WEEKLY COnVALLIS GAZETTE.
Corvallis, March 28, 1879.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
WHERE SHALL THE HARBOR BE?
We give up much of our ppace,
this week, to the discussion of the
Harbor of Refuge question which
is one of vital importance to the com
merce of this State. We call especial
attention to the able article of Hon.
R. A. Bensell.on this subject. Mr. B.
has given this matter much thought,
ftnl gives his views in a clear, forci
ble style and'relies entirely upon facts
and figures. We also quote from the
Oregonian, Albany Democrat, and
other sources, all showing the impor
tance of a harbor of refng", at some
point on this coast, not further south
than Port Orford. That California
is strongly endeavoring to secure the
appropriation made for this purpose
for some point on her own coast, is
patent to the most casual observer.
It is a fact, however, substantiated
by official reports on the subject, that
Cape Foulweather is the most availa
ble and practicable point on the
eoast, and the most favorably situat
ed, geographically, for such harbor.
In no event should it go south of
Foulweather, if the object is to ben
efit commerce, and save storm driven
vessels and tempest-tossed mariners.
It is shown, clearly, we think, that
at no point south of Foulweather
could vessels find so much protection,
at so little expense, as at this poiut.
We will not stop to argue this ques
tion, farther, at present. As au indi
cation of the feeling of tho press of
California on this subject, we will
take the liberty of making a' short
extract from a private letter from a
prominent citizen of California, who
is well posted on the subject, and will
be of more weight than any opinion
we might give. The writer says :
" From this time forward yon need not
look for any favor from California papers.
They beam to scent the money in the job,
and they will all endeavor to have it ex
pended in California, without regard to
facts favoring one place, or opposing an
other. Trinadad seems to be the point de
cided on, and the whole objection to it, may
be stated in a nut shell it is too far south
for a harbor of refuge. It would only be
available for the small coasters trading south
of Humboldt, while the northern portion of
California, and the whole coast of Oregon
and Washington territory would be with
out any benefit from it. To be available,
the harbor of refuge must be to the lieward.
as the sailors express it. The object is to
protect against southerly gales, and vesseJs
can always run north, when caught in such
weather, but it is utterly impossible to
work south.
Here is the whole qnestion, in a
"nut shell," fay an entirely disinter
ested party. It is stated so plainly,
and yet so forcibly, that the " Way
faring man, though a fool" need not
misunderstand it. In the language
of a correspondent, all we desire, in
this matter, is " fairness, honesty,
candor and facts." If Cape Foul
weather possesses the advantages
claimed for it, and which official re
ports-concede, then the Harbor of
Refuge should be located- there by
all means.
OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS.
The citizens of Corvallisand Benton
county, like those of other portions
of our State,.- are waking up on the
subject of railroads, which is truly
gratifying to all friends of progress
and enterprise. Every part of the
State needs a railroad, but it must be
remembered that a 'railroad cannot
pass every man's door. There are
certain lines, which are sure to be
built, provided the people give them
proper encouragement. But it should
be remembered, also, that persons
furnishing capital for the building of
railroads, like any other business ven
ture, do so as a profitable investment,
not for the sake of accommodation,
and that railroad companies will run
their lines just wherer it will be most
to their own interests. And yet, Mr.
Koehler, Vice President of the O. &
C R. R., and the O. C. R. R., and
agent of the German bond holders,
who now own both roads, came to
Corvallis, last Saturday, for the pur
pose of consulting some of the lead
ing citizens of the place, as to the
best and most acceptable location for
traek, depots, etc., in this city. By
this visit is shown a very commenda
ble spirit of accommodation. He
interviewed as many of our promi
nent citizens as his limited time would
permit, and returned to Albany on
Sabbath, so as to take the early train
to Portland on Monday morning.
Th location of the line through the
city has not been definitely deter
mined, although the surveyors, under
the supervision of R. A. Habersham
and Mr. Hnrlburt, civil engineers, ar
rived in this city last Friday evening,
and on Saturday, run lines on several
streets.
Mr. Koehler is very reasonable in
his demands, and only asks of our
citizens, as we are informed, the right
of way and suitable grounds' for de
pots, warehouses, etc. These our
citizens should, and we doubt not,
will, most cheerfully provide. In or
der to do this, union and harmony of
action is necessary, and we suggest
that a meeting of the citizens, for
this purpose, be called at an early
day. It behooves every citizen who
feels an interest in the prosperity of
Corvallis to be wide awake and act
promptly and wisely.
And in this connection we will say,
the prospects for our Yaquina railroafd
were never brighter or more encour
aging. The iron, car wheels, etc., for
the first ten miles are on the way, and
the locomotive will be here as soon as
the iron. And all that remains now
for the citizens of Benton county to
do, is to complete the road bed-for the
iron. To do this will require a few
thousand dollars, and right now our
citizens should wake up on this sub
ject. Those who have promised, and
are deeply interested in this railroad,
should respond at once. We under
stand that some who have had the
credit of doing much, have done ab
solutely nothing. The directors can
not go forward in the matter, ot pro
curing ties, bridging, etc., without
money, and it must come from Che
people. Come, friends of the road,
let us have one more long pull, a
strong pull, and a pull all together.
The people of Corvallis and the en
tire county have too much at stake,
to allow so grand an enterprise to
flag and finally fail, for the small pit
tance now required to secure 6uch
inand results. The eves of the er
tire State and the Coast as well, are
now upon us. To falter now is to
commit an unpardonable error. Let
the language of every person be, ttit
must not, it SHALL NOT FAIL."
THE HARBOR OF REFUGE.
We are glad to notice the fact that
the press of this State is waking up
to the importance of securing a har
bor of refuge at some point that will
be of some actual benefit to the com
merce of the entire northwest coast.
We fully agree with the Oregonian,
"on no acconnt should it be south of
Port Orford.'' There are many good,
and we think, sufficient reasons, why
it should be north of that place. Of
ficial surveys have demonstrated that
Cape Foulweather is the most suita
ble and available point for saeh harbor
of refuge. A harbor of refuge is
in-tended, principally, for the safety of
vessels driven by the fearful storms
which sweep our rock-bound coast.
It is a well known fact that sailing
vessels, in order to strike the trade
winds between San Francisco and
Puget Sound, have to bear west some
five or six hundred miles from San
Francisco, which renders it almost
impossible for them, when overtaken
by a gale,- to make Port Orford or
any point south of there. For this
reason, Cape Foulweather is more fa
vorably located. Another very im
portant reason is, that Foulweather
offers, from the prevailiug south and
southwest gales, almost a natural har
bor of refuge, as will be seen by
reference to Assistant Engineer Hab
ersham's report. A little over half a
million dollars, judiciously expended,
would give a harbor of refuge, at this
point, sufficient forpresent necessities,
and which could be increased from
year to year. To show that th e
Oregonian is beginning to talk in
earnest on this subject we quote as
follows from an editorial in that
paper o the 22d inst :
Certain California journals are busy al
ready with misrepresentations concerning
the selection of a site for a harbor of rct
ugfe. The Alia criticises the report of Col.
Wilson, and to sustain its censure nii.-squotes
his report. He examined several points and
made estimates thereon. The Alta applies
what is said in regard to a breakwater on
the north side of Cape Foulweather, where
the estimate is for a work costing $656,000,
to the report dnd estimate for a breakwater
in another place, which would cost ten mil
lions. Again, it asserts that Col. Wilson,
instead of going in person to make the ex
amination and estimates, sent an assistant,
and the report is attacked on this ground.
This is most unjust towards Col. Wilson,
for the fact is he personally examined the
locality referred to, and on this knowledge
approved the work and statements of the
assistant engineer. The fact is California
wants the harbor constructed on her own
coast, where it would really be no harbor of
refuge, since the gales from the southwest
mainly prevail from the north of the line of
that State. Every exertion should be made
by our representatives at Washington to se
cure the selection of a site where a harbor
may be constructed that will be a benefit to
the commerce of the northwest. On no ac
count should it be south of Port Orford.
What Does it Mean ? A correspondent,
in writing to the Gazette, recently, says :
" Some 5,000 feet of lumber has come ashore
around Cape Foulweather, and north of it.
Also some gaffs and small masts of a vessel. "
It is more than probable that some vessel
has been lost during the reeecnt gales that
have been striking terror to the hearts of
mariners along our rock bound coast. An
other plea for a harbor of refuge at Cape
Foulweather.
Between 40,000 and 50.000 bushels of
wheat -were shipped from Turner station dur
ing the season Just passed.
HARBOR OF REFUGE.
Ed. Gazette: I wish to offer a
few thoughts on this important sub
ject, which I will introduce by the
following, clipped from the proceed
ings of the Portland Board of Trade,
as found in the Oregonian :
Whereas, The report ot the TJ. S. board
of engineers of the Pacific coast shows that
Port Orford, in Oregon, is by nature the
best located and protected port, and of eas
ier construction at less expense as a harbor
m w i i "
oi reiuge, occupyaig as it does a position
midway between San Francisco and Puget
Sound, and consequently of greater utility
and speedier access to vessels in distress pro
ceeding to or from Oreeon. Washington ter
ritory, British Columbia- and Alaska, than
Trinidad or more southern points in caliior
nia, therefore,
Resolved, That this board do represent
these peculiar advantages to Gen. Hum
phreys, chief of engineers at Washington, to
Cot. liillespie, U. S. engineer at rortiano,
and to our senators and representatives in
congress, and respectfully ask them to urge
on the department the selection and adop
tion of Port Orford, or failing which, Coos
Bay, as the place for the construction of the
harbor of refuge ordered by congress for the
Pacific coast ; that the secretary lorwara
coDies of this resolution to the gentlemen
herein named, together with abstracts of the
reports of the board of Engineers on tne ra
cine coast, and Col. Wilson, made to Gen.
Humphreys.
Here we have a resolution emanat
ing from a creditable source one on
which the officers of the government
are expected to look with favor.
They will be astonished to find, that
in obedience to the House of Repre
sentatives, Gen. Alexander, Cols.
Mendall, Stewart and Williamson,
sailed from San Francisco in August,
1877, on the IT. S. steamer Hassler,
to examine and report on certain
points in California, designated in
said resolution, and Port Orford and
Cape Gregory, in Oregon; that these
thorousrhly competent engineers, re
ported the cost of a Harbor of Refuge
at Port Orford " to be $10,507,000
the most expensive of a"3fy point
on the coast. They also objected
to the great depth of water, and to
Port Orford Reef, as dangerous to
vessels approaching from the north
ward." I challenge Mr. Dekunr, or the
Board of Trade, to successfully con
tradict this statement. But how does
it conform to the "facts" set forth
by that honorable body? There is
some very urgent reason for this mis
representation. I had hoped for sim
ple justice in this important matter,
more particularly as the Board of
Engineers are required to take into
consideration the " local and general
interests of commerce." What in
terests, of this character, will be de
veloped at Port Orford ? No agri
cultural country back of it. What
kind of place would Coos Bay be, for
a Harbor of Refuge ? With the best
possible improvement, it will never
be as sjood as the month of the Col
umbia river, and that is not desirable
for such purposes now ! Coos Bay,
improved and connectedjas it will be,
by railroad, affords Southern Oregon
an outlet, by a shorter and cheaper
route all she demands. The Colum
bia river, with the improvements now
under way completed, gives to the
traffic of Eastern Oregon a free pas
sage to the sea. But shall Middle
Oregon, comprising three whole
counties, and paits of Polk and Ma
rion, that produced, in 1875, HALF
of the total wheat crop of the
State, follow, forever, the old, circuit
ous, expensive, and unnecessary route
to the seaboard, when she can reach
a port on the coast with seventy-five
miles of railroad ? Must she always
pay tribute to the Locks Company,
and have her golden grain handled
and taxed, until honest labor and pa
tient toil is well nigh shorn of its re
ward that st company, controlling
the commerce of Oregon's noblest
rivers, may grow rich, and richer,
less generous? This is the impor
tant question, and it becomes the
duty of every newspaper, fanner,
merchant, producer, and voter, of
Willamette's fertile center, to work,
with untiring energy, that all the
facts of commerce and interests of
trade, may be laid before those who
have the selection of the point for a
Harbor of Refuge.
Now, as to economy, Col. Wilson
says: "The least' expensive harbor
at Port Orford will cost $3,427,000
wall to enclose an area of ninety
acres." He also says: "From sur
vey and estimates, submitted by
Ass't Engineer Habersham, that an
area of one hundred acres can be
obtained at Cape Foulweather for
$656,221,000 which area can be en
larged as commerce requires." This
is $2,770,779 less than the cost? at
Port Orford, and gives ten acres
more area. Col. Wilson recommends
the purchase, by the government, of
a piece of land, from which to ob
tain material this means the absorp
tion of at least one appropriation, at
Port Orford, to commence with.
At Fonlweather, the government
owns Yaquina Point, containing a
vast amount of material easy to use
in continuing the point northward,
while the northern extremity of the
proposed work rests on- the south
line of the Siletz reservation, a moon-
tain of basaltic rock. Within two
miles of the se3 wall, and immediate
ly around this locality, all the mate
rial can be taken from government
land, free of cost. Thus $150,000
directly used in building this proposed
sea wall will give, in twelve months,
a harbor where at least twenty ves
sels can ride out south, southeast and
southwest gales in safety while no
good results can be obtained at Port
Orford within five years, at least.
We ask Eastern Oregon to "come
over and help The charter for
the Willamette Valley and Coast R.
R. calls for a line to the eastern boun
dary of the State; and this tr, plain
ly, the nearest route to the coast ;
free from many inland embarrass
ments, and a great many imposed by
monopolists and those who have had
a mortgage, lo! these many years,
on the industry of Oregon. You cat
tle men of the "bunch grass" coun
try, whom I remember with feelings
of kindness, and who stood gallantly
side by side with us in Ames past, in
fiohting the " common enemy," can
realize our situation. We ask only
for candor, justice and honesty of
expression the greatest good for ti e
greatest number. R. A. B.
Newport, March 12, 1879.
FROM THE CAPITAL.
p Salem, March 24, 1879.
Ed. Gazette : I do wonder if you
Corvallisites are lifieus Salemites, rev
elliiig in wind and rain storms such
as try men's souls and cause them to
watch anxiously for that " bow of
promise," which assures us that, not
withstanding present indications, we
are not on the eve of another deluge,
and need not so earnestly gaze up at
the summit of old Mt. Hood, and in
our minds picture it as a second Ara
rat, wondering meanwhile where the
ark is to come from, to say nothing
of our efforts to solve the enigrma as
to who in this degenerate generation
could personate the good old Noah
Verily, it don't do to even imagine a
repetition of those eventful times, for
the more we think of it the worse off
we become, and realize only too forci
bly the sinfulness of thV present gen
eration. But we are digressing,
somewhat, and from the weather are
blanching off "into religious topics,
and, fearful lest we will venture into
mysteries of which we know nought,
we had, perhaps, best " tack a little,"
and drift back into subjects on which
we are better informed. We have
had wind and rain this month until
we are tired of it, as March came in
like a lion, and resembling that king
of beasts it has staid with us right
through, apparently unmindful of the
fact that custom demanded its retire
ment in the meek and subdued spirit
exemplified by the woolly quadruped
which poetry and song has so closely
allied the studious and affectionate
Mary with.
A large concourse of relatives and
friends, on Saturday last, followed to
their last resting place, in the Odd
Fellows' cemetery near this city, the
remains of one of Salem's most re
spected citizens, I. N. Gilbert, a gen
tleman who has been closely allied
with Salem's municipal interests for
years past. He settled in this county
in 1844. and has lived here ever
since. By strict economy and close
attention to business he has amassea
a comfortable fortune, and won the
confidence and esteem of all with
whom he came in contact. He leaves
a large family to mourn their loss
The funeral took place from the Con
gregational church, Rev. P. S. Knight
officiating.
A movement is on foot in the city
which, if carried forward to culmina
tion, will add very materially to the
appearance of our State Capitol
building and the grounds surround
ing it. It is well known that the
siuorle block on which the State
House is now situated is much too
small, and gives it a decidedly cramp
ed appearance. Permission will be
asked of the city councif to vacate
the street between the capitol and
Wilson's avenue, immediately in
front or west of tle state house, and
include the block now occupied by
the state house in one immense en
closure. It is then proposed to build
a wide plank wa'.k down through the
center of the avenue to an'entrance at
the west end. The project meets the
approval of all who have been inter
viewed on the snbject, and will- we
trust, be carried out in detail.
His Excellency, Gov. Thayer, has
caused to be issued the following
civic and military commissions since
our last report : Notaries Public,
George Brawley, Phoenix ; W. F.
Brayton, Oregon City ; R. H. Rosa,
Parkerebnrg ; W. B. Gilbert, Port
land ; Leopold Bond, East Portland,
and Horatio N. Pike, of your county.
J ohn Hamill of San Franciso, and J.
Paul Diver, of Philadelphia, Com
missioners of Deeds for Oregon.
Military commissions, W, W. Whit-
worth, captain ; Thos. Howard, 1st
lieut., and E. Prine, 2d lieut., compa
ny D, second regiment, third brig
ade ; J. W. Saulsbury, captain, S. G.
Lightfoot, 1st lieut., and H. H. El
liott, 2d lieut., company E, second
regiment, third brigade ; J. B. Lind
sey, surgeon ; Howard Anderson and
A. H. Starkweather, aide de camp
on staff of Brig. Gen. Turner, with
rank of captains. These appoint
ments indicate a thorough organiza
tion of the militia in Umatilla county,
and a desire to be ready for any
emergency of an uprising among the
Indians in that section of the state.
Geo. H. Himes, of Portland, and
Wood W. Munkers, of this city,
having been appointed printing ex
perts, have filed their respective
oaths of office and will at once enter
upon the discharge of their duties.
Gen. Mart. V. Brown, ex-stale print
er, is in the city looking after' his in
terests, and he is the same whole
souled, jovial chap.of other days, he
having gained, rather than lost, in
conviviality by his earnest interest in
the temperance movement.
Pearl Lodge, No. 66, A. F. & A.
M., located at Turner, in this county,
has just filed articles of incorporation
in the office of the secretary of state,
with R. O. Thomas, Henry Smith and
Guyan Gibson, as incorporators; cap
ital stock, $500.
Hon. W. R. Dunbar, G. W. C. T.,
I. O. G. T., is in the city, perfecting
arrangements for a lecturing tour
preparatory to his vacating that field
at the next session of the Grand
JLoasre. tie nas recently taken up a
ranch in Klickitat co., W. T., and will
hereafter devote himself to stock
raising and agricultural pursuits.
Mr. Dunbar has been most zealous
and conscientious worker in the cause
of temperance, and a legion of friends
will regret the necessity that compels
him to leave the lecture field, but
will unite in wishing him abundant
prosperity in whatever enterprise he
may enter into.
The various Odd Fellow lodges of
this city have recently instituted an
exchange of fraternal visitations
which are thoroughly enjoyable
throughout. Olive and Chemeketa
lodges have exchanged courtesies of
this kind recently, and they were oc
casions long to be remembered by
members of the order participating
therein'.
The military board of auditors, to
audit the claims against the state,
created by the recent Indian out
breaks in Eastern Oregon, are about,
ready to issue bonds as authorized
by the act passed by the last legislature.
- They do say that Rev. F. P. Tow
er, of this city, is bidding for the
presidency of Willamette University,
now so ably filled by Prof. T. M
Gatch. Mr. Tower is a most excel
lent man, in his way, but we opine
the trustees of that institution of
learnintr have its interests too much
at heart to consent to Prof. Gatch
retirement, under any other circum
stance than a determined desire, on
his part, so to do. Neither Mr
Tower, nor any other public educa
lor in this neck o' the woods, can
successfully fill Prof. Gatch's place.
Capt. L. S. Scott is rejoicing over
the advent of a new boy baby at his
house, and promises to have him at
tending the general delivery window
at the postoffice in the course of a
few weeks.
The vountr Men's Christian Asso
ciation of Portland is perfecting ar
rangements forthe erection of a build
ing 60x80 feet in size on the State
Fair grounds, for the use of public
worship. J. M. Coulter, of this city,
is drafting the plans.
Rev. J. C. Baker and family, of the
Baptist Church in this city, were the
recipients of arf old-fashioned dona
tion party on Friday evening last,
and were enriched thereby to the
amount of something over one hun
dred dollars.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather the improvements in and
around the state house are being
pushed rapidly forward. The cornice
and stuccoing work is well-niglr com
pleted on the east wing and it makes
a very decided improvement in the
general appearance. That cornice
work of Hexter & May is a little the
nicest we have ever seen in that line.
Mrs. Nellie Curl, widow of the
late Hon. C. G. Curl, died in this city
and was buried from the Bapfcrst
church on Sunday last. Ned.
the purpose of reorganizing and constituting
a Greenback State Committee, under the
constitution and platform authorized and
begun by the Mass Convention of the Green
back Party held in Chicago on the 22d of
August, 1876, and to transact any uther bus
iness that may be deemed essential in' fur
therance of tne UreenbacK uuo organiza
tion in this State.
All . Clubs now organized, or that may be
organized, or reorganized previous to the
20th of May next, that have held a regular
meeting six months previous to this date,
and having a charter from M. M. Pomeroy,
(Chairman of the National Greenback Com
mittee on Organization, ) or that shall send
application for charter to said Chairman,
(subject to his instructions,) previous to the
20th of May next, shall be entitled to seud
one delegate such delegate to be amember
of a legal Club, and either a President of
such Club, or a member duly appointed to
act in lieu of their President, except that
any member of a legal Club in Eastern Ore
gon may represent all legal utuns in his
county by proxy.
As the success of the Union Greenback
Labor Party in this State depends upon the
action of the Clubs in reorganizing the party
upon its own platform, every advocate of the
cause should press forward in the work of
organizing Clubs, with a full determination
to perfect the work of organization as begun.
Hoping that each Club will see the necessity
of this movement and send one delegate to
this convention, and as many more to be in
attendance as possible, that something may
be done to prevent the destruction of our
country and the enslavement of the people
to money kings, I remain yours in the cause,
with hope ot your hearty co-operation and
a full attendance on the 22d of May.
JAS. C. HUTTON,
Member of National Greeenback Com
mittee on Organization.
In Lebanon, of scarlet fever, on the 26th
day of Feb., 1879, Bethie Preston, aged
years and 28 days, daughter of V. M. and
Jennie Preston. Also of same disease, on
the 23d day of March, 1879, Nattie L. Pres
ton, aged 7 years, 8 months and 22 days,
son of same parents.
"Suffer little children to come unto me."
Twtlittle graves with two little mounds!
side by side, is all that is left us in this
world. They are gone, but not lost. Wo
are separated, but not forever. M. E. P.
Kees Hamlix.
DKAYAGE
Emmett F. WlBH.
MAYAGE ! !
GREENBACK STATE CONVENTION.
Salem, Gbego, March 22d, 1859.
To the Greenback Clubs of Oregon :
Brothers of otjr Cause : Having been
appointed a member of the Greenback Na
tional Committee on Organization for the
State of Oregon, and acting under instruc
tions from a convention of Greenback Clubs
held in Salem on the 20th March, 1879, I
hereby call a State Convention of all legal
Greenback Clubs in the State, to be held in
Salem on the 22d dav of May. 1879, com
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day, for
THAT 1 PROPOSED BREAKWATER."
Under the above caption, we find
in the Albany Democrat, of the' 21st
inst., the following able editorial
Gen. Brown, like every well informed,
and unprejudiced person, in view of
all the facts in the case and the ne
cessities of commerce on the north
west coast, favors Cape Foulweather
as the most suitable and available
point forthe "proposed breakwater."
facts are stubborn things, ana no
resolution of the Portland Board of
Trade, can take the place of, or sup
plant the facts relative to Foul weather.
We quote from the Democrat :
Now, just as it was generally agreed that
Cape Foulweather, near Yaquina Bay, was
the most suitable and available site for the
location of the proposed harbor of refuge
for the coast stretchins north from San
Francisco to Puget Sound, that blundering.
officious concern, the Portland Board of
Trade, precipitately shoves inr its oar and
recommends that Port Orford, away down
in Curry county, be chosen for the proposed
breakwater and this in the very face of the
report of U. S. Assistant Ln"ineer Maber
sham, of their own city, who last year sur
veyed the t oulweather site and recommend
ed it as in every way superior to any other
point for this important auxilliary to our
ocean commerce. And Capt. Habersham is
not alone in his estimate of th relative cost
of the breakwater at the two points named.
The report of Col. Wilson, U. S. Engineer,
shows that while the construction of a
breakwater at Port Orford would cost the
enormous sum of $9,405,000, a suitable one
for all purposes required can be built at
Foulweather for less than seven hundred
thousand dollars !
And then, after all, what benefits are to
accrue to the commercial interests of Oregon
by the establishment of this harbor at Port
Orford ? It is entirely out of the way of
any liuo of land travel, and the almost im
passable mountains which shut it off from
the thickly settled portions of our State
preclude the establishment of any line of
transportation to its margin for years to
come. It never would be likely to aiford a
connection for commerce by land and sea,
and hence would never supply that which
our people so much desire -an entrepot on
our coast that will give us direct communi
cation with the high seas.
Portland of course desires that vessels
should forever enter and depart over the
Columbia Bar, thus perpetuating that city
as the commercial metropolis of Orogon ; and
knowing that while Port Orford never could,
for obvious reasous, become a rival for com
mercial purposes, which Foulweather so
plainly threatens to do, her keen-scented
Board of Trade, inflated with a self-imputed
importance which heretofore the " cow
county" towns have never thought it worth
while to cavil with, proceed with their usual
pomposity to " resolute" and instruct that
the appropriation for a breakwater be ex
pended at Port Orford !
Here follows an extract from Mr,
H. D'enlinger's correspond-ence to the
Oregonian. The full letter appears
on the first page of our paper to-day.
Ed. Gazette.
We have just received a printed pamphlet
containing Senator Mitchell's speech on this
important subject, delivered in the U. S.
Senate on Jan. lOth last, from which we
learn many valuable statistics and much
useful information on this point. After
showing up, in glowing language, the vast
importance of the commerce of the .North
Pacific cost, Mr. Mitchell proceeds to illus
trate the absolute necessity of a marine
asylum for ships by giving a table of the
number of vessels lost or damaged as well
a3 loss of life, on the North Pacific coast
from 1861 to the close of last year. The
number of vessels totally lost is 189 ; ves
sels damaged', 240, and number of lives lost
(about) 500. This Ion? list of marine' dis
asters on our northwest coast is surely suf
ficiently appalling to show the importance
of a suitable, convenient and safe harbor oj
refuge which would save at least a large
percentage of such losses in the future.
By looking over the table spoken of we
hnd that at least two-thirds ot these disas
ters occurred off the coast of Oregon and
Washington Territory, thus showing that
our own cast is the most dangerous to nav
igation of the whole Pacific main. This
acknowledgement of the- dangers of our
coast mav be considered by some a gratitious
admission on our part, and one calculated to
injure our commerce, but we don't look at
it in that light. The truth may at times
sound harsh to those who are inclined to be
politic at the expense of that great virtue,
but its agitation will m time prove more
efficacious and endurimr. Mr. Mitchell cer
tainly dirt not naralfi this teartul array oi
mannp. disasters to life and property with
intent to iniure the trade or trafhc of his
own Stats, but that the facts might come to
the knowledge of those who have the power
to prevent their recurrence. There is no
doubt that the table given by him is correct,
hence the importance of early action n the
matter of remedying these evils and avert
; n,MO ril, ;,n f.h? future. And it is our
1UK VilB ssau - 1
firm ennviction. based upon local prejudices
" - . . . . 1 1 XI
or territorial favoritism, that irom
havs and harbors which indent
from San Francisco to Pnget
the Golden Gate to the Straits
HamliD & Wrenn, Propr's.
HSSEM wrm
DRAYING AND AUl iwrs
r,ib?.eitty or,country- the luwest 'living
Rites. Can be found at. tho nU t . 7
share of the public patronage mMtfidl r,nii .
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In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore--gon,
for Benton county, Thomas Thrasher
Plaintiff, vs. Catharine Thrasher, Defendant.
Suit in equity for a divorce.
TO CATHARINE THRASHER, THE1
above named defendant, in the name of
the State of Oregon, you are hereby sum
inoned and required to appear and answer"
the complaint of said plaintiff, in the above
entitled suit, now on tile in f3ie office of the
Clerk of said Court at, or before the next
term of said Circuit Court, to be holden afc
Corvallis- in said county, on the second
Monday in April, 1879. And you are here
by notified that if you fail to answer said
complaint, as herein required, tne pJaiBtin
will take judgment agains you ionne wnas
thereof and wifl apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint, to-wit : A
decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of
matrimony now existing between yom and1
the plaintiff, and for costs and disbursements
of this suit. This summons is published by
order of Hon. J. IV Watson, Judge of said
Court, bearing date Feb 28, 1879.
JOHN BURNETT,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Feb. 28, 1879. Ib.irwtt
Summons.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
State of Oregon for Benton County.
LubsaA. Johnson jf Plaintiff,-
vr. i
Newton C. Johns, f Defendant.
To Newton C. Johnson, the above named
Defendant : In the name of the State of
Oregon, you are hereby summoned and re"
quired to' appear and answer the complaint
r.f A Plaintiff in the above entitled suit
now on file in the office of the Clerk of said
Court, on or before the next term of said
mwtaU Court to be holden at Corvallis, id
said county, on the second Monday ot April.
A T). 1879. And you are hereby notified
that if you fail to answer said Complaint as
herein required, the Plaintiff will apply to
said court for the relief demanded in the?
complaint. The object of said suit is a di
vorce from the bonds of matrimony now ex
isting betweenplaintiff and defendant. Pub
lished by order of Hon. J". F. Watson, Judge,
at chambers, on the 8th day of October, 1 878.
Dated this 6th day of February, A. D.
1879. K A. CHENOWETH,
21febl6:8w6. Pl'ffs Attorney.