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PRETENDED ANTI-MONOPOLISM.
In the Summer of I860 the editor of the
FARM KB took tho itcamer North Star at New
York for Aspinw all, bound home, and on the
voyage became well acquainted with a fellow
-passenger named S. O. Elliott, who claimed
that he bad just succeeded in lobbjing
through Congress a land grant for a railroad
to connect Portland, Oregon, with the Central
Pacific, in the Sacramento valley. Certain
capitalists in California backed up tho scheme
t that time and furnished means, who after
wards told out their franchise to the Central
Pacific. In co-operation with them and with
8, O. Elliott, the writer came home to Oregon
And organized a company here to carry out
the programme and build the road through
Oregon. Elliott soon after came up to engi
neer it, and went East to raise means on bonds.
JJe was only partially successful, but whin
the scheme was about to fail, Ben Ilolladay
took hold of it, and Elliott was satisfied with
A minor interest. Soon after that Ilolladay
quarrelled with Elliott, and since then Elliott
(for a dozen years or more) has been engaged
jn law suits to recover of Holladay his just
dues, for Holladay evidently ill uicd him, as
Jie did the writer of this, who was defrauded
by him of dues for his services as Secretary of
the company for several ,-cais.
The writer anticipated employment in some
honorable position in connection with the road
when built, but Elliott claimed for himself at
jjrst the lion's share, and was confident ho saw
millions in it, though he had no capital to in
rest. Ho expected that the preferred and
common stocks of the company would be val
uable, and anticipated all the reward that fol
lows successful manipulation of such stock.
Xbe issue was unfortunate for him, for his air
castles all tumbled. If his scheme bad been
jgcccssful, Mr. Elliott would have been a
railroad magnate, and no particular sympathy
with anti-monopoly could have been expected;
but tho ichcmo failed, and now that Mr.
.Elliott his only a law suit or two or more of
them on band, that rival in procrastination
and in accumulated expense the immortal case
of Jarndyco ys. Jarndjce, that Dickcnx has so
.correctly reported, we find Mr. Elliott has
become an "anti-monopoly" lecturer, and be
trays, to a confiding public, the secrets of the
yollroad business that he learned from Holla
day, but which he was not known to opposo,
or to remonstrate against, or to refuse to
bare, when he belonged to tho construction
firm of .Den Holladay & Co., and with a fine
.salary, as Superintendent, lived in this city
jn bonanza style, and kept his carriage, horses
And retinue of servants. Then, monopoly was
hi dependence; noxr, ho is an anti monopolist.
Then, he was simply Mr. Elliott, the railroad
magnate; heir, ho borrows somewhere the
military title of "Colonel," to impress the
groundlings, and somo influence hostilo to the
success of Villard's combinations very likely
.supplies titles and the coin to support them,
AS it does means to run the disreputable little
jOTfan that sustains the' cause in this city.
Mr. Elliott's case illustrates the case with
which genius adapts itself to circumstances.
To be perfectly just, we will allow that in
MM of the success ot Elliott's great leheme,
Mie crumbs of the great bonanza wire to
Xll to' the sharoof the Oregon Company and
." was a time when wo had a certificate tor
a few paltry thousands of tho numerous mil
JiOM of the preferred stock but when lien
Holladay came to power and said "deliver,"
with the threat of a highwayman, we deliv
ered. To be just again, we have only good
will towards "Colonel" Elliott, though why
lie ahould set up a title we don't perceive.
Jf-jr he tho Governor has him sprouting
towards a Brigadier. If it is consistent for
!' to "monopolize" a military title, then
"anti-monopoly" is at fault, in some particu
lar, In that connection. Elliott has a railroad
jsuusia, and if he cannot ow u a road he means
to oppose one.
Great, reforms are often engineered to
detraction. Start a "Civil Service Reform"
Movement, and tho old-time politic-id hacks
that have beeu disappointed in satisfying am
bition for office, rush iu to possess the first
eats and be ready to divide the proceeds.
Urt on independent political movement, and
the incubuses that belong to other parties
tit-f on to it and sink it. Even the Orange,
which we believe to be the best uniuspired
movement on record, is damaged by the base
material that sometimes controls it, that joins
Mjrthiug for power aud notoriety, and cates
juithing for true principle. Religion would go
dewn if it were responsible for the acts of all
who profess it, and anti-monopoly will bo an
Abject failure If etery exi-resence is allowed
to be its barnacle.
The people, as a mass, believe in and will
keevrttly endorse the principles of anti-mo-Mpoly
whlehwepublieh to-day, Tevised lately
by tho great Natioual league; but if they
Uow themselves to be deceived by parasites,
a4 loaded down with mill stones, the seri-MO-thinkiui'
publio w ill show disgust at the
evident fraud and hypocrasy, and the great
cause, which we hrartily endorse, will fail of
ettocesa fur many years to come. A consistent
Jif mutt authorize an tfticieut example.
Teachers must be above suspicion. The nun
wbo adopts a grist public ucceuity as a
jucaus for self advancement, boa no claim to
respect or confidence, and will soon paralyze
ths cause he usurps, for his evident cupidity
will react upon it.
With all due respect we offer these facts
and this argument to the considi ration of
those honest-minded citizens who espouse
anti-monopoly as a great and consistent prin
ciple, but, evidently without their own know
ledge or consent, are only being used, in some
instances, by the tools of schemers, who pro
vido funds, as wo have satisfactory evidence,
from sources that are disreputable, and whoso
only object is to break down one interest that
they can build up their own monopoly on its
ruins. An anti-monopoly principle that is
engineered by Wall street speculators who
are in opposition to Villard, and call Oregon
instruments to aid them, deserves no respect,
and has no claim to confidence. We tho
roughly endorse the national principles which
we publish to-day, and we denounce as frauds
all anti-monopolists who go about with
boasts and show checks that come from the
Vull street enemies of Villard. We may as
well stay in the frying pan as fall into tiie
tire. The honest anti-monopolists of Oregon
nill be betrayed if they put confidence in
"cranks," or in the venal instruments of
Gould or Vanderbilt. What Villard does we
see, and have benefits from, and it will be our
fault if we permit corporations to impose un
due taxes upon us, or interfere with legisla
tion or politics.
NATIONAL HATTERS.
Congress has made little progress, but
lm-
portant matters aro pending, viz :
Different measures are proposed for the sup
pression of polygamy : One proposition is to
divide Utah up between Nevada, Idaho, Col
orado and New Mexico, so as to destroy Mor
mon influence in politics, but that scheme is
not popular.
It is sought to erect tho Southern portion
of Dakota into a State, and a bill has
been introduced to make Washington Terri
tory a State, with the addition of the three
northern counties of Idaho, which by natural
location belong to Eastern Washington, but
this is bitterly opposed by tho rest of Idaho,
though those counties pronounce in favor of
annexation. It is hardly probablo that Wash
ington, with less than 100,000 population, will
be admitted this session. Advices from Wash
ington say the admission of Dakota is doubt
ful.
Civil service reform has a stiong advocate
in Senator Pendleton, of ORio, and no doubt
has many earnest friends in Congress, but
progress towards legislation to effect the
needed reform is very slow.
Strong opposition is being made to the ex
tension of land grants especially to the land
grant of the N I. Railroad which opposi
tion is said to emanate from tho other Pacific
railroads, which do not wish to see more com
petition than is possible to prevent. It is
probablo the grant 'vill be extended, as that
road has strong friends, but extension should
name a limit iu price, such as the Farmer has
always favored, and piotect the iuterest of
actual settlers by limiting sales only to such.
Ex-Senator Sargent, of California, stands
prominently before the nation as tho probable
Secretary of the Interior in Arthur's Cabinet,
but bitter opposition is made to his appoint
ment on the ground of his past public record,
as the State of California has repudiated him
as a political jobber and being owned by the
Central Pacific. Others claim that he is a
puro man and a poor man, which he need not
be if he had been a corrupt politician.
Congressman George has introduced bills
for appropriations for Oregon, based, he says,
on the recommendation of government oi'ci-
neers. This includes an item of $00,000 for im
provement of Yaquina harbor, which may be
the recommcndaiion of U. S. Engineers, but
our last Legislature memorialized Congress in
favor of spending $200,000 for Yaquina im
provements and that sum, the friends of the
measure iosist, should have been asked for by
our member. The result is some sharp criti
cism of Mr. George.
TlIK revised assessment law attempted to
better enforce the provision of the old law,
that all property should be assessed at its full
value, but the way it works is manifested by
tho fact that tome counties show a handsome
iucreaso of taxable property, proving an lion
est effort on their part to comply with that
intention, while others show no increase. It
is said that Clackamas county was assessed
almost as much twenty and over ears ago as
iu 1881, and. if so, what a burlesque that fact
is ou tho w ay our taxes are levied. What w e
uecd, right here, is a Board if Equalization
that should add enough per cent, to tho State
tax of all delinqueut counties to get their just
revenue from them, whereas, owing to the
want of such equalization, Clackamas county
will do much less than her fair share towards
State government; that is, if the above re
port is correct.
Wk hear of aspirauta for the Governorship
from Portland, It is said that our wealthy
gentleman who claims the honor has his
aseuts already at work in a lively way to
make his game, and they say that if he gets
the nomination he will see that he carries the
election. The people of the State should see
that some plain, competent and honest nun, a
farmer if possible, gets the nomination in both
party conventions, and they (the people) can
carry the election without the aid of any
money to decide the issue. It is time the
country had a Governor, The present execu
tive is a plain nun who is economical and
honest, but he may not be a candidate again,
and it is safe to choose his successor from the
country. We have hah law j ers iu the Executive
Chair uow for tweuty years, aud there ought
to be some farmer capable of filling the posi
tion. We want ageuts in every section of Oregon
to cauvata for the Farmer. Cash premiums
paid for new subscribers. Send for terms,
None but those who mean I utiuei a need apply,
Wk call attention to the liberal terms of
fered in our clubbing rates with the Pruii
AVconfcr, published e'sewhere. i
WILLAMETTE PAltMER : POBTLAND, OKEGOK, JANUARY 27. 1882.
LYNCH LAW AT SEATTLE.
At Seattle, a few ev. nings ago, a young
man who was passing from his home to his
business was murdered by footpads, and with
iu a Ivn moments the happy wife who had bid
him affectionate adieu saw him brought home
to her in the agonies of death. Two men were
arrested for the murder, and, after a legal ex
amination, were sent to jail. Citizens had
banted them down and brought to light what
seemed positive evidence of their guilt, and
the popular sentiment, rising above the tardy
and uncertain movements of the law, de-
manded and executed justice by hanging these
base murderers, and also hung another man
who was in jail under positive evidence that
he had murdered a policeman.
There was a time in the early history of
San Francisco when lynch law and the rule of
vigilants were exercised by the very best ele
ment of citizenship, and finally cowed the
scoundrels who robbed and murdered. There
have been times, in the experience of new
mining localities, where the best men have
taken justice into their own hands, and have
served scoundrels according to their deserts,
to the best good of the community. In such
cases the peaceable rule of law and order has
followed such summary acts of justice, and
wo believ e the safety of citizens of Seattle
will be promoted by the late terrible episode.
Wo have been in a wild mining region where
outcasts were a terror, and have seen ruffian
ism owed, and slink away, after a popular
trial and the execution of a summary verdict,
and wc are not prepared to believe, with
many truly good men, that the people are not
right in insuring Beif-preservation by such
means.
It is not vengeance, or revenge, or any base
motive, that inspires men, whose home and
families tire in danger, to protect the commu
nity from such danger and death. It is a mis
take to suppose that good men are not anima
ted by noble intentions when they vindicate
themselves and the community they live in
from tho constant threat of such murderous
scoundrelism as evidently prevailed at Seattle,
and which the sluggish law was ineffectual to
prevent. Such life as is base and worthless
and worse still, is a constant threat against
tho peace and safety of all good citizens is a
curee to the woild. When ordinary means are
powerless, when law is ineffectual and justice
halts, emergences arise that can only be met
as the people of Seattlo met the murder of
Geo. Reynolds. A thunder storm clears a
sultry atmosphere. Peace and safety may be
anticipated at Seattle to a greater degree
than the slow efforts of the law could insure
for years to come. ,
KEEP OUT OKCHARD PESTS.
So far, wc have few noxious insects in Ore
gon orchards, and the apple louse, which has
been a pest for a few years past, is not a per
manent resident but is passing away, having
done enough harm in his prolonged stay. We
read with interest the proceedings of the Hor
ticultural Society of California, which was
lately in session at Sacramento, for they
showed to what dangerous degree noxious in
sects have invaded that State, and what gi eat
damage they have caused in many localities.
The codling moth causes great injury to the
apple and pear, and has established it-elf per-j
manently in California, but so far we know of
none in Oregon. In the early Summer, how
ever, early apples and pears are here for sale
from San Francisco, and wherever one of these
has a worm hole, it is caused by tho codling
moth, and will be very apt to introduce that
pest to our country. It is not easy to com
pute the damage it would cause the orchards
of the Pacific Northwest if their apples and
pears shall become worm eaten. W bat steps
to take, to prevent this importation, is a seri
ous question. We can well afford to do with
out imported fiuit, if the fruit is so infested
(and no doubt it will be so infested), but the
question as to Low to exclude it the present
season is the thing we wish to arrive at. We
write this at the suggestion of Mr. P. F.
Bradford, a well known orchardist, but we
leave it for the orchardists of Oregon,' and tho
members of the Slate Horticultural Society,
if they can be called together, to 'present
properly for action. Mr. Bradford thinks the
City Council ot Portland can be induced to
exclude infested fruit. If so let us take steps
in time to insure some action.
fJOOD FABMINO PATS.
Too much land and poor cultivation is the
fault of mauy, and want of success is the con
sequence. Coming down the rol the other
day, in company with Mr. N. W. Randall, of
Oregon Cf ty, when conversing on the impor
tant topic of farming, he spoke of two farmeri
in Clackamas county who had great success
on small farms. Mr. Latourette, with 100
acres, I ad $2,400 worth of products, and Mr.
Graham, with about the same, made a hand
some income, and both were independently
well off, w hile many who had more land to
cultivate, under equally favorable circum
stances, were worth much leu. The secret
lies in tho fact of thorough cultivation of soil
and judicious assortment of products. A col
umn of comment could say no more.
Mr. C P. Ciicrcu, who is well informed
on commercial matters, as well as deeply in
terested as a large exporter in matters relat
ing to Columbia river navigation, moke a
plain showing that charges are not exorbitant
for shipping coming here, except as relates to
pilotage ai'd tow age, and that with efficient
tug boats and reasonable charges for pilotage
and towage there can be no serious charges
brought against our commercial regulations
and taxes levied on shipping. Let us, then,
remember that next Fall about the most im
portant matter that can be legislated upon re
lates to towage and pilotage, and don't let
another legislature adjourn without such
legislationas will reform all existing faults.
c have all the extra numbers of the Far-
MKK for which xwe advertise I the put few
weeks. We with to thank our friends for so
promptly sending them to us.
The Gnitcau trial is long winded. Scov i le
occupied several days arguing his caie to the
jury, and Guitcait was allowed one day to
sneak in his own defense. Judge Porter,
having been ill, was detained from thn case for
several days, but commenced the closing ap
peal for the prosecution on Monday. The end
is not far off, and it will be a relief to the
American people when the scurrilous inter
ruptions aud blasphemies of the assassin no
longer pollute the public prints.
Latest. On Wednesday Judge Porter
finished his closing argument to tho jury, and
iu all the course of the trial the assassin nejer
was so abusive and continuous in his interrup
tions as then. After Porter was through, and
tha charge of Judge Cox wasylelivered, it
took the jury but six minutes to decide on
and prepare a verdict, and the world will feel
easier that this verdict was : " Guilty of mur
der in the first degree." So the long farce is
over, and justice is vindicated. The rendering
of the verdict this week will enable the Judge
to pronounce judgment, and wind up the
scoundrel much sooner, on account of legal
provisions, than if delayed until next week.
We hear now of a great many more"ahips
coming here than was kuown of three or
even one month ago. Those who intended to
send ships kept the fact to themselves. Also,
shipments of grain from the Atlantic ports to
Europe fel) off so that all sailing vessels had
to make long voyages to get business, so we
are to have abundant tonnage after a while.
Still another important fact : instead ot hav
ing 330,000 tons of wheat to export, we have
probably not more than 255,000, and when
these facts are all put together it will bo read
ily that no human mind could foresee the sit
uation and wc don't pretend to be more than
human. The English grain merchants who
are losing so many millions on early purchases,
had every inducenunt to understand the mar
ket, and yet they did not.
We have reliable assurance that there was
some truth in tho report that the Central Pa
cific people w ere about to get control of the
Oregon and California railroad, by undermin
ing Mr. Villard's connection with the German
owners, but it seems that gentleman managed
to hold his own and the great Oicgon combi
nation remains intact, so the hoj c of active
railroad competition grows fainter. But Vil
lard has issued orders for work to be pushed
on the extension south from Roseburg as rap
idly as possible, and soon Southern Oregon
will have the much-longed-for railroad, and
through connection with California may be
expected within two years. When completed
it may prove beneficial to Oregon consumers
and producers by making competition betwee
Portland and San Francisco possible and prof
i table to the public.
Those who condemn us becauso we were
unable to foretell the tonnage supply, predict
the wheatmarket and (thefoolsarenotalldead)
keep the price of wheat at a dollar a bushel,
ought to feel some pity for the English specu
lators who are now receiving their cargoes of
wheat that were shipped earl in the season
and losing on it at the rate of about ten cents
a bushel. There is not a cargo of v heat that
was thipped from here before December 1 that
can sell to-day for within $5,000 of what it
cost them.
It is not a safe thing for a r ew spaper to
steal items, as is proved by an item we pub
lished concerning a "traveling barrel of pork,"
which the Spokan Timet stole and published
as original, making bosh of it because the way
the item read showed it was written in Port
land, which fact the Seattle Pot-Inte!liijencer
failed to notice when it published the same
with credit to the Spokan Timet, The Wil
lamette Farmer never intentionally appro
priates items without credit.
Ir tho Anti-Monopoly League of Linn coun
ty w ished to reach the ears of the public out
side of the circulation of Linn county papers,
why did it not use the columns of the Wil
lamette Farmer that can always be relied
on, instead of adopting as its organ a newspa
per that has no reliability, pretended to be
owned by a man who doesn't own even a
pound of type nor a character a decent news
paper can recognize :
A reader wishes to know if we have any
of our extra edition of last April left. We
would say that we have none left as the sup
ply (13,000 copies) was exhausted within
three months alter it was issued.
Wild Geese.
It is easily demonstrated that this country
is undergoing great climatic changes. In the
early days of the newspaper business in Lew-
iston, it was necessary to heat the bed of the
press with hot bricks in the Winter time, in
order to render the type warm enough to re
tain the iuk; in those days the Snake river was
frozen over, so that it could be crossed on
skates lor at least six weeks every Winter.
The musical uncle of sleigh bells was fre.
qucntly heard in the snow covered streets of
the city, but all this is changed now for the
better. The river at this point has not been
crossed on ice for the last three or four years,
and with the exception ot last Winter, sleigh
riding has become so unfrequent that no pre
parations are now made for it. The present
Winter is the mildest ever experienced; at no
time the thermometer has been lower than 1.1
degrees above zero; the customary snows of
vvinier nave ueen repiacea ny sott, warm
rains, which have produced quite a growth of
new crass on the but torn lands. The wild
geese, instead of giing soath, have camped on
the Snake river all the Winter, and on Mon
day last, January 2d, a general stampede of
these birds to the northward began, a nm.
eeeding never known to have occurred, before
at this early season of the year. The north
ward flight of wild geese is usually looked up
on as the breaking up of Winter, but a look at
the almanac will convince the over-sanguine
that Winter has scarcely commenced, and the
chances ore that we will experience lots of
cold weather before Easter. Meanwhile the
weather for the past two weeks has been sim
ply delightful. We have just such a climate
as they enjoy in Florida. There is no sickness
irt town, and mechanics are at work on vari
ous improv ementa alt the time. What cm be
more encouraging than this! The Winter
thus far teen all that could be desired. It
only remains for the rather clerk to behave
himself aud give us all that we deserve iu this'
vale of te irs. .Vr Pent Stvt.
NEWS ITEM8.
The Dalles Timet says: We understand
that our butchers have no difficulty in finding
cattle fit for the market on any of the hills.
Th crass has continued so green that stock
have not only managed to live without extra
feed, but have really fattened; and we are
creditably informed that cattle are gaining in
flesh every day.
A reporter of tho Dalles Timet learns that
there is a disease which is becoming alarming
to seme of onr farmers, that attacks thei"
horses in a most singular way, the first symp
toms being the legs of the animals commenc
ing to swell, then breaking out, resembling, to
some extent, boils, which covers the entire
limb, causing the luif to fall off and leaving
the diseased portion in a very sore condition.
What this disease i-, we are not prepared to
say, but we invite those who are acquainted
u.th it. iml run euro tho same, to give the
public the benefit, that th ae who may need
such can rid their stock of this pestilence be
fore it spieads over the country generally.
Mr. .1. S. Rislev. who lives on the river op.
nosite Oswego, has eighty head of young ewes
of nearly pure merino, which ho wishes to
dispose of, because of the number of coyotes
in his neighborhood ; $1.50 per head will pur
chase tli'in.
Baker City Democrat: During tho year
just passed about forty thousand acres of
State land havo been sold in Baker county.
There ate now in the hand of tho State Land
Register about ninety thousand dollars in
notes given in payment of State lards, which
bear interest at ten per cent, per annum.
About one-half of the 600,000 acres gained by
Congress to the State has been sold. Most of
the State land in Union county has been sold,
but large quantities are still held for sale in
that and Umatilla counties.
Walla Walla Statetman: An immigrant
just from the States, stopping at the Colum
bia House, has been sensible enough to bring
with him something that will benefit the
country. He has half a dozen Eastern quails,
which he proposes to turn loose wherever he
may settle. If all immigrants would be so
thoughtful in starting from their Eastern
homes this country would prosper more.
Every immigrant should know our wants as
well as our blessings before starting from
home, and try in all cases to do his or her part
m supplying them. This immigrant we slap
on the back.
Eastern Oregon and Washington have had
this year a pleasant, open Winter, and stock
-has done well. The following from the Union
County Record is given as proof: We have
thus far been specially favored with a mild
Winter. Horses and cattle all over the coun
ty were never in a better condition at this
time of the year, and have sufficient flesh and
strength to withstand any kind of rough
weather which may come between now and
Spring. And this, too, in a great majority of
cases, without having been fed apy hay. No
one, who is fortunate enough to be a resident
of Eastern Oregon, has any right to complain
under such circumstances as these.
The Roseburg Plaindealer says: On Satur
day of last week, while D. S. K. Buick was
returning from Roseburg and just entering the
barn yard at home by a mishap of his horse,
his right knee was brought in violent contact
with a half-closed gate, and he was thrown to
the ground with such torce as to-renaer mm
insensible for foar or,five hours. But we are
6lad to report that at this writing, with the
exception of a very sore leg, he is as good as
new. A very lucky escape.
Jacksonville Sentinel: The question of the
practicability of making sugar from cane
raised in Jackson county seems to have solved
itself. We were shown this week a sample of
exceedingly rich and handsomely crystallized
sugar, taken from the bottom of a syrup can
by C. C. McClendon, of Sam's valley, and
superior in sweetness to the best Island, unre
fined. The cane from w hich the syrup was
manufactured was the "Mississippi Amber,"
growu on Mr. McUlendon's farm, the stalks
growing to the height of from seven to eight
feet If syrup will thus, spontaneously, crys
tallize into sugar, the fact indicates that eur
suil and climate are very favorable to sugar
production when the cane is treated intelli
gently and w itb proper appliances.
The Lewiston Teller remarks that visitors
are greatly surprised when visiting Moscow.
Instead of seeing what one would suppose, a
little inland hamlet, with one store, house and
blacksmith shop he bursts the illusion by
beholding a bustling city of about 25 business
houses hotels, livery stables, stores and the
streets crowded with teams. All the paraph
ernalia of a basiling town is observed, andas
lively and progressive a class or citizens as is
ever seen.
The weather in Lake county this Winter
has been quite severe but pleasant. The fol
lowing from the Lakeview Examiner of Jan.
14, 1882, will serve to give our readers on ac
curate idea: The past week has been one of
decidedly cold weather, the thermometer
standing on Sunday morning lost at 5 degrees
above zero. On Tuesday, though not bo cold,
a north wind blew strongly all day, making
its icy presence very manifest. Wednesday
the thermometer stood at 6 degrees above
zero in the morning with the sky clouded
over, and it is more than likely that during
the night the temperature was several degrees
lower. '
Prof. Charles E. Limhert, of Salem, has ac
cepted the chair of Eng'ish Literature or
Belles Letters in the State University, in this
city, whic'i was endowed by Henry Villard.
rroiessorl mbert lias the reputation of being
a learned anu ante instructor, and will no
doubt fill the place in a creditable and satis
factory manner.
Union County Record' The contract for
grading over the Blue mountiins has been
awarded to Hon. D. P. Thompson, of Port
land. The extent of this work is hardiy con
ceivable, .though it is much less than that re
quired to make the roadway along the Col
umbia. A tunnel, fifteen hundred feet long,
is to be bored through solid hostile rock.
Owing to the fact that the engineers have not
yet completed final surveys through the entire
line over the mountains, we are unable to give
a correct profile of the work required.
Correspondence of Goldendale Oaulie: Our
Winter thus far has been the mildest for eight
years. If there is any feeling of discontent it
seems to be chiefly in having too much work
to do, as" formerly at this aeason settlers have
had a good time sitting around the fire and
growing lazy. Nearly all the fanner have
their plowing done and are looking forward to
a prosperous season and good cropa in Klick
itat county.
Walla Walla Statetman: Philip Yenney is
sewing a lot of Russian wheat, which he
received before last owing in a letter from
Baden. It yielded well and is similar to club
w heat; only it has a larger grain.
A gentleman, just from the John Day's, re
ports fine prospects in that section for an im
mense crop of wheat. Considerable more
wheat has been jown there this year than
last.
A wagon load of fodder passed throngh the
streets to-day. Eastern papers may think
this a poor news item, but when we remark
that It is the first load we ever observed on
the streets of this city they may see it in the
right light. In coming j ears, how e er, corn
will be grown to a greiter extent than here
tofore. It is not because corn does not do
well in this valley, but because other crops
pay better that it has never been cutting
more.
Pntrpl Sound Mail i Referring to c
gross exaggerations as to our population,
sources and prociucnons, oi late going
round! of the Territorial press, our solid a
reliable contempory ot Seattle, the pj
Intellineneer. very properly remarks, anl
setting forth facts in the case : "We havel
fine country, anu ono oi rapiu aevelopmej
It will compare iavomuiy viui any other i
Ar.r hn nn. If we tell the exact truth .k,
it we will tell pretty good stories, and mj
than will be Deneveu auruau. inere is if
neccessity ot exaggerating a jjnraue to indfc
strangers to como iiivug u, u u mey (
come under sucn tutuuniuceu it whi ot
riilt in disappointment to them, follo
usually by endless disparagement from thetjj
Jarlrunn County Democratic Timet :
;il Iia & crrrat demand for the fruit of J4(,i
son county when the railroad is compleUjB
and those who are wise will commence settbS
out fruit trees at once. Our fruit is second (
none grown anywhere.
An excellent quauiy ui crysiauizea sug
was recently iouuu m m uubbuui ui a can i
anrohnm molasses manufactured from caJ
raised by C. C. McClendon, of Sam's vallefl
This U evidence that sugar can be produc
here.
Some Significant Facts.
There are now invested in railroad properfaH
in this country upwards of four and a htl
billions of dollars. Their net earnings for ISTl
were upwards of $200,000,000.
This immense property is concentrated i
the hands of a few men. The presidents i
four roads the Baltimore and Ohio, Ufl
Pennsylvania, tho Central and the Erie tj
dav control the price of breadstuff's on fl
Atlantic coast.
It is rapidly increasing. The funded dell
land stock interest have increased in thrtl
years over $700,000,000; the mileage nearll
20 per cent.
It is exercising political control. The Ceil
tral exercises an almost irresistible inflneng
in the New York Legislature; theTennsjfj
vania a controlling influence in the Pennsri
vania Legislature: the Central Pacific a iai
DOtic control over most of the Pacific couH
It has a powerful if not a dominant represnl
tation in the United States Senate. Nearll
every Senator added during the past thnj
years is interested in railroad enterprises; a
the railroad interest is straining every nerrl
to increase this railroad representation.
The telegraphs of the country aro cnnceM
trated in a single hand, and that the hand i
a railroad president.
Many of the leading newspapers of
country are controlled by and advocate I
railroad interest. These are all facts thil
cannot be contradicted. Monopolies are grg
ually getting control of the government, nA
this increasing political control is alarming! j
all lovers of liberty. Corporate monopolies
are perpetual, and let these same monopolism
once get the government entirely into then
hands, and the people of these United Stattfl
will be as much the suDJects of an hereditarS
power as though they had never thrown wH
the yoKe ot tno nouse oi nanover.
Orecnn wants railroads, we want all i
them that are now being built, and all thrj
are talked of being built; so does the rests
the country; and it is a mean, narrow BpittM
that opens na viais oi viiiuuauon upon, bh
tries to arouse public sentiment against uorl
est, legitimate railroad enterprise. Yej
whenever powerful corporations attempt t
encroach upon the rights of the people, thei
should aneo and assert tnemseives, ana inns
too, before it is too late. Statetman,
k Hew Town,
The Oregon Improvement Company trfl
sending to their new town of ' EndicoM
250,000 feet of lumber from their yard
Dayton. Six four-horse teams are constant!;
employed in hauling this lumber from thn
railroad terminus at Texas Ferry. EndicotS
is situated on Rebel Flat in section 31, towil
ships 17 and 41, at a point where all rcH
from the upper country cross Rebel. Flat Till
Mullock's bridge on the Puloaso. H. ThielM
Chief Engineer of the O. R. - N. Co., hdM
offered the material for a substantial briduH
across Union Flat creek on thi route. Ttfl
offer was gladly accepted by the commissi jj
ers, and the bridge will be at once cotjH
structed. The cuts in the railroad gro9
from Texas Ferry will be bridged, and a &
class road will thus be opened from Sns-H
river to Endicott. A road from Penewan
Ferry, ordered by the county commissioner!
will be opened via Endicott. Carpenters
now erecting a blacksmith shop, store buiUS
ing, dwelling lor employes, etc. nciicon
eighteen miles from Colfax, in the center t
the Palouse country. Water is abundant, tbH
section containing the town site naving
constant snrinca nnon'it. in addition to Reh
Flat creek, which at this point is now withoeS
water. H alia alia Statetman,
Warehouse Burned.
Wednesday night Lnper's warehouse sittl
ated about nine miles northwest of Eugene M
the railroad, was destroyed by fire.
building contained about 3000 bushels i
whet. The wheat was owned by S. B-1
Friendly, of this city, and Samuel Meek.
wheat belonging to Mr. Meek was not it-
sured, but that belonging to Mr. Friendly t
insured. It is quite certain that the buUchofJ
was fired by incendiaries. If this kind ;
business is repeated, it would be a good idol
to adopt the method resorted to by the peofki
of Seattle, W. T., this week, in the punisM
ment of criminals. A little hanging of awl
peradoes, who do not respect life or propertTiH
would do them good and be of some service tejH
the State. It is reported that there was so
insurance on the building, but we did
learn how mnch. State Journal,
Blackleg la Chew -
From Mr. S. P. Moss, who came down lp
Chewaucan the other day, we learn that 8
considerable number of cattle are dyinf
that valley, the cans of death being attt ;
uted to the disease known as the blacks .
This plague seems to have again gained a f:y
hold. It appears to be a disease distinct g
itself and not to be governed by the same !
that control other contagious diseases amosf C
cattle, for it shows itself almost withoctl
warning in localities where it U not expected, J
and, running its course in a short time, disss
pears altogether, and again turning np in scat I
place remote from the scene of its ravages. Si J
far as we can learn no means of preventing if j
fatality has been discovered, and it comes as4;
goes at its own sweet will.
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