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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1890)
Hjc Lebanon Sxpcc5t ii .mmnio, iceusher.- FRIDAY, MARCH ,23, 18W.: VALEDICTOR F. With this issue we cease our con nection withTuK Lebanon Exprebs, having disposed of the same to MesArs. Adams fc, Alexander. In giving up our work we have no ex cuse nor apology to make for any thing. W hUe we have not done as much for the advancement of our locality as we would like to have done, In all particulars we have done ot'R best. Our Buccessors are both good men and we feel sure will give you a tetter paper than you have been receiving, and will leave nothing undone that should be done to advance the interests of Lebanon. Thanking the public for their support, we now make our be8tbow. II. Y. Kirkpatrick. SALUTATORY. The very graceful retirement of II. Y. Kirkpatrick from the man agement of The Express will lead to the inquiry, " Who are your suc cessors? what are their qualifica tions? and what kind of a newspa per may we expect?" In answer to the first query, we are Oregoni an one by birth, the other by adoption. With but eligLt varia tion of the ancient Jewish declara tion, we can say, "An Oregonian was my father, "ready to perish." In common with the people of this atate, we think this the best coun try in America. As to our qualifi t'ations,mode8ty forbids our passing judgment in the matter; but we are willing to bide the censorship of a reading public, the standard to which every enterprise of the kind muBt sooner or later be brought to judgment. In answer to the last query we speak advisedly, when we nay that you will get a paper that in" loyal to the interests of the State in general, but more particu larly shall we consider the welfare and guard the interests of linn county and the town of Lebanon. Further than thiB we Bhall make no raah promises, that there may lie few calls to repentance and no demand for humiliating apologies. In taking charge of The Express we are painfully conscious of the versatility of talent required and the responsibility imposed. In taking charge of a newspaper it b too often the case that the public regard the editor aa a public foot ball to be kicked and bandied about with impunity. We appre hend no trouble in this respect and shall obviate such unpleasant experience by giving value received for every dollar put into the paper. We ask our readers to contribute in every nossihle way to the suc cess of the paper, that we may mutually share its benefits. A. Jack Adams, Geo. L. Alexander. THE POPULATION Q VESflON. The population of the earth can only be approximated. The moat reliable figures perhaps,' are one billion, two hundred and fifty mil lions. '''It has been estimated that war, famine and pestilence have destroyed human life to the extent of depopulating this earth eleven times. Arguing from this fact some theorists conclude that these calamities are indispensable in weeding out surplus humanity and regard them as providentil visita tions to that end. But this i to think unworthily, of the Creator. The majority of philosophers who have simulated on the quesiton of population seem to have mistaken poverty and ignorance with their necessary consequences, sin and misery, as the normal and perma re:it condition of mankind; and reasoning from this false premise they have consistently arrived at conclusions from which all the higher powers of our souls must revolt. A dense population and a scarcity of provisions naturally suggest the idea of a Burplus of hu man bcingajljut instead of inves ti ;ating the primary problem whether this aggregation of people in a given locality is proper, and famine unavoidafJe;Ywhcthcr those people live normaHy'or'.otherwwe, our philosophers-only ithink-of some plan, in the ways of Providence, in the order of nature or in the disor ders of the world to get rid f tiie surplus, to keep the population of the world down to the level of the ft MM iaeans or iubBistence,,. inu ooc I trine shocks our reason, lnBults our moral sense, and blasphemes Deity. It makes disorder the rule pr .law of the universe nd order i"the ex ception. It points to no philoso' phy but that pf expediency, wbioh is no philosophy at all, while it implies that these evils are as en during as the earth itself. It ignores every principle and all ideas of progress in the human race. Progress is the fundamental and all pervading law of the. uni verse. No nation ever did or ever can decline and die until infirmity and disease are stamped on the masses of the people. No nation can avoid the fate of Rome, Cai thage and Greece if they indulge in luxury, and luxury leads to dis sipation. The epitaph of every nation of any consequence that has fallen may be written in the words luxury and dissipations The world proceeds upon the- principle of bread, desjteration and sovereignty. Han has too long acted upon the sophism that the world owes him a living and therefore if he cannot get bread lawfully he will . get it illegitimately. We believe in evo lution, not in a contracted sense, in one direction only, but ia an evo lution as broad as creation; an evo lution of the means of subsistence commensurate with the increase of population. FAREWELL. In retiring from the newspaper business, we do not do bo because we do not like the work nor can't make a living, but because we think we can do better elsewhere. In taking charge of this work two years and two weeks ago, we did so under very embarrassing circum stances, and for awhile it was a hard struggle for us, but we haye stayed bravely with it and new have The Express on a good pay ing basis with a largo circulation. It is true that we have made a few enemies some because they failed to use us to grind their own axes, and others because they- differed with us; but we can. say we have no ill will against any, and wish success to all. Many have been true friends to us and to the pppot, and to all such we would "say that your kindness has been appreciated, and we assure you that no act has been unnoticed, but will always be remembered. We have also xnidi some mistakes, but. they were-from- the stomach and not the heart. A hungry editor can't be responsible for everything that appears" in the pay columns. If we had our work to do over we would try to do dif ferently in some things, but' it is now one of the things of the past; we have done the best we could with what light we had to go by, and leave it to the public to decide whether or not we have been a ben4 efit ttf the community. H. Y. Kirkpatrick. LEBANON PRODUCE MARKET. Cbnr4 Bnr? Wask.) EfTK 16c per dot. Kinine chickens 14 00 per do. Old chicken 15 00 per dos. ' Broilers 13 75 per doz. . Ducks $8 00 per doz. ' Gwse $J 00 per dot. Turkey 12jc per lb. Hide 10c per lb. Shoulder c per lb. Said llicperlb. . utter 22c per Ik. Lnrd in nulls $1 25 per can. " " lulk-8c per lb. Liebaiion IJuth IIoms. I. II. BOItUM, PROPRIETOR. Bmooth shaves and latent style hair cuts. Hhaiupooing Spanish Lueter cures the scalp of dandruff. Lebanon. Examine the fine st-ok of books of all kinds at Beard and Holt's. Money! Money! TO on . . Good Farm Property ; : at 8 Per Cent. I examine my own security, write my own paper, and if title is perfect can close business up in short order. Call on or write me. S. N. STEELE With E. 0. Beardsley, REAL ESTATE AGENT, Aldan v, Oxeoox. m28 IIOHTAGUE'S :. Si: COME pang Ont Onr Banner on ;r the Onter Wall THE CRY IS STILL THEY COME. Montage's Magnificent Spring ; Stock of Dress Goods in Endless Yarietj, Such as De Beiges, Foulards, ' Chatties, Satines, Organdies, BwIm Utm, Blthopand Victoria Trimmings, Ribbons, VlvU, Plush In Many aha, Sutton. On Thousand Vartatlao Olovss. Hoslory. In fact everything to make a lady's eyes fairly sparkle. Both the Mam moth store and the One Price Cash Store are the recipients of Immense 8tocka, and Montaguo proposes to sell them to the people who deal in Ibanon at BICES THAT Defy Competition! in any town in the State of Oregon. To those wise (?) ones who trot off to other than their home town to purchase cheap John trash, pause ere'it be too late; discard the idea of buying anywhere but at home, and 'then only of Montague,' and you will have your youth renewed, your mind in serene content, and l(Xj cents' worth for your dollar every time.' No baits, no chromoa, no !, steel or wood engravings of awfdfy ' homely shoemakers does Montaeue delude his customers with, but he DOES give them the choic cf tne,very .best goods Jrom the: largest' selection this 'side of Portland, at the most moderate prioes for cash or approved country rfoace. ; IBs who stasia sty saws stasis tms From the fact that I have emp Jtied it n purchasing the above- anted- goods at panic prices, and akain purchasing the dauueet lot of LADIES SHOES, V CHILDREN'S SHOES, MSN'S SHOES, -. J BOYS' SHOES, I GIRLS' SHOES, Talk about other brands of shoes than the magnificent line kept by Montague. Shoo, fly, don't bother me; there is room enough in the world . Cor thee" and me. We can FIT anyone, and when Montague says FIT he means it, and he is not going to send you out of his palatial stores with those abominable monsters in leather which you may possibly And in other establishments not a thousand miles from our grand em porium, and which makes your feet loak as though you were a new arrival from Chicago. No, do not make any mistake when you want OOOD Boots or Shoes for mother, wife or sister, the grandmother to the baby, the grandfather to the last new boy, but be sure to call on Montague and se cure what you may require in that line. Every pair fully warranted. Ho? as to Clothing. Whta the purse was emptied, a above succinctly set forth, Montague was compelled to open another bar'! for the purpofe of securing to our cn- toiuers toe latest novelties in line suits as well as those adapted to every-dtty weur. We are now opening up our elegant design 3 In Oregon City Cloth ing, California' Cowiniere Clothing. Men's Clothing, Youth's Clothing, Boys' Clothing, all Imported Ooodn, ejeganv-ntting gnrmenU, at scandal oubIv low prices. Montague has had over forty years experience lit selling goodn, twenty of which were spent among ytu right here In Lebanon, and he now oroDowes to spend tiis evening of his life In gir- 1 A -l',ijt ..II . . . ing io oim.aou -uii sucn prices as ine Boss Orffjgef M Linn county never dreamediof. ,.Make Montague know yeu are tfolrig" M pay cash down and no trruniblin? (the cltronln irrumtlr la a despicable creature), and he will maae prices to you a:i right NEW STORE and We have opened a New Store -AT- Peebler & Buhl's Old StanD, And wish to announce to tho poople of Lebanohon and vicinity tpat i ' WE HAVE COM TO STAY. . .... Give us your support, for we intend to stay among you. We have a good and v . fresh stock of GRO.C E R I'E S, , SUCH A8 :V, , ' Canned Goods of all Grass Seeds and Wall Paper, TOBACCO & CIGARS, CROCKERY, ETfc,,ETC., In fact, everything that : can be found in a first-class Grocery StorE. S. P, BACH. BEARD Druggist and -dealers in- Pure Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils and Glass, STATIONERY, Fine Perfumery.Brashes & Combs . CIGABS .AKD FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Prescriptions Accurately Compounded.; Main Street, Lebanon, Oregon. Julius GradWoMl Golden Rule Bazaar, The Leading Crockery, Fancy Goods and Toy store of Albany, Oregon. . ; Rogers Bros. 1M? Silicrtare, Freicl Ckinriii Hassra, Boj's Sajflis, Baby til Doll Carriages. ; General Assortment of Fancy. Goods. - Bpeolmltj- la the JTlneet Teasj and CoAeesj. He buys direct for net .cash and carries the largest ! stoct in the valley. LU1 i ii it ii All parties contemplating building, or desiring lumberfor any other purpose whatever would do well to call on . HUMPHREY & TAYLOR, . At his lumber yard at this place or at the sawmill. We have on hand a first-class stock of ' Rough and Clear Lumber. Bills of all kinds filled on short notica Gire me a call y:. Before. Burchasinsr Elsewhere; FRESH GOODS! W .5' Kinds,: Confections, & HOLT, Apothecary, 0" -3 "CTgin Humphrey & Taylor. 4 I, ll ft i; 1 1 it Is It i it. i l 1 V J'