DJ r :
gvVavv V
IV K IHIVT ItOltE f
H
job fuin um; J
Notehoada, Utlurhea.la, F.nvrl-
J ojs-a, tSillheuila, etc ., ulsl on
, abort notuti.at pruva .uneisU-iit f
. j with goodwork. lull and try ua. f
t
t lur advertisers. I he Iiii-to"
T riij-iy the largest aul at rip f
twn l.-t of any paa-r ptthlishrd
in the county. 0
HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON' COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH IS, 189S.
No, 3.
Vol. XXV.
1
rv t r a u u
rvitT v n n
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
8IVIK urTHEiM.
tiovcruor .. . .
secretary of Htt Ic
W m. f. Lord
Uarriaun K. Kineaid
I reaaiirer
rblliD Metaoban
iii.t. I'ul.lm luatrno'iitn ft. at. Irwin
.tut I'rmier.
W H
... .X'liaa. K. WolverVai
-U.ftouie I
ourl
H. . Iieau
V. A. Mjra
juilue Kitih Hisinot . ....T. A. MoKrule
ltu,riH-y riftb Ihatnct f J. ( teflon
iile-.
ili.iiu:asiwiiera j
I'li-rk ...
imril!
i ..roriler -
1 n-asurt r
k H84ir
, s..jeriutenilent
surveyor
....H. V. Corneliua
. . . I). H. Keaaouer
. . i . o. iia
I. A. lintirie
, ..W. I. Bradlord
K. L. Mi!orioiok
A. ri. aiy
Uwirti H. Wiloui
Misiin i'rn.f
L. K. Wilkea
i;. I.. Urn
illtMtON 01 I V LAND OrrTCK.
(Tiaa. 11. Monrca
III. liH..u.l) . .
Ketiiater
. Keoeivef
CI I V OrHCKUh.
( ..V. N. Barrett, Mayor
.... 'flux. Tucker
J. M. I.reear
rto.rdo( Trnateea W. H. Wohruna
H. "Aaififeiier
J. L'nruUtnn
....). II. Wilnoi
ItwiordM Honton rWnian
I twnt Mitchell
u.rai,i Tlioa Ulieen
Inatiut of Peace j'"'" J, p. Uicka
I'UHT Oti'll E INrDUMATION.
lue o.Hila oluae a tue Hillaburo Vot
. Illioti, daily: . ... ,
Oleum. West Union. Kethany and Oedar
VI ill. at 11 -ao a. in.
UniiiK rknitu, H ; m. .
(iouitf t I'.irilaud aud way-offloea, G:6 a.
"Vr'VHruiUiKti.n and lanrl. Wedueailaya
nuil hiiHirdaya at III:;) a. ui.
OUVMM AND HOCIK-ry NU11CKB.
tlONOHKUATUINAL CHl'KCH. "rner
yM.nu and riflb atreeta. Preaobinu
tvry Habliath, ninrniiii; and eTeninB. au,
l,atb anb.M.I at 10 o'ol.iok a. m. PTr
nuaay at 6:M p. ui. All a-rvlcea wll l
liri, l.riuli'. inun-tin and hel.lul.
Kveryoiie '.r liiilly wel oiiie.
EVAN l IIUiiHKt.. P-.r.
1
viOKI.tr!AI. CHl'KCH. Corner
i4i Kiltb and Kir l'reaobiu e
. .r Hundav
at II a. ui ! Hiindny aohiwl at 10 a. m.
,,raver mwtinir eyrrv Wedi.eaday eenini
eaoliera meetiim every bonday TeninK.
II. A. Ii'li, iatiir.
IIKWT Cliriatian riinroh, K. L. hhelley
paator. llH.line and I bird rreaohin
every rtund.T at II a. m. and 1M p.
HuDdavHobw.1. ID I'ry n.eetin.
l burlMV. H:tl0 p. m. . K. . 0. i. on
lay, 7:il p. ni.
MK. IIIII UCII, R A. A'lklna, paator.
.I'reaohinii every Habliath "'" a"d
-vmniirf hab-aih . lio.l every babbatb at
10 4 l,ic in- i nu every Hunday at
tll p . ttwiioral prayer nieetinR every
I burwlay eveimiK. Leadera' aud rHeward a
.ueeiinu thetlutd I newlay eveninR of aaeb
tioutti.
A. O. I. W.
I II.I.HIUIKO UlUl.K NO. 1.1. A.O.C.
11 W., ineela every Ural aud third
r'n Imv eveuuiB III th ,""1l,.t5t.u . M . w
4l)h. hl.lNtMAN, M.lv
V. 11. HAl'GHMAM. ItiHiordi-r.
HuiiKhlrra wf Ki-lM-lmh.
I IIUIHIIUf KKHEKAH LODGE NO
II Ml O. O. V.. ineeta in Oild rellowt
M.II every Mayday f", N. O.
i. or ii.
UII.l.M.xi.O GKANUK, NO. T1, meet.
iuii and 4tb riturdayof aaoh tuoutb
;.nj. ixiiiuriaun, MniMi,
ANNia lxaali, Htii.
I. . .
MONIKZI'MA I.OlHK. NO. M. meeta
WediHwday vyuuiiitfa at 8 eluok.ln I.O
' Hull. Viaitura mad wrlwnie
KU'II AIU) IIKM1SH. N.
I). M.O. Guit, heo'y.
. I". . V.
K K I S very Hunday evening at T o'oloek
n tne t'briatian chnrob. Yon are
M
rdially inviled t ait.ndita neetina.
fclA A HAMS, Prea't.
Drfcrre of llonoi.
rnilK HKGHKK lF IIONOU. A. O. V.
W.. ill M. I Fellooa' hall every
Unit and Uiird Kri.lav ev nin l aol.
month. M. M. ri ienK. r,-. il H.
Mra. l.'Ue Hr.)n, lie. onler.
lUthboiip MM era.
OlIiKNUTA 1KMI I.K N. 10, R. .,
1 meelaeverv id and 4Hi Kriiay in each
iniiiilli al 7:;m o'iI.h k n I. U . r. Hail.
M.B A M l r.'l
Joie teliulnii'ricli M. B.C.
M. 1. 1 K. ami '
k. ur r.
nil.KMX I.ODGK. NO. S4. K. (If f,
Mw .1 illl .in Mi..niRV
1 nit'a in i ' ' j
veninu f each week. Sojourning brethren
eltumied to loUwe uieetiuv. .,
O II ti.it"!, K of K C
1. V . and Km M.
'I Hi A MTV LODGK NO. 6, A. F. A. M.,
I nieeta every Hatnnlay night on or after
,,,, oteaonnu. y
K. t'a?iti.i, Serretary.
O. K. S.
'IM AI-ATIN I HAI'TKR, NO 8l.O K 8
I n.
.i l.,nir Temple on Ihe '2nd
""' ""Ka liARr:.W.M
(lur t aosaita. ."oiiretary.
W. V. T. V.
.itiiiinuii w ii. T. V. MEETS IN
H the Congwationai t'htir.1; on the
..n Kri.lay ni ea. ii niontn ai a o r'
M
K. 0. T. M.
riOI. TEN T, NO. I, K. O. T. M
1 , i hi. I K.'lloaa' Hall, on ar
in. I fourth Thurs.liy eveninira f a'b
m on th. "';,"
liM.T.-a Ho, ""
1 K.
tT 7i ; i so ros k m am i m knt n ,
V I. O. O. V.. niet on hrai and
bird I a dav of each montb.
l. M. C. Uft, eWirat.
SK. KVMH r0!T, SO. 9. . A. R.
KKIS IN DH EE I LOWS II A I.I. OM
4y I til" li r-' and thir I -Kiarlaya ol ea-n
moiilh. al'.' iH i rux-k, I . M.
J. I". Ili.-ka. R. t randall I.
itllllanl
ht:. RiNHonniKriOo. 4.;w R.r.
MKETr IN tMin Ehl I.OVV.1 IULL
Hillolvuro, on i 'i l". ind 1. Kridaya
H rarh montb at i .'' I. m.
Mra. II V. Galea.
Sluabetb O. Crandaii, aWratary.
VHUt KHMOS A 1. ( VlIUS
TUoa. u. ToKuri, . a. Toaot r
Notary Puhlio.
THOS II. E. K. TOS01K,
TTOKN E YS- AT- LA W,
HILI;iiOUO, OUEGON.
Orrica: U aiina,!, a 5, Morgan Klock
w. a. aaaaa-n.
L. a. kbtav
HAKKKTT A DA US
ITOUNEYS-AT-LA V,
HILUS1)UII, OUEIiON
Oynri: Central Hloua. Koooia 6 and 1.
aToa .wiia w. o. bwitb.
Notary fublio.
SMITH K0W MAS,
TTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
HILLHlMlliO. OKE(rON.
Unici: Kuonia 6 aud 1. Morgan blonk.
I, a. aaoWK.
a. aui ur
BAI.1.E1 k UKOVYN,
TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Hll.LMlttlKO. OKKimN.
ileal. lent agent lor Royul Insurants Co.
Rooua: 1, and 3, Shine Hii'l liiH'.
II. T. IHI.M V,
ATTORNEY AND
tt)UNCELOR-AT-LAV.
HII.LMIOKO OiltXlON.
Deputy Dilriol Attorney lor Washii'g
ton )ounty.
livriii: Kmni No. 13, Morgan aid
bane tilotk.
joufi T. WUAI.LIV.
LollNII H. STKWART.
WIIALLLV k STKWAKT.
YTTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
PORTLAND ORKliCN.
Orrica: 41S (Tiuiiila-r of t'oiiiiiK'rce.
8. T. LISKLATLK, M, It. V. M.
HYSICIAN ANUSUIM1KON
HILIKORO, OREGON.
Orrica: at reeidrnee. eaat of tourt
Hoaae, where be will lie fouud at all iioui a
when not yiaiting patienta.
J. V. TASIIKISIE, M.
g P. R. R. 8 L RU EON,
UIL.LIHJIM), UltbUOH.
Ilinii akd Kamnamia : corner T hird
and Main Mtreeta. Oltice bourn, HUH) to 12
a. ui., I to 6 aud 7 to tl p. ni. Telephoue to
ruaidenoa from lirocK A Heia- urngntore
all houra. All oalla promptly attended,
uigbt or day.
W. II. WOOD, M. II.,
piIYSICIAN AND 8UROPXJN,
HILLSHORO, OREGON.
Ornra. in Cbenett Row.
Kaamaiica
sorner Eirat and Main atreeta.
r. A. IIAILEV, M. II.
PIIYSICIAN, 8UROEON AND
1 AIXO UCI1 EUR.
HILLHKORO. OREGON.
Orrtca: in Pharmacy, I'ninn Block. Calla
attended to. nigbt or day. Reaideuoe, H. W.
Cor. haae Line and Second atreeta.
A. K. BAILEY, D. II. H.
ENTIST,
HILLSBORO, OREtiOS.
Kooma 1 and 2. Moman Rniley RIim k.
f. E. viEIIiEK,
11
OMWiPATIIIC
I'll Y8ICAN and SURGEON.
FOREST DROVE OKEiiuX.
9Ial atti-iition t:iid to Mtilir:il ami
Surgii-al Dineuwa of Wnnicn ami t Tiildrvn
and all cbronii' diaeawa.
Olltire and residence. Ilnwlliy hnuae,
Pacilic ave., wKt ol 'Eorest tlrovc iiotil.
TI10M. D. II I. Hl'll RE VS.
tONVEYANCINO AND
A IWTR ACTING OF TITLES.
HILLMUORO. OREGON.
Legal paera drawn and Loam on Real
Eatata nctfotiat Kuaineaa attended to
with proniptneaa and diipac'b
Orrica: Van Street, oppoaite t'ouri
Honaa.
K. SIX0S,
JJENTIST,
KOI'.EHT GROVE, OREGON
la now niakmi teeth for Vt aud (7.n0
per aet: beat of Material and wotkmnnahip
Wtll eompara with aea eoatinr Twtb
ltraeted withon pain. Killinga at th
th I
the I
loweat prioea. All work warranted.
Orrtca t three- door north of Rrick
atora. OfBoa hour from a. m. to 4 p. ni.
7 ULa
THREE RAMBLEit ROSES.
rfcll.. VrM. rlmawat. wll mk. .... !.. I. l""'".l h"1 (n) n J ( ativn
Mlhlr..iu...l"iiir"l l ,.ml.i.l I... mm r. I. . ill !tr ;v h. W Jj I HJ LCulO
plAlilwill pruilui clhuuMnil.4 Ik rr I h- lhie t ln..:" K .lelivcted
TREE TPON
TTTTTQ CARDEN
yf AVAk, Ik3 Ikr Hmj
Thm iwilv orr c..tii..n.n full .1., ..pimn And
t.ixlnl. il...n-l n.l in.lr.r.1 tlnl
KC WHO RONS MAY READ.
Man IhlttrftlKtm lt.m IkJll!
(,n(,lril iHy 1 I.ihD:
r'-rr.iit
COAmk41i" kit4td ilh r.,mt
JAMES VICKS SONS. Rochester. N. Y.
arpakm ii '
Blaa iirtal A lC Thousand havw uoen
Q 111 I I ARC curwd promptly of
NEURALGIA
m ta,al ia tba kiakaat fraaW kafciat awa
fcaawa. Actaal taata akaw at aaaaaaa
tbira tanker taaa aay atW kvaaaV
iPVtj
mm
POVOER
Absolutely Pur
wh a.iMi enwnva ea., wfw veaa.
The tiituHtiou In Cuba bears the
iintiri H.1 of tieinjf nearer a nellleiuent
Ilinii ever U'fort, even Dy leaving tiul
the; ilentruotlon of the Maine altoge
ther. The autonomy matter ha, aa
wmn ex4t-le(l, jiroven an entire fail
ure, ami the intervention of thin
country to put an end to the cruel
ami inhuman wtir. en n not long be
delayed. Indetil the biK'W of the
limert plainly Indicate that Biich an
event may lie looketl fur, if it id not
already hooked a.s part of the policy
of the ad in in ist rat ion. The European
Mount's HUent that intervention on
the part of the United SI a ten ia both
proper and imperative. Spain ran
look for no aManct from neighbor
ing; natioim, and the general a.tiect ia
that actual war i not as imminent an
it ban been between lliia country and
Spain.
Everybody ffaya 8a.
Caacaret Pamlv Cathartic, the mnt woo
cierful itirtlii'ui ilnu'overv cf the age, pleaa
ant mid ri'lr.-slnncr to the taale, ai'l gently
and Mwitiv. iy on kiiineya. liver and bowela,
clcansinir the entire awm, diK'l colda,
cure henilaoho, fevr, lnil.il ual i oimtipation
and bi!io'iri"ia. l'li-aai buy and try a boi
ofO.CO. Uinlnv; III, 'J.', Ml cenla. Hold and
guoranUtxl to cure by all druggist.
EdurataVoitr llnwelrt Wllh Cunrareta.
Can.ly I'utliartli', cure ronminniinn forever.
10c, Jftc. lie' C C full, drugniiui refund money.
There may lie Home who will de
prtvite the putting of money into our
naval vewwel.i and coitrtl defeiiHoi. But
nueh ones if they will examine the
matter closely will come to the con
cliiHion that audi an action ia really
more in the dirrectiun of securing a
lasting and erfiTt 'ace than any
other that could be taken. The na
tion that can l fend itself fully, nr
can ftuccerttfully carry on aggresHtve
war to any other nation, ia the one
that ran rest asnured of not being
molested, and of having its Just de.
mauds promptly acceded to. That
is just the position the United States
should be in.
IkiB't Tokacrohr.it iaa Kaiukv Voar iJrr Awif.
To quit tohacco eumly and forever. te niag
netlc. lull of h(e. nerve and viir'jr, take No-To-Biu
the r.'iintler-wurker, that make weak men
atmng. all dmuirisiH, .'c or 1 1, rurt ruaran
teil llooklet and aample tree. Aildreaa
Sterling Kemoily Co , Chkago or New York.
Mo-1'o-Hac for r irty tenia.
Ci:amn:.'tl Mtifco tiabl cure, makea weak
menstroiig, bi.oo pure. Mc.W. Alldruggiata,
It is quite a signitlcant fact, quoted
by the Glohe-lViuifi-rat, that the
government has more gold to spare
now than it h?.s greenbacks. This is
a marked change from the conditions
just before the elections of 189G. At
that lime it had very little gold, al
though it had sold Jli2,ODO,000 of
lioiids to buy gold. These days it
has more gold than it needs, and the
amount on hand keeps on growing.
As an evidence of financial confidence
the treasury gold barometer ia
dcei.iive.
To Cure Constipation rorevwr.
T ike C.warrta CainU I'athurtic. Ulc or JSC.
if I. C. C. tail to cure, iirui(i!.u refund money.
OABTOniA,
The body of James Calvert has
been futind near the trail leading
front West Eork ttvthe coast in Curry
iM.ttnty. Calvert disappeared some
limiince. It is iipM'd he fro7
to death or died from heart trouble
as nil his io-isson were on his per
son. OABTOIIIA.
tt at
wra,;
jx rjH"i
Qz-.b nm mkb
APPLICATION.
AND FLORAL GUIDE.
I illn t4 lh Ijrtlr. t.,r4rr n4 HlHrT.
lr.rliim lot -t 1 tnt.nf and culture , to coaiprvllra,
.
afr - fwi H"t 1 rrn-.1 i-..wtt io large puft,
BY
af sj.
I
ID rVNMrM
mm
i i
THE VALUE OF ALASKA
Uncle Sam made a flood in
cestment. COST THM WtlVEKSUKST ;,2iMMHm
It has paid for Itself aeneral time aver
alute iMi" W ill pry a very
rich purchase.
For partisar. or selfish ends only,
there has always lieen persons wl.o
have made loud and noisy . o.'aVetiotis
to the extension of the tentorial' area
of this country. The passage of time
anil the recurrence of events,' .'nvafr
ably shows the incon.si.-.teii'U-a aud,
to say the least the bad judgment of
these noisy objectors, for in no case
has the Uuiled 8tates made a bad
bargain inaddin ; to her geograpl i
eal area. All the same, however, 1
they continue to object hoping by the'
noise they make to gain their object
and earn their reward. The Chroni
cal in noting an example of this
kind, remarks that "Senator Vest
has not added to his reputation by
his assaults on Alaska, the less so lie
cause he claims to have been there
and to have personal knowledge ol
the territory. He at once tempts in
jurious criticism ny the statement
that Alaska was a reckless and heed
less purchase because since IhSI it ha
cost the government 111,000. That
is a rate of alniut I.H'.IO per annum.
During this lime the profits of the
fur trade fisheries, and guld fields
have exceeded the original coal ol
the territory over and over again.
During Ihe year of lSDtl, la-fore the
present gold excitement started, Ihe
value of gold dust, bullion and ores,
produced in Alaska was tTl.j.K'i.V
The salmon pack had for the same
petiod an approximate value of :?,-
0i'i9,08C. This makes a total of " -
775,041 to which mnst be added the
income of the fur trade. We are in
formed by the Alaska Omimereiul
Company that $'oo,imhj er annum
represents the value of this industry
excluding the sealing phase of it. The
grand total foots up ri,'JC"),041 for
18!M. The original cost of the terri
tory was f 7,riKl,iMM).
To make Senator Vest's deductions
still more ridiculous it is but neces
sary to say Ihe.t the Alaska Cummer
cial Company has paid the govern
ment within twenty years Ihe enor
mous sum of $7,0110,000 for its seal
ing privileges. And all the territory
has cost in annual running expenses
meanwhile does not amount, accord
ing to Senator Vest, to so much as
the expense of carrying on for one
year, in the state of California the
business of a city of 20,000 inhabi
tants. Bear in mind that the resources of
the vast territory, save in s tins and
fur, have barely been touched. What
gold remains, what coal, lead, cpsr
iron, tin and petrolium lie hidden
away in the solitudes, can only tie
conjectured, but Ihe discoveries al
ready made and the geological indi
cations point to a mineral richness
which will yet make the name of
Alaska a synonym for natural wealth
and business opportunity.
Heedless and reckless purchase' is
a heedlessand reckless phrase when
applied to the act which made Alaska
an American possession. Would we
were lucky enough to make another
deal like it.
eiiuriusmm;.
The silver campaigners are going
to meet with a good many embar
rassments. Not the ea.t of these
will be the fact that several counties
to which they "pointed with pride"
in the campaign of H'.'t! as attache. I
to the silver cause hav. since that
time adopted the gold standard. I'eru
was the first country to take such
action after the campaign of lS'.Hi,
and was quickly followed by Japan
with a population of 4 1,0iMI,lHMI then
by Russia with a opulation of I ",
000,000 and latest advices from the
last-named country, indicate that
the final steps in the c msuinmation
of her plans for the gold standard
have lieen completed and tlia here
after silver will be purchased only
for subeidiary coinage, a develop
ment which has already resulted in
a further depreciation of the value of
silver bullion in the markets ol the
world Portland Tribune.
THE K1I.IIT III' W E.tl'tS
In his -ech at the banquet of the
Michigan club in Ik-troit, February,
22, Senator Davis of Minnesota
Chairman of the Setit- mrnmittp on
foreign relat ions asked far a suspen
sion of judgment In Ihe tragic affair
of ihe. Maine explosion at Havana,
and added:
"But if iair darkest suspicions are
found to he correct, then I ssnire you
that Ihe ailnitiiiatrstiiin iif William
! McKinley will not tie found wanting
in action. D-s anyone sup'sxe
that McKinley, the soldier boy, his
i cabinet and Ihe senate of the United
j States look lightly upon such a great
I....""
TaaTaing bis attention in another
dir. el ion, lit said:
"We have relations with Germany i
of a harawing character. She thinks
frM. Ipm.I W....I.I lui ft . .... I
gar. She has excluded fruits and is
to exclude American hor-wa. What
Is our redrew-? If I were president
ot the United Slates I would no! hes
itate to put into t fleet the law by
which the pnalueU of that conutry
can Is? entirely prohibited fr.iui lui
poriatiou." The American people are showing
lay by day a restraint of revengeful
impulse and a conservative disposi
tion lo await the results of an investi
gation that shall deiermine Ihe true
cause of the Havana horror thai
command the admiration of Ihe civ
ilized world.... Rut. when action is
ii.ImI, if that lira '.!! Ciiur im
one need anticipate that the adminis
tration of President McKinley will
lie lacking in vigor and promptness.
This is a distinctively American
administration in al) respects and
that fact means much in the event
of foreign complications of any char
acter. That it may mean much lo
Ueriuany should it he proven that
Aon ricau products are is ing exclud
ed unfairly and under false pretenses
can be inferred from the facts in the
case. Under the law of 1890 the
president is empowered lo punish
any and all discrimination against
American products by the absolute
prohibition of the importation into
the United States of the products of
ihe country so offending.
wimc-iiursE blacklist.
The White House has a blacklist.
It is an interesting souvenir of this
season's receptions. It goes to prove
that tiiere are Hrsons who own fine
clothes and who are so thin-skinned
as to remain away from places to
which they are not invited. The In
vitations given this year to Ihe White
Hou-e receptions were prepared with
unusual care. Lists of the invited
were kepi, and cards were issued to
individuals by name. The hereto
fore iiidiliiiite and indiscriminate
"ami ladies" was not employed.
I'll. it there might lie no misunder
standing the secretary lo Ihe Presi
dent, Porter, and Ihe man associated
with him ill the management of de
tails lei it be known through he
newspapers that nleps would be taken
to detect any who came without in
vitations. Hut Ihe method to be liu
ploycd was not explained.
The trap was set, and it did its
duty. At one recepliou 213 persons
-ho had hot been invibd came to the
White House and participated. At
another affair the number of uninvit
ed guests present were 150. The
manner in which the intruders were
detected is interesting. As usual
each guest, on advancing lo the en
trance of the receiving room, was
told by an official to "give your
name to the officer, who will present
you." The name of each guest was
called out twice, flret by the officer
introducing to the president, and
again by the officer who made the
presentation to Mrs. McKinley. The
announcing waa done with distinct
ness. But this year an attache of the
White House stood in a secluded
niajk and took down every name that
was called out, Comparison with
the roster of the invited was made
subsequently, and in this way the
names of the uninvited were singled
out and the black list was created.
This was not all. Door-keepers
from the senate and house were pres
ent to add their knowledge of faces
to that of the White House ushers.
Alphabetical lists of Ihe invited were
in Ihe possession of the officials.
When there was doubt about anyone
Ihe lists were consulted. Some of
the uninvited were asked for their
addresses. Subsequently letters were
addressed to several of those who
had come without invitations asking
for explanations of the breach. Most
of the letters were ignored. Several
rcplud laying Ihe blame on congress
men from whom they claimed to
have received verbal invitations.
Haifa dosen department people were
caught and their cases were referred
to superior officials (Washington
Correspondence Topeka 8tate Jour
nal. (I. W. Smith will this week, start
the rest of his beef cattle 190 head,
from Klamath Falls to the railroad
They are now ihe property of the
Portland Union Meet Companv and
were purchased for the handsome
sum of nearly 19000. They will be
weighed in Klamath Falls and for
each pound ot theii tie! weight Mr.
Smith will receive 7) cents, the top
price paid for cattle in Suiihern
Oregon or anywhere else so far as
Lnown in many a long day.
Last Thursday Clarence Conklin a
young man who was working at the
Kelly place, on 15 mile in Wasco
oonnty, was kicked in th nhdomen
by a horse and injured severely. lie
was brought to The Dalles and it was
found that he had received serious in
ternal injuries. Inflammation of Ihe
bowles has set in. and the case is a
very serious one. Conklin is a young
uian, being about 24 years of age.
RAILROAD TO THE YUKON
The Contract was let to
Mann & Mackenzie.
TO BE IS OI'EKATIOX SEPT. FIRST
A 1 aud f rant t ouslhtluir or 3,750.000
Acres of Ynkoo land will be
Made by i'auada.
A contract has been let for the
opening of a Mil and river route to
the Yukon, and if Ihe pledges of the
contractors can lie fulfilled, one hun
dred and fifty miles of railrad will be
In operation by September 1st of this
year. The proposed route is as fol
lows: By ocean steamer to the
mouth of the St i keen river, near Fort
Wrangel, Alaska; thence by river
boats up the Stikeen river to Teli
graph creek; thence by railroad to
the head of Teslin Lake a distance
of 150 miles. From this point a line
of steamboats will run up the lake to
Ihe point where it discharges itself
by the Ilimtalingua river into the
Yukon.
The survey carried out by the
Canadian Department of Railways
showed that the Stikeen river is nav
igable for 150 miles from the sea, and
it was estimated that a powerful!
steamer could make the passage to
Telegraph Creek in two days. The
cost of a kteam railroad from this
point to Teslin Lake is estimated at
4.000,000. The government eng
ineer also sends in au estimate for
an electric road 105 miles in length,
which he states could be built for
2,850,000. Teslin Lake, which is 61
milts long, was fouud to be oien for
navigation on May 18, and frozen
over again on October 27.
The construction of 150 miles ot
railroads involving heavy excavation
in such a remote country and within
such a limited period seem to be a
formidable undertaking, especially
when the rigorous nature of the cli
mate is considered. Neverthi'less, it
is a fact that there were several syn
dicates who were anxious to secure
the valuable monopoly. The success
ful parties are Messrs. Mann and
Mackenzie, two of the wealthiest and
most experienced contractors iu Can
ada, and it is likely that they will
prove equal to the task. The gov
ern ment Is to make a land grant,
consisting of 25,000 acres of Yukon
land for every mile of railroad built,
or 3,750,000 acres in all. The land is
to be taken in sections of eighteen
square miles, alternate sections laing
reserved as public domain. In mak
ing its selections, the company must
not infringe upon the rights already
acquired by the miners. If the Yu
kon fulfills its present promise it can
be seen that the contractors are re
ceiving an enormously valuable
grant; but it must be borne ia mind
that the scheme is a purely specula
tive one, and that the contractors'
risks are heavy. As an Instance of
this it is already reported that they
are finding great difficulty in trans
porting the four or five thousand men
necessary to build the road from
Vancouver lo the Stikeen, the accom
modation of the ocean steamers being
all secured by the array of gold hunt
ers making for the Yukon. Scienti
fic American
KNtiLISIl SPOKES AND WRITTEN.
At the recent postal congress at
tention was called to the fact thai
two-thirds of all the letters which
pass through the i-xt offices of the
world are written by and sent to peo
ple who stawk Kuglish. There are
substantially 500,000,000 (tersons
speaking colloquially one or another
of the ten or twelve chief modern
languages, and of these about 25 per
cent, or 125,000,000 persons, speak
English. About 90,000,000 speak
Hussianl 75,000,000 German, 65,000,
000 French, 45,000,000 Spanish, 35,-
000,000 Italian and 12,000,000 Potu
gueee, and the balance Hungarian,
Dutch, Polish, Elemish, Bohemian,
Gaelic, Roumanian, Swedish, Finnish
Danish and Norwegian. Thus, while
only one-quarier of those who employ
the facilities of the jtostal depart
ments of civilized governments speak
as their native tongue English, two
thirds of those who correspond do so
in the English language This sit
uation arises from the fact that so
large a share of the commercial busi
ness of the worl.l is done in English,
even among I In we who do not apeak
English, even among those who do
not sw-ak English as their native
language. There are, for instance,
more than 20,000 post office in In
dia the business of which in letters
td t-rs aggregates more than
300,0ti0,i00 parcvls year, and the
business of these offices is dona chief
ly In English though of India's total
population which la nearly 3oo,ooo,.
i mm), fewer than 300,0o0 persona per
sons either speak or understand Eng
lish. Though 90,000,000 seak or under
stand Russian, the business of the
Ru-vian post department is relative
ly small, the number of letters sent
throughout the Czars empire amount
Ing to less than one-tenth the num
ber mailed In Great Britain Is con
siderably less than one-half of the
population of Russia in Europe.
The Southern and Central Ameri
can countries in which either Spanish
or Portuguese is spoken do compara
tively little post office business, the
total numlier of letters mailed and
collected iu a year in all the countries
of South and Central Ameiica and
the West Indies being less than In
Australia. Chile and Argentina are,
in fact, the only two South American
countries in which any important
postal business is done, and most of
the letters received from or sent to
foreign countries are not in Spanish,
but in English, French, or German
or Italian.
CAT'S ESCAPE IJi THE MAINE IKS
ASTER. On board were three cats, a young
tabby and two toms. The older torn
was born on board a monitor, says a
Havana letter to the New York Sun,
speaking of the Maine disaster, at
the Brooklyn, navy yard thirteen
years ago. He was a .tar by birth
and had served all his life in Ihe
United States navy. He paid no at
tention to Tabby, and had the good
record of never having held any
moonlight concerts on the roof nor
sown bis wild oats on back fences.
The officers, seeing his disregard
for tabby, lK)ught, on shore, only two
days tiefore the accident a young Cu
ban torn, who, to distinguish him
from from old torn, was named
young lorn. He and tabby perished.
Old torn, who was three decks la-low
was also thought to have been lost,
but was discovered yesterday by
Commander Wainwright crouched
and mewing pitifully on a pile of
wreckage on deck.
II j has been taken on board the
F. rn, where the sailors are giving
him Uc best of care and where he
has a.iiii assumiil his old post of the
senior c.il In the United Slat'es navy.
Peggy, the little pug dogofCapt.
8'igsLee, who never abandoned his
side while on lioard and who once
fell and broke her leg while trying to
climb after him up Ihe ladder to the
top bridge, was at the captain's side
when he took to the Isiat. She was
trembling with fright, but taking In
to consideration that she is only a
young pug and that Ihe explosion
was tremendous, Capt. Sigsla-e ssys
she is excusable.
BEtlS AMI FLAX.
Ri-ets and flax; sugar and linen;
these are the two important indus
trial products about lo be added to
our state's other great elements of
wealth. The farmers institute at I
Grande, just closed, has given a great
impetus to the sugar beet industry.
Its importance and value were set
forth in a most striking manner by
the practical scientists in charge of
the Institute. The adaptation of our
soil and climate to buet raising was
presented in a very clear light. No
doubt Oregon can produce more and
better sugar beets per acre than Call
fornia. Yet Mr. Henry F. Pierce,
whose company has contracted to
raise 600 acres of beets for the I
Grande factory, shows that land in
reach of California sugar factories, is
worth 1200 per acre on account of the
value of the crop, while land equally
as good but out of reach is worth only
10 or 40 js?r acre. Not only this,
but the industry furnishes steady
and profitable employment for a
great many people on the beet farms
as well as in the factories. The fac
tories, too, are in their infancy, there
being only nine in the Union while it
would require 500 to supply the de
mands of the national market.
Flax culture, too, is well under
way. It has a great Impetus due to
the untiring efforts of Mrs. Gov.
Lord. This industry Is one peculiar
ly adapted to female labor. It is a
great wealth producer. Our soil In
Western Oregon, is unexcelled almest
unequaled In the world for flax cul
ture. Eastern Oregon soil seems bent
adapted to sugar beet culture but
Western Oregon, too, is well suited
for the same product. These two
new products, added to our great
fruit and wheat product, will quick
ly put Oregon to the front nmong
the great states of Ihe world. The
farmer's institutes are developing still
other industrii-s for our fertile soil
that will so diversify our products as
to make us superior to the ruin that
often is-falls a people dexndent tin
only one staple crop. It will also add
rapidly to our wealth and priaqHT
ity, -Portland Chronicle.
lit n. William Booth the great or
ganizer and originator of Ihe Salva
tion Army, said at Cincinnati the
other day : "The Cutian butchery
should top. It should stop, if nee. I
lie, by the intervention of the United
Stales. England is not jealous of Ihe
United States. The individual En
glishman would see young America
prospsr in -ac I do not think Ihe
fur in the British lion would raise
should Uncle 4am fight the Isms.
The Cutmn war stioalrl shy at as?
cost and that is admitting nil
deal for as conatrvalive mi English
man as I am."
OVER THE STATE ITEMS
Items of Interest From All
Parta of the State.
Kit II (.OLD ST HUE AT 1.1.1: MULE
lluuiloa Woolen Mills KuauhiK I'ajr
aud Sight Sprluf Mork I'ra
rreaaiug Kapldljr.
The Bandon, Coos county, woolen
mills are running duy and night on
orders from Sau Francisco.
L. L. Porter has bought the Ore
gon City Euterprise and installed for
editor, F. L. Poiuldexter, late of Vir
ginia. The politics of the pajs'r re
mains republican.
There was quit,e a lot of sorghum
raised near Oakview, in I.iun county
last year, and several hundrisl dollars
worth of syrup was made.
An effort is being made lo organise
a baseoall league in Eastern Oregou
that will include cIuIm from Baker
City, La Grande, Pendleton and
Walla Walla.
All signs point to activity in Ihe
near future. New mines will In)
opened, and the output of the old
ones will be increased, says the Coos
Bay News.
Professor G. W. Shaw, of the slato
agricultural college, expects in a few
days to visit Jackson conuly to study
Ihe conditions of the count) with re
ference to growing sugar beets.
A carload of cattle was shipcd
from Albany Wednesday. Steers
from 2 to 4 years old in the lot aver
aged 1300 pounds. Four cents Mr
pound was paid, the average price
being $51 50.
Roliert Buchanan brought to Cor
vallis last Thursday 20 chickens, only
fcur of which weighed less than six
pounds dressed. The largest one
weighed 10 pounds on fool and eight
pounds dressed.
Saturday 81 head of fine Iss-f cattle,
which will average alsitit 1200
lound, were deliverisl at the stock
yards, in The Dalles, by William
Davis and John West, of Papiuitia,
The cattle are stall-fiil, anil as fine a
bunch of cattle as anyone could de
sire. They were purchased for Ihe
Union Meat Company, of Portland.
The price paid for them was about 4
cents per pound, which will amount
to a handsome sum.
Thursday after non John II. How
ell, the mallcarrier at the statehouse
in Salem presented to Treasurer G. L.
of Marion couDty, a county warrant
for (32, issued Beptcmher 4, 1862.
The warrant Is the proHrty of F. K.
Hodgkln, but of course County Treas
urer Brown refused to pay the same
as its payment has long since been
outlawed. The limit for the pay
ment of a county warrant in this
state is seven years.
F. M. Pomeroy, of Corvallis has
sulicontracted to cut and float a large
quantity of white fir and balm logs
above Cor vallis. He started a camp
list Friday on the Radir land adja
ent to East river. The contract waa
ur ranged with theSpaulding Logging
company which supplies all the wish!
iulp material for the pajs-r mill at
Oregon City. The steamer Grey
Eagle will go up occassionally lo tow
logs from Corvallis, and Mr. Pom
eroy expects to have 75,000 feet raft
ed and ready for the boat every ten
days.
Reports from differeut sections in
Umatilla county are to the effect (hat
wheat is very early this season, Is-ing
further along than is usual in the
middle of April. In not a single in
stance have the reports been anything
but favorable. Northwest of Pen
dleton, where a crop is not consider
ed so certain as in Ihedistricts farther
east, thousands of acre are green
with young and growing wheat, and
another rich harvest is promisasl.
North of Pendleton spring sowing
U alsmt completed and farmers are
b ginning to summer fallow. On the
nwrvation, in the Adams country,
and throughout the east end. farm
work Is busily in progress, and green
fields give assurance that nature is
again the beneficent ally of the Um
atilla county farmer.
William Wiley, who has Issj-n
mining for the tatst two years on
Starveout creek, a tributary of Ups-r
Cow creek, 15 miles above filendale,
refsirts having uncoveri-d a quartz
vein at his placer diggings that bids
fair to become a veritable Klondike.
The quartz formation lies Is-tween
slate and porphyry, and contains
seams of decomiaiMsl quartz and clay,
from which he has mrured single
pieces of leaf and wire gold that
weights I an ounce. lUsvntly his son
traiisl the formation for a consider
able distance, and lisntcl hiii. Hit r
claim where the ledge sbssl up bold
ly. From six pounds of surfai-e r k,
I n ken ap without the aid of a mor
tar, mi iifa i gr.ki s artr d.
Now a Uk pJkrt aaa taken forcible
poMMaafta of vVik' gft.und, and Ihe
. ai I of It anrU &m Im n invoked to
J drive hull oft