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SALEM, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1877.
Extra Session of the Legislature.
Wd understand tho followinfl'potitlon
is In circulation:
To his Kicellonoy, 8F. Cbadwlck, Govern
or ofthe State of Orton, Salem:
Bir: The nndanljrned, cltltens of -
County, In the Slate of Oregon, respectfully
request yoa to call Special Session of the
ICKlslstlve Assembly of said Stale, for the
purpose OI pastlllK amxmamwj ,-""
that cannot be deferred without serious detrl
ment to tho Interests of this Stale, to the
Itegular Session of 1878.
Tho undersigned respectfully represent
that there Is great need of Immediate leglsla
tlon on tho following subjects, vl:
1. Proper legislative provision for promot
ing tho railroad IntorosU of thlsSisle, and
especially such provision as will socure an
early connection of this Htnto with tho nil-
2. Our Slate Constitution noeds lo bo
aniendod In many partlrulars, lokooppaco
with our growing agricultural, railroad,
mining, ll-lilng, and commercial Inlorosta,
and osixirlfliicB lias shown that the host and
most tizpodlllotiH .way to otlot tho desired
object Is by a Constitutional Convention.
Proper leglslatlvo provision In rofermicp to
this sultjf ct should bo made at an early day,
o that tho question of calling a Constitution
al Convention, as well aa tho olocllon ol delo-
Sstostbernlo, If amaorlty of tho pcoplo
ivor such a convention, oould bo voted on
t the next general eleollon.
3. J'ropor logmlatlvo provision for foster
Ing, protecting, and promoting tho fishing
interests of this Stato.
4. Proper provision for funding tho Stato
debt at lowor rates of Intorest.
r; An adequate appropriation for protect
tag tho Capitol building from tho rains and
fronts of winter, m that the largo amount of
money already oxpcmlptl In Its oonstructlon
nav mil tin rmt tn tllfl HlalO.
0." Vs rous other measures of genonland
local Importance snd nocosslty.
For tt.o foregoing roaaotts, and many oth
ers tlmt in lull t bo Rsslgnod, wo respectfully
request ou lo Isauo n proclamation calling a
SiaHilalfr salon of tho leglslatlvo Assembly,
to bo rot vrnod atHalom during llio coming
ftp nr parly winter.
Vory rospoctrully, your fellow cltlzons.
While wo IhjIIovo Gov. Clntdwick Ima
too correct an understanding of popular
uonUmotit and of tho real wants of tho
Stato to call an oxtra session of tho
Loa-lsUUire for any of the reason hero
anlgnod, wo consider it proper to utter
a prenornl protest, on tho behalf of tho
people of Oregon, against tho calling of
n oxtra session.
First, tho cost would run up from
25.000 to $30,000, nnd thero Is no
money In tho Treasury for that pur
pose. It can only bonoflt certain per
sons who havo fat feos to mako and
ehnrp souls who havo axos to grind.
Tho pcoplo do not want to build rail
roads themselves or itlvo vast sums of
monoy to thoso who may build them.
With increnso of population and great
Production, wo aro fust reaching a
placo whero pcoplo who aro In tho rail
road business will bo glad to build
roads to Orogon. Having waited thus
long, wo havo not much longer to wait.
Thoso who nro making millions by
canning uud packing Unit can iiliord to
itpond all that Is uccctuary to propagate
thorn for tholr own uso, or they can go
without them.
Tho LcgUlaturo or ib7H can can a
convention, if it soos fit, and, in tho
mean tlmo, tho pooplo can arguo tho
question and docido If they want one
which Is, by no moans certain.
Tho Btato dobt grows constantly,
against tho prohibition of tho constitu
tion, and an oxtra sesslou of tho Leg
islature would only Incrcaso it. Wo
can oxorciso economy and pay It off
better than trying to fund it, or do any
thing olso with It.
Tho Statu Capitol won't spoil In ono
rooro wlntor, and is a good deal of an
olophunt, any way. Wo can afford to
go slow on that, also. '
It id Bafo to say that tho pcoplo of
Oregon aro not suffering for any oxtra
session of tho Legislature, and that in-
torosttul poisons aro at tho bottom of
this proposition. Perhaps Salotn ico
ple want tho oxcitomunt of tho session
and tho monoy to bo spent, and moro
likely speculating sharps stand roady
with tho biggest kind of axes to bo
ground.
Kari.y i'kachks. Mr. 11. W. Prettyman,
or Railroad Nursery, Kast Portland, sends
us Mvenl specimens of a rich cling atone
peach, ofeniallalM but superior flavor, and
aayai "I send you a few Aaasdea June
reach, that I gathered on the 10th of July
they grew on yearling trees, end If the trees
were older they would rlpea sooner. They
will ripen by the first of July la ordinary
seasons. 1'he coU raJas kept them back
several day. I aead these pesetas Just be
aauae I have got a peeoa that will beat Hood
River or KaaUrn Oregon. I have 2,600 of
Usee trees la ny uureery," We can certify
to the excellence of the fruK, aad Its value
aoyotieoaa Judge who knows taet fratU
that rlpea la July era very scarce with tu,
aad of course store highly appreciated.
"Tke Leeks law-"
BouTHXBir Obkoow, July 6, 1877. ,
En.FABMi Aa artlole with tho above
heading Inserted In your editorial columns
of last week haa attracted my attention and
excited my amazement sufficiently to call
for a few words in reply. The amatement I
apeak of arises more from the fact that a
Journal of the usual fairness of the Farmkr
could be found to insert suoh reckless, one
aided and bigoted opinions than that there
should be found In the Interior of onr State
aa individual so Indifferent to the truth aod
tne good name of other people as to pen the
sourrllous imputations contained in the aril
ole referred to. I will not waste time re
viewing the whole document, but wish, for
the enlightenment of 'the pooplo of Eastern
and Southern Oregon, and to show the true
animus of the reckless but discreetly snony-
mous ylliner, to call attention to a single
passage. After having begun his communi
cation with the (for him) elegant expression
that, "While the Locks Law waa pending In
the last legislature, a band of hired tootera
wore bus? defaming its provisions," etc, he
adds further down tho following ntber
sweeping arraignment of a very considerable
proportion of tho people's representatives:
'All of tho opposition that could bo array
ed agalnstlt and the monopolists wore as
sldnons In hunting up recruits was drum
med up from, representatives nasi ui mu
mountains and south orLano county, whoso
constituents wore not thought to havo so
lively an interest In tho matter, nnu inoir
eaty virtue sucoumbed to tho perNUttslvo In
i'uoncoofthe monopolists."
"Ily my troth, thoso bo bitter words," and
nro concltislvo ovldonco that tho writer la
poscsod o"f a vpry fortllo, as well as vory
vicious, Imagination. It was tho mhfortuno
of tho undorslgnod to bo a mombor of tho
last legislature, and from a section of coun
try, too, that Is sadly borolt or a "livoly in
torest In tho matter" of tho Lock, and I wit
nessed no tctlon on tho part of tho monopo
lists roforrod to that could bo drscrlbod as
'aistduons in hunting up recruits" lo the
Lock Law. Slnngo as it may seem to this
wobfoot mallguor, many of us were not evon
vouchsafed tho Information that tho mon
opolists wore opposed to the rocentLock
Law. Thero wore as strong reasons for
bollovlng that thoy wore In favor of it as for
bollovlng that thoy wore against It. Out bo
that as It may, tho aotlon of tho members
from Kaslorn and Southern Oregon can be
acconntod for muoh moro rationally than It
Is aittemptod (o bo accounted for in tho Irre
sponsible offiiNlon published In tboFAnMKR.
They wore actuated by a sincere dosiro to see
tho pcoplo of tho Wlllamotto valloy free from
even tho appeannco of dangor to tholr com
mercial prosperity, but were doubtful, aa
were many of tho more reasonable valley
asses bora, of the efficiency of the bill that
Anally became a law. Then we did aot
have those aathorltatlv decisions aa to the
power of a legislature to "regulate all things
relating to publlo oonvenlenoe" that we are
now referred to. Some thought there waa a
more feasible and lees expensive way of
dealing with the Look and Dam magnates
than by creating new offloea and Imposing
sinecure positions upon men who would
have so dutlea to perform benellolal to the
State that might not be performed by other
o Boers already In existence. The bill did
not commend Itself fully to even the valley
members, aa many of them verbally and In
writing confessed. Their admissions of the
Imperfectness of the law are a part of the
record of the last session. Mr. Chambers, of
Benton, In explaining his vote, states very
concisely the position whloh many of the
valley members were Inj he nays:
"I regard the bill as very defectlvo and
bellove that If It becomes a law It will In a
groat measure defeat the vory nbjoot for
whloh ltlsonaoted. I votofor tho bill be
cause I bellove Is Is the only law the peoplo
can get at the present session."
llensll, from the samo county, lllea an, ex
planation almost slm'lsr In substance. Otltr
er mem bera voted for the measure through
instructions from their constituents.
Viewing It In this light, then, with the
members who were then engaged In rushing
the bill through under the operation of the
"gag law" aoknowledlng Its insufficiency.
I do not aea how It could be regarded aa an
unmistakable Indication of the prevalence of
4 easy virtue" for some of the outside mem
bers to vote against it,
Under the law there is a possibility of
commissioners Involving tho Stato In ex
penses for clerk salary, attorney fees and
their own per diem, mileage and traveling
expenses, greatly I In excess of their actual
usefulness to the commercial Interest of the
State of Oregon. Let us hope they will not
do so, however. Fortunately for the State,
there la little danger to be apprehended from
the present boards for It la not composed,
It might have been, of mere party hacks.
We cannot expect to be always equally
fortunate. An effort was made during the
passage of the law to guard against such
obvious dangers; bat the valley members,
when all combined, have "Ibe strength of a
giant," and are not often known to exhibit
a very prolonged disinclination lo using the
same "like a giant;" ao, amend Ibe bill, they
would not, but swallowed It as a whole
under solemn and written protests; and yet
they are not happy. After they have been
successful In oonoootlng and carrying
throagh their favorite measure; after they
have baldoaed the cow-oountyitea Into a
meek aad aareslstlng submission to tho la-
ertiabtej after the law has proven more suo-
ful than many of Ua moat peraiateatsup
portara taoaght It would prove, la that
through Its oparatloa the Canal Commission-
era have aetaally beea eaabled 'to compel
"boat owners lo certify to the secretary of
the Board the number oftoaa of freight aad
pases agara (toaa of passengers la good oat
board caea boat:" after the letters of com-
meres, whleh (where they were Botlnagia
ery) owed their exlsttaee to tbeataeaeeef
properly aa pperted eempetHloa aad aot to
the detenUoft of boats at the locks, have been
sattsfaetorlly broken, where, In the same of
all the gods at once, Is the wisdom or pro
priety of reviving this long-ago-settled eon
troversyT and why l It necessary to pursue
the members from Eastern and Southern
Oregon with suoh venomous malignancy!
Does It not betray a deep m a'ed and Ineradica
ble blaa towards those sections and evince a
polloy of 'remorselesa proscription towards
all legislators who are not strictly ana un
reservedly aubseryient to the local Interests
of the Willamette valley T If tho Idlest
Imsglnlngeofa disordered fancy are to be
dlseeminated through the public prints ss a
deliberate and impartial verdict upon the
oonduot of publlo servants, where Is the use
of men striving lo keep their records clear
and their fame untarnished? I perhaps bt-
stow undho Importance npon tho work cf
this zealous llboler. but I would have him
understand that, wbilo it is generally con
ceded a worm will turn when trod upon,
evon as poor and much despised a creature
as an Oregon legislator has feelings if not
roaentment. Bed he confined himself loa
sickly effort at burning Incenso In honor of
the champions of the Lock Law, no ono (un
less It had been thoso who were so unfortu
nsteasto becouio objects of his fulsome
adhlatlon) would havo uttered a complaint;
but when ho finds it neceaiary lo tho further
ance of his excmbly performed labors to re
sort to indlncrlmlnato vilification of mem
bers who live outaldo of the Wlllattibtlo val
ley, and aro therefore froo from tho local hikI
boUIhIi prejudices oT tlmt lorulliy, It bicotiibs
a mutter of more general concirnmuit, mid
I am greatly mistaken in tho gonllomatily
qualities of the talloy members if llioydo
not spurn ibo oxtra otlloiounncBH of this flip
pant BohotnlHU with contemptuous indigna
tion. "fiisy virtue," lit conclusion, is a
thing that always merits tho overeat possi
ble reprehension, under any and evory form
of Its manifestations; but Its existence Is
never moro apparent Iti any ono than In him
who needlesBiy and unjustly dofanteH other
people, or In tho lying scribbler who preva
ricates under tho doublo propulftionofin
sttnet and hflblt. Suoh , at least, Is tho can
did opinion of ono of the mombora
South op Lanf.,
XTfilSI THE!
IN THE WORLDJ
See that our Trade Mark is on eac
I
1
Tamer's
The new Board
Warehouse
of DlroctorN
Co.
of Turner
Storing and Trading Company, recently
elected, consist of Henry Smith, L. M.lJer
ren, John Downing, I tank Ivlgarand W. T.
ratten. i. m. uorren, was cuosen rrcsi-
Hoard, uuyan uibson has
as ss
dont and Lewis Bleakney Secretary of the
as beoti employed
;ent, and the company Is prepared to
Kl
furnish sacks to fsrmers aud store uraln ou
the most roasonablo terms, aud to buy at
the hlghost market prlco.
i ObT for Yasjnlna.
Tua-fctnlllMOf ttiothreo Mr. Adalra, Mr.
Haw ft) aud Mrs. Cox, living out on the I.
N. UtfCerf road, leave in tho morning for a
twe week's sojourn at YaqolnS. Thore will
beaeout thirty persons In the party.
THE
Boss Churn
er TUB CKNTUKY.
A. Child can Uho It I
IVMT f AET 9 1MB CKEAM CMUKNXB I
Prlers-15 Callous, tlSi 30 Gallons, S0t
85 Callows. MS. ' '
For testimonial trom cltlzont of Marlon and ntber
Irei
Or
counties, ami lurtber nsnlcnltrs, apply to or address
jysjmt si. A. liAWKlAN, Aumnvlllo,
MONEY
For ill klniU of t.tni
llLANU, tttrh M Uul
n. Uttili, HorUxcal
llunJ. etc.. anJ aim
"not lur win mi, rruoair, luuuij ami JUHicttfJ
lmrts. or for Hook tvl Jub I'rlullnx, lwkblndlnxal
HUnk Uoo,orsn;ttiloi( In the I'rtntinc or llonkm
nnt for Ciriiili,
llltnk
Illivlln. Ilnr, Mfkl tn K. M.
WA1TK. Mlram Ilook nl
oo iTinwr and iiooiDinarr,
UI, lrct, Haus, Orrtton.
MADE
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the Stats of Oregon
for the County or Marlon.
U. B. Mjers, plaintiff, 1
8alt In Knotty.
V Cnsso, lllen Chase. Henrr 8lo-) ' '
pir, ltabecca Kloper, Lafsjette Stay,
ion and L. Uelnra Htayton, defendants
To A. T. CIIA8K and KI.LKH C1IABB, defesdant,
asdnonrcsldrnt:
la the name of the state of Oregon, You are hereby
reqalred to appear and antwer the complaint Sled
acaJnat ion In Ua aboTe-entltled action, on or before
the third Monday In October 18T7, that bclnir the
nrt day of the next term of this court, llj order of
It, I' liaise. Judge of sallcaart made tn opeaconrt
Join 90th, INTf. And If jou fall so to answer, for
ul thereof the yUlnttff will aik the court for the
relief In tho complaint prated, which Is to correct
ml-tabe In tired and qnlet title to half of the I), H.
Btsjton and wife's douatlon land claim la 8ec. 3, In T.
8 It. 1 W,, In Msriun coanty, OreKon-the tract to
wklch yoa taely claimed till- and had poaieealon.
LAWSON A CUTTIM1,
Jnly 13, lariwO Attorneys for l'laltitllT.
llrlDGnEWiAffllvCYvJ
, J 174 ELM'SIREET; '
CINCINNATI. OHIO'v
jAdverUsemeaai Uaerted la any paper,
Before advertising tend for my cato&gaa,
Leo Willis,
TJE08 LHAVB TO CALL Til R ATTKMTION OK
XJ the panac w bis uew sloe or
Pianos and Organs,
la store aad to I "tve, which are offered st
Oroiatly - Xloduool Prlooa,
eltaar for cash or oa InsUUmeoU.
mu troca or
Books and Stationery
Is his COatPUrTB, aad will b ssVd at pricss to ssU
UteUaea.
Will aralsh. at short aoUcJi. aay Book paaUaaad
ta Ua UaH at f tales, at pabllakar'a rates.
oraats awiciiea, ana aa sxaaasaaaoa M au atoek
uvtua.
LEO WILLIS.
Stawetroa.
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AND EASILY
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APPLIED.
For Sale by the Agcntx:
JOHN
AMD
HUGHES, Salem,
HODGE, SWELL & CO..
Hiiolcsalc DrugglstN, aad Dealer! lu I'nlnts, Oils, and Glaum
Or.
NO. 75 VltONT HTRKET.
PACIFIC TIIKESIIIG MACHINE COM PnF
MANUFACT0RBL3 OP
PELTON'S SIX-FOLD HORSE-POWERS
And Counterbalance Separator!.
PKLTGN, PRKSIDBNTi J. RBT-
uppnor x ataxy
JUB1W
INCORPORATBD AT BALKM, OUKQON, OCTOBBR 7, 1878. 8
molds, Vice President; W. II. Carpsntsb, Secretary. DTI
oraoj
ncrep
tured at HaLAM, OHKllOH, 67 Oreiroa Iron an"
TUB 8KPARATOH HAVKH TUB GRAIN.
'ra.ia.l:a7 --
ill wooden mauflals. TUB POWalt LAhTn a LIFB-TIXB.
to
-ixaato.
send for circulars.
For farther particulars, address the officers named abore, or
daub, jnarcazs ty
RBTICK TO PKKS0N8 INTKNDING TO
EMIGRATE TO 0KKC0N.
Direct Passage froif New
York to Portland, Oregon.
Land Diimrtmsmt O. A O. It., I
PonTUtND, June S3, ISfT.
TUB ORBOON BTKAMfllll' COMPANY HAS
agreed to carry on Its Iron steamship, now being
built at Chester Pa , by John Roach A Hon, npon her
completion, on or abont the 15th day of January,
1878 steerace passengers from New York to Portland,
direct, via the Straits or Magellan, at the extremely
low rate of .75.60 currency, board Included.
TbUfteamerwIllbetbe best, strongest and most
comfortably arranged ship errr built In tbe United
PUtes. Npccd, 1SX knots. Dimensions: 200 feet la
length; :8 feet beam; 1K depth or hold; capacity,
10 tons; 200 cabin and COO steerage passengers.
The fitting up of the steerage will recelre special at
tention; It will benrovldeo with all modern lmproTe
menu and Its Tentlla tlon will be perfect. Every at
tentioo will be paid to Ua comfort of paasengera,
and tbe fare will be of the best qualltr. Part or tbe
deck room will be fitted up for refrigerating purpos
es, with a view to lurnfsh pas tenirere tenth meat du
rbar the whole voyage.
The to) age will be made in about alitydayr.
To asal.t persons who desire to emigrate to Oregon,
agricultural and other Implements will be taken at
very low ratea
For persona here who hare Mends In the Atlantic
States wlahlng to cemo to Oregon this offers a rare
opportunity, as the annoyance and fatigue of the
overland route by rail are avoided, and the passage Is
considerably less.
For particular Information address F. O. Schmidt,
1 Houtb WlUlaru street, New York, or
IJymt P. 8CHULZR,
Land Aieot O, A O. R. R. Co , Portltnd, Ogn.
Wool WantetU
PBJUirUM PAID FOR
l!
JOHN W. GILBERT.
June 8, ltmsa UALKaC.
BT
L. efcE. II IK 8C II,
TasBflUNsaarkatBrics said fScaayaa
ef Wsxaw Jm, x.
sat
auareHlkfiesafAf
s
PUEE WHITE, FOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WORK
Jet Blaok ; and ALL COLORS. '
1004. 1877.
The Oaly Strictly Wholesale Brag loue
in uregoR.
T. A, DAVIS & CO.,
71 I'rout Street,
PORTLAND, OREGON,
OFFBR TO TUB DUUO AND GENERAL MBR
chandlse trade a complete assortment of
Drugs.
Patent Medicines,
Fine Chemicals,
Glassware,
Shop Furniture, nd
Druggists' Sundries.
Ai.au, W
WINDOW GLASS. U
Of all sizes aud qualities.
WHITE. LEAD,
Of all the leading brands, in tins and kegs,
COLORS, IN CANS and DHY.
Putty, Lampblack,
Bed Lead, Glue.
VARNISHES,
Including the finest brands for Coach Painters' use.
Falat, M kite wash, aad Varabh. Irwhci.
lilNMKKB OIL, in barrels and cans.
TireeatlRe, Ceal 011a, Castor Oil, tori 911.
Neat Vfeet ell, rteh 011.
iloohol,
In barrels and cases.,
Vltrlel, SHipkar, CaatUe
JBceairated tye,
Blue
.
Fataah.
UttsBaraat aall lalyactaa.
Quiokiilver and Stryohnine.
la Quart, Half-Gallon, One-Gallon, and FtTS-Oallea
Cans aad Barrets, etc . etc
W. are Asenta .for Oregon and Waahlattoa Terrl-
vatj iwr
THE AVERILL PAINT,
TBI BMT BtlXXD PAQiT IN USB lor
nii&!2Wl!3t! Wa. Waialart h
aaaa aa4 aaaliral rlaa, aai aiafs eat
mmi rrvfewtorj
.tar We buy oar goods frosa first haaaa, taas sav.
shHsa as to compete with aay market sa las Oasab
wBEwnioa.oi tu pncee wiu prove. sart
B'SSSTi
avaa. at. y. OBtaas,
LLOoL, aaU
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