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secondary consideration and cuts very
little figure IN the matter, a. neither
party is particularly anxious for lega
separation.
| No county superintendent Of schools
should vote for a change OF textbooks
under the law now set in motion by
state department OF ehucation, manipu-
lated by Superintendent McEroy. The
proposition 10 an outrage on the people,
who are already taxed TO their utmost
to support the government and educate
their children. The school books now
10 use are good enough for present pur-
poses at least. Jacksonville Times.
Mr.. VIM. Cornett and wife, their son
Frank and his family and Miss May
Powell, sister Of Franks vile, arrived
here last week from Albany, having
driven across the mountains. The old
gentleman and his wife have been stop
ping at the home Of their sons near Al
bany the last year or 50, but will now
reside on their homestead five miles east
Of Condor. The others willretnrn home
TO Albany after couple Of weeks visit
here.
Some people have an idea that the
text books OF the public schools are like
ly TO be changed soon. Before January
j, 1896, the school superintendents Of
the states are 10 vote on the question OF
adopting new text books, but they are
not likely TO favor the change, and in
fact many 81 them were elected with
the understanding that they were OPP
posed to the change, and even should
the vote be favorable 10 a change 1t could
not take effect before the fall OF 1896.
You can't make Chinanan in town
believe the Japs are getting the best Of
the war. We told Mongolian here the
other day, the outline Of the dispatches
received here by the American press,
giving an account Of the victories Of the
Japs ON land and sea. The Celestial
wouldn't have 1t that way. lie said
"Melican paper no sabby; heep talkee
d--n lie. China paper allie lite; he say
Jap not in IL. Whatta MALTA? Clise |
China soldier he do 'em np--out o.
sight; seeP--Gnard.
AL Sayre Of Rock creek was in town
Tuesday. He informed US that he has
just disposed Of all his worldly possess
sions, except his homestead, and that
he and bis wife intend 10 move back 10
their old home near Madisonville, Mo-,
the first Of next month. He sold his
cattle, about so head to Wm. Hunt. AL
has done well financially since he came
to this county and we'll bet our last
years old bat that he will move back TO
Gillian again within year. In fact
AL thinks so himself.
A successful Indiana farmer and stock
raiser says: II have not sold bushel
Of wheat for four years. feed it all on
the farm. rotate my stock, fatten cat
tie in the spring, when the pasture il
abundant; hogs in the summer and fall,
when they take on the most lard, and
late lambs during the winter, when they
can always he bought cheap, and they
nibble straw instead OF gnawing out the
roots in my pasture land. always fat
ten my stock on wheat, and from ex-
perience consider IL from 20 10 40 per
cent cheaper than corn. Wheatis worth
80 cents per bushel on the farm for feed
ing"
An interesting little rattle took place at
Darling's drug store Saturday evening,
which afforded good deal Of amusement
for the boys. A very pretty hanging
lamp was "put up' for 1850, at b0c a
chance. The contest was decided by
each throwing three dice three times,
the aggregate Of which can not amount
to over 54. The highest number thrown
was 81, BY the editor OF this family
paper, who carried of the persimmons--
also the lamp. Two lamps, more ex-
pensive, will be rafiied off in the same
manner tomorrow evening at O'Clock
ut the drug store.
The colony OF immigrants, who recent
" arrived in Grande Ronde from the
drouthy and blixzard-ridden East, have
no reservation in their expressions Of
delight in regard TO Eastern Oregon,
says an exchange. One Of them struck
the key note in reference to the low
price Of grain and other products when
he said it was better for country to
have plenty Of produce and take chances
on the market than to have plenty ol
market and take chances on a crop
This is the situation precisely. This
country affords the certainty ola good
living, and those who do not have plenty
TO eat in country 50 prolific as this
have only themselves TO blame.