DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 23, 1870.
NO. 8.
VOL. 1.
Z3S
Is Issued Every Saturday Afternoon at
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
BY D. M. C. QAULT &C0MP'Y.
OFFICE Main street, between Court and
Mill streets, two doors south of tho Postoflaee.
SUB3CBIFTION KATES.
SINGLE COFIES One Year, $2 50; Six
Months, $1 75 ; Three Months, $1 00.
ubcrijtioa mutt be paid ttrictly i advance
ADVERTISING EATE3.
One square (101ine3 orles3), first insert'n, $3 ,00
Each subsequent insertion- 1 00
A liberal deduction will be made to quar
terly and yearly adrertisers.
Professional cards will bo inserted at $12 00
per annum. ,
Transient advertisements must bo paid for
in advance to insure publication. All other
advertising bills must 'ba paid quarterly.
Legal tenders taken at their current value.
' Blanks and Job Work of every description
furnished at low rates on short notice.
' aa-All advertising bills must be paid
monthly. .
IDLE.
I sit in the twilight dim,
At the close of an iJle day,
And hear the soft, sweet hymn
That rises far away,
, And dies on the eveniug air ; j
Oh, all djy long, they sing their son,
Who toil in the valley there. ;
But never a song sing I.
Sitting with folde i lan's;
The hours pass me by,
. Dropping tbeir golden sands;
And I list from day tu clay
To the tick, tick, toek, of the old brown clock,
Ticking my life away.
And I see the sunlight fade,
And I see the night come on
And then, in ttye gloom and shade,
. I weep for tUe day that is gone
Weep end wail in pain, -For
the unspent day that has Sown away
Aud Hill not come again. .
Another morning beams,
And I forget the last,
An J sit in my idle dreams,
Till the day in overpast
Oh, the toiler's heart is glad,
For the day is gone and the night eomcs on,
; But miue is sore and sad. '
For I dare not look behind ; .
No golden shining sheaves,
Cau I ever hope to find ;
Nothing but withered leaves,
Ah ! dreams are very sweet!
But will it please, if only these '
I lay at my Master' feet ?
And what will the Master say .
To dreams, and nothing more ?
Ob, idler all the day !
Think, ere tby life is o'er.
And the day grows late,
Oh, soul of sin ! will He let you in
There at the pearly gate?
Ob, idle heart, bewate !
On to the field of strife !
On to the valley there, ' . , . .
And live a useful life. ,
Upl do not wait a day !
For the old brown clck, with its tick, tock,
Is ticking jour life away.
Baitiiiir the Hook.
The New York Tribune observes
that in tho present melancholy condi
tion of the ''Democratic" party, its
only possible hope of, anything never
so mildly glorious in the way of "vic
tory" is to rope in a few Republicans
of the softer sort. Under cover of
"The Labor Reformers," this little
game was lately tried in New Hamp
shire, as our readers know, with but
mitigated success. And now wc hear
from Cincinnati of "The .Democratic
Executive Uommittee trying some-
thing like the same expedient. At a
meeting of the Committee the other
ay, one Mr. Nietert moved that tho
coming Convention be called The
Democratic Citizens' Reform Conven
tion." Then indignantly sprang to his
.feet Mr Kraemer. "I am a Democrat,"
flaid K., "flfld I glory in the name. It
jgoes to my heart to see the glorious
old name discarded. liut the mover
of the resolution 4 explained: "We
peed Republican vote, We must have
Republican votes. Unless we get Re
publican votes, the party will go up in
ja balloon." "Now," sagaciously ob
:rved Mr.; Nietert, "Republicans will
not bite at the bare hoot ot an out-and
out Democratic Ticket, and wc prp-
pose to bait the hook with a so called
Dmocralkj Citizens' Reform Ticket."
The Committee voted so to 'bait the
hook," but they caught no gudgeons
Cincinnati went Republican by a Jarg-
ct majority than aver before.
A new tunnel under tb,e Thames has
lately been completed, at a cost of 18;,
UUu. The shafts descending to it have
a diameter of JO feet at top, and 8
leet at bottom.. The tunnel is 7 feet in
diameter. It h 1320 feet lonr. and
was dog at the rate of 9 feet a hy.
The . passage under the river will - be
made by an omnibus, by means of a
etatiooarr CRge with lifts at either
ena.
How Taxes Have Been Reduced.
ox taxation Dy our small ueraocrauc
politicians, (many of whom, however,
do not pay a farthing of taxes), that
one not familiar with the action of
Congreg9 on this subject might be led
to suppose that there had been no re
duction.of taxes since the close of the
war. The New York Tribune prints
exhibits on this subject, from which it
appears that in 1865-G the Iuternal
lievenue receipts irjtn manufactures
productions.!) three years ot ib,v&v
.... n AC.i I
ion io. ine receipts oi taxes on in-
UUUIC3 IM A UUU VIC VVjv T, 1 JJ j ill
18G7, $57,040,040; in 18GS, $32,027,
610. Here is a reduction of income
tax in three years of S28,8GG,525
making a total reduction of taxes oq
i total reuueuuu ui ia.i-a uy
ures, prod actions, and incomes
6, of 100,918,178.
manufactu
since 18G6
In 18GG clothing paid an Internal
Revenue tax of 12,434,120; in 1808,
$820,537. Bootsland shoes, in 18GC,
paid f G 51G(8U; J;,-';"2;
In 18GG pig iron paid 82,200,882, and
in
18G8 nothing. Manufacturers of
irfi?ainio- I'lr J V' ,f, S ain
18Gb, 5Jal,4Jb. In March, IbOS.
uongress reueveu au manuiactures anu
productions, except spirits, tobacco aud
cigars, of internal taxes, except two
dollars on each thousand dollars of
sales. The tax of two dollars on one
thousand is not very oppressive, on all
over five thousand ; and tho income
tax ceases Otis year.
From this exhibit appears that taxes
have alreadv been reduced to an ex
tent? which, considering the condition
of the countryt is very remarkable.
Further reductions can doubtless he
made, and the Republican party will
make them as rapidly as a due regard
fur the nublic credit will allow. " It
i t i . - iL!. ir I t. . I "
scanus p.eageu wid puueyuu Wua m
may bo taken as an earnest oi wnat it
will do in the, future.
AHstory is told ofj a family who live
n Vesper, Onondaga county, N. Y.,
consisting ot a roansaDd wile, and one
ittle boy about two years old. The
1
ittlc fellow had noticed'that whenever
his mother scolded his father, he would
commence whistling, and keep whist
ling until the storm bad passed over.
One day, however, he mtxdfy no demon-
tration whatever whilo receiving a
slight correction from his wife. The
boy noticed this, and after watching
his fatter some time, said to him, "why
don't you give her a d -d good whist
ling?"
A Connecticut reporter, who. recent
ly attended a wedding, apparently for
the first time, writes that when , he
looked upon tho Wide "in her sweet
grace and with her gentle way. he
felt like going into jthe shadowed gar
dens of imagination and gathering
there tlie rarest roses of language
rncna linlP ricYan t n trtAii lti rlct ond l-ii1f
awake as they swelled to bloom from
slumber and adorning her wedding
wreath, already full with the blessings
ana productions . wcrp. jw.ooo uoi Witl out a ,0to the Senate
?' J?J VX?'' ?nU 10 Hi Is were introduced
i0oo,iu-i,ouo zz. nereis a re- the , oia cgtead act;n
uuciiuu ui taxi's uu uiauuiauiurus uwi i
and repeated blessing and bridal ofier-lfor
ings of loving friends."
A gigantic plant of the Arum spe
cies, lias recently! Deen lorwaruea to
England from Nicaragua. This plant,
which has heretofore escaped the no-
tice of the traveling botanists, pro-
daoes but one lcaf nearly fourteen feet
in length, supporting a stalk ten feet sHals shall include statistics represent
long. The stem of the flower is a foot irig surviving officers, soldiers and sail
in circumference, ! the spath' or flower ojs of the war of-1812 and their sur
two feet long, purpleish in color, with viving widows. Concerning their pen
a powerful carrion-like odor. As this siions at the same time, within which,
remarkable species lot flower is quite
1l -,J
uew iu buivuuc, it una uui jfct itjwuivcu
a name. -
Not Encouraging. The bridge
over the American river, four miles
from Sacramento,' constructed by 'the
Pacific Railroad
.
Company, for tho use
of their lino of
trada, at ' a cost of
about $100,000, was destroyed by. fire
on the 2oth uit.---the work of an in
cendiary. Wjthin the past year the
Company ha not lost less than half a
million dollars worth of properly at the
hands of the people of Caiifoania, by
such wanton destruction aa the above.
We do not recollect to have read of a
single instance wbere any, incendiary
has been detected and punished for any
destruction of property ' belonging to
the Company. Such a state of afiuirs
will not encourage outsiders-to invest
their money in improvements in Uau-
forma.
jgThis fills the column.
Telegraphic Summary.
WKntMnTft- A'nril- 12. Senator
Crairia from the Committee on Terri-
tones, reported the House bill suppress
irisr Doiviramv in Utah
l'omcroy gave notico ot an amend
meat declaring the existing atate gov
eminent provisional, and constituting
tho State of Georgia tho 3d Military
District, and directing tho election ot
mempers or ine jeiriaiur. uuu iui
1 1 : ms a A v . J M
their assembling Nov. 23d, 1870.
adjourned.
amendatory of
favor -Gf honor-
K1 UiaViarrrAil rliiiira tn fir and GS
HUM w..,
tab,jJh the DUmber of enlisted men in
, nhw
Another Fen la u Itald.
New York, April 13. Fenians are
said to have left this city in large num
bers. Some say they have gone to at
tend
. .
the Chicago Congress, others own
they are concentrating ou the Ca
r (Vnrvtlni- nritli n v I j Itf ii nnflfh'T
i J Armoml mniimit!on stored in
various Fenian armories of this city
nr Laiil f lnpr ltion rnirvrl Trt.
bod seenisbto know where they have
.J . . tn J
C iicauo, April 13.--It is evident
ihcri a 8tale of fTeling in the Sa.
pretae Conrt by no means pleasant rcK
preme uonrt oy no means i
ativo to rehearing Lgal Teuder case
or crises so presented to involve other
points on which argument will be of
fered. In any event the Attorney
General asks that legal tender argu
ment may be made. Chase, Clifford
and Field hold that the same order cr
argument of last year precludes this,
but the majority overrule them, though
Chase may be able to throw any fuRher
decision over nutil uext wintpr.
The House Committee on Territories
asrried to report to admit New Mexico
as at State.
The same dispatch says the evidence
of Governor Senter. as well as other
jca4jDg Tenncsseeans, show that there
perpe
trated in the last year than in any year
preceding. ; :
Autl-Polygamy Bill.
Chicago, "April 13. The Tribunes
Washington special says the anti-poly
I .
eainy oiu as -.reported, by the 'senate
Committee on Territories, retains all
the amendments to which the House
on Cuilutn's motion agreed, and half a
doj en other sections. Officers of the
Mormon church arc not only prohibit
ed from solenizini; marriages but it is
made a misdemeanor punishable with
jfin s and imprisonment. Marriages in
v'u lation of the terms of the bill are
dc lured incestuous and void and all
pc sons aiding or consenting to them
arc to be punished for misdemeanor.
Sj tritual marriages, sealing, consccra
tiens, and all other devices whereby
men get services of women are prohib
ited, and so-called spiritual wives may
suu and recover payment for their. la
bor. The 3Ioraion remonstrance adopt
ed! at Salt Lake City about a fortnight
srnce, applicable to this bill, and all
I f
other anti-Mormon lcsislation, wa3 to
MV PrcsCGtcd'
Wasiiinoton, April 14. Dawes
presented a memorial of C. W. Fields
aid m the construction of a marine
tclcjrranh between America and Asia,
w
th a bill for that purpose, which he
asjked to bo referred to tho Committee
ori Foreign Kelations. llefcrred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
Bill amendatory of census law pass
ct as amended, bv substitute of Senate
Cbmmittec, provides that eensus Mar
returns shall bo made aa to the nonnla-
, .... - r r
hod ana mortality, increases the com
nensation of Marshals triviuir all Mar
glials eight cents for each page. Two
i o a
copies of the original census returns
J required as m the 11th seotion, second
i apt of 1850.
ii
Exportation of Hops. The
entific Press notices the fact that, a
tew day.r since, U,0U0 worth of hops
were carnea away Dy one vessel tram
Span Francisco, for export to Europe,
and presumes that the shipment has
been more or less influenced bv the
exhibition of California hops at the late
taris Exposition. A "bale or two of
tops were opened there, and freely dis
tributed, to brewers and others who
were congregated there from thevari
pus countries i in .' Europe, and who.
without exception, bore testimony to
he fact that they were not equaled by
;he hops raised! in any other part of the
The Books We Head.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in the selection of the books we read.
It is a fact well known to those who
have given attention to this subject
that the influence exerted upon the
mind by a certain class of works is ul
most as enervating as indulgence in the
ordinary rounds ft diss! nation. A eon
firmed novel reader, one who has so ac
customed himself to the excitement
produced by reading works of fiction
and to the day-dreaming that is sure
to follow, is no more competent to hold
his mind firmly upon any given subject I
than is tho druukard able to hold his I
hnn.1 utenAxr Tt ni.tr Ko rordf1 nc o
serious: question whether the circulat
ing libraries that pander so largely to I
harm than can ever be counterbalanced
by the ' information they diffusa among
those who take from them a better class
of works. Tho only 'consideration that
would lead US to regard the account as
balanced would be tho fact that the in
jury done to worthless mind is of small
consequence compared with tho im
provement of a mind of higher qual
ity I ethnologist.
The President's stables in I'hiladeU
phia were under the direction of Ger-
man Johns, and the grooming of the
white charters will rather surprise the
moderns. The night before the horses
L.;,l,lfln .t.AW
Tiv-.w pv.Vu v,M, v .v ,
covered entirely over with a paste, of
which whiting is tho principal component
part; then the animals were swathed in
body clothes and left to sleep upon
clean straw. In the morning the com
position had become hard, was well rub
bed in and curried and brushed, which
process pave to the coats a beautiful,
glossy and satin-like appearance. The
hoofs were then blackened and polish
ed, the mouth washed, teeth picked
and cleaned, and the leopard skin hous-
ing. bcin properly adjusted, tho white
chargers were led out for service.
Such was the grooming of the ancient
times.
Don't Like It.
A telegram of the
14th says:
At Laramie City, Wyoming, the
jury in the Ilewett murder case rc-
tnrnifl n vnlik if mnfXil.inrrlitor In
the first degree, at 12 o'clock on the
nicht of Mareh 12th. The ladies of
the jury wero much fatigued, and
thoroughly disgusted with their jury
practice.
A previous dispatch read as follows :
. Laramie, March 12 The Ilewett
murder case is still pending. The jury
cannot agree, and were ordered con
fined until 9 o'clock a. rn., when the
court agrees to meet them. They were
allowed dinner jand supper. The wo
men looked pale and fatigued, this
being the fourth night of their confine
aient. General complaint among the
married men.
Short Dresses arc good things for
the shoemakers and bad for the doctors.
The ladies buy and wear better shoes,
and the doctors report a noticeable de
cline in diseases among women coming
from cold clamp feet. When long gar
ments prevailed, women were very care-
less in this resncct. often wearimr thin
and broken shoes, and this, together
with the dampness always clinging to
their long skirts, brought on illness,
which not unfrcquently terminated fa
tally.
A verdict of a Cheyenne coroner's
jury on the body of a victim ot intern
perance was, "died from the ellects ot
mtxed collaterals.' J ho jury didn't
want ty hurt the fellow's feelings by
saying delirium tremens.
Frank Hosworth, a prominent drug
gist of Milwaukie, and a great sports
man, who is traveling in Europe,
writesjhat whiie standiug on tho Lean
ing Tower of Pisa, a couple of mal
lard ducks flew over, within good range,
which myde him think of home.
Among the pall-bearers at the fune
ral of Wcslev Harneri the seoond dead
brother of the firm of Harper Urothers,
were Wm. II. Demurest, who has been
employed by the firm for thirty-sevon
years, Henry Marsh, an employee of
forty-eight years, and Thomas Farring
tonan employee of fifty years.
Prince Arthur is to visit California
next month. Towards tho close of the
year he. returns to England with his
regiment in a troop ship.
Out in Wyoming the farmers plow
vjitb, tamo buffaloes.
CARDS, AC.
Att'y & ouiiHeiIor-al-L,aw
McMluuville, Yamhill Co., Oregon. '
Particular attention given to the tudy and
practice of Criminal Law, Collectioa ef Claims,
notes, Account, eie-.
JL JL if if. mm,
iiiVir in ti .itul Snrfrcon.
Dallas, Ogn.
TTavlniT rpsumfid nractiee. will ffivA snecial
attention to Ohtetriee, atid the treatment of
tbo diseases of Women and Children. 4
wuiw "
L. VIXETAHD.
I
K. u butler, j
VINEYARD & BUTLER,
A A- (fnw fi&ol fi .?i
Dallas, Oregon,
Will eire special aitention to the. collation of
Claims, and all business entrusted to his care, j
REFERENCES Hon. John Uurnett, Hons,
H. S. Strahaa Simpsonj lien. A. J. Thajer.
35 (
B. l ROIVO, M. !.,
i
Physician mid Surgeon,
Dallas, Oregon.
OFFICE AtJfichol' Drug Store. 36 I
I.
AU'V A: CoiBIlM'IIor-at-Law
DALLAS j ogn,
, Special attention gived to the Collection of
cllm' ih joying, selling and -leasing of
Keal Klltate 4nd conveyincing.
4xthtlce tof the Peacc fjr Dalla, preclnct.
OFFICE In Polk Cotostr Times building,
Main street, opposite Court House.
W. D. Ji:it T.1I1S, 51. D.,
IMiysician nxltl Surgeon,
12ola, Oregon.
Special attention given to Obstetrics and I
J. 12. DAVIDSON, M. D.t
Physician aild SlirgCOn,
independent, Ogn. 1
Independence, Ogn.
T. V B. lEinbrce.
PBIYSICIAIV&SUnCSEO
AMITY, YAMHILL CO., OREGON.
Office at rcridence. liyl
Attornevs fe Counsellors. at-Law.
SAI.CM, OREGON.
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
CT. O. CtlRL.
A ttorney and Counsellor-at-Law',
8ALEM, OHKGON, i
Will practice in all the Courts of Record and
Inferior Court of this btate.
i
OFFICE
In Watktnds Jt Co Brick, up
PROFESSIONAL
stairs. 1
' Ifayilcn fc Ulycr,
attorney's .Ax.iaw,
x Dallas, Oregon.
OFFICE IN TIIR COURT HOUSE.
SULLIVAN & WHITS0N,
i
Attorneys & Counsellors-at-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all tbe Courts of the State. 1
.1. fi. .COLLINS,
Attornev and Counsellor-at-Law.
annas,1
Oregon
Special attention
ten to Collections and to
matters pertaining to
Ileal Estate. I
J. A. Applet ate,
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
Dallas, Polk County, Ogn. 1
. ;, j .
L. JT. WAR OLA w, n. II.,
Has recently returned from the Atlantio States
and is now permanently located at
Lejt lsvUle, Folk Co., Ogu..
And offeJS bis professional services to tho citi
zen of the County, j
Particular attention given to Female Dis
eases. j -tr
S. B. K.tlOMT. ! I W. P. LORD
KNIGHT & LOUD,
1 w
Att'V-fcConiisclIor-al-Laiv,
Corner Commerrial and State Streets,
Opposite I. add A lluslt's Hank,
SAT.I-M OnKtiON,
pfiii practice in the
Supreme Court aed the
Circoit Court of th Second and Third Ju
dicial Districts. - 2tf
OKO. B. CURRKT.
CURRI-lf
I n. nvRLsr.
&IIUULEY,
Atforncys-At-Laiy,
LAFAYETTE 4 - -'OREGON,
S-tf
.laABIOJV RAIflSEV,
AU'y&CoimsclIoivat-LaTr,
afayette( Oregon
S tf
: i'A.. F. FOEBES, ;
Atry&oun8cllor-at-Iiaw9
Lafayette, Oregon
3-tr
E. F. BURSEtl, j"
C.T. FEItRT,
Notary Public?,
Ileal EntaU Attorney. J
; RUSSJB.Ii &, FJ3RB Y,
Heal Esla4c ISrokers and
, Collection Agents,
vrthvMt Car f Pint tnj T7-hfoo-fl
Streets,
PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON.
: Special attention given' to tbe eale of Real
Eetat. Collection made in Ocegoa aod tb
Territories.' .. s
Property, town lots, improved farm, stoek
ranches, land?, &e., eituated in tbe beat portions
or Qregon and W. T., fir sale on reasonable
terms. 8-tf
fftr4 A. Dallas, holds its regular corn-
AVAtnunications on the Saturday preceding
the Full Moon in each month, unless the moon
fulls on Saturday then on that day, at owe
o'clock. : ' .
Also, on the second Friday m eaeh mwta
at 7 o'clack, P. for tbe purpose of improve
ment of the Craft in Masonry, and for such
other work as tho Master maj f.om time to
rime order.
All Brethren in good standing are invited
ltnl. Rt order of the W. iM.
MORE THAN 200,000 PERSONS
Bear testimony to tho TTondtrful Curative
J S Effects of ?.a
Dr. Joseph Walker's
MS
a
3a
CALIFOllNIA
VINEGAR BITTERS
Manufactured from tbe natire Herbs and Roots
! ol Calitornia,- .. ,
JEST The Great IUeod Purifier
FOR INFLAMMATORY AND CHRON
IC RHEUMATISM AND UOUT, DYSPEP
SIA or IND1HESTION, BILIOUS, RKMtT-
tent and intermittent fkvers,
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, LIVER,
KIDNEYS and BLADDER, these BITTERS
hare been most tucccfsful. SUCH DISEAS
ES are caused by VITIATED BLOOD; which
is federally prodaced by deraugioicnt of th
DIGESTIVE CVRUANS.
Clearce tbe Vitiated Blood whenerer yo
find it imparities feurctiag through tbe skin in
Pimples, Eruptions, of C-orv-tf: eleaaffe it when
you find it ohtraeted and hggith in the
reins; cleanse it wben it ts loui. aud your leci
ines will tell you when. Keep the blood heal
j thy, and all will bo well.
AGF.XTS,
R. H. mcDOIV AI4 D V Co.,
Importing Wholesale
I II V G O I s T s i y
Corner Pine and Sansome Streets, SarT Fran
cisco, Cel., and Facramento, Cal., and
34 Piatt street, N. Y.
8 ly
E. D. SLOAT,
Carriage and Ornamc ntal
S I G P A irTE H,
Coamercia frset.
Opposite Si.r-sy's Slock.
21-tf BALEJI.
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STAIN 6TBEET, INDCrGXDENCE,
1J1INB WINES, LIQUORS AND PEGAItS
, served to cu?tooers on fhort notice.
Thl eBtablisbanent doe not difpense tangle
foot cr any thic j of that character.
CU1 at the Gem. -C5t:v
tut
FURNITURE !
Bureaus,
louiice,
Tables,
Kctllcacls,
A Variety of CII Ains, for Kltcheu and
.j a'arior use,
RAW-IIinK BOTTOM! CIIAIRSr,
Of ray own muke,
Slioi near Waj mil ill ill
I INVITE THE PUBLICiTO EXAMINE
my stock. I ehall he plciscd to show jou
y goodj. and better pleased when y ou huy. "
done at the lowest cash price.
! 3T -: 'V; C-. T7SLL3. f.
s
ALT.CAIIMEN ISLAND AND L1V
EltlOL Salt, in quantitie to suit, at
COX EARIlAItT'S SUw.
flag- r?X ; 1to
Jph fi-rn ill
111
k LL PORTS OF OOODS SOLD FOR
J. Cash or Marketable Produce at
J. II. LKWISV