Sflteeklg CttjglUjj (Sa-tctte.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1883.
Entered at the Postoffice at Corvallia
Oregon, as second-class matter.
-EDITED BY-
IvI. S. WOODCOCK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COuriTY
AN EXPENSIVE CALF.
At the laat term of the Circuit
Court for this county on the com
plaint of Miles Wilkins the grand
jury indicted a Mr. Jones for the
larceny of a calf found in Jone's
possession which WUkins claimed to
be his. Jones was brought before
a trial jury and a large number of
witnesses testified on both Bides.
After the case was submitted to the
jury they were on ly out a very short
time when they returned into court
with their verdict finding Jones not
guilty. All those present at the
trial whom we have heard speak of
the matter, seemed to think the case
on the part of the prosecuting wit
ness against Jones to be the thinest
pretext ever heard of to put a man
on trial for a crime. The case seem
ed to develop the fact, that the two
men, Wilkins and Jones had been in
an honest dispute about the owner
ship of the calf, each claiming it.
Bui in place of Wilkins bearing the
burden of his own lawsuit, to test
the right of property, by bringing
an action to recover possession of the
calf; he v;ent before the grand jury
and had Jones in licted, and put the
burden of his law suit on Benton
county. In doing so ho succeeded
admirably because by Jone3 coming
clear the costs had to be paid by the
county, costing the tax-papers about
five or six hundred dollars, in order
to fight Mr. Wilkins case, and pro
tect his supposed calf. A motion
was made after the trial of Jones to
make Wilkins (the prosecuting wit
ness) pay the cost, but owing to the
peculiar view the court took of the
construction of the law, he refused
the motion and left the county to pay
the same. After this the matter re
mained quiet until about two weeks
ago, when Wilkins took the calf into
his possession and Jones sued to re
cover it back again. After swearing
about thirty witnesses on each sides,
the jury brought in their verdict
that Jones was the owner of the calf
and so it remains at this lime.
The whole affair then presents the
fact, djHt Jones was indicted by the
grand jury of this county, at the in -stance
of Wilkins for stealing his
own calf; and the tax-payers of this
county had to"pungle" to the'tune of
five or six hundred dollars in order to
enable Wilkins to find out that the
calf belonged to Jones. It is our cus
tom not to comment upon matters
while they are before the court for
trial; but as we now understand that
this matter has finally passed out
of the courts; we feel at liberty to
notify the public of one of the many
instances how the taxes they pay are
consumed. There is hardly a term
of the Circuit Court in Oregon, but
what some person appears before the
the grand jwy, with his- witnesses,
for the purpose, of trying his private
rights with some other person, who
disputes with him as to his rights.
Many times such cases fail to reach
indictments; but the expense is made
before the grand jury and no person,
other than the grand jurymen- know
in w-iiat form such expense are incur
ed. We sincerely hop", that the
tax-payers of this county may be
permitted, to excuse themselves and
forever bid adieu to Jones'" calf.
'JUDICIAL MIND" FOR RECORDER.
Shackled to Vhe City for 8900 to SHOO
Per Tear.
His LlSarty in a Great and Pleasurable
Sence Is Taken From Him Because He Gets
From $900 to SHOO per year for Laboring
One-Fourth of His Time.
For several issues of the Gazette
we have been noticing the fact that
the office of Recorder of Corvallis is
paid mach too high for the amount
of service rendered, and at last we
have found a "judicial mind," who
comes forward and publishes to the
people of this municipality, under the
title of "Fault Finders Noticed," and
who signs himself the nomdeplume
"Fair Play" but who in fact is Mr.
S. T. Jeffreys, the present incumbent
of the Recorder's office. This article
of Mr. Jeffreys' so treats the subject
in such a manner as to mislead the
public as to the facts connected with
the subject, that we feel inclined to
notice some of therm, although the
f article appears over such an innocent
name as "Fair Play." This judicial
mind, Mr. Jeffreys, deems his argu
ment partly gained when he denom
inates all those who may presume to
question the Recorder's pay being
too high as "Fault Finders," "fossiL
grumblers who live around drug
stores and barber shops" &c, and
thus it always has been in all ages of
the world, that we find "judicial
minds," with enlarged views of pub
propriety, who pay little or no taxes
or revenue into the public treasury,
and who are willing to hold the pub
lic officers, and draw their pay for
filling such offices, from the tax pay
ers, and when these tax payers, the
commonwealth, presume to invade
the sacred liberties of that official
with a "judicial mind," to simply in
quire and discuss where the taxes
go to, which they pay out every
year, and whether they are paying
such public officer their servant more
than the labors' of the office justly
deserves, such officer rears back upon
his "pastor joints" with his head
raised heavenward, and while he pre
sumes to assume an attitude of almost
divine authority he by intimation
says yon "fault finders" who pay
the taxes, you have no right to ques
tion the amount of official pay which
I receive. You old "fossil grum
lers who live around drug stores and
barber shops" who pay the taxes
from which I draw my official pay,
you have no right to discuss the
question as to where your money
goes to or whether the pay of your
public servant'is too great or not.
Such flings as "Fault Finders" "fossil
grumblers who live around drug
stores and barber shops" may be
convincing arguments to "judicial
minds" such as are particularly
'adopted to fill the Recorder's office,
but with common sensible minds who
pay the taxes to keep np the ex
penses of the government and who
reason from their experience and ob
servation of things do not regard it
as at all convincing. Mr. Jeffreys
laboring under the influence of a
mighty 'judicial mind',based upon his
experience in office growing out of
the clerical branch of his duties, states
for public information, that the night
watch gets $730 in city scrip per
year for watching the city every
night during the 12 months. This
statement is good so far as it goes,
but thus far it misleads the public
because in addition the night-watch
gets the regular fee for all the arrests
which he makes at the rate of $3 or
$4 each. However, we are not pre
pared to say that this is too much
pay for the night-watch, but on the
contrary W3 have always maintaned
that the night-watch was not paid
too much; but the point in alluding
to it is that when a public officer,
possessing a "judicial mind" volun
teers to publish statements ostensibly
for public information, he should not
stop by stating part of the truth, but
he should state the whole truth.
Again he states that the Marshal
gets about $640 from the city, in city
scrip during the year. In this state
ment like the former he fails to give
the full pay received by the Marshal
because he stops short of staling the
whole fact in this thatjhe neglects to
give the amount received by the
Marshal during the year in the way
of tees outside of what the city pays
him. But the Marshal's office like
the night-watch as it takes their en
tire time if they make good officials
and do their duty we have always
expressed the idea that they were
likely not paid too much. Another
very convincing argument used by
this judicial minded Recorder in
his estimation although not correct
ly stated wherein he says:
"The expenses of thisfoffice seems
to bother the Gazette. I think it
illy becomes a man to argue that the
pay is disproportionate to the labor
done, who for glancing over the re
corded deeds of a man's property
and possibly taking a day's time will
charge $25 or more."
The above quotation furnishes
another knock down argument no
doubt to a "judicial mind'' convinc
ing him that the Recorder's fees are
not high; but to the minds of us com
mon herd it amounts to nothing and
especially when we learn that there
is no truth in the statement made in
the above quotation. Because in
the first place there are a half dozen
other things to do requiring much
more time than glancing at the re
corded deeds of a man's property
before a person can have made a
thorough and safe abstract of a
man's title. In the second place for
a days work at such work as exarr -ining
titles we have never charged
$25 or more nor more than half so
much. In the third place if a man
should charge for examining titles
in proportion to the amount of pay
received by the recorders he should
have to charge at least $100 bach.
We don't mean to say that Mr.
Jeffreys has purposely made this
misstatement, but sometimes "judi
cial minds" arrogate to themselves
an understanding of matters and at
tempt to instruct the public about
it when really and in fact they know
nothing abont the facts about which
they claim to speak. Now we come
to that great and "highest office" of
the city which requires a "judicial
mind" and Mr. Jeffreys tells the pub
lis that the city pays him $620 in
city scrip, but he fails to tell the
whole truth so that the public may
have full information on the subject
by neglecting to tell how much the
city Recorder receives outside of
what the city pays him.
Mr. Jeffreys, in private conversa
tion freely admits that he will make
during the present official year at
least $900. Mr. Sawlell last year
made about $1100 out of the recor
ders office when in fact the duties
thereof could have been preformed
by consuming not more than one
third of their time in either year.
Plenty of men just as well calculated
to fill the recorders oTfice as these
gentlemen who generaly occupy it
can be found, who if they were to
start out to find a situation would
not be able to get more than five or
six hundred dollars per year for
every hour of their time except Sun
days during the whole year. Then
why in the name of common sense
can not the recorders office be filled
by some person in our town having
some other kind of business and hav
ing time sufficient to spare to per
form the duties of recorder under a
fee bill with the fees reduced to half
the amount of the present fees. We
feel safelin saying that there is not a
lawyer in this town who has no busi.
uess out side of his profession to look
after, who would not be willing to
lake the recorders office under a fee
bill which would pay him three or
four hundred dollars per year. We
don't blame these recorders for get
ting all the office will legitimately
pay. But the idea that in order to
perform the duties of recorder and
make a good officer it requires a man
with special judicial training is only
so many high sounding words
amounting to no more than "bosh."
Any good steady man with fair bus
iness ideas and willing to follow es
tablished forms in his clerical duties
can make a good recorder. These
judicial minds may not think so but
the "fault-finders" and "grumblers"
who pay the taxes and thereby bear
the burden of the day assume to say
so because they differ from "judicial
minds" who hold the office and get
the taxes therefor.
CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE A FAT TAKE
Some of our people who think our
city Recorder's pay is not too high
and especially those who were re
cently candidates for the position
can see what people from abroad say
of the matter. We quote from the
Daily Standard as follows: "There
is to be a city election at Corvallis
next Monday, and the city is becom
ing excited accordingly over the
event. There are four candidates for
city recorder. Must be a 'fat take.' "
The term "fat take" made use of is a
familliar term used by printers and
newspaper men by which is meant a
job wherein there is big pay and
little or nothing to do in return "for
such pay. And is certainly the
case when fourr five candidates are
found running for a little municipal
office that it is sure to be a "fat take."
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
The Ryevale discharged 720 tons of tin at
Astoria.
Another addition is to be made to Baker
City.
A stage line is in demand between Echo
and Heppner.
Sheep men in Umatilla county have com
menced shearing.
The L O. G. T. Grand Lodge will meet at
Astoria on June 3rd.
It is feared that the frsst last week in
jured the fruit crop in Baker county.
Abe Hackleman, of Eastern Oregon, sold
3000 head of cattle for 9(10,000.
Fifty cents has been offered to one hop
raiser for his crop already.
An attempt Was made by she prisoners
recently to escape from the jail at Astoria.
The total number of return certificates
issued to Chinamen who have- left San' Fran
cisco for China, since the restriction act
took effect is 6695.
The McMinnville Amatettr Brass Band
has been organized and will soon commence
practicing in earnest.
W. H. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe on
Saturday last, where he expects to spand
the summer with several members of his
family.
On the next trip May 15th, the- pay
master expects to go by rail to the Cow
creek tunnel.
The contemplated woolen mills at Eugene
City are said to become s fact, and that
they will soon be erected.
Mr. Frank Hill, residin? neat Dayton,
had a valuable span of mules killed on last
Tuesday by a tree falling on them.
The Heppner Gazette has jwett with such
flattering success that it promises to en
large to make room for its advertising pat
ronage. The town of Dayton which hag passed'
through the fire several times, has estab
lished fire limits, within which only certain
classes of houses can be constructed.
Hay sells at ?20 at Heppner.
Tacoma is rapidly improving.
Beef is retailing at 25 cents in Seattle.
Dayton W. T., is discussing the sewerage
question.
Drunken Indians annoy the citizens of
Ellensburg.
A side track and water tank is being built
at Alkali.
Strawberries are getting ripe in Douglas
county.
Land is being rapidly settled up in Doug
las .county.
The new bank building at Koseburg is
about completed.
An organized band of claim jumpers is
said to exist at Alpha.
Seattle coal exports during April aggerga
ted 10,506 tons.
Over 18,000 buffalos have been killed in
Montana this season.
Additional machinery is to be made to
the Ashland woolen mills.
Two or three hundred passengers arrive
at Tacoma by every steamer.
Olyrapia dogs have to pay a tax of $1 50
to 3, according to sex.
Mrs. Mary Torry, aged eighty years, died
on the 2d inst. at Wilbur.
They have a 100 gallon capacity whisky
distillery in Jackson county.
A six foot vein of coal has been discov
ered just north of Cathlamet.
The Fannie Paddock hospital at New Ta
coma is crowded with patients.
The two escaped convicts from the Seatco
penitentiary have been recaptured.
During March 37 steamers, 15 ships, 39
barks and 56 schooners passed Cape. Flattery
H. N. Muzzy of Spokane Falls, had his
face lacerated by the "kicking" of a gun
Thirty acres of hop roots have been set
out in one neighborhood in Lane county.
The Elk Head Quicksilver mines is now
turning out fifty pounds of quicksilver per
day.
Mr. J. E. Elkin's team ran away near
Buena Vista, and threw him out, dislocating
his shoulder.
Harrington is the name of a new town in
the Big Bend country, twenty-five miles
north of Sprague.
Andrew C. Masterson died at Walla Walla
the Gth inst. He settled in that section
twenty years ago .
Deaths at Seattle for the months of Feb
ruary, March and April were fifty-four,
twenty-nine being males.
The O. E. & N. Co. has transferred all ot
its property in Walla Walla to the N. P. R.
E. Terminal Co.
The break in the wharf at Tacoma by the
steamer San Pedro will cost $1200 for re
pairs. The increased acreage of hops in Yakima
county will this year be double as much as
the year past.
Freight is carried from The Dalles to
Yakima City, 100 miles, at 2 per hundred
pounds. -
Wallowa valley is said to have 200,000
acres of land that is susceptible of cultiva
tion. The assessor of Pierce county, W. T.,
claims 8000 inhabitants. This includes both
of the Tacomaa.
Pat O'Neil who lives near Tacoma, killed
a cougar with a club. It must have been a
small cougar, or a big club.
Cannery men are paying $1 a piece for
salmon. One cannery near Skomockoway
pays $1.10.
Mr. F. Hill of Yamhill county, had a
valuable pair of mules killed by a tree fall
ing upon them.
George Ely, a farmer near Centerville,
shows a bunch of winter wheat fourteen
inches in height.
The Oregon Construction Company will
put 4000 Chinamen at work on the Blue
Mountain division soon.
Mary A. Langley, of Baker county, fell
from a swing and laid perfectly unconscious
for two weeks before she died.
A Chinaman was killed and another ser
iously wounded at Snsanville, on Elk creek,
in Grant county on Sunday last.
General Fr.nk Wheaton is now at the
Vancouver barracks, acting department
commander in the absence of General Miles.
Up to Saturday night Seattle had raised
$10,000 for the Cedar Valley railroad, and
expects to get the remaiuder before Oct. 1st
The Oregon Short line on the lGth began
to deliver passengers at the new terminus of
the Wood river branch, twenty-two miles
north of Shoshone.
Senator J. N. Dolph, P. G. M., will de
liver the oration at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Odd Fellows' Orphans'
home, on the 17th of May.
A wolf club has been organized by the
citizens who reside onClackamis river, to
protect their flocks of sheep from' wolves.
A bounty will be paid for the scalps.
Mr. fl. G. Iiirlburt, says the Astorian
witn surveyingparcy was at that place on
Friday. This party is- to- examine the
country with regard to timber and survey a
road.
Track laying is progressing finely on the
O. R. & N. line. They are now within a
mile or two of the mouth ot Meacham creek
a distance of twenty-five miles from Pen
pleton. The Columbian River Lumbering Co.,
who represent a capital of $1,500,000, will
commence in June to erect an extensive mill
for the purpose of shipping fir lumber to the
East. It is a Philadelphia eompany. The
location is near Astoria.
A boy namied Smith, in Polk county, fell
last Monday and ran a large darning needle
into his right eye, clear to the bone next to
the nose, where it broke off. He was taken
to Albany and had the needle extracted
and there is hope of saving the eyesight.
A Pendleton paper says that a squaw told
a lady in that place recently that Indian
braves would band together and fight the
soldiers this summer. Very good news, as
more land would be open to settlement next
jfear.-
the stage in Southern Oregon has changed
to summer schedule.
Sheriff Germrn and posse are still pur
suing the murderer Cottner.
The editor of the Waitsbnrg Times has
gone to Kansas on a visit.
Douglas county lumbermen are to meet
and adopt a uniform price for lumber.
Mr. Shanks purchased in Jackson county
4,300 head of sheep for $5,000. He will
drive them to Montana.
The Saranac and str Walla Walla both got
stuck on the St. Helens bar on last Friday
They got off on Saturday.
Eugene Chansser, a 13-year old boy got
into a scuffie with another boy at Jackson
ville and got his arm broken.
The contested right to the town site of
The Dalles has at length been decided in
favor of the city, by the supreme court.
A band of 7000 wethers has been started
from Heppner for Kansas, where they will
be wintered and fatted for Chicago markets.
A chinaman was "blown to kingdon
come, " by a blast of powder, at the rail
road front in Southern Oregon last Thursday.
Three prisoners escaped from the jail at
Pendleton on last Friday night, but two of
them returned the next day and gave them
selves up.
The body of an unknown man but suppos
ed to be Peter George who was drowned at
Clifton about a month ago, was found at
Tongue point on Saturday.
Dr. C. Munson, who has been engaged in
the best sugar manufacture in California,
has arrived at New Tacoma and expects to
establish a manufactory at this place.
Mrs. Geo. E. Myers had an arm disloca
ted by being thrown from a wagon at Spo
kane Jb alls on Tuesday of last week.
Capt. Gore, of Wfe Spokane, found the
body of a man floating in the river below
Monumental rapids April 29th. The body
is probably that of a Chinaman.
The Yakima river is rising rapidly. Re
cent rains in the Yakima section has started
grass and cattle are doing well. Both fall
and spring sown grain looks healthy.
A young man named John Harer was
thrown from a horse near Walla Walla Sat
urday afternoon. Both legs were broken
below the knee, Inflammation set in. De
laying surgical assistance.
A wrecking force left San Francisco last
Friday for the scene of the Enreka's disas
ter. They are accompainied by a diver, and
attempt will be made to save the vessel.
Two men at the new town of Julia last
week concluded thot one or the other had
lived long enough, so they proceeded to emp
ty their revolvers at each other without any
effect, only to frighten the bystanders.
The people of Yakima county are sub
scribing liberally toward building the
wagon-road to connect Seattle with the Ya
kima country.
Arrangements have been perfected for
the immediate building of the Multnomah
Railway company's line from East Portland
to Vancouver. The road is to be finished by
August 1 next.
The Shoalwater bay oyster beds are giv
ing evidence of recuperation, and it is
thought the damage by last winter's severity
has been overestimated.
One day, this past winter, when the pay
roll on the front of the N. P. R. R. was
called, there were 86 men missing and no
oue knew what had become of them.
Butchers frsm The Dalles are offering $60
per head for dry cows and two-year-olds,
and $70 a head for big steers in Haystack
vaUey, but none are offered for sale
A new stern wheel steamer called the
Glide was launched at Seattle' on the 10th.
Five other steamers, unnamed, are now on
the stocks, and will follow her into the wa
ter as soon as their builders can get them
ready.
Officials state that the Central Pacific
railroad work on the Oregon division is be
ing rapidly pushed forward. A large stretch
of masonry has been constructed, and from
the beginning ot the past two weeks they
have put to Work three thousand men at
grading.
The rapid settlement of Fox valley with
in the last few years has created a demand
for the establishment of a postoffice there
and the Postoffice department has just com
pleted its arrangements to this end. The
new office is called Fox, and John J. Buck
master is Postmaster.
F. Hofer after sinking a well near
Wait3burg to a depth of eighty feet failed
to get Water. He then went over the hill
about eighty yards and got six feet of water
by sinking twenty feet. He found the skel
eton and antlers of a very large deer at a
depth of seventy feet under ground in his
first well.
A young man by the name of Wm. Kirby,
was hauling rails on tie hills west of Mc
Minnville, when the wagon, team and all
went rolling down the hill, passing entirely
over William, who, strange to say, es
caped without injury. The horses and
wagon went tumbling down the hill for sev
eral hundred feet, badly hurting the horses
and destroying the wagon.
Henry Villard's car was rnn through
Nevada at the rate of almost a mile a min
ute. Hank Small, the famous engineer
of the Jarrett-Palmer train of five years ago
handled the locomotive on the Sacramento
division.- Four changes- of trainmen were
made on the Union Pacific, and five on the
Central Pacific. Mr. Villard presented each
engineer and conductor with $10, and each
brakeman and fireman with $5.
Work on the eastern extension of the
Northern Pacific is progressing very rapidly.
The road is now completed several miles
this side of Bozeman, the grading finished
to Helena, and the' track is being laid at the
rate of one and a half miles per day. On
the west division, the traok is being laid at
the rate ot one mile per day, and will reach
Missoula, it is claimed, some time this
month, at which time a gap of something
like one hundred and sixty miles will re
main to complete the Northern Pacific
through to the Pacific. It is expected to
have the entire road completed some time
in August, and open for through business
in September.
In the opening of his speech at the state
nniversity at Eugene, Mr. Villard said that
in introducing him President Johnson had
not pronounced his name correctly. It is
frequently spoken that way like the Eng
lish word Willard. He said he does not
sound the-d, and then pronounced his name,
sounding both syllables, with the accent a
little the strongest on the last syllable.
Vil-Zard.
It is said that the Oregon and Transcon
tinental, after paying the dividend due
April 16th, will have over $2,000,000 cash
in its treasury derived from the profits of
construction. The company had outstand
ing in Sept. last, 24,760 shares of stock and
owned Oregon Navigation stocks to the par
value of $35,000,000. The company now
has outstanding 35,000 shares of stock and
it is alleored owns securities as follows, par
value; Oregon Navigation, $9,000,000;
Northern Pacific preferred, $16,000,000; do.
common, $26,000,000; total, $51,000,000.
OrOAT WOOL?
To the goat raisers of the State of Oregon t
I am perfecting an arrangement to
handle all the Goat Wool in the
State and will say to all who
have Goat Wool on hand
PLEiSE SEND ME SAMPLES
from several fleeces, (aveiage) and I will see what can
be done with the same. I dc n't expect this year
to be able to only make a start and the price
will be nominal, but will increase the
price and grade from year to year.
State How Much You Have,
Address,
(jf, James W. Srasfield,
16tf
AGENT.
PORTLAND
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
(Old " NATIONAL," Established 1806.
128 Front St.,
Between Washington and Alder,
PORTLAND, - - OREGON.
An institution designed "for the practical
business education of both sexes.
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed,
-AND
SALE
STABLE.
iVIain St., Covvalliw, Oregon.
SOL. KING,
Prop.
Admitted on any week-day of the year. No
vacation at any time, and no exam
ination on entering.
Scholarship, for Full Business Course-,. $60
m wok
Of all kinds executed to order at reasonable
rates. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The College Journal, "containing informa
tion of the course of study, when to enter,
time required, cost of board, etc., and cuts
of ornamental penmanship, from the pen
of Prof. Wasco, sent free.
Address A. P. ARMSTRONG,
Lock Box 104,
Portland, Oregon.
19-31 ni9
"It is not wealth, or frmve, or state,
But get up and git that mskes me grat.
YOU SEE THAT
S. A. HEMPHILL
is still sitting on the smoothe side of poverty
drawing out the cords of affliction in
behalf of his old customers, where
he keeps constantly on hand
a full supply of
No, 1 Harness, Saddles, Bridles,
COLLARS, VHSPS, COMBS, BRUSHES,
Robes, Spuria, Sponges, Harness Oil, Blan
kets, Hobbles, Nose Bags,' Cinches, Harness
Soap and everything that is kept in a first
class harness store.
Carriage Triairrringg I Ecpairins Done on
a Specialty. Short Notice.
Call and see for yourself before buying else
where, at the old stand, opposite
the express office.
Corvallis,
-20-6tf
Oregon.
0
WNIXG BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED
offer superior accommodations in the Liverv
Always ready for a driyc,
GOOD TEMS
At Low Rates.
My staples are first-cla s in every respect, and
petent and obliging hostlers always
rea y to serve the public,
REASONABLE CHARGES FOR HIRE.
Prticular Attention Paid to Boardin
Horses4
ELEGANT HEARSE, CAI WAGES AND HACK
FOR FUNERAE8. Mfifry
STEAM POWER !
Chinaman mus go its cheap to use steam
and cut cues. .Your wood will burn
better and last longer if yon get
JONMY MOORE'S STEAM SAW
a hold of your wood. Try it and you won't
have any other. He is always ready.
I would state to the farmers of Benton and
Linn counties that I have a small port
able steam aw mill and am ready
to make contracts to saw
MR POLES FOR FENCING
They make a very Iasty fence. Commence no
and cut your fur poles and pile thein in
piles or rick them and come and
see me. I mean business.
JOHN Wm. MOORE
I'pm now rMiMinpf a
FILE ZORIVER
to be used on the Willamette river and wi
in a few days be ready to drive piles an
.vhere along the Willamette river. Ware
house men and saw mill men will do well to
mw aehd &m sail
1 also have a land driver and will take con
tracts to drive piles anywhere in Polk, Ben
ton, Linn and Lane counties. I use attain
power.
. . John Wm. Moore.
City Stables a Daily Stage Line
TO C0B&LUS.
Proprietor.
Having secured thecontract to carrying thv
FE'GM ALBANY
THOS. EGLIN,
On the Corner West ofr the Engine House
CORVALLIS, - - OREGON.
HAVING COMPLETED MY
new and commodious BAUN,
I um better than ever prepared to
keep the
BEST OF TEAMS, BUGGIES. ARRWGES
SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE.
At Reasonable Rates.
tST Particular attention given to Boarding Horses
Horses Bought ana sola or nxcnangea.
PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
United States X v
Corvallis to Albany
For the ensuinc four vears w leave Corvallis each?
morning at 8 o'clock, arriving in Albany about TO1
o'clock, and will start from Albany at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon, returnincr to Corvallis about 3 o'clock
Tliisline will be prepared with good tt-am and car
cul drivers and nice comfortable and
EASY RIDING VEHICLES
For the accommodation of the
TRAVELLING PCBIIC.
19-27yl
THOMAS GRAHAM,
Druggist and Apothcary,
-AND DEALER IN-
PUIS, WIS, TAMIS1S, BRISHES, CUSS, PBTTT, TRUSSES,
SHOULDER BRACES, TOILET ARTICLES &C,
A full line ot Broks, Stationery and Wall Paper. Orr drugs are fresli anrT
well selected. Paescriptions compounded at all hours.- l'9-27yi
Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by
OT. BLAIR;
-AT-
f ORVALLIS
SvCKS PURNISHEDT0 PATRONJs
Farmers will do Well to call on me before making arrangement's elsewhere
18-27-vl"
WILLIAM MORRIS,
TAILOR,
Front Street.
) nSXTXT ATT TO rvu
TWO doom north of the jjfucent House, f LVJIV T XV.J-JJ-JJ.k7, V 1 V
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
Ring ami Cleaning at moderate Prices, I9-2r5yI