THE MORXINO HERALD: TUESDAY, JAXIARV 1, 1885
MOID BUILDERS
Interesting Relics of By-Gone
Ages.
THE NORTH AMKKM'AX IXIM4X.
Landmarks of the Red Men of Oregon and
the Ftcific Coast Linn Cmnty
Relics.
BY PIS .1. L. HILL.
Without occupying time or space
with unnecessary preliminaries I will
directly enter into the discussion of
the subject for consideration, but
will not agree to answer all the inter
esting queries suggested by the ques
tion: "Who are the .Mound Build
ers ?" and I mijht iu the same con
nection ask and fail to auswer another
Question, namely: "In what age did
the Mound Builders live, and what
was their decree of civilization?" As
above intimated, l shall not piomise
to satisfactorily auswer tnese inter-1
esting questions, but, as theory some-1
tunes claims, precedence over couth
er coniu
.. i i it
turn a little meandering in the laby -
. , J
rinths of theory may not be an entire
wVtp of tune though the condition
be unchanged.
In 1492, when Columbus unfurled
the first Hag of civilization on this
continent, his coming was hailed by
' myriad 3 of wild, nomadic, suspicion
people, whose inexpensive raiment
was fully in keeping with thtir per
sonal dignity and inelaborate rules of
etiquette. They lielieved the pale
faced strangers possessed of super
human power, and believing the en
vironments of their own domain to
be the remotest ends of the earth,
they regarded the new-comers with
-frjitpr erinepi-it m thpv barb
niorj control over the great deep and
, jts.seethiug billow as they tumbled
yWrer each other an I lashed the rock
ier j- banks with their creaking,
.'i'ij Sibling wooden craft, than the
TwTmges 'had of the eaceful, q'liet
, land with their primitive implements.
1' Columbus found the different tribe j
along the coast to have different dia- j
lects, but iu color, general appearance,
ignorance and untamed nature there
was a uniformity showing that they
bad one commoii ori.'in.
When the discovery of the new
worll was heralded throughout'the
old, inniunetaltle expeditious were,
with timely alacrity, fitted out. ami
soon every civilized and semi-civilized
; nation known to man, had its Hag
' ll'.ttteri'ig at the top of the mast, and
each country's representiyes vieing
with all others in the spirited chase
for happv homes and guilded for
tunes in the distant laud of wibi
11 lues 01 reu meu, nere iiie earn,
'twas said, was carpeted with nature'?
choicest vet dure, and the evening
(zephyr,, in its modest rounds to fan
the the valleys' fertile f ice, blushing
with the full-olown rose, the watei
lily and the tender violet, was laden
with the fragrance of the wild honey
suckle ami the orange blossom. Hav
ing u guide but report, the coast
from Nova licotia on the north to the
mouth of the La. Platte in the smith
was soon displayed on the bulletin
boards ami through the newspapers
with unnatural and exaggerated ac
counts given by the returning mar:
f ners.
j As the new world became penetrat
ed by civilized nations new and novei
- indications of the former habitation
of a highly civilized people wert
found, and instead of tribes identical
In color and lack of concentration ol
purpose, an occasional small tribe s
dissimilar to the general populace was
I met that the reasonable deduction
from the summing up of the whole,
is that the American Indian was an
intruder on the domain of a civilized
and educated nation, who was prob
ably not numerically strong enough
to tesist the pr idatory attacks of the
new invaders, and were driven from
their homes to seek new fields, leav
ing scattering fragments of tiieir kin
dred, possibly as unrausomed cap
tives or fleeing refugees, from which
their identity may lie partially reck
oned. In support of this tssertion
when th'! white man first approached
the Mississippi basin, where hun
dreds of artificial mounds met his
gaze, and thousands of armed
savages contested bis right to proceed,
the Indian claimed ownership to the
whole country by right of inlierit
. a uce, but was unable to give au ex
planation o: the origiu or purp-.se of
these quaint ami apparently useless
- mounds, showing that the builders
bad so far ante-dated the time of its
present tribea that even tradition had
no response to the questions of the
ethnologist.
The great number of these mounds,
their symmetrical construction, con
nected with the highly artistic work
manship on metallic implements nd '
pottery exhumed by the archaeologist
dispels all possibility of their having
been designed by any one except the
' skilled architect.
Authentic accounts are given of
figures of elephants, and other ani
mals not found 011 this continent, cut
from solid stone, having been taken
from the mounds, ami even some of
the mounds themselves externally,
were given the forms of animals of
other countries. In deference to re
son cau we suppose a people who
left other monuments of skill, knowl
edge and industry, could so far have
retrograded during their absolute pos-
session ot an entire continent, un
beard of and unmolested by other 1
nations, that their identity should
have been lost in antiquity, and, under
the new regime, their skill snd in
dustry given way to ignorance, idle
ness and skepticism ? or would it not
be more in consonance with the his
tory of other civilized nations that
: those following should have profited
by the lessons taught thein aud added
, to their stor; of knowledge trans
mitted by surrounding themselves
with other su bstantial comforts?
' It Indian ancestry knew of the aui
j Dials of other countries why should
j tlu progeny be so unacqitaitucd with
' the tacts by tradition or otherwise,
that no ornameiits indicative of such
knowledge was over found in use bv
them for personal decoration to add
lustre and blazonry to their inherent
surplus of simple vanity? Nothing
is more pleasing to a ild Indian than
to Haunt gaudy c-dors or terrorizing
figures conspicuously as a part of his
, dress.
Many of the pioneers of Oregon ! times appeared on the grouni. To
well remember seeinc the nativeln- ' suppose tliev were worked ly people
rbaiia uanrtpriruf nver the uraries with i uossessetl of no more knowledge
thei.- infants wrapped tmlitlv to
boanl with the skin of some wild
animal, nr sometimes of a neculiar mat
ting made by them out of a strong
j swamp grass, passed around the hotly
of the infant and then around the
board which extended from the heels
to a few inches above the top of the
head; white in front a short board
was tietl to the top of the rear one
above the head, and drawn tightly
across tha forehead by leathei throngs
passing from one to the other, thus
keeping up a constant and uniform
pressure, which would soon result iu
flattening out the little fellow's fore-
head, and giving it an unsightly,
wedire-shaped cranium. During this
painful process the infant, during
their migrations, was hung to the
horn of tho saddle by means of a
strong string passed through a hole
cut uear the top of the board, and as
the pony jogged along the incased
papoose was sometimes considerably
exercised by the ride. The next step
after the head flattering process was
accomplished, was to remove the
little fellow from its incarceration
i and "ve it another mark of distinc
tion by partially denuding three
stripes from its under lii to its chin.
- t ... .. ,
I iniiMiii w.itrc unities, biiiin. 111: anil
I - p i .
in these raw places inserting an in-
(,e, WjMjk bsiU,1(je t - j f
J ,.f Smiltimps arllis .., ,imK-
life
11 ere
tattooed In a siiiiil-ir manner,
and when these little striped auimals
with their Hat heads and high cheek
bones were given their liberty around
the ramp fire, to the untutored, in
snob distortions, the prospect, tor the
future development of a monkey was
about as plausible as for that of a
human being. Frequently the sep
tum ot the nose was pierced so that a
feather of a wild bird or the talouof
a hawk could be inserted for orna
mentation. This condition of things
came uuder the observation of those
'avllDame here iu the fifties. Mauy
tattooed Indians are still to be seen,
hut most, if not all. the (fatheads
have passed away. The practice of
infant maiming has also past away
In-fore the wholesome pressure of civ
ilizition. JmicIi unsightly tb-formities would
not impress the intelligent observer,
with the possibility that in the I0112
since gone by prehistoric a'es these!
miserable excrescenses on the hiimau
escuthe.jn, dwelling in tiallor and
tilth, had an origin from a cl-iss ot
workmen who erected walls, worked
nines and manufactured implements
of utility ; but the impression would
more nearly accord with reason, that
these barbarians had exterminated
the civilized races and became "moii-
irchs of all they surveyed," without
sene or ea-e enough to preserve Un
true history of the cruntry for futun
nligliteonieut. Shells strung about
the neck, and moccasins nicely flow
rel with different colored beads,
brass rings encircling the wrists, red
dankets and calicoes with the most
dazzling, tapestry, when they could
oe obtained from the white trader
was the highest of their unenviable
jmbition. With the history of their
nature and former practices before 11
1 suggestive query is, if they were
the children of the artisans of earliei
-lays why did they not preserve an
image of some foreign animal or pos
sess gewgaw heirlooms of imperish
able metals formerly owued by theii
iindred? They would bankrupt them
selves to get showy articles fnvn
white people, and when obtained
votild best.iw on such the tenderest
care. Neither invention nor con
struction seemed to be any pirt ot
their nature, but they were depend
ent upon daily surroundings. It
white men found attractive curiosi
s, buried in the artificial mounds, ii
.voultl seem, if they were of India:;
irigin, the Indians when first met b
.vhite men, would still have possessed
some of them.
In Utah, Arizona, Mexico, and
some other places, rocks, upon which
are hireoglyphics and picture writ
ing have been found. By comparison
the hireoglyphics are thought by
s me investigators to represent some
thing intelligible, either an alphabet
or symbol: by which the passer by
culd get information concerning the
adjacent country or the oeniz'-ns ot
the immediate vicinity. The paint
ings are representatsons of birds, ani
nial.; Hshes, etc., and are of a very
durable substance. Large basins 01
pots carved iu solid granite, from one
to three feet deep and from rive to
eight feet in diameter, large enough
to hold ten .barrels of water have
been found. They are thought by
some to have been re peptides used
for grinding ores. It of Indian
origin what use had they for ores 1
That these relics of great antiquity
do exist is undisputed, but what
they were for or by whom or when
made is left for individual conjecture.
Crumbled remains of stone and adobe
houses ind supposed breastworks are
also quite numerous, and even the
outlines of villages or perhaps cities
are fau nd. To suppose that a j eople
living in primeval peace and content
ment, in a "happy vallev" as describ
ed in Kasales, each era adding more
to their substantial comfort, atter
arriving at the zenith of national use
fulness, could degenerate so low as to
transform into hordes of wild tribes,
wnudering aimlessly from place to
place, depending on the bow and
arrow and the uncertain chances of
pillage from neighboring tribes tor
subsistence is not reasonable. Neither
is it true that people of intelligence,
as facts show the now extinct abori
gine of America to have been, fail to
record the history of their own acts
tor the pensual and benent of their
kindred who follow them. Their
kuowledge and experience become
delegated powers transmitted from
ancestor to offspring, and under no
circumstance, not even an extermi
nating war, can we believe an enlight
ened nation pecularily favored with
an earthly paradise, as subsequent
explorers found the valleys of Amer
ica to be, could uow be represented
by shiftless bands of maurauders with
no settled habitation and no purpose
in view except as provided by each
recurring morning for the remainder
of that day. And, again, perfect
specimens of red pottery ware have
been found iu many places buried in
these mounds. It of Indian origin
whv were the Indians of Columb is's
time destitute of such conveniences ?
The copper mines of Lake Superioi
are known, from shafts ami tunnel
f.tund in them, to have been worked
ionss before the wh'.tc mau of liiodcru
a ! iudustrv than the class the white man
: found thflre would be an infringement
- :' on reason and a travestrv on trutn.
Evidences ol the existence 01 an .in
telli-'ent race having possession
this continent long befoie the time
of the uresent Indian era, are too
numerous to admit of doubt, but
from whence they came or whither
they went none can say. Early ex
plorers found both black and white
tribes in Mexico and Central Amer
ica that differed in habits and dispo
sition from the ludiaus. Busto of
stone were exhumed that were fash
ioned after genuine negro features,
and others resembling persons of
smoother features with long flawing
oeara. Here did Indians get au
idea of negroes and where of beard
ed people to afford them material for
sculpture, if the Indian was the first
and only people here prior to 14'J2?
Is it likely the black and white
people found in the extreme south, as
above mentioned, came after the pil
grim fathers ani so soon lost all
knowledge of their mother country,
or is it more probable that they were
the remnants ot trmes tnat possessed
the couutry before the Indian came?
The question might then follow. "If
they preceded the Indians why did
they not give some history of,V)e
mound huildeVs?-' The answer is that
if they were direct descendants of the
mound builders, their forefathers ha I !
been swept away from the face et
the earth by Indian invasions and the
few refugees from savage vengeance
had to abandon all letters and devote
themselves to vigilance for personal
safety. As Indians are strange! s to
justice no mercy is expected at their
ban. Is.
The next questiou might arise,
were the Aztecs, the cliff dwellers
near the equator, and the builders ot
the walls and houses and of the pyra
mids of Mexico, of whom we have
little or no date except their handi
work, identical with the mound build
ers? This is a question that cannot
be answered, but if we segregate
them as nations and allow them sep
erate eras of existence, there would
be still less probability that Indians
t nk any active hand iu any part of
the labor.
Ignatias Donnelly wrote a work en
title 1, " Atlantis, ttie Ante-Ueiuviaii
World," in which he introduced
strong argu men ts and collations
from numerous writers, confirmatory
of the theory that in past ages there
was a large island occupied the space
now taken by the Atlantic ocean,
reaching from near the African bor
der to South America. That this
island was peopled with a highly
civilized and thoroughly educated
folk who visited the main land iu
small boats. That during a terrih'e
cateclysm the island, aud most of its
occupants, were inundated never again
to ap(icar. To attempt to give iinre
than a passing notice of his work, is
not withiu the province ot this article,
and even that notice is only adiniss.
ible as far as it offers evidence in sup
port of the non-Indian theory of
mound builders. Whether he is
correct or iu error his arguments arc
not easy to refute or his theory to
overthrow, and that portion that can
be utilized in support of this article
is exceptionally valuable to the eth
nologist. Indian mounds, a? thpy are gener
ally called, are numerous in Oregon
and Washington territory. They
were evidently constructed at thr
same period, and by tl.e same people
chat those of the older states were,
uid perhaps that the mounds of
Scotland were. What the object of
their construction was is a great mys
tery. In the older states societies t
scientists have sent representatives
to get all the information with refer
ence to the mounds that could be
dad. In many of the mounds human
remains were found, while iu others
vaults contaiaing pottery, copper
ixes, arrow beads, stone pipes and
mauy things of ornament and utility
were found, while others still con
tained nothing. So it is evident thev
were not, as many have supposed, iu
tende I for burial grounds, simply.
Many of the mounds iu Washington
territory have been explored with
similar results. The writer hereof
has done some work in that line in
this state, and found the condition
here to be as in eastern mounds, ex
cept, instead of burnt nottery, mor
tars and pestles worked out of bard
basalt rock, some of them highly pol
ished. are quit.: often found. Iu some
instances farther east the mounds are
fifteen to twenty feet high, aud even
have been knowu considerably higher,
containing human remains from tl.e
base to near the top, buried in differ
ent positions in alternate layers one
above the other. To all appearances
it would seem they had been buried
at different dates, and probably by
different tribes; some were lying,
others sitting, while others were
thrown iu a permiscious heap, indi
cating that they might have been
taken from the burial scaffold, or fr.mi
a tribal bone-house and deposited iu
a general sepulcher. The different
modes of interment would indicate
different periods of burial with change
of form, or that the mortuary rites
of different tribes were not identical
and that the sacred mounds were
used as neutral grounds for all travel
ers toward the "happy hunting
ground." At all events the silent
denizens now to be found in their
quiet cells, not observing the same
attitude, furnish thought for the j
ethnologist.
The above paragraph might be con
strued that I had abandoned the anti
Indian theory of mound origiu, for
it assumes that the skeletons found
are perhaps those of Indians, but
such construction would be incor
rect. There is reason for the be
lief that many, if not all, of the
bones exhumed are Indians', but as
Indian nature is to murder and plun
der civilized people of their personal
chatties, would they likely blush at
purloining a graveyard? Mounds are
always high and dry, and after the
original owners had been driven
away the savage exultation can be
imaganed when in his declining days
he realizes his last earthly possessions
to be a stolen gave.
To those who endorse the Iudian
origin of these mounds, when thev
see that they are not altogether for
nurial purposes, it might be wed to
consider thit Indians are gregarious
as tribes and not as famihev, there-
1 tore, considering the area of tnese
I mounds, we cau hardly consider them
erec; mieiliary purposes, for
tribes, so fir as written history
or ' reaches back, were much stronger
numerically formerly than now.
The
',
warlike temper t all American In-
i duns
aud their love of gun by mur
der and plunder, contraitniicates their
.f ' livinjr other than m the oest fortified
positions, ana as compact as j.ossime,
to resist the attacks ot neighboring 1
tribes, but no discovered mound is
large enough to afford room for the I
tents or brush wb'waius of an entire 1
tribe.
Proper investigation of these
mouuds, wherever found, migh-, re
sult in disclosures beneficial, but if
we consider them either sacred, or of
I scientilic or historic value, then tue
ruthless nana ot vandalism, tnat so
often' desecrates them through idle
curiosity, should be withheld till such
time as they could be properly ex-
plored aud the history ot their con
tents recorded.
The Willamette valley, and espe
cially Linn county, is abundantly sup
plied with apcient mouuds, which
erosions following the footsteps of
civilization ill, before the lapse of
nuny years, tflectually erase, and 1
then the oniy jtnowledge that gentra- ;
tious in th future '.-an have of these'
singulav'-mties, ,e sucii frag-iiii-nta
. .ings as may be preserv
ed thugii individual effort put forth
it thw age. Nthout state recognatiow,
and without adequate concert ot
action of tltose interested: not by
gislative enactment placed lit the
state archives but gathered from tlie
tew brief account' given in enterprise
fug pubiic prints that may stray into
some cranny, and be exhumed by the
relic hunter a few centuries i.ence. as
the buried mysteries of the past are.
with uncertain noiio-iiclature. timliiig
the light of the present ae.
III. 1 1. 1 II ItOHUK
I anion Mxla ami Mineral .Springs
ol' I i ii ii 4 omit).
No portio'i of Oregon is more favor
ed w it Ii excellent health reort. water
ing places, and mineral springs than
is Linn eounl. Along tie south fork
f the S:i 11 1 "1:1 111 mum 1011- soda springs
arc found, which nubble ::p from the
solid rock-, emitting cold, sparkling
1 mineral watei which cannot be siir
I passed by the commercial water ol' any
! of the faiiioiis springs of Piis roiaitrv.
The exi e'ileticc of these springs dm ing
tl.e summer attract large numbers l
tourist-, and In- resulted in placing
the water i;ioii the market. The
uc.ri -t ol the spring to A'bany arc-
MT. HOOD, SHOWING BIRD s
at Sodaville and Waterloo. The traveler
or he iltli-scekcr after taking the train
from Albany to l.ebenoii will, in half
an hour's ride by stage, reach either
of these resorts. The atteut.on at
tracted to Sodaville bv these soda
springs has led to a project of extend
ing the Lebanon branch of the South-
em I'aeilic railroad to that place. It
is a thriving incorpoiatcd village, and 1
lie springs are puonc propci 1 1 , ine ;
city Hating cxpeiuica a cousiueraiuc
building, providing "them with ever I "'J' ' " nclie ill length
convenience, and surrounding them j aitl to lt!J ,,f a,,t while 011 the wing,
with a park. The country frpm Lcb. Larly 111 the morning it crows not un
anon to the spring i comparatively like a yrmng rooster, and when flush
level, and no dillicultv would be ex" ed flies straight awav with a conr-
perienced in constructing the proposed ,
railioad It is not iiiiprob.il.le that j
iiiolhcr ear will witness tin
huild-
ing of such a railroad branch.
At Waterloo is located in equally
attractive resort. Here is situ .led the
famous Waterloo falls, au accurate
view of which, from a phot: by '.raw-
WATERLOO
ford, the artist, of this city, is furnish
ed iii the accompanying illustration.
The springs How from the rocks im
mediately below' the falls, and they
are visited annually by many thou
sand people. A well conducted bote",
is kept bv .1. C. tos. and the place
has a well stocked store, feed stable
and all the conveniences desired by
tourists. The f ills, which are 14 feet
high and could be made to give a head
of ib feet, offers excellent water power.
Fin thcr up the Santiam are located
the Kiiullcy eoda springs. An analysis
of the water of the soring show the
following rcs-ult :
S.hI'U.ii, li per eelit.
C hli'iMic. 4 per cent.
.M.izi'fsiiiin. s per tent.
Iron, -'..- per eel.t.
r.irln.Mc Dioxide 17, t volume.
I.Miititf, a t'-i-v.
Still fiu t'.cr up arc are I'ppcr Soi'a
i.
1 , iftg
rinj:-.. .Severlnrw ones have recent
v tieen tli-eoxerevTiii U:e lovamy. In-
deed sixbt sprmu.:- are t. be found
.,1 '...-.T1.1.. ..:
i (i ii nit 1 .1 1 11. gii.iv 1 atvu iiii-
frk ot tie :ii;ii;iiu. I he. adjacent
: iiio'-ntiiiii.-. i:K-r a Hilt field forhuntcis
i of deer ;::d smaller game, while the
j diM-iple o', Iaek WulUm finds that
: the rushii,fddyin!.:.sparkling -tre m,
! and the lakes, at its source higher up,
; oiler excellent trout lishiiig grounds.
I lie seenerv :long the s-treain is most
pirtiire.-iti. Suture setiued to huv
been so !;t vls-li in her adornment of the
region tlr.it Ike works of man seem to
mar rather than beautify the place.
Mere tl:e maple, the ash, the oak and
the inajestiv tir blend in harmonious
tints, while the silvery sparkle of the
rippling river, whose mossy dirt's are
surmounted by rugged mountains, tin
islics a scene of cm banting beauty.
To the lover of mountain scenery, the
sportsman. the hcalth-iscekcr, anil the
most rsthiiou tourist, this region
j offers a fcetd at once pietiiresquelv
grand, attractive e.r.d gratifying
Tilt: xft,iJi rmcASAtT.
History of Their 1 11 1 rod net ion Into
This 4 aalry.
Six years aio Mr. John Denny turn
ed loos" on his plar.e in Linn county
eleven China or Mongolian phi asants.
the only one? in America. The birds
we-e imported from China as an ex
periment. ai.d the legislature passed
a stringent law protecting them for a
period of live years. Iu 1SS5 another
act was passed extending the time
six years, which makes the killing ot
any of these birds before Nov. '2.
1S! puuishuble by a line of from isiO
to 1 IK). The climate seem, to have
been perfect for them, and they have
increased very rapidly, until now '
though most plentiful here, they can
be fourd in all the adjoining counties.
Tin y liiostly h. habit the low dry
swales, and are never found iu the
brush or timber. Dak creek, a small
wet-weather stream emptying into
the Calipooia a few iuilc south ot
Albany, is a favorite pi ice for them,
and in a single day's 'runt as many as
a hum: red can be seen.
As to w hether or not they are more
detrimental to the farmer than the
native grouse, there is a great diver
sity ot opinion. Some claim they
are, and as proof call attention n
fields of grain, portions of which
have been destroyed; while others
claim that an equal number of grouse
"on!,l hive been equally as destruct
ive. Hunters are moie interested iu
knowing whether or not they are a
JJVE VIE V F I. K Tl. N I),
game bird. Should the epicure ask
he could not be answered, as no out
could be found who wulild admit
they had eaten one. Humor, how
ever, says that the flesh is very whitt.
and tastes similar to chicken. In
beauty they surpass anyfOregon bird.
Ihe male is about one-fifth larger
than a grouse and is decked with
leathers of
every color; around its
M ,4,j.
a black ring tiuged with red.
whirring noise, keeping in a straight
ijnt a8 (loe8 the aiI
lint the ang, pity the poor brute,
mat, catching the scent, conns to a
stand and expects to find his bird is
ofteu mistaken. It may be there and
it may not. On foot they are the
FALLS.
equal of any dog and seem to take
pride in giving them chase through
the tall grass or wheat. They can
not be depended on, for when the
dog sets where the bird should be, it
may be a hundred yards away and
running at the rate of twenty-four
knots au hour'.'
The last and perhaps the greatest
obiection the hunter lits to them is
that where thev live no other bird
can. That is, in places ou the prairie
where formerally could be found
plenty of grouse and pheasants there
are none now, all having been driven
to the timber.
Many favor the repeal of the pro
tertion law, ami other favor lertnis:
it stand: at sny rate, while a law it
should be enforced.
ft'
ALB)- miTtH 11CHTS
at : .
. , swsMrthliix Ahum
Mir jfni :lal-
lisfcj Baring lb-Sear.
Foremost among the iinprownicuts
eoinplctcd in th s i:y during the past
year, is the rviistriu lion of. the elec
tric liglu sys-tvin ol .Vr. . II. Allen.
It consists ot two eoinpleti plants,
oiulii.nng the improved Schuyler are
svst(ui. wild laiiios of ''HV. . :iiiili,.
e power I
e j lleishfj
for street nurboscs. ami tin
UI lUCUlUifSCf lit slst.-lll Aiilli
lamps- of -V to, iXKi candle power for
buildings. This makes one of the
most (rompleti- systems of electric
lightsof any on tin; Pacific ('oust, the
cost otwhUh is about .l.".(KX)i For
the enterprise manifested in supply ing
moaiiy wiin ursi class elcclric lights.
Mr. Al'cn .-eliainli deserves much
ereditiadtbennilertakhighas ln met
with the approval and patroikigv of
I he city and the public in general.
The old kerosene street li.intw, which
have doue good service in the vears
past, are to be seen no more.tbeir
placc haying been supplanted io liirhts
more in accord with the requirements
of a. vcty.
The motor power, it is unnecessary
to state, is derived from Albany V nuig
liilicclit water power, bcinj. furnished
by Mr. John Al Cawford, although a
'.Hl-hnse pow er engine has he n added
to the building situated at the junc
tion of Sccnd street wi'h the t ala
pooia and the jhiiur of the Ssintiam
canal. v.
The lamp for street purposes made
by the Schlivler lonijiv, uiv from
new designs and have very dedded
advantages 111 the qualitv of the light
furnished and ease and safety of liand
liug. The new lamp is believed to be
the iik st perfect arc lamp ever con
stlllctcd, and it solves sccce.sf-llv
many of the problems that have pu.
.led inventors who weie seeking a
perfectly steady, noiseless, and abso
lutely lllr iHorlliv I I: for this ser
vice. It gives a pure, sort and incll
light, without the hard bluish ti:.t so
ilo'iccable iu other systems. The
laiiip contains, also, "an ingenious
automatic c-u'.oiit, by which, iu case
of accident to any single lamp, is at
once throw n out of circuit, and all t hi
res t on the line burn on affected. Cut
outs are generally ucd because wi;h
oiit them damage tonne lamp would
extinguish all the others on the line,
which has proven an ainiov. ante iu
the Salem lights, tint 110 other is, at
the same time, so simple and so ccr
tain as that in- Ihe Schuyler lamp..
They are perfect in theii' working, and
their construction marks one uf Un
important improvement made iu the
city during the year, and one which is
a credit to Albany.
Wlial These I iilcrpi-ising l.i-ocri'.v
111 v lire Doing. ,
Messrs. Conn l'ros., o f this city,
are among the business men of Al
bany, who, with the end of the year,
have closed an active twelve-month's
trade. They report that their busi
ness has doubled during the past
year. I hey make a specialty ot glass
ware and crockery, of which they
carry a large stock, and in their gro
cery department keep only the fresh
est assortment of choice family gro
ceries. The have during the year re
moved their store into 11. ore commo
dious quarters, occupying the elegant
brick building owned by Charles
I'feiffer, adjoining tht Revere House.
With the growth of Albany thev
have kept thoroughly abreast with
the times, and enjoy it thriving trade
both from the country and city..
I'heir goods are" bought fresh, sold
quickly at a small prjfit. I)oiug a
strictly cash business they are enab
led to save money to their customers
1 nd at tiie same time steadily in
Tease their business.
The firm consists of Richard K. and
Terry R. Conn, both of whom are
among Albany's enterprising young
business men.
FOSII.4Y A .MAM..
rhee Popular lrnaaisl Maintain
'thriving Trade.
This tirm forms oue of the leading
houses in their line in the Willamette
valley. They do both a wholesale
and retail business. Their stock of
drugs, paints, glass, etc.", is fresh and
first-class iu ail respects. They also
carry a full line of books and sta
tionery. They probably have the
largest stook iu their line of any
house in the state, outside of Port
'a:.d, and do a thriving wholesale
trade in supplying the smaller towns
111 this section.
During the past year thev have, in
connec ion with W. C. Tweedale,
joustructed au elegant two-story
usiue.'s house, which is occupied by
the latter. Messrs. Foshay & Masou
till occupy their old quaiters in
Foster's block, an excellent view of
which is given on our first page.
AT COST !
HOOTS AND SHOES.
r.iownoll & Stanard have still a
goods assortment to select from,
and among them have :
Ladies best uuafitv Rochester made Kr.
kid button, V4 :C; regular price ...i't 50
Kxtratiu ility Fr hid button, $3; resnuar
l.rn-e 5 00
(nod Fr kid button i:t; regular price. . 4 00
Piixht (iondola button. Best quality,
ii T.i; regular price 3 50
Bright Gond'ila bu'ton, (rood style s"2 00
regular price
American kid, button, best iialit.. s'2;
it-iMilar price
3 00
3 00
2 00
American kid, button, second quality,
i.y, regular price '.
A kooiI assortment of Children ar.u
. Misses oil grain school shoes from
1 to 81 20; regular price $1 ,X5to..
Ladies rubbers 30 and
Men's rubbers I.
Come before all are closed out,
I IjKOWNELL & ST AX AUD,
MX1IUNKREH ACKFR OF
GOOD PASTURAGE
And iibumhince ot runniiitr water on
the Klliott Ka-.icli, (our miles south of
Scio. Horses 1 tier month; cattle TK)
-?f"No diseased stock received,
cuts, O. C. MOOX,
Scio. Oresrod.
FOSHAY & MASON
Wholesale and Retail
x;
- j
nmmi
Drwls
l 1 II
KAAL'CAl Al
fctfT tr PuMSraflM.
1 I'nTH sv7i-e .vm0kk
OrfiOTi Cit . Or Oit 3
"IVTOTICK Is HfcKf.l.i t,UK. 1 HAT IV
J.T cotenliance with tbc pro isi.i's of t.
aLt o toiiLr?s of .lune :l, H7S, uiitulfi An
aetfor the sale or iiiiim r Ian-is in the 'u: ;s
of "a.i.linii.t, Oregon, Nciada, ai.d WVIrr
ton iMTiU-rv,"' Willkn.. W Macooti t Ai'unt,
coui.ty ot Linn, stt f Oregon, ha tin- i .y
Hied iii this ottiee hi sm slsleiiu-nt Xj.'I,
frothe .urclia-e ot the K A ot X K. iof s.;.'ioa
22 a:.i W. '. of N. W J ! section .-2.i. in
tt.wasfiin X !S. rawuu Xn. 4. K.. and ill
offer ur'.of to sln.w tl't the lamt syaht i.i
morr MtJnaMtf for its tim .r cr stono :!:au
for JLTiciiltlcal puivi-x sv and to stablisli
his claiin to saitl land ln.lnretl. tcjiT aiiJ
retvi-jr. thij-otfiee S Orvoi. I'it.v, retf.i.,
011 '1'liursti.iy. the 241 h J ft Jaiillary . ls .
He n:iin. as u itiirsscs: tl Ko. C. C K-I I,
s. W. littvif. aii'l s. . Train, uf of Albany.
Linn county, onwiiii. Any ami ll K.'riit
elaimin, adveist-ly the alime-desTitH-d lan l
are iettivstfd to tilir their eJaiin ill this o1..e
on or before said 24th iav ot Jannan . lssl,
T. Bl'KXtV,
Register.
yutkt r lr rMiM-Mliwta.
I'sitku Si itks LankOkkk k, I
iM-ciroii C'itv. or.. Oct. :to. i
TOT ICE Is llt-.IJhbV ;iKX THAI IN
etnuplialuc willr Ilie rn islons ot this
act Congress June :;, 17H,
tl.titleil "An act tor the we
of 1 im'M T la. ills iu the states oH.'aliiornia. :,
iron, Ne.i.la. ami VasJiin;j;(on 'IVrriton ."
'hristt..hfr '. Ktlly f Albany cmnn .if
I. inn. stale ot Oregon has tliis day tilc.i 1 1
this office his sworn sluteineiits Xt. ii.
tlie I'lircliast of the X. E. Ot S. V. ol section
No. -Jl. in tt)Uiishi Xo. !. !. ranye X. 4- .
anil will oifi-r rNif to show that thetai;'
t-..-h is iiion aii:iliii- i..r if- Tiicr.-r . -stone
than ft its agricultural uriosc.. a 1.""
I i-staiilisiv.iis 1 tllii t SiOl 01 : t.
Heuister ami l!ec.-e cr .it tliis oitice at orco.1
I'ity, I ireuon, on Thursiiax tlie 24lb dav o
.latiitiirv Issii. tie Hilling as w itiiesscM: i:,.
W. MactMiii, S. W, tftfec, J. S. Trjiii, a; I
II. I'", 'fabler, allot Abianv I. inn l.tost.tv
Orenii. Any anil all J-ersons aJverev
claiming the abnejes..ribel lamis arelc
inestcil to Die their t luiiii ill this ttttit vn. t.r
bil'orr said -.'41 Ii ila. of .l-iiiuan 1s.s;i
W. I . I'd liNE.
CtVisf. r,
Aolirr Iwr I'lililiriilioii.
IMlKIt Sl.lTKs I.WlHIIMtr, I
Oregon fiti, nr. ! ::. t
otkt: is ui:i:ki; c:ivi.x 1 ti.M in
eon. iiliunee with the iiroi tsntiis ot t: j
act if l ontres, of .luiic '!. IsTs, ciit:tc l
"An act for I lie wile of timber lamU 111 :'.
states of California, tlreg. 11, Xciaiia. i I
U'a-!iiiigtin I'en itorv." Iteli. K. Taliler
Albany Criuu'.y of I. inn. State otorc .-i
has this day filed in tiiis oltici his mm 1
statement Xo. ".n.'i, for the .iirchat
Ki ol X. V and W.. of X. Ej of sccli..n N 1.
22,111 township !. S. r.tliife Xo. 4. E. U
will offer nool to show that the laml souiit
is in.ire valiiahle for its timber or ston '..n't
for agricultural iiiroses, and to ts-t tl.i.-i
his claim to kihI lai.d belorc the IU-isIh,-aml
Itctxivei'i ot this otliec at Oremm it . ,
oregon on Ihiuvtay the 24th la.f.l.
:iar lss:. Ho names a w it iick -: i ' . i
Kelly S. XV. lieece. S. S Traiii, ami W . W,
.MacctHin, all ot A lino it l.ii.n Count? r.-j' -.
Any ami ail icro.is claiming atier--lt
aho t-ileserihet lali.ls ale retiue-f. ) t-j
liic, their claims in this ottit oiior ,t-f-)rt
the 24th ,1 iiuian ls;i.
V. T. Ill ItXKV.
ifogistei.
t.M'i'iilors Nolice.
is Ei:r.i:v :iven that the
vroiici:
iimlersigiietl has liceu tlulv apiKiti.? J
by the 4 'oiuiii Court of l.uiii ti.niit.v nv
exceutor of the last will and tesuo.cut
Kr-d .Mueller deii'.is , All ihtmoiis haiir
claims against wiiil estate are hereby reqiliti-.i
to nrt seiit fhetn iroperl.v u riliwl as rei.uref
bylaw wit bin six months troin this date to
the undersigned at Albany Oregon.
I his thell.d iiy of leivn liter lsss.
J. K. WKATIIKRlTmn Amki.ia Mckllrr
Attv for Exectitiix. Executri
Hcr of Hnal Srlllrmrnt.
NOTIi K is IIKCEIiV IMVEX
iiudersigucil has this day
THAT
nlni in
nullity court it I. inn coiu.ti, Oreg"ii-h:
final acctriint as executor of the lat will an
testament til' John l.lii k, tleceased, and that
Satiirtlay the 1 1th ilay of Jamiary, Iss.l,
the hour of 1 o clock r. m. of saitl tiav lix
Itcvn attixetl by Kiitl court for the hearing of
objections to said final account, ami tor the
settlement thereof.
KICHARD BI RRIS.
Executor of the la t will and tcst-imctil C
.lohn Itlick, deceased. 1
4tnilaislaalr'i Nlirr.
VOTICE IS HEREBY IHVEX' THAT THE
L uuilersignnl, was, m the ..th day of
Hcwiiiner, Issn, by onler of the County
Court of Linn County, Oregon, duly anKint
ed aduiiiiistrator of the estate of .lohn A.
Khinett. lete ot Linn :Hiu.ity, dceeancd. All
ersoiiH having claims against said estate are
hereby retuired tt present them with proper
vouchers to the uiiccrsigr.cd, ut bis place near
Shcdd, in Linn county, Oregon, within six
mouths from tins date.
Hated lec. 7tn, 1"SS.
JOHN" W. PlCiH,
Cms. E, WOLVEHTOX, Adiuinistrat ir.
Att'v for Atlinistrafor
XT1
In the County Court !' Liun County, State
tf Oregon :
APPLICATION HAVIXU BEEN MAHK
in the alsive entitletl etmrt by I'harl.n
H. Seliu crt for change f i.a"ie froniC'hirl. s
II . S.-liubert to Chailes H Muller. Nothk
is hereby given to all jH-r.-ioiis ci.nccriie.i. t
Ih: mid :ipiear in the alsive entitletl itmrt. at
the crt house, in ihe city of Albany, on
Monday, theTih day of January, A. lss,
at the hour of !l o'clock in the forenoon of
saitl day, the Mint being the rtgular .l.tniurt
term, of saitl court, ami then and ther
show cruse, if any exest, whv the name of
said petitioner should not be changed m
pray id for.
lionr by order of the Hon. I. Ii. Rlac't.
burn. Judge cf saitl County Co .rt.
Witness my hand and the scat of naif
Court, affixed this 7th dav of Ik-ccmltcr. A.
I)., ItfSS. E. E. MOXTaOI E.
DR. D. M. JONi
Has accepted the agency of pngon'atnl W
T. for the A. C. Hat lis
Electric Battery
on J
Little Kentucky Giant.
This battery ;an lie used and kept in order
w ith but little Rtudy or eipenm:. It is one of
the finest physicium' anu family ttuttenes in
the market. Acyone wishing to purchase
go.nl battel y wil do well to nll and exanin.e
them. The medical woi ' acknowledge the
great healing pow-ei of electricity in many
diseases, am1 csecially those of a chroma
character Tl.c doctoi Is prepared to ;rb e
electrical treatment, llierc has been no ex
pense spared in procuring every appliaiett
necessary to obtain the best curative effect
from this potent agent. You will find at hi
otticc the Earadic and the Calvanic batter
ies, the Oab aiK.n.eter. niillami'ere meter, the
automatic Rheotome, electric neetlles, Gah
no Magnet, the great galvanic hair.rtt Per
sons desiring to purchase a battery or wishini
electrical treatment, will call at lr. Jones' .
office on Third and Washington streets, Al (
bany, Oregon
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CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS AND COPY RICHTS
Obtained, and all business in tin- I .3.
Patent Olllce attended to at moderate
fees.
Our oflice is opposite tlie L. S. I
cut Oflice,' Hticl wc- can obtain Patc-'s
in less time than those remote Iroro
Wash i listen.
Send model or drnwinir. vw aatse
as to iiiiteutaliilitv free of c luit c; anJ
1 . . . i..
we make n; c-bare unless we oma.
patent.
We refer lu re to the P.stma-ter, tfi
Sui.t.ld Money Order liv , and too
ialsof the U.S. I'atent umee.
ireular, advice, terms and icteieB
to actual clients in vour own S'.a-e "r
outit. v liti to
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Oj.ji PaLOilice, Wusliittu'toti, I -