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Vol.l'MK 32
lliLLSIJOUO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OlUXiON, Fill DAY, OCT. 21, 1001
NiMiiKit 23
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filllsboro Independent.
BY D. V. BATH.
OMK LHH.LAK FKH YEAR IS ADVANCE
Republican in Politics.
Auvkktihinu Ratis: Di'Uy, tH) cnt
a inch, single column, fur four inser
tions; reading notice, one cent wotu
tul) insertion (nothing less than 15
cents) ; professional card, on inch, $1
month ; lodge card, $5 a year, paya
bU quarterly, (notices ami lesolutlons
tree to advertising lodges).
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. B. TONGUE
ATTORNfcY-ATLAW
Hlllaboro. Ortaon.
Pfflce: Roonii 3, 4 and 6. Morgan Blk
W. N. BARRETT
ATTOKNEY-ATLAW
Hillcboro, Oregon.
Office: Central Block, Rooms I and 7,
BENTON BOWMAN
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Olliee, In Union I'.lk.. wjth H. B. Huston
THOS. II. TONGUE JR.
ATTOKNK V-AT-I.AW
NOTARY Pl'ULIC
Offi :
Room .1. 4 n J 5, Moruan Blots
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
8. T. LINKLATER. M. B. C. M.
PHYSICIAN AND 3UROEON.
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Olnce, upstairs, over The IH-Ita Drug
Store. Oilieo hours 8 t 12; 1 to (I, ami
iu the evening from 7 to U o'clock.
J. P. TAMIESIE, M. O.
8. P. R. R. SURGEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Rli1enoe corner Third and Vain; offlos ap
i.inm.T iMiiailruv ure. liMir. a. auto lira.
I to 6 and 7 to p. Tvluphniie 10 rettdauee
Irom livlia ilm Mors. All calls promptly ans
wered day or iilxht.
F. A. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan Bailey block, ap-
ttalrt, rootna li., 13 and 15. Residence
8. W. cor. Base Line and Second sts.
Both 'phoues.
F. J. BAILEY, M. O.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
. Office: Morgan Bailey block, up
stairs with K. A. Bailey. Residence,
N. E. corner Third and Oak ata.
A. B. BAILEY, M. I)..
PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON,
Ilillslxiro, Oregon.
(in)Nonr Hailry't lnig mora. Office hourt
from .: u li. l:ou to , mid 7 to . KMldenot
Iblrd Imwmi mtitli r clly elwirlo Uubl plant.
i-ll promptly attondrd (Ur ur ulKiil. Hotb
'pbonea, eptB-u
MARK B. BUMP,
ATTOKNKY-AT-I.AW.
Notary Public and Collections.
IIIULSHORO, ORK.
The Central Meat Market
sells
Presh and Cured Meats, and Lard
Prices Reasonable
(. TII.UUKY, Prep.
v$ Meat yoo
Threw times daily, Morning, Noou
ami Night, with the finest Ires
ami curixl meat, (live us your
order for your finest chops, steaks,
rousts, etc., and we can fill it en
tirely to your satisfaction. Try
our fancy lard, Wst in HillsWo.
HoCisky & Enjnjott
Successors to C. Koch
J
BarQts & SirooQ,
Beat Estate Dealers
And Money Loaners,
TtrUn wlxblns lo buy or wll t'srra or City
Properly should us. We aril at ownara
arlraa, do ant chsnrs ns and bayrr Iva
Mrninl mmmiMi.ni W ar not here lo Mb
any one, but wt ars hsrs to way. aud don't yoa
I)U. W. K. OARRKTSON
WILL riT tors KTM
With glasses that are alm.lntely correct.
He don't have to eiperiment on you, as
his modern instruments detect the
smallest error. No pain, no Medicine
or "drops" used. He does not charge
lancy prices, Call and see him at 135
Klb street Corner Alder, Portland Or
THE EDITORS
AT HOOD RIVER
ON BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
View the Heed River Fruit Fair and
Visit the Crest Orhards--Nest
Meeting at Portland.
The Oregon editors held their
annual meeting at Hood River last
week Friday and Saturday. The
attendance was not as large as it
should have been, but the shin at
tendance was counteracted bv the
vim and determination with which
the members took hold of the bttsi
ness of the session. President
Moorhead, of the Junction City
Times, presided, and Allert To.ier,
of the World, Portland, attended to
the secretary's duties in a very able
and satisfactory manner. The fol
lowing names were added to the
membership ot the association:
A. C. Gage, Lane County Lead
er, Cottage Grove.
J. R. Grogg, Democrat, Ontario.
J. V. McArthur, Oregon Mouth
ly, Kugene.
A. T. Kinney, Herald, Joseph.
J, P. Kidd, Forward, Ontario.
D. V. Bath, Independent, Hills-
boro.
Geo. L. Alexander, Express,
Lebanon.
C. L. Starr, School News, Dallas.
E. II. Flagg, Oregon Mist, St.
Helens.
A. D. Moe, Glacier, Hood River.
V. P. Fiske, Woodman, Dallas.
John E. Lathrop, Pacific North
west, Portland.
J. Burleigh, Democrat, Enter
prise.
Ralph Bacon, Oregon Monthly,
Eugene.
J. P. Nager, Daily Journal, Tort-
laud.
letters of regret were read from
ex-President Harder and T.' T.
Geer, the latter of the Salem States
man and former governor of Ore
gon, who stated that his health was
such that it was impossible for him
to attend, though he would very
much like to do so.
Secretary Tozier read his report
and W. J. Clark, of the Gervais
Star, gave a very interesting talk of
his trip to the world's lair at St.
Louis. The secretary stated that
there were in Oregon, admitted to
the mails as second class matter, on
September 30th. 1904, 179 weeklies,
31 monthlies, 33 dailies, 7 semi
weeklies, 1 semi-monthly and one
quarterly. These publications were
lined up as follows: Republican,
129, independent, 32, democratic
31, religious 10, Iraterual 6, agri
cultural 4, students 4, commercial
and shipping 2, raining 2, hops 2,
prohibition 1, drugs 1, exposition
1, Oregon history t, Japanese 1,
Hebrew 1, stock 1, medical 1, tim
ber 1, teachers 1, poultry 1, Ger
man 1, colored race 1, trades union
I, Norwegian I, Scandinavian t,
schools 1, Pacific lore 1, retail trade
l, law t, and equal rights to all,
special favors to none, 1. Follow
ing are the recommendations of the
egislative committee of the Oregon
Press Association as read before the
meeting:
At the special meeting of the
legislative assembly of this state
held since the adjournment of the
Oregon Press Association, we, your
committee, caused to be prepared
an amendment to the tax bill which
the legislative assembly then had
under consideration, which requir
ed the assessor to prepare a list by
precincts of the names aud total
value of the property of each per
son assessed in each precinct aud
requiring such list to be published
at least fifteen days prior to the
meeting of the board of equaliza
tion of the restective counties. But
owing to the fact that there seemed
to be a great strife between the mem
lers of the different political parties
to get home first, we did not think
it advisable to present it for their
consideration.
We believe this law to le a good
one, and one that is of great inter
est to the public in general. This
aw is dratted after the Illinois law
which has practically solved the
problem of attaining a fair and
equal as-tessuient of property. The
Illinois law requires a printed des
cription of the property and is more (
expensive than ttie one we nave
caused to be prepared, which will,
therefore, be a great economy over
the Illinois law aud will cost the
counties but little. The cost will,
of course, depend upou the number
of taxpayers in the county, and will
be from $50 to $ too per county.
We recommend the following:
1. Publication of all taxpayers
and the amount of their assessment
prior to the time of the meeting of
the county board of equalization.
3. Publication of city ordinances.
3. Publication ot general acts of
the legislature.
4. Publication of sales of per
sonal property under execution, ad
ministration or judicial sale.
5. Publication of a description
of deceased with time and place of
death in cases where there are un
known heirs.
6 Publication of probate docket
with a brief summary of the char
acter of the proceedings of applica
tion and order desired ot court.
7. Publication of the receipts
and expenditures, giving the names
of the claimants and amount of the
bills as presented and allowed, of
cities, towns aud school districts and
other public corporations.
8. Publication of statements and
requiring sworn statements to be
made under oath by all banks do
ing business m the state.
9. Publication of the issuing of
any bond, or borrowing money by
any school district, county or pub-
he corporations.
10. Publication of warehousemen
of schedule rates.
11. Publication of the formation
or the assessment of a drainage dis
trict.
1 3. Publication of the finding of
money or other personal property.
13. Publication of sale of person
al property under chattle mortgage.
14. Publication of desire to
change name.
15. Publication for bids and re
quiring bids to le had for all sup
plies for all public institutions.
16. Publication of dissolution of
partnership.
17. Suitable aud reasonable laws
regulating billboards, posters, sign
boards, advertisements and other
unsightly matters that disfigure
buildings and roar the landscape.
We would further recommend
that a suitable law be enacted upon
the subject of libel so that a news
paper which has been misinformed
as to facts may publish a retraction
upon learning its mistake so as to
be a bar.
S. T. Richardson,
R. J. Hendricks,
J. C. Hayter,
D. M. C. Gault,
W.J.Clark.
National committeemen for Oregon.
After the transaction of consider
able other business of importance
to the newspaper fraternity, the
meeting adjourned to permit its
members to visit the Hood River
ftuit fair, which was being held in
a huge pavilion close by. We have
been to many state fairs and seen
numerous displays of fine fruit, but
we have never seen anything to
compare with this exhibit made at
Hood River. It was so fine that a
committee from the. Lewis and
Clark commission at Portland pur
chased the whole exhibit and it is
now on its way to St. Louis, and
will arrive in time to capture every
prize in sight, counting California
as a competitor.
In the evening the association
met in the pavilion, where upwards
of 500 people were gathered to lis
ten to the reading of some interest
ing papers and speeches. President
Moorhead read his annual address
and Mr. Smith of the fair associa
tion tendered the pencil-pushers a
hearty welcome and the freedom of
the city. The Hood River Male
Quartette favored the large audi
ence with several fine selections,
which was followed by some spirit
ed remarks by several citizens and
newspaper men. Mrs. Abigail
Scott Duniway was booked for a
pajier on "Women in Journalism,"
but on account of the hour being so
late she only made a tew brief re
marks, which were right to the
point and gained for her the good
will of every person in that large
audience. She is a firm believer in
equal rights, an earnest, honest ad
vocate of the rights belonging to
her sex, and it is certain that her
way of putting the arguments is do
ing much to gain the freedom she
has worked ami talked for for so
many years; at any rate she has
the respect and good will of most
of the newspaper men tn Oregon.
Though past 70 years of age, she is
hale and hearty, a fine speaker, and
(Continued on Last Page.
THE RURAL
FREE DELIVERY
DEMOCRATS IGNOREDTHE LAW
Republicans Alone Peserve Credit
.
for Inaugurating the Great
System.
When democrats assert that their
party is the "father"' of rural free
delivery, they willfully misstate
the facts. It is charity to call their
assertion a plain falsehood, lor it is
a deliberate lie, uttertd with the in
tention to deceive many persons.
Rural free delivery had its origin
under the Harrison administration,
and Postmaster General Waua
maker was its "father." He pro
posed and established the first ex
perimental route. When the dem
ocrats came into iower, under
President Cleveland, they did ev
erything possible to kill rural free
delivery; in fact, they absolutely re
fused to expend any of the $10,000
congressional appropriation for its
nourishment, and both Postmaster
Geueral Bissell and Wilson, in their
annual reports, did their utmost to
discredit it. President Cleveland
also threw cold water on it in a
hostile message to congress. When
McKinley became president, rural
free delivery was pushed to the
front as a republican policy. This
policy has been continued under
President Roosevelt, until now
there are about 27,500 routes iu op
eration. No farmer need be de
ceived by democracy's false claims,
for the record shows that to repub
licans alone lelongs the credit of
inaugurating and fostering a mail
rvice that is of incalculable bene
fit to rural communities.
The United States circuit court
of appeals at St. Taul !us confirm
ed the verdict of guilty, the fine and
sentence of the United States dis
trict court of St. Louis, in the case
of John P. Dolan, Frank Garrett
and Thomas E. Barrett, indicted
for naturalization frauds. The men
were found guilty of aiding and
abetting in 1902 in securing fraud
ulent naturalization paper for a
number of Italians. The sentences
carried a fine of . 000 each aud
five years' imprisonment at hard
labor. Barrett was marshal of the
St. Louis court of appeals, a state
court; Garrett was a police officer,
and Dolan was chairman of the St.
Louis democratic ceutral committee.
The best people in the town are
church people. There may 1 hyp
ocrites among them, and a scoun
drel or two, but as a whole these
are the ones you need. You do
not worry about your daughter if
she builds up her social circle
among these church people, and in
your heart you are glad that your
boy has found friends in the church,
evenjif you haven't set foot inside of
a church for twenty years. Ex.
That Michael Pierter was now
the husband of Mary Robinson was
the plea set up by Attorney Dillard
in court at St. Helens on Monday
morning when the case of the State
vs. Pieter was brought up. The
district attorney filed a charge of
enticing a minor from home against
Pieter, however, and he was order
ed to appear for trial. The district
attorney considers the marriage only
ruse to defeat justice and will, it
is said, push the case. It will be
remembered that Pierter, who is 65
years old, ran away from St. Hel
ens some months ago with 14-year-old
Mary Robinson. After eluding
the officers for a couple of weeks,
they were captnred at Beaverton
and brought to Hillsboro and lodg
ed jail until taken to St. Helens by
an officer. The old man was ad
mitted to bail and shortly after at
tempted suicide in Portland. He
was picked up on the street and re
moved to a hospital in a dying con-
condition, but the physicians of the
institution pulled him through, and
as noon as discharged married the
girl with the consent of hei" mother
and brother.
Clande F. Hankins, a 14-year-old
loy of Marysville, Cal., has been
sentenced to ten years' imprison
ment for the murder of his sister.
Don't boil your paper money.
The microbes can be pressed out
with a flat iron.
A New York magistrate has rul
ed that a man cannot be disordely
in a saloon. He is orderly, at least,
as long as he orders.
There is a schocl in Philadelphia
which teaches brides the chafing
dish habit. And still people won
der at the increase of divorces.
Over 400 horses, we are told,
have been eaten by the Port Arthur
garrison. The Missouri mule was
wise in keeping out of this war.
Explorer Peary is anxious lo get
away. He is tired of answering
the question: "What will you do
with the north pole when you find
it?"
The statement that Marshall
Field pays taxes on property to the
value of $40,000,000 will lead most
rich men to wonder what he is really
worth.
The treasurer of the Uniti'd States
says there is only one $10,000 bill
in circulation. If this is true, the
last man who got it must have for
got to pass it along.
The fashion arbitraters in Paris
have ruled that tall, thin girls are
to be the style this winter. The
hopelessly short, fat ones never did
think much of the Parisian styles,
anyway.
The official information from Chi
cago that a girl can dress quite
neatly on $3,500 a year is a great
relief to family men whose incomes
are only moderate and who wish
their children to look neat.
A Minnesota boy slept thirty
days as the result of being hit on
the head by a scantling during a
cyclone. However, the treatment
is too severe ever to obtain popular
favor with insomnia patients if put
up in small packages for the trade.
Following the prediction that the
supply of blonds will run out in 600
years is another to the effect that
everybody will be crazy in 700
years, on the theory, doubtles, that
it will be a hundred years lefore we
realize our loss.
It is estimated that fully 300 per
sons have lost their lives this year
in climbing the Alps mountains.
The death roll is increasing from
year to year, aud it is admitted that
the increase of accidents is due al
most entirely to inexperienced
climbers attempting difficult ascents
without guides.
Pianos and Organs are now on salu at
E. L. McCorinick's new mimic store,
Main street, IIillhoro.
Pianos and Organs.
For Cash or on Installment Plan.
J .... .. ' " , '"
Fischer, Smith and Barnes.
We are in position to sell as cheap as any house on the coast
and on as good terms. When you are ready to purchase a piano
or organ, do not fail to call and learn our prices and terms
E. L. Mc CORMICK.
HILLSBORO, OREGON
A ROOSEVELT
GATHERING
COURT HOUSE. OCTOBER 25.
Hons. G. B. Dimiek end Gordon E.
Hsyes Will Deliver Rousing
Addresses--Hear Them.
Hon. G. B. Dimick, republican
presidential elector, and Hon. Gor
don E. Hayes, county judge of
Clackamas county, will address the
citizens of this vicinity at the court
house, on Tuesday evening, Octo
ber 35th, on the political issues of
the day. Both gentlemen are bril
liant and entertaining speakers and
it is hoped that the court house will
be filled. The ladies are most cor
dially invited to attend this meet
ing. Music by the Hillsboro band.
There are now 23,000 rural de
livery routes in operation in the
United States and these routes sup
ply more than eleven million peo
pie, or one-seventh of the popula
tion of the United States. The ru
ral delivery system adds $22,000,
000 a year to the cost of operating
the postoffice department, but it is
found that where the rural delivery
system is in operation the increase
of receipts tor stamps, etc., is 10 per
cent a year, whereas it is only 2
per cent where there is no free mail
delivery. Ex.
After a number of serious de
feats, St. Petetsburg has been
cheered by the reports that General
Kuropatkin has resumed the offens
ive, and by the news of the defeat
of the Japanese command of Gen.
Yamada and the capture of Lone
Tree Hill, which is represented to
be the key to the position on the
southwest fronts of the contending
armies. It the reports prove au
thentic that the Russians have
crossed to the south side of the
Shakbe river, a later rise in the
stream may have produced condi
tions seriously threatening the fail
ure of Gen. Kuropatkin's plans,
for it is believed the advance force
will be cut off from the reserves
and the base of supplies, aud is,
however, questionable if the ad
vance movement had proceeded to
point indicated. There seems no
immediate prospects of a cessation
of the fighting that has been in
progrers for the last ten days, al
though there are signs that on both
sides the supply of ammunition is
falling short.
The accompnning cut shows a
Hamilton Piano that is now on
sale at the McConnick Music
Store, for $300. This piano is
a beautiful instrument and is
fully warranted for u term of
ten years. Let us place one of
these in your house on trial.
Sold on installment plan or for
cash. Other makes of Pianos
and Organs that we handle are
The Knab, Packard, Ludwig,
Yose, Steck, Kverett, Hardman.
Remember the Roosevelt rally at
the court house Tuesday evening,
Octo!er 25.
A Washington, D. C, despatch
of the 17th says that the war in the
Orient has enlisted the closest at
tention of the administration, and
it is felt that the time is approach
ing when it will be iu order for the
great nutral powers to move toward
; the restoration of peace. President
Roosevelt has from the first stood
ready to use his good offices to stop
hostilities on a basis honorable to
IkhIi lelligerants, but he is estop
ped from moving by the fact that it
has leen the unbroken rule of the
government to wait until it is as
sured that both sides to a contro
versy of this kind are willing that
we should act. There has so far
been no ojien proposition, nor can
it be truthfully stated that even an
indirect overture has come to Wash
ington from St. Petersburg or To
kio, but it is believed signs point to
an early move in that direction.
After fifteen years of trusted ser
vice for the O. R. & N. company as
treasurer of the city freight office at
Spokane, Wash., Herbert C. Swit
zer is in the city jail facing a charge
of embezzling $4.575 79 from the
company. Switzer is said to have
confessed and lays his downfall to
slot machines, drink and gambling.
His home, built at a cost of $2,000,
is swept away, as it was put into a
guarantee company's hands in the
hope of staving off the coming
crash. A wife and children mourn
the disgrace of husband and father,
who has heretofore born an excel
lent reputation. The alleged meth
ods of ojerating was for Sweitzer to
accept freight for shipment to an
other town. When the freight bill
came back with the check attached,
he is .said to have cashed the check
and destroyed the bill, thereby effec
tually hiding his oicrations. Sweit
zer received a salary of $100 per
month. He is said by friends to
have frequently played from $5 to
$50 in slot machines on a Sunday.
He drank somewhat and formerly
gambled until the games were clos
ed in Seattle.
The Rockefellers, it is reported
on high authority, have agreed to
protect Ilarriman in any attempt to
take control of the Oregon Short
Line away from him. This was
admitted Tuesday by friends of the
Rockefellers, who, it is said, had
considerable difficulty in inducing
Ilarriman to agree on a plan to set
tle the Northern Securities case.
The Independent and The Oregonian
for 1.75.