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THE INDEPENDENT. Thursday August 10, 1S7G. Laborers against Monooolists The Poor against the Rich. A petition which appears in an other column states that the O. & C. It. It. Co., the W. T. '& L. Co., ami tha O. S. X. Co., have fornieil a combination and are forcing the peo ple to pay enormous prices for trans portation. Farmers have to pay 14 cts a bushel for the transportation of wheat from Albany to Portland now whereas last year they paid only 8e. Farmers in "Washington county have to pay 32 a ear-load for transport ing their wheat from Hillsboro to Portland against 22 last year. These excessive rates, at this time when grain i3 low are ruinous to the producing, laboring classes and they begin to rouse to action now that their enemies, the monopolists, have them in their grip. "We understand that the Granges throughout the State are busy circulating petitions to be sent to the Legislature this fall praying for- the passage of a bill regulating rates of river and railway transportation, and that these pe titions will be indorsed by at "least 14,000 signers. The following reso lution adopted at a meeting of Shedd Grange on the 20th of July will show that the farmers are thorough ly aroused in tho Upper Willamette on this subject": Jiesohrd: That the Willamette riv er is the highway of this valley, and that the canal and locks, at its falls, the property of the State; and that any attempt to obstruct or monopo lize their navigation against the in terests of tho people should be resist ed by law and legislation, and, failing in this, to open the river by physical force. This resolution smacks somewhat of revolution and is a warning to the monopolists that tho producers are going to mate a struggle for their rights. Cut the monopolists have been preparing for this struggle which they have long foreseen, and , that they will outgeneral the produ cers in thisXegislaturo is quite plain to us. We have seen the California Legislature last year, elected on this very issuo of rcgulatilfg rates of transportation, bought up by the . monopolists and the people defeated of their aims and defrauded of their rights by tho very men they had elected to defend and secure them. We say the monopolists in this State have been preparing for this strug gle with the people. It is the opin ion of good lawyers that the bill en acted by tho Legislature of 1870 providing for the construction of a lock and dam at Oregon City was so constructed in the interest of the monopoly that owns them that they can charge any price they please to boats passing through the locks. The bill provides that the Company shall charge no more than 50 cts per ton for freight passing through, but it did not say what charge should be made on bottoms, and the company can make whatever charge they please; also they can, by reason of another oversight in the bill, close the locks for repairs and stop trans portation on the river! Ex-Attorney General Williams pointed out the defects in the law in a speech at this place some time after the law had been passed. How the Legisla ture could have overlooked such fa tal defects in that bill we cannot ex plain, nor can we explain how it was that Gov. G rover, who is an able lawyer would sign a bilf that at once shoved the producing classes directly into the teeth and claws of the Lock Company. And here is an item from a correspodeneo in the Statesman that shows that the mo nopolists have been preparing for a conflict with the people: "If I am correctly informed the District Attorney who filed the com plaint to disincorporate the Lock Company is also one of tho attor neys employed by the monopolists. The complaint was filed on tho 0th day of June, 187G. It is said that some sort of a sham demurrer, which was filed, was overruled by the court, and that no answer has ever been file. I, and that the compa ny is entitled to judgment by de fault." (We suppose that the Dis trict Attorney referred to in the fore going extract is the same- gentleman who swindled Mr. Simmons out of property in this p'ace in the inter est of Ben Holladay and secured the right of way for the Westside rail way through Hillsboro. Ed. Ixd.) We do not say these things to dis courage the producers, but to advise them of the strength of the enemy. The farmers of this county know that we have long been an advocate of the right of the people through their legislatures to regulate rates of transportation of common carri ers. And we hope that our Repre sentatives and Senator will stand by the people and the true interests of the State in their action on this vi tal question in the coming session of the Legislature. A Proper Petition. The following petition is circula ting in Lane county: 7o the Hon. Senators and Ji'jn'eaen tativca of the Oreyon Lcyulature at its Xin'h liirnniul Session. Your petitioners would most re spectfully represent that the means of transportation and travel in Ore gon are under the control of three corporations, to wit: The O. & C. Railroad Co., the W. T. & L. Co. and the O. S. X. Co.; that said cor porations have formed a combination of interest and work togethei in unison, by which they have increased the rates of freight and fares, and charge lor the same such a price as greatly injures the best interests of the people of the State of Oregon; and believing that this monopoly is derogatory to vital interests of tho people, controlling as they do the portages of the Columbia river and locks of the Willamette river, which last named were built at heavy ex pence to the people of the State, and believing there is a disposition on the part of said corporations and a concerted effort and plan to compel the people to pay more than a fair and reasonable price for transporta tion; and believe that no relief can be obtained without legislation, and believing further that the people ought and in justice have a right to demand such relief as will insure to the greatest number the greatest good, and give to every citizen an equivalent for his labor and not made io p ty more than a reasonable and fair price for transportation, there by improvershing him; we there fore very respectfully ask of your honorable body that the Legislature enact a law at its next regular session regulating fai-es and freight over all the railways in this State; and 3'our petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. Tilden's Ctfnal Reform Work. This is what the New York 7 inn a savs of Tilden's canal reform work: For convenience of reference, it may be will to furnish a brief reca pitulation of the visible work of ca nal reform, so that when "these suits," t he "canal suits," the prose cution of fraudulent contractors," and "stoppage of fraudulent 'con tractors," are talked, it may be re membered exactly what it all amounts to. If the Ktatc-mcut be questioned, one has only to go to the Attorney General's itHce. The records are free to any one that chooser to ex amine them: IwEcor.n of ;ov. tii-den'h canai, eefobm SUIT ifc, HtOM THE PUBLICATION OF THE CANAL MESSAOK, MAIXII, TO DATE '. Number of suits brought. ... "3 Number brought to trial 2 Number of convictions obtained. . . 1 Number of suits dismissed by court 1 Number of suits now ending 1 Amount of money recovered None. Expenses of commission and coun sel to assist Att'yGcii. aWd 100,000 Payment of two certificates stopped by commission $3,000 Number of existing fraudulent con tracts stopped None. It cannot be said that these suits were commenced, as one of the three was the old suit commenced by At torney General IJarlow and finally abandoned by him as hopeless. This is the one which the court dis missed. The Indian War. The report that Gen Crook's com mand had been cut to pieces was a canard. The dispatches now state that the Indians of the Cheyenne ageney requst the Government to suspend hostilities for eight weeks against Sitting Bull and the Sioux in order that the Cheyenne Sioux may visit the hostile Indians and arrange for peace. It is not likely how-over that the requst will be grant o 1. It is to In hope 1 that Gen. Crook will make "good Injuns" of the entire tribe in that time. Gen. Ter rv is marching with reinforcements to join Crook, when their combined forces will number near 3,000 men. Crook is making slow marches marches toward Tongue river, har assed hy the Indians at every point of exposure. He expects to be rein forced by the 5th cavalrly when he will have 2,200 men with which force he proposes to give immediate bat tle to Sitting Bull. In Crook Sitting Bull has no Custer to fool with. He is wary cool and brave and will not attack at a disadvantage. The Editor's Chorus. Yea, let us boil it down, my boys, For that's the proper war To deal with all long-winded bores, And make the paper pay. Who wants to wade through columns long Of stale and senseless stuff? So give the bright, the witty points, The facta and that's enough! l.oil it down! "Exchange One day last week Jerome. Porter and three others picked 11 gallons of blackberries in a half a day in Clear water Canjon. STATE AND TERRITORIAL. Salem has a Chinese population of only 05. A pool of 2,000 pounds of wool, ct the farmer's warehouse sold a few days since at 1G cents per pound. A correspondent from Oswego says that all traces of smallpox dis appeared, and the usual quietnes reigns. At Buena Vista 7 miles below Sal em the water in the Willamette river is only 17 inches deep, and at McClosky's sbutfi, only 15 inches. Miss Hattie Skinkle.the young lady typo who recently left Portland for Arizona, has been appointed tele graph operator in the signal service at Fresco tt. The California on her last trip from Wrangel brought down $19,CC0 in gold dust and 1)0 passengers. Fourteen bridges have been au thorized to be constructed on the Astoria-Xehalem road. A ray of hope now strengthens the hearts of the settlers in that favored locality. A letter in the Statesman contains the following, written by one who has just returned from Eistern Ore gon: The upland. of E istern Oregon and Washington Territory are good grain lands. I saw them harvesting last week in different fields, and they told me their wheat w as going fifty bushel to the acre. The Roeseburg Indejiendent reports the death by drowning, iu theUmp tiiia. of Mrs. W. Wheeler and two sons. One of the sons, G years while playing on the bank fell the stream and another aged lumped in to rescue him and swimming out with him when old, into lh was the mother, excited, wailed into the deep water when the son let go of his lit tle brother and swam to his mother whom he grasped and both sank to rise no more. The ltoseburg Independent says: "The discovery of a vein of quartz within 12 miles of Myrtle creek, by a man named Sweeney, and the sub sequent offer of $10,000 by a California- company for all his right title and interest to the same has set a number of men to prospecting in the neighborh'd of Sweeney's discovery. So far several veins have ben found but of tho lot, one found by Mr. Woodruff a saddler in this city, ap pears to be the most valuabl'. G old is plainly visible in the rock taken from this ledge, and the rock ought to pay handsomely." The Salem Mercury the follow ing item: A dastardlv attempt was mado to poison Mr. Thielsen ami family living on the RicLral, Folk county, last Sunday. Immediately af ter eating dinner on that day Mr. and Mrs. Thielsen, a brother of Mrs. T., several work hands, and a ton of Hon J. W. Nesmith, who was there for dinner, all took sick, with seri ous indications of having been poi soned. Medical aid was smmoned and all were speedily relieved except Mrs. Thielsen who suffered severely and is still quite ;11, though reported much better. It seems that Mr. Thielsen had in his employ a Chi nese cook whom he had discharged and was to have left on the stage on Monday. After preparing a por tion of Sunday's dinner he suddenly demanded his money and left on foot and has not been seen since. The family, not suspicioning foul play on his part, ate of the dinner thus prepared with the above result. It was noticed that all who partook of the meats served at the table were the ones affected, and it is supposed the Chinaman put the deadly drug in that article of food. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. S vlt Lake. July 31. This morn ing Judge HcliaefFer rendered a decis ion in the case of Brighatn Young vs. Ann Eliza Young to recover alimony. Tho decision reduces the amount, made payable by the order of Judge McKean from $300 to $100 per mouth thus diminishing the amount from $17,500 to 3,000, and gives defen dant 30 days in which to pay the amount, and provides in default of anfh navmenk that execution shall issue against his property. The court also decided that costs of suit shall be paid by defendant. Paris, Aug. 3. A Constantinople correrpondeut says that 20,000 Ara bian troops have been placed at the disposition of the Turkish Govern rviont- Knm nf these forces are awaiting orders. Boston-, Aug. 2.- California wool rnn t in n fj in rtamnnil with Sale of spring at 18($27c, as to qualities. Washington, Aug. 1. Belknap has bean acquitted for want of juris diction tho vot (standing 35 for conviction and 23 not cruilty less th an the required two thirds. Philadelphia, Aug. 2. Paying ad mission?, 22,140. Kvr.is.v, Au. 1. The Turks lost in a recent baltle at Trcburg. Se lim Pasha was killed and Osman Pasha taken prisoner. Two colonels three lieutenant colonels, seven ma- jors, and from 5,000 to (1,000 men, including two battalions of infantry and one of Casseurers, were des troyed io the last man. All the battalions engaged suffered. Tur kish inferior ofik-ers were killed. NATIONAL DEM0C KATiC VI ATF0K.U We, the delegates of the Democratic party of the United States, in national con vention assembled, do hereby declare the ad ministration of the Federal government to be in great need of immediate itlorm: do hereby enjoin upon the nominees of this convention, and of the D moer.it ic parly in each State and at St. Louis to m.t!;e i I forts and co-operate to this end; and do hereby appeal to our fellow citizens of every former ixtlitical colillectiuU to uudeltalic with us the first and most picssing patriotic d.ity for the ben -lit of the v hole county. We here affirm our faith in the permanency of the iYdral I'mon; our devotion to t..c constitution of tin; Tinted States with its iimeduifiits universally accepti d as a fin d settlement of i lie coi. trov rsi.-s that ciig.-n-dred the civil war. and do here record our steadfast confidence in me oi repuniican sen OHVeinuu ni in an ao,oi.ue ac.pueseence in the will of the m.ij my. Oie principle f republics; iu the supremacy of the civil ov.r the military authority in the j total separation of Church and State, for the i siilif alike of chil and icliious freedom; in : the e.pialiiy of ail citizens before the just laws of their own emetai nt; iu the liberty ! of individual conduct uuvex. d by sumptuary laws; iu the faithful education "f the liili; ' generation, that they may preserve nijoy and transmit these best conditions of human , happiness and hope. We uphold the noblest products ot one hundr. d vt urs of t-huiioftul history, but while uph oldhcj the bond of our union and tin great character of these our rights, it b Ic-i.v -s a free people to practice also that eternal v cil ur-j which is tin? price of liberty. lMoriu is n.-eesary to rebuild and establish in tin l.e.trtsof th- whole people the union lev. n y ars ao happily rewu.-d from dan r of orr.it t ccntrali.--n which after inflicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet-b . tyranny,: has homy-combed the ollices of the Federal (fovernm ntits si If with incapacity worse; man uaii'i, linn cw u ruan s iiiai jjooih ij .i.i- ties with th contagion of misrule ami i locked fast the property of an iiul i -tiioit , people in the parah -is of hard tines. U - I lorm is necessary l . s! iWi-.i a tkoiiu I cur rency; resto.c the public . re. lit and mai;; titin the national honor. We d noiniee tic lire ot all t.'n s tell V illS t ma.o th piomi m s of t! lcg.ll llotes !i ill chali ing tlie stauilant ot value i!i the iiamu people, ail 1 the lio!i-! I vuit lit of rf th v.hieh is is a disregard of the ph io d fa: it! of the nit ion We denounce the i.uprovi dciice which ln.h veii years of pcuct IS taken from the people in frauds ten ti'u.-s the amount of the legal t nd.r notes and Kiplail h r. d four .s;:'ii U.-v less expense without accumulating liny reserve for their redemption. W- denounce the fi nancial policy an 1 immorality of thit par ty whi. h, during 1. v. n years of pi iice hiis made no advance toward r. sumption, no preparation for resumption, but instead, has obstructed resumption by wasting our resources and xh.uist ing .ill our surplus income ; and while annually professing to intt nd a return to sj cie pay'mt. has annu ally add. .1 fresh hindrances tin r. to. As such a hindrance, we dciiounc.: the resump- uon clause ot in. act ot , ... an I iicm.ui I us repeal, we.icm ami a ju.iicrm, system i of preparation by public economies; bv of tici.d i. trciu lniiei.ts and by vise finance, which shall enable th-.' nation to assure tie whole world of its perfect ability and its perfect r ad iti - to me. t any of its prom ises at the cull of its creditor entitled to payment. W believe such a system w. 11 devised and intrusted to competent hands for execution, creating at no tune an sutiii eial scarcity of currency, nnd at no time alarming the public mind into a withdrawal of that vaster machinery, of credit by w hich 9a p r cent of nil business transaction are performed a system, public an I inspiring general con tideiiee would from the cl.iy of its adoption bring hi aling on its wings to all our harassed industries; set in motion the wheels of commerce, manufactures and the mechanic arts; restore employment to lalx.r and prosperity to the people. Reform is necessary iu the sum and and mode of .Federal taxation, to the end that rapital le s. t free from distrust and labor lightly burden l. We denounce the pres ent tariff levied upon nearly o.OtMl articles as a masterpiece of injustice and false pre tense. It yi- lds a dwindling, and not a yeaily rising revenue. It lias imiovcridi d man- iiidustii. s to t-ubsidize a f. v. It pro hibits imports that might purchase the pro ducts of the country. It h is reduced Amer ican commerce from the fust to an inferior rank upon the hi"Ji seas. It has lowered the sale of American manufactures at home and abroad, and depletes th returns of American agriculture and industry, fol lowed by half of our jH-oplc. If costs the peo ple five times more than it produces to the treasury. It oirstructs the processes of pro duction and wastes the fruits of lalwr. It promotes fraud and fosters sni'i"'h.o enriches dishonest otlicials and bankrupts honest merchants. demand that us-tom-house taxation shall be o:.ly for reve nue. Keform is necessary in the scale of public expense. National, State and Munici pal. Our Federal taxation has swollen from $t,J!0,MtO gold, in IsiJO, to 5s la',(M. 0()0 currency in 1 or in one decade from less than ! p r head to more than :?IH jw-r head. Since the peace the people have paid to the tax-gatherers more than three times the amount of the National debt, and more than twice that sum of Fed eral outlays. Above all, we demand frugal ity in every department of the Government. Keform is necessary to put a stop to the profligate waste of public lands and their diversion from actual settlers bv tin party in power, which has squander- d fwo hund red millions of acres noon railroads ulaiie. and out of me re than thrice that aggegite lias disposed of less than a sixth to the till ers of the soil. Reform is necessary to cor rect the omissions of a Republican Con press and the errors of our treaties and o ir diplomacy, which have stripped our fellow citizens ot foreign birth and kindred race crossing the Atlantic of the shi.ld of Ameri can citizens, and have exposed our br. thn n oi the t aei tn coast to uie- incursions ot a race not speaking the language from the same great parent stock, and, iu fact, now by law denied citizenship through naturali zation as being neither accustomed to the traditions of a progivs live civiliz iti ui iu,r exercised iu lilx-rty under e.pial laws. We denounce the policy which thus discards the lilKTty-Iovmg German and tolerates the revival of the coolie t-ad in Mongoliin women imported for immoral purix.s.-s and Mongolian ineu held to jerforh servile la bor contracts.aud wed mand suet: a modifi cation of the treaty with th C'hiuee Km pire, or such legislation by Congress within Constitutional limitations as sh ill prevent the further importation or immigration of the Mongolian race. Reform is n -eessarv andean never be effected but by making "it the controlling issue of the elections and lifting it above the two false issues with w hie n the ofliee-holding class and the party in power eek to smother it. 1. Tlie false issue with which they would enkindle sectarian Btrife in respect to public Kchools, of which the establishment and support belong exclusively to the States which the IDemocraay have cberishtd from their foundation, and is resolved to maintain I without any partiality fnrcliss, not or creed, and without contributions fmui tint Treas j ury. 2. 'Hie f.ilsi? jMi' by which they ; seek to light iiiii w the tin' dying cudcrs of j t-tioiial h;ite In twti n hindr. (1 -people once unnaturally estr.tng--1. but wtw united in I one indivi -ublc republic and u common des i tiny. K -form is ueccssarv in civil Kervio. Exerieiice prove that the cihYi. nt eononi- umi i-onniu i oi tin- t ,.,vt rimit nt i not io- slble if its civil s-rviet be a tiii - foil 'llt for at t!m ballot box, lie a brief r. ward of party zeal instead of post of honor assi''n. d for proved competency, and h. Id for fidelity in public employ. That the dijcii!-in of pat ron.ioc should in itlicr be a tax on the time of our public men nor the instrument of their ambition. If. -re u;,'ain prof. Ksioiis fal sified in the performance attest that the party in power now can work oi t no practi cal or satisfactory reform. Kefoim is ne cssary even more in higher orad.-s of public service Presid. lit, Viee-l'rehi.lent, JlldocH, Senators, 11 -pres. nt ttiv. s, Cabin, t OlhV is. thes ami all others in authority are the j people h servants. Tin ir olUc s are not ; private p. r.piiites, th y are a public trusts. I When the uiiii.il-.of this republic show the i disgrace and censure of a Vice President; j of a late Speaker of the House of Kepresell i tativ. s uiarLctiiiv; his rulings as a presid j iii officer: of three Senators profiting se : cr.-tly by th ir votes as law-makers; of five j chairmen of the 1. adin committees of the I late House of llejui s. nt iti. s exposed in rbb. ry : of a 1 it Secretary of the 'lYcas I ury forcino balances in the public accounts; i of a late Attorney General iuiappropriatiii j public funds; of the Secretary of the Treas i ury enriched. r enriching friends, by per- cent'cre icvieil o.'l tl'e profits of contractors . . .., , , .... ,.., ,f ...f .... 1,,r to p,,.,.,,,,! nsnr. d for a dishonor..!.!, ati7 . (f ft ir,.s;,i, nt Private S. S'CII- c refill V b..r ly escaping com iction upon trial for guilty complicity in frauds upon th r ve nue; of a Secretary of Wii' iii!pe:;ched for liiu'h crimes and confessed misdemeanors. Th demonstration is omphte that the first step in reform must be th'--'. ople's choice for honest 111. ii from another party, lest the disease of on political op-iaii i.:it ioll should infect the body politic, and l st bv I making no change of m. n or pu ty we t I no change of measures and no reform of all ! these alms, s, wrongs and crim. s. That i the corruptions of sitei n yean of asc nd ( alley of the Jo public. in party create a lie. Jc. ssity for i' for is eoiifcsscd by lo puLIi- cans th '"" 1 biit tin ir reformers are vo ted down in Convention n frotn the Cabin t. Tin nut. holiest Voters is poWcl'Iess to re II ' o'.fic h !.! IS. its leaders Kef. l.ii can o.dv be 1 a I bv a li l displaced mass of ist the V illld guides. f.'icel 111. CIV- ic revojiit on. e .Ic'iiMtid a change of par- j ties th it we may h tie a h iiig of iiicasuics ' and of men. - - -- Audi's f.r Hit IVi.s i iKti tl IliJ' Jicn Jen The following persons are dulv authorized to act a s I--, nt , lor i;.e v. asiuugton jnmo ' i:;mkm : ; Ilea verfon , Cornelius J. II. ; CI u Mid i Iblley I Forest i rove 1. 1st .11 i ( ir. env ille J. F K. Ii. Wilmot ; Sp ma r.W. J. I' .rker I . .1. A. Young ! ieo. Sint'n Id. ! I. dcy. r j II. L. Mar-ton I . Pierce, ll'.ii. I', irrett I. J. Fowl. r i it .ii. ,;..v- ! ilcliroe Mountain I i S -holl's F. rry Vct Ciiion Other p- I'.ioiis dciril ....... . 1. 1. ho. Veil S. g to net ir names. A. Ilolcomb as Agents. will hi .1.:.' end in tic Administratrix S.tlf r Hvnl I'. i;if i. TjoricF. is i!i:i;i.i;v f;ivi:v that by virtue .f an' order of the Co'nt,ty C..urt of I', ntoii county. Stat. of Oregon, load.' at the June term tie r, of, lsTi'.. in th matter of the . stiit- of Arnold Fuller, de ceased, tie- undersigned Admini-t ratriv of ; , v j; t. M.-ndav, -Sept. 1th. .s-(. f ... : ,,f . 0-(i,)tiv. ,. ,,f h:lj,i day nt I h-Con: t Ilm.e door in Wasliing i ton county. On "on, s. 11 at pel. lie auction! to the highest bidder, all the light, titli and ! int. n st which the sai l Arnold Fuller at tie time of his death in and to the hid fol- lowing d.-sciibed pr. Ti.isi s t o wit: All of i!,. F.- t. half of the North Wot pi. otcr of r etii.ii :i in Township One S, R 2 W-t according to the land Mirny of the I Hit.-.! States, in the State of Oregon, containing so aci. s. More or h ss, in Wash ington county. Oregon. T. luis of s.il cash in hand on day of Kl'f.SAV .t YANTIS j MARY F. FFI.f.F.Ii At! 's foi F.state. Administratrix. jvFUl -a T l!ie Wmliiiis Cluss We can furnish you cup! ..vm-nt at whi -Ii you can m ike l u ge p iv, in yoiirowu localities, with out l'i ing fi. in lioine ov.r night. Ag tits want, d in very town iind .otsnly to take Mibserib. rs f.r The ( '. lit. nui.il Record, the largi st publication in'li. Chit' d States !'" pag.-s. I'd coln us; F.legnnll y 1 11 lstrated. Terms only "rd per year. Th" Record is d. -voted to whatevi r is of int. rest connected with the f Centennial y.-nr. The Great F.xliibitioii :.t I'hilad. Ipliia is fully il lustrate. 1 in d. tail. I'.v. r. IkmIv wants it The whole people f. el (r atly interested ill th. ir Country's C. nt. imial Rirthd iy. and want to know all al-out it. An ilegatd patriotic crayon drawing premium picture is presented fr. e Io aeh siilcrib r. It is n tith d. "In lemenilM ranee of the One Hun dredth Anniversary of the I ml pendence of the I'nited States." Size a by M in ches. Any one can In come a MicccKsful ng.-lit for but show th pap. r and pictures and hundreds of subscribers are cady obtain .! ever where. Tliereisilobtlsincsstll.lt will pay like this at present. We have in my agents who are making as high as jJU p r ill- and upwards. Now is the time; don't delay. Remember it costs nothing to give the business a trial. Send for our circulars, term, and sample copy of paper, which are sent free to all who apply do it to-day. Com plete outfit to those who decide to engage. Farmers and mechanics, and their sons and daughters make the very best of agents. Address, Tilt: CENTENNIAL RECORD Portland Miine. aug!! U V at home. Agents wanted. Out tit ai.U K.....J free. TRl'F CO., Augusta, Maine. nprl.lyl t Sl) p. rd.iv at home. Samples worth 1 free. St in sou A- .'.. Portland Maine. Lower Than Ever! K- ( HAVING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF tlie unsettled condition of the Eastern and California Money Markets. I have Par- rhassd for Cash the'Eargcbt Stock of Wuttlir.s, Jewelry -J Sil'rrwnr Ever brought to Oregon, and an. now enabled to oiler thein at Retail at former WlloU'vU F. hill !!. No platcl Jewi hy of any kind is k pt in my establishment. Every mtiel is war ranted as represented. 1 also have the Agency of tho unrivalled Diamond Spccta fles. To those intending to send Eist for Watches. I would say if lliey will let m know the name and price of the watch they intend to send for, I will furnish the watch for the same priee. Ily all means give me a cull before gcuny or bending else where. 1. L,. STON Km IQ3 front-st., Tortland, Oregon. , r -s ' . M W I 1 1 F. A. BAILEY. Main St., Ililltboro, VKAhtll IN i!tuc;s, 3ii:icim:s, CIIKMICALS, PAINTS Ol,S, imrsiir.s, SOAPS, pi:iifu:ui:uv AND TOILET ARTICLES. Pure Wines & Liquors for MEDICINAL USE. i am di:ti:i:mined not to bk !s0 undersold by uny house on tho XiTtcil3.o Coast! I WHX tit IX Iicst Coal Oil, IJ'lrtt p T gallon. Ucst Linseed Oil, l).c to 1 per gallon Lest Castor Oil, .. pt r fcidloti. Finest O.K. Faint Urtuhet. tjjil 7.5 each usual pi ice, Ji ,0 Iicst Atlantic LcaJ, 12ct per V Ulue Vitriol, lJct per ft. Fine Castile Soap, ISc Jr ft. Ilest Famishes, Zinc and Chemical Avcrill l'aints, together with every other article kept in a first-class ' drug store, all rang ing iu prici'M PS abovo marked for CASH! CO) CASK! L. TIIllMAS Inn tdiarge of the prescription department. Prescriptions carefully compounded at it 1 1 liotlis. FOR SALE! The Toll i ins Vnlu:ib!c FARMING LANDS 320 G20 XGO GOO 32X Acres Vt miles north of Hills, boro, l.th ncrc in cultiva tion, AercN inih m west of Dilh y Station; JOO acrcn in cultiva tiui. Acres imp inilo south of Dilley Station, HO acre in cultivation. Acres 3 mile west of Dilley Station, 3u.J ucrtu in cultiva tion. Acres 't miles south of Gaston Station, acres in cultiva tion. Acre a; miles west of Wilbur Station, -lOO 7oo Acres on S.iuvie's Island in Multnomah county, 'J iniVs north of Portland, lino:! D.iiiy N.(ir;iziiir Itancli Cheap for Ctihli. TKICM SV. Also Agent for 117 FJlU'll'? .NY). G UKM'Kll k v. ii ;: co Mi;i'i:it wouum ics .7:.l 'A.' k MoWKll; COATS JIM' 7.MA7i;-At 1)1 hhl'.V STATION. Parties desirous of buying will please en. .piire of A C Hall at IHLLKY, or of at my residence .1 miles w tst of Dilh y, Dilley, Washington Co., Oregon, May 21th. Ib7u. junltf S3 A 1 LOOK HERE 9 ? If you want anything in the Grocery line, from a barrel of Su jar down to a Nut Meg LOOK HERE! NUTS, CANDIES. OYSTKKS. CUACKEUS, CANNED FRUITS, Or anytMng kept in a First-Class Gro cery Siore. Call at the Post Offlct' and get them cheaper than ever. 1 .Mean Ilutine. TeriiiH-CASlI. W. D. Pittenger. notf WOOL CAKDIXi FOR VISA It 1H70. the Tho undersigned having located his Card ing machine nt the place liest known by tho name of ebb Mill, two miles north of (ilencoe, Washington County, Oregon, where he is prepared to make rolls and bats to order. Bring on your wool in good order, with one pound of greaso to every eight pounds of .wool. Don't wash your wool too clean. J. DIX. LAND FOR SALE! THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FOR SALE Ki-vcral Farm and a lurc amount of til t class, unimproved land, lying tu W'anhliig ton County, Oregon. Immigrants and otneri desiring to purchase would do well to git me call. Now in the timo to Kccuru coin foitublu homes on tcny terms. TIIOS. I) HUM I'll RHYS. IIuxHiioiirt, June 2'.l!i. jlyl-tf Furniture Rflan'f Co, KrtTRNHOKH to F.MIM.OWl N'li:iN ICo. anu IIFRGIUA' .V: hlllNDLFR, M.innfactuieiM and ImpoiteiK, NV hohKnl and Retail Dealers iu Furniturc.Beddintj, Cimets, Pa.ner-Hmg'U, Uiltlothi, Muron. etc. etc Warcrooms: Cor. Yamhill & First Sis. Steam Factory Cor. Madison & Front Sts., Portland, Oregon. 1VECU.L TDK ATTENTION OF THE f T citizens of III Id.sliOllO and viein itv to the fact that we have our nuiiinier stock of furniture, also carpets, oil-cloth and wall-paper which we otter at greatly ledilci d prices. To the Grangers we would Miy buy iuii.iture ('I this iioiise iiiadu from our Oregon ash. maple and nld. r. We do pot keep I'inn and Redwood furniture mad a in California. And if you want u lirst Hit Spring lcd, Wool, Hair, or Pulu matt as, cv. rvthing at t lit" stablislim nt i cUnn in v and nh, not a pound of n coiid-liund Material Used. Tile OilgoU I Ulll.tUll' Mill! ufactiit'ing Company is MHiiaged by nun who have xent the bent pint of their Jif in building up tlie furniture businctis iu t)r gon and we cl.iini to know the vm.iiU of th furniture trade. Hr and price uur yooiH, We warrant satisfaction. Oregon Furniture Manu'f Co. dccbalv l'oillaud, Oregon rKOFKSSIONAL CAHDS. i A. Il.Vll.i:V,3I. 1). Physician, Surgeon and Accouc"?ur IIIILSBORO, OREGON Ol FICE-at the Drug Store. RESIDENCE Threo Rlock South of Drug htore. nl :yl WII.SO.V llOWMtY, 31. I). Th) Mclun and Siir;rMn, F01!i:ST UK0VEv .... CRH.OX. OFFICE- At his Residence, West ot Johnson's Flailing Mills. nl'J: y t. ii. iiam)m:v, a irons i:v a sn co uxsj;n ion AT sW OFFICE-ID the Court House, Jlillsboro, Oregon. iiiyl3-tf c. A. 11ALL. lUI.tlOH HTOTT, HAM- K Kl'OTT, r t o ii n j: v s - a t -la w, rATKSTS OttTAISKD. Nil f, Dekum's Rlock, rOUTEAND, OIlEdON. n ly IOUN CAT1IV. B. XILLIN Catlin S. Klllhi, ITTOIiXJ'VS A XI) COUXSELOIt AT LAW. Dekum's Ruilding, I'irnt Btreet, rORTEAND, OREfiON'. THOMAS II. TONGUE. Attorney ut-Lw tlillvhovo, Vui.hlngton County, Oregon. TIIOS. D. IUT31lHUnVS. yOTAIlY rUlUAC and co.vvm'AXCJfn, I.EOAI. papern drawn i.nd collection made. lJiiiii"KK entrusted to hi cara 1 at ended to prcinptly. OFFICE Vew Court House n3:1 JAMES WITHYCOMBE, V o t e r I it n ' y IS i r R e o n, IIILLSlipitO, - . . - OREGON. t'gInfirniary Ivcj't for Ilomen. f 15 per month will he (he charge for ftuy ordinary ciiho. ' -M-ratf KAIIDWAHE, IKON, 8TKI2L j II UIIIIS, HP0KES, RIMS OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK. I NOUTIinUP & THOMPSON, Jyl3m9 portland, Oregon. PI. aT ... L