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C rre n i 'i . » P r o m t’»«.'».
‘ • A .N í íT I f l E l í r u t i l e r ò î î j ; a J ÏC I» .
O Í .I.N .”
m ig h ty
C o lu m b ia th ro w n open
to free n a v ig a tio n fo r riv e r c ra ft,
U n d e r th e above c a p tio n tho the im m ense s u rp lu s of th e-reg io n a
S ta n d a rd co p ies from T he ! ’■ s r J '.a st of th e M o u n tain s w ill, in
o u r a rtic le w hich a p p e a re d late ly consonance w ith a law as im m u ta ­
sh o w in g th a t th e U m p q u a valley ble as th a t w hich im p els w a te r to
m u st look th is way fo r an o u tle t seek its level, p o u r in to th e lap of
,
to th e w o rld s m a rk e ts, w ith th is th e co m in g M etro p o lis on P u g e t
S ound.
left-h a n d e d p reface:
I t is p o ssib le, yea p ro b a b le ,
“ Wo have seen as h ig h as five
a n d id a te s lo r an otlice, n o t one of th a t, w ith in one sin g le decade
w h o n i h ad a n y p e r s o n a l t r e n g t h , . f ronl th is d ate, “ even little P o rt
y e t each ot th em laid th e flatter-
,• i
. ,,
r
, h i is soul , th a t m
.
O rto rd . , in C u rry c , o u . n ty " , w ill far
m g u n c tio n to
... .1
.... l i
•« ly
i mi
Pl ! » P o rtla
I •»>■
o u f ts trip
n »/• d in in iiAituloiinn
p o p u latio n
su
ch a crow
d he m • ig i h t . p o ssib
sq u eeze in. In view of th e ra il­ a n d w ealth , and a ll th e elem en ts
road ta lk , th a t is th re a te n in g all of a M e tro p o lis in fact. T h e tin-
s o rts of th in g s to all s o rts of
. v iu s o f r a i.'
d e s tin y J p o in ts th is wav.
p la ces w ith in a rad
th o u - • 8 e r
sand m iles of th is c ity , even little ,
Hurt 801110 p o in t on th e S o u n d
A n I n d e p e n d e n t J o u r n n ) , d e v o t e d io t h e I n t e r e s t s o f t h e M<>athirl« >
P o rt O rfo rd , in C u rry co unty,r w ill soon loom u p as a form id ab le
C o u n tie s G e n e r a lly , a n d o f C u r r y C o u n ty P a r t i r n t e r i y
p ric k s u p its e a rs and p re p a re s rival of P o rtla n d is q u ite too o b v i­
its e lf to becom e a g re a t s h ip p in g
o u s for a rg u m e n t.
p o in t."
In a g e n e ra l su m m ary of the
a p p re c ia tio n of valin s of real e s­
tate ill the several S tate found in
the R e p o rt of the ('om uii holier of
A g ric u ltu re for 1S7',(, the I'acilic
S ta te s ex hi bit the sm allest per cent,
in crease. 'Phi ■ fact is e rro n e o u sly
ex p lain ed b \ tin* ( 'o m in i doner as
th e re s u lt of tin* labor ag ita tio n in
( ' ilifo rn ia. O regon is d u m p ed
in to th e a cco u n t mi 1 m ade to
sh a re C a lifo rn ia 's d in iin u ti m m
valu es; otherw ise, iustoad of tho
th re e j»er ei nt. a p p re c ia tio n as com ­
T h e P o rtla n d p a p e rs all s triv e
p a re d w ith the last re p o rt, th a t
A P I T I F I J. If V ANSI».'«.
Ktate hail show n an uctual re- to m ake it a p p e a r th a t P o r t O rfo rd
I t h a v in g g me o u t th a t an in-
•
•
tro g ra d a tio n . T he e rr o r of the in p a rtic u la r, an d C u rry c o u n ty v estig atio
n in s titu te d by M r. S ec­
in
g
e
n
e
ra
l,
a
m
o
u
n
t
to
so
little
C o m m : c o in r in account ¡ng fo r t lie
re ta ry W indom in to the affairs of
are so in lin ite ssiin a l in c o m p a r­
m eager advance, is, in a ttr ib u tin g
tho T re a s u ry u n d e r h is p red e c e ss­
the sam e to th e la b o r a g ita tio n , ison w ith o th e r p o in ts —as to o r M r. S h e rm a n , h ad dev elo p ed
h itc h cause had a b so lu te ly n o th in g sc arc e ly d eseiv o a sn e er. W ait. som e v ery ra n k cro o k ed n ess, th e
t ) do w ith th e effect co m p lain ed W e shall sco w hat we sh all see.
la tte r m ade som e severe s tr ic tu r e s
P o rtla n d is by no m ean s “ o u t
of. T he sources of th e C om m is-
of a R e p u b lic a n p a p e r in W a sh ­
hioner’s in fo rm atio n have been of th e w o o d s.” T h e a p p a re n t im^ in g to n tho occasion fo r th e in tro -
m islead in g m ost p r o b ib ly from p o rta n c e of th a t tow n is v ery m an . d u e tio n in to th e S enate d u r in g th e
th e stand p o in t of in te r e s t and ife stly th e re s u lt of a c c id e n t. ThS e x tra session of tho R esolution
p re ju d ic e . T he c ro w n in g p ro d u ct c o n d itio n s w h ich have c o n tr ib ­ c a llin g fo r th e re,»ort evolved o u t
e f I In- lab o r a g ita tio n w as th e now u ted to its g ro w th so fa r have of said in q u iry , o m ittin g tho u su al
C o n s titu tio n , and th a t p ro d u ct was been a b n o rm a l. T lieso fac ts its re q u e s t th a t tho sam e be a c c o m p a ­
rat ¡tied by th e decisive p o p u la r p re ss realize, a n d hence th e se n e r ­ nied by tho te stim o n y o n w h ich
m ajo rity of litccn th o u sa n d votes. vous, sp asm o d ic e ffo rts to beat said r e p o r t w as based.
T h e tru e cause of til • d e c lin e, and back shadow s. T h ese a tta c k s u p ­
M r. P a rle y ,
s u p p o s in g th a t
tlie cause w hich o u g h t to have been on rival p o in ts m ore th a n evince tlio
s in g u la r
o m issio n
hail
o b v io u s to the C o m m issio n er even a su sp ic io n on th e p a r t of th e been th e re s u lt of in a d v e rta n e e ,
id th e great di d a n c e th at fu n c tio n ­ people of P o rtla n d th a t th e si»- offered an a m e n d m en t p ro v id in g
ary was located from th e scene, p rem acy of th e place as a com ­ fo r th e su b m issio n of th e evidence
was th ' u n p re c e d e n t ■ I d r o u g h t of m ercial m e tro p o lis is in se c u re. w ith th e re p o rt. Im a g in e h is s u r ­
1X77. T h e
d is a s te rs
of
th a t T h e re q u ire m e n ts of th e com ­ p rise w hen M r. S h e rm a n p ro ceed -
Paciti , ï ' Ted v ig o ro u sly to re sist tho am end-
d ro u g h t were f ar-re a c h in g and m erce of . th e g r e , a t N o rth
. . . .
,
...
o v e rw h e lm in g . T h e in ju s tic e to e o u n try nave o u tg ro w n P o r tla n d *
n ien t, w h ic h w as finally voted
O re g o n in d ru g g in g h e r in to th e ca p ac ity to accom m odate it, ami dow n by a p a rty vote, th e obeso
breech to save C a lifo rn ia , w hich each su c c e e d in g y e a r w ill m ake I). 1>. (D ead D uck) D avid D avis,
S ta te o u g h t to be left to stan d ol­ th is fact m ore m an ifest. T he
v o tin g w ith th e m a jo rity , th u s
iali mi its own m *rits or d e m e rits, difficu lties of n a v ig a tio n on th e h e lp in g tho R e p u b lic a n s to tu rn
for
is, in the lig h t of the facts paten t W illa m e tte a n d C o lu m b ia
a n o th e r s h a rp c o rn e r. O f c o u rse ,
to every in tc llc g e n t person on th is ocean c ra ft, m u st, of n e c essity , in tho lig h t of th is p ro c e e d in g ,
('o a s t, p ro v o k itig lv a p p a re n t. A n­ keep fre ig h t rate s so h ig h as to be people of a ll sh ad es of p o litical
o th e r and seco n d ary ex p la n a tio n out of all p ro p o rtio n to th e e a rn ­ belief m u st re g a rd th e c a llin g fo r
ings of th e in d u s trie s
w hich
for C a lifo rn ia ’s c o m p a rativ i' beg
th e report, by M r. S h e rm a n as th e
I al ly show ine, in 187'J-HJ m ust be must, be taxed to p ro v id e th e re ­
v e rie st sham , a n d h is p re te n se
f m ud in th e fact th a t, d u r in g th " q u ire d p ro fits on tra n s p o rta tio n th a t lie d e sire d tho “ facts laid
y e a rs 1871 77, and 7(5, a very car to and from tho place. A lready b a re ” as sim p le m a sq u e ra d in g .
nival of sp e cu la tio n a n d co n se ­ cargoes of w heat grow n in th e Wil«
I t is c e rta in e n o u g h th a t S h e r ­
q u e n t inlkition of p ric e s of real L unette valley a re seek in g b lu e m an knew ju s t w hat th e “ r e p o r t”
s h ip s
at T acom a; n n d K
e s ta te , sw ept o v er th e S tate. T h is w ater
w ould be, and th a t by a d ro it s h u f ­
th
o
u
g
h
Mr.
Y
¡Hard
m ay a tte m p t to
u n n a tu ra l “ boom ” c o u ld not but
fling it w ould be m ade to s u b s ta n ­
react to h er d iscom tit in the com ­ a rre s t th e in e v ita b le for a w hile
tia lly a c q u it him of p a rtic ip a tio n
p a riso n of fu tu re fig u res w ith those in favor of P o rtla n d by in te r p o s ­
in th e c ro o k e d n e ss w h ich he d id
i f th e past.
\n l here ag ain . O re ing p ro h ib ito ry tariffs on b is r a il­
n o t den y had e x iste d an d been h a­
goti, w hich h a i been g u ilty of road from K alam a to T acom a,
b itu a lly am i b ra z e n ly p ra c tise d in
none of tli" e \" .'u s e rs w hich had sueli an em b a rg o m u st, in th e n a­
his
D e p a rtm e n t, lla d tho tiles of
re e ,tiled w ith such deadly effect tu re of th in g s , b<> b ut tem p o rary .
te stim o n y tak e n in th e in v e s tig a ­
up nt C tlil’o ru ia, was vietim i e.l by A c o m p e tin g line of ro i l betw een
tion a c co m p an ied th e r e p o r t, tho
K
alam
a
and
l’acom
a
will
be
an
ac­
tìie <'u n titi «¡otter's m etho 1 of
c
o u n try ha.I th e re b y been enabled
st.o i u 'al
c o m p u ta 'io i. A tain c o m p lish ed fact, insid.e of a m uch
to d e c id e for itse lf w ho i t d id o r
she was Iliade t lie scapi' goat, and b rie fe r p erio d th a n m any p erso n s
did not in c u lp a te . S u c h a re s u lt
now
im
ag
in
e.
T
he
s
u
rp
lu
s
pro»
u n fa irly loaded w ith th e sin s of
d u c t s o f t h e g r e . i t W J ii'ii" f te re-' seem s th e one of all o th e rs M r.
a s is te r S ta te . T h e p ress of O re ­
gion will th u s a c q u ire a ch eap , re ­ S h e rm a n w ished to evade.
gon owe it to th e fa ir fam e of the
liable m eans of re a c h in g th e great
S ta te no le «s th an to the tr u th ot
It is tin* province of m inisters to do
liighw ay of n a tio n s w ith o u t as m uch good, th e n 'll,re we th in k every m inister
h is to ry , to expose t h i'a r ts by w liicli
as sa y in g fo P o rtla n d , “ W ith should inform him self in regard to \m -
th .' S ta te h a . b e e n mad«' to c o n tri
l l l i I l ' s ( O l l a li Syrup, ami after being sat-
y o u r leave, m ad am .” T hey w ill bo isiieil Unit it is all th a t is claim ed for it.
b a te to w ar I the m a in ta in in g of
c a rrie d in riv e r c ra ft, w h ich m ay I'i'eoiiinieiid i t ; th u s lives van lie saved
amt , lieu ta u g h t how to save th e ir souls.
som e s n t of s ta tu q u o for a n e ig h ­
not d e ig n to so u n d a w h istle while \\ i are told th at the p ro p rieto r is always
b o rin g am i le . favored C o m m o n ­
steam in g p ast th e doom ed “ M etro­ w illing to give a bottle free to anv min-
i-ter of family who wishes it to try.
w ealth.
p o lis’’ ou th e ir way to Kalam a Ear sale in Port (>iford by A. D. W olcott
Tlie ste a m sh ip “ J e a n n e tte " was th ere to b e p u t u p o n w heels and
Rum or says the Oregoniau has
•o mimed in h o n o r of J a m e s Gor- w hirled at lig h tn in g speed to deep changed hands.
w ater on th e S o u n d .
don 11.m u tt, J r ’s o n ly sis te r.
And th is is not all. T h e C ascades
B utter is 3 7 cents per pound
. deeds at th is otlice.
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