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.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
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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.
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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
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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 '