r a.ooi a.o i 2.ooi .ooi ta.ooi .ooi Independent and Oregonian Independent and Oregonian Two Dollara. Vol. XXIV. HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. No. 43. GENERAL DIRECTORY. 8TATK omCEUH. Governor Wm. P. Lord fceeretary of HUM ...tlkiriaun U. Kiiwaid 'Jreeeorer Pb'llip Metaobau r?opl. Pobiie Infraction O. M. Irwin kuu Printer W. H. Leeda i . . .Chaa. E. Wolverton aopraaaa Court .H.b. Hmu I F. A. Maura Jiuloa Vifth TliatilM .T. A. Moiirid ..... X J. Uleeton Attorney Vifla litrict CODNTV OFFICK118. Judge Comraiaaionars j Clerk 7.7.7. . Hberifl" heoordor Tnuon f iiMMur . Hehuoi Booerintendent.. Barvevor CoruBor. ....B. V. Cornelia ...I). B. ltwuioiier T. O. Todd 1. A. ...W. U. Bradford . K. L. McCorroioB. A. n. riaj CUnra H. WllooX Austin t'raiS , L. K. Wilkee C. L. LrK OBEOON OITT LAND OFFICE. Kobert A. Miller Win. OaUoway.. , . Kegieter . Meoaiver U1K OFFlCKita ..R. B. Ooodin, Mayor K. 0. Brown . io. LViwua Board of TruaW W'.HW2?'T? R. II. Orver J. P. Tamieaie Duanlu Benton Bnwruan vSSSHi MitcboU u2rhLl W. W. Annan foatio of Paaea '".";;;.'....J. V. Hick POST OFFICE INFOKMATION. Tha wails stoat HMebofo Port le! Wet Cnlea. Bethany and Cedar MU1, at IM a. m Ooinil Hontta. UM a m. Going to Portland and way-offloea, 66 a. "FOTFarminiton and Laarel..Wedneeday and Saturday at 1Q W a. m. CBCBCU AND BOCIKTT NOTICES. c IONGBBGATIONA.L CHUUCH, oorner BHD UW - - 7 U-U every Babbatb. morning and eenin. Bab. bath aobool at 10 o'clock a. m. Prayer meeting Tboraday evening. T. P. o. v. v.. Sunset 8:80 p. in. All eervice. will be .hoVt. bright, Mntereating and helpful. Kveryone oordlally welcome. 7 KVAN f. HUtiHEB. Paator. EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Corner eyening at p. m. aeoond nX '" dayat lie. mi Sunday eobool at 10 a. m.j prayer meeting eyery Wednenday eyening; KerTmeiting every Bunday eyening. U. L. Pratt, paator. . . T7IBBT Chrlatlaa Chorob, B. L. Bhflley t VStor.Baa.line and Third .ryBniiday U a. m. and 1X0 p. ru. SuiJ.yBobool. 10 a. m. Prayer noting. Tbareday, M0 p. m. . P. 8. 0. Bun day, 7.U0 p. MfToatBOU, 0. rS. Cl'n pastor. .Preaching eyery Babbatb 'n"dt eyening BaW-a'f ool eyery Babbath at evening w B Bnnday at 30 w . ueneral prayer meeting every Thnraday evening. Leadera and meeting the aarand Tueaday evening of eaoh wonth A. 0. t. W. HILL8BORO LODGE NO. 61. A. O.V. W., meeta every Bret and third rld.y evemng 'OB. LINEMAN. M. W. P. H. BAPOHMAN, Beeorder. ' Daifhtera t Rebehh. HILLBBOBO BEBEKAH LODGE NO. 64 I. O. O. V., meeta in Odd Fello' BYBrHWIAMB, N.O. r. r h. IIILLHBORO ORANGK, N). 73, meet 11 tad and tb Batardayof each month. Hmtj. BononaLO, MaMir, Aaaia Inaaia. Bee. . . rk. r. .M ONTEZCMA LODGE. NO. M meeta ... 1 ..U. wnlno. ! Ho'nlODk.Ul 1AI. . BWWJ-'"H- " r. Hall. Vial tor maun "' B101IAKD BEMWH . N .;. P. M. C. Oadi-t, Bec'y. v. . a. M EET8 very Banday eyening at To'oloek , . .i,nn.h. Von are ,rdi.l., E-f- Dffrra af Hoaer. f PHE DEGREE OF HONOR. A. O. C. 1 W., meete n Od-I Fellow' hail every bret and third Fr-da evenin of each month. M. M. Plttener, C. of H. Mr. Bella Brown, Kc-order. Batkbena SUten. DHtKNICIA TEMPLE NO. 10. R. 8.. 1 meet every nd nd th Krldair In each month at 7:30 o'clook in I. O. O. K. Hall. Ma. BUalK BTANLKY, Ma. M. A. Hoosa, M. E. C M. ol R. nd 0. k r. OHlENIX LODGE, NO. 84, K. OF T 1 meeU in Odd rellow' Hall on Monday rvening of eaeh week. Sojourning brethren ..loon-d W lodge -Xw ALL, 0. 0. L. A. Lowa,E.of B. A 8. a. r. a. a. fllUALITY LOIH1B NO. 6, A. F. A A. M., 1 meet every Saturday night on of after .nil moo. of each month. wwd w m R. Cb4dli, Becretary. 0. E. ft. mUALATlN rHAPTER.NO.81.0. J meet at Maaooie Temple on lb 2nd and 4th Tueeday of eaoh month. 1IH.W. I). HARK, YY. M. Oaact CaoaaiTB, BeereUry. W. C. T. C. Hll.LSnORO. W.O.T. V. MEETS IN the Congregational i'hurcli on the it Friday In eaoh month at t o'clook t. M riTALATlN PLAINS PBE8BYTEBIAN I Cboroh. Begnlar preaching, Bundaya, 11 o'olook A. Ml Bnaday achonl, 10 o'clock I'aator. K. 0. T. tTIOLA TENT. NO. 1H. K. i T. M.. V meeta in Odd Fellow' Hall, on ec and fonrth Thnraday evening of each month. L. A. LOM. bTo Bowaaa, " K. K. WASHINGTON ENCAMPMENT No, M, I. O. O. P.. meeta oa lint and bird Taoeday of eaeh asoath. P. M. V. P1T, ewtoe. UES. RASS0M POST, 50. 69, . A. R. MEETS IN ODD FELLOWS HALL ON the nrat and third Saturday of each month, all :80 o'clock. P. M. J, P. litok, A. M., H, L. Locke, P. C. Aitlntank RAS90M CORPg HO. 47. Wfcf. MEETS IN ODD FELLOWS II ALL Hillboro, oa th lit, tnd Sd. Friday oleachmonthati80p.ru. Mr. Iran Jell, Prea, Mr. Orpha CarUla, wee. pbufehhionai. gabdbv I Til OH AS II. TOVGCE, T TORN K Y-AT-LA W, UILLHIJGBO, OHLOON. Ouwm: Morgan itlook. w. a. aiaaaTT, u. a. astaia BAKBETT ADAMS, Ji TCHIvE Y3-AT-LA' tV HILLHBOUO. OREGON Orrire: OenUal Block. Bootul 6 and 7. BBHTOM BOWMAN, W. UTa. Notary Public. 8ITU" B0WMA.1, YTTORNEY3-AT-LAW. HILLBBOBO, OBEOON. Orrical Booma and 7. Morgan block. ' C. E. KISUT, TTO RN E Y-AT-LA W, POBTLAND, OBEOON Boom i No. 8, Portland Bavins Bank Building, Beooud and Washington btreeta. "E0. R.' BAtiLET, YTTORNEY-AT-LA W, " HILLHBORO, OREGON. Realdent agent for Royal Insurance Co. .. Room: No. 13, Morgan Block. 8. T. LISKLATER, 11. B. C. M. piIVSICIAN AND SUROEON, HILLBBORO, OREGON. Oynoa: a realdenoe, east of Court Hooae, where be will be found at all time when not viaiting patient. J. P. TAXIES1E, M. Im C P. R. R. SURGEON, HILLBBOBO, OREGON. g u iin..ria , earner Third and Mam Btreeta. Offloa houra, oJO to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 aud 7 to 8 p. m. Telephone to reaidenee from Brock A Bala Drugstore at all boor. All ealla promptly attended, night or day. W. D. WOOD, M. I)., piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, , , HILLBBORO, OBKGON. nntm! in ChenetU Bow. ' BflDRCB corner Fint and Main atreeta. F. A. BAILEY, M. 1. IIIYSICIAN, SURGEON AND 1 ACCOUCHEUR. HILLBBORO, OREGON. . i : i vl.hmm. t'ti i..n Rloek. Calla wmii attended to, night or day. Beulenoe,B. v. Cor. Baaa Line and Beoond itreeta. R. MXON, JJENTIST, FOREST GROVE, OREGON. I now making teeth for $5.00 and $7.50 uer aet : beet of material and wotkmanahip. I ... ) ' ... u.a i.Hno tA. leeth extracted without pain, tilling at the loweat prioea. All wora wmimw. Orrlca t three door north of Briok tore. Otfio hour from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. A. B. BAILEY, . . . JJKNTIST, HILLBBORO, OREGON. Room I and x, Morgan A Bailey Blo. k. WILKES BROS. lWTRACrORS AND A SURVEYORS. HILLBBOBO, OREGON. Agea for Bar Look Type Writer. Two dooia of Poetomoa. Til OS. I. UCaPUREYft. c IONVEYANCINO AND ABSTRACTING Or TULl'A HILIHORO, OREGON. Legal papera drawn and Loana on Real c.i... ,...j.ti.tl Hnainea attended to with prqmptneaa and di?atob. OmoB: Mala Btreet, oppoaita iouii Houae. WM. BEMS0X, PRACTICAL MACHINIST dILLSBOUO OBEOON. All RIDUIUi - " and Boiler. Mill Work, Threabmg Machine Mower, reed tmiter, newing nanuiuo ... . u..Li-u Yl .... waaoing bihiuiu, . ..... . n . imiinii ooi"i. Kiwuiiu, y .7 , . V" mithing. Saw ground and filed; and have a large numner or woonu-aiuiu wiww " boiler for al. AU work warranted. Dr. Price' Cram ttaklas Powdav WerM Fair lUgaaat Award. Ask your physician, your drurelst and your friends about Shiloh's Cure for Consumption They will recom ruend it. For sale by the Delta Drug iniii i snub a boy becau his home Is humble. Abraham Lincoln's early home was a log cabin. Wah your white clothes with Soap Foam and they will not tnrn yellow. r A ThumlMcnw Tortur SCIATICA. St. Jacobs Oil aiUawV a. PQWDEil Absolutely Pura Qs'.fLrnted for iia trrct leaveu iu; iireutli and lieuihlulnei. Aure ilie luoil against alum and a'.l furma of adulteration COiiiinon to the cheap bianda. ' Tl HERE THE SAVINU IS. Secretary of State Kineaid on the 12th Iribt addrtwd a letter to Hollis ter D. Mctiulre, Mlate flsh aud game warden, that should m.'t at rent all queHtions an to how claims agaiuat the slate by the various commissions, normal whools, charitable homes, etc., will be treated by the secretary of state. Mr. Mt-Guire asked what form of claim he should file for ex penses, and if he might not obtain a certificate for moneys actually paid out for the hire of patrol boats and other uecessary expenses. Answering, tlie secretary of state said: 'I decline to fllo or recognize in any way claims against the state by the vnrious commissions, normal schools, charitable homes, etc. They depend uon appropriations of the legislature fur what they receive, and when there is no appropriation they have no valid claims against the state, and will not have any until an appropritation is made for their bene fit. In the case of those claiming to be commissioners there is also doubt as to whether they are legally in office. They em present their claims to the legislature, if they think they have any, but they cannot file them in this office nor receive any certificate or other recognition of claims against the state without a mandate of the court." Here are some of the. institutions affected by this ruling, and the mini mum that the state would save dur ing the biennial term, if the secre tary is sustained : Normal schools t 30,000 Charitable homes 38,000 Pilot commissioners & clerk.. 2,400 Fish and game protector 5,000 Dairy it food commissioner.. 3,000 Railroad commission 20,000 Domestic animal commission 8,000 Agricultural college 6,000 Total $111,400 This docs not include the deficien cies and appropriation for repairs, ImproTmenls and incidentals that these Items usually carry with them Including these extras, the amount of the above appropriations is approx imately $130,000. This statement of the secretary further shows what a "push" will bo in Salem in ISO!). The Interest on allowed claims the loading on the price of supplies and the amount that the "push will in fluence to be appropriated will quite soon enough absorb that 1130,000 saving. Ibenmatiain (nielli Cared. After having been confined to the house for eleven days and paying out 126, in doctor bill without bene fit, Mr. Frank Dolson of Sault Ste. Marin, Mich., was cured by one bot tie of Chamberlain's l'ain Ralm cost ing 25 cents and hns not since been troubled with that complaint. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. I was nervous, tired, irritable and cross. Karl's Clover Root Tea has made me well and happy Mrs. E. B. Worden. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. 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. For lysef.ia and liver complaint you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer It never fails to cure For sale by the Delta Drug Store. from Cripple C rek. After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tri?d many remedies without help, the cold only becoming more settled. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's T'ough remedy, both the cough and cold leftmeand in this high altitude it takes a meritorious cough remedy to do any good. O. B, Henderson, editor Daily Adver tiser. For sale at Delta Drng store. t. th. BiaaEST NERVB Is i I r - - THE LEGISLATIVE FIASCO. The legislative fiasco at Salem Is over, and the members have at last departed to their various homes. It is somewhat amusing to read the col umns of the Oregonian and see how earnestly the journal labors to prove that the lock of legislation is alto, getber due to the wicked obstructions of the Benson house. It is well to take a llttlw tnt"peet of the session in order to correct any false Impres sions which that Journal has created. Whep the legislatnre convened, Joc- athan Bourne, Joe Simon, et aL, laid a plan, by which they intended to preveut the organization of the bouse, and thus prevent the election of Mitchell and secure revenge for the turning down of Jonathan Bourne who desired to be speaker of the house, but saw that he could not at tain it by fair means, as the majority was overwhelmingly against him. These political tricksters had looked the matter over carefully, and saw that if less than forty members were qualified to act, no business could be transacted; consequently, when the house had assembled, the followers of these men refused to take the oath of office and qualify for the position to which and for which they had been elected by the people. Those mem bers who did qualify w lib the inten tion and expectation of transacting necessary business, being less than two-thirds of the number elected, though a majority, were thus pre vented from transacting any busi ness except to adjourn from day to day. They could not even compel the attendance of those absent, as they had not yet taken the oath of office. Those members who had qualified themselves were found In their places day after day, for forty days, when, tired of further attempt ing to Induce the obstructionists to come in and qualify, so that business might be transacted, they departed to their homes. Since their depart ure, about 20 members, who had been obstructing legislation, have come into the organization known as the Davis house, and taken the oath of office, and have made a great show of piety and desire to work in the In terest of the people of the state by passing resolutions declaring that the fault lies with the members of the Benson house, who, tired of wait ing, had finally departed for their homes in disgust. The members of the Benson house were Justified in departing, after serving more than a month without pay. Had they re mained, the absentees would not yet have been qualified. Now. if thei governor should call a special ses-l sion, matters would be on a very different footing from the previous session, and if members attempted to absent themselves they could, hav ing qualified, be arrested and com pelled to come in. The abolishment of useless com missions, and a general course of re trenchment was in contemplation, and the temper of the people, and of the majority of the members of the legislature was such, that it was seen by the parties interested In having these needless expenditures contln-' ued, that reforms were certain; con sequently, under cover of the fight against Mitchell, they have obtained another respite of two years, as little more than the passage of the neces sary appropriation bills could be ac complished in the 20 days of a spec ial session. Probably some of the obstructing members were not cogni sant of the use they were being put to, and led themselves to believe that It was an act of patriotism to defeat Mitchell M all hazards, and under this mistaken notion allowed themselves to be used as cat's paws to pull the fat office holders' chest nuts out of the fire. Tilamook Herald. Danger f the tirip. The greatest danger from La Urippe is of its resulting in pneu monia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thou sands who have used this remedy for lagrippe, we have yet to learn of single case having resulted in pneu monia, which shows conctusvely that this remedy is a certain preven tive of that dread disease. It will effect a permanent cure In less time than any other treat aient. The 25 and 50 cent slza are for sale by the Delta Drug Store. Never tie a horse with the halter shank in his mouth. When he is put Into his stable or is to be tied temporarily, the attendant ties the shank, leaving one part of it In the animal's mouth. If the horse hap pens to turn his head or to step back so that the part In the mouth pulls against his jaw, he will usually pull until he breaks the shank. He may cut his tongue entirely off, or he may break his Jaw. The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. The best fed work -horse hafe heavy grain ration In the mora and at noon, and the bulk of its fcjrty at night The Livery Stable. LEE IX Cl'BA. The feeling excited only a few days ago by the reported resignation of Counsul-general Lee now In Cuba, has not wholly been cooled, but later and more trustworty reports show that Lee was equal to the emergen cies, aud that be was sustained by Sec. Olney, ao that his good officers were en) irely successful in protecting all American citizens except in Dr. Ruiz's case and even then, doubt of his citizenship Is entertained. Paragraph from some the leading papers are here given that a clear understanding of the subject may be had : A-upt-K Wakkemt fob an Ultima TI M. "If we were dealing with any other nation we might trust to the slow steps of ordinary International intercourse. But the treachery of the Spaniards has beeu exhibited so often during this war, .and the per fectly proper representations of the United States Government have been so often met by falsehood and evasion, that Mr. Olney would find ample warrent for putting, his demands In the shape of an ultimatum to Mabrid. If Ruiz has been murdered aud amid the larago of nousense from Cuba there exists abundant proof that he was murdered the American people will not besatibfied with any thing short of speedy and full repar ation. "Mr. Olney's feeling that the Mo Kinley Administration should be free to deal with the Cuban problem in ils own way is admirable, but there is no reason to suppose that any action he might take in defense of the lives ot American citizens and the punish ment of cold-blooded and cowardly murder would be distasteful either to Major McKinley or to Mr. Sherman." The Times-Herald, Chicago. "Consul-General Lee is not the man to be brow-beaten or bluffed by the Spanish authorities. If he have the strong backing of his Govern ment that the American people in sist he might hsve, he will protect Americans in Cuba or appeal to his Government to intercede by force. The present Administration has but a few day more in which to dawdle with the Cuban question. Thank heaven, the next administration will be sufficiently American to demand and secure the protecton of Ameri cans in Cuba or strike a blow that will leave Spain a Cubanless nation. It Is high time to find out whether Americans are being murdered In Cuba or not. . More power to Gener al Lee, and may he exercise it to the honor and credit ol his country." The Journal, Detroit. "We denounce thechrislisn powers of Europe for their indifference to the sufferings of the Armenians and Christians In Crete caused by the tyrany of the Turk, but there Is not a great power In Europe that would suffer its own citizens to endure what American citizens have had in flicted on them in Cuba without call ing Spain to account for her atroci ties." The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N. Y. One cause for regret at the out come of the legislative session is that the Weston Normal school will be embarassed by the lack of ready funds. Public opinion should be in voked to insure to honoring of cer tificates of indebtedness Issued by the secretary of state, that the next legis lature may recognize them as just claims on the state treasury. It will be poor business policy to allow the plants In which so much money has been Invested to be Idle during the coming two years. So long as the normal schools and the state univer sity exist, they should be kept up to a condition of efficiency East Ore gonian. But Secretary Kineaid does not propose to Issue certificates of In debtedness, and that is the reason for the populist claim that no appropria tion is a good thing. Politicians of that side of the house are calculating enough money will be saved from the normal schools to pay the inter est on defaulted salaries and Insane asylum and penitentiary script. Our children must be whacked around by poor teachers that the populist rpformers may have a day. Populism in the state of Washing ton Is on a par with the populists of Oregon. In neither state seem they able to grasp and take hold of an ad vantage which dip" at their feet. It is self evident that there is but one issue upon which any known populist could hope to creep Into office here after and that is, free silver coinage backed by weak backed Democratic fusion. This, and only this, can save the pops from total extinction. Tomahawk, Dem. A one and a half to two per cent watery solution of trikresol will be found of great value In mild cases of eczema and In the early stages of manirn of dop; It is also useful where rubbing and itching of the kaal prevail among colts or horses warn wintering. The Journal of Catnparative Medicine and eterl Vy Archives A VOICE FR03I AN 01.1) ORt lUltll. The following Is the essay that was awarMed the "Dosch Medal," for best orlgioal composition on horticultural subjects by scholars in the public schools of the first district, by Hat tie George. Middlfctou, Iregon. Judge: Dr. J.R. Cardwell, Prof. F. It. Lake and Mr. Frank Lee: We are among the ploucers of this J country, tor we were planted in lS."ti and I can look back t-i those years so long ago, when we were the pride of the country, and our ripeuiiig fruit was a golden harvest to our master, for he sent us on to the mines or to the ahijis th it came iulo harlior. Our master was a lover of his gun. He spent a large portion of his time in hunting and fishing so not much at tention was given to our cultivation, but still we were determined to help keep up the reputation of the slate for its "red apples and juicy pears," until about fifteen years ago, we first noticed the cod in moth, and next fail our apples were wormy, and as years went on we noticed tour brandies were afflicted with fungous 'diseases, and when we had cold, damp weath er In the spring our leaves had a gray appearance, caused by the powdery spores which projected through the epidermis of the leaf, and they would soon, dry and drop. And as we look ed around us more closely, we found apple canker aud scab. On Baldwin aples we noticed that a fungous began its work when the apple was nearly ripe, and continued after the crop was harvested. This was the bitter rot. We felt that we were growing old and useless for our master abused us, telling us that we were of no account that our fruit was only fit for pig feed. But three years last eprin;J there came a stranger, looked over the place, aud bought it. He brought his hands to us one morning, ami said : "Boys, there is so much to do, we will do what we can this year and finish next. But, thank fortune, 1 don't find any scale here." They grubbed all half-dead and all the trees that were not of good bearing or selling qualities. They then thinned all our outspreading branch es, and the tangle of limbs that grew between the branches; then they scraped all the rough bark and moss off, which they said was good hid ing places for insects and their eggs. Then they took some crude carbolic acid and mixed with whitewash, and washed our bodies, as a preventive against borers and the eggs of insects. All the rubbish was raked together and burned, and then they thorough ly cultivated the ground, They left us and we thought our troubles were over, and as the sunshine dwelt upon us we began to bring forth beautiful fruit. Our leaves sing with the wind. Our new master came one day and we looked and saw .him .mix with forty-five gallons of water four pounds of copper sulphate and three pounds of lime. This he threw over us with a sprayer. He .told us not to be.afrald, that it was for our good; for he had found that we were, much afflicted, and this would have to tie repeated again aud again, . to keep all diseases in check and prevent oth er diseases from attacking us. Some times he would use the mixture, then some other kind, and sometimes we would hold our breath, for the smell would overcome us. We thought he was going to replant those trees he had grubbed up, but he said : "No, never ! for the ground has certain re sources in the soil that has been con sumed, and to plant young trees there will be throwing money away. We will grub out this hazel patch to your right and plant it in young trees and you can supply me in fruit till it begins to bear." And today we lioiu our beads high and reveal to the gaze of all beautiful leaves, heaithy trunks and excellent fruit, which is not of a large quantity this year but the qual ity will bring some return to our master for the attention he has given us, and we will yet live to see his fine young orchard to our right lieur many crops before w e are condemned as useless. The Washington Post tells the fol lowing: Representative Ellis, of Oregon, Is only one of many who has wrestled witn the servant girl prob lem in Washington. "Our greatest trouble," said Mr. Ellis receutly, "has been to get a servant who has not lived with the Guatemalan min ister, or cooked fur M. Patenotre, or been housekeeper at the English lega tion. We have had cooking in sev enteen different languages, some of them dead, I Imagine, Judging from the cremationthrough which the things served at meals had parsed; but not one of them has been able to do good, plain American cooking. We have had more blue-blooded ser vants, it seems to me, at our housL than (alls to the lot of most icople. The last one that left us Informed Mrs. Ellis confidentially, though somewhat haughtily, I take it, that she came of a very good family her self, and her sister was married to a German syndicate. On, Wagner .ciwk.?. j!cK90B couutv. a dotr. the favorite pet of a family got Into a fight with a panth er the other dsy. aud the outlook was not bright for the dog.' Mrs. J. P. Cotton, Mrs. A. B. Kerby and her 12 year-old son, sided With the dog, and with stones aud clubs, 'joined In the fight, and succeeded in killing the panther ami saving the family pet's life. The panther measured 7) feet in tengtli, and was Hot more thaii 100 yards from the house when the dotr first attacked it. " - ' ' Week ago lat. Tuesd iy niorplQg, a Mr. Walker left Meadow lake to go to his home in district No. 8, a distance of 12 or 1 Z mi!?s 5f he trfi . elts.1 the main road. Some-one told him of a nearer way by which he could save half of the distance. He started out as directed but soon be came lost and wandered about until he came to the head waters 'of Trask river. He followed down the stream until night overtook' him having a few matches he succeeded in starting a fire and remained by it until morning and tlu'n proceedetM on his Journey and traveled all day until uight sgaiu but failed to get a lire started and had to iend the night with out fire. As soon as day light put in its apearaiice he pro ceeded on his way until uight and sMit that as he did the second night at the root of a big tree with out tire. He didn't have to travel far the fourth day until he found himself at tl. W. Grayson's, the worse for wear. He said that he saw several deer and bear, and saw a cougar chasing a deer. Hereafter when advised to go a nearer way he will be reminded of his tree days' journey without food. A t'XTKA SfcM10. There is talk thai the governor will call an extra session of the legislature. Before lie does it, and liefore another set of legislators is ever again per mitted to assemble at the Oregon cap tol, the question should be settled, of how far, absentees may be able to block organization of either branch of the legislative assembly. There should be no repetition i h epo tucle to which the state has been treated during the past weeks. One experience of the sort, one object les son in statesmanship in which pri vate ambitions, factional feuds, and other political monkey shines have contrived to make fools of the legis lators and laughing stock of the state; one wretched legislative , abor tion in which honest .purpose has heed given . . up to tomfoolery, and official duty to monkey business, is quite enough. The nlnteenth bi ennial session is a painful memory, an agravatod circumstance,-the like of which, no cltiz.cn, most likely, not one of the sol on s .themselves, ever hopes to see duplicated. . . To guard against another similar legislative miscarriage, .there ought to lie a test in the courts of whether or not the house only temporarily organized, can comel theattendance of absent members absent either on the streets of Salem or In a Benson house. That is the question (upon which the late house organization hinged. It is the question that, still unsettled, will in the future admit of hold-ups of house organization, such as we now lament. The Davis house in the first davs of the session probably had power to bring in ab sentees. Eminent legal authorities in the state have announced belief in this view, among them Hon.G. II. Williams. If the governor is simil arly convinced that the attendance) of absent niemtters will be compelled with determination ami dispatch, then he nay safely persuade himself that an extraordinary session might be called, lie should, however, be positive on the point, for nobody wants another forty days playing tag in and out of the legislative chamber by members sent to the capitol oo other business Corvallis Times. The Oregonlau asks ''what legis lature ever saved so much money to the state us the one that recently assembled and failed?" That or gan was harping louder and stronger than any other for needed reforms in the secretary of state's department a few days previous to the convening of the legl.-lature. When it is a; scrted that the past legislature saved this stale money, it is but asserting, in other words, that the people of this ftute can not expect good and w holesome legislation to be enacted by their legislators. It should be re-memU-red that the interests of the people of this state have been be trayed too long already, and they do not sanction a policy that stojm leg islation, In crder that three or four men may decide who shall be "dicta tor." On the same plan of reasoning why not do away with the legisla ture altogether and it will save the state so giuch that the state will be immensely rich? Independence Enterprise. The best Cough Cure is Shiloh Cure. A neglected cough Is danger' ous. Stop it at once with Shiloh's Cure. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. :,.o.Txw.mx ......... They burned out a dynamo at I It p nerlast week and there is darkness lu the town. The St. Helens Mist reports that C. II. Newell school clerk; of the St. Helens rfistritt Is short $277.02 In his accounts. - . ; J. ; . . n. a: earxeror r.ugene, nas com menced the manufacture of bicycles at that city. The wheels are sold at fCo each and are a high grade wheel. JtlSe miles of telegraph wire' from thn flit Bnuwnm.nl IIma K.tiv2Ukt. Ao toria and Fort Stevens, was sold at auction at Astoria Saturday, for' H. . , John Wallace brought a load of hay Into La Grande last week, with, four horses. The bay weiged 2200 pounds, and the wagon and mud 2500 pounds. Ezra Durand the forger, who is so well known In this , county by his works, is In Jail at Portland. : He was found In one of the Lake States and brought back to Oregon. . . ... Harvey Hamilton, of Holly, Linn ' county, while la Brownsvillo last week, stated that more than 70 horses had died within eight miles of Holly this winter. " The affliction resembles uiiiiu oiuKgrrn. It. F. Do well, one of the oldest at torneys at the bar of the supreme court of Oregon died at his home In Portland Oregon lost Friday after-. noon. .In his prime he was one of the strongest men before the court. A swell ' wedding that is said to have consumed $2000 in its sump tousness was celebrated In Lafayette, Yamhill county, last week. A sil ver baron lrom Spokana took a bi- metallst maiden to his fusion home. Union, in addition to other enter prises, is to have a box factory. J. B. Thompson proprietor of the union planing mill has decided in view of the development of the fruit inter ests and consequent demand for box-, cs, to put in a factory at his mill at Xorlh Union. ' Some women were not allowed . to vote at the school meetintr in Eugene. City, and a big v-w was the rawilt lr the circuit court decides the question raised hero last week In the State v. Hingley in favor of the defense, women will not be eligible to vote at any school meet-. ng in the state. The emld nroductlon in Jnsenhinn county for 1897 will be much larger, perhaps double that of any previous year, says the Grant's Pass Observer. rhe large number of new placer mines run for the first time this win- ' ter will produce great deal of gold, WUHV UIO UCW IJUfBIl U'W wing developed will also ship a large quan. -tity of "dust" during the summer. The snow squalls and cold rains of the past ten days has been hard on stock on the farms about Corvallis. ' Tko half irn wita nhnrt'laur vmf ami - ' I J I the col I snap In November killed all ' the spring grass and the backward spring does not allow an early growth. - The beasts are actually starving to death. The Indkpkndent believes the fault Is with the Inprovident far mers. nr. Ian U';u. r rvi..k ....i through Fossil this week going to,. and returning from Porllanil uhith. . er he went to sell . 100 head of fine beef cattle, that he has ready for the butcher. He .sold to the Union Meat . company, for 11-1.25 on foot, delivered at Arlington. At this price the cattle will bringJMr. Wilson an. average of 35 r head. A few of the steers are of immense size, and. will bring about 900 each. An 1800 t. steershould make aflne showing even Jn a Portland market, and there . are several of that size in the bunch. Fossil Journal. , The North Yamhill Record has heard that one night last week Cora Oyler of Portland, thought she would gain a little notoriety; she armed herself with a blacksnake and started out in search ot Griffin, accompanied by Luke Kuykendall. She found her recreant lover and proceeded to . give him a horsewhipping. When , Cora liegan her attack on Griffin, the , latter disarmed her of the blacksnake , whereupon the guileless Luke poked , a gun At the recreant lover, which ( constituted an assault with a deadly weapon, for which Master Luke will have to answer. The bright-eyed lassie was arrested for assault and . battery. The Fossel Journal has this report of the muddy roads In Gilliam coun- ty : One day this week as a teamster was slowly working bis.way.through the quagmire, commonly known as the county road, between the Cum- mings hill and Fossel, ihe espied a . hat In one of the ruts In front of him. Aa the headgear appeared to-be In fairly good condition, he dismounted to pica it up. as ne raised ine nat, be was asttfnished to hear a voice coming from under It exclaim: "hold on, that's my bat V As soon as he bad gathered his breath and wits the teamster asked: "What are you do ing down there;M which brought fooith the reply: "I'm In big luck to be where I am; there's a horse under neath me."