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THE ENTERPRISE.
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OREGOX CITY, OREUOX, JULY 25, IS7J.
To the Member of the Democratic
State Central Committee.
Oregon City, July 16, 1S73.
In consequence of a vacancy in the
Chairmanship of tha Democratic State
Central Committee, the undersigned a
memlr of that Committee for Clacka
mas county, would respectfully suggest !
tliat the members of said Committee
meet at the city of Portland on Satur
day, August 9th, 173, for the purpose
of making arrangements for the ap
G proaehing secia! election for member
of Congress and the transaction of such
other business? as may In? necessary.
It is recommended that all vacancies
in the Committee be tilled by the res
pective County Committees, in order
that a full attendance may le present.
o w. i. white.
The Tax Uucstion.
On Monday next the citizens of
this place are called to vote for or
against a to mill lax. The purpose
for which this tax is to be raised is
to purchase six hu ndred feet of new
hose for the fire department, which
we are assured are badly needed.
The contract for purchasing these
hose has already 1 cen awarded to the
Factory Company at j?l 45 jer foot,
which would make the hose cost
S80 in coin; or the Company pro
pose to take scrip at the rate of 1 00
per foot. This would inake the hose
cost 1,140, or a 'difference of $270.
This is rather a large difference be
tween scrip and coin, and if our cit
izens refuse to be taxed, they will
have to pay interest on this entire
1,140, and further, the issuing of
this amount of city indebtedness,
will cause the scrip already out to
fall at least ten to fifteen cents on J
the dollar. Supposing that there is
two thousand dollars' worth of scrip
out, and the reduction will be fifteen
per cent, the hose would be charge
able with this rtduction, which
would be $300 more, making the
hose cost on the scrip basis really
1,440, or a difference of nearly one
half. This difference would have to
be paid by our citizens in a vear at
the longest, as a portion of the scrip !
would be paid in for taxes, (if not
all,) this year, and the balance next.
"While; wo think the C.
hastily in this matter in ordering the
liose before, they received the ver
O diet of the people, we consider that
it is the best to vote for the tax, as
the burden will La much less this
t hue than it will be by augmenting
the city's indebtedness. There is
another thing which we have heard
complained of, and that is, why did
not the Council make a direct order
of the hose and not give it to one
of its own members to speculate
upon. v are not aware of the price j
ot the hose, but learn that they
could be had at from ten to fifteen
per cent, per foot less than what the
contractors pet -phe freight on
them will probably be about five or
six dollars, and the balance could
have been saved to the citv
Anoth- '
er
objection
Ave hive heard urged
against voting the tax, that
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it raises
. Gmore than the
amount required
to imrehase the ho.-e. This is true.
We believe that there is nearly 000,
00 worth of taxable property in the
city. On this amount Avould be col
lected 1,00, whije the amount re
quired is only 870. Hut after de
ducting the expenses of collecting
and the Treasurer's fees, it Avill reach
'J.j0, leaving a balance of $250. We
think the City0 Count-jl has acted
hastily in this matter in not submit
ting the question before they enter
ed into a contract to purchase the
hose; but as the matter now stands,
it will be far the best for our citi
zens to vote the tax than to pay for
the hose a double price in city scrip,
and Ave hope the tax-payers of the
x-itv will take a business view of this
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matter and not involve themselves
in a debt Avhich aviII be equal to at
least fourteen hundred dollars for
STOand the interest on the first
mentioned sum. It must be paid
finally? and Ave regard it as a bad
financial policy for a city to be in'
debt and paying double the market
driee pLd for everything it has to
purchase. Let the tax be voted, and
if there has been a wrong done, let
the tax-payers remember it at the
noils next election. This is theonlv
av aye the peopl
the Avrong.
lmve of correcting
A correspondent from Canyon City
to the littln'tiii, has this remarkable
piece of information, signed by a
man named Jas. W. Church:
I take the liberty to drop you a
few lines in behalf of what seems to
be the choice of our people for Con
gress in place of Wilson. The gen
oral expression here is, both from
Republicans and le'ading Democrats,
that Whitten must be the man. and I
think I speak Avhat I know when I
sav that he Avill eonre nearer carrying
Eastern Oregon than any other man
can in the Republican party.
This man Church is about as ob
scure an individual as Whitten him
self, and we need only to remember
Oby what an overAvhelming majority
Whitten was defeat
Arthur to appreeiat.
d by Judge Me-
i his popularity.
Let the Radicals bring him out. He
will prove a goou suoiect lor a
'-corpse.
Neav Dress. Th? Orcjoniaa of last
Saturday came to us in an entire new
Slress, Avhich makes a great improve
ment in its appearance. It is noAv
the neatest as well as the ablest Rad
ical pti per published in the State.
r
should Do Hut
will Xot.
W hat lie
Tne New York Herald thinks that
IT. S. Grant has the best opportunity
that was ever presented to a Presi
dent to immoralize his name. If he
had any sense, this is certainly true,
but being in the hands of a lot of Mo
bilierists, back-pay thieves and other
rascals and being himself an avarice
money grabber, it is utterly impassi
ble for him to do anything unless
there is pay in it. The Herald says
after giving a number of things what
in its opinion he should do: He
should concentrate his domestic pol
icy upon two points the reconstruc
tion of the Sonth and the payment
of the national debt. To be sure
there is nothing very attractive in
prosy labors of this kind; but some
times prosy labors have the most po
etry in the end. We have never yet
had a sound financial policy, and as
to the South," we have treated the
conquered States worse than the
proconsuls of Home treated the out
lying provinces of the Empire. In
dealing with the finances General
Grant has clumsily adhered to one
policy, and that was to obtain the
smallest results from the greatest
sacrifices. We do not really pay
the debt in this way; we simply in
crease the burdens of to-day in the
hope that they will be easier to-morrow.
As to the South, Ave teach
vengeance by our policy of ven
geance. We conquered rebellion in
one generation only to teach rebel
lion to another. "What the South
should learn is that the war was a
foolish experiment; that when Ave
saved the Union it Avas that its bless
ings might descend to South as well
as North. Have we done this? Let
Louisiana and Arkansas and South
Carolina speak and cover us Avith
shame. But it is not too late. Gen
eral Grant has an unrivalled oppor
tunity, while at the same time he is
menaced with fascinating, terrible,
danger. Let him throAv aside the
temptations to C;esarism that now
pervade the Republican party. Let
him show that power has not taught
him ambition, which we are told is
the last infirmity of noble minds,
and in giving us a generous policy
build a monument to his fame more
enduring than the Column Yendome,
a monument that posterity will honor
and not strive to root out and de
stroy." The Herald might as Avell
preach to Capt. Jack as to the em-
lecile who occupies the White
House.
Captured the Partj.
We learn that it is the intention of
the Radical State Central Committee
to nominate their man Avithout call
ing a State Convention. This we
have been anticipating from the fact
that two leading clique or Mitchell
organs have been very Avilling to cow
cede to the Corbett faction the nom
inee for Congress. It now appears
that this generosity Avas forced upon
them from the fact that the Corbett
men have control of the State Central
Committee, and they can do as they
see fit. That they will leave the
Mitehell-Holladay crowd out in the
cold, there is now no doubt, and Ave
may expect a general smashup Avhen
the Committee meets. The outs Avill
be very generous in order to get the
Committee in their power, but as
that body is composed of some of
the ablest men in tl;e Radical party,
they Avill not be easily caught by the
smooth promises of the clique which
can control the primaries Avith its
money and railroad influences. We
expect a rich time after the nomina
tion is made by the Committee. The
Corbett men haAe a clear majority on
the Committee, and they Avill make
best use they can of the opportunity
thus offered. Neither Aving of the
Radical party have the slightest hope
of electing their nominee, and hence
they care little what course they 2ur
sue to get "square" on themselves.
The party is hopelessly demoralized
in Oregon, and there never was a
better opportunity for a handsome
Democratic majority than is offered
this year. It is an old saying that
"whom the gods Avould destroy, they
first make mad." This is plainly il
lustrated in the present demoralized
condition of the Radical party.
A Sad Tnrni. The Newark Jour
)i(d, commenting upon the anniver
sary of the Fourth of July, progress
ed in some respect, Avorldly and ma
terial respects chiefly, Ave have retro
graded in others, especially in mat
ters of public and private honor and
morality. If this were not so, Ave
could not allow ourselves to be rep
resented in the lowest and highest
positions by men to name Avhom in
the same breath Avith Washington,
ami Adams, and Madison .and Jeffer
son, would be an insult to the per
sonal honor and public Avorth of the
latter and the entire roll of illustri
ous statesmen-patriots inscribed on
the pages of American historv.
Democratic Convention. The
Bed vk JJemocrat says that "it
is the Avish of the entire Demoernov
Ui "?in uregon that a Democratic
State Convention be held to nominate
i e if i . . . .-x . .
a (.annulate tor Congress,and no other
course Avill give general satisfation."
Hard on tre Rest. Col, Mosby
declares that Grant is "the ablest
man in America." This is certainly
very complimentary to Grant: but,
then: remarks the Louisville Courier
Journal, it is deuced hard on the rest
of us. . .
What lie
II.
A report having been in circulation
implicating Hon. J. II. Slater with
the salary steal, and having received
a letter of inquiry in regard to the
matter from Hon. T. II. Cann, Mr.
Slater has published the following
plain, frank and, to every sensible
mind, satisfactory explanation, so
far as the matter relates to him.
Read the letter.
La Grande, July 14, 1873.
T. H. Cann Dear Sir: Yours of
the 10th inst., has been received
and the contents considered. You
say that "you have a good many
friends in the valley but a question
has lately been raised as to the back
ay rated last Congress. We knoAv
that you voted against that bill, but
we have not heard Avhether you sta
ted your account upon the back pay
alloAvance. or by the old mileage.
Many of our old Democrats say they
never Avill vote for a man who has
taken back pay. Democrats think
you ought to state your account on
the old mileage allowance at once if
you have not done so." Recogniz
ing the right of the people to criti
cise all my acts connected Avith my
recent public position, I shall give
the facts Avhich relate to my com
pensation as member of the 42 J Con
gress to the press. Not, however, in
the way of defense or explanation,
but as a means of information to
friends throughout the State. My
enemies may make the most of it. I
have nothing to conceal or keep back
Avith reference to this matter.
My compensation accounts were
long since closed and settled under
the law as it stood at the time of
settlement, as they could not be
closed and settled under any other.
Under Avhicn law I received 220
less than, according to precedent
and rule, I was fairly entitled to
under the law displaced by the sal
ary increase and my aggregate com
pensation was less than received by
any former representative or dele
gate from Oregon avIio served a full
term since LS5j. I speak from
recollection, not having the figures
before me. Mr. Smith, I believe is
the next lowest.
The new bill passed Avithin a day
or so of the close of Congress.
The Committees on mileage of the
respective Houses had reported the
mileage of members, and in most
cases it had been drawn, Avhich, in
the final settlement of their account,
was reckoned as so much paid upon
the increased pay. The house Com
mittee at the first session at first set
tled my mileage at the rate of $5,220
for the Congress of three sessions,
which was in accordance with every
precedent from the Pacific slope,
but subsequently, for some reason,
arbitrarily reduced it to the rate of
",.'( ), a reduction of $1,320 for
the Congress. I called for a re-hearing
and brought before the commit
tee a letter from Hon. George H.
Williams, the allidavits of W. W.
Chapman Harvev Meacham (now
deceased), the resident upon the!
Blue Mountains at Lee's Encamp-
ment, and Thomas O'Brien, avIio had
been stage agent at this place for j
near two vears. to the effect that the !
usual course of travel from here to
the Eastern States Avas by Avay of
Portland and San Francisco first .al
lowed by the committee, and I also
had a certified statement of the mile
age of our Senators and of Congress
man Smith, but all to no purpose.
I was a Democrat; the majority of
the Committee were Republicans,
and they proposed to retrench ex
penses. Thus matters stood Avhen the sal
arv increase Avas sprung upon Con
gress. When the roll call Avas made
three of this committee resjionded
aye. one nay and one did not vote,
Avhile I voted nay, although in effect
that vote was to keep the amount of
my compensation as fixed by the.
committee, being unwilling to recti
fy myself by voting 1.000,000, from
the treasury of the United States,
considering that the adjustment of
my private account had nothing
Avhatever to do Avith the vote I ought
to cast on a measure of that kind
under the oath I had taken at the
opening of Congress. I claim no
credit for the act; it was simply a
duty I had covenanted Avith the peo
ple to perform, to which I should
have been recreant had I allowed
private gain to interfere. The meas
ure became the law, having passed
both Houses and received the Pres
ident's signatnre. Under this laAV
I Avas entitled to draw 1.100 more
than I could have drawn under the
ruling of the committee on mileage.
I know of no reason in laAV or mor
als Avhy I should not receive this
part of the emoluments of the office
under the circumstances I have
named. I have druAvn and receipted
for it. and I am unable to see Avhy
I my compensation should be less than
! former members of Congress from
j Oregon, or less than her Senators
serving in the other end of the cap
ital for the same Congress. To have
placed this amount beyond my own
control, or that of my heirs or legal
representatives hereafter, it Avould
have been necessary for me to draw
it and then pay it over to the con
science fund of the United States.
This I haAe not seen proper to do,
and do not now or hereafter intend
to do, not even to secure the privil
ege of making a race for a seat in the
43d Congress. I am not insensible
to the good opinion of the people of
the State of Oregon, and especially
of my fellow Democrats. On the
contrary, I have at all times sought
to merit it; but in the aspirations I
have had to merit and receive such
good opinion, I have ever sought to
avoid acting the hypocrite, and Avill
not noAv act the demagogue. I chal
lenge the most rigorous scrutiny in
to my 2ublic acts and Aotes. The
record is made up; I am satisfied
with it, and am Avilling to stand or
fall by it. I have everv confidence
that in everyr point it aviII be 'most
fully vindicated by the people of
Oregon.
It may not be amiss here to refer
to the action of Congress in past
years in regard to the compensation
of its members. There has been fre
quent legislation noon this subject
and in every instance the change has
been made to apply to the Congress
passing it. I believe there is not a
single exception to this rule. The
pay of members has leen seAeral
times increased and once decreased.
By the act of August lGth, 1850, the
compensation of Congressmen was
I raised from S8 per day to S3.000 per
A Letter -From Congressman J.
Slater.
year and was applied to that Con
gress, dating back to March 4th,
1835, almost eighteen months, and
the back pay was received by every
membei. On the 28th of July 1800,
the salary Avas again raised from
3,000 to5,000 and applied to that
Congress, dating back to Jiarcn -tin,
1SC5, but the act also provided that t
" nothing herein contained snau ei
fect the mileage accounts already
occurred under existing laws." The
i law also provided that thereat ter
mileage should be 20 cents a mile
going to and returning from the seat
of government. The mileage ac
counts which Avere so carefully ex
empted from the operation of this
bill, Avas computed under the act of
January 22d, 1818 and is as follows:
" Eight dollars for every twenty
miles of estimated distance by the
most usual road from his place of
residence, to the seat of Congress, at
the commencement and end of every
session and meeting," just double
present mileage. Every Senator and
member of Congress so far as I know
received this back pay and among
them Avas Hon. George II. Williams
anil .T Y Nesmith of Oretrou. The
mileage of the entire Pacific delega-
tion Avas then, and-until! the lirst
session of the Forty-first Congress,
computed bv Avav of the isthmus,
making about 5,000 or over, mile
age for each session of Congress say
ing nothing of constructive mileage
then allowed and accepted.
In conclusion let me say that I
OAe you an apology for the apparent
tone of this letter. It might be sup
posed that I considered your letter
of an unfriendly character such is
not the case. I know that your let
ter Avas prompted by the most friend
ly feeling and I sincerely thank you
for the good Avill yon have manifest
ed toward me in this matter f.ud also
for the opportunity of making the
statement herein contained. I Avas
already ail vised that this matter wa3
being industriously Avorked up by
certain parties to my detriment.
Hoping that the statements I have
made Avill furnish all the data my
friends may need to counteract and
defeat the machination of those avIio
are unfriendly, I am verA' truly
Aours,
Jas. H. Skater.
Unles
The Republican party may once
have been animated, as the Ncav York
S"it asserts, by ideas and purposes
of the highest character; but its long
tenure of power in State and nation
has attracted to it the great public
thieves and robbers of thedav. and It
has now liecome the most corrupt j
pai-ty, the most rotten Avith the de-
praity of public plunder, and the j
most da.ngerous i;i its designs and j
tendencies, that has ever appeared in
the history of our country.
Corruption in Legislatures and in
Congress; fi and in the Administra
tion; bribe-giving and bribe-taking;
plunder of ti e public treasury by
robbers outsiu Avith the connivance
of robbers Avitfciu such are now the
principal aims ami acts of the Re
publican party, and the principal ob
ject and method oi the power it holds.
And in order to make the posses
sion of this power more secure and
the opportunities of plunder more
extensive and remunerative to the
officials of national and State govern-nn-n's
and to party managers, it
aims at the centralization of author
ity with the breaking doAvn of State
governments, and the overthrow of
the safeguards wisely set up 1a- the
fathers.
Unless this double process of cen
tralization and official and legislative
corruption can be promptly arrested,
the republic is at an end, the liber
ties and the moral sense of the people
are overthrown, and the institutions
Avhich have cost so much to found
and to preserve will disappear in a
chaos of political and social putre
faction. Important to School Districts.
The Superintendent of Public In
struction, after proclaiming the list
of text-books (which Ave published
last week) says:
The Primary Arithmetic. 'Rudi
ments of Written Arithmetic and
Beginners' Grammar Avere selected
by the State Superintendent in the
manner provided by law, there being
no choice by County Superintend
ents. All the other books named
were adopted by the votes of the
County Superintendents.
The laAV provides- that these books
shall be "introduced in all the pub
lic schools of the State? on or before
the first day of October, 17:5, and
that any district failing to so intro
duce them, shall 'forfeit its propor
tion of the school fund for the suc
ceeding year.' " This provision will
be enforced. In case, hoAvever, any
district should not have time to pro
cure the books by the first of Octo
ber, the execution of this require
ment of the law with reference to
such district Aviil be suspended for a
reasonable period to enable it to do
so. But no district Avill be excused
from compliance with the laAv after
it has had time to obtain a supply of
the "authorized text-books."
The readers and speller have not
j been selected as yet, and the public
! schools Avill of course continue to use
' such text-books in those branches as
i they may be supplied Avith. until fur-
ther notice. A selection Avill,howev
! er, be made shortly, and time Avill
! be giAen to enable the schools to
! procure readers and spellers of the
' series that may be adopted,
j I deem it proper to state that the
! imblishers of most of the books men-
tioned in tne loregomg list liaAe
assured me that in case of their adop
tion they Avould furnish them for
"first introduction" at forty per cent,
discount. I have no doubt all of
them will do so on proper application.
Democratic Times. We were
pleased to again receive this able
Democratic cotemporary last Mon
day. We wish Messrs. Hull it Nick
ell the best of success in the future,
and hope that they may soon regain
the loss they sustained by the de
struction of their office by fire. The
Time is worthy of the support of the
Democracy of Southern Oregon.
4 mm
The expenses of the Modoc war
averaged 20,000 per day.
Telegaphic News.
Philip Ritz, of Washington Terri
tory, R. R. Thompson, of Oregon,
and T. B. Sturges, D. C, have been
appointed Commissioners to examine
a sectiou of the Northern Pacific rail
road. The Government is said to have
commenced a suit to recover $300,
000 from Piatt & Boyd, for alleged
irregularity in connection with their
importations.
Cleveland, July 17. The Indus
trial Congress assembled at 0 o'clock
this morning. A resolution was in
troduced and adopted, emphatically
protesting against the importation of
cheap labor.
A meeting of Deacons and the Ex
amining Committee of the Plymouth
Church Avas held on the evening of
the 18th, to settle what points should
be inquired into in the imestigation
of the Beecher-Tilton-BoAven scandal.
It was resolved to make Tilton's let
ter the basis of inquiry.
Private advices from Vienna, dated
July 17th, state that up to that time
there had been sixty-one cases of
cholera reported, forty-two of which
were fatal. In a single hotel, Avhere
forty-two persons Avere attack
ed with the symtoms of cholera, six
died. The hotel was closed.
A destructive fire occurred on the
21st, at Jackson, Tenn. Total loss
estimated at from 75,000 to 100,
000. Crop reports from Arkansas, Mis
sissippi ami Alabama, continue fav
orable, though a greater portion of
Mississippi is suffering for Avant of
rain.
One of II. A. Welog & Co.'s pow
der mills, near Tamaqua, Penn., Avas
bhnvn up on the 21st. Samuel Mil
ler, of Tamaqua, Avas killed. The
shock was felt several miles.
Four hundred thousand hcav silver
trade dollars have been delivered by
the Philadelphia mint. Dies tor the
dollar will be sent to the San Fran
cisco and Carson mints in the early
part of the Aeek Avhere. planchets are
all read for coinage. At San Erancis
co there Avill be two hundred thou
sand, and at Carson one hundred
thousand dollars a month supplied.
It is thoutrht that within the next six
months there mav be such a decline
in silver bullion as to throw some of
these dollars into circulation in this
country.
The following postal changes have
been ordered: Offices established
Big Prairie, Lane countv, Oregon;
Addison Black, p. 31. ()ices dis
continued Camas Valley, Douglas
county, Oregon.
Washington, July 22, Second
Lieut. M. Frank Gallagher, Second
Infantry, recently tried before a court
martial at Columbia, S. ('., for kill
ing John Annely, a discharged sol
dier, in Spartanburg, S. C, has been
dismissed from the service and the
sentence has been approved by the
.President. The civil authorities will
take cognizance of the murder, the
army trial being on a charge of con
duct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman.
New York, July 22. The state
ment that there will be no investiga
tion by the Deaons and Trustees of
Plymouth Church relative to the Til-tod-Bowen
scandal is untrue. The
trial lias only been postponed on ac
count of the absence ot Be.echer and
a number of the committee. In the
fall charges against Bow en and Tilton
Avill be inestigated.
Doctress Mary Walker was arrest
ed in Baltimore on the 22d for ap-
pea rim
in men's clothing, but was
released.
Di.s Moines, loAva, July- 22. An
extraordinary and daring robbery
j of a railroad train Avas committed
! last night on the Chicago, Rock Is-
! l m,I 1-iei;e liMi'lir...- r,i Hiic
point. There is a sharp curve in the
road here, and the robbers had placed
heavy timbers across the track. The
engineer, John Rafferty, suav the ob
struction in time to reverse his en
gine and apply the air brakes, but
the robbers observing the movement,
fired at him from ambush, and shot
him dead. The engine struck the
logs and went off the track, followed
into the ditch by one baggage car,
the others, with the passenger cars,
remaining on the track. Several
jassengers were bruised, but not se
riously hurt. The robbers, avIio Avere
masked, after opening and emptying
the safe of the express .messenger,
roil off on horseback. Vigilant par
ties are scouring southwertern Iowa
and it is confidantly believed that the
robbers will be caught if they remain
in the State. A telegram reeeiAed
late to-night says they crossed the
Burlington and Missouri River Rail
road last night at midnight. The
railroad company offer a reward of
5.000 for their detection. Gov.
Carpenter has issued a proclamation
to-day offering a reword of 500 for
the arrest of each person engaged in
the robbery.
Nirw York, July 22. The Amer
ican Cheap Transportation Associa
tion of this city perfected its organ
ization last evening, and adopted
resolutions setting forth that the un
just and extortionate rate charged
by the various railroads of the coun
try are detrimental to the indus
tries and interests of the country,
and condemning the actions of the
railroad companies in bribing Leg
islatures and defying Judges and
Executives.
Only Another Featvre. The
Ncav York San fastens the backpay
iniquity upon the Republican party
1a- conclusiAe arguments, and then
grimly obserA-es: When Republican
State Com-entions send out cheap
resolutions pretending to deprecate
their own corruption and demanding
the repeal of their own odious law,
the country Avill not fail to under
stand that this is only another fea
ture of an organized system of
fraud and falsehood by which power
has been retained in order to oppiess
and plunder the people.
Dead Politically. The Syracuse
Courier objects strenuously to an at
tempt to whitewash Mr Colfax's repu
tation by the Journal of that city, and
declares that " Colfax is as dead pol
itically as is Oakes Ames bodily.
The Journal should let both rest in
peace." Will Repudiate. It is under
stood that the Radicals of Oregon
propose to repudiate Senator Mitch
ell during the coming campaign.
Mitchell may have something to say
on that point himself befnro
! thing is ended. -
Summary of .State Sews Items.
Lane countv is agitating the ques
tion of building a poor house.
Mr. Meacham has arrived at his home
in Salem from Fort Klamath.
Seven miles of the Albany and San
tiani Canal has been completed.
The late term of the Circuit Court at
Dallas cost Polk county &J.209 Go.
A G ranee has been organized at Leb
anon. There are ten in Linn county.
Twenty thousand bushels of wheat
will l raised at the Selitz Agency this
year.
Some of Col. Taylor's fine Angora
sjoats on his Clatsop farm, haA e been
killed by bears.
Prof. Yarndly has been appointed
oriranist for Trinity Church, (Kpisco
al) at Portland.
An election for Directors in the As
toria Farmers' Company will take place
in that city August 9th
Harvey Smith, formcrl- Sheriff of
Linn county died at Willow Creek,
Kastern Oregon, June 30th.
Mr. W. T. P.ryon has started an oppo
sition boat en the Yaijuina river, be
tween F.Ik City and Newport.
The best quality of Timothy hay is
selling at Kugene at S7 per ton. Wheat
buyers are paying i cents jer bushel.
The first story of the State Universi
tv now under construction at Kugene,
is about up and the Avork is progressing
rapidly.
John Parker lias returned from Och
oco, and is another Avitness against the
claims to the richness of the mines
over there. -
Mr. Swain and family, of Ttoseburg,
Ave re poisoned the other evening by
their supper. They all recovered,
howcA er, in a day or two.
E. S. AUree, Jr. has completed ar
rangements for the sK'edy erection of
a Hour mill a few miles' above Klk
City, on the Yaquina river.
Oregon has increased 7-i.iV) per cent,
in population within the past ten years,
being the fourth in ratio of increase of
all tlie States in the Union.
The lirst of the spring races over the
Baker City course was Avon by Alex
be butl 's liorse Lizard, in 1 :o., for a
purse of one hundred dollars.
Claudio Gonzales, indicted for dis
posimr of lifjtior to an Indian. Avas tried
in the U.S. District Court, Thursday.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The Police authoritiesof JacksonA ille
last week arrested neai ly all the Chi
nese in the place for inhabiting bawdy
houses. Ten of them Ave re held for
tiial.
The wheat crop in Umatilla county
avj'11 turn out splendidly this year.
Mr. J. C. Mays, near IVndleton, has a
field of NU acres, Avhich as ill yield 3,200
bushels.
James I. McDaniel Avas elected Csty
Marshal of Jacksonville, on the 11th
inst.. to fill the v;-:uicy occasioned by
t lie death of Jacob lloudebush the late
incumbent.
The store of Darby iv Kinney at Tur
ner's station was broken open on Fri
day night and things scattered around
promiscuously but all that was taken
were eatables.
Harvesting has lgun in earnest in
Ik-ntoii county, and the crops, which
are unusually heavy this year, are
being cut and secured as fast as men
and machinery can do if.
A few days ago a little child of John
McCai ty living near bet hi 1, Polk coun
ty, was seven ly, though not fatally
scalded by the stove upsetting and
spilling a kettle of hot water over it.
At Cresswill, Lane county, the form
ers are moving in the matter of erect
ing a suitable warehouse in Avhich to
store their wheat. They have already
nearly enough suhsciihcd to build it."
The fanners are very busy si curing
their hay. Avhich they are turning out
in quantities never before seen or
known in Polk county, and it
is selling at from four to'liA C dollars
ier ton.
The Corvullis ti
is coming in quite
azctte says:
livi lv and.
"Wool
iudiiii''
ironi the manlier
arriving, the clip
of loaded wagons
mut be unusually
lare
Kuling
1 nice Li
cents jer
pound
About $:i0t worth of jcAvelry was
taken fi out the safe in eatherford's
drug store in Salem on the occasion of
the' robbery there hist Aveek. The
amount of money taken i.f not vet l e
ported. The Jacksonville Times which Avas
burned out last spring has made its re
appearance and presents a very tine
typographical make up and is full of
news. Ve wish the proprietors better
luck next time.
ie earlv part ol t
and outbuildings, together with a large
number of shingles, were burned on
the McKenzie river about twenty-iiAe
mill's above Kugene. The property
was oAvned by Mr. Mulligan.
J. S. Kincaid, who passed through
O.-hoeo recently, says the i.-ii:ieis are
not doiiur much at present, the water
having tailed, and only very few re
main on the ground, it would not be
advisable for any one to go under pres
ent circumstances.
Win. 15. Denny, of Jacksonville, kill
ed a large female panther or California
lion, and captured the young ones
when only a few hours" old. ' lately.
They are of a grey color, with black
spots all over them, and look verv
pretty.
The store of Weatherford A Co., at
Salem, Avas entered by burglars last
Thursday night, the safe broken open
and all the valuables stolen. Thev
got about SOKt worth ot leweli A'. but
tlie amount ot nionev
is
not reported,
it is small, however.
The Agricultural and Wool Growers'
Association of Douglas countv have
recommended to the asii icultural com
munity the imported Pen-heron horses
and their crosses. The Association be
lieves that the- Avill prove of more
bent-lit to the State th an all the rai-e
stock ever brought into it.
A letter in tlie Farmer from Polk
county says: "Political matters are
being calmly discussed amongst the
farmers party strife does not seem to
have its wonted hold on them. Kverv
one seems to wish to find sonic one
capable of tilling the place of the la
mented Vr ilson in Congress."
From the Statesman- ATr I-Vonl-
Cooper the other day brought in to
present to tne Natural History Society
two birds' nests. One is that of the
Oregon humming bird, and the other
is ot a construction dillcrent from any
that Ave have ever seen. It is about
ten inches long but is wonderfully con
structed. On I-riday of last Aveek, George, son
of Win. Harris, near Monroe, met with
a serious accident while assisting his
father in raising a building. Two of
his lingers were fearfully crushed bv a
tailing timber; one was entirely sever
ed trom tlie hand and it is feared the
other will have to le amputated, He
is a lad of twelve or fourteen vears.
Taylor Haines
Avas severely, but not
seriously
louslv, hurt near Forest Grove , last
i r?n down a hill, Avith a
Avee
Avagon load ot lumber, the brakestick,
Avhich he was holdiiur. mvp wnv
he
tell in front of the wagon aiid was
run over. IDs wite anil two children
Avere on the Avacon at tlie time, but es
caped injury by jumping oil'.
An attempt Avas made to rob Wells,
Farjro & Co.'s Kx press oH'u-e at Salem
; last Saturday night. The would be
; robbers were discovered 1a' the iolice.
; Avho fired two shots at them but failed
1 to bring them to a halt and they cseup
ed. It is supposed that the parties at
tempting the deed are the sanwvjho
successfully raided on Weatherford
j Co.'s drug store at that place the pre
l vious niht.
Mr. R. Tauzer. living woo-
connected with one of the most ri a,lt
table families in Linn countv hll?'
leg . crushed bv falling timber Lt '
raising a feAv days ago. Drs Afal.
of Scio, and Italian!, of Lebanon ,ftln'
called. Everything lossible's '
to save his life, but without avail ?r
died under the operation of amputation
The Independent sav- ti. ,
ers of Washington countv alone tua,r.n
I of the railroad are organizing,,
ikuw to protect ineinselves ati.V .
loss of stock killed bv the tram htt
era! instances haA e occurred in-h'V
stock has been killed and the"
has refused to pay onlv half th" , v
ages, and in some cases have rewV
to pay any. 'used
The McMinnville Reporter n-;, O
'port
Tillt
folloAving items
trial of Wilson
from TillaiI1fC. 10
convicted of assault with intent to k$
.iw c orns wb ;unu agamst Squir";
by the grand iury-one attempt I
murder, and the other larceny Tlw
were several blocks of land sold in t i
town of Lincoln, reeentlv, at aii.n.
They sold at from to $1.32 a block
Cm iitinll tfl IIUM't !il S..1.... T ' t,lt"
111 I 1 tlir i V. .
lv day to nominate a eanUidtitJ It"
Congress; the nomination to be nJ' i'r
without regard to partv, and the in,,,!'
inee to Ik? one avIio is opposed to i,,
opoly and in favor of promoting
agricultural interests of Oregon."
A letter to the Oregonian from p.akcr
Citv says: "Times are trettinir liv,i,. ...
present, though the mrroundjng caim' s
are not yielding as well as anticii.ateu
oAving to the scareuj- of water in in;,, v
places
Here
Ill the city, the sti.n,.
tmildin;
sents a
hie l ices
is nearly completed, and pn
tme appearance. Private Ve.
are Wintr repaired, new .,....
built sidewalks, new-
iences, ac. Mr..
some ot the evidences ot nrot e . ...
every side, the people being all enga -j
in beautifying their homes."
The Forest GroA-e Indejendcnt savs
" One night last week a man. no dv-uU
feeling tne pressure of hard times, .
tered Mr. P. S. Field's residence ';ui",J
took S40 out of Mr. F.'s pocket. Th
gentleman not being satisfied with
making a raise of $40, eoncludeii to
continue operations, so he entered tin
sleeping apartment of Mr. Horner. II,.
found out that Al. felt the pressure if
hard tiuies, too, as he only had
cents. Tiie fellow's eonsciem'ioussi-ru-ples
would not allow him to divide, ,ir
else he couldn't make the chansri-' so
he took it all." '
From the Pantagraph: And now
comes one Trask, who is ready to mak
athdavit to the folloAving : on or aimut
the first of June, an Angora, of vhi-h
he is the owner, increased the thick l y
one. This was not strange. On Fri
day of last week, this same Angora in
creased the tiock by another one. This
last act on her part was very strain-,
both kids are fully formed, and are as
lively as crickets, beat this, Avhocant
And again comes another genth-mai
of undoubted veracity, and asserts that
he is trie owner of a ewe that about tin;
first of November became the mother
of twins, ami that alxnit the lirst i,;'
June she gave birth to another p;ur i t
twins. Tiie tirst two died from rxs
ure to the winter rains; the last are
fully developed, and doing
Umpqua Avill take the prize. "
The Ereuiny yews says that Mr.
Slater's letter appears to "us to lie a,
very fair and satisfactory stiiterat-ui
of his relation to the back-pay pie-
tiou. By the operation of the new
laAv, and the unjust discrimination of
the Committee, he received i?2-J0 less
than his predecessors, and that niucu
less than lie was entillod to: That is,
if 3Ir. Slater's accounts been square.l
by the old law, according to its true
import and the construction of it that
has always obtained, he would have'
received $220 more tban'he hits. The
old law entitled him to mileage ly
the usually traveled route. Mr. Slater
proposed to show by a number of dis
tinguished gentlemen, among them
Attorney General Williams, that the
usually traveled route Avas via Port
land and San Francisco, but the
Committee abitrarially refused Mr.
S. the mileage thus given bv the Act."
Gen. Howard, the great Radical
Christian soldier, whose hypocritical
sniffling have been heard all over the
land, luis leeu found out. He has
stolen $35,000 of government fumK
Per contra, the Radicals haAe been
delving doAvn into the records of the
pas't, trying to fasten a defalcation
on Hon. Jacob Thompson, Buchan
an's Secretary of the Interior, lifter
all their pains they are at hist forced
to adinit that Jacob was honest.
They may accuse Sothern politi
cians of the old schools with rebellion
but so far, not one prominent South
ern statesman has been implicated in
frauds or speculations. Such pecu
liarities seem to be monopolized by
Christian soldiers, like Howard, and
loyal men like Butler, Colfax, Gar
field, and liankin.
When Senator Mitchell returnnl
from "Washington he was received by
a steamboat especially sent down
after him, and a host of Federal
office-holders, Avith band playing, ie,
lmt noAv Ave find that not even the
meanest among them is Avilling to
defend or follow after him. ""
even his organ at Portland has a good
Avord in his behalf. " How the
mighty haAe fallen."
Gone to Salem. Col.. 15. B. Tay.
lor, late of the Herald, has purchased
! a half-interest in the Salem Mercury,
and Avill shortly assume editorial
control of the same. Col. Taylor i
an able writer and a fine gentleman,
and we hope he may meet with the
success in this neAV field his abilities
deserve.
Eulogies. Handsome and
nuent euloeries nnon the lives
elo
and characters of Hon. J. G. Wilson ami
Judge Thayer, deceased, were pro
nounced in the Supreme Court Tues
day last by ex-Jndge Kelsay, Judge
Strong, H. Y. Thompson, Esq
ex-Judge R. P. Boise.
and
Small Pox. We learn that this
loathsome disease is very prevalent
at Portland, and that a number of
cases exist. The people do not ap-;
Iear to wind it any more than they
would a cold.
Walter Kitchen, the mail robber,
was found guilty and sent to the
penitentiary for a term of fiveyear3-
The following resolution avs i,.,f ,
by the Agricultural and Vool(ir,,
ers' Association of Itoseburir ,n ii
lUth. It wIl3 resol veil: "That this
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