A
$2.50 per Year,
AWARD OF PREMIUMS,
At the Oregon State Fair, 1876.
DIVISION R. FLORA.!..
Mrs. Ira Eib, Snlein, roses, best specltneD,
whlto, 1st p.
Geranium, vnrlogiiert leives, and tri-vel-
vet, best specimen, Ut p.
Geranium, rose, bast. sptcinion, lt p.
Abutileu, best upecimon and largest, var.
1st p.
Abutioa, best specimen, 1st p,
Fuchsia, best specimen, double rod, 1st p.
" " " white, 1st p.
Geranium, bost specimen, double, 1st p.
" largest var. of double, 1st p.
Roses, best specimen f pluk, Ut p.
Fuchsias, best specimen not less than 10
var., 1st p.
Geraniums, eocnted leaves, not rose, best
specimen, 2d p.
Hanging baskots, not less tbau 5 sped
, mens, 1st p. ,
Hanging basket, best specimen, 2d p.
Mosses, largest var., 1st p.
Mosses, best specimen, 21 p.
Best" rustic stand filled with plants In
bloom, to bo placod In Pavilion on Tues
day morning and to remain until Satur
day morning, 1st p.
Rosea, flvo best specimons, 1st p.
' " ' yellow, 1st p.
Mrs. Atnolin Sobwatka, Salem, oleander,
best specimen, 1st p.
Miss Mary Durbln, Salem, Hydrangea, bost
specimen, 1st p.
Mrs, M. E. Mills, Clackamas, best boquetof
wild flowers ana grapes -a P
Best boquet of asters, la p.
Miss Florence C. Adair, Salem, best boquet
of roses. 2d n.
Mrs. M. M. Adair, Salem, best boquet of
everlasting uowers, 1st p.
Mrs. Mary Pratt, Tbo Dalles, best boquet of
wild uowers, ana grapes, ist p.
Ii, G. Ffunder, Portland, fuchsias, best spec
imen, double red, 1st. '
' Hydrangea, best spocitiien, 2d p.
Pansies, best specimen, 1st p.
.Roses, best specimen not loss than lO.var.',
.lsfp - -i& "
Best boquet of roses, 1st p.
" " asters, 2d p.
ii ii dahlias, lbt p.
Fuschlas not less tbau 10 var. 2d p.
Foliage plants, best specimen and best ex
hibit to contain only one specimen of
each variety, 2d p.
Evergreens, hardy foreign, Iosb than 20
var., 1st p.
.Evergreens, hardy foreign, less than 20
var., Including rare Oregon var., 1st p.
Geraniums, rose, best specimen, 1st p.
Geranium, varigated leaved and trl-color-
Ad d P
Hanging basket, best specimen, 1st p.
Florence Garrison, Salem,dals!es, best speol
men, and largest varieties, 1st p.
Dahlias, best boquet, 2d p.
Mixed flowers, best boquet, 1st p.
Mrs. Jacob Smith, Salem, lilies, bost speci
mens and largest variety, 1st p.
Cactus, bestopecimen Aid best exhibit of
vnr 24 p.
-a Mrs. J. V. Taylor, Salem, canna, best speci
men, 2d p.
Mrs. N. L. Cook, Salem, tuchsia, best speci
men, single, 2d p.
Oleander, best specimen, 2d p.
Climbing plants, best specimen not less
than 10 var., 2d .
Autumn lear picture, l.stp.
'Mlsa Nellie Meacuam, Sdoni, wood moss
picture, 1st p.
Mrs. A. Worth, Salem, carnation pink, best
specimens, 1st p.
Miss Florence C. Adair, Salem, pressed
flower picture, lot p.
Mrs. E Y. Cbaso, Salem, fnebsia, best speci
men, slugle, led. 1st p.
Gerttuititu best specimen, Lady Washing
lueton. 1st I).
Mrs. Houry Miller, Portland, abutilon,
bestspecimin, 2d p
C Abutilon, best specimen and largest var.,
2d p.
Gerauium, largest variety, double, 2d p.
Gladiolus, best variety. lt p.
Best boquet of mixed flowers, 2.1 p.
Cactus, nest specimen, and best exhibit of
varieties, 1st p.
Climbing plant, best specimen and not
lesatban 10 varieties, 1st p.
Climbing plants best specimen, 1st p.
Cauna, best specimen, 2d p.
Foliage plants, btt specimens Rnd boRt
exhibit to contain ouiyoue sptciiuenoi
each variety, 1st p.
Evergreens, hardy foreign, not less than
20 varieties, 2d p.
Mouses, best specimen, 1st p.
Mrs. 8. A. Clarke, 8alem, petunias, best dis
play largest variety, lt p.
Galla, best specimen, 1st p.
rausies, best specimen, 2d p.
Sj. Q. Pfunder, Portland, Fuchsias, best
specimen double white, 2d p.
aa Amelia Holt, Eugeno City, geranium,
teemed leaves, not rose, beatepeo., 1st p.
Jars. Belle Cooke, Silem, autumn leaf
picture, 2d p.
Mr. Sarah G. Kemp, Salem, portulaoca.best
aptcitneu, 1st p.
telbt Cunningham, Salem, heliotrope, best
pecimen, 1st p.
Minnie Cunningham, Salem, double gerani
um, best specimen, 2J p.
Heliutrope, bett specimen, 2J p.
r DIVISION S.
James II Lira, Skookumchuck. W. T., best
collection of cherry bird, 2d p.
Bust collrctlun r game birds, M p.
t bird and animta dea-
Xructlveof gralu.aJ egetablet, 1st p.
W?ifyTRTfNfSr-
SALEM,
Best collection ol hawks and poultry
thieves, 2d p.
W. H. Wood, Porlland. best collection cop
per aud copper ore, 2d p.
Best collection sultmnr, 2d p.
Frank Wood, Albany, bost collection line
gold, 1st p.
Sirs. A. A. JlcCully, Salom, best copper and
copper ore, 1st p.
Dr. K. Y. Chnso, b.ilcm, largest end best
aquarium, etc., 1st p.
DIVISION T.
Mrs. Jacob Smith, Salem, best display of
iioau worK uy one person, 1st p.
Mrs. J. V. Tavlor, Suleui, bost display of
lraiiauouot coral, ny ouo poison, 1st p.
Mrs. M. E. Godiuo,St. Louis, mechanical
design, lu drawing, or.ginal.
N. L. Cooke, Salem, bet display of autumn
leaves by ouo person, lt p.
Mrs. J. H. Haas, Salem, best specimen ot
boadwork, by one person, 2i p.
Best display of beadwork tiy quo person,
-a p.
Mrs. J. B. Kellogg, Portland, best display of
uair worn, uy one perton, isc p.
Bost disrlay of zephyr flowers, 1st p.
Mrs. Henry Boon, Salem, best specimon of
Dsauwons, isi p.
Best display of shell work by one person,
ist p.
Albert O. Yates, Oregon City, best pencil
SKetcnes, ist p.
Miss Nellie F. Meachnm, Salem, best and
Jnrgost display ot oil ptlntlugs, 1st p.
Landscape in oil on wood. 1st p.
Best display imitation coral work by one
person, au p.
Miss Alice M. Scott, bost painting In water
colors, on suk, d p.
Bsst baud paper drawing, 1st p.
" " " " 2d p.
11 spocimon monochromatic drawing 2 p
" " craj'on drawing, 2d p.
" " oriental painting, 1st p.
" display of wax work, fruit.
Miss Ella Mlddaugb, Salem, best display
of rwncll (ketches. 1st t.
Mrs. Jacob Smith,' Salem, besVdlsplay of
oeaa worn, ist p.
Mrs. A. M. Breyton, Oregon City, best sped
men hair work by one person, 2d p.
Best leather work by one person, 2d p.
" " ' 1st p.
J. Hansen, Salem, best specimen oil paint
ing, landscape, irom nature, M p.
Best specimen portrait in oil irom nature,
2d p.
Largest and best display of oil paintings
obtained and exhibited by one person,
2d p.
Buchtlo fc Stolte, Portland, best collection
of photographs, 1st p.
Photographs retouched, 1st p.
Best crayon drawing, 1st p.
" collection paintings in water colors,
1st p.
Sarah Price, Salem, best display of feather
woik 1st p.
Mrs. C. S. Wood worth, Salem, best display
of pencil drawing, 1st p.
Mrs. A. W. Kirney, Salem, best portrait
painting in oil on canva'-s, 1st p.
Mrs. S. M. Green, Eola, bast display of
earner wuiu, a p.
Miss F. C. Adair, Salem, befet display of
cone work, 1st p.
MlssS. P. Ilea ton, Portland, hoot Bpociraon
ponmaushlp, 1st p.
Mrs. D. C. Howard, Salem, best specimon
wax work, 2d p.
Best display of wax -work, 1st p.
Miss Calkius, Salem, portrait in oil from
nature, 1st p.
Mrs, IUu, Portland, best spsclmen, wax
work, 1st p.
Mrs. E. Wurriuer, Bethel, l.iigf&t and best
exhibit ot trained steel engravings, 1 p.
Clyde B. Cooke, b-ilorn, bost landscape palm
ing in oil on uiiivum, 2d p.
Best landscape in oil Irom nature, 1st p.
" pencil sketch from nature, 1st p.
W. H. Catterlln, Salem, boat photograps ro-
louche J, 2d p.
Mrs. Jennio Erb, Salem, 1 urgent and best
display of trained ehroraos obtained and
exhibited by one person other than a
ueaier, 1st p.
Miss Nellie Hackleman, best largest draw
ing, 1st p.
.Momochromatic painting, lbt p.
Best painting iu water colors 1st p.
Miss Mattia Bruuson, best display of zephyr
uowers uy one parson, -j p.
Miss Ella Ford, Salem, best display of wax
worn, zw p.
Bedlngtuu it Itice, Salom, printing, book
wurK, 1SI p.
Printing, newspaper, 1st p.
" cards, 1st p.
" posters in colors, 1st p.
To bo continued.
A CARD.
Salkm, Ogu., Dec. 15, 1870.
Meisers. Jnman fc Crosson Gents: I feel
no be&llaucy iu recommending jour adjust
able Spring Bed. They are superior to any
thing of ot thb kind I have v ot seen or u ed
and I leel sailslied they only ntod to be tried
lu bo appreciated. A. B. Coferfci:.
dertlml
Ellctio.v. At Halwy, Dtc. IU, 187C, the
follow lng nau.ed were elected directors by
the H.s.tt W. Company: Joeih Pearl, U
U. Alien, Frank I'rtbley, A. D. Mcilichnel,
F. il. Kizer, II. tt illUms,and J. A. Porter.
The DirtHitors eh cit d Jost ph i'earl l'retldtut,
and A. D. McMicliatJ, btcretHry.
OREGON, DECEMBER
Something Wrong-
Ed. Fakmkr: I have promised to
give your readers nn e'iliirution of
how we got government contracts for
Oregon moat-, and how WO lost the
government patronage. 1). C. Ireland
was the iirt to miWicly call attention to
my meats by noticing them, and ho al
bo watched the San Francisco papers
and saw they were in demand there,
when lie called attention to the fact that
government shipped btipplies from the
East, and ventured to assert that hotter
and cheaper incuts could bethad hero
in Oregon. This resulted in our Ilep
rehentatives urging that our Oregon
meats should have a trial, when Capr.
Haskell was sont hero with instructions
to have Ankcny, Johnson, and Cross,
e.u-h put up meats on trial, which were
sent to Arizona and military posts on
this coast. After a full test made in
this way government concluded tostop
shipping from the East and give Oregon
the trade, and Quartermaster General
Simpson, stationed at San Francisco,
sent ior mo to come and talk the mat
ter over. He said my meats had given
good satisfaction; that my meats had,
in fact, -stood shipment and had kept
better than any meats they hnd over
shipped from tlio East, and ho explain
ed the vast importance of having good
keeping meats, as the freights cost more
than the cost of the meats. Condemned
meats wero frpciuontly sold afaiietion
for almost nothing.
After laying all facts boforo me, ho
asked: "Can Oregon give us our full
supplies ? Can we depend on her ? "
I replied, " Yes, certainly. Oregon
has a good supply of pork and will bo
glad to do it." Ho replied: "Mr. Cross,
I do not think you understand mo. I
want to ask you a quostion: lam In
formed that when a ship comes into tho
Columbia river, it is telegraphed all
over tho valley, and wheat takes a rise
of ten to fifteen cents a bushel; Is that
so?" I told tho General I was afraid
there was a little truth in tho matter,
and ho then said they did not liko to
he changing about; that their arrange
ments wero already mado for supplies
and could bo depended on, nnd If thoy
changed them ho wanted to know ho
could depend on it as a permanent
thing. Even though Oregon meats
were a littlo better aud a littlo cheaper
they must know that they would bo
furnished without failure.
To sum tho mutter up, after telling
him tho excitement of mining times
would soon wear oif, I made a largo
contract and vouched for steady sup
plies being furnished, though Goneral
Simpson still asserted his boliof that It
would not bo two years boforo the jcal
ousy of the Oregon people would make
it impossible to keep up my contract,
I tried to keep my business private, but
tho fact got current and a combination
was mado against mo to make me pay
more for pork than any ono else. Linn
county farmers, who furnished my
largest supply, met iu caucus and
agreed that I must pay more for pork
than others as I got so much more for
my product, and unless something was
done I would becomo wealthy and mo
nopolize the pork trade and do as I
pleased with tho poor farmor. I was
then taking in over 5,000 hogs a season
and advertised to pay six cents at all
the towns along tho river, which mado
nearly seven conts, adding freight and
commission.
Though I had agents in nearly all
tho towns, by the ilrst of January I,
that year, took in only ubout 100 hogs,
about ono tenth of what I needed to fill
my contracts. I hud to go to General
Simpson at San Francisco, and get re
leased from my contracs and offered to
go to unicago unci put up meats ior nun
if he desired, which ho r"juesled uiu
to do, an ho said they preierred my
meats for Arizona.
I was able to lay down meats cheaper
22, 1876.
from Chicago than Oregon. Tho differ
ence in freights was not perceptible, bc-c.ui'-o
the premium on gold mado It up.
For one transaction I will state that be
ing short of side meats 1 telegraphed
to Cdicago for ono hundred thousand
pounds and brought it out at a co-t of
eight cents per pound, when Oregon
side bacon was held at ilftcen cents.
Allen and Lewis attended to it for mo
and after paying all bills icnt tne three
thousand eight hundred dollars as clear
profits. Xext season I was offered a
much larger contract, but I wroto Gen.
Simpson that I had made up my mind
to take no further contracts.
I will relate ono incidont of my pork
buying: Ono year at tho State Fair Mr.
AVilkins and Win. Vaughn requested
mo to come up to their country in Luuo
county and thoy would sell mo pork at
four cents. I went, and finally bought
their pork at from six to eight cents a
pound. Ono season some good lots
sold at ten cents, as parlies in tho bus
iness up there undertook to run them
up on me, but I told them to sell to tho
men who offered ten cents, nnd staid
there on free board until some large
sales woro made at high prices to per
sons who tried to run pork up on mo
and went home without buying a. hog.
Mr. Editor: I havo written more than
I intended, but to mako the ease plain
so ail could understand I could not
abridge it I AvilLhoro .win J up my
j communication hy'tolllngja good joke
on Undo Billy Vaughn. Ono day
whilo ho was talking to a friend in Al
bany, a gentleman walked up and said:
" Bad news from Salem! " What ? "
asked Mr. Vaughn. " Cross is doad,"
was the reply. " Well ! that is bad,"
said Vaughn, " pork will now go down
to four cents, and It never was mora
until ho brought it higher." At his
own houso last winter I asked him who
ho was sorry for, my family or tho poor
farmer which lias lost tho most by tho
pork business ?
Tuos. Choss.
Salem, Dec 20, 1870.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Bkulin, Deo. 10. Novs from tho confer
ence In high iKilillcul quarters maintains
that a UusHo-Turklsh war is inevitable.
Russia has not oomplotod her preparations
and will endeavor to protract tbo uLiifuronu
until tho southern army is concentrated.
Advices from St. Petersburg say llusnla is
unalterably determined to moot immediate
ly the grievances which have beon already
too long Indulged for European poace, but
will not outer the Hold until sho fuels able to
make an irresistible assault.
Conhtantinoi'I.k, Doc. 15. The prelimi
nary conferences will ond to-day or to-morrow,
and the formal conference will proba
bly vouimonco next week.
BiaiLiN, Deo. 10. A six or eight. weeks ex
tension of the armistice Is assured. Plonary
Slttlugsof tbo conference will bo held after
Christmas.
The Oregon Question in the Senate
Thurman addressed tho Sonato on tbo res
olution providing for an iin estimation of the
Oregon doctoral oppolnlmtnt. Ho said he
desired to contribute (.omething to the liU
tory of this Oregon case aud show there
wero two suios. lie was surprisod that Mor
ton, chairman or tho election committee
which would Investigate the matter, had
prejudiced the whole case, (Jrover'a action
was nut so palpably wrong as to atitbniUe
Morten's declaration that it was Infamous.
Watt's Ineligibility was not denied aud the
people's ignorance did not ghe him right
to the office, unless their lifiioranco was so
iiorlor to thefbderalooustitutlnn. According
to Morton, if Oregon voters -bad voted for
Goldsmith Maid the Governor would have
beon compelled to issue a certifirate of elec
tion to her. Governors wero dally compil
ed to exercise Judicial powers, and Grover
may have the ablont lawyers In the country.
Judge Uoadley concluded he had power to
withhold Watts' certificate and give it to
C'ronln, and that it was his duty to do so,
Ho did not express au opinion as to the ques
tion luvolvod, but merely wlsned to snow
there wero two sides to the chm, Grover
could not do otherwise than he did, Walt'
not being qualllifid under the conntltution.
In constitution, Thurmau redd a lengthy
opinion of Judge deo. Uoadley, of Ciuclu
natl, til published in a Into number ol the
Cincinnati (JummcrcM, sustaining Grover.
When tho iKr.tt;rai!i wus read about eon-
splraoy to haveSheriuuii nudu I'rtsldout of
the Senate for tho purpose of counting the
decimal vote, .Shu man .iM this was tint
whole story about the conspiracy V) eleot
him President of thohetiatc. It wan (.linnlv
a Domocratlo rooibdck, without u single
word of truth.
Wallace ald It was but Just to roinomlur
that Orovtr txtod us tho executive of the
Volumo VIII Number 45.
Stato nnd was choson to a seat on this floor,
and wo must believe ho acted conscientious
ly. Amid the maze of authority it Is plain
that the law ivs to whether ho should certify
for the minority candidate is unsettled. It
is surely salor to ol)3y his oath aud the su
premo law, than to certify in violation of
both. 1 le asked for rojervatlon of Judgment
It wns his opinion no elector had bceu local
ly appointed. Tho Oitbon Statutes, wlion
detlninu a vacancy, do not iucludo failuro to
elect. If it bo tho law that a majority can
dldato being Ineligible tho minority candi
date is no, elected, then tlioro la no vacancy
but there is a failure to elected, theu thoro is
nu v tcancy but thoio is lalluro to oloct. If
so this brlugs tho ciso within secllon 131 of
tho United Stales. Statues: Whenever auy
Stato has held an oloetlon lov tho purpose of
choosing electors and tallod to mako a choice
on the day prosorlbod by law, tbo electors
may he appointed on a subsoquont day In
such manner aa tho Stato may dlroct. If tho
Republican doctrine bo sound, Oregon hasr
not legally prov ided for this case, having lo
Kally appoluted but two electors.
Mitchell said there was presoutod In this
discussion a hpectucle wherein noSonator
raised auy quoMlou with regard to the vote
nt'tho pooplo of Oregou at tho late election,
It was not denied by any Senator, any news
paper, any man, anywhere, of any political
party that tho majority of votes of the people
oi Oregou uero cast for tho Republican elec
tors. Ho was not surprised that Souators on
this floor deollnod to come directly to the
fiont and dolond the action of the Governor
of Oregon. What ho wanted to know to-day
was, whether any memborof thoDomocratia
party was willing to rise In his place and
rlllrm tho right of Gov. Grover to adjudicate
upon the eligibility of Watts. Thoy dare
not do it. The action of Grover was a gross
usurpation of power, grosa violation oK
law. Ho quotod at length from tbo constitu
tion and laws of Oregon, and argued that
Senators on the Democratic side of the cham
ber had ignored the constitution and laws of
the State; thoy bad ovadod tho question.
Tho right to hold ofllco was one of the high- ,
est rights or American citizens, ar-l how wasi.r
he tolieUoprlved of that rlghtr Certainly: s.
not by the act of the Kxeouttve officer.
Undortho constitution and laws of Oregon,.
If a person voted for as nn doctor was In
eligible his election must bo declared void
by a decision of a competent tribunal, which
tribunal was tho logUlnttire of the State.
That body had the power to declare a vacan
cy, nnd othor olectors under the Stato bad
the power to fill tho vacancy. Iu no possible
ovent had the Govornor power to say some
ono else was elected lu place of Watts. There,
were questions iu Louisiana, Florida and
South Carolina, whloh side had a majority of
the votes, but thero was no such question as.
to Oregon.
Wheat Supply and Prospects.
Tho editor of tho Comma cial Jtrporter has'
mado a trip down tho rcilroail and gavo last
week what ho could loarn about the stock of
wheat on hand in this and Umpqua valleys,,
and prospect oi acreage another year . Since'
this wus given the rlso lu price has induced
most of tho producers to soil, and tho amount
remaining lu first bands Is consequently
small at tho prosont time.
A trip through this vnltoy nnd also Ump
qua valley Iiiih discovered to us ouly small
amounts lu tho warehouses in the Umpqua
and that in second hands, lu granaries and
that which will bo delivered in sprlug, pro
vldud prices suit, thoro is over and above
crop requirements all of 11,000 rontals. In
Iiane county, on tho lino of the rallrcdP
there Is but littlo In warehouse and also on
the farms. In the southern part of the coun
ty It is claimed that many farmers will have
to miy wheat lor spring Needing. In I.lnu
and Marlon considerable is still iu grunarlos;
but high prices vt 111 only bring it out. From
couvcisalloii with many v. o learn that at n
curtain tlguro about every farmer lu those
two counties, Iltjiitnn, Yamhill, Polk and
Washington will havuto fell from 10 bushels
up to 100 bushels, whilst quite a number
run Into 1,000 or more bushels. Nearly all
tho wheat fu warnhnusHs held by shippers
or mill men: very littlo, comparatively
speaking, by farmers,
Throughout Umpqua valley Is reported to
us increased acreago, with farmora still
plowliiK. It Is safe to place the amount of
acreage iu Uuiiiqua, with a favorable spring,
at all of from one half to three quarters moro
than ever before. In I.uno, l.lnn, Marlon,
Clackamas, Polk, Yamhill, llonlou aud
Washington the favorable fall has allowed of
almost uninterrupted planting and it Is esti
mated that with a favorable spring tho areage
will be all o(Z' per cent, over any previous
seosou, The largest increase is lu Marlon
county, wtiere ftom the most reliable Infor
mation at baud there aro from W0 to 000 men
constantly engaged lu clearing oft land.
I. Inn also reports much laud being cleared,,
ax does Clackamas. The other counties re
port about tho usual amount of clearing.
Iu tho warf houses uu the lino of tho Or
egon it California Railroad, and also that
actually known to bs In farmers' granarlen,
and which will tie delhored lutween this
aud May next 11,(100 to 15,000 ions. In the
warehouse bordering the river, tho amount
is coiihlderably larger. At Albany alone,
the sold aud unsold lu the river warehouies
(this doe not Include what Is owned by
irilllfis) aggregate DM,000 bushels. At Rola,
Lincoln, Independence, Corvallls, lioone
vlllii, Salem aud several other places there
arc large amounts both sold and unsold.
DIEI
In Colfax. W. T., Nov. 1, 1870, It. II.
Rlgj,'i aged 37 years. Deceased was former
ly a resident of South Salem, and was a
tro'lier of Mm. D, D, Pretty man, of Polk
County,
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