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VOL. XIX. GRANTS TASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1903. No. 38. 'gold in the columbiaIthousands seek homes invltigatedlandfraudIthe GOOD ROAD PROBLEM SALE OF STURGIS PLACER New York Company Secures) Prop rty Nea,r Jacksonville). L. 6. HICGINS Assay Ofiice 1 Dreilgevct Mouth of River Save And Located in tho State of Oregon L&st Yee.r. Extracts From Keport of Secre t&ry Hitchcock. Should Uncle Sam Assist In Gold. Highway Building? Last Call to 1 . ti Christmas Bargains Books for OM und Younp;, Board Games Toys. The Choicest Tietures, Leather Goods.Toilct Cases, Fancy Box Tapers, Biggest assortment of Dolls, Etc. ' Remember. Our CLEMENS Sells Drus Orange Front, Opp. Opera House. 4v4tj-tt- -r Lownoy's Chocolates, by their lo'icious Quality, Perfect Pority and Delightful Flavor, aeliievo the largest gales of any Confectionery in the. world. Lowney's Candies Tire Sold Only at Horning & Depuy's Box Candies from 25c to S6 We "Want Your Trade And Our Prices arc Correct to (Jet it. We have a large stock (absolutely uew) of goods suitable for Christmas Gifts for old or young. Remember, We Have No Old Stock We are selling Christmas Goods at Portland prices bring in your catalogues and compare We are selling Express Wagons, Wheel Barrows. Veloci pedes and Carts at San Etancisco wholesale prices. Catalogues on our counter to prove it. We can candidly boast of the BEST VALUES IN THE CITY for Books, Toys, Toilet Articles, Leather Goods, Station ery, etc. AT ROTERMUND'S Masonic Temple BUlg. DRY WOOD Dry i6-inch Heater and Cook Stove Wood or 4-foot wood, if desired, can be had ....ON SHORT NOTICE.... by leaving orders at the Sugar Pine Store or the Dcmaree Music House or by addressing V. II. HEATOX, Grants Pass, Ore. Christmas is here and people will buy pres ents; its a habit they have. Vvhy not buy something useful? We have them from a key tine up it Paddock's. The Victor Monarch Special Prices are Right 24r 2: " 2 .iriey's (Bandies Hentv Bool(s For Boys 10 Cents Also a hrgc line of other paper bound books at low prices. Col. . Johnson, Alain st. near Sugar I'inc Factory. CHARGES : Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 1 each. Gold and Silver, $1. GOLD DUST Bought and Refill, d for Dental Trade. Each and every assay done with the idea that it may be cheeked. JRED-K D. STRICKER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 OltKGON, C. HOUGH, ATTOKN K Y-AT-LA W, rVartirea in ail Htateand Federal Court Olliee over First .National Bunk. 1HANT8 Pass, - - Oaeo in. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and '"JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clock', Sil verware and Jewelry. A Good Assortment of Itraceliln and Heart Hangles, Clement' Drug Store. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATSfir PllONR 21 N. E. McGUEW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS. OREGON. The papular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Hath room in connection Revolution Imminrnt. A suro sign of approaching revolt and serious trouble iu your system is uervonsness, sleeplessness, or stomach upsets. Electric Hitters will quickly dismember tho troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulat) the Kidneys and IioweU, sitmulato tho Liver, and clarify the blood. Hun down systems bene lit particularly and all the usual attend ing aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only .10c, and this is return ed if it don't give erfcct satisfaction. Uuarantoed by National Drug Store and Grants Pass Pharmacy. J I The Rosebud Oakery I CONFECTIONERY PARLORS l MISS ETHEL JOHNSON, PROPR. 5 a lirown IJread and l!otou liaked Ileans I every Saturday. Ham and Kggs. Oysters in any style. $ 3 x Delicious ColTee at all IIouiw fe n Ice Cream every day; orders promptly de- live red. v 1 IIotTomales. NcwCan iies Candy Hoxes. I LUNCHKS SKUVIZI) AT ALL HOCKS S P 6th St. next to Coc. L. R WKUSTF.K, I'hksii,i:st. The Southern Oregon Title Guaranty & Abstract Company GRANTS PASS, OREGON PHONE 693 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE 'I'iiIcm i :xniiiiii-i, i - s-i-i --a - I. mi i-ii ii i - i. A. tv II kli)NI, AiroKXKV. Can you iniiiyirif anything that will lri ti to your homo so niU' h pleasure, and en joyment to your friends and every mem ber of your family old and young ? Records from R0 to $1.00 Supjdios for all kinds of Talking Machines - AT The Dcmaree Gold sufficient to pay the cost of opreations may l extracted from tho sand which the dredger Chiuook re moves from tho bottom of the Colubniia river ut the bar, wlii.o engaged iu deepening the channel, says tho Telegram. The war depart ment hts arranged for assasy to be made, and the exact amount of gold partd a to a ton of Baud will bo esti mated. As soon as work begins bot tles of sand w ill bo expressed daily to government offices at Washington, D. C. If returns warrant, efforte to save the gold will be made. According to Dr. August 0. Kinney, of Astoria, who has had several as says of Clatsop Beach sands made, the Chinook can not only dredge the bar, freo of cost to the United States Government, but can also make a nice little stake by separating the gold from the sand as it is brought on board. "The principal exponso iu gold dredging is that of bringing sands tip from the river bed, " Dr. Kinueyaald, "and the cost of Hiving the gold is very small thereafter. I look for big results from tho analysis of these sands." e LUNG TIMBER FOR EAST Eighty - Four Foot Sticks for Pittsburg Chuich Two of the longest slicks of timber that have ever been brought Into Pittsburg were tho objects of wonder and a dmiration of (he pa'sershy at Sixth and Liberty avenues. Each timber was resting upon a truck and is 84 feet long and two feet square Each stick contains 4 0112 feet of lum ber. The huge logs are of fir and were brought from tho forests of Oregon, near tho town of Gleudalo. Each piece was brought 011 three cars. Iho trees from which thev were mado were DUO feet tall and be tween 5 and tl feet in diameter. The two pieces will bo placed in the new First Presbyterian church oil Sixth avoi ue. They will support the roof, and when tho building is finished, thev will be exposed to view. Pitts burg (Pa. ) Times. Coughing Spell Caused Death. "Harry Duck well, aged 25 years, choked to death early yesterday morn ing at his home, in thu presence of his wife and child, lie contracted a slight cold a few days ago and paid hut little attention to it. Yesterday morning be was seined with a fit of coughing which continued for some time. His wife sent for a physician, but before ho conld arrive, another coughing spell came 011 and Duckwell died from sulTocatiou. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Deo. 1. l'JOl." Ballard's Horehound Syrup would have saved him. 25c, 50c and il.00 ut Skiver -Drug Co. W. P.. HAMMOND, ff.i KitTAKV. Music House We copy the following from the Portland Telegram : "Yes, the results of the colonist rates are satisfactory to tha South ern Pacific Coiumnr." said an official of that coriKiratiou this morn ing. "We have placed over 6000 people iu tho state since February 15 or tins year as honicseeitcrs. Tho low colouist rates which have been made by the transcontinental railroad Hues expire toduy, and no more tickets will be sold in tho Past at these figures. From September 13 to November 28, tho immigration agents say that UIU homeseekers iiave come to tho Stale of Oregon. Of this number a largo perevntago has permanently settled here. Dur ing the existence of the sHcial tales last spring, 31)1,2 homeseekers were received here. Only a email number of these located m tho stute, how ever, as tho majority were simply out to see tho advantages the country could orTcp-aiid to take an Inventory of the inducements to come West. Thi figures herewith g ven do not in clude uuuibers who havo located iu the state, not taking advantauo of the eolouists rates offered by tho trans continental lines. Many it these have escaped tho notice of the imml gration agents and could not bo iu eluded in estimates. A totiU of .'mOO lmmiunints brought to tho state during tho life of tho stH-cial rates in l'.KW would Im nearly correct," says a railroad Man who knows. Tho States of Missouri. Ml nun sota, Iowa and Illinois havo con tributed tho majority of theso immi grants, " continued tho official. "Mis. souri leads tho others by a small nuirgin. Illinois conies second. It is said that the population of the country jiortion of Illinois is slowly decreasing. The birth rate combined with now comers barely supply the nunii'or which annually departs for other homes From Minnesota wo have a sturdy baud of Scandinavians This class of people is very desirable. They all have money ou account of their thrifty habits and all nml.e ex. eellent citizens and farmers. There are hundreds of Scandinavians in the ... - new population or Oregon, and every community seems to welcoir.o them iu their midst. From Iowa c 'lues another elms of well-to-do farmers, mostly Ameri cans, who aro trying to get away from Jho severe winters in that p r tiou of the country. " "What is tho main attaction these IK'oplo find In Oregon?" win asked the ptilrond num. "Tho climate of tho slate may he put close alongside the natural rich ness and pro luctiveness of tho soil. There is thu combination which generally makes a homeseeker a citizen of Oregon. Hh comes to Ibis state laden with tho Jokes of friends concerning thu webs of I Is feet, the umbrella condition of tho atmosi here iu general, and expects to seu small farms suirounded by water, Venetian highways and boats for ull trans lxirtatioti. When ho has been here a short time, he become s aware of the advantages accruing to the f.iniu r who never has to worry about n drought, whether his well will be dry or not, whether ho will liavu a crop or not and tho hundred and one other things which make thu Kast ern tamer's life a burden to bear. "Hefoie they leave they all agree that Oregon in tho best plaeo they have visited and generally promise to make arrangements to come out In n. " MILLIONS FOR NEW RAILS Ilarrlmnn Will Purchase a. II nr. Urrd Thousand Tone V.. If. I ho rim.iii has arrange 1 to KJKTd next year tJ.HOO.IXK) for steel rails for his two principal Wen'ir i rouds. Ou recommendations submit ted to him by President II. O. Hurt. of the Villon I'acillo, and Oeneral Manager Julius Kriillx" linilt, of the Southern I'acillc, he has ordered for delivery in l'.KIl, W) and Wl-txmiid steel riy U to the extent of 10O,(K) toils. J A contract to that effect lias Is-en closed w ith the United Htates Steel l'orifiratlon, the price per ton being fii. About two-thirds of the rail w ill he used on thu lines of the South ern i'acillc in this state, Oregon and Texas. Nearly all of the IIKI -smud Heel rails for the line over the Slmita and Siskiyou Mountains between Kill ding, and Albany, havo been received aud laid. Models of every variety of iiulls aud, vegetables grown In I lie stale will bn shown In Maryland's diwplay ill the I'a lace of Horticulture at the World's Fair. The models are now ts ing painted and tinted by Miss iilancliK Morgan, an artist residing iu Washington. rMie applies the color so cleverly that even an expert l.ns f -tates to pns lalm the (inn artifiei i or the other natural. Heart Fluttering. Undigested food aud gs In I he xtiimai h, located Ju,t below tl.e heart, presses against it and causes heart inlpitatiou. When your heart troubles you in that way take llerbiue for a few days. You w ill soon ho all right. W cents at Slor.-r Drug Co. You am rtnt a 7'iMis Marlwu arui lice- I'tiss-don t throw your inone away but buy sorurl blng useful al I'adiiiMke Uujelr lrn. "The decrease in the number of tres pass cases reported last year aud iu the amount involved therein, as compared with the previous year, is accounted for by tho fact that duriug the last year the time of tho special agents has been taken up to a much greater extent than heretofore iu In- vesrigating alleged fraudulent ou'ries It seems to bo truo also that fewer de predations aro committed, timber LjW being secured from lands entered un der tho timlier and stone or oilier acts aud by purchase from lauds within forest reserves. "An average of 68 special agents of tho Oeuerul Laud Office wero em ployed during tho year iiThlvestTgat lng alleged fraudulent land entries and otherw ise in protecting the pub lio lauds from timber trespass or il legal appropriation. Entries to the uumber of 70:11, iu which fraud was charged, wero referred to these special agents for investigation; 1257 were held for cancellation or euseiided on special agents' reports, aud In 414 cases, hearings wero ordered ; U.'ii en tries were canceled ; C.i'.:t were ex amined and found free from fraud, leaving J S, a 4 1 cases pending July 1, UW:i. "During the past year Micro have been Indicted und arretted iu the state of Oregon, charged w ith forgery and conspiracy tl defraud tin. govern- incut, a United States Commissioner aud three others, the first being a woman. Tho United Stales Com mission! r has been removed f:om her office, and all are awaiting trial by tho court. "Itisalhged that several hundred entries and .final proof.! wero made before this Commissioner under the act of March 11, 1 1 i3 (3'J Slat. L , 7110), all of which have lieen or are being examined by officers of this de partment. TRAIN MAKES NEW RECORD From New York to 1'ortlo.nd In Olllhty Five Hour. With a clear track aud the right of way across tho continent, a special train sent cut by 1'rcsiilfnt Harri man'a personal orders raced from New York to Portland iu a little more than K.i hours to bring Robert L, (lerry and Dr. Unbelt 0. .Tallica to Hie bedside of Peter Oerry, who is seriously ill ut St. Vincent's Hospital in Port Ian I. The Sieclal left New York Wednesday night and arrived In Portland at 7 :!K) Sunday morning, making a re.-ord run from the Atlantic to this point of the Paclllo Coast. Nupartlcular effort was made to break thu record for transc.inl iueiilal races, as the condition of Mr. (jerry did not warrant such speed, hut thu time made Is much lower than any thing ever inadu to Port land from New York before. The brother of the siik man and his family physician thought his condition critical when they left New York, and by Mr. liar- riiuan's order steel and su-aiii were pitied against time iu a long and swift race. Tim great raiload mag nate, after ordering out a special for thu brother aud physician, had another held in readiness lo make a second nice from ocean to ocean with tho mo, her, father and sl-ters of Mr. Oerry. Tho sH.clal that brought thu brother and family physician ran under no ordeis save these to make the best time possible without reach ing a s oil of unwairautahle (Linger. It took precedence over all regular pasnciigcrs and fast mails, and the tracks from New Yolk to Portland were kept char for the racing train. SAW MILL AND RAILROAD Mill May Ue Loir ted at or Near Grants Pan. D. I.. Averv, .1. liuineiier, M. II. Abbey, and I), llolton, of Vancouver, who have In en proving up on timber claims near Grants Pass may loc itu a sawmill. Should their proof bo ac cepted by tlin government, tdey eon template building a sawmill either tl drains Pass or some place between there and Twin Cabins, a (xiiut ou ICviiiis creek, which not only inter s -cts their claims, but tups a large timber l It in Josephine county. Ibii sawmill will most likely 1 e er -cteil either at Grants Pass or on a rhie situ further up tho si renin mar Hyhcu'a Springs. In either cumi a private railroad will be built fiom Twin Cabins to Gi inU Pass for the pin it..i' of lranirt og lumber and -uwlog,i, thus giving ample r.n ilitics for the shit nient of lumber over the Southern I'acillc lailw.iy to various iorls aud tho eastern tLarkets. Tidings. Siskiyou". lOt-Ycar-Old Man. Prolably the oldest man in the eonntry lod.iy Is the Mexican living on the lowi r end of Cherry creek, ut the mouth of IV-idwood. lie is sain tojoive How atrulnod the patrian hlal jge of 11. and Is commonly known as Old Gabriel, although be claims no relationship with the gentleman with thulium. He Is still bale and In arty ml to all uj.h trances good for another hundred year,. Tho car -s aud follies of i iviliutiou aJoli't seem todistnib the p -aci ful t . nor of his way, for he has not visited the county seat for well nih "M) years. Ho !, never seen a tailnstd nor a ls oniu. live. YrcLa Jouruul. in mcw or ine largo proportions la tently assumed by the movement for federal iiid III road building a number af prominent men Iu different sections have been asked to briefly state their views on the nuestlou. From these statements It will be seen that It Is de cided by the prevailing opinion It Is time for Pncle Sam to take a hand lo tne warfare ngulnst mud. President William II. Mooro of the rational Good Hoads association, speaking from the standpoint of a mod crate advocate of national aid, says: Unless the people In th different atatoi laioi uoiii or mo road Improvement uura llen vlKuruualy and ralso local fumla with which to start tho work they cannot ex peel tho federal Kvernmrnt to coma sn.l ileum a let uf monev Into their pnffWa Hut If tho people show a disposition to hul themselves und to saciira proper uuo leKisinuon i Leiiava the fedural sov inminl will coma to their aid. Senator Latimer of South Carolina, who Is a good deal of an enthusiast on this question, says: I will tell you why wa have not had any government aid In bulhlln roada during- tho Inst seventy-live years. It la because we hsve Bent to consresa men who live In cltlea. They ret bills paaaed In tho Interest of cltlea. They have the lis r I, era and rlvera Improved. What we want now la to have the principle of na tional aid rueoKlilaed. Wa wsnt the fov. eminent to appropriata a flaed port of the money neeesaary to Impmvs the roada In rural districts. Wa have a aurplus In the United Hlalea treasury, and yet the fnrmera In the rural dlatrlota cannot sat good roada. Tha men who have money Iu tho eltlea do not olijoct to being taxed for rood Improvement. It la tha hide bound farmer living- out In the country that hna been proteatlng. It tha farmers of tho country will organise and elect to congress men plcditud to carry out their wishes they will get a national appropria tion to help them Improve their roada. Governor Cummins of "Iowa idea" fame also hns some Ideas on the rond question. Ho Is very much In fuvor of better romls, but Is rather inclined to "light shy" of the national aid proposi tion, ns will bo Been In the following statement: I believe that good roads are necessary and that they ura necessary now, and I hall La very sorry to see thla great movement and all the apoattea and work i a In thla cause halt while we ask aid of the national government. The outcome of tho proposition la proulematk-nl and Its propriety doubtful. Whatever national ul.l may coma In the future and It may coins, and I do not oppose proper and reaaonalilo aid I, for una, believe that such atatu ought to take tip and carry forward thla question for Itself without regurd to nntlounl aid. Judge J. It, Klllchrcw of Tennessee la iitmngly In favor of having Uncle Ham help the people to build rouds In the country districts, lie auya: Ashln from the warrant which tha con atltuilon glvea for the construction of roada In Ilia claues fur tha eetahllahment of peat onieea and poet roada the "gen eral welfare'' clauaa ought to be aulttclent ir there were no oilier couatllutlonnl pro vision. There la no other one thing ihst enn be done by the government thut will add more to the goiiertil welfaro of the people of thla country thmi to aaalst In the building of roads. It la one thing thut everybody wants. I shall never be able to understand why the congress of tho United Btutca ahould appropriate a million dollars for the oonati-uotlon and Improvement of the lilghwnya of Porto Itlco und devote a large aum to the same purpoau In the l'htlliilnea and yet hest tnlu to make liberal appropriations to aid In the laillilltig and Improvement of pohllc roads for Ilia eonvoynnce of the mails. The Unllisl Htates la roimrdod by tho p o- pie of other nntlnna aa the moat powerml ngont In umellorntlng the condition of Hi people of Ilia world. In all that la pro grnealva except good roada it atanda drat. I Uo not wish the government to build roada throughout the United Htntca, but to assist the locnl governmente In thai work. I alioold like to see the entire rev rnue las on tobacco devotud to aid In thu bull-lleg uf good lilghwnya In th'a country. Thia tax now ainounta to over ffsl.tAlU.'JI"). Hon. William J. Ilryan has been studying tlei Mad itlcatlon, and, while be Is soiuewhnt emulous about commit ting himself, his expressions Indicate that he Is Inclined to favor (he move ment for federal aid. He says: Tha espendllurs of money for the tier maneut Improvement of tha common roada can bo defended (I) aa a matter of Juatlca to the people who live In the country, (2) na a matter of advantage to the people who do not live In tha c. entry and (31 on the ground that the welr.iro of the nation duinanda that tha oomforla of country lire alinll, aa fur aa possible, keep pact, with the coioforta of clly life. It la a fuet easily ascertained that Hie people In the country, while paying their full allure of county, state and federal tan s, reei lve, na a rule, only the general la-nerlta of government, while the people In lin titles have. Ill addition to the pro teeli .n iifruril.-l by tho government, the ailvunl.iue arising from Iho expenditure of public fii"io e in Heir ml, 1st. Tha farmer net only ui)a Ills ahum of tha taxes, but more than bla aharo, yet very llltl,, of what he paya geta bie-k to the fanner, people In tho city pay not only I, ss than their aharo, aa a role, but get baek praelleally all of the beoetlts that come from Hie expenditure of the pe.iple a money. -. Just to what extent lietl'.ll steal), I he taken by the f. dei.il government, the atsta government, the county and the precinct or iu what proportion the t.urtbn should be homo Is n uuesll.n for dlsr us aloti, but that country roada should bw couslrueted w ith e vb w to pornianuot and ciinlhiiiiHi-i iis-i Is Seareely open to debute. The p. .-cla liny be dep- iub d up on to find not only a remedy, but lh rlsht reined. Tlo people now reallie that bad roada aro lli.lefeiisible and are prepared to i-iiisl.br the remedy. I'a of Oil on Itoada. Professor 1 almond O'Ncll of the Slate University of rallforula Is of the oplu Ion that, ns coinpared wltn the silvan tiigeg wbleli gre obtnlned from sprlu kllng roailhcds with oil, the objection lo the use of oil In destrojlng the rub ber tlri-s of bicycles an. I carriages Is loiupiiriitlvely slight. The nil acts us a solvent on the ruhlsT, ami, while the liieouvenl, in e Is great, when the great saving In cost over sprliikllug with wa ter Is considered this phase becomes comparatively unimportant. How to Prevent Croup, It Will tie'good news lo the mothers of small children to learn that croup can be prevented. The first sign croup is hi.arM'iicss. A day or two U. fori the i,l lack thu child becomes bi aise Give CIiiiuiIh rl tin's Cough It 'un ity fru ly as seonas the child lie conn s borM', or t ven after the rough cough uppers, and it will dietwll all symptoms of croup. It Is In fart, the only remedy that can always be depend, d Usui and that is pleasant and safn take. Pur sale by all druggists. )'"sr .-y HVjiif aa Intprmil Mofrs or Aiaite.il i'aiiox-C lnfytli J)rnt ... , . .. Oue of the larseat minlnn ! .... made in Jackson rnnsie .i. at Jacksonville when A. W. Sturgls sold his placer claims to a New York company, gays the Evening Telegram, Mr. Stnrgls has been mining on this ground for the past 23 yean con tinuously, and boa n,.. ... ski nnA - viv. eni,wAf oat ot them and gets the snog sum of .,o,wu iu casn irom the purchasers. The claims are situated about seven miles southwest of this nit n v. Crook aud comprises about 1000 acres o giouuu, a great part of which Ilea away above the present workings, lie h is a geueial merchandise store on the grounds, which the new company will also purchase, and will take fall possession aa soon aa tha sonde am in voiced. Mr. Sturgis had lust ffnt ne . Int r,f new hydraulic pipe, new giants, etc, aud was Drenarino- to work th. t.in. on a big scale this coming season, bo win turn tne claim and pipe over to the linur nwnne. I. 1 n . . . -- . ..... r, ,,w iua.ua so pus everything in first-class sham in nil, a lot of ground this year. Mr. Stnrgis ia one of the ploueers of this section, aud In closing ont will tut miaaaH v.. the miners liere, bnt we are In hopes me new proprietors will go ahead and Is) as successful as the former owner has been. Several new men are com ing into this part of the state. Innklms at mining properties, and things be gin to look very favorable for some good claims to soon be placed on paying basis. VALUABLE PAINTING LOST Exhibit Worth $200,000. Bound for Si. Louis. Probably Stolen. Paiutlugs valued at tmouu. aovcrnl of which were to h ara tMun exhibited at the St. Louis exposition, nave been lost. They were painted by Charles 11. Hall and his brother. both of Omaha. Mr. Hall left th. painting, 800 In number, in bit studio in Seattle. He ordered them shipped to Omaha, and received what purported to be a bill of lading. iwomontln have elapsed aince their alleged shipment, aud no trace can be round or the art treasures. Mr. Hall believes they have been stolon. ra,C,w,tl. Column The regular meeting of tha W C T U, will be held at tha home of Mrs. Loo Calvert Krlday, Docerabor 18. at :U0 p. in. Let no one lmaglue that the Booth American republics are wholly dead to the supreme moral iasues of our time. Porn is Just now experiencing a notable moral awakening. It la a national rovo'.t against drunkenness, Iiitoiupurance on the part of high and low, rich aud poor, was seen to I u (, n LwtM, .1.. B..I....J . , .....v tn,i.,iu tun juiliaiiuu Ol alio isioplo, Peru, it was found, was con suming more alcohol per capita than any other uatlon in the world. Presi dent Koniana, surveying the oondi tiou oflis people, took the alarm, llo auw that somuthlug must be done; something radical aud effective. Nor did ho shrink from becoming a leader iu a uational reform movement Fol lowing his lead the people in posi tions of authority began to take the pledge The movement spread until the reform became national. The Isuiollclal effects of the now sobriety presently became so marked that uo body could help observing it But more than this: President Komaua was not slow to sue that for the multi. tudns, moral Influence must have the reinforcement of the oivlo protection. It would be, so he reasoned, a crime ou tho part of the government to leave the people at such time as this, all exposed to the ruthless and organized foroea of temptation on the isirt of numberless distilleries and liquor shops. Accordingly, the dis tll'erles were aeixed and all saloons orderd closed. Naturally the enforcement of the new regime occasioned loon rioting, but the president appears to nave proven himself equal to the emergen, cy. If the government had a right to uinkn this uew law for the common welfare of tho republic, it had a right, and it was lta logical and clear duty, to enforce it, aud this, if need 1st, by calling into requisition the en tire military force. The law went into e fleet last April. For the present at any rale, tho temperance movement is general, and the sweeping prohibi tum movement altogether radical and natiounL THE0LD REUABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS KQSUZSTTTVTZ fS9 w