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OREGON CITY, THURSDAY,
SEPT.
(, 1S77.
The Harvest and Future of Clack-
H!li:iS.
The harvest in Clackamas comity is
facarly corajjleted, and from every sec
tion we learn that the crop? are tnrniug
out remarkably well. The yield is un
usually heavy, whiles the amount sown
is much greater than any previous year.
It is estimated by some w ho know, that
this county will have fully one-half
more surplus wheat, oats and barley
than any previous year. In no instance
Lave we learned of a short crop. The
brush lands which have been cleared
are yielding remarkably heavy crops,
and that of the finest quality of wheat.
Many of the new fields which were
cleared this season have yielded enough
to pay for the original cost of the land,
clearing and expense of the crop, leav
ing the owner his property free the first
year. There are hundreds of thousands
of acres in this county termed brush
land, which can to-day be bought at
from $5 to 8, and cleared at an expense
Df from 15 to 20, which will produce
from 25 to 35 bushels of wheat. The
farmers of our county are seeing that
these brush lands are really valuable,
and are clearing them very rapidly and
putting them into cultivation. We
Lave heretofore said that Clackamas
countj is the best in the State for an
industrious farmer. We are more than
ever convinced of this f .ict. The lands
are cheap, and if the farmer has but a
limited amount of capital, he can, in a
-very few years, clear the brush oil his
land and have a fine farm as the result
of his own industry. If he has a small
sum of money to invebt on tho start, he
can hire help to open his farm, and
when it is open it will not cost him as
.much ns lands are held at in the prairie
sections of our State. The Clackamas
county farmer will get from 10 to 35
cents per bushel more for his wheat
than the' farmer of Polk, Marion, Linn,
Lane or Douglas county. Ho is at a
market all the rest of his life, and has a
sure thing for chap transportation.
Taking the result of this year, and the
money which our farmers will gut for
this year's crop, we feel sure that many
rich brush farm:j will be cleared and
put into wheat tho coining year,
and
before long tho.so who are seeking
homes will regret that they did not
locate in a county that i unsurpassed
in its productive capacity, noted for the
cheapness of it3 lands, and its close
proximity to market. Clackamas county
has a bright future before it, and ere
many years pass around, will be quoted
ed as one of the principal farming conn
ties of the State, and while laud to-day
can be had at a reasonable figure, they
will continue to increase until it will be
more valuable than land in any other
part of the Willamette valley. The
county has now tho reputation of beir.:,
one of the most healthy spots on the
face of the earth, and the banner fruit
section of the State. In less than eight
years it will compete for tho title of be
ing the banner wheat county in Oregon.
This is no idle prophesy. If any doubt
the correctness of our views, let them
look back five years and make and esti
mate between what was raised in this
county then and what is raised tho
present yoar. Let tho same ratio of
increase continue fortho next eight
years, and the county is capable of a
greater increase, and we shall raise at
least 2,000.000 bushels of wheat at that
time. We see a bright and glorious
future in store for old Clackamas.
The latest news from the Indian war
eeems to favor the rumor of Sitting Bull
and Joseph combining their forces, and
a general outbreak among the tribes in
Montana. If the two chiefs should
unite, the settlers in Montana and Idaho
will be in a very ticckleish position
The Indians are well supplied with tho
best guns and plenty of ammunition, fur
nished by the rascally traders, and they
will be almost able to bid defiance to
our skeleton of an army. The Demo
crauc poncy oi reirencnment in our
already small enough military force, is
bearing its fruits; costing bar'ls of mon
ey, and many innocent lives.
'The Russians have been badly used
by the Turks in every engagement dur
ing the past week or t wo.and the baggy
breeches are still pushing them. The
Russians, who started out on the offen
sive, are now acting entirely on the de
fensive, and their opponents are jubi
lant over the turn in affairs. The latest
news from the seat of war says next
week promises to be a bloody one. The
summer is going, and decisive results
bocome every day of more importance
io the Russian, for there are indications
not to be disregarded, financial and po
litical, which are against tho probability
of a continuance of the war into an
other campaign.
Sitting Bull and his warriors have
again put in an appearance across the
Canadian line, in tho vicinity of Fort
Benton, lie has a large force and will
doubtless cause a little activity in tho
war department.
The depreciation of the value of the
real estate in the three States of New
York, Pennsylvania and' Ohio, during
the past eight years, amounts to a sum
sufficient to pay off our entire national
debt.
Tho Democrats of Iowa have nomin
ated the following ticket: Governor,
John P. Irish: Lieutenant Governor,
W. James; Sepreme Judge, II. E. J. !
Boardman; Superintendent Public In
? unction, G. I). Collon.
Pendleton's Fantastic Ruiu.
In his speech at Columbus, Ohio, re
marks an exchange, which may be re
garded as the first gun of the fall cam
paign in that Stf.te, George II. Pendle
ton attributed all the troubles of the
country to the Republican policy of
paying the debt contracted during the
war in coin, end of resolving to resume
on the 1st of January, 1879. lie as
serted that by tho law of their issue the
five-twenties were payable in green
backs,j "Yet," said he, "a Republican
CoLgress passed tho law of 18G9,where
by it was declared that they should be
paid in coin. This single Act added
$800,000,000 to the value of the bonds
in the hands of the bondholders, and
added that mnch to the burden already
imposed upon labor." Further on he
said: "The threat of resumption in 1879
hangs like a pall over the country, and
shrouds every industry in mourning."
And again, "Eveay enterpriseVlependent
on labor and capital combined in the
land, declares that resumption cannot
be effected in 1879 withont utter ruin
and yet tho money power mercilessly,
brutally even, in these days of anguish,
demands contraction and resumption."
Mr. Pendleton, the author of these
remarks, is quite a distinguished citi
zen of Ohio. He is a lawyer of good
standing, and once aspired to the Presi
dency. The revelations made in Con
gress some time ago, indicated that ho
could turn a sharp corner in railroad
manipulation. Nobody ever charged
him with being weak-minded, or sus
pected him of insanity. But, for all
that, the solemn declaration above
quoted would go very far, before an
impartial tribunal, toward establishing
the lattDr fact. According to him one
of the present stagnation is that wo have
resolved to pay our debt, lo pay
them in greenbacks, as Mr. rendlton
holds wo should have done, would bo
only to take up one note with another.
When he first rave expression to this
opinion, the country was not well uj
in the intricacies of finance. There
was some excuse perhaps for the error
into which he had been betrayed
through lack of proper study.
Since then the nonsense of tho thing
has been dinned in his ears by a thous
and tongues, but no effect whatever has
been produced. upon him. After long
intervals the old Saurian comes to the
surface reiterating the same exploded
fallacy without a ch angeof countenance
If there is any meaning at all to Mr
1 endleton s assertions, it is that we are
going to the dogs because we have re
solved to par our debts. In other
words, we are ruining ourselves in try
ing to conceal a national bankruptcy,
which undoubtedly exists. Cheating
public creditors was the only way out
for ns. but we refused to pursue that
dishonorable path. For this act of folly
Mr. Pendleton has not words donuncia
tory enough. Rut he is careful not tojnit
his theory in this shape: yet it means
this or nothing. And this he now sup
plements with the idea that resumption
in 1879 will finish us without benefit of
clergy.
Resumption is rather a sonorous word.
There may bo some deadly principle
lurking in it. But it only means, in
tho financial aspect, a return to the nor
mal conditions of commerce and indus
try. The country stood up bravely un
der the successive steps by which the
National paper advanced from 37
cents on the dollar to 94 cents. It did
not get ruined at all during that ener
getic march toward a sound business
basis. On the contrary, during a large
portion of the time quite an unexampled
prosperity prevailed. It is the few last
pennies that are producing all the evil
Greenbacks have ranged at 94 for a long
time. They have advanced two cents
and a fraction within a brief jieriod
ana tnis is the cause ot all oi our woes
according to Mr. Pondleton. Tho ad
vance from 37 cents to 94 cents, quite
a heavy jump, was scarcely felt at all
It is the rise from 94 to 9G cents that is
the cause of our present undoing.
If this is not as bald nonsense as Mr,
Pendleton's other proposition, we con
fess au inability to define what it is
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j-uis is an assertion that the rising
credit of tho Government is fatal to the
prosperity of the nation. If it could
only exhibit some weakness financially,
the presumption is that we would be all
right again. It will certainly be ad-
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mniea mat an individual could never.
get into this curious condition. The
man who has been submittng to the
shaving of tho money lenders, would
never be considered to be going head
long to ruin at the time that his credit
was bo much improved, that the period
when he could be able to pay out dollar
for dollar could not be far off. But for
all that, thero are a great many people
who will believe that all that Mr. Pen
dleton has advanced in this connection
is sound and true. We have destroyed
ourselves because we have resolved to
pay our debts honestly, aDd because
still further our credit as a nation has
so far improved" that paper is rapidly
nearing specie in value. That is the
gist of Mr. Pendleton's argument. '
Temperance.
The following was adopted by the M.
E. Conference at Seattle last Saturday:
Whekeas, The manufacture and the
traffic in intoxicating drinks is a fruit
ful source of four-fifths of the pauper
ism and crime, the wretchedness, sick
ness, insanity and death which afllict
the world, therefore
Resolve-!, That we, as a conference,
will wage incessant war against these
giant evils of the day; that we will ex
hort our people to vote for a prohibi
tory law and will go with them to tho
polls, and that we will never falter nor
occ-cie iu tuis great moral
is final eor.uxratuatiou.
work until
The Cause of Crime.
There has been a marked incroaso in
crime in this country for the past ten
years. Statistics of our housos of re
form and penitentiaries give us undis
puted evidence of this fact. One of the
greatest reasons for this is that too
many of our people refuso to give their
children an honorable trade. The well-to-do
farmer starts his son to school,
gives him an education, and relies on
that to carry him through tho world,
without any practical use of what edu
cation he has. If tho same amount of
labor had been bestowed on a boy, after
ho had acquired a good English educa
tion, such as our common schools
afford, to put into practical use his en
ergies and knowledge, in a trade, or on
the farm, he would h able to make an
honorable living, and be a benefit to
society generally. But too many expect
to make their living by a profession or
behind a counter. This class is entirely
too numerous, while the number who
expect to make their way through the
world by an honorable trade or by work
on a farm, are daily decreasing. There
is no doubt but what this is one of the
principal causes of the rapid increase
of crime in this country, and parents
should see the evil tendencies, and in
stead of expecting to place their chil
dren in a placo of ea.-o nd luxury,
teach them that they must earn their
daily bread by honorable labor. The
want of teaching boys trades has fully
as much to do with increasing the num
bers in tho penitentiaries as the want
of education. A report recently made
by the inspectors of the Eastern Peni
tentiary, Pennsylvania, shows that this
failure to teach boys a trade has as di
rect a tendency to lead them to become
criminals as a lack of general education
the latter of which has been placed at
the bottom of all crime. Of one hurt
drod and eighty prisoners admitted to
this penitentiary during 1S76 under the
age of twenty-five years and convicted
for the first time, one unndred and
thirty-five could read and write, and
one hundred and thirty had attendod
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puDuu suuuois. ji tins number one
hundred and thirty-seven had never
boon taught any trade. Referring to
these statistics the report says:
If popular education is free, if it is
compulsory, as in some States the law
declares it to be, then ought trade in
struction to be prevented by the rules
of voluntary associations which assume
to determine how many of the vontl
are to learn such handicraft? Tho pub
lic want demands skilled educated la
bor, and 'a public school' should a
least do accessible to those who desire
to possess mind-culture the better to
qualify them for trade instruction.
We say that every young man ought
to have a trade, and that our farmers
who sond their children to town iu tho
hope that they may gain an easier living
are doing them a great injustice. They
had bettor teach them to become goo
farmers, and, if industrious and econ
uiuieai, mev win do ueiter ou there
than in tho over-crowded towns; but i
Ihoy do send them to town, let thorn
learn a trade.
Likely to be Abandoned.
Thero is a rumor that tho call for an
extra session of Congress will be re
caned uy tue president, and that no
session will be held until December
when tho long session commences
Some of our exchanges are very urgent
to have Congress convened, while the
administration seem3 to have lo3t tho
personal or desired interest in the mat
ter. We do not see why an extra ses
sion of Congress is actually necessary
six weeks before the regular long term.
Of course, uhould Congreba meet in
October, its session will bo a contin
uous one until next summer's heat will
drive the members from Washington,
making the session probably ten months
long. Thero can be no good reason
presented why this extra session should
be held so close to the regular one.
There is no urgent need for it. In fact,
if the administration has been able to
get along without the army appropria
tion bill so long, there is no reason why
it cannot do so until tho regular term,
which is only six weeks later.
We believe it would be best if the
call for the extra session were with
drawn, for many reasons. In the first
place, the country is just at present
merging from a labor convulsion which
almost threatened to become a war, and
the passions of the people have not
quieted down yet, and hasty and incon
siderate legislation on this labor issue
will be the result. In a number of the
States east elections occur in October,
and tlie demagogues in both parties are
using this labor question as a political
trick for success, and keeping alive the
bad feeling between labor and capital.
If thero is no session until December,
the public mind will have become set
tled, and we may expect more judicious
and able legislation. There is work for
Congress to do, and important work.
The labor question no doubt has open
ed the eyes of the people to the great
importance of legislation which shall
prevent the recurrance of the horrible
scenes which transpired in the great
railroad centers of the nation; the tariff
and finances of the country need careful
attention, and should be handled at a
time when common sense and not pas
sion holds swaw in the nation's coun
cils. New issues have been com
ing up of late with great rapidity,
of which the statesmen of the country
little dreamed of; these must take a
practical form; fanciful topics about
which politicians are trying to catch
votes, will have to be discarded, and
common sense and reason take their
place. This cannot be done during
boated and wamlv contested elections.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Reminiscence of Tonc-As-Kct, j
Chief of the Okanagain. j
During the summer of 18C5 a white
man was supposed by the settlers
of Colville valley to have been
murdered bp two Indians, one of whom
was a brother of Tone-As-Ket, chief of ;
the Okanagans, whoso name appears in
the list of those who signed the treaty
recently at Spokane falls.
Tone-As-Ket, who then resided in
British Columbia, learning the rumor
took his suspected brother and brought
aim over the line and turned him over
to me us commanding officer at Fort
Cloville. I turned him over as a pris
oner to the civil authorities of Stevens
county for trial. At the preliminary
examination the excitement ran very
high against the prisoner, and threats
to take him from the jail and hang him
wore freely indulged in by tho citizens;
but the presence of U. S. troops, with
the knowledge that they would be used
to protect the life of tho suspected man
uutil he was fairly and legally tried and
condemned, prevented any such out
rage. After obtaining all the evidence
available, the prisoner was held to
await tho' result of a search made by
the Sheriff for the missing man. lie
was finally discharged, as the white
man proved to be living during all the
three weeks of the brother's detention.
Tone-As-Ket, though he knew nothing
of tho details of the alleged murder or
of tho whereabouts of tho supposed
murdered man, seemed perfectly confi
dent that tho authorities would protect
and give his brother a fair trial. At
another time tho British Gold Commis
sioner for tho Kootenai district entrust
ed Tone-As-Ket with 12,000 in gold dust
to transport from Kootenai to Victoria,
and he faithfully performed his trust.
When he sat at my table in my quarters
at Port Colville, I felt that a child of
nature as ho was, yet
in any country.
he was Chielaii
F. O. McCowx.
The Lolo Trail.
Mr. Thomas Sutherland, writing to
the San Francisco Chronicle, after his
journey through tho Lolo Puss, speaks
as follow.--:
I am something of a traveler myself.
and
never m tins country cr Europe
have I passed over such a wild and pre
cipitous road, lhe Miuvais Fas at
Chamounix, and the terrible Tete Noir,
the ascent of Mt. Washington in the
White Mountains, or the mule ride to
Yoeemito, may be very jjerilous to sum
mer pleasure-seekers; but the Lolo
trail, 175 miles in length, is ous succes
sion of almost impassable mountains,
where "alps on ab3 arise," where the
trail is almost lost in the gigantic rocks
and rendered a perfect network with
fallen timber and where no person of
sane mind, not even a member of the
English Alpine Club, would think of
going for pleasure. Per four days our
animals had to travel without grass,
feodiug ou bushes at other times almost
repulsivo to them; whiio not the slight
est sign of humanity was discernible
along the entire route, save dead horses
and Indian hieroglyphics on the trees.
I should like to tell yon of a beautiful
spot for a summer resort, where boiling
springs issue from a solid rock, which,
but for the significant sulphurous odor,
I might readily believe to have been
the one s.raoto by the mighty Moses. I
could dwell on the beautiful scenery cf
2lnce, and literally in the place itself,
with keen delight, but must doal with
sterner duties.
A monthly periodical called The
Lftbor World, says the OreyotiUui, has
appeared hero. It is understood that
its editor is Mr. A. C. Edmunds. As
nearly as we can make ont its purpose,
it appears to bo devctod to the idea that
politics and legislation are i;i tome way
to change the order of nature and re
lieve mankind of the necessity of hard
work. It assumes that accumulations
of property are stolen from labor, re
jects the principle that rates of labor
must depend on the relation of demand
and supply, and builds on a crude com
bination of visionary theories as to
labor, money, politics and legislation.
All such elforts are necessarily short
lived. When all is said, men who live
by selling their labor must take for it
what they can get, that is, the market
rate, just as one who has eggs to sell
must accept for them the market price,
or as another who has money to lend
must be content with the current rate
of interest. No legislation will ever
change these facts, and tho man who
spends his time in political schemes for
such an end will find always that he has
wasted it.
The Northern Pacific Railroad, which
broke the back of Jay Cooke & Co., and
hastened t he financial crisis under which
the country has suffered ever since, is
itself doing well. The Eastern and
Western sections built, 585 miles, are
in good order, and last year gave net
earnings of $300,000. The country
along the line is being rapidly settled,
and lands of the corporation are being
sold for cash, or exchanged for the
bonds of the corporation. With in
creased business tho road must be com
pleted at no very distant, day. Boston
and New England have an interest in
this enterprise. The whole road from
Lake Superior to the Pacific will be
built as soon as Boston can run a road
through the Iloosac tunnel to Lake
Superior to meet it; and that is exactly
what Boston needs. Ifeicbtiriport Herald.
Advices from New York indicate that
the Tilden wing of the Democracy in
that state will be beaten in the coming
state convention in its efforts to secure
the renomination of John Bigelow and
other state officers, Allen C. Boch,
who doubtless will be nominated for
the head of the ticket was notoriously
opposed to Tilden's candidacy for the
presidency.
An official Russian newspaper, after
an elaborate review of the sums already
expended on the war, draws the conclu
sion that if jt lasts till next autumn it
will cost not less than 850,000,000 rou
bles, of which 232,000,000 have already
been expended . To cover this sum there
is a reserve .f I'X ., M0 roubles.
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Telegraphic News.
Eastern.
Chicago, Aug. 30. General Westley
Merritt is ordered to command ten com
panies of cavalry and go to Camp Brown,
Wind Iliver valley, and move against
the Nez Perces. The third regiment of
infantry, now in Pennsylvania, is order
ed to Montana to reinforce Gibbon.
Osawatto.mie, Ks., Aug 30. Ten
thousand people responded to the call
to-day to witness the ceremonies attend
ing the dedication of the old John
Brown monument. Dr. Updergroff,
chairman ot tho committee, called the
meeting to order and introduced Gov.
Chas. Robins as president of the day.
Kev.. Adair, brother-in-law of John
Brown, made the prayer, in which he
thanked God that lie had made of one
blood all nations of men. Senator In
galls, orator of the day, was then intro
duced and made a speech an hour long,
being constantly applauded. After din
ner, Chas. Laagdon delivered a speech,
formally dedicating the monument.
Short speeches were made by Hon. D.
li. Haskill, Col. D. 11. Anthony, and
others. A resolution was adopted re
questing the Legislature of Kansas to
make an appropriation to procure a
statute of John Brown, in bronze or
marble, to be placed in the hall of stat
uary of the national capitol as a gift to
the nation. Many leading men of the
State were present, and the meeting
was pronounced a grand success.
Washington, Sept. 1. President
Hayes' visit to New England continues
to show its good results in the marked
change in Republican sentiment in his
favor, the conviction becoming general
there that his southern policy presented
the only course open to him with any
prospect of success. The president is
credited with having promptly con
verted some Democrats to his sup2ort,
recently, by saying of Republicans who
disagree with him en the civil service:
"These people don't comprehend that I
mean just what I say. It is my busi
ness to take care of the administration
of the government; the people will take
care of politics. If the civil service is
thoroughly purified in New York, there
will no troublo inE-thc rest of the terri
tory. Postoliices established: Parkersburg,
Ceos Co., Oregon, Weldou T. Hanson,
postmaster. Oilieo discontinued: Gocse
Lake, Lake Co., Oregon. Namechanged
Centerville, Snohomish Co., to Stan
wood. Postmasters appointed: Wm.
King, Camas valley, Douglas Co., Ore
gon; Aurelius M. Patterson, Kalama,
Cowlitz Co., W. T.; Miss Margaret J.
Jenkins, Whatcom, AVliatcom Co.,W.T.
Public sentiment in favor of 'a more
liberal provision for the regular array
is beiug wonderfully quickened by the
fact that Sitting Bull's fighting force
outnumbers all that government can
put in the field against him and Joseph,
if the expected junction of tho savage
chieftains shall be effected, lhis spec
tacle and the lessons of the strikers'
riots have stimulated propositions for
array increase of 50 per cent., and the
reposal iu the president of discretionary
power to temporarily increase the force
when necessary.
New YoitK, Sept. I. Tho Tribunes
special from Salt Lake says Young's
will was read to-day in the prosence of
all his wife and children and a few
friends. Brigham Young, Jr., George
Q. Cannon and Albert Carrington are
named as his executors. The estate is
largely real estate, aud probably worth
two million of dollari. The will was
made four yfars ago, and his youngest
child born of Mary Yancott was then
three years old. Young was father of
fifty-six children, and left seventeen
wives, sixteen sous and twenty-eight
daughters. Tho will aims to mako an
equitable division of property between
all his wives and children, with no
preference to any. Most all of them
already had something deeded to them.
On this a valuation was set, and it is to
lie charged to the recipients as part of
their share, though not neces.-arily at
the valuation lie put on it. That is to
be equitably adjusted when the estate
is divided upou tlie youngest child
coming of age. .Meanwhile the income
j is to go to tho various mothers accord
ing to tne number of their eliildren,and
they can withhold if the children be
havo badly. All are provided for as
far their present needs are concerned,
nis first wife and children are given a
life interest in the Amelia palace, a
large modern, now, fine house, but he
is known to have changed his mind
about that, chiefly because they de
clined it for reasons best known to
themselves, although nothing in or out
of the will has yet come to light, show
ing it, and they are not otherwise pro
vided for except by their share of the
income. Deceased held many interests
in trust for the church and for indi
viduals. His executors are directed to
turn them over the property, as the
church is forbidden by law to more
than 8500,000 worth of property, and so
it was largely held by Young in trust.
His friends will not entertain the notion
that he ever abused that trust. There
is no inventory of property or estate,
and it is widely scattered. With the
country prospeious, generous and full
of money, it would bo worth twice the
above valuation.
Voreicn.
Beeein, Sept. 4. Prince Gortchakoff
has authorized the Russian Minister at
Washington to open negotiations for an
extradition treaty between Russia and
the United States.
London, Sept. 3. A dispatch from
Paris, just received by all the journals,
announces that ex-president Thiers died
suddenly at G o'clock yesterday evening
at St. Germaine,
Pacific Coast.
San Feancisco, Sept. 4, A second
meeting of the Sacramento river land
owners and farmers to discuss the ques
tion of Chinese labor and the rental
system was held at Isleton on Saturday
last, and was largely attended by the
influential men of that section. The
following resolutions were passed and
signed by nearly sixty of the gentlemen
- resent:
Resolved, That we, whose names are
hereunto affixed, solemnly pledge our
selves as soon as our present contracts
expire, not to rent or lease land to Chi
namen, nor to hire them to perform
labor upon our ranches.
Resolved, further, That we will use
our influence to induce others, as far as
we can, to dispense with Chinese labor,
and we will try to create public opinion
against selling them land, and thus
drive them peaceably from our country.
Resolved, further, That when we rent
to white men, we will enjoin upon them
not in any case to employ Chinamen
upon our lands, and a case they do,
they forfeit all claims to our considera
tion, and release us morally from the
bicding aaturc-of the1) retclutioiis.
Territorial News.
D. M. Jesse, of Walla Walla, has
trnthered 37 Mounds of reache3 from a
C7 X L
tree one year old, and 14 tons of grapes
lroni lour acres oi iand.
A Puget Sound paper declares that
there is room for 10,000 farms in the
Skagit valley alone, which is cheaply
and easily cleared, much of it being
brush land not heavily timbered.
A tract of land in Walla Walla coun
ty, marked by the government surveyor
in 18G1 ns "broken," destitute of water,
and unfit for cultivation," has produced
oats at tho average of 77 bushels to the
acre."
Indians and Chinese work together
iu the hop fields of Puget Sound.
It is estimated that the census of
Washington Territory will show a popu
lation of 55,000.
There are twenty-seven divorce cases
on the docket at Walla Walla.
Several families of emigrants from
Nebraska, who pulled across tho plains
with mule teams, have reached Dayton,
W. T.
A cavalry escort ha3 gone over the
Bitter Root mountains to meet General
Sherman at Missoula and attend him to
Walla Walla.
Walla Walla county levies a tax of
16 mills on a valuation of 2,381,540.
Four mills are for territorial purposes,
four mills for schools, eight for county
affairs and one-half mill road tax.
Irreducible School Fund.
It seems to be evident from reports
from different parts cf the State that
the irreducible school fvnl is being
very badly managed by tho State offi
cials. A large number of notes have
liecome outlawed by neglect of the
proper officials; thousands of dollars
have been loaned without proper secur
ity, and interest has been allowed to go
unpaid for years. The Roseburg J'lain
dealrr prints a list of note3 'belonging
to lhe school and university fund,
amounting to over 30,000, on which
interest has not been paid for several
years. The sum of $10,000 was loaned
to the Baker City Academy without
proper security; and several of a simi
lar character have beon made in Clack
amas county.
Mr. Frederick Tennyson, brother of
the poet, has written a letter on Spirit
ualism, which he says is tho great sub
ject of the day, to which no other ap
proach in importance. He says: "In
London and elsewhere, spirits are in
carnated for periods varying from a
quarter of an hour o three hours, and
appear in the seance rooms, in the midst
of the assembled company, clothed ia
habiliments palpable and material,
which, v.nd r microscopic inspection,
lose nothing of the'r wonderful super
fine spiritual U xture, wi oreas human
fabrics, undor similar condition;, be
come cobles and cart rojes.
The friends of the causo of woman
suflr.'ge in Boston are subscribing mon
ey for the purposo d" tarrying on a
li1. ely canvass in Colorado, where there
is to be a popul-ir vole on the que-tion
in Co ober.
McMinnville Reporter: Thero is a
perfect deluge of grain in Ir.inait over
tlie highways of this section at present.
Over ore hundred teams per day Lave
passed through this place during the
week, and this is only one channel in a
dozen.
Admiral Semmes, captain of tho Ala
bama during tho rebellion, died at Point
Clear, Alabama, on the 30th ult.
BOUX.
In this city, Aug. 30, to tlie wife of David
Caufiold. a son.
1)1 KU.
At Mt. Zion, Aug. 12, Henry C, son of John
E. and Maroret A. Folsom, aged 2 years, 5
months and 15 days.
At Mt. Zion, Aupr. 26, Timothy Claybourn.
son of Timothy and Margaret J. Dowen, aged
" yi'ars and 7 months.
At Mt. Zion, Aiisr. 2T, William Porter, fon of
J. 1C. and I.ucy A. 1H shields, aged 3 years and
4 mom Us.
At Mt. Zion. Clackamas Co., Pept, 1, Mrs.
I.jdia Anna Palmateor, of consunipl ion, aged
'M y ear-s. 1 1 inns, and 17 dii vs.
NEW TO-DAY.
Johnson, McCown & Marram, Att'ys.
Final Settlement.
In the matter of the estate of Henry Sprague
deceased.
"V"OTICE IS IIEREHV GIVEN THAT I
jj have filed in the County Court of the
State of Oregon for the County of Clackamas,
my final account in the above estate, and the
Court has appointed Saturdav, the 13th davof
October, iS77, at the hour of lit o'clock A." M.
for the hearing of object ions, if any thero are,
to such final account. .Now, therefore, all
persons interested are notified to appear at
said time and present, if any they have, to
such final account..
MAItGAHET F. SPRaGUE, Adm'x.
Oregon City, Sept. lS77-4t.
Jelinscn, Mpfov.n k Marrum, Att'ys,
Guardian's Sale.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER AND El
cense made and entered of record in the
County Court of Clackamas County, State of
Oregon, in the matter of tho estate of Henry
r.rantlgam, on this 5th dayof September, 1877,
I ill oirer for sale at public auction, on
Saturauj-, the 13th day of Octobrr, 1S77,
at tho hour of 1 o'clock P. M. of said day, the
followingdescribed real estate belonging! osaid
estate, to-wit : A part of Land Claim No. 46 in
T. 2 S., R. 2 E., being the donation claim of
Wm. and M. A. S. E. Holmes, bounded as fol
lows, to-wit : Reginning feet S. of the S.
E. corner of a block of land situated on said
claim owned by J. R. Ralston, numbered 13
according to plat of olocks surveyed by 1. V.
Cartee; thence west along the S. line of said
last nif-ntioned tract of land 13X) feet; thence
south 42 7-)i feet ; thence east :m feet ; thence
north along the Territorial road leading from
Oregon City to Molalla 427-10 feet to the place
of beginning, containing 1 1-2 acres.
Also the following tracts of land of said do
nation claim, to-wit : Ileginning at a point 30
feet S. of the S. E. corner of said block of land
numbered 13; running (hence west along the
south line of said block 1-im feet; thence
houth 420 feet ; thence east LVX) feet; thence
north 1300 feet to the place of beginning, con
taining 13 acres more or less.
Terms of sale Cash In U. S. gold coin on
day of sale. CHAS. IHJUS,
Guardian of Henry Brantigam, an insane
person.
Oregon Cit3', Sept. 6. 1377-4t
Administrator's Hoticc.
In the estate of Richard Hawkins, deceased.
VOICE IS HEREBY GIVEN- RY THE
L undersigned administrator of the above
named estate, to the creditors and nil persons
havingclaims against said deoe.'iseuroexmu
the same -with the necessarv vouchers, within
six months from the date of the first publica
tion of this notice, to the undersigned at nis
residence in Clackamas count v.
i An 'utOfh. l-77-M ARTHUR WARNER,
A'dn'r r-3tafe of Ki.-hnrd Jlf
1 ,000,000 Bottles
OP THE
S21 EKE BITS.
have been sold the last year, and not ono
complaint has reached us that they have not
done all that is claimed for them. Indeed
scientific skill cannot go leyond the result
reached in these wonderful preparations
Addi-d to Carbolic, Arnica, Mentha, Seneca-Oii
and Witch-IIazi-1, arc other ingredients, which
makes a family liniment that defies rivalry
Rheumatic and bed-ridden cripples have bv "it
been enabled to throw away their crutcheg
and many who tor years been afflicted wit
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked Ilreast, Weak
Racks, c, have found permanent relief.
Mr. Joslab. Wcstlake, of Mrysvii;,Oal
writes :
"For years my rheumatism has bi so
that I bare been unable to stir from ththouM
I have tried every remedy I could hear f"
Finally I learned of the Centaur Liniment"
The first three bottles enabled me to walk
without my crutches. I am mending rapidly
I think your Einiment simply a marvel."
This Liniment c ures Rurns'and Scalds with
out a scar, extracts the ixison from bites and
stings. Cures Chillblains aud FrostHl-f-et
and is very efficacious for Ear-ache, Tooth
ache, Itch and cutaneous eruptions.
Tlie Centaur Linimeat, Yellow Wrap
per, is intended for the tough fibres, cords
and muscles of horses, mules and animal.
READ ! READ !
Rev. Geo. W. Ferris, Mauorkill, Schoharlo
county, N. Y., says :
"My horse was lame for a year with a fet
lock wrench. All remedies utterly failed to
cure, and I considered him worthless, until I
commenced to use Centaur Liniment, which
rapidly cured him. I heartily recommend it."-
It makes very little din"erence whether the
case be "wrench," sprain, spavin or lameness
of any kind, the elToets are the same. Th
great power of the Linimentis.however.shown
in Poll-evil, i;g-hoad, sweeny, Spavin. Ring
bone, Galls and Scratches. This Liniment is
worth millions of dollars yearly to the stock
growers, Livcry-taou, Farmers, and those hav
ing valuable animals to care for. We warrant
its eifects and rotor to any Farrier who has.
ever used it.
Labratory of J. B. Hose Si Co.,
iii Dky St., New York.
it ii Si k b 2tM b tA m
A complete substitute for Castor Oil, without
its unpleasant taste or recil in the throat.
The result of 20 years' p act ice by Dr. Samuel
Pitcher, of Massachusetts.
Pitchers Castoria is particularly recommen
ded for children. It destroys worms, assimi
lates the food, and allows natural sleep. Very
efficacious in Crup,and for children Teething.
For Colds, Fevurish n ss, Disorders of the How
els, and Stomach Complaints, nothing is so
effective. It is as pleasant to take as honey,
cost s but 'j cts., iu! can be had of a n y druggist.
This is one of many testimonials :
"Cornwall, Lebanon Co.,7.i., March 17.
Dear Sir: I have used your Castoria in my
practice for some time. I take great pleasure
in e cttmueniHiiff it to the jtrof-ion, as a sxfr
reliable ami agreeable medicine. It is partic
ularly rvl'tjtt to chi!r!rr;i where the repugnant
taste r i Castor ( ii renders ii so difficult to ad
minister. E. A. KNDEKS, M.
Mot tiers who fry Castoria will find they can
sleep nights, and their babies will W healthy.
J. 13. Rt.SC fc Co., New York.
CAXCEE
Can ls Cure:! Ijy Ir. Uoiui's Syrtrm.
No K:ii:. Positively No Caustics.
Absolutely No Fairi.
Remedies sent to any pari of the world.
RamiMilets .".i;u iart ieu !ors free.
Call (in or address Dr. H. T. IXND, S-r9 N.
Rroad St., 1'h i!a -k-lphia, I'a.
A-t.ril 1J, 177-1 y.
ATTCKKSY - AT - LAV,
Oinxjox City, Oik:om.
Special attention given to business In tho
U. S. ltnd LJiiic .
Office ia Myers' Brick. aug30,77.
I SELLING
V.' -- o & .- tj r4 O
FOUR PSi-RS ABUVE THE OLD CCRXER I
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XLL AND y EE IIIM AND HE WILL
GOODS CHEAP F011 CASH !
&JITHlnrv UoKght and Sold.
Oregon City, August 2, 1S77.
XOT ' FATft
send for oar Kf
Cutalopuc. It con
tains vnl imblc infor
mation for every
prraon contrin
I'lating the pur
chase of any article
for personal, family
OT agricultural line
Free to any Address.
JtOXTGOKRV
W.IKO A CO.,
s Orljnnal Oraupe Supply House,
x. S7 Ji 2S Waixml Ave. CUICAWO
III
CANCER CAN 15K CURED.
Cancer has from time immemorial been a
great scourge to t he human race, and is now
becoming the greater. For many years it has
been held by the medical profession, and gw
era:iy heiieved 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 terrible death ; a death,
surrounded by all tlifit is disgusting and hor
rible, not only to the sufferer, but to his
friends. Happily t his fell destroyer need no
longer be feared. Dr. JI. T. Ikmd, of I'hiia
dehhia,a well known physician, of large ex
perience, has for four years devoted bimseiC
tot be six-cial r.tudy and treatment of Cancer,
and the result of his experience is his dis
covery, ft.r the radical euro of Cancer, without
the use of either knife, caustic or plasters,
and without pain.
The majority of persons are greatly deceived
in regard to the first symptoms and appear
ance of t his 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 litt le or?
no pain until the disease is far advanced.
The only symptoms for many months, and
even for years, are occasionally a stinginc.
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
better, it is conclusive evidence it is of .
malignant character, and demands imme
diate attention. If you have a branny c'.v
warty apiearance, with an occasional break-.
ing out of these ujon the face, lip or nose, or
any other portion of the skin, attended witn
anv of the above svmptoms, oi a sensationor
a nv being on it, or a hair tickling it, is cer
tain evidence it is Cancer, and there fnouia
be no delav in using Dr. Hond s treatment.
Eife is too valuable to be tampered with.
Dr. Hond's treatment consists of an Ami
dote" that is applied locally : this at once ar
rests the growt h of the Cancer, and by cheml
cal action neutralizes its malignity, rend. r-.
ing it harmless and changing it to a
son-, which nature, assisted 'V oo''tu-.f n
remedies, soon heals (when the skin i h un
broken, lir.d theCanc-erisahard tuinor the
Ant idote does not make an open sore, but re
moves t by absorption ) . In connection wit h
he An dote is used the Specific, tftken In
ti rnallv This tones up the general haalth,
stremrtliens the patient, purifies the blood
and eliminates the poison from the system
Dr Bond's Antidote contains neither caustio
nor noison. and can be applied to the mort
delicate tissues of the body without injury
and therefore is the only remedy that can be
used in internal Cancer, such as cancer of the
stomach, cancer of the womb, etc. I'r. Bond
"remedies, with full directions for successru
treatment will be sent to any part of tb
world.
Pamphlets and full partienlars free.
Add ress, I U. H . T. BON D.
s.",n North rroad St., Philadelphia, Fa
Ai ril V. vsrMy.
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