching uot a little on several
places along the river in tho vicinity
of Sladdeu's rifllo, in Ine county.
Several of the euterprlsiug farmers
and fruitgrowers in .that-vicinity,-who
have land in close proximity to
the river have decided to do all they
can to put a stop to the rvcr's in
roads. Accordingly they have made'
arrangements to drive 2,000 piles in
the river and will lilt in with fir
brush.
STICK TO THE FARM.
A deep discontent is now prevalent
among the farming class and many
are only waiting the time when they
can get away from the country and go
to the city to live. Especially is tills
discontent noticeable among the boys
who are attracted by the glitter and
excitement of city life. Where ono
country lad arises to wealth and in
fluence in the cities there are fifty
who are doomed to disappointment
and who are forced into a tierce
struggle with poverty and want.
The competition iu the cities is now so
sharp that unless a man hits powerful
friends, or is an exceptionally brainy
fellow, there is no possible citauco
for his rising above a day laUirer's
position. And with the laboring
class competition has forced them to
work for a pittance barely sufficient
to ly their exenses, leaving noth
ing to lay by for a start iu business or
to ward off becoming n pauper in
case of sickness or accident.
One-half of the farms of Clackamas
county are for sale. The only reason
assigned by the owners li that they
want to move to town or that their
boys have already left for the city
and they cannot longer look after tho
farm, if the farmers only reuli.isl It
they are tho bt off of any class.
The farmers' boys esjieeially have far
more opMrtuuitles for attaining
competence ami a comfortable homo
than the boys of the cities. If tho
country boy acquires the same eiluta-
tion and training for his work that i-
absolutely necessary to even n reason
able success in the city, his cause for
discontent will siatn cease and he can
live In peace and plenty, with no tear
of losing his Job, or of being evicted
by bis landlord, or the failure of a
bank ruining his busimws. Oregon
City Enterprise.
Polk county now has almost as
many goats as sheep. Out near
Willamica W. Savage A Son, iiuford
Stone and Allyn Yocom huve at least
COO, John Stump, west of Monmouth,
bas in the neighborhood of 200 and
many others have tatnds of from
twenty to seventy-five. Goats are
Just now extra gssl prnjcrty, for
they will shear from three to five,
pounds of mohair, which brings
about twenty cents a pound.
W. T. San ford, station agent off)
Leeper, Clarion county, pa., writes:"
I can recommend One Minute Cough
Cure as the best I ever used. It gn v
Instant relief and a quick cure. W,
Brax-k.