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lib, 14 JOB PRINTING Our Job Printing Department Surpasses any in the County for neatness, qulckneaa and cheapnesa. Call and be con. vinced. OUP OFFER Indki-endent and Weekly Oregontoti, both for $2.00 per year. Inorpkndknt and the Twicea-Week Courier-Journal Loth for only $1.60 per year. IULXSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL, 27, 1900. No. 4U Vol. XXVII. 4 GENERAL DIRECTORY. STATU UFFICEKH. (ioTornur -. --T. T. i-Jf NmnhuT ol HUU F.I.Duobw I raaaurar Cbaa. 8. Moor. Hut. 'u til 10 Inatruotitas.. J. H. ickui mum Fruiter W.H- ttiaa. a. Wolvartoa K. . F. A. Moot Jad Fifth Dtatrin. T. A. MoBnda Altt.ruey Fifth listric X- J.OUaalon COUNT V OFFICKiUJ. j-.i tu. A. Rood ,mU"' , ........ ..J. U A. Voudk GtHiiiuiaaiiMiera J I'. U. Todd tiiwk '.v.v:.'::'.:ji. . '? si,.rlii w,v1Brd.'o, lleooroer '.JSt I'touun r A. B. , Aiimi-imr ' A. Cavil rtotiiiul KuuertuUinile.nl H. A- Ball Surveyor !7. A. A. Morrill kroner OUKUON (JITV LAND OFFIOK. Chaa. II. Moore Will. Oalloaiay... . . KeiaWr :iTY OFFIOKKH. ( ..W. N. Burrett, Major 'J UUa. IUGIM i, M. (iwii . . . W. H. Walimnn K. WaKganar ... J. l.'araleua ...O. H. Wilaul . .HenlO'.i Bowman roard of T'rnateM ,iMrdor I njwiirwr laratial. . Kiu 1 Knll Tho ulia i w l. Hill ilk fnstioa of reaoe J u, II Huinphreya FUHT OFFICK INFOUMATION. Iue o.aiU oloae at the Hillsboro Foat O.hoe, daily: . Oieuooe. Waal Union. Methar j and Oadai Mill, at :. a. ui. Uoumi Hotith, S:30 am. Uoiuk Fortlaud and vay-oflloea, 6i i ai. uiid 4 . ut. . Fur FariuiugUHl aud Laurel, daily at ix CUUUOH AND HOCIKTV NOTIORH. CMNUHKUATIONAL OHUROH. eorne. yMatn aud Fifth atresia, Fraaobiua avary rlabballi, uioruiug aud evening. ao. bath aou.H.1 at 10 u'alook a. in. fny mauling Thursday .veuiiiK. V. F. . U. -lunuayattl::iOp.ui. All -rvlra. t hurl, rihi, u.lri-tiim and halplul. Kryono cir.lially l "" . KV AN I. IIUUHKU Pa.r. M VANOKI.UUI. (HU1BOII. h FiftUandFir. Froacuiu arery Honda, v'uiiik at M p. iu.( rvery Bnnday 11 "l a. on Himday aob.H.1 at 10 a. m. Zrny.r i...tiiMl evry Weduwday aTening; fl.aol.nn. nuwtiiui every Handay aTeuinl. M J liulliuiiyii , paat"''. My.. OHUUOH, K. A. A.UIiia. paatot .l-rwohmnayery Habuatn morning and evmiiiiK Hnbimlli ..ihool eery bbbath at 10 4 l,'u;iia iii'-oiinK ory Monday al :m) r . utiueral prayer meeting arery I'l.uraday eveiuuti. Leadera' and htewarda aetuiM thaihird Tueaday areniuR ol aaob aiuutb 1IIKIHTTAN CHTTIUU. 1'reu.rliiiig 8.1 J and 4Ji HiimlHyniii eaf'i nioiilh at II a in. I raynr mwlinn Ti.untday eyemug, C'lirialian r ml.-avoriit 7 p in K. II. DM K A KOORK I'axtor. A. U. t. W. UII.I.MHOIUP LOIHIK NO.; 81. A. O. 0. W., M.et! every rat and tuird Fri.iay eyeniuK aaob month. J. M. tJllKEAK.M.IW. W. II. VVehrung, Uvooidor. Ihmichttr af Itrbrkak. UILIH1)I KKBKKAH LODOE NO. M, I. O. O. F.. meeta in Oddrelloma Uall every Haturday eyniiing. 1. ( II. II.1.HIUIUO OKANUK. NO. 73, meeU 2nd and tb H- - day i of aaoh month. onoriiLD, Maattr, I. O. O. '. MONTKZI'MA U)IHM. NO. M ; meeta Weduemlay eyeiiiiiua at B olook.ln l.u. F. Hall. Vim tort made weloume D. M. U. Uult, rWy. Ilcgrre ( Hauai. 1111 K PKUKKK OF HONOll. A. O. V. 1 W., ii.wl" In Od l Felloma' hall eer hrnt and third Friday ey.ninx of rmch month. M. M. BrulKra, 0. of H. Mra. Nollie Hare, Bat-order. KuIhImui Sinter. 1 1 Hi KN H I A TKMI'I.K NO. 10, ft. R. 1 niwli.ev.-ry -2nd and 4ili Friday liiaavb nioiith al7::'o'rl.M-a In WehruiiK'aHail. Mra f MuppiiiKton Mra Nellie Mure At. K. 0. M. ol K. and V. k. af r. IlHiENIX I.OIHIK, NO. 4, K. OF P., uimtta in Mu"i"i: Hall on Monday venuiir of eaob week. Hojonrning brethntn elooiued to Itnlge meetinua. A. F. and A. fpUAl.lTY LOIKIK NO. . A. F. A A. M., J meeta every Hatnnlay night on or after loll moon of ea.h month. F. A. BULKY, W. M. K. CaDLi, Meuretary. . F.. S. f pi' A LATIN CHAFTKW, NO.Sl.O. R.8., nieelii at Maminlo Temple on the 'ino ami 4th Tueadny ol rat h mouth. K. 0. T. a. VIOLA TKNT, NO. I. K. O. T. MM meeta in Odd Fellowa' Hall, on aeo an.l fourth Thuraday eveninira of earth month. I A. I.ONO, Hrntor lloMa, t'n. K. K. WASHINGTON KNOAM I'MKNT No. U. I. O. O. F., meeta on lint and Ird Tae-ttlayaof aaoh month. 0 K Diii-bmin bY.V. KASHO TORI'S 0. C. MKKTS IN ODD FKLI.OVVH IIALI. Hltlaboro, on the 1U tn.l Stl. Frltlaya or earth month at p. m. Mr. II. V. Galea. Klliaheih OiVan.lall, Hratarv. NKI. IUHO 1'0-HT, NO. , U. A. K. MKKIH IN ODD FKI LOWS II A I.I. ON tli. iintl and Hurl rial unlaya of each month, t:00 o'clock, I'. M. i. I'. Uicka, R. Crandall I'. . Ad'amn a Yaar Kact. 8hnwa the atate of your feelinga ami the Mate ol your health well. Inipnr hlool niakea itacll apparent in a pale and sallow rtmipU-xion, rimpli and Skin Kmptiona ITyoliare It-Cling weaa anil with w d not have a henltliy appearance you ah. .ul. I try Acker a Blood Kluir. It cure all blatl iltacaaca here cheap Saraaparillaa and an called pnrirlera fail ; knowing thia we aril every la-tlleon a poaitivaguaranlee. the laclU Drug Store. NtOFEMSIOSAL CAKW. nii. ToaavB, - toimoa Nutury i'utilie. THOH HIE. B. TOXitE, TTORNEYS-AT-LAW, UILLfcbGHO, OHkUON. Orrioa : Rooms 3,4,. Morgaa hltk. W. N. BARRETT, ITORNEYS-AT-LAW, tdlLLBBOltO, ORBOON Urnoi: Oaatral Bloc. Room I u,d 7. aairroa miiiti tb. Notary Fublio. SMITH liOWftUN, ATTORNEYS-AT LAW. U1LLKBOKO, OREOON. Orrioa: Kooma and 7. Morgan tlk. H. T. BAULKY, ATTORNEY AND ttUNCKW)R-AT-LA W . lilLLKBORO OKFGON. Deputy Diilriot Attorney for WaBhii.g ton fjounly. Orrica: Oyer Delta Drug Store TTORNKY-AT L,AV, 11 1 LLBBORO, OREOON. UuilBy-MorifanllUK-k, Rikiuw 1A2 g. T. LISkLATER, M. B. C. M. pHYSICIAN AND BURGEON U1IXHBOBO, OUCOON. Orrioa: at reaidenoe, eaat of ourt Hooat where be will be found at all noma wbeu out yiaiting patieuU. j. V. TAM1KMF., H. C P. R. B. BUROF-ON, UILLHBOUO, OKF.OON. ti Af.rner lb ird and Mam Htreeta. tHfioa hoora, HdO to 1.' . . . . 1 ht n n, 'I'nlMliholie tt' reaidonoa from Brook A Mela' DrogHtore at all noora. an oaua iirom.tj uigbt or day. r A. H.UI.EY, M. I. HYBICIAN,HUIMrK)N AND t AOtXlUCJlEUR. U1LLBBOKO, OBKOON. . . . M Pt..rmur ITninB Klook. fjallft attended to, night or day. Ueaidenoo, R W. Oaf. Baee Una and Heooud it reels. H. II. HVJirilREYH. rONVEYANCING AND ' ABHTRACTINO OF TITLES. HILLHBORO. OUKGON. Ial nanara d awn and Loaua on Ileal Katata neiratiateJ. Unmneaa attended to with promptneaa and diapatt h jAa.a THonraoii, aoTT rnhbio. THOMPSON HON. 20) yeara eiperience in Orlice Lesrul BuhI lies. v.et.-.. . of Uatatea and Imlividuula rated for. Otlieeat the Bazaar, Forertt Oroya, Oregon t. E. UEIUER, HOMEOPATHIC PHYBICAN AND BURGEON. FOREST GUOVK ORKOON. .. . . . . 1 1 . .n nat.l M tN i iotl and Surgical Diaeaeea of Women and t hildren and all cnronic uineanm. 0 Hi ice and resilience. Bnwlhv honse Pacilicave..wetof KoreatUrova hotel. K. NIXON, IAENTIST, FORKHT UKOVK, ORKOON 11 ...... nt..l L.w.th lr. .HI ner aet. tVmelll and Amalgam nllinfra i eenn eat-h. Gold lillinga Iroiu II up. v natir.e.1 air mr ,mi leaa extraction. . 1 1...... . ,kiM rlnnra north of Brio. tore. Offlon boora from a. m. to4 p. m. J. E. AIklS. Dentist, IIILLSBOKO, ORK Orrica Houaa : 9 a. ni. to 4 :!50 p. m. OtEea in Union block over riiarm.vy Makl Tea naslllvrly raret Nlrk Mead at-lir, ii.iiik ,."' -- deliglitlul herb drink. Remove all crti tiona of the akin, producing a perfect com plexion, or money refunded. 25 ( In. ami IVlcU The DelU Drug Store. - ..... I. t w... aii.l futll.linuli.,11. A Kureka llameaa Oil la the heat pn-acivallve of new leather &n,l ilia tMMt rentivattr of tiltl leather. 11 otla, aoflena, black- euaauil protecta. I'ae I tureua Harness Oil mi ffmr bmi hmrwm. jmar oM hfr im ftrnl your mrr1 top, mihI Uwf will rtu-t only Itw.h rHi-T bti r hatrr. Mofcl wrwlriii imnn- twi 0mm tmm hatlf pint to flvr vmliotur. Um4 fey T4IIIIAKB 1L 1 NERVITA PILLS! iMtint VITALITY. LOST VIGOR And MANHOOD Cure 1m potency. Night Emission and w-aatlnir Ulseaaea, all effects ol aeii. abuae, or ezcea ana inuia cretlon. A nerve tonic and blood builder. Urines the Ink slow to pale cheek and rratorra the Ore of youth, illy mall BOc per ho. boxea for $2.ftO: wtth ft written (piaran. te U cure or refund tlio money. Send for circular. Addrea, NERVITA MEDICAL CO. aritonaJawMon 8ta-, CMICACO, IU. for acceptable Ideas. flat If patented. THE PATENT RECORD, altlaara. Md. babunpuua prs t the Ptvt Heroes li es I I I I I I I I 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I" f KEEP OUT THE DIRT I nr.w srFrH!ri. nmirE to AVOID TIlK IOXTVilA- Tl Of Ml IK. T....... f..ti.t.. .t. f..t. t i it ,i .tut till I j , i i i i ,, ... . I i i i i i Porters, aclcnilNta ami agricultural eiiierta are all vt-rj- much concerned at tlio present time ilMiut the contatulna llon of milk ntiil the serious ronso-fiient-es tlint ore npt to result from It In the up to l:itp dairy every effort la mail.' to keep the milk from belns con taminated hy stnlile dirt or forelKn niaiter, which mny at!her to the cow'a teals or llankH, or whlt-li mny lie lloat Inic fin. mill iu the nlr hi the atatile. Among the precautions siurtfested are piechnnk-al inilkera, hut tlu-Ke luive nut rome into exteiiHlve tine, although In one form or another there are Isolated examples- of their use In dairies In dif ferent parts of lite world. The Illus tration here prcaciitcd Is a suggestion alone; this line ami represents the Idea of John C. iMilpau of Melbourne, Vie- WKW MII.KINU I.KVIC'B. torla. It comprises teat cups, with linger loops for the Ihiimh ami flltger arranged loultinllnnlly on opposite shies, which prevent the milker's hands from coming it: contact with the teats ami thus transferring dirt or ills ease germs from one animal to another. The milk Is comlm-tcd to the milk pail through rulilier tulxs, ji ml. as the pall Is Inclosed, thete Is no i-oiitaiiiination there, so that, provided the milk Is from a good, healthy cow, the dairy man Is uMsniiil of milk as pure and free from contamination as It Is pus all. le to get It. GOOD ROADS NECESSARY. rtaer Are aa Important to tha Farm er aa the Kullrond. The man with the hoe the farmer- wants good mails so that he may bring his produce to market and his family sml himself to the neighboring town with less expenditure of time, wear and tenr and trouble. In sections of the country where the farmer has good roads he would not Kmc them for more Jiau their Cost and go back to the old system of having to haul through the mud and over the stones. He finds that the value of bis property Is In creased, and he can haul two yes, three times greater load In less time to market and that he Is richer and Letter because of the good read which ronnccts his property with the neigh boring town. In Kurope the highway was built lieforc tt.e railway. It was their only means of eommunlcntloD un til within the last IK) years. Afterword the railway came, and their system of highways was found bo useful that tbey have Imvii kept tip and. Indeed, Improved. In this country, particularly In the west, the railway was usually built Qrst. and the highway In the beginning was a cow trail or mule trail. It after ward lieeBtite a wngon trail, and no earn was taken to keep the grade down or the surface smisith. We have In this country of ours nenrly 2tH),000 miles of railway ami a very few miles of good rond outside of our cities and parks. It has been claimed that we do not need iM-lter highways because of our excellent system of railways. This is absurd. Kvery pound of freight which Is curried by the railways, except such as Is loaded at factories, quarries, mines, ptc, at side tracks, must first be carried over our highways; every passenger who travels on the rnllway must, to reach the railway, first pass over some portion of the highways. It ran safely be said that the highways of this country carry more passenger and more freight thnn tho railways, but of course for a shorter distance. General Itoy Stone, when he was en gineer In chief of the department of agriculture, snld that the aunual cost of hauling In this country over the highways was $.M0,41 1,1'hIo. General Stone estimated that nearly two-third of this vast expenditure Is chargeable to the bad condition of the roads. DEMAND FOR GOOD ROADS. The Awtomohlle A4tla New Force fa tbe Cantpalara of Keacatloa. Something of cheer is to be found In the renewed agitation for good roads new going on In the eatt The new Im pulse comes from the Increasing use of the automobile, says the San Francisco Call. Just as the bicyclists have been strenuous advocates of Improved high ways, so that wheeling might be more safely and more swiftly done, the rich, who can afford automobiles, are in their turn demnnding better ronds, and thus a new aud Important factor Is added to the side of progress. It Is pointed out that, while the French are by no means more enter prising than other people, they are, by reason of their goed roads, leading the liir Ice returned ll we t;ul. Any one aenrtmr aketch and drat-rintioo ol any inventioa will rtromptlv remre our opinion free concemina he patentability ol anma. " How lo oMaia a patent" aent uixn rennet. catenta secured through ua ailn.-rl.tt f.r ante at our eipenae. Patrula taken out through ua receive afrtoi wefire, without charge, in Thr Patkst RKCoan, aa tU.i.tr.tte.1 and widely circulated Jouraal, consulted by Mnnufactui'-. and Inveora, Scutl Its: aample copy Mtt. Addiaaa, VICT0SJ J. EVANS A CO. Water.! Art.nr7,) Itaas iallSIa. WASHINOTON, 0. C lJ-,'-f,j-.-aJ- i-l world In the use of automobile. Ac cording to a recent report on the ub ject, there are at present something more than 7.000 registered owner of automobile In Europe, and of theaa alsiut 5,tioo live In France. It la noted, moreover, that the use of the new re hlrle Is not conllued to the splendid atreeta at Pari, for of tha total num ber of the machine operated In that country less than 2,000 are In the cap ItuL In the United State there I a con siderable class of person ready to adopt the automobile as soon as proper roads are provided. It waa quite the rage to have automobile carriage at Newport last season, and It Is said that 40 which were there to be let as livery carriages were far short of the de mand. The Increase In their use ha been very marked In all of our large af yaf at f -1 J Alt IXPK.NBIVE BOA a Prom U A. W. BuUitln.) cities, and It Is a safe assumption the use would be as general In this country as In France If the roads were as well fitted for their use. The activity of the automoblla men has brought up the whole subject of good roads, and once more the cam paign of education on the Issue la be ing carried on with all the vigor that marked It a few years ago. Maurice E. Eldrldge of the department of agri culture has been for some time past collecting data of the cost of hauling fann produce over American roads, and, according to a recent report, the conclusion he draws from Information given by farmers and teamsters Is that the average cost In this country for hauling one ton a distance of one mile Is 25 cents, while In France the aver age cost Is said to be less than 7 cents. It Is estimated that about $30.O0O,OUO is expended annually In this country In patching up and repairing bad roads. Nearly the whole of that cost falls up on the farmers, and there Is added to it the heavier expense entailed In haul ing produce over the roads. It would be worth while for farmers' Institutes and similar bodies to gather statistics of the cost of hauling J repairing roads In the various local. lies lu which they reside. In that way our farmers would learn for themselves what bad roads are costing them and poroeice the folly of continuing the makeshift system. FINE WOOL. wa!ltr Rather Than Qaaatltr De an aa Sea ar Maaalaelum. If anything has been emphasized by this season's wool market, says B. I. Smith In The American Cultivator, it Is that tho finest grades of wool are In greater demand than supply and that the mill owners are willing to pay a premium for such stocks. There Is at present an actuul famine of flue wool In this country. Not only here, but abroad, too, for the Australian supply Is small, and London Is advancing Its bids for line wool nearly every week. We have been exporting fine wool to London until dealers are afraid to part with any more until the new clip come in. In fact, the fear Is express ed In eastern markets that the supply of even ordinary wool will hardly be sufficient for the spring demand. What the new clip will contain In the way of fine wool Is only conjectural, but it la to be hoped that there will tss plenty of this grade, for that means Increased profit to the growers. A good thing al ways means a better profit than a sec ond rate thing. The remarkable condition of the wool market this season Is apt to make a great many forget all except the one desire, and that Is to raise as much wool as soon as possible for the mar kets while prices rule high. It may be that those who go slower and raise only the finest grade will fare better In the end. Wool with a long, fleecy staple Is less likely to fluctuate and decline than the coarse shoddy wool that near ly everybody can raise. There are In dications all over the country of many new hands trying their luck In the sheep business. They are buying up parts of flocks and single animals as a sort of speculation. If cbcnp grades of wool continue high, they will make some money on their speculation, but If the country should suddenly get all the wool needed there would be a loss. The call for rape seed has already opened, says The Sheep Rrccdor. and It begins to look aa If half the sheep, cattle aud swine growers of the United States would regale their flocks and herds on this cheapest and most profit able luxury of all the long list of green and succulent forage plants. Itape Is fast revolutionizing the sheep Industry by making It possible to carry four times as many sheep and lambs on a given area of land as formerly and keeping them In far better condition. Many calls for rape seed come from the range country this season, where the crop will be quite extensively grown by Irrigation for carrying ewe and lamb during the suckling period and Inter weaning of lambs. The sheep and lamb feeders, too, will grow the crop extensively for summer and fall feeding preparatory to marketing. Economically It la by far the greatest green feed known to sheep farming and aa a matter of luxury to the flocks and herds I Ispyond compare. Milk Fat Calves. Whole milk Is the natural food for the calf. It contains the proper amount of protein. When the fat Is removed the sklmmllk supplies practically the same amount of protein, but something must be added to supply the fat. and ground flaxseed Is usually found sat isfactory. Ltva Stock. SILVLK SOT JiKt.Ltt I Ell. Now that it is settled in this coun try that silver money must bo kej t on a parity wllh gold the white me tal lhat has played so remarkable a art in falne politic will have a chance to rest on iu merit. lis te ller from fix dish friends will work to its advantage. There Is a real abundance of xilver money in this country. On March 1 the number of silver dollars whs 477,04C,.'G:i, in addition to SO,34i,4l4 in smaller coins. Only 1 ;ji,ly I silver dollars were in circulation, but the others can be hail on deiniintl. Under lhe new financial law 'J.r),CHH),000 will be coined in halvex, quarters anil dime increasing the silver available to oH2,000,(MK) to which must be added 187,870,000 of the treasury uotea of (MM) representing silver bullion. In 1879 the United Slap held in silver f(i8,(MK),(MsJ. In 10(H) the government stock of silver Is t(i70,(MXl,0(M). That crime of '73 allowed "ijuito a smart chance" of silver to leak through. More silver was produced in the Ucitod Htntes in 1800 limn in 1808. An increase has been noted for sev eral yearn. The silver mined in thie country last year footed up 63,000,- 000 ounces, a gain of 4,000,000 ounc es. The average price for 1800 was 59.5 cents against 58 2 cents in 1808 and 59 7 cents in 1897. Lust year's silver output in Colorado alone sold for (12,680,000. Hilver is a great American product and every citizen will bo glad to see it prosper, stand ing t-quarely on its intrinsic value as all other metals do. The United States and Mexico produce 67 per cent of the world's yield of silver. No one imagines thnt the metal will go out of f.tshlon. Stripped of the dangerous absurdities with which lemagognes surrounded it, silver en ters a new ami a U tter era, ont that will bo stable because truthful. Globe Democrat. I HE JUMJMKN r AJAIST 1'l.AKK. It is most fortunate that the vote in the Hcnate Investigating Commit. tee is unanimous for the unseating of Senator Clark as he must tan styl ed until the litli is actually stripped from him. There is now no possibi lity of a prolonged wrangle in which the argument of a partisan motive for his punishment would be fret-lj used anil ils lesson perverted with nearly half the cop'e. There can be impossible misconception of tlu merits of the rase. It is briher proved to the hilt for (he llrst time ih the history of the body lo which it is to be feared more than one brilsH giver has found his way. It is shown at last not that a seat in the senate .an not bo bought, but at least that il is not always safu to buy it. It is s?rhaps late in the tlay to make the example. In most even ol lite newer slates the KTitsl ol the nonansa m nator is passing. Never theless the vole will Is a facer for all those who rely on the use of money in all kinds of politics, from primary to pnsidency elections. It will be a check to poliiical iK'ssimisiii aud cy nicism such as we do not recall. This man's income is tsdieved to have lieen the largest west of New York. The fact that out of it ht could not purchase real illtical honors and that ils lavish ontlay has brought him nothing but fears ami cares in defending his counterfeit glory and then disgrace in losing is likely to C4Ue a consitlerble revision of the estimated ways to eminence. It will occur to a good many Americans to whoii it has not occurred la-fore that corruption wius not more than hon esty. A criminal prosecution should, of course, follow the expulsion. It can not Is) brought in Washington, and pr bably the Montana slate courts p asses exclusive Jurisdiction. If so il is certainly their business to begin a pui ideation ol their commonwealth. From the character ol at It wit one ol tha judges, as brought out in the bri bery rts-eedings, It is not tts much to eiHN-t lhat they' will do their duty. New York Press. WHAT THE t.OVKKMKT IS. The IikhI government of Porlt llico and who may participate in tlx same is outlined in the following parsgraphs: An executive council, npKlnted by the president and con II r mod by the senate will consist of a secretary, attorney genentl, treasurer, auditor, commissioners of interior ami educa tion, ami Bye olher persons, lo hold office for four years. The council is the upper branch ol lhe legislature, (senate) Ave of whom shall Is? natives of Porto Rico, The other branch shall be a house of di legales, to con sist i.f Ibirty-nve ntemls-rs elected annually by the qualified electors, Porto Rico is divided into seven districts, each with five delegates. The qualifications lor voters are: "Al such elections all citizens of Porto Rico, shall be allowed to vote who have been bona Ade residents for one year, ami who posse -n the other qual ifications of voters under the laws and milita-y orders in force on Mar. 1, 19t 0 subject to audi modifl cations and additional qualification and such regulations and restriction as lo re gistrations as may be prescribed by the executive council. "No person shall be eligible to membership In the house of dele gates who Is not 25 years of age, and able to read and write either the Spanish or the English language, or who is not possessed In bis own right of taxable property, real or personal, situated In Porlo Rico." Provision Is tnado for enacting legislation similar to that In olher territories. The Judicial power is vested In courts already established, the chief Justice and associate Justices and marshal to be appololed by the president; Judges of the district courts and olher officers by the governor of Porto Rico. There Is also a United States district court. siuailar to that of other territories. The annual salaries of all officers appointed by the president are (lovernor, tSOOO; secretary, attorney general, auditor, commissioner of the interior, 14000 each; treasurer, $5000; commlssloi.er of education, $3000; chief justice of the supreme court and United States district Judge, f5000 each; associate Justices, $4500 each; two marshals, eacb $3000; district at torney, $4000. No export duties are to be collect ed, but taxes and licenses may be levieu. On the regular elect ion day In Nov and every two years thereafter, Porto ivico may cnoose a commissioner to represent the islaud at Washington, v. v. with a salary or $5000. A commission of three members. one a native of Porto Rim, Is to be named to revise and codify the la aa or rorto Kieo. I'he act lor a civil government la to go Into effect by May 1, 1900. Remarkable Care ef Kheamathui. Alsiut three years ago my wife had an attack of rheumatism which confined her to her bod for over a month and rendered her unable to walk a step without assistance, her limbs being swollen to double their normal size. Mr. 8. Maddox Insist ed on my using Chamblerlain's Pain Balm. I purchased a fifty-rent bottle and used it according to the direc tions and tho next morning she walk ed to breakfast without assistance in any manner, and she has not had a dmilar attack since. A. B. Parsons, Kenna, Jackson Co.,"W. Va. For sale by Delta Drug Store. The Best la the WarlJ. We believe Chamberlain's Cough llomedy is the best in the world. A few weeks ago we suffered with a severe cold and a troublesome cough, and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers we pur chased a bottle to see If It would ef fect us. It cured us before the boll lie was more than half used. It Is the best medicine out for colds and coughs. The Herald, Andersonville, Ind. For sale by Delta Drug Store, The long, solemn gentleman with the piercing eyes tapped gently on the shoulder of lhe encore fiend In front of him. "Allow me lo present you, ' said he, banding the applauder a small paper package. "What does this mean?" asked lhe "recipient wrathfully, aa he opened the pack age and found about $2 in dimes and oickels. "It mians this," replied the solemn gentleman. "I have no ticed your earnest efforts to have ever) thing twice. Therefore I have taken up this small collection in order lhat you may come to-morrow, in stead of trying to get your two per formalin s li. one v.-mng." India ns poisl Press). The Ilryaoilea will iiaiurally gloal over lhe three fights which have just taken place in the Philippine against the guerrillas. This will give I hem a chance to say thai I lit-rebellion is not ended yet. Of course there will be occasional skirmishes for a year or two. There has Isen flnh:lng in the islands ever since the whiles Qr-d got a fi sit bold in that quarter. Spain wsgitl a three) cenlurien' war against the pirates nod bandits of the Philip pine, ami they are not all .Km I yet. The fuel, however, Mist the bandits were latcn in the three tights which have just occurred a III d live the tlt'iiiisrats of a chance to make any party capital out ofthl-i Philippine issue. In almost every neighborhood there is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medicine. Such persons make a s.h.t of telling of It whenever opporluni i tiers, hoping thai it may he the means o' saving other liven. For sale by IM!u Drug Store. What has happened? RlghtiMtis nc has been transformed from a mere policy Into a grand privilege. It Is no longer a ticket of admission lo an after death paradise, purchased by the sacrifice of the lapst of life on earth. It is lb-elf the best of life. F-artb craves it and Is glorified by it. A child of fl.sl cannot content him self with the devil's fjod. Holiness is heaven. The growth of that con viction will bring Dearer the king dom of (lod.-(The Rev. Dr. C. W. Touillnscn. P0RT0 KUV TAX II PRACTISE. When the Porto Rican tariff comes to be discussed and understood by the people, which it will be before the campaign Is over, the exposure of the utter Insincerity at the bottom of the attacks upon the republican party for the enactment of that measure will exceed any political fiasco in the history of the country with which the democratic party has been connected. Instead of a denial of Justice and sympathy to the Porto Ricans, it will be found that no other way could have been devised to save them ftoru temporary ill effects which might have resulted from their connection with the American Ui Ion. If it be true that the constitution extends over the island of Porto Rico by virtue of its annexation to the Union, then the rights of self government must also be held lo extend over Alaska, the District of Columbia and the terri tories of Arlcoua, the Indian Nation and other sections of American soil, Independent of the thirteen original states, which have been govern I by special acts of congress for a quarter century or more without the slight est objection from the democrats or any othor political organization. The simple truth about the Porto Rican business Is lhat the democrats hope to make that qnestion a rallying issue for the free trade elemei.ts of j the party which have beeu shattered aud scattered over the fr.e silver and populist heresies of the party. Inde pendent of the important precedent which would have been established In dealing with the Philippines and other semi-barbarous possession of the country, the extension of the con stitution and the laws putting in force its provisions over the Island of Porto Rico, in the present condition of its people, would have been the most cruel and unrighteous thing that could have happened to them. The people of Porto Rico are poverty stricken; their industries have never been properly developed aud what little progress they had made under Spanish rule was halted by the de moralizing Influence of the war be tween this country and Spain. To have brought them Into the Union as fuilfledged citizens would have subjected them to obligations which they are entirely unable to sustain. The administration was confronted wllh the necessity of providing some form of Income for the support of tiie temporary government It was proposed to establish In the island. How ld to raise that revenue was a problem It was difficult to solve. It would not do to levy an internal re venue tax upon the few household goods and animals the people possess ed, besides their destitution was so great a sufficient income could not be produced in that way short of abso lute confiscation. Of course, If the constitution were held to extend by its own operation over the island, every oiethisi In vogue here for rais ing revenue the stamp act, the Dingley customs rates, the liquor to bacco licenses and tax would have applied just the same as in Kentucky or Oregon. The only way out of the dilemma, and at the same time to avoid the precedent which n.lght be urged in favor of tho rights of the half-civilized Tagaloes and Sandwich island natives, was to devise some system of indirect taxation which would produce the required revenue. ("his was done by imposing a small tariff on the custom house entries the smallest uniform tariff ever col lected in any country not for pro tection, but purely for "revenue," such as the democrats used to howl for in this country. It has been proved by til history from the Im memorial . period when organized governments were first established among men, that the easiest and lightest burden of taxation that can be imposed is by the collection of duties on imports or exports. Under this benign system, lhe man who is best able fo support the gov ernmentbecause able to buy the most pays the larger part ol the tax, and the man least able gets off with a burden graduated to his own necessities and his capacity to sup ply them. This is the principle which underlies the Imposition of the Porto Rican tariff, and when il is understood rightly by the saople the democrats and others who tried to mako capital against the adminis tration and the republican party out of It will be objects of contempt aud ridicule from one end of the country to the other. The present agitation is an attempt to fool the people, and merican citlx -os are not any more -oierant of such detestable political tteib ..Is at this time than tuey were years ago. I be democratic parly will emergo fr ira the clouds of mys tery and fr.m I with which it has sought to en ft lop this important issue and stand rev.- iied as a greater impostor than it wss i veu believed It could be. It will sink In a lower level in lhe estimation oV the people and voters of the country than it has ever occupied before and Ibis is saying a great deal. Aatorlan. WHAT HAS II AFPKN Hi) DURING TIIE WEEK Items of General Interest from all parts of the. state TELEPJIONK TO Tll.l.A.MOOK llvoil River ha a Mrs -berry Plant lug Harhlae. A large Ware house Is Keiag liuilt there. W. K. Thomas, lhe Stay ton broom manufacturer, offers On mho torn seed tree to any farmer who will plant hp acre of it and guarantees to pay f 100 a ton for the product next fail. Milton will soon have a creamery, as the milk of 250 cows has already been pledged, and the conditions only call for 300 cows. This is Mil- tou's third effort to secure a cream ery. It is understood at St. Helens that Peterson will extend his logging railroad to Nehalem soon, lie has two camps in operation, is putting in piling and has two trains hauling logs. Albany U organizing a social club. It Is intended to prohibit card play ing and to have no butM attachment. The innocent billlaid table and bowl ing alley will be given a chance how ever. Canada thistle have appeared on a farm at West Chehalem having Iss-n mixed with clover seed sown. The owuei of the field is anxious to know how to get rid of his unwelcome guost. Arangements are being closed fur the erection of a telephone line from North Yamhill to Tillamisik, ami it will be put through as soon as poles ' and other material can lie put on tho ground. By the use of a machine lo.nt'O straw-berry plants are sot out in a day In Hood River Valley. At Hood River a shipping ware house is under construction, where a car of strawberries can be loaded iu 50 minutes. The PendletoD Tribune, semi week ly, has absorbed the Pendleton Re publican, a weekly Hcr, which was owned by Mrs. Mary A. Murphy and edited by Mr. McManus. Mr. Mc Mauua has announced his intention to start a farm and stock journal. Ensign P. A. Trullinger has Is-eu elected Lieutenant, junior grade, of the Naval Reserve at Astoria, ami Seaman O. B. Allen and Gunner's Mate W. N. Junes have been elected Kuslgns. Dewey day will las cele brated by the Reserve with a May. pole dance. The Lebanon Criterion ssys (list J. W. Med ford arrived there one day last week, dirrect from Ohio looking for a place to lis-ate, but uti- fortunately for him the day lie ar rived was rainy, and some one, out of mischief, told him that they hadn't been able to see the sun for the past three years, which so frightened him that he took the next train for the East. The Jackson county jury in the case of A. J. Hamlin, charged Willi assault with a deadly weaKn on Ed Armstrong, which brought in a ver dict of guilty, with a recommenda tion that the accused Is- lints I, exceed ed its prerogatives under the Oregon law, and Judge Hanna was left no option except to fix the penalty at imprisonment In the peniti nliary, the term fixed being 18 ino-iths. An appeal will he taken to the Supremo Court on the grountl that a majority of the juty was in favor of acquittal, and only agreed to recommend a fine as a compromise. An important decision respecting the relative rights of fishermen and navigators was handed down in tho Circuit Court of Columbia county by Judge Thomas A. Mcltride, in over ruling a demurrer to a suit brought by Arthur George vs.O. It. & N. Co. The suit was to recover daiiiHes alleged to tan due from steamers of the O. R. A N. Co. destroying a Kill net belonging to the plaintiff. In the opinion. Judge Mcllritle says lie believes the right of fishing is subor dinate to the right of navigation, aud a vessel, in her ordinary channel, is not bound to materially delay her . voyage, even lo the Injury of a net, it being the fisherman's duty to keep his net out of the ordinary channel i. In that part of the river not in the ordinary channel it is the duty of the pilot to give the fisherman ample warning. In this case It Is charged that lhe steamer was out of her usual course and willfully did the damage. If these charges be sustsiueil, Jude McBrlde said, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover. .1) i 6