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About Oregon Republican. (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1871)
DlIvSATUllDAY, JTNE 10. Progress. Much mijjrht truly be said of the advancement of the nineteenth century. No one $eeriis to question that we are a progressive race, and that the people of ,his nation' are making rapid strides in the attainments of great ends. Old fashions of per forming labor are being superceded by labor-saving machinery, and the necessity for the over-taxation of the muscular system, which was for merly indispensable for the accomplish ment of any great object, is being fast abrogated by the use of steam and steel. From the knitting needle to the per fected knitting machine; from the stitch, stitch, ftitch" of the oldSong of the Shirt, to the innumerable num. ber of sewing machines which are now in use; from the scythe which formerly laid the tall grass of , fields into swaths of new mown hay by the brawuy mus cle of toil, to the mower which cuts five or ten "times the amount in the .same length of time; and from all the prim itive advantages of the eighteenth, to the gigantic attainments of the nine teenth century the ascent has been so rapid, one invention and improvement has followed another in such rapid succession, that the astonishment occa sioned by one has hardly subsided ere another has becu preseutcd for our cri ticism and approval. We have to check up occasionally and take a retrospect, to enable us to fully understand our advantages and realize our responsibil ity. As we advance in the labor-saving instruments and engine, more time is aliqwcd to the working man to store his mind and to attend to his domestic interests. Ihus white the labor de creases, responsibility really augments; and the more we can attend to matter social, moral and intelh .ctual ; and from the familiea thus freed from the en slavement of toil, wi may expect to see emanate some of the giant intellects "which shall astoni.-h' the world with their conceptions and achievements. good m: v i,i ii. Few persons realize the advantage to be derived from good health. It is no exaggeration to say that health is a large ipgredieut in what the world calls talent. Without it a nun may bo a giant in intellect, and his deeds will be but those of a pigniy. But on the qther hand, a man with a good, physical sys tem, with . nerves of steel,' and a fair amount of mental calibre, will often astonish the world with his featg A writer in an Eastern journal, in speak ing of this class of men says ' Let him have a quick circulation, 8 good digestion, the bulk thews and sinews of a man, and the alacrity, the unthinking confidence inspired by these, and though having but a thim bleful bf brains, he will either blunder upon success, or set failure at defiance It is true, especially iu this country, . that the number of centaurs in every community -of men in whom heroic intellect is allied with bodily constftu tion as tough as horses is small ; that, in general, a man has reason to think himself well off in the lottery of life if he draws the prize of a healthy stomach without a mind, or the prize of a fine intellect with a crazy stomach. But of the two, a weak mind in a herculean frame is better than a giant mind in a crazy constitution. A pound of energy with an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent with an ounce of eqergy. The first re quisite to success in life is to be a good animal. In any of the learned profes sions a vigorous constitution is worth at least fifty per cent, more than brains; wit, judgment, imagination, eloquence, all the qualities pf the mind attain thereby a force and splendor to which they never approach without t.f But infel lect is like gold in a spent swimmer's pocket. A mechanic may have tools of the sharpest edge and highest polish ; but what '. aro Jhese without a vigorous arm and hanaT Of what use is it that your mind has become a vast granary of souwieuge, n you nave not strength to turn the key V , It is said that a trace of blood in a pail of water, so light as not in the least to effect the color, can rcadilv h ,1. tected by the use of acetate of sine, the value of which for this purpose has but ivweuwy Deen uiscovercd by U tinning. Experiments reccntlym7de in Glan uuve aeraonstrattMl that iron holts exposea io irost cannot htand m pro, a strain as those unfrozen. With n umuum Biraiu me di turtin in r. the unfrozen iron was 2.3 per cent. ; THOSE . , ST1L.I IN tfORCE. ; w The question of taxes is one in which all are interested, and is one of, major importance. For the information of our readers, wo publish the following sum mary, of the internal revenue taxes still in force, and those repealed by Act of Congress approved July 14th, 1870. TAXES REPEALED. From and after October 1st, JS70, taxes on sales, save and excepting taxes on sales paid by stamps, and the taxes on salts of leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, foreign and do mestic di.-tilled spirits and wines ; also, the taxes imposed iu schedule A on carriages, gold watches, billiard tables, gold aud silver plate ; special tax on boats, barges and fiats j tax on legacies and successions, on passports, and on gross receipts; stamp tax imposed in schedule B on promissory notes for a less sum than one hundred dollars, and on receipts for any sum of money, or for the pay m cut of any debt; stamp imposed in schedule C on canned and preserved fish, shell fish, meats, fruits and vegetables. From and afier May 1st, 1871, all special taxes imposed by section 70, Act of June 30th, 1864 as amended by section 9 Act of July 13th, I860, and by section 2 Act of March 2d, 1807, except the special tax on brewers, imposed by said section. TAXES STILL 13 FottCE. Special taxes (or license tax) on dis tillers, rectifiers, wholesale and retail liquor dealers, manufacturers of stills, manufacturers of tobacco and cisar.. dealers in manufactured tobacco and cigars; dealers in leaf tobaoco ; also taxes on distilled spirit, fermented iqaors, tobaceo, snuff and cigars ; on all wnes, liquors tr .compounds kuown or denominated as wine, and made- in imitation of sparkling' wine or cham pagne, but not made from graphs grown in the United States ; on all liquor not made from grapes, currants, rhu barb or berries tuwii in tho United States, but produced by being rectified or mixed with distilled spirits, or, by the iufusion of any matter in spirits, to be sold as wine or any other name; taxes on sale. of I af tobacco, manufac tured tobacco, .-tiUiT, cigars, foreign and lume.-tic distilled spirit aud wines; stuitp tax on brokers' sales of stocks, bunds, gold aud silver bullion, promis sory notes and other securities ; stamp taxes imposed in schedule B in agree ments on contracts, bank checks or orders for the payment of moneys, bills of exchange, promissory notes when :;iverf for a greater sum than one huu Jrcd dollars, bills of lading, bills of s uo of ships or vessels, bonds, certifi eatc3, charter parties, broker's con tracts, conveyances, entries of goods, etc.. insurance policies, lease, Custom House manifests, mortgages, powers of attorney, probate of wills or letters of administration protests: also stamp taxes imposed in schedule C on medi cines, cosmetics, friction matches, cigar lights and playing cards, whether of domestic or foreign production; taxes on incomes above two thousand dollars per annum ; also taxes on interest or coupons paid .on bonds or other evi dences of debt issued and payable one or more years after date, and on the amount of all dividends of earniugs, income or gains hereafter declared by any bank, trust company, savings' insti tution, insurance company, railroad company, canal company, turnpike company, canal navigation company, and slack water company, and on all undivided pfits of any such corpora tion which have accrued and been earned or added to any surplus, contin gent or other fund. These latter taxes are to bo paid only during the year 187L : ' . ' v;- ; How to Make a Good Door Mat. Some of our readers may be glad to know how they can make a cheap yet serviceable door mat. If vouhave or can get some good corn husks, take first, an inch board the size you wish your mat; dress it neatly ; rulo it each way, drawing the lines 3 1 inch apart; bore a hol with a 1 inch auger in each cquare; doublo a piece of broom twine, piss it through tho ho'es, one at a time; haVHthe husks dampened, take enough of them to fill the hole very tight, pass it through a loop of twine, draw it through until the double end of, the husk is 1 inches long, draw the twine out and proceed in the same way until the holes arc filled. Then take a knife and cut the double husks spread them h part, trim the uneven sides, tramp it down, and set it where it is to bo used taxes repealed, and either sido up. 'ACQUISITION OV; PUBLIC LANDS. The acquisition of publio lands has been, and is yet, a matter of greatim portanco to many ot our citizens and the public generally. The modus oper andi of obtaining them is not 'as tho roughly understood as it should be, and for the benefit of those who may bo profited thereby, wo copy the following synopsis from the New York STr-bune : . Tho larger portion of the unim proved, uncultivated soil of the United States, including nearly all that ,of the States of Nebraska, Nevada aid Ore gon, as also of all the Territories, is still the property of tho Federal Union, aud is knovvn as the public domain. 2. While much of this domain is ste rile, rocky, mountainous, and thus unfit for cultivation, a largo proportion is facile and excellent, including thou sands of square miles which, being tree less and very thinly grassed, have been accounted desert, but which prove quite productive when reclaimed by irriga tion. 3. As a general rule, any part of this domain not already granted to or occu pied by private owners is opeuto settle ment by anyone. .He who " squats" on a tract to which he has no title is re garded as holding it by pre-emption, lie is, of course, liable to be, but sel dom is, dispossessed by a bona JiUe purchaser. 4. The Government proffers a quar ter section (100 acres) to anyone who settles upon a tract to which no adverse title or claim cxUts, erects a habitation, and lives in it for five years." lie has to pay for the papers and legal formal- ities required, about $20 in all. This is called making a homestead. 5. Congress has from time to time made extensive grants of lands to States and companies iu aid of the construc tion of railioads through, the public domain. The-e grants are usually of alienate sections (or square miles) tor a certain -distance on either s:do of the projected railroad. (. The alternate sections reserved by the Government are double in prics ; and he wh settles on these, and pro ceed to acquire a home under tlie Homestead Act, U alio Aid but eighty inte:id of the uua! 1 1 'J acres. 7. The general pri c of the public binds is 1 25 per acre, or S-00 kr the 100 acres. The alternate stctioua re served by the Government ulon tho lines of railroads are held at double prices, or $2 .U per acre. 8. The railroad compnuie generally chafge more for their aitenute sections; but as the' Government land L held at S2 r0 per acre, and eighty acres of U may be acquired by hcttfement fur le.s than 10, the Guvfrn:ient tedious are likely to have the preference. 9. It is decidedly advisable tht those who have means should buy their lands either of the Government or the railroad companies. It precludes all controversy as to the due performance of tho homestead requirements, gives an instant and perfect titbj, and enables the owner to sell and convey, go and come, lease or rent, without peril of creating an adverse title or invalidating his own. 10. College sc tip is extensively used in purchasing by those who wish to econ omize. Congress, ten years or more ago. granted ti each State a quantity of public lands proportioned to its repre sentation in that body, in aid of educa tion in agriculture and the useful arts. College scrip represents the grants, and is generally procurable by settlers at 1 per acre. In large quantities' is sold somewhat lower. A warrant of !-crip calling for a quarter section will buy 100 acres ; but it will not buy 80 acres of the reserved alternate sections along a line of railroad. Of these re served sections, 1G0 acres can be bought in one tract, with$200 in cash, and one 100 acre warrant or scrip. With tliis exception, pre-emptors can always use college scrip in paying for Government (not railroad company's) lands; but speculators who buy or hold scrip iu large. quantities are not allowed to locate more than three sections (or three square miles) of that scrip in any one township.: This is to prevent the monopolizing of largo tracts by means of scrip. With cash, any quantity may be purchased of the Government at the foregoing rates. 11. No ono can legally locate, whether with cash or scrip, a quarter section actually in the possewsion, by legal occupancy imdresidencc, of a set tler, though he has n6t paid and docs not mean to pay for it. liut this prin ciple does not apply to the alternate scctionsgranfcd to railroads, which do not recognize pre eruption. 12. A quarter section of publo lands is not necessarily a regular quarter of some designated section, but may be made of two eighties or four forties forming ono compact body, though these wero parts of different quarter sections technically considered. Happiness Help others, and you re lieve yourself. Go out and dmff away the cloud from ihat distressed friend's brow, and you will return with a lighter heart. Learning will accumulate wonderful j ly if you add a littlo every day. 8fa(c Ifcm. Qlcanln2 from Stato Exchange." A prize of $100 will bol offered for the best colt,at tho Stock Fair to be held; in Baker County in October. . -j -. McMinnville boasts of a lady 'walkjst' a Miss. Skelton who walked from that place to Amity, a distance of seven miles, to meet her music class, and re turned in the evening. Tho West Side speaks of Miss. S. ' as an accomplished teacher in music and French, and from from the feat r:fcred to, we should think her an accomplished pedtstri eune. Jn Portland, property id rapidly in creasing in value. Tho highest we have heard of was last week, a lot sold in the principal part of t Je city . at 1,000 per front foot. AuttlCULTUGLAX' ASSOCIATION. A new agricultural association has been formed in Jackson county, and that county will hereafter have an annual agricultural fair. The draw on the Harrisburg bridge will be 230 feet, long the pier on which the draw is to swing will be thir ty feet across. Lane County Real Estate. The number of real estate sales in Lane county is increasing, and property is ruliug at advauccd prices, owing to the near approach of the railroad. In the latter part of January last, a young man uamed Marquis L. Fcnn left Canyonville, where he had resided with Dr. Kussel, for his home in Cecelia, Mich. He came first to Uose bunr. received some money, and as it was supposed went directly home, but no information has been had of him, neither from hero nor where he was goiug. ilis friends are naturally anx ious to learu his fate. Ensign. Painful Accident. A little son, aged 2 years, of Capt. West of this city was playing in the back part of the dwelling house on Monday la.st, when by some accident he fell off and broke one of tho bones in his riht leg. Dr. itaffety was called and set tlie broken limb, and the child is doing Wi ll. Capt. West and family are much resected in this community, and many sympl.alhiz iug friends ealb d upon them after tho ac cident. We learu from a gent'emin just over from Vancouver, that ou Friday last, as Mr. Rocket was ero-injr with his teum the Washual river, Chirko county, W. T., the stream swept him with his team atd wagon out of sight, drowning man aud hordes. Noth ing but the wagon bed his fciiice been d iseu v e red. Et a. littsiness is dull with tho Corvail'B gamblers. Win. II. Seward Jr and wife, and J. N. Kuapp and wife of Auburn, N. V. wore iu Portland la.-t week, haviug come from California overland. The Slatevian fays James Penny, late of Chiacago, is now Superintendent ot the fcalem Oil Mills, in place of O. r. Denny, resigned. We take the following from tho En tervrin : e lepru that orders have been issued by the railroad managing agent to the mail ascnt, not to deliver any more mail at Harlow's Post Office. There was an unpleasantness between Mr. DurluW and tho rai!rod Company, which resulted in a law suit, which we presume is the cause of this order. Dy what authority these chaps discontinue mail wherever they please is a matter which demands investigation. Some thieves have been appropriating clothing off of other people's cloth Hues. Wheat Prosvect in Linn. uYfter carefully comparing notes, we believe the situation in this county is about this : Spring wheat generally at this writing never gave better promise of an abundant harvest, in some" sect ions it even being predicted thatthe yield will be greatly iu excess, should no unfavor able weather intervene between this and harvest, of any former year, i all irrain has not fared so 'well. While some farmers have plowed up all their fall sown wheat, others nave a iair show for a half crop, aud still others claim that their fall crop will average with other years. Indications are thar the fall grain will not yield, generally, an average crop. Jut uio loss, n any, sustained in the Fall wheat, will bo fully made up in tho extra yield of spring. The peach cropland fruit of alt kinds, promise to be unusally good cast ot ine Cascade.- Iieghicr. From the Walla Walla Union Ilorso thieves are at their work in Umatilla county, Oregon. -Now that lumber can bo had from the mills, im provements will be made in good earn est. -The opposition lino of stages is drawn off, and four bit rides to Wallula have ceased. From the Salem Statesman wo learn that on Saturday evening thero arrived at Chctuekcta Hotel, overland from Cal ifornia, a party of ten, consisting of Geu. 0. It Uuchiogham, wife and two daughters, and five other young ladies and Mr. G. U. Ueecher. Gen. Duck, ingham was for many years a disthw guished citizen of Ohio, and was, Ad jutant of that State during tho earlier years of tho civil war, REAL, ESTATE. Vr Salci 'A FAEM containing 296 acrei, ituatcd 2J V. miUaouth-wet of Dallai. Good ilouee, -Barn, aod other buildingi. rtWS ACRES OF LAND, with good House X 'd Ham, all fenced mid under good Im provement, situated iu the Town of Dallas, Polk County, an extraordinary opportunity. ITT O USE 11 iu the AND TKN ACRKS OP LAND ie Town of Bethel, Polk County. TWO IIUNDhED AND FORTY SIX Acres of Land one JM tie North of Kola, Polk 'County, good House, good Double liarn, and other Buildings. All under fence, with fiue Orchard, and in high ttute of cultivation. i FINE MILL SITE IN SOUTH SALEM, f on Willamette Flough. A Mock of Six Lotn, enclosed with Board Fence, good House, Barn, Ac. A HOUSE AND .LOT IN CENTRAL Kalem, ner the two Central Sebool llouaen. The Houe contains Eight Room, all Plastered, with Hard Finish, Barn, Wood Huu6, and all coovenieneei to make it desirable. . V OOOD STOCK FARM, CONTAINING 430 Acre, good Jfoue, two Barns, Orchard, kc, tituated on Upper Salt Creek, 7 miles from Dallas. For Particulars enquire of R. II. Tyson, lUrCBMCA F1CE. NOTICE OF SA1E. fflHE ELLENDALE MILL COMPANY L will sell at Public Auction at Ellendale. Polk County, Oregon, on Saturday, June I7th, 1871. at l o'clock p.m., their Real and Per sonal Property, to wit : Two Dwelling Houses , one Drf House ; one Store House j one Stable; two. Fairbanks Scales; a quantity of llousvbold Furniture ; some Mechanic Tools; several Stoves; a large Steam Boiler; one large Book-keeper's Desk ; one Fire-proof Safe ; one Wheelbarrow; a lot of Oid Iron ; a lot of Lumber ; aud other articles ton numerous to meution. Messrs. Bolter, Wortley 4 Co. will also ofTer for sale a span of Fine Hortes at the same time and place. Terms made known at time of Sale. X fi K IV T 8 W A IX T K O. CLERGYMEN. SCHOOL TEACHERS, SM.4HT YOUNG MEN AND LA DIES WANTED TO CANVASS FOR THE NEW BOOK "OUR FATHER'S HOUSE," OR The IJhivrstfen Word. By IHti! t, M arch, author of the popular " Night Scene.' This in:ter in thought and langnag.? hw us utit..',d riches and beauties ",tt t!e Grta Ilou.-x', wiih its biouimng flowers, hii.it.g l.trd, wavir-g palms, roiling cloud?, . wailful how, sacred Uioatitait., di lihtful rivers, mihtv oreaus. tLundtrinjr Voices. b!ai iug hevtb and v.t universe with cuunUess l'in in ujii!"fs f wi-rSd.-. and reads to each the uuwrilten word. H.m tiuted paper, ornate cngrsvia;s aud topcrh binding. Scjid (r circular, in wt"uh is a full description and uuii'eral ciumendtin by the j re, tuittis ters and ccdh-ge rofctrs, iu tlie ttrongest pvtiUle lmiguage. Agents nho Wanted for the "PACIFIC LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA" Tllli MUST LAW HOOK OUT! WritUn exprcci'ly fr use on the Pacific Coat. SCO PAOKS! FULL LAW BINDING ! TREATS UPON NKARLY $00 DIF FKHEM 8UBJECM, To conpult a lawyer npon any one of wbifh would cut more than the price uf the Book. II Y t J. V, C t W I) 12 It V. Of the ?an Francisco Bar. The above are the most rapid felling and popular books ever upon this Ctat. Agent, arc meeting with fucctus everywhere. Send immrditttclf for Cirrnlitr ai Ttrm A. L, UAXCHOIT rf; C.f 4?aj Fhascimo, Cal. C. M. PARWK5TER. J V. J. BABCOCC. PARf.lENTER BABCOCK, Manufacturers, and Wholesale and Itc taii Dealers lnj J? uvn. i ture , Commercial Street Salem, Oregon, II AVE ON HAND THE LARGEST Stock of i'u r ii it lire, IICfIlill, AViiiilow-Sliadcs, lEollmidN, jiiifl PAPJBR-IIAlrGIlG8 To be found in Marion County. All kinds of Picture Frames, Coffins and Caskets mado to order on short notice and at reasonable rate. PARM ENTER A BABCOCIC. Salem, March 23, 1870. 4-tf SADDLE, ! IIAUESS & COLLAR SHOP! Two Door South of the Post Office, Main Street, - - - - - - Dallas. GEORGE W. H0BART & CO. Will Manufacture and keep CONSTANTLY ON HAND a largo Assortment of SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND C0LARS, Consisting of all the HORSE E!UIPmENT Ufually kept in a FIRST CLASS SADDLERY SHOP, All of which will bo made ot THE BEST MATERIAL. it Am, CARRIAGE TRIMMING and RE PAIRING douo to -order on the thortost notice. Call and examlce our Work beforo purchas. iog elsewhere. '41-tf GEO. U HORART Jk CO. VLL KIJJDS OF SEWING DONE ON Short Notice by .Mrs. Colicie Elliberrj, Doar Waymlre'e Mill. Dallas NEW A 1J VER TJSEMENTS. FIRE I ! FARE!!! npO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS T J. would ay that I have re-built my Sbow on the . v ; SAME OLD CORNER, Where I am prepared to do all kinds of JOBBING. W ACS ON WORK AND HORSE SHOEING ON SHORT NOTICE.; Aa I "have lost all my propeirt by Fire, those indebted to me for work will confer a favor by paying up immediately. A friend in need, ia a iriend indeed. '5 :. -; ; ASA SHREVE. ' 12-3m fin DALLAS HOTEL, CORNER MAIN AND COURT NTS. Dallas, Polk County. Oregon. - iTh !?L'4n(!'lhvinK RE-FI TTEO the above HOTLL, now infonat tho Public that he in prepared to Accommodate all who may favor him with a call, in an good style as can be found in any Hotel in the Country. (Jive me a call, and yoo shall not leave disappointed. 12-tf W. F. KENNEDY,' rr..y.r7or, LIVERY AND FEED STADLE INI)ElENDEVCi:. HAVING FITTKD UP A FIRST CLASS Stable, I would inform ibe Public that 'I a?n reaay io atten.i to Traveller) Hirux. or furnish good Saddle Hurer, Single or Double Bujrie, Hack, 4c, on Short Notice and at Reasonable Terms. 12-lui JERRI' OALWICK. T A I L It I X a. 4 LEX. CAMPBELL informs the people 2. f Dallas and vicinity that h ia prer-ared to do all kinda of TA f f.ni! IXii CUTTJNO, REPAIRING, &c , on Short No. lice ana at Low UaUij. One doer south of Brick Store, Dalla, Oifn. 10-tf iTIolhers, I've Found II! I710R YEARS I HAVE SEARCHED FOR ; a remeJy that will CURE your children by removing the CAUSE, and at last I can say "Eureka." TRY IT. CAB fill HIT"! v CORDIAL, This is a pleasant antieid, and in larjre doea laxative; in mall dosf. an astrinsrtmt iu,li. cine; exceedingly useful in all bowel "affections. ecpeciqiiy ot enildren. It i a safe, certain and eSVotUitl remedy ' for Cholic, 'Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Surumir Complaint, tirip'tng Pain, Sour St .raach. Co.tivencs. Wind on tha Stomach, Crying abd'Fmtmg of Cbil tren. Iu Tcttbiojr, there Isi nothing that equals it. It oftenn the tiutn, and renders Tti-thins: eaey. It is no huiubtijs luedieiit-, g t lip to nil, but a really rulnahta preparation, hnvinbeeu in ue for ;v-ral years it rvcfinmnuif ittlf. Do not pi ve your children the !oothiiti yrupn," lor they siupU'y without doing any pt riiiiiiuiit good. Prt pared by MONMOUTH, OREGON. j For Sale by Druftet!. The trule supplied on rfa enable terms. Hundred of Testimo nial can be ivcn if neccfSfary. ; 13-tf DR. W. H'ATE-R HOUSE. It. JI. WAD My SALEM, OREGON. FARM filACHiMES AHD VA00II3 Oue or More for Every Man la Oregon. Cheaper and Bettor than ever before. FIFTY to ONE HUNDRED MACHINE and WAOONS on hand at one time to select from, embracing all of tha bast kinli, with latest Improvements for 1871. TIME GIVEN until after ttrret whon -wanted, and a WRITTEN OTTTtNTEE given with each and EVERY ARTICL1J, "on Buckskin," if desired. No "played out" CALIFORNIA MA, CHINES to palm off on Oregnnians f I could. ' i . x No IRRESPONSIBLE TRAVELLING AGENTS Employed by me. Come and boo me and my MACHINES and know what you are buying. ; ALSO, FULL LI5JE OF Hardware, Iron and Steel, Wagon and Buggy Timber, A ND E YER YTIUXC TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. Pricei no Han can Beat,