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orrallis fejjty FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 7. 1832. KIMTKD BY M. S. WOODCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ' OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON BOwjTY. wenmrna state iowestios. mil!i an State ilicrm Bv order !' the J Contra! CoinsniUii", :i convention For the state at Oregon is called u meet at I.t iaml, on Thursday , April 20tl 1882, at 11 o'clock a. M., for the purpose nore'i i idling candidates for Uepn sentative t Congress, Judge of the Suju-emc-Court. Governor, Seerel ary of Slate. State Treasurer, State Printer, Su-iH-riutenlei t of Ptildic Instruction. District officers in the several judicial districts ami to transact any other business that may come before the convention. The committee passed a resolution recom mend i ill! that all delegates elect ed to this convention attend personal ly, so far as possible, or by proxies re siding in the counties to be repre sented. PRECIYCT iD COIATY COXVEXTIOX. At a meeting of the Republican county eentral committee, for Beaton county called to order by Hon. A. M. Witham. chat rm an, ou hist Wednesday, the nnuibei of delegates for the several preeincts to the comity convention v;is apportioned on the vote of State printer Oilell, at the ratio of one ilelepate for emch twenty votes and one also tor each fraction over ten, an l one ilel eate at large for each precinct, whic h re suited in giving to he seveial precincts the following number of delegates: Soap Creek. 4; Corvallis. 12; Willamette. 2; Monroe, ft; King's valley. 5; Alseya, 2: Suininit. 1; Yaqiiini, 3, Muddy, 3; Philo math, 7; Ell; City, 2; Turn Turn, 2; Lower Alseya, 2; Toledo, 2; Tide water, 1. ft was ordered by the committee, that precinct conventions be held in each of the several precincts, on Tuesday, the 4th day or April next, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and chat the county convention meet at the Court house in this place, on Saturday, the 8th day of April next, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon. It was recommended that the Comity Convention elect delegates to the State convention at the same time when they nominate for Bounty officers. STILL THE 'OREGOXIAN: If the "Orerronian" would let the Oregon Pacific Railroad alrce we can assure our readers that we would do the same. Why this railroad, its undertaking and managers should be day by day Bet up as a target for the heavy, very heavy, artillery of Mr. Harvey Scott iu the Daily Oregonian, and every week also for the li.,ht, very light, popgun practice of the Sunday Oregoni vi, it is hard to see, except on the "paid to do it' theory. Ot the two styles we prefer Mr. Scott's. We Suppose he keopj the man of the Sunday Oregonian, like the '"fool" who used to he a necessary of life in high toned families before reading ami writing had become common accomplishment?, to enliven him up, anil by shaking his cap and bells every now and again, to make him smile and keep from souring what little re sidue of the mi'k of human kindness John H. Mitchell has left in him. Curious taste in wit though the Daily Oregonian must have to suppose the stuff of the Sunday Oreijonian has life enough in it to keep till Monday; and be dug up again and worth cooking a second time. This lnat Monday ve read in a reprint that "iu 7 or S years time Portlaud will have a population of 100,000; but that the Albany and Corvallis journals consider that Portland ought to be removed from its present site and trans ferred to Yaqirina Bay;" and that "Captain Kads is to be asked to transfer his s hip rail way,t: Yaquina Bay, where it 13 to be laid down over the bar so that vessels may eater." These Portland writers find much in the Albauy and Corvallis papers which u in every sense news to us "up the Valley." Speaking only for the drvallis Gazette me have notihe slightest wish to see Portland transferred to Yaquina B ly. We do not love her enough. By all means let her go on growing up like Jonah's gourd, iu one night if she can, till she becomes a out from Congress evry dollar they will give: pour all out on . the Columbia bar, and the river between Portland and the ocean: every cent is needed an 1 more than ever will be given: why t to help Portland, she needs it not; mistress of the situation she is and will remain; she bolts a perpe' ual charter as tollgate of Oregon, levying her dues on every bushel of wheat yon farmers grow. What is the effect, the cer tain result; Ships fear to come, charters are scarce, insurances raised, freights oppressive, com missions and charges high, price of wheat low. Is Portland beloved for this ? Are her merchants and traders popular iu Ore gon ? Do free born Americans tamely sub mit to be schooled and lectured and taunted and sneered at by this self appointed school marm, with none of the virtues and all the failings of the class ? For, be it re membered, it is not Portland who does this ill, but the caricature and bugbear called Portland held up to view in the columns of the Orcjonian. ALL FOOLS DAY AT CORVALLIS. Iast Saturday was Aprils fool's day, and every thing passe I off in the usual manner with only one important exception. The consumers of rag hot-cakes, rag rilled cigars, red pepper candy, etc, all furnished amusement for the anxious bystander, who is always ready for a hearty laugh on such occasions. The most important, however, of the affairs of the d cy was the meeting of the Democratic County Convention for this county. On Thursday and Friday before this important event several of the many delegates from the far-off precincts might have been seen entering Corvallis as if they were burdened with weighty an I important duties just ahead of them to perforin. They came with t'.ie full determination and intention of assisting their brother delegates in placing in nomination such a list of Democratic nominees for the several coun ty offices which when in the field for the suffrages of their constituents would be ap proved by the faithful Democrats far and near. But it was not long after they had arriv e l, after making some inquiries regarding their important mission and of the candi dates who would probably be in the field for the work of Saturday that the' discov ered that that eventful day was all fool's day, and that some of the knowing ones, in and about and near the comity seat those who deemed themselves party mana gers had already arranged matters in a way to perpetrate a practical jofej on their brethern from the more distant precincts of the county. The duty for them to per form would be to elect delegates to the state conv ention and then adjourn to again meet at the call of the chairman for the purpose of nominating their county ticket, by this means practically depriving many of the delegates from the distant and more remote precints from having snj voicj in the nomination of the county ticket boeinse those who live so far away having been to the expense and time of making one trip to fulfill their duties to the County Con vention cannot well afford to go a second time, the final result of which will be that many of the precincts will have to go un represented or the delegates will have to send thir proxies to the party managers who live near 1 y and are always ready to attend to such dutie3. In pursuance of the plans above described the convention met on the 1st at 11 o'clock and appointed the-nsnal committees after which they ad journed ami again met at 2 o' jlock in the afternoon. After the committees reported M. Shannon having been elected permanent chairman, James YVritunan secretary and A. J. Kay assistant secretary, while the convention was nominating delegates to the state convention, W. S. McFadden, who has always been a modest man in soliciting and receiving official-positions and bavins been nominated as one of the delegates, his extreme modesty prompted him to decline the distinguished honor. During all this time, however, he sat with listening ears and watchful eye to ses that the program of the party managers was fully carried 1 out. After the requisite number of de'e gatcs had been elected the meeting adjourn ed and the delegates who had made their tition them regardless of the insinuations aud abase of the cowardly assassin who seeks to perpetrate fraud on the public under the name of "Jenkins." We say assassin because any one who seeks to stab his neighbor in the dark or who seeks to insult his fellow man over an assumed or some other pjrs Hi's name pos sesses the true principles of an assassin. And when sttth a vile reptile fails to fur nish the public with his true title, we call him anamm, knowing that all persons acquainted with him will recognize him to be in principle the true embodiment of the name we give him. YAQUIMA BAY. While the Oregonian and its allies are scoffing at Yaquina, and reprinting absurd suggestions about Capt. Ead's ship railway as applied to this bar, nature is herself accumulating proofs in its favor. None are so blind as those who wont see, and we have no idea that Portland people will pet open their eyes to what Yaquina is. Still there are otheiv people in the Wurld who are not blinded either by passion, prejudice, or self interest. For their heneft we will set out the following simple facts. On the 15th of March 18S2 to schooners left San Fran cisco : one in ballast for Coos Bay, the other heavily loaded with iron and other railroad material for Yaqnina. The name of the one was the "Gotauia ;" the other the "Sea Foam." They sailed in company north wards; the "Gotama" on arriving off' Coos Bay was met by the Tug "Escort" which attempted to take her iu over Coos Bar; she was wrecked. The "Sea Foam" pur sued her northward voyage, and reached Yaquina in thick weather, with a high breeze, and astron ebb tide. But without stopping she sailed safely in. and dropped anchor iu the Bay. Now we have not cited these facts to attack Coos Bay. Because of the wreck of the "Gotama" we shall not sneer at our neighbors' harbor a3 requiring Capt. Fad's ship railway to enable vess-ls to cross the bar. Because ouj- friends at L oos are urging Oregon's representation in Congress to use their beat efforts to get r.s large an appropriation for Coos Bay as they can, we shall rind no fault, and shall not consider ourselves the poorer by their gain. We hope to see every harbor in Oregon im proved in turn, since we arc sure that Ya qnina, Corvallis, and Benton county at large will profit directly or indirectly by the Uieneral growth and improvement of the State. Bat, facts are facts, and are bound 1 1 tell in the long run. We fully expect to have the Oregonian discrediting the w hole story, ami calling the "Sea Foam" a whajhfamt, her cargo two pots and a kettle, ie-r Hu a, paid by S combination to tell lies, or sayingW that .he "Sea Foam" is a marine Mrs. Harris, and "that there ain't no sich a person." Still we know that some scores of reputable citizens saw the schooner cross in, and have watched her discharging her cargo at the Oregon Pacific w nirf at Yaquina. Capt. Win.int is a live man, and can, when needed, make himself hsard; the facts we have mentioned lie be fore us in his own writing. Therefore ve propose to adduce from time to time such incidents as seem to us to have a bearing on the statements of the Legislature rf Oregon at their last session that the harbor A , and the chips fly fast. As you look he seems inspired v.ith an eairer hupry, and the chips ilv in a constant shower, is on a deep, wedge-like cut is seen iatmi; its way into the heart of tiie trunk. In ail hour or sit he is finished on tl.at side and leaves it. Taking the opr.o.ite side of the tree, he is at it again, and a bis wonnd speedily appears. Lone; before the heart is readied a loud cr&e-king and rending is heard. The axeman redoubles his efforts. The tree shakes awl quivers through all its mass, and then the top moves, slowly at first, then faster, aud down it comes with a. crash 'that wakes the echoes In the hilis for miles and shakes the ground." More farmer-like are many other passages, though less poetically descriptive. He notes the mortality of cattle when they eat a species of larttspnr, and of dogs when they eat salmon at a certain time of year. Un seasoned dogs have to tie chained up or they will surely tinel the tlead saluiou that drift down The Willamette after spawning and be "poisoned." Dead salmon also kill the wolves. The Indians are subject to tyranny if the agent is not a humane person; they are excellent axemen very often, and many are such sober, hardworking farmers that Mr. Nash bdives they should be granted citizenship, being fully able to take care of thems Ives and repulse the wily offers of the Caucasian. He thiffks Chinamen are a great means for the development of the country, but that we couhl easily get too much of thtjm. The hunting and fishing are enough to make a sportsman's mouth water. It, is probable that what Mr. Nash says of the fertility of a large part of Oregon is true. Certainly there is-everything there to attract the class of settlers who are iu earnest and do not expect to increase their substance suddenly without a gooil round stint of hard work. The New York Herald writes: "TWO YEARS IN" ORBSON. " This book relates the experiences f a small English colony settled at Corvallis, Oregon. The author has attempted not unsuccessfully to write what is a good guide book for the intending immigrant, and has given at the same time an interesting pic ture of a young community shaping the de tails of their common life anil e-l.-iiming ami taking possession of a heritage in the wilder ness. (D. Applcton ft Co.) The The New York Sun begins a long and favorable notice as follows: LIFE IX OIIEUON. Under the title of Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash (Appletou's), we have an authentic ami exhaustive guide book, writ tin for the benefit of those persons who in tend to settle iu the remote West. So marked a change h is taken place durin the last five years iu the social and econo mical condition of Oregon, through the creation of new markets, the establishment of order and security, and the increased facilities for transport and travel, that a c rt-ful review of the facts by an eye wit ness conuot fail to rove of much utility. There is nothing iu this vohvue to recall the siq erlicial observations of the ordinary tourist, yet, although the author has con fined himself to collecting information of i eal value to the emigrant, he has set it for; h iu a distinct, unpretentious, and attractive way. In a chapter on the "transportation ones Son," Mr. Na-h points out in detail how 1 largely the means of steam communication have been extendeul in Oregon, Even now, however, a large portion i f the profits of farming, and of other industries in this State goes info the pockets of the transpor- j tatiou company, 'ihe rates of freight hear no proportion to the benefits obtained. I But, according to Mr. Nash, the efforts -now i in progress to introduce competition in the carrying trade aie ti c'i as to meet with I less than seven reach prompt ami complete success. As. an ex ample of the change, he notes the fact, that the freight for wheat by the river steam- No saloon in Goldendale uoataol the Oregon l.aiiway mid xxaviga tion Company, which was previously S3 50 per ton, was cut down to SI during the year preceding April, 1881. At that time thorite was suddenly raised to $6 per ton. competition having neen temporarily ar resteel: b it it seems clear that the operation of new nil way and steamboat litea already under way will provide permanent guar antees of travtH and transportation at a reasonable cost. It is certain that the realiv nhasant and aufScm? shelter for the cursing prophet of the Oregonian. No 'Plarance for the purpose ol nominating a one here will lay a finger to stop her. She j ful1 ticket weilt home ,jetter Poste'' than is perfectly welcome to every particle of -ver on politii.d m-iAp4)f affairs and nourishment she can absorb. It is Jonah's with an experience ainBtfficient to ever loeik out, not ours, that his shelter should ! remind thein that pracfi jokes are likely is now of great imnortance as the only available outlet for ths central portion of the Mate ' that the hail or affords inside deep water auehorage in a land locked bay, for all the shipping th.it need be provided for iu many years to come that t!ie improvement of this 1 ay is not only of the greatest moment for the de velopment of commerce, but will create a harbor of refuge available for the whole of the ceiast of Oregon "that the GENERALNEWS. Whitman county, W. T., paid 2630 to stamp out tlie smail-pox. Montana expects to ship this year 30,000 sheep to the eastern markets. Wheat is quoted weaker in the San Francisco and Chicago markets. The strike at Lawrence, Mass. continues and is assuming alarming proportions. Prof. Ladru Royal, of the Ashland Acad--emy, will leave shortly on an extended trip East. A German colony of three hundred or four hundred families is to locate at Glen dive, M. T.' It is said that immense' cave rleposits of lat guano have been found in Uvalde county Texas. Five boys were buried in asiele hill tun Del they were digging at St. Joe, Mo., on the 17th vast. It is now alleged that Dana, of the knew of the Morey letter and its authors several days before its publication. The loss to Englanel by the last three years' bad harvests is estimated at from S100,OCO,000 to 150,000,000 a year. Delayed trains on the C. P. road got through on the 17th after which; the roael was again blockaded and all trains stopped. The Astorian says: We are informed that there is a case of smallpox at one of the canneries at upper Astoria a China man. Dayton Weekly News: A little chihl of Will. Parker, living between Whetstone hollow and the Patit was scalded to death last week. A vigilance committee has been forming in Centerville, Umatilla county, for the post two weeks for the protection of life and property. Daley & Graves, mining on Gall's creek, the other day picked up a nugget of gold worth about $25. They have a gooel piece of property, and no mistake. A variety belle, wishing to be very severe on a rival, said the? only thmg that wasn't false about her was the hole in her stocking. Philadelphia Ok roniclc-llerald. According to the Railroad Gazette, the total earnings of the Northern Pacific dur ing the year 1SS1 amounted to S4,044.57(i, being an increase over 1880 of 1,414,86!;, or 53. 8 per cen t. The municipality of Paris has asked the Government to permit the cremation of re mains which have illustrate I anatomical icctures. In two hospitals these aggregate in a year some 3500 corpses. Of ten children born in Norway a little over seven reach their twentieth year; in England and the United States somewhat that ago, - in France five, in Ireland less than five. the present. The license was S300 per annum. The pres ent council raised it lo 81000 which is more than the patties can pay. The license hav ing expired, the proprietor closed his saloon last Satnrd.ay. Nine polygamists of the eleven members composing the city council of Ogden have resigned and it is said that tlrtr vacancies have been filled by the m.u or by the ap pointment o! others who are not polygai) ists in practice. of Yaquina Bay in Benton ouaty, Oregon, 'essentially an aAicuHmvd sfa'c', depends ou the Mention of the transportation epits tion in the interests of tin: fixed and imln? tnous population. By parties just down fr-vn Farmiugton, Mr. Nash sums up in a few words the j says the Pouieroy Hcgttbi'cm. wc arc in results of the observatj ms set forth in the j formed ill it the wife of John Dood recently volume by rei-arit relation the at tractions which Oregon offers to ti:e emi grant. First among these be names a healthy and temperate climate, ou which the settler may .reckon with contiilenoe, whether he chooses to live iu the Willam ette Valley or in southern or eastern Ore- ''"ii. rive sii is fertile ami unexhausted. entrance is 1 sufetnted to the rontfn nona miAxttu .if !ii: obstructed by a bar of soft sandstone rock gave birth to a 12-pound boy. This, in itself, is not a very unusual circumstance, but Mr. Dodd is S3 years old ami his wile is 70. She is the mother ot 20 children. Jas. A. Yantrs, ex-editor of tV: Coro.i'Ms Gazette, lias been in the city several days. He is jnst recovering from a seige of typhoid only about 150 feet across, but through which three channels exist, giving safe access with a depth of ten feet at low water, and an average rise of tide of seven feet and eight tenths of a foot." last. Only we may be excused from shar ing all his pride and vainglory in his bower. But is not the ship-railway allusion a little out of place as applied to Yaquina 1 That bar is not quite wide enough for a clear run: one elecent sized ship on it wouhl have to be perpetrated on "all fool's clav' BBO. JEJTKIJfS O'F MONROE, AjYD HIS MAIL ROUTE. The "Boss" paper has a correspondent from Monroe who signs the name "Jenkins" her jib-boom in the bay and her stem win- : and conceab his real name from the public. (lows in the Pacific ocean. Possibly the Pr what reason he thus shrinks from public railway might do somewhat better in the ew, we do not know unless it is that if Portland river. If it is a little premature 1)is name was exposed to broad daylight it to ask Captain Eads to come out to oret;nn i vouW probably be so black and contami this year perhaps the Oregonian can say j nating as to eane the bright dazzling rays of exactly h- w long it will take to "silt up" : the orb of light to dwindle into utter dark '('Cnftf4s.tlie favorite expression of the j ness, as damaging an 1 polluting in its nature "leading journal") the Willamette and as the lowest sink holes of perdition and Colnmlvi i. - the upright and straight forward of mau- One thing is sure, and that is that the ! kind to shrink from gazing upon it as they editir of the Ore.jonian is no Scotchman, or i woulel from the most venomous Serpent he would have been earlier taught the folly j which inhabits the infernal regions, of "crying stinking fish." The Albany and Such men when they attack their fellow Corvallis journal s at their appeals to Con- man had rather lie known as Bro. Jenkins Kress on the priper basis namely this, we j or some oth er title more respectable than have a good harbor, help us to improve it. i their ow n. It wa3 left to the Oregonian in its wisdom Bro, Jenkins proceeds to chastise and in to try the opposite grounei, and to say in ; suit us because in one of our late issues we effe.t our city of Portland stan.13 on a river which "silting up" and neglect to gether will by degrees render unusable and impossible for ships, but that is not our lookout. "Capital is concentrated" hero, and you, producers of Oregon, shall send your stuff here, to be taxed, and lightered, and trans shippeel for all time. True, the Columbia bar is dangerous. True, the pi lotage and towage charges are enormous. True, a steamer qan get up to Portlautl by , - .i t , , . -, - , . took occasion to oppose his ideas on a scheme to change the mail route from Mon roe to Junction City and also to discontinue the mail route from Corvallis to Monroe. We did so because we had a right to. We would be pleased to see a daily mail line estahlisheil from- Corvallis to Junction by way of Monroe ami would heartily sup port such a change and feel confident that the people of Corvallis generally would 8 apport it. If we were going to apply fos plowing through the mud, but sailing ships i such a change to be male. - however, we have not bottoms strong enough to stand j would undoubtedly petition our Senators the rub. Tree, Portland may soon cease to j and Bepresontatives in Congress to have it be a seaport at ail. Therefore, says the J done because we have sent tdiem to their Oregonian and we all, and the shipowners, present positions for the pnrpose of repre of all countries, listen cry out, you pro- j seating aud assisting us in the different de- ducers, ron grangers, you tillers ot the j partments at Washington and because we TWO YEARS V OREGON. The Oregonian a lied this book "ignorant anil false" a few days ago and set to work to distort anel twist the meaning of page after page in order to prove its words. The following critics iu papers of recognized standing iu our country may be set off against this. The New York Times con tains the following : In 1877 Mr. Wallis Nash went to Oregon, and wrote subsequently a short ace mut oi his trip, which, iu view of the increasing emigration from England, was reviewed at length by the British press. The Athenaeum wanted to know if Mr. Nash were willing to try for his own part emigration to a country of which he had so much that was favorable to say. Spurred by this, he emi grated with a small party eif English people, and we now have one of the best reports that have been appearing of late years re garding desirable places-far settlers. Many of the chapters enter into th! minute de tails which emly will interest those intending to settle, but his e'escriptisns of political aud social life in Oregon, his accounts of Indians, hunting and' fisheries, his descrip tions of country characters, raise the book very far above the ordinary mark. There is no concealment that the book takes a favor able view of Oregon, but it is also plain that there is little or no exaggeration used to color the picture. Mr. Nash seems to have guarded hime!f against overpraise, and in so ifoiiig lias c wisely, it is in teresting to the political economist and the American voter to see how American sys tems of education and politics work in a rough uiid ready community like that of Oregon, which has to eleal with all the questions of the day in a crude fashion, the Legislature is beset with lobbyists, woman suffragists, crack-brained theoiy mongers, cliques of railway promoters, and the rest of the ills that Legislatures fall heir to. ihe look, actions, aud common talk ot the Oregon farmer are reported with care fulness; one learns how society in the towns revolves anel gets a glimpse of sociables, sabbath-schools, colleges, newspaper offices. One of the first places described is the Land Office, and naturally one td the first sys tems the location of the settler's laud. Now aud then we get a good bit of description from Mr Nash : "J Ul e to watch a skillful axeman. Set him to one of the bie black trunks, six feet through. Watch how he strolls around it, axe on hisvhoulder, deter mining which way it shall fall. He fetches or cuts out-apiank six or eight inches wide and four feet long, and you wonder what he will do with it. A few quick blows of his keen weapon, and a deep notch is cut into the tree four feet lrom the ground; the plank is driven into it, and he climbs lightly on it. Standing there, another notch is cut tour feet etill liigner troir. t!ie ground, and a second plank inserted- Then watch hnn. Standinc there on the eUstic plank, which seems to rive more life and p .sture, aud to"the production of all fruits 1 fever au'1 visi's t!lis "' country known to the temperat; zone in profusion i for the benefit of his health. We are bap and excellence. The State presents a eh mate and r. nge unit-ally suited to cattle, sheep, and horses of the best breeds- It contains mineral deposits of almost every kind, most of which are yet nnworked, and it affords special facilities for manufactures in its abundance of water power. The people are quiet and orderly, ready to wel come strangers, and the Constitution of the State is unusually liberal, giving special ad vantages aud securities to foreigners and aliens, and providing an educational system which is em irkable for 30 young a country. The Mail and Express saj-s : SA-H'j ORECOX. Mr. Wallis Nash, a clever Englishman, who ma !e a visit to Oregon five years ago, and who has since returned (here, with his family and a party of his countrymen, nar rates the incidents of his last sojourn in an olf-hand way, in a volume entitled "Two Years in Oregon." Mr. Na3h di I not run over to this country out of curiosity, as so many Britons do, or to btfnt buffalo and the like, as other pecuuious Britons do; he came with the intention of seeing what the sunset-lantl was, what inducements it offered those who are not afraid to work, and satis tying himself, as he did, 011 the.e points, to remain. It would be impossible in a brief notice like thi3 to state even the substance of jiis bonk, which is packed with informa tion of all sorts, information procured and canned by himself, which neg'ejts nothing that a would be emigrant ought to inquire into, which is close iu observation, terse in deduction, goed-tempered, warm hearted, hard-headed, and e ry where and at all times thoroughly amusing. Many of the "squatter" conversatyius with which Mr. tfsab. has besprinkled his pages, particularly iu his sixteenth chapter, which is crowded with reminiscences of early Oregon, would make the fortun; of a Western novelise, who could never hope to i ivent anything half so good as thee plain, unvarnished tales in t'ae vernacular, ot a new country. D. Applet m & C 1.) Many other parson i are equally compli mentary and we aro gla I that Oregon and especially the Willamette valley, is being so well advertised. We understand book is having a large sale. the oil:, force j oar representatives- to wring j would have an undoubtetl right to thus pe- j vigor to his Kows, it prinpi to the swing of the axe Coaaty toarcr.tion. The elelegates to the county Convention next Saturday so far as heard from appear to be fair representative men of the county anel no doubt their good judgement will be exercised without fear or favor to the end; that a ticket will be nominated com; o e I of gooel material and such as will meet with' success at the polls next June; Mr. Baker, of Pleasantf lfill, while catting kindling wood last' week, prepara tory to starting a fire in his log heap, by some means sent a splinter 'into his right eye which entirely destroyed the sight. py t.- state that he is slowly inproving. Win. Yantis, his brother, accompanies him. Dayton Weekly News.. An attempt was male at Pomeroy, W. T., on Wednesday, to take the life of Ben. ffirsch, now a merchant at that place, but formerly a resident of Salem, by two des perate characters named Blanc hard ami Benbow. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the would-be murderers were jejecteel from Mr. Hirseh's store and placed under arrest. Considerable excitement prevailed in Pomeroy over the affair, and had Hirsch been killed the murderer3 wouhl have doubtless been "Seattlcd." The Standard of March 29th says : James Doming was up in Justice Davis" court yesterday for a preliminary examina tion on a charge o; attempt to commit rape on a little five-year old daughter of Mr. B. Cohen, proprietor of the Keystone restau rant. The evidence was deemed sufficient to warrant hii being helel to answer before the grand jury in the sum of 1003. It is alleged that one Sunday afternoon he en ticed the little girl aud her brother into a stable at the corner of Third and Madison streets, where he placed the boy upon a horse. He then took the little girl into an adjacent stall and showed her some silver. He promised to buy her candy and began to remove her cloth ina. The girl bagam to cry, and her little brother hearing her cry, also cried out. This frightened the man and he made his escape. The girl, upon going home, told her parents about the at tempt and the case wa3 entrusted to Con stable Simmons to work 11 p. there was a peculiarity about the man's hand that the children remembered, and with the de-scrip-tion of the man, Simmons Lad very little elifficulty in finding him. Doming was arrested at Salem sortie time since ou a similar charge, but through a tle3ire of the parties aggrievetl to escape undesirable uotoriety he escaped unpunished. He will hardly prove so fortunate this time THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE Clubbed with other publications with which weehave made arrangements, so that persons wishing an Eastern paper can secure the same, together with the Corvaixis Gazette, at a price but little more than one; post age prepaiel. All new subscribers, anel per sons who have paid all arrearages, can avail themselves of this liberal orlsr. Gash in advance must always accompany the order- "The New York Weekly Times," Bepub liean, a 56 column paper, publisher's price $1 with the Corvallis Gazette, payable in advance, for one year; $3,15. "The Chicago Weekly News," Independ ent, a 32 column, 4 page paper-, publisher.s price 75 cents, with our Gazette, payable in advance, far one year; $2,75. "The St. Louis Journal of Agriculture," a 48 column 8 page paper, publisher's price Si. with our Gaxette, for one year, payable at advance, $3,00. "Harper's Magazine," (iHnstrated, ) pub lisher's price 4, with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance; 5,25. "Harper's Weekly" (illustrated) publish er's price 4y with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance; $5,50. "Harper's Bazaar" (illustrated) publisher's price $4, with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance; $5,50 "Harper's Younr People," publisher's price $1,50, with our Gazettf, feir one year, payable in advance; $3,50. "Scientific American," publisher's price $3,20, with oar Gazette, for oue year, pay able ill advance; $1,75. ' Scientifib American Supplement," pub lisher's price $5,00, with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance; $6,25. "Scientific American and Supplement," publisher's price S7, with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance; $7,85. "'ihe American Agriculturist," publishers price $1,50, with our Gazette, for one year, payable in advance, $3,25. Will send the "New York Weekly Tribune," and the Gazette, for one year, payable in advance, $3.23, or the "Semi- v tfcKiy induue and Oazette one year lor $4,25. CORVALLIS 3allery. l' HOTOGKAPHS FROM MIX AT U It E J.1FK SIZE. TO First Class Work Only! Cpying; hi all branc'iea. P tirownod taken at cash prices.' s of all kinds and E. HK8LOP. Ho for Yaquina Bay! MOUNTAIN HOUSE, C. B. Mays, Proprietor. JHIS HOUSE IS SITUATED ON THE SUMMIT, 2:1 miles from CorvaiJis usJ .'3 from Newport. Have lately built a lare and commodious house for the &;'uimnodat.ou of the traveling public, and ar furniihin it anew. Will keen on "hand everything the market al?ords. Meals 50 cents. Good hay and oats a! wars on hand. Is:40m6. WILLIAM MORRIS. (LATE FROM ENGLAND) TAILOR, -FRONT STREET - Two doors North of the Vinee&t House, it zgt io eg T a era H ISO P3 AUGrUST KKGHT, CABINET MAKER. Lk&ELfcfAktiR. Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., CORVALLIS, : ORECOX, Keeps constantly on hanel all kinds of FURNITUR 32 Coffins arid Caskets. Work elone to order on short notice and at reasonable rates.- Corvallis, July 1, 1881. 18:'27yl. HOLMAN'S PAD, f OK THE TZJlZZ UA1UC CO it V ALUS, OREGON All Orders piDmptly Executed. Repairs and cleaning at moderate prices. 18:201 j' A. A. MoCULLY, t B. SANBURN Master Will Leave Portland On Sundays and Wednesdays at 6 A, Mt, For Wheatland. 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EGLIN Proprietor, On the Corner West of the Engine House CORVALLIS, OREGON. AVIKG COMPLETED MY lieu- and eoninuidious BARN, am better man ever preiiareciaio H. E. HARRIS, One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's, COItTALLIS, . . OKEGOX. j& CARD; To all who are suffering from the errors and indis eretions of youth, nervous irealtneiw, early decay loss of mavhood, etc. , I will send a receipe tlntt will cure you. FKEK OF CHAllOE. This sreat remedy was diaeovere 1 hy a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rkv. Jo-kni T. 1XM4S, Station O. , New York City. JfctttnSM A LL SI$DS OF JOB WORK DONE XX at thia'bffice. Letter heads, etc. . Groceries, Provisions, H I ai keep the BEST OF TEAMS, BUG5IES. CARRIAGES AND SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE. At Reasonable Rates. tig- Particular attention pxen to Boarding; HorEe Horses Bought and Sold or Exchanged. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. April 2, 1 80. 17:2vl City Transfer Ccmpany, DRY Coravllis, June 24, AND GOODS 18S1- lS:20tf CENTRAL OREGON ESTATE AGENCY, Head Office adjoining the PostoiBce, Corvallis, - - - Oregon. The above agency has the largest and best selec tion of arms and ranches for sale in Benton County. Feu- full particulars of properties see "Oregon Colonist.'1 - Persons desirtng satisfaction in buying or selling should first communicate with Cuaru Hkrbkkt Nasu, who will give them every attention. 18.5tf. The O-sin. Pi-J3'jytsry Rcseburg last Tuesday. convened at B Kept in stock ant for sal at the aW "Mac TrucSj, Express and Dray. HAULING IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY OR Country on short notice and reasonable terms. CORD AN1 SLAB WOOD FOK SA1E. CAMPBELL, PREST)N & HERSAVEH. 18-261y m Proprietors For Vaqnliia Bay, Tillamook,' and Gray Harbor, direct. THE NEW COASTING STEAMER YAQUINA, JAMES E. DENNY Master Will leave Pacific Dock, Portland, for the above ports, Snnday, April Ittt 0'CIoci-A. For freight or passare apply at the office on dock. Z. J. HATCH, Agent, 220 Front Street, Portland. Or T. J. Blair, agent at Corvallis. lStRosf