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HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13. U03.
V.il. XXX.
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Self Education Through fA Medium of SpecUJly
Prepared Articles by Prominent Instructors
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IIKMOX HOWA,
TTORN ICY-AT LAW.
ihi.I HiuiKo, (iiciaioN
f. nuJ 7. MurkUii blix-k
of tlio Jaw near the front la a long.
JOHN M. MAI. I.,
TTORN ICY-AT-LAW,
IIILLSHOlLO, OKLUON.
Hnib y.Moigan Hhxk, nin.ni.- J A 2
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8. T. LlSKLATEIt, M. II. C. M.
IMIYKICIAN ANDSUIIGEON
lUI.IrolK). Olif UDN.
(IrFi'ii: Bt riwitlounu. east ' '"'
HiiiiNH, wlir be will I foiinil t ll iiuim
linn nol viHituiK patients. -
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J. I'. TAMIKSIK, at. ...
P. II. II. SURGEON,
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((in. nn Itasii.HNoa : comer Third
and Maia Htraets. OHios hours, H;LH) I" IV
u ... 1 ... r. ii.l 1 10 H d. ui. lolei'lioii K
rmici..ii.. from Hroek A Sela lniKHlnri;
nil h.iura. All oalla rumptlr atmuueu,
night ttr day.
K A. II l ILK V, M. i:.
JMIYKICIAN AND SURGEON
II1I.IXKI IC. OKMfON.
Oltir MorKioi Pulley .-k, up tiir.
roiuim 1'.', I J anil l.. Ileaidminfl, r. W.Oor.
Ilan I. in.' nud tleiv.nil streets
J'ulb 'i'honi.
J. K. Al KINS.
Dentist,
im.i.sr.ont), oiiv.iiON.
I vrM K lloima: tl a. in. 4 :!W p. ni.
Ollioo in Union bl.xk over riiarmury
$ Little Creatures (
About Our
C Homes
f By LE ROY WELD 1
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A. II. It 1 1 LEV, P. I. S.
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K. MXON,
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K U KHT i KO V K, O I i K 1 1 N
Ural arli ?liillwlli$.rwrHia. IVniiMit
1111.I Aiiiili::iiii lillinir I1 i . nia nu-h. tiuld
I1II111KH Irnni $1 up. lt;ili.t'.l uir Tur l.uin
li'ttH extru.-lioH.
itrrii'a I lliree rl.x.m north nf Hriuk
ft, He. inline lioufH f roiu W a, 111. W4 p. iu.
K'Hii'il i'f hiti' Himmt; hII tin'
'am inn nl CiilitrHiln, lin niltittliil
4111 the 11 in i it lino of lht IVnvrrA
Hin (Irnmli' I'l lwii n ('tinuii City 11 111 1
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Hi in inilily rli fl In tin' Inttrt nf I he
Cinil riiiu-lmrrirr rii.li Hit' rx I tijr
WHt'ii of I he ArktuiMH Uivit, limliril
lulu fimmiii'' fury Hint ilaslinl into
Hiiinniii; Mj'riiy ly it swiriili,,il
llirinii'li lli. I.irlii'nn 1I1 llli'. Sn 1 11 r
rnw it I ho virtiti'i nt run oinl
tint! Hiiti' whs n riNim fur Ixilli thr
rniil Hinl rivrr, unit llu n fiiri'n rur-luii-.lv
r"iiHliiii lr.l drli'i nf mIi i'l liiul
In I llirown liri Hi wImi if the
Mlri'niu. Hiifprnili'il from iron nnp-
lM.rls iiinrti.n'il into I ho rnmm uiiIIk
on rn. Ii Mill- li the ri'lil nml Irfl.
Ami rij;lil lirri cmii l c wi n Iho rli
11. HX of nil tin i-nnim' KtHiiili'iir, Ihul
. whirh hurt Ui'ii Hplly c-.illiil " l'hr
Uuyal Jorjio." I'nr I wo llioiisnnil
nil hum I nil fill ttn Hotiil inonnliihH
MKir ii'waril llvi liinrn m lufly a
tin ViiHliiin,'liiu Miiimnii'iit, tin'
lii'hfft N'riiiitni'iit Hlriit'turo nanil
tiy tho Imml of inmi. N wnr.li mil
mli'ijimU'ly ili-rril Ihn iiiHKnillii'iiCi'
of IIh1 wviu'. Only llnw who hjv"
Im'Iii'IiI id nl"ri'" "" Him'ii.
Ihini.
Thia ii tmt nut' of tho ni.iny won
liw of nrtiuro ri'vpahil lo tli lrnvi-1-rr
011 (hi IVnv.T A Uiii (Jrninl.'
lUilroml, " l'lii Sci'iiii' Lino .of tlio
Worhl."
For ilotiiilnl Inroriiialiiin iilxnil
thia imml ili'liuhtful t r i J to lh- lU-t,
Aihlrturt J. 1. MaiMtUI,
(I hi. At., UU) Uran.le tiyati ai, Port
auJ, Oregou.
IX. Some Facets About Ptrssy.
Vf'V is prolinhli' tlmt annip of my ri'iid
H its will wmiilor what thorn is for
Ju anyliiHly to learn iilxmt tho rat
1111 n 1 1 1 inn I which F ronstantly
prosi'iifN ihi-lf to n I hut 0110 niiht 01
n t I'voiylioiiy to know nil nliout it.
Wo Hh.'lll KIT.
filil it ovor oconr to yon to womlor
wlioit mir rut raino from nml whether
IheiH iii.f was 11 tiinu when fulka illil
lint have rata in their houses to cnleh
rata ami niieo'T No.ilonlit many people
have tlie i.lru'tlint nnr ilonicstio eat In
holding; lint n ileKeeiulant of tho so
railed "wilileat" if our womla. Itut
this la not tho enao, na wo Khali noon
learn. As nearly na wo enn finil out
liy earefully oxaminiiiK pieturen mil
liiHorlptioiiH on nioiiuiiuMita nml inline j
lules fountl In I'.uvpt, na well ns inuin-
lilies of rata themselves, onr present
feline 1 iet Is ii mixture of races of small
oals unlive lo tho northern part of Af-rlrn.'
Our eat Is not exactly liko nny of thr
wilil sp.-riea foiinil tliero, hut Bho ro
aonihles them closely ouoiikIi to ho a
mixture of the riiees, uml, Ik-sIiIcs, it la
u well known fact that domestication
for many nes will modify tho strui.--turo
nml hnliits of nn animal to a
remarkgMi! Uesroc, n fact which Id
well llhiati-atcd hy tho widely differ
ent varieties of tho do, nil beloiiK
!n to tho siuno species, this species
not boiiiK known nt nil In tho wild
state. Tho wildcat of America Is reul
ly n lynx.
There nro some points of historical
Interest nlxuit cats. In nnclent Ejtypt
theso nnlina'.s, nlontf -with some others.
were regarded na snored. Their inum
inles have heen found nmnns tho ruing
of Kjjypt. It is said that Ciimhysos,
khiK of Persia, in an attack upon the
Kcyptl.ni city of i'ehiaJum in rc."i 11. t
cuused cats to ho curried with his
tnxips, nnd the Kuyptiana, fearful lest
a 1'attlo inlKht ho fatal to tho cats,
made no resistance.
Now let us bring pussy In nnd see
If there nro not some tilings about her
wonderful little body Hint we have not
noticed Ix'fere. 1'irst Uxik ut her eyes.
Did you ever wonder what mnkca a
rat's eyes shine in the cellar when
ymi ox'ii the dixir and hxik down ut
hi;r? Many people think a cat's eyes
shine In tho dark, but they do not.
The lif.-bt you see la merely the reflec
tion of the lilit from tho dixir in her
silvery ry. balla Just na it might lie re
Heeled in a mirror. Lixjk closely nt
the cat's eye; tben take a mirror nnd
l.xik nt your wn. Vou will gee thnt,
while the pupil of your rye is round,
the pupil of tho cat's eye is long nnd
slender vertically, aonieliiiios appear
ing merely ns n line or slit. Now
lake the cnt into a dark closet for n
few minutes nnd when she conies out
quickly examine her eyes. You will
find the pupil nearly round nml much
larger th.in yours, though yours is
somewhat larger for having lx-on In
the dark. If you nsk n photographer
how ho regulates the amount of light,
In Ills enmern, ho will show you n set
of stops, or plates of metal, with dif
ferent slzi-d holes in them, which nro
placed in front t4 the lens. The rye is
a camera, nnd the pupil Is tho stop.
When tho cat wnnt:i to see well in
partial darkness, she opens wido the
Mop' nnd lets In nil the li-'tit immiIIiIo.
Tlio fact Hint the pupil of the cat's eye
Is more dilatable than oms explains
why -the cat ran see so much Ix-tter in
the nighttime. Tho same la true of
owls nnd other nocturnal birds nnd
animals.
Tlio ears should lx examined next.
They nro regular ear trumpets, catch
ing every sound. While pussy Is rest
ing on Hie rug gently scratch the enr
pot with your linger nail and watch
her our. If you turn one of the eaia
Inside out, you will sm' that it la mnde
of a stllT, cartilaginous substance well
adapted for Hie pui ixwe. The hiilra iu
the car kivp out 1 tie dust
Iler mouth Is tho next object of in
teresjt. A cut g nernlly ot.jifts to hav
ing her mouth meddled with, but you
can get her to open it by gently press
ing with thumb nnd finger ngalnst the
side of her face, gradually Increasing
the pressme. While It Is ox'ii glanco
nt her tivfh. Notice that tin re Is on
rh jnw in front a row of little, flat,
short lieth which together l.uike a
trtof dull kuifcdge. At each side
sharp, curved tooth that enable the
cat to- seize nud tear lli-sh. llehind
theso fnnf s on each side Is a get of
teeth go arranged and shaped thnt
when they shut together they form
several pnlrs of very sharp shear for
cutting meat. Iid you ever notice a
cut when alio Is trying to blto off a
pioco of tough meat or gristle? She
always gets it around on one side of
Trsfr-iljr Af rU4.
"Jn-it In the nick of Mine our littlf
boy was eaveil" write Mrs. W.
Wat kirn of Pkuunt City, Ohio.
PueuinonU bad iilayud sad 'bavoc
with him and 4 terrible cough set in
bfaidea. Doctor (rented him, bul
he grew worse every day. At leufth
we tried Dr. King's New Discovery
for consumption, aud our darling
was saved. lit 'a now aound, and
well." Everybody ought to know,
it's the (inly mire cure for coughs,
colds and all lung diseases. Guaran
tor! by lUiley's Plmrinacy. Price
oOcand fl.00. Trial botlUn Iree.
k I'lBMEUS I.NSTiriTE KIE( I1L-
1ST IOK THE OtrllK ur EX.
FEUlMEXr STATIOSS.
The Secretary of Agriculture baa
created a new position lu the Oflice
of Kxpcriiueut Htalions in ord.rto
bring the UnlUd Htates D.-partment
of Agriculture Into closer touch with
the groat farmers' institute move
went throughout the country. List
year about 2,700 Institutes were held
a 44 states and . were attended by
over 800,000 persons. Tlio institutes
have I bus become a powerful agency
for the practical education of the
farmers and the movement his reach
ed a point where It is felt that a
Wakeful t'hililrra.
For a long- lime Die two year old national olhW oooperalini; with the
child of Mr. 1 L Mcl'tier-ioii, 69 N. I stale managers of institutes may lie
Tenth St., Ilarrisburg, Pa., would I of great lienefit. Much of the work
sleep hut two or Ihree hours In the of the Institutes la done with the aid
early purl of Iho night, which made I of th agricultural colleges and ex
it very hard for her parents. Her pe-Imeut stations, and it was there-
uiollier coiicludeil liiat tlio child bad fore deemed appropriate that the
tho mouth, where these sharp edged stomach trouble, and gave her half ol Department should extend aid to the
one of Chamberlain' Htoiiucli aud iuulituto through the OIHee of Fx
Liver Tablets, which quieted her periuieut Stations, w hich reprice il
stomach aud sho slept Hie whole I the .Secretary in hi rel tiona to tin
uiglit through. Two boxes of I bets
tablets have ifleclnl a la-ruiauenl
AS IDEAL rUS.
Whoever looks into the fuiidaincn-
tal principles governing tho payment 1
of death beueflts, whether by fraternal
societies or Jife insurance companies,
will learn thai the death rati', which
makes me iit lucres as age
advances, and that payment of that
cost, year by year, as ago increases,
or is equivalent in some other way,
Is the sole condition upon which a
death benefit paying institution can
eija-et to survive, Life insurance
JiEWS 01' THE STATE.
Theofriko of pupils at the Oregon
City high school vaa lost by Iho
scholars. They relumed to school
iMrryiiigan anoloirv.
X i more ringe horses are1 to b
chuuimI at the Linton slaughter bouse.
The cannery was burned not lung
since. A fruit cannery is lo lake the
place of the other.
'Ihoy have a bad lot of boys at
has devised two plans of meeting the Oregon City. A pcr of that town
eouditions of Ihe death rate. One ol
these is known as the uatural plan,
and consists of paying Ihe annual cost
as age adv'ances. Thaother, known
as Iho level plan, consists of averng
teeth nro.
As goon ns you let her rloso her
mouth she will Invariably stick out her
tongue. Watch your chance, mrefuliy
seizn her nose ami lower jaw between
your thumb and linger, and whllo the
tongue Is out gently close her mouth cure and she is now well and otroug
on it. This will give you a chance to
obfiervo this remarkable organ. No
tice that it is covered by a multitude
of horny hooks pointing backward.
Theso old her in cloaking her fur and
iu licking meat from nones.
For salo by Delta Drug Blore,
Mure Itlols.
Disturbances of strikers are nol
nearly as grave as an Individual
disorder of the system. Overwork,
Tho whiskers of the cut are a most I loss of sleep, nervous tension will be
noticeable feature. It Is said that they followed by utter collapse, unless a
ore for tho purpose of aiding the ani- reliable r.medv is immeiliatelv
mal in walking lu dark places. The
whiskers extend out to a width about
equal to that of the widest part of the
body, so that if the extended whiskers
will pass through an opening the cat
employed. 1
elllcient to Cure
r kidneys a
'hi re fc nothing sr
disoli'is of the livei
Kit otr li
lt's a wonderful tonic, and
ver
Hitlers.
effeclive
knows Hint her lxxly will also pass '"'fvine and Ihe greatest all aiound
through without difficulty. ' medicine for run down systems.
A professor once asked a class of Mt dispels nervousness, rheumatism
forty Intelligent young people if they
could tell hlin how many toes a cat
has. fSorac said twenty, some sixteen.
Not one of them know. Now, readers,
how many of you could answer the
same question? Take the cat and look
at her feet. Vou will And five toes on
each front foot nnd four on each hind
foot. The Inside toe, or thumb, on the
front foot Is higher than tho others
nnd Is not used In walking. Notice
mil muiiilgia and expels malaria
germs. (July oik-, and satisfaction
iiar.intecd by Udley's Pharmacy.
colleges and stations and which has
already done much to promote th
general iuteresisof agricultural edu
cation lu this country. The new of
deer, who is (o lie called a farmers
institute specialist, will be under Ihe
general su'rvision of the Director
uf tho Office of Experiment Stations
and nave his headquarters, at the De
partmeut at Washington. As the
result of a Civil Service examination
held lo All Ibis position, Prof. John
Hamilton, now Secretary of Agricul
ture in tho Slate of Pennsylvania
has received Ihe appointment and
will soon enter on bis new dulios
Prof. Hamilton was born on
farm in Juniata county, Pennsylva
uia, and served in Ihe Army ol the
Potomac for three and one-hnlfyeara.
becoming a sergeant ntcjor of thi
rirst Pennsylvania Cavalry. He
afterwards graduated at the Pen 11-
liead It I hraugk.
'Twould spoil this atnry to tell itlsylvania Stale College, performing
In the headlines. To use an eighteen the duties of superintendent of the
century phrase, this is an "o'er true college farm during an interval in
tale." Having hapxned in a small his course, lie was then professor ol
Virginia town in the winter of 1902, agriculture in the -ame Institution
how well formed tho retractile claws 11 1H " vpry much of Ihe present 'or ""out ten years, and has since
are and how nicely the solo of the foot lo "bort time sgo Mrs. John Ii I been business manager, treasurer,
is padded. - I llarmor, of Melfa Scat ion, Va.. had d trustee of tho college. He was
It Is often asked what the cat's tall no is-rsonal knowledge of ihe rare one of the oilginal members of Ihe
curative projx rties of ClinmhcrlaiuV Pennsylvania Stale Hoard of Agri.-
Cough ltcmedy. "Last January," culture, and when the State Depart
she says, "my baby trok a dreadful went of Agriculture was organlz il,
cold and at 0110 lime I feared she he became deputy-secrelarv and di
would have pnneumonia, but one ol I rector of farmers' institutes, and in
my neighbors (old mo how this 1899 he was appointed Secretary ol
immediately seo that tho tall Is a most reu'e,y bad cured her little boy and Agriculture by Governor Stone,
effectual balancer. I began giving it lo my Iwby at once During his period of service in the
Now place the cat on the floor and nd it' soon cured her. I heartily State Department of Agriculture, the
watch her play. See how splendidly thank the manufacturers of Chamber farmers' Institutes of the state have
built she is, how admirably her body lain Cough Remedy for placing so greatly Increased in attendance and
purposes, great a cure within mv reach. 1 1 efHeiencv. and be has also been verv
cannot recommend It too highly or active in promoting the laHlermeut
say too much in its favor. I hoa? of tho rural schools, especially
ail who read this will try it and be through the introduction of nature
convinced as I wi s," For sale by study relating to agriculture
w 1
Delta Drug Store,
is for. One of tho Invariable laws of
nature Is' that an animal Is never pro
vided with nn appondago that Is not
or has not at some tlmo been of use
to it If you will watch a cat climb
ing and Jumping about in a difficult
place, ns on top of a fence, you will
is shaped for its various
Thcro is not a curve or line of her
form that is not graceful. Her strength
Is such that when frightened It Is al
most Impossible to hold her. Alto
gether she Is one of nature's most ad
mirable creatures.
Tho intelligence of the cat Is Infe
rior to that of the dog. She can learn
very few tricks and seldom compre
hends anything gold to her, though she
readily learns tho common cat call.
ItSaied His Leg.
P. A. Daiifnrlh of LaGrangc, Ga.,
suffered for six months with a fright
ml running sore n his lev: bul
CANALS AMt KAILKOAlr KKEHillT
41 AIM.
In a speech which bedeliveied at
the annual dinner of Ihe Arkwright
"kitty." Sho is easily deceived, as is ri, 8 ''t Hucklen's Arnica Salve cll0 m New York, Saturday, Presi.
shown by the following Incident: a I wholly cured it in live days. For
rut of my acquaintance was once Uli-crs, wounds, piles, it's the best
placed before a mirror standing on salve in the world. Cure guaranteed.
the floor. Hho immediately walked up ouy 25els. Sold by Hallay's Phar-
i" 11 "mi eii.ieiii. Sibils 01 iiucresi anu
surveyed carefully the cat confront
ing her in the glass, smolled the glass
and then, suddenly drawing back, ran
around and bxiked behind It, much to
tho amusement of the spectators and
to her own chagrin.
The Jealous care which a mother cot
bestows upon her kitten Is familiar to
every one. Kittens are born blind and
maoy.
dent Sty vesant Fish of Ihe Illinois
Caiitral Ilailroad, opposed the im
provement of the Krie Canal and
referred slightingly to the Illinois
and Michigan Canal. The latter
should certainly . be abandoned for
the more promising substitute which
Well Again
The many friends of John Blount Chicago has provided, but in this
will bo pleased to learn lhat he hat matter Mr. Fish's Judgement is too
entirely recovered from bis attack of evidently affected by bis associations.
rheumatism. Chamberlain's Pain lie sneaks a a railroad man ami 11
Halm cured him after Ihe beat doctor well known that even dead water
in tho Ihe limn (Motion, Ind.) had ways have a restraining. Influence
helpless, but soon become quite strong fasleil to give rein f. The prompt re- upon railroad freight rates,
nun nouve. it la touching, however, lief from pain w hich this linimonl I t.l r, iho iniu .n,i
how carefulll the mother lalfnnlx la
I - ... iuii iiiKhu v.aiini, wmrii uir. A' mil
cost, tor sale by Delta Drug Store. Isavs cost the slate 1100.000 a vear.
to gee
guards them even after they have lx-
ronie old enough. In a measure, to
toke care of themselves. Let any ani
nml but man approach the kittens.
nml the mother cat will fight with all
the strength of her supple body so long
as she Is able to ply her sharp teeth
and claws.
A lnughnble Incident occurred not
long ngo with some kittens belonging
to one of my neighbors. They wore
Wsrking Oiertime.
Light hour laws are iguored by
Ihoso tireless littl.) workers- Dr.
King's New Life Pills, Millions
are alwajS at work, night and day,
curing Indigestion, biliousness, con
stipation, sick, headache and all
stomach, liver and bowel troubles.
and consider it in conjunction with
Ihe Illinois Uiver. Practically no
commerce Is taken along the former,
and Ihe latter is traversed by but a
lew pitiful flatboltomcd boats.
Despite this fact these Iwo water
ways exert a powerful influence on
freight rales, morn by their possihili.
1 1 a. 1 1, . n tho Ipullln t !., Mrrv
rilnriiif In flu. rn... 1 .i.n I P mii t.l.tu....... ..fd ....... t..l.. or-1 ' J J
V" I" " . 111 1 , , This is evidenced by the fact lhat
HO IT rnillP nliinfr finil ran La i-lr (nor ut IliL.att )h,t..t...nu I
them, tine kitten rnn un . tree, the when " 'v closes in winter dis-
loMs Are UsHrrraus. lance larins in central Illinois are
How i.fu n you hear it remarked: Increased very materially. Oregon
It's only a cold." and a few dsvs C"J Enterprise,
later learn ' thnt the man is on This Is Ihe argument made ror the
hi hack with pneumonia. This is Oelilo Portage, and would no doubt
common occurrenee that . he true for a sleamiioal canal, wiiicn
other up a fencenost, nnd the cur con
tinuisl to lrk and Jump up toward
the kittens. Suddenly there was a
gray streak across the lawn, a fu
rious snnrl and a wild yelp of pnln.
Tlln i.l.l Vn l.,l l.l.ll I ... I
........ .... , ,, ,, . f (lu(h
...e nrme nun ner powerrui teetn and. ..... .. ...... L . Ih. n.nl ni.Mninm.1 nronnaoafo
rl-ma Ti.n .1.. . ji.i.t However niigni, siiniiui not De " --'
......... . . ..... o un iu iiui i ii,... . . i , itt
his presence was neeossarv Hsrwh..,o 1i.Me,l. Chamln'rlain's Cough "u '
and act.-i ,n.iii- Kmedv eounleract anv londenev 'reigni annr poriago win 1.0 . n-
' - I. .l... I. .......
It should 1 remarked here that, toward pneumonia. It always cures 'ccuve isriii i.ir me ranroain -..a
though the mother rnt rnrrtn. hoe kit. and is r.leasani t take. Hobl hv iw.it. will enable them to maintain rates al
tens by the bn-k of Ihe neck, w Drug Store. about the present figures
almiiM ri.it i,l..k itt, L ..... ... u I . I
nociallT honvv e r .,- Mt. i J It it's a bilious attack, take Cham- Elliot Lyons, who murdered Sher-
. . ' . - . . . i t . k k.
a like manner. It Is Hkelv ta hurt trlain's' Stomach and Liver Tab eta ,n " um-m couu.,,
n.i a n b ia .iin cn. tried and convicteii. ue is w IK
Continued ott fircond Page,
' sale by Delta Drug Store.
hung April lOtb, next.
tells how entertainments both church
ami secular are disturbed by their
carryings on. Ib-tter spank 'em.
Armstrong, who murdered his
ing Ihe cost of a life time so as to sweetheart at Baker City recently,
make the annual payment the naiiif, ntt' ,H!n wdgl In the penitentiary
whereby the member navs much iu at Salem for sale keeping. A mob
excess of tho current cost in the earl v at UuKer city wants him for ten
years of his memhorshin. whtrn I nilnutes.
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. ..paaan. ... u.e reserve. .no Te WA);oa .j gp4nnlllf the
..a.u.... ,n imi-rnL-ucaoie, oecause tviii,1I11,.ariu..F at All.anv u,hl,l.
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' i tin rALvwivo cimi in inti i.igner I
ages.- The level plan is not adapted
to Ihe use of a fraternal, tcause it
involves the Invest men t of the
reserve. A fraternal society, how
ever, mut adopt one or the other of
these plans, orsomoform of com bin a
has been a loll bridge, has been taken
from the city by tho county, and la
now a tree passage way. The city
has been asking the county to ac
cept the ownership for several years.
Eight valuable driving horses
lion that is th.ir equivalent. The owned in Salem, were burned last
Ancient Order of United Workmen
has, adopted the natural premium
plan up to the age of 65, continuing
tho cost level thereafter, and provid
ing, tnrougn us Supreme liOdge, a
guarant'-v fund lo meet the deficiency
in ihe payments of rucnibcra In the
'Sunday evening in the barn of Theo.
Staiger, two miles north of thnt city,
where they were wintering. Total
loss of barn and stock is placed at
$0,000.
Tho War Department has tele-
crranbeil Portland riartina ami in.
higher ages. By this plan members ,., Hinntnr. Mitchell .ml Foltnr,
are an.e 10 get protection tor tt.eir h(t WOfk , the ce.iu.abia river bar
nomes at natural cost, during Ihe rommpnrP(! sfMin. Action on
years in which ll.eir means is needed lneenghweri,. sports will betaken
for a growing family, and then pro. wUnln ton (lnyil. That' was six days
7 ,u 7 " '" ago, hence the matter will be roach-
iiieir uiu ages, vvo inus preserve a
current cost system w hich saves us
I early next week.
from the hsztcds andjexpenso of an
investment reserve. It is the Ideal
cost plan, and afford protection at
lower rales iban it can bo obtained
on any other. Overseer.
WILL A 11 El' IK VALl.EV SALT.
Considerable enlhusiatu was mani
fest when II. Hirschberg, Ihe Inde
pendence bauker, began active
operations of drilling for oil on Ihe
Whitaker farm between link-pen-
The Dalles Mountaineer finds that
the population of Wasco w county is
increasing rapidly. Last Juno the
highest vote cast for a set of candi
dates was 94 for govemor. At a
contest last week before the county
court when a saloon license was ask-
ed, the petitioners had 82 legal voters
and Iho remonstrants 103, showing a
gain of 91 votes in Lygh precinct.
Mrs, Mary L. Hess, the oldest
pioneer o'.CherhsIem valley, died at
denco and Dallas a couple of years her homo west of Newberg, Friday,
ago, and those who were familiar Sho crossed the plains in 1843 with
with the project were rather excited Marcus Whitman, and had she lived
later On to learn that oil had been two days longer, would have been 80
struck, but it hadn't "leaked out yet" I years of age. At one time the Hess
owing to Mr, Ilirscliberg's reticence, family owned a good share of the
But now it appears that the oil story valley, hut the sons have by their
was a mistake, but lhat tho well dissipations drank up the whole
contains something even more valu- entile. Graphic.
able. It seems that along in June
last, the effect of salt was noticed on
the tools used in drilling aud Anally
one of the men tasted the water and
found it to t very briny However,
nothing was thought of this, aud the
walls were cased in as tho drilling
went dceia-r. Finally a large flow of
salt water was struck, aud one day
one of the helpers boiled one and a
half gallons of the liquid until the
water was all evaporated, and a full
pound of pure salt was left. Samples
of Ibis salt were, analyzed ut Ihe
experiment station at Corvallis, by
tho Southern Pacific Itailway Co,
Gov. Chamberlain has appointed
tlio new State Uoird of Health, pro
vided f ir, by tho bill of Dr. A. C.
Smith. State Senator from Multno
mah county, and passed at the last
session of (ho Legislature. The gentle
men so appointed are: Dr. Andrew
C. Smith of Portland. Dr. Harry
Line of Portland, Dr. C. J. Smith
of Pondleton, Dr A. C. Kenney of
Astoria. Dr. W. A. Cusickof Silein
Dr. K. B. Pickel of Ashland.
The past few, days, reports The
D.dles Mountaineer, the county court
and llio city council have been con-
and by the Salt Combine, and, as a sideriug tho proposition of buying
result, (tie sail waa found to be clienii- jointly a road roller for Ihe use tf
cally pure, analyzing 99 per cent pure, the county and city, two propositions
This analysis shows it to be one of having been laid before I hem, one
the best salt wells In the Uuiled States from the Buffalo Pitts Co., and the
lu regard to the quality of the pro- other from Ihe Port Huron Co., oath
duct. Experts are of the opinion of which have a 10,000 Ion steam
that when Ihe fresh water flow is I roller, ono machine costing (3500
shut off, a gallon of the liquid will and the other 12300.
make a pound of pure silt and po-i-
sibly more, and that the tiow will
furnish 1,000 gallons of tho water
per hour, which is expected to furnish
at least 24,000 pound of salt each
day. It is understood lo be Mr.
HirschlK-rrf's intention to plug Iho
well just below the salt flow and
WILL ASK HIE KEIEKESUUM.
A movement Is being Inaugurated
in this city, says the Albany Herald,
to have the Lewi A Clarke fair
appropriation of $500,000 referred to
develop a stilt well. The plant which ,ho r00!'1 Hclal eleclioo,
he is planning to build to bandlo the
output of Ihe well, will cost in the
neighborhood of 1 15,000. The ex
x?rt and au horilies who have
investigated the matter, say that the
salt well is worth more, than they
ever expect"d to realize from oil,
and advise Mr. Hirschherg to aban-
on his acaoh for oil and turn his
energy toward developing the salt
Industry. However, he does not
ntend to give up the search for oil,
as he i satisfied it can be f t.ind.
The formation drilled through was
sandstone and shale, which is the
same as found in nil region", but it
was too hard. If a strata of porous
sandstone is struck a flow of oil will
proha'-ly be struck also.
a .
Eugene Ixiai-t of being clear of
contagious diseases, Ihe flr-t lime for I
four months.
A prominent attorney of Albany
ha Ik-b engaged to draft the peti
tion and prepare the ' necessary
papers and in a few days the people
will be asked to sign them. A great
many are in favor of the fair, yet a
number oppose It because the Mult
nomah delegation promised f sup-,
port Iho Harris corporation tax bill .
if tlio fair appropriation was passed,
but w hen the tax bill came to a vote
almost tho entire Portland delegation
voted against it.
The Harris hill would have raised
over 1100,000 a year, and the owners
nf real estate feel that too great a
bunion In liocn placed on them by
the largo appropriation. About 6,
OOOsignsitire are ntHwssary to invoke
tho referendum and that' number
will In) secured wittiout a doubt. It
will add nn interesting feature 19 the;
congressional campaign. .