S P E O P L E ’S R E P U B L IC
Mr». J. H Amu«, nf Rofii«, wa« vl«lt*
ing w ith Mr«. Cru-»th |d aftr day thia
Meek.
Council Proceeding«.
At the seNaimi of the city council,
I (MM II! DIW I . CTG « V.
Monday evening, the ndl call allowed
t'R O H t G lfx iR M i m , N .« if
M««i* «tar
Oranges, lU and to cents |ier dmuoi ; the mayor ami all members present,
?rt<U*
«i
, «i In • l»«lr hall
üç»iS«r.
lianaiinas, ,3ft cent« peg ilnaen at except the treasurer. The first busi­
U. w. A »t«S*a^
* V«X M,
K <4 A •«.( «
ness waa to select a place of regular
t*. (
Gulden 'a.
I H .I4 A N TKMNA WO |V. « S Ma«<. «va,
We regret to learn of the aerioua Ul­ meetings. Alderman Reynold« offered
' * • •»"«*(•» a .a n il,« a ia > i| ii k U I1 ball
«•) toti i ulna «talar« ror.fla'
li l t I tt tlia l
ne»« nl the elilwst »on of Hugh Mmith. hla riHiin over the drug store for |u l’ |»*r
Mt« I j t l f M « i< u « a
Mta kW« liu ti,
Ora. Edgingtoii ami ll<4li»t*«r an* the year; M r. IHugle, hia hall for | l per
ul N ami
meeting; the people's Puhli»hing Co,
TA VU »
L o i» l M. A
A M. Maala ai attending physician«.
• * a i r « a t « i i Arai aa<l tb lr.l T«a«lar »I aa. li
offered the art gallery for
per year,
Henry
L
ed
ler
and
Mra.
Paulkeuateiu
inualli I I I a m
W 7 ÌT t l* a « a r i.
V. c. Bau. a.
or, if the council would designate tlie
were married at Moro, Monday, April
people's Be public as the olficial city
26th. Mra Paulken«te|u la a sister of
paper, it would furnish the hall free ;
<• “ A X
Mra. John lletirlehes.
Alderman Booth offered a room, fur-
A4)«
AI. Porter, Harry
Brenner, ( ’haa,
nished with table, chairs, light ami fuel,
f uti»«» m i i a r M i m r o r « no «
Winegaruer ami kai, Linn« alarteli
for |7A |»*r year, to he used exclusively
M Maala «tary la 4 «ad «ih TuaMay a »an In
Hat unlay on a pr«M»|»<cting trip In British for council meetings and a deptaiilnry
A m i RlaiiiN«T»>w. W M
Columbia,
along
the
Thompson
river.
I V AM O A R N M H I.V Ml», Mt U A M a a la a»
for the record« ami |at|»*rs.
...
- — , •» •» In g In k i>H‘ hall
Senator M icheli, of The I Miles, made
On motion, the council proceeded to
Aiaast* I h aw
this office a pleasant viali Tuesday even­ liallot Upon the question of a plai e of
ing. lie waa on his way home fmm the regular
meetings. The
vote
being
T H U R S D A Y , A P R IL » , IMM
(k|*|
Fellow'« celebration at Grass equally divided between the pro|«wi*
Valley.
lions insde by the People’« Publishing
M*« the Vltaacope at the Reboot hall
The Columbia Packing Co., auertuMore Co. and M r. B*»4h, Mayor Crua»ftel<l
Haturday night. Ift and 2ft etnU.
to Potter and Johnson, keep on hands di*4'i<h«l in favor nl the latter,
J P Lucas waa at Hi« Dalit*« ovei (reali ami cured meats of all kinds.
The application of (i. K. llo itm a n , for
Humlay.
P r i l l i , vegetable«, filli, and game In license to run a b illianl and pool table,
Mrs Holton, nl Morn, visited W arm aenaoii. Halinon Priday am, Huturday.
was laid on the table until next meeting,
thia week.
On motion nl Alderman K reiser, a
There will Is* a (lime social given hy
lln n ry Krause visited IL mm I River the the meudiera i.f the Epworth league coinuiit(<**•, consisting nl M ayor Croae*
drat nl the week,
at the home of Mra. P., Hlacel, Wavlnea- field ami Councilmcn McPherson, Rey­
All Ix’iigtiera are re- nolds ami C lark, wasap|«>iut«*d to am-er-
Mrs. Young la vlaitlng her «laughter, lay, May 4th,
pieiaed to lie present and bring a dime. lain the coat of putting in a water-main
Mrs J. It jlnas
with
fire plugs, down Second street,
John W . Gulden Is headquarter« for
The »ad news has lx*»*n received that west to the city well, ami south on
all binds <il fruits.
Clami Thom|Moii, »on »f A. C.Thompson, Main street to the railroad; also the
V. C. B ro ck a , M»nt Bunday w ith his formerly of Moiiklaml.now in Portland, ia eoat nl six ladders with Itooba, M il feet
•e rioua I y ill and no ho|»*» are entertained of tire hose, ami six hisiks for tearing
fam ily, In Portland.
Mia» Haidie O rr made a trip to The for his recovery. The dueton pronounce down obstruct lotis,
hia affliction spinal meningiti«.
Dalles last Saturday.
M r. Krctxi-r next moved that the
tin aixinint of the onflniahed condition council accept M r. E. E. Cooper's pro­
Mias Anna Pulton apeni Wednesday
d the interior of the Christian church, position to survey ami cr«ais-se<-tion
with Mrs. Barnett.
Main street at once. Motion carried.
Mrs Peroie Juhnaon Is viaitlng her the services announced for last Humlay
On motion, Alderman M urehie wa«
were post|»tned
However, then* will
parents at Monntuuth.
la* preaching lic it Holiday, both morn­ up|siintc«i a committee to wait on Judgv
The merchants report a "b ig ” day's
ing ami evening, by the |*a»lor, J, W. PuIt»n and ascertain whether tax-|*ay-
huatnssa last Haturday.
er» rcsitling in the city would tie allowed
Jenkin».
Mrs. Palmer returm»! from The
Pi work out their row*I tax w ithin the
It ha» been Suggested that the county
Oallaa Monday evening.
city lim its, and also to call on M r.
should purchase another r**a*l plow, as
Cooper Inr the purpose nl learning w hen
Prank Pulton amt wife returned (nun
me is not sulti- ieiit for the work n»|uired
he can survey Main street.
Tha I ha I lea Monday evening
in the different |>arts of the county,
On motion, the recorder was author­
lla v ('a n y o n waa hleaaml by a aplen- W ith another plow it would I h * possible
ised to pu relia»** a suitable book for
did wh* Tuesday morning,
to work on ls*th sides of tionlcn ridge at
keeping the minutes nl the un*etiugs.
You can buy blacksmith's onal, Iron, the same time
On motion, it was decided to meet
and hard-w<x»t st Clayton's shop.
O. E. James, late gra*luateo( the Htah- every tii»t ami th in i Monday of each
Rev. Prank Spaulding left Monday for Normal, Monmoth, gave ua a call Mon* month.
about a ten days trip to Prineville
lay in order that he might register with | t oiim il adj'Mirncd.
Order» taken
at (¡olden'» for till the school superintendent two life diplo­
picnics and other •*»'!« I gatherings,
mas held hy hi» sinters, Mr» I.uella Was­
Oskaloosa House l ire.
Mias All«"* Gilman la visiting her aunt, son ami Ml»» Netta James, also graduate»
The usual quiet of our little city was
of the same schisil,
Mrs. John Pulton, at Lx*u»t (¡rove.
suddenly disturbed, alsnit H o'clock
r A
W
*Mr
1 T Put.
*•*
W/M.
M. A.
lion. John Pulton ha« disposed of hi»
l>avl»1 Pulton 1» on the tra il to Anh- Monday evening, by the startling cry of
Ane hard of l*eef ra ttle at a g»»»l figure. croft, B. ( ’., with a band of 00 horses, j An*, and in an incredibly short lim e the
Hr«» Nelson, of the Gra«« Valley Jour­ which he expect« to sell for us»* on the streets were full of excited people, most
nal waaa caller at our sanctum Turin lav new trail n »w building from that place of whom were carrying buckets of water
toward Hawaou C ity. M r. p. w ill drive am,
hurrying toward the Oskahs*««
evening,
by way of Pasco ami expect« to make Hotel, from the n«*f of which a cloud of
Oranges 30 and *> cent a per d<>*en;
the trip in 20 days.
smoke was steadily rising. I-adders
banannaa Sft cents |«er doaeu at J. W,
•» .« » .
. ,
,
,
,, were promptly forthcoming, and, by the
(¡<>ld»n'a.
I> J k reiser, who is running the well- L .
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. tim e the hose, at M r. M chls*rs plain*
Co, Patterson returned Humlav even­ drilling m.ichim*for Georg« llildcrh rn m l, i
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,,
,
,
, | across the ctreet, could be attached and
ing from the Italic«, where he ha I been is putting down a w«ll on the latter s
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i water turned on, a hole had m en made
visiting Ida fam ily,
place, tun*.' miles ea»t <>f town A depth 1
through the roof nmi a!wo in the aide of
I.'v t Vinsam rthv, and hi« aiaier, Mias of 11 fc *t I ias ,s*cn reach«*, ami two vein« the room where the Are was lairning.
.
,
A rm iw o rth v,
»pent
Bunday in the of water tapi«»d, hut the Sow ia not strong *
,
and toe strtKim of water was turned up-
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nMiutrv w ith M r. and 'Ir a Ernie W eld. enough to furnish trie neceeaorv enppJr
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on Mayor tMssflel«, am, the little Maae.
Ju»«e Burton was somewhat under the
C. J. Bloomgreen.a farmer of Red Oak, with tl e result of quickly extinguishing
weather for a lewda»a l.«»t w>«ek, hut hit« lows, is in Sherman county looking up a the L tto r. By th b tim e the lu t jr i >r o,
rocover-xl hl» normal condition »gain
location, lie is very much pleased with the building tvas Ailed with water car-
Mi»« M innie l^iraon, who has ♦»••• i at- «air cllmati* ami suvs th a t'|iiite a n u m fie r ricr*. am i. for aw hile, it seemed us if
tending the buain**«« (bdlege in I'o rtlm I nl (uroten* (rem h l- ,strt of Iowa are in­ ther • had been an "overproduction" of
game In Wasco Saturday evening to visit tending to com« to Oregon, and will ,*n>- w utir, a most unusutl condition of
her alater, Mr». C. J. Bright, an I will l*s 1*11 be got crue l larg<*lt by the re-ult nfTairs ut a lir e .
of his trip.
Tie* origin of the Are is U'tknowu.
pmlrahly renAiu during the auminer.
Tin* People's party isiunty central I*, wss Aral di»eovered hy II-ycar-ol«l
John M atlh tlaon , director o, school
Jcsec l'**ldieord, who went into the
district numbdar 1, eallod on olAeial eommitti*e met at More, Haturday, nnd
hone«« and told M r. Arm sw orthy, the
business Monday. M r. M alth ai'o n al«o per instruct km of the ennnlv conven­
proprietor, L* come out of iktors, us he
tion,
All.sl
(w
1
vacj
tel*»
on
the
Popu­
informed ua that he hud ma,In a deal
wanted (» show him something. M r.
list
tiek'*t
P.
M
.
Ruggles
1»
now
the
for another Australian harvester.
Populist can lidate for the otUco of clerk, Armsworthy did not seem Inclin -I to
The exi'eutive com mute of the Sher­
uint Rev. R. ILirgreave« for county respond readily, hot, when he dually
man County Humlay School Association
school superintendent. The Populist« went out, a*t I the situation dawned up­
met in More last Saturday. They ar-
have an excellent ticket in th e tle ld , and on him , the alarm was given nt once,
rangkl to hold the next convention In one that every Populist should su,q»»rt w ,tb the alane results.
Waaco. The date w ill he Axed later.
The n»*nt in which the Are originated
by voice and vote, both l»x*aii«c the men
Populists »till arriving, thia time ut are eminently qualiAed to All their re- haa no stove, ami it is supposed that the
» '" ^ g ^ n ie of Harrison M axw ell, lia r- s,wctive olllces, And becauae they repre­ hlaxe must have starti»! from matches
* r »>n w ill now have an opportunity to sent principle» that must certainly pre­ in the valise of a guest. The damage is
study i'opaliam from a stand-point en­ vail in thia government if ever the in the ncighlsirhnod of |7ft.
tirely new to him .
masses Ami |w*rmnnent relief from op­
pression.
Advertising is a pn«l thing, and we
»•I in I re ingenuity along that line, hut
Human nature
is complex. It is
we entor a vigoreus pretest agnitiat the many sided. Delights in variety, in
d-serration of the city ,i,*erty pole bv change, 1» attract'sl by the unusual,
tiring it for atirli pur,»*»»».
the beautiful ami the good. Many of
these |M*culiaritie« are recognize I, c u lti­
Several boys and men would have been
vated and made very edifying hy the
greatly embarrassed, one evening recent­
order of Kathboue Sisters. At the la»t
ly, had they been aware that their lewd
meeting of Lillian Temple, some of the
and vulgar conversation w«» overheard
sisters had arrang'd a pleasant surprise.
by a Indy who was unavoidably com­
At th • dos t of th * ni 'i ting, a most de­
pelled to listen. Bovs, Is« careful. Avoid
licious repast of ct»fT'»t, whipp 'd cream,
s'.ieh language and you w ill have nothing
ami cake was served and a very ph-i-ant
to regret.
hour passe*I in uncial entertainm ent. It
N. A. B iker, of Portland, state organ- is well, occasional!v, in the push ami
iaur of the Prohibition party, w ill u*l* stir of busy life to stop ami rest, ami
dr»»« the citixens of thia eouiniiinity,
exercise our God-given ,mwers in social
dealing with the economic an I political
enjovment, ami in (uicournging ami
qu*«ti*»n« of the day. Lay your e dilie»
cheering each other down the voyage
naide and hear him . At Dinglc’k h all,
of life.
Waaco, Priday, April 20. at 7 :4ft p. m.
Reception.
Admiaaion free.
Mra. H attie Andrews expresses herself
aa well pleased with the ap|M>aranee of
Sherman County upon her return from
her visit to Hnlina ('only California. In
that section of California the weather is
uncomfortably warm, the wheat crop 1»
very badly injured front the drouth, and
the late frosts have m aterially nffeeteil
tha fru it crepe.
‘
George W . M itchell, who represents
the P. I I . G ., wishes to atato that ho is
not a brother to the M r. M itchell of the
old line company, but ia brother to J. L.
M itchell, district manager of tho P. IL C .
M r. M itchell authorises ua to state that
he ia so far from being related to the* old
line” contpanlM that his grandmother
waa a member of the P. I I . 0 . "O ld line”
compnniea, pleaae make tho necessary
correction.
One nf the most enjoyable siwial
events of the season was the re«»*ptioii
given on Tuesday evening, at the home
of Mrs. E. M . liCsIle, In honor of Miss
Stella W right. The evening was spent
in music, charados, games, until nearly
midnight. Dainty refreshments were
aervttd ami the time passed m errily.
The guests were: Misses M ary Jury,
May Ellsworth, Addle Lucas, Della
Riscel, Stella W righ t, Vlcda Dunlap,
L illie FuHon, Florence Barnett, M ary
Barnett, Ethel lloss, nnd Rose H am p­
ton. Meaars. Ray lloe«, John Mersing-
er, A. M. Hicks, Corwin Barnett, John
Metiler, A. I I . Kennedy and Earl I’eddl-
cord. Mrs. Jane Dunlap am! Mrs, E.
M. I-eslie.
I. O. O. F . Celebration
The 79th anniversary of the institu-
1 tiou nl the Imh'is'iideul Order of (Kill
Fellows in America was celebrated in a
royal
manner
at Gruss Valley on
Tuesday,
A pril
¡Mtli. A
splendid
program, consisting of vocal am! instru­
mental music; spetxdios, etc., had Is en
arrange*I and was nicely carried out.
Senator M ichcll, of The Italics, was
present am! «lelivorcd a masterly and
eloquent adilrvt a on “ O ld Fellow ship."
A public dinner was given at which over
100 p*»»ple were fed.
Refreshments
were served free. The (¡rase Valley or­
ganisation is three years old an t has 80
mouthers.
S tra y Notice.
I have nt ntv pince n two-year-old
ntale heg, weighing about
.»(> pontid.*
black, ha» a split in right ear, upper
half-crop in left ear, and ha» IxH’tt re­
cently cast rated. Owner may have the
same by proving property, paying the
cx|»>n»e of ktxqiing, and for this notice.
J ohn 0 . L y n c h .
ft-12
Higelow, Orc.
Notice.
The Wasco W . ( . T. U . w ill hold it«
annual meeting Yhursday, A pril 28th.
Superintendents of «lepartment work
w ill be expeet«*d to rt*i»ort. Ofllcers w ill
Ixt elected for the ensuing year. Let
every member be present.
A licr PanntcoRD, Pres
M aooir E aton , Sec.
• The Pe. pies Publishing Co. is pre­
pared to «lo first class job work. Press
and tyjie new and of the very latest.
Rev, W . I I . Ba»t roquoata the men,
Give um a call.
Henry Root, the genial read supervisor women ami children, of Wasco aitd vi-
of diatrict number .3, made us a call yes­ «In ity , to show their pntrioti»m hy
If you want the news, sahscrilxt for
terday, and incidentally Informed us gathering on masse on Sunday evening, the Republic. One dollar per year.
at
8
o’chxik,
at
some
hall
or
ehureli
to
be
that be haa put up seven guide hoard»
First claxs Job Printing See our pre­
on the varioua hnu I s in his district. announced later on, and listen to an im ­ mium offer.
l 0 U s been running the big rotary plow promptu program, including addresMcn,
for eight days, and w ill spend Thursday «ongii, etc., from a Christian atandpoint
ami Priday improving tho grade In Pill- on the prenont Issue " O u r N ation’s
ton Cuiiyon. M r. IL »it ia tt hustler un*l Honor,” "Loosing the hands and lotting
| the oppressed go fro«.”
ia u'Jttii'g a goo ) eXiimplo.
Patriotic Service.
Subscribe Now, fi.
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The folioivIn-r In I I nt. raUted by
the M lnneapoli* Tum*» would tend to
«how the etiMjeptfbillty of tin* femlrdMi
mind In eatchiu f o.» t » the ."geuume
bargains** of s|iecia* w »hi day«.
T he other day a pretty. ** ll - ,re»e«Ml
little woman, w earin-f a »- ft bro«va
marten cape. ru «lH**l Into ** . i of the
leading fur stores on Nc »Hot avenue
and hurriedly inq’iin d for the p ro
B a r g a in s * * * *
p*'etor. ,,t»vin;f l<»ui*d , fin. sue grace­
fu lly removed tlic c it»* fr m her shoul­
ders amt bluadly u -a id iem what tie
would giro for IL
!t)0 Acres id land A miles from Grass Valley, on Roee-Buah, all fenced;
"W h y ," sulil the old gentleman, some­
/ 1 0 0 0 «mall
house ami barn. Through the 1 tM> acrea joining thia land on the east,
w hat taken uhoi k by this unusual on­
the Col urn hia Houthem railroad w ill is* built. Hpiemlid location Inr a town
slaught, "such d< n I lug» ss tld» are mA
»its. There ia not 10 acres of waste land on tlie ItMJ acres. I t is known as
quite In line w ith our wuy of doing
the Henry Dyce farm.
husincMi. ’’
H a lf a mile south of this Mace I have for sale 120 acrea for |700; all
" I paid sIvtv-Ave dollsrs for It only
fenced; Minall houne on land. The farm in known aa the Charles Overdorf.
last month," sin* continued in o flutter.
1A0 Acres all fenced ; 1.30 acres in cultivation ; Good living spring of water on
" W ill you giro ui thirty-seven dollars
/ 9 5 0 tlie
place ; one mile aoutheaat of Moro, along Grass Valley aanyon. fAOO cash,
and Afty c uts f«»r U?" in a way that
balance in four equal pay menta n l 1, 2, .3 and 4 year«.
yi*ars. E
ll’ Necce farm.
Ellis
le ft the
: ifi ui l< man rather ill at eaee.
W ith beat gr.icu |»n ible, as he saw
1U0 Acre«, all fenced ; all farm land ; lias all been plowed thia season, ia sown
there was no other w ay out of IL he
b* wheat. Good house and barn. T«ro miles from Rufus. Known aa the
tmlled h l » cashh r nnd Instructed him to
W . I I . Ramey farm.
pay tlie money aud otfvrvd to seud fur
tin* garmcnL
C all o n or a d d m » ,
".No," »li said, h er eyes hilghtcnfog
as »h** rec-iv - | tin* thirty-acrcu dollars
ami fifty cent«. ' , v. m t you to bring
me in a liur v tli it brown marten cape
In your u . k I oiv m rk«*d doe n to tw ee
ty-aeven ilolh.rs mid fifty cents. I ha vs
Ä W ASCO , ORE.
passed ami r pa cd thut window, an**
the fact of -> -
I - f i l l .. b irgnin ha/
haunted in - i ..t,, I felt ti...t I muuthave
it at any »• • l
'I ids l.*avca me tun dol­
lars, which I in» ii.i (>» »pend s t the
speuial nulo of trim m ed but« thia after-
C H IN E S E M A F IA *,
uonn."
Aa
OvRaalutloa
af A m U m T h a t OM
This renmrkuMc *p.*< imen of woman­
H ead q u arters f o r o o
I-aw 1« Fo*»rt«M to Sopprosa.
ly f r n n l i m , 1 ft the t-.r* in n -s ta y ,
There
is
quite
a
striking
analogy
be­
also ICatVing tin: hearts of tba «ducks io
tween the Ita lia n Mafia, as it la com­
a flutter
monly understood, and the Cniaeae
M O D E R N W H A L IN G .
Tong, or organization of Cutthroat«,
Ii».(wwwe4 l>n*,l.-*u >*.. I <~l la T k a t Fwe- murderers and highbinders in this city,
•ays the Han Francisco Chronicle. The
• a t.
T lie shoahh-r gun which Area a tom b chief point of difference ia th a t the sub­
from a h ! v : . - i . - r l. * i
,*f larpt* bore has divisions of the Mafia are not a t con­
Vasco, Or.
been tthno t entir* Iv n n c rw ded by the stant w ar w ith each other, w hile the
Pierce d.uto g bomb lata«*, invented by Tonga have deadly feuds continually on
foot,
and
generally
select
th
e
ir
victims
( apt Ebon l iir c * , o f N ew Bedford,
L . C l a r k , A g e n t for R u sh fo rd W a g o n s
who has made lu.m.y troy. ;?cr. in com­ from among their rivals.
The question of these organizations
mand of a t i l l* r. *, hi» *!..rti«ig gun,
•ay» the i ’rm i l«*m*r Jonm ul. which ia of assassins in the heart of a civilized
used almost i .via iv« Iv Ly the Arctic community like ours has grown txt be a
d« ct. 1» a devk-< u-**«, close by the aide serious one. We know, in a general
• *f the wli i!e, •* i.ich t an be hurled auc- way th a t each Tong ia bound together
•••»»fully f r« nl.v nice or ten feeh I t hy oaths which Its members dare not
carrier, n i.iii . harp* on having a double break; th a t its purpose is crime of the
toggle, tv,I,* h 'prvud-t ut rig h t angica deepest dye; that it shelters its mem­
with the * ’.n.ft ,i di-.t .nee of six inches, bers by every artifice which Chinese
auil which ri,<-c fi'in iv
embedded cunning can devise, and th a t it sets at
through the blu'd» r cannot be pulled defiance the laws of the land; bnt here
;iL A bon.'■ i
• I .;.k-* u -t in a brass our knowledge on the subject ends. We
’»arrel .itt.i
i to t ie ».uuc »haft us the do not know the motives which under­
'iur|**M>n. in * ir-jn i.* ikea Ur»L and lie the frequent murders, nor do we
î m
•liter peuclr..l',u 4 a . . .tauce of aiiout «eem to know how to break up these
Tonga or put an end to th e ir career of
k vent, cii 1 : '.* ■ 1. i r ti.r *ugh the blub-
crime.
» r, it proj«s't*ng w ire cut to Hie proper
The suggestion has been made, and it
lenft * ex; lode» a V inchestar uortridgo,
i hich »loots n, i»»nib hauled w ith br­ la worth considering, th a t an indictment
ute into the vit .1 of the whale. W ith- for criminal conspiracy would lie
n t h o b o m h ii.i fu»c cut to burn five against an entire Tong or society whose
r six at.... . I
1 v t ndto la a form of mrruls-r» were known or believed to be
lvnrunit • tvl . *h enn a.tfeiy be burned guilty of murder. So fa r as we can
1 the palm <>f the h:ind. but when con- know anything about the secret w ork­
Ined has an « xph* ive force ten times ings of these organizations there ia
c, great as that of ordinary gunpow- ample reason to believe th a t the mur­
,er. The h u n t» are very deadly, some­ der« are committed after fu ll discussion
one» k illin g n w hale outnghL Prag- and the murderer selected by his so­
nctitN of the fthelta have l»een taken ciety and instructed as to how and
rom nil part» of the tvhal •. from the when he shall do his deadly w ork. I f
y>int Just behind the head, where it la this be true there Is certainly a crim ­
inal conspiracy preceding every one of
isuaiiy tired, to the tail.
these highbinder murder«, and ifo*
T a u t t t r o a « a t a iu r I'ro d U
whole society is liable to IndictmenL
A large lot of
The captain of one rath er old and
Such a wholesale attack upon these second-hand Lum ber
alow steamer, finding tluit Ito would secret societies would do much to breal
For Hale
have to be a loi*g tim e in Chius before them up.
As it i 1 now they care very
he received a fu ll cargo of tea, amt little if one o f their number happens to
would have probably to return in bal­ foil into the clutches of the law . They
last. began, toevery one’s astaif-hm ent. have plenty of assassins left, and one
to say that, owing to the repairs that more or leas makes no difference to the
had been done to Ids engiuea, be bopea Tong.
If, however, the whole Tong
to make a racing paana.'re.
were indicted the Chinese would be­
Then, »tUI more to the astonishment lieve that the officers of the law were
of the captains of the fast steamers and in earnest nnd it would work a change
the world nt large, he commenced to in their aystem of gettiug rid of those
bock bimaelf to make the foatent passage who were inim ical to them.
home.
O« Itritt VM M d i
O tbm Tolto««««
nA
In such very considerable .«aims of
money «lid he w ager that people began j
to thin k there was something in it, and
the merchant» sent th e ir tea almost en­
tirely by his ship, anrning th a t as the
captain stood to lose five hundred
pound» sterling tho repnlra to his steam­
e r’« engine« hvd probably put him in a
¡KMition t<> bet ultuost on a certainty.
Of course tho steamer, whose greatest
speed wa« eight knots an hour, arrivod
in England weeks a fte r ( ' e others, and 1
A full lin e of D im ities, M u lls, C ra sh es, O r g a n d ie s,
the captain lost his Ave hundred |tounda I
sterling; but instead o f having to lie in |
L a w n s , P e r c a le s, W h ite G o o d s, L a c e s, D r e ss S u its,
China w aiting hi» chance of cargo oom- 1
B o o ts, S h o e s , E tc.
ing in from the interio r— n probable de­
lay of weeks—he hail cicured in a few
G R O C E R IE S and
days, a fte r his beta lx-e**ine known to ’
H ARDW ARE»
the public, w ith a fu ll ship, thus recoup- I
ing to his owners, who of course paid
his bettiug losses, a considerable num­
Grass Uallev, Or.
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A ll natural witters ce rta in mineral
salts, »emo of wl ’.ali tnay b .* deb t« rioua
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zine, t v t the most injurious foreign
substance» found in o n'ln ary drinking
w ater are deen.t ing'cr;,*nnic m atter and
sometimes it:f ctiev 1 r.nero-orgaui*-ins.
A ll Ui*t- r tl-; t is v. -etl for dume .tic ,>ur-
posea bus been :;t tome period atmos­
pheric vapor, tin.I .1» it fell iu rains cur­
ried w ith it the L u p u .it.. . from tho air.
These Inipvi it ‘.ea tire g.tseu th a t m its)
from cot:il*u ;i< n. fet mentation and <lo*
cay. nnd p irtiel. » of dust a id decom­
posing o rp in lo nt-liter.
Bacteria are
ab:o removed fre 1 tho uir lu great
n um lx'r-. nearly all of uhloh nr© in tho
state of sp re-in stead of adults. Tho
spores of the fun 1 aud ether micro-
scopic p la n t- and i»*llcn of (lowers and
grasses aro also found in rain water.
Ho numerous nro the. e impurities in tho
a ir th a t a 1 tre of w ater which falls at
tho begin 1 ng of a »torra often contains
more than two hundred thousand miero-
organisina
H a lf a pint of w a te r fre­
quently condenses out of throe or
four thousand cubic feet of a ir and in
Its condensation removes nearly nil of
tho amosphcrlc impurities, concentrat­
ing them in the w ater. So th a t d rin k ­
ing a glass of rain w ater th a t falls at
the beginning of n storm wo may
swallow ns much filth us wo breatho
from tho a ir iu more than a week. I f
rain w ater Is stored in cisterns w .thout
put ificatinn these Kubstancensoou render
Ita o d o ttl that it cannot be used for d rin k ­
ing. But when rain is collected near
the end of storms and is properly
filtered nnd aerated it is ono of our
most wholesome n atural w a te r sup­
plies. As rain fulls upon the earth it
wash«« awnv the accumulations of
debris from the surface of tho ground,
and an it passes into tho soil extracts
from it n large amount of impurities,
such as the prixlucts of decaying vege­
tation and anim al oxcremeuL These
substances are carried down inL > the
circulation currents, aud it is not infre­
quent th a t tho drainage from eess >0ols
and nuthnusos also finds a direct •■»
trauco into surface wells.
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