The Corvallis gazette., April 04, 1879, Page 2, Image 2

We are not alarmists when we tell you there
is a purpose, fixed and steady, and backed
by wealth and intellect, to divert the bounty
of the government and have it squandered
where it will do no good. What we suggest
and earnestly desire, is, that other counties,
interested like our own, organize for the
purpose of placing the facts fairly before
the parties charged with the duty of locating
this improvement ; havfilg no doubt but that
the truth and the facts will bear us out in
what we claim. With work, and prompt
action, success is certain. Let us make one
common cause and work together. We owe
it to ourselves and to our children to secure
what, by nature and right, belongs to us in
this regard. Facts and suggestions should
be sent to our secretary, B. W. Wilson, at
Corvallis.
J. R. Bayley,
W. A. Wells,
M. S. Woodcock,
James A. Yantis,
J. B. Lee,
Committee.
resolutions.
Whereas, The constmction of a Harbor
ot Refuge at some joint between San Fran
cisco and Puget Sound is an absolute neces
sity for the shipping interests of the country;
and.
Whereas, During the last year many val
uable lives were lost and much valuable
property destroyed for the want of such a
harbor ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we respectfully recommend
Cape FoulweathajljBn the western line of
Benton County, alMne most available point
on the coast from the Golden Gate to the
Straits of Fuca, for a Harbor of Refuge.
Resolved, That while a harbor can be con
structed on the north side of Cape Foul
weather for the sum of 650,221.20, to con
struct one at Port Orford will cost over three
millions of dollars.
Resolved, That as the report of Col. Wil
son shows that the principal injury to ship
ping is caused by southwest gales, that no
point further south than Cape Foulweather
would be of any particular use to the ship
ping interests as a harbor of refuge.
Resolved, That the admirable report of
Assistant Engineer Robert A. Habersham,
shows that there is a natural harbor on the
north side of Cape Foulweather, and with
the expenditure of less than one-sixth of
what it would cost to construct a harbor at
any other point on the coast, a safe and con
venient harbor can be constructed at that
point, sufficient for all purposes.
Resolved, That we earnestly call the at
tention of the Board of Engineers, who are
to select the point at which the appropriation
made by the last Congress is to be expend
ed, to the natural advantages that Cape
Foulweather possesses over any other point
on the coast, for a work of this kind.
Resolved, That we will not allow the pa
tent facts to be perverted or turned aside
that Foulweather is the most suitable in its
position on the coast for the purposes in
tended to be accomplished by a harbor of
refuge ; the immediate contiguity to a large
agricultural district ; its cheapness of con
struction, as well as its capability of being
rendered immediately useful, with the small
means appropriated for the purpose, all indi
cate with unerring certainty that that is the
place designed by nature as the harbor of
refuge.
Resolved, That we will place fairly, truth
fully and prominently the facts of its favor
able surroundings before those having this
great work in charge, not doubting but they
will lead to the desired end and secure the
expenditure of the money in the right place.
Resolved. That we look with profound as
tonishment upon the far-seeing policy of the
Portland .Board of trade seeing advantages
in any place rather than the one at home.
Resolved, That we accept this express-ion I
of the Portland Board of Trade in ignoring
entirely the bay north of Cape Foulweather
as a sincere, but unwilling testimonial of :
its fatness and importance as a harbor of
refuge,
Resolved, That we cordially invfte the
people of the Willamette Valley to unite
with us in presenting the simple facts of this
matte to those having charge of this work.
Resolved, That we do not look upon the
conduct of the Portland Board of Trade in
this matter as friendly to the interests of
this valley, and that we do not believe any
portion of the people of the valley will look
with favor upon any effort to rivet the
shackles and -bind permanently upon their
backs, burdens now borne by the trade of
the valley.
Resolv'd, That it is our hope that this
conduct of the Portland .Board ot trade
does not fairly represent the sentiment of the
good people ot Portland ; but that in case
we become satisfied that Portland is hostile
to the development of the natural advantag
es of our coast, and outlets to the ocean, we
will labor with determination and unceasing
vitforto induce our people to unite and trade
directly with San Francisco, and seek the
aid of that city, which we hope will be able
to see and appreciate our natural advantages.
John Burnett, i
river a suitable place for the construction of
...ijwi 01 reiuge, ana directed that the
views thus expressed be laid before the board
of engineers having in charge the selection
ot a proper locality. There are many argu
ments that might be urged in support of this
suggestion. L The Columbia river is and
will remain the principal channel of com
merce between San Francisco and Puget
bound, and the engineers say it is not a nat
ural harbor against southern storms. 2 A
stone wall or dyke can be built from Point
Adams to Clatsop Spit for less money than
a wall can be built at any point south of
there, except perhaps at Foulweather. 3.
1 he contracted channel would so deepen
itself as to afford safe entrance at low tide
and in all weather for all classes of vessels
4. The harbor inside is of sufficient depth,
extent and security for all the shipping of
the Pacific ocean. 5. Such a wall would
protect Fort Stevens, which has been yield
ing to encroachments from the sea and must
be kept up at much expense to the govern
ment. 6. Of 34 storms reported by the sig
nal bureau. 23 started on the coast of Ore
gon and Washington, and only 11 on the
coast of California. Therefore the Colum
bia river would not bs out of the way
for the harbor pioposed. 7. All vessels
from San Francisco for Shoalwater Bay, Pu
get Sound and Alaska pass near the mouth
of the Columbia River. 8. All vessels com
ing to the Columbia from the sea for trade
come direct to the mouth of the river ; and
they vastly exceed the number and value of
all the shipping together to and from all
ports between the Columbia and San Fran
cisco. 9. With the exception of perhaps
one place, the improvement of any port
south would constitute only a harbor of ref
uge. Those points generally are not acces
sible by land. Were the improvement made
at the mouth of the Columbia river it would
otherwise facilitate and be auxiliary to a com
merce only second to that of San Francism
It would deepen and strengthen the channel,
render it smoother in heavy weather, lessen
the need of towage and diminish the danger
of ships getting aground by missing their
course. 10. From the first the improve
ment would be a benefit to commerce. The
first year's work would produce important
results. If undertaken elsewhere the im
mediate benefits would not be apparent, and
unless steadily continued would amount to
nothing at all. And Congress may not read
ily be induced to continue the work if it
costs millions and requires from tentotwen
ty years. It will be seen from these state-"
ments, which are given merely in outline
and might be elaborated at length, that the
recommendation made by the Astoria Cham
ber of Commerce has some very substantial
arguments behind it. The Columbia river
is and always will remain the channel of the
greater part of the commerce of Oregon, as
well as of a large share of that of Washing
ton Territory ; and if the proposed improve
ment were made at the entrance of this
river it certainly would be a great assistance
to general commerce, besides affording a
harbor of refuge, in accord with the plan
proposed.
John kay,
F. A. Chenowet
Committee.
THE COLUMBIA RiVER AND THE HAR
BOR CF REFUGE.
At the residence of J. D. Miller, Oregc m
City, March 25th, James Cochran and Miss
Emma Miller.
Capt. ' ' Jimmy " is well known on the up
per Willamette river. We join our voice
with numerous friends, in wishing the young
couple long life, prosperity and happiness.
DIED.
In Corvallis, March 20, 1879, Mt3 Sophia,
wife of Mr. J. B. Irwin, aged 41 years.
Deceased was the daughter of Mr. C. P.
Blair of our city. She crossed the plains in
company with her parents in 1853, and set
tled in Benton county. In 1855 she was
married to Mr. J. B. Irwin, with whom she;
lived happily until her death. Her death
was sudden, though not altogether unexpect
ed, as she had been subject to severe attacks
of suffocation caused doubtless from exces
sive corpulency. The last attack was sud- ,
den and violent, terminating in death in half
an hour. A physician was called, but be
fore he arrived, the brittle thread of life was
snapped, and her freed spirit took its flight
to its far-off home on hirfi.
She was an humble, devoted child of
God a member of the Cumberland Presby
terian Church and had been for 23 years, '
and died in full hope of a blessed immortal
ity. She leaves a husband and four children,
an aged father, brothers and sisters, and a
large circle of friends to mourn her loss.
The funeral services were conducted by
the writer, on Monday morning, the 30th, .
at 9 o'clock.' After which sorrowing friends "
bore her remains to their last resting place. "
Peaceful be thy slumbers, until waked by
the judgment angel, at the resurrection of -the
just. " Write, Blessed are the dead'
who die in the Lord." J. E.
Corvallis, Oregon, April 1, 1879.
Rees Ha.mlix. Emhett F. Wrksn.
DKAYAGE ! DRAYAGE ! !
Hamlin k Wrenn, Propr's,
WEEKLY C01TALUS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
Corvallis, April 4, 1879.
W. B. CARTER, ... - EDITOR
ADVANTAGES DFJOULWEATHER.
The advantages possessed by Cape
Foulweather, as the proper location
for a harbor of refuge, are manifold.
1st. It is a natural harbor, with suf
ficient capacity and depth of water,
to answer the present necessities ot
commerce, by placing two buoys at
the entrance, and charts for the guid
ance of mariners. 2nd. It is abreast
the center of the Willamette valley,
the great grain growing section of
the State. 3rd. It is on the direct
line of the Willamette Valley and
Coast R. It., now in process of con
struction, which terminates at the
eastern line of the State, thus giving
the fertile plains of Eastern Oregon,
a short and direct railroad communi
cation with the Pacific ocean. 4th.
It meets the demands of Congress, in
the instructions of the board of U. S.
Engineers in charge of the location
of the proposed breakwater, to look
well to the benefits accruing there
from to "local" as well as "general
commerce." No point on the entire
coast can successfully compete with
Foulweather, in this particular, as
will be seen from facts above stated.
5th. By the location of the harbor
of refuge at Cape Fulweather, hun
dreds of thousands dollars, annually,
would be saved to the farmers of this
valley, in the item of transportation.
Less than sixty miles of railroad, the
first ten mile section of which is near
ly graded, and iron afloat for the
same, would save the shippers of this
valley from 200 to 300 miles of trans
portation, say nothing of the expense
and loss of time in making the pres
ent circuitous route to the sea, via
the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
These, although but a few of the
many reasons tiiat might be urged in
favor of Cape Foulweather, as the
proper place for the harbor of refuge,
should be sufficient to cause those in
charge of this important matter, to
consider well, before they act upon
the suggestions of the Portland Board
of Trade or the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce. No other point on this
entire coast can compare with Foul
weather as to adaptability and nat
ural advantages for a breakwater.
The government already owns the
lands adjacent, with all the materials
for construction, near at hand, and a
first order light for the safety of
tempest-tossed vessels. In the im
pressive language of Major Wilson
" the value of the commerce to be
BENEFITTED BY THIS AVOEK AVOULD
run up into millions," and yet it
will only cost the pitiful sum of
$656,251, to make it available. Eve
ry citizen of Oregon, yea, and of the
entire North Pacific Coast, is directly
interested in this matter, and should
give the subject earnest attention.
It is a matter of too great importance
to be thrust aside without careful
deliberation.
PORTLAND VS. FOULWEATHER.
By the coast surveys of Major
Wilson and Ass't I. S. Engineer It.
A. Habersham, last summer, it is de
monstrated that Cape Foulweather it1
the best, and most natural and
available, point for the location of
a harbor of refuge on this coast. And
yet, in the face ot these patent facts,
the Portland Board of Trade, in their
great wisdom, have resolved to re
commend Port Orford, or Coos Bay,
as the proper place for such improve
ment, and entirely ignore the claims
of Cape Foulweather. Why this one
sided, narrow-contracted, sbort-arght
ed policy? Does this Board of Trade
speak the sentiments of the citizens
generally, and'capitalists of Portland,
on this subject ? If so, then the me
tropolis has plainly, and unmistaka
bly, placed itself in direct conflict,
with, and in opposition to the best
interests of the State, and especially
of the great Willamette valley, from
the golden products of which, the
"fat duck" has drawn her fatness."
For more than a quarter of a cen
tury an uninterrupted and continuous
golden stream has flowed from the
Willamette valley into the capacious,
and unsatisfied, coffers of Portland.
What has been given in return for it?
The farmers of the Willamette val
ley, by their patient toil and unceas
ing industry, have forged the chains
that have bound them as slaves to
Portland sharpers, during all these
long years. The toilers of the Wil
lamette valley, have paid for many of
the fine brick blocks that are the
glory and pride of the metropolis;
have paid for all the boats that have
floated upon our noble rivers, which
have borne their products to the sea
three hundred miles away when
nature has prepared them an outlet to
the ocean, within 6ixty niiles of the
heart of the valley ; have paid hun
dreds of thousands of dollars for
basins, locks, horse-railroads, flat
boats, etc. and never owned but one
boat on the upper Willamette and
that a was dead loss.
If thisBoaid of Trade speaks for
Portland, in this matter, the sooner
the people of this valley know it the
better. It the O. S. N. Company, or
the united monopolies of Portland
have the power and influence to dic
tate terms to the board of U. S. En
gineers, having in charge this work,
as the action of this Board of Trade
seems to indicate, the people should
know it, and we intend at all haz
ards to keep them posted. If Port
land sanctions the hostility to the
valley, as set forth in the late action
of the Hoard of Trade, it behooves the
merchants and farmers to unite
against such opposition. When the
advantages of an outlet, so near the
center of the Willamette -valley the
garden of Oregon is fully set- be
fore the merchants and dealers of San
Francisco, as they will be, there will
be no difficulty in securing all the
financial aid we need to, buoy our
harbor, at Cape Foulweather, even
though the breakwater is not locat
ed there. San Francisco desires a
direct trade with this valley, and the
people, who have been ground down
all these long years, will, ere long,
assert their independence, and " buy
where they can buy the cheapest, and
sell where they can secure the best
prices for their produe." When we
say this, we are uttering no " uncer
tain sound." The people of this val
ley begin to understand their rights
and knowing, dare maintain them.
FACTS FQRJKE PEOPLE.
Notwithstanding that august body,
known as the Portland Board of
Trade, has entirely ignored Cape
Foulweather as a competitor for the
proposed harbor of refuge on this
coast, there are certain facts in con
nection therewith, which even that
Board of Trade cannot "swallow
with impunity," and they are aheady
showing signs of nausea in the at
tempt. Had that honorable body
been disposed to have done the fair
and honorable, thing, instead of pro
claiming, blindly and ignorantly, for
Port Orford or Coos Bay, they would
have taken pains to have informed
themselves on the subject, and re
commended that the Board of TJ. S.
Engineers, carefully examine the sev
eral points before locating the harbor
of refuge, and recommending the
expenditure of millions of the peo
ple's money.
Can it be possible that a Board of
Trade, composed ot some of the lead
ing business men, of Portland, are
so egregiouly ignorant as their report
would indicate? Is there not a very
large sized feline in that "meal tub?"
If they had taken the pains to have
read the reports of Major Wilson
and Ass't Engineer It. A. Habersham,
they could have saved themselves
much humiliation. Major Wilson
after giving an extended and elabor
ate report of the bay south of Cape
Foulweather as a harbor of refuge,
with estimates of cost of construc
tion, etc., further reports that from
the examination made under his di
rection, by Ass't Engineer Haber
sham, and from his report and his
own observation, lie is of the opinion
that a BETTER HARBOR can be
made north of the Cape than south
of it, at a cost of $656,251, and says :
"By constructing a breakwater running
in a northeast direction, jnst inside the reef
running out from the Cape, such a break
water would le about 600 feet long, and
would contain within it an available an
chorage of from FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED
acres, with a depth of from THREE to
EIGHT fathoms.
Assistant Engineer Habersham, in
his report, says :
" Such a harbor would satisfy the present
necessities not only as a harbor of refuge,
but also as a port of entry. And it may
be enlarged at any time, if desired, by ex
tending the harbor along the reef. "
Major Wilson concludes his report
on Cape Foulweather and the advan
tages of a breakwater as follows:
"The value of commerce to be benefitted
by this work would run up into millions,
as the benefit would be felt by every vessel
navigating the Pacific ocean between San
Francisco and the straits of Fuca. For the
necessity of a harbor of refuge on the
Northern Pacific Coast, I respectfully call
attention to the interesting and elaborate
report of the board of engineers for the
Pacific Coast, dated Feb. 14, 1877."
And yet, in the face of these facts,
the Portland Board of Trade had the
brazen effrontery to say that Port
Orford is the cheapest and best
place for the harbor of refuge, when
the lowest estimate for that point is
$3,427,000, while the breakwater,
north of Foulweather would only
cost the pitiful sum of $656,251.
"Facts" are what the people want,
and facts and figures they shallhave.
The trustees of the Congregational church
at the Dalles will build a parsonage costing
$1,125.
Cape Foulweather Break
water. MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS.
The People Waking Up.
DIRECT OUTLET OF THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY.
GOOD NATURAL HARBOR.
The Largest Ships Can Enter
and Depart in Safety.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON SHOULD
BE A UNIT FOR FOULWEATHER.
Let the Facts Decide tue Matter
Now is the Time for Action.
It is a fact, not generally known,
even in our own county, that Within
sixty mileB of Corvallis we have a
natural harbor, the best between San
Francisco and Puget Sound, free from
a bar entrance, and of sufficient ca
pacity to accommodate the present
demands for commerce. This harbor
bor is immediately to the north, and
under the lee of Cape Foulweather.
Mr. 11. A. Babershatn, Assistant U.
S. Engineer, under direction of Col.
Wilson, made a careful survey of the
bays north and south of Cape Foul
weather, last summer. It is only re
cently that that report has been pub
lished. We gave it in full, in the
Gazette of Feb. 21, 1879. Previous
to that report the existence of a nat
ural harbor immediately to the
north of the cape was unknown. The
hydrographic work of the Coast sur
vey in that vicinity terminated at the
extremity of Cape Fonlweather. In
speaking of the Bay north of the
Cape, Mr. Habersham says :
No survey had ever been made of this
bay, and, so far as I could learn, my boat
was the first that had ever entered it. It is
a natural harbor of considerable extent, even
without improvement. I am informed that
during southwest gales the whole of the
area inside of the reef is comparatively
smooth, and the southeast portion quite so.
Several of the seamen employed as boatmen
on this survey, who had sailed for a number
of years between San Francisco and Puget
Sound, and claimed to be familiar with the
coast and its climate, said that if two buoys
were placed to mark the entrance, and the
fact published for the information of mari
ners, vessels of any draught could enter
here, not only for shelter, but for purposes of
commerce. If this opinion be correct and
there seems to be no reason to the contrary
the circumstance is of interest in connec
tion with the fact that a narrow gauge rail
way is now under construction from Corval
lis on the Willamette, to Yaquina Bay.
In view of these and other facts,
contained in Mr. Habesham's excel
lent report, and the showing that a
good harbor of refuge, perfectly se
cure, from all gales, and sufficient for
the necessities of the commerce of
this coast for years to come, could be
secured at Foulweather for the very
small sum of $656,251.20, our citizens
have determined to let these facts
be known, and on last Friday even
ing, March 28th, after a few hours no
tice, held a rousing mass meeting
in the City Hall for the purpose of
devising ways and means tor dissem
inating this information, and arousing
the people of this valley to immedi
ate action.
The meeting was called to order by
W. B. Carter. Dr. J. R. Bayley was
chosen chairman, and B. W. Wilson
secretary. The chairman in a forci
ble and terse manner stated the ob
ject of the meeting, when, on motion,
a committee on resolutions was ap
pointed consisting of Judge John
Burnett, John Ray, Esq., and Judge
F. A. Chenoweth.
Sharp and pointed addresses were
made by the following gentlemen :
Dr. J. R. Bayley, F. A. Chenoweth,
John Burnett, W. B. Carter, John
Ray, D. Carlile, M. S. Woodcock, B.
W. Wilson.
The committee on resolutions re
ported, and report adopted.
Resolutions will be found in an
other column. Ed. Gazette.
On motion, a committee of eighteen
were appointed to collect facts and
statistics relative to the products,
transportation, commerce, and every
thing bearing upon the necessities
and advantages of a breakwater at
Cape Foulweather, for publication at
an early day, and also to visit the ad
joining counties of this valley, and
present them to the citizens thereof,
and urge them to unite with us in
the grand work of securing a harbor
of refuge at Cape Foulweather. And
when these facts and figures are
collated, to present the same to the
Board of U. S. Engineers, having in
charge the lacation of said harbor of
refuge. This committee consists as
follows : Judge Burnett, J udge Chen
oweth, W. B. Hamilton, J. S. Palmer,
W. B. Carter, B. W. Wilson, Dr. J.
B. Lee, Sol King, W. A. Wells. E. A.
Abbey, G. B. Smith, R. A. Bensell,
James A. Yantis, A. Pearce, John
Ray, M. S. Woodcock, Judge Kelsay,
and by motion, Dr. J. R. Bayley was
added.
The following were, on motion, ap
pointed a committee on finance: E.
A. Abbey, S. Neugass, John Ray, A.
J. Young and Wm. Grant.
W; B. Hamilton, very generously
tendered the use of the City Hall,
gratis, for the meeting. The Second
Brigade Band, under the efficient
leadership of Prof Milner, kindly
furnished excellent music on the occa
sion. For all of which the commu
nity is very grateful. After listening
to the able addresses, and several
soul-stirring pieces of music by the
Band, the meeting adjourned.
HO! FOhJfAQUINA.
The Corvallis Gazette tells us not to
" fret " over the fact that Col. Hogg is try
ing to dispose of the Yaquina wagon road
lands. The intimation is that we oppose the'
construction of the Yaquina Bay and Cor
vallis railroad, but the Gazette is mistaken.
Yaquina Bay is a favorite summer resort.
It has sea beaches, good fishing at sea and
in the bay, the best boating and driving, and
it is necessary that such a place should be
came-at-a-ble, so that Portland people, as
well as ether people, can have the benefit of
its facilities for summer enjoyment. The
wogon road hardly answers the purpose.
The railroad will be an improvement for
when it is built one can breakfast in Port
land and sup on all sea and salt water luxu
ries at the Benton county seaport. For
these reasons we sincerely regret that the
road cannot be in operation this summer. It
is possible, of course, that whoever owns
the land along the road ill wish and work
for its completion, even if Col. Hogg should
sell out, which was nearly completed last
summer to a foreign company, when the in
tended purchasers took alarm because an
Indian war was reported 500 miles away,
in the Blue mountains. We can furnish ev
idence that Col. Hogg gave this explanation
to a very responsible gentlemen, if the Ga
zette insists upon it. Then there is another
reason whyYaquina should be approached
from the interior by rail. Oregon needs an
other shipping point as many, in fact, as
possible so that when the Columbia is fro
zen vessels can go elsewhere for freights.
We own to this, and if Yaquina will keep a
good stock of balloons to hoist ships over
the bar we predict great success. Portland
Bee, March 29.
Hello ! Mr. Bee man, there yon go,
again beating the air, as usual.
Why can't you come down to facts?
You will be compelled to do so,
sooner or later. No amount of jest
ing, or " poking fun " at the Yaquina
Bay railroad, or ignoring Cape Foul
weather as the most available place
for the harbor of refuge on this coast,
can change the facts and figures in
the case. Whether Col. Hogg desired
to sell, or even has sold, his land in the
western portion of Benton county,
cuts no figure in the matter whatever.
The people of the Willamette valley,
for more than a quarter of a century,
have paid tribute to Portland, until
the " fat duck,''' as she was termed
by the leading paper of that city, a
few years since, imagines she is all
of Oregon. The facts are that we
have a good naturae harbor, free
from ice blockades, hog's-backs and
sand bars, where the largest class of
vessels now employed in the com
merce of this coast may enter and
depart, in perfect safety, without the
use of tug boats, pilots, and many
other expenses and annoyances now
endured by shipmasters on the Col
umbia river. The "poetical" allu
sion to " balloons,, to hoist ships over
the bar," at Yaquina, and all that
kind of talk, reminds us of the boy,
near the graveyard, " whistling to
keep his courage up." If this little
pleasantry, at the expense of common
sense and solid truth, will suffice to
keep your " courage up " and hood
wink your readers for a time, all
right. Persevere but remember,
that " truth is mighty and must pre
vail." Mr. Habersham's report has
satisfied the people of Oregon that a
natural harbor exists north and un
der the lee of Cape Foulweather, and
only needs that the channel should
be buoyed to make it available for
purposes of commerce. Not only is
Yaquina Bay a good place for fishing,
driving, etc., but it will be the near
est and cheapest route from Portland
to San Francisco when the railroad
from Corvallis to the coast is com
pleted. Its construction, in the near
future, is a fixed fact. The iron for
the first ten miles is afloat and the
future of Benton county is bright.
Ex-Sheriff Dale Arrested. The state
ment is made' that ex-Sheriff Dale, who, it
will be remembered, was found to be a de
faulter to Yamhill county in about the sum
of 17,000, has been arrested at his home at
Lafayette. The fugitive ex-Sheriff, who,
several months ago, found it convenient to
skip over to Victoria to evade the " minions
of the law," returned to this city a few days
ago. He arrived here on the Kalama boat,
and, procuring a horse, rode to his home in
Yamhill county the same night. However,
Dale was seen here by a person who recog
nized him. He telegraphed at once for
Sheriff Kelty to look out for the" returniu
ing fugitive. That officer took the'eue and
was on the qui vive. Sheriff Kelty insti
tuted a search and found the defaulting ex
official concealed at his house and arrested
him. There are several indictments against
Dale. Portland papers.
A road will be built from Cove, Union
county, to the Columbia river.
Mr. Joseph Houston, a pioneer, died at
his home in Linn county on the 20th ult.
The circuit court docket for Union county
to this date shows twenty-five cases to be
disposed of at the May term.
The Yamhill Reporter of March 28th, an
nounces that ex-Sheriff Dale, of that coun
ty, now languishes in jail at Lafayette
behind the " bars" he had so often placed
others behind.
It is proposed to build an Episcopal
church, costing $1,000, at Junction City.
Half of this sum has been subscribed, and
the other 500 will probably come from
the east.
The Guard says that young ladies attend
ing the university at Eugene practice at
gymnastics on a horizontal bar and swing
ing on rings. The exercise does them good.
An insane man was found near Miller's
mill in Yamhill county last week. He had
evidently escaped from the East Portland
asylum, and will be returned to that institution,
HARBOR OF REFUGE.
The Albany Register, of March
28th, contains the following pertinent,
and well-timed article on the Harbor
of Refuge question. Bro. Van Cleve,
we believe, speaks the sentiments of
every newspaper in the Willamette
valley. When the facts are proper
ly understood, by the people, there
will be perfect unanimity for the
breakwater at Cape Foulweather.
Not only the great Willamette val
lej7, but Eastern Oregon, as well,
should be aunitin urging and demand
ing the breakwater at Cape Fonl
weather. The most direct, and con
sequently the best outlet of Eastern
Oregon to market is by way of a
railroad to Foulweather and the
Willamette Valley and Coast R. R.,
in our humble opinion, will bo the
first available road to Eastern Ore
gon. We make this prediction, sim
ply because nature has provided
the best passes in the Cascade
range, almost immediately east of
Corvallis, and upon the line of the
W. V. & C. R. R. Look at your
maps, if you doubt this statement.
But here is what the .Register says :
As we stated last week, Congress has
made an appropriation for the construction
5f a harbor or refuge for ships, leaving the
selection of such harbor to the United States
Board of Engineers for the Pacific Coast.
The Portland Board of Trade met soon after
the news of the appropriation had been
made public, and, with its usual astuteness,
resolved that Port Orford was the place to
locate such harbor of refuge. Either the
Board of Trade has not read the report of
the surveys and estimates made by the En
gineer Department as to the feasibility of
the construction of such harbor of refuge at
Port Orford and other points, or it is utter
ly careless to any interest except that of
Portland.
According to the report of the Engineer
Department, made but a short time since,
the construction of a harbor of refuge at
Port Orford would cost the neat little sum
of 9,405,000. If Congress could be induc
ed to appropriate annually $200,000 for this
purpose a very uncertain matter it would
take about fifty years to complete such an
undertaking.
But the Engineer says, in his report, that
an anchorage of about ninety acres would
be secured, which would answer for present
purposes, for 3,427,000 an eighteen years'
job. Laying aside the objection to the great
length of time required in its construction
of what benefit would such a harbor be to
the commercial interests of Oregon if con
structed at Port Orford ? Situated in the
Coast mountains, almost inaccessible to the
outside world, out of the way of land travel,
and far away from the thickly-populated
portions of the State, it probably never
would, under the most favorable circum
stances, afford what the great mass of the
producers of Oregon demand an entrepot
giving us direct communication with the
high seas.
As we asserted last week, Cape Foul
weather has none of the objections we have
endeavored to point out in Port Orford,
while on the other hand it is recommended
by the Engineer charged with making the
survey Capt. Robert A. Habersham as
possessing superior advantages for a harbor
of refuge equalled by no other point. The
estimated cost of a harbor of refuge at Cape
Foulweather, inclosing about one hundred
acres, in good anchorage in from four to
eight fathoms of water, and having a free
entrance from the west of twelve hundred
feet wide, is 656,251 20. Capt. Jlaber
sham says of the bay: "It is a natural
i i arbor of considerable extent, even without
improvement." Here i3 something feasible
a natural harbor, at present presenting
partial protection from the terrible gales
that sometimes sweep along the Pacific, and
which can be made perfectly secure for a
sum less than seven hundred thousand dol
lars, or three millions less than the lowest
estimate at Port Orford. Three-aad-a-half
miles south of Cape Foulweather is Yaquina
Bay, to which a railroad is now being con
structed from this valley. A harbor of re
fuge at Cape Foulweather would be worth
millions of dollars to Oregon it is a natural
harbor ; its natural advantages can be large
ly increased at a small expense, the appro
priation of 200,000 made by the late Con
gress being sufficient for present require
ments, and the harbor can be enlarged from
year to year as the needs of commerce de
mand, or the bountv of Government allows.
Address to the Citizens of jtlie
Willamette YalJey.
CAPE FOULWEATHER AS A
HARBOR OF REFUSE.
Fellow Citizens of the Willamette Valley :
We respectfully call your attention to the
subjects expressed in the following resolu
tions, adopted at a mas3 meeting of the citi
zens of Corvallis held at the City Hall on
the evening of March 28, 1879. The cause
is alike interesting to us all. However va
ried our interests in other matters, in this
we are all embarked in one common boat,
and we must sink or swim together.
This lovely valley at present has but one
outlet and that by a long, circuitous and ex
pensive route. The burdens imposed upon
our labor and the product1" of our soil are
onerous indeed. The question for us to con
sider is this eternal and unending (?) or is
there an opportunity to shake off the burden.
For communities as well as individuals there
are golden opportunities. " There is a tide
in the affairs of men, which, if taken at the
Hood, leads on to fortune ;" but if neglected
never returns.
The citizens of this county have organized
thoroughly for the purpose of presenting the
facts, and of preventing a perversion of the
truth in regard to the favorable location and
natural advantages of the bay lying north of
Cape Foulweather for a harbor of refuge.
The same bountiful Creator that gave us
this valley, teeming with richness of soil
pervaded with beauty of scenery, and an at
mosphere glowing with healthful vigor, has
placed a natural harbor immediately oppo
site our center and has leveled down the
mountains of the coast to give us an easy
passage to it. Congress has made an appro
priation small indeed but quite sufficient
for the present purpose, if applied in the
right place, and not wasted under the con
trivance and dictation of interested parties.
Our growing commerce, and the destruc
tive storms, which sweep most heavily this
part of our 'coast, imperatively demand this
improvement, and at this place. And a
little added to the great deal that nature
has done will give us all that is required.
It seems that the Astoria Chamber
of Commerce have been adopting
resolutions relative to the harbor of
refuge ; but, unlike the Poartland
Board of Trade, they want it near
home, and recommend the mouth of
the Columbia, as the proper place.
We have not their report at hand,
but copy the following report of their
action from the Oregonian of March
28th.
The resolutions start out by stat
ing, "That the Columbia river is, and
will remain the principal channel of
commerce between San Francisco and
Puget Sound, and the engineers say
it is not a natural haebor against
southerly storms." And yet it is
understood from Mr. Habersham's
report, that Cape Foulweather is a
natural harbor against south and
southwest storms, and only needs the
channel to be buoyed, to make it
available as a Harbor ot Refuge.
Facts are stubborn thingeand nei
ther the Astoria Chamber of Com
merce, nor the Portland Board of
Trade, can alter the "stubborn
facts" in the case by any number
of resolutions or suggestions. We
favor Cape Foulweather for a Harbor
of Refuge, simply because it pos
sesses, in our opinion, the most nat
ural advantages, and can be utilized
more readily and at less expense than
any other point. Here is what the
Oregonian says, which we submit for
the careful perusal of our readers :
At a recent meeting-of the Astoria Cham
ber of Commerce that body adopted a reso
lkm declaring the mouth of the Columbia
HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM SALEM WITH '
a new Truck, and having leased the barn for- .
merit occupied by Mr. James Eglm. I am now pre
pared to do all kinds of
DRAYING AND HAULING,
either in the citv or country, at the lowest living J
rates. Can be found at the old Truck stand. A
share of the public patronage respectfully solicited.
Corvallis, Dec. 27, 1878. 15:52tf.
W GREAT FRUIT CfflABTRV
DELICIOUS
AM BURG FlGS!
Price, 25 en(s per Box, Sold Everywhere.
ABRAMS & CARROLL, Sole
Agents, SAW FRAKCISC
21febl6:8m3
SUMMONS.
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, THE :
above named defendant, in the name of
the State of Oregon, you are hereby sum
moned and required to appear and answer
the complaint of said plaintiff, in the above
entitled suit, now on hie in the office of the
Clerk of said Court at, or before the next
term of said Circuit Court, to be holden at:
Corvallis' in said county, on the second
Monday in April, 1879. And you are here
by notified that if yon fail to answer said
complaint, as herein required, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you forthe want
thereof and will apply to the Court for the'
rebef demanded in the complaint, to-wit : A';,
decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of
matrimony now existing between you and
the plaintiff, and for costs and disbursements-'
of this suit. This summons is published by
order of Hon. J. F. Watson, Judge of said
Court, bearing date Feb. 28, 1879.
JOHN BURNETT,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Feb. 28, 1879. 16:9w