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0 0 o G O O o O G 0 0 O 0 0 G O O o O o O o O o O G 0 o o o o Q 0 O o - I TS . , . v ljc lllcckln iSntcrpvisc. Oregon City, Oregon : V. C. IIIHXAXI), KDITOil AND rKOI'RIETOR. Saturday, July 6tli, 1367. A T TIIK REQUEST OF MANY IN O 1 - iluenti.il citizens of Oregon Citv, this a l in published i'or a IMiblie Meeting to held at the court House on next Mon- i.iv evening, to take such steps as'inay be .leenied necessary to secure the erection, ore-huilding at thi., place, of the Orcffon Iron Works! O - Lately destroyed by fire at .Portland. ! the Natural Advantages with which ihiA city is so bountifully supplied are to t?e improved by the ingenuity of man it is mgiiiy necessary that all persons, directly int erested, act together in concert for such purpose, and by ofterinar inducements in- vito capitalists to come amonsr us. 13 the present instance we are author- i. ied to say that the most liberal nrooosi- I ...Ill . 1. T. H'A.,-.- v"ii . ni .:.hu iu uuu .vmhsuo, f to select a site here on the grounds ol the i T. Company, Jwo of th(! Numbering Companies, (if jK.t the third), agree to contribute to the The' Common Council'and the Count v Commissioners will be petitioned for an xemption from taxes for city and county rui puc: iui siceiiam penou . . 1 1 .rrangmenhs may be effected, and urgently e-k lii.it a general attendance will result i... . . n .: , ...it w j-. 1. ii iM.m im.n i-iiu. no excuse prevent your being there. The matter is surely in the hands of this community D. C. IRELAND. July h. IP ("17. IlailroiMl Suit. The Oregon Central Railroad Company (incorporated last September,) brought - Miit in the Circuit Court of Marion county, at the June term, praying for an injunc tion to restrain the Oregon Central Rail- u mad Companj' (incorporated a couple of Omonths since) from the use of plaintiff's Ouarne, and from usurping its ofiices, mak ing contracts, etc. The Ikcord ofSatur- d.iy furnishes the following synopsis of the ease and the decision of the court : Oregon Central Railroad Company vs. Oregon Central Railroad Company. The o.np'ahu ailepcs that the nlaintiff is n. rnr- poratioii organized under the general in- .rporation law of Oregon, under the cor porate name of Oregou Central Railroad Company; that it lias certain valuable franchises, secured by act of Congress, ind also from the Legislature of this State, in the shape of lands, right of way. the l.ihhofthe State to pay seven per cent interest cm one million dollars of bonds, ce.; a! so, that the defendant, who is sued is a corporation under the. same name, has wrongfully assumed the corporate name f th plaintiff, is usurping and intruding CJsself ijjto the offices of plaintiff, and in fringing on the use of its corporate name (Vind functions, and prays a perpetual in- .r.iiicuou restraining ueiendant lrora the ise of plaintiffs corporate name and from 1 usurping its ofiices, making contracts. &c. Defendants demurred to complaint, on the following grounds, in substance : 1st, Tiiat the plaintiff, according to its own showing in the complaint, is nnt a W.iilv authorized corporation, on account of de fects in Its organization, as shown in the compla'nt. 2d, That the plaintiff's rem- .. -.0.., 0edy, if any, is quo icarranto, and not by injunction. d, That the complaint does I Lair Hill J not staffc facts sufficient to constitute a Wra' Master3 cau.-e of suit, or that authorize a court of equity to interfere by injunction. 4th, That several causes of suit are improperly united. The Court sustained the demurrer gen rray. holding that according to the lan- guagn 01 u:e complaint it tailed to show that plaintiff was a legally authorized cor poration. The Court further held that the con-plaint (which contained twenty pages of closely written matter) did not present a case that would authorize the interfer ence of a court of equity, or the issuing of an injunction, that the mere adoption of q the same corporate name of plaintiff did not authorize an injunction, except the compiaint had shown an interference with five rights and functions of plaintiff, and this the Court held the complaint failed to show ; that the mere fact of the' defend ant, assuming, the same corporate name of plaintiff and of making contracts in that name, aad issuing stock and bonds in such name, was not such an interference with any rights of plaintiff a3 would authorize an injunction. This decision goes directly to the whole merits of the plaintiffs case, and it is im possible to make any amendment that will entitle plaintiff to another standinjr in Court. Not Very Pleasant. Tlie Iferahl has all along complained that the Orcgonian Uyes not deal fairly with it, socially or otherwise. We observe that the Herald goes a little farther accepts contracts for printing with request to furnish Orcgonian with copy, but forgets ihe request. That t?ort of business courtesy looks very bad, and Democrats as well as Republicans re mark about it. q The Pack.k$ Lixe. The bark Sam 3ler r'df, cf the Oregon Packet Line, is now at Portland. The Live Yankee is about ready to sail. The Arrival is en route. TunoLon. The C. O. & M. S. S. Com pany have arranged to ticket passengers through from San Francisco to Boise City, and intermediate places, at reduced rates. a for.il arrangement. Locate irCapt. M. Keeler has finally reached New York and located at 55 Lib ert v Street, as nn Orecon Commission Agent, for buying and shipping direct. Still Ui'. The Albany Journal sees in the names of Hon. Schuyler Colfax and 3 Ion. Geo. II. Williams, two fitting men to sit at the head of this Government. I:pia- Speeches. The Lewiston Journal U publishing the simple, but truthful and vandid speeches, made at the late treaty V- z. Vcrr Indians. Orrgan tix tlie U. H. fccnutc. When Senator Williams, in response to ! the serenade givea Lim in this city, says the Oreoonian, staled thai he drafted the bill which is known as the reconstruction law, a good many Democrats in private life as well as of the press, affected to dis credit the statement and sought to make it appear that the Senator hud told it as a sort of cock-and-bull story to give himself an importance before the people ofgOre- gon, which his public services would not warrant. This, of roil nni. i ;t- r ' bibition of partisan spleen and that sort of unchantabloness which never permits rc!??!r J ,see anyftic?rd OT great in a political opponent. We have a bit of testimony fi om another Kmimn t hi r rfiirr oni in frr-rt ii. -i - , . ,, 1 UU11I& 01 ur- ,umam3 in tue Senate, which will serve to gratiry me benator 3 friends, and which will not be particularly relished by CM f hU nnnnvuMll ... , 1 .wuiu.iuuic mm ueuuie 01m. ine editor ot the btaic Journal writing from Whinortnn. M?iv 9toh in-nu !,..- i.,. " ' ihe arrival b f Senator Willi is . . . . J1 " mi""li5 after speaking of hie certainty of recon- struction upon the uist principles of uni- versal liberty and equal rights as pro- Vlda m the reconstruction act, says : It must bo peculiarly gratifying to the people of Oregon one of the youngest and least nonnlmis nf nil il. " ci know lhat Ju1S " illiams was the author and first mover of this great national mea sure of reconstruction. Ue -lrw a.n anUir an1 lM(linfr.n(lvfinn)n rr ihn f.,, in were the two most important bills passed by the Thirty-ninth Congress. For a man who has been in the Senate but a part of one term, in the midst of the most distin guished statesmen of the liepublicwho have served in that body twelve to fifteen years, to have originated and carried through the leading measures of a very important Congress, is a distinction, I be lievc, which no other Senator has ever gained. Aside from his character as a legislator, he ranks high on the commit tees, lie was chairman of the committee on Contingent Expenses and it is not usual to place a new Senator at the head of a committee and is now chairman of the committee on Public Land Claims. He is a member of the Finance Committee the most important of all the committees in the Senate. There is but two who rank above him on this committee Sherman, 0 'Ohio, its chairman, and Governor Morgan, of New. York. Senator Williams is making his mark as a statesman ; is gaining a r.a tional reputation, which will make his name of, great value to the people Orrcon and the I'aciiic coast, as well as the coun try at large Disaster. The burning of the Oregon Iron Works, at Portland, on Wednesday morning, v as a disaster to thai place. The following account of the lire is from the Orcgonkta of Thursday : Wo have been enabled by thorough and persistent in- Iuiry to la' before our readers further of the particulars relating to tne destruction of the Oregon Iron Foundry yesterday morning. The following are the owners of stock in the company as near as we can ascertain them : Stephen Coffin, (whose interest covered two-fifths of the entire establishment) D. McCully, A. McCulIy. E. M. Cooke, S. T. Church, AY. S. Fowell, J. W. Clawson, Dr. Yv II. Watkins, Win. C. Jamison, A. Myers and 3. ine loss is estimated by tlie President, without any definite and de terminate knowledge below the figures wo mentioned yesterday mornicg-S80,000. There was an insurance on the works to the extent of $10,000. Mr. McCully, tlie President, having loaned the company $10,000, required it to securean insurance to that amount for his benefit, which was done. The fire originated in the extreme south-west corner of the casting building, which is located on the south-west corner of the block. On Tuesday, the men in that part of the works had been casting, and had run off the surplus metal from the cupola into a corner of the building, upon which surplus metal the laborers had placed the flasks (being the casing of the sand of which the molds are made.) and being decidedly combustible, the heat re tained by the metal caused their ignition, which led to the rapid envelopment of the whole establishment by the ravenous ele ment. At the west side of the building, one header completed and one nearly completed were saved, one small lathe but a beautiful piece of mechanism, was carried from the building unhurt. The books and papers belonging to the busi ness of the concern were all saved. The loss of each individual stockholder is not to be known until further developments and thorough investigation of all the losses. The heaviest loser is Stephen Coffin, placed at about $ 10,000. Mr. Davis, the patentee of the reaper being manufactured by the w orus tor mm, is aboat bu.OOO. There were twenty of the reapers quite if not entirely completed. Governor Gibbs, a short time since sold out his entire inter est, thereby saving himself from loss. Stephen Coffin a short time since, we un derstand, sold an interest to Mr. Masters, and was negotiating for a transfer cf a still further interest, but the negotiation was not complete. One important piece of machinery called a slotting machine (which in English is a machine for mor tising iron) passed the fiery ordeal with out receiving any damage. Y"e learn, after further inquiry , that Wm. Lair Hill, Esq., is a loser by about $1,700. The firemen did their duty as became them, and worked with a will to save all the property they possibly could, Although there was no wind, still the houses on the north, across the street, would have been consumed had not the firemen stayed its scorching effects upon the roof of the resi dence near by. Had there been a breeze, even, from the northwest, the Central Public School House, a fine building, would have been in danger ; hut with Portland firemen at the apparatus, and with half a show, they would have saved it harmless from fire and baptised it with water in les? time than it takes us to write It is said that" Gov. Woods ha; accepted an rhvitation to stump the State of Cali fornia, in behalf of the Union State and Congressional tickets. The invitation comes from a large number of the most prominent Union men of that State. This is a flattering compliment to our State. Fred. Schwatka has passed examination and been admitted as a Cadet at Yv'est Point. At the regular session of the Board of Examiners, he was ill at Balti more, but was passed at .a special ' sitting on the 20ih inst. So says his dispatch to his friends here. Subsequent to the conclusion of the railroad, suit, at Salem, on Friday after noon, Samuel Clark, of the Record, and J. Gaston, attorney for the defeated railroad company, had a pugilistic encounter, in which, however, no great amount of blood was spilled, thanks to the intervention of bystanders. This is the first collision" on the Oregon Central Railroad. A correspondent of ihe Mountaineer, writing from Canyon City, says : A pros pecting parly. to Crooked river is being talked of, to start from here in a short time, and from what I can learn it will be composed of the right sort of men ; so that before fall we may expect to hear of the place being found where the emigrants of '43 hammered the -t-rold out on their wagon tire:-?. We learn from a reliable source, savs the Mountaineer, that there is a great com motion among the Government contractors and gentlemen connected with the Q. M. Department, relative to the letting of con tracts for transportation and etceteras. A ladies" fair will be held at St. Pauls Church, on the French Prairie, on the Sth and 8th of July. Of the object of the fair, we are not informed. Gov. Woods has accepted the Yaqulna Pay .Wagon Road, says the Record. He says of it, that it is the best mountain .road he ever saw. The steamer Yidchna, Capt. Coo, Master, on her last trip to Lewiston, made the en tire distance from Celilo to Lewiston 27t) miles at the rapid rate of 41 hours and 33 minutes, running time. Returning the Yakima made the same distance (from Lewiston back to Celilo) in hours and 7 minutes. Adding to the latter the time usually occupied in making the distance from Celilo to Portland, about 9 hours, the trip could have been made to Portland in i uours ami minutes, and me entire trip from Portland to Lewiston and back in the astonishing short time of 72 hoard and 42 minutes. Further, we are informed that from Lewiston to Fori Benton, by the Lolo Fork trail, in the summer, the entire instance can be made in ( days, wuich would bring us within 1 1 days, 2 hours and f3 minutes of Fort Beaton.. Cape. Miller formerly in command of the bark Almalia, is now the master of the Architect, running between San Francisco and Paget Sound. The following items of news we clip from the Mountaineer of the 26th uit : The up-river freights have been very good du ring the last week. The down-river freights for the week ending Thursday 2Cth, amounted to 3000 pounds wool ; 220 quarter sacks Hoar and 1200; hides Yvro are informed that Mes.rrs. Robbins & Weaver of this city have a contract for transporting one hundred anil eighty tons of Government freight from San Francisco to the different military camps in Idaho Territory. They also have the transport ing of one hundred tons of flour from Waila YValla to the same destination. The freight is shipped from San Francisco to Portland in sailing vessels, and from Port land to Yvrallu!a bv the O.S.N. Co. "s boats, and we are told, considerable cheaper than It can be carried by an other route We are glad to learn, by a private but authentic letter, that Col. Marshall and Capt. Eckerson, U. S. A., have been honorably acquitted of all the charges preferred against them by the Court of In quiry which recently sat upon their case at Fort Poise, composed of able and hon orable officers of the army, Corporal Kennedy, Co. F., U. S Artillery, arrived in this city on Wednesday, from Walla Yv'alla, in charge of two men of the 8th Cavalry, who he was conducting to Fort Vancouver for trial, one for dese'rtlon and the other for being drunk and disorderly. The Roseburg paper says that Senator Williams will address the citizens of that place on the 20th of July. The Advocate says Clear Creek camp meeting is now in progress, under the di rection of Rev. J. F. Devore, P. P. and Rev. C. Alderson, P. C. There is also a camp meeting in progress in the Browns ville circuit. The Salem Record says : " The church edifice being constructed on the southeast corner of High and Center streets, by the " Christian'-' denomination, popularly known as " Campbcliites'' will be one of the handsomest in the city. It is of brick, the walls being 22 feet in the clear. It stands 3Gx5G feet on the ground, and is only four feet each way smaller than the 31. E. Church. The building is now ready for the plasterer, and so for ward to completion that it is expected ser vices will bo held there in the month cf August. We have cur opinion of a man who would strike a woman, rob a hen roost, or steal from a local Editor. Yfo condole friend Pull, who, while subbing lor Capt. Crandall, had his cherry orchard robbed. Portland is raising about five hundred vigorous young chaps for the Penitentiary. Oregon City has about twenty fifh like tendencies. Consternation exists nmorg the Salem people, who found out one fine day lately, that Salem didn't own Marion Square so much as she used to. The widow of the donor of the land claims it. They say a pettifogger or two is at the bottom of the case. The Masonic Fraternity of Oregon met in Grand Lodge at Portland week before last. The following of.icer." fc-r the e:isa COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TrMTlT-lTRTTV DIT nflLTTTDPNTA . nr.,..,,;,. vep.r were elected: J. r:ig mw"'" j TT Brown. G. II. P-j Conor' D' G" IL P S F Chadwiek, G. K.; A. B. Richard son, G- S.; C. M. Cartwright, G. Sec ; J. II. Couch. G. Treasurer : B. F. Qoodwrn, o. c. of ii.; J. n-V vVe'e ling. G. R- A. C; J. II- Vv ythe. G. C. . Contracts to the amount of $40,000 were made last week at the Oregon Iron Works for mill machinery for ihe upper Columbia. Mr. J. B. Underwood of Eugene City, wIU probably be appointed to the posi tion of Krister in Bankruptcy fortius District. Hon. W. C. Johnson of this city, and Mr. S. A. Moreland of Portland as sisted in the fourth of July celebration at Needv. A private letter from Camp Lyon, dated on the 10th, states that Lieut. Waymire was there filling the duties of A. A. Q. M., and A. C. S. Maj. Hand had gone to Cal- norma, ana am luumuuj, ua, ,k,. Harr would go out on a long campaign with 40 men, joining (Jon. Crook. Their operations would be west of Stein s Moun tain. During tl;e last of May contracts were let for supplies of forage and fuel at Camp Lyon, much below the prices paid last year. In 1SGG hay cost $C0 per ton ; wood $14 to 18 per cord ; grain lOi cts per pound. This yeav Hay is furnished at $21; wood at $9.87 ; grain" "at 3j cts per pound. The contracts involve about Camp Lyon is IS miles west of the Owyhee mines, and is yerypleasantly sit uated. On the Huh Mr. Elian Ward was .-Tioi, and wounded In the left arm, by Robert Bean, near Walla Walla. I'ean'gave him self up, and was held in the light bonds cf $1,000. Tae Unionist thinks Senator Williams would be the best man for President, Colfax for Vice President. We are not particular. ..:e. Suit voursvlf. Paper flour sacks won't do for Oregon Cotton and linen are just as cheap, and a rreat deal more useful when the "Staff of Life" is gone out of them. New mines, and placers worked previous to the Frazer excitement, have been found on the Met-! Low, nd Va-na:kc in Wash I v. g ton Territory. Mine3 on John .Day continue to pay well. Wages arc from $4 to $4 50 per day. Beautiful quartz has been obtained on the Coast Fork of the Vullamette river. The State Journal says on Wednesday of this week Messrs. A. S. Patterson, C. ii Mosos, Jcel Ware and't Dorace Stratton went eight or ten mile3 up the river on a fishing excursion taking iheir boat upon a wagon. Next morning they started down and arrived at Eugene in the eve ning with ahunured fine trout. The Sentinel says that on Yrednesday the 21 ih ult., a company of Chinese miners discovered part of the remains of some large animal, probably a Mammoth or Mastadoii, w hile drifting in Missouri Gulch. about three miles from Jacksonville The people of Crescent City are to hare a breakwater, of stone work. The Sentinel says Lieut. IT tier has visited the place for the purpose of iookingafter the ma terials. Doth the loading political writers of Sa lem Lave been to the Penitentiary lately. ihe it-iilcm llec.or-.l ot 'i uesday has the following : Rev. I. D. Driver preached Sunday evening at the Congregational Church. During the services, one ot the spindles nuts of his buggy was' taken off and thrown on the ground, and there found this morning. Fortunately, and providentially, ?dr. Driver Lad the spin dles reset on Friday, and they being pei- j fecily true, the wheel went to his house, over a mile, in safety. He was driving a fiery ycnr.g horse at the lime, and the re sults of an accident might have been very serious to himself and his lady. The ques tion is, did some boy, finding the nut easily turned, take it off and find himself unable to replace it, or was it the work of some one who purposely risked life and property to be in mischief? If the latter, he should be discovered and pnnisLcfl. A little at tention now, may save eome of the youth of our city, who grow reckless in propor tion to their opportunities, a term in the penitentiary. The flouring nilll of the Willamette Manufacturing Company, at Salem, ship ped three hundred and thirteen and one half tons of flour in the month cf June. One hundred and three tons went io the Quartermaster of the Department of the Columbia ; and the remainder to San Francisco. The Unionist says : " According to our opinion, there is no company organized in this State that can receive any benefit from the U. S. Lands, or State aid towards building a railroad, nor can they even be authorized to do so, until the Legislature of this State has met and by joint resolu tion designated a company to receive the aid and lands above mentioned. We re grot as much as anybody the muss our railroad prospects have got into, but the Legislature is our only source of remedy, and until that body meets, tilings must re main as they are. If companies can go on and build roads without Government or Stale aid, we will be glad of it ; if not. we must be content to abide our time. The Record, edited by S. A. Clarke, says the above position is undoubtedly correct. Tut: Califorxi.v Grain Crop. The Cali fornia Bee of the 20th, says: The harvest, which a fortnight ago, from general rumor, was thought to bo little more than half a crop, will probably bo nearly a full one in most of the grain growing counties. Such are now tlie reports, says the Alta. from Napa, Alameda. Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Yolo and Sonoma. The area planted is a fourth greater than last year, and the yield will no doubt be greater. The yield of fruit will be enormous, save in the far north, where it has suffered from late frosts. The agricultural prospects were never seemingly go prosperous as at tins time. Wc lake the following telegraphic news from dispatches to the Oregoniaa. Sheridan will complete his reconstruction work at one-fifth less expense than Gen. Sickles says be requires in his district. r Yvclls Fargo & Co., send coaches regu larly from Julesburg to Denver with a sufficient military force to protect the route from Indians. Gen. Rawlings and Gen. Dodge, of the Union Pacific Railroad, have left for tlie West. Rawlings will fix the point at 'the base of the mountains where the triple subsidy commences. A San Francisco dispatch of last Mon day says of flour -sales of 740 bbls Imper ial extra, ex-Orijlamme, at current rates ; city brands, superfine hlf sks per l'JC lbs, $35 25 ; qrsks $5 2o(W oO ; extra hit sks $CG 25 ; qr sks So 25G 50. Wheat We understand that from $1 40 to $1 CO is being paid in the interior for the new crop. Ordinary old, $1 50 ; coast $1 50 ; good itnilling si Go. Senator Thayer sent the following dis patch to Gen. "Grant and the Secretary of the Interior : "If Gen. Puford report ed what the telegraph attributes to him in regard to Indians matters, he is guiliv of reckless misrepresentation or cruel stupidity. The warfare now being car ried on upon the plains by jhe savage Indians upon small parties of deicnse less settlers, railroad surveying parties and laborers is barbarous and unprovoked. The Government must not be deluded by any such reports as Buibrd's." An official disuatcli notifying the Aus- train Minister of the execution of Maxi- milion on the 19th had been received. Juarez refuses to give up the body to the Emperor of Austria. Napa'ein h s been' notified of his death through the cable. Jhe event produced great excite- men i among the foreign ministers. Nearly all called on Count Wydenderck to con- sole with him. Comodore Rao of the steamer Jacony telegraphs to the .Navy Department to the same effect. It is be- lieved that Juarez consented reluctantly to the execution of Maximilian. lie m- formed a messenger of our Government that he was disposed to spare his life but the pressure of the Mexican leaders and people was too great to Avithstand. MARRIED. At Portland. June 50th, by the Rev. Mr. Parens, II r. Thomas Rowley, of j Oregon City, and Mrs. C. Blackwell, of v aehingtan county. Kcw Advertisements. W. F. KIGHFIELD, Established since 1S49, at the old stand, Ma ix Stuekt, Ukl.gox Citv. SZb,. An assortment of Watches, .Tew- t'vT3. clrv, and Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. jfe'gjw Repairiiigs done on short notice, r , . u thankful lor past favors. (. 0. P. IflASON, Attorney and Counselor at Lav, 102 Front St., Portland, Oregon. Is fHy prepared to aitend to any business under the Rankrupt Law. Divorces obtained on the most reasonable terms, and no charges made for services where the divorce is denied. 57. ly BaiTTGH & GRAY, Attorneys at L aw, No. GTG Seventh st,, P. O. Box 1034, Washington Citt, 1). C. O FECIAL ATTENTION OIVEN to LAND Business, before the General Land Oilicc and Interior Department, and generally to business before the Executive Departments lid uonrress Having had vcars of experience in the General Land Oillce, arl a long and succes ful practice in land claims aud controversies, wc arc enabled to oiler valuable services be fore the U. S. Supreme Court, Interior De partment, and General Land Office. e reier generally ro iui u. iiann Ofhccrs. 3 in Notice IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Assessor's Rooks for the assessment of all theprop- of Oregon City, for the year 1SG7, has been approved and placed in the Collector s hands lor collection. ah persons owing enner property, poll, or road taxes, are hereby re- quired to settle ine same w itci me proper ci- -. . . i i i : i i. a i licer immediately, and save costs. JAMES M. MOO It E, Recorder. July Sd, 1S67. (57.3t llotice tO Johll Findsermacker. lTOU ARE HEREBY' NOTIFIED TIIAT I will, on Saturday tlie third day ot timonv to show that you have forfeited your ritdit to said tract of land, by abandonment thereof. JASFER ORAliEL. June 29th, 1SG7. (G7.lt Kotice to Leonard A. Cuminings. IIClIARD OUGH vs. LEONARD A. A, CUMtflNGS, Contest for land m T. 1 Is. R. 5 E. Notice to Leonard A. Cummings, Richard Ough havinc; applied at. this odice to enter as a jwc-emption right, the lot 4 of section 21, tlie N. V. quarter ot N. W quarter of section 28, and the E. half of N. h. quarter ot section 2;, m T. 1 N. It. 5 E., alleging lhat you have abandoned said land, and filing proof in support of such allegation ; You are, therefore, hereby no tified that j"Ou will be allowed until the 30th day ot July, 107, to appear at tins oihee and establish your right to said tract of laud, otherwise said proof of abandonment will be taken as true, and j our cutry thereof re ported tor cancilation. OWEN WADE, Register. II EN R Y W A R REN , Receiver. Land Oflice, Oregon City Oregon, June 24, ISO. (SG.4t instate CI lilOinas J OimSOn, deceased, TN THE COUNTY COURT OF CLACKA mas County, State of Oregon. In the matter ' of tlie estate of Thomas Johnson deceased. F. O. McCown, administrator of said estate, having hied his accounts for a tinal settlement in said County Court, it was ordered by the Court that Monday the 5ih day of August, 1867, be fixed as the day for a final settlement and determination of said accounts. Therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties interest ed in said matter, to appear on said day at U1C uut "se 111 vit-Sou vn, v,iai;h..iiiius County, State of Oregon, and make their VUJ-.llUHO JlI BvJvUlll.ij k I lilt V 1 1 vl V . 11 i JJy order of W. T. MATLOCK. County Judge of Clackamas Co., Oregon. f ff.l.. T..l , i 1 r ,.T- B N IHE CO Li MY COURT OF CLACK A- X mas County, State of Oregon. -In the matter of the estate of William Smith, de- ceased. Francis Smith, executrix of said estate, having filed her accounts for final set- "ciucui. in Biuu v.-uuuy vuuri, it. was oruereu by the Court that Monday ihe 5th day of August, 1SG7, be fixed as the day for a final settlement and determination of said accounts. Therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties interest ed in said matter, to appear on said day at tho Court House in Oregon City, Clackamas Count3. State of Oregon, and make their ohir.tiona to sahl accounts hfino- n!)n.-f.l 4r a w.v., .1 By order of W. T. MATLOCK. .M. V ...... County Judge of Clackamas Co., Oregon Oregon City, July 1st, 17. -?7 - t 1 Auzust, 1S(!7, at the hour ot 1 o clock 1'. M., i'aciiic nanroaa to uie Atlantic Mates, apply to enter at the Oregon City Land Office Stages stop over night at Jacksonville and the N. W. quarter of section S, T 2 S R 1 W, Yrcka, for passengers to rest. Passengers and that I will then and there produce tes- will be permitted to lay over at any point. OREGON LEATHER ! The Best on the CofiST. yaf ?SM ' Manufacturer of ALL KINDS OF LEATHERS Miiataukie, Oregon-. THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO IN forin DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS That he is prcpnrcd to furnish as coed and durable un article of Leather as can be made on the Pacific Coast, at the following rates : Harness Leather, per lb 28 to 30 cents. I-:vfri lif-avv. for Concord 83 " Skirting, per pound 23 to S2 11 1 tin'-, in the side 35 " Cut, per scpiure foot, 1,00 Side, upper, " " " 10 to 20 cents. Grain Leather " " " IS to 22 " Li-dit Dufi, or Grain for Wo men's work 13 to 20 " CalfSkins, per doz 830 00 to $40 00 Kin " " 4e00 t 60 00 Bridle, per sine o .-e 10 'Y.lhir. ier side 1 00 to 4 00 2 50 4 00 Lace Leather, per side. T 1 A . - !"?T I do not think that Harness Leather should necessarily be made in Santa Cruz, in or der to stand the test cf our climate ; T" Nor do I think that Pflting. in order to.beur the strain .of Oregon Machinery, must be made m the Atlantic fctates. ALL I ASK IS A - i -gm -t, JL it XM. 0 JI it lv . Ar( prove, to the satisfaction of all concerned, that Oregon Leather is the best on the Coast. Ail orders wm meet vnuv prompt a- tcution Address THOMAS ARMSTRONG, J0.lv ) Mibvaukie, Oregon. IMPORTER OF Hard Wood Lumber COACH, CARRIAGE, AND WAGON MATERIALS ! Portland, Oregon. TTAR NOW ON HAND asd TO ARRIVE a I the finest stock ever imported te this coast. Reing selected under his personal supervision he can warrant it to be of the best, and would cull the attention of dealers and wagon makers to his assortment of EASTERN OAK, ASH, AND HICKORY, PLANK, WHITE WOOD. HUBS, SPOKES, FELLOES AXLES, POLES, BENT RIMS Shaft, Bows, Single-tree, Plata Beams and Handles, d'C. Orders for the abore, also for Roxes, Thim- bies, fckeins, Iron and Steel, promptly tilled. KOISEKT I. LAW, -Commission Merchant, 38 First st , Corner of J'ine, Portland, Oregon. T" Consignments solicited. (30. ly DAILY OVERLAND MAIL Tl OUTE! TO CALIFORNIA. THROUGH to Sax FRANCISCO IN SIX days, Carrying the U. S. Mail aud W. V. & Co.'s Exp!-". II. . CORbWT & Co , 1 BOriiS p.y this route passengers avoid the risk of Ocean travel. Fussing tiironi:li Ureron Cin Halein, Albany, CofvalSis, 'Oakland, Win- i . , . ... . ... -Chester, Jtoscburg, CanyonriUe, Jacksonville and in California : Yreka, Trinity Center, Shasta, lied iiiuli, lchama, Chico, Oroviue, Marysvidc to Sacramento. Connecting with thr fifiilr stnnros to itl m i n i n t t n w n in r-.nrtli ern C ibfornla and southern Oregon ; also with the Railroad from Oroville to Sacra- memo ; aiso connecting wun me central and resume their seats at pleasure, at any time within one month, upon notifying the Agent at the office w here they lay over. JFar to SRcramciilo &50. Stages leave the Portland office (Arrigo ni's Hotel,) daily at o'clock. So.Sm) B. O. WHITEHOUSE, Agent. CHARM AN & RRO.. Oregon City Agents. 11 SiMSHEiMER & CO,, New Y'ork Manufacturers of Bell Metal Patent Agraffe Grand Scale Pianofortes ! rpiIE,. UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE3 X pect fully announce to his old natrnns and the public generally, that he will keen luuswmi)- on nana a gooa assortment ot the above class Fianos, which he offers whoie- sale aud retail at New York prices. AGEXT FOR ETEIXWAT & SOX3 Celebrated Pianofortes ! AXD A.E. THOMPSON'S Patent Swell at.d Voice Tkemelo Ciiorai, Organ. N. B. Pianos and Organs carefully tuned and repaired.' 1'. .SINSHEIMER 36.1y) ' 1 11 Front st. Portland, Oregon POKY SALOON. Main street, Oregon City, C"sss... One door north of the Post uuice. "tfjr JAMES Propr. This popular saloon is always supplied with the very best oualitv of V"inf nnH Liquors, Ale, Porter. Reer and Cider Cigars i anu iooacco. uive me a call. 7:1 y JAMES MANN. A. G. BRADFORD, TXS REMOVED THE BALANCE OF JLJL his stock of Wines and Liquors, I yt r tt c- ., - TO . x . j M.rM, su-cci, voruaiui, Urc "on . . . . ..... i viit rear oi ins iormer place oi .v.jii.vjo. i .n in 11 ail L Ml Jiitlil I'lIlO mcs and Brandies, will do well to call Lmpty j'ipca and Barrel: for Sale. (27. tf AUCTION ' ANDJWmrissioy A. IS. lliIsas'doir" AUCTIONEER! 5 Corner of Front and Oak streets, Portland AUCTION SALES Of Real Estate, Groceries, GpncralMerrl dise and Horses, Lan- Every Wednesday and Saturday t A. B. RicriARnsoA-, Auctioneer O AT PRIVATE ALE. English refined Par and PunchV T . 0 o English Square and Octagon Cast sWi -Horse shoes, Files, Rasps, saws ; ' Screws, Fry-pans, sheet iron, R.'g Iron- o A large assoitmcnt of Groceries and Liquors A. D. Richardson, Auctioneer! CHAS. HODGE . . CIIAS. eTc.VLEF . .GEO. W. SXELL, H0BGZJ, CALEF k C0.9 DEALERS IS o DETJGS and MEDIOJNES h TAINTS, OILS, AVD VaXDCTlV GLASS O r 1 RXISHES, BR US J IRS, Rj IXTEUs Materia!, and Druggists Sundries 07 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. S5.) mu&m abb isp One door south from the corner of First and Morrison streets, near the Western, Portland, Oregon. m. T. Shanalian, IMPORTER ASD DEALER IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NINE EN OR A VINOS, ' PICTURE FRAMES And MOLDINGS. rpiIE FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK X of Engravings, Cromos, Plain and col ored Lithographs, etc., ever before cii'erwl in this market, just received and fur sale at GREATLY- KEBUCEC PRffJES! also : Vieus of Columbia River Scenery'; Constantly on hand. AG EXT FOR EnAKBUItv's CELEBHATS sud Scale Fisa&os I Which have given universal satit-faction, and which he guarantees to sell at San Fran cisco prices. Special attention given to framing J hotograpii J-naravmgs, etc. r. Shanahan, formerly of A. K lev s establishment, San Jt- raucisco, will at tend to tuning and repairing Pianos, Melo deons, and all kinds of .Musical Instruments. I'ianos for Rent. (C'i.ly TEA AND PAPER HANGING 1 tl i a A j No. 113 Front street, Portland, X)E LEAVE TO I FORM THF. public that they kec-p an t-vienjtfve stock9 of CAP. PETS, PAPER HANGINGS, FLOOIL AN I) TA PLE OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHAD ESJD A M j Iv LACK GUI IT A INS, CORNICES AND BANDS, GILT MOLDINGS, And all goods in the CARPET & UPHOLSTERY LINE t o "We Import or Goods Direct from the I5.st, a. mi svll nl San Francisco I?i iccs I WALTER 2Sft, 113 Front street, nearly opposite Vaazfin' Vi nan, i'oriland, Uregon. 85. FAfiMERS'OF 0EEG0NI LOOKOUT FOR THE H7i f v1. o THE CHEAPEST! MOST DURABLE! AND O LIGHTEST DRAFT IlEAPEU IN TIIE UNITED STATES. THE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW MAIfc ufacturing, and have placed in market for the coming harvest, fifty of the above named Reapers, which they "will cheap, aod WARRANT TO GIVE Than any Other Beaper ever ( o BROUGHT TO TIIE PACIFIC COAST! For sale by tne OUEGOX IKOXVORKS, SG.tf) Portland, Oregon. DE, KUFELAND'S CFLE3RATED SWISS STOIiIAGH BITTERS. TRY IT TRY IT The best Purifier of the Blood! A Pleasant Tonic ! A very Agreeable Drink ! Unsurpassed for acting surely b gently on the secretions of tbeiuu lieys, bowels, stomach and liver. For sale at all wholesale and retail liquor, drug, and grocery stores. SOBODY SHOULD BE WITHOUT Ef L G. Friscu, Proprietor. Tayloo & Bendel, Sole Agent.. 413 Clay St., iu Francuc.-. C''.ly)