POLK COUNTY SIGNAL.
DALLAS, OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1869.
VOL. I.
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M’e will also sell our Improvements,
Storehouse, M’art-hou-e, Harn, Stable,
tiranerv ami some other Outbuildings,
together with Five Acres of Good
hand, set in Timothy. There is on
the premises a Splendid Well of Water.
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A liberal dedui't'on will be made with yearly
adve rtise rs, or persons a d v e rtisin g largely.
L egal tenders ta k e n at their e u ric u t value.
Com munications of a personal c h a rac te r " ill
lie charged h a lf ad v ertising rates.
B lanks ot every diw rip tio n turnished at low
ra te s on short notice.
L eg a l and transient advertisement» must bt
p aid for in ad va nce to insure their publication
Advertisement* not m arked the Icogt’i ot
tim e for which they are to be published, will be
insertedtill forbidden and «barged accordingly.
All adve rtisin g bills must Lc paid quarterly
T.
All tbioe indebted to us. eith er by note
r b-,<.k aeci'Uiit, are expected to call a n d settle
immediately.
W IN G A A P P E L .
Louisville, Polk county, Oregon, Sept. 28, ’68.
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Main Si.. Corvallis, Oregon.
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I n d e p e n d e lic e , O r eg o n
pposite Salem, on the S prin g Valley road,
i of a mile trom the F errv, the under-
-igued have opened a
Blacksmith and Wagon Shop
J O A E » T H E J SAVI J . i : K .
• here all kin d s of work in their line will he
S ta te S tre e t. S alem . O re g o n ,
s the place to go an d gm y< u r watches. , X e c u t e d p r o m p t l y a n d w i t h d i s p a t c h .
TTV** liE P A 111 ING done to order.
clocks and jew elry repaired in good style J
MANN A P IE R C E .
1 w arrant all my work for one y ea r ; it it is | " 3 tf
n o t right, I m ake it right.
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R E M K M B E R T 11 F. S H O P
IN T H E POST O F F IC E B U IL D IN G .
N. B. Fine watches rej ained with the great
« s t care,
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HO ATI A I t
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L A W S O \,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
SALEM, OREGON.
H r . w . B. .J i: V T R I ES.
O F F IC E IN T H E CO U R T H O U S E
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PHYSICIAN. & SURGEON.
E O L A, O H E G O S .
Special a t t c i t i o n
diseases of women.
given to
AEAV Y O R K
Obstetrics and
BAKERY.
and
R e •«(.'ill r a n t,
* M c C a u lh » y
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S ta te s t r e e t , S alem .
ALEXANDER,
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D E A T I » T ».
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
F F I C E on State >trcet, u i u C.II.' "" ’* '
St • a, Sal n, Ort ron.
All oj )C ration - performed Lv u s are w a rran te d |
to give satisfaction.
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" : n m av be found in or
office from 8 o’clock a . m ., „
m ., of cacu
day.
S. D. M cC A l i . E \ ,
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E. V II. A I . E X A M ER.
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V1..10, n r s , C A K E S OF A LL K IN D S ,
B Kept
on hand and Supplied to Order.
t r a c u e r s . O y sters a n d S a r d in e s .
Being Fi t« d up in first class style we can
g u a r i ’.tec satisfaction.
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U’AI S ON tf GR [SWELL,
rcliitecT s :ui«l ■ • r a d ic a l Saddlery,
Harness.
HOUSE CARPENTERS,
S. C . S T I I . E S .
* i D P E N D E N 0 E O II E G O N.
DALLAS,
[T IL L take C ontracts for Building Houses
f of every description and kind in town
d cou n try . S atistactiou g u a ra n te e d .
at!
attorney
and
counselor
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OREGON.
A N U F A C T U R E R and dealer in H a r
ness. Saddles, Bridles, vVhips, Collars,
Check lines, etc., etc.
R E P A I R I N G done on short notice 3tf.
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J . L. C O L L I A »,
law
D ALLAS, OREGON.
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N O T I C E .
P E C I A L attention given to Collections,
a n d to m a tte rs eo nS ected with real Estate
I
J . W . l i e ! F E E , .It. D ..
Physician and Surgeon
Office near residence, corn er o f L iberty and
Court streets, Salem.
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H A Y D E N
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P P L I C A T IO N
H aving been made to the County Court
of Polk County, by A. S. H am ilton, G u a r
ilinn for Frances Marion, Byron Wilson and
Milissa J a n e
H am ilton, minor beiis of
Melissa
June
H am ilton
deceased,
for an order
to
sell
th e real estate
belonging to said W ards, Notice is th e re
fore given to the next of kin of said W ards,
and to all others interested, that sue ap p lica
tion will be heard and determ ined on
A
Tuesday, F e b r u a r y 2d 18(19,
at the Court House in said county.
J . L C O L L IN S ,
County J u d g e .
St . U V E R .
attorm
ies at law
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DALLAS
: : : OREGON.
t he C ourt Hutu«.
IN D E P E N D E N C E .
LOUNGES.
NO. BO (SECOND FLOOR.)
MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE,
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and
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.*
I N D E P E N D E N C E ---- ---- OREGON
E ditor P olk C ounty S i g n a l :—
Dear Sir: I would respectfully ask
the favor of replying through your pa
A N U F A C T U R E R and Dealer i n all pt*r, to some of the comments and in
kiuds of llouseLold and Kitchen
quiries presented in an article written by
Hon. F. Wayuiire, which appeared in
Furniture.
the Signal issued Jan. 5th, I860. I
H as on h a n d a large a n d well selected Sti ck am nut one to seek open hostilities
consisting in p a r t of Mahogany a n d B lack \\ al-
n u t D ressing
with any, on account of the advene
oppinions which different minds may
futeitain, but to deieud the right in a
legitimate call rig is a noble cau-e, and
one worthy an effort from all honorable
men. It is a matter of conjecture not
Center, Dining. Breakfast and Work
to say surprise, lo me and i presume
TABLES,
also to many of your readers, why the
Hon. gent etnati, in his remarks, should
Grecian, P a rlo r, und W ashington
have been led so far away from the
text covering the subject matter, as
C H A I R S .
also his reason for casting such undue
reflections upon the annual exhibition
BEDSTEADS,
of the State Agricultural Society, cn
SAFES,
tirelv im ertint i t and altogetherTuieigu
S T A N D S and
to the subject he had chosen especially
for the occasion. 11 Mr. Wayuiire
chooses to review the course pursued
at the last session of the Legislature,
the a c t i o n and non action of members
A fine Assortment of
elect, or to expose the infamous acts of
republican officials iu high standing, or
P i c t u r e s a n d G ilt Fram e*.
the Republican party in general, it is
In fact 1 keep everything useful and o rn a m e n no mutter of mine, (as 1 do not pio
tal in the line.
It .-.s to be the Republican j arty, ora
fiuction of tile faction,) it is only dem
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onstratitig what is universally known.
But why attempt to impiicite an in
nocent party with crimes committed by
other-?
Why strive to cripple the nnritori-
H e a d q u a r te r * .
ous efforts of the industrial classes iu
F i r s t D oor N o r t h o f J . H . L e w i s ’ S4ore. their hot est endeavor to build up aud
enlarge the real interests ot the State,
N EW STOKE.
and
found its in-titutious upon a per
N E W GOODS,
manent b a s i s that all, thereby, may he
I am now prepared .o offer a
blessed ?
la rg e assortm ent of choice
W h y p a r a l y z e t h e a r m t h a t fnrn
ishes
u s with loud and raimeut, and all
r ilO Y I S I O N S ,
the luxuries of eivi ized lile l
g n o n : rites,
Mill the gentleman condescnd an
FRUITS,
answer? If legislative inteiests were
WOODEN WARE, '
absorbed by those of the ¡State Fair,
TOR A CCO,
dur.ng the time it was held, it is p aiu
CIGARS ! to be seen, the Oregon Legislature did
not po.-ess sufficient repulsion to couti
YANKEE NOTIONS, Etc., Etc.
teraet the influence brought to Lear
I d e s i g n t o k e e p o n l y t e c h o i c e s t a n d up<»n that linda from at ructions omina
b e s t A r t i c l e s , a n d s e l l t h e m a t a s m a l l ting from the State Fair, and hence,
p ro fit fo r C A S H .
it is evident upon the face of Mr.
Way mire’s own admission, the State
OUR M O TTO :
Legislature was the least important and
eonspieious of the two Supposing
R A P I D S A L E S OF C H O IC E GOODS.
as he asserts, legislation was retard'd
Those who want inferior articles m ust look a week on account of the Fair.
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elsewhere for them .
great harm could possibly uti.-e. cither
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G. B. STILES.
lo tax-gatherers, or taxpayers, law-
makt rs, or th se a ho abide by the law ?
Iu g aucitig over the large amount of
legislation done at the last session of
the Legislature it would appear to any
J. K. GILL.
C. F. YEATON.
reflective mind, that further additions
Ul l A¿ & Y E A T O N ,
to the common statutes, Would have
been as wholly »necessary as a warm
H 0 L E S A L E AND R E T A IL D EALERS
ing pan in the Tropics. Moreover, it
seems to me, a small amount of outdoor
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exercise in rambling over the Fair
S-Vliool B o o k s,
Grounds and a week's airing, could
M u s i c Ild n k s ,
n<>t be otlierwise’than extremely bene
B l a n k H ooks,
ficial ¡o the members, con-ideiing the
great length of their deliberations. I
Stationery,
a n d F a n c y G o 'id s . presume Mr. Way mire was overweary
Our goods were purchased in the East, by o u r with mental exertions, at the time he
selves, aud we feel confident th a t wo can give visited the Fair, as 1 can hardly believe
perfect satisfaction to all who may favor us that otherwise it wou>d have been posi
with their patro n a g e, both as to price and ble for him to receive so bad ini pres,
quality.
sions, or form such an incoreet and ab
State street, Salem, Ogn.
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surd oppinion concerning the manage
ment and operations of the institution,
its moral effect upon the rising genera
tion; the reiajive position it sustain- to
S. R. JESSUP, IV
I. D , the various brat ches of industry, or its
social claims upon thecoiuinunity at large
PH YSICIAN AND SURGEON,
D a lla » ,
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O r e g o n . It appeared tohim, “ As a week of in
dulgence granted by authority of the
O ffic e — A t K e s i d e u c c *
State, for men, women and children,
white, black atul red, to promenade
around and all over parts of’ the fair
grounds they wished to travel etc.”
What an absurd notion is this?
C a p ita l S a lo o n .
M hat is the State ? From what source
does the State derive its authority to
SALEM ,
: : : :
O R E G O N . grant such indulgence ? The people
are the State, and the laboring masses
constitute the greater portion. Their
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W I N E S , LIQ U O R S,
will is law. They ask no leave nor li
C IG A R S , Ac., Ac.
cense to go and come where-ever and
L iq u o rs
11 kinds bottled by us and Mar whenever fancy leads, or self interest
B tited.
demands. Neither are they bound by
the opinions of complaining servants,
elected by them to exercise the high
functions of legislators, but many of
whom—especial)- the seceders— would
have reflected much more credit upon
A TTO R N E Y A N D C O U N S E L O R A T themselves aud the State, had they re
LAW,
’warned at home and grubbed the earth,
Salem, Oregon.
instead of grubbing themselves in Sa
I L L practice in all the Courts o fR e c o id lem at the public expense.
and interior Courts of this State.
However, it is not my wish to deiido
Office, in \V utkinda A Co'* Brick, up stairs.
but merely to illustrate the utter folly
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A t
Subtler>j,linn n,iiHt be ]>nnl »trieth/ !n atlronct.
oard and Lodging on reus nable
Meals at all hours.
V lirrL n iid iK e,
D ry flo o d s G r o c e r i e s . C l n tn i n g , H oots
a n d Shoes. H a r d w a r e , C ro k e r y , T Iu-
Vt a r e . D r u g s a n d M e d i c i n e s , e t o , e t c . ,
Will sell ihe ?amo
Y i v e copies, one ve&r. $13 7 5 ; Ten copies
• n e y e a r, | 2 5 00. and f«»r a n y g re a te r num ber
a t *2 50 per annum .
FURNITURE.
E.
Mien as
m onths.
T ER M S FOR CLUBS:
RATES OF
Portland Cjrrespondence
! !
a t co st
I' n < l « n l |P I ha ' ç o w l a M to close
out tL r ciitii« i'toiK, consisting of
(stiK in l
J. H. UFTON, PROFRIHTOR.
T e r m * —Ouo v*»ar, ?3 00j
1 5 9 ; throe m o o t .'1» $100.
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at
G. B. STILES’
W
C. G. CURL.
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NO. 46.
ot throw ing stones, when so many re. will be distributed among the laboring
side in glass houses. But to the point. community. M’itbout a railroad what
Mr Wayuiire positively asserts, *• the will be the grouth of county seats and
amount of money injudisiously spent county towns, in wealth and population.!
on account of the fair, will foot for the next ten year’ ?
up about thirty five thousand dollars.”
I am not quite so selfish as to imper>
By what authoiity does he make this itively demand the building of either
statement? Upon what grounds does one line in preference to the other, but
he base his opinion, relative to the would suggest, fur the sake of concil-
money being injudiciously expended ? litation, that two Iiue3 be constructed,
To the be-t of my belief, it was a one upon the East, and the other on
conclusion jumped at by him on the the M’esi side of the Willuraette River,
.-pur of the moment, without anv pre tunning up the valley, with sufficient
vious knowledge of the real facts of the branches and meauderings of the main
case, as to the amount? I might, with lines, to take in and aecomidate, as
ilie same propriety, make an offhand many of the county seats, small bnrgs
e.-ti:i’ate of tlie weekly, monthly or an and country towns as the nature of the
nual expenses of am of the river navi ease would seem to require. I hope
gation companies, when in fact l have Mr. M'aymirc will take no offenco at
no means by which to asset tain, whether any of the e observations, as I have
such ex pundit urs would reach the sum writen in h <ste, aud w ith no thought to
of one thousand, or fen thousand dol injure or offend. And while there are
lars, more or ess. He further suggests, s nie things in which wc may not agree,
tlii- amount of money (Sdo.OOU,) would yet 1 trust, that at all times, when the
build many churches and school houses, grand army of Democracy is drawn up in
at a certain price for the cost of each, battle array, we may ever stand side by
or would employ many ministers and side, shouting for the r'whtand victory.
Respectfully yours,
school teachers, at stipulated salaries.
d
E B. DUFUR.
Now l do not -oppose there is a State
iu the Union, in proportion to age and
population, with greater conveniences
tor educating and moralizing, than T I I E F A T E O F F O R T L A*
FA V E T T E .
ours ; and that the citizens of Oregon
manifest as deep an interest in useful
education and religions instruction as
Fort Lrfayette is well nigh gono.
any other people in the civilized world, No more shall the tinkle of Seward’s
is a ’.-o well known.
little bell ” consign a citizen to the
Hence, this part of his argument solitude of its gloomy walls Its case
as to the money being injudiciously ex mates, where the heirs ot Washington
pended, founded upou such inferences, and his compeers spent many a dreary
i- no argutm lit.
day t.nd horrible night, cribbed and con*
But lie say- the money is worse than fimd for daring to denounca despotism,
wasted. M e will not insinuate by way have betti scorched and blistered by
of retaliation, that had the money been flame. It- dm r-, which shut out light
used for some of the purposes lie .sug 1 and hope from the < yes and hearts have
gested, it would li .ve wo! ked more in , felt hut tongues of fit '* resolving them
juriuus results Fair dealing is the esr ; into ashes. Destruction has fallen
stoiee of practical reasoning, and we ! upon a par p<jt and post, and the great
will now look at the matter, iu its true* American Bastile is converted into a
light. M here did the money go to ? .,jje 0f ruins. Chatted timbers aud
'1 be answer comes, to compliment and j b|ac!;coe<j bricks arc all that remain of
reward useful inventions and improve- ! the j.idittos don. Tho only thin« to
m o m s , to encourage mechanical skill, |
t j thjt t5iC lna«aziue did not ex
home productions and home maculae* ,uJe and Ll,lW cvcr. brick aud stone
lure.*, that we ma, learn and practice lrom ,tfl foundation,
home economy. Jo stimulate the tar , i7or Fort Lafayette has not only been
mer, i be mechanic, the manufacturer*, | a h u upon the honor of the country,
and m fact, tradesmen ot all km .s and j)U{ a|J u,gujt t0 t|ic m e m o r y of the man
avocations, to excel, and husband their whose name it bore. All should be
strength in the j tutdmee of their i j j at jt,. jate—Democrats, because
wo; k,
J he agncmiuial and medium, j lts Ristory durint; our four years of civil
c.tl fair d Oiegon.
!l'M •* juggieis in • war was a ■'succession of stains upon
sum.urn, hut .8 c. m n - cl ot wurking I t|,e cscutchL.on uf liberty j and rcpubli.
men who are eapai
managing tile cans, beeau-e it was a reminder of
affairs of the 8->cit
well as all crimes and outrages which they should
other matters that
ally concern wish the world to forget. Its record
them. The fair is an exhibition of the was a disgrace to civilization that makes
fruits of labor, justly appreciated, political liberty it-corner-stone, and no
aided aud supported by the intelligent, i man, whose heart does not yearn to op
enterprising representatives of tho va pression, can regret that it has fallen.
rious brunches of industry. Here, old
\Ye hope it will not he rebuilt. As
aid young, residents of the dflercnt a fort, it lias been utterly useless for
parts of the State annually assemble, many years. Siucc Fort Hamilton,
freely participate in the laudable un which stands immediately above it, was
dertaking of mutually advancing the completed, it has been of no service
interests of ali; compare idea with *\ hatever. Half a dozen shot.- from one
opinion ; consult and recommend ; dis* of the gens now in use would at any
play and iusp'-ct each others works with time have shattered it to peiees. There
kindred good feeling and approval. is no need of rebuilding it. for the new
Theori. s are advanced ; practical dem forts on either side of the hay at e am
onstrations made, and wholesome les ple protection to New York. At any
sons instilled, that are not lost upon rate. Fort Lafayette could never giyo
the multitude nor soon to be forgotten, them much aid in lepelliug an enemy,
i he people are making theircalculations and it is not worth while to spend the
for the future, notwithstanding the public money hi restoring it.
“ timely caution.”
Is the destruction of Fort Lafayette
The wise have learned wisdom in t:n O m e n of good ?
past experience, and in the years to
The men who used it to aid them in
come, the working men’s Order, will their designs against American liberty
grow brighter and stronger, when birds might find .» lesson iu its fill. Tho
of ill omen are wandering upon the des scene of so many of their crimes has
olate shores or waste and nothingness. been purged by fire. Possibly they, too,
One word obout the railroads and l are to be cleansed of their wickedness.
bid you g> od night. Now l am not Now that die bastile is no more, let us
prepared to say whether the present hope that its keepers will reform.
railroad scheme, wh eh tor sometime There is much need of reformation, and
past has agitated the people of this plenty of roam for it, and perhaps it
State, will prove a boniefid enterprise will come,—Ar. J - Record and Vindi*
or a villianou- *-wind!e. But this fact cutor.
is patent to all; several hungered dollars
at least must have boon already expen
A P u zzle . —Mho can solve it?
ded upon the work, and it does not ap
pear quite reasonable, that sharpers and Our bachelor friends are especially
great fin mciers would throw away that requested to try :
amount of money, in commencing a
K I It It A M
work they did nut intend to finish.
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Neither is it quite clear to my mind
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that any one man, though he he weal
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A
thy as the Rothschilds could move
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county seats or disturb in nay way, the
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local uffaiis of the inhabitants, against
P A II E B T O N N A
there will.
Railroads when once constructed can-
uot be sustained and made to pay, with
“ The Beast,” a Democratic paper
out a certain amount of patronage. says, will sit like a wart of infamy on
Thus, it would not he very wise in pro
the Rump of Congress And it might
prietors, even if they aspired to con-
troll and monopolize trade, to snub the have been added, says the Courier
uoses of the people from whom they Journal, that Congress itself will sit
solicited liberal patronage. M’ith the like a wart of infamy on the ruuip of
completion ni the railroad, several mil the republic, and that the republic, as
lions of dollars more, must necessarily
he added to the present opperating administered by Congress, will sit like
capital of tho State, most of which I a wart on the rump of civilization.
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