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THE ENTERPRISE
OREGON flTF, OREGO.Y, SEPT. 11, IS7I.
The legislature What l Demanded
eflt.
On Monday next, the Legislature I
for the State of Oregon convenes.
The complexion of the body is as
O follows: Lower House Democrats,
19; Indedenrjents, 21, and Radicals,
17. Senate Democrats, 12; Inde
pendents, 7, end Radicals, 11. It
will be seen thfct neither party has a
controlling poiver in either branch,
and hence, all Parties will be equally
responsible fcltho evil done, and
can jointly sh.?Te in whatever may be
passed of a to- ritorions nature. It
will therefore ue a matter of personal
responsibility, and not party, on
which the present Legislature will
O bo governed. Ve trust that there
may be muchi proper and needed
legislation en 1 -ted, and that both
branches may Je promptly organized
RDd go to wo-k. This will be no
small matter, i,i our opinion, that is,
shouldeach oflthe parties get into a
fight for the Jihcers. "Wo trust as
little time wilbe wasted in this di
rection as poi.- blc.
One of the -eat issues before the
people was the fee bill passed by the
last Legislatme, and all parties stand
pledged to its.; amendment. This is
a very important question, and we
trust that the ies mav be materially
reduced. Bn
ill while they are being
1 e cautious that the
reduced, let i
matter is not
Legislature b
ust to all concerned.
It is our opini ju that a fee bill can
not be passed i-iat would be just to
all our countie: , and we would sug
gest to the Legislature whether it
would not be better to salary the va
rious ennntv rf?5ppr lt tliA Ws re
main 1 as they Lire and require the
officials to payAhem into the County
Treasury. Ojjvould it not be best
to salary the Sheriffs and Clerks for
whatever they .o for the county, and
then let them fiat the fees from the
individuals wl o have litigation. It
matters but little what tho fees of
either of these; officers are, so long
as they are pjtid by littigants and
not the gener;A tax-payer. We ven
ture the assern that not one-tenth
of the populi.u that pay taxes ever
have to pay fees, unless it is for re
cording, and that might be some
what reduced. Tho Legislature
should enact a just and equitable
bill in this respect, and not act on
the principle of punishing this or
that political opponent.
Tho tax-payers demand a new and
better law in regard to assessing
property. The present law is noth
ing better than an outrage. Taxes
are by no means equal. The asses
sors value property hardly more than
one-third what it is worth, and in
O many instances the owner is indebted
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no taxes whatever. The entire valu
ation of property in Oregon last year
wasabout forty-four million. Wo have
no hesiteney in saying that the actu
al wealth of our State is three times
this sum. Xov- if the taxes worn
equal, it would bujnst as well for us
C to pay taxes on this entire sum as on j
me one-tiiira. inero is just so
much to be raided for State, School
and County purposes, and if the val
uation is lurge the per cent, will bo
proportionate! ! less. In our opinion
taxation woulA be far more equal
were there nolidebtednes-s allowed
to be deducts. '.
Tho Portland, Dalles and Salt
Lake Railroad is an important mat
ter that will eomo up for considera
tion. While wo do not wish to bo
understood as favoring the violation
, or encroachment of our State Consti
tution which torb'kU the loarning of
of the credit of the State, wer are in
favor of doings anything that can bo
done legally tl aid this enterprise.
The9 CapiuA building is another
subieet of de-I I interest to onr non.
L'-
pie. While "ve consider that tho
last Legislature was in rather too
big a hurry to erect the Capitol, now
that it is begun, and the people have
invested in the walls about 8123,000,
wo regard it as proper economy to
appropriate enough to complete the
etructuro so that it cau bo occupied
and stop tho payment of rents.
Tho Insane Asyluni question will I
also demand the attention of tho
Legislature. Our position on this
subject has I .en frequently stated.
If the State were able to build a suit
able asylum, we would not object to
an appropriation tor tins purpose,
but we deem it inexpedient for such
appropriatioiAat this session. Let
the Capitol ly finished first, and let
our people Ir-eome better able to
erect those public buildings before
we try to do too much. We are sat
isfied that nc corporation or State
can keep the nsane as cheap as an
individual, and hence we believe
that the Stateihad better try the con
tract plan allittle longer. If the
State is determined to try the exper
iment, let it fise buildings now
occupied for aat purpose and try it
for two years ud the Capitol then
being finished, it may be able to
erect an asylum. But we regard the
contracting p?an as best
It is just
as cheap for the State to lease an
asylum as it fa to lease rooms for tho
Legislature ajid State officers. . Tle
Capitol is corlmenced, and we. trust
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i my in completing it, at lease so that
j it can be occupied.
The question of regulating freights
and fares on railroads should receive
the attention of the Legislature.
Other States have done this and have
been sustained, and -no State has
been more oppressed than Oregon.
Especially is this the case with tho
Dalles and Celilo Railroad, which
has nearly crushed the entire ener
gies of Eastern Oregon. Let the
freights be regulated on all the roads
in onr State. We do not ask that
the Legislature shall become oppres
sive on the railroads, but compel
them to do justice lo the producers
and shippers. We are not informed
as to the rates on the East and West
side Railroads, but believe they are
much less than those charged on the
Celilo road. If public carriers are
not willing to do justice to the peo
ple, the laws of the State should step
in and compel them. There are
other matters which wo shall speak
of from time to time during the ses-
"sion. and we trust, for the good of
our State at large, that the Legisla
ture which meets next Monday may
prove a blessing to the people.
Law of Confiscation.
In concluding his speech before
the Supreme Court of California, on
the Local Option law of that State,
Mr. W. II. Patterson, one of the
ablest attorneys on tho coast, made
the following conclusive remarks.
Tho remarks will apply as well to
Or egon as that State, and as there is
now an effort being made to have a
similar law passed by our next Leg
islature, we call tho attention of the
members to this speech. He said:
Tho law confiscates property,
throwing everything else out of con
sideration. It does not give the man
who has money invested in this spe
cies of property the opportunity of
disposing of it, but it says to him,
" You shall close up your warehouse
to-day. Your fine brandies and fine
liquors of all kinds are not your
property. Yon may pay taxes on it
as such, but you cannot sell it, be
cause the people, a majority of them,
in your precinct, have said you shall
not sell it. What is property? what
is it, except there goes with it the
inalienable right to dispose of it and
convert it into money? And if it is
property, the Constitution says it
shall be protected, tho right of ac
quiring and enjoying property is
one of the alienable rights which
enter into the full definition of the
word property, yet the people of one
viscinage have said to a man, "You
cannot dispose of your property;
your wines, your kegs and barrels
and demijohns." Why they have
virtually said by this enactment,
"You shall not plant a vineyard, you
shall not pluck a grape, you shall
not crush your grapes into wine, be
cause, although you do all this do
all this labor take pains to make
this property, you cannot sell it;"
and therefore it is lost.
To go a little further: One man is
able to buy a pipe of wine; another
man is only able to buy a pint. The
man who is able to buy his pipe can
get as full as he pleases," but the man
who cannot purchase more than a
pint can not get any at all. His
neighbor, who makes the property,
cannot sell it. It is drawing a dis
tinction between a long purse and an
empty one. Is that constitutional?
Is that a constitutional enactment?
We submit, that all men have the
same rights in the State of California.
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Cokeuft Jobceev. Ben Franklin
once expressed his belief that most
of the statutes, act3, and edicts of
Parliaments, Princes, and States for
regulating, encouraging, or restrain
ing trade had been either political
blunders or jobs obtained by artful
men for private advantage under
pretense of public good. If he had
lived to witness the proceedings of
Congress aud tho executive depart
ments of tho United States Govern
ment during tho past few years, ho
would have seen a system of corrupt
jobbery carried on to an extreme
which in his time would have secur
ed for ks most distinguished promo
ters not only public execration, but
also prompt and salutary punish
ment. Fibe at Portland. Last Sunday
night the frame building adjoining
the boot and shoe store of Geo. A.
Pease, was discovered on fire, sup
posed to be the work of an incendia
ry. Mr. Pease is reported to have
lost about S5.000, but is fully insur
ed; Jake Flieschner'sloss is estimat
ed at 83,000, fully insured, and' Mr.
liendee s about 82,000. The build
ings were valued at 1,500, with no
insurance. . '
Good Resoltoos. The Grangers
of California have passed the follow
ing resolution, which we should
think would be well for the Oregon
Grangers to adopt:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Grange that the frequent change
of text-books for the use of common
schools is injudicious, unwise and
nnjust; that the books we now have
are sumcient in number and
enough in quality.
good
Meeting. Ameeting of the sub
scribers of the capital stock of the
Home Manufacturing company is
called for the 12th day of October, to
meet at the agricultural building at
Salem. Our citizens Bhould see to
it that they have some one who will
represuut their interests.
The Oakland Call says that tho tax
j on. the railroad has been reduced to
c-,oou in jougiua county. Uonsid
oring that it does not pay running
expenses in that county, we think it
is high enough even at the present
The School Law.,
Wher. political conventions con
vene, there are-always those among
its members who are ready, to take j
np any little point omrnicn the pub- j
lie may differ, and if it affects the j
people's pocket, they readily imagine j
that it will affect their votes, and
hence, the apparent popnlar side is
sought for the purpose of catching
votes. This was particularly the
case in the three conventions of our
State last spring. A new school law
had been passed by the Legis
lature of 1872, and just at that
time it appeared as a burden
on the people, and hence all
parties inserted in their platforms a
plank in favor of a repeal or an
amendment to the law. Being on
the Committee on resolutions in the
Democratic Convention, we can
speak from experience, and we know
that tho matter had not been seri
ously considered. A member of that
committee introduced a resolution
for the emphatic repeal of the law.
This resolution we opposed and
showed the impropriety of such re
peal, and while we are of the opinion
that the committeo was almost a unit
for its repeal before we spoke, the
resolution was unanimously voted
down, and the substitute which be
came a part of the platform adopted.
The main objection appeared to bo
the uniform series which had been
adopted. But let us now consider
whether it would not be a matter of
injustice to the people and all con
cerued, to have the law in this re
spect repealed. Justice and fair
dealing, as well as the interests of
public schools, demand that the
principle of State uniformity should
remain fixed in our school law, and
that the present authorized series
should be retained, at least, until
the end of the four years, for which
the books were adopted. When these
books were selected, there was a fair
understanding between the publish
ers, booksellers and people, based
upon the authority of the law, that
for four years the books would con
tinue in use. Publishers made their
engagements; booksellers supplied
themselves with a complete stock,
and the people have bought them
for their children, with reference to
that understanding. To repeal that
feature of the law now, would be an
act of bad faith and would work
great injury to all concerned. It
ill- n
woum ue especially unjust to our
local booksellers and to the patrons
of the public schools. Many of the
dealers in school books, trusting on
the law, purchased large quantities
of the authorized series, believing
that they would for at least four
years, have a certain sale for them.
And on the other hand, nine-tenths
of our public schools have adopt
ed the books, and their patrons
have jmrchased their sup
plies with the full expectation that
for tho time prescribed by the law,
they would be protected against any
further changes.
But aside from tho absolute impo
sition of any attempt to repeal the
uniform feature of the law, we are
satisfied that it would bo decidedly
impolitic. The principle of unifor
mity in text-books is a necessity to a
good school system. Oregon has
tried the plan of diversity for years
and all who know anything about it,
know that it has worked badly. Pri
or to the passage of the present law,
there was scarcely a teacher of any
experience who was not in favor of
uniformity, and who did not believe
that the lack of it was one of the
principal obstacles to the success of
our school system. All conventions
and teachers' institutes recommend
ed and resolved in favor of it, and
County School Superintendents urg
ed the passage of such a law. The
friends of education demanded it,
and bill after bill was drafted and
presented to tho Legislature to ac
complish it. Now, that it is accom
plished, and tho books purchased,
it looks to us that common sense and
a due regard for economy, requires
that we give it a full and fair trial
before we decide to return to the
old system, which we know is a fail
ure. It would be bad economy to
open the doors to further changes in
our text-books while our people are
yet groaning over the expense atten
dant upon the change which has al
ready been made. Those who have
complained most against the adop
tion of the present series, have done
so, because it has cost the people a
great deal of money to make the
change, and yet they propose to rem
edy the matter by compelling anoth
er change and draw more money
from the people. This looks to us
as bad logic.
The complaint made against the
series adopted is nothing more than
would have been made had any other
series been adopted. There is noth
ing on which there is such a diversi
ty of opinion as upon the question
as to what it takes to make a good
school book. The number of text
books in use in the United States is
evidence of this fact. It would be
simply impossible to select a whole
series of school books which would
be acceptable to everybody in Ore
gon. The whole series adopted by
our State, we are satisfied is as good,
and open to as little objection as any
that could have been adopted, and
even if it were not quite as good, in
soma respects as it might bs, w6
COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
should still be in favor of retaining
it. A State uniformity, with interior
books, would be better than a diver
sity with the very best books. We
trust the Legislature will look at the
interests of all concerned and let the
law stand as it now is, at least in re
spect to the uniformity part.
POLITIC AL NEWS.
pw nRT,rAs. Sent. 5. The Dem-
cratic and Conservative State Central
Committees, of Louisiana have issued
an address to the people of the State, in
which, after reciting the usurpation
by Kellogg of the State Government,
and the wrongs and outrages inflict
ed by the Government on the people,
they declare that all this has been
insufficient to force the people into
a revolution, and that all the stories
circulated to that effect are laisinca-
tions of Kellogg and his partisans;
or, when outrages have occurred,
they have incited them for the pur
pose of getting United States troops
into the State, not to protect iutj
people from outrages, but to control
the pending election. The address
declares that the people of Louisiana
do not object to United States troops
being stationed in the State, but they
protest against their being under the
control of the United States Marshal,
who is Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, and of the
United States District Attorney, one
of the leaders of the party in the
State, to bo used to overcome the
people in the coming election, aud as
a secret means of political persecu
tion. . The address declares that the
opponents of Kellogg's usurpation
have never questioned the political
rights of the colored people, but
have expressly pledged themselves
to maintain those rights; that the
local disturbances which have occur
red did not spring from any hostility
to the colored people, but were the
unavoidable outbreaks arising from
a state of oppression and tyranny;
and concludes with an appeal to their
fellow citizens of the Union for a
hearing.
Spkingfieli, Mass., Sept. Full
returns from the Second District in
Vermont give Poland, 5,740, Denni
son, 7,080; Davenport, 2,022; scatter
ing, 931.
Wokcestek, Mass., Sept. -1 Geo.
S. Hoar announces his willingness to
become a candidate for renomination
for Congress.
Premiums Awarded. The Salem
Record says that few persons are
aware of the fact that the State Agri
cultural Society this year, in addi
tion to the 10,000 coin premiums,
and gold or silver medals, offer di
plomas for the best display of almost
every variety of foreign and domes
tic manufactures. The diplomas
were procured of the Major fc Knapp
Engraving and Lithographing Com
pany of New York, and are of beau
tiful design and finish one of the
specimens being plain, and tho other
of difficult design and printed in
colors either one a prize that any
manufacturer would feel proud lo
possess. To any one engaged in the
sale or manufacture of the articles
for which these diplomas are offered,
they will possess value far beyond
any coin premium given by the So
ciety. Specimens of these diplomas
can be seen by calling on the Secre
tary of the Society, Mr. E. M. Waite,
of Salem.
The Oldest. An exchange says
that the Hon. II. S. Smith, of Chit
sop, joint, Senator, is unquestionably
entitled to the honor of being the
oldest white resident in Oregon, the
first pioneer of tho State, being a
resident of Clatsop since 1832. He
was born in New Hampshire and
studied at an Eastern j academy, is a
comfortable farmer, with .r0 head of
cattle, 200 sheep and some small
stock. It is fifteen years since he
was as far up tho river as Portland.
The trip to Salem will be under pay
by the State. Appreciating the hon
or of the position, his constituents
trust that the Senator will favor
those measures which ho deems tho
greatest good to the greatest number.
Decided. Tho Eugene Guard of
the 5th inst. says that for about three
years, nt each term of tho Circuit
Court for Lane county, have come
up the cases of Holladay vs. Patter
son und others, to collect subscrip
tions to the 800,000 subsidy to the
Oregon and California Railroad Com
pany for runniug their line through
Eugene. At the spring term, Judge
Mosher decided the test case that
of Dr. Patterson in favor of the de
fendant, whereupon the plaintiff ap
pealed to the Supreme Court, which,
on Monday last, sustained the decis
ion of Judge Mosher. This will be
gratifying to those who failed to pay
their subscriptions when due.
RrDicurorsLY Sublime. Com
menting upon the action of the Rad
ical State Convention of Pennsylvania
in nominating Governor Hartranft
for the Presidency, the New York
Herald says: There is something sub
lime in this nomination of Governor
Hartranft; at another time it would
be ridiculous, but, as exhibiting the
willingness of Pennsylvania to accept
any one rather than Grant, this nom
ination is a sterling txhibiton of po
litical good 6ense.
A Devtl. St. Clair, who sold a
stolen mule to ex-Deputy Sheriff
Hedges of this place, and is wait
ing his trial at Portland, made his
escape lately, and while out, plaved
the preacher dodge on our old friend
Dr. Jackson, of Polk, got employ
ment from him, and when he had" a
good chance, robbed him and left
j the premises. We trust the Doctor
j may get. his money back from the
scoundrel.
LATEST TI2L.EOUAPIIIC NEWS.
..Washixgtox, Sept. 4. Attorney
General Williams, before leaving the
city last evening, designated to ;the
Secretary of WTar tho locations" in
which troops are most needed to
suppress the outrages. This list,,
w ith a circular issued yesterday,, was
inclosed to Oeneral McDowell, com
manding the department of the South
this morning to so distribute his
forces as to protect the localities des
ignated. Shrevefoet, Sept. 5. A message
was sent to President Grant, last
night, signed by leading merchants,
bankers and professional men of this
city, denying that any resident of
this parish participated in the recent
murders, and claiming that no spirit
of lawlessness exists in the parish
that cannot be controlled by the
local authorities, and claiming that
the condition of affairs here have
been misrepresented abroad. They
also ask a commission of fair-minded
men to be appointed by the President
to visit the State and ascertain the
truth.
Topeka, Sept. 5. Gov. Osborn
to-day renewed the request to Presi
dent Grant for arms to protect the
frontier from Indians. He says that
since the lGth of June sixteen citizens
of Kansas have been murdered by
the Indians, and not one of the mur
derers punished or even arrested.
Washington-, Sept. 5. The order
removing the headquarters of the
Army to St. -Louis in October was
promulgated to-day.
rHREVEi'OET,rept. 4.--lhe jLvemng
Bullvlhi, Republican paper, in ail ed
itorial on the Conshatta troubles,
declares that the intimation in Gov.
Kellogg's proclamation that the citi
zens of Shreveport had any connec
tion with the murder of prisoners is
unfounded.
Louisville, Sept. 5. AtNicholas
ville, to-day, Lew Oat, the negro ar
rested for outraging a young white
girl on Tuesday-, pleaded guilty and
was sent to jail. Soon after a mob,
headed by the girl's father, went to
the jail, captured the prisoner, took
him out of town and hanged him.
Wasiiinuton, Sept. 5. The places
in Louisiana designated as stations
for troops for the prevention of out
rages are New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
Shreveport, Alexandria, Monroe,
Harrisburg and St. Martinsville.
A formal order will bo issued from
the War department as to the distri
bution of troops in the department
of the South, but the whole matter
will be left to the department Com
mander, who will dispose of the for
ces so that they cau be used by U. S.
Marshals in case of necessity.
The nogro who was confined in jail
at Conshatta, charged with the shoot
ing of Mr. Dickson on the night of
the riot, was to-day taken from jail
bv a mob and killed.
"Memfiiis, Sept. G. A Trenton
special says Governor Brown has
arrived there to assist in bringiug to
justice the murderers of the negro
prisoners taken from the jail there.
It is assorted that ten of the prison
ers escaped, but as no trace of their
bodies have been found, the report
lacks confirmation.
Louisville, Sept. 0. Gov. Leslie
yesterday instructed Judge Philips,
of .Jassanmie county, to cause the
arrest of all persons engaged in tho
lynching of the negro at Nicholasville
on Friday night, and directing, if
necessary, the Sheriff to summon
the entire power of the county to
bring the guilty parties to justice.
Twin Mountain, X. II., Sept. (.
Beecher preached here to-day to an
other very large audience, special
trains bringing over 1,000 hearers.
No allusion was made to the scandal,
though at times, during his remarks,
Mr. Beecher appeared very much
affected, his voice faltering aud his
eyes being filled with tears.
New York, Sept. 7. The memlers
of Plymouth Church are contribut
ing toward a fund for the relief of
Mrs. Til ton. Already $17,000 has
been collected.
Baltimore, Sept. 7. On Saturday
afternoon the greater portion of the
business section of Frostburg, Alle
ghany count v, Maryland, was burned.
Loss, $l-ir,000; insurance, 875,000.
New York, Sept. 0. A statement
is published that the German house
at Leipsic, which is publishing the
translation of the first volume of
Beoeher's "Life of Christ," has dis
continued its publication in conse
quence of the disreputable disclos
ures about Beecher.
Little Rock, Sept. 8. The Con
stitutional convention yesterday
completed its new constitution which
was signed by all but seven members.
Resolutions deprecating and denoun
cing the outrages in the State, and
demanding equal justice to all, with
out regard to race or color, pledging
themselves to sustain the laws and
inviting immigration to tho State,
were adopted.
New Haven, Sept. 7. Tho build
ings of the New Haven Wheel manu
facturing company, one of the most
extensive industries of this city, wer
burned to night. The loss is esti
mated at from $350,000 to $500,000;
insurance $100,000. The fire is still
burning, but will probably be con fin
ed to these buildings.
Sr. Paul, Sept. 8. A dispatch
from Bismarck says a party of fifty
men will leave Bismark in about
thirty days for the Black Hills. The
party- will be composed of experienc
ed miners and hunters, who not only
know the color of gold and the habits
of the Indians, but are sharp enough
to evade the military, and who, once
on the hills, can live as red men live,
and consequently, will not bother
themselves with supplies to any great
extent.
New York, Sept. 7. Tho answer
of Beecher to the complaint of Tilton
was received to-day by Beecher's
attorneys, and was at once served on
the plaintiff, together with notice of
trial at the term of court beginning
on the third Monday of September.
Defendant answers to the complaint,
first, that each and every allegation
in said complaint contained, except
that plaintiff and Miss Elizabeth
Richards were married October 2d,
1855, and lived together as husband
aud wife up to 1871, is utterly false;
second, that the defendant never had
at auy time or at any place unchaste
or improper relations with the wife
of plaintiff, and never attempted or
sought to have any such relations.
In the great race at Union on the
1st, mile heats best three in five, for
1 $2,000, between Ross' mare "Trifle,"
! and La Buffs horse 4 Buckskin," the
4 former won in three straight heats
j Time 1:42, 1:43,
SUMMARY ()P STATE NEWS.
There are 188 Notaries Public in
Oregon.
' Levi Leland is lecturing in Eastern
Oregon;.. :.? - . Y
Monmouth has four resident Chris
tian' ministers. ,.
Burglars are disastrously at work
in Yamhill eounty.
Most of the farmers on the upper
Luckiamute are done. harvesting.. .
Every room in the Chemeketa
hotel, at Salem is now lighted with
gas.
There 1 are 62 ; Commissioners of
Deeds for Oregon in the United
States.
The August pav-roll of the Wil
Jamette Woolen Mills manufactory
foot $4,035.
Governor Grover has re-appointed
S. Elsworth. of La Grande, Notary j
Public for Union county. j
The average yield of Marion coun
ty is estimated, wheat 27 bushels
and oats 35 bushels per acre. !
A. L. Stinson, of Jefferson, has
struck a " brimstone" spring about
three miles from that 'city."
Matthew McDonald was arrested
Wednesday in Gervais charged with
"indecent exposure of his person."
The canal boat Red Jacket is con
stantly employed in lightering wheat,
from the Lebanon Mills to Albany.
There were 53 wagons waiting to
unload at the different warehouses in
Independence at one time last week.
E. M. Waite issued a magnificent
three-sheet poster for the Oregon
State Agricultural Society last Fri
day. The little seven-year-old daughter
of Squire Duncan, of Albany, fell
from a shed roof last Friday, break
ing her arm.
There 19 warehouses is Polk coun
ty 1 in Buena Vista, 8 in Indepen
dence, 1 on Bird's Island, 3 in Eola
and 3 in Lincoln.
Marks Silverman shot and killed
himself at the home of his brother-in-law,
Leopold Barman in East Port
land, last Saturday.
Two of our amateur fishermen
caught 900 trout one day last week.
We would make it 1,000, but we hate
to lie for a few fish.
Upwards of $24,000 worth of goods
were shipped to San Francisco and
Portland from the Willamette Wool
en Mills in August.
Dsn Clark. Eso.. Master of the
State Grange, has recently organized
a Grange in Tillamook. The Ring
takes in that section.
A crar.y man named Cricket, who
had made his esc.ipe from the asy
lum, drowned himself in the De
schutes river recently.
Parker fc Morris' warehouse, at
Albany, has already received nearly
40 000 bushels of grain. They ex
pect to have 170,000 bushels.
The Albany Democrat says that the
little son of Eli Watkinds, of
Brownsville, fell into the mill-race
last Monday and was drowned.
Mr. George Belknap, residing a
few miles below Eugene, has a field
of wheat which he estimates will
yield fifty bushels to the acre.
The Board of Equalization for
Lane conntv reduced the valuation
on the lands of the O. & C. R. R.
Co. from 40 to 30 cents per acre.
The Dailas Iemizer says the Ellen
dale water power will probably be
brought into Dallas and a farming
implement factory started upon it.
Mr. Powers, of Shedd, raised this
year forty-five acres of a new variety
tf wheat, called the Irish Laramath.
It yielded forty bushels to the acre.
The new Academy building at
Sheridan will soon be completed,
and school will hegin September 28th
under the charge of Professor Ladru
Royal.
The Committee on Constitution
and By-Laws of the Oregon State
Medical Society have adopted sub
stantially the code of by-laws of the
Iowa State Medical Institute.
The two prisoners. St. Clair and
Palmer, who escaped recently from
the Portland jail, have been re-captured.
One was arrested in Yamhill
ana the other in Benton county.
Hon. I. R. Mcores arul E. F. Ear
hart have been out on a week's hunt
in tho Umpqua country. The form
er brought in a "blue jay" and the
other a good sized "chipmunk."
A man named Z. L. Footer, who
is employed on the farm of Mr. Hib
bard, in Waldo Hills, while engaged
in gathering plums Tuesday after
noon, fell from a tree and broke his
right leg.
The Salem Statesman says a man
named Henry- Morrow, residing near
Salem, was killed recently by the
kick of a vicious horse. The deceas
ed was highly respected by all who
knew him.
The Directors of the Alden Fruit
Preserving company have purchased
one entire block in the University
Addition to Salem, for erecting
thereupon the buildings required
for the use of the company.
Andrew Reddy, sentenced some
time since to the penitentiary for
one year for grand larceny, was pro
nounced insane by physicians at Sa
lem, and by order of the County
Judge was sent to tho Insane Asy
lum. Hon. W. R. Dunbar proposes to
pay all of the Lodges in his jurisdic
tion an official visit as G. W. C. T.
of the Order in this State, during
the fall and winter. He intends
leaving home about the middle of
October.
John Fowler, of Wheatland, met
with a severe accident pn Saturday
last while hauling wheat to the miil
in that place. The wagon tipped
over and a portion of the load fell
on and crushed his right ankle
severely.
Wednesday, in State Fair week,
all children under 15 years of age
that have a mind to come, belonging
to public or Sabbath Schools in the
State, will be admitted to the State
Fair free. The teachers or Superins
tendents can get admission ticket
by applying to the Secretary of the
Agricultural Society, Mr. E. M.
Waits.
TEUKITomALvs7g
Wheat is selling at Bois r-.
$1 25 per bushel. 1Se CltJ for
, According to the Register Va
ver girls don't wear stocking ncn-
Arthur Fleury, who was
6.
in Steilacoom of mansSS?ct
sentenced
io lour years
-. t as
"prison.
meut.
it is cu
rrently reported that fcntl
rmons married in t.. i1?
of the Moi
dowment House, propose getting"
married according to the laws of l
land. llle
John and Isaac Newton. nrvP,i .
spectively 10 and 17, and former . J"
idents of Walla -Walla, lmS .n
arrested at Silver. City fOP
sieiwiug
Robt. Mays, District Deputy 0
ganized a Grange of 25 meml ll
Goldendale, Klickitat county, "W T
on August 29th, to be calle'd'Klicki'
tat Grange. m
Steilacoom style of buggy ri.lin.
The lady holds the ribbons and
young gent holds her fast with both
arms around her waist, to insure her
against falling out.
Company B,' of the Second Cavalrv
have distinguished themselves bV
knocking spots out of a gang of
Arapahoes, who had gone on a little
raid in the Powder river country.
From Colville we learn that the
recently discovered mines on the
Columbia amount to nothing, and
their richness only exists in the na
agination of the parties who started
the report.
A Democratic Territorial Conren
tion is hereby called to meet at Van
couver, on Thursday, the first davof
October, 1874, to nominate a candid
ate for Delegate to Congress, and
transact such business as may prop
erly come before it.
A Tacoma girl placed a piece of
wedding cake under her pillow in
order to dream of her future hus
band. She ate a hearty supper and
retired. The old gentleman ?and a
score of imps danced on the bed -post
all night. She does not believe in
dreams.
The Olympia Courier of the 3J
says: Gov. Perry to-day commuted
the death penalty of the young man
Lyttle, at Steilacoom. From mat ten
that has lately come to his knowleJpe
he had grave doubts that the crime
was more than manslaughter. Hence
the intervention.
A letter in an Olympia paper kst
week states that Rev. J. H. Wilbur.
Indian agent at Simcoe, has recentlv
met with a very serious loss. Lur
ing his absence, in attendance at the
Methodist Conference at Walla "Wal
la, his office was entered through the
roof, the Government safe forced
open, and $5, 000 United States fnnds
abstracted. The robbers had escap
ed without detection.
The telegraph was complete! be
tween Boise and Silver City. Friilur,
August 28th. When the wire reach
ed Boise the citizens tnmed ont en
masse to welcome it, and greeted the
the first click of the instrument with
several rounds fired from a twelve
pounder. There was a grand cele
bration on the event Monday, the
citizens of Owyhee have contributed
about 1,000 to make it the grandest
jubilee ever witnessed in Idaho.
Mr. Mays, v. ho has lately3beea
over on the Yakima, says he was
very much surprised to nnd such a
large and thriving community m
there is at Klickitat; most of the
farms presenting the apjeaninee if
wealth and happiness. lie thinks
that when transportation at reasona
ble rates is a fixed fact on the('olum
bia river, that Klickitat valley will
become one of the finest grain grow
ing districts in Fastern Oregon or
Washington Territory.
Rufus King, who was convicted of
the crime of c-mlzzlement, at the
last November term of court in Boise
City, and sentenced to sis months'
confinement at hard lalr in the peu
itetitiary, and to pay a line of 2.1
was up before U. S. Commissioner
Stout onthe 2d inst., and it appear
ing that he had served out the time
for which he was sentenced; and it
also appearing that he had no prop
erty, nor any means whatever to p.ij
the tine imposed upon him hy the
court, the U.S. Commissioner onierei
Marshal Pinkham to release hiia.
The Grand Lodge of Masons, in
session at Olympia last week, was
attended by fifty delegates, repre
senting all the subordinate hnk-es.
The election of officers for the -nsn- :
ing year took place Friday, with the j
following result: J. R. Hayd, c-f j
Olympia, Grand Master; Thomas
Cranuey, of Utsalady, Deputy Grand
Master; A. F. Learned, of Fort
1 own send. Senior Grand Warden;
R. C. Hill, Coupeville, Junior Grand :
Warden; Benj. Harncd, Olvmpia.
Grand Treasurer; T. M. Reed.'Olym
pia, Grand Secretary-.
The Olympia Cottrur says: Five
hundred dollars reward is otYered by
Marshal Mossman for the apprehen
sion of the thief and return of the ;
money stolen last night in town.
The circumstances are as follows:
John McCormiek, of Ragle Center, t
Wisconsin, who has been here sauie
two weeks, was last night with his
wife sleeping in Mrs. Galliher's old
house, with his money in his breech
es pocket,and all under his bead.
In the night tho room was entered,
the breeches takeii- to another room
and tho" pocket rilled. There were
twenty-nine one hundred dollar hills.
Some money in the other pocket wa
not disturbed.
The Vancouver Register says it ta ;
at length arrived at the facts con- ;
eerning the- prevalence of small-pox ?
on Lewis river. Mr. II . C. Coniegys
merchant at Stougliton states that
Mr. D. P. Spencer and wife, and a
man by the namo of Burr have been
down with tho disease. MessrsJ5"rr
and Spencer had only slight attacks,
but the case of Mrs. ,Sieneer, who t
is a larce and rlcshv woman, proved
of tho confluent type, and was for a
time quite serious: she, however, n
recovering. Those are the only ones
at present, outside of the Dinnc
family, who have caught the disea'
The Tatter family are all well.
Eoitoriaij!- MrT J. J. Daly L&5
assumed editorial control of the
Dallas Itemizer, and has made a d"
terial improvement in the paper
Its typographical appearance t9
also been greatly improved by 6
present owners, Messrs. Casey
Hammond. .Wo wish-the Itnn'!
success.