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! J . Vi v 3!)c (Sfiitctrprtsc. OS EG ON CUT, TJIL'KSmr AIG. 8, 1878. The Locks Commissioners. "We copy the following from the Farmer: " Traveling on the cars between Sa lem and Portland a fe7 days aj?o, ve met with Messrs. Ttitom, of Tolk, and Allen Parker, of Albany, members of the Board of Canal and Locks Com missioners, who were returning from an official meeting at Oregon City, We learned from them certain particulars that vrill be of interest to the public. From the first they hare had trouble urith the Willamette Transportation and Locks company: they Lave refused to prive manifests of cargoes passing through the locks as required by law, and after resort to the courts they re fused, when the decision went against them, to give manifests of cargoes pre vious to the date of the Court's decis ion, and finally they have refused, after making every possible xretext for de . lay, to pay any dues to the State, which is entitled to tea per cent, of the net earnings, with per cent, with the dues on passenger-travel amount, if we are not mistaken, to about ten thousand dollars. At the present time the Board of Ca nal and Locks Commissioners are com mencing suit to collect the per centage due the State up to January, 1878, which is unpaid since January 1st, 1S75. The Commissioners inform us that the increase of business makes the proper ty very valuable, so that it is a great Bonrco of revenue to the owners, which makes their action more inexcusable; we do not recollect the exact amount of tonnage that has passed through since January 1st, 1S7S, to July 1st, 1878, but we think it is about 4G.000 tons, and that about 10,000 passengers have passed through it in that time. . Mr. D. P. Thompson, formerly inter ested in the company, and its secretary, we are told, places the cost of construc tion at 200,000, loaned by the State, and about $150,000 more borrowed of Michael Ueese, of San Francisco, and we are informed that the present com pany did not pay over 8200,000 for the property, beside what the State loaned it. Col. Jennings, of Oregon City', the third Commissioner, seems to have con stantly disagreed with his associates in their efforts to compel the W. T. & L. Co. to comply with the laws of the State." These strictures are all true, as wo verily believe, except that Davo, who was a director in the company, swears the cost was $390,000. As for Col. Jen nings, from his intimate relations with the Ainsworth crew, but little else could have been expected of him than to continue to be an apologist and de fender of the W. T. &. L. Co. ring. In casting about for successors to this commission, it may be well to recollect that if a majority of the Board is com posed of material of the Colonel's com position, that the law would prove a nullity. While we are on this subject we will aay that the Standard in an ar ticle recently inveighing against the law and its expenses-, recommended the abolition of the commission, and that the State officers be invested with their duties without pay. With Gov. Thayer at the head of this Bard, we should not object, but while the lick spittle and fawning sycophant, L. F. Giover, " occupied that office there was serious objection. lie is the senile nin-com-poop who was compelled to sign the bill against his protestations of its le gality, but which served to cover his subserviency to the O. S. N. Co. crew, nnder a threat of censure and a request to resign, from the very Democrats who had but a fow days previously elected him to the Senate. Of all the minions and tool3 the O. S. N. Co. have invested with their collar, the chief among them is this same L. F beside whom the Colonel, Tony, Scott and Whiteaker, are small pota toes. The Standard intimates that jnst as likely as not the Oregouian will bo fotmd in opposition to the administration. The Lord bless your innocent soul, Tony, do you not recollect how Scott, before he received- his appointment as Collector, was a captious and snarling growler at about every act of the ad ministration and Grant thought best to buy him with the office, after which he became the obsequious, fawning syco phant and lickspittle for the Silent Man ? Of course ho will carp at every thing, in the hopes that Hayes will see the necessity of spiking tho Son of a Gun by the samo balmy token ; but it will be a long time hence before such an ass warms up an office of trust, honor or profit at the hands of an hon est and discriminating Cabinet. His bumps have been examined, and while it is to be confessed he has one promi inence that fits nicely in a sinecure seat, still, as wo 6aid before, Rutherford don't see it. Tho Standard man, in order to divert tho attention of tho people from its well-known subserviency to the O. S. X". Cbi, in labored articles now attempts to draw fire by insisting that all who are not for the O. S. N. Co. are tho dupes of the Central Pacific Railroad company. The Central Pacific is very well pleased athe action of its brother monopoly, the O. S. N. Co.: there is a sort of twinship between them, and the O. S. N. Co's effort to prevent legisla tion which would open out tho Colum bia river and put tho railroad building tinder way, just suits them exactly, and the Standard man, while wearing the collar of the O. S. X. Co., does not eeem to know that by looking closely lie would also discover tho monogram of 'the C. P. R. R. blended with the O. S. N. Co.'s cabalistic letters, which are the signs of the power that hold that paper in its grip. . In 1SG0 the per capita circulation of currency in the United States was SG-70. li is now S14.G0 per capita. Good Crops Once More. The Fates who turn their averted faces away from some unhappy lands, deny ing the bounties of the seasons to the appealing supplication of their habi tan3, beam with auspicious smiles as usual on the Webfoot Land, and bring to the garners of the Granger a full re turn for his toil. The gifts of Ceres at one time looked serious, and the offer ing of Flora not florid, but the alchemy of time wrought out our usual dispen sation, and once more tho Willamette Valley, like "Old Virginia," "never tires'' of its historio bonnteousness. If anywhere on tlys mundane sphere some spot is reserved from flood, famine, pestilence and fortuitous ills to afflict mankind, surely that place is Oregon, the only exceptions or reservations to the completeness of this Eden are the few reptiles like Scott and the thorns and thistles, like Democrats, who rather too plenteonsly abound. The O. S. X. Co. at about this time will begin to cast about whom of the Legislative elect they can mildly im press, with a free pass over their nu merous lines of travel; they fondly im agine that delicate attention of this kind will not be without its effect, and with some it mny seem a token of the dawning of tho millenium "that such things can bo coming from such a Jove inspired source; but we hope such a small bait will bo indignantly spurned, as their sins against a whole people can not be atoned for by liberality to the people's representatives. The only Spartan way of treating such attentions is to- return their passes and announce to them that they will take their chanc es with the common herd, as Senator OiSeld did to the railroad company two years ago. His was -in act of upright, moral consistency; he was not to be bribed, or give'the appearance of being bribed, and ho returned the token that would indicato one or the other. In Albany, Oregon, where their is more warehouse holding capacity than there is likely to be wheat, a very vig orous strife has been inaugurated as to who will be tho best patronized. The prico for storage has heretofore been five cents per bushel, bttt tho Furmers' Warehouse folks led oil by putting this season's price at four cents; then Foster of the Magnolia Mills announced stor age at usual rates, but will give tho storer a bonus of four cents per bushel in bran and shorts. Tom Monteith then shot off his coliimbiad and fixed storage atfusvral rates and oilers a bonus of five cents per bushel in truck similar to Foster's. CLeadle, Sitnison,TIarper, Blaine. Sox &: Co. and Ballard & Isom are yet to hear from, and they may some of them cap the climax by paying the farmer something for the privilege of storing his grain. We think the Grang ers will be better "served by paying a reasonable sum for the care of their grain product. We want to ask the Standard man whether or not, he will sustain an act regulating fares and freights to the basis now charged on the O. & C. Jl. 11,, a railroad li tie, which has tetf times more capital invested than his pet friend, the O. S. N. Co?' It would re sult in curtailing the charges of the O. S. N. Co. to about one-fourth tho rate they now charge, except grain-freights; so don't be precipitate nud say "yes" before you know the consequences which would result to the monopoly. If you cannot support it give us reasons why. It will be amusing to see how many shifts you can make to aoid the real reason, nnJ as u sample of tangled lexicology will be worth thereading. Tho Orenonian of Monday has a lead er arguing over the same ground with reference to the employment of friendly Indians a3 allies that wo advanced two weeks ago.We are glad the Oregonian man, after having digested our article so thoroughly 13 able to reproduce it; bnt you are too slow Scott. Try a fish dish and seo if that won't revivify that brain which is fast addling under the restraint imposed upon it by your master; besides you could not have consulted with the O. S. N. Co. about that leader.- as Indians to fight In dians would destroy a largo amount of transportation business now done by that company. Another such an offence and your emolument will bo" circumcised. Col. Parish of the Commercial Reporter has secured a monopoly of the market and monetary dispatches from the Western Union Telegraph Company for Oregon. This indicates enterprise. The Colonel has been assidnon3 in compiling Oregon statistics for several years past, and the Reporter is recog nized as standard authority for com mercial news in Oregon. The above conquest adds another dependency on which the merchant must lean for in formation. We are glad to see him add other outposts to his stronghold on public support. The Central and Union Pacific Rail road Companies have given notice of an increase in overland freight rates, amounting iu many instances to 100 per cent. The object is understood in New York, to be to force shippers into special contracts for all classes of freight and thereby divert the heavier classes from shipment by se3. In other words, it means the inauguration of a strong competion with the Pacific Mail Steamship -Company. A few colored Republicans of Edge field, S. C, attempted to form a Re publican club. 'For this great crime against the Hampton government, the Edgefield Advertiser demands - that the ringleaders be hung. A club of col ored Republicans cannot 1i tnlowto ;n Edgefield. The Proper Course. A writer in the Dee suggests a propo sition with reference to the situation which confronts the Legislature in tho matter of regulation of fares and freights, wLjeh is so parallel to our previously expressed views that we re publish it: " It i3 tho quickest, cheap est, and therefore the best way out of the environment of monopoly toils the assertion of the right of the sover eignty of tha people in tho gradation of fares and freights: "Many suggestions have been pro posed by various writers who are alive to the danger of tho era, to litigate ia some manner to check the maglignant monopoly of the O. S. X. Co. over tho Upper Columbia conetry; but none of them, as I conceive, have suggested the most effective sanitarium inasmuch as Mr. Pennoyer's remedy is to tax the whole people and build railroads around the portages; Governor Thompson's plan is to tax part of the people for the same purpose; while the purchased toadies. Scott and Xoltner, say, "bnild canals." As this is a ten-years' job i, is easy enough to discover the O. S. Co. in tho meal tub of the Oregonian and Standard, and they are the ones who prompt this suggestion. Xow the easy, practicable, lawful and effective road out of the difficulty is for the Leg islature to dejreo a-regulation of faros and freights nnder tho plain guidance of the law, as has been already adjudi cated by the Supreme Court. Ia sixty days, through this instru mentality, the Gordian knot is severed, the entanglements are solved, and the backbone of the O. S. X. Co. monopoly broken. How? Take the present schedule of freights and fares charged by the Oregon & California railroad, which they have abided by for the two years last past, and which, therefore, must meet tho demands of their invest ment, aal is consistent with theiuterests of the producing classes on their route. Enact that transportation companies operating in Oregon shall not charge in excess per ton per milo for similar dis tances of that tariff. By referring to it we find that for distances less than 20 miles they cliargo ten cents per ton per mile; from 20 to -10 miles, about six cents per ton per mile; and abovo -40 miles, at five cents per ton per mile. This scale is rather higher than that tariff, and we have stated it withiu reasonable bounds. Tho consequences of ah enactment of that character would be not to harm any existing freight schedule in Ore gon except that of the O. S. X. Co., because that company i3 the only one which uses its monopoly rights so un scrupulously as to defy ordinary decency and sense of propriety as to a freight rate within the State; and n account of the current jurisdiction of Washington Territory with Oregon on the O. S. X. Co. route, this enactment would only affect that company in one place; but that is tho vital point, ah.! is tho only key to the present impregna ble position of tho O. S. X. Co. (we refer to the portage l-ailroad from the Dalles to Celilo, which is fifteen long in Oregon, and consequently would come within tho purview of the enactment wo call for). This would compel the O. S. X. Co. to wnvey freight in tho order of its arrival over that road for one dollar and fifty cents per ton, and this would immediately open out the Columbia river to compe tition. Tho jxrtage at the Cascades amounts to nothing: independent lines are now constantly landing stock withiu a mile and a half of the upper 1-nding, and if there was any call for it can jnst as easily reduce the distance to one mile. Contracts can bo let with reliable teamsters for carnage of freight across the portage for one dollar per ton. The steamer Northwest on the Upper Columbia is embargoed from business by tho decree of the O. S. X. Co., who have issued orders to shippers iu consistency with their claim for ab solute autocratcy over that region of country, that local rates (which with them means any whim of prices that suit them for tho moment) will bo ex acted on goods shipped on the bteauter Northwest, and must bo paid to the O. S. N. Co. This infamous aud revolt ing decree has received a proper airing iu tho Senate of tho United States, and its nnpara'leled infamy did much to double the Government appropriation for the locks, and fortified Senator Mitchell to insist on his demand that the Northern Pacific railroad should be made to break its damnable conspiracy against an unfortunate section of coun try, which passed the Senate unani mously. Now let the State Legislature pass the law I havo sketched, and the steamer Northwest will come laden with wheat to Celilo, which the O. S. N. Co. must transport to tho Dalles for one dollar and fifty cents per ton. Here steamers will be constructed immedi ately, which will be overglad to carry to the Cascades for one dollar per ton; the laud transportation across the Cas cades will be a dollar additional, and from there to Portland one blast of the trumpet would summon a dozen inde pendent steameis who would gladly en gage to do it for one dollar per ton. It would immediately emancipate the whole Upper Columbia country, and is the only quick and radical cure which can be devised. Isow the next ques tion is, Have we straightforward and honest men enough in the Legislature to carry a measure of this kind? We answer: If tho delegation east of the mountains, whoso constituents are most vitally concerned in this measure, do not have any unprincipled, unscrupu lous and purchasable tools among their number, it can easily be done. The Republicans, almost to a man, aro solid for it; and Democrats of the incorrupt ible kinl, like Mathieux of Marion, Hendricks, Galloway, Burch and Brad shaw of Yamhill, Wheeler, Hamilton, Schooling, Hewitt, Hazard and Nen man of Lin a and Grant, Townsend of Polk, and Hughe-sand Green of Benton, are not to bo wheedled or bought off ou this question. Among the Democrats it is pretty safe to say that from their instincts and predilection, a member of the Senate from Multnomah, Clackamas, Benton, whose name i3 Palmer, and Lace, whose name is Whiteaker, will stand by the O. S. X. Co. through thick and thin; and it will be like good coming out of Nazareth if any of them stand in with the people in thi3 contest. But we think wo havo pretty well separated the sheep from the goats; and we do not think as many friends of the O, S. X. Co. will exhibit them selves in the House as there will in the Senate. However, every man will doubtless have to run a gauntlet of offered bribes, as the O S. N. Co. can af ford to spend a million dollars to defeat this legislation. Whosoever stands trno to the interests cf the people can be counted as .without price, and will be those whom their constituents can safely trust for preferment in the future. Let us remember, too to,'watch the career of those who vote against the bill, and see how soon they emerge from their impecunious surroundings. We would suggest in so voting they will incur suspicion, and so forfeit their good name in community, and we would therefore, as the game i3 mighty, advise them to sell high. A commgn Mis souri puke in the Legislature, under the present circumstances, is worth twenty thousand dollars to them, and a man presumed so have brains fol lowing a corresponding valuation. However, we feel cerfain that the integ rity of the Legisturo as a body, i3 abovo reproach and tho labors of the henchmen the O. S. X. Co. will put in the field will be put in the field will be put ia the field will doubtless be barren of result. I feel sure tho Bee, as aD earnest demands of the to the bribbed. exponent of the people, in contrast gagged and fawn Orenonian, is known ing Standard and among sheets tho readers of the last-named as above the influence of the of the O. S. X. Co., and I therefore call upon you to give prominence to the certainty that the little legislation that I have cited is a certain cure for the ills of monopoly, which has built up an in solent autocracy in our midst. The Standard and Oregonian are sealed to any suggestions calculated to free tho people from the grip of the O. S. X Co.,' and the Uee islhe only avenue open to the ear of their reades. Yours, Fok the Contest." " The-following are the particulars so far as we have been able to learn, of a shooting affair which took place at tho landing last week: On Tuesday evening, the 23d inst, a half-breed, named Bill Theodore, who, for the last four or five years, has been living with the Columbia river Indians, and has at' times been in the employ of the Switz ler Bros., left here, telling ' William Switzler that ho was going down to help John and Jahuc gather up horses, no was dressed like a white man hav ing on a white shirt and his hair cut short. Wednesday evening he rode into Umatilla landing, leading another horse, and put his horses in the livery stable. His appearance in town created lots of excitemement some wanting to kill him when ho wa? arrested iu order to save his life, and locked in the upper story of a school honse. He lad only been there a short time, and rolled up in his blankets and laid down, when four white men rode up and shot him, it is thought fatally, though at last ac counts ho was yet alive." Pendleton Independent. This is a sample of outrage which is continually going ou, iu a greater or less degree east of tho mountains, and when tho friends of this Indian take their revenge, what all owl will go up from the great body of unprincipled white men that nothing but an exter mination will save theni from a similar fate. If the Indian instinct was tem pered with that poetic justice which would lead him to visit his revenge on the identical persons who do him wrong, wo should not complain; in fact wo would bo glad of it; but un fortunately he is satisfied to wreak his vengeance ou the first pale face ho can encounter. The four who committed tho contemptible and cowardlj murder of this Indian, should be hung, not only as im expiation for their offence, but in order to save an innocent man or woman from the sacrifice of Indian retaliation. There are more fiends than tho Indians. now would Scott do for next-Senator? We have not pressed his claims much since election, as it seemed as if we had little to say about it, but from tho way he is cutting at tlio Adminis tration it is plain to see he is dissatis fied, which is true Democratic theory. Of course an office would tono him vip some, but thero are no vacancies, and he is good for two year3 of opposition to Hayes. Whai' changes tho whirli gig of time m ay bring about ia two years, the Rev. Bro. Atkinson could not fignro out ia seven col.imns of sta tistics; by that time Chadwick may be a Greenback scold, Slater, a Woman's Bights Reformer, Hawthorne a howl ing dervish, McArthur a ranting Tem perance orator, traveling for the de struction of- the ardent in the place of tho alphabetical Dunbar; Nesmith the advance agent of Henry Ward Beecher, and Noltnerarabid Abolitionist there is no telling and Scott, by the same point of reasoning, may be tho Simou pnre Democrat. lie ate crow with unc tion recently, and feathered his nest while in office, which aro strong Demo cratic tendencies, and besides being a persnasable tool, would meet the de mands of the O. S. X. Co. We com mend him to the Democracy and may the Lord have mercy on their souls. The jury to whom was submitted the question of the liability of tho Salem mills for the use of the word " patent" on their unpatented flour, to which we referred last week, failed to agree: nine standing for aequital, aud three for con viction. While the owners may be technically guilty, by reason of want of knowledge of the liabilities incurred, still, as no one was injured by tho de ception, we aver that it is cold-blooded and malicious prepense to stand for their conviction, which would be noth ing more nor less than ruin to the Sa lem mills, for an innocent infraction of a musty law. Xo twelve men can bo found in Oregon to bring in a verdict of guilty against them standing thus in a cor-relaticn of guilt and innocence. And now comes an up-country news paper, which relates how the boue3 of a mammoth man have been dug from the ground in the Palouse country, who when living must have been at least thirty-nine feet high. We would sug gest to Jap. Slover that this may give him a clue to his ancestral lino if pro perly traced up. The proposition of tho United States to hold a Monetary Conference to settle the question of the relations of gold a;;d silver has been accepted by France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Holland, Austria, Russia and England. Dnn Barlow & Co, have lately issued their statistical record of mercantile failures in tho United States for the first six months of 1878, from which several important conclusions have been drawn. It appears that the num ber of failures, as compared with tho samo period in 1877, was 1,87G more, aud tho amount involved 31,220,595 greater. This enormous increase is ac counted for on fivo separate and spec ial grounds, the principal of which are business d isturbances aud doubts caused by the increasing financial tinkerings of Congress, and the repeal of the bank rupt law, which precipitated the in solvency of tottering firms all over tho country, byinducing them to seek shelt er under the Bankrupt Act before the date fixed for its repeal. In glancing over the ong and dreary list of defunct houses in the different States and Ter ritories, it will be seen that San Fran cisco and St. Louis have been the least sufferers. During tho first six months of 1S77 tho losses by failure in'this city amounted to 5,802,085, while for the samo period of the current year they v re but 1,826,747, a difference of 3, 975,288 in favor of the first two quar ters of 1878. S. F. Com. Herald. July returns of Agricultural Bureau at Washington indicate that tho con dition of the growing cotton crop con tinues to be so satisfactory that un less some unforseen disaster should overtake it, it will be the largest on rec ord. The largest crops hitherto gath ered have been in 1859-G0, 4,801,000 bales; 1870-71. 4,317,000 bales; 1875-76, 4,032,000 bales; 1876-77, 4,474,000 bales, and that, of which the tail end is now being marketed, wiil reach about 4, 750,000 bales. The crop now growing is estimated to produce 5,000,000 bales shoulp present auguries be fulfilled, and if it so turns out there will be avail able for export, after supplying all the wants of our own mills, both Xorth and South at least 3,500,000 bales. At the present prico say 10?i. cents gold at tho southern seaboard for average qual ity of the crop, a bale of cotton is Worth 50, so that that the foreign exports ot the South in this one item alone will reach the prodigious sum of 175,000, G00. NEW TO-DAY WAR TED. i gtl TONS OK STRAW '.VANTED AT --.9w the Clackamas Paper Mills. 5 er ton, delivered. Parties having teams unem ployed would do well to call on the under signed at the Mills. W. LETHWAIT. Orkoon City, Aug. 8th. 1S78-1W. Choice Bargain. 1 te t X4 ACRES OK RICH LAND OX ...m93w the Clackamas river, 3?S miles from Oregon City: 1 miie from Fa per Mill Railroad Station; 23 acres in cultivation ; .3 acres of orchard : -U acres under fence; line running water on tho place. Pric -, Sl,5"0 : Sl.'itM doYJi; balance on tim, with terms easy. T. HARTI.KTi'. t'KEiws City, Aus Sth, 187S-3ni. For Sale. F OTTR HEAD OF WOKK-HORSES FOR sale by W. A. tSTARK W EATII Kit. livinir iLt ii nm iietLu river, lour liiiies south of Oregon City. Terms of saie, cash. Orkoon City, Au,r. S. lS7ri-.it. JOHXSOX, HcCOfl'X & MACRIK. Citation. IN THE COUNTY COURT OFTIIECOUN ty of Clackamas, .State of Oregon, in the matter of the estate of Adam Weatherston, deeeased. John T Apporson, administrator of said es tate, having tiled a petition tprayinj; for an order to sell the followins described real es tate boloninir to said estate, to-wit. : IJlock No. 11. situated in the County Addition to the town of Oregon City, Clackamas County, Ore gon, to enable him to pay claims against snid est ate, charges and exposes of administra tion. The Court ordered that the Hit h da v of September, 1.S7.S, bo set for hearing of all mat ters in said petition contained, and that cita tion be published in the Okkgox City Emeu prise. Theretore, in the name of the state of Oregon, you, Ann Weat hcrton, Villiam Weat hereon. Lillian Weathcrston and Herb ert in-atherston, heirs at law of said deceas-'d, and all other heirs unknown, if any there be, are cited to be aud appear in said Coi'rt on tho Hit h day of Sept-tn ber, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M. and show cause, if any exist, why an order of sale should not be made ss In the petition prayed for. J. K. WAIT, County .Iinltre of Clackamas Countv, LTesron. Attest : Y. II. II. Fol-ts, 'ierk. Oregon City, Aus. 8, lS7.S-td. last ion Any one owin.cr me money must pay up within two weeks from date or stand all con sequences thereafter.? V. LEVY. Oregon City, August 1st. 1878. COQTV ASSESSOR'S 0TICE. TOriCE IS HI-RKRY GIVEN THAT THE 1 Hoard or Equalizat ion for the County of Claekamfs will meet at thoottice of tho Coun ty Clerk on the last Mnnrlni in Aurju-t, 1S78 to publicly examine the Assessment. Roll cor rect all errors in tho valuation and d scrip lion of lands, town lots or other property and to transact such other business as may legally como before 1 he Hoard. MAXWELL RAMSRY, Assessor of Clackamas Co., Oirn. Oregon City, On., Aug. 1st, lS7S-tr. Johnson, Jlcfown & Macrnm, Att'ys. Final Settlement. In the County Court of Clackamas county, Oregon'. Int hp matter of tho estate of A. J. Stubbs. de ceased. - JULIA A. STUnriS, ADMINISTRATRIX of the above entitled estate with the. will annexed, having filed her final report and account with necessary vouchers and prayed for tinal settlement, it was ordered and ad judged by the hon. County Gourt ot the coun ty of Clackamas, State of Oregon, that Mon day, the '2d day of Sept., 1878, be set apart for the tinal hearing of said report tit which time any person interested can appear and tile objections to said final settlement if any thev have. JULIA A. STUD1SS, Adm'x, with t he will annexed of said estate. August 1, 1878. Iw PP.C3ATE NOTICE. TV. WA IT. COCA-TV .JC1JGE, WILL be at his office in this city every Monday from 9 o'clock a. M. to i i: at. for the transac tion of probate business. -Oregon Cit , July 18, 1878-tf. P'J3L!C LAfID SALE. VTOTICE IS HKKKItV GIVEX THAT Lj in pursuance of instructions from the Commissioner of the General Iind Oflioe.un- der authority vested in him by sec. 21";o of the Revised Statutes, we shall proceed to oiTer at public sail?, on A u trust 2 HU, A. I). at this office, the following: tracts of public lands, to wit : I-ot No. 0 of sec. 8, T. I S. of R. 3 West, N. V. H of S. V. i, S. 10. of S. NV. H lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and oof sec. 2D, T. 3 H., Ife. 4 F ' lots 1, 4. 5 and 0 of sec. 20, T. 1 S., R. i W lots' No. 3 and 4 of sec. (J, T. 1 S., R. 2 V. : the S V f '-,t5. T- 5 H. 2 E., and lot No."4 of sec. 8 in T. 5 S. of R. 4 W. All persons having pre-emption rights on any portion of said lands are advised to make prools thereof and payment lfore the day designated for said sale, otherwise their rights will be forfeited. I. T. BARIN, Register. T. R. HARRISON, Receiver. Oregon City, July 18, 1878-1 w. CE OHAS. H. CAUFIELD, BROKER, City, Og-n, BUY AND SELL COUNTY AND T T City Orders. Notes discounted on reasonable terms. Loans negotiated. Money on hand at ail times to loan on first class security. Deposits received subject to order. Six percent, interest paid ou time deposits (not less than three months). ontco: 'With K. 1. Eustham in Myers JlrUk. myt,78-tf. have opened tiik BARLOW HOUSE. I Have given this popular house a thorough renovation from cellar to gar ret, and propose to make it a house second to none in Oregon, this side of Portland. Everything will be done to advance the com fort of the guests. The House is large aud com modioli s. ianl anil Ij'.ils!n jht week 5 OO Itoanl per -veeli..... 4 OO MealHuml lSeds, eiteli Ji3 Free Coatli to il from like Hotel. T. A. BACO.V, Proprietor. Oregon City, May 3d. 1878-tf. NOT FAIL to aenrt for our CatalojrHe. I contains price and teMriptioit of itioMt every article in cen rral uKF.anil I" valuable to A5Y Pi:KSX eonteiu putt ing tlie pnrcliae ot any article tor .Per sonal. Kinily or Agricultural ntie. VI nave done a large trade tlie past eaoi iu tlie remote parts of tlie Territories, and have, nilli fexv eeeptloim. exceed ed the expectations or tlie purchaser, many claiming to Iiave made a savins: of 40 to per eent. We mail lltee ( ATALOia-KH TO AN V A1M1RESS. fRKK, I'POS aPPHCATIOS. lVesell our goods to all mankind at wboleaale prices in quantities to suit. Keferejice, l'lrkt National liank, Chicago. MOKTCOMERY WARD & CO., Original Orange Supply House, 337 A Z'i'J Wabash. Ave., Chicago, III. S 1 O,O0 N REiL ESTATE SECURITY, I suiiis to suit. I5AKIX A ATIIEV, Att'ys at Law. Oregon City, May i), 1878.1m. JOHN SSHRA M , hin St.. Oregon City. .lIAM'FAL'TL'ltEG, AM) niPOUTEB OF f A Sld!es, Usirnces, f" iv OlM Sadlery-ilard-Lj--X v4tre, etc., etc. eSAJeii, sV7-IIIC.II HE OFFERS AS CHEAP AS T Y can be had in the State, at WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. tt'Jl warraut my goods as represented. JOHN SSCHKAM, Saddle and Harness Maker Oregon City, Oregon, Nov. I, l.s75-tf. LIVERY, FEED, AHD SALE l . i3 II I.tk. JS ikJ aJ rpiIE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OF i i he Ei very Stable on I-'i:ih street, Oregon City. Oregon, keeps constantly on hand Hiigi;ivs, 'Carriages anI Hacks. Saddle aitsl HujT.sjy Horses. Prices XJonsorinlle Oregon City, Nov. 5, 1875. Proprietor. G H R i 3 . ZAUN&B, DEPOT SALOON, Opposite tlieKaiiro:d lepot, KKEPS THE REST liflTCH AXD CIGAItS in the City. Ciive him a call. Jy5-tf. ESTAl5LlHi:a 1MJO. R. S. & A. P. LAOEY. ATT C R N EY S - AT - LAV, m Seventh Strcti, Vasliinffton, D, C. Patents anil Inventors. WeTsccur? Letterf Patent on Inven tions. No attorney fees in advance in appli caiions for Patents in the United states. No charges unless the patent is granted. No additional fees for obtaining and conducting a rehearing. sp'-cl:il attention given 10 In terference Cases before the Patent Ollice, Ex tensions before Congress, Ipfringenient (Suits In different. States, and all UtigAtion apper taining to Inventions or Patents. We als pro euro Patents in Cunada and other roreign coil utiles. Send Stamp for Pamphlet giving full instruction and terms. V, S. Courts and Departments. Claims prosecuted in the Sopreme Court of the L n lied States, Court of t hums, and all classes of iwar claims before the Executive IX'partmcnts. Arrears of Pay and Bounty. Officers, Soldiers ana Sailors' of the late war, or their heirs, aie in many cases en titled to money from tlie Uovernnient, of which they have no knowledge. Write full history of service, and state amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose st 1:111 p, and a full reply after examination, will be given you without charge. Pensions. All'Ofl-.cers, Soldiers and Sailors, at present disabled, however slightly, from wounds, rupt ore or ot her injuries, or diseases received or contracted in ihe line of duty in the late war can obtain a pension. Many now draw ing pensions are entitled to increase. V. S. General Lmul OlUce. Contested Land Cases, Private En ml Claims, Mining "re-em pi Ion, a nil-1 omesiend lasts pres'nted before the ticneral Land Ollics and Department of the Interior. I, a nil "Warrants. We pay cash for Pounty Land Warrants ami Additional Homestead Scrip. We inite correspondence -with all parties having any for sale, and give full and explicit instruc tions where assignments are imperfect. We conduct our buisness in seperate Bureaus, having therein the assistance of able and experienced lawyers and clerks, and give our closest personal supervision to every impoitant pap-r prepared in each case. Promptest attention 1 11113 secured to all business intrusted to us. Liberal arrangements made with attorneys in all classes of business. Address B. S. & A. P. LACEr, Attorneys, Washing ton, I). C We pre fere to Hon. M. (Jr. Emory, Presi dent 2d National Hank, Washington, I). O. ; C. E. Prentiss, Esq., Cashier Herman Am. National P.ank, Wnshington. I). C. ; Hon. C. Eewcy, I 'rest. liar. Natl. P.ank, Cadiz.Ohio ; Hon. H. Waldron, V. Pr-st. 1st Natl. Uank, Hillsidale, Mich. ; J. R. Hannj.E sq Cashier City Natl. Cank, Denver, Col, :J. D. Knox, Esq., Ranker, Topeka, Kansas. mi WELHOIT'S 800A SPRINGS. . s. riHIS POPUEAR SUMMER RESORT HAS 2L Just been refitted and remodeled, and is now opened to the public by NOBLE & MANN. At this hotel tlie tables will be spread with he b"st the market affords, and particular pains will be taken to advance the comfort of guests in every particular. Campers will find everything In the way of Edibles, Groceries, Canned Fruit, Provisions, Etc., Etc, In the Store. Tho BATH HOUSE Will be in competent hands, and will be fur nished in a comfortable manner. Roard at the Hotel, per week $7 00 Meals and bed each '. 50 Cam page for the season I 00 Horse feed, etc., on the ground. The various charges at the Springs will be very reasonable. XOBLE & SI A NX. May30.3-tf. SELLING OUT AT COST! OW I N G TO A DESIRE TO CLOSE OnT his business U J B. A. HUGHES Is selling out at COST PRICES his largQ STOCK of merchandise; An J must close in sixty davs, at least Call and see for yourselves what bar"ii he can give you in his assortment of ,uns DRY GOO D3, CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, SUOES HOSIERY, o m ' LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS PERFUMERY. TABLE CUTLERY CROCKERY, GLASSWARE ' ' HARDWARE, FARMING UTENSILS ETC., ETC., ETC. ALSO?... Itope, Grain Sacks, "Wool Sacks Tobacco, ' And many other articles. Now is the chance for housekeeper! and otters to lay In a a good stock of TEAS. COFFEE, ana a supply of FAMILY GROCERIES, At small cost. There is no humbug about this. am de termined to quit business inside of sixty davs and consequently will give better bargains' than can be had at any other place. Eeon if j ou do not wish to purchase, call and see for yourselves 13. A. HUGHES May 3, 1878. 2tf J0H& GRAN & CO. JPorlijiiid, Ojru., HAVE NOW IN STOCK A VERY EARGR assortment of DRY GOODS & FANCY GOODS o Special attention is called to cur ELACK SILKS, GRESS G0CCS, LINEN SUITS. LADIES & CHILDREN'S HOSIERY, LADIES UHDERWEA, r?N'S FU.lKiSX.'KS GCGD3, ETC., ETC., ETG., ETC, PRICES ESPECIALLY LOW! ,KIO KAxV & CO. FIRST STREET, Ktlween Wash i n-ton anl Alder. May 10 lS7S-3m. ATTSKTEOK I j I. SELLING- GOO WAY DOWH !H PB10ES ! CALL AF3 ES COfiVIKCED At Crick Stor3 2tioors north of drug slore. 50,000 ICS. WOOL WASTED We will pay the highest market price. P CDUGE EQU3HT AND SOLD. Oregon City, May I(i. 1878. GASVSBRgUS BEER. rpiIIS CELEBRATED BEVERAGE FROM. J 1j. Feurer's brewery, nt Portland, is con stantly kept on draught at JACiC TSE&SATH'S SALGON. It is the best beer in the city, and we inyita the public to call and give it trial. Oregon City. March i, ISTa-tf. CLIFF HOUSE. OREGON CITY, OREGON, T. W. RHODES, Pi'oprietoi". Transient Board, SI to $3 prr !?. Sinyle Meals ......50 crntk, Hoard "jcr ll rrk 5 VU Hoard and Ivodjcint?, per wlt. "SG ft The Table will be supplied with the best the market affords. Hall Suppers furnished on short notice, nd at reason aide terms. Nov. 19. 1875 :tf Johnson, McCown & Sacrnm, Ally's. Administrators's FJotice. VOTICE IS HK1IK1JV GIVEN THAT iJl the undersigned has been duly appoint ed Administrator or the estate of Samuel Wy land, deceased, by the hon. Countv rourt of Clackamas, State of Oregon; therefore all persons having claims against said estate will present theni to the undersigned duly verified within six months from thu date at the office of Johnson, MeCown & Macrum in Oregon City, Clackamas countv, Oreiron 1 A N 1 EI , W Y LAN 1, AdinT. Oregon City, July io, 187S-4w. LUMBER M.UBIBER! 01irts. Cut t ihij:, "WOTTED INFORM THE PURMC 7 JAT. T he has purchased Hisby & Cutti? iSw. mill, eight miles east of Oregon City.ai Jthat is prepared to lurnish FIR AND CEDAR LUMBER, of every description nt low rates. - Cedar-Ceiling, Rustic, Water Fir. Fence Posts, etc. . . nrjohn Myers, agent in Oregon City, wiu keep a supply of Lumber, of all kinds, alwa."1 s on hand. Oct. 5, 77-tf . ' fO CITY TAXPAYERS. milE CITY TAX HOEE FOU 1S7S IS QNV I in my hands for collection. CitytMfS are now due, and must be paid before v-t. 1st, I&7S, Delinquent taxes will; be collectea with costs. FRANK M. AEHRIOIIi. Oregon City, July 3. 1878. City Collector. T. .T. SLOVEB, PAINTING, KALSOMIXIXO AND PL.ASTKKING. WILL CONTRACT BY THE SQUAKf or by the Job. The best stock in tbe market used In every Instance. - (w. Orders left at tho Postofllce will rcccIve prompt attention. Oregon City, April IS, ISTS-tf. i .1 4 , 4 X vT3 ... V I COURTESY OF BANCR0FfLIi3HAiU: T- BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA