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VOL XVI.
CORVALLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1879.
NO. 19.
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M. S. WOODCOCK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
CORVALUs, OREGON.
OFFICE ON FIRST STREET, OPP. WOODCOCK
b BALDWIN'S Hardware Store. "
Special attention given to Collections, Foreclosure
of Mortja:cs. Real Lstate cases. Probate and County
Road matters.
Will also buy and sell City Property and Farm
Landn, on reasonable terms.
March 20, 1S7. 10:12yl
F. A. CHZNOWETH,
-Attorney at Law,
CORVALLIS, . -
OREGON.
2TOFFICE Corner of Monros and 2d St. 10:ltf
J. W. RAYBURN,
-A.ttorn.ey at Law,
CORVALLIS, .... OREGON.
OFFICE On Monroe street, bit. Second and Third.
tt&.3p-lal attention given to the Collection ok
tim AND ACCOCXTU. 10:IU.
JAIVSIS A. YANTIS,
Att'y and Counselor at Law,
CORVALLIS, OREUON.
THE NEW
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(Opp. SOL. KING'S Livery Stable, Second Street,)
500 FORFEIT !
AMES' IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS
FOR ... -
PRESERVING MEATS, ETC.,
WILL PRACTICE IS ALL THE CpURTS OF
th ; State. S, :'i-x attention given to matter
In Probate. Collection i will receive prompt and care
ful atteutton. O lice in the Court House. 16: Hi.
DR. F. & VMCENT,
DENTIST,
CORVALLIS,
OREGON.
id.
OFFICE in Fiaher.s New Brick over
Max. Friendly's ISew Store. All the
latent improvement, tverythinj.'
new and complete. All work warrant-
Pleasejrive meacall. lft:3tf.
11HE ADVANTAGES CLAIMED FOR
this wonderful discovery are these i
1. Meats can be p.jserved Perfectly
f re ii for an indefinite length of time in
v.n open vessel ; that is, a vessel with a cloth
tied over it, or with a snugly lilting cover.
NO SEALING UP REQUIRED.
2. Vegetables of all kinds, if sound,
can also be preserved indefinitely, and with
out dryititf or cooking.
3. Any clean vessel of wood, stone, or
glass, that will hold water, may ue useu io
contain the article preserved.
4. The process is so simple that a child of
tt j -i JJ 1 4.A ! ten years old c:u operate it, and there is no
ZJ.a J"k upcucu witn x new ciijlli. Dnnu uuwcervf nimKet.
, f, ! 5. As used, neither the material nor pre-
ovvviv v.m. r " 7 ., ?, ,
Cic::.;i. nor is t ie navor 01 me uthkmi
l)rescrved in the least affected.
fi. The entire additional expense for ma
terials. will not exceed ttv-llty-f ive
ceutM for preserving 100 pounds of meat
or for preserving a barrel (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, and kept on hand for future use.
8. Neither flic r Vermin will ever
disturb meat preserved by this process.
9. Meatsjthat have become tai ted can
be restored to their original condition, and
then kept sweet indefinitely.
10.
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS & SHOES,
. GAEPETS, and
FiSTCY GOODS,
and will sell all the above named goods
for CASH, at prices to suit the times.
Remember the new I X L Store, .opp.
SoL King's Livery Stable, Corvallis.j
Corvallis, Lpril 24, 1879 16:17m3
A. TKEASO.HAIiLE CIPHER.
HOW SENATOR NESMITH AND GEN. INGALLS
PLOTXED AGAINST THEIR COUNTRY, AND
HOW OLD STANTON GOT THE PROOF.
The following is from the Army and Navy
Gazette of March 27th. It may be stated
that the story is literally true. Mr. Nes
mith, we have been informed, has the origi
nal dispatch, written in Chinook. It kicked
up a terrible 'row in the war office, aud all
the distinguished linguists and cipher ex
perts were consulted. Meigs, quartermaster
general, who makes pretensions to great
learning, gave it as his opinions that the
dispatcli was treasonabl:, and said it was
written iu the language of one of the tribes
of the Magyars who inhabit a renYote region
in the mountains of Hungary. The attair,
as told bolo'.v, is published in the paper
above named, under the caption of " The
Major's Stories " :
The major walked in on Mond.-.y, and,
taking his usual seat, had hummed as far its
"The horns upon the ram, sir,
Grew clear up to the moon ;
And the owner climbed up in Januare's,
And didn't get down till
" By Jove ! " he exclaimed, " don't that
look like Rufe Ingalls ? "
The gentleman he had noticed didn't look
anything like General Ingalls, but it had the
effect of starting the major.
" Did you ever hear how Ingalls put old
Stanton in the ' nineteen hole ' once, during
the war 1 "
We never did, and thought it was seldom
done successiully with Secretary Stanton,
" Well, Ingalls got him there once, and
did it when he didn't think of putting up a
job on him either. You see, Inyalla aud Jim
Nesmith (Senator he was then from Oregon)
were the thickest kind of chums miew
each other in the old Oregon times before
Experiments do not justify giving a j 5newar;. n'1 STTaTEZ
i j y p .. a i j nWnn h war in uip nf ihnu! ran nemstaa
easnuiwK ill nrjam iu ii una. jjuu vii- jr
k:i:: 1 t-tH oiu.1. oo ' OQ
tiic, Li: iaiyc, pvuu wmw, un
amIes. neans. et:;.. can be preserved. B'er-
K A ' U ' .
8. R. FARRA, M. D.,
fHYSICIAN. SJRjEON AND OBSTETRCIAN.
o
KFICE OVER .GRAHAM U
Druar Store, Corvallis, Oregon.
HAMILTON'S
new rm shop,
J. K. WEBBER, Propr.,
!M!ain St., Corvalli.
Tlie
Cape
Is a necessity
Breakwater at
Foulweather,
an increased
and owing to
demand for
ries and soit fruits are considered doubtful.
11. We will agree to verify all the frtrove
statements under a forfeiture of 500
gold coin, in case we fail in an v 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 aud back, ami in addition,
pay us f jr our time and trouble the sum of
3100 gold coin. B;th 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 purchaser1 of every Eight, and
stands as our agreement and guarantee for
the truth of the above statements.
The above process was patented January
5, 1S7S, bv Theodore Ames, of Texas, and
the undersigned have the exclusive right to
sell patents for the same for the States of
'rregoa, Uautornia and Nevada, and rne ler
Pennsylvania avenue I think it was
about where that big grocery is now, just
across from Willard's hotel, and Ingalls al
ways stayed there when he would come up
from the front on business. They usjd to
have the joliiest stag supper parties when
Ingalls was here that you ever saw. You
remember Ingalls, from 18b'3' to the wind-up
was chief quartermaster of the army of the
Potomac, and after there had been a big
move or battle he had to coma up to Wash
ington to see about getting things straight
ened out, as to transportation, etc. Well,
Stanton, while he was secretary of war,
was everlastingly suspected everybody, and
had that cuss Baker uosing into everybody's
quarters, and Baker told Stanton how thick
Nesmith and Ingalls were. Nesraith was
then one of the few democratic Benators in
congress, but he was a loyal old fellow, aud
as full of sense as a sorrel Horse, as tliey say
np in "Michigan. Stanton didn't thing in
those days that a man could be loyal and a
democrat both : so, by Jove, he jumped to
the conclusion that Ingalls was up to some
game or other he might have been, but it
nfcnriej of Washington, Idaho, Montana, I wasn t stealing or conspiring and lie set r '
it! ti wrv Tin? tT T? 2TTTTi' rrt? KTiTTVfi TWAT VVR TT4VF. TI-TTC r.AHOKST TTtali Wvnmiiin and Arizona. Patents tortus crowd to watelnns Kute. Une time
famuyuse only, and limited to the proauc
TOVE9 AND TINWARE,
ALL KINDS.
iS" All work warranted and at reduced rates.
H:13tf
.1 - -,-
h BLUMBERG,
(Bet. 8outhers' Drujf Store and Taylor's Market,)
CQBVALUS, - OREGON.
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, FURNISHING
GoodH, Cisxrs and Touaeco, etc., etc.
. m. Om dulivered (ree'to any part ot the city.
Produce taken, at highest :narket rated, in sxchange
7or guodi.
March 7, 1878. 15:10tf
117
V V dhd best Selected Stock of
GEN
Ei.iL
ME
uKAnDISE
W. C. CEAWFOBD,
.V.T iHEALER IN
WATCHES,
OJL
JVErELBT, SPECfACLES, 81VEE WARE, ETC)
Also, . .
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, &C.
t?T Repiirins done at th? most reasonable rates
and all work warranted.
Corvallis' Dec. 13. 1877. 14:50tf
Ever brought to this Market, and ohr motto, in the future, as it has been in the past,
shall be "SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALES," thus enabling the Farmers oi
Benton County to buy Goods 25 per cent.' less th!ui ever before.'
We also have in connection a large stock of
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
Privately houslit ly our Mr. Sheppard, at a large Bankrupt Sale in San
Francisco, at 50 Cunts on I he Dollar, w liieh will be kept separate from our
regular Stock, and will extent! the same bargains to customers who will
give us a call. As a sample of priced, we will sell
Shoes from 25c to 32.
Boots from SI to 83 50.
Hats from 25c to i$l 75.
Buck Gloves, 50c.
Silk U'd'kfs 38c.
Grass Cloth 8c.
Kid Gloves 75c to: SI.
Dotft forget the place, one door south of the post office.
Sheppard, Jayeox & Go.
Corvallis, May 7, 187?. 17:19m3
I when Ingalls was here after a big tight, he
tions. of the purchaser, including apparatus, ! was telling Nesmith about it, and the old
list of chemicals, and direction in full for ; fellow got it into his head that he would like
operating and using, will be sold aWSlO.OO to go doivn to the front sometime and see a
each. Patents for wholesale purposes and battle. Ingalls encouraged the idea, and it
for counties on reasonable terms. For fur- j was af reed that the next time a move was
titer particulars, r.ddress j on foot that promised a light, Ingalls should
fJOLDSON & MATTOON, I telegraph him in time to come down. The
Corvallis, Benton county, or Albany, Linn ' army headquarters then was connected by
WOODCOCK & BALDWIN,
K
(Successors to J. It. Bayley Si Co.,)
BEP CONSTANTLY ON' HA$D AT THE
old stand, a large and complete atocs of
county, Oregon.
lteLlU:ftt.
ORLANDO G. TAYLOR,
inveutcr and Proprietor of Taylor's tial operator on
WONDERFUL
BITCHING MACHINE,
Proposes, to cut a Ditch five feet wide at the
top, one and a half feet at the bottom and
two feet deep, throwing the dirt two feet
from ditch, for the small consideration of
fiilrtv-tkrce and one-third Cents per Rod.
This he guarantees or no charges. He has
three machines now in operation. One each
in Linn, Benton and Lane counties.
Junction City, Oregon. Jan. 17, 1S79.
16':3m6.
E. HOLCATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Hfeayy and Slielf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL. TOOLS. STOVES,
EANGEfi,
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin ani? copper ware
Pumps, 3?ipe, etc.
A GOOD TINNER constantly on hand, and
stll Job' Work neatly and quicUy dune.
Also Agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co., fo
the sale of the best and latest improved
PiHM' MACHINERY,
ejf all kinds, together with a full assortmen
AtiKIC ULTUliA L IMPLEMENTS.
Sole Agents for toe' celebrated
St' LOUIS-CHARTER OAK STOVES
the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the Norl
man Range, and many other patterns, in al
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 cheerrully.cn application.
No paina will be spared to famish' our cnV
tnmtrs with the best goods in market, in c hi
line, and at lowest prices.
Our motto shall be, prompt and fair dealing
with all. Call and examine onr stock, before
going elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
WOODCOCK ts BALDWIN.
Corvallis,. Tan. 18 . 14:4tf
W1
ILL PRACTICE; IN ALL THlfe COURTS
in the State.
Having had four years experience as County
Judge, and given clove attention tc Probate
matters, I i.in well prepared to attend to all
burets in that line ; also contested Road
Matters. I will give strict and prompt atten
tion to collections, and as heretoture will do a
REAL ESTATE,
and General Business Agency.
Eocal Afxep-t of
Home Mutual Insurance Co.
ayOffico in the rear of Rosenthal's store.
Entrance either on M:id'iBon street or through
the store, Corvallis, Oregon.
vlSn28tf.
THE STAR BAKERY,
MAIN STJiEET, COUVAI.I.IS
HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR.
FAMILY SUPPLY STORE!
G ROCEKIEiB,
DREAD. CAKES, PIES, CANDIES, TOYS,
Etc., Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1 1877. 14:2t
City Property for Sale.
IS ORDER TO BE WITH MT DAIX5HTERS,
eaH of the noountains, I have concluded to offer
my property in (jorvallis for sale,
AT A BARGAIN,
If disposed of immediately. The property consist
Of two handsome lota, well improved, wKh clioicd
fruit, shrubbery, etc.. larire and comfortable dwelling,
barn, outhouses, etc on. the corner of Vari Buren aud
Second Streets. A very desirable location', with fine
view of the river. ,
Also household and kitchen furniture, beds, bod
dintf, et , and entire outfit for a family. The furni
ture will be Hold with the house, or separately, ror
terms and full particulars, inquire of the proprietor,
on the premises: JOHN MORGAN.
Corvallis, April a, isa. io:ion.
B0 ABB and LODGING,
Neat Rooms and Splendid Table.
OUR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS
shown the Heatly Fnrnlthed Room
i OF
MRS- JOSEPH POLLY,
At their residence, just opposite the residence of
Judfire F. A. Chenoweth prepared and now in readiness
for such toarders as may choose to give her a call,
either by the single meal or by the week.
Mrs. Polly has a reputation as a cook, and sets as
good a'table as can be found in the State.
Solicits a share of patronape. 15:46tf.
CITY MAEKET
JOHN S. BAKER, Propr.
CORVALLIS, - OREGON
HAVING BOUGHT THE ABOVE MARKET
and fixtures, and perm 'nently located in
Corvallis. I will keeD constantly oh hand the
choicest euts of ,
BEEF. PORK. MOTION, and VEAL.
P!ini-iiil attention to making extra BO
LOGNA SAUSAGE.
Being a practical butcher, with large epe'n-
ence in the business, I fl-itter myself tbnt 1 can
eive satisfaction to customers. Please call anu
give me a tril. JOHN S..BAKHR
Dee. 6th. 1878. is-.vtii
J. C. MOREL AND,
(CITY ATTORNEY,)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PORTLAND, OREQCN.
THE GREAT FRUIT CATHARTIC
DELICIOUS
Hamburg Figs?
Price, 25 tents per Box, Sold Everywhere.
ABEAMS & CAREOLL, Sole
Agents, SAN F.AXCICO.
21febl6:8m3
0
FFICE Monastes' Brick, First street.
bet. Morrison and lamhill. 14:38tf
HOUSE
MOVING
ALPHIN & LORD. Propr.'s.
BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS,
Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to
Raise, Move, put unde;'r 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
Change of Firm.
ATOTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the general merchandize business here
tofore -learned on next door south of the
postoffice, id Corvallis, under the firm name
and style oi
Sheppard & Jaycox,
Have this dav taken in' as a partner, Mr. C.
U. Barlow, ilereaiier tne Dusiness win De
carried on at the old stand under the firm
name and style of.
Sheppard, Jaycox & Co.
Mr. George A. Sheppard, of the firm, will
in future reside in SanFrancisco in connec-
tioo with the firm, thus enabling us to offer
auDerior inducements to customers. Our
motto being in the future as in the past, low
prices and fair dealing, a liberal share of pat
ronace is solicited.
In consequence of the above chancre all
narties indebted to the old firm are request
ed to call and settle their liabilities without
delay. -SHEPPARD ft JAYCOX.
January I, 1879. 21febl6:8tf.
elegrauh with Washington, go that Seore
tary Stanton and the president and old
Brains could boss the job rrom here, and all
the wires ran rijjht into a room in the war
department, where Stanton had a conliden-
band all the time, well,
sir, one line morning in cair.e the operator to
Stanton, iu the corner room where Crosby is
located now, hi3 eyes bulging out with holy
horror, and handed the secretary a mysteri
ous dispatch, which immediately proceeded
to raise merry hallelujah." (The major
didn't say " hadlelujah," but it don't require
italics to print it. )
" It was a cipher dispatch from Ingalls,
chief quartermaster, and was addressed to i
Sejiator Nesmith. Everybody in the war
department turned out but the band, hut
there was music in Mr. Stanton's neighbor
hood. "He had long suspected that Ingalls was
a double eassed, cussed, cussed traitor, and
he had got him now, dead sure got film
right in the act. D d conspiracy with that
dd traitor Nesmith, who, no doubt, was
to telegraph to Canada of the impending
battle, and then the rebs up there would
tell Lee all about it, and thrash Burnside or
Hooker, or whoever was in command then.
He intended to have Ingalls shot as full of
holes as a tin lantern and buried before
night without the least regard to the regula
tions regarding military honors, and all that
sort of thing.
Oh, it was the derndest time you ever saw
in the war department, worse than when
Uen. Ihomas wanted to be secretary, ot war
and Stanton barricaded himself in.
Only one thing was needed ljfore Ingalls
funeral took place. Stanton wanted to
know what the cipher dispatch meant, so as
to have Nesmith made a tin- lantern of, trio.
Every othcer, operator, clerk, messenger.
orderly or veteran reserve man about the
building or neighborhood was sent for, if he
ever wrote, read or saw a cipher dispatch,
or knew one who did ; but they cowan t
nake it out it was awful. Stanton used
more interesting remarks than all the italics
in the German ahsoabet could express and
that's all italics, as far as I can see, and 1 e
sides that he turned in and revoked two
or three promotions of brigadiers of volun
teers. . .
Things went on that way till along in the
afternoon, and the secretary began to think
at last that he would have to put off Ingalls'
funeral at least till daylight next morning,
when a ninth infantrv man happened to
lrop in. who had served up around Puget
Sound, and Stanton grabbed him and asked
him to. try his hand at unearthing the trea-
BOU.
He took it, looked it over a minute, read
the signature, laughed a little, and then
smi'inglv handed it back to Mr. Stanton
without a word. , ,
Stanton asked him if he could read it.
'Oh, yes, easily.' The secretary's hair
stood up with wrath, but it came down
mighty quick when ' Tony ' explained that
it was ' Ghinook, and translated read :
' Come down d d quick if you want to see
a fight, and bring about ten gallons of whis
ky ; I'm out.'
By Jingo ! you ought to have seen that
crowd. lh ;y were all so scared at btanton
that they didn't dare laTugh before him ; but
one at a time they got out and slid over to
Klotz's and made, things howl. , .
The dispatch was sent to, the senatoKland
Stanton was so much taken down that he sat
down meekly and breveted every man on
the recruiting detail but three.
Rufe Ingalls wasn't shot that time, unless
it was in the neck when Nesmith reached
him."
Educutional lufoi-miilioii.
Below we give ihe names of the
members of the Board of Examina
tion, Board of Education, and Board
of Professional Teachers appointed
to assist in the semi annual examina
tion of applicants for diplomas and
certificates:
W. W. Thayer, Governor; R. P.
Earhart, Secretary of Stale; L. J.
Powell, Superintendent of Public In
struction, aud ex officio Sec. Board.
T. SI Gatch, Ph. D., of Willamette
University; E. B. McElroy., Co. Supt.
Benton County; J. D. Rohb, A. M.,
Co. Sup', of Washington County ; J.
T. Gregjr, Co. Supt. of Marion
County; John C. Arnold, Co. Supt.
of Umatilla Coiili'ty ; T. II. Crawford,
A. M.,Supt. City Schools, Portland;
L W. Pratt, Prin. Harrison st. School,
Portland ; T. C. Bell. A. it, Prin.
Eugene City Public Schools.
The regular meetings of the Stat,e
Board of Education and the State
Board of Examination, occur o:i the
first Monday of January and of July
in each year.
KEQCIltEM HNr'.
In Stftte examinations, applicants
must aiiswer, for life life diplomas,
90 per cent., and for State, diplomas,
75 per cent, of the questions asfted
in' the following branches: Orthog
raphy, reading, writing, mental arith
metic, written arithmetic, English
grammar, geography, modern histo
fv, general history, algebra, geome
try, composition, English literature,
book keeping, physiology, natural
philosophv, theory and practice of
teaching, vionstitution . of the United
States ami school laws of Oregon.
In audition to the above require
ments, the applicant,' before receiving
a life diploma, must be twenty five
years ot age, and must have . taught
at least six years, three of which
must have been wilhm tins State;
and before receiving a State diploma,
the applicant must be twenty-one
years of age, and must have taught
at least four years, two of which must
have been in this Slate.
For State certificates, applicants
must answer, for fiirst grade, 90 per
and for second grade, 75 per
cent, of the questions asked in all the
above branches, except geometry,
composition, English literature, gen
eral history, natural philosophy, and
constitution of the United Slates;
and iu addition, the applicant, before
receiving a first grade state certifi
cate, must be " 18 j'ea'rs of age, and
must have had, at leat, one year's
experience as a teacher.
A life diploma gives aulhorityi to
teach in any of the public schools of
this State during life; a State diplo
ma, for the period of six years; a
first grade State certiftcite for the
period of two years; and a second
grade State, certificate for the period
of six months.
COUNTY EXAMINATIONS.
The county board of examination,
consisting of the county school su
perintendent and not less than two
professional teachers whom he may
cafl to his assistance, hold quarterly
examinations during the last week of
March, June, September and Decern
her, and have power to grant first
grade county certificates, good for
two years, and also second grade
county certificates, good for six
months.
TIME OF BEGINNING?' SCHOOLS,
In rural districts, schools usually
begin about the first, of April and
first of October. Town and city
schools begin generally during the
first week of September.
L. J. Powell,
Sunt. Public Instruction.
I From the Oregonlan May lst.J
Uniaiina, Keiiervutton.
People of Eastern Oregon will be
gratified to learn that good results
have attended the visit to Washing
ton of representatives of the Indians'
of Umatilla reservation.' An arrange
ment has been effected which it is be
lieved will open nearly the whole ot
that reservation,' which conS'prises
208,000 acres of valuable land, to'
white settlement. Such, certainly will
be the result, if congress will only"
promptly take the action required.'
Secretary ScTirz a few days since'
entered into an agreement with the"
chiefs, in which he pledged himself to'
endeavor to secure the passage of ait
act of congress granting allotments'
ot l he lands now covered by the
Uraatilla reservation to such' Indians
as may elect to take 100 acres each,
the lands, allotted to be inalienable
for a period of twenty-five years
with the further understanding that
the remaining lands are to be sold
and the proceeds placed in the treas
ury for the use of the Indians, or to
enable such as may desire it, to leave;
the reservation and settle on some
other. On their part the chiefs have
agreed on their return to assemble
their people, in the presence of a rep-
resei native of the United States, and,
ascertain the number and names of
Indians who will take allotments, and
of those who prefer to leave their
present reservation and repair to other
reservations already established in'
Oregon, Washington, Idaho of Mon
tana, and to send these lists to Wash
ington City. It is also agreed by
the duets that as soon as this neces
sary legislation is obtained such of
their people as may determine to set
tle with other tribes will leave for the .
locations selected. It will be seen
that tinder this arrangement a very
large part of Umatilla reservation'
wjll undoubtedly be opened to white'
settlers, since there are upon the res
ervation only about 700 Indians of
all ages and both sexes, and it is
probable, that comparatively few will
desire to take their allotment of land.
Under the conditions arising front
this change it would not be possible
to keep the large bands of horses
there which some of these Indians
now possess, and the owners there
fore would be among those who
would remove to localities where they
Wotdd find more room. We should
expect that tew of the Indians would
elect to remain. And now, as this
matter is iu the way of amicable
settlement, and the act of congress
spoken of is the only thing re
quired, it is hoped that our delega
tion in congress will give the subject
earnest attention and hasten the result,'
Hire atlndei-M.
Much has been said and written,
recently, upon the question of wire
binders for wheat, and the subject has' .
been pretty throughly discussed pro'
aud con. Last week we published?
an interesting article on this sulyec',
from the Portland Commercial Re
porter. It is a matter in which farm
ers are very much interested, and for
tius reason we give the article refer-'
red to. In the Scient'Jic American
of April 12, 1879, is an article on this
subject, in which occurs the following;
" At the late meeting of the Mil'ers' As
sociation at St. Paul, a methu.l of extract
ing wire from wheat was tried, with ttacanr
agin success. Two gangs of comma f?(4se- '
seoe magnets were1 placed in a spout through
which wheat was passed after having ueeu
mixed with particles 6i wire, varying from
the size of a pin head" to pieces an inch in
length. In every trial all the pieces (which
had been counted) were found upon thi).
magnets."
Death of Genv Suli.v. Brv'tr
Brigadier General Alfred Sully, died :
at Vancouver on the uvorning el the'
27th ult. The following official an
nouncement of his death was sent by
Gen. O. O. Howard, commanding'
department of the Columbia, to tbo'
headquarters of the Pacific EiilihatJ:"
division :
Vancoj- ek Barracks, Apil 2f, I87&'
Moj. Xien. htcin McDowtli, Commanding-'
Depart-merd of Pacific, Sah taaeico Cal
Cen. Alfred Sully died this morning at 9:30.
He 'aad a severe internal heroovrh?e. 1 Thus'
w j lose another comrade, able, distinguish-'
ed. alwavs ioval and greatly-beloved.
HOWARD,
Commanding Department.
J. A. Slaukk, Aide.
Declined. We have received a letter
from Mr. D, P. BaUard, of Yakima City,
which we decline to publish' for the reason
that it is of a too personal nature. The
Mountaineer never publishes personal com
munications except as advertisements, and
then only when they refer to the official con
duct of an officeholder, and not to his pri
vate character. We wijl piiblish with pleas
ure anything Mr. Ballard will be pleased to
send us that will be of benefit to the Yakima
Valley and of lieiicral interest to the people,
as he is an excellent writer; but, to lend
our columns to assist in making trouble be
tween rather Wilbur and the people, were
spectfully decline. The Dalles Mountaineer.
If every newspaper editor would
adopt the above honorable and manly
course, a new era would dawn upor,
newspaperdorm It would not ordy
save the editor ranch annoyance and
injury, bflt would .be benefirial to
public morals.
The Hill of Life. The roada leading
over the hill of life are numerous ; some
people take the road which is bright and
gay on which flowers of the brightest hue
are blooming but they fi'jd, that before
they are half way, the flowers are faded, all
is bleak, they are wearied, and. are glad to
lie down and die ; others strive to so over
the steep bank to fortune and fame, but the
paths on which they tread are weak and
rugged ; some stop at a steep precipice aver
which they are unable to pass. ; the foothold
of others give way and they are hurled to
the bottom, while only a few reach the cov
eted goal ; but the wise man chooses the
road which goes over the hill with a gradual
slope, on which here and there are sweet
flowers which cheer him on his way until he
arrives at hk joarney's end, where dwells
peace, happiness and contentment.
Boys and HftStUk Make home a pleasant;
place for your boys. Do not be so afraid of4
your best parlop that they may not use i.
Let them have plenty of warmth and bht.
and entertaining books to read, and mrtrical
instruments, and any parlor games I they
like. Girls will stay at home if-' home bu
the dullest place under the moon,' but boys
will not. If their young companions are
banished, if they are checked when they
laugh, or sing, or make a noise, if they may
not have the innocent freedom that they
need, under their parents' roof, then they
will have freedom of some sort elsewhere.
And there are always enough ready to beck
on them to places where the bloom is brush
ed from youth's round cheek. A young man
will squeeze a little "fun" out of hi
life, and, if you want him to be a credit to.'
you and himself, make it possible for him
to enjoy himself in his home. Let the homo
be a placeor him to live and breathe in,
not merely a roof under which he may tat
and sleep.