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4 rather absurd fashion hsS grown up among
some prople Of publishing a card OF thanks TOR
the attention and friendly visits oi then neish-
hcrs when they have hAG death OF sickness IN
their family. There are few people who ever
attend q sick bed who desire any thanks, es
peciallv through the public print They per
form what to them IL a sud dutg. Besides
those who sre afflicted and in need OF the as
sistsnce Of their neiShto tors, can express then
gratitude by other means, much more sppr D,
pirate than publishing card--fort'aha
standard.
This and some other uses IL which tae
nss spapcr is put, need reformation. As
long as the custom prevails OF admitting
"Acknoa Judgements, I'm Memoriam'
resolu,ionsaud obituaries, as free matter
We may expect liberal appropriation OF
of space for such purposes; but hx price
;,r ,he service. no matter how small 1t
NAV be, and see what remarkable effect
If will have in subiuiug the symPathies
which seen, On prinr) 10 well up from the
profounI-.t depths Of the human heart.
The statement has appeared IN our COL
umns for wears East, that resolutions OF
oondolance and personal announcements
of a similar nature would be inserted only
On psyment of half advertising rates, but
we have vet to find single instance OF -
society or individual who was willing 10
nav the cost OF placing their resolutions IN
type. Other publishers relate the same
experience, and the disposi'i"n OF the
people to resist payment for anything
that rhey have been induced 10 consider
theirs as a matter OF right, the history OF
the literary society i'll this place some
wears ago affords notable instance. They
bsd overiioH;ug audiences st their enter
,aipuents, as long as admission Was free,
bn, soon as the nominal sum OF ten cents
I was charged at the door they could dFa"
scarcely corporsi's guard, noiWiths'and-
ing the soc;etyis object was TO secure a
sum barely equivalent Tor paying ezpen-
ses Of hsli-rent-
Now We CLAIM that aside from the sug-
ges,ions and advocacy OF measures tor local
/ advancement and the presentation oi
, 1883-03-10

carefully prepared dlgest of The news, the
columns Of the Newspaper are pirate
property, and Just as much goods, as
wares on the shelf The public have no
right to expect that anything Of purely
personal interest shall be inserted without
compensation. Every line OF type repre-
sents certain cost that comes out OF some
bodys pocket. II it is not Of the bene-
fcisry It is of the publisher. He is bene-
fitted only by such matter as will interest
his readers enough to secure their custom,
and however entertaining these personal
tidbits may be to the parties interested,
they are scarcely ever read BY the public
they are passed over, it IS safe 10 say, by
nine-tenths of the general readers.
As long as conductors OF newspapers
allow such chesp-io john expressions OF
gratitude or sympathy TO appear free, or
allow their space TO be used as q meaps OF
according q cheap "re-srd OF merit" by
publishing the so-calied rolls CT honor,
Just SO long viii the abuse remain, and
the Standard will continue TO deplore the
fact unless it makes an effort to awaken
,he craft from their sOmnolent aPatay.
Put in charge for the bare Cost Of com
position for these pubiica,ions,an set l.1w
soon they will cease.
, 1883-03-10
Spring Work.

The ground is fast drying up where the
snow has been off a couple OF days. The
farmers are preparing for their spring
work, by getting their plows in order.
Should the weather during this month
prove favorable, We may look sor large
acreage seeded to wheat. As there is a
prospect of good prices ruling after har-
sest, our farmers seem disposed to shape
their work to supply the wants in this re-
CARL In a few diys the plow will start,
weather permitting, and continue to run
until the season is too far advanced 10 en-
sure crop from spr.ng sowing The fal
sowing througio the county wears a
promising look
, 1883-03-10
The Prop etc Bird.

One harbiuger of spring succeeds an
other The next TO come 10 the front Is
robin red breast, the historic worm catch
er, yclept the early bird, made his fpt
appearance yesterday. The orchards ard
forests, about the city, have now become
resonant with bis song at early dawl.
Just as the rosy fingered aurora peeps
above the horisou to make glad the I'm
patient husbandman. waO is anAiousiy
awaiting an opportunity when he can set
the plow in motion, and, by turning :he
soil topsy-turvy, the traditional bid may
gather his won'ed grub from the up-turn-
ed surface If the earth Huntsmsn, spare
the early bird, touch not n feather that
crowns his head, FIR he has come 10 pro
tect the growing crops.
, 1883-03-10

Tn. PrTi.I,H RoAb.-The Lewistsn
Es'rs says committee consisting Of Aessss.
Alexander, ants and Thiessen started out
On Monday % view the route on the south
sid. OF Clealw water for point opposite the
mouth OF Ha,wai creek ; thence across the
river hy Lewis ferry and up the north side
to mouth Of Potls,ck. TIE committee fur
the. rec..mmeni that the roai he layed out
in three sections, as follows: Section !.
from the boom 20 crossing OF Clearwater.
the estimated cost Of which is s4OO. Sec
ti,n !. from ferry up the north side Of river
a d,stsncc Of three mile, TO Indian Big Home
place The cost Of this section is placed At
Si5C0. Section ;. from Big Horns ranch
to mouth Of Potlat:h. which the conmittss
estimate can lie built for 81. 100. Every
effort will be made bv the citizens commit
tee TO have the road completed by June l.
at the very latest date, and'ths cash 10 al
subscribed
, 1883-03-10

Rather OxsaRrIS One OF the psssfn'
gers on the Dakota, shys the lHteLt'9'nceF'
vas young lady from the east whose OBJ
ject in coming to this country was to marry
a man she had never seen They nau DC.
come acquainted through friends and by let
tiers, and after protrac,el zen, INK and
paper courtship had concluied to chance
matrimony. The man was ON the Whari 10
receive her, accompanied by the lady
friends. She duly came ashore, and
after a general AMI very hearty hand
shaking, and proper amount Of bussing'
she We, introduced to her intended husband
They stood of moment, each taking good
look a, the other, and tEen with little
glad cry she spIang INTO hls ortStre'ehed
arms, aud Tor minute or two there "as
some Of the most raptdrous hnggins ana
kissing YET done Oh this townsite- Ice
couple we're apparently oblirioOs CT the
crowd of strangers surrounding them and
se-raias immensely pleased with each otner'
went of up town
, 1883-03-10
A BANG GIRL
How She Appesrs 70 the Average Kansas
Cow Boy

The fOlloVfr article, clipped from the
Wichita Kansas fines. is applicable 10 a
certain yo1ng lady in Walls Waila, asd We
publ,sh it for her benefit:
Bangs on girl gi!e her an unruiy look.
like eow with board over her face You
take the een.le5t COW in the world and put
board over her facs, and turn her out ii a
pasture and she gets the reputation Of being
unruiy, and you wouid swear she would
jump fences and raise merry Hades. and YOU
woulin'r give so much Tor her by Sl0-only
for hert- 1t Is 81 with 4 girl. Ii she wears
her hair high OF her forehead OF brushed
back, or even has trizzes, and has good
look, you viii 90 your bottom dollar on
her. aid feel that she IS as good as gold,
and that when she tells her yoclg mau that
she loves him there Is no discount on It aud
no ggging back but take the same g'rl,
with her front hair Hanged. aud when she
looks at You You feel Just As though she
would hook, and you can't trust Ter. She
has fence jumping look that makes yonns
man ieel as thoasaae wouldn't te safe IN
less she WAS tied hand and foot, so she
conIdn't sc, out of the pasture. A girl with
bangs may try to be good and true, but IT Is
awful hard work When
SHE LOOKS AT HERSELF
In the glass aud sees the quarter Of an inch
forehead, she says to herself: Il am dan
gerous lcok out for ne" She thioks she
is all right, bat she is constantly doing that
which u girl Who wears her hair brushed
back would not think OF doing the bang
girl may belong to the church, and try To
pat on pious look while the hymn Is being
read, but she will look out from behlnd
those bang, sidewise, at some meek
and iowly young christian who is try
Ing t. get his mind fixed ON the hymr, and
he will get his mind up her. and 1t will
break him all up, and he won't know whether
he is SIT gipg "A charge to keep have, or
shes daisy" The bang girl may place
her bangs down on the back Of the pew IN
front of her during the morning prayer, and
try to he good, bat her corset will he too
tight, aud as she bitches around to ease the
pain oEe eye viii rise like the morning sun
over the back of the Pew, and that eye Will
catch the eye Of a yoing man two seats to
the right. who IS trying 10 cover has face
with one hand while he tries to keep the
hes off the pomade on his hair with the !
other, aid his interest IN the prayer Is
knocked into a cooked hat The banging Of
a girls hair changes the whole nature Of the
little wretch, and she becomes as gun that
is loaded. You take picture OF 'Evange-
line" and bang her hair, and she will look as
though size woald "run at " people. How
would Mrs. Van Cott, the alleged female
preacher, look uih her hslr banged: 1t IS
lust the same with boys. You take a nice,
poas Sunday school boy who can repsat 3cO
verses Of the New Testament. aud cnt his
hair with n clippr, ami he iaoks like Tug
Wilson.
, 1883-03-10
Dalles Notes.
From the Sun.
FRED. Z Lux,

From the sun
judy, Macarthur left for Portland On Sun
day.
Mr.. NJ. A. Moody is spending few days
in Salem.
Tie DaI;es seems favored in having no
smallpox, 10 diphtheria or scarlet fever.
We hear that Dr. Richardson has Pur-
chased the Col Fulton place. aud VII, take
m his re.idence there soon. IL is one OF the
most desirable locations in the city.
We are sorry to hear that Miss Moile
Smith is very sick with pulmonary hfiec
ton, and is prostrated from the effects q
severe hemorrhsge. She Was improving al
last accounts.
, 1883-03-10

FLrrrER II HIGH LIFE IN, neTs comes
from San Fiaacisco that SISTER of e1->ena'
tor Wm. Sharon attempted to comn,is sn'-
eide yesteriay; while taking bath IN the
P,Iace hste,. using = small ZEN knife to
accomplish l.rr purpose Owing 70 the small
blade she ouly saoceeded in inaicting NAM
h,rcs ga.hes about her throat, which, from
loss Q; blosi, msy prove fatal The cause
as.iyne; for iespoudeney on the part Of the
lady, who has passed the meridian OF hfe' i'
s,,d t. be teDden:y 70 insanity Eadra'oFs'
which prom;se To be successful. are oeins
made to weren't any reference b The 'h2i'er
IN the newspaper.
, 1883-03-10
DA

WILL They EVER RSToP.-Prominent OH.
GERS and clerks on the Northern Pacific still
continue to mysteriousiy disaPPeH- Ths
last one is II. L. johnson, who was formerly
Master Mechanics clerk. and At the time Of
his disappearance was chief clerk Of mechan.
ici department under Small. Al last &C.
counts his wife had left Sprague for POrtlaa
TO look for him. and then took the steamer
for San Francisco. 1t is reasonsble to SUI.
.po-e that Johnson. like Gore. :sGt his wife
east r;a San Fraaciseo, while he vent BY
vay Of Missoula- His conduct n . surprise
to his friends, as the gentleman stood high
with all w no knew him.
, 1883-03-10

ioqaurrp.-A t.legs.m fl om SPrague
u,d-r dase OF the h, SAYS: The preiimi-
nary hearing Ia the case against j. r. Cur
IL, Phrgan, Salier-- Walker. B'rd and
Tully, charged with misappropristinn OF
property OF N,rthern Pacific Ri''rosd e"'n-
pany, vas ,c:.eluied to-day, rrsrl'ln- IN The
discharge oi al the p.rscrs accused, through
disagreement Of the tNo Iqst'cet hai"re
whom tine examination was held. The case
will he taken TO the next grand lury- The
poin. of disagreement was whether, under
the statutes. the wrongful diversion Il labor
was a criminal oiense.
, 1883-03-10

To DAYTON understand that
strong iuducement has been held out tor the
ladies and gentlemen who so credirsbly pre-
sspted the drama Of Damon and Pythias
to take the same to Dayton for two nights
As tnere is a tine lodge of h. Of p. In that
CITY, We believe oar artists would receive
cordial greeting. We are told that gen.
,lsman of that city offered 10 pay all ex-
psnses and $50 for two nights perform
ances
, 1883-03-10

A CoSrSDKUA.-Af few years have wrought
grea. many changes IN this city The
busy. moving throngs that courss dosn tAs
sunny side Of Main street presents 4 stsoss
contrast xita the scenes presented i've or
SIX years ago. The wonder occurred to the
reporter, where docs this great mass Of peo-
pie store away at night. There iA on .
pleasant day, constant stream pouring up
AID down Main street at the ss@s tims.
Among the crowd is seen men. wo0se ss4
children of ell ages, from tour yeafs uP b
several odd.
, 1883-03-10

WANTS CHASGE.-The employers Of
Pc udd OrelIle division. \. T. 4. T.. are cir
cuIs.iny a petition asking the removal OF
their hospital from Spoksae Falls TO SPraSne
Iris IS a very re.ssnatle solicitation, as It Is
proper, for the convenience Of al concerned,
tha. ,ae hospital shorli be At The hsadqnar
Ter. q the iivi.i0e.
, 1883-03-10

The tran known as the Of lying Du ch-
man" Of the Great Western railroad runs
from London to Bristol, a distance of 1ls!
miles in , hours Sc minutes, or at the rate
of 40 8 miles per hour, including two stops
amounting TO IL minutes Excluding
these stop. the speed is 40 nilss per hour.
The distance IRON London 20 SwintoD,
77t miles, is made in hour q minutes,
withou. stopping, or a. the rae Of SO 3
miles per hour.
, 1883-03-10

RAILROAD H.yIs.-We are informed ttAs
the differeLt railroad camps between this
city and Palouse junction are supplied vitA
more hand. than they cas work It Prsssss
and numbe. Of chinan,en vii shortly -
sent To this place 10 lay Cd until ths 90
RineeY arrive and do some D~cssnsy v@k
on the point back of Mr.. Psstias P'sos'
when the Chin.men will be set 70 b.asfia&
-Coifur Gdz>ff>
, 1883-03-10

GnNE EASr-tien. Tannatt, General
Agent Of the o. l. Co, lett ON this mornings
tram for hurried trip east. During his ab-
sencr +. A. Shannon, General Superlntend.
ent. will make his headquarters in WAlia
Waila. Under Mr. Shannon, and Mr..
Scrhrr. as Cashier, both long in employ OF
the company in this department, our citizens
will receive the uniform courtesy and ready
business treatment that has marked the
Office Of the q. |. c.. SINCE first opened IN
Walls Wsl,a. zen. Taunatt has identified
l;rnself with WalIa Walla and done much to
encourage the introduction OF capital N tins
vicinity. Ia the management OF his busi'
ness n General Agent OF his company his
pplicy has heen 10 stImalate improvement.
AMI to This end. secon led by his Company,
n,at,lial for feac'ng, building, etc, has
bern KIT t. the lowest possible figures.
Th. y ,st winter has shown the liberal policy
of the Company ia holding prices Of fuel,
etc, to living .ates. The General has,
thr,u. hout his department, hosts OF business
and p .rsonal friends who tIust to his speedy
return.
, 1883-03-10

FINE HORSES At the Washington stable
ia now TO be seen some seven or eight hne
full and mixed bred horses OF the
Percheron stock, weighing when IN flesh
from l4OO to 1900 pounds. They are stable
horses and kept for breeding purposes
Almost any desired color can be found among
this stud-from the right white to the coal
hack Is 10 be seen One imported animal
is among the lot. They are I'll thin In flesh,
from being wiutered on hay straight They
are the property Of 0st-orn ca
, 1883-03-10

IycoRREcT.-The W W. STaTEsMAS says:
Reports all agree that the wheat crop Viii
be- very short this year. All peaches, piums,
Dear, and cherries, and nearly all apples.
have been nIpped in the bud--StaHdafd
This ia not tru-. While we may have said
that the '-fruit" crop ~onid be short this
year. We have distinctly stated our beii-i
that the wheat crop would tar exceed That
Of any previous year, and that ue oeiiefed
ii will worry the railroad company to trans
Dor. all the cereals harvestedIu Wala "aiia
valley next season.
, 1883-03-10

TAKE Notice We have received several
communication lat-ly with no signatures.
We van, i. distinctly understood that arti-
c,.. q. this nature will receive 20 attention
frorp rs; also, that We are not responsible
for views expressed or issues Put forth by
o,r eorrespoaIelts.
, 1883-03-10
Tree Trimming.

The season for trimming fruit trees is
near at hand, and a good many of the
trees about the city have been sadly neg
leeted in this regard The limbs are SO
thick that it is impossible for the sun to get
IN among the branches as a consequence
the fruit grown upon such trees lacks both
color and flavor Thin them out, for a
little severe trimming may save the life
of some Of the trees that have been da IL
aged by the freezing weather, that blight
ened the fruit prospect abou; month ago.
The trees should be trimmed even if the
fruit has been nipped in the bud
, 1883-03-10
THE CITY COUNCIL
A Special Meeting Of that Body Hsh Iass
Evening.

Pursuant TO call. the City Council asee
bled l.at evening to take action IN tie mas
| ter Of communication received frvm Tn
Portlsn City Council relative - tn
charges made against Chief Of Police Lap
pens of Portland. in allowing man Afn'ossd
with smallpox to pas. through Portland and
come to this city.
A full Board WAS present, with the creep
ton Of Councilman Winsns. and Mayor Nc
Auliff in the Chair.
The Chair stated the object Of ths nsss-
,ns as cited above, whereupon Clerk shaw
read the following communication iron the
Committee on Jaiiciary. Health and Police
OF the Portland council.
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. q.
HoN. JAMS MCAULiFr, MaycI OF Wslia
WAnl-pear SIR Your communicates al.
dressed to the Mayor and Common Coascl
OF this city relative 10 the conduct Of J. II.
Lapprus, Chief Of Poi,ee Of Portland. IN PER.
m,t,lns a man afflicted with slnAli-pox to
pass through here On ms way to yoar eisy,
II
Health and Pol,ce. aud Judiciary conmIttes
tor tnvestgsfls0-
Ia o..,er to e,.abi,sh the iaentity Of the
man who Gied at WAlls WAiIa With the
ono examined here, IT viii be necessary 70
have tesIimouy from your c,ty. Amda-
Wits may he sufficient it the witnesses cannot
appear before Us personally, bat the pfessaee
Of a witness who kuos these facts would Be
preferable, ~ the deteuce may desirs the
right to cross- examine hInl.
These committees will meet on Monday
evening next at . o'clock at the Council
committee rooms in this city tor the pur.
pose Of taking testimony in the matter. and
II il desired that You furnish Us with oil the
evidence obtainHbIe bearing upon the ques-
tion. II necessary that you have further
time to prepare your evidence please infosm
me and We will give you sn extenaioa u
time We desire q thorough investigation
IN order that we may reach Just conclusion
Yours most respectfully,
W. II. ADAMS,
Chairman Judiciary Committee and Member
Of Committee on Health and p, lice.
Clerk Shaw tnen read the communication
sent to PortIand's City Council BY Mayor
McAulff, asking for further time.
Alter short recess. Cation moved that
the matter be referred 10 the Finarce Com
miltec. and that committee, assisted BY the
City Attorney. proceed to take testimony ~
to ,he identity Of the man who died here.
Councilman Fletcher moved An amend
moni by asking that ,he committee be in
struc.rd 20 report at the next regular meet
mg.
The mo-ion was carried rs amended,
whereupon. there being nothing further, the
Council alisurned-
, 1883-03-10

ALRrapY CoNMENCED.-ihet he tide Of -Pring
immigration 0rcgoa-waTd this year has set
:, TIE Last steamer which sailed from San
Francisco brings 49, cabin pl-seng Re and
DDS in the steerage. Advi,ss fr0m the east
erp passenger agents OF the Northern Pacific
and %. r. sN. ca. indicate TIA, the imH'i-
grafton this year aiIl BE- tsice as heavy as
lat sgring. and very few Q: .he passengers
vii stop IN California.
, 1883-03-10
District Court.
ADJOURNED rEKN-wIsGARD, J.

AnOURNED TEKA-wIScARD, J.
TWENTY NINTH DAY.
First National hank w. w. W. Davis st
al. Argument opened by B. l. Sharpssrin
attorney for plaintiffs.
THIKTIEIH DAY.
First National bank vs. w. ". Davis ct
al, equity case. On argument J. B. Allen
for plaintiffs.
, 1883-03-10

The Canadian Pacific Railway Gem
pany Is one Of the r.ches; explorations in
the world. The liEe Of road Is less than
2, 400 miles long and the Government
makes git of s25, ,O00, 90 and Is, ,000.- :
00o acres of land As bonus for building
the same
, 1883-03-10

GRAND LEcrrExR.-Mr. J. t. Dow.
Grand Lecturer Il the !. o. g. /. of oregon,
arrivei in this e4,y yesterday from a ieetaf-
;n0 trip through the iGt-r:or Of Oregon.
He has, dur;rg his trif. organized six new
i,do-. with 4 ehs-. elnl'erslip o. from
u 70 ~ ami re orgariz-f DE at Baker
City with 81 members. The nll' man has
made lecture circuit of over 30 nils
, 1883-03-10
DEAD ENGINEER

DAVENPORT, Ia, March l-Fredrick
Lurger, sged 20, one Of the pioneer rail
road men of the country, and one of the
oldes. and most experienced engineers in
the west. died here this morning He
ran one Of the FIRST locomotives built by
George Stephenson, and the 6rst passen.
ger train out Of Philadelphia, and the hrst
train that ran INTO Gesrgia, snd the irst
train that ran into Indianapolis- In 1876
he visited the Centennial exposition a.
the guest of Tom Scott and other railroad
magna,es in the east, and though . man
of considerable means worked his way,
going an coming among the engineers and
on The foot board
, 1883-03-10

The 0,-sg,niaE mas beat tie !ib-l suit brought
asaias, thst journal by oae Turk 'si'O'
boa rdii hJu.e keeper.
, 1883-03-10

That Is hard story they tell about
certain members of the California legisla-
ture. Tney were the committee to inves-
tiga'e certain charges against the warden
OF the San Quentin prison and in pnrsu
nnce oi the duties Of their appointment,
visited tl.at restitution. While they were
mesnderng around the wards and CORR
dors prisoner, hard case who was
serving out term fyr attempted murder,
joined the visiting statesmen, Psssei out
With them to freedom and easily escaped.
And some of the wicked waes Of Califor-
MIA are insinuating that in point of fact,
the convict was the most respectable
looking iI1GIvidnal in tie ra-'y-
, 1883-03-10

Il is now a settled fact that all kinds of
fruit has been more or less injured by the
severity Ct the winter. The damage WAS
not SO much from frost as it was from the
warmth Of the weather that prevailed dur
ing the month OF December, which kept
the sap up in the trees, where it was
found by the sudden fire., ze that followed.
Frui. Is grown successfully in Russia
many degrees north of this, where the
mercury goes down to 30 degrees below
zero but there such extremes from warm
to cold are unknoxu and unlike it is here,
the sap is in the roots, where il should be
and is in all healthy and ionglived trees.
, 1883-03-10

EARLY GAR ESING. - II the pleasant
weather Continues for ~erk garden making
vii b. in o..;e- IEdee.i son- are sIiously
asaitins An opportunity, bot IT is not always
:ha; tire hrs. gardens made are the best
Some are regulated fy the moon as to the
time for planting ne don't believe much ii
the th'o.y y Of DOOR pllntipy. 10 our eIpe-
risrce We found the best sign was TO wait
until the ground w.s dry enough, then plow
and pulverize vel to get the ground in good
condition.. then plant An l success 10 simost
sure 10 foiIo~.
, 1883-03-10

Col. Gilbert is delivering Ms books ID thi.
sity