;foQd Jiver Slacier.
HATURdXy, DECEMBER. 22, 1894.
1UE VOl'INO MACHINE.
H. A.' (?iiM)rd of San Francesco has
patented iv voting machine. It is said
to comprise all the good features of the
Australian ballot, with the added ad
vantage of great expeditionsness both
in recording votes and ascertaining
election results. We hope the Oregon
egiHlatuj;e- ;vili investigate the ma
chine, and if it will do what is claimed,
for it it should be adopted;1 The fol
lowing from, the Argonaut explains
how the piachine.-works:
"The voter, upon entering the. room
in which.lvo 'is to vote, fiuds one por
tion oM(e.vypin,.curtalned off. Only
the vole; jij.ailowed behind this cur
tain, and jit' only while a .the act of
voting, passing behind the curtain,
lie flnds'a long box' with the names of
the various candidates arranged like the
keys of a piano. Each candidate has a
peculiar uiiHibur, and back of each is a
key with a corresponding number. The
party designation is printed upon the
slip containing the candidate's name,
and a furt her ;disti notion may be made
by printing thecandidate.s of each party
on paper of a particular' color; thus,
republican candidates on blue paper,
democrats on red and populists on yel
low. The voter registers! his .choice by
pressing down' the keys corresponding
in number 't6t the candidates for -whom
he wishes to vote.' "" By ; an automatic
device, when a key Is pressed down,' it
is locked and cannot be pressed ' again
until the voter has left the booth. At
the same time, the keys corresponding
to the other candidates for the same of
fice are locked and cannot be voted
until the-nrst is released. When the
voter leaves the booth one of the elec
tion officers pulls a string, which re
leases all the buttons and the machine
is ready loho next, voter. , -: , : ;
"As will he seen, the process of vot
ing is as simple as under present meth
ods, while the opportunities for fraud
are reduced to a minimum. The voter
may use a "memorandum, to assist
hiui in voting, but heeauhot vote a
ballot already -prepared; he cannot
mark his ballot for subsequent indenti
ficatlon, nor can he take out of the
booth any record to show how he has
voted. He cannot vote for any candidate
more thaii.nce; and his ballot, cannot
be tampered with after he has voted
it. Absolute secresy and aecuracy are
secured. ''Thus the ' voting machine
achieves the purpose of the Australian
ballot more effectively than that meth-'
od can. But -it has : another advan
tage that recommends it. Ws each but
ton is pressed down, it.fcuts a circular
hole in a strip of paper running urider-
the strip of paper is; advanced ;a half
inch, and -is 'thus ready for the next
voter. At the same time an' automat
ic numbering machine at the back and
covered from view is advanced one
number. 'JVhen the polls are closed,
the back of the machine is opened, and
the vote for each candidate appears
opposite hisnumber. The holes in the
paper-tapes may be counted to verify
thisvote. ''.:': ',
"The time occupied in voting would
be somewhat less than with the Aus
tralian ballot.; In one .'town, in New
York, thai'ewere three tickets apd a
.total of ninety candidates." 'Three ma
chines were used and 'the total vote
Cast was, thirteen hundred and fifty
nine, or about four hundred and fifty
to each machine. The1. tlmV occupied
by the individual voters ranged: from
five seconds to one and three-quarter
minutes lie Jongest ,,'iriteryal being.
Considerably less than that allowed
under the reformed ballot laws for the
voter to mark his ballot. "In another
town one machine was sufficient for
five hundred and 'fifty-one voters, but
in this case, there were only forty-four
candidates and the work of voting
would be simpler. In this state one
machine in each precinct , would be
ample, and the result coul'd'be announ
ced wlthiqiteii minutes after the polls
close. - Thj w.ork of . collecting the: rer
turns at the city hall and tabulating
them wobld ' reqU ire' . more tl me, : bu t
' two houro.iight.tQ be enough tp as?
certain tlie Jesuit aa to every candidate.
"The advantages. gained by the ma
chine are-absolute secresy, the .impos
sibility of tampering with the voter's
ballot, th( -rapidity With" which " the
rsult is known, the accuracy' of this
result, and ,'il'e economy of the system
'f he macfiine takes up far ' less ' room
than the booths of the Australian sys
tem, and the automatic counting elim
inates the expense, of 'election officers
for two or thee days while theresult is
being asofji'tiiined ,:,under the present
system." V.. f
THE SCHOOL-BOOK QUESTION:
Prof. P. A. Snyder, principal of the
v Wasco public schools, writes a Iengtay'
communication' to The Dalles Chronicle
in which be takes issue with those'' op
posed to a change in text books for the
public schools. This subject is' being
discussed pretty thoroughly by the
press and teachers of the state. The
question, it seems to us, should be left
as far as possible with the teachers to
decide. As 'Mr. Snyder -says,'' "the
workman is the best judge of his tools."
We quote; a portion of hie article, as
follows: " '
"-"Jf there is no need of a change now 1
in some of the school books used in
this state, may I ask when . there ever
will bo need of a change? If these
books are good enough for the pupils
and teachers of the schools of Oregon
for the present and for the' next six
years, they are good enough for all eter
nity, and by all means-let the state
board of education enter into a con
tract with the publishers to that effect
To re-adopt the present series of books
in use In the state is to handicap every
progressive teacher in the state,' and iu
flict a wrong on every pupil in ourpub-
lic schools. I will go a little further
and say that the re-adoptlon ' of' the
present series ' of text books will in
many instances result in many of our
pupils leaving our schools with a very
imperfect knowledge; of the-branches
studied. In fact, the pupils are the in-
juried parties directly, and indirectly,
the parents of those pupils.
"Let me draw a homely illustration:
Suppose a farmer to be feeding stock for
market and profit. After he has been
feeding his stock for some time, he
finds they are not thriving, and on in
vestigating he fiuds the food at fault
Would not that farmer be exceedingly
unwise if he did not at once substitute
a different kind of food, even though
the substituted food cost a trifle more?
If this illustration is just and applicable
to dumb brutes and the, money-getting
side of life, how infinitely more should
it be true with regard to the mental
food which is given our bright boys
and girls of this state. .-.-.-.
. ,"It is hardly fair to presume that the
present financial stringency will re-,
main with us for the next six years;
whereas if this present series of books
is re-adopted, we are "into it"; for the
next six years. : Moreover, as I am in
formed, the bids of different publishing
houses run all the way from'au even
exchange to one-third the retail price
of the present books now in use. This
being the case, I cannot see ' that it
will be a very grievous burden to the
parents. Besides, parents have from
January 1st prox. to uext October to
provide for this change.
"I challenge any person to deny the
truth ot this statement, namely: That
the language series in this state is re
garded in all ' the most progressive
schools as a lamentable failure. It con
sists of three books The Barnes Lan
guage Lessons, which has some merit;
Sill's Grammar, which seems to have
been written without any definite aim,
a ship without a rudder in the lan
guage sea; and last, Clark's Grammar,
a grammar of nearly fifty years ago; a
grammar of theory and no- practice.
There is no connection , whatever be
tween the books. This alone is a vital
defect. . A state language series should
be one continuous chain from - the
lowest work to the- highest, . if such a
thing is possible. Next in defective
ness is the Watson Speller, details Of
which need not to be entered into,
after which come these books, iu about
the order of their merit, Monteith's
Geography, Barnes' National Series of
readers, and the Fish Arithmetic, the
first mentioned having the least merit.
"This article appears in the interest
of no one, except the schools of Oregon,
with their bright boys and girls, with
whom the writer has had to work for
the past four or five years, and his own
personal interests as a teacher." .
, A correspondent of the Sun, writing
from Oregon City and claiming to be
a republican, says the Glacieb
''strongly supports Senator Dolph for
re-election." It is very unkind in this
correspondent to insinuate that we be
long to the sume party he belongs to.
The state teachers' association will
meet! in Portland next Wednesday,
continuing iu session three days. The
railroad companies will give the teach
ers special rates, and a large attend
ance is anticipated.
The St. Lonis Republic 'Free. '
The "twice-a-week" St. .Louis Re
public will be Bent FREE FOR ONE
YEAR to any person sending, before
January 31, 1895, a club of three NEW
yearly subscribers, with $3 to pay for
the same. Already the clans are gath
ering: for the fray In 1806, and 1895 will
be full of interesting events. The skir
mish lines will be thrown out, the ma
neuvering done and the plans of cam
paign, arranged for the great contest in
'96. The remaining short session of
the democratic congress, to be followed
shortly by a republican congress with a
democrat in the presidential chair will
be productive of events of incalculable
interest. In fact, more political his
tory ; will be constructed during 1895
than in any year since the foundation
of the government, and a man without
a newspaper will be like a useless lumd
in the movements of public opinion.
You can get three subscribers for the
Republic by a few minutes effort. Re
member in the Republic subscribers get
a paper twice a week Sot the price of a
weekly only $1 a year. Try it, AT
ONCE, and see how easily it can be
done. If you wish a package of sample
copies, write for them. Cut out this
advertisement and send with your or
der. (Address the St. Louis Republic,
St. Louis, Mo. .
' The Oregonian asks If our experience
with free trade-has been encouraging?
We have not tried free trade, and are
not likely to. Our experience - with
reduced tariff has been - encouraging
to the people generally. The farmer
who cannot sell his wheat except in
competion with the world, does not
relish enriching any class of manufac
turers or producers at the expense of
himself, and is "encouraged" in having
the burden roduced. Forest Grove
Times. '- - -; - - -
A Brjlliant Scheme.
Hood River, Dec. 20, 1894. Editor
Glacier: As' there has been consid
erable talk about building mills, fac
tories, etc., in our village, and none of
the proposed schemes have yet ma
terialized, I wish to call the attention
of the people iu the valley to a project
now under consideration which, if
carried out, will change this dull little
town from what it is now to a bustling
city. The scheme is to build a large
flume, say twenty feet wide and ten
feet deep, from up the rivr somewhere
near Van Johnson's place to a point
here near the railroad track, then turn
the whole (or what is needed) of Hood
river into the flume; then sell power at
this end to saw mills, flouring mills.
woolen mills,'electric light plants, or
any other plant that wants to start;
also furnish the residents of the city
free water. . .
Skeptics may ask ' where the cash is
to come from to build this flume, and
how right of way is to be obtained, and
how can we use the water out of the
river, etc., to which I will answer: Iii
the first place, the whole thing was
started and will be managed by the
same parties who have, been building
irrigating ditches all' over this valley
every winter for the last ten or twelve
years. This should satisfy any one
that it ; will be a success. Besides all
this, the city can be bonded for 'fifteen
or. twenty thousand dollars to' Btart
with, and as it will not cost over fifty
thousand dollars, the balance could be
picked up easily.' As to right of 1 way,
every one should be willing to give
that, and when it comes to changing
the course of all or a part of any stream
iu this valley, we claim prior right.
Some of us have been here a long time
and believe we have a right to run
things our own way, and if we can't
we will make a big kick. ,
New, I think this should settle the
question satisfactorily to every one's
mind, and there should be no objection
to so grand an undertaking, A,few
years since I would have hesitated be
fore advocating such a scheme, butiis
man grows old the brain expands, and
what looked . like an elephant In mid
dle age now appeara like nothing. I
am anxious to see this matter under
way at once. Delays are dangerouc.
DeLessups and many other greut men
are gone and many great undertakings
thereby left unfinished. 1 think it best
to accomplish great undertakings while
we are blessed with great heads among
us: so let us get to work before some
thing happens; ' I am not fueling very
well myself. One of 'Em.
Portland Universal Exposition. 1 -The
management of the Portland
Universal'Exhibition has been assum
ed by a committee of Portland business
meu, comppsed.pf Van JJ, DeLashmutt,
General Manager; G. E. Sturgis, Julius
Lang, J. F. O'Shea and E. W. McCon
uell, and henceforth the" fair . will be
strictly a Portland and Pacific- north
west enterprise. Agreat many changes
will be made in policy and methods of
of management, and in many respects
the fair will be made more attractive
to visitors from outside the city. - The
admission to the fair is 25 cents, and
this gives free range to visitors except
Into the special shows of the midway,
all of which charge but 10 cents each,
except the 1100,000 cyclorama of the
battle of Missionary Ridge, which js50
cents. These special shows are all
well ' worth the price charged and
among them are some of the best at
tractions of the midway., plaisance of
the world's fair. . The difficulty of the
old management with the labor unions
haa been settled, and the superb Port
land military band ia now delighting
visitors with its aplended music. The
band concert alone ia worth the price
of admission. Special excursions will
be run from all the . cities along the
railroad lines, ample notice of which
will be given.
r - ; - - -. c -
Important Land Information. '
Furnished by W. D; Harlan, Land Attorney,
Washingi n, D. C . : '
Under the sundry civil appropriation
act, approved August 18, 1894, all sol
diers' additional homestead certificates
heretofore issued are declared valid,
notwithstanding any attempted sale or
transfer thereof; sales or transfers "of
such certificates heretofore or hereafter
made shall not be regarded as' invaM
idating the right, but the same shall be
good and valid in the. hands of. bona
fide purchasera for value; and all en
tries made or hereafter made with such
certificates' by such purchasers shall be
approved and patent shall issue in' the
name of the assignees. '; " ''.'
Recertified certificates under the law
are 50 per cent more valuable than the
Old certificates. 1 i Entries heretofore
made by soldiers under certificates may
be patented, on proper proof of owner-
ahip, to the assignee. :'".'-.'.'
The United States grand Jury failed
to find a bill against Gibbons, Savage
or Klein for robbing the postoffice here.
There was no testimony except that; of
Klein, and that unsupported would
not be sufficient to convict. - .Besides
the testimony coming-from-a person
already convicted of a crime had but
little weight. Chronicle.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarland ar
rived from' Portland on Wednesday
morning. Mr. McFarland is . rapidly ,
recovering from the effects of his
cent illness, caused by appendicitus,
.which is quite gratifying to his many
friends in this and other counties. His
entire recovery ia but a matter of time.
-JTeppner Gazette. - . -
j May Locate Here.
Oakland, Or., Dec. 17, 1394. Capt.
A. S. Blowers, Hood River, Or. Dear
Sir: In answer to yours of the 15th
Inst.', since receiving Mr. Winans'
! proposition, I think best not "to ask
Hood Eiver to give me the mill site,
but would be glad of its good will and
influence.
" Mr. Davenport thinks a friend of his
will trade me lumber for my engine
and boiler, and I am waiting his an
swer. If we make the trade I w.ill
make Mrs. Oiler and A. Winans an
offer for the mill site, and if they ac
cept it the mill goes to Hood River; if
not, it does not." The reason for
hinging Hood River on the lumber
trade with Mr. Davenport is that Hood
River requires about 150,000 feet of
lumber to improve it- and Deschutes
about 60,000, and you know lumber
rots in a few years in flume and on
ground. Were it not for the good so
ciety and fine climate and boat and
railroad privileges I, would not think
of going to Hood River, as the site is a
Very expensive one to improve and un
der high water, but with these in its
favor I prefer Hood Ri ver. V '
.. i , W. E. Chamberlain.
'Only the Scars Remain,
"Among the many testimonials which I
see in regard to certain medicines perform-,
Ing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," -writes
Ueney Hudson, of the James Smith
vr uuieii mouiimery uo.j
Philadelphia,-Pa. " none
impress me more than my
ova case. Twenty years
ago, at the age of 18 yoars,
I had swellings come on
my legs, which broke and
became running sores.
Ourfamllyphysiciancould
gP do me no good, and it was
feared that the bones
would be affected. At last,
S my good bid' mother
I?? urged me to try Ayer'
ijjfj Sarsaparilla. I took three
EJ bottles, the gores healed,
a and I havo not been
lj3 troubled sinco. Only the
; scars remain, and the
J memory of the past, to
remind me of the good ;
Ayer's Sarsaparilla has done me. I now
weigh two hundred and twenty pound3, and
am in the best of health. .1 have been on the
road for the past twelve years, have noticed
Ayer's Sarsaparilla advertised Jn all parts
of the United States, and always take pleas
ure iu telling what good it did for me." .
- For the cure of all diseases originating in
Impure blood, the best remedy Is . . :
AYER'S Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mags.
Cures others, will cure you
:f,y.i i TOE SALE.
-4 0 -A. ere s I
-j Jfdar t6wn, good land, plenty, of watr, at a,
bargain.! Talk to me.
oo20 ' , , T. It. COON.
LEGAL BLANKS.
, The Glacier office has received a good as
sortment of Legal Blanks Deeds, Mortgages,
Leases, etc. and will hereafter have the same
for sale. ; i "
J DUFUR . & MENEFEE,
'" : Attorneys-at-Law,
4.""' '. i ' -
Chapman Block, over Postoffice
THE; DALLES OKEGON.
; NOTICE. . '
Notice is hereby given that I will apply to
the county court of he state of Oregon for
Wasco county, at the next regular term there
of, to wit; On the ninth day xf January, A. D.,
1895, for an order vacating the addition to the
town of Hood River, in said Wasco county,
known and recorded as Idlewllde Annex, to
gether with the streets and alleys thereof, and
all of them. Bald Idlewllde Annex comprises
all of that property platted and record
ed as a townsite, and lying adjoining the
property known as the Dr. Adams property,
or "Paradise Farm," on' the north. Said plat
of 'said Idlewllde Annex being recorded on
pages 114 and 115 of Book S of the record of
deeds of said Wasco count. y.'
"no24 . . T. J. WATSON, Trustee. .
i ( NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ,
Land Office at The Dalles. Oregon, Novem
ber 14, 18W.T.Notioe is hereby given that the
following-named settler has tiled notice of his
intention,to make flnal proof in supportof his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
llegistcr and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon,
on December 21, 18iU. viz: .. ,. , a , ;
,., John Biwersy... , ' ,
fld. E. No. S5S7. for the 'south southeast?
section 20, township 2 north, range 10 east,
W. M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence, upon and cultiva
tion of, said land, viz:
-John W. Henrichs, George E. Booth, AsaE.
Straight and Clarence P. Knapp. all of Hood
River. Oregon. JAS. F. MOORE.
i'nol7-de27 . , - . Register,
.. NOTICE FOR - PUBLICATION,.
. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, December
10, 1894. Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler haj tiled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before Register and Receiver at The Dalles,
Oregon, on January 23, 1895; viz: i
, Clarence P. Knapp, ,
Hd. E. No. 4148, for lots 1 and 2, and south
northeast quarter section 2, township 1 north,
range 10 east, W. M. ,
He nartes the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of, said land, viz: :'
S. M. Baldwin, George Booth, John Lentz,
J. N. Lentz, all of Hood River, Oregon. '
d!5 JAS. F.. MOOKE, Register
20 Acres of Fruit Land
for Sale.
I have for sale" 20 acres of unimproved land
that I will sell on reasonable terms. It is of
the best quality for apples and other fruit.
The land is easily cleared and can be watered
from the Hood River Supply Co.'s ditch. For
further particulars, call on or address
H. L. CRA.PPER,
d!5 ' .' .: Hood River, Oregon.
71 Eft:
$ SB A
1
TO BE
AT THEIR
New Year's Eve, December 31, 1894.
Music by the CASCADE ORCHESTRA. Supper will be served in the Hall.
Tickets $1 - - -
. i '' Ou sale at
Committee on Arrangements,
D. E. RAND, H. D. LANGILLE, E. V. HUSBANDS, C. E. MARKHAM,
v ' and II. A. ELLSWORTH.
Reception Committee,
F. E. JONES, W. D. McCRORY,' W. C. STRANAHAN, H. A. SHUTE ,
'.',. . . and G. W. GRAHAM. ; -
! r Floor Committee, j, 1;'"-.,-.;.
JAMES COOK, M. F. LOY, C. A. MORGAN, GEORGE STRANAHAN
. .. ; . and p. E. MARKHAM.- - ' .
, ' "Our Dances are always a Success."
, - . . -,
That thirty days'is as long as we can credit goods, and would' respectfully
. request our patrons to govern themselves accordingly. .'. ;
NOVELTIES - JN PERFU1VSES -
, !; And a fine line of bulk goods just arrived. ,
Ti!t
Try a box of the Four ScaFons, elegantly perfumed, at 25 cents. .Colgate's
superb 2-bit Soaps and the oW standard PERS and CUTICURA in any
quantity. . .
Quality rather than Quantity
, ' ; Our motto in every line. 1
: w WILLIAMS . & BROSIUS .
HAHNA i&
DEALERS IN '
! HOOD RIVER, OREGON. W
AGENTS FOR
Woonsocket Rubber
The Best in
I . We have a large line in stock.
O. B. HARTLEY. f
"EX A T?TPY.TEW Mr
GENERAL COIViiVllSSIOrJ 'lVlERCHANTS;
Fresh and Cured Me ats, Fresh and Salt lish,
Grain, Hay, Fruit, Vegetables, Butter,
- Eggs, Hides, Felts, Furs, etc., etc.
Business Done on a STRICTLY CASH BASIS.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON. ,
HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE
Choicest Meats, Ham,;'':''--..''.,: .' -V X.
,:-,'Baco2i, ' lard, Game, ; "
Poultry, Also Dealers in
VEGETABLES m D FRUITS.
Corner of Oak and Fourth Streets,' - - - - Hood River. Oregon.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES,
. . , ' ,. .. ', .. Address, ., -
. MnS. SARAH K. WHITE. Principal.
GIVEN BY
AUMOliV,
- Militia
the Drug Store.
; WOLFARD,
Boots arid Shoes.
the World.
. Call and examine goods.
H. D. LANGILLE.
. A Tfi.TT.T."F.
':, DliALJiKn .-UN , ;
The Annie Yright Seminary.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
1834. - Eleventh Year. 1894.
A Boarding School for Girls, -withSuperior
Advantages. .
Tbb Issimmoi J , MORAL ( DiTiLomnrf
Dmi CiairiL l INTELLECTUAL J or Tn
Attxntioi to m i PHYSICAL f Sivsira. ,