The Lebanon Express.
SATURDAY, MAY 14, lv8S7.
J. H. ST I N E , Editor.
XEW BAXKIXG SYSTEM.
In another column may be seen a
table giving some statistics in connect
ion with the various school distrhts of
this county by which it will be seen
that in several districts each the amount
on hand, held over from last year, ex
ceeds the amount paid out for teacher's
wages, and in some of those districts
there has been (aught onlj' three
month's school. Twenty-five distric ts
hold over from last year a hundred
dollars and upwards. In a district
holding over from last year upwards of
5300 and drawing from the public funds
Upwards of $200, and paying a teacher
$90 during the year, it would seem that
there will be some increase of capital
stock without taking any account of in
terest. The query naturally arises, docs the
state contemplate such a state of af
fairs as this? Are these districts in
which the means for the education of
the children is provided and yet they
are untaught? It is time for ourpcople to
be inquiring into matters pertaining to
school work and where there is a weak
place in the law to move to amend it.
A very good bill was introduced in
our last legislature to require each dis
trict to have a five months' school in
stead of a three months' in order to be
entitled to its apportionment. This
bill, had it become a law, would have
remedied the evil that stands out so
plain in the table referred to. There
is no question in regard to the impro
priety of apportioning money to a dis
trict to be idle or be used by someone
without benefit accompanying to the
district. Again, is not the whole sys
tem of providing or distributing the
public funds faulty? For instance in
two districts, one having twenty and the
other thirty-five or forty pupils during
the year the one will draw about f 130
and the other about ?190, making a dif
ference of about ?60 or ten dollars per
month on the wages of a teacher for a
six month's school. Is there any rea
son why each of the twenty children
should enjoy less advantages simply
because there are only twenty and each
of the thirty enjoy superior advantages
simply because there chances to be
more persons of sehool age in the local
ity In vflich he live? The motto
should be equal priveleges to all. In
some other states the proper amount is
apportioned to each district to sustain
a good school regardless often or twenty
scholars, and in case that there is a sur
plus, it is returned into the public fund.
Thus all are properly provided for ac
cording to the befet interests of an In
telligent and free people and upon the
b?st principles of political economy.
The best safeguard that a free people
can have is a strong and efficient free
public school system.
The Portland papers, even thos-e
which have hitherto been tolerating
the Salvation Army, are going for the
members of that peculiar society rough
ehod, since the experience of a Port
land girl in San Francisco was made
public. She charges the members of
the army, many of them at least, with
iewdness, drunkenness and general
loose conduct. The people who are
drawn into the ranks are mostly from
the lower orders of society, and it is a
little more than the respectable element
can do to keep them within bounds.
The virtual acquittal of Arensdorf
has already borne fruit in another
whisky murder. This time the victim
is Dr. Xorthrup of Ohio, who was in
discreet enough to make himself offen
sive by advocating local option. The
champions of "personal liberty" doc
trines certainly have a most effecient
method of disposing of their antagon
ists. The principals of "personal li
berty," it seems, have no application,
. where freedom of epeec-h is concerned.
At this early day it is reported that
the congregation of the late Henry
"Vard Beecher is steadily growing
emaller. This was to be expected, for
the personality of Mr. Beecher was the
tie which held the great congregatron
together, and it will be difficult for the
most brillant preacher to restore the in
terest in Plymouth church-. Dr. Joseph
Parker of .London, is thought to be one
of the few men who would prove ac
ceptable, and he has been invited- to
take the pulpit.
Hundreds of thosands of dollars are
in the hands of capitalists which would
have been in the pockets of workmen
if there had been no Haymarket riot
and no Stock yards strike. Capital is
about the most timid thing in the world,
and when it hides itself the wage-worker
sufFers.
There is the promise for another great
wheat crop in north Dakota. The re
cent heavy rains have thoroughly soak
ed the ground, thus insuring a rapid
growth of the plant, and the acreage
sown will be from ten to twenty-five
per cent, larger than last year.
Miss Mitchell, our senator's daughter,
says that the rumor that she is to mar
ry Sir Lionel Sackville West, who is
old enough to be her father, is a no-such-a-thing.
The United States court of California,
is without funds to carry on the busi
ness of the Court, on account of the
failure of Congress to pass the deficien
cy bill.
Fifty years ago the National debt was
only 837,513. In 186-5 it was $2,773,235,
173. At the present rate of decreases
the debt will dtBipcar iu twelve years.
FARM NOTES.
The theory that the sex of an egg can
be told by its shape is erroneous.
Millions of weed seeds can be destroy
ed on almost every farm by fire.
Do not be in to great a hurry to sow
seeds in the ground or put out tender
plants.
Don't let your tomato plants spindle
up ln'fore you transplant them in the
hot-bed.
Onion seed that has no firmness, or
that is perfectly dry, is not good. Tett
on a sheet of writing: paper.
Put the pig-sty manure on the gar
dan where the running vines are to be
planted. It will work wouders.
A liberal sprinkling of fine manure
between the rows of the strawberry
bed will very matcriallly help them.
Marl, half a peck to a hill, is highly
recommended for blackberry bushes.
If that cannot be obtained, use loam.
Mulch between-the strawberry rows
six inches deep with old straw. It will
strengthen the plant and increase the
yield.
The farmer who has the best bred
animals to sell generally fares the best,
a gx)d thing to think about as breed
ing time approaches.
. Tine "leaves" or needles, make a cap
ital mulch for small fruits and flower
ing plants, for the latter will push up
through a sufficient covering.
Goldsmith Maid trotted more miles
below 2:20 time than any other animal
in the United States. She has 114
heats to her credit in 2:20 time.
The most efficient and economical
mode for using ashes is to apply twen
ty or twenty-five bushels per acre at
two or three different times during the
growing season.
Deep cultivation and fining of the
soil before plantinsr is in accordance
with approved knowlcge in corn grow
ing, ana shallow cultivation after the
com is up and growing.
A paper peach basket, which can le
manufactured for about four cents, has
been invented by a Cew Yorker, and
it is thought will settle the question of
"tree baskets ' tor peaches.
The practice of washing sheep is be
ing uisearaeci. isottitng is framed by
so doing, while it is injurious to the an
imals as well as to tlftwe who have the
disagreeable work to perform.
Manure is the farmers' savings bank.
and if more of them would have large
neaps of it every spring to spread upon
their lands, instead of money at Inter
est, tncy would prosper better In the
ena.
Near slaughter-houses and soap fac
tories, farmers can make small fortunes
at duck raising. A duck is as great a
scavenger as a hog. Ducks will thrive
well on ollal and slaughter-house re
fuse.
To destroy aphides or plant lice, dip
the ends of the twiirs into a strong tea
made by steeping tobacco stems (which
may be procured at any cigar factory)
in hot water, or syringe with whale-oil
soap suds.
As a rule, the size of the seed will in
dicate the depth to plant it, starting
with the smallest at one-half of an inch,
such as celerv, parsnip, etc., while peas
and beans may be put one" and a half
inches deep.
trees for shelter, shade and orna
ment, if well chosen, are alwavs worth
the planting, and subsequent care re-
quiied to get them fairly rooted bo
they will need nothing more than
friendly protection.
Manure is a great stimulant for the
garden, therefore put it on Plentifully.
lietter nut out only half the usual qual
ity, and no mat wen, than run over a
large garden but half prepared. Never
stir your laud when very wet.
To show what can be done w ith earl v
cut hay, a Mr. Terry, writing to the
New York Tribune states that he has a
team of heavy work horses that for
nearly five vears have lived on a diet
of early cut clover and timothy ha v.
They have not hail a single feed of grain
during all this time, are as fat as seals.
and at no time during the five years
could one see a nb on either of them.
To take a heavy load of wheat or pota
toes to market (twelve miles) is but play
ior tnem.
This plan for starting a strawberry
bed has succeeded well, and is woithv
of trial bv others who doubt their abil
ity to trrow this luscious fruit. In
planting potatoes last spring the hills
were made three feet apart in the row,
ana soon alter the potatoes came up a
strawberry plant was set letween each
two hills. Of course the strawberries
were cultivated as often as the potatoes
were hoed; they had plenty of room to
spread out and grow. The result of the
good cultivation given them is a very
promising crop for this spring.
STATE NEWS.
The cannery at Empire will be run
this season.
Work on the proposed Tjost river
bridjre his beeu commenced and that
necessary structure will be completed
ociore long. -
Governor Pennoyer has appointed Dr.
.Savior, of Lexington, Surgeon-General
of the Oregon State militia, with the
title oi colonel.
ays an ucnoco paper: so rar as we
can learn very few of the wool growers
oi tnis country have engaged their wool
or made any arrangements for Belling.
There are many large hop j-ards in
Jackson and Josephine counties which
are in better condition than lat year,
owing, perhaps, to the high prices re
ceived for the last crop.
Immense crops of peaches, prunes-,
plums, apples, pears, grass, grain, in
eluding broom-corn, sugar-cane, hops,
melons, and everything else is in order
of the day for Josephine county this
year.
Wm. Nelson, a sheepherder formerly
in the employ of Fritz Munz, of
Sprague river vallcy.committed suicide
a few' days since by taking strychnine.
He had been on au extended spree and
probably took his life while in a fit of
temporary insanity.
Work has commenced on the big Sis
kiyou tunnel and much headway Will
lie made as soon as the preliminaries
are finished. Grading continues at a
rapid rate on the ot her side of the moun
tain, and a large force is strung along
several miles north of the state line.
Id 18G5, in Union county, a promi
nent citizen was indicted for assault
with intent to kill, says a Baker City
Saper. On the day of the trial the in
ictment could not be found, and the
case was dismissed on motion of the
district attorney. Last week the clerk
whMe searching through the old rusty
papers in quest of something else,
found, the original instrument. The
party still lives in the county.
Arlington correspondence of "Dalles
paper: Wool is being shipped in such
qualities that one is led to believe that
the sheep were not all starved to death
last winter which conclusion one would
naturally come to judging from the
large amount of pelte that have filled
our market. It seems to me that in
time our stockmen will come to the con
clusion that wintering sheep and cattle j
on fresh air is au expensive luxury. j
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The following is a financial er
hlbit of the several school districts t f
Linn county, for the school year end
ing March 7, 1887:
1 l a h - u
h ? o BsJ
2 :s f J I o c
S k. c a -a 5
y. . v. 1-3 R j v. c
1 27 S 159 4 10S t M
2 65 173 7 2!8 4ft
3 l -MS 7 2X5 o
4 76 avj 8 at;a 79
5 70S SSWI 9 SKUi i
6 4S "45 6 Z 6S
T 71 &H 8 400 99
8 14! G!9 9 670 4:1
9 SI lti7 5 160 3
10 i!9 187 3 K5 lfil
It 6J 302 " 6 2! 2.-9
12 47 y 6 15 20
13 90 416 8 440 0
14 1 7 ?t6 0
1-1 7 3J2 8 SW 0
16 23 953 8 tt'0 RS
17 77 En3 7 !W !U
18 46 2:17 7 212 141
19 65 273 6 2m 67
20 76 3i9 7 20 41$
21 . M 16 6 1 76
22 68 3.6 7 260 100
23 81 176 S 1.10 20
24 50 253 8 273 152
Si 05 Sll 8 418 83
26 Nt Ss7 8 SCO 49
27 SI 776 6 200 u
28 47 241 6 225 39
29 89 208 6 1D0 53
50 38 204 195 S
51 62 261 . 6 2: ' 63
: 81 379 6 220 20
S3 84 1S8 6 200 69
84 55 273 - 6U 2M S9
R5 42 229 'J 240 160
36 75 3.U 8 . 320 41
57 97 444 7'4 6.17 0
:! 33 1-J2 'fi 1.19 20
S9 79 SV4 6 25 94
43 SS 201 205 61
41 132 d 9 225 34
42 193 83 9 85K) 24
43 3 306 8 3i S) 32
44 21 13-5 6 173 0
45 40 212 6 100 C2
4(i 20 131 4 151 61
47 So 192 3 0 4m
43 54 29 8 280 20
49 43 24-5 7 ISO 5i
50 52 2til 8 870 0
51 30 171 51 1R2 4
52 145 639 9 1032 14
53 24 14 6 120 70
54 4 236 3 HO 3!
55 67 330 9 37.3 62
50 50 277 6 240 61-5
5,3 37 " 200 4 200 50
59 32 ISO 6 140 41
60 47 211 . 5 275 0
61 29 163 3 190 73
62 2-5 151 6 19-5 34
63 39 208 3 105 216
64 38 2t4 5 150 104
65 29 167 3 10 117
58 42 220 51 1S3 111
67 43 224 6 222 9
68 35 192 6 150 120
69 23 163 6J 195 0
70 46 237 5 200 161
71 ' 37 200 6 195 34
72 ' 16 115 3 75 129
73 64 310 8 320 70
74 105 477 9 623 2
7.5 41 216 8 190 207
76 38 24 5J 174 91
77 37 200 5 196 282
73 . 33 134 6 2U0 2
79 27 153 4 10 11
80 61 298 6 23-5 42
81 76 359 6 220 122
82 37 200 6 1.30 A3
83 29 167 5 214 171
84 29 167 of 165 54
85 18 C 3 90 53
86 18 123 6 121 0
87 39 2U3 5 117 44
88 38 204 6 130 22
89 29 167 5 186 8
90 34 18 6 175 12
91 39 203 6 ISO 31
92 24 147 6 20 15
93 23 143 6 150 0
64 4-5 233 31 132 100
95 73 346 9 8 33
96 26 155 31 80 92
97 21 135 3 lOO 50
99 27 159 0 0 263
99 14 19 0 0 38
100
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PROHIBITON POINTERS.
High license is no step towards nro-
liiuition; it leads miles away from It.
To vote for the amendment is to vote
to save your sons from the temptation
of the open saloon and your daughters
from being drunkard s wives.
To license such asourceof corruption
as the libuor traffic is known tobe, is to
stupefy law by legalizlngthechlef cause
of the wrong doing for which law is en
acted to punish. Safe BalloL
Henry Ward Heecher, In 1846, in
speaking of distilleries, said: "Monev
made bv immoral means is worse than
counterfeit. It damns the man and
will damn the people that love it."
Perhaps the main difference lietween
England and this country is that in
England, the government controls the
liquor traffic, and in the United states
tne liquor trafllc controls the govern
ment.
About one-half of the druggists of To-
peka, lvanna-s will not take out a liquor
permit. Nimc or tnem nnd it is a Hard
matter to find twenty-live ladies and
twenty-five responsible men to 6ign
ineir petition.
The tdieriff" of Polk county. Iowa.
saj-s he has ruined his business by en-
torcing tne proinnuorv law m lies
Moines. Will some advocate of hiirh
license tell us of some county under
high license where enforcing the law
has ruined the business of the sheriff".
The Iowa State RcgMer, March 17,
says: "The warfare upon the sale of
liquors of all kinds has been so success
ful that the great majority of the sa
loons with which the state was for a
long time cursed have been entirely
abolished in four-fifths of the counties
in the state." The soul of Haddock is
marching on.
Petroleum V. Kasby says that under
the license system the saloon keeper
hunts up the drinker; under prohibi
tion the drinker bunts up the saloon
keeper. Xasby is right; and when pro
hibition comes the drinker will find
the front door of the saloon closed, the
back door tightly locked, and the saloon
keeper out in the garden hoeing pota-
Uks.
The late General Hillver, who was
on Cieneral Urant's stair, said to me
on one occasion he had a bottle upon
his table, and was railing against per
sons who had not met his expectations
of fame: "Oh, that mine enemy could
write a look!" At this, General Grant
pointed to tne bottle and said: "Hill-
yer, your enemy does'ut write books."
Cincinnati Jnqutrcr.
Whiskv. wine and beer never keen
faith with the man who trusts in them.
They always deceive.cheat and destroy.
They promise pleasure, and eive rain.
They promise hapiiues and give sor
row, ihey promise riches and give
beggary and want. They even hold
out allurements, and induce men to
trust them, but finally they "bite like
a serpent and sting like an adder," and
the end is disgrace and death.
The Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation of New York will soon erect a
building five stories high, seventy-five
by one hundred feet, at a" cost of flOO,-
000.
C. B. MONTAGUE'S COLUMN.
The Spring Is Backward, '
The weather extremely cold for the sea
son. Montague is selling more blan
kets than usual. If you would sleep
warm and comfortable now is a good
time to buy coverlids, comforters and
blan kets at very low figures. Of course
everybody who favcrs economy and
low prices purchase their supplies of
Montague.
The Farming Community
Have been annoyed with price lists
sent them wherein apparent bargains
are offered. The unwary are some
times caught with this kind of chaff".
Montague proposes to sell as low as the
lowest of these lists, and give 5 per
cent off" for the cash tiesides. Buy your
goods of Montague. He is demonstrat
ing; in a practical manner -what low
prices will do.
Montague Buys all Kinds
Of merchantable produce and will give
you the highest market price either in
cash or merchandise, at his remarkably
low price.
Montague is Opening Up
A fine line of mens', loys' and child
rens' clothing, of the celebrated Oregon
City goods. These giwds were bought
at heavy discounts, for cash, and are
marked away down. Call in, get a
good suit for yourself, then have j-our
wife bring in the boys and Montague
will fit them out in neat, durable suits
at marvelously low rates.
The Ladies are Particularly
Invited to look over Montague's fine
line of spring and nummer dress goods.
They are bought very low for cash and
will be sob I at rates '"that unit surprint
oy (Jood good at low prices is the
motto in his mammoth caste store.
Montague Has a Large Stock
Of mens' and boys' hats and caps.
Many of the style are something en
tirely new iu Iebanoii. Go and see
them.
Montague Does not Import
His goods from any eastern village.
His stock is fresh anil new, and he pro
poses tossell them at such moderate
prices as to defy competition. He
rromises the public here and now that
le will enter into no combination to
keep up alleged ";rtW." He will al
ways use his best endcavfirs to buy
goilds at their very lowest cash value,
and he will invariably give the buyer
the leneht of this, which, coupled with
his long experience and business capac
ity, will make his mHiimiotn ca!i store
the place Tor man, woman anil child
to trade at. He will not le undersold
by any merchant in Linn county, anil
hecocdially invites buyers who think
they are paying too much for goods at
other pnttmio call and examine his
stock and prices. It wilt pay you big.
It Is Said Straws
Show which way the wind blows.
Montague nevercoinploinsof dull time.
His mammoth cash store Is crowded
with close buyers every day. No long
faces ubout his establishment.
The Wool Clip of 1887
Will soon be coming In. Montague is
fully prepared to pay the highest prices
as usual In cash, for all ivool offered.
Wool growers of Linn county generally
know that Montague pays a'little more
than any one else for good wools.
Drop in and see him before you sell:
it will be to your pecuniary advantage to
do so.
Co and See Montague's
$2.00 shoe for men,s wear. It will com
pare favorably with any $3.00 shoe In
the market. "When you can save $1.50
ou a pair of shoes do It and you can in
vest it in something else to your advantage.
3. L. COWAN. J. M. RAL8TOK. J. W CX'SICK.
BANK of LEBANON,
Lebanon, Oregon.
Transact a General Bank
ing Business.
Accounts Kept Subject to Check.
EXCHANGE SOLD ON
Hew York, San Francisco, Portland and
Albany, Oregon. ,
COLLECTIONS MADE
On Favorable Terms.
Te. E. MONTAGUE,
j DEALER IX
Stationery
OF ALL KIXM.
AL
Foreign and Domestic
Periodicals
Lebaxox, Okegox.
Harkness & Mayers Bros,
-Blacksmiths,-
Lebanon. Okegox.
Horse Shoeing and" Gen
eral Repairing.
ALL WOIIK WARRANTED
TO (JIVE SATISFACTION,
i
AT
Prices to Suit the Times.
OIVE IS A CALL.
Saw Mill
FOR SALE.
A Double Circular Water
Power Saw Mill,
NEAR LEBANON, OR.
Capacity about 5000 ft et ikt day. Alt
16 acres of land on w hich the saw
. mill is located.
PRICE, S 13, GOO.
Abo have a large stock of
First Quality Lumber
At lowest market rates for cash.
G. W. WHEELER, Lebanon, Oregon.
prl.9 3m
Andrews & Hackleman,
S3.00M4
shoe mA
" a FsT T A N M -
SOLE AGENTS,
LEBANON, OREGON.
y-UAA lilllimilli.iininM..liiinu.t
3 WALLACE & THOMPSON,
-THE
Leading Grocers
LINN COUNTY.
1 SOLE AGENTS
FOR THE
CelebrateD
Geyserite Soaps.
ALBANY, OREGON.
BLACKSMITHING.
Horse Shoeing: a Speciality
13Y
R. C. Watkiiis,
SWEET HOME, - - OREGON.
REpairing of All Kinds at Rea
sonable Prices.
charges:
Shociug all around, new shoes, $1.75.
Having located to stay I ask a share of
the public patronage.
It. t V ATKINS.
FOR SALE.
Forty acres of good farming land, one
fourth mile west of Hantiam Acad-,
cniy, Lebanon, Oregon. Crop
included.
Price, $50 per Acre. One-half, Cash.
For particulars enquire of A. II. Cyrus,
or ot J. rs. McDoualu on premises.
nvrchU-Sm j
ITIMfTff TTTTTtC
U y
Boss of the
-AND-
STANDARD WHITE SHIRTS.
:-: The Best in the Market. -:-Ask
for Them and Take no Otlier.
W. C. Peterson
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Optical Goods a Special. King's Celebrated Spectacles In Store.
LEBAXOX. OB EG OX.
-AGENT FOR ALL
Standard
Watches
and Clocks.
All kinds of Repairing Neatly done and Warrant
ed to Suit.
ANOTHER CUT IN RATES!
I beg leave to announce to the farmers of Linn county, that I am still in
business at the Old Stand, and have just received from the Kast a
Large Stock or Wagon Timber, During the Cat in Freight Rates,
And I am willing the farmers and people generally should have the
same. Any one wishing Wagon Repairing done, -will please notice my
PRICES:
Killing all Itinds of wheels, per set - - S i- oo
" " " " " wheel - 3to4CO
Newsetofwheels - - - - 2000
Bolsters, Sandboards and Tongues, each 1 00
Hicl-cory Axles, each - - - - - 4 00
Silngle Spokes and Fellows, each - - 20
Everything else in Proportion. All work Warranted.
Remember the place one door south of Arthur & Bishop's blacksmith shop
A. C. HAUSMAN. - - 2sORTH BROWXSVILLE, OREGON.
M. A MILLER,
-DEALER IX-
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, & Glass.
ALSO
A Complete Stock of Stationery,
LADIES' TOILET ARTICLES. ,
o
Prescriptions a Speciality.
NEXT DOOR TO W. B. DONAUA. - - LEBANON, OREGON.
J., A.. BEARD,
Druggist and Apothecary,
-DEALER IX-
Drugs -:- and -:- Medicines
--'-Pamts, Oils and Glass
Fine Toilet Soaps, Combs, Brushes, Etc.
$PERFUM ERY
And Fancy Toilet Articles.
PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY COMPOUNDED.
'Alain Street, Lebanon, Oregon.
if j -
imiiiuiHcuirer oi ruriiiiure,
AND DEALER IJT-
Coffins, Caskets, Trimmings and Burying Robes'.
. ALSO
Doors, Window Blinds, Locks, Hanging-Nails, Etc.
Maix Street, nl-tf. Lebanon, Obegonv
Lebanon & Sweet Home
Stage Line.
H. Y. GIBSON, - Proprietor.
Carrying U. S. Mail.
Leaves Lebanon on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays. Returning same day.
KATES OF FARE:
Lebanon to Sodavflle or Waterloo........... 50rts.
Lebanon to Sweet Home ..$100
Good New Hack and other Ac
commodations First-class.
Parties desiring to go to any of the above named
points, on intervening clays will be accommo
dated by applying at my residence in
Lebanon.
' . II. Y. GIBSON.
T,H ;E1s3
Road- Overall
ALSO
Sewing
Machines,
Needles,
Oils, Etc,
n . ttv ' -
I. F. CONN,
Contractor, Carpenter and
Builder, "
Plans & Specifications
FURBISHED
02sl SHORT NOTICE.
- ' o . . 4
All Kinds of Carpenter Work Done and
. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Prices "Very Reasonable.
ALBANY LEBANON, ORtl.UX.