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HOOD RIVER, OR. MAR. 24, ii04. WORDS BASED ON MERIT. The following letter, comini? as it does from commission merchants, who jm certainly not prone to exaggerate the qualities of the products they pur chase to the fellows they purchase' Jrom, is worth a hundred asssertio.ns made by our own people, because of its -disinteiestedness. The letter is dated Llareh 10th, written from Colorado i&prings to Messrs. Manna & Woiford, land is as follows: "Gentlemen : Your car of apples came jo yesterday, and we must say they were a fine lot of apples, the best that has been in this market this'yearor any other year. You must certainly raise very fine fruit in your valley. We thank you for sending us such a nice car, and hope we will be "abl to do mor business with you.- We unloaded the car yesterday, and they are half isold out today. They will not last us long. We control nearly all the trade in this city, and we want to handle all kinds of fruit from your place this sea son. I understand thev have ji fruit growers' association there, and we want the agency lor this city. We get good prices here for all kiudnof fancy fruit, such as cherries, strawberries, and all Tother kinds. Hoping to hear from you .again, we are "Yours very truly, Gandy & Slaughter." . QUITE INCONSISTENT. The society known as the American Protective Association, or A. P. A., is .organized for the purpose of fighting Catholics, and more particularly to keep Catholic influence out of Iho pub lic schools. We agree with the society to the extent of keeping the public (Schools entirely non-sectarian, but we think the A.' P. A. stops abort of the .desired end. When the .effort was made to put nuns in charge of a public ;8iihool in the East, a cry went up that was heard to the utmost con tines of the country. At the same time, in the public schools of the United States can .be found hundreds of preachers em ployed as teachers. If it is wrong to put one denomination in the schools .as teachers it is another. As for us, we ;see nothing more reprehensible in em ploying a Catholic nun as a teacher than in employing a protestant minis ter. If one is wrong the other is wrong, lne public scuoois can ue a;iu should be run without any denomina tional instruction or supervision. T hey (Should be so conducted that Protestant and Catholic, Gentile and Jew, cuu (Send their children to be educated in the matters of this world, and that the question of religion and forms of wor ship maybe left entirely to parental dictation and the ripeuing judgment of the student. If the A. P. A. wdl carry its plan of elimination to it logical .conclusion, it will result in an estab lished church of the United States, or in one church alone which will be al lowed to teach its doctrines in the pub lic schools. It w ill do this, or It will ,do nothing. A LOGICAL CONCL VSION. The directors of the armory associa tion endeavored recently to make ar rangements with the secret societies of the town to hire the upper stories of the armory building, tue armory com pany to partition and finish the same ready for occupancy. . The attempt ailed, the principal reasoa advanced against the plan being thai the build ing wis "too far out of town." If it is loo far for able-bodied grown, people to walk to the armory once week, we eel that it would be a criiJie to locate ihe school building on top of the hill, where children would have to travel urther than to the armory, besides go jug up the 'hill and making the trip .twice a day. Tuesday, postmaster for Portland. He Is a thorough democrat, a long-time resident of Oregon and well qualified in e very way. , Jt is one of the best ap pointments yet made in Oregon and should be satisfactory to every demo crat save and except, of course, the un successful applicants. . The circulation of the New York World is now 4.33,167 copies a day. As the paper averages 20 pages, and the pages have an area of about two and a half square feet, each copy would con lain 50 square feet of printed matter, or fi total of 4,054 feet square, or a strip 5 feet high and 8ii0 mil?s Jong. . The sensational suit of Miss Pollard against Congressman Breckinridge is drawing rapidly to a close.. From the jiewspaper accounts of the testimony here can be no doubt but that the defendant is a white-haired old sinner who deserves to be in the penitentiary. A California professor has been sent to the John Day country to gather fos sils for his state. It is quite proper lo f nuke such a collection: but why send the prpfejssor through Portland. ' SEWS SOXES. Portland has several cases of diph theria, Governor Waite of Colorado seems determined to have blood shed. He called out the militia to enforce his command to the police commissioners to step down and out. The 'matter is now before the Hipreme court, but Waite declares he- will abide by the de cision only if it is in his favor. ...... Adolphe Krug, the defaulting Seattle treasurer, was convicted of using $10, 000 public money in a. manner not au thorized by law, and to make a profit thereby. He has 110 other indictments of a similar character against him. ' Louis Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot, died at Turin Tuesday. He was born April 'Z, 1S02. ' IXIT1ATIYE AXD REFEEKfOOI. A Si;ort Explanation of r.ri Important ' Reform Being Advocated in Oregon Law-Making by the People. : .-.No. l. , ' Published by request of the Joint Cammittoo on Direct Legislation, W. 8. (J'Ren, Secre tary, Milwaukie, Oregon. The initiative means that when a certain percentage of all the voters sign a petition in favor of the 'enactment of any new law, or repeal of an old one, and file their petition with the proper officer, the nroposcd law or ropeal must be submitted to all the voters at the ballot box at the next election. If the proposal receives a majority of the votes cast it becomes a law, otherwise not. Laws made by the initiative are not presented to the legislature at all. The referendum means that all bills passed by the legislature Tiiust be re ferred to the voters at the ballot box at the next election, and that no bill can become a law unless it receives a ma jority of the votes cast. District, town, city or county laws nr.! voted upon only by citizens of the 1 jcality to which the law will apply. Only general laws are referred to all citizens of the state The veto power is taken from the gpvernorand placed in the hands of the people. .All laws are printed in full and with each is a short statement of the reasons for and against its enactment. ' A copy of the pamphlet' containing these laws and reasons and a sample ballot is de livered to every voter. Making a law is purely ii business proposition. The reasons for and against being plainly stated in print by the parties offering and opposing the law, only a. little common seime being necessary for a wise vote. . - ' , , . '". This is' not in any sense a partisan question nor the property of any party. It was proposed in Oregon and has! been supported by a union of the State Farmers' . Alliance, Stale Grange, Knights of Labor, Portland Federated Trades ad Portland Central Labor Council. Money for the work has been supplied by these organizations and by republicans, democrats and people's party men individually. In cuse of urgency, if enough peti tioners can be obtained, a special elec tion may be held to enact or repeal a law, but there has never been good rea son for this as to a law made by ti e people. In our own country the only excuse for special sessions hus1 been to correct evil class legislation., ' When all the citizens make the law, and the vote of one counts for as much as any other,' class legislation must cease, because no class is strong enough to over-rule all other classes at the bal lot box. The mechanics aud laborers on the farm and in the city will have a power in law making that must be felt. The' tax-payers instead of the tax eaters will fix the amount of public ex penses. Under the present system it is net to. When the appropriation bills come up all partisanship disappears.' Republican-) and democrats are almost a unit, for everything in -eight,' from pearl-handle pocket knives lo branch asylums, and a populist draws mileage to go home via San Francisco. As lax eaters they are against the tax-payeis. They have the power and we loot the bills. : .,. ., .. . Some men say that the peopla aro too ignorant to vote wisely on the laws that may be submitted, but we have yet lo he"ar any man peak of himself as one of that ignorant class. The progress of the Swiss under the initiative and referendum is amazing. Their experience proves that "the wis dom of the wtiole people is greater than that of any part." Their greatest state, Zurich, has made all her laws and ap propriations of public money since 18-18, in excess of a very small sum, by direct vote af all the people, and they boast that they huve.no beggars nor paupers, nor does any man own $1,00!!, 000 worth of property in their state. The city of Zurich has a population of .02,000 and make all its laws success fully by the initiative and rtfcTendum. Their magnificent highways uro an ex ample for the whole world, their postal facilities are unequaled- and their free dom fiorn financial panics and social disturbances is particularly noticeable. Tramps are unknown. Their president gets only $3,000 a year; very few other officials receive more than $1200, while for local officers $400 is a high salary! The low salaries and close watch over public expenditures destroys the grei4 .thirst for public office from which v. e sutler. -, ':: By tile referendum none of these bodies can make a ' law, raise their j wages," or appropriate more than a very small sum fur any purpose without an endorsement at the ballot box. .'We shall be saved from that minority rule of which the repeal of the Sherman sil ver law is an example-;' On the vote 193 congressmen' voted for the repeal and 04 against it! . Of the 12,000,000 votes cast when these men were elected Ihe 103 received a trifle over 8,000,000, whilo the 0,000,000 were cast for the minority. This is what can be done under our present system. -...'-. The initiative aid referendum is the only practical plan thus far made by which the majority does really govern. It is the only peaceable way t obtain an indisputable expression of the will of the people on any question. This system ia not wholly new in the United States, as will be shown here after. '; " ' ' . All kinds of insect destroyers at he Hood River Pharmacy.- Plain Facts Revised. Mt. Hoop, Mar. 20, 1804. , Editor Glacier: . .; - In your issue of March 10th there ap! peared a colomn under the head, "The Other Side." Right here, gentle read er, let us assure, the Rev. S. M. Bald win that we do not need his "heartfelt sympathy." The Hawaiian question, silver bill and low tariff does not cut any figure in the question at issue i.e., the road, and if he is near the "starv ation" point wo will pass around the hat. -We will reassert right here that every signer to that petition is a tax payer and will Work on the road with a will. The Rev. S. M., in his reply, failed to deny any of the complaints in the petition and left the impression with the reader that the community was not capable of understanding what a good road was; and further, While the Rev. S. M. quotes Scripture, we quote facts. The complaints and petition was meant for the honorable county court, hut the Rev. S. M. has taken it all on himself. We do not need a "prerogative," but we would ask. him to exercise his prerogative, do his duty, work out the tax where it is needed, collect the tax on non-resident properly and expend such tax where It is most needed. J Samuel (not the Samuel of old) claims to have never collected but $1.50 taxes in all the time he has been road master. 1 We feel sorry that such is the case, hut for the benefit of the reader will give below a list of taxable, property within this district that is non-resident, and leave them to judge of the correctness of his statement: Mrs. G. H. Clarke, 120 acres land; Ore gon Lumber Co., 320; Fred Good fellow, 160; Hugh, Ross, 100; .James Hoag, 100; A. P. NmsIi, 480; A. Schenck, 40; O. I). Taylor, 100; James L.- l angille, 100: Lincoln Disbrov , 40; George Jones, jr., 120 acres, and -other parties that we are unable lo (rive the names of ut present. By ol der f Committee. Anil lie Was Nominated. Everything was progressing harmo niously in the populist's convention laf-t week. Nominees were advanced in an enthusiastic manner and were accepted as fast as they ciiine. The list had been brought down to the district attorney, when one of Governor Peunoycr's ad herents arose slowly from bis seat and eloquently declared: .','' "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of this worthy convention: A task has been imposed upon me, and I can as sure you that it is a most acceptable and pleasing one. I propose to present to this convention the name of a man for the office of district attorney. It is not necessary for a lawyer to occupy that position. In fact, no brains are needed lor tne office. A little judgment, and that is all that is required. I now take pleasure in suggesting the name of T.A. Wood." " ,. Mr. Wood was unanimously chosen, but he has uot been able yet to under stand that nominating speech.- Wel come.' . Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but who now resides In Honolulu, Writes: "For 20 years past, my wife nnd 1 liave used Ayer's ' Hair Vigor, and wa attribute to it the darkA hair which she and I -now have, while hun- : dreds of our acquaint ances, ten or a dozen years younger than we, are either gray-headed, white, or bald. When asked how our hair has retained its color and fullness, we reply, ' By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor nothing else.'" "In 1868, my affianced was nearly bald, and .V- tho hair S kept fall -"1 ing out every day. I Induced , v E hertouse Ayer's Hair Vlgosr, and very soon, it not only checked any further loss of hair, but produced an entirely new growth, which has remained luxuriant and glossy to this day. 1 can recommend this preparation to all in need of a genuine hair-restorer.' It is all that it is claimed to be," Antonio Alarrun, Bastrop, Tex. :;;v: ; vAYER'S. d.: 0' HAIR -VIGOR: . J. T. Flynn has writteu a pamphlet entitled "Stud-poker Finance.". It is a sprightly handling of the financial iU nation; is neither dry nor ancient, and is brim- full of original ideas from a very original man. Mr. Flynn under stands his subject and makes his points as . rk-ar as the pellucid waters of a mountain stream. The little hook can be purchased for 25 cents, and is well worth the mom v. E::c'rle:;s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped . Hand, Chilblains, Corns and all SUin Erupt ions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perlcct satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hood River Pharmacy. '.' Fine line of bath 'sponges at the Hood River Pharmacy. K I N D N ESS W E LL REPAID. How. a Little Art of Consideration Won Distinction For a Traveler. An Englishman making the grand tour about the middle of the last cen tury, when travelers were more ob jects cf attention than they are now, on arriving at Turin sauntered out to see the place. He hajjened to meet a regiment of infantry returning from parade and took a position to see it pass. A young captain, evidently anxious to make a display before the stranger, in crossing one of the numerous wa ter courses with which the city is in tersected, missed his footing, and in trying toave himself lost his hat. The exhibition was truly unfortu nate the spectators laughed and looked at the Englishman, expecting to see him laugh too. On the con trary, he not only retained his com posure, but promptly advanced to where the hat had rolled, and taking it up presented it with an air of un affected kindness to its confused owner. . The officer received it with a blush of surprise and gratitude and hur ried to rejoin his company; there was a murmur of applause, and the stranger passed on. Though the scene of a moment and without a woi'd spoken, it touched every heart, not with admiration' for a mere dis play of politeness, but with a warm er feeling for a proof of that true charity "which never faileth." On the regiment's being dismissed the captain, who was a young man of consideration, in glowing terms related the circumstance to his colo nel. The colonel immediately men tioned it to the general in command, and when the Englishman returned to his hotel he found an aid-de-camp waiting to request his company to dinner at headquarters. , :;.. In the evening he was carried to court, at that time, as Lord Chester field tolls' us. the most brilliant court in Europe. Of -course during his stay at Turin he was invited everywhere, and on his departure he was loaded with let ters of introduction to tho different states of Italy". Philadelphia Times. VVliat a "Plush Cnt" Means. Talk about the "Queen's English I" Men get up seme perplexing ques tions. Hero is a conversation I over heard at a theater the other night. Two gentlemen were back of me. One said to the other: ' . "Just look around. You can't see a plush cut anywhere.'" Plush cut? What did he mean? Hooked around also. Evidently there were none in sight. , His friend said : .'''. "That's so. You don't see them much now. I presume they will come' back again soon. They come in fads. One fellow who is popular takes it up, and the others are sure to follow suit.'" Curiosity had opened my ears at first. ' Desperation was straining them now. "Yes. generally one bright fellow leads the style for the swim, and the fellows in other cliques take it up. A year ago in any auditorium in the city every fellow that pretends to keep up with the day wore his hair standing up in the most decided pom padour. Now they go to the other extreme) perfectly flat." ' And so "plush cut" means hair cut a la pompadour. Chicago Tribune. . The Tale of tho Telephone. The first .telephone that was ever used was not electrical, nor was it a scientific instrument in any sense of the term. A little more than 50 years i ago the employees of a large rnanu j factory beguiled their leisure hours i by kite flying. Kites large and small went up daily, and the strife was to ' see who could get the largest. The twino which held them was the thread spun and twisted by the la- dies of the village. j One day to the tale of tho largest kite was attached a kitten, sewed in a canvas bag, with a netting over tho mouth to give it air. When the kite was at its greatest height 200 foetor more the mewing could be distinctly heard by those holding the string: To the clearness of the at mosphere was attributed the hearing of the kitten's voice. This is the first account wo remember cf speaking along a line. Sheffield Telegraph. The most eminent English and American physicians have declared that no boy under 2-1 is able to stand the enormous drafts made upon his vitality by excessive training or "spurts" in athletic sports without risk of impairing his strength for life. a E 3'S1'E1 DEALER IN FURNITURE AND ALL MilTiiilllAlj. , , Wall Paper, Paints, Oils etc. A large supply of, &nd Exdwtive Sight to sell Celebrated liquid colors and tinted leads. , Undertaking a Specialty. Not a member of a "trust" but of an association, devoted to advancing the interests of the profession ,and will cell as cheup as anyone not in the association: JOBBERS AND Comer of Second CELEBRATED Acorn and Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. Onnn, Ammunition and Sporting: Goods, Iron, Coal, ' ' Blackamith Supplies, Wagonmaker's Material, Sewer Pipe, Pumps and Ppipe, Plumbing Supplies. - "WE DECIDED That thirty days as long as we can credit good?, and would respectfully ; v , request oilr patrons to govern themselves accordingly. 3SobiKiTrexlarM-suc37"ffl s. m 'P Prescriptions and Private Formula . - And a Complete Line of DRUGS, GHEMIGALS AHD MEDICINES. YOURS FOR HOOD RIVER, HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE Choicest Meats, Ham, V .-,- ' ' ". Bacon, ' lard, Game, - . Poultry, Also Dealers in VEGETABLES AMD FRUITS. Corner of Oak and Fourth Streets,, ; - - - - Hood River. OrefMk. E. SI- . NlOKEtSBlT- : DEALER IN MUSICAL INSTKUMENTS, V STATIONERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, BLANK-BOOKS, SCHOOL i SUPPLIES, BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NOTIONS, CANDIES AND TOBACCO. The Prather, Building,Second & Oak Sta. NOTICE FOR PUBLICS TION. hand Office at The Dalles Or. Mch. 12, 1894. Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler lias filed notice of his intention to make linal proof In support of his claim, and tnat said proof will be made before the Itegister and lleceiver U. S. L. O. at The Dalles Or. on April 25, 1884, viz: . ; , Henry Ries. ' - Hd 3200 for the lots 8 and 4 and s n w ? sec 4 Tp 1 s r 10 e w m. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: David Cooper, Oeorge Perkins, William Rodenhiser, George Winner, allofMt. Hood Or. . mcbl7ap21 ' John W. Lewis, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Vancouver wash. March 1, 1804. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed not ice of her intention to make comma ation final proof in support of her claim, and that suiii proof will be made be fore Keginfer anl Receiver U. S. Land Olflce at Vancouver wash, on April 7, 18U4, viz: Mary E. Howell. M. E. 8C05, for the s e sec 15 Tp 3 n r 11 w m. -.'' She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: Mrs. C. F Patterson, of Portland Oregonr, Henry Johnston, Carl Miller, of White Salmon Wash, B, 3r Craw ford, of Cascade Locks. Oregon. v mc8ap7 John D. Gtkoghegas. Register. FOS SALE. House and lot, in Hood River. Ap plj tO A, S. JbSLOWJSBB. KINDS OF BUILDING RETAILERS IN TINWARE, Etc, Tic. and Federal Streets. Studebaker and Mow.r. AGENTS FOR IcM, Lewis Htanr Company's Agricnltiiral Inplnats and Machinery. BARBED WIRE. THE SAINTS' REST, A M E S V I L L E. LIQUORS ; V- CIGARS. ; CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY , a specialty. HAW FURS. I will pay the highest market value for all kinds of raw furs during th season at Hartley's butcher shop. H. V- LANatM 1 U aUsi B v