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OREGON CITY, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 177.
The JVew Court House.
Courts are disagreeable things t all
times to all persons, except lawyers;
"but where thesa court rooms aro so
small as scarcely to give tha jurors
room to stretch their limbs, and to nec
essarily deny admission to the people,
we think it high time for a charge.
The Coart House for Glackamas county,
in this city, has long been an eyesore to
outsiders and a suffocating dungeon to
those within. The need of a new build
ing containing larger rooms with better
ventillation has been so forcibly im
pressed upon the last Grand Jury.which
knows from the depth of experience
how sorely it is wanted, that in its last
raport the following language is used
"The Court House building is not fit
for that purpose. It is too small, the
-ceiling of the court room is so low, and
the ventillation is so poor that it is very
uncomfortable; and we recommend that
the County Court take some steps to
ward building a comfortable Court
House and jail." This is no more than
we expected, and no more than is said
by everyone who has business here
The tax would not be very great, and
the new building would be an offset to
the expense by increasing the valne of
the county's property in proportion to
the amount expended. Counties in this
State, without half our population or
wealth, have built new court houses
lately, and not one word of complaint
has been raised by the tax-payers. Why
Clackamas county should hold back
and object to necessary improvements
is more than we can understand, and
we believe that if the question were
squarely put to our people, those in
favor of a new Court House would car
ry the day by an overwhelming majority.
"War, Wheat and Freights.
The European war is likely to ebb
and flow over the wheat producing sec
tions of South-eastern Europe. There
will not be much chance to garner the
crops that have been sown. The men
required for that purpose will be en
gaged in mowing down and thrashing
each other. Russia has been supplying
England with about H per cent of the
wheat the latter has been consaming.
The average has been considerably re
duced since India became a competitor
in this staple; but it cannot be much
below 30 per cent at the present time.
Moat of this difference will have to be
supplied by the United States, and
chiefly from Oregon, when compared
with other single States. No doubt In
dia will put forth extra exertians like
wise to fill up the void. No data are at
hand to tell what they can do. If the
Mohammedan population should be
come excited, out of sympathy for the
Sultan, who is commander of the Faith
ful throughout the world, industry may
be paralyzed in India, if positive trou
ble does not take place.
There will be a chance also for Amer
ican ships, if we hail enough of them at
our disposal; and we lrnow of no ven
ture in which our capit. lists could re
ceive better and quicker returns for
their money than to put it into ship
building at Coos Bay or on Puget
Sojind. The carrying trade between
Russia and England would more natur
ally fall to American bottoms than to
British. Under the existing rules of
maratime warfare the flag covers the
cargo, provided it is not contraband of
war. Wheat would be contraband if
going to supply the boligerents; export
ed, however, to a neutral country, it
would be entitled to pass in neutral
bottoms. Bat Eng'and wll always be
suspected by Russia; while Turk will
feel outraged because she has not her
active assistance. Under such circum
stances the carrying trad of the Med
iterranean ought to become ours. If
England should be forced into the
quarrel, there are no limits to expansion
in this direction. A year or two of such
strife would, with intelligent legislation,
place America above English tonnage
once more and nothing but a similar
complication on this side of the waters
would ever wrest it from us.
Th Washington monument is again
the bone of contention at the Capital.
In the early part of the first session of
.the Forty-fourth Congress a large ap
propriation was made for the completion
of this unsightly pile, which has been
standing, half-finished, for twecty-five
years. It was then thought that the
soundness of the structure was such as
to justify the immediate commencement
of building operations, but a closer ex
amination by a commission of engineers
has showed that it will be nnsafe to add
any moie to its present height. Wheth
er any attempt will be made to strength
en the foundations cannot be determin
ed till after the next meeting of Con
gress, when the condition of the base,
disintegrated by the rains, suns and
snows of a quarter of a century, will b
represented to a special Congressional
Committee and action taken. The mon
ument would long since have been pull
fed down had it not been for the strong
opposition of Washington residents,
and now it is believed that not even
this will save it. G. W., the father of
this country, will have to wait a while
yet.
In a letter to a Wisconsin newspaper,
defending his course in acting as coun
sel for the Democrats in the Louisiana
case, En-Senator Matt. Carpenter lays
down the principle that 'a lawyer can
wot be disgraced by a bad cause, but
only by his management of it."
I. )
Oregon's Outlook.
After reading our State exchanges
very carefully for the past three weeks
we come to the conclusion that Oregon
this year will eclipse all past efforts as a
producing country. From every quar
ter comes the news that a larger acreage
has been bowu in grain this year than
ever before, and the prospects for big
crops were never so flattering. It is
true that we have heard of a green bug,
closely resembling the chinch, which
has been doing considerable damage in
the growing fields, but fortunately the
pest has thus far confined its depreda
tions to certain sections of Douglas
county. The promise for a big yield of
iro.it is very nattering, especially in
Southern Oregon and the Willamette
Valley. Frosts have done considerable
damage to many of the teader blossoms,
in different counties, but not enough, or
rather not sufficiently wide spread, to
make it a matter of serious considera
tion. In all kinds of berries, we are
promised by the different reports
most bountiful yield. Owing to the
mild winter, the wool clip in Eastern
and Southern Oregon is larger than
ever before experienced in this State,
and of finer quality. The hop crop
tlirouzh Lane and other counties is
growing finely; and now that Oregon
grown hops take rank ahead of that
raised in California, better prices may
this year be expected, as liiore care will
be taken by the pickers and packers
than heretofore. The salmon at present
are not running in very large numbers
in the Columbia river, but as it is yet
rather early our cannery men are not
in the least disheartened. In the new
fisheries in South-western Oregon the
average daily catch, week before last,
was three hundred and fifty salmon. In
regard to Oregon's mines the stories
are very conflicting. Some people
would have us believe, for instance,
that the "soap holes" of Wasco county
are filled with solid silver, while others,
with the evidence of metal before their
eyes, pronunce the whole affair "a de
lusion ami snare." Reports from the
much puffed Lucky Queen and Esther
mines are anything but encouraging
The Ashland T'ulings says the former
has suspended and that the other has
closed down owing to an attachment for
debt. Our best mines, perhaps, are
those of Baker, Jackson and Grant
counties, nearly all of which pay hand
some dividends. On account of the
slight snow fall this winter, water is
very scarce in the placer diggings of
Southern Oregon and work was practi
cally ended last week, although np to
the last moment paying dirt was being
washed. Our cattle ranges in South
ern and Eastern Oregon are exceedingly
rich this spring in nutricious grasses,
and oar cattle are as sleek as the prize
cows at an English fair. Taking there
fore this cursory glance at our chief re
sources of wealth, this may bo said to
be a very fortunate year for Oregon, to
say nothing of the foreign war which
will greatly increase the prices of all
our products. Truly this is a great
State, and its future is painted by ex
perience in the brightest hues.
Hayes and the South.
One of the best signs of the times is
the evident agitation and uneasiness of
the machine politicians of the Demo
cratic party over the prospect of a Re
publican Speaker. The louder the
neighing of the old war-horses and the
fiercer their pawing, the more confidant
becomes the assurance that in the or
ganization of the new House the South
ern Democrats, whose moderation and
patriotism have been so conspicuously
displayed during the recent events, will
shake themselves free from the shackles
of base partyism and elect the best man
Speaker a Democrat, if any Democrat
seems to them the best; but, if not. then
a Republican. It is not at all impossi
ble that such a spectacle should be the
opening feature of the special session,
and it would be hailed by the whole
country with a joyous enthusiasm. It
would be a signal rebuke to that parti
sanship which is nowhere more out, of
place than in organizing the Congress
of the whole nation, and it would be a
worthy response to that patriotic and
generous policy which President Hayes
has taken pains to enforce with regard
to the South. Already the Southerners,
who during the campaign were assuring
us that their last hopes we: e centered
in Tilden, are beginning to ask them
selves what could Tilden have done for
them that Hayes has not? Surely it is
not going too far to ask them why they
should not do as much for Hayes as
they would have done for Tilden ?
President Hayes has held out the olive
branch; has gone out of his way to show
his good will toward those who opposed
him; has ever risked all the value of
party organization in his sincere desire
to make the Southerners feel that he
became their President as soon as he
became the President of the North.
His policy is conciliation, and as this
has been the subject of the prayers of
the South for years past, they cannot
be bo ungrateful as to forsake him for
doing as they have entreated.
A late dispatch informs ns that Hayes,
instead of driving fast horses at Long
Branch, will visit the South this sum
mer, and endeavor personally to become
acquainted with the people, and under
stand their wants. This is a man to be
proud of, and we very much mistake
our brothers at the South if they turn a
deaf ear to bis overtures of friendship.
AtRosehurg a Fat Men's Club has
been organized. The average weight
of its raemlerB it 217 pounds.
Organization of the House.
The politicians are manifesting a great
deal of solicitude regarding the organi
zation of the House of Representatives
at tbe approaching extra session of Con
gress. While the majority is conceded
to the Democratic party, it is not yet
positively known by how many votes.
A number of contests will have to be
decided before that fact is definitely
ascertained.
The duty of making out a roll of the
members devolves upon the Chief Clerk,
Adams, we believe, and a Democrat,
who it is feared by Republicans will
take advantage of his position to count
his own party in for the purpose of
securing it the organization, whether
entitled to it or not. We can scarcely
believe a man in such position to be so
base, but supposing it to be true that
he really does intend mischief, we
think his power very mnch overrated.
When the name of a member is called,
about whose right to a seat there is a
dispute, objections will be made and it
will be passed, or the question referred
to a committee, as has heretofore been
the custom, and the roll proceeded with
to the end.
There was a time when the clerk
would have been justified by his party
in taking advantage of any technicality
which presented, and when that party,
if strongly in the majority, would have
sustained him. It is different now. The
clerk would not endanger his own re
election by a trick which would be sure
to meet with the condemnation of a
dozen or more fair-minded Democrats;
nor would this class for a moment
countenance any such subterfuge as
might, at a time when party spirit raa
high, not only have been tolerated, but
approved as a clever performance of
strategy.
LLHJ..i
Important to Settlers.
The following highly important cir
cular to homestead settlers in Oregon
has just been received:
To Registers and Receivers of Land
Offices Gentlemen : I have to call your
attention to the ant of Congress approv
ed March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to
amend section twenty-two hundred and
ninety-one of the revised statutes, in
relation to proof required in homestead
entries."
The act provides a method of making
the final proof in homestead entries,
dispensing with the necessity that the
party shall attend at the district land
office, as required in official regulations
given on page 5. subdivision 17, circu
lar of May 18, 1876.
The party desiring to avail himself
thereof must appear with his witnesses
before the judge of a court of record of
the county and State, or district and
Territory, in which the land is situated,
and there make the final proof required
by law, according to prescribed forms
which proof is required to be transmit
ted by the judge, or clerk of the court,
to you, together with the fees and
charges allowed by law.
The judge being absent in any case,
the proof may he made before the clerk
of the proper court. The fact of tlie
absence of the judge must be certified
in the papers by the clerk acting in Lis
place.
If the land in any case is situated in
an unorganized county, the statute pro
vides that the party may proceed to
make proof in the manner indicated in
any adjacent county in the State or
Territory. The fact that the county in
which the land lies is unorganized, and
that the county in which the proof is
made is adjacent thereto, must be cer
tified by the officer.
In any case where the proof shall be
transmitted to yon. as contemplated in
this act, and the fnll amount of money
due shall be paid, yon wiil carefully ex
amine the proof, and if no objection ap
pears, proceed to issue the receipt and
certificate in the case, and make proper
returns to this office as a basis of a pat
ent or complete title for the homestead.
pursuant to existing laws. If any ob
jection appears yon will promptly noti
fy the party i.nd advise uimol ms rights
in the matter.
Your attention is further directed to
an act approved the same day, entitled
"An act for the relief of settlers on the
7ublic lands under the pre-emption
laws."
Under this statute a party desiring to
change his claim under a pre-emption
filingto that of a homestead entry should
be required cn making the change to
appear at the proper land ofliee, with
bis witnesses, anil stiow full compliance
with the pre emption law to date of such
change as has hitherto been required in
transmutation cases, proof of compliance
to be forwarded with the entry papers
to this office. When the party applies
to make final proof he must show con-
tinned residence anl cultivation as re
quired by the homestead law.
In case of an adverse claim lias at
tached to the land, due ootice, in accor
dance with the rules of practice, must.
be given all parties intesest of the time
and place of submitting proof in sup
port of tbe application to mate sncu
change. The adverse claimants will be
entitled to tho privilege of cross ques
tioning the applicant s witnesses and of
offering counter proof. Very Respect
fully, J. J. Williamson, Comm'r.
Our Democratic friends are endeavor
ing to explain the laok of funds neces
sary to carry on the departments of
Government is due, not to the niggard
liness in appropriating, but to waste in
spending. The Supreme Court, how
ever.does not seem to be of this opinion,
as it distinctly asserts that the interrup
tion in the administration of justice is
"on account of the insufficiency of the
appropriation by Congress." It will be
in order for those who have praised one
Congress for refusing the money neces
sary for carrying on the printing of the
records of the Supreme Court to cen
sure the present Congress when it shall
be compelled to make the appropriation.
The Popular Science Monthly's review
of General Pleasanton'a blue glass book
is more terse and pointed than com
mendatory. It says: "We think General
Pleasanton a pestilent ignoramus, and
his book on blue glass the ghastliest
rubbish that has been printed in a hun
dred years."
I COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
Telegraphic News.
Eastern.
Washington, May 4. The Cabinet
was in session nearly three hours to
day, and it was decided to postpone the
extra session of Congress until the 15th
of October npit Thin charters of oriff-
! inal programme was made upon careful
consideration of the general interests of
the country with almost a unanimity of
desire, on the part of the business com
munity, as well as of members of Con
gress themselves as far as they could
be consulted, that there should be no
session of Congress this summer, and
upon much inquiry into all the circnmi
stances of the case, it was found that
without any immediate appropriation
of money the army would be clothed
and supplied with all its necesssities,
and that nntil the 15th of October that
only one regular pay day has to be
passed. It was also considered that if
Congress meets in Octoler it may re
main in continued session and finish
its business before next summer, so as
to avoid the inconvenience of the hot
season iext year as well as this, and
the proclamation calling an extra
session on October 15th is to be issued
without delay.
Washington, May 4. The Depart
ment of Justice will suffer much incon
venience by the postponement of an ex
tra session, as there will be a deficiency
of at least half a million dollars by the
1st of July to be provided for by Con
gress. There is no money to pay of
ficers of the navy for the months of
April, May and June. The amount re
quired is about , $S00,000, for which
they will have to wait until the extra
session. Army officers also will be con
siderably ernbarrrassed, as they can't
receive their pay after the 1st of July
until the army appropriation bills have
passed.
Robt. G. Blaine, brother of Senator
Blaine, has received the appointment
from Sergeant at-Arms French, of the
Senate, of Assistant Superintendant of
the Senate document room. He was
formerly clerk in the office of the Sec
retary of the Senate, but was removed
last December by Secretary Gorharu.
Washington May 5. Objections to
postponing the extra sesssion of Con
gress have all been waived, and ihe
following was issued this afternoon by
the President:
A proclamation.
Whereas, The final adjournment of
the Forty-fourth Congress without
making the usual appropriations for the
support of the army for the fiscal year
ending June 13, 1878, presents and ex
traordinary occasion, requiring the
President to exercise the power vested
in him by the constitution to convene
the Houses of Congress in anticipation
of the day fixed by law for their next
meeting, now, therefore, I, Rutherford
B. Hayes President of the United
States, do by virtue of the power in me
vested by the constitution convene both
houses of Congress to assemble at their
respective chambers as noon on Mon
day, the 15th day of October next,
then and there to consider and deter
mine such measures as in their wis
dom, their duty and the welfare of the
country mav seem to demand.
R. B. Hayes
By the President.
Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State.
Omaha, May 5. A letter from Dead
wood says snow has fallen daily. Sev
enteen inches of snow fell in one day
and night. Prospecting is retarded on
account of cold weather.
Washington, May 5. Brigadier
General Crook had a long conference
to-day with the Secretary of the Inter
ior and the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs in regard to the removal of the
Sioux agencies to the Missouri river,
and on the Indian question generally.
Secretary Schnrz and Commissioner
Smith entirely eoucur with Gen. Crook
in his view that Indiana should be com
pelled to work for their rations, and
the conference to-day was mainly with
a view to ascertain how the labor of
Indians could be utilized iu the inter
ests both of the Indians and the govern
ment. No deliuitn conclusion was
reached as to the precise location of the
new agencies, but it seems certain
the Indians will not be removed until
next autumn, as during the warm sea
sons the Indians will be disposed to
straggle off on hunting expeditions.but
will be easily collected and held togeth
er on the approach of cold wea'her.
New York, May 5. A Times Salt
Lake pecia' says- The indignant feel
ing aroused thronght the United States
by the testimony at John D. Lee's trial,
relative to the Mountain Meadows mas
sacre, has led the Later Day Saints to
apprehend the arrest of Brigham
Young and other heads of the church,
who are acensed of sanctioning the
commission of the horrible crime.
They have determined to resist any
movement, and to this end are secretly
arming and drilling throughout the
Territory of Utah. Orders have been
privately issued by military comman
ders of the famous Nauvoo legion, re
quiring that organization to be in read
iness for active service on the 20th of
the present month.
The IlerahVs Salt Lake special says
further preparations for hostilities are
particularly active in southern settle
ments, to which four boxes of breech
loading rifles were shipped last week
from the corporation store in Slt Lake
City. La t night a meeting
and drills of squads of Mor
mons were going on in Salt Lake
City itself, and it is reported that some
of the proceedings were conducted
within the inclosnre in the immediate
vicinity of the Lyon House. Young
has boldly asserted within the last few
days that the Mormons who have been
driven so often and so farw 11 be driven
no longer.
Foreign.
London, May 2 The third message
from Vienna gives the following account
of the battle of Kars. The centre of
the Russian army, 40,000 strong, under
Melikoff, attacked Mukhtar five miles
from Kars, April 20th. The Turks
fought desperately. The Russians, sup
ported by powerful artillery, succeeded
in dislodging them from their position.
Mukhtar called out his reserves and at
tempted on the 30th to reoover the lost
gronnd with sixty thousand men, but
was defeated and driven baok under the
guns of Kars. Russian losses are con
siderable; those qf the Turks enormous.
Vienna, May 5. The J'oss St. Pe
tersburg advices say great distrust pre
vails against England. Batteries on
Baltic are being repaired and armed
and hundreds of torpedoes are ready
for tbe Gulf of Finland and a number
of houses have been reserved for
quarters for troops.
Victoria, May 6. W. M. Farron, a
well known pioneer, was drowned Fri
day night by falling overbord from the
steamer bxjijnd for Cassiar,
State JTews.
Wheat at Albany sella for SI 40.
The assessor of Clatsop will collect
one dollar poll tax from Chinese this
year, or try to do it.
The Eugene Guard urges that meas
ures be taken to furnish that town with
a fire engine at once.
Tho Eugene Guard has been sold to
William and Frank Alexander, who will
publish the paper from this time.
During April at Roseburg land office
there were fifteen filings, and twelve
cash entries; total about 3,500 acres.
On May 19th Harrisburg will have a
mass meeting to organize a greenback
club. Tis well; greenbacks are neatly
par now.
Hume & Co.'s cannery, on Rogue
river, pay 'JU cents each for salmon.
About 350 a day was the average catch
ol last month.
A man named Riggs, while chopping
wood, near Dallas, one day last week,
cut off a great toe. The member was
lost and and could not be found.
A Douglas county elk is running with
a farmer's cattle, and is very tame. It
but recently took up with them, having
apparently lost its herd.
The new hotel at the railroad station
at Albany will be called the Villiard
House, and will be managed by Mr. 1.
13. Oueneal, formerly of Portland.
H. H. Lusc has commenced ten eject
ment suits against settlers on the "War
wich" claim iu Marshfield.Coos county,
and has about 90 more to commence.
J. C. Hutchinson's sons and nephews
are about to drive a band of cattle from
Douglas county to Eastern Oregon, to
be sold there for the Chicago market.
About Jacksonville the mines are said
to be "dry as a bone," says a paper of
that place, and the miners are striking
out for tho mountains on prospecting
trqs.
W. H. Waters retired from the edi
torial management of the Salem States
man last week, and was succeeded by
W. II. Odell. We hope friend Waters
may be well supplied with prosperity
in bis future career.
Territorial News.
Car wheels are cast at the Tacoma
foundry.
Pierce county, W. T., will organize
an agricultural society and hold a coun
ty fair.
Many lots have been sold at Tacoma
recently. Soven new dwellings will be
erected at once.
The Statesman affirms that Messrs.
Lang & Co., a Kansas firm of cattle
dealers, have already disbursed 850,000
hard cash, in the Walla Walla and
Shoshone valleys of this Territory for
two and three year old cattle and horses
to be driven east. The price paid for
young cattle ranged from 10 to $20
per bead.
The Charleston, S. C, 7 JVeies (Dem.)
says of the duty of the Democratic State
Government toward the negroes:
Under a stable and just crovernment
they make the best laboring population
in the world. Such a government they
ill nave, we must regard them not
as a conquered race or a subjugated
people, but as citizens who have a deep
personal interest in the welfare of the
State, and who. under the law, have
precisely the same rights that the white
people have. Regarding them in this
light they cease to be opponents and
cease to be elements of danger, and be
come a powerful element fur good in
the economy of the commonwealth.
Our ambition should be to make all
races and all classes satisfied that the
State Government, their representative,
is their trnost and bast friend. Jangliug
and jarring cost too dar. It is time
that we had peace.
The Methodist Episcopal Church is
beginning to frown again upon expens
ive church edifices. A resolution of
the General Committee of the Extension
Board of that church directs that "bo
application for aid from any church
costing over ten thousand dollars :sTall
bo entertained for either a donation or
loan, unless anch church shall have
consulted the Board before commencing
to build." Another resolution declares
that "no church which costs over twen
ty thousand dollars shall in any case
receive aid from the funds of the society."
Judge Burnett, of Ohio, has decided
that a warrant issued for the arrest of a
fugitive from justice, and his return to
the officers of the state from which he
escaped, were rendered invalid because
the signature of the Governor was af
fixed by his private sectetaiy during
the absence of the Executive from the
state, and without his special authority,
although in pursuance of the custom in
the executive Department and the gen
eral instructions of the Governor.
The Illinois House of Representatives,
by a vote of eighty to forty-one, has
passed a bill which provides that no
pauper or inmate of any county puor
house, insane asylum, or hospital in
the State shall, by virtue of his abode
there, be deemed a resident or legal
voter in the place in which the public
institution may be situated; but that
every such pers n shall be deemed a
resident of the town', city, village or
election district or precinct in which he
lived next prior to becoming an inmate
of such institution.
Tbe Boston Herald (Ind. Dem.) eays
of President Hayes' efforts to improve
the civil service:
The degradation which is the fruit of
nearly fifty years of thoughtless partis
anship cannot be escaped from in a
month or six months of an administra
tion which came into power by the aid
of men trusted by the party, and thor
oughly devoted to . he old spoils system.
Mr. Hayes' intentions may be never bo
honorable, he cannot bring about thor
ough reform to-day, or this month, or
this year. But it is gratifying to know
that we are tending in the right direc
tion." The Turkey-Russian war oontinues,
with slight advantages on the part of
Russia. Several battles li ave been f qught,
but nQne of a decisive nature.
It will be hard to find a more philos
ophical organ than the Ithacan of Ithaca,
N. Y.f which speaks for the prohibition
ists of Central New York State. A char
ter election in Ithaca has just resulted
in the casting of fifty-nine votes for the
prohibition caudidate for Supervisor,
against some two thousand for the Re
publican and Democratic candidates.
"This," says the even-minded Ithacan,
j "is a litt.e more than one man to each
I liquor shop supported in Ithaca but
, the prohibitionists are not discouraged."
One great cause of the wealth of New
England is found in the encouragement
j given by her local governments to man
ufactories. In pursuance of this policy,
the city council of Portsmouth, N. H.,
have voted to exempt from taxation for
teq years any manufactory of any ma
terial whatever which may be located
in the citv, provided the capital invest
ed shall exceed 35,000.
A "Wodr-Work! njj Remedy.
No remedial aget aaet ever been ffera to
the sick and debilitated at all eons parable to
Hostetler's Stomach Bitters, ia cases of r' it
teat and iatermitteot fevers, constipation,
narvous ailments, rheatnatism, and disorder
in toI tick constitutional weakness or physical
decay. It literally "works wonders." The bo
tanic ingredients which its spirit aous basis
holds in salut ion, act like a charm upon tha
brain, liver, bowels and nervous system.
There is nothing in its composition that is
not salubrious. It contains some of the most
potent tonics of the vegetable kingdom and
the Juices of the beet aierient and anti-bilious
roots and herbs, combined with a erfect.ly
pure stimulating -element. The Bitters are
peculiarly adapted to those engaged in ex
hausting or unhealthy occupations, as by its
use strength is sustained and the ability of
tbe system to resist atmospheric and other
influences prejudicial to health largely in
creased. If you wish to aecrre bargains you had
better call at Ackerman Bros., while they are
selling out at San Francisco cost. The stock
must be cleared out.
Impure Breatk.
Among all the disagreeable consequences
that follow the decay of the teeth, an impure
breath must be the moat mortifying and un
pleasant to its possessor, and it is the most
inexcusable and offensive in society ; and yet
the cause of it may be removed by cleansing
the teeth daily with that justly populajrdent-
rifrice. Fragrant SO ZO DO NT. It purifies anil
sweetens the breath, cools and refreshes the
mouth, and gives a pearl-like appearance to.
the teeth. Gentlemen who. Indulge in smok-
ingshouldcleansetheirteeth with SOZDDONT
as it removes all unpleasant odors. of the weed,
Ask your druggist for it.
Religion.
Rev. IX. B. Gray w3f hord mrular ser
vices in the ('onjrrpfrational Church, in this
cit v, on fetinuav morning, er vices at 10
o'clock. Prayer meeting every YVednes-
uav evening.
M. 111. C hurch Kev. i W . Bay,, pastor.
win eorKiuci services on each ahoarn,at
loi, A. xi. sabbath nvhool at 1 sr. XI.
Baptist Church Elder IIufT pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 104 A. M.
Sunday School at 12. M. Praver meeting
every Wednesday evening at" 7 P M.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church -Morning
service at maoA. m., ana Evening service
at 7 P. M Sunday School and Hible Class
at 2 m. r. VY . Sell wood. Rector.
Catholic Church Kev. Father Gibney,.
pastor, inirn mass at ban oast ten:
euaay sctiooi at z p. nc ; espersat p-. m.
AGENTS.
The following named irentlersen will receivs
subscriptions and advertisements for the
KNTERPRISE :
Portland J. R. .5old:mith
Astoria W. E. Dement
New Era Dr. J. Casto
Norton Capt. Z. C Norton"
Damascus Jas. Winston
If Yaw idsit Portland oral wish to buy a
fine suit of clothes at a low pric, call at
Act nnan l.ros . corner First and W ashing
ton streets.
From a Eliyslcia.n.
Hyde Parte. Vt. Fob. 7. 1876.
Messrs. Seth W. Fowle Sons, Boston.
oents on may perhaps remember that I
wrote you several weeks ago in regard to the
use ol the I'ERUVlAJf Syrup Tor my wife, who
was sufTcrine trom central debilitv. the se
quence of Typhoid Disentery. I bad tried the
most noted physicians In the State, and also
in Canada, without relief. At your reenm-
iiienuaiion sne commences the use or the
Syrup, the first four bottles made but little
impression, but while takintr the fifth she be-
gaot to improve rapidly, and now, after using
six of the dollar bottles, she has. regained her
strength, and is able to do most of the work
about the house-, and I feel that I cannot
sneak too highly in praise of the Peruvian
syrup. I have prescribed it to several of mv
pat ients.and have procured the sale of several
dozen of it here. You can make any use of
this letter you see fit. II. D. Belden, M. D.
tTThe Vat Innnl tit11 UaJal wna .
Bradley A Kulofson for the best Photographs
for the best in the world.
429 Montgomery Street. San Francisco.
Th IV-opIw Want Proof.
There is no medicine prescribed by physi
cians, or sold by Druggists that carries such
evidence of its success and superior virtue as
Rosen EE's erm an Syrup for severe Coughs,
Colds settled on the breast. Consumptions or
any disease of the Throat and Lungs. A
proof of that fact is that any person afflicted,
can get a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try its
su perior effect before buying the regular size
at 75 cents. It has lately been, introduced in
this country from Germany, and its wonder
ful cures are astonishing everyone that use it.
Three doses will relieve any case. Try it.
Sold by Ward & Harding.
CANCER CAN BE CURED.
Cancer has from time Immemorial been a
great scourge to the human race, and is now
becoming the greater. For many years it has
been held by the medical profession, and gen
erally believed by the people, that Cancer is
incurable ; that once its roots take hold upon
a victim, there is no chance for a sufferer to
escape a lingering and terribledeath ; a death
surrounded by all that is disgusting and hor
rible, not only to the sufferer, but to his
friends. Happily this fell destroyer need no
longer be feared. Dr. H. T. Bond, of Phila
delphia, a well known physician, of large ex
perience, has for four years devoted himself
to the special study and treatment of Cancer,
and the result of his experience is his dis
covery f r the radical cure of Cancer, without
the use of either knire, caustic or plasters,
and without pain.
The majority of persons are greatly deceived
In regard to the first symptoms and appear
ance of this most dreaded disease, considering
it painful from the commencement. This is
a sad mistake, carrying thousands to an un
timely grave. In most cases there is little or
no pain until the disease is far advanced.
The only symptoms for many months, and
even for years, are occasionally a stingine,
darting, stabbing, shooting, smarting, itch
ing, burning, crawling or creeping sensation,
and some cases not any or these. If a
malady is growing worse instead of
better, it is conclusive evidence it is of a
malignant character, and demands Imme
diate attention. If you have a branny scalv
warty appearance, with an occasional break
ing out of these upon t he face, lip or nose, or
any other portion of the skin, attended with
any of the above symptoms, oi a sensation of
a fly being on it, or a hair tickling it, is eer.
tain evidence it is Cancer, and there should
be no delay in using Dr. Bond's treatment.
I-ife is too valuable to be tampered with.
Dr. Bond's treatment consists of an "Anti
dote" t hat is applied locally -. this at once ar
rests the growth of the Cancer, and by chemi
cal action neutralizes its malignity, render
ing it harmless and changing it to a simple
sore, which nature, assisted by constitutional
remedies, soon heals (when the skin is un
broken, and the Cancer Is a hard turuor, the
Antidote does not make an open sore, but re
moves it by absorption). In connection with
the Antidote is used the bpecific, taken In
ternally, This tones up the general health,
strengthens the patient, purifies the blood
and eliminates the poison from the system.
Dr. Bond's Antidote contains neither caustic
nor poison, and can be applied to the most
delicate tissues of the body without injury
and therefore is the only remedy that can be
w-.n in iincriiai cancer, sucn as cancer oi t ne
stomach, cancer of the womb, etc. Dr. Bond's j
rtTiiiruitfB, wiin iuu directions ror successful
treatment will be sent to any part of tho
world.
Pamphlets and full partlcnlars free.
Address, DR. H. T. BOND,
859 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
April. UW77-1V.
1 ,000,000 Bottles
OF THS
lentaur
in i me nts.
have been sold the last year, and not oe
complaint has reached us that they hare not
done all that Is claimed for them, indeed
and Witch-Hazel, are other ingredients which
makes a family liniment that defies rivalry
Rheumatic and bed-ridden cripplt s have by u
been enabled to throw away their crutches
and many who lor years been afflicted wits'
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked Breast, Weak
Backs, ac, have found permanent relfc-f.
Mr. josiah YVestlake, of Marysville, Ohio
writes :
"for years my rheumatism has been so bad
that I have been unable to stir from the house
I have tried every' remedy I could bear of"
Finally I learned of the Onfanr Liniment"
The first three bottle enabled me to wais"
without nay crutches. I am mending rapidly
I think your IJniment simply a marvel."
This IJniment cures Burns and Scalds with
out a scar, extracts the poison from bites and
stings. Cures Chillblains and Frosted-feet,,
and is very efficacious for Ear-ache, Tooth
ache, Itch and cutaneous eruptions.
The Centaur Liniment, follow Wrap
per, is intended for the tough fibres, cords
and muscles of horses, mules and animal. O
READ I READ!
Rev. Oeo. W. Ferris, Manorkill, Schobarlo
county, N. Y. says :
"My horse was Isnxe for a year with a fet
lock wrench. All remedies utterly failed to
cure, and I considered him worthless, until I
commenced to nse Centaur Liniment, which
rapidly cured him. 1 heartily recommend it."
It makes very little difference whether the
case be "wrench," sprain, spavin or lameneai
of any kind, the effects an- the same. The
great power of the Liniment is,however,shown
iu Poll-evil, Big-head, sweeny. Spavin, Ring
bone, Galls and Scratches. This Liniment is
worth millions of dollars yearly to the stock
growers, Li very-men. Farmers, and those hav
ing valuable animals to care for. We warrant
its effects ami reler to any Farrier who ha
ever used it.
Lahratory of J. B. Rose i Co.,
4fl Dey St., New Yobru
c
HILDREEM,
A. complete subsMtute for Castor-OiT, without
its unpleasant taste or recoil in thethroat
The result of 20 years piactice by Ir. Samuef
Pitcher, of Massachusetts.
Iitcbers Castoria is particularly recommen
ded for children. It d- stroys worms, assimi
hites the food, and alltrws natural sleep. Very
efficacious in Croup.and for children Teething.
For Colds, Feverishness. Disorders of the Bow
els, and Stomach Complaints, nothing is so.
eff-clive. It is as pleasant to take as honev-
cost shut .15 cts.,andcan be had of any druggist..
This is one of many testimonials :
"Cornwall, 1-ebanon Co., "a., March 17.
Dear Sir; I have used your Castoria in mv
practice for some time. I take great pleasure
in r cmmnrntHnfj it to the profession, as a safe,
reliable and agreeable medicine. It is partic
ularly adnjited to cltilttren where the repugnant
taste nf Castor Oil renders it so difficult to ad
minister. K. A. EXIIEKS, M. D."
Mothers who try Castoria will find they can
sleep nights, and their babies will be healthv.
J. B. Rosjs & Co.. New York
A CARD.
To a!I Who are suffermir from the frmr n n
indiscretion of vouth. nervous- weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. Ac, I will send
a reeipe that will cure you, FRKE OF
'HAfKJE. This irreat remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America, svnrl a.
self-addressed envelop fothe if?!V. T. Joseph
1NXAX, JSlcUion J). Biht" ouse, X'eic York,
no v 17-1 y.
N. 1ST. N
NEW STORE AND
NEWOGQDS,
k( firw EPA.
Dry Goods. Groceries. Boots ami shnu
Wooden Ware. Drujrsand Medirtna.chcai for
cash or produce. J. CASTO.
J. M FRAZER & CO.
HAVE ENGAGED IN THE CATCH OF
SialiriAn of tK IVil In L'Ali.
solicit cash orders from Dealers, at reasonable
w.i 1-1 r ... . t. n; . ,i i
get thern. Salt Water Fish, Smelt, Iiultry.
Brook Trout and Game when in season.
r-r iisii paia lor i-ouitry.
Market on U1 St., Myers' BIocbl.
Oregon City. March I, lS77-4m
1.11POUTAXT
TG mm IT HAY CONCERN!
BEING DESIROUS Of ADOPTPf A
new rule of business. Innuldirouriltfaow
indebted to me to com and
Pay Up Immediately,
And save inconvenience and expensa, as 1
have determined to collect what is due me.
I have reilueorl thtf. t,rirm .sr. I !.w.,l - n 1 w
and can assure all that I caji give
Bargains to Cash Buyers,0
Come and see for nur own satisfactioa .
A. LEVY.
'Old John Miller," formerly of Oregon City.
J. W. MILLER & SON,
Dialers ix
STOVES 8c RANGES.
9
JAPANNED WARE AND HOUSE FUR
NISHING GQQDS.
PORTLAND, 98 FRONT ST.
CAISTCER
Ci be Cured ly I Jr. Bond's Syetera.
No Knife. Positively No Caustics.
Absolutely Jfo Pain.
Remedies sent to any part of the world.
Pamphlets and particulors free.
Call on or address Dr tt t nnvn rm V.
Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
nprii iz, io-iy.
Final Settlement.
VOTICE IS II ERF. BY GIVEN THAT
-Li the undersigned. Administrator of the
estate of Andrew Sprouls, deceased has filed
ins iinai account as administrator ot saia -.
tate, and that the Count y Court of Clackamas
county has set Saturduy, May 19th, i8T7, as
me time :or hearing or objections to
final aocount and settlement thereof if any-
there tie. A. J. SPROULS.
I T. Barin, att'y for admr. AdmT.
Oregon City, April 19, 1877-4t.
COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE.
TVTOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
JL there is funds now in my hands applica-.
ble to the payment of county orders endorsed
on or before June th, 1876. Interest thereon
will not be allowed after this date.
J. P. WARD.
Treasurer of Clackamas Couuty.
Oregon City, April 19, 1877-t.
It's Only a Coah,"
Has brought many to untimely graves. What
is a cough? The ungs or bronchial tubas
have been attacked by a cold : nature sounds
an alarm bell, telling where the disease lies.
Wisdom suggests "try Wistar's Ralsam of
Wild Chkrby:" it has cured, during the last
half century, thousands upon thousands of
persons. As long as you cough there is dan
ger, for the cough is a Saety Valve. Usa
r-WiSTAR"and be cured. Sold by all druggie
scu-uiiuc sum cannot go Deyona the result
reached in hee wonderful preparation!
Added to Carbolic. Arnica. Mentha. sn,..,j,'i'