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H AW Vol. XXXI. IIILLSBORO, WASIIINGTOX COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903. No. 12 rm;i':sitmL cards. K. II. TONtilE, ttor.n EY-AT-LA W, rri;i: Kooiuii 3, 4, S, Uuryu block. M. S. Hi Kit E l T, i ITOKNEY-AT-LAW, A WUMiM.UBUOK. Orruia. I'ulral li)oo. Hoonn I and I litM'ON VOW MAS, YrrORNIiY-AT-LAW. U1I.1.HHOUO, OUKUON. Drimr Uouuie and 1. MotKa bloek. J (HIM St. fliU, TTOR N KY-AT-LAW, II lLUSlMmO, OREGON. Bailey. Morgan Block, Rooms 1 A 2 S. T. I.IXkLATEK, M. B. C. M. piIYHJCIAN AND SURGEON HllJiKlMJHO,UUI(M)N. Ovvira: feitliueo, " urt li(.o. where ha will be found at all noma wheu not f witioR palieota. J. P. TAMIE.ME, m. 2 P. K. ft. SURGEON, lULLSUUUO. U tON. Ornoa au 1;hi!,cb! oorner Third and alam Kuet-U. Ulhoa boor. M to I a. iu., 1 to 6 aud 7 lo p. ru. Ttdapbone to r.-mlnna from Brook A Hela' Drugstore at all hour. All oalla irouitl? ntwnded, uuht r day. t. iiui.ev, n. i-. I JHYSKTAN AND SUROEON UIlXHItOtlO, OUhXlON., Oitlce Muriraii-llailey Block, up aiaira. rouuis I?, U and I i. Iteaidenoo, M. W. Co. Has. Line and Kasoud .Ireet. r. J. It II LEV, M. II., 1 1 1 YMt I A N A N I U EOX Illl.UOlit), OREGON. einuiT: Moruan-Dailry Illork Vjajtairs Willi r. A. l.ailey. i.esiuruev, .s. tururr Third sud Dak Ptree-ts. J. E. AllalSS, Dentist, iiiixsiioro, oregon. Orric-a Houbs: 9 a. w. to 4:30 p. m. Office in Union block over Pharmacy A. II. HllLKV, D. . . )EFT1SI im.ii!ono, oKEtios. Rwvrvs ID ninl 11 Morgau-Bailcy blk. Office Hour: 9 lo 12 and 1 lo 4 p. ni. i:. xixos, lETIST, KnltkHT liROVE.OREUON Ural art, ial teeth $"..' peraet. Cement ml Amalgam BlliiiK" tenia sack, tlold lilluiK" from ' up. Vitalized air for pain less extructioii. Own three doors north of liriok tors. Ornoo hour from 9 a. m. tot p. m. Kl lit ASKE.MIII.V XO. Set, CMTEI AK1IMMS. im.ii'.ti:i, or.Eoox. 1 K(i('I.AH uicrtiiiK n Momtayven- in ot mrh wk al MMIowa Hall, lllllH)r. Miml'ra iU'ae nttoml. k4 CO YEAR8' tnrbnitiiivai - S." UlllliNI tilklr avwrtin f ttpinMn frt nrthr t4 tnntrn 11 rl(r It ptlrittNhltV C.'fi.niunlcn. inMritlrfsnn.ttrillaU. Ihixlf-n! 'tOl -iit TrfN. M tMM ftvmir- f.O 4"n.rint pkt(tii. eiftiiii tajlt-n through Utann h (tkNurtfA fyr.-l.tj tJtt, Pllhout h In 111 scicntiiic Jimerican. At Kan.x.an. I tnf rt.t VfwklT. 1 rulim t i if wi'ntii' )tnnl. Trn at MUNN Co " New Yorl himwi urn.. ai t m vradiiBiua. u c Tbia aiiraatara ( aa rrrry ho of lha gaaaiaa laxative BrocmMjuiniae t- Ua raawdr that rwm a aw4 M 1 MAI WHO SPOfcE IIH HIM). At Hie ODintml tree Hpeet'h it ctial lungeO in Muatourl, on of il niool rvuiarkable xpouenta haa pained away la Kwturky. Ueu. Ca.-lu W Clay lad, on lite whole, a stormy lire. Hlii leniperatneat was warlike; calm moderation was not hi rule of at-tlon Lie wm never to lha full mom party man. Before the war he was party of cue iu Kentucky, and was frav quently that In laser years nlao. He bad at rou k opinions anil ei pressed Ibein strongly, often wralhfully (its feilow-Kentucklaus looked upon liiiu with mixed feolln, even iu the days of slavery, when he boldly spoke aud printed his views M aueggreelve abolitionist. They liked him because he was one of theniselee, for his un tliLcbioK courage and for his manly record in the Mexican war. They dreaded hiiu as an agitator lu the heart cf a rich reglou w here slaves were numbered by tens of thousands and were within but a short Journey of free soli.' The career of 'Cash Clay'L is an lllitittration of the futility of efforts to choke off free epeech among Ameri can. Clay went armed upon the platform in slave dajs and showing that he was armed. At least one ol bis epeecbee closed with a desperate combat with pis ol and knives. lie knew, as be spoke, that be must go into a deadly battle when he finished, but kept on to the end, just the m.ne An outside orator who dared say a hundredth part of what Clay pre claimed for years would have been lynched on the spot by the slave holding element, but Clay's individua lity made him, to it large extent, privileged person. Probably he .ex lifted to be a martyr, but, happen what might, be was determined to be heard, and he was beard, by the union as well aa Kentucky. When an attempt to throttle free speech goes far enough such men appear at the front, and they mean business, jurt as (Jen. Nathaniel Lyon meant it, when the authority of the United Slates was defied in Missouri. Ulobe liemocrat. Not Over Wise. There Is an old allegorical picture of a girl scared at a grass-hopper, but In the act of heedleeely treading ou a snake. This is paralleled by the man who spends a large sum of money building a cyclone cellar, but neglects to provide bis family with bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy as a nafeguard against bowel complaints, . whose victims outnumber those of the cyclone a bundrtd to one. This remedy Is everywhere recognized as the most prompt aud reliable medi cine In use for these diseases. For sale by Delta Drug store. THE UUOWTH OP COUPOKATION. The formation of a corporation is not always a sign that a new trust Is being bred and nursed. Corpora tions havee-inted for concreted busi ness purposes, public, private and commercial, for cenlurie untold. Their numerous developement in numbers and magnitude is due to the Increasing complexity of world civ ilization and commerce. One reason for their great multipli cation in this country in recent years is theexpansion ol business oierations which rarry the affairs of enterprise Into any number or all of the states and territories of the nation. Each of these political divisions have laws peculiar to themselves governing commerce, estates, liquidations etc. In former times merchants from every herein the country went to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and IWlon to puicbaso storks of g.Mals, or order them from those wholesale and jobbing cetters. The laws of the place .f rou I met covered their tradtarliona and partnership could do tiualoeiH then throughout the nation with little fear of far off atid vaiiahle laws. Now the method it doing tmsint ss has changed radi cally. Commercial travelera cover the land as the frogs covered F.ypt and are twice as lively In their quests for rus tomers and trade. Thensullof the new method of businem istbe multiplying of corpora tions after the principle which In herit in monarch lee, ''Where the king never dies." Ho a corporation is better tiffin rtnershlp. The stockholder iu the former, though he may own a majority of the stork, may die, but the corporation does not thereby necessarily die or go into liquidation In order that his estate may be tt led. 1 1 Is stock represents bis interest ad la an nines of bis estate that can be dealt with so as not to disturb for a moment the gen end operations of the business). It is becsuad of the safety and eo durance thus Inherent in corporatlob that hajuuused their present popu larity. This will lucre- Iu the years to come aud require that legis lators and courts shall take greater pains lo adjust the laws of tlate aud nation to the control and right regis tion of such bod lea. Interstate com inerce already has demanded national control of them where slate laws an impoteul for each and regu'ale their operations. Out of their logical ex iwnoion have come the, trusts and wiih the trusts has come the duty to protect the people from too much independence by these giant mouopo lits. Oregon City Courier. Dyieaterr Cared WItheat tba A 14 el a Mecter. "I am just up from a hard spell ol the dux "(dysentery) say Mr. T. A. Pinner, a well known merchant ol Drummond, Tenn. "I used one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy and was cured without having a doctor. I consider it the best cholera medicine in-the world," There Is no ueed of employ ing a doctor when this remedy Is used, for no doctor cau prescrihe s better medicine for bowel complaint any form either for childten or adults It never fails and is pleasant to take. For aale by Del'a Drug store. M)SrAlEBULl)lU II is settled that no part of the state appropriation lor an exhibit' al the Ht. Louis fair will be expeoded for a state building there, as no ex hibit placed in such a building would compete for premiums, and only such of our cltlzeus as are fortunate enough to go to Ht. Louis could derive aoy benefit Iron) a stale building. The same amount of money exceudtwl In showing our resources through judicious advertising, and a full dis play of the wonderful agricultural, mineral, stock and other resources, will be of much greater advantage to the people in general. A cheap building, and we could build no other out of the $60,000 appropriation and leave enough for other purpose, would be worse than none as com pared to the elaborate buildings of other slates, while a fine display of our natural resource will capture for us the premiums, as we excel nearly every other state in such resources. Oregon spent only f 10,000 at the .Chicago fair and won more awards than any other state and there Is no question but as good a record could be made at 8t. Lonia with the larger fund. Oregon had no state building at Chicago and she needs none at St. Louis. Boy tared ef telle alter Phvslrlaa's Treatment had Palled. My boy when four years old was taken with colic and cramps In his (tomach. I sent for the doctor and he injected morphine, but the child kept getting worse. I then gave him half a leaspoonful of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy, and In half an hour be waa sleeping and soon recovered. F. L. Wllkins, Shlll Lake, Wis. Mr. Wllkins is book keeper for the Shell Lke Lumber Co. For sale by Delta Drug store, t - We have beard so much of what Is poetically termed the "teeming' mill ions" of China, that the official cen sus recently published by the Imper ial treasury department of China Is of little Interest, since it furnishes a method of determining just bow many "teeming millions" there are. It appears that the celestial empire contains 42G,O0O,0OO Inhabitants, and that China proper the 18 provinces contains 407,000,000 The tabl9 Is given In the iifbuvement geographl queol Brussels, to which readers aro referred for details. The number of inhabitants per square kilometer varies from 20f, In IIo-Nao, to 82. In Kan H.iu, and la, on the average, 103 In the IS provinces. In Mongolia, the nun) tier is 0.7; In Manchuria 9, In Yitet,u, and In Turkestan, 0 8. For comparison we may recall that Germany has 105 Inhabitants per equsre kilometer; Belgium. 420, and the United Kingdom, of Oreat Britan ISO Kepoiter. Mrs. Mollio Allen, of Houth Fork, Ky says she prevented attacks of cholera morbus ty teking Chamber lain's Htomach and Liver Tablets when she fe't an attack coming on. Such attack a are usually caused by Indigestion and these Tablets are Just what la needed to cleanse the stomach and ward off the approaching attack. Attacks of bilious colic may be pre vented In the same way. For sals ly Delta Drug store. KlJtSU ASD THE LSI TED STATES. The notiou that the United States might go to war with Itussla lor the privilege of presenting a petition or in defense of its trade in Manchuria la mere uildouiuuier madness. As we grow better acquainted with Rus sian diplomatic methods and ways ol life, our trad. tioiml frimnlsl in suiters omethlug like a chil ; but we have no wish to Interfere with what we recoguia as a leglluiato national de velopment. We fully concede lhal Kuiwia needs and should lie allowed to control au Ice freo port ou the Pi rifle and that natural couditions place Manchuria uif.ler hrr influence and probably In ln'r ultiioiH ownership. Secretary Hay is to be congratulat ed upon his iuccee In managing a dlftlcult and protracted negotiation aud getting out ot it the moit that was possible as representative not only of Americj, but also of the world. If he' would have soken merely for bis own country, probably Hussla would eladly have bound us to herself by special 'and individual eonresalou. But rejecting this temp tation of selfishness Secretary Hay, as the spokesman of free commerce for all nations, has secure, I I be prom ise of Ku-ia (hat China will oen two Manchurlau ports to trade, one of I hem the historic capital, Moukden (be starting poiut of caravan travel for the interior; the other, Ta Tung Kao, on the Maochurian bauk of the Yalu river, which divides Manchuria from Korea. The really slgjitk-tnt feature atioul the areem"iit li our public acknow ledgment that the t'hiueso govern ment, so Ur at lo.ist as Minchurlan questions are co:mitrued, is a puppet In the hands of Hussia. Secretary Hay concludes In Wanbington, lu an interview with the represnttllvo of the Husj-ian Government, an agree ment with Chins that certain ports In a nominally Chinese province shall be open to tin) trade of the world and this nan m privilege has been denied us in Peking by the Chineao Foreign OHa-eon theexpliclt ground that Russia would not con sent. W hat Secretary H.iy has done Is, to acknowledge the Russian suzv rainly of china as fir as Manchuria is concerned. What he has gained Is a public pledge by Uun-u that certain ads shall be done. He has recured, In fact, a promise of future Russian trade policy in a province actually, but not nominally, uuder its complete control. Russian policy iu the North Pacific, though tortuous enough in its meth ods, Is clear enoigh in Its aims. To lessen the power and pretige of Japan, excluding her, if possible, from the main land; to exclude Eng land; to satisfy France with conquests in the South; to keep the peace with Germany while sho is engaged In strengthening her foothold In Shan tung; to strengthen her bold upon China and use her as a tool, directly In Manchuria and indrectly every where; to keep the peace with Ainer. lea as the great power on the opposite shore of the sea these aie the inevit able policies which (he situation de mands. We may not sympathize with most of them; but there is no one of them all except perhaps the hostile control of China resulting in the total exclusion of our trade, w liich would (empt us to w ar We are friendly to Japan and wieh lo see her a great Pacific p wer, but we can not light her battles for empire in Korea or Manchuria, We would regret the extinction of British influence at Peking and British power in the North Pacifi ; but we have only moral support toolfer B it, our lofluence at St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Paris, Indon aud Peking may al ways be depeuded on for 0ien trade and a fair and equal chance for all nations, and an unhindered national career for China and Japan in their new development. It ton l!ongie gationalist. When you want a physic that Is mild and gentle, easy to lake and certain to act, always n- Chamber laiu's Stomach and Liver Tahets For sale by Delta Drug etore. While King Y.cbir Emmanuel and (n?ii Helena were recently passing In their automobile through a small Italian village a breakdown occurred and a crowd wasatirartrd lo the spot. In the crowd w.r- two English motorists. Secure, as they thought, in speaking In a strange tongue, they carried on the follow ing conversation "Pretty motor car. ' "Yes and the lady is pretty, too." "M ire than can be said of the man. Did you ever aee such a little man in such a big car?" "1 am out of brandy. I won der If he can supply me. Let's ask. Perhaps hcpeaks; French." "I diail be most bappy to oblige you," said the king, in perfect English, turning and holding out his fliek. Then, as he prepared to leave, he added: "Can I be of an further use to you? My kingdom is at your disposal and it 1 not ao small as its mouarch." Eud or liiiter light. "Two physicians had a long and stubborn lii-lit with an aureus on my right lung" writes J. F. Hughes ol Uu Pont, Ua. "and gave me up. Everybody though my time had come, As a last resort I tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion. The benefit I received was striking and I was on my feet in few days. Now I've entirely regain ed my health." It conqners all Cold Coughs, aud Throat and Lunv troubles. Guaranteed by all l)ruit sloies. Price 60c, and 1100. Trial bottles free. A curious prophecy is that which looks forward to a continuous city from Boston to Washington befort the eud of the present century. The trolley cars are at work building up suburbs In all directions and mark- lug out the roads along which thi population r gathers. Ripld transit brings cities more closely together every year and also swiftly extend I be limits of municipalities. Msiclde Preveatrd. The startling announcement that a pre vei live of suicide had been dis covered will interest many. A run dowu system, or despondency iuvari able precede suicide and something has been lound that will prevent (hat condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strength en the nerves and build up the sys tem. It's also a great Stomach, Livtrj and Kidney regulator. Only f.Oc. Satisfaction guaranteed by all Drug gist. Russia refuses the Kiahlueff peti tion, but the signi rs are salislled. The force of public opinion is shown by the fact that even au autocratic government finds il impossible to ignore or conceal the facts iu regard to the mtssacre at Kihinff. The Jews have been relieved from all shadow of the suspicion which gave excuse (or the attack by the ferreting out and confession of the real mur derer. A curious aido liht on the power of Russian prejudice against the Jews comes from the change of attitude of Father John Sr-rgleff, who Is the popular saint and prophet of Russia. lie denounced the Kislilneff massacre promptly and in severe terms, buthaa more recently announc ed that he has been convinced that the Jews were to blame. The force of a bettor outside opinion must have some credit also for theczir's rescript abolishing certain barbarous cruelties of punishment with the cudgel and the cat-o'-nino tails. Russia is not inaccessible to outside pinion, but rather childishly sensitive to it -very much as we might be if petitioned to put an eud jto the cruelties of lynch lug. Boston Cougregatiemalisi. Ike Death 1'enaltj. A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insigni ficant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise lo have Burden's Arnica Salve ever bandy. It's the beet Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, w hen Burns, Sores, Ulcers, and Piles threaten. Only 2.ie at all Drug stores. - 1I0VT THE POPE IS ELECTED, He is chosen by a cnncalve, a body or committee composed of cardinals and other high charch dignitaries. They occupy H-ie-clal quarters In the Vatican, Isolated from the rest of the building and from the outer world by the walling op of every door and window and aierture. Eich cardinal has a srerate room, which Is druwn by lot. With their servants they mualer atxiut 1X)0 souls. All these uien are sworn to tecrecy. While the gathering lasts they ere forbidden all Intercourse with the outside world. They even rook their own food in a common kitchen. One of the first duties is to chose three scutators to count the ballots. The canons really define three kinds of elee-tlon by Inspiration, by compromise and by ballot. Election by Inspiration tikes place when "all the cardinals, as if by the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, proclaim one can didate." As tbey nev.tr do this the pope Is always chosen by ballot or vote. The ballots when n-ien, are al-out four inches long and three Inches broad. In the first or op per se-ctlon the cardinal writes his name, in the middle the name ot the candidate whom he proposes; lu the lower s.-c tioo some motto from the scriptures. Two ballots ar taken daily, in the moroing an 1 afieruooti, until some candidate receives the requsite two- thirds vote of the members present The duration of the conclave depends ou many considerations personal ambitiuu, political Intrigues and factional jealousies. That of 1800 lasted 104 day; that 1875, when Pope Lio Xltl ' was selected, only three days. The moment the decision is declar ed the lucky cardiual dous the papal robes, the mtsons tear down tho plas ter wall before one of the balcouies from which the cardinal dean pro claims the selection to the expectant throngs beneath, as, for example, in he case of the deceased pope: "Card inal Peccl has been chosen, and he takes the name of Leo XIII." As the deacon places the cro n upon the pontiffs head he exclaims: "Take this tiara, adorned w ith three crowns and know that thou art the lather of all pri"ces and sovereigns, the ruler of the globe, ud ou earth the vicegerent of our Stvlor, Jesus Christ, to whom all honor aud glory ever and ever, auidii." The pope then rises and, wearing, the tiara, delivers a benediction which com pletes thecerem iny of I he corouation. Tne crown weighs three pounds, and is adorned w ith no fewer than 19,000 precious stomv, of w hlcb 18,000 are diamonds. Pals au Eud to It All. A gtievous wail ofllmea comes as result of unbearable pain from over taxed organs. Dizziness, Backscbe Liver complaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they pnt an end lo it all. They are gentle but thorough. Try them. Only ".5c. Guaranteed by all Drug stores. An editorial on "bow to stop lynch ing from the Portland Oregon Ian has been going the rounds of the south ern press, each paper adding a word of approval of the Oregonlan's pre scription, which was simply that negroes should cease to give provoca tion for mob executions. That this is do remedy at all Is promptly shown by last week's lynching in Kentucky of a white murderer and by the South Carolina lynching of a negro because he refused to tell the hiding place of a murderer that the mob was looking for. The Oregonian asserts that tynchings .would stop if "Negroes would let white girls clone." The fact is that the majority lynching are not due to the crime this paper has in mind, bnt to a spirit of lawless ness which breaks out on constantly lessening provocation. The week's lynching record was Increased to three by the negroes themselves, a black mob In Florida hanging a black assaulter. Public Opiulon. According to the annual' report of the county school superintendent of Yamhill county during the past 12 months the school population of that county has grown from 4775 to 4H80. In the same time, however, the total number of pupils enrolled have drop ped from 3C15 lo 3395, and the total number of teachers employed . have been from 177 to 15C. Tbe number of pupils not attending any school has grown from 708 to 973. Despite tbe reduced number of pupils enroll ed the aversge daily attendance has increased from 2350 to 2530. The number of legal voters for school purports In 19t'2 was 3073, In 1903 it is 3 1 So. The sum pard to teachers drops from 114,699.56 to f3C.099.9C. Tbe totol value of scboolhouses and grouuds have increased from (7,640 lo $90,800. The average monthly salary of male teachers has increased Irom $4C30 to 47.93, and that of female teachers from $33 31 to 85.39. Oeneral Maximo Gomez, who is making a vNit lo the United States, reports that Cuba is prosp ring. The Government Is fulfilling ex-iectatious and Ihe iienple are contented. From the poor condition to which the country hud hesr-n reduced at the eloee of the war less than five year ago, It has recuperated wonderfully, General Gomez says, and it is today industrially in far better condition tba anyone who knew Cuba as It was in la t r part' of 1803 dared to hope. In a short time the proposed Cuban loan of $35,000,000 will he U nited, and then the Cuban oldieis will tie paid. Tbe placing of this money in circulation In the Island will bring a' out further Improve ment. These are comment for which one looks In vain in th news paper which but at abort time ngo were dally declaring that Cuba was drifting rapidly toward ruin hecanse the In I ted States "had not dime its duty" toward the new republic. STATE NEWS. Spraying bop vines to rid them of aphis has been completed in Lane county about Eugene. 'The business part of Halsey Linn county was burned last Friday. Lass $70,000. The largest individual looser is out $o,000. The fire origu nated from a defective flue. W. 8. U'Ren, of Oregon City, has filed a motion with tbe Supreme Court asking permission lor himself and associates to rubniit briefs and make oral argument in favor of tho iuitiative and referendum amend ment to the stale constitution. S;It out of tho lodge room win dow? Not lu the city because your best girl might be passing on the side walk like happened last week at McM'nnville. Tho lady was proper angry when tho half gill of lotmeco ei'icctoratiou plumped on her favor ite white luce bat. A few weeks ago thero was some uncertainty about the salmon catch on the lower Columbia, but the last few days have removed all cause for nervousness. The run of Ash is enor mous. There was ou Saturday last more than could be haudld. Experts attribute the' great school to artificial propagation at Ihe hatcheries. Queen Nellie Bouncy, who w9 entitled to a prize from the Portland Woodman Carnival uiauagemaut, was given her choice of a $ 0 rauge, $75 hat, $176 dress, $25 umbrella, $10 Jacket, $.15 vase or $75 bicycle. She chose the range, proving that Woodburn has a queen with a level head. Rev. J. A, Leve-quo has for some time been bothered with sneak thieves who have taken things from around the History and Catholic Church. Ho has also surprised parties there on different ocensions by commlug upon them suddenly iu the dark, but they have managed to escae. He has now procured a revolver and will endeavor to protect his property and prevent (avople from uiakeing a camping-ground sJJJyjj" Tbe school board of Corvallis have In hand the building of a new eight room school house for that district. It Is to occupy the vacant block juet east of the school building now used. Tho board will ask the City lo vacate the street between the two school blocks so as to permit both buildings to be iu the same enclosure. But two rooms in the new house, are to bo finished now. Several of (he men who were employed by Superintendent Arant at Crater Like Park and who were a part of (he crew repaiiing roads, have returned to their homei In this sec tion. They state that not nearly as much work as waa planned can be done In the park this year, on account of the limited appropriation for such purposes. Very little can be done in the matter of bu Iding new roads and trails. Tbe repairing of old roads Is the main thing looked after this sea son by Superintendent Arant. Grants Paas Observer. Price Trlppletf, aged 41 years, who lived alone about a mile west of town, was found dead in Lis bouse on Sundsy afternoon. He was last seen ou the evening of the 12Ui lost., and must have been dead nearly if not all of two weeks when found. The coroner held an inquest, and the jury renaereu a veruici oi -ueaiu from natural causes." Tho body was lying on iU back on Ihe floor, and it was supp wd that Mr. Tripled had been attacked by heart disease. His race horse, of which he thought a great deal, was shut up in a barn, frantic from thirst aud hunger. It was the actions of the horso that led to an investigation of the house and the discovery of Ihe body. McMlnn ville Reporter. A metallurgy at Merlin, a station on tho S. P. R. R. in Josephine county four miles north of Grants Pass, has IL--coverel a new metal which extracts from slate rock. LiRix, tho discoverer, issomething of a chemist, aud in his laboratory In ihe mountains has conducted bis Investigations for sevt ral year. His neighbors did not hesitate lo prefer a charge of counterfeiting. This I oil lo an investigation by U. S. t-ecret ' service men, and the announcement of his discovery. Heretofore chew IsU have held that an atom Is the amsllest dividon of an element that can exist as that element. ItRix announces a new unit, Ions, and that an atom of gold contains 135,000 Ions, and silver 78,000. But chem ists will very likely not readily adopt this new unit. There must be much experimenting before it can be estab lished. He names his new metal "rixium."