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OREGOTUTY, OREGON, JriY 2i, 1871.
The Capitol Appropriation ud Insane
Asylum.
The last Legislature alipropriatod
the sum of $100,00Ttoward the erec
tion of a State Capitol, w ith the ad
ditional use of the convict labor.
No man &t ordinary, sense will state
that he expected the Commissioners
to adt planf jwjich this sum of
money wbuht complete. Whjle we
think fr30ft,0Q0-wowkl-have been suf-
ficient to erect ft orbditable building,
we are informed that the present
O plaris- Will frost id complete the struct
ureQ,;,'' is too large a
sjir&ifq:our State fo pay out at p res
etft7,and it 'Will We the part of justice
& '(3 'tax-payees' nt to complete the
liUllprqsn; It is frequent
ly 'asserted that not; another dollar
ought to ' be ' appropriated to this
wbrk.:' This" is' syriply foolishness,
.,i r i .-t. .i j .f.r -.Hi
and shows no prae jcal sense of econ
omy, i, The building is commenced,
arid t by' the ! timd the Legislature
fleets,' at Jeast, including the convict
laior,' $10,000., will have 'been ex
pended; and! the ; structure nearly
realy for the roof1. "We are told that
oh,000 more' will complete the
building so that it; can be occupied
for the Various departments of State.
In onr view of the matter, the Legis
lature should, appropriate enough to
finish it sufiiciently for occupancy,
and 'relievo the State from paying
rent! If rio further appropriations
arc made, the, money already expend
ed is worse than thrown away, and
with this additional sum, the build
ing can bo so. far completed as to se
pure it from damage, and the State
can oocupyit. It cannot be regard
ed the part of economy for the Leg
islature to refuse further appropria
tions for this object. We regarded
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the action of the bst Legislature in
"p'assing the bill ay premature, but
e'tnee it'lias been passed and so much
(money already expended, it is cer
.tainly! true economy for the next
Legislature to mate sufficient appro
priations for completing it-so that it
may be occupied .'ind the State re
I) Hevedlfrom DavinA further rents.
lulThere is anoth I question of ap
propriation thatill undoubtedly
-make its usual appearance in the next
iLegislature, and that is to build an
Insane Asylum at Salem. This has
been a coveted institution of that
place. "We are of the opinion that
Stich 'appropriation at this time is in
judicious and uncalled for. The
Stato can never keep the insane as
: cheap as they can- bo contracted for
' by private indiviJtuals. But if the
' State is bound tol into the insane
business, we regs d it better for the
interest of the pec:de that the Leg
islature rent the 1 lildings now oc
cupied for two years or more, try the
i: experiment, and at the end of that
time the Capitol 'building will bo
'jlcompleted and out State funds may
j bo is such a condition as to enable
. us to build an asyum. But we also
believe that the State is paying too
j much, and if a contract is to be given
out again, it should bo done in such
a way as to give tha State the most
advantageous terras. We believe
the plan heretofortj carried out is not
a good one. It wi uld be better for
the Legislature to ; get rid of the job
and let them appoint a Commission
to receive proposals for letting the
care of the insane, and give that
Commission the authority to con
tract with the lowest responsible bid
der. The Legislature would thus
get rid of a question that has in the
past taken up as much time at the
session when tho contract was to be
given as the the election of a United
States Senator. . Lt least wo are not
in favor of the Legislature saddling
At C 1 1 - 1 1.1 1 ,
on luu ouiie a ueii to erect an asy
lum at present, And we trust that
the expenses in lis branch of our
State administran w ill be greatly
reduced, while r j the same time the
poor creatures may receive the best
care and attention. This is one of
tho greatest leaks in our State ex
penses, and it should bo stopped as
much as possible If the Stato cau
keep them any cheaper than the con
tractor, wo are sure tho contractor
can be forced down to as low a figure
as the State can keep them. Let the
capitol building be finished before
wo get another elephant on our
hands.
NewPapeb.- ,Ve are in receipt of
the first number of the Eastern Ore
gon Journal, published at Baker City
by W. S. Nelson. It i3 a small sheet,
and we believo it is started" in the
interest of the Bepublicon party.
This makes three papers in Baker
City, and tho question is, how many
can they suppoit? The copy of the
Journal before us is very poorly
printed, and it. typographical ap
peorance is anything but a credit to
tho profession.
Thursiax for President. A
Washington dispatch says that since
the controversy between Senator
Gordon, of Georgia, and the editor
of the Atlanta Il;ra!d on the political
situation, in which great prominence
was given to tho prospective chances
of Senator Thurman as Democatic
.nominee for next President, the press
'enerilHI through -the South have
reused ; 4' decided iprcferenoo Sor
-lThHkm; and! fcclievd he Nrill rocsiVej
the support of that! oction;cuotho
' country ju the r;nxt nominating con
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The State University.
"While at Eugene recently, we visit
ed the building which has been in
course of orection for the past two
years, intended for the State Univer
sity. The law passed by the Legis
lature at its session of 1872, provides
that the building should be complete
and worth $50,000 with the furniture
and grounds, on or before the 1st of
January 1874. Work has been sus
pended for some time, and the Asso
ciation, which was to erect and fur
nish it, have no funds to complete
it. We learned that about $22,000
have been expended, and that the
Association are in debt on- this
amount-about $0,000. The reasons
why the building has not been com
pleted have been various, arid among
the most prominent is the opposition
met with by persons who were in the
commencement its most zealous and
ardent supporters. But it appears
that they were so from purely selfish
and personal interests. They expect
ed to either sell the Association
grounds or have a hand in disburs
ing the funds. That its location
should have caused any one to be
dissatisfied. i3 astonishing to us. It
certainly could not be located in the
four corners of the town, and hence
one or the other sides must have it.
It is beautifully located, and its lo
cation does not depriciate the prop
erty in tho other sections of the town.
On the contrary, we are of tho opin
ion that it is better for tho west side
of the town than if it had been locat
ed in that vicinity. This has been
one of the principal causes which
operated against its completion. An
other was, that the County Court
had levied a tax on the county for
the necessary funds to erect it, and
then some unknown influence caused
the Court to reconsider its action
and left the Association to get the
means as best thev could. It is cer
tainly poor policy for any property
owner in Lane county to oppose
this tax or throw a single obstacle in
the way of the completion of the
building. It is worth more to Lane
county than tho bum required to fin
ish the structure, and in our opinion,
would enhance the value of property
in Eugene City alone more than five
times the fifty thousand dollars when j
complete and in successful operation.
The people stand in their own light
when they fail to secure this valu
able institution, and we regret that
they have so far forfeited their part
of the contract as to require future
legislation in the matter.
The building is a most magnificent
structure, designed in accordance
with all the modern improvements
in such institutions, and reflects
great credit on the architects and
builders. We have no doubt but the
prospective location of this institu
tion at that place has enhanced the
value of real estate in and about
Eugene City more than the cost of
the building will be when complete.
It is to be hoped that the Legislature
w ill deem it to the best interests of all
concerned to pass such relief for the
people of that place as will enable
them to complete the work and reap
the benefits. We trust that the zeal
of other localities will not permit
the representatives of the people to
do an injustice to Eugeno and Lane
county, and that the time may be
extended for the Association to com
plete its contract with the State, and
such other relief as may enable them
to finish the work. Lane county is
one of the finest in our Stale, and is
located at tho head of the Valley.
This end of tho State has all the ed
ucational institutions needed, and
we know of no section of our State
more justly entitled to the this insti
tution than where it was located.
Let the Association see what they
can do beyond a doubt, and then
seek such legislation at the hands of
the people as will enable them to
comply with the contract. They
ought to use all means within their
power to prevent a forfeiture aud
securo tho permanent location of the
University at Eugeno City.
Declines. Delegate John Hailey,
of Idaho, declinos the renomination
for Congress from his Territory.
We know that he expresses his hon
est sentiments in the following card,
as nil will acknowledge the fact that
there is not a man in Idaho that can
beat John if ho will accept the posi
tion. We trust the people of Idaho
will run him anyhow and we have
no doubt but what he will serve.
Such men as John Hailey should
not be allowed to withdraw from the
public serviee, as his kind are very
scarce. In his letter he says.
Washington, June 16, 1874.
Milton Kelly Dear Sir: In an
swer to your inquiry as to whether I
will be a candidate for re-election or
not, I will state to you as I have of
ten said before, that I have no desire
to be a candidate for any office, nor
ever had in my life, and coming to
Congress compels ma to be away
from my family and business a great
portion of my time, both of which
requires my attention. With these
objections, coupled with a disgust I
have of politics and politicians, I
must respcetf ally decline to be n can
didate for re-election to Congress.
Very respectfully yours, &c,
John Hailey.
Going. The Seattle Dispafch of
the 18th says that Hon. S. Gurfielde
will leave for Washington on the
next trip of the Tabor from Victoria.
"Hetg6t?,s-,to'rimVut how and why he
was "sinched;" or w ho stocked'-the
hand by which 1 lost his "p dro."
Grant's "Memoranda. '
In September, 18G9, says the San
Francisco Examiner, when Fisk,
Gould and Corbin, Grant's brother-in-law,
were preparing to "corner"
the gold market, the President, as he
was leaving for Pennsylvania, sent
Secretary Boutwell a "memorandum"
dated September 12th. Tho Secre
tary was absent at the time. In this
memorandum the President inform
ed Boutwell that the gold gamblers
of Wall street would be after him,
and advised him to let matters rest,
in respect both to the. sale of gold
and the payment of the November
interest in advance, as tho "bears"
desired and as the "bulls" did not
desire. The Secretary obeyed the
President, and did not sell until the
Fisk-Gould-Grant combination had
run gold up.to 102, and the "Black
Friday" became historical.
A question may be very pertinent
ly asked: How did it happen that
Grant knew 'so well what was going
on' at that time knew so mnch as to
feel called upon to dictate to his
Secretary of the Treasury? And that
interesting memorandum was written
on Sunday. Just twelve days after
that gold leaped from 135 to 162,
when the Government let loose a
flood of coin and it fell at once to
133.
The next "memorandum" was is
sued by our learned financial Presi
dent on October G, 1873, soon after
the crash of the Cookes. It appears
that he had been corresponding with
a clique of New York bankers about
the sort of relief the Treasury might
furnish to those distressed institu
tions that had absorbed all the sur
plus of the country banks by the ras
cally bribe of four per cent, interest.
This note was addressed, "My dear
Mr. Cowdry." This note shaver, it
seems, had seen one of Grant's letters
to Messrs. Anthony and Claflin,
which he (Cowdry) thought contain
ed a threat agaiust the banks. Mr.
Grant repels the base insinuation,
aud says that his object was to save
the credit of tho Government. He
says further that the 41,000,000 of
reserves will be at the discretion of
the Secretary to afford relief, and
adds this opinion of the crisis: "I do
not believe that the preseut panic
will work to irdividuals half the in
jury it will work general good to the
country at large." After complaining
of the want of elasticity in the cur
rency, the President saj-s: "The pan
ic will call attention to the defects in
our monetary svstein, and will no
doubt lead to legislation to relieve
the want of elasticity. And yet what
has he done with the legislation of
of Congress for relieving this want
of elasticity? Let the veto and his
memorandum to the immortal Jones
answer: But he continues: "This
panic has brought greenbacks about
to par with silver. I wonder that
silver is not already comiug into
market to supply the deficiency in
the circulating medium." He goes
on to say that "silver is bound to
come, aud then we will have made a
rapid stride toward specie payment."
He proceeds to recommend bankers
to pay out silver. It will be remem
bered that he aud the Secretary tried
the experiment of silver payments,
but it collapsed before night.
On the 12th of October his third
"memorandum" was sent out by an
agent of the Associated press, who
interviewed him and telegraphed his
wisdom all OTer the country. He
reiterated his ideas previously ex
pressed to Mr. Cowdry. Ho thought
silver would soon flow out, and that
the country would take in from 200-
000,000 to 300,000,000 of it. He
thought that greenbacks would nev
er again be at a discount for silver.
He also said that the re-issue of the
$1-1,0(30,000,000 should be legalized,
free banking provided for, the clause
requiring a reserve for depositors
should be repealed, tho reserve
against circulation should be partly
in gold and the proportion increased
until it should all be gold. And
banks should bo prohibited from
paying interest on deposits. He al
so "thought that he should recommend
a Post-office bank and the payment
of four per cent, to depositors there
in. "MomoranJutn" No. 4 was another
dispatch dated October 24th. This
announced the progress the Presi
dent had made toward silver pay
ments. He had set the mint to mak
ing extensive arrangements for the
coinage of silver and gold to an ex
tent heretofor unprecedented, in or
der to be ready for the grand re
sumption of specie payments.
The fifth "memorandum" was giv
en out on the 27th, announcing that
on the 28th silver payments would
be commenced at New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other
leading cities. No more than five
dollars was to be paid to one man.
It was believed the Government
could stand it provided there should
be no run for silver to hoard! The
Treasury contained about half a mil
lion in silver, which it was thought
would last for several weeks. The
whole country was convulsed with
laughter in spite of the solemnity of
the occasion.
The sixth and last Presidential
"memorandum" was that to the re
donbtable Jones of Nevada, who is
said to have dictated it, and who is
so much of a financier as to have se
cured his place in the Senate at a
cost of $500,000! Such is the man
to whom Grant talks of rigid econo
my, while he himself is drawing
$120,000 a year out of the public
treasury. Lot him begin at home
and ask Congress to drop his pay
back to $25,000.
What President ever before got
i into extensive carrespondence with
Banners, or tnul so mucu,oruau any
thing at all, to do with bears and
bulls? Did any of the United States
bankers dare to approach "Old
Hickory" with their views on finance?-
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
Eugene City.
This place, which wo paid a some
what hurried visit a short time ago,
has improved more than any other
town outside of Portland within tho
past five years. A large number of
brick buildings have been erocted
within that time, and old ones have
been repaired and so changed for the
better, that it is hard to distinguish
them, and improvements are still
going on. The most marked change
we noticed was in the locality where
stood the home of Eugene Skinner,
the founder of the place. Many
an old Oregonian will remember this
old pioneer's home, and though he
has gone to. another land years ago,
they will never forget hi3 many hos
pitalities and kindnesses to the early
settlers. The old house is gone,
and in its place now stands the fine
new residence of Capt. Packard, who
married the widow of Mr. Skinner.
The children have all fine homes on
the old claim, and the only son is
farming extensively on the place just
below town. So marked is the
change in this section that we were
unable to designate the place we
once were so familiar with, and had
to inquire as to whereabouts the res
idence of Mrs. Fackard was. That
locality, which a few years ago con
tained only the house of Eugene
Skinner, now, is dotted all around
with beautiful residences. Other
parts of the town have also equally
improved, but we could realize this
the more, owing to' the old land
mark which had, liko its departed
owner, passed from view to tho hu
man e3e. Eugene City is bound to
be one of our formost interior towns,
and being surrounded by tho very
best agricultural lands in our State,
will not fail to prosper as tho coun
try around it settles up. The busi
ness of the place is very good, and
there are some of the finest brick
stores in the State, well filled with
large stpeks of goods.
Supeintcndcut of I'uulic Instruction.
Education, more than any other
subject, ought to command the re
spect and engage the attention of
the people of Oregon. A system
should be perfected as soon as pos
siblv to meet the wants" of the entire
people. Tli legislature has not
been remiss or wanting in effort to
bring up the common school system
to the demands of the increasing
population. Yet they have not been
most happy in meeting these de
mands. Detaching the office of su
perintendent from that of Governor,
giving to the system an independent
head was a move in tho right direc
tion. One competent, active, ener
getic man, working with direct ref
erence to maturing and perfecting
the school system in all its depart
ments, from the district school to
the University, can render more val
uable service to the State than any
other ofiiee in it.
That we have such a man for Su
perintendent in the person of Dr. L.
L. Rowland, A. M., no one that
knows him will doubt. His qualifi
cations are of the very finest order.
A graduate of Bethany College, Va.,
a teacher of large experience, a grad
uate of the Medical Department of
the Willamette University, and lec
turer on medical science, an orator
of ease, pleasant manner and pure,
vigorous style, ho can and will meet
the exigencies of the situation, more
fully and profitably to the State than
any man know n to us.
There is, we understand, a very
general disposition manifested
throughout the State to havo the
next legislature repeal the law cre
ating this office, because the system
of text-books adopted by the Board
of Education have not proved satis
factory. We trust better council
will prevail, and that the legislature
will give the law a fair trial in the
hands of a competent man. The
failure of a joint session of the legis
lature last session prevented the
election of a superintendent as the
law contemplated, and the Governor
filled the place by appointment.
However wise or prudent that ap
pointment, it could hardly be regard
ed as a fair test of the merits of the
law, since the system could not be
placed in good running order in two
years so as fairly to test results.
Every Stato in the Union has a State
Superintendent, except one; and no
State having once fairly tested the
value of a living head to a school
system has afterwards dispensed with
it. It could not be deemed wise in
our State to reject an office upon a
partial trial, whose services might be
made so profitable to tho cause of
every department of education.
The zeal and energy of Dr. L. L.
Rowland coupled with his fine social
qualities, his experience in the
school rooni"fmir his thorough knowl
edge of the duties and responsibili
ties of the office, cannot fail to yield
to the State ample compensation for
the salary paid him. No office in
the State will give better returns on
the investment. If the law is
defective in reference to text books
let it be so amended as to obviate
any oppression growing out of it.
It is of gravest inrportanee that a
uniform system of.i-ext books be es
tablished in the State. If the pres
ent law has failed to give satisfactory
results, it may be so amended as to
reach the desired end. Christian
Messenger.
More Trouble. It appears that
the troubles in Arkansas are not yet
ended. A Little Rock special says
all the militia are under arms, and
anticipated an outbreak on the meet-
ingof the Constitutional Convention
yesterday. No movement has been
made yet.
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Scttlied. A telegram from the
Mayor of New Orleans says that the
supplies from the United States
Government will render further con
tributions for the benefit of the over
flowed unnecessary.. . For the dona
tions received the Committee return
cordial thanks.
Telegraphic News.
A special from Little Rock says
the Constitutional Convention will
declare all the State offices vacant
and order another election.
Vice President Wilson's health is
so much improved that he could pre
side over the Senate to-morrow if the
session was resumed.
Ratifications of the postal conven
tion between the United States and
France were exchanged on the 7th at
the Pos! office Department, and the
convention will be carried into effect
on the 1st of August next.
The - statements of Beecher and
Tilton were ready on the lGth to be
presented to the Plymouth Church
Committee, but by the advice of
friends Beecher withheld his. In it
he denies all charges of improper in
timacy with Mrs. Tilton.
Major Jones, with 31 men attacked
125 Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches
in Lost valley, Jackson county, kill
ing three and wounding three. He
lost four men. Tho fight lasted three
hours. The Indians were routed,
but pursuit was not deemed prudent
because of want of force.
The trustees of the Plymouth Bab
tist Church, of New York City, state
that an attempt has been made to
assassinate their pastor, Rev. Henry
Miles, owing to a sermon delivered
by him favoring the reading of the
bible in public schools. Two 6hots
were fired into the pastor's study
during his absence, and he has re
ceived threatening letters.
Nathan Isaacsons was arrested on
the 17th on a charge of firing the
building which originated the fire on
Tuesday night. The examination
elicited" testimony that he had offered
one Wolfson one hundred dollars to
burn the building, then attempted it
himself, and finally boasted he would
have better success next time. The
case was postponed till Wednesday.
Young Potter has been imprisoned
in Boston since April last for tortur
ing and murdering a boy. On the
18th workmen found in the cellar of
the house where his mother resided
at the time, the remains of a little
girl who had been missing four
months. Intense excitement prevails
and the police have arrested his
mother and brother to prevent their
being lynched. The remains were
found in a decomposed state, under
a pile of ashes and rubish.
The eastward -bound and the wost-ward-bound
trains on the Erie rail
road collided, on the morning of the
18th, on the single track one mile
east of Canaseraga, N. Y., while run
ning fifteen or twenty mil,s an hour.
The engine of the eastward-bound
train went through the westward en
gine, baggage car and smoking car,
killing the baggage master (Atkins)
and severely wounding several per
sons, but, wonderful to state, no oth
ers were killed. The engines are a
total wreck. The westward baggage
car was destroyed and the mails soak
ed. It is stated that the eastward
train had the right to the track. Tho
collision occured at a sharp curve.
The crash of the engines was the first
warning the passengers had.
The Coroner's Jury in the case of
Wm. McCormick, who died of hy
drophobia at New York, havo closed
the examination. They regard hy
drophobia as an inocnlated disease,
not transmissalilo from a non-rabid
animal, and. recommend the excision
of the parts bitten whenever practic
able, and immediately after the bite
is received, and that the wound be
allowed to bleed a few miuutes and
then cauterized with nitrate of silver,
nitric acid, caustic potash, or hot
iron, or burning coal. In case a
physician is not present to excise the
wound, a cord should be tied above
and, providing the mouth has no ex
coriation, the wound should be suck
ed and caustics applied as soon as
possible.
The General Ticket Agents of the
Chicago, Burlington and Qnincy,
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
and Northwestern railroads, have re
duced first-class faro from Chicago
to San Francisco from $117 50 to $115
05; second -class tickets are advertis
ed at $85; emigrant rates are reduc
ed from $05 to $55 50.
A Little Rock dispatch of tho 10th
says: Deputy Sheriff Klino was shot
to-day and mortally wounded hy an
assassin in ambush, it is believed for
having officiated at the execution of
Sid Wallace at Clarksville, last
spring. His friends then swore ven
geance on all connected with the
affair. A cousin named Robinson
has been arrested, charged with the
deed.
The Assessor's estimate puts the
total loss of property by tho Chicago
fire at $5,000,000, but he adds that
owing to the cheapness of labor and
material, it could bo replaced for $3
000,000, which is nearer the probable
value. The total amount at risk in
the burnt district was $2,727,200;
estimated salvage, $182,320; lossto
insurance companies, $2,214,070.
Seven persons aro known to have
perished. Many new buildings are
already planned and work has com
menced. A Washington special of tho 20th,
says a Cabinet meeting of extraordin
ary importance w ill bo held on Tues
day. The subjects to bo discussed
will be the Indian war, Russian Mis
sion, and the complications of tho
Secretary of the Treasury and Gen.
Spinner.
Chicago, July 22. At 4:30 this
morning a fire broke in the upper
floors of Nos. 121 and 123, State
street, corner of Madison, in the
Boyce building. Owing to great
delay in giving the alarm, the flames
had made considerable progress be
fore the fire department was on the
ground. The fire was however, con
fined to the building and was xtin
guished at 8 o'clock. The firt floor
was occupied by Giles Bros. & Co.,
as a retail jewelry store, and the stock
was one of tho richest in the country.
None of it was saved. E. T. Hollis
ter & Co., furniture and carpet deal
ers, occupied tho basement and all
the uppes fic or. The stock of Rich
ards, Shaw & Winslow, in an adjoin
ing building, was damaged to the
extent of $10,000. The total loss is
estimaten at a quarter of million.
Good Selection'. Onr friend C.
C.Perkins was elected City Recorder
at the recent election in Seattle. It
is a good selection," and wo congrat
ulate him on his success.
Married. Geo. B. Dorris, of the
Lafayette Courier, was married last
week to Mian Baker, of Vancouver."
Joy be with you.
Summary of State News Items.
Douglas comity is $18,000 in debt.
Honey thieves are pestiferating at
Yaquina Bay.
Farming lands are in great demand
in Polk county.
A field of timothy in Polk county
is 1XA feet high.
There are three prisoners in the
Linn county jail.
The Corvallis M. E.; Sunday School
has closed down.
Only S12 for a cow and calf, is an
Ochoco live stock quotation.
The State officers ore busy making
out their biennial reports.
The number of school children in
Clatsop county is 398.
A Butteville man has a pear tree
that waits till harvest to bloom.
Nelson King has been appointed
Notary Public for Douglas county.
The Corvallis City Council is go
ing to close the saloons at 11 o'clock
P.. M.
Subscriptions in aid of the contem
plated Linn County Fair aro being
taken.
Mr. W. A. McPherson is soon to
take charge of the Plaindealer at
Roseburg.
Lindly Hoog, an emient divino of
the persuasion of friends, is coming
to Oregon.
Simpson & Church, Albany, are
building a 15,000 bushel addition to
their warehouse.
Rev. A. J. GJorieux is President
of the Father Matthew Temperance
Society, Portland.
The grain in Polk county looks
unusually fine. There will be an
abundant harvest.
Tho mamoth warehouse of the Sa
lem Flouring Mill company is nearly
ready for raising.
A Grove of the Ancient and Hon
orable Order of Druids will shortly
bo organized at Albany.
The Brownsville sash and door
factory cannot meet the demand.
Times are lively up there.
J. J. Cafford sheared 20 pounds
of wool from a pair of twin-lambs
last week in Linn county.
It has been decided to hold the
Linn Countv Fir on the 6th, 7th,
8th, 9th and'lOth of October.
The editor of tho dalles lfounfain
eer has eaten a piece of the first wat
ermelon of the season.
Springfield contains a good school
house, two handsome Churches, two
large dry goods establishments.
In Baker and Union counties, de
structive fires are said to be roging
in tho timber on the mountains.
Mr. S iinpson.at Forest Grover, has
just jrot home from Stickeen. He
doa't want any more of those mines.
One hundred wagons from Moline,
111., are on the way to this State, on
an order from Grangers in Linn Co.
The Willamette Woolen Manufac
turing company have purchased
about 200,000 pounds of wool this
season.
The amount of claims which have
been rejected or defeated in the
Whitlev estate, Polk countv, is
S1G.700.
The Jacksonville doctors are jubi:
lant just because a man hauled a
wagon load of green apples to town
a few days ago.
The Brownsville Woolen company
has purchased, so far, about 75,000
pounds of wool, at prices ranging
from 26 to 30 cents.
Sam Case, of the Alsea Agency has
gone to Washington to settle up ac
counts of the Agency and the Modoc
Commission business.
The stone babtismal font for the
Episcopal Church, Astoria, donated
by an Eastern lady, has arrived, and
been set up in the Church.
The owners of the large warehouse
at Albany offer a premium of $50 for
the best lot of 1,000 bushels of wheat
stored with them during the season.
Beaver Lodge No. 35. I. O. O. F.,
Astoria, havo officers for the current
term as follows: N. G., C. n. Page:
V. G.. W. P. Gray: R. S., J. Q. A.
Bowlby; P. S., L. Wilson.
Gov. Grover has made tho follow
ing appointments: M. H. Abbot, of
Pendleton, Umatilla county, nnd J.
Catlin, (re-appointed) of Portland,
Notaries Public.
Geo. Sally, of Baker Citv, who
was convicted of selling whiskey to
Indians, has been pardoned out of
the penitentiary by the President
and has returned.
The Oregon Canferer.ce of tho M .E.
Church will meet at Salem Septem
ber 10th, instead of Tanprent os has
been reported. Bishop Pierce will
preside. .
Tho teachers in the public schools
of Salem, the ensuing year, are How
ard G. Morris, J. T Gregg, A. W.
Lockhart and Misses Clara A. Watt,
Hutton, Sabin and Smith, and Mrs
Curl.
A large and elegantly mounted
map of the State of Oregon showing
all the lands belonging to the State,
is now on exhibition at the office of
the Secretary of State. It is 7x9 feet
in size and is strictly reliable.
All the subscribers to the Benton
Democrat who reside in Albany have
discontinued their subscriptions to
that paper in consequence of its abuse
of that community in regard to the
late celebration.
A letter started at Hilliboro, ad
dressed to "Thomas Dean, In tho
Spirit Land," brought up at the Sea
Side a few days ago, and was return
ed to the dead letter office with the
superscription " Office at point
mentioued below discontinued. C:
H. Dexter, P. M., Sea Side."
A gentleman w' o has just made
the trip from California to Portland
on horseback examining the country,
reports the crops as excelling in
prospect anything he ever witnessed.
Being a miller by trade, he states
that he has taken special notice of
Oregon wheat, and believes it to be
the best in the world, and says the
flour from it is worth fifty cents per
barrel more than the best California
product.
A Matter for the Farmers to CiTiT
We see a notice going the rounds
of tho press, that two Granges in
Linn county have sent East to pn
chase fifty wagons. This looked to
us at once as something that is not
right, and we could account for it
in no other way only that the far
mers get their wagons mnch cheaper
than they can here. This we are in.
formed is not the case, however
thorough wagon-maker in this place
informs us that he proposed to make
three grades of wagons, warrant
them for two years and do all neces
sary repairs on them for that time.
He also informs us that his third
grade wagon will be better than the
first grade imported. His prices ara
as follows: 1st grade, $145; 2d grade
$125; 3d grade, $95. The farmers
are now paying from $110 to $135
for the imported wagons. The im
ported, we are informed, are not as
good as those made here in any re
spect. We also learn that there are
a number of manufactors throughout
the State who make wagons at fully
as low prices as the imported ones.
It looks to us 5s a piece of short
sighted policy for our farmers to
send out of the State for anything
they need when they can get the ar
ticle at home. They are now, and
have been for years past, sending
almost their entire yearly earnings
to enrich some manufacturing town
in the East. This they must stop.
Suppose the money annually ship
ped out of the State for wagons,
plows, threshers, reapers etc., were
retained ehere, does not any man of
ordinary sense know that it would
require a large mechanical force to .
make them, and that the farmer
would be benefitted just in propor
tion to the increase of our consum
ing population, and further, the
farmer would find a ready n arket
for a large share of his produce at
home, and thereby realize the price
his products will bring after being
shipped to market. The a1ue of
each farm in the State would en
hance immediately on the establish
ment of a good wagon factory, and
one enterprise would soon create
another. If the farmers, who are
the true wealth of our State, will
persist in sending out of the Stato
their entire surplus earnings, they
cannot expect prosperity. We havo
everything here necessary to manu
facture the farming implements
needed, aud the day we ceao to ex
port ourcoin to Eastern manufacto
ries, that day Oregon's prosperity
will begin, and not until then. Wo
wTill allude to this matter again.
line Stock.
Four stallions arrived en the John
L. Stephens at Portland last Tues
day, purchased in tho cast by Repre
sentative Nesmith. The following
is a discription and pedigree of the
animals as given by the yeics: "A
large black stallion of the 'Knox' and
Messenger' stock, 10,' hands high,
and weighing 1,3(M) pounds, is the
finest animal we have ever seen of
his class, as ho is not only hand
somely built, but combines all the
points which go to make up a good
horse. He is a fast trotter, and is
gentle and kind, devoid of fear and
willing to go anywhere his groom
wishes him to go.
'Delaware' is a thoroughbred stal
lion about 1G hands high, from the
old 'Lexington stock, and during
his career upon the turf has come
out winner of twelve hard fought
races, and second in but two. He is
of a dark bay color, with a noble
looking face, and is of so docile aud
kind a nature that he never attempts
to injure any one. This animal is.
no doubt the fleetest that has ever
come to the Stato, and during tLe
Fair we will no doubt hear of bis
performances.
The other two stallions aie ihree-year-olds,
of the old 'Knox' and
'Messenger' stock, weighing al-out
1,000 pounds each, and in their build
and action clearly resemble their
sire.
Judges of horse-flesh have no hes
itation in pronouncing these animals
the finest that have yet been brought
to this Northwest. Coast, and were
any of them for sale they would find
ready purchasers."
Another Dirtrkt Wanted. The
Eastern Oregon Journal, published
at Baker City, wants another judicial
district created out of Umatilla Un
ion and Baker counties. That might
do if that section required it, but we
apprehend that the Legislature will
not create a sinecure for some attor
ney who may desire tho honor of be
ing placed on the Supreme Bench.
When that section settles up and the
demand requires it, we have no
doubt but what a separate district
will be made, but at present the de
mands are by no means such as would
justify the expense of another judge,
and the Journal, which has just come
into existence, apparently to advo
cate this little job, may as well gi
it up for the present. When the
people have such a man on the Bench
as Judge McArthur, we should thimf,
as long as he is satisfied, that they
would put up with many inconven
iences in order to keep him.
Appointed. Jacob Stitzel, for13
erly of Portland, but for the past
two years of Washington City, bn
been appointed Collector at the port
Colvillo. This is a place where the
drawing of the regular salary is the
main duty of tho officers, as the cus
toms collected would not amount to
enough to pay for fuel used in the
office. We aro glad Jake has tru
a good retired situation atacomion
able ealarv.
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