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Che Corfctllia tietfe. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING Editor and Proprietor. TERMS: (COIN.) Per Year, t t 2 50 Six Horn Sit. s 1 SO Three tlontHx, : 1 00 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. VOL. XVI. eORVALLIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1879. NO. 16. RATES OF ADVERTISING. If. I M. 3 M. 6 m. 1 YR. 1 Inch 1 1 00 3 00 500 8 00 HOC 200 I 300 5 00 7 00 12 00 18 00 600 400 10 00 16 00 82 00 i Col. 600 7 00 13 0Q 18 00 20 00 7 50 9 00 1500 20 00 36 00. 12 00 18 00 35 00 I 48 00 j " 10 00 15 00 25 00 1 40 00 60 00 1 ' 15 00 20 00 40 00 60 00 100 00 Notices in Local Column, 20 cents per line, each in sertion. . Transient advertisements, per square of 12 line Nonpareil measure, $2 50 for first, and $1 for each sub sequent insertion in ADVANCE. Legal advertisements charged as transient, and must be paid for upon expiration. Noch&rge for pub lisher's affidavit of publication. Yearly advertisements on liberal terms. Profes sional Cards, (1 square) 812 per annum. All notices and advertisements intended for publication should be handed in by noon on Wednesday, - - M. S. WOODCOCK. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT LAW, CORVALLIS, OREGON. OFFICE ON FIR8T STREET, OPP. WOODCOCK BALDWIN'S Hardware Store. Special attention given to Collections, Foreclosure of Mortgages, Real Estate cases, Probate and County Boad matters. Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm Lands, on reasonable terms. March 20, 1879. 16 12yl F. A. CHENOWETH, -A-ttorney at Law, CORVALLIS, OREGON. "OFFICE Corner of Monroe and 2d St. 16:ltf J. W RAYBURN, A-ttorney at Law, CORVALLIS, .... OREGON. OFFICE On Monroe street, bet. Second and Third. YSLlpecial attention given to the Collection- of Notks and Accounts. 16:ltf. JAMES A. YANTIS, Att'y and Counselor at Law, CORVALLIS, OREGON. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURT8 OF the State. Spasial attention given to matters in Probate. Collections will receive prompt arid care ful attention. Giflce in the Court House. Ifltltf. J. C. MOREL AND, (city attorney,) ATTORNEY AT LAVV, PORTLAND, OREGON. OFFICE Monastes' Brick, First street, bet. Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf dr. f. a. Vincent, DENTIST, CORVALLIS, - - - OREGON". OFFICE in Fisher.s New Brick over Max. Friendly's New Store. All the , latest improvements. Everything new and co jjelete. All work warrant ed. Please give meacall. 15:3tf. AMES DSAKB. WILLIAM GRANT DRAKE & GRANT. MERCHANT TAILORS, CORVALLIS, - OREGON. ALL WORK IN OUR LINE NEATLY AND promptly executed. Repairing and Cleaning a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite (iraham ii Hamilton's. 13:27tf 8. R. FARRA, ML D., PHYSICIAN, SjRjEON AND OBSTETRCIAN. OFFICE OVER .GRAHAM & HAMILTON'S Drue Store, Corvallis, Oregon. I4:26yl NEW TIN SHOP, J. K. WEBBER, Propr., JVairi St., Corvallis. STOVES AND TINWARE, ALL KINDS. 47 All work warranted and at reduced rates. 12:13tf H. E. HAERIS, One Door South of Graham it Hamilton's, ORVVLi,!S - - OREGON Groceries, provisions, Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. 16:lvl. J. BLUMBERGy (feet. Southers' Drug Store and Taylor's Market,) CORVALLIS, OREGON. JROCERIES aha PROVISIONS, FURNISHING VjT Goods, Cigars and Tobacco, etc., etc. , .la. Ooods delivered free to any part of tne city. Produce taken, at highest market rates, in exchange for goods. Mitth 7. 1878. lS:10tf W. C. CRAWFORD, DEALER IN ... WATCHES, mm, 01MILTON & CO., CORVALLIS, OREGON, DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS DYE STUFFS, OILS, GLASS AND PUTTY. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE. And also the very beat assortment of LAMPS AND WALL PAPER ever brought to this place, AGENTS FOR THE AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT SUPSP.IOR TO ANY OTHER. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CARFFULLY COMPOUNDED. 16:2tf. SoOO FORFEIT ! AMES' IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING MEATS, ETC.; THr? ADVANTAGES CLAIMED FOR this wonderful discovery are these : L Meats can be preserved Perfectly Fr'li for an indefinite length of time in an open vessel ; that is, a vessel with a cloth tied over it, or .with a .snugly fitting cover. NO SEALING UP REQUIRED. 2. Vegetables of all kinds if sound, can also be preserved indefinitely, and with out dryiic' or cooking. 3. Any clean vessel of wood, stone, or glass, that will hold water, may be used to contain the article preserved. 4. The process is so simple that a child of ten years old can operate it, and there is no danger of iniMakea. 5. As used, neither the material nor pre served articles are injurious to the 3i faith, nor is the flavor of the article preserved in the least affected. 6. The entire additional expense for ma terials, will not exceed twvuty-five cents for preserving 100 pounds of meat or for preserving a barrt 1 (30 gallons) of veg etables. 7. The materials used can usually be ob tained at any drug store, and prepared at odd times, when a person is not otherwise busy, aud kept on hand for future use. 8. Neither flies or vermin will ever disturb meat preserved by this process. 9. Meatsjthat have become taint ed can be restored to their original condition, and then kept sweet indefinitely. 10. Experiments do not justify giving a guarantee in regard to fruits. But the prob abilities aie, that large, solid fruits, such as apples, pears, etc., can be preserved. Ber ries and soft fruits are considered doubtful. 11. We will agree to verify all the above statements under a forfeiture of 500 gold coin, iu case we fail in any particular; Provided, that in case we succeed, the par ties calling for the trial shall pay our neces sary traveling and hotel expenses to the place of trial and back, and in addition, pay us for our time and trouble the sum of $100 gold coin. Both sums, as well as suf ficient to cover traveling and hotel expenses to be deposited in responsible, disinterested hands before we start for the place of trial. A copy of the above, properly signed, is given to the purchaser of every Right, and stands as our agreement and guarantee for 'the truth of the above statements. The above process was patented January l5, 1878, by Theodore Ames, of Texas, and the undersigned have the exclusive right to seVl patents for the same for the States of Oregon, California and Nevada, and the Ter ritories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Arizona. Patents for family use ny, ana limited to tne produc tions of the'purchaser, including apparatus, list of chemicals" and direction in full for operating and using, will be sold at $10.00 each. Patents for wholesale purposes ana for counties. on reasonable terms, for tur ther particulars,' address UULAK3UJN lAI'IlVfl, Corvallis, Benton county, or Albany, Linn' county, Oregon. 21febl6:8tl. t'EWELRYV SPECTACLES, SIVEK WARE, ETC (J Alto, . MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, AC. tSf Repairing done at the most reasonable' rate, ana ai all work warranted. Corvallis Dec. 13. 1877. lf:SOtf BOARD and LODGING. O Neat Rooms and Splendid Table, .UR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS shown UM ileal ly raramnea ivouum fP3. .mSF.PH POT T Y. At sneir lmawKe, jav vpiwdim v Judire F. A Cheno weth prepared and now in readiness f or Sucu ootnunM nmy cuwwj w vmi, .IaI 1 tU- aUt Kir tka I T Mrs. Polly has a reputation as a cook, and sets as . a. ii. - : L. fiA.- Solicits a share of patronare. 15:4tf ALBERT PYG ALL. WILLIAM IRWIH PYGrALL & IRWIN, CityTrucks and Drays WOODCOCK & BALDWIN, (Successors to J. R. Bay!cy t Co.,) EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT TH old stand, a large and complete stock of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, IRON, STEEL, TOOLS, STOVES, EANGES, Manufactured and Home Made TIN AND COPPER WARE Pumps, Pipe, etc. A GOOD TINNER constantly on band, and all Job Work neatly and quickly done. Also Agents for Knapp, Bnrrell A Co., fo the sale of the best and latest improved FARM MACHINERY, of all kinds, together with a full assortment AURIC ULTUKAL IMPLEMENTS. Sole Agents for the celebrated ST. LOUIS CHARTER OAK STOVES the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Nor man Range, and many other patterns, in all sizes and styles. Particular attention paid to Farmers' wants, and the supplying extras for Farm Ma chinery, and all information as to such articles, furnished cheerfully , on application. No pains will be spared to furnish our cus tomers with the best goods in market, in oui line, and at lowest prices. Our motto shall be, prompt and fair dealing witb all. Call and examine our stock, before going elsewhere Satisfaction guaranteed. WOODCOCK A BALDWIN. Corvallis, Jan. 26. 18 14:4tf E. HOLGATE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS in the State. Having had four years experience as County Judge, and given close attention tc Probate matters, I em well prepared to attend to all business in that line ; also contested Road Matters. I will give strict and prompt atten tion to collections, and as heretolore will do a REAL ESTATE, and General Business Agency. Iiocal Agent of Home Mutual Insurance Co. "Office in the rear of Rosenthal's store. Entrance either on Madison street or through the store, Corvallis, Oregon. vlSn28tf. THE STAR BAKERY, MAIN STREET, CORVALLIS. HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR. FAMILY SDPPLY STORE! DREAD. CAKES, PIES, CANDIES, TOYS, Etc., Always on Hand. Corvallis, Jan. 1 1877. 14:2t T) T7 Cjrp business you can engage in. $5 J VjC) 1 10 ict iix nu t ly any worker of either sex, right in their own lo calities. Particulars and samples worth $5 free. Improve your spare time at this busi ness. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 15:12yl HAVINS'FTJRCHASfED THI DRAYS AND Trucks, lately owned by Mr. James Eglin, we are prepared to do all kinds of HAULING. DELIVERING OF WOOD, ETC, in city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all esses. Albert f iuall, WILLIAM IRWIN. Corvallis. Dee. 30. 1878. 15:Sltf. AUGUST KNIGHT, CABINET MAKER, Ann UNDERTAKER, Cor. Second and Monroe tots., CORVALLIS, OREGON. TTEErS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL IV kinds of FURNITURE. Work done to order on short notice, at re sonable rates. J. A. KNIGHT. Corvallis Jan. 1,18 1. 14:ltf CITY MARKET JOHN S. BAKER, Propr. CORVALLIS. - - - OREGON. HAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MARKET mwA A.'tnr., anil n,r(nnn.nLlv located in Corvalli?. I will keen constantly on hand the choicest cuts of BEEP. PORK, MUTTON, and VEAL. Especial attention to making extra BO LOGNA SAUSAGE. Roinc n nracfipni butcher, with laree experi ence in the business, I natter myseu mai x u give satisfaction to customers, riease can onu give mea trial. JOHN S. BAKKR Dec. 6th, 1878. lS:4tt HALL'S SAFE m LOCK COMPANY. Capital $1,000,000. GENERAL OFFICES At!0 MANUFACTORY, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Pacific Branch, .No. 210 Sansome St., S.F., Cat. Agency for Oregon and W. Terrritory with HAWLEY, DODD A CO., Portland. HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE FIRE PROOF SAFES Have been tested by the most disatrous con flagrations in the country. They are thoroughly fire-proof. They are free from dampness. Their superiority is beyond question. Although about 150,000 of these safes are now in use, and hundreds have been tested by some of the most disastrous conflagrations in the country, there is not a single instance on record wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its contents perfectly. HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED, TENON AND GROOVE BURGLAR-PROOF Have never been broken open and Wbbed by burglars or robbers. Hall's burglar work is protected by letters patent, and his work cannot be equaled lawfully. His patent bolt work is superior to any in use. His Datent locks cannot be nicked bv the most skillful experts or burglars. By one of the greatest improvements known, the Gioss Automatic Movement, our locks are operated without any arbor or spin dle passing through the door and into the Lock. Our Locks cannot be picked or opened by burglars or experts, (as in case of other Locks,) and we will put from $1,000 toiglO,- 000 behind them at any time against an equal amount. The most skillful workmen only are em ployed. Their work cannot be excelled. Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied at all times. They are carefully and thoroughly con structed. THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE Made in America, or any other country. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS To any person who can prove that one of Hall's patent burglar-proof safes has ever been broken open and robbed by burglars, up to tne present time. B. N. WILLIAMS, Agent for Oregon and W. T. Office with Hawley, Dodd & Co. , Portland. 28febl6:9tf. Rees Hamlin. Exxett F. Wkkx.v. DKAYAGE ! DEAYAGE ! ! Hamlin & Wrenn, Propr's. HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM SALEM WITH a new Truck, and having leased the barn for merly occupied by Mr. James Eglm, I am now pre pared to do all kinds of , : DRAYINQ AND HAULING, either in the city or country, at the lowest living rates. Can be found at the old Truck stand. A share of the public patro.u.ge respectfully solicited. corvams, uec. 17, ias. ia:azti. THE CHEAT Fill IT CATHARTIC. DELICIOUS Hamburg Figsi Price, 25 tents per Box, Sold Everywhere. ABBAMS & CARROLL, Sole Agents SAN FRANCISCO. 21febl6:8m3 Farm For Sale. mHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR X Sale at a bargain, his fine farm, about fifteen miles west of Corvallis, known as the Vanbibber Donation Land Claim, contain ing 360 acres. There are about 100 acres in cultivation, and the remainder, open, grass land. .House, barn and other buildings Running water, bearing orchard, etc. on the place. For further particulars enquire of SoL King, corvallis, or JAMES PLUNK ETT, Kings Valley, Oregon. March 24, 1879. 28marl6:I3m2. Grrain Storage! A WORD TO FARMERS. HAVING PURCHASED THE COMMODIOC8 Warehouse of Messrs. King ft Bell, and thor oughly overhauled the same, I am now ready to re ceive grain on storage at the reduced Rate of 41 cents per Bushel. I am also prepared to keep EXTRA, WHITE WHEAT, separate from other lots, thereby enabling me to SELL AT A PREMIUM. Also prepared to pay the Hfgrnest Market Price for wheat, and would, most respectfully, solicit a share oMrablic-patronage. THOS. J. BLAIR. Corvallis. Aug. 1, 1878. 15:32tf. HOUSE MOVING JALPHIN & LORD, Propr.'s. 0k. si BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, MONTHLY statement s neat !v print e at this office BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS, Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to Raise, Move, pat under New Sills and level up your barns, and Buildings of any kind, on short notice. TERMS REASONABLE. ALPHIN LORD. Corvallis, Jan. 31, 1879. 16:5tf Lands! Farms! Homes! I HAVE FARMS, (Improved and unim proved,) STORES and MILL PROP ERTY, very desirrble, These lands are cheap. Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale. Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under' the Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of the balance to me. Write, (with stamps to prepay postage). Address, R. A BENSELL, Newport, Benton County, Oregon. January 7, 1878. 16:2tf. Labor and Money Reform. One of the principal causes that retard the success of money reform is the singular opinion prevailing in the ranks of those who follow manual labor that the principles of the Greenback party will not give them the relief required- It is not unusual to hear workingmen say, " What do you want of a Greenback party ? Why not join the Labor party ? Oh ! we've heard enough on finance ; give ns a little la bor talk." These opinions are not con fined to a few, but are held by all toilers who have not investi ated the financial question ; consequently the suffering masses are divided as to the remedy to be applied to stop and cure "hard times." While Green backers believe that reform in finance is the true antidote against the poison of the po litical corruption prevailing, those engaged in manual labor are honestly but erroneously disposed to believe that a direct application of law to the e vil j iliat beset labor is the true solution. This would not be the case if workingmen were properly instructed in the far- reaching principles that underlie the money question. , I do not want to bo understood as oppos ing or underrating the, principles that under lie the eight-hour law, repeal of convict la bor, working regulations, etc., but I do as sert that it is as chimerical for the toiling masses to hope for an effective application of these principles, without first increasing the circulating medium of the country, as it was tor Daniel U Connell to hope to gam the tree dom of the Irish people without first putting guns in their Hands. Arms are the instruments that lead to success in war. Money is the medium of success m peace ; not to be used m fraud and bribery, but to keep man out of that ne cessity that knows no law. It is but one step from poverty to slavery. A law on the statute books making eight hours a legal day's work would be a dead letter while thousands of idle and hungry workingmen are ready to work fifteen hours for a crust of bread for themselves and families. Before a Government makes war it always sees that its treasury is in good condition, so that the army can be provided with food and ammunition. This battle of labor is an unbloody war, and you toilers are generals and soldiers combined ! In this war of labor more re forms are to be won, more liberty to be gained and more happiness to be won than in all the battles ever fought. Such being the case, the workingmen must likewise see that their treasury is full, so that they can provide for themselves and the army of wivos and children encouraging them by prayers and tears to work on for success. Governments diave credit, and with it they can purchase the ammunitions of war. Workingmen, your labor is to you what credit is to the Government. When the Government's credit is bad, it can't go to war ; when the industries of the country are at a stand-still, labor is poor and in no condition to make political war againt cap tal. The Greenback party, seeing this, want to revive the industries of the country, there by placing labor in a position to replenish its treasury, so as to be independent of cap ital and able to lay in a stock of the necessi ties of life to tide over the political battle that will end in success for mutual labor. To this we must first have an increase in the circulating medium; for money being the machinery of commerce, it is to labor what the piston-rod is to the driving-wheel of an engine. . As the piston-rod is always revolving around about the centre of the driving wheel, so must money be always circulating around and about the centre of labor to keep it in motion. Disconnect the piston-rod from the driving wheel and the entire machine becomes useless. Takeaway money from labor it immediatly stop. The Greenbackers want to place the toil ing masses where they were from 1865 to 1868. K - . ... Then we had plenty of money in circula tion. Labor did not have to go begging, hat in hand, for a crust of bread. Then we had nearly fifty dollars per capita in circulation. Now we have less than fif teen. Then labor found plenty work at good wages. Now no work is to be had, while wages are not half as high as they used to be. Then labor was like a well pro vided army, and for the first time it made a partial success when striking for an eight hour law. To-day, poor, impoverished and down hearted, like a sick and poorly-fed army, labor shrinks and skulks away from capital, while capital stalks abroad and threatens to take the last step that will bring labor into the bonds of slavery. A few sturdy men here and there lift up their heads and prefer gallant defeat to slavery, but the many fall into line at the beck of their taskmasters. This would not be so if we had as. much money in circulation as we had in 1865. The men of '65 were no better than are the men of to-day, bur more money made them independent, as it will again when the Greenbackers get control ot tne Govern ment. Then, and only then will follow an effective eight-hour law, the abolition of convict labor, etc. The manual laborers cannot give this matter too much attention if they are sincere in desiring success. I am aware thai this monev question is considered a very abstruse subject, and the average workinginan thinks it as far beyond his sphere as the science of astronomy. But the masses must disabuse themselves of that opinion as soon as possible. Before all men were permitted to exercise their natural rights at the ballot box, it was quite natural for man to look at tne money question as an almost supernatural agent, and it was then, as it is now, a part of the cunning art of the Shy locks to hedge the money question with a bristling barrier of mystery: a kind of a bug-a-boo to keep the people from looking over and into the fat pasture-fields of the idle few who robbed the many toilers. Now that all men are a part of the gov ernment, and can make and unnu gov ernments, it. becomes a duty for all men to. learn the true inwardness of the money question. After yon begin to feel of the animal you will find him quite tame, and ready to earn you to victory, u you will Keep him well in hand. The workingmen who understand the money question could not occupy their time better than in educatimg their tellow work men as to the necessity of all toilers joining the ranks of the Greenback party in order that we may, with united ranks, get control of the Government, and then we can in crease the quantity of the circulating me dium of the country. Then, too, labor can replenish its treasury and buckle on its po litical armor to make an effective war against capital for liberty and fireside, for Labor and land are God's right hand, And must and shall be King, If brawn and brain vote as one band. We'll make the welkin ring. cnoRro. Then let the horny hand of labor be Thy badge, my patriot brother. The Union Greenback is for me, And we for one another. Chicago, March 25. John F. Scanlan. What the Board of Trade Ref lation Means, , . . Portland, Apr. 5, 1879. Ed. Gazette : A, little explanation may allay the general astonishment at the ac tion of the Board of Trade of Portland in recommending Port Orford for the harbor of refuge. ..We Reid, "late Vice-Consul at Dundee" and present manager of Scottish Loan and Investment Co., is secretary of the board, runs its literature to keep his name prominent, and to curry favor with the muldoons is ever ready with resolutions iu stereotype form. He it was, you recollect, who exerted his mighty (oh !) influence in the lobby at Salem to defeat the W. V. & C. R. R. bill, when it passed by an almost unanimous vote ; and but lately exhibited his petty spite by speaking of that enter prise as a " contemplated narrow gauge road from Corvallis to Philomath." I have no doubt he is the author of that preamble and resolution ; but as thev falsify the record to which they refer, they cannot but meet with a smile of contempt from the persons to whom they are addressed, and lessen the influence of the board in all matters that such a body should exert. The words of the resolution are intended to conseal ideas the writer did not dare to express. Let me give you the "true in wardness" of the PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION. Whereas. It appears from the reports of the U. S. Engineers that the harbor of Foul weather will permit the entrance of vessels of the greatest draught yea, vessels draw ing ten feet more water than dare attempt to cross Columbia river bar vessels most profitable for carrying wheat, etc., long voyages; Whereas, The Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad, now in process of construc tion, will probably make a terminus at said harbor, and the farmers will thereby send their wheat to the great ships, and the mer chants of the whole upper Willamette val ley will go to San Francisco to buy their goods, saving much money to themselves, thereby, and greatly lessening our profits ; therefore, Resolved by the Portland Board of Trade, That our Senators and Representative be instructed to exert their most superhuman endeavors to have the appropriation divert ed to the completion of the Dalles Mint; or, failing in. that, to have the money ap plied to the construction of a coffer-dam in mid-ocean, as the best plan and the besj; place for the location of said proposed har bor of refuge. Yours, truly, H.' Denlinoer. P. S. The above letter was received in time for the last issue of the Gazette, but was misplaced, which accounts for its late appearance. Ed. Gazette. Cireenhack State Convention. Salem, Oregon , March 22d, 1859. To the Greenback Clubs of Oregon : Brothers or orR Cause : Having been appointed a membe. 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 of March, 1879, I hereby call a State Convention of- all le;zal Greenback Clubs in the State, to be held in Salem on the 22d day of May, 1879, com mencing at 10 o'clock' a. m. , of said day for 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 V arty held in Chicago on the zzd ot August, 1876, and' to transact any other bus iness that may be deemed essential in fur-, therance of the Greenback Club 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 fur charter to said Chairman, (subject to his instructions,) previous to the 20th of May next, shall be entitled to send one delegate such delegate to be ajmember oi a tegai viud, ana eitner a rresiaent oi 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 Clubs in his county oy 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 uiuos, witn a lull 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 or tne peopie 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. DEATH OP T. J. DRIER. Cape Foctlweather. The Eugene Guard the 5th inst. publishes the resolutions at tached to the address to tue citizens of the valley, by the mass meeting at Corvallis, and adds, in a local notice : " Col. Hogg, su perintendent of the Y. B. and C. R. R., and Dr. Bayley, of Corvalli J were in town this week agitating the question of the proposed harbor of refuge. Their efforts are directed toward securing Cape Foulweather for the harbor." of Old residents will remember how large a, place was filled in early annals of Oregon by him whose death we are now called. upon to announce. Mr. Dryer's activity and en ergy, exerted through The Oregonian, upon the speaker's platform and through deliber-.. ative bodies, made him a conspicuous figure in Oregon for many years. AlwayB an active worker and vigorous antagonist, he never theless so conducted himself that his con-' tests left no bitterness toward himself. For. the kiud of strife in which it fell to him to engage, during the early days of political warfare in Oregon he was excellently fitted and equipped. The struggle in which he had. engaged with all the earnestness of his na-. tin e was a hopeless one for years, but ha. never quailed or faltered, and always main tained the respect of his opponents. If his mode of controversy was a rough one it must, be remembered that his antagonists were men who, because ihey used rough weapons,, could be dealt with successfully only in their own manner. . Mr. Dryer was an un flinching pioneer advocate of the political, ideas which have been triumphant in the. country during the last twenty years! With their earlier triumph his exceptiona. activity ceased ; and during later years, as. age has grown upon him, he has been too. feeble to renew connection with affairs in which he formerly bore a prominent part. But during the years of his active participa-. tion in political affairs no man m Oregon, commanded a larger share of public atten tion. ."":. ... ." Thomas J. Dryer was born in the state of. Jnew York, we think in Ulster county, on the 10th January, 1808. With some expe rience in newspaper work he came to Cali fornia in 1849, and was employed for some months upon a journal in San Francisco. But he was looking for an independent field: for journalism, and purchasing a small lot of printing material he came to Oregon to es tablish a newspaper. Landing in Portland,, he brought out the first number, of The Ore gonian on the 4th December, , 1850. Under, his mangement it was always a weekly pa per, as the field was not large enough, for; a daily till some time after he retired from the publication of the paper. In these .days news .had small space in an Oregon journal. There was communication but once, a month, from San Francisco, and sometimes not so. often, and it frequently happened that news from the eastern states was three months old when published . in The Oregonian, The Matsman soon afterwards was started, and the controversies of local politics . began,, which for several years largely filled the columns of these two principal Oregon papers. Mr. Dr3'er was once elected to the ierrito-. rial legislature, and was a member of the; convention which framed the constitution of the state. In I860 his prominence in the Republican party, secured for him a place on the presidential electoral ticket and he was chosen to bear the vote of the state to Washington. At this time he sold The. Ore gonian, having conducted the paper contin uously for ten :years. . .Alter the inaugura tion of Lincoln he was appointed ininister, resident to the Sandwich Islands, a position he held for several years. After his retire-, ment from that, position he retnrned to Port land. His wife died several years ago, since which time he has lived almost alone, but. was seen and greeted almost daily upon the. streets, up to the time when he was taken with his fatal illness only two or three weeks aoro. Mr. Drver was earnest and honest. worked for general purposes, and took little, thought for himself. His death leaves no. small .vacancy in the narrowing circle of. hose who were p.ominent in the early his tory of Oregon. He had many mends, par ticularly in Portland, who have always pre served an interest in his welfare, and who hear with regret that he is no no more.. He, reached the age ot seventy-ene years, two months and twenty days. Oregonian. Bone Manure. Day after day -i on lumrlrpda of dollars worth of th host mnniirp in t.hp. world, bpinc' shipped to other countries, in tire, way ot tons ana tons oi Dones. no better investment could be made tban tbe erection of a bone mill near thia ciy. Then, in ji'ace of witnessing' the shipments, and the . hundreds of. tons ot bones ttrat are going to waste . oil nvpr thp tnnhtrv thev would ho ... - - . j, j made into Done dust, the best fertili- zer. almost, hj.. the world, wincii. would be worth ten dollars a ton to, the hungry soil. In the absence of. mills, we suggest the following, wliiclt we find recommended by the best . . T"ll " . 1 " 1 1 ' autnoriiy. jriace tne nones, oroseu as small as tbey conveniently can be;, in a tub or trough, and throw over I bom n limit a third of t.boir weight of boiling water, so that all .may r ba scaiaea ; men aua suipiiuriu. acm. and vitrol in , the proportion , of a third .of the weight of the , bones ;. mix well with a pick, or some other instrument, and allow the whole to remain for several weeks. If desired, this manure may be mixed with saw dust, but in this case lime must be added, at the rate of one to four of the whole amount. Tliere h no mar, nure made with ltss expense, which possesses the same vegetable produc-. ing elements, and we would like very, much to hear of a trial. One hnn-. dred pounds of this is equal probably, to a thousand pounds of barn, yar(d manure. Resources of Oregon and Washington. Narrow Escape. Last Friday morning, . while, the river was at its highest stage,. fVUr. small boys Adam Bumbarger, Henry and: Charley Rogers and Geo. Bauerlin--ajged from 10 to 16 years were in a small skiff, engaged in catching drift wood. When in the angry current, the boat became unman ageable, struck a submerged tree, and upset, precipitating the four boys into the river. Fortunately for them the limbs of the tree were above the water, and afforded them a retreat until assistance reached them from the shore. It was a close call, and sh uld be a warning to boys to keep out of such scrapes. About $140,000 has already been sub scribed for the vSpringfield and Oregon City railroad. There had been, up tojbst Sat urday, $25,000 subscribed at Oregon Crty done.