THE INDEPENDENT.
ROSEBURQ. SATURDAY, AUG. 26.
As the time for the meeting of our
Legislature draws near, it become the
duty of the press,' as well as of the citi
zens generally, to discuss! needful re
forms as well as the correction of abuses
in our State Government, j . As was as
serted by our fathers,- "all just govern
ment? derive their powers frem the
consent of the governed." j It is pnly
hj removing the controhng forces re
motely from the citizen and barricading
the approach to power, that great and
injurious abuses can long continue.
So long as the people assert and main
tain their right to local self govern
ment, they will be able to regvtlate and
control the governing forces and main
tain their natural and inalienable
rights and correct any and all abuses
before great sunenng can result tnere
from. ;"; I !
The two great contending forces in
all civilized nations labor and capital
must "well understand these princi
ples of right, in order to maintain
equal and just balances. Labor, the
great producing and life-giving force
of the nation, will ever- assert and
maintain its rights, when the abuse is
direct. The great and growing power
of corporations, the creature or the Jast
century, by the concentration of the
great money power, have sought in
this country as in all. others, to destroy '
local self government, that it may the
better control the labor of the country,
to its own advantage' and; profit. In
the State of Oregon the majority of our
people are laborers engaged in agricul
ture and are compelled to resort to the
markets of the world to find customers
for their products. To do so they are
and have been subject to many. impo
sitions and exorbitant .-, charges in
freights and' portage unknown and
unheard of in any other State or
country, and so severe is this that by
the time the f aimer of the Umpqua,
Willamette and of Eastern Oregon re
ceives his return, there is nothing left
. to pay the interest on the money he
has invested in his farm, after paying
the freights and costs and expense of
raising the crop. n
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One of the great causes for this is in
V.o fa fn tks ,v il r Biro
re all under the control of a gigantic
foreicm corporation.!, whose scents and
tax gatherers estimate how much the
crop N will . yield, and ? distribute the
amount to be collected at each of their
numerous toll gates, through which the
produce of the State is forced to pass
before it can reach a market These
wealthy Germans who own the stock
cf this corporation and who are gorg-
' ing their coffers from year to year, off
the farm and farmers j of Oregon,
send out agents and operators, whose
unbounded cheek and impudence is
, unsurpasseu uy auy, preueuenii iu an
J i ; . . . j i
cient or modern history, and they arro
' gate and claim for their masters all the
. power of government, the highest re
rogative of a State, that of eminent do
main. They go through! a cultivated
farm or orchard at will and send their
emmissaries out to approach courts and
boards of equalization and have their
taxes reduced to a mere nominal sum
as was done in this county, and deny to
. the State and people the right to en
quire into their earnings on the ground
that the capital invested belongs to pri
vate individuals. They charge for
freights and pas3engers from twice to
three times as much as is charged for
like distance over roads in other States.
In order to prevent remonstrance by
the people they endeavor to create a
sentiment and belief thai the road is
not making expenses, yet, strange to
say, the st ck of this great fraud can
not be purchased at scarce any price.
Nothing but Legislative interference
will secure justice and equality of the
producer with this common carrier,
which has secured the entire monopoly
of the carrying trade of this State.
The right to regulate and-control' these
public highways belongs to the people
in their collective capacity of a State,
and it is only for them to assert this
right in their legislative capacity, and
enact a freight and fare bill that will
be just to the producer and the com
mon carrier at the same time, and that
will enable the farmers of Oregon to
share in the profits of , their own labor
and thv products of their, lands, rather
than have it all swallowed up by this
corporation and sent to Germany to
enrich those who know not and care
not for our State and people further
than we serve to enrich j their coffers.
This is not a mere party question; it
is one which effects the material inter
ests of our State and especially the
vital welfare of our farmers, and de
mands the immediate attention of our
Legislature. The party or individual
member that shirks the responsibility
of acting at tins time, will be rightfully
.narked by the great agricultural peo
pie of this State. i
A. REGISTRY LAW.
In view of the amount of money nsed
and the extent to which frauds are per
pet rated upon the elective franchise at
each recurring election in Oregon, it
behooves all persons who are interested
in preserving the purity of the ballot
box, to urge upon our Legislature the
necessity for and the impoitance of a
registry law that will prev ent, so far
as it is possible, repeaters and persons
who are disqualified, from voting
fraudulent tickets. We are free to ad
mit that bribery, perjury and corrup
tion can and will, to some extent, im
pose upon the best and most perfect
system that has yet been devised, and
that a law may be so drawn that it will
prove but a snare and delusion nd af
ford a shield for corruption. We are
also aware of the fact that a registra
tion law can be made so perfect that
when honestly administered it-will pre
vent fraudulent voting, or furnish ab
solute proof of the crime against these
who commit the fraud.
It is the duty of our present Legis
lature, at the coming session, to enact
such a law' as will secure a free and
fair election. They should see to it
that its provisions are so plain and
siniple that it is susceptible of but one
interpretation, and that each citizen
have but one place to vote at each elec
tion. Its provisions should tie bo per
fect that officers, courts and juries will
be compelled to punish those guilty of
fraudulent voting. It will, to a great
extent, break up the business of repeat
ers, who lounge around for months be
fore an important election, waiting for
the small pittance they get on election
day from the strikers who have the dis
tribution of the corruption fund. It
is a much needed reform, which should
engage the earnest consideration of our
igislature.
TJ. S. SENATOR.
j We have expressed ourselves some
what freely ?.n refeience to the election
of a United States Senator, to succeed
the Hon. L. F. Grover. Our remarks
have called forth a torrent of insane
scolding and furnished entire editorials
for not a few of those cheap country
newspapers which exist on the pap fur
nished them from the corruption fund,
and who are. now drawing their regu
lar stipend for championing -he cause
of the notorious lobbyist John II.
Mitchell. They pour out whole vials
of their wrath and indignation on our
poor, unsuspecting head, some of them
ven going so far as to call us a brindle
(fat, or something of the kind.
Whilst with a unanimity and same
ness that would indicate that it was all
lashioned by the same pen, they join
together with one accord and in the
same issues, in sounding the praise of
this brazen tool of corruption, and as
with one tremendous blast assert that
he has done more for Oregon than any
other Senator we ever had. They even
go so far as to charge us with being a
Democrat and claim that we, have no
right to a voice in the selection of a
Senator to represent the State. Wo
will admit that we could 3ee some logic
in their assertions if they remained in
side their own camp and depended upon
Republican votes to elect this tool of
monopolies to that important position.
But when they "enter the Democratic
ranks with their corrupting influences
and seek to corrupt Democratic mem
bers and bribe thera to vote to return
this mercenary tool to that position,
we feel called upon to raise our protest,
feeble though it be, against such wick
edness. ; J
We hold as we eyer have, that it iB
the duty of Democratic members to
voe for representative Democrats for
that positbn, but if this time-honored
rule is to be departed from and our
ranks are to be broken, let it be in the
interest of the State, of the people, and
of decency and good government Nev
er let it be said that by the aid of Dem
ocratic votes the system of bossisin was
established over the State of Oregon.
But if in order to elect Democratic
votes are to be cast for a Republican,
let them be cast fo.- a person who is in
harmony, at least, w;th those grand
principles which are requisite for the
development of the great agricultural
interests of the State; for a person who
has been tried in the public service and
whose public and private life has been
such that he can be trusted. We do
uot in this connection, desire to throw
any aspersions upon the private'acts of
John H. Mitchell, nor is it necessary
that any journal should do so at this
time. We can find enough in his pub
lic acts to condemn, and these we feel
justified in criticising. -
When these mendicant journalists,
who arroffate to themselves the exclu
sive privilege of asserting who should
be chosen to succeed Senator Grover,
say tht ex-Senator John II. Mitchell
has done more for Oregon than any
other representative, we simply call
upon them to name the great reforms
that he has been instrumental in bring
ing about, or what laws or measures b
succeeded in passing which have re-;
dounded to the welfare or glory of our
State. Mcst surely it was not he who
passed the -donation homestead or ex
emption laws, or the laws donating the
sixteenth and thirty -second actions to
the public schools, or making them ap
plicable to Oregon. Most assuredly it
was not for the interests of Oregon or
the United States that he devoted the
six years' time he was in the Unite !
States Senate,, in trying tc defraud the
United States' treasury out of the
money d ue as interest on the bonds
loaned the Union apd Central Pacific
railroads, to aid in their construction,
and for which exertion ho received a
stipulated salary from said corporations,
at a time whens he occupied and held
his position as the Senator: from Oregon-
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It is rumored that the State depart
ment has information that a number
of Egyptians have attacked our- war
tub at Alexandria and. completely rid
dled her with ripe ; tomatoes. All
hands are at the pumps. Atlanta
Constitution.
A VALUABLE
C CONSISTING OF 525 ACRES OF
laud, situated 11 miles northeast of
osfburir, in Mnnt Scott Pr oinc . One
hundred acres p'ow land, the tluie
goo'1 pasture land, well watered and all
under gxd :ence. Plntyof fir and
oak timber or fencing and fuel. Good
form houie and barn and other out
miildiiigs, mia 500 choice, fruit trees
eir;ng. Price $ per acre. Inqujre of
C H. Oieo on the premises, or Her
man & Ball, attorneys, tfoseborg.
An Extraordinary Offer.
There area number of persons utof
emp oyment in every county, ye
energetic men wdling to work do not
ne d to be ThOF .willing to w-rk
can make from $100 to $500 a month
clear, working for us in n pleasant and
permanent business. The amount onr
agents make variee, me make a
hig i as $500 a month, wldle others
as low as $100, all dependi. g on the
energy of the agent. We have an arti
cle of gret raert. It should be sold to
every house owner, and pays over one
hundred pr cent profit Each sale is
from $3.50 to $10.00. One agont in
Pen sjlvania sold 32 in two days, aud
cleared 164.00. An agent in New
York made $45 00 in one day. Any
man with euer y enough to ork a
full day. and will do this during the
year can make from $2,u00 to $6,000 a
year. We only waui oneman in each
coun'y, and to him will give the excu
bive Bf le as long as he continues to
work faithful'y . for u. There is no
competiti-n. and nothing like our in
vention made. Parties having from
$2C0 to $1,000 to invest, tan obtain a
general agency ior ten counties or a
state. Ay one can make an invest
ment of from $25 to $1,000 without the
least risk of lots, as our circulars wil!
l6w that those investing $25 ca'n after
a g0 days trial return the goods unsold
to us and get their mot ey back, if they
do not cter at leatt $100. They ebow
that a geterl agent who will take ten
countieH and iuvet $216 00 can after a
trial of 90 davg return all good unsold
to us, and have money retun ed to them
if tb -y fall to clear at least $750,00 in
that tin e. We are not paying salaries,
but want men willing to work and
obtaiu as their pa tbe prflu of their
energy. Men not wi ling to work on
our te ms will uot work on any. Thone
meaning bus nesti will receive our iarire
descriptive circular, and extraordinary
offer bv enciosiug a three cent stamp,
with their address., Tbe tirrt to com
ply with our terms wld secure tbe
county or counties they wih to work.
Address, Kekneu - .Manufacturing
Co.,
J18 SuiUh field Street Pittsburgh. Pa
HEFFROU'S SALGOlJ.
fiOSEBURG, OREGON.
TLe best of win&s, liquor and cigar e,
onstantly on hand and a welcome to
all. (lve me a pall.
lU'Q QDftP.r IQ
lil.U 01 flUL 10 I ILL LI
j For y
CLARK K A BAKER,
-- Proprictois.
Having purchased tlie above named
mills of K. Stephens A Co., we are
now prepared to furnitdi any amount
of the
BEST QUALITY OF LILMBRIl
Ever offered lo the public in Du'igla
county.
We have fust purchased one of tne
Weather ly, Kugg a Kiuhardnon No. 1
Plaitexs and .mathers andjare pre
pared to do beier work
than oih$r mills to the county.
We will furnish at the mill No 1
lumber at the lotlowli.g prices:
Dre8!ed rustic ... $16rrM
Flooring (dreaded a matched $15 per M
Luoiier dreed on one hide$l4 per 31
Lumber dressed on two sidet$16 e M
Kougn lumber. ....... $8 to $10j.tr M
, e have an xtra quality of lutu ber
equal td'biiy found ou (kios Bay, aud
will guarrantee to give satisfaction to
all those favoring unwith tl.efr orders
Posi office address, Um pqua Ferry
Oregon. . VL.AliK& A iAKER.
W. LEWIS & COS
v CELEBRATED
CLEAN 'SWEEP CIGAR,
THE BEST
B I T O I G- -A-
IW ROSE BURG,
Manufactured expressly for, and for
sale only at
A. a MARK'S CIGAR S'ORE.
HAIH DRESSER AND
ES. L TflROLL,
Would announce thai rue U prepared
to do all kinds of work in the way of
weaving hair, or making puff and
curia from combings ar . ot tier wise
and that she will do dressmaking In
the latest modern styles. : -
All work guaranteed, and satisfaction
assured to all who may patronise her.
Call at my residence nearly oppo .
site the Catholic church.
3f MRS. T. THROLL.
, SUMMONS.
In t'e Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for ihe County of .Douglas
Rosy Button pif.
-. 'I i vs.
Suit In Equity
for a Divorce.
Wm. W P. Sutton def.
To Wm. W. p. Sutton.
In the name of the state of Oregon
you are hereby required to appeur and
answer the eomp'aint fllt a'.a'nat
you by the plaiuriil, Roy Sutton, in
the atrove entitled 'ourt. and suit on
or before the tir-tday of ot the next
regal -r term of aal Ct.ur , to wit, the
third Monday the 16ll. dv f October
A. .. 1882: and if yo i fail to bo an
swer the said complaint ti.e plamrff
wt I take Judgement agamst ou for
want of an anxwei: nd will apply to
.he t'ou t f r the relie. demanded in
itfd emnptaiut, to wit, (r a decree
airtolv iu the marriage contract exis
Injf between the jilauitift nul deM dant
and change of ttie nmue tf the plaint
iff i ttiHt f l.o-y Kiucald an t her cots
add iburen)eii te.
Thl ? nratnou U published iy ord.-r
of the Hon. Uirtnii C urt -f aid State
of Oregon f r . I'oug a Couiry, made
and euvered the l'Jih iav of lu-y A. D
1883. Hkrhan & BaLL
Attorney' for Plaintiff:
A Fmall Farm for Sale.
Paving become tired o' batching, I
offer my place f.r sale, with or wiibut
household aud kttehen furnimre, on
reasonable termi. It -nfa'n 72 cres.
moreir lean. 11 of whicli Hr- tiud'-rcul-tiation;
n nice young orcard, good
sz d barn and box l.ouxe, wth four
rnnit'; alw, Hie udoor iuirove
mentH. It is nituated i.i a good veigh
lMirhood. within a b. If m e f a 'arire
echool h use, s veu and onehalf mi lea
went of K e. burg, in what is call d he
Frenh Setttetuent, in Douglas c unty
Oitton. Inqui e of me on m v fann.
T. S. 6'BuikN.
BUY
THE UMPQUA VAL'EY MILLS
XFI Omar
THE BEST IN THE WARXET.
AddM A. VV. STEAUXS.Canyouvdle
T TO MLLlNi rS
-::-
AT PRICES
CHEAPER THAN PAID ABROAD
iti. JoPiison
W ould announce that h has be e
consij;ned an extra tine stock t
FRENCH ARTIH&IAl F-0E33
v hicit wnm oe S'dd at an earlv date,
and ihnt he would advise millin -rs
aid. laiii?s in general to Call ujmhi
litm before sending their ordt-rs
abroad, a he is fttlly aatistied he can
otiVr tiietn barjiaiiiM whicti Hie- could
not ubtalu in gau Fratu-isi-i by t-end-iiiff
there. Tlio nwera me m every
way tine and fancy; in fact, a l.e tei
Mtonk was never br uglii t Koscbur
aud offered at ouch low prices.
ROStBUUG, - OHiiXiON
JAMES DEAELING,
Blacksmith
s
Farrier,
XLs: H ua tia ,
Aiid welll-knowu to the pwple of Dou
Ua covnty. would respectfully announcn
that he i prepared to do all kinds of
work in 'his iine, and gaamitew sutisu
faction.
HORfE-SHffEING A SPECIALTY.
. Any fartur having a plow to sharpen
or machinery to repair will do well to
sriv me a ad! at my old stand.
I have a full rtock of iron and 8tel,
and having i urchased the same at alow
price, can do" work, So far as prices are
concerned, cheaper than any who wilt at
temptjeompetition, J AS. DEARLING.
feb!7 lm Oakland, Oregon.
UMPQUA
Wilbur - -
Pull corps of Ccmpstbat Instructors.
In charge ofthat popular teacher, Miss Helena Holman.
. AND THOROU Jll WORT.
Fall lerm opens, September 4th 1882. Send for catalogue to Hkkt L.
Benson A. M., Princijal.
M
1NCL "'Ullia EVEViY VABirTT OF
LADIES' DBESS GOODS,
Oi fES -a i &M STYLE.
Styles of all Variety and Shades
AT TG1S -
OP
M. JOSEPHSON,
Gentemen & Boys'
CLOTHING.
BEf ORE PURCHASNG ELSEWUEUE,
BY SO DOING. GOOD BARGAINS C AN BE SET' 7RKU
Sheridan Bros., Tlosburg, Ur.
Thy would announce that they bave just rec-" ved and tew ave id hand one f tb
Largest Stock of Hardware
Ever hroaaUt to "P'mzlw. i-nd when added to their STOVES OF ALLy Pi'
TEUNS and KEADY MADE TIN W AKE. they ar prepared to declare t'iy hr
b. Vuply in tUeir iin ot ay nouaa m fcouUera Oregon, which they pro
mii iiorc ie mewlijr. . .... . .
lu h- iape ot hu.Jdnt materials I t- ay i Jocks, butts etc, w e Wet
ui.eri.r niducemeuw to purchasers. Ti; u,s. , , ' . ' , ,
We to irive you fcarjraiD in the fo. w njr brands of ove. not -qtta!1ed W
whl.l Buck's. B..nanz. Farmer Ctility. Dexter, Pacific, WHe Weat, Clarondm
Occide. lron Kinjr, Euipire wiy, ana otur
Th? Lv-st of wotkmfnar-' consianuy eiuiivjc-j iu iu ui.uui.hui. tuwtir
and buvers should larn our prices. t. . . .
We have als. barasiins to offer in gune. such a incbester, Sharp and thr BXCm,-
' win" o 'wWPeerle. and Sew Horn. 8ewlnR MacU.. ,wito
e sell at lowest rate and warrant as couple te m every respect.
N e can also euppiy
A vcrill and Rubber Paints,
I ebtotin the Una-let, at . lowest rate.
l4iVM Ull . call iusoect mf atock, inquire at
nv one can.
METROPOUTAM SAL00H,
BOiEBUKO, ORKGON,
McCULLOOH & CO;
PROP JEtXEXOR O,
ONLF THE BEST ' BRAND
OF-
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Kent n handand customers will findtb's
a (aiit pUoe of rwfc rt.
U v- m h cail one door south ot the
Meiropolnan lioiei.
DRY'S SALOON,
Jackson Street, Uoseburg.
The iroiretor of t Ids well kn wn and
iojiu ar resort wun'd ihauk hisffriends
r their libe al patronage in the pant
and w -uiti ak for a cont' nuance of
be same iu tbe future, Tne public is
inf rined that I keep none but the bet
brndd of wi- ea, , liquors aud cigars
aui that I 9ell oyer tiie bar the cele
bra it Jt-sie Moore & Oo,'a Kentucky
w hiskien
A good billiard table will be found
in tbe naloou; also the leading papers
of the wortd .
BUY
THE UMPQUA VALLEY MILLS
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
A1dresn A. W. STEARNS, CanyonTille,
Oregon. sep4
BUY -LY "
CANYON V IuLE MILLS
Manufactured from only the best of
wheat,'
I have for sal also Bran. Shorts and
Midddngs, Bacn, Hams. Lard, etc.
cured in tbe most scientific manner.
Purchasers will do me a favor to in
spect my stock at the Canyonvilie
W. KBAMER.
S. K. RAYMOND,
SURGEOZT DEITTIST
Oposite Marks Co., Store.
Offers his professional services to the
people of Douglas county, with whom he
bus be-n acquainted several years. All
work warranted first-class, and terms as
moderate as any other in the profession;
ROSEBURG, - - OR 5GON
ACADEMY
Orcuon.
ercbandisey
fOll,
Wv ,...
to onr priei. and w promise to nlt a?i
SHEHIDAN BKOH.
: -
TUB SALOON
Canyonvilie, Oregon,
Proprietor.
The finest and best at ck o Wines,
l iquois and Cigors ever ofte ed to the
public in Southern Oregon, also the
bet of Ale and Porter. Also agent for
the celebrated
GRIPE CREEK SOUR MASK
BOURBOJC WEISKY,
Put up expressly for medical par
poses, and only for sale at this place-.
(Jive me a trial.
SOUTH UOPQUA DILLS
MAKE THE
In Roseburg.
J. T7- LINCOLN. PropV
R. R THOMPSON,
B. H. THOMPSON,
K. . DR HART
. Vi U HOHEYMAN
Thompson, Do Hart & Co,
Importers and dealers in
Coal, Iron, teel, Hardwood Lumber
and wagon material.
184 First St.. and 173 and 17S Front st
Portland, Oregon.
Carnage Hardware. JauT
H. z tjT. Cp.
siiEnioAii,
Successors to Tbos. P. Sheridaa)
DEALHSN
HARDWARE, TINWAUF, STOVE
Guns, Cutlery and Tir ders For
nishioir food.
TIN STORE, RDSESUHG, QXL
Having secured the above business, we
are prepared to keep up its former good
name for work and prices. We have the
best of material vnd always a 'all stock
of poods on hand aiid it is our aim to fat"
nish custvmers with firstclasn articles liv
let live prices.
A fall stock of iroa sxd steel for sale,
dealers from abroad wdl receive pnmpt
aitesticD, n S.' J. C, 8UEHIDAN