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1 œ b r o t k Ï c m o c r a i. M. J. SHEPHERD, E d it o r . OUR LA G R A N D E L E T T E R . L a G r a n d e . July 8th. 1874. E d it o r D e m o c r a t :— A s Bonus fur nishes all the locals about Union I B a k e r C ity, J u ly 1 5 , 1874. TH E BEDROCK DEM OCRAT a s th e L a r g e s t C ir c u la tio n o f any P a p e r P u b lis h e d in E a ste rn O re g o n . C irculation 1,050 copies. O F F IC IA L PAPER For tue Counties of B a k e r and G r a n t. TO D E L IN Q U E N T S ! W e have a large number of sub scribers names on our books who have not paid one cent for their pa per for the past two years. To all such we will here say that if they do cot call and settle their accounts within thirty days that they will find them in the hands of an attorney for collection. W e must have money to meet our engagements, and those who owe us must settle up. W e are in earnest. We hate to dun our cus tomers, but necessity compels us to do so. Pay up and save cost. ggjut «’■rngzaizraragaa O U R 'R A IL R O A D . W e had quite a long conversation with Col. W . W . Chapman, on his return from Washington last week, in relation to the prospects of the success of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. The Col. is very sanguine as to the future suc- cuss of this important road. He in forms us that all our Members of Congress have done their utmost in aid of the passage of the bill now be fore Congress, and that the pros pect for its passage at an early day, after the convening of Congress again, is very fair and encouraging to the friends of the measure, and as soon as the bill passes there are capitalists ready and willing to ad vance the funds to build a first class road. It will take considerable work yet to accomplish the success of this, to us, vital and important work, and the people of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and especially of Eastern Oregon, must not relax their exer tions for the accomplishment of this great work. They are still called upon $ act in concert and with a will, in every way possible, to give aid and comfort to our Members of Congress and Col. Chapman in their efforts to obtain a favorable termina tion of their labors. With proper aid and support from the people of this section of the State it is possible that the work of grading a portion of the road between this and Port land— around the portages— may be commenced yet this fall, before the convening of Congress. This would be of great benefit to the ultimate success of the enterprise. Col. Chap man deserves great credit for his in domitable energy and perseverance in this great work, and our people should, in every way possible, give him all the aid and encouragement they possibly can in his noble and unselfish action in their behalf. We need not look for an outlet from any other source but thro’ this railroad, and for what has been done in aid of its success we are more indebted to Col. Chapman than to any other per son,. He uas been working for its success for several years past, anu at first he was looked upon as a vision ary, and as one working for an ob ject which could not be accomplish, ed, but now we find that the work is practicable, and that a vast country and the wants of a great people de mand its success, and the b lilding of the road is a necessity that cannot longer be delayed with justice to Or egon Idaho and Washington, as well as to other portions of the United States lying east of the Rocky Moun tains. This road is attracting the atten tion of European capitalists, and if we have not home capitalists who are ready and willing to take hold of the work and complete it, w‘e can find foreign capitalists that will. will give yon one from this place: Judge Brainard and R. S. Cates arrived in town last Monday— the former to settle up with the old offi cers, and to install the new ones, while the latter was the Clerk elect, an! was duly installed with the rest of the new officers, though, at first, Elack, the ex Clerk, seemed to think he had a right to hold over, but pub lic opinion gave away somewhat, snd he concluded to let the new officer in. The County Seat question eviden tly -was the cause of these false moves, for that night Lawrence, of Baker City, arrived in town, post haste, for something had to be did— then the old subscription paper was passed around with a subdued re quest ‘ ‘ Give me $25— You, sir, $50” — and so on, as somebody had to go to the Dalles to gat an injunction to prevent this d— d County Board from moving the County Seat. Then it" was you could hear a rustling noise, as a “ mighty rushing wind,” but on closer inspection it was a volumni ous complaint containing the grounds upon which they expected to get their much coveted injunct ion, which is supposed to read about as follows: “ My Dear Judge McArthur, Your Honor— Us La Granders have got ourselves into a bad scrape; the peo ple of the county up here have voted the County Seat away from us by a large majority. Now, your Honor, although we acknowledge in our complaint that we counted the vote ourselves, and went into the canvass on that count and were beaten by a large majority, we ask you to inter pose the judicial power of your Courts until we can convince the people up here that we counted the Cove out and La Grande in when the C‘ ve had a majority over La. Grande.— Now, your Honor, this isn’t perjury, it is only a little sharp practice to beat Union, and if you will prosti tute your Court to our mercenary pur poses we will ever revere your decision.” Such as this seems to be their last resort. They have lost everything but the shadow, and they are fast losing that. It shows to what straits those are driven who have the i l l e g a l management of this shameful, perfidious affair. It can hardly be expected that a Judge of the legal proficiency and honor of Judge McArthur will pros titute his Court to the selfish motives of these parties by interposing the edict of his Court to stifle the will of a large majority of the people as expressed at a legally called elec tion. But as these parties have bilked the people of La Grande out of sev eral hundred dollars, o f course some showing had to be made, though fruitless the effort may be, that they had tried to swindle the peoole out of their vote on the county seat question under the coloring of law. Thus, you see, if perfidy was a virtue bow transcendantly glorious« sortie people would be. l e t this class of persons who are ever ready to pros titute the holy calling of their man hood to the basest of purposes are always first to thrust themselves for ward as paragons of virtue, and they wonder why the people are so stupid as not to appreciate their greatness. They aspire to be law givers—little thinking that they are the exact per sons whom the law is intended to govern. How different it is from the ancient Roman day, when no greater indignity could be offered than hold ing the law in disrepute or executing it in insincerity. j chise. and at the same time clamor | for the liberty of the press, it strikes directly at the palladium of civil lib erty, to cheat its patrons out of their birth right, although ostensibly in nocent, its poison is certain and its innocence at best is not probable,for it has lent its influence thus far for the subversion of the best interest of the country by catering to the worst passions of the supremely selfish.— Yet we find the press of our town en gaged in this business when ic pub lished those fabricated communica tions of Batter and Coggins, and by so doing became p a r t e ce p s c r im i - n u s of the fraud. In conclusion I will say that a spirit of vanity did not invite this letter but it is heart felt. PRO BONO PUBLICO. O UR W E ST O N L E T T E R . Ogn., July 10th, 1874. D e m o c r a t : —The July term of the County Court convened on Monday last and will probably adjourn on Saturday of this w eek.- The new officers elect have sworn in and entered upon the duties of their several offices. The Commissioners Court now consists of Hon. H. G. Yoakum, County Judge, and Messrs. Bowman and Rodgers, Commission ers’ The outgoing officers have made settlements with the county court, and have left everything in good shape for the present incumbents.— Should they conduct the affairs of our County with as much ability and economy as their immediate prede cessors it will be all that the people will require of them. Mr. Nye, our former Sheriff, is, I am told, going to settle near Weston, where he owns and cultivates a large farm. The 99th Anniversary of American Independence was celebrated by the people of Weston and vicinity in grand style. The Declaration of In dependence was read by Mr. Pur- rington, Prayer by Rev. H. C. Jen kins, and the Oration was delivered by Hon. N. Caton. of Walla Walla. There was a Liberty Car drawn by four white horses, and containing thirty six young girls dressed in white— representing the States of our Union. There was a large concourse of people assembled, and all seemed to enter into the full enjoyment of of our great National Holiday. The Oration of Mr. Caton was listened to with marked attention. He was at times eloquent and his speech on this occasion showed a master of power of condensing past history and presenting it to his hearers in a beautiful manner. There was plenty for everybody to eat, and it may be said that we had a very good time generally. I cannot close this communication without mentioning the Weston Glee Club, consisting of the young gentlemen and ladies of our town who sang beautiful songs from time to time during the exercises, and you know Shakspeare says “ He that hath no music in his soul, and is not moved by the con cord of sweet sound, is fit for trea son, stratagems and spoils,” and so says LA R R Y . W eston , E dito r Mart Brown says: “ A young A l bany couple were out on a doorstep, on Gospel Ridge, late last Sunday night, looking at the comet, now visible in Mie northern heavens. At least it -was evident the young lady wanted to see the comet, because she was overboard to tell the young gent to “ keep h is face out of the way, so she could see the comet!” — Then there was a noise line the sud den drawing of a ii orse’s hoof out of the stiff mud, and then— and t h e n - well, the old man thrust his head out at the front door of Ahat house,and the young astronomers turned their backs to each other, and .began coun ting the stars aloud with great ve hemence. The old man t old them that the spheroidal mass wh ich they had been so diligently contem plating on the ethereal dome, scarce ly de manded any more of their united at tention that evening, and the young man would very much oblige him by peregrinating in the direction of his own locai habitation at that i m mediate period of time, or he would enable him to see stars with more muititudinosity. The young man didn’t further wait upou the order of ‘ gettin,’ but ‘got’ at once.” But the C oup d ’ e l a t o ! the whole affair was the laud speculation of Cage Baker and others to claudes tineiy obtain votes for La Grande by lubricated dispatches from oeiow that the Railroad Bill had passed, and that they had received large sums of money with which to buy land on the line of the road, which would L i t i g a n t L a w . — We see that sev run from Ladd Canyon direct to en!! papers have come out against Summerville, leaving Union out.— thJJJi jfcgant Law. They are afraid Now the silliness of this 6Vaud to lF ftfefeth e law and let the people Stroke of Policy is only noticeable reapfcidid ¿judge of it themselves, but from the fact that it was conceived, iti UO^^instance mis-construe it,and brought forth and executed by the tr^o^d^ceive the people in refer elite of the county, (?), and promul enS 0 i'°d i'j; If they wish to act fair gated by the press on the eve of the The work of providing life saving in tifcPjSiatter, let them publish the election; and he who incubated this stations on the Lakes and the Pacific ia#p#te4iBshort and will be more im- fraud to deceive the people in vot coast will be commenced soon. Sta fif their readers than their ing, (or one of the prime plovers in tions on the Lakes and the Pacific m ig ^p ^en ta tion s of its provisions. it), is a temperance lecturer and a 'coast will be life boat stations, pro vided with accommodations for ap Tl^iyefjple want to see, read and teacher of public morals. paratus and boats, Some will be And when the press will prosti- furnished with regular crews, and jnelj^qtfrits merits for themselves.— GtSftlpfei&h, if you do not wish to de- i tute itself to the bape purpose of others, it is expected, will be operat ceive Ee^pcpple, publish the law. ! cheating the people out of their fran- ed bv volunteer crews. LATE YEWS. the course of a few weeks. The Commissioners certainly mean business, and will no doubt push B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON , the road to early completion. The comet continues to grow B R O K E R A N D A S S A Y gj. larger and more brighter every DEALER night and will continue to do so until about the first of August, when <3Sr o 1 <3L ID it will gradually pass away again, ’« ■ a t just as mysteriously as it came. —AND— A large number of freight teams loaded this week at French & Co’s and at R. Grant & Co’s for Grant -A L S O - county. The freighting business seems to be getting quite lively. Mr. Andrew Lytle, of Ochoeo, was in town during the week. He informs us that everything in the Office— First door north Odd Fellow’s k „ way of sheep, cattle, horses and I.n49v2tfj crops were doing exceedingly well. Their section of country is receiving many new additions in the way of If Farmers and others do not furnish^ settlers and stock of all kinds. hay, grain, & c., when we notify thetn of The maiM between here and Port our wants, we must have money to pay f0 land ere still carried on horses to the Lower Cascades. From that poin the sam e. W e want the pay for 0Ur labQ they are taken by the steamer Otter and intend to have it, even if we have to to Portland. The mails arrive here m ake cost on those indebted to us. ^ regular on schedule time. are tired o f begging and pleading for w]j The weather since Thursday has is due us. assumed somAhing like a summer attitude- the thermometer on these two days having reached 100 degrees The Old, Reliable and Well Established * in the shade. For several weeks past, owing to the cold winds blow D E M O C R A T IC PAPER ing down on us from the snow OF capped mountains, everything be E a s t e r n Oregon, longing to the vegetable kingdom Can and will furnish more good readinp. has been at a stand still. Now, however, nature has resumed her matter and reliable Locai and Foreign news than any other paper in Oregon, 1 work and everything is lovely. J A S . W . VIR TU E " W a s h i n g t o n , July 7.—The Indian Commissioners to day received a telegraphic report from John D. Mills, Indian Agent at Osage City, Kansas, which states that hostile Cheyennes, Coinanches aDd Kiowas appeared near Cheyenne and • Ar- rapho Agency on the 2d inst, and killed and scalped five persons. Troops were temporarily granted from Fort Sill to protect the Agency. Mr. Mills with an escort proceeded to Lee and Reynolds’ ranches, where the Indians made an attack and were repulsed. Four men were found murdered and scalped near by, and three wagons loaded with provisions for Harwood Agency, destroyed. One victim had been tied to the wagon and burned. At the next ranch teamsters, etc., were gathered. They reported that one hundred Indians had passed that morning. Mr. Mills advised all ranchmen to abandon their places, which was done. There are now bnt two ranches occupied on this road. The Indians will doubtless clean every thing till aepulsed. Mr Mills, in return for the offer of his own life to save others, asks for two or three companies of cavalry to protect the Government interests between the Cheyenne Agency and Caldwell. The Military Department has endorsed his request. The hostile Indians number about 2,000. The War Department to day tele graphed to Gen. Pope, commanding the department of the Missouri, directing him to use the Sixth Caval ry in Kansas and Indian Territory to break up the raids being made by hostile Cheyennes, and Kiowas and Coinanches, and forco them upon their reservations. S t . L o u i s , July 8 — A letter from M. C. Myers says the Indians attacked his ranch on Canadian river June 27th and killed three men. After three hours’ fighting they were repulsed with a loss of eleven killed. C h e y e n n e , W y ., July 8th.— Au thentic information has just been receivedv from the war party, supposed to be northern Sioux, who attempted the capture of a party of soldiers, were followed out ot Wind River valley by the Shoshone scouts and tr iled to th ir camp, some twenty-five miles east of noVth of Camp Brown. A party of troops and Shoshone scouts was organized, under command of Captain Bates, and Lieutenant Yonng Fourth In- fantrvs commanding the scouts. They followed the trail for three nights, and on the morning of the third caine up to and attacked the Indians, killing and wounding about fifG Sioux, and capturing over a hundred head of horses. Three soldiers were killed, and three wounded. Lieutenant Young was wounded, but not seriously. These Indians have been committing < ep- redations along the frontier for some time. W a s h in g t o n , July 9 . —The War Department to day received dis patches confirming the accounts of a battle with the Sioux in Nebraska. Lieut. Young is reported dangerous ly wounded. Reports from Captain Joseph Bush, in the lower part of Dakota, and from Captain Carlisle Boyd, at the. Cheyenne Agency, state that the Indians are in a warlike mood. Col. John E. Smith, of the 14th Infantry, writes from Camp Robeson, Neb., June 22d, that the Indians recently arrived report that large war parties are destined for va cions parts of Nebraska. General Rugglee, Assistant Adjutant General of the Department of the Platte, in forwarding the dispatch says: “ The Department Commander has been no ified of the movements of these Indians, and steps have been taken to intercept them. W e take the following items from the Idahy Statesman: John Walcott, while mining on Dry Creek a few days ago, was caved ou bj’ a. bank ami struck in the back with a rock causing severe injuries and covering him up with dirt, but leaving bis head exposed. They turned the hose on and sluiced him out. but found his injuries very se vere. He suffered a good deal for two or three days but h*e is now out of danger. . During: the evening of the Fourth of July,M r. F. E. K e l lo g g , of our city while standing in the passage way of the pavilliou looking at the dancing party, turned around carelessly to pass out and rntule a mis step which r, suited in the dislocation of the ankle joint and an obiiquo fracture of the fibula or outer Pone of the light leg, two inches above and extending down to the joint. He suffered terribly from the injury but is now comfortably and doing well. We take the following items from the Mountaineer: Pursuant to ad journment the Commissioners of the JJalies and Sandy Road, met at the Dalles on the 6th instant— present J. B. Orossen, Chairman. J. M. Mardeu and D. Monasters. The bids for building two and three quarter miies-from the up per to the middle landing at the Cascades with necessary 'bridges was let to O. Humason for the sum of $5,700 in warrants—or $3,800 in gold coin rating warranto at % cents on the dollar. Mr. Humason,s bid was the loweot by $700. He has given bonds for the faithful performance of the contract and will commence work immediate ly- The road will be sixteen feet in width and of a very light grade. \\ e are informed by the Chairman of the.Board that the balance of the road will be advertised to be let in 66 m .fill SILVER J! EXCHANGE 3 GEEEHBA^ TI1E BEDRO CK »EM 0 CR.1T _ ____________ ■ — — ------------ — Yow is the Time to subscribe. is the custom among a certain class of peo pie when a member of the family falls sick, to begin at once to ask, “ Now what can you eat?” Every one has heard the story of the man who always ate eighteen apple dumplings when he was sick On one occasion when he was engaged upon his eighteenth, his litte son said:— “ Pa, give me a piece.” “ No, no my son, replied the father, “ go away; pa is sick.” When a young man has surfeited in season and out of season until exhausted nature gives way. and a fever is coming on, the good mother is in trouble. She anxiously enquires, “ Now John, what can you eat?” You must eat sometlrng? Peo ple can’t live without food?” Then comes toast and tea, &c. The sto mach is exhausted and no more needs stimulating or food than a jaded horse needs a whip. Nine-tenths of the diseases may be prevented by a few days’ starvation when the fi rat indications appear. I don’t mean complete abstinence in every case, butgperhaps a piece of coarse bread with cold water for "drink. If such a policy was generally adopted, what ruin wonlcf over take the med ieu 1 profession. How many physic ians would lack for patients! E a t in g W hen S i c k . — It Oregon, you are hereby required to ap pear in the County Court, for Baker Coun ty, Oregon, by the First day of the next Regular Term thereof, to tie holden at Baker City, in sai<i County, commencing on Monday, September 7th, 1874, and an swer the complaint of the above named Plaintiffs, in above entitled action, filed in said Court against you, and you are hereby notified that unless you so appearand an swer, the Plaintiffs will take judgment against you for the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy Dollars.and thirty-eight cents, with interest on Two Hundred and Thirty- three Dollars and Thirty-eight cents of said sum at Ten per cent per annum, from June 10th, 1873, and ini crest on Thirty-sev en Dollars of said sum, at Ten percent per annum, from October 1st, 1872, together with costs and disbursements of action. By order of Hon. I). B. Scofield, Judge of said Court, dated July 7th, 1874, this Sum mons is directed to he published once per week, for six successive weeks, in th e B edrock D e m o c r a t , at Baker City, O re I. D. ITAIN ES, Att’y for Plaintiffs. O TIC E Sale E state. IS of HEREBY Eeal G IV E N , that in pursuance of the order of the County Court of Baker County, Oregon, made on the 9th day of July, 1874, in the matter of the Estate and Guardianship of Sarah Lowe, minor, the undersigned, the Guardian of the said estate and person of Sarah Lowe, minor, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for Cash,?at (gold coin) subject to confirmation by said court, ou Saturday, the 13th day of August, 1874, at at one o’clock, P. M., at the Court House door, in Baker City, Ba- kei County, Oregon, all the right, title, interest and estate of his ward, Sarah Lowe, minor, in and to all that certain real Estate, known as the Canyon creek ditch and water right and appurtenances, situate, lying and being in the said Baker County, Oregon, at Amelia, more particu larly described as follows, to-wit: One third undivided interest in said ditch , wa- er right, a« d appurtenances, subject to thJ right of Dower therein, of Mary Ann Lowe. Dated July 10,1874, Baker City, Oregon. I D. Haines, Guardian of Estate and person of sareh Lowe, minor. n!0nl4 « » « a m East of the Cascade Mountains. It is the Live, Peoples’ Paper— it is owned by no Ring or Clique------and wonts lor the inter ests of the People, the Democratic Party, and of Eastern Oregon. d F E o .A. JST C E , JOSEPH MAJNAUBAS, Proprietor, B AK ER CITY, OREGON. fg H H E P R O P R IE T O R H A S B ought JL the Hotel Restaurant, next door to me Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord & Whitcomb^ t\nu has fitted the same up in the best style as a Hotel, on the French Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac commodate the Public, and is determined to give entire .satisfaction. The House is open from five o’clock in the morning until twelve at night, dua-ing which time customers will be supplied with The best of everything to bo had in the A R K E T . E A - R M Y ’S E FLU ID ' E X T R A C T N T H E NAM E OF T H E STA TE DF Guardian’s A dvertisin g Medium K In thé County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Baker. O. S. Buehland and J. W. Virtue, partners, Plaintiff’s. against James M. Cummings, Defendant. To James M. Cummings, Defendant: n!0nl6 OREGON, Baker City, July 4 ,1874.-n9tf Summons. gon. EASTERN and is constantly and rapidly increasing iB circulation, anu is ihe best M HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Ï You are certain to get your paper and ina»a. zmes, and need have no tear» of eitueiqjf tneai giving out or dying before tae enci0f the year. The BEDROCK DEMOCRAT now has a larger paying subscription list than any other two papors pubiisheu in ? The only known remedy for BRIGHT’S DISEASE. And a positive remedy for GOUT, GRAVEL, STRICTURES, DIABE TES, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DE- RIL1TY, DROPSY, Non-retention or Inconvenience of Uniue, Irritation, luflamation or Ulceration of the BLABBER and KIM M S, SPE RM ATORRH CEA, Leucorrheea or Whites, Disease of the Pros trale Giaud, Stone m ihe Bladder, Colcuius Gravel or Brick dust Deposites and Mueas or Milay Disenarges. K FAK xN F V S E x tra ct B u ch u Permanently Cures all Diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys and Dropsical Swellings, Existing in Men, Vi omen and Children, NO M A TTE R W H A T T H E AGE! Prof. Steele says: “ One boRle of Kearney’s Fluid Extract Buchu is worth more than all other Bucnus commned.” Price, One Dollar per Bottle, or Six Betties for Five Dollars. D ep o t, 1«4 B n a n e S t., N ew YoiTs. A Physician in attendance to answer cor respondence and give advice gratis. Send stamp for Pamphlets, free. C ran e & B rig h a m , Wholesale Agents, San Francisco, Cal. To The N e r y o n s and D s bilitataA OF BOTH SEXES. No Charge for Advice and Consultation. D . D , r J. B. yott graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Phnaueiphia, author of several valuable works, can be consulted on all diseases of the.Sexual or Urinary Organs, (which he has made an especial study) eitueer in male or female, no matter from what cause originating or how long standing. A practice oi 30 years enables him to treat dis eases with success. Lures guaranteed.— Charges reasonable. Those at a distance can forward letter describing symptoms and en closing stamp to prepay postage. Send tor the Guide to Health. Price, 10c. J. B. D Y u l’T , M. D ., Physician and Surgeon, l o i Duane St., N. Y. January 21, 187-i-ly. NOTICE. If the Stomach is wrong all is wrong. TARRANT’S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER ioi bidden to credit or harbor my wife APERIENT, i»i..tilda Parker on my account, as i will While acting as a corrective upon that organ, not be .responsible for debts of her con gently expels all morbid matter from the al tracting, as she has left my bed and board imentary canal, and imparts a healthful ac- i without just cause or provocation. tivity to the sluggish liver. For sale bv the I Baker City, June „0, 1874. whole drug trade. 1 n8nll W ESLEY PARKEK. LL PEBSO X s A R E HEREBY