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It i f INTERESTING WASHINGTON! NOTES ' WASHINGTON, IV a, Sept 7. (8p. .. e'ial). One's lf in Washington itc- " peals eonditionsjast a -it does erwber. Everything, evewhere, i riative comparative. I do not know ' mneh -the u' ' t a teaman' in Warbington, nor about the life of a senator, nor that of a. diplomat, nor eves that 'of a millionaire. Therefore j foul'l not writ of life in thin city from the viewpoint', of such person eithotit relying on my imagination for the "farts;" an I that would I hardly fair to any person who might read my letters. Life here i good ot lad, pleaanrable or painful, much a it is everywhere ilse. The individual who ran b lep py anywhere is a true philosopher, fa be ean be happy in one of the finest eapitala, of the world a well a bw wbere; while tha pessimist inght be aa jniserable. , Jndevd there are many eont leration rtlrnlatd to make one feel more eon tntei with life here than in many other less favored localities. There ia 'much, for instance, that appeal to and pha-s the eye. There are miles of beautiful tive-bordered avenue and wile streets, nsiiAlly elean and attrac- tive; numerous stately trunnion scat tered throughout the -ity arid district that impart an air of solidity and aub- - gtantial well being to the community; many public building and institution in nightly locations that lend to the fity's self -conscious air of political im--portanee; and a river that responds to the ebb and flow of the tiles' All these without human lift? iTroold ie nothing. But here are more than a quarter of a million people-4n4-third of them Africans, and the others com prising a lot-al and a cosmopolitan so eicfy that embraces almost everytling to 1 ;-. found in America, from the low tut to the highest step tf tile seeial ladder fr.m the ltiin of New York or Chicago, to the ,VVhite Jlons.?. At ihi writing. I have in nn'nd an estimable Southern woman who has b.-en a department clerk for several y:ir. Her ease may le taken a typi cal of. a small el.isa in the irviee, -She entered the office n wi low with a de pendent family of. thresf young b'-ys, ha given . them an education, end th" two older oil's sre now making tiwir - own way in the business, world. The . .-ther day, in answer to my inquiries, ' he .-ex pressed her views of the service stdistaiitially as follows: "I would rather have my boys work clHcwhere for less nortey than they might earn y ' the. department. (Ii t nid", they have a certain kind irde eiidenee they might not have in the .government employ as clerk; thy are more likely to W jurdly apprained, and receive what they deserve in return for thdr servi-"s. They enn make if repu tation and have n change ft go into ltiHineH for themselves, no rue t'm, should they so desire. "In the" deiiart meat, they viuld al ways be at tnrt mercy of others, few of whom mri! for anything bur, their own elflh purposes. It is not always merit that win promotion here." That is one view of the department service. ' - SShe i a, genuine Houtherner; was Imrn and reared in the South, grew up nr.il developed ami I it tradition, im bibel its spirit, and 'breathed its at in'i.Hphere. To her, "Uiicli. Tom's Cabin" is a travesty of . truth. Has she ever rea l it f No, indeed; an'! if she cmiM have her way, n one. else would road it, be eausn she thinks it conveys a vtTy or- run m unl wicked improHHi;n of the F'luth and its .people...1 She is fa miliar with ftouthera condi tiinn today, and with the'r.ice .pies tinn." Wfe grew u among the 'cidyred l iple, as -it were, and lndieye the Southerners alone are qualified to deal with them in "an intelligent and truly ytnp:ithetic spirit. She regard them .h children tt Ik taught, rewarded, indulged, puninhed. In the course of tiino they may reach, maturity. Anything that i "Southern" ap je:tls to her with all of the force that ".big rel apples," or the "beautiftU Willamette," or a fine picture rf Mt. Hood 'would appeal to an exiled Ore Konian. She was rntlmHie.stie over l-;xon,s"ThJ- Leopard ' Spots" and wt.uld hrve all her Northern frirnl read" that book, for it mblie her views and reflects the spirit of thnt South which she know and r.f which he whs and is a part. i Route of the clerk need ectasienal diversion or did, in the past. What 1 hall here wet out on that score happen e I 1m f ore my day a a department em f'i"yee, but the "principal actors are known to me. It is a true story, and hardly a "story" being rather & sim ,t'l statement of fact that m iy serve to further illustrate department life "among the lowly." A Westerner was one of the central figures in this little comedy. He is even yet a man of military btarir.g, .tall, slender, erect, with a tierce gray mustache. When younger he must have been attractive to feminine eyes. He camp to Washington a widower, bnt vident!v--",letermine(t to. ehaaca his state. Ilis fellow clerk soon detected Ms weakness for women. A practical joker happened to be in same office. In some way he proenr f'l a letter to be written in a dainty frwinine hand and a.ldr.Kse 1 to the 'Wer. It timidly admitted a giow Imiration on the pari-of the writ fr and a strong desire to n.eet him in Preon, and endJ by atiggfsting a day m place for meeting. The pUo isnted wa a street corner opposite the onice m which he worke 1, an-1 where a pump. It aim suggested that te prevent any mistake he shoul.f 1-cld a handkerchief in his right hani while baiting for the fair unknown to ap pear. " . : - He rojie to the bait like a mountain ,rmit after a fly. . ' At the hour namel, dressd "to 'V his mustache carefnllf wared "d curled, he repaired to the trystiag t"pe, where for half an hour ne paraa d np an 1 down the pavement crrrylcg white handkerchief in his hand, end waving it gallantly at every pBMorg woman who chance J to look in his di "ction. ;, - " .-- A Happening to glanceT np at the tflice Windows, after s time, he made a dis covery. At those windows were all his fellow clerks, double I p in mirthful 9ery, langhing till they could langh no more at the silly spectacle. The mar n dress parade suddenly remembered iiwioer engagement. uat incident is laughed eer yt, and the story related to new comer. To iavTrrthe Victim, ev?n at this tav, to meet yon 'fat the .pump" would be considered equivalent to a, formal chal lenge. . j ; ..- ." r':. -.. t , m v i ' ;' - :.- The vietim of that joke wa in "old soldier" ; which reminds me that last week there strayed into the i, Office a Salem (minister of the gospel, who i also an old soldier an 1 who had been, up, to Boston, with the O. A. R. encampment. I ' be!ive his name Is Kobinson. Anyway he hunted r,p an Oregon comrade, who at the time could not rightly place the gentleman. The two talked for a few minute srb.n the visitor suggested that he was f'red and would like to sit down. The i.nidcnt Oregon ian then cordial! v invite I i to a near-by "rathskeller" where they eduld spin their yarns over a schooner of ice-cold beer.: Those who know Rev. Mr. Robinson (am worry to nay I did not meet him) may imagine what fol lowed. .J. am informed they i.l i.ot visit tha "rathskeller." "iThi s:ime Oregoniaa, not so very long ago, ' when yet quite new to Washington, thought h- espied the fa miliar figure of that oil Meth . lixt p:o-ne-r, preacher of Eugene, the Kev. Isaac li, Driver. lie had not heard that DrJ Driver was in town, and took" several f iroo'd look at the' mnn v-ho wore a silk tile, a prince Albert coat, a portly figure, and a face that crtainly could belong to only one person. As eacdi look only-' deepened the Oregon ian's impression that it was the pioneer preacher, he boldly and familiarly ac costed the gentleman, whereat the sup posed preacher. responded in the most profane and emphatic language, cm signing' the stranger who had spoken to him t.i the hottest place in i-adeit for eveen thinking him to l a preach er! It turned nut that he is a saloon keer sin I sporting man of local i.otj riety. i 'Which shows bow easily one may make it mistake when three thousand miles from home. We have had a cool and plejsant summer although several cls, mug gy, humid days jreceling thunder storms, were very trying. WALTKK I. WILLIAMS. . Waxhington, IK i, Sept. e, t!f. DR. DARRIN COMING. This Celebrated and Weil-Known Spe cialist to Visit Corvallt Again , Sept. 28th to Oct. 30th. Thr.nigh the urgent request of many in thi vicinity 1 y. Iarriu has been prevailed Upon to visit t orvalh again and will have his oflices iu the new Hotel t'orvallis. The doe-tor and wife have just returned from a trip ar.uind the world, liavinir visited umonif other countiies Kussia and Japan. Those wishing to consult the doctor will find it to their advantage to call on him while here. Ho comes t tm laden with testimoni als from throughout the whole North west, nd the authenticated reports of some of his cure seem nothing short of miraculous. There are few ills to which " human fledi is heir, which can n.it be relieved and permanently cured by lr. Darrin's electric, and medical treatment, and cases that have resisted the efforts of ordinary physicians have yielded to his power. These eaM embrace almost every kind of disease, and as said before, no man, wjman or child ne"d despair of relief, and cure, while Dr. Darrin offers hi invaluable services. Unlike other physicians who have be- coihe'emineot in their profession, lUf doctor's charge are extremely moder ate and reaj'n"ible, according to cir cumstance and ability to pay. He will not. undertake any cases he cannot cure or benefit. Consultation is free, for should there be any cases that are incurable, he will immediately discover them, thus saving hi patients any fur-, ther expenditure of time and money, which they might otherwise squan'ier. For the Itenefit of those who are not already acquainted with the doctor's mode of operating with electricity and who may seek aid, though distrustful, after many failures of everybody and everything, Ir. Darrin makes the ex traordinary and most generous on r i. treat the worthy poor free except med icines between ths hours of 1ft and 11 a. m daily, to prove to the community at lartre hi ability an.t skill. Dr. Lurrin make a specialty of alt diseases of the eve, ear, nose, throat, catarrh, deafness, bronchitis, lagrippe,. consumption, dyspepsia, constipation,) heart, liver ami ki.iney .useases. an.i permanently cure all disease of the genito urinary organ in either sex. Bitch a blood, taints, scrofula, gleet, stricture, seminal weakness, spermator rhoea, Jo of manhood, and loss of de sire of sexual power in man or woman. All peculiar female troubles, irregu -, lar menstruation, displacement, etc., are confidentially treated, a well as all acute, chronic, private and nervous disease of whatever nature, if curable. No eases taken if not curable. Consul tation free. Send for circular free. Oflice hours are 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; evening. '.7. to 8; Sunday 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Charges for treatment low and reasonable, according to ability to pay. "Most cases can be treated at home after one visit to the doctor' office. All business relations with Dr. parrin are strictly confidential. The following cure speak relumes for the doctor: . , Mrs. O. Karg. Leland, Or sciatic rheareatism. restored.? A. Pool, Eagle Point, Or., heart and liver trouble, restored. ; Mi Maggie Synhoest, La Orande, Or.,' cross-eyes, cured. - Mrs. A. E. Tatee, Albany, Or., ovaren and womb trouble, cured. Mrs. Martha Daily, Gardner," Oregon, saltrheum for 23 years, cured. J. A Jennings. Sell wood, Or eczema or skin disease, 16 years, cured. ' Rev.-XDoane, I, D-, of Portland University, deafaess restored. : Henry A'on Helms, Sandy, Or., can cer of tha nose and catarrh, cured. Adolph Wnnder, 394 Morrison street, Portland, Or., total deafness, eured in 20 minntea. - -W. W. Thompson, Vancoover, Wash., an . enormous hydrocele, cured 8 years i I !' Thirteen thousand two bond re J an i eighty-seven is Salem 's population, ac cording to the official census of May, 14,04. I . ''' 1 -l I 11.11 I lllllll llll I.IIWMIN lillllllll ! II " I I - iaiM.IHI I . I ,,..-, UNCLE WIRELESS I ST. UHTIS, M.i., fepL 17. (Speeijl). -An infant,"yet a giaat; such is the unique position of wireless tefegrsphy at the present time, when the ramifica tions of its development are extending to every country on the earth,, fnJ every sea. Its application to commer cial uses is of but a few years growth; yet that growth ha been by leaps r ml bounds, and apparently there is so limit to it possibilities. One day we read of its application ; to railroad work,, permitting a moving train to communicate with headquarter or a station along the line; the next, we find the Agricultural Bureau planning to install a system of automatic fire alarm. in the great western forests to give warning of approaching . fires; again a press dispatch is flashed Lrrosa the seas for hundreds of miles, despite intervening island, and the men read of a naval battle far out at sea on the other side of the world, while the con flict was still raging. Such frats are eminently in keeping with the spirit of the twentieth centu ry. And yet, to the uninitiated, there i in them an element of the weird, the unbelievable. To a great mass of people wireless telegraphy is still more theory than practice; more dream than reality. It is a giant stride ftf science and some of the people have not jyt come abreast. A year or two more of successes, of spectacular achievements, of continued daily appli cation to commercial purposes, and wireless telegraphy will assume natur al proportions in all eyes. It will, as the telephone and wire telegraph, be come an essential component part of every -day life, and settle down to an ever-widening career 'of usefulness, that only time itself can limit or guage. One important factor in every com mercial science, particularly for its tuturf ' 'prosperity, is recognition by national fJovernment. In this icspect wireless telegraphy has been particu larly fortunate, as was the wire tele graph. And a most notable an-1 cleir- igtitol action on the part or the unite. i States Navy Department was the con tract, for-five wireless station wh se circuits will cover the waters of the Mexican gulf and Carribean sen, r.nd the Jre:iter and Lesser Antilles. Ac cording to widely published pre re ports: "With the greatest care the TSovernment experts conducted most rigid tests, an 1 reported that 'the De Forest system, already executing Cov ernment contracts, on a similar Scale, was the one ' -which offered the best service. Lniring a jteriod of : several months seven wireless stations were in eporntion in the same magnetic field and yet long message were received and tiansmitte 1 by the DeKoresty sys tem. This achievement, regarded by the Government experts as the greatest in the histoTy of the science, was pos sible only by the utilization of 'syn tonic aerography,' in which Dr. De Forest's attuning apparatus is em ployed." The contract with the Government is reciprocal, which makes the com pany and the Government, in a sense, allies, sine? commercial message are exchangeable between nil station nd bhips equipped with . the DeForest in struments, whether maintained by the Government or by the company. This arrangement is a "most happy settle ment of the incipient controversy re garding Government ownership of all coast-wise wireless stations on grounds of public policy and welfare. Such a harmony agreement obviates the jessi bility of friction between private and Government stations, because the two classes of stations, supplied with t he De Forest tuning apparatus, , are able to operate simultaneously in close proximity without ioterfereno. In other words, the art is reduced to the simplicity of the local Bell Telephone exchanges, where one may drop a con nection and pick up another on a mo ment's notice. It is scarcely possible that this ques tion 'of Government ownership will again rise, though the next session of (iongresM will undoubtedly enact borne legislation controlling future wireless installations, along the coasts, at least, and possibly interior stations. Iresi Jent Koosevelt several month ago Hp- EDUCATION AT FOSSIL FIRST COUNTY HIOK SCHOOL OPENS IN BUNCH GRASS COUNTY. f CORPS OF SALEM TEACHERS. People of That District Take Deep Interest in Education of the Young. County Voted by Large Majority for County High School, Although Locat ed at Remote Point, Something About Fossil. Fossil, Sept. 17. (Special corres pondence). Public, school opened yes terday for thd fall term .with a large attendance, and bright prospects for the most successful year in the history of the public system of Wheeler coun ty's seat of government. Prof. A. J. Garland of Snlem, . formerly president of the Northwestern Normal school rf Salem, has been chosen superintendent of the Wheeler county high school, and principal of -the publie school. ; The full corps of teachers is' A. J. Garland, A. M., principal and Mis So phia Townsend of Salem, assistant, in the high school, and in the publie school, W. A. Scott, Salem? Miss Holmes, Marion county; Mis LeRoy, Portland; -and another young lady fiom Salem ha been employed and is ex pected to arrive ; within a few days. Thus it will be seen that out of a eorp of seven teacher employed, five are from Salem, which certainly shows the confidence felt hy Fossil people in the intelligence of Capital City teach ers a fitting instructor of the tender mind of the coming generation. Fossil i a city of. about 400. people SAM'S vs? TELEGRAPHY pointed a General Wireless .Board, com-1 posed of the active heads of the Gov ernment .lepartment and bureau us ing wireless. ,Thejr wbject was to in quire into the relation of wireless to the Government, . particularly " along the coasts, and to reeam mend legisla tion to 'Congress. Thia report, which received the President's approval, is still in the hands of the Government printer, an I has not been, made public in its entirety. It known, however, that a recommendation is l.iade to plaea wirelesp station under the super vision of the Department of Labor and Cbniineree, and through thi Depart ment,' to license and keep track of ev ery wireless station established. Huch supervision would, enable closest cen sirship during a state of war. " The points at which the large Gov ernment stations are being established are: PensaeoU, Key West, South Cu ban Coast, Porto Kico, Panama. Any one of these station will be able to communicate with any -ither in the circuit. Herein i to be found a perti nent comparison 'of relative cost' of wireless installations and land and ca ble lines. To install cable between each of these points would require a cable length of approximately 4,770 miles, which would cost at the average1 ef all the cables of the worlJ, $700, 000. The cost to the Government in thi instance is something less than one-fiftieth of that amount. The quick, closing of this corlicet, the largest for wireless communication ever awarded, is admit telly due to the use of D 'Forest Wireless by the Lon don Times in . reporting the Russo Japanese war. The coasting steamer Uaimutn was equipjK-d and a land station erected at Wei-hai-wei, a neu tral English port and cable station. Darting aroun 1 the scene of naval op erations like n btisy.-ltee, the little lfaimtim was constantly iu toiieh with the Wei hai-wei, and for many , weeks during the early part of the war, the only reliable news came by D Forest Wireless. Hoan the world was electri fied atHhe startling announcement of the KussianjGovernment that the Times corresKmdenrdapt. .Tames, vno ha 1 passed safely through the Hp-inish and Bo-r wars, and the Deforest . perators, would 1 hung as spies if. caught. The Haimum was once actually boar led by oflicers of the ill-fated Bayan. But even a they were Wing boarded the Hal mum oerat.r 'was.' 'talking1 with Wei-hai-wei. His message was: "We are about to be boar-led by he ldmian battleship Bayan. If you lo not hear from us in three' hours inform British and American Consuls and Locdon Times." The Russian officer rea l t' is message a it lay on the operator's ta ble, and without waiting to t.-iake a further investigation, took" their oe parture. Later the Japanese Government for-' bade the Haimum, whose news-gathering propensities were ,caidere.l inim ical to Japanese interests, to proceed into the theater of naval . action. This restriction was also said to be due largely to the facfc that the Japanese, using a metal filings, .coherer, found the greatest difficulty in effecting any sort of communication in the same magnetic field with the DeForest instruments, through continuous cohesion. " The De Forest instrument is radically different, the messages being receive.! through in electrolytic responder and telephone gear, with a speed limited only to the capacity of the operators. The filing colierer is slow, the process of cohesion and decohesion of the filings being nec essary to produce every dot and dash in the Morse code. The Times' service was finally aban- loned,in July, 1104. but not before the Haimum equipment had served its pur pose and pointed out clearly to the United Htates Government the value of a system like the De Forest,, for At lafdic f.V.Vst defence, an a secondary means of communicati j.i between na val bases. It wss in fact a 'lcmonfiia tion for the whole world thati telegraphy in longer thory, but an established ffet;r t- lx rcckin'd w;th by governments an I every brereh vt commerce. Ten station of the D-Forest Corrpa ny have already been built alor-g the;. who are resident and own property, but a large number of the Wheeler county ranchers own cottages in the city, and spend their winters there to enjoy the advantages of a splendid school system. At times the resident population rnm bers as high as TOO, and the total at tendance at the school this winter- is expected to be about SOU pupils. At the present time families are moving into the city from all parts of the coun ty. There are but few vacant houses remaining, and the attendance at the high school will le only limited by the available, house to rent. That Wheeler ounty, the youngest section of Oregon to claim that honor should so rapidly leap-to the front in advancement af its eitizens, is a won der to many in the outside world. Situ ated sixty miles from the nearest rail road, which distance mnst be covered by stage over dusty tiresome roads, it contains 1746 square miles 'of territory, and according to the last census, enjy 2443 people, it is one of the first coun ties in Oregon to avail itsdf of the law recently enacted by the legislative assembly, and at the election last June, voted in favor of taxing the people and maintaining a county high school. This act passed by an overwhelming major ity, notwithstanding the faet that the school is to be located in Fossil, the ex treme northern .part ef the county. At Richmond, twenty -seven" miles from Fossil, out of seventy-two vste cast, sixty-eight were for a "; county high school. - , ,. : ., . " - - - ?- u. The citizens of Fossil -were at '.mce wide awake to the needs of the hour, and offered the free use of he rooms, should the school be located there. The building was suitable - for that pur pose, being a handsome brkk structure two stories high and containing seven large rooms, erected and furnished at a cost of over $12,000, two years ago, and the offer wa accepted. ; j By an agreement '. with ' the county court the principal in alsj made -principal of the Fossil publie school, thus di viding the expense, and making it pos sible for the city to pay higher salaries for it corps of teachers. . 'j .' In no way could' the intelligence of Wheeler county ' residents; lie more forcibly illustrate! than in their earn vj? Government Utiliza tion of it for Coastwise Communication Goes Steadily Ahead. Atlantic Coast. - They ar located- at Pravidenee, ! V! i?e, I I.Nt. '.i Broadway, X. Y, t ty, Highland r.f Navesink, N. J,- Cope May, N". J., Lewes, Del., Hatteras, N. CL, Key West, ; FUu, Havana, an 1 Washington, D. -The Atlantic DeForcst Wirele Tele graph Company, headel by Charles; C. Galbraitb, formerly Eastern imanager for Armour k Co., is preptriug to take over these stations Iror.i the. parent American DeFort st Company; and j to build at every point of importance along the Atlantic nad Culf Coasts from Main to Texas, t j ' '"'4 In the same manner the Great lakes, Western and English DeForest com panies have been and are being organ ized for operating purposes, the group being organized on the same principle as the Bell Telephone companies, ekch company operating separately, exciting ingbusinen at points of contact, and presenting an united front for fits practically exclusive . sea business and competing in many instances with land and cable lines. . ; - It is not proponed to begin the equip ment of coast-wise vessel until the circuits of land stations are complete. It will! then be possible for passenger to keep in touch with business and home, for the Owners of any vessel in the coast trade to keep in touch with! their captains from port to port; ship! Will receive atorm warnings and "ball! time," enabling skippers to regulate! their chronometer a thousand miles from shore as easily as on land. t On the Central American co.it, at Port Limon, C..R., and Bocas del Toro, Panama, two DeForest installnti-in have 'done away with the old c iide ship between these points and wneless communication is kept up day in and day out for "months with mu'h les trouble than even wool t be experienc ed with land wiies. These stations' are the property of the United Fruit Com- pnpuy, nnu are the nucleus for uo ex tensive Ontral American and Mexican wireless system. Another distinguishing achievement of the Dk Forest system in Oovernnient use of wirel-s telegraphy is the com munication establishel between ,'me and Ht. Michaels, Alaska, across iNor tou Sound, whvre a cable is impractica ble. All other attempts nt rapid "ire m- raunication had- faile 1 until Augmt 1, 1904, shortly after their fnst ill uion, Gen. A. W. Greely, Chief flignal Ctficer, U. 8. A., received a message in Wash ington direct from JVome. This travel led altogether 3,.'5iH) miles, nr.-d for. the first time the oflicials at Washington received a communication diret.roiii the far North "without the intervention of a foot messenger or boat. In a'.ldition to contracts for equip ment of Xavy vessels with DeForest wireless, the system is in use in various artillery districts, notably between Fort Wadsworth and Hansock, in New York harbor. The distance is a little more than twelve miles. This was the first wireless circuit in the world to re place a cable. . Altogether the DeForest system 'has 50 stations in . operation . cr complete, and 4C9 in course of erecti-w, contract ed for or being arranged. for. . These figures do not include tians- Oceanie and coast steamers with the exception of six installations of United States naval vessels the Havage, B. & O. Railroad, and 8tr. Wolvin, Great Lakes, of U. S. Steel Corporation. Of the forty-four station in operation or complete in the United State three are seen in daily use on the grounds rf the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis. For several month these lifcve been sending regularly, every day, in all kinds of weather, news matter of! the Fair to two downtown wireles sta tion in the newspaer offices without interference, the wireles impulse, go ing through the heart of the business section of the city, through bih bull 1 ing and low, at the speed ef light, which is 186,000 mile a second. This is the speed of all wireless message. So distinct and new a feature r wire less telegraphy, and so elaborate the DeForest display, that, as the telephone was to the Centennial, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition is tecomiug wide ly known a "The Wireles Fair." Wiekliffe Gray. " ' " est support of the high, school idea, and in the desire of the j ung people of all part of the county to attend,, thus taking a lead over the older, more highly 'developel counties of the Wil lamette valley, in many of whif-h there! is no high school, and in none of which, so far as the knowledge of the writer extends, has there leen a movement made toward establishing a county high school, for the benefit of all its young people. A very sneeesf ul session of the annual Wheeler county teachers insti tute closed on Saturlay night in J'os sil, leil by Prof. A. J. Garland, ad Kobt.- C.' French, president of the Weston Normal sch.ol. Nearly ev-ry teacher in the county, about twenty five, were in attendance, and took, great interest in the work, which wa a spe cial course of training in preparation for the schools about to open. Prof, garland Ie,I in the training for advanced work a outlined in the state course of vtudy, and won much favora ble comment, both 1 from teachers and town people, for the cleanness of his work, and his luci l explanations. He thns begin hi year' labors in a new field with the confidence and support of the entire community behind him, ami the result' cannot fail to be a credit to him. President French led in the primary work. lie i a thorough in structor in that branch, having been en gaged in the work for year. , W. W. Kennedy, county school superintendent, also assisted. C :- -,"1- .- : ... - What la life? In the last analysts nobody know, but we lo know that it is under strict law. Abue that law even slightly, derangement of the organs, resulting ia Constipation, Headache - or Liver trouble. Dr. King's New Life Pills quickly re-adjust this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only S5e at IX J. Fry 'a Drag 8tore. A GOOD CIIANCE. . New subscribers to giro away about $700 worth of presents. There will be a $435i Piano, $S5. Buggy, $75 Sewing Itachine, $40 Bicycle, and $23, $10, $5. $5, $2 $2.50 in caab prizes. ; ... " -. : -. . -;". ' .: ''' -. ; v i !iijLsit: for Infants CastorU Is a banuless substitute fur Cantor Oil. eoric. Drops and Hoothln Syrtiiw. It is ilaunt. It contains neither Opium. JJlrphiao nor oilier art-otic Kubstance. It destroys Worms and allays Feverilineijn. It cure Ilarrho' and Wind Cklle. It relieves Teeth ing Trouble and eure Constipation. Jt reBruLite? tlio Ktoniaeb and Bowels, trivln lu-altliy nnd natural hlcep The CbUdren's lauacea The 3Iotler Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Beaxsi the rr Irt Use For Over 30 Years. V. HOW IS IT .V You can purchase, new goods aUiOSTKIN & GUKKNDAUM at lower prices than at thee so called Closing Out Sales by which Saleru U so much infected? Even the Chiiitc have caught on, lo this American idea; and are advtrtifing to close out in so many days. , . " We hope to be in busi ness for a long time We purcha-sed our ooils at ledro; prices, and markel them with a small iimrgiu ofproat. This is we. discount thtso sales. ) i UadluH tn! MlMHttit CiHtM( all this seasons gtKsls. PrU-es; $3.&, t0, CUfO, $9, fill. No store tit this city will duplicate these value. ICnlttlnjz Ilk, oz. sihjoU 2Se. ea h. i'lirs, from 9So. each and up. Bed SpreudM, Urge ze 75c each."- Umbrellas, sti-el '. rod, 40..V each and up. Tnblo Ulncn 60 In. wide only 60c. a yard. 4uttlnjj, V5 In. wide ouly 50c. a yard. 4iuttlnijet 30 in. wide only 25e, a 3ard. . Umbrcll(iN( (Mora silk, tin handles, look; Iik a $5 article only $1.75 Mun'n SuUm, $10, special effort, traunot be duplicateil. I , IVlIIIlncry a'l new pixnls, latMtHtyleN, large iusHortuieiit,iopular prices Motto, buy y.nr goods at ROSTUIN & ORUUNUAUM 29S-.'X) tJouimerclal Ktrett, Balem, Oregon. ; j PURE GOLD Is comjiaratiydy. soft. To be fit for jewelry and coinage it must he combined prop erly with other metals. This is equally true oi WHITE LEAD. It must be .properly com bined with other pigments to make it durable. This has been accomplished.', in Heath t Milligan h Railway While Lead, guaranteed in all resjiects- to be better than auy other white lead Hold. It will save you money. SAVAGE & fLEFCilCR ftol Aftat. SALEM, OREGON. wonderful doctor la great ba cause he curd peo pi without opera tion that are given up to die. He cure .V(.f with those wonder ful Chlnae herbs, roots, buds, bark and vegetables, that are entirely no known to mcJcaJ science in this coun try. ThroupV the use of these harm less remeoles, this famous doctor know the action of Orer (00 different remedies whJcb he uccessfally cses in different diseases. He g-uarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, "lacav throat rheumatism. oervouMnees, stomach, kidney, bladder, female , trouble, lost manhood.' all private, diseases; has hundreds of ' testimonials. Charge moderate. . Call and see him. Consultation free. Patient oat : of the cltr write for blank and circular. Kncloee stamp. Address The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medi cine Co Alder street, Portland, Oregon. Mention Cdls paper. BOLD ATTEMPTED BTJEOTUEtT. BAN FKAXCI'WX), hVpt, 17. At the close of banking htmwn tlay n man in the lol.hy. of the First National I'.auk observing the rage lK.r lf-;i.iti ehind the counter sj-'ir, jttislie.l ini!eT wa1kel in helping Piniwlf to a bag eontaiiiitig $2fK)0 in gold coin, pad made a repil exit. He walked into the Brooklyn Hotel followed Iyt.V K. Macintosh, na employe of the bank. He was overtak en and seiwd at the hti office, and the- bag taken from libn, its eontent being undisturboL The roLber eseaped. LOUBET WTLI. EXTTE. PARIS, Pcpt. 17. Prenident Iyobct in the eourae of a speech to provincial mayors today said he lookcl forward with satisfaction to the Serenity of pri rate life after the. close of his term; This statement, is taken as tke determiq ation of the Iresidcnt not to seek re election net rear. - . Mkh OH. u. Thia GEE 11 n cum tt I- w- T ' 1 .'C fcv3CS.xVi X.,.). V-fc- and Children. Signature of - Why For Gererel Repatiring Casting; Larcto or Small, Brass Cast Ings of All Descrip tions, wc aro the best equipped of any this side of Portland. ' Our Stump PuUora aro a C rea t Succeii' If You Need a Drag Saw, Don't ' Fail to Call On Vm t ' Salem Iron Uorlis Shand Marcus, Proprietors. Front and Rtate. Pboue 2:; 13 iila. k ALEM.ORE.CON. i v r Dr. W. XQRTON DAVIft BIM A V1EEU We treat ueceasf ullyj all private, tinTvoon and chronie diseases, also blood, ftturnacli, hmrl, liver, kiJnoy and throat .roubles. AVe eure RYl'IIILL.13 (with ' out laereury) to stay cured forever) it 50 to CO days. W t remove STElCTUr.J3 wilhont operatio- or pain, ia 15 days. AVi: CIJUK GOXOimilOKA IN a, W'LEIv. J. The doctors of th.s InstUot r n regular graduates, have - bad munj years experience, have been known In PortlsDd for 15 ycxrs, have a reputa tion to m.nintajn, and will undertake no ease unless certain cure en b effeetl. Witiiraiiteaenre in eerf emie we nnlir lk4r f-fcsrjr nolr. t.'Mtiilltilon fm. -t-ter eotiDlen Ul. Instruct If HOOK lUKllk.N wiel tree In plain wrapper. - It von ran not caU at uHloe write lor qnrttlon biauk for husne lreatmot. OWee hoar. to S. and 1 to . Banoavt and hollo, jo to ix . The leading xtv-rUlihU io the North weit. vJUtablUbed 18hJ. DR. W. K0RI01I DAVIS & CO. - Cor. Ttalra nd Pin Ate. Mcn:U.a thia I-aper .. PORTLAND, OK. KTH AT KTATKKMAN JOH WVV. , lS 1 Q I "AUT n KH FOR lIOl' Tir IC ""' "' I . 1. ly. r)r-J: ' '. -" 5 i