THE INDEPENDENT.
THE INDEPENDENTS IN THE WEST. | fruit-raising also for a fair yield of
FOBEMT GROVE, DEtKMREK 20. 1K7:
RAILROAD TO ASTORIA.
7* mm bur exchanges we find that
the Independents or Vnti-monopo-
lists, sometimes called Dolly Var
dans, are quite popular and the new
organization is not a local one uor is
it likely to die in the throe of its
birth. It bus sprung up in a troub-
ulous time when corruption and
thieving are running riot and the
people are being robbed of their
substance by political «harks nnd
blood suckers. Iu California, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois etc.,
it lias taken a strong hold on the
people and is likely to become a
permanent organization. It took its
first lease o f power iu California
where two Legislatures one Demo
cratic and one Republican had been
bought up by the Ceutral Pncifiic R.
R. ,and under the leadership of Booth
elected a larger representation in
the State Legislature than either
o f the old parties; and it is quite
certain that unless the Republican
and Democratic parties coalesce,
Booth will 1 e elected to the U. S.
Senate. Last year in Wisconsin the
Senate stood 27 Republican, and 12
opposition, the house GO Republi
can and 40 opposition — giving the
Republicans 29 majority on joint
ballot. The returns of the late
election show a great change — the
Republicans on joint ballot number
ing 58 and the Anti-monopolists 75,
giving the P olly Vnrdens a majority
of 17. In Iowa the Republicans
carried the State ticket by n greatly
reduced majority and the Independ
ents were successful iu the coun
ties. The total expense of the
Dolly Vardens, as given in a pub
lished statement of their State cen
tral committee, for the campaign,
was $5,00, expended for postage,
stationerv and telegrams. This is
quite economical in comparison with
the system of the Democratic and
Republican parties of to-day who
spend hundreds of thousands every
election to elect their tickets. In
Illinois the Anti-monopolists have
beaten both the other parties. In
Minnesota they developed great
strength. And in Oregon another
year will see the Independents carry
the State by a sweeping majority.
The Grangers have generally acted
with Anti-monopolists,but have at all
times shown an entire independence
of party, having cast their votes for
men whom they could trust whether
Democratic, Republican or Anti-
monopolist. And it is to be hoped
that this young Sampson will not
listen to the soft words and golden
wiles of political Delilas, but bury
the Philistiues in the ruins of their
nfamv.
wheat. And there are the Beaver-
dam lauds and swamp lands of which
there are several thousand acres lying
idle, waiting for capitul to bring
them into cultivation.
Mr. Isaac
Myers owns some fifteen or twenty
thousand acres of land in this Coun-
tv which are very valuable and lying
idle waiting for farmers to come and
buy them and make them productive.
We invite those desiring homes to
come to Washington county to settle.
Here we aro situated near the Port
land market, with a railroad running
through the County, with the best
schools in the State and, the richest
soil and most beautiful climate in the
world.
‘‘TEETH AND CLAWS.”
December.
------
recent lecture by Prof. G'ou- Thou gentle wind, whose sighing murmurs
flow
i ^on on “ Teeth nnd Claws ” at the
Congregational church in Portland And full with pleasing cadence on the ear f
calls out a pretty sharp rebuke from Thou seem'st some heavenly visntanthelow
Nor car’st to linger with us mortals here.
j ^ e editor of the Adrot'ale. That
Leafless and sad is cold December drear;
l>aI)er ca^s the Professors state- No matin lay or song of gentle bird
inents mere unsupported assertions Is voiced among the branches withered sere;
*' contradicting the views of nine But thy low murm'ring sighing tones are
heard.
ou^
the ordinary readers of
When
Spring returns and early flowers ap -
the scriptures.” And so forth the .
\V. H. SAYLOR, PROPRIETOR.
pear,
Advocate digs at the Professor with j
And deck with beauty gay the verdant sod
tooth and nail, and says in conclu-1 Again thy whispered notes beguile the ear
sion “ we think skeptics would In grateful orisons of praise to God.
D E A L E R IN
W . N. G o o d el l
have been fully as well pleased with
the lecture as were Christians, j
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, BOOKS &c., ft
EDITORIAL CHANGE.
\\ bile we take pleasure among the j
rocks of science, let us never forget
The Salem Statesman comes out
G l a s s c u t to a n y s i z e .
the Rock of Ages.”
under the editorial control of Sam.
SCHOOL "MATTERS.
Now if the lecture pleased both i Clark, and we congratulate its sub
Our stock consists in part of
The New Northwest accuses our skeptics and Christians, that in our gcribers on the change. The States-
TARNISH BRUSHES.
PAINT BRUSHES,
NAIL BRUSHES,
CLOTHES BRUSHES,
County School Superintendents of humble opinion, though we are not man will now bo conducted as an
STRIPING
BRUSHES,
TOOTH
BRUSHES,
stock jobbing in Oregon’s educa a theologian, is just what is needed, independent Republican paper and
tional interests, and says it is very Skeptics will not accept Christianity we welcome it to its new and high
plain how it was that these gentle and if geologx* can be made a basis field of labor. Rings, cliques and
men, with two or three exceptions, of agreement then all will be well, factions have too many friends al-
C O M B S OF A L L S I Z E S AND V A R I E T I E S
voted the uniform system of text The rocks of science were evidently ready, and the people too few and
books. It publishes a “ confidential” made by the Rock of Ages and are in the.1Statesman under its new Editor
RAW OILS,
NEATSFOOT OIL,
LARD OIL,
circular, emanating from the agent | consequently his written books, and we believe the people have an able
CASTOR OIL,
SWEET OIL,
BOILED OILS,
CHINA NUT OIL, ETC
of Bancroft Sc C'o's. publishing house if through these the infidel can look and honest advocate.
in San Francisco, sent to a certain up to the Christian’s God then the
School B ooks, su itable for the A cadem y or P u b lic School.
EDITORIAL
NOTES.
uncorruptible Superintendent who mission of the preacher is accom-
makes the disclosure. The follow- 1 plished and unbelief resolved into
All articles warranted. Prescriptions compounded with care and correctness.
The Liberal Republicans have sig
ing extracts explain the whole matter: sublimcst faith.
i
n33 :ly
It is our desire—and we are sure it is
The
Advocate
misunderstands nified their wish that the Republic
yours —to so perfect our arrangements that ,
,
.
.
ans do not class them as Democrats
every pupil in Oregon shall have opportunity | th e
P ro fe s s e r , is
th e
tro u b le .
and they will accept such pluces on
to procure his text-books at the reduced j P r o fe s s o r C o n d o n is n o t, in his
rates. To this end I shall establish a dis-
. . .
Congressional committees as tho R e
tributing agency in each county of the State, g e o lo g ic a l a n d e th n o lo g ic a l liiv esti-
publican caucus may assign them.
No other person can have such facilities for ¿rations, seeking to learn the super
doing this work thoroughly as the County
”
1
There will be a new committee on
Superintendent, and I therefore tender you niltural nut the lliltunu.
He IS seek-
the agency for your county, to be conducted Jn rr
t ru (}j j n t]ie domain of llis Civil Service appointed, of which the
Of all Kinds
as follows:
Republicans will probably appoint j
Then follows the conditions upon science stripped of all other consid Sumner chairman.
which such “ distributing agency ” erations. And this is the only wav
Scott is o f opinion that Hill “ lies” J
will be made, and the profits thereof— in which he enn arrive at correct
as
to certain charges of bribery the j
And at the
the real milk in the coaca-nut. W e conclusions. The science of geol
ogy was hampered in its inception latter has made and Hill comes to j
give the more important articles:
the front with the name— H. Cason I
o s t H .c o s o n a 'b le R a t o s ,
Fourth. I icill pay all charges on the by zealots trying to make it con-
books, delivering them to you at our own form to their particular religious or who used money in the sums of $2,50 |
At the
expense, you deduc ting any sums of money
to $5,00 to influence voters at the 1
you may advance on the account from first anti-religious views and the Profes
receipts from sales.
“ IN TD EPEN TD EN TT” O F F I C E ,
sor has wisely determined to study last election.
Fiflth. To compensate you for your
The Oregon Granger in its last ar
trouble, I will allow you a commission of the scienc pure; and we bid him
FORESTGROVE,
-
- -
- -
.
.
.
.
OREGON
ten per cent. (10 per cent.) on all sales to God speede. W e wish he had $100,- ticle on Clatsop County in speaking i
schools in your county, whether public or
HILL HEADS,
private, commissions to be deducted from 000 at his command to prosecute his of the timber that grows there savs OSTERS ( o f any S ize),
your remittances.
“
The
alder
tree
attains
a
size
of
from
researches in this State and contig- J
Sixth. Satisfactory arrangements will be
three to four feet in diameter aud is
f l l l i l . t l 'S *
BLANKS.
made for the disposition of any stock you uous territory.
may have left over at the end of the time
an annual. O Mercer! Now we don’t
specified, by sale to your local dealers, or by
PREPARE FOR FIRE.
L A W Y E R S’ B R IE F S,
doubt but that alder trees do attain
SHOW CARDS,
return to myself.
If you will undertake it I will do all
that size in that county but that they
LAW YER S’ BLANKS,
VISITING CARDS,
A short time ago the dwelling of
in my power to facilitate the work; and I am
grow
that
large
iu
a
gear
is
too
thick.
quite sure that while it will be profitable to Mr. MeCreadv in this town took fire
yourself it will be more satisfactory to the
LABELS,
A gentleman writing to the Advo
RECEIPT B u J K i
people of your county than any other arrange and had it not been that it was dis
cate
describing
the
country
through
ment that can be made.
covered early in its progress, the
The New Northwest says further:
BLANK BOOKS,
whole row of business buildings from which he had been traveling mixed
A C ., AC.
Dr. Glenn informs us that the direct
Steve Harris’s blacksmith shop to his metaphors tlm s:-
F O R E S T GROVE
DRUG AND B O O K STORE! !
The Columbia rivex is frozen up
ti>»ht and fast, and communication
with the outside world is not possi-
ble. At such a time as this our eves
liegin to open to the actual wants of
the country. And to what point in
our extremity do we iuvoluutarily
turn? — to ASTORIA.
There
lies an open )*>rt where the heaving
sea scorns the ice, where vessel« of
the largest draught ride safely at an
chor. Here our wheat lies stored iu
our ware-houses and the merchant
ships at Astoria lie waiting for
freight, and a frozen river intervenes
which may lx* locked in in winter’ s
icy chains for a mouth or more.
And what is tho remedy ? HV need
a braneh railroad running beiireen
„ Istoria and finm t Grove conru'rf-
ing with the West Side railroad. This
is our great and immediate want and
we must and will have it. The peo
ple o f Oregon cannot close their
eyes to the fact that we are liable
ever}- winter to be shut out from
commercial relations with the world
by tho freezing of the Columbia
river. Here is a distance of only
some sixty miles with an easy grade
through a valuable region of coun
try which otherwise would not be
opened to civilization for a half cen
tury, to a sea-port open to the com
merce of the world all the year and
forever. Now who will take a hold
of this inntter and carry it into exe
cution? A valuable land grant was
made by the government to Den Hol-
laday to build this road and it inter
ests the jieople of the Willamette
valley particularly to know whether
we are to have the benefit of it or
not. "We call upon our delegation
at Washington to see to this matter
nnd use their utmost exertion to have
the proposed branch road built from
Forest Grove to Astoria immediately.
Appropriations of money have been
expended in dredging out the bars
of the Columbia river uselessly try
ing to remedy defects that cannot be
cured since these bars are constantly
forming anew. The fact of the
matter is that it is folly for vessels of
more than sixteen feet draught to
attempt to run up to Portland in
seasons of low water. Astoria is our
expense to Portland District alone for these
natural port of entry and this strug
Imagine a gentle sloping plain 125 miles
text-books (including State Superintendent Mathew’s store would undoubtedly
Printed to order, and iu the best Strie.
long by IU wide. Imagine it now thrown
gling of Portland against fate is all
Sam. and compiler Syl. Simpson's Readers,
even at the “ introductory rates,” which any have been burned to the ground. into a “ chopped sea” nnd furrowed with
lost time and money, for the rail
“ co^ d en tial” dealer could exceed at liis Now a fire is likely to happen at any long sinuous “ troughs" winding endlessly
among the changeless waves. Think <{f
pleasure, thus adding indefinitely to his
road will be built whether that city
those waves of all possible forms and outline
time
in
this
city
and
sweep
it
to
de
“ profitable” commission of 10 i* r cent.)
be willing or no. Besides the people
will exceed $5,000, and R. J. Ladd, the struction in an hour. The buildings from a few feet to hundreds in liight, but
few comparatively too steep for the plow.
district Clerk, who is well acquainted with
o f this valley cannot afford to stand
the District finances, puts the price at $10, are wooden structures of li"ht and
Just think of a man flowing a
with their hands in their pockets
T I i o O n e P r ic e
ooo. The whole thiug is a put-up job, and highly combustible material,and once “ chopped sea” u-arc and you get the
an outraije upon our public school systr n>.
and their produce lying in ware
fire gets started among them where force and beauty of the metaphor.
W e have a little Credit Mobilier
houses w hile Portland is using up
they are close together as in the
Congress has passed a General
government appropriations in a FARMING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, j in onr educational system, it seems. “ business row,” nothing could save
Amnesty bill removing all political
Ten per cent, on $10,000 would be
Dame Partington fight with sand
them. Now the town authorities
disabilities
imposed by the Constitu
In this Countv of course we do ; $1,000—a nice little thing that it
bars and ice fields.
*
. 1
should see that every house has its
N. E . G O O D E L L
tional Amendment and now the ex-
uot have large farms, in comparison : would not do for a man without
flue or flues properly constructed so
confederate chiefs have a chance at
TOO MANY ‘‘ COLLEGES.”
with the extensive fields of California teeth to smile at. The New North
Dealer in
that a fire may be avoided if possible.
tho loaves and fishes. T h is aer will
but here each man has a section, west deserves credit for exposing
And further, the town should be
do more to heal political jealousies
There are more colleges (on paper) half-section or a quarter, as the case this nicely laid scheme of men which
GENERAL M E R C H A N D I S E !
provided with ladders for scaling
at the South than any measure that
in Oregon than can be sustained. may lie, and so we have a thickly set unfortunately for Oregon, did not
and water vessels and tackle for pul
h a s rr.oxi
could have been adopted. "Whatever
Wlmt we want are high schools and tled community, where wealth is “ gang » "le y .”
___________
NFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
ling down buildings, if necessary to
STILL K ee ps the
opponents of the Administration
academies, which will give our young evenlydistributedand no large landed
THE RAILROADS BEATEN.
stop the progress o f a conflagration.
may sav, our government has been
men and women a thorough element proprietor lords it over tenants. The
, ‘
.
. I
A
word
to
the
wise
is
sufficient.
W ashington , Dec. 15. — The Supreme
the most magnannmous conqueror in j
ary education. Two Colleges in the land in our County, that is adapted
Court to-dav derided in the case of Nebraska There nre some men whose whole
the world. Not a decade has passed
State are all that is needed or will for wheat raising is evenly fertile, against the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
means are concentrated iu the busi-
emphatically
sustaining
the
right
of
the
since the rebellion and nil political
be needed for a long time to come— both high and low producing well—
State to tax the Pacific Railroad. This j ness portion of the town nnd they
cres of excellent lanttfor
disabilities have been removed and
the College at Salem and the College all the way from twelve to fifty and practically decides the Califnrnia case against
sale in Washington County.
are
constantly
dreft
lini?
some
ncci-
no rebel offender languishes in dur
at Forest Grove. These a re Colleges sixty bushels of wheat to the acre, j the Central Pacific Railroad.
This is one victory of the people 1 Cental ^re to sweep away their hard ance vile.
(not Unversities) and they need the The farming lands on the Tualatin
C a ll and See H im
manv
entire patronage of the Willamette Plains generally produce about and justice over railroad rings, and j earnet^ property the fruit of
John
Ryan
one
of
the
ring
repeat
rears of anxiety and labor.
He has something good to tell them nnd
Valley at least. If another College twenty bushels to the acre, on the | we throw up our hat accordingly.
ers pleads guilty to the charge of
is to l>e located it should be in East river bottoms from forty to sixty, on The Central Pacific Railroad a ls o '
voting twice, notwithstanding the
THE BACK-PAY REACTION.
i
ern Oregon to accommodate a com the river and creek borders t h e ! has refused to pay its taxes in the I
Bulletin holds a stiff upper lip.
c
s
K
State
of
California
for
two
years
and
!
munity widely separated from us.
ground being overflowed even’ winter 1
Now comes Andrew Johnson in a
Congress is sorely exercised now
X
Such as
The high schools and academies is consequently richer. Take the j now it comes Stanford Sc C o.’s turn about the Salarv-Grab, and “ virtu- four column letter in the Washington
of which we speak should be thor farm of Henry Buxton near Forest j to pay their debts. Two years ago j
ous ” members are preparing to dis Chronicle and says that there was no HATS AND CAFS,
oughly graded and text books used Grove, for example. This has about that Company objected to the assess-!
gorge. They are not satisfied with recommendation of mercy accompa-
BOOTS AND SHOES,
t>f the same kind as are used at the 275 acres of wheat land. A large ment of the State as being too high,
nyiug
the
sentence
of
Mrs.
Surratt
repealing the high salary act but
LADIES’ AND GENTS’
Salem and Forest Grove Colleges— part of tins land lies on Gales’ creek and the State Board of Equalization
propose in their honest fit to return who was executed as one of the con-
f. >r the text l>ooks in these institutions bottom aod is exceedingly fertile. cut it down one-half and then the
WEARING APPAREL,
their overpay to the treasury, They spirators in the assassination of Pres-
do not differ materially. So that the It has l>een inconstant use for thirty Company refused to pay. And they . . .
.
. . .
,
, . T • ,
, ,
.
.
* desire to return to the republican ident Lincoln, lle denies the im-
.
« !
G r o c e r ie s
in d en ts on graduating at the high successive years, each year a crop would not pay their taxes for this . . . . .
, ,
^ . 1 ____ ,____ x
simplicity of former years. Ever peaehment and proves the falsity of
schools or academies could, after a having l>een raised off of it; it shows j year and the matter is in the Supreme
Of all kinds, nnd other Articles too nunier-
since Congress convened this has the charges that his enemies have
ous4<> meution. And hopes l»y
preliminary examination and some but little sign of failing. In these i Court for adjudication. The above i
been their only subject of discussion. : niade.
reviewing, pass right into College. thirty years Mr. Buxton has raised decision against the Union Pacific
FAIR DEALING
If they would only go to work and j W e are glad to see friend C. A.
These divers “ Colleges” that are every season from 8,000 to 5,000 practically decides the case against
cut down the salaries of Senators \ Ball’s vindication from the charere Only to merit a Liberal Patronage of the
planted all over the State take away bushels of grain, aggregating al>ont them aud they will have to pay their j
Public.
and Congressmen to the old rates ; preferred against him bv the Ilttlle-
patronage from the two institutions DM),000 bushels.
His wheat he j taxes as well as other folks.
and stop making speeches at the ex- j tin. We hope that he will soon give
before-named and do them injury has sold generally at $1 00 p er'
Highest Cash Price Paid for Produce. THE FINEST AND ; CHEAPEST
pense of the government the people the public the names of those parties
DEATH OF AGASSIZ.
nnd turn out V graduates” every year bushel; for being a farmer of meuus '
would thank them therefor, and who paid the repeaters for voting and
LANDS IN THE STATE ! !
who arc scarcely fit to enter College. and pretty shrewd he has always g o t ;
Louis Agassiz, the eminent natu- n>i<rfit forgive them for their hog- advised them to swear falsely. If
There i« scarcely a College so-called a good price for his wheat. So that ,
ralist and savan, is dead and another gishness last winter. But now in Mr.Ball has this information we may
in the State that ean fit a young he has sold grain probably to the
great name is inscribed in death on their mad fit of economy they wish expect to hear of some “ eminent”
n3!> .1 v
man to enter the Salem or Forest amount of $40,000 or $50,000.
the scroll of fame. He was born in to cut down the salaries of officers members of the “ ring” seeking parts
Grove Institution. These two C ol
And there is the farm of Mr. A.T. i 1807 ; studied at Zurich, Heidleherg
whose pay is none to great. The unknown nnd taking on aliases.
leges have large endowment funds
Smith which has just lieen rented by and Munich
;
visited
tho
.
United people are willing tc? pay their pub-
T hanks from S panish S tatesmen to
the one here liavnig «bout $70,000 Messrs. Shipley Sc Tyler, lying near
a es in
b, was elected Profes- pc
lie servants
servants the full value of their S umner . — A Washington dispatch of
subeerilied, the one at Salem less, the Grove having 500 acres of nor of geology and zoology in Har
services and had not the high salary November 30, says: Senator Sumner
we l>elieve—they have large libraries, excellent river liottom land all of vard University in 1847, since which
arrived here on friday night.
He
bill increased the pay of Senators j
has recieved a dispatch from Madrid,
and each has a corps o f teachers, which a man with fair means could time he has devoted himself to teach
and Congressmen who were already signed by six of the Republican mem-
able, experienced and thorough, nnd raise from 10,000 to 15,000 bushels ing his favorite sciences and writing
(At the Old Tualatin i'tore.)
receiving a higher price for their la- bers of the Cortes, thanking him for
it is a pity for parents to send their of wheat per annum. And there is on and investigating scientific sub
bor than it was worth, they would ; kindness and appeals in behalf of
youth to paper Colleges, thinking Jacob Hoover's farm on the North jects. He was and long will remain
DEALER IN
have said amen to the increased pay. j Peac® an<1 the stability of Hopubli-
that they are fitting them to enter Plains, a section claim and every the great opponent on this side of
, ,
, .
can Government. I lie dispatch savs
Y e are glad to see that these j the Republicans of the United State8> DRY GOODS,
the learned professions and giving foot of it productive and easily put the sea of Darwin and Huxley, whose
gentlemen feel the prick o f public France and Spain should stand to-
them thorough classical and scientific into cultivation.
W e cannot tell writings he successfully combatted.
GROCERIES, and
| opinion through their thick hides, gether; the republicans of Spain have
FOREST G R O V E OREGON.
education.
how much grain Mr. Hoover has He was one of the great scientists The fall eloctious have had a very ; already sacrificed 53,000 lives, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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raised on it but enough we imagine who found science to accord in her
they intend that every person under
JKJAN FFACTU BER AND DEALER IN
healthy
effect
on
the
official
pulse.
A Missouri paper thihks “ what the to feed all W ebfoot for several grand and solemn undertone with
all kinds of
the Spanish flag shall be free.
Forest G rove, - - - - Oregon
women of this country most need is months. And there are hundreds Revelation. Requiescat in pace.
One ton (2,000 pounds avoirdupois)
The monument to Genoral Robert
not suffrage, but symmetry; not
N U SS.
of
farms
in
this
County
equally
of
gold
or
silver
contains
29,163
troy
E.
Lee, now in process of construc AIR TRICEs PAID FOR ALL KIND»
right«, but rationality; not a place in
The
v Editor v of the Progression is/
. i ounces, and,therefore, the x-alu© of tion in Virginia, will be surmounted
SA
D
D
LE
S, B
R
ID
LES, W
H
IPS ft L
ashes
Then there are the ,
our legislative balls, but a place to productive.
OF PRODUCE.
has discovered n new group of islands ! a ton of pure gold is $602 799 21 by a reclining figure of the General
hang their stockings.”
timber lands which arc adapted to
t3URepairing promptly attended to.
the ‘ < aiiuibal Island».”
, and of a ton of silver $37,704 84.
enveloped in his military cloak.
tyrrem ium on Cash Cnstomers. uI5Xf
n!3^m
JOB P R IN T IN G
DONE IN THE BEST STYLE OF THE AH'
CASH STORE !
I. MYERS
I
15 ,0 00 to 2 0 ,0 0 0
POST OFFICE.
A
L
W m . M cC R E A D Y .
2