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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1876)
July. THE AVE ST SHORE. i. i.i ong- Ridglcy, J. D. Hoyt, W. Matthews, A. S. Whiting, Vm. Drummond, John Wilcox, and J. Lcwando. TURNERS. Two Gold Medals, rained respectively at tSo and $25 1st. prize, awarded to A. E. Miller. 2d. to G. Castcndieck. 1st. Society, Medal, P. Hatch; 2d., L. Brcnklc; 3d., A. Schuinan. TARGET SHOOTING. 1st. prize, Gold Medal, valued at $75, to Mr. Jas. McKay. 2d., silver plated, ivory handled Revolver, to J. S. Hughes. 3d., silver plated, ivory handled Revolver, to C. A. Francis. 4th., Shot Pouch and Powder Flask, to W. G. fleck. 5th., a pair of Chamois Horns, to O. P. Mason. MILLIARD TOl ItNAMKNT. Gold Medal, valued at 70, awarded to Josh Uavies, 2d. and 3d. prize, $50, to street. MILITARY DRILL. Gold Medal, valued at So, awarded to Washington Guard, Capt. II. Cook. WING SHOOTING. 1st prize, Gold Medal, valued at 75, and jo in coin, to J. W. Payne. 2d prize, $75 coin, divided between Messrs. Gearin, Nilcs, Welch, liybec, Jeffrey, Stephens, and Ankcny. PERCH12ROX HORSES. The cuts on this page represent two of the animals belonging to W. C. My ers' celebrated breeding farm, located in Ashland, Jackson county, Oregon. Mr. Myers has spent a great deal of time and money in the improvement of the domestic stock of the State, and the illustrations may be considered a fair sample of the success attained. He commenced this laudable work some twenty-three years ago, and his present list of fine stock embraces three pure bred imported Percberon stallions, three pure-bred Perchcron mares and four high grade marcs,the low est one y,, blood. Al so,eight head of pure bred Jersey cattle, considered by jud ges to be a fair rep resent a tion of the breed for Oregon, or any other State. With the Percbe ron horses and Jer sey cattle, Mr. My ers only began in 1S70, having previ ously given his atten tion to other breeds. The enlightenment of the present age teaches all stock-men the importance and necessity of having the best. Many of the leading stock growers of the coun try pronounce the Perchcron the best horse to breed from, for all purposes, and the Jersey cows are known ami read of all men for butter producing qualities. Wc congratulate Imth Mr. Myers ami "WHITE 110SE"-0wsed by W, C. Mykm. the State on the success he has wrought, iiiul can safely say that the great throng of visitors ;;t our Centennial celebra lion who have enjoyeil the pjivilege of seeing " White Prince," the old chief, and the " I rule of Perehe," the youn ger aspirant for public honors, pro nounce them to be one of the principal attractions of the. procession. THIS CRADLE OF LIllKRTY. Fauetiil Hall has been deiiominat cil " the Cradle of American Liberty," having been the popular gathering place of the Sons of Liberty during the in cipient stages of the Revolution. It was erected in 1742, at the sole expense of Peter Fancuil, IsqM of Hoston, and by him generously given to the town the basement for a market, with a spa- clous hall and other convenient rooms above for public meetings of the citizens, It was burned In 1761, but immediately rebuilt by order of the town. It was earlv consecrated to the cause of Ameri can Liberty; witnessed her infant strug gles, and rung with the shouts of her earliest victories. The spirit of the Revolution was enshrined within its I columns. The ancient thunders of its eloquence found a ready response on the battle fields of the war for indepen dence. It was beneath its roof that the spirit of our fathers1 was roused to that lofty enthusiasm, which led them up, ' calm and resolved, to the tlaming terrors of the mount of sacrifice, and won for us the glorious prerogative of an em pire whose foundations they lay deep in a profound regard for human liberty and human happiness, "It was be neath these venerable arches that the immortal Warren stood, the organ of public sentiment, and at the close of his impassioned address, after having de picted the labors, hardships and sacrifi ces endured by our ancestors, in the cause of liberty, broke forth in the thrilling words, the voice of nur fathers1 blood cries to us from the ground!' Three years only passed away; the solemn struggle had come on; fore most in council, he was also foremost in 111 the battle field, and offered him self a voluntary victim, the first martyr of the cause, t'poh the heights Churlestown, the last that was struck down, he fell, with n numerous band of kindred spirits, the gray haired veteran, the strip ling in the flower of youth, who had stood side by side through that dreadful day, and fell together, like the beauty of Israel, on their high places." From these walls, which had so often echoed to the silver tongue of Thatcher; the fiery el oquence of Otis; the bold language of Quincy, and elevated sentiments of Ad ams, there had gone forth the doctrine that America must be unoppressed or must become independent. Such was the education and quality of the men of America when the con test came, which was to strew our cities with ashes anil drench our hill-tops with the best blood of her sons. "Ages on ages may pass, and the growing millions of America may overflow the utter most regions of this continent, but never can there be 1111 American citizen, who will not bear in his condition, in his pursuits, in his welfare, some trace of what was counselled and said and lone within these sacred walls. Wherever 11 regenerated nation, start up in its might, shall burst the links of steel that enchain it, the praise of our venerated fathers1 shall be the pre lude of their triumphal song. That which made these men, and men like them, cannot die. The hand that traced the charter of independence is indeed motionless, the eloquent lips that sus tained it are hushed; but the lofty spirits that conceived, resolved, matured, maintained it, and which alone to Mich men 'make it life to live these cannot expire: "TliofonliJill rt'HlHt ihiiiiilrA"f ilfoiiy "When Nino Ihii'it, inl worliln Imvo piumm) itwny; "(Villi In Mm ltml ihrt porhlioil hi'itrt nuiy lln, "Hut Hint, wlilRliwiirmnl It imi,cnn never tile." Not contvnt with swimming the channel and getting a fortune as a tes timonial, Capt. Wehb has taken to lec turing on swimming 111 London. Win. Slaiger's Marble Yards, at Salem, are the lar gest in this State; in fact, sonic of the very best monu ments erected on the different cemeteries in both Oregon and Washington Tcrri-, tory were executed by Mr. Staigcr. He is also an extensive and in fact the only dealer in Oregon in ready made Foun tains, Vases, and Statuary. "PKIDE OP PEBt'HE"-Ow-(ED r W.CHrcH. A Loudon paper has this remarkable item: "The latest American wonder is an educated sturgeon belonging to a Mr. Pell of Albany. This useful pet is harnessed to 11 boat, which is drawn nt the rate of twenty miles an hour." Pennsylvania has 2$ liter breweries; Wisconsin, 232 ; X. V., J03; Cab, 20a; Oregon only 22.