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wiytr,aUjM... ljbave been IiUU purpose in writing ft
Ttts Btalwnmn aa been satabliabAa Brr nearly
1 1 ty-iwo yetra, od It kM mo mm abacriber wbo
fc received U nearly t&at Wti. and many
wbo fesvs read it tor a cvnerstSoA. Some ot
ttiets object to banns the paper dtsonUnnad
t ta tins of esplrauomof their atnertptkma.
tor tbe bwoeflt et tba, n4 tor oiber rcaaons
bar concluded to'liMontlnae auberiptloa
eft !y wnen nocifled to do to. AM. peraons naytDjr
wben spbacrlbnf , or paying la advance.
IBM. WUi
ear lam benefit oriae noiiar rare.
BntUtbey
cooot pay ff ala month., tbe rata will be SL25
a rear.
Hareaiier we wtu anq toe paper to au
rooiixmatble persons wbo ordc ft, tl
&trraons wbo roc it. tnous-n tnev
j.r not a&4 the money, wlin tbe understand-
i a tbatwtey are to pat iS a year, la caaatbey
tat toe Qoacnpuon account ran ova at
raontba. la order that tbere may be no miaoa
eeftaa4tas we will beep Lb la Dotiee H fir fine
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CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
And tbere are those who preten4 that
John Ilall , would permit - the persecu
tion of Senator Mitchell for '? political
revenge." What nest, in the way oft"! ioli-y for the state, and therefore
absurdities f
A New prrk paper speaks of a proiH
Inent member f, t'ongresswho "is af
flicted with a fad for continually in
creasing naval support" Why not op
erate upon him for appendicitis?
A flat salary law should' have been
passed two years ago.' There was no
justification for its a defeat nor for
that of the direct primary law. The
defeat of the latter resulted in the en
actment of one by, the initiative pro
cess, and a repetition of th failure to
enact a flat salary law will be followed
by s similar experience as to it. The
politicians .may take notice.
The evening paer says tne Governor
"has Instructed .the state land, agent
to go, to the bottom of the land busi
ness and formulate -a' report." Weil,
what of itf AU ststo land.' agents
have iiad the same , instructions and
have obeyed them. Nothing whatever
having been concealed, there is nothing
to report tbat is newy. save wliat the
present, agent may have done.
Not content with expressing his dis
approbation of his predecessor for mak
ing selections of lieu land on base
which, bad been declared valid by the
proper United States land officers, ac
cording to law, the versatile state land
agent, according to the Telegram re
porter, Is of the opinion that "if a bal
ance were struck It would be found, that
tb school fund has fared very well,"
under his management,, of course," es
pecially when we take into considera
tion the ;.. loose manner in which., the
funds have bevn handled' in years gone
by. " Of .course, the 'school fund' has
suffered "in the years gone by"
through the dilatoriness of young Mr.
West in tbe process of being resurrec
ted and the consequent Impossibility of
securing bis invaluable services, but
who is to blame for this but himself? It
is not yet known whether he plunges in
to discussion of Cleveland's method
of selling bonds or not. Probably he
does. Certainly he should.
y Monday, 41m day succeeding Christ
mas, being naturally a dull one and
very unproductive of nws, a reporter
oft tbe Evening Telegram . concluded
that a "story ' narrating bow an alli
ance had been made , between Malcolm
Moody and Tom Kay, by which the one
was to be made Speaker of the House
this winter, and the other United States
Senator two yesrs hence, would afford
interesting reading so be vrrote it.
That Is alb Of epurse, there i not and
sever has been any such agreement, or
conference looking toward it, has been
BO correspondence between them upon
the subject and there was no ground up
on which to base the very pretty story,
but It was read, no doubt, bythse who
ran across it, a modicum originality
as a writer of fiction wajt manifested
by its author add space which might
otherwise have "one begging was
handsomely n Jed. Monday was really
a "hard day en which to get news with
out inventing it. And a paper mast
have Jews. . ;-; '-. ? ;
bronchitis
I bave'iert Ayer'a Cherry Pec
toral ia my house for a great many
yetfTvIt is the best medicihe in
the world for coughs and colds.
J. C Ullamt, Attica, N. V.
All serious lung
j troubles begin with a
(tickling in the throat.
Ycu can stop this at first
j in as Iritis night' with
Aycr's Cherry Pectoral.
Uss it also for bronchitis,
bird colds, "consumption.
r . Tim siswi 25fc 13t II.W. .
Cor unit 'w.t doctnr. If 1 ssyt tilts t
tv - no a b If be t"a jm not tu
t . . a 1 1, t to imp t take tu Itekoowa. .
You ahoull promptfy correct any
cor.s;"-t;on or biliousness' with
jcr's Fills, small, laxative doses.
J.C.XXZZ CO Lowell, Vaa.
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STATS' 3 IZZTJLAZTD POLICY.
Io an editorial of Mae length
the Oregonian considers what it calls
tbe lien-land policy of the state, in
the coarse of which it makes a few
statements going to show that, if it
would apply Its admissions to the re
mainder of the 'article, there would
at all. , -' .Vi-:- . '' ' ' - .'
The . adjudication of supposed miner
al sections of acaool lands was begun
by General W.i H. Odell, for the rea
son fa at for twenty years, or I more,
there had been large namber of such
section in Eastern Oregon on the J
market for fair, and though state lands J
were, especially; in- latter years, ia
great demand, these 'particular binds'
Ka the mineral belt of Eastern Ore-!
gun were so worthJew, and ; were so
generally regarded, taat no purchasers
for 'thfn haJ eer apeared.
If, ru- round X numbers, there were
J0O,OUl acres of ., such lands," the school
fond was deprived, -year by year, of
$125,000 by reason sof taat much of the
federal grant being unsalable and
worthless. 'Being of bo , benefit to
the state whatever, and lying in a
rouiitry wIi(Mpeopie claim abounds in
mineral everrwherc. H was deemed a
the school fund, if tue mineral e'aarae
of these sections should be determined,
one way or the other, and if so estab
lished, it would not only, trsnsfer
their nominal! value, $123,000, into t'ae
scaool 'fund, but since they could be
used as baM for the selection of lieu
lands which would be worth $2.50 an
acre the result would real! be the
placing of $250,000 in t'ae irreducible
fund without doing any barm to any
interest or to any individual.
This was the motive which prompted
the inauguration of tho policy and its
purpose or wisdom cannot be question
ed. But the state lias made no appropria
tion for soch adjudications, though it
sbofHd have done so. Tne only way to
procewl, therefore, was to authorize
private parties to undertake it, if such
parties desired to do so, at their own
expanse, and if successful in estaDiisn-
ing the mineral character of 'tie lands,!
look to purchasers of suchbasc for re-.
inuneration, and if unsuccessful, tof
stand tbe loss. In cither case the,
state undertook no risk, with tue pros
pect of adding $125,000 t the school
fund above the -nominal value of the L of tte pPO.eet,iDg. M to tlie ndjudi
lands "in place," whicn, really, was! ftUoa o tm5e ,,4, tbe probable
not b ng, - u n less sold.
Cten. Odell, a man of excellent
standing and qualifications, . who had
just completed a term as clerk of the
State land j board uuder Governor
Lord's administration, expressed a
willingness to undertake the work, and1
was authorized to do so, 4As the Ore
gonian says, "there Js mot'oing illegal
or morally wrong in the business of
adjudication of mineral 'base' and
furnishing it to intending purchasers."
. Passing over the puerile objection of
the Oregoniaa that tbe fact of Gen.
Odell 's occupying a desk in tne state
tan'! agent's office had anything what-
ever to. da with t'ae decision of the
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1 i.uv ma 1,1. M. iwiumch1: i
01 proof 01 tne mineral character or
tltq land ' (Ihotigh ' other "operators'
in state lands, some of whom are now
in merlon trouble, occupi-M the state's
desks and useil the stat s stationery
frequently and as long as they wished
witB'rut criticism because the privi
lege is granted to any person wbo dv-
sires it), that paper says
"the state,
therefore, sold 50,000 acfe of fcchool
land which Odell alleged to be mineral
and which ue and the state land agent
wete trying to prove were not tbe
property of the state."
: Ilut thU' statement id manifestly un
fair. It is not correct. Gen. Odell
lid not "allege" this land to be
mineral. ; It bad passed the point
where there was any allegation as to
Its miners! character. It eoul l not be
sold under any circumstances ' until
its mineral character had beenNab
lisbed,by the United States land effi
for. Tais bad been done, &n no
"allegations" were at all neeessary,
and noue wcro made.
; And neither was the state land agent
"trying to prove the land was' not the
procrty f ,tbo state. The very fact
that the United States officer had de
clared it mineral and authorized " the
selection .of other lands in lieu of it,
deesued that it was not the property
of the state. It was not neeess-iry for
anybody to be, trying, to. prove what
was already admitted. And this was
understood by every purcharvr of it.
Indeed the Oregonian says "tne
proof offered was aecepted ar t lieu-land
selections approved by the United
States land offices." .Then ' what more
could be expected than to have the
proceedings -sanctioned by the 1Jnitel
8tate antboritics! This the law' re
quired, and this was doac - In fact,
every acre of land .offered as base
and upon -which selections were made,
was"'.reei-ly ,a valid ,aa tho w of
Oregon . required it to be, ' and t more
thsn this,- no man eould ask.
I The Oregonian practically admits the
groundleianess of its-entire criticism in
the following paragraphs , ' , .
! "It H "probably true, as Gen. Odell
bas asserted, that if tbe General lnd
lftir bad aceulel the same deirrte of
I proof taat it required wnen sis
pro-
iceeilinffs wer commenced, the mineral
'baso scoull bare been approved, and!
n
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FdrSJtintortured Babies
; and Rest for Tired
. r.lothers ;
In Warm Baths with
And gentlanointings
with CUTICURA
Ointment, the great Skin
Cure, and purest and
sweetest of emollients.
It means instant relief and
refreshing sleep for tor
tured, disfigured, itching,
and burning babies, and
rest for tired, fretted
mothers; when all else
fails, t .
SoMlhrmwamit AeverM. Cattesre' Soap, S, OtaU
Wntt, o RMotmt, fx-, (la torn of Chuoo'al. tkntimt
Pllta, 'Sta. fT vktl oc t. 1V.ii Loodva. Charwr-kHM.IH-ifarla,aaVleF.i
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Krifiiuu. ;; nun I vuni .iitb. iucii iuiikc
that toe ryle would be changed I The
above declaration admits tbe regulsri-
sufficiency of 'the proof. i , ,
. And no trouble would have resulted
and the school fund would uave been
swelled by the sum of $125,000, as
was intended by , the ! administration,
but for the unexpected purchase of a
large number, of these "lithcrto 'worth
less sections, whieb bad been , :n the
market, but ! unsalable, for twenty
years, by a bunch of xpeeuTiftJrs who,
by t'ae most mysterious-"coincidence"
purchased most of them in ona dsy,
and, by' a still niore unfathomable "co
incidence" within two days nfter such
purchase 'the public was informed of
tat probable establishment of forest
rnv'rve that wntihl , inehia f hrM verv
i , r -
lands'
It was this unexpe:tH pureh&se ct
these, adjudicated binds by .speculators
who had been led to believe tatough
some; rr volution fra : the clouds, per
haps, that the authorities "at Washing
ton were contemplating the er;ition of
a forest reserve that would include
them and make them f.vaibible for tbe
selection of vslaablo I lieu-lands, that
led the Department at Washington to
decide Yhey are not mineral! :
At once, tneso mwn, tbr-Hib their
attorneys at Washington, - beg.nn to
attack the lists of miuera lands wait
ing for approval, nnd their effofts
have succeeled, evidently, though, as
tbe Oregonian suya, "if the General
Land Office had accepted the 4tne de
gree of proof tbftLjJt required when
the proeeeHiajrsyerc begun, the mineral
base would have been approved-"
And that is tbe only point the Gen
eral Land Office has to decide in such
eases. What the sHtc does with its
lands, or how it does it, is not a ques
tion for the General fnnd Oflice, nor
ever has Cccn. : r ' : I ' f .
Ths Oregonian further remarks 'tl at
"a very great rumlwr of ; the dealers
In lieu-Tands were ' speculators, and
having been esught in a bad deal,,tbcy
should Ikj ; satisfied to get back their
original investment.' True, but what
is to bo said of those who, through some
information leaked ;to thorn through
the elond ?) purchased sr iroi nso
tract of. mountainous, barren seh.d
lands that hal been on tb market with
out purchasers for twenty years.
singularly enough jiist if iadvanco of
the Withdrawal of the same lands for
forest reserve pqrpnM-sfiWere they not
speculators or are they martyrs f : '
And ye, they 3re thj maftcrs of .tic
situation, have succeeded 'ia annulling
the adjudication of 100,000 aeres of
mineral lands, whii was effected ae
eording to law and with sufficient
pTott as Vbe Oregjuian, admits,' have
deprived the com:n.in scnool fuut: of
tbe state of $123,000 and have given
the present state land agent, as well
as some other pople, an appreciated
tlportunity to work off an jnmt lo
tion of surplus steajo.. ;
: And yet there are tbosa who seem to
rejoice at their success and the direct
consequent loss t fie school fund? of
probably $125,000, which will ultimate-
go into their own pockets.
whatxtx2 pnoair osncATioirs.
From time immemorial it has bees a
favorite pastime for speculative indi
viduals to' prophesy, as to the kind of
winter there is in store, many old-time
signs being used to prove by past - ex
periences what may bo reaoonably ex
pected. If tbe first day of February,
for, instance, a ground bog should hap
pen to venture forth from his den and
get a glimpse of the sun, he is supposed,
if be, properly understands what ia ex
pected of him, to immediately return
to his subterranean abode and remain
for three months, because be baa been
notified rby some occult power that if
tbe sun shines on that day, the weather
will be , uniformly " bad until the first
of May. ;v";-
But since we have no ground bogs in
Oregon, or at least in the western part
of it, we are" compelled to rely upon
other phenomena of similar difficulty
of analysis for. our : guidance, as to
weather probabilities. It ia not so im
portant here, however, as in most other
countries in .this latitude, sinee where
ripe raspberries are to he gathered in
jjardeni on Christmas day, we are more
likely to' enjoy, than otherwise, what
ever indications of real winter may
come our way. - t " J, -
The older citizens have, or had, a no
tion that when, dressing hogs on
"butehering day," If the forward end
of tbe "melt" was the larger, it was
a certain sign that the first end of win
ter would beNbe most severe, but if
otherwise, then the reverse "would b
true. It did not appear to matter much
that different bogs banging on the same
pole would exhibit opposiifreculiari
thes as to the larger end of the melt"
inquisitiveness into unpleasant de
tails was uniformly barred.
But a citizen f Virginia is reported
by the Kichmond Dispatch to have dis
covered at new theory by wbieh the
nature of 'coming weather ean bo defi
nitely ascertained. I This man, whose
name is Thomas Corktecarb, is 87 years
old and ha noticed that if a cat's tail
at tbe beginning of winter ia covered
with an unusually thick coating of bair,
it is an unfailing sign that Old Boreas
is going, to make his presence felt be
fore he "gets' through with it. Mr. Cor
kleeorb makes a business of counting
the -hairs on eats tails, and reports
that ordinarily, if the eat has not been
unduly mistreated by rude boys or en
vious fellow-felines, his tail will eon
tain about 11,000 hairs at the beginning
of a mild winter, but if tbe weather is
going to be severe, there will be from
13,000 to 14,000 hairs per taiL
This sini is said to beibsolutely re
liable, and if any curious citizen of
Western Oregon desires to ascertain
something definite about what kind of
weather is in store, the way is pointed
out by which it can be done, with un
questioned accuracy. .
THE OLDEST LITE OK EAETH.
We refer to tne rerunning specimens
of the eelebraTed' California Redwoods,
or Sequoias, tof Calaveras county. A
bill is now pending before Congress
for the purchase of . the - remaining
groves of these magnificent trees and
the conversion of the land into a per
manent park under the charge of the
National Government. '
When President Roosevelt was in
California , last year he visited these
msmmoth relics of another age and at
once became an enthusiast in support
of tbe proposition to take immediate
steps toward thei preservation from
further destruci ion. The. land on which
they stand is owned by private parties
and the California papers report taat
forty sawmills are running nigat and
day in that locality.
Before the-, insatiable maw of cur
rent commercialism these monster trees
which were larger and -older even when
Columbus discovrtjt- America than any
otacr living tbirfg to"day,x must give
way. Th almighty dollar is bigger to
the eye of average man than all
the culfured sentiment that the imagin
ation ran conjureBight here in Waletn,
occasionally we see the man with the
ax and hoe uprooting some magnificent
tree planted by the early fathers x of
the state, as though it were nothing of
value whatever." It is quite common
to cc a -man destroy within an hoar
a tree which lias been .fifty years in
growing. A beautiful tree worth a
thousaml dollars to a rolfa of capacity
to appreciate the beautiful, and- with a
history worth twice as much, will be
rntblcly detroyel to make room for
a three hundred' dollar bouse.
The California Bedwoods are thous
ands of years old older than any other
thing on earth just a few specimens
I left of a variety of tree that once
flourished ia various parts of the globe,
and it is to be hoped that Congress
will provide for the restraint of the saw
mill men wbo are striving for an ad
ditional six . bits, . that these noble
specimens of bye-gone age may be
preserved for years to come.
There Are Simple Semedies
indispensable in any family. Among
these, ' the experience of years assures
ns, should be recorded Painkiller. For
both internal, and external applications
we. have found it of great-value; espe
cially ean we recommend it for eolda,
rheumatism," ' or fresh, , wounds ; and
bruises. Christian Era. Avoid sutfeti
totes, there is but-en e Painkiller, ferry
Davis'. Price 23 ccnts.and. 50 cents.
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Tins DTT.Trr.rr.TA dt oolosado.
I The Statesman hopes the Bepublicans
of Colorado will not succeed r in their
effort, if tney'ars really making such
effort, to seat Governor reabody for
a second term. Ex-Governor Adams
was elected upon the face of the re
terms, and though fraud wjus practiced
by tae Democrats, no1 doufct tbe Bepul
licans were not innocent ;of . too same
pastime on the same occasion. T
The throwing' out of . a, sufficient
number of, votes to seat Oovernor Fea-
body will do the. party no good ia the
end, but much harm, even if tho ethical
side of the performance is left uncon
sidered. Mr. Shafroth, the Demo
cratic representative in Congress from
Colorado, .resigned his seat in that
body last year upon the discovery that
bis election had been accomplished by
fraudulent votes, and it waa a manly
thing to do. " v T
Now let the Bepublicans show some
moderation under .similar circum.
stances. Tne man -who holds a public
position , under questionable title
loses practically whatever honor : the
position affords.
The fact is, the proceedings in Colo
rado for the past few 'years have dis
credited the state , and left neither
party any room in which to criticize
tbe other. Ho far as is known to out
siders who gain their knowledge of the
situation from printed reports, local
conditions in Colorado are in a much
more unsettled state than they are in
the Philippines. . L
Tho . much-abused 1 gorrot es, although
scantily clad, are at least clothed in
their right minds, which is more t'aan
could be said of the people of ('olora
do with any degree of confidence at
any time during the past few years.
The "Imperial" policy which bas suc
ceeded hi-makingheIslanders peaee
able might be tried with a prospect of
success on the turbulent populace of
the wild and woolly bailiwick of the
immortal Waite.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Now that the school board bas no
cured tne remaining lot on the half
block where the Central buildingvtand
and has decided to construct the High
ocnool DuiMing. tuere, it becomes ani
-
important question as to what kind of
a structure it shall be.
The school meeting which voted for
such a building authorized the board to
nea its discre'tiou as to location, cost,
material and plnns.- This, of, course,
the board wilt 'not abuse, and it is an
important duty which confronts them.
This much" should -not be lost sight
of, however: The building should be
mode to cost enough to guard against
tl at grade-of cheapness which -in t'ae
loag run would result in actual ex
tiavagance. It ' is estimated that a
twelve-room building can be construct
ed of brick, with encap roof, cheap
floors and cheap walls, for about $.15,
000. But such a building would lie in
constant need1 of repairs and really a
eostly structure.
In our judgment, sinee tbe High
School building will be here for thJ
next hundred years, nothing but thej
best material should be used, and if, in
order to get a creditable one it should
be necessary to use the revenues fur
three years instead of two, then by all
means use them. No part of tbe school
debt can be paid for six years yet, -and
the income for three years, if applied
in erecting a ereditable building that
will do honor to the city, will be money
well spent.
We had better put $50,000 into a
building that will be worth it ten or
twenty years from now, than $35,000
into one constructed of, cheap -and un
satisfactory material.
The school board is composed of
conservative, earef ul men who will no
doubt see tbe necessity, for Wilding
with an eje to the ffifure as well as
for tho present, and will provide a cred
itable High School Irtiilding without
encroaching upon, either rxtravajjeiirr:
or parsimony x
LEGISLATIVE EXTBAVAOANCES
Complaint against the indulgence of
methods far from economical by leg
islatures are not at all confined to Ore
gon. There is not a state in tbe Union
whose newspapers do not habiially
criticise what tbey call extravafanees
on the part of members as they provide
themselves wih comforts and conven
iences from tte public treasury while
, . . t i -
Itt M10tt. - f:
It bis bcrrmc the custom to rwTr i
a metubtr of the average state, I?;;?f
Inturo as a born looter, to be watched
'.at very turn in his official actioi in
order to guard agaabit bis inonlinrv
desire to plunge into the state's tmaf
ory to his armpits, as he contributes tn
bis greed while the fit of actual mad
ness controls him as he ' surrenders to
the eestatic influence of "a little brief
authority." .
And yet, each community every two
years, ia' Oregon, at least, chooses a
representative man from among its cit
izenship, fc go np to the capital and
to ctcc-J Cio tzzt 25 yccrs. Avcrc-p AtjxzI Sclzz over Ono cr.J a Kslf I'SZcn
tcttlca. Decs lib record ct merit cped to ycu? llo Csa-6. tlo Pay. 50c.
CxIose4 wfi every botge ts Tca Cent, packa e cf Crove'a Click Hoot. U vr PCs. J
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7V73C tne mojJT
or a7
T.rr
Watery ml
straighten out affairs ss they may seem
to. require. - His neighbors and his party
papers will "-whoop it up" for him
during the campaign and, after bis
election, pive it out cold that be will
bear watching as soon as he takes bis
oath of office. ir..
And, as we said, this spirit prevails
in every state in the Union. Appropri
ation bills are invariably too large.
There never has yet been one in any
state' that was not. If it were smaller
it would atill be too large. , And, tobe
frank, extravsyances'do creep nto leg
islative methods and men who go to
the capital with the bcat intentions as
to what they will do in tbe matter of
curtailing expenses, will find themselves
juroundedyuniieeessary-clerk8, for
instance, before they know it, and hon
ertly" wonder how-it ver happened.
From this it is an easy step to becom
ing liberal as to appropriation.
The only remedy for this is 'ctert
nal vigilaai'e" on the part of the leg
islators theniselyes.
SANTA CLAUS.
Kvcn in; the midst of the Merry
f'hristmas , week we occasionally-1 find
those matter-of-fact creatures, general
ly men, of coursv, who lok at every
thing from a cold, business jntint of
view and wbo regard the teaching of
children the reality of the Santa Clans
story as a positive wrorsj which should
hot be countenanced for a day, "..
We are sorry for all such painfully
litrral bipeds. It is ou a par with that
other theory some parents cherish, that
little children should never hear "baby
talk,' but always bo spoken to m
though forty years old and in the most
ptecise manner of straight-larvd enun
ciation. Tbe man who has not taken a 2-year-old
on his knee and conversel
with it in the very choicest variety' of
baby talk and enjoyed its effort to re
spond "in kind, " has. lived, but half
a life and that a desultory r-j blank.
Life becomes real soon enough, at
tended by its disapfHiintments and dis
coveries of the necessity for facing
genuine difficulties. Let the little chil
dren revel in the land of . Christmas
fancies, where dwells a kindly and real
aata Claus. as long as MHib'e. The
fondcsjrecollections of men and women
who have proven themselves worthy
tbe lH
teTe'
the posseseion of a memory, are elus-
around the Cbrit mas stockings
and Christmas tree of early childhood.
And let us not rob the children of to
day of the pleasures we enjoyed in the
years gone by.
Children : are the better for these
harmless illusions, and we are better
men and women, no doubt, bccauiae or
the gentler surroundings which always
accompany the presence of the genial
Kris Kringle in the Merrr Christ mas
week of childhood davs.
BAILEOAD TO CRATER LAKE.
. It is reiKrted that an organization of
locsl capitalists of Medford has juwt
completed arrangements for tbe con
struction of a railroad from that. 'city
to Cratvr jakf in Klamath eoitny Thi
i-y project whirb has been under con
sideration 'or several rears aud it is
'gratifyiii; t-i ber thst the proxpccl
for its at-ely rcnli.atiot ar vry, fa
vorable.' ; '
--.' xonf idering that 'raler lske in rr--ersl
thowwud fret .above th a brel,
the route for a railroad that ran be eas
ily) selected is remarkably trev from
diflieult gtsiles auI a railroad can be
built at a minimum cox t for a mounlain
'i s country.. ':' Trams - drawing beaty
b:ads go to within two miles of the edge
of the lake with rase, at which oint,
ss ihc wsgou road is eouatructed, a
sU-ep hill i ascended only by lighter
vehicb". A few miles before rvaching
the lake, ' however, a detour can bo
made that will enable railway trains to
vastly '. ; proceed to the very of the
lake by wa of th Anna Creek canyon.
With-railrtstd e?m:nu.r.icatiorj. Crater
Lake wi'I become pne of the most fa
mous Minuter resorts for tourists which
this country afford. It i, indeed; the
greatest and rawt niagnifi.-ent wonder
to k (wr in 'the United Ktate. of its
kind, anil its grandeur can bo scarcely' I
realized as oue stands on the bnnk.f!
its walls and gazes tiown nearly 1:000
ieet to tbe .'water's -edge and reflects
that the water itself i "Wi feet deep.
Medford capitalist could not do bet-
I0 2U
V v m ' V
jnacpenaent
ftri& "
is est ma cfc
fo scrve man
the moff
dependable of
all fmcAccpcjrr.
Elfla Walrti H tnUj roaraotcad. All jn.
"Tuwinun asd liitHfnm. an ninM...!
Uw watcfc, mtot f raa uvon rntmm tu
N NATIONAL WATCH CO., C LOIN. ILL
Jo
ter, 'from afinancial joint of view, than
to Construct a railroad, direct from their
city to this indescribable mountain
womler, and the, general public will re
joice to learn that they have the pro
ject well in hand.
SOME OREGON OPINIONS.
The sacred mistletoe orihft, Hnciont
British Druids is a parasitic "plant
Ttlat adapts itself to the-sk trf and i
a native of tbe.British lids. It can :
cultivated"mKn other treefc n the sim
ple, but has a natural prefcreitre for
(he oak. -The plant i ul. a native of
Western Oregou, and there, a in
England, -it farora theoak. Oregn
mistletoe is not.fuife an lrg' in the
leatas the 'Khglisli variety, nd the
Wrr is uiiu-h smaller and'hax m jink
tingtv-while the Knglinh In'riy i. white. '
tMherwise the l;nta are identical in
appearance aud in ha-bit of growth.
Coming down from lrnilic timet, tho
mistletoe has alwrys In-en m:id a
pronunent featured n YiiVjit-t'rintmitT
decoratinsjjiiJu--tTh11:iiid, and rHpcc-
lly-in Kuglaud, sSid to the ptide nt
that country, wherever they may lx!
M-attt-red over the world, the? unpreteii
fiotis jilant is astnuiatt'd with gmd
cheer and happy 'memiricr. .Dalles
Chronicle. , .
can see no valid reasons fr not
holding the Oregon Ktscfe l air uhuhI
tho coming season. It will not in
terfere .with the Ix-wr aniT.Clark Ex
position. It will -simply -' -show', all
comers that we can produce, -tire more.
They will plainly see that tiume ex
3Tliis displayed iii. Portland are but a
reflect " the state and -an cverydav
w'urrrnrV.
Htate Fair
"Its a .cold day when a
ean knock. -out- a. 'World V
KxoMti"TK" The only I fear-lies, in
the, fact that if our State Fair is'-once
putttponcd, that 'it will' . le .-. jxiHtpoiied
for all trine, at 'far-' n Hal-ii i cu
cerncd. Gervais Star.
T. B. Kay, of .-tarion, will pndxibly
bo fhenexKSjH?aker flle llouw of
Represejitaiive., He'is-a-bright, capa-;
ble and aggressive rmn, and will niak
a good .Hpesker. "Tummy" Kay ha
worked since he was a iy, in a woolen
mill and has made good there, lie in.
resjiefted by all those wbo know him
and be earned the title of the "watch
dog of the "House Iat scMsiou, by. his
vigilance in detect ing grafts. K. Ore
gouian. : .
' The Wurfe Uair Hoard 'did the projfer
thing in (leiidin to hobr the Pair at
Salem next f yea r Kngene jyill alo be
in ITnecor'iJe Iitrict fair. Itoth will
be lienefici.il, rather than detrimental,
to the'Iwris'and Clark Kx position.-Visit.
ors to" the conit wilt have pn addition
al reason for taking a trip tip the val
ley to see the country. - And they'will
get' a go4d impression of Western Or
egon thereb, aud It-arn in a-' measure h(
least, what contributes to Portbtml ait
the thriving metroplit of the common
wealth. Eugene ltogixtcr.
HOME ENDORSEMENT.
IXnndreds of Salem Citizens Can
You About
.' It.
Tell
Ilomn ,dom,mvnt, Ihe public
presiion f Haletn. ix'oi l" should
e-
b
cvidencrt beyond dispute for every Ha
lem realer. Hurrly tbe experieiice of
friends aud neighbors, cbeerfulfy given
by them will carry more weight th: ilie
utterances-bristrang'-rs residing in far
away places. Kcad'tha follow ing
Mr. Needham, wife of W. K Need
ham, painter, residing at the. -corner f
Fourth Ht., an 1 J.-ffi-rwm AV, North
Halem, says: " I Jke alm.tpt. all pointer,
my hiinband had Ixin troubled 'With hi
kidneys for years. Tim rspone, li!
reaching and stooping, ctitnbifief vitli
tho tiirjwntine snd matcriaht in the
paint; all t.dii;jf to put the kidneys out
of order. llisback often" ached bally
at night when he rame home from work
and when be caught cold it always ag
gravated the trouble. He real an ad
vertiem;nt about Dan's Kidney I'illt
and procured a Ux at Dr. Htoao's Drug
Htore and used them.. Tbey did good,
work by helping him at once, and hi
continued their use until relief was ob
tained." For alo by all 'dealers. Price K0
cents. Foster-Milbur Co., Kuflo. X.
Y., mde, agents far tbj United State.
Kememlr tho name Doan f-an I
take no substitute.
Revolution Imminent.
A sure-sign of spproacblng revolt sn-l
serious trooblo in your syitem is ner
vousness, sleplewiness, or stomach up
set. Electric Hitters wil quickly dis
member , tbe . troublesome causes. I
never' fails trr tone tbe stomach, regn
Isto tbe kidneys and bowels, stimulsto
tbe liver and clarify the blood, lion
down' systems benefit particularly and
all the usnal attending aehc vanish un
dtr its searching and thorough effect
iveness. Elrtrte Hitters is only bQC,
and that returned if it-don't SE've pej
fect satisfiu-tion. f Guaranteed l.-y V. J.
I'ry, druggist.
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