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IfKU-HISU COMlASr
K.. J. IIJ.MKJ' k4, Manager, i T
BTB--CBIt"IU' JUTCl .i
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u year, in s1tbc....
s tuonlb, la advance.,..,,,
1 Unste latmlh. in advanc...
vtw year, on line. , . . , . . .. .
Tle 8 a tinman bo U-b UbHhd pir seaMj
fi'.y-lwo j-otrw, and it tia iwuw nuhritra who
have reix.-i-d It nearly tlsat Ion, a.!! many
tin hare fM H lor ganeravon. Woina of
wi-e r.jett lo bavins tnc pajwr dut-ontutned
tnr lh benefit Of Uiera. an1 (or other rrunu
we baMnciuf1-(l u1uiiiine ub Crtpttrw
nen aaiMcriMitr, er IIK ia ulroiire, will
v. ti re
?.l
II. h'-d at Portland, contain every weilc,- Mm for Jl.it" of Mr. Waggoner, w ho
far aLler, more reaJ.tLlc more pro
found anl more polished 'editorial' arti-
found the dead body Of Jlerrill, the es
car4 convict.' - Mrs. .-Wagoner ha .no
ilea iha. appear In half tire magazine valid claim to any .compensation from
of the dollar type published la the the state of Oregon; excepting her ex-
Unlted State. penses In preparing the body and brlng-
Take up one of the modern money- lnff 11 to the Penitentiary. And there
making magazine, and look It over.
1
"... ... . .. . . . . i ,
: iaiKij '.aiS. 40 use i r, ijjc in u
a wild ar.hnaJ. with fc-w "huraan and no
civic rights; to .the Briton; he l a man.
entitled to " the. fequaj protection
of the laws. It M predicted that out of
such an opposition . of ; opinions - will
grow a modus Vivendi, under which the
was no call for an Investment In, arnlaw-s written In accordance with
fav me seneni or ue nuur rata. II Ibey
no not py 1 diK month. tb rata will he I' M
vear. Hereafter we will tend the paper to all
morninibie peraooa wn order It, thoni tbej
Jnny not neod t ha money, wtijt Uta nn-jrrtanU-In
that U are to pay 1.2o a year, u rw tb-y
ii in auoM-npuoa account ma oxer aix
momha. la order thatlhera wia nn inlcnn
aentaodfair, we will keep Uit notice atacdiBf
tuiupiawia tarn paper. t
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 40CO
unTonT rvL
SEED
THE DECLINE OF THE AMroirAu
- MAGAZINE. ,
The fall of the" American magazine
irm the high eminence one occupied
ly it U fact Ktently to be'regfetted.
There was k time when W manf wuld
be considered well Informed unless he
was careful reader of the magaslne.
The then magazine contained the very
tnam of AmMmn literature, and. In
!fed, we might -add the cream of Krig.
li(h literature. No well appolnteU lume
was what it should he uo lews two or
three of the best magazines br reviews
formed a prominent place on the Renter
iaoi. The man who was not conver
sant with the subject dlcuwed and
the themes presented by these priol
cals was almost barred from cultured
wxieiy. xney dlmjiwrnd everything
jwrtaining huinan advancement and
human khow ledge II tera t u re In all its
. ramifications, science In al its research
es, the arts, mechanism, travel, phytic,
law, morals in short every thingi hav
ing a tendency to enlarge men's' Ideas
and expand the bounds' of their krrowl
. There are jMMjpIe still living wlto can
rerneror when illackwodrs Magazine
and the four r.-vlews hJ lisitib pub.
ileal ions were deemed . indispensable
in Vcry eiillghtem d and. cultured fam
ily. And these were days of pure and
elevatetl literature. No trivial subjects
were then dlm-ussed and . no - wlshy-.
washy ariicles presented in these per-
ifiricars. netion, unless of the very
nignesi orur, was almost entirely, ex.
eluded frorri . their pages. The Hamlin
fJarland drlvt-l found ; no - lodgement
thVre. Only the niost V'fty aiul intrl
Cate subjects by the a blent of pens. The
artlcli'S were always scholarly, clean.
thoughtful and elevated. Much of the
literature then appetfrlng in the re
views .will never die It ha become
classic aittt fills many pages of the best
books In 4h world today. Ioril Mac-
ualey's brilliant and matchless essays
flret made their appearance In the re
views.' The Iter- Kidney Smith's writ
ings pungent with , wit and. ' replete
with illustration first 'came - to' light
through the columns of .the reviews
and magazines. 1 lal lam ; and Macin
tosh, - the historians. Huxley. Tyndall
and ' Darwin, the scientists, Crokcr,
Cariyle and Jicntham and , near! y.. all
unalytlcal writers of the day forged to
tlte front through the Instrumentality
of these classic publications. i
. - ' . . i . .
The A!rneican magazine was a little,
filow In coming to: the" front, but; when
It did come it immediate ly entlstrd the
sympathy and the best enerkies of the
most gifted men In.-the nation, j "they
wrote on many thetnes. The-magazincs
soon became burdened with papers on
literary, historical, scientific and; ethi
cal subjects.: And these articles were
clothed ; In "English undefUed'. and
ndrned lth illustrations and Imagery
so Tpt ami pure that even She ablest
writer In Europe acknowledged their
worth, - Itawlhornci Phillips, . liancioft,
Peecher. Til ton, Whipple, Holland,
Holmes, Prescott, Russel, Agassis, Gail
Hamilton and scores of others enter
tained. Instructed and captivated I the
reader with "thoughts . that . breathed
and words that bumed. Our roaga
sines soon became credit to the na
tion as well as an inspiration to the
loftiest thinking and the purest living.
Put these publications cost some-thing
then, and tbey were ell worth their
V - V:. ,'h,': ; , J m
Put what are they today? ' A worths
lessi mass bf rubbbh, cheapened fn price
but' pot-wortH even half what is asked
for them. The lover of the "almlKhty
dollar with an eag.e eye after eery-.
thing thai would fill his pocket, no
mutter what clwe must, be-" sacfied,
an opportunity to turn thls;dls
sendnstor of knowledge Into an ttRlne
for coining cash, and he seizel It, And
thus th revered magazine of literature
has been turned Into a bundle of sickly
romance, half-nude pictures, and fiam
iiift advertisements. ; Py putting down
the price of the took and Increasing th?
charge for advertising, he has tsutceed
d In securing an enormous circulation,
stint has there by, fooled the people into
brllev'ng that when -they pay) their
tVolUr they are getting the usual liter
ary provender lnsteadof a. bundle cf
thistles Put this t ucccssit is to be
hopet!. will .only be temporary. for th
few srtkies whkh awar in them are
the shallowest and silliest thing ever
hashed up for the public; appetite. "We
inake the srt'.on, and we make ' It
without any .disparagement lo any
other paper, that the Oregon Ian, pub-
Turn it from page 1 toward the middle j exijenslre burial casket. There was cer-
to the end of the advertisements. Then 1 talny no reason for bringing the sher-
stlck; a pin there. Now, begin at' theJ" of ner county' here," and thu pro-
lart of the book and turn over. the jvid,n Junketing trip at the expense
leaves backward to where the ads. be-0' lbe t.te ; of Oregon and adding to
gin. Then hold up the part containing J tne expense. If the claim or J1.S09 had
the reading matter between your fin- j been allowed It would have established
gers, and what have you got? .A few dangerous, precedent. This Is one of
pages, and that mere drivel, while on I tDe matters .hat must be considered by
each side of it are several quires of j tne state's auditing officer In examining
paper, filled with advertisements., It 1 claims of any kind.
will remind one of the log a man took j . Now, the woman7 s'uffragisU' assocla-
to a mill to be sawed Into hoards.;' The jtlon. of Portland, has seen fit to cham
sawyer was In a hurry, and so he rant pion the cause of Mrs. ; Waggoner, by
three cuts through It, giving the owner J recommending an appropriation by the
two large slabs and one inch .board, j Legislature at its next session for the
Such is.rthe modern American maga-1 payment of the JI.500 claim though It
ln ' i : ' : . ' : ... -" f I la nnt elett.e what 1 Ma hu to with Miial
But we do not wish to do anr pub- I snf frasre. It is predicted that the Lee
ileal Ionan injustice. There are yet it I islature will have enough business be
few magazine proprietors who have not If ore it. this winter so that it will not
yet prostituted their puIMcations to thejhave a great deal of time to worry with
god of gold. There are still a few, and J such claims as this sone, and the appro-
but a few, who present their patrons j prlation bills wU be large enough In the
U'flh a wmm f1f - I , k 1 I . . . . ' m
miw nu cimice i aggregate wiinout loaamg mem aown
tilings with intellectual pabulum that with such Items as this. Superintend
Is a source of delight. Instruction and jent Lee offered Mrs. Waggoner J30.
insfdration. Few advertisements crowd That Is enough: In fact, it Is extremely
their paffes, and so the price, is kept up I liberaL
to something like where it bould be;
ana tney are worm every cent that Is The rerrt of the DOardf of Pilot
asked for them. 'Their cijrulallon Is Commlssloiiers. for ihfi- fiscal year Vnu.
not large which Is no credit to the I ingt5 June 30th, last. hows an t enor-
mous temmerce. Purlng "the twelve
months covered by the report tb com
merce entering the Columbia rlvr ag
gregated 661,229 tons, and that : clear
ing reached the stupendous amount of
might be considered Invidious to do so 55rj,09 tons, a total commerce for the
lit this time. We must have a return I
.S ' I w a w V a f furmr- a." mmmwr
to the choice literature of the once portion ofi the trade f the
IKwerful magazine, otherwise this na, Columbia Hver basli., which, less than
lion can not hope to keep In the lead a life-time ago. was a howling wilder
of other reading and thinking iophn. ness, This business Justifies the ex
t II tt SM A ikrUISSMla aa a--.M IkMUMOMil.
. ; . of dollars in improvemenls of the Col
fTesident Jtoosevclt said in his; Hart- umbia river and its tributaries, by the
ford speech that It would be hard to I Federal ; Government, and while it is
find in modern times better exam oles I enormous. It is but a tithe of what It
of successful (ipnstructive jtatcsnian- j hHj be in a few years, when tjie hills
n.p man are arrorded In the seiuels to and valley of this state are settled by
our war with Bpuln. This, remark has I the thousands uoon thouminda of Fjiwi
leciai application to our work In Porto I em people who will come here to build
Illeo, Cuba, and the Philippines, audi homes and help develop the boundless
includes what has been done in Hawaii,! resources, now scarcely touched.
the English -theory and enforced In ac
cordance with the Boer theory. -
Western Washington Is olnf Into
goat raising. Prof. Brodle, In charge of
the experiment station for Western
Washington, at Puyallup, has been
over here in the Willamette valley in
vestigating the matter of goat raising.
In order to get material for a bulletin
to be Issued soon There is a great
deal of land in Western Washington
suitable for goats, and the climate
over there almost the same as here.
PARK AND WASHINGTON, POBTLANO, OBCOON
The school where thorough -ork is done; where the rensoh it
always given; where confidence is developed; where bookkeeping
is taught exactly as books are kept in bnslness; where ghorthand is
trmde easvTwhere penmanship is at its best; where hundreds of
bookkeepers and stenographers have been edncated for success la
life; where thousands more will be. Open aU the year. Catalogue free.
A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL. D., PRINCIPALf. ,
know where I am going.
time to map out a course ahead.'
As he was boarding the steamer to
start for Europe Schwab said: "1 don't
I haven't had
I'm
not sick. Pra not going to resign. I'm
not going away on business." Perhaps
he's merely, taking, a trip across . be
cause; he hasn't anything else to do,
and hates to just' sit around drawing
his salary. Some people are so queer
about these things.
American reading puuuc wnen com-
pareu with the bundle of trash and
thistle now fed out to so many read
ers of present day mag izlnes. These I
publications coald Ue named, -but it
n the 1st day of January,,l9S, a de
vastating war was raging In'C'uba, in
volving Porto Rico. In both-Islands
government was Impotent and trail.
paralyzed. In Hawaii there were un
certainty and confusion and possibility
Of foreign Intervention. In Hamoa
int government bv three Iowers had
proved a failure. In the Phnipplnes
there was a condition bordering
OUGHT TO BE GOOD.
Jt lias never been the policy of this
paper to advise tnybodv to hold back
hi crop for high . prices when the
proper season has 'cotneN to- sell, but
the Oregon prune grower should not
allow himself to be convinced that
there is an over-supply of prunes this
year. "High prices for prunes seem
to be a thing of the past, but there is
no visible ; reason why a fair , price
should not be paid for this year's crop.
Oregon Agriculturist. ' ' . :
There is a constant! y increasing de
mand in this country for good prunes.
and even France, from which "country
tho United States has for years bought
prunes, is , looking for an American
supply, owing to the shortage of "her
crop this year.
Mr. Lembccke, assessor of Marion
county, is attempting to get all the
property: that ought to be taxed, onto
the assessment rolls. That is. perfectly
right and just to all the people who
own property in this counuty that is
and always has been on the rolls. Even
the owners of property tnat has here
tofore escaped taxation must recognize
the justice of this.
i 1 I, ', , i : ''''" ;'.
The carpenters say there will be
plenty of new houses put up lrn Ha I em
anil, suburbs next year. ; It will be
crowded somewhat In the Capital City
this winter. llenty of houses for all
the new ieople next year will mean the
erection of a gool many. There will be
a lot of new people this fail and winter,
and at ill more new ones next spring
and summer. ,
If any, class of people. more than any
other class appreciate the value of the
immigration movement ; it is the hop
growers. All the new and old neoole
who; can go, men, women, and children,
are needed in - tho hoa yards. Espe
cially Is this true In case rainy weather
comes to Interfere with the work of
saving the crop.
1
RIGHT YOU ARE.
on
knarcliay. with no pretense of govern.
ment in marry of the Islands,, and with
no form of representative government
in any. v:. -
We took possession of Cuba January
I, 1899. when the island was In the
worst possible condition. The people
were. Impoverished. plantations . and
towns were In ruins, business I was
prostrate, and warring factions were
suspicious and resentful.
' Cuba is today at peace, .with govern
ment recognized, with the people's
ZL Z:i . 9 " democratic rear.-The Hon
, ,vvM.itu man eviT jenereon M.-Levy.
oerore, and with the island in better I No; only the lean years and the lean
sanitary, and political condition than I times are Democratic. When the paths
ever before irop jameBB;.. wnen tne pot Is boiling
i'ri im i . I ana iojks are neauny ana happy, then
..,.wnv ,vw i wie f no use to bring around vaur Demo.
scate or government and iroperlty na I cratlc tk-kets. The time for them is
when puckets are empty, crops mildew
ed, livers out of kilter. The Itepubiican
party Is a good humored march; the
Ioor old Democracy only a despairing
kick. New York un.
Klght you are. As true as truth" her
self.
Cuba. It is now an Americanized terri
tory, as well governtd and as prosiHrr-
tnis as New Mexico or Arizona.
The Philippines came to us In u
state of war and oract It-ally Hvlthout
organized government. They are now
at peace and have for the first time in
their hirtory a representative govern
ment, with ordinary conditions prevail
ing inevery civilized province. In the
other provinces conditions: are no
worse than those in our Western terri
tories, thirty years ago. We have ac
complished as much in the Philippines
in three years as we did in New Mexico
from. 1850 to 1890.
Hawaii became a territory of the
United States August 12. 183S, the day
after peace protocols were signed with
pain, and as a territory has leen so
free foom ; disorder, .: so increasingly
prosperous, and so dominated by Arrn r.
lean ideas of government that its
peaceful progrees has been taken as a
matter of course. - : - , ;
The Island ; of Guam, a neglected
point of land In the mid-Pacific under
paln, has become under Ameriean rule
an important commercial station, with
the natives living in peace undr a -well
organised, self-sustaining goverhjuentj
Tutuila. In the 6arnoaa '.;' Islands,
scarcely to bo found on the maps four
years ago, and then under savage mis
rule, 'is today, under American control.
oho of the most Important naval sta
tions In the South I'acIMc, with an
orderly andcontented population.
The sequels to our war withvpaiii
are all constructive. We built up the
Philippines even In the midst of war.
We gave Cuba good government despite
the opposition jof many Cubans. .We
have accomplished more In a civilizing,
constructive way in' three jyear -than
any other nation ever, did, and the
people ought to be as proud of our suc
cess as Is the President.
MRS. WAGGONER'S CLAIM.
Secretary of State Dunbar did the
right thing In deciding to dLalow the
The British conquest of the Boer
repu ones wm leave bcnina it one
legacy similar to that which the Civil
war left us in the ..Southern states.
though In a much more serious form.
The race problem In Africa is a perma
nent institution", which Boer and Brit
on view from irreconclltably opposite
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAPIE BACK ?
M T'T T ft -i.-'- ' "''-.
CHncy Trouhle Kaks Too Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
cures .made by Dr.
KlImer'sSwsrr.p-Root.
the rreat kidney, Hvcr
ndtiladder remedy.
It is the great medi
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; diar
covered after years cf
scientific research by
Dr.' Kilmer, the emi
nent, kldsey and b!ai
dcr specialist, and ia
wonderfully successful In promptly cta-tag
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble. . .
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommended for everything but If you have kid
ney, hver or bladder trouble It will be found
Just the remedy you need. It has been tested
In so many ways. In hospital work, Jn private
practice, among the helpless tod poor la pur
chase relief and has proved so successful ta
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have pot already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by maJL also a book
lelllng mora about Swamp-Root and "how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co ..Einp-
hamton, M. Y. The
reruUr fifty cent and. 8wK
aoiiar sizes are sold by all good dm exists.
The English papers say the Monroe
doctrine can not rest on sir; it must
have a navy to support It. Just so. And
the Unltej. States is building up the
most effective navy in the world. If It
has not already the most effective. It
must be understood that the "man be
hind the" gun" goes a long M ay te wards
hiking a navy effective.
Tlie hop growers are warned 'to not
pk-k their hops untjl they are ripe.
This Is very good advice. But individ
ual growers will govern themselves ac
cording to their conditions. Picking In
many; yards will commence tomorrow,
and It will be general towards the last
of this week. f
President Baer of tho Philadelphia
and Heading Company says God put
the mines into the hands of the present
oxerators. Mr. Baer doesn't go so far,
however,!as to claim divine Inspiration
for the advance in hard coal prices.
San Jone Mercury. ,
Tomorrow is' Labor Day, and busi
ness will be suspended" part or all of
the day in Salem, in order to do honor
to the workers. The holiday will have
a more respectful and general observ
ance than ever before in the Capital
City. .
A dispatch from New York says the
heat-of buildings is to be reduced owingr
to the coal strike. If the rule was de
signed, to apply during August and
September only, it will cause but 1 little
regret. - -; .- ' . . ;
Two thousand Smiths recently held a
reception in New Jersey. The relief of
the hostess from giving introductions
must have been something Immense.'
The hop pickers are some of our.
most useful . citizens. Without their
help a very valuable crop could not be
gathered., , .
-inei-w are irw men louna to . envy
President Palma his Job of presiding
over the destinies of the Cuban Repub
lic. , .
Salem's first Labor iWy. parade was
a creditable one and the exercises in
every way successful.
ful man alive Is tempied to He to the
assessor. .
. o o o
'"' Ooneressman Woods of California
Is given to vigorous modes of expres
sion. and one of his favorite remlnls
censes relates. to a sermon he once
heard In a church in a border camp in
the early days. The subject .was eter
nlty. atd the preacher was attempting
in his feeble way to impress upon the
sinning hearers what they might ex
pect In the duration of the punishment
that was coming to them. lie asked
them to imagine, an English sparrow,
standing on the shore of the Atlantic
Ocean and dlppl'vr Its hill into Its wat
ers. He begged them to think of that
sparrow hoppng bh one foot with Its
bill full of waterto the Pacific .and
depositing the water. Then they were
to picture to themselves the same spar
row . hopping ack to the Atlantic foi
more water, and repeating the opera
tion until it had emptied the waters of
one ocean Into that of the other. "When
that Is accomplished, said the preach
er "It will be just the beginning of sun
rise in Kternlty."
. - . o o ' ',..
The theory or philosophy, Immortal"-
tallly or perpitual life on earth Is be
coming quite a rage on the lecture plat
form. A centiia named Ilenrv J;ir.e I
holding thp people of Lo Angeles lful nat"re)
sf.e!l-lound wjlh his cl.iim that old ar
Is an avoidable dise ase and that by nd
Justing mind and boJy in harmony wi I h
the Incessant law of change and re
newal, life ar.d youth may le preserved
Could anything be sweeter than that?
And yet perpetual "life on this earth
mfKht grow monotonous. Kternlty Is
a long time, as Illustrated above. .-
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The latest society novelty In Kng-
land is for the great dameswho at
tended the coronation to wear their
slate robes at public .receptions, to
which admission Is chargeid. the money
to go for some chart tablet purpose. It
Is said the dames.-llke It, the public
likes M, the grand robes are-mnde;to
serve -some useful purijose, nrtd what-
ever vanity, sycophancy or other sin
I here may tw in th performance Is cov
ered by the charily. .
:' '; '. o o o , ; . ' t
;i ne mate r'air season being very
near, the fakirs will be numerous.
riTTADTAT C AC
THE PEOPLE
a
The Claim of Mrs. Wagoner
v fer theWerrill
Reward
Kill in xxLisrk-o iiiAi ,ir aiua.
TltXCY JOINKD II Kit IN MAKINtJ
Tin: ,laim; Tiin amount
WOULD lit: PAID SMITH'S IUiA-j
sons. ':---,''j. ; " h:jl.
(Tlie Statesman la pleased, to- print
communications upon topics of general
Interest, at any time. There Is scarcely
any limit to the tojdck of general fft.
tcrcst. 'It Is asked only that corrs-
qwndents refrain f rorn
and
of a Ilbelou or unworthy or untruth-
iiAsenn 1 14 t. Ias
JJVI mrlltailt tT'O
-. . ' I'" S
uc care that nutJrtnff he wrfit-n
from mm mwm,
Wood burn Independent: The large,
new barnof Mrs. M. A. I'leld; near Ml.
Arjgel. was destroyed by fire last Mom
uay. The building had Just been filled
with new hay and the fire Is supposed
to have been caused by SKnt an'-ous
combtif tioji. Her residence had a nar
row esdape from the flames.
- "
Corvaills Times: Hop picking b
gins in the Whitaker yard September
bi n. The ciop ia "excellent, and the
yard, comprises. 30 acres. A feature Is
that grasshoppers have stripped .the
vines almost biyejof leaves, and. pick
ing will be, easy and clean. About fO
plekers will - be requirud, arid it will
take about 12 days 'to complete the
worn
v Jefferson Keylew: Among the JeiTc r-
soniies having urgent business at Sa-
lem inursday were ..Dr. Hmlth and
daughters. tJeorgla and Hazel, Mrs. T.
H. Cornell, p. 15. I Ioyt. P. A. Paeey,
N. Fletcher, Dr. Hawk' and wire. W.
I Jones and wife, Kddie Jones. Clyde
iMoman, -i. w. Ilale and W. A. Kott-
nort. iiuffalo Pill's circus showed jt
Hniem Thursday.
r-ugene Guard: Floyd King, aged 18
years, a son of W. S. King, reniding
four miles Ih-Iow Kugene met with a
Dad accident-last night about 18:20
o' lock. He had ridden to town on hi a
Kdilor Hlatesmaii:
Am staled In yesterday's Stat-io n.
the claim of Mrs.' Waggunr, for the
Merrill reward, has -been rejected "ly
Iho state's se-wtary. V The reward 7of
$1 TOO was offered fr the capture sirel
tdurn of Merrill, either' dead, or a'iie.-
This has leen accomplished aiijNSojue
pi-rmm or iersons are entlttled to t tie
reward. If the return Is compliance
ofa MirtIoii of the terms under wbj' h
lie rewart was offe red would notti he
lijiniiif; of, Merrill le the cotiipH incc of.
the balance? In.that evciit. as II is
generally conceded that Merrill w ,ts
shot by Tracy according to Tracy's ivn
statement; and which Is accepted as
true, by the circumstances surround- .
Ing the body ,wHen found, would not
Tracy oil his heirs be entitled to the
reward ? If no would not Mrs. Tr.-y
and Mrs Waggoner be entitled to the
reward? . .
SMITH.
rfalem. Aug. 29. 1902.
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IF YOU Wl'AR
Knoes, read the' New York Racket ad
on first page. -
THE PICKING OF HOPS
WOHK HAH COMMKNCKl) IN BOME
OF. THE YA It DM AN ATJUND-
ANCK OF PICKliUS.
Hop picking began in a numlier of
yarda yesterday, and In all of thcin
ttu re were more . pickers : than . were
needed. At Ievi's yard, war this" city.
H0 flickers began .work, the price pshl
being 40 cents a box. : There were a
few who demanded CO cents and went
cut, but the pickers generally dec! led'
to ncccx-t 40 cents a box. '
From other yards similar reports
see coming in. There appears to lx?
no dearth of pickers, As nearly nit
growers have ample pickers reglst-ted
to pare for their crops. At the (UlV-rt
Pattcrnon yards In .Polk county
picking will not commence until toward .
the end of the week. This firm always
has Its choice of pickers on account of
excellent treatment given the emjplyr-s
and they have this year many of '.the
people who pi exert in ine same, yards
during several years. They have inre
pickers than required, as have moxt of
the latger growrrs. : ' "
The hops everywhere are comln$
down nicely, and are of excellent qual
ity. If the prics'of picking should bo
advancd to SO cents, Ithere will h'f tw
bicycle to take In the Wild West show a ra"h ,n,M he-hop yards, that growrui
and when returning home the forks of
me wneei hroke square in two. nitch.
Ing young King with great force to the
grounu. striking on his ace. The por
tibn of the road where he lit
veled and the sharp edges of the gra
vel cut a big gash clear through hisl
ngue ana lacerated his lip and other
prn uons or nis face in a t:rrini man.
ner, Jle njanaged to reach home and I crowds In-attendance. The Carnival
Dr. L. W. Brown was sent Tor to attend ' I'l cotitjmie for two wteks.
inrr wqs injuries. -The Prioe .,.a ,
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will have to. limit 'the pickers to live
of six hours a day? and the result will
ho.a loss to the pickers who are now
enabled to put In a full day's work ii' h
day, - ,.' I -
" THE KLKS' CAP.NIVAL. '
PORTLAND. Or Sefrt. l.-The .Elks'
Carnival opened today with large
Another free rural delivery mail
route starts out of Salem tomorrow.
This makes nine. ' .
PERSONAL AND GENERAL. j
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The hop dealers who have contracts
up the cuts and this morning the boy
was brought to the Eugene. hospMal
where Dr D. A. Paine further admin
istered to him. f -
Corvallla Tlmeo: -la thla where
Thotna Jonen uwil to work" ankod a
Strange youth as be entere.l ih. .:.
ham & Well drug st,ore Wednesday
affermn. When .told that rt was. he
V. . - - I'kace , the counter
wlU, the remark Jones loatru-ted Mm
to leave It there. Th- wrappings
were found to contain the hide of a
tig cougar killed by the nr-w county
s.jrveyor wlw 4 now rusticating for ,b.
, ' 'u n-n in the. mounUlns
near Ha zt Iwr.d, .Dotiglas county. , A
IIORSB FELL ok JIIM '
t?i tY' 1Jk fHnt-r In the stale
Printing offlce. met with a tvrUnn..
cldeot yesterday. 1 1 wa cw of 1M
-'7 ao in tne ubor l)r p-
DIED.
sre all here ready to put uo the i4ck- i.7 '" ""'"wif town the 4reet.
ing money. There will te no failure, .tia
of the; performance of this part of the
contracts.
o e of ....
jhis horse reared, and a tharn tug ,m
e iifxinn spade ; bit. by the rider,
caused the animal to fait over back
ward, the HaplMS rider being, unUdo
til tHrnt lnta..l m . , m .a
Bryan say, the republic is doomed Z;,' "t
unless there is a change soon, and he ' Z.ZT" " l in
thinks he knows jusfwhat kind of a ilJt 'nf ' on
. .. ...... ... , . iiii ntu ui in an
; iinrnnscious wndLton end carried into
Dr. Stone's drjjg store, where Dr. A.'E.
Prince of Germany was beginning to' ret..rd tl. man i ' ..
eat sol.ds .and cast shy -glances ata8Vha4y ,haken. but no bone were
other girls, again. . broW. and -.h-vonr! - r. ."!
O O O . Iliruilut h Kiifrr .., i.
The greatest liar on earth tens the, Baker was un ami hnnt laat 1
truth to his doctor. The most truth- usual. . - - 7 .-
change is needed.
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When last heard from
the
SHrtKVEAAt the family home, at
Dyllas, Polk county, Oregon, Monday,
Heptember, . 102. As Shreve, aged
7? years and S days. -Iec-eaSed
was -. born In Lancaster,
phlo, August 25, IS25, and came across
t he plains In 1 S5 1, settling In-. Polk
county as one of the earliest pioneers.
On June I'yyissi, lie was married to
Harriet, f4- ( ore, and this inIon Was
blessr-4 three sons and three
danghtvra now llvingwsnd. with their
Sftftd.. puiber, niourtifiTg U13 death f
ilt'ir father. , They are: L. L. Klireve.
of 'Antelope; Jl. W. iShreve. of Port
bind; A. L. Shreve. of Klayton. now
engineer at the rieform khool; Mrs.
A. II. Jluir, and Miss Kate Shreve. of
Dallas and Mrs. Charles Jacolmon. "f
Portland; On June ICth of this ynar,.
the sped couple eelebraled theli gold
en we-f 'ding, which occasion was a most
happy One and was enJoyeQ by a large
circle of warm and 'devoted 'friends,
and the members of the" family. T De
eeasM was prominent in the upbuild-
Ing of fialias and Iolk dnty. and an '
hoKred figure in pioneer circles," The
funeral will be held from the family
home at Dallas, tomorrow (Wednes
day; at 2 p. m. "'.',.. r,v.'!
GftAND OPENING BALL
At Kreos uros.. Brooks, Oregon, flat
unlay,' rptemtjer 6th, and " dances'
every night thereafter during bop
picking. " -
Legal Blanks, Statesman Job OCtca,