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OREGON CITY, TUl'RSDAY, DEC. 27, 1S77.
Our Taxation.
Agreeably to the promise made last
week v e will give onr readers some
idea of the taxation in America aa com
pared with other countries. Strange
as it may sonnd, Americans are the
most lightly taxed people in the world I
with the exception of the Russians.
The forty odd millions of people in this
country pay to the Government, alto
gether, less than 270,000,000, in every
way, and the direct taxation represent
ing even a smaller sum. In Russia the
100,000,000 of public expenditures are
raised from 85,000,000 people, but the
different condition of commercial and
pecuniary prosperity in that country
makes it harder for the average inhabi
tant to pay 3 a year to tire imperial
revenue than it would be to pay twice
the amount in the United States. Rus
sia is not yet completely civilized, but
if we were to exclude the millions of
its inhabitants who are practically,
like our Indians, not taxed, it would be
shown that the real burden of the tax
payers is much heavier than here.
Next after Rns ia in lightness of taxa
tion comes thrifty Prussia, which with
23,093,000 inhabitants, i ays to the na
tional and imperial revenue 370,000,-
000 annually. Next in order is Italy.
with 26,000,000 people and $294,000,000
' of taxes. Great Britain, the wealthiest
of all nations, collects-; $100,000,000
from 31,G28,000 Britons. While in
France the corresponding figures are
311,000,000 for 3(5,030,000 inhabitants.
This is not such a bad showing for
America, and it should have some ef
fect in mitigatiug the burden of croak
ing which assumes that we are taxed
beyond our ability to pay. Of course
it does not cover the question of locul
indebtedness, but before any one at
tempts to complain as a victim of local
taxation, he is bound to explain how it
has come to pass'that public servants
chosen directly by his vote, and living
directly under his eye, have been
enabled to pile up such a debt and taxa
tion. And even the unsatisfactory con
dition of local taxation should not be al
lowed to blind us to the gratifying as
pect of our relations to Federal Gov
ernment and expenditure. "We only,
. among all the nations on the earth,
have, in the past ten years, red need the
expenses of national government while
promoting its efficiency. If wo only
have sufficient intelligence to prevent
ns from wantonly and wickedly ruining
ur credit, we may, within a period of
two years, reduce our expenditures by
twenty millions of dollars in one item
of interest; we may increase our reve
nue by twelve millions, by taxing
coffee and tea without adding anything
to the real amount of taxation. And if
we consider that in the Postoffice De
partment expenditures wehave a direct
monetary return for all we pay, that wo
have in the future an indefinite capacity
of expansion and nothing to mar our
prosperity unless it be our own mis
takes, the situation of the country will
be such as to justify every bright hope
and sanguine aspiration, financial,
political and social.
Forewarned, Forearmed.
The railroad subject appears to be
oTnflling the Portland editors to a de
plorable extent. They start off with
the proposition that such-and-such a
road is the only one that should be
built and then in the next sentence, and
to the end of the article, pitch into the
personnel of the opposing writer. While
our voice is for the P. D. & S. L. R. R.
nve should like to know hew it is be
built even if Mitchell's bill is passed?
At this very writing the rumor is cur
rent among railroad men on the O. & C.
road, that Leland Stanford is the
"boss," and that if Oregon ever gets
connection with the East it will be by
the way of Winnemncca and at the ex
pense of the C. T. magnates. It is as
serted on good authority that when
Mr. Villard was in San Francisco last
he sold the O. & C. road for 8,000,000
to the C. P. corporation, but as the
payment was to bo in bonds, which
would bear interest only after their ma
turity, the German stockholders tele
graphed Villard, repudiating the sale.
"Whether or not this sale was finally
consummated we do not know, but ru
mor says it was, and that the C. P.
Company now want to get control of
the sea trade between Portland and San
Francisco before "springing" the fact
upon Oregonians that they are bound
hand and foot and belong to the capi
talists of California. We admit that a
great deal of this is mere rumor, but
we are confident there are at least facts
enough connected with the statement to
make Oregonians open their eyes and
look about them suspiciously if they
a rn of nil r. 7 . 0 .1 .
"'uiuusoi tueir rights, or at
all alive to their interests. We have
forewarned the people, it is for them to
forearm.'
And still we have the name of Harvey
W. Scott, editor of the Oran-i-w
(O. S. X. Co.'s little joke) nailed to the
mast head of this paper as our choice
as U. b. Senator, to succeed Mitchell
Should any one dare to speak lightly of
him, we will be like General Dix, and
shoot him on the spot," and whoever
Glares to say, "Ay, tear that tattered en
sign down, long has it waved on high,
and many an eye has danced to see that
banner in the sky," we shall hold him
in the greatest disrespect."
New Year's Lecture.
As we are now drawing near the New
Year the time for good resolutions
we have thought that a mild editorial
on temperance, of the "small-beer"
order, would not be out of place. A
man by the name of Murphy Las inaug
urated a new feature in the temperance
movement, and judging from the num
ber of followers he has, it must be at
least popular, and we hope not ephem
eral. The members of this organiza
tion forswear, for life, all spirituous
drinks, confining their potations to the
gentle extract of hops. It has been
said by those who have sampled "the
wine when it is red," that spirituous
liquors make a man cross, revengeful
and brutal, while malt liquors at the
worst make a mac merry or sleepy.
But unfortunately we look upon this
Murphy movement as bearing the same
relation to temperance that revivals do
to religion. It would be a bad thing
for this world if human nature wero so
shallow and weak as to be permanently
effected by the artificial enthusiasm of
one of these movements after it had re
sisted the deep and ft ternal influences
which appeal to every one of ns to
make us sober and religious. We do
not believe in sudden conversions of
any kind. The poor negroes who are
carried out of the churches in the
South, actually insensible from relig
ious excitement and who rob a hen
roost the next night, are samples of
this enthusiastic way of making "teeto
talers" and saints. If the degredation
of drunkenness, its folly, its waste, its
misery and the widespread and endless
train of sorrows in which it involves its
victims and those dearest to them are
not strong enough influences to restrain
them from their indulgences, we may
be sure that the signing of a piece of
paper or the wearing of a bit of ribbon
will not exert an influence more' potent
or more permanent. It is only natural !
that those who are weak enough ,to
yield to the pleasures of drink, even
after experience has stripped these al
lurements of their deception, should be
weak enough to believe that there was
something heroic in publicly walking
up to the platform and assuming that
they can break the chains of the tyrant
habit by a mere effort of the will; but
if they were strong enough to do this
they were strong enough to test the
sincerity of their reformation before
vaunting themselves as champions of
temperance.
Let us give the temperance move
ments all possible credit for good in
tentions, but something more is wanted
than good intentions in this business.
The movement has now been going on
long enough to be able to point to per
manent results, if any have been
achieved, and instead of showing us the
converts of an hour show us the con
verts of years; the work of former
movements. As a mere matter of poli
cy, it would bo worth while to let us
know what good was done by the Cru
sade movement in this State. Then
earnest and zealous Christian men and
women knelt and prayed in front of the
saloons, and whole towns were be
sieged. Liquor was xoured into the
gutters, liquor sellers in a few instances
abandoned their trade, hard drinkers
signed the pledge. Wa3 all this only
for a day, or ha3 it lasted ? If it has, if
to-day it could point to happy homes
and honest industry where formerly de
bauch followed in the wake of carouse,
the movement to-day Jwould be resist
less, and there would be hope that in
time, and through many struggles, the
curse would be removed from our
country. But until we have some
proof that previous agitations have been
followed by permanent improvement, it
will not do to expect too much from
movements which differ in no import
ant respect from their predecessors.
The Texan frontier is to be protected
and over eight hundred soldiers have
been ordered to the Rio Grande border
of that State. General Ord says three
things are needed to keep the peace
protection, reciprocity, and railroads;
but the first thing is protection. The
House committee have made as caref .tl
an examination as is possible, and find
that the raids are not military invasions,
but the incursions of roving bands of
robbers. The frontier canuot be pro
tected on our side alone without estab
lishing a patrol along the banks of the
Rio Grande. Diaz seems to bo willing
to co-operate with our Government, but
the Governors along tho line appear to
be unwilling. They have another ket
tle of fish to fry.
A recent development in Portland
among the Chinese shows that a" most
degrading species of slavery exists in
our very midst a slavery worse than
anything that ever saw light in the
South a slavery that makes a woman
prostitute herself for her master's gain.
Such a horrible state of affairs could
not have been imagined, and would not
now be believed had not the facts been
brought out under oath in a judicial
proceeding. An American's soul '-is
up in arms" at Jsuch atrocious infamy,
and we add our voice to that of the
Standard in calling on tho next Legis
lature to pass laws breaking up such a
detestable system.
Farley, the Democratic U. S. Senator
elect from California, is said to be the
tool of the C. P. Railroad, and that be
cause Ryland would not listen to the
overtures of that wealthy corporation
he was sent back to his law office in San
Jose. "The plot thickens."
Pendleton is said to be ahead
Bwing in the Ohio :SenAtorial race.
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Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 7, 1S77.
ThePresident's message fell so quietly
amoag us that no one has felt its pres
ence as yet. It was read in the Senate
to empty benches, for few members re
mained longer after its reception than
to pocket the copy which was at the
same time left upon their desks, and
walk away to their rooms. It is not
time for Congress to act upon Mr.Hayes'
suggestions, as the message must first
be referred to the appropriate commit
tees for them to digest and report. Bnt
we feel assured his references to coin
and civil service will will yet arouse a
huge pile of buncombe and spread e:gle
oratory. As the extra session was con
tinued up to 12 o'clock Monday, the
passage into the regular was devoid of
all delay and formality, and with the
mere exception of calling the roll of
members, seemed the workings of the
ordinary day. As soon as the organiza
tion was completed by calling the roll,
each house adjourned to await the re
ception of the message, and upon com
pletion of its reading by the clerk, ad
journed again for the day. Doubtless
the President's suggestions find as many
friends and opponents among your read
ers as here. Party lines are so broken
in Washington by sectional views and
opinions thut a simon pure Republican
or Democrat may be found here, bnt
we doubt it, as no twt men seem to
agree on financial matters. Portions of
both parties coalesce upon so. many
points that one hardly knows where his
party stands, and we are left to await
the expression of public opinion pretty
much as Mr. Lincoln did during the
war. Yesterday's vote in the Senate
fixing next Tuesday for consideration
of the silver bill indisputably shows
that section rather than party rules in
finance, for radicals and conservatives
are hopelessly mixed up in thb 11 ayes
as well as in the 18 noes. The House
adjourned over to Monaay, and the
Senate, since its Kellogg and Butler
fight, has done little else than recuper
ate udder repeated adjournments. We
don't waut to insinuate that the House
has worked any since Nov. 23th, for it
too has been doing nothing, nor will it
get aroused till in next mouth, as it is
understood that adjournment over the
holidays of both houses will take place
prior to the 13th inst. Whatever time
was given the extra sessiou must be re
turned the member during the regular
session through adjournments. But
whenever the silver bill comes up we
will have prolonged debate, as its op
ponents are determined to fight it to
the bitter end. They are deeply exer
cised over yesterday's vote, and though
alarmed, mean to contest it vigorously.
Mr. Hayes, in sending back his nomin
tions to the Senate instead of regarding
inaction upon them prior to the end of
the extra session as equivalent to rejec
tion, evidently means business, lie,
like Lincoln and Grant, finds certain
Senators determined to contest his right
to act and think for himself, and we be
lieve ho will in the end have the people
to unqualifiedly support him just as
they did his predecessors. Mr. Blaine
has returned, but without being fully
recuperated. Though he grows setm
torial in proportions, yet the absence of
that vim and vigor in his appearance
and movements which characterized
him in the House, gives us a feeling
that Father Time is laying a heavy hand
upon hitn. In opposing the silver bill
we will have him and Bayard yoked
together, and though the two united
with Edmunds will make a strong team,
yet they won't be able to pull through
the mire of 11 to 18 votes. The west
and south are evidently dcterraiLed that
silver shall be silver, hence we antici
pate a big fight between the sections on
this point. The Democrats of the House
talk of bouncing their door-keeper, Col.
Polk, who has incurred their anger
through his appointments and assump
tion of power. Fitzuugh was deposed
because he felt himself "bigger than old
Grant," but Polk has aroused unques
tionable wrath in assuming himself to
be bigger than S im Randall, and will
in all likelihood have to walk the plank
for one possessed of more wit and
shrewdness. Our temperance people
have brought tribulation into the Dem
ocratic camp by making a vigorous
move to prohibit the sale of liquors in
the Capitol restaurants. Their action
caused Mr. Randall to put himself on
the confessional, and while admitting
that Democracy did wet its whutle
down stairs under the guise of cold tea,
pain-killer and all such Bostonian de
vices of the enemy, he unequivocally
insisted that he personally was not re
sponsible for the dreadful state of affairs.
In consequence of the agitation, pro
hibiting bills mors stringent than any
of Maine's enactments have been intro
duced into tho House. Yet no one is
verdant enough to suppose that the av
erage Democrat can be deprived of his
refreshments through a prohibitory liq
nor law. We fancy that a Congress
man's demand for a "small cup of tea"
will be honored as freely in the future
as in the past, hence we have no fears
of the Democratic party becoming de
moralized through deprivation from use
of Bourbon. Lieutenant Palmer, of the
recently wrecked Hnron, was buried
yesturday in our Oak Hill Cemetery,
with full honors of war. Two compan
ies of mariners escorted the remains to
the grave, and several of the highest
officers and officials of the navy were
present and assisted in the final cere
monies. Junius.
A writer in the New Orleans Democrat
has examined the tax rate in various
States, and finds that Louisiana stands
at the head of the list. The State tax
there is 11 mills. The other States
come in the following order: South
Carolina, 10 mills; Arkansas, 10 mills(it
is proposed to reduce it to five mills) ;
Tennessee, 10 mills; Alabama 7 mills;
California, 7 3-20 mills; Florida, 7 mills;
Kansas, 5 mills; Texas, 5 mills; Ore
gon, 5 mills; Georgia, 5 mills; Maine,
3 mills; Ohio, 3 1-5 mills; New Jer
sey, 3 mills; Illinois, 2 -1-5 mills; New
York, o? mills; Michigan 2 mills;
New Hampshire, 2 mills; Maryland,
1 7-10 mills; Connecticut, 1 mills; and
Massachnsettes, 1 mill. There is no
State tax at all in Pennsylvania.
Gen. J. Z. George perhaps the most
influential Democrat in Mississippi, if
we except Senator Lamar, has eome out
I in favor of limiting the suffrage in that
State by a
property or an educational
I qualification. ,
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Telegraphic News.
KasternJ
Chicago, Dec. 22. The Tunes' Mesila
(N. M.) special says: Thousands of ru
mors are in circulation regarding the
doings of Mexican bandits in El Paso
county, from which the fact is sifted
that all stores in the border towns of
Socorro and Ysleta have been plunder
ed. El Paso is threatened with the
same treatment. The Texas rangers
who surrendered at San Elizario, hav
ing gathered reinforcements, started
yesterday to recapture the arms taken
by the Mexicans. It is reported the
forces were encountered and a fight fol
lowed, in which Lieut. Mortimer, of the
regular army, was killed, two soldiers
captured, and that the invaders took a
cannon from a detachment of U. S.
troops. A portion of the Mexicans then
crossed the Rio Grande, whither they
were followed by Texas rangers. Lively
work may be expected at any hour.
Gen. Hatch, with two batteries of artil
lery and one gatling gun, has arrived
at the scene of disorder.
New York, Dec. 23. The vicinity of
police headquarters was startled this
evening by the announcement that Ex
cise Commissioner Owen Murphy had
absconded with a large amount of the
excise funds. Murphy was treasurer of
the excise board and 'had full control
of the finances. The account was kept
at the German Exchange Bank. Mur
phy was seen last Saturday forenoon.
The transaction was explained by In
spector Thorne in the following man
ner: Murphy drew a check for 30,000
and had it certified at the German Ex
change bank. He next went to another
bauk whose name the inspector didn't
know, and deposited the check and
drew 10,000. Where the remainder
was drawn is not known. Mr. Murphy
was appointed to his position in the
excise board by Mayor Wickham, and
with President Norton, formed the
Democratic majority in the board.
State News.
The Celestial residents of Albany
number 150.
A teachers' institute has beea organ
ized in East Portland.
The Open Temperance Society, of
Portland, has 800 names on its roll.
A. Marks, of Roseburg, is offering 95
cents for the next year's crop of wheat.
Tii ere are 11 firms in Portland who
pav taxes on over 25,000 and less than
50,000.
It began to snow in Lake county last
week, and the cattle men are growing
anxious.
The Pacific Threshing Cjmpanv has
bought the Gervais foundry, and will
move it to Salem.
One hundred and thirty-six persons
in Linn county pay over 100 tax each,
and Jacob Kees is the big Mogul.
A sailor named Henry Smith fell
from tho schooner Twilight in Coos
Bay a few days since and was drowned.
Rev. E. N. Condit has been appointed
to take charge of the Presbyterian
church at Astoria; also as a mission at
Freeport, Cowlitz county.
Farmers near Jacksonville com plaiu
of depredations by a band of fifteen In
dians from the Siletz Agency.
Major M.P. Berry, formerly collector
at Sitka, has returned to Salem. He
has long been in feeble health.
The Sterling ditch and flume have
been completed, and form the most ex
tensive and substantial work ever com
pleted in Southern Oregon.
The'members of Alert Hook & Ladder
Co. of Salem have resolved to keep up
tUfir organization, tho action of the
City Council to the contrary notwith
standing. Geo. A. Steel has been re-appointed
as Special Agent of the Postollice De
partment at a compensation of 3,000
per annum.
The Brownsville Woolen Mills em
ploys white labor exclusively, and are
making money and a first-class reputa
tion. Why can't our factory do tho
same?
The Baptist Beacon, for December,
says thaf'the Dalles church has recent
ly revoked the license of B. A. Hill, be
ing satisfied that he is unworthy of the
same."'
Tho News says that the homicide
which was perpetrated about a year ago
in Coos county, is one of the most cold
blooded and deliberate on record.
Seveir Lewis, who is charged with the
deed, it will be remembered, was ar
rested at Seattle recently.
In Pine valley, Union county, on
Sunday, lGth inst., a man named Per
kins was killed by Robert Alexander.
There was an altercation about some
money, duo Alexander for work done
for Perkins. The latter drew a knife,
when the former struck him on the
head with a stick of stove wood, and
repeated the blow several times, with
fatal results. Mrs. Perkins witnessed
the affair. Alexander is still at large.
The Oregonian truly says that it is
not much honor to be barked at by tho
"noisy little animals" of "petty journal
ism." No, it is a disgrace, and under
the present editor, we venture to say,
is the first time that it has ever been so
unanimously snapped at. When the
entire press of the State is "snarling"
at the pre-eminent" sheet, it must be
for good cause, and the bought and
sold editor knows it.
Hon. Geo. II. Williams, late attorney
general, it is said has a law practice
worth from 20,000 to $30,000 a year.
"Gath," in one of his letters to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, reports a man who
knows him well as saying in reply to a
question as to hi ability: "He isaman
of strong, masculine judgment, in
many;respects resembling Abraham Lin
coln's reasoning powers. Yon see that
he sustains himself in Washington with
no government patronage."
It is alleged that the Bellingham
Bay Coal Company have abandoned
their mine on account of the inferiority
of the coal. Better coal is on the mar
ket, and this, it is asserted, will not pay
for getting out.
The plain duty of the Republican
party of Oregon is to place in nomina
tion for the several State offices sound
straight-out Republicans men who
l ureu una now are republicans
; from principle; men who have not
i dodged about, but who have adhered
to the principles of Republicanism at
j all times and on all occasions. Albany
Register.
W. B. Kyle of Victoria, British Co
lumbia, has bought the exclusive right
of ;the Plummer Fruit Dryer for the
Dominion of Canada for the sum of
10,000. Mr. Kyle intends to start a
large establishment at Victoria for the
purpose of preserving fruit and vege
tables, and will make a specialty of
drying potatoes, clams, halibut and
other fish.
CITATION.
In the County Court of Clackamas County,
State of Oregon.
In th matter of the estate of Austin G. P.eebe,
deceased, and the application to sell the
real property of said estate.
TO CHARLOTTE KEKHE, AXD ALL
other persons unknown, interested in
said estate. In the name of the State of Ore
gon, you and each of you are cited to be and
apiear before this Court at a term thereof o
be held on Saturday, January 2tith, 1878. at
the hour of one o'clock P. M., to show cause,
if any exist, why an order should not be made
by this Court to sell the following described
real property belonging to said estate, to pay
the debts thereof, to. wit :
The West half of the K. S of sec. 8. and 45
acres off the W. side of the E. J$ of the E. J$
thereof in T. 5 S. It. 1 E. of the Willamette
Meridian, containing 205 acres, and situate in
Clackamas county, Oregon according to the
petition of O. W. Fish, administrator of said
estate, filed in this Court December 1st. 1877.
. l witness my nana ana me seat oi
i-.s. J said Court this 13th day of
) December A. I). 1877.
W. H. II. FOUTS,
dec20.7T-4t. County Clerk.
Administrator's Sale.
BY VIRTUE OP AX ORDFR AXD IE
cree of the County Court of the County
of Clackamas and State of Oregon, made and
entered on the -1th day of October, 1877, the
undersigned, administrator of the estate of
the estate of John Gray, deceased, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder at the
Court House door of said county, on
Saturday, January 19th, 1S78,
at the hour of I o'clock P. M. of said day, all
the following described real property, thong
ing to said estate, and situate in the County
aforesaid, to-wit : A certain lot of land, de
scribed as follows : The N. E. U of the S. E. H
of section 20, and the X. H of the S. W. H, and
the X. W. H of the S. E. H of sec. 21, all in T. 4
S..R.2K., of the Willamette Meridian, con
taining 160 acres. And also the following de
scribed tract, being in T. 4 S.. It. 2 E.. of said
Meridian : beginning at a point 20 chains
East and 20 chains South of the X. W. corner
or sec. 21, in said township: running thence
South 20 chains; thence West 20.75 chains;
thence North 20 chains: thnce E'ist 2!.75
chains to the place of beginning, containing
5!5 acres.
Terms of sale : One half of pnrehis," money
to be paid down in gold coin : balance in or;e
year in like coin, with interest at 10 per cent,
per annum.
Each tract to be sold soarate'iy.
JOHN NOYER, Administrator.
E. L. Eastiiam. Att'v for adm'r. dec-0-4t.
THE K03THWEST G3?nE3
Washing Machine.
Se litis 3IsaIiiiC
ISefore'Purchasing Elsewhere.
Public attention is called to this splendid
Machine. It is an Oregon invention, and
took the
First Premium
at tha
LAST OREGON STATE FAIR.
It will be
51AXIFACTIRED AT irOME,
By ft responsible firm. It contains four cor
rugated Hollers, equal to four wash-boards
working in unison: will not. injure buttons
or clot lies, and is the most useful and perfect
machine ever offered to the public. Patented
October 16, 1877. Being manufactured here, in
case any of its parts nr" broken, such part
can le replaced at a low llgure without buy
ing the entire machine ; and such parts will
be supplied free where there was a defect in
the machine sold. County and State rights
for sale. Address
A. fl. ClHt.VELU S, Patentpc,
dee.l3.77-tf. Oregon City, Ogn.
Grand Itomoval Sale!
4 S WE INTEND TO REMOVE FROM
l tho Store we now occupy
TO THE NEW STORE,
Now building on the southwest
t'oener of Snlinoii nnd Eirst Streets,
On or about January 4, 1S78, and in order to
Reduce Our Stock
...to...
- SAVE REMOVAL
we will
Sell All Oootls
From now until January 1, at very much
REDUCES) HATES.
Basket Cloth Dress Goods
In all Colors, 35e per yard.
Basket Cloth Dress Coods
All wool. 50c per yard.
A fine line of all the new shades In
DEESS GOODS
At 33c per yard.
All Wool Clack Cashmeres
At 75 cents, worth $1 00.
All Wool Black Cashmeres
At $1 20, worth $1 50.
Colored rahinero mid Silks to Match;
Itlark unil Colored Alpncns,
and Kiiiprens (India
All Qualities at Heducea Hates.
Waterproof Cloak! pjrs, all styles,
At Reduced Prices.
FET,T SKIRTS at 75c and upwards.
Best American Prints,
15 Yards for $1 00.
Large Size Honryromb Bedspreads. 90c;
IM npavy Marseilles Dcdsprecds, $2 25.
A Ijirge Stock of all Qualtiies
BEDSPRKll), BLANKETS,
COMFORT-KISS, TOWELS,
AM) TABLE LINENS,
I And all Domestic Goods at Clearance Prices.
Zephyr Wools in all Colors,
Best Qualities at llHc
A Full Line of
GENTS' Fi nXISHIXO GOODS,
IiasiERV, KMRROIDERIES,
AXD ALL FANCY GOODS,
At Low Irices.
Call and Examine our Stork,
As wc certainly offer better inducements than
are offered elspwhere.
J. F. D. WRINKLE & CO.
PORTLVXD, OGN.
K7"Orders by mall promptly filled. Sample
Bent on application. Dec. 13,, 1877-Jm.
THOMAS C H A R 83 A N
ESTABLISHED
185."
DESIRES TO INFORM THE CITIZENS Oh
Oregon City and of the Willamette V al
ley, that he is still on hand and doiDg b i
ness on the old motto, that
A mmble Six Fenceis Better than a Slow ShWina
I have just returned from San Francisco,
where I purchased one of the
LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED
STOCK OF GOODS
ever before offered in this city ; and consist in
part, as follows :
Boots and Shoes,
Clot hing, Dry Goods,
Hats and Caps,
Uosiery of Every Description,
Hardware, Groceries,
Oils, Paints and
Sash and Doors,"
Cblnaware, Queensware,
Stonewr, Crockery,
Platedware, Glaswre,
Jewelry t Various Qualities
And Styles, Clocks and
Watches, Ladies and
Gents' Furnishing .
Patent Medicines. Goods, Fancy No-
Rope, Farming tions of Every
Implements of Description
All Kinds, Carpets,
Mattings, Oil
Cloth, Wall Taper, ete.
OI the above list, I can say my stock is the
MOST COMPLETE
ever offered in this market, and was seleted
with especial care for the Oregon City trade.All
o which I now offer lor sale at the
Lowest Market Ra'es.
v 4 1.a Inlioc onr fT r 1 CP tn
think of going to Portland to buy goods for I
am Determined to Sell Cheap and not to allow
myself to be
UNDERSOLD IS THE STATE OF OREGON.
All I ask is a fair chance and quick pay
ments, believing as I do that
Twenty Years Experience
in Oregon City enables me to know the. re
quirements of the trade. Come one and all
and see for yourselves that the old stand of
THOMAS CIIAIIMAN
cannot be beaten in quality or price. It would
'y; useless for me to tell you all t he advantage s
I can olT'T you in the sale or goods, as every
store that advertises does that, nnd probably
you have oeen disapiointed. All I wish to
say is
Com?, and Sit, and Examine for Yourselves,
for Ido not wish to make any mistakes. My
object is to tell all my old mends now that 1
am still alive, and desirous to sell gols cheap,
for cash, or upon such terms as agreed upon.
Thanking all for the liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed.
T1IOS. CIIAUMAN,
Main Street, Oregon City,
lycgal Tenders and County Scrip taken at
Pmarket rates. THOS. CIIAUMAN.
B"50.fWKl lbs wool wanted bv
nov. 1. To-tf THUS. CIIAUMAN.
LIVERY, FEED, AHO SALE
STA12L.12.
rpiIE UNDEUSIONKI PKOPRir.TOU OF
JL the Livery Stable on Kiit.li street, Oregon
City. Oregon, keeps constantly on hand
Humifies, Carriages
and Hacks. Saddle
and Kiij"gy Horses.
l3ricos Heason:illo
E. B. CLEFSFsTS,
Oregon City, Not. 5, 1875. Trovrietor.
S. A. BROUGHTOH,
rotTLI INFORM THE CITIZENS OF
M Oregon City and vicinity that he is pre
pared to furnish
Fir &, Cedar Lumber,
Of every description, at low rates.
APPLEBQXES.
ALSO,
Dry Floori njj, OeHinjr, Kiislic,
.Spruce, (for shelving), Ltice,
I'icketK, and Feiut'-Post. Cedar,
Coi.ttmit!t on hand.
Street and Sidewalk lumber furnished on
the shortest notice, at as low rates us it can be
purchased in the state.
Uive me a call at the
OTt lit JO. X CITY SA IK MILLS.
Oregon City, June 10. 1875 -xt
OLIFF MOUSE.
OREGON CITY, OREGON.
T. W. RHODES,
Proprietor.
Transient Board, $1 to S" per IJjtj .
Single Meal r0 rentx.
Hoard er Week ........$. Oil
Hoard and Lodging, per werk. "SO OO
The Table will be supplied with the best the
market affords.
Ball Suppers furnished on short not ice, and
at reasonable terms.
Nov. 19. 1875 X t
L. JAGCARS,
Dealkr in
FLOUR, HAY, STRAW, OATS, POTATOES,
AVOOL, ETl'.,
GRAIN SACKS AMD TWINE
7"Thp highest market paid in cash for all
kinds of produce .
One door south ofPoatolIIre.
Oregon City, Sept. 13, 1877-ir.
t Oreatchance to make money.
X x r 11 1 ' ( you can't get gold you can
get greenbacks. We need a ?crson in every
town to take subscriptions for the largest,
cheapest and best Illustrated family publica
tion in the world. Any one can become a suc
cessful agent. The most elegant works of art
given free to subscrilers. The price is so low
that almost everybody subscribes. One agetit
reports making over JIM) in a week. A" ladv
agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in
en days. All who engage make money fast.
You can devote all your time to the business,
or only your spare time. Yon need not be
away from home over night. You cm do it
as well as others. Full particulars, directions
and terms free. Elegant, and expensive Out
fit free. If you want profit ab'e work send us
your address at. once. It costs nothing to try
the business. No one who engages falls to
great pay. Addrens "The People's Journal "
Portland, Maine.
EOOP.E & PARKER'S
Celebrated
TURBINE WATER WHEEL!
WALLACE,
Agent for
Clackamas County,
And the State in general. This is one of the
b"st wheels in use on the Pacific Coast, and
gives perf-ct satisfaction in every instance.
Any one purchasing a wheel which does not
come up to the guarantee, if proerly put In, j
th money will be refunded and all damages
paid. For further Information apply to W.
M. Wallack, at Cutting's Mill, near Viola, j
Clackamas Co., or at this office,
Kept. 13, 1877-fimoB,
Referee's Sale.
VOTICE IS IIEREftV GIVEN TOT
X by virtue of a decree and order of ii
issued out of the Circuit Court of the State nf
Oregon, for tho county of Clackamas in L
partition suit pending, in which D. W Vurn
side is plaintiff, and Arsinoe C. Ijirocuii .
Harriet M. Larocque, Oeorge V. Larocui,
Alphonse E.iamcn.ue, F.uegne S. Larocque -mil
J. T. Apperson and A. J. Apj erson, executors
iSiC, are dc-Icr.daiits; which said decree
duly rendered and entered of record in s-ji.i
Court on the 21st. day of November, A. 1
and by which decree and order of saiethn
undersigned Kelrree therein named isorder-J
and directed to sell the real probity men--
tioned and described in said decree unil order'
of sale, and of which real property th" t'odow
ing is a description, t o-wit : All those premises
situated in the county of Clackamas, in the
State of Oregon, known and described as fol
lows, to-wit: Beginning at a int In the"
westerly boundary of Main street in Oregon
City (according to the plat thereof), wher,- an
easterly extension of the north line or the
Imperial Mill building intersects said street
boundary; running thence southerly along
the west boundary of said Main street abrtut
titty (50) feet to a point four ID feet south of
the point of intersection with an extension of
tbc south line of said mill building ; thence
at right angles westwardly by a line parallel
wit h the southern line ol said mill building
about ninety (lJ0) feet to a point where a south
erly extension of the west line of said mill
building is intersected; thence alright an
gles northerly to and with the westerly line of
said mill building and a northerly extension
thereof, ninety (00) feet ; thence easterly bv a
line parallel with the northerly line of
mill building Fixty-six (06) feet; thence south
erly at right angJes, forty (40) feci to the north
erly line, of said building; thence easterly at
right angles about twenty () feet to the
place of beginning, and the appurtenance
and water privileges,
I, Owen Wade, referee in said decree and
order of sale named as aforesaid, will on
Saturday, tile 5th day of January, A.I).
1878, at the hour of one o'clock in the after
noon of said day at the Court House door in
said Clackamas county. State of Oregon, spji
the above described real property at puiilic
auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand
in gold coin. The said premises being knowit
as the Imperial Mill property.
Dated this 3d day ol December, A. i. 1S77.
OWEN U'Uit;
Dec. 6, 77 -5t. Referee.
Notice.
V. S. I.'axd Office, Oregpn City. I
Oregon, December 5, 177.
C COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTMR
j ed at this office by Wm. J. Hesse,
Washington county, against J-hn Sjj.o, 0f
Washington county, lor abandoniijg his
homestead entry. No. 281, daK-d Aug. 11. :s75,
tipon the lits No. 4, S, ti, and 7 of s-ctinr
Township 2 South, Itange 2 West, in Wash
ington county, Oregon, with a view t() jh,.
cancellation of said entry; the said artis
are herehy summoned to apt-ear at this
oTice on the 10! h day or January, 1X7M. at I')
o'clock A. M., to respond and lurnish t s!i
mony concerning snid alleged abandonment
OWrtN WAlE, Register,
dec:3-lt. T. K. HARRISON, Reeetvr.
PUBLIC LAHD BALL
V. S. Land Offick, Oregon City, i
Oregon, Nov. ".'Id, "N77.
"VTOTlfE IS lilJII IM GIVEN 'IHATlV
jN pursuance of inst met ions lrom t he i orn
inissioner of the tJeneral I .arid Offiee. ui il r
authority vested in him by section 2,4- ol tln
K vised " statutes f the I'nit-d states,
Liliall prfcoed to olft-r at public sale on
January Oth, A. D. IS 7,
at this office, the following tracts of put. lie
lands, to-wit : I xts nu mix-red 1,2 and Sif s-r.
32, I . 'J s. R. 2 V lots nuinhi-r-d I-', 1 and it;
j or See. anil lirt Not tec. i. I H. K. 1" .,
! and lots 5, , 7 and S of Sec. 2, T. 5 S. of K. :! W.
i All persons haitig pre-emption rights to any
i lortiori of said lands are advised to n ;tk--!
rof thereof and payment rvlttrc the ii:iy
; designated for stid sale; otherwise ltn-;r
i rights m ill be forieited.
1 T K. HARRISON, OWES W AIK.
i XoviOid Receiver. Regist-r.
Jouiiso!!, ."tlcfotvn & jiacrufi!, AU'u.
A dm in is ratcr'c Sale.
VOTICE IS HEREHY GIVEN THAT BY
xN virtue of an order of sal- made !nd i -tered
of record on the itith day ol ,i:gtis;, 177.
and a further order din ct ing a re-sa I- it tie'
hereinatter described tract of land i:;:ie- and
entered of record t he41 h day of 1 i cell. ! r,:!77,
in the ountv t ourt -oftli state ot or-gui nr
the County of Clackamas, in the matter of
th" estat" of i'Wis I .-. Thomas, dv:' r.s- d, I
will sell at public auction at ti.e hour of one
o'clock I. M. on
Jlmida)-, tile 7th day of Jannajy,
At the Court- IIous" door in Orrjjon. 1 ity.
Clackamas county, state .f Oregon, tin- '.
lowing depcrSb'.-d real estate belonging to S;iid
estate, to-wit : omtnencing hi the middle of
t lie county . road leading irom f-ilverton to
Oregon " ity, hI or near ;:i oak In-eonthe
section line between Section IS and T. r
S, ii. 1 V. f the Willamette Meridian, arid
running thence west a half mile: thence
north one-frmrth a mile; thence ca'-fcorn-
j lourth of a mile; thence n.irth on-furt li "fa
j mil" ; thence east- t hr e-inurt hs of a mile;
I thence south one-fourth ot a mil": thence.
I west one-half of a mile; thei-C" south inif
I fourth of a mile to the place of beginniiii:.
, containing :'()0 acres more or less, being a part
of the donation claim of Wm.. M. Keier, sit
uated in the county of Clackamas and state
of regon.
Terms C. S. gold coin ; on-ha!f down, b.i!
tnce in six months. JOHN HOOK.
Dec. (!. lS77.-ot AdniY,
Johnson, Slcfown J; Macrnm. Aitys,
Final Settlement.
In th" hiatterofthe estate of V. W. Cooke.
ilec.iasHl,
VOWOX THIS DAT CA?lE FRANK
W. Foster Kiid Il uiry Coi.k". Adminis
trator's of th Hoove entitled estate and filed
their final leport and vouchers for final settle
ment, and moved t he I 'ourt to set a day for
final hearing and examination of the same;
whereupon it was ordered and adjudged by
he Court that a term of this Court be held on
Monday, ths 7th ilaj ufJanua ry, A . I,
1S7S, for f he purpose of hearing objections to
said final report and account, and for the final
hearing of said matter, at which time the
next ot kin and all ersons interested can ap
pear and make objections to such final ac
count and settlement thereof, if any they
li.-ivc. It is furt her ordered by the Court thtt
cetic" of this order be given by publishing m
copy thereof for four weeks successively Jni
the Oitfgon City F.nterpris. a weekly uw
paper published the eountv of ClackamM.
N. V. UANOAI.'Lh Count v Judtf.
Attest : V. II. H. Fohts, Countv Clerk.
Oregon City, Dec. 5, 1877-41.
Guardian's Sale.
TTOTICE IS HEREHY GIVEN THAT IN
H pursuance of an ord"r of the County
Court of Marion 'eounlv, Oregon, made on
the 15th day of October, A. I). 1877, I will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, all the right,
title and interest of Iee Wright, Orr Wright
and Ella AVriaht, minor heirs of Joseph A
Wright, deceas d, of and in and to the follow
ing described parcels of land situate in Clack
amas count v, State of Oregon, to wit:It 3
ot section 1!) and the S. W. M of the S. E. k.
and Ixts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 20, all in T. 4
It. 2K. of the Willamette Meridian, con
taining 10) acres more or less. The interest of
said minors being each an undivided one
third interest in said above described land.
Said sale will take pljice at the Court House
door in Oregon 1 ity, Clackamas county, Ore
gon, at the hour of one o'clock P. M. on
Tuesday, the 2Sth day of January, A. I
1W8. Terms of sale gold coin In hind.
II. C. RAMSBY
Guardian of said minors..
Dec. 27, lS77-ft.
NOTICE.
"V'OTICrc IS HEKKBY CIVEX TH T
.1 tny wife, Louise Ikihna, has leit my bed
and board without just cause, and I notify
the public that I will not be responsible for
any debts contracted by her after this oate.
K. O. UOHNA.
Howard's Mill, Clackamas Co., Dec.l77Ht.
.NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
'V'OTICE !! HEREBY GIVEN THAT
l the undersigned, administrator of 'b''"
tafe of Robert Wilson, deceas d. has fi ed hts
final account as such administrator in the
Countv Court, of Clackamas County Oregon;
nnd that said Court has appointed Monday,
t he 7th dav of January. A. D. DC, at the ho.ir
of one o'clock P. M. for the hearing of objec
tions to snid final account and th" sett lement
ot the sam. JOHN WILSON .
Dec. , "77 4t. Adm'r of said estate.
Administratrix's ftotice.
TVTOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN TIHT I
have been appointed administratrix oi
the estate of John Kramien, deceased, by tne
hor,. Countv Court of Clackamas count ,
Stnie of Oregon ; th- re fore all persons having
cl.iim against said estate are notified to pre
sent t hem. wi h proper vouchers, to the un
dersigned in Pleasant Hi:i Trecinet,
mas county, Oregon, within six months trom
the date of this notice.
LOCIVE KR XMIEV
Dee. 4, lS77-4t. Adm'x of ald ' -state
BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
Sale at this office. Justices of the -TCaoo
pan get anything In their line.