No. 44.
Vol. XXV.
HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23. 1898.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
M VI K nKUt KliM.
...... Wm. P. Lard
'o.veriior ....
Harrison It. Kineaid
l itMiurr ruuliD ntMODHn
m..i. I'ul.lio luatrnatiiiD ti. M. IrwiD
ntu- Printer W. H. Uwli
ntnie muter
supreme llourl
.C'baa. K. WolrerVJO
U. 8. tlMB
. ...F. A. Moor
Ji..U'b Kifth limine! ,T. A. Moltnda
Mtornev Fi'lu District T J. tJumlon
COtN'IY wfUCKKH.
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.-kit vryor
or.ieer..
H. P. Comolin
i . . I). H. heaaoner
j T. O. Todd
I. A. InOirie
W. 1. Hrad'ord
B. L. Mi-t'oruiioa
A. H. wit
Ueorg H. Wtloui
.rintnitellt Aiw'w ri
L. K. WilkM
...... C L. Large
OUHrON CI'I'V LAND OFFICE.
CIi.ih. II. Muon-a ..
A in. tiHiiy
. . . . Keiater
. . Heoatver
'l 1 V Or'Hl'KKH.
I VV N UHFr-Mlt. Mayor
J. M. tireear
rlourd of Trustee
W. H. WehruiiK
It. WaiiKener
J. t'uratana
..((. II. Wllnol
UMiititu ltuwnia.ll
ileoorder
treasurer .
Uamlinl
IiintitMt of 1'eaue
K. U. Mitchell
. . ,'l lioa (iliaen
W l Hmitta
t. V. Hicka
I'OHT OlKH'K INFORMATION.
Tue ii.uils oloae at iba Hillsboro Voat
iMfioe, dally: .
Oleueoe, West L'nion. Iletbany and Cedar
Mill, At 11:3) a. in.
tloini Month, :.U) a tn.
(iiiii to Horilmid and Wity-offioea, C:oi
in. aud i. m.
Kur KariuiiiKton and lianrel. Wedueadaya
and Hiitiirduya at It):) a. m.
Clil'HCIl ANI KOCIETY NOTICES.
COMiRKOATIONAL CHl'KCH. oorner
Jtm and Fifth streets. Freaohins
nvorv hHhlmtli, iniiriiinti and euiul. Bab,
tiHth acih.K.I at ID o'ol.K)k a. m. JW??
uimtinx Thnrwlay veiiinii. V. V.
lunilHy at 6:M p. m. All 8rvia '
iliori, tiriKln, tiiter lints and hell'lui.
Kv.TvmiP ror linlly wol oine.
KVASr.HUtiHEC.Pa.f.
I lVANtiEI.K'Al. t!HlHCH. -"er
I'i Fifth and Fir l reachiu every Honclay
ev..Ml,K at H p. in.; nd H"""1"
at II a. in. I Biiuiliiy aohnol at 10 a. ui.
liravi'r iiiwtinu t-viTy Wedneaday eTenm;
(.anhera meetinil every Hauday eveum.
II. A. Decli, 4tir.
IIKMT Chriatmn tinroh, K. Ij. Hhflley
A iHt..r. Huaeline and 1 hint, f roaobiuR
ev.-rv Hnndiiv at 11a. ui. aud 7:H0 p. m.
Hiiudayrwh.al. Ill a. ui. rrayef :.
Ihurailay. H:(H) p.m. V. V. . 0. Han
dily. 7:iK) p. ni.
ME. f!IU Kt'll, K. A. Alklna, Ftof.
.I'reulniievery Habhath nioruiuaud
bviMiiuu H.il'-HiU m li.M.I every habbath at
10 t a l.'Mifna iiifeluiB every Hunday at
::) r . iLUieral prayer meetinii every
I'hiirwlay eveiiiim. header' and Steward
mawtiim 'the third Toxaday eveniu of aaoh
uiuuth
A. O. II. W.
I Ill.l.SIIOUO MDlK NO. 61. A. (). V.
11 W., nieeta every lirai aud third
Fri.lay evenin in the '"" ... u . w
ltl. hl.INEMAN, M.IW.
I'. H. HAUliilMAN. Ueoorder.
Duuirhlrra of Kclwkah.
ir
lll.lHOUt) HEHKKAH LODGE NO.
tl 1. 1). t). F.. nieeta in Odd reuowa
Unit every Hiitimlny evi'iiinu.
HAlt.VIl WILLIAMS
N. O.
r. or it.
I I ll.LSUlilit liUANtlE, NO. W, meeU
1 1 Villi and 4tli Saturday of eaoh mouth.
IIknj. StiHuriKLD, Maatw,
Annik Imiikih, Meo.
I. II. . t.
MONTF.Zr.WA I.ODtlE, Nt). SO. meeU
W.hIiwmiUv evHiiinuHBt rlo'olook.iu l.O.
F. Hull. ViHil.irB made Wfloome
KliMI Altl HEMISII. N. (I.
). M. ('. tiui i. H'o'y.
P. . '.
M
EE IS very Hnnday eveninR at 7 o'olook
in the t'liriHliau tthnroh. Von are
oonlially invited to attt ndita meetinira,
EDA ADAMS. PreaH.
IN-a-ree of Honor.
fllHK I'EtlltKi: F HONOK, A. t). V.
w in l),l I Fellooa' hall every
hrst nd ihird Fri.lnv ev. ninir of each
in,. mli. M M. I'iiteniriT, t of II.
MrH. It 'He ltrovn. Ki- order.
KitllilHtllP Mstra.
1ll KN It IA IKMII.E NO. 10, R. H.,
iiu'etK I'vi'ry 'ind ami 4h F'rnlay inaui b
in. mm ai 7: o'rlork n I. O. t. F. Hail.
M a A M t'liri .le
Josiw Solniliiipneh M. K. C.
M. ol II. and ('.
k. of I'.
H(EMX LtlDtJE. Nt). 4, K. t)K P.,
1 iiiiH-tx in M i' "in' Hall on Monday
-veiunit of each wei k. Soi'Miruinn brethren
eluoiiied to I.hIko ineetiui!. .. ,
K. ki'lao
tl 11 (i.il-v, K ol II .V f
A. F. a ml A. H.
A I.I IV LOIXIF. Nt).ti, A. MA. M.,
I nit-eta neiv Saturday nmlit on or after
nil moon of eaoh month.
V. l. WOOD, W. M.
1!. t'aANnM.i, Stvretury.
(I. K. S.
fltl' AI.M IN fllAl l Kit. NO.Sl.tV K.S.,
iin-eK nl Marline l i'iiiple on the 'ind
ml lh I'llea'lav ol ' h month.
R. . D. HAKE, W. M.
tiKi'K t'KiisaiTK, SfK'relary.
v. i t. r.
Ull.l.SHOKO. .tT. t'. MEETS IN
tne t'oiiKreeitiionai t'hiirrh on the
t.n Fri.lnv in ea.'h month at 8 o'clock
M.
k. 0. T. M.
rDI. TEN T, NO. H. K. tl. T. M.,
mwK in Odd Fi ll' Hall, on aec
and t.mrili riiurmiiiy evening "f each
ii onili. L. A. HNt,
lti.T.ri llo, t'om.
K. K.
? AS1UNU ItIN FNt'AM I'MENT No. If4.
I. .. F.. mwt. on linn and
bird Tni'-d:iM of eaoh month.
). M. C Ut'i Swil.
.:. KtNMiv rT. o. , w. i. .
EKIS IN ODD FKI LOWS HAI.I.ON
jl til' H'' and Hurl "eturdaya of ch
niMiith, at?;in o'. UH k, I". M.
J. I', llickn. U. t'randiill I. C.
itui'ii"i
i.i:. k vson ruiers o. 4;. t. r.
MEETS IN ODD Fhl.l.t)WS H ALL
HiIikIhuo, nn Hit- n. tnd 3-1. Friday
ol raoh inon'li ' i J' t. n
M'. II. V. Galea.
Kliiabolb U.t'randall, Hecretar.
f KOKtKHION A I. i RIS
THOU. H.TOKUl'K, K. B. TONIit'C
Notary t'ubliu.
tii s ;;. & l. ;;. TuM.it,
TTORN EYS-AT-LA W,
HILLKHOUO, OliKKIN.
Urnoi: K iiua3, 4, A 5, Moruan Mock
w. . tuaitm. i a. autita
BARRETT AIIAVH,
ITOHN EYS-AT-LA W,
HILLHHOttO, OKEOON
Orrtca: Central Uluea, Hooma 8 aud 1.
Manx mwats o. mine.
Notary Fal.lio.
NITH BOW MAS,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW.
HlLliHUOKO, OKEOON.
Orrioa: Itoowi 6 and 7. Morgan bhaik.
j. a. aaowa. '. aulkt.
UAfil.EY & IIKOMN,
TTORNKYS-AT-LAW,
HILLSUUKO, OKEOON.
Kealdent aKnt for R iyal luaurance Co.
Koomh: 1,2. and 3, Shuie Hiul lin.
II. T. IIAlil.FV,
ATTOKNF.Y AND
tX)UNCi:U)R-AT-liAV,
HILLSHOUO OKFXJOS.
Deputy I)i"trii;t Attorney lor Washing
ton County.
Orrica: Km No. 13, MnrRan and
llailey llluck.
JOHN T. WUALLKr. LIIBI.Nll B. T1!WAKT.
WHALLLV STEW AKT.
YTTORNEYS-AT-I.AW,
l'UKTLANl) OHEtiC.V.
OrrirK: 415 t'liainbcr of Coninn'roe.
S. T. Ll.NKI.ATEK, M. II. t'. M.
IIYSICIAN AND iSUKOKON
HILLSIIUUO, OKKGON.
Umoi: at reaidenoe, eaat of (our I
Houae, where be will be found at all nuui a
when not viaitiuK patients.
J. P. TA HIES IE, M. II.,
g P. R. R. 8UICOEON,
H1LiL.bih)uJ, uur.uun.
Orrioa tab Kbhidkmci s corner Third
and Main Street. Ullioe houra, HUM) to 12
a. m.( 1 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. ni. leiephone to
reaidenoe from Hroek A Sela' Uruiiatore at
all boura. All oalls promptly alteuded,
nwht or day.
W. II. HOOD, M. !.,
piIYSICIAN AND HUHOEON,
HlLIiHOUO, OUEOON.
Omon: in Chen ette'Kow. KaeiMMca
norner Firat and Main atreeta.
t A. ItAlLEY, M. II.
PHYSICIAN, SUKGKON AND
L AixxwenvxR.
HILLSItOUO. OKEOON.
Ornna: In I'barmaoy, Cnion lilook. ('alia
attended to, niuht or day. Keaidi'noe, H. W.
Cor. Haae Line and Heoond atreeta.
A. K. BAILEY, II. II. S.
JKNTIST,
HI LLSHOKO, )UEtiON.
Kooma 1 and 2, Mo man A llailey Kloi k,
t . E. KKH.KK,
II
OMKorATHIO
I'll YSH'AN ANDSl'IMJKON,
FOUE8T tiliOVE OKEtioX.
Special attention paid to Mi-ilical and
Surgical Diseases of Women and t liildrcn
and ull chronic discuses.
Olliice and residence. Ilowlhy house,
I'ucilic. ave., west ol Forest liruvo Imtel.
THUS. II. IIIMI'IIKEYS.
KINVEYANCINO AND
v A BST 1 1 ACT 1 N O OK riTl.KS.
HILLbMOKO. OKEOON.
Lesal paiera drawn and Loana nn heal
rXate negotiate t. Hnauiem atumded to
with proniptneaa and disnoth
tlrrira 111 an btreet, nppoaite Court
Honae.
K. MX0,
ENTIST,
FOUFtT Q1M)VK. OllEOON
la now rnakini teeth for .V0O and 7.)
per net i heat of material and woikuiRnahip
Will eompare with acta ootiu fH. 1",'h
extraoted withont pain. Filling at the
hiweat prior. All work warranted.
Orrtcas three doora north of Uriek
tore. OtBoa honra from 9 a. in. to 4 p. m.
Kvervbody Kaya So.
CaacareU Candv Cathartic, the mini won
derful medical iliacoverv of the aire, pleas
ant and refn-alnnir to the taie. act irently
ml positively on kidney, liver and bowels,
cleansiiur tho entire av.trm. dlicl roliK
curt licadache, fever, iiaHtmil constipation
and hiiioiisnc.a. Please buv and try a boa
of CO. I' t.wlav; lt, i. .Mien!.. Sold and
Cuarantued to cure by all druggists.
hil Tokarre S"t . lisir . Iff r.
To quit totiacco ea- ily ana fuiever. i-e mag
netic, lull of life, nerve B.xl '..cor. tuke No To
Uac. the ermder worker, thut n.iiUe wesk men
atron(. All dmcai.la. ' or tl. Ci.rr iriiiiran
aeed Ifcxililct aid sampo Iree A'klresa
terllnc Kj-neuv Oa, con a-o or New York,
JO PISTAKE.2r--h-"
e levai i the kiajfceat ejrade kekief aM
taew a. Actaal teata alMw it feeeeM
Uure lertaer laea ear etker erea4.
POWDER
Absolutely Pur
An exflmnife hukkhhIh that Mince
(jHriimny Is flliti ik iliy of our hor
som ami appli H, HTliapH we eould p'r-
aiinilf them to tHke a few Kentucky
mult ami a little apple "shhm,
an a trentle hint of the pronenoiw of
Americans to indulge In klckint; and
liHi k talk.
4 huinlierlniu'H CvukIi Kruieily.
Thin rcmetly la Intemleil especially
for coughs, colds, croup, whooping
cough ami influenza. It has hecome
famous for ila cures of these diseases,
over a large part of the civilized
world. The most Haltering testimon
ials have been received, giving ac-
counts of its good works; of the
aggravating and crsisteiit coughs It
has cured; of severe colds that have
yielded promptly to its soothing
effects, and of the dangerous attacks
of croup it has cured, often saving the
lift of the child. The extensive use
of it for whooping cough has shown
that it rolls that disease of all danger
ous eonstMiuencen. Sold by The Delta
Drugstore.
I have often lieen alllicted with
rheumatism tor fourteen years and
nothing seemed to give any relief.
I was able to lie around all the time,
hut constantly suffering. I had
tried everything I could hear of and
at last was told to try Chamberlain's
I'ain Dalai, which I did, and was
immediately relieved and In short
time cured. I am happy to say that
it has not since returned. Josh Ed
oak, (Jermantown, Cal. For sale by
The Delta Drug Store.
Uev. K. Edwards, pastor of the
English Baptist Church at Miners
ville, Tn., when suffering with rheu
inatism, was advised to try Cham
lierlain's I'iiiii Balm. He says: "A
few applications of this liniment
proved of greAt service to me. It
subdued the inflammation and re
lieved the pain. Should any sufferer
profit by giving Pain Balm a trial it
will please nie." For sale by The
Delta Drugstore.
3Sak2n Powder
r.ilnrate Vour IKiarll Vt llh f'a.rareta.
Cunily rat liar' t cum constipation forever,
inc. aw... If c. C C fail, ilniKitiatx refund money.
CASTOniA,
The Charles K, Kpatilding Logging
Company has recently purchased a
big engine which, with a mile of
cable, w ill Is- used in drawing logs
from the limber to the river, says the
NewlHTg (iraphic. The engine will
be stationed on a big scow which
will tic towed to the point where the
engine is to lie used. From a drum
("i the scow a wire cable will run
(it into the timber, wh re it will be
I, ni lied to the logs and the engine is
supposed to do lis1 rest. The engine
will also lie used in pulling logs from
the sandburg when the big logs drive
is being made In the summer.
Others have ued the-e.
The K 'publican party, in fact, has
disi'la.ved a capacity and willingness
to do things, and has exhibited an
admirable understanding of the needs
of the nstioti. It is not oen to criti
cism mi the ,core of Indolence or
timidity in the fulhlment of its
pledge. It is in nn danger of being
condemned for not doing enough.
It might be in danger of losing a
portion of ihe t)ple'sctintlilence if it
should undertake to tlo too much,
especially in directions beyond and
outside of original intentions and
platform promics. Chronicle-Telegraph.
C ASTORIA
For Infanta and Childrtn,
WEYLER LAID MINES
Mines tcerp. Laid for the
Battle-ship Maine
WEYLEK W KITES T X iKIESU
Laluft. the American 'rresuoBilout
had a close rail for his lire
hut Saved Himself.
The New York Journal which ha
gained fame by puhllsiiing the most
truthful reports from Cuba of B"y of
j the big papers contained on the after
noon of the 17th the following state
ment written by Honore F. Laine,
Ihe newspaper correspondent recent
ly arrested Hearchinl by Spanish of
ticials in Cu bunas prison, Havana,
and expelled from the island. The
statement follows:
"On January 24 , at 10 o'clock at
night, I met, in the Cafe Ingeterra,
the headquarters of the retmrters in
Havana, Francisco Diaz, a reporter
ot the rabid Spanish paper La Union
Constitutional, with whom I fre
quently exchanged news. ' On asking
him if he had anything to give me,
he took from bis pocket a let it r anil
handed it to me sayihg: "Weyler
wrote this letter to Santos Guzman,
who sent it to Nove (the editor of the
Union Constitutional), for him tn
read aud write an article on the ac
ceptance by Weyler of the candidacy
for deputy to the cortes for Havana.
I took this copy, which you can
keep."
The following is tho alleged letter
referred to above:
"His excellency, Don Francisco de
I os Santes Guzman, Havana My
distinguished anil personal friend:
Since the latest events I have chang
ed my views about the attitude which
our political party in Cuba out; lit to
assume. If I have thought before
that it wis more dignified for us to
abstain from the electoral contest, I
believe now that it is a patriotic duty
for us to go to the polls. Our success
cannot be doubted now. With the
program of defense of national honor
we will have side by side all these
luke warm politicians who though
Spaniards at heart, are deceived by
the inside combinations of Moret aud
Sagasta, and take as scientific solu
tion of our K)litical problems what
are really dishonorable humiliations
of our country liefore the United
States. Write on your flag, the flag
of Spain, 'Defense of National Hon
or' and I offer you my name as your
candidate. After having command
ed during two years 200,000 Spanish
heroes in Cuba with a high title, I
shall be more proud of thut than of
deputy from Havana at the cortes of
Spain.
'By the way, I have read that the
Americans are pondering about send
ing one of their warships to that city.
During my command in Cuba, they
did not even dare to dream about it.
They knew the terrible punishment
that awaited them. 1 had Havana
harbor well prepared for that pur
pose. I rapidly finished the work
that Martinez Campos carelessly
abandoned. If the insult is made, I
hope that there will be a Spanish
hand to punish it as terribly as it de
serves. "Itomero is in letter health than
his friends could have expected, and,
notwithstanding how morally sick I
leal, breathing this humilitating
atmosphere, I am physically well.
Your affectionate friend anil ser
vant. "VALEKIAXO WEYLOK.
"Madrid, January 8, 1898."
Laine says that he read the lett r
and pigeon-holed it. When the
Maine blew up, he called at the office
of the Union Constitutional to see
Diaz In an effort to secure the origi
nal ot the letter. Some days after
the Maine disaster, Iaine met Diaz,
whe asked if he rememlaretl the
letter and what its contents
were about the American warship.
The American correspondent replied
that he did, and he believed someone
had folio weil Weyler's advice. Laine
says that he has since found out that
Diaz Informed thechief of police that
he had a copy of a letter writlen by
Weyler which might bring trouble to
the Spanish government, especially
as he was nn American newspaper
correspondent who was associating
with Captain Sigst. March 4. Liine
was arrested by the chief of .o ic.
His arrest was caused by a cabman.
According to Laine Chief l'allier.
said to him: "Well, sir, we have
you here, and let me tell you that
Ihewcret that I know you sssess
will never Is? known through you by
others, and no one will ever know
what becomes of you."
Laine replied: "If you think you
can murder me as well as Asi.t and
I'osa, the two young men w ho were
taken from here and killed, you are
mistaken."
The chief replied in a calm but
stern voice: "No, sir; I am not mis
taken.
"You may not ts? mistaken," said
Laine, but I can tell you that at thisj
moment the French, as well as the
has been notified
til! 1 atu here."
This cl 4 nged Ihe chiefs attitude j
some-whul, but he persisted in trying
to secure information from Laine.
"I know," he said, "all about a
copy of a b tier of General Weyler,
which yon hive, aud the trouble you
intend to cause with it, but I do not
care very much about that. What
I want to know now, aud I ho e you
will answer me in consideration of
the good it may bring you, is what
information you gave lo Consul Le
on lh ) -1st of February, about your
suspicions of a plot suggested by the
letter aud the placing of dynamite
mines in the harbor, with which fact
you said you becu.oo ncquaiiit dur
ing the period of your inc ireeratiou
in Ihe time of Weyler?'
" I'liis was really a surprise 1 1 me,"
I. aine's narrative continues. "It had
refeience to my letter to General Lee,
in which I had spoken about what
I had seen during my imprisonment
in Cabanas, which lasted for more
than a year, during the most bloody
periisl of the reign of Weyler. I had
noticed for several nights mysterious
work, which was being done in the
fortress. On inquiring from a soldier,
whom I knew, what it was, he in'
formed me that they were carrying
from the magazine to the fortress
large quantities of dynamite, which
was being laid in ttir turb ir. My
investigations during the period of
my Imprisonment were carried as
far is a political prisoner could do a
Spanish iortress, but it was sufficient
for me to ascertain with certainty
that a quantity of dynamite was
placed in the harbor in different
places, and the wires of the mines
were connected with Ctbanas fortress
and the Capitana Puerto or marine
headquarters."
KES0M TI0XS OF RESPECT.
Passed by Gleneo lodge, No. 2i
of P. at its regular convention
K.
on
March 5, 1808.
Whereas, This lodge as well as
the order, did by death, on the 10th
day of February 1898, loose a faithful
ami true int'intier anil tirotner, ivioa
Davis, and
Whereas, The family of said de
ceased did, by said death, loose a
i rue husband and father and the
community an upright, respectable
and conscientious citizen, and
Whereas, We reali.j that what is
our Ions temporially is his gain spir
itual, aud
Whereas, We mourn the loss of a
true brother Knight, we have the
full assurance that the supreme lodge
on High presided over by the Su
preme C. C has added one more
name to its roster, and
Whereas, This lodge as well as
the order sympathize with the be
reaved family in this their day of
affliction, therefore be It,
Keaolved, By this lodge in regu
lar convention assembled that a a
mark of respect to the memliers here
of, that the charter of this lodge be
draed in mourning for the period of
3D days from this date, and be it fur
ther
Itcsolvpd, That the keepers of R.
amis, of this lodge present to the
widow of deceased a copy of these
resolutions at the earliest possible
date, and he it further
Resolved, That these resolutions
lie spreatl uon the records of this
lodge, and lie it further
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be furnished the Hii.Lhhoko
Independent and the Hillsboro
Argus for publication.
Most resectfully submitted this
March 6, 1898.
B. P. CoKNELIl'8 )
J. C. Cakey Committee.
A. Oorden )
ON THE DISSKCTINU TABLE.
A student in a medical college thus
writes to a friend In Eugene City.
"Extra work at school during the
past few weeks has deprived me of
any leisure time. There Is an old
man at the college that 'takes my
time' but the poor old fellow is pret
ty badly used up and looks like the
tail of a cyclone had given him a gen
tle brush that had deprived him of
almost everything near and dear to
him excepting the bones to which
they were attached. But do not
think I am making light of the poor
old fellow who has had tosuffer the
ignominious treatment on the dis
secting table, for I am not, and for
this reason I have all the more re-
sjiect for hnu. Many times as i
worked ovf his mangled body have
I recalled the lines:
Somebody's darling was born one
day,
SomebiMly's darling so young and
br.ive,
Somebody wafted his name above,
Somebody wept when he marched
away,
Somebody's waiting and watching
for him,
Somebody's darling is slumping
here."
OABTOniA.
Til fu- -
ton
A'ii rican consul,
I DllPlf MAM'C IflCUlC
lllll. UUlilAIIIHH 4 1IL1IJ
On
the Demorialization
Public Libraries.
of
ANSrVCKEIi IX THE AFFIRMATIVE
He Claims Public Libraries le prlves a
MaN of the llelpfuluesi (iaiued
From Owulug Itooka.
This is rather startling question,
and it appears at first sight rather ab
surd; but Jamee Duck man maintains,
with some show of Justice, in The
Interior (Chicago), that It must Is? an
swered in the affirmative. Mr.
Biickmau say)-:
"For ten years or more I have not
bought, I dare say, a dozeu books, my
excuse being that I have access to
two of the largest and best-equipped
public libraries in the county. I find
the resources of these libraries adequ
ate to alt my professional needs; aud,
so far as mental pleasure is concerned,
they are InexhaustiLle sources of en
tertainment. Yet, when I look at
my own slenderly furnished book
shelves, and recall the days when, as
a college boy, I used to count it a
month's delight to save for, and buy
and devour, and pencil, and reread
some volume of my especial desire I
can not help feeling that something
good and helpful, something morally
and intellectually stimulating, has
gone out of my life.
"Is it not true that ihere is some
ethical significance in the right own
ership of books? I say the right own
ership, because to possess them as
mere chattels, or furniture, or orna
ments, is neither a moral nor an in
tellectual benefit. The young person
who has a strong desire to make a
book his legal property will not ex
haust this desire until the book has
become his mental and spirltnal pro
perty also. One of my old teachers
used to say that boys are naturally
misers, and if they put a penny into
a thing, they will be sure to take two
lnnles, worth of satisfaction out of
it. As I look back upon my expe
rience, I am conviuced that this is true
at least of books. I am willing to
confess that I have never got at the
real, inmost sonl and essence of a
bisik since I quit buying them.
"If the public library deprives a
person of the real moral helpfulness
that comes from the ownership of
hooks, it is, negatively at least, and
in so far, a demoralizing institution.
Anything that abates moral vigor and
vitality is demoralizing. No matter
bow negative or indirect the influence
may be, it counts just as positively
on the wrong side."
But this is not all. Mr. Buckman
is convinced that the libraries are
open to still "more positive and ser
ious charges," as follows:
"The influence of the public library
is distinctly demoralizing, it seems to
me, In the license it affords, to young
people especially, of unlimited indul
gence in booksof light and ephemeral
character chiefly, of coarse, fiction.
Nine tenths of all the bojks taken
from public libraries, by readers be
tween the ages of fifteen and thirty,
are stories, ine very opporiunuv
for so much light reading which
would be obtainable in no other
way is immoral in its effect. It
may be objected' and rightly, that it
is outside the province and authority
of a public library to regulate the read.
ng habits of its patrons. I admit
this, of course; but my charge lies
back of it, namely, in the fact that
the library provides the opportunity
for excessive, and therefjre mentally
and morally debilitating, light read
ing. The fault lies in the library
idea, not the library method. It is
wrong in essence to allow young ieo
pie to have unrestricted access to a
great mass ot romantic, fictitious read
ing. They never wjuld have this li
cense were it not for the public lib
rary. And the absorbing extent to
which they avail themselves of it is
acknowledged by the majority of par
ents and teachers. 'I can scarcely
keep my pupils' minds fixed upon
their studies,' says a teacher in one
of our large cities, 'so taken up are
thry with the fad-books of the day,
which they draw out of the public
library, and pass from hand to hand,
devouring them greedily even during
study hours.'
"Aside from the time wasted in
this profitless devouring of fiction, the
mental and moral enervation of read
ing to excess that which leaves no real
intellectual furnishing is very great.
It Is like diet composed solely of
liquid stimulant. What little quick
ening the mind gets is through direct
absorption. There is no substance
to be digested and gradually assimi
lated into new and healthful tissue.
"Once more, and finally, I am In
clined to think that th? public library
has a demoralizing affect iin the
community by rtn of th method
of reading w hich It encourage. Any
one who for any length of time pa
tronizes a public library almost iuvari
ably falls into the library habit of
reading the superficial, skimming,
skipping habit, that incapacitates the
w
really incorporating what
i,rta,ls. but Hermits it
to gratify a
temporary curiosity by tasting a lit
tie here and a little there, sipping
like a butterfly from every bliwsom,
but never once, like the honest bee,
getting down into the flower, and
draining its honey, and rubbing
eager thighs in its pollen. The
reader of library books never retains
any of their vitality.
"Now, this superficial careless, non
appropriate, n-in-iiereeptive habit of
mind encouraged by the library
method itf reading has a moral ten
dency, just like any other habit. It
ttT.Jji to make a person superficial,
slip-shod, ami lacking In thorough
ness in other relations of life. The
skimmer, the jaok-of-ali-books, the
non-appropriate reader, is apt to lie a
student lacking in grasp and thor
oughness. Whatever his work may
lie, wrong habits of reading will have
a tendency to make him botch it."
AMERICAN TIN PLATE.
Last year 90,000 boxes of English
tin plate were imported to the can
neries at Astoiia, while for the pres
ent season only 2000 boxes have been
imported, the great bulk of Ihe tin
now being used for making cans in
preparation for the salmon season
soon to open being of American
make. Oue factory alone Is making
175,000 salmon cans tier day at Astor
ia and this factory at Its various
branches on the coast will .consume
American tin plate to the value of
11,000,000 this year. These figures
give some idea of the development of
the tin plate industry in the United
States, due solely to the protective
tariff and contrary to the prophesiis
of the tin plate liars.
American tin is being used for two
reasons it is cheaper than the im
ported articles and is of superior
quality. Even with the tariff added,
Welsn tut plate Is cheaper now than
it was a lew years ago, and this is
due solely to the building up of the
tin plate industry in this country by
a protective tariff. Opponents of
this policy made merry over Ameri
can tin plate for a year or two, when
Ihe industry was in its infancy. The
first factories simply put the tin
coating on black plates imported
from England, not venturing to em
bark in the business the capital nec
essary to roll the plates until the
question of protection for a sufficient
length of time to assure the sruia
nence of the business was settled
This seemed to amuse the opponents
of protection immensely, and led
them to make the absurd assertion
that the black plates could not be
made in this country at all, not
withstanding we had the materials
and possessed mechanical skill unex
celled in the world. There Is now
no further oportunity for amuse
ment of that kind. American man
ufacturers are making tin plate in
every process from the crude ore.to the
finished article and of a quality super
ior to that imported from the famous
factories of Wales. The plates are
more evenly rolled and the tin coat
ing is thicker anil more uniform.
For this reason it gives better satis
faction and is handled more econom
ically by the makers of cans and
other articles of tin.
The price to, has been brought
down by the competition of our
home factories with the foreign ones
Protection has led to the development
of the industry here, through the
construction of plants more economi
cally operated and the supplying of
other facilities, to such a siint that,
even with the duty added, the price
of lin plates has oeen reduced. This
is a fair illustration of the operation
of a protective tariff, which should
Is? Imposed only to achieve such re
sults and should be adjusted to the
requirements of each industry and
13 removed when no longer required
for the purpose. A protective tarif!
is not a permanent economic policy,
to I applied lo all industries and at
all times but a ss.i ial provision ti
accomplish a sccific piirswe, the
revenue and protective features of a
tariff being distinct and to a degree
hostile to each other. Portland
Teli grain.
JIAVilMi Sllll'S.
Officers of the Northern Pacific
steamship Victoria, which arrived
last Sundaj from China and Japan,
reMirt that the British government is
massing a vry jstwerful fleet of war
ships In Chinese waters, and that the
British are buying all the coal coming
to I hone waters for their men-of-war.
So anxious are they to get It that
they send vessels to sea and there
hail the colliers and bargain for their
cargoes, paying gilt-edge prices if
ncessary. They are said to be buy
ing all the available coal from the
Suez to the northern coast of Siberia,
they do not wnt to u Japanese
coal. Purser McDonald sHys there
re now .35 or 40 British warships on
the China station, and the fleet has
been considerably augmented in the
past few weeks. Among the latest
arrivals was the big marine fighter
Powerful, one of the most destructive!
war vemels afloat.
OVER THE STATE ITEMS
Items of Interest From All
Parts of the State.
SAWMILLS RISIIIII WITH VIORK
Coul has bee a fonuJ in Murtun t'ouuty
Vaqulun Buy t be Exam
iued fur t'lsh.
R. Suitor, the Dall is sawmill man
is about to close a contract for li.ooo,
tssi of lumber in oue hill for a rail
road company, which if secured will
keep his mill running night and day
for the next six mouths in order to
till the contract and keep up with the
regular local demaud.
Maud Miller who is visiting her
uncle, Charles Hilborn, and wife in
tVsw county, is a daughter of Joa
quin Miller, the ptH-t, ami at one
time attracted attention on the Am
erican stage as an actress, which pro
fession she followed for a nuinticr of
years. Miss Miller will pronaoiy
make Coos county her liermanent
home.
One or more of the agricultural
college professors will attend the
interstate mining and irrigation
convention to be held in Baker City
the first week in April. There will
l present s?rhaps film representa
tives of various industries from the
states of Oregon, Mtntaua, Utah,
Colorado and California.
The Benton flouring mills in Cor-
vallis are in receipt of a large order
from Central America amounting to
100 tons of flour and the shipment
will be made this week. These mills
have been running on Central Amer
ican demand almost all wintlr but
heretofore the orders have tieen in 50
to 00 ton lots. These shipments aro
made in gunny bags, each containing
three 50-pound sacks.
Professor F. L. Washburn, of the
state university, and B.J. Brether
ton, of Newport, have associated
themselves together for the purpose
of carrying on Investigations as to
the fishing resources of Yaquina bay
from an economic and scientific
standpoint. The results of their in
vestigations will be published aud
distributed free by the state, univer
sity and through the press.
While Ernest Welgau, a bachelor,
living near Peoria, was attending the
convention in Albany last Wednes
day, three men broke into his house
and stole a new suit of clothes, a re
volver aud some tools. The men
were arrested near IndeiKndence last
Saturday and one of them had on
the stolen suit of clothes. They gave
their names as Fred ('row, John Leu
and John Doe. They are now in Jail
in Albany.
Some time ago some excitiuient
was occasioned by the announcement
that coal had been found nearScotl's
mill in Marion county. A recent
reixirt states that the prospect
ing company has drilled a hole to the
depth of 700 feet. At 280 feet la-low
the surface a vein of coal, 4 feet 9
inches wide, was passed through.
At a depth of 500 feet, a 7-foot strata
of oil rock was found, and at 700 feet
a 5 fixit strata of the same kind of
rock, and Mr. Em met t exttects to
continue the work until bedns-k is
reached. Then he will Ix-gin drill
ing in different places to determine
the trend of the different veins dis
covered. The coal passed through
has la-en pronounced an excellent
coking coal. The prostactors hnve
not yet formed an estimate as to the
value of the oil veins. Mr. Kmmett
thinks It quite probable that more
oil or coal will he struck Is tore licit-
r ick is reached. The Oregon Land
Co. is backing the enterprise.
The experiment station at Corvallis
has Just received a large lot of im
ported sugar-beet seed for distribu
tion to farmers who are willing to
report results to the station. Here
tofore the supply of seeds has been
rather limited, but this season the
United States department of ngricul
ture has become more Interested; in
the (KMsibilities of the state through
the previous efforts of Chemist Shaw,
and has sent for trial a sufficient large
quantity of seed to supply ail farmers
w ho are willing to experiment. This
will probably be the last general
distribution of beet seed that w ill be
made by the Btation, and It is hoped
that many farmers will enter Hie co
ol s-rative work. At the close of the
season samples are expected at the
station from such farmers as grow ex
perimental plats. The expenses of
transtxtrting seed and samples will
be borne by the station. Application
for ed should he made at oni-e to
Professor O. W. Shaw, chemist of
ex(MTiment station, Corvallis, Or.
A colony of about 50 I mini raits
from Minniota passed over the ('. V
E., Wednesday from Corval'is on
their way to Lincoln county wiiere
they exct to purchase land and go
Into manufacturing enterprises. They
came on represen tat ions of O. ). Cog-
stead
of tha Yaquina Mercantile.
Company.