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r i P. y H u j i - t tl 1 ft!' 3f V !i f i t - T r si .1 3l)c (Enterprise- OREGON CITY, THTRSD.IY, JULY 12'. l77. Our County. Tbr interests and advantages of Clack amas county Lave frequently been set forth in the columns of this paper, but we regard it as a subject w orthy of re peated reference. There is iirobably not a county in the State which is less known or less appreciated for its many natural advantages and extent of agri cultural resources than Clackamas. Its general reputation as a fruit-raising sec tion is well understood, yet its value to the county, like its agricultural advan tages, is hardly appreciated. Clacka mas county is undoubtedly the fruit county of the State. We have several large orchards in the lower end of the county and on the west side of the river which we believe furnish more fruit for market than there is in any other one county in the State, and being close to market, are remunerative and profitable. This branch of business cannot be over done, and no county in the State can offer better inducements to fruit-raisers. There is always a market for good fruit, and it can be raised with but little ex pense or trouble. Tlje agricultural portion of our coun ty is not known from the fact that new comers push along the railroad and have no opportunity of seeing our farm ing lands. It is true that for the past two years a great many new-comers have settled within onr county, but lapd has not increased in value, uor has the increase of population been in ratio with.other parts of our State. When a new-comer sees our tall frs and rocky cliffs along the railroad, he generally . passes on, with the remark that he wants "no rocks and timber in his." They imagine that the county is composed of nothing but hills and timbered lands. The fact is quite to the contrary. It is true we have a large amount of timber, and our lands are somewhat hilly, yet Clackamas county can present in differ ent parts some of the finest farming lands in the State, consisting of prairie and cleared brush land. There is no better laud in the Slate than that on the Molalla prairie; then we have some ex cellent prairie land in the northern part of the connty,while there are thousands of acres of the very best land in theS'ate, which can be cleared and put under cultivation with bnt little trouble and expense. This kind of land can be pur chased at from $5 to $8 per acre, owing to how near it is to market, and what improvements are on it. Land which demands this price can be cleared for from $10 to 15 per acre, and, when ready for a crop, will more than pay for itself the first year. Yet we find hun dreds of people in search of homes go ing np the valley and purchasing farms for 30 to 50 per acre, when they can clear a farm in this county at an aver age cost of not over $20 per acre. This land will produce equ il to any prairie lanp in the upper end of the valley that is now held at $50 per acre. Wheat is worth from five to ten cents per bushel more in any part of this county than it is in either Linn, Marion, Polk, Yam hill or Benton, while it is worth eigh teen cents more than in Lane, and thirty-eight more than in Douglas. We will suppose that a man raises thirty bushels of wheat on his farm, the differ ence in the price would be near $3 each year, or interest on 30. Thus it will lie seen that a farm of equal productive ness in Clackamas county ought to be worth at least double what one of a sim ilar grade is farther south. But this is not the case. Land is worth less and sold cheaper is this county to-day than in any couuty mentioned, unless it be so far away from market that the farms are useless for any other purpose than stock range. We are aware that the last two or three years have made Clackamas coun ty more appreciated and understood than before, but not to the exteut of its merits. Even the old farmers have lieretofore depended principally on their stock and fruit, but this has changed. The wheat, oat and barley crops of last year were nearly double as compared with the two years previous. This year we believe it will increase at least one half over last year, and every year we find new farms open and sown in wheat or oats. There are to-day no more thrifty farming communities than those located in the Clackamas, Clear creek, Beaver creek, Sandy and Molalla sections, and nil over the couUty we find elegant farms being cleared and improved. We only cite these particular localities be cause they are more extensive than any other part of the county. Ou the west side of the river we have some excellent country, aud in fact we think, that no county in the State to-day presents bet ter inducements to a person seeking a home than Clackamas. It has a healthy atmosphere, and excellent water. It is known to be one of the most peaceable counties in the State, and its close prox imity to Portland and a home market, certainly gives it a decided advantage over all other sections of our State. Persons seeking homes bhould give Clackamas county a fair and thorough examination before they go farther and t much worse. In this county the farmer need have no fears of either rail-1 road or steamboat taking the profits of his labor each year. The IIiilsVro Independent is convinc ed that then? is a screw loose in the management of the State school fund. It says Washington county received 61,000 less in 1870 than in 1S75. 1 : "V ) : t V Let Us Improve. We have urged our authorities from lime to tim to take fcorxre steps toward building i Court HoQse. We can ex pect no material prosperity as a county as long as we do not show a little more public spirit on our own part. People coming from the East generally want to see the public buildings of a county, and many judge the value of a county by its improvement. In this respect we have nothing to offer, only that if a man settles in the county he may expect to help pay for a Court House at some future time. The jail is all the county owns, and that is enough to disgust almost any new-comer with our town. There is. scarcely a county in the State of any importance whatever but what has its own Court House, and some of fiem have erected magnificent and haudsome edifices. What is the reason we cannot make a start in this manner. If our county officials are not willing to take 'the responsibility of making a start by levying a email tax for a building fund, let the matter be referred to our voters at our next elec tion. The present inconvenient quar ters ought uot to be retained any longer than is actually necessary, and there is no building suited for the purpose in town. If we show any vitality and en terprise among our people, there is no doubt but that it will return ten-fold in a short time. The building of a Court House would be no waste of money. It would be expended in our midst as fast as it is paid out, and very little of it would ever leave the county. We be lieve that this public improvement will benefit the farmers fully as much as it will the town, as it would be a monu ment to show that there is wealth enough in the county to enable us to erect suit able public structures. A niggardly policy is not calculated to advance our interest in a business point. That 15oy from Tipperary. Any one would imagine in perusing the Astorian that the Lord and its edi tor were in daily consultation about the affairs of this mundane sphere, and that each leans largely on the other as to the disposition of "the things;" his fur reaching perspicuity added to the othor party's omniscience it resulting in rap ping up a lot of wooden shanties in As toria to be occupied by the emporium of the Columbia River basin instead of the pigmy city of Portland, Which has hitherto enjoyed this distinction. He is one of the boys who imagines that when he goes to the West the East tips up, consequently we call him the boy f rom Tipperar; r lind. The successes of the Russians in European Turkey is making old Mother Britannia nervous. The venei able dame always goes into connij t ons whenever it imagines Russia has any desisrns on Turkey for fear its occupation of Con stantinople will e idauger British inter ests in India; as the straits of Bosporus are at least one thousand miles away from the Suez Canal, which England Mill have whether or no, aad which is the vital artery to connect India inter ests with the mother country, it is diffi cult to see why she is so pertubed. The real secret of England trepidation at the thought of Russian occupancy of Constantinople aris s from the thought that the control of the straits of Bos porus gives her the same checkmate against the aggression of countries bor dering on the Black Sea, as she now has of the Medit r mean in the posses sion of Gibraltar. Old mother Britan nia has her eyes open for stralegic posi tions the world over and Constantino ple is the best unoccupied one by her in Europe, and the fear that Russia may get ahead of her i3 the sole cause of the old lady's nervousness. When ever the Russians get across the Balkan Mountains England will visit Constan tinople with an army of occupation come to stay. President Hayes pursues the even tenor of his way, undisturbed bv the sacres of those factionists who see noth ing but treason to party, in his efforts to carry out his conception of a Consti tutional Administration. If the disaf fected will let the old man manoeuvre this matter without becoming too ob streperous, they will by and bye begin to say, -Didn't I tell yon he knew what he was abont ?" "Didn't I predict that he would put the party on a firmer basis than ever before ?" We expect to hear the pessimists of the present clam or in our ears that they are the very ones who suggested this to Hayes, in less than a year, and claim all the credit for its successful denouement with the mild suggestion of an office to repay them for their brain-work. Hendricks' friend are now starting the story that when an Eastern delega tion to the St. Louis convention stopped in Indianapolis to see the old man, he made a bargain with them that if he took the second place in 1870 and failed to be elected, he was to get the first place in 18S0. The bargain sounds very much like Hendricks, but not much like reform, and from the height of his superior morality Tilden may proudlv say to Hendricks, "I am glad I am not i I, wean us you. A Walla Walla minister protest? again -t Gen. Howard camping on Sun day to hold religious services. He thinks the Indians should be whipped first. auo Kxaj a wan uiiiveu ill Jrl 1 1 1 S boro and represented that he was Jesus Christ. The boys got after him and ; iue imu ereuieu a ross and was ' & " - uiui, (ui lie was t iu beat runner of the crowd. A Warning to Jail-Keepers. The flight of Mrs. Sherman from the Connecticut State Prison, so cunningly contrived, so dexterously executed and ; so luckily thwarted in the end by her j recapture at Providence recently, is one j of those events that proves in the first place that in shrewdness a woman in duress is almost a match for the Jack Sheppards of onr time, and in the sec- . ond place that no scrutiny can Re too keen for the convicts who aro "up" for long terms. It is a pretty well observed fact of prison discipline that, although the long-term prisoners are those who have the most to gain by an escape, and although they can perfect their devices for flight by patient preparation extend ing over long period of time, snch grounds for constant suspicion as these is not enough to prevent the misplaced confidence which they caD produce in their keepers by continuous good be havior and long familiarity. This es cape of Mrs. Sherman, too, happening as it did in one of th best of penal in stitutions, which is not interfered with by State politics, will be apt to strength en the notions of those people who be lieve that no punishment can be snbsti tutsd for the hanging of murderers, because no other punishment banishes the hope of ultimate freedom which is only another reason why the watch on such criminals as Mrs. Sherman should never be relaxed, and why their escape should be made as rare an event as hu man ingenuity can make it. Tfce Grove r Investigation. The Sacramento Record-Union takes the followiug view of the results, so far, of the investigation in the Grover case: As is usual in such cases, there is a sort of atmosphere of suspicion envel opina the senatorial election, but the evidence is all of the hearsay kind, and nobodv knows, or will tell, anything positive or from his own knowledge. We have dim visions of members who were poor and wanted money; of a cer tain co-operative group of six members who were said to be ia the market for a thousand dollars apiece: of a Portland banker assumed to have carried a carpet bag full of coin up to the capital with him; of vague interviews in hotels aud saloons; of refusals to go into caucus from apparently interested motives; and so forth, and so on. But when it conies to swearing positively that A offered B so much coin to vote for Grover, the testimony is not there, ar,d on the whole, it looks u good deal as though the uncertain and valueless rumors which have formed th staple of the statements thus far would be all that was procurable. In caes of alleged venality in politics it is rare that such evidence can be had as York of Kansas was abl to offer in a celebrated connec tion some years ago; and principally for the reason that when men sell them selves in politics they generally prefer the enjoyment of the purchase- money to the exposure of the fraud. If Gro ver did buy his way into the Senate there must, of course, be plenty of evi dence of the fact, but it does not follow that the evidence is available. Where there is much smoke there is usually some tire, and when politicians conclude that a senatorship has been bought it is not infrequently the case that they are tolerably clobo to"the truth, even though they may not have the actual facts at their fingers' ends. Mr. Moody likes to have good done, but he doesn't want it done in any way but his own. He has been insisting that the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Boston shall change its name to the Woman's Evan gelical Temperance Union. When the ladies ask "Why?" he says, "So as to get rid of your Unitarian and Universal is! members." "But tlia will rule out Mrs. Livermore, our president," say they. "Well, rule her out. She isn't a Christian." It must be regarded as fortunate that there is some one who can decide authoritatively who is and who is not a Christian. -. For plain, practical advice to his race the remarks of Mr. Fred Douglass in a late speech to some colored people in Maryland, cannot be excelled. He said "Without money there is no leisure; without leisure, no thought, without thought, no progress." Therefore Get money. It makes a brief but mighlv sermon, because it contains the truth which constitutes the working platform of human existence. It applies to the whites as well a the blacks. Territorial News. The Government schooner Youkon is surveying the bay at Tacoma. There are fifty-six saloons in Seattle and two more are to be smarted. The Young Enterprise, a monthly pub lication at Vancouver, has suspended. There are nearly 800 acres of land de voted to the culture of hops in Wash ington Territory. Three miners left Vancouver last week for the head waters of Lewis river, on an exploring expedition. Three robberies occurred at Seattle on the Fourth. Two Indians - were ar rested as the robbers of one place. In Washington Territory the farmers are overrun with deer, who get over the highest fences and play smash with the bay and clover. Gordon A. nenry, who has beeu In dian agent at Quinault reservation for ten years, resigned last wek, and will locate in Olympia. The Seattle base bafl club were the winners of the match with the Victoria club on the 4th. The score stood: Alki, 21; Victoria, 5. Rev. Father Duffy, for several vears pastor of the Catholic Church at Walla Walla, has ben removed by Bishop Blanchet to Steilacoom. While driving piles at Seattle the oth er day, the hammer, weisrhing 2.700 pounds, fell overboard, and now lies buried thirty feet under the water. Four saUors stole a card tabl out of a saloon in Seattle the other right, and carried it aboard their ship. They were playing "pedro" on it when the police canght them. I COURTESY OF BANCROFT JXDtAN WAR IN IDAHO! Three Days' Fighting on Camas Prairie. Lewiston-, July 7, via Wallula, July 9. Billy Baird, with two men, arrived from Mount Idaho to-day, having left the latter place Wednesday and arrived at Cottonwood at about 4 P. M. On Tuesday Whipple sent out Bill Foster and Charley Blewett as scouts to learn the whereabouts of the Indians, in the direction of Howard's coniniaud at Craig's crossing of Salmon river. They had not proceeded far before they came upon a large baud of horses driven by one Indian. They soon saw three others in another direction. They put their horses to their speed on retreat. Foster being in advance; he soon looked back and saw that his comrade had become unhorsed and separated from him. He sang out to him to take to the brush jtnd he would try to catch the horse. The horse took down the canyon and he could not overtake him. He then rode in haste to Whipple's quarters. Th command was soon ordered to be in readiness to move. Meantime Lieu tenant Rains, with Foster and eleven men, was sent in advance to reconoitro. Rains and his men rode over the raise this side of Cottonwood and down into the side ravine where the road crosses before the ascent of Craig's mountain; and were attacked before Whipple could get to them, after he had heard the firing. Rains and his whole party were killed, including Foster, who was shot in the forehead. The next day Baird and his two men were intending to proceed forward to Lewiston, but a little after 5 p. si. Mor rill looked up Cottonwood creek aud saw four or five mounted Iudians; soon others were seen in other directions, and soon after it was observed that their camp was nearly surrounded by mounted Indians. One fellow came down across the road and had his horse shot from tinder him, and was himself wounded, and broke down the creek out of sight. After that, the Indians kept at a more respectable distance, but kept up tht fire till after 9 p. m., and uo more was seen or heard that night. On the morning of the 5th, at about 9 o'clock, two horsemen were sen coming across the prairie from Rocky canyon. Six Indians were soon seen riding to ward theru at full speed from the direc tion of the Indian camp south of Cot tonwood. The two. men, who were couriers from Howard's command. made a detour to the north aud reached Cot tonwood at the month of the canyon under the rifle pits just in time to es cape from the Indians in pursuit. After this, the Indians moved their camp, with ahout 1,000 head of stock, across the prairie, between Cottonwood aud Rocky canyon and in the direction of Clearwater. They had crossed the Mt. Idaho road. No move was made by Col. Perry to intercept them during this time. Soon afterward a small squad of men were seen coming from the di rection of Mount Idaho, and were rec ognized to be volunteers. As soon as the Iudians saw them they left a small portion of. their number to hurry off the stock, aud about :50 returned to intercept them and prevent their reach ing Whipple's command. The Indians first reached the elevation of ground on the rad, ahout a mile beyond Cotton wood, near the interception of Elk City trail with the stutre load. At this crisis, being seen from Perry's position on the hill at the rih pits, ho was urged to go with-troops to their rescue, to which he replied to the effect that it was of no use; they were gone and he would not tirder the rescue. Mr. Morrill says the volunteers say their captain, seeing his position, ordered them to charge and break the line of the Indians and dash over toward the creek bottom, dismount and return the tire and hold the position partly under cover of the small hill, till the force at Cottonwood could come to their" rescue. The command was no sooner given than Capt. R.inriall and his sixteen men made the charge and broke through the Indian line and reached their position, dismounted aud returned the fire in the charge. Randall was mortally wounded, Ben Evans kill ed, and throe others wounded. In about a half an hour after it was known that the Indians had tne volun teers in a tight place, Perry gave the order for fifty men to go to their relief, and it was quickly obeyed, and they were relieved in about one hour after the charge. Contrary to the expectiou of all, after the relief had come, no pur suit of the Indians was ordered, bnt a retreat to the camp, and no pursuit had been made since, up to the time of Mor rill's leaving on the night of the Oih. On the Gth a detatchment of seventy-, five men, under McConville, was seut as an escort to the wagon carrying the killed and wounded to Mount Idaho. Morrill says that Randall, after he was mortally wounded and had got into his positiou, sat up on the ground an;1, fired many shots at the Indians, the last one not 'more than live minutes before he fell back dead. Morrill says that not one of these seventeen are reported to have faltered in the least or showed the white feather, though hard pressed liy 100 Indians, nor did one of them seek to run for Cottonwood after they haJ broken the Indian line, but they strictly obeyed the order to hold their ground. Telegraphic News. Eastern. New Orleans, July G. In the super ior criminal court to-day, Attorney-General Ogden and District Attorney Fin ner filed information against J. Madison Wells, T.O.Anderson, Louis II. Kenner an 1 G. Cassanay, charging them under section 833 revised statutes with alter ing and publishing as true certain alter ed. false, forged and counterfeit records. Immediately after filing information, capias was issued for arrest of the par ties named. Wells and Kenner surren dered themselvs to the sheriff. The information is very lengthy aud charges them with having on the 4th of Decem ber, 1870. falsely aud feloniously uttered and published as true altered. forced and counterfeit election returns for Presidential electors. Bui was fix ed at So.OOO each, and Anderson and Cassan-iy will surrender themselves and furnish the required bonds. Chicago, July y. lhe limes Wash ington special says: A prominent gen tleman to-day . received a lpfter from a friend of Gen. Grant in Europe, who savs urant has expresses nnq-iaiiheii admiration of President Ha3es and his policy. Yamhill Reporter: Subscription to the capital stock of the P. P. T. Co., of this place, is going ahead quite vigor ously for another boat. The seerefarv received S2.500 in one day this week. Polk and Yamhill have had a taste of j the fruits of this enterprise, and it is I pleasant to the palate.. LIBRARY, State News. . finmel Smith, a ioneer of Astoria, dMl on the 2d. Frr m 8,000 to 10.000 people assem ble! at Albany on the Fourth. A I a'ent, has been obtained by John Gales, of Portland, for a spark arrester. A salm n we'ghing G9) pounds was caught atFuhiitou, near Astoria, the other a '. D. M C. Gault has taken charge of the lo al department of the Salem St'itesinau. The next school year of be State University at Eugene wl," i-tfii t. e 3d Monday of September. Rev. Dr. Crang, pastor of the Con gregational Church at Astoria, has re sit! ued. He will soon leave Astoria. T.ie firemen's election at Salem last week resulted in the selection of T. B. Wait as Chief and John Knight as As sistant. E. S. Remington's barn, near Silver ton, was destroyed by tire ou the 30th ult. It is supposed to be the result of tire crackers. W. T. Newby, of Yamhill, sheared 38 Merino sheep, getting 511 lbs. of wool. The heaviest fleece weighed 22 lbs, aud the lightest 9 lbs. Thomas, who was in the cabin at the time T. D. Davis was murdered, has gone raving mad and has been com mitted to the in a ie asylum. The machinery for manufacturing flax has arrived at Albany and it will he in operatiou in about 30 days. It will give employment to from 50 to 100 persons. A mob of roughs attacked a police officer at Astoria on the night of the 4th and would have killed him had it not been for the law-abiding citizens who came to his rescue. A general fight en sued, and the roughs got worsted. In a fracas that occurred in the street at Albany ou the night of the -4th. Mr. William Brown, brother of Gen. M. V. Brown, had his throat severely cut with a small pocket knife, by a party who attacked and seemingly determined to kill him. At t h" r'-s'ul n' of the brkle's pi rents, near Xorion's lostf.nle', Clackamas count.. July n, l-'r"i Hurst, oi Champo-.'jr, and Miss Km ma Dane. At Mllwaukh, Julv 3, at the residence of J. K. Wait, Ksi., hv !-v. T. I K iot, Ih rt nse Cam !heil and John Springer, ot the Dalles, (vnon. XEW TO-DAY. PALACE SALGGKT, Two doors nort h of Factory, JOXATII AX I UMTII KEYS, Pitoi'Riirron. ALWAYS KEEP THE brands of VEUY HEST VV n 23, Liquors and C'gars, Hint can be obtained In the ninrkf t, which ill he s 'rvr'd to the rich anrl or ;iliko,uion t he di'io.sit of th" ii"c:'ss;rv "lit." .;ive tne a C.ill. JONATHAN lUTMrilHKHA.S. Or';r.n City, July Li, 1877-1 m. Johnson, Mown & .llacnim, Att'ys. Admirjij t-atrix's Fictice. HAVINti liEKN HCl,Y APPOINTED T.Y the lion. Comity Court of Clackamas I outit v, or '.ion, Administratrix of th estate or A.J. Si ii d"i-'us -d. i hi-reby notify all 1-tsoi.s li:iviiij!Cliums a;fiinst smd estate to trr -s-iii 1 In in, lu ly vi-mi 'd, ind riccompan i '.I wall proper vouchers, to me at my r-si-d'-nc on .Mo!:iU:i oniric, in suid county, within six luoiilhs lnm the dute of this notice. .1 CM A A. STCniiS, J u. y 1J, S77-lt. Adm'x. . Ja!i:i.i3:i, M'owii k Marram, Att'ys. Citation. In the County Court of t he State of Oregon, for I'lackainas County. In f ie in. -it t erof t he estate of George TaRocque d ceas d. To Alphons" E. I.aU'ioqu", Virginia Porno, .Millions I.a Kdiviii'( lVironille La Croix and llorteiise I.aiiivi -re. . HN THE NAME OF THE .STATE OF ORE- OON: Ydii and each of you ar heretiy cit 'd and required to be and appear in said Court on the ll'.ii day of August,, A. D. Is77, at lJoVio-kA. M. then and tlior -to slio.v cause if any yoa !ia ve, why tin' pet it ioii of the Kx cutors ol said estate lor leave to sell certain land should not be granted. Said laud is U no vii as t ne undivided half of the Im rial Mill property in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, and is bounded as follow: lleiniiiiii at a point in the westerly boun dary of Main street in Oregon City, Orej m, wher an east -rly extension of the north Inv oi th I in -rial Mill buililirnr i nt'rs-c's said street boundary; rr.niiimr tle'iice south'-rly ulon th" west. iMiundary of said Main street about. lilt y feet to a point four feet sout h ol the point-of intersect ion with an extension ' the south line of said mill building; thence at riht ang.es west ward ly by a line parallel wil h the southern line ot said mill building about ninety feet to a point wii'T a southerly extension of th" west line of said mill build ing is intersected; thence at right angles northerly to and with the westerly line o: said mill building and n northerly extension thereo.', ni'i -ty ieet; thence ea.-terly bv a line parallel with th ' north T y lin? of s 'id mill building sixty-six feet; Ih-nc" soutnerly, at right urig i'S, forty leec to the northerly line of said building; thence easterly at right angles about twenty ieet to tha place " ol b'ginning. Witness the Hon. N. v. Ita nihil!. Judge of ILI1'SS I II m sCd Court, and th" seal th'Teot S. J athxd the date oi said order. July' 1877 W. II. H. FOUTS, County Clerk. July 12, lS7G-4t. U. s. Land Office, Oregon City, 1 Ore-ion, July "th, 1S77. ( C COMPLAINT JIAVINU IIKE.V ENTERED j at this office by tred'Tick H. I raneis, oi Multnomah county, against J. s. Hens y lor abandoning his homestead enlry, o. .mi, dated .March 21, ISTti. upon the North 'A ol the South 54 of Section ."O, Townsh ii one Nort h, i inge 1 H'est, in Multnon ah coii"t. , ( )r -gon, with u view to the cancellation of said entry : th" said parties are hereby sum nmneil to a -pear at this office on the hit h day of August, 1S77, at lUo'clock A.M., to respond and iuinisli testimony concerning said nltgel abandon ment. OWEN WAI"E, Register. 4t T. 11. HARRISON, R-c-iver. rjortcs. : U. S. I, and Okkce, Or-gn City, ) Oregon, Julv fir ii , 177. CIOMPLAI.vr HAVIXU HF.KX ENTERED J at this office bv E. M. Mi. er.of Clackamas county, against W. A. Man in lor abandoning his homestead entry, No. :7tJ, dated Mav l.Jiii oi i, ii, ion me noiiin-Ai'Sl 5401 seel 1011 Z, 1 o mi shipo South, Rang' 3 East, In t lackamas Co., Oregon, wit h a vi"w to the cancel lal 1011 oi said entry : the said parti 's are hereby su 111 111011 d to appear at this office on the liitii day ot Aug ust, lft,,, at 10 o'clock A.M., to respond and turnishf testimony concrning said alle-'-d abandonment. OWkN WADE, Register it T. U. HARRISON, Receiver", CHRIS. Z A U N E R , DEPOT SALOON, Opposite the. Railroad Depot. KEEPS THE BEST BEEU AND CIG RS in the City. Give him a call. Jy5-tf. ' J. M. F3AZER & CO. HAVE E NO AG ED I.V THE CATCH OF Salmon at th" Willarnmette Falls and solicit cash orders from Dealers, at reasonable rates. We will keep for the city trade, when we can get them. Salt Water Fish, Smelt. Poultry lir mk 1 rout and Game when in season ' "Cash paid for Poultry. Market on Gth St., MyeiV Block Oregon City. March 1, 1877-4m FINANCIAL, E XHIBIT OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY, state of Oregon, lor the year com menc - j uiy a, is,t, and ending July 3, 1S77 : EXPEXDITL'RES. County Judge's Salary $ fiOO 00 " Treasurer " Sou 00 " Sch'l Sup't " 200 00 Rent of Court House 275 00 Treasurer's per cent, on sch'l lund 108 30 AssT school superintendents. 'ol 50 Mi. cage and per diem ol to. Commissioners 152 20 Judgments and ousts in Cir cuit Court 053 OS Expenses of C ircuit and Co. Courts, including clerk's and sle-rilf's lees, and ex pense of prisoners in jail 2111 C5 Criminal cases in justices' courts and drawing jury lists lor justices courts Criminal cas 'S in Circuit Court r Mileage and per di"4n ol wit nesses before the grand j'y. Mih-age and per diem of Cir cuit Court jurymen Extra labor 01 road super visors Damages in establishing new roads Vi w and survey ot new roads I?rid.res. lumber and repairs.. ltoad. Assessors and School Superintendents iiia,.s,a nd case tor Ass -ssor's map Assessment of 170 Per cent, on collection of tax lor l.7t; Copies of ass -ssment ro 1 and military roll, and record ing military roil r.oard of Equalization Ovr paid tax relunded Print ing and advert isi rig Mi eage and per iv 111 of Judges and clerks of the Presidential election - Insane Can H-rs Coroner's inquesis Smal. pox cases Furniture, lixl tires, siackle and arrang meni ot Ci.urt pa, ers Stationary lor Coi.rt, County oflieeraand books of recortl. Wood, lieiit, etc.. for Court, County oMicers, jail aud clot hing lor prisoners Repairs of jail and County property Purchase of property 1 r Court House 81. 12 C17 10 2CS 20 C'J7 10 1008 25 303 50 r.i;.o 40 4:6 00 b ' JO 00 1)70 8i 245 00 m of) 7. tM) Tj. 50 31! 70 2 -3 O.) ) H 41 Ki 201 5i ill 46 153 70 73 35 S3 20 1GSD 00 Total am't of ord ?rs issued... $13177 40 Amount of outstanding or ders as per report ot J. M. Eraser, ex-clerk, ti.cd July 11, 1870 SSiiSJ 5) Amount issued during the present year and ineiud -d in t lie report of J. M. Kra Zer S2 HI Leaving amountof oursuilid ing order July 3. 1N70 77! '7 (7 Amount 01 interest 1 aui l.oO 47 liy orders redeemed ami re ceived lor tax Dy amount of interest paid... Iiy outstanding orders 10 "date Sis S7 3 1-i.J!) 47 7fiS7 19 $j;.Jll 51 $'73il 54 ASSKTS (Col'.VTY KU.vn). By coin in treasury Hy notes in " " Marion County ord r- " Judgment lor reiuC u :-i g purchase pric ! of (oui t House proierty ;;n 1 en 4)7 10 ICS') 00 :i ;u 35 Outstanding order.... Indebtedness lo dale. . 7fii7 1!) M 81 ,057 10 76s7 SCHOOL Fl'NI) ACCOUNT. To amount as per last re; oil. coin 5 To amount as per la; I report , currency To total amount irom ail sources Py amounts pa id out as per receipts, coin Ry amount paid Mil a- per rec -lpts, currciiev By com In ircaurj 473 i; s c C r,-z 11 $ OS'S PI 771 12 asii lij ' 1:1. i ".56; STATE TAX ACCOUNT. To amount poll tax, coin ? 71; I To amount .Slate tax, iv'!75 3 Dy State Treasurer's reccij i s.. 1173f) 30 SI 173!) ;;. 11735) 30 I, V. II. M. Fouls, Con nly Clerk ot" said Clackamas County, Or-u..n. do cer;i;y that the foregoing is a corr 1. H i.ui'i of 1 he - pii dniiri'S, receipts, indebtedness and aeiuai ava liable assets lor Ine year ending July 3d, lf77. Witness my official sienatnr this 3d da v of July, 1S77. W. 11. H. 1 l is. County Cerk. SherifFs Sale. BY VIP.TUE OF A WHIT OF EXECU t ion issued out of the Circuit Court of t he stateof Oregon lorthe County of Clackamas, in an act ion ent itled Mat ho:t l!rot hers vs. A. IT. lsullock. and to me directed under the seal of said court on the 4th day of June, A. D. IS, ,, commanding me as Sheriff to levy upon and make out of the property ot A. H. ilullock the sum of Threellundred and Seventy-live 10-i(N) Dollars in IT. S. gold coin with interest in like coin from the 20th day of April A. D. 1.S77, at the rate o' ten per cent ier annum and t he further sum of Forty-two 45-10.) Dol lars costs and disbursements NoA therefore tor want of personal property I have on this the .'2th day of June, a. 1 Is77, levied upon the property herioior.- attached by virtue of a writ, of attacn 111 -nt issued out or the above named Co.irt 111 the above en titled action and to me as Sheriii directed under t he s-al of r tid Court on the 27;h dav of March, A. D. 1S77, and in pursuance of said rit of attachment for want of personal property 1 levied upon and attached the ioi- owmg described real estate, on the Jtuii dav of March, A. D. 1S77 : one undivided nint ii interest, more or less, of the Jesse ami Nancv Ilullock donation claim No. 40, in, Sections l-i 5 and Hi, T. 2 S., 11. 1 F.. it being one-ninth interest ol thrcoliundred and eighteen acres ol said claim. On M.mdaj-. llilli day of July, A.D. 1S77, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. M of said day at the o-.n. nous u.ior 111 pregon city. Clackamas- i oumy, 1 pr. gon. 1 win se.i t public auction to the highest bidder for cash to mo in hand paid in V, S. gold coin all the right, title and interest of the said A. H. Mullock in and to the said property levied upon and formerly attached as alor.rsaid, the same being the west half of the donation land claim of Jesse Mullock and Nancy p.ul ock, his wile, situate in the County of Clackamas and state of Oregon, and known on the maps and plats of the C. S. surveys now on file In the IT. S. Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon, as claim No. 4ij, cerlilleale No. 12l7, pot'lieation No. $10. situate in T. 2 S., H. 1 E. of t he Willamette Meridian, containing tils !MMO0 acres, to satis fy t he above named judgment, costs, interest and accruing costs. J. T. APPERsON, Sheriff of Clackamas County, Oregon. Oregon City, June 12, 1877-5t. Johnson, Kcrovn & 'iaprun, Ali'ys. Guardian's Notice. In the County Court, of the State of Oregon for the county of Clackamas. In the matter of the est ate of Henry Brantl- gam.nn insane erson. Vi)V ON THIS DAY CAME THE UAR dian of the above named Henry Branli gam and filed a petit ion, duly verified, pray ing for a license to sell the hereinafter de scribed leal estate belonging to said estate, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, from th" petition, that it Is necessay to sell the said real estate in order to pay claims, charges and expenses against said estate and to maintain said ward. It isorder ed, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the n'xt of kin and all persons interested in the above entitled estate appear before this Court at the Court House in Oregon City, County of Clackamas, State of Oregon, on Friday, the 13th day of July, 1877, at the hour of ten o'elock of said day and show cans", if an v exist, why a license should not. be granted tos-Ml the following described real estate, to-wit : A part of Land Claim No. 40 in T.2S., K. 2K being the donation claim of Wm. and M. A. S. L. Holmes, bounded-as fol lows to-wit : Deginning 450 feet S. of the S. E. corner of a block of land situated on saiil claim owned by J. It., Ralston, numbered 13 according to plat of blocks surveyed by L. F. Cartee ; thence west along the S. line of said last mentioned tract of land 1,K feet ; thence- north along the territorial road leading from Oregon City to Molalla 47-10 feet to the place of loginning; eontainir g 1 i acres. Also the following tracts of land of said do nation claim, to-wit : Beginning at a post 30 feet. S. of t he S. E. corner of said block of land numbered 13; running thence along the south line of said block 13M feet; thenco south 4 '0 feet ; thence east 1300 feet; thence north 1300 feet to the place of beginning; con taining 13 acres mnr oc less. It is further ord"rd that a cony of this order shall be ser-ed on Henry Pranf igarn personal ly, and that a copy be published for three weeks successively in the Orosnn City Enter prise, a newspaper clrrnlating in the county of Clackamas. '. W. RANDALL, Attest; - County Judge. W. II. II. FOITTS, County Clerk. Oregon City, June 8, 1S77-3U 1 ,000,000 Bottles 1 OF THE e L ENTAUR I R5E MERITS. have been sold the last year, and riot ono complaint has reached us that they have not done all that i3 claimed for them. Indeed scientific skill cannot go beyond the rr.s.,i. reached in these wonderful preparation. Added to Carbolic, Arnica, Mentha, .Wee-Mf and Witch-Hazel, are other ingredients vihiph makes alamily liniment that delies rivalry Rheumatic and bed-ridden cripples have bv"it been enabled to throw away their crutches and many who lor years been afflicted with Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked lireast, at Racks, e., have lound permanent redef. Mr. Josiah Westlake, of Mar sville Ohio writ es : ' "For years my rheumatism has been so bad that I have been unable to si ir Irom thj housJr I have tried every remedy 1 could hear of" Finally I learned of the Centaur Liniment" The first three bottles enabled tne to wa k1 without my crurches. 1 am mending rapidly I t hink your Liniment simply a marvel." 'This Liniment cup s liuriis and s-;i, is with out a scar, extracts the oison Irom bites and stings, lures Chilihlains and 1- rosted-ieet and is very efficacious lor Ear-ache Too'h' ache, Itch und cutaneous oruj lions. ' Tlie Centaur Liniment, Yellow Wrap per, is intended lor the touh fibres, cords and muscles of horses, mules and animal. READ I READ! Rev. (J.-n. V,'. Ferris, Manorkill, Schoharie con nty, N . Y., sax s : ".My horse was lame for a year wit h a fet lock wr-nch. Ah remedies utterly failed to cure, and I considered hi:n worthless, until I commenced to use Centaur Liniment, whtrh rapidly cureu him. I le artily recommend it." It makes very itt ! difference het her trie case be "wrench," si rain, spavin or lameness of any kind, the effects are the same. The great pow t of the Liniment is,however,shown in Poll-evil, Lig-head, sweeny. Spavin, Ring bone, Galls and Scratches. This Liniment Ts worth millions of dollars early to the stock growers. Livery-men, Farmers, and those hav ing valuable animals to care lor. We warrant its efT'cts and reler to any Farrier who has ever us'-d it. Labratory of J. I. Hose & Co., 46 Dky St., New York. KSLBRERJ. A complete subs' itute for Castor Oil, without its unpleasant taste or recoil in the throat. The result of 20 years' pi act ice by Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Massachusetts. Pitchers' c.istoria is particularly recommen ded lor ehildn-n. It d'fctroys worms, assimi lates the food, and allows natural sleep. Verv efficacious in 'roup ,nnd lor children Teething. For Colds, Feverishness, Disorders of t he Bow els, and Stomach Complaints, nothing is so effect iv. It is as pleasant to take as honev, costs but 35 cts.,and can be had of any drutfgibt. Thi! is one oi many testimonials: "Cornwall, Lebanon Co., 'a., March 17. Dcftr Sir: I have used your Castoria in my practice tor some time. I take great, pleasure in r vommi'tiriinq it to the jtrn frxsitjn, as a sat, reliable and imr-'i-u'ili' medicine. It is partic ularly ad iploti to ehif'lrrn wlifr- t he rej lignum taste of Castor Oil renders it so difficult to au niMiister. E. A. ENDERS, M. iv Mot hers who try Castoria will find they can sleep niehts, and their babies will be heiilthv. J. IS. Hosk & Co., New York. ( an be Cured ly Or. Utii;i' fr;j--leni. No Ivnh'e. Positively No Absolutely No Fain Caustics. Remedies snt to any rart of tha world. Pamphlets and part ieuh'rs :r.-e. Call on or address Dr. IT. T. ROND, 55 T-road st Philadelphia, l a. April 12, IS77-1.V. Sherirrs Sal. VIRTUE OE A DECREE AM) FXE- We cutioti issue,; out of the Circuit Court of t he Stat" of Oregon tor the county of Clack-i-mas, and to m as Sli ri IX directed, unii.T the seal of said Court, on fie 13i h day ot June, ,. I), 1877, in a suit entiiled John Terwih'iger, plaintilT, vs. J. W. t aiue, defendant, con -maniling me to levy upon and make sip. of the hereinaiter d -scribed real estate t o stisfy th judgment in said suit in lavorot t he plain tiff lor t he sum of Three 11 11 mire.! and Ni..et -nine 23- PM Dollars in l S. gold coin with in terest, t her upon in hke coin from theilth day 01 April, A. P. iS77, and the lurther sum of Fourteen 25- 00 Dollars cost in said suit. Now, therefore, 1 have on this th- lull i:iy of June, A. D. i77, levied upon the following describ- d real estate, o-wif : Llock iiumir five (5), in the to.vn of O wego, Clackamas county. State of Oregon, as laid out by John C. irulling-r, the remises being known as the Episc pai School ooardn-e .;ous- 1 r.ip 4"ifhth- tenements, t ereditam r.ts and a, purtenanees to the same b -longing, and on Hondity, I3.e TitJd day of July. A.I. 177, at the hour of el vm o'elo.-k A. M. ol ai 1 day a- the Court House door in Oregon City, Chick.i'nas County, T vill sell ail th" right,. titp and inter. St of tln a bove named J. V. Cain, defendant, in and tot Ij-above d -scriixd real estate, to satisly the named judgment, int-rest, costs ami accruing costs uin this writ.at public auct ion to the highest bidder tor C s. gold coin to me in hand paid at tbo time of said sale. j t. APPERSON. Sin riff of Clackamas ountv, Oregon. Oregon City, June 10, lS77-juiI5. CANCEIi CAN BE CURED. Cancer has from time immemorial been a great scourge to the human race, and is now becoming t he greater. For many years it has been held by tiie medical profession, and gen era' ty beli.-vod by the people, that Cancer is incurable; that once iis roots take hold upon a victim, there is no chance for a sufferer to escape a ling; ring and terribledeath ; a death surrounded by all that is distrusting and hor rible, not only to the sufferer, but to hirf friends. Happily this fell destroyer need no longer he leared. Dr. H. T. Rend, of Phi.a delphia.a well known physician, of large ex perienet?, has for four years devoted himself tothf special study and treatment of Cancer, and the result of his experience is his dis covery f r tli radical cure of Cancer, without the us.- of either knife, caustic or plasters, and without pain The majority of persons aregreatlv deceived in regard to the first SMnitoms and a clear ance of t his most dreaded disease, considering it -painful Irom the commencement. This is. a sad mistake, carrying thousands to an un timely gravi'. In most cases there is little or no pain until the disease is far advanced. The only symj toms for many months, and even tor years, are occasii nally a stinginc, darting, stabbing, shootine, smarting, itch ing, burning, crawling or creeping sensation, and some casis not any or those. If a malady is growing worse instead of better, it is conclusive evidence it is of malignant character, and demands imme diate attention. If you have a branny scaly, warty appearance, with an occasional break ing oot of these upon the face, lip or nose, or any other portion of the skin, attended with any of the above symptoms, 01 a sensation of a fly being on it, or a hair tickling it, is cer tain evidence It is Cancer, and there should be no de-ay in using Dr. Rond's treatment. Rife is too valuable to be tampered with. Dr. Pond's treatment consists of an "Anti dote" that is applied locally : this nt 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 tumor, the Antidote does not make an ojien sore, but re mov"s it. by absorption) In connection with the Antidote j used lhe t-ioeifie, taken in ternally. This tones up the general health, strengthens the patient, purifies the blood., and eliminates the poison from the system . Dr. Rond'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 used in internal ancer, snch as cancer of the stomach, cancer of the womb, etc. Dr. Bond' remedies, with full directions for successfu treatment will be sent to any part of th world. 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