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gBecfclp jpieaon Statesman- SALEM. TUESI)AY, OCTOBER 22. - itie rA.-nA. ' - Hou. J. H. MitelMsll Juu announced appofntmcnU to pelfct the following times and plwes, on tbe political Is sue of tlie day ECOKNKCITr.... Monday, Outober lt KOSEBVW4 Wwltveaaay. " 3d JACKaoNVUAB..SatmWy, ; b OAKLAND Monday. ' "h .CORVALLIS. Irt! - p2: 'SALEM ... Wednesday, " 301 h OREIJON CITY. . Thnrsday, list PORTLAND FrtrtaT. h ovember lt f) AFATPWB.. : Jardy, 1 HILAJS BOKO-. -Mod. lay, .- " h MTTlme of Piwaklng' M each phi 7 J oVluok, KVESDiti, except u noted above. W. D. HARK, Bepnbfkau oandldate for Presidential EhVwr, mW addreee the people of Ore Ron, on political qtieatloM, at the fol ton luff til ncs and places s v McMlnuTllle ...... .Friday October! Dallas Saturday , " 2H Corral Ite... ...Monday " S8 KnteneCity Tneaday " Albany Wednesday.... " Men .' .-. Thnrwlar " 31 OreoaC4tY.. rrtdy...i....Norr 1 Portland Saturday HON. E. D. 8HATTUCK. Liberal Ropub'l can candidate tor Elector, la lnvUcci to Join In iiuwuoaoa, uoeairea. THE HIVHTN or THE HTATE SOT PBOTHTED. I ' ' i - . -, The Locks BUI as it passed the House has no provision for the ade quate protection of the State. The terms of the bill have been mostly dic tated by the Company. The bill as It is now will get the works oft their hands 'at an enormous price. The State will be lully held to pay the last farthing while the Company will be boa ml iinno material respect There Is no provision to guard against the contingency of the dissolution and In solvency, of the Company. A part of the land Is in dispute. The decision may be against the Company. How, lu that case can the Company make title to tho State ? or how will the State get what it tio'.v bargains for ? Or how will it get an equivalent? The bill, In the last section provides simply that the Company hall enter into good and sufficient bonds for the ! faithful performance" etc. But no' sum is named tor the bond. That is left entirely to the Commissioners, j They may name any sum from ten : cents op. The Company has dictated f the terms of the bill and has shown -Itself strong enough to put the job through. Why should they not also' dictate the choice of Commissioners i Tliey will. And tbe Commissioners will be tbe friends and creatures of the Company. The bonds they will i re-1 quire will be easy. The State's Inter est in the matter will be ignored. Thai's what's the matter with the bill In its present shape. As to repairs : Tbe bill was amend ed the otlier day, to require the Com pany to make all repairs, under penal ty of the stoppage of rent, and the de duction from such rent of the cost of repairs made by the State. This is spoken of as a big thing In favor of the State. It will be a good thing it the State is protected In other essential respects; but not otherwise. It will not Operate to secure the full perform ance by the Company of their contract. It will not carry the Company along to the completion of title. Suppose tbe State goes forward and makes ten or eleveu payments say 1400,000 or $440,000 ; Uien the works are broken away by flood; the Secretary says, "gentlemen you must rebuild;" the "gentlemen" decline to rebuild; tlie Secretary says, 'then, gentlemen I mnst withhold tbe rent ;" the "gen tlemen" will say to Mr, Secretary, 'do you think we are green enough to expend $440,000 to repair these works in order to get that other $40,000?" and Joe Teal would shrug his shoul ders shrewdly and add, '-Not much ." That Is precisely Iww the matter may all end, and the State find itself out $440,000 with not a vestige of canal or locks to show for It. ' IH FLATFOMX OF PRISCIPI.EJi. The platform of principles put forth by the Republican National Conven tion, la one upon which every lover of freedom can stand, which appeals with a uoble pride to the glorious acts of the Republican party during the past eleven years, and marks out a course for the future alike suited to all sec tions of the country, and to all its in habitants. Liberty and equality ; civ il, political and public rights ; the con stitutional amendments: peace with foreign nations ; civil service reform ; public lands ; revenue anil . taxation ; honor, gratitude and remuneration to soldiers and sailors ; prorection to im migrants and naturalized citizens ; the franking privilege ; worktugmen and capitalists ; tbe suppression of violent and treasonable organizations, and tbe establishment of an honest, pure and free ballot everywhere; denunciation of repudiation, and a sacred pledge to pay tbe public debt ; a tribute to the loyal women of America, and a just consideration of additional rights ; amnesty; a clear definition of powers of the States and of the Federal Gov ernment ; - ship-building ; - and an enthusiastic endorsement of Grant and Wilson. These are the topics of the Republican platform, and there is noth ing comprised in it which can fail to 1 meet the approval of every lover of human rights and every friend ot real . reform. It comprehends all the varied j Interests of the Government and the people. Grant and Wllsod stand fair : and square on the platform, and when ' elected will carry its principles every om of them into practical operation. A TICTOT FOB TBE PEOPLE. i ft-rtaolo Wefcot: -MTratk trasktd to Knrth WIU fefawAgmlaw . "At a late hear last evening tbe House of Representatives did the best act of the session. It reconsidered the vote by which the Lock and dam swindle bill was passed, and then defeated the scheme of the plunderers by a vote of 25 to 22, Cranor and Cooper absent. This was accomplished by the aid ot Messrs. Collier and Stott ot Washing ton, wlio originally voted for the bill. Inat wha wxfer very atroog instructions from their constituents, reversed their vote. ' By this act tbe Republicans of the House saved the Republican party from ruin, saved the people from an enormous and oppressive tax, and demonstrated, that plunderers v have not yet got this State by the throat. It was a glorious victory of tustice over a treasury-robbing scheme. All honor to the men who fought the bat ' tie oat to victory ! The people will re joice and with one voice give to the victor J the acclaim of "Well done thou good and faithful servants." "a j :-'- : ' The Tbeascbt m not yet been suf- flcleutly depleted,- It would seem, to suit everybody. The session of the LlgTslatnire ti tV Deprolonged till Wednesday to gtve further opportunity.- Bat, chiefly this is done to en rihlo the ca:.nl and locks bill to be put through the Senate... I'nles-itlie Ilou-e ihfihM gn rniMc upon IN own' action. t!:i cimniivuj ;up-itioH upon - the w:H;i!e i; to be t&, . -.animated. ; V FAACY AJtD FACT. Some of the "flowery" orators lu the Legislature based jwwerful argu ments on the assumption that there were raised in Oregon this year, 4,000.000 bushels of wheat; and the further assumption that the difference In the river and railroad transportation on this quantity of wheat would be a sum of magnificent proportions. The argument would be really worth some thing if all or any considerable part of the wliole crop would or could be trans ported on the river, lu any event. It a. -ems to have been overlooked by -these romancing statisticians that ' a considerable portion of the crop of the State Is produced eitlier lu Eastern Oregon, or below the Willamette Falls, or far above any possible navigation in the Willamette valley, or In Ump qna river valley, or In Rotigtie river valley, neither of which sections will ever furnish a pound of wheat to the transportation of the Willamette river. But about th:it aggregate of 4.000.000 bushels the census of 1S70 showed the total product of wlieat lu the whole State for 139 to have been 1,750,000 busliels. Who believes that since that time, the production of wheat has been more than doubled, by 400.000 bush els? The wheat product of this year. in the entire State is unquestionably under 3,000.000 bushel?. And it must be remembered tliat only a part ot this is surplus to be moved by any mode of transportation. And as a little cool calculation tumbles this wheat trans portation argument in ruins to the ground, so will the same test destroy almost every argument we liave yet heard in favor of the lock and dam swindle. KEPl'DIATIOX IS IX OBSKR. The Democratic Era at first as failed the Lock bill furiously ; then it became silent. It accounts for the turn," by saying that it discovered the Radicals were for it ; that it was a Radical measure, and therefore it was Willing tlie bill should be pasn-d by the Radicals, in order to make the party odious. Thus early do we find the Democracy attempting to saddle the responsibility iqwn the Republican party, and thus to mako' capital against it. Fvery man of sense knew tliat the Democracy, notwithstanding their members were nearly a milt for the bill in the Legislature, would take this tack the moment the bill should be passed. I here is no answer to make, except for the party to repudi ate the measure and the men who passed it Thus far we have found no Republican except in tho Legislature or Lobby who does not repudiate the responsibility mid declare that the ptrty shall not be loaded dotm tcilh it They elected their members to oppose the villainy lu all shapes ; a few ot the members have gone back on their pledges, awl now let them, and not tlie party, suffer the righteous judg ment of condemnation. Republicans from everywhere, so far as we have met them, are a unit iu this determi nation, i LET IS Sl PPOsE A CASK. The canal and locks are owned by the Willamette Falls Canal and Lock Co. The title to the works will ae main in that company till the State shall make its last payment. The company has already executed a mort gage of the works to another party. Suppose they should fail to raise tliat mortgage and the work3 should be sold under it to a third party, then how is the State to secure title ? The right of tlie mortgage is prior to the right of the State acquired by House bill 77 If the works are sold and the company becomes insolvent what redress will the State have ? Is there anything in the bill to guard the interests of the State in a contingency of this kind ? A few days since we enumerated the Republican papers opposed to the sclieine to lease tbe Willamette Canal and Locks, omitting, unintentionally, the Corvallls Gazette. The Gazette wants to be "counted in ;" ana we cheerfully accept the amendment. The Republican press, except the Oregonlan, is solid in tlie opposition to tliat unfortunate, iniquitous and bur densome job. Yesterday morning we liad a para graph stating that "fifty-six thousand dollars" was what Marion county would be taxed on account of tbe Lock and Canal swindle. The amount should have been stated NINETY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. How do the taxpayers like the figure? One vote more iu the negative from tii'n county would liave ilefeated scheme. the When tins amendment to the lock and dam swindle bill to cut down the f rent from $50,000 to $40,000 per year was offered, it was a Marion county representative who promptly moved to further amend so as to save to the Locks Company the ten per cent, which the bill till that moment had provided should be retained by the State and put Into the school fund. Tlie, Representative who acted thus faithfully iu the interest of tlie Com pany, and against the school fund, was Mr. Mallory. We have seen within a day or two a considerable number of men from 'all parts of MaiUOS County and they represent that tlie people are greatly excited about the Locks swindle and that there is scarcely a man of any party who is not decidedly and bitter ly opposed te it. The denunciation of Mr. Mallory'a course on the Locks Bill is so general and unanimjus in Mai ion county, and withal so warm, as to amount to an angry storm. We have not yet heard any man outside' of the "lobby" de fend or even attempt to palliate his vote for the bill. ' -K- Mark Twain, who has just gone abroad, contemplates writing a third book, it is said, devoting himself this time to the oddities and eccentricities ot tbe English people, among whom be expects to reside for the next twelve months iu order to take their mental photographs. Gov. Woods of Utah, has gone on ; a stumping tour to Xevada, Uwn tlie invitation of the Republican State Cen tral Committee ot that State. He will, also, probably make a few speeches in California. - - Indubitable evidence comes up from Yamhill county that the opposition to the lock and dam swindle embraces al most tbe entire strength ot the Repub lican party and a large proportion ot tbe taxpayers of all political shades. Men from Linn county say that tlie people are almost en masse', opposed to the Locks Bill, and regard It as a stu pendous fraud upon the taxpayers. Visitoks from 1'olk coanty shako their heads dubiously vY.jn the Lock bill is Rpckcrt"- of. -'-They Say the peo ple of thci con.:! v are not in favor of It. '" ' ' ' " ' rrilE PEOPLE V. THE IIOUA MAY HIJiUr The correspondent ot the Oregonlan giving an account of the proceedings of tlie House, last Saturday evening on the Lock and Dam Swindle bill, de nominated the struggle as a fight, 'the People vs. the Holladay Ring." This may be an ingenious conceit, but the title of the suit is altogether a misno mer, as the lock swindle advocates will find when they get home. The light is one in which the people are trying to defend themselves against an incorpo rated ring of jobbers in State fnmhand plunderers of the people. They first plundered the State of $73,000 more than was necessary to insure the com pletion of the canal and locks ; and in doing that they also plundered tlie com mon school fluid. It was part of the original job to plunder the State again by selling the works, when completed, for a big price. Now they come here to have the job consummated. Their first modest request was to liave the- State lease tho locks for ten years Sir 1500.000. less ten per cent, for th school fund. The locks were unfint-lv ed. and the niemlers themselves n- volted against so profligate a gcltc-m-- At that stage of the bill, not much Intel been heard from the people ; hut tkr i latter were roused and thoroteifnV : ilarmed. and they soon began to te '. heard from. Meantime the friends-ot; the bill took it in bund and lk-krtl ;he cub into a different shape to Uiy the j locks (that is substantially the propoi- ! Hon) at $000,000. This was to mon strously exorbitant, and the bill w;s cut. down to $480,000, and in tliat firm it jiassed one houe of the. Assembly. The company and their supporters pre- 1 tend, (just as a horse jockey trying !n palm olFa spavined, wintl-btukeii.liliiut horse would pretend to magnanimous Iv offer a suun l hore for utmost noth-1 Ing) that the State will get an excel lent bargain, and that immense re-ults for the good of the people arc to come i Of it. The truth is, however, that the Lock Col have got an elephant on tlair hands. They must gouge the State, or they foresee immense loss. Tbey are willing to' take $500,000 and keep the locks; or $000,000 and keep tl.-e water power, and let the Slate Imve the works ; or $4S0,0(K and let the State have the works, water-power and all ; or failing in that they will take $.150,000, $300,000, $250,00ti. $200,000 anything the Legislature will consent to give. That is the tnie state ot the case. Whatever they can get of the State is so much saved out of a gone-in speeulatioa. This company is not pushing its proposition to sell, in a business way. It is the clearest thing in the world that their purpose Is to get what they win. Their prop erty is worthless as a business invest ment. It has been shown, time and again, that it cannot lie made to half pay, in receipts of toll, the interest on cost, repairs and exjiense ot ojienting. This Is the real secret of their extreme anxiety to sell out. It is a blind, . di vined, wind-broken, knoek-kiieedbor-r that the jockies would sell us, tor the round price of a double team of sound steeds. "The People vs. the Holladay Ring," indeed ! As though the xopIe were in favor of the job ! Let any man who has been among tlie people. speak, and tell us what the people say. Such a man will tell us tliat the people are everywhere almost unanimous galnst it ; and that they speak bitterly in condemnation of the job, the job bers and the members who supiort it. Is it not remembered what a general and prolonged liowl of denunciation followed the original swindle of 1S70? What man aiuon the perpetrators f that swindle was re-elected ? The Democrats, themselves, who attempted to defend the measure, did not dare at tempt the load which a re-nominnl ton of any man who voted for it, would have placed on their shoulders. Yet, notwithstanding they put up new men, they were borne down as a party under tlie odium of that measure. The lie publicans stumped the entire State with opposition to tliat swindle as the staple of their argument. On that is sue, more than any other, they re deemed the State from . Democratic plundering rule, against tbe odds of 1,200 majority. Have the people so soon changed their views ? Have they so soon become enamored of needless taxation ; so much in love with pri vate plunderers of the public crib, as to become the advocates already of a swindle and steal of more than twice the magnitude of that which thev so ( einpniUic.,1!y cn.nien.ned aild damoed last June? Let no man be deceived. Just as sure as the people live, there will be an angry judgment and a quick one pronounced against the men who assist the plunderers and jobbers in tlie people's sweat-earned taxes, to tlie consummation of this last doubly enor mous robbery. THE MOXHTKO-ITY KTIIX AUV. Yesterday morning, the House, by a Tote ot 31 to 17. expunged the record ot Saturday night, in regard to nil pro ceedings upon the Canal and Lock Bill, on the ground that the bit! was not at that time in possession of the Houe, iind that without its possession the House could take no action npon it. The'House also requested the re turn of the bill from the Senate for the ppason that several amendments which the House had made, had not been en grossed in theJiill. The Senate after some fillibustering returned the bill ; and thus the matter rested up to the hour of adjournment last evening. The friends of the bill evidently have some hope that they can yet carry tlie outrage through. Last evening, the advocates of the bill . in the House, gave sufficient evidence that tliey In tended to prolong the session, by hold ing the general appropriation bill back, as It had before been done, in tlie Sen ate. But we cannot believe that the Representatives ot the people after Ilea ring the unanimous and indignant protests tliat liave come up from their constituents, will dare do so great a wrong to tlielr representative character and to tlie tax-burdened people, as to now pass the act In any shape. The Herald of Sunday bad a dis patch which, It said, was just received by Pony Express, from Salem. The Herald's statement needsa little correc tionthe "pony" arrived not from Salem, but from the Oro Fiuo Saloon where the Herald's "Greeley enthusi asm" Is manufactured at two-bits a glass. The Eugene .fouroal says : "One of tlie Greeley Republicans ot this city bas gone back to Grant. We doubt whether Greeley will get a single Re publican vote from this county." The trot between Lucy and Occident over the Alameda Course has been postponed ontil Saturday. Oct. 2(ith. The Woman Snffragists of San Franciscoi, '-some 160 ot them, held a meeting on the evening of the loin. ' .A dispatch announces tliat the rail way litt ween Yokolmma and Yeddo. Japan. -lias been formally opened by tlie Mikado. iFroi Daily of A'atuntoy, Oct. 19. JiTATE rVEU'S. IVrtefwj Yaquiua liay have mado some fl-iicali, of mlIiuou njotsatly. llifl.E.eierrv, of Oregna Citv, and fami llyioxve. gore en a mit to Vermont. The Rep iter inform- na that Mr. L. E. Ihxttja going erect a vooleu factory at jLaliauou. . 'Tho pwt: ofSte nl "arroltoii.Cnwlitz coun try, Wtttiurgho. Ternlorj has heen iliscon itinuud. Thfip-gon Pruahytery of the CumlifT iland.J'roi ivterian Church will meet at Ltu amuu ori'tie-xt IVeuncsday. 'AWo&B.m -nnty men are trapping for braver o- tiiL-'CaUpixiut, abont eight mile ffro 'Als-uny, 'With nuocess. ASinverr nf eiuiuhar in Linn county, sibouM. lvbiilut Iioiu llarrisburg, is rt ' -mrinl. - Lis! flor-fin- ComstuckiV Co. bought lfi. 'fl0tir'oau.elg iticiit at 55 cento per biihhi-1 at (i t. Taylor, organized a lodge of tlie Cluuiipionsn.-' tlie Cross at Albany lust 'Tueavuty cvunbij,'. UieiOreBcai City Wooden Ware Manufac tory .ca-ried off a gold medal at the. State I'a&'.for thelitst Oregon mauulactiavd im plciuijjs. Gen. Palmer things at least 2.000 bushels -of liee-l has been ra ised in the Kiletz this w.aiiu; he is seudiug some to King's Valley to jtave it ground. Qr. Finley, brother of Preside nt Fkiiey. ha been appointed Prineipal of the l'j.ei'aKUuiT Department of Corvallis Col lejre.. A "Uirsc Newfoundland duK fill sixty feet di.v.u a.shaft in the Virtue mine near liaUer CityJutt week, Ktiiiiiii a nihil r ami knock ing liiiu peiiseless. The dug was uninjured, b;u ihe man was badly hurt. Tlirlenton county Democrat says: Chv to the It ng dry season, the grass in this vi eintoiits become very pir. anil cattle are fariiljr '.badly, and butter is exceedingly .scarce i this market. TVito lege at Philomath llenton county, ojitued on tlie 15th with tlie fulhiwing furiis ' of ti-atriers: James Chambers, President; J. U .. Hcllwoud, teacher of intt rnu-diatu Depairiiieut; "iliss C. 1. Smith, of Viinihill ;(juwt3-, Tt aeher of tho Primary llepart- HK-Ut. Amau naniedJolin Shaver, living thnv miles northwest of Portland, was toiinii criikl to death by a fahiug live a icw days sinet It is thought he had been dead near ly ti ) aeeks when found, as lie had not betn sieii for alxjut that time, Ti Corvallis Oaze-tte says: -Iist Tues slay Jlixsrs. K. (J. JicCaudiish IcVu., of tliis city, nct-ivcd, liKise iu the mails, a shive-lid hold! r, from O. U. VValdridge, liiamil'iu'tur r, -w York C ity. It is a neat ami conve ni.iu; atiair hut ratheruqucvr, "s-ciinen" to noi'd iiHise in the mail bags. N uil us a piiuhebrk." Ti-Cervallis Gazette says: ' Last Tui s Jay.. I jth int.. Major Ihuev, of tuis coiiuty uid k large ametuui of st(M-k and farm i:u-pluw-uts. Slusp wild for S1 !J7 l r head. jilui -'-ai ling eatlle for jjlli. The stot-K ah uld or fair prices, but the agricultural im iiliiiu.nts ranged low . Xbj Albany Register says: "An attempt as made to throw the Paymaster's traiu oh Iheitrack on tlie-O. A C. ilailroad, on Tues day. An oak rail had been thrown across tlie Jc'ack on the tre-stle work just this side. of-Wik Cr-k, but fortunately, the train was htavy enough to cut the timU-r in two, -auMiig considerable jar. but doing no dam- from Dui'j of Suml-rt Or'. 20. John Boston, of Lafayette, has lxtn ap jKL3ted a Notary Public. nsiilerable wheat was sold the past week t Lafayette, at UO cents per husht I. Lafayette lias two schools which are flourishing finely. TSie Chinese imputation of Portland a-e aitgd in the moral occupation of '-devil-driviir;." We don't know where they could feed a better field for that sort of exercise. The street cars of Portland started yester 1t. Saturday. Lieut. Greeb y, XT. S. A., who arrived by tlie last steamer, is said to be a son of Hor ace Greeley. V. L. Halsey, Vice President of the Ore j,Mn A: California Railroad Co., lias gone on a visit to San Francisco. The Monmouth Mi-ssi nger lias entered b:kiii its third volume. A lodge of Good Templars has been in stituted at Independence. A Polk county woman has trapped this year 35S squint-la. The steamship John L. Stcphtns is due at Portland to-night, from san Francisco. The City Government for Rosehurg, un der the new Charter, took effect last Satur day. There are almut two hundred children in atfc-ndanee on the public schools at Eugene City. Some fine specimens of gold-lsarins piartz have been taken from a ledge in tlie vustcm part of Jacksou county. A Portland Fire F.iiginc Co. has Is-en sus pendfd and the house- shut up, in conse quence of insubordination. The Jackson County Fair will commence Wc-diK-fdar, 23d inst., and continue four days. The JI. E. District Conference for Port land District, will convene at East Portland next Wednesday morning, for the transac tion of business. The OivKonian says: -'William A. IIol l.rook. Engrossing Clerk for the Senate, of tlie Oregon Legislature, is reported to 1 lying daugi -roasly ill at the residence, of his mother. The Ownmiasinner of the General Land Office has il'-dded that coal lands are miner al lands, i.n;l siibj-et to sale as such. This decision ts c uie en an apietd taken by some partitu wishing coal lands, on tracts claimed under the land Grant of tho Coos ltay Wagon Ivoad. Messrs. Harrison and Clove of Little Apple-gate have just harvested IO.OiKI unds of oninus oil of less than half an acre of ground. Tie Bulletin says: lion. James K. Kelly, United States Senator from Oregon, is getting ready for his return to Washington, a id making his arrangement-.; accordingly, lie expects to leave in alsiut two weeks. The Dallea Mountaineer says : Immi grants from the sYillamcHe Valley continue to arrive on almost every boat. Some cross the river at tiiis point while, others continue on up to the intt rior. A jealous Chinawoman of Cnion county, re cently cauglil her "fell r's" ;aramonr. Is-at her. aatnrattt! !m wiJi ki rost-ne and set her on lire. The ;ramour is dead and tlie oth er one is in ja.!. The Jacksonville Times says: "Wc were (Oiown by Jlr. A. V. Kturgis. this week, several gold nuggets, weighing ?' to ."i() each, ami considerable lint r gold, in all, about '200 ounces, taken from his placer mine at Kteamlioat Ci;v, jnst Inlaw the cele brated Fowler quartz ledge.. At a meeting of farmers of Washington county, at the Fair Gronnds. October ltith, 1872. a farmers' club fir the countv was or ganiz d, with Wm. Vtilson, Presucnt, and B. Patterson, Secretary. Didn't Give It Ur. One of our citizens i blessel. or otherwise, with a very stubborn wile. In this case he finds that when a woman will she will, you may depend on't. and when she won't she won't, and that's an end on't. This peculiarity of disposition in bis wife is no secret among bis asso ciates, and one of them meeting him the otlier day. asked : "Well . do vou know whv von are like a donkey?" ""Like a donkey!" echoed W-l . opening hi eyes wide. "Xo, I don't?"' "Do you give it. up?" "I do." "Because your better half is stubbprnes itself." "That's not bad. 11a ! ha ! I'll give that that to my wife when I go home." "Mrs. W- ," he asked, as he sat down to supper, "do you know why I am like a don key ?" lie waited a moment, expect. Ing his wife to give ic up, but she didn't: she looked at him somewhat coinmiseratiugly as she answered. "I suppose it's because you were born so." Xf has abjured the habit of putting conundrums to his wife. POSTAL AFFAIRS. PofttofH'-K rttlllNhPrf---stmn(tr Appointed. For the week ending October nth the following changes occurred : Offices Estahmshei. Gray's Riv er. Paeitic county, Washington' Terri tory, De Witt H. Jones. Postmaster; Pine Grove. Altura county, Idaho, M. L. Doom. Post master. Office 1 ilsCONTlNUEl). Coast Fork, Lane county. Oregon. POfTMASTEKS APPOIXTED. Amity. Yamhill couuty, Oregon, Cyrus Smith; AVapato. Washington couuty, Oregon, Isaac Bowden ; Atlanta, Alturas county, Idaho, Xelson Davis; Loon Creek, Lemhi county, Idaho, James 1L, Baxter; Pierce City, Shoshone county, Idaho. Edward Hammond; Salmon City, Lemhi county, Idaho. Geo. L. Shonp. ft is now a-ivrtaiued that fen per sons were lost by the sinking of the propeller La" Ikdle i:i Michigan on Monday last. JOAQCI'f IN BtlSTUX. A Boston correspondent thus writes under date of September 24th : Joaquin 'Miller, the poet of the Sier ras, is among us, and his eccentric fig ure and peculiar lre and singula r maimers have been the means or1 it gestive topics and the hint to make re marks more, pointed than plt;e. He. too. has figured at fairs, it being pre sumed that he dotes upoutlie nmiland th rustic, and apiienringat these agri cultural exhibition as i'e did, lie wa the observed of a II observers, at h-.-i-t to tlKs who had heanl a( the inihl eyed Miller and his random rfiymes. ot whidi candor vouiaiU s tos.-iy tin many were less than the few. P.nl what u queer, vain, eivutric individ i:.il he is allerall. Jne at first sight would take him for a qn.uk iltn-toror a iap pediiler at a cmnty tair. A -man rather above the medium liei;:ht, a form slim but not slight, with light brown hair vainly endeavoring toeiirl, falling down to his shoulder, with features that betoken the blonde, a mild, llght.bliie eye. rather high cheek boiies aiid expressionless itiouth he is certainly a picfmi.- lr.-t stmly. And s! ill more so was he as seen the oi her day waiting at a railroad station for a ttiin to take him to a neighboring ft ir. He leaiKtl ngtiiust thedoimt door with a cigar, half smoked, in his right band, whiie his left was occupied in holding a light overcoat. hlch the coolness of the weather had suggested for his rural trip. His dress was" common and pe culiar. Mis hat. of the Panama j.:it tern, was slouelied over his Ik-.iiI. bis flaring red lut-W-tie. the worse- for wear, hibig nirclc-s'y over a duliions -h'trt bosom : bis black coat was not new; hi-s velvet v.-st. a!-o of blavk. was oni.-iuieoted with a .-uihly watch chain, from tlie hmk of which ilcpviii! ed M.ndry lritkes; his pautahxnis, of black diH'skii:, iv'-rc ntlH-r short ;nnl seedy, hardly reaching lwn J the iiei-is of his pni:n!la gairers. ith which !iis feet were covered; iiad tlios he -moil, or niftier lntited. against tho iloorway, taking, in a condescending ii'. inner. an oc-.-iion::il wl.ift' nt his gar, and giaiiviug now and tltc.i :l bis iuimediale MUTmi.idiugs. nl? stil an exaniph: of the tm.i-po!it'n il in faefs. Truly, a jiuet. 5-; horn, not made, for about the a;i;e iriniv of .bvi ju'm Mil icr there is not the slightot .suggestiiiu of rhyme or rytbin. And yet, at liiis fair, lie noticed its poetical side. Per haps It was Ids little g-iine. ieriians his manner of plying a tribute to hi variety, which is more ttmn self-evident. Hut such was the case, lie m lUrd the flowers Kirticohirly, and ad mired their lieauty and variety, a, id siiuk bow or oilier a- he passed out of the hall, his Hogcrs found thini-eivt-s ls in the curls of some mot In r's iit-t-V' darling that nas skipping lighiiy a?o;ig ju-t in front ot him. A 1!JIJ. OF COSTS. A'S3it Vac IjOck ncit Dninii Swliidl; uill rml eiieli t'otinty io Mrca. I jiifle tlrutoi-j in tliLs, but tbe "liold, liHti flxiireH. From CoiTe-pomli'iii e of tlie I?!i!le:in.J I am indelite I to Uepresoutative Caples for the foilowiu statement of the indebtedness which Ibis Lock I!U1 will impose on tlie seveml ouinties. acconling to the present amount of taxable propeit," in the State, assum ing that the whole sum given to flic Locks is only six hundred thon-aud dollars. If the Lock BiH'becouies a law. Wasco count v will have to pav addilional taxes. 'if 2'I.IHKI; l'ni:HiII:i. isl'.I.IHll); Laker and (inint. each. fln.000; .lackson eoiintv, f4l.(HJU ; Douglas. S'J'.i.OOO ; Clatsop and Cos, each' : sSUUHMl ; Heiiton. f 2',(HJ; Lane. S:!,;.(H ; Linn. 71.(100; Marion. n"0. IHN1; Clackanias. SSo.dlK); Polk. ."2, nnn; Yamhiil. f.0Hl; Washington, 'Jl.(MMl; Little Tillamook. jf-'.i.lllMI; Multnomah. l.'ll.OOtl. A the ainonnt appropriated by the new bill is $ls(l. (MH, we add the former donation 2IM).tHK) and intere--t thereon ?l 10.-tK-)(l I he whole amount the State will pay is rt'ij'tt h 'iiflml ,' tiri'u'y l.,ii..lt,l io.'.o. This will increase all the above figures about one-third, so that H'asliiiigton eoiintvV share will If $2S.iKHC and Multnomah's will lie nearly lsO.tKK). Mini: of iiokaii: lll'IMUXS ;ut:t:i.KV-s Kenpctlnll.r IH'.llented by- the ( om. Iklier l tixv m-morraey ol t.-t (ien. (irant and hit policy (leserve the very highest credit. Horace Cine lev. Gen. Grant never has been defeated, and he never will ie. Horace '.Jr-e-ley, Speee-li at ( 'ixiper Institute, 27th May, ISiiS. A purely selfish iuteivst attaches the lewd, rulliaiilv. criminal and dan gerous classes to the Democratic. Par ty. Horace Greeley. Every one who chooses to live by pugilism, or gambling, or harlotry, with nearly every keeper ot a tippiing housp. is politically a Democrat. Horace Greeley, .Ian. 7. The people ot the United States know Gen. Grant have known ail about liiui since lloueNon and icks burg; they do not know his slaiidcivrs and do not care to know them. Horace Gree'ey. We thereupon asked our contempo rary to state frankly whether the pugi lists, black-legs, thieves, burglars, kecjeri ot deus of prostimt ion, Ac., cii'Ai were not almost unanimously lK-ino rats. Horace (ireeley. Take all the haunts of debauchery in the land, and you will find niue teufbs of their innsfer-spirits active iii-ti-:m of that s.-loip i kiiu wt-i,-c W hat is the instinct, the sympathetic! chord, which attaches them so uni formly to this party? Will you con sider? Honied Greeley. Yes ; Gen. (irant has failed to grati fy some eager aspirations, and has thereby incurred some intense hatred. The-o do not and will not fail : ami Ins Administration will prove at h-a,-? equally vital. We shall hear lamenta tion after lamentation over his failure, from those whose wish is father to the thought ; but the American jreople let them p.l-s u lileeilcd. .Their strong arms bore him triumphantly through the war and info the White Ilon-c. and they still uphold and su-tain him. Thev never failed, and never will. Mora co (ireeley. Tribune, .June oQ. I S ill. a oEJii:.i":j'o:.i ir.ior. A certain organist, in this city went into a music store the otlier day. and wiii-n one of the salesmen appeared, the following convc r-arion ensued ; Organist I want to get .Martini's Keole d'Orgue. " Salesman' (half mad and half scared, and staring at the visitor in utter be wilderment; Wha-wh-wh-what d'you say ? Organi-t I say I want you to give me Martini's Kcole d'Orgue ; and 1 want it quick, too.. Salesman (still nervous and yet look ing as if he thought there must lie a joke about it somewhere) just afc for that again, will you, please?: I don't exactly get the hang, as it were, of Organist (angrily) I called to get Martini's Ecole d'Orgue. I see It ad vertised, and want it. Now, have you got that Kcole d'Orgue or not ? If yon have, run it out ; tor I'm iu a hurry. Salesman You take me for a fool, don't you ! This is no saussige shop. This is a music store. What do you suppose, we know about Martini's cold dog, or his hot dog. or his lukewarm dog. or any other dog liclongiug to any other man? You must lie crazy. We don't deal in dogs. Martini never left his dog around here anywhere, f say. .folia, here's a demented old idiot in here wanting to buy wimn kind of an Italian cold dog. Send for a po liceman, lie's m.ol. Kate Field write- from Em to the Paris American llegister that Kuiiwrur William, who was stopping tliere. v-tr-ries out the idea of everlasting life, by being as active at cveisfy-tive as many men are at lifty-tive. He is sun, moon and stars to every German mau, wo man and child at Ems. lie is the most unostentatious of men. Dressed quietly in a snit-of "pepper and salt," he appears among the. people accom panied by a single member of the court, drii-ks his water at the spring like everybody else, shakes hands with his friends, Ikmvs to everybody, and discourages ceremony of all kinds. He fry ph.ntiy gives dinners to olikvi sta tioned at or near Ems and to persons in t-.e civil service, wlietl.er high in pi si on o low, al. public ervmts be ing e.igb.e for ti a: courtesy, si t l.VkX 1AL AMI t OM Vlljtt I 4L. Salem, Oct. 14, 1872. Gold in Ntw York, 113 '4. Legal Tender quotations, &!c buying ; 8Jc Belling. There is no change in our money market, worthy of note. The total value of all exports of coin and bullion from San Francisco during the week is S-S'J.OOO. Bullion shipments through Wills, Fargo & Co., from Pioche mines, from OetoU-r 1st to 17th, inclusive, amounted to S'220,177 42. We find the following in Sunday's dis patches : Parties having o:i hand internal revenue stamps nuns, d, and for hieh th. y have- i:o use, can have them redeem, d at par by applying to ( . N. Felton, Assistant U. S. Treasure r, San Franeisi-o." During the past week. 21UI.SS(; centals of wheat were received at San Francisco, and ilbi,!!'.';! centals were t xpe-rted. Tiie Seminole, a 15U0 ton ship from New York, and the I'leur de Lis, a 1,000 ton ship from Liverpool, both arrived at San Fran cisco on the lSt'n. and both were chartered in advance to l-ad wlieat for Liverpool. The Alta's commercial estimahs that if wheat shipments continue only at past rates up to th,.- first of July next, only alxiiit four fifths of the surplus wheat crop will be moved. Average California whi at in Liver pool I J-i ; club. Us. Tin- following Here San Francisco uota tions, Satarday evening : Colusa and Ore gon Jl.iur sold al 2."t-"i 50. Wheat -tt oa'-jC-i.l H2 'c. l!.iil.y-l lg'-r-fl 2:. Oats -Si 5!)fif.l 75. Fresh roll butter --l!lf7ik:. Orcgo.i eggs 12''.-1.x- ; c'aliforiiia do., si.) the ko;;U".n st :':-i.v ami iihm.ux The f'lloWiiig i-, from a !'ai is c;,rreHpond- nt of the 1). iro d- llaiv lon.i. translated jmd piiblislit-d ii! the N. V. liulletui : l'.uns, S' .pt. 12. 1672. (iraiii. Lust year the following iiu;io.t.-i were made by the J -adiug gr.tui itnpo:-ti:;g countrits. all re due. d to millions ol in cirolitres : England (i, i r.oicc l.", II. IjiUiii 4. Holland 2, Iin.i- ii.iii,lM. sumiinug up .'jll.ono.oini hectohtn k, woieli ha.t to le sllpphed by tile ('lilted Siai- s ami Canada, by ,Sor.;li: i n and .ortii- rn Kurojx-. The ntiKi t reijini'i-iiieiits during the ensuing campaign are calculated to be tae fulloniug: Lngiand million hectolitres, lklgium II. Holland 1, and Wuiizerhnid 3. togi tin r 31. France having x surplus, can i-xjm .i t from 111 to 1 millions, slid Oi dueling tiicse i. there will Is- bill i'J millions t lie drawn from other surplus pi'iliicing" countries. Now although the mpiii-eiiieiits arc thus almut one-half of what tin y wi re, a year ago, the old stocka atsi everywhere cxuailstcd, and the 1S72 croji will have to p- ri'm an everytniug, while but eoiiijiaraiiv, little can Is- priM-nndi re uuii. r is in. 'i'iU'iiiug towards (hshint sv'iiees of j,:ij'p!y we iiavi- California. hill ami Ausiraha. and l Uvi en timii it is cal ciilat d Lngl.md w ill draw tin lice li.OOo.000 jncl'iltl.s of lno;.t excellent iju.dltv. 1. -ducting tin -sc C.lKM.MHt. there would have )j be suppli.d about ls.ooil.uiio by the L'nit ol Stales and t ;uiada. by I oitlie-ru ltnsia anil 'J'i:ri.;y. fnir, would le very little wcrv. there any old crop .stocks, as is usually tin- else in tiiiac produeing countries. The -b;iJti, ahiio'lgli Laving a good crop on tin: riv-r banks, can promise no largeipiaiitities, aud a., for ;J. a:a. Saxony, Poland and lluiigjry, they have nothing to spire, hav 1114 to jnVide tortile countries on the sea coast. The hifr,t prisif of tins are the hie,h prices prevailing at Hamburg. Stettin and IJaiifjg. In Fuglaiid great fears arc t nter laillcd as riard;, the poUitH- crop, but those need not iliMpnet ii.-., since Indian i-oru from Sue Fluted Stat s will till the vacuum. I uJe.s FraJice and Spain, then-fore, can come to the rescue ill tunc, we shall prob ably have high prices during tbe ensuing Ui-iitU. since from the L luted Suites and JJlji-i, Sea. iu view of the exhausted stocks, not much can lc exjs-i-ted ere winter sets in. Let puiplc in France nisi.-t on lull rates in the meantime." roXTL.VNM riioiu i E JIAU1.ET. AVe are iuilebUid for the following to the Cum uiexciaJ lleiMirii-r : WHEAT IU-ccipts during tho week have Kai Inc. aggregating l.trju centals, mak ing a total lor the season of 1IM.H45 centals. The suipui'. nt to San Francisito ibis scasoti mJy aggregate 4li saeks. Tile cxwl-t de nnuid cnuijiiu.-s fair, taking all oifcrcd at -1 4(i '(' ceuud delivered here, but not going aliuve that ligure so far as we are advised. We Hot,- s;de? iu small fits during the wiik f i Mra choice White .Milling to a nnlk r at 1 i" pi r ixJital. 'i'he scarcity of tonnage opera!- .- gnvilly against us. pi, venting any vei-y iK-tivc detuainl lor ixsirt and as the 1 m,iju1 tin- bi tter pricis In rule for Flour miUcrs do not care almut os ratmg only freun tlxk hand to iiioutii syst-in. The 1ark In-h loe tins couimeiii-U receiving cargo for Lin rol. She is being loaditl by .Messrs. .Alb n.V lx-wis. The liritish banpfe Norwood, at Vieioria, lia lseu si-cured by JUtsrs. t.'.ubitt ,t ,b-i'leay to load hero for tiie Vint.-d Kingdom. FLOl K Kecupu diu-ing the wei k have b en fair slili.-ly ill txee-ss of di-maud. 4oipiu''jils ti v aliforitia still continue few tnc JjsI steaiuship having here took out l.laWKjr.sk-s 1 )av ton : !i tim qrsks Imperial ; MiM) ijrsks ireg.m City:7l4 ip. l.uTl blf sks IsjJi ui : Ui6 C. OiO lilf sks Comuu.rcial. au.1 "JtA) jr slus Ki'ii,i. Tuis was tin- largest shipment made at any one time this sea m. The st. nniMiip for I'uyi t Sound and l'.ritish Cohiiubi.1 v)k out u,147 or sks, Mor,Uy stiad ird brands. OATS -Ki-Ci ipts during the weel; have been light. Tin- ik-maud is good, taking all t-uniiig a: from Sd .'Kl'ifSl 411 j.) pal tl.11. The sliipui.iit I.i San Francisco by hst jiU-anisliip aiiionnt 'il to lJl'.l sks. 1.AULKV So far this season we have not r-ceiveii any from i ast of the a.ea d,-s. Prices in o:;r ni:ir':et remain for n-w t)ro gou at ! iiv;f 1 oil c H.s. FF.ED St. s-k continues in 1 xc. ss of 1 -m iiid at 15 to K, p. r ton for llrnu ; and Sii t -'i5 p r ton tor ( liojw, Middln.gs, etc. HA Y It -i ipts in bale and 1ih.sc Imve been fair. I ail rs ot!. r for bale i Ki to SPj per .11. 1.UPY PIlOm'CTS- The market is iverst,si d wirii solid lluturand inferior iju.dity in roils. A prime arv.de 111 2 lt roll-, is in riipiest at lull ratis. ipmuible as follows: loriinixtra prime article in 2 It rolls l.V. ii cu. can Is- obta.m d ; choice, .12 '17 ':. ordinary to g.Ksl. Is to 2oc. lu packages solid and in brine, good to choice rui a! 2ro3-tc V t'beev is in li'in r.il suv-ply. Or. g-.n brands Stiles. Ankii'-y and Sandy in 17c; Cahf-irnia and liai.st 111. la i is. l.gs iiave I en ruling stta.ly at per doz u. Sl.lLMVlllTATlOXS. WHEAT- IScst whiu-. r-c-a-r bushel. I l).VTS."in e. .-nts jH-r bushel. FLdl'lI-l'i rsiek. fi 25. Other articles, gen- rally, unchanged since 1. at WL.-k. vi am. 2; 1 i;i,i; 1; i2,i:i.r Af.;.ui AX. AN Charles t;iivant. of .Sale, Cheshin-, says the i.o.iiiini News, Align -t- UTtb. forwards 1,1 ns the following letter which !: has ivceived from -Mr. st:iu ley : Mv I r..M: III .iv ant : A thousand thank lor your letter and clippings. Iff were to answer all the letters that I have received about -ticli ipiestioiis as Kyh.' .loin nal prosuniis. should ccrt.aiidv l,c i-illed an idiot and deser vedly sn. I care not whit anybody w rites :;!nnit me. nor do I intend to not'.oc them. If Knglisli and Wi-Mi folks are so gullible as to believe all tlie. rot.' they read about me. I can not help it nor have I a desire to help it i.'i any way. Hut for you and such kind friends. I say 1 am an American, ami can prove it by over feu thousand friends in the Tinted Mates. The let ter 1:1 Kyhl .lorn-mil is ail bosh. I never knew a 111 111 named Evans, nor have I ever sung a Welsh song not knowing anything ol the language. My name is neither Kowlaiids Thom as Smith, .tones nor Kobinson. but jilain Henry M. Stanley. At l'J I was 111 Missouri, at 17 in Arkansas, at IS iu New Orleans, at l'.l iu Europe, trav eling; at 2 iu tbe war. and -o 011. Yours truly, Hknuy M. tam.ky. s in: .nivMs-sii'i'i. The Mississjiipi river is2,'!11 miles in length, anil is l.'JM) feet above the level ol';!ie gulf at its utmost source. At St. ran!' ir. is ;!'.) feet above the gulf level ; at the head oftliPlbick Isl and rapids 505 feet : at St. Louis. 40 feet ; at Cairo. IJ'i'J i'ect : ut Memphis. Ml feet; at Xatches, liCieet; at New Orleans. l. feet, and at the head of tha pusses. 2 feet inches. The Arkansas river rist-s 1.514 miles from itseiitrance into tin- Mississippi, and 10.IMHI feet above the gulf level ; at l-'ort Smith it is 418 f.-et alwive the guif; at Little Kock. fis t. and at it mouth Vfl lei't. The) Missouri river rises miles from its entrance in the Mississ ippi, and (J,S(Hj feci, above the gulf level ; at Fort Iiuuton it is 2,815 feet above the gulf, at Sioux City l.Oiio feet, and at St. .Ios-pli 7."i.'l feet. The Ohio is GUI) feet above the gulf at Pittsburgh, ami 532 feet at Cincinnati. AlHint dark the Urttish -hip Aculuo (iron'., no days from Livi-rjsio!, went ashore 20 iniies Miuth of the Heads, and is a total Ion. slio U loaded with a general cargo of merchandise, valued at $150,000, and was chartered to load with wlieat at San Francisco. TIIF. IIOH.VM K OF .HI ltDKR, The Xnlhau Cne Iihm a Kivnl In U. rvasln Maiuox. Wis.. Oct. 18. Ilitiry II. Arnistroiig. a well known and wealthy citizen, met with a violent death last night under ciivu 111 stances rivaling iu myslery that of the death ofXathan hi Xcw York. From rviiktice given be fore the Coroner's jury it npjirars that Armstrong had not lived amicably w ith his wife for some time, and he came home last night ttnrxiected!y from New Albany, w here he had lieen for two weeks pa-t. and went to his house, lie entered, took off" his Iks its, put them in tlie parlor, and went up to Ins w lie's room. wh re she ys lie lieat- l.cr in every way, and lioally d ragged her down stairs, llcacbing the foot ot the stairs six; screamwl fur help. lie released licr and she re turned up stairs, rrociuly slie heard a pistol shot. Annsfnxii was found by a neighbor Iving iHits'wte. back of I be hall iloor. with a bullet bole through his head, just at the comer of the left eye. His forehead was cover ed with bruises, his hands cut and torn, showing; be bad bii-u engaged in a struggle. aojmakKt marks slMwed around the wounds, ft wixild appear there is no reasonable doubt but. the case is murder, not sniei.le. Coroner's jury have not yet come in. ADVERTISED LETTER LIST. T KTII IK RFH IIMMi IX.tl.MD lJ lor in Mlem PosiuBioe, October St, IS7t Aiij-i-rs-.il. Mrs Annie; Adv. Leonora ; AI 'en, Mrs llaitie; Altirkii, J.-jli. Heeler, Mrs A ; ISag'ev, Fenton ; Ilrmc, John T; Halte. Mrs T C: Ilillings. "Miss llor.-i. -2 : i:.-ll, Wm, 2 ; lii icin.111. John ; ttiir-i-.ws. Tie mas ; Kiowii, Willis, ; BniVn, J l'avis ; lios, tir.-,! "'ariiii, Frank: Cliitwonl. AL; Cline, .Mr M (': Clark. II M: Cot. Miss Kpsie: Cik-Ic ai W T: I'Vitk'r, Snui'l ; Cook, Mrs Ijz. e'e: 1 olivel-s,-. Mrs Jude: ( 'roef-anl, Mlsa Carrie; Cis'iier, Miss Alice Irene. IK-Oi-iiir. .lames; l'avls,Jl); Eddv, 8 W; Kivar-i, ti llaus. lilover, Mrs CJariisci, 2. Hall, Mrs llaitie.; Hall, Cynthia Aim. Jones, Simjisim ; J, hnson. )In Hlleiu iiing. Mis CaioUne; Keinie-ly, W T. I.yii. li, Mrs P; Img, Mrs Louise. -leiver. liijorue: Mimro, Mrs Sarah! Mo Cnrklc, li T; McAlpm, David, S. e:t!eton, liilbert P ; Newland, Isaac. l'ellar, lienevelre ; Parker, W II; Pooler, l.T. Miley, Mrs Jiwepli; Itonch, II II. Simmons, A B; Suull, Uuira, 2; Sherwood. Wll. Thumpson, II. Wil!hnn, Mis Anna: Wasrner, Perrt Al Wa.kc-r, .M V ; Will, Wm 11. T. It. UICKEV, P. M: MAKKIKU. IlltOWX-PICKAIin.-On the 15th irit: at the residence ot the bride's father, by the Ki-v. A. ,1. Hunsaker. Thus. It. Krown and Misa I)i 11a J.. Pickiird, all of Marion coun ty. No cards. MM'IETY NOTICES. Olivr IMljto, o. IS, I. O.O. '. Meets every saninlay evening at 7:30 e. m. V ise ing brothers are invixil to aUeixL epl. 7:if ii. A. It. KiihscII Pual, o.a,li.A.K. mii-ts Friday evenings of each week. All Comrade- lu good standing invited to attend. Iv order, Aiil0"2:tf. COMMANtiER XW illnmette FtiCM-npinent Xo 3. l.O. O. F. -Missson the id. and 4ih. Tuc-dav evenings of each month at tMd KeMows Hall corner Coninsr-ial ,iml Fen-y St refits. All .sojourninp brcilireu hi pl standing are In viled lo.-iiiend. ltv order of CP. aplllTJtl Chemeketa Lodge, No, 1, i 0. 0. F 5 Elil'LAIt meelinjr- Wedne!ay CTemnRS lift, of each week, .11 T o'clock P. l., al lld leoows llall.corncM.'ninincrvial aisl Kerry stn-ets. All Ilrot hers in ooil siamlilii; Invit ed to attend, llvonlerol N.U. H'lK.Viidlm Anniversary IxMlife, o. 13, 1.O.O.F. Kinralar meetings Mondny everlnps ot eo,-h iHvtal M'Vlock C.M...-U Iklil Fellow- Hall, corner Comniercial a:cl Kerry reels. Ad Itroihcrs in imr! ikaiviinfe are inviieit toat lind. Ily oi.Jcr iV.ti. Juljl7:tf NEW AIV EHT1SKMEXTS. OIK;OA BUSINESS DIRECTORY. The under-irm-d will commence solii-lting for .1 IiFMNK:sS lUI'.KCTi 1: Y of the StAtk of uukoo.n hi a few il.-iys; nad, 10 ntike It I "UCAH-isful, rcsjuv'fully risiuests tliPci-opcrc-tlon of all -rsons inicre-teil 111 the welfare if the country. The state lias now reached lhat jsisit Ion M lie.i a yearly summary of her pn press is necessary, hence the value of a work w hich w ill combine, in a condensed lnrm, all tnaiters of juiliUc interest. j j Tlir work in contemplation will embrace a general sketch of the S:ate; its physical a1- J I nvts, guohigy, cIiina'.olf-y, botany, coolegy, f 1 commerce, nianufiu-.tiires, six-ietics, nubile j bnlliiiii-..in1uctlons, and ail other siinjccls ) I on which hifonnaiiou Is required. j j The work will lie Hiustratcd wi h sketches ' of some of the leading jiroml neat scenery of 1 lie Stale, and Its coini.ilaliim will lie under j the ohai-ja. of J. Moutimku MlKeilY, Ks whose rcMcnt work on Witshhij-tnn Territory has been highly conniKauled by the press and public. The lil siNf?. IiNiu-rouT ofivi.-h tnwn and city will be .vmiii'ele ; and 'that, with .ketches of each place, !io;i:d make It invah - able toilic tnrr.-liani. fanner and mechanic, i As an a Ivcr:i-in medium it 111 betlic Iiest j yet Introduced in the Stale, as It will he if such iuipr:ancc that It will always In; re tained in a prominent p.isltlon for relcrcr.ee. The rale f a.lvor:iliur will lie as follows: One t-nc, .... S2t. llitir Ine, .... 10. Card, .... 5. -2f Advertisers taklnii one jiagc wl'd re ceive a copy el'the Issik grails. l'rice or work will lie $3 SO. rj!The book will lie distributed on every route of travel and public place lu the coun try. S. J. Me OHM 14 K, Inblither, 103 Front Mrcet, rortlnnd. 0,:tl.-,'7-2:lm TO FARMERS AND STOCK RAISERS ! targe Sale of Stork and Farming Int.. pleinrnunt Auction. I WILL SELL AT PCBLIC ACCTIOX, at my home farm -n Mill Creek, lour miles from Salem, on Wadnesdav, l-tober .'Hull. !s7i at 10 o'clock A. x. Thirty Head of Horses! Waterloo Mares with Pathflndcr Colta. Young Horses pireil by Paul Jones Flv-bv-N'iglil, Hell Founder'and Palhrtuder :khs fi-oni sucking colta 10 a years. Valuable Uralt Horses. Valuable llroo.1 Mares. Fifty Head Votin? Cattle! (.ra.Ied Durham Stock all ages. Col s wold &. Lciecfiter Sheep! 30 etc Pure Blood Berk shire Hog ! Ape from Racking Pics to one year, All from lmorie-l Slock. Also, I'uriiiiiig Implement, Wa-jnna, Plows. Savae Cnltiva'or, Har rows. Harness and one Heavy Truck. TERMS Xlnc months wljh approved note. Fa'c to continue until all is Fold. Oct. '-2:til TIIOM.IS f ROVi. v 0e-r07$ae'a2ffie eertfsJjrlZe Sale WITH OR WITHOUT FORCE FEED- aZso tAet AMI HIE JUSTLY PEOUiA PKEMIUM PLOW, Ptt'Vell and favorably known throughout the West anil I'a.-lflc Sloie. Improved especlallv litr l!i season of ls7J-.k with pit tent concave, steel high Iaudslde, S:otch clevis and high wja-ilaid. Side Amenta fur the M 1TCIIKLL lVl 1 AV.V i ON wttA grate, J0O JtitdlasZ TUW ,MTT,r!TTXT T TIT A nOXT dtfeff??M?r0 AM m mm -" " - April in, SMEW STYLE IMPROVED P4o. 9 GllOVER EAKEirS J3iixit t l.o Sowing Mncliinoa An-more -Imp'e. run easier, plve better fiiii-fn.-llon in everv parHcnlar, bpside being of ncurr sivlr ami l.arlnc nwi- iinprovrnient- thnii any other N-vilia: Ma. hlne in this Market. Arc First -f!as- in evrrv le-tss-!. and made in Hie most ilcsirable iimnner. and furnlsheii at a low price. I in trial, invariab'v pre!', rred m all other Miiclnnrs. Trv Hie rase and rapidiiv of mo ion ; apply llii-m lo all varieties of Sewing. 'IHEIIt CAPACITY IS WITlluLT jV'-hi o, Iif t, lSoitiitlf itl in lilnoiilo. EXAMINE THEIR SIMPLE MECHAN'ISM. SOLDAT SAN FRANCISCO PRICES 1SY J. W. Gilbert, Dealer in Boots & Shoes, Sa!em, Oregon. s.-pJC7i:lf . INSURE AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE IN TIIE PIICENIX, OF HARTFORD, BECATJS3: Fir. It has compiled fully with the Oregon Stale Law. fl rtmrl. Its contracts in Oregon arc kicked, undera rp-iusnrn.v ,., ., , .. the united asset, of the Horn,- Ins. Co., of ..-'or a" T, "vnh tn-i UZWn n,1 Ins. Coniny, of London. aKpepnltij- $23 064 087 07 offorinJ iL iSl Merc"n' any Fire Insurance Com an y or A flsoclaii on in t lie w' r Id . 7 0,rorin8 ,hc security of Thirrl, It can carry lnrjw risks, as Its linliciea aro rc-lnsured l.c n, .i,. Comiwnlessoihatth.. PIIfKMX alone can carry the JmTTno ihat al? ,",l0n would takeseimrateiy. J no lnat n" three cominlea fUirlh, It reipiires but one set ol proofs incase of los.; ihn. elvlne- thp .rt, , ,. Companies, without the ironhle of deal ing with separate orporatlonjf Wl'"rl-y t-ree avokfed'''' -V''TotnUiinOMr ami low l set Dement U On their Molld Metltn, xtii Capaiity to carry the lanrest risks The amplest issit,! sccnritT, The simplest a ljustment In cjise of Io. an1 The promi and equitable layment of all Jiwt claim.. The Plieenlx Iniirniice Compnny Kollciu Tour PntroBM. saiem, Sept. si, inrsttf C" A R-E-J. Agent for Salem ROCK RIVER PAPER COMPANY. aslw .... iWiKf m .3 "-r-nuuiirr iitbi. 3 Zowes?z&rAreZ price 6ffrUS&. CKLKIIKATEI) -7 Jfhazdj - VVAAWAV 172. ly PATENT BUILDING HOOFING FELT, H': " AXD QUARTZ CEMENT. i MOTH PROOF CARPET PIPER. Sample a nd Circular- sent free CEO. I . r.tnv Front Mrm, Portland -.-- y . ; : This honp. how. the moihoflo "4s 1T ,Bp : On the roof irtiiru oo -Sf- "'"awitn cement or shiB)rl.a ueiore aiillnit. tin I ha "-"""' oiiros oeioro aniintf.