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111 weekly im vm OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COOfiTY Corvaliis, Dec. 10., 1880. W. B. CARTBR, m OREGON PACIFIC In another column we print from the Oregonian, of the 14th instant, a letter from Colonel Hogg, written apparently in response to an invita tion from some eastern capitalists, as twbat he had to say in reply to the attack contained in the letter from "Examiner," published in the Ore gonian of the 8th of November. Ic oassiri, note for an instant, the kind of ofosition to be met. It took the siiipe of a circular sent by post on the 14th of November to every firm and person who bad, or might have, or might be supposed to have any intention of investing in the bonds of the Oregon Pacific Railway. It was headed "Caution to Investors The True Inwardness of the So-Called Oregon Pacific, It professed to bea reprint from the Oregonian of the criticisms of that journal on the prospectus and circu lar issued by the financial company, who had undertaken the sale of the bonds of the Oregon Pacific. But not only, as we all know, was the attack in question not penned by the editor of the Oregonian, but in printing it, it was stated to have been Bent to them with a request for its publication. Moreover, as we noted last week it was not even a true copy, but' was garbled in seventeen paragraphs out of twenty-six. Where " Examiner's" letter admitted that the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad had ten miles of completed road, the circu lar gave therrf one ; where " Exam iner" stated it to be " understood " that Mr. Hogg and his associates had paid a lump sum of only $130,000 for the 800,000 acres of the Eastern Ore gon land, the circular names $13,000 as the price ; and so on, concluding with another suggestion of falsehood in saying that the viewer, (indicat ing the editor, or responsible writer of the Oregonian), had written it as a warning in the public interest, whfie it was really " Examiner " mas querading in the disguise of a public spirited citizen "of "Oregon. Ix would be too much to expect that the Oregonian, which published the attack without note or comment, although it knew as well as the rest of ns what ar tissue of. falsehoods and misrepresentation it was giving to the world, should print Colonel Hogg's reply without endeavoring to weaken its force, and, indeed, de prive it of all vitality. We reprint then- article appearing fn the same number of the journal, as the letter in question, so that our readers may judge for themselves if our criticisms are just or not. The Oregonian proposes to give every interest of the northwest a fair hear ing. There is the text by way of sermon it sets out forthwith to mis represent utterly the letter on which it claims to be commenting fairly. What a familiar trick this is. Have yon not often heard an argu ment like this, where one party . evades the force of his adversary by Betting up a caricature of his argu ment and then proceeding to demol ish that. The Oregonian alleges that the tone of Colonel Hogg's letter shows it,o be his idea of his mission that he'is to change, nnd, in fact, com pletely revolutionize the course of commerce in the northwest ; and again, that " his main plan is to su persede Portland, and" render it a su perfluous and unnecessary factor in the commercial development and economy of the northwest." Where in his letter is the vestige of evidence of either ? So far as we ean see the chief aim of the Oregon Pacific is to mind its own business, have its harbor opened, its railway built, and then to leave to time and nature the solution of the question whether Portland is to succeed in getting trade and commerce for ever to run up bill. They seem to us to de pend greatly on the development of an immense new country, at present untouched by railroads. Are they not justified in this? The experi ence ot Oregon at large can best an swer this question in pointing to the rate of increase in population and in material resources of all kinds since the first railroad was opened in the State. By all means let Portland proceed to develop her mission, if she has one, to become the mistress of the com merce of the northwest. But let it be by fair means. Let her not forget the lessons of the history of the last thirty years. Our belief, nay our conviction is, that the rising State ot Oregon will ere this generation has passed away, see within our borders six cities as great as Portland is to-day. After all what has she to boast of to retain the monopoly of to-ijay ? Twenty thousand inhabitants, a few banks and wharves, tome fine stores. Where are her manufactories, where her permanent sources of wealth i A hundred miles up one great river, and twelve np another ; a hundred and twenty-five miles of towage and pilotage between her and the sea, the highway of nations ; a mountain ranee between her and the interior of the Sta'e; accidental is her posi tion, artificial is her eonimand of the commerce she boasts of ; baseless her dreams of empire. Portland will share in the progress of the State as Oregon develops, so will Portland grow. Let her make hay Jwhilst the eun of monopoly shines on her. But she may retard, she will never prohibit the uprising of other cities the opening of new commercial clian nels. The friends of the Oregon Pacific have nothing to fear. Nature is with them, and behind them they have the moral support of the valley population, waiting for the cutting through the barrier of Portland's en mity for the waters of commerce' to flow through, seeking ever the near est, simplest way to communication with the great world without. CONTROL. Some of our readers will remember the scene in the " Pickwick Papers," where the immortal Sam Weller is reading to his corpulent father his valentine love-letter to the pretty housemaid. Sam was not a good writer, and so after a bit he came to a word that bot hered him. " Here's a c and a i and a d," says Sam, " but I forget what this word is." " Cir- enmwented," suggested his father. " No, that ain't it," says Sam ; "oh, circumscribed, that's it." 'That ain't such a good word as circum wented, Sammy," says his father. "Think not," says Sam ; " oh but it's a tenderer word." There is a good deal of human na tare in that scene. Many men use long words and high-toned expres sions in a sense of their own. They think they are " tenderer " perhaps, at any rate, they have the pleasure in rolling them like sweet morsels under their tongue. A man's character be trays itself oftentimes in the words he is fond of ; they slip out naturally enough, and he is not conscious how he exhibits himself to those who hear and take note. Something like' the expression on a face, which no man is ever clever hypocrite enough to disguise all the time. Now this is the kind of revelation we in Oregon have been treated to, ever since the publication in October of that famous circular of Mr. Vil lard's, which caused so much com ment when the carriers' bill was be fore the Legislature, We make no apology for coming back to these matters so often. They concern ns all very closely, and it is our own fault if we are deaf to the lessons they teach. In politics there is a kind of lull, the great contest has been fought and decided; but the in terests of our State press on us ; if we do not our part manfully here, we are traitors to our own future and our childrens' too. What were the two leading points of the " policy " Mr. Villard announced ? '"The ex clusive control of the Columbia river, which is the backoone of our enter prise," and the meeting of through lines, pusmng westwaras into tneJ State "at such points and in such manner as to prevent the establishing of opposing interests in our own Ter ritory" The papers tell us how unblushingly this policy is being carried oat. In this very issue are additional proofs of the way opposing interests are sometimes fought. What is exclusive control"! If a a public road leads to my house and a stage driver blocks it against every vehicle but his own if by force or fraud or threats he forbids the use ot that road to all other carriages but his if neither I nor any other man can even walk or drive a wagon along that road without hi6 leave, then he has " exclusive control." If I have a stream or water privi lege running through ray land, and a man comes and builds a mill without, my leave, and will neither let me have nor sell th right to build a mill to any oilier parties, and by force or threats maintains himself there, even though he cannot use a fourth of the water that flows by, he has "exclusive control" of that stream. If 1 have built mvselt a house, and a man comes to the prop erty next me, and builds a high wall round my house that I can neither see through nor over, he has exclu sive control of my light and air. If a man binds my hands and with pis tol to my head forces me to walk along the road he points, he has ex elusive control of' my movements. If in olden days a Southern man owned a slave, he had him under his exclusive control. Did any oue hear till now of a man venturing to try to establish, still less asserting openly his right to the ex clusive controUof a navigable river? And such a river 1 God's highway for these States, rolling in its majes tic course to the sea fit to bear on its broad bosom the commerce of a nation, draining in its splendid prog ress hundreds of thousands of miles of fertile lands; full and free like the air we breathe; a fit emblem of theben lficence which has fitted these north western Slates for thousands o&happy homes. Exclusive control, of the Columbia ! Mark the adjective and notice the tale it tells. "Exclu five?" Yes, by shutting out, by closing the door and barring it in the face of one entering. There lies the sting, and this man, who has piled dollar on dollar, wrung from the farmers and traders of Oregon, blushes not at the arrogance of the claim he makes. But the Columbia even does not content him. He and his associates forsooth are to prevent the establishing of opposing inter ests in their oxen territory. Their territory ! Who gave it to them ? Did i hey beg, borrow or steal it? It is of such stuff tyrants are tnatle. We wonder they do not claim the very houses we live in, the fields we till. They do their best to levy toll and tribute' on every bushel we grow. Who has carried this free State into Egypt to compel each one of our farmers to bring his brick and lay it on the overgrown pyramid of their wealth and ambition ? And moreover no one is to come to our help without their permission. Oppos ing interests are not to be permitted to be established. W hy not t it the people demand it, if the heaped up produce of the fields lies waiting for transport, if some of the fairest regions of the earth lie tintilled, be cause nothing would be left to the brave man, who ventures there to drive the plough, after paying their exactions. Can nothing teach these people that they are but folks who have goods to sell, namely transpor tation of the products of the Siate and that all the world is free to come and open a rival store? "Policies," " Exclusive Control," "Our Own Ter ritory," these are the watch-words for the people to print deep in their memories, and to act on too when occasion comes, as come it will. But this same frequently used word has been more recently before us. Where was it? In this very circnlar just Rent forth to deal a deadly stab at the Oregon Pacific, we read that "the proposed undertaking of the Oregon Pacific will also imply the necessity of overcoming tbe control ing influence of the city of Portland." What! Moie control? It is not enough then that Oregon is to" be " controlled " by Mr. Villard and his associates; must it be controlled by Portlanrf, too ? So many masters a poor lookout for us all. But it is a long lane that has no tnrning. It is darkest just before dawn. A whisper has reached ns that this foul blow of the garbled circnlar did the Oregon Pacific no real harm ; that on the contrary, the virulence of the attack opened a good many eyes it was in tended to close, and that, therefore, we may take courage, confident that ere long, in spite of boastful words, in defiance of vaiu threats, we shall see the "establishing ot opposing interests," in what may truthfully be called our own Territory. as having been received by your house in Monday morning's mail. This circnlar contains attacks pcn The Oregon Pacific Railroad Company, some of which give evidence of long preparation, and all show apprehension of calamity to the interests of the writer,- or those who em ploy him, from the success of the new en terprise, and great recklessness of state ment in his effort to avert danger. Overlooking its anonymous, therefore cowardly, and presumably false character, I have from regard to yourselves carefully read it, rnd respectfully- return it, and in reply to your inquiry submit the fol lowing remarks upon such parts of its con tents as seem at all to justify notice at the hands of the Oregon Pacific E. E. Co., or myself, even had the same statements em anated from a responsible source, instead of relying for a shadow of claim to attention on the fact that they had obtained admis sion under an assumed name to the columns of the Portland Oregonian, concealing the fact that that journal in admitting them, disavowed all responsibility for the state ments made, and accompanied fhem in the same issue with our prospeetu and the statements of our financial agents printed in fall, in contrast with this anonymous at tack, which, as there published, had no part of the -offensive introduction and head lines it bears in the circular you send, and which was issued by its authors here on the 14th, having appeared in Oregon on the 8th, and the quickest mail time not allowing the arrival of the paper containing it here un til the 18th. Eegarding it, I remark, firs that every statement in the Prospectus attacked by thi3 circular is true, and if stated as matter of estimate, or opinion, is a fair deduction from known facts. Thisfis intended to apply to any state ments in the circular not especially noticed hereinafter. The Oregon Pacific is not claimed to be a completed railroad. Its mortgage properly covers all the rail road and other property it intends to con struct and acquire, as well as that now con stracted and in possession of the jointly bound Willamette ' Valley and Coast Kail road, or yet to be acquired by it. It is proper that the latter should be so tor it is to receive important aid, LETTER FROM T. EQENT0N H0Q0. New York, Nov. 1880. John C. Short, Esq., president N. Y. 2V. E. and Western Investment Company. Dear Sir: I have replied as reqnested by you to the letter of inquiry from your correspondent which you send rae, asking " what do you say in reply " to the state ments of the anonymous circular enclosed to you therein. j The standing of these gentlemen justi fies a departure in this instance from the rule which forbids notice of anonymous at- 1 append hereto a copy of my letter, which you are at liberty to show, in reply to similar inquiries, should such be made. As requested, 'I omit in this copy the name of your correspondent. Yours truly, T. Euenton Hogg, President O. P. E. E. Co. Copy. bound and its most valuable charter and franchise contain features which assure security to the holders of the whole bonded indebted ness, its immunity from taxation on all its property for twenty vears beincr of incal culable value and a complete and sufficient reason for constructing and operating under its charter, instead of under that of the new organization needed for the enlarged enter terprise and its wider held. I leave the 4th paragraph of the circular to show the falseness of the 2d, as to the amount of construction and property in possession of the Willamette Valley and toast Kailroad Company; but remark, that the statement that the same has been vain ly offered for sale is utterly fale. 1 he grant of lands from the state to the latter company is not limited, as stated in thf circular, to those around Yaquina Bay, but in the langnage of the act ravers all the tide and marsh lands in Benton county, which fronts on the Pacific oe.;an for its en tire western boundary. Yaqi.ina Bay and Alsea Bay lie wholly within this county, the former being navigable for 25 miles, and the latter penetrating nearly as far, making. altogether, a line of over 100 miles washed by the tide, which risf-i and talis seven feet and ten inches. Back of this line are lands as fertile as are to be found in the state. Will any intelligent honest man fail to appreciate at its proper value a statement, by whomsoever made, that this property has no value " and never will have, no mat ter how many railroads are built to it." I may quota here from a letter under date of October 24th ultimo, addressed to the Oregonian, and appearing in that paper the following day. from Mr. Sol. Hirsch, presi dent of the state senate of Oregon, an ea ger partisan of the Oregon Railway and navigation company and champion of the supposed local interests of Portland, in which he savs the grant to the W lllamette Valley and Coast Railroad includes "greater privileges and immunities than were ever granted, to any railroad company by the state." The fifth paragraph of the circular thinks it worthy of notice, that the Ore gon Pacific Railroad Company proposes to Kailroad Company a portion of its outlay! I cite this puerility, but do not propose to answer it. Only one capable of an an onymous attack conld have written it. The nroeoectus savs nothincr about the land grant bcintt received direct from the United States government. It says the lands have very great value, which is absolutely true.and against the state ment of this anonymous scribbler on this point, I cite the report of the commissioner of the United States general land office for 1870, p'ge 157, and subsequent reports from that office, and as to the value and general character of the belt from which they are selected, 1 refer to statements of eminent authorities cited in the pamph'et dated 1880, and issued by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, especial attention being asked to the statements on paaes 31 - to 49. Many volumes could be filled without exhausting the evidence of like character. The statements about the price originally paid on the purchase of the lands are ab surdly false, but if true, would no more re late to or affect the present value as stated truly by he -prospectus, than the aboriginal sale of MWnhatten island for $22. The statement that they are mostly mountain wilderness will, when it is recol lected tfiat they are selections from . a belt containing twice the quantity running across a state of unequalled average fer tility, be seen to be in harmony with the general character of this anonymous libel. I pass the criticisms made upon the Ore gon Pacific map accompanying the prospec tus, merely asking you to verify the -pregnant story it tells, by a comparison with the United States land othce map of 187, ana with reports of the United States land of fice map of 1879, and with reports of the United States surveyors in Oregon from 1870 forward. As to the general features of Eastern Oregon and the rapidity with which settle ment is taking place there, I again refer you to the authorities cited by the pamphlet of the O. R. & N. Co., pages 31 to 49, which though dated in the present year, fails to do full justice to the present increased activity of settlement. In derogation of the estimates in the prospectus for the freight and passenger business of 1882 this writer makes some statements as to the past so outrageously false, as to seem a wanton ca-smny on the business record of the state. He says the number of passengers has never reached 15,000 (half of 30,000) in any one year, while in fact the reports of the O. B. and N. Co., show that for the portion of the year ending June 3d, 1880, subsequent to the consolidation, the -number of passen gers transported by their line of ocean olumbia river after a long sea voyage choose instead, the hard journey from Jal ifornia by stage, and then add the natural effect of the opening at half the accustomed rates of a short, safe and comfortable line, with two years' growth of population and business and to any fair mind the estimates of the prospectus will seem within the mark. The anonymous writer labors to prove that instead of business flowing inevitably, as we claim, into the new short, safe and cheap channel as soon as opened, that exist ing interests will then be able to force it still over the old, long, dangerous and ex pensive way. .No answer 13 neeaert by any sensible man to such arguments. The capital and busi ness enterprise ot Iroraand merchants will be quick to seize upon the advantages of the new and better channel. Statistics obtained from absolutely relia ble sources, show that the present year's pfo.luiition of the counties tributary to the Yatnuna Day route, exceed our estimates for 1882. The prospectus does not give S7 50 as the price hitherto per ton to San Francisco, but , aud abundant proof of the correctness of the latter can be given from actual busi ness transactions and othcial schedules ot rates which were the basis of the state ments made by us. The outcome of competition, should it arise, between a short new line, economi cally built, aud a long old one, costing four times as much to do the same service, can be complacently anticipated by the former and its probabilities are confidently sub mitted by us to the business judgment of capitalists. ihe circular insinuates that the Aiary !5. Ames of 14 feet, loaded draught, could not enter a harbor stated by it to haye 16 feet aud which the United States coast sur vev reports say, "Vessels drawing 15 feet can enter, or depart from, with perfect safety, and with the aid ot a tug those ot deeper lrauj'ht. I remark as to the Mary S. Ames, that her captain and owners are having an oppor tunity to explain in court their reasons for violating their charter-party, and the in snrance agent concerned in the farce may perhaps avail himseif of the opportunity to explain what motives controlled his action regarding her. The enterprise of the Scotch Company re ferred to in this circular as hostile to ours, is one which is looked upon by us in the most friendly light, as affording at once a direct avenue of connection with Portland and Northern Oregon and Washington Ter ritory. The management in Oregon of that company possess substantial proofs of the good will of our company and its tnends. It affords me, in conclusion, great pleas nre to say in addition to what is correctly stated in our prospectus legarding conces sional recognition of the importance pf our harbor terminus, Yaquina bay, that the legislature of Oregon at its session just closed, adopted by the unanimous vote of each house, a memorial urging congress at its coming session to make without delay a further appropriation ot 00,bOU to com plete the improvement of the harbor, as not only ot state but of national unpor tance. as being the terminus of the Ore- eon Pacific railroad, it is certain to become the central outlet of the great Willamette valley and of Eastern Oregon. The consideration of the subject both in Congress and the State legislature, rose atxve all party issues. The great length of the circular to which you call my attention and the importance of the enterprise committed to my charge, and which is the subject of the venomous at tack, are my excuse for trespassing to such an extent on your attention. I remain youra respectfully, (Signed) T. KGENTON HOGCJ, President O. P. E. R, Co. ng is more than an ad venture, without suf ficient bams to carry it. Of course the en tcrprwo, it seriously attempted, depends primarily on the yet unsolved problem of nuking an entrance for snipping at Yaquina R ly. It is just as well to state the facts ibniit this matter, as every other. Aobodv has or can have an actual and permanent in terest in ignoring the facts of any case in which he is interested. And we take it that no railroad is likely to be built to V aqmna say till, at least, it is aueurtomed whether eovernment is likclv to do it. V do not believe there is anybody in Oregon who desires to throw any obstacle in the way of the effort to accomplish this. Cer tainly The Oregonian, which has always opened its columns freely to everything of fered in behalf of Yuquina Bay and Mr. Hogg's proposed railway, has no desire of the kind. Oregonian. WILLAMETTE VALLEY VS TONNAGE NO. "2." Under this head, Nov. 8. I wrote an arti cle and stated the ' ' picture was not en couraging, but too near the truth to be slighted. ' In the market report of the Daily Otegonina, Dec. 2. you can find this : " There is no new developments in the charter market, and it now looks as though shippers must of necessity send their grain to San Francisco by steam for ship ment from that port to .Europe. The shading for my picture of the Willamette V alley m distress, is being furnished faster then could be desired. But is it not a lit tle strange that none of the Portland papers gives a reason for the scarcity of tonnage. there can be no question but that every one of them, as far as there influence went had a hand in bringing the people to the necessity ot shipping by the U. K. and N. Co's. steamers. That company controls the ciy of Portland and hs a mortgage on the most of the editors, (there is one or two honorable exceptions.) "Must of ne cessity ;" yes, who has created the neces sity from shipping the wheat crop of Wash ington 1 erntory and Oregon by the O. K. and N. Co. to be re-shipped to Europe from San Francisco. Every rival smitten, every endorsement of the Portland Board of Trade that the Columbia bar was shoaling. was one ot many steps towarus this schemo of furnishing the O. R. N. Co.'s steamers business at the expanse of the public. What a prospect to see the " Emporium of the whole State, a point to which all trade north and South flows," "where all the banks and commercial houses are located," " where all the wheat is bought, sold and shipped," as "Examiner," a citizen of Ore gon, residing in JNew York so pertinently remarked awhile ago, reduced to shipping by small steamer." to San Francisco. One of the arguments often used when speaking of Yaquina Bay, was "you can't ship by foreign vessels, and we don t want to pay tribute to California don't war.t our grain handled so much," Yaquina would aford a fine solution of this tonnage question if the Oregon facihe Kailroad. was completed, in a very short time there would be facili ties for shipping sufficient to quiet all appre hension in the future. The sonnor this State feels the presence of a company seek ing to deve'ope, rather than retard the vast natnral resources of Oregon the. hotter. Don't forget, however, for the i-.rrveirt, by and with iheeonitent of ike ' Em 'iri'i n " its head nj&t and editorial vtaJF. the o. ,7. 9 V. Co. trill nf.vc. or try to muee hy sitamer the cross i'f l.san. J.JAL'iO. Newpiirt, Dec. 5, iSSO. Geutlkmen: At the request of Mr. Short, I reply to your letter of the 16th in- steamships, was 17,333, while it is knowii stant, calling attention to an anonymous Lthat the p- C- S- ? , U,ne "ried half that circular, headed. 'Caution to Investors, Ti!0006 ... , x ,r , both at excessive prices, which you enclose to the New York, New Add to these numbers, those travellers, England and Western investment Company, J who fearing the danger of .detention on the j MR. HOGG AND HIS PROPOSED RAIL WAY- The Oregonian gives every interest of the northwest a fair hearing. Therefore it prints a letter from Mr. T. Egenton Hogg m reply to a communication signed Ex aminer," which appeared in its columns about a month ago. Into the details of the controversy thus raised we do not intend to enter. A word or two, however, on a lead ing phase of the subject may not be amiss r mm the tne .of Mr. Ji ogg s letter it evident that he conceives r.e haw a mission to change, aud, in fact, completely revo'u tionize the course of commerce in the north west. This is a large undertaking, yet ve can not but regard it as inspired by a praise worthy ambition. It is just such a thing as any man has a right to do it he can. Mr. Hej'g'3 letter shows that his main plain is to supersede Portland and render it a super fliirons and unnecessary factor in the com mercial development and economy of the north we3t. ibis too is a commendable am bition. We find no fault with it. In fact we fori like encouraging him to procoed For this, among other reasons, je print his letter. We have no idea that it will great ly alarm Portland. For ourselves we can say with confidance that the issue will give ns no trouble, as we can any day remove The Oregonian to Yaquina Kay, and publish it there. Others, we suppose, can pull up as easilv. ruget hound people, however. insist that Portlmd is to betaken up and carried over there. On this subject there mav be rivalry between I aqmna Hay and Puget Sound. But Portland will try to preserve her usual equanimity. Of Mr. Hogg's resources for carrying out his plans we have no positive knowledge and are not made nwsre that any one else is as yet more highly lavored m tins re card. But we may suppose they are ample in his judgment for the undertaking ; else he would hardly say so much about the matter. But seriously, this subject has given rise to more coutrovory than there is any pos sible occasion (or.- If Mr. Hogg can work his enterprise forward, by all means let him do so. It appears, however, that it involves the primary difficulties ot making a harbor at Yaquina Bay and changing the course of commerce ot the northwest irom channel established in the first place by nature, an now confirmed by converging railroad lines either completed or in course of construe tion. and by representing capital amounting to twenty millions xf dollars, or more. To be plain about Mr. Hogg's scheme, it seems to be an adventure, based on no solid cap ital, but depending on an effort to obtain money on lands of no defined quantity or quality, and of no definite, or at least at the present time ot no ascertainable or posi tive value at all in comparison with the m.-.enitude of the proposed undertaking. The prospectus issued by Mr. Hogg and his associates was based on the assumption that this route, if it were opened, would do almost the entire business of Oregon at profitable rates. Even supposing Yaquina Bay were made a practicable harbor and the road were built, it is apparent that the competition of so many other railroads, not to speak of river transportation, wouia pre vent this expectation from being realized Let us wish Mr. Hogg all possible succe."; in pushing his proposed scheme, but let us have some common sense in me presenta tion of it. That is, let the absurd notion be dropped that this is the great enterprise destined to swallow np the commerce of Oregon and close all other chinneis. It Yaquina Bay can be converted into a har bor, and a railway be built to it, the enter prise will be one of much importance to a portion, of the State. But as far greater and more powerful interests are drawing elsewhere, this is not likely in any event to become our Wle of commerce, as Mr. Hogg seems to imagine it will. 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Each subscriber will be presented with several v rictiea of Rare and Valuable TREE, VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS, equal in value to the subscrip tion price of the paper. tsr Send for Sample Copy, giving full particulars Address, S. F. BILLET1M CO., 16:48tf San Francisco Cal. One year Six months. T. C. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY at LAW, COKTAIiMN, OIIKCSO. o FFICE ON MONROE STREET, NEAR COURT House. lSjanl73M FOR SALE. A RARE CHANCE FOR A MOD BAR8AR3. Lots 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 in block No. 10, DlxonJ addition to the city ol Corvaliis, and also lots 7, 8 and 1) in block No. 17 in the County addition to the city ot Corvaliis. , ... Also 426 acres of improved farming land Un miles west of Corvaliis. Also ICO acres of land ten miles west of Gorrallia, and known as the Stephen Robinett farm. Any or all of the above property will be sold on reasonable terms. Inquire of hnry chajBER8 17n38tf. Kirn : Valley. Ague Cure Is a purely vegetable bitter and powerful tonic, and is warranted a speedy and cer tain cure for Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Intermittent or Chill Fever, Re mittent Fever, Dumb Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever, and all malarial dis orders. In miasmatic districts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue, thirst, lassitude, loss of appetite, pain in the back and loins, and cold ness of the spine and extremities, axe only premonitions of severer symptoms which terminate in the ague paroxysm, succeeded by high fever and profuse perspiration. It is a startling fact, that quinine, arsenic, and other poisonous minerals form the basis of most of the " Fever and Ague Prepara tions," "Specifics," "Syrups," and "Ton ics," in the market. The preparations made from these mineral poisons, although they are palatable, and may break the chill, lo not cure, but leave the malarial and their own drug poison in -the system, producirui quinism, dizziness, ringing in the ears, head ache, vertigo, and other disorders more for midable than the disease tltfey were intended to cure. AVer's Ague Cure thoroughly eradicates these noxious poisons from the system, and always cures the severest cases. It contains no quinine, mineral, or any thing tbat could injure the most delicate patient; and its crowning excellence, above its cer tainty to cure, is that it leaves the system as free from disease as before the attack. For Liver Complaints, Aver's Agpe Cure, by direct action on the liver and bil iary apparatus, drives out the poisons which produce these complaints, and stimulates the system to a vigorous, healthy condition. We warrant it when taken according to by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. SOLD BY ALL DBUQOI8TS ITEItTWHSEI. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK DONE st this office. Letter hads, etc. attention Farmers?! WE UAVB COME TO STAY Snpplya want long flt by yo tit e We are now prepared to do any kind of work in Iron, Brass, Steel or Wood. Repairs on Threshers, Binders, Head ere, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Plows, etc., done with neat ness and dispatch. All kinds of NEW WORK kept in Stock. i!3pPleape give us an early call. Corvaliis Plow Co. Corvaliis, May 28, 1880. I7 22yl NEW FURNITURE STORE, Main Street, Corvaliis Opposite Sol. King's Livery Stable. I have opened in this Store with a Well Selected Slock of FUENITTJEE, And shall always keep and make to Order, Everything In tbe House FaraUhiogr Line Window Shade, the Hartshorn Spring Rollers made up in all Color, Opaque and Linen Shades Goods, at bottom Prices. PHILIP WEBER. Corvaliis, May 21, 1880. lWlm