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THE ENTERPRISE.
OBGO. Cfiih OREGON, APR. 9, 1875.
Whit Oregon Needs.
We don! lif there is a State in the
Union pos-llned of more natural and
productive -wealth than Oregon
There is one thing we can say -without
successful contradiction, that
thero is no State that can show a
greater ox pott for the number of
people. - This wealth is probably
more equally distributed than in
other States. "We have no very poor
people among us, and yet none aris
tocratically wealthy. Yet we find
that money is scarce and many of
our citizens complain of hard times.
Let us see if this is not our own
fault more than tho cause of natnral
consequenco3. In tho first place,
are not the producers, to a great ex
tent, standing m their own light
when they do not encourage home
manufacture and home industry?
See the enormous amount of money
our farmers allow to go out of tho
State annually for sacks to send their
grain to market. These sacks could
be made here, and by so doing,
would not only give remunerative
employment to many idle jersons in
towns, but would give profitable em
ployment to our farmers. Just think
for a moment, what a difference this
item alono would make to any one
town in Oregon. Over three hnn
dred thousand dollars goes out of
tho State annually for this one item
alone. This entiro sum could be
kept at homo and circulated among
our people. The farmer and manu
facturer would get their share of it,
while at tho same time the farmer
would be creating a consuming ele
ment to use up the surplus products
on which we now have to pay heavy
ireigms to snip to; other countries.
We annually .import not less than
ten hundred thousand dollars' worth
of farming implements, and this is
constantly on nn increasing demand.
Allhese implements conld be made
here, and we need only import such
of the material as w o have not in our
own State. Let some one take this
item alone and see how many con
sumers this large sum of money
would support, directly and indi
rectly. Our shoes, leather and har
ness probably cost us another million
annually. These could" all be made
at honitt and the money retained
here. See how many consumers this
vast sum woc-ld support and keep
the money in circulation at home.
Our ready made clothing is another
big item which conld all be saved.
Now, when we take into considera
tion that this vist amount of imports
is made at the expense of not more
tharf a producing population of fifty
or sixty thousand people and we
have not enumerated all that we im
port which could be made here is
it any wonder that times are hard
and money scarce in Oregon ? Not
at all. The only wonder is, that
Oregon is 'able to sustain herself un
der such circumstances.
Our people must sooner or later
come to this pjoint; they must bring
the consuming population here and
retain their wealth at home. They
must cease to encourage the impor
tation of articles which can and
ought to be made at homo. They
must encourage home manufacture
and thud keep their surplus earn
ings iu circulation at home, build
up largo manufacturing towns and
increase tho value of tho farmers
products. Tuere is certainly no
6enso in sending "our cloth to Cali
fornia to bo mode up, paying freight,
commissions, c., there, and then
tho same thing! back again. No man
who has any business sagacity 'will
claim that thi3 is either profitable or
judicious financiering. Tho people
of Oregon must learn to rely on
themselves if they wish to prosper,
and having all the natural advantages
that they could ask for, whenever
they learn to support themselves
and keep their surplus earnings an
nually at hon e, they will begin to
soe a different state of things.
Oregon to-aay is doing a great
deal in building up Eastern manu
facturing interests which she should
foster and sustain at home. These
enterprises would bring population
here of a desirable character and
town lots and farms would soon be
in demand for double their present
value. Home industry would make
Oregon the garden spot of the Union
but as long as we ship our surplus
earning each year to enrich some
Eastern town, just bo loner we can
look for hard times ami a scarcity of
money. Oregon needs but to help
herself in these enterprises. She has
ample means to start them and make
them successful. It is true that some
may havo to be on a small scale to
commence with, but as demands in
crease they would increase in pro
portion. There is no sense in any
one expecting to become rich if he
spends two dollars where he makes
one. This is equally true of a State
If we export annually ten millions of
products, and import eleven million
dollars worth of goods, we are eoiner
back instead of advancing.- We can
only become prosperous when- we
have the balance of trade in our fa
vor. We are on the edge of the mar
kets of the world, and we have never
- raised anything or manufactured a
Binglo article that not found a
market. Our paper find a ready
and profitable market.for our lumber,
our tubs and pails, our fish, our
wheat and flour, our iron, in fact the
the , more ' we hare ito export the
greater becomes the demand. So it
would be in other articles. Where
wo now import, we would become
competitors and exporters. , -
This BUbject leads us to the citi
zens -of Oregon City. Thero is no
more natural spot for manufactories
than this place affords on tho face of
the earth. Nature has done its share
for the place, and the place has many
citizens who aro wealthy and who
have to send their money to other
localities for investment. If they
would only invest their means in
starting factories, they would not
only find that their wealth would in
crease more rapidly, but they would
find the town and county around
here prospering much faster than it
has in the past. Just think what an
investment of $25,000 in a bag fac
tory would do for our town and the
farmers in the vicinity. There would
be annually expended at least three
hundred thousand dollars here,
and this would be contributed to us
from all parts of our State. See
what a tannery would do for us,
which would take but a small invest
ment. These suggestions are thrown
out to our property holders in the
hope that some of them will act upon
them and invest their means in such
a way as not only to be of great ben
efit to themselves, but to the county
and town. A half million of dollars
expended in a proper manner in man
ufactories in Oregon City, would in
five years make it the most prosper
ous place in our State, and really of
great benefit to the entire people.
To the Farmers.
We this week publish three arti
cles which have appeared in the
Bulletin, on the question of flax cult
ure. These articles are written by a
gentleman well-known to our citi
zens, and as wo regard this question
as one of the greatest interests in our
State and future benefit to the far
mers, we have copied them for in
formation to our readers. The au
thor of these articles has spent much
time and labor to inform himself on
the subject, and what ho says can bo
relied upon. They are all worthy of
a careful reading, and cannot but
prove beneficial. We have in our
office some qualities of tho best and
second qualities of fiax .which have
been raised in our State, from
an inferior grade of seed, that
we will be pleased to show to our
patrons, and we havo also a small
quantity of tho best "Riga" flax
seed, which has recently been im
ported by Messrs. II. Hewett fc Co.,
of Portland. This firm proposes to
sell the seed to our farmers for
the first cost, 8J cents per pound,
and give the farmers time to make
payment for the same. Persons de
siring to try the experiment on a
small scale, can get a sample of the
seed we have. We are satisfied that
this article of diversified products
for export and ho090 consumption,
will eventually become one of the
great staples of the Oregon farmer,
and the sooner it is commencod, the
better it will be for the wealth and
prosperity of our State. The arti
cles we have copied give all particu
lars as regards to planting, pulling,
price, etc., which aro necessary to
give the farmer an idea as to how
to make a start, and we trust our far
mers may profit by this information.
Properly Viewed.
Wo cheerfully give place to the
following letter. Mr. Foster takes a
proper view of the matter, and all
others concerned should take the
same view. Mr. Foster says:
Eagle Ckeek, Clackamas Co.
t April 5th, 1875.
Ed. ExTEnrHisE Dear Sir: I no
tice in your valuable paper of the 2d
of this month, that yon declined
publishing " Fair Play's" communi
cation from Eagle Creek; which, I
think, was very proper. For I do
not think that ' New Comer" intend
ed any disrespect toward tho persons
named in his letter. Who " Fair
Play" is, I do not know; but I for
one, can assure him that it amused
me very much, and gave no offense.
For the benefit of " Fair Play," you
may publish this, if you please,
llespectfully yours,
Philip Foster.
Civil Rights ixa Barber Snor.
The Alexandria (Va.) Gazelle gives
the following account of the opera
tion of the Civil Rights Bill:
A colored man entered Fisher's
barber shop yesterday and demand
ed a shave. The proprietor seated
him in an ordinary chair. Being
seated he was lathered well, the
brush occasionally slipping into the
corners of his eyes. The barber
then, after rumaging in a chest, pro
duced what must have been the
father of all razors, and com
menced strapping it -vigorously.
The customer, half blinded by the
soap, seeing him handling the small
scythe, asked what he was going to
do with it, and when told that he
was going to shave him with it, said
he wouldn't be shaved by any sUcb
thing, and hastily rising, seized a
towel, wiped his face and left the
shop.
Nut Obliged. The solemn philos
opher of the Cincinnati Commercial
makes this profound observation on
the announcement that civil service
reform had been abandoned: "One
is not oblicred now to Dull all his
( brothers-in-law in office.
practical Flax Growing for tho
Fibre or Lint.
A writer in the Portland Bulletin
says that prudent farmers try new
products cautiously. Ten years ago
it was a question whether flax seed
could be raised in Oregon at ft profit
to make oil for paint. Now the" far
mers plodgo tho Messrs. Holman to
raise from ten to twelve thousand
acres per year for the seed alone.
These gentlemen thus supply their
own mill at Salem and the mills of
San Francisco. ;
! Oregon linseed oil" is now a home
production and a common article of
export. The fibre has been mostly
thrown away or burned. Yet a sin
gle hank of it sent to Mr.Wm. Roid,
of Dundee, two years and a half ago,
showed the Irish flax growers tha$
our climate and soil surpass theirs
for the product of lint. -
The Messrs. Williamson of Albany
and Smith, of Salem, havo tested it
with inferior Chicago seed, and have
had very profitable results. .
They have been offering as rent,
for good land, $15 per acre, including
two plowings, three harrowings, sow
ing and rolling.
A gentleman who carries on sev
eral farms estimates that the owners
of land can hire if they prefer it
tho above labor performed for S5 50
per acre, leaving a clear profit of
$9 50 per acre for their land. Esti
mating the highest present cash value
of such land - at 40 per acre, it af
fords a net profit' of nearly 25 per
cent, per annum, or two per cent, per
month.
It is osthuatod thai the whole cost
of flax per aero, ready for shipment,
including rent of land, as above stat
ed ($15 per aero), and hand pulling
and binding, at a cost of S6 per aore,
is $55 per acre. Tho net profit over
all expenses, as shown by the test
last year, was over $30 per acre.
Should this year's test equal the last
it would go far to establish the relia
ble annual profits per acre of land
suitable for flax.
We give the following suggestions
to guide any farmers who may wish
to try flax for the lint this year:
1. Your location should be near a
pond or brook or ditch of good water
in which you can put the flax through
tho retting process conveniently.
2. Your land Bhonld be of the
quality suitable for wheat, or oats,
only it may bo rather moist. Some
farmers fuiled to raise a good crop of
flax seed in Washington county a few
years ago. Col. T. R. Cornelius
raised a good and profitablo crop the
same, year. He said that his neigh
bors sowed a little too late and on
too high ground, yet in both cases it
was common wheat land.
3. The soil must be thoroughly
pulverised; two plowings and three
harrowings, sowing, covering '
inches and rolling constitute the pro
cess which the experiences Messrs.
Williamson and Smith have found to
be the best.
Onr wheat growers will perceive
that the preparation for a good flax
crop is nearly the same as for a good
wheat crop. Deep plowing will
give tho longest and most valuable
fibre.
. 4. Sow tho best Riga or Ilolland
seed 'which has just been imported
by II. Hewitt & Co. for fibre, 112
pounds per acre, or for raising seed,
5( pounds per acre In some cases
in Ireland three bushels, or 180
pounds per acre are sown. The
books say that the stalks thus grow
taller and less branching. But 112
pounds havo been ' tested with good
results on our soil.
5. Avoid weedy land as far as
possible, yet a dense growth of flax
will do much to choke down weeds.
6. Fibre is saved by pulling the
flax, yet.it costs $6 per acre to pull
and bind. It can bo reaped for $1 25
if in large quantities.
7. Flax for lint must be pulled or
reapen when somewhat green. That
for seed should remain till ripe. The
lint of this ripe flax can bo used for
canvas or for course fabrics.
8. The yield of flax may be esti
mated at 500 to 600 pounds of fine
lint per acre, worth in Great Britain,
on an average every year, 15 Cents
per pound. 1,000 pounds have been
raised per acre.
9. Twenty per cent, of the flax
should be allowed to ripen for seed,
which is worth about 8 cents per
pound.
10. Sow flax only once in five
years on the same land, as inIreland
and Scotland they rotate crops and
get the best wheat crop after a crop
of flax.
11. If ponds or brooks are con
venient for retting, the care and skill
for this work can easily be acquired,
and the braking and scutching can
be done by hand at leisure times,
and employ many persons, young
and old, who want work, especially
in the winter season. A scutching
mill is better if it can be convenient
to the farmers to furnish the fiax
straw.
12. A gentleman says it is better
to begin with one or two or four
acres this year, nd test it every one
for himself, and raise seed also for
another year If it fails, the loss
will be less j if ix . succeeds, more
acres can be well prepared for the
next season,
13. Do not delay sowing beyond
the second or third week of April, as
the raina may cease before the flax is
well started to grow. "
There are some valuable facts re
cently published in one of the Bel
fast, Ireland, papers on the demand
and supply, quality and cultivation
of flax, which may be soon republish
ed here.
Election News.
Healthy Readluff for Radical;
. Tho following election returns may
be healthy reading for Radicals, but
it will be mncli more so for Demo
crats, the' 'dead Ifemocracy? of which
we have heard so: Jtnch. -.Tho dis
patches speak for themselves :
New Hatex, April C.-The latest
returns from this section of the Con
gressional district gives Phelps (D.)
a majority of 1,195- with five towns
to hear from, which last year gave a
Democratic majority of 14J. bon
ders' Democratic plurality in the 1st
district, over Hawley, is 488. Bar
num, (D.) in tho 4th district; is re
elected by probably 1,000 majority.
Returns from the 3d district are mea
gre, but probably Starkweather (R.)
is re-elected. The State Senate is
Democratic by a large majority re
turns already in showing there have
been elected 13 Democrats out of 21.
The Republicans gain largely in. the
House, und it is probably close.
Hartford, April 5. Forty towns
in the State give Ingersoll (D.) for
Governor, 11,158; Greene (R.) 8,808;
Smith (Pro.) 792. The same towns
gavo in 1874 Ingersoll, 9,808; Har
rison, .). 7,828; Smith (Pro.) 94.
Ingersoll is probably elected by as
large a majority as last year. Hawley
is pFobably . defeated in . tho 1st dis
trict by from two to four thousand.
General Hawley runs ahead of the
Republican ticket here, and Sanders,
his opponent, is largely behind his
ticket in his own town, New Britain.
10 i. m. Eighty -one towns give
Ingersoll 1,8G4 plurality over Greene
in a total voto of 37,744. Tho same
towns last year gave Ingersoll, over
Harrison,' 2,093 in a total voto of 32,
959. General Hawley 13 defcatod for
Congress : for the first district by
490.
P. L. Barnuni is elected Mayor of
Bridgeport. Republicans gain slight
ly in the Legislature, but probably
not enough to overcome last year's
Democratic majority.
New York, April 5. With only
35 towns i to hear from, tho vote in
Connecticut for Governor stands
Ingersoll, 50.89G; Greene, 41,954;
Smith, 2,398. Ingersoll is elected
by 7,000 majority.
Congressmen are elected as - fol
lows: First district, Sanders (D.);
second, Phelps (D.); third, Stark
weather (R.); Fourth, Barnuni (D.)
Ohio has the following as the re
sults in that State, which is not very
encouraging to Radicalism:
Cincinnati, April C. The Demo
cratic city and county ticket was
elected here yesterday. The Demo
crats elected their ticket in Zanes
ville, Troy, Lima, Crestliuo, Dayton
and Chilicothe; The Republicans
and Independents in Springfield,
Xenia, Urbanon, Mansfield, Will
mington, Youugtou, London and
Toledo.
Cleveland, April 5. Tho city
election returns are coming in slow
ly.- Returns to 1 a. m. show large
Republican gams over the Cougres
sional vote Inst fall, and indicate tho
probable election of Chas. Pettygill,
Republican, for Mayor, by a small
majority; also Republican majority
in the common council.
In Michigan the Radicals elect 13
of the 21 Circuit Judges.
To the Farmers of Oregon.
Albant, March 29, 1875.
Gentlemen:
Having been selected by the Con
tennial Board of Commissioners, of
this Stite, as a superintendent of the
cereal department, or one to work in
conjunction with tho board of com
missioners, for the purpose of col
lecting together the best varieties of
cereals to send forward to the Cen
tennial Exhibition, at Philadelphia,
next year. I desire to call your at
tention to the fact that the different
varieties of grain and seed will have
to be raised, or produced this sum
mer. This is a work, if properly
carried out, that will be of lasting
benefit to this State and the people
thereof. It is a work that one man
cannot do as it should be done.
Therefore, farmers of Oregon, come
to the front and assist me in bring
ing together all and- everything in
the grain and seed department that
is worthy, in order to make a first
class exhibit. As this great work de
pends on you and me, let us set this
State before the outer world as should
be. Then, I repeat, farmers, come
to the front. By a combined effort
we can succeed, and do honor to our
selves and the State. Raise wheat,
rye,-, barley and oats, of various kinds.
Thrashed and in sack, two bushels of
each variety. Also a sheaf of each
,variet5r'S longest growth. Best head
ed. Grass seed a peck of each vari
ety, and a sheaf of the same. I de
sign showing to the world the growth
of our wheat, rye, barley and oats
in sheaf, as this, I think, will be the
greatest advertisement for Oregon
that could be obtained.
All samples of grain and grass
seeds intended for the Centennial
Exhibition, will be carried over the
railroads and rivers free of charge, in
this State, to Portland, where there
is a storehouse' in readiness for their
reception. Mark, A. J. Dufur, Port
land, where there will be competent
persons to receive 'and box them.
Any one intending to send samples
of any of the above grain, seeds or
anything else in my department, will
notify me of the amount of space
required for their lot, when placed
on the tables at Philadelphia, so that
I may be able to notify the Director
General of the Amount of space re
quired from this State for that de
partment.
All newspapers of Oregon who feel
inclined to assist in developing the
resources of this State, will please
give space in their columns to thA
above. C. P. Bttrkhati-p
Murder. A gambler named W.
H. Baker shot and killed another
gambler named Lee Stewart, in Port
land, last Friday morning. The ex
amination of Baker was held before
Judge Denny, who held the prisoner
m S2.000 bonds to appear before the
next grand jury.
Modes and Uses of Flax Culture.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica,
eighth: edition ( 1853) . says , tho Bul
letiti calls flax " the most important
crop of limited cultivation." " View
ed merely as an agricultural crop,
the cultivation of flax is exceedingly
simple,'-and could be practiced as
readily and extensively as that of the
cereal crops. The difficulty is that
before!, it can be disposed of to any
advantage, it must undergo a process
of partial manufacture thus there is
required not only an abundant sup
ply of cheapr labor, but - such an
amount of skill and personal super
intendence on the part of the farmer
as is incompatible with due attention
to corn and cattle husbandry. If a
ready and remunerative market were
available for tho fibre in its simple
form of flax straw, this, in combina
tion with the value of the seed for
cattle-feeding, would at once hold
out sufficient motive to our farmers
to grow it steadily and to any re
quired extent.
Flax prospers most when grown
upon land of firm texture, resting
upon a moist sub-soil. It does well
to succeed oats or potatoes, as it re
quires the soil to be in fresh condi
tion without being too rich. Lands
newly broken up from pasture suit
it well, as these aro generally freer
from weeds than those that have
been lorg under tillage. It is usu
ally inexpedient to apply manure
directly to the flax crop, as the ten
dency of this is to over-luxuriance,
and thereby mar tho quality - of the
fibre, on which it chiefly depends.
For the same reason it must be thick
ly seeded, tho effect of this being to
produce tall, slender stems, free
from branches. Tho land being
plowed in autumn, is prepared for
sowing by working it with grubber,
harrow and roller, until a fine tilth
is obtained. On tho smooth surface
the seed is sown broadcast by hand
or machine at the rate of three bush
els per acre, and covered in the same
manner as clover seeds.
" The vantity of flax imported into
Great Britain has for a considerable
number of years been gradually in
creasing. In 1830 it was 48,000 tons,
in 1840, C5.000 tons, 1850, 80,000
tons. Of theso amounts Russia fur
nished 74 per cent., Prussia, 10 per
cent., and Ilolland, Belgium, France,
and other countries 16 per cent."
In 1SG5 Great Britain used flax as
follows: Tons raised in Ireland, 84,
000; valuo of imports, 35,000,000;
tons imported, 3,000,000.
During the last twenty years this
business has greatly increased. A
single firm in Dundee, Messrs. Geo.
Armitstead i Co., sell all over Great
Britain and Ireland an average
1,000 tons per week.
Tho following quotatians from the
Dundee Advertiser of March 2, 1875,
show the Dundee prices of flax and
tow:
Riga
K 4" to 10
J ri .'! to 40
PHI) 42 to
PW 4.; to
V 40 to
43
4t
41
I)V 2S to
Cod ilia 0 to
32
0
St. Pi-TTKitsmma
Pskow 12 heads
Ordinary "
9 "
6 "
Tow, No. 1 ,
43 to
34 to
lis to
22 to
40 to
41
30
23
0
36
58
50
Tow, No. 2 30 to
A RCn A NO K Ij
31 Crown 57 to
Fine Zabrack 49 to
lne letters iv, itv, lfixu, etc., are
known to the trade as brands indi
cating the quality.
The Dundee and Fifeshiro weavers
use the lower grades for the manu
facture of linens and damasks, table
cloths and the coarser linens and
twines, yet they paj' for the raw tow
and flax from 140 to 295 per ton.
The Belfast weavers ube to next
grades for the finer linens, and pay
from $300 to $350 per ton for the
lint.
The Leeds weavers, of England,
certain houses in France, and also
certain houses in Belfast manufac
ture the linen fabrics and pay cor
respondingly high rates for tho lint,
over $450 to $500 per ton. This lat
ter is the fibre which Oregon has
and can produce.
Thus, the flax products of a single
field is graded and sent to different
cities of England, Scotland, France
and Ireland for manufacture.
About forty years ago three young
men moved from Brechin, Scotland,
to Andover, Massachusetts, and be
gan the manufacture of linen twine.
cord and shoe-thread. Their annual
importion of flax from Dundee mer
chants was very large, besides the
amount obtained from tho United
States. Their fortunes are counted
by millions from this business, and
the fame of Messrs'. Smith fe Dove
extends, as manufactures, over tho
continent. The price per pound for
twino is $1 12 in our market. The
cost of the material is 12 cents to
which must be added the cost of the
manufacture and labor.
The tariffs on linens if from 30 to
35 per cent., the freights and com
missions about 20 per cent. more.
A few months ago the Captain of a
ship needed new sail cloth (linen
fibre) . The merchants of Portland
could furnish only that made of cot
ton. From San Francisco he got a
supply of the article, imported there
from Dundee.
The two hundred acres of flax
raised for the lint in Oregon last
year, besides the thousands of acres
for seed during eight vears past.
prove that our climate and soil equal,
and even surpass, most parts of Great
Britain and of Continental Europe
in production. lhe Messrs. Wil
liamson Brothers & Smith have done
a noble thing for our State and coast
by proving this fact with the lint,
already sent to Belfast, of tho last
year's crop.
To Mr. William Reid is due much
credit for sending that small hank of
Uregon flax to them at Belfast in
July, 18J2. That small knot of fine,
soft and strong fibre revealed one of
our resources of more value than the
gold pebbles found in the creeks of
.California in 1848.
-'The same gentlemen, it is said,
have made good offers, $15 - per acre
rental per year, for land to raise flax
this season, tor half the profits ier
acre. ,4. . .'' . , v.
' One thousand bushels of best Riga
and Holland seed have just been
received by . H.. Hewett & Co., for
sale at net cost of importation 8
cents per pound, to farmers, and
credit will be given on good security.
The cost of raising and preparing
for market is about $50 per acre."' In
this a new industry, with surer in
come even than wheat, is open to our
farmers. Mr. Smith says that 100
acres sown in any locality will war
rant putting up the machinery for
scutching and preparing for market.
Grant Means to Kim.
That Vise and penetrating ; observ
er, Mr. J. S. Pike of, Maine, writes
from Washington tq the . New York
Tribune in a very clear and convinc
ing manner upon the design of Gen.
Grant to bo the Radical candiate for
President in 187C. Wo quote tho
whole of his letter:
"One has not long to be in Wash
ington to discover that all this South
ern business means a third term.
Gen. Grant means it, and the whole
host of adventurers whose personal
fortunes are bound, up iu his contin
uance in office mean it also. It is a
new political feature in our history,
but not more strange or striking
than many of the events of the last
dozen years. The incredulity about
it is still considerable, because peo
ple do not readily believe in wholly
new things. It is not unlikely the
plan is going to succeed. General
Grant has this great advantage. By
making himself the agent of violence
and repression in the South, he has
secured the undivided support of tho
blacks and carpet-baggers in the
choice of Delegates to the National
Convention. Here is a large funded
capital to begin with. With the del
egates of the old slave States in his
hands at the outset, it will be seen
that he enters the contest with an
immense advantage over every other
candidate. It must also be remem
bered that this is a blind force,
swayed oy personal and partisan con
siderations merely. It will be the
dead weight of the Convention, not
amenable to high public considera
tion. It is difficult to see how it can
be overcome.
" The dividing line is already be
ing silently drawn here among the
Republicans on this question, and it
is not dflicnlt to trace its winding
and its boundries. The stiff and
sure Republican States are at bottom
anti-Grant, anti-third term. They
wish to try no rash experiments.
They desire to savo themselves, if
they cannot save the Presidential
election. They therefore oppose
themselves to all political audacities
of whatever character, and strive to
conciliate tho moral and conserva
tive forces which underlie ail sound
republicanism, but it will be rec
ognized that the number of such
States is comparatively small, and
that they are no match in represen
tative force for the bod v of Southern
States.
" The Northern States arc to fur
nish recruits fur the Grant standard
are States quite differently situated.
They are States already lost to the
Republicans, such as New York, New
Jersey, Indiana, and others. Grant
delegates from these States can be
inrnisued in any quantity, ana the
rivaries of competing civilian c;indi
dates will swell tneir nuniuer. It is
not with them a question ot success
now, but of future operations. They
would sooner throw away" votes on
Grant, than anvbodv else, since his
probabilities of success would be
worth more to them than anything
else Avithin their reach. Then tho
class of doubtful Northern States, of
which Pennsylvania and .Ohio may
oo taKen as samples, which they can
not be so certainly counted on, will
nevertheless turn out a good deal of
driftwood that will follow the strong
est current. So that all things con
sidered looking to the States alone,
Grant's chances seem to be altogeth
er better for a nomination than those
of anybody else in the Republican
ranks.
"This view rec3ive3 confirmation
in a very striking manner, by the
reticence of leading Republicans.
Very few openly say anything against
the third term, in fact nobody ex
cept such as aro - ready to break
with the Administration. Everybody
is afraid of that. It affects them in
their party relations, and brines
down partisan hostility, which few
have the intrepidity to . defy. It is
an abasement that all politicians suf
fer, rather than endanger their places.
It is not manly, it is not honorable,
but it is human. It is a great mis
fortune that people in public life
cannot be independent and cannot
say just what they think. Gen.
Grant dominates the leading Repub
licans very much as Clay used to
dominate the old Whigs, though
from very different reasons. Clav
was a leader and dictator by virtue
of his genius; Grant is so by rea
son of his place. The latter has all
the patronage of the counrty at his
disposal and a backing of popular
favor among the rank and file. Be
tween the two he makes himself for
midable, especially so through the
exercise of his military qualities
of pertinancy and obstinacy. Who
ever, therefore, would understand
the political situation, and desire to
know the reason of the extraordina
ry policy being pursued, and to V
apparently, still further pursued
with the .Southern States, must rec
ognize the facts here rreRAntl
They are the key to the position. It
is a Doia push for the third term."
J. nere is no doubt that this
is a
periecuy just and oorreot
Al ? a i
view of
me situation, and a eontemporary
commends it to all Radical wi,a.0
patriotism and self-respect are
stronger than their devotion to the
mere name of a party.
The Washineton
dent says: Mr. Dalv. of this tiWa
was deputized by Sheriff Tosier and
sent down with the mail hack yester
day to arrest W Corbett. th mail
carrier on this route, far embezzling.'
iuwitry, uu complaint oi u. li. oos
of this rdace. and returned with
Mr. Corbett in his charge Wednesday
luormug.
- SUM.MARV en.
oM; v.,. -
Linn county is out of tUu ,
a $45,000 Court House an
jail. Linn has been continua"
der Democratic rule. "QTlalv
' The body of an unknown m
found in the Santiam ri :
Jefferson, last Fridav It . ' Der
composed that reon,: ' a So k
-ii o"'uuu
pussi uie.
Mr. Javen
is, the Sexton of then,.
Fellows' cen:
the Record that Jurith? ino
Mrrch there were sev.n ' lnt
4 males and 3-female..- Thi,;
half of the whole amount 0f -
ments of last year, i : ... 7 r-
.Work on the buildings for an'?
foundry at Baker City, has g
menced. . v- a c05-
A disease Characterized as snof,;
killing off a creat m-
Washington county, and "J HI
ing a carcass with
issect.
a . view
taming the cause.
m.
of ascer-
dmi Bive TIT- '. T!V-1 i
J s;r, iormerlv .
successful teacher of this cor, L
who went back to -Missouri last f&
is said to be returning-to Wt.K''
The Record of Tuesday says- TV
day the Salem ; mills have advweS
the price of wheat to 70 cents rTr
of the foreign demand, and also prot
ably because wheat for grinding j,
becoming less plentiful than lerui'
fore.
W. C. Meyer, of Ashland, Las 8oU
his stallion, "Capt.Sligart," to Cait
Kellogg, of Washington Territory
The merchants of Jacksonville Lots
taken the matter into their own hands
and will hereafter observe the Sue
day law, which has stood as a dnw
letter on our statute books. X..
goods, except iu extreme cr3,-w:;;3
be sold on that day. .
Stock is reported to be doing
well in Lake Co. -
W. Orr, of Tule Lake, will star
for Chicago about the 1st of Jul
with 1.000 head of cattle.
The delegates to the Grand Lodg;
of I. O. (). F. from the three Lodg.
in Washington 'county are Dr. V
Bowlby and C. II. "Walker frot
Washington Lodge, No. 4S, at Fort
Grove; D. L. Turpi n and II. C. lis;
inond from Cornelius Lodge, No.
at Cornelius; A. T. Crocker and V
D. Pettiuger, from Montezuma Lodg
No. 50, at Hillsboro. -
A letter from Williams creek, Jot
phine counjy, to the Times, Hay
mining in placer diggings has prove
a failure this season. Quartz pru
pecting is the only alternative. Wor;
on the ilorsehead lead will probaK
commence now shortly. A nw
ver lead has loen discovered lateW
Williams creek is a srood iluce fori
sawmill. A blacksmith shop is a!
needed. Settlers can find rh-a:
places to buy, or tolorably fair raneL
es to take np in this county.
The State RigJifs Demcirtit mt
The Lebanonites and their imnifii,
ate neighbors are- buzzing arouni
lively now soliciting sHbsciiptior
for the erection of a bridge arrow
the Santiam at that place. We ur
derstand that over 62,000 have
subscribed in Lebanon alone. mh
is expected that , as much more
be contributed by the people on tlr
other side of the river who are cv;
more interested than the Lebanon:. ,
in the project. It is estimate! tht
$10,000 will be required to build th
bridge, half of which is to be rai:
by subscription and' the county ac
tiiorities are asked to apiropnate ;t
other half.
Tho Surveyor General rcmoYfc
the land office from Eugene C'itj t
Portland last week. We suppv
Portland will soon ask all tho o8ic
he removed to that place.
The Odd Fellows of Astoria Lv
decided to give an anniversary l"
on the :10th iust.
J. M. Scott and E. M. Waito 1:t
been elected delegates to. tho (JranJ
Lodge, I.O.O.F., from Olive Lolg?
at Salem.
The arrest of Bill v Corbett i:
Washington county was entire;
groundless and unwarranted, and
was honorably "acquitted, bavin;
proved that " he paid .' the moner t
question last February.
Mr. Luther Hasbronck, who re
cently went from Lane county K
Leslie, Michigan, writes to George
Humphrey, concerning the weather.
that the thermometer lias been do
to 40 degrees below zero, and on tlrf
loth of March the snow-was vet to
feet deep on the ground. Grnmbleri
at Oregon weather will r)leas tab
notice.
The Record says that the maefci-
cry for the manufacture of boots anH
shoes at the State Penitenti arj ha'
arrived and is now on the erround.
Stock has been received for makinK
boots and shoes and preparations :
now going on.
Lafavette Williams has been re
elected Clerk of the Salem district
by a very large majority.
The remains of the murdered mar
Daniel McMahon, arrived at Jack
sonville on Friday of last week, an;
were consigned to tho tomb on the
following day.
Barden and Carey, the murder
of Daeiel McMahon, have been bel
to answer, and for their better secur
ity havo been heavily ironed "
placed in closo confinement.
A brother of the murdered raJ3
McMahon, arrived at Jaeksonril''
from Nevada on Tnesday of
week, and he iate&ds prosecuti;'?
the murderers with all tho rigor
eanjDommand .
The coroner's jury in the case
Daniel McMahon murdered in Ja'
son county, found that deceased
a native of Ireland, aged about 3ir
40 vears, that ho came to his deat
on the 20th day of February, A-1;
1875, in Jackson county, by pi
shot wounds. And they furtlie1
found Chester Barden, aided nj
assisted by William Carey, was ta
person by whose act the death of"
said Daniel McMahon was occasion
ed; that the same. was done by sbtf
ing him with a pistol, and was do
in the commission of a robbery,
they deem the same to be murder
the first degree.
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