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IjciUcckln Enterprise.
O.TIJIAL PATER OF CLACK COCXTT.
OREGOX CITV, OREGON, JAX. 3, IS.
The Sjuthcrn Troubles.
The ilispntches from llio Stist fu'
3 jtho p.it tb months P.avc Wen fill
ed with reports of disturbances in
Louisiana mul Alabama over the
result of the election, hut these re
ports have been so imperfect that
it has been almost impossible to
et head or tail to them. At h&t
we are in receipt of papers which
give us the full particulars, and
show a most outrageous transaction
on the fart of U. S. Grant and
(Jld laxhrake, the tin who is
O clothed with the mantel of former
Ptatosmen. It is a weli known fact
the Liberals, headed by Warmoth,
carried Louisiana by a very hand
some majority, but through the
manipulations of the Administra
tion and the Fedfal Judge, the
vcvdietQjf the eople was. set aside
Child tLo U al HoariPof Canvassers
were restrained from counting the
vote. The returns were nil made
to Governor "Warmoth, but the
Administration, with the aid of
bayonet s, rga 1 1 i ze.r a L i slat u re,
. 1 upon their qualilications,
without "any returns whatever.
Trjj'V tt'crc guMileil by Federal
troops, and no sooner had thev
cvt'iicl, than the tools of the
5coiindrels at Y"ashington head
ed by Grant and old lantern-jawed
Williams--and we all known there
is nothing loo lo.v or mean for
hinvMo do in politics, provided he
is told to do it impeached Gov.
"Wjtnnoth ar are now maintaininir
tho nigger Lieutenaut Governor in
liis position. The icoj1ij- ine-.s-
jujitU ve of party endorse and
stand Vy Gov.0 Warmoth. The
" troubr? 1ms grown out of the fact
that the re is to be elected a United
States Senator,and the legal Legis
lature' would probably elect Gov.
"Warmoth, while Grant wants a
tool of his own. The people repu- j
d cited (irant and his cut-throat
followers and seailawags, hut hy
force of arms, he aempts to defeat
3 their will. .
The same outrage has been per
)ctrated in Alabama. The legally
elected members of the Legislature,
while on their way to the seat of
(lovfl'imuiif, were arrested by the
lT. 3" irshals and taken off in an
other direction, while the niggers
ami carpet-baggers who had been
defeated met and went through the
form of ai election and returned
that in fain o i car- et-1 aggev pen
.cer to the Senate. Of couise ho
get l'4,s eai in the Senate, as a
i; majority of that body have become
entirely destitute of all sense of
decency. We ask the people the
c of Oregon to look at these matters
as they present themselves while
therjss 3io Section pending. If
Grant and WilFiams can dictate
who is elected from Louisiana, and
fet the wishes the peoile at defi
mice, they may and will do ?o m
Oregon. Their will becomes sa
rreiy,e, and the people are power
less to helj themselves. U. S. Grant
and ls tool Williams have assum
ed power in both those Stales
wliiclT place them f.n the lit with
Arnold :vyd other ar:h-traitors to
1 : l 1 '.. . .. ri-M
iiueii aiin uec- go ci iiiiieui. 1 lie
carpet-baggers and niggers in Alaj
bama and I.ouisi:i::a wouhl be
powe.less to overthv the will of
the peojile wef e it not for the aid
readily given them by the usurpers
at Washington. l)iie New York
1L rxTJ. of the ISth ult., says:
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The indecent scramble for office b
twoen the Louisiana carpet baggers. Kel
logg an I Warmath. would have ewited
liute i:i!t'f' tii-yoii 1 ill'1 limits of the in-
f.r; S'.i'i' if it i-ilfr;il Court not
uir)im,t'l jnri-tV:c!!on in tin jrie''iri:i!is to
which it r;iv riso anil if tii. udiiunis! ra
linii at Washington Ini'l n-t takfii sj.lfs
the quarrel. As it i-.tln1 N-n' is mm lot:jrv
one Uriween th uv.u tactions m New' Or
lean, but b is to-come an i-sne between
the tcdyral and St ae governments. It is
no longer a tiht f r power between
Mpabb'dng po'.n ictans. but a stmgle ..r
tree government, in which all the people
. the United Spates arc vit illy concerned.
hatever m iv b the real merit oi ,!),
CHse'.the fact is undeniable that it li is been
fettled not bv the test of the cmis' it ut n ui
and laws o! the State n u by the Sta'e
Uoui ts. but by a federal Ju$e. federal
rms and the arbitrary dictum of the led
erar-adi ti:ii-tr. ii n. The orders of a Judge
appointed by lt,e President of the United
States, seconded bv the active co-operation
t the President house. f. ha ve.Uci.led
how the Pi esi. lent ial vote shall be c.i-t.
M '"T I . 1 r ; ., ,. '
I'll i;o:h uia -..iie u;n it im.ii .n . ur
Unitod St.ccs Setnloi ship s'lail be given.
The plain statement of these facts is sn!;i-
tient to show the I mgerons character o!
the federal usurpation. If
he action
Jiol .re Durell lie in eonforiiutv with the
existing law. and if the course pursued by
the dmini-'rati-.tt At Washington be legit-
im vtely within the province of the Execu-
live, the end of live government has
been reached. The Piesid. nt r the
l'ntt.wl Si:iti'4 mm- iieroeliiale !;is now.'r
United States may perpetuate his power
Mt his will and choose his own Congress.
TLisis no mere f'gure d speech. 'I
geven electoral rotes of Louisiana might
have decided the result of the PresUlen-
..l.,.it -n 1 hj hvel i.ni-ni'i-'Hi'n linm
that State tn-ght have Uiiiu-d the po.meai
complexion of the House of hepresenta-
!v o wiy or the other. In that oront
tLe fr.'ct of tn rresulfnt's action would
have been to -lct bimflf ami bis Con
pre? by the power of federal bayonets.
It is impossible to deny the truth of this
pioposittoa.- art'l if the course pursued by
the administration U jns:ifiable at all. ft
would b ive,h-en jut as proper in the
event wp have assumed as it is under ex
istinrj eircums: ances. o
We regard tlx; part played by Attor
ney General V.'ilii.uns in those Southern
Complications as peculiarly unfortunate.
From the first bis conduct 1m been too
distinctly marked by parti-i msbtp. and
justifies the stmK'ion that his advice has
ljd President Grant into his present in
desirable po-ition. The Attorney Gener
al's telegrams to Orleans rea l more
hke the order" ami decisions of tin auto
crat than the calm expressions of the
lepral adviser of a iU'fotlj'ic m almin5sf ra
tion. As a lawyer, tti a! ollio-F ou lit to
hav3 been the tiist to veci;.";iiizi! the inde
cency, tind'-r any circnmstaiices. of pro
nouncing, ft final j:idrenient in a cae yet
before tin-Courts, and the last to recunC
mend to the President ii course in conflict
wth his constiiu:ional powers tind' duties.
The blunders of the Attorney General
have been azsrsiv.ated by his publioati ori
of a Fperial f)iea in'ee.ded i.i excuse, if
not to justify, the course of the adniinis
tratioti. His statement, with all its license
of assertion, utterly fails in its objec".
Its tone is bad; it renders the partisan
ship ot the advocate offensively apparent.
It is unbecoming a meinher ot 'the 1'iesi
dent's Cabinet to use the fo'lovvin lan
St.aj;. in desc lbin an act of the Gov
ernor of a St.ee: "Wt.rtnoth then pre
tended to remove the Secretary of State
horn office, and appointed in fits place a
fellow by the name of J i k -Wharton
Uut. independent of the offensive style of
the A 'or!i"y tleneral's official "statement,
he pioves that the coolest in rejiard to
the Hoard of Canvassers" and Va rr.io: h's
removals was within the jurisdiction of
the StHe Courts, which w-re in Operation
atnl pos-esed the power !o enforce their
orders and compel obedience to their au
thority; that proceedings were actually
pending in those Courts, and hence that
the intei meddling of Judge Dirndl was
not onlv Ol questionable legali'y. but
was. under the circumstances, a gro-s in
terference wi'h the Stav Court. The
Attorney Genet ul shows ar clusively
tint Jud'e lhirell's orders and decisions
were made to affect the election of the
Sta'e Legislature, while the taw under
which the Judge claims to act. expressly
exclude Siate Legislature from his juris
diction. The A'torney General's apology
for the rr.'sident's :vDt i.si will scarce'y be
accepted as sufficient. The I'resiJent, he
ays. did not doubt that irregularities had
occurred on both sides; but. 'believing
that the Republican licUet bad r ceived a
in ijority of the votes id Lou"r.ia: a he
iKvevmtned to foretell the action of the
S'aTe by recognizing a Legislator? de
clareil -'iecteil by a i'.oard which ilid t;l
have before it an (.;.ic;al election return
from a si'.gie dis'ret of the State. ?ir.
acordiilg ty,t!iis leral liim'ii.ai v of t!n
C?ahin't. the lieliet"' of the President
as to the result of a State election is to
compensate for all "irregularities" in the
canvass ati.l to decide what government
shall be pronounced the ''lawful govern
mnt of a Stale."
These unfortunate even's are deplor
able for two reasons: First, .hi the broad
aspect of the ooeS'lon, beca i-e tiiey a:-e
ij.ttcnl a'e5 to un lermitie the found tt ions
of Republican lito-rty anil to substituH'
brute force for law. If the action of
Judge Dirndl was lejal i i L'niisian.a. a
simiiar authotity might be exercised by
the federal Courts i:i ny Slate of 're
Union, (ft wouhl onlyb? necessary for
the defeated parly to ob'ain tlie ft iendly
aid of a United S'ates Circuit Jude. and
the assistance of a body of federal
troops, to rnab'.e them 'o reverse the re
sult of an electioti ami to seize upon a
State government. Once installed in
office by such means, they, ootid imitate
the example of the negr PiurLb icU and
his Legislature in New Oilcan.; impeicii
and remove (.l)jeo-,'ioii dj!e State officials;
abolisli nn'rieiidly or independent State
Courts; disarm the militia: tvplaee the
pol;'e with creatures d" their' own ami
thus render their power supreme. All
t!t is has been(lone in Louisiana. ;i sover
eign State of l!:e l.?iii. amlif suffered
to succeed, the S;atiis will henceforth
exist, only throoghthe suffe: aitce d the
federal govcrtiment. Hut there is another
reason for deploring th at bitrary action
of the federal authorities, tt is a cruel
insult to a j r e.id spirited ppople, who
h ive shown every di.-po-;-':.):i fo .irove the
sincerit- of iLeir ab tt.d ititui'tit of the
heresy of secei.-i iti nr.d tht'ii' desire to
remaio loyal to the Union and to be sfli'
fered to live in peace. Tin Southern
citizens have d one all that m :;hood will
peniiit till tltjt m auhooil should demand
to .show thei; unreserved acceptance of
the results of the w a?, of ih.'' r:bt ilion.
:iud unless their States are to become an
Ireland or a Poland they arv .-n t iiled to
the s.trn" rights and privileges. 'enjoyed by
the rest of' tlie Union. C o
No Difference.
-, A few days ago we received a
communication from a friend in
Lane county, a true and sound
Democrat, whom we know to be
r " Q
such by having been tried, who
4 could not vote for 3Ir. ( Jreelev. h
We cannot see anv uood which
wotd.l result iVom the publication
of oiir fi it mi's letter, ami 'vre are
satisfied that if he will rellect a mo
nient he will come to "the same
Conclusion as we have. There is no
issue between those Democrats who
voted for Mr. Greeley and those
who either refused to vote for him
or voted for O'Connor. Thev are
parts and parcels of each bther,aud
must iu the future, as they have in
the past, act together. We do not
q-.Kstion our friends Democracy.
The last campaign was jiot a trial
ot Democratic irinciplos,Cbut a
piece 'otstraicgy. WeS believe it
was the duty of every'Dtmocrat tor
i iuic um nit ;mimore nominee, in
j order to defeat Grant ami his crew,
but refusing to do so, ,pcs not ar
gue tiiey are not m harmonv will
n
the jritc'j-ks of the party. "VY
eatmot see that anv "
t'ou eon ho
aceom plislu.! by nuw making nn is.
between those wlo
did and
those wuo did not vote for Cireelev.
ihe tuture issues will iurr a to
,.f j getiier aim they must ;u-t in har-
luotiy for iticQjiK'i'oss ot th
ie imrtv
ail-1 its princilde?. Let US Jo notli-
j t . iliscor.l oftr partvn
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ranks, but wdi'k for i'utuTe success.
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j iiorticu nurai society woi t.oia a meeting
at Armory H ill, ia PortlantFon Thursday.
. j January 9. 1S73. at eleven o'clock a. m
t rt ic-- 1 t.
j Tlie nieetir.g will beSfor l?u purpose of
nrranging and clarifying the premium
! j5st for & next S'nte Fair. 8
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A Local Matter for Our Couaty," Com
missioners o
:J Sometime 5ince, the Board "of
Count' Comniisioner? for this
county vacated the road under the
hill in Linn Cit)-, for the use of the
Lock Company. We do not Is ere
propose to 'argue the question as
to the policy or wisdom of this ac
tion, but propose to deal with mat
ters as we now dlud them. During
the process of constructing the
Locks, it was found necessary to
use the very ground over which
this road was located. The Com
pany were compelled to appropri
ate it to their use to make the works
substantial. The conditions on
which the road was vacated were,
that it was to be replaced at the
expiration of thtee years. Now
that cannot be done, as any man
with a particle of sense can readily
sec. The question now comes,
what shall be done for the best in
terest of all concerned ? The Com
pany has offered to make as good,
or better road, over the hill as the
one approp: iated. There is no way
by which the old road could reach
the river, and the ferry must be
belon- the mouth of the locks. The
road on the hill could he made
better than -even the old one was,
and we ask, is it not policy to ac
cept the proposition of the Com
pany and change the road at once,
without putting the" county to the
expense of endeavoring to compel
them to make a road which is im
passible, "'d which wouhl be of no
um' even were it' put back? -We
think it is. .When the railroad com
pany asked the county t o vacate the
road above town, they proposed to
build .a road over the hill, ami
make it as good asthe old one.
I ut the Commh-i-ioncr.s at first re
fused. The Company went. on ami
took the road, and subsequently,
the County Court vacated it, but
the railroad company did not con
sider themselves hound to comply
with their first proposition, and
consequently the county has had to
make what road there is. Will we
be in a similar condition if we re
fuse to accept the preposition now
oilered? We most assuredly w ill.
The road over th' hill will aceom-'
modate all those who use it as well,
if not better, than the one hereto
fore used, and they will ' have a
better road to and ' from the ferry
landing than the old one ever was.
We ask the Commissioners to view
this in its proper light, and not let
the opportunity of getting a good
road pass out of their reach. It is
useless to talk about the old road
being put back. That- cannot be
done. Then do the next best thing,
and vacate it and -establish the
one proposed. The interests of
the people in this matter are of
greater' importance than those of
any one individual, who may he
seeking an opportunity to get a
lawsuit at the expense;of the comi
ty. If there has been any error or
wrong perpetrated in this matter,
it is beyond" repeal now, and the
necessity of a good , road on the
west side of the river to our town
is apparant. The jreat work which
has just.been completed should not
have been retard ctl by any act of
our citizens, atol we, -are asking
nothing in behalf of the owners of
that work when we say that their
enterprise deserves a liberal consid
eration from the hands of our
county, and that neither the coun
ty nor company should be put to
a useless expense and trouble to
gratify the whims and wishes
of (itic, individual. We hope our
County Commissioners will attend
to tins matter, without delay.
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0Tiiii: Cause. We. notice in tlie
Congressional proceedings tlmt tlie
notorious ll:mtoii Duncan lins pre
sented :v eLiitn ugniust the Govern
ment for property seized dining the
kite war. This looksc.'is though
Ulanton is going to get iis icward
now for the part lie pluyed in the
late l'resideutial campaign. This
will account, at least, for his activi
ty in aiding the re-election of Grant.
We shall wateli and $i-e- whether
this montehanlcj will be. successful.
The C'iNj;:!.s-ii;N.L Isve.3r;GAT!u
Paiick. The Oakes Ames investigating
c iin:in'.tce :t oaiiht to be written Ho.iv
Am
contfar.es to U, t i.t,iat r
! specuiiit'um anong the Washington poii-
i t,cia"s !"d Jetu-r writers. We arc nromis-
i hrians iiinl l.o i-vt i ...-j ve..
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l eu lay a.ter day startling disclosures.
: and Hie favored vi:h il-nL- hho .,o i.
parlies implic. d in ihe bribery and cot
. i option notorious in ail this I',; !?,.!!.
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' how,,Vl'r' ,!u' Cuiiryssmen are inves't -at-
i the S Vi'"" w Vy' V'T u is' , " in
i '' e u " -' h ive no expect.vion that the
' lJ''lu'.s "uodiing coiumiuee will nose out
! a thing mure lhaa is ii.sii iIU- ,i ;..
j 'S more ttiaa is usually discovered
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i "I' V".' 'o a v-, diet rf.eclaring
j "-es an injured innoceBl aJJ tllt. ,,4:
j '"'c:'-'id -ngres.meiithe victims of mis-
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titles are now J'ttVl J,"d'i":ylte land
I ov.-r th.-m 1 0 c!"n l h:in
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COURTESY OF
Tijtvhtr.c;tty'
'Usurp aliou in Louisiana.
.,' In spite of all the dust end clamor
raised -by the cmtend'.ng fa:foa$ in
Louisiana, gays the New York Stm. it '.s
clearly apparent that the Warmothites
elected their Governor and other State
officers and a majority of the Legislature
in November last. At all events. U is ao- (
solu'ely certain that 'tie regular Return j
ing Hoard. v-Inch represents Wurmoth.
has in its exclusive possession, and al
ways has had. the official report of the
Siate. and that the bogus Returninjr
Board, which -represents Kellogg, has not
seei one of these reports, and that all its
statements in regard to the hce election
are either wilful lies or worthless guesses.
This is the true standpoint from which
to view the pending conflict between
Varm t!)'aod I'inchback in regard to who
is now Governor of the State, and which
is its legal Legislature.
Without an election return from a sin
gle parish in Louisiana iti their rossession.
the Hoard which Durell. the drunken
carpet bag United States Judge, created,
have proclaimed Kcllngg to be the new
Governor, and the motley crowd sitting
at the Mechanics Institute a very large
share cf whom are negroes who - can
neither read nor wiite. to be the Legisla
ture. On the oiiie1- hind, the regular
board, appointed according to law. who
hare all the returns in their hands, de
clare that McKuery was duly . elected
Governor, and thai the body sitting at
Lyceum lla'l is the real Legislature.
In his message, to the Legislature Gov.
Warmoth with the official returns before
him, points out a few of the many gross
errois into which the Durell board have
fallen either through sheer ignorance or
shameless rascality probably a com
pound of both specifying palish alter
palish where the votes had been changed
in the interest of Kellogg &Co.. and nam
ing many parishes where McF.nery, ibe
Democratic -candidate for Governor, re
Ceived hundreds and in L some instances
thousands of votes, but was not allowed
even a singV one.
There is not a pair ol lungs in the
North so brazen as this. Now, ( is upon
these palpable 11 igratit frauds and ttsurp.v
tions tliatr.the national Government has
based its recognition t 1 the validity of
l lie bogus body calliig iiseif a Legisl i
ture, ;i:d id its void i'K peachra-li t o!
Warmota and of his consequent suspen
sion troiii otoce and the !e: p r n y jfj J I a! 1
ment ol l'iticiibtck in t.is p!.ce. who is to
hold the Lxecutlve chair until the l.st ol
January, when Ke.togg wid cm. in.
This action of the uitiooa! I'xeeuu ve.
through its courts and its army, is the
overthrow of ttit regular i-' tan: Gov rn
ment .f Louisiana. It is clea-ly an act
of ti-uirpu'iiiti by force o; tu tus as was the
overthrow of tl parliamentary G iver.u
inent of lnirlandUy t 'roiu wid 1. hacked t y
liis invin-ibli.' soi.iiary. and of tin' i-"re:ica
Council ot Hvs ll'ind:'l iy Loniparte.
surrounded by his tit'.l greti niters. To
chargi' that Warn o it is coriupt docs i o
ouch the meriis of the cas- Aluii i: t
(e tru'1; but prav who an I wh it a'e
I'njl.bick and IC'dl-'g? 11 -you. 1 any
Civil Warm oh is the regular (iov.-itiT of
ti'.e S'ate. ate) has disch trged the d.l'ios ol
t'ne oflice without (p:es i :i f.n- to ir years.
The proper board his ibclaied that the
liodv silling at Lyceum Hall is the r.eiv
h'-gisliiture of the S a'o. If W,u moth can
be legallv 'impeached it must he by ih'.s
body. If pers':is e n -st i!ie sea's of ;inv
in- rii' rs of this bodv i; is ihe b.idv iis il
u li.ch is to dei j Je bet weetl them. The-
iain proposi -ions are a part ol tlie cone
nion l.!lov!ed'e of ll.e A tnej ici n people.
Nevertheless., t o vert; m.cllt a! v a-iili,!in
l'sn-gards llom and liis! dcrtdes tt
whole ca-' al Ihe point of I he b ivonet.
and then toils tit' usurper .h ui it ba
p'.aci-d in i o ver at the ! ck f fraud ami
rascality that it vvid s an-l hy them under
Sec: inn I V.. A t ; icie I. of t ho Goiist ii n; ion.
-G t vou ciiiic' f-;'.i 1 CrouAy: !!. as his
Ironsides ad v. meed upon the fleeing mem
bets of th- Lo:-i;J'.ii li tl. lent, "ihe Lord
h s in m-c-'l ol you
n i i P..ck a d us tl:
flourished their sabr
ere.- ' Clear nil !'
1 c :eta! artiilen. t
ill tin' JC'S Ot the
hllViiited members of the Louisiana l.er-l.-l
it ut .'-; "Ca ey (i- u'l waul you here."
( 'otiit-mp it a: v Dt.g'ari I jeered at the
canting I'tiia'an : but, s-n.-lrtiueil by ,
sojdii't v. lie lifli t his fcol (.ol ihe neck of
i'ug'.aa'l till the tl ly d" h's Je.itt).
I come to save the liberties of France!"
said I'tjreparte.
Iluudfi'd. -Let
he d.oyo oat tlie 1- i v
ln understood that
on are rec g d.cd
tic Presi ien!.'
says A:torni'y-Ge.ier,l Wii iiatns to l'iuch
back, th1 usurping iiegift (iovernor.
l'aris cat icatttrcd the (.'oriscnn adven
turer; but he ruled Franco willi'lds
armies lor sixteen years afier he ovei-
i !;rev the Directory.
Does history tell us in vain that arbitrary
p a'.ver advances to j'.s, en.tl 1.. y gi ad ual
approuclies. ceil lied in the .term--of law?
A Singular-S-'caluie i:i oar Cuban
0 l'oficv.
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We hive been accustom to hear m'ich
praise ol oar government .lor is IVien liy
in'ercession between Spain and the Gov
ernment of CLile. Loiivia. Perti and Ecua
dor, sjj i.te New York IL.ind. and its
artangi-UH'nt ol?i tr-ly of peace between
them. The partaken by ttej aduiintsira
tion at o ashuigion has been generally re
garded a,s iu ihe interests of republican
ism, and there us been titioimprtsMon
that we have uctou the part of'a power-'
tul preset or tt thi rightsitid liberties
of the peoples Spain has been supposed
to have held her hand lrom hostile acts
against the South "American Ucpublies in
ciuserpience of the friendly but resolute
and earne-t position of the Cubed Slates,
li is not graiilying to our natioifal pride
and self est em to be.undecviveil on these
points and to receive the impression that
our government has all the tune .been act
ing as the ally of Spain in hT efforts to
Ct iisti th- independence of Cuba and in
relieving hero! the dangerous interference
of States which s nspa'hix-'d with the
cause of ihe strjjgiing Cub ins.
Ii. appears that the treaty arranged by
our government betweeu the contending
parties contains a clause' which binds the
Soma American Republics not to insist
Cubai l any way wuh men. nial. rials of
wai or any active aid during her at
tempts for freedom, unless they shall have:
previously obtaine V ih Mincin.n of 1 lie
United fstat. S for such acts. .Tbis. d
CouiS;', would tie ihe hands ojf .til Ihe sym-
l.athters w Ith Cuba 1:1 ttm ooiiu .vmei icau
Stales, and wodll compel the geverments
of 1 hose Republics to exercise as sharp a
vigilant-) iu iheOirrerests oi Spain as is
practiced by our. Washington a-..t torities.
Perti indif.n ttitly r.jecis such a proposi
tion. Iter pe.-p e deie.S Sp'inih Lyatmy
aud will not be undo its agent. T.ney
sympathize frith Cuba aod care little tor
Spain or her trade, wtii. after alio is of
lit le value. Peru therefore withholds
h-r ratification of the treaty, anti'heel
terts of our Secretary f State to do a
triendly act towards Spain at the exjvBnse
of Cuban lreedom. by shackling the ham Is
of" the South American Kepub.ics. will
prove abortive. 0
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BANCROFT LIBRARY,
r.fiT.TTriiMTa
State News.
,' Sheriff rVdndexter took to the asylum a
Mrs. Sbeppard. from Lane county.
The new Custom House and Vom Office
at Astoria will soon be completed.
Fanny Harding, eldest dangh'or of ex
Senator Harding died on the fj'Jdi nit.
Th Beaver Hosiery Company at JefTer
sn are running their mil! on (nil time.
A new post-office, to be called Coos,
will be' estubliished at the lork.3 of Coos
river. v-
Tfie Jfount'iineer saj-s the snow at the
Dilles wu.s three let't deep; but it soon
melted.
Minnie Myrtle Miller arrived at Chicago.
Dec. '2:5. under engagement to lecture in
that city.
The runeral of IVhor Waller: look
place in Salem on Friday, and was large
yl uttended.
Th" Salem Water Company have recent
ly put down three quarters , of a mile of
water mains.
Lycurgus Vineyard, of Polk county,
has fallen heir to $100,000 left him by his
grand ial her.
The JJ.iHrtin is of the opinion that $300.
000 will cover all actual losses by the late
fire at Portland.
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Christian College, at Monmoth. claims a
larger number of scholars than any other
S.diool iu the State.
George Swift of Umatilla county, had
the misfortune to get some of his toes
frozen a few days ago.
Some of tin; streams "m Willamette val
ley were hner last week than they had
been lor some years.
The Pacific Christian A-lcocale closed
its eighteenth volume, wiJi the issue uf
Thursday, Dec. 2o'th.
The youngest daughter of Rev. Thomas
Condon' died at the Dalles a few days
ago. She was live years old.
The chaaipion turnips grow in Polk
county, and wcigli fiiteou pounds apiece.
LU. Delashmut raises them.
A debating society at Corvallis has de
cided that poverty is not better than
weaiih lor the development ot the mind.
Daniel Chaplin, of La Grande, has rone
to Wa.-ihington to look alter th' interests
of th' Portland, Dalies and Sail Lake
.it'll road.
The petition for the pardon of Ma'. Ulod
so' v us sltrneil lv iivcr lour liiiiltetl rieo-
pb;. iutluuti g the j'ule and jury who
con tided him.
.lr."A. II. Ilfown. of Baker C'v. has
been appointed "as agent of t he Ce:i tenn ia!
Associativa to receive subscription- lor
siuck la Kastein Oregon.
Kus.-e!i. licensed .f burning William
son's mill ia Vaui'ull county has confess
e.t his'gnilt, ami iuijilicates a young man
named i hotnas .Mai Lii.un in the act.
CM.uliso;V Iil'dsoe. sen'eii- ed to the pen
iie.'iUary tor lite, was paidoned by (iov.
(irover on ("niisituas l)y. after having
been in th' pnsoa about eight years.
The Yreka ,F.iivml s-.ys that the cor
respondent of ihe San l'raiici-c i Lhrt'ith:'
b is been s'lilt!:g (, J,.it plje-f Modoc
news that is cl.atclv sen.ia'ioiial and l.il.-e
A Lt
nn county faiuvr wti fs tha. h
h s Miweilipvheai bro olc-ist- an I with the
i i ill. and ihe ieid was totisidi-r.ilii v i i
lavor ol live lat.i-r. His letter uppeu;siu
I i it Finn: r
D-m Conway, sentenced to the peni'en
tiiry lor i hree us trotn Vi-.ml:i!l ccomty.
uas ;iiiieo in .7.111 iu ami is now eng.igen
in learning ll.e liei.iueiiiary principles ol j 1
bi ick-niaktng. I
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Mr. I, ii. Sehwatha and wile, who nave
been visii'mg lor t-en.e montlis in the Last
em Sia'es. niiived at San Fr.t f.ci-co D-.c.
'-'M. 'ti rou ' I v hone',
pected In.ime Wednesday.
'tt;ey were. x-
Th' following in' ll:i" new officers of
(he city o! Scio; :.l ivor. Dr. J. T. Martin;
Ke-order. .1. T. Mil. V; Treasurer. D. P.
Maso;:: Marshal. 1. E. Harris; A'ob'rm.Mi.
(). V. Richardso'i. G. ). (.'in i-t te.v' J'eter
Dilvien. J. S. Mollis. Kee ILuiccli. I'.
Lo'it.
Tlie ftdlowing are the tifiicers of Samar
itan Lodge. 1 . (. O. F . Portland, for the
term begtnning dan. 1st. 7.i. Divil
Ri.vmon.l. N. G.; W II. P.r.u-keit. V. G :
.!. i'. .lel.tison, R. S ; t.. H Perkins. Tre.is
urer. Ti -ii-tees. .. II. 1 y on, Vv'. H. Prailen
aud J. C. Eioisiey.
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Alba. TV -',
savr
O.irie a
little b'ce '.'. wasf frated ill our city lliis
v. " k bv the a jipeat atic' in onr midst ol
Mr. J icob C'otiser. .f J. frersen, y. ,-, oif.-r-'d
7d ta'ti'.s per buslu l for wheat. It?" San
Friii'dseo the pi ice is J percental which
cettainiy ju.sti;-es the payment of 70 cents
by our lo:al buyer.
The Stale Hoard of I'ipiali. it'ion at Sa
lem wii! complete their labor:; sometime
in January. The prepar 1' ion of slat isii
and tabulations which is being furnished
by the Secretary of State, progresses slow
lv, thouah every effort is b'ing m 1 1 by
that department to complete the work.
The old University btti'dirg at Salem
was burned last l rid iv night. It was
built in LSI I. and ha-t not been used sine'
lSiiS. The Trustees of Willamette Univers
ity had decided to have it orti down in a
shrt time. It wh; undoubtedly ret nil
lire, but for what purpose no one knows.
Dc J. R. Irivley. Eno'iy Allen. Rev J.
II. Labcock. "lion. John Purnett. W. T.
Johnson. J S. Palnvr. P.. W. Wilson. M.
Jacobs and Rev. D. K. Nesbit have incor
porated the Corvallis Library Asoeiai n.
widi a capi'al slock of S.i.U IO. Value of
shares, fifty dollars each. Stock, books
will be opened at an early period:
The 7Jt'!t;i has this item: It is a little
singtilhir that for three" consecutive Christ-,
mas holidays there has occur: "d a le.ih
in the family of our fellow citizen J. D
Hi!"?. On Christmas day he lost, one of
his own lint" family cirele. On Christ
mis DVolS'71 his father-in-law died. Cap
tain Kelly, di-d in Colorado ; and on
Wednesday Mrs. Kellv died in thts city.
These nnw'e'com' coincidences have made
Mr. Riles' a house of mmmiing itiste vWif
one nl" joy on the recurrence of the mid- ,
winter les'.ival the last three years.
Monday the Governor signed Commis
sions which were yesterday countersigned
and sent to Hie parties concerned, as f d
lows: A. No!:n-r. Notary Publi 3 a Ore
gon City re-appruute!. A. C Jones.
Not-arv Public at, Albany reappointed.
S. R Goodale. C.u'iVir.is-i-n'r of Deeds for
tlregoo. to reside at New York. E. C.
Mason' of Giise Lake was appointed one
of ihe Commissioners for tlie construction
of tl.t? Ja kson. Gran! and Raker County
Wagon Road, in place of James Laiaes
rsignd.: q.
,""s.
Tlie Sln!''smaji of lhJ 1st insf p.-iv: . We
learn by priva'o letter from ihe Klama h
country . of recent date, that the military
forces, .are still camped ut ,'tii place ot
lh' ortginal li jht. on the east sid of Lost
river energetically inactive. Tle-y are
waiting to ret a - irood ready"' before vis
iting utter destruction upon th' fated Mo
docs. Meanwhile Captain Generil Jack
tire ModocrJs master ,f the situation and
Lis bittd fccfvl8 around at pler.snre. ncca-.
sionaHy coming within long range of the
soldiers and taunting them. We learn br
another authori'v that tie reported att ck
upon a commiss'iv train Hnd the pealping
of ft teamster, a few days ago. id confirm-
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Tilli OLD VEAltAXl) TH13 XEIV.
Time, with unwearied noiseless tread.
lias walkeit another round;
And to day we mourn the Old Year dead.
Aud weep o'er its fresh male mound.
Ah ! sad and strange are the thoughts that
rise. -
And many the bittertears
That well from the heart and fill the eyes,
As we muse on by-goue years.
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Still we would not check their gentle flow.
Nor fisten memory's door;
For dear are the thoughts it whispers low
Of the days ihat are no more.
Standing around the grave of the year,
We trace its varied page
Now joyous and bright, now sad and drear,
Like the dreams of childhood's age.
Like a mirmr bright, its record shows
Hours of love, delight ami regret,
Whose light, like Summer's breath 'warms
and glows
When the sun and stars have set.
It pictures glad homes with hearlh-stones
bright. Q
And circles unbroken still.
Where songs of love, with melody light,
The hallowed precincts fill.
Then sofily. as clouds o'er spread the sun.
It whispers dear names we love;
Wh wear the robe and th victors crown
In the Father's house alone.
Ah! our hearts are loth to turn or sfrayH
I-rom those we hove'!ot and missed;
And fain would we tear the seal away
From the lips i nr love have kissed.
As we sadly go. with hearts bereft.
From the sacred grassy clod.
Our mute lips murmur, oh! what is left?
Ah ! nothing but faith in God.
As we close the record of Ihe year.
So full of joy atnl sorrow;
In the Last atur. a star shim s clear,
The taint dawn of to morrow.
What the new born year may have in store.
Joy or grief, we cannot tell.
For the mist that shrouds the "Future's'
shor
No human hand can unveil. C
Pat whether onr paths be gilt iriih light.
Or clouded by sorrow's shade.
Let us bravely arm us for the tight
Made strong vviih heavon'a sure aid.
M-iy we gladly lay our armor down,
: Hiving cotnpier'd in the tight,
Lxchange earth's cross lor heaven's bright
crown.
Aud a home of endless light.
Sigm.v.
Okeimx Crrv, Doc Gist, 1872.
Out), i'ui.i.o'iv.s" Comkiiu. rtoxs Speak -ing
of the emit 1 ibutions of ihe Odd Fel
lows for the relief ot C'iica;;o. the A'ctc
.lsays: ' C O
D is worth noting that the aggregate
eonil ibu'lous of the Masons. Knlgul.sof
Py th; i-. Knights Tempi. ir. S ns ul Tern
peranee an I American Proiest ant Asso
ciation amounted to Slil7i2 2ii which
was less, by So. 70ft tt.i, th 1:1 1 h" font ri
buttons by the Odd Fellows iihuie. The
Chicago 7iiu.s a I Is . ".-societies have
cri-H in ihcir history. i;i which to tail is
lo become d -spi-i-d M l Fellowship
was, in 1 his crisis, on tri tl ; and not only
did tl 111 "ft ihe goner. kl ex peet at ion . hut
surp is-o l i'lf IihJii'- ul iis u;o-l sanguine
friends. N 1 otter soc:cy of a similar
character e.01 tiled it iu the amount ol i.s
cant I'ltuitr uis. 'none sir
assel u 111 Ihe
ot l'.s!ri!a!ion.
e.xctdli'iice ! i s m
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l:ie cue an. I courtesy in .seeking out an
1 ' 1 1 ,r i.iit n .-!
a.leviaiing sniiering. r in ihe w.trm
j.f. ji j,.,! I, ,
clear h'-.i le 1 agents seiecied
r lis ministratiiois id divine charily,'
The system of voting by which a great
vict'O-y- was seiuired in Pennsylvania last
October h-s been ir.i iat.-d by the Ian
agers in Mobile at a recent municipal
election with ftj'ially Satis'iictory results.
A lull vote in Mobiie is ift At ihe
election for Mayor lG.'JOd votes were re
lumed.. Sounds of negroes rode from
poll to poll and voted over and over
aiain withoiit pretence ot concealment.
Sotie v.t them were arre-sted. but they
were at otic turned loose again, and
went lort'n with their Zi'al tir rep-altug
stitoul tted by indignation 15! th- attempted
restraint upon ltistr unresti icted exorcise
:? in it.h lod .su'Vr.ige. Andtl.js explains
the elecii-iu ol a U. 'publican Mavov in
Mobile. -
Tiie Ti or'J says of jhu Democratic fu
ture : '-Onrcliii'L' reliant. for the future
b-pt-ndi on the fact th-st it is not desno
Ciatie principles which have been defeat
ed in this election, but only r mistaken
democratic strategy. This has not been a
contest of opposing ptinciples, but a
contest of political accidents. The hat
tie must yet he fought on the ground ol
principle, and on that ground the Denio
ci.'t'ifl party cmtiot fail. D will learn
wisdom from i's recent mistake, ami
never again compromise principle for a
fancied expediency,"
The R'ulrsman of Saturday says: The
cas, ot Sie.vn G. -Elliot vs. The Oregon
C-ntral Railroad Company and Ben Hol
laday. was opened josterday before judge
D inham. .sitting at Chambers. It is a suit,
the heating of which may occupy several
days. Only a preliminary motion, relat
ing to the pleadings, was argued yester.
day , afternoon when tiie Court adjourn
ed -lo nine o'clock this morning. E. D
Shaituok aud Mr. Enpinger apt eared for
the plain'iff. and J. II . Mitchell and E. C
llronaiigh for th defendants. The hear
ing excites more than ordinary interest in
this Community, as was evinced by the
large attend nice yesterday. The proceed
ings to'.di pla?e in the State Library room.
On Thursday evening. , 2i;th i ult.. the
incorporation of the. Union University
A-socrition he'd a meeting, and the rerpii
si'e amount of stock having been taken
they proc'edM to elect a Hoard of Direc
tors as follows: W. J. J. Scott. W. H.
Abrams. J. J. Walton Jr.. R, F. Dorris,
and J. M. Thompson. A meeting was
held yestenf.y. ut which the persons
above named were sworn to perform the
duties of Directors and then proceeded
to oigtii7.e by electing lion. John Thninn
soii President cd the Hoard, and T. G.
Hendricks Secretary. A resolution was
al ipted ere; ting tiie office ofTre .sui r
a id J.H. McCiur.g was chosen as th i'
Conundrum by the gVj Y. I,Ir,n.7ent ;
"May we not welcome back some ofQhoso
few honest thoug!j:p.iista!;en Ilepublicans
who have temporarily allied themselves to
the 'Democratic party:" No; thev are
men who have j:raciiced honesty a" their
iives. ami ihey dij not leave the thieve
den with any design ever tq go back to it
again.
Not iMnmr.vxr. The telegraph news
f.ynj the ,east lor the past week is unim
portant, hence tLore will be fiono found
:Ja tins issue.
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XuTick. Parties in arrears for interest
on the Irreducible School Fund in Clack
nits county, are ret tested to call at ihe
Treasurer's office, int Oregdu City, and set
tle the same immediately.
, r.y order of the Doard.
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Vice's Flokat, t;iinE KOR 1S73. The
Guide is now published quarterly. 25
cents ' yays tor the year, four numbers,
which is notlialf the cost. Those who
afterwards send money to the amount of
cne dollar or morefor seeds may also
order twenty five cents worth, eura th
price paid for the Guide. The January
number is beautiful, eiving plans for mak
ing Rural Homes. Design for Din in.
Table Decorutious. Window Gardens. ttc.)
and containing a mass of information in
valuable to the lover of flowers. On.t
hundred and fifty pages, on fine tinted
paper, some five hundred engravings and
a superb colored plate and chrotno cover.
Tlie first edition ot two hundred thousand
just printed in English and German, aod
ready lo send out.
Jamks VitK, Rochester, N. Y.
All Coiuttcr. We find the following
card in the La Grande ikntind of tbc 11th
instant:
;This is to certify that I have made
thorough and complete investigation of
the State Land Office at La Grande, and
have made a careful and thorough inTts
tigation ot the books aud vouchers cf said
office, and with the exception of a tfw er
rors in posting accounts, and in haring
Certain notes not signed or not giveu.com
pleted. and which wore(videDt!y over
looked at th time and easily remedied, I
have four.d everything, to the best of my
knowledge, correct ; and have received
from Mr. E. S. McComas the amount of
money due the State rotn the office of
State Land for La Grande District to th's
date. O IIfnky II. Gu.fky.
La Grande. Or.. DecJ C, 1S72.
Oregon City Prices Current.
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The following are the prices paid for
produce, and the prices at which other ar
cicles are selling, in this market :
WII LAT WLite.-f bushel, TOtSOc-
OATS f bushel. 37i cts.
POTATOES bushel. 37i cts.
ONIONS "p bushel. SI 00-Sl 50.
FLOL'U V bbl. StoaS t -M).
I'LANS White. Da.. ;"(6 cts.
DRILL) FRUIT Apples. t lb., C0J cts.
Peaches. 12fr lt'-c: Plums, Jb.,
0 cts:; Currants. Ib.. 1020 cts.
' PdJTTLll-"t IK. 4O(c?,40cts.
KG(JS f dozen. ".5 cts.
CHICKENS 1 dozen, $2 503 00.
SL'GAR Crushed. Tfc- lb.. 20 cis.: Island
h.. iu12i cts.; N. ().. fJ lb., 15 cts.;
San Francisco refined, f lb. 14 cts.
TEA Young Hyson. ",3 ib.. $1 00: Ja
pan, "j:" tt.. 7ocr.-T.Sl t!t: lilack- ) lb., 75c.
CO r FEE " lb.. 2:;(.? 2"i cts.
SALT "jl UW.'ij cts.
SVRUP Heavy Gol.lrn, Vgal.,50cts ;
Ex. H.'avv (;.dden. 'ft gall.. S75
P.ACttN Hams. 1 IN.. IS els; Sides,
1G cts. Tj- lb.: Shoulders. 11 cts.
JiAUD-'fi Hi.. LI CSS.
OIL Devoe's Kerosene, P g-all.. 75.
fdueed oil. raw. ft gall.. 51 25 ;
Linseed oil. boiled-J gall.. SI 25(fr.l 50
WO-.ll 'I Ib.. of cts.
P.EEr On foot. (Y.f 7 cts. fl Ib.
PORK On foot. (;f.7c(s. R. v'
SHEEP Per head."s2 5o(W S.', P0.
HIDES (Jreen. 2 Q v)l ; Irv. V
lo ct.s ; Salted. eC
ifitr liixillj- Infirmities.
Physical infirm iti -s are the lot o! a 1. M.!
I'eins arc always sick- No man, worn in or
child is uniformly in perfect lR-alth. Much,
however, of the sickness and su trying which
1 -fiidtr life a ba.den to so many of our f-1-lo.v
beings is due to carelessness and neg
lect. A mi.bty aniiilote to the Jeadiii
ca sc? of d seas; i-cs been prov.dtsa. It is
as harmless as it is eiV.cient. N poisonous
ilru-s enters its C"mpo-ition. It is an nude
tiled s'.iutalant, '.onic tind ajier ent, of whic'i
rveiy inTe.Iient is vegtv-jble. Tni u-iex-eepti
i-::t'o e j'.revon tive and rest .'ju Siva nj--.
ie in-- is not "a ne v ibing n e.leT thesui.."
I lostet tor's Stomacb li; u-rs tvill soon bav
been l-etore the 01 !d a (jaart -r u: a century;
and it i- ii' it too lunch to aver-thit thous
ands, aye, tc ;s f IhottsaiTi's, are now using;
k t!io would have In eo jo tlv-ir grave
years ago had tewy o-t Iv'en sti r.gt' etii J
and sust.'.iiu il o.v t Lis , w b,i!eso:ne slimuia it.
I t;' raii i:.y wi'.li. v!ii-h norj'T ailment
of eo , bt c 'Uie, i h o nezlcced, ebstiti tie
1 iJisf-asfS. i, well Uown. '1 his tn.it- is f.i-
in 01s. for th-.- nwiiciivt'.tv' check wtiith it g'Tt-
!to t .c.-e bi eedefjj of ft. adl v l itrdc 1 S- The
sensa ino f l.ingo-ir, t'ne sick beaJacbe, tiie
nervioi-oess, live iadispnsiti-ff to exertion,
the nausea., th eoiif.its.m of tliT-.brak. the
j pti sseall debit ty. iht5 are ii teiuleil to pre-
oi- iiisti us ol t tie approacli ut ssu i nis 2angT,
are invariably iciotved by ale. di.xsjT c-i
t. e Rittvr.-. 'Llw fone of tb Prepa::ti"ii a
a Ei'iiiiii i' specitic lor d speps-a. bid'aiu
complaints, niili: iens fevers, 1 hen ::i utisiu
and chionic d !;;.ty, is :.s wide ;is iIm woilii,
iin I in thee tVavs 4-f thai l.ttuais-n. wirn
r ti-ra- ca'bai ti. s, that r f the invali i of thc
last renoiait j otitis strength, r.re advertis
ed as in. igoranfsi '.). it is uilet-d a blessing;
t 1 mankind thtt lbsi.-tt-r's Stomicli bitter
ure every where procurable, and every whers
p. -p tilitr.
IMn't II:irk. Il iwk, Spit, "pit, Blovr,
lil-.v, and disjrust eT.-rybody with your
titarrh a'd its offee-'t'e ii..t. w,itn Dr.
Sage's , V-v an !i Kemt dy will spetd.ly destroy
od r uti.i arrest the I scha i.e.
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A woril lt tlie xiisc is sifhunt. Wa
a'l kno- the sad l e-u.'ts 01 broi ctnal affec
tions, of pfuigtis, of colds, ai;d whooping;
cough. T.'k s may be cured with Wisiar's
Hals m ok W ild (.'berk v. Tliousand of
testimonials tt.ll us 01 the cure it has per
tormeil. - F.jr the vtry fce--t pnuiogmpbs. get Kra2
ley &. Iiulofs uis (iItery without SI'Ain
Vt-- ASCK.VD IN'THK ELEVATOR,
.Montgomery Street. San Francisco.
I'MLLS KVCAMI'MKVT .0. i, I .
I'". Meets al Odd Fellow Hall on the
FIIfST XDT1IIKI) TUESDAY EVENING
of each nvuith. Patrwrchs in good stand
ing use iavite-1 to attend. (
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S. lS7-J-tf
itiltitotiiit H I.ol.e o. 1, A. F.antt
A A. 51. Holds its regular cnmmunicit
. . tions on tlie First unci Third 'afur,
tiy iu each fr.-0!Uh, at 7 o'clock from.
O the 2oth of September to the 20th of
.March, and 7 o'clock from the 2titi of
March tutheoth ot Sej.tember. JJreth
reu m good standing are invited to a:tend.
Dec. ii0.lS7'., Jiy order of V. M.O
Oregon Loiic o. 3, l.O. of O. F".--
.--vv. Meets every Tliurnlay even
i3wt ing at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellov's
v jIait jjji,, 8 eet.
Members of the Order are invited to attend
, By order. O K. ii.
lUlit en IJrgrec Lodge Jo.J!, (1. O. F
Meet on the Second and Fourth
TUESDAY EVZSriXOS.
ot each month, atJT o'clock, in Odd Fellows
Hall. Members of the Decree are invited to
attend.
From the Atlantic to the Pnrific-the fame
of the celebrated SILVER TIPPED Iioots
and shoes is spreading. They last twicc-as
long as Slioes without Tips.
Ask vour Shoe Dealers for thcm
Itcliglous Service.
O
St. Pauls (Episcopal) Church, the Rev. John
W. Sellwood, rector. Services on Snndav
at lii a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunduy School
and liible class at 2 p. m.
G
1st Congregational Cuarch
. . .?eat Free
.12 o'clock M.
. .Seats Free.
. .10.30,
p Saiihath School,. '
M. E. Church C...0...
Morn ng Services,;
Evening Services.".
17J o'clock.
Fa'ibath School at 2 o'clock p. ni
J. D. I oztr, Tastrar.
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