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THE BEDROCK DEM OCRAT
h a s th e Largest. C ir c u la tio n o f a n y
P a p e r P u D lisL ed in E a ste r n O re g o n .
C ircn lation
9 0 0 co p ie s.
S O M E T H IN G A B O U T T A X E S .
There js no subject that is generally
more distasteful to the average citizen
than the subject of taxes. W hy this should
be so it is not clear to perceive, because
taxes are but assessed and collected for the
purpose o f paying for the carrying bn of
the machinery o f governments, without
the protection of which we would be noth
ing but an unorganized m ob, subject only
to the rule that
“ He takes who hath the power,
He keeps who can.”
It is a fundamental principle resulting
from this obligation to support govern
ments that every person, subject to the
Jurisdiction of a government should pay
his fair and due proportion o f taxes. The
government protects all equally—there
fore all ought to pay equally. No one class
o f citizens ought exclusively to bear the
burdens o f Taxa tion , while other classes
enjoying the equal protection o f the law
•hould go free. This principle is founded
in natural right, and has been incorporat
ed into the Constitution of the State o f Or
egon. Sec. 1st, o f Article 9, of the Const i
tution provides:
The legislative assembly shall provide
by law lor uniform and equal rate o f as
sessment and taxation; and shall prescribe
such regulations as shall sc cure a just val
uation lor taxation o f all property, both
real and personal, excepting such only for
municipal, educational, literary .scientific,
religious, or charitable purposes, as may
be specially exempted by law.
It will be seen that by this section, all
property, both real and peisonal, must be
equally assessed, justly valued and taxed
if the Legislature sec fit so to do; but the
Legislature may, in its discretion, exempt
by statute real or personal property owned
possessed or used for municipal, educa
tional, literary,scientific, religious or char
itable purposes. Outside o f the purposes
above specified there is no power in the
legislature to exempt one article o f prop
erty from taxation.
The question then arises here, why are
not placer mining claims assessed and
taxed in this county and who, if any one,
is to blame for their not being so ? As our
new Assessor, W . H. Hull, who was elected
upon the platform o f retrenchment and
reform, is now ready to go about his duties,
perhaps ho might, by a proper construc
tion o f the law as it is, and a due regard to
his official duties, materially lighten the
burden of taxation upon those who have
heretofore borne all its burdens. We do
not say this as any reflection upon our last
Assessor. Far from it. We desire to set
him right before the people. Mr. It. C.
George was Deputy Assessor. He was a
very able and efficient officer. He believ
ed, we are informed, that it was his duty
to assess placer m ining claims for taxa
tion. But, as the office was poorly paid,
he did not like to take all the responsibil
ity o f such a step. We are informed that
he laid the matter before the County
Judge and the County Commissioners, and
their decision was that placer mining
claims were not taxable. In a matter o f
so much importance to the people of this
county who h a v e the taxes to pay this
year it would bo unbecom ing to be
lieve that that able and dignified body had
acted without grave deliberation, a thor
ough examination o f the law and the de
cisions,and with an earnest desire to light
en tlie burdens o f taxation from the shoul
ders o f the farmers, merchants, and every
other class but placer miners. There is at
least half a million o f dollars worth o f pla
cer m ining claims in this county, the
county taxes on this would have put $15,-
000 into a treasury mat will not be able to
do more this year man leave us in our
heretofore chronic state o f indebtedness.—
Our debt is somewhere about $16,000, and
we would with that additional $15,000 be
out of debt next year, and at the present
rate o f taxation have $14,000 in the treasu
ry. Surely these considerations ought to
have been grave and weighty enough to
have induced such an examination of the
subject, as would have satisfied any man
with fair natural ability that placer m in
ing claims are taxable. Believing that our
County Beard aie without ar.y prejudices,
or interests pi the matter, we are forced to
the conclusion that in tire opinion they
formed from the deliberate examination
they must have made they were ill-advis
ed, and reasoned from some false premise
which wo »re unable to conjecture, to an
erroneous conclusion w hich, to say the
least, is unfortunate for the tax-payers of
the county.
We wish to be distinctly understood that
in what we say in regard to this matter we
are not actuated by any feeling o f hostility
to placer miners, nor any prejudice in fa
vor o f farmers or other classes in this
county. We but maintain the right. We
desire in this matter to be im personal. As
• journalist, if a public wrong isattempted
to be done, we attack it—if a public right
is invaded, we defend it, and it would be
doing the hardy and intelligent miner less
than the justice accorded to other classes
o f citizens to say that he would not have
public spirit enough to discharge his obli
fattens to the government that protects
him , by paying his due proportion o f taxes
out o f the property so generously given
him by the government o f all the States.
W hy are placer mining claim s taxable ?
It will be seen that the Constitution pro
vides that a l l property, real andpersonal
Bhall be taxed, except property used for
certain purposes, which the Legislature
Oiay exempt. Placer mining claims may
pot be exempted by the Legislature. The
act of the Legislatnre is as follows:
1. That all taxes for the support o f the
govei am ent o f this state shall be assessed
on polls, and on property valued in equal
and rateable proportion; and all property,
real and personal, within this state; not
expressly-exempted therefrom, shall be
subject to taxation i* the manner provid
ed bv law.
2. 'the terms “ real property” and “ Ianct,”
wherever used in this chapter, shall be
held to mean and include not only the
land itself, whether laid out into town
lots or otherwise, with all things contain
ed therein, but also all buildings, struc
tures, improvements, trees and other fix
tures of whatever kind thereon, a n d Ann
R I G H T S A N D P K I V I L G E S B E L O N G IN G O B IN
A N Y W IS E A B P E B T A I N I N G T H E R E T O ,
The Legislature has not attempted to
exempt m ining property. I f these Placer
Mining Claims are Real or Personal prop
erty they should be assessed and taxed. If
they are neither then they are not subject
to taxation. The essentials o f property are
easily discernible. If a material thing is
capable o f ownership, has value and can
be transferred from one man to another, it
is property in the strictest sense. All
these indicia of property are possessed by
placer m ining claims. They are capable
o f ownership. They are o f value. They
can be transferred from one to another.—
They can and are sold on execution, and
foreclosure of mortgage. They are assets
in the hands o f an administrator, and, af
ter payment o f debts, descend to the right
heir. Indeed, the difficulty is to conject
ure what essential o f property they do not
possess. They are not exempted by the
constitution, are not, and cannot be by
the Legislature—then why are they not
assessed and taxed 7 Moreover, there is
an unbioken line o f decisions from the 12h
o f California down to the present time,that
they are, in the language o f our statute,
“ a right in real property,” and properly
taxable. The Legislature o f California en
acted a statute exempting mining claims
from taxation. A case was taken to the
Supreme Court, and that Court declared
upon the clause in their Constitution, sim
ilar to the one in our Constitution quoted
in this article, that mining claims were in
terests in real property, subject to taxa
tion , and the statute o f the Legislature ex
empting them was unconstitutional. In
this circuit H on. L. L. McArthur decided,
in tiie case o f McCann etal vs. Lynn et al,
that m ining claims were personal proper
ty for which an action o f replevin would
lie. So that the law is clear that they are
property—the decisions are clear that they
are property, and everything is clear but
the reason why the County Board arrived
at its extraordinary conclusion,
The farmers oi the valley struggling, for
life in a comparatively new country, with
the principal and interest upon their lands
jo pay—the merchants with their high
freights and bad debts—the quartz miners
with their lodes on ly just developing—and
business men o f all classes ought not, in
justice and law, to pay all the taxes, and
the most profitable industry in the county
remain untaxed, without reason, and
hardly without rhyme. The “ Heathen
Chinee” at Auburn, at Clarksville, at Am e
lia, at Mormon Basin, and other mining
camps has bought, owns and works placer
mining claim s, property w hich , if assess
ed and taxed , would bring $5,000 per year
into the County Treasury But John goes
scatheless. He costs the county in crimi
nal matters as much as white men do, he
works his claim , takes out the gold, pock
ets it,an d goes otf to China, waving his
pendant tail, and grinning all over his
Mongolian countenance lo think how much
better he is oflf than the white people who
pay taxes. And the Board o f County Com
missioners don’ t see it.
the water privilege is limited, but a little
capital invested in a ditch would add much
to it.
O ver'the next ridge, we come to Snow
Creek, here there is no mining going on at
present, but there is considerable ground
that prospects light, that will be worked
when the water facilities are increased.
Keeping the trail we cross another low
ridge and reach Greenhorn, where we get
good prospects for several miles, but by far
the best at the upper end of the gulch, at the
very head, high up on the mountain are the
claims of Branson & Co., which have been
worked for several years, paying each year
handsome dividends to the share holders,
and the cry is “ still it comes.”
This place brings us to our greater alti
tude, some eight or nine hundred feet above
sea level, and from here gulches are break
ing off in almost every direction, the waters
feeding the North and middle John Day
and Burnt nyer, and each gulch yielding
gold in greater or less quantities.
On this upper gulch we find the little
town of Robinsonville, which is the centre
of supplies for a considerable scope of min
ing country and consists of a Store, Hotel,
Butcher Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Saloon
and some few dwellings.
And right here let us stop t^id speak of
this range of mountains, the South-east end
commences here and runs in a north-west
erly direction to the junction of the two
forks of the John Day. In this range is the
lode now being w ’rked by Cabell & Co., the
richest mine in Eastern Oregon and through'
the entire range there is every indication Of
rich rock; in the gulches on the Southeast,
th e quartz is cropping ont everywhere and
in many places rich float rock has been
found. In Quartz gulch the gold gat in
placer mining is go mixed in quartz that it
has to be rnu through a mortar to make it
passible. There is no better field for scien-
tiffic quartz men than this region.
My next will take in Burnt River and
Olive Creek.
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HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
the blood corpuscles, and debilitate and
otherwise permanently Injure'the human
system, and should therefore be discarded.
X i . J. ESTES.
W. p. IRLAND.
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, on
the other hand, being composed of the fluid
OFFICE OF THE
extracts of native plants, barks and roots,
will in no case produce injury, its effects be
ing strengthening and curatively only. Sar
saparilla, which used to enjoy quite a repu
N o. 1 0 5 T h ir d S treet,
tation as a blood purifier, is a remedy of
thirty vears ago, and may well give place as
^ P o r tla n d , O r e g o n .
it is- doing, to the more po sitive and valua
ble vegetable alteratives which later medical
investigation and discovery has brought to
light. Iu Scrofula or King’s Evil, White The Singer Manufacturing Company-
Swellings Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
sold 219,758 Machines in 1872.
Goitre, Scrofulous Innamations, Indolent
The
Singer Manufacturing Company
Inflamation, Mercurial affections, old Sores,
sold 232,444 Machines in 1873.
Eruptions of the Skin and sore Eyes as in
all other blood diseases, Dr. Pierce’s Gol
den Medical Discovery has shown its g;reat The Singer Machine is a Shuttle
Machine.
remedial powers, curing the most obstinate
and intractable cases. Sold by all dealers The Singer Machine makes tlie lock
in medicines,
stitch and will not rip.
L P. FISHER, Nos. 20 and 21, New Mer
c h a n t s ’ Exchange, is our authorized Agent The Singer Machine is the s t a n d a r d
ir San Francisco.
M a c h i n e of the W o r l d .
U seful P resent .— Every family ought to
The
Singer Machine is sold at $10.
have a good Sewing Machine. We have a
per month or on note or a liberal
beautiful new Silver Plated Wilcox & Gibbs’
Machine, that would ue a beautiful, valuable
discount for Cash.
and useful present to any man’s wife, mother,
The
Singer Machine is fully war
sister or sweetheart, which we will sell on
ranted for five years.
ea.gy terms. We will instruct the person buy
ing how to operate the machine. It is one The Singer Machine will do any
of the nicest machines in our city.
work that can be done on any Ma
F eed S alabe is authorized to act as Agent
chine in the World.
for the D emocrat at Umatilla.
G eo . W. P almer is authorized to act as The Singer Machine is easy toleam r
Agent for the D emocrat at Marysville.
runs light, made strong and has a
C harles W . C r a n e is authorized to act
straight needle.
as Agent for the B edeock D emocrat in San
Francisco.
The Singer Machine is put up. for
L. R emillard and R. S. C ates a>-e author
durability and any person can pay
ized to act as Agents for the D emocrat in
for one in work.
Union County.
S am . H annah will receive grain, produce, The Singer Machine is used by
Ac., at Union, in payment for subscription
T h o u s a n d s who make Buck Skin
to the B edrock D emocrat .
gloves.
J ohn G orman is Agent for the D emocrat
in Boise County, Idaho.
The Singer Machine will sew from
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J AS* W. VIRTUE,
Bak.er City,
m e Singer Mannfacturini Company,
OREGOIi,
P a y s tlie H ig h e s t P rice fo r
g o l u
dust
,
GOLD AND SILVER BARS,
And Transacts a General
Banking, Collection
AND
EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Interest alflowed on Special Deposits.
C o u n ty
O r d e r s B o u g h t and
A complete
ASSAY
Sold.
O F F IC E
Is in Connection with the Bank.
We make it a branch of our business to
give Correct Information in regard the to
Mining Interests of
E a ste rn Oregon.
Dec. 1, 1874.nSOy
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J A S . A . P E N N E Y & CO.,
B o is e C ity , Id ah o ,
GENERAL NEWS AGENTS
AN D DEALERS IN
Books, Stationery, Cheap Fnlcatiois,
the finest cambric to the heaviest
TOYS, YANKEE NOTIONS, &C.
beaver.
Bret Harte’s mother is dead.
Tlie Singer Machine has a reputa
E R E C E I V E Ssibscriptions
Horace Greeley during his life loaned
tion which no other Machine can
for, and- furnish all of the leading
$16,000 in small sums, o f which the estate
excel.
P e r io d ic a ls , M a g a z in e s ¿fc Newspapers
cannot recover one cent.
It is estimated that the army worm de The Singer Machine for family use
published in New York, Philadelphia, Bos
NEWS SUMMARY..
stroys $50,000,000 worth o f cotton annually
in the Southern States.
Andy Johnson’s private secretary is Liv
I m p r o v in g .
ingston Browning whose brother he’ d a
similar positien when Mr. J. was Presi
The La Grande Sentinel says ; “ The
dent.
Baker city Herald came to hand last week
Bostonians are opening their eyes at the
very much improved in typographical ap enormous bill o f expenses connected with
pearance as well as in the character and ta§te Sumner’s funeral. Geo. W . Curtis sent in
of its outside selections. We were not a lit a bill of $1,000 for his eulogy, which would
tle astonished to observe that the Herald, rate at about $5 per tear.
The New York Herald advocates a
which has so repeatedly and scathingly de
nounced its cotemporaries for using tlie peaceful policy in dealing with the Mor
“ patent outside,” had, like the Walla Walla mon question.
Speaker Boone o f the Missouri Legisla
Statesman, after spending its strength in
ture was challenged to fight a duel by a
these denunciations, at length concluded to
little lawyer named Bowman, and the
adopt the auxiliary plan itself. The absence couple have gone to tiio Indian Nation to
of the “ boss ink slinger,” and the addition have their little fun.
of a patent outside, has made a vast improve
Two companies are now being formed in
ment in this, the only paper in Eastern Ore San Francisco for the purpose of working
gon that is so lost to decency and self-res White Pine ores.
By an act o f the Nevada Legislature at
pect as to support the national cigar-holder
SW AM P LANDS.
for a third term. Revolutions never go its last session, Washoe county lost about
E x tr a c t fr o m a le tte r o f th e C o m m is- backwards. Verily, it would not surprise $70,000 worth o f taxable property in the de
s itm er o f th e G e n e ra l L a n d Olllce to usniuch now, since the Herald has, without creased v ilue of rolling stock of the V ir
ginia and Truckee Railroad.
the G o v ern o r o f O re g o n .
solicitation, been converted to the utility of
The spelling excitement has done one
the patent outside, to see it also become con good thing in demonstrating the fact that
D epartment of the I ntcbior ,
verted to the ©emocratic faith.
G eneral L and O ffice ,
■Webster’s Dictionary is the poorest kind
W ashington , D. Q., March 114,1875.
of authority on orthographical matters.—
UN ION IT E M S .
The requirements of this office as to proof
Smart, Worcester and com m on sense are
of the character of lands claimed as swamp
Farmers are at Work plowing and sowing all superior to Webster.
A son o f President Grant, a son o f Sena
are as follows :
grain and the hills are green once more.
tor Sherman and Ex-Governor Henry D.
When selections are made by the State
J. L. Curtis, Sheriff of Union County, is Cook have gone into partnership in ’ the
Agents they are to be forwarded to the U. S.
erectingja dwelling adjoining the Jail, and banking business. From having the “ in
Surveyor General with the evidence of the
will soon move his family from La Grande side track” the firm expect to do well.
swampy character of the lands.
The Lower House o f the Austrian Reicli-
hero.
This evidence must designate particularly
stadt
has voted $50,000 for the American
James Hardin, of Union, was thrown from
the character of each quarter section or other
Centennial.
smallest legal sub-division named, and not his horse on Thursday last while driving cat
Mrs. Harry Ellsworth is lying danger
refer to tracts as marked or indicated on tle and his foot being fastened in the stirrup, ously ill at their home in Kelton with no
some map, list or other papers. Each tract he was dragged some fifty yards; the horse hopes other recovery.
must be fully identified, and its character at kicked him on the arm, breaking it between ■8aBBamBEK3B33ESBS5agg^g3BSSE35£gHK»BS5^^B
the date o f the grant (March 12, 1860) must the elbow and hand; three of his ribs were
be conclusively shown; whether or not the also broken.
land was at that date so swampy or over
Edward Payne, of the Cove, died yester
flowed as to preclude cultivation, without day evening ( Sunday ), at 5 o’clock. Dr.
reclamation by drains, levees, embankments Biggers of La, Grande attended him. Dr.
or other artificial means, stating particular Boyd, of Baker city, arrived on Sunday eve
ly what proportion of each tract is of that ning for council.
The waters of the Grand Rondo River, are
character.
The cause of the swampy character or very high at present, and if the weather re
overflow must be shown, with a description mains warm for a few days longer, the river
o f the timber, plants, grasses, and shrubs will be higher than it has been for several
bonus .
growing on the tract, and of the streams, years.
lakes, Ac., on or contiguous thereto, and the
N ew O rleans , April 12. —The legislature
general character of surrounding lands.
met
at noon. It was the most orderly for
The witnesses must state their means of
many
years. The Conservative members
knowledge; whether they are familiar with
were
sworn
in. A resolution was adopted
the mode of surveying and marking the pub
in
the
house
referring the claims of those
lic lands; also, whether they have examined
included
in
the
award to the committee on
the marks made by the Surveyors at the cor
elections, which will report to-morrow.
ners, and upon the lines of the land, or, if
they have not, explain by what means they Both parties seem to accept the award with
out opposition, making it a success.
identify the tract or tracts about which they
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testify.
Iii th è H a n d s o f S cience all things be
They should also state the time of the
come valuable by adaplment, and salutary
year when they examined the land, not by
by theit application- Thus, Dr. Walker has
the general description o f spring, summer,
obtained from certain vegetable products of
fall, or winter, but give the month as near
California that have been trampled on for
possible, the time of (the month, and, where
centuries by the ignorant, the invaluable
A most pleasant and invigorating
the land is rendered unfit for cultivation by
curative known as the California Vinegar
toui„. Recommended by all the emi
overflow, show particularly in what months,
nent Physicians throughout the United
Bitters, a medicine which is exciting the
and for what length of time, the same is
States,
wonder of the community by its beneficial
overflowed in a majority of years.
Every family should have it in the
operation in the worst cases of Rheumatism,
In short, the evidence should be as full
house.
Pulmonary Diseaso, General Debility, Con
and complete as if required to establish the gestion of the liver, Constipation, bcrofula
Read certificates on each bottle. Sold
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character of each tract to the satisfaction of and Malarious Fevers.
by all Liquor Dealers and Druggists.
a court or jury.
H, EPSTEINT & CO.,
T lie “ b o n a n z a ” fo r a l l . — Invalids, by
Some affidavits as to the character of lands
Sole Proprietors.
in a few townships have been forwarded to nervous debility, desirous of again feeling
518 F ront S t ., S an F rancisco , C a l .
be vigor of health and vim of system, should
this effice by the Surveyor General, in which
take
a few bottles of Dr. Henley’s Celebra
the lands, to which the parties making the
J. M . B O YI>r~
ted
I.
X. L. Bitters. Before one bottle is
affidavits refer, are described as the swamp
P h y s i c i a n ,
lands in a cei tain township or as marked on taken they will feeljthe dawn of restoration
of returning health. No case of dyspepsia, Office— Next door South o f Western H o
a certain map.
tel, in the office formerly occupied
These affidavits, as you will perceive from indigestion, loss of appetite, Rheumatism,
by Dr. T. N. Snow,
kidney
or
liver
disease
has
ever
resisted
its
the preceding requirements, are fatally de
B a lte r C ity .
fective and cannot be received by this office restorative power. Every part of the hu
Baker City*, April 14,1825.n471y
man system requires and should receive
as testimony.
S. S. BORDETT,
sustenance and support from the stomach
regulated by the liver. If the stomach can
Commissioner.
not supply the aliment required, the whole
system languishes. Fortify your organs of
otice is h ereb y given th a t
A M O N G T H E M O U N T A IN S .
life with these bitters and in ’ a few days you
the partnership heretofore existing be
E ditor D emocrat :--In my last, I left you will feel your whole system invigorated; "for tween W. S. Thorne, J. T. Hill, G. F. Pear
every desease arising from disordered liver, son and Thos. McDonald has been dissolv
in California gulch, it is one of the heads of stomach or bowels, it is invaluable; it will ed, Thos. McDonald not being now connect
Burnt River, and together with Snow Creek revive your shattered system. Dyspeptics ed with said Company. Said Company are
and Greenhorn, also tributaries of Burnt and persons of bilious habit should keep it not responsible for any debts contracted by
within reach, if they value health and ease.
said Thos. McDonald, fiom and after the
River, heads up in the south end of the high
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time oi said dissolution. By order oi
range of mountains, that divide the waters
March 22nd, 1875.
W. S. THORNE.
Most medicines which are advertised as
of the middle and Ncrth John Day.
The notice of Dissolution similar to above,
California Gulch has some of the best blood purifiers and liver medicines contain published in the last three issues of this pa
Placer mines in the district, and is worked either mercury, in some form, or potassium per, is discontinued, and above notice in
serted, for the reason that the name of Chas.
entirely by white men, paying as high as and iodine variously combined. All of these G reenappeared in' said former notice bv
ten or twelve dollars per day to the hand; agents have strong tendency to break down mistake.
' I ewadvertisemests . ~
Dissolution Of PartiereMp.
N
is named the N e w F a m i l y .
ton, Sacramento and San Francisco, at Pub
Tlie Singer Machine for Tailor’s use lisher’s rates.
is n am ed the N e w M e d i u m .
The Singer Machine f o r Shoe m a k
ers is n a m e d the No. 2. s t a n d a r d .
The Singer Machine for Saddlers’ is
named the No. 3. I. V. P.
The Singer Machine is going to be
sold in Eastern Oregon, on easy
terms to suit every person.
The Singer Machine uses the finest
cotton and heaviest linceed thread
or silk twist.
The Singer Machine should be seen
to be appreciated.
The Singer Machine is no cheap af
fair but a genuine live article.
The p a t e n t s on the Singer Machine
holds good for five ana seven
years yet, regardless of all others.
The Singer Machine will be sold in
Baker City and County, bv
ISLAND & ESTES,
n49m6
Agents.
Dissolution Of Partnership-.
© T IC E is h e re b y given tSiat
J e N the Partnership in and about working
the mines and Quartz Mill, situated in Ba
ker County, Oregon, to wit : the five Stamp
Mill and the Monumental Quartz Lode and
Green Discovery Lode, worked and operated
by Charles Green, Thomas McDonald, W.
S. Thorne, John TV Hill and George F.
Pearson, under the name of Green, McDon
ald & Co., prior to the fifth day of February,
1875, was, at said date, February 5th, 1875,
mutually dissolved; the said Charles
Green retiring therefrom at. said date, Feb.
5th, 1875, and having leased his undivided
halfinterest in said property, to the said
Thos. McDonald, for the benefit o f the other
partners, they assuming all liabilities ac
crued or to accrue, in consideration o f rents
mentioned in lease; and all persons are
hereby notified that he, Charles Green, is
not responsible for any indebtedness of said
Company or partnership existing at said
date of February. 5tb, 1875, or that has ac
crued, or may have accrued since said date.
Dated at Baker City, Oregon, April 9,1875.
4t-
CHARLES GREEN.
Thoroughbred Stallion
F o r S a le .
rrsflE U n d e rsig n e d offers fo r
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sale the Thorough Stallion
B O O K S A S P E C IA L T Y .
Any Rook published in the United States
furnished by us at Boise City, at Publisher’s
Prices. We are in constant receipt of NEW
BOOKS of all kinds.
SCHOOL BO O K S,
A large supply constantly on hand, at Cat
alogue Prices.
Orders from a distance solicited and satis
faction guaranteed.
JAMES A. PINNEY & CO-
Feb. 1, 1875.n391y
For Sale.
EM YC5
Blacteiith and w apa Simp.
which are situated at the head of MainStreet
in Baker City, Oregon. They are good and
roomy Shops, with good and a sufficient
amount of tools for wagon and buggy work,
and light and heavy forging, all in good or
der. There is onp bench and three fires and
a good run of custom. Terms to suit the
tim e s .
Celebrated Trotting Stallion
C O M E T ,
S j LI j S T A X 16 t h e
e n s u in g
season at Wisdom’s Ranch, 4 miles
North of this city, and one day in each week
at the Stable of Ktiburn & Perkins in Baker
City. Season commencing April 1st and
ending July 1st, 1875.
Good pasturage on the premises for the
accommodation of patrons from a distance.
Mares left at owners risk.
For full particulars Ac., see posters.
M. D. WISDOM
March 3d, 1875.
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Baker City. D exter is a handsome dark
dapple bay, seven years old, 16%, hands high
with tine iorm and action.
T erms — $10.00 to insure.
Mares from a distance will be pastured.
n-Hnri.
GEORGE EBELL.
Y N u c tio n S a l e .
th e h ouseh old , p a r l o r
and Kitchen Furniture of the Uuder-
signed not sold before the 17th day of April,
1875 will, on that day, be sold at Auction
at Baker City, Oregon. A splendid oppor
tunity to purchase some of the best Furni
ture in Eastern Oregon. See large Posters.
L. O. STERNS.
March 23d, 1875.n46td.
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ll
N
o t ic e i s h e r e b y g i v e n t h a t
all persons indebted to me either by
Note or book account, contracted before Oct
9th 1874, are hereby notified that all sucli
accounts have this day been sold and trans-
feredto Jno. H. Boyd, to whom all pay
ments must be immediately made.
K . B. M . B O Y D .
March 2nd, 1875.n46tf.
p a r tic u la r s
e n q u ir e on
S. B. McCORD.
March 10 th, 1875.n44tf.
For ¡¿ale.
A N E IG H T -M E D IU M ,c y lin d e r
Press, iu good running O l d e r . Can
take from 600 to 800 impressions per hour.
Six fonts of type, all new except one which
has been in use about two years. Suitable
for a business man, an amateur or printer.
Will be sold at cost. Enquire at B edrock
D emocrat office.
March 10th 1875. n44tf
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Notice of Dissolution of Copartnership.
N
o t ic e
is h e r e b y giv e n th a t
the copartnership heretofore exist
ing between the undersigned in the Hotel
business in Baker City, Baker County, Ore
gon, lias been this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The business hereafter will be con
ducted by O. H. Clement who will pay the
indebtedness of the firm and who alone is
authorized to collect and receipt for debts
due the same.
Dated at Baker City this 10th davofMarch
1875.
O. H. CLEMENT.
A. SICORD.
Administrator’s Notice.
In the County Court, Baker County, Orego
In the matter of estate of D. J. Spence
Deceased.
N O T IC E is h e re b y giv e n
th*
James W. Dugdale, the Administrât
of esta e of said D. J. Spencer, Deceased, h
presented for settlement and filed in sa
Court his final account of administration
said estate, and that Monday, the 3d day
May, 1375, being at a regular term of sa
Court, at the court room in Baker City,
said County and State, at 11 o’clock A. IV
ol said day, has been duly appointed by c
der of the Judge o f said Court for the settl
ment of said accounts, at which time at
place any person interested in said osta
may appear and file his exceptions in vvr
iug to the said account and contest the sarc
and at .which time and place the Court w
hear objections to said nnal account-and t]
settlement thereof.
By order of J B. Scofield, Judge of sa
Court, dated March 31st, 1875, this noti
is to he published four successive weeks
the B edrock D emocrat .
JAMES W. DUGDALE, Adm’r
I. D. HALSES,
Att’y for Adm’r.n47n52.
D E X T E R
IILiL Bbtiie th e se a so n oi
1875, at the farm of George Ebell
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near Pocahontas, about nine miles from
F o r fu rth o r
the promises ot
JACK McMILLEN,
Six year old stallion; 15% hands high; by
Uollossus; •first dam, Rossette, by Yorkshire;
second by Picayune, by Medoc. McMillen
is a pure thoroughbred, and j . full pedigree
will be given. The buyer can make the
price of this horse out of his services in the
next two months.
For full particulars, terms, Ac., enquire
of
JOHN EARLEY, Boise City, Idaho.
April 6th, 1875.n48tf.
d e sir o u s o f changing
my business I offer for Sale my
Administrator’s Notice.
In the County Court, Baker County, Oregc
In the matter of Estate of Christopher Sat
ders, Deceised.
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is? h e r e b y g iv e n tin
_L x Joseph Weckert, tlie Administrator
tlie estate of said Christopher Sande
Deceased, lias presen ted-for settlement, a
filed m said Court his final account of t
ministration of said estate, and that Me
day, the 3rd day of May, 1875, being at a ri
ular term of said Court, at the court toe
in Baker City, in said County and State,
11 o clock A. M ., of said day, has been di
appointed, by order of the Judge of s:
Court, for settlement of said final accou:
at such time and place the Court will h<
objections to said final account and the s
tlement thereof, and all persons interesl
m said estate are hereby notified to app<
at said place on or before said day and l
their exceptions in writing to said accot
and contest the same-
By order of D. B. Scofield, Judge of s;
Csurt, dated April 1st, 1875, publicati
hereof is made lour successive weeks in t
B edrock D emocrat .
JOSEPH WECKERT, Adm’r.
I. D. HAINES,
Att’y for Adm’r.n47n52,