V
BEW CMS GAZETTE,
officiaTpaper of the state
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY
Oorvallis, Aug. 29, 1879.
W. D. CARTER,
THE WESTSIDE RAILROAD.
In another column we publish the
proceedings of an adjourned railroad
meeting, at the court house, last Sat
Tjrday evening. As will be seen, by
those proceedings and former notices
in the Gazette, our people are very
much exercised over the location of
the railroad depot and route of road
throngh the city.
This is a matter of the most vital
importance, and one which, we fear,
many of our citizens do not fully
realize. While we do not favor some
of the conditions imposed by Mr.
Kohler, in his letter of recent date,
we are decidedly opposed to allow
ing the railroad to run back of the
the city. Such a policy would 1p
suicidal to the best interests of the
eity, and would not be good policy
for the railroad. The history of Sa
lem and Albany, in regard to this
matter, rhould be a warning to Cor-
valiis. We ai"3 decidedly in favor of
having the road pass up Water, or
First street, with the depot located
on the same, and we regret, exceed
ingly, that any misunderstanding or
collision should occur between the
managers of the road and our citi
zens. Our interests, and those of
the railroad, are mutual, and steps
should be immediately taken to heal
any contentions that may have arisen.
Instead of holding mass meetings
and passing resolutions, which have
no binding force, we think it would
be far more satisfactory to invite Mr.
Kohler to be present at a meeting of
onr citizens, so as to have a free and
lull consultation, and a more perfect
understanding as to what is desired
ljy both parties. We Hope some
steps will be immediately taken to
secure harmony and perfect under
standing between the railroad com
pany and our citizens. It is a mat
ter of too much importance to be
trifled with. Upon the proper loca
tion of the track and depot, in a great
measure depends the future of Cor
vallis. A conflict between the road
and the city authorities will be pro
ductive of irreparable injury to both,
as in the case of Salem. Let us have
the railroad on Water street, provid
ed, of course, that Mr. Kohler will
modify his demands, as we are in
formed he will. Let us have an un
derstanding, at once. The sooner
the matter is settled the better for all
concerned.
A DASTARDLY ATTACK.
Last Saturday, 20d inst, Chas. De
Young, one of the proprietors of the
San Francisco Cnronicle, attempted
to assassinate Rev. L S. Kalloch, the
Working people's candidate for Mayor
of San Francisco. For some time
past the Chronicle has been very
abusive of Mr. Kalloch, when the lat
ter took occasion to retaliate in self
Uefense, which so provoked De Young
that he mad a most cowardly and
infamous attack upon the life of Mr.
Kalloch. About 10 o'clock Saturday
morning Chas. De Young procured a
coupe, or close carriage, and a mes
senger boy, drove to Mr. Kalloch's
residence, and not finding him, pro
ceeded to the Metropolitan-Temple,
in front of which he found the object
f his search, and told the boy to go
and tell Mr. Kalloch that a lady in
the coupe desired to see him. As
Mr. K. was approaching the coupe
De Young, without any warning,
whatever, shot him in the breast and
thigh. A crowd immediately gath
ered, overturned the coupe, and but
for the intervention of the police,
would have lynched the would-be
murderer, who was rescued by the
police and taken to prison.
The greatest excitement prevailed
throughout the city, and but for cool
leadership of Kearney, serious results
might bava. occurred. The military
and extra police force were necessary
to prevent the Chronicle office from
being destroyed by the excited
friends of Mr. Kalloch.
At latest dates order had been re
stored in the city, De Young still re
mained in prison, and strong hopes
were entertained of Mr. Kalloch's re
covery. Without doubt, it was one
of the most dastardly, cowardly at
tacks, and no apology, whatever, can
be offered for the unprincipled assas
sin. It is said that the Sandwich Is
loaders believe that Beelzebub walk
ed the earth in the form of a worran.
And now and then a man is to be
found in this country who believes
so too, and that he has married that
woman,
EXCURSION TO BEAVER CREEK.
Editoe Gazette: This delightfully
situated place of resort is six miles by
one of the smoothest pieces of beach
from Newport, and claims to be the
best trout fishing creek in the county.
On last Wednesday a party consist
ing of Mr. W. B. Carter and lady,
Dr. Vincent and lady, B. W. Wilson,
H. E. Harris and O. P. Jaycox, of
Corvallis, Mr. Ogilvey, of Portland,
Mr. Fiasier and Prof. J. T. Gregg, of
Sulem, yours truly and wife, crossed
Yaquina, and by carriage, mule team
and horses, reached the camp by 11
o'clock. Mr. L. E. Davis and wife,
who are indispensable on a trip of
this kind, besides bringing any quan
tity of good things to eat, furnished
a croquet set, and in a few minutes
after our arrival a game was in prog
ress ; fires were soon smoking under
the thick foilage of the alder and crab
apple; song and jest passed freely;
soon a loud hallo, given by a lady
troubled with consumption, was ans
wered by Mr. Surman, who had vol
unteered the day before to procure
the party fish enough for dinner; he
was seen coming down the creek, and
had fully done ids duty. Some of the
finest trout I ever saw were in a few
minutes ready for the pan. The fih
fried, coffee boiled, and clam tonp
gave forth a savory smell that soon
interrupted the croquet game; around
the improvised table were gathered a
dyspeptical crowd, people who had
come miles over the roughest roads to
regain a lost appetite. J c x eu
joyed the fish a good deal better than
his table neighbor; he is without
doubt the champion troutist. Dr.
V. isn't slow at storing cargo either,
and Bush, for a man who insisted on
being " under the weather," is no
slouch ; be can come as near making
a " corner " on grub as any man I
know Mrs. D s, V t and B II
seemed devotedly attached to green
cucumbers and clam soup. Prof. G.
and his modest companion, Mr. F r,
tried hard to impress Salem's import
ance as to scho ls, etc., but this was
only a strategical movement to file a
pre emption on a seetion of goodies,
and they had actually made quite a
" clearing,'' when Mr. Og vie set up
a prior claim, and vowed that neither
"Sol" or Alisky & Ilegle ever set a
taMe equal to the one at Beaver creek.
After dinner came cigars, compli
ments for the ladies, and Dr. V t
found a fiddle stowed away in his
buggy. How that fiddle trot there is
a mystery second only to Cann's sys
tem of book keeping. The Dr. imme
diately commenced a very difficult
piece of music, said to have puzzled
Ilemenyi it certainly did his audi
ence. It was a great relief when
yours truly took that violin and play
ed one of his favorite airs, the " Barn
Door Jig." The first scrape of the
feline intestine brought every lady to
her feet, and the wildest excitement
prevailed. I had played before im
mense houses, and was prepared for
musical frenzy. Those unfortunates
who never attended dancing school
in their youth executed the most ex
travagant steps; every note brought
forth a remark more or less effecting
an oyster can controlled by the new
theory of vibration, struck me on the
bow arm, and I had to desist amidst
the greatest commiseration for my
self. If any of your friends want to
enjoy life, and a trip that will always
remain a Green spot in memory, just
get Lem Davis and lady to osjrwith
you to Beaver creek. Lem under
stands all the points, and his wife has
the happy faculty of making every
body comfortable. No one coming
to the coast can afford to fail in a
splurg of this kind. Mr. Surman has
the thanks of the party for the basket
of fish, and the party the satisfaction
of having spent a most agreeable day
at Beaver creek.
A very large party leaves here this
Sunday morning for Alsea and-the
coast; they will have a "good time."
li. A. Habersham is busy surveying,
and in a few weeks the long and anx
iously desired verdict will be render
ed, and no doubt in favor of Alsea
Bay as a shipping point. The peo
ple of the Upper and Lower Alsea
only have to unite and open the pro
jected wagon road to tide water, and
that country will take its placo among
the most favored on the coast, for it
can have steam communication with
a near market, and facilities for secur
ing its supplies second to none, as a
country possessing the advantage of
climate and soil like the Alsea must
grow to prosper. Rialto.
Newpoet, Aug. 22, 1879.
Foem Changed. The California
Christian Advocate, Henry C. Ben
son, D. D., editor, comes to hand as
a folio, instead of a quarto, as form
erly. The Doctor says the Advocate
is forced to practice economy, hence
the change. But the readers will
lose nothing by this, as the advertis
ing space is decreased and much of
the reading matter will be set solid
The advocate, under its present able
management, is a success, and long
may it wave.
A Bkoken Engagement. The
Portland Bee of 22nd inst., says:
Rev.L S Kalloch, who was to day
shot by one of the De Youngs, of the
Cronicle, and who it is said cannot live
had made arrangements with the
Board of Managers of the Young
Men's Christion Association in this
city, to deliver a course of lectures
for the benefit of the Association in
October next. This encounter, which
will probably cost him bis life, will
break the engagement,
ALSEA RIVER AND BAY.
REPORTS OF ENGINEERS WILSON AND HAB
ERSHAM THEREON.
U. S. Engineer Office, )
Portland, Oreg., Sept. 23, 1878. J
General: I have the honor to transmit
herewith a chart of the Alsea Kiver and
Bay, Oregon, together with the report of
Assistant Engineer R. A. Habersham, and
to submit the following report of an exam
ination made under my direction in accord
ance with act of Congress approved June
18, 1878.
THE ALSEA RIVER.
The Alsea River rises in the Coast Range
of mountains in Benton County, Oregon,
about 30 miles in a direct line from the sea,
and flowing first south and then west,
empties into the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles
south of Yaquina Bay.
From its source to a point about 15 miles
from its mouth it is described as a mountain
stream full of r.ipids and bowlders, with
abrupt falls at various points of from 3 to 5
feet, obstructed by rocks and with very
little water. At this point the stream is
80 feet wide and from 3 to 6 feet deep at
low tide, and gradually widens and deepens
until the mouth of Drift Creek, 9 miles be
low, is reached, where it is 300 feet wide;
the depth in this section varies from 3 to 20
feet, with an uneaven and occasionally rocky
bottom; the river is inclosed on both sides
by hills ranging from 300 to 600 feet high,
covered'with grass, fern, and young thickets.
On the left bank the hills slope to the wa
ter's edge; on the right bank a strip of lev
el bottom, several feet above high tide and
from 200 to GOO feet wide, extends along the
river, broken occasionally by projecting
spurs along the ridge.
ALSEA BAY.
About 3 miles from its mouth the river
spreads out into Alsea Bay. which is from
3,000 to 7,000 feet wide at high tide, cover
ed with mud flats bare at low-water, and
through which are numerous shallow chan
nels. For a mile inside the mouth there is a
channel and a perfectly protected anchorage
with a depth of from 12 to 20-feet; imme
diately inside the bar is a hole 2,000 feet
long and 300 feet wide to which no bottom
was found at six fathoms. Near its mouth
the bay is separated from the ocean by a
Band-spit about of a mile long and J of a
mile wide; this spit narrows at its outer end,
the outer 100 feet bi-ing covered at high tide;
the channel at the mouth of the bay is about
300 feet wide, with the depth as indicated
in the deep hole described above.
THE BAR.
Immediately in front of the month of the
river, extending about 2,000 feet into the
ocean, is a sand-bar, over which the least
depth found at low-water was 8 feet. The
law did not call for an examination of this
bar, but it nevertheless would have been
carefully made could it have been done
without danger to life; but heavy fogs, rough
seas, and bad weather, and the absence of
any tug or safe boat at the time the survey
party was there, prevented the examination.
A line of soundings was afterward run on
a calm day by some citizens, who reported
that the distance across the bar was 1,800
feet, and the channel 1,200 feet wide, with
8 feet as the least depth.
The tide rises about 8 feet at the mouth,
and there is a riBe of about 6 feet 8 miles
above, the tidal influence being felt up to
the foot of a line of rapids 15 miles from the
mouth.
THE ALSEA VALLEY.
The valley of the Upper Alsea is situated
about 40 miles from the mouth, measured
via the river, and covers an area of about
300 square miles; it is considered one of the
finest portions of Oregon for agriculture, the
flax and wheat being excellent. The wheat
crop for the present year is estimated at 60
000 busheU; great difficulty is, however,
experienced in getting these products to
market. In case the bar at the mouth of
the river is found to be such as to admit
vessels, it is proposed to build a good road
from the settlement to the head of naviga
tion. Just south of the Alsea River is the Alsea
Indian Reservation.
OBJECT OF THE EXAMINATION.
In the summer of 1875 a survey of this
river and bay was made under the direction
of Maj. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers. I
caused a careful examination of the river
and bay to be made in August, 1878, by
Assistant Engineer R. A. Habersham,
whose report is transmitted herewith.
The act of June 18, 1878, directed an ex
amination to be made of the ' 'Alsea River
and Bay, Oregon," and an estimate of the
cost of improvements "proper to be made."
The result of the examination and of
conversation with residents at the bay de
monstrated the fact that no improvement of
this river and hay was expected, and none
deemed ' 'proper to be made. "
What the people of the Alsea Valley
want and what I respectfully recommend is
that an accurate survey may be made of
their harbor and the bar in frnt of it, prop
er charts prepared for distribution to marin
ers, and the bar properly buoyed. t
There is no port of entry at the Alsea
River; as far as I can learn, only one vessel
has ever crossed the bar, and that was
built in the bay.
The nearest port of entry is at Newport,
Yaquina Bay, Oregon, 12 miles north of
the Alsea. No revenue was collected at
Newport during the last fiscal year; there
were no foreign imports or exports. There
are 2 sailing-vessels of about 100 tons burden
engaged in coastwise trade, which brings
in about 600 tons of assorted merchandise
annually. The exports coastwise are lumber
and oysters.
The nearest light-house is on Cape Foul
weather, about 15 miles distant, and the
nearest works of defense are at. the mouth of
the Columbia River, about 125 miles dis
tant. I am, general, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
JOHN M. WILSON,
Major of Engineers, Brevet CoL , U. S. A.
Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys,
Chief of Engineers, U. S. A.
REPORT OF R. A. HABERSHAM,
U. S. Engineer Office, j
Portland, Oreg., Sept. 18, 1878. (
Colonel : After completing the survey at
Cape Foulweather, I proceeded to make the
examination of Alsea Kiver and Bay, as di
rectecNn ypur letter of instructions.
The Alsea enters into the sea 12 miles
south of the month of the Yaquina. The
road connecting the two points lies along
the sea-beach, except for the distance ot 1J
miles opposite Seal Rock, where the coast
line is rocky, rising vertically out of the sea,
at low tide line.
The river rises in the Coast Range, 30
miles in direct line from the ocean. Its gen
eral course is westward.
The principal tributaries are Fall Creek
and Fire Rivers, the former entering from
the north, 28 miles by river from the sea,
the latter 6 miles lower. Drift Creek, which
flows into Alsea Bay at its head, is a tidal
slough or lagoon navigatable for small boats
for 4 miles. It does not contribute to the
volumn of the river proper, although it is
included in the same general drainage basin,
which covers an area of 300 square miles.
The tide extends 12 miles, from the head
of the bay to the foot of a line of rapids,
where my personal examination ended.
Here the stream is 80 feet wide and from 3
to 6 feet deep at low tide. Above it is a
mountain stream navigated only by Indian
canoes, with a swift current and rocky bed.
Below it is a tidal channel with no percepti
ble river current, widening gradually down
to the mouth of Drift Creek, where it is 300
feet across.
- The depths along this section atjlow tide
vary from 4 to 20 feet, the bottom being
very uneven, and in some places rocky.
The bay is 3J miles long and from 2,000
to 7,000 feet across at high tide. At low
tide a large extent of mud flats is left bare,
forming islands, between which the chan
nels are so shallow as to admit only small
boats and scows.
For a mile inside of the bar there is good
anchorage, with a depth of from 12 to 20
feet at low water, constituting a harbor of
about 80 acres area, sheltered on all sides.
Immediately inside of the bar is a deep
hole 2,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, at
the curve of 18 feet depth, in which no bot
tom was found at"36 feet.
The above data concerning the bay were
obtainedfrom the chart of the survey made
in 1875 under the direction of your prede
cessor, Maj. N. Michler. At the head of
the bay in the principal channel there is a
bar mile long, an which I found only
3 feet at low water. This point is not in
cluded in the limits of the survey.
Between the mouth of Drift Creek and
the head of tide water, 12 miles, the river is
inclosed on both sides by hills ranging from
300 to 600 feet in height, thickly covered
with salal grass, fern, and young thicket.
On the left bank the slopes of the hills reach
generally to the water's edge. On the right
bank a strip of level bottom, several feet
above high-tide level ami from 200 to 600
feet wide, extends throughout this section,
broken at points by piojecting spurs from
the ridge. This strip is all taken up under
the homestead and pre-emption laws, and a
portion is under cultivation. It is all allu
vial soil, producing excellent corn, vegeta
bles, and fruit and wheat equal to any that
I have seen in Oregon.
The river is the northern boundary of the
Alsea Indian Reservation.
For 30 miles from the coast inland, the
greater portion of the large timber in the
valley has leen destroyed by tire.
Forty miles from the bay, measured along
the river, is the valley of Upper Alsea, cov
ering 300 square miles, in which some fifty
families are settled. Irs principal products
are wheat, llax, o.its. and cattle, ine
wheat crop of the present year is estimated
at 60,000 bushels. A wagon road is now be-
ins opened to connect with tide water. At
present there is no outlet from the upper
valley save by a wagon-trail, almost intran
sitable in summer and quite so in the winter,
across the Coast flange to Corvallis in the
Willamette Valley. Last year only about
one-third of the wheat crop could be gotten
to market before the trail was made impas
sable by the winter rains.
The principal value of the Alsea country
is in its forests of fir and cedar, which cov
er the country above the burnt district, the
timber being of the best quality and of
large size.
Salmon visit the river in large numbers.
The season commences between the 20th
and 30th of August and lasts two months.
The information concerning the Upper
Alsea country was furnished by Mr. Thomas
Russel, an old resident and postmaster at
Tidewater on the Lower Alsea.
It was not possihle to make a personal ex
amination of Alsea Bar, owing to the prev
alance of heavy fog, rough seas, and bad
weather generally, and for the want of a
suitable boat. I however engaged two of
the residents of the vacinity to go out on
the bar the first calm day and run a liue of
soundings across out to deep water. From
them the following information has since
been received: least depth on bar in chan
nel at low tide, 8 feet ; width of entrance,
1,200 feet; distance across the bar, 1,800
feet.
No survey has ever been made of.this bar,
nor has any project for its improvement
been suggested. All that the parties inter
ested request from the government is that
the depth of water be officially declared and
the entrance buoyed, owners of steamers in
San Francisco having assured them that
when this is done they will send ligh-draught
steamers to carry off the products of the
valley.
Up to the present time only one vessel, a
small schooner built in Alsea Bay, has cross
ed the bar.
Respectfully submitted.
ROBERT A. HABERSHAM,
Assistant Engineer.
Col. John M. Wilson.
Major Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.-
TELEGRAPHICSUMMARY.
The value of the wheat crop of Illinois for
1879 is 837,000,000.
No apprenension is felt in New Orleans of
a general fever epidemic.
A vigilance committee is hanging desper
ados at Phoenix, Arizona.
The plague has appeared at Kirmaclah, on
the Turko-Persian frontier.
Lord Dufferin will succeed Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton as viceroy of India.
A train of 28 loaded oil tanks was wreck
ed and burned at Sunburg, Pa., on the 20th.
R. B. Woodward, proprietor of Wood
ward's gardens, San Francisco, died on the
22d.
There were 475 deaths from yellow fever
in Havana dnring July, and one death from
cholera.
It is estimated that there are at least
7,000 workingmen out of employment in
Quebec and suburbs.
A man named Nenzil has completed a raft
of logs at Seattle, with which he proposes to
sail to San Francisco.
A mammoth seam of bituminous coal has
been discovered on Salt Spring Island, 20
miles north of Victoria.
Salt Lake City is in a state of unusual ex
citement. Trouble is anticipated between
Mormons and Gentiles.
Memphis is infested with thieves and rob
bers, who take advantage of the situation to
ply their nefarious business.
Lockport, N. Y. , was shocked by an earth
quake on the 21st. There was a loud re
port and buildings were shaken.
The political troubles in Yazoo county,
Miss. , growing out of ijixon running as an
independent candidate for sheriff, have cul
miniated in the fatal shooting of Dixon.
The San Francisco board of underwriters
has presented Captain Armstrong and his
daughter, Miss Emma, 500 each for their
conduct in bringing a yellow fever ship from
Rio Janeiro to that port.
W. R. Macnmber, local editor of the Seat
tle Evening Post, and W. M. Leach, fore
man in the same office, in attempting to
cross the sound from that city to Port Or
chard, were capsized in a squall. Both men
crawled upon the hull of their boat and re
mained there over four hours, when they
were rescued by Indians. Macrumber died
shortly after taken from the water.
Roseburg Star: Our farmers are now en
gaged in harvesting their wheat and so far
as we have heard, the damage by rust is
much less than predicted. In fact many of
the fanners say that the shrinkage in the
grain was caused by the extreme heat. The
season being very wet up to the 4th of July,
caused the grain to grow very rank. The
sudden excessively hot weather striking it
while in bloom prevented the grain from fill
ing. The wheat is of good quality although
it will weigh less than in former years.
With the increased acreage sown we have
reason to believe that our total will surpass
any previous year.
"WHAT IS 'PLEXUS' AFTER?"
Editor Gazette : In your paper of the
22d of August, my attention was called to
an article whose author was without a "hab
itation and a name. " It occurred to me at
first that I would treat the article with si
lence and contempt, and let the poor name
less creature (and perhaps headless, too,
judging from the tone and "stuffing" of his
essay,) pass by unnoticed. But to satisfy
his craving appetite for knowledge and his
meek humility, for you see at a glance that
he is both modest and humble, for he does
not possess the moral courage and inde
pendence of mind to give the public either
his residence or name I will state what I
am after and what I am not after. In the
first place, I am after trying to enlighten
just such nameless creatures as this man
" Plexus " is, that he may come out of the
political cesspool in which he is, and has
been, doubtless, all his life, and enable him
to shake off that " stuff" of which he thinks
he is possessed, that goes to make up the
" public man or the statesman."
Again, I am after stating facts and figures
to the public mind, and I care not from
what source they come, just so they are
tacts, and will expose the venality and cor
ruption of both the old political parties. I
am after inquiry and knowledge, and the
men who hide trom inquiry are the oppres
sors and cowards of our country. There
never yet was an evil or corrupt system that
did uot decry investigation and discussion
there never was a good and sound one that
did not court the light. Ihere are no msti
tutions or systems too sacred to be invest!
gated or scrutinized. It is only when a
plundered and outraged people come to in
vestigate the questions of the day, and rea
son about the matter, that the right of in
quiry is questioned. Both of the old par
ties, especially the Republican party, declare
the agitation of the money question should
cease. The money power has had its paid
attorneys in the lobby, in the committee
rooms, upon the floors of both houses, in the
departments, and in the cabinet, from the
first hour of the country's financial distress
to this day. It has dictated the policy of
the country, and it has owned and controlled
the two dominant political parties.. The
money power has not discussed, it has act
ed. Its dark and devious ways are now
well understood. It is being driven from
its skulking places into the open field. The
battle over the money question is to be
fought now upon fair ground, in broad day
light. The tight will be hot and tunous.
The men who decry agitation are the skulk
ers and the coward who are always seen up
on the outskirts of great conflicts. (Won
der where modest Plexus will be then)
They are the worst cowards that ever ran
away from difficulty and danger, for they
are so abject as to affirm that men "who
have ears shall not hear, who have eyes shall
not see, who have tongues shall not fpeak,
and who have reason shall not think." (And
the modest "Plexus," who have names shall
not write them). These cowards are "the
dross and oflal of the world," who have
sood shivering always in the fear of author
ity, stumbling blocks in the way of knowl
edge and progress. To those who are so
nervous about the effects of the agitation of
the money question, especially my friend
"Flexus, t commend these words trom t,ii
mund Burke: "I love clamor where there is
abuse. The alarm bell disturbs the inhab
itants, but saves them from being burnt in
their beds, (lake warning, Mr. "Plexus ).
And now, Mr: "Plexus," I shall tell you
what I am not after : I am not after office.
nor do I court the favors of either of the old
political parties, but will wager a V. that
Mr. "Plexus" is either an office-holder or an
office seeker, judging from his extreme mod
esty and timidity in withholding his name
from publicity. He is doubtless afraid that
he might say something which would com
mit himself, and of which his party would
not approve. 1 pity a man in this slavish,
dependent condition. But perhaps " he al
ways voted at his party's call, and never
thought ot thinking tor hnnselt at all.
I must hasten on; this letter is getting
rather long. Mr. 'rIexus asks the follow
ing questions: 1st, "Where does W. A
Wells stand as to political party?" 2d. "Is
he an advocate for silver, or is he a green-
backer, or is he both?" It is truly singular
if Mr. Plexus has been an attentive read
er of my articles, that he is not able by this
time to decide to which political party I be
long. I presume he has discovered that 1
am not an admirer of Secretary Sherman's
political and financial cause. 1st, I belong
to the Union ureen back-Labor Party. 2d,
I am a " Greenback er," and am in favor of
the free coinage of both silver and gold to
their fullest extent, as long as metal money
is used. 1 stand upon the following princi
pies, as enunciated by the National Union
Greenback Party ot the United States:
1st. "The greenback dollar must be a
legal tender for the payment of all debt?
and by the government issued, protected
and received as absolute money."
2d. "The general government alone to
issue money, and this for the benefit of all. "
3d. The immediate calling in ot all
United States bonds, and payment of them,
principal and interest, m legal tender, law
Jul greenback paper money of the United
States, and every dollar of such issue of
legal tender lawful money to be protected
by the government as at par with other law
ful money, gold or silver coin, never to be
converted into bonds of any rate or class,
and no more bonds of any rate or class to be
issued, and that it is the duty of the govern
ment to issue its money in such amounts,
and no more, as shall enable it to pay all its
existing debts. "
4th. "That all rights and privileges
given to national banks to issue currency as
money, or in lieu of money, or as a circulat
ing medium, be at once withdrawn, on the
broad ground that all private interests must
give way to the pubbc good."
5th. "The recoinage of the trade dollar
and full remonetization of all silver coin of
the United States, and that the government
shall never more give interest-bearing bonds
or obligations for the purchase of metal to
convert into coin or money. "
8th. " That malfeasance in office shall be
classed with the crime of treason to the
state and punished by the same penalty."
For the present, I deem this sufficient,
and in conclusion will state to Mr. "Plexus,"
that hereafter when he addresses me he will
please sign his proper signature, or I shall
treat his enlightened "stuff" with silent con
tempt. "Thrice is he armed who hath his
quarrel just." W. A. Wells.
Corvallis, Aug. 23, 1879.
Polk county Riverside .- Mr. J. S. McMnr
ray, living near Monmouth, brought us a
bunch of wheat, from one head of which we
shelled and counted one hundred and forty
five grains ; Mr. David Parker of Luckia
mute, brought us four heads of a new varie
ty of wheat which weighed in the chaff, two
and one-fourth ounces, and the heads yielded
from one hundred and twenty-five to one
hundred and forty .-eight grains to the head.
THE OREGON MJE. CONFERENCE.
The annual Conference of the M.
E. Church for Oregon, convened in
Portland on Wednesday, 20th inst.,
Bishop Haven presiding. The usual
business was transacted, and harmony
haracterized the entire session, which
closed on monday evening, when
Bishop Haven announced the follow
ing appointments for the coming
year.
PORTLAND DISTRICT A. C. FAIRCHILD, P. E.
Portland, Taylor Street J H Acton.
Portland, Hall Street and Oswego L A
Banks
City MissionW C Chattin.
Salem L Dillon.
East Portland Circuit To be supplied.
Oregon City B. S. Sharp.
Clear C. eek To be supplied.
Hubbard J W Miller.
Jefferson N. Hulburt.
Shedd H C Jenkins.
Dallas C Magill.
Sheridan D Alderson.
McMiuville N Doane.
Dayton T L Jones.
Forest Grove j w Roberts.
Cornelius
Hillsboro T. F Royal.
Nestachee Wm Butts.
Powell's Valley T M Reese.
Missionary to the Chinese Wm Roberts.
Editor P C Advocate J. H. Acton.
Agent of the Willamette University and
member of Salem Quarterly Conference F
P lower.
EUGENE CITY DISTRICT J S MCCAIN. P E.
Eugene City I D Driver.
Albany J. T Wolfe.
Brownsville T L Sails.
Corvallis W T Chatman.
Monroe P. M. Star.
Springfield To be supplied.
Empire City To be supplied.
Wilbur To be supplied.
Roseburg N A Starr,
Ashland L L Rogers. -
Jacksonville D A Crowell.
Drain To be supplied.
Siletz MissionW P Nichols.
Klamath L M Nickerson.
Sprague River G W Roork
L J Powell, superintendent of public in
struction, member of Albany quarterly con
ference.
PUOBT SOUND DISTRICT A ATWOOD, T B.
Seattle J F DeVore.
Olympia J McCormick.
Tacoma To be supplied.
Whidby's Island J A Starr.
Port Townsend W I Crosher.
Chehalis To be supplied.
Oysterville J Matthews.
Vancouver E Judy.
Astoria John Parsons.
Cowlitz To be supplied.
Lew in River J Flynn.
East Portlaud S N Dennison.
White River D L Spaulding.
Skagit To be supplied.
Tumwater C Derrick.
Ferndale J Goodpasture.
Samuel M. Driver transferred to Columbia
river conferedce.
8CHOOL EXHIBITION.
Ed. Gazette: There was an exhibition at
Stanton Ollile Slough School house on last
Friday, closing the term of Miss Rader's dis
trict school. The scholars did remarkably
well and showed good training, several young
gentleman assisted in the exercises and Prof.
Gregg and others gave the audience some ap
propriate remarks. The ladies of the dis
trict had prepared a dinner of the first qual
ity to which everybody present was invited.
After this came a dance, which lasted till
nearly dark, and as we wended our way
home, we felt grateful to the good people of
that enterprising district and could not help
thinging of the changes a few years have
wrought in what was then a wild uninviting
country. Rialto.
August, 21 1879.
Water has 1 een discovered in a spring on
Grave creek, which remove grease and other
stains from clothing, better than soap.
EXCHANGE CF SCHOOL BOOKS.
MANNER IN WHICH THE NEW SCHOOL
BOOKrt ARE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO
THE SCHOOLS OP THE STATE.
A. S. Barns & Co., publishers of
the Independent Headers and Wil
son's Complete Speller, the books re
cently adopted as the authorized
text books in those respective branch
es promise, through their gent, Mr.
A. F. Gnnn, to furnish to the people
of the state for exchange and intro
duction, these readers and the spell
er, on the following terms:
They will appoint some reliable
agent in each county to handle the
books, who will work under the di
rection and supervision of the coun
ty superintendent in carrying out the
promise or the publishers. 1 hese
principal county agents will have
power to appoint such subagents at
other point? in the county where it
is necessary, in order to accommodate
the people and when recommended
hy the county superintendent.
The books are to be supplied to
the people on the following terms
Any readers of the Pacific Coast se
ries may be exchanged for a corres
bonding reader ot the Independent
ISeries, as follows:
First Reader 08
Second " 12
Third " 16
Fourth " 20
Fifth 36
Sixth " 45
Speller " 11
Where the people have no Pacific
Coast Keaders nor .raeino Coast Spell
er to exchange for the new readers
and speller, they can obtain the Inde
pendent Readers at introduction rates
till the 8th January, 1880, as follows
Iiidependent Primary Reader.. .13
" 2 " .23
.35
.45
. . .70
(C
((
3
4
5
6
(C
In the matter of exchange, any
book, it matters not how much it
may be worn or soiled or how many
leaves are gone, so there is enough
left to show that it is a book, will be
taken in exchange by the agents for
the corresponding book of the Inde
pendent Series at exchange rates.
If any agent violates this pledge
ot the publishers and attempts to
charge more than the exchange or
introduction rates, the party so over
charged should report the fact at once
to the county superintendent, who
should report the case forthwith to
the principal agent in the county or
to Messrs Cunningham, Cnrtts &
Welch, of San Francisco, agents for
the Pacific coast.
Six months from July 8, 1879, the
time the books were adopted, will be
allowed for exchange aud introduc
tion. After the expiration of that time
the people may be required to pay
the regular retail price for the books.
L. J. Powell,
Supt. Pub, Inst'n
Salem, August 8, 1879.
Capt. J. L. Smith has, tor several weeks
past, had men engaged in clearing out the
channel of the Luckiamute river. As soon
as the river rises the steamer Nellie will be
gin to carry off produce.
The health of Lane county has been better
this year than ever before. A record kept
U - TOcam Rntrona ahovra that onlv
about one-fifth of the usual number of-deaths
have occurred.-
T
NOTICE
TO DONATION CLAIMANTS!
HE ATTENTION OF CLAIMANTS TO
donations of land tl.. ft- . T
gal representatives, c5m to
that part of section 6 of th
approved July 17th. lLthl,ot,C.on.re8s.
, j i ' ouwuea "An act
u act approved September twen--seventh,
eichteen kj j , ,,..'wen
f- " " "icgon, etc., and also th
act amendatory thereof, approveu February5
nineteen, fourteen, eiKhteen hundred an3
fifty-three," which reads as follows, to-wit
"AU persons l;m; j....... ' l"
irveyeneral, or 0?
officer of the particular lands7 claimed
such donation, within thirt.v vT
ing requested so to do by such officer; and
11 x . . tnetclaimant or claim
auts shall forfeit all right and claim thereto.
Now, therefore, the undersigned hoinc
such "other duly authorized nffipr " A,.
hereby give notice, to each and ever per
son, his or her assigns and legal representa
tives, claimants of donations of lands, with-'
in the district of lands subject to sale at the
TT a .1 Ct A 1 T ' . . .
uniieu oiaies Liistnct Land Umce at Ore
con citv. Orecron. under
j If - vi.j V
gress ; that each and every one of them,
within thirty days from the 9th day of July.
. t..v..s me ujr ui eipiranon 01
six weeks' publication hereof), give notice
to the Register and Receiver of said Land
Office, at Oregon City, Oregon, "of the'
particular lands claimed as such donations f
and failinir such notice il.
claimant or claimants shall forfeit all rights
.,1 : 1 i . ,
auu victims iin itiu.
And each and every person claiming the
benefits of said act of September 27th, 1850,
and the legislation supplemental thereto,
will, within six mouths after the expiration
of the aforesaid thirty days, cause to be
filed in the United States Land Office at
Oregon City, Oregon, the proof, as required
by law, to complete their claim to a dona
tion of land, under said act ; and failing so
to do, such claims will be held for cancella
tion. In witness whereof the Register and Re
ceiver of the said United States District
Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon, have
hereto subscribed their names this 8th day
of June, A. !., 1879.
L. T. JBARIN, Register
lfi:30w6 J. W. WATTS. Receiver.
$66
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capital risked. You can give the busi
ness a trial without expense. The best
opportunity ever offered for those wil
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every hour that you work. Women make as much as
men. Send for special private terms and particulars,
which we mail free. 85 Outfit free. Don't complain?
of hard times while yoa have such a chance. .Ad
dress H. HALLETT & CO. , Portland, Maine. 16:31yl-
Ame's Process
KEEPS MEATS, FISH, BUTTER,
Ejjgs, Vegetables, and Fruits sweet
and good without salting, cooking, drying,
or sealing up. It also stops fermentation in
Cider or Wines, cures the scab on sheep,
and is excellent for other purposes. It is
not injurious to the health, and costs but a
trifle. Family rights $10. County and
District rights on reasonable terms. Writ
ten guarantee given. Money refunded in
case the Process cannot be made a success.
Genuine testimonials from prominent men.
testifying to its healthfulness and success.
For further particulars inquire of
GOLDSON & MATT00N,
Corvallis. Benton county, or Albany, Linn
county, Oregon, general Agents for ther
Pacific coast.
Corvallis, July 25, 1879. 16:30tf
NOTICE.
Land Office at Roseburo, Oon., )
July 9, 1879. j
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and secure final en -try
thereof at the expiration of thirty days
from the date of this notice, viz : William
A. States Homestead Application No 2199
for the Lots 4, 5 and 6 and S i of S E J sec.
2, T 14 SR8W., and names the following
as his witnesses, viz: James Spencer of
Benton county, and Thomas Phillips of Ben
ton county, Oregon.
WM. F. BENJAMIN,
16:29w5 Register.
SOUTH END
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HAS, and will keap on hand, a full line of
cook, parlor, box and office stoves, got
ten up on the latest improved patterns and
fuel -saving principles. Also, a line of
GENERAL HARDWARE.
H',.J-nw n r.nnnpr sf I Pet -1 mil and tlH.
ITUI&CI i" "
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warranted to give saiwiacuuu,
WE WANT WORK.
Our prices to suit the times. Call and see'
our Goodspeed Stove and Orient Range, at
Corner of Second and Madison Streets,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
16:26tf
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
NEW STA5E COACH.
From Corvallis to Newport
CARRYING THE U. 8. MAILS.
New Steam Launch.
A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL
stave Roach, drawn by
irood teams, in care of a frooj.
carenu, sooer unvci, ...
n..m. .17 nVIock. a. m . on Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays, connecting, with the new Steam
Launch at Pioneer at B r. m. The Steam Launch lear-'
ine Pioneer on the first tide, arriving at Newport in
three hours. Only 15 hours running throngh. Re
turning to Corvallis at 6 p. M. Tuesdays, Thuredmy-
and Saturdays. Throngh tickets SB 00; reduction for
families, uooa laoniiuuuauuus mi h" -
i..Tl, ... itt ..ntinn to exnress business and fast
freight, at reasonable charges. Better facilities for
traveling than have ever been on the route to the sea
shore. The boat is managed by competent men,
namely, Ed. Carr and Mack Crow. .
We expect to receive public favor by first clan ac
commodations and close attention to business.
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NEW BUSINESS!
LISTEN FOR THE BELL!
TBS URMSlOKTO PROPOSBS 10 ESTABLISH A
Vnr the niirnose of sunnlvintr the citizen, of Conrai-
lis with Pure Fresh Miik at the very reasonable rate of
25 Cents per Gallon.
He intends starting a Delivery Wagon on or before
the 1st day of June next, when he will be glad to"
supply all 'demands for Pure, Fresh Milk . t the above
rates. Patronage is respectfully solicited.
AaTListen lor toe isen. A. u. nubmi .
Oorvallis, Hay 20, 1879. 18.21ml ,