8AIJ2M. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 21. 1902.
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OHIO DEMOCRACY AND SILVER.
After all
against - the
has been.' said: for nd
Onctn&atl! Knquirer, says
the Toledo Blade, the fact remains that
It is Ohio's great Journal of -Democracy.
It leads the procession "and gives the
cue -to the leaser lights in the Demo
era tic newspaper field. ' I .-'
The Knquirer's (,'olurabui correspond
ent, Mr. James W", Faulkner, is recog
nised as the personal representative of
his paper's proprietor; Mr. John It. Mc
Lean.' Mr. Faulkner attended the con
ference at Col. Kllbourn-e's home; a
couple of weeks ago, at which Mr. Wil
liam Jennings Hryan was the mewt dis
tinguished Democrat,
After hearing; the arguments offered
at that conference, Mr Faulkner has
now Riven his conclusions touching
what will .be.. done, here In Ohio this
i - x ' J " ' ' '
, Vear In the Democratic camp- l,le be
lieves .Ohio Democracy has a fight on
Ms hands and within itself such a it
ha not experienced for years,
-ir. I'.ryan s position Is by no means
uncertain. r He stands by free silver
and he prooA n to make It a test in his
party's conventions here In Ohio nd
elsewhere this fear- -Bryan and free
nilver Is again to, ln the siotmn of the
NMraika leader's friends and the fight
fs to pushed In, very tuunty in the
' state. "Mr. Bryan a given to under
'stand that his iosLticn would he com -tinted
He art t j't il, deiianco and the
fight will lc to a iltilnh.
, Tlil being the situaiion. Mr. Faulk
ner's Honclusi)n are justified. The
Democratic conventions In Ohlof this
ear .will be nmtiibl imrty battle
jrounds, while the content in the Hate
convention will . not be on vanadates,
but on' platform. The Bryarfttes will
lnif)t on an endorsement of the Kansas
City proriunrlament, while the" lnnurg-i-nt.i.
how in control, will fight the pro
portion.. It looks as If the Democratic
party li Ohio will once more make
some history. I
THE EVACUATION OF BOSTON.
The one hundred and twenty-sixth
anniversary of the evaluation of Bos
ton by th BritUh, was celebrated In
Houth Boston Monday by. the unveil
ing of a monument erected on the
breastworks of tht Colonial, Army on
lrcheter Height. This monument
was erected by the State of Massachu
setts, as a memorial to the valor of the
Ncw'IJngXind militia and the military
gcnlu of Washington. A military pa
rade preceded the ceremony, ami fol
lowing it Senator Henry Cabot Jodge
delivejed an iioquent historical ora
Uon. i
The rrnmuniern, -w hlch made of
pure w hite marble, is 107 feet high and
' present a beautiful architectural ef-feci-
It l'ars the following Inscrip
tion, written by ! President Knot, of
Harvard: . ,
."On these helghta, ddring the night of
March 4. 1TT8, the American troops be
sicglng Bton, built two redoubts,
which made the harbor and town un
tenable by the Britib .fleet and garri
son. On March ITt'h th British llt,
oirrylng ' 10.000 i ffet tlve men and 1000
refugtC, dropfied down Id Nantucket
Bonds, and thenceforth Boston 'was
free.. A strong Britl?m fore? had been
exiwlled from one of the United Ameri
can colonies-"- ; ; . i . "(
The event It commemorates Is'one of
.the tnot biiiliant of Washington's
achievements. .Without the los cf a
life or the expenditure of much of tht
-mrgy of his mVn, the British wero
frred from lUMton and comjelled to
retire to IfaUfax. nd 'Masnachutts,
viiU h lxre the txunt of the first ;art
of the war, was from that time five.
Now if harmony is really wjstited In
the Republican -prty. that tiulr n
le n-ti.t surely ottitirMl by lh re nom
inal Ion of the pretent state nimlnls
tration. Its f personnel tnclui iKrth
f ictions and neither faction. Iloth fai-
. lions uported Oe.rsr's nomination four
' years ago. nd lnce then he has had
no opportanlt to show any preference
between them, excepting In the Hena-
tor la I contest last winter, when he ab
jKHutely kept "hands off." No . promi
nent man-ln tb?'. state can.be named
' who has ben leus bientifietl with either
faction of the party than he; a f net the,
Statesman has often pointed out In the
past. That acconted In a large meas
ure for his urtymiM popularity tfvr
years ago ant) aclc-ounts for It now. No
greater mistake fowld be made than to)
follow ihe'adMve of the disgruntled tol
and Friday by the
strike especially at the head of the ad
ministration. The people are in no
mood to stand such nonsense, as Is
eviitenced by the overwhelming s ma
jorities ,for Geer in the various re
cincts last Friday. ' f i
'' saWPSSHMHH-'' f "r 1 ' '
Oregon has only made a good start in
the development of the dairy business,
but the possibilities of the Industry
within a few years are very great. Ac
cording do a bulletin the Census Offlce
made public recently, there are sixty-
eight butter and cheese factories in Or
egon, I with a capital of $223,109. t The
product for the last census year includ
ed l;9f.357 pound of butter, valued at
HiOJ,'j9; 1.195r54 pounds, of cheese, valu-
nI at $135,81, and other products valuf
cd at 162,742. The Industry-will grow-
with great iiapidlty front now on and
will bring to Oregon Ian immense
amopnt of wealth every year.. The
alrjr business cannot be developed In
a day. It requires time. Farmers must
Irarn by experience how to handle -their
stock, and how. to get profit from the
Industry. ' i . : ,
General Miles wants to go to the Phil
ippines now so that he might put things
right over there. He thinks everything
has been mismanaged in the Islands,
and npw generously offers to go over
and fix things. It would have been bct-
ter to have gone when he was offered
charge? of affairs three "years ago. He
could have started in in that -time and
built from the foundation . If he were
to go now he would Consider It his duty
tOi tear down: all that has bejen done
and erect a new structure on ai founda
tion of his own making. Matters are
In a satisfactory condition there now,
considering the circumstances,' and to
send a new man over would be a seri
ous m Intake. ; Miles would, better stay
here to look after his Presidential
boomlet.
The Telegram continues to gush over
Furnish because he deserted the Demo
crats and came over to the i Republican
party. As a reward for this act ' the
Telegram urges the Republlcns- to
make him Governor. Another thing
the Telegram admires in Furnish Is the
fact that he made an Independent ; for
tune in the United Plates Marchil's of
fice and during the two terms he served
as sheriff of Umatilla, county. Furnish
made mi fortune in less than eight years
In office, and' they weren't big office,'
either. If he got to be OovernT w
Srnrator he ccmld soon at that rate be a
millionaire. j . .. ;
The Committee of Congress Investi
gating, the Philippine affairs will mnn
have (leneral Funton before It as' a
witners. It Is safe to say tho tntis
won't get much.! comfort from him.: for.
like Central Lwton, he believes that
the anli-imperlrtliiits are renponoibl In
a largo measure; for J he continue nnf of
resl-'tance to American authority IhUhe
islands, ami that their encourage ment
has resulted I In the slaughtering of
many American soldiers. , Funi?ton
won't furnish rout h campaign thunder
for the anti j !
From 160 to llssO th far West fr'hed
In population .nearly four times as fast
as the SoutK and three times at faxt a
the North. la the iwrtod from ISSO.to
1R90 the West; gained 71 ler cent, the
North 25 and thj South 20. In the last
decade the Hyutn has gone ahad of the
North and palmed 22 per cent in the
North's" 19. and j the West hs. driHK?d
down tw 32. At th present tim-' the
growth in-all parts of the country is
fairly uniform.
The tlth of(Kmud 1 Hsjrdn. re
movm from ourtmldst tme of our most
hriti.ant 'men. . J Hl career ns a ik1I
tlcUn and lawyer had just begun and
hl future lor.ked very bright Indeed.
At the ge of thirty four he tMd won
distinct Wm at the bar and suet ens in
the political field as shown by the vote
h -rt clvetl as a candidate before fhc
lieoph-'. ; Jalcnt sincerely murns his
untimely death'.
Ooternor tic r Is r.ot r.niy a god t am
paisner but a 4'ot-getlr. Th facts
will b given due consideration by the
nominating convention.
The quality of the harmony that pre
vatis in Multnomah wlU b-j smp4-d at
the !pub!icsn county conventhin In
Portland today. J ' '
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Mites ' has made another
sensa'-Ioin.
That seem to be bis thief function
in
the army, anyway.
A PLEA FOR FREEDOM.
'Russia seems to be bavins; troubles of
her own. The students are out In great
numbers demanding a change jn af
fairs. A great thasa of incendiary liter
ature Is belnar circulated, and. the peo
ple are agitate with secret discussions
of their rights and liberties. The fol
lowing im an extract from an appeal to
the people:
-Cltixen of Russia, awake from
that nightmare -of - harsh despotism
which oppresses every man in Russia,
under which It Is Impossible for three
men to meet together: Where In Rus
sia Is that freedom of speech i and
presi which is found In every citfllixed
country? Under the heel of the auto-
crat, is it not strange that one man
with insignificant mental faculties
should rule over 140,000.000 people V
-Let us begin the battle with the en
emy for personal freedom, freedom, of
speech and popu'ar representation.
Hail the . revolutionary - struggle!
Down wlth'the aristocracy!"
This meads, much for RussUu It Is a
solemn warning of thing's to come. If
Russia does not meet the demand of
her people in some way by g-rantlng
more. liberties and admitting them Into
wnnrm influence in the government of
the country, a day of reckoning' win he
at band. The methods of government
must advance with the growing intelli
gence of the people. If it docs not the
people will throw it off and fornv,one
better suited to their ideas and Ideals,
BRYAN AND HILL.
Very naturally Mr. Bryan feels ag
grieved at the course that Mr. Hill
pursued in the last two national cam
paigns, says the Savanah News, and it
is hardly to be exiected lhafhe would
say a kind word for him, "even If he be
lieved that the rarty .was about to fol
low Mr. Hill's advice as to the Jseue on
which tho Democratic party should
conduct the next national , campaign,
but if he thinks, that the party will
sympathize with him to the extent of
repudiating Mr. Hill, If the latter seems
to be the man to lead dt in '1904, he Is
greatly mistaken. The party Is not so
much concerned about a quarrel that
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hill may have as it
is to win the control of the government
in the next national contest. The party
will net think the less of Mr. Bryan for
his opposition to Mr. Hill, but It will
not fo,low Wm Jn oppos,n(r Mr. hj;i it
it believes that Mr. Hill can unite tho
Democrats and had them to victory.
It is not yet certain, of course, that the
wing of the party with w hich. Mi1-. Hill
is l lentifled is going to dominate in the
next national campaign, but in view of
the fact that the two campaigns under
Mr, Bryan's leadership resulted In de
feats, It would not be surprising if
there should be a controlling svntimont
In favor of giving It a trial. '
GEER'S VICTORV.
While Governor Geer's victory at the
Marion county primaries Friday, doe
not assure him the Republican nomina
tion, It is a very significant straw- to
show which way the wind blows. . -.The
strongest possible fight 'was put Up
against Geer in Marion" county, in the
hope that a defeat there would effectu1
ally kill his chances for the liomlna
tion. "
The machine politicians of the coun
ty, the grafters and the boodlers were
lined up against him nearly to.a man.
His support came from the rank and
file of the . party and from, the better
class of Republican leaders, and from
the people who. are Interested in 'good
government more than in grafts.
These facts ought to effectually dis
pose of tho charge that Geer is too
closely allied with machine politicians.'
even though he had not been; .so heart
ily endorsed by the better element in
Ms own county.. With that endorse
ment .his chances seem decidedly good.
Daily CoaiKt Mail.
A prominent Republican from' Baker
TOO C3UCK2
Exercise is as bad as too little for the
growing girl. it is very easy for her to
overdo, and this is especially dangerous
at that critical period of a young girl's
life when she crosses the line of wonsan-
bood, It is not an
uncommon thing to
lay . the foundation
for years of after
misery by neglect of
necessary precau
tions at the first
change of life.''
The i use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite,
Prescription not only
establishes regular
ity, but it gives
health to the entire
womanly organism.
It is the best medi
cine for diseases
Kculiar to women
cause it cures the
causes of disease
completely and per
nunently. ,
Favorite Prescrip
tion " contains no
alcohol, neither
opium, cocaine nor
any other narcotic.
It cannot disagree
with the most deli
cate constitution.
"Foe a ttstabcr of
months T ssflTfred wka
female tenable, wrftt Mum Agwes McOownr,
m4 tit Bank Street. WasMsrtm. D. C I trtatf
urtuis wnrtm, but tMMie stid to do me aay
psnwanent rood. The doctor said k wsstbs
worst ca of isterasl ttosfels tbey vtv ksd. I
decided to writ to rm tot' bslp, I receded a
nigisf T"ry sao cmwiBwea .treat-
went -at oaec.
I Bad sot aara ymtr ' Fsaonts
y i vsi.fi pttow
week be fofs X
bessa - to fed
bettsr. sad. ss t costiased. st hsalth grsdsally
tm proved, sad is uaprming reary fly .
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of at one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. AoJLress vu
R- V. Fierce, EuHaSo, N. Y.
3
" N Humors
, -j . ... ,. and r
The Digestive Organs
! Some humors are
acquired, commonly through! derangements of
the digestive organs.
Whether inherited or acquired, they are
radically and permanently removedby one
and the same" medicine and that is ,
, Hood's Sarsaparilla, it cleanses the
blood, perfects digestion, cures dyspepsia, stops
all eruptions, clears the complexion, builds up
the whole system. ,
For various reasons humors are most
quickly removed in the Spring.
Take Hood's ; this Spring. ,
t
gives new life. I
C Pask, Whiteland,
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE
county remarket " recently In Balcm,
that those who were against Governor
Geer were Opposing; the only whan in
Oregon who could certainly defeat Geo.
Chamberlain If that gentleman is the
Democratic candidate. f)f course other
strong men ,havebeen named In con
nectlon with the Republican nomlna
lion, but Governor Geer would poll
thousands of votes more than any man
who could be nominated. There has
never been any doubt of this, but the
endorsement he received in his h'mc
county last Friday, where an element
had beeh organized against him, and
pud i beta constantly at Work' for the
past two years. Is merely confirmatory
proof. Governor Geer will be re-elected
hy a greater majority .than he received
over Will RJ King.
The cosmopolitan nature of the popu
lation of Manila la shown, says an ex
change, by an Incident recently In the
police court there. A whlte Amertvan.
with an American negro, a Spaniard
and a Chinaman as his witnesses, ap
peared before the magistrate to press
his complaint against a Filipino whom
he had caused to be arrested on the
charge of stealing his trunk- The case
was held over to give the defendant an
opportunity ito procure the (attendance
of his witnesses, a Malay and a Japan
ese. Few other cities In-the w-orld can
match such a. combination.
It looks a little hard! to displace Mor
gan, "the father of the Isthmian1 final"
just now. when the first ray of bop
comes for the success of the. enterprise.
Kenator Morgan has-been the most ar
dent advocate or tne canal tor twenty-,
five years, and no man living has hne (
so muc n ion tne Ttroieci as ne. oena-1
Sena-
tor Mitchell no doubt ha. the necessary !tU"rr!fmn ,.Mmb!1, 4' Wll
" i t ''stated that same of the professors i of
iuaim. ain.ni, ir Traii-n.nK iV
and he may succcea easier with u than
Moriran. but 1t does not seem that the .
, t,nse of leader, at this time U ourite
' i . " ,
justineu. j
By those who were actively opposing
Go'ernor ileer. It was persistently
claimed thst his supi-ort of Simon, or
the Rimon-Geer- combination, was sure
to bring. about his defeat In this coun
ty. It was heralded all over the state
that G-r was carrying Simon snt was
sure to be borne; down by the burden.
Assuming for the moroentbat they believed-
their Own report and that it was
true. It Is pertinent to worhlerNjy what
sort of a majority the Governorrould
rtvive arrW-d hi own county If he had
not lMrn thus handicapped. It tb an
alysis of the oj.ponition was correct,
hi endorsement would have'te-n unan
' rwiun in all the precincts.
Bryan don't e-m.to be enhancing his
popularity with the pmoeratfc purty
by his recent visit to Washington. lit
party refu to. accept free stiver as a
paramount Isauev and he can see no re
treat from the position he. has taken
upon this question. Bryan Is not
bringing cmfort to the bw.:id-red
Democrats at the capital or offering
them any feasible suggestions am to
how to get tjosether for the cam;aign
of 104. ' ' K
j .s- I - . r 1 r ' -
The educational test for voting In the
new constitution of Alabama Is shut
ting out a lot of whites s well as ne
gro', at sl-'iw U was directed, fjf the
14,000 whit- voters, .ew have been
found illiterate. The failure to pay the brother scientists pronounced to be the
poll tax within the tlm- prescribed. remains of the long-sought "llnk'f sure
hraa excluded a large number of whites enough. ; And that settled It- Tbej doc
from he right of surfrsxe. This suff- tor an-.t -ath ot his brothers in science
rage provision is proving a boomerang bal rnMikey for his grandfather!
all around. " ' J
if
V
inherited ; others are
I we nave Dera nsing now sartaptriiia for several years
past and H has always given; the best of satisfaction, especially
s a Spring medicine.- It builds up the general, systenk and
heartily recommend It to the public," D wight
Ind. i
FOR HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA.
EDITORIALS OF
. ! THE PEOPLE
Cociino&Icathns Sent la on
oss Subjects
Varf-
VYRITER DISCUSSES THE MISS-
ING LINK, AND THE DARWIN
IAN THEORY
Hew the Scientists Insist on Evolutipn
and Bolster Up THsir Bslis That
Thsy Ars Descended front the
Monkeys ef Asia or Africa.
(The Statesman is pleased to print
communications upon topics of general
interest, at any time. There is scarcely
any limit to the topics of general In
terest. It is asked only that corres
condents refrain from personalities
and use care that nothing be written
of a libelous or unworthy or untruth
ful nature.)
Editor Statesman: . v
.rOf late some of the"
le;tdlng maga
sines and newpa;ers have devoted at
'the
' mhsing Jink." ' A prominent monthly
! CMcClure's) in its issue of last Aijigust,
writr. ! the matter being , finely
lllus-
tea ted. It fall an article In the
Chi
cago Reora-HeraId. reprinted- In
the
,he big! scientific institutions of Wash
ington KJlty were eaylng that ths Gov-
ernment ought to send out a cotnmis
ion l? our.ntw Pe..lojiii. the Philip
ptne ism mis, to search for this most
elusive creature. According to a! In-
j "n magazine (January or this year),
Jn
ifor, krnse Haei kel, the great German
evolutionist, has In the hdand of Java
found t small stecies of ape. the bton,
and has been watching one spef Imen
for months, and reports some very in
teresting facts concerning; its1 appear
a nee, habits, etc. The publication giving
the report cuills It "th human monkey,"
ami possibly the Professor thinks this
may be1 the long on "link" or ir not.
perhaps the sec ond cousin. AUii jn the
current number (February) of MnCIure
Hlr Harry Johnson. "K. tf. II."
Ommbslone'r for l.'ganda. etc., jn his
aitWle on the pigmies of the great Con
go forei-M of Wt Afrlra, thiriks it
prvtiwble 5tbst th s small, ssvag !-"-
pie are the nar de-r-ndants of this
myaterlous and bng rrught progenitor
of man.! ., . . t I
, t It a p !'"-- r ij,at much inter st is
arouse. ur-on this subJ- t ab'Hjt as
mwh uixn that other missing! link,
the lost Atlantis connecting 4he Ka st
ern and, Western herr.Jfpheres. It Is re
maiksbe how determined firniif our
scientists are x to prove their descent
from the hairy brute of AsU and Afri
ca. Htin, if a man la bound to have ah
ape for jhfs. forefather, this .write!- will
not ohicu I bHv tn allowing (every
one full fiber ty to get ail th honor wnd
comfort out of his pedigree b can.
I am glad to state that this much
sought "mining Ifnk" has at latj been
fount. In 1'H. Dr. Dubois, a surgeon
in the army of Holland, discovered in
Java not a. rpimen running wlldtamld
the solitude of the Island,' but some
rmalt fossilised fragments '4 piece of
th skuil, a part of a thigh bonei and
a tooth, all much blackened and evi
dently very ancient. These he sod his
That's what' they long expected,1 and
now there was no doubt about It.
they, shouted and shook, .lands
around possibly.
Ul
It might be well to state that nrcl
men is suppoteJ. to have been about
2CS.C00 years old when Methuselah wai
born. Quite venerable indied It had
doubtless closed Tt earthly career thou
rancN of years before Adam tjrod yrltn
evwl Kden. Let It be noted that a part
only, and not he entire sk-uH was fouml,
yet (he grave,savatits st Zurich, in VS,
In solemn assembly -atnl conxultatlon!
decided that these veneraHe relics weri
what they had long been, wanting, and
that they formed a working' basis an 1
that beyond a' doubt, if properly ued.
could do a mighty service In the caue
ofswlence. .: i.
1 Now, behold alrranelous thing. A
rmall bit of petrified bone by the
mighty magic of a fervid imagination,
and pen and ink sketch, swelled and
evoluted till it assuitoHl the form and dl
mensions of a complete skull--occlpul.
sinciput, temporal region, basilar re
gion, etc.. etc. Jaws, teeth snd ail! A
wonderful miracle,- indeed, almost, as
great as any related in the Bible w hich
most r evolutionists discredit. . At the
head of the article In the publication
first -mentioned In this communication,'
may be seen sketched 1n outline the
skull so manufactured. It Is astonishing
how far credulity will lead the human
mind. And we are expected to endorse
all this nonsense as, science and present
day science at that. . -
As the reader will doubtless wish to
learn all about. this missing- link, now
that It has been found. It might be we!
to observe a curioijs thlnT alout this
skulL The top part (the part discover
ed) Is thousands of years old, as they
tell us. The power, part, irhaps. two
thirdv of thr. whole. Is but seven or
eight, having bee-n produ-ei not earlier
than 1S94! And this is the rioted
ptthecn4hropu erectus" of evoiuiioii,
the ancestor of man t . i
It's the biggest fake outside of Bar
hum's museum of humbugs. And yet
the influential magazines and icwm.ji
Iters publish the wonderful discovery .
to earth's remotest bounds. N ' . '- i,
Now ,lf that commission should lv
sent to the land of the TaaJs to hunt
pithecanthropU, it Is to be hoped spe
cimen may be secured with a skull
whose top ami bottom are. of the am
age! I also suggest that in the d-ul.I.
Interest of science and patriotism. Gen.
Agrulnatdo be called to lead the se
dition. ... ,:.
DJtrwin,, Tyndall, Huxley, Hpenccr,
and the oiht-rs of evolution, hue ln
earnest students, of nature, snd to their
labors c- nce owes inin-h. We m.iy .id
mlre their devotion and xestand th--nk
them for their . contributions to thu
nars of human .knowledge. But th Ir
guessfs and foolih th-oii we tuny
well avoid. That mankind 'that Hid
stono and Grant and McKinlev and ih
HchleJ- Court of Inquiry, for instance
can trace their pedigree back to ihj
oyster and Jelly-.Vh and to frog 'spawn
j is uto nhcutd and iinposiiiie l im
inougnt fn. T j ne pian or nature, wnn
It rise, is not nn unJuroken niujli,
a the evolution hypothesis deinandc,
Thero are distinct - snd even i diverse
parts.- There are gaps and thsxmn, ns
between the Inorganic and org.inlc be
tween, life and death,' between the -phi tit
and the animal, between the brute and
man. The chasms cannot be brld-d.
The -Creator has placed barriers si II
plong the "way, and do what we; will
thre the flaming sword of lmioftIM;ity
Stand warning us back. The missing
links fire nowhere to be found on the
earth nor In the geological sttata. TbVy
are neither iast nor present. .KstenVl-.
Ing from the highest forms of brute nr.
to.tbe most1 Inferior and degrading
forms of human life, yawns a chasm
no missing links-can bridge. - ,
Conscience and religion and moral
aspiration belong Ai man -begin aril 1
end with him. All the gods of evolu
Hon, natural selection, the survival lj
the fittest, environment and the otUt-rn.
cannot develop man from the brut
generation. The' thought is revolting.
Msn does not get his humanity from
brutality. It is utterly unthinkable. If
evolution be true it Is impossible to ac
count for what is human In man.
, B.
-Turner, Or.; February: 18, 1902. ' '
This morning a brisk snow Js falling,
a reminder of .March 5, 1853; wlco of
March 10, 1858. and of what otlH-r
Marches I have no memomndum. And
today as on former dates the wild
flowers are showing themselves V'h
oh bush and vinr. but how ; dep th's
snow will fall is too much for the oM-t;
Oregon . inhabitant to predict. But It
Isreasnable to think that when tho
sun gets A little higher tu tce of
snow will be left, while the atorjii, its
we Oregon! am would cm II it. Is i.Auk.
It will hitrdly wtint the growtn of
grains or graesep, wbUJh at the prci;-it
lline tre !Kk1ng well, and promise u
bright future for the farmer, barring
the combines trf the sjKH-ubitors, who
are not at fault. . 1
Better winter roafls arid more griin
neries ctt home would equalize the de
fect but what Is everylwxiy's bu'sln.'nt
is nobody 'mv business.
Our is hisd ... Is not running at ih
present, suppowedly from a , I n k of
pupils. At one time this dlstri-t fur
nisher forty-three scholars In regul.tr
attendance, ail of whom have gotie. out
Into the world, honorable tn n an 1
wwnen. tvH one having gone to Ihr
biMl, whether! on account of the alti
tude we are in or the sHBiierh- soil "f
thrwe iKwutlful hills, I can't sy. S
section of,'fregon can ixntnt of ttt,r,
health or Iteiter wter. We have two
church Methoflist nd the Friends
cburf-h. 1 Iterth re In a he.Jhy condi
tion. '. ' ,
With wh"Nl and frunes thin part of
(he country is able w vie with any
other prt of Oregon. The gr-.t iuin
)er of prune "vwiMrs-tors1 In tlils bwwl
Ity will show to anyone the rrr-gnitudt
of the prune industry. Wv are not
cultivating1, fxilrtlcs this y r, ji t
summer fallowing,
Though T. T, tleer, K-s the frlendsh,i(i
of men f all parties around here, fr
SMroabiy iKreauae of his altitude tx-lr
the Hine tt our's. we om't ny tfit
ww ,v uny Mirtlcular filcndship for
the manxof Marlon county wi.o repu
dlated theOregin. IrKll in War V'o1u
teer deM, promised by the I.gijl.jiui
Of 1155. ; , n '
i;.(!LB j,unh'.
Oak Farm, 'March 13, 1902. 1
. . 1 r'B
The steel rsll mills of the West ha'
orders bok.-d for their full capa.ity for
they current year and the Kat-rit
plants are said to b? nsily fulli on or
ders.
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