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BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 21, 1875.
g gj a
from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solici ted for the D emocrat .
All communications, to receive attention,
must be accompanied by a responsible name.
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
C orrespondence
S. M. PE TTE N G ILJL & CO., 10 S ta te
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork,
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
our Agents tor procuring advertisements
for the B edruck D emocrat , in the above
cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising 1 our lowest rates.
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JO B
W O H .B L .
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona
ble rates.
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S IO N A L CARDS.
L. O. STERNS,
T. C. IIYDE,
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
N ew Drug Store.
Corner Drug Store,
B E D K O C K »K M O C K A Y .
HU EU ttH’ K I H M E Y ,
J. I. W
ISDOM
, Proprietor,
With two more numbers the fifth
volume of the B k d h o c k ' D e m o c r a t
closes, and with the commencement
of the tíixth Volume wo intend to
adopt the system of striking from
our list all names of pei’sons who are
more than one year in arrears, and
as we do so we will place the ac
counts of the delinquents in the
hands of the proper onicers for col
lection. We have time and again
asked those in arrears to pay up and
they have paid no attention to our
requests, now we will see how they
will ijke. to pay costs as weil as the
honest debt tuey owe us.
A man
who can pay And wiil not must be
made to pay. We have furnished
you the puper for one, two and three
years, and paid out money ior you
every week, besides contributing
our own labor, and now we intend to
have the money due ns if it cau be
made by law We do Lot wish to
make cost on any one, but necessity
compels us to foros payment. The
books of a printing office are first-
rate critenuns by wlncu to judge of
a-man's responsibility and willing
ness to pay bis liabilities; for a man
that will not pay tbo printer the
small amount uue hua, v ill not, as a
general thing, pay his other honest
debts if he can poseibiy avoid it, and
if any business men vtisii to form an
idea who is good pay and who is not
they can at any tune examine our
booiis, and see who pays the printer,
and thereby judge who is good and
who is not.
As we strike names
from our list we shall publish them,
and the amount duo us.
If delin
quen is do nut wish their names to
appear m this iist they must come
forward and settle their accounts.—
We mean business. All whose pa
per is marked with an X , may know
that we mean them.
Corner o f Main Street and Valley Avenue, Corner Main Street and V alley Avenue
Southwest Side,
BAKER CITY, OREGON,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON ,
W ould respectfully inform the public that
lie has recently received a well se
K e e ps con stan tly ' on h a n d
lected and fresh ¡stock o f
a Full Assortment o f all kinds of
Drugs,
Goods, consisting In part o f
Chemicals,
DRUGS,
Faints, Oils,
MEDICINES,
Perfumeries,
PAINTS and OILS,
Patent Medicines,
W INDOW GLASS,
Soaps,
VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, and
Wines,
C o rd ia ls,
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip
tions accurately compounded,
at ail hours o f the uay or
n8
mailt. Give us a call.
tf
MILLINERY AHD FANGT GOODS
Sterns & Hyde,
A t t o r n e y s a n il C o u n s e lo r s A i-U atv,
B A K E R CITY", OREGON.
L . O. S terns will attend the Courts o f the
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Washington Territories.
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a
S pecialty .
Collections promptly attended to.
Mine 18, 18V3.n6y
ANDREW J. LAWRENCE,
AT THE
N EW
W
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
A t t o r n e v a t 'X j a w ,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
¡id le s F a n c y sm d M illin e r y
Goods in »tore, and Latest, otyiesreceiv
L
ou oy Express every Month, and for sale at
most reasonable Prices.
D r e s s AT ct k i n g
(And Notary Public,)
W E S T O NT, O R E G O N .
'ill practice in the Courts of this Mate and
Washington Torrit ry.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
5 Business, and Collections.
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For Medicinal Purposes.
TOILET ARTICLES
Of Every Description.
Prescriptions prepared at. all Hours. City
and Country Trade Solicited.
Best. Brands, o f FjiraG.v G ro ce rie s , T o
b a c c o s , C ig a rs, s&e., constantly on
Hand, at tho Lowest Prices.
Baker City, Oct. 7, 1874.n221y
J. B. GARDN ER,
V, i-’Y- ¿-s . -
4
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
Baker City, April 18, l374.-n5im6
Western Hotel.
MAIN STREET,................................BAKER CITY.
REID & FLETCHER, P ropr.
rip Ills HOUSE lias been enlarged and re-
J. fitted, and is now tne best Hotel on the
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave tins House for above and be
low, and also tor Oiark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with tho Hotel will bo found a
first class
¥„ KNOX ?
Attorney at Law,
STORE,
First door above the Express Office.
Attorney-at-Law,
B A K E R C IT Y , OH EGON.
IL L P R A C T IC E IN A LL COURTS
of the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. ul7y.
,r a r a s & M Q u c K & s
Brandies,
Whiskies and
SALOON!
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan's Improved Billiard Tables
0
WATCHMAKER AND JL \YELER,
ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted
1
Stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY,
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line of business.
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
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Prices
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Oí
P A P
I
Vs A&jsiiNG í
IA, A' A ,A i.
W a s h in g t o n , March 23t-h, 1875.
A T lilrti T e rm S ecret S o c ie ty .
W i I O I i E S A i Æ a m i HIST A l t .
There is a secret society in Washington
N. B .— Those indebted to either the Hotel
DEALER IN
which was organized soon after the com
or Saloon are requested to appear at tne
Gap tain’s office ana settle.
no5v3tf.
mencement o f Grant’s first term, lor the
sote purpose- of keeping him in the presi
dency as long as he chose to stay—which
means, of course, as long as the p'eopie
J O S E P H H. S H I N N ,
TOGETHER WITH A
will stand it. The great strength o f this
c£ o
society lies in its secrecy—in the fact that
Notary Public
General Assortment
not only the names o f its members, hut
A N D
Of
all
articles
in
his
Dine,
which
he
is
selling
even
the existence«?the society, is*knpwu
JOSEPH MAN ABBAS, P rop rietor,
C o n v e y a n c e r ,
at L owest P rices , for tiie Beady Pay.
to only two or three persons outside o f the
B AK ER CITY, OREGON.
ill attend to Conveyancing and making
His house is located on Main ¡Street, nearly organization. It is not sufficient for a man
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon. to be a thorough-going republican, with
rRY2SE P R O P R IE T O R M A S B o n g lit
an'Unimpeachable party record, for him
Baker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf.
IL the Hotel uestaurant, next door to
to be admitted to membership* He must
the Post Office, -formerly kept by PI cord &
W hitcom b, and inis fitted the same up in
be a Grant man—first, last, and ail tiie
S. A. GAINES.
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
the best style -as a Hotel, on the French
E. W. REYNOLDS,
time. This society has exercised a power
Restaurant style. He is-prepared to ac
GAINES & BOWMAN,
ful influence on politics from the first, and
commodate the Public, and is determined
N O T A BY P U B L I C
to give entire satisfaction.
still
continues to do so. Whenever,for ex
AND
. The House is open from five o ’clock in
ample,
a congressman or other active
the m orning until twelve at night, during
JEPUTY U. tí. MARSHAL.
AND
member of the republican party gets bal
which time customers will be supplied
iice with John Brattain, lliree Doors with the best o f everything to be had in
ky, or begins to get restive, and to evince
the
¿OUtil OÍ* i^EDROOK JJEMCRA'P OíiiCü,
a disposition to kick out of the traces in
M
ST S a L E • ? „
on siele of the fetreet».
the event o f Grant’s re-nomination, sever
A A R E GETTING OUR TIM B E R
Baker
City,
July
4, lS74.-n9tf
akerCity, Sept. 3, 1873.ul7mt
direct from St. Louis, Mo., and none al men, each representing a different- sec
tion o f country from the othters, cail upon
but the very best is Purchased, we are there
fore prepared to Warrant all our work. the refractory cuss, or write to him —not
We are now fully prepared to complete any as members ol the society, and in a body,
but as private individuals, and one at a
M. A. Queen’s University, I Canada,
Buggies or Wagons
time. The man thus preconcertedly oper
AT THE OLD StAND OF
M. d . Trinity University, J li»i.
On short notice, and we can say we have the ated upon thinks, quite naturally, that he
P h y sic ia n , S u rg e o n , & c .
Bamberger & Frank,
Very Best of Workmen in oar employ.
is listening to the honest statements, by
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will men unknown to each other, o f public
B A K E R . C IT Y , OREGON .
O ffice and Residence, at A. H. Bi o a n -
save time and money by giving us a call and sentiment in various parts of the country,
former residence. _ nearly opposite the. Beo
examining our work for themselves.
F R E D . A. BOHN A
rock Democrat Office.
and he finally defers his own judgm ent to
Baker City, Oregon, Nov.'lO, 1874.-V
what he is led to believe to be the express
T > esp e c tf*«!Iy in f o r m s ilia e itl-
L L Zeus of Baker City and the Public
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing. ed wish of an overwhelming majority ot
p . jA jfT C T /O O d .,
D. generally, that lie has purchased the inter Ail repair work done on short notice. We the party. He succumbs. The action of
est ot Bob. McCord in the above
are thankful for past Patronage, and still tiie republican nominating convention in
ate of the College of Physicians and
solicit a continuance.
’72 was largely shaped by this society*, and
ns New York aim ot the Medical De
S A L O O N , .
GAINES & BOWMAN.
it is working-now'for the single purpose o f
nt ol the Willamette University,)
Baker City, March 11, 1874.-n4.4tf
securing
Where
will
always
be
found
tho
very
best
iSIC IA N AND SURGEON,
G ra n t’ s R e im m in a tio n in IS7G.
W i n e s , L iq u o r s a n d C ig a r s .
ns cash, or no patronage solicited.
The fomentation of discontent, in the.
; one door north of City Drug StOie.
AND
A l s o
,
South, in the hope that it would culminate
BAKERJHTY, OREGON.
111
in armed resistance to the United States
One of the Finest and Best
W A G O N M A K IN G ,
troops, the mission of-Sheridan to Louis
f a A I3 t-iie V a r io u s B r a n d i e s
iana, the imposition by force of arms of a
J o l m F . O H o rd ,
L
carried
on
by
the
Undersigned,
at
their
To be found in the City. “ Fred” will he
Governor upon the,people of that Stats, and
pleased at all times to have his friends give onop, at- the
Carpenter and-Joiner,
the similar despotic and unconstitutional in
him a call,
Head o f Main Street,
• ■
FRED. A. BOHNA.
terferences in purely State matters in Ar
B A K E R CITY", OREGON.
Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. n39tf
kansas, Alabama and Mississippi, were all
B A K E R CITY, O R E G O N .
Designs and"Specificati ms Fnrnnhed.
He will do as good work, at as reasonable pre-arranged by this society in order to get
3
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal,
Prices, as any mner Shop in the Country.
the country into such a fearful condition by
laker City, Nov. 17, 1874. »■
n28y
by the time a republican nominating con
Di'
vention meets, that the retention in the
Manufactured to order.
Presidency of Grant, the “ tried soldier of
S. B. McCOBD.
espeetiiilly In form the Cit
the Union, and its preserver” &c. &c-, will
Baker City, Feb. 10, 187-i.n40tf
izens of Baker City and County, and
Importer and Dealer In
tne Public generally, that they have pur
seem to be absolutely indispensibie to‘ the
chased the
Buy Y our Lumber at the integrity of the Union. The passage of the
Civil liights Bill, the attempted passage of
ZEL i A " W O Z d 17" i S - t h s Y f c s I . o
Old, Reliable
the Force bill, the late endorsement by the
Formerly
kept
by
John
Eppinger,
and
t
hat
_
NEW SPAPERS,
they are prepared to furnish customers v ith
Senate of Grant’s course in Louisiana, and
RANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
the best of
E H A V E R E F I T T E D T H E the many changes made in important Fed
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Single
or
Double
Turn-out?,
Mill and make the best Lumber in eral offices in the South within a few weeks,
O
ck Building, 105 Front street, Portland, Either night or day, with or without drivers, the conn tv, at prices to suit the times.
are all so many elements of the same pro
Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt gramme- But
7
Oregon.
'
[tf it the verv lowest rates. I irst c.ass Saddle Ihtention
in the future as in the past. We
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
saw
everything
from a Lath to tiie Heaviest T h e la te st p roject o f th e T h ir d T erm
best o f care bestowed. We keep nothing bm
M en
Timbers.
the best ot ¡Stock and Buggies.
€lear and seasoned Lumber always on is the most important to be considered just
Our stable is at the upper end ot Main
hand.
street, Baker City, Oregon. ^
B-lls left with J. W. Wisdom will receive now, because it can be easily squelched in
J. W. C L E A V E R
Come and see us, Every bouy, and tve wifi immediate
attention. By strict attention to its infancy, if the independent press acta
iaforms the Public that he is prepared to do do our best toI’l « ^
& pEKKINS.
business, we iiope to receive our share ot patriotically and promptly. The scheme is
til kind of work in the Undertaking Business
public patronage.
to procure to be published, far and wide, by
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
February 10, 1874.-n40tt
Ai} uniiniiteU amount of Grain taken in
Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1873.n21tf
some
tools of Grant, a call for a convention
exenange ior Lumber.
EL LIOTT & VAN PATTEN.
in
Chicago,
a few months hence, of the gob
S e w in g M a c h in e s — A «, revet
March 1 1874.-u34tf.
d|ers of the late Union army. Hitherto, the
& Baker, »lid a Florence,, both new an,
i very best—for sale. For particulars, en-
several armies and army corps have had
uire at tilts office.
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GRIER & KELLOGG.
"W a n ted ,
each its separate convention, and to which,
Having completed their New Stable,
P o a m l s o f W h e a t . in many instances, only commissioned
I>\E M T ISIiV C i: Ctlieap: good
at
tho B edrock D esio - officers were invited; but, to the projected
have
now
the
finest
and
best
legulated
Systematic.—Atl persons who content-
ckat Office immediately, for which the high monster gathering, in Chicago, the surviv
e making contracts with newspapers foi
Livery Stable
est Cash priée wiilbe allowed.
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— insertion of advertisements, should sem
ing non-commissioned officers and privates
5 cen ts to Geo. P. Bowel) & Co., 41 Par)
of every regiment of the .late Union army
I
n
E
a
s
t
e
r
n
O
r
e
g
o
n
,
ow, New York, for their PAMPHLET Book
are to be specially invited. Of. course, the
' l seventh edition), containing lists of
ver 100 newspapers an'd estimates, showing Where they will carry on the Livery Busi m* r\ C o r d o f W o o i l W a n t e d a t machine is to be run by Grant men, resolu
e cost. Advertisements taken for leadit g
ness in all its branches,
O L / the B edrock D emocrat Office unme- tions already cut and dried are to be offered,
apers in many States at a tremendous re
Giateiy, for which the highest Cash price
STOCK
BOUGHT
AND
SOLD.
and speeches now prepared and committ»^
action from publisher’? rates. G et the
will be allowed.
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Baker City, Nov. 13, 187?. nl3tf
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p38y-
wmm
mm
M tw sm
Tobacco & Cigars,
MOTEL
JV R A N G D ,
IE
S lacks mi tlis
¿L
L J, ÎUlliüDO,
M. A, H. L
3 3 2
Fred. A. Bohna’s
8 A L © © PI,
Hannfaoinrsrs ef Banks & lagans.
W
IB la ck s mi thing
Billiard Tables
LIVERY S T A B
P l o W S
J M’CORMBCK R
)to, Stationary, Toys, Insic AM
Ebell’s Old Mill.
W
TJ ndei taker.
LIVER YSTAB LE
30.000
"Wood Wanted.
NO.
50.
gSBBHaBMES
to memory are to be extemporized by gush
ing orators “ unexpectedly called upon.”
Every art that cunning and fraud can devise
is to be resorted to, to impress upon the
mind of the unsuspecting ex-soldiers of the
Union that the war is not yet over, that the
Southern people are only waiting for an op
portunity to renew it, that tho election of a
Democratic President wculd afford them the
coveted, opportunity; and that it would be
unsafe to tiust the country, under existing
circumstances, even to the most pronoun ed
Republican statesman, of however much
ability, if be were not known also to be a
man of pluck, nerve, and military capacity,
education and experience. But
Tiie m ost H eliisR Game o f AH
is this. It is hoped by the Grant men that
the assembling of the ex Union soldiers in
convention, ten years after the close of the
war, w.ll irritate the more hot-h a led of tiie
leading Southerners iuto calling a similar
convention of ex-Confederate soldiers. If,
however, no such course is spontaneously
adopted by the South, irritants and stimu
lants are to be administered by Grant’s em
issaries in the guise of ‘friendsof the South;’
and no available means is to be left untried
to procure ’ the call for such a convention, a
large attendance, and the passage of blool-
and-tliundey i esolutions teeming with vin
dictiveness to the North and threatening the
integrity o f the Uni n. Virtually, the sur
vivors of the two late opposing armies are
to be induced, if possible, to rake up old
sores, to abuse and threaten each other, and
to be made believe that tbo danger of an
other civil war is imminent.
It' tiie i*iot succeeds,
Grant will have no difficulty in getting a re-
nornination; but it is to be hoped tliat the
press of the country, irrespective oipast par
ty affiliations, will advise the late soldiers of
the Union army not to leave their work,
these hard times, ana use money needed by
their families in traveling to Chicago to for
ward the selfish, unpatriotic schemes of
Grant and his parasites. The best men of
the Republican party, will, of course, refuse
to countenance this ill-timed convention by
their presence; but they should go beyond
that. They should declare positively against
it. A. II, ¡Stephens, Gordon, Lamar, Beck,
John Young Brown and other leading ¡south
erners can not begin too soon to warn their
people to beware of being entrapped either
by the violence in language or action of then-
avowed enemies, or by the seductive influ
ences of pretended friends, into committing
any act which may bo perverted by Grant’s
myrmidons into an indication of latent hos
tility to the Union. Above all, let there be
no convention of ex-Confederate soldiers.
Ct. ii. McCiii-tee,
Superintendent of the Bureau o f Engraving
and Printing ol the Treasury Department,
has just received a compliment seldom pay
ed to a public officer in these times. It had
no sooner got abroad that be had tendered
his resignation then a number of Senators
and members of both political parties, with
out any concert ol action, called upon Secre-
,ary Bristow, rand requested him not to ac
cept Mr. McCartee’s resignation until they
should have seen him, and endeavored to
dissuade him from retiring from the public
service. These gentlemen found Seeretai-y
Bristow as’ much alive as they were to the
importance of retaining a man of McCar
tee’s integrity and ability in the important
bureau of which he has so long been the
Chief, and promised to cooporate with them
to induce him to reconsider his determina
tion to retire. The result was that Ms Car-
tee withdrew his resignation, very mucli to
the chagrin of seveal agents of the Bank
Note Companies, who were on here to en
deavor to influence the appointment of a suc
cessor who would favor their schemes.
A. F. B.
O U R SIIPFEii C IT Y ¡JETTER.
One square or less, one insert..
Each additional insertion _____ . . . .
One square three , months,.................... v
Business Advertisements by the month—
Quarter colu m n ................................... SG 00
Half colum n,...........................................10 00
One column,.............................
Ten per cent, additional on advertisements
to which a special position is guaranteed.
[C^Tlie space of one Inch, up and down
tlio column, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts due this office arc payable
ill Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
b.e without it if it were possible to have it
alt any price. Mr. Platt Burr the able and
well known Superintendant of ihe Tele
graph Company is here, and is making
every effort imaginable to build the pro
posed lino from here to W alla W alla via.
Baker City, and we all wish him success
in this noble’ work.
We are in direct telegraph com m unica
tion wilh South Mountain gpid wo hear
from there every hour o f the day. W ork
otull kind is being pushed with vigor and
success,'.\nd in a short time the smelting
furnaces will be going in full blast, and
we promise to produce more bullion to
thé ton from tho South Mountain minc3
than any other camp on the coast per ra
tio.
Buildings arid properly o f all kinds an
worth 20 per cent, more at South Moun
tain at present than it w v. last fall. We
look for this cam p to bo the best in the
Territory this com ing stjir; .nor.
I f this should meet with approbation I
wiil drop a iiu,o occasionally.
BOURGEOIS.
T 2ÏE « Î J A X G E 8 A Y R
T A X A T IO N .
Tho Salem Mercury says: "N o man
has ever yet discovered the way to make
something out o f nothing. Wherever
debts have been created a certain amount
o f labor—expenditure o f (lie brain or mus
cle—is necessary to create the capital or
money to pay these debts. T h e w e a l t h
of a
S t a t e
l ; t h e l a b o r of
the
S t a t e ,
and without labor there is mi wealth. The
mines o f California, the rich alluvium o
the Nile, the gardens of France, the vine
yards on the lihine, the rich' pastures of
England, ami tiie diamond districts o f
Brazil, amount to nothing without labor;
and, strange as it inaj appear, this labor
in the aggregate is only sufficient to feed,
to clothe, and to support the human fam i
ly, when taken in a series o f years or a
generation. The surplus over and Above
their requirements does not more than ex
ceed tiie decay or loss incident to tiie prop
er distribution o f this vast amount, o f la
bor. It is true a large portion o f ta. hu
man family do very little manual labor--,
but to balance this another large mass o f
mankind are overworked and tasked be
yond a reasonable expenditure o f mental
and muscular force.
“ Now, unfortunately for mankind, those
v* ho perform the greatest amour.: o f labor
in the grand distribution ofcapital v. aully
g e t ’ lie smallest shares; and oiip of the
great machinations to produce tins result
is the action of the Governments "In ch
tiie people create for tiie vain purpose o f
e q u a l l y distributing rights and privileg
es among themselves, and to protect tiie
weaker members against the encroach
ments of the stronger.
“ These Governments are immense ma
chines for good or evil, and when pervert
ed become at once tyranm r if ¡]ie most
unreasonable and despotic kind.
“ Their heaviest oppression usually arise
from tiie creation o f monopolies by thp ac
tion o f law and o f oppressive taxation.—
Mankind for centuries have been frying
to remedy these evils with but partial suc
cess, as wiil become evident to any person
who will lor a moment examine the tax
list o f any modern nation, or the m onopo
lies that now disgrace the statute books o f
the most favored nations ow earth.
“ Take, if you please, on the subject of tax
ation, the United States, and look at tho un
just distribution of taxes upon the industries
and labors of the country and see by what
rule the Government is supported, and tho
debt paid.
“ The immerse wealth of the bondholders
(every bond being a ; representation of so
much labor), at Joastone-fifth of the wealth
of tho nation is entirely exempt from all
taxes and burdens, not to mention the heavy
incomes of the rich from year to year, and
the millions which are screened frem taxa
tion by partial of local legislation.
“ Now, ai we said in the b ginning, noman ’
can make somefhi ig oat of nothing. These
millions atid billions thus exempted co 3 t as
much to the Government prorata as the
farm or horse of the poor tsx payer, n” d tho
owners are infinitely better able to p, their-
just proportion of taxes, which would re
duce the burdens nearly one-half upon tho
real laborers or workingmen of the country.
“ Now no.thinking, j ust man can agree’tliai
these unequal burdens should remain o n 5
the workingmen of the conn fry. Every
thing in the State, or the U ; / : U States,
should be taxed equally. All the burdens o f
Government should be borne by ifio labor,
that is the property, of the country accord
ing to a just standard of valuations; for
whenever any exemption is made the poor
working mail is forded, to pay that much
more, and foot the bill which these cxemp
tions cast upon him.
•-it was a knowledge of these things and a -
determination to remedy them which in a
■great measure, has brought tin. Patrons of
husbandry into existence, fun n. w they
have grown so powerful and 1; , sueii a vol
ume of brain, muscle and power in their or
ganization it behooves them to at rend to
these. Each member in his individual ca
pacity as a citizen, should see that such
abuses are no longer forced upon the groat
labor tig men of the nation.
“ We hope and trust that tho Patrons of
Husbandry everywhere will educate all the
members of their subordinate Granges to
look squarely at these outrageous evils in
flicted upon us by the Government, and
that they wiil determine, by one universal
will, to know their rights, and knowing will
dare defend them.”
S il v e r C i t y , I..T ., April 10th, 1875.
E d ito r D e m o c r a t :—N ever havin g seen
or heard o f any person writing from this
place to your valuable paper I thought a
tew- lines from here m ight he o f som e in
terest to your readers, therefore I will try
and give you a few brief item s, and endea
vor to give the p u b lic op in ion , as I hear it
expressed, in regard to the prospects o f Sil
ver City and our mines.
Owing to the rough weather o f late and
the snow it lias k e p t back everything, for
the roads at present are in a bad co n d i
tion and in fact are so bad that they ca n
not go to tiie m ines with sleighs or wag
ons to haul the quartz to the m ills, conse
quently thv m ills are at a stand still, and
but lit’ !« doing at present o f anything, but
should we co n tin u o to be blessed with as
fine weather as we have been for the last
two d a y s,th e y will soon have the snow re
m oved from the roads, and then quartz
hauling will com m ence, and by t he 1st or
m iddle o f May we look for every quartz
m ill in the cam p to be in m otion and tur
ning out bullion . A t present there is also
a drawback to the m ines. The seepage
water is becoming troublesom e, caused by
the snow m eltin g very rapidly, but this
w ill n ot last lon g, and when they do start
in they intend to work and develope the
mines, and prove by the shipm ents o fb u l-
Uon that Silver City has som e as good, if
not the best m ines in Idaho Territory.
Scarcity o f lum ber h is always been a
A G ood S ewing M achine is a housoliold
detrim ent to our cam p, but, o w in g to the treasure that no family can afford to do with
deep snow, it is alm ost im possible to get out. If you want ihe best, the Wilson .Shut»
saw m ills in operation until the 1st or m id tie should be your.choice. It combines, in
dle o f M a y; lum ber is not to be had at the most perfect manner, all the requisites
o f durability, -simplicity, case of operating
present at any price, and fir lum ber sells and perfection of work,.and is sold at a less
at $65. per thousand. *
price than any other first-class machine.
Machines will be delivered at a-v Rail
I see by the last issue o f the D emocrat
road Station in this county free of transpor
that the people o f .Eastern Oregon are
tation charges, if ordered through the Com
m akin g an efiout to develope their m ines, pany’s Branch House a: 327 & 329, Superior
and com e in direct com m unication with St.,"Cleveland, Ohio.
They send an elegant catalogue and chro-
the m in in g interest, and that is “ Tele
graph
I w ill venture to say there is no; mo circulars, free on application.
This Company want a few more good
a person livin g, w ho has lived in acountry
where there was a telegraph, who would
agents.
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