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40 i ifihmnPiitf AVA HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1002. vol. XXIX. No. 43 rilOKKSSIOXAL CAUDS. TH'M. tonal', s.'S.T0 N-Ury Publm. TIIOH II. K. B TO.tUCE, rroilNEYrt-AT-LAW, iiii.i;noiu.uuEu)N. K.oDu.t.aS.slorKaalJIooa. W. S. HAKKETT, I'niliNKYH-AT-LAW,' lltl.lHIli.OKKUON i.rru m: Central Moo. Hooans sod ?, IIEM'ON UOwMAA, TTORNHY- AT- LAW. Hll.tXHOItO, OKKUON Ornea Uoonia taut J. MuK block. JOHN M. WALL, TTORNKY-AT-LAW. li I LLSP.OIU ), OltEUON. liHiley.Morgan Block, Rooms I A 2 S. T. LINKLATKK, M. U. C. M. nilYSIOIAN AND SURGEON HlLLHIUlUO, OKgOON. Omus: realdone. aast ol wsirl Hunan, where ha will be found a all liuws wlimi uol visiting patienta. J. I. TAJIIEN1E, O P. H. R. SURGEON, iin.usiumo, eo N.- Orvtoa and UamnBHOB 1 rnei Third mlHm hlreets. OUloa boora.S:) a. ui., I to f. mid 7 o H p. hi. lel,Uo"i? rKSidoipie ffu lto.mk A Bela l,r"Ju5 nil bonrs. mi onus humtt uittbt ur dar. A. BULKY. M. L pUYSIClAN AND SUKOEON IlllilllOUO, OKKOON. Oflice Morgan flailey Itlock, up stairs, rooma 1'.', lil and hi. Unsidenoo, b. W.Uor. Haas I4..U ud beomid 'UjU ,ph01ltl J. E. AllhlNH. Dentist.'' lllI.LSr.OKO, OREGON. Orrics Holms: 1) a. 111. to 4 -.30 p. m. nilira iii Union block over Fharmscy It. MXON, KNTIST, KoliKST J KOVK, OUK.OON lliwtarti -i.il teeth $.M per set. t'anwnt -...I 4 ... .1. ..mi iillhii' Ml renin aiu'b. Uolu liHings fniiu l "P- Vitalized air for pain less r traction. ; . times : three doors north of Brio Ht mi. Ouiua nonra from a. ro. to4 p. m. THE n!AM I'ASOM OK TUB AR K A MS AX. l-'.iiet of aisvtw among all the Canon ol Oloriclo, lieliic situated on tlif "i-iiii li" of the Denver A Uio Cinin.le lelwi ( n Cnon City and Huliilrt In th front range of the U'H-kii, it the iiHMt KtH-cular, two iiiHpirint; and mK'"nt. l)owo Ihiii miiility cleft in the heart of the Ktauite roci-barrlor ru.di the raying wtiterM of the ArkruiNt River, lashed into n (limine fury and rlaahiHl into H,iiniilmt apray by in swift descent tliroiih the torluoutt deflle. 80 1 ar row is the pawtnee at one polnt tlmt (lit re was no room for both the road and river, and therefore a cur iously rotmlriicted bridge of Bteel had to he Ihrouu IcnflhwiH) of the 'HlrfHtn. Mixi'iu!ed froiu iron sup M,rtri morlixed Into the canon walla on ea It hide to the right and loll And right here enn l-e aeon the cli luax of all the canon's grandeur, that which has been aptly called "The lloyal (Jorge." For two thousand six hundred feet the solid monoliths soar upward tlve tirui'a as lofly a the Wellington Monument, the hightt 'rinnnent atructura reared by the hand of man. No worth can ndriiiiitU'ly ilcxcrihe the niagniflcenee of the scene. Only thone who have lieheld itt glories can appreciate them. This Ik Imt one of the many won ders of nature revealed to the travel er on Hie Denver A Rio Urande lUiiroad, Tlie Kivuic IJne of 4he World." For iletHiled information about this most delightful trip to the. East, - Address J. D. Mansfield, Oen'l Agt, Uio (Irnnde Hystem, Port land, Oregon. CASTOR I A For Infants and Childrtn. Tbi Kind You Havi Always ecsbt Be its tha Signature VINE GRAFTING. Tssta of Varloaa Ulrica of Cm tin Bad Othor loipui-tuut Palais. Reaulta of experiments in bench grafting resistant vines have recently been reported from tbe California ex periment station. The experiment! In eluded teat of tun relative value of EuglUb and rbaiujiln grafts, leaving two eyea 011 tUe avion nail leaving ouJr one. prtliinlimry enllimlnn In anud, pluutliiit out In the nursery Im tuedlately after Kruftiiig and oullimlnc lit atraw covered with aand. The cut tings uned varied fmui one-fourth to one-hulf Inch In diameter anil were from six to ulue Inches lous. The low er cut wai made through the kuot of the bud and the liiKt liiteruodo of the upper end left a loud on poaoilile. All the buds on tbe stock wero carefully removed, deep cut being niacin In or der to remove the adventitious buds at tbe base of tbe iiiulu bud. Hclons were prepared In a similar way, except that tbe buds were left The scions having only one eye were O BAFTS POB OHAPB t'LTTINOS. (I. Knglleh cleft; t, Champln; x, end to end J cat through tbe second knot in order to leave tbe eye protected by a closed Internoda. With the scions bavin two eyes the upper cut was made about an Inch above tbe second bud eye. Care was taken to prevent the drying out of tbe cuttlugs and afterward of tha grafts. End to end grafting as originated In France was practiced In some In stances. Tbe number of successful grafts obtained by this method was low, but those that did unite made ex cellent unions. In grafting by this method tha ends of stock and scion are cut at an angle of about 70 de grees and beld In place by a piece of galvanized wire, which la pushed Into the pltb of each piece. Tbe proportion of sureessful Cham pln grafts was slightly greater than that of tbe English cleft. The suc cessful English cleft grafts, however, were considerably superior to the other In the matter of completeness and strength of union. Tbe experiments with two eye and one eye scions were, on the whole, in favor of the use of two eyes. Tbe difference between calluslng the grafts in sand and planting them dl rectly in tbe nursery as soon as mnde was very striking. Those previously callused produced CI per cent of good unions, while tbe others produced but 20 per cent There was also a differ ence in tbe growth of the grafts in fa vor of those callused In sand. Tfc LIb ml Rraatr. Many mistakes are mode in locating walks and drives about our homes. Tbe curved line Is not used enough or It Is unappropriated used. In many of our rural homes a straight walk Is the only walk we And. A straight walk Is the only kkid that Is permissible, peo ple often think, yet there are many cases where a simple curve could be in troduced with a very great effect As the poet says, "Straight is the line of duty; curved Is the line of beauty," and wherever It Is possible to introduce a curve we are gaining that much more toward ornamentation. If the distance from the street to the house Is not more than ten feet, a straight walk Is Imper ative, and It may tie at 20 feet although at that distance a curve may be made possible by placing our entrance not directly In front of the door, and then by a slight bend the walk is mndo more effective, particularly if there Is a alight elevation coming from the street Sometimes we can Introduce a flower bed as a reason for the innkliig of a curve or plant a tree or shrub. A Mew DrMna4 Phloa. The London correspondent of Ameri can Gardening notes a new kind of drumraond phlox (lleynbold's) of dwarf er and more compact growth than the ordinary forms of the large flowering I'blox drummondil. It has remarkable decorative value. Ilcds of the type as represented by Its varieties are very gay Indeed. The type appears to be well adapted for culture In pots, and some singularly dwarf growing varie ties have also been obtained. Hortlealtoral RreTltlea. The cause of "little peach" is believ ed to be a fungus which attacks the very young roots. A cross of hardy Japanese with the Florida sweet orange has resulted In tbe hardiest evergreen orange known. riant breeding, the making of new things from old. Just now greatly occu pies the attention of skillful horticul turists. Fully 00 per cent of the date palms Introduced In receut year front AfTli-a are now growing vlgmii:l In Arlsomt nd southern t'n!:foni a. ' The greenhouse b-sf tyer. an Insect peat of vluli ts. n si s and other plants, can be controlled In greenhouses by haodptcklag or trimming sway and de stroy 'Og all luft-stud latsree or other pactlojia of jilaata. 1 Z r Vr(D THE NEWER CARNATIONS. laproT.nrili of tho Lat Tea Yrara. Soma of tao l'opolar Varieties, Greater Improvements have been made with curnatlous during tbe past ten or fifteen years than with nny oth er flower grown In a commercial way under glass. Kone of the sorts In favor ten years ago U grown now to any ex tent, and most of them are forgotten. To tbe average person the greatest change has been the increase In size of flower and stiffness of stein. The best flowers are now decidedly better In substance, very full and not flat or hoi low, as were the elder sorts. Oivat efforts have been made to strengthen the calyx so that the petals do not break down. ' , Mrs. Cccnrgo SI. Iiradt, a variegated flower, white, striped Willi bright scar let, is remarkable for Its larpre size niul delightful fragrance. Tsycho Is nnoth er good large striped flower and very free bloomluit. Among whiles White Cloud and Flora Hill are best Evcll na Is a dwarf crowing sort, which 1'INK CAUSATION OICNKVIHVE l,OIII. mnkes It valuable to grow on the sldo IxMicln'O. Queen Louise Is n pure white, nml a large lVunsyh-nnia carnation grower snys it has always proved to be the best white ever grown at bis place, It has large flowers, long, stiff stems, is moderately fragrant, a continuous blo'imer, bus no grass, no disease and Is a strong grower. Genesee und Storm King are iininng the older sorts still grown to a large extent Tbe best ncnrlet Is O. II. Crane, but America Is a TTeor bloomer. Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, the famous thir ty thousand dollar carnation, is a beau tiful pink, large, with long, stiff stems. Genevieve Lord, n seedling of Edna Cralc crossed with William Pcott Is very fine. The plants are free bloom ers,, while the flowers are large and produced ou very long, stiff stems, as seen In the accompanying illustration. Ethel Crocker Is a bright pink with a clovcllke fragrance. The Murnuis Is considered nu idenl pink. The best known yellows are nutter- cup. Mayor Plngreo nnd Gold Nugget Moeeo Is nu acquisition to the crimson vnrletles, nud General Cornea Is nnoth- er good one. Governor Kooscvclt Is the most perfect shaped flower known. It Is a new dark blood red sort nnd has large fiowois nnd -all the good points desired In n first class flower and plant, says American Agriculturist, In which occur the foregoing comments. Peach and Flam Stork, In the raclflc Northwest the princi pal stock Is iicacli and Myrobalan plum. In France, Germany and Austria all plums are grown on plum stock, nnd poaches are also grown on It to some extent The common stock for the Agen prune Is the St Julian; for the German prune, as we know that va riety, and tli Kalian. St Julian and White Damson: for tho Mirabelle,-St Julian and Myrobalan. Nurserymen prefer to use the latter, but growers think trees on Myrobalan are much shorter lived than those on St Julian. A no well authenticated experiments have been made, this opinion Is not de clslve. Tho reason French horticultur ists give for using plura root for peach Is that tbe plum root is longer lived. Is more vigorous, a deeper feeder and loss susceptible to adverse soil condi tions. When planted next to a build ing. It will Mnd Its roots deep Into the soil below the basements nnd derive part of Its substance from there, while tbe peach will draw on the soil In the border which Is desired for other crops. When It Is known that a very large proportion of the peaches of France ore grown on espaliers, on high walls nnd sides of buildings, the force of the position tnken by tho French growers end propagators is apparent Profess or E. R, Luku In American Gardening. Charcoal For rottlaar Itatha. Good soil Is of course necessary for Successful results In potting bulur. but even good soil coming directly In con tact with the bulbs Is very liable to cause bulb. rot To avoid tMs the pre caution to line the holo or receptacle for the bulb with sand Is usually nec essary. Many successful growers, how ever, prefer charcoal dust to sand and claim It to be an almost certain pre ventive of the trouble. The method Is certainly worthy a trInL and to bo suc cessful the bulb should be entirely cov ered with tho charcoal, allowing no soil to co mo In direct contact with the surface of tbe bulb. Cur. Ilnrnl New Yorker. Care of he Window Plants. Liquid manure, benefits potted hya cinths and other bulbs. - A lighted lamp may save window plants from frostbites. One plant yon can hardly over wa tera blooming hyacinth. A paper nlghlcnp may prevent a de structive "cold" to plant some severe WgUt. , KLILAMITIOX Ot'AKID LA SDH. The house committee on irrigatioi of arid land yestt rdity, reports the Washington I'oxt of March 2d, or dered favorable report on the bill draft -d by senator and representa tives of the VVentern States, with an amendment giving each state and territory the msjor portion of the Ir rigation fu id derived from It public laud Hide. Tho bill lias been before tho committee for some weeks, and has undergone minor changes, the amendment added yewierday being the fii-ht of rent Importance. As originally framed the bill created a general fund from prx-oed from the Bale of public lands in the arid land states, and the mcretary of the interior being given authority to exjx'im this amount In the reclama tion of the arid tracts. Chairman Tongue, of the committee, has main tallied that this given the secretary of the interior too wide a discretion and that each hIhIo should retain the bulk of its own puiiliu.land sales. It was bin amendment which prevail d yeNlerday, nil the members pres ent voting for it except Mr.- New- lands, of Nevada, one of IJie original f miner of tiie bill. Tha report will be drafted by Representative Mon dell, of Wyoming, nml will be urged by it frlemU to early Minsideration iii the hous. Can't keep It MerreU . The splendid work of Dr. King's New IJf l'ills is d dly coming to lijiht. No micfi -grto'il remedy for Iiiviranil li.iu l troubles was ever known lielore. Tlnmemd Ideas' them for curing (.'onxiiiHliou, rck- lleitili die, Hiljiiuxiii fH, J .t und ice and 1 mi igisi ton. rry 1 hum. 2oa at Di-lttt Drug Store. vv 11011 1 bo tmme Mup jowa was d eked recently hi Chilian port tbe Inhiihittnt guve the vessel and Its crew fiiik! nn ovation. Chili has decided Ihn't imikinir faces at Uncle Sum is a watte of time and a losing game. v Practically Marring. "After using n few hottlesof Kodol DypMii (Jure my wile received perfect and Hriimiient relief from revere nml chronic esso of stomach troble," says J. H. Holly, real eatate insnrHtice and loan agent, of Macomb, III. "Ilefore using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat an ordinary tneftl without intense suffering She Is now entirely cured. (Several physicians and ninny remedies had failed to give relief." You don't have to diet. Eat any good food you want, but don't overload the stomach. Kodol Despcpala Cure will always digent it for you. Delta Drug Store, Cuba will begin 10 govern Itself without a public debt and a receipt of customs revenues amounting to tlC.OdO.OOO a year. With this start the Island will make both ends meet unless II plunger at once Into ex travagance. Could Sot Itreathe. Coughs, colds, croup, grip, bron chitis, other throat and lung troubles are quickly cured by One Minute Cough Cure. One Minute Cough Cure is not a mere expectorant. which gives only temporary relief. It softens and liquifies the mucous, draws out the inflammation and re move s the cause of the disease. Ab solutely safe. Acts at once. "One Minute Cough Cure will do alt that is claimed for it," says Justice of the Peace, J. It. Hood, Crosby, Miss., "My wife could not get her breath and w&t relived by the first loac. It has been a benefit to all my family." Delta Drug Store. Four of Uncle Sam's battle ships have been orderml to Colombian waters as a safeguard of American property interest, , They may also be regarded as a first-class guarantee of peace. 1'or The fonipltxioa. The complexion always suffers from biliousness or cnnstlp-tion. Unlew tho bowels are kept open the mpuriiics from the body appear in the form of unsightly eruptions. DeWitl's Little Etrly Risers keen he liver ami bowels in healthy con dition end remove the cause of such troubles. C. K. Hooper, Albany, Oh., sayci "I look IH Will's Little E trly KtHers for biliousness. They were jut what I needed. I im feeling U-ller now than in years. ,r Never gripe or distress. Hafe thorough and gentle. The very best ills. Delta Drug Store. OABTOnZA, tnuttas fmlm m Haw Mnn BatfH Itfsataie If Cuba Is to try the experiment of self-government and apparently she is it Is well for the United States to arrange for the establish ment of naval stations 'n the island. This Is what Secretary Long has started to do. Of course, the United States naval stations will be for the defense of Cuba as well as for the protection of tbe Interests of the United Stales. The Cubaua know this. Tbe world as well as Cuba will be aware that the republic of Cuba will be to a certain extent un der the guardianship of the United States. This will be an element of strength for Cuba, morally as well as physically. It will give steadiness to the value of all sorts of property in the island, whether it is owned at home or abroad and it will make Cuba's future, either as an inde stud ent, nation or as, by its own consent a part of the United Stales, certain. The Cubans are a forlunato people to have such a powerful, liberal and UUtlntereMteu friend as they possess in the United States. Knrgeon'1 kulfe Mot Needed. Surgery is no longer necessary to cure piles. Du Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cures such cases at once, re moving the necessity for dangerous, painful and expensive oeratlous, For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds, bruises, sores and skin diseases it is unequalled. Iteware of counterfeits. Delt Drug Store. Congressman Wheeler is badly cut up by a venerable Kentiukiun's gift of peach brandy to Prince Henry. Thia Is the supreme compliment In Kentucky and several notches ahead of the freedom of the state. FlKSPIitvTlON A HEALTH KS 8EMIAL. 1 "Perspiration is , essential to health," writes Edward 1). Warman in the August Ladies' Home Journ al. "A person in good health never suffera from the heat or the cold un duly exposed. One may to incon venienced by excessive presplration, hut It Is a condition of liealth rather to be sought than to bo avoided. Too much of a good thing, however, is not desirable. Proper care of the body, proper diet, proper exercise, with proper hsthiitg, will produce the normal condition In which con dition the heat will not oppress any one. Ijet me especially caution against too sudden checking ol pern titration. Millions of canal tubes from the inner pat of the body open heir little mouths nt the surface, and through tluse channels, ns cease less as the flow ol time, a fluid con laining the wa-tes ami impurities of the syste n is passing outward and Is emptied out of the skin. This fluid must have exit or we die in a few hours. If it does not have vent at the surface of the body It must havoaome internal escape. Nature abhors shocks as she does a vacuum. Heat distends the mouth of these duels and promotes a larger and more rapid flow of the contained fluid, on the other hand, cold con tracts them, and the fluid Is at first arrested, then dammed up, and then rebounds. If these mouths are gradually closed thon nature has inoe to adapt herself to the circum stances by opening ber channels into the great Internal waterways of the body, and no harm follows; herce the safely and wisdom of cooling off slowly after an exertion, and the langer of cooling off rapidly under the same circumstances. Encourage presplration, under projKr conditions and with proper precautions. Al ways keep the surface of the body warm and clean, and at tho end of the season you will be mentally, morally and physically sound." Wauld Sinah the Cleb. If members of the "Hay Fever Association" would use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, the club would go to pieces, for It always cures this malady, and As thma, the kind that ba files tho dor tors it wholly drives from the sys tem. Thousands of onee-lioeleei sufferers from Onnscmplion, Pneu monia, Bronchitis owe their lives and health to it. It couquers Grip, saves little ones from Croup and Whooping Cough ami is positively guaranteed for all Throat and Lung troubles. 50c, $1.00. Trial bottles free at Delia Drag Store. It Is suggested ly the Clinton (Mo.) Republican that if Democratic obstructionists will look after pres ent demands in the Philippines their expansionist sons will attend to the future necessities of tbe islands. Mosabacks will Interest ponteiity only as cariosities. XISKS ur BlUTLE t'KEEK. Tbe Iioscburg Itevlew has thia article upon the mines of a district in Douglas county; Development work goe steadily on in South Myrtle mining district and each day's work uiaidteets more certainly the fact that a mining camp of no small Importance will soou lie established In that section. Prospecting has beeu can led on throughout tbe winter and new dis coveries are beiug reported every few days. How valuable these new discoveries may prove will not be ascertained until spring opens so that they can he properly developed. The three principal mines in which development work is being done are proving to be very rich in gold, silver and copper, and thousands of dollars worth of ore is now In sight and on the dumps. The ore taken from the Little Chieftain is being sacked as soon aa It cornea from the shaft. This I one of the mines Messrs. Louden dt Ilemmrleh have bonded. Tbe amount of tbe bond (reported at $7000) is Insignificant compared with the value of the mine as it is, eveu now, with only one shaft down to a depth of eighty feet. Tbe Continental ml lie, which these aame gentlemen have bonded for $12,000, la a valuable piece of property. A flue body of ore has been uncovered, but for some reason is not being remove, from tbe mine. Ore from this mine aad also from the Little Chieftain carries gold to the amount of $1800 per ton, and one of the owners recently staled that some of the best of the ore would go as high aa $8000 per ton. These two mines employ a force of eleven men Adjolnlo' tbe Continental is the Hall mine, bonded by A. Johnson and J. II. McCarty, of Portland, for $12,000. These gentlemen have a force of seven men at work and probably have $0000 worth of ore on the dump. This carries large quan tities of gold, copper and silver. The latest assay showed $1700 In gold per trm, besides a very high assay la copper aud silver. The body of ore in ail three of these mines varies In width from eighteen inches to five feet, and at times the workers come to places where all of the quart mat ter has been blown out and tha space between the walla filled in with base rock. Such a state exists at present in the Hall mine and also In the Continental. This has happened be fore, however, and does not worry owners, rot whenever, they come to the ore again it shows greater width as well as richness. The conductor mine, owned by P. Finx-er aud Conductor Cummings, of Albany, carries a large amount of free gold. Decomposed rock and dirt panned from this mine will go from 10 to 80 cents per pan. A tun- uel is being run to strike this ledge at a depth of 150 feet, and the own ers are very confident that when they do this a body of free milling ore will be found that will rival any thing ever struck In Southern Ore gon. A. L. Ady, W. A. and Walter Newton are working on a promising prospect on Mr. Ady'a farm. Cloyd Cbaney has a well defined ledge on bis farm two miles below the Continental mine, and so has Noah Seller. Just south of these two mines is C E. Bogue'e mine. This carries gold In paying quantities. One assHy shows gold to tbe amount of f IS per ton. Ilesidea these ledges some six or eight more of less importance have been discovered and will be develop ed more or less during tbe coming summer. The Vice ef Hagglag Clouds t.ie happiness of the home, but a nagging woman often needs help. She may be so nervous and run-down In health that trifles an ooy her. II she is melancholy, ex citable, troubled with loss of appe tite, headache, sleeplessness, consti pation or fainting and dizzy spoils, she needs Eleetria Hitters, the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thousands of sufferers from female troubles, nervous troubles, backache and weak kidneys have used it, and became healthy and happy. Try It. Only 60c. Delu Drug Store guar antee satisfaction. Senator Lodge said in a speech la-t week that the United States has given the Filipinos schools, habeas corpus, prompt courts, a new legal codn if procedure, and a start on the road to civil government, and that "every step bas been In accordance wilb the wise ami kludly policy of the president who is dead." These are facts as opposed to tbe empty talk about Imperialism. NEW Of TIIE STATU The tannery at Eugene la employ ing ten men, and 500 hides s?r month are handled. Immigrants are coming by the train load. Already fifty cars have bean landed on the northwest coast. The logging stream law enact d by the last legislature baa been beld by Judge Boise, of the tblrd district, to be unconstitutional. Throe men are employed In Cor vallia making gopher guns. An or der for 1000 was received from a Montana dealer last week. An evangelist named Marshal Is conducting revival meetings in ltose burg, two services dally. The "Mod em Dance" is one of his themes. The Postal Tegraph A Cable Com pany, by tbe Portland agents, are a work to get the same rates to the Orieut as are allowed In San Fran cisco. The Albany Herald ask for two changes In the tax law. Pay In the fall and knock out tbe 3 per cent premium for payment before March 15tL. Tbe town of Wasco, in Sherman county, Is enacting a license law by which all the ludustries and profes sions will be specially taxed to raise money for the support of the govern ment. A rumor Is current In Astoria to tbe effect that the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has bought the Columbia River and Astoria Rail road. The company already owns that part of the road between Port land and Oolite, almost one-half tbe distance from Portland to Astoria.- Tiie city of Roseburg has cloned a contract with a local water and light company to furnish and operate fif teen 450-Walt alternating enclosed arc lights, same as those used In For est Grove, and twenty-two IG-csmllo power incandescent lamps. Tim price to be paid for the service, which is all night, Is $120 per mntb. The weighing of ail mail nislter by the officials of the railway service has commenced. The postofliee de partment has Issued instructions or dering the weighing of United States mail carried in all railroad' routes In Oregon. For 35 days every piece of mail carried on the trains will be weighed, and then an aver age will be struck, tbe rate being about $42.75 per mile per annum for every 200 pounds.. A Corvallis girl was In an accident some time ago when she broke her leg in two places. When nuited the Injured leg was shorter than the other. She went to a hospital in San Francisco, where tbe bone was again parted and rlvlted In place with silver rivet. It is said she Is making favorable progress toward re covery. It la now thought that an extra lift of leather on ber shoe heel will equalize the length of her limbs so that there will be only the sugges tion of a limp. The Astoria News reports the do ings of a big timber company In Clatsop county. Already $70,000 baa been spent in buying land and the bottom of the sack is not yet. A railroad, standard gauge, is to be built from tide water Into tbe hills toward the Nehalem country and ultimately tap the groves on tbe headwaters of that stream. When the timber Is gone the road will be used for general traffic. And there is Just where Portland will be hurt. The metropolis is Indifferent to a road entering the city from the south and will Idly allow a road to Is) built that will carry freight from the interior to some where on the lower Columbia. Monroe, Benton county, haa a min ister who figured in a fight a fow weeks ago. Tbe accounts are thst he engaged a tew days ago in a sec ond altercation. In the first Instance only fists were used, but in tbe last one there was a club, a hatchet aud possibly other war like weapons. A letter from Monroe says that the minister was in a store, and that in tbe course ol the conversation, he denounced the Catholic faith In terms so uncomplimentary that a believer in that doctrine took the matter up. The letter says, "The minister reach ed for the young man's neck," and a personal encounter resulted, in which the young man finally seized a halchet and drove the belligerent parson out of the store. The further account is that whet he got outside tbe minister picked up a plank and prepared to renew the struggle, but that tbe affair finally ended without further trouble - Corvallis Times. J