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i i VOL. XXI. CORVALLIS, OREGON, MARCH 28, 1884. Published every Friday Morning BY GAZETTE PUBLISHING HOUSE. SUBSCRIPTION RATt : (Payable in Advance.) Per Year, 2 SO six Months, 1 SO Three Months 1 00 Single Copies 10c Per Year (when not paid in advonce) 3 00 A DEMORALIZED PARTY. The attitude of the democratic party on the only issue upon which thev have pretended to have any distinct policy, the tariff, has thus far been singularly weak and discreditable. The election of Mr. Carlisle and the choice of 111 c fnmmittpp rn wo trc inrl momc All nntieeff and advertisements intended for nub- atian ahoald be handed in by noon on Wednesdays. gave the Country reason tO expect that Rates of advertising made known on application. some measure of a definite character THE GAZETTE. To all of onr subscribers we ask to carefully note he great improvement in the Gazktte during the ast year, and after reading it carefully hand a copy hereof to some friend or neighbor who is not taking t. and who needs a 'paper, &.J ask them to suLyrib At the same time ir. ite treir attention to tne -that fKa fl tteMtfflBSfer iflftfcr va' ifcr of graphic, general news and miscellaneous, fireside ana .family reading than any other paper published in Oregon. To all persons who receive sample copies of the Uazfttk, we ask to read and examine it carefully nd decide if they can afforJ to do without it when a paper containing so much interesting reading can be obtained for the small sum of two dollars and fifty :ents per year in advance. A man should subscribe for a newspaper just ex actly for the same reason that he buys a dollar's worth of coffee, or transacts any other kind of busi ness. When one buys sugar or coffee, in the first place it is because it is needed, and it is bought where the best article can be had for the money. So you should subscribe for your paper, because you need it and it docs not pay you to do without it. And when you subscribe you should get the one that is the best and the most valuable to you for your money. We propose to furnish to all desiring, the best news and general family paper in Oregon and ask all who need such a thing to come forward and subscrbe. THK AMERICAN FARMER tnA t.h p(o v ir.i.iu 11 TirrTir fur "- DO ii vi'iir iit n1- vanna Wo Itava i u-r f .i -f ;r ) a rn i r , i 1 1 1 . nt .a uith tllf nil that etcih e as to o.Tet our suijserioers a nrst- The American i.ionthJv inarazinR which is ran- idly taking rank a, one . thc latdiQg a(fricuUurai jiublications of the country fcacn ,ir w!j CHI1 tain useful information for the farmer, nil wilt, .sons and his daughters. As it corts you almost noth ing, suppose you try it one year. Parties de-dring valuable reading matter on farm, stock and agricul tural subjects, will And this the must profitable and cheapest way to (ret it. and of substanj promptly mm pass the for the speafe and oa 1 toVj qusprcvcu: would be would at least the fight thel t-krilT. . I itK act m. VTdall The New York Times of the 20th says: "It was stated in railroad circles yesterday that there were likely to be important developments in the affairs of the Oregon and Transcontinental company soon. Elijah Smith has de-j clared that he would accept the presi: dency of the Oregon Improvemen company, but not of the Oregon and Transcontinental. " l(KBiHKKriOt vanue tut NO. 14. INSTITUTE. tial . ellect eTsKsraH rnaae on paring apoK nodrfltic uffif institute for the third will be held in Albany, , and 4. By request we following from the Albany the subject: ;t of our legislature in es- institute work was to ad educational standing of our teachers, and, through them, the public At a conference between the com- schools' of the state. It was thought mittees of the St. Paul and Minneapo- that the teachers needed more thorough lis chamber of commerce antv Vj&ru visuJh,tWi ia their work, and that the general freight iHiPro,-.4jers' association would afford the Northern Pa- them the means of making this prepa- anc be der o w.Mch it is printed. rami r is 10 p... At the Worlds fair committee in San Francisco last Friday, the secre tary reported progress as follows: Pe titions asking government aid to the amount of $2,000,000 have received 9000 signatures in thirteen days. With few exceptions, governors of the respective states and territories have appointed commissioners where they have had power to do so, and where they have not such power, the favora ble attention of the legislature will be called to the matter. California is jubilant over her agri cultural and industrial prospects for the year of 1884. Up to February not more than five inches . had fallen, but since then the rain fall has exceed ed ten inches. The ground has been soaked, even the driest parts of the land have received more than their quota, and instead of being parched by drought have experienced some of the most notable floods and freshets in the history of the state. One nota ble result of the change in the weather has been the heavy exports, particular ly of wheat, that have gone out since the first of March; the grand total of one week's shipment of wheat and flour amounting to $1,173,490, which is about equal to the amount ever shipped in one week of any year. Ii speaks eloquently for the future har vest, and the the outlook is for a most bountiful yield. General Rosecrans, from the com mittee on military affairs reported fa vorably a joint resolution amending the acts of June 7, 1882, which pro vides l'or ascertaining the claims of the stales qf California, Oregon and Neva da ronk expenses in suppressing Indian hostiitiesL The ioint resolution is a propost '. aendment to the original act by permitting the state of .California to prove up claims accrued as far back as 1856. The law, as it stands; only permits the payment of claims arising since 1861. He also reported adversly from the committee on military affairs, a bill for the relief .of citizens of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana who served in-connection with United States troops in the war with the Nez Perce Indians, and for the relief of heirs of such as were killed in such service. The report says: "Informa tion in the papers accompanying the would not" accept contest. He has pers! to make the work of pre difficult and embarrassing heart he cared less for the party than he did for the personal for tunes, which were intimately linked with the beneficiaries of the high tar iff. Mr. Morrison's committee were forced to abandon any idea of a ra tional revision of the tariff, and to con tent themselves with the proposal of a horizontal reduction of 20 per cent., a considerable addition to the free list, and a limitation of the duties on cot ton, steel and woolen goods. Put the committee had hardly got this bill in shape before it was found necessary to cut down the free list to the three articles of coal, salt and lum ber, thus abandoning nearly every at tempt to relieve manufactures by re ducing the duties, on raw materials. It is now reported that before the bill rm;h3s the house to 20 per cent, re duction will be made 15 per cent., and coal may be omitted from the free list Even on this measure, whittled down to almost nothing, there is grave doubt ot a democratic majority. What ever Mr. Randall may admit or deny, he is practically the leader of a com bination between a minority of the democrats and the majority of the re publicans to defeat any tariff legisla tion, and he has practically kept back the appropriations until he is in a posi tion to oppose them to the propositions of the ways and means committee. New York Times. a - tm THE AU2N LAWS. Complaint having been made to con- .1 . . 1 1 ' 1 r 11 , grcss uiai me anen law or ia4 nas been grossly abused by the foreigners to the detriment of American pilots and engineers. Under the law any alien who has legally declared his in tention of becoming a citizen ot the United States, and has had a perma nentresidence in this country for six months prior to his application for license, may be licensed as a pilot or engineer of any steamboat as if he had already been natuualized. It is alleged that on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Canadian bor der, a large proportion of aliens get their license as pilots and engineers by declaring their intention, but never be coming bona fide citizens; that their only residence in this country is during the navigation season, and that when that season is over they, having served as American captains, pilots and engi neers, return to the Canadian homes, where they pay taxes and own alle giance to their foreign power. These aliens get their licenses renewed year after year by simply exhibiting to the inspectors the papers they held the previous year. An American pilot or engineer cannot act in that capacity upon a Canadian vessel without being a British subject, the law being strictly enforced against him. To correct the abuses of the Ameri can law the commerce ..committee of the house has recommended that the law be amended so that, to obtain a renewal of a license as engineer or pilot applicant must exhibit to the inspector satisfactory evidence, under oath, that he has continuously resided in the United States for one year preceeding the application, and that no license shall be granted to any person who has not been a resident of this country four years, or who has received a fourth President Oakes dfgixt Hannaforrl eific recently, some misapprehensions f the tenor of the meeting at which fte" Minneapolis committee had been ppointed, were dispelled on one hand and the workings of the new tariff were explained up on the other. Mr. Oakes showed that in making up the tariff, graduating rates had been made from St. Paul to Portland on one hand, and rates upon the same basis of compensation made from Portland to St. Paul and Minneapolis on the other. "It would be suicidal," Oakes said, "to ruin the Pacific coast trade, which was governed by conditions of water transportation, etc.. in the inter est of cities at this end of the line. In adjusting the tariff St. Paul and Minne apolis had been accorded practically all the territory from the Idaho line eastward, and Portland all from that point westward. Walla Walla, Colfax, Wallula, Farmington and some other points Irhich were named, were in the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com pany's line, and not within their jurisdiction." ration. This, then, they vere expected to do, and to take advantage of this valuable and practical means for self improvement, becomes the duty of every live teacher. This is by no means a new method for the advancement of the teachers' profession, neither did it originate in Oregon, but for many years it has been used as one ot the most potent educational factors in the New England States, the Middle and Western states, and we note here the gratifying results of their establishment in most of the Southern states where they have been well attended and have undoubtedly produced good results and are proving to be an important agency .i. .i ..- r i ,.,.1 1.. rru. l" uuc u uicil i "'e u,uuIS. tne t;eSj as foJlows. development of the public school sys- Baker 5 Lake 2 tern in the southern states proves con-1 aeIltun 0 Lane 10 . ... Clackamas 10 JLiuu 12 clusively the recupemon possible, not Clatsop J Marion 18 oniv in tvi,.reii:il wenltli lint, in intol. Columbia 4 Multnomah 35 j , struction whenever he is disposed to be careless or lacks information necessary to distinguish the right from wrong. We admit that he might by constant reading gain a good knowledge of the theory and practice of teaching by reading school journals and paying close attention to educational literature generally, but there will still be left a work for the institute to do, and one which nothing else is capable of per forming. Young teachers especially, then, should be present at each and every s-ssioa -o the institute, and with note-book and pencil in hand, be dili gent in taking notes of the best thoughts and choicest methods present ed by experienced teachers who will lie present. Call Adopted by tne Committee. A KepuWican Convention for the state of Oregon is called to meet at the city of Fort land, Oregon, on Wednesday, the 30th day of April, 1884, at 11 o'clock A. M., for tin; purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices, to wit : Representatives in Congress, Judge of the Supreme Court, three Presidential Electors, and disrtict officers for the several judicial districts, and to select six delegates to attend the Na tional Republican Convention, and to trans act such other' business as may properly come before the Convention. The convention will consist 206 of dele gates, apportioned among the several coun- MISCELLANEOUS CARDS. M. S. WOODCOCK, Attornev " at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. GEORGE A. BROCK, -A.ttora.ev at Law, AND NOTARY PUBUC, CORVALLIS, - OREGON. Office with P M. ton. J. B. Lbk, M. D. G. R. ittA, M. D. LEE & FARRA, Irfjivsicians, Surgcns And Accouchers. Corvallis, - - Oregon. 20-31tf ( 'oi in fi lectual wealth as well, and we bid the Crook 5 nili'i- mpn nn.l wnrnen wlin ow l-.iKnr- Curry 2 , ., , , , , , , ILouglas . ing joe uie development, anu upDiuiaing WOOL IN CALIFORNIA. The wool growers of California have had a great many ups and downs. They are just now concerned about the proposed change in thedutieson wool They want more protection, rather I than less. In this respect they are in accord with the wool growers of Ohio. The wool clip of this Stnte in 1883 was about 40,000,000 pounds. But most of this product brought low pricec. There were several reasons for this. In the first place the woolen factories of the Eastern States had come upon a comparatively dull year in the manufacture of woolen fabrics. Nearly all kindsof manufactured goods had been ruling low. Metal goods were low, especially those of iron and steel. There had been a season of over-production in nearly all classes of goods. The wool buyer went to Aus tralia and to Texas for a number of grades of wool. It is of prime con cern now to inquire further why Cali fornia wools are neglected. The dull season accounts for a falling off de mand and for low prices. But it does not account for the preference which wool buyers are giving to Texas and Australian wools. Great attention has been paid in California to the production of Spanish merino sheep. These sheep carry fine wool, which is gummy and very dirty for the most part. Some complaint has been made about the weakness of fibre. But such complaint, we Like it, are confined to a few lots, or affect only limited localities. For some rea son California wool, or a great deal of it, does not rank high in the eastern markets. This is evident from the market quotations, and from the cur rent comments in eastern papers. When the fruit growers of this state have im portant interests to consider, they come together in state and district con ventions; and they give the interests they represent a pretty thorough over hauling. The wool growers might take a hint as to the value of such meetings. 1 he burry ana airty Cali fornia wool is inevitable in the first instance; but is it not possible to do the scouring at home; and ship for the most part wool separated from burrs and dirt? Wool growers are compe tent to answer these and many other questions affecting their interests. But it certainly is not too early for them to of the sunny south Godspeed. While we are happy, in this development and progress in our sisir states, we are more immediately concerned :jour own educational advancement as a state, judicial district and county. Some people are continually looking abroad for missionary fields of labor and theij-eagle, gaze oftentimes pene trates to the utmost isles of the sea in search of ignorant humanity, forgeting in their philanthropic zeal, that there may be a small field near home, and this brings us again to our subject, the institute and its purposes. Before in stitutes and teachers' associations came into vogue, every teacher taught his own school and confined himself to his own plans and ideas, as if that might be (Squers like) the only school in the 12 5 (i 3 Folk Tillamook . . . Umatilla. . . . Union Wasco Washington . Yamhill 15 O. F. WILLEY. M. D. Physician and. Surgeon, Corvallis, - Oregon. office two doors north of gazette oitice. Residence one door north of office. 2051 T.V B.EMBREE.M.D., Ihysicimn fc Surgeon. Office 2 doors south of H. E. Harris' Store, Cobvalli, - - Oregon. Residence on the southwest corner of block, north Mid west of the Methodist church. li:21-vrl. PHOTOGEAPHS. FINISHED IN BEST STYLE. LOW RATES. PICTURES REPRODUCED- Great care taken With Children. WORK DONE.SATISFACTOU1LY AND PROMPTLY .1. W. McCOSNELL, Artist, One door south sf A. Cauthorn & Son. W. C. Cmwford, JEEWLER. Grant Jackson. . Josephine Klamath 2 Total 206 The same being one at large from each county, and one delegate for every 125 votes, and one for every fraction over one half thereof, cast for Hon. M. C. George, Congressicnn, at the last general election. The committed recommend that th- uri maries be held on Saturday tw l-i.v. .. c April, ami the connty conventions on Tues day, the 22d day of April, unless otherwise ordered by the proper County Central Com mittees. The committee earnestly recommend that the delegates elected to the .State Conven tion attend in person, and if not convenient for thein to so attend personally, that they send their proxies by electors of the county they represent. The ltepublican voters of the state, with out regard to past political differences, who are in favor of elevating and dignifying American labor giving free popular educa- world. Perhaps, unless a "spelling j turn to the masses of the peoplo, effectually bee" or a "cornlmsking" chanced to protecting all human rights in every section bring them together, he never met his of ourcommpn country, and who desire to renewed license, unless applicant shall exhibit to the inspectors certificate of inquire why California wool does not fellow teacher hi the adjacent c'istiict, and when they occasionally did meet, it was only to exchange a surly saluta tion and then they immediately retired to their respective burrows, where un der the seductive influence of a corn cob pipe siesta, they meditated in peace and quietute upon the hermetical bachelorism of Mr. Pickwick. But again something more than a mere meeting is intended. There will be plenty of good solid work for the teachers to do after they cftme together and care should be taken to inform each teacher of the topic assigned to him some time before the meeting, in order to give him an opportunity to review it. There is no one that does not prefer the pleasure of success to the moiikvaiioii consequent upon failure, and a desire to excel should prompt every teacher to study his part closely, ih at he might be able to use it to the best advantage when the day arrives. This will cause research on his part, and his boundaries of knowledge will be proportionately extended, Subjects he had entirely neglected will come before him for examination, while others that he had passed over lightly would be more apt to receive the prop er amount of attention. The point here is, that teachers should be duly inform ed of their subjects, and then they should make thorough preparation. Again, in teaching, as in architec ture, the stronger parts should sustain the weaker, and the teacher just assum ing the responsibilities of his first school should have some means of avail ing himself of those who have been longer at the work. There are numerous byroads liable to lead him astray, and bill is too indefinite to justify the com mittee in recsmmending the passage of admission to citizenship of the United command better prices in the Atlantic . errors and mistakes without number the bilL" ! States. i markets. Bulletin. readv to crecm into his methods (fin- promote friendly feeling and permanent har mony throughout the state by maintaining EPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc. All kinds of repairing done on short notice, and all l82S-yl 9 work warranted. Real Estate Agency. have some very da-iiiuulc; property on the Bay for ale in lots from 10 to. 237 acres. Some of this ia ear the O P. R. K. terminus. Persons wishing- to invest will do well to call on mewhen prices are rea suitable. Address with-stamps to pre pay postage. R. A. Be.NSELL v-ewport Benton Conner Or. - . ,.IJM F. J. Hertdrichson, Boot and Shoe Maker, Philomath. Oregon. I always keep on hand superior ma terial and warrant my work. I ask an examination, of my goods before purchasing' elsewhere. 19-;2-lyr F. J. Hendrichson. LEGAL LANE FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. ACMlNISTRATCR'SrNOTiCE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Will iam Masters, has been appointed aoministrator of the estate of John W. York, deceased, by theCounty . ,, i i i i i court OI tsenton county, urction. A l persons navmir a government pledged to these objects and I . .. proper vouchers to said administrator, at the law offieeof MS. Wood cock, in the city of Corvallis, in said county of Benton, within six months from the date of U.ib notice. IJated this the 29th day of Feb ruary, 1&S4. 2110ft WILLIAM MASTERS, Administrator of the Estate of John W.York, dee'd. privileges, are cordially invited to unite in selecting delegates to the Republican State Convention. SOL. HIUSCH, Chairman. Portland, Oregon, Feb. 21, 1884. The following was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the committee earnestly recommend that the delegates elected to the state convention attend personally, or that they send their proxies by electors of the county they represent. Proclamation. State of Oregon, 1 Executive Ofhcf.. Salem, Feb. 12, 1884. ) To All Whom it may Concern : oreeting. Whereas, the following Joint Resolution was duly adopted by both Houses of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon at the sessions cf 1880 and 1882, to-wit : "Be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, that the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Oregon be, and is hereby proposed : article 1. The elective franchise in this State shall not hereafter be prohibited to any citizen on account of sex." Now, therefore, persuant to said action of said Legislative Assembly, and in com pliancejwith the provisions of Senate Join Resolution No. 9, adopted by said Legisla tive Assembly at the session of 1882, pro viding for the submission of said amend ment to the people of the State. Proclamation is hereby made that said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Oregon will be submitted to the legal voters of the State of Oregon, for rati fication or rejection, at the general election to be held therein on Monda3 the 2nd day of June, a. d , 1884. Witness my hand and the great seal of State of Oregon hereto attached, this 12th day of February, A. n. 1884. Z. F. MOODY, Ccvernor. L. S. Attest : R. P. E.vrhart. Secretary of State. 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