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T e -pa' nr:vc of fo-e dosirina: superior
ijpjrjtions is iu special rcpiest. Nitrous ox-
i te :' ?h. !.,ti',!..s extraction of teeth.
tifAi-Cricial teeth -'better than the best,'
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THOTsfiPGOH & FITCH,
Alioiai2tjw at ILsiw,
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Real Estate Agents,
CITY,OREGOn,
OFFICE TWO POOUs NORTH OF THE fif OFFICE.
REAL ESTATE BOT HT AND SOLD.
LOANS NEGOTIATED. AND AB
STRACT OF TITLES FURNT5IIED.
TTT E HWE A COMl'LETE ABSTRACT
VV of Title of all property in Eugene
City, and rcri'V ct plats of tee same, prepared
witb rrre-it care. We will practice in the
different Conns of the Stat '. Special at
tention jjiv.-n to the c-dlcction cf all claims
that may le tdaccl in our hands. Lerrai
Tenders bonsht av.d s I I. sen?
TO TIIK PEOPLE OK OREGON.
Tlie Itcpublicans through the
8th resolution of their platform,
make the following gross charges
against the Democratic Legisla
ture an J State officer:
8. We find no terms sufficient
ly strong to express our disap
proval of those acts of the last
Legislature whereby the swamp
lands belonging to this State have
been taken from the needy settlers,
and given without limit or proper
competion in price to the land
grabber and speculator- whereby
the emoluments and salaries of
State officers have been unconstitu
tionally increased, and tlui taxes
increased thousands ot dollars by
the creation of new and unneces-
sary offices and salaries, for the pur
pose of roviding for party favor
ites ; and whereby the citizens of
our metropolis have been deprived
of and denied the right of con
trolling their police authority.
And we equally condemn the ad
ministration of our Slate officers
and the laws as extravagant, reck
less, illegal and destructive, and
we rightly charge till these results
as the acts of the Democratic
party.
Let us examine and sec what
the present State officers have done
to merit these charges and ascer
tain what is condemned as 'ex-
iravagnr.t, illegal and destructive."
"When they went into office they
found everything in disorder.
There was no land system. There
were no records showing that the
Hoard of Land Commissioners
had ever met, or had ever trans
acted any business ; not a record
of a deed, if any had been made
by the Hoard, nothing in short,
showing any transactions in laud.
There were applications for land,
but no record of them. Under
this slate of things, and iu conse
quence of the inexcusable neglect
of the former Hoard in land mat
ters, r.ud fear through that neglect
that the Slate would lose those
lands, claimants in very inany iu
stances made additional efforts to
secure their bind,-, by filing pre
emption applications upon them at
great trouble and at extra expense,
in the verai J. S. land offices ot
this State.
The present Hoard went to
work with a determination to se
cure these lands to the State, and
thereby perfect the tittle in the
p in Lasers of them. Looks were
procured for record ; maps for cer
tainty, and - every thing brought
into use that w:is necessary to
place our land matters on a sound
foundation. Under these dibits
of the present Hoard, the follow
ing lands have been approved :
Indemnity Lands 110,000 Acres
University Lands, 7S sections 40.OSO "
Of the J'.ulunre of .ion.OvMl acres 72,000 "
Agricultural Collet:,.' I.iinds ),.0 "
For doing all this for the appli
cants for these lands, and for the
State after the former Hoard, have
shown by its indlfferanec, that it
would sooner the State should
loose these lands, and the immense
wealth, the side of them would
bring to the School Fund, than to
save them by doing its duty, the
Lcpublican party in Convention
by this -solemn resolution, con
demned this work of the present
Hoard of Land Commissioners as
"illegal, extravagant and destruc
tive The School Fund was found in
a loose and 'in several cases in an
insecure condition. Interest not
collected and money loaned with
out mortgages to secure it.
Hy proper attention these doubt
ful securities were removed and
the entire fund placed on a solid
foundation.
For the first time undpv the law
passed six years since, a distribu
tion of that fund was made by the
present Ikard in February last,
among the children entitled to
draw school money in this State.
Xumber of children, 04,055. Total
amount distributed, $39,452 71.
This duty performed by the
present Board is also condemned
by the Kepubliean party as '-extravagant,
illegal and destructive."
Who broke up the Legislature
of 1808 to prevent important Leg
islation for the State and the pas
sage of an Appropriation Hdl ?
Every honest man in Oregon can
point the finger of condemnation
to the Republican members of the
House, and the then Governor of
the State as the authors of this
outrage. Those members of the
Legislature engaged in this con
spiracy were one from Benton,
three from Douglas, one from
Washington, five from Marion,
two from Clackamas, one from
Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook,
one from Coos and Curry, two
from Yamhill, etc.
This piece of rascality the tax
payers must bear without a mur
mur, Hy refusing to pass an Ap
propriation Hill at this time, the
moneys could not be paid out of
the Treasury on warrants, and
warrants accumulated with interest
for two years. The amount of in
terest paid by the State in conse
quence of that lock-up or for the
want of an Appropriation Bill
was $30,153 22 over Thikty
Ti iocs and Dollars, besides the
thousands paid to guards to guard
the State Treasurer's safe while
the funds were iu use elsewhere.
This the Republican Platform
does not condemn, but approve of
it. The acts of thulr faithful ser
vants are approved by silent
praise.
Salaries are mentioned. Xot one
farthing of State revenues derived
from taxation, has been used in se
lecting swamp laud. Those lands
create their own funds for the pur-p.-:Sj
of selecting, surveying, mak
ing n)d. recording them, and for
all expenses attending them. Xo
"new and unnecessary offices have
been created, and salaries for party
favorites." On the contrary the
labor performed is done with a
more economical force than was
ever employed on similar work.
One department alone, where the
work is three fold fro iter than un
der the former administration, will
be run with greater benefit to the
State for 810,000 less than the
same department was run by the
former administration.
The former State Treasurer re
ceived $2,100 for issuing, etc., lie
lief and Bounty Bonds. The then
Assistant Treasurer, T. 3lcF. Pat
ton, now a candidate on the Keg
ular Bolter's Ticket, for some pur
pose, and he knows not what that
is, stated at Jefierson that $800
was an amide salary for the State
Treasurer.
If his statement was true, then
the $2,100 paid as above, was
taken from the State wrongfully.
The reports show further, that
Patton received for work on these
same bonds, $2S3 25-1 00 besides
j other expense that were paid on
them. If $800 was enough for
two men, Treasurer and -Assistant
Treasuaer, why does Patton retain
the moneys mentioned above1.
The present State Treasurer issued
bonds for $200,000 without re
ceiving any pay therefore. Xo,
the fact is, neither Air, Patton nor
any one connected with that office
ever seriously thought $800 salary
was enough and his statement
that it is, only shows the base
means he uses to obtain votes.
The Bonds for which the above
services were rendered amounted
to $232,000 we ask Air. Patton,
who bought up the soldiers dis
charges at 25 to 50 cents on the
dollar, who it was that obtained
these bonds. How was it, if $800
salary was enough that $50,
000 to $75,000 was made out of
and through the economical office
he held as Assistant State Treasur
er. As he proposes to go to the
Legislature, it would be well to ex
plain to the soldiers, and tax paj
ers generally, how these things are
done, how easy so large a sum
can be made out of so so-all a
salary.
lock RILL.
$200,000 was appropriated out
of the proceeds of the sale of
lands donated to the State for in
ternal improvements, to build
these locks. Had this been school
funds, the interest on this amount
would be $20,000 per annum.
The number of children in the
Willamette valley who would be
entitled to their proportion of this
sum is 22,230 about SO cents to
the child. This 80 cents would be
reduced as the school children in
crease in number. What is 80
cents to a child per annum for ed
COURTESY OF
ucational purposes. Would not
every farmer or consumer in this
valley prefer a saving each year
by reduced freights on his exports
and imports, of $1 and upwards for
each child to a few cents for
school purposes ?
It he were disposed to devote
the money thus saved to the edu
cation of his children, it would go
many times father than his propor
tion of the interest cm the $200,
000 if it had been retained as a
part of the School Fund.
Let us look father into this mat
ter, and inquire what the School
Fund is to gain by this Lock
Bill.
The contract with the State
made by the Lock Company is for
that Company to pay ten per cent,
of the "vy-oiw rceeijita" from freights
and passengers into the School
Fund. Some will say that the
law says leu per cent, of the "net
profits," but the fact is the bond and
contract with that Company state
"sroxs recti 4$." We may arrive
at something near what these gross
receipts will be by an estimate
based on the amount realized annu
ally by the P. T. Company on the
transportation of freight and pas
sengers during the time that mon
opoly had control of the river. A
low estimate of receipts of that
Company per annum is $200,000.
The receipts of the School Fund
from freights and passengers, on
the above estimate, under the Lock
Hill would be between $5,000 and
$0,000.
If the School Fund would re
ceive that amount now with the
present population, who can esti
mate the amount it would receive
a few years hence in the increase of
population? The population that
contributes to this fund is now
from the census of 1870, only 45,
398. How many years will elapse
be lore that populatiem will have
been increased to half a million.
The benefit of these locks to com
merce is too apparent to every
Oregonian to require any special
praise. The Willamette valley
might .us well be without the river
as to be deprived of these locks.
Under the present plans and work
by which they will be completed,
ihey cannot be built for $400,000.
Xo company that has offered te
build them for less than $200,000
ever intended to build them at
all. The Company that made a
sham edl'er to the Legislature to
build those for $125,000 could
have had the contract to build
them from the present Company
for $200,000.
SWA3JP LAND.
This is a grant to the State of
Oregon bv the General Govern
ment. The State has the entire
control of these lands. It is esti
mated by the Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, that swamp lands
granted to States will aggregate
seventy millions of acres. Cali
fornia and other States as well as
Oregon, have received this grant
of all swamp lands within their
borders.
The policy lias been in all the
States except Oregon, to give these
lands to those w ho would reclaim
them. California began by oil cl
ing her swamp lands for $1 25 per
acre in limited ejuantities, the price
to be returned to the purchaser up
on proof of reclamation. This
policy proved a failure, when to
remedy the matter, and bring the
lands into the market, Governor
Hajght recommended that the
lands should be disposed of in un
limited epiantitjes. ' Owing to the
expense of reclaiming the lands
and the impossibility of doing so,
where there were small quantities
in the hands of different owners,
the State placed those lands in a
condition where capital could do
its work by making them market
able and subject to use and taxa
tion as recommended by Governor
Haight. The value of these lands
to California lies in the induce
ments they oiler after reclamation
to settlers and in the revenue they
bring to the State by taxation. In
Oregon we expect more than this.
We shall receive not only the bene
fits from cultivation, and assess
ments of these lands for rp venue,
but we shall receive $1 per acre
for them, affording a fun el to the
State sufficient to construct our
public buildings and enable the
State to make other valuable im
provements. The Democratic par
ty . in securing these lands to the
State, and providing a system by
which this valuable fund may be
created out of the sale of them for
the benefit of the State, is de
nounced by the Kepubliean party
TI
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Swamp Land JLaw ot uregon is
known to be the best act on that
subject m the LTnited States. By
reference to the resolution we find
that the Kepubliean party cannot
find "terms sufficiently strong to
express their disapproval of the
acts of the Legislature whereby
these swamp lands were taken
from needy settlers." Passing
over the fact that swamp land is
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
rather a wet thing to settle on, we
propose to show how very needy
the Republicans of this State sup
posed those sttlers to be. Of those
who have tiled on these, lands the
case stands thus ;
121 Republicans have applied for 3,49tbf!lSacre3
117 Democrats have applied tor a.OfJt.HU?"" "
Republican excess 1,-112,72;
Among Uiose Repablicana. icho have ap
plied for those swamp lands belonging to
those needy st-t tiers, there are five of the
Committee who reported the Republic an
Platform. Gilbert Hall. I. I. Merrym in. li
Killin. J. T. Apperson uud 4- li. L'nder
woucl. It is passing strange, that men will re
sort to such shifts, to male a libel, but
verily there seems to be no honor or truth
in a mist-ruble political dem.arotrue. li
men will b.- guiby of these . things, weii
may they be w -itched, and exposed.
To the Democracy be ail praise for their
efforts in building up the State. Every
enterpi ise in behalf of the petmanetit in
torests of the peop!e of Oregon has been
undertaken by them It was they 'hat se
cured the swamp and other lands to the
Siate. and the magnificent funds arising
from them. It was ihi-y that erected onr
new peniierdjary. our only public build
itig. It was they, who erected the old
(Japiiol. and it is they who will build the
uev. All praise to litem !
A word here as to the importance of
the immediate erection of a capi'ol build
ing. Oregon has been u State tor twelve
years; yet. with the exception of the new
penitentiary erected under the present
Democratic administration, she has not a
single public building of any kind. Dat
ing all the twelve years of her State-hood
not an effort has been made, until since
the Democracy came into power to con
struct any permanent public building;'
Large revenues have been raised, hut not
a dollar of them has gone to this purpose.
Tlu State has been paying ivnt lor neces
sary o flice-rooms and for Legislative hails
during the 'hue. What has been paid out
in this way and expended for lunit.-hing
and fitting up these temporary offices, has
been uo insignificant sum. Now is it, not
time that tl4is should be remedied '.' Hasn't
Oregon been a 8tate long enough to justi
ly her in puuingon some of iu.-ignia ot
State-hood"' It is a shame that the matter
sbotild have beet) so lotnr 'e ayed. States
of equal age and even younger, than ours,
have gone far ahead ot her in this panic
u!ar. Is it to be wondered at then, that
our California neighbors and citizens id'
other States who visit us. should eidier
openly or covertly sneer at us. for onr
want of public spirit and enterprise ? We
ought to remember that, Oregon lias
ceased to Le a iepo temporary camping
place m the wilderness tor roving trap
piers and fi oniiet sman. It is to be the
permanent home of those who dwell here,
and of millions who are to come after. It
has become one of the many sea's oi
American empire. Here upon the inmost
western verge of the continent, has been
found the i lornal resting place for oue of
the mighty pillars in the oiagnii;cent tem
ple of our liberties. Let us then regard
it as our home, ami adorn and beaufily i;
q,s such. In our lovely valley of the Wil
lamette, let the family man.-dnn of a great
S(;ite arise a beautiful gem in a rich set
ting. We shall then feel stone State
pride, shall j;o on gladly to construct
other grand improvements- iiesides L
will give otir State a look of permanence
in the eyes of immigrants, and wtd thus
attract population. Visitors looking upon
the dome of a grand Capitol building
rising in the midst of our beautiful valley,
would feel that Oregon ians had come
here to slny. As it is. whoever comes
here and finds the State living around in
rented houses, cannot but feel that it is a
port of temporary thing. kind of a mush
room State, swinging up like a mining
town, only to die when the excitement
parses.
As we have already shown their will be
no difficulty in providing the means for
the election of a Capitol and oilier public
buildings. The fund arising from the
sale of the swamp lands may be used in
part for that purpose. A small portion
of that fund will be sufficient to carry
out the enterprise. All that is needed
then is a ljtth' energetic effort to give us
Capitol buildings. We appeal to the peo
ple to see to it, that this mailer is no long
er neglected.
Gejisxal News Item
IIS.
Gold in New York. 12-1 5-1G.
There are SO bank Presidents) in Con
gress. The silver mines of Montana look af
vorab'e. California is to elect four Congressmen
this Fall.
Key West. Fhv, is the center of a large
sponge business.
The Panama railroad announces a div
idend of five per cent.
Ohio is the second of the gr at cheese
producing States of the Union.
Horace Greeley has withdrawn from
the 'J'riJ'iie until after the election.
The House has placed pticki!ver. gun
powder, jute ami jute butts on the free
list.
The Central Pacific lobby hare nearly
abandoned all hope of Goat Island this
session.
Methodist General Con Perron co recmn
mended the appointment of eight addi
tional Bishops.
Freight business of the Central and
Union Pacific Railroads is said to be bet
ter than ever.
One thousand breech loaders are to be
dis'ribuied among the citizens in the ex
posed districts of Montana.
It appears that Governor Walker, of
Virginia, has aspira'ions to the Democrat
ic nomination at Baltimore.
The Surveyor Generals report for Mon
tana Territory shows that :i:)l t.TUo acres
of public land are now surveyed
The total value of all property in the
United Sta'es according to the last Cen
us is something over ")!) billion dolltrs.
There ate crreat doubts whether Senate
will ratify the Supplementary Alabama
Tr-"ity. If they don't the treaty fails,
unless Hnland retracts.
A memorial was presented In the House
May 7th, from about 3 000 ritizns of
Utah, protesting against the admission of
the Territory into the fjnioa.
In the House, May 17th. the committee
of the Wiiol on the Tariff bill voted by
94 to 62 to make one-thira of the customs
duties receiyab'e in legal tender.
Charles II. Palmer of New York has
lately disposal 0f a ore-third interest in a
patent machine for sewing parnphlet3 to
Dr. A. M. Loryea of Portland.
Our Special W ashiugtou Letter.
Washington, May 12, 1872.
Editor ExTEnruiSE : Congress
is pressing to an adjournment and
-elispesing of public business very
rapidly. They mean to adjourn
before the Philadelphia Convention
meets. There is a good deal of
excitement this week growing out
of an effort to nominate someone
else for the Presidency besides
Grant. There is no question that
there are some very ambitious and
impatient men in the Kepubliean
party, who are pressing their
claims on the party, ami though
their friends are trying to displace
CI rant, Speaker Blaine and Vice
President Colfax, and their friends
are now hard at work for the Pres
idency, but it will be a difficult
task to get rid of General Ulysses.
However, as the question has been
broached, there will be a powerful
eilbrt made to have a new man.
It is known that Sumner can con
trol the negso vote, and that he
demands the setting aside of
Grant as the condition of his sup
port of the Kepubliean ticket.
Colfax's friends are courting the
friendship of Sumner, and he pre
fers Colfax. This argument is
used against Grant and with much
eiiect. But the result of these
matters will soon be known as the
Convention meets on the 5th of
June.
The Senate has been engaged
during the last week on the Amnes
ty Bid, which has again failed by
tacking em it as an amendment,
Sumner's Civil liights Bill. Sen
ator Trumbull denominated it as a
missionaries saying that the negroes
had all the rights, he or any other
white man had, and that this
Sumner's bill was used to antagon
ize the Amnesty Bill iu order
to el e feat it. Perhaps the people
of Oregon have not understood
the t'til I force of this civil rights
measure, and extracts from it, will
convey to them something of its
anamulous character. Ami as it is
ii Kepubliean measure, endorsed
hy the parly in power, and Gen.
Giant, il will be well for your peo
ple to understand wha the Kadi
cals propose to elo further on this
negro question :
Sl'C. . That n ) ci ien of the United
Sta'es shall, by reason ot race, color, or
previous condition of servitude, be ex
cepted or excluded fiom the full and equa:
enjoyment of any accommodation, ad van
tage, facility or privilege furnished by
inn-keepers ; by common-earners, whether
on kind or water : by licensed owners,
managers or other places ot public amuse
ment ; by trustees, commissioners, sitpet
intendents. teachers, ami other officers of
common schools and public insitiuons of
learning, the same being supported by
moneys derived from genera! taxation an
Unit ized by law ; by trustees ami officers
of church organisations, eeme'ry associa
tions, and benevolent insti'nnotis incor
poraaed by national or State authority.
iJut, churches, sehoo.i-. cme tries, and in
-titutiotii of ietirnintr es ablished exclu
sively tor white or colored persons, a, id
maiuttiiiiod respes- iveiy by the contribu
lions of such persons, shal I remain accord
ing to the terms of the Qiiginal eslablin
ment.
Skc. . That tiny person violating any
of the provisions of the foregoing section,
or aiding iu their violation, or inciting
thereto, shall, for every such dleiisn. f()p
leit and pay the sum o; five fcundreo
ioihtts o :he person aggrieved thereby
o be recovered in an hci.qh on the case
with bill costs and such sjllowauce for
counsel fet-s as the court shall d-'em jus
tad shall also, tor evey such offense, be
deemed guitty of a misdemeanor, and. up
n conviction thereof, shall be fined no:
less than five hundred nor more than one
thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned
tiot less than thirty days nor more th in
one year: Prorid.il. That the party ug
it ieved shall not ruco ver more than ot;,
penalty ; and when the ofl'en-e is a refusal
f burial, the penalty may be recovered
bv Ute heirs at law ot 'h-- nT,suti to whos
body btirail has been refused.
This measure is bought with
mischief, and if passed will create
a great deal of confusion ami irri
tation between the two races. At
present there exists some degree of
harmony between the whiles and
blacks, and if no further legislation
take place, the prejudice heretofore
existing will gradually disappear.
Sensible negroes want no addition
al laws. They do not seek social
erpiality. Trie negroes are improv
ing under their freed condition,and
are doing very well. Pass force
measures and at once there will he
a revival of old prejudices. The
intelligence of both races dep
racate this, but the Kad'u-als, fear
ful of lo.sing the negro votes, and
in order to secure the return of
Sumner to their fold, they persist
in this irritating measure. They
have the power to pass it, which
only requires a majority vote, but
It" I '
peter to put it on the Amnesty J I j
as an amendment which requires j.ne
vote of two-third of both Houses
of Cm 4e- They profess to be
oi juonie... me) i , , j
in favor ot Amnesty, and at. o tout ,
in for extending further en il ng.its
to the neTO, but by their action
they defeat both measures. It !
will be impossible for the Radicals
to establish their sincerity before
the people when the subject is dis
cussed, as it will be in the ap
proaching canvass. It will be per
ceiveel that this hill of Sumner'
confers more rights anel privileges
on the negro than the white man
has ever had given him, by the
laws of the country. iVre tho
voters of Oregon prepared to sus
tain such Kadical legislation as
this? It is to be hoped that at
the election on the 3d of June they
show by their votes that they re
ject with tlisdain all such revolu
tionary legislation.
The House during the past week
has been eliligently working on the
taiiif,and the prospect is thatthero
will be a reduction of forty million
dollars in duties on articles mostly
consn med by the people of all
classes, particularly on those use3
by the yeomanry ami working
classes. The prospect is quite fa
vorable for the passage of a reduc-
eel tariff. The hill has to go to the
Senate, but as it is likely to pass
the House, will be in accordance
with the expressed views of thp
Senate, and that body will not con?
sunie much time in considering the
bill but will pass it promptly.
3lany private measures get
through hi. the morning hour and
at night sessions, and there is a
strong probability that Congress
will be ready to adjourii at the
time heretofore indicated.
The bill of Hon. Jas. II. Slater
to increase tlio donation to Agri
cultural Colkges, v ill come up in
its regular order next week, and
there will be a strong effort made
to pass it. There is a powerful in
fluence in its favor all the Agri
cultural Colleges being represented
here, and the .Delegates from tho
Territories are a unit for Slater's
bill. It is regarded as one of the
mest important measures presentee,
this session for the consideration,
of Congress, and as t its passage
there exists but little doubt. The
success of your Representative is
attributable to the fact that he han
made a speciality of all of his
measures, and given them his un
divided attention, and at al times
kept them in vipv. His inelu-I.riou?
habits, courteous (jern,eaHPp a4
prompt attention to his duties,
has made him popular here, and
hence when he asks for the consid
eration of his bills, great courtesy
is extended to him by the House,
Great anxiety is felt here by
both Democrats and Republicans
as to the result of the election irj.
Oregon. Your Representative
feels very confident that the Dem
ocrats will succeed, and keep Ore?
gon in the line of Democratic
States. The accounts received from
the Democratic press is very en-e-ouraging,
and it is gratifying to
perceive that the party is eloing its
duty nobly in the canvass. Let
them continue till victory is t heir's,
PUBLICUS.
Read axd Beware. Read this
notice. It is from the Walla Wal
la Statesman of May 18th;
Judge Wilson is pledged in tho
event of his election to Congress,
to oppose the extension of all aid
on the part of the government tp
the Portland, Dalles & Salt Lake
Railroad, This pledge was made
to Ben Holladay, and was the con?
dition upon which Wilson ree-ivr
ed the support of the railroad magr
nate. lhe people ot Eastern Ore
gon jj,re jijteies'X'd in the success of
this enterprise, and under the cir
cumstances a vote for Joe. Wilson
will be a vote against ttieir own
interests.
State iTfc'ws.
Eugene City is preparing for tbe glori
ous Fourth
The railroad grade is nearly completed
tO liosebttrg.
A lare-e pm ',pr WiS killed in3 Cma
Valley last treelc.
Tbe Forest Grove postoffie has bcea
m tUe a money Ol der ollice.
The time from the Dalles to Kelton bn$
been reduced lo three days a;l a half.
The Salem Mercury endorses the lnde?
nendent ticket nominated in Marion conn-
ty.
The Linn county Republicans bave
nominated a man for representative js-hq
can't write.
Wool in Linn county is lower prised,
Forty-eight, cents a pound is all that is
now offered.
S. S. Murphy ha been appointed acomr
missioner ot deeds for Oregon, to reside
at S.ui ; r ancisco.
Governor Grover hns appointed Marfc
Hoffman a Notary Public at Cornelius,
Washington coynty.
Col T II Caun. Land Agent, execute
2" deeds for school lands last week, ag
gregating 2.39U acres.
The corner sne (A the Sister's rt?
school at, Salem was laid with appropriate
ceremonies on Tnesday.
Eastern Oregon gicording to latest ad?
vices from that section, will give Burnet
one thoi.fa id majority.
The Republicans of Umatilla county
ill' I ' - J
nMr(. nominated three men on their ticket
who can neither read or sprite, and wtiQ
are willing to bet their last horse that
I'endletoa is the largest city in the world,
From all our exchanges in this vallej
,pHJ.n !h:it crop3 generauy promise
FpIen(li(J harvest. The fruit crop, tbouglj
somewhat damaged by the lata froslf
will nevertheless be good.
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