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p UNDERM GREAT JANUARY SALE At FRANK A. CRAM'S Up-to-date Store. I Fund rods of snowy garments offered here at prices that make one hesitate to EVEN THINK of materials and home construction. The average lady's time is well taken up with home duties and cares, hence arises the great and all ab sorbing question of how to get the spring wardrobe in complete condition at the minimum cost. Come to our Muslin Underwear Sale and the question will be solved to your entire satisfaction. Night Robes in muslin at 60c, and up to the most elegant nainsooks at corresponding prices. Drawers at 20c to the daintiest effects in all popular trimmings. Skirts in muslin GOc and upward. Corset covers 20c to $2. Salesladies in the department to show you whether you purchase or investigate. ' ALSO .SPECIAL THIS "WEEEH: Black Mercerized Satteen Underskirts 60c to $3.60 Black Taffeta Underskirts $5.40 to $8.35 Cloaks, Furs, Knit Goods, Silk Shawls Etc., etc. N. B. New O. R. & N. TIME TABLE. East bound No. 2, Chicago Special, 11:4:1 a. m. No. 4, Hpokime r Iyer, 10:10 p. ni. . No. , Mull and Express, HtaiO p. in. No. 24, Way KrelKht. 12:10 p. in. No. 22. Kant Freight, 4:20 a. m. West bound No. 1, 1'ortland Special. 3:03 p. m. No. 8, Portland Flyer, 5:!tt a. m. No. 5, Mall and Express, 11:26 a. m. No. 23, Way FrelKbt, H:2f a. in. No. 21, Kant Freight, : P. BRIEF LOCAL MATTEKB. Crabs? 15c at Carrier's. Notary Public done by Barnea. For bargains in Silverware, see Clarke, the joweier. Carrier serves oysters, meals, etc., at any old hour. Choice of three horses for sale cheap by W. J. Baker. Use Williams' auti-Beptie hair tonic and keep off gray hairs. We carry a full line of groceries, flour and feed. Bone & McDonald. Barnes, the real estate man, has a competent stenographer in his office. Do your eyes need attention? If so, call on Clarke, the jeweler and optician. Clarke, the jeweler, guarantees all watch, clock and jewelry repair work. Don't pay rent. See Barnes, the real estate man and have a home of your own. For spring wagons, buggies, harrows, cultivators, pumps, etc., go to McDon ald & llenrich. If yon want to filo on timber land homesteads, call on George T. Prather, U 8. Commissioner, district of Oregon. For Sale Residence on State street at head of Front; tf2 500, including 3 Iota. John Lki-asd IIkndkkhon. Two hundred to f. 5,000 to loan on real estate. If your security is good your money is ready. Prather Investment Co. llarnes, the real estate man, has for sale one of the best stock ranches in Sherman county. Bone & McDonald will deliver powder on Saturday of each week. Place your order with them. When you need a good diamond at the lo vest porsible figure, quality and size guaranteed by the cutter, call on Clarke, the jeweler. For Bent For a term of 10 yearB, the two lots on State street, back of Bart mesa' and the Paris Fair. Apply to J. L. Henderson. The late Columbia nursery, 2 miles from town, either as a whole or in parts; an excellent homo place well improved, for ealo at moderate price by Geo. D. Culbertson & Co. . Say, Stuart's confectionery and oyster parlor are only charging 3"c a pint and (fie a quart for oysters, and carry the best candies made. Have you bought any yet? Don't miss them. For Sale 1(10 acres, 4 miles from Hood River, first-class fruit hind, all tillable but 2 acres; house and barn ; 2J acres in cultivation, UK) Newtown apple trees;40 acres willow land; about 2 millions tine tir timber; on county road; $20 per acre. Ceo. I). Culbertson & Co. Clarkton the beautiful, sunny and sightly home addition to Hood River on east side Mount Hood avenue is selling "like hot cakes." Five handsome lots sold the past week to tiv fortunate home-makers. If you want to make sel ection of a nice lot! lose no time in do- It's Our Business to buy fod moreli an il i s! at bottom pri ces, and just now we offer von exception al opportuni ties in the same. direction. It is not exactly n question of! our affording such prioes.hu t selling the jioods before stocktaking. FRANK I GET IN THE i Mil S ;J 7 ! V-C 7ff U fjhS7t s 9c Sale . A DEPARTMENT STORE IN MINIATURE, The Little Zepher Ginghams just ing so. Prices from V25 upward, easy payment plan. Apply to Geo. P. Cul bertson & Co. A sidewalk is being laid on the north side of Oak street 'from Fourth street to Park avenue. John W. Watson.reprosenting Lowen berg, Going & company of Portland, was in town Tnursday. Mrs. M. W. Marcellu8 went to Inde pendence, Or., Saturday, where she will visit for an indefinite period. She stopped over with her sister one day in Portland. T. D. Tweedy has opened an office next door to Holman's meat market on the hill, and advertises to loan money for buying homes on very easy terms. See him and learn of his scheme. E. R. Bradley, the Hood River job printer, is distributing calendar blotters about town, announcing that now is the time to order a fresh supply of printing. Mr. Bradley states that he is better pre pared than ever to fill orders in this line. IT. W. T. Rowley is now located in his residence on the hill. Next week lie expects with his brother, the den tist, to occupy office rooms over the new drugstore. His store will be in shape to open for business the latter part of the month. . Uncle Oliver Bartmess is painting the building of the order of Andrew and Philip. He has given the inside of the gymnasium a coat of priming, purchas ing the oil and paying for it himself. S. E. Bartmess gave the white lead. Uncle Oliver is 84 years old but climbs the ladders on the big building in a manner that would do well enough for a much younger man. N. M. Abbott declares advertising in the Glacier is a profitable investment. His large and well prepared ad of two weeks ago he says brought in cus tomers from far and near. His only re gret was the scarcity of money at this time of year. Mr. Abbott quoted prices in his ad. This is what did the work, and is a splendid lesson in advertise ments displaying prices. The Royal Arch Masons installed the newly elected otlicera at the meeting, December, 20. Among them were G. R. Castner, H. P.; E. L. Smith, K.; D.Mc Donald, secretary, and A. 8. Blowers, treasurer. On January 23, the Masons and Fkstern Star will observe Tieman day, when a banquet will be served, and a number of prominent Portland lodge members will be present and make speeches. F. I. Davidson A Co's big ad in the Glacier a couple of weeks ago brought out a large crowd to witness the work of the Faultless stump pullers. Since then the orders have been coming in thick and fast for this splendid machine. Last week Davidson & Co. sold 2-horse machines to William' Kennedy, Peter Mohr, Hen Lage and J. L. Henderson. The Faultless are wondcrB when it conies to stump pulling. E. D. Calkins spent the holidays in Portland. At Montavilla he helped in the mission work of his brother, R. A. Calkins, who is an evangelist in the Ho liness church. He visited W. A. Sling erland and later went to Polk county, where Mr. Slingerland was visiting, and together they took a drive in the coun try. He also visited a brother at Cot tage Grove. At Oregon City he visited Meade poet, G. A. It. Mr. Catkins says lie found the fog so thick in some places in the Willamette valley that roosters choked to death when they tried to crow. HABIT OF TRADING A y w , i j i mi r r in ii hi jr u. u J I r i l i f J STORE NEWS. One Week Our second wk of saving sales Feather dusters, tooth brushes, scrub brushes, egit beaters, shoe dressing, machine oil, hmon squeezers, dozens of tin articles, vegetable slieers, cake turners, potato mashers.iron handles, box stationery, mousetraps, toilet paper, clothes lines, fruit plates, cream pitchers, mustard jars, ink tablets, hosiery, etc., etc. JUST COME AND SEE. Store with I Men's & Boys' Clothing, Overcoats, Underwear, Shoes, etc. in for Spring. Since Wednesday Judge Blakeley and Commissioner Hibbard have been en gaged in transacting the routine bn si news of the county auditing bills and hearing arguments on road matters. Com miesioner tlamman is still confined ;n the hospital, not having fully recovered from the typhoid fever. At this term of court judges and clerks of election and road supervisors are to be appoint ed, and the tax levy for l'J04 is to be made, though the levy will not be made until next week, as the court has not yet determined the exact amount of revenue that will be necessary for the coming year. Mountaineer, Jan. 8. At the annual meeting, Saturday a week ago, of the Water Supply compa ny of Hood River valley, the following officers and directors were elected : F. C. Sherrieb, president; F. G. Church, vice president; u. JVlarkham, secretary ;U. j. Gessling, treasurer; H. J. Hibbard, A. Is. Blowers, Charles Chandler, direc tors. This is the ninth year Mr. Gess ling has held the office of treasurer. The Water Supply company has a capital stock of $13,000, of which fit, 000 ia paid up. The company is prosperous and pays valuable dividends. Organization was perfected in 1876. L. R. Mears and G. G Bentz, recent ly from Waterloo, Iowa, are doing good work in Hood River in their line. They are plasterers, doing mostly hard wall work, concrete, cement walks, etc. They completed the work on the Frankton school house, A. A. Jayne's house, Unitarian and Episcopal churches, Bartmess' new building, P, A. Cox's house and others. Their work speaks for itself, and they ask any one intending to build to inspect it. M. F. Jacobs says the little ad of "house to let" that he had in the Gla cier was seen by a man who happened to pick up a copy of the paper on his way from the East to this coast. He stopped off in Hood River, and went right to Jacobs, rented the house and moved into it the same day. Since then Mr. Jacobs haB had eight persons call to see the bouse. Mrs. H. A. Cunning and children spent last week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Wickhain, in the Crap per district During the absence of his family, Mr. Cunning plastered and papered the unfurnished rooms of his residence on the hill. He now offers this good house and large lot for sale at the low price of $800. R. D. Cooper, the pioneer apple grow er at Mount Hood, and one of the most progressive farmers in that part of the country, was in the city yesterday look ing after road matters before the county court. Mountaineer. II. T. Crawford of Oregon City, rela tive of Mrs. F. H. Blagg, visited the family of F. II. Blagg last week. Mr. Crawford is recently from Kansas and had not met with Mr. Blagg's family in 18 years. A letter from L. N. Blowers states that himself and family will leave Long Beach, Cal.. this week. They intend to make several stops before returning to Hood River. Mrs. W. O. Hadley has returned from the sick room of her mother.Mrs. Clarke, in Hood Kiver.now out of danger.-Moro Observer. C. F. Waldo of White Salmon sold two acres and two lots to D. D. McClure, who expects to build thereon this spring. The ladies of the Congregational church will give a "cake" social at the residence of Mrs.H.F. Davidson, Friday. AT It's Your Business to at least, in vestigate our ffers. 100 con pers make one dollax.but you do not have to pend them all on one item in this store. Hun Iredsof house hold necessiti es that can be purchased for a few cents nt our store. Little .Prims. Little Prices CRAM F. C. Meade of Alexandria, Minn., during the past week, visited C. T. Ro barda and Iamily, who are old acquaint ances. Mr. Meade was Mr. .Robards' Sunday school teacher back in Michigan when he was a small boy. Mr. Meade is a veteran of the civil war, having served in the second company of sharp shooters attached to the 27th. Michigan regiment. He is a distant relative of General George G. Meade, who commanded the union forces at the battle of Gettysburg. Arthur Robinson. from the same place in Minnesota, came in the party witn Mr. nieade aim is vis iting his sister, Mrs. Alice J.Dicken.Mr. Meade is also a former newsnaoer man. having started the first republican paper mat lived in Appieion, wis. He is looking over the Pacific coast for a loca tion for a home, and as he found no place that suited him better than Hood Itiver, we may look for him back here with his family in the spring. Man is yet fallible and the Glacier di rectory was not free from errors. C. H. Stranahan was listed with the Fashion stable proprietors, whereas he is in charge of a wholesale flour and feed warehouse at the depot. Stuart of Stuart's confectionery was inadvertently omitted from the directory, although in cluded in the count. Sam Blowers was put down as a clerk, but he objects to this and says like his father he is at present retired. A family of four wss overlooked in the census, E. P. Arm strong having moved from the hotel into the Smith house at the head of Front street the day after the Glacier man made tho count in that end of town. H. C. Coe, listed in the directory, says he is now a resident of Portland. Off setting Mr. Coe, Harvey Boggs, teamster tor Joe Wilson, was not counted, Ins boarding house failing to turn in his name. Altogether there is little mate rial change in the total number of peo ple as given at 1400. The heavy rain Sunday niirht over flowed the gutters throughout the town, and in some places filled cellars with water. On the south side of State street there is a deep gutter, capable of carrying off the water that conies from the row of blocks above. But some one living on the south side of this street above S. E. Bartmess' residence allowed the leaves raked from the lawn to be thrown into the gutter, which turned the water across the street, and during Sunday night Mr. Bartmess' cellar was flooded to the depth of two or three feet. soaking his dry wood and doine other damage. A gentleman at Los Angeles.who had evidently heard from our late city elec tion, wrote to Hon. E. L. Smith, asking him to rent him a room- for saloon in a good location. Mr. Smith thought Sam Bartmess might give him room in his new building, and handed the lettor to him. Sam referred Mr. Smith to Mr. Shaffer, who, he thought might nave room to let in the gymna sium building. William Westerlund of Westerlund & Co., immigration agents of 99 Dear born street, Chicago, waa in the city Wednesday, having come West with a party of intending settlers. This firm ia doing a eood work towards bringing a desirable class of people to the North west. S. II. Cox has secured the contract for Skamania county's court house at $0,434. J. C. Snyder will do the shingle and lath work. It is the intention to begin construction immediately, and to have things completed by July. What Kind or Letters Do Yon UeU Hood River, January 9, 1904 Editor Glacier: I am "another one of them," and when the officers of the Apple Grow ers' union sola my big red Spitzenherg ers and Newtowns at f2 per box ihey told me that I was getting alt my apples was worth and said that we were getting the big profit that Davidson was milk ing and I felt good. Davidson said he was glad to be able to pay such a big price for my applep, and he felt good too, but it seems now that I did i)ot get as much as I ought to have had by a dollar a box. 1 did not know they were worth so much, but it seems some one did. Say, you fellow that had the little Newtowns and Spitzenbergers that run about 128 size that got 2 for your apples that are said to be worth $1.50 or less per box what kind of letters do you get and how do you feel now? Which oue of them are you? I am ANOTHER UNB OP J.HKM." Mask Ball at Mount Hood. Mask ball at Mount Hood hall, Jan uary 22, with supper. Everybody in vited. Born. At Mount Hood. Or.. January 6. 1IKM. to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Patterson, a mo. Married. At 1 elmont, December 24. 1903. at the res idence of Albert Hutaon, John Hutson and miss i.iinau fierce; Hv. w.tt. miunger om clating. New Today. Dry pine wood delivered. Inquire at the Little White Store. Wanted To purchase a good second hand Drgan by Miss Mary Hunt Found A lady's purse containing re bate checks and left at this office. We invite the public to come in and get our meat prices. We are selling boiling meats at bed rock prices. Mayes Bros. We are still selling our home made lard as cheap as other lard can be bought and we guarantee every bucket. 10s, $1.45 ; 5s, 75c ; 3s, 45c. Mayks Bros. Church Notice. Rev. J. T. Merrill will preach at the U. B. church each evening next week, beginning Tuesday evening. Catholic. Services will be held in Mrs. Mohr's new house, East Hide, next Sunday. Mass will begin at 10 :30. Lutheran. There will be services Sunday, January 17, at the Advent church, valley. Catechetical instruction Saturday, January 16, at 10 a. m. H.J. Kolb, Pastor. Unitarian. Corner of State street and Park avenue, W. G. Eliot, jr., minister in charge. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Service at 11 a. m. Subject of sermon, "The World." All welcome. United Brethren Sunday School at J n a ... ...mnn Ka naatrtr 1 1 n .1 at 7 p m ; Junior C E at 3 p m ; senior at 0:30. Revival services are now in prog- res", beginning promptly at 7:30 each night. All are invited. Valley Christian. Subjects of dis course next Sunday are: First "What Shall the End Be?" Second "Two Greatest Eventsin the World's History." Come and enjoy with ui these services of song and prayer and sermon. A. A. Lieery, Pastor. Christian Tabernacle. Services at Carmichael's hall. Sunday school every Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Preaching by Rev A. A. Beery, every 1st and 3dSun day immediately following Sunday school. All are given a kindly invita tion. A. B. Cash, Superintendent. Congregational Church. Rev. J. L. Hershner, pastor. Preaching -services, with worship, will be conducted by the pastor at 11a. m. and 7 :30 p. m. Sun day school at 10 a.m. Midweek meet ing on Thursday, at 7:30 p. m. Song service on Friday evening. All are in vited to these services. A runaway on Nob hill furnished ex citement Sunday afternoon. A horse be longing to William Dunn, bitched in front of Ruffner'g cigar store, broke loose and started to inspect the town. He circled Abbott a store, dashed down the hill and past Hayes' house, returned and started south, landing in front of La mar s neyond the creek without damage. Miss Ethel Wood worth and her cousin, Miss Mabel Curry, left last week for San Francisco. Miss Idell Woodworth is in Pacific sanitarium, having an injured finger straightened. Her brother Guy is still in Southern California, where he has regained his health and weighs now 180 pounds. L. D. Blount writes from Los Angeles that he is booked in that city for a month. He and Tom Bishop are room ing together. The city is full of Eastern people. Miss Eva Stranahan, who has been at Lexington and Heppner for the past two months, returned home last week after a very pleasant visit with friends in that part of the country. Misses Maud and Ida Stranahan re turned from Victor, Or., last week, where each closed a term of school. Henry Rees,who baa been in Portland for some time, has again taken up his abode at Jacksonville, Or. Mrs. C. F. Waldo and daughter Edis were visitors in Hood River, Wednes day. J. K. Powell writes to have his Gla cier sent to Hayes, Clark county, Wash. Harry Mercer took a vacation last week and spent the time at Wasco. Annual Clearance egmning We will place on sale at greatly reduced prices from our large stock of goods, everything that must interest persons having wearing apparel or household goods to supply. Big reductions in Cloaks, Skirts, Waists and Ladies' wearing apparel. Ladies', Men's and Children's Shoes. Silks, Black and Colored Dress Goods. Underwear, Hosiery, Ribbons, Gloves and Neckwear. Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishings and hats. Crockery, Kitchen Goods, Silverware, Cut Glass and Lamps. Free Delivery MAM FRUIT 1H ATTEND The annual meeting of the Northwest Fruit Growers' association held in Port land the first three days of this week was a pronounced success in every par ticular. Hood River was well repre sented by a large delegation of leading apple growers, two of whom were on the programme. Hon. E. L. Smith, presi dent of the state board of horticulture, discussed "Adaptability in Fruit Grow ing," while A. I. Mason, president of the Hood River Apple Growers' union, read a paper on "Needed Legislation Relative to the Fruit Industry." Hood River sent to Portland a fine lot of apples for exhibition at the fruit meeting and the National Livestock con vention. Such apples would win praise anywhere. Some of them were Spitzen- burgs grown on a sunny southern slope that for high color it is impossible to beat. Joe Wilson carefully packed the fruit, and he looked after the exhibit in Portland. Among those who turmshed the apples were: John Kelley, box of Spitzenburgs; B. R. Tucker, Newtowns, Scotch Butter, Spitzenburgs, Arkansas Blacks; E. L. Smith, box Spitzenburgs and Yellow Newtowns, L. E. Clark and J. L.Carter, while Mr. ilson gathered up several boxea of various varieties. Hood River is the Whole Pie. Special Correspondence. Portland, Jan. 12, 1904. The follow- ng Hood River people are in attend ance at the meeting of the Northwest Fruit Growers Association: E I Smith, A I Mason, C G Rober.s, Mrs C G Roberts, G R Castner, Mrs G R Castner, J A Wilson, C H Sproat, G A McCurdy, N B Jordau, E II Shepard, . Schiller, W J Baker, L Carter, Lyman Smith, J Oessling, Frank Chandler, P II Martin, P t riday. From White Salmon Mr Olsen, C F Waldo, A H Jewett. Ben Davis came up for bis annual round of abuse, but the general conclu sion reached was that be was all right when nothing better could tie grown. Hood River is the whole pie in tne apple display. Scappoose has some fairly good Northern Spy, but they are so miserably packed that no one takes a second look at them. E. L. Smith is elected president or the association for the coming year. A.I.Mason read an excellent paper on needed legislation for the fruit in dustry. A Battle Tor Good Roads. The origin of the movement for better roads in district No. ti dates back to a year ago. At a mass meeting held in Hood River in November, 1M02, two committees were appointed. One,caII- d a "finance" committee, consisting f C. Dethman, William Kennedy and r. Steinhilber, began the work of solic iting sutwcriplions for the immediate inmrovemeiit of the new grade road. Tbey succeeded nobly, raising nearly 11,000, securing foOO from the county court in addition, making a total of about f 1,600. This amount of money was expended um the new grade du ling the last summer, but the results were sadly disappointing to the lilieral Mibscribers. The other committee had for its mission to endeavor to secure wmie legislation which would permit individual road districts to vote a tax levy, and to sjierify where and how siid levy should tie expended. This C'Miituittee contOHted of V. Winched, A. t'orre- Mmndence and personal interview! were i.-h ui, u. v wi,P1.1on member of the legislature for this district. Mr. CLEARANCE SALE The Real Thing. During the year we have sold lots of goods all former records being eclipsed. The result some broken lines we tire going to sell for GO days, NOT AT COST, BUT BELOW COST. Every Shoe listed is a foot below wholesale. You may think this is like a Portland department store fake sale. If you do, it's your loss. SHOES SHOES 9 pairs Ladies' Kangaroo Calf, fine soft stock $ 1.16 8 pairs Ladies' Kangaroo Calf, spring heel 1.00 0 pairs Ladies' Dongola, lace tip, neat 1.15 5 pairs Boys' Kangaroo Calf, seamless 1.15 8 pairs Men's Creole Congress, reliable 75 3 pairs Men's Kip, buckle 76 10 pairs Men's Calf, lace, medium weight, good 1.50 3 pairs Logging shoes, size 7 only 2.35 Good run of sizes in all but one. Do as you please about buying, but they won't last long. Hundreds of articles reduced. If you sav so we will SHOW YOU. Jan. Whealdon gave the committee every attention possible, taking with hlrn to Balera a memorandum of the two strong points desired, viz: The power of road districts to levy a special tax, and also to decide where such tax should be ex pended. January 25, 1903, the following letter was received from Mr. Whealdon: Salem, Or., Jan. 23, 190.1. V. Wlnchell, Hood Elver, Or. Dear Mir: 1 herewith forward your committee House bill '2m. Think it covers the fxiiuls your committee desire, if any changes or additions wanted, let me know. Yours truly, N. WHEALDON. We were gratified later in the legis lative session to note that the bill had passed both houses. The above is a statement of facts. Whether or not the Hood River committee had any in fluence one way or another in road legislation matters not. The power of road districts as incorporated in bill 280, to vole a special tax, was in fobe. And the Hood River committee did not forget this fact. As soon as the new road laws could be secured, which was in November, the committee quietly went to work to put road district No. 6 in working condition under said law first, by securing the appointment of Hans Lage as road supervisor by the county court, and second, to call a meeting of the taxpayers to support a proposition to vote a tax not to exceed 10 mills on the dollar for improving the new grade. School district No. 7 had just voted a levy of 12 mills to pay off indebtedness and to continue the excellent work of the school. This made the question very doubtful of inducing the people of the road district to sup port a very high tax for road purposes. Added to this high school levy was the thought constantly uppermost with the people that they had virtually been swindled out of any real benefit from their heavy subscriptions toward im proving the new grade this last sea eon. The advocates for the prop osition held ' for a 10-mill levy for the reason that this amount of money was necessary In order to get contract ors to bid ou the work, for if only a small levy was made, then it would mean that the work would have to be done by the day, and time and money frittered away as was the case with the money raised by subscription only a short time ago. A strong sentiment immediately set in among the resident taxpayers for some tax, mostly for 5 mills.. Be it said, to the credit of most of the res idents of the district that they saw the necessity of improvement of the new grade and the manner of making said improvements, and they were open for conviction, though It seemed iu the early canvass that a 5-mill tax levy was all that ton Id be secured. The committee soon found it neces sary to make a personal canvass of ev ery voler in the district to overcome the natural desire of every one to avoid high taxation and to remove as fur as possible the apprehension on the part of the taxpayer that the levy would be squandered. The can vassers were par tially successful, and as the days went by, could count more and more sup porters, but never at any time a major ity of l lie voters. But the canvass was kept tip, the advocates for the 10-mill levy always Ix-lieving that wben the law governing the expenditure of the money to be raised, and all the facts surrounding the situation should be presented to the coming meeting that a majority would support a 10 mill levy, and in this they were not mistaken, for at the meeting held on the evening of January 7 the voters decided, by a vote of 4.1 for to 9 against, that a 10-mili tax should be levied. This practical! unanimous vote shows that the people of this road dis- trict determined on i i road construction and will new oroer oi not be con- tent to travel in mud when tbey can Sale! 2d, Phone 581 better themselves. , ... HITS AND MISSES. V. C. Brock was elected chairman of the meeting and soon gave evidence of thorough familiarity with "Roberts' Rules of Order." He performed the duties of this important position to the greatest satisfaction of every oue pres ent. L. E. Clark was named as secre tary of the meeting. This unassuming gentleman was a surprise to every one, for when at the close of the meeting he was called upon to read the minutes he had every detail chronicled in concise, clear-cut language. Both these gentle men must have been there before. All shades of politics were represent ed amoug the most active workers for the proposition: C. H. Sproat for the republicans, V. Winched for the dem ocrats, A. I. Mason for the populo-so-cialo, and our genial friend Hans Lage for the prohibitionists. Peter Kopke was the only one who insisted on a 25-mill tax or nothing. Peter says, Give them something to work with, or wait till you can. C. II. Sproat made a clear analysis of the district assessment roll, showing the amount of resident and non-resident taxable property in the road dis trict. A. I. Mason made a strong plea, showing how necessary It was to raise money enough tor regulur road build ers to make bids, and he also showed how the law protects the people's money and guards every avenue of "frittering." Among the staunchest friends and workers from the outset for the prop osition were William Kennedy, Sher man Young, C. Dethman, M. L. Thorn, D. II. Thorn and Hans Lage. The antis worked to have a seeret ballot, not desiring to go on record. At this point, Captain F. M. Jackson said he had formerly thought a 5-mill tax sufficient but would now vote for a 10 mill tax, and he declared, with fire in his eyes, he would not submit to being placed in a false position by the secret ballot. The captain was greeted with tremendous applause for his manly " statement. As a smooth, winning canvasser, al ways pleasant yet full of strong points. V. Winched has no superior in road district No. 6. A committee composed of D. H. Sears, F. M. Jackson and V. C. Brock was appointed to solicit the county court for an appropriation by the coun ty, to be added to the levy. This com mittee went to The Dalles Friday. We understand the county court hog prom ised some aid, but no definite amount is yet decided upon. John Lelaud Henderson was of great assistance to the committee, making suggestions, drawing up petition! and resolutions, and in general giving good advice. And now that the battle is over, the people expect value received for Ibeir money, or they propose to know the reasou why. " Canty Tax will be High. The Mountaineer says the commis sioners expect the levy will necessarily be 27 mills. It will require 7 mills to raise the amount of the state tax, and 5 mills must be levied for public schools. Tbey estimate 10 mills will . be sufficient for county purposes and 3 mills for public roads, and in addition they believe a levy of 2 mills should be collected for the purpose of reducing the county's debt. This would make the levy 27 mills, or two milli higher than it waa last year. Road Meeting at Franktoa. A meeting has been called for Satur day afternoon, at 1 o'clock, at the Frankton school house, for the purpose of voting special road tax. '