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iMiicd every Week by tho
W THUMB 01' HUI1HUKI1TI0N
On ycr, (Pontage paid). In advanco t J.)
U monthi, (l'cataae paid), In advanco. l.$
tee than llx month! will to, per month 25
ADVKUSlStNO 11ATE3 !
Adrerttnomenta will bo Inrertfti, H0Tldlng tn ro
eroectablo, at tbo following Ublo ol ratte : .. ,
ttreo Inchee of ipacepcr montii.... '. pitilltCll (ill JOrta of Color. TIlOJ dlinccd.
'.'.'. so'oo Itcnt Indian (lnim mid HniiLMunmonrthly
cold. A famous inodicino man offered
lo work tho caso up for ton pairs of
blanket?, for ponies were not legal tender
in such it winter, if tlicy woro to bo de
livered alive. They raised tho blankets
nntl piled tlicm up in sight, and th old
cojuror went at hi gymnnfltics. JIo
worked night and dny for weeks and
bad n certain number of nvietnnts who
at mo out tlresjcd in fantastic garb and
medicine to cure tbo weather of being varying effects j tbo river was n broad so that very liberal legislation is ox-
I ne-half column per month
On column per monin
9.8ampIo cople cnt Ireo on application.
lion unico; nu. u i.iiiiJKtui. w.v.
Publication
tiln. rooms No. f and f
I'p ; chant. Ono Mitiny day tho weather
moderated, the wind changed to a mild
, Chinook and tho nrofe.vor of nicdiciiio
WANYONK IIKCKIVINO A COPY OF , demanded l.U blr.nkot-. His contract
glaro of ico and our footing was as solid
as tbo Appian way. Most wonderful
and boautiful of all wero tin- frozen
waterfall that overywhero met tbo oyo.
Tho warm breath of a Chinook had Fct
tbo veins in tho earth in motion, only n
littlo while, porhap?, but enough to pro-
duco remarkable effects. Many springs
bad trickled over the frosty rocks and
had turned to ico at winter's touch. Kak-
ing continually now outlets as their tiny
currents frozo, littlo rills bad becomo
inaeocsof ico worn into fantastic shapes,
piled and heaped in chrystal shapes that
cannot bu described.
Tlio most beautiful eilects wero pro-
KBW THIS WEEK.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Wo ttlll 'tnl Ibo WII.I.AMKTTI: I'AKMKIl to nnj 10 8ni(( w, t10 nmlcr, Homcbod v bad
now tulncrlUra from dato tinill Janu iry 1, isvj lor ez.
IN CMJDS OK TKN
TI10 I'AIUIER col on'y CIS or $1.60 each an I an
extra topy lo tlio itclttr tip ol tho chili. Try It
done Komuthiugt lint offi'iitlcd tho Spirits
, that ruled the weather. Sure enough,
a Hub-chief's wifo bad committed the
1 inilherotion to have twin
IK RMIIIH OP KIVK
Wo will acndllier'AHSIKll (onecir) for JS.7.1, or j VCIV lltlV, Ml 111! thofat WHS
SI.7S cirli.aml nn extra ctry '" Kl"cr "P ' d"1'-
a win: coi'V.
Pour New Fill icrlbtmM Miach entitle tlio cltili
rarr tonror) ono j car frco and will alio cntlUo cnrli
new snbvrlbcr to Ibo 1 np ' ''11' foomry 1, ttVl
Hrndcrdcri In Immediately Mid t llionilvinURo
of our itrtit oUcr.
I nro. iney iium a contorotieo niu"i)j,'
different blind?, for it was on tbo Warm
.Spring loser vii tion, and nuido tho old
conjurer premi-o enough to Imukriipt
an Indian nation. Hut ho was not that
norl of a medicine man. Hi ides ho was
rlrml .llnnry li.v Money onlir or ItinlMrml ( full of expedients ; bo wild the spirits
lllcl 'liih .liir miial nil lc "il'l m il,.,! ,,,. ,,,,... ,,.,. im, ni.i
weather wouldn't pay any attention to
"jaw-bone." Thoy were a cash up sot of
iinr lime.
Aihlrcw:
wim,amkttk r.iuiKii,r..iicin, or.
A MEtKItAL OFFER.
HARD TIMES" OFrER KEEP
YOUR MONEY AT HOME.
fellows and it was usuhw to try to fool
them with promiKo.'. Ho had bad a
-pi riled tcuiico and bud it direct from
huiulipinrtuiKtbatif that would givo him
; a w)liiL-r's overcoat, hoveiul bull'iilo robes
Anjor.c, wiiotbor boor iier ro now n iiiiniiber or j ami a sick of flour, thoy could depend
nvMotliU piper, can !" aniillns ' r mure I n ,K),vorfl Chinook light S(M)I1. Tlio
M:v-iilirrllirri Kutibobiiifflt cf otircliibr'lir, , "
which ui.co.ivi:ut. ihath 10 ) Wo iu j nuly old iloiuagoguo just foizcd tho pile
cnd two copio, or moroM tho willamettr fAHima . of all tho credulous sort. I lo knew what
tbey had and could possibly xji.ire, and
a .nv ... mi. miAn p. n r 81.1.11 rirn. i or tj
-'-'" ."'- r. ..... 1 iney nan ami eoiiiu po-wui y np.tre
I'utorn wccl.llM.ro SI a year and till li on!) an "Hkoil for it all. 'J'llU OUlCOIIIO WHS that
advancnof OcrnU a joiroicr llmlr rat r, arcl If u
hid n.OOD mliKtllicn wo could alToril (0 publlih tlih
papu for that luin,
Let thcrobo linmcillatoMorhdono and thorouiihat
that. The FAliurn l and nn ba mado inoro imcftil
to )ou, ono and nil. f.tt no one aiy t'ailfto Cotit
paper aro too hUli mlion wo offer tho WiLLAMirnn
lUnwra at audi a low rate.
Don't lrlny, lint art at mice, na tlili cITcrulll
only alanj pxl 'or a abort tlmr and llab'o to rrotl
at any time,
("Itilit ol TK.V coiiiioo. of old and now nibacribera
and aoiitntono time, KlrTKC.V IIOI.I.AIIS.
IlK.SKWALHihuull bo lent by Monty Older, Keg.
Iitcrod Utter or I'oalal Note.
Oin:nu.( M oHpecially interested in two
treaties that are before Uonine. That
lo extend the present treaty with tho
Sandwich Jiliinds and tho one for it ship
canal at Nicaragua. Wo do not want
any more reciprocity with tbo 8am!
wich Islands for it has merely created n
monopoly that makes us victims of a
treachorous monopoly in sugar, m that
wo pay iv o or three cents it pound
more for tho same artiolo than they do
in the I.ast. This same monopoly carries
sugar to Helena, or Omaha and sells it
for two cents a pound less than they
uhargebeiv, that too afier paying freight
on it to tlm-o places. Wo do most
certainly and distinctly need tho Nic
aragua canal, as it', will be t immense
advantage lo our l'aeitlo eiust coinmeivo.
If wo hail that humus of shipping our
prodiieU abroad wo could alVWrd to raise
whe.it, even at present low priciM, and
pry u heavy toll through tbo canal. Wo
have dlscus-ed this in the past fully,
and hhown that it will bring us nearer
to Kuropo t-o that wo can ship grain in
May instead of March and the lessoning
of expanse- of transportation will make
our prosperity a certainty. Lot us then
have the treaty with Nicaragua con
firmed and that vith Hawaii indilinitly
postponed.
THE WINTER OF 1861-2.
be mado medicine for two months,
always when ho had "a good scald" on,
and thoChinook was coming, something
would be done by come incautious
Siwasli to affront the great spirit, and
tlio job would fall through. Tho ponies
died, thoy actually frozo in their tracks,
for, they got ho thin the wind would
whistle through them.
Tho Indians themselves wero reduced
to groat distress for food; government
could do nothing for them because trans
portion wiiu not possiblo and tho supplies
at tho agency wero limited. Tho
Indians were forced to hunt for their
meat and even jack rabbits wero in de
mand. One old fellow went over tho
hills after this game and was returning,
when ho stopped to light his pipe. He
stood his gun by a fallen log, sat down on
it, and was in tho act of lighting bis ir.o
when his hand stillened. Ho wa. found
with pipe and match in either baud and
a smile on his face showed that death was
easy. His friends found him there and
carried him homo. They warmed
blankets to wrap hint in and heated
rocks to place round him. They tried to
thaw him out, but had to givo it up.
Their greatest medicine- man couldn't
bring him tuck to lifo again.
Finally, along after the middleof Feb
ruiuy, tbo weather moderated, and the
thermometer ioki above zero. So, our
r.elf, in company with II. W. Shipley
and C. W. Hryaut, (of Oswego now),
manufactured snow-shoes, and taking
what bedding we needed, Mruck out for
The Dalles. That was a terriblo jour
ney, for we had some mountainous
heights to climb in deep snow. We found
open places under pine trees at times,
or hpread our blankets on tho snow. Tho
fifth day wo reached Tho Dalles, having
traveled eighty-live miles on snow shoes.
Straining over the snow bail tired and
wrenched our limbs so that they were
sore and swollen and we wero almoft
snow-blind. Wo certainly had sore and
half blinded eyes. At Tlio Dalles a party
was to start the next morning for Port
land, by the river on tho ice. Messrs.
Hryant and Shipley wanted to rest a few
days, but wo felt that a brenk-up was im
minent, ho we got n bottleof pain-killer
for the swollen and strained limbs, and
n pair of blue goggles for the eyes, and
Mnrted down tiv.uu with Isaac Kaufman
THIS PAPER WILL CONSIDKK IT AN wng ,() bri Chinook, "unlimited." ' duceil whero wator had tricklod over the
""""""" , 'I hey gave him tho blankets and he went'mco of some granil clill. Wherever sucli
to bed on them. When be waked up old i stood its bald front would be dressed with
inter was "Imss" airain. Somcthinir, such art worlc as Irost can achieve, anil
baud of man never has or can.
That winter joumoy was anepisodo well
worth enduring, but it had its dangers.
A llcice storm was on tbo ilvor ono day
babies that and blinding snow blew bitterly against
in the our faces, but that did not last, and the
changing and increasing beauty of tho
river (scenery was full compensation. o
staid all night with people who lived
along the river. The third night wo
struck Mshoro at the mouth of Sandy
for Harlow's ferry and staid with him,
making about seventy miles in tlnco
days. Tho thlcl'iicsn of the ico wo had
a clmnco to test at Capo Horn, where
there was a crack through which wo
reached a fir limb that had a knob at the
end. Reaching down until this knob
caught tho under edge wo measured
eight feet of ice. That would pas for
winter oven in Nova Zeinbla.
A little below whore tho Into railway
blockade has been, Whito river conies in
from the north side, and Shell Hock
I'oiut projected into tho stream from the
south. Tlio current of Whito river kept
tho whnlo width of the Columbia opon.
It wiisimporativo that wo leave the Co
lumbia and climb tho sharp spur. Its
sides woro a glare of ico and very pre
cipitous. Tbo summit was a sharp edge,
as sharp as could be, not a foot across
down tho other Bidoitwas as steep. Ono
of us fortunatoiy had a hatchet, mid went
ahead, cutting notchos for our feet. De
scending was oven more perilous; it sin
gle misstep on either side meant death.
One who hat experienced many dangers,
looking back over a half century of in
cidents, remembers no single act as fear
ful as that of crossing Shell Hock 1'olnt
when it wore its glare of winter ice. Tho
iiamo comes from tho fact that tho whole
ledge or spur is a mass of limcstonorock,
lifted from its primeval ocean bed and
full of ocean shells, so that it is aptly
named. On tho wcit, as we reached tho
bao of the spur, on the shore close to
tho river, lay tbo carcass of a fat deer.
It bore no mark or wound, and must
have mhcd its footing on the moun
tain above and been killed by the fall.
On the J2dday of V'cbruaiy wo drove
in a sleigh from Sandy to Rutland, and
it ruined. The rain broko up tho ico
Middculy and thoroughly, and my friends
who remained at The Dalles t j get rested,
bad, perforce, threo weeks to do it in.
It can le raid th.it tho winter of '(11-2
lasted threo mouths, for snow lay on all
through February, and no work was done
until March. The Chinook that came in
December Hooded Salem, took away the
bridge on upper Commercial sttvet and
did immeie damago here and all along
tho river.
From then until now there has been
no such fall of snow as wo huvo lately
witnessed. In lSllS (if wo are correct)
theio was prolonged cold weather and
until February the Columbia was frozen
over. Theu, for six weeks, there was no
communication with the great world,
but tbo ice, and not the snow, made that
winter. In January 1S81 there was a
blockade of the Columbia river and
considerable snow fell, but this promises
to lo the mostextrenio winter that West
ern Oregon has realized sineo ISGl-'J.
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TOYS!
TOYS!
TOYS!
Those who remember hick to the
forties can give experience of several
winters that have been arctic enough to
satisfy tho most exacting taste. We wero
living in Salem when the snow covered
all the world at great depth Christinas
morning ISO'.', thirty-two years ago
Thero never was a stiller night, nor one
when the "beautiful snow" came down
fasler, stoadieraud more of It. "All night
long till break of day" it fell, without it
breath of wind to scatter or drift it, and
Christmas morning found the world in and two others wboo names wo cannot
order for capital sleighing. There was j recall. That was a very romantio jour
nol much of Salem then, but tho Legis- j ney.oveu with the great pain and weari
lature was in session and so was the ness wo underwent. It has always been
Supreme Court. 'Tho snow staid on for "ft thing of beauty" audit will bo l,a joy
a month or so, but the weather was not forever," to recall to mind that wondrous
extremely cold. Tbo next great storm, panorma. Tho Columbia's glitteriug
and the most severe winter of all, camo Kuiks were more gorgeous than ever
in December, 18tU, and lasted through tourist saw them by the light of suiumor
until March. That was the most wintery skies. Tho myriad forms on shore wero
time we have any record of. Snow came jeweled with such splendid frostwork
in December and went away, and came s no artist ever drew, but would givo
again. Tho writer was in Kttsturn Orgeon much even to see. Tho tall, dark firs
all that winter and rcmemliers that the woro loaded with frozen snow that glint
mercury was. below ero 33 degrees, etl from every leaf point mnl cono and
Much stock died and tho Indians work- bud. Kvery bush and blade of grass was
ed hard all winter to make sonio sort of a fantasy tho rocka were all frosted with
cusablo but dishonosty is not excusable,
Tlio price of silver fluctuates continu
ally and our government purchases it at
as good bargains as it can get Tho
dishonesty we complain of lies hero:
that wo buy bullion and coin it at. a very
tremendous profit. The actual valuo of
sil?cr in n dollar in botween 83 and 80
cents, according to fluctuation of values.
Tho half dollar is oven less. Wo do not
pretend to bo exact but approximato
to values and assert as a fact beyond
doubt that government coins 85 cents
worth of silver and passes it for a dollar.
Thou on a million dollars it make? a
great profit, and tho profit on two
millions a month provided for, to bo
coined, by law, is !?3,G00,000 a year.
This prevents our coin being current in
other countries and is certainly a de
moralizing practice
The contest in Congress is now between
tho friends of frco coinogoof silver and
tho opponent. It is very forcibly
claimed thatn v ikotoo frco coinage,
debased at thut, o.r i !lvor, wo shall soon
have no other currciu nd what we have ,
will not pass abroad, tloi .'ill bo apt togo
out of ciiculation and silver will bo our!
only medium of exchange. Tho value of
silver has depreciated very much in
half a century. It was once, long ago,
worth ono eighth as much as gold but
now is hardly one sixteenth. In our
own time it lias become cheaper but our
coins remain the s-uno as tbev wero
half a century ago. Sound economists
ontertain fears that other Nations will
refiiue to sustnin tho double standard of
values, and retain only gold as tho real
standard and as silver pioductiou is in-'
creasing cnormomly we may bo left1
with our stores of Bilver bullion com-1
paratively valueless.
j. THE SKOW BLOCKADE -f
The train that was stalled on tho track
of tho 0. It. it N. Co., just a week before
Christmas Day, was there on Tuesday
tho 30th and several days work remained
then Ix'fore the track could bo opotiod
to Portland. Tlio malo passengers had
gradually found their way on foot to
Portland and those remaining wero well
cared for. Tho labor of carrying foe d lit corutcil flips tV SuttCCr.S.
u) iiicm was vol y great ami tho wiiolo raimviii .Tilths,
affair has been an immense
the railroad cempany. Tho
AlnClt i l- llajt UM lAH aklnkakB ..?!...
through the Cascades, from Dallo.s Citv S1. i" ""eSS Vlirlotj',
to Iloostcr Itock, and tho mountains
come to the true;, so a great snow fall
fills everything and makes a smooth hill
from tho rivor upwards, covoring tho
track many fathoms deep. It has beon
so that tho wind blowing would fill up
the cuts as fast as they wero dug out.
Mornings would find yesterday's work
undone. It is jwssiblo that Now Yoar's
may find tho road yet blockaded.
VG CHRISTMAS magL
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P.OWEER STORE
Itai Juit rccelioJa comp'ito aiiorltnent of
Holiday Goods Such as:
iiiu uiiuiu ijiiiihiih .la ii.i,
oxponso to I Iet!oratctl M ,'
0 track is lilliIrciiH Ten Sets,
imiv miles fc',0Sn !.. ..
Moiistticlio Cups t Sauccra,
If you not wisely you will call at
Port t Son's drug storo when you como
to town. Tbey luivo tho largest stock
of toilet articles in tho city.
Support your homo agricultural paper.
WANTED.
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TUE SILVER QUESTION.
I II IV -WK WANT A LIVK, KNUUlhTIC
famur In lailit .iiuli on Ihot'Ou.t toliamllo
tim.tmrrlrnit Inrmrr i'omhiliijci" H'lltlon.
Tin li at ork of i ho imi e er u iMi.hol. Demanded
tiv cur firmer. IUU wi 1 do Uunenio.
AiUre.- A U llANCHOtT,
7!l llarket Sircvt, tan IrancUco, I'ul.
W HEAT?
F
U o lo thnt
d Mcdowell
II determine I to toll cur; tliloi; In till lino at
Greatly Reduced Prices !
(In txel al Portland prlcea alnco tlio comple
tion of the Northern PaciSc II. 11.
IoIl Carriages.
Hoys Wagons,
Itinl Cages,
Fancy .Hatch Safes,
Pocket Knives,
Harmonious,
Dominoes,
1IIIS STOCK CONSISTS
lootl In the line of
OP FIltST . CLASS
Our Nation has seta promium on dis
honesty by its course on silver coinage.
In tho lii-ft plaeo wo coin silver in excess
of all tho demands of tho Nation for
currency and tho commerce of America
is in great part transacted by Using
"silver certificates," so called, nothing
more or less than treasury notes payablo
in silvor, which pass current and are ofT
sot by siver bullion stored away by
hundreds of tons in government vaults.
Thero is no harm in thnt if practiced
within bounds of reason, but as no other
great Nation uses silver to thooxtent wo
do our silver coin is not current abroad
and is only safe to uso within our own
territorial limits. Tho immense- silver
product of our country makes it advis-
ablo and proper to uso silver to tho full
extent possible as currency and to tako
pains to put it in circulation elsewhere,
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER-WARE!
PLATED WARE,
OPTICAL GOODS,
SPECTACLES, Etc.
urrrjiuine is n.mu.v.Tt:ii to lie hi c-
rrfntnl.
c!ehcrr.
China Dolls,
Muslin Dolls,
Patent Dolls,
French Kid Dolls,
Wax Dolls,
Negro Dolls,
Dressed Dolls,
Doll Dodies.
Kiihlier Dolls,
Itiiliher Toys,
Dolls Shoes,
Marbles.
Crandall's Toys,
A. D. C. filocks,
Boy's Tool Chest,
Toy Irons,
Saving Hunks,
Toy Pistols.
Toy 4,'uii,
Drums, Trumpets,
Toy Watches,
E.iiliher Stalls,
Xonh's Ark.
Dell Chimes.
Tin Toys of all Kinds I
And hundreds of other Holiday
Goods 'too numerous to
mention 1
t3 Call auj examine Ufore purchulng
f. d. Mcdowell,
Commerchl Street, Salem, Oregon
CHEAP POWER
ron faku woni;
$100 Will Buy what Cost
Over $4001
k V I'I'IIICIIT Iinil.Klt AMI K:ll' .
V coodu new: three ao4 one-half horae power
an J ery compact; a frame, mandrel and 21 loch ui,
and wheel, for a truck. Set thli up In jour barn and
ret the other future, and you ran threth cnln, aaw
wood. nlndchoD and meal, ihurn batter far a farm
dairy or do ap work the farm or ocbjhborhcod re-
aim re. i
qulrr.
declJti
TIIK WlIXAUCTrK FARMER,
ciiera, urrgon.
Alio hate oa llauil ono or I lie Larftat
nml Slo.t I'umtilrlo Mock of
Fancy & Staple Groceries,
PLATED WARE,
VORY,
CHINA LAMPS,
SEMI PORCELAIN,
NOTIONS, ETC.
In the city. . '
fU:h and etery one If cordlUly lafltej to call and
examine my ttock before buylny elaewheie.
JOHN G, WRIGHT,
Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon.
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