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T he W asco N ew s . '?' W i’f7 f,T.B’ lown, H •<>. Kei uvJy, .... to the condition in T exas: A g** rx A TP I M A Cf"* It is a t a c t ,’ he said, “ tlia t th e re a re a t p re s e n t 4000 e a rs in G alv es-| P u b lish e d every F rid ay Rt W asco, O r. ~ , ton w aiting to be unloaded. 1‘hcy 1 e n d e n te re d in th e post»tllc< a t W asc» C*ir Shortage Reaches Unpre- are sta n d in g on the tra c k s , Imped I he.it K.xport is Fully F ilty a* aecnnd-Ciasr m ail m a tte r. O tto \ onus' of C hicago, tw e n ty * * *' * iog traffic, h u rlin g business and tunes a m il.i.»nuire, bus just become cedcntcd Proportions. Per Cent. Higher. d raw in g c en su re to the railro ad s. ................ defunct. A fter providing for his wife s r l i s c i t i P T IO X . per y e a r.......... $1 50 ’flu» resu lt, how ever, is m ore d isa s ix Month*...........................................T.S nnd children, hi* g ran d c h ild re n ami tho u san d s of Cars Meld nt M a n y tro u s for le x a s than for o th e r p a ris I he E x p o rt of This Ceri al from P o r t g r e a t g ran d c h ild re n and such o th e r P o in ts is Said to be th e Cause of of the c o u n try , as many of the rail land Is N iw E s tim a te d to lie Official paper of Sherm an Co Kin as he fould roam ing arou. d w ith the (ire a t Losses Sustained by roads a re absolutely refusing to let l.arg er Than l. v er Before in out a brand o r bridle, he consigns their- c a rs go to th a t s ta te . Ami. as , Great Business In te rc a la $20,000,000 to ,the 'hands of tru s te e s the H is to ry of to s t P a rt. F R ID A Y , Dec. 21, iqco . I for ( lalveston, th a t city mav go up for a period of liftv y e a rs. T here a g a in st a e a r famine hi a few m ouths PORTLAND’S ST R E -T -C A R TIE-U P is som ething radically w rong with a “ C a r s h o rta g e aed truffle conges th at will be rem em bered for y ears A special to the O regonian from system th a t en c o u ra g e s a man in a r tion a r e m ore serious now th an the) ‘ flu» situ atio n in (ialv csto n is sim- .......... ....... W ashington says th at P o rtla n d s U E s tr e e t- c a r s trik e , which was ticulo m ortis to tie up such vast ever have been m I he histo ry of t his ilat In m any re s p e c ts to t h a t in ot lie r w heat e x p o rt tra d e continues to in a u g u ra te d in P o rtlan d S a tu r w ealth, in which lie can no longer A lready a > ,, day evening, was a tte n d e d with liave any in te re s t o r concern, to tin* schools in th e .Northwest have been ! and w h eth er th e ir a lleg atio n is s ta tis tic s . D uring the II m onths scenes of violence and developed the exclusion of the re s t of hum anity. forcuti to close because coal s h ip - ¡ c o rr e c t I am not p re p a re d to s a y e n d in g N o v e m b e r l a s t P o r tla n d ex fa c t th a t P o rtlan d also co n tain s its incuts could not be had. Business all th a t m any of the big consignors |M»rted 3.337.022 »»uslmla of w heat, aw full q u o ta of hoodlums ami o th e rs of Ex* A tto rn e y Hoge of M edford, O r over the I nitetl S ta te s is b e in g in leaves th e ir goods in the c a rs m onth a g a in st 2,1130,333 bushels in the cor- like ilk on m ischief bent. It is a r e a egon, serv in g a sentence in the Mult jured vitally bv the ex istin g c«>ndi •n and m outh out hecauue it is responding m ouths of I Ik »5. P u g e t sonable presum ption th a t the em uom ah county jail for com plicity in tions. and rem edy m ust be had q u ick t l»i*aper th an paving s to ra g e on J Hound is m aking t >*t-m«-ttdi<»iis s t r i d e - . ployes of the e a r com pany w ere ro t land frauds, has sent in his re s ig n a ly, if chaos in com m erce is to be p r e I them . J tra d e , having e x p o rte d ♦ he in s tig a to re of th ese disgraceful tion a s a m em ber o t the bar. v e n te d .’’ "T h e railro ad s have ruled th a t 7.0H0.782 bushels in the last e le v r,, o rg ie s en a cte d on the initial day of W h eth er Mr. Hoge was asham ed of The foregoing s ta te m e n t was m ade when giMxi' have rem ained in a c a r m ouths, is c o m p a re ! will» 2. T>7 th e tie-up. I t waj» m ore likely the b ar, o r w h eth er th e b a r was in C hicago Munday by I n te r s ta te a c e rta in len g th of tim e the eon- bushels in 1!M)5 ih e unem ployed. irresp o n sib le e le asham ed of Mr. Hoge th a t caused C om m erce Com m issioner F ran k lin d g n o r is c h a rg e d tl a day th e re a f E x p o rts of flour from P o rtla n d m en t, the riffraff of th e s tr e e t, who, th a t g en tlem an to resign, the public Lane, who is on th e way to Minne- to r. As this is much c h e a p e r than this y e a r a re ladovv th <.f | i„t, t |H. ta k in g a d v a n ta g e of th e occasion, is not informed. apolis, w here a h ea rin g will he given s to ra g e tlie loaded c a rs a re left on j total’ shipm ents t«» N ovem ber 3 I be relieved them selves by sm ashing win the ra ilro a d s and sh ip p e rs. | the sid e tra c k for m onths a t a tim e j ,ng 54*94x4 b a rre ls , as a g a in s t 815. - The blam e for the s h o rta g e of coal dows. d e ra ilin g c a rs , a ssa u ltin g po you COOK* to think 0< I k “ Now . if tl,i« H t»- .•.»«, .1 li.e ,H1 ,.iM n in (hr 1 1 1 licem en and in co m m ittin g o th e r is now laid a t the door of mine ow n fre ig h t c a r problem , it is one of the railro a d s allege, p a rt of th e traffic deeds of law lessness. It req u ires lit e rs by the local d e a le rs of P o rtlan d S trik e s a r m n i nl i«h l i l t it, in th e long tie a t such tim es to fan into flame anti o th e r d istrib u tin g points. Th»« b ig g est in this c o u n try .” said Mr. congestion and c a r sh o rta g e is coused th e la te n t s p a rk of h a tre d for all re ta il coal d e a le r can have no kick Lane. “ Do you know the a v e ra g e by the very people who a re howling ru n . I be h»«a of tim e ilo* worrv nn l t ) f j . d . ie . . - ....... r<m«< i| e o t III le.’lihiC engender» d em ployers th a t is a leading c h a ra c com ing from any source a t sueh a sp e e d of f r e ig h t c a r s is on ly 23 m ile s a g a in s t p o o r f r e ig h t service. a day? J u s t think of i t' W ith the course, th is will a ll be in v estig a ted , ' l>etwe«-n t h e e rm p h n <**« s u it t h e s m p l n v , tim e. The volume of his business te r is tic of the shiftless vagabond and th a t o th e r m icrobe who is inim m ay not be so la rg e , bu t the size of big business in te re s ts of C hicago aud ami if it js really a fact, it will have w ill, m th e e n d , redound to th e inju ry I ’d ’ he w o rk in g m a n . It w ould M em , o th e r c ities cry in g out for m ore c a rs to e stop|>ed u l once. ical to toil and whose s p h e re of a c his pro fits is a g r e a t consolation. Mr. Lane said a num ber of corn- 1 however, timi public sentirlo ut )• 111 liie ‘e m p tie s ’ a re leisurely m aking tiv ity lies in his ab ility to c re a te m ereiai o rg an izatio n s had su g g e ste d J * ' ”’ ’be eu.pl.» »- m th e P o rtla n d Today is the s h o rte s t in the y e a r. th eir way a cro ss the co u n try . s tr ife bv shooting off his m outh ami ad v o cated a recip ro cal »lemur- lr‘”,hi** The neck* of I lie riisiuigetto’n l “ S o m e th in g is w rong, o r thi< c o n - 1.. . 1 .» . a t th e c ritic a l m om ent The idea is A man has hardly disposed of his *>’ r a g e law th a t would compel the rail of th e stre e t car ro m p a ti) npp-a»« « l it su g g e ste d th a t the c ity ’s officials a re ^ re a k fax t before he is called upon to a it ion would „ o t .x i» t. If the a v e r - ! road», in tho event of un o .u al delay, tle I»«, so il for a r h ilr a tio u am i w h a te v e r not e n tire ly blam eless on <«ccasions d ‘mulish a n o th e r meal. W hite Mr. a g e s p e e d m ade by a fre ig h t c a r is to make good the dam »ge. happen« th e ) Mill corno f t for i h n r lu ll of th i- kind The price paid by la- low>»evelt is en g ag ed in fixing things only 23 miles a day, we m ight as s h a re of p u b lic cm »h-innafiou. Arn»- Mr. <». N ( ro.(b-|i| 1« uowr jugent for gsiiee gen era lv pre». |e« th e »lull, d a rk b o r o rg an izatio n s for im m unity from the s a tisfa c tio n of everybody h« well have the old wagon tra in s amt ih e D u tch m an • ».»»»>» Plow s, M .n ito r II.a- hrvw n th u d . a r r e s t and prosecution in m any not- 5**‘<>U|(1 ta c k le this unequal d istrib u oxen back. Tney m ade as good time M onitor nnd D ouble Diet* D rill*, Katn as th a t, and th e re w ere no able in sta n c es in th e p a s t has been t *on tim e a t th e feed tro u g h , * W agon*, lle u n e v llng^ie* am i Hack«, Notice r e b a t e s o r w r e c k s . W h a t is o rg an iz ed la b o r’s s u p p o rt a t election 1 H Co. tm s E n g in es, 5i«-(’oruiHck While C. B. B iocker was sick abed cause 01 this s ta te of affairs? Well, Mower*. K e«per*. B i n d e r , rim i H e a d e r * ! . , , ? * '< ‘l - n lr..r»r m i r a n c h n e a r tim e. The fea r of la b o r’s frow n a t | . II, o. »'»e Ire .- b r id g e , tu ie b ro w n h o rs « « c i g l i S e a ttle his wife sw iped his tools, th a t is, for us to find out, ami we tn e {Kills is a hideous n ig h tm a re in li dt U ro-, ( »m irine H arv ester* . Mr ,„ u i»fH> llrM„ ,h.., W |||, ^,, 4.. r ,„, 1(f Cr»>«tiel»| will e a r n a lug line <>f extras |io * i* e on »eft sh o u ld e r to o sig h t of the professional politic $15 in m oney, a suit of und erclo th es hope to do so in a very s h o rt tim e O n e h la c k m a r e w e ig h in g I I «1 Jia., n o ian. The law m ak er, as a rule, is I ai,d lhe oki n ,a n ’8 farm and di»a P Mr. Lane said the railro a d s e v j-I y.mr n«ue »* g ..d ; lo d a v , ju * t a« It »»« two )e* r* Vgo. Y." * » i a r » . peace I. H e m av miss th e u n d e r d entlv w ere not alone a t fault, a s sw ift to a c t a t the behest of unionism . . . ’ ’ la c k h o rs e w e ig h in g b a ) B ar. n o to th e in ju ry of o th e rs equally as de- j c lo ,b e ’‘ and his tools. but should con .t o u r rnmplMint» I....1 m ade I— »•.- b r..» l. ...........• *♦ st lin e o f IIIM I-Iiin e rv r n a i l u I I I t h e I . ' I h e a)s»ve h o r - e - h a v e ill-.I th e » r f o r e se rv in g . The failure to g e t th e s it. sh ler tl,a l he earii‘‘ out tthe*d on the t i . . . .per* s o d eoastgoor» w er* r» , ............................ . , ........... Io. « « . , „ Uation in hand a t th e beginning of th e 1 a ” !»a(’tion. .|KMi»ible tor muih of th e traffic con- n„. „ .i .t II.. „i,„ I •••'.'» .l-.li.r. I |.„ Kcslion- As an ¡..stance he p.ù n te ti, ...........Is,.ib i. hi..- w . c l . , uf p " 1,.“" ’,.1 tro u b le w as due, it is said, because o _ • 1 •» »» d o r e h n ii« c of the u n p re p a re d n e s s of th e police. ,, K Pea e r annon d e c .a re s th a t this Such officials, how ever, a re alw ays t o u n l , y is a 1.» .1 of a success, p re p a re d to swoop down on a sick °**s not d e te r I ncle hobo w ith a wooden leg, b u t in the * -rom 4 aim in g t h a t it is a re s u lt c a se of d e te rm in e d re sista n c e they of th e beneficent rule of th e R epub lican p a rty . a re too prone to “ u n p re p a re d n e s s .” 'l’oo m uch politics is the prim e caut>e The E a s t and Mi Idle W e»t a re fo r official incom petency. shivering under blan k ets, behind sto rm doors and fe rn in st hot stoves, T H E KNOCKER BUSY. while we of O regon can sleep com Buy Now and Next Year Pay Us Half You Save. H E k n o ck er is ag ain busy w ith fo rtab ly w ith the back g a te wide open. _______ his little ham m er. This tim e it is th e Prineville Review. In H o t boxes and the q u ality of pom a th e sam e issue w ith a co m plaint tum on the c o n d u c to r’s w hiskers a g a in s t an ex c h an g e for re p o rtin g a m ay y e t be advanced as tn e tr u e case of sm all-pox, which probably reason lo r the c a r s h o rta g e . n e v e r ex isted , th e Review p rin ts a s ta te m e n t in which it is d e c la re d Dufur is to have a n o th e r new spa And with my 20 horses we’ll sack up a section while you’re looking t la t “ S herm an countv suffered m ore p e r soon. \\ horn ihe gods wdsh to around for a thresh in g crew. Too fat to worry about labor troubles. m is y e a r from hot winds and c ro p d e stro y they induce to “ fill a long f (ilurcs th an it has in a decade. felt w a n t” in a locality a lre a d y full Many of th e old tim e s e ttle r s have up to the spilling point. sold o u t a t a sacrifice, packed up th e ir belongings and left the c o u n try The legislative d e m u rra g e boot aj» Draws easy. T he secret is the Link Belt Drive. T he two big wheels are for g o od, o r have te m p o ra rily a b a n plied to both th e railro ad and the always straig h t up and down. C an’t slip or slough on steepest hills. Link doned th e ir farm s for m ore p ro fit m erc h an t who p e rm its his goods to Belt and L ink Belt only makes these features possible able em ploym ent on the n o rth bank rem ain in the c a rs , would help some r o a d .” While this sounds ridiculous to those who a re acq u ain ted w ith con A GOOD TIM E BY H e re ’s w hat A Z. C a-e, S r., say*. p u rch ased of you th is *ea*on It is e«.f D ufur. O re .. M arch h i , 1!H I5. You can hank on his s ta te m e n t : ditions in this county, it m ig h t lead T H E ODDFELLOWS 'a in lv th e chea|»e«t and wiost satisfai*- T he H oi.r M a m i a < rtm> 1 < <, t W alla to false im pressions upon those wbo “ T he H O L L E Y .H ’N IO R S ID E H IL L tor» m eth o d of saving g ra in I have ev er W alla, W a sh .— D ear S irs : As to y o u r I onlv reg ret n n not ow ning o ne j E x c e lle d PrO£fain Enjoyed by W u c o C O M B IN E D H A R V E S T E R I pnrcha-.-.l tried a re not. of )•<» 1 ih i- vear is c e rtn in lv th e PR1 DE (e a rs eg», a - I know 1 can save m ore in q u iry as to w h at e x tr a s or repairs I I t is tru e the hot winds of last Lodge S aturday E ven in g . of ’lie 1‘ IE L D . I insp ected all o th e r g rain per acre th a n b) th e t t s e o f t h e would need to s ta r t my J u t ior Ifarves m a k e s of m a c h in e - before I b o u g h t am i H e a .ie r am i T h re s h e r. sum m er nipped o u r c ro p s a little te r. will say th a t vou can c» »mt m«»out W ith mv J u n io r m a c h in e I harve«ted am well please«! w ith m y s e le c tio n .’ s h o rt, q u ite sh o rt in fact, as it did as a ru sio m . r th is y e a r for I h a v e onlv T h e O dd Fellow* a n d th e ir fam ilie* It will h a n d le a ' } font sw ath in an y tnv c ro p of 950 acres in 27 «lav« w ithout tnose of o th e r localities, b u t the enjoyed a good *ocial tim e last S a tu r kind of g ra in T h e re i- at le a st a sav a sin g le a c c id e n t or d e la y , «-aving me tu n h e r tw o sea so n s, ( n tliu g (»00 rcic * each »easen, am i she is readv to do it New s ha.«, heard of no cases of suffer day evenii g. A fter a n hort bu-ine«* ing of 5 to 0 fm -liel- o f g rain to th e ac re . my c u sto m a ry flOOO tln e - h jo g bill. 5 o u rs tru ly , J . R. K aseiikiio . “ T h is y e a r mv grain 1« a little light over. I have IMM) acres to cut th is se a ing e ith e r h ere o r in Crook county. ! tm -etin g o f th e |» d /e th e h a il wa« opene»l on account of th e hot w inds a»n| am son, am i expect to »1»» it w ith o u t a sk in g O i the o th e r hand th e effect of a am i au e x c e lle n t program co m m e n c e d . confident I could h a n d le a lH-foot as W asco O D ecem ber, 7, 1905. e x tra s , I Use oil, an d 1 t|» d th a t w hen W ould ad v ise any fel- M esshs . H oi . t B ans., W alla W alla — th e re is a..v kick on h Holt H a rv e ste r s h o rt c ro p has been alm ost e n tire ly 1 I h e program connisted of m naic and well as 1 4-foot l«»w fa rm e r w ho r a n u-e a H a rv e ste r to ’ ie i.tlc m e n : T h e H a rv e ste r is a jew el. n e u tra liz ed by the p ro sp e rity in the recitatio n * am i wa» cloned bv an ad- h'tv a HOLLEY. She is c e rta in ly a I have been it. th e th re sh in g business for th e o w n e r is sh o rt of oil, m J„. |..f, H ,,, dre*a upon “ O ddfeilow tdiip” by J. R. th e sbeil, and w onders w bv site d o n ’t stock in d u stry . H titiitn er. Y ours tru ly . m yself since 1HS0. and ha ve som e lep u - ru n sm rw u b . I t- ll th e m to <dl her am i H ow ell. E v e ry th in g waa well a rm iged (S ig n ed ) “ A. Z. C A SE , S R ., la 'io n a - a th r e s h e r m an , but I will tak»« As for any one selling ou t a t a s a c sh e is good, a lw a \ » f pull h e re w ith an d wa* a g re a t uncceas. even th o u g h a H olt ComhiiiM for m y own n»e. I “ H a tto n . W ash ., 191)6.” tw e n ty to th ir ty .tw o horse*: <l«?- rifice, we can not learn of a single ! m any of th e b re th re n “ refuned to a i n .” worke«| 21 head of horses on rpy l»l f«»ot from petals on th e g ro u n d . W asco, O re . Align«» 24 1305 cn». an d th ey were fat a fte r c u ttin g <»ver case in which this has done. N e ith e r ’ L poll th e cuiiclu*i»D rtf th e program T hev can all pay six cents th a t w ish T h e H O LT M A N l’ FACTL’ R IN G CO ., 1900 acre*. It cost last vear |2 60 for ’<>. hut I like to p u l m y tr a in in th e hag a re o u r citizens co m p etin g w ith the Me*»r*. T a te aud H ow ell cho*e »idea W alia W alla, \ \ a - h . —G e n tle m e n : I e x tra s and re p a irs . Yrturs tru ly . fot one t e n t . Y ours tru ly , f »-eiguers who a re doing th e labor and th e re follow ed an old faahioned am h ighly pleased w ith th e H a rv e ste r J o in M. A ij . k x . <’. I*. B a u h . f i r th e n o rth bank road. On t h e ' upelling m a tc h . I t could h a rd ly be d e c o n tra ry , they a re a t home in d u s -1 te rm in e d who who th e victor h u t M r. trio u sly p re p a rin g £t)r a big c ro p ; Atwo«»d «avo th e re is no q u e stio n b u t he n e x t v e a r. And th ese sam e fa rm e rs i i* th e he«t sp e lle r. Follow ing th e e n te r ta in m e n t th e la - w to a re accused of robbing th e die»- served a lu n c h . T h e ) o u n g people G reek and the G re a se r of his rig h t- th e n e o o te d a few gam e« w hen it was W alla W alla, W ash, and S p ok an e, W ash. ® ÎU» in h erit; nee a re offering the high-1 tim e to go I iouih nnd get a jot». G«od b »ai d w h eth er you can work or siot. COUNTRY AROUSED ¡/I uKtA I IllLiltA jt C C I W a n t T h r e e M en to R u n a H o lt H a r v e s t e r ! Holt Bros. Side-Hill Combined Harvesters y/e've Buiit Hur/esTsrs 22 Years. BUZ Of US. CQ;jT EXPE q I l :E hT. R k h u r H i f l B r . I c l i t r s _ s T I,i HfHO-Janior IGin. and M in . wtiee's. lif t . Cal Requires 4 Hen and 20 Horses I he Holt M anufacturing Co. ueo. N. Crosfield. Agent, - Wasco, Ore.