CM o W0W Vol. XXX. IIILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1903. No. 51. 'trill u I'KOlESSlO.VtLCAKUS. KKPI ltl.lt i I'LAH'OBM. E. U. lltMil'E, TTORNKY-AT-IiA W, 1 tllI.LKIOUO,OKUUON. Ornoa: U m3,4. 5, Moreno Hla. A W. K. IIAUKKTT, TIOHNKV-ATl-AW, IIIMHUIM), OKEOON. Orru : (Jeutrnl rtlooa. Koonia and 1- IIKSIOS II0HMAS, TTORNKY-AT-LAVV. - HILLHHOKO, OKEUON. " )ri.i: Uouma aud T. UH!n l"8" ' JOIl.X M. WALL, TTO K N 12 Y-AT- LAW, UILLHllORO, OREGON. Bailey. Morgan Block, Rooms 1 & 2 1 H. T. LINK LATE It, M. B. V. M. 1IYHICIAN AND SURGEON UILLfiltOUO, OUOON. Orrica: at residenoe, ea of toiirt Ilonae, where ho will be found at all umim when Dot vuiting palienta. - The following urn I lid resolution adopted by tho Eugene Convention andconrtitute tlie platform ou hiiri Hon, Dinger Herman will stand iluriitt; this rampaigL: "Rnolvcd, That we hereby record (our hih irt'('iutlon of the private I worth and the puMlo services of the Into Hon. Thou. II. Tongue, Congrena uihm from this district, an. I we de plore i Is death as a. l.-txa to hi state Mllll Hit Nation. "R solved. That we recogniz ! Theodore R'Msevelt,4rcHidcnt of the United State1, as H stalwart typo of Amercian citizenship, worthy ol thine, the ticst d iys of the 11 ubtic, Mini we heartily Indorse-bis position upon tho. grest public questions ol the day and his administration, anil ho it resolved further, that he be ei tended the hospitalities of this state upon the occasion of his proposed visit. - "Resolved, That we do hereby indorse and reaffirm the platform ol tho last Oregon Slate Republican Convention. "Resolved, That the Republican pftrty of this Congressional district favors an J wilt earmstly labor for the improvement of our rivers and harbors by I ho National Govern inent." Oough, CJrlp, Pneumonia and Con sumption. Try It. It's guaranteed by Bulley' Pharmacy Trial bottles free. Reg. size SOc, ft A POLITICAL DItBT. While the democrats are setting forth their clalucs to right to rule the 'government by their principles It mltfht be well to turn back the pages of history and revive our mind a little as to how these principles have operated. Here ia a brief ditry that is recorded in plain hieroglyphics on eve ry industry in this country and indelibly traced on the mind ol every iterson old enough to have experienced and suffered during the years of 1892 to IS9C. 1892. Orover Cleveland elected. Immediate depression in business lollowing the election. 1893. The greatest panic In history of the country. 1891. The house passed the Hland bill to coin the silver seinloraue or vacum" and congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff bill, which killed American Industry and threw hundreds of thousands out of work. 1895. Wholesale brankrupticin of manufacturers, bankers, merchants and KACE til H IDE IS OKEfcO: Tbe fitroeful aud outspoken manner la which President Roosvelt has discussed "race suicide" has opened me eyes of the nation and w-t the SEWS Of THE STATE. silver Dumocrats wish So sleep nights, and not sit up to watch pickpockets Unsolved, That we are In favnr of that old Jefferson' an Democratic principle, department stores, as we ...1.1 ....... I . i 'i 1 1 1 . T 1 iiu uriun., inu ui n imiiiiu imuuuipd "i ryes Ol lite nation ami w-t Ihe I uu.-..... i , Hearat as I he heroic champion of that people to thinking as never before channel are beinff 'worked nctrined r"" ",e ,,hnt noounU ,0 N.OOO. rlne of the psrty. Itesolretl, Ttmt Grover Cleveland be d d. San Francisco Call. I ered, a number of mortan, relics of a prehistoric race. Pestles ai.d huge 11'iwn.ina i...1..lm. r. k. ..... I .. . . i . , , , ....... v.. ,r . prtH.,nnr., name waterlnl hs thn Orftliw ili.tr!.. I .. ' !..- .. . .. or tutter was urn jroui an sections 01 me county, w . , for the manufacture opened in Med ford me capital required to "The Willamette Valley Choral Union will hold their annual Festival at Eugene May 12th tol Ith. Tickets at reducted rates frputall points 00 the Oregon Lines of ,h "Southern Pacific Co. will bo sold May 11th to 14th inclusive, return limit May 12tb, 1903. Yours truly, W. E. Coman, Gen. Pass Agent. on this question The other day the Oregnnlan sent a bevy of reporters on a tour of investigation of the city only to find that Portland has 6.000 unmarried -Uu,rurawnioH agea 01 so anu uncovered In a channel In Northern 44 and 16,800 bachelors between the Josei.hino Couniv. or TTnm.r v,.tr ges of 20 and 63. Of the U.000 Cree. Judging form the olse of the oiarrieu women in tne city only 1, vertabrae, the original animal must uuoronein 11 usnereu Dauics Into havo been a monster such as is not me woria last year. Only cue child known in this day and time. to every 100 persons, was born lo These relics are uncovered in each Portland last ear. In fact, the instance In stratums of gravel 20. GO KIaak 1 T il I . u,llu ,ai' x-oruana i lower man ana 75 fee bplnw th fl.,rf.,vi ki. in sm. lL i -i.f ' . . . I .. .. ' j v. lua larger cuius 01 me Drought to light by the hydraulic wu.,7 .U tuat wregon ieii is giants. Th sstratum a usu.illu frA.n Too Great a Bisk. In almost every neighborhood someone has died from an attack of colic or cholera morbus, otten before medicine could be procured or a physician summoned. A reliable remedy for these diseases should be kept at hand. The risk is too great for anyone to take. Chamberlain's railroads aggit gating thousands Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Ilemedy oonescr birds, annuals and flutes are Dealers find timothy hav hard to Doing uncovered; bones they are of nud and are eking out on wild oat animals never seen in this dy hiiy brought from California at an and time. A vertabrae of somo sort expense off 1.50 to 5.00 wr ton. It or monster was uncovered or found " the Portland market at 118 There are in Lane County 20 saw mills capablo of cutting 600,000 feet of lumber per day. The industry employes 1 COO men who earn from tl.72 to f 1.00 per day depending on ttie skill of the man. President 8. L. Bennett of tho Fruitgrowers Union is able to givo proof that apple raising in the liogue river valley is about as profitable as a mine; for from one acre and a behind all the other slates in the six to ten feet deep, and is entirely in- Luu "heritage of the Ljrd." , dependent of those above, it, and is half a nr .il . ... . Ifwe d.. little downright, hard dearly much older. The nature of . into 'Z ZttZr! . . '!'" . . . . thin let no Ihu aj-klutinn tkl., n,..Jl tl.A i . . ... ,.on.sn,,tf;;,7Zr ,:lZrZ " " .V6 .,hl9 ' ..! That wiHW.K wheat field . i wiufwiouu ui iuo aecomposition ..eiory oi mis nuiion large rs.niiies ol the matter ol each. The mortars were the rule and not the exception, and weapons found are of granite The 'k'you Light 4 Power Com of millions of dollars. Men glad to t any wage, and many s. J. 1'. TAMIES1E, j4. J.. P. H. K. 8U1M3EON, UlLliSUJltJ. K EO N. Omoi UanomNcia : oornf r Third aud Mam HtreeM. OUioe hooni, susu vu ii a. iu., 1 to 6 aud 7 to 8 p. n. Toleiiboue to reidnoa from brook belli' UriMPttore al all honrm All ealli promptly attended, niht or day. .Made 'oang Afralu. . "One of Dr. King's Now Life Pills each night for two wetks has put me in my 'teens' again" writes 1). II. Turner of Dempsey town, Pa. They're I coin get work who could i nt get anything at all to do. Gold reserve In the treasury went to smash, aud in this year aud the next It was ncccessary to sell 1202,000,000 of gold bonds to get to redeem greenbacks, and a has undoubtedly saved, the Uvea of more people and relieved more pain and suffering than any other medicine in use. It can always be depended upon. For sale by DdlU Drug Store. r A. BULKY, M. I. JM1YSICIAN AND 8UHGEON HlLLHltOHO, OllKOON. wti Morimn-UiitU'r Mock, up ataira, r.xiiiia 1 ia nml lf. Hoaideuoo, H. W. Oor, L'oth 'l'honea, j. e. aihiss, Dentist, IHIXSIIOKO, ORK.tiON. Orric a lloims: 9 a. in. to 4:80 p. m. Ollics in Union bliK!k over l'haruiiuy A. B. It Vll.KV, I. I). H. KFTlsf. HII,ll!01iO, tiKKtiON. It s)iim 10 mid 11 Morgan-Ualley blk. Olllco Hours: 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 p. m. R. MX ON, IJENTLST, KORKH t flltOVK, OliKdON llextarti liul iwlli -"..Vlperpt. Ct'nirnt and AiiiuIkiIiii lilliiiKf cniia nu'h. Uold lilliiiK Irom tl no. Yitali.rd air for pain leHU extrihrlion. OrFK ii thrpe iln north of Prink tore. OtHoe hoti'n from 9 a. m- to4 p. m. the best in the world for Liver, Slomach and B iweis. Purely vego- tablo. Never gripo. Only 25c. at Bailey's Phurmacy . A Farmer Straightened Out. "A man living ona farm near here came in a short time ago completely doubled up with rheumatism. I handed him a bottleof Chamberlain's Pain Balm and told him to use it contract was made with bankers which showed that there was mighty little confidence In the government. 1896. Flection year. All business at the lowest ebb until! after election when the revival came which has lasted until this day. (really Alarmed. By a Persisteat Cough, but Perma- npnllv Cnreii hu nmtnho,liili. freely and if not satisfied after using U, lUmedyt Mr. u Burb8gP( student at law, in Greenville, S. C. Uulck Arrest. J. A. Culledge of Verbena, Ala. was twice in tho hospital from a se vere case of pilds causing 24 tumors. After doctors aud all remedies failed, Bucklen's Aruica Salve quickly arrested further inflammation and cured him. It conquors aches and kills pain'. 25c. at Bailey's Pbar- uacy DIET ROAIlS AXD HOOD ROADS. it he need not pay a cent foi If," says C. P. lUyder, of Pattens Mills, N. Y, "A fbw duy8 later he walked Info the store as straight as a stringand hand ed mo a dollar siylng, "giva mi another bottle of Chamberlain's Pain IJilui. I want it in the house all the time for It cured me." For sale by Delta Drug Store. rujr pioneers or American ana Ironstone a material that n.,- Pny or l aliforn la. has bought 1 1. a citizenship lived a life of rustic slm- the rust and wear, or the rust at least, A8hl' Electric Company and by pliclty where every man's bouse of ages, as Is clearly proven by their SePf lstfcwiil lijht Ashland, Med ford WM lii. mIIa ..J t. ..... I. . .... . . - u..v.ic,uu uia larui a nine oeiog yet sound and intact, while the u ,umc,aiate namicts. The Call- empire in wuicn ne lovea to dwell, matter in which they lio is rotted and loru' company has possibility of vuuuiuons wnn:n circumvent ma- docomposed. At Waldo the stone rw'000nor8e from the Klamath ternlty In these later, years were composing the mortars is not found rIver The power will be transmitted then unthought of. The joy of the in the Immediate district, though household was the prattling tongues, both the granite and the Iron is to be roiucKing Doys and girls brought up found la quantity up a small creek il lauor ami develop manly and some two or three miles from the womaniy vigor, in those days spot where the relics are beinir un- uuucoi iuu was tooaeu favor. The man who the most oala at h.rviui Immensely popular throut iZ ThTm T M: Ca,,r but -"PPort neighborhood .nrf .h n,7., , ,k. . T.': "uu mttUe impossible to live. Medford i.i" ',, jt'. r r. 'r" ""ww oi ,iad four ... lunca aruuuu. inu gin i niose wno nave examined thorn that wuo coma oase tne best corn bread, the smaller oues were used for irrind- or was most expert with the spinning ing food and the larger ones as quartz ivauu iwujr rival suitors lor I morutrs. her hand. In those days there were These decomposed and deenlv im. no longing looks from the farm to bedded ancient channols. found nni by copper wires for a distance of abuut thirty miles. Medfwrd Success whose publication was commenced six months ago by cnas. meserve, was suspended with I upon with covered and it was here undoubtedly J Z could cradle he makers of the mortars derived iished a dean, newsy sheel, meinU it time was their material for constructing them. ,... . lper, too many for a hamlet of only 3,000 souls, oue or two others ought to suspend. The Hood niver Glacier in giving an estimate of the strawberry crop for that valley states the irmwnni Thn tallr stirm uruil va!& ir Ka the city where promised ease, refine- only in Waldo, but In other section .f estimate their crop for this season at naa been tioubled four or five years hnust be confined chieflv fo a dlacna. a"lai na en,,le8" roun1 or pleasure Josephine County, were the beds of I10oos ""ten. These figures are ....II. . . I . . . . I I ..lit 1 man.nbl kU..I t.L-l.! . It,. I ... .. . .... i-ouiiuuuub i-ouirn wnicn ne a nn nf ihn n,.Li,, .i r,.. f"' """""' uicaaiuicn m iuv rivers anu si reams at a 11mA whnn uaseu on a yieiu oi lZo rratpa to tlm vaiagruuuu with a says, "greatly alarmed me, causing dirt roads. caring Beyond a few macadem the surface of the earth in this district I ac'rc' '"'.the 880 acres of bearing IS SCHOOL LAW ... i-.uw renu wnai lie says OI It : when w aiwak of roa.U nf n-loral 111 L.. . . . ' no.,.. .ei,reniHraaoieciiangeanu aoil weneed not mean the Nl'ltV AssmilLY NO. if., UMTEIi AltllSlNS. . . 1IILI.SP.OKO, OlIKtiOX. ' IJKliULAU nicitinn on Monday even ing of encli week nt (M.lfellnwg llII, IlillsUirn. MohiImts please iiIUhhI. .VrJVHi CO YEARS' 9- j V.. tirPFRiFNrir OH Tradc Marks UCtfONS CopvRioHTa A a. AnTn vMldlnt A k!rh and d.Mirr1i.f)n ma qiilt'klv M)(trtftn our npintoii fro wfi4thpr r IriTHiillnti l prnhrrlf tHl4ntAhld. nninmiitri. tlntm Atrtcti? rititilttiiitl. H.ir.lhwkn 1'ntenta tnl frr. (M.)ot niriMu-T for nornrine paltni. tt4ntii tAkcti ihroiiuh Hiunn H Co. rclrt pna not kA without chnrviv la tb Scientific Jimcrican. rtiUtl.m .f x.y rtimKflo urtutl. Tcrnm f: a, to-irt fnr rrtiMitha, fL mild bjrM newinttlrn. muni, x Co.'"8'"'-'- New York uuki, pu, r anuii(iin, it. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. . Die Kind You Have Always Bought fiignatura of CfMcU: BwnOj 1li Hind tm Hiw kiin BoggM Slgaatuia OABTOnXA. o A. f3 V c xv i yv. . The lust scfeion of the Oregon I,eg. Islature made a number of -ainentl. ments changes in tho school law. Home of them are as follows: Tho time for the couuly school din... t .. . 1. . iionintMii oi w-iiooi ruiids or the variiius si'hool dintrict-i which has iineii tmido two times a year in April and in October is (low lo lie made on the first Monday of October and as often Ihereafler as tho country schiwil superintendent limy deem advUxMe I he law provide that districts may cintKiliilnle. hen such din. trii'ts are consolidated tho said dis iririH nre io receive lor live year Immediulfly tiiereift'r $."i0 for each m-iiin-i per year uiiiien locellier as many limes $50 as there are districts consolidated. Herrtoforn lo alter or change the boundary lino of any orcanized scnooi (iHirii-l It whs necex-mry to secure the con ent of a majority of the legal voters of tho said district oncerned in the chango. Under the now law tho District Boundary Binrd which -onnisls of (he county judc, two commissioners and (he county school superintendent can cresie, change or alter tho boundary lines ol any dictrict upon beln pstitioned by three or more legal voters. The diitrict clerks ate now requir ed to have their reports which are read and approved at the annual schoal meeting reach the countv school supurlnteuj -nt by the 10 h of July. Iu making tho school cpusus, the new law provide that this shall be taken during Febrmry of each year. ThU censm shall Include all children oetween 4 and 20 years who on Feb. ruiry Zotu aitualy. reside lo the dirlct. alter using two bottles of the twenty. flvecentsiz, was permanently cured. Sold by Delta Drug Store. A Sare Tali p. It I snld ih it nothing is nute ex cept dettth and taxes, but that is not altogether tru. Dr. King's New D ec.very, for Consumption is a sure cure for ail lung and throat troubles. Tbonsauds cau lestiry to Ibat. Mrs. C B. Van Metre of Shepherdtown, W. Va., says "I had a severe case of Ilnnchitls and fisr a year fried every, thing I heard of, hut got no relirf. Oua bottle tf Dr. King's Xevr Dis covcry then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for Croup, whooping me to fear that Iwasin the first stage ized mads liadinir from ihn eltleaa! Tbe wreful "dent of sociology was far different from what it is t vines In the valley, which Is said to of consumption." Mr. Burbatre I r.,u, .n. 1 fld ht the decrease in the present lime. There am ni.inhonnMo be a conservative estimate. .At n.n a a v mii TV V inilliut lll'TJ Kt HUJfl , I uuirij - having aeen Chamberlain's Cough thing more than well worked earth nu marriages and of large and very old ones, too, In this county, Pr,ce PBld for lrriog last year this lie medy advertised, concluded to try highways for many years. But ramI"e9 ,n ,he United States is in running parallel with modern streams M"!' cropwlll bring In over $200,- The first steel casting ever attempt ed in Oregon or for that mtinr nn the Coast, was successfully molded and coolod at a Portland foundry lai-t Saturday. Exception must be made of an open hearth steel casting plant ti led some years ago In San- Francisco. It proved a failure and was abandon ed. Tho Portland concern has a capacity lor stoel castings up to 2,000 pound weight. Earl llawson, of Vancouver. Wash Ington, a student at O. A. C. Cor. vallis, jumped on a stake which penetrated the lower abdomen through the pelorlc cavity, from this wound the youth died two davs later. Eirl, of his on will, was running on the track and Jumping hurdles. His too struck the top of the oMruction and tipped It over, lie fell and struck on the upturned leg of the hurdle. It penetrated the body eight or nine inches. A Startling Test. To save a life, Dr. T. O. Merritt. of No. Meboopany, Pa., made a won He writes, "a patient was attacked with violent hemorr hages, caused by ulceration of the stomach, I had often found Electric Bitters, excellent for acuto stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. The oat ient traimil from Mm first, and has not had an attack in 14 months. ' Electric Bitters are posi tively guaranteed for DysiKinsia. niluruul Lkn I i.nf ! .... I.. .a in I " ' ' .iuney inHtead of shedding it ,,f ,uriu. juiy otic a I Bailey's Pnarinacy. average western dirt or clay roads. " Such roads can be kept in good condition the year round and'serve the travel Ing public well if the proer attention is given them. The average road in Umatilla county is not graded. It is level and rarely drained and is visited by the supervisor about once a year. The essential thing to begin with is to grade the roads toward the center so that the water will run off readily. THE NEXT I L1TF0KM. The combination of Bryan and llo.nt l p'nitivsly ih gre.tteit Democratic show now on the road. More than that, they seem to have tho only active organisation and are likely to capture the National next year. i. t i i Auu.uerioauowwnaiineplat- woul.3 hn flnnpillff hon,flll k r.trm lain ho l ..!.!. I .. "...I " . ... a..u...uu ,U lUBBacreo I easier tranannrtAtion creed of 1890 and 1900, It is only necessary to read Mr. Bryan 'a speech- es and Mr. -Hearst's letters. After emphasizing the Socialist doctrines affirmed In the last two camnaiirns. periect ratio witn the increase of that bear much the resemblenen nf population in the towns and cities of the ancient ones, but thore is a vast the country. As population drifts to difference In the ages of the two miiKnim reiiipin wnere vices, irivon-1 iiio ancient channels, in which the ties and social casto have their birth, relics of the prehistoric people are and life Is mads one continuous found, are absolutely Independent of rounu Of pleasure, children become the present topography of the country bothersome, are a nuisauce, in the They are cross cut by modern streams way, not a necessity therefore, are and channels, cro- ridgesjand ranges, uoi. uscneiors anu roaioens are are cevcroa deep by great mountains married to their god and goddesses and are made bare by canyons and of pleasure, shrines at which they gulches. It is beyond tho imagina- worship, to the exclusion of the lion of man to compute the countless opposite sex.. Take it here in Lane ages that have elapsed since the time Then construct good drainage ditches coun,y for mP'e nd there are thesa old mortars and weapons were uv largo lauiiiies iu me rural uis- useu oy meir makers along the brink trlcts to one In Eugene. Count up of the creeks and streams which In the number of unmarried men and that remote period flowed across this women in Eugene today and you region. Since then, not only the val- will be surprised at how large a per leys and mountains have been up- cent of our population thev constitute, heaved and changed, but tho old Go to the country and children from ocean, too, has been pushed farther babes in arms to stalwart youth at back or brought closer. Here In- t a l f a A I I m m a . . . ' wor ueuinu me piow are rouna on aeeu. is tho r aoe for thn f.l hunt every farm and the young men of marriageable age are cither joined in wedlock or faithfully courting their neighbDi's daughter. President Roosevelt should remain long enough In Oregon to do a little missionary work along this line, advertising ua that though we live Ii! cities we should not forget our duty to posterlt. Eugene Register. anil keep the road in good condition Sinks and ruts should be filled when ever they occur at least lielore heavy rains fall. Our roads . hold water off to gutters along side. They become soft and narrow tired wagons cut ruts, that deepen with bad weather and traffic. If the water is immediately drained away and tho ruts filled, the roads will remain high, dry and smooth. But this cannot be done without labor. Much work with the grader and shovel will be required, but tbe heavy expense for macadam would be -saved and the farmers antiquarian. er, the geologian and Portland Telegram. When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by Delta Drug Store. It Is largely a matter of habit or the custom of the country that our roads are not kept in better condition. If the public would open U eyes and inform itself on the subject a very short time de the platform will run something like would ellip9e bee our road would his : 1 1 . . . ..r. . . ... wj iuiproveu iuu per ceni. I'enuietoo Tribune. There is more good sense In the above article tran is generally con tained in an article on roads, and the reasoning applicable to Umatilla county Is true of this, only more rain here. The traffic to go ovct a road will dictate what kind of a way should be built. It is the beht of folly to build n Dad at a cost of $1,600 per mile over which there are but fifty wagons to pass each year. On the codtrary it is wisdom to spend that much money when it requires two or three hundred wagons per day to carry the truffle. Whereas, Grover Cleveland serves to be d d: therefore Resolved, That Orover Cleveland be d-J. Rwolved, That all the trusts in which Mr. Hearst is not interested are seculative, and therefore bad. Rosolved, That the copper trust is not a speculative trust. Resolved, That the National Demo cratic party favors department stores. mm win traoe at no othpr. Rolved, That there are only five Democratic daly Dapers in fh L nited Stale-, and that three of these belong to Mr. Hearst. iiasoived, That Mr. Hearst is re. quested to always sign his name W illiatn Randolph Hearst, and that It Is the opinion of the party that he i-houIJ sometime mention himself In his three-fifths of the Democratic dailies of the country. R-solved.Thlt Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst be requested not to permit gold Democrat! in the puty, as the Mr. Joseph Pomloville, of Still water, Minn., after having spent over $2,000 with the best doctors for stomach trouble, without relief, was advised by bis druggist, Mr. Alex. Richard, to try a box ofChomberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He did so, aud Is a well man today. If troubled with Indigestion, bid taste in the mouth, lack ef appetite, or constipation, give these Tablets a trial, and you are certain to be more than pleased with the result. For sale at 25 cents per box by Delta Drug Store. - - The Oregonian tells that dealers in round timber report a large domand now for cedar poles from electric light, telegraph, telephone and street railway companies in all parts of tbe country. One flrm'alono has an order on hand for 7000 sucti poles, 30 reet in length and el lit inches in diameter at the butt, but is having trouble in procuring them. Loggers are so busy getting out sawiogs now tint they will not take time to get out the cedar poles they find in places. It used to he that all such poles had to ba brought to Portland and ship, ped to their declination by rail, but now schooners come up the Columbia UELH4 or l'BEIlISroBIC Alex Orme, superintendent of Dr. C. R. Raya'a mines, was here last week to get the boiler that had come down Rogue River at tbe time of high water, having been carried from the Condor dam near Toio. He found it about 10 miles below Grants Pass high and dry, on Bom grass land. Oregon Mining Journal, and will call at any point where they 1IACE. cn ,sUe on 200 01 300 Pltis- There is also a great demand for sawed rail. a Striking evideuctei are being un. " UCT Btl nave lo rustle earthed which plainly prove that w u" wum ineso lies, however, Josephine County was once the haunt ,re n'lIy t by small sawmills in of a prehistoric jwople as interesting ,he country, and as there are many as tbe Mound Builderj of the Eastern of ,nwe ,ul" ,hclr output in the JfC'l'sta is large. Over 180,000 of States, but a people who inhabited this region long before, in fact many ages, before tbe Mound Builders up- these ties, which contain 37 I 3 feet each, were brought here lust month heaved tlwlr earthworks along the frona L"wis Rle' 'one,and shipped Mississippi. Over In the Waldo red amjrentparu of the country. clay placer fields, deep down, and im- .,,.. .. . . T 'j . . . I ,L . , All the Portland laundries stopped bedded firmly in the decomposed . , . , . 1 . . , . , . , wor I"1 Monday morning bees o so gravel of an ancient river channel, lhe employees said they were going have been, and are still being uncov-i 0n a strike. The Union Woolen Mills is receiv ing a lot of new machinery that will greatly increase the capacity of the plant. There will he seven carloads of tho new equipment now arriving, and includes five new looms. Tho machinery will be Installed at once. and w hen in operation the plant will give employment lo about 75 people. , The factory is operated by waterpow. erand manufactures blankets almost exclusively, having gained a reputa tion for its pure lamb's wool blankets. Succestful poultryralsers are now reaping a harvet, a fact demonstrate ed by Mrs. O. W. Perry, who lives near lloulton, Multnomah County. Mrs. Ferry now has about 100 liens and 250 young chicks, all healthy and strong. She sells: off all her liens over 2yearsold, and keeps constantly on hand a young stock of rood law. ing hens. At present prices her old hens bring in tin I'orland market 75 or 80 cents apiece, after a profitable producing career for their owner. Chas. E. Bullock a young mechanic in Portland, was drown! last Friday near the Burnslde brldgo. He bad been boating In a gasoline launch with friends in the evening. The young men that he had been enter, taining had been landed at the home dock and he started to the boat-house with his craft. Before getting there ncedod repairs were undertaken and it Is supposed that he fell over board and was unable in the darkness to make his way lo shore.