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^¡Vt T he S ilverton J ournal VOL. 111. SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914. America had ever shown signs of im HR WE IIIINKERS AND otherwi «• inert and dea«l humanity. STATE FUNDS FOR LEW IS JOHNSON CASE HIE ROMAN POWER Not incapacity for government, but in VICTOR) FOR HIE CITY provement during the past century, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS then this would never have been writ difference to it, ha.- ever been the nub ten, but then- has been no improve of the difficulty. Promethux wax the The Catholic hierarchy almost ruled Savior type, because he wax th«* fire- The third trlul of LewL Johnson for ment. Therefore, the sume reason From continued appeals by the Am- “blind pigging,” re..tilted in u complete that exi> ted a hundred years ago for the world and darkness wax upon the brir ger Anti J«- <u> showed hi- Savior lerican Roman church for government victory for the city. The Jury wax ax denouncing Catholicism, ami declaring face of th«* deep. Scarcely any one hood nowhere more convincingly than support of their par«x*hial school work, follow*: J. Duniielx, J I*. Larson, that lh<* priestcraft was detrimental dared to think, ami no one to exp *« « to hi- manifesto: "I am coming to one would almost conclude this coun Henry Schr<M*«|«*r, Erank Kerr, llune to America still exist-, ami so long ax an hone-t thought for fear it might I m * bring fire on earth.” The awaken- try to I m * the only theatre of such a Steen und George Riding*. All the it does, God help Americans to let <-omlemn«*<l by th«* pri«*-thofsl. For ment of the populace, while the most propaganda But a glance at the news seats in the court room were taken their voici* I m * heard around the civil money, men and women could buy the difficult, is also th«* moxt splendid columns of foreign dailies reveals that uml a larger audience i.tamling up ized world lighting the buttles of the privilege of committing th«* worst work, the goal toward which all educa the ,-ame demand for state recognition when the cnxe opened last Momlny "Land of the free, and the home of the crimes known to <>ur race. Awful! tion, all inspiration through the slow <>f religious teaching is made in all Awful! But a chibl wn horn with a morning in Judge Hohlitt'x court. The brave." J. S. Carr. have climbed. Wnat oever is quarters wher«* It has not yet been ob love for truth, a hatred for evil, a centurie defen c hud nothing of any importance pure anil and of go«Mi report, tained. An item in a late Melbourne '•rave, determined, undaunted spirit, com«*- from lovely to udd to the evidence given in the souls that hav«* b«*eri get Age shows that the conflict in that CHRISTIAN ( III R< II NEWS. lie spok«* and was hunted ax a wil«J former trinlH. The very fact tliut they >n fire; whilst, with the dying out of distant country, on this particular ax- beast. H< defied th«* ruling gang of | th«* tire of the spirit, hud changed from 'the position thut immoralities , pect, has iMM-ome sharply irritating, to Next Sunday night will be given the thieves Hi* preached and prayed and the iici 'U <*<l hud <>l«i nothing whutever come trooping in. Dante guided say the least. lecture entitled "A Scientific Demon taught. Other.- were in pired with a : by a ure instinct when h«* was to the pro» cuting witne.. , uml that In the heated debate of the rjuestion broke stration of the Harm Done to This love for freedom of thought and they, tradition and pictured hell as a with he had not Keen the lady witne «*., in th« re, the president of the Protestant cold Community by Liquor. ” The reason too, defied th«* Roman power, until to and '*>ggy swamp, the negation of life Defense Association for Australia hix store ut all, to the position thut he had sold "rexo” to the said prosecut why this wax not given last Sunday is day thou: anils ar«- awakening to the and warmth. The event to which the charges that the Roman church is in- Iw-cnu «- we did not wish to do any knowledge that every human being ing witness did their case more harm aincer«* in its declaration that Roman thing to prejudice the minds of the should have the right to think for him- who!« creation move.-, is that humani : Catholics are not in politics. Quoting than good. ty might have life, and that it might from a speech by the Catholic Dr. The accused had worn in n former people of the community before the elf. They an* the teacher- of the have it more abundantly. trial that he not only did not sell J. E. trial that convicted Lewis Johnson of world, and have ; o multiplie«! that the Mannix, in which he made the state Civilization is threatened with the John.ton whiskey, hut he did not .-.ell boot-legging. But now that the trial .un of truth and liberty is beginning deeping xiekne ■>. America’s danger ment referred to, Mr. Gainford, the him anything, or huml him any pack is over and ,enteric«* has I m * cii pro- to illumine th«* whole sky. not th«* boiling over of the caldron; aforesaid president, said that after They tell us that the universe i nat i- age, and that lie would certainly have nouncced, there is nothing to hinder. her is lest the fire be drawn making it, the priest “in the very next I desire all those who have ever ural; that every effect has a natural from danger known it if he had This was so con under and the boiling stop alto few words, advised his young men, as bought liquor either a a drug or ax a cause. They affirm that all truth is gether. For the vices of civilization Roman Catholics, to forsake their po trary to the best kind of overwhelming evidence on the other ide ami o ion beverage, to I m * present. I will show beneficial and accept all demonstrated are taking the vice., of barbarism, and litical parties and vote for the de trury to his other sworn statements, omelhlng that will he surprising ax fact;-. They affirm that freedom to in are more to I m * feared. There came a mands of the priesthood.” In other that he wu again arrested, uml u we well a cause you to be thankful that vestigate ami to set forth result will time in Rom«* when her people lost the word.-, every Roman Catholic was ask write, this poor mi guided young man some one had the nerve to call a halt give them many grand new things, de.-ire for elf-government; it was the ed to “place the welfare of the papal is being tried at Salem on the awful to the crimes of th'x community. This just a.- it gave them all they now have | econd death, and from there, there is system before the welfare of the state, occasion will furnish opportunity also of value. gives him or her the privilege to charge of perjury. no re-urrection. The trouble is, the that vote at all.” In plac«* of dogma place reason. The proi eculion added everal heavv to make a few remarks on the inside people are too conservative. The natu- history of the development of the From the controversy there, it seems In place of th«* fall of man, substi- i ral man prefers the fleshpots of Egypt weight points of circular tuntiul evi the Roman church in Australia, dence to what they hair tn the former < a e- which we have successfully tut«* the rise of man. ' to the high adventure in the wilder- that brought to issue. In plac«* of injustice, substitute jus .'les-. Th«* people, conquered and con as in America, looks forward to suc trials. The Mt. Angel freight agent There are many ways to put the tice. for its demands through its told how much intoxicating liquor refuse the tire even when it is cess church federation efforts, whereby it In place of th«* «loctrine of gloom, tent, hud come to the u< cu • «! through bin fear of the l.ord into the hearts of sin brought to them — that is the vulture other, and E. I.. Smith, the Silverton ners. Some must I m - handled one way substitute that of joy. which tears th«? liver of a Prometheus, expects to capture the “treasury That truth should I m * taught to ev and which wrings from every Savior benches” in the interests of Roman ugent, testified ax to the umount thut 1 and some another, and surely the fear ha<l been shipped to Mr. Johnson of the Lord has been put into the eryone; that reason should be taught, heart th«* cry of God-for.-akenness. In church institutions. Mr. Gainford, see ing this, warns the commonwealth through his office. Thi; testimony wu hearts of the blind pigs of this com not belief. all age.- the difficulty has been that Instead of popular superstition xub- God is in a hurry and man is not.— electorate to keep their eyes open to u great surprise to all. The amount munity. I know on«- that has been bu te<[ just through fear, and it wax duty at the polls, in view of the seri -titute the latest discoveries in th«* While. uml the frequency of the shipments ousness of the situation. were enormous uml the city uttorney the worst, or one of th«* worst and one field of science. that we intended to rout. I am glad This movement of the Roman church In place of slavery substitute liber declared that it wax enough for u first A PRICELESS CROP. for political power is in no wise a lo class wholesale business. The amount thut this one has adjourned forever, ty- cal issue. Like Napoleon I, its eyes in place of ignorance substitute shipped in uml the usual amount u. ed and 1 congratulate the remaining part Expert.- can give us an estimate in are on world subjugation. But should in n legitimate drug business lieing tier, whom I believe is an honest man, knowledge. of the wheat, corn, oats and this, or any approach to it, be secured, In plac«* of poverty substitute abun dollar.- compared made a deep imprc.xion on on flic fact that h«* has voluntarily barley grown in this country each th«* horrors of the Dark Ages would the Jury, umi ull the oratory and sym brought the nefariou. work to a do.-«*. dance. year. But who can calculate the value quickly follow. Of this trend of af In place of sp«*cial privilege substi- i of pathy nml prejudice that tin- defer».-«* j Those on the inside will hav«* no «iiffi- our boys and girls? fairs, the people of America seem, par trie«i to force on to them had hut little culty in knowing to whom this refers. | tut«* ofiual opportunity. In the general meaning of the word tially at least, to have lost power of In place of the old und false substi- effect. In the former triuls the attor i and I shall be glad now tf no on«* else I children, then* are in continental Uni i ever knows. But we were on the high perception, while indulging their taste 1 tutc the new and the true. neys for the accused hud Used very of te I State.-, according to the census of Tn plac«* of unequal lilu*rty xubsti 1910, 31,220,361 children under sixteen for selfish ease. The awakening, how- fensive personalities to arouse preju ! road to land another fish when the -topped ami again I congrat- tut«* equal liberty. i ever, is sure to come sooner or later, dice against the private prosecutor ' bu*im- year of age. Read the figures over and to some it will likely be one of In place of war they offer peace. uml the witnesses, but, la-fore the ar | ulate them for voluntarily «luitting. at l«a.-t a dozen times in order that J. O. C. In place of the doctrine of degrada- you may awaken into activity slum- ' sorrow and distress. guments to the jury, the city uttorney There is still one or two others nt made it clear thut he would indulge in I large. I hope they will stop now; it ' tion they offer that of evolution. lM*rir.g thoughts upon this vast multi- In plac«* of intolerance substitute I tude of God’s best loved ones. This MRS. DUNIWAY AND the same game if the other side con will save us <>m<* money and also a lot tinued it, and, for very evident reasons of work that we would rather not I m * I tolerance. HER BEER ARGUMENT number may lie dviided into several In place of compulsory organization ! classes. both Adams and Carson concluded to ' forced to do to stop it. We law-abid- In the period under six, be "cut it out." They did their best, how 1 >ng peopl«* de. ire to serve notice that | offer voluntary organization. They af- fore school life begins, there are 12,- ever, hut school boy oratory, refer ! this law-breaking must «-ease. We I firm that ther«* is nothing too sacred 666,762, of .whom 2,217,392 are under Editor Silverton Journal: I enclose you clipping from last ences to one-legged soldiers und other tru t it will do so without further ef- i to be investigated. one year. night’s Telegram. This seems to be They affirm that happiness is the touching but irrelevant ullusionx ami : forts on our part. Then there the compulsory school an oration by Mrs. Duniway, and is LEON L. MYERS. greatest gtssi and th«* time to b<- hap illn ion did not convince this good division numbering 14.9H4,- simihr to the tirades she gave some py is now and the place to be happy is 252. epdance Jury of six honorable, unprejudiced This includes ah between six and time ago against Dr. Anna Shaw. citizens thut such defiance of our laws GOVERNOR WILL GET THEM. j here. inclusive. I am personally acquainted with Dr. They are th«* ones who are carry thirteen, should go unpunished. A wise old Yet again the period of the four Shaw and have heard her preach and ing the torch that is enlightening the teenth citizen, who lived not far from the (Bi M. I < fifteenth years in which l«»cture and she is a wonderful speak world. If it ha<l not been for them we certain ami court room, suw the jury tile out und Sinners old und young, I m * wary; safeguards are in most states start for home and he said to his good Change your ways; «ion’t I m * contrary; would I m * savages still. They have placed around the employment of chil er. I think it ill becomes a lady to try to roast Dr. Shaw and then tell the given us science, they have given us wife, "There is a verdict of guilty." I Eor the governor has a very or in which they are still protect people of Oregon to vexe against pro art. they have given us music, they dren, How could he tell? Why, there was Enterprising -ecretary, ed in the right to education, about 3,- hibition in order to preserve the hop have given us poetry, they have given 569.347 children are in this group. no boisterous demonstrations. j And when called to go. Miss Fern industry. us new worlds, both material and in- The tine was fixed at $500 and costs. Grabs that shopping bag of her’n, Surely to these future citizens the Does Mrs. Duniway use cigarettes tellectual. They have given us every It was a victory for the thinking Just as if xh«* didn’t care thing that we have that is worth while best thoughts and the wisest, careful or smoke an old clay pipe in order to people of the city, ami sorrow for the | Why it was, or when or where. attention should be directed. To slight convicted and his relatives, and the | Staring mobs don't scare Miss Hobbs and much as they hav«* given us in th«* them in any particular would be a preserve the tobacco industry? Did she ever use beer to bathe her chil past it is small in comparison to what necessity to thus be obliged to waste «nd it's noi cd along the route they will give us in the future. The crime unspeakable.—Lebanon Express. dren in so as to make hops a better our energies and punish an otherwise That Governor West will get you price ? futur«* belongs to those who are not good citizen in order to preserve law If “HURTIN’ BIZNESS.” Here is the clipping: afraid to think, to express their i ami order, is a sad thing ami hurts ev you --------- “She Pleads for Hop Industry. thoughts and to act as did the brave ery honest, thoughtful man and wo don’t “Voicing opposition to prohibition. hero. Martin Luther, in defiance of the (Written for The Silverton Journal by man. l<et us hope that this will end watch Albert Bean, Woodburn, Oregon.) Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway addressd priests of politics and religion of his the tight uml that ull will see thut it is out. time. “Can’t you see you're hurtin’ bizness?” the Progressive party luncheon yes a life-and-death matter, this disobedi terday. at the Portland Hotel. She said Said the polecat to the hound. ence to the people's will, and obey the Oh! you naughty little town that Oregon’s duty is to decide that it "What were chickens ever made for? law ami help to impre . on the minds Where loo e government is found. I ROM THE CALL Why do you come snoopin’ round? is not wise to destroy the hop industry of our young people the awfulness of And intoxicated boys ami girlx which enables thousands of women to OF THE CARPENTER Haven’t we a right to livin’? an individual taking the law into his Are sneaking booze around. get money to pay taxes and school Didn’t God make polecats, too? own hands and profiting by criminal Help us stop this degradation their children. In conclusion, Mrs. The economic is the master knot of If we choose to live on chickens. conduct, in defiance of the great prin Of th«* rising generation, Duniway urged her hearers to see that human fate. Below all surface facts, You old pup, what’s that to you?” ciple of "majority rule.” W Im are sliding down th«* seal«* everyone registers so they can take th«* tramp of armies, pageantry of em To disgrace and into jail. pire. intoning* of liturgy, and even “Can’t you see you're hurtin' bizness?” part in the campaigns.” Booze endorsers, law enforcers, Oh, I forgot. Wouldn’t Mt. Angel AMERIC AN PRIESTS the systematizing* of «'loctrine—for Said the grayback to the comb. Better mind what you're about. be a good place for Mrs. Duniway to theology, too. lias been most respon As the sturdy hand of Justice For Governor West will get you AND I HEIR INFLUENCE live? Then, perhaps, she could get sive to economic stimuli—stretches the Chase«! the parasite around. If some “Hop” Gold beer from “Dad" bedrock, man's industrial status. So “ Seems so strange these meddlin ’ you The Catholic priest is an eye-sore to Moore. Y'ours very truly, thnt Christianity needs to get a new- Christians don't the body politic of the American gov THOS. CATHERWOOD. set of words. Historians who have Always talk 'bout bein’ good, watch ernment, as the fundamental princi Dallas, Or., Feb. 27, 1914. awakened to the importance of th«* Then they persecute and kill us, out. ples of the American government is economic, have stake«! out the richest Just because we live on blood.” for the masses, and never was intend A WORLD FEDERATION. pay dirt at present under claim. Chris ed to be presided over by a king or Sad, misguided Copperfield, tianity took its rise in an economic "Can’t you s«*e you're hurtin' bizness?” potentate, and the Catholic form of When* th«* better classes s<|uealed, In a recent address in Boston. Ham ■ convulsion. It was the flowing forth Said the bedbug to the maid, government is many thousand time, Your booze was confiscated ilton Holt, the editor of the Independ ' of Israel's age-old stalk of I'berty—an As she tumbled down the mattress more absolute and despotic than any And your charter was repealed. ent, had for his subject “The Federa attempt at. a world-wide democratism Ami prepared to make a raid, kingdom or country ruled by an abso You well merited chastisin’. tion of the World." He expressed the which should countervail Rome's With relentless hand she smashes, lute ruler. Rulers who have absolute Now, then, go and get your "pizen,” sentiment that in this lies the success world-wide absolutism. Its leader was Smears carbolic on the bed, sway over the destinies of a country Ami don’t call a man insane of the great modern peace movement. slaughtered by Rome and her Caiaph- W hile the bugs go opt of bizness. arc satisfied at ruling the political am ’Cause hr made your duty plain. as allies as an agitator, a disturber of Whinin' “prohibition won’t prohib.” He advocated the calling of a third bitions of their subjects and seeing that Booze endorsers, luw enforcers, Hague conference, anil that one of the th«* peace; and his followers were their aspirations do not grow beyond It's no use to sit and pout, hunted with tire and crosses through “Can’t you s«*e you're hurlin’ bizness?” first steps looking toward universal their control. Not so with Catholicism, For th«* governor always gets you peace be to put into practical effect ' more than a hundred years. Unable Said the pussy brewer, too. If for her ever tyrannical and domineer Winston Churchill’s suggestion of a to compass its destruction by violence, “If you vote for local option, you ing spirit does not halt at the coniines naval holiday. The idea of a world Rome thereupon resorted to crafti hat will all the farmers do «ion’t of temporal power, but Rome proposes ness. She annexed Christianity. Sick- With their wheat ami corn and bar ■ federation is coming more and more watch to follow to the confines of the grave, nrominentl*’ to the front. It is sug ley ?" lic»l o'er with philosophy, religion out. and unless she I m * granted absolute con gested in both political and religious ceased to I m * spontaneous upreach of Feed the human family well; trol of both temporal and spiritual pow circles. There is no question but that man to his Maker, and became an en Dry up tears ami empty prisons; er, she is ever ready to damn those Hail to Oregon and chief, gine of social control. But the “leav Raise more hogs and have less hell. it will be one of the accomplishments who put forth an independent effort to W here transgressors come to grief. of the near future; and when it is fin en hid in th«* meal” refused to be an strike out in a free and untrammeled Made t > sail o'er troubled waters, nexed; so that today the world is "Can't you see you're hurtin’ bizness?” ished. it will be both a political and a effort to extriente themselves. It is And their wild career is brief. religious federation, with the religious yeasty with insurgency and upheaval. Said the whiskey seller, too. an easy matter to see why priests are Crim«* invariably ensues«— element in the ascendency. The “fierce democratic” is to many “If you bring in prohibition, detrimental to the American govern Follows in th«* wake f booze. Most Protestant commentators are a scare and a bogie. Its imperturba What will we poor fellers do?” ment, fqr they acknowledge no power May each troubled, tipsy «(ream still agreed in saying that the beast ble advance, at a rate against which Never worked, but live«! off others, Have the slogan for its theme. unless that power comes from and power spoken of in the first part of no barriers ar«* effectual, has to them Robbed the toiler of his wage — That our mountains and their foun through the pope, who is an Italian by the thirteenth chapter of Revelation something bodeful about it—“a cer rhen, “prohibition won't prohibit.” tains birth, ami a despot by education. His refers to the papacy, which was the tain fearful looking for of judgment.” Why, then, do the heathen rage? interests are foreign to that of any Echo to the valley’s shout: great ecclesiastical despotism of the I o which mood of th«* soul an ancient American, and since this is the case, "Governor West will get you Cries "Swat the Sal«M»n!” Middle Ages. The world has been ed saw seems applicable. The wicked flee If his decisions must be diagonal to the ucated into the idea that religious big when no man pursueth. For these To the Editor of The Journal: - you interests of this government, and if 1 have noticed that «luring the last otry, religious intolerance, and religi nightmares come from an overloaded «Ion’t this be the case, then the authority conscience. They- think of democracy's few weeks that popular slogan "Swat ous despotism are things of the past; watch that the priest receives from his hand coronation as a day of burnings and the fly," has appeared in your valuable but this prophecy in the thirteenth of out.” is also in favor and in the interest of fuel of lire, with confused noise ami paper a great many times. This move Revelation, speaking of the papal head himself and the head of the Catholic garments rolled in blood. But the red ment has without doubt met with gen not only calls attention to the deadly Words of i’raise. church, so we can not arrive at a ra sky which these take for a conflagra eral approval. Everyone is really with wound that it received, but immediate tional conclusion without finding that Editor Silverton Journal: folded newspaper or weapon of wire to ly informs us that this wound was to the priesthood of America is a chain Though not a citizen of Oregon, 1 tion. might it not be the red of dawn? give the poor little off ender a resound be healed. The charge is brought against the of pontifical links that bind every in am proud she has one fearless editor Most literally diti the papal power terest of America and her people who handles th»* world’s two greatest social democracy that it is an inflam ing and fatal whack. This is all w*ell enough, but may I suggest an attack receive a deadly wound through the er of the masses. But th«* masses need against her interests. curses Catholicism and whiskey— Whenever you strike down public without gloves. Go to it under our to be inflamed. To be set aflame—is more worthy the attention of men? great work of the Reformation, and not that quite the div<nest thing that Suppose one-half the enthusiasm evi many people fondly hoped that that schools, you tear the fabric of free prayers.________ A. R. can happen to a man or to a set of denced in annihilating this particular power would never be restored. But government into shreds, and the papal Every American is requested to let men ? The cold, dull heart of humani ly offensive insect should be directed this prophecy has >een saying all power never misses an opportunity to brand the public school system as a us know at once when a candidate for ty needs tiro. Art. literature, politics, against the saloon. May I suggest a these years, that the deadly wound “nursery of vice” or “cesspools of ini any office in Oregon is known to be a religion, are judged solely by the ex new battle cry, “Swat the Saloon”?.— would be healed; and not only so, but we have the strikingly significant tent to which they are inflammatory of L. C. Charles in Oregon Journal. quity." Again, if the priestcraft of Roman Catholic. NO. 18. words, that “ail the world wondered after the beast,” an«l again, that “all that dwell upon the earth shall wor ship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear.” In the seventeenth chapter of Reve lation, the kings of the earth—the civil power are considere«! in this great last-day federation, and • f them it is said that “these have one mind, and shall give their power anti strength unto the beast.” There are conditions growing up in the world that baffle the strongest minds. The papacy will step to the front, claiming to be the only power that can handle the complex situation and the turbulent difficulties that have been produce«! in the world. She is making and will continue to make the claim that these perplexing condition.- have been produced b«?cauxe she was dethroned, ami finally the whole world will fall in line with he** The political world is now afraid of her. There is not a nation on earth, not even excepting the United States, but that reckons with her power; and many decisions are made contrary to the best judgment of those who are acting, and all tx*cause of the fear of giving offense to Rome. The world is headed strongly toward a great uni versal religious despotism, and of course all religious despotisms must ride into power and maintain their su premacy through dominating the state as well as the church.—Ex. THE UNITARIAN GOSPEL. The Unitarian gospel is primarily a gospel of reason and common sense. It appeals to man’s mind and intelli gence, as well as to his heart and con science. Thousands of honest and sin cere people the world over have left the orth«>dox church, seeking and hop ing to realize those higher realities which religion alone can give. Ortho doxy, with its elements of fear and superstition, evidently has failed in these lives, ami instead of helping men to find the life-giving wells of truth, instead of helping men to realize the fair hope and promise of Christianity as taught and lived by Jesus, it has driven men and women into atheism and materialistic scepticism and unbe lief, and has declared her anathema upon the unfortunate of her own cre ating. Thousands of men today have lost faith, not in religion, not in Jesus, not in his gospel or in the deeper spiritual things of life, but in the creeds and dogmas of the church, in the supersti tions of mediaeval speculation and theologizings, in the absurdities of the miraculous and supernatural. To all of this large class Unitarianism has a rrn ss&ge '.«d a reasonable hope. Com«- to W. O. W. hall Sunday e«- ening at 7:45 and hear more or this •message. Rev. Richard F. Tischer, minister of the Unitarian church, of Salem, will preach. A UNITARIAN. DRIFTED IN. All kinds of things drift into the western cities and Silverton is no ex ception. Probably the majority of our population came from states east of the Rocky mountains, and it would be impossible to expect that all who come would have wings, at least until they have been here for a few years. A re cent arrival illustrates the point very nicely. A man( ?) who is said to be worth at least $50,000, induced a hard-work ing widow of Minnesota, to give away all the property she had to her chil dren and his children, and to come to this land of happiness with him. He represented that he had plenty of money for both of them, and so the lonesome lady gave up a go«xi pax ing boarding house business and with her gallant lover, hastens to the golden west. But after living like pigs in a dirty pen, the good lady finally wakes up to the fact that the honeymoon is at an end. She wants a home of her own and one fit and congenial, with not too much of a mix-up with other neople, and so the courts of Oregon are kept busy testing out these trou bles which come to us over the moun tains—troubles which we find are very similar to those bom in this state over deception, the drink habit, neglect, matrimony and matters of money. THE OLD TRICK OF SMOTHER. The Catholics evidently were not ready to tackle The Silverton Journal an«l their game is now to smother us. So they failed to set the $50,000 case until it was too late for the last term of court, and the work of scattering lies and telling truths and part truths in such a way as to deceive our friends and to inflame our enemies Is going on nicely. These tactics put us into con fusion. We don’t know what to say. for they may spring the case on to us at the next term of court in April, after getting us off our guard and at a time when we are not as well prepared as when we thought the case was to come to issue at once. Many of our friends of course think it strange that the big case we had advertised as com ing off at once, has not vet been tried, and they have no way ot knowing that it is one of the smart games of the enemy. All this is unsatisfactory and the “cats’ know it and know that this smothering tactics is the very hardest blow they can give us under the condi tions, but. dear friends of liberty, be not deceived by false reports. Don’t let them smother us, and if we can keep alive and can get a hearing with the good people of this great republic, there will be something doing in the camp of America’s worst enemy be fore another year rolls around. Help us live and breathe. Help us get a hearing. Help us get the truth to the people of these United States. Up and at ’em I