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About Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1898-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1899)
ra cmi tiny srnra . pobUrbed every T the frrATKSMAJf. PUBLISHING '--? - CO. 2M Commercial BU Salem, Or. . B. J. HENDRICKS. Secretary ; F. 8 CKAIO, Managing Editor; F. A. WELCH. Cashier; FRANK MORRI SON. Circulating, A tent; ,C. D. MJN TON, Advertising Solictor; I XL WILLETT, Foreman, i V SUBSCRIPTION RATES On year. In advance. .........-. .$1 W ei. .unfix is adrance ...........$ 73 , OA - SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING. THE AD " dress of their paper changed most state the name of their former postofflce, as well as of the offlce to which they wish the paper changed. t - Of course, Salem ought to have a tannery, for both tklns und hides.' On the Fourth of July, 1776. the peo ple of the United State decided to pat r or. lie home Industry. They have done very well ever klnce. With 6ne of the greatest lumbering concerns in the world opei ating in the Santiam country, .thin 58 will huiVi In the big canyon. It U a pity Sal-im cannot have clerer connection with that country. In fact, she must have. She muxt have 0 railroad connecting at or near SUiyton. By-products of the augur boct( are found to be more valuable than wa suppose!, a development common to neatly all f-.rms of modern manufac ture. A5 beet sugar factory tn Utah 1 una in correct i.n vi.th its waste eteamery, a cattle-feeding plant anl a: distillery. , This- explains the reas on why Havcmeyfer denounces the protective tariff as tiro "mother, of tru.-ts." He forties the destruction of his trust through the oi-erations of the small, . detached sugar-beet t-ugar lactones throughout the country the protected bett sugar factories lo cated near the farms. It is encouraging to be able to say that one of the greatest lumbering companies Jn the country Is behind the scheme for utilizing the magnifi cent timber of the Santiam country. This is what the operations of Mr. Curtlss mean. Several of the large; mills have been bought up, and it Is proposed to build a new one that will cut 150,000 feet a day at tome conveni ent point probably at Albany. The concern that is behind these operations has been buying timber land In the Tillamook country and in Columbia country for several years. They have Invested In the coast country several hundred thousand dollars in land on which stand some of the finest forest on the coast. They expect at some time In the future to build and oper ate a mill on Tillamook bay, and an other on the Columbia river. It la complimentary and favorable to thje Sarrtiam country that this company has begun its milling operations In Oregon in that region. . ' j Some years ago there was maintain ed at the woolen mill here in Salem a tannery. Tne work was mainly con fined to deer and sheep and goat skins. The glove makers and crthers who use this sort of leather have lately begun to appreciate the kind they used to Kt from the Salem tannery. It illus trates the adage that "We never mLss the water till the well runs dry." This leather is missed because there Is no more of it to be hadj., and there cannot be found any like it.- It took a finUh that, cannot be secured with the !ue of any other leather. Experts believe th!s was due to the water to the pe culiar softness of -the water. , The knowledge of these livings may bring about the establishing of another tan neryhere; a large one. The brick flouring mill property would " be a splendid place lor a tannery of this kind, and there Is plenty of room there for carrying on come of the manufact uring branches. This would be a great thing foe Salem. The hides land ejdn may be had here, Now they are be ing sen away to be used 4n tanneries located in distant cities. l"x-Cvernor Hogsv of Texas being ihelr ctatr cf the day on the Fourth of July. toM the Tammany lies ;ln New York that "we demociaut will go Into the next convention advocating, as before, the unlimited coinage cf Silver ar-d gold at the ratio of 1 to L" lie als. trdtctd tht : they I would be under tho lealet ship f Bryan, where at he was cheered to the echo, j II sai l with tMs candidal f and these principle Including a pi ink denunci atory '.the trusts) -we win into the fight confident cf victory; but vi want the support of Tammany, the -rri:t ot local political crganisaj tions." They will have the support of Tammany, or at 1-kstj the Tam many leaders. These will be k'idst in their nominal topport of thecanli-i date and the platform, j They will? ahe-nt thetnsetres hoarw at any tln.e' j Wa th mcouon of ihe name oir, Hrtaa But .thJa rlatfprm. ?L,t candidate mm- ot bavej h PPort of the democrat of New T..rkv' -either of the city or the late-or at leat f those " who once called themselves democrats, to even es Urge an extent as In 1896. The same la true of the whole country. There I n- Issue that can be combined "th the 16 to 1 delusion that can carry the country, or come rX all neatly doing o. De feat of the . Bryan i crowd becon.es more apparent as the time approach es, and - as their determination t liirce the isaue upon th denocratlj remnant of the democratic party b comes mie apparent and appears mure certain of bf;ng accomplished. THE FOURTH OF JULY. The Fourth of July, nnd the d.ic- trine it represents has a significance in this year c-i 1 s&9 that It never be fore possessed. It Is more 5 evident than., heretofore that when Qws'. pon- j giesg of the original thirteen colonic, or states. ci the 4th of July, 177G, adopted the Declaration of . Indepen dence, and became the United States cf Amci lea. they averted a general principle when they deciaied these truths to be self--videruVs "That all men are created equal, that they. are endowed by their Creator with ter tain unalienable rights: that - among these are life, liberty, and th-i pur suit of happiness. That, tc gecura these rights, governments are tonsil tuted among men. aerrtlng their just powers fiom the consent of the gov erned." The doctrine that all men are cre ated eo'ial" applies to tne Islands of the Atlantic and the Pacific, and to all the world. The assertion of the rights accruing unrler th-s doctrine hat Wen given a njew significance in the events cf the past ysar. Th.j tule of oppression by prince has giv- en way to the rule Fpain's possessions cf the people in In 1he Antilles It may tuke and the rhilippinesj somel of the inhabitants who have been kept in inner a ice under the rule of Kings In ihoae countries a go.-l dono v. hi ! to realize what has been for them and their children and chil- ,-lren's chUdi en. But the fact will re main of their deliv erancc, and their appreciation cf.it and their gratitude jtherefor will follow 'time. The D'.'iiarati.m in due couit-e of kf Independence was not wholly the result cf any par ticular instances of lation. The very c opprest-ive' lcgls igin of the colo nies poir.tid to freedom as their birth right, it was for the ;tke of liberty that the early colonels had left thoir homes. They had red to the woods of America and faced savage men and wild beasts rather pt.'ssion. Their habits bad led them to study the irinciples of pclitfcal lib- e:ty. The wholehiMory of the tolo nies ni.'ant Independence. Provi-denc-e so designed it It Mas a B-) -juertce in the march! ef progress. It was a stage I the tvolution of the race, in the development 0 ciyilixe-l man. So was the battle of Manila bay The principle that 'all men are ere. 1 ated equal" did nOi mean as much when It was declare by the c-jugress of the colonies as it docs now, though it 1 gi-nt-ral in its terms. Slavery tia thei. an inatiyuvion. It fdues not in.-.ui ( uuivh now, probably i ns it will Rt i-oine future time; whvn it will ntt be tiue thai tne n.&n is tre ated a ianther or a ' criminal, while death conies to f a strone, nitrsred. tstitution he finds He is always sneaking around look ing for open ings through which he can invade happy homes and leave tbetn forlorn and desolate. H e looks for weak places and oroscn aoors watch can be eMly battered down. When man s vigor and energy begin to - weaken and be come uncertain, then the door to his vitalitTtrrows shaky and there is an opening for tne grtm visitor to enter. It is commonly satd that people die of this or that particular clisease. The truth is tbey die of constitutional weakness. If more people reaiiced this they would understand why the great "Golden' Medi cal Discovery " invented by Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo, N. V , cures so many case of lingering eonghs. throat, bronchial and kindred affections of the air passages It gives thorough abnndant constitutional vitality. It gives the digestive and blood 'making organs, where consumption njioally begins, power to do their work completely so that no poisoaons dregs can get into the circulation to fasten on the lnngs and vital tsssnes. -1 have been troabWd with bronchitis for years," wrues Mrs. OrUn O Hats, of 1. OrUn O Hra, of it4. Ta the first Fergus ptsce I floctoes l-alia, Nina. ( Bo) place I had acre Chroat : doctored with diflerent oounes and took various medio or but cot bo buainar relteC JEVe nude , JTe nude no oar ntiidi to trm the medic-ne adtiUtU a Dr. Pierce-s Oolrlpii Hedical Dicuer. AArr I had tzkr-n mi, hnt! w Iboafht we could see little chance We scat sad got aaotber bottle of the 'Golden Medi cal Discovery and also oae of ' Favorite Pre cT1!oa. I took therm alternately, and in a km day I begaa to see that I was better far certaim. I took rtfht bottles of ' Goldea Medical Ptcoer and two of ' Favorite Prescription, aad, reahy, I have ant felt as wen ia yeacs. I sleep better thaa I have ia twenty years. " ' Dr. Pierce's Cotnmoo Sense Medical Ad tser, a 1000 page illustrated book, will be sent free by tke World s Dispensary Ucdi. cat AasociaQoa for n one-cent atasana. to ThS. th Wt A Hl.ilifl Ml. - X L. sUatial dothoaad rolnmeW ji tump ,.t - e When f v the door b I fV: healthy t i'l tl4. lit - i 1 14 f rr mm ttw ohm. next : aoor .iltinnalfW- Th Iinctplv) ttt wB - sinmwi . w nnl versa! education la firmly estab tbd. That of universal training and eXiuamy of opi-rturdiy wiU prob ablv follow naturally. Tlv i.roces of vlvHJsaticn w - an unfolding " one Ihe world will be better when it can be said Ir. addiaor. - to the declaration that "all men are created equat, that "all men are created with equal op- iM,rtiTittie. It will ? never be said truthfully that "all men are create with equal capacity for taking advan tage of opportunities " That would bo netecf ary to make state socialism successful. It is not a possibility if nature. . It would not be good. In dividual variety is a necessity for the rnnt.ir.uanee of progress. We havs now a near approach to the Ideal In riiv-M.ial eatialitV of opDortunity In rolitio-J matters. We need to ap nmrh nearer to the ideal Individual equality cf oppoH unity in- the quirement of wealth and chant es for independent citizenship. The growth cf the trust, and the centralization of wealth make these thinga; matters r nr.ont nnrcin. They Will be discussed ia political campaign. And in time the ' declaration thatV'all men or. i.,mi4 enu;il" will have . a still broader meaning. 1 j MAN? ELEMENTS j SILVER.' DuorriNd In at least two directions there s a drift away from the filyer forces. Th other day ex-Senator PefTetr aban drmed thi base mcney cr-alitlrn of 1S:3. Wharton Barker; of Philadel phia, on of the most radical and out spoken adv.cates of silver Whom the pnunli v has had. fays that f-llver is a ieatl is-su.?. and has come cut for gieeubackism, with neither a lOCc dol lar nor a 4.i dollar behind it. Gen. A. J. Warner, of Ohio, who was, next to Rlohard P. BUnd, the earliest and most pronounced ff the silver dollar advocates, now declares that "Impe rialism knd trusts are issues thvt transcend and take precedence of eil ver. Th Salt Lake Ti-bune, which be longed tol the Teller faction cf the re party in Jf.&6, and which publican went ovelr to the demccracy In that year, ctt c these Barker and Warner secessions es evidences of the strength of Its owta DOfiticn that It "is idle 1 to. le 1 to, ret." keep ui the nhouting for free tllv The Salt Lake paper Is, indeed, in a pretty numerous coinpar.y. There Is a rush in various directions from the free silver camp. Mme are coming to the republican party, others are go ing i to the popu'.lfrts and KillI othrrs nre J ininer the gold democrats. The net result Is that the ' '$,500,000" o5 1S96. which we.tave heard o much about froin the base money patty's or atqrs and editors elnc-e then. Is in process of disintegration. It does not iuinber more than ri.SOO.WO or 4, 6O0.0C0 In 1J.99. and prcml:-es to be still lower in xaoo. -.. This drift fr?m sHvetlsm was, cf . : ' . : .. 1 i i ." ' i course, the natural tningi 10 exr-ect. Silverlsm is only the half-way housa 'to'etralght flat'em. The difference between a 45c dollar and a no-cent dullar is too elight to count for much. The averane American voter has no liking for metaphysics. On the finan cial question 'he want a honest mcney or dishonest money. It he chooses dishonest money he is not going to put up long with the spurious variety of It lepiented by 45c dollars. Af ter dropping- that far from the honest money level he is not going to iit'P until he gets to the bottom. . He makes no compromise 3 with his cm vie turns. He ill have the best or the wc-rst which is to be got. , If ha wants a dollar vhic-h has any fii-t in it he will take the cne which is all fiat. There Is logic and consistency in thi lx-sitijn. Thus it happens that silvorisp. is being hit in two di rections. The best elements of the sil.erites are coining ever to the rcpublie-nti rtirty. Teller and the majority of the men who went out o the party with him three years ago are likely tu ' be back with tlte republicans next- year, ne more raaicaj ana utougntiess,! on the other hand!, are molnc over toward the popuUtds., GOOD SNAKE SHOOTING. Williameport. Aid.. June 12. Snake shooUns; ia a novel sport of recent in troduction here, and which is becom ing: quite popular. There are an un usual number of snakes along the streams and tn the country hereabout. ana many or them are copperheads, a poisonous reptile and much feared. Rifles, as a rule, are used by persona who indulge in snake shooting:. A fa vorite place for the sport la along; the t-nesapeake and Ohio canal, wher water and black snakes and Copper heads abound. In-great numbers, j: Within the past weeks the reptile DO DU lation slonr , thm esnsl Ko seriously, depleted. A Haters town man who apeada his . Sundays ahootlna- snakea killed over a hundred in two days. Yesterday a week an h thot with rifle thirty water snakes be. sides a number of , other. .William Stake killed a monster" copperhead snake on the towpath. Just below town. It measured four feet Baltimore American. r..:-. . We Lead Others Follow. . ' .'- '"--I - :-- '-'! . ' If you want must go to branch for all kinds of farming implements, car riages, bjggies and wagons. Seethe low CHAM PION binder and draw cut mower before buying. We have the found any place. A BOARD' OF AUDIT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IJf 8ES- SION THIS WEEK. Viwers, on New Boads Petitioned for. Report Large List of Bills Allowed Yesterday. The commlssonens' court for Marion county convened in regular session for the July term, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with County Judge O. P. Terrell and Commissioners J. N. Davis and Wm? Mlley present. The after noon was spent in auditing bills against the county, and considering the matter of reports of viewers of proposed new county roads, and at & o'clock the court adjourned to 9 o'clock this morn ing:, t The report of John W. Irwin, F. N. Hull and W. B. Cox; viewers on the road near Mehama, petitioned for by Irwin Schneider and sixteen others, was read the first time, and laid over for further action. The report of A. D. Hall, S. R. T. Jones and James Casey, viewers on the road petitioned for by S. D. Wright and others, near Woodburn, was read the first time. The report of Dan Humphrey, Edgar Hartley and Adam Burns, viewers on the road petitioned for W. L. Cum nf ngrs ond others, near Shaw, was also read the first time. Following are the bills audited by the court during the afternoon: Road and Bridge. Cld Alld. S 19 75 3 13 2 50 S2 00 5 00 14 00 80 SO 4 00 44 65 2 95 7 50 15 50 7 45 Pohle & Bishop ... 19 75 A- W, Russell,, ,t 3 IZ W. A. White i W J. E. Humphrey Ben. P(. Stevens Radabaiugh & Francis 32 00 s 00 14 00 F. A. Baker.. 80 80 O. P. Terrell I 00 Ole Hagan.... '. Brown & Smith C. W. Stage 44 65 2 95 7 50 R. M. Wade & Co...... 15 50 Mrs. J. G. Evans Capital Lumber Co. M. L. Eskew 7 45 55 79 7 00 65 79 7 00 40 00 2 CO 5 40 Marlon Taylor 40 00 A. 1 II. 'Lacroix 2 60 Gray Bros... 5 40 Brown & Bons... 27 24 Hinkle & Co 227 00 E. W. Rom 21 21 K. C. Hanson 7 00 A. D. Hall 4 20 James Casey 4 60 S. R. T. Jones,.: 7 60 H. J. Carter..: 4 00 A. B. Brown 4 00 J. C. Farmer 14 00 Ii. B. Herrlek 12 60 J. H. Humphrey i 4 00 Edgar Hartley 2 80 Adam Burn.. 2 80 Henry Keene 2 00 S. Spencer 2 00 W. J. Jones 2 00 B. B. Herrick 8 40 F. TJ. Hull 4 40 J. W. Irvine..... 4 40 W. B. CoxL...... 10 30 A- C. Cox... 2 00 Albert Morris 00 Irwin Schneider......... t 00 Wm. Bussey 80 J. F. Moser 15 00 27 21 217 50 21 21 7 00 4 20 4 60 7 60 4 00 4 00 4 00 12 60 4 00 2 80 . 2 80 2 00 2 00 2 00 8 40 4 40 4 40 10 30 2 00 - 2 00 2 00 6 80 15 00 Bicycle Account. R. Johnston... 18C 25 84 25 101 20 21 65 2 00 9 15 2 65 44 75 5 45 24 00 24 00 6 00 2 00 9 00 6 00 60 00 149 25 121 55 21 45 94 12 186 25 84 25 101 20 2165 2 00 9 15 2 65 44 75 6 45 24 90 a 2400 " 00 2 00 9 00 6 00 60 00 149 25 124 55 21 45 13 24 00 i 1 25 116 48 , 23 50 20 09 19 59 15 00 I 00 8 00 S 00 1 F. Neibler C. W. Stage Capital Lumber Co.... R. M. Wade Sl Co.... Pohle at Bishop...... Brown St Smith S. H. Russell A. W. Long E. J. Swafford Roy Barxee.. .......... I P. Bennett?......... J. Richardson...... J. O. 1 Drake...... Arth u r Barxee BL B. Herrick Jr... SU A. Bagan....... S,' Tomlinson....... JJ N. Davis........ It T. Bruce. ' ... Pauper Account. Ori Child AM Soc 1 24 00 Krauase Bros... ....125 U. M. High... .-11141 fiM, R. Jeasup...... ...... 21 50 A4 Tanzier Sc. Co . , a m CJ H. Robertson 17 so Alice Pretty man. ........ 21 00 Mrs. F. Ferguson...... 8 00 lA. M. CSbuiEh...... X 00 D. F. Lane E 00 the best value for the MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER most complete line CROPS AND WEATHER. The Latest Report by the Government 1 lOfflt-e at Portland Western j Oregon Conditions. B. s. Pague. the government's sec (ion director at Portland, says as fol lows in his last weekly bulletin. Issued July 3d: J "Crops. The rains, being followed by several days of cool weather, were of great benefit to growing vegetation. Fall-sown grain is in excellent condi tion; it Is turning yellow, and has every promise of being a heavy crop, j Sprin sown grain has stdoled much better than usual; it is growing arid ia re ported to be as (promising es it Is pos sibfe for spring grain to be. Much the cpring grain w-as sown under ad verse circumstances, and unless show ers occur at intervals the yield may be reduced. The present prospects are excellent for the grain crop. Haying continues and all reports Indicate that a first-class crop is being secured. The rains delayed work for a few days, but no injury resulted. Corn Is mak ing progress. Warmer weather would produce more rapid growth, but its present condition 4s thoroughly satis factory. Potatoes are growing rapidly. The weather has been extremely fav orable to them. ' Some planted early are in bloom. Vegetables of all kinds have good growth. During the rains the weeds were. very rank, but the dry weather permits cultivation and they are being dctoryed. The rge table crop w ill ibe large. Hemp and rlax are making good growth. The fruit pro spects remain unchanged. Cherries are ripening, but many are falling to the ground. Strawberries have passed the height of their season, and rail shipments have practically ceased; the crop was good. Raspberries and black- oerries are ripening. rmM ,nttve commenced to ripen and shipments from the Ashland district and ; fjf om places along the Snake and Columbia will begin within a few days. The peach crop is not as large as usual and in sections it is a failure; in the real peach growing districts the crop is good. Prunes have practically ceased dropping; the prunes remaining will mature much better than if the trees were, as they usually are. heavily lad en. Pears will be a short crop and ap pies a fair crop. I Stock is in good cbn dition POLITICAL NOTES. The new governor of South Carols na. M. B. McSweeney by name, betran life in Charleston as a printer's boy. He has succeeded to the offlce of gover nor by the j recent death of Mr. Ellei be. Mr.! McSweeney, when choeen lieutenant-governor In 1838, polled 28,000 vo tes only, and the limited character of' jlhe suffrage in South Carolina is shown by that fact in comparison with jlhe vote of Lemuel E. Qulgg. defeated can didate for congress in one of the dis tricts of New York. He polled 25,000 votes. His democratic opponent had 31,000, and the total vote of the dis trict was twice as much as the total vote of the state of South Carolina for governor at the election of the same year. " . A sharp tight for the senatorshlp lias already I been started In Virginia, where the term of Thomas S. Martin expires on March 4th next. The legis lature to choose successor is to be voted for this year, and as Mr. Mar tin's friends have control of the dem ocratic I organization machinery I In Virginia, a strong effort of all his op ponents Is being made to commit nom inees to be chosen at the primaries to other candidates. There are several already In the field, particularly Wil liam A. Jones, congressman from the First Virginia district, who was re elected last year, .and Fitzhuah lie. congressman Jones entered the Vlr gmia January Institute In 1864 and served as a. cadet in the defence of Richmond. Senator Martin, who educated at the same institute and en tered it Jn the same year, served also 1 a cadet in the battalion of the institute. His education was com pleted at the University of Vlrainia. !n which also Mr. Jones was a student, he being graduated in the year 1870. The senior senator , from Virginia, John W. Daniel, has been re-elected for another term. He &as been sena tor since 1887. S : -i Only one person In every four of the Inhabitants of .London earns mors than a sound a week. 1 your money you of haying tools OPPOSITE THE BREWERY. invreif I - Zoj & Neff, Former I7 of Salmi, Lose Their Stork of Goods-luO Principal Sufferers. IcOSEUURO, Or., July 6. Abo it 2 o'cloc k this morning firo was 'di.ic' vr ed in the rear of Jcy Sc. Keff s st-te, on Locust street. Oakland, and it rapidly spread; to adjojn'ng buildings. There was no fire apparatus exce-ft a 'bucket briurade, and the fire could not 0; of I trolled until two entire blocks swept clean, from the lK-..t I1.1t Smith's livery stable, except two I buildings owned end cccurlej Young Co., and Page tt Dlmitdok. The cause: of the lire is nnkn wn, The majority of the citlxens 1 li inf away to celebrate the Fourth of July at oinereni places, lent-ened the- ftn-ce combating the flames. The principal losers are: Mrs Thomas, Depot hotel, contents and outbulldirgs, tfS.O-W; no insurance, tel. contents and outtuil Jirgti, IS,i; n- insurance. JJ, H. Mahoney, saloon, f 3,000. ! small ln?uianc. . rge & Llmmlck, warohouse anl contents, 14,000, Insurance, fl',000. ;G. J. Stearns, building. $000. A. F. Winnifred, 3500. , ' E. G. Young A Co., warehouse ahl contents, 36,000; partially Insuied. Odd Fellows, $350. John Canady, building and bowling aUey, 31,000. Joy & NJeff, rackt store. $3,(KK. E. H. PlnlutoA hotel, 11,000. r Smith's :ivery stable and contents. 13,000; insurance,' 3-50 ( . E. L. SetUe. sod wolkllt ,5C0. surance, 3300. , - Mrs. Settle, building, 31.EO0; mlllb:. ry stock, $700. ' V - Stearns .St Chencweth, damage to building and stock, 31,000. Ei H. Henderson, barber (.hop; 32i"; Insurance, $100. : C. II. Medley, household goods, $3T-0; Insurance, $200. Foetal Telegraph Co., ' irstrumenU and office fixtures, $100. A. F. Urown,f danmse to fn.nt tf b.lllng, $lx .1 Conservative intimates plices thai loss at $40,000. : . !. .....-': '.The mciiilcr of the Attn of loy.At Neff.jrtentioheJ iri the al-ove dispaich, nJ vorfo suffered ' u bcny fire los in Oaklnd yestcrrday morning, -ire well i knod-n in the Capital City. Mr. .Hoy : was former'y a resident of Noith Fa-1 lemi and was for a tl-ne secret. iry of iheilocal labor exchange. He was at oiujiiioe, while connected with the labor exctango, robbed and badly beaten. -Lr.ter he hid trouble with tha offi.:rs cf the exchange regarding an accounting; the matter was taken into court, and the case dismlree.l l.y Jus- i tlce of the Peace II. A. Johnwi:. 1 F. Nt-ff, the other iremler t f th firiii, j was for a time employed ts falesrnnu. 4n the; general store of J. W. Tli)rihas in this city., Later be sucees-led io ! the business, conducting it for about I a year; nnd early in he (nade an afUgniiient to C. P. Bishop, who scM th stock to W. IL Ilobscn & Co1. Mr. Neff went to Oakland and engaged In the racket store business with Mr. ; Joy.) -- . j " - f ':-". ' AN IMMENSE SLAB OF MAHOO- ANY. i Cne ff the f nest nieces of dressel lumber the writer has ever seen Is the top of a table In the director general office at the observatory. . It Is jof mahogany, and measures S2 feet Int length and 6 feet 7 inches In width. There Is not one flaw of any kind to be detected. What possibil ities rest in the virgin forests produc ing such lumber can easily be conjec tured, j - - American bush and capital will soon come to develop the Infinite resources of these Islands, which, if told In its' entirety, would read like a fairy tale. Manila (P. L) Freedom. The Best Prescription for Malaria Chins and Biliousness (s a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay,Prica 60 cents.' H on- ve;e I to rick by
