Th* Herali
dune with this great body of land it>< ¡alter will to 2riven into the
that ia now alm « in x worthless
eorxiitson. *r»d further-more Coo-
grvas is or will be petitioned to pro-
VtMMiT MKilTÍ W1
vide that «ste individual can ow!r
Buy 330 a-res on the conditions set
Sailer
forth in th* petition or narr-d by
art of C<-r<gF«M
Now we ask bc-w many ran*hers
Tse more on
to petition
Cat g»*.* that • ■ * And lands of Or can take 320 acre« and p'operly ir
eg<x> be listed *o the state ard rigate and improv* th* «ame* We
cAaced ■*• toe market with a prrmao mean actual settlers who are not
that such xands to reclaimed by able to par the prices asked for im
We answer not one
imgateori aterjsd to tPoeiv watched proved farms
of
them
have
the
means whereby
aod the oj-et thoroughly rifted
V>
irrigate
and
mtke
homes of the
aud investigated before signing such
This fact is
ge-ution
if »to state t «-comes own lard in question
ck-arlv
understood
by
the monied
er «X the aaxi land* without anr re
atnctMM as to the manner of dis men who desire to possess this land,
p «¡r>g of it except the proviso that and another fact is also seen by
tto lard »bail be reclaimed by pio them, that ie if Congress provides
qer irrigation, we will find ail of that one man shall onlv buy or en
<naa and i*/«d in a very short time ter 320 acre« he itbe capitalist)will
after tot ng put on tto aaa’fcel. in buy or enter a 320 acre tract, then
th* sane- predicament of the ReJ-H be wili furnish th* money to poor
aid ewamp lands of thia state. We men. wh, would like to have a home
take it far granted that the move •<ut i. not financ ally able to do all
is io th* interest of syndicates and tins work i .*<•*« sarv on such a tract
■CorperaUooa, who ar* d*s;rou« of •f lard, eonsequeri'ly in th*-nd the
Not
getting poasesa.on ard th«-n or ti»* capitalist owns the claim
|onlv
one
extra
claim
but many of
same pro<»*dure for which they an
’
them
noted k**p frack th* settlement and
Now we would ask th* friends <<f
d*»eloje-merit of tfie country just s>
•ong aapwsibls ard the actual s*t this move in what way would th*
<l«r—th* hard-working backl-xie" .'•■er men wanting a home 1« ben*-
of th* government—le coui|e-lled fitr-d if the petition prayed for was
to step to one side, ss usual, and in ¿ranted’ Now we reiterate that the
stead of leinif the independent land only wav any material benefit can
«.wner, as t»e should be. he will have accrue tn the settler wanting a
te take the position of hireling or Dome aid is too pror tn buy one al
“underling ’ to a syndicate wlx*e *eadv improved, ie that Cong re*»
onlv brain« is money and is favorer) [ make an appropriation redeem this
by congress and the state lecause tnd land and the government open
it up for the actual settlers
of it* money.
If Uncle Kam would i*e more lav
ish in making appropriations to re
deem h«a arid and swamp lands,
after which open up such land» for
actual settlers, instead of needle«»
■ rd foolish appropriations ao often
hiade l»v which only a certain class
ia >»n. filed and th« people at large
«ho have this tax to pay are actu
ally injured.
We argue and maintain that th«
only just and equitable disposition
of the Question of reclaiming this
arid land is. that the govrrninent
do it bv appropriating sufficient
money for that purpt am ami then
allow actual settlers either to bu»
nr homealt-ad the lands
In the king run the government
will receive tenfold profit on th«
money invested, then the people ol
thia government as a whole will Is
fwnrflted. because an actual divi
dend reaped by the government is
a benefit to the people
But by al
lowing this land to fall into th«
hands of a corporation, the corpora
tion of course receives the profits
the government is the loser, the
people loss just the amount made
l»y the corporation, the actual set
tler is deprived of the right to set
tle or enter such land, the govern
ment ir stabbing itself and the tax
payer, and th* poor settler is |< ft
out in the cold to become the slave
of the few individuals who reap a
big harvest through c I sm legislation
Congress is and has I wen ioy 2'»
'rars. the t<H»| used l.y deaigning
men to accomplish the n.f lw rv of
the homvt hardworking people who
love and reverence our republican
institutions and anr at all times
ready to risk life in defense of a
government whn h every dav allow
syndicate« and c«»rpurativne to rub
them without mere,
' Yes,’’ t»ne will say. "I.ul the ob-
jecl of the petition is tv g«t the
lands in shape that the matter can
I* takci. bold on and something
AT IT AGAIN!
A Bloody War is
Now Feared.
>.ean aeroea which trey first ^ame
* r^ru-»
Across the rver fr< tr. the <>age
reservation ths Ps«nc**
barlnC
a dance, aid a few days *g < a ¡arg*
pxny of Oaag-» '■aptured some
Waggling Pawn**» tied them up
to a tree and be.d * mock sea.p
•lanes about them ail dav
The
Pawnees are verv much incensed
o?»r this and threatened to retali
ate
Should any num1«* <*f thr+e
two trines come in contact while
tber sre excited from dancing an
¡wn and bloody war wi . «urelv
follow.
B.
[.
GEER
PRACTICAL TINNER & GUNSMITH,
Second Street. BURN«»
5
OREGON.
y«w>r ewa aaaaQy|
Palm««»* t*>a.e utdamry »cd LuiW up he reM.-ere««
*3
Ttie largreet stools, i
tile oity of
Stoves. Ammunition. Fishing tackle and all kinds of Tinware,
ufaetarers ?ri- re. My (w»da ar* warranted to givemtinraatid
mort*v refunded. Straight g x'-d« and square dealing is the wav
and Gunstnithiog a **■'
introducing mv g.-sis. Tinware i r-paired
_
at I tie very l<« *»l ¡»rices
nix
Dxsvxa. Jan 30—Devil’s Head,
a little mountain village of Colora
do. far from any railroad has a my
MRS LOUIS RACINE. Prop't
stery.
Since Thanksgiving the
place has paseed through a scourg-
TbU Hotel bs« re«**,>dy teew rx>lary«4 »nd entirety renovated rr. arw rl»w
of pniaoaiog and fire, but its great
The table is Supplied with the Rest the Market Affords
distance from other inhabited por
tions of the state has prevented the
Traveling Men will find this Hotel a nie« and Desirable pj
Ola
facts from becoming known until Stop
now.
On Thanksgiving night Dan
Ecker s Barn "i‘ set on fire. and
the horse» and catlie burned alive
A fiew days later a wok I-chopper
hr the name of Park's used a sack
« ^¡.PFALXM
»
of flour in cooking his breakfast
DRUGS MEDICINES. CHEMICALS. PATENT MEDICIN
Several hours after was taken death
STATIONERY. DIAMOND DYES CHOICE perfumfi
ly i 1 and died
An examination
A
FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. TOBACCO. CIGARS ETCj
proved that the flour contain* d ar-
cenic
The mountain village was now Fine Wines A Liquor* fcr Medical Purp
throughly aroused, and in the midst
Prescription« accurately compounded.
>f the excitement the bouse and
Barn of Fred Albans were destroy
-d bv *n unaccountable fire
FOR YOUR FLOUR. GO TO THE^y
The charred remain« of the cat
II
tie and horse« of Albans were found
ing 1
in the ruins, but no trace of their
I
iati,.
,1.
•wner has ever leen discovered.
4
»Will
IMril’s Head sleeps in huge em
he i
ark merits of snow the most of the
Prairie Citv. C)i i g ifef'
PORTER BRO'S. Propri-tor». .
year. About a hundred mountain-
era make their home there
Gt tunic . O. T. Jan. 19 — \ .
In Pike countv, Mo., on the bank
courier coming in from the Cherokee
•f
the mighiy Mississippi, there i»
strip to-night reports that »h*re wili
’•e -erious trouble on th* Osag- at d t dreary and desolate spot, where is
No
Pawnee rcservationa in the easier ’»uried an unknown person.
part <»f the atrip
The Osage In «tone marks the last resting place
dians have t*-en very insolent for a • •f th* departed. No human Lab
year past, and when a few month* dation is near. Nothing breaks th*
ago, their agent, to further bis pri intense quiet of the place but the
vale interests, advised them not t«-| lapping of the water at the foot of
FRENCH HOTEL,
I
LEB
dei
orr.
nytl
W E GRACE P hopiuptor ,
A Large Assortment of
FINE CUTLERY. NOTIONS. Etc
Has just k-eti K*-ceiv««i.
treat with the government commies the high, steep bank, the occasional
i mera for the sale of their land — hoot of an owl or bark of a squir PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY < OMPtd
that they owned it and should keep rel
XfiF“ Everything guaranteed pure and of the very twat qu»l
All ia still.
it all—they at once becam« imbued
PATENT MEDICINES SOLD AT MARKED PRICK |
The current is very swift at this
with the idea of running things to
suit themselves
point and has turned in against the
White people trading through Lank, slowly but surelv eating it
the reservation have been surround away until it has reached and pass
ed by Indiana, who detain them for *d the end of the coffin, nearly'
hours, dancing around them ami three feet of which sticks out and
going through all the forma of tak hangs immediately over the deep
MESDAMES MORRELL A ALLEN. -
M mix
ing acal|<
Many woman and water which seems to wait with
children were prostrated with fright. i open anna to recieve it. It ia only
These ladies -pare no pairs to pl.>N»e their gu«--ta
<>tl»er travlers hav* l>een robbed a matter of time when it will drop
and beaten, and it is now as-erted and all traces of the unknown will ATTENTIVE AND GOOD TABLE SERV
that some davs ago th* Indians l»e obliterated forever
■ lancvd around two little girl* and
Through a crack in the coffin
AND TABLES WELL SUPPLIED
Iwcame an excited that they cut a can >w seen the bones of the d«‘part-
piece of «call* frvin one’» head and «nl. white aid glistening with ghoat-
and cut off the other one’s hair ' lv distinctness
The parents of the children had
t«ern tied to their wagon ami had
Burns-Canyon Stage Line.
I wen compelled to l<>«k <>n.
I J fwitt , P k OFRIET v H.
M itbin the last week the blan
The latest new« we gather from
Ir«vr» Horr»ur
Wvdtwwiax». Bnd rn.1B)B at « «.
ket Indians of this tribe have l>een
1.««l -•«et.
,.Br. „
our exchanges regarding our con-
holding a glmet dance which grow«
trove«? with Chili, is strongly fla
large’ and more vigorous each dav
vored with war,
The participants have now become
w< rked up to «m b a pitch that it is
unsafe for a white man to venture
;
near
I bey claim that the niesaiah
ha« pruin'sed to come and lead
them in a grr t <'Mi>paign against
tlw whit«' Q.t-r' » h**n ererv on* ««f
WRIGHT Bros .
Everything in our line of the IteM.
me«. Fancy Drinks. Cigir«.
Liquom-Wl. skies. R
on hsnd wb*.
you call 4»n »hen. at Drewsev Harm y county. Or
I