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VOL 23
EUGENE, OR., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1891.
NO, 26.
I
Zlxt (gugtu (City Guard.
..PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAYS
1. L CAMPBELL,
publisher nI Proprietor.
nFFICE-Onth.Eaat sid. of Willamette
ritreet, between Seventh end Eighth 8 tree u.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
,'f annum BJ
Si Month.
I hree months '
y l(JR ONLY
KA.TKB OB ADVKHTI91NQ.
Advertisement! Inserted is follows:
On, square, ton lines or lew one Insertion $3:
h lubioquontiMOrtiun L Cash required
i0Tfmrd"ortUr.wUlUch.rgodt th ol-
Km.nth. WOO
On. square .ix month.
tffii'w' -
liae tor eoh Insertion.
Advertislne- bills will be rendered quarterly,
job work mmt be paid ro on dslivibi.
CEO. B. DQRR1S
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
xrrlLh PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
W o! th.VondJudicilDi.triot and in
.utters in probate
L. BILYEU,
-Attorney and Counsellor at Law,-
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
ORACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
P this State. WU1 Kivo ipocial attention
to collection and probate matter
Orrios-Over Hendriclc & Eakin'a bank.
A. 0. WOODCOCK,
Attorney-at-Law,
KUvSKNK CITY, - - - ORE001"
OKFICE-Rooms 7 k 8 McClaren Building.
M-Speclal attention given to Collection!
and Probate business.
GEORGE A. DORRIS,
Attorney-at-Law,
EUGENE CITY, - - OREGON
Orrioi-In Register Block.
. K. BUPWOBTH.
j. J. Walton
WALTON & SKIPWOBTH,
ATT0RSKY8-AT-LAW,
Eng.., ' 0r,Bon-
WIU do a general law practice In all the
Court of thU Bute. ; .
Seymour W. Condon,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
-DUNN'S BUILDING,
Eugene, - Oregon.
E. O.OTTBR
Attorney-at-Law,
OREGON.
EUGENE,
Ornoa- Room in Cower'. Block.
CEO. M. MILLER
attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, and
Real Estate Agent.
KUGENE CITY, - OREGON.
Ofllce-ln Maaonio Tempi.
Kuykendall & Payton,
Physicians and Surgeons,
Rooms Over City Drue Store.
A. E. GALLAGHER,
Attorney-at-Law.
KUGENB CITY ' OREGON.
Special atUntion gN.n to Probate buiine-e
and Abrtracta of Title.
Ornei Ovir Lane County Bank.
" ORS. PAINE & M'MURTRY,
Physicians & Surgeons,
Offic 9th St, Opposite Hoffman Bouse.
DR. D. A. PAINE, Residence corner 10th
BL, between 9th and 10th, Eugent
DR. J. 0. GEAT,
QDENTIST-
ArnCE UPSTAIRS IN YOUNG'S
J block, oppoiiuGBAlD office All work
"uhC n dmini.Uri for paile-i
h-actioa at teeth.
MOORE & LINN,
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
Coffin, and CeakeU elw.ye band. Pre
paring and Embalming Bodiee a Specialty.
Night erJle prompty attended.
Rdanoa, ieeond house aoath of Ketho
tpt Church, Willamette street.
BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS..
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewel
ry & Musical Instruments.
Ik Is
Special attention given to Repairing and
Engraving by two first-class workmen. All
work warranted.
I E. Luckey
DEALERS W
DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES,
Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils,
Brushes, Etc., Etc.
Prescription Department in Competent hands.
hrd:; huh
McClaren s Building,
(OpponiU F. M. WUkin.' Dru Store.)
-Ha. an extenive Stock of
STANDARD, MISCELLANEOUS,
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL BOOKS,
Mercantile, Fancy and School Station
ery, Blank Books, Cutlery, Etc.
tF-Ordera for Book, and Bnbacriptiona
(o Newspaper, and Periodical, promptly at
tended to.
Bowel Troubles, and Cramp, Colic, or
any Internal or External Pain. Aik your
druggiBt for it
J S. LUCKEY,
CALEB IN
Clocks. Watches, Chains. Jewelry, Etc
Reoairing Promptly Executed.
a-AIIWork Warranted..!
J. 8. LUCKEY
t. Schvvarzschild, Prop.
(Sncceator to Geo. Collier)
BOOKS, STATIONERY, MAPS,
GLOBES, SPECTACLES,
WALL PAPER 8CHOOL SUPPLIES.
Order, by mail promptly attended to. Ad
dm. Lock Box 119.
AT CRESV7ELL.
From and after Feb. 1, 1891,
my terms will be strictly cash.
Prices Put Down to Bed
rock. I will Not be
Undersold.
Highest market price Paid
for Produce. If not all traded
out will pay balance in Cash.
J. H. Whiteaker,
Creswell, Or.
En 1B1
Cash.
k Pries:,
Manufacturing
at ;s 'ftiJE ar si ttsz ok
HD I I
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FISHER & WATKINS,
PROPRIETORS.
WiU keep constantly on hand a fuU .upply of
JE",
MUTTON, PCRK AND VEAL,
WVIA ihv will ull at the loweit market Pri
ces, A fair ihare of the publio patronage to-
haled.
TO THB FARMERS i
We wiU pay the hfeheit market price for Fat
Cattle, iiogi and Sheep.
8HOP ON WILLAMETTE STREET.
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
Meat, delivered to any part of the city free of
charge.
Having purchased the
Matlock
Grocery Stove,
we call the attention of
the public to the fact
that we will keep on
hand a
FIItST-CLASS
stock of grocerieswhich
will be sold to our pat
rons at the lowest rates.
FISHER BROS.
B. F. DORRIS,
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
ACENT.
I HAVE SOME VERY DESIRABLE
Kanra, Improved and Unimproved Town
property for aala, on eaey terma.
Prcpsrty Bested and TLentt CbUected.
The Inmrano Companie I r prea.pt are
imnn( the Uldnt and Boat Reliable, and ia
the FaowT andQorrBLi adjoatawnt of their
oata. tfTD SaoovD to Nol.
A than of yoor patmaxg i. aoUdted.
Oftot-In City HaU.
B. 7. DORRIS.
Select Stock South ol Fortland
Mo
Groceries
NEW YORK
FACKEi
Having Ita fountain hrait at &W, K'1 and M
Bniailway aud 1JO, li.' and 1J1 Monvr .Irwl, Krw
York City, the Utyrat VY boUwal Aucllon llouw
In the United Hiau. We (i't the edvaiitaii ol
IMrM iu all IIih. carried. Wht-ii rwrlvlna aud
marking; Uowl. we do unt ak how ruui'h can we
gft lor the arllole, but auk what ran we afford to
tell the article (or, aud we have nrver vol marked
an article al a prlre thai did not at-ll It quick.
We do uot Mil good, at a hlKh price when they
are In araaun and al or iini the cIom) of the at
on make rvduotlou and ril'F.i l.l. uarKalti day.
to clow out (tuck. Our good, are awrpt away
wblle they are yet In acatou. The prlw dor. the
bu.tncm. Krnii-mbvr our rimmI. are marked lu
PLAIN F1UUKEH to aril for I'ASII, aud we can
not have two price., one (or canh and the othtir.
well, we will aay (oretrniity. It I. uy to acll
good, whfti the right rig ure 1 on them. Well,
we have the good, aud the right flgurea ou them.
A (ew u( lha tl.urea:
Ladle' Dongola Button, ...
worth
AiW ' 4.00
8. " 5.00
, l. " l.7
Hand aewed Flexible..
Slime. Uongola Kid Uulton...
Ladle.' " lioat
i.w " a.an
Men.' Fine Shoe.,. . .l.x, 1.51, 1.H7. 2.0)1, 2,'JH, HI
Men.' Enirlt.h Tic 1.1H, 2:.ti
Hoi Tip Mvwl Shoe. $1.18, l.:U. I.W, l ti7.Hr.
Men' Call Boota. worth H.OO
H08IEKY.
Fait Black Seamlew , , -, V
Fancy blrtped 11. 12. 1W, Jil, W, ifJo
Meu'i, 7, 9, 10. 11. 1, IK, 1!4, , 30, Sic
Oat Meal Soap 7c
ini
Clocka
H .heet. Note 1'aper . . .
lMahn-ta LegaU'ap
8tchel
Celluloid rlnap rollara..
S7c 11.07
ftc
(HJ
. .i3, , 47, 53, 08, 70, 87c
15.1HC
Ulllll ...
Window Shade, patent roller tic
Thl. It only a .mall Hat of what we carry.
Come and aee. We will be pleased to .how you
our good, and matchlemi prices. Keinemlwrour
place ol buntneM I. not ou Front itrwl; It t. Jut
anmnd the corner, on Ninth itrvet.
We thank you lor your generout patronage in
the Da.t. and shall strive to merit a much larger
share of your trade In the lulu re.
very respeciiuny,
P. FRANK & Son
Ninth Street, Eugene, Or.
Dr. Jennie S. Barnard
Regular Physician,
EUGENE, OREGON.
Will apeoially treat all Disease, of WO
MEN AND CHILDREN.
Room 2, Dunn'i Block,
R. B. Cochran & Son,
Real Estate Agents.
Eugene City, Oregon.
Will attend to general Real Estate buiino.
such a buying, selling, loaning and renting
farm, and city property, eto. Office on aoutn
aide of Ninth street.
HOFFMAN HOUSE
Eugene, Oregon.
DuBoIs Bros., Proprietors.
Sportsman's Eporium.
HORN & PAINE,
Practical Gunsmiths
Dealer! in
GUNS, ItlFLEfl,
Flihini Tickle mil Materials,
Mewing frhlns mad Needleioa
All Klnu t or Haie I
Repairing don. In tb. neatest style and war
ranted.
Guns Loaned & Ammunition Furnished
Storaon Willamette street
YAQUINA ROUTE.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
AND
OREGON DEVELOPMENT CO'S.
STEAMSHIP LINL
(T.E. HOGG, Receiver.)
225 mixw anoBTia, 20 boom una ran
Than by other route, First-elae. through
Faaaenger and Freight line from Port
land and all point, in th.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
To and from
San Francisco, Cal,
For information apply to C. C. Hooor,
Act Genl Fit A Pan Art
Oregon Pacific H K Co.
BAILING TDATE3.
From Yaquina.
WillametU Valley, March 8th
Willamette Valley,
WUlimetuVaUey, , " !tb
From San Fraaciaou.
WllUmetU Valley, March 12th
WlllametU Valley, ' 21rt
Willamette Valley, ",80th
Thl. nnnui reaerve. th. riyht to chang.
aaillng date, without notice.
Passenger from roruana ana omervtu
lamette valley point can make clot, coonec
tions with the trains of th. Yaquina route at
Albany and Corvallia, and if deetiued to Han
Vnnnin, ahmiM arranira to arrive at Yaoulna
th. evening before date of sailiLf.
Passenger and Freight rates the lowest
W. B. WgWTgB, Corvallis, Ore.
Gen Frt k Ttrn Ag't,
Oregon Development Co.
804 Montiromery St. Hn rrancisco.
GEO. F. CKAW, AGENT, EUGENE.
F. M. WILKINS,
Praclical D ruggist fi Chemist.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Braibew, Palais, Claew, Hi, Lea.,
Toilet Articls, Etc.
Fhya!ciaoa, Prescription. Compounded.
Yon iloltke Dead.
The great PrnaHlan general Von Moltke
died in Berlin, Saturday at the advanced
age of 01. Detail, regarding the count',
demise disclose the fact that duriug the Uat
few days he worked with his wonted regu
larity, lie bad nearly completed the plan
for the fortification of Ileligolaud and had
sent a report on the subject to
Emperor William ou Tuesday last. Work
that bad passed out of his band, showed no
trace of auy abatement in constructing gen
ius and mastery of detail. IIo walked to
hi. borne yesterday after be bad finished bl.
labor, at the relchiutg. He dined with the
Swedish minister and duriug the evening
was very animated. .Later white playing
hi. evening game of wbist at home be wa.
attacked with a slight aslhmatio tpaaiu aud
left the room. It was supposed by other
present that he would return in a short time,
but a be did not come back bi. nephew
went after him. Major Moltke fouud bi.
unole in a sitting position, and gasping for
breath. Oniielughis nephew, the count
attempted to rise and fur a moment appeared
to bave masteied hi weakness. Ue got
op, and then fell into bi nephew arm,
eemins to faint. In a few momenta be
breathed bit last. The cause of but death
wa lesion of the heart. He i not known
to bave suffered from any pronounced oar-
diao trouble. The clockwork of life had
simply run down.
Salem Jour mil: The jury in the Leonard
daiuase suit cane returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for f :i,750. after bsiug out a
few hours. W. A. Creek baa settled wlln
the oonipanv aud left the state. There is
one other case conducted by Attorney Ford,
of thl oily, to be beard In tbi county, but
it will not come np until the next term of
the court. Tbe damage suit whloh were
transferred to the United elate court at
Portland, will probably come up come time
next mouth.
Geo. W. KInsey, Auctioneer.
Wlian vnn want TOnr Dnodl. hOoSohold
(iirniiiir.ni. land aold at auction, call of
Geo. W. Kinney, the pioneer and most sue
ceesful auctioneer in ijane uonmy. ue win
attend to all late on reasonable com-
uniwion.
Don't Believe It
When told that F. M. Wilkin., the druggist,
la not aellinn "Wisdom'. Robertine" fur the
complexion, tbe most elegaut and only really
harmless prvparallun Ol it. mnu m urn
world, and giving a beautiful picture card
with every Cottle.
Pall HaltThar tlrml lananid felins
mean tbut your system I in a state to iu-
.... . .IT . ... - I 1?
vile disease, ana nngni . uuipuuuu
tract of Sarsaparilla i what yon need at
once to exnel impurities of the blood and
build yon np. Sold by all druggist.
MgnroBD Flour. A. Goldsmith has re
ceived another car load of the celebrated
Medford flour. Ue will keep this exoelUnt
brand of floor in stock at all time hereafter.
What I It?
That produces that beautifully soft com
plexion and leaves no traces of its applica
tion or injurious effects ? Tbe answer, Wis
dom's Robertine accomplishes all this, and
is pronounced by ladies of taste and refine
ment to be the most delightful toilet artiole
ever produced. Warranted harmless and
matchless. F. M. Wilkins, agent, Eugene
City.
I have a cousin who is a printer, says Ex
Mayor J. 0. Loughran of North Des Moines,
Ia. Some years ago h. was employed in
this city where tbey were printing circulars
for Chamberlain, He had deep seated
cold and terrible cough, and while setting
up copy be made np bis mind to buy bot
tle. It cared him and that was tbe first I
ever knew of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
I bave been strongly in its favor ever since.
f n,n Tni,r(Afr.rMi and that of mv familv
convinces me that this remedy is tbe best in
tbe woria. inai may ue awing ibhkuk
but that is what I thiuk. For sale by F. M.
Wilkins, Druggist.
The Eng-ene Cigar Factory
Keep constantly on band the finest brands
of home made, domestic, and Key West
cigar.. Charges tbe lowest prices for chew
ing and smoking tobacco. Bell at retail and
wholesale.
Give Them a Chancel
That is to say, your lungsi Also all your
breathing machinery. Very wonderful
machinery It is. Not only the larger air
passages, but the thousands of little tubes
and cavities leading from them. When
these are dogged anu choked with matter
which ought not to be there, your lung can
not do their work. And what they do, tbey
cannot do weel. Call It cold, cough, croup,
pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or any of
tbe family of throat and nose and bead and
lung obstructions, all are had. All ought to
bigot rid of. There i. just one sure way
to get rid of them. That is to take Boa
obee's German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you at 75 cent a bottle. Even If
everything else ha. failed you, you may ds
denu upon this for certain.
There is no danger of a cold resulting In
pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough
HjuiiaH ia naad al directed "for a sever
cold." It effectually counteracts and arrests
any tendency ol e com to result in pneu
monia. This fact was fully proven in thous
ands of e sas during the epidemic of Influ
enza last winter. Fur sale by F. M. Wilkins,
Druggist
Th- WratedFrencHnre,
wtrurf"APHRODmNE,,r?(uZZ
I. Solo o a
poamvf
OUARANTEE
to cure any form
of nervous d lseaae
or any disorder of
tbs generatlveor-
gaus ol aiUMtrni
whether ari.iiu
fmmtheevnmi.iva
BEFORE uaeof euinaUnu, AFTER
Los. of Drain
Power, W.kfdilnfM, Bearing down FalnslnUi
ba'k,HernlualWeaaneM,Hxrtcrla,Nwou. Pros
tration, Nocturnal Emlailona, LeacorrhTa, Iils
sluens, Weak Memory, Loaaof fowerand Impo-b-nry.whlrhllneKlectedolten
lead to premature
old aire and inunlty. Frlca 11.00 a boi, (boxes
or.'.'A Henthy mall ou rerlptol price
A WRITTEN OUAKAMf EK Is given for
every .iU) order received, to refund th. money If
a Permanent eure Is not effected. W bar
thouund. ol (Mrtlmonlala (mm old and young,
of both aeiM, who hare been nrrmanently cnn-4
byUwuMofAphrodlUna. Ctrcalarfraa, iddrea
THE APHRO MEDICINE CO.
Vostera touch. 'x Uu27.1'(isiiajni,Oa,
THE SUGAR BEET.
The following ciroular ha been lsiued by
tbe Oregon state board of commerce in re
gard to tbe sugar beet seed which is being
distributed throughout the country under
tbe auspices of that organization:
In the effort to bave experiments mad in
various sections of the state, fur tbe purpose
of ascertaining definitely whether sugar
beets cau be produced in Oregon of a qual
ity and quantity, and at a cost to warrant
the establishing of beet sugar manufactor
ies, the following directions for planting
and cultivation of the beet has been ob
tained from those who have had experience
therein.
Select a toll that will not beoome hard
during the growing season. The sugar beet,
if raised in proper soil, with proper culti
vation, will grow all underground except a
very small orown. If tbe ground becomes
hard so that tbe beet cannot expand under
ground, it will be forced above, and be
worthless for sugar, a all that portion of
the beet that projects above ground, contains
no sugar bjt impurities that prevent the
crystalization of sugar.
Plow the (and not leu than 12 inches
deep, the first plowing, a early in tbe sea
son a practicable. Plow very shallow tbe
teooud time, not over four or five Inches
deep. Work the land well, after the last
plowing, pulverize the surface thoroughly.
Then If the rainy season is about over, lot
it remain from 10 to 12 days, before sowing,
in order to allow the moisture to rise to the
surface. If tbe seed is sown on freshly pre
pared ground, it will germinate immediate
ly, and if the weather should be warm and
dry, the moisture will retire from the sur
face, the germs will die, and the seed be
come worthless.
Th. ground must be thoroughly pulver
ized on lop, and tbe seeds planted in drills
fifteen inches apart, not over one-hall iuch
deep, and thinned oat so as to stand from
three to five inches apart in the row. The
thinning and first weeding should be done a
soon a th young beet can be distinguished
from the weed. After this, all that is nec
essary is to keep tbem free from weeds.
A light, aandy loam, or alluvial soil is
best. However, th best land in th world,
cultivated as 1 usually done ia raising beet
for (tuck would b worthless for beets to
manufacture into (ugar. And unless the
farmer follows instruction in raising beets
for tbi purpose, it will be no test. Beets
grow side by side on the same land, one lot
grown as direo ed for sugar, might (how by
analysis from 11 to 20 per oeut. augar wblle
tbe other lot, cultivated a is generally done
for stock, and long distances apart, would
grow large, mainly above ground, and eon
tain very little sacharlne and be unfit for
sugar. Tbs farmer will obtain fully as large
a crop if cultivated for sugar, a be would
tor (took In tbe usual way. Tbe beet would
be smaller bat there wonld be more of them.
A beet for (agar might weight from one-half
to three pounds, and giown all under tbe
ground exoepta (mall orown. It i there
fore eesentialy in or dor that the test may be
of value for the end desired thai the Instruc
tion be followed strictly.
When th beet are grown, in selecting
samples for analysis take only those that
bar grown all underground, of good shape,
and do not weigh over two pounds. An
analysis of beets raised In the ordinary way
will give no teat of value.
Your attention is called to tb follownlg
extracts from the report of th comissioner
of (grloalture, Washington, D. 0., for th
year 1881, on the sugar beet, and quoted
from the most reliable European authorities:
"Experiments In elose planting, contin
ued for a series of sight years, gave tbs fol
lowing results: Id, rlober; 2d, better qual
ity; 3d, of larger yield In weight; 4th, less
exhausting to the (oil." Also
"Beet at amaller distanoee will produoe
more sugar and absorb less of tb saline
matter. Now we know that tb constituent
properties of sugar are furnished entirely by
the atmosphere, and that tbe saline matter
sr. furnished by tbe toll, and by cultivating
tbe sugar beet at smaller distances from
each other (that la closely planted)
tbey are lei exhausting to th soil. Close
culture Is more profitable at th asm. time
to tb grower and tb manufacturer.
Speaking of liar, th editor of th Mo.
Cloud River (Cal.) Pioneer need not take a
back seat. He says: "Boms days ago
sbakemaker who was making shakes at
Ulack Cox mountain, north of town cut down
a big five-foot sugar pins; but after felling
it discovered it to be hollow some forty feet
above tbe butt. Gazing Into tbe cavity be
found it to be chuck-full of bears five
black, seven olnnamon and three grizzlies
tbe animals having boled up for tbe winter.
With great presence of mind the man split
off some slabs, tawed off the hoi low part,
nailed tbe slabs over th bole and started
tb log down tbe steep mountain toward tbe
place where It arrived safe and sound. Th
bears can be seen through cracks In tbe
slabs lying in a state of semi-torpor.
Tbe Northern Pacific has awarded eon
tract for forty mogul and eight consolidation
locomotives. They are similar to engines of
the same classes which havs been previously
built for the road. Tbe elgbl consolidations
sr. of tb "octopod" elaas. Tbey bave 22x28
inch cylinders, and weigh, In working order,
about 150,000 pounds. The first engine of
tbi class, for tbe Northern Pacific, were
built In 1888, and since that time the compa
ny has bad built twenty-four engine, of that
type, or thirty-two with the eight now or
dered. Tbe orders for tbem have been con
tinued almost every year sinoe tbe company
began nsing them.
A lawsuit in Chicago involved th recov.
ery of a cent and expenditure of $100 in
court and counsel fees. The postmaster
sold a stamp to an Englishman, who, after
placing it on a letter, tendered a Canadian
penny as part payment. An argument fol
lowed, a row and an appeal to the eourta.
The postmaster eventually got judgment and
a genuine unadulterated U. 8, oent.
A Neglected Corner.
One of the neglected corners of Oregon it
Alsea bay, 16 miles south of Yaquina, not,
however, because it is not eontigions to a
section rich in natural resources. The bay
is lined with rich tide lands, and along tbe
coast back of Waldport, a small village noar
the month of the bay, is a long stretch of
fertile bottom land. Beyond this, Inland,
the country is billy and broken. This bot
tom land is found for a number of mile
southward along the ocean beach. But little
farming Is being done, as it Is not easy to
ship bulky articles to distant markets.
Shipping enters the bay only once in a
while, since (here is no commerce to speak
of. Tbe entrance over the bar Is deep
enough to admit coasting vessels, being as
much as 17 feet at high tide. The settlers,
who are found far up the valley of tbe Alsea
river, and up the Yachat southward, give
their attention to tbe raising of cattle and
sheep, and two brothers, ten miles from tbe
bay, have purchased a blooded stallion and
are raising fine horses. Tbe out-range is
green all summer, an advantage that ia sure
to attract stockmen to the Alsea country.
Some of the farmers have turned their at
tention to butter making aud with good re
sults, yet, (trange to say, not enough butter
i produced to (upply the twenty-five families
that compose the village of Waldport. The
trouble is that many of tbe settlers tak life
very easy. Enough can be made to bold
soul and body together without much effort,
and what more do they want? Can even a
millionaire do any more for himself than fill
his stomach and cover bis back? A bait
dozen varieties of clams and huge crabs can
be dug out of tbe sand at low tide; flounder
and trout are abundant in the streams, and
salmon in the bay, and bear, elk and deer,
besides smaller gsme, can be shot in tb
woods. Why should tbe settler work blisters
in bis bands? Besides, the ollmate is mild
aud healthful, malaria being unknown, and
some are busy all day enjoying it, unless
tbey are occupied in filling op, to which tbe
Indians here before them gave most of their
time, as the large shell beds near tb beach
testify. There are some notable examples,
however, of persevering industry, and the
result Is meadows beautifully green and
herds of sleek cattle. Tbe row or sail boat
is the means of travel used by the settlers on
Alsea bay and on the different alough. Ve
hicles or horsemen travel on th beach,
which affords an excellont road tbe year
round.
Tbe timber on tbe bay and up tbe river is
sure to attract capitalists ere long. Fir and
spruce are abundant and of excellent quali
ty. In going through th wood your
eye meets on every aide tree of majestlo
proportions, free from knots and "as sound
as a nut." A cap italist who would establish
a large sawmill on the bay to out lumber for
export, would bave to saw for a number of
years before making serious inroads on the
timber resources.
Ths fruit pests have not as yet invaded
this section, and the apples brought by set
tlers to the store of Dr. Diven, at Waldport,
are as sound now as when they were picked
last full.
Alsea bay is a delightful place In summer,
and to attiact the attention of those who in
tend to commune during the warm dayt with
the moaning sea and the leafy forests these
lines are written. It will remain a back
woods country until the boomer gets there
who will arouse the inhabitants by town
site plats, or tbe thriek of the iron horse re
echoes among the tree.
Oat Seven Hundred Dollars.
There is a report prevalent that several
eltizena of Benton county have been " done
up" to the tune of $700 by a oonfldenoe man,
yet had the fellow done aa be agreed to,
these men might have got themselves into
serious trouble. Tbe story we have heird U
thin In a certain looality of this county
stranger had been banging around all winter
and made a proposition to some parties to
furnish them with counterfeit greenbacks,
which, by boiling in ooffee and being rubbed
up a little, could not be detected from genu
ine paper money, and from what w have
heard the proposition was accepted by sever,
al citizens, who were to receive $7,000 for
$700. On paying tbe confidence man the
$700 one of the purchasers was, it is said, to
accompany him to Fortland, where th
17,000 in worthless money was to be paid
over; but on arriving in Corvallis it seems
that be changed his mind, expeoting that
the fellow would either send or bring the
large amount back, but alas, be is gons, and
so is the $700. If these reports are true, th
parties who would go into such a business
ar not to be pitted in the least, and it ia only
too bad tbey did not lose all they bave got.
Had the worthless stuff been received end sn
attempt made to pass any of it, there is
some one who would more than likely bave
got themselves into serioui trouble. Tbes
men can be thankful they did not get it.
Benton Leader.
Speaking of marriage Bill Ny syc Mar.
riage, if not carried to excess, is a wise pro
vision and a sacred obligation. Marry your
opposite as far as possible, especially aa
regards sex -you'll never regret it. If possi
ble marry above your station botlt of you
should do this. It I sure to advance your
race. Do not marry a foreigner unlesa en
dorsed by those in whom you have perfect
oonfldenoe, or unless yen want to very much
indeed. Do not encourage long engage
ments ; it Is better to get weary of each other
at your leisure after marriage than to fool
around and do it beforehand. Courtship,
however, is a most delightful industry, end
it should not be rashly broken in upon by
marriage. Bom people seem to be admira
bly fitted at suitors, but fail in other occu
pations. This ia very fortunate, indeed. No
suitor cau be (are of a permanent situation.
Tbe supply greatly exceeds the demand.
Did you know that the average rainfall in
Iowa or Illinois is greater than it ia in Ore
gon? It is.