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News Summary. 1 f A starch factory is to be erected at The Dalles during the summer. Barley three and a half feet high and folly headed is to be seen in J ,ckso:i coun ty. A large number of new settlers are going into Langell valley, Lake county, thit, spring. A new town name i Lexington has been laid out six miles north of Heppner, in Mor row county. Several farmers near Tangent have been obliged to stop plowing on account of the dry weather. W. H. Bostwick, of Uniontown has ship ped ll.OCO pounds of apples from his piace to San Francisco recently. A sne.ik thief entered the house of John Bichards, Bethel, Po'.k county, a few even ings since and stole 80 in money and a suit of clothes. The operation of the Ashland woolen mills has been impelled ly the scarcity of water, something unknown before at this 8ason of the year. The recent decission of the land office at Washington, relative to line lands of the Northern Pacific railroads, greatly please citizens of Walla Walla. Medford Monitor: H. Gilbert presented us with a large piece of native tin. He says Jus has located a well -defined ledge and will soon lay claim to the State bonus of 5,000. Farmers have been putting in full time for the past four weeks, but the ground is now too dry for plowing in most places. The crop prospects were never more flatter ing than at the present time. Kugene City Begister. The Chinese merchants at Victoria, B. C, are so. exasperated at the enforcement of the restriction bill that it is reported they .are aliost to offer their stocks and buildings to the government and leave the country. Miss Buick and Mrs. Drake, of Myrtle Creek, Douglas county, recently circulated a remonstrance against granting a liijuor license in that town and secured more sign ers than the would-be saloon-keeper obtain ed to his peUivMi. Last week nine car loads of horses left Dayton, VV. T. for Chicago. The fn ijtllt is $235 a car, and free transportation for men needed' to care for them. They go over the Northern Paeilie. The shipment is 150 horses, cost about 14 a head. In this country, siys the Walla Walla Statesman, the . cherry arid apple are in bloom; we expect strawberries in a few days m re; new potatoes have been eaten; wheat is sixteen inches high; volunteer barley is heading out and all the fields around are rank with the emerald green growth. A new variety of hop3 liai recently been exhibited ly Prof. Max Cornu at the nat ional and central Itftrlicaltaral society of France in which the lower le ives do not fall off as in tbecmHimn hop. It is of very Vapid growth, forming tufts upwards of 23 -feet in one year. If. i.j of Japanese origin. Portland merchants are going to invest in a large fruit cannery Jo 1)8 eractei in East Portland. This is t move in the right direction as tons of i i wit go to wasle every year in the Willamette Valley, audit only needs a little push to make a good market in the East for the g .ods. The fruit of 'Oregon is the finest in the world and it is time that the people of this section made "fie rest of the world understand it. The gratifying report comes that Oregon has fcjen awarded first premiums at New Orleans for choice dried prunes of German, French and Silver varieties. Oregon ought to lie able to stop the importation of Euro MM dried prunes entirely if our people rould only go into fruit raising on the large j"ale which the natural advantages of the atate would warrant. The running cars on the Pacific Division have lately been improved somewhat. The ear shops in Taeoma have fiuished the work of replacing the edd cast iron wheels, used by the passenger coaches, with steel tired wheels, and now all cars on passenger trains including the mail, baggage and express, are similarly equipped. Another improve ment is now being made by placing air tight signals on the passenger coaches, doing away with the itell c rd. These improve ments will also be adopted on the main line. A recent decisioh of the supreme court of "Washington Territory, Judge Hoyt deliver ing the opinion, holds that a stale legisla ture, in the absence of constitutional restrict ions, has power to grant divorces, and that such power being conceded, no question of whether there was sufficient cause for the -dissolution of the marriage tie can be raised in the courts. Also, that "the marriage re lation is a status rather than a contract, and so the serverauce of it by legislative enact ment would not be an act in derogation to the provision in the constitution of the Un ited States relative to laws iinparing the ob ligations of contracts," Judge Wingard assented. The Hocking valley strike lasted within a few weeks of an entire year. It was one of the most memorable labor struggles ever seen in this country, from beginning to end disasterous to all concerned, and it is de voutly to be hoped that we may never see another like it. To the operators it brought less of trade, time and money, and to the workingmen hunger, hardship and pri vation. In a'country like this such con flcts between capital and labor should never be necessary, but they will continue so long as, in too many cases, aggregated wealth is but a synonym for aggregated and heartless greed, and until workingmen are better able to discriminate between the counsels of It costs the British Government $4 50 per ton to transport from England to Egypt for the Soudan expedition. In New York City there is quite a demand for crazy quilts, and lunatics have been dis covered who are willing to pay from $50 to $500 for one of elaborate design. One of the heaviest showers of rain that ever fell in that section, visited Uniontown ind Sterlingville precincts, Jackson county, Wednesday evening. Crops are consequent ly looking finely there. iext fall, says the Yreka Journal, there will be an immense number of young cattle in Siskiyou county, as the increase has but very little loss in consequence of the extra ordinnry mild winter. The United States Government says the widow of the late Mr. Webster, formerly Collector of Customs at Port Towusend, $1,000 for the sit : of the lighthouse at Point Robinson in Pierce county. Grasshoppers are already hatching out by the thousands near White Bock, El Dorado county, California, and the indications are that the whole section of country will soon be swarming with the pestiferous insects. A. H. Denny, residing near Bethel, has recently grubbed up the largest silver beal tree in Oregon, set out by W. P. Watson, ex-president of the agricultural society, in 1850. It measured eight feet seven inches in circmufereuce two feet above the ground. The churn must go. According to a French patent the passage of a suitable electric current through milk cr.uscs the rapid seperation of the butter and renders churning unnecessary. The manufacture of cheese and the removal of rancidity from butter by electrical aid are also claimed. A common sample of the White Bull ore from the Santiam mines has been examined by a Portland assayer and found to contain $15 50 o gold to the ton and 05 in silver. file Santiam mining district is but three miles square anil for its size is pronounced the richest on the Pacific Coast. The JacksonvillejSentinel says: In the orchard of David Cronemiller of this place, can be found a fig tree with figs on that had not been picked last year, and are still hard and have neve been frozen, and the tree is now laden with a crop in size about as large as peas. If any oue can beat this for cli mate, we would like to hear it told. A man in Jackson, Michigan, c'aiins to have a towel made by his grandfather in 1734 and thinks it a great couriosity. If he could only get one gaze upon our cleanest towel which was hung up long last August, he would not be slow in coming to the con clusion that his relic is nowhere in compari son with a printer's towel. Lakeview Ex aminer. Roseburg Review: One day last week, while C. W. Smith was hunting in his pas ture for coyotos and looking in some holes ;imong the rocks, he had oeneluded to stop up a hole, and on putting his fingers under a rock to turn it over a coiled rattlesnake sounded the alarm. Mr. Smith found many more snakes sunning themselves on the rocks and succeeded in killing seeial. Southern Oregon is receiving 85 per cent. of the immigrants arriving in Portland, as a result of judicious advertising of her re sources by mjaus ot pamphlets, several counties in other parts of the State have begun issuing immigration literature as a means of diverting a part ot the population in their direction. This is commendable enterprise on the part of aii and commend able enterpri ,e wins in the long mil. Following is the kind of weather they had in New Orleaiis .in ihe 26.li of March, ac cording to the Times-Dcuiocrat: "The Spanish bayonet is blooming, the violets are abundant, roses are opening the leaves are forming, peach blossoms everywhere, and yet the weather continues wet, cold and lisagreeable. Winter is still lingering i the lap of spring in earnest. Theamature gardener may be seen of mornings jiving himself rheumatism fooling around si sickly lot of garden truck." The San Francisco Post says: The ques tion of the prompt completion of the Cali fornia and Oregon line, from Delta to the Oregon State line, depends materially upon the rapidity with which the new issue of bonds by the Central Pacific Railroad is taken up. At present there is a depression in railroad secsrities, and the general pub lic are somewhat inclined to abstain from investing in them. The probable result, so far as present indications go, will be that little railroad t uilding will be done this year. Ihe road from Delta to the line is through a very difficult and mountainous country, and will require a large force of men, and a question arises whether the men qualified for the work can be obtained in sufficient force this season. When once c nuneuced, the road could probably be car ried through in two seasons, if favorable ones. It may be commenced this year. What action may be taken is not yet known, Seventy-two patents have recently been issued by the secretary of the interior to the Lummi Indians. These patents cover about 10,000 acres of the best land in Washington territory, located on the nothei i and west ern shores of Bellingham bay, within five miles of the city of Whatcom. For years it has been the cherished hope of the citi zens of Whatcom county that the Lum mi reservation would be thrown open to settlement. The issuance of the paten's precludes the consummation of this much- desired result. The body of land occupied by them, although very rich in agricultural resources, capable of furnishing fruit, grain and produce sufficient to sustain a popula tion of 10,000 souls, will never be cultivated by the Lummi Indians. The salmon, hali but, crabs and clams can be obtained with less exertion. At least 95 per cent, of the 10,000 acres of the reservation will remain Temperance Department. EDITED BY THE W. C. T. tT. According to the statistics, during the year ending January 30 1884, the consump tion of whisky in this country was about 127 gallons for every inhabitant, and 14 gallons o w ne and beer each, ef tobacco aboni three pounds, including sixty cigars and fifteen cigaretts for each person. We all do not share equally in this feast, but we all share in the effects, thi degradation, the hard times, "willful waste makes woeful want." Mary C. Leavitt, national superinten dent, reconnaisance for the world s W. C. T. U. has organized a union in the Sand- wich Islands, also in Australia, she hopes to go to India, China and Japan. She goes in true apostolic faith "without purse or scrip" The prayers of thousands do follow her and surely there are consecrated dollars some where sufficient for her needs. Dr. U. N. McDonald of San Francisco sent her one hundred dollars, others have sent smaller gifts. The bannei representing the Press de partment of the national W. C. T. U. at the World's Fair, New Orleans, is of light blue silk mounted on a gold bronze stand. At the base a mountain scene, with hills near and far, and a river winding between an almost pertect rep-esentatiou oi rne glimpse of hills looking northward toward Brattleton, hills of New Hampshire Mass achusetts and Vermont. In the center a large white dome, and at the top in gold etters the verse, "How beautiful upon the mountains are feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace." The artisj is Miss Mary Gordon, of Brattleton. Oregon W. C. T. U. or rather the Salem union has sent a shield of Salmon satin with a painting of Mt. Hood, very beautifully executed, a border of ferns and wheat, gives a good idea of the growth of each of these n our state. o hi s -3 V OS Vh c Pi 89 M M o o eg O 5 b a W s s ft O JS bo S Ctf C V ni W U -t- 4J A o o Q o pq N P3 w a. s n (i P 5 - 3 v u 3 a o O if) -J o .a eg 9 a. tj -- c ol X! u u V 02 EH i i PI W Pl o A nasal injector free w ith each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Homely. Price 50 cents For sale at T. Graham's. "Hackmetack" a lasting and fragrant per fume. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale at T. Graham's. Shiloh's Catarrh remedy a positive cure for Catarrh. Diptheri. and Canker Mouth. For sale at T. Graham's. Shiloh's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Fo-sa'eatT. Graham's. For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, yno have a printed guarintee on every bottle of Shilo. . Vitalizer. Itre.-er fails to cure. For sale a 'n. Graham s. Are you made miserable by indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite. Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a posi tive cure. For sale at T. Graham's. . The Rev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bourbon Ind., says: "Both myself and wife owe our':vesto Shiloh's Consumption Cure." For sa'e etc r'. Graham's. Why will you cough when Shiloh's Cure' will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts., and $1. For sale at T. Graham's, (SB (GlAlZlbiTlTlE WOODCOCK & BALDWINS TTTF! HEIST AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS! HARDWARE OF All KINDS AT those who honestly desire their true welfare ' undevelopel There are only 275 Indians and. the froth' oloquence of idle dem,. on tha reservation, all told, according to gogue. Agent Buckley. BROUGHT BY THEM Direct from the East ! S s TOVE DIRECT FROM Eastern and St. Louis FOUNDRIES. MANUFACTURERS OF TINWARE AND PLUMBIN 6 A SPECIALTY. QoRVflLus.) - Oregon JOB PRINTING DEPARTK ENT BEING SU7PLIED WITH LATEST STYLES, AND DESIGNS OF Type and all Printing Material IS PREPARED TO DO FINE B3DK ANCvAMCYJOB PRINTING In the latest styles an. I . it pi ices '.mt litt'e mr thin cost of labor an J matenai, on g. ..irt notiut We are constantly turning out at prices winch dtf com petition, the uiusst designs of Letter heads, Bill heads, Envelopes, Visiting cards, Business cards, Programs, Ball tickets, .Note books, Order hooks, .Receipt books, Posters, Druggists labels, ' Gummed or Ungummed, v Legal blanks, Sea l tbr Samples ai:d P .-i3 to t'ae G; zette i fice it you want the Best work at Low st Pric s. lONECfJX Three Year Old Record 2:41. Son of Altamont (2:27), and Belle Price. Will be kept the season of 1885 on the farm of J. VV. McKniuht, at Lowson Station on the uarrow gauge railroad. Linn Co., Or. Will be allowed to serve a limited number of mares at $50, payalde when the mare is removed from the farm, with the privilege of returning barren mares in 1886 free ot charge. ' ONECO Was started in all the principal three year old races in Oregon in 18S4, winning three out of four, and making a record of 2;41, wnich stands at the head of all three j ear old records on the North Pacific Coast, and trotting a fifth heat in the remarkable time oi 2:44, the last half in 1:17, a2:34 gait. His breeding will suit the most fastidious. For particulars and ex landed pedigree address Mcknight brcs, Albany, Oregon. GOATS FOR SALE! Four Hundred head of fine ANGORA GOATS for sale at the residence of the Undersigned seven miles ntrth of Corvallis, Oregon. Chas. Read. For Sale! A Good Business Location, With a number one Store House 24x70 ft., with house attached suitable for a small family. Situated in the center of the City of Philomath. And a good shipping point ON THE O. P. K. E. For farther p uticulars enquire ot N. W. ALLEN, Philomath Or-sron. THE MUTUAL SELF-ENDOWMENT jNTf) BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Grand Central Office, Fort Worth, Texas. SAM CUNDIFF, President. E. M. MACY, Secretary B. W. BROWN, Vice-President. A. W. MORRISON; Tress. Chartered under the laws of the State of Texas, June 11th, 1881. Copyriel t secured by fllir title June 11 1881, in the office of the librarian of Congress, D. C. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. OFFICE: No. 7 Powell St. Corner Market. San Francisco OFFICER HON. SAMtTEL G. H1LBOBN, P'jsident, W. H. WAKU, Secretary. PilOP W, ii. TALOi, M. D.. Medic?! Director. PACIFIC BANK. Trnnnr' GAPT. J. N. LEONAED, State Supt., Portland, Or. The object of this Assoc'at'on is to provide endowments tor living members as well as benefits for ami.ies of deceases members, at the least st consistent with petket ?curity, by itsuise: endowment as well as death benfit certificates. v The plan embraces two form, lite and death . One pays at the death of a member, and the ether pa in ve equal installments durinc life. The association is operated on the mutual plan. It baa no stock ho lors to absorb its earnings, and no trustees among whom to divide its surplus. The totalmembership r.f tb- association now amounts to nearly 14,000 with a steady increak . " " . " ujauuiMwuitMiu,uua.ui m oeneuu? to tne legatees oi deceased mo o.rs. and ou maturing coupons. Is loaniner from fiftee to twentv thousand per month to li'int mombara A. W. KELHEY, of Sacramento, Vice-Presidtnt. J KCafehL, Mi., Superintendent. -REVIEW SMCE ORGANIZATION.- R;:"eiitg sin- e organisation, - . Disbursements since organization, B ' i ce on hand. - - Coupons paid, - ; Agents Wanted in every county of the Pacific Coast. F.M.JO riSOr , Resident Agent, - - Corrlli, Oregon $570,235,05 670,038.02 201,06 80,(00 City Stables tDaily Stage Line FK0M ALBANY TITOS. MGLIN, On the Corner West of the Engine House CORVALLIS, - - OREGON. HAVING COMPLETED MY new and commodious BAHX, 1 am better than ever prepared to xeep tne 3E3T CF TEAKS BJ33IES. CARRIAGES AND SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE. At Reasonable Kates. ftgr Partioular attention given to Boarding Horses ilorKes iiorjrl.t and Sold or Exchanged. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. TO CORVALLIS. Proprietor. Having secured the contract to earryiag th United States Mail ran Corvallis to Albany For the ensuine four ream will tear Corrallii aK morning at 8 o'elnck, arriving; in Albany aaamt o'clock, and will start from Albany at 1 o'clock in afternoon, returning to Cer.allia about X o'cl a This line will be orepared with food team and e r ui ariTtr ana nice comfortable and EASY RIDING VEHICLES For the accommodation of the TRAVELING PUBLIC. l-Tl Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by -AT- CORVALLIS SACKS PrRNISREDTO PATRONS. Farmers will do well to call on me before making arrangements elsewhere lS-2J-yl THE BENTON COUNTY REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION Office: -Corvallis, Oregon. M. S. WOODCOCK. Manager. npyT XC2 ASSOCIATION will buy ard sell ali classes of Real Estate fn rea -on able terms and wllthor LX A-lio otyMy advertise by describiwg each ptoca of property entrustedto it for sale. Ihe fellow ng ;xces of property will be sold on extraordinarily reasonable terms: SAW MILL- Undivided interest in a mill run by water, a good planer ai d seven a res of land used in connection with the mill. Power sufficient to ru ill f the year, siti ated handy to market and within about 7 miles of ( orvallis with an excellent good road to and rom it. Terms e.'i&y. FARM Farm all under fence only 2 miles from orvall s of 150 acres, 80 acres now in cultivation, the :uanci of it can be cultivated; about 20 of it now in heat v ith a fair house good b:.rn and granery, a ill be old at a bargain. Terms easy. F AH M -Farm of 478 acres for less than $18 pet ;-re, being one of the chcajKist and best farms in ntoi. coi nty, situated 4 miles west of Monroe, iof; mile fron. a good school, m one of the best neigh ocboods in the state with church privileges handy, bout l;i0 acres in cultivation, and over 00 can bf iltivtaed. All under fence, with good two storj Atne house, large barn, and orchard; has ruunini; ater the vear around, and is well suited tr stock .id tiain purposes. This is one of the cheapest umu i the Willamette Valley Terms easy. I STOCK FARM 320 acres, about M in riltivntion 150 acres can be cultivated, 00 acresl of food fir and oak timber, the balance good grass land. Small com fortable Iiousp nd barn. t lies adjoining an inex haustible ou range, making one of the best stock ranges in Benton couuty. Situated aeottV 10 milee Southwest of Corvallis. Price 91600. FARM - A farm of 130 acres of land situated 4 mile from Corvallis in Linn County, Or. All under fence; 80 acres of rich b ttom land in cultivation 5U acres of good fir, as, and maple timber; 2 good houses, 2 good orchards and iwo focd wells with I'umps. Terms: $30 per acre, half cash down and balance payable in oue and two years, secured by mortgage upon the farm. LOTS Two unimproved lots in Corvallis. One o' tne choicest building places in the city for sale eas- onable. I AIjSO Four unimproved lots except fene ed in Corvallis, Or. The choicest building place in the city for sale reasonable. THOMAS GRAHAM, Druggist and Apothcary, -AND DEALER IN" MIIS, OILS, MUSHES, BRUSHES, GLASS, PBTTT, HUES, SHOULDER BRACES. TOILET ARTICLES IC. A full line ol B' oks, Statione'y and Wall Paper. Orr drngs are frenli an well selected. Paesciiplions compounded at all hour:. 19-27yl SUBSCRIBE FOR The Gazette, ONE OF THE BEST AND Largest Family Papers Published in Oregon, containing all imortant dis patches, news from al". parts cf rcgon an the Pa cific coast, all local news of importance, besides a full supply of general and fireside family reading matter. The Gazette, As in past, will continue to be t t.fu. exponent of The Interests of Benton County and the State at Large. It will faithfullc and fearlessly warn the people of wrong, imposition, or approaching danger where the public is interested, never fearing to publish the truth at all times, but will endeavor to always ignore alt unpleasant personalities which are of no public ntc rest or concern. -OFFICE IN- Fisher's Block, GREAT NORTHWESTERN REMEDY. Thews who work early and late need a wholesome reliable Medicine like Pfunder'g Oregon Blood Purifier. As a remedy.and preventative of disease it can not be beat. It checks Rheumatism and Mala ria, relieves Constipation. Dyspepsia and Billiousness and puts fresh energy into tlie system 1-y making NEW, RICH BLOOD. All Druggists and dialers keep it. SI. 00 bottles, 6 for 35. 00. 22143m J. B. SCRAFFORD. J. R. SCRAFFOES J. B. Scrafford & Bro., PROPRIETORS OP CORVALLIS MARBLE WORKS, AND DEALERS IN ALLKINDS PLAIN, FANCY AW ORNAMENTAL Marble Granite. MAIN STREET Ccrsallis, - Oregon. M-Sly