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OREGON UTV, OREGOX, JfSE IS, 1378.
Democratic State Central Com
o mittee Meeting.
A meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee is hereby called, to
be held in the city ot Portland, on
Thnrsdav, the 21th day of J une, 1875.
IIENIIY KLTPPEL,
, Chairman.
- Jacksonville, May 19, 175.
" 1 Democratic papersptea.se copy.
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Records of Fraud.
The niagnitudo of lUdical frauds
Las become so great thjat the organs
of that party do longer pretend to
lefend them, and now resort to a
new plan to relieve their party of tho
t-dium which they have brought up-c-n
the organization, fhey claim a
great deal of virtue jfor exposing
frauds and bringing the guilty ones
to trial. Now lot us seo how this as
sumed virtue holds g'pod, so far as
the BaJical party is concerned. Who
brought to light tho great New York
Custom IIouso stealings? Was it
tho Radicals? No; but, on tho con
trary, it was the Democratic members
of that investigating conjmittee, back
ed by tho Democratic press. What
was tho result? A ltadical Senate
whitewashed the perpetrators of the
frauds and let them go. ; The Credit
Mobiliers wero brought to trial on
tho strength of Democratic Repre
sentatives and Senators, and what
was done with them after a most
plain conviction? They wero allow
ed to go free with their ill-gotten
plunder. Who brought the odium
on ltadical Congressmen for the
back-pay grab but Democrats, and
what is done with them? Why, the
Radicals take them up ad have made
one of them President Af tho Senate
who voted for and took vack Pay
Who is it that is bricking daily to
light tho corruptions of the Indian
Ring, tho rostoffico Department Ring
and all other corruptio jS carried on
by the Radical office-holders? It is
certainly not the Radical press nor
the Radical officials, and they go un
punished. The cry that the Radical
party exposes and removes from office
of trust its corrupt offidaals is simply
bosli. Not one of tbui ha3 as yet
received tho punishment ho deserves
unless it wassonie friendless individ
Qtial who was simply punished for not
stealing enough. A few years ago a
certain army officer was convicted of
being a defaulter of over half a mil
lion of Qlollars. He was sentenced
to tho penitentiary and to pay a cer
tain sum as a fine. What was the re
sult? In less than threo months he
was out and riding around the streets
of Philadelphia in ono of tho "finest
turnouts" that city affords. Delano,
tho Secretary of the Interior, has
been proven to be in partnership
with his son John in blackmailin
land claimants, and yes ho remains
and holds his position in the Cabinet
and continues to use the position as a
means of enriching himself at tho
expense of those having business in
his office. How is it with Douglas,
who is now being charged with being
ia league with the whisky distillers
in defrauding tho nation out of mil
lions and his army of officials under
him? Why, hewas asked to resign
and accept a live Judgeship. Does
this look like bringing, Radical offi
cials to punishment? We fail to rec
ollect a single instance where a Rad
ical thief has been detected and con
victed, of his receiving the punish
ment he deserved. How is it with
Boss Shepherd, of the Washington
Ring? No ono denies that ho.has
not stolen even more than Ross
1 weed, and while the latter is serv
ing out a term in the New York
penitentiary, tho former is the bosom
friend of tho Radical President, and
ia received at the White House at all
times and in all classes of society.
We might go on to enumerate a host
of other cases to show hat the Rad-
icals do not b
frauds, but that
light these
by outsid-
ers,.jni that no
is taken of
them until the publi
lignation is
fto aroused that they
can no longer
avoid it, and then only take notice
of it to let the scoundrels out as easy
as possible. There is but one truth
in what ho Radical editors claim,
and that Is, that there are more ex
posures of frauds than at any other
period i:i the history of our nation,
and the reason of that is, that the
greater majority of GrantV appoin
tees are made up of thieves, and the
amount of stealing is so much larger
than at any former time. We know
of several Oregon officials who ten
dered their resignations, and at tho
time their accounts were not balanc
ed at Washington, yet none of them
have ever been brought to justice,
but on the contrary, they have been
appointed to other places and are now
holding Federal offices. But a few
months ago a Federal official of Tort
land had to tender hi resignation
because he had received some two
thousand dollars of tho salary 'be
longing to a deputy, and for which
he must have forged his signature,
yet we find that nothing is done with
him, and the facts are ready and at
hand in Portland for the U. S. Pros
ecuting Attorney to commence an
actio. But does he do so, or does he
give a silent ear to such misdemean
ors in office? Unquestionably the
latter. And yet we find that the
Radical organs have the impudence
O
''v
ring id
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it is uine
noti
.ft
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to claim that because there are so
many exposures of fraud and steal
ing that it is a sign of integrity in
their party. If its officials were not
made up of thieves, there would be
no need of exposure. But the peo
ple find the thief, and then turn him
over to the Radicals for punishment,
and as a general thing he knows too
much of the rascalities of his party
for them to daro to punish him, and
he goes free. This is a fair picture
of what Radical editors claim much
credit. They are in the condition of
a drowning man, and we are charita
ble enough to allow them all the
consolation they can get out of such
a defense.
Docs Not Want to Father Its
The Salem Statesman of late has
shown strong signs of kicking out of
the Radical party and supporting
Democratic principles. In one of
its recent issues it has the impudence
to expect tho next Radical Conven
tion to disapprove of the Civil Rights
Bill, tho Force Bill, the third term
plank, the salary grab, the Credit
Mobilier rascality, the Louisiana
outrage, and even wants tho party to
go for States Rights. We are glad
to see a Radical editor realizo the
magnitude of the infamy of his party
and hope that he may be able to re
construct it on a more healthy and
honest basis. But to expect a party
to go back on itself so completely
simply to secure a Congressman
from Oregon, who, while openly
pledged against these measures
would go to Washington and vote
with tho Radicals who are all pledged
on these points, is asking a great
deal and not taking into considera
tion the amount of dirt he asks his
party brethren to swallow. But Or
egon Republicans need not natter
themselves that they can throw off
the odium which attaches to their
party by the passage, or attempted
passage of these infamous acts. The
Civil Rights Bill is a Radical meas
ure passed by a Radical House and
Senate, and signed by a Radical
third-termer. The party may dis
own the child, but its parentags is un
deniable and will claim the inheri
tance of its ancestors. The Force
Bill was passed by a ltadical Lower
House, lobbied for by a third-term
President, and only defeated by su
perior management of Democratic
Senators and lost for want of time to
pass it. This infamy will also claim
the protection of those who brought
it into existence, and to show that
tho party will take care of those who
voted for the Force Bill, we need
only cito that some twenty of the
Radical Congressmen who were re
pudiated by their constituency, have
been appointed by tho President to
Federal positions since their vote for
the bill. Tho Radical party cannot
get rid of tho responsibility of those
acts. Tho Credit Mobilier frauds
are of Radical origin, and though
the party may profess to deny its re
sponsibility of them, the people will
place them on trial and give them
their jiroper condemnation. The
Louisiana infamy is endorsed by the
"President and the Cabinet" as Fish
leiegrapnea to oneriaan. wno was
down in New Orleans and not
"afraid." Thus it will bo seen that
there is no show of disowning this
little sin of tho Radical party. The
salary grab was passed by a Radical
Congress, and signed by their Presi
dent, who has ever since been the re
cipient of $25,000 per annum extra
for signing it. Wo see no room for
the Radicals to escape responsibility
on this score, and presume the party
will have to shoulder it notwith
standing the appeals of the Statesman
to go back on its record. Bat while
the Statesjjian is so anxious to get rid
of tho responsibility of these meas
ures of Radicalism, why has it not
included the Indian Ring frauds:
the whisky frauds; the silk smug
gling frauds, the open and bare
faced corurption of the postal de
partment; the proven and high-handed
blackmailing in tho office of the
Secretary of tho Interior; the steal
ing in tho department of justice and
in fact all the corruption which the
Radical party has been guilty of.
It would be a most glorious thin"
for Radicalism if it could disown its
acts, and it would no doubt bo very
pleasant to have the past record of
the party buried from the sight of
the people. But our friend of tho
Statesman will find that it will bo like
a certain ghost wo read of, it will
not go down at its bidding, and
whether he will desire to get rid of
it or not, the people will place the re
sponsibilities where they belong and
hold the party which has nernetrat-
ed theso infamous acts accountable
for them, aud when an opportunity is
offered, will say to it, get thee hence;
you have been'tried and found sadly
wanting. This will be tho verdict of
the people, and the sooner the Rad
icals realize their true condition the
more cheerfully will thoy be able to
to abdicato the places which they
havo so completely disgraced and
dishonored. The people know who
are responsible, and no amount of
dodging will avail, to save tho Radi
cal ship from sinking out of sight.
So mote it bo.
Dfatii. Wo regret to announce
the death of Mrs. R. K. Warren, of
Albany, wife of Prof . Warren, and
daughter of M. II. Abbott, publisher
of the Tendleton Tribune. Mrs.
Warren was a most exemplary wife,
a kind and affectionate mother, a
true christian, and a most estimable
neighbor and friend. None knew
her but to love, and her early death
will cause a tear of sorrow from the
many hearts it has afflicted. It is
but a few months since her yonnger
sister was consigned to her grave by
tho same cause consumption, and
now tho last one of Mr. Abbott's fam
ily by his first wife, has gone to join
the mother in a better and happier
world. We deeply sympathize with
the afflicted husband and her moth
erless child. May the recollections
of her many noble qualities cheer
them in their lonely journey through
life and finally be reunited in that
world where there is no separation.
LETTER FROM "EW YORK.
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From Our Regular CorresnondentJ
Nkw York, June 1st, 1S73.
Closely following in the wake of Til
den's attack on "the raging canal con
tractors, and the Connecticut Jewell s
expose of the Postoflicc frauds, comes
the press-as if anxious to do some
thing appropriate in these days of
spasmodic honesty attacking the In
dian Ring, and carrying its dripping
scalping knife into tho highest offices
of tho Interior Department. Then
IJrislow, with an eye towards the Presi
dency, conies staggering along, reek
ins with tho fumes of alcohol, hilarious
over his whisky grab, and drunk with
lattery and expertaney. It gives me
pleasure to note the avidity with which
our young men aid tho Hon. Secretary
in his liourbon seizures a species of
ephemeral of virtuo not confined to
Gotham, I understand. After all, what
a flying of Chinese kites it is to frighten
one another and hoodwink the dear
gullible public! What a series of po
litical moves and parade of transparent
virtuo! It is a poor ecomimn on the
sagacity of our voters, that a man for
simply doing his duty, in a death-bed-repentance
kind of a way, should bo
considered worthy of the highost office
in the land. Probity, to me, is not un
like hope, for when long deferred it
makcth my heart sick.
The Centennial celebrations through
out the country havo stirred up the
dormant patriotism of our merchants
to such an extent that they now vie
with one another in tho magnitude of
their subscriptions towards the grand
international exhibition to be held at
Philadelphia. Russia will take no part
officially in the display, owing to Un
questionably .Silent (Slant's boorish
ness towards Duke Alexis during his
visit to Washington. Kngland and
manufacturers generally of goods sub
ject to high custom duties will bo but
meagrely represented; otherwise our
exhibition is bound to bo a grand sue
cess. At the meeting, on the 22d of
May, of the U. S. Centennial Commis
sion, Oregon nobly reported that she
was tho first Stato to make an ap-
propriation, and was ready with 40
tons of matter for tho nation's hun
dredth birthday present. Well done,
mv cood and faithtul servant: as
somebody somewhere said when asked
how he would have his beef. The pro
gramme of Centennial exercises pro
posed by tho committee?" is : Adams of
Mass., and Lamar of Miss., as orators ;
Loncflelow, Mass., poet; Kinorson,
Mass., reader of Declaration of Inde
pendence; Sherman, U. !S. A, grand
marshal; Johnson, (a., master of cere
monies. Inasmuch as there are three
names from Mass. proposed, in my
humble opinion, Win. Cullen Bryant
of Mew York would bo an improve
ment on Longfellow, and Thurman o
Ohio better qualified to read the Decla
ration of Independence than Kmerson
You can form an idea of the grand
scale upon which everything is pro
jected, from tho fact that tho main ex
hibition building will cover 20 acres, to
say nothing of the art hall, horticul
tural hall, machinery hall, agricultural
hall and the 'W acres of elegantly cul
tivated grounds that will surround it.
The army expedition started from
Fort Laramie on the 24th of May for the
Black Hills. They have already suc
ceeded in capturing a party of 70 men
on their way 'to tho newly discovered
gold region. Their wagons and uten
sils wero destroyed and the leaders
imprisoned. Red Cloud it Co. aro at
Washington trying to effect an arrange
ment concerning this disputed teni-
tory. In a "pow wow the other day
tho Great Father told them that tho
Government is not in honor bound to
feed and clothe them, that he wants
them to move to Indian Territory, ami
in a short time will not bo answerable
for tho acts of white men in the Black
I lill region. . In a day or two they will
be ready with their answer. In nearly
all the chief cities largo parties havo
been formed, only waiting for tho com
mand to march to tho mines.
When I say that Pierrepontis a great
improvement on Williams, I do not
commit myself into paying him the
slightest compliment. To propound a
sum in arithmetic: if Piorrepont sub
scribed $20,000 towards Grant's eloction
expenses (a fact) and is only at this
late date repaid, how much, to havo
had an earlier "hack" at the spoils of
office, must Flax Brake Williams have
written against his name? The new
Vttorney-General is resplendant in a
pair of long silky Knglishsido whiskers
and consumptive mustache. He gives
his front hair a well plastered droop,
looking more like that breed of man
who stands behind restaurant chairs
armed with a napkin, than that genus
formed hy nature to strugglo with
mighty subjects. He is said to have
been an admirable lawyer to engage in
all suits with the government. A big
fee, a trip to Washington no court, no
musty law books and lo! everything
was settled to his client's satisfaction.
Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, has
just returned from a trip through tho
South, and announces that he regrets
nothing so much in his entire public
life as his vote in favor of the "Force
Bill." If a few more of the bigots were
to go and do likewise, trusting less to
the concocted lies of interested carpet
baggers, we might have some semi
respectable Republicans in our midst.
Smuggling of late has assumed such
alarming proportions that the regular
importers are almost crowded out of
the market. Meetings have been held
by our merchants, resolutions passed
and all that sort oi'bosh, but as an old
importersaid : " i- ir l-inen, it lias come
to this, smuggling can no more le
crushed than th s.ilc of intoxicating
drinks. We must rither deal in con
traband goods iu self defence, or do
away with this nonsensical and out
rageous tariff." A .-ilk smuggler named
Lawrence (a former Secietary of the
American Club, I hear) has just been
arrested in England by our Custom
House Detectives. As no mention is
made of smuggling in our extradition
COURTSSr OF
treaty with Great Britain it was neces
sary to arrest him on tne cnw0
forgery. The question now arise,
we try a man for smuggling, arrcstcci
" . nharire ot
in a loreign lanci ou --
forgery ? As the Evening Post says,
"Free Trade, or compulsory ruin.
The Erie Railroad Company ik"
having fully recovered iiowi -i
Fiske's extravagant management, ap-
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peared on the 27th of last
forma pauperis" before the Attorney-
General petitioning that a receiver bo
appointed. Concerning railroads it
mav bo of interest to you to kuow
the Northern . Pacific Railroad may.
reach Oregon after all. Independent
of this assertion being mauo hi uib
lieeeher trial, the committee appunueu
by the bondholders propose to sell tlie
road to a new corporation whose mem
iii the report. "Ihcn
in order to retire tho outstanding 7 3-10
and land warrant bonds, the interest
due on them, and the lloating debt,
there shall be issued &l;O00,00O of pre
ferred stock, to have tne au vantage
over the other stock of 8 per cent, divi
dend; common stock snail no issueu in
addition up to the limit of the charter;
and first mortgage bonds shall, bo is
sued to the amount of $23,000 per mile
of finished road to provide lor new
construction. the conversion oi
bonds into stock would ot course
lighten the stringency with which
these securities have hitherto aflik-ted
the Company.
Tho Ueecher trial is now rapidly
drawing to a close. To-day Evai ts is
addressing the jury on behalf of tho
defendant.
A book written by Gen. Sherman,
called his Memoirs, is creating a great
excitement among the leaders in our
lato war. For a man who sutlers with
tho asthma, ho blows his own horn
most lustily. Tho book was not writ
ten with gruel, and is personal 'ad
nauseam. For instance, he saj-s Henry
Haight, of California, drinks too much
lecr to be any of any use. It is said he
is now under heavier fire than at any
time during the war. IJret Harto has
just finished a novel which is to ap
pear as a serial in Scribner's Monthly.
Tennyson has just sent his drama,
'Queen Mary," to press. It embraces
the life of Mary Tudor trom accession
to her death. Arscnc Iloursage's Paris
letters to the Tribune arc to be pub
lished in book form l3' a I.oston house.
We all arc thoroughly acquainted with
herbaceous animals, but tho scientists
have now reversed the order of things
by discovering carnivorous plants.
Even in distant New Jersey n botanist
has discovered one of these trap plants.
which catches insects as largeas butter-
Hies, and nourishes itself from their de
caving carcasses.
On the. 24th of May the 5th Avenue
Theatre celebrated the hundredth per
formance or "ltie l?ig isonanza hy
riving to all the lady spectators a little
silver-brick. These were jockcted im
mediately and not hatted as might
havo been tho case with the sterner
sex.
Owing to the fact that our German
citizens wanted to serenade Carl
Schurz prior to his departure for
Eurono, he waited "over a steamer
and thus escaped almost certain death
on the wrecked Schiller.
Wo have now in Wall street windows
a new 20 cent silver piece. The words
"in God we trust" have been omitted
on this coin.
A bluo blood 1'ostonian named
Abrani Jackson has wandered olV with
about $700,uoi) belonging to the people,
but has been corraied.
In a body, the cadets have left the
service of the Paeme Mail Company,
on the ground oi cruelty anil non-performance
of the contract.
Jay Cooke's estate was put up for
saie i' tne trustees at i,ihni,ihxi. mo
auctioneer having decreased this sum
gradual ly to !f:j;O,0O0 and no bidders.
withurow the property for private s:th
The third term plank was inserted at
the Kentucky Republican Convention,
and denounced bv the same party in
Pennsylvania. Hartcrautt has been
renominated for Governor. He is the
Grand Mogul of tho Pennsylvania
King, after Cameron. To-dav Grant
and retinuo start for his "cottage by
the sea," "on tho beach at Lonu
jiancn. it is tne current rumor on
Change that his head is tilled with
"handicaps," "geldings, ""Paris pools,"
etc. Naturo abhors a vacuum. The
latest tonic agitating social circles is
the fact that the President has shaved
olf his chin beard, preparatory to the
summer campaign among the ladies
Look out girls!
Among the little lions that wo have
sent to England, 1. lsoyton perhaps
has given tho loudest growl, lie is a
famous New Jersey diver, wrecker
and fisherman, and is now gaining a
livelihood by advertising a patent life
saving suit. On the 2'.)th of May lie
crosssed Dover Strait from Franco to
England in his waterproof air-tilled
covering, winning almost as much ap
plauso from the liritishers as when ho
said, "Yes, Miss," to tho Princess
Heatrico. He is such a water-walker
th.it the initml in his vii.ia ,rl n
stand for Peter, but unfortunately for
coincidence (couniounci it:; his name
is Paul.
Let me hero quote a paragraph from
yesterday's Sun: "If the Democracy is
in search of ancient political history
and a most venerable candidate, Allen
is exactly the man to lill both condi
tions, lie would rosuscitato the Oregon
issue wit h '51.40 or tight' and illustrate,
etc., etc."
That crazy man, Joaquin Miller, is at
the Windsor Hotel in our city. Tho
City Council cannot bo aware of tho
fact.
A George L. Scott, of Oregon, gradu
ated yesterday at West Point.
Dispatches from -Southwest Mis
souri, from Colorado and Kansas in
form us that the locusts are destroy
ing all the young crops in those dfs
tricts. Why don't you sond your im
migration pamphlets into thoso
regions? They would lind eager
readers among thoso justly dissatisfied
men.
Since we have been honored with a
real live American Cardinal (for your
lad v readers) , cardinal red is the pre
vailing color this Spring among our
fashionables.
Poor Mrs. Lincoln, on her son's pe
tition, was the other tiny pronounced
insane by a Chicago Court. She has
made several attempts since to commit
suicide.
Our Capitol at Albany which was
to cost only 1,000,000 has already had
inoro than that sum expended upon it.
and cannot be completed, say compe
tent judges, under $s,00t,(Mi0 more.
Yesterday, for the first time, the
President s'poko his mind concerning
a third term. He puts it in the form of a
letter to Gen. Harry White, President
of the recent Pennsylvania Republican
Convention. His previous silenco he
explains as duo to the dignity of his
oflice, and he only speaks now because
tho subject has been considered by a
nominating convention of the second
State in the Union. Although some-w-hat
Delphic in its phraseology, this
letter will probably be regarded as
finally withdrawing Gen. Grant'sname
from the list of candidates for tho next
Presidency. He does indeed take
pains to indicate that there misrht be
circumstances under which he would
accept a nomination if tendered, but
these he thinks are not likely to arise
so hone we all of us. "I am not, nor
have I been a candidate for renomiim-
tion." The Sun declares that Grant
blames Gov. Hartcrauft for tha inser
tion of an anti-third term plank at the
Pennsylvania Republican Convention
and is eleterniined to use his influence
against the Governor's re-election
When thieves fall out. iust men m.)
their dues." The papers generally look
upon this letter ot Grant's as very
evasive and unsatisfactory. A friend
of his informs me (through tho press)
that Grant never reads the papers. I
thought as much. You will pardon
me, I hope, if I entertain a similar
impression concerning the majority of
voters in Oregon City. The idea of a
-ivcpuuiieans carry noinmg but odium
One hundred and eleven deaths from
emall-pox last week, "and yet we
are not happy. " Tom
T v.l: 1 - . "
BANCROFT LIBRARY
wu v oi reasonaoie oeings going po
Radically wrong as to elect a Republi
can ucKeti in Jew York wo
Clackamas County.
ITS EXTEXT TAXATION RAILROAD
Clackamas county is in extent from
north to south, thirty-two miles; and
from east to west, forty-two miles
and contains about one million fifty-
four thousand acres of land. There
is fully three-fourths of the above
amount of land that is well adapted
to agriculture, for the purpose , of
grain, fruit and grasses.
There is about three hundred and
twenty-five thousand acres of this
county that has passed into private
hands. There is about fifty-eight
thousand acres of this amount that
is owned by tho Oregon & California
Railroad Company. There is prob
ably about twenty-two thousand
acres of school lands in this county
now owned by tho Stato of Oregon.
This would make the amotint of land
that has already passed from the con
trol of the general government into
the hands of tho State and private
individuals, three hundred aud forty
thousand acres.
This last amount deducted from
tho number of acres of land in Clack
amas T county would leave in the
hands of the general government
about seven hundred thousand acres
of which amount there is at least
three hundred and fifty thousand
acres that is well adapted to settle
ment, and when ouce put in cultiva
tion will bo fully equal to many of
the older settled places of this coun
ty. The last named amount of land
is subject to homestead and preemp
tion settlement. There are no lands
in this county that are subject to
public entry.
Tho assessed valueof three hundred
and twenty thousand acres of land
that arc owned by private individuals
in this county is, for the year 1874,
assessed at an average of about three
dollars per acre, with the improve
ments thereon.
Tho aggregate valuation of all
property in this county, for the year
1874, real and personal, is about
three millions of dollars. The
State tax for said year was 52- mills
on tho dollar; county tax, 10 mills
on the dollar. After deducting the
indebtedness of the various persons
within the county from tho gross as
sessed value of all property, it leaves
about one million eight hundred
thousand dollars worth of property
in this county subject to tax for said
year. The tax, State, school and
county, in round numbers amounted
to thirty four thousand elollars for
said year. Tho average levy on the
dollar during the past ten years in
this county for State, school and
county tax has been fourteen and
one-half mills on the dollar.
The Hail road lands are valued at
from three to eight elollars per acre
to tho settler and ample time given
for payment therefor. The Stato
school lands can be bought for from
ono twenty-fivo to six dollars per
acre. There is quite a largo amount
of the land of this county yet unsur
vey ed .
IRON ORE AND OTHER MINERALS.
Iron ore is found on both banks of
the Willamette river between Ore
gon City and Portland, also iu vari
ous other parts of the county in
practically, unlimited quantity. The
Oswego Iron Company has a furnace
eight miles above Portland on the
river bank and directly, and indi
rectiy, gives employment to two
hundred and fifty men, as miners,
coal-burners, wcod-choppers, team
sters and operatives about tho stack.
The iron is all mado with charcoal
and is of a quality that commands
five dollars per ton more than any
other American iron and ranks above
"Scotch Pig"' in the San Francisco
market. This is the only smelting
furnace on tho Pacific coast and was
begun as an experiment; but it has
already demonstrated tho fact that
our county will soon develop an in
dustry that will give remunerative
employment to a largo population.
The product of the furnaco is about
eight tons per day, and is run con
tinuously throughout tho year ex
cept when necessarily laid up for re
pairs. Limestone and coal are also
found along the foothills of the Cas
cade mountains. The limestone is of
a fair quality, but not coual to that
found in other parts of our State;
while the coal is believed to be equal
to the best, but has not, as yet. been
sufficiently tested to warrant an
opinion as to its actual quality.
i irst rate building stone mostly of
an aqueous character, is found in
abundance and is easily marketed in
Portland by means of llalboats and j
also by rail. Some indications of
gold, silver, and copper are also
found, supposed to be the outcrop
pings of rich leads; but none of them
Lave yet been worked sufficiently to
test their real valie. .
fisti
Of the finest quality abound in all
the streams. While the Willamette
and Clackamas swarm with salmon,
the brooks and creeks are full of the
smaller varieties, of which the most
desirable as well as most abundant,
is the far famed speckled trout. The
falls of the Willamette river, at
which Oregon City is located, has
also been one of the favorite fishing
grounds of the Indians, where by
the use of nets, immense quantities
of fish are caught each year.
CLIMATE.
The climate is about like that of
the Willamette valley generally ex
cept that the greater abundance
of timber land3 and running streams
tnnl- the country less liable to
drouth; and consequently much bet -
r ,liit(Ml to the raising of stock
than other parts of tho valley.
MINERAL SPRINGS
Have been found in some portions
of the county, the most celebrated
being '"Wilhoit's Soda Springs," the
water from which is said to resem
ble tho celebrated "Congress Water"
of Saratoga, N. Y. It is situated
about twenty miles south east of
Oregon City, and is resorted to every
year by large numbers of invalids
and pleasure seekers who avail them
selves of the medicinal properties of
its health giving waters.
GAME.
Elk, deer, beers, grouse, pheas
ants, pigeons, aud quails aro found
in abundance, while tho streams,
lakes and marshes teem with water
fowl of almost every variety known
to tho tomperato zone.
SCHOOL FACILITIES.
There aro sixty-four school dis
tricts in Clackamas couuty, in which
schools are taught from three to nine
months in the year. In most of the
districts the schools are in :i very
good condition, and a great deal of
interest is manifested in tho subject
of education.
Tho salary of teachers ranges all
tho way from twenty to one hundred
dollars per month.
Number of school children, as per
report of 1874, drawing public school
money, are 2,832; the amount of pub
lic money distributed among this
number, $10,000; number of school
houses, 05, valued at 20,000. At
the county seat Oregon City an
excellent school is kept up the whole
year, with a good attendence; and
also at Milwaukie and Canemah,
where good teachers arc employed at
a salary of S70 to $100 per month,
and all the higher branches of an
English education taught. A tux of
three mills on tho dollar in Oregon
City, on the assessable property of
the town, with the public money
drawn, sustains the school tho entire
year.
liF.LKUOrS BODIES.
Tho Episcopals, Laptists, lloman
Catholics, Methodist Episcopal, Pro
testant Methodists, United Brethren,
Old School Baptists, Cougregation
alists and Christians are all repre
sented in tho various parts of the
county, and religious services are
held bv the various denominations.
In Oregon City, the Episcopalians
have u Church, rectorv and an excel-
minister; tho Baptists havo a fine
new Church and Sunday School, with
a resident minister; the Methodists
i t.,.i. i -.. -i.
naif u jiuuiu. ii'Llui v iUHl Olimiay
, , . , . , . . J
,
lkuman L-athoncs have a good church
edifice, rectorv, Sunday School and
resident triot- tb, f Vmrrrf iorl.
. . . it,ir.. .
ists have a Church, Sunday School
and have stated services twice each
moath. Thoy all have good congre-
' L J ' -t.m. .WAVll.v
gations. The county and city are
well supplied with Churches and
school facilities.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There is a population in this cottar
ty of about 7,000. of which thoLrreat-
cr part arc farmers. The number of
. . ., . .. , ,
voters at the last general election
was 1034. There are twenty post-
olhces in the county, as follows-
Beaver, Butte Creek, Canby, Clacka-
i , ... ...
iu, weeiv, umngsviue, IM-
masens, Eagle Creek, Glad Tidings,
Highland, Molalla.Milla, Milwaukie,
Needy. Norton. Oregon rstv naWo.
o : rT..-".
b"'.TUJ' ""Baicr,ion. xt.ese
postomees are all located in the cen-
tre of settlements, and supply ample
mail facilities Ph i
station, and has a store d X
, ' . , ' "
shop and drug storo, and is the point
of supplies to what is known as Bar-
low's Prairio, one of the finest agri-
cultural sections in Oregon twelve
i witjjou, iwono
m,ica &uuin ol Oregon Jity. Clack-
amas is a railroad station, four miles
north of Oreo-on Pifv baa frtQ
.n.1 UacWith ,hop an,, hs . good
country around it. Clear Creek has
a flouring and saw mill, aud a very
fine country surrounding it. Cut- "lie uiat tliey will recommend theru
tinrrsvillA fo,irf0on MtuMat. sJ?ls favorably to tho minds of our
' ou""'i'
oi Oregon uy, nas some ot the fin-
est agricultural land around it in the
County, and a great deal of vacant
land is yet to be had in this locality.
There is a fine opening for a business
place here, and a frame is already up
for a grist and saw mill, with a most
magnificent water power. At Eitrle
Creek there is i fr.r nrA ti '
reck there w a store, and the coun-
try in that vicinity is well settled,
am! some fine farms are under culti-
vation. Milwaukie, seven miles north
of Oregon City, is a railroad station.
and located on the Willamette river,
The celebrated Standard flouring
mills are located at this place- a
chair and . furniture factory with an
t. I
t xcenenc water power. It is in the
midst of the best fruit-grow in tr sec-
tion of Oregon, and many person'
Lave realized arrA .
T llus
occupation, eedy has a fine store
and is surrounded by- some of the
best agricultural Tarsia r
t j . .... . "
station, which is five miles. Norton
has a fine store, blacksmith shop and
une .Masonic nail, and a flourishing I
i M , ;, "Clnit of what is callel a family of little ones to mourn the
the Molalla prairie. The nearest los3 of the mother who was so sud
market to this place 13 Hubbard's desnly and unexpectedly taken from
Lodge. It is surrounded by a well
settled farming community, and ia
twelve miles from Oregon City.
Oswego lias the famous Oregon Iron
Works, has two stores, blacksmith
shop and a laboring population em-
j ployed about the Iron Works. It
has facilities for an excellent water
power, and will, at no great future
day, become ono of the most impor
tant places in our State. . Its wealth
is unlimited. At Zion, there is a
store, and tho country around it is
of the best 'quality for "making good
and prosperous farms. Sandy ia a
new settlement, but the rich land ia
its vicinity is fast being settled up
and a most prosperous neighborhood
has sprung up. -There is yet conqu
erable vacant land in this locality.
In Oregon City, the Odd Fellows,
Masons and Good Templars have
flourishing Lodges and the latter
have Lodges throughout the various
localities in tho county. The Masons
have a Lodge at Norton's. The State
campmceting grounds are located
near Canby, and the Spiritualists
have a camp ground about tiro miles
south of Oregon Citj'.
A Good Suggestion.
The Stato Central Committee meets
at Portland next week for the purpose
of fixing tho time and place for hold
ing tho next State Convention, to
nominate a candidate for Congress,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho
death of Mr. La Dow. It is well
known that heretofore the nominees
of the prrties have had entirely too
short a time to mako the canvass in,
and they have been compelled .to
omit several important places, and
being rushed through on short time,
have generally worked themselves
down, speaking and traveling Fix or
seven weeks without a single clay's
rest. Many times they travel all day
and speak the same night, and some
times they travel all night and speak
tho next day. There is no use for
this, and we fully endorse the views
expressed in the following from tho
Jlei'cury, and trust tho State Com
mittee will select an early day U r
holding the convention:
Considerations of great importance
urge the necessity of calling thtj
Democratic State Convention at an
earlier day than is usually done. Of
these considerations vo may mention
tho following: Our candidates, as a
rule, do not have an opportunity to
make a t'.iorough canvass of the Staff,
from the fact that there is not suffi
cient time given between the period
of their nomination and that of tho
election. Two months, whioh is tho
usual time g iven between the conven
tion and the election, is not lflicient,
when wo take into consideration tho
fact that the candidate-has to travel
'it the very lowest calculation, lift ern
n""-eti miles m order to visit ad
six bourn
each dav in speaking at
any given
point. Hence, with tho exception f
two w three 'Tvfp he mo:-o populous
( couinjf s, i!ie appointments are con
4 .1 . . . -
r fined to ibo county seats. iii.-svrr
uici 11:1s operated to our prepniiee
and injury for the past ten year
T,,e IemocYatic party, and throudi
11 " e " nole nral1'. Ilas run'::i lo Pin
I ..-.I.. I 1 . f 1 ' 1 1 .1 - ,1
" it iaicajs nave tue m:;t
that is left them to lose, by a fn-e,
full and honest discussion of tin
questions, which present tLemselvcs
to the minds of the peV'plo rog.irding
the present political condition of the
country.
Again, the present canvas should
be allowed at least three months
time, since it must bo made under
circumstances very different from
those usually attend
In the latter-case during thu
months of April and Mav there s t but
is colled broken weather, enablim;
people to attend public discissions
without interfering with the;r usual
"TOV;lti41!S which rarely Lappuu:
owiine our Harvest season, r.v mi-
Urging the time for canvassing tl o
candidate will be enabled to increase
lhe number of his appointments and
thereby increase the facilities fir
the people to hear him.
The chairman cf the tato Conlral
Committee has called a meeting tf
tue committee for the 24th instant,
Suppose tho committee should fix
th of July (Saturday) as tlu,
iimo ior Holding the Stato conven-
tion. This arrangement would givo
two weeks for tho precinct meetings.
one week fo1" the county conventions,
SI U intercuiS week before tho
State convention would meet. This
would give tho candidate three
months time, which is not a dav too
much for an energetic, faithful and
SitTT T&XrX
Above suggestions can be full v acted
upon or not in the present case, we
Central rriniiiia fnr
action.
Sudden Death. A letter dated at
Ochoco, Juno 2d, lo the. Temorat,
says: Tho citizens of Frinevillo
were shocked by a strange, sad oc
currence that ha'nnened at that"rI.ice
on thc ldst month. A certain
porson having a spite at another too
occasion on that dav to put head
on him with a club, which he did
most effectually bv slinnhfir un be
kind him aud knocking him dow-u
nrt tuen brutally beating him. As
rJl "laIe -Vi
all over town. Mrs. Steve Thomas
was standing talking with one of her
neillbor3 about the fight, when she
?UJnJy lmnde.L her spectacles to
nine culm, uskcu ior tumc ....-
and beforp anv ono could catch her.
feU to the floor senseless. She was
immediately "carried and laid upon
the bed and everything donetuas
could be thought of to revive in
but in v.-dn for tbono-h she lived
four days after slie was stricken
down, she died without ever coming
io uer rigni miiia. one leaves nun.
luem'
A salt spring has been discovered
on Cozine creek, Yamhill county.
u.,viuoiii UF CALIFORNIA.