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'OHEii'JX CITl", DREfiOX, JULY 11, l73. j
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An Important 1 licet Ion.
The death cf Hon. J. G.Wilson
will make it necessary for an election
to fill the vacancy. It will probably ;
be called by the Governor sometime ; 1)roWbiv select n satisfactory candi
after coir farmers g-t through with j date for the .port of the party,
tln-ir harvestfiig. Jr. U a very impor- j vet tliere millllt be su,h a thing as
taut election to the p-ople of Oregon. I ;hll choi(.., (f tho ,M.mie vleing do-
Thev must not think that because
mon; is only a Congressman to Ik- j
chosen, that it is of no groat impor-
tance. The Ba.iieal.s will do their best ,
to h hesueeessuil, mid thereby hope
to gain a prestige for next June, when j
we are to elect an entire State ticket, j
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q and we must use sdl honorable means f at the people should select their
to succeed th'n fall, and with a candi- delegates and thus avoid any danger,
date who can receive the united and Tim election is an important one, and
hiarty support of the Democracy ; nothing should be done which will
-Hud many liberal l anded men who in the least degree imperil the
a disgusted with the rascality of : c'mnces of success. We do not think
the last Congress, there, can be no that it is any mere the duty or privi
doubt as to the. result. The herds of , lege of the Central Committee to put
inen who were rej eatod on the line ! out a candidate for Congress than
9,i the railroad and in Portland last I the same body could have legaliy
.va- cannot be made available this ! nominated and expected the people
Gtiiu . and beanies tl. people will not ! to support tliem, the candidates noni
s.) far Jose their self-respect as to en- j inated by the last Convention. The
dorse the Badical party's crimes j Committee's prerogative goes no fur
which have been brought to light j titer than the arranging of the pre
ince our last election. A Badical ! liminaries for a Convention, unless
triumph in Oregon this fall woivld ' the Convention confers extra powers
place tlie jeople in mvor of the most j upon it. We do not apprehend that
gL'a'n'ic s uidling ever perpetrated there is any disposition on the part
w by any party. Who is there among j of the Central Committee to do any
in tliat'wonM go to the polls and ! thing w hich w ill injure our prospects
v. te for a party guiity of the gr at I of success, and have not the slightest
Credit Mohilier swindle? AVho is : idea that any move will be made by
willing to eimoi-se the back-pay steal ? j
is willing to endorse
tl.
Legislature that elected T. H. Mitch
ell to the Senate? Who is willing
to endorse the rasctditv and oxtrava-
gance of the hist Oregon Legislature? had a w hole ticket to elect, and we
These and many other outrages are ! must bring the candidate direct from
to receive the people's endorsement ; the people. If there was not sud
or condemnation. No other way can j eient time for all the proceedings
they be condemned so eil'eetually as j necessary, there might be some ex-
l Tn: il-L i L.i 1IU 11 II ;
our State against the candidate of the j
party which hfts been guilty of these ',
-acts; and a vote ior the Radical par- !
. T-.-.-k t.r- i1... f,.,-,.,.,. rA' '
tv is
an ein lor:;emei. c f all its ras
calities. The elect .on is an impor
tant one. Our .!: feit this fall would
be followed by sir h demoralization
which would seriously imperil our
chances f i success, in June, 174, at
wnich turn? we have a Governor and ! f.lirs 5,.lvs the San Jose Arrts, not
entire State ticket t- elect. withstanding the fact that Kepub-
Th' Gran lib
ii'f aware- what effect
tins election wnl have, an. I are pre-
j.aring for a strong light. The 1'eder-
a! elioue will e?:-!e.,.yor to harmonize
al ihe eh iaents ;n its jiarty
lilt
such ac-ts as the Credit 3fobilier
sw indie, tl; ' " back-pay steal," and
til:- d-t';;c:ct oiis v -V liere visible,
are actvt.f turpitude that no party
can d'i en. 1, and the manner in w hich
those serious charges have been
heatj.-i'. bv ihe liadical maj(.rity in
Congress w ill cause the Nations
Capitol to be inf- .-.ted during the
next se-sio.i with as auoacious set of
scoundrels ;e ever" attein.ted to cor
rupt a I.'"g;-!ative body. Hence the
necessity (,f h.i i lij a man there who
is known fo" Ids inlegritv.
The I )e? ; .'eiMcy should place in : uttjnK establishment, and is propri
he field its best ni;.n; one free from ! vtuv of tju; y.lT,x patent roofing con
ny taint of sr.spicion of w hatever frivance. The rooting Muliett fa-
ind; a 1,1 in in wh m the people may
l. , l proud as a
Badical jiarty
re
resei.tative. I no
have disgraced our
young Sl.de already with on ot its;
representatives, an I the people will I
not desire to
t desire to have another of the
same kind.
T ! .. ll..,,,vnlii 1...-.1-1- I
1 HI l ii 111", lain in-n
harrrjiMuousl v ai
energetically to-
get her in this coirest. No past dif-
ferences should be allowed to inter- i when the bill is ma le civ, the rail
fere with their zed and patriotism l1 fsl"' and traveling expenses of
,0, ,? , T Ithe workmen trom Washington to
in behaU of a e;e mum cause. Let j oceans and ba-k are charged,
their aim be suece and soon we so also their board while in that city
shall see the corrupt -and dishonest ! doing the work. The time of the
men who have dis-rraced the name of mtl ,1aU? frlol.n ,tlie option of the
. . , orders: the freight on the material
a Congressman, tonu-,1 out t the ; fn,m Wa-hinjrton is added to its
places they di.-ho.ored. IK-mocrats t.ost, and finally a royalty is charged
should consult 1 i-i 'tig themsehos for the use of the patent. By this
T 1 A 1 A. Til !
who thev desire as their standard
bearer: know the viMvs of those they
-I:v-t to their County (.onyentioTis,
,0
and lot that bod be -arefiil not to
G lo't anv man w'ho i ; not in favor of
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t he nomination f the man ot tli-ir
c.ioice. in tne primaries ami 1 onniy
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Coiiye:itio:i is tin. pl.n-1 fr the voter
to exercise his clioiei' f x candidates.
He there knows how his neighbor
-tanvls, and 1. 1 him v
for rat other
but those they know ici',' represent j . Dost Vv'.vnt It. Tlie llnllrfht sig
t!iem truly and h' mostly in both tli j nities that the Ba tical candidate for
County and State Convention. Then, j CongVi-ss shonld be taken outside of
when the candidate is nominated, Portland. If there was a doubt in
work for ' his mi cess, and if we do j th mind of any one that the Padi
our whole duty. ur State w ill send ! cals were themselves satisfied that
a Democrat to Congress ot which
site will be proud.
Tun "Blvst" I .pouskp. The tel
egraph tells us that the Washington
Citv Xif'otial L' "''r'. Grant's
Court jrtjrnal. i: a two column edi
torial yesterday morning, indorsed
'Beast" E-.itler f r Governor of
Massachusetts. This indicates of
oourse, that all the power and influ
ence of the Administration are to be
directed toward securing the eleva-
tionof Butler to the Governorship
of Massachusetts, the dispatch to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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SevS3cteexth " oivya:. Tlie San
Francisco K.c rm'nnr has entered its
seventeenth voli-ne. It is an able!
Democratic pap-r, and we are pleas-
ed to note ifs prosperity. May it
meet with u lieaity supjiovt from all
i-l.i ivs.
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A Convention.
The question lias been asked us
Aether the nomination of a candi-
date for Congress would lie made
by the Central 'Democratic Conimit-
tee. or would we have a Convention j
called fur that purpose. We say 1
that a Convention should be called
bv all mcans. The Committee would
1. A
f -rated bv the Committee. This Com
llittpe Wft!i SeIec.ted with no such
contingency in view as has arisen,
aUti th(.v wen. S(.eC-ted over a year
ap:o. xhey could not claim to come
directly and fresh from the people
anii there might be much evil result
r i. Vw liidifiuo
that bodv to usurp powers not grant-
ed to thorn. We want a convention
called in regular form, and go into
the light with as much energy
and determination to win as if we
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but this cannot be urged, as there
will at least be three or four months
before the election comes oil". We
say that by all means let us have a
regularly called Convention.
"Vice 11 urns.''
There is nothing but corruption in
the Administration of National af-
licati Conventions invariably endorse
the " AVise, honest and economical
management " of President Grant,
v, i..,. ,,.n .a- n.. 1...I.H..
i .1 o-t-.i,..,! liv- i.iIk niiit it is inuios-
i.T 111-1 t- V . . . J , - L
sible to believe that the President
himself is not cognizant of it, if not
interested in thorn. Under the sub
head of " nice plums for the plumb
er," a Washington letter to a New
York paper lets out a little story
about oss Shepherd. The lloss is
on0 of Supervisor Mulh It's fi-iends,
;ina t-.lt ji,s at Washington and else-
where arc- thrown in his way. In
addition to running the llora.l of
Public Works in the IHstriet of
Columbia a fat take in itself the
Poss also runs a plumbing and gas
j vorSj .Ulj the Boss profits by that
; favor. The moi.'ns opa-mnli is thus
: tietailed:
Muliett gives Boss Shepherd an
order to repair the roof of the Cus-
t. 1 -- s . i . r-i . 11..
; tomuouse 111 ew yrieans. j.uoj,oss
orders a number ot workmen to that
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i liouit. I he old root is Taken oil. no
! matter what its condition mav be,
and the Vaux patent is substituted
' npi-'vea sysiem me cost 01 ine 1001
1 is trebled, lint this is not all. If
i there is a job of plumbing or gasfit-
, tn,r t( py done in any of the public
j buildings north or south, east or
i W.est-T tho r,ler is ""ivou to 1oss
Shoidierd; the workmen are sent
, 1 t, . 1 ,
trom here: the material is su noosed
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, to be shipped from here als
as
i freight is charged on it. In short
I the same process minus the rayalty
! on the patent, as in the Vaux rof
I job is reH-ated.
they will be beaten, this is positive
evidence of the belief. Who ever
heard of a Portland Badical organ,
cuiie out and say they wanted a good
thing given outside of that city? I
the Badieals had the least hope in
the world of electing their man, Port
land w ould not only claim him but
she would be sure to get him. Of
course none of the Portlanders want
to be slaughtered. Not much.
New Local. W. P. Boone, of
j U1- arge ot the local
( department of the Ereulug Ar.s.
j Billy is a lively boy, and will make
the local department of that paper
; sniev.
Trainxrs Qcestiox. The various
I l'ints on the Sound are greatly ex-
j citptl ovor the terminus question,
: As matters look now, Seattle appears
fo h ive the inside truck.
ggaagggai
Elofjueiit Figures.
Here is an interesting illustration,
says an exchange, of the. universal
operation of a tariff invented,enactod,
and continued to develop, protect
and foster native American industry,
Suppose you are an unmarried man,
a boarding-housa bachelor in an
Eastern town, and have been such
for a number- of years before and
since the dawn of the protective era,
has there not been a perceptable in
crease in the price of your fare out
of all proportion to the increase of
vour income? Of course. But
whence comes this inflation for your
board bill what has produced, it?
Wdl, for one thing, the rent for that
house is three times as much now as
it w as in 18(50. An inflated currency
has raised the value of the ground,
and it costs twice as much to build a
house now as in 18(50; hence, as
houses are let to pay a certain inter
est 011 money, it follows that a house
costing and valued at $100,000 must
pay three times as much rent as if
it only cost ;", 000. Put is it owing
to the increase of labor alone that
the building costs so much? Not at
all. Just let us tell you what the
materials are taxed: The bricks, 20
per cent; cement, 20 percent; tim
ber, 20' per cent; iron, 50 to (50 per
cent; nails, spikes, and rivets, Z to
(50 per cent; screws, 70 to s0 per
cent; lead, -17 per cent; zinc, about
forty per cent; slates, 40 per cent;
window glass, 07 per cent; paint and
varnish, (58 to 70 per cent; marble,
(5o to 80 per cent; locks, 35 per cent;
butts and hinges, 80 per cent, and
about a hundred more articles, w hich
it is impossible to enumerate, pay a
tax in the same ratio. Not to the
treasury. Oh, no! All foreign com
petition is to the same extent shut
out, and the tax is paid to somebody
at home, this is called protecting
homo industry. Are you not glad
that your industry is protected? Put
let us go into the hotel. Wipe your
boots, vou careless rustic. Do von
know that carpet is taxed 70 per
cent? Now, let us register, lnat
steel pen is taxed m arly 70 per cent.
Don't spill the ink, it is taxed -35 per
cent. The paper in the register
book is taxed ol per cent. And now
let us go to dinner. That chair you
are sitting on, with all its materials,
is taxed fully -45 per cent.; the table
napkins o0 per cent.; the jug with
the ice-water 45 per cent., and the
glass in which you pour the water is
taxed .'U per cent. The utensil.,
with which the dinner is cooked are
taxed in average over 5U per cent.,
and the plates you eat from are taxed
45 per cent. We shall leave out all
the fax that may entt r into the vi
ands. These are not what doubled
your board. Now let us go to your
bed-room; of course the carpet, as
we said, is taxed 70 per cent., the
sheetings and cotton fabrics on vour
bed are taxed 05 percent, in average,
and the blankets are taxed 140 per
cent., while the very soap you use is
taxed 5H per cent. Can you w onder
at increased ami inflated prices? Put
do you not feel an honest indigna
tion when we assure you that of all
those taxes not one-tenth finds its
way to the treasury, while nine-
tenths go to four or five mann fact ur-
ing States; and of these only a small
portion ot the population prom o ; .
thegraliV Such is t lie tact establish
ed by ofiicial figures.
Ar-C'ITTEP. The case of ihe State
of Oregon vs. James M. Moore, in
dicted for subornation of perjury, in
the " Wrestling Joe" case, was sub
mitted to the jury Thursday evening.
A verdict of acquittal was rendered
by the jury. We know but little of
this matter, and care less. But we
have seen a disposition on the part
of certain papers to create public
sentiment against the prosecuting
witness and those who have boon in
jured by the perjury of this man as
suming to be " Wrestling Joe," that
we feel justified in publishing the
affidavit which he has made, and
leave the reader to judge of the guilt
or innocence of the parties. The
document being quite lengthy, we
are compelled to defer its publication
until next week.
"Dead-Heading" is liecoming un
popular in the -west. The Farmers'
Convention of MeHenry County, 111.,
recently resolved that "we, being en
tirely opposed to the system of free
passes in the hands of our public
otlicers, do request the person elect
ed to the office of Circuit Judge in
this district, who may hold such
passes, to return the same. And
further, that he will not aqeept or
use any such pass or other favors
from railroads during his continu
ance in such office. ' K ' frJinn'j.
Wonder if the District Judge- of
this Circuit still travels on the dead
head. He had better take a warning
from the above.
Economy. The Government has a
trio of Collectors of Customs in the
Colville District, says the Walla
Walla f'ttcsiii'tit , who between them
draw about SrMlO per annum, and
the amount collected is about ."00.
It looks like bad economy, this thing
of spending 5000 to collect 6"00;
but then this is only a specimen of
the way the radicals run the "best
governwfiit on earth."
The S'iriugfield JlyinLlican affirms
that James G. Blaine, of Maine,
wants aaul means to lie the next Pres
ident of the United States, and that
his only New England rival is Gen.
Butler.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
The Jobs of a Year.
What a single year may bring
forth, the radical party has disgrace
fully shown. The bitter fruits of
its own ill-advised sowing have been
harvested in sorrow and shame. Pa
triots and moralists sadlv deplore.
savs an exchange, the spread and rav- , of our national life. It is assailing
ages of briberv and corruption. All eveiT department of our political
the terrible consequences of a peo- structure and every phasu of our so
ple bereft of virtue and unselfish pa- j cial existence, and unless it is check
triotisni given to licentiousness and j ecl il brrw ly w hat it feeds upon
vice fill the future of the ltepublic. evelT branch of public service
Cholera has scourged us; revers have j hmes so hopelessly demoralized
plagued us, and Avars have endanger- j that the Government will fall an easy
ed our governmental existence; but 1 I"?y to some daring usurper and the
'.vithin a twelve-month we have keen
ly, felt the ravages of cholera, the an
guish of fevers, and the horrors of
war, in that one all pervading pois
onous, pestiferous and destructive
disease public corruption.
The Credit Mobilier is a growth of
this year. Organized for the pur
poses of plunder, !iov well it suc
ceeded let :3S,0(),000 less in the
treasury of the United States forever
testify. It was legislated into pro
ductive contract-,, helped to secret
vaults of the government, nursed
among the party's statesmen and
gorged w ith the spoils of other peo
ple's money, all by the radical politi
cians. Whatever odium, or praise it
may deserve let it attach to the ma
jority. The gigantic and magnificent rob
bery -of the government lands by the
Pacific Hail way corporation is also a
product of this year of our Lord.
The fairest portion of the public
lands the material for thirty groat
and prosperous future common
wealths has been donated to a com
pany of private speculators to hold
and enjoy it. The radical party 1 a;
had its ignoramus in the presidential
chair, had a powerful majority 11;
Congress and possessed the govern
ment in toto at the giving away of
this immense territory of valuable
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servedlv entitled to all the credit or
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censure of this piece of legislation, j
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acy in the States. Bribery set
aside statesmanship and character,
and elevated the meanest and basest
scoundrels to the highest offices.
This is the year of Senatorial brib
ery. Wherever this same party con
trolled the emolument and honor of
that position, there some radical vil
lain invested his thousands for the
ofti'-e, expecting to sell the powers
thereto belonging. Therefore histo- 1
ry will record for unborn generations
that this year was remarkable for the
venal purchase of oihee, and radicals
as the name of corrupt politicians
who bought and sold them. The
Caldwolls and Ponieroys, the Ilip
pols and Pattersons will be ludd up
by the impartial historian as the su-
preuio traitors and enemies of a free
republic the corru.ters of political I
morality and public virtue
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live millions is another outgrowth of
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tins year's radical isn
A radical
party passed 1
signed it, and a radical majority
poe.ieted tue ill-gotten lucre. How
admirably this concluding steal har-
j monizes with the general plundering
j and robbing of the year. We need
j scarcely mention the corrunt deal-
ings witu ignorant savages, the oer-
running of ten States with political
cormorants and swindlers, the over-
throw of Bepublioan government in I apply the remedy. It is not impes
Louisiana and the disgraceful scan- if tlu'v 1? 'l1,1,11'11 l". v in leth
dal of our Vienna commissioners.
These stand out in bold relief on tlie
panorama of our country's politics.
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.. hat snail we say then of our minor
plottings and defraudings so success
fully carried on in the radical gov
ernments of the States and muniei
oalities. A ith this load of corruption on
its back will that party again achieve
victory at the coming elections? If
the dissatisfied grumblers of that or
ganization and the democrats unite
on democratic doctrines of reform
and political integrity, we believe
the most corrupt party this country
lelti Hl-ni" 1. .nO-dnn.1 n-HI 1... l.,..a...i.
v. . i. "..luuiiiei ni in; in iut n hi.
the respective State elections during
the coming fall campaigns. This
will be a precursor of its total disso-
lution.
Willamette University-. We are
in receipt of the catalogue of this
University for the year 172-7.'. It
shows the institution to be in a
flourishing condition. The whole
number of schollars in s.ttendance
for the year were ".(FT, divided as fob
lows: Collegiate, Classical. 2'): Col
legiate, Scientific, J.0; Preparatory,
13 ; Academic, ll'J; Medical, 17.
Tlie Faculty consists of seven teach
ers, of which Prof. Gatch is Presi
dent. New Papek. We are in receipt of
a new paper, called the Tri W'ee hit
Astoriaa, published by D. C. Ireland,
Esq., formerly of this city. It is in
dependent in polities and devoted to
news and the interests of the town
and county w here it is published.
It is a small sheet, yet well filled
with local and general news, and
deserves the supjiort of the people of
Clatsop county. We w ish it the best
of success.
At Their Tucks. The Padical pa
pers have already commenced man
ufacturing the Democratic candidate
for Congress. These fellows' are ex
tremely meddlesome in other neo-
j pie's busbies.
Not Impossible.
From the 8. F. Examiner.
One of the createst evils, if not the
greatest of all that threaten govern-
ment and society in this country at
the present hour, is the corruption
of morals that is eating into the heart
whole edifice of American society
w ill become a toppling ruin.
The apathy with which the daily
revelations of defalcations and frauds
in public office are received by the
people, and the listless air with
which they hear of dishonest con
duct in private stations of trust are
lamentably significant of morbid
conscience in the great body of the
masses; and the increasing length of
the daily criminal calendar, as well
as the atrocious character of the
crimes whien constitute it, betoken a
callousness to the ascendency of evil
tnan which nothing can be more
alarming to tne future of our civili
zation. While we boast of the present as
an age of reform, social and political,
j it is nevertheless a fact indisputable,
that it transcends in moral uepravity
the worst of all preceding ages.
History may be challenged for the
like, w ithout finding its parallel. In
this country where s mirage and ed
ucation are universal, in au epoch of
enlightenment and material aggran
dizement such as no century since
creation's dawn can figure forth, the
vi.y.i ii-.l i f wi-i .11 ri1 1 k 1 1 1 ill ii!li.ei! 1 u i- .
v c, o i
sitions, and of crime in civic hi'- is
such as to stagger the beii f of those
who still retain faith in human des
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oiaies tioi ij int. miui.'u..ii r.i ,
I man, scarcely any puidie otiicor is
free from imputation ot malversation i
or neglect in the discharge of his j
functions, aiid the telegraph daily
brings us accounts of crimes of
varieiit hiileohsness. from the terri
ble butchery of the Bonders to the
blood-curdling parricide 01 Wal
worth, without causing more than a
temporary disturbance of our atten
tion to our ordinary daily business.
One of the worst features of all is,
the despairing attitude the people
assume in the face of this condition
of society. A clour ease of rob'oery
of the vubiic funds is discovered.
and the exclamation is at once made:
I Mi. he will get oh; lie has mono
will get oil"; lie It:
and infiuonce; no jury will convict,
or if should, pardon will follow." A
most foul and unnatural murder is
connaitt d, without the slghtpst at
tempt at concealment or escape, anil
the cry is again that the malefactor
has m.moy, or friends, or interest of
some sort, and eojiseonciitl v some
frivolous pretext will be found for
his release lroin the just penalty oi
, '.,
i. intl 1 i 1
is too much foumL-.iion
lor this uooular assumntion. is the
; iei ;i our remains. ioiic. . posi-:
i tion, intlu'-nce woig'n move in this
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free country than in the absoiulest
1iwuf Km of iV'l
old world, ami
the grand end of our pro-
i pi
l IP IV
seems to be the attainment f
wealth and power whore thy have
that immunity, which 1.; denied to
tin 1 ior and lowly.
Wind is the moral of nil this? It
is perfectly obvious. The fault is in
the people; the remedy lies with
them, and unless the generation
wishes to outlie the republican gov
ernment established by their fathers,
thev will awaken to the danger and
argy. 111:11 iney win never ceieora.e
the centennial of their independence.
Extra vac.anc:: and Pomu.nY.
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I Tndianolis Siii,t'l. a Padu-al tour-
1 "
nal, says there is " too much money
paid out at Washington. Besides
robbing the people, the Governnvi t
extravagance corrupts the rn. The
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1 1
econ.uny at the national capital
would be a keen rebuke to unlimited
extravagance in fashionable society,
which runs the nation in debt by im
portations of fo-eigii goods. But
prodigality and waste of the peoj le's
money amount to a crime." This is
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j m ginning l(, i it- lXie gciieiai k'w oi
J all honest people.
j
I lNM'NANT.-SupenutendcT.t Od.en-
' 0:11 "vva" 1S at Ui 110:"-tl ot Jndion ai-
fairs, and who is pretty well known
in Oregon, pronounces tlie statement
that there is swindling going on in
the Indian service si falsehood. Of
course, we expected B nt. to say so;
but that does not signify anything,
Most Peni M-rats don't believe much
j IK. K:lYSj .on We apprehend that our
mutual friend James Elkins, would
not be a good witness for our friend
, A -ii
Bent, to prove his veracity l'v.
T .i , iii '.it-
Luttrell knew wliat he was talking
about, we suppose.
The yt)nntnniri'r says, " Pepnbli
cans of Eastern Oregon will claim
the honor of naming the candidate
for their party. Should this court
esy be extended to them, they have a
be
m ill inai iney leei ssuisnea will DO
acceptable to the party in all nor-
ii. .i ii. r l .. i : i: - j -n
tions ot the estate.
That jirohahly means Per. Mr.
Condon, or an obscure attorney nam-
ed Whittier.
Disheartening Intellkience.
The London Time has no confidence
in the declarations of financial and
political reforms in the United States.
The people of this country are in the
same fix, unless they can succeed in
removing from power the embeciles
and thieves now controlling the nation.
Summary of State News Items.
,
The measles still afflict Douglas
eounty
The Pantograph office has a youn
lady compositor
. rWvnllis merchants rav 221 cents
per lb for wool.
Wool has advanced to 22 cents in
the Albany market.
Harvesting has been commenced
in Southern Oregon.
P. S. Strahan has been appointed
City Attorney for Corvallis.
There were four public celebrations
of the Fourth in Yamhill county.
Jacob Poudebush, City Marshal of
Jacksonville, died a few days ago.
Ex-Congressman Slater dalivered
the oration on the 4th at La Grande.
The duties paid on railroad iron at
1J1C Hill..-' I'um vii ..".
Astoria last month amount 10
Oak riahi Grange, at Halsey, Lin 11
county, has a membership of nine-
tCa' . ...
Tliere are two cargoes of wool lying
at Umatilla Landing awaiting ship-
ment.
A man in Baker county is solicit-
,'ng subscriptions for a monument to
Gen, Robert L. Lee. .
The average attendance at the pub-
lie schools in Astoria during the past
year was about 100 pupils.
At Eugene the National Anniver
sary was more generally celebrated
than on any former occasion.
Eugene City has a man named Con
nolly in jail to await the action of the
grand jury for stealing blankets.
The Baker City Ih mon at boasts of
the comeliness of a number of stone
buildings erected at that place.
During the last thre years there
has been paid on money orders at the
Salem Post Ofiicedhe sum of .18,0n0.
The body of Charles Bgcrs, who
was drowned a fortnight since in
Wallowa river, has been recovered.
i ine enterprising pet
rill . 1 i. 11 , l
r ho miK.'-nt-Kiiif lii'iiii e or Weston
; nro oriraniing a joint stock coi.man
the purpose of building a grist
mill.
The
Corvallis Cinzfti-' savs
.i
lllC'l'e
r,..i x . .. ,.,. .' i .
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!( 11 IW -J.i.M'V' irew.ru -ii:.u III , b
i i.i. ... . ..;..
nit- ui-R'i'i ;.lio;i in 111.11 tin
Ml
-j.i
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day.
Mrs. Morford, widow of the late
Judge Moiford, of Umatilla county.
I keeps a restaurant at Humboldt Bav,
j California.
I Arrangements are being made o 1
an extensive scale ior a grand .iewi.-n
picnic to be held at Albany on the
LOth inst.
A young man named Ezra Paddock
ae.-idrvitly shot and killed himself, in
Sweet Home V
last week.
.lley, Liun county,
The Tillamook wagon road is i 1
good condition, and a hugtry may Douglas county, informs the '',.,'.,
now 1m driven from North Yamhill jrai,h that crops in that section au
to lillamooiwLay.
Oscar Mik-r, of Dalh-.s. has jrst
re
turned from the 0;-hoco mines an
don't give a very liattering account j taino m llis vicinity is prospering,
of the prospect there. j ()nr Pendleton correspondent r,i:-
(V.l. Tiiiiics Kinnev, a former resi- I u:lt f the lh inst. sa;.: "'if.
dent of Benton countv. who has been hiri.iers are busy harvesting tl.,i
absent several vears in Central Anier- I l-a"1" b;ack i-ru kots are v,.
u-a, reiarnod last wi-e.v
t a meeting at Astoria last Tlmrs-
' ,1
day :.---i.t(K was -subscribed to the
;e,i tt..i-
toria Farniers'
w al'ehoust' v lUilpiilUV.
i "
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, J.' "'V - 17 i. swejt mis ooen
f?1101' ' "',uv !ls military iitru-t-
or in the State Agricultural College
01 Oregon, at Lovvallis.
; Albany had an Indian war dance
on the l'onith hulul' vd in bv Silei
Coijiielle ami Calipooia Siwashes, and
witnessed by numerous palefaces.
The store of Shipley and IIinkle,at
Philomath, Benton county, was bur
glarized last Thursday night to the
extent cf 100, coin,
clothing.
and a lot of
Complete charts of the Columbia
rivor bar and
11 -t
hoals of Cathlaniot
jav, six mile
above Astoria, have
l,(.en published by the United States
Coast Survey.
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! John 1 razier si, farmer living on
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. . 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 v 11. . v. uiii iia v'.'uiii 1 , Jll eill-
od 4,100 sheep this season, from
which he realized ol.UJO pounds of
wool, sheep averaging nearly S ths to
the fiVoee.
Mr. Chalmers, of Washington
county, w as rat! 101- seriously injured
(V an infuriated tiny last week. She
rail one ol her horns into the ilosJiv
part of his leg and threw him up in
to the air.
The Eugene Ciutrtl says: The out
side walls of the basement story of
the University building an about
completed. There is considerable
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. liisme duck w oik to no iione oclore
j the joists can be laid.
Tllo sir; savs: There is at this
time ovt.r OIM, hundred tons of salmon
at the wtiart liere, slnpment from
I nsheries along the Columbia river.
t ...... wl. i .iiiiiui.ia nil';.
j 'Ihe Ajax, trip before the last, took
away nearly 200 tons
It is stated that some of the Indians
on tin Umatilhi lli-mn-i-iiinr, .Uo
satisfied. Some would like io go to
the Wallowa, others to Simcoe, and
others still to si proposed new reser-
v.i.ion up the Columbia.
. ie htate ireasurer advertises for
7" oi mi.wm ot ttuite
, bounty bonds, and S-J, 0(10 of State
rHi,,f i,n,i rri , ' , -"-
: i pnds. llu ju-oposals ure t
tne surrender of
4t..S(ld of S-it
oe received till August '2, l.STU.atthe
Treasurer's office, Salem. .
The Citv Council of PovtTnnd
1 , " -i i
i.s hist meeting Wednesday evening
f leeted the following ollic: Audit-
or, W. S. Caldwell; Servevor, W.S.
Chapman; Attorney, M. F. Mulkev:
! f "Vw;i"tt'naIlt of Streets, Pobt. A.
; Habersham
.
j In tlie ease of the State of Oregon
I J1- hiney, in tiie Circuit!
1 M?",". Slllf nb motion for smew
I uuu a ini'rnueu and tne tteieiid
! aut was granted a stay of proceedings
on an appeal to the Supeme Court.
liaii was tixed at s-i,UU0.
Mr. L. C. Burkhart, who resides
just in the eastern suburbs of Albany,
has commenced the erection of a
large warehouse adjoining the rsul
rosvl running through his farm. It
is 50x25 feet, 10 feet in the clear, and
will hold '20,000 bushels of grain,
lie proposes to store grain at two
cents per bushel, sacked.
I A new paper, called thp P ,
i i, has been started at iVn.lla '""
Umatilla county. -"i"eton.
county.
The Salem fire bell M-as broke,,
while sounding an alarm on Mon,h.',
night. It cost SGOo. -uondax
Judge S. E. Parr, ft.rmerl
j Tort land, has been appointed lnsi,f..
t r 01 customs at Oystervilk-, W. T
Gold diggings paying 4 per ,1 ,v
to the hand, have been discovered o
the Middle Fork of the Santiam river
five milis below Donica's bar. 1
Mr. Win. Ilarman has been award
ed the contract for the iron work of
the new steamboat that is beiiv hmH
at Portland for the W. p. T. Co
Tliere were three funerals at Jack
sonville on Sunday, the 2'.'th uJt
very unusual circumstance in tiiVt
place. The deceased were all adults
Some slippery customer tried t,,
..1 1 e e
- i . - - T, "v L 111 air-m
'onth e .-oiling of the Fourth bv ste-n
jng the Treasurer's cash drawer brt
it had been emi tit d, '
I J- I- Walker, who is survevin --
tile Xehalem Valley, savs th it 1,, ir
hundred settlers could each find
. hundred and sixty acres of good land'
! subject to entry in the valley.
j Tbe Fmr(i milsl,ro is
t.a hy the A,orest Ur(ve Jj
j as having passed off pleasantly :ul
! successfully. There w as line inu.-ie
and some good speeches.
The down train of the 4th ran oytr
a boy of J. S. M. Van Clove on tin'
on the trestle work near East Port
land. The boy was, of course, 1 afiy
hurt, but it is thought he vvill recov
er. Mrs-Thos. Evan, wifo of ti e pro
prietor of the liuss House, Portiaial.
was thrown from a wagon invliiea
she was riding Thursday inornjiig
and injured so severely that it is f, ,.r
ed she cannot live.
Two Baker City fellows have been
arreslt d for selling whh-key to In
dians. The Officers in Oregon :,pe;;.
I uetormincti that that thh g si, all 1 c
' w..i.i. ..i 1 .11 vb-.bi- i..;...1...! ...
! nil',' -.'I, i.ii'i nil iinu U11IKU U ' 1-
i -1 1 ' - 1
j pie approve.
1
j Sprag'ue Ilolman of Portland, v.' o
J had be n mis i g s.nce We :.t-x v
1 ..,..1 !.-,.; . , :
ceiiiiij, lias j .'Mm 111 i iiio. ii:'
ei . 11 . lt i
ieao, n ine earin vault oi
me t 1;-
j .ua11.11, 1100 1. iiien lie nau lalit 11
....1 ir 1 1. . 1 i- 11
in an epileptic, fit.
j The m my friends of A. Hollar.,
j better ku wn as "Mannie,'" viiii,
t git t to J".iiTi t:.at lie is l:n
i low :-.t Eig'nt Mile Croei;, in
-j .... e
I county. Mr. Holland was f.r na;1. v
voars a citizen of this idace.
1
! The La Grande 'c
savs t'
Commissioners were mu--:i surpris-l
w hen they first entered the W.di.v.;.
the valleys being of a greater iin-i.:-tude
and iresenting an opening f ;
agriculture at.d stock raising tiay
hail little dreamed of.
W. F. Benjamin, of Ga!esilh in(
.0
I good : the minin-'- season h.-es I.e.- . .
usually iavoraine one as a fr'-nev..!
thing more so than usual, ai d ee: v-
11 r
i suen countless nuniiK is m jsarts -f
! the oonntrv. tiiat tbev ib-stvo--
I 0-,.., 0-,,d .','ii t-;,,,-, , ,f i .'I
j t.ulm, iu their wav
1 'Pi . . . t . : .. i . ,f 11 . -11 - , , .
J--.e ooieits oi ine ooiiirovve
I Association, recently organized
l,,st.urg, asset forth b the C,,i.
tntion. is "for mutind i,r,,....f:
j against cdl
rings and mono; tidies
w iaii e ei' I t.'li! tney mav exist tt,;:t
rt
! '"'' in ' wy detrinu-nta! to the in-
' te.restsf the producing and lain.,;
cias-es.
Als,
ior giving aid r.vciv-
ing instruct ons m all that p naii.s
to agriculture; also tin bive.iin.e a-id
roaring- of domestic animals and 'die
embellishment of our homes.'
Ihe ku'j r?.'. io u ist savs: The sever
est had storm ever known in ( )reC"i.
passed ovii- Scoggin-i' Valley in the
western --ortion 01 Washingt(n im;ui
ty, on the "i'dli nit. The storm cam-.'
from the west, black fearful. w ith t i
rilic thunder said Cightning. ?Ir. S.
E. Wilcox informs -us that in the od
ley it almost destroyed the crop i f
Mr. (roorge Davis. 'The hail was sd
most conlined to thisplai e. It kii'ad
oyer a hum. red ehickens, and b :t
his crop into the. ground. The kal
in low phv-es was piled to the dcjitJi
01 two loot.
Touching the? progress' ve spiri ei
Journals n in Shis country, tlie S:
Louis Ih;iun m! justly remarks tL.it
"the Congressman of to-dav is tut
nan as gresit a man m the
eyes i i
his constituents us his
prL,lece
oi twenty yesirs ago was; and it
notbecav.se lie knows less than
predecessor knew, but because Li
constituents of to-day know so mva!o
more, through the newspapers. t!.;:'-
th
io constituents of twenty years a-.-
.pi f . 9 ,
' th-motntt might have added t;
while I ongres: inen nr.' ln-co?r::-
less and less objects of esteem suul
confidence, from their notorious y ' -and
corrupt practices, the respecta
ble newspaper press is continually
rising higher and higher in the seal'
of o oular regard and practical ia-Q
Hue nee
"
OroiiT to-be ISEiirKi:i
lodo A'.o' insists that th
.The 1-
e Senate i f
tt
i
ie United States should refuse cn-
tirtue, thm .if .Tulm Th'lrlia!ll O
..ft,..'. . " . .. vis.
i -vtmister to .Japan, necause -i
t . . , T . r,a.
! RUl!l,ol't t( tlu' 1 lKk 1VA.V LllL A t,',
i jority of that- body passed thy buI-
i and " the President who appoint'
iliiu signed it. They are not lilv
fiv lkwlr .in theinsel ves. lhel'
! are too manv Binghams in the M
ft - ---- --
ate.
In Tiiorm.E. Our Badical fr:rls
are in considerable trouble about a
candidate for Congress. Tue. of tbo
Mitchell organs have already signi
fied their willingness to eat
the Corbet t element will r
them to eat. They are rt
anything to " harinoniz
organs know that whoeve
date is, he will be de'
their generosity.
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