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VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY; JUNE 10. 1871. NO. 14 Mt Or 1 3 a u U t p u b i i ran la Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk Couuty, Oregon. BY R. II. TYSON. OFFICE Mill street, opposite the Court House. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year, $2 00. Six Mouths. $IC5 Three Months, $1 00 For Clubs of ten or more $2 per annum. Sttbtcription mutt be paid ttrictly in advance ADVERTISING RATES. One square (10 lines or le9s), Grstinsert'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion...... 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per ennum. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance to injure publication. All other advertising bill. must be paid quarterly. Lot;al tenders taken at their current value. BUnks and Job Work of every description farniHd at low rntes on short notice. A Splendid Chance. We will send the Dallas Rspcblicax and Drh rest's Morrni.T, which is itself $3 for one jroar, to any person who pays us $4 Demoiikst's Mouth LT stands unrivalled as a Family Magazine. Its choice Literature, its superior Muio, its large amount of valuable informat on on miscellaneous subjects, its practical and reliable information in regard to the fashions, and artistic illustrations, give it a just claim to its welUearned title, "The Model Magazine of America." -THE FIRT AMB1IICAS FLAG. Last evening an interesting: meeting of the I'ennsylvatiia Hitorical Society whs hM, Col. J Hons Snowden occu pied the chair, and WHiam J C;nl read an essay upon "The American Flag." He discovered, in tracing th hi.t(ry of this national emblem, that the first insane s whtn the r-t;tr and stripes were unfurled were at the sice .of Fort Schuyler, August 17th, 1777, ; and u)Qti an occ;wion just abuut one year prior to that time the brig Nancy iwas chartered by the Coutiientil Con pres to procure military stores in th AVtst Indief, during the latter part of 1775. While at l'or:o Itico in July .of the ensuing year, the in format io .came that the colonies had declared their independence, and with thi information cmie the description of the flag that had been accept- d as the national banner. A young man, Capt 'Thomas Mandenviile, set to work to make 1 one, and successfully accom plished it. The fl g unf urled, and saluted with thirteen guns. When the brig Nancy was upon her return vny age she was hemmed in by British ves sels off Cape May Her officers suc ceeded Jn removing all the munitions to, the shore, and when the last boat put oflr a youn man in it, John Hancock, jumped into the sea, swam to the ves sel, r a o up the shrouds of the mast, and securing the flas;, brought it tri umphantly to shore, through a hot fire from the British men of war. The first American flag, however, According to the design and approval of Congress, was made by Mrs. Eliza beth Ross. Three of her daughters still live in our vicinity to confirm this fact, founding their belief not upon what they saw for it was made many years before they were born but upon what their mother had ofYen told them. ! A niece of this lady, Mrs. Margaret Borg-, aged 95 jears, now lives in Ger oantown, and is conversant with the fact. The fact is not generally known that to Philadelphia not only belongs the honor of flinging the first star-spangled banner to the breeze, but to a J'hijadelphia lady belongs the hooor of jiaviog made it. The house in which it was made still stands No. 239 Arch Street (the old fo. beinir 80) the last of an old row. Jt is related that when Congress had decided upon the design, Col George Ross and General Washington visited Mn, Itoss and asked her to make it. She said, " I don't know whether I can, but I'll try," and direetly sug gested to the gentlemen that the design was wrong, in that the stars were six cornered, and not five cornered as they should be. This was corrected, and she made the flag. ; Congress accepted it, and for six years thin lady furnished the Government with all it national flags, having, of conrse, a large assistance. - This lady was also the wife of Claypole, one of the lineal descendant! of Oliver Crom well. Philade Iphia Age. Bunion 01 mo Arkansas ugis lature was the mot cxpeusive that ever wan hf1d in tliu a. mi. - wmjmj, 4ue loiai cost was $146,000, A CLGVER DETECTIVE STORY. From the New York TTribune. A woman, giving her name as Mrs. Newnham has been prosecuting for some months past a claim against the Williams & Guion Steamship Company to recover 1,000 upon a trunk claimed to have been lost while on the. passage from Liverpool to New York. She said that she sailed from Liverpool in the steamer Nevada, having in her posses sion six trunks, and that she saw them all safely stored on board the vessel ! Sho even made oath that during the voyage she sat upon the missing trunk, although the manifest showed only five Upon reaching port she put in -her claim for the six trunks and, before a o itarv, made oath to her statement The passenger agent of the Company, had every steamship dock in the city searched, ani every baggage inan'fest inspected, without any solution of the difficulty. He then wrote to the agents in Liverpool, who, after an extended search, found the missing property in a boarding houso in that city. It had obvinusly never been taken on board the steamer. A few days since, and before the above fact was known here, a deputy sheriff from Grafton, Vermont, entered the ofEce, and asked the agent if he was not engagiiQ in a litigation with a certain Mrs. Newnham. The agent apprised the officer of the facts then known, und the deputy then informed him that her husband was a notorious English u cracksman," for whom he had bsen-searchiug for more than seven months. ' He was arrested," said the sheriff, "about eight months since, for cracking a bank at Grafton, Vermont. and was lodged in the county jail. I had him especially in charge, and uavr him much of my attention. Ono day, as I was leaving the cell, he suddenly . . , , sprang forward anu strucK me a oiow which filled mi to the floor, and ren- i i . i . i i . t. . i uerea rce ainiosi peuseicss, anu men scap' d, and has since been at large. I j traced him to this, city, but he has com plrtely eluded me. Upon learning from a member of the sporting Irater- nity here, with whom I have managed to ingratiate myself, that Newnham's wife was engaged in the laudable calling of shoplifting, and that she was trying to swindle jour company out of 200 sterling, I thought that,tiy uniting our interests, wc might be of service toewch other." The agent decided to join interests with the Sheriff He dispatched a let ter to a house of as-ignation in West Houston Street, known as " Clark's," where Newnham had ordered all let ters to be sent, asking her to come to the office of No. 29, Uroadway, and he would try to settle her claims. She agreed to the proposition. The services of two private detectives were, then pro cured, and they" were stationed outside on the pavement. The Vermont SheriS took his positionin the private office, armed with a requisition upon the Gov ernor of Vermont, to await the coming of Mrs. Newnham. She was not far behind the appointed time, and the agent in a few moments convinced her that ho was ready to sign the check for the X200, provided the would procure th signature of her husband to the receipt. This she readily promised to obtain, and going to the door, gave some signaP to her husband, then passing carelessly down the other side of Hroadway. He came across the street, entered the building, was told to step into the office where the check would be made out. Mr. Newnham entered accordingly, and at once recognized the officer. The detectives outside had carelessly strolled in after their victim, and had been engaged in an inquiry concerning the price of steerage pas sage. The moment the burglar entered the private office, the Sheriff rose, and upon his giving the signal, the detec tives secured the burglar after some struggling. The handcuffs were at once put on him, and the Sheriff left with , r if nis prisoner ior urauon, v ermontpn the afternoon tram - The Racine Journal capsf the cli max in editorial heads when it prints a column of Republicanism under the following caption : Is the constitution constitutional, or unconstitutional? or has the unconstitutionality of the con stitution become constitutional in the constitution of a Democrat ? " That's the question.' The estimate of the City Comptroller of Chicago for the fiscal year ending April 1st 1872, for the expenses of the city government publo improvements, schools, interest, etc., amount to $5, 700,000 ; 700,000 more than for the pastyoar. Subscribe for the Republican.. HIGH HEELS. The editor of the Philadelphia Age has made a visitation to one of the muny hospitals of that city, and among the many reflections caused by witnessing human suffering, he furnishes the fol lowing on high heels, which we recom mend to the attention of parents : " Men, women and children, lifeless under the effects of chloroform, or some o'her agent of a similar character; hu man bodies carried from place to place on stretchers; the noiseless, but not bloodless, work of the operators; the writhing of subjects when returning consciousness makes them sensible of what has been done, are all parts of a scene which, if once witnessed, will never be forgotten. But all this is necesary, as a means of relieving suf ferers from pain, and restoring them to the use of all their natural functions. Science, skill and care have reduced the sufferings of those compcl'ed to un dergo surgical operations to the lowcat possible point. Hut enough remains to frighten people from paths, lhe end of which is the operating table and the surgeon's knife. One of these paths which just now is filled with victims, is the wearing of high heeled boots by ladies and children. The practice is openly condemned by learned surgeons, and Dr. William H. iuncoat remarked the other day, after peiforming a pain ful operation on an interesting little girl whose feet had been ruined ly wrongly constructed shoes, " this is the beginning of a large harvest of such cases," And whet else can be expected? Mothers walk the streets with heels on their boots from two and a half to three and a half inches high, and not more than an inch in diameter, end their daughters follow the same bad and barbarous practice. In many cases, severe sprains of the ankle are suffered. Hut these are not the worst fruits of (he high heel torture. The toes are forced against the fore part of the boot, and soon begin to assume unnatural po-itious. In many cases they an actual!)' dislocated. In others the great toes pass under the foot, the tendons harden in that position, and lameness is contracted, for which there is no care but the knife When the injury does not fake this form, it assumes other aspects almost as horrible and distress ing. There arc thousands of young girls tip toeing it along our streets to day who in a few years will be cripples if their parents do not interfere and remove the cause. Wc shall have a race of women almost as helpless, as far as walking is concerned, as those of China. We condemn the practice of confining the feet of Chinese children in wooden shoes, and yet that practice is no more injurious to the fec.t than forcing them into a small boot with an Alpine heel. This is a matter of grave and serious import, and hence we pros it upon the mothers and fathers of the land. If they would not feed the sur gical hospitals, and have groups of maimed daughters in their homes, they must commence a-crusade upon high heels. No father should have high heeled boots in his house any more than he would keep a vicious dog in the parlor. When skilful surgeons like I)r. Pancoast, from the operating-room, raise their voices against high heeled boots, it is quite time for old and young ladies to pause and listen At this period, they can choose between high heels and the operating knife. In a short time, it may be tho latter or per manent lameness." Shrinkage of Grain. We hate recently had an instance of a great loss of grain by shrinkage when it is kept a little time. The writer had a quan tlfy carefully measured and put in sacks It remained in a cool barn in this way for three months. When the sacks were filled the mouths could scarcely be tied, they were so. full. At the end of three months there was apparent- Iv nlentvol room tor mor. Vnr miri i i . - " " 0sitv some of it was re measured nnd it was found that had lallen away. This is a loss of - - 'J liVI VU3Wl about seven per cent. The place where the seed was kept was a very unfavora ble place to waste. There was no heat or wind to dry it up, and it may be taken as the very lowest per centage of loss. We havo no doubt that, under other circumstances, the loss by saving six months may often reach as high as 20 per cent These things should be con sidered by those who are liable to hold on for a chance of a rise. Another consideration strikes here. People often say that they get short weight or measure. No doubt this is too often the case ; but it is likely in some instances the difference is as mnoh in shrinkage as it is in morals. Weekly JVei. 7 : What Don Piatt Knew about the Art of Advertising Don Piatt,. in his last Washington letter, says : I went out the other day to purchase some furniture for an office, ana haying selected my articles, I turned to the man and said : ' You advertise in our paper, do you not?" "No, Sir, wo never advertise." I then quietly informed him that I never be ugh t furniture, and moved on to another establishment. You will think T am romancing, but precisely the same conversation occurred at the second store. I tried a third, quite a large establishment, standing on a corner, kept by a Christian, (and I pro posed to advertise him) of the Mosaic name of Moes--Moses & Sous at that. .They have quite an assortment in the upholstery line, and I suggested adver tising to the senior, and received in answer that ho occupitd a comer a very conspicuous corner and had a large fign on it that everybody could read from the street, and with that it was quite unnecessary to go to further expense in the way of advertising. Then , Isait unto Moses : ,kl)oyou know, my Christian riend that when a man possessed of any amount of money wlhe- to furnish a house in Washington, he. goes to Haiti more, Philadelphia, New York, and even unto Roston." 4 Y s," he responded, "I know that." Well," said I, ' Do you know the reason for it V " Why of course I do," he replied, with some asperity. " Thoo people come here Irom notion anl other places and are interested in the inanu factories at home, and, of course, won,t purchase in" Washington." My ( Jm.-tun fnend, I continued, "yon labor under a monstrous delu-ion. These men do nt own any m inufac tories of furniture nt home, and if they did, they would not purchase where they would have to pay heavily for transportation, if they knew they could escape sncn taxes ty getting their furniture of you. Hut they don't know that you exist. They read the papers, and they see no mention m ul.j of Moses, unless it be in a Sunday paper, and then the Moes spoKt-n ui is a man ueau long years i . e .i . . i i . r ago; yet, however, no deader than you are, come to think of it. A man who Joes not advertise, U as dead as Mws. You say you have a sign out here This is not the'sign asked for. Few people sec it, and thoc who do.. cannot read It. For one man walking idly! down the street who reads, 'there are hundreds who hurry by with no time to read signs ; for one man who does notice your abortion in black and white out there, a newpaper would take your business to thousand. hy, my Christian fne.d, immense fortunes have been made bv advertis ing. Did yt u ever hear of the Ledger He said "he had heard of the Ledger.' " Did you ever hear of Helinhold'a Huchu ?" Ho said "he never had heard of Ilelmbold's Hucjiu, but he had seen a gentleman by the name of Helmbold driving down the avenue during the Carnival, with a great quantity of horses, and thought he was p irt of the Administration 1 gave him up in despair ; and yet this is a specimen of the business ni3n at the magnificent national capital of our groat country." Funeral Heform. The Pall Mall Gazelle says : ' The first fruit of the movement of funeral reform were dis played last week in London. The new and improved funeral cortege consists of a hear-e and mourning carriages painted violet, and adorned with silver -I .11- ! 1 wreatns imroorieiies. jaric grey norses take the place of the old black chargers, and the mutes- or Assistants, as tbey are termed arc dressed in a livery of plain black, relieved with silver but tons, &c. 1 he ettect, no doubt, is ex tremely pretty, and perhaps capable of affording consolation to some aesthetic mourner, But while wo are gl'd that tho ancient gloom is to be modified, we do not see auy prospect of the under taker's bills being shortened by the new style. It is curious to obseve th;it when the undertaking: business was commenced at the close of the 18th century, great apprehensions were en tertained lest it should injure the trades of drapers, glovers and woolen manufacturers. Another grievance was, that by means of undertakers, persons of ordinary rank might, at the expense of JE50, make as great a figure as I the nobility did in olden times for JC500 : and the only method of meeting j this levelling innovation was to, lie a consul erable time in state- a process which was decidedly fashionable, and too costly for general imitation. PJiOFZSSIOiVAL CARDS-tt-V. J. LIIVSKY UII,Ij9 iTI. D.9 I'liywiciau & --Surgeon, J!Ut: VISTA, OH COON. Formerly Practiced with It. C. II ILL, M. D. Albany. 8-tf II Uf 2 YUAN I1UOS. WHOLESALE DEAI.KRft I2C JDIS.Y GOODS, Etc. MOORE'S BLOCK, SALEM. 100,000 lbs Wool Wanted For which the Highest Market Price will be paid. 3-3m JOII. 9. DAIvY, ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, ftfotarv Pulilicy&c.,' mji:A vita. 41-tf J. C. GRUBBS, M. D., PIIYMCIAN A Nil UKGliO.V, Oilers his Services to the Citizens of Dallas n-I Vicinity. OFFICE at NICHOLS Dru- Store. 34 -tf Y, I). J EI'FR I ES, 51. !., Physician anil Surgeon, Eola, Oregon. Pprcial attention given to Obstetrics anil Ditye of Women.'' ltf . CURL, Attorney and Caunsellcr-at-Law, ' SALEM, OREGON, Will prartice in all the Courts of Record and Inferior Courts of tlus State. OFFICE stairet -In Watkiuds A Co's Brick, op 1 IV C. SUM. I VAX, Attorney & Counscllor-At-Law, Da lias, Oregon, Will practice in all the Court of the State. 1 I. M. collies, Attorney and Gounsellar-at-Law. Dallas. Oregon. ?fcal'attcn4ion given to Collections and to matters pertaining to Real Estate. I GEO. B. CtTRKKT. I H. MCRLET. UR It 12 V & HURLEY, Alloriicy-AI-!aiv, LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON. 3 tf fUDIJi & PIS It It Y.' Real EMntc Rrokers ami Real Estate Auctioneers. OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Bailding, PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON. VAS3M AND CARRIAGE SHOP, Main Street, Dallas. Second door north of the Drug Store. The nndcrffene l wishes to inform the Public that he is prcpsirtd to do any kind of work in hi line on the shortest notice, and in the best style Thankful to his old customer and frinds for former patronage, he respectfully solicit a coutinuance of the same. Stf-tf S. T. HARRISON. FURNITURE! Riircaiisi Lounges, Tables, Ilff1tcatls. A Varletv of CI1 IRS for Parlor and Kitchen use. RAW-HI DC rJOTTOIff CHAIRS Of my own make. Shop near Way mire's Mill I INVITE THE rilBLTC TO EXAMINE my stock. I shall be pleased to show you my jroods, and better pleased when you buy. NEW WORK pot up to Order, and RE PAIRING done at the lowest cash prico. 4-tf WM C. WILLS. Dalla: SISll m DOOR 3 .FACTORY, MAIN STREET, DALLAS. 1 have constantly on hand and for Sale WIMIIOW S4II9 csiazed and tlnlazccl. poors of all sizes. WINIIOIV AND DOOR ER AHIItS, All of the Best Material and Manufacture. 11-tf JAMES M. CAMPBELL. PR OFESSION A L CA RDS b C J. flAlTIiflOKE, PORTLAND - - - - 'ORiXH)N. General News Agent For Oregon and Adjacent Terrrltorlea. Alao SPECIAL COLLECTOR of 11 kindn of CLAIMS. 1 AGENT for the Dallas Republican. WOOL! WOOL!! WE WILL PAY TnE IIiailEST MAR kei Price in Cash for WOOL. : Sacks a.nd Twine Furnished. Wool received at any Shipping Poiaton the Willamette River. COX & EAR II ART, , COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM. II. I. SII t IVJEI&, House, Wagon and Sign Painter, j: . Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. 4-4 m I i: W W OX A N I A R , RIAE FACTORY; KICIIARDlsOS &. CO. Inform the Pubiis that they are now ready to ! di all kin-Is of work iu tteir line. CARRIAGES, WAGONS. Ac. Built or Re paired with eatbess and lispath. WAGOAS constantly uu hand for Sale. ? LLACKbMriliING lcue by an eiperienced Wrkmn. , One door south of Livery Stable Dallas, Ogo. 8-lf . 1 Utleruootl, Baxter & to, Commercial street, Salem. Oregon, MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG ONS after the most approved styles ani the best of workmanship, oa short notice, and . AT PORTLAND PRICES! Saddlery, f Harness S. C. STIPES, Main st. (opposite the Court House), Dallas MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Harness, Saddles, Bridles.AVhips. Collars Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which lie is prepared to sell t the lowest living rates. -; dfREPAIUING done on short notice. - HUROREfl & SHifiDLER, Importers and Dealers in FURNITURE AND BEDDSG, The Larffest stork and the Oldest tAtr uiture House lit Portlau-d WAREROOMS AND FACTORY" CORNER SALMON AND FIRST STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON.! 19 U 75 e v e r y iv ee 111 hade easy; " LADY AGENTS. We want Smart! and Energetle Apents to introduce our popular and justly celebrated inventions, in every Village, Town and City ia the- )Vtrld. Indispensable to every Household; , They are highly approved of, endorsed and, adopted by Ladiet, Phifiirtt and Dicing. and are now a GREAT FAVORITE with them. : . ' Every Family will Purchase Ono or more of them. Something that their merits are apparent at aflBLANCK. . H DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS. DRESSMASERS and all who keep FANCY STORES, will 6nd, our excollei t articles SELL VERY RAPID L Y, gives perfect satisfaction and netting ' "i, SMALL FOR TUNES ; to all Dealers and Agents. COUNTY RIGHTS P R E 13 ! to all who desire engaging in an Ilouoralle Rfpectahle and Prttfinble JJttfnet, at the same time doing god to their companions in )ife.v Sample $2 PO, snt frfo l mail on recent, f ' prie. SEND FOR WIIOLEJALE CIRCU LAR. ADDRESS, VICTORIA HANUFACTTKJNO C0MPT.fC IT, PARK PLACE, New York; 4 m nmm gillerv. J. II. KINCAID has opened a : ' Now Photographic Gallery In Dallas, where he will be pleased to wait on Customers to bis line ol Business at all hours of the day. Children's SMcturen Taken without grumbling, at the same price as Adults, Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices to, suit the times. : Rooms at Lafollett's Old Stand, Mai i Ftree Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, April 7U,W '