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THE EMTEI
QKCGiiv inr, cik::cii. jde ao. is4.-
Wort for the Legislature.
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The people have just grounds to
expect of the next Legislature some '
judicious and imtcb needed legisla
tion. Some of the laws xassetl by
former .Legislatures have been tried, j
and many of them proved imperfect, j
These should be amended. Others :
3 should be repealed. But one of the ;
principal issues iof the last campaign i
was the bill regulating the fees of ;.
Clerks and Sheriffs of the various ;
counties. Thhj needs important j.
amendments, and it can bo amended j
to take effect on. the passage of the .
bill as well as to 1 fix the time two'
rears hence, and bring immediate' !
relief to the people. . The fees of the I
Sheriff can be materially changed by ,
cutting off useless expenses. For
instance, what is the use of allowing
the Sheriff three per cent, for col- j
lectiug the taxe? ? None whatever. :
-Turn the matter over to the Treasur- j
er, and let him rey-eive it front the ;
tax-payers. Therlj is no sense in the j
tax-payer paying tjhree per cent, of '
his taxeo, to the Sheriff who dimply
gives him a receipt for the money ,
and then turns it! over to the Treas-
urcr. This iteif alone costs the j
people of this coi nty from 1,-00 to .
81,400 each year.- The Treasurer's !
salary at present lis 000. I Ins is
not enough for thti responsibility lie
has. Say you increase his salary to
$000, which is no more than his ser
vices are worth, qnd you will save
$300 on the simplj per centago now
allowed the Shiiff for collect
ing taxes. Um.er the present
fees the collecting costs $1,200, we
will say, and the salary of the Treas
urer is $000, in all; 1,800. Increase
the Treasurer's salary $300, and take
the $000 from the 1,800 and a sav
ing will be made o the county of
$900. There are qu:te a number of
other leaks in the fees of the Sheriff
which are useless! For instance,
what is the
nee e jsity
m
requiring
the Sheriff to noti'y each lload Su
pervisor, each Judge of electionsand
the posting of election notices in
each precinct? Wiiy not abolish all
these useless expenses. The Clerk,
for Supervisor's nltices receives an
nually not less thl'.i $100, and the
Sheriff fully as muyh. Public notice
could be given wit ioufeqersonal ser
vice in these case ;. Each election
costs the county for notices and de-
'delivery of poll books fully :!
At least two-third?; of this could
)0.
be
saved to the conut
i
In the Clerk's
office, in most cov
ities in this vallev
- there is more W'
k' than one man
Cean do, hence the
fierk needs a dep
uty. The Constitution provides that
a county which had over 0,000 popu
lation! may be entitled to a County
Recorder. Suppose yon create, the
office of " Recorder, and salary both
Clerk and Recorder, say $900 each,
and give them, one-third of tjie fees
collected. Thus secure the collection
of the fee, and rejuire each officer
to make an exhibit every month to
the Commissioner: of the fees re- j
ceived with the Treasurer's receipt
of the money paidver by them. j
The present income of the Clerk J
of this county is variously estimated j
at from $3,000 to $4,500 per annum, j
e will take the latter as the figure.
It will be seen that; after paying tho
Clerk and Recorder $1,800 for their
services, there is a .balance in favor
of the county of $1 f-tf)0. Now taking
the one-third they would receive as
their per cent. of. the fees which
would make their salary $1,200, there
would be a balance to pay over to
the County Treasurer of 1,':00.
Deduct this sum from the salary of
the Clerk and Recorder, and you
pay them both $000 out of the coun
ty funds. We are reliably informed
that the county nov pays nearlv if
not quire three times this amoiiLt.
This would save i-.t least $1,000 to
the county. This is an important
question, and we trust that some one
will early in the session introduce
such a bill as will meet the expecta
tions of the people 'and relieve them
of the heavy burdens they now have
to lear.
The s. I and Dallies Hailroad Hill.
The following dispatch, signed by
Senators Kelly and Mitchell and
Representative Nesmith. was receiv
ed last Tuesday by Capt. A. P. An
keny of Portland: ;
WASnrxciToNvJuno 22. 1874.
Capt. A. P. Axkkny: Owing to
the great amount of business on the
calendar, it will be impossible to get
the bill up this session in aid of the
Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail
road, in either the Senate or House,
for consideration or action. The
Bill having leen reported favorably
from the Committee of both Houses,
it will not".j by sojournment, but
stand on the calendar for action
next session, w hen we have no doubt
of its passage. Had it not been for
press of business taking precedence
on the calendar it would without se
rious doubt have ptvssed this session.
Tho Reconl anys: Notwithstanding
various reports to the contrary, the
work on tho Capitol -building has not
been suspended a teingle day since
election, when the weather permitted
working, with the exception of one
week, when it was absolutely ueces
aary to stop for want of material.
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A new paper to bt called the Eos(-
em Oregon Journal j will be started at j
linker City about the loin oi July.
It -will b edited fnd published by
Mr. W. S. Nelson. In his prospec
tus Mr. Nelson says: "Politically, it
is to be republican"
Found tiuilty Another Murder.
On last Thursday, Thos. Oerrand
was found guilty of murder in '.the
first degree,' at Salem,, for -killing J;
Hubbard, at Champoeg, on the 12th
of April. He was sentenced on Sat
urday by- Judge Bo'nham, to .be
hanged on the 14th day of August.
On last Saturday, in the case of II.
Gibbens, for the murder of Chas. F.
Choppe, the Portland policeman,
the jury, after being out twenty
four hours, returned a verdict of
murder in the first degree. He was to
be sentenced yesterday. While we
are recording the conviction of these
two murderers, we receive the news
of another murder committed within
two miles of Salem, last Saturday,
on the highway in broad daylight.
The victim was Conrand Warner, a
man highly respected, and who is
not known to have an enemy. He
was going home from Salem, and it
is supposed that tho perpetrator of
the murder thought he had money
about hira. He was killed in his
wagon, and the team started homo
after the act was committed. When
it reached his farm, tho wife of the
murdered man ran out to stop the
horses, supposing that they had run
away, when to her horror she found
her husband laying dead in the bed
of the wagon. No clue of the mur
derer has been obtained as yet. We
hear a report that some strangers
saw a man riding in the wagon with
Mr. 'Warner, and it is hoped some
trace may be obtained by which the
guilty party ma- bo brought to jus
tice. Our catalogue of mur..ers is
becoming altogether too large, ami
we apprehend that the verdicts of
the two juries above noted, will be
some assurance that the full rigor of
the law will be dealt out to murder
ers. -
The Oregon f -'.lection.
The result of the recent election in
Oregon is a most sweeping Demo
cratic victory. This is all the more
surprising as there were three tickets
in the field the Democratic, headed
by G rover for Governor; the Repub
lican, with Tolman for Governor;
and the Independent, with Thomas
F. Campbell for Governor. There
was also a Temperance ticket that
supported Tolman. Under the most
favorable circumstances the fight is
a hard one between tho Democrats
and-the Republicans, 'in Oregon, the
Democrats most frequently succeed
by small majorities. They refused
to lower their colors, however, in
the last race, to any organization
whether it was Republican, Indepen
dent, Granger, or what not. They
had boon schooled long enough in
' the severe discipline of party to un
j derstand full well that who ever w s
I not jor the Democracy was against it.
! and that whatever be the name of
the Opposition it -ur. an ennny to
i Democratic principles. Animated
I with this sublime eon raged the gal
I lant old party of the Pacific coast
j entered ir.to the fight, almost a for
lorn one because of the disaffection
i and foolish revolt of its natural al-
lies, the farmers. The result shows
j what organization and a strict and
i undeviating adherence to principle
j will accomplish. All opposition is
i routed. The Democrats elect their
member of Congress, their State
ticket and a large majority of the
Legislature.
Notwithstanding all the talk about
new parties the peoj.de will not be
seduced and misled. They under
stand well that tho evils they com
plain of were born of Radicalism i
and that to remove these evils they
must right in the ranMs ot the ijo
mceracy, the uncompromising ene
my of Radical corruption. Tin's is
the rational explanation of the uni
form successes of the Democracy of
late. The people will stand true to
their old colors, the insignia of
everything that is just and right and
incorruptible in government. Land
mark, Plnlt City, Mo.
Oi it Tbaie with Canada. With
a reciprocity treaty, our . commerce
with Canada would, no doubt, asT
snme large dimensions. In 1S33 we
exported to Canada $13,140,000
worth of produce; in 1804. $24,000,
000, and in IS"., $27,800,000. In
1-S0G our trade reached its maximum,
s.,000,000. That year the recipro
city treaty terminated, and the next
year the exports to Canada fell to
$08,000,000. The decline continued
till 1870, when it arose to $08,000,
000. There has been a gradual in
crease in t';e last three years, and
the figures in 1873 were $82,000,000.
Tt is believed that reciprocity would
increase this trado to $100,000,000
per annum, and there is a strong
and growing feeling on both sides of
the St. Liiwrr-ncs, in favor of the
measure on the score of mutual ben
efit. Compulsory Education in New
York. An Rastern exchange fur
nishes a digest of the recently enact
ed eompulsory education bill of New
York, as follows: " No child under
fourteen years of ago is allowed to
be put out. to employment unless a
teacher or school officer certifies that
ho has been taught for fourteen
weeks of that year the branches of a
common school education. For eac h
and every year thereafter the em
ployer is held bound to allow him a
simitar course of education for at
least fourteen weeks under a penalty
of fifty dollars for each offence. Tho
fines so collected are to be turned
over to the school fund of the dis
trict, and it is made the duty of the
teachers to enforce them."
In the last issue of the Hi irk-Eye
Mr. Gale announces that lie with
draws from that paper to go into
other business. With the exception
of the Stitesntan, the limit-Eye was
the most filthy sheet printed during
the la4t election. No one will regret
its death.
I
Our Special Washington Letter.
Washington, June 8, 1874:."
The long agony in the Treasury is
at last ours, and Mr. Bristow, of Ken
tucky lias received the nomina
tion, been confirmed by the Senate,
and entered upon the discharge of
his duties, while Mr. Richardson is
transferred to the Court of Claims.
The new Secretary is a lawyer by
profession, and for a short -period
in 1S71 occupied the position of So
licitor General, and afterwards., that
of counsel for the Southern Pacific
Railroad, the latter of which he re
signed during the past year. He
has the reputation of being an able
and talented lawyer, one who has
had extensive experience of men and
affairs, though not of finance proper
ly so-called. A man directly con
nected with trade and commerce and
consequently practically acquainted
with the laws of exchange would
doubtless have been preferable in
the selection for an occupant of this
high office; but it must be remem
bered that almost every man who
would satisfy such a description has
at the present time, or would be ac
credited with having, some private
interest to serve b- the management
of the Treasury. Therefore, it is
probably the wisest course the Pres
ident could pursue, to fill this posi
tion with a well-educated and exper
ienced lawyer, who is unconnected
with Wall or its sister streets.
There is every reason to believe
that such a person will make a good
Secretary, for he cannot go far astray
if he believes in humau experience
and does not like his predecessor,
rely for guidance iipon any fancy
which his brain-may suggest. The
placing on the judicial bench of a
person who has displayed such gross
incompetency as Mr. Richardson has
in the government of the Treasury,
scarcel- needs any comment, though
one would suppose after what has
transpired he would be qualified for
a seat almost any where than on the
lcnch, where the judicial officer
should above all others be free from
the faintest suspicion of corruption.
Here is a functionary who has bare
ly escaped censure possibly im
peachment and removal from office,
at the hands of Congress invested
with the power of deciding in regard
to all claims against the Government.
In conclusion it is only necessary to
ask one question, and that is, is it
reasonable to expect a strict impar
tiality, in all decisions, to- be exer
cised by the person who plainly as
chief financial officer of the Govern
ment, extended a helping hand to
tho schemes of men engaged in do
frauding the people through the me
dium of the Treasury Department?
The Senate last week, by a vote of
20 to IS concurring in the House
resolution " requesting the President
to extend a respectful and cordial
invitation to the governments of
other nationalities to participate in
the. Exhibition to be held in Phil
adelphia under the auspices of the
n..:.,.i e'i..i r , iu7i: !
(jiiiiLui ouiira TweiiJiii'wiii. 111 n'l".
To this was added in the Senate the
provision that "the United States
should not be responsible, either
directly or indirectly, for any ex
pense attending such exhibition."
To this the House agreed, but the
members of the Pennsylvania delega
tion before the vote was taken, avow
ed their intention that they would
not consider this proviso as prevent
ing them from soliciting and voting
for Congressional aid, if it should
hereafter become necessary. It is
finally decided that the Exhibition
is to be an international one. If the
managers oi the enterprise will go to
work in earnest, adapting their plans
to the amount of money on hand, or
on which they can confidently de
pend, there can be but little doubt
that the- country will contribute
handsomely and aid in rendering it
a success, but all thoughts of a Gov
ernment subsidy, at present, must
be given up.
The two Ilonses have agreed to
adjourn on the 22d inst., and there
seems to be no reason why they
should not, for business progresses
finely, and all that remains to be
done is to pass the regular appro
priation bills, adjust the currency,
and place on the statute books a
wholsomo enactment in regard to
civil rights. There are, of course,
many other measures all of which
must receive attention; prominent
among these is that wherein Con
gress must legislate in some way for
the District of Columbia. The in
vestigation which has been running
through the session has paralyzed
business here, and though it was
necessary its effects have been very
ininrious. The result will doubtless j
be a change of government, as three
bills to that effect are now before
Congress, and soon Washington will
be free from its obnoxious Board of
Public Works and its thieving at
taehees. R. 31. D.
. The Methodist Ciu-rcti and Tesi
rEiivxcE. The Southern Methodist
General Conference, recently held at J
Louisville. Kentucky, adopted by a
a very large vote 320 to 38. being '.
' , , . , i -v-","'-1ine- vouveniton lias noinini-
more than the necessary two-thirds ted Joshua Titromb for Governor '
a minority report that any person) Baltimore, June 23 Durin- a
making, buying, selling, or using as ' drunken brawl in the SherwSod
a beverage intoxicating liquors shall House, early this mornin- Berry
be, upon conviction, debarred from Amos, a well known gambler wS
iembersh,p in the Church This fatally stabbed by Samuel McDonald
action will be sent round to the lo- who was arrested. He formerly re
cal conferences, and if the majority sided nar Baltimore, and is a son of
of three-fourths concur it will be- Wm. McDonald, the millionaire, for
come a law. J mrly owner of " Flora Temple."
ELECTION RETURNS
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Judicial I!cturn
SECOND JTOIC IAn IHSTUICT.
District Juiue. ;
lad. . Deii.
linrnett. Kelsay. IMoslier.
lien ton. . . . oil ?G0 275
Eane 58-t 518 570
Douglas... 780 217 581
Coos 87 yr,2 422
Curry o0 77 88
Total . . . 1908 1534 : 1924)
Prnsccttt'ui'j Attorurif.
Walton. Chenoweth. Fitch, i
Benton. . . . 340 4S4 2'.)1
Lane 528 182" (Ml j
Douglas... COS 290 500
C.ios 42 389 415
Curry 5 117 75
Total. . . . lGl'J 1771 2038 !
XIII Kl) JUIICIAL. lUSTlIir T.
.1) it: trie A Horn c? .
Ford. Humphrey. Whitney.
Marion.. 743 003 805
Tfinn 028 525 155
Yamhill . 275 540 475
Tillam'k. ... bl S"'
Polk 525 253 54
Total. 2171 23SS 2755
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Umatilla. 421 120 505
Wasco... 287 212 392
Union ... 1 3if I 471
Baker. . . 31 310 178
Grant. . . 205 LSO 218
Total.. 915 1132 2091
Telegraphic News.
Bvi'.Lixorox, Vt., June 17. The
Republican State Convention here
to-ihiy noiii inat ed Judge Perk for
(Joverimr, Dvinan ,1. Hinckley fur
Lieutenant (iovernor, and John ().
Pago for Treasurer. Kosolutions
were adopted aflirniing adhesion to
the Republican party; approving the
Administration of President Grant;
favoring all measures for improve
ment of inter-State commerce, espe
cially b- opening a national line of
communication between the North
west and tiiC Atlantic through the
great lakes and valley of Lake Cham
plain. -
Auoi'sta. June 18. The Republi
can State Convention met to-day and
organized by the selection of E. F.
Webb as President, and the selection
of four Secretaries mid sixteen Vice
Presidents. Nelson Dingley, Jr.
was unanimously nominated for re
election for (iovernor. Resolutions
were adopted favoring an early re
sumption of specie payments; ap
proving the President's veto of the
Currency Bill; reiterating the prin
ciples of the party, and recognizing
the necessity judicial liquor laws.
The Republicans of the Third Con
gressional District renominated J.
G. Blaine to-day.
Ni:w Yokk, June "10. There was
considerable excitement in the Coun-
ty court mis morning oy the ap
pearance of Win. M. Tweed, subpo
ned as a witness. He was brought
into Court by two Depnty Sher
iffs. He was dressed as in old
times in a dark suit with white
necktie. He is much thinner !
than formerly, and his face bears ' lu" W:l ' was expected to subside
evident traces of mental anxiety. about the 1st of July, when mining
PiiiiiAPF.i.riiJA, June 19.--Wool ' wo"hl be prosecuted w ith vigor. Be
quiet and weak, with a tendency to- j oro no 1,,?shet, this correspondent
ward low prices. Ihe nuotationn
for the new crop are not fairly es- !
tablished. Colorado washed, 2Ti(i7
30c; unwashed, 22(? 25; Extra and I
Merino pulled, 45( '50c; No. 1 Su-
periine pulled, 45( 50c; Texas tine !
and medium, 25C" 30c; Texas coarse. '
25c; California tine and medium, 25 i
(7 30c; California coarse, 20o5.25c.
Chicago. June 22. At Carrollton,
Illinois, early yesterday niornimr
mob took 1-rank (alias Clark) Evans,
convicted of murder, out of the jail
to the woods, four or live miles awav
and hanged him.
New Oisleans, June 21. This
morning, at half-past 2 o'clock tho
! forms of the linllefin newspaper were
j seized while they were being carried
j to the press room, and locked in the
: ev,i- f .... 1 . . .1
vtmun cumuli, una mat paper ap
peared this morning partly imprint-
ed.
j. ii" itttutiin hie notices the seiz
ureto the fact that it has openlv
condemned fraud and eon-nt;,,,:
j ..u. mm.ut: 1 uas jjurreli, KeIlo
and Badger are implicated. Tt. "i
o n,l 1 1 1 f i il 1 i -v .
sai t,,e police acted under the cr
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uin ""tger.
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Thefollowing
are "the names
of persons vot
ed torat the late
election. Re
miblieans. t In-
Names
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tor which
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was held.
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15ritili Cii'uiiihia cvs Items.
Hon. Dr. Ash w ill act as Primier
during the absence of TXCosmos at
Loudon. . .
There is a suspension of hostilities
between the Chiieats and Sitka tribes
of Indians at Sitka, who are trying
to compromise with blankets.
Time for receiving tenders at Ot
tawa for the construction of the Pro
vincial Penitentiary to be erected at
New AVestminister, will expire on
July 1th.
3. Ilildebruud, a pioneer resident
of Victoria, was found dead in his
bed on tiie 17th inst. He had been
ailing for some time, and death en
sued from natural causes.
A private letter from Kootenay
slates that what an; supposed to bo
j rich diggings have been discovered
: in a locality about eighty miles from
I French creek, .in the Big Bend coun-
j It was stated at Hope when the
j Onward was there on Monday last,
; that an excellent, practical pass had
i been found by Messrs. Cambie and
; Trntch. for the rail way. This places
i the question of the superiority of the
; Eraser valley route beyond a doubt.
I At Victoria on. the 19th, the pest
house was destroyed bv .lire. The
lavmei.t went out, but did not culti
; vate. a close acquaintance with the
; pestilent embers. All the patients
were di.u-harged yesterday, and it is
thought thai the building was set on
liiv by an incendiary.
I Mr. Wallace, Postoilico Inspector,
has succeeded in making arrange
ments by which the mails will reach
Victoria one day earlier than has
been the case. It appears that they
were always taken to Olympia. By
the new arrangement they will be
taken to Tacoma in the cars and
placed on board the steamer for Vic
toria at that port.
Mr. Charles, of Victoria, has re
ceived telegraphic advice of the re
covery of 11 casks of furs, forming
part of the Hudson Bay Co.'s ship
ment on board the Prince Alfred.
These were in the forward hold, and
would seem to indicate that tho ves
sel ran bows on the beach, while her
stern remained in deep wafer, and
ultimately separated from the for
ward part of the ship.
Mr. Wardle, mail carrier, arrived
at Victoria from Kootenai with the
mails and express. He reports the
water high and nothing doing except
in the hydraulic claim. P. Quirk A:
Co. washed up 250 after a week's j
run. Jlank Cranes claim has " liz
zled"' out. Pierre, the- muder of a
man at Colville. was in jail at Koot
enai awaiting extradition. Mr. Mor
row, J. P.. had fined a Chinaman
i;175 for selling opium without a li-
cense. The trail is in good order.
i Matters at Fort Wrangle are quiet.
! Very few men were there when the
i California left. A letter received
! from Debase Lake mines, dated June
! 8th, says that there were about 900
I men in the mines. The population
; was increasing and decreasing everv
I day.
! good.
The general prospects arc
The output of trold on Dease
cu'ek wold be astonishing. The
1 mree men in lour days took
i out 174 ounces of the precious metal.
Changed Hands. The last issue
of the I'fDfon Democrat, which was
captured by Mr. Avery to be run
during the late campaign as an Inde
pendent organ, comes to us with the
announcement that Messrs Quivoy
and Smith will hereafter control
the paper, having purchased the
good will of Mr. R. G. Head. Mr.
H., who has been connected with
that paper for tho past two years has
sh own himself to possess a natural
ability in getting up a good newspa
per, and we regret to see him retire
from journalism. We wish our
friends good fortune in their enter
prise. High Pi? iced Cattlh. A heard of
Short Horn cattle, belonging to Col.
Kiug, of Minnesota, was sold at
Chicago last month, at pretty round
prices. One bull sold pr ??14,000,
and one cow at 11.000. The heard,
consisting of two bulls and sixty
three cows and calves, netted 8128,
530. The $14,000 bull was bought
for a gentleman in England, whoso
agent was to " bring him home at
any price,
breeding.
oucn came will pay for l
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Thomas Gerrand, under sentence
of death, at Salem, is said by his
mother to bo only 17 yeara of a"-c".
Summary of State News Items.
Judge Hnmason, of the Dalles, is
quite ill. ... .
Salem, crusaders preambulata the
silent streets. - '
"Wrestling Joe is on the war-path
at the Cajiital. , .' ;
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There are now upwards of 5,000
volumes in the State Library.
A case of small-pox is reported at
Corvallis. Several are reported in
Portland.
Salem is going to have an elegant
engine house, Counsel Chamber etc.,
built of brick.-. . , . . . , , . . . . . ,
Plats of the survey of three more
townships in the vicinity of Astoria
have been filed. ''
J. M. Allen, of Ochoco, will have
a grist mill in running order this
Fall at Prineville. -
.IJethesda Springs, on the McKen
7i"o i thn fiLRhion:ililo w-itorino- nlar-o
of Southern Oregon.
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Tho Oregon Institute for tho blind
held their annual examination on
Wednesday, the 17th.
Beach & Monteith of Albany have
this week sent a package of specimen
Hour to Dundee, Scotland.
Sheriff Scott has olfered a reward
of 100 for the arrest of the murder
er of Conrad Warner.
Prof. Robb. of McMinnville. lias
been elected to a Professorship at
the Forest Grove University.
Grangers of Corvallis are going to
hold a mass meeting. They want
to improve the Willamette River. .
Tho second nine of the College
Base-ball Club beat the Rattlers of
Albany in a match game last Friday.
On Friday Mr. Merrian, who lives
a few miles below Corvallis, was j
kicked by a horse and severely in- j
jured.
The Willamette Woolen Manufac
turing Company have purchased
this season, up to date, 150,000 of
wool.
La Grande proposes to test the
validity of the vote to move the
County seat from La Grande to
Union.
The ice-cream and strawberry fes
tival given by the ladies of the Cath
olic Church at the Dalles, last week,
netted 275.
The citizens of Astoria held a
meeting Tuesday evening and resolv
ed to celebrate the 4th of July in
grand style.
Tlie fore part of last week Judge
Tolman's little girl, who has been
very ill for some time past, had a
leg amputated. j
Mrs. Tracy died very suddenly at 1
the residence of IT. S. Jory, Salem,
last Saturday. She is supposed to
have died of heart disease.
A man named Amos Dobb, who
arrived in Oregon from Virginia City
Nevada, some months ago, died very
suddenly iu Portland, Thursday.
J. A. Ripperton of Salem, has been
honorably acquitted, by the grand
jury of Waseo county, of a charge
made against him for perjury.
II. IT. Danforth has gone forth to
the Penitentiary for one year from
Multnomah by order of Judge Upton
for appropriating a lady's time piece.1
Miss Laura P. Adair, at present
in Oakland, California, will shortly
return to Oregon and take a class in
music at St. Helen's Hall, in Port
land. Six graduates from Albany Colle
giate Institute this week, viz': F. M.
O.sborn, dos. Bi adshaw. Jane J. Con
ner, Libbie Althonse, Mary Finlay
son and Clara Price.
Mr. John Yanderwort was killed
at Cove, Union County, a few days
since by the accidental discharge of
a pistol in his wagon. He was a
recent arrival from Iowa.
A little son of Mr. Davenport, liv
ing near Wapato Lake, had the mis
fortune to have his arm broken above
the elbow and dislocated
bow joint a few days since
at the el -
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A number of the Portland firemen
propose joining the Albany "boys"
in the celebration next week. Thcv
intend to take an engine with them.
The boys will have a good time.
A man named Joseph Strombe,
said to have kept a restaurant at the
Dalles, was f ound dead in one of the
staterooms on the Emma Howarfl last
Sunday, while the boat was laying
at Astoria.
J. L. Stout, contractor for carry
ing the U. S. mails from Astoria to
Olympia, via Shoalwater Bay, has
purchased the sloop Lizzie Brown to
carry mail and passengers between
Astoria and Unity.
Camas, Ten mile. Colons Valley
and Looking-glass, Douglas County,
have united to have a grand celebra
tion of the Fourth at. some point in
the last named precinct. Hon. L. F.
Lane will deliver the oration.
Mr. James Oofley and Dr. S. W.
McDowel, the tied candidates for
Justice of the Peaee of Salem pre
cinct, drew cuts yesterday mornin-
at the Clerk's office. Mr. Cofley was j
tne suceessiui aspirant.
The Tillamook potato ci-op -will be
a failure again this year. Last year
that vegetable was almost totally de
stroyed by blight, and this year the
disease has already showed itself,
with a prospect of repeating last
year's revenge.
Last Thursday night Most Wor
shi'pfull Brother J. B. Congle Grand
Master, assisted by Right Worship
ful Brother Geo. M. Stroud, Deputy
Grand Master, instituted St John's
Lodge No. , of Albany, and in
stalled her first officers under tho
new charter.
At a meeting of the Board of Trus
tees of the Pacific University, the
first of the month" thn
College Professors were raised to !
100 each, or to 81.300 per annum j
The salary of the Principal of the
Academy was raised to 300 or to
1,500 per annum. " '
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The warehouse at Newton Station,
neai XUllsnoro. was lvnrnl ilnnn
last week. Probable loss. 1.000 to '
1,200. The general supposition of ;
the jeople in that vicinity is that the 1
building was burned by some one
who had spite at Newby, tho gentle
man who owned tho property.
Uncle Bob Kinney, of Salem, has
sold his. ranch on Willow creek
Umatilla county, for 8,000.
Great preparations are being made
for the approaching anniversary nf
orrr "Natal Day" at Silverton.
Jos. Hoi man has resigned his posi
tion on the Capitol building and. J
W. Scott has been appointed in hi
place."
Eugene II . Tharp has been ap
pointed by Governor Grover as Com
missionerof Deeds to reside in San
I rancisco.
A Nevada man is patting consider
.able money in circulation in Union
111 payment of large droves of cattle
and hogs which he is buying.
The lawyers wlio sued the Whitley
estate of Polk county, for $1,000 fees
ior services renaereti 111 the Whitlev
Glaze trial' got a verdict for GrJ0
each. r, . v . .
Ben Blanton, of Salem, was eon
signed to the Penitentiary on Af
i day afternoon, where he will take m
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his residancejor
me ensuing twelve
I months.
John Ladd, of La Grande, receut
j Iy purchased ten blooded geldings
and ten large mfiles of J. G. Basket
of this valley.
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Daniel Clark, Grand Master of the
Patrons of Husbandry, desires all
good Patrons of Polk county to meet1
him at Dalles Jnly 3d, to attend to
important business.
There will be a public meeting of
Grangers and all persons interested
in improving the Willamette river,
at the Court House, in Corvallis, on
Tuesday, June 30, 1874, at 10 o'clock
A. M."
Governor Grover has appointed
Mr. James B. Crossen, rice J. Dogh
erty. resigned, one of Dalles ami
j Sandy Wagon Road Commissioners,
j The first meeting of the new Board
was to have leen held last Friday
evening.
A party consisting of a. number of
the citizens of La Grand has been
! organized for the purpose of again
searching. for the "Blue Bucket Di;
gins," discovered by immigrants in
1845. They will depart about tho 1st
of July.
The following persons were elected
officers of the Ofvgon Pioneer Asso
ciation for the ensuing year: Jtulsre
J. W. Grim, of Anrora. President?
! L. S. Cooley, of French Prairie,
i Vice President; M. Bees, of Butte
I ville. Secretary; F. X. Mathieu, of
j Bntteville, Treasurer.
I E. S. MeOomas has been appoint- c
! ed by the Pioneer and Historical So
j ciet.v of Oregon and Washington
J Territory as agent in Eastern Oregon
I for the collection of money to assist
I in building a monument to tliemem
j ory of Dr. Marcus Whitman who was
j murdered in 1847.
! Captain I. W. Smith passed Alba
"ny 011 the river Last week, making a
preliminary survey of the obstruc
tions to the navigation of the Willa
mette River. He is working under
instructions from the Linn "Connfy
Cent nil Grange, and will be able to
report in about ten days.
The Jh'mocrnt says: Old Tennessee
threw into Linn county last week
nearly a ship load of immigrants.
There were sixty-nine souls in all,
and they have come among 11s deter
mined to be plca-ed with the eountry
and to take up their future obede in
this favored land of Webfeet.
The most exciting trial that eer
took place 'in Coos County terminat
ed on Thursday afternoon. We refer
to the trial of Maggie Mortimer, aged
fourteen years, for the crime of mur
der, iu poisoning the infant son of
Jasper and .Marian Yoakam. She
was acquitted. e
The Astorian says: There is room
for producing more grain in this part
of Oregon than is now in the Will
amette Valley. We have samples of
barley live feet high, rye seven feet
ten inches, and oats waist high nice
ly heading out. from Hans Ander
son's place Mishawaka, Nehale-m
valley.
The fo lowing named persons were
elected as officers of the Alumni As
sociation of Corvallis College for the
ensuing year: President. J. K. I.
Onrrin; Vice President, Miss Rosa
Jacobs; Secretary, Miss Mary J.
Harris; Treasurer, Miss Clara Thay
er. Messrs. Fountain and Finly
were selected to deliver orations,
and Miss Rosa Jacobs to read an es
say on next Commencement day.
The remains of George W. Brown,
son of ii. W. Brown, of Soap Creek,
in Benton County pass through Cor
vallis on the 17th inst., in charge of
his brother. These two brothers
had been out on Sprague River on a
ranch. On Friday, the 12th inst.,
George and a man named Hunt had
an altercation, when the latter shot
the former causing almost instant
death. The trouble ocenred about
fifeen miles above Yainax Agency.
Commencement exercises of the
State Agricultural College commenc
ed on Friday evening. June thel2th,
with exhibition of Preparatory De
partment, and closed on Wednesday
evening. 1 1 th inst. Hon. J. N. Dolph
of Portland, delivered Jjie Baccalau
reate Address, after which the de
grees were conferred upon Thomas
H. and William C. Crawford, J. B.
Bryson, George Grimes, Em nut II.
Taylor and Miss Emma Thayer.
The Coos Bay Xac says: On the
Eastporfs voyage hither the passen
gers were aroused at night by a
squall, though the heavens wero
clear an the vea smoothe. It canio
from one of the female passengers.
Further search revealed the fact
that the steamer had one more pass
enger on board than she had when
she left San Francisco. The mother
and child are doing as well as could
be expected.
Oregon ami California War Claim.
Gov. Grover is in receipt of tho
following telegram from the Inspec
tor General of the U. S. A.
Washington, D. C, I
June 20, 1S71.
To Ifi Err,;flncv. L. F. Grocer,
Governor of Oregon: I have been
charged by the Secretary of J ar
with t,je tlutv of investigating tho
Oregon and California Indian ar
Claims of eighteen seventy-two and
eighteen seventy-three. I will reach
Salem on this duty bv the close of
tho month P p.isa ivfi mi DUG U"
tice of this item that I will, early m
Julv. visit Jacksonville. Yreka, etc..
so that claimants can present their
claims with evidence, etc.
(Signed) . James A. Haiuiie,
Inspector General V- S. -
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