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obstkuoiioxs at the uisimdes.
Khico the failure of tho Portland,
'Dalles, still BattLakq Railroad ttill, Otir
ileltigntiuu In Congress have boon vory
rilidnstriously.cndeiiVorhig to got an- ap
lili'qilVlallou for tlib canal ai))l Jocks at thb
.(-Jnsuides. Tho dilatory action of O'cn.
?rrchlcf'has been n .serious obstaelo to
overeotiio iii'thoir w'brkY This gehtlp
jnaii ,was ordered to. make surveys for
ldck'stit the above point ovur ono year
o, iil ut latest iiccotiii'ts from Wash
ington no ropq.t lifiJ been received ffom
.liitn. Jn speaking of tills, important
work, otir'Scnator, Jas. IC. Kelly", writes
to a friend here; " I regard the construc
tion of a canal and locks nttlie Cascades
ns. onpoPthe mo3t Important works of all
.tlipfc which liavo been suggested for our
Htate,'lndccd its importance can not be
oqrestimat'ecl, and nothing TL can do to
sidvnuco it will be left undone. "
Voti 'inay rest assured that fuiluro will
not result from want of effort on part- of
the Oregon delegation in Congress.
,Shoud tya fail till 'yen.', ie will thj
nftcf, (aid wilil wc do succeed ; fori will
not permit, myself to doubt that during
the next Congress something will bo done
to remove i,ho obstructions to navigation
nt tbo CuKcudes."
n-rTm?-ifwrwm
A (JAM).
tr'AT.T.is, March -1, 1375.
'Mh'. 'IJditor: To day for tho first time m.v
nltontiou,bas bcon called to tvo Resolutions,
passed by the Salem Grango on tho 27tb nit,,
of ft most oxtrncrdlnary character. Tho first
Resolution declining to joiu tho Xoithwosl
em Commciclal Company, ut tills tlnio is all
very well, hut when thoy caution tuombor
of other Grange!--, against being induced by
certain jturlics to Join said company to their
own hurt, it la n high banded moasuro to say
tho loasr, and will undoubtedly lead to a full
understanding of tho rights and privileges,
of individuals and associations within our
ordor I niu ono of thoso certain parries that
Grangers Hro cautioned against, auffa.l)t a
liiir hearing, b9foro Judgment is entorod. If
T am engaged in an unlawful and dangerous
work,' I hold myself amenable to the law,
and I ask In all sincerity what law thnyo
transi roared.
1 came to h'aloni, last week ,a ml callod upon
several gontleinou, and showed them, that
certain parties bud organized n Comiuorcial
House under the Jaws of Oregon. ThntRutfb
ulout capital bad been suliwcidbod, an organl-'
r.itlon effected and tho business in, operation,,
.pd tilft I was now seeking to, tlll,pp stooit,
"With one oxonptiou.tlihsbgentlomon took no
exceptions but' would notaabsciibnjuiitiiow,
until tliey could consult with certain) others,
leaving tho Impression on my mind thauwhile
(hoy approved tho principle, they were not
qulto prepared to take stock, but would
eventually do so ono of the gontlomon ('
i.iaw wily four) mi thocador-to tell mo that
while bo approved tho gnnoral foaturos.tltoro
was one bo could not approve I, distinctly
staled that our company was not a Grange
organization but strictly a business' on-
terprl-ie, possessing peculiar advantages,
' I
That it
that tho
was tboi AVlsli ot its founders i
(Jraurors should tako tbo stock
and eoutrolltin tboir interests, and that itiowvorofa lluurlng mill and saw mill, ami
would upt bo oiVorcd to others if they wished mining is, rt;cor.d.ed as tho business of sovoral
to tako it. I did not dream that 1 wns dolutf
ti vronu, in foci I' felt proud thstt I could
speak of something already accomplished,!
snd to sliow tbcm that wo had somo gKMl
men who mrant buslnoss, who had talked
long enough, and determined to go to work.
T also loft proud of the names thai; I ropro
sonted nanifH of nictvwoll known both in
and out ot our order as standing In tbo frqut
rank; men whoso names aro a guarantee
tbrottghout the land, and who nover doubted
their right to organize as oJtir.otiH and Orau
crors for tho ti.insaeilon of any leiiltlmntu
buuiuess, uu'd to invito thoco-opaiafion of
(individual) (iraugevs. I know their mo
tlVb ruvo good, 'and 'that my Instructions
were to deal honestly aud faithfully with
ullf and now I csk in all candor, wliu'ro'tho,
ntUit Is .Iti'pr'nu tbi) p ut of the KovllnyeJtovn
CoVAf'nsrfilal Company or ipyt,v.l!, J? It that
uo'linyp trauvftrWst'd any law of our order,
or l pu 1 1? o to j ust fear that e will do tot
't c:.i be, liseause our laws aro silent on
the, subjce.t.af business. Perhaps tbu fear is
that It will not ba strictly a Orange Com
pany, which It is not claimed to bo, uud yet
as nearly so as can bo roacheil under our
Slato'law, aud tho Uwa of our order. I pro
sumo It will be admitted, that lu tho ubsouco
of all authority to organize our order Into a
Iniducss iinKjclatton of uuy kind, it is right
and lawful for all individually, to assoulato lu
any (umuier.fpr (bo pioupcutlon of business
euterpribos, subject to tuterferetieo only
when they transgress tho iidos aud regula
tions eslablUhrd for our (lovermueut and
welfare. This right wo claim aud If tboie is
any authority, either express or Implied In
Constitution uud Uy-Iws to restrain us aud
control our Individual freedom and action I
uut nc-V aware f H, .sud, will feel obliged
on hnY.bol poluted out aud expUlued, and
if found wroug, 1 will make any atueuds lu
my noker., Va!ernaUy,
' j. l S 0. Dickinson',
.giuU Xortuwetrn Coa.morcial Co,
TUe'lillUNro IiHriendeii UlU UiUi "Kb.'
CAtttly lu UU vwoiica Mr. Harmon's housa
on the I.oiNlguot Lake caught fire from the
chlMitxiy In. the wWhtand buruad up with
alt Ik household enact . , The boy who wa
llvlac In the hobfce. whan he found It wm
uu ore, weqt to hU u'neU'a dwelling near by
and went to bad with ona of hit cousins, and
aid nothiust about tha tire, became he did
not Ilka to dtaturb tha folkswheu it vaa' bo
damp aiadohHIy outdoors.'' ' ' '"
1ST
EOBEET CEOUCH KINNEY.
When a good man dies nudi3,gathered to
1I- fathersi' In tho fullness of years like n
ni.eaf ripe in llioharVetJ the namo ho Jeavcs
j is u, legacy lo his children, and facta ,and,ln
j.otdonts of bis icarcer are of interest, and
value to the vholfl community. If 'Knot
uncommon thaiftT&'it3 of charactTrj as y?oll
as tl(0.sq physical, arp derlved.'froni an lion-'
ored ancestry, and in the caad of our do
ceased friend 'we find tbat'anioug thecarly
ploneors 6 tbo now great State of Illinois' the
name ofKinnoy frequently. occurs1,, and -tho
grand fa thtr of It. C. Kinney is' fully' tie
scrlbod it? volume published In' ,1852, at
Jj'elle.rillo, Ilf. by JohntHoynolds, onti'tlei
"Pioneer History of Illinois," as fol.Ipwa :
Jwri'm Klnnoy rsslded In )he year,' 1&0
S6yeu miles from Louisvillo, ICy. He had
7 tons and 4 daughters and raised all to years
ot maturity. This family wii, a "fereat ac
qui'siUon to ,a netv'.country.''In tho year
named they overcome many obstacles and
by the Ohio river and over1 lmpissablo roads
they immigrated to their new home in the
wilds of Illinois, t was the son of this
Joseph Kinney,' nainod, Wm. Eioney, who
drove the firot wagon over that road, and ;bo
lived to bo Lieut.-Governor of tho great State'
to which bo came with bis fatbor as a boy
an earjy ploueor. This volume says that
Joseph Kinney possessed a good, sound
mind and great enterprise, and the most' nu
merous family of those who early camo to
that region. Samuel Kinney, f.ithorof H. U.
Klnnoy, about the year 1S3Q settled In Horse
Prairie, west of the ICaakaskla river, and
died when Kobert'was threo years old, leav
ing but littlo actual wealth for his children.
Ho had considerable land, and bis brother
Willluin acted al guardian, and whentbey
rnrae of ego racb one bad fCCO to his share,
and a parcel of land.
Left, with bis uncle William at an early
age, that afterwards distinguished man was
thon tOo poor to ufl'ord him educational ad
vantages, except the most common. Hut
the ejcamp3oof bte uncle's character was ed
ucation to some extent, for Key noldsr Pio
neer History speaks of him tbas:
"Wm. Kinney was a great and talented
pionenr of olden times and enjoyed a bichand
conspicuous standing in Illinois. He was
bleated with a vigorous and strong intellect
and also with great; energy."
It is also said of this uncle that after be
wus married he wait taught to read and
write. Ho early dftveloped tafsnt for busi
ness and acquired'TTfaltb. In matured'life
be entorod the public arena and was u -warm
pArtlssu a Democrat, In 1S25 ha-was elected
Uout-Governor,of tbu-State, anddied to 18J3,
regretted and lamented
"At tho ago o'f 20 Hubert C. .KInney married
:Vss ,ELza ,IJiglow, who survives him, .and
moved to Burlington, Iowa, and' began-boat-inar
on the Mississippi river; first with a'liat-
"bout an)l thon became part owner 3fi(tbo
slearoboat WUUam Wallace, and'acteo as en
gineer. While thus baating upon the upper'
and uninhabited portions of this great river
lio conceived tbo idea aud,fouui3od thsitowu.
of liloomiuRtou.wbicb Is now known oMus-
ttno, the greatest city in thoBtatoofrdwili
!Hel)ullt tho first horise' theret.jknpwn theo
us the Towa House, and at the present' time
called tbo old Pennsylvania House. Hs
laid nir tho town and sold the lets very cliefvr
I.. ' ..' 4 - -
an jiiuiipj (jiuoiuufik uuu o prouura money.
to build this hotel. Ho s.oon bacnaae pait
otoors of ids famiiy. DllUcnlty about the
mnuugemcut caubsd tho llourlng mill to bo
uldsed nnci finally sold, and' tbo parlaors
concluded to eav)i run tbo saw mill two
woeks at a time, and it was v;hcn unieylng
ids nvery other fortnight's vacation (hat Mr.
Rinuoy'dducateit himself by pursuing a reg
ular courso o( reading and study, having on
ly bud .two weokfjhchoolluB before that time.
Tliot 6 vho faiow him wpll aro aware that in
'after lifo ho was a mat of extensive roadiug
and oxcolU nt memory. His favorite studies
wore ancient history, Tacitus, Plutarch's
Lives, .Xeuophou, Homer's. Iliad, etc. Ho
'vhvays Raid that reading Honior "elovaled a
mnn so' Ho also read law for two y'oars,
for'g'oneral 'Information. 'As soon as ho be
gan t6 "acquire ' something for himself he
commenced to.dlvide with tlio poor, and afler
holding tnKoy town portions, one was llnslly
eonfeutd on him al his own icquost, without':
compensation, to ovoisee tho poor. All bis
lifo bo had a tender hoart for those who were
inwuut, and frequently bestowod his uupre
tondlng but discriminating charity.
Tliero wero six brothers 'if them aud two
sLstctSj'.rospcctlYoJy named Joseph, Andy,
William, John, Samuel, aud Robert, all
oldor than bo. The sisters wero named
Hebecca and Auu. The only survivors aro
William who llyei near Schooleraff, Mlpli.,
audSamuol who. has long resided at West
Chehalem, Yamhill eonuty, and at last ao-l-ouuts
was not expoctod to live from day' to
day. Just a few momentsoftor Mr; Kinney
broa tiled bis last, two of ids nephews arrlyed
from their also dying rather who, receiving
word that bis brt thor Kohert was at tbo point
of death, tout them over to bear his parting
message; c " l
'it. U. Kinney was for a short while in the
UlaCk llawktWar, but his life was more that
of poaoo maker than warrior. Once,' in Bur
lington, 'he saw ouQ rnan chasing ahothsr
with intent to shoot, klai. libth.nien were
atrctmers. but bo Interferred. sraiDlne and
holiliiB the assailant, who turned' 'hit
t weapon' upon him. and with tnuisle in hla
fao wa about to shoot, when a boy about 17
years o.ld, a stranger to him, nubed la be
twaan tuaui with a broken bladad prmninf
kulfe in hla hand and hla teeth grlttlnf
tlf roely, ahonUdt "Make om shot at 'Bob
Klaay and you are a dead man." "Unole
nob" always bVlhvred tho boy akved hla Ufa
and was, much ploascd at hfs courage.i This
lad was a son of Capt. English, long a resi
dent of 'this county, ana lately when another
son q Cap?. JE. wanted, work lu tho mill,
ho gave it to him, and ou his death bod ho
loft an Injunction to his' f.ons that Moglish
was to have work id 'rofuoiubrance of hfs
brothers courageous'act performed a third of
a century since. This instance is but ono of
many tbftt'illustraie his'klnd heart and'rix-
celient'mefnory. Mr. Klnnoy was prosper
ous In 7a worldly sense, and commanded
great respect whllo a yonng man back in
I.o'Ara1 whfcrb ho was olecttfd and sorvod asJ
member' .o'C , the, Constitutional Convention.
Ho had joined the Baptist Church at an early
day'and always led tho life of an consistent
christian,
During iiis- few years' residence in Mnsca
tlno'bls;helth 'became 'verypoor and' as 'ft
became' Evident bo could not llvd long there
he turned bis attention to find some moro
deslreable climate. He was constantly re
ceiving letters frond Barton Iee, who had
become a.resideut of the wildoruess known
as Oregon. Loo gave glowing accounts of
Wlllamottee Prairies and of the health of this
country) which led him to sell his property
and "cross tbo plains to Orcgdn" in tho early
spring of 1847, with his family and that of
his brother tjamnel. He had two ox teams
and one horse team, and purchased one full
blooded "Durham" cow at a oojI of $500, and
two full blooded calves that would have
been a great bonofit to Oregon if they had
reached here, but they b&catno foot sore, and
after losing six weeks time waiting for them,
and trying to make moccasins for tbelr feet,
they were finally lelt with tho Indians on
Snake river, and thst icountry to this day
sbov.s tho marks of this slonk of cattlo.
Robert and Samuel Kinney, and their fam
ilies, crossed the plains in Capt. Palmer's
Company (now Gen. Palmer of Yumhill.)
Reaching Oregon City they lpft their turn
lllos thnro while they wont on a prospecting
lour, expwting to locRto near Salem. Thoy
Gassed through tho Chehalem valley, xam
111 county, where bi horao gave out, aud
be w&s struck, with the beauty of that
charming valley nnd chose to go no further,
but toolc a pi act) at the west end of it. among
such old settlers as Lewis Itrdjer.S, Din
Ital'ey, Sidney Nraith, John Williams, Geo.
Nelson, John' Xoble, VVm. Thompson, John
Marble. JackiPlett. Win. Doty, Audyahuok,
Tom Hubbard, Don Stnwarr, and James
Burton. Samuoi Kinney, also settled near
to him. He bartered a spau of American
horse for-17 Spanish oows trom whioh be in
a lew years by the caretiu course or oroed
iug he pursued raised a large and valuable
band, which was sent out to Umpqut alter
wards when the yange wus rim our. lit) pur
phased frotn Dr. Tolmie, of Vlctoiia, a. start
of sheep which, by careful breeding, soon
zrew to boa arg( band of imnroyed sheep.
His farm was not especially adapted, to grain.
ma no lorcuiw tn nornnna tunt wouinarise
an4).o!"'Iy plaated-1,(100 fruit trees tbitt in a
'ow, years,y(eiuecf a.noi narvest, as apples
borb an onormoui prige. Ho realized, twenty
tents' por ' pound, on tho tree, for bis first
apples, from Wm, C. Hull, of Portland. His
orchard was improved by choice grafts, ami
to:uay Derma as,(lliclous iruit as is raisea in
Oregon. , ,
He always ancreciatedblsown lack of edu
cational a.ivantnt;es,butho loved hlj children
;toQ well te'send' tbem aay from home, so
iho,remnved;Jn 1S57 fropi bis farm to Mc-
jiinuviuo to iMe lue niivanuige oi me
.iu.iuinvuiu cotiogo m wnieii ue uiwa.ru
felt great Jptetwst, and towards which he
showed irreat, liberality. He, sold his sheep
and cattle antr bought tho MoMiunville
Homing milbi tha next year, Inoreivod and
improved the machinery and. hoou the fiour
of yi'a,t mill was quoted as bigh.Jn Sau Frau
qiscp as any flour on the coast.
Iu'lbe Dili of 1882, lie purchased a three
fourths, interest, iu tho Brooklyn mil's, oppo
site Portland aud w-ah thus able tp supply
the" increased demand for flour. Iu tbO'
sprluK of 1S0.J be went to Umatilla and bis
(cm Albert took eliargo of, a store then whloh
fpyears did a pronorous business. Hq re-'
moved to-Silem In ISO", aud bscimean own
er in the Woolen Mfg. Co., soon traded fqr
the llonring mill, and made that bis especial
business, in wliieh bo lias basil. ably second
ed, by bie'sons. His history in, Salom is well J
Kuo.wi oufi i not only a busintuvsuuscss, do
mestic hT)p!nos3 aud good citizsuship. The .
tjalem' mills have- pcqulrod a wide reputation
.nd havo doiio :, very oxtounivH business.
Xn the harvest yoar'of lS'tl aud 1S74 the couo-j
pauy haudlud pne-fourth of t!io Oregon
wheat crop, and i great part of it was ground
Into Hour, 'Tip's year thoy have already
handled ono-fourth of tho crop, and have
thirteen, cargoes.oi Hour and wheat ailoat for
tlio United .Kingdom. This groat milling
corpnratloa. grew up, under tho prudent di
rpottcm.of 11. C. Kiunoy. ' .,
Mr. Klnnoy, .was a member of tliaTerrlto-'
rial Lcirislatuio of Oregon audwasalsomem
berjdfj'thei Qpustitutlonal Convention, Da
sceiHod frp.'ii a pioueer;Jamily of Illinois lie
bcci'iiie iailouoer to the Pacific before the
excitiug era of gold dUoovery, aud.belougs
to a class, that ,tho panplo of Oregon should
bs proud to hunor. llo w.as ,a dovout chris
tian and lived meekly, did justly aud walked
humbly before .God. He was i filcud to the
jioor, au euomy of monopoly, ,favord the
cause of eduostiou aud always voted for sup
port of freo schools. It wore well lor the
world if there were more men lu it like
"Uncle Bab Kinney" as so mauy loved to
call him, whoso mortal remains are consign
ed to. the gravo, "dust' to dust, ashes to
ashes."' While we can trust that tho soul of
ounfriend has retnrned to God who gave it.
Nevor was a death bod more olosely and
lovingly tended than tbat of It; O. Klunby.
He had been a groat, sutleror for weeks, aud
at, his desire his children were summoned to
be with him as he passsd Into tho dark val
ley, and they all cams and Wore with him
until the end. Ono of the most unoeaslug
watobers was his son-in-law J. H. Smith, of
Uarrisburg, who baa devoted much of his
tlmo fbr months past waiting bv bis bedside.
MryS.iR. Scott, a ninoh valued aud trusted
employee of ibo mill compuny, and man
Tor whom he had tht' warmest' regrd, was
ny his bedsido every day., During h' last
hours wo viewed tn tineonclons, bnt'still
brtathtngibrm, and saw tbore, Buardlug bis
nil lm valnlv fmm thn shafts of the dark
winged ange'l,rthe devoW.I.'wlfe and'iri'other
wnoinaa suarea ma ioi ana eajoyeu
his
oouiiul for. more -than fortv years. The
oldeat daughter Wnose- home atHarrlsbnrf
waa deaerted while aha waltad uponhlm; that
other daughter and ton Who came from San
KranoUuS) at 'almoat a 'momenta warning to
aatha hAlovafi airaonoa mors: hla v son Dr.
KUauay from Portlaml and hla wife, belder
tneraMO'ineMmuT wnorasiae in, oaiem,
tool aa lag tb elder -brother 'Who allowed no
band bat' hla owa "to aaohtan tho llpa- of a
ttaarao much beloved.' -- '- ' . .
, Hr;aod Mrs. R. O. Kiaahad Meat Uv
Ing chUdreu and had burled two.
a gpruiLF.uLjjLHiiBimrOTigjgjMgJ:""! unwwnaMy
Marv Jau o the oldest was born at Muaca
lino Iowa Vec. 10, 1S33 and was msr.'icd to
J.:"muVx:-ao;iJarri..bllrg, July 12.
w.t .;...i n.An ive lire fill (lion.
Albert Willisi.ai Ibooldost sou, who was
born at Muscatine. Oc 3, 1813 and inarns.t
Miss Virginia Nw h v, dsushiir o. Hon. V .
T.Xewby,AnuUf. IE'"- "f 'VJ0W.f j'
senior niwaut-r,of Hid v'lem 1-louring MllLs
Company. -,,.,.
July 20, 1845 and niarrle(A''i'"' Jne oloh'
July 12,1337. Ho graduate.! u ineuioitm in
New York City and bus pMoVed with sac
cots, bnt now resides iu Silo.'t having re
signed practice for tho prosont.
Marshal Johnson was born' In Mnsculno.
January 31, 1817, and is a nifinlier cf tho
Milling Company and rt-dde at t'au Bran
oisco, attending with great ability lo the
business there. ...
. Alfred Coleman was born in Chehalem
Valley, Yarablll county, Jnnarv 30. 183!),
graduated ot. Bellevue College, Now York,
nnd has won an 'enviable fame in the prao
tics of medicine and surgery in the city of
X'ortland. . '
Josephine Elorena was born January 14,
1852, in Chehalem Valley, ana was married
to James S.Walker K-qof San Francisco,
Oct. 8, 1873, and herresideucois in that city.
Sho has ono child. -
William Sylvester was borne at Chehalem,
Junuarv 24, ,1S54, and KIlzaDee at the same
Clace, August 14', 1858, and both reside' at
ome. .
Tho Impress of tho dovout mind end ear
nest cbaractor, tho pore domestic life and
bonsvolont hearts of the parents is not
f hrpyvn awav. on these defendants,, but they
partake of all their father was aud will never
cease to cherish bis memory and to pay un
ceasing attention to the mothor whose life
has been bis and theirs for so many yonrs.
aud who deterves nil their love while God
shall spare her lo them.
An Inc-ldnit rau be told to illustrate tbo
truo benevolence of the character of our do
ceased townsmau. Ho educv'od two of his
wins, regardless of expense, lo the pro
fession of inedioitio, and hs avowed
object lu so doing, exprossd to them, was
to place them iu a bphore of action and duty
when thoy mold lie good to the poor, for his
soul yearned fortho suffering onos of Eirth,
nnd bis charity shrouded the sins of many.
After the aceldent last fall, which realtd In
bis death, ho was at tho house of Dr. Alfrfd
Kinney iu Portland, in great pain, waiting
to be removed to tho' steamor lo come home,
when a summons came at niidnisht for the
Doctor to visit a patient, distant from towu,
in tho foot-hills of thi mountains. ,Tlio
night was stormy and tho son was about In
decline because bo did not Jlko to leave his
father, when tho latter urged him to go for
said he, " It may be home poor porou that
may nevor pav you a dollar, but iroAI'rod
and do not allow him to suffer," and ho
went.
A bond of friendship existed b'tween tbo
writer of this nnd"Unnln BobK'nnsy" as
so many loved to call nlm, and the pencil
pauses, reluctant to say that-last word which
friendship dictates, bnt which .must be snidj
and with au unfading trnSt in Iremortallty,
We bid Robert C. Kinney,
" HaIT., AMD FAKEWELL I" ,
FROET'ASTOJRIA.
'AsiqitlA, Fob. 25, 1875.
Mr'.T2ditor:' The principal Item of public
Interest ;liero this, week has been the fourth
annual mooting 6? the Historical and Pioneer
Soc,i9ty of Oregonwhlch met tho '22d inst.,
and elected thb following oificers: President,
T;,P. Powers; Vine President,.!. W. Morrl
son; CorrespondingSecretarv, "W. H. Gray J
Recording Secretary, W. P. Gray; Treasur
er, A. Van, Ousen; Directors, John ilobson,
James Weloh, and H.S. Aiken;
Tho address of Dr.1 Llndsloy, of Portland,
delivered in the, ovoning, at the Congrega
tional Church; was interesting, covering, n
grgat deal of (ground; and bringing out many'
items of history which are of intcest to the
pub'lie, and as. such it will soon bo given to
tbom. Tho Society transacted mueh luiport
nat business, among which 'was the 'taking
of step? toward, establishing a public reading.
room. 'Ims.'ls an, enterprise that, deserves
well of the poople hero andtlio Stale at large.'
If Vkotb Is any town on thIscoa3t any worse
ofifrom tbe.droartful curse,pf lnteniporance.
thau.is Astorrvl have yet to see if. With
all her natural advantages, thoy are largely
counterbalanced by the ovldeut' subordlua;
tlon ofovoryth(ngtelso to intemperance and
Sabbath-breaking But still wo aro not with
out'iio?e,'and I bellove Astoria will ye! be
rodeemod. Thero is a deep under-curzent
tending towards morality ,and Icon see some
change in-lhe short time'I have'beeh here,
aud so i kayo fargq h'ApOSj that a, reading,
room will bo a .great holp towards rsforin,
for It will ba a place where young msn and
strangers can spend tbelr leisure moments,
ospciany oi evenings,, wuuouc gqmg to tue
saloons,"baoanse there is no placa elsoto go."
Wo are looking for Gen; OI 01 Howard tob'e,
with us Saturday night and Sunday to help
us carry on, tho work which was commeuced
by Capt. Wilkinson, of his staff, some1 two
months ago, during his week's providontial
delay amongst us, whllo waiting for the con
valescence of Major Rggloston, prior to thotr
departure for tho Est. Wo bear of' showers
of blessings in other places, and wo ask that'
some droppings may fall upon us.
The shipping news of this weok is nnlra
portaut. Thei'Ii. C. Trcop und Parses have
each completed their cargoes, and the Enter-
f3 nearly so. The Corsica and Sussex I be
ievo aro as yet unchartered. Tbo Sussex is
waking tor 1, but It is doubtful about ber
getting it, especially it it bs true tbat there is
a 3,000 ton vessel at San' Franolsso which ot
fera to come hera and load ill "s. Ths br.rk
Portland cams In-jojtsrdiy under part sail,
without the assistance of a tug. The Rival
did the same thing lost mouth. It is not of
ten dbue and onlywhen the wind is fair,-
And noirl will again refer to the questtou
of leading ressels at this port. It must be
evident thai the mono of the larger class of
vessel We Jean Indues to ooiue here, the
cheaper will be the rates of touuage, Wltb
them It Is not a question whethor they ahall
load at Portland or Astoria. As I said In a
former article; they would not goto Portland
and thev could not if they wonld. The Cap
tain of thb Parse, which oarrlas upward "of
1 ,S00 tons, remarked In.my bearimr tbat they
will neve aee-hia' vessel at Portlaad; and
touch lasa will they ever aoe aueh aa the Lti
cls O. Traop, Frank N. Thayer and Priaea
Charito. which hava all loaded here; and atill
Jea1 will ba tho prospect whea it cornea to
vasseU lMw tha Jeraaalafe. Tbompaoo of 8,100
tona, now offering to coma here. -. .
I heardlt remarked this morning that the
ot bad cone fortii (from the' GraOffera, not
to load any moro-ves'oU here, 1 do not bs
lleve if, u r bring nivself a Gran ger I should
undoubtedly have bad ut least some tsnowl
.'lire of it were it' a matter known to our
m'3tnber3 generally. I r.m not wrlt.'ng in tho
Interest ol'anv one. I havo tbobsst interests
of my nativo istate at lioart, and desirato pro.
mete" tbem.iu every possible way. Jt7aTij'wz
has boon mv prlncrpal occupation IhP txs
nnd ml-nTtnnatbisrMiwlth that clasa of "our
I QAf.'jila, and overftheU-'bR, audsowhatevvri
iny is intenudii lor iiitnr uuuui, uu-. in uiup
ngibein I believe I m iliso helping ovsry
bvnch of industrial pursuit. AUbrancbss
m'istsTork tntetber, 'for thus only cattw
ho oe to speedily develop the resources of onir
3tate and mak'n her wlnrt she onght to be,,
and of whloh Xatnre has rtouo ber part, viz.
Dm ga'dsu of ihi Pad Ho- Coant. While I
htve no donbt there is a bright fnturo before
n. and its coining Js only a question of time,
ejj.'t thuth H nuioli nf active, energetic work
toco, and he sooner we go to -work with
mnn earnestness than has ciiaracterissd our
effort iu tbo past, the sooner Will this bright
day ditwn upon ns. u. 111 rv.
JPOLK COUNTY. '
"PotirCo,, March' 1 J875.
Mb. EtttTonr Whenever there is a poor
article of produce In the market the farmers
are blamed? and although they often deserve
it I will tell yotrof a "eharp trlck'pteyed
by a merchant of Indepondoncq'f whicti will
show yon thut the blame is often faid'w&ero
it does not belong. A merchant ('i1orrw!e
pendence went into the pork; business and
when he rends'red thelurd he mixed' over
fifteen liuudred pounds of tallow iu with iu
The tallow cost him 7 cents, bis lard brought
him 15 cents, so be made a nlco thing of it,
but look a littlo further. The lard waa-soldt
lu Portland, and the groaterporclon shipped
to Washington' Territory and Idaho? Now
this lard will not keep sweet, as if it had been
rendered pure, and of .course will spoil on.
somebody bauds who Is'sure to curse-tho-Oregon
farmers for practising such a cheat.
Tbo whole Slate suffers from the dishonest
trick of this one? what would you call him 7
Tho farmers of; Oregon, and especially ther
Grangers, owe it to themselves to look Into'
such transactions and expose tho swindler
If any proof is necessary, I,' can furnish it.
11U11NO.
coxcrrr court.
J C. Peebles, Judge March Term.
Road district No. 2. Follx.HIraoh appoint
ed supervisor.
Boad district No. Wm. Gibson excused!
and John Porter appointed supervisor.
Road diRtrict No. 1, Jesse Parrish appoint
ed supervisor.
Road district No.,10, Wm Herreu excused!
and John Savage appointed snpervisor.
Road district No, 33, Mithra Jones excused'
and.liewls D-ayton(appoInted supervisor.
In the in titter of guardianship of Viola.
Green, J. W. McAfee, guardian, files his ac
count and asks' to be discharged!
Kphram Oliugor, administrator of the es
tate of Abraham dinger, asks leave to sell.
personal property, order was'granted.
Coolldge andrMcClan'o vs.,Ij8w1s Crouse.on
trial, jury failed to agree and wero dis
charged, cause set for trial on' first day of
next week. , ' '
B. F. Brown vs. Wolls. Fargo k Co,;
Knight it Lord appeared for plaintiff-and E.
A. Cromn for defendant; argued and sub
mitted: Vllier Wattbr vs. Peter Northmore; on
trial.
S. Friedman and A. Friedman wero ad
mitted to citizenship.
THE WimrEMUCCJSfXOAD. ,"
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The ' Bullelhl has a sort' Of.sudden, attack,
because tbe.Indepen'denfs of.'the.late'Legisla
turo did not, insert aiolauso-in tho Winne
mucca bill to give the State tho right tb regu
lato Its farfes and freights. That is so, but we
sharo tho blame aroundamongthorost ot'the
members and hope 'they will all do 'better
another time." They might have done"beter
this tlrd'elf tbe.presout oditcir, of tho Bulleliif
liad not ceen bore lobbying agaitut the bill'
with ail his might.' He finally got the Wln
neinucca' bill aud 'K furniture bill s'o'mixed-'
up thai he .couldn't tell which from tother
and the railroad bill went through in splt or
his olVorts.
A Beautjkui, Woman. The following bit
of description is frbra the Cjnlsvlllo Corrier-Joui-ualo'a
lato date; For beauty, I will
namo Madamo de'Dousiere, ncc Polly Holll
day, daughter of Bon Hollidaybf Califor
nia, She ojks like a, heroine of roiaance,
and, there was a suggestion of her dash in,
her maiden namo Polly Holliday. -'Somehow
one is reminded of the English actresses
of, the style of Peg W.oihugton, or soma of
those brilliant creatares who wore possessed
of great uatural beauty, which bey en
hanced by dress and .ccqnottry, aud wera
proficients in musio and dancing; Threo
years ago all the Holliday family came to
Washington. They took a furnished hOuae,
which they occupied just six weeks, but'iu
that time they gave a, german and many,
other elegant eutertainments. Mrs. Holli
day was a very handsome, dignified lady:
The oldest daughter, the Countess de Pour
talles, was of a pertoct type or beauty, and
Miss Polly magnificent. At the german
which they gavo, Miss Holliday entered tha
parlor from the ball-room Just as the Presi
dont arrived. She gave blm a warm greeting,
and thou tore a few flowers from ber boa
quet, twisted them in a profty boutonier,
und made tho President almost blush as aba -
.fastened it iu the button-hole, of bis coat..
She was not in the least embarrassed, but ba
was very much so. ,
Died, The ,Oi?0qiii'au says some weeks
ago it published tha particulars' of 'the '
burning of a man named J.- J'.Spenoef'fna
cabin a few miles southwest !of , the 'city- a
This unfortunate nun bcamo!intoxteatadfr
5nd filling Into tbenrehad hii right arm,
9gand,6ldehprriblyurnod,HoJb!Brtd
In great pain, and no hope wars lertJa4 '
for Jiia recovery, On the. 6th ofFebrnarr?
Spencer was removed to the poor-hous., Ha
waa attended by a physician, ana evefythlB
don tq prolou his miserable exiatanca, butm
in .vain. Ha llnsarad until Tuasday.rla ,
When death gave Elm relief froki . alL bodUy
suffering."" ' '
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