TfíE ITEU3
RATl’RDAY lEBRI'ARYH UHKJ.
SENATOR
AND CONGRESS
MAN.
“It is a fit time for the State Leg
islature to 'take a tumble'—to the
necessity of an able representation
of thia state at the National Capital.
We need especially good men at
Washington for the next few years.
We are ir. an exceptionally peculiar
predicament.
Mr. Tongue, who
had grown to be a man of great
powjrand weight at Washington
is dead. The last Republican State
Convention turned down Malcolm
Moody, who on account of his two
terms' experience and his excep
tional natural ability, should have
been kept there, whatever his fac
tional affiliations.
“Weshould learn something from
these incidents, disasters, deaths,
and occurences. Except for Mitch
ell, Oregon must start in new. It
must send new men (?). They must
be Republicans, of course—not with- .
standing the election of a Demo
cratic Governor, this is a Republi
can state. More, it stands by and
with President Roosevelt, in all he
does, because he is right in almost
everything he does. Oregon wants
no Carmacks or'Billy' Masons in
Congress. It wants no 'freaks’ there.
It wants clean, capable business
men, those who can build them
selves up there, and who can slay,
year after year, term after term,
and thus gain a position of intluence
aod power.
“Now, it is ‘upto’the Legislature
and to the Republicans of the First
District, to send such meu to Con- i
gress. Mr. Mitchell is there. He
mav
* not live his term out. Death
is no respecter of persons In the
deplorable event of Mr. Mitchell’s
death, all the meml*ers from Ore
gon would l-e new men. Now, they
must be the best men. Shouldn't
they* Surely.
“We ‘name no names.’ The
thought, the suggestion, is: Let
Oregon be represented, and well
represented. The men elected now
should be men of immediate power
and influence at Washington; that
is the first consideration ; the next
is, they should be men who can
slay, who can be re elected ; who
can do our business there for the
next 20 years.
"The Legislature owes it to the
people of Oregon to 'think on these
things.’ Don’t vou play polities a
little loo much* After all, politics
runs into business. After all, we
want thorough business men at
Washington and at Salem.
“This should be thought over.
Elect a senator. Don’t fail. And
keep Oregon’s interests in mind
w hile doing it. That is the way to
do business. That is the way in lor many years hud there been no
POST
which the politicians can serve the gold discovered in the Klondike
anil had not the Canadians been
people.’’— Portland Telegram.
For Senator, Eastern Oregon has com|H*lled to go through American Ping-Pong Balls and Other Articles
a man who cornea up to all the territory to get to the rich mineral
in the Mails.. - _ _
points mentioned above and much country. The two countries have
more—Malcolm A. Moody—a man by convention agreed to a pro llawl»»»«»* Kaaaplurr«! m Wrillaa l*w-
who hu< served his constituency in visional boundary, but for live
par S» Katrev
•» Kiretteh
1‘vrsuw*—Thv Maaaaaa “* a
the lower House of Congress for years it has been impossible for
Kylaa SuiOter.
four years with exceptional ability them to come together in some
and energy, and who is now bear scheme for permanent boundary
The ute of ping pong balls as poll
ing the buiden of'lis deceased col line settlement. The treaty just earth I* the latest freak of seekers
league and for Senator Mitchell, drawn up by Secretary Hay and fur noteliy.
It started in Llverpo«»! quite recent
who is still very ill at>d may not Ambassador Herbert aims to create ly, ami despite it* obvious dhadvan- ,
tie able to appear in his seat again a tribunal that mav be able to ad tag«-*. is spreading in England. The ;
princi|>al result is tuueh unhsppine»* .
this session. Mr. Moody is a man just the difficulty.— Review.
to the postman and a recent n.-w reg-
>*ho would not only represent East- |
illation in some places furbidding all |
ern Oregon, but the whole state. | The chronic kicker, if he kicks such unhandy missives.
The bulls were stamped, an address |
He is a broad-gauge man. energetic
in the right direction accomplish written under the stamp, and the uies- .
»age ss-rawled on the rest of the sur- I
and already well informed upon all
Kickers point out the face. These clumsy and bulky post
National and state topics His ex es good.
cards were p<**tcd in |.i«erp«H>l by the
perience in the lower House of defects and provide a remedy. thousands and gnvr th«- post oilier au
Congress would make him a par Kickers make despots tiemble and thorities un immense amount of extra |
ticularly strong man in the upper abdicate and give us republics and work «ays Hearst's (bh-ago American. |
Anpng those Idle people who from J
House. Men who are informed free governments in their stead lime Io time have wasted their super- ■
say that there are few men in the Kickers are the advance guards of flmois energies in testing the forbear* I
National Hous.» of Representatives progress and enterprise. Kickers iincc of the postal official», is a man in ‘
Southampton. England. whose favor- ■
who have as large a circle of warm occupy a necessary place in the ite form of missive used to lie a postage I
friends in official life as has Mr. I world, but “knockers,’ might I* stamp. But as he wrote the address 1
on the face of the stamps, the author- (
Moody.
dispensed with. If conditions are ¡ties decided that they were not bound
As there are small prospects in wrong and you have a reasonable to deliver them. It was probably the I
the contest now on hand at the remedy, point out the defects and same |H-rson who afterward posted n ,
|>ack of playing cards, each 1
State Capital of electing any of the suggest your remedy, even if li e complete
neatly atldressed on the l>ack. but with
men now before the Legislature, 1 “knockers" or drones call you a Uu message whatever on tbe colure«!
side.
some man must and undoubtedly kicker.—Ex.
Another very peculiar letter found
will be elected, in view of which
in a London pillar-box Inst autumn *
fact that that man should have
wan a green apple on one side of which
An Oregon man who is spending was
cwt an address, and <>n the other*
some acquaintance with the work
the winter in Kansas writes back the simple, but expressive message:
ings of the National body, we would
that they are not holding any re “Sour- like you.”
name Malcoim A. Moody, whose
Iliuk notes have been employed as
ligious revivals in that slate this a writing paper more thau once by
natural ability and past work for
winter. Owing io a scarcity of fuel rxtravaguut or foolish person*. Among
Oregon deserves for biiu sueh con the whole stat- is shivering and the effects of an Kugluli miser who
«lied nb> ut IS y rars ago was found a £ S
eration.
they have lost their fear of going to
BULKY
a warmer place.— Ex.
WHAT VNCLE SAM CONTENDS
FOR.
The Alaskan boundary, to the
task of fixing which a joint tribun
al will set about, if the new treaty
is ratified, was hardly considered a
matter of dispute until the dis
covery of gold in the Klondike, i
With the rush to the Yukon gold
diggings in 1887, Great Britian saw
that she needed an outlet for the
new country, and maintained that
the line should be pushed to the
west so as to include several Amer
ican poits within her domain.
Th« c< ntentions brietlv are these:
The United States clams all of the
coast line north of Portland chan
nel. Great Britian holds that the
line should be drawn nearer the
coast so as to bring within her ter- t
ritory several large bays including
Lynn canal, at the head of which
Skagway and Dvea are situated
The British contend that Behm
canal and not Portland canal is
the one intended to mark the
boundary and that the line drawn
according to the term ‘10 marine
leagues from the sea coast” means
Un leagues from the outlaying
islands’ and not ten leagues from
the windings of the mainland shore.
The Uneled States insists on the
present boundary, first, l<ecause the
maps and charts of both govern
ments for nearly a quarter of a
century show that the line follows
the coist siuousities and was rec
ognized by all the world from 1825
to 1884. Second, because this line
was so recognized at the time Alas
ka was purchased from Russia in
1867 and the United States main*
•taitied troops and customhouses in
the now deputed territory with no
protest from the dominion. Third
because both Behm and Port 1 anti
canals were well known at the time
of the convention in 1825 between
Great Britain and Russia when the
line was drawn and there was no
misunderstanding as to geograph
ical terms or intentions. Fourth,
because the Hudson's Bay com
pany for many years prior to the
aquieitioo of Alaska from Russia
by the United States paid the Rus
sian government an annual stipend
for the privilege of trading on the
same inlet that Canada now claims.
The boundary line matter was
threshed out by Russia and Great
Britain over seventy-five years ago.
when the latter conceded to Russia
sovereignty over the territory now
in dispute, and Russia in convey
ing Alaska to the United States
gave title to the domain over which
the United States has exercised
jurisdiction ever since.
It is doubtful if the boundary
question would have beeu raised
One democrat stands in the way
of the ratification of the Colum
bian, isthmian canal, treaty. Sen
ator Morgan has threatened to talk
it to death, notwithstanding the
fact that no member of his party
agrees with him in his op|tosition
The republicans in Congress are
m aking every effort to pass ade
quate anti-trust legislation
In
the House they will be successLil
but if the democrats continue to
sup|>ort the Statehood deadlock all
trust bills mav fail there.
The Light is tbe name of a new
paperjust starting at Long Creek
W. <>. Harry man is its ed.tor and
proprietor. Il is a bright all at
home pajier and
predict success
for Brother Harryman in his new
venture,
Woo! growers are expecting bet
ter prices than usual, oil account
of an extended drought in Austra
lia which destroyed a large pet-
centage of the sheep on the ranges
there.
Senator Mitchell has our thanks
for u copy of the report of the sub
committee on Pacific Islands »nd
Porto Rico on general conditions
in Hawaii of which he is chairman.
Secretary Hay’s Alaskan treaty
has been favorably reported and
will be ratified as soon as possible.
Il will l>e a triumph for the Secre
tary of State.
('ABUS.
The Kind You Huvo AI avu . vm Bought, tt’ttl which hits Iwx-n
in tine for over 30 yearn, ltun borne tho slgnntiiro of
ami Ims been outdo ittiiler Ills por-
nottnl mi|M)rvlnloii since It» lithmcy.
Allot* no otto to«loeelv«i y <>tt Io thin.
All Uuniiterfulta, Iniltntlona »nd •• Ju»t-;i»«-«o<»d” are bob
Experiments tlmt trifle with nml endttuger the bouilli of
lnftuiLa und Children—Exporten«'« itgulnst ExporlnniuU
What is CASTORIA
Cnaforlit I* it liarntlonn substitute fl»r (.’n»tor Oil, 1‘itre-
goric. Drop» mid Soothing Syrups. It In I’h-iiMMiit. It
ctsntalnn neither Opium, Morpltltio nor other N'm-collo
ailbntance. Itn ng«' In Its gtiuruutee. It dentroya Worm«
mid ullttyn Foverlnlinetn. It cure»« Dlnrrluen und Wln«l
Colle. It relievo« Teething Trtitiblvs, cur«"« Conatlputlon
und Fluttileiicy. It unni mi In les the I' smm I, regulate»* tho
Btonuu'li mid Bowels, giving heiiltby mid nnturul nluop.
The Children's PaiMtoea—Tho Mother’* Erlend.
GENUINE
In Use For Over 30 Years.
!«.«.., T» Sv..«« svstss. «.«W »••• *«▼..
note on which the «'«-ceased had writ
ten directions ns to the disposal of bis
property.
At Hampstead there lived
until recently a w«althy bachelor of,
whom it was said that lie ««nee wrote
a proposal of marriage to a lady on
the buck of .i
note, ami because it
was sent bac k without a word of com
ment by the recipient, refuse«! ever
afterward to have at.y thing to do w ith
the fair sex.
Whiling |>aper. or. imleed. |>apcr of
any kind, is usually at a premium
among soldier* on active service. Many
very curious substitutes came from
the British soldier* in South Africa,
line of the common»»! has been
rnealie leave*. “Mealie” i* the South
African name for make. Round the
maize cub grow a number of strong
enveloping «heatlis. which, when dry.
turn to a pale yellow color and can
thin be written upou.
After ( «denso there wn* found
grus|>e<l ill the st ilTei e«l ha nds of a dead
soldier a pie- e of leather with a dying
message »craw 1 ed upon 11 w ith a stump
of pencil.
It wn» a layer of the sole
of the «lend man'» boot, which bad
probubly been hwisened with much
marching, ami w Meh hr had contrive«!
to rip off.
It safely ie~.hed the po«>r
fellow's family in England.
From the Philippine*, too. some cu
rious letters have l>een received by
th«- friend* of American aoldiers fight
ing in those island*. One of the most
ingenious wa, a niece of native l»am-
boo. about a foot long, on vvhich an ad
dress hail been carved with pen
knife. The letter was inside this hol
low tube, and held there by wooden
pins at each end.
The writer ex
plained that hr ha«l found it impossible
to get un envelope <>r to find any gum
to make one. so had had recourse to
this expedient.
The ceiling of a room is. as a rule,
»<> far out of ordinary reach that the
¡«lea of using it for writing on »eem*
strange,
lbit in a case tried last y rar
in England it transpired that a land
lady had been in the habit of using her
ceiling in lieu of a rent-book. l'|H.n it
were inscribed the various amount*
received from her lodger*. A. it wa*.
of course, impossible to bring this
strange rent book intn court, a certi
fies! copy had to be made for the Use
of the judge.
Harney Valley Brewery
L. WOLDENBERG. SR., Proprietor.
The services of a firuwer of long year» experience has been se
cured and the nr«xliict of this Brewery in of the best grade ill the *
Inland Empii*e. Place a trial or«ler au«i you will not lie di*a|s-
poinled.
BURNS,
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OREGON
The
Windsor
Bar
Stockholder!«’ M«-eting.
Notice H hereby given that a
meeting of the stock hohlers of the
Citizens’ Business College Associa
tion will be at the College, in
Burns, Thursday February 26, I'.Mi."
for tbe purpose of electing officers,
and for the transaction of such
other business us may come læfore
the meeting.
All stockholders are re«|ueste«l to
be present.
Dalton Bigf», Sec’y.
Your patronage solicite<l.
Courteous treatment U> all.
LEE CALDWELL
Proprietor.
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