Wkt t utocvat.
FRIDAY JULY 22, 1881
The celebration of the 4th of July it
a costly affair. Beeitl the large
amount of money expended to carry on
the different celebration, the insurance
com pauiefl paid out fur losses on that
day on this coast, $7-(KX).
Thk public debt has leu ileereased
during the month of Juno $12,320,159,
and during Mie year ending the 30th
of June $191,573,593, The total debt
now is 2,003,01 3,500, and the debtJ
less the cash in the treasury is 1,840,
508.S17.
As idea of Ui euc: monsneKK ol the
quautitiex of flour manufactured in
Miune&ota may be had from the fact
that the WatJihurn mills of Minneapo
lis alone turn out a carload every
thirty five minute through tlie twenty
four hours.
A fit ccK&sog to Piatt was elected by
the New York lgislatiire last Satur
day in the iwraou of Hon. Warren
Miller, at present representative iu the
House from the 23.1 Dial set lie is a
half-breed and was the caucus nominee.
The bolt fioui the t'onkling crowd was
headed by speaker Sharp, and that
worthy was ojienly accused of being
bought. It is very probable that money
was used to secure his vott. as he be
longs to a class of politician who cau
only be swayed by the 'ever of s. It' in
terest. Din people should already begin to
loik around them for candidates for of
fice for next year, especially for per
sons who would properly tepresent us
in the legislature. From reading our
exchanges from the different states we
see there seems to liea universal feeling
that a stand mus: 1 made immediately
against iiiauojioliitic tendeucif s of the
great railroads and other corporations.
in no state in the Union arc r more
completely at the mercy of a railroad
corporation than in Oregon. Ax yet
the screws haw uot been turned dowu
upon the people very tightly, and we
sincerely hope they never may be, but
the old adage "in time of a?ace pre
pare for war" is as good now as on the
day it was coined, and in no way can
our peojde take care of themselves so
well as by putting, good, true, faithful
and competent meu into the legislatuie.
So we say again, and not alone to
Democrats, but Republicans, and to
non-party men, l ook to this matter well.
Select men for the office that you know
will represent our country well, and
wilLW true to your interests, and then
J0tMrill not matter so much which paity
is successful. The plan of waiting until
convention duvs to select vour caudt
- dates for the legislatuie, and picking
up Tom, Dick and Harry. 4ommt al
ways work well.
osusv Wig aisi
The commission appoiuted to audit
the Oregon and Washington war debt
reported about sis millions due. Af
terward Congress appropriated $2,00,
000 to pay a little less than fifty cents
on the dollar. About two thir Is of the
owuers were readily found, and their
m'iney paid them. But the remaining
t'.ird were scattered from British Amer
ica to Mexico, and from China to West
ern Europe, many of whom despaired of
ever receiving their pay, (b govern
ment being so very slow), and have not
up to this day. Their whereabouts is
desired. Several bills have been intro
duced to pay the remainder of the
amouut awarded, and other amounts
growing out of said war which are just
aim.
oKi:cea KErexi
The following telegram sent on
Wednesday of last week by his excel
Jeuey Gov. Thayer, to Gov. Charles
Foster, of Ohio, iu response to one re-
eeived by him suggesting that a day of
thanksgiving ami praise be agreed
ln for certain wU known blessing,
tins itself :
Executive Department.
Salem, Ogn., July 1 1.
To Hon. t'harle Foster, Oovenu.r of
Ohio, Co! iimb us, Ohio :
I have the honor to acknowle le the
receipt of your telegram, suggesting
that it wjnld lie most fitting for the
governors f the several states and ter
ritories to issue proclamations setting
apart a day to be generally agreed up
on, for thanksgiving and praise to Al
nrghty God tor the blessed deliverance
of our PreiJ.- lit, and inot gladly as
sent to the proportion therein emi
ts ned.
Your, with rer. retpect,
W. W. Thavee,
Governor of Oregon.
A till MM. A.I Fit A IKK
of the Piatt, Sessions, Brad-
eud other scandals at Albany, the
mrjoVTrnrf aer 01 me tuaitiain oi uie
Michigan I - tui.t is bi 'Might out as
appropi i tti : -Am'l, H lrd, have mer
cy on our legislators. IS with them
and bltf.ss them ev-n if they know thee
nol. SjiHiu i heir liven and teach them
to
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to gtoiify thy uaae. Hasten them t )
tleir homes, where they may direct
to :it,teniioii to good woka and gen-
era.' uiuiue-ta among im-ir lauiuie auo
neivh' y M ,nH people nsudce to
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keep t
:l'MI
Jieie, and iu future elect
ut. i. .l ,...! morals and temp -,rae
haMM. S.t' the gx)l eOple of the
tStote it .m ib.e deeraee vhieh muM fo'-
it ty,s
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nif cro'Aol
ea again to,
Heau us, Lod, aud guiitj
Amen.
lUltbl. MM
Talk af Klablklnaa Indeaa-aili-ut iarat
an Ike Willamette.
The remarks of Snator O rover on
the feasibility of barge line transpor
tation on the Columbia has directed
the attention of capitalist In this direc
tion, and it was tumored on the
streets last Saturday that a numtvr of
prominent gentlemen had met Friday
evening to discuss the scheme of
transporting; grain in bulk from Har
risburg ami Kugeneto t he docks here,.
The river between then points is not
navigable at all seasons of the year
even to the lightest boats; hut it is
proposed to establish warehouses at
these points and stow the grain in
readiness for a tow-boat rise. When
this comes along the grain will be run
into the barges by means of shutes,
and tugs will then transport them to
the city. Prominent boating men
who were present at the meeting,
which was held at the Hoi ton House,
considered the scheme exceedingly
practicable. They say that the coil
of Pennsylvania li taken down the
Ohio in the same manner. A rise, if
taken advantage of in this way. would
float all the wheat in the valley to
this point, aud transportation would
necessarily be cheap, for one tug
could bring down as much wheat as
would load three er four ships. The
locks at Oregon City would present
no serious obstacles to the success of
the scheme, ns the water is always
deep enough between this city and
that poiut to admit of transportation,
and hence delay in getting past the
falls would be of tin eoncequenee.
EtvniiHf Telegram.
till I KI KI I 1 M.
Dismtches from (h- (Md World
state that advices from well-informed
correspondents of St. Pterabmg teort
that Uussia is fast drifting into anar
chy. The Tzar still keeps himself a
c'.ose prisoner at 1'etarhoof. ccaai n
allv when business ori state affairs re
quires his presence at the capital,
be leaves his fortress, enters St. Peters
burg almost by stealth, and returns as
uuietlv. The new ministry under
s "
Ignatief has a'andoned proiuisrxl re
forms and is crushing out by moat au
tocratic ami hi"h handed measures all
efforts for a representative government
and reconstruction of the municipal ays
on a broader and Inw basis. Peas
ants, although crop promiie fairly are
iu a terrible plight. Officials from the
highest to the lowest, are sunk in cor
ruption. Priests of theorthod x church
ae not much better, and militiaUtu has
reached a pitch of arrogance and abso-
luteneas unknown iu the worst days of
this Kouianotr regime. The nihilists
did not exaggerate when they told the
czar the other day that there was no
longer occasion for the Uieof dynamite,
as the only fabric of the empire was
about ta explode. The revelations cf
Pavel Birwanski. the iiuerial state at
torney, who was apiuted to examine
into the working of the slice system
in the Oreusburg department, and who
was stripjed of his office because be ex
posed frightful abuses toofaithfully.have
html printed and are ieiug scattered
far and wide throughout the country.
Some of the State convicts in Siberia,
too, hayc found an underground way of
sending their diaries to the revolution
ary press, and these have a vast circula
tion. The czar is either kept in ignor
ance of the critical condition of affairs
or is afraid to take action, and a revolu
tion such as the world has never known
is not far off.
t: tTCK hop rswftrer.
Washington, July 15. Agricultu
ral department returns July 1st: The
wheat crop as reported is much better
than June 1st and averages 85 for the
whole country. The Atlantic States
fall off slightly as compared with
returns for the same time last year,
but the large wheat region north of
the Ohio river and west of the Miss
issippi return a low condition compar
ed with 1880. Michigan reports
only 04 per cent and Illinois Mb )hio
and Indiana arc below hut year, hut
report a fair prospect. Missouri and
Kansas each make great complaint of
damage from insects in spring wheat.
Iowa alone returns a eonditlou much
lower than last year, which is only
12. The increase of area planted in
corn is nearly 2 per cent over 1880.
The average condition of the crop is
not so high as the last two years, and
is M against 100 last year. In all the
north Atlantic states the crop is back
ward, oving to the cold, wet spring,
but in the states south of the Dela
ware river and on the Gulf of Mexico
it is reported as fair. Texas, how
ever, reports serious injury from
drouth. 1 n the great corn producing
region bordering on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers the average is below
last year, particularly in the state of
Iowa, which only reports 77 per cent,
caused by the cold spring and too
much rain in Jjiue. In Illinois and
Missouri the condition is reported
very favorable
The secretary of the Iowa state
board of agriculture states that there
will he a shortage of millions of hush
els of corn, wheat and oats in the
Iowa crop this year.
London, July 14. A Berlin correV
oondent savs that there is every nn
peet that the harvest wi:i be
r w w
worse thin last year. Oops ae val
ued at only one-half to two-third of
an average yield.
CoLnMitus. duly 10. From official
July e&tiouUes from the loards of
agriculture ofObto, Illinois, Michigan
and Iowa ' receive! by Secretary
Chaniheriain of the Ohio board, the
following shortages in wheat are re
ported, art compared with the crop of
Isso; Ohio, 12,000.0 0 bushel:
: Illinois. .i7.oin.D00 bushels: Michitran
-oiimih i,uhels: and Iowa. 17,000.
f)u,els. Total shortages for the
Jour states, ao,500,u00 bushels.
THK STAT It.BIt I I II UAI IF I r
ITS Hi:i ftKTAKt.
Sai.km, July 11, IHM.
It has been charged that I have
eculated in and purchased at a dis
count, and taken for others who had
purchased them at a discount, a large
tuts in Society warrants, forcing them
on the Society at this fair. I ask the
papeta of the State to publish this state
ment, from a member ef the craft to
the end that the facta may be kaown
and understood. The statements
I make are mtsceptible of undeniable
proof.
As a member of the Board of Mana
gers, and feeling a strong desire to pre
serve the credit of the Society, it has
been my custom for years, as Secretary,
to purchase, to a greater or low extent,
at the close of sack annual fair, and af
ter the funds of the Society were ex
hausted, such warrant! as were held by
needy or complaining parties, but iuev
ery instance, as all will tostify, paying
par value therefore, holding it was a
breach of good faith for any member of
the Heard to adulate on the misfor
tunes of the Society, or to discount the
warrants of its patrons. The warrants
I have referred to, for the most (tart,
were but a small sum annually, and
were met at succeeding annual fairs.
At the sloae of the disastrous fair of
1K70 the third of a aeries of misfor
tunes - -I held some $1200 iu warrants,
and while othets were anxious for the
various auras they were entitled to as
exhibitors, no warrant of mine was pre
seated, nor was any consideration of
outer tlauns I hail, at that time,
even asked for, though deairing aud
needing my means as much as any one.
Xor did I, with ttroHij hnndd and a
iceU-filloil arse, reach out for t) -precialal
toarraiit of exhibitor and
bonttof th irojit ,. th (, ou a tion,bnl
allowed the funds to pas from my
hands for the payment of claims no
more deserving than my own. One of
the Vice-Piesidenta of the Society, with
whom 1 had consulted, heartily approv
ing of the course I had icsolved to
pursue.
At a meeting of the I. tard in 1879,
a proposition was made by Messrs.
I .add Bush to loan the Sotisty a
sum sufficient to take up all outstand
ing warrants, it being argred by several
parties who held iu the aggregate solus
$3,000 or $4,01X1 which they bad pur
chased at a discount, and that their
wan anU ahould be surrendered to the
Society, if the loan was effected. The
address of those who hoi sacrificed on
their warrants could be easily ascer
tained and they reimbursed for their
loss, while those who held the remain
der would receive their full value in
money. Ttiia propoaition, however,
was rejected, and finding no other ar
rangement could be made, no alterna
tive was left me but to laar the burden
another year.
The fair of 1880 came, and with it
triumphant success, nearly all of the
outstanding warrants but those held by
me being paid.
By loans on the warrants 1 held,
they have been kept from presentation
until now, but finding that the constant
renewal of mv notes was entailing a loss
to me in the interest, I thought best
and proja-r to piesent them for jay
ment. The course I have pursued has
not in the least increased the indebt
edness of the Society or diminished its
receipts, and but for the absence of
several members of the Board, who
were called awav by one unfortunate
circumstance and another, no embar
rassment would have been excrieoced.
Wtiy an indebtedness statement was
not made to the Board in 1879 and
1880, is easily explained ; in fact is
understood by mod of them already.
Against my judgment and my ability
I have undertaken that which I never
ought to have done. My good inten
tions have been slandered and my hon
est motives outraged, an I but for need
of means locked up in the warrants as
collateral for mv obligations at the
bank, tbey won hi not have lieen heard
of until the meeting of the Board.
Their presentation was no act of pleas
ure to me. I felt as well assured of
the slanders which would follow as I
am niw of the result. But I shall
come out of it all as 1 did from the
charges at the fair of 1879, with no
stain of dishonesty or dishonor, victo
rious over the clamorous bawling of a
few who have never paid the Society
one dollar, without a 'good M3rcentnge
n leturii, and the charge that I evor
bought a Society warrant at a discount,
for any purpose will fall to the ground.
My notes at the bank amounted to
over $,220 while the war ran
interest were over ?4,'J!'9, atidvKetwecn
the interest on the wananw and "the
comKunded interest on the notes.which
I have several times uaid, I have lost
no small amount ofmoney, receiving
onlv curses as myreward.
The interest onthe floating and mort
gage debt of the Society has been paid
for one year in advance, and arrange
ments mkde to pay 50 per cnt of the
rem hints ef this fair.
E. M. Waitk.
U; VKON I NK I TTI'. It t'OBWI.
The Argit of Portland, Ma me, in
its Issue of last Friday says that Capt.
C. L. Hooper, commanding the cutter
Corwin, writes from Plover Bay
Siberia, June 12, saying, "We reach
ed St. Lawrence island, May 28, and
entered the arctic regions on J une 2d.
We lost a rudder in the ice in latitude
;; degrees 10 mln. north, and had to
steer several days by jury rudder.
The same day on which the accident
occurred we landed Lieutenants Her
ring and Reynolds, one seaman aad
two natives, equipped witli twenty
five dogs and four sleds, with two
plenty of fur clothing, tents andalf
n coat, with instructions to explore
c ast of and as far north as Jac-
int for tidings oft be Jeannette. A
report has laeti received that seal
hunters have seen the wreck of the
whalers, the Vigilant and Mount
Woolaston. Natives b mrded the
Vigilant list Nwveinberat North Cape
and found the Oodles of the crew. The
Woolaston was futind eighty mi lee
further north. Both vessels were
stove in and full of water." Captain
Hooper Srtid be would endravor to get
every information, and get. back to
Sr. Michaels by July 12th, in time to
catch I he steam' r m. Paul, and for
ward detail. The season la (he Ar
tie has been very open.
J
r Anne vasthm.
The uot'ii crop promises well In
Kogue river and Umpqua valleys.
A band of cattle, 1000 head, was re
cently driven through Spoken Falls for
Montana.
The assessable property of Rugeno
City ii estimated by the city recorder
at a valuation of $540,000.
The PresbyterianH have their new
church bniidingand parsonage at Col
dendale neatly completed.
Mr. Hichardson's sorghum crop on
Wagnrr creek is turning out twitter
than he expected in the summer.
The present liabilities of Clackamas
county over available funds, as shewn
by (he annual eahibit are $1,142.07.
Several t loads of luinlmr were or
dered last weak for building purposes
in and about the village of Ptiyallup.
An immense water tank is being
built by the O. H. A N. 0 a short dis
tanco above the new depot at Walla
Walla.
Me 1 1 ale v 'a band of sheep Oil l.otig
( reek, Grant Co., numbering 1400,
yielded 1 1,000 pounds of wool, an av
erage of H (Kiunds per head.
O, W. Houok, of Monroe, recently
sheared from one of his three year-old
merino rams an eleven months fleece
that weighed seventeen pounds.
Two thousand bop pickers will be
needed to secure the incoming hop crop
of the Ptiyallup valley. Picking will
la gin about the tirst of September.
II. A. Morgan, who was so severely
iiilured at Hillshoro last week while
coupling cars, is slowly recovering from
the effects of the nearly fatal disaster.
The Columbia CkmwtU says : Kill
every water snake found along the
stt earns, for they aie said to destroy
more trout than all the rest of the many
enemies of this finny favorite.
Hundreds of cords of wood are be
ing atoied in Walls Walla for use the
coming winter. The supply wss short
last year, very tndiflereut wood selling
for weeks at $10 per cord.
A bunch of pie plant raised on the
farm of Kugeue White on Fourth Plain,
was lately shown in Vancouver, the
talks of which measure on an average
2 inehea in length. The largest meas
ured 31 inches.
The berry of this xai crop of wheat
in Jackson county is much larger and
more plump and smooth than last year's
wheat. Kipeuing slowly has been ad
vantageoos for it.
Altia, daughter of Chris. Parlow of
Ashland, died on the 1 Itb iust. after a
long and painful illness, aged 19 years.
She had suffered for some years with
hip disease aud latterly consumption su
pervened.
The death of Milan Hut bridge, step
son of J. II. Whitmore, of Mobawk,
took place on the 1 1 tti iust , caused by
the immoderate eating of candy while
at Kugene on the Htb. The lad was
1 C years old.
Mr. Putnam, who lives eight miles
southeast of lwiston, reports that the
grasshoppers are very thick about his
place, and that he has deemed it pru
dent to cut his wheat for hay, fearing
their ravage ladore the gram would
ripen.
Competent jtfdges estimate that the
grain crop of KAStern Oregon and
Washington this year will amount to
nearly 100,000 tone. Of this amount
7r,000 tous will be exM-rted. the re
mainder being ample for seed and home
consumption.
The munictssl election took place in
Colfax on the 1 itb iust, resulting as
follows: Mayor, E. N. Seet, reelected;
Councilman, C. U. Warner, J. A. Per
kins, C. D. Porter, J. G. Bays, J. Lip:
pttt, reelected; Marshal, J. M. PHhy
der, reelected.
Gold has been discovered recently by
Andy Wyland, John Officer and others
on the Mollala. The supposition is
that the bars will be werked during
the coming summer. They are esti
mated to pay from four to five dollars
per man per day.
apt. A. M. Simpson arrived in As
toria on the 14th in one of his tugs
from San Francisco, the Fearless, on a
general tour of inspection. He put
into nearly all of the leading jorts from
San Francisco to the Colombia river,
and will continue north at once.
Rice is declining in price in Astoria,
owing to the large amount received of
late. Within a short time 250,000
mats have been landed from various
ships from Hongkong. Thursday the
price dropped five cents per sack, with
a prospect of further decline.
Thomas Reeves, of Alsea Bay,claims
that the lower Alsea Valley is one of
the most fertile sections on the Pacific
coast, and much of the land is being
rapidly brought into cultivation, while
the more broken country back from
the bay is covered with inexhaustible
forests of the finest timber.
The bridge at Spokan is delaying
work on the Northern Pacific longer
than was at first deemed necessary. A
false bridge has been thrown across the
nd a M tb h,h wUr
suosiaea, wora wm ue commeuceu on
an elaborate and expensive truss bridge.
Spokan Time : The art of stealing
horses in this country has become a
science. It is practiced by both the
Indian ani white r:t;es. Horses are
caught ami ridden off the range, untied
from stake t, and cvea taken from fields
and barns. It is positively unsafe to
turn horses leose upon the prairies of
Spokan county, to numerous have
thieves become of late. An organized
band of these desperate fellows is said
to be operating uu the prairies east of
Spokau Falls
The entire family of Frank Hodgkin,
including his wife are down with the
diphtheria and scarlet fever at Snowden
Springs. Tin v are carefully attended
by Dr. Peyton, and fatal results are not
apprehended.
A handsome monument is being
erected over the grave of lion. David
Logan in Marion county. The struc
ture is about 1 4 feet high, and of Rhode
Island granite made in that state and
shipped here. It is a very massive
structure, weighing C, tons,
laud Friday Hubbard Lariieoti made
an assault on J. B. P. Piette, at St.
Paul, by firing at him three times with
a revolver. Monday he wan srraigned
for trial before J ustice Johnson of Seism
District and was bound ovet by the
court to await the action of the grand
jury in the um of $500, iu default of
which he was committed to jail.
A heavy frost occurred at fost river
gap and Bonanza, Lake county, on the
night of the 8th, which almost eutiiely
annihilated vegetation in that section.
One farmer ah. ue had over 100 acres of
rye destroyed. In the vieiuity of
I -ink vilh- the damage done was slight,
aud j,' rain seems to be doing well.
y While Mrs. Boll, wife of the post
master tjf Applegate.'was on her way
to pay a neighbor a viaitflast Tuesdsy,
she was ferociously attacked by a large
eagle. Nothing daunted he picked
up a club and hit the bird a blow on
the head, stunning it, and following up
her advantage soon dispatched it. The
eagle measured over seven feet between
the tips of the wings.
Higgins. who murdered McCioeky,
at Myrtle Point, (!oos county, on the
4th inst , is still at large in the moun
tains between Coos Bsy and Roseburg.
A reward of $.'100 has been ofiered by
the Sheriff of Coos for bis arrest. To
this pri vale citizens ou the Coquille
have added $.'00. He has several
times msde requisition on unstined set
tlers for supplies. He ia barely 2.1
years old, six fe'jt high and face smooth
except a light mustache
A shooting scrajie ia reported in
Grease wood precinct, Umatilla county,
wherein two men, named Switser and
Kinney, were principala,and both were
severely wounded. The latter is a
school teacher and his offence consisted
in deairing to marry a young lady who
was a ward of the former. It is thought
that Kinney 'a wounds will prove fatal.
A Canyon City corresmdent uuder
date of July ICth, writes : Major Jo
seph Magone, who is well known to
old Oregonians, started out several
days since on a bunt for elk. Being
separated from his party, a search was
made for hint. Ilia animals, four in
number, were found tied at a point
about five miles east from Soda Springs
ami distant from this bites about 25
miles. ft ia evident the animals had
been tied for about two days. Three
daya search has been made, and the
impression is that he has got lost or
met with some accident. A number of
men are endeavoring to find some trace
of him. Major Mattcim resided for
many years iu Clackamas county.where
be has several children now living.
A mau was found dead ou the ocean
beech opposite Netait's sand spit on the
ltb tttsUut by Seth I limes. With the
assistance of several ot hers the boddy
was placed in a pine otlin and decently
buried neat the place where found, and
the facts in the case, together with the
following description of the remains,
eras sent to the county judge at Astoria:
Height six feet, fair complexion, light
hair and a light moustache. He had
four shirts on, one hesvy red woolen
overshirt, one check overshirt, one new
white shiit end one blue flannel under
shirt; one pair blue flannel drawers, a
pair cassimere pants (dark plaid), a
pair of No. 9 shoes buckled on the side,
and a pair of woolen socks; no marks of
any description on the body, and noth
ing in the cketa of his clothes. From
appearances he had been dead setreal
weeks.
Trantcritt : George Gaston, one of
our loggers who went into the railroad
employ east of the mountains a year
ago last spring, returned ou Thursday
from Elloneburg- He left that place
on last Saturday at noon and arrived
at New Tacoma on Wednesday noon,
making the trip on horseback over the
Gieen river railroad trail. The trail
is in good condition, and the railroad
trail party are working to wattle the
summit, making it better. The survey
parties are still at work. Captain
Sheets aud another party are on this
side, down the river ; Captain Bogties
is on Sunday creek, looking for a new
pass to the north ; end Captain Kings
bury's is between Kllensburg and Yak
ima City. White's party has been
aent to the Kalama route. The logger's
are very busy, and will have the logs
for next spring's drive Linked in about
six weeks. There will be 800,000 feet
in it. I. C. Ellis has charge of the
work. The tie drive is alauit ready to
start. It contains 100,000 ties. Wm.
Kelly will have charge of the t.e drive.
Mr. Johnson has a mill at Thorp's cab-
a a . aft t r At.k .
in, ami a c m tract lor litv,vvv ties
more ; besides f 0,000 will still remain
in the woods, making 300,000 in all.
On the Tietau there are 80,000 ties
more, which will he take i down ou the
next drive stun 'time this sia nmer. The
country over ihete is full of tuett work
ing on the survey-t, iu the woods and
along the rivers. Mr. Gaston wart ac
companied o er ty Mr. Wui- Jameson,
who iu engaged in govei uiueul surveys
iu the Kittitas "valley.
Subscribe for the Dtsot
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
V. ' I i-' ""
Rlsrkaaall la litMr.
Wo hear of a very interesting case of
what by some Is supposed to be blackmail.
It happened up In Liberty precinct a week
or two ego, and baa been the neighbor
hood talk up there ever since. A man
named Marlon Powell, well known In that
locality, mlled at the bouve of one Hilling
and found no cne at home but the lady of
the house. Itefore be left, however, the
husband entered the room with a drawn
revolver, and after accusing hltn of Ini
proper Intimacy with his wife, made Pow
oil execute a note for fflM to him, seen ring
It with a hack, a span of mules and one
horse. Billings had a confederate with
hltn (some young fellow of that vicinity)
who witnessed the transaction. Powell
says that he called there to sou Billings,
who owns a threshing out tit In partnership
with him, -aud upon stepping Into the
house he found no one there but the wo
man, but at the same lime beard the man
speak. The wife told him her husband
was not In, but he was sure he heard him
and looked Into several rooms to see If tie
waa there. Iu a few momenta Hillings
made his appearaneo and went through
with the program as stated above. Pow
ell doosu't give a very good reason, how
ever, for searching the house for the own
er when the owner's wife told him he was
not there. We may not have learned all
the mete in the usee, but it looks to us like
Mr. P. had visited the house for aher pur
poses than twnveraations ou harvesting; If
not why did he doumt the lady's word and
commence prospecting around the house
to see If the old man was at home. It Is
probable he had been there before on the
same kind of a hunt and Billings proposed
to turn hie visits toeome account to him-
self. It Is rather a dirty piece of business
all around.
ari
Hay cutting is a boat completed and the
crop ha generally been good.
hoiue wheet was cut last week; this week
quite a number of machines are ruouing, but
the wheat harvest will not begin iu earnest
until next week.
The prospect for a large yield it generally
good. Hast has made its appearance, bet
baa not yet dene any damage, only affect tag
the blades. Daring the last few days we
have bear of several rues whre it has made
its appearance on the stalk, bat the fall grain
an I that own early ia the spring is so far
al jug that it cannot be damaged by it to any
great extent. We are of the opinion that
even the late gram wiU not be damaged bat
very little if any, and confidently expect
tana county to increase her yield very mate
rially thiajear.
(Juite a number of farms where they are
now at work are yielding se high as 30 hush
el per acre right along.
W . S. Peters handed us a specimen of
wheat yesterday raised by J. H. WiUoe,
near Halsey. He calls it the "Blue Velvet
Chaff." The beads are from three to fear
inches long, three grains to the meek. It is
bearded, bat the beard drops as the grain
ripens. The yield must be very great.
Thoe. Umphriea brought us in a neeim
of Keglish wheat a few days ago which beats
anything we have eeea. The heads are three
to fear inches long aud have 6ve grains to the
tuch. He got the seed out of the straw need
in pecking a crate ef queeosware received
in this city by J. liradwohl. It is very pro
line, the specimen shown us bring alait six
ty slrsa from hw grain.
rerhepe a Beanaa.
Three young men of this city, Meeers. J.
h. Maine, jr., Frank Cole and Ueo. If.
Wheeler, returned on Saturday lest from a
tour among the niouutalus of the Coast
range. They brought back wltu them a
byut fifty lbs, ef rock, taken from a iedpe
welch tbey traced for u considerable die-lance-in
fact, l hey "say theie is a uiountaiu
of it. Some of the rock has been tested iu
tbla city and found .to contaiu both gold
and silver, ami a puautlty will be forward
ed to Portland, so as to obtain a mere reli
able appro i inatiou of lie value. The boys
think they have struck it big and are some
w hat relicent ae to t he e x act location of their
find. They state, however, that It i In the
Coast range, and, ae near as tbey can J yd ge
about 140 miles from here. Tbey pounded
a quantity of yellow ore out of eon in of the
eofler pieces of the rock; but unfortunately,
It waa loet on the way bark, and so they
are unable to ascertain whether It was
gold or nut, but believe It was. Not be! ng
experienced mine re, tbey could not decide
whether it waa the real "ore line" or uot.
-Ifrntd.
The Caseins Kvenl.
The com lug event in this city is the
advent of the Mendelssohn Quintette
Club. This far-famed club will appear
here In a few weeks under the auapicea
of the Young People's Christian Asso
ciation. The OreyouioH saye : "This
club's reputation ia re universal that
words in commendation of their abili
ty are not necessary. Marie Nellini,
the soprano, comes to us with not only
an American" but a European reputa
tion. The Ssn Franc isooiprese all agree
as to this; lady's ability, aud place the
efforts of the olub far above those of the
celebrated Schmidt quintette. Already
quite a large number of our cltizeus
have signified their Intention of wit
nessing thelcoucert, and others who
wish to do mo can find the subscription
paper at Plummer's drug store.
tentf Wanteil.
From 100 to 200 acres of tillable land
situated near a small stream or the ca
nal. Will pay cash reut tor half, and
one-third of crop raised' ou remainder.
Call early at Stewart aud Gray's.
Mellctens Salter.
He. E. N. Tomtit will bold religious
services at the College chapel in tbla
city, next Sabbath at il o'clock, aud
at Lebanon in the evening.
aaw Mill Iurckee4
V hear from the Bay that the Orogou
Paoitiu Railroad Co. lias purchased the saw
mill at Ouiutta, aud will run it to its fullest
capacity in" turning out whaif aud bridge
timbers.
THE sASt aa. AtaMKaS.
The annual address delivered at the
l ist fjejgtua of nut Htate Fair, by J udge
tlurnett, of ('.irvallis, has beeu received
and will lie published in the next iasue
of the Deuoc'SaT. It is a very valua
ble document and wili be ufcuiterebt to
our readers.
(USA iTBtfft.
I.kiiaxoiv, July, 20th, 1881.
tslitoi'4 Democrat :
Among those visiting old friends in and
around Iebaaon daring the week htw been
the old pioneer, Mr. David Newaon.e. As
usual, in accordance with his moral and re
ligious senti meat, he attended the . Sabbath
Cbool OS last Mabbeth. At the close of
the exercises he was called ubon and a Id rest
ed the school upon the great benefit derived
from a good character. His remarks were
well calculated to arnaso new interest and
enthusiasm iu the Msbbath school work.
Yor over fifty -nine years he has been engag
ed in the Sabbath school cause -thirty years
of that has !eii lore in Oreion. fie ia
still hale and vigorous and bids fair to live
formany years to come. We gladly
come him iu our midst ami trust that be
may ibid it convenient to again be with as.
Our Sunday school, under the charge of
Haperiutendent Walker, is doing nicely and
with a little aid and encouragement u the
part of the citizens can be made of great
benefit to the community.
The lady member ef the Preset terian
church last week did a truly rigltteons act
by giving the church a complete cloaaiug
op. It presents a much better appearance
than it has for years. The thanks of the
community are dae to Mrs. C. B. Moutagae
and Miss lxu Anderson fur the much i.eeded
work.
I Jiat I lecember an effort was made on the
part of the citizens to organize a coupauy
to bnild a warehouse at th.'s place, hat
owing to some misunderstanding it hnally
fell through. At that time artick-s of in
corporation were filed and some ttock sub
scribed, but not saftcieat. The red rued
company promised that if the, citizens, or
those who had subscribed in coin to the
Iebanon and Albany railroad, would erect
a warehouse that the company would tarn
over the subscript ion to the warehouse com
pany. Having failed to comply with their
liberal suggestion it finally become apparent
that all would have an opportunity to pay
their subscription to the railroad company.
After seme correspondence the railroad
company was indaoeJ to renew their offer
and upon this the leading citizens again
took hold of the matter and subscribed the
necessary stock to organize the com amy,
and Lest evening the stockholders held a
meeting and elected the following gm tie
man ae directions of the Iebanou warehouse
company J. L. (Wan. W. B. Uonaca,
John Bottle, L Klkins and H. Ralston.
The above named directors held a meeting
aad elected Hon. L Rtktna President of
the company with . M. Miller Secretary.
They also appointed a committee on build
ing. Prom present appearances there will
be a large and substantial warehouse built
in time for the storage of grain. Under the
present directors, meet of whom are well
know for their business tusiiti cations, there
need be ae hesitancy on the part of farmer's
to store grain at !ebeuo this coming sca-
Les,
ji ne rre.
Ihuinees dull.
Farmers busy t having, uktch citp pnm-
fair yiekL
Itigdun aud Waterman ar tunning their
saw null fall lira and ara tei uino, uot
seme kmm1 lumber.
The flouring null is tunning staavdily sod
tarns out as g-od ft". hit ae any mill in the
State.
Jefferson needs swine u sidewslka before
the fall rains set is
air. W . T Kigdou is putting up and has
nearly com plated a very nic residence.
Messrs. Redpath and Montague, our euUr
prisiug druggists, are soon t. move into the
tore formerly occupied by C. P.. Kowlead
and Co. and are tilting it up ui good shape.
Tbey propose to enlarge their stock and put
their business a poo a tirst visas futing.
Oar school is closed now for acstno. sod
Wdl not open uutd aboot the hrst of SepUm
btr. Prof. l . ha id a lrU ti.Keged
for the coming year, bainace txwlkot
satisfaction during the uma be has Lad
charge of the school.
Dr. J. W. Hontnsou has left and wdl settle
somewhere in Douglas oaunty. Sorry to
have the Doctor leave us as he was welt liked
and had built up a good practice.
One or two empty nooses in town.
The wheat crop promises a good yield and
will soon he ready for the harvest.
Lewis l ooser has pot a new deck on his
ferry boat and repaired it up iu good shape.
Church matters are rather uuiet, aad we
have only irregular services, about twice
each month.
The Farmers' Co. a ware house will this
year he under the mauagemut of Kdey Shtl
tea, who is now secretary of the company.
It has been repaired and pat in shape for the
coming crop.
Mr. Henry Cyrus, who has been secretary
of the Farmers' and Co. s for three years aad
daring that time gave good satisfaction, has
new removed to his farm in the Forks where
he will struggle with nature for a time.
W. R. Walters keeps our hotel now, and,
has everything in good shape for the accom
modation of guests. . He sets an excellent
table.
Work on the aantiam bridge of the O. and
C. R. R. is progressing rapidly. About 16
hands are at work, the force being divided
into two gangs, one working with a pile dri
ver and ttte other repairing trestle work.
The contemplated improvements are quite
extensive and were badly needed. The
bridge when repaired will be one of the best
ou the read.
The faauae Law.
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed by sportsmen and others concerning
the et t ning up of the hunting seaaou,anu
the Galena 'SUteeman" nays not a little
ignoraaoe ia manifested at the name time.
We find by the lawa ef 1874 that it is un
lawful to kill, injure or destroy, or offer
for sale In the months of April, May, June
and July any grouse, pheasant or prairie
ohieksn. Quail or partridge cannot be
touched In April, May, June, July and
August, while it la a violation of the law
to kill, injure, destroy or oaftf tor tale any
wild awan, mallard din-k, summer or
wood duck, sptig tail musk, teal duck,
spoon-bill or blat-k dn -k, during the
tuoiitti "t April. May, iatsss aud July.
Set Megetl.
fhe ttartbind "Telearam" says, I rim a
gentleman who canted iwn from Seio yes
turd.ty wo lessen that lite Oregon laa Rail
way t?o.. IJmitei, have decided to ignore
thai li w ti e nl 1 tel v hi tne ma' lei of carry
ing freight ami aefK r. 'I he naol now
pa-ocrt a mile l. tne ii'htol' the p'aie, and
the eonspsaty elaim ilia' lo baa never
given the rum I a onul . 1 fiiajbtor a pps
etuieai aim it waa -nn pitiittU. Now the
company propo to lake no freight or
passengers from Seio, though the train
will run In sight of the to wn.
Order to Show Cause.
In Us CouHtg Court ef f.hn Covnty, SlaU of
Oregon :
In the matter of the Guard iamb ip and
Kstate of Tolbert Karl, a minor.
NOW st thU f.lh dav of JolV. 11
comes George Humphrey, the guardian
01 tne person ana estate oi nam mui". ,
ami preeenta to the Court lila petition
duly verified by bin oath, praying for n
licetine to wdl the following described
real property belonging to hla nir
ward, to wit : the undivided ne
aeventh part of the following deeerlbed
premises : beginning at the snuttr
eaeteornerof William Earl and wife
donation land claim, It being Not.
1021 and claim No. 42 In Tp. 10. H. of
Range 2, went of the Willhmctte Mer
idian, in Linn County, Oregon ; run
ning thence North 91 deg. Bm4S I '
101 ebalns, thence Routh 8H deg PJ mill
West 8 82-100 rbaina ; thence North 1
deg. West 96 02-lO0ehalna; them e West
SB 24 100 chains; thence Houth 50 5-H&
chains; thence Houth 71 deg. 10 mln.
Kast 21 til 100 chains to the place of be
ginning, containing 174 88-100 acres,
and It appearing to the Coutt from
aai.l ru.tltltlr.n that it would belCMeti-
cial for said minor to sell snid laud and
place the money arbdng from audi
sale at interest for the benefit of xant
miner It is ordered by the Court that
the next of kin of said minor, to wit
I.oiii-a Humpnri'V", KobertKnH, Kllen
Cunningham, M. J Ixmc, Caroline
A t in -tron i' ami Norman hurl, and all
other persona interested in -nid rafale,
be, and ilwy are hereby, ordeied. riled
ami required, to be and appear In Ibis
court, at the Court H onae In Albany.
Linn County, Oregon, on Thursday.the
4th day ef August, KM, at the boor of
1 o eiiM-k Iu the utter in o 1 1 of Hid day,
tlieu and there to show cause, if any
ttiere te, why said license ahould m t
be granted. It Is isltirtber ordered that
service of tbh order tie made on tlie
nest of kin and all other perMn inter
anted in -aid estate, by puMi-hing the
name for three Mticeemiive weeks in I be
grave Rtoarra lto-i; i, a newspaper
published and ehenlnling in I.ilili I o ,
I Iregou.
(riignedj b. Ff.INN,
Judge.
I hereby certify that the foregoing l
a true copy of the original order.
Wltue my hand mi l m-I this 7th
day of July, 1881.
N. liAl M, Clerk.
erJ- II. ilaeauuiAS,
Iertity.
Administrator's Notice.
NOTICE hi hereby given that the under
signed baa been duly appoitited Ad
ministrator of the ear ate of Richard ;lrk,
deceased. All person bavin -laiui-againat
said estate are hereby required to
present the same, with proper vouuHeiM,
within nix moot hs from the date of ibis
notice, to the understood, at bis resi
dence uenr Oakvllle, in Linn roemty. Ore
gon. JOU.VSON WHITK,
Admiiibdrat'',
Date J July II, 18el. Ji t
Dissolution Notice.
NOTICE la herebv given that the eo
part Demb tp heretofore existing be
tween W. If. Huston and Thomas I', .u -rii
under the style of Huston A Roberta, i
this day daaaolved by mutual roMaeut.
Thomas Roberta retiring.
Dated this loth day of July, 16S1.
THOMAS KOilKins
Mw W. H. HLsroN,
GRAND EXCURSION !
1M
ALBANY TO PORTLAND,
Cudec the auspices of the
Albas toftnan Aid Kuriefy,
AHHday. July 94, lfJSI.
Train lea v 01 lbaiiou ",::kl a. ui., Albany
a. in , ani Salem 7:16 a. in. Beturn-
', leaves Portland I p. in.
head Vitir trill Arreapaiy Ike Eifir
&ic9 Trail.
THE tram ritf atop at raular station t ijaju.
Jat lb mc dasiria? to participate
ROUND TRIP S2.00
i: . o.tiC3 or Com. or Annan.
RED CROWN MILLS.
BALI.AItll. ISOM .V .. PKltPR s.
SEW PRO t. -; FLOI R . rrtUioL' l.f. 1AMIUK3
AND BAK.EKS I SE.
RE8TSTWUGE FACILITIES.
Highest Price in Cash for
Wheat.
ALBANY
OR.
HOLMAN'S PAD,
FOR
MY UK.
1 BTC
AMI
Ntotnarh.
Uidneyn.
I the irt.ly safe aitU reliable reaa-dy f. r
Malaria in all Us Tynes.
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Cliil, IVivr-. Iliul Ai-Uui Paina, tCiuittriit iJ Iu
i .1 undent reers, Iniail Agw, liOw.wur
ltvlachei. No pad iu the wrM
like Or. tloiuuur. It uniubit
utri Liver Cuhi laint,
I' ifwia auU BB-
Thi it SOS ! k w rtitt- Pas. asllif jli
pels story teOifoul malarial ttiut l.-..ui ii... tttai
witbuut 1 ii.Ltn :-riii; hvalth.
Prvl. llr. A. Intaiia save : It ia ihiht a uiiitrratl
paiiara than anvthins iu mt-Uiciim " Tlii u. .l..nc ..n
Um niacils 4 absarptioii, o( h.. 1 Or. UansaSVw
Patl is Om ouly genuine and true eienHrtit.
For all lalsYKKV TttOI KLKA uaa lr. ,
Ml or Ivitlinvr na, the Ut rrnel 111 tlit ai.rtil
nHMtmiuei.UiMl by iho unxlical ia ult .
BEH ARK OF BOG IS PA DM.
Each genu; le Uolnuut Pad bears the rKIVtTt
IMEMKSTAMPuf the HoJman Pad Co., aiti,
Um above trale mark printed iu roetw Buy nun
withont it,
WM SALE BY ALL Dttt I. (;isTa.
Dr. Ilohnan'a advice U free. Full treaties at at t- w
03 aftplicauun. Ad 'reas
holmav riece.,
744 Broadway, New York.
P. O. Bo 2112 10-50
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