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Salem, Saturday, Juno 28.
Annua Ij Anmtnss at tiii: Stati:
Kami. Wo learn from E. M. Walto,
Secretary of tlio Stato Agricultural
Society, that Rev. Thomas Condon,
of tho Dulles, lias accepted an Invi
tation to deliver tho annual address
at the Oregon Btato Fair, in October
next.
Ci:m:iiiiati()N. Tlio people of . Sa
lem huvu made arrangements to cel
ebrate the Fourth of July by a pro
cession, picnic, oration, music, &v.
F. M. llowloy has hcen chosen to
read tho Declaration, and Itov. W.
It. Htewart to deliver tlio oration,
lion. H. F. t'liadwick will act ns
President of tho Day; Mr. Daniel
Clark, Marshal; Ho v. S. Uowers,
Chaplain.
School Gatiikiunoh. It Is bo
romlng qulto common in this county
for several district schools to Join to
getheraud Invito parents and friends
to Join them in a basket picnic. They
generally have an address on educa
tion, thus uniting instruction with
recreation. Those gatherings afford
harmless amusement to tho young
people, and are being made the
means of interesting parents in the
schools.
Til nSiioKiioNi:. This now steamer,
belonging to thu Willamette River
Transportation Company, inndo her
flrut nppcarancu at our wharf on Tues
day afternoon, direct from Portland.
Thu HIiomIioiio was tiulltou the upper
Columbia by the ). H. N. Co., but
after plying on those wntera soiuu
time, was brought down over thu rap
Ids few days since, and traded to the
W. It. T. Co. for the Aunlu Ktuwart,
liulng of much lighter draft than the
Annie. Klie h ii beautiful boat, and is
sure to become a favorite on the Wil
lamette. Tho W. It. T. Co. intend
to have carrying capacity sufficient for
all thu demands of trade on thu Wil
lamette river, as In evidenced by the
number of boats they aie buying and
building.
DuowNim.-Miss Helen Huntley,
who mystcilonsly dlMiipcaicd from
her fallici's residence In l'mppin Val
ley near two mouths since, has been
dbeoveii'd, or latlur her lifeless re
main. On the ITtb llist. bel lunly was
found In the North rmiia liver, a
hboit distance below her fathei's resi
dence The I'iaiiult tiler says there
were no maiKs of violence on her per
ron, and It Is (unliable she was diowil
ed while attempting to ford the river.
Tho deceased was about twenty years
old, and was thu eldest child of Mrs.
Dr. Sawtelle, of Salem.
F.aui.v Hauvi:.st.-The wheat
Ileitis alsiut the Dalles present quite
n contrast to thoseof the Willamette
valley. Many llelds in that region
are now alKiut ready for tint reaper,
while In tliN valley but few llelds
have fairly begun to turn.
Pr.Ai'iny.-Thu peach crop, usual
ly hi abundant about Walla Walla
and the Dalles. Is this year almost a
failure from late frosts. The same
is true In I'mpquii and Hoguu river
ualleys.
Si'DDKN Di:aiiis. On Tuesday eve
ning lust, Thomas llaituess died sud
denly Im the streets of l'oithind, from
bleeding of the lungs. And on Wed
nesday innrulug William lllacklstonc,
itu old citizen, diopped dead In his
doorway, fioni the elt'cols, It Issiippos
cd, of heal t disease.
Wiiiinu.vwN. Tho steamer Van
couver, belonging o the W It. T. Co.,
proving that she draws too much
water tor navigating tho lpisT Wil
lamette at this seatoii of the car, has
been withdrawn, and will bo placed
on her old route tt'tw ecu Portland and
Vancouver.
Dkiucaiion, The new M. F
Church South, under the miperlnten
deuce of Itev. Mr. Dawue, Is nearly
completed, and will bo formally dedi
cated on the Hot Sunday In June.
HUhop Daggett will be present.
A Good Sign.
Wo learn from our sheep breeding
friends that wool-growers manifest a
determination to keep up a course of
improvement In tho quality of their
wool crops, and letters inquiring for
good sheep are coming in cry freely,
for so early In tlio season. Mr. A.
Cary, who is starting n wool-growing
(lock on Jlrldgo Creek, in Wasco
county, and Mr. C. M. Nye, of Dalles
City, havo been hero this week, and
mndo purchases of Merino rams.
Tho latter gentleman, who owns a
lino Hock In company with his
daughter, which ranges In Cllekatat
valley, started his Hock twoyoars ago.
Ho then bought thirty-four head of
rams from Mr. John Minto, of this
place, and twelvo head from Mr. T.
L. Davidson. Ho has now mndo on
oilier purchasoof nlnoteon head from
tho former and seven head from the
lattor's flock.
Wu am glad to learn that tho cloud
which Is temporarily (as wo hope)
hanging over the wool market is not
stopping u Judicious outlay for Im
provement. '
A Local Quition. Every ono
knows that one great want of our
city, is a greater numhornnd variety
of manufacturing enterprises. It
should, therefore, bo a settled policy
of our city government to oncourago
Just as many of those ns possible, by
removing obstacles and offering In
ducements. We notice that in many of tlio
Kastorn towns It Is customary to ex
empt new enterprises from taxation
fora certain number of years. Would
It not bo a good thing for our city
government to nflur similar encour
agement to nil worthy homo enter
prises? Wo simply suggest tho question
now for consideration and discussion.
It must bo evident to all that such
enterprises uro wliat wo want, to en
courage immigrants, to open tlio
door to labor, to keep our money at
home, and build up a prosperous
community. .
Wili.amltti: I'Nivr.usrrv. On
Thursday ii'turnoon, commencement
exercises took place, tlio graduating
class numbering fourteen, as follows:
In tho classical department: James
Imbrle, June Miller, Ladru ltoyal,
and Kmily Shatluck. In tho scion
title department: Llbby Drown, Sa
rah K. Chamberlln, I .yd la K. Cham
berlln, Hubert Kakon, Alfred Nich
ols, Win. .1. .Miller, Win. 11. Melsso,
Theresa 1). lloldorness-, Veliosa W.
Smith, and Mary J. .lory. In the
evening, an address to the graduates
was delivered by How S. Dowers,
and the valedictory address by MKs
Jane .Miller.
Tlio exercises, we learn, were
highly creditable to all concerned,
and the public interest in the whole
proceedings during the week never
Hugged, but rather Increased, which
was evident from tlio crowds of la
dles and gentlemen that tilled the
chapel on every occasion an Invol
untary but merited tribute, besides,
to the worthy and able teachers of
the University, s.
Soda F.utouv. Mr. J. W. South
er lias completed Ills arrangements
for the manufacture of Isittled soda.
Ills tilling and corking machine In a
novelty worth seeing. Ho manufac
tures his own syiups, and uses the
purest materials throughout. He Is
prepared to supply Untied soda of
the best quality to private families
and retail dealers in any imrt of tho
city, county, or State, at the very
lowest prices.
Those who drink soila should en
courage this home enterprise.
Hi:sri:uiAN Sociinv. On Tuesday
was the annual exhibition of tho lice,
pcrlnn Society, at the chapel of the
I'nlvoiidty, which was crowded with
an interested audience. Mesrs. S.
C Simpson and II. It. Oilfry had a
debate on tho pardoning power; 1. II.
D'Arcy discussed tho evils of Chinese
Immigration; and 11. .. Foster, com
pulsory education. The reading of the
Hesperian Hevlew, by Mr. Mclase, cre
ated considerable nmuciucut, ns also
an address by Mr. . Alluu.
WILLAMETTE FAEMEE.
COMPKTITIO.V.
Any one who lias been long a resi
dent In Oregon, especially If his res
idence goes back to tlio tfinu when
steam was first employed for propell
ing boats in Oregon, will not fail to
remember, with n painful vividness
tho long-continued control of the
nnvlgablo rivers of this Stale by
steamboat capitalists. Tlio Inhabit
ants of tho Wlliametto valley, more
perhaps than tho citizens of any oth
er portion of tho State, havo felt tho
oppressive domination of capital
vested in steamboats owned by a
single company having tho power to
excludo that fcort of competition
which would enable tho producer to
convey tho results of his labor to a
market In which ho would receive a
piicofor his wool, bacon, and flour
that would alford encouragement to
a renewal of his toll. Tho geograph
ical features of tho Willamette val
ley aro such that the power to con
trol the prices of freight on the river
draining tlio valley was ono which
practically reduced every farmer to
tho condition of a serf, or at least to
that of a tenant to the steamboat
owners, who, by controlling the prlco
of freights, not only regulated the
amount of tho rent demanded, but
d ictutcd t h e sort of crops to be raised.
This will all appear sufllcicntly obvi
ous to tho.se who real 1 7.0 that the
steamboat capitalist arbitrarily de
termined how much of the proceeds
of the farmer's labor should be paid
to him under tho name of freight.
And, unfortunately for the tillers of
the soil, the only limit which there
was to tho exercise of this oppres
sive power was in tlio supposed abil
ity of the firmer to endure. Like
those wlio, in times not far remote
in the past, inflicted torture upon
accused jtersons whoso pulso was
constantly observed, so steamboat
capitalists formerly demanded for
freights sums only short of absolute
prohibition. And, indeed, so high
were these charges that hay, nil root
crops, and finally apples, abovo the
Willamette Fall, were excluded
from tho San Francisco and oven the
Portland market. So great indeed
was Mniot!nios the outcry of distress
among the farmers that men of lim
ited means on several occasions com
bined their capital to aH'ord relief,
by (intting on opposition boats car
rying produce at living rates. Hut
it is well remembered that the old
and oppressing company would then
immediately put down freight char
ges below living rates; mid that they
would continue this process until the
newly-organized company was com
pelled, for the want of capital, to
abandon tho uopeless endeavor to
maintain river charges at only fair
rates. Competition being thitsdrlv
en out, tho old and ruinous charges
were always restored. Nor were tlio
farmers of tho valley without fault
In this matter, because when the old
company, their oppressor, would
thus reduce charges so that no com
pany could survive Its depleting
process, instead of giving their pat
ronage to the new company at living
rates, they adopted the short-sighted
and even suicidal policy of putting
their produce on tlio old company's
boats, because these then carried
cheapest.
These sad experiences have hith
erto seemed to repress the energies
of the farmer, and to keep him poor.
And while it lias given great wealth
to the river steamboat capitalist, it
has served, in connection with some
other agencies we may at another
time remark upon, to keep both
population and capital from coming
to tho State, it is hoped that these
painful experiences wilt now at least
teach farmers tho absolute necessity
of avoiding for the future the folly
of leaving a rival and opoition
company to c.mtiuuo mi unequal
contest with those who rely tion
their hoarded millions, and the hith
erto strangely short-sighted policy of
the fariner, i.tt the producer con
shier, when tempted by nn old com
lany otrerlng to carry produce below
rates It Is Impossible to continue,
what will ho his condition when, by
methods like this, the now company
shall bo compelled to retire from the
scene of competition. This is a
question as easy or being understood
as was the "snrinlnt" of a ll.iptist
friend of tho hard-shell persua-ion,
who affirmed It was "so plain that
even the women folks could under
stand It." Maiih.
A Lesson Taught by Illinois Partner.
Chicago, Juno 11, IS".!.
Kdltor Wirimctte Fanner:
On Juno 2d, there wero elected in
tills Stalo twenty-five Circuit and
two Supremo Judges. In many of
tho Judicial Districts, tlio farmers
came out nnd nominated their own
candidate, and, what is surprising to
tho demagogue, they elected their
candidates In every instance. The
farmers nominated a candidate in
tho Fifth District for tlio Supreme
Court, and elected him ngnlnst the
combined power of the Democrat
and the Hepubllcan party. They
elected him against odds which no
party organization could overcome.
When railway reform first took shapo
In this State, the farmers were told
by lawyers, railway presidents, su
perintendents, nnd directors, that n
rallwoy charter was perpetual, an ir
revocable contract, beyond the power
of Legislature nnd Courts, nnd hence
beyond tlio control of regulation by
iho people Tho "sacred mystery
of vested rights" was thrown about
by railway officials. Tho people de
nied the truth of such n proposition,
nnd rebelled. Tho people Insisted
that u railway charter is merely n
grant of a public right to private in
dividuals for hire, and therefore un
der the control and legislation of tho
State.
The people do not believe In tho
theory that Judges are responsible
solely to a complex nnd Intricate sys
tem of precedents, and not to the. do
mandsof public policy, and tho needs
of tho wliolo country. The people
believe that n State which makes Its
own laws Is wise enough to know
when they are wisely and Justly ad
ministered. They believe that a
people intelligent enough to found n
free and Independent government,
are vigilant enough to preserve it
from moneyed monopolies. Thoy
have wrought a revolution which has
for its basis the prluciplo that tho
American peoplo aro able and com
petent to rule themselves. There Is
no power that can stop this onward
flow of reform which has been com
menced in tills State. The farmers
have taught u lesson which will uot
be forgotten soon. Tlio leaders of
politicians are putting forth the
most strenuous efforts to conduct tills
now power into their lines. Tlio
leading newspapers of tho country
are bidding for it; some are endeav
oring to divert this new movement
from Its legitimate channels. A New
York city paper hoists tlio Hag of
"Freo tmde nnd Farmers' Hlghts."
Tills paper endeavors to seize upon
the misfortunes of tlio agriculturists
in order to advance its own selfish
Interests. Farmers must beware of
thoo demagogues who are bringing
in side issues that they may divert
from the main point. Politicians,
for the sako of advancing their own
ends, will Join the farmers' cause,
only to demoralize by their Influ
ence. Tliis election is only a first step
in the revolution against monopoly.
It is not the end nor the beginning
of the end. It draws tlio lino of
demnrkation to distinguish those
that are heartily in sympathy with
the anti-monopoly movement, from
those that give it a quasi endorse
ment, not daring to tako a decided
stand on either side. The farmers
will not stop here; they will continue
till they elect a Legislature, a Gover
nor, members of Congress? and a
President, if need be, If they do not
attain their object otherwise. They
know that thier cause isjust, and will
leave nothing undone that will aid
in the accomplishment of their
worthy object. It is a war between
iuonoH)ly and agriculture, between
wrong and right. Tho farmers hold
tho balance of jtower in their own
hands, and there Is no need of fail
ure. Ht:x.
Fa km foii Sai.k. Head advertise
jueut iu another column.
I Small I'w.v in Portland. The
Portland Xein, of Tuesday last, says:
This dangerous and diva Iful scourgo
ha, Itlsassoitti.l, nri lo Itsappearanco
In our city, and. already, resulted In
the death one of Its victims. It has
appeared in the in st thickly popula
ti I portion of the city, nnd thus cn
il.u u'urs tho whole community. This
iikh nlug a Chinaman, living In onu of
the tenement house, on Taylor street,
died, It Is believed, from this disease,
Inonooflts very worst forms, although
It was, at first, rumored that he only
had the mensle-.
i We regret to hear that Mr. D. Low
er, u well-known fruit dealer, has been
attacked by this disease. It was, at
first, KUppoed that his wns a case of
measles, but at a consultation of doc
tors, held last evening, they pro
nounced It, without hesitation, that
loathsome dK-aso small pox; and wo
hear his condition is pronounced dan-
gcrotis.
I'lHZB DECLAMATIONS. TllO dccln-1
motions for prizes came off at the
University on Tuesday afternoon, and
drew n largo crowd. Tho exercises
wero vey interesting, nnd all tho
contestants acquitted themselves well,
and won tho admiration of the
audience. Thnso who entered tho lists
for tlio prizes wero Misses Elva Broy
man, Huttio Clarke, Emma Gilbert,
Althca Moorcs, nnd Messrs, Peter II.
D'Arcy, Ed. C. Terry, Asbury Starr,
and Millard F. Lemon. To Miss Al
thca Moorcs was awarded the prlzo
among the young ladles, and to P. II.
D'Arcy, among tho young gentlcraou.
The Judges were Miss Gcorglo Brown,
Rev. W. R. Stowart, and Prof. Lock.
Rev. S. Bowers, on behalf of tho Fac
ulty, presented tho prizes. --
N
Attkmitto Mukdeil On Sunday,
Juno 15th, a youth named Peter 1)11
ycu, ugu about 10, who has been for
some time paying his addresses to a
young lady, near Solo, wuut to his
lady love's home, and finding an other
young man there visiting her, ho be
came greatly incensed, and drawing a
pistol, ho cocked it, pointed it at hor
head and pulled tho trigger, but the
cap only snapped, and tho young lady
escaped unharmed. Bllycu wns arrest
ed, mid the next day ho had a hearing
before Justleo Miller, who bound him
over in the sum of $2,000 to appear at
the next term of court to answer tho
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. Daniel Gaby, of Sclo, appear
ed In behalf of tho State, and A. C.
Jones, of Albany, for tho defense. We
gather the above facts from tlio Alba
ny Democrat.
MlIKTINO OK TDK ALUMNI. Tlio
annual meeting of tlio Alumni of Wll
iametto University was hold on
Wednesday evening, at tint University
chapel, which was tilled to overflow
ing. After tho Introduction of the
graduating class of 1873, tho annual
addiess was delivered by Tilman Ford.
Then Miss Anglo L. Grubbe read an
essay, entitled "Unwritten History."
This was followed by tho Annnls of
tho Society, by Syl. C. Simpson; a
Poem, by Samuel L. Simpson, read
by Georgo K. Strong; and a Memorial
Address, on Rev. A. K Waller, by C.
W. Parritth. Arriving too lato to get
inside of the hall, wo cannot speak as
to the character of tho diflcreut pieces,
but, Judging from the repeated ap
plnuse, they wero all excellent, and
the audience highly entertained.
Convictki). John Savagoaiul John
Wilson, who some time since entered
tho "Last Chance" saloon, near
tho Fair ground, bound and gagged
the proprietor, Charles Gles, and then
robbed the house of money and valua
bles, were convicted at the Marlon
Circuit Court last week, and Judge
llonhain sentenced them to five years
each In tho Penitentiary.
Suddkn Dkath.-Samuel Johnson,
colored, a barberln this city, was found
I dead in the rear of his shop on Sunday
last. The coroner's Jury found that ho
camo to his death by tho rupture of
a blood vessel. Tho deceased was 4S
years old, but left no family.
i 1)fltlt nnhn lirrw.tAila fmf nmtA In
I the face, operating upon tho exposed
nerve 01 u uecayeu loom. uo me
gum thoroughly with the finger, wet
with Joniton's Anodyne Luiiment,
heat tho face well, and lap a flannel
wet with the liniment on, tho face,
also put a littlo of the liniment into
the cavity of the tooth on cotton.
Tho system frequently gets out of
order and should bo at once regulated,
else other troubles will ensue; when
physio Is needed take Jtrons' J'nrga
live JHIU; they aro a safe, wholeome,
and natural medicine.