ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE o o o o o 0 o O o G CO QO o G 0 i if ) ? paragon City, Oregon , T. O. IRELAND,, EDITOB A3fD PROPRIETOB. ' Saturday march 27, 1869. ;IIon. L. E. Pratt lias .been select ed for orator of the day at the grand celebration of the fiftieth' anniversary of Odd Fellowship, which is to come off In Sari ;;FraDcis'co j on theJ26thof April. - 3 - -Prof. Delisser predicted , that about the last of February there would be heavy gaies, high tides and earthquakes, . and that the whole, of i860 will be fruitful of such things. " B. F. v Do well, of the Sentinel, In bis Washington letter,1 says there h no prospect of any further recogni tion and payment of Oregon war claims. " . , - The trees are now budding forth in their luxuriance, and the earth is putting on its robe of beautiful spring flowers. "The earth is full of His Glory." Chicago has gained an unenviable notoriety for the number of her di vorce suits. - Last year there were 460 applications for the dissolutions of the hy menial bonds. Of the num ber. 284 Were filed by wives and 17G by husbands. . : There is no finer grazing land on Ihe coast than. Oregon produces, yet there is not sufficient butter in the country to supply ordinary home consumption, and the price hs run up to 75 cents per pound. We Want more enterprising farmers. A correspondent says the popu lation of White Pine consists princi pally of roilUonares, who strike every new comer for a dollar to get dinner or. lodging. They all expect to realize their , wealth in the Spring. . , 1 It is said that Horace, Greely has expended nearly S 1.000 an acre on his swamp land at Chappaqua, Westchester county. From all ac counts it will'amply repay the expen diture. For some time , past Mr. Greely has been engaged in cover ing the entire surface of the swamp with a dressing of the about six inches8 of earth. i ' When Horace Gretley , started the New Yorker in New. York, years ago, he endeavored to create a sensation by offering prizes for the best poems and stories. " Lewis Gay lord Clark was chairman of the corn mittec to "decide these things, and awarded the fifty dollars to a Henry W. Longfellow, a professor in Bow doin College, for the poem. f The Turkish ladies at Constan tinople, are becoming more and more civilized in their dress. ; Althongh they still wear the uncouth, shape less outer cloak and close white veil -while in the street, they have the European dres often under the cloak and inake the veil of such 4thin and transparent gauze as to show to the ntmost advantage' the features they pretend to conceal. " In exe'ting times, when rash and abusive language concerning men and events is so freely indulged, in, those who have control of the public press would do well to remember the words of John Dickinson, one of our Revo lutionary statesmen, who could dis. cuss the most exciting subject in the most calm and temperate language. In one of his famous letters on the great questions of that day, he says: "l ain of their opinion who think it almost as infamons to disgrace a good cause by illiberal language, as to betray it by unmanly timidity. Complaints may be made with dig nity; insults retorted with decency, rnd violated rights vindicated with out violence of words.'' The Ilobart Pasha who is now in cotaniand of the Turkish - fleet, is the third son of the Earl of Bucking hamshire (not of 'Buckingham).;' He gained $50,000 by running the block ade of .Charleston, but, " by gaming nnd betting,, spent it all, and ran in debt $ 150,000 besides, so that he had to leave England to keep out of pris ou. Then he entered the. Tnri-id, marine service, by the favor of the English Captain Slade, who has been since 1S49, in the same service, and has also the; title of Pasha. . Captain Hobart was married to the daughter of the chief, surgeon : of the , English squadroa at Corfu, Dr. Colqutionn .Grant. - ; Hobart' eldest brother has charge of an Anglo-Turkish bank. Saeh a ireekless l character will r be likely td do all he can to push Turkey and Greece into war, whenever an opportunity offers. GOVERNMENT REFORMS. In the change of our national ad ministration people reasonably ""ex pect a change of policy for the bet ter, provided circumstances will- ad mit of :such ta change. And j there has been no time in on r history so free from corrupting influences as to f$5oelu missible. People expect that abuses which have crept - in r. under -one admin ietratiou will be swept awav. when new men come into power.. In partizanj war fare, parties,' in a measure ' rest their prospects :of success upon promises of reform in 1 respect , to " those ,things which virtually affect the Interests of the people. :i (Here we; may discover the worth -of parties in a State, each jealously watching, the guardianship of the other, and readyto sound the alarm the ;rnoment they discover any encroachment upon the prerogatives oT thepeople ' There ; can be iho question but that the last administra- yonas.iop fiavisn4 ir .itsj expenai tures. -Every scheme, having de-rthe signs upon' the Treasury, if they came under the guise of the public good, or for the purpose of developing, our internal resources, found listening ears and willing minds. Our . worthy Secretary of State was eager to pur chase whatever was offered for sale, lie seemed to be inspired with an ambition to extend Yankee Domin ion from the tropics to the poles. His schemes for purchase, remind one of the course pursued by certain good housewives, who fill their houses from cellar". to garret, with damaged furniture and broken crockery, " be cause they can be bought cheap, and may come handy, sometime." A depleted treasury and a monstrous debt ought to have presented insuper able obstacles in the way of all such foolish expenditures. A ray of light seems to have dawned upon the minds of some near the close of the administration. Every honest man owes a debt of thanks to Washburne for the bold stand he took in favor of reform. But extravagant pur chases were not the only abuses that merit our condemnation. Bold and unsciupulous frauds upon the reve nues of the Government, were but slightly rebuked. Hundreds of men were all the while eurichinrr thern selves at the expense of the national! income, and only feeble efforts were put forth to bring such to justice, and compel them to disgorge their ill gotten gains. It became notorious that those who committed crimes against the currency of the country were virtually sustained in their course by the chief-executive, for. no sooner had prison doors closed upon some notorious counterfeiter than they would swing open again,'at the sound of : the magic word pardon. And there could be no redress for shch ' wrongs against society. In view of a speedy end they were not of such a nature as to justify an open rebellion. It has been said that " many thoughtful men have striouse ly questioned whether hone?ty in the administration of Government is pos sible. The opportunities of fraud are so: numerous, the temptations so great, and the ;. devises for covering them so easily available, th it it is not probable that any Government ever was administered for any con nderable length of time, without fligraut dishonesty and wrong to wards the governed It is a con vening evidence of Omnipotent , . ; - wisdom and power which shapes the destinies ot nations as well as ot in dividuals, that despite all these cor ruptions, human Government is yet made to conserve tht common good.'' Thus it is that so long as human na ture remains as it is the question of dishonesty in Government has come to be nut one of fact but of degree. When it is but little manifest, t it passes without observation. When it reaches certain limits it becomes intolerable, and there comes up a cry from the people for reform. The moment the power reverts again to their hands they delegate it to new men, pledged to serve higher and bet ter;, interests. The cry now comes up from every quarter of the land for retrenchment. , The feeling is strong that national expenditures must be limited and the national income em ployed for the diminution of the debt that rests -upon us. And our new executive sympathizes with this feel ing. He gives expression to it in his message calling for the honest pay ment of all our debts, and the estab lishment of some measure to secure, as soon as may be, a reiurn to specie payments and the full recognition of our national credit. ' He. is disposed to frowu upon 4 all v extravagant schemes. He knows full well that the surest way- to undermine 'the foundations of a State, is to cast it into bankruptcy, and that although. ' A thousand years scarce serve to form a State, ;' sl ' ? .. sA? bour may lay it in the dust" v i; h h; , fcT!' 1'resident Grant has it larcelv in nauiurate needed re forms in this direction. ? Let us hope that the men whom he has called into his councils will further all his plans, looking to this desired -end and that the people will not clamor too loudly fr the indulgence of their wants , in this or thai llirPPtinn Until tho lrtnr we carry bears less heavily upon us. Then" we can' sing with a new and stronger emphasis that grand old stanz of our national hymao. " Praise tbet power that hath made and 'preserved us a nation ! . f 1 Then conquer we must when our cause it is just, - f. i And this be our motto. ' la God is our .trust, i And the Star4 Spangled . Banner O long " may it wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." - - " e A Trip to the Ucb. -During the past week Ve made a short trip' to the city." of Portland, finding every business there in active operation, hotels - crowded,' tner chants pushing around looking, after he spring trade and all the routes of travel well patronized. The - large number ot new; buildings, already in proeess pf erec- tion, show.taat Portland is to have even, more than the usual growth and advance ment real estate there commands a price fully up trt the circumstances of the case; and the jexpectations- .of. proprietors. Not only ure there many new . business houses in course, but the ,town is spread- ihg back, climbing the rises of the back 4 ground and exploring the .level lands ot Couch's f addition. Portland ,-is growing taster than ever, before ; becoming truly metropolitan ; will grow "more yet when railroad facilitiea are finally realized. ;In a short interview with Mr. lloUaday we were assured that the rail road work will be prosecuted to a steady completion and toad const mctea ana in operation as Holladay is one of those men who grow stronger and become more energetic as they encounter opposition. He means business and all the efforts made to retard the East Side Road will prove futile and waste away before his wealth, energy and enterprise. At the present moment it is not easy to purchase and ship iron from either New York or Liverpool, the great demand beinc? in excess cf 'the supply. Negotiations are in progress and the iron j will be purchased and shipped in time to ; construct the road to Salem the present season. Of course we went to see that notable lot of iron said to be purchased by the West Side from Messrs. Brinck & Welsh. We had some considerable curi osity as to the various kinds of railroad iron now and formerly in use, and the as sortment comprised in that one hundred tons of iron came very near covering the ground, though it will not cover much ground of railroad. There were several different patterns oval lace, smooth face, fish-bar joints and we don't know what else, confirming the impression ,hat the lot was the culiings of the iron yard, at tho Danville ; Iron Works, defective in many poinis, at the same time -we . don't doubt it is very good iron for some uses. It lies below the bone yard convenient for shipment to the Cascades and Ce lilo rait roads, for repairs of which it is often insinuated the sa?d iron wa3 pur chased. ' The pastor of the Methodist Church at San Jose (Cal.,) has been giving some at tention to the instruction of a few Chinese in the English language and in the princi ples of Christianity. Recently he received some threatening letters, something like those written no great while ago by the Ku Klux of this city, to the effect that if he did not' desiat from a work so odions and criminal in the eyes of the constitu tional Democracy, his church would be burned. It was ah-o threatened that all who employed Chinese should be punish ed in like manner. Sure enough, in a short time the church was burned ; and following it came the burning of a large distillery at the same place, involving a loss of $100,000, because three or tour Chinese were employed in it. The Ore gonktn truthfully remarks that every Democratic paper on the Pacific coast is encouraging such work as this. A por tion of this " white man's party" are be low the barbarions against whom they rail so continually. The incendiary who applied the torch, now writes that he was one of a band of f8,000 in California who were with him in such villainy. The Marysville Appeal remarking upon the declaration, thinks the fellow means there are 68,000 Democratic voters in the State. The Overland for March we have care fully looked over, and are much pleased with its general appearance. It opens with a clear and concise account of the "San Juan difficulty." As is quite natu ral, the writer looks at the question from the American stand-point and we can not do otherwise than sympathize with him in his views. There is one article of consid erable interest upon the employments of the Chinese upon this coast. The writer briefly enumerates theVarious branches ot industry in which they are engaged, and proves conclusively that their labor is es sential to the developmont of our re sources. Those who opppose their intro duction should read this carefully. O.her articles contain matters of interest in the early history of California, and as such are valuable. : . NoRTu Pacific Tkaxsportation Com pany. This corporation lately organized in California, with many distinguished capitalists of that State as its directors, is not a more steamship company, as many suppose, but proposes to engage in transportation,''' in whatever field of en terprise, which offers inducements for out lay., The California, Oregon and Mexico Steamship Company has become merged in this greater company, Holladay retain ing the controlling interest in the latter as in the ' former. Prominent capitalists named in connection with this - new cor poration, . intend soon to visit Oregon doubtless for the purpose of ascertaining what fields of enterprise offer the greatesi advantages, and deserve the "most: en couragement. Locomotive Fire Wood. In our ac count last week, of a ride down to see 'VMill No. 2" ou the railroad, we forgot to include as part of the valuable product of the mill. several hundred cords of wood, made from the, slabs, which are cut into stove lengths by a small circular saw ; the wood so made being thrown into a car. which runs on a temporary track laid over the piles s of lumber and dumps the load into convenient piles. By this means a large amount of fire wood, will be on hand when needed for locomotives. 1 ' J The Great Republic will be dispatched for Hong Kong on Monday April- 5th in stead of Saturday the 3rd. , Small pox is again on the rise in San Francisco. A new. case is , also reported in Jacksonville. . ; A Washington dispatch of the 25th says that Andrew Johnson, Ex-President, rf -rrv 1 t-sim ot Hroonrilla Tonnncon J on that morning. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, Secretary May to Senator Williams." The It. R. Controversy. Fron the Oregnian of Thursday last. AVe have re p eated ly -d eclared that with the controversy between the east and west side railroad com panies we can have nothing to do as partisans of one side or the other. This position we intend to maintain. The controversy is not of a nature to be settled by newspaper advocacy. But we have never, had any objection to making statements f of facts rela tive to-one side -or the . other; ; on be contrary, f we have always been anxious to present snch facts for pub lic information. , . Much Is said recent ly concerning the discussion, in the Uni ted ,". S tat es Senate rel ative to the land grant, but there are some things connected with it which have not yet been made , public, j As , we "have already published the" correspondence between Senator Williams and Secre tary Browning relative . to the land grajtit," together! 'with the letter ad dressed by the latter to S. G.C Rr-ed, Esq, as well as the substance ot Wil liams remarks, in the.. Senate on, the bill to revive and continue the grant it is proper for 3 in justice' 'to Sena tor Wiliiams and Secretary May to publish the following letter as show ing the principle ou which Williams acted in bringing in the bill aud af fording May an opportunity for an ex planation of a matter which, as unex pluined, he considers puts himself in an erroneous position. The purpose of Senator Williams, it will be re membered, was, as he declared, to prevent the lapse of the grant and 'maintain the interest of the State without favor to either of the com panies." To enable the reader to obtain an intelligent comprehension of the letter alluded to, it will be proper to ay that Williams, in the debate, stated that the designation of the west side company by the Legisla ture in 18G6 had been determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be a void designation because no company was then in existence, and that the designation of the east side company in 18G8 was made too late to allow it to receive the grant. To show that the west side company was in existence at the time the fust desig nation was made, and that its articles of incorporation had been duly filed, the following telegram was read in the Senate: Gaston presented for filing article of incorporation Oregon Central Ifailroad Company, October 6, 186(5 ; withdrawn with my consent. November 21. same year, uaston nieu duplicate papers lor same company. . SAMuJbLi L.. MAY. We now give the latter of which mention is made above: COPY. State of Oukgox. Secretary's ) Office. Salem. March 14. 18G9. f Hon. George II. Williams, United States Senate Washington, D. C. Sir I have hist read in the Daily GMie. under the head of Oregon Central Railroad," the discussion of Senate Bui No.77(J. As I am made to act quite a prominent part and a construction has been placed on my telegram of late date, by Senators. not warranted by the tacts in the case, feel it my duty to write this letter, which if it will assist in understanding more ful ly the situation" and secure Congres sional aid to the State for railroad purpos es.37on may use in any manner you may think proper. 1 wish to state just at this point, however, that I am in no possible way personally interested in either railroad enterprise; but, on the contrary, have furnished each of the disputants innumerable transcripts and certficates without the usual fees The act of Congress of July. 18C6. was the key note, and early in the session of our Assembly of that year Ihe question of a railroad from Portland to the California line was discussed in private circles, and subsequently a law was passed to aid in the construction of the '-Oregon Central Railroad'' and the adoption of a joint res olution by the Legislature designating the same to receive the grant of land made by Congress under the act referred to. On the (ith of October, 18G6. Joseph Gas ton came to my desk and said in sub stance, (holding out a folded paper.) These are articles of incorporation for a railroad. I wish you would make a fil ing mark on this as of to-day ; the subject ii now pending in the ; Legislature. I wish to use the papers of a few minutes before a committee and will return them in a short time and upon this I made a mark in pencil on the lower left hand corner, thus. " Oct. 6, 18(50." He then took the paper away and I never saw them again until sometime in January, 1SG9. when J. C. Ainsworth brought it to .a a . . t- it me. the same Having been taicen irom me files m Multnomah county, that I might see that I had been mistaken in a former statement that the paper presented by Gaston, Oct. 6. 1866, 1 had marked upon he paper itself, instead of an envelope, as I supposed and had so stated. Some two weeks after the adjournment of the Legislature of 1SG6. lion. J. S. Smith came into my office and wished to sea the articles of incorporation of the " Oregon Central Railroad Company." I turned to the usual depository for such documents and not until , through search did it occur to me that the papers referred to were not, neither bad they been, in my possession; other than - as before re cited. Hence you .will perceive that at the time of the adoption of the resolution designating the " Oregon Central Railroad Company" to receive the grant ot Con gress, no bona fide company was in exist ence, and the first articles of incorporation under that name were filed in my office November 18th, 1S66. Jive tceelcs after the adoption of the designating resolution of the Assembly, by gentlemen who now compose in part what is here known as the East Side Company. ; J i November 21st, 186(5. other articles of incorporation were filed by what is known as "Oregon Central Railroad Company" West Side. J. C. Ainsworth also showed me in January last a telegram from S. G. Reed, setting forth what he (Reed) wished me to say in a dispatch to him to be sent to the care of 11. W. Corbett, which I so changed as to my mind, when taken in con nection with all the facts Jcnovcn to the en tire Oregon railroad delegation then in Wash ington, could not be perverted so to show that the tc est side' company contemplated doing a certain act Oct. 6. 18G6. uh'ich teas not accomplished until November 21st. 1866. I bope this statement wig enable yon to explain to Senators so much of the trans action as to which I have been made a party, as will result in justice being done in the premises to albeoncerned,. I have the honor to be I i Your obedient servant, ' 1 I N '; ' SAMUEL E. MAf . I . f j k : t- -o I t : OFwo days after -writing this letter Secretary May sent the following Salem, March 18, 1869. Hox. Geo. H. -Williams, "United States SENATE.rWASurxGTON, D. rC.: -I seoby proceedings of Senate that my telegram at request of Ainsworth to Reed is wholly misunderstood. The facts are, articles in corporation of west side railroad! were not filed in my office until November 21st, 186. weeks after; adjournment , of the Legislature. Have sent full particulars by mail.;t: t f SAMUEL E, MAY, ,w , r ; ;j "r, t n Secretary of State. ' s" We present the above s'mply as portions of tne history o f this cont ro versy. We have nothing to do with arjrning t or advocating "the case for either company. If the land grant belongs to one company or the other legal proceedings and a judicial de cision will be ' required to , settle the matter; but if it is lapsed, the remedy proposed by Senator Wil iiams was a good one for saving the grant' to the State. LATE RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE. The following telegram was receiv ed at this office yesterday, and we give it publicity as a matter of news : Washington, March 24, 1869. Ed. Oregonian : The Senate committee, after a full investigation, yesterday again unanimously reported east side bill, with recomendation that it pass. J. H. MITCHELL. - The Koseburg JSnsign, of March 6th has the following account of the railroad survey now in progress in Douglas county: Mr. Wra. F. Daniels, ncrent of the Oregon Central Railroad Company east side in securing the right of way for the road in this State, was at this place on Wednesday last on buness pertaining to the railroad. He informed us that the parties now engaged iu surveying and locating the route in the northern part of this county consists of thirteen men. Bur rage and McCall are the engineers. The latter named gentleman was one of Elliot's party in making a survey over the route several years ago. The party are making a thorough and final survey and location, and eo far as they have gone, the route is said to be ready for the graders. They have been about three weeks in Doug las county, and are ju?-t passing out of the, Yoncalla Valley, via Cabin Cree', They have 1 decided to fol low Cabin Creek to its mouth, and to cross the Calapooia Creek about half a mile helow the vilhige of Oakland. Mr. Daniels states that he has gener ally found the farmers along the route to be men who appreciate the advan tages of a railroad, and cheerfully grant the right of way through their tarrns. A few instances of obstinate and persistent1 opposition, have been met with, in which the aid of law will be invoked to secure a passage for the road. Mr. Jacob Stitzel of Portland has a fine steam engine for sale. It is the same that was used in the steam mill of Messrs. Ilarbaugh & Stitzel, destroyed by tiresome two years ago. It is a splendid engine, solidly moun ted on a cast iron frame, of 150 horse jower, has a fourteen inch cylinder w th 3 feet and C inches stroke. It was cast at Worcester Mass., and has since tiie lire been reboed, and in every respect repaired of the damage incurred at the conflagration of the mill. Attached is a large ty wheel and the necessary appliances. It is for sale cheap. IX MEMOItlAM. At a Regular meeting of Salem Lodge, j No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons, held at their Hall on Friday evening, March 12th 18C9. the following resolutions were unan imously adopted : ' Whereas; Divine Wisdom has taken from our midst, at ripe old age. our Com panion and Brother, Rev. Father Leslie. Therefore. Resolved, That his early union with our Fraternity entitles him to our most fra ternal regard. His sterling integrity en titles him to our profoundest respect. His warm, ever ready, open handed charity, was to an men an example ot what we all should do and be. - He was a Pioneer Christian. He was a Pioneer Missionary. lie was a Pioneer Mason. , He was a Pioneer Citizen. ' He was a Just man and True, loving and faithful, dauntless in battling for the right. His grey hairs which we will ever cherish in loved remembrance always, to us will be a reminder, that Faith, Hope and CnAitrrr. are -strengthened by bein coupled with Truth. We deplore his loss, buV we know that he is now in that Ce lestial, Lodge Above, of which ours is but the Earthly Type. Resolved. That the Family of our deceased Companion and Brother, have our warmest sympathy.: while we are con scious that no word or deed of ours can atone for their loss. , Resolved. That a copy of this testimoni al, verihed by the seal of Salem Lodire No. 4. be sent by the Secretary, to the Family of our deceased Brother. Resolved, That the newspapers of the CT - , 1 - 1 .... .. outie uu proviueu wiin a copy oi tne lor going for publication. 1 T. II. COX, W. M. , Seth R. Hammer, Sec'y. , " Valuable Lakd for Sale Cheap. We know of 480 acres of good lands for sale in this county, being the land t:laim of J. L; Stout, in what is known as tbeRinjrold settlement It will be sold in lot to snit purchasers, on very fair terms.5 This land is only 12 miles from Oregon City. For further information apply to N. W. Randall of this city, or of J. L. Stout, Unity, Baker's Bay. W. T., or of Andrew Stout, in the above mentioned settlement. 12:ly ADVERTISE IN SEASON. rAgreaT number of advertisers neglect to advertise in due season, they ; are . apt to wait until the very time comes when the article they have to sell is wanted by those who have delayed till the last mo ment of time, but wise ones? have pur chased early and have bad the choice and selection of a large stock, and have se cured to themselves the very best by tak ing time by the forelock.'? and those late advertisers loose a large amount of trade by this delay. Agricultural Implements, Trees, Seed, Plants, and all other goods should be ad vertised monlhsAn advance jof . the season, so that purchasers may-be-advised and thus look alter their wants oeiore me aay of use and hurry comes. -twti . Jiarly advertisers will always nnu tneir gains largely increased by giving atten tion to this plan and particularly in every thing appertaining f to .'Agriculture and HorticuUureV,VflvK ,m r& . t Newspapers " and handbills, however good they may be, can never take the place of advertising. ' " " " Bread is the staff of life, and Adver Using is the life of trade." is sr. " o ToJ.A. Smith; tA.iTa l Recognizing the liberality which, prompt ed you to give your services to so many exhibitions for benevolent purposes in this town, without remuneration, we ten der you a benefit of two evenings to take place at your convenience. - Trusting that the public will respond as liberally as we could wish in your behalf, we remain Yours. &c. Miss M. Holmes, H.G.Harding, " F. Holmes, II. Harding, ii t Mrs. N.S Nora Moss, W. E. Murray, . Mollie Barlow. A. G. White, N. Miller, W. E. Dement, C. McCae, D. C. Hatch, Johnson, T.J. Spooner, and others. To Miss Holmes, Mrs. McCue, T.J. Spooner and others : Ladies and Gentlemen : Thanking you for your flattering letter of last week and the unlooked-for recog nition of services that I had intended to be entirely gratuitous. I accept your tender, and would suggest that on or about the beginning of May would be a suitable time for the proposed entertainment. Respectfully Yours. JAS. A. SMITH. 2yOf course an important reason with us in urging the duty of sustaining a local paper, is that it innures to our advan tage. But aside from any personal or pe cuniary consideration, it is both right and just to do so. A local paper many times contains that most important to those in the country. It is made up. and must nec essarily be so, , vof that kind of matter that is most interesting to our citizens. Even the local notices have a value that is not found in the foreign papers. So also the weekly record of deaths and marriages. and the numberless items of incidents daily transipiring around us. All these make a loeal papei interesting. That me chanic or farmer, or merchant who hastily says -it is a one-horse concern," has no just conception of his own position, or has an inordinate a ppreciation of his own importance and what is necessary tohis mental aliment. Ten chances to one that such a person does not read his foreign pa per if he takes one. DIED. In Salem, March ISth, of lung lever Paytox only child ot Wm. E. nnd Nannie Howell. Aged 2 years and 18 days. " " - : " - Rew Advertisements. : TTOUND. X1 A latly's collar pin. which can be bad bv the owner on annlvin'r at this office and paying for this notice. ' Lost. . A large brass key. One dollar will be paid the finder, upon leaving it at this office. . gTOCKIIOLDERS MEETING. The stockholders of the Canemah Lumbering Company are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the Stockhold ers will be held at the office of the Com pany, on the first Saturday in April, 1869. By order of the Directors. 20.2t) P. PAQUET, Sec'y. ASSESSOR S NOTICE, y The Annual Assessment List under the United Sta'cs Internal Revenue Law, for Division No. 4, consisting of Marion Polk aud Clackamas couuties, in the District of Oregon, will be open for public examina tion and correction at my office in Salem; from the 29th day of March to the 10th day of April, 1869, where all persona claiming deductions or abatement of taxes, inconse quence of erroneous assessment, must do so in writing before the expiration of this notice as no deduction will be allowed after the list is closed and turntd over to the Collector. Salem, the 22d ot Marzh, 1869. AVAL A. K. MELLEN. ' U. S. Assistant Assessor, ith Division, Dis trict cf Oregon. : (20.2t J. WELCH, DENTIST. Permanently Located at Oregon City-, Oregon -t ' . ' r ROOMS With Dr. Saffarrans, on Main Et. HATS! HATS! HATS! OF EVERY STYLE - ; ! In J Large Quantities can le .Found ! AT J. C MEUSSDORrFER & BRO.'S S. IV. corner of Morrison and Front streets, Portland, Oregon. I Also Caps of every style, and Boys and Girls' Hats in large varieties. Give us a call and examine. & BROTHER: 4 BUTCHERS & MEAT VENDERS J83r Thankful for past favors of the public respectfully ask a continuance of the sami. We shall deliver to our patrons all the bet qualities or fctall Feed Beef, also Mutton, Pork, Poultry etc., as usual twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays !j 5 gTRAYED OR ST OLEN. A fine bred." Ch err v red. two ! Jear 1I HEIFER, marked with a slit , in the right ear, aud a few white hairs in the forehead. ' Any - person giving 'information - as to where she may be tound will be liberally rewarded. &W Word left at the Enterprise office win ue receiveu. ISAAC r AUK New Advertisements. O UMMONS. O 1 f: 3 In the Circuit Cnm-f r State of Oregon, for the County of Clarl Willamette Falls Canal and Lock cWt"a Plaintiff, vs. Hugh Burns and Thorn,.,. VDT' iett, Defendants. To HUGH Js UJtJVZ, Defendant : . In the name of the State of Orptm v. are hereby required to appear and anSw the complaint filed against you in the aboto entitled action within ten days from the da of the service of this Summons upon you i' served within said County, or if served in anv other County- of this State, then ;.!.: twenty days from the date of the service nf thu Summons upon you. And whereas or der of Publication ot a Summons has been made by the said Court in the above entitled action, m pursuance of said order you are lur K: ther notified that unless you appear in said ijuuib . uy wic mo uar ui me next term fol lowing the .expiration of six weeks' publica tion of this Summons (the first publicatioa being . March 27, 1869,) and said next term commencing in said . Conntv n Monday JhelQlli day of May. IS fin and if you fail to answer said complaint the plaintiff will apply to the Court for tC reiiet aeitanded thei ein4 w hich is for the an propriation to the use of Plaintiff, of certain land belonging to you in said County and State, to-wit : A certain strip of land in jour Donation Land Claim, about 26S feet m leuirth and sixty fcet-in with. b . S.. HUELAT, Attorney 20.7t) , - T r , for Plaintiff. SUMMONS. ; In the Circuit Court of tb State of Oregon, for the County of Clacka- mas... .Aciion wappropnate lauds The Willamette Falls Canal and Lock Company Plaintiff, vs. O. C. Pratt Defendant. To O. (J. PRATT, Defendant : - In the name of the State of Oresron. Ynn are hereby required to appear and answer me complaint nied against you intheabore entitled action, within : ten days from tho date of the service of this Summon3 uooi you, if served within said County, or if served in any omer uounty of this btate, then within twenty days from the date of the service of this Summons upon you. And whereas, or der of Publication of a Snmmons has beea made by the said Court in the above enti tied action, in pursuance of said order you are further notified tha unless j-ou appear in said Court by the first day of the next term following the expiration of six weeks pnbli cation of ,tbis Summons, (the first publica tion being March 27, 1869,) and said next term commencinR in said County on Monday the 10th day of May, 1869, and if you fail to answer said complaint, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded therein, which is for the ap. propriation to the use of Plaintiff of certain land belonging to you in said County and State, to wit : A certain strip out of two Jots owned by you, being originally a part of the Donation Land Claim of Hugh Burns, and the portion sought to be appropriated by Plaintiff being astrip sixty feet in width and about 132 feet in length, out of said lots. 20.70 S. HUELAT. Attorney for Plaintiff. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon ; for the County of Clacka mas. ...Action to appropriate lands. . . .The Willameste Falls 2 Canal and Lock Company Plaintiff, vs. George A.Pe.'ie,IIobert M.Mpore, lane Painter and R. C. Crawford, Trustee;of James M. Moore, heirs at law of Robert Moore Deceased, John Gordon, and ccrtiia unknown owners defendants. To RUBER T M. MOORE, JA NE PA INT , ER, and certain ui.known otcters, Defend ants : - - -- in the name of the State of Oregron, You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled action within ten days from the date of the service of this Summons upon you if served within this County, or if served with in any other JCounty of this State, then in twenty days from the date of the service of this Summons upon you. And whereas, order of Publication of a Summons has beea made by the Court in the above entitled ac tion, in pursuance of said order you are fur ther notified that unless you appear in saU Court by the first day of the next term fol lowing the expiration of six weeks publica tion of this Summons, (the first publication being March 27, 18G9,) and said next term commencing in said County on Monday the 10th day of May, 1869, and if you fail to answer said comulaint, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, which is for the ap propriation to the use of Plaintiff of certain land belonging to j'ou as aforesaid, said land being situated in said County aud State, being a portion of the Donation Land Chum of said Robert Moore deceased, and described as follows, to wit: strip of said land Sixteen Hundred and Fourteen aud one-luif 1614J feet in length, and Sixty feet in widths running throuph what was and is known as Linn Citv, m said County anu State. ' S. HUELAT, 20. 7t) r'i "Attorney for Plaintiff. gHEIUFF'S SALE. Bv virtue of an order of sale made in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Clackamas, in a certain suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage, and pur suant to lawful process issued to meoutn said Ccurt, bearing date March 15th. A. V 1869, commanding me to advertise and sell the north half of the Land Claim of Jame AI. Aloore and wife in said county, numbered nine hundred aud twentv-four, on sections 27, JS, and 34 in T. 2 S. R. 1 E., and rsturn the proceeds thereof into Court ; I didron fjf 16th day of Alarch, instant, levy upon, all of the north half of the following described land chiim to wit s 1 The fractional S. of the N. W. i of See. 34, and the fractional S V. 4 ot Sec. 27; and the f ractional W.J of th S. E. 4 of Sec. 27 ; and the fractional E of the E It of Sec. 28 : and the fractional E 4 of the N. E. 4 of Sec. 33 ; and the fractional W, Jof Sec. 34; and the fractional W. 4 of the N. E. i of Sec. 34 ; all in Township num ber two, South of range number one East, in said County of Clackamas, and otv Monday the 26m diy ot April, 1869, at the hour of ten o'clock A.M., in front of the i Court House door in Oregon City, i" said State and County, I will setllhe same at public Auction to the highest bidder, to satis fy the sum of Twelve Hundred and Thirtj Six and 33-1 0d Dollars damages, and interest on said sum of $1,236 33 from the fourth day of September 1862 and thirteen dollars costi tozetber with aceruirea: c osts. Orejon City, March 17thrl869-. 3 fJOHN A1YEKS. 0.5t) Sfcerif of Clackan i Cor.n y. JJOMESTEAD NOTICE. In the Unite! Siaies Lnd office, at Ore gon City. Oregon. To the heirs of Alexander Reid. Deeeasta - You ar l yt rteAltieA that George i Mftytield has applied at this ofliee to contest the homestead entpy No..l6f, ot said Ale2.aa," der Reid, made Af ay 21, 1864, upon the w. t ot S. iS, 1 and IS. S of SI W. i ot sec. i . 4S. R. f 3 E., alleging that said claim bo? been abandoned for more than six roontDS. and you are further notified that the ca will be heard at 4bis office on Saturday tne 24th d-ay of April 1869, a tbe hour oil" o'clock A. sl ' OWEJTWAD:,Eepstcr. HENRr WAKKE, Receif. ' March SOth, 16C9. OREGON CITY -MANUFACTURLSG COMPANY. , Notice is herebv given that the Annt Election of Stockholders, for the nB" vear, will be held at their office at Oreg01 City, on Saturday April 24th, 139-By oruer of R. JACOB, President, and Managing Agent, O. C.Mfg.' W.. E. liowKLL, Secretary. JUSTICES' BLANKS, of every descrip-tion.- for sale at the EMEitrawa s r