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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, Trr-rayic.Top,i:ii v, i:m. FROM WASHING TON ;T0 SALEM S. A, Clarke's Trip from thr federal Capital to Oregon. ONE OF, GOYf RNMtNI'S EMPIOYES Who Left Position to fUtnrn Home to Vote Fo nod Few ftrjaniteslu Travel. Hid (Vroni Dally Statesman,' Oct. 27. . Iu Uh early time of liahscoiktlnent- al travel th writer made the joiiruy overland. Xroiu New York to San Francisco, In .March, and wrote the exjierlence of lit' journey for on ul the jrreat New ;! York Liilie. who.-?.-managing editor expressed .iimrec! iti ui of the ' dcscr'-pl&Mr ail lu-iliit Un'VV of by assurances that It would be ex feu lively copied by -the-lead inr -journal of the nation. The crossing of th continent is no liiti'cr - new x.u atiou. but the cluing that ihe ax sage of a (.'fiwratiou Im h'f- im.iv exrnse 'a brief review of tlte incident aii iimiitm iii')nin tii :i joiinn-y from tl East to ((nnii in tkbeVr. I!. - i ' The approach if a Presidential elec tion is improved by the employes of tin ifceriiitint t Tttaki hoiivwnrd vix't. a- is .ire writ to the limit of "lli nation fur a single fare for ! round trlp-i , 'f hjs I'itnuU to !h Wet co?!. a Journey of tfjiKl index, and thousands of, v oter ,A,'jkt ihi :! d:IJfC" Vacation. . '. , Supplied willi the t rt!cae of the chief clerk of! their especial bureau, they So f hrioijrli 4 he. tiro-exx of in.l-iili- hVatioti. and finally secure, iu rani. recognition at. I Im projter railroad of li., al any of which tirey -au pav far t Pltima, Thni. orl-Iand's. Kn-I. and get a wrim of tickets, '. hi go auj iumf ou. itificii a yard long. I? iaiinctiiiti's nxpiiri-s half a day's iliiu t go through Hit motions. l"hix fenliir alone j would give room and lMrt unity for a column of lion. My own experience' wa rather lame nut II It tani to touching the "arni of an Intruder b 1m; pardon foe reminding hho - 1m t at l.axt half a dozen of ns came In turn 1k fore iiim. He drew himself up in resentful shajto t .11, IlkO li.a .ll. lU'.nl Hit itlil lil- (tut slitw hi tnh form" and was -liabh to .trik" "All riRht, nay th nudesijrin'd. "xtrike. if you want tor' Hut lit didn't mociu to want to, and 1h wasn't errtd out of 1l1h inrn. .-itlHr, Thn incaiMil aliA'aiiil w-r' able in take tli evenlnj; traiiij oa tin fl, & .. for 'hkas.ii. Then I uo tHTter iLi'- to hKh-P well for a man who ha a ju.t -ouciiie.- 1hau in tin good 1mI on, Im.ird . a Pullman shi'iKT.. for tlu sl:ak of f i-ar will-ri k oim io sleep -and m iko , him lrcaiu f, cradle ,ini: nulil bntad daylijsrlit : and jthere are mor Mhorf turns and more jh.-ik iiilt tri -'iiintr (hrousch -the Allegliank. than in erons-, I i the Ihieki4 and the ('a-ades pot ts;ftlH'r, It wax early tnorniiifr when iln Alli uhaak-n shive the las , shak- tin one thatjwak-d ii.h all for break-fat-nnd we looked on, llie unper waters of the' Ohio river, not far from Wlu-eHiifr- All day Ions we .were wl.ii Ihcjr throiiirh the fiiriii- and ai.uoas f hoiins of West Virtfluia. (llilo ami Indiana." -then had dark rleauis. of tlliuois lauds'ao. tlrawfus into .'the U'lMit at t'Jiieago jiImhiI p.m. It Ava an evn day's sroinjr if f.t uillw." an averas of nearly 41 index an hour. hi-a;jo wax all there, ami even ihe tdecttoii turmoil did: not disturb its pjii?nimrf-. Il 1 nor ay ! disiut-it t'hleaso iu!Hise; but. really, the "Windy t'iiy" sm-x alons in a way to hold Its own, it can wH affrd to lie atlxtled with. Th.-re we remainl er a lay to interview a relative who is kei Imis.t i-otle4ius his revenues 'tif rentals. He spared time, however, to do the hotpit aide, and dined m at hh club- sin I'liiverxity wImt ol h'iie luen tako "lol gradual deari e" T iih :i1 nml lrink. I We einpromise4l n oysters on "the" half sh -II and uail ui toast; and well "'" ttrt f eKjwr-i.-n.i ihiI the nit fall" and damr-r f 'hlauo anl ot Tsafoly atard the .... l ilH-niL.xt A- Si I:iiiI fr.-HIK . iHtund for tbnaha. How things so and grow Iu tli .ii ' lh 'West H stiwn on the ivr o my time table ami roi.ier. winea .yi "ihJi inih's of wIl HuijMl road." Sure enoimhMts ntaji shows toil il lii.es jrriliront lie Stales east of .the Missouri. '"Willi that ;.ls, miles iu rail, eoiistitiiiins it oho rf tie rail road "It lists" of the wotjld. IT 'in- oposisi to truss s. may io - Itave truslisl to H, but -had -slarbMl fo? Omaha le fore this mh"itois fa-t d-i-oeI. . lint -this same "eypanstou" iff one s''t railnsi.l system Is eon , slsient with the ptosn-ss aud expu lsion of our nation. 1 h lie leu os this -oiiiKiuys differnt ISik. at times. and ther all pnoe so wn"j sm ot1dy that one ui only woud r at its niatruitii'Tit development f imMler'i )Kwu:bililki WJiert yur Nrresp,iMl hi was tsrii there were uo railroad . and all the world ilteii knew of" the West v-:ist IwU .and Clarke had told it. I :' 1 j "."' In the niornhis w were plldins across the la mis of . Iowa, one of tie greatest of Wtern states. It ; was d-lishtfnl io move so swiftly and fciuv hat! thne days Jiiore would tnifrt it f,i th? Columbia river. In the niorniiijr we crossed the Missouri at Omaha, and ehaused to the , Uaioii Pacini line, Nebraska Inid n all the rrst of Uie day. bur the tram itt.ttr on as If endowed with !ifv We had cuanjred , to take a , tontist skt-jsr. jbikI we may as well siiy here iltAt tlitKsi t.in mse ?vcry c-oin- fori ami. save a linU"siyle" and show offer everrthins om ; ikhnIs. . 'The Uwiw i i.'mhL the Attendance as r cshmL. only yn have, caue intlts . in sfatl of idllslu dlHI'the inrm-tilU I not so exiensive of extensive. vt riievenne We. who wore for Ore- ron. chatnrd to n train just in front . in-nver: lort tliere was only one ja wiiu.-r for the north and that one had a snick, si mn. clean car all to-b!niolf for the two days to come. Thorp would 1e an tsN-asloual wayfarer , nUi sl.ihl OtT UiiTill, but ,lUll- lie : of we id. went, through to finish, Tho car I left was crowh.l with people foe a liforuia, anions w hoiii was a J:. Jmrj? inan, Mr. 4 'ollsMirne. who: bad Ihs ii twek to his native Kngland f ; Ke ids mother. Nebraska jo-ows more uparm a we so west: 'tin towim are not, so la rse. cultivation not so gener al: s-toek interest are, more proniuient Inf. country is not jo well adapted to fannins as we m-ar Wyomaisi We ate settins anions the cow Uys, and as w- paAH sta tioitH tWy-are KtriMi'slv in evidence. Jt is interesting to watch Iho sradiuil change that comes over the world as we h ave the Ti h prair.e lesions of the MissLsilt,i a il Mis souri vaUeysan.l,. near the: upsr att rs of the Platte, more am! more 1 '. ouojined as we g weVp i on west v.ardmuil the L,avy grade r-julres two great engines ami the division ,f traittM into several s-i ions, ; Hut tin "change of .lanasi-ap U not prononm ed; ; it i the satu. uu hiokvn ottiloik of range laud, reach ing In all dire-thns. with ho break of foiet or; hill to chang i iu. s.-ale. Only tli, lalnir of the train shows au upgrade all Uu lime. One, of fihe i.aitui.cn ci. ires tiu-oiisn and.; uvs "lk ther ! and to the left. ,in ine advaiue. .j a iink of Mioa- that! fie siwaks the ' presence T of (the Hi.-sv rnotfijtains! Pift tfiere U u I Ki,-kv H'otintin in sight as we , trml on through the South; Pass, so faiiiouis iu tuny ttnu-s. Only for the proauiu Uo train w sh..tiM not kiiow weie i-liiutiius the continental div Iielin,-,v, ejj,,Ha ot WyOIIHg - is ovi r Quo ft t elevaiton. andJ tli wind always Mows then', but it is a modern city ivith 12ei MOtil:iii..u. ami tio-s. doo't ; blow aay. Tlo Ho;-ky loooiila ill vistas are Uie xaoie lange .f landi-u-ap we raw lovii on the Platte; no ro-k Sri tghl but herd' or call I.- it. s-rsjM-live. 'I hirty nil. lMyiid. westward ho! jint - hav clioibed np -'( I f,.t. J higher aud leached Sherman, where stands the monument Jo Oakes Ames--ho wa i lie. linam-LiI soul f the ; gnat f tiis r prisc put rliere I. l-)l ihe Vorl I we are at i he Kiimmit f the South Iass. leva t ion .2i'. feet, over a nbie ami a, half of altitude; yet tlir are only more rocky upheavals iu the lts;aiu e and stock range vei-yuJier-s htmi hero we dcs-cmi rapidlyi twenty-four in ilex down tie west.-ru yr.oIc auJ w de-eud over li f.-et. p, Jwirainie the old ffrt site famotis, iu pioti ir story. Wo have M iossed the I'.m ky il!iiiii!.l ins, and there were no roekv ridges to confront our visiu. ilow the 1 ickliotieof the coirtineiit got its nam'. is mrt discoverable at the South Pais! All tlie ini.l ii(oiiMia!:i . country N niin-h tiie same. We tom-hed tlie d.'sei i;-1 northern line of t'olora.lo once, a we sjieil through , Nebraska. l.io miUs I lieu enleied Wyoming, s t ."MKW fe.-t h -a at ion. travel ill through it HC, miles and kft It at!i;.27: feet cievailop; whicii shows that all here is mountain plateaux, only adapted to stock rais ing. Attempts at cultivation are few and far lietween. This is the laud of. the sto-k man aud the cow Juiy. Oiu ou tin iK-ll veldt, we jkiss cattle yards for shipping stock, witi no house Jn sight: perhaps a tent is near by.. Hi-re, iu Idalio. .voit can ss a mud bovel to vary pcrspetftirji and a few miles 1 3'ond the black basalt is-ciiipped and hammered . iut.o .blocks, to build a Itniie among wastes that seem to .defy hopes of civ(l!jc;itioiu , A . we ; trek westward ''tlie ' ajscj of the,. ,wo1d biigt'tcus. Tlie tlow - that UK-anders amid arid.' sag hrnh . plain.' i Snake river. I am at home! " Thirty-five y-ars ago, this fall.' the writer iravepsed and , wrote, (tu. this leidiTle and southern Iththo ' i:og.ton. wnen it nan niy intiRs ami nv . homes; he wall interested hi its uiines j and rode by 'stage or du hors-baek far'and niar. vlth no eSnc1atioii f living to ride tirrotigh here on a iirsi ciass railway',' Tlie ivsl of. 11k jur ney. Toti milex. Is all 'fan'ifliar, foilow ing Snake river for nearly 4ni inilcss to IInuti!igton. then ttV ISnnii rivtr. il'o'oesh I'owder Hiver m.Hey. the tZiaiiil ICoiimk valk-y. thus Hmtr:it ing"tlie Blue mountains; then over the wlieat fields of I'm.itilla, down the i ock-riblied courst if tlie I'oittmhia. past Tin Halles. through tin great and wonderful jrorsc of the Columbia. auJ tlx fourth morning after leaving Chica go the Iron horse shows up at tin1 1'uioii deoi. Portland, when Hie writer landisl hi I So, uiitu tli- tii'lroNlis of Hm Northwest coast was but a struggling villas, almost di-iiitue if hotmx. . S. A. CLAltKK. HARNEY IS rOOJlEU SLHHISI fir TAX. ROLL DECIiKAKK SHOWS A la tm TalMtioa of Trtfprty Tb 1890 AHSMttciit W' Ui(bcr-ltath StatBiniU la ItoUkll. " (From !aily Statsmfin. oi-t. 2S.) The clerk of Harney county yesfer day filed ' the summary of the assexs tneut ;roll of lis county, for the year ltMl. : for use of the State Hoanl yt Ievj-. The slateiueiit shows a ealn a tlon! of ? 2,241,1" a lecrease of ?ii2, VSi - from- the valuation . returned iu lf. The roll for last year showed a total Valuation of $i3:ri.7S, wh.Ie thia yearns total U Fol lowing is this years summary as re turned to the Slate IieiiariiuviTit: r4,4o7 acres tillalde land. . .$ J43.4C 3,otHj acres non-tillable.,. I mpn ya Ieeded la uLs .... .1.1 town and city lots......' liupr. on town lots.. I.,... Iiupr, ou lands not dcsJd.. 7 miles ir Tel. Tele lines. Stcainlioats, Kngines, etc... Merchandls ..... Farming Implements cite. Money. .... ... ... ... Notes and accounts. . . . '. . 7-1 shares of stock Household .furniture etc.... lo.icc: 1 horses aud . mules. ... .V',.:7ti cattle oi;.2H sheep..... ., ,'L'XI swiue.. 73or, lboA'So, :y,oir. S.ohi i.:tv :tL'.7 i;,jjo '4.rj.i 7.1 " 17.SH i Ci.iec. 7tii-40 !l."71 'ivi Iross value Klempt ins. . , of property. .$2tS.74o .. ... 77w." Total value taxable prop.. $2. 1 1. V Kr pnrisses if" comparison- 'th siunni.it of last year Is given fM-lD.v, slmwfng iu-,wiiat class s of iros-rl,' last; j-ear'H tax roll showed higher valuation lh.ui ihs-s ' that of ' V.t: TC'rJH acre tillable land... $ tM4.7'. rT:t,;fl wr uon Pillalde. wrj.rsio Impr. on deeded Liml.. .. fC,sst.' 12H town and city lots.... 2-Vin.-, Impr. on town ' lots. ....... '." SI.SI.I Imir. on itmhxxhsl lands.. 1.11, V.'M 4-1 miles tele A:-teie lilies.... , 4V Merchandis ...... .. .... .V. 77.r Farm imph'imuts cte '.12 11.1 SleamlMtats. etc. ..... .... PLUhi Money ......... :.1iH Notes ami .accounts :.o.:t'jo 71 shares of stock... 71 Household furniture 10.4!t hors's and niul.-s,... .1!.1!C caul. Il.l'.ll sheep AM swine tiross value. Exemptions. . . and goats., 17. K.1 Vt'.jm". . ST'fii.s::!! 7'i.sol 1.401 .-.4 H 5.715 .C.J17.1 Total tasaMe property. ., ...'fci;V7S' Ont in lnliaii.iiM)lis Dr. Jraiy, who has b u a visiting tlentist, Jn.l'ne pitl llii 'Kv-ho)ls for 4 weirty yesirs. -s-t rohgiy iHlvise?!' the regular examination of the Aoeth iu -school children, and re ommenls,that. chihrerjf 1h JapshJ ,ht inoier use of the. toolli brusli. an un known artMi'1 tii' lirahy children and the parents as well. . He lteiievc thai this Is as important as instruction in physiMogy aud hygiene, and lK'lfevH that th pjrli histrnet khi of tlie chil dren the public t -kirge niay-lie edu catv?d to tin proNr cate'of tin- teotlL' lie suggests that a tooth-brush drlll lw a part of the instruct iinh r of tie selnsds; and, .that the insstor show IIk" ehihtreu the niethiwl of brushing the npjer teth downward and tie lower un si upward, followijig this by linsiug the-iuoiilh v illi viaier oiv a milk antiseptic solution, with tlie lips closed" and forcing the watr Ihrough the crevh-ex btween the lectin iVitainly to se a class if juvenile going through tlie torth brush drill would Ik a liiglily interesting and ani mated iierfomiaiiee: as for tlie xinaljf 1sy himself, om can readily im.iginf with what enthusiasm h would en gage in the exi-rcis'. The coming election did not inter fere with travel, ami in all tiie :;!of irdles of journey ftiun Washlngioti to Portland no HryaVitepnt in an apsar ami..: ethleiitlv th.y .ire tu1 fou 1 of travel. As I sat In the. Omaha d of the fOrigu hnklng man by my s(i' S a 'id ina via n by .-rppcji rji m'-e - w.r ,j medal, that sho-.l McKiul ; ami K-.Meeveit. He" said hs was S.llisfiel with 'what we had and watil.d no hange. !wI -rinngh 'wax -ro.! itoiigh. for him. A man from ;he Shenantloah aller had the same eied- il and said ids pari of t!w "Old Io miuhm" was Ib pnhlu su. Just at the present' there is a landsloh going on at the l.ist ttiai win iea i.ryan tu I he lurch. Tlie gisul business s -ns ol lie nation ix ior ixooe.t. -imi m neii who earn m ag,s are sure to agiee with employers who pay tljem well. S. A. I". NF.W Al A JAZINK. The lirst issue of "The World's Work." publisluil by l " ' ' P i : " ' I For the third of a century the stand ard for strength and Diiritv. It makes the hot bread, hot biscuit, cake and other pastry light, sweet and excellent in every quality. !. -'- ... ;-:t;v No other baking powder is good as Royal, ' ' either in or wholesomeness. strength as , purity Many low ptir.cd imitation baking 'powders are upon the mar ket. These are ntado with alum, atulxare should le taken ti avoid them, as alum is a ixiison. never lo lie taken m the food. ROYAL BAKIMC POWDE'CO. 100 WILLIAM ST.. NfW VORlC. I miilil. day, l'ligu-JS? Co.. New Yorlc, contains a large nuinU r of interest ing aiwt well wrlfien nrlich's. The contents 'kiclude. iho.MureJi of Kv-nts-, mi Mlitoria! interpolation:. A JJevcht lioii iiiNl4ni-4'icimse,by A. Itada-i-lifTe Ibigmori: .The 1ti-ln k of i Hnra) State, William it. Lightou. and slnirt slot h's of "Men Who Work.' Fine il Instrailuus are features; t' this,.Miag.-i-' zinc. It, Is, willi the. activities f fthe nculy ofga'nixe'it-World,'' "its profilcias and irs i romance." that ihix'ni.ig.vuie ill eoncerii itsflfj "trying lo convey the , clieer fid soirjt tf ,:niell Wlu do things." Tlie magazine ts sure, to !v place in literature, and Is- likely Is come most popular work. till to . AN INYOl.FNTAKY PATH. -A stranger, who arrived from Portland on -last '-evening Albany local, took an involuntary bath iu the mill race on Trade street, that caused him con siderable discomfort, to say the least. The gentleman undertook fo walk from the passenger station do.vn town, but missed the street, and wan dered down the switch loward the river. When near the Willamette University proeMy on Winter sir.et. he involuntarily walked into ihe mill race., which at .this jKiint I deep niid svvU't. and.Tci-oived u, thorough, duck ing. Two" . gentlemen. t residents. ' of this- city. hapiM-ncd to' sotne along ami help tlie nitforrnuate man out' ol his preilk-timelit. and oho of Ihem. :i Moiuimnt. business maiu look the shivering traveller lo his home, ajid firovided Iiiin w'ith a'cliaiige f cfot.li-. hig.--"Phe "gentleman- who V:a !o lui t'ortiimiie ax' to walk .int the diteii was ftii entire stranger here, .and as ,U was ijuite dark, his : .iK-cideiit, ' is earily. :i;couu foil for. He will inT ahly ii Ot' have ahothef perh"iM' lik it for many a day. PUOMINI'NT i'YTIi I AN IEAH. Indiaiia'M.lis. k-l. 27. f'oloind .las. 1J. ISss dieil sit his home in this tit y today, agist I'. ycrirs. H was ivbli-'ly known iu K. of P. circles. Jt ppcars that a, working ele.-lrl.-fju. " uamd Couturier, burgl iiioitsiy entj r- e(l the ehH'frie company's premise j".; Nhiies, sleaiitig ;".",-francs, lie wja tra ked to Orang, near Lyons, wlulre lie wax arrested. I fc.euiiiciits" found on 1 1 i x jterson icwahsl.- tlie p.iiwr say, an anaiTliist-"onxpira-y to ass assinate 1 'resident lanubet on his i-okii- -iiig visilito Lyons t inveil a in.wju- liicut ,fis,.tej tor the iiiemory oil 'res if lent Caruot. I- ' j Couturier is itiaid !: to have 'eomiuit tcl the burglary In -'order to obiaht . funds, lo.c.irryj oiM, his jwoje t lie .lias, il is inhlol, .;onfsMl to tli jHtiii's-, who are! -now tracking Ids -Complhvs. and wati hliig anarehistHjiii 'older to pivvcwj any ittleiupt l cyitry out -I lie sehemej . . ' AN ASSASSINS PIoT. Anarchist. Conspiracy hi Kill ITcsiden! ! France. Lyons. Oct. "7. l .icen says a plot 'cut liOitlM't has The Nonvelisli lo assassinate P Im-oii d!scoered th T W CON V I yiS. W. W. . Fra7r. dfpuiiy sheriff, of Multnomah -ouuty, ante to Salem ;List evening, brfiigiiug up I w o prisoner tc be ;iilae'd In i ho penitentiary. One is A. W. Spreiigcr, convicted of ratM',' and eiilenec : to ten years' imprisonment, and John iteed. a lareeni-t. Avho has tm year lo serve. Is ihe oilier. 'I'Ik-hc two ar rivals bring the li II III I. el.' of Itrlsollel'S ill the peiiiti ntiary up to 1'SI. j A Few Pointers. The recent jt3iitics of th nutiibcr o( de-atlis huw that the large majority; die with consumption, lilt's drseake may ' conuuence w ith an apparently harmless cough which cut be cureI "uisiantW hv Kt-mp's? Haiam for the " Throra 'and Lungs, whkh ii guaran teed to enre atiT re'ievc all case.' PrW isw. and lac. ror sale liv nil druggisis. p,li:i,hti:.m ; wiikat TA'wistoii. Ida Kt; 1113. Alexan der, a' merchant of this city, has sold t-I.IKK! bitshels of Blnesfetu wlwat" oft the Chicago ma rkef. The first hi:-ii-ent will Ite made over Ihe NoHImto Pacltie toniorrowl The local 2nola tion hi IUiHtini rs 4:t cents.' and tlie frHght rate to Chicago I m I cents. TIk M-ller does not jrive ont the price rHcivcd. but It is said to lie 2 or 3 d-nis Iteiier than the Portland inar- iv.t 'Hils shlnmeiit Ls the-'.. first iu:nK? from the exireme Northwest to t'hl cano this sasou. and ihe ircOHistauv ha exclttxl the attention of the grain growers thronghoTit thl t-cgiou. 1 1st I El 1H hrm ui 'J twurT" Twice-a-week S ta lstiuu $1 a yea r, 1 V Pr-3taTa Js rji SS-A. -i- DESIGNING and liNGRAVlNG.... , BY ALL METHODS J. WHITE JUS IN REGARD TO YOUR WANTS igh-Grade Work , i 'pom pi exlcutiqn Prices Reasonable. If. H. CHATTEN, Manager. 'i. &TA tESHAN BUILDING Sa.em, Oregon Send for samples of our special xiesigrf in lfchogxavure uork for leiter, and bill heads, cards and ehvclopes. HALF TONE, ZINC in CUING " MAP AND WOOD ENGRAVING PHOTOGRAPHING j I 1 1 Estimates i furnished Job FRiiNTirNO Satisfaction Guaranteed 266 Co mmercial St Statesman Job Office, Salem, Oregon