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VOL. XII.
WHAT THE WHEAT BUYERS SAT.
Kdltor Willamette Farmer I
We annum' at tlio licginning of tlio buai
lies, season, for tbe movement of our wheat
crop for th year 1880 and 1881. Our ta
ticlan inako out with considerable detail, that,
including Kaat of the Mountalns,twe liava a
surplus of 200,000 torn io market, besides
enough for liouia coniumptiou) up to till, time
it would bo a great itretch of the'imagination
to iwy that 1,000 tons hare changod hand of
tlio above excess, an amount io iuiiguiflcant
as to excite surpriso unless all the facta and
nil the boariugs on tlio aituatlon aro fully un
derstood, and which I would, therefore,
briefly educe.
Wo catered tho present crop year with low.
er offer from tho Kngllsh sldo than we liavo
had before for yean, and (hip owners obscrv
ing tho vast crop this coast has to niovo, were
not slow to advanco their pretensions daily,
after such discovery. From the conscrvatlvo
inclination of tho Portland operators but fow
alu'ps liavo been chartered at cheap rates, but
quits a number wcro taken by tho more reck
lesi speculators of San Francisco, at about
C7 Od, from that port to thu United Kingdom,
taken in advance of any knowledgcd of what
the California crop tor foreign prices would bo,
taken in tlio hit or miss style, which is ono
sdement of tho tan Francisco nature. It Is to
the credit of his lucky star that ho hit it this
season, and ho is to bo congratulated) but tho
mora cautious tendency of shippers here pre
vailed to a great extent, and no relatively
.cheap charters wcro madu. In tho meantime,
and up to tho present, freights have steadily
advanced, until wo find them to-day Ann in
San Francisco f6r average wooden at 70s per
ton U. K., and not leu than 07s 0d as a fair
averago of asking rates in this port. You
complain that while charter rates liavo been
cheaper from hero than from Sao Francisco,
that the Portland operators seem to offer less
. t for wlicat than the average 8au Francisco
"SjfciinoUUon.. -Conceding this, does uothe situ-
- -'', a5f1( M wo ,avo detailed itf explain why!
Cannot a San Francisco operator with o6"s
0d ship in hand easily offer $1 37) percental
for wheat where a l'orUamli-r with no ship
and a prospect to pay 00 falters to oiler
, SI M? Tho bulk of tho San Francisco char
tcrs now on thu berth are 00s ships, and they
are able to pay higher than tho operator heru
,. dares to with no ship char tt led. You may
say why not then have chartered tho ships
when they wore cheap, and beforo tho present
high rates ; but your disposition to bull thu
price of wheat with a weakening tendency in
Kuropo frcm July (o tho middle of September
is n sullicleut answer to that. We never had
tho opportunity of chartering In low 00j,
which seemed high, and insured such low
offerings to the farmer as to raise a reasonable
doubt whether ho would soon sell.
Again, thousands of tons of graiu are being
turned over in Sau Francisco every day. Can
not an operator pay higher relatively for
wlicat where ho buj s and sells a cargo in one
layf or two orthrco das, than the operator
hcrv, who from tho present tendency is not
likely to load a ship in three mouths? These
things all have- etlect on valutas, and enter
largely into an flxportcr' calculations. You
state that freights cannot hold up in Sail
, Francisco nliovo U3. In tho faco of this ad
vice of yours, wo have notice of tho following
I wooden vessels chartered theie and prices an
nexed t Frank I'endlcton, 74 (Id, U. K.j
Ellipse, 70s, Liverpool j Thorpe, iron, OS U.
K.) but for tho last few days all thu arrivals
hare been of ships chartered prior to arrival
ot an average of .'i"s Od. Does not this li.t
striutisly compromise yours, standiug as asm'
revtlator and prophet ! The few arrivals due
at San Francisco in tho next CO days makes it
a matter ot almost absolute certainty that
there can bo no serious shading off in freight
rates during that period, and cover a time
over which nearly half of California's total
shipments were made lost year.
The w iiole tendency of statements contained
n your various market reviews up to this time
has been to disparage the offer of the Port
land buyers, and it has had the eflect to re
tard business. Has it ever occurred to you
tint in the face of the bull movement to ad
vanco freights and your efforts to advance
wheat, that between the two there was no
comfort for the exporters t Who want to
charter a high priced ship w hen you encoursge
the farmers to believe that rate must soon re
cede ! and on the other hand, w ho u auts to
pay the highest price for wheat liefore he has
aveuel at command at a fixed price, when
the whole tendency is to higher freight rate ?
To sum the situation np briefly, the opera
tors in San Francisco having ships chartered at
from A7s CI to 75s, are enabled to pay a wide
range for wheat, varying four dollar per ton,
and you invariably cite the highest quotation.
'I"li.1).-4f?ini1 nn.r.lft. fWm liai!nv nnilitni
to do a yet, ha seen the era of loir priced
sMp pais by, and is now confronted with very
high values thereon, and must bid for wheat
accordingly J bui so long a you encourage no
selling, thoy aro a good deal liko wrecks blown
about Upon tho sea of trade, moved by the
caprice of the winds and affected by tho vsri
ous currents of public opinion which you1 help
to formulate.
It is childish to aver with the competition
rife in Portland among a horde of hungry
operators that all that can possibly be paid for
wheat will not bo offered tho tendency Is too
much tho other way, a several crippled firms
from last season will testify
No ono can readily estimate, tho damage
to the farming community suffered by the do
nsrturo ol shins from this nort to San Fran
ctsco loading there. It will bo reckoned be-
fote long when tho tables aro turned upon us,
and we shall liavo to pay eight shillings per
ton higher than tho San Francisco quotation
to got ships hero. Tho oxtrcmediUtorincss of
tho farmers in meeting tho market is answer
ablo for it, and thoso who liavo encouraged
them to it must in part bear tho blame,
KxruiiTKlt.
Xotk. Our answer must bo brief, as this
article camo in very late. Wo havu not inva
riably given tlio highest ipiotatious, as assert
ed. Tho statement tiiat holder ot low char
ter can pay high for wheat fall to tho ground
with tho statement that they cautechartcrfor
".". Tho man who pays thu "" is tho man
wo talk about and not tho speculator. Thcro
still remains tho fact that Oregon freights are
lower and Oregon wheat of mora value and
tliat we only have one grade of shipping
wlicat, which is all A No. 1, while California
has several grades, and only the best cipial to
ours. Our friend tries to provo too much
Freights liavo ceme tip' blither than wo pre
dicted, but wo predicted from tho statements
of California authorities. He has not shown
how tho man who charters at 75s in San
Francisco can pay more for California wheat
than buyers hero can pay for Oregon wheat 041
70s charter.
Kallrosxl .News.
From Col. John Dement, who has just re
timed to this city from an extended trip
through Kastcrn Oregon uud Washington Terri
tory, wo learn that the work on tlio Xortli
1'acilioaml the U. It. it .N. L. line aru
progressing rapidly. The Northern l'acillu
loll. liavo aliout completed their grade to
npoKnii rails, aomotcry nesvy trestiinglii
tii cauvnu along the diffricut creeks this
side of 'thu falls, however, is delaying them
veiy noticeably, but thu prospucU i.te that
thry will KCt tluoimh thiiVear as contem
plated. This company now lu thirty iiiIIih
of iron at D.iytiiii and thoy aro doing good
wotk in tlio traeklaying line. It is nu the O
It. & N. line, however, that tho most activity
is notifiable, Thousands of men aro em
ployed and siirvcyiin: corns aro out in every
nirccti in, Thogrado of this road has been
completed 30 miles beyond Walla Walla mid
is beiini pushed forward rapidly. At Colfax
inciu win no a divergence lu mo iinn, one
rojil L'oiiii; on to Moscow, in Idaho, ami thu
other striking off in another direction. 'Iho
engineers luvo surveyed the lins to Moscuw,
a place on thu vciy top of the mountains, ami
mev ri'imri mo line, as actually surveyed,
practicable in tho extreme, and have sent
their rtnort for it adoption t hrailmiarfrni
in thi city, The talk along tho lino of thu
road i that (iould has ordcicxl that a couiue
tiou bo made in Idaho Territory with the
Utah X rtiitrn, and that next year will prob
ably see thu co'ismnmstioii of this project if
(Iould to give us an independent line to thu
ICa.t.
i
Tin: Swauk Mi.nm. Itejiorts from the
Swank minus, in Washington Territory, are
very encouraging. Some Isrgo miygcta have
been taken out on that creek this reason.
Tlw Chinamen have got thu largest, it going
$700. A SH-IS ono liy thu French boya, and
ono weighing 11--by llowman, have been
taken out, llcsides these a number weighing
In Ilio nelL'liljorliooil ol S.UX3 Jiavu been Inuml.
There aro about forty-five white men and fifty
Chinamen workiiiK in tho mines. The mines
are being mostly worked by what is known as
"drifting." Tlicy average about lour dollar
a nay to tne nun,
Skvchk Au'Iuknt. Last night at 4:30 p.m.
a young lwy named Victor Mayo waa the vic
tim of an accident which endangered Ida life.
While playing w ith a number of other boys on
Seventh and Alder streets, he was run o er by
a buggy and hail a severe gash cut in Ins
head. At first it was though l that his skull
was broken and tliat he would be surely lost.
He was carried, however, into su adjoining
house and a doctor summoned who dressed his
wound, and at last accounts he was still
alive.
A Mammoth Mawai'o.v, Some men while
digging on the farm of Mr. Lindsay near
Lewi. km the other day, came upon the re
mains of a niastadou twenty-two feet below
the surface. The ivory tusks are six feet
eight inches long by nine inches through the
thickest part. Largest tooth found, lOiO
inches. Judging by the bones found, the an
imal mutt have been twenty. four feet long and
aixteeu (eet high.
Cn Unvk in l,i lttr nn Knntloim
claims- says lie will veto any bill to pay taeru.
PORTLAND, OREGON,
,A LETTER FROM .wTLLiMtNA- ,
WiiXAMtNa, Ore. Skit, 20, 1SS0.
Kditor Willamette Farmers
Perhaps a few lines regarding our thriving
little village, and its surroundings may bo
interesting to some of your many readers.
Two years ago a school house, blacksmith
shop, and three dwelling houses comprised all
thcro was, of Willainliio. Tho villago rm it
now lies, nestling among the trees upon tho
banks of tho beautiful stream from which it
takes its name, contains largo and well con
structed saw and planing mill, ono of tho
host grist mills in tho State, a ttoro and post
office, shoemakers shop, blacksmith shop,
livery stablo, hotel, meat market, school
house, new bridge saloon, ami about SO resi
dences. It is situated in tho heart of a largo
farming country) yield of wheat tho present
season has been from C.I to -10 bushels, to tho
aire. Our farmers aru all of thu right kind,
who seem to understand how to raiso good
crops, tho location, four mile almvo Sheridan
at the conlluciico of tho amhill and II
lamina I very healthy, notwithstanding which
fact two doctors liavo lately settled here. Wo
have also a justice of tho peace, constable,
school teacher and an attorney. Tho Wit-
lamina comes down from the mountains
through a largo track of timber laud and a
few weeks of high water brings to Mr. lUlly
log enough foV his year run in his saw mill.
Aliout in miles above has lately been discover
ed an immenao ledge,- beliovcd to bo rich in
cinnabar and other prccuut metals. Prospec
tors bavo liccn out for months, and deposit
wcro finally discovered and permanent work
already commenced.
tm tlio farm at .Mr. Mlllsaps, ami only a
half a milo from tlio village, is an excclcut
mineral spring, tho water of which I believe,
identical with the celebrated medical spring
at Sheldon. Two and one-half miles above In
thu bod of thu Yamhill river is another similar
spring. Tho country around is most romatio
fill p'turcijuo and alxiuuds in Urgo gamf ,
and our mountain streams aro prolific of speck
led trout. Last but by no means lcait, in Polk
county, three and ono half miles from here,
is developed uu enterprise that is bound to
bciomo of immense importance I havu re-
ffeiencu to the .Mammoth rock quarry, owned
by Mr. New bell, who by tho way takes the
Iaumeiu Thoiiuairy is very extensive and
tho rock is easily saw oil into slabs 30 by 3 feet
and any ropiiiod thickness. Thu lock Is a
beautiful gray color without seam or blemish,
is capable of rtieiviug a high i-olish and is
absolutely fire and w.athcr proof, Mr.
N'ewbell has now on hand, and is still making,
the most beautiful fire places, hearths, ovens
furnaces, sinks, monuments, window sills etc.,
I liavo over seen. 1'iom thu large quantity of
seashclli petrified and forming a portion of
thu lower ed.'u of thu ipiarry, it I evident
that it was, when Mathtisalr.li was a boy, u
huge sand bank waihu.l by thu mighty Pacific
which is now over 'JO miles away.
Kesptctfully, Mabt Taylok.
To the Farmers, Grata til Cced Buyers; and
Agricultural Uealetu of Orccnn and
Washington ivrrltory.
Tho 111 ike &. Heche Co., liavo bco.cstabliih.
cd thirty-four yean iu the manufacture oi
fanning mills in the city of Kacine, Their
clTort to supply tire licst giaiu cleaning im
plement, havu been so far su acssful; ami the
position of this establishment is now that of
tke oldest, foicmost Wl largest fanning mill
inaiuifajiy in tho northwest. During their
long experience they have secured evin
tldug found upon piaitiuil t'st to be an
improvement for the champion. It is now
uueijuakd. They have this scaton adopted i
nevswereeu lor our (arm mill, w liicii has a w fro
sstnuraceof 'Jtx'.'S inches. It la coiilI.Iiii.
tiosTorlhe bid cockle scrim (sijuaro mesh),
and our California screen (long misli). It com
bines the merits of both; the long mosh licing
at thu upper uud, and the nearest the gang of
sieves, separates tho troublesome small
oats and chess from wheat, that may have pass,
wl through the gang. For cleaning oaty
wheat it nearly doubles thu caracity of a mill
with the ordinary screen) and for cleaning
winter w heat does aw ay with chessboard, scp.ir
ating chess and grading wheat at one operation,
lly the use of the side spout the cockle is re
moved from the No. 1 w heat. It is univer
sally known throughout the Northwest as the
Chicago Hoard of Trade Mill, from the fact that
it received the $.10.00 premium awarded by
thai organization for the best mill, in competi
tion with thirteen other leading mills, from
several State.
WorthUM Stuff.
l'MUdclj.lil I'rus.
Not so fast my friend) if you could e the
strong, healthy, blooming men. .women ami
children that have bceu raised from bed of
sickness, sulferinir and almost death, bv the
USC of Hoi) i!ittrS. VOU WOuld SSV "filorioui
d invaluable remedy." See another column.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER
WHICH IS
THE MOST
WHEAT.
MERCHANTABLE
Maiiiox County, Sept. 27jl8S0.
Kditor Willamette Farmeri
Dc&rfiin At tho prctcnt tlmo.I believe
wheat culture to bo tho most important Indus
try of our State. It should certainly bo
watched with jealous' care, and our farmers
should bo very careful not to allow themselves
to bo decoyed from tho production of an arti
clo not only always 'acccptablo to bur foreign
customers, but also that stands A No. 1 at
homo. Tlio White varieties of wheat pro
duced in Oregon command the very highest
prico paid, cither In tho Liverpool or our own
markets. Tho ' 'Old White Wheat" of Oregon
has mcro points in Its favor than any variety
yet tried as a Winter wheat) no man ever
know It to fall when properly put In, cither iu
September or October, on reasonably dry
ground. e liavo tho "Foisy," or "Golden
Crest, ".liiaddltioii to tho several varieties of
club, whUh Is n beautiful w hito and vigorous
grower, djlhcr as ft Spring or Fall wheat, and
fills on wS ground uuual to any variety yet
kliitroducod. I writo at this tlnn to place
farmers on their guard, knowing that In this
(Marion) county many farmers are bcintr
allured with what Is known as tlio "French,"
or1 "Kinney" wheat, on account of its vigorous
growth on some soils. This or nuy other red
variety is only acceptable to our local millers,
and no .uoro no to them than any of tho white
varieties above mentioned. What I deslro to
want farmers against Is that if tuoicrcd wheat
ii produced heiu than our 'millers want, thoy
will bo forced to sell it at a loss, as wheat
merchants will nut, cannot, pay full price for
it, and wo will hu luft to thu mercy of our
local millers. As I do not wish to extend this
article, I will closn by rupiutiiig you to call
on parties for Information that can lie relied
on alwut the valiiu of "French," or "Kinney"
wheat in the Liverpool market, and givo tho
farmers of this mast the benefit of thu infor-
luatlau tlrjs obtained tWitgli your valuablo
lapcr. WiiiTK Wheat.
IX IIKl'LV.
Iu answer to tho above wo say that wu
liavo asked wheat buyers and millers heie, iu
times pint, what thoy thought of thu Kinney
wheat, referred to) su called liecauio Mr.
Kinney, of Salmi Mills Introduced it into the
country ami so far a wu know has always
bought it and piid full pi fee for it, and at
first Salem Mills Co. paid !i cents a bushel
premium for it. t Is represented as a good
lo.irer and very much liked by Mime who
grow it, and so long as Salem .Mills will buy
It at full price for choice wheat it will Imi per
fectly safe for farmers to grow it who sell to
them. Mr. Duruside, of Imperial Mills, in
forms us that hu is willing to uso ouu-lliird
such wheat iu his mill and pay full prico for
it, as it is stronger, ami mixed with white
wheat makes good bakers flour. Ami Mr,
Hcnfy Hewitt said to us somu time siupu that
whatever its milling inialities might bo it
would only sell as rid wheat In thu I.ivvrKol
market. Under tle.se ciicuuistauccs wu con
sider it unsafu for farmer to grow it exta-ct-
ing to receive first lias privu for it, unless
thoy know beforo hand that local millers wiil
buy it without discount, o have no per
soual know Iidge to eie, but what wo state
aWo is no doubt reliable.
North American Ktvlew,
Mr. Thomas A. I'MUon contributes nn article
to the Octolier nuiiiUx of tlio North American
Kevij w, in which he stite that hu ha sue
ciedid in liyiking tho electric light entiiel.v
pncticibio for nil illuminating purposes. Ho
show's the ndmutaue of electricity our gas,
auJ explains how bis system U to be introdu
ced. Hu comments njKm thouufaoiableopin
ions that have been passed upon his woiU,
and says that similar Judgments were pro
i.titncul upon ttleginph, steam navigation,
aad other great disuivtric. Other article iu
tile Octolxr nuinlierofthoKevicwaroi "The
Democratic part judged by its history," by
Fjnery A. Storrs; "the ruins of Central Anier.
lea", by Desire Cliarnayi "The Observance of
the Sabbath", by Itcv. Dr. Leonard llacoii)
"The Campaign of Ibfl'J", by Judge I), Tlnw
Wright) "The Taxation of Church Ploperty",
by llev. Dr. A. W. Pitr)nud "Heccut Pio.
gitss is Astronomy", by Prof. K. S. iloldcn,
Address, The North American Itetlew, New
York. The Edison Electric Light
Ha thus far proved a failure as a practical
light for family use, and the owners of gas
stocks breathe more freely and see renewed
dividends near at haiul, but the Oregon Kid
ney Tea has been a success from the first, pay
ing largu dividends of restored health to all
those alllicteel with backache or any disease of
the Kidneys or uriuary organs, ami carrying
consternation to the pocket of rival concerns
with warthless nostrums to sell. Ask for the
Oregon Kiduey Tea rud take nothing else.
1, 1880.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
, Salem, Sept. 23d.
In tho Scuato a number of bilh weio intro
duced, a number read second time and refer
red and then passed iu routino work without
much ilcfiato or especial interest. Petitions
wcro presented from various counties and
notice given of bills to lie introduced.
Iu the House,rcports of committees were in
milcr and gamo law mado subject of discus
sion. Opposition was made to a stringent
game law, and tlio bill was referred to a spe
cial committee.
Much of tho afternoon was occupied in dia
cusaing tho bill to rcgulato practice of inedi
ciuo and surgery, and absurd amendments
wcro introduced) finally the favorabla report
of tlio committco was adopted.
Tho Senato refined to concur In the House
resolution to limit salary of clerks to $.1 per
day) discussion followed on both sides.
Hill fixing rate of interest at 3 percent, was
reported back to tho House.
Tho House resumed consideration of If. II.
0, relating to interest on money, Discussion
resulted on motion that agreed terms can bo
madu on contracts, which Minto opposed, as
also llluvans and Zumwnlt. lord opposed
any usury law ami opposed thu amendment.
Chamberlain said tho people of I.I mi unani
mously demanded reduced rates of interest,
cited thu prosperity of tlio luisteru States that
enforced strict usury laws) said overy poor
man wanted it passed, llarpolowas in favor
of a usury law, and Iiughliu favored thu
amendment. Yates said money, like, bacon;
was worth what it would bring. Pipe up.
posed tho amendment and Wilson said he
believed the usury law raised tho rate of In
terest and thu operation of the amendment
would bo to reduce the rato. Minto answered
Ford and gave tho history of the Salem
Woolen Factory, where tho Interest ate up
tho principal and the stock was worthless.
Ho spoke of California as mora prosperous
under t, usury law. The vote on thu .amend
ment to pcrtliit Interest contracts to be made
at nuy agreed rate stood t
Ayes-Heelio, lilies, HIrd, Foul, Kelly
(Umatilla), Laughliu, Lawrence, Pnttuisou
(Polk), Pliimmcr, Prosser, Klueliait, Savage,
Scott, Smith (Jackson), Stanley, Stearns, Tay
lor, Wilson, Worcester, Yates, Mr. Speaker.
Noes 1 laniard, Harrctt, llluvans, Caldwell,
Cliambeilaiii, Collaid, Cisig, Dawson, Dur
ham, Calloway, (leer, llarpole, Hodgktiis,
Kelly (Mult.), Meyer, Minto, Montgomery,
Morroa, Nuwinau, Parker, Patterson (Wash,),
Paul, Payne, Pipes, Schwili'g, Slurp, Shcl
ton. Smith (Marion), Smith (W.-.jli.), Spence
Thompson, Tuttle, Wmlswnrtli, Waggoner,
Wallace, Wilbur, Will, Xumwalt.
Almeiit Hrockwoy.
Thu amendment was defeated. Thu bill
will be euguuuieil for third reading,
Yate moved to appoint committee to ex
amine ami adjust actions pending against the
lato Secietary of State. It was opposed and
defeated, as members regard these matters
now In the courts uud should not be interfered
with.
Hills on first ami second reading occupied
the rest of thu day,
FlilHAV, Sept. Stli,
In tho .Senate dates, of Wasco, Oflmd a
memorial to Congress asking that tho laud on
lino of i allroud now building by thu O. It. k
.N. Co., from Wallula down the Columbia, in
cluded in thu grunt tu the N. P. It. 1!, Co.,
be lestortd to tho public domain and disposed
of as though said act had not passed, That
luliia lido settlers on such laud l.ave tne same
rights lis if they had settled on other (lov
uruiiiciit lauds, whloli was lefcrud to Coin
niittuu on Hailroads.
Petitions iccciveil in favor of local option
law weiu referred to a spcci.il commltUe com
posed of thu 'ueinliers from Linn county.
Thu Senate was occupied witii rejiort of
committees and reading of bills, and adjourned
to meet Monday at - P. M.
Moxiuv, Sept. 27th.
dates, iu Senate, introduced memorial to
Congress asking pay for expedition under
Mathuw Olney that went out iu 1 Wl and pro
tected thu emigration of that year.
Fulton introduced resolution providing for
suffrage wit.iout restriction of sex, which was
madu special order for next week Tuesday,
MD P. M.
Homo Interest was created In relation to a
bill introduced to change time of holding
courts. It was claimed that tho fanners
should tiot lie discommoded by having courts
held in their busiest seasons, and the farmer
got rather the best of tho delate,
Iu tho House the constitutional amend
ment proposed at last session for increasing
pay of legislators and lengthening sessions to
00 days, were reported from Secretary of
State and referred to appropriate committees.
The Insane As) lum bill was taken up by
NO. 33.
tho home and discussed in Committee of ilivn
whole.
Mr. Minto showed tho small cost of keeping
Stato.convlcts and orphans) patient ,lu the
charity hospital woro kept at $2 II3J a week,
and ho thought, from these figures, that Dr.
Hiiwthonio would cleat1 $110,480 on his six
year contract. '
Dr. Plummer thought tho Insane Asylum
needed more ground than the State now
owned, at least 200 acre for each 100 patients,
whereas, tho State had only 30 acres) opposed
building the asylum now and buying all tho
land necessary when the Stato was so much in
debt. One hundred thousand dollar i not
enough for tho purpose.
Thompson said this was tho reform era and
now a good time for bulling an asylum )
thought insane could lio kept for $2 a week.
Amendment proposed to build on ground
now owned by the Stato was lost.
Committee arose at this point.
In tho evening tho Houso considered the
bill to change times of meeting of Legisla
ture to January. Tho committoo adopted an
amendment to liavo the session commence tWr
first Monday In Octobor,
Laughliu offered, resolution that no rcstrie
tipn of sex should limit thu oxercisa of the
ril'ht of voting, which was referred to select,
committee.
ToEsii.tr, Sept. 2Sth.
In tho Senate a great deal of routine busi
ness was transacted and no matters of especial
importance required discussion, and tho saint'
can lie said of the House. Work seems to be
progi casing favorably and our reports will W
confined to representing discussions on impor
tant measures ami to show what hu bveu
actually accomplished when the session is
over.
Wkiinkkuay, Sept. SUtli.
Tlio Scuatn was chiefly occupied with sec
ond readintr of bills.
,y bill relating to lartltion fences was
paused, also a billets amend Jaw in r.UUun
to common school. . ' --.,
In the House a sharp debate was had 'on the
usury law, which oooupkil mu'chV tho day,
Tho law places legal rato at 8 por cent., and
tho bill finally liaised by n voto of Ki to SI,
Orejonlan Railway Company,
When this copy of tho Paumku got out nil
tlio grading on the narrow gaugu road from
Hay's Idiiilfm; to Hrowusvillu will lie coin
pitted and all tho graders discharged. All
the veMiis loaded with iron hare made very
shot t iosa.'es and aro now in the Columbia
river. The construction of bridges has been
delayed because timber ami lumber could not
bo had, but i pushed with nil possible eneigy.
Thu contractor expects to lay tluee miles of
iron a day so long as the weather U (,ood, and
if iiothiu; untoward occurs tho track will Ih
laid to Hrowusvillu by NovcmUr ."III. This
shows great tliergy ai.d rapid rromcutlou of
woik, nud Nove.ulwr will hoor, bo licit'. Tim
contractor Is using the load so constantly for
transporting in iterial that regular trulho tui
far iu Silverton cannot bu commenced just yit.
Obituary,
Mrs. V.. J. Price writes us of the death of
Mr. James Aiken, of Unt Portland, long
engaged as gardeu-r nt tho Insane Asylum,
who ym much bttovu.l by all who knew lum
Ho lingered with finer, and hopes of his u
covery were disappointed by his death Sept,
Hth, which occurred suddenly when it camu.
Mr. Aikvu wai brother to Mrs. Ii. Hanson,
r.ud will advanced in yearn, Hu was aeon
liitent member of thu Methodist church uud
of thu oilier of Odd Fellows, Ho leaves a sou
and daughter t) rejoice our his puiu example
and blameless life.
Siv y.Ulinsry Ooodt.
Mr. Mdlivan, of Salem, has returned from
Sail Fraud jo with a splendid new stock of
goods. They ate doing a leading business lu
this line. They have all sorts of ladies' wiur,
,'tovcs and fancy goods, Wu can say for our
selves that having work done in Portland wus
not satisfactory, and wo found MIssHeiislcy'it
work more stylish and very much theapu
than tould be found in tho metropolis. 'e
can recommend our lily Haulers to them for
fashionable work and leliable goods.
1 have suffered from a kidney difficulty fur
tho nast ten var. accompanied with nervous
spasms, PtiysMvis gave mo but temponiry
unci, inn iiticr using i.iree ami one-nail noi
tits of Warner's !afj Kidney and Liver emu,
uiy nervous pa.im were unthely relieved.
My agu is 77 years. I i ocomuieiid this gie.it
remedy to '4't''.tru from lien oils tioutdes.
Huston, l'. Mm. M.utY Kluk.
Killku, Watwr it scsm is chiming its
victims m v..'l a rum, as witness thu f dlow.
ingi AiImivs-i, tiOO Orveou cattle whilH I e
ing driven from lUno for Oakland wire list
wick, allowed tt dm k slkuli water, uud over
100 head pt.-uhod. I
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