1 WW Jt.001 wt.001 t.001 2.001 S2.0 I ts.ooi -- 1 Independent and Oregonian J Independent and Oregonian 1 OoU wwsww HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897. No. 36. VoL XXIV. GENERAL DIRECTORY. BTATK OFFICKK& Governor Wm. P. lord tieerelaxy of Bute . . Harrison It, . Kineaid Treaanrer fu'Uip Metaonan fcnpt. fnbli Ioetractiun O. M. Irwin fctaie frinte H. Uwds Cbaa. E. W olverton ..M . F. A. Moore - . . . . . . ; . m i kll.l Jadoartrtn utstno Attorn; Fifth Viuiie T. A. Molina T' J. Clselon OOONTT OFFICERS. iadff Cominiaelonar Clerk Hherin" keoorde Treason I ,.B. P. Cornelius . I). H. ltmumner T. U. Todd I. A. lmlris '..W. 1. Bradford K. L. atoOoruiiok A H t'a'lv '.Oeorfre II. Wilooi Hohooi HopViUndmt.';.. , A?.!in J. "rhlni.Vor' K. vtfiiaes Coroner C.Ulrg. OBKOON CITT LAND OFFICE. Robert A. Miller Wm. Ualioway.. , . . Register CIT OFF1CKUH. B. B. Ooodln, Mayor JJ. O. Hrown . .... ... Jo. Down ....W. H. Wehrnnu 1. H. btnnley R. H. Hrrrr I. V. TamiMie , ..Banton Bowman f. O. Mitchell Board of Troa Keoorder 'i'reaanrer Uarehal W. W. Annans ... w p Hn1, Initios of Peaoa J. p. Hick HnutB POST OFFICE INFORMATION. The ialU oloae at the HUlaboro Post Sl!n2Se!TWaat Colon, Bethany an Cedar Mill, at U:) a. m. Uoitui Bonth, 8:30 a m. Ootno. to Portland and way-offloea, :M a. VordFarniingto and Laurel. Wedneadaja and Datnrdaya at lU:i a. m. CHCBCH AND BOC1KTT NOTICES. CONOBEOATIONAL CHURCH, oorner Main and Filth etreeta. Preaching very Babbath. rooming and evening. Bab, bath school at 10 o'olook a. ro. Jnyn meeting Thoreday evening. Y. P. o. U. K. "nnday at-J0 p. AU aervloo. l" be short, bright, interesting and helpful. Everyone oordlallr welcome. 7 KVAN P. HUUUES. Pastor. f EVANGELICAL CHTJBOU. Corner Fifth and Fir. Preaching !'02T evening at a p. m.i teoond and fourth Bon dly at ll a.. Snnday school at 10 a. n,.: Srayer meeting ever, Wednesday evening; leaeherii meeting every Sunday evening. M. L. Pratt, pastor. FIBST Christian Chnrob, B. LJ Bhf lley pastor. Baseline and Third. "ohl ,.ryBonday at 11 a. a. and 7:80 p. m. SunJayrlohool. 10 a. m. Prayer meeting. Thursday, 8:00 p. m. Y. P. 8. 0. . h"- day. Wp.ni. 4r B. CHCBCri, O. K. Cl'ne pastor. JM sPraehing every Sabbath moraine: and venina Babba l every HMath at 0 a. e. M avary Bnnday at ,10 r . ueneral PV,f .B,e5t1115-V. Thursday evening. Leadera' and Steward a neetiug the ssAoud Tueaday evening of each uionth .A. 0. t. W. HILLSBORO LODGE NO. 61. A. O. C. W., meeta svery . Brat and tbird iTriday evening tEsNESIAH. M. W. P. II. BACOHMAN, Beeorder. UaaghUra f Bcbekah. HILLSBORO BEBEKAH fOK.1"; mTI. O. O. V., meet in Odd Felloas' U.,1 aver, yauMS, N.O. P. f H. ... . .v -i milt AMI esn&eiwai UILL8BOKU UKAlur., n.. .u, ind and 4th Baturdaysof eaoh month. Bbmj. BonoriBLD, MaaMtr, Asata Inaaia. Bee. i. o. o. r. MONTEZUMA LODGE. NO. M. meet 31 Wednesday evenings at 8 o'eloek.ln I.O. r.H.il. VoraBEi D. M. 0. Oaoi.t, Bee'y. V, p. B). C. MEETS very Sunday evening at T o'olook in the Chrietian etaurob. xoo are ' '-'' VMAMt Pt. Decree f Heaei. rnUR DEGBKE OF HONOR, k. O. V. T WM maete n Od I Fello-s' hall everv brat and third Fr dav evninJ of racti month. M M.Prtener,C. of H. Mr. B'lie Broen, Re order. Kathbeae Mlater. tllllKNICIA TEMPLE NO. 10, R. &. 1 meets every Ind and 4ib Friday In each Ma. M. A. Hocsa, M. E. C M. ot B, and C. a P. mtull VII &1 K. OF P.. .- . v.i. viina Hall on Mondav tven ing of eaoh week. Sojourning brethren ..loomed to lode. WAIX, o. a U A. Lo9, 1.of B. 8. a. r. a. f pUALITt LODGE NO. , A. F. A. M., 1 meete every Saturday night on or after lull moo. of -oh month. y ' R. CB4MDALN Seorelary. - O. E. 8. rpCALATlN CHAPTER, NO. 81, 0. E.8 J meets at Masonie Temple on Ihe ind and 4th Tnerfnr .h w ClACt CaoaaiTB, Secretary W. C. T. V. HILLSBOBa W.C.T. V. MEETS IN Ihe Congregational Chnrch on the 4th rrlday In each month at S o clock P, M. rpCALATlN PLAINS PBE8BTTEKIAN I Chnrch. Regular preaching. Bandars, Paat4r. I. 0. T. . V,0nV. ft TWVT Vn IS K ! 1 . M.. meete In tad Fellows' Hsll, on eeo- and fourth Thuredsy evenings oi .-.. BiBToa Rown4. R. K. Com. WASHINGTON UNl-'AM rata, no. i i i B ! h lint and h rd Tawwdava ot each month. I. M. C. OtPtv, wer ine. E5. RA5SOM POST, HO. 6, . A. B. . i u nnn rll ln4 II 4 I.I. t)N JM tb first and third Saturdays of each raonlh. all :BD o rioca, r. . J. P. Hicks, A. M.. H, L. Lock. P. C. Adlntant, ES. BAW0C0PmS0. 47tTB.C. . . t is Ann rrl.tilW II ALL il HUlaboro, on th 1st. tad d. Fridays oteacb month al aup.ni. Mrs, iraadall, Pres. Mrs. Orpha Carlila, See. Highest of all is Leavening Power Tf I 4C50LUTE2.Y PURE THOMAS H. TONtitE, TTORNEY-AT-LA V, HILLSBORO, OBEUON. ........... Orrica: Morgan Block. w. n. uiun , t. a. 404M BAUBETT ADAMS, AlTOItNEY8-AT-LAW; HILLSBORO. OREGON Ornra: Central Block. Rooms 6 and T. BBWTOB aoWMlH. Notary Publio. W. P. SMITH. SMITH Y BOW MAS, TTORNEYS-AT-LAW. HILLSBORO, OREGON. Orricai Booms 6 and 7. Morgan block. : C. E. KIXDT, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, PORTLAND, OREOtN Room t No. 8, Portland Bavinga Bank Building, Seoond and Washington btreeta. GEO. B. BAHLEY, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, HILLSBORO, OREOON. Resident agent for Royal Insurance Co. Room:' No. 13, Morgan Block. 8. T. LISKLATEJt, M. B. C. M. piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HILLSBORO, OBGON." On icb! at residence, east of Court u -h.ra be will be found at all tunes when not visiting patients. J. P. TAMIES1E, M. V., ST. R. R. SURGEON, e . UILB1BJUU, Ulliuvn. . j- . . t7.Mt . jwivtiAr Third and Main Streets, Omo hours, JO to U a. m., 1 to K and 7 to H p. m. Telephone to residence from Brock A Sels' Drugstore at all nours. ah oi 'uu,r"j , night or day. W. D. WOOD, M. ., piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HILLS BOKO, OREGON. Orda: In Chenette Row. oorner First and Main street. Bihdimcb E. A. BA1LET, M. . nilYSICIAN, BURGEON AND 1 ACCOUCHEUR. HILLSBORO, OREGON. 1 1,1 rinlnn RliMlk. Calls ... i i .inM .1 it,,. KMidenoe.o. w. HTSUDU ". J . Cor. Base Lin and Seoond streets. R. KIX0M, JJENTIST, FOBEST GROVE, OBEOON. . i : . .k .... e k nn .nri S7.K0 la now maaiug u i - . : per set ! best of material and woikmanauip. Will eompare with sets eosting fJfi. loetn . . . i.i . . k'iiimoa at the eatraoteu vnuuui lowest prices. All work warranted. Orrtca i three doora nonn or store. Offio hours from a. m. to 4 p. ni. A. . BAILEY, D. 1. JJENTIST, HILLSBORO, OREOOS. Rooms 1 and Morgan A Bailey Block. WILKES 1IKOH. A,,STR.VCTORS ANDbveyors H1LL8BOBO, OKEGON. Aoen for Bar Look Type Writer. Two doora of Poatoffioe. TH0S. D. HUMPHREYS. CONVEYANCING AMJ J A HSTIIACTING OF TITLES, HILLSBORO, OREGON. t! nattera drawn and Loans on Real EHate negotiated. Buaineas attended to with promptness and dispatch. Umm Main Street, opposite the Court Uouse. WM. BESS0X, PRACTICAL MACHINIST HILLSBOlt OREOON. All kinds of repairing on Steam Engines and Boilers. Mill Work, Threshing Machines Mowers, Feed Cutters, Sewing Machines Washing Machines, Wringers, Pumj. Hcalra, neiaaore gronnu. juu ."r" smithing. Saws ground and tiled: and hae . . - - - . L,.J moim. anil a large num iwr ui wrv.-Mw - boiler tor aale. AU work warranted. Or. Prka'A Cmam baking Powdc Warfcra Pear Hlgnsat Award. thfdr ABB NO EXCUSES 1 ST. JACOBS OIL A PR0I1PT AND CERTAIN IIIIIMIIIIIIIIMMIIIIMMilllllMMIttmi Latest U. S. Gov Renort UatVfiaH) T!ij 'ioKit!iv laiiit or WesibflU Intl., IhsuoiI a"Voniann Edition" of the weniflehl New, luring date of April 3,1890.- The paper U tilled with matter of Interewt to women, and we notice the follow ng fmm a WirrfiLp?ivJL'!K.. 'M"h ed5fTH printed, realizing that it treat upon a matter of vital Imbortance to their sex: "The best remedy for croup, colds and hrnnchitU that I have been able to Hud ItChmerlins Cough Rem edy. For family ute it has noepual. I gladly recommend it." 25 and 60 cent bottlrs for eale at Delta Drug Store. I was nervous, tired, irritable and cross. Karl's Clover Rx)t Tea haa made mo well and happy Mrs. E. n. Worden. For tle hy the Delta Drug Store. Lost A dear little child who made home happy by its smiles. And to think, it might have been saved had the parents only kept in the house One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for croup. V. E. Drock. Wash your white clothes with Soap Foam and they will not tnrn yellow. Constipation in its worst forms, dyspepsia, sick headache, biliousness and deragement of the liver are read ily cured by De Witts Little Early Risers. These little pills never gripe. Small pill, safe pill, .best pill. W. E. Brock. Karl's Clover Root Tea is a sure cure for headache and nervous dis eases. Nothing relieves so quickly For sale by the Delta Drug store. Soap, Foam I ! I It not only relieve; it does more it cures. We refi.-r to One Minute Cough Cure. Suitable for all ages, all conditions, at all times. W. E. Brock. Constipation causes more than hall the ills of women. Karl's Clover Root Tea Is a pleasant cure for consti pation. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. Not one minute, elapses between the taking of One Minute Cough Cure and relif. why shouldn't people take Oue Minute Cough Cure? They should. They do. W. E. Brock. The best Cough Cure is Shiloh'a Cure. A neglected cough is danger ous. Stop it at once with Shiloh's Cure. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. ' A weed in the garden can be easily destroyed when it first starts. Con sumption can be nipped in the bud by One Minute Cough Cure. W. E. Brock. Sure the Wrappers. They are worth a cent saved from Hoe Cake Soap. Laiillaw Co. piece it Bryan Soothing for bums, scalds, chapped hands and lips. Healing for cuts atid sores. Instant relief tor piles, stops pain at once. Thwo are the virtues of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. W. E. Brock. This is an "Age of Soap." Why use any but tiic very liest. Best soap means Hoe Cake, ltryun-lxldlaw Co. A torpid liver means n bad com plexion, bad Lrratli, indigestion and frequent lieadxches. To avoid such companions take De Witt's Little Early Risers. The famous little pills. W. E. Brock. For dyspepsia and liver complaint you have a printd guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer It never fails to cure For sale by the Delta Drug Store. Unicorn, Pa., "Herald:" Richard Venscl reprts One Minute Cough Cure the greatest success of medical science. He told ns that it cured his whole family of terrible coughs and colds, alter all other so called cures had failed entirely. Mr. Vensel said it assisted his children through a very bad siege of measels. One Minute Cough Cure mnkes expectora tion very easy and rapid. W. E. Brock. Ask your physician, your druggist and your friends about Shiloh's Cure for Consumption They will recom mend It. For sale by the Delta Drug A compound that makes your hand rough will rot clothes. Try Soap Foam. For laundry, kitchen or bath noth- equals Soap Foam. Bryan-Laidlaw. NOT TO L'SE a Ot i . X BRUISES CURE NO ONE REFUSES. B0 A US I UOOD ROAUS! To the Editor: A few days ago I was ploughing, the ground belDg In excellent condition. I ' enjoyed it hugely and carried hopes that the road question would now settle Itself. But as it haa set into rain again, I have relaxed into my old morbid condition, "and the road question keeps a bobing up again, like a cer tain ghost, t will.noi.down." I have a little excuse to offer, though, before taking up the subject aytln; and that is the assertion that haa been repeat ed of late, by those gentlemen of culture and leisure that constituted the good road conventim lo the ellWt j 'thaTlne7aruiers ueedt Ge 'Tueateu'j up lo the Importance ot good roads. Well, I for one am willing to be a diligent pupil, but where are the les sons these pedagogues are expected to give us? I am afraid these worthy philanthropists don't 1 know much about it themselves. About the whole extent of the knowledge many of them have about the subject la that they are men whose wealth and po sition enabled them to travel, and they have been in parts of the world where good reads were the rule and think a similar state of affairi. would be desirable in Oregon; a de sire In which I heartily concur. While they talk about measures and lawa and engineers, they seem to have at the same time a dim and un consious conviction that the n.iaiu re lief must come from the farmers. For that reason they want to educate ns ignorant farmers. I am very thank ful for the compliment, and would like to return favors and remind those fellows to not be too proud about their accomplishments; they didn't make themselves; the glory belongs some where else. When they make estimates about the cost of good roads and get to throwing around them with figures of from M.OOO to $8,000 per mile, a shudder creeps over most of the tax payers, and well it may. If Ihey should inaugurate as costly a plan as that I am afraid they wouldn't get very far. It might be well lo huve a few turnpikes of that nature run ning through the state connecting the principal cities and cot.structed with convict labor as far as praticable. But to think that all our public roads would have to be constructed on so expensive a plan is rediculous. Most farmers know that a large portion of our roads could be kept In good pass able condition with very little ex pense In the way T. E. Cornelius in dicated. But the general complaint is about the inefficiency of our road laws, then let us reason together and examine where Its fault lies and seek for a remedy. . It is evident to every close otiserv er that a large amount of labor and time Is wasted on our roads every year with little or no benefit to any body. I am afraid, though, the main obstacle in our 'way to a betterment of our condition lies in the perversity of human nature. 'A large portion of mankind seem to be so constituted that they wouldn't enter into Para dise if they were standing at theopen gate, and would delight in blocking the way for others to get in, ton; you would have to coax them and push them and some of them you would have to sre into it, in order to get in yourself. ou all know what a big load a team of horses will draw when they pull together, and how little you can accomplish with them if they won't pull together. Writer saw forty-two horses and mules hitched to a load; what a lot of whoping and whip ping it required to start them. After that they went along leisurclj; a por tiou of them seemed to be inclined to balk at first, confused by so much noise and jingle J.tngle; in fact, about half of them had to lake the burden lo start the load; after that they all joined in and pulled when they saw how easy it went. Even so with man. If they could all tie made to bear their legitimate share of the road burden how easy it would be to get good roads. But where is the genius to make us all pull in one di rection; where is the Moses to devise a law that all would respect and obey echo answers where? Lnws are ineffective as long as there isn't some consequence attached to it, some penalty for violations or some reward for observances. But where l the incentive or the pressure to enforce these laws so as to make them lf rt ive? Many say it Is public opinion. A law has to be popular to beeflective, but I think if we had to wait for the popular majority to get ready, we will have to wait a long time before we get good roads. If we can't con trive to get A little pressure from some Intelligent source, if we can't establish the principle of coercion and compulsion fur laggards; if this is in compatible with our idea of indepen dence and freedom we might Just as well banish the vision of a rapid Im provement in our rsd affair. Why are men so Imtli to work the road ? You ask them and a good many will say, "Well, it don't seem to do any good; the roads don't seem to be getting any letter; there don't seem to be any system la our road work. Now, what U a system? e are alt familiar with the system of the human body. Well, what Is it? It's a congregation of different organs with a head to It, aud when that head wills the - whole body moves like an army commanded by a general. There is a nystem more or less perfect in different ludividuals, but there has to be life In it. A dead system or a system without a head to U wiit aoon decay. I call a system for this purpose the concentration of the motive and regulating power into as small a skope as possible, yea iuto a nut shell or a button, as they are going to have it In the future touching a button, but we are not (here yet. I don't know but what ourm-seni road system would be good enough if we could get some of this motive power or life principle Into it. The fault of our road law is as far as I can see, firstly and mainly that it Is not carried out to the letter or spirit either. Another fault is that the work is not intelligently ap lied at the proper time. The prin ciple needs of the roads have been stated by several of your correspon dents, but one of the most essentials is constant attention, you ktiowu a stich In time saves nine, not neces sary constant work, but cousiant watchfulness. . A half-hours' work will sometimes save a whole days' work in the future. How la this best to be attained ? I have an idea to offer for consider ation, not that I would urge it for adoption, for I see a good many diffi culties In the way that would have to be overcome, but It appears to me If we would concentrate our efforts in that direction we might get it Into a live working system and by it secure economical road work aud constant attention to It. I would make every land owner road mas'ec In his own district embracing his own land or as close to it as possible, to that he could bestow all the care and bk ill in as economical a manner as he was able to conceive aud get all the pride and satisfaction out of it that is pos sible, but compell him to keep the road In proper condition. By all means, for failing to do this, impose a fine. In constructing this plan I commence at the bottom- building upward fn&ead oFeoniwiencing wilb the legislature and letting the respon sibility slip from his shoulders on to the county court and so on down to the supervisors till It gels lost In the sand. I am going to nail the re sponsibility on some one where it will stay. Well, in saying I started at the bottom I have to make a cor rection for I left out the men that own no land, and someone, I suspect, will already have made the remark, "What are you going to do Willi them?" Well, I for my part, don't care whether they pay a tax or not. If it is proper and just, however, they can pay their share into a coun ty road fund. Having the district located once, I would have a road In spector or t or as"many as necessary appointed by the county court good practical wea with sense and good judgment who knew something road work themselves men of the strie of T. E. Cornelius, for instance. to act as road directors or instructors in road making and act as road marshals at the same time, and would clothe them with a good deal of authority, such as imposing of fines where he found one backward in do ing his duty. I'll not follow this Idea out any farther for I am not a law-maker, nor speak about the diffi culties that are to he overcome, but would ask my fel low-farmers if they have ever considered and reflected how easy it Iwoul l la- for then), to keep the rotd running hy their places in good repair provided all the other roads were kept by other people in the same condition. It has quit raining and I must leave something unsaid for another rainy day when I can't plough. J CI. U S AsHAHft. Hernea Will tit Ideas Here. Every woman has natural curiosity to see how other women furnish their homes. To satisfy this, The Ladies' Home Journal will publish during the year interior photographic views of hundred of the most artistic, cheerful and comfortable homes in America. Tluse will show in detail the construction, fitting and furnishing of parlors, drawing-rooms, hulls, reception, music, sitting, din ning, b d aud bath rooms, kitchens, porches, piazzas, etc. This nniqus series will Is full of excellent Ideas for every housekeeper or home- maker. It will present views of the interiors of houses of moderate cost, which are fitted and furnished with conspicuous good taste and at com puratlvely small ex perse. A Mississippi congressman has In' Iroduced a bill providirg for the purchase of Cuba for the sum of 2i)0)00,000. This would come with better grace from Missis sippi If any of Its representatives in congress could be jiersuaded to vote for a bill affording the United States money enough to pay Its own run ning expenses. , TUS C5S1V0HT tOlUINE. Ones more that windbag of the "Union of reform" humbugs bas bro ken out with the old chestnut con cerning my refusal to give my name to my occassional contributions on the subject of what' was once the populist party. ' This time it is get more violent, and, without ever try lug to deal with facts, applies such Ci::hcU a "genuine copperhead"",' "Snake in the grass", etc., aud tven quoted scripture. Well, any loot can call names, and a very exel'ent au thority tells us that "the devil can cite scripture for hi purioe," still .L.t.vrhi,tcfL-r a a"2y -".vi.- facts, and facta ia what we want. My statements have become in due course of time verified facts; even the managers of the combine . have after the game waa up admitted that the populists party has been sold out like cattle to the democratic politicians of which Mr. Bryan was the standard bearer, and yet, in tbe , face of all this, some backwoods windbag still continues to barp upon Bryan as if he were the greatest hero, saint and martyr! What In the name of com mon aense baa this Mr. Bryan ever done for this dear people except that he labored to get elected to a flftj-thousand-dollar-a-year-ettice, and af ter receiving tbe nomination- of bis own party he, by -cunning and de ception, received the nomination of another party with the tenets of which be never was In sympathy? The fight, however, bas been fought andaluoa then most of the supporters of. this fraudulent alliance acknow ledge the shame ful proceedings and yet some pious "reformed" is still harping on the Bryan tune, looking for fresh fish to fry and kicking be cause some will not be silenced. No, no. I shall keep up tbe fight and continue to expose the "reform" hypocrites who . now control the peoples party organization. la t hit. state, aad when there shall be a peo ples party in Oregou free from tbe trickery of demagogues and all aorta of political wags, soreheads and clowns, I will then vote for it and support It to the best of my ability. But as to the ureeent combine, uo Vine who has a drop of respect for what waa once the peoples party can abnsWtantljTsupport It. . , It would be useless to enter into details why I do not offer my con tributions to the papers which sup ported and continue to support the union of reform" humbugs. These papers, to my positive Knowledge, would never print them, aud the only reason these "reformers" are so gen erous now inofferlug space is simply because they want to find out who is this naughty, unsubmitting, rebel lous individual, who defies the whole outfit by dealing such effective blows from which it can not recover; they have no other purpose. .. A Straight Populist. The old way of delivering mess ages by pnat-noya compareu wiin tbe modern telephone, Illustrates the old tedious methods of "breaking" colds compared with their almost In stantaneous cure by One Minute OoagaCure. W. E. Brock; A rare far Lame Bark. "My daughter, when recuvfrfng from an attack of fever, waa a great suffer er from pain In the back and hips," Louden Grover, of Sardis, Ky. After using quite a number of reme dies without any benefit she tried one bottle of Cbatuberlin'sPain Balm, aad It has given entire relief." Cfcatnberlin's I'ain Balm ia also ' a certain cars for rheumatism. Sold at Delta Drug Store. Minutes eeein like hours when life is at stake. Croup gives no time to send for a docter, delay may mean death. One Minute Cough Cure glvus Instant relief and Insures recovery. Theonly harmless remedy that produoea Immediate results. W. E. Brock. Tbe man who spits ou the floor is a man uiucb ooserveu iu inese times. Tbe queetians Involved relates to microbes as well as to a higher stan dard Ot cleanliness and courtesy Globe-Democrat. There are those, however, not able to otherwise attract attention, who squirt tobacroed saliva over the cbarch carpets. If Riddle, of Douglas county, could have fully considered the results at tending that action of a man skulk ing out of attending to bis duty, when submitted to tbe consideration of the people, he would not have ad ded his example lo establish the to tally untenable principle, that a man can shirk his duty, and become ab sent by getting outside a railing over which a school boy could vault. He could consistently object to tbe action proposed lo be passed and record bis vote against it, but by getting up and dramatically inarching out, he enrolled himself among the worst enemies of the state and nation, lo the effort to establish an action that may al any time be nsed to destroy both. Then, too, Ihe people having placed a man In a position of trust and honor want him to carry out its duties lo bis best abilities In an hon orable manner. No leas a personage than the great senator from New York, Rcecoe Conklicg, thought to gain an added renown by resigning when he could not force Ha own opinions, and throwing ftp hi posi tion with tbe expectation Miat the people would return him 'and give him added power to force his view. But he found to bis fatal sorrow that the- p?ef 2-'do not w-tEt'a-niaa'-'Vtfe runs or who resigns, and Mr. Riddle will find the same thlng.Albany Herald. , ' -" AUEKICAS LlljlUK LAWS. , ... Tie..,.,A.,lft.,i,i., Mcnhl-yl f ruary will contain an interesting and instructive article by President Eliot, of Harvard. University', on '.Ihe sub ject of the practicaUbperatlon of the liquor laws of the various' stites. This article is a sum Wary 'of "an- In vestigation that haa tieeh 'carried 6n siuce 1894 by the committee 'of fifty- not In the Interest of any particular plan of temperance reform, but with a view to obtaining tho actual facts concerning the results of diffentex. perlinents in tliaC respect.'' The In formation thus secured is' not com plete and conclusive, but it presents a trustworthy account of the general effects of the Several kinds of legisla tion, with their relative degrees ol success or failure. '"As to prohibition, President lillot says that it has' abol ished and prevented the manufacture on a large scale of distilled and mall liquors, and In districts.where public scutimeut has been, strongly. In its favor It has made it hard to obtain in toxicants, thereby removing temp tation from the voung and the ha bitually intemerare; but that It has not entirely excluded Intoxicants even from districts where public sen timent has peen favorable, while In districts where public sentiment has been adverse,' it has never suppressed the liquor traffic or rendered it un profitable. It has been attended furthermore, by concompitant evils In the' form of demoralization and corruptiou which have nullified all of its advantages, and made it In this relation the worst of all kinds Of tem perance legislation of the eight state covered by the Investigation. Five forms. ()fJocaI option exist. The main advantage of this theory, Pres ident Eliot points out, is that it im plies the support of looal sentiment, without which no sumptuary law can be made effective, and that the same public opinion which determlns tbe question of license is at the back of all the local oiliclals who administer tbe system decided on. Iu the op inion of tbe committee, the law of Missouri is "the com pie tent and just- eat of all," and haa produced better results than that of any other state. While it cannot be positively afflrnir ed, President Eliot declares, that any one kind of liquor legislation has been more succeeriful than anotlif-r in promoting real temperance, lb Missouri law makes a better showing Ibau any of the rest in .the way of the general promotion of order, quiet and. outward decency. "Iu St. Louis,", he says, "where the saloons are num erous and unrestrained, public order is excellent, and arrests for drunken ness are comparatively few; but this good condition is perhaps due as much to the quality of the population as to the wisdom of the liquor legis lation." A perfect system of dealing with the liquor .traffic has not yet been devised; but gratifying prgress has been made in that direction, as this investigation demonstrates, and the cause of temperance is constantly gaining ground in all parts of the country. Globe Democrat. , , . t Persons who are troubled with in-, digestion writ be interested in the ex perience of Win. 11. Pennj chief clerk in the railway mall service . at Dea Moins, Iowa, who writes: "It gives me pleasure lo testify to the merits of Chamberlin's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. For two -years vl have suffered from indgeation, and am subject to frequent severe-'attacks of istin in the stomach und bowls. On or two doses of thin remedy neer fails to give perfect relief. Price 25 and 60 cents; Sot J at Delta- Drug rtore. The Columbus, O., Journal notes the interesting fact that since the ad mission of that state Into the union, seven of her United. States senators have resigned, three of them-Corwln Chase and Sherman to accept ap, polntmenti as cabinet officers. In addition, it will ' he remembered Oarfleld was chosen senator, but, be- Ing nominated for the presidency, "renounced" the farmer position. , While the Sonth shows "A reput.ll can gain of 600,000 in the recent elec- tion, the republican vote Irt South Carolina declined from 13,345 In 1892 lo 92S1 in 1396. The new state con stitutiorflxed tip by Tillman was In- tended lo destroy the repiibrican vote, and may be pronounced In this respect an eminent sncceaa. Are you made miserable by indl gestion, constipation, dixxineex, loss of appetite, yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a poaitive cure. For sale by tbe Delta Drug Store. OVKS TBE STATE. Athena, Umatilla Co., Is shocked that two wen attempted rape on a 15-year old girl, though on different dates. Both are under arrest. A number of Eola ladles have been engaged as hoptralners next spring. When the time cornea, a lot of alow men will put In an appearance and Suri no opening." ihe Independent gives this as a hint to energetic nnd ambitious women, boys and girls, In other parts of Polk County to go now and make arrangements for spring work. Early birds always get the .ra.orwlfcsWNw!TO.--- Campbell and Farley have already entered into contracts with eight dif ferent persona or firms for 80,000 pounds of this seasons output ef hopa a( 10 cents a pound, and several oth er large contracts are under way. It, will give such an impetus to the bus iness that every acre of good hops la sure to be cultivated in the best man ner possible, aays the Polk County Itemizer. Kinney's cannery on the bay which began canning steel heads a few weeks ago, haa closed down, on account of not being able to secure enough fish to warrant continuing through the season, says the Neha ln Times. The fishermen's union set the price at 20 cents per fish while the cannery would pay but 17 cents and only a few were willing to fish for that price. Wist's cannery s still in operation on Bteelheads and clams. The amount of taxes to be collected this year under a 20-mill levy In Douglas county will be 196,118.47. The current expenses for the year are estimated at $47,000; school fund, t24.029.60; state tax, $19,233.09; In digent soldiers fund, $961.20. Total $91,114.49. When Interest on out standing warrants Is added lo this amount, it Is plain to see that the Indebtedness of the county will not he reduced during the current year; In fact, It may increase somewhat, says the Review. . J. W. Blake, of Condon, Gilliam county, baa taken a contract to buy 2000 head of cattle for a Montana firm.' Many buyers are on tbe look out for cattle from one to three years old.- Twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars will be paid for cattle In Gilliam county within the next few months, says the Arlington Record. Every steer or heifer that will be sold for the market price will be bought and shipped out of the coun. ty. The result will be a big demand for cattle, so the Record thinks. A SEW TYPE OF SHELL. Ordnance officers are much Inter ested in a new ahell that has been of fered to the U. 8. war department for , nspection and experiment. The object of the new shell is to , safely fire an immense charge of high explosive from an ordinary gun. Tbe explosive shell now in use Id great guns by all the powers of the world is simply a ponderous mass of steel intended to pierce armor and fort i flea t tons, and is aided in its de structive work by a charge of 20 or 30 pounds of ordinary powder. No body so far has succeeded in utilizing any great quantity of high explosive like gun cotton or nltro-glycerlne in an ordinary shell, because the shell charge was exploded by the shock: accompany the discharge of the gun. Bat the new ahell ia a daring de parture. It ia a mere frame of steel 6 feet long and 12 Inches in diameter, carrying 300 or 400 pounds of wet gun cotton. It is like a soap bubble Inflted with hydrogen, and depend ing for the damage It will do on the shock of Its exjioaion rather than the flying fragments of the ahell Itself. Tbe moat Ingenious feature of the shell, however, as well as the most daring, la Ibat It ia open at the rear end. Such a thin shell of steel would be crushed by the immense gas pressure In tbe chamber of the gun. But the inventor has fitted a piston arrangement Into the open rear end. This is shoved up by the expansion of the firing 'charge, and equalizes the pressure Inside and the thin ahell. Even with this aafty de vice, the shell will be fired with a much' lower velocity than that of an armor-piercing projectile. It will not be expected to pierce armor plates at all, only to reach Its mark, after which the explosion will do the rest. This, of course, means economy la the flgnting charge or powder, wnicn is an Immense item In using a great gun!'." Three hundred pounds of gun cot ton exploded on Ihe deck or against (he side of a modern battle ship would demolish her. It would also wreck an armored coast defense tur refor blow a whole bastion of a ma, son ry lort to atoais, to say nothing of killing every being within a wide radius by the shock of its explosion. The gold reserve is now in Ihe neighborhood of $140,000,000. Does anyone remember what the pppir lists said would become of the gold reserve If McKinley was elected ?