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, 1884-01-12
Need OF Manufacturing Reisrn.

There is one department of manufactur-
ing production that lacks not SO much good
workmanship as proper material that is.
the department Of manufacturing for domes-
tic purposes. 1t would almost seem as
though the producers think that anything Is
good enough for the household, 90 long ~ 1t
makes pretsnse at convenience and has
meretriciOus ornsmentatIon.
A most attractive and convenient form OF
cooking utensils is now made OF rough iron
ensmeled inside ard out. 10 most respects
it is much superior to utensils OF TIN or those
Of cast iron; the tea pots and coffee urns
being particularly useful. But the hinges
break after . little use, the ornamental tops
come eff, showing that they were merely
attached for temporary purpose, and even
the handle drops Of. being merely soft sol
dered on.
In lamps for burning kerosene the veIa-
ton is fully as great, while the danger IS
more. The glass reservoirs for the oil are
barely stuck into sheaths OF the himsiest
sheet brass, at the tops of the standards by
means Of plaster of Paris that soon loses oil
its cohesiveness by the slightest overflow OF
oil and yet in nine times out OF ten the
lamp is moved when lighted by lifting by
the glass reservoir. The thin brass tops are
always getting out Of shape; they hardly
sustain the chimney and shade The rag
wheels, or the ttothel wheels which serve
to raise or lower the wick, may turn on thin
wire axes or refuse to turn at ALL Some
times these appliances are so insufficient that
the lighted wick drops through the tube
down into the oil.
If price would secure good products these
snnoyances and dangers would not DO 90 veH-
stious, but the higher priced artistic and
lamps are no better made, have
no better material. are no more secure than
the cheaper soits
This singing out Of two common and nee
esssry articles a. evidences OF lack oi INQUEST
work and material is not intended to be a
marked rebuke to these particular depart
ments; this "skrimpiness and Cheap
John" maksshift method runs through al
most all the products Of manufactures for
household use, and long list might be made
of articles of every day use which become
usele.s almost before their usefulness Il
established. because the makers use glue
instead Of nails, nails instead OF screws, soft
solder instead of trszing, sheet tin instead
o. iron or steel. pewter instead OF tin, and
un,killed labor instead Of honest work
There is room for improvement.-Sc'eHtae
American.
, 1884-01-12
MlltsR Items.

MIToS, Jan. ], 1884.
Snow all gone and to-day is like July
day, warm and sunny. Business Is even
better than before the holidays.
Geo. Church, exp. NJ, has opened out
neat variety store with rooms in the rear for
the accommodation Of temperance people
where they can get such as "Wink your
Eye," etc.
P. Landon. the partner Of Old Dock, has
withdrawn and left Doc with no one to help
but the notorious Harry, the Owenby re-
ward claimant
Speaking Of the Just claimants Of the re-
ward for Owenby the STATEsMAN is per
fectly correct when it says that DsHaven
and West are the Just claimants The peo-
pie here that know the true circumstances
agree with the STATESMAN.
A few funny things were said and done
here during the holidays. Prof. I. lost his
hat and while looking for it pap took his
daughter and went home and left the frof.
with no one to love. However he consoles
himself with. shall run for school superin-
tendept on the Republican ticket; not that
there Is any money in it, bat oh, the honor.
Then he fIl. his feathers with wind and
struts like Tom turkey.
Speaking of the political question in Una
tilla county. the Episrcm makes US sick.
The Democrats will elect fall ticket here
next spring; men like shot gun George will
not even get . smell In the convention. 1t
ia nv opinion that the extreme ends Of the
county will be represented next spring.
Division will probably cut no figure as it has
heretofore. Straight business and good men
is the word.
S. A. Richie and butche. finished killing
bis hogs to-day. He has killed in al 2S0
head, weighing, dressed, 73, $40 pounds, or
sn average Of 264 pounds He is making
bacon of it all.
The quarter miie race in Weston on the
4th, for purse of $500. was contested for
by w. Kays' brown mare Bess, U. Jarred's
9. m., and Kings cayuse. Kings cayuse win
ming by two feet over Jsrreis mare. kays
is going to put Brown Bess on gang pillow
be thinks she will make more money for him
there than in . race. RIsULAR.
, 1884-01-12
,,,,, and BannocL war;

ip,roduc, bill on the lith
NJ. Wv" ..,or the ,e!r,f Of citizens OF Ore
4 lsSr..J w..s,a,.op and Idaho who served N
-, .b tbn United States toops ID
'sa'''H,- 9Th : The Nsz Perce and BaDnoet
os VA sor the re''~' of the heirs oi
.'i'1' - E,.lsd ID ruch s..vice. and ior
~ s. Il s.u...y provides th,t
'ia'; p :! .,,red IL the Indian wars shall
= s'oas,-' .,'- ,ns provides that each person who
.''' ,..;..ed the government forces
a''' u r,rw with the Nez Peroe Indians
III. i. ,bs war with the Bannocf' IN
~, .,.i II be paid 50 per day during the the
- -. from the time that he iei'
70 .. r,,.I he returned, including al
- N hospital under treatment Ds
-. received wounds or 0'h'' injuries ~
;''.os :. provides that persons wounded n
- I,3 ), ,py such service, and the
j. who were killed in .. such 'e1',Ss. e1 .ss
;''' =. !. .D,,,Isa to all the benefits Oh the
"a : - the same manner and to the
i they had been duly mus
q: IT, or volunteer forces.
ri ~ .oy,i,, that all horses aud
.ueb service be paid for
81 "a: ..,,,I - ., value, in the same manner
t,a'ii ts go .ams extent as ii lost IN the
% Military service
, 1884-01-12

Mr. G. 4. Gilbert has recently, accord.
ing to Seience, sivea some rather dnturbino
sugsessings to the people Of Salt Lake Ci,y
tSilt Lake Weekly Tribune, concerning thu
probability Of observation-disclosures. there
He describes tbs slow and still CONTINUING
growth OF the ranges In the Great Bs.;n nv
repeated di.location along great frac,ure.
the earth's crust on one side being elevated
and tilted into mountain attitude by an nm
t'urst that produces compres i'm and din.
tortion IN the rock mas. until tie strain
cad no logger be borne. and something must
give way. Suddenly and violently there !.
a slipping OF one wall OF the fs,ure on the
other, far enough to relieve the strain, and
this Is felt a. an earthquake; then follow, /,
long period of quiet during which the strain
is gradually reimposed.
Such shock occurred In Ovens y,usv
along the eastern base of the Sierra Nev>d,
in 1872, when fault scarp five to twenty
feet high and forty miles long was produced
A scarp thirty or forty feet high is known
along the western foot Of the Wah,ateb
Range, south of Salt Lake, and other scsrps
oil-imilar origin have been found 1t the bases
of many Of the B.sin raages. The date Of
their formation is not known; but it must be
comparatively recent, because they are still
so little worn away. Wherever they are
fresh, and consequently of modern uplift,
there Is probable safety from earthquakes
for ages TO come, because long time IL
needed for the accumulation of another strain
to CAUSE slipping of one wall Of
the fssure on the other
Conversely, when they are old and worn
down, the breaking strain may even now be
almost reached, and an earthquake may be
at any time. This is the case a,
Salt Lake; for, continuous a. are the fault
scarps along the base of the Wahsa.ch
they are absent near the city. From the
Warm Springs to Emigration Canon they
have not been found, and the rational e1-
planation Of their absence is that q very
ong time has elapsed sincs their last re-
neWal. In this period the earth strain has
been slowly increasing. Some day it will |
overcome the friction, lift the moutainns a |
lew feet and re-enact on fearful scale the |
: ltastrophe of Owens Valley.
, 1884-01-12
Hair Pins.

"eigs tod that the factories of the land
'-'a OF: over two tons OF hair pin, daily.
End We believe ii; yes. sir, every hair pin
. u "1y, man, not less than pound of
ALI pms is skeWered in the tresse,, indigo.
30 And acquired, Of each female in the
-1-'hi!Gien a, and lndisns not taxed posi-
.! eEctpied-snd wherever woman has
f-A'l' there may hair pin, be found as thick
.'-Hls! leaves which strew the brooks
Aan0ro'a. o, YES, two tons of hair
~ iAy doe'nt begin to account for the
-'-' Oh hand Tor rather in hand not to
o. the csuatless millions neglected
- 'i;ie!ei broadcast sll over the country.
, 1884-01-12
Rich Gold Field In oregon.

The following is rer6Gtim dispatch - it
aupears in the n. Y. San of Jan. lst:
ST. LorIs, Dec. 3l.-Nathan Cole, Jr..
editor and proprietor of the Northirea Ae,cs
of Portland, Ore, il here en- route to Wssh-
ington. Re says the chief matter of interest
in that region since the completion OF the
Northern Pacific railroad is the newly dis
covered Conerda.ene aold-mining district
near Portland. which has been pror ounced
BY experienced miners the most promising
mining field ever opened. It is no~ shut IN
By snow, but several companies have al
ready been formed, and over q Thousand
men are on the spot waiting for spring I:
open. II is estimated that BY midsarmtl
q, 600 proepectors and miners will be in tb'
FIELD. The specimens Of ore brought out III
exceedingly rich
, 1884-01-12
rswS Axs CegArRI.


A grand massue ball at StAhls Opera houss
is talked Of for January 7th-
Judge Guiehara i. still confined to h,s home
by his old enemy, the rheumatism
Thomas F. Oskes is the new President and
general manager of the Northern Pacific rosd.
The best equipped Job printing ONCE IN
Washington Territory is the STATESMAN 0t-
fee Orders solicited.
TIE STATESMAN, - pscAl, . away ahead
OF all competitors in the character, quahsy
and price of Job work.
A fine stock of the best stationery, sucn u
letter, note, bill and statement heads, Just
received At the STATESMAN ofice.
Aeils s Co. are preparing to move into their
handsome and eommodious new store 1t the
corner Of Main and Fifth stre-ta.
Charlie. Besserer had reached Minneapolis
by Jan. 5th, ss that is the date on postal
card we have received from him.
Mr. Picard has the contract TO widen the
Second street bridge to fifty feet. and has .
force of men now nsased in the work.
The Kittitas Standard man opposes territo-
rial division, and with cruel sarcasm calls
Wlla WallA "Johnsonvills" Good enough.
Snake river has raised eight feet during the
recent thAw, showing that the chinook has pre-
vailed far up in the mountains to the south
ward.
John L. Sharpstein and Paul 'Hierry have
been appointed relief foremen Of the engine
company. They will have charge Of the extra
in case Of big fire.
Tom Tierney, the thoroughbred, Was pre-
sented on New Years day with magnificent
watch chair with various designs and Masonic
emblems engraved thereon.
Tee stage company have 2S horses and
three coaches ready for the new miues next
month. If the necessities demand 1t they
will put on half dozen coaches daily.
Tacoma is footing her horn pretty loudly
these days, now that It is to be the terminus
with a big, big T. If the old fossils were
cleaned ont we should have greater faith in
the place.
The old bumuers who generally get arrested
st this season for the purpose of being kept In
idleness In the city cooler. are giving 1t WIDE
berth now that they must either work o. be
fed on bread and water.
There is dangerous cave over the spring
branch that crossas Catherine street near Dr
Newell street that should be attended TO at
once before some pedestrian breaks bis neck
there and sues the city for damages.
Our morning co-worker in the field OF
journalism is giving great otenss to the Peo
pc Of Northern Idaho by springing bis diVis-
ion racket at this emergency. They are Tor
immediate admission under the Walls Walla
constitution.
We have nice sample of gold from the
claims in which A. F. Parker is interested In
the new Ceur GAlene mines. 1t is haky
gold and looks to be worth SIS per ounce. 1t
il much like the gold We took out in early days
in old Feather river. The claims owned by the
company are bill disginss. and from Newton
Kirby, of Dayton. who recently cane down,
we hear that 5000 has been refused for them
As high as s2 to the pan having been realized
from these claims.
, 1884-01-12
siED A SArrRal Dx.r.
sPkCIAL TO sIAIEsNAS

saiAL TO STATESMAN.
DAfr0s' jan s.-o~euby died peacefully
III the county i,il ,t Dayton at .ix o'clock
'''' morning. He suffered great pain y..s.r.
oAy and physician attended him to III.
last He declared with hi. In. breath ,b,.
al dis confession, we're wholly true. Th.
community here are greatly relieved q. his
taking Of, I. rumor, were prevalent ,b,,
nia counsel would apply for . mitigation of
the death penalty if he bad been ,.D..,o.d
on account Of the physical insrmi.,e. iupo..d d
on HIN during his escape.
"alla W.lla county i, even on jdl es.
capes' as last night An Indian .Iivped u.,.
the iAilsr who WAS attending Owenby And
escaped. The boy, are having lot. Of fun
over it, and will now cease pokins fu. a. the
authorities and Jail of walla W al. county
FL. PARKER.
, 1884-01-12

The receipts Of the land Office in O'ynp'a
for the month ending December 81, 1888,
were Sl, ,752.
C.P. Huntington controls L, 900 miles Of
railway. He is 65 years cid, and is very
healthy. His fortune is estimated at SoO.-
OOO, ,OOO-
Dennis Kearney selling doughnuts on the
beach below the Cliff House, is the figure
San Francisco capitalists have made OF the
notorious sand-lotter.
A farmer of an experimental turn of mind
has succeeded in making COW give lager
beer by feeding her on malt. hops and sprins
water Now If hen could only be made to
lay cocktail.
The custom house at Sitka, Alaska, was
burued on the 9TH mat. All the papers
were saved through the efforts OF the sailors
Of the U. S. steamer Adams.
The GOLD and silver mines on the south
fork Of the Puyallup river are being rapidly
developed. The rock assays about $'o .
ton. and some as high IS $54.
Seattle has expended 100000 in the way
of water works since January. 1883. Ten
mile, of streets have been graded and s. 600
expended in new buildings.
The Albany DemocrG claims that IN Linn
countv Oregon, the acreage OF wheat
,ovn this fall is p per cent more than =
year ago. ,
Seattle has surged ahead with voters
,..sn. The law and order league, looks
simply to the enforcement OF the laws OF
the statut. book. Believing IN the sapre'
macy of Law, this order urges it. enforce, a,
meut, good, or bad, or Indifferent; II eood
that it be honored, if bad that it be repealed.
, 1884-01-12
The New steamer.

e HeT wheels for the new steamer are
- POI awaiting action on the part of
'y Council. The o. R.S n. Com.
IL not deliver them until the freight
- 'hey also demand clear receipt
'aem OF further rep instability in
'a' Natter Of the steamer as part of the de.
The Council authorized the Mayor
i.-. p 'o' 'he wheels, bu, the company
gon 'he conditions stated above, and
: mayor declined to assume this re.
=. 'y without further authority from
-. -H'ii' there the matter stands at pres
, 1884-01-12
Sob PriAtiDGs

Beginning with the new year many I'M
n-ovemsnts have been made in the Job de-
na,,nsut of the SrArEsMAS Office, giving as
better opportunities for turning cut good
work with neatness and dispatch Equipped
with the best made presses now in use' and
an excellent assortment of printing material
We are prepared to do all kinds OF printing
according to order. Bring in your orders
and We will insure You good work.
, 1884-01-12
Business Failure.

Mrs. Laura J. May, dealer in general me'
cb.ndise and miller at Yakima. W. t. n@
failed. Several day, .inoe she made An assign
msut of all her property 70 Ben Snipes, sn0
represents claims to the amount OF s'ooo
Indebtedness to San Francisco and fof'i.n'
merchant. Is about 90. 900. and there n NOT .
dollars asset. IN sight for them. A mee.ms
of Portland creditor, ~ss held Yesterday 1''.
noon to take steps to Sc. aside the assignment
, 1884-01-12
stage Line 70 the Mines.

C. C. Mccoy wss in town yesterday and
informed us that his daily stage line from
Rathdrum to Eagle City would soon be IN
condition to make regular trips. Following
il the table Of distances: RAthGrum to Fort
Ceur d'Alene, u miles Fort to Mlsslon'
tby ,te.mer) 60 miles. by Mullan road 80
miles; Mission to Eagle City, IS miles The
time of arrival and departure will be ss fol
lows: Leave Rathdrum at 6 A. NJ, and ar
rive at Fort C,.ur 'Alene at s A. NJ; leave
For. at SA. N. and arrive at Mission at l
Pm; leave Mission at P. N. and arrive AZ
Earle CITY at 7 P. NJ. Of same day.
, 1884-01-12
What an lluAsisiAl Says

Mr.. A. V. Reynolds, Of Sterling, Illinois,
il visiting this section Of country, and says
that although he had expected much, hi'
ashcipasions are more than realized. Where
he came from they enjoy SIX months Winter
and the cost of keeping cattle is - much as
they are worth in the Sprng. Mr.. Reynolds
il brother Of A. q. Reynolds, Of this city,
and will remain until peIt Fail and probably
settle down for good here.
, 1884-01-12
Very few Henes-

= A Kansas paper says OF Jim Keene and Ten
Rroeck, that The latter has very few horses IN
ENGLAND. Right you are. brother. Neither
in England or anywhere else. unless te has
CON. 70 horse heaven. where he would be
entirely at home, for Dick Ten Brock has
hen dad almost long enough to be forgotten.
W;,,ism n, Seward, Lincoln. Robert z. Lee,
Charlotte Cushmzn. Tom Thumb, Ben John
son, al, are gone
, 1884-01-12

An old man named Moss buszed snef,n
Thompson and Commissioner Ward neaiH
70 death last Saturday pleading for share
of tho reward offered for the appre nenSioH
Of Elfu. and Ownbsy. His share IN the fe
c.n.ure consisted of bathing O~nbeys ifo-
zen feet, and among other ridiculous reasons
r. claimed to need the money in his business
and to bug seed potatoes. Next
, 1884-01-12
Gray.s Harbor Railroad.

The intention is to begin operations as soon
a. possible on the Ilwaco, Oysterville and
Gray's Harbor road. The route selected Is an
excellent one, and the natural road-bed over
which the rails are to be laid is OF such cnar-
ac,sr that nothing but the most inclemens
weather could interfere with the successfui
prosecution Of the work. 1t il thought that
ninety days from the time the flrst Wheei,osf
row bad of dirt is shoveled of. the toot OF the
locomotive will wake the echoes of llwaco,
and II is reasonable to suppose that the last OF
Nav will hear the conductor sing out oil
aboard for Oysterville.
, 1884-01-12
4 Mid Winter.

H.. -la'an hunter and tr,pper of the
-, o'eson, says the corn husks are
- seAF. When the sun crossed the
go. Wind blew mild from the south
!.,t De ground hog hasn't yet carried q
r. 'Sis TO his hole: the coons haven't
DIM s1'* the corn; ths wooipecker. to
,,,, u MAKE holes IN trees for STORM,
'us'ei're' this winter i. to be 4. mil
, 1884-01-12

N;n.-tenths Of the aardines consumed In the
United States come from Maine. Very few
Of the real French fish are imported nov.
These YANKEES sardines are nothing bot srnAii
herring put up in boxes with saudy labels And
French inscriptions In Esstpost there are
nineteen places where they turn out sardines,
hs-i ;es three at Lubsc, two at Jonesport, and
o7s e,ch a: Aillbridse, Lauoine and Robhin-
, 1884-01-12
The City Prisoners.

Marshal Robinson rays that the prisone'
in the city jail still continue to defy the an
.beri.i.s and say there are not men eDouga
in tie city to make them work on the
,t,,e... The marshal viii continue then
h-e,d and water diet and should deprive
,,s,, of tobacco also. Il is time to eesss
aumbusgiug in city affairs and come down
IN buUne0s.
, 1884-01-12

The NortAvssAsra Xsller. which has ben
making 6ghs for Scotch 6fs wbe,s - being
the best in the world for making gvod Aoar.
says: .'It is . veil established fact that the
high reputation gained for MinnesOsa 6our
in former years was attained BY usins hard
~bess exclusively in iss production This
gave it it great strength over I'll other
brands 10 the narket,. When the mid
dlings purifier 6rst came into general uss
here, the value Of Minnssosa aour took .
long stride ahead Of any other brands then
produced, ranging In price in the sastsrn
markets from 81 50 to q psr barrel above
the best winter wheat Aour. At that time
Minnescta Wa raaing purely hard wheat
(the old Scotch fifel and the extra valas
in the -four then wAs evidently the result
Of using this hard wheat excluaively in in
production. Fife is the wheat which gave
Minnesota its reputation fer large yislda
IL il the hardest Of all wheats, in respect to
inluring from excessive moisture. The Man
itobs authorities admit Scotch Fife for seed
free Of duty, and the Canadian Pacific road
transports 1t for seed free Of charge. making
full rates On sift wheat There are . fsw
sections in Minnesota where the farmers
have stuck to fife ever since il vas intro.
duced, and their crop this year vas - large
and the quality - ins - the first seasoa
that they raised fife. It is true that they
have not grown wheat on the nsme ground
every year. They have given the soil an
occasional rest. sometimes for two or three
years. first by pssturing il, and then BY
planting something else, 30 that 1t recovered
what it had lost
The figures from four counties taken from
Z group where Scotch Fife has bean raised
exclusively, arc given to show the results in
1860.
, 1884-01-12
Here Rascalley.

A certain we'll known Ascending oso.o'
living in thi, city is fast approaching 'n'
penitentiary. His latest rssca'rts s 'ne =,
tanning Of business letter gwen HIM ~ 70.
Poo. Off;ce here, and not returning II un'n
he had answered it and taken advantage VI
IL. eont.n.s which d N ofsnss sgainss tne
u. g. law.
, 1884-01-12
TWs MORE Murders.

VIM. B,oIam shot and killed Jacob Fisher
at Portland, last Saturday night. and on
Sunday morning Alfred Yenks ~ss sho.
through the heart BY biz brother -in-lsv. j
". Murray, at the sans place.
, 1884-01-12
cxuress VI. NAIL

A package CONSIGNED to .hi, 0sse' 80 non r.. -,
r-,,e;.c., Dec aad, Wis Wells Fargo oo.s :
@ ll.ns ~. duly received here Dec 2ssa'
e,p =. Liter mailed th. same d.se came 20
snhs sI.7 -. 1sa. A difference Of nirs days
: n- t.r0r Of the express Company. eeisea. ei..
? ia. a., Sam would sr.sify shs public oy oe,ns
ono.e ,nn. ~ /, DELIVERING ni.ives entrusted
nor s;I ~ .I,e b. should turn bis bu'ins. over
70 priv.s. corporations Who VII '
, 1884-01-12
POIssNIsG A nAl1 STOCK.
D.uiardiy Act Of Some oae Enknswn.

One night last week some seoundrel put
poison into the grain of Chss. Brace, SON
in-lsw Of Mr.. lessee Eaton Of Wssco, which
being fed to his horses, killed four, all he
had, and one that belonged to Mr.. Eaton.
It also killed two calves and all Of his hens.
about fifty in number. The neighbors called
I. meeting and investigated the matter. COM
ing to the conclusion that the grain fed was
poisoned. Mr.. Summers, veterinary sur
geon, Mr.. Clark Dunlap. ". H. Briggs and
others, we're present At the examination.
We received this information from Mr.. Par
rott, who lives at that plsce.-DaUcs Sun.
, 1884-01-12
es'ernen Of Nysniox.

.i.:., . Service Reform i, progressing in our
Ea,au.,.. "sns territory Of Wyoming.
se,. b,rs meeting, of all par.i.s and
circul,.. 80 - held to psss resolution. and
pom, NJ. 'h-'o the president to zap
'errI:cry." Ssrn'' OF "yoming