HUH CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
Corvallis, May 30, 1879.
W . B. CARTHE,
C3RVALLIS and yaquina railroad.
Tuifl is not a new theme to the read
er. ot the Itazette, and vet, tor a
few weeks, we have said but little on
the subject, because we have had but
little to say. The unusual backward
upring and late continued rains have
retarded all outdoor work, except
the matter of getting out ties. This
work has been vigorously prosecuted,
and the ties are now being delivered
at Philomath and Corvallis. Last
week that indefatigable worker and
unwavering friend of the road, Mr.
Icabod Ilenkle, was in this place re
ceiving the first five thousand ties
which came down Mary's river, and
are now upon the bank of that stream,
ready to be plaeed -along the line as
soon as the weather and roads will
permit.
The locomotive. "Corvallis " has
arrived in San Francisco, and passed
through Sacramento- on the 14th inst.,
as will be seen from the following
item in the Record- Union of the 15th:
There arrived by yesterday mornings
freight train from the East a locomotive,
named the " Corvallis," which was en toute
for Oregon as part of the rolling stock of
the Willamette, Corvallis and Columbia
1'iailroad. It was from the Grant Works,
Paterson, New Jersey.
The reporter made a bungle of
the name of our road, but that is not
remarkable, as those reporters have
an idea that there is nothing in Ore-
rron that is not connected with the
" Columbia" river, in some way
The nroDer name of our road is the
Willamette Valley and " Coast" (not
Columbia") railroad.
If the iron has not already arrived
in San Francisco, it will probably
be there within a fortnight. .Not
withstanding the croakings of cer
tain secret enemies of the enterprise,
the prospects for the early comple
tion of this much needed road, are
very flattering. Let every friend of
the road keep good heart, take fresh
courage, and do his duty, and we
will have an outlet to the sea, in the
near future, independent of railroad
kings or Columbia river monopolists.
""Self-preservation is the first law of
nature." Can't the farmers of the
Willamette valley see their own best
interests?
RAitRGftft P?CSPECTS.
The Portland Standard of the 22d
ihst., has an editorial upon "The
Different Railroad "Views," in which
the writer discusses the probability
of Jay Gould buying out the O. S.
N. Co., but concludes that Mr. Gould
will not buy out, or even venture to
run opposition to, that company, and
gives as a reason, the fact " that the
route fromCalilo is being surveyed
for a narrow gauge railroad to Port
land, and that Mr. VHlard leaves on
the Oregon, with the intention of
sending a first class railroad man to
manage its construction. The mere
fact of Mr. Villard's departure is
almost positive assurance that the O.
S. N. Company and Oregon Pacific
bave come to no understanding."
The Standard concludes the article
as follows : -
"But of all the railroads, proposed at
this time, it looks very much as if the road
np from Winnemucca will be the first to tap
Oregon. The route from that city to Spring
field, in Lane county, has little or no ob
structions, except about eight miles through
the Cascade mountains, of easy grade on
the east side. So soon as the Oregon Pacific
begins its work in Oregon the Central Pacific
managers will begin laying rails with all pos
sible speed. This Company has a large
amount of iron and other stock on hand and
has every facility for transporting it. This
road will be Jay Gould's only rival in Ore
gon, and with the Northern Pacific must be
looked to by the people as deliverers, and
checks upon rapacity."
To every careful reader of the
signs of the times," there is scarce
ly a shadow of doubt that the first
road to " tap Oregon" will be from
Winnemucca. But why talk about
continuing that road over a hundred
miles, parallel with other roads, to
peach Portland, when deep water,
with one of Ui6 best harbors between
Sar Francisco and the Straits of Fuea
ean be reached at Cape Foul weather,
adjacent to the heart of the Willam
ette valley. The managers of the
Central Pacific are not anxious- to
pay tribute to Portland or the Col
umbia river. It will be to their in
terests, as well as the interests of the
people of Oregon, to find the most
available ocean outlet as the western
terminus of their road. Nature has
fixed this outlet at Cape Foul weather,
on tbe western line of Benton coun
ty. There is no doubt but that Ben
ton county is on- the direct line of
communication bet wen the Atlantic
States and China and Japan. " Facts
are stubborn things."
BREAKERS AHEAD.
A brief telegram, a day or two
ago, announced that arrangements
had been made, through railroad
combinations, to carry grain from
St. Louis to New York for 15 cents
per hundred. If this statement is
true, it may bo of temporary benefit
to the producers who occupy the
great grain belt of the western states,
but to the eastern farmers, and the
producers of the Pacific slope, espe
cially Oregon, it cannot be other than
detrimental, unless steps are immedi
ately taken and pushed with vigor
to lessen the cost of the shipment of
grain to the seaboard.
We have always claimed that it
was as important to the farmer to
know how and where he was going
to dispose of his crop, as it was to
put forth efforts and anxiety as to
the amount and quality of crop to
be raised. If this is true, the tele
gram above alluded to, comes with
especial meaning to the farmer of
this valley, and points in a manner
not to be misunderstood, that the
railroad to the coast, and a harbor by
the sea, must not be much longer
neglected, if we wish to retain a mar
ket for grain.
During the past few years railroad
combination has reduced the carriage
of bread stuff to the East to the low
est minimum. This will be better
seen when we state that under the
recent change a car load, of ten tons,
is moved at the rate of 3 cents per
mile or $30 from St. Louis to New
York, a distance of about 1,000
miles. Comparing this achievment
by rail with the price of water car
nage of wheat from Corvallis to
Portland and the expense on the low
er Columbia, it will be seen that this
very important question cannot be
permitted to drift much longer.
From the Albany Democrat, May 23.
THE HARBDR0F REFUGE.
Mr. T. P. Hackleman, secretary of the
Albany Committee appointed to further the
claims of Cape Foulweather as a Harbor of
Refuge, has received the following letter
which explains itself ,
U. S. Engineers' Office, )
Portland, Or., May 15, 1879.
T. P. Hackleman, Esq., Albany, Orr
gon, Sir : I am in receipt of your favor , of
the 10th inst. , asking the time and place of
meeting of the Board of Engineers of the
Pacific coast, in view of the act of congress
requiring an examination for a Harbor ot
Refuge. I have to say in answer, that the
Board expect to make a thorough examina
tion of the subject, and a report will be made
only aftsr every one has been heard. Pub
lic meetings will be held, at which the
members will attend for te purpose of
gathering all possible iiuormation upon the
subject in hand. The notices for these
meetings will reach the public through the
medium of Sah Francisco and Portland pa
pers. Arrangements are already in progress
ana n is believed tne examination win com
mence at an early day. Very respectfully,
j. Li. UILLESPIE,
Major of Engineers, brevet Colonel and
member of Board.
FIRE AT THE DALLES.
On the evening of the 21st inst.,
Capt. J. C. Ainsworth, of Portland,
received a telegram from The Dalles,
dated May 21st, as follows:
A heavy fire is now raging at this place.
Nearly all the business part of the town is
consumed. The O. S. N. Co. lose the office
here and engine house. Most all the rest of
the property was saved. The railroad track
through the town has been damaged. We
will commence to repair the track at day
light in the morning.
Another dispatch furnishes additional par
ticulars :
The town is almost burned down. The
O. S. N. Co.'s office and engine house are
totally destroyed. We think the fire is now
ander control. The mm commenced in the
hotel, and swept everything before it on
r irst street trom VValdron s drug store and
Moody's to the Umatilla House, including
that, and burned one side of Second street
clear, as far as French & McFarland's. The
fire crossed over and burned everything
from the corner opposite Fred Derber's old
stand down as far as Michelbach's shop, in
cluding Humason's brick, occupied by Mr.
JN ewman, and burned up to London s law
office, on the corner of Third street. There
is some danger yet.
THE KEELY MOTOR AGAIN.
The Philadelphia JPress announces
that the Keely motor is now a practi
cal success, and the inventor is no
longer feeling his way in the region
of experiments. It prints a statement
from Mr. Keely in which he says that
he has constructed a peculiar engine
for his motor, and adds :
I have succeeded, during the few weeks
since it was completed, in so far adjusting
it, or graduating it, as I term it, to run it
for at least ten hours which I produce in a
second. This engine, I do not hesitate to
say, will be a complete and perfectly oper
ating machine, and will demonstrate to eve
ryone that my much derided motor is a com
plete and perfect triumph. Inventors are
liable, as they all kHow, to interruptions by
breakage ana other mechanical dilhculties.
Temperance Pic Nic. Last Tuesday the
Willamette Temperance Alliance of Linn
county were to have had a pic nic in the
grove at the Willamette church, about five
miles east of this city, but the rain had left
the ground in such a disagreeable condition
that the audience repaired to the church,
and engaged in a good old-fashioned temper
ance meeting. Pointed and eloquent ad
dresses were delivered by Gen. Mart. V.
Brown and Rev. Mr. Floyd, of Albany, and
Rev. T. J. Wilson, of Halsey, with several
short speeches from different persons present.
On the whole, the pic nic was a perfect suc
cess, notwithstanding the bad weather.
Notwithstanding the large amount of rain
this spring, all agree that the crops of Clack -
ias county never looked better. Fall
sown wheat is beginning to head, and corn,
potatoes, and all kinds of vegetables are
looking fine. There will be a- heavv. vield
of fruit in this vicinity. -
From the Salem Statesman.
MARSHAL J. W. MINT0 UNDER FIRE.
A stirring shooting scrape occur
red yesterday afternoon, on First
street, at the residence of Henry
Jankossky, under circumstances as
follows :
About six weeks ago Jankossky sold out
his saloon business on State street, and for
the past few days had been drinking heavily.
His wife, becoming alarmed for her safety,
sent for Marshal Minto, who, accompanied
by Officer Al. Faulkner, went to the house
and discovered Jankossky leaving by the
back door, the Marshal called to him to
stop, as he wanted to talk with him, and
sat down on the steps. Jankossky turned
back, drawing his pistol, which the Marshal
told him to put up, as he only wanted to
talk with him, at the same time rising to his
feet. Jankossky immediately tired three
shots, in rapid succession ; tha first passing
through the Marshal's coat, the second
.a . , , . i -
struck on the leu nip-Done, oruisuig wie
flesh, but drawing no blood ; the third shot
missed altogether.
At this juncture Officer Faulkner fired at
Jankossky, the nail striking tne nuuuie nu,
glancing around and lodging in his back.
Jankossky fell at the shot ; was disarmed
by the officers and taken to-the city prison,
whence he will be removed to the county
iail.
Dr. Jessup made an examination of the
wound, which is not considered dangerous,
and at last accounts the ball had not been
discovered. But little blood was shed ; it
is not supposed that there is any bleeding
inwardly, and the unhappy man will, in all
probability, soon reeover, to lament the con
sea uences of his spree.
Marshal Minto, who was unarmed, had a
blood-curdling escape from death ; another
inch to the right would have ended nis use
ful and honorable career. Officer Faulkner,
of course, behaved with the utmost propri
ety in firing at the desperate madman, and so
putting a stop to his murderous proceedings.
SENATOR MITCHELL IN RETIREMENT.
The Neva Nortlivoest has the fol
lowing just estimate of the public
services of ex-Senator Mitchell :
The reception recently accorded to Sena
tor Mitchell by the citizens of Portland
must have been very gratifying to that gen
tleman, proclaiming as it did the sentiments
of the masses in his favor, notwithstanding
the personal animosities of his few but
prominent enemies. As a Senator, Mr.
Mitchell has been a faithful public servant ;
and, though he has sometimes failed, be
cause of the pressure against him at home,
to accomplish all that he has undertaken for
the public weal, no man in his position has
ever worked harder or more unselfishly for
the good of the whole people. As a friend,
and in the social walks of life, Mr. Mitch
ell ranks deservedly high ; as a politician,
he is a partisan Republican who has never
lowered his flag to his opponents ; as a
statesman, he rises above the partisan and
commands the admiration of his political
antagonists.
PACIFfO COAST.
Oregon.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars meets
at Salem on the l?th of next June.
Commencement exercises of the Willam
ette University will take place Friday,
June 13th.
Mr. John Harrison has 250 Angora goats
on his ranch near Hillsboro. He paid 600
for three ot his bucks.
There's millions in the coal fields and
cedar trees of Nehalem valley if they could
be gotten to market.
The family of Mr. Buckner, living near
Miller's station, were seriously poisoned by
using meat from a barrel previously used for
vitrioling seed wheat.
Captain Carroll of the Great Republic is
greatly disappointed at the findings of the
court of inquiry, and will appeal to Super
vising Inspector Bemis.
Senator Mitchell denies that he comes to
Oregon as the attorney for Jay Gould, or
that he has ever been tendered such an ap
pointment by him.
Bartlett Whitlow, a pioneer, and well
known throughout the valley, died at his
home in Lafayette on the 18th inst. of heart
disease. His age was 73.
Fifty real estate transfers were recorded
in the office of the clerk of Yamhill county
during the month of April. Only ten mart
gages were recorded during the same time.
The wife of Capt. M. Crawford died at
Dayton, Yamhill county, a few days since,
from the effects of a malignant cancer from
which she had suffered greatly for several
months.
W. H. Coburn, a well known printer of
Portland, who was attacked with paralysis
a few days since, is now said to be in a fair
way for recovery.
The boom at the saw mill at Independ
ence broke loose on the 21st inst., and about
250,000 feet of logs floated away. A num
ber were caught at Salem and others
were caught and taken to Lincoln by Mr.
James Smith. Quite a pile of logs that.
It is reported from French Prairie that
growing crop are in good condition, and
that the yield will be larger than that of
any previous year. Many farmers have been
prevented from putting in as much snrino-
Eain as they desired by the prevalence of
te rains.
Harmon Thatrher'a faTnilv nn T .c,;.-,r.t
J --" ' L O
lake, was poisoned not long since by eating
uneu appies inat naci Deen brought from the
store in a sack that had contained blue vit
riol. Several members of the family were
seriously sick but all recovered.
Officer Henline swooped down upon an
opium den in Portland a few nights since
and captured three whites
They got ten days each in jaiL Served
"em" right.
Salem Statesman: C.n ft v -
has so far recovprpfl fpnm yia mu.i .u..i.
.cub tfilttCK
of rheumatism as to be able to promenade
me panurs 01 me notei. We hope to soon
see him welcoming his numerous guests.
Mr. Ed. Cartwright, who has been suffer
ing for the past year from erysipelas and the
loss of his arm, and who has been in Port
land several months, has so far improved in
health as to be able to visit friends in Salem
ana Aioany, last week. The prospects for
a complete recovery are quite hopeful.
Wm. Landreth writes us from the rail
road camp between McMinnville and St.
Joseph, in Yamhill county. There are in
the cami nine familipa 91 lcu
r 1 " WUHOK
Une lady teaches school in a tent during the
""j wi,i iiiuias are at work on the
road. Sundays, he says, are "mostly spent
in laying in horse feed and beans."
A slight informality in the bond of Dr
vatts, who has been appointed register in
the land office af. (imrrnn Pif,. 1 11.
bond to be returned. But the omission )..
been supplied, and the bond is again on the
way to Washington. The name of one of
the signers of 'mk Vw-iml ..... a :. 1 ...11
o - - - " twoo oWJlUCUUtllV
omitted at the head of the instrument by
copyisi wno prepared it. Dr. Watts
will get his commission in a few days.
Salem Mercury : A nnmk.. f
just from England, passed up the river last
week on their way to Yaquina bay, where
they intend to settle should t.hpV litre. Vin
country. We are informed that thev were
induced to come bv the rpnrcnHt;nn f
CoL E. HoC'fT. and that rmifu a r... fii r-
gration to that locality will follow should
everything prove- satisfactory to the advance
party. e hope this may be the case.
THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION.
The following article, from the
Oregonian of May 24th, expresses
our views upon this question, exactly.
The Gazette was among the first
papers of this State to speak out,
boldly, in opposition to the Pacific
Coast series, at the time of its fraud
ulent adoption, but, like our cotem
porary, our objections and criticisms
related to the old series. We quote
as follows :
In past times we have said many things
about the Pacific coast series of school read
ers which those interested in them no doubt
considered harsh. Yet we believe those
criticisms were perfectly just and fair, and
we fully adhere to them. The series had all
the defects we pointed out, and more. J ust
now these criticisms are being industriously
circulated through the state by agents of
other series, and it is therefore necessary for
us to say a word to prevent misconception.
It is due to the public, to the publishers,
and to ourselves, to say that the criticisms
referred to the series now in use in Oregon,
and not to the new series offered by the same
publishers. In offering this new series the
publishers themselves confess that the books
were not up to the standard required. This
new series we have never criticised, and
having recently given it a careful examina
tion, we find the books much superior to
those now in use. They are essentially new
books, with new matter, and have obtained
good recommendations in California. The
crude work of Dr. Patterson and others is
wholly dropped, and the result is, not mere
ly a new edition, but a new series, with
which the old one will bear no comparison.
It is certain now that the old series will be
dropped. It ought never to have been adopt
ed. The question now presented is on the
selection of another series. Several are of
fering, and some of them are being pressed
in the interest of their respective publishers.
Agents and others are traversing the state
on this business. For ourselves we have no
favorite series. There are many good ones,
any of which will do. There are agents,
however, who are trying to make a point in
favor of their publishers, by circulating the
objections to the Pacific coast series which
we have published hertofore ; and it is
proper, therefore, for us to repeat, lest this
action may mislead, that those criticisms
refer to the old series and not to the new
one. The publishers of this series now pro
pose, as we are informed, to take up the old
readers in use in our schools, and to furnish
the new series in their stead, without cost.
At the same time they offer material reduc
tion in price for the future. These are prop
ositions which may deserve cons'. leration at
the hands of county superintendents. It
has been necessary for us to say this much
in justice to all parties, since we have learn
ed that our criticisms upon the Pacific coast
series are being used by interested parties in
a way not warranted by the present state of
the case. All the books offered should have
a fair examination as to quality, cheapness,
and other conditions. If selection be made
through favoritism, or other influences
brought to bear through agents, who have
come to the state in the interest of publish
ers who are hunting a field, there can be no
assurance that we shall not have one evil
merely substituted for another
Sunday Law. Two weeks since we pub
lished a city ordinance, looking to the clos
ing of all business houses, saloons, billiard
rooms, etc., on Sunday. It is rumored, on
"the streets, that the city council are disposed
to let this ordinance go by default. We
sincerely hope that there is no truth in the
rumor. Business men requite some recrea
tion and cessation from business, and the
majority of the business men, in this city,
are in favor of a Sunday law. Of course it
should be properly guarded, so as not to
work a hardship or prevent " actual works
of necessity," on that day. Eugene City,
and other places, are moving in the same
line. The Guard of the 24th inst., says :
" We publish to-day the ordinance enacting
the Sunday law, which prohibits the sale of
liquor on Sunday, except on the prescription
of a practicing physician. We understand
that it is the iutcntion of the council to pass
an ordinance closing all places of business
on Sunday."
Grand Opening. On last Monday Mr.
Nick Baesen formally opened his splendid
Palace Market. And right well it merits
the name. The elegant marble counters,
handsome chandeliers, well-painted floors,
snowy white walls, and general artistic ar
rangement, gives this market a palatial air,
not often found outside the great marts of
the world. Mr. B. deserves much praise. for
the excellent taste displayed, and liberal
outlay of means in fitting up -his market.
The display of meats, last Monday, was the
finest we have ever seen in Corvallis, or in
tne state, lor that matter. Aick is a great
favorite, and we predict for him the best of
success. JsJP
' '
Death of Mb. Edmunds. Many of our
readers will remember the deceased as the
editor of the Labor World, and earnest ad
vocate of the greenback theory. The Ore
gonian of -May 23d in announcing his sudden
death, says : A. C. Edmunds, well known
throughout the northwest as the " Oregon
Mechanic, died last evening at about nail
past 7 o'clock. While speaking at Wood
land, California, about four months ago, he
was stricken with paralysis, from the effects
of which he never recovered, tie had im
proved rapidly of late, however, and yester
day evening walked about the streets for
some time. Shortly after returning home he
commenced vomiting and shortly after died.
He was a native ot (Janada west and was
aged nearly 52 years.
Grand Encampment. The Grand En
campment L O. O. F., met at Albany on
the 19th inst., and was opened in due form,
E. H. Stolte presiding. The reports of the
Grand Patriarch and Grand Representative
were read ordered spread upon the minutes.
The reports show the order in good condi
tion, and the membership increasing. The
reports of the Grand Scribe and Treasurer
were read and referred to committee on fin
ance. The Encampment then proceeded to
the election of officers for the ensuing year,
which resulted as follows : E. H. Stolte, M
W G P ; W. S. Newbury, M E G H H P ;
E. E. Turk, R W G S W ; J. M. Bacon, R
W G Scribe : I. R. Moores, R W G Treas. ;
J. C. Church, R W G J W ; A. G. Walling,
R W G Representative.
A CRASHING OF ICEBERGS.
The Salem Statesman of the 22d
inst., under the above startling head
ing gives an account of a hail storm
that visited that city on Wednesday
evening, of last week. Corvallis
escaped entirely free, except a brisk
shower of rain and a few peals of
distant thunder. The Statesman says:
Yesterday afternoon" the oldest inhabi
tant about Salem was heard to remark
"this beats Oregon. In the forty years that
I have lived on this coast 1 have never seen
anything like this before, save on the plains
of the Platte. " About 6 P. M. a dark cloud
came down from the east preceded with fre
quent claps of thunder and an ominous roar,
soon the storm burst upon the city. Im
mense hail stones or small icebergs came
crashing down like the breaking loose of a
glacier over the edge or a precipice, so to
speak, and the rain poured after "Noach-
ian" style. For more than thirty minutes
the storm raged with unabated fury. Kivers
of water rushed through the streets ; the
sky-lights in all the buildings m the city
were utterly demolished including those in
the State House and the flat roofs secured
no protection against the deluge of water.
The hail fell to the depth of two inches.
One fragment of an iceberg was weighed
and found to tip one hundred and sixty
grams, and this was not the largest. For
tunately the storm was not accompanied
with high winds, and it was not general over
the valley ; apparently confined to a narrow
belt. Had it been general it would have
resulted m great injury to the crops.
Following are the losses and the damages :
L. S. Bates, pictures, frames and machines,
300; S. Friedman, dry goods, 500: R.
H. Dearborn, harness and saddlery, all the
hardware and feather stock, about &800 ; J.
W. Gilbert, boots and shoes, $350 ; Ben.
Strang, tin store, $150 ; J. H. Haas, jeweler,
all tools wet ; not much damage only trouble
of cleaning ; f Umoncion & Stimpson, saloon,
billiard tables wet, and some cigars, can't
tell amount of injury ; J. W. Weatherford
& Co. all shelf goods herbs, and such goods
in bulk tnat could be damaged by water,
estimated at about $1,500 ; Murphy & Croas
man, show window goods about $200 : C.
Uzafovage, boots and shoes, $200 ; Strong &
Bain, new store, light ; Louis Byrne some
goods damaged, &oU. (Jhemeketa hotel,
$500 ; G. W. Gray, $500 ; Idaho saloon,
$50; Farrar Bros., $250; Stewart's build
ing, $300.
There are several other places which we
could not get and can't form no idea of the
tosses.
The Portland Bee of the 23rd inst,
contains the following relative to the
same fearful storm :
Mr. D. S. Dunbar, who live3 half a mile
from the Columbia river and two miles east
of Portland, gives us some interesting par
ticulars of a terrible storm of hail that
swept over that part of the country Wednes
day atternoon. It was about five o clock in
the afternoon that a roaring sound of storm
was beard over in Washington Territory.
This was 10 minutes in advance of the tem
pest, which struck the Columbia river, fol
io wed up stream a short distance, and then
south in the vicinity of Fairview church, on
Columbia Jslough. Xhe storm covered a
strip of country about two miles wide, and
was accompanied by heavy thunders and
sharp lightning. It lasted about half an
hour, and is represented by Mr. Dunbar as
a scene of indescribable fury and terror. The
ground was left covered to the depth of two
inches with hail, some of which measured
two and a half inches in circumference. It
had a disastrous effect on crops and fruit.
beating down fields of growing grain and
leaving them badly cut up, while nearly all
the blackberries, currants, cheries, apples
were beaten from the trees and vines. The
clover fields appear to be cut to pieces and
beaten down beyond redemption, while gar
dens, early potatoes, strawberries, etc., are
actually demolished. In some instances
windows were broken. Passing south from
there the storm seemed to join forces with
black clouds coming trom some other direc
tion, and passed on like a messenger of rain.
The velocity of this storm and its fierce
ness may be judged from the fact that one
hour after crossing the Columbia river it
crept over Salem, at least 50 miles distant.
The direction of the storm for 50 miles was
southwest by south. It was proceeding with
unabated lury when it reached Salem, and
must have left a swath of devastation for
all that distance, of a mile and a half to
two miles wide, and no doubt proceeded
much further. It will be interesting to trace
the course and effect of this hail storm, which
swept like a hurricane through the country.
It is to be hoped that reports will be furn
ished from Washington Territory and Ore
gon where it was felt. In almost 30 years
residence in this valley, old settlers say
they do not remember anything of the kind.
POTATO ROTJN CALIFORNIA.
Potato blight has appeared in Cali
fornia, and threatens much of the
growing crop. A Sacramento paper
says :
One day the farmer is viewing his crop
with satisfaction, and the next he goes to
the same field to behold the whole crop com
pletely destroyed. The vines that yester
day were green and luxuriant and apparent
ly in perfect health, to-day are wilted, turn
ed black with rot and putrefaction, and the
disease has already attacked the tubers and
ruined them for use. Such is the present
experience of farmers on the Sacramento
river, from the city down. We have exam
ined the matter to some extent, and though
not positive, we are inclined to the belief
that the disease the potatoes are troubled
with in this state is very nearly the same,
if not fully identical, with that which first
made its appearance in Ireland some 35 or
40 years since, and which was then the
cause of a severe famine on that island.
Real Estate Transfers. A few days
ago, part of Adam Holder's farm, 10 miles
south of Corvallis, was sold for $45 per acre
to Mr. John Whiteaker. Also Mr. L. Belfils
sold 32 feet front, on Second street, Corval
lis, for $2,000, to W. A Wells. The above
property was in care of Wrenn & Holgate,
real estate agents.
Found. On last Sabbath afternoon, in
the lower part of the city, was picked up a
bronze medal, or token of membership of
the Church of England Temperance Society,
which the ower can get by calling at this
office.
CALIFORNIA PRESS ASSOCIATION.
We are in receipt of the following
letter, which explains itself, from F.
K. Krauth, Esq., editor of the Ala
meda Encinal. It would afford us
great pleasure to be present at tbe
meeting oi tne press association oi
our sister State :
San Francisco, May 1, 1879.
The first annual meeting of the California
Press Association will be held in the parlors
of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on
Wednesday, July 16, 1879, at 12 o'clock m.
You are cordially and earnestly invited to
be present and co-operate with us for the
general good of the craft.
Arrangements are now in progress by the
executive committee of the association to
render the occasion a memorable one in the
history of the press of the Pacifit coast
Among other features of the programme
will be a special entertainment at one of the
leading theaters of the city, a banquet at
the Palace Hotel, and an address by a dis
tinguished ex-member of the press.
Fraternally yours,
F K. KRAUTH, Sec.
By order of executive committee.
To Farmers. Well-bound copies of TJ.
S. Agricultural Reports, free distribution to
farmers, at the State Agricultural College,
Corvallis. These reports are far more valu
able than many farmers imagine. They
contain more interesting matter and reliable
information, than many books which retail
from $3 to So per copy. Call and get a Report,
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
EASTERN.
The strike of 'longshoremen still troubles
shipowners and shippers.
Frederick Billings, formerly of California,
has been elected president of the N. P. R.
R., vice C. B. Wright.
A portion of the crew of James Gordon
Bennett's Arctic expedition is en route to
San Francisco.
Advices from all parts of the middle wes
tern states, represent the growing crops in
tine condition.
The Superior Court at Norwich. Conn.,
has sentenced W. W. Bishop, formerly of
Oregon, to imprisonment for life, for wife
murder. The municipal authorities of New Orleans
have commenced systematic sanitary regula
tion, with a view to preventing a recurrence
of the terrible scourge of last year.
The famous. Dr. Mary Walker, celebrated
for her nondescript masculine apparel and
amazing cheek, was forcibly ejected from
the ladies' gallery of the senate last week.
Orlando Cassler, convicted of murder and
robbery, was taken from the sheriff and
hanged by a mob at Seward, Neb., on the
20th. He declared his innocence.
The Russian consul general at New York
has been notified by Nihilists that unless he
ceases opposition to their order the conse
quences will certainly be disastrous to him.
It is stated that Secretary McCrary will
accept the position of TJ. S. circuit judge for
. A . i i - . . r i t . -1 1 : i
tne otn district, vice juage .union, resigned,
but will not leave the cabinet before Sep
tember 1st.
C. B. Wright, president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, has resigned, on account of
ill health. He will retain his seat in the directory.
Chief Joseph has been lecturing in Illin
ois, in the interest oi his people. Jtle is not
a success in this line of business.
The New York Bulletin presents statistics
showing a large decline in farming opera
tions in New York, Connecticut, New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania since 1875. Crops
never fail in Oregon.
Leading Mormons are petitioning Presi
dent Hayes to pardon the convicted polyga
mist, Geo. Reynolds. The ladies of the an
ti-polygamy society loudly protest.
W. Allen Story, who eloped with a neigh
bor's wife, was seized by a mob and hum
from a timber of the bridge over the Little
Miami river. Ky. Fortunately for W. A.
S. , the rope broke and he dropped into the
water. He now lies in a bruised but wiser
condition.
Information from the Indian terrritory is
to the effect that part of the Canadian River
valley in the Chickasaw nation, is infested
with lawless white men who are depredating
upon the property of tho Indians and violat
ing their personal rights, and if the govern
ment does not protect the Indians and put a
stop to unlawful invasion, there may be very
serious trouble.
Returns to the department of agriculture
show the average wages of labor without
board on year1 engagements have declined'
from $21 2y per month to $20 26, or 4.8 per
cent, during the past year. Ihe cost ot
board of farm laborers has declined 4.15 per
cent., or from $7 45 per .month to $7 14.
Four states and two territoBes show increas
ed rate of wages Minnesota, Colorado,
California, Oregon, New Mexico and Wash
ington. All other states show a decline.
1 he decline is greatest m v ermont, du per
cent., Maryland, 23 per cent., and Virginia,
I8h per cent. The cost of subsistence has
acvanced in four states and two territories
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and
Colorado, New Mexico and Washington ter
ritories. All other states show a small cost
of subsistence. Vermont has declined 3 per
cent, in the price of board, and Maryland 4
per cent. The general tone of correspond
ence to the department of agriculture is
hopeful of a revival of industry, and the
snrplus of unemployed labor is growing
less. Good labor can generally find em
ployment at fair prices. Many are idle be
cause they will not accept the reduced wages
ottered.
FOREIGN
A rise in the river Danube has inundated
many Austrian villages, and caused great
damage to crops.
Advices from Capetown say Her Majesty's
troops are actively preparing to advance
upon Zululand.
The German government has resolved to
'restrict the sales of silver temporarily. It
is believed this indicates a disposition to in
crease silver coinage.
The Italian chamber of deputies has pass
ed a bill making the performance of a civil
marriage before the religious ceremony obli
gatory. The emperor of Russia "has determined to
shorten the period of military service in the
line by three years, which will permit an im
mense increase in the number of recruits.
The question of separating church and
state is being agatated in the French cham
ber of deputies.
General Grant is meeting with the most
enthusiastic receptions in Asia. The various
cities vie with each other in honoring this
distinguished American.
The governor-general of Canada has noti
fied Sitting Bull and his cohorts that in
event of their committing any depredatidns
on American soil, they will be promptly ar
rested and turned over to the U. S. authori
ties for trial and punishment.
Tire Isthmus of Darien Canal Congress
met at Paris on the 20th. DeLesseps re
ported that there labors were progressing
rapidly, and would probably be completed
in a few days. It is estimated that in order
to secure the permancy of the canal, 6,000,
000 tons of shipping should pass through it
annually. Fontanes condemned the idea of
erecting locks.
PAOIFIC COAST-
Crop reports from all parts of California
are very promising.
P. K. Rogers, an old member of San Fran
cisco s police force, accidentally killed him
self with a pistol on the 21st.
Gov. Stanford has denied the statement
that he intended to resign the presidency of
tne v. r. k k. uo.
Indian Jack, who, in a drunken spree,
killed a Chinaman at Shasta, was executed
at that place on the 22d.
The gunboat Alaska has been ordered to
return from Sitka to San Francisco. This
leaves the people of that section without
adequate protection.
Since the adoption of the new constitu
tion of California there has been a decrease
of 3s per cent, in the business of the city
and county recorder's office. There has also
been a falling off in the number of incorpor
ations at the county clerk's office.
Col. W. F. Prosier, TJ. S. special timber
agent, has seized some seven million feet of
logs in a boom on the Snohomish, river, W.
T. , on information that they were cut on
government land.
A sheriffs jury impannelled to try the
question of the sanity of Troy Dye, ex-public
ad-ministrator of Sacremento, now under
sentence of death for murder, and who has
lately been exhibiting symptoms of an un
sound mind, returned a verdict of sanity.
Dye and his accessory, Anderson, will now
be hanged.
NEW BUSINESS!
LISTEN F0RJTHE BELLI
THE UXDESIGKED PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A
25 Cents per Gallon,
th??lnHenISfSrtingaDeIiveryWa8-onon or before
the 1st day of June next, when he will be Blad to
S2S pl?and3-,or Purei Fre8h M"k. tt the abo
--....6c ,3 icajreuumiy solicited.
i3Listen for the Bell.
Corvallis, May 20, 1S79.
A. G. MULKEY.
I6:21ml,
HOUSE
MOVING
LOKD & TRIMBLE, Propr's,
BEING SUPPLIED WITH ROLLERS,
Jack Scews, etc., we are prepared to
Raise, Move, put under New Sills and level
up your barns, and Buildings of any kind,
on short notice.
TERMS REASONABLE.
I LORD. & TRIMBLE.
Corvallis, May 1, 1879. 16:21tf
I
FOil BALE.
HEREBY OFFER FOR SALE
undivided half interest in the
MY
Oneatta Mill Property
Situated on Yaquina Bay, consisting of
Steam Saw Mill, in good running order,
with a capacity of 20 thousand feet per day.
Also, GOOD HOTEL, FOUR GOOD
DWELLINGS, and ONE STORE HOUSE,
and 53 acres of land, together with my
stock of merchandise. For further particu
lars, apply to the undersigned,
SAMUEL CASE.
Oneatta, May 5, 1879. I6:19w6
Sheriff's Sale.
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE AND EXECUTION
issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for the county of Ben
ton, to me directed and delivered, for the sum one
hundred and seventy-two (S172 Bl-100) dollars and
sixty-one cents in U. S. gold coin with interest there
on at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the.
28th day of April, 1879, together with costs and dis
bursements, in favor of W. W. Tliaver, Governor of
the State of Oregon, R. P. Earhart, "Secretary of the
State of Oregon, Ed. Hirsch, Treasurer of the State of
Oregon, constituting the board o Commissioners for"
the sale of School and University lands, and the man
agement of the Common School Fund, plaintiffs ; and
against Mclcena Right, John R. Right, Mary A. Right,
O. F. Right, Harriet A. Right, Chas. W. Right, Joseph
Right, Ida L. Right, and Martha Right, defendants;
and commanding me to sell the real property herein
after descrilied to satisfy said sum of money hereinbe
fore mentioned and interest and costs thereon, I have
levied upon the following described real property, to
wit : Lots one, (1) two, (2) and three, (3) in Block
number (13) thirteen, in the City of Corvallis, (form
erly original town of Marysville,) in Benton county.
State of Oregon, together with the tenements, heredi
taments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining, and on
Wednesday, the 11th day of J-jse, 1879,
I will sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estate of
the defendants in said execution in and to the above
described real estate to satisfy said execution, costs,
and expenses of sale.
Sale will take place at the hour of one o'clock r. K.
of said day, at the Court House door in the City of
Corvallis in said county and State.
Dated April 29, 1879. SOL. KING,
16:18wO.J Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon.
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B0ABD and LODGING.
O
Neat Rooms and Splendid Table.
UR CORRESPONDENT ON YESTERDAY WAS
shown the Meatly Farnunea Kooms
OF
MRS- JOSEPH POLLY.
At their residence, just opposite the residence ot
Judire F. A. Clienoweth prepared and now in readiness
for such boarders 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 seta aa
zood a'table as can be found in the State.
S . .i.l mi.. n.i in-4tf.
Farm for Sale.
Portland Bee: Bentz' Female minstrels
have been sned by Charles E. Locke, their
manager, for $770 for breach of contract.
M. a. JLeavitt has made a bad name tor Him
self and troupe since their arrival on the
coast.
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS F(XK
sale his splendid grain and stock farm,
four miles north ot west ot Uorvallis, oa
Dak creek containing 1200 acres over one
hundred acres in cultivation two fine bear-'
ing orchards, and well calculated for divid
ing into two or more snug farms Terms
easy and title perfect. For particulars in--nuire
of E. Holgate, W. B. Carter, or
E. MABPLE,
on the premises.
Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1878. 16:Itf'
Assignees Notice to Creditors
rpHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN DULY
appointed assignee of all the estate of E. A.
Whitney, of Benton county, State of Oregon, for the
benefit of his creditors
Notice is hereby given to all the creditors of said
E. A. Whitney to present their claims under oath, as
by law required, to me at my office, at the Court -House,
in the City of Corvallis, Benton county. Ore- -
within three montns irom tnis date.
W. S. McFADDEN,
Assignee.
Dated May 1, 1879. 16:18w.
gonvv
ORLANDO & TAYLOR,
InYenter and Proprietor of Taylor
WONDERFUL
BITCHING MACHINE,
Pronoses to cut a Ditch five feet wide at the;
top, one and a half feet at the bottofjf and
two feet deep, throwing the dirt two feet
from ditch, tor the small consideration ot
Thirty-three and one-third Cents per Rod.
This he guarantees or no charges. He haa
three machines now in operation. One each
in Linn, Benton and Lane counties.
Junction City, Oregon, Jan. 17, 187.
16:3m6.
BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, MONTHLY
statements neatly printe at this office"