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Vol. XXV.
HILLS BORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1X98.
No. 45
GENERAL DUtKLTOKY.
ST.VIK nFrH KKM.
Governor W m. P. Im&
heoretary ul Su M Harrison H. Kinraid
I n-eaurer r'b'lliu MetsebKo
Mi 1. 1. I'ulillc Instruction O. M. Irwin
ntu Printer W. 11. Leeds
l Cliaa. E. WolvertoB
M,.triui. i.'ourt K. 8. Haas
I F. A. Moor
-loiue Fifth tlistnul . ,.T. A. Mortnu
Attorney Fifth iMNtnct . . !' J. Liriod
COINIV HCKKH.
In-iue
C-cetniiaHioiier J
t'..rk
ri'triff
Ib-rorder .
I r-"tun r . . -
AnaMhor. . . .
hco-sil Superintendent
8iirr yr .
. or-iner
B. P. Cornelius
. . . I B. Kuer
. . . T. O. 1'udd
I. A. ImuiH
. .W. It. Bradiord
K. L. Motraiiek
A. B. t ty
..UxirwU. Wiloox
... Austin ras
L. K. Wilke
C,U Larg
fa Ml ta WkMt arada MIh
IWra tasrta- thee say eta-ar kraad.
IT
FOYDO.
Absolutely Pur
ars-ai awma sowxm Co.. ant vomr.
OKKUON CITY LAN1 OFFICE.
PEARL OF THF ANTILLES.
THE STORY OF CUBA, HER PEOPLE
AND HER RESOURCES.
Clius. It. Moure ..
W in, Gailoway
. Register
. Receiver
i 1 y orFicKiUA.
rloard of Trustee
Iteoordcr
treasurer ... .
Marshal
luatioa of I'eaoe
f ,.W. Barrett, Mayor
I Thoa. Tucker
J. M. Greeal
W. II. Wehrunii
K. Waitgew
J. Carsteiia
O. II. W.lnox
. ... Bullion Bowman
F. O. Mitchel
Thoa Oheen
W. D. Hinilk
I. V. Hick
POST Of FK'E INFORMATION.
tba Hillsboro Poet
The o.ails oloaa at
I HHm. dailv-
lilenooe. Weal I'mon, Bethany and Oedar
Mill, at 11:20 a. in.
il.nn.r Month. H:.U) a m.
Going to Portland and wy-offloe, a.
oi. aud 4 p. ni.
For KuruiiuKtou and Laoral. Wedneadaya
and Hiiturdnyu at IU:W( a. m.
"A worrl lo I lm win) in HUfllclenl"
ami word from (he wit ahould be
Kufflcient, but you f k, who are fhc
wise? Thoe who know. Tbe oft
rMtttd ezpcrienc of truxtworthy
T)nM may betaken for knowleilgp
Mr. W. M. Terry nyn ChrtinlH'rl.ilnV
though Hemedy ifivex rxait-r 8:itisfrtc
lion than any other In the innrkct
He ha beon In the urun buHineH hi
Elk tun, Ky.. for twelve year.; ha
wild hundred of Uittles of thin
remedy and nearly all other cough
medidnert iiiHiiulacturi-d, which
mIiowh concluHlvely tlmt Chamber
laitra In the mont Hatlxfitctiiry to the
(teoplo, and la the tHtt. For Hale by
the Delta Drux Slore.
fliUFKHHIUNAL t'AKBS
THoa. H. TO HO i) a,
OUUItCH AND HOOIIiTT NOT10KM.
1 N(J K El Ai'K )N A L OHUHOH, oornar
B. B. TONOUI
Notary 1'ublic
THOS U. A E. li. TONil'E,
C )N J K El AT l )N A Ij UHUKun, oornar A TTORNKYH-AT-LA W
Mhid and Kifth atreeta. freaabmn U 1 ,T'KIN - " A 1 .
avary Hnhbatb, inornini; and anning- Hab,
tiatb acbool at 10 o'clock a. m. rrayor
mtxitiiiK '1'bnrmlay evemug. V. f. . O.
j,in.m it k :i n. iii. All rvioa will be
hirt. Iiriulii. inUtretinn and helpful,
Kvervona cordially wel onie.
KVAN I'. HlHiH Kb.
I.1VANOELICAI.
I J Kiftb aud Kir
CHtlUOH. Comer
FreaobiUK eery Hunday
AVMnllitr at H D. 111.! M!OIIU Dm.
at 11 a. m.i Hunday aobmil at 10 a. m.
urayur nieotina every weuneauay et!uiuK,
" . u .. .1 .. . I n .1
teaonera intMiiniu tjTor j cuuunj
II. A. Uvc li, paator.
UMHHT Cbriatmn t'bnrob, K. L. 8hlley
F oaHtor. taaeline and 1 bird. Preaching
..rv Knnda at II a. in. and IM p.
HundnvMubool. 10 a. m. frayer meeting,
I hnr..li.v. M IPO . m. V. V . . 0. E.. Hnn-
dy, 7rtl p. m.
K. A. A lkim. raator.
I'maobinuevory Habbath morning and
i.vhumik rtalit-aili anliool every oanoavu at
10 4. a 1, -nKiia nieeiinu every Hunday at
ui ixinnral nrnver meeting every
IbiirKdav evMinnu. Lioadera' and Hteward'a
ueetinu tbe third I'lieaduy evening of aaoli
uioulb
UILLKBOUU, UUEUON.
Urrioa: R aima 8, 4, A 6, Morgan Blook
a. BAaaaTT, L. a. aotaw
BiKKETT aV ADAMS,
1 TO UN EY8-AT-LA W,
HlLIBUWI, OFtMON
Umci! Central llloua, ttooma 6 and T.
Copyright. ISM. by the Author.)
Cnha! It in u:umu that now ii fa
miliar to every household iu all tba
civilized earth. The HofTeriug of it
people, the dying 2Mau. of it tortured
patriot, bava formed the uiinar key of
sorrow in tbe world'! gruud long of
progreaa. Aud yet, in apite of tbe fuel
that it hai long held the iutereat and
ayuiputhy of fair miudud people, no
laud ia bo little kuown and ao greatly
aodereNtiiuated. Tbe traveler who
gliuipaci fur the first time ber marvel
oua ahorei ia overcome with aatoniah-
meut at the panoratua of iumieune poa-
nihility that Ilea abinimeriug before
him, for even now, ber ricbeat vent
meuta abreddud, her body bleeding on
der the violent banda of au nunatural
parent, Cuba remain the iudeHtractible
Pearl of tbe Antillea, with aucb wealth
in ber eoil and under it aa uo earthly
power can take away. '
Aa everybody known, tbe develop
ment of Caba bad been from ita earliest
occupancy returded aud at timea prao
tically itopied by the role of fpuiu.
Hoou after the foot of Columboa touched
ber virgin soil tbe dark cloud of oppres
sion began to hover over ber, aud it wua
only by tbe abuer force of ber innate
worth, coupled with the necuaxitiea of
ber iubabitunta, that ber glorioua prod
ucts became, even to a limited extent,
available.
When in 1511 Columbus sent bis son
Diego, with a number of colonists, to
Cuba, the big Inland wan speedily set
tled, aud iii'taHtirt ini utH of its propor
tions were uiiwUt by a party of official
agramonsorea (aurveyois), and these
measurements were of aucb accuracy
that they remain as standards today.
The length of tbo island wus found to
be in rouud numbers (100 miles, ita
width at its narrowest point 81 miles
and at ita widest point 111 miles.
Tbia gives to the loug, shark shaped
island au urea of approximately 43, U00
square miles, or nearly the size of the
state of Pennsylvania.
In view of the iiecessity of the exten
sive exploration which was incident to
there dawned upon the sight of the
striving patriot the spleudid vision of a
blood bought but free republic.
But people kuow more of tbe strug
gles of Cuba than tbey do of Cuba itself
Every civilized inhabitant of the gloln
baa followed with feelings of indigna
tion aud pity the story of Cuba's suffer
ing. All tbe "insurrections," tbe "Sep
aratist wars" anil the other vaiu but
valiant efforts of the Cubans to throw
off the Sjiauish yoke have appealed to
bis chivalry and wrung bis heart witb
grief and rage; but, as a rule, he is as
ignorant of the scene of these struggles
aa if tbey bad occurred in the viewless
air. And yet, iu the comparatively
small compass of its watery bounda
ries, there is concentrated a greater va
riety of natural resources than are to be
found in any other island, state, prov
ince or country beneath the suu.
This may sound extravagant, but the
statement is verified by all reliable sta
tistics and unprejudiced witnesses. And
when those who cavil come to reckon
up its advantages its millions of acres
of soil, richer tbuu any iu the United
States, that will grow uuythiug from a
potato to a pineapple; ita abundant
yields of sugar and tobacco; its tre
mendous foresta of mahogany aud other
pruoioos woods ; its uplands, upou which
is grown every product of the temper
ate cone, aud its fertile valleys, from
which luxuriautly spring the most lus
cious fruits of the tropics; its mines of
iron and copper and manganese; its
buudreda of beautiful and excellent
harbors, aud the soft, healthful atmos
phere of perpetual summer that forms
the setting for this peerless "Pearl"
tbuir doubts will be swallowed up iu
conviction.
A Complex Study.
A study of tbia wonderful island is
complex from any standpoint. Tbo geog
rapher, with the best map in his pos
session, will find new inlets, the uuta
ralist will add to bis collection, aud tbe
mineralogist will revel in novelties, aud
even the blase cosmopolitan will recover
in Cuba the zest which had gone out of
bis life. Aud all this is merely to say
that a great deal of the accepted data
sag the vear just preceding the last op
rising has been o.-i fUeakerage, H3,ou0,
000 pesos (di liar. , aud the revenue from
mineral sources had letu grossly esti
mated at S,SuO.O(iO pesos. The amounts
derived from other sources I including
cotton, of which a g'xxt deal is pro
duced; were considerable, tut these
were the most important. Aud lust
seaport of Cuba it is oue of tba best
known cities in tbe American hemi
sphere. Its spleudid harbor, nsconiuier
vial importance, ita climate aud the
tinye of romance that ever attaches to
its people have made its fame world
wide. Havana baa about itiO.OOO inhab
itants. It was fouuded but 23 years
after the disccvery by Columbus and
here, as an instance of tbe slumbrous ! ba always be.u tbe commercial em
apathy that bus resulted from voars of i Pr'UUJ ' tn Antilles.
hopeless subjugation aud practical serf
dom, tbe opening up of tbe iron miuea
in the province of Sautiago de Cuba, at i
tbe eastern end of tbe islaud, may profit-1
ably be cited. These valuable miuea, i
thongb discovered nearly a century ago.
never felt the blow of a pick until loss.
when a party of New York capitalists
determined to make au effort to pur
chase aud develop them. Negotiations
witb the Spanish government were at
ouce commenced, aud iu 1885, after two
years of persuasiou, concessions were
obtained aud work was commenced.
Stock companies were organized iu New
Vork ami Philadelphia, and bonds were
floated. These companies were tbo Ju
ragua, tbe Spanish-Am. rirau, tbe Sigue
and others. Prom these miues the an
nual exportation grew to be more than
600,000 tons of iron ore aud 40,000 tons
of manganese, amounting to $3,000,000
in value at the lowest estimate.
Mining I Easy.
Mining was uomiuul, aa the ore could
be readily brokeu np by surf ice blast
ing In order to carry ore to the United
States a lurge fleet of steamers was nec
essary. On the return trip from the Unit
ed States these steamers at first went
empty or with ballast only, but it final
ly dawned upou the owners of tbe ves
sels that loads might as well be curried,
aud the steamers begun to take coal to
tbe West Indies. Aud thus it came
about that tbe shipment of iron ore to
the United States facilitated tbe expor
tation of Pennsylvania ooal to tbe West
Indies.
The development of this iudustry was
one of many enterprises that have been
successfully pursued iu this wonderful
laud despito the singularly unfavorable
conditions that have existed. Cuba's
greatest wealth must always come from
the vegetable products of the earth.
Her soil is wonderful. It ia not only
fertile, but inexhaustible. Three crops
of cane grow from one planting. No
fertilizers are used. The soil iu places
bus the gnat deptb of 27 feet. Tobacco
needs uo guuuo to make a crop and not
nearly so much labor as is required in
cultivation elsewhere. Anything that
grows under the tropical suu can be
grown iu Cuba, although during recent
I years the soil has beeu given np to tbe
Few cities have sucb beautiful parks
aud driveways as bas Havana. The great
Plaza de Annus ia the chief. It com
prises four parks, iu the center of which
is a statue of Ferdinand VII. Tbeu
there are tbe Alameda de Paula, bor
deriug on the bay, and the Campo de
Marte, used aa a drill ground for the
military. This is au euormous park. It
bas four handsome gates, named respec
tively Colou. Cortex, Pizarroaud Taeon.
The Paseo de Taoou is a magnificent
drive witb double rows of trees. It baa
numerous columns aud statues, among
the latter one of Charles III, ranking
among tbe finest worka of art iu Amer
ica. The commerce of Havana is ouly sur
passed in the new world by that of New
York. . Two-thirds of tbe products of
Cuba find outlet through Havana. Tbe
exports of sugar alone are annually about
120,000,000 pounds.
Havana was first called Han Cristobal
de la Habaua, iu bonor of Columbus,
but gradually the prefix was dropped.
Havana has been frequently attacked
from the aea. Drake tried to take it in
1585, but failed. In 1702 a British fleet
under Admiral Pocock bombarded the
city aud compelled it to capitulate, but
it wus restored to tbe Spaniards tbe
next year by tbe treaty of Paris.
Mot m Hot Country.
We are accustomed to think of Cuba
as a bot country, situated its it is under
the tropics, aud tbe common impression
is correct to the extent thut the mean
average temperature of tiie year is high
er than iu countries farther north, but
the climate is more equable. There are
not those sudden variations that in
many parts of the Uuited States are so
severe on the human constitution. In
Havana, for example, tbe average tern
perature of tbe hottest mouth is 84
degrees; of the coldest, 72. In Santiago
de Cuba, a city often mentioned iu tbe
war dispatches, tbe average of tbe year
is 80; of the hottest month, 84; of tbe
coolest, 73. These are high figures, but
not very high for an island lying iu
equatorial regions and aurrouuded by
water that is warm to the haud all tbe
year rouud. To a stranger from a dry
country a feature more objectionable
thau the steady beat is the tremendous
bava been riding over tbe bills on horse
back aud iu a mouth have gone borne as
"good as new" aud well aa anybody,
if tneae springs were iu the Luited
States, witb the same air to accoiupauy
them, or if managed where tbey are by
some sensible, wide awake Anglo-Saxon,
tbey would become tbe sanitarium
of tbe world, beside which Saratoga,
Carlsbad, Las Vegas aud White Sulphur
would bide their diminished heads.
All Kinds of Minerals.
Nearly all metals and mineral that
are nseful in any sort of iudustry are
found in Cuba gold, silver, iron, cop
per, quicksilver, lead, asphaltuui iu all
ita forms, autimouy, arsenic, maiigauese,
copperas, red lead, eto. In the Sarama
guacau and several other rivers gold has
beeu fouud, though uot iu paying quan
tities. Silver of a certain grade abounds
iu Pinar del Hio, San Feruaudo aud
Ynmurl. Almost all the luetamorphio
rocks ooutaiu copper, aud these are scat
tered all over the islaud. It is usually
fouud iu tbe form of pyrites aud sul-
phurets.
In the eastern part of Cuba, about 12
miles from Santiago, the rich copper
miuea of 1 Cobre were worked for a
good many yeara by au Knglisb com
pany. They were abandoned during the
lust revolution. There are other mines
not yet open and some uot yet exhausted.
The oity of Santiago, by tbe way, is
worth more thau more passing mention,
it being the chief city of the eastern de
partment It lies rJOO miles southeast of
tbe present capital aud ranks third iu
commercial importance Havana first
aud Matauzas second. It is tbo archbish
op's residence, aud to it people flock
from all parts of the islaud during cer
tain yearly religious festivals, which are
oelebrated witb remarkable pomp aud
ceremony. It is also the terminus of
two railway lines, oue of which is the
outlet of Lomas de Cobre, tbe famous
copper mines, and the other, passing
through the richest sugar (lis .et, af
fords transportation for thut great
staple. Tbe expurts of the port reach
the handsome annual aggregate of $H, -000,000,
three-fourths of which is iu
sugar, the rest cik'ou, rum, tobacco,
bouey aud mahogany.
Of tbe fertility of Cuba's soil too
much cannot be said. Iu the western
part the celebrated Vuelta Aba jo tobac
co is raised. It has no equal in the
world. Iu the eastern purt, near Sunti
ago, there are some tracts of laud which
yield itein ut tobacco, almost as hue as
that of -.ta Aba jo.
Lvea Coffee Thrlvra.
Tbe sugar cane grows all through tbe
islaud aud yields the largest percentage
kuown of sacchuriue matter. Iu some
ample ot ber are aauost matcuiess a
types of glorious, dark, t'euuuine beauty,
with their slight, well rounded figure,
their v?alth of billowy, blue black
bair and tbe finely chiseled feature of
tbuir sweet oval faces, v. men seem, after
all, but tbe tit setting of glorious eyes,
dark as night, soft as velvet, yet bright
aa wiuter stars. That tbe Cuban lady i
not lacking in meutality, in native wit,
cleverness and understanding she has
often proved wbeu transplanted to more
stimulating climates. She bas beeu a
leader iu tbe brilliant intellectual saluus
of Paris, aud if at homo she is seldom
distinguished by bigb intellectual ao
complisbuieiits it may charitably be sup
posed to be chargeable to a climate
which render protracted mental effort
a real pain even to trained minds.
Under tbe favorable conditions of
peace, when homes have not beeu mar
red aud polluted by the rough aud de
grading touch of the trooper, the Cuban
girl of quality is reared iu the strictest
refinement, and even the poor are more
regardful of the proprieties than they
are under tbe demoralizing liitlneuce of
war. But the education of Cuban chil
dren bas been sadly neglected. As late
as 1855 not a primary school could be
fouud in towus boasting 2,500 or 3,000
inhabitants. In 1851, when Cuba wus
compelled to contribute fit, 000,000 iu
support of the ainiy of Spain, the
amount appropriated for public instruc
tion in the island wus less thau $30,000.
A few years ago Baracoa, with 1,3(15
children, bad uo more thau two public
schools, with accoinmodutiou for llltl
children, aud costing for teachers' sala
ries, rent of building aud other expenses
the yearly sum of $780. Mauziinillo,
witb 8,070 children, bud four publio
schools, with au attendance of 185,
their full capacity, at a yearly expense
of $3,036 for salaries, rent of buildings,
school material, eto. Las Tunas, with1
1,2U7 children, bad two schools, with'
156 children, at au auuuul total cost of
$1,160. The cbildreu of the well to do
families were either educated at home
or at private schools ut a cost entirely
beyond tbe means of the lower classes.
The gentleman of Cuba is well
known. His hot blooded impetuosity
aud bis open handed geuerosity are
characteristics with which all the world
ia acquainted.
And now, when bia visit is ut an cud,
aud his explorations are completed, aud
he dwells iu pleasant retrospect upon
the illimitable richness of this singular
ly interesting isle, the stranger is forced
to admit that, witb all ber wealth of
resource, Cuba must be accepted, as it
bas beeu classed by Cubans, as the
oouutry of mamma (tomorrow),
though partially developed, her
for,
re-
I K. t!Hl KOH,
ill I'm
BBMTOR BOWMAN W. D. SHITM.
Notary Public.
MX1TH lion MAS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
HILLKBOKO, OKEOON.
OrriOB: Hootna and 7, Morgan block.
J. H.
A. O. I. W.
ll.bHIIOUO UDl.K NO. bl, A. O. V
W.. meets every brsi and
S ri I., u Mveninir Iti Mia month.
.KM. K LINEMAN, M.lW
P. II. IIAIKIHM A. Iteoorder.
Daughter f Kebekah.
I II.I.SHOItK KKKEKAtl LOIKIK NO.
1 1 M. 1. O. O. '.. uieeta in Odd Fellows'
aaowit. a so. b,
BAULET BKOWN,
I at JWttiTvilrl a V fa w w T
'itu A llUaflaiS-Al-WW,
un.i.siumo, OKEOON.
Hall every Halurday evening.
ISA HAH WILLI AMH,
N. O.
V. of II.
I I ILl.HHPItO OIUSUK, NO. 73, aoeeU
11 ftid aud 4tb Saturday of each month.
IIsmj. PvouoriELD, Maew,
Annii Imbsi, Sea.
I. . o. t .
t I ON I'KXM A LIMHIE, NO. AO. meet
,tl Weduendty evmiiuusat rlo'olook.in l.O.
r. Hall. Vis, tors inaue welcome
UllHIAIlll BEM1S11. N. (I.
1). M . O. UiOl.T. Seo'y.
Ileaident agant for Koyal Insurance Uo,
Kooms: 1,2, and S, Sbuie Ku 1 linr.
H. T. IUWI.KV,
A TTOKNKY AND
lt)ITN'f?KI.rm.AT.I.A v
HILLSIIOKO OKEGON.
v.
J
Denuty Di-trict A Homey for Waabira-I
on tloiiiiiy. I
times: Knim no. is, Morgan and
Ualley Biock.
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF HAVANA.
JOHN T. WHALLBT,
WH ALLEY
lOtlNU S. BTBWABT.
A STEWART.
v, p. k. v.
I EK IS very Snnday evening at 7 o'olook TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
A a
in the Christian ehnrob. You are
uordiallv invited to attendit meetings.
EDA ADAMS, Prea't.
Degree of llouoi.
fllll K DEOltKK OP HOSOK. A. O. 0.
J W meeis in (KM Kellowa' hall every
brst oiid tuiid Friday eveninir of each
month. M. M. Piitenger, O. of H.
Mrs. H"lle Brown, Ke, order.
Kullihoiie Mster.
1li'KSU l. TKMI'I.K NO. 10, R. H.,
meets every 2nd and till Friday In each I
month ai 7 : o cIih-k ii 1. o. t. r. Mail.
Mra A M Cnrl sle
Joiie Hohiilmcrich M. K. C.
M. ot K. and 0.
K. of 1.
lllKENIX I.OIH1E. NO. 34. K. OF P
1 meet in M h.miic Hall on Monday
vetting of eaob week. Sojourning brethren
telcomed to lodge meetinga.
F, Kelt
O II Dates, K of It .V. 0
PORTLAND OREdCN.
Orrtca: 415 Chamber of Commerce.
ft. T. LMKLATER, M. B. C. M.
pi! Y8ICIAN AND SUKCIFX)N
HILLS BOKO, OREGON.
Ornca: at resldcnoe, east of
House, where he will be found at all
when not viaitiug patient.
A. F. and A. M.
'I'AI.ITY I.OIKIK NO. 6, A. F. A A. M.
meet every Saturday night on or after
nil moon of each month.
W. 1. WOOD. W. V.
It. Cbabpam, Secretary.
1
rpi'.'
O. E. S.
A LATIN CHAI'IER, NO. 31, 0. R.8.,
meets at Mswnlr I emple on I he xno
and 4th Tuesday ot each month,
Mas. W. I. HARK. W. M.
lime a (.'son hits. Secretary.
vr. v. t. r.
I I II.I.SHOKO. W.O.T. IT. MEETS IS
11 ihe Congregational t'hnrrh on the
i. a Friday in each month at 8 o'clock P.I
M.
a. V. T. M.
riOI.A TEST, NO. IK, K. O. T. II
mreis in Odd Fellows' Had. on ai
and fourth Thursday evening of each
mo.ltH. I A. LONO,
Hi Bowwta, Cora.
R. K.
UT ASMINtl lON ENt'A M I'MKNT N. Jt,
I. O. O. P.. meet oa brat and
bird Toe-daTS nf each month.
l. U. C. 0n, IWihe.
t.E.1. R lSOt I'UHT, SO. 9, W. A. K.I
a EKTS IN ODD FK I. LOWS HAIL ON
J.11 the brsi and third Smurdaye of each
month, at2.U0 o clock, I . M.
J. I'. Uieks, R. Crandall I. It,
tdltiiant
m:i. k a wo m co k ps j o. i;.w r.c.
KKr IN ODI FKLU)W. II ALL
i. P. TAMIENIE, M. !..
g P. R. R. SUKOEON,
UILLHUOHO, OKEOON.
Ornoa AMD KaamaaoB i corner 1 bird
and Main Street. Otlioe bonrs, t J0 to J
a. m., I to 6 and 7 to H p. m. telephone to
maul no os froaa rlroca A Hela Drugstore at
all boar. All ealle promptly stteuded,
night or day.
W. II. WOOIt, M. II., ,
plIYSICIAN AND 8UKUHON,
HILLS BOKO, OKEOON.
Ovvtca: in Ctienette Row. Basicnc
oorner tirat and Main streets.
r. A. BAILEY, M. II.
PHYSICIAN, 81 ltd FX )N AND
1 ACCOUCHKUIi.
HILLHHOKO. OKKOON.
Orrtca: la Pharmaev, I'nion Block. Calls
attended to, night or day. Residence, 8. w.
Cor. Haas Lin and Hceood (treeta.
A. B. BAILEY, l. I. H.
IJENTIST,
HI L.I.SBOKO, OKEOON.
Room I and 1 M,irsn A Bailey Bio, k.
C. E. EHiER,
IIOMWrATHIC
II
this com) n i,i m .te ,.m y :. t. e ns
passing sir muti tnat no tie,.' of L t.'a
richness was ilitccvcn I an, I utilized for
tbe dovelop'iieiit of the strtu'th aud
value of tl.e new colony. This derelic
tion, however, wus probably not the
fault of the really vigorous aud progress
ive adherents of the sou of the great
discoverer. Indeed from a caruful study
of history, though exact dates are not to
be obtained, it would seem that it was
soon after its colonization that tbe
greed of the mother country began to
cripple the enterprise und mar the des-
oiiit tiuy oi tbe new government that was
houial formiuir nu this new soil.
Cuba's Cirea (.rlevane.
Tba grievance of Cuba, which ha
lasted all these years, dates from this
early period. It was iu its nature and
operation the yaralli 1 ot the oue which
brought about tho bloody but glorious
birth of our owu independence that is
to say, taxation withont representation.
But th-Te was a vast difference iu the
situation of the Cuban. While our Rev
olutionist fathers were vastly inferior to
the enemy in point of numbers, their
proportion to tbe whole number of fight-
Uig Englishmen who could be landed on
Bur shores was not of sucb smullness as
to preclude all hope, whereas Ihe mere
handful of Cubans were so overwhelm
ingly overmatched by the armed force
that Spain could muster us to be practi
cally in her power after the first demonstration.
An j so there have been insurrection
after insurrection aud defeat after de
tent, and the consequent horrible hatch
eries of retribution, until Cuba, the
beautiful, the rich, the wonderful, bas
beeu little more than a blotsly abattoir
wherein the lives and hopes of a weak
but marvelously courageous people have
been periodically sacrificed.
But tbe immortal longing for liberty
could uot be crushed out of tbe breast
of the sous of these patriots and they,
in turu, have made tbe same struggle.
Hut tbe results of these heroic eilorts
became tn time of more and more im
portance to the people of Cuba aud less
aud leas satisfactory to the administra
tion at Madrid, and thus, from year of
weak tie, strength grew, so that iusnr
rection came to mean revolution, aud
witb reference to Cuba is either inexact
or wholly faulty. This, of course, like
everything else that works injury to tbe
Island as to ita relation to the rest of
tbe world, ia due to the autocratic aud
Ignorant methods of tho Spanish author
ities, the tendency of whoso "disci
pline" ia toward handicapping every
publio spirited enterprise and retarding
everything that is not done directly in
the interest of tbe honor aud glory and
revenue of the power across the sea, for
whom this poor, downcast people have
been working out what bus heretofore
appeared to be a life subsidy.
Notwithstanding all these difficulties,
the enterprise of Americans and others
foreign to the Boil has led native indus
try in tbe right directiou, aud its com
merce baa grown iu tbe teeth of riot and
insurrection. The normal population,
1,700,000, composed of something near
1,000,000 persons of Spanish descent,
10,000 foreign whites, 43,000 Chiuese
aud 600,000 negroes and colored people,
is not a busy throng. The loitering Cu
ban of today can hardly be recognized as
the descendant of those sturdy pioneers
of tbe sixteenth century who fashioned
the gigantic bastions of LI Castillo do
la Fnerza the Castle of Strength but
still be cau be brought to bestir himself
production ot sugar aud tobacco.
Before the devastating torch of war
bad laid waste the canetields aud de
stroyed factories aud mills tbe busy
bum of fruitful labor stirred all tbe air.
The cost of makiug sugar was gradually
reduced by tbe introduction of labor
saving machinery, and tbe business set
tled down to a paying basis, and by the
increased power of production tbe de
mand for cane grew, planters were en
couraged, aud the fruitful island began
to wear a prosperous air. Tbe tobacco
planters aud manufacturer! also im
proved their methods, aud this rival
product kept even pace with ita saccha
rine competitor. The annual augar crop
was worth $45,000,000, the tobacco
crop $0,000,000. Then came tbe revolu
tion. Somehow, when one writes cf
Cuba, everything ooiuea back to tbat
point and atrikea it aa against a dead
wull after clearing tbe cruel hurdles of
Spanish tyranny.
But let us revert to the first branch of
the subject tbe island proper in its en
tirety. Tbe coast contour of Cuba is
broken witb buudreda of inlets, all of
them harbors in greater or leaa degree.
each having ita small fortifications, its
villages aud its special industries. Tbe
proUlo of tbe islaud, to quote tbe lau
If a sufficient financial inducement is "".' nilroad engineer, is varied
offered. To be entirely just, it should lie
said tbat enterprise is not wholly want
ing, even among the laboring classes.
And so capital, wbich was at first large
ly American, was put to work, and at
result cities have sprung up, large
plantations have been put under cultiva
tion, mines have been opened up. aud
sugar, tobacco and the hundreds of oth
er valuable products of tho islaud have
been made to enrich it Aa is w. II
known, a large and usurious purt i f tne
annual revenues of planters, miners bl 1
manufacturers has been taken for talcs,
and at length it has fouud ita way into
tbe ever depleted coffers of the home
government at Madrid. And still traffic
increased autil the beginning of tbe rev
olution in IM13, when there commenced I
the devastation which ha cost Cuba so
dearly.
Tbe chief products rtf the Island are
sugar and tobacco, and the amount an-
nnnllv rnalirod frm the- rietflncts dnr-
f I
ll Hillsboro, on the lsu tnd l.
el each month 2 1' i. m
Mrs. II. V. Gte.
l sblb U.Crandail, secretary.
PIIY8ICAN ANnsUKOEoN.
FOREST GROVE OREGON.
Srwrlal attention raid to Meiical an I
fl.....i.l tiM.. ..f YV...n I -l.tl.tr..,.
Friday m, M fhn.mc disease.
OtTlice and residence. Row It house.
Pacific av., west of Forest Grove Hotel.
A RUBBER.
ST- JAB8 DL
FOR
SORENESS AND STIFFNESS.
cure tn
two or three)
vigorous rub.
aud picturesque, here a high peak, there
a valley, there a plain. Beginning at
Santiago de Cuba, tbe most easterly of
tbe six provinces, and proceeding west
Ward through Puerto Principe, Santa
Clnra, Matauzas Habaua and to the
land's end of Pinar del Hio, tbe tourist
traverses magnificent stretches of pla
teau aud crosses Innumerable valley,
skirta high niouutaius aud follows deep
aud picturesque gorges, bnt tbe moun
tain a become hills, aud these are grad
ually shaded down until in tbe extreme
west a surface, generally level, ia reach
ed, altbough in the vicinity of tba
Vueen City, Havana, small but rugged
peaks, with precipitous sides, may be
seen in many directions along tbe shore.
PtrtarraaM H
To my tbat Havana ia picturesque
and beautiful ia but to give Vent to tbe
first superficial expression tbat come to
your lip. Spain itself cannot abow a
more carious or interesting city. Study
it as you approach it from tbe sea, witb
mighty Morro set high upon the heal
laud, time dyed in mottled splotcbea cf
yellow, gray aud Hack, and tbe red and
yellow flags above, with La Junta across
the narrow channel, prim and wbitn,
stve where the ngly dahlgn-n guns flash
at yen like venomous black eyes, and
tbe c.ty ia as interesting and impressive
a sight a human eye ever beheld.
Aa tbe capital, metropolis and chief
rainfall. Tba geographical ami topo
graphical situation of Cuba provides
two seasons ouly, tbe wet aud tbe dry.
During tbe latter rains are not frequent,
beiug atoned for, however, by tbe abun
dance of tbe dew, but iu tbe rainy sea
son Jupiter Pluvius seems to turn him
self loose to exoel all previous efforts,
and from 125 to 140 inches of rain is
not uncommon, there beiug about 102
days when tbe rain comes down not in
drops, but in sheets, in masses, in tub-
fnls at a time, as though the windows
of the heavens were opened and tbe
floods of tbe great aerial deep had bro
ken loose. So abundant is the rainfall, in
fact, tbat, as a recent traveler remarks,
tbe wonder is that any island remains;
tbat tbe whole is not dissolved and car
ried off into the sea. But in Cuba no
oue minds the rain.
Notwithstanding the peculiarities of
its coast line, Cuba bas more than 200
excellent ports. Tbe principal of these
are Havana, Babia Hondo, Puerto de
Cabanas, Matanzas, Cardenas, Sagua la
Grande, La Uuauaja, Nuevitas, Mula
gneta, Mauati, Puerto del Padre, Santi
ago de Cuba, Alanzauillo, Canto, Santa
Cruz, Cienfuegoa, Cocbiuosaud La Broa.
Tbe rivers of Cuba are not large, but
numerous, there being no fewer tbau 2'10
of tbem, all told, aud that is exclusive
of small creeks and dry beds of torrents,
called arroyos. Tbe Canto, the only
really navigable stream, rise in tbe
Sierra del Cobre and has its outlet on
tbe south coast near Mauzanilla There
are a few other streams which are nav
igable for small boats for a distance of
from 8 to 20 miles. Next in importance
sre the streams Guinea and Ay. At one
time it was tbe Intention to cut a canal
through tbe land intervening and bisect
the island, but tbe idea was finally
abandoned aa impracticable.
Cuba contains many mineral springe
which are famed for their valuable heal
ing properties, principal among tbem
being those known as the baths of San
Diego.
Tbe temperature of the water ia 82
degree F., and it ia very strongly im
pregnated with oxygen, carbonic acid
gases, chloride of sodium, sulphate of
lime, nitrate of lime, iron, magnesia,
silex and chloride of calcium. Four
glasses of it a day and two baths sre tba
regulation cure for almost every disease
known to materia medica, but it is
proLable that the warm, pure air, sim
ple do t and faith have much to do with
it. At auy rate, a great many surpris
ing cures have been effected, particular
ly of bronchial and scrofulous com-
plsints. People have been taken from
tbe steamer on litters, apparently just
ready to die, who ia a .teak's time
parts of tbe island the coffee tree thrives
very well, and the quality of the bean
is equal to the best Maracaibo or Cen
tral American. The bauaua and the
plantain also flourish. Large quantities
of tbe latter are raised aud consumed
in tbe oouutry. It is an exceedingly
nourishing food. Of tbe former, in tbe
eastern part, there are great planta
tions, and several million dollars' worth
are exported every year to tbe United
States.
The orange and the pineapple abound
in the island and about 12 other spe
cies of most delicious fruits, as the
guava, tbe mango, the mamcy, tbe
auona, eta
As has been said, the forests of the
island contain a great number of valua
ble bard and cabinet woods, among thern
tbe mahogany and the oedar, of which
there are very large quantities.
There are plantations of tbe oocoauut
tree, and millions of the nuts are ex
ported yearly. Tbe cocoa tree also grows
very well, and tbe beau is of a very su
perior quality.
Tbe cedar furnishes the material of
the cigar boxea. The fruits of the island
comprise nearly all those found in the
tropica. Tbe pineapple is indigenous to
the soil. There were at the time of the
sources are to a largo extent lost to all
good purposes, and it is to the morrow
of liberty, tbe advancement of educa
tion aud tbe concurrent emancipation of
thought and action that Cubans must
l'xjk for tbe rehabilitation of their
loved isle and her acquirement of thut
place in the grand march of nations to
which ber iuuate wealth and worth en
title her. Waltkb J. Davih.
I'OPILIMTV A DURESS TO TIIE
VOIEKS
To the People', Voters of the
8 ate of Oregon:
"We, the ixwiple' parly, in conven
tion snsx-moled, lusne thin, an oj n
McldreMM, and ask that every true) and
loyal populixt give It fair and careful
1'niiHideralion.
"Whereas, Upon call of tho statu
c nlral committee of the MH,plc'a
party ofln-jron for the stale i-onvet.
linn to be held in Portland, Or.,
March 18!)8, to nominate: h full
a ale and diidrict ticket lo he voted
f.rJune 6, 18!8, the reiircseritHtloii
met iiHg-cther; and
"Wherea, Upon the aHemlilitjg- of
stale the convention, it win f,,nrnl
i liat the convention hail la-en tmckeil
uiseu.ery ui isiauu six varieties oi i i y oiiice-nonjersj, omoe-secker-i slate
tne sweci potato cultivated by tbe na
tive Indians, as well as tbe yucca or
cavassa and Indian corn. Although the
forests are dense, very nearly impene
trable, tbey are inhabited
animals larger than t
District and county arid out of the
w bole number of tlelegHles, tow it,
J!l, there were 131 t.flWc-hohlers,
euididatea and men leekimr nominx.
ed Ly no wild i lion In slate, district and county; we,
he wild dogs, therefore, charge that II was n...
which are, in far t, small wolves. These tic. and that it was rnnirsrv ,,. .....
are pests to planter, as they destroy cf( f our pHriy fr i,m.-e-iio. M
quantities of poultry and young cattle. , offli-?ekeM to control the use) of
ioe juvi, . suia.i annua, reseiiiuung a conventions and campaign, and
muskrat, living in trees aud having the "Wherea. The worker in
uauiu oi tne raccoon, is toe ouiy other
animal of importance that is fouud.
Birds in great number and variety here
make their homes, and many migratory
fowls use tbe island for a breeding
plain.
Chararterlntle of the I'fwple.
The spirit of tbo people is light ami
gay. Ihe Latin mind is volatile aud net
given to mourning. Grief here, like
the
nctiair or fusion ami in the Interest of
h Ntroyinif Ihe people" party of the
stale of Orcg-on and of the nation dur
ing; Ihe MMt year, have employed the
method of olitician ol the two old
p .rtiex, and in club and primaries)
atn. conventions, with democrats,
silver republican, and office - ktm,
have retorted to arbitrary, coercive
and restrictive means to sni.i.n-.
hatred, ia vlob-nt while it lasts, but , fair expri-ssion of opinion bv loval
amile and laughter follow swiftly. I and true populist voters opi-,! i
The race characteristics are distinctly fusion, o that tiac delevHtes writ ..
Latin. Tbe Cuban lady is charming. the silvi r-ipulist convention did not
She moves witb simple elegance, in- j represent (he principle, siicy or
variably having that great desideratum i Inlere-t of isiiiulistri: anil
oi uoh American women an nnarrect
d and graceful carriage. Bonnets and
bats are things wbich, f ir tho tuost
part, shs happily knows not at all, but
ah wear acroa her glantiiut shoulders
or lightly thrown over ber lead a shawl
white or black lace, Tbe bigbeal ex-
S
i,iii. . . a, . .
, m-rtiii, i ne om'-e-nohleru, tun
didatu and men kinf nomination
sent to the convention were ear h Htnl
all In favor of fusion or union, out of
a-lfcVh motive, and for the purt-onei
t'nini'd on t'nurfh I'tiyi .
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