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3ecd driver Slacier. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1S90. 'iiionuiaiuB 111 Vjuluxui uuiuly the president elect; but I don't blame "Felix Fax" for being ashamed of the supporters of McKinley. Kow comes ex-Gov. Hogg f Texas. After the Southern Pacific railroad had taken about 300 men under command of Gen. Frye from California, sidetracked them ki a small Texas town and left cars loaded with eatables with them to get Oiir Interest in the Cascade Reserve. Hood River, Or., Deo. 8, 1890. Ed itor Glacier: Whether or not forests HHypt streams wascleailv demonstrated I "" urrTStaiids. Marion Moore'Ofttu-tv v. Hogg. The gov- pretty cold weather, all right, but for seven weeks in February and March, 'Cu, the temperature was 40 below zero at the" express station between Des Chutes and John Day rivers. More than twenty Florence miners perished in the snow between Walla Walla and The Dalles. One of them, the son-in-law of Capt. R. R. Thompson, died now in Hood river was unprecedented at this time of year, and of the three , lraiiehes of the river the east fork con tributed by far the most of the water which cHtised the sudden rise of the ninin stream, and this foi the situ pi reason that the water shed of .the east fork is the range of high, almost barren hills, which bound the valley on the east. Formerly these hills were com paratively well covered by forest growth and under brush, but during late years the ravages of sheep and tire have denuded the bills of this protee tlon, and the result Is that the rainfall unimpeded by trees, brush, sticks leaves, etc., which hold the water uiv til it percolates into and through the earth, to gradually find, an outlet through the. many springs and other sources, now. sweeps down these un protected slopes, unchecked in its pro grees, until the entire volume from these thousands of acres finds its way into the east fork, causing these sudae and extreme freshets, On the other hand, the middle an west forks, still protected by their rich forest coverings, rise, and fall more gradually without reaching a poin which endangers everything in their course. Let no protection be afforded to the forests and the work of da vast a tiot) continue until the entire water ehed is denuded, and to maintain .headjjate, dam or other structure along the course of Hood river will be almost un iin possibility. 'These, are simple suggestions, but while the fate of the Cascade forest re serve is pending we should be alive to the situation and. realize what its per petuation means to us. ' -H. D. Langille, C. L. Morse Has His "Say." IIood River, Or., Nov. 30, 1800. Editor Glacier: As I am one of your delinquent subscribers, as I believ "Felix Fax" to be, I take the liberty ot making a few remarks upon the ar ticle, "The Smashed Slate." . Now, if the columns of . the Glacier are open to such articles as mentioned, certainly am entitled to my say. The first man on the list of "Felix Fax's"' would-be sarcasm is Senator Butler of North Carolina. Now, the . only crime that can b laid at his door i iiiui, iie is me youngest memoer oi the United States senate. General ' Coxey uays his own bills. The would' lu brilliant light jumps at ex-Gov Wuite. if he would take the trouble to look back at the record made by .Gov. Waite's administration, he would find that while he wus governor he en lorced the laws at Deliver, closed the gambling houses and kept them closed until McEutiie, republican, was elect' ed, when they were opened as soon as he took his chair, and have been run -iiing.iufu.il blast ever since. The no ble republican delivered the goods he paid the men that elected him. Next comes Senator Tillman, the only rep resentative the farmers hnvn In the United States senate. All republicans were giving him praise until their purty ut St. Louis indorsed Cleveland's policy, and they could not stay with Tilimun and Clevelaud both, so they thook Tillman. No man ever read the works of Henry George aud'spoke Jightly of the author. Gov. Altgeld curried far more than his party vote in the late election, Penuoyer has beeu twice elected governor of this state, and last June was elected mayor of Port land, and is not dead yet; neither will the ridicule of the republicans kill him Ex-Gov. Llewellyn of Kansas comes next. The state has just held au elec tion, and after trying two years more of republican rule, have gone back to the populists, bag and. baggage. Debs' crime was such that they were afraid to give him a jury trial, so they sent him to prison any way all the sume Russia. R. P. Bland has always been a silver man, and the state of Missouri nus no suver mines, l once saw a novel about the Clan ua Gael, but did not read it, so know nothing about Patrick O'Flaherty. Mrs. Lease comes next in the list of those the noble "Felix Fax" would hold up to ridicule; she being a woman, with tome aspira tions to vole, and the writer knowing that if women ever do vote, they can not all be forced to vote the republican ticket, and can not be handled as the republicans handle the negro and the Indian vote. Hood River is a fair il lustration of how they vote the latter and who votes them For my part I am anxious to see the day when the women of this country will have equal rights, mother with son, wife with husband. J, for one, am ready to ad mit their superiority, Gorman staid with his party. Hill's aotion was an improvement upon Senator Mitchell's ernor sent them relief, and here is the message he sent to the Southern Pa cific Railroad officials: "That the con duct of the commonweal was as com mendable as the action of the railroad officials was damnable; that there was nothing in the annals of history as barbarous as their action in seeking to drive starving men into violatlou of the law that they might have the pleasure of punishing them for it; that he had directed the officers of the law that if these men committed depreda tions he would teach the autocratic, impertinent superintendent and other officials of that road lessons they never would forget, one of which would be the revocation of the churter of the road." And for this the republicans can see no good In Gov. Hogg, as their policy would have been to have left the men there until they broke open the cars, and then have sent them to prison. Senator Stewart comes next As he left the g. o. p. several years ago, and that being his only mistake, we will not try to rectify it. But now I am stuck In a tender spot ex-Gov. St. John of Kansas. A man I voted for in a state 60,000 republican; but they did not think they could stand any more of his temperance views, as 'he had "driven capital from the state and ruined her industries," so they voted for a beer-guzzling democrat. But the reforms he brought about in Kansas are there to stay, just the same, and also the reforms brought about by ex Gov. Llewelleu and the populists, as I have stated above. The people have returned, too, and are the same people that staid with St. John, in placing prohibition on the statute books of Kansas. As this covers the list that "Felix Fax" has turned his wit upon, I will close with a few remarks of my own. Only one republican J. W. Morton has ever written over his own signa ture. And 1 would say tbey were ashamed of their own work, or had not the moral courage to father their own productions. And now, Mr. Editor,, if you will publish this, I promise you I will never ask your indulgence again to answer any such rot. Respectfully, C. L. Morse. Another Candidate. : Hood River, Or., Dec. 7, 1896. Editor Glacier: The1 smoke of the conflict has cleared away; I see in the distance success, and behind that suc cess a post office. I have heard of a good many candidates for the Hood River post office, but thought perhaps might stand a pretty good chance myself, having done no one any harm. I stand In pretty well with the bosses and think I have a chance yet to be P. M., by making a few provisos. First, by keeping a few of the bosses quiet think some of them already under stand and are acting very nicely. I do not think I will have any trouble from that source. Second, by having the candidates Come out and announce themselves for the office, then let the people vote for their choice, the one re ceiving the highest number of votes to De aeciarea elected . M. Tneu rec ommend him to our congressman for appointment. This system has been given a trial in some localities and has proven a success. We are a progress ive people here in Hood River, living a progressive age. Under this sys tem I think my chances will be strengthened. After the candidates have agreed to this system we can theu arrange for the election, pledging our selves to stand by the result. Silver. Rotes and News. AtDufura good supply of ice was secured last week.and all the ice houses were tilled. The Columbian says confidence is fully restored in Vancouver, and all the saw mills (wood saws) are running full time since the cold snap. People who feasted their eyes on Hood River valley fruit In this offloe on Thanksgiving day realized why it is that that region is the envy of the uiverse. Moro Observer. 1 The notices recently sent out by Sheriff Driver to delinquent taxpayers are yielding good results. Since Deo. 1st over $800 delinquent taxes have been paid in. December 31, 1836, is the last day in hich lands claimed under the forfeit- re act Can be purchased. As a result, The Dalles land office is now doing a lively business. . H. D. Jory, who published a populist paper in The' Dalles during the cam paign of 1894, was elected to the Wash Ington legislature from Yakima coun ty at the recent election. Indignant republicans who are fuss- were were out 57 days during that stormTbut fortunately none were lost. Moro -Observer. ' "' V- r' According to the report of Secretary Francis, the total amount paid by the government on pensions and cost of distributing the same, for the last 31 years, is $2,034,817,769. The present number of pensioners, which is 970,678, is greater by 4,666 thau in 1893, when the maximum anuual cost was reached, and is greater than ever before. This is due to the death of old soldiers and the continued payment of allowances to their heirs, while the amount paid is decreased through the death of in valid pensioners leaving no dependents. It is said that Hon. E. L. Smith, the staunch and able republican of Hood River, stands an excellent show to re ceive the. appointment of internal rev enue collector for this district under McKlnley's administration. Mr.Smith, for the active and effective work he has always done in bebalf of the republican party and, its principles, and more es pecially his admirable services in the recent campaign, is surely entitled to favorable recognition, and we trust he will receive the appointment. Ante lope Herald. '. ' The Scientific American gives the following simple remedy for diphtheria: "At the first indication of diphtheria in the throat of a child, make the room close; then take a tin cup aud pour into it au equal quantity of tar and tur pentine; then hold the cup over the fire, so as to fill the room with the fumes. The patient, in inhaling the fumes, will cough and spit up the mem braneous matter, and the diphtheria will pass off. The fumes of the tar and turpentine , lessen the trouble in the throat and thus afford the relief that has baffled the skill of physicians." The loss to the farmers in the eastern part of Multnomah county will be con siderable, this being the second time this yeur they have had their crops de stroyed. . The late frost in the spring practically ruined the fruit crop. That worked a hardship on a lot of farmers who were in the habit of making quite large amount of money from their berry patches and fruit trees, but this unusually severe weather now proves a, greater loss to them. The farmers in this vicinity grow large quantities of potatoes. The wet weather of a month ago delayed fhe digging, but few of the farmers having dug their, entire crop, wtiile the majority ot others had not harvested any of their crop of potatoes. The entire undug potato crop is de stroyed, owing to the keavy frost the past week. The cold was so intense that potatoes froze' in the cellars, and chickens were found frozeu to death in barns. Some of the farmers will lose as much as 1,500 sacks of potatoes, while comparatively few will be able to say that they sustained no loss what ever. Troutdale Champion. itig about "the little borough states of tie acted very much like Mrs. Tilton ( the West" must not forget that It was during the Beecher trial tliey did not j they or their party who made these know just exactly where to find her. states at a time When the free and un- Herr Most and his anarchist puperand nil of his followers supported McKln h'y, and the anarchist was among the ll.s'.'to telegraph lU congratulations to limited coinage of United States sen ators was a republican necessity, St. Louis Republic. .., . .Twelve dfgrees below zero iu Moro is The Hard Winter of 6I-62. Geo. H. Himes of Portland kept a record of the weather from 1858 to 1862, Following is his record of the weather of the hard winter of '61-62, from No vember to April, Inclusive: ' , November Clear days 3, cloudy 27, rain on 1st to 9th inclusive, 15th, 21st to 80th inclusive very heavy on 2d, 3d, 4th, 21st, 22d, 26th, 27th, 28lh; heavy frost on the 16tb, 18th, 19th, 20th; snow on 17th aud 24th; a remark ably stormy month, the worst Novem ber hitherto known by the oldest neighbors. ,. December Clear days 9, cloudy 22, rain on 1st, 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th. 19th, 27th, 28lu very hard on 2d, 3d, 12th; frost on 4th, 5th. 18th, 20th. 21st. 30th. 31st: snow on 22d, 24th, eight Inches; very uigu waier everywnere nrst week in month; froze ice four inches oil 25th: freezing eleven days; on the 3d, accord ing to the Oregon City Argus, the water at that pluce was 55 feet above low water mark: on the 1st. the On. ward, Cant. John A. Pease, nicked un 40 persons from rafts, tree tons aud houses on the trio from Orecron Oitv to Salem; Butteville and Chumpoeg were inundated, and every house but one In me mrcer piaceswept away; Linn City. opposite Oreijoti City, was destroyed. every house but two being sweptawav; t ot..., .v.,... U.' f M .. I - . I Dicauici du iiuu wua t un over lue Willamette falls iu safety. 1862 January Clear days 14. cloudv 17, rain on 21st, 22d: snow on 6th. 7th. 8lh, 10th, 11th. 13th. 14th. 19th. 23d. 27th, 80th, 31st; rain and suow on 20th; the average of the month was unusual ly cold, 4 degrees below zero on the 17th, and 5 decrees below the nextduv: on the 8th snow was 20 inches deep; fall of snow durinar the month was about five feet; ice on lakes near by 16 inches thick; freezing cold 20 days. xeoruary uiear qays it, cloudy 19; rain on 23d, 26tb, 27th; snow on 3d, 18th, 20ih, 21st, 22d. 25th: rain and snow on 4th, 24th, 28th; about two feet ot snow tor month; days freezing 12. March Clear days 12, cloudy 19; rain on 2d, 13th, 14th, 15th, 26th; snow and rain on 7th; snow oil 1st, 11th, 17th, 18th; frost on 3d, 4th, 8th; heavy hail storm on 29th; very heavy rain on 2d, 15ih, 20th. 24th. April Clear days 18, cloudy 12, rain 11th, 14th, 24th; rain and hail lst;snow 8th, an inch deep; frost on 3d, 17th. 18th, 21st, 22d, 23d. Tli is record was kept while Mr. Himes lived near Olyiupia, Wash. Old papers, 25 cents the Glacieh office. Jiui Langille and the Mule. The Dalles Chronicle. The subjects of this sketch, while not occupying equal prominence there in, had several traits in common. Lan gille and the mule were about the same age, if anything the mule having precedence on that score, while-Jim averaged up on the mule in obstinacy. However, comparisons are odious, aud we refrain from pointing out other points of similarity and lines of diver gence ana proceed to our tale. . The mule is or was a venerable and noble specimen of his rai-e.He crossed the plains in 1847, coming where lots of. good people came from Pike county, Missouri, settled in Washing ton county and 'finally became the property of John Divers of Hood River. In the early days of Hood River, he was used as a pack mule, and no hunt ing party was complete witnout nun. He would patiently accompany his master to the mountains, and, with a deer or bear strapped on his faithful back, could be turned loose to carry his load home at his own pleasure, and he never oeirayea tne trust reposed tn him, but always arrived with his load Time passed and Divers sold the good oia ammai 10 a air. trainer or Mosier, But his usefulness was a thing of the past, the gray hairs gathered around his kindly eyes, and tipped the points of his ever upright ears. Rheu matism racked bis frame, and ring-bone aud spavin, thorough-pin aud string halt one by one visited him. and came to stay. At last, broken and infirm of body, tne patient old animal was turn ed out, to seek for himself on the bar ren hillside, the food his gaunt frame could no longer earn. In his old age ne reanzea man's innumanity to mules, but uncomplainingly browsed the spare herbage, the bitter huckleberry bush and griping fern, in the vain en deavor to support himself and keep his uHUKuuiie num iiTuawNg tne niae mat covered his abdomen. He lived a hard life it is true, but still he lived, until u week or ten days ago, when the deep snow covered the last vestige of his larder, and the biting cold sent him shivering, faint-hearted and almost hopeless to his last resort, the haunts of men. He showed up at Hood River. seeking,; hoping to violate the city or dinances forbidding: his presence, and longing for the home and comforts of tbe pound provided . tor trespassers of his kind. But alas! It was a vain hope. The mule, like many another would-be criminal, found that there was no swift desire to punish minor of fences against the law; when there was nothing in it for the officers. - Langille saw the mule, he noted his patient bearing, his gray hairs, hiscrip pled limbs, his gaunt frame, his starved and shivering body, and his big heart was moved to pity. He made requests in words that the voiceless mule could only tell iu the mute and touching lan guage of appearance to the city marshal that the mule be impounded. The marshal examined the mule and re fused to take him. He wasn't worth his feed over night. Jim went to the city recorder, the recorder could do nothing, and then Jim went to the bam and purchased an armful of hay for him. Theu Jim tackled the mayor, he of course had nothing 'to do with the matter and very properly referred him to the city marshal. So from one to the other Jim appealed, but it was no use. nothing could be done to ease the declining days of the venerable renc. rioou itiver was not; running a hospital for Mosier's antiquated mules, but tne mule was there and refused to go away, finally an Indian was hired to lead tne poor old animal down to the sloughs and there extend to him the hospitable refuge of the grave. A bullet ended the business, and the faithful old animal, whose manv veara had been spent in the service of his master, found resting place at last upon the drifted enow banks, cold indeed, but not colder thau the hearts of men. He was only au old mule, but he did his life's work uncomplainingly and wen, io una at us end tne usual re ward of ingratitude on the part of those ue served, ne was only a Kindly old mule, that was all. only an old broken- down old mule, useless mule, encum bering the earth, and an eyesore to his master. Only an old mule. 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Nov. 9. 189ts Notice is hereby given that the follow- intr-named settler has filed notice of his in tention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before W. R. Dunbar, Commissioner United states Circuit Court for District of Washington, at ins omce in uojuenaaie, wasn., on uec, a, 1890, viz: ., AUGUST BERG, Purchase application No. S52, under section a, Forfeiture Act, Kept. 2,0 1800, the southwest section 3, township 8 north, range i2 east.W.M. He names the following witnesses to prove his claim to said land, viz: John C. Cochran; Peter Conboy, Peter Tarns and Peter O. Hoult, all of Gildendale, Wash. n!3dl8 . GEO. H. STKVENSON, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ' ' Land Office at Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 14, 18iK. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler iias fifed notice of his inten tion to make, final proof In support of his claim, and that said proof will be made be fore W. V). Dunbar, Commissioner V. 8. Cir cuit Court for district of Washington, at his office In Goldendale, Washington, on Dec. 29, 1898. viis: i ' PETER CONBOY, Pttrohase Application No. 578, under section 8 Forfeiture Act, September S9, 18H0, for tha southwest of northwest section 25, town ship 6 north, range 12 east, W. M. He names the following witnesses to prova' his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, vlx: Peter Tains, Henry CLadiges, Herbert Hew itt and Henry F. Troll, all of Fulda P. O.. Washington. n20d25 GEO. H. STEVENSON, Kegister.