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eed J'ver Slacier. HOOD RIVER, OR. JAN. 27, 1894. SOME PENSIONS. According to the reports of the pen ' ssion department, there are uow on (he jpensiou rolls and drawing prtminns, 13 widows of soldiers of (he revolution, the oldest of whom is 93, and the youngest 77 years. The last iiamed, is ' .Mary Snead, widow .of Bowdoin Snead, now residing at Parksley, Virginia.' '.As it is quite within the bounds of pos Kihilifv tiiRt this widow mav livp. tn lip ue hundred years old, it follows that 'Inat. riMnainnpp nf tt vvnrnf lTTflmnv x' " - ' j Jiol. be dropped froru the rolls until 1918, 335 years after 'the close of the war. Assuming that Bnead was 15 in 1782, his wife was born. Assuming further, that the same thing will happen to some of the pensioners of the civil war, nnd it will be seen that the widow who Is to draw- the final pension for the ser vices of her husband in 1805, will not Ibe boru until the next century, or for eight years yet. It is therefore proba: Tllft ihut fiitma orirl tuilw Iwtl'ii fr ilia fiitit years of the next ceutury, will he draw ing a pension froni a grateful country, :lu 2002-6, for the ci vices of her hus band 35 years before she was born. It Is quite possible that the piuents of the ..girl in question are now unknown to . -each other, are both in Europe, nnd Jiever heard of our civil war. It does .iiot matter where she. will be born, for .a grateful country awaits her ccomixig. Of the war of 1812, 80 (survivors, .and .5,425 widows are drawing pensions; and the Mexican war shows 14,140 surviv ors, and 7,369 widows. The various Indian wars were evidently .disastrous, leuvius- 2.544 noldiprs. nnrl 1 iUAwiHnu'i The rebellion furnishes 759,7.00 soldiers., .and 206,306 widows for the pciision roll to date, with possibly- halt' & million urvlvors, and over a million widows yet to press their claims. These now , .draw $158,155,342.51 yearly. June 30th .1889, there were 373,099 survivors, aiid 116,026 widows drawing pensions; so It Appears that in four j ears the number - of ueusioners has doubled, and the i-nin needed to meet the iiicmised expense is seventy millions of doJlurs annually. 'Variniift phI i muf dr hnv-A lipcn nmHu na when high-water mark w ill be reached in pension payments, but all of them :are necessarily uncertain; for one rea son, . because of the widows. For the year ending June 30th 18E3, 56,0.00 sol diers, and 24,000 widows were added to the roll, and $19,000,000 to the expense .auuuiuijr. .c. viuinjy-f-ingimrirrenirHrK is still remote. : The present deficiency ;in the revenue, that all the politicians ;are howling- about, is caused by this osudden doubling of the pension list. It takes nearly $500,000 a duy for pen sions, and this would absorb every dol lai in the United States in eight years. .From these facts we conclude: that the .maximum pension payment will occur 'jn the year the maximum capacity of the people to pay tax is reached: that the patriotism of this country Is as well .illustrated by the taxpayer of 1894, as ,.by the soldier of 1863: that this govern ment needs to heed Mr. ' Weller's ad rice: that it is superb asininity on the part of the government to extend its gratitude to girl babies yet unborn, fori patriotically marrying an old soldier: .and that the man ho said "Republics are ungrateful?' lied. . , v Tuesday's Orcgonian, under the head of "Now They Bee It," has nearly a column editorial to ' show that the sugar growers of Louisiana can now see ! the benefits of protection, to them, and to emphasize the fact that they, the I aforesaid sugar growers, regardless of party affiliations, are individually and .collectively kicking against the repeal of the sugar bounty. Tho Orcgonian aimply wastes time and space. Every nan -of , average intelligence knows jthey are kicking, know they, or any other lot of men who are the recipients of other people's money without giving A -consideration therefor, "Will kick Against the, to them, pleasurable plan being stopped. Place a hundred hun gry Infants each to a satisfactory teat, and you won't hear a squawk out of them.; but the moment one of them 3s pried loose from the dug, an immor-1 tal howl will go up and will continue to go Hp until either tfie teat is used as stop mouth, or, the lusty lunged' youngster is taught to chew for him-! himself. We believe in free trade, and that whether it chokee off a democratic, foundling or a republican one. The' protectionists of both parties have used , this government as if it were a cow. The great maes of the people furnish the feed and the favored few take the rnilk. The country is tired of it. In rapid succession the good old cow has given birth to the sugar calf, the iron falf, the wool calf, and calves of brands nnd ear marks innumerable) hut she Jibs never iieen allowed to wenn one. fcShe has been sucked dry, and now that Jier milk iiaa given out, the whole Ij lea ting, long tongued, pot bodied and fat progeny are butting her- poor old withered rump off the ground to make Jier give down, and berating, the poor old farmer who furnishes the feed be cause he doesn't dope her with bran wash. The whole measly lot, from the ninety-year-old calf to the yearling, needs to be weaned and .turned out to grass. The calves have had their in niugs, give the old cow a chance. A RAPID GROWTH. "What our Dalles friends are disposed to call "Coon" county is evidently in creasing rapidly in valuation. Our same Dulles' friends heretofore insisted that there was not property enough to support a new county, but the assessor has furnished some figures that upsets that-theory. This little school district is assessed at $103,000, and will pay to Wasco county $3,400. It is quite prob able, too, that "Coon" coun y w ill poll between 700 and 800 voles. We are in terested in seeing how .much fun will be poked at the county that is not, be tween now and the first Monday in June. , " ' We see by many Of our exchariges that they, regardless of expense, main tain a "regular correspondent" at Washington, who dishes up an ed itorial resume of the political siluatiou, and gets it to his paper in time to re mind the readers thereof that the sub ject was stale. One C. W.' Snow has repeatedly offered to lie a ''regular cor respondent" for this paper, guarantee" yig to get us up a letter to suit our, poli tics once a week, and to send it postage paid for the privilege of baring his two inch, card published, in our columns. Two Inches of snow on the Glacier is too great a concentration of coolness, and then the letters are not worth the price. : ' " ' ' - Some of the Eastern Oregon papers have suggested Senator J. II. Raley of Pendleton as a candidate for congress on the. democratic ticket. If whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well, Raley would be a good candidate. He would be beaten worse than any one. The republicans tried a banker for gov ernor four years ago, but it wouldn't work. ' ' ;. '"' General 0. O. Howard is to go on the retired list, with three-quarters pay. He pitifully say's he does not see how he is to live on his reduced salary, but as he gets $5,465 a yean-, the average American wil not waste much sym pathy on him, but on the other hand would be happy to jump ids job. ; A Close Call. ;' ; . A son of W. S. Locke, while hauling cord wood at White Salmon, fell off the sled, which ran up on his breast and stopped. As there was nearly a cord of wood on the sled, it is little less than miraculous that he was not killed. Fortunately the accident was seen and the sled pried off the bey in a few mo ments. Dr. Watt was called and at tended to his injuries. . '.?'"'' " Military Hail. "A military ball will be given by D company at their armory in Hood' River January 31, . 1894. Excellent music will be furnished. . Tickets 75 cents, paid at the iloor. Lunch servdj in the hall. All aie coidiuliy invited to attend and make the lust ball given by the old company an enjoyable occa-J sion. -, Committee, on arrangements Lieut. F. E.Jones, SergranlJ.li.Hunt, Robert Husbands. Rtttptiou commit tee Capt. J. H. FergUbOi., Lieut. F.E.' Jones, H. D. Langille, G. S. Evans, Frank Soesby. Floor committee J. J. Luckey, E. S. dinger, C. E. Mark ham, J. U. Hunt, R. Husbands. " ) DURABILITY OF LUMBER. "" " The Wearing Value of Different Woods Ufied for nuilcllng I'urpoifes. . ' Many persons are' familiar only with the growth of building lumber around them; hence they are often deceived. Yellow or southern pine is very desira-" ble. t All are as familiar with it as with codar; but, says an Illinois farmer in a communication to Rural New Yorker, it has a perfect facsimile in spruce and tamarack, both very perishable woods when exposed to the weather. They can be used to advantage ouly for inside work, such as flooring. '.''. v Most prairie people are not familiar With hemlock as a fencing or building lumber, but they know the durability of black walnut and poplar. While the eastern man might not know how to es timate the western product, so the west- rn man buys the eastern spruce, tama rack and hemlock lumber and finds, to his sorrow, that all are very perishable. even if well painted. I find that lum ber will last twice as long when weather- boarded qtraight up and down as when boarded sideways to the weather. ' A great deal of sweet gum weather boarding comes here, as do many Cali fornia redwood shingles, both strange to ma aa regards durability. Fafmer's should know , of the wearing values of the lumber they use. Roofs and porch floors are invariably laid with spruce or tamarack ins this section, while the builder has paid a top price for yellow pine; hence the Bills ret out iu three years owicg to the defective covers. Tho wearing valuo of weatherboard ing is in the order named hero: Yellow poplar, black walnut, white pine, sweet gum, hemlock, spruce, tamarack. Hun dreds of buildings here are forty to fifty years old. These were weatherboarded with Indiana yellow poplar and never painted, . but they are still in a good state of preservation. The days of black walnut shingles and weather boarding are past, but lots of old pioneer build ings of this material are yet in tine con dition. This wood with age takes on a moss of an iron rust color. The wear ing value of f encepost timber in this section is aout aa follows: Red cedar, mulberry, osage orange, white cedar, black locust, white oak, jack oak, block -Wftlaut, ash, hackberry. -. A EIGHT OR A FAKE. - Corbett and Mitcholl came together at Jacksonville, Thursday in spite ofi the governor. Mitchell was not in it being knocked out in the third round. If the lawsof Florida will permit, and both participants can be placed in the penitentiary, for say 30 years, a long suffering public will be happy. Col umn Hirer column of the daily papers have been devoted to the boasts of each party principal, and to publishing the opinions of one-eyed-Mike, Fogarty the Fake, or some other shining; light among the short haired brutes. If some congressman wants to earn the plaudits of tho nation' and will have passed a bill forbidding the use of the mails to all newspai e:s containing any reference to a prize fight, be will ac complish that result. i: A train load of hogs were shipped from La Grande to Omaha, lust week, iand sold at $5.40 per hundred. As Oregon imports nearly all of Ker bacon, lard and hams, it looks like a piece of foolishness to ship hogsout of the state, and thus pay freight both ways. ' . The branch insane asylum has been located at Union, that is the site has, but there is little probability of any thing else being done. The bill au thorizing the erection of the building provides that the site must be selected within 60 days, and it only .lacked about 300 of lieing done. - ., The Goldeudule Courier expired last week. It took an inventory of assets, finding "an empty wood shed, paper bills overdue, last week's patent held fcr'expressage, 000 'busted.' subscribers," and didn't rind the $1200 due it on its books. ' ;' , The democrats in, congress got up their courage Tuesday and put sugar ! on the free list It remains to be seen if, after the items are settled, the bill can be passed. y It is thought that with energetic work the 1890 census will be completed and gotten out of the way in time to clean out the drawers of the census bu reau before 1900. ' -:.:,- ' KEWS X0TF.S. Nicaragua is having a serious revolu tion. The Brazilian rebellion is said to be about at an end, rumor having it that the whole matter is to be submitted to arbitration. T , Water was let into the tunnel at Ni agara Tuesday. This is the first effort to control that mighty water power. Chris Evans and Ed Morrell are now said to be safely out of Hi s state of Cal ifornia. One report places them in Mexico and the other on shipboard on the Atlantic. , England is having trouble .on ac count of the silver problem. In India. It seems probable that a bi-metallic agreement may yet. be forced on- the civilized World. '' ' ;' Mrs. John Braddock died at Hazel ton, Pa., Tuesday, aged 120 years. An intensely cold wave struck Wy oming, Nebraska and Kansas Tuesday, the'thermometer ranging from 20 to 40 below.! In Oklahoma much, suffering is reported, the settlers being unpre pared for the severe cold. Sugar is on the free. list and iron and coal will follow it. ( . Hon. Harvey Seottof the Orcgonian is mentioned as a candidate for gov ernor. , . .. The democratic state central commit tee will meet at Portland, February 2d, to select a place and fix a'time for hold ing the state convention. The biennial meeting of the Youne jueu s itepmiiican uiuos ot Oregon will be held in Portland February 6th, at 10 o'clock. Every re pu bliean club in the state is entitled to representation on the basis of one .delegate and one addi tional for every 25 members. Sugar and irdn are on the free list as far as the loA'er house is concerned; coal wiil be added next arid then wool. AYEffs FAS CURED OTItt ML CURE YOU -j Ten years of age, but who declines to give his name t5 the public, makes this authorized! confidential statement tij us: "When I was one year old, my mnmma died of consumption. The doctor said that I, too, would soon die. and all our neighbors thought that even if I did not die, I would never be able to walk, because I was so weak and puny. A gathering formed and broke under my arm. I hurt my finger and It gathered anil threw out pieces of bone. . , If I hurt myself so as to break the skin, it , was sure to become a running sore. I had to take lots of medicine, but nothing has (lone me so much good as Ayer's Sarsapa- rilla. It lias made me well aud strong." T. D. M., Noroatur, Kans. 7 AYER'S SarsapariJla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maea. Cures others, will cur.e you TSTKAY. I have this day taken up one brindle steer about 4 years old, one light red heifer 2 years old, one spotted yearling heifer, all marked with a crop off left ear; one brindle calf, no marks. Owner can have same by paying charges. Antone Wise. Jan. 20, 1S94. '. -' . Foa - SALE. , i 7 .. , A 4 spring 3,seated mountain hack; new. 'A. S. Blowers & Co. Our Wonderful Remedy ! DR. GRHNT'S CLOHLO Tie Kins of Dyspepsia RemeJiss. QSold under a Positive Guarantee, prepared iir . The 0. W. R. Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon. For sale at Hood River Pharmacy. The undersigned being located near Hood Rivef, wishes to inform parties who may be desirous of having sur veying done, that he is a practical surveyor of many years experience, and that work entrusted to him will be performed with dispatch and correct ness. He takes pleasure in referring to Mr. A. S. Blowers, (who for years was county commissioner in Minnesota,) and for whom he did county work as county surveyor, as to his ability. Parties writing me at Hood will re ceive prompt attention. - C. J. Hayes. Dated Hoed River April 6th, 1891. A. B. Blowers. W.M.Yates. A. S. BENNETT. A 1 TORN EY-A T-LA W. OP FICE IN SH AXNO'S BUILDING CORNER ?F COURTAND SECOND STREET, ' - '' i The Dalles, Oregon. J. F. WATT, Physician and Surgeon , HOOD RIVER, OR. i Is especially prepared to treat Diseases of Nose and Throat. , , D0FUB & Merfee, . Attorneys-at-Law, Chapman Block, over Postoff ice THEi DALLES OREGON. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Vancouver, wash. Jan. 10, 18f)4. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has tiled notice of his inten tion to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be mad beiore W. R. Dnnbar Commissioner United States Circuit Court for District of Washington at Goldendale, Washington, on February hj, um, viz: George B. Lyle, Pre-emption Declritory Statement No. 2808, for the 8 e Vt sec 2, tp 4, n r 12 east, will, mer., He names the fallowing witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: Thurmon K. wrlght, John B Simmons, Frank R. Reynolds, Lewis C. wrierht. all of Lvle O.. wash. JuUSfbl John D. Ukooegan. Register! NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ITimber Land, Act June 8, 1878. United States Land Office, Vancouver, Wash., December lij 1893. Notice is hereby iriven that in comnliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June is, 1878, entitled 'An act for the sale of timber lanus in the states of California, Ore gon, sevautt ana v asn. xer., - I'eier Li. earner-. on oi White Salmon county of Klickitat state.of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn statement No. lbUi, for the purchase of tue iou4i,diz,6;;se4 ne4 ai ne4 se4 oi sec. no. b in tp.o. -1 north, range No. 11 east, and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more vaiuaoie lor its uuiDeror stone tuan lor agri cultural purposes and to establish his claim to said land beiore the Register aud Receiver oi i u is uir ice at Vancouver w asn., on Tuesday the 27th day of February ,1SH. He names as witnesses: Frank Lane; G. A. Thomas; Ed ward Fordice, all of White Sal mon wash, Goige Gilmer, of Gilmer P. O. wash. . , , . Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims in this officeonor before said 27th day of February 18H4. dc23 fb25 , John D. Geoghegan, Register. FOB SALE. House and lot iu ply to Hood River. Ap A. S. Blowebs. RAW FURS. I will pay the highest market value for all kinds of raw furs during "the season at Hartley's butcher shop, v ' H. D. Langille. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land OfflcelatJVancouver wash.: Jan. 17; 1894 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make commutation final proof in supportof his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver U. S. Land Office at Vancouver Wash, on Thursday MarclTlf, 18W,viz: Peter C. Cameron. ,. Hd. No. 8877 ror the n w 1-4 n w 1-4 ec 24 and nn e 1-4 ands e 1-4 n e Usee 28 Tp5 n r 10 e w m: H names tha following witnesses t prove hr eontlnnous residence npon and cnltlvn lon of, said land, flit Q, A. Thomas, Robert W. Kordyce, of white Salmon wash. Geonce W. Gilmer, Charles W. Gilmer, Gilmer, of waih Ington. nan fb24 John D. Gkoqiieqan, R3glsten THE SINT'S REST, V at ;' AM E S V I L L E. WINES, . CIGARS. CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY V a specialty, : . .-' - ' DEALER IN - , FURNITURE, AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING . . '-'' , MATERIAL. ... ' ' ':: :',.. ;TV; Wat !: Papcr,;Paints,v0!Ss';etc.V';;:;:: ' A large supply of, and Exclusive Eight to sell . i.ukMl XI ... W f Celebrated liquid colors and tinted leads. , ITadortakiiigf'- a Specialty. .; Prepared to furnish at once, a fine class of cofflus, also a cheap grado but neat and substantial. : JOBBERS AND RETAILERS IN ' HAEBfAEE,;;: TIM W ABE, ' Etc," - Comer of Second land' Federal Streets. CELEBRATED ' Acorn and Charter Oak ' Stoves and Ranges. Cans, Ammnnltion and Sporting Goods, Iron, Coal, . '' -'. Blacksmith Supplies, . Wagon maker's Material, . Sewer Pipe, . Purrrfts and Ppipe, ! - . Plumbing Supplies. : , Th"at thirty days' ip as long as we can PrescriptAcus and Private Forsnnla peQaltssl And a Complete Line of - DRUGS, CHEMICALS AID, HBDICIHES. YOURS FOR HOOD RIVER, 1 , , "WILLIAMS n r 1 ' m 5 MfIaw I Ti fi 1 I Jr. w. M ; IMA tLilij ? : ' HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE Choicest Meats,' Ham, . . Bacon, lard, Game, , Poultry, Also Boalors in -: VEGETABLES Ai-D FROSTS. Corner of Oak and Fourth Streets, - - - - Hood Itiver. OreQou. R. E. SALTMARSHE & CO.. AT THE STOCK YAEI, DEALERS IN . , Hay and Grain in Car load Lots or Less. Live Stock Boug&t and Sold, . And stock in transit fed, watered and given the best of care. THE DALLES, - , - OREGON. SUMMONS. In Justice Court of Wasco county, state of Or eraD, for Baldwin precinct. Charles L. Morse, plaintiff, vs. Kicuard Bowen, de fendant. - , To Kicliard Bowen, the t bove narfied defend ant: , . In the name of the state of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear before the under signed, a justice of the peace In said precinct, in said county and state, on the 2Jth day of February A. D., 18!!4, at 10 o'clock in the fore noon of siiid day, at his ollice in said precinct to answer the complaint of Charles L. Morse, founded upon an account for labor and material furnished by him, in driving and banking acertain lot of telephone iioles at Hood Kiver,- Wasco county, Oregon, md for labor and services In driving said j)Olcs, performed by Charles Johnson, M. F. ljoy, Clarence Morgan, Sterling Dark, 1 Andy Rand, Frank Watson, Malty Dnkes, T. II. Emerson, Olinger fe Bone, Will Kankin, Bert Rankin, F. W. Barbee, T. V. Dallas and Iu. K. Morse, which accounts have been assigned to said plaintiff, who Is now the owner of the same, and wherein ho demands the sum of one-hundjed and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, and his cost; and disbursements herein. - - - This summons Is served upon you by pub lication in tlie Hood Kiver Glacier, a newspa per published weekly at Hood Uiver, Wasco county, Oregon, for six successive weeks, by order or the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said precinct and county, which or der was duly made and entered pn the 2Stli day 0fl)eeerber. 1803. Joskpii A. Knox Justice of tlie Peace for Wasco County Or., ; Baldwin Prccinctj, , ' KU om uod 'tJJ W Saw . ndn tmP Ftc. Studebakeh and Carriages Osborne rs? Reaper. and Mower.. AGENTS FOR 111, Mi Ste Company's AgTienltiiral Inpleraenta and JIacliinery. " , ;. BARBED - WIRE. :. credit good?, and would respectfully Iz, BBOSIUE. - : jdkj VRnn wssb mnmij cnniv , THE "REGULATOR LINE." Navigation Co. Through Freight and Passenger Lino. The steamer Regulator will ran trl freeXly trips, tearing The Dll Moo- -days, Wednesdays, rd Fridays, Dectlnj with steamer Dalle City. XU turnlns, will leave Portland Toy Thtrrsdays, and 8nturLys, connertiDjf with steamer Regulator at the Locks. All freight will como through without delay' PASSENGER RATES. ' One way $2 00 Round trip..., 3 00 Freight. Rates Greatly Reducsd. Shipments for Portland received at any time, day or night. Shipments for way landings must be delivered be fore 5 p. in. Live stock shipments so licited. Call on or address, . W. C. ALL AWAY, General Agent. 15. F. LAUGIIL1N, General Manager, THE DALLES, OREGON wffl-ifww,in.i