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OREGON CITY, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1877.
Good County Roads.
There is nothing so important to a
farmer as good roatU, and especially is
this bo in a country where the roatls get
as bad as they do in Oregon. Yet we
find tbat, as a general thing, there is no
State in the Union where they pay less
attention to this matter than they do in
Oregon.- We believe onr road system
needs reconstruction. We base onr be
lief on the lact that the present system
Las been tried long enough and proved
complete failure. There are large
sums collected annually, in money and
labor, for road purposes, and yet we
can hardly find a piece of good road in
the State, unless it has been made by
private enterprise. In our own county,
nd it is one of the worst and most ex
pensive to mate good roads in, the peo
ple have paid enough money to gravel
its most public thoroughfares from one
nd to the other. But the manner in
'which" this labor is bestowed and money
Used, it is worse than thrown away ev-
ery year. -Tbjbould be a change in
"the law. Let our road (ax be collected
the same as all other taxes are; the road
supervisors elected by the people, and
the money annually distributed to the
Various districts, the same as it now is
to school districts; then let the super
visor let out the making or repairing of
roads in his section to the lowest bidder,
make thoroughly the road undertaken,
and we feel confident that in a few years
the change would be very apparent.
The present system is worse than a
" waste o both time and money. The
district would, under this system, get
inll value for its money. Under the
present system, the supervisor gets but
a small amount of work for his money.
It is bard for him to tell what amount
-of either money or labor he can rely
"upon, and hence he commences with
patching up the roads and ends in the
same manner. This patching up has
continued now about long enough, and
we trust some one will be found with
-.sense enough to inaugurate a change,
lit is urged by parties who are opposed
to the payment of their road taxes in
cash that the present law gives them an
opportunity to work out their taxes;
this is true, and those who urge this as
. an objection generally give but poor
.consideration for the money or labor
fthey should pay. There need be no
provision to prevent any neighbor to
bid on road work, and there is no ne
cessity for those who take a contract to
get their labor outside the district. It
-would make it an individual enterprise,
-and would result in the district getting
. full value for its money. We should
then got good roads, and the farmer
wonld not be obliged to lay up his team
the entire winter because the roads are
too bad for him to haul the products of
bis labor to market after the first fall
jains.
We have of late heard considerable
objection nrged on the part of immi
grants to our county to this very want,
.and many, after coming here and going
ont a short distance from town, have
returned and said that they did not de
sire to locate in a county so badly pro
vided with roads. The same objection
holds good in every county in the State.
We know from experience. We have
travelled over a great part of the State
in all seasons of the year, and know
there is not a county in it that has a
piece of road that reflects credit upon
. it. Take Multnomah county, where
there are thousands of dollars collected
annually in the city of Portland, and
she has hardly a piece of road a mile in
length which can be said to be passable
in the winter. The same can be said of
all the other counties. We believe the
present system has been tried long
enough, and a radical change is de
manded. The farmer is more interested
in the matter of good roads than any
one else, and any change which will
give him good roads is for his benefit.
It is all nonsense to say that it is bene
ficial to the farmer to give him a chance
to work out his road tax. If his time
is not as valuable to him on his farm as
it is while he is earning his taxes on the
roads, he can be considered of but little
importance as a farmer. Nothing bene
fits a farmer more than good roads to
haul his products to marfcet over, and
the present system has proved such a
positive and complete failure, we hope
some change in the law will be made
News from the seat of the Indian war
received last Saturday says a battle took
place on the 11th. Gen. Howard, with
400 men, came up with Joseph on the
south fork of the Clearwater and imme
diately gave battle to the redskins, and
after a desperate fight of seven hours
.the Indians retreated, with a loss of 13
killed and a large number wounded
T.he soldiers lost 11 killed and 25
wounded. Joseph had 300 warriors
under his command, and Gen. Howard
ays they fought as well as any troops
lie Li9 ever seen. The Indians are re
(treating to the Snake country, and our
troops are concentrating at Mt. Idaho
This is an important victory, and will
deter other Indians from joining Jos
eph's band, and it is hoped that Geo.
Howard will contr'nne th good work.
it ia reported that the Canadians are
sot pleased with the presence upon their
soil of 3itiing Bull and his Sioux asso
ciates; and that they have requested,
through the British Cabinet, that our
Oovor anient take measures to remove
$uee uninvited and unwelcome guests
frona. the Dominion.
County Pride.
There ia nothing for the development
of a county so much needed as a just
pride of its inhabitants to build up
their county seat or their principal
town. Last week we referred to the
value of our countv in agricultural re
sources, yet the indications and lack of
public spirit of our authorities counter
acts every inducement which the natu
ral wealth of the county offers. The
people of other counties in the State
look with just pride at their fine public
buildings, and those who seek homes
in Oregon notice and judge the value
and prosperity of the respective com
munities by these improvements. Look
for instance at Albany. Many of our
valley towns are surrounded with as
much agricultural land as that which
is so largely contributing to build up
that town and rapidly making it the
second city in our State. The agricul
tural resources of any county are of
great and paramount importance to the
prosperity of a town; yet there are
other advantages which, if properly
used, can build np and sustain a rich
and prosperous community. Albany,
with its artificial water power, has to
day more of it employed in manufac
turing enterprises than we have in our
city of the vast natural water power
which flows past our very doors. There
is no reason for this teglect on the part
of our citizens and were it properly
utilized and employed, would soon
build up Oregon Citv as one of the
great manufacturing centers of the Pa
citic Coast. If proper public spirit
were manifested by our people to bnild
up tueir county seat, it would be but a
matter of natural consequence to bring
into our town the products of the sur
rounding country. Uut the lacfc on
onr own part in making use of the nat
ural eift has been the cause of our
county seat not making more rapid
strides in improvement. For years we
have had the only successful woolen
mills in the btate. J. hey have been a
source of great wealth to our town;
other manufacturing enterprises could
be as successfully inaugurated. One
branch of industry would soon bring
out another, and soon our dormant in
dustries would spring up into active
and wealth producing results. But to
this there must be a harmony of action
among all classes of people who desire
prosperity. The wealth of the county
is sufficient to enable us to make some
show of it in erecting suitable public
structures; private enterprise cannot
do all that should belong to us in com
mon. - We believe that every man who
has the welfare of our county at heart,
is properly interested in building up
the county seat, or a town which he
can call the representative of his ener
gy and industry. To do this, he must
bring the results of his industries to its
market, and aid the business men of
that town in enlarging their trade and
capital. These men generally use their
means in improving their business and
the town, and by so doing, they add
their accumulation to the wealth of the
county. There must be a concert of
action in this matter.
There is another important matter
which our own town people do not re
gard with a proper degree of import
ance. We rind many of those who get
their support and living from our busi
ness men and producers, who tuem
selves never contribute anything for
the advancement of the community
from which they expect and demand
their support. It may be true that they
procure what they desire elsewhere at a
somewhat lower , rate, but this would
not be the case were the legitimate
trade belonging to our county seat cen
tered here. The business man who
carries a stock to supply the require
ments of fifty customers cat as readily
and as cheaply supply one hundred,
and his expenses and capital are as
large to meet the wants of the smaller
number as the greater; hence so long
as nis sales are small be must realize
a greater profit. If our city and coun
ty people will only look at this matter
in a proper spirit, it would not be long
before our county seat would march
forward in rapid prosperity, and this
would sojn bring into notice the true
value of our connty. We want enter
prise. We have the soil and all that
nature can give us, and if we neglect to
make use of them it is our own fault.
Onr county is now the fifth in wealth
and population in the State; it is pos
sessed of everything necessary to make
it the second or third, yet we find many
of those counties not half so favored by
either nature or wealth, pushing us
aside in valuation and population, and
in a few more years, unless we make an
effort on bur own part, we shall be com
pelled to stand back aad give the rank
to which we are justly entitled to our
more enterprising and energetic neigh
bors. Let us make a move forward.
It will only require proper energy ou
our part to make our countv. as wll a
onr principal town, the attraction it 1
serves for those who are seeking homes
in our favored State.
The evidence before the Grover in
vestigating commission has developed
the fact that our last Legislature con
tained several jokers. Among the num
ber is Stephen Staat?, who told a Mr.
Waters that he heard Gilfry say to Mr.
Grover that they had secured the vote
of Goodman at a thonsand dollars.
When placed on the stand Stephen says
he was only joking. We fail to see why
he should joke on such an important
matter, nd fear it will prove no jokin
matter with Mr. Grover.
The New Hampshire State Prison
whUk U not interfered with by politic?
i has ruid the State 88.000 mnr ;
expenses during the last year.
President Hayes and the People.
The King managers of Iowa declined,
in their convention, to endorse, emphat
ically, the course of President Hayes;
but were forced not to make an issue on
this question even in that overwhelming
Republican State. What a contrast this
is with the hearty and unqualified en
dorsement the President met with on
his recent visit to New England. No
President since the days of Washington
has received such a hearty and cordial
welcome in that Republican section of
the Union, and when his visit is ex
tended among the people for whose
canse he seems to be persecuted, we
shall not be much surprised if his re
ception is not even more enthusiastic.
The managera of the party throughout
the country may learn from the signs
of the times that President Hayes has,
by his course, united the country in a
common bond of affection ; and to-day
he rules over a nation undivided and
governed by the consent of the people
of the various States. A large majority
of the Republican party, the rank and
file, thought the time had arrived long
before the expiration of Grant's second
term for the very course pursued by
Hayes to have been inaugurated. The
refusal to do so camo near losing the
Republican party the Presidency this
time. It would certainly have done so
had not Pr si lent Hayes conservative
views been so well understood through
out the land. Ultraism cannot govern
long in any party, and a tyrannical
and oppressive course by even a party
which can boast of preserving the coun
try from those who were held in sub
jection, cannot long be carried out suc
cessfully. The ultra politicians in our
party, of course, oppose the course
President Haves is pursuine. but the
conservative element of all parties will
give him their hearty and unqualified
support. In Iowa it was a refusal of
those who wish to hold office to endorse
him; from Oregon to Maine he is hear
tily endorsed and sustained by every
lover of the Republican party and the
country. This endorsement he receives
from the better class of his party, men
who are Republicans from principle,
and not selfish ambition for oflice. The
office-seekers desire any course which
will keep them in power. President
Hayes has laid out a path for the Re
publican party to pursue which shall
be equitable and just to the entire coun
try, and if the managers of the organiz
ation do not propose to follow in his
lead, he will find the Democracy ready
to come to his rescue, and thus the Re
publican party will find its days num
bered. President Hayes has not, as
charged by some ambitious office-seekers,
forsaken the party. He is but car
rying out (he doctrines he announced
in his letter of acceptance, and no one
can say that ho is deceived in him un
less he expected that Mr. Hayes would
say one thing before his election and
do another afterward. The President
need not be fearful of the result of his
course. It is but the proper thing for
him to do, and when the Republicans
refuse to approve of it. they simply de
clare to the world that President Hayes
has not distributed sufficient offices
among her ambitious politicians. It is
certainly better for the Republican par
ty that President Hayes settled the long
pending trouble and discord in the
South at the commencement of his ad
ministration, and thus leave him and
his party free to legislate and labor for
the good of the entire nation for the
remainder of his term. Politicians may
as well understand now as hereafter,
that the people, as instanced in the visit
referred to, are with the President, and
there is no danger but what the great
party will be thoroughly united on the
sound principles of his administration
before another election, as the time
passes to prove the wisdom of his
course. The Blaines, Mortons, and all
other would-be leaders of factions, must
trim their course with thegreat and pa
triotic chieftain of the party. This is
the only safe and secure course. Dis
cord and division is Democratic victorv.
From the testimony so far introduced
in the Governor Grover's Commission,
our Senator is inferentially convicted;
apart from the testimony of such galoots
as J. M. Johns and alphabetical Styles,
we are forced to conclide that Mosier
and others saw some of the Governor's
Equivalents and thus turned Grover's
Waterloo into a victory. All the assev
erat'on of the pious friends of Governor
Grover to the contrary cannot wash
away the presnmption of purchase al
ready arrived at by Democrats and
Republicans alike.
The election in Ohio this year will be
for Governor, Lieut. Governor. Judge
of the S ipreme Court, Clerk of the Su
preme Court, Attorney-General, Treas
urer, School Commissioner, member of
the Board of Public Works. The Dem
ocratic Convention will be held on the
25th of July, and the Republican Con
vention one week later. In addition to
State officers, members of the Legisla
ture are to be chosen.
Clerk Adams of the House of Repre
sentatives, the Washington Star an
nounces, has fixed the list of Repre
sentatives to his satisfaction, and has
gone to Kentucky to pass the summer.
The-Democrats, by the list, will have
eight majority. There are twelve con
tested cases reported in which affidavits
have been filed. In the Colorado dis
trict, in the Paoheoo-Wigginton case in
California, and in the Froat-fetcalf
case in Missouri the clerk has left all the
claimants off the roll.
President Hayes is reported to, have
said that be shall not fill the vaoanoy
on the United States Supreme Court
bench until September.
INDIAN IV A R IN IDAHO!
Wai-la Walla, July 17. A letter
was received in this city to-day saying
that the Indians had commenced hos
tilities on Cow creek. They had killed
three men and one girl. Old Saltee, a
Spokane chief, says that 50 of his war
rior nave gone, he thinks, to join Jos
eph, at least they are on the warpath
and he can do nothing with them. After
the Indians bad been driven back from
the river on the north sido of the Clear
water, near Kamia, in the fight of the
13th, they fortified at a point two miles
distant, and it was expected the troops
would proceed to dislodge them again
us soon as they could cross the river
with their heavy guns. The volunteers
had gone to fcrm a junction with the
regulars. The wounded meh are to be
taken to Camp Randall, near Mount
Idaho. Throckmorton's artillery men
are at Camp Randall. Col. Green.with
253 men, uad reached the Little Salmon
from the south. Indian women and
much of their stock are east of the war
riors in the timber towards the moun
tains. The number of Indians killed
in the three days' fight is nowestimated
at from 40 to 70, besides very many
wounded. Many horses were killed by
shells. Of the 25 wounded soldiers in
the same fight, three Lave since died.
Two packers are supposed to have been
killed in the figdt. A pontoon boat was
forwartlfcl Sunday to Howard, at
Kamia, from Lewiston; also supplies
for hve days. .
Mosier of Wasco.
The following extract from the Ore-
gonian of -Tuesday puts it about right
in regard to Mosier, the forgetful mem
ber from Wasco:
The defense relied on for Mosier is
that he was a plain, simple-minded man.
endeavoring to find out whether money
was bring used. Why should an "hon
est old farmer" be deeper in his explor
ation than any body else? No credulity
is so enormous as to believe this con
duct consistent with purity of purpose
Even the most rapid perusal of .his tes
iimony snows 11 10 De lull of evasion.
abounding in answers equivocal and
obi lque, remarkable for pretended in
firmity of memory, and evincing, a most
evident reluctance to delier direct re
plies. In it there is not a sign of that
frankness which always distinguishes
honest simplicity of utterance. Look
again at his conduct. He says he was
always for Grover. But on the first
ballot in joint convention he voted for
Nesmith, though his vote at that time
would have elected Grover and ended
the contest. It is plain he was not yet
ready to have it ended. Then for three
ballots, when his vote would decide
nothing, he cast it for Grover. Matters
were now in such a shape that either
Nesmith or Grover might entertain a
hope of him. Then it was he went to
Nesmith and wanted money. He could
not get it in that quarter, and Nesmith
knew his vote was lost. But he had
been to the other party meanwhile, and
forced the managers to "see him;" for
he told Goodman and others that there
was motey, that he had found it and
could get one thousand dollars for his
vote, and would be pronounced a fool
not to take it. Evidently it was his in
tention bv a see-saw between the Grover
party and the Nesmith party, to work
something out of it.
Special Session of the Legislature
Petitions are being circulated in var
ious parts of the State requesting Gov
Chad wick to call a special session of the
Legislature during the coming fall or
early winter. The petition represents
that there is great need of immediate
legislation on the following subjects
and that it would be detrimental to the
interests of the State to defer such leg
islat ion uu till the regular session of 1878
1. Proper legislative provision for
promoting the railroad interests of this
State, and especially such provision as
will secure an early connection of this
State with the railroad system of the
United States.
2. -Onr State Constitution needs to
be amended in many particulars, to
keep pace with our growiug agricultur
al, railroad, mining, fishing and com
merci 1 interests, and exierience has
shown that the best aud most expedi
tious way to effect the desired object is
by a constitutional convention. Proper
legislative provision in reference to this
subject should be made at an early day,
so that the question of calling a consti
tutional convention, as well as the elec
tion of delegates thereto (if a majority
of the people favor such a convention),
could be voted on at the next general
election.
3. Proper legislative provision for
fostering, protecting and promoting the
fishing interests of this State.
4. Proper provision for funding the
State debt at lower rates of interest.
5. An adequate appropriation for
protecting the Capital building from
the rains and frosts of winter, so that
the large amount of money already ex
pended in its construction may not be
lost to the State.
G. Various other measnres of general
and local importance and necessity.
About the first of next September
Moody and Sankey will open revival
services in -Baltimore, which they will
continue for one month, or, if success
ful, somewhat longer. They will after
ward resume their revival work in
Boston.
The citizens of Alfred, Alleghany
county, N. Y., boast that, altho gh
their town has a population of about
two thousand, there has never been a
glass of liquor sold publicly within its
boundaries, and that it never has had a
single pauper to support. At the last
election the place gave three hundred
and fifty-four votes for Mr. Hayes and
forty-six votes for Mr. Tilden, and it is
the Republican stronghold of a very
strong Republican connty.
Capt. Oliver C, Applggate, of Lak
county, has purphaged the Asulaqd
Tidings and uill hereafter conduct that
sheet. 1'Uere is a rinor that it will be
falien tQ .Lake connty.
Two Durham cowa tho property of
Benj. Johnson, of Alhany. within a year
produced milk from which 610 lbs of
butter was made, and the family had" all
the cream and milk wanted. One of the
cows has since been sold to Nath.J
Bond He receives from her daily
fts of milk.and makes 10 lbs. of hn.i.
"ucl7- -reea Ol DOttX
cost but 40. .
cows for a year
Telegraphic News.
Eastern.
Chicago, July 13. The JournaVs
Washington special says it is authorita
tively announced that Generals Urd
and "Trurno had a friendly conference
and reached amicable arrangements for
the suppression of Mexican raids. Pres
ident Diaz manifests anxiety to main
tain friendship with the United States.
Washington, July Id. President
Hayes has decided that as the Tsational
Republican Committee will have no
political duty for three years there can
bo no objections to federal olncials re
taining their membership, and they do
n.it, therefore, come within the restric
tions of the recent order. Test cases
were those of Postmaster Filley, of St.
Louis, and Assistant Secretary McCor
mick.both of whom are members of the
National Committee. This decision
creates considerable surprise.
Baltimore, July 17. A special from
Martinsburg.West Virginia, dated 12:30,
says the rioters are still firm and deter
mined, and the presence of the m'litary
only serves to further exasperate them.
The town is wild with excitement, and
the strikers and their friends, number
ing at this time fully 10,000 men, are
marching about, bidding defiance to the
military and authorities. Some 75 or
80 eugineers are congregated here and
none are allowed to depart. A commit
tee from the striking firemen have noti
fied engineers that in case any engineer
shall attempt to take a train out of town
he will be immediately shot. At noon
a cattle train bound for Baltimore at
tempted to start, whereupon the rioters
flocked on board and with drawn revol
vers placed at the heads of the engineer
and fireman, compelled them to run the
train into the stock yard, where the cat
tle were unloaded. Passenger trains
are not interfered with, as the strike is
confined entirely to transportation men.
bo far the strikers have everytlnngtheir
own way, and the military are passive
and awaiting further orders from the
Government, which up to this time have
not come. The strikers threw a freight
train from the Baltimore and Ohio truck
this morning, damaging the engine and
some of the cars and injuring the engi
neer and fireman. There is some ex
citement here over the attack of the
strikers upon the military at Martios
burg and the shooting of one striker.
Wheeling, July 17. The Govern
ment has ordered the Matthews Guards
of this city to Martinsburg to quell the
riot at that point.
Washington, July 15. Offices" dis
continued Oneatta. Benton county.Or
egon; Land ridge. Union county, Ore
gon; Smith's Ferry, Douglas county,
Oregon.
Postmasters appointed Wm. Harris,
Brooks, Marion county, Oregon: Clark
L. Putnam, Chester, Lane county, Ore
gon; Wm. K. Caldwell, Cole's "Valley,
Douglas county, Oregon.
Foreign.
Nfw York, Jnly 17. A special, giv
ing an account of the capture of Nikon
olis, says as soon as the Russians came
within effective range of the Turkish
position they were met by a severe ar-
tulerv tire, which, however, did not
check the advance, and to which they
replied with a still more formidable
fire. The Turks being posted on a
commanding position had considerable
advantage, and as the Russians ap
proached frightful gaps were made in
their ranks by the Turkish artillery.
Witii surprising valor, however, they
continued to approach the heights, and
as soon as they camo with'n rifle range
they opened a terrible fire on tho Turks
for half an hour. This was continued
with unabated vigor until about mid
day Sunday, when an order for assault
was given, and the whole Russian line,
supported by several batteries of artil
lerv, stormed the heights of the Turks.
During the awful climb in the face of a
deadly fire the Russians suffered terri
bly. while the Turks, stubbornly de
fending their position, sustained equal
loss. After obtaining possession of the
heights commanding the town at a ter
rible cost, the Russians virtually had
Nikopolis at their mercy. The Turks,
finding their line of retreat threatened.
abandoned the town, which was filled
with Turkish dead. Many wounded
were fouud in the streets and houses,
where they had been abandoned by the
lurks in the haste of retreat. As re
gards supplies, the Russians leave
nothing to chance.
Adbianapolis, July 17. The Rus
sians are attacking tha town, which is
occupied by two battallions of Turks
Rarouf Pasha is expected there with a
large force. I his Russian advance guard
has traversed the Heior pass through
the Balkan mountains. The force o
which the attacking party forms a part
has occupied Ynnda Valley. The Rus
sian forco is estimated at 10,000, but
they are destitute of artillery.
London. July 17. A war correspon
dent telegraphs that after blockading
the fortress or the quadrulateral, 100,
000 men are available for crossing the
Baikans by the western line of invasion
exclusive of Gen. Zimmerman's army in
tue easiern section.
At Granite creek. Grant county, five
men, after two and a half month s run
in a placer gulch, took out four hun
dred and thirty-seven and a half ounces
of gold dust.
A fisherman named Jas. Gordon was
drowned at Snag Island, on the Colum
bia, last Sunday. Another fisherman,
wliose name is not known, was drowned
at Booth '8 cannery on the same day.
Mr. Daft; r says he has located two
hnndred families on farms east of the
mountains this year, and as many more
in the Willamette valley. He lias also
fonnd employment for two thousand
men.
A cartridge exploded in the hands of
a boy of six years at Rosebnrg, tearing
off the tbnmb and fore finder of the left
hand and driving a piece of stick into
his leg to the depth of two inches. He
had the cartridge on the end of a stick
and was striking it with a hammer.
Yamhill Reporter; That Gov. Grover
counted out any coin to anybody, as a
means of securing his election, we do
not maintain; but that money was paid
to secure his election, and tbat the pay
ers thereof were rewarded by services
to the said payers as good as 80 puch
money, have not a doubt.
Captain Simpson, the owner of the
"Western Shore, the best sailing ship
ever constructed ou this coast, i about
to construe a new ship at Cooa Bay ex
ceeding a thousand tons. A novel plan
of ballasitog will be the principal im
provement. He proposes tq build iron
water tanks, extending along the bilge
of the ship, and to fill these tanks with
water foi; ballast. 1T ontintatAa tKat ha
j will save about 800 a month by this
State ews.
Wool is quoted at 20 cents at Salem.
The fishing season ends with this
month.
Moody & Co. have bought out R.
Grant & Co., of the Dalles.
A. Bush, banker of Salem, will build
a new residence this summer.
Judge Field, of the Supreme Court,
will visit Portland next month.
All the wheat that was knocked down
has been set up again by the warm
weather.
Large numbers of emigrants from
California are passing through Jack
sonville. It is reported that Senator BlaiDe will
visit Oregon before the next Presiden
tial election.
The brick work cn the foundation of
the new jail at Lafayette was commenc
ed last wwk. '
Lish McDaniels, of Polk connty re
ported as killed by, the Indians, has
turned up safe.
It is said that 6,000 Chinamen find
employment in the fisheries on the
lower Columbia.
The Postmaster General is to be peti
tioned for a daily mail route between
Salem and Lafayette.
M. H. Abbott is about to move the
material of the late Dalles Tribune to
La Grande, Union county.
Five miles of the Corvallis and Ya-
qnina Bay railroad have been graded,
and the work still goes on.
Wm. Neil, an old resident of Donglas
connty. was thrown from a wagon near
Oakland last week, and killed.
John Johnson, an old Oreoronian,
committed suicide by hanging at Cham
bers Mill, Polk eonDty, last week.
Al. Sutton, of Bridge creek, Wasco
county, has sold his ranch to a Mr.
Frazier, from .New Zealand, for fci,tw.
C. F. Beeker. a book and sewing ma
chine agent, was drowned in Coos Bay
last week by the upsetting of a sailboat.
David Newsome, of Marion county.
celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of
his wedding day last Friday. Good for
Davy.
A colonv from Canada, representing
a capital of $30,000. intend to settle at
Grand Round, Polk county, next
Spring.
One of Dick Swartz's children was
fatally bnrned at Salem last week. A
fire in the yard had been fe:t smoulder
ing and the child fell into it.
The Douglas county assessment roll
contains this year 400 names more than
last, and the number ol pons is in
creased some four or five hundred.
The run of salmon on the Colnrobia
is daily increasing, and manv or wie
canneries are nrablo to handle the catch
on account of the scarcity of help.
Dalles Mottnta'uteer : French & Co., of
this city, have purchased to the present
time, 187,350 pounds of wool, and have
paid ont about 40,000 in gold coin for
the same.
BO UN.
Near Oregon City, July 13th, 1877, to the wife
of Robert Bradley, a soi 10 pounds.
NEW TO-DAY.
Administrator's Notice.
OTICE IS HEREBY (J1VRX THAT I
have been appointed ndminist rater of
the estate of Jas. Howell, deceased, by the
Hon. County ourt of Clackamn Cunty.
Oregon: threfon all persons linvinc claims
aa.tn.st said estate- are jvevuird to presr-nt
t fjem to- me on orbefore th expiration of six
months from the dute of this notice, with
proper vouchers. 1. C. HOWELL. Adm'r.
L T. Bakis and M. C Athey, AU'ys foe
Adm'r.
Oregon City. July 19, lS77-4t.
WARREN N. DAVIS, Kl. D.,
Diysieiaxi and Sm'g-eon,
Gratltuite of ttve Universiry of Penns-v Ivania.
Oilice at ClifT House.
PALACE SALOON,
Two doors north of FactoJtJ-,
JONATHAN HUMPHREYS,
PnopniKTOR.
I ALWAYS KEEP THE VERY BEST
brands of
Wines. Liquors and Cigars,
that can be obtained In the market, which
will be served totherich and poor n like, tspvo
the deposit of the necssarv 'bit." tiive me a
call. JONATHAN IIUMPIIKEHYS.
Oregr.n City, July i, 1877-im.
Johnson, McCown k Maernra, Att'ys.
Administratrix's Notice.
HAVING BEEN DULY APPOINTED BY
the Hon. County Court of Clackamas
County, Orepron, Administratrix of th estate
of A. J. Ktubbs, deceased. I hereby notify ali
persons having claims against said estate to
present them, duly verified, and accompan
ied with proper vouchers, to me at my resi
dence on Molalla prairie, in said countv,
within six months trom the date of this
notice. JULIA A. STUBBS.
Ju.y 12, 1877-4t. Adm'x.
Johnson, McCown & Marrum, Att'ys.
Citation.
In t he County Court of the State of Oregon, for
Clackamas County.
In the matter of the estate of George Laltocque
deceased.
To Alphonse E, LaRocque, Virginia Corno,
Alphonse LaRocque. Peironille LaCroix and
Hortense LaKiviere.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF ORE
GON : You aDd each of you are hereby
cited and required to be and appear in said
Court on' the 11th day of August, A. 1. 1877, at
10 o'clock. A. M. then and there to show cause
if any you have, why the petition of the Ex
ecutors of said estate for leave to sell certain
land should not be granted. Said land is
known as the undivided half of the Imperial
Mill property in Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Oregon, and Is bounded as follow :
Beginning at a point in the westerly boun
dary of Main street in Oregon City, Oregon,
where an easterly extension of the north line
of the Imperial Mill building intersects said
street boundary; running thence southerly
along the west boundary of said Main street
about fifty feet to a point four feet south of
the point of intersection with an extension of
the south line of said mill building; thence
at right angles westward ly by a line parallel
with the southern line of said mill building
about ninety feet to a point where a southerly
extension of the west line of said mill build
ing is Intersected ; thence at right angles
northerly to and with the westerly line of
said mill building and a northerly extension
thereof, ninety ieet ; thence easterly by a
line parallel with the northerly line of siid
mill building sixty-six feet; thence southerly,
at right angles, forty feei to the nort herly line
oi said ouiiding; thenoe easterly at right
angles about twenty feet to the place of
beginning.
Witness the Hon. N. V. Randall, Judge of
1 satd Court, and th seal thereor
L.S. affixed t he date of said order,
- ) July 7, 1877.
W. XI. 11. f"t
July 12, 187ftt. County Clerk.
NOTICE.
U. 8. Land Oftce, Oregon City, )
Oregon, July 6th, 1877. ,
COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
at this office bv B. M. Miller, of Clackamas
county, against W. A. Martin" for abandoning
his homestead entry, No. 2742. dated Mav l.ttti
1875, upon the South-west of Section Town
ship 5 Sout h. Range 3 East. In C ma?V,-:
Oregon, with a view to the cancellation orsa,J
entry : the said partle are hereby su"pd
to appear at this office on the 16th day of Aug
ust. 1877, at 10 o'clock A. M.. to respond and
furnlshj tertlroonynwrnlng said I al eged
abandonment
T. R. IIARRISON, Receiver.
1 ,000,000 Bottles
OF THE
Qentaur
jiniments.
have been sold the last year, and not os
complaint has reached us that they haye not
done all that is claimed for them. Indej
scientific skill cannot go beyond the result
reached in these wonderful preparation.
Added to Carbolic, Arnica, Mentha, Sna7
and Witch-Hazel, are other Ingredients, nfcics
makes a family liniment that defies rivalrr
Rheumatic and bed-ridden cripples have byii
been enabled to throw away their crutch
and many who lor years been afflicted with
.Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked Ureast, Vrt
Backs, AC, have found permanent reii,.f
Mr. Josiali W'estlake, of MarjBville.oiii
writ es : '
"For years my rheumatism has been u-iK.
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111411. X IJitVT U U AVA k.' a A. 1 "J 111 LUF CQUgQ
I have tried every remedy 1 could hear r
rned of the Ceijtaur' Linimpr..'
The first three bottkes enabled me to w-,t
without my crntrtaes. 1 am mendinc rauidiv
I think yourLintmpnl simply a marvel."
This Liniment cures Burns and Scald wit .
out a scar, extracts the poison from bites and
stings. Cures Chillblains and Krosted-Wt
ana is very ruicHcious lor .tar-ache. Tooth
ache, lLch and cutaneous eruptions.
Tle Centaur Liniment, Yellow Wrj.
per, is intended for the toush fibres, cord
and muscles of horses, mules aixl aaimai.
READ! READ!.
Rev. Oeo. W. Ferris, Manorkill,'SchoharIt
county, N. V., says :
"My horse was lame for a year with a fet
lock wrench. All remedies utterly failed to
care, and I considered him worthless, until I
commenced t. use Centaur Liniment, which
rapidly curea him. I heartily recommend it -
It makes very little difference whet her the
case be "wrench," sprain, 'spavin or laments,
of any kind, the effects are the same. The
preat power of the Liniment is.however.shcwn.
in Poll-evil, P.iar-hesd, sweeny. Spavin, Kinj
bone, Oalls and Scratches. This Linimmt Is
worth millions of dollars yearly to the stock"
irowers. Livery-men, Farmers, and those hav
ing valuable animals to care for. We warrant
its eftVcts and refer to any Farrier who hs.
ever used it.
Labratory of J. B. Hose & Co.,
46 Det St., N ew Yokk.
c
HELDRE
A complete substitute for Castor Oil, wit houfc
its unpleasant taste or re-coil in the throat.
The result of 20 years' pi act ice by Dr.'SaruuM
Pitcher, of Massachus'-lts.
Pitchers' 'astoria is particularly recommen
ded for children. It d-stroys worms, assiv
lates the food, and allocs natural sk-ep. Very
efficacious in Croupind lor chillrenTehin;
For Colds, Fevorishness, Disorders of the Bow
els, and sstomach Complaints, nothing isso
effective. It is as pleasant to take as honer,
costs but 35 cts.,and can be had of any druggist'
This is one of many testimonials :
"Cornwall, l-ebanon Co., Ph., March 17.
Dear Sir: I have used your Castoria in n:r
practice lor some time. 1 take great plf-asure
in r eonimendi ntr it to the profexxion, as a sa'f.
reliable and am-enole medicine. It is partic
ularly (tibtjtttxl to diihlrcn wher-?the rof unant
taste of Castor Oil renders it so difficult load
minister. I- A. ENDER.S, M. !.-
Mothers who try Castoria will find tttprnw
sleep nights, and their babies will be. it althy.
J. li. Rosk &. Co., New "e2.
.CANCER
Can !cr Cared liy Dr. Itonl S etrm
No Knife. Positively No Caustics.
Absolutely No rain.
Kemeiiies sent to any part ofthe v.orld.
Pamphlets and i art"iculors.Ls-e.
Call on or address. Dr. If. T. f-"P. S55 '.
Broad St., Philadelphia, l'a.
April 12, 1877 -Jy.
SherifTs Sale.
BY vnnrE of a deckf.f. and fxe
cution issued out nt the iivuit onrt of
til State of Oregon tor the county of riack
mas, and to me ssS?T--riff directed. unuVr th
seal ot said Court, on the 13t r ilv of Jun A.
I, 1.S77. in ?. suit entitled Johai TeTvnIJu:T.
plaint iff. vs. J. V. t ami, defondan. wn.
manding me to levy upon anil make sale of
the hereinaltcr described real estate t satiny
the judgment in said suit in lavnrof the lam
tilf lor the sum of Tlir-e Hundred ami Ni"..tt-
nine 23-100 lmllars in U.S. gold coin with in.
tore st ther ujon in like coin from thrH
day ot April, A. 1. itC7, and the luritieji slum
of Fourteen iQk) ikdUvs cvi it said-suit.
Now, therefore. 1 ba-e ixi this th- X
of June. A. D. 177, levied Upon the lollowinj
8escrib--d reat estate, o-wit : Block nnmlr
Eve (-i). in the town of Or-wego, Clacknmw
county. State of Oregon, as laid out by Jeh&
C. : nil linger, the premises being known .
the Episcopal School boarding house ni rt
with the tenements hereditaments and r-.
purtenances to. the sjvnie. bj;, "d"n
Monday, 1 be 23d day of July. A.l. 1ST.
at the hour of eleven o'clock A. M. of a!J
lay a- the Court House door in Oregon ijy.
Clackamas Countv, i will sell all the nghl.
fitio and inter st of the above named J. "
Cain, defendant, in and to the above d '-rtba
mnlosfntri t c-iiictv the iin-ed tiidxniPnt,
writ, at public auction to the- highest bidJrr
for U. S. gold coin to Be n hand raid at ins.
time of saki sale. J. T. APPEKSO-V
Sheriff of Clackamas County, Orocon
Oregon City, June 16, ISTT-ju-'Iot.
CANCER CAN BE CURED.
Cancer has frona time immemorial been
great scourge to the human race, and is 0
becoming the greater. For many years it n
been held by the medical profession, andca.
erally believed by tbe people, that t"nctJV!:
incurable ; that once its roots take hold up
a victim, there is no chance for a sufiVryr
escape a lingering and terrible death ; a i'''B
surrounded by all that is disgusting and h'"
rible, not only to the Rufferer, but to h:
friends. Happily this fell destroyer need n.
longer be feared. Dr. II. T. Bond, of Fbi'
delphia, a well known physician, of lar'
perience, has for four years devoted him"'1
to thf special study and treatment of Cancer,
and the result of his experience is nl. t
covery f r the radical cure of Cancer, without
the use of either knife, caustic or piaster
and without pain . .
The majority of persons are greatly deceive
in regard to the first sviuptoms and "I'P"
ance of this most dreaded disease,consWPJlcS
it painful from the commencement. Tbl'
a sad mistake, carrying thousands to an i un
timely grave. In most cases there is ''Hi,
no pain uutil the disease is far dand
The only symMoms for many months, i n
even for vears. are occasknally st,n7.' n!
darting, stabbing, shooting, smarting,
ing. burning, crawling or creeping sensai'
and some cases not any or these.
malady is growing worse instearf ,
better, it is conclusive evidence it "
malignant character, and demands lm -
diate attention. If you have a branny r
wartv appearance, with an occasional u
ing out of these upon the face, hp or ncw
any other portion ofthe skin. "n".,l
tion ofthe skin, ""'"""of
ive sy m ,-toms . n "fr-
any of. the abov
a ny oewg on u, or a nair "'.houia
tain evidence it is Cancer, nd neILrmMiU
be no delav in using Dr. Bond's trestm
a fly being on
Life is too valuable to be tamperect "D(i.
Dr. Bond's treatment consists ol f " ar
dote" that is applied loyally : lch-rnh
rests t he growt h of the C ancer and oy drt.
cal action neutralizes Us m1"" .impl
ing it harmless and changing ltto jonld
sore, which nature, assisted by con si oB.
remedies, soon heals (when the tbe
broken, and the Cancer, is a hard tuni
Antidote does not make an ope" i:,' witb
movs it by absorption) In n- .
the Antidote is um! the 'Peclu' T besHf.
ternally. This tones up tbe Pfn.e7he blood,
strengthens the patient. PtJnnei s in 'j.m.'
and eliminates the poison irorn ine - urtie
Dr. Bond's Antidote contains ""r.Ve mort
norpoison, and can be applied W w' ff
delicate tissue of the body j'fi W
and t herefore is the only remedy tna of tW
used in internal aneer. such as ea"r Bond'
stpmaeh, cancer of the womb. etc. i vgrfu
remedies, with full directions for "V
treatment wUl bo sent to any Pr
world. .
Pamphlets and full rmrfiwlarsirer.
Address. - DR. H. T.
ftift North Broad St.. Philadelphia,
April 12. Ii7ly.
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STTUe National Gold Medal was aVLpb
Bradley A Rulofsoo for the best ried
in the united states, ana tats
for the best in the world.- -.neifs
429 Montgomery 6t rcct, San r r"
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