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A D V E R T IS IN G R A T E S R E A SO N A B L E .
L. P. 1'i-iiEii, A dvertising Agent, 21
M erchant's Exchange, Sun Francisco, is
nutliorized to receive Advertisements lo r
the colum ns of this paper.
M in e r a l D e p o s its a n d
en t* .
l.u m l P a t ­
AClictio correspondent whoso
communication appears elsewhere
in this number of T he P ost wish­
es to know if a patent from tho
Government vouchsafes a conclu­
sive Vtle to land on which mineral
deposits are nftorward ¡discovered.
As to the extent such a rule would
apply w0 are not
present pre­
pared to stato posititel v. There are
some late decisions of the Dopart-
e jJ of tim Interior directly i (>
nut, but we have no' pA sent
recourse to them. There i* an
exception in all recent patents
granted by tho Government in
favor of “ vt sted rights” to m in­
ing ground, and, from the word­
ing of the exception it is strongly
implied that the extension of a lode
onto or into patented land would
have to be respected in the posses­
sion of anoiher by the patentee.
In making final proof on Home­
stead and Pre-emption claims, the
evidence must disclose the non-
mineral el a acter of the land for
which patent is sought. Tho old
rule was, that the patentee ac­
quired title to “ everything from
tiie center of tiic earth to the sky.”
A lltn l A u g u sta .
The Mail makes the following
m illion of a hard case at M arsh­
field—Mrs. Agusta Seales—whose
mother laid but lately arrived
irom l ’aderland to make her future
li une with her daughter:
Last Monday Agusta Scales, who
h is figured more prominently in
our courts than almost any other
person, i witii a few exceptions)
w.isarrc! ted and tried before ju s­
tice Drown for assulliug her moth­
er, a very old woman who lately
••ane1 from D ntchland to make her
home with Agusta. The ease
was tried by a jury who found her
guilty ami she was fined fifty dol­
lars. The mother and daughter
had only been together a few
day> when the disgraceful affray
occurred.
Will Lake failed to connect on
tl. Newcastle mail route Monday
on account of the swollen stage
of Elk and Sixes rivers.
T h e N ew N a la r j I ,n w N om e M ore.
Bro. Upton, of the P ost , thinks
that the “ salary b ill” is the bete
noir of the last Legislature,and ap­
pears to think the adjustment is
unfair, that it requires all the time
of tho Clerk of Coos or C urry,
the same as it does of Marion,
hence each should liavo the same
pay, etc. That looks all right on
paper, but it took all the time un­
it fee system, but did they receive
the same pay?—Coos Bay News.
That might depend upon com­
parative swiftness with tho pen,
and relative adaptation for the
work in hand. Under tho fee
system ho received tho most for
his services who did tho most
work, like pay for like work being
the rule, with a few exceptions in
favor of some of the smaller coun­
ties, throughout tho Stato. Under
the amended or salary law, Alex
Stauff performs an amount of
work equal to that performed
by tho Marion county Clerk
for a considerable per cent, less
than half the latter function­
ary’s compensation. No Clerk
can “ do more than ho can do,”
and each Clerk ought, in justice,
got tho samo compensation as tho
others for the work ho does do.
There was but one wayumler the old
’m r ( r r k - r u xurrifim cmrn-
ty to make more out of the office
than the Clerk of Coos county
made (assuming that there was
work enough in the latter couuty
to keep the Clerk busy;) that was
by farming out at a prelit the work
of his office ill excess of what he
could do himself; and we have
known such tactics practiced in
one or two counties, yet the rule
with many Clerks
was
to
allow their deputies cent per
cent, of the legal proceeds of their
labor and skill. In the latter case
the Clerk of Coos aud ho of Marion
would be on an equal footing as to
the sum of their compensation. Is
T he P ost right, uiid if wrong,
wherein?
REflON: THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1SS1.
M t R e p r e h e n s i b l e P r a c t i c e .(
A p ' regret to note several of our
exchanges vouching editor; Ily for
this nostrum and that, by insert­
ing week after week in leaded
type and under headings set up in
the usual type employed fo* head­
ings to legitimate local and oditor-
al matter, pull’s furnished them by
nostrum venders, called “ fa d in g
notices.” Under the ecptidn, “ A
Word to O ur R eaders,’’ no less
than three country journals lying
before us commend to universal
favor a certain “ Kidney cure.”
Such notices are legitimate enough
as advertisements, bu t they should
be put in small type and so dispos­
a l the column as to indicate, their
true character. E ditors have sins
enough to answer for without
vouching for the potency and in ­
tegrity of the myriad remedies con­
stantly offered to “ suffering h u ­
m anity.” It is the rarity of edito­
rial endorsments which givi i such
endorsements value.
Capt. Tiehenor has been plow­
ing preparatory to putting1 in a
crop ol' oats near bis reside: co in
F o rt Orford. He has also been
am using himself for a few t iys in
R m-pwii H iii t e -ol wAodytg ,5 /AmdA-
dry flower-beds which uviron the
homestead.
I t is questionable whether the
immense jam of drift-wood lodged
between Battle Reek and the bluff
will be carried out before next
W inter—the season of high tides
and rough seas being about past.
A colony of Kansas immigrants
want land near the Coast to locate
upon. Plenty of Government
land in C urry county to be locat­
ed as homesteads, or titken under
the pre-emption laws.
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Mr. Jas. IL Griffith, formerly of
this placo, is now in Santa Bar­
bara, Cal., and writes that he is
much improved in health, and in­
A <><>»<! .Man (aonc.
tends remaining in that country,
Dr. J . C. Hawthorne was stricken for the present.
with paralysis last week in East
Monday next a meeting will be
Portland and never rallied, dying
within three days from the time of held in pursuance for law in this
experiencing tho stroke. D r. school d istrict of the eleotion of
Hawthorne was widely and favor­ one D irector and a d istric t Clerk.
ably known as the proprietor and
Bill N ortburg says ho has no
manager of tho East P ortland In ­ trouble with his neighbors to the
sane Asylum, for liis great kind­ westward of bis place (Japan) in
ness to, and success in the treat­ the m atter of joining fences.
ment of the maladies of the un­
A letter from Governor White-
fortunate beings whom great mis­
aker to Mr. Geo. Bennett, on the
fortune had placed under Iris
condition of appropriations for
charge. Deceased was about GO
F ort Orford and the Coquille will
vears of age, a genial, courteous
be printed next week.
man, and universally loved and
respected by all who new him. A
W. A. Luse baa nailed up the mill
model citizen, a skillful physician, at Em pire City and laid up two of
an amiable gentleman, his death his bay steamers and left.
creates a vacancy difficult to till.
Capt. Reed contemplates build­
J . F. M arrs’ school in E llens­ ing another vessel at Coos Bay be­
burg closed last Friday.
fore long.
C O K K I lS P O N n ilN C i:.
C iietco , February 23, 1SS1.
E ditors P ost .—A few days ago
as a couple of my neighbors,
Messrs. Taylor Finch and John
McCormack, were out hunting,
they came to a place where the
sand looked to be the right color
for gold diggings. On stooping
down and washing out a handful
of sand they discovered a few gold
colors. They then obtained a
shovel and in a short, time were
satisfied that their discovery would
pay to teat it more fully. So Mr.
Finch, getting his brother ami
Mr. McVeigh, sunk a hole abdnl 7
feet, when they struck an eld sea
beach log, proving that it was an
old sea beach. These mines, they
say, will pay after they get one
foot under ground ns deep down
as they have prospected, from i?5
to s'S a day to the hand. The
Finch
Brothers this evening
bought out Mr. McCormack in
these mines, and are very n c’eli
excited Gver the proanect. This
discovery was made tine: tnilcs
north of Cheteo river, on Mr.
H arris’s ranch.
Mr. E ditor, will you please
answer m e tolibv fng queslm n' for'
the benelit of those miners ami
these interested: Where a person
has made final proof and has a
good title to 1GG acres of land, can
he hold that claim after gold or
silver is found thereon, ami pre­
vent persons from taking mining
claims on his land and working
the same? We would he pleased
to have your opinion.
S ettle .«.
[Answer in another place.—E d .
1’ ost . ]
F loras C reek , I’eb. 21, ls s i.
E ditors P ost .—Thinking a lit­
tle history and description o f the
country hereabouts m ight not be
unintm-esling, I will endeavor to
give you seme of what I know of
my own persona, knowledge.
Willow lake is a lieautiful sheet
of water about half a mile wide,
and one and a half long. The
scenery around this lake is truly
beautiful. The banks on the cast,
south and part of the west arc
high, and in some places the bluffs
of solid rock stand up to the
water’s edge. On the west side
there is a ridge of sand about
three hundred yards wide between
the lake ami the ocean.
The banks form a succession of
capes and promontories. One of
the most interesting places around
this lake, in a historical point of
view, is Garden Point, so called
from having had a patch of pota­
toes planted there a few years ago.
It war, here that one of the
tribes of noble led men used to
quarter themselves during the
Summer season.
no . X
y/
July I, lSTt'i. a small partv of
the citizens of Floras creek held a
picnic on this point. The orator
of the day got up in the forks of a
tree about twenty feet from tho
ground, and made a few remarks
suited to the oeca.-ion, when thev
all hurrahed tor the Stuvorumont
of United G uts, or words to that
effect, ami adjourned to the beach
to pick up agates.
It was hero that Í met tin' dusky
maiden that first inspired the sweet
passion called love in my b reast.
I shall not attem pt a description
ot how she looked or h,»w she
dressed; suffice it to say sho was
the hello ot this tribe, and my
heart wiggled like a salmon i n ‘a
gill-net whenever I chancel to
meet her. It was hero I used tn
repair of moonlight nights to woo
the paragon of Indian beantx , and
sing serenade ami love ditties.
Here is a sample for a sample.
Oswect cloocliniiin Ily lonlcti, mat lvitic
behind thy light cunim,
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And w<> wili hyuc d a l e, i, and seek the
forest dim .
V e’|| leave b eh in d tile salt eliuek, w hem
I lie sill el' sillniun phi) ,
A ml we’ll lake a tenas aiootum when the
daylight lades a w a \,
Ami, vini vidi vici; she now .su­
perintends the cooking of my
clams.
Yours, etc.,
O ld J a key .
A sod i “ rick’
ci^iry-y
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The Mail, the mill men and the
loggers will bo attended to in our
next.
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Capt. Jno. Felt is lying very low-
lit Ellensburg with a disease of
the lungs, ami is not expected to
liye.
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Mr. L ightner, who carries I lie
mail between ( ’ ooh City ami Ban­
don is the only mail carrier who
has not failed to make his regular
(rips this W inter in ¡Southern O r­
egon. Coos Bay News.
To bo a success in the sensation­
al line one must be a suect ssful
sensationalist. Nothing succeeds
like success.
Judge Deafly was announced to
doliveru lecture nt Portland last
Thursday evening on “ Law and
Lawyers.” It is safe to wager a
pint of pea-nuts (hat the Jm lg
reserved the dark side of the pic­
ture.
A county warrant for the sum
of isoSG was recently presented to
the Treasurer of Boise county for
payment says the Idaho W orld,
upon which inh rest to the amount
of £HGO had accumulated. It was
drawn in INfifi.
There is a Bill Ixiforc the Cali­
fornia Legislature to abolish what,
is called “ the law of the ease,”
and Ihits allow the Supreme Court
to reverso its own decisions.
The Supremo Court of California
has already been conspicuous for
“ reversing its own decisions,”
as witness the Spring Valley case
in 1874, and the recent Carlton
homicide caso.
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