The Vancouver independent., January 11, 1883, Image 1

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VOLUME 8.
THE INDEPENDENT
Is Published every Thursday.
J. J. HEKSON - - - EDITOR.
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(i. H. STEWARD,
Atto r tiey-at-L aw,
Office—Delay's building, 3th Streets,
VANCOUVER, W. T.
RANDOLPH SMITH, N. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON,
VANCOUVER, W. T.
Oflc* ami rssldelKS cor 'Uh and B Streets
Bast
COSS & DOWNING,
Contractors and Builders,
VANCOUVER, T.
Plans, and EstimatesfurnUhed
on short notice.
J, SHEftWSN,
architect * •VPCKIHTBSBBHT.
Ofßeaa: Rooms 41, 13, SO, third floor, Union
Block, l'ur-tSI., Portland, Or.
Ap.mt for Pauly Bros, Stoel-elad Jail Cells.
E. T. KficKSNNEY,
PHYSICIAN Sl SURCEON,
VANCOUVER, W. T.
JVOftes nt P. (J. Ilcaley's drus; store.
JOHN H. WALSH,
Carpenter & Jitrilricr.
Bhopoppo lt« liazard & Qffu Store,
Vulicouvcr. W. T.
VANCOUVER DKCG STORK.
DAVID WALL • • Proprietor.
DRUGS nnd MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
BAIR BRUBHES,
PERFUMERY, Toikt Articles, dc
A full a-sortment of
ST A iPIO.V K 11 Y
Rap) eunstantly cm hiiiiil.
PortlandlUld Vancouver Parke!.
The jtaamar
Vancouver,
Jas. T.tiray, Muster
Ur ILL M \K E DAILI TRIPi BCTWKEN
Vancouver ami Portland, Sundays ex
eaptad. Leaw Vancouver it s a m., retum
lag, leave Portland at 3:00 p. m_ fromilold
smith's Central Wharf, fool of Mder street.
For frcbXbt Of pt»»aga appljt on hoard.
Harness
Saddlery.
The wra -i. heal mail.', ami moat complete
■lock of HaracM, saddle-, Bridlee, Collars.
Wbipa, Hone Blanket*, etc., ote., ever offered
In Vancouver.
All kinds of repairing .Inn- on abort notice
HiuiiKsr ( vsii PIICI
l'akl for
Hides and Pelts.
Dee.ll ls;T.
Farmers' Transportation, Co.
Plying between Portland and 1.. i Center,
Clarke in, W. T, the steamer
LATONA
La v. ■ La Center every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday morning at »! o'clock a. m. Ke
turning,
I.e.in s Portland from Coot of Alder street,
e\er\ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, st
it o'clock a v. Touches hulh way. at all in
termediate points.
For freight or passage npnlv on hoard.
INA At' I'll ON AN,
President L. ,V. 1.. K. T. Co.
Draying.
The iwderalnMd lom tnaUut MakMBM
iio tkMpMk < >rdor« Ml with him will imnilh
<ri>in)it ItteuUon Siiian MM Uki ii Ui
b>- boat* fWn 'I charg* for ru«tomer«
\ LHKKT HATKMAX
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1883.
City Drug Store.
P. Q. HEALEY, - - Proprietor.
(One door north Hazard A C'o.'s brick store.)
Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines,
Fancy Goods,
School Books & Stationery,
Oils, Paints and Brushes.
Physician's ami family prescriptions made a
specialty.
LIME,
CEDENT,
PLASTER,
• AT
Portland Prices!
Sold in Vancouver by the
VANCOUVER CITY MILL CO.
and g ccd Stable.
FIFTH STREET, lASCOITER.
FRANK JSEBTON,
PROPRIETOR.
Good Rood horses, and as many of them
as ihe public will require, is to be
the role of the establishment. '
Give us a call.
VANCOUVER HACK LINE.
Jeromr It. Smith, - - Proprietor.
Carries passengers free to and from the
Alt a House.
Will carry passengers in all parts of the
city to and from the boats, pare '25 cents.
Leave orders at Smith's livery stable.
American legion of llonor.
Vancouver Council No. —, A. 1., of 11. mect«
at. J. O. O. F. hall, Vancouver, OB the tirst and
third Thursday evening* of each month. Vis
itors from sist%r ObUW ils i wrdialiv invited.
». P. HARSH, Com.
11. C. Dannals, Sec. 'Jlsep
llenieniher that statnana, vital energy, the
life principle of whatever you may chooac to
call the resistant power which battles ajjalnst
the canaea of disease and death, is the grand
la'a-gn ird of health. It is the garrison of the
tinmen fortreea, and when it waxea weak the
true policy is to throw in reinforcements. In
ether word*, when tuch an emergency occurs
commence ■ coarse of tTo*tetter's Hitters.
Kor sale hv all druggists and dealers, to
whom :r;>|>lv [or HoetcUert Almanac for lvst.
TUTTS
PILLS
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Los* of Appetite, BoweU costive. Pain in
the Head, with a dull sensation in the
back part. Pain under the Shoulder
blade, fullness after eating, with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind.
Irritability of temper. Low spirit*, with
a feeling of having neglected some duty.
Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at the
Heart, Dots before the eyes. Yellow bktn.
Headache generally over the right eye.
Rostlosauess, with fitful dream*, highly
colored Urine, and
CONSTIPATION.
TTTT'S PllXSarr <->peclally adapted to*
sueli mi««>«, one dose effect s sueh n rhaugv
of feeling ns to astonish the .MfTe-rer.
Thev lin 11 T ik. Appetite, snil raise th»
body 'to Tub. nu Flrah. thus Ibe System II
nsnrithr*. mi Iby their Tralr Aettaaa oat i..
Dtgratlv* Orsnna. aVywUr
dueetl. Prtee U cum, a* Murray *JC W. ¥■
TUn'S HAIR DYE.
<;ra v If aIH on WbJIBJLKIM chanced to * (11-nnsv
lIIACK by asineleapphcatmm.rtms DV». It tin
warts * aataral solar, mi is t isi.nianiHHi.lv sow
t>y liruaflbt.. or sent by i\pre»* on receliu Of tl
orrit k. as hi Mil »nr vonk
(»-. VTTT* SIM •■ T.h»»fe litanlla M*»
i«m *»ni>«i »* *. • «•« — sjpwtal J
J.J. WINTI.KU.
I'ROUBKSS OF THE NORTH-WENT.
In any review of the growth of Or
egon and Washington and of their
prospects for the future of the two di
visions may naturally be considered
as one. Their progress has been iden
tical. And In the changes now com
ing and to come they will share a com
mon growth anil enjoy a common for
tune. More rapid progress is now ap
parent than at any time in their his
tory. Hitherto their growth has been
slow. Since the first settlers came,
more than forty years have elapsed.
In much less time very populous states
have sprung up elsewhere. Kansas
and Nebraska (which are now great
states), crossed by the early emigra
tion to the Pacific* slope, at 'that day
had not a white inhabitant. They
now contain two millions of people.
Oregon has been settled longer than
Minnesota; yet Minnesota contains a
population of nearly a million. The
slowness of our growth has been due
to easily perceived and often explained
causes, chief among which arcourdis
tance from the centers of population
nnd our lack of railway connection.
Kesides, our section has been over
shadowed by California, and till re
cently regarded as little more than a
dependency of that state. There has
been growth indeed, and rapid growth,
hut had Oregon ami Washington with
their climate, soil ami varied attrac
tions, been as easy of access as Kan
sas, .Minnesota and lowa, their popu
lation would now he numbered by
millions, and every interest would
have attained corresponding propor
tions.
Fortunately, however, this period of
isolation may now be regarded as
practically at an end. The present
year will give us railway communi
cation with the east. Local railways,
building and to be built, will speedily
reach all the more important parts of
Oregon nnd Washington, Poundless
capacity for development is being dis
covered as energy and capital are com
bining upon it. * The Pacific north
west will grow as a whole. Oregon
and Washington have a common his
tory and will share a common destiny.
In geographical feature they are very
similar. Their resources are common.
Both abound in fertile lands. Both
have great resources in timber, iron,
coal, the precious metals, pasturesand
fisheries. In time—and the time is
nut distant—they will become two of
the greatest wheat and wool | produc
ing states In tho union. They will
also become manufacturing states; but
we must expect their development in
this direction to be slower. Yet there
are here all the natural fneilities and
most of the necessasy raw material for
staple manufactures; and by the time
there is sufficient consumption to start
a profitable market we shall have a
well developed manufaeturiug indus
try.
In moral, social and educational ad
vancement Oregon and Washington
have long and worthily held high
place. In some of these respects it
may be doubted whether the intro
duction of the new and powerful ma
terial forces now beginning lo more
and operate among us will produce a
chance for the better. New elements
will be introduced which will disturb
old conditions and produce many new
consequences. A community long
isolatvd will be obliged to absorb and
assimilate new ami powerful forces,
and the operation is sure to produce
an important reflex actiou aud a Sect
upon itself. Put in the eml social pro
gress i* the invariable ooneoqaenoa of
these admixtures aud resulting
changes; In fact the contact of people
with people nnd of race Willi race, and
the stimulating effect of such contact
on all MM classes participating In it,
may well be considered the main mov
ing* force .nf progress in civilized life.
We have in Oregon and Washington
a population composed of the very
best material. In intelligence, moral
ity, love of order and all the <|ualiflca
tious of good citizeushlp, it will com
pare favorably with any equal popu
lation in the I uitedStales. Paradex
ial as the statement may at tirsl ap
pear, the remoteness of our people
from the centres of social, political
and industrial activity has given them
a wide hfinon. It lias enlarged or
extended the range of vision; it lias
enabled them to lake in the whole
country ami indeed the whole world;
and to avoid the mistake so common
among men of supposing that one's
own locality is the most impon.. *
center. Thought, observation, exp< r
iience, obtain a wider range from the
exertion and travel necessary to reaeli
the last remaining portion of the
country which can now be called "the
north-west;" and the toilsome march
across the plains of thirty or thirty
five years ago to this day bears fruit
in tlia character of thouoauds among
us.
Washington is entitled to admission
into the union on an equality with the
other states, ami to the additionalcou
•ideratiou which admission would
give her. Her population is now three
timet an<l her actual wealth five timet
at great at Oregon's were upon her
admission at a state. No one of the
newer ttates has been to deserving of
admission at the time of its advance
ment to this honor. There it good rea
son to hope that the bill for Washing
ton'* admission, now before congress,
will pass during the present session.
This would Increase the power of the
northwest at the national capital, and
enable Oregon and Washington to do
more for their advancement than they
lmve yet been able to accomplish.
Heretofore the growth of this remote
north-west has Deen mainly from
within. In the new era now upon us
it will be chiefly from without. We
shall have increased activity, larger
business, great gain of individual and
aggregate wealth, but not necessarily
a more, virtucus, a more intelligent
or a more happy community. — Orego
nian, January i, ISSS.
HOW TO PREVENT BAD LEGIS
LATION.
No doubt we have too much legisla
tion. Our legislatures meet too fre
quently; our laws are too frequently
changed and we have too many enact
ments.
There is great complaint of the cen
trol which money exercises over law
makers and of the class of legislation
which is the result. How can all this
be remedied? First, let our legisla
tive bodies meet lessfrequeutly. Once
in four years is often enough. Make
our legislatures simply proposers of
laws, instead of final law makers.
Let them prepare laws for the final
action of tho people.
Then their action not being final
would not be purchasable. Let every
bill which obtains a majority vote of
the legislature he submitted to the
people for their approval—if local, by
the people of the locality affected —if
general, by the people at large. If a
law meets with tho approval of the
people let it be signed by the (Sover
nor and proclaimed by the Secretary
of State. TMa would* have two good
effects. It would prevent hasty, ill
considered and dishonest legislation.
It would also make the whole people
acquainted with the laws. It would
also bring heme to the voter a sense
of his responsibility as a citizen by
making him a sovereign legislator. It
would male the people themselves
their own law-makers and they would
have no onb to growl against but
themselves if there were bad laws. If
there was any dishonest legislation it
would be because the people them
selves were dishouest.
This would In vole largely increased
expense in legislating; all the laws
would require to be circulated among
the whole people, which would in
volve great outlay in printing. Put
it would prevent any amount of thiev
ing jobs, and plundering schemes that
are now rushed through legislatures
in their closing hours under the influ
ence of money and the party whipand
spur. Our government is not yet
perfect, but is capable of being made
so as fast as we become wise enough
and honest enough to doit.— Walla
Walla Cnion.
Thk "Chinook" Dktinbd. —The
thermal current, kiwvn m ihclapun
current, having its origin at the •<tu:>-
tor, near tlie l.'inth degree of east leng-
Itudt), QfOjtßwlch, flows northwardly
to tlio Aleutian Islands, where it sei>-
ni(M| "iif branch flowing eastwardly
along tilt* peniusula of Alaska, and
thence southwardly along the coast of
British Columbia, Washington Terri
tory audOregon. This thermal stream
with its concomitant heated attnos
pheric current, striking the northwest
coast of America, operates powerfully
in mitigating a olimnte which other
wise would ho colli and rigorous in the
extreme. The effect of these currents
upon the western portion of this Ter
ritory is the same as the effect of the
(in If'stream upon the northwest coast
of Kurope. In fact, the climate and
natural productions of Kngland are es
sentially the same as those of West
ern Washington. In addition to this,
the prevailing winds in the winter are
from tlie southwest. These warm at
mospheric currents, coining from the
tropical regious of the I'acifle, laden
with moistme, nn-ctingthecooler cur
rents from the Coast Kange and Cas
cade mouutains, produce the whiter
rain-fall. These southwest winds also
moderate the tempcraturcduring win
—Mx-Ooverwtr Firry.
We heard • prominent phyan ian My ft few
davit ago that he thought it *« the duty of
the proprietor of Ammt " a Cough Syrup to
;i\r the formula of tki medical farulty, ao
thev rould prescribe and uni- it witkout vio
latmg the ruin of the profession, for, Mid
he. "ao man;, of my pat it nt» praia* it to the,
akie». and cases hare csuie under my ohwr-
Tfttioft where it hat h. on remarkably bene
final, that I know it muat in.losd be ft won
derful diaoovery in aieduftl acisnee." This
medietas la for ule >>v reepestaMs druggists
and dealt i« iu medicine everywhere
NUMBER 21.
NEWS ITEMS.
Tlx Kiglish ship Undine captured eight
■lave scows off the east coast of Africa.
A Post Washington special aays General
Sherman denounces as an intentional false
hood the statment in the New York Sun that
he has been received into the Human Cath
olic ehurch.
The close of the year sees the gap in the
Northern I'acifie Railroad reduced to 300
miles, which it is expected will be tilled up
by the end of the compaoy's fiscal year, June
30th, 1883.
Seven thousand men are now working on
the Hritish Columbia section of the Canadian
Pacific railway, aud from the reported pro
gress beingfinade the contract will, to all ap
pearances, be completed within the allotted
time.
Representative Ilolman, who leads the op
position in the house to the Pacific railroads,
regards the prospects of the bills forfeiting
to the government the unearned land grants
to the Pacific railroads as not vary flattering
for this session.
Uen. Hazen is opposed to transferring the
signal service bureau to the interior depart
ment. He thinks the present efficiency of
the service, which has been attained by
many years' strict military discipline, wonld
be more or less destroyed by the change.
Mrs. Maria Appley died in N orris town,
V J., Dec. 13, aged 104 years, 7 months
and 3 days. She was bom in New York
city on May 10, 1778, and had has been act
ive until within two weeks of her death.
Mrs. Appley was one of the thirteen young
girls who represented the thirteen original
»tates in Ceneral Washington's fnneral pro
cefsion in New York city.
Osi of the Brlirbleal ( hsrun
Of a fair face is a fine set of teeth. The la
dies being fully alive to this fact, patronize)
SOZODONT in preference to any other den
tifrice, since they know by experience that
it preserves like no other the pristine white
ness and cleanliness of the teeth, and makes
a naturally sweet breath additionally fra
grant. It is one of the priviliges of the
Txu us M to look lovely, and that propor
tion of it which uses SOZODONT ban
learned that the article contributes in ne
small degree to the eud in view. All drug
gists sell it. "
ALTA HOUSE.
(Cwncr First and B Streets,)
VANOOD VEJv, - - W. T.
Newly fitted up and renovated.
Only Flral-rlasw Hussar In Vuroaiw.
—o —
Superior accommodations for Ladies and
Families.
Special attention paid t<i the comfort of
£uct>ta.
On Sundays and holidays breakfast will be
at '\<-d from 7 to 10, lunch at 12. dinner at 4
o'clock.
M 11.1.1* A mo.li, Propr'a.
Sohns & Schuele,
Mala Mroi i. Vaarsnvr,
HUM in
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
Roots A Shot's, (lot Magi Hats,
Crocker} and Glassware,
Hardware, etc.. etc.,
LT7I£BEE
Of all kind-.
SHINGL.ES,
\V)i. ,-a., or retail, at ereatlv reduced rates.
Lime and Cement
A'»:ivs k. pt in stock. All orders for tty of
our (OCXU will receive prompt attention
Absolutely Pure.
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rltv, ll|lilltl> »'"' *bolm"l»f— Mor«
crutii.ni' • M •• ' • .*<f' ■■. k i-iU. and r»n
not br Mild In MM|mMIIm »ith th«- multl
tn.l. n( low >i -t. ► hurt wrijflit, sum ur pbu«
pIjHU p<i»di u Sold "iili in
KuVAI. BMslVti" lIiWIHK CO .
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