Wood Yard!
Wood Yard!
WANT ED—I desire to cor
but the silver dollar remained the
respond with Oregon parties
unit of value and continued soun-j
who may be able n> supply
til 1873. Both gold arid silver were
me wi b choice Indian relies
W E P N KSD A Y A UOUST. IS 1H: 6
legal tender for all debts, both pub-1 sucii as spear leeads, arrow hea< a. stone
Proprietor.
FRANK GOODMAN
lie aud private, and the mints were pipes, eel.
rite me telling m • what
, ,
, „
I „„„have Address: H. P H amilton ,
4 Mother's Adi ice To Uer Boy. open to the
free coinage of all sil-j u
Tw(, RjTers> \\ .eonsin.
Good cord wood delivered on short uotice aud at Reasonable Rates.
yer that came.
I
FKOVf HUNTINGTON HERALD.
Thus, up to 1873. this nation was I
Leave orders aX Worthington’s Drug Store.
STOCK INSPECTOR.
yh M innville , Ore., Aug. 2, 1896 upon what is known as a bimetal
for iiarney county .
lie basis, but in fact it was a free
y|y Dear Boy:
As vou "ill probably cast vour
fiot vote for president this fall you ion metal, enjoying all the privileges I
must be right. Every vote will of silver except that silver fixed the
count. The people, the voters, do unit and regulated the value of
not understand
the situation, gold. This was the free and un
C A- SWEEK,
They know something is the mat- limited coinage of silver, or bimet
allism.
Silver
is
the
money
o*
the
ter with the country, but they do
AND
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
not know just what it is, and a people—gold, the money of the
Oregon.
:
Buras,
man in your position hears every rieh. Silver was, and still is. the
thing talked that is thought of and most favored by the people because
eoivequently gets a little mixed. it is not so easily cornered hv men
Wm. Ml Hai-,
having a design to speculate in
New, my dear boy, I am going to
explain the situation as I under moi ev by making it scarce, as
STTORNEY-AT-LAW
stand it, and shall endeavor to gold is at present Prior to ' 1860
ormo ;
show you that the free and unlimit there was. according to the report ONTARIO
IS THE
of
the
secretary
of
the
treasury.
ed coinage of silver is the only
thine that will relieve our present $105,000.000 of foreign silver in |
PLACE TO GET BARGAINS IN HOSIERY, UNDERWARE,
this country. $8.000,000 was coin
financial distress
GLOVES, MITTONS, TOWELS, FLANNELS, ETC.
In 1792, after the revolutionary ed into silver dollars and $97,000-
war and after England had with 000 into halves, quarters, dimes
Located first block East of Church.
and
five-cent
pieces,
which
could
REAL
ESTATI-
AGENT.
nrawn lit r troops, the United States
• W. H. C anaday , Manager.
had less than three million inbabi not be cornered by ¡Shylock for!
NOTARY PUBLIC
tants; but this handful of men wer“ speculation.
jlir üinirs-^rratd
LOOK!
LISTEN!!
J ohnson's Cash
Store
'BITBITS
OREGON
lovers of liberty. Thev drafted a
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
I
constitution and in it made pro
1 ¡^"Practices before U S. Land Office. |
visions for coining money and reg
ulatiug the value thereof As soon
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as the red coats left our shores con
gross convened, and as the United.
RACES!
RACES!!
States had no money except the}
DEALER IN—
British nmnev. and having declared |
AND
PHYSICIAN
SURGEON
her independence, the first step
to pursue was to establish a unit
Office
at
Residence
O p value , as everything must be
!
t
TINWÄRE-
X
calculated from the unit, and com
GUNS
BURNS
OREGON
AMMUNITION-
The
Burns
Jockey
Club
will
give
posed of a sum or a multiple of
»
units. Congress, therefore, fixed five days racing, September 1, 2, 3,
MACHINE SHOP IN CONNECTION. Bicycles, Mowing Machines, Gun.
,f[4
and
5,
1896.
the monetary unit to consist u
« • • •
ets. repaired promptly and satisfactory.
• • • •
FIRST DAY, SEPT. 1.
371{ grains of pure silver as the i
unit of values. That much silver I 1st, | mile dash, free for all,
b , DR. D. B. CflTE
was to constitute a dollar, and each purse
-
-
OREGON.
$150 I BURNS
dollar was a unit. Of course the
Every kind of first-class Dentistry
21, 600 vard dash, for Har
alloy to be mixed with it was to
done
or short notice and in a work
ney county saddle horses that
manlike manner.
giv eit hardness and durability never run for public money,
I
Congress then provided for all
50 j
purse
■/
money to be count'd from, or,
SECOND DAY, SEPT. 2.
measured bv. this unit or dollar.
’ a
f mile dash, Harnev Co.
Gold was made money, but its
100 | Carpenter ..
valve was counted fr )m these sll-, horses, purse
and
Builder
ver units or dollars. The ratio be
THIRD DAY, SEPT. 3.
Undertaking
. Work
tween silver and gold was at that
a specialty
f mile .dash,free for all,purse 150
time fixed at 15 to 1, so that ir.
Fine Work,......................... Low Pi ices.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
FOURTH DAY, SEPT. 4.
making gold coins their relative
value or weight was regu
j mile dash,free for all,purse 150' BURNS
OREGON.
this ratio.
FIFTH DAY, SEPT. 5
I bis continued to be tl
| mile and repeat. 2 in 3, free
to 1873
During all this
for all, purse
2001
unit of values was never changed,
and always contained 3714 grains
Ten per cent entrance fee required I
BONG GEE, Proprietor.
of pure silver, During all this I in all races. Entries to be mad«
time it was utterly impossible for with the secretary on or before 8
BURNS,
First door south of Post Office.
OREGON.
B urns , O regon .
anyone to say that the silver in a o’clock the evening before each
silver dollar was worth only 50 or race. In all races 5 horses to enter
t-11 cents, or any other number of and 3 to start. First hone 75 per
cents less than 100, because it was cent, second horse 25 per cent
the unit that measured all other j The races to be governed by the
E. Nlt^N Kl r j , l?eot-iver.
values. 3714 grains of pure silver Blood Horse Association Rules.
TO THE
worth $1.29 per ounce. How
W. W. J ohnson , President.
ever, this act did not regulate the H. R ichardson , Secretary.
Givea the clmice of two trariscontinent.«
prio f,f silver bullion; that was
ROUTES.
n-guiated by the law of supply and
demand—if there was a limited
Six weeks ago 1 snffered with a
GREAT
UNION
‘11 v u,|d unlimited demand very severe cold; was almost unable ■ NORTHERN RY.
PACIFIC RY.
VIA.
VIA
^ullmn could rise above or below to speak. My friends all advised
Representing the following well known companies:-
SPOKANE.
DENVER.
1
Hut never below $1.
me to consult apysician. Noticing Ml NNWA Pf »LIS,
K ansas city
In 1F34 congress changed the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York.
and OMAHA.
Chamherlian’s Cough Remedy ad and st . P aul
Asee ta. $932.532,577.00.
' <»io fro,,, 15 |o i to )6 |o j That
Low raten to all Eastern eitiea.
I ational Life Association of Hartford, Conn.,
vertised in the St. Paul Volks
• <
7.000,000.00.
“r. in- silver dollar was the unit and Zeitung I procured a bottle, and
OCEAN r-
_________ 7
Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit,
STEAMERS
<«
the aatne six?—371| grains after taking it a short while was leave Portland every 5 days for
900,000.00.
referred Accident Insurance Company of N Y
<<
•' -Le gold dollar was made ¡entyrely well- I now moat heartily
456,311.00.
F‘remsn’8 Fund Fire In(<urance
r p
*
<4 .
“**r- that is, it was changed recommend this remedy to anyone
2,431,717.00.
For full details call on O
A N
Norwich-Vnion
Fire
Insurance
Society
of
Liverpoll.
En
g
„
■
‘‘F* grains of pure gold to ■suffering with a cold.
W m . K fil , Agent, Baker City. or addresn
3,300,000-00.
N> grains, thus giving more 678 Selby Ave., St. Paul, Minn’
W. II. H urlburt ,
B urns ,
H arnry C ounty .
to be coined into dollars, etc., For gale by
I
oiw . pass agt . Portland, Oer.
O rfgom .
C. H. VOEGTLY,
Dr. W.L. Marsden,
$800 In Purses.
Dentistry;:: :
Everything
Cheap for Cash.
I
, John Sweitzer,
1
Fine
Kentucky Whiskies
LAUNDRY
And Cigars
t
I I. & I. CD.,
ES A.ST.
General Fire & Life Insurance Agent.
San Francisco.