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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For
Congres
LAFAYETTE LANE,
Of Uoiiglas County.
nriii.ic SPEAKING.
lion. L. F; Lane, Democratic candi-
date for Congress, will address his fel
low citizens at the following times and
nlace.s, to-wit :
Link ille
Jacksonville
O Kerbvville
Hosebnrg
Kutrene City
Albany
Corvallis
Dallas
Lafayette
Hillsborn
-Oregon City
Nilem
Portland
Astoria
'-"Hie Dalles
September 4th
8th
10th
lith
ISth
21st
2d
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2-th
27th
2Jth
30th
October 2d
4th
7th
Pendleton
Weston
IVifJ ramie
Union
Daker City
Canyon City
Opposing candidates
join him.
11th
12th
15th
16th
ISth
21st.
are invited to
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Corruption Its Itecortl.
If there were no other reason why
Mr. "Warren should bo defeated, the
plank in the 2'hitform on which lie
.stands endorsing the Federal Admin
istration ought to consign him to
private life. Never in the history of
our Government has there been so
much corruption in official stations
at present, "and yet wo find the office-holders
candidato pledged to an
endorsement. Let us see 'some of
the rascality which is sanctioned by
this resolution: The Radical Admin
istration has a history for venality
and jobbery in which every member
of the Administration has discredi
tably figured. The Government is
controlled and run by powerful
Rings, representing great corpora
tions, monopolies and an organized
combination to plunder the poople.
Every avenue to the "White House is
controlled by Rings and thieves.
They hold in their hands the very
organization of the Radical party
and nominate Congrcsilien and other
State and Federal leers. From
the Federal Treasui- comes the
funds to carry elections and corrupt
the pcojilo. Delano, one of the Ad
ministration which this resolution
endorses has just paid 800,000 to aid
in carrying Ohio for tho1 Radicals,
but the Indian Ring will furnish the
money.
xiio .f ruaMcuJ. has boon found con
nected witli various venal and cor
rupt schemes and speculations. The
Credit Mobilier rascality is an iniq-
iuiv lor -which tue .vairiimsiration is
responsible and thisberjomesa matter
for the people to cndoJko or reject;
and being in tho platfln, the man
who votes tho Radical ticket, votes
to sanction that infanN Instead of
expelling the perpetrators of the rob
bery, they are made part of the Ad
ministration and assigned the fore
most places in the party. For evi
dence of this, it is only necessary to
cite the fact that on the organization
of the 4,ld Congress, after "Wilson,
Garfield, Dawes, Kelly, Allison,
Bingham, Patterson, Scofield and
others were found guilty with the
script iu their hands and dividends
in their pocket, Blain assigned them
tho foremost places in Congress.
"Why? Because they perfectly un
derstoodhe workings of the Nation
al Administration and defied it to
disregard their demands. The last
Congress was controled by just such
men as had been convicted of rob
bery and selling their votes. This
Mr. "Warren stands pledged to en
dorse. "Williams left here as poor ft3
ft church mouse, but he has acquired
a lordly fortune and through public
opinion has been forced to leave tho
Liiuiut'k iu t.e mmseii irom im
peachment next winter. This is tho
man Grant wanted to make Chief'
Justice of tho Supreme Court of tho
United States. The Radical platform
carries with it an endorsement of
this infamous montebank. All know
that the system of contract letting,
the Indian service and theXavy de
partment are rotten to the very foun
dation. Yet the people are asked to
endorse it by their votes next Octo
ber. Last fall, after the rmblie be
came aware to what extent they were
being robbed, they repudiated the
Administration from Maine to Texas.
This was done right under the nose
of the Federal Government, where
the people could see the rascalitv
more plainly than wo can on this
coast, and will the voters of Oregon
now sanction and endorse that which
has been so emphatically and almost
unanimously condemned by the
States East? They had seen tho
crimes' of the party and demmded a
change. cBut what an overwhelming
change it was. From a two-thirds
majority in Congress they have been
reduced to an insignificant minority.
- And are the people of Oregon going
to sanction these scoundrels by elec
iuv u man wuo feianus U,1 iro.l 1
runs on a platform which endorses
such an Administration? Are they
0 not sick of the rascality, and extrav
agance and corruption of the Na
tional Administration? If so, they
must voto against Mr. "Warren, as a
vote for him is an endorsement of
the Administration which has
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brought all the woe. anil trouble
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upon ns, and which is upheld and j
sanctioned by the Radical platform, j
A vote for Warren is a vote lor the
National Administration. Ho is its
representative and as such, he must
go down to the political grave which
awaits "all those who dare to stand
before the people on a platform
which even looks toward an endorse
ment. o -o- -
'Wake Up.
As we have held from the begin
ning of this campaign, Mr. Warren
is a man of no ability. His speech
at Portland last Monday evening
manifested this proposition in every
sentence. That old war whoop of
tl,; Truncal dernaeroirues. "will you
trust the traitors with the ship of
State?" was freely indulged in. My
dear Mr. Warren, were you aware
that the American voters are sick
and tired of thi3 once settled ques
tion? Have not heretofore Republi
can States proved it at the ballot
box? Even Massachusetts, the home
of abolitionism, is nauseated with
the oft opened wounds of our frater
nal strife, goning Democratic, and
embracing her Southern brothers
in friendship and love, at
cradle of our common
the very
liberties,
Bunker Hill, is proof of it.
At a time when the hand of friend
ship is freely extended towards our
defeated brothers by tho people,
shall the Radical aspirants for office
chill the outpourings of warm desire
for reconciliation by their cries of
"traitor," "thief," "rebel?" No! Mr.
Warren, you must awaken to tho is
sues of tho day. This political scare
crow received its burial amidst the
enthusiasm of Union and Confeder
ate soldiers on the 19th day of last
April, and it can no longer act as a
bug-bear among American voters.
With our nation's hundredth
birthday close at hand, with tho no
ble soldiers of both sides embracing
each other throughout the land, is
this a time for us in "far oil Oregon"
to reopen the wounds, to check the
strengthening of that Union we hear
so often mentioned by the Radical
demagogues, by casting our votes in
direct opposition to true honor and
noble manhood ?
Ah, no! Tho people Lave but one
voice; it has thundered through the
East and tho West (it's a wonder it
hasn't awakened Mr. Warrenl) it has
re-echoed from tho ballot box to the
home fire side, and it is for peace,
brotherly love, and strength of
Union.
Their Only Argument.
It is rather amusing to hear Mr.
Warren's friends electioneering for
him. It is so seldom that they get a
Radical out that bears a name for
honesty, that they mako this his en
tire stock in trade. Now let us make
a comparison: We concede that Mr.
Warren is an honest man. No one
has ever dared or questioned Mr.
Lane's integrity, honesty and devo
tion to the State and Union. Where
then has Mr. Warren any claim for
the votes of tho people on this score?
None whatever. The Radicals them
selves claim no particular ability for
Mr. Warren. On this score Lafay
ette Lane is emphatically his superi
or. Mr. Warren's nomination was
the creation of the most corrupt ring
that has ever cursed any State, head
ed and controlled by Simpson, Un
derwood, Mai lory, Scott and Esther
tricksters. Mr. Lane is the fair and
honest choice of a convention of his
party, and is in no way connected
with any fraud on the voters of an
other party. Mr. Warren is. Mr.
Warren is the representative of a
corrupt National Administration.
Mr. Lane is not. Then on what
grounds can any Democrat vote for
Air. arren ijane is his superior
as a Legislator; his equal in every
thing relating to honesty and integ
rity, and is his superior as to ability
and is not the representative! ot any
clique of Federal office-holdei'3
National corrupticnists. So we find
that in every claim put forth for Mr.
Warren, Mr. Lane is fully his equal,
while he has none of the sins to an
swer for which fall on the shoulders
of his opponent.
We Have Seen this Before.
Probably some of our Radical friends
have seen the following sentence,
with a simple change of Radical in
stead of Democratic, before, when a
Congressman was to be chosen:
"The Lower House of Congress
being largely Democratic what -can
the people of Oregon expect should
they elect a Radical to represent
them in Congress? he would have
no influence whatever there. "How
does that now read to our Radical
friends?
The physicians of Kentucky will
soon hold a convention to evolve a
plan for the collection of their dues.
In a circular, they say that not more
than half earnings are collected, and
they desire to adopt the cash system.
Oregon Statesman.
Would it not be advisable for the
Oregon editors (irrespective of party)
xo noi i some sucu convention as
this? T would be worth (pecuniari
ly speaking) all the political con
ventions in the world.
Bio "Fill." We hear that Sheri
dan has grown quite ruddy in com
plexion. We suppose he hasn't got
over that ride to Winchester.
Absurd Calculations.
It has been a matter of amusement
to us for some time past to see tho
! wise oracles of the Republican party
persist in their assertion that if the
Republicans who left the party, and
Democrats who voted with the Inde
pendents, would go back to their re
spective parties, the Radicals would
have an easy victory. And we are
somewhat surprised to see Democrats
imbued with this same ridiculous
idea. If they will only take tho fig
ures of the election of 1870 and com
pare them Avith the returns of 1874,
this idea must vanish, and will show
that instead of the Independent party
being a benefit to the Democracy, it
draws fully as many, if not more,
votes from their ranks than from
tho Republicans. We will take the
vote cast for Governor Grover and
his opponent, General Palmer, in
1S70, which is: Gov. Grover, 11,720;
rainier, 11,093; total vote, 22,821.
In 1874, Governor Grover received
9.G0G; Tolman, 9,055; Campbell, G,
4S9; tatal, 25,250. Basing tho calcu
lation on the vote received by the
two candidates in 1S70, wo find that
Gov. Grover received in 1S71, 2,120
less than in 1870, and Mr. Tolman
1,910, which proves that the draw on
tho Democratic voto for the Inde
pendent candidate was fully as large,
yes, larger, than from the Republi
can. No man of sense, who knows
anything of the population which
increased tho voto from 1870 to 1S71,
2,439, will deny the fact that a large
majority was Democratic. Hence the
evidence is most plain to any observ
er, unless he claims that Oregon was
Radical iu 1870, which claim none
will set up, that the Independents
received a majority of their vote
from tho Democratic element in our
State. The idea that a Radical can
bo elected to Congress from Oregon
if there are but two tickets in the
field, is simply absurd and shows
that their oracles do not comprehend
the political situation.
We would regard it as a good omen
for the Democracy to have but two
tickets in the field. Tho campaign
of 1870 was fought while the Radicals
had full control of our State affairs,
and no trick was too mean for them
to resort to in ortler to retain power.
In 1S74, an ablo and popular Demo
crat was ruu against Gov. Grover,
and tho cry of disappointed place
seekers had its influence iu decreas
ing the Democratic vote. The Re
publican Independents who voted
that ticket in 1874, elid so on account
of the Federal corruption and in op
position to tho National Administra
tion. The Democrats upon local and
State issues. Tho same reasons now
exist for Republicans who were In
dependents in 1S74 to remain such,
or to vote tho Democratic ticket,
while the Democrats can and will
heartily unite on their nominee for
Congress. The local and State issues
have nothing to do with this cam
paign, and the only party on trial is
tho Radical Administration of the
General Government. If our Radi
ical friends think they have a good
thing with but two parties in the
field, we can assure them that we are
willing, yea, anxious for the contest,
and the people of Oregon will record
their opposition to the Custom-house
nominee by at least two thousand
majority. The figures above cited
show that at least one half of tho In
dependent vote came from former
Democrats in- 1S7-1, and wo know
enough of the independent feeling of
the Republicans who have left that
party to be confident that at least
two out of tho three thousand Re
publicans w ho voted tho Independent
ticket will never again vote a Radical
ticket, nence it would civo the De-
mocracy at least five thousand out of
of tho G.489 cast last year for Camp
bell. If any of our Radical friends
doubt this calculation, let them bring
about such a state as will place the
two parties on a fair and square fight
before the peoplo, and they will be
satisfied when the votes are counted.
But in tho present contest the De
mocracy have decidedly the advan
tage ground. The Independents have
been most outrageously betrayed by;
a few of their leaders, and the at
tempt made to sell them, soul and
body, to their Radical enemy, will
count against them. To condemn
this trick and stamp it with their
disapprobation, hundreds of those
who have never before cast a Demo
cratic vote will go to the polls and
vote for a man who would scorn such
contemptible means to secure his
election to Congress. The only true
calculation the Radical oracles make
in this campaign is the acknowledg
ment that the Democrats who last
year voted the Independent ticket
will to a man vote for Lane. This is
true, and with that vote back in the
party, Mr. Lane will get at least
1,500 majority. But that is not all.
He will get hundreds of honest Inde
pendents who before 1874 voted the
Radical ticket. Let our Radical
friends make up their minds that
they will be most gl .riously cleaned
out completely "r.'ooped up" on
the 25th of October m-xt.
See It. For editorial in last Tues
day's Bulletin, see !'.;. ExTEuriusE of
July 30th, 1875, on l-.;rth page. It
will be found credited to the West
ern Rural. That is about the cheek
iest way of making editorial we have
i come across.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
One of the Old Masters.
Some genius.born to blush unseen,
on the evening of tho 29th - ult., left
at our house an original campaign
cartoon, and disappeared before we
could place either eye or hand upon
him. It evidently is the work of
one of the "old masters" -Leonardo
da Vinci, mayhap and shall shortly
be transfered from the Entekpkise
office to the Dresden gallery.
The gist of the drawing is,
that
three guns, named respectively Dem
ocratic, Republican and Independ
ent, are pointing at a target in the
"hazy distanco" called "Congress."
Lane in full uniform is about to
touch off the Democratic gatling,
which to all appearances, with such
ammunition as "hard money" re
form &c, will, take the bull's eye.
Warren, looking at Lane with a very
distressed countenance and knock
kneed aspect, exclaims, "Oh Lordy,
what a big gun!" The Bulletin man
is running to him with a bottle la
beled "Panacea for sick politicians.
Manufactured and sold by Mitchell
& Co., and says that Master Ben
wants him .to brace up on it." He
ears a hollow circle about his lily
white neck, and a paper peeping
from his pocket announces the fact
that he is a dealer in "Custom House
and other Rings, warranted steal."
In the middle back-ground is the
Radical cannon, looking as if it had
come from the battle of Poictiers, and
aiming very intently at nothing.
For ammunition it has an immense
Hottentot's head, larger than the
whole gun, and liable to burst it,
with the Civil Right's, and Force
Bills, Corruption, and similar rubber
balls lying around in profusion.
The Independent gun, owing to
the fact that some tricky individual
getting Under the Wood burst it
into a thousand pieces; sending
Whitney "way up" among the kites
and knocking principle, tone, shape
and everything else out of the Orego
nian man. This latter, as ho comes
tearing through ethereal space cries
oat, "Warren! I guess I'll have to
light on you." Between the Radical
and Independent guns, stands the
Independent voter, philosophically
musing, "here I am with a burst
gun on one side, and on the other a
gun that 13 worse than none. I must
lose no time in gettiug over to Lane."
Though the whole thing is rather
mixed, it is entitled after the style
of a late literary production on tho
human family, "The coming Race."
The Death of V.". C. Uah.ton.
One of tho saddest episodes con
nected with the failure of tho Bank
of California is the sudden death of
its President, W. C. Ralston. Short
ly after the run had begun on the
bank, a meeting of the trustees was
held, and Mr. Ralston failing to
agree with tho majority in their
views of stemming the storm, he
handed in his resignation, which was
promptly accepted.
Hot and feverish with excitement
he drove to his customary bathing
place at North Beach and "plunged
in," notwithstanding the warnings of
the owner cf the bath houses con
cerning the heat of his body and the
effect of the sudden chill of the cold
salt water. Ho swam out but a short
distance when he was seen to strug
gle and buffet the waters as if taken
with , sudden cramp, and then went
down three times before assistance
could reach him. Everything pos
sible was done to restore life, but
without avail. Wm. C. Ralston was
dead. There were of course a great
many rumors rife that ho had com
mitted suicide, but from what wo
are able to glean from the evidence
taken at the Coroner's inquest, it is
apparent that he died with that
"quicker than a shaft from Heaven"
apoplexy.
lie was essentially a self-made
man, and a representative Californi
an. Bold, firm and honest in his
business transactions, hospitable and
charitable in his private life.
All his eficts he has left to his old
friend Win. Sharon, with instruc
tions to do with them what he deems
right. A good man has passed away
and it will be many a long year ere
the people in California cease to cry
"How are the mighty fallen."
John B. Weller, ex-Governor of
California, and former United Stales
Senator from that State, died re
cently in New Orleans, of small-pox.
In 1S19, Mr. Weller was appointed
Commissioner to survey the bound
ary between California and Mexico,
and in that capacity came to this
coast where .he made his home, and
soon became a prominent politician.
He leaves a brother and son in San
Francisco. Many of our readers will
remember Gov. Weller, he having
made several speeches in this State
the campaign of 18G6. He was an
ablo statesman, a true patriot and
much respected by all who knew
him.
One disjointed Republican-Independent
says that the "Peal head of
the Orejonian and the tricky little
Thompson ain't half so smart as
they think." We concur. Mercury.
There are lots of these same kind
of fellows here who don't sign Hill's
bill of sale.
Press Echoes. The question
"Who is Dimmick?" having been
brought np, we are informed that he
is the sire of a potato of that varietv,
and that by virtue of that distinction
expects to catch the Irish vote.
Eugene City Guard.
Is this a play upon the words Dim-Mick?
The
Financial Crash
Francisco.
in San
Tho Bank of California, carrying
on business in San Francisco, with
W. C. Ralston (now deceased) as
President, and with a working cap- I
ital of five million dollars gold, sus
pended payment on the 2'Jth day of
last month.
Notwithstanding the "I-told-you-sos"
of the New York Evening Post
and Chicago Times, there was' not a
man living, who. a week before the
run on the Bank of California, could
have predicted, with any degree of
certainty, its ruin.
" Among the various causes ascribed
for its failure, is the one, that the
"Big Bonanza" men, Flood & O'Brien,
were the Sampsons who hurled it to
the ground; and the other which
seems to come nearer tho truth is
that extravagance and reckless spec
ulation were to blame.
Be this as it may, tho Pacific coast
has lost one of its best friends a
friend who has done more to open
and develops its resources thau any
three similar institutions on the
slope; and wo, as well as Californi
ans, may well regret its downfall.
This failure will hardly hurt our
State immediately, but the indirect
effects arc past calculating.
Confidence has been seriously shak
en; -money once ready to circulate
through the channels of speculation
is now deposited in tho bank, causing
stringency in tho gold market and
paralysis in trade.
Tho farmers have become frighten
ed, and are holding back for a more
settled market, meantime wheat falls
5 cents on tho bushel, and other pro
ducts proportionately.
We arc very glad to say, however,
that no depositor will lose a dollar
through the California Bank's failure,
and if tho dispatches from San Fran
cisco are to be believed, confidence
is again restored and business is pro
ceeding with all its customary din
and bustlo.
Iot at Issue.
Tho issue now before the people is
not so much as to "who will be the
next Congressman as it is whether
they will support the administration
that has been ruling the State for
the past live years or try and secure
a change.
Beg pardon, Mr. Phumlcaia', but
j ou are not dealing very honestly if
you are plain. Tho State Adminis
tration is not on trial. Jt is the Na
tional Administration. It is in the
halls of Congress that Mr. Lane's
voice is to be heard. We propose to
fight the State campaign next spring.
Don't hurry up matters. Let us see
first whether the people will endorse
Grant and his clique of office-holders
in Oregon. That is the present issue,
and not the State. Xo wonder the
Radical editors wi.sli to change the
contest. The Democracy Tiro on the
aggressive, and the Radicals must
defend their cause before the people.
Mr. Lane's vote is wanted in Con
gress against Federal usurpations,
corruptions and the third term. He
has no voice or power to correct
State irregularities. Wo do not want
a voto from Oregon in Congress
which will be an endorsement of the
Force Act, tho Civil Rights Bill, and
the other outrages, too numerous to
I mention.
"A New Way cf Iaying Old I)clts.'.
Tho intelligent Radical press is
endeavoring with all its might and
main to make of this a religious, and
not political campaign. The absurd
ity of the resort is patent or its face,
and we take this occasion of compli
menting the Democratic and Inde
pendent prss for their unanimity in
spurning the topic as one unworthy
of debate in a political contest.
We say
to argue, because
they consider an honest man be his
creed what it may at all times a
good candidate from any party. Wo
merely hold this ground, and do not
pretend to wrangle about a matter
which is as foreign to the present
campaign as tho retaliatory persecu
tions of tho Catholics and Hugue
nots. Wo do not attack tho infallible
christenings of the Hard-shell Baptists,-
nor weigh tho doctrine of fall
ing from graco.with the Romanists'
dogma of transubstantiatfon; these
things we consider nuts for the theo
logiciaus' jaws, or at best, topics for
the Adcocate and Sentinel to scufilo
about.
Fuesh Arrival. Lieutenant Phil.
Sheridan, U. S. A., arrived with his
retiaue at Portland on the 30th ult.
The citizens gave him a g-nerous
welcome, and Father Col. Moike
Sheridan, wo suppose, gave them
thanks in a few cheap Dominns vobis
cums. It looks very much to ns as
if "Piegan rhil." had been sent to
this coast to try and scare up a little
enthusiasm in tho Republican ranks.
Boss Grant knows they need it, and
feels that that old buncombe dodge
of "the boys in blue" will suffice to
carry this State and California Xous
verrons.
It is surprising to us how Repub
lican journals, which seem to think
that no good can exist in a Catholic
heart, can conscientiouslv cheer this
bandit Papist. However we'll say
no more about that, if you'll promise
not to let him go to Yamhill, for we
want him for the Centennial.
The Courier-Journal says that at
draw' poker Grant shoves an ugly
hand.
River Improvement.
Again we are called upon to chron
icle the failure of the improvement
of the Willamette River, says the
Oregon Grander, (Albany), the most
pressing demand for which exists.
There is no work of a public charac
ter in the State that is f rough t with
so much interest to the producers,
and yet it lays unnecessarily, and in
fact gives signs of total abandon
ment for the year. This is not enly
an unfortunate condition of things
for the State, but it is a direct and
positive outrage upon the farming
classes. La?t season the matter was
taken in hand by the wheat raisers
themselves, and a sum was subscrib
ed in wheat almost sufficient to do the
work of cleaning out aud permanently
improving the river from Oregon
City to Albany. But it was deemed
necessary to have some Statu legisla
tion before commencing the work,
and it was accordingly put off until
this year. At the last session of the
Legislature the matter received duo
attention, and it was hoped that the
present season would witness the
opening of navigation to this point
at all stages of. water. Meantime our
delegation in Congress secured an
appropriation, of 25,000 for the
prosecution of the work, and the en
gineers in charge promised speedy
attention to tho . matter. Tho farm
ers seeing tho matter taken in charge
by the Government, discontinued
their individual efforts, and the
wheat contributions were allowed
to lapse.
Light draft steamers have been
constructed to ran on the river, so
that by a little work we could be
able to shi) wheat every Jay in tho
year from our wharves, and have an
active competition between river and
rail. But the Government officials
are only just now at the preliminary
work of surveying the river, and it
will be October before the survey is
completed, and the specifications
for tho examination of bidders. By
that time the fall rains will have
commenced in the mountains and
foot hills, if not in tho valley, and
the stage of water will be su-ch as to
prevent the commencement of the
work before another year. Seeing
this condition of tho river improve
ment, the Railroad company has re
turned to their old rates of fifteen
cents a bushel on wheat from here
to Portland, as against six cents a
bushel by the river boats. During
tho early part of the summer the two
routes were iu competition, and
prices were the same. Hero we have
an advaiuv of nine cents a bushel on
the wheat of tho county, or say that
portion that will be stored in Albany.
With whc.it at one dollar per bushel,
tho majority of farmers will Fell,
thus giving the railroad the freight
ing thereof at this advanced rate. It
is safe to say th .t live h ndred thou
sand bushels cf wheat will be sold,
and shipped by rail from this city,
before the opening of navigation on
the river for boats, should the pres
ent prices hold,. thus taking from tho
producer nine cents a bushel on that
amount. With the river open,
freights would . be six cents to Port
land, both by rail and boat. Nine
cents a bushel on five hundred thou
sand bushels amrmiits to 15,000 a
sum sufficient to thoroughly im
prove the. river from this point to
Oregon City, and have a sinking
fund large enough to keep up the an
nual repairs. And this large, sum
comes directly from tho producers, a
tax that might have been avoided,
had this river work been commenced
in due season, and prosecuted with
vigor. Away with the red tape and
let the people take the matter in
hand, at once. Farmers, grangers,
make your power felt, aud see that
the public interests of the State, in
which you are so vitally concerned,
be attended to in season. Will you
wait the slow process of breaking
champagne bottles over the prelim
inary work, and thus lose thousands,
or will you come to the front and de
mand a vigorous prosecution of the
work, even if it has to be done at
your own expense? Let this great
work be taken hold of by the people,
and successfully carried out, or
hereafter hold your peace about ex
travagant charges as freight, or tho
delays of transportation. Hero is a
question that by a bold aud united
effort you can control to your own
and tho country's good. Are the
peojde ready to respond to this, and
other interests that so nearly con
cern them? Time, that Jevels all
things, will tell the story. Mean
while let patience do her noble work.
Fir.;; ix Portland. At 1:33 on
Wednesday morning a fire broke out
in the rear of Alder and First streets
in Portland, aud gained such head
way that 20,000 worth of property
was destoryed before it could be
brought under subjection. Owing
to the difficulty of getting at the
burning buildings every thing had
to be Hooded in tho neighborhood,
and to this extravagance iu water,
the great loss is in a measure owing.
Insurance about 10,000.
Scexk von ax Artist. Mallory
and Underwood astride one end of a
saw log persuading Whitney at the
other end that all he had to elo to
to get both nominations was to say
yes to their gentle dove like offers.
All it wanted to complete the lake of
Corao scene was Gibbs in tho mid
dle. deTC urj
Yes, and Ben Simpson and Hill in
the back-ground.
Beck, of Kentucky, says that the
Lieutenant Generalcy is a sinecure
in the army, and that he will move
to do away with that office at the next
meeting of Congress. Look out,
Fill up!
MUM.UAItV OK ST.VTB NlVs'
J. MY Shepherd, of the
Democrat, is traveling throii-t, '
Willamette valley. e as
The new road from rolt Cbiu .
to the Sea Side is nearly finih M
The Catholics of Albany have pn
chased a block of ground, inimUlp"
ately opposite the Seminary, u1)0"
which they intend to erect a elravei1
and school. .
The first shoal-water oysters 0f
the season have arrived at Poitlaa1
The Baker City JL-mhl says tbal
crops arc unusually prosperous j'
that section. e
Vro are informed by the Sale.n
Statesman that extensive preiuratiou
have been, an are still being niuda
at the fair grounds, for the reception
of visitors who may be 111 attendance
at tho Salem jamboree.
The Bulletin insinuates that baso
ball, in this State, is suffering with a
severe attack of blind staggers.
A toad, was found last week ia
East Portland, imbedded in solid
rock. V' - .
The hull of the new steamer Victor
was launched 011 Saturday at Port
land. .
The plum crop of Lane county i.i
unusually large.
Dr. I). M. Baldwin, of the Dalles,
recently bought 05 .thorough-bre,i
sheep from 1 E. Benton, of Cali
fornia, e
Prices in canned salmon have fall
en this year. . 9
The financial crash in California
will only alloc t Oregon indirectly.
Wheat was selling on Saturday, ia
Salem for 05 cents per bushel.
A woman forged Philip Muikey'a
name, in Eugene City, for $15; hut
was frightened oil before she got
either money or arrest.
T. G. Mnlkey has skipped from
the Corvallis .Democrat to make desk
room for G. W. Roberts.
Polk county hai a total population
of 4,!.10.
Tho presses of the Albany Demoavi
are now run by water power.
Rev. B. 11. Baxter, of B-nton Co.,
will deliver the annual address at the
State Fair.
Albany Inn storage capacity for
l,K.'5,0ub bushels of wheat. The
Granger says this is a pretty fair
showing for room, and. we have ku
doubt but all 01 them will be fillca.
This amount of grain, if sold fit
current prices, will turn loose in the
community a large sum of moucy.
A considerable part of the grain stor
ed will come from across fherivrr
in Benton county, soy li'i'.lS'.t'J br.sh-
T'r.e Union count v Fair comim
on the 11th of October.
:ct.s
Mr. Deckard. of Albany, has corn
stalks in his garden fourteen fi-rt
high almost equal to tho c.-rn f
Illinois bottoms.
Tho Pioneer Oil Mills at Sain;; are
now- running ful! 'time in the tlay
time, a id in about two weeks lirntv
it is expected that- the mills will nui
night and day. The company lave
a contract to deliver in Portland
1 00,000 bushels of seed for a Califor
nia house, and they have already
commenced to lill tho same, ami ex
pect to have it all delivered by t!.o
middle of September.
Mr. L. Samuel is canvassing th-i
State for his new paper, the Wtt
SI ore.
Immigrants; arc pouring into ad
parts of the State, ana we have rci in
for thousands more.
The Democrat, one of the racist
papers in the JState, has just c-.-m-pleteu
its tenth volume. Like goo!
wine, it improves with age.
The average yield of whe it in Ore
gon this year w'ill bo thirty -live bush
els per aero.
The road from Empire to Newport
is completed sufficient for the par
age of carriages.
- The teams bound south are heavily
laden, and goods are piling ia for
the fall trade. Business is lively
now.
The V irtue mine, near Baker City.0
still keeps up its lick in the matter
of turning out bullion. " On the ISth
inst. Superintendent Hyde shipped
to San Francisi'o another gold bar,
valued at 3,7H0 45.
An assay of some rock taken from
the claim of John Bilger and other?,
on tho Yank ledge, was recently made
by the new assaying aparatus lately
brought on by Syl. Campbell and E
C. Brooks, which returned 10 to
the ton.
The snag-puller is at work between
Salem and Eola. The river froni
Corvallis down to the point wlier
the boat is at. work has-been veil
cleared of obstructions.
Prof. E. Melton, graduate of the
University of Virginia, has been ap
pointed professor of ancient and
modern languages, and of mathe
matics, in the Albany collegiate in
stitute. There is a prospect of a fight be
tween the Klamath and Warm SpriP?
Indians. Pitch in boys, you will
save Uncle Sam much powder ami
ball by this wise resolve.
Nellie Meacham is to canvass the
principal cities of the State with her
father's new book, "Wigwam ana
War-path."
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation of Salem has secured rooms
aud will at once open a library ana
reading room.
The Oreaonian. says: "We under
stand negotiations are pending lor
change in ownership in the 0rCt--lailv
and Weekly Statesman.
II. H. Waters, Esq., being V0'1
as the future editor and proprieto. .
Ox the seTRosebucg
Plaindealer says that Hon. 1,-1-Ban
was on a visit to Salem Monday ana
Tuesday, and left for Galesville on
Wednesday, where ho opened J
campaign. He spoke in Canjonvinj
on Friday, and was an Myrtle Cree
on Saturday.
A Change. The Temperance &a
of last Saturday says that it w r
ported that the Oregonian is to iia
a new eelitor. -