Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, November 02, 1872, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- IJ-" ghgt . r r :$ 5i a 3 h to JLv-jyr i v; ' uLiA ' -Ci - K- k"Sfc. I .l 1 T ) a. - 1 1 ' i ..- v t .r rf. 1 Bk 0 . iSt . .B--. m m tew? I'iV m s. CH H Jr .-SSIlil YlTSm&Xi&i'&&'!rim cv m v .-r-r C "-''- . . .. - ..- - ,x.a --. - - -- .- . .. iyi . ,a .i- j-.iis-NLt-niiw r $2,50 ior Year, in Advance, LKGISLATIOX OF 1S'. A list of tho acts passed by the Legislature at the session Just closed would convey very llttlo Information to tho perioral render, nnd wo there fore shnll try to describe the nets of greater importance, so ns to give our readers a correct Idea of the work done. ACTS FOIt l'UM.IC IMl'MOVUMKNTS. Alaw passed appropriating ton per cent, of tho proceeds of sale of Swamp Lands to Common Schools, and tho remainder of such fund, us well as alt of tho fund from tho snlo of title lands and tho flvo por cent, of sales of pub lic lands in this Stato, given to Ore gon by tho General Government, was appropriated to internal improve ments, in tho following manner: Tho sum often thousand dollars Is to bo expended in construction of tho Trask IMvcr Wagon Road, to connect tho Willamette valley with Tilla mook Hay. ' Ten thousand dollars to build n bridge across tho North Umpqua, near Winchester, at tho line of tho Stato road in Douglas county. Also fifteen thousand dollars, to improvo tho Stato road between Wilbur and Roseburg in Douglas county, through what is known as tho Umpqua black mud region. Tho sum of twenty-flvo thousand dollars Is appropriated for tho con struction of iv wagon road through Jackson, Grant and Raker counties. This road will cross tho Cascade Mountains from Jacksonville to Klamath, and go east towards Snake river. Tho sum of ten thousand dollars is appropriated to construct n wagon road from Eastern Oregon to tho No vada lino towards Wlnnemueca on tho Central Pacific railroad. Tho sum of twenty thousand dol lars is appropriated to build a wagon road from Washington county through Nohalem valley to Astoria. Firty thousand dollars is appropri ated to construct a wagon road up tho south bank of tho Columbia from tho mouth of Sandy to Tho Dalles. Whatever may bo left of tho pro ceeds of Swamp Lauds, in tho futuro after tho foregoing appropriations, ami tho Interest on these Is satisfied, and also the remainder, if any, of tho flvo per cent, of sales of public land within this State, Is granted to aid tho construction of tho Portland, Dalles, and Salt Lake ltallroad. So tho Swamp Land fund and tho llvq per' ccn(. fund is entirely disposed of. ri'JlLIU J1UU.UINU AND -INSTITUTIONS. Onp hundred thousand dollars ami whatever convict ialwr can bo made nvallablu therefor, Is appropriated for tho construction of the State Cap itol building in thii city, to bo erect ed 'ou the' block that, wo donntqd forjhai purpose by Dr. Will-on. There ,w!U bo no extra, taxation nee c.saryjfor this purpous tho money will .accumulate in tho inilitaryfund oyer mid ubovo what will lo pecoe-t saryto redejojn outstanding tHoiinty pu i'liwiv ft i - j : t iVii .act'lassctL locating, the SUto Urilvefiilty t "Kiigehe', ntJtlnftot that county to contribute $flO,OOfJnsa" fund for the erection of University SALEM, buildings. Of tills amount $20,000 1 will be raised by voluntary contribu tion, and Lane county is authorized to levy taxes to raise the remaining' $;io,ooo. The State Agricultural College Is located at Corvallis nnd the sum of five thousand dollars annually appro priated to Its support for which the State will bo reimbursed from sale of Agricultural lands. Tho tremendous amount of one hundred and tlilrty-flvo thousand dollars, is appropriated'" for the care I of Insane and Idiotic, and to pay ! the expense of bringing them to the Asylum for the next two years. Strange to say no provision was mado for building a Stato Asylum, and at tho end of two years moro the State will still bo at the mercy of tho pres ent contractors. Provision has been made for con tinuing the Deaf Mute School on an enlarged scale. A school will also bo opened at the oxpono of the State for the instruc tion of tho blind. Three thousand dollars is given to tho noble hearted women of tho Ore gon Children's Aid Society, to enable them to extend their efforts for tho caro of orphan children. A bill passed appropriating funds to sustanln a Stato Hoard of Immi gration, but it seems that the Gover nor has seen fit to veto it. Tho ten sections of land granted tho Stato by tho General Govern ment, to aid tho erection of a Stato Capitol, aro to ho sold and tho pro ceeds applied to that purpose. MISCKI.LANKOUS IIIM.S. Acts wore passed amending (lie Incorporation of Portland, East Port land, Salem, Astoria, and Jackson ville, and to incorporate Junction City, Roseburg and the town of Forest Grove. Hills were passed for relief of tho counties of Coos, Haker, Umatilla, also for relief of Gov. Georgo Abor nethy, for services under Provisional Government, i'2,'M, which sum Mill no doubt bo refunded by the Gene ral Government. In school districts containing 10,000 I inhabitants, public schools can be lUUglll 111 llll' UUllllUII JllllijUUKV. j A Reform School is to ho establish- ed in tho city of Portland. How Thomas Condon Is to ho Stato 'Geologist, at tho modorate salary or ,0110 thousand dollars per annum. The foes of officers, which wcrocut down by the legislature of 1R7U, iui 'restored to about their former rate. by an act of thU Legislature. ( 1 A State Hoard of Equalization Is 1 provided, and an important bill to rcgulatu .the ap-eAsniqiif and col lev- tlon.of taxes' ,p,vjcd thu Hou.se and failed In the Sviiuto for mint of tlino to consider it. ' A uniform eouiS'o of public instrttc- tlon, and the election or appointment ir nStatoSuperjptpiidentj Is provi ded for ly an important act which ' fullyrcnrgn'nlci ourConiino'n School . System. - " Judge Dendyand Mr.HyltVinip win lire conimissloners to redo and 'comp'llcJfliu'linr'. '-And wHeii ilielr ' 1., t j .t..,..ii...:..i '1... iu .v-: iUI'IK' 11 ti jij'iw . jij iiiu viinuinui. rip'lf trt Wive IfiliiMlshdraiidproi RaIifed',iiVtHu'Ot'neVal'LavSofOf,j2 Hereafter all elections will Ihj con- OREGON, NOVEMBER 2, 1872. ducted on the ballot sy.stcin in our State. One thousand dollars a year Is ad ded to the salaries of our Circuit and Supremo Judges, as a coinpen.satlon for traveling and Incidental expen ses. The number of Senators nnd Repre sentatives is reapportioned through out tho State on a fair basis, and tho noxt Legislative Assembly will con sist of thirty Senators and sixty Rep resentatives. Several acts pissed amending tho Code In some way or other, but mak ing no important changes. CONSTITUTIONAL AMI'.NDMIINTS. Constitutional amendments were adopted as follows: Providing that tho State Printing shall bo given by contract to the lowest bidder. Creating n separate Supreme Court and fixing salaries of Judges. Raising salaries of Stato oftlcer.s.;f Extending tho length of sessions of the Legislative Assembly, and in creasing per diem of members to $4. Theso projioscd amendments will have to 1k npprovod by tho Legisla tive Assembly of 1874, and thou bo approved by tho people at tho noxt general election boforo thoy can be come part of our State Constitution. i:kcutivi: VKTOKi. The Governor has vetoed four bills. Tho first repealed the law by which Portland is controlled by a Hoard of Police Commissioners, appointed by tho Governor. Tho .second is the act repealing the so-called Litigant Act. Tho third created a Hoard of Com missioners of Immigration, and ap propriated means to sustain the same. The fourth appoints Dr. Mary Saw telle, as Commissioner of Immigra tion, and appropriated $100 to pay her expon.scs. Tho greatest blow yot given to tho , hot liquid theory of the interior of tho earth, was that demonstrated by tho artesian well at St. Louis, which developed a temperature at tho depth of 1,800 Tcot which was too cold to bo determined by any instrument of science at tho tfnio In tiso for such n purpose. Apropos of tho American lady dontistat Herliu, who has been hu posed to bo her sex's pioneer in that lino of business, the British Jour nut of )m(tl Science asserts that as lonir atro as iRWl there were no loss I than .seventeen female practitioners of dentistry in England and Wales. Grains and hay are quite plenti ful In Eastern Oregon, and prices are generally lower than in thu Wil lamette valley. Two days' rain refreshed the par ched erouiid In Haker county. Tliuis- I day and Friday of last week to the I great delight of tho farmers. 1 The Itosehurg depot grounds are located In thouuppe'f inrf-of tho I town, where. Mr, Aaron Rose donut Jed ten acres for that purose, Notaiiv I'rjji.n, John Ucv-ion, of Mc.Mluville, has been appointed Nota ry I'ulilio fur Yamhill Couiity. Til K apple crop of lowit exceed both in fimlity, mid iuaTtlty;"tnitVr .'Any1 iiruvioiM yfiir. i;iiiii'inu fifteenth century honey was iiHcd Instead of sugar. XfBWS BY TSLSaRAPH. Piiovidknck, Oct. HO. All hnpeM wore wltlulrawii this noon from the street railways, nearly nil becoming weak and spiritless, sjoino stnbles re port their horses Improving. St. Louis, Oct. Jill Corresioudenco imm lexas to iici. lTin reports an In dian raid Into Hood and Parker coun ties, on the Itrazos river, killing one woman and wounding several other persons. Washington, Oct. SO. The Presi dent to-day signed n proclamation Im posing discriminating duties on arti cles from France. Nkw Yoiik. Oct. .10. A Norwich, (Conn.) special says great excitement prevails, owing to the report of vessels having arrived at Stonliigtoii from Santo ifeimliigo with cases of yellow fever on hoard. lly a recent law election day Is ninde a holiday in this city for commercial purpose. Tlie pulls are open from 0 a. 111. till I n. m. Man v litis! ues.s llrtns. however, announce their purKso of; siisneiiiiim; iiuriii); ine nay. Jli-s. Horace Greeley died this morn lug at the residence of Alvln Johnson. She had two chills during the night, and passml peacefully away. Her funeral will ttike place 011 Friday, from Itev. Dr. Chapln' church. The father to-ilay Is cool and pleas nut and very fnvoralile to the prevail ing epidemic, which it Is now thought bus readied Its crisis. Coxctmn, N. H.,Oct.:!it. The horse disease has appeared, hut only in a mild form. There isiio Improvement in the horse epidemic in Oswego. Over two-thirds of the canal horses are affected. Pauls, Oct. :to. Theirs has Inform-1 ' eil Princess Clothllde, wife of Prince! I NaH)leon, that she is free to remain In France witnout iiiierierenee ny tne Govermeiit. I London, Oct. ail. Thomas Hughes, In an address to his constituents, tie-' cllues reelection to Parliament. , A dispatch from Herliu says that the three experfs to whom Kmperor Will-1 lam had referred the San Juan ease, reeommeiidisl as a compromise the adoption of the mliUMe cliamicl as the boundary Hue between British Amer ca and I'nltetl States territory. Ite port not published. IiNDDN, Oct. :Mi.-lliiu. .I0I111 Pak iiigtou in a lecture at Strowlirlilne last night alluded to the settlement of the Alabama claims, ileclarlugthat it was , painfully humiliating (o npoliglu for' wrongs never committed, and to pay1 for Injuries steiullly dunleil. Jn ilis- iioslng of the Sail Juan bounilary ipies lion, however, be saw no reason for censuring the Government. Wakiiinhton, Oct. "o.- Gull. Shur man was out to-day for thu first time since his recent sickness. He rode to thu War Department this morning and devoted some time In ofllclal bus iness. Great solicitude has been man I tested relative to his condition.1 A letter has been received 11 1. tho General Land Olilee set ting lot III that movement Is on foot by Israelites f,if Kuropo for setting a colony nf Itnu uianlaiis and Continental Jews In Ameiiea. It uppenrs tliele Is a com pany t'oimed, tos.,nj: u puid-tip capital of SIcVjo.ooo, which contem plates settling this coiintiy with some x,HM) families, comprising W.oou per son''. They wlshtiHibtidiiiV'O acres of Gfiveriimvut land for that purpose. IS.v.mioii, Oct. is. 'I he hoie disease Is spieading rapidly and a largely pro poitlou of all thi- hoises I 1 the city are nioii! or less alllictcd. Ni.w Voltic. Oct.. 'II. The biinieil steamer Missouri was valued at S'-W,-000, mill Insured fur jdoo.noo. Her cargo was ostluuitfd at si"i),(M)ii. The cool, bracing weatlier of tho la-d two flay.s hail 11 good effect upon sek hor-.es and the imiludy Ht;o ins slightly abated. , A femido doctor reports that Mtu Js treating four ladles who are .suffer ing from Tiorso dise.uo. .Mr. Homier thinks tho'horee, dis temper will soon pass by. I Chii'aMj, Oct. Ml. There Is no ! longer a doubt that the prevailing horsd disease has reached tills city laud vicinity and Is spreading rapidly. -45 Vol n me IV. Number 37, Exi'Uikations. A eoi respondent of the Helena Herald, writing from lU)7emaii Montana, October Htli, says: " Recent advices from Mr. Stevenson, Director of the Snake River Division of the l'. S. Geological survey, an nounced the airlval of tho entire party at Fort Hall, 011 the 11th Inst., crowned with success. The entire Snake River llaslu has been carefully explored by them. Tho party reached the Geyser llasln the Inst of July; ob tained supplies from Virginia City, vlaMndlMiu valley. They followed the .Madison river to Its sourco In a small lake, crossed the divide to Madi son lake. They found that Mndlsou lake bad no connection with Mndlsou river. It had an outlet about 100 feel wide, llowlug in an oppoaito direction from thu one given 011 tho ninps, which they followed to lu entrance into another lake about five miles wide, and this proved to bu tho real source 111 miiiku river. Coi.!.aisi:ii. Read this from the Plalndcalcr: "We visited tho old and now towns of Oakland. Wo found tho old place lookliigsomcvt lint dilapidat ed, giving evidence that Itsglory had departed and (hat It would soon be numbered among the things that wore. The new town, however, wears the appearance of a busy, thriving place. (Jultea uumhern large, lino buildings have been built nud others arc in the course of construction." - Aoitii't'i.'i rit.u. I'Aiit.-Thc Jackson County Fair was held last week and proved ipilte successful, the attendance was very large, Increasing each day. The pavilion was stocked with an elegant exhibition of ladles' handi work, a large and lino stock of vegeta bles of all kliuN, etc., the different varieties of live stock were well rep resented with tho best nnd finest breeds and the races were excellent. Piiohi'IUiixcj. The Itoseburg Acad emy Is flourishing miller thu manage ment of S. W It Ice, who has a largo number of scholars. For three ilny'ii after the track was laid, they would lake a recess whenever thu Iocamotlvc whistled, not withstanding the cliHgrlu of their teacher. Indian MisyiNAitV.-Tlio Jackson ville Times says: "There arrived 1111 the stage lu town Inst week, an Intelli gent looking Indian, said to bo a preacher, bound for tho enstern porta of this comity, to preach to the In dians there," About IS! tons of wheat Is now stored III the St. Joseph WerellOUse. Work has been commenced on the tiiru-talileat that pliiceand the wagon load bridge is finished. The railroad Hack was to be laid to the town last Saturday. I: mm HI HATfiiN. Several families lately fiom we-t of McMlnnvlllo moved to Tillamook. The Immigra tion Into that county has been greatly stimulated by the passage of. the Wagon rond Act. AriiifNTMijNTH. Hon. W. W.llris tow hns appointed a sou of Mr. .Sears, fif Cat l'ili t the Agricultural College id Corvallis. Tlluru is another appointment to be made from Laiio (Miimlj. STMiirTnti:. Tin- stnt'cfimii ItOio- hiligloCoosu City now inaijcs omy nuotilpa week, leaving thu-lortner point each Friday. ( ' buigtoCoosu City now makes only J.Mi'lioviNO."-ew iioiutb nrugyiug Up all ovtrll.ikcr City, and there Is great demand for morn. Every, lioiwo that can be occupied nt all, Is full. ' Oiiifi(.V"-A0u'lI'Hl -1to,y 'nnn (lie pen of Sam SlinpsoiippenrH In tlu.Ov.TjttV.iLJlpi(i,tllyaiVf,iiveinber. IN Tit.iNW. Thyrv 'rH mw J'"mu foiirteenlibrscs'ireiiii:' trained nt'tho Haker City racetrack.