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IIIC.r.S3DaO, WASHINGTON JCOUNTV. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1S9G.
No. 1 i.
Vol. XXIII.
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OKNERAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OFFICERS.
. . ro.r Win. P. Id
r.rr. tnry of Btat. .. Uarriaon R. Kincaid
Irua.-iier Fndlip Metecban
v.... i,.i.ii. ii.ouittinn O. M. Irwin
,' Frinter W. II. Leed.
I . . .til.. K. v oiyerton
r-nprenis Court y K.
r F. A. Moore
:uh-a Fifth District
.T. A. Mohriow
Attorney Fifth ULtriol
. w. M. narr.ii
COUNT OFFICERS.
J.niue
Coii missioner. J " "
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I i-cnrder
'I renrtim r
A s- essor
-c-i no Superintendent
or
luriiLjr....
,...!. P. Cornelia
. . l. B. Reasoner
T. O. Todd
. ... It. H. Ooodin
H. P. Fird
E 1.. MeCoroiiok
. J. W. Bt.pi.inutim
Ceorue U. Wilooi
W. A. Bond
I,. K. Wilkee
W. D. Wood
CITY OFFICERS.
,R. B. Ooodtn, Mayor
E. C. Itrown
...... J" Downs
t.inr.l if TrimtKee
. ..V. II. Well Ullll
i. H Htanlev
II. II. tirm-r
J. F. .'I'KUliMiv
i. sorter
'f n :Miihf
W.trslotl
j -itti'n of Veto
...U-nton Hoiiimi
.. . F. O. Milch I
.. . W. Redmond
1. 1. KniKlit
i
1'OST Ot-TICB INFORM VTION.
Ti e trails clow at th.
HilUboro Poal
iii, ' West futon, Bethany and Cedar
Mil!, nt H-' i. m.
(.., SoMth. s.l a m. R.
!,.,ni' to 1'ortlaud aud way-office., 6.K. a
ni. nn I 4 p. m.
r.r I'uriiiiiiKtoti and Laurel,
nud Saturday, at l:M a. m-
Wtdnaadaya
OREGON :ITV LAND OFFICE.
It'iiurt . Miller
It-lif I'lK.uet
. Register
. Uectiver
UUUtUI AND SOCIETY. NOTICES.
7 i.inGIIEG.ViTONAL CHURCH, corner
(yMain and Fifth atreeta. J,"hin
, v rV Nilibatb. morning and "n'nfu:
I,,,,', s.-l.ool at HI o'clock a. ra. P"
i.-ettiug Tlinrsday .yiuing.
5..u U t : P. AU a-rv.c will b.
-I. i i. lirinif. i itorettnw ami liHpfut.
K -frvona cordially "" . .
1 ' 1 EVAS P. HUiiHES. ra.tor.
SoltNKMl'S CIILKCH Herrioea firat
( and tb.rd H..nd.y a 7 r. .! nd
, ,l fourth Hntiday at 11 . and 7 r. u.
v. r ev-rv h'mday eyeniuii at 7 o'olock. 8nn
i i,.h,I at 10 i, m. 1'rayer meetina on
' ' eve, i.. at 7 o'clik. Hreaoh.ns
, , .tr'ooe on ttrat and third hunday of .aob
""""" " U A D. 8. Wion, Paator.
MVtXDEUCa CIU'KCH. Corner
r vemne at H P- aeoonu ln
,. hi 11 a. ni.t Biinuay .
' mv" mJetini every'wed.ieaday eren.i.H;
. I . . . a i.iMltTIV BTBIT DWMWJ '
li. I.. I'mli, paator.
i!v I'hriatian tbnrcn. it. I
Hhrlley
1' i.Btor. Haaelme aud Third.
... ..... K,.tl. at 11 a. m. and
Freaohinu
7:3tl p.
K,m-laS.:hl. 10 o. pi.
I i.nr-.lMV. K IH) p. ni. .
J iv. 7:iM p. in.
l'raver nieettnc.
1. rJ. 0. K.. Sun-
a . i l I'
KvFTIsr 'Hl'KCIl OF
H1I.1.H-Frenrb-
'..., .rn.T Third and Fir.
e.-..i.d nnd fourth Bal.bath. roorn.iiB
,,",l . veiiinu; Xnndav afh.-'l every hnnda)
nt 10 a' li. Ky. HCIIOFIF.I.D. F-t..r.
P7T '.lTCH.J.M. M. I .nald, -ator
.rre.ichiniiey.ry Habl.ath niormnR and
S.it.l.ath ah.H.l .very l'h
in i m Inline meetintf vry hunday at
;: p. . Oeneral prayer roeetinc wn
' I ...It." and Steward a
i i nr. lav pin ... - .
n.eetm.! the a.ud Talay .yninof each
A. . I. W.
f TII.'.SHOIIO LHIH1K Nt).
61. A. o. r.
and third
I 1 w. meet, every
P. II. HaI'UHM AN, M. W.
1 I. KNKIIlt. Ileoorder. i
i ... ... in. mnnin.
17, I. O. O. T
Hall every
II
TLLSltlt LIKE NO
uiefis in urnnK"
Si.tuul IV evenilltf
All ojoorninn merulwrH
.let nudum are invuea to yi wnu
tie lo.'L'e..
W. 11. tiifi.T. tkcretary.
....... .
PiiHRUler f Bebekah.
U1SIIOK.. KEHEK All I.tHHIE NO
,vt, I. . F.. meet, in Odd ello
II
lt.ll every .i Y OUF.ER, N. O.
Mil). Ia! V ll.l.t M. Wec'y.
p. or ii.
ll.l.SUnr.O I1RASOB. NO. 73, meet,
"ud and 4th rVaturday.of each month
It.M. !ciiri.i.D, ilaaur.
II
VMK MM, Xefl;
I. ti. at. t.
avinrm loihjk. m.
m .
IW), meet
M v,-,liiealyeyeuiiiiiBato'cUck,iu I.O.
1- it ill. Viaitora mle w -leonie.
r S. It. MUsTON, N O.
p. l 4'. tAmt. heo'y.
S very Sunday evening at 7 o'clock
i... i'hriatian ctmrch. Too are
i-or.liallv u.irite.1 to attend ita reeetinna.
" EKA AI'AMS. Prr-'t
Kathbone ller.
i n.r- trl l TKM 11. K .
10. R. 9 ..
i every 2 i l ami t.li F'"lav meavh
u at 7 JJ lock 'n I. uu r. it uu
Mm M'SIE STANLEY.
Mm.
Nt. A. Ilor.s. a
M. oi It. in I '.
k. f P.
U i:iX t.OIHJK. Nt. M. K. of r..
I i in MJ F-llowa' Hall on Monday
v niiiu of each week. Sojourning brethren
,i,,,,,.d,ol.Kl.meet,n.-rwAiLca
I.. . I om. K.of . A .
A. V. and A. M.
rpi M.I TV LODGE NO. . A. F. A. M..
I iu.ta every ttalnrdsy niitht on or after
. 1 1 ..... ..f month.
' W. D. WOOD. W
II. ratPit. S-cretjry.
V.
O. E. St.
f pi' I. ATI N rH APTER.N0 M.0 E S.
I iin-eM at Maso.ic Tcinpeon he 2nd
ii.l t:n TiteaUy of each month.
M. W. 1 It ARtv, W . M.
Cati'S r.vKtr. ccretary.
'I'l tt.tllN PLAINS FUFSHt ir.rti.
1 t luircn. hVamlar pracbin. Snndava
:; r. ,l.K.k A. M; rtnnuay j " Y'"
M.
Paator.
k. U. T. X.
l.Lt TENT. NO. K K. 0- M -Mi-eu
in Old FUo' Han. on
Y
I f.,ur;h rimii r eveninra oi run
,l!h L. A. LONO.
li stov ro.s, torn.
u. K.
AtHlWM'ON ENt'AIPMB, t
1. t). . r . meet oa urai ana
tV rl Ti, dsv of each month.
i1. M. I' 1 1 t't , "Wthn.
t.r KIWI riPT. 0. . 6. A. R.1
MKill IS liKASUK HAI.LO THE!
. sn I third PMurUayt cf each I
ii.w . li, at l:Mo ... T. M.
A. U. COLLINS., I
IV t a.' tun. A. M P. C.
Adjutaak
FKO tr-blON AL UKhb&.
THOMAS H. TOXUIE,
TTOn.NEY-AT-LAW,
HILL8KOUO, OBEON.
Ovtci: Morgan Ulook.
w. a. aiiaarr,
L. I. LDtMM
B1RBETT ADAS,
A
1 TORXE Y3-AT-LA W,
UILI.8BOKO, OUEQON.
rir: Central Hlook. Boom. and T
aaNtoa .".
Notary Public.
w D. furta.
SMITH bOWMAS,
TTORXEYS-AT- LAW.
HILLBUOUO, OBEQOS.
Ornca: Hootn. 6 and T. Morgan block.
C. E. K1S0T,
YTTOUN EY-AT-LV,
POUTIiAM. OUtOCN.
Koom No. 8, "Portland Hayfnua Hank
llutldiiiK, beooud and Waabinutou ttreeu
i;i:o. li. BAULEV,
A TTORXEY-AT LAW,
HILI.SBOKO. 0REOOX.
Rel.t.nt auent for Royal Inauranca Co.
Room: No. 13, Mornan Block.
8. T. LISKI.ATEK, X. B. C. M.
nilYSICIAN AND SUKQEOX,
HILI-SBOUO.OBtCOON.
Orrira: at reairienoe, aat of Court
in"'r-her.b...ll be found at aU time.
when not yiaitinu patient..
J. P. TAMIESIE, M. !..
P. R. R. SURGEON,
HILLBBOUO, OREGON.
s.
0,fic. RaainaKoa: eornej Third
.nd M..n Street. 0c. noora. o. j.
Sn'Jm VrTk W-VPJW"
all honra. All oau.
uinht or day.
W. It. WOOD, JI. I.f
pHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
UI1X8BOKO, ue.w
.. 1 .if How. HHIDBMC:
corner Firat and Main atreeta.
. a. nAitt," .
DBS. T. A. F. J. BA1LET.
PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS AND
L ACCOUCHEURS.
UILLSBORO, OREGON.
Orrir.: in FharmTcyTcnlon Blook. Call.
""i'T iuht or day. Keatdenoe, 8. W.
C,r. Ba- Liu. and Second .treeta.
R. 5IX0S,
DENTIST,
..1L.1AJ
FOREST OWJ
.kino teeth for 5.00 and $7.w
I. now ma
of material and m,n."i',,h
. -iih aeta ooatiim rD
111 conipar-, uiiii,,,,. .t
me
eztracieu - .-.- 1i!Ii
u.l witbont pniu.
loweat prioca. u - --------
Brick
v'.' - . .,,
. .. door. non v-
to 4 p. ni.
tore. Otnce nonra -
C. U. BROWS,
QENTIST.
HILLS HORO, OREGON.
GOLD CKOVrN and BRIDGE
work a
aotcialty. All worr. vnri.U'--
uooma i " .."-- - - .
tlrrca Uoua: F rom S a. n. to
, M ,n Hluca.
niLKLS BROS.
AR3TRACTORS AND,
I.L8BORO, OREGON.
for Bar Lock Typ. WrlUf. Two
of PoatolUoa.
Asea
door.
TI10S. U. lltai'llREIH.
riONVEYANCINO ANl
KJ AltSTRACTlNQ OF TITLES.
HTLI.8HORO. OREGON.
Iial par drawn and Loan. Real
r-.t.t. neiol.aUHl. , Bo.me- attend-i to
with promptneaa and dispa'cn.
omca: Main Btrtwt, oppo.iU th. Court
Honaa.
nx. BESSUX,
PRACTICAL MACHINIST,
HILLSBORO. OREGON.
All kind! of repairtn ""ufln!!!
and Botlera. Mill Work. Threahing Machm
Mowera, Feed Cutter.. Kewina Wpm
W.ahiiiB Machine.. Wrineert. "J
Scale.. Soiaaor. gnmnd. t"
.mithing. Saw. gronna and filed:
a laroe number of aeeond-hand enginaw ana
boiler, for sal. AU wora
Dr. Price' Cream Baking Powder
enM GoU - M-wiaar r-r. a
RIBBONS AMD ...
... CARBON PAPEK
FOR
TYPEWRITERS
AT
INDCP IND INT OFFICE
Neuralgia Torture.
Every tMrv I .tiwtfWvMw la the fwra wMty
Ktriiait ans
FIAXtlJ.
1U TUE
Itbeaxy loscellint Iheonlycori'
test of auy IniportanL-e Leforo the
(jlatrorm-ainkerx ia the npublk-an
aoil democratic rational conveotlont
U that which will be waged on the
silver question. A democratic paper
remarks that "the republican plat
form at 8t. Loul will be made to
conform to the views of the gold con
tract louUts a. well a the tree coinage
men or that party." Ttiis is iue
opinion of many democrats. A aiin-
liar view of democratic action Is be
iurr taken by republicans. Nobody
on either sldo apparently Is making
any guesses as to the deliverance ol
either convention on the tariff. The
democrats are likely to irlve eome
rt of nn indorsement to the Wilson
Gorman law, while the republlcane
will demand adequate protection,
though they w ill not favor the restor
ation of the McKinley act. Bat thin
question will not create any ditturb
anco in cither convention.
The assumption, however, that re
publicans will straddle the silver
isHue will undoubtedly prove fuhw.
For twelve years the silver qneslion
has . been ud in prelli-ntiHl cam
paign, and the republicans In all
this lime have made no national do
II vera nee upon it which can be con
strued into especial favor for that
metal. In 1S34 the republican plat
form urged, by the leading nations,
the "establishment of an internation
al standard which shall fix for ull the
relative value of gold and silver coin
age." In ISHjt the. platform said the
party was in favor of "the ue of both
gold and eilver as money,'' and con
demned "the policy of the demo
cratic administration in its efforts to
demoneti.a silver." In 1892 the
party hl'hiii demanded the use of
both gold and silver as money, but
"with such restrictions and under
such provisions, to be determined by
legislation, as will secure the mainte
nance of the parity of values of the
two metals, so tiiat the purchasing
and debt-paying power of the dollar,
whether of silver, gold or paper,
shall be at all times equal."
These utterances are all right, ex
cept that that fling in 1833 at "the
democratic administration In its ef
forts to demonetize silver" whs
tricky and foolish, for all that th
democratic administration did in the
direction ot d monetizing silver whs
' In opposing free coinage. The dellv
erance of 1892 was in the
right line, and that of ISM
; w ill le in the same spirit, but it w ill
be clearer and squarer. No surrender
! was made to silver in 1892, when the
party as a whole was immeasurably
weaker than it is now and when the
I silver cau was far stronger,
The
I vote of the republicans in the house
' ...
i recently on tne senate a rree coinage
substitute for the bond bill chows the
fate which is in store fur tne silveritcs
In the St. Louis convention. More
than seven times as many republican
votes wero cast against the sulstltute
as were given for it. This division
represented the feeling in the party
in the country at large, and it will be
ratified emphatically in Hie conven
tion. In 1J6 the republican party
feels that it can win without the elec
toral vote of the mining states. At
the same time those states are tolera
bly certain to support the republican
ticket, for the democratic party dure
not make a bid for the silver vole,
aud the "third" party, whatever
name it chances to bear, w ill not be a
factor of any importance in the con
test. Globe-Democrat.
OIK l?(TEtS I !' EASIER5 ASIA.
Upon this subject, Hon. John Bar
rett, Uuited States minister to Siani,
contributes an instructive article to
the current North American Review.
No American can read it without
feeling amazemeul and mortification
that we are nrglectiug such splenditl
opportunities for rommercial profit
anil national prosperity as are pre
sented to us by the trade necessities
of .00,000,000 leople.
He estimates the foreign trade of
Japan and China at f06u,000,000, of
Siani and Corea at 160,000,000. Yet
out of S17 uu rchant vessel that en
tered the port of Bangkok last year
not one was an American. Into the
ports of Japan, during 194, there
entered 1,784 steamers, only thirty,
two of which bore the American flag,
and this was five less than registered
during the previous year, although
Japan is a I most 9,000 mile nearer
San Francisco than London. As to
China, without considering Hong
Kong, not strictly Chinese port,
which Is the terminus of our few
trans-Pacitie steamers, the record Is
still worse. During ls94, 2,644' mer
chant steamers entered the port of
Shanghai, 848 into Xewchnng, 645
Into Tientsin, 1,031 into Cheefoo,
1,401 Into Chinkianir, 294 into F.xv
ky th
TUE
chow, and 2,250 into Canton. Of all
this great floet, bearing the wealth of
an immense commerce, not one bore
the American flag.
Japan imported from Europe in
1894 to the araouut of 158,000,000; of
this England furnished the value of
142,000,000, w hile imports from the
United States amounted to only
fl 1,000,000. Of the goods imported,
fully CO per cent of theentire amount
could have been produced or nianu
factured in this country. The Im
porta of China from England th
same year amounted to $45,000,000,
whilo from the United States the
amount scarcely reached $10,000,000,
As in the case of Japanese imports,
the greater portion could have been
furuiahed by our country.
The facts presented by this minis
ler of a free trade administration
hould teach him an important lea.
sun. it has teen the favorite anil
persistent argument of free tradert-
t hat it is necessary to purchase largely
from other countries, in order to sell
them to a corresponding extent; that
trade was essentially a question of
barter; that by repealing custouir
duties we would eucourage larger
importations, which would secure for
us equal ezportations for our products
and manufactures. A review of our
trade with Japan and China conclu
lvely exhibits the falsity of thisar
gumeut. In 1S94 we purchased from
Japan to the extent of 13,000,000,
while we only told ber $11,000,000,
making a balance of trade against us
of $32,000,000.
From China we purchased to the
extent of $25,000,000, while we sold
her only tho amount of $10,000,000,
showing a balance against us of $15,
uuu.uw. x ne minister informs us
that an investigation of prices shows
that American products could have
met thecompetition from other coun
tries, so that this excuse ctn not be
urged in support of the free trade
contention.
The minister lias profited by the
object lessons that have met him, s
far as to recommend one policy very
repugnant to the democratic mind,
for the reason that It has a savor ot
protection; "the reasonable subsidiz
ing of steamship lines, such as ia now
done with profit by the chief coun
tries of Europe." He is also warmly
n favor of the Nicaragua canal, and
quotes the opinion of British trade
experts that its completion will ena
blethe united States to control the
markets of the Pacific, dominating
the trade of Japan, Corea, Northern
and Central China, Australia, New
Zealand and the islands of Austral
asia. What a magnificent prospect
is thus developed for commercial
growth ami national prosperity! It
will give the South an Immense in
crease in the demand for its raw cot
ton; place the Atlantic seaboards
from 1,200 o 2,000 miles net rer those
Eastern markets, ami, lie predicts,
will, within two years of its com pie
tlon, quintuple the amount of our
trans-Pa'-ifiu trade.
He urges the building up of our
merchant marine; the establishment
of branch houses to handle American
products; the employment of experl
en led agents to study and develop
the Oriental demand; careful prepa
ration and prompt shipment of goods;
terms and prices as favorable as those
i ff red by Euroiean merchants; lib
eral advertising; Americans to enter
the service of Asiatic governments
when they con be promoters ol
American interests, and tho estab
li-hment, when feasible, of papers
under American control and Influ
ence. Aiiogetner it, h artlclo em
brace an amount of information and
valuable suggestion worthy of care
ful study and profound consideration.
Louisville, Ky., Commercial.
Floral I'ee.ratlons for Children'.
Parties.
In giving a birthday party for
children the table should be deco
rated with the birthday flower of the
month in which they were born:
January, snowdrop; February, the
primrose; March, violet; April, daisy;
May, hawthorn; June, wild rose;
July, lily; August, peppy; Septem
ber, convolvulus; October, hops; No
vein lie r, chrysanthemum; December,
holly. Each has an appropriate sen
timent attached to it. The snowdrop
means consolation; the primrose,
youthful sunshine; the violet, mod
esty; the daisy, innocence; the haw.
thorn, hope; the wild rone, simplicity;
the lily, purity; the poppy, the com
fort of sleep; the convolvulus, con-
tentment; hops, aspiration; the chrys
anthemum, cheerfulness; holly,
foresight and protection.
If, at the election in Kentucky last
November, SU John Boyle and
Blackburn had been candidates for
the United States senate before the
leople, B'yle would have been elect
ed and the business of the legislature
would not have been interfered with
as it has been during the entire ses
sion by a senatorial struggle. At
this would also have been an expres
sion of the choice of the people, it
emphasises the necessity of a change
in the method of electing United
State senators.
UVL'lt THE STATE.
Sheepmi'U of Grant county are tuk
ing their sluep t the hills.
Douglas county taxes for 1S95 for,
all purposes amount to $96,935.40,
S. Merton. of St. Paul, Marlon
county, bas contracted 10,000 pounds
of hops at 8 cents per pound, for five
years.
At Corvaliis, one day last week.
W. T. Hoffman, while assisting In
setting up a heavy press, was crushed
beueatu it and killed. Mr. Hoffman
waa preparing to start a populist
paper,
M. P. Iseuberger, of Hood River,
says the outlook for Hood River
strawberry-growers is flattering, and
he anticiates a very large crop.
The acreage is larger this year than
ever before.
Thirty-two inches of snow fell at
Kerbville and vicinity, last week,
while higher in the mountains it fell
much deeper. This means a much
longer mining season than was first
anticipated.
For neurly a year Linn county has
been paying from $100 to nearly $200
a month for the board of prisoners.
Next week it is possible the jail will
be empty, and it Is to be hoped It
will remain so for a long time, says
the Democrat.
About $11,000 bas been paid Into
the county treasury, at Grant's pass,
as taxes thus far. The total amount
to be collected from taxpayers of
Josephiue county for all purposes Is
112,000. Of this the O. & C. railroad
is down for $7,601.13.
Cin those men be said to have a
soft Job who have been put to grad
ing through a swamp on the Ooble
railroad. This is the first instance on
record where swamps have required
grading. It may be, though, that a
till Is to he attempted.
One hundred and eighty-seven of
the 1700 taxpayers in Benton county
have so far paid their taxes for 1695.
It is asserted by othYials that penalty
is to be added after April 1, and that
after that date county warrants will
not be accepted in payment of taxes.
A cougar and two cubs were killed
within seven miles of The Dalles last
week by M. Doyle and son, living on
Chetiowcth creek. The animals had
killed several calves and sheep, and
were getting very obnoxious. The
old one measured over six feet in
length.
The number of inmates of the asy-
lorn, January 81, 1896, were males,
758; females, 325; total, 1083. The
number discharged wero males, 15;
it-males, 8; total remaining, February
29, 1696, was 1060. Number of offl
uers employed is 124. The monthly
per capita expense Is $3,961;
the per capita daily expense is 30
cents.
The Jewett mine, within three
miles of Grant's Pass, under the
management of W. P. Belding, is
again showing up well. Mr. Belding
has exposed some large lodes of ore
so large, in fact, that the jtalls have
not been disco vered. It Is reported
thst within few months a 20 stamp
mill will be placed on the property,
and improved concentrators.
The Albany creamery received
luring February, with its 29 days,
39.000 pounds of milk over 8000
pounds a day. The receipts from
(he butter made from it were $1060,
The net return to the patrons was 25
cents per pound. Had they made
their own butter It would not have
been half that amount. The receipts
for Decent her were ;40.50, showing
i big inrrea-e. The cwamery is in
plendid I. amis, and its business Is a
matter of local pride.
An unusual and unfortunate acci
dent hnppeiied to Jurx-ph Pitman, a
farm hand ou Joseph Hunter's place,
on Monday last, says tlic Lorvaitis
Times. He was duck-hunting on
horseback, and raised his gun to
shoot. At the same moment his
horse stumbled and fell, and in the
fall the hammer of the gun struck
Pitman in the right eye. The eye
ball was torn -n, and a portion of
he water of the eye escaped. Pit
man has not since been ame to see
out of the Injured eye, and possibly
never will.
TWO W.thM -ONTIIH.
The phenomenal warm weather of
January extended through the month
of February up to the last day, when
change to colder weather came,
nd it continued several days in
March. As In Jauuarj, the mean
temisrature had a greaier excess in
the northeastern counties than in the
other counties of tho state. At Baker
City the mean was 35.8 degrees,
while the normal is but 21.5 degrees.
At The Dalles it was 0 degree in
ex oss of the normal, 10 degrees in
excess at" Pendleton, and 9 degrees in
excess at Canyon City The mean
temperatures for February at the
various places in Oregon have seldom
before and in places never before
been exceeded. No station reports a
mean temperature of 32 degree; to
the west of the Cascade tl4r it
above 44 degm hi to if! at
t.cm 11 if (tow ii, U ? tJftvV
The highest mean, 42.8 degrees, Is
reported from Portland, the lowest
32 2 degrees, from Lskevlew.
Tho maximum temperatures were
all above 60 degrees, aud at mauy
stations they were above 60 degrees,
The highest, 71 degrees, Is reported
from Roaeburg. At many of the
stations the maximum temperature
was higher than before recorded.
There w as an entire absence of any
severe cold weather. East of the
Cascade mountains the temperature
usually registers zero and lower dur
ing February, while this year 9 de
grees above zero is the lowest re
corded, while generally it was not
below 20 degrees; to the west of the
Cascades the miuiuiuiu temperatures
were from 25 to 30 degrees, borne
old iubabitauia recall former winters
as mild as the one Just past has been,
but such wild winters are extremely
rare. The winter throughout lias
beta milder than has heretofore been
recorded since records have betu
made, now covering a period ol
tweuty-tive years. Tne causes which
operated iu January aud which were
explained iu the Jauuary bulletin,
operated and caused thu high Febru
ary temperature, and the disappear
ance of this cause allowed the cold
weather of February 2Uth, March 1st
aud 2d, to prevail. The precipitation
was below the normal amount, ex
cept at Pendleton, where it was
slightly iu excess of the normal.
The greatest aiuouut of precipitatiou
occurred aloug the coast, where from
to 10 inches fell. Iu the interior
valleys from 3 to 4 iuchea fell. Over
the greater portion of Eastern Oregon
less than one inch fell. West of the
Cascades the precipitation was en
tirely ralu; to the east of them the
greater portion was also rain. A
summary of the three winter months
give a temperature materially in ex
cess of the normal amount, and the
precipitation nearly uormal, though
much less snow fell east of the Cas
cades than is usual.
There was an excess oi clear and
fair days, hence an excess of sun
shine. Astoria had but nine days
clear aud lair, but at other points to
the west of the Cascades, there were
from twelve to twenty days, and to
the east of the Cascades from twenty
to twenty-nine days were clear ana
fair. Rain or snow fell on about fif
teen days west of the Cascades, and
ou about eight (Jays to thu east ol
theiu.
The weather was exceedingly fa
vorable to farming oiieralious.
Plowing and seeding were actively
prosecuted throughout the month as
iu January. The stock was un
8ht'll-d, aud range grass was good
The result is cattle and sheep are in
prime condition. Fall-sown grain
has made a good start, and the winter-sown
is ln excellent condition.
Toward tho clone of the month,
peach, almond aud apricot were
swelling their buds, aud in favored
localities were in full bloom. The
cold period of March 1st and 2d
killed all those buds in full bloom,
which comparatively were few, but
others were retarded in their devel
opment, which proved of benefit
rather than of injury. Roses made
new wood of from four to twelve
inches in length during the month.
Tulips, hyacinths and other early
flowering bulbs bloomed in the open
air in many localities. Berry and
currant bushes put forth leaves. All
vegetation shows, at the close of the
mouth, a most advanced stage, full
four weeks earlier than the average,
The movement of tho storm area
have become more southerly, and
this is an Indication of a cool, wet
spring. The movement ol these dis
turbances for the next few weeks
will determine what they are likely
to do up to the middle of April or
first of May, and reference to the
daily w wither maps issued from this
office will inform those interested on
this subject. '
DO IOC SIPPOSEI
"Do you suppose," said Johnny, as
his little cousin laid away her largest,
rosiest apple for a sick girl, "that
God cares about such little things as
edo? He is too busy taking care
of the big folks to notice us much."
Winnie shook her head and pointed
to mamma, who had just lifted baby
from his crib.
"Do you think," said Winnie,
"mamma is so busy with the big
folks thU she forgets the little ones?
She thinks of the baby first 'cause
he's the littlest. Surely God knowi
how to love as well as mother."
And God's Word tells that even
though a mother may forget her
child (and some mothers have been
known to forget), yet will he not for
get us.
"Like as a father pitleth his chil
dren, so the Lord pitleth them that
fear him."
J. W. Pierce, Republic, Ia., says :
"I have ued One Minute Cough Cure
In my family and for myself, with
results so entirely satisfactory that I
can hardly find words to express my
self M t its merit. I will never fail
fftftWwBtrieod it to others, on every
ic tut presents itself." W. E.
Brock,
MtiHTS OF WASUIMiTOX.
Once a year the story g')ea out that
Mr. Justice Field is going to retire,
As regularly the senior associate jus,
tice announces that he has no idea of
doing any such thing. A justice of
the United States supremo court w ho
has served ten years, aud who has
reached the age of 70, may retire ou
full pay. Mr. Justice Field liu
serveu iiilrty-three years, and in a
few mouths ho will lie SO years oh!
For ten years he has been entitled to
the benefit of the retiring act. Why
hasn't he takeu advantage of if.'
Well, he comes of the toughest of
Connecticut stock, aud the habit of
work is strong upon li'm. lie en
joys the labor of the bench. There is
another reason for the tenacity with
which tho Just Ice holds on, if the gos
sip ot the court circle may be consid
ered. In one year more -Mr. Justice
Field will take his place in the his
tory of the court as the Justice who
sat upon the bench longer than any
other associate justice. Mr. Justlct
Story, of Massachusetts, sat thirty
four years. In two years more Mr.
Justice Field will have sit lougt i
than anyV'hlef justice in tho liistor
of the court. Chief Justice Marshall
sat thirty-five years. Mr. Justice
Field proposes to pull out the longev
ity eg and stick it in at a higher
hole before he rctiri-s, unless the
greater judge overrules. It is the lie-
lief of the circle that tho venerabh
'father of the court" w ill attain his
ambition. In the thirty-three year
of hia service Mr. Justice Field has
seen four chief justices and twenty.
three assxiciate justicts on tho bench.
What a span this means will ! Ih t-
ter understood when it is stated thai
since the foundation of the court In
1789 there have U-en only eight cbiel
ustices. The fifty-first associate jus
tice, Mr. Peckham, took his seat u
few days ago.
This distinction comes to Mr. Jus
tice Field iu the Hearing close of u
career which has been anything but
monotonous. The man, who, at 8'),
feels fully capable of performing the
the duties of a member of the United
States supreme court, sixty-live yeai
ago nursed cholera patients in Smyr
na, where he had gone when a boy oi
14, with his sister, who was the wife
of ti missionary. He sat at dinner
and saw a servant, who had bid
waiting on the table, drop dead
while guests fled, shrieking "The
plague!" "The plague!" He found
himself in San Francisco with $1 and
a diploma entitling him to praeti
law. The dollar he multiplied by
the sale of sixty newspajHTs ho luul
brought with him from New York.
When the vigilance committee re-or
ganized the mining camp of Marys-
ville the members elected the young
lawyer from the states alcalde, and it
was thenceforward his duly to settle
by judgment the disputes which ti
to that time hail been annealed to
the pistol anil the knife. The alcalde
served so well that he was sent to the
California legislature, and there he
challenged a man who had insulted
him to fight a duel. The man who
carried the challenge was Brodcrick,
afterward killed by Terry in a duel,
but not until he had saved the life ol
Field in a San Francisco hotel. A
foreigner with some grievance sml
denly threw back his cloak and
raised a pistol to shoot Field. I! rod
erick threw himself between tliem
and pushed Field through the bxr
and Into the street.
It is stranger than fiction that the
life of Field has been so intertwined
with the lives of men w ho met vio
lent deaths and that he hits come
through to this peaceful old Age with
out a scratch. A charmed life be
has wrtainly led. In ls.7 he ttas
elected a Justice of the supreme court
of California. Two years later im me
the resignation of Terry as chief jus
tice, because of the duel In which be
killed Senator Brodprick. Field suc
ceeded. Terry as chief justice of the
state court, and from that position he
was taken by President Lincoln's ap
pointment to the bench of the
United States supreme court. Only
a few years ago the paths of i b id
and Terry crossed again, and Terrv
was killed by a United States deputy
marshal who had teen l-tai I l as a
body guard to protect the justice
from apprehended assault by his old
enemy.
Mr. Justice Field has been no dead
head on the bench. With his long
service is identified some famous leg
islation. He gave the casting vote ln
the famous test oath casn soon after
the war. He wrote the opinion of
the court which annulled the "iron
clad" oatb. His disnenting opinions
in the confiscation cases, in the It gal
tender test and In the New Orltans
slaughter house litliration are rlflssles
In American law literature. Of the
fifteen distinguished men who form-
1 t ha lotneal etmm!.fr.n . 1, , I.
" - .
gave Hayes the presidency over Til-j
den by a vote of 8 to 7, nineteen
years ago, only two are la active life
to-day. One Is Senator Hoar, rf
Massachusetts; the other is Chief Jus-1
tire Field. It is hardly nec-s-ary to
say that the latter was one of the
seven. In the next pn-ddwitial cam. :
peJgn, Mr. Justice Field was put for-;
ward as a candidal U te threat
dency. At the national democratic,
convention iu Cincinnati in 13S0 he
received 65 votes ou the first ballot.
Aud now when it might be sup
posed that the mind would lag as the
steps do, Mr. Justice Field Is one of
the most active participants iu the
proceedings of the court. No one of
the nine follows the arguments with
closer attention. No one asks more
questions. No one carries to his
home and brings back to tho consul
tation room a bigger bundle of briefs,
as the faithful me&senger who accom
panies Mr. Justice Field at all times
can testify. In the couit citclo there
is just now current a rumor that the
memory of Mr. Justice Field ocm-
onally fails him. The story which
illustrates this is that recently a law
yer in arguing a case read from va
rious authorities, and iu the midst of
one citation was interrupted by Mr.
Justice Field with the remark that
what he had Just rcad.was nonsense
from the legal point of. view. In
quiry showed that the authority so
sweepingly condemned was nothing
less than an opinion of the supremo
court of the Uuited States, whlih Mr.
Field had himself rendered a quarter
of a century or m ago. The story
may be true or it may be one of thoeo
okes which certain wnggish mem-
ers of the court like to set in clrcu
alion, even at their ow n expense.
W. 1$. S., iu Globe-Democrat.
SOME PAR-HIRST EI'IURIM.
Rev. Charles II. Parkhur.-t, D. I).,
in his Initial paper for young nu n,
for the Ladies' Homo Journal (in
February issue,) gives brilliant em
phasis to his text, "The stuff that
Makes Young Manhood," by the fre
quent employment of forcible epi
grams. He considers a proper "get
ting ready" as the greatest value In
preparing for life's work, ami upon
this point flashes his strongest,
brightest lights In brilliant radiance.
Putting a buttercup to school will
not graduute it a buttcrtly even if it
is a very good school. Its only
wholesome ambition will tit Ihj as
good as it can as a buttercup.
I have watched a good many
brooding hens, but I never saw one
facilitate the hatching process by
pecking the shell. Tito chick on the
inside will get out if he is worth it.
More men are Injured by having
things made easy for Ibein than by
having their path beset with difll
cul lies, fur it encourages them to stay
themselves ou circumstances, where
as their supreme reliance needs to be
on their own jiersoiial stuff.
Young men are constantly worry
ing lest they be failures and non
entities. Every man wll count for all he ia
worth.
There is as much a science of
success ns there is a science of
hydraulics.
The less a young man talks about
luck and untowardness of circum
stances, and the eouettishncbS of
popular favor, and the like, the lx -tt r
for him and for tho world to which
he owes himself. Every man will
have all the power he earns, and tho
power that he has will tell, not be
cause ieople liko it. or like him, but
because it Is tower. .
Personal pressure can no more bo
hooted down, or voted down, or ar
gued out of existence than can the
push of the wind or the pull of the
moon. If you weigh a ton you will
exert a ton's pressure. .
There is probably such a thing as
genius, although ninety-nine hun
dredths of it is doubtless tho namo
which lazy people give to results
which others have earned by hard
work in those hours whe n the lazy
people themselves were either sleep
ing or wishing they could gain it
without toiling for it.
There is faculty enough In almost
anybody to become genius if only all
that faculty were lumped.
We are more likely to find a good
destiny by goiug afoot than by
riding. ...
The world cares very little for ex-
Irls, aud the cour-e of events is
only infinitesimally determined by
them.
The man whose entire capital is
one of enthusiasm will be const. icu-
ous for his abundance of torch, at tho
same time lacking the timber which
the torch exists primarily to en
kindle. Sowing still antedates reaping, and
the amount sowed determiner, pretty
closely the size of the harvest.
Empty barns in October are the
logical sequence of empty furroughs
in spring. The young man may as
well understand that there are no
gratuities in this life, and that succe;.
is never reached "across lots."
The Italians have been fighting
the Ahyssinians for over ten venr.
r. , I ..
it, auuin Beem me part of vtl-Kli ni
now to quit, and, if they i,,u,t fi.j.t,
try C hina, or M.rntbody they caa
whip.
fine Minute Cough Cure toueht
the right spot. It alo touches it tt
the right time if you take it when
you have a cough or cold, he the
point? Ihen don't ex.ugla ,
Brock
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