V
regon ecfp talesman-
8UI1, WKDSESDAI FEB. 21, 1S7"
HEPCBL1CAN STATE CESTRAL
COMMITTEE.
Call for a Convention.
A Republican State Convent ion for the State
of Oregon will be hcl.l at the city of Port
la nil at 1 A. x.. on Wednesday, the 20th
lay of March, 1872, for the purpose of nom
inating a Candidate for Member of Con
gress ; tlx Delegates to the National Repub
lican Convention to be held at Philadelphia.
June, 187J; three Presidential Electors;
and for the transaction of such other busi
ness as may be thought proper.
The several counties will be entitled to
Delegates in such Convention as follows :
Baker Counrv
Benton Count v 11
Clackamas County 14
Clatsop County 4
CoosCountv ' s
Curry Couritv 3
Columbia Coiinty 1
louglas County 13
irant County H
.lacksnn Conntv lo
looeplilne County 3
Lane County :j
l.inn County 17
Marion County n
Multnomah County 24
Polk County n
Tillamook County 2
I'matilla County 5
I'ninn Conntv 3
Wanhyiirton County 9
M'asro Conntv 7
Yamhill County 12
Total Number of Delegates. . ;. . .208
The State Central Committee recommends
that the Several counties hold their primary
elections on Saturday, March 2d, and their
County Conventions for selection of Dele
gates to the State Convention on Saturday,
March 9, 172.
T. B. ODEXEAL, Ch'n.
C. P. Crandall, See "v.
Salem, February 1. lhTi,
XOTICE.
The Heimblloan Central Committee for Ma
rlon County, are requested lo meetat Keed's
Opera limine. In Salem, on Wednewlay, Febru
ary 21. 1x72, to appoint a day for tlw County
Convention, and to apportion th4lelvtrates.
T. B. RICKEY,
Oh'n Co. Central Com.
Salem, Oregon, February 8. 1872.
TO WEEKLY MBMKIHEKS. .
All tliose knowing themselves iti
ilebte'l for tlie Statesman are request
ed to act promptly on that, knowledge
. anil remit tlie amount due. as news
papers are institutions that deserve
more credit than they get, but cannot
give credit as a regular thing and keep
ulive at it. We want wliat is due us
as soon as convenient.
TO A4JEXTS.
If you have cash on liand for us
. please remit and much oblige, yours
truly.
Corporation Influence.
The Sacramento Union plainly takes
tlie position that in time the railroads
must pass into tlie hands of tlie Gov
ernment to be managed for the best
interests of the people. The proposi
tion is already before Congress to in
troduce the telegraph as an aid to tlie
. potal system and the same argument
which originally prevailed to induce
the adoption of a national postal sys
tem, applies to the adding of telegraphy
to tliat system and may even be ex
tended to tlie maintenance of railroads
under Government control and nian
nzcnient. This Involves difficulties
and dangers by creating a power and
patronage that might be wielded in
the interest of a political party, but
that can be obviated by tlie reform of
all abuses In the Civil Service and the
adoption of a .system ot no removals
from minor positions save for sutfl
cient cause. The people themselves
possess tlie power to enforce reforms
and it lias been a noticeable tact in
American history that patronage lias
never perpetuated party power but
has often resulted in creating popular
prejudice which procured its over
throw. In the future tlie two great dangers
that threaten our nation will become
more serious unless checked by a firm
kind. W e alluded to these the other
day as arising from the power of cor
ponitions to combine capital for selfish
ends at the expense of tlie public, and
tlie Irresponsible and ignorant masses
of population which throng in cities
ami are demoralised and controlled by
tlie use of municipal patronage.
Tlie fact is evident to any mind that
the immense fortunes acquired by
Vanderbilt, Tom Scott and all tlie
railroad magnates come at last out of
the pockets of the people who have to
liy the price. As tlie country grows
the railroad traffic grows also and rail
road profits increase, which corpora'
tious disguise by increasing tlieir stock
by tlie so-called "watering process.
so that twenty years after a road is
built its stock may be three times the
original amount simply because the
corporation is unwilling to declare im
mense dividends. - It is as easy to in
crease the stock and tlien their divi
dends will appear more reasonable.
If the Government owned the nil
ways it could pay the. expense ot run
ning tliem and keeping tliem up and
lay by a sum yearly to pay for them
and reduce tares and freights to cor
respond with the expenses of manage
ment. The result would be tliat what
ever of profits should accrue would be
directly to the people in the lessening
ot charges, which would amount to the
time tiling as lessening of taxes. Then
tliere would be no immense private
fortunes and no aggregated corpora
tion Inlincnce waiting to cor
rupt legislation and bribe our repre
sentatives to sell out tleir constituents
as is now unfortunately done every
day in the year. Now, rival roads
consolidate, or combine, at the public
cost. The only considerations which
move money are seltisli, and if our
country is to grow and become more
wealthy and populous tliese corpora
tions will grow with our growth and
become more potent for evil each year.
It is a subject tliat undoubtedly lias
two sides but tlie popular side will be
come more and more manifest as time
passes and the popular mind will in
time demand and devise a remedy.
Wealth is an indication of prosperity,
but the grea test prosperity is evidenced
by a general diffusion of it. Wherever
immense fortunes exist there is a cor
responding degree of poverty to be
found" somewhere and not far off. Our
Republic does not stand on the slwul
ders of tliese great monopolists, but it
upholds tliem. Tlie people at large
bear the nation up and they, too, have
to uphold and sustain every monopoly
tliat exists within its borders.
A rich man and his millions may
disappear and the states of society is
little disturbed, but let tlie same
amount ot loss be divided among a
hundred ordinary citizens and the loss
will be lioth felt and apparent.
Since tlie age lias culled steam and
electricity to common use, ami since
invention has multiplied labor-saving
machinery in every field of labor,
' political science is called njiou to solve
problems lieretofore undreamt of but
which have to lie solved always in tlie
interest of tiie people. The Ignorance
of lormer (iges kept tlie jx opte down
and it is a good sign tliat the iutelli
vnce of this tends to make them free.
Tlierefiire tlie world has nothing to
fi-ar i'rom tliese 21v.1t enterprises ot'to-
, Lut 'we need t be on constant
"jiiinl to use t'.ietu to develop the
greatest good to tlie greatest number.
Grover.
We propose to sum up briefly
wherein Grover shines by contrast
with Woods, his Republican predeces
sor. We liave not much to say in de
fense of Woods, but it may not be
amiss to sum up his case briefly and
state the two aggravated faults De
mocracy has scored up against him.
First, he used to ride out to the Peni
tentiary, lie left the State to foot tlie
bills, however, so If tlie State believes
in the footing process, we can't really
see where it lias cause to complain.
Woods thought he liad a right to ride
wlien officially serving the State, but
t'rovir know s better, especially since
Woods' rides have been tlie subject of
Democratic criticism, so he walks out
in truly Democratic style. Again :
Woods had a corrupt Legislature go
to pieces on his hands. Tliat is
another crime he committed. There
are some who blame tlie Legislature
but Democracy prefer to blame
Woods. There is no (Linger that a
Legislature will ever go to pieces on
Grover 's hands; that was tried in
1S70, and His Excellency was found
capable of standing his baud like a
man.
Grover lias won a celebrity that
leaves the history of his predecessor
dim by comparison. Hardly was lie
Governor before lie commenced trying
to hire himself out to Ik; United States
Senator. Xot that he loves tlie Gov
ernorship less, but that he loves the
Senatorship more. All his appoint
ments and all his scheming and plan
ning, look towards the United States
Senate, and therein he excels Woods
who was content to be Governor.
Grover and Bill Watkinds have gath
ered Democrats from every county of
Oregon to suck at the PeiutentVry
tits. Some stand guard and some arc
wardens on the tower ; some do stone
work and some draw first class wages,
and some, alas! work in the brick
yard at board wages, but even tliese
want to see Grover and Bill Watkinds
go to tlie United States Senate.
All the patronage of the State looks
towards a Senatorship for Grover.
All tlie walks Grover takes to the Suite
Prison are in the direction of Wash
ington or he would'nt take them. He
finds it hard work to walk home
again because lie has then to turn his
back on his ambition ; he also leaves a
host of friends behind him wiien he
does so. Woods left no such monu
ments of statesmanship in his four
years term of office as Grover reared
up in the llrst four months. He aided
and perfected the Litigant Law-; the
Canal and Locks Law ; the Swamp
Iand Law ; the increase of salaries
law, and he lent his valuable auto
graph to put the finishing touch to them
and set them legally iu motion. All
things considered we must confess
tliat Woods has no such claims to im
mortality as Grover already has, and
never can hope to be ''damned to ever
lasting fame" so successfully. We
modestly suggest, however, that Gro
ver can never expect to reach "ever
lasting fame" by any other process,
Tlie hero of our sketch, by some ca
price of fortune not reconcilable by
any ordinary rules of logic, lias sev
eral times had greatness thrust upon
him. There are continually occurring
and recurring in political experience
emergencies where leaders ot pro
nounced opinions and positive diame
ter are not available, while some non
descript and noncommittal politician
who has made it a life long liabit to
profess principles without explaining
them, and to claim friendships with
out . earning tliem, true to no one but
himself but the tool of more astute
minds, while lie Imagines himself the
essence of subtlety, simply because he
has measured his words closer than
his honor warranted and has made his
actions always subserve his interest, is
chosen to lead on account of negative
traits of character that give fewer sa
lient points for the criticism and oppo
sition of either friend or foe tlian per
tain to men who are better and braver
and infinitely greater than himself.
The party which did not dare to nom
inate Henry Clay was betrayed by
John Tyler. The more brilliant lights
of Oregon Democracy are eclipsed by
the uncertainty of Grover.
It is dNgraeefiill, beyond precedent,
to realize that all the enginery of
State is wielded in the interest ol a
man who is not content with being
our Executive, but seek3 too greedy
promotion before his term of service
lias expired. AVe cannot, blame him
for desiring to leave Oregon, tor at
least six years, for it will take that
time to shake off his disreputable as
sociations with the State Prison. We
cannot think strange that having
aided to consummate legislation more
dishonest and dishonorable than ever
before was accomplished in our State,
and burdened his reputation with the
charge of having infamous tools in his
employ, he is willing to resign a posi
tion that certainly is not a l)cd of
roses and can never be a source of
honor, to find refuge at a distance
the greater the better. If his acts are
praiseworthy let him hold himself ftill
amenable to the popular voice, for we
fervently hope tliat the time will again
come when tlie intelligent voters of
Oregon cnu have opportunity to decide
the political fortunes ot L. F. Grover.
- Temperance.
The friends of temperance in our
midst are anxious to accomplish some
thing more decided in the way of re
straining the evils of intemperance.
Our present law contemplates tliat any
application for a license to retail
spirits can be denied on remonstrance
of the voters, but the means provided
are cumbersome and uncertain, as it is
not easy to circulate a remonstrance
and secure signers and attend to the
matter before the County Court. It is
proposed to secure the passage of a law
by which each precinct or neighbor
liood can prohibit the sale of liquor by
a direct vote of tlie people against it,
to be taken at any general election.
Such a system will more faithfully
carry out the idea of the present law.
It will be based on a principle tliat we
are obliged to respect, tlie voice of tlie
majority. This question will come be
fore the Temperance Convention to be
held soon and tlie friends of tern iter
ance evidently intend to urge it and it
is to be hoped that they will succeed in
accomplishing the proposed legislation.
A very touching stoiy about a con
scientious chicken is thus related : 'A
youthful lien found an egg and. yield
ing to the maternal instinct, sat upon
it until the process of incubation was
complete. Her mother, who had laid
the egg, and had taken great pains In
shaping and coloring it, came along,
and seeing only the broken shell, burst
into tears and "said : "Alas, my daugh
ter, who destroyed my favorite egg ?"
The feathered" offspring quickly re
sponded : "I cannot tell it lie, mother;
I cannot tell a lie. I cannot tell a lie ;
I did it with my little hatch it.
Tlie phrenologist. Fowler, is at work
among tlie high foreheads ot Califor
nia. A tight fit The delirium trem-ms.
Litigant Law in California.
The other day dispatches gave us
information that tlie Legislature of
California lad repealed the law rela
ting to litigant printing being done in
certain official newspapers. In Cali
fornia these papers were designated by
the Judges of the Districts, but our
Oregon Legislature borrowed the idea
with the improvement that the Gov
ernor appoints the organs which as
sures to I)emocratie journals the ex
clusive monooly of the most profita
ble advertising that is done and that
too at an extortionate price. The Sen
ate of the California Legislature is
Democratic, and the act which has
just passed repealing the old litigant
law originated in tliat body. The way
of it was tliat the first bill to effect that
object, which originated in Hie House,
failed in the Senate for the reason that
it made no provision lor the publish
ing of legal notices in any s!iaic. The
Senate thereof dropped that, bill and
passed in its stead an act which
makes suitable provision for publica
tion ot legal notices while it repeals
the odious law that treated especial
litigant organs.
The Senate of Oregon will have an
opportunity next fall to follow the ex
ample set by the Senate of California
and repeal a litigant act which is even
more odious tlian the law which has
just been rejiealed there. Owing to
the advantage given for the nsiu-pation
of power at the late session, which was
unscrupulously improved, the Senate
at our next session will probably be
Democratic and we shall wait with
some interest to see if the Legislature
will carry out an honest jiolicy anil re
peal the law or maintain it as an arbi
trary imposition for the benefit of par
ty journals. In view f the general
feeling that denounces, the law, and the
fact that many 1 emocrats have lieen
made to bleed by its iuipo-utions, we
expect to see its repeal effected as good
jHiliey to give the party as little-Weight
to carry as possible in the campaign of
1S74. They will soon have to go into
training for that light and it will be
good policy to get rid of this incubus
which induces us to expect a sort of
death bed repentance at the coming
session.
Swamp IjiikI Inquiries.
Coqi iixk, Jan. 27, 1ST2.
Eu. Statesman '(.- In the weekly
of the 17th inst. I read that the Swamp
Land Commission have been in session
for the past tew days for the purpose
of receiving surveys and maps. Tliat
the maps are now being duplicated,
and that as soon as this is done such
lands as are indicated in the surveys
will be properly advertised. Xow sir.
allow me to say to you that tliere are
many persons here who have just ar
rived hen, some from Wisconsin, some
from Minnesota and several from Cal
ifornia invself being one of six voters
from the latter place. We ar settling
and wanting to settle along the over
flowed lands of the Cofiiille river. We
do not know anything about yo'.ir
State laws. We had just arrived when
the rains set. iu and it keeps us busy to
find shelter through the storm. We
are here, most of us with our families,
and we are going to try to stay in this
tall timber, but we bear considerable
talk aliout what the settlers around
here call the swamp land swindle. We
would lie very glad if you would lie
kind enough through your pa -km to
enlighten us a little on that subject
anil let us know what the law really is
in reference to the swamp land,
whether this land belongs to the State
or to speculators or to the United
States as yet. This information we
are unable to get here. If the land
belongs to the State we would be glad
to know what course to pursue to get
to purchase from the State, &c.
II. H. L.
In answer to the above letter we iy
that having called at the State Land
Office we have ascertained that the
maps of the particular portion of Coos
county designated asCouuille river are
not yet tiled. There is a very long
list of claims of swamp lands iu Coos
county on file, but in man' and in
fact most instances tlie lands are de
scribed by township and section and it
is not easy to locate them so as to de
scribe them for our cotTesjHindent
As to the nature of the swamp land
law it provides that wet and over
flowed lands can be claimed by persons
who are to pay one dollar per acre and
undertake their reclamation. In the
first place the lands have to fill the
bill and be lands which are subject to
overflow so that crops cannot be raised
thereon; next, the lands have to lie
located and claimed according to law,
and we are inclined to think that the
odium cast on this legislation will
cause the State Boa nl to exercise con
siderable prudence in confirming tlie
claims which are indefinite and evi
dently intended to carry out the views
of speculators without strict compliance
with the law.
Col. T. H. Cann, agent of the Board
of Land Commissioners, suggests to us
that the proper way for those to do
who desire to locate on the Coiuille
river, or elsewhere, as actual residents
when they consider that any portion
of their claims may lie classed as swamp
lauds, is to tile with hint an applica
tion, describing the same by legal
subdivisions ca reft illy, designating
same as swamp land. I Ills will tie j
attended with no co-t, as no fees arc
exaeted, and when the State surveys
are completed and the swamp lands
designated thereon, the claimants can
hold the swampy portion under the
Swamp Lind Act. It is probable,
also, tliat whoever may have heretofore
filed 011 the lands along the Couille
on speculation, have not described such
lands well enough to hold against the
claims of actual settlers so asserted.
On recept of such application the agent
of the Board says he will answer and
give the applicant information as to
wliat claims tire located, if any, on the
lands he desires to occupy.
Mrs. Duniway docs us too much
honor in devoting so much space to
the Statesmax. We have 110 regrets
to express at not having sj)ace to sjiare
in reciprocating all tlie favors of tlie
Setr Xtirthirest, for candor prevails
over courtesy in business matters and
we believe our readers will agree with
us that types can be put to better use
than to humor that lady's morbid
craving for notoriety. We know tliat
she lias openly professed that her ad
vantage consisted in the fact that while
men would be obliged to treat her
with courtesy she is at liberty to assail
them and they dare not resent it. Slie
has evidently acted on this idea of wo
man's privilege while advocating
woman's equal rights. While we pre
fer to treat her sex with courtesy and
respect we still recognize that individ
ual members may place themselves on
a platform so "advanced" tliat they
can only be reached by the same
methods of dealing which men use to
ward each otlier.
Iu order to be a ripe scholar, must a
man get mellow ?
The City and County.
it Is ours to chronicle the most thrilling In
cident that has ever hapiiened within tlie
scope of our rtvolkvtlou. A gentleman liv
ing some twenty miles up the river, with his
little son scarce five years of age, on Thurs"
day evening last, attended to cross over the
river, as there were relations residing on the
opposite side whom ho was desirous of visit
ing. For tills iirose a small boat was
brought into requisition, a neat little craft
wlik-h he had ferried over In safety a thou
sand times, and in which he had always pos
sessed the strictest faith. The heavy rains
ef that day and of several days previous had
changed the quiet, placid stream toan angry,
sullen flood, sweeping along with frlglilful
rapidity, threatening death to whatever
should offer reliance to Its terrible wrath.
The little child was given a feat, the boat
was unhooked, gently pushed from the shore,
when the lather grasped the mrs and set out
for the other side. The bunt hail not prooeed
ed but a few yards, when she struck a snag,
and In a moment assumed an Inverted posi
tion, with ltsocciiinnls struggling In the flooiL
The child .-lung to the upturned boat while
the father swain for the i-hore to secure an
other lsmt with which to re cue his only
child from a watery grave. As UK-k as his
strength would allow he gained the shore,
severed the IkkiI from Us fastenings, and care
ful to shun the olject of lib previous danger,
started out with the hope of overtaking his
chilil. This he did in the brier space of a few
minutes. When taken ashore the child was
almost lifeless, and had It remained In the
water a few moments longer no medical skill
could luivc restored it.
Information Wanted,, Yesterday in
formation reached us to the effect that a
young man named Roliert Ewan was drowned
a few weeks .since at toos J?ay, and left be
hind a note for l,ono,some money and a horse.
We are told tliat a short time since he lived
near Sublimity In this county and owned a
piece of land which ho sold and then went to
Coos county. William fox, of tliat county,
with whom he resided at the time ol" his death,
wishes to learn whether or not the dee-eased
has relations living In this country. Anyone
possessing knowledge ujion this subject will
please call and leave the desired informa
tion at this office.
Ckutaini.y a Hoax. AVe mentioned
some days ago that tiov. (Inn er had lele-
graplied to San Francisco to have the chief of
police there board the steamer on its arrival
and arrest the Wisconsin man anil his pris
oner. ?npiosed to have ls-en captured at
Oregon City, without lue process of law.
That officer replies that he fomul no such
Wisconsin man and no such prisoner on
board the steamer, and could not learn tliat
any such person hail taken passage at Port
land. Tlie whole story Is undoubtedly a
canard and whoever got It up deserves great
credit for having humbugged several Port
land editors, items are so scarce down the
river that H'rhaps the aforesaid editors were
not so badly humbugged as their readers
wj re.
Chemical soaf Wouks The Chemical
Soap Works, as will be seen by advertise
ment, have l-en removed toSlate street. Mr.
John I. Dunn, a practical soap maker. Is
now interested in the tirm of Steads & Co.,
ami they have on hand a large amount of
soup nndofilumbleiiuality. They propose to
carry on the manufacture of soap in all Us
branches.
SKTTLKli. -The claims of Walter Bros., of
Portland, against the Commercial Hotel A s-
sivlalion for furniture furnished to the Che-
meketa Hotel, have lieen settled by compn
mise, as Messrs. Walter Itros. have accepted
the sum of $2,000 and relinquished the emu-
pane's note.
KIVKU Itkm. The steamer Alice, Capt.
Hell, came down fmml'orvallis last evening
with a cargo of eighty tons of wheat. A
great deal of freight cannot now be reached
.m account of hii;h water. The Alice leaves
for Oregon City atO o'clock this morning.
Fire. At a late hour last Thursday night,
the sawmill of the Capital Lumbering Com
bine took tire, but no damage was done, as
- Hie tire was put out by the agiplKMition of a
few buckets of water at the haii'Ls of the
night watchman. Vonlarniwas -.ouutlod.
;kmt.uv Stui:k.-4J. H. Price, on Si.ite
street, lias everything 4n tin: gr,H-ery line that
people want. Another impMi'Miit fact is that
his cake .and j ies are of the ln-st (iiaility.
Ki-ad his a ivertisi-inent.
IVMI.nu Sxiim,!.. -Legislative Hall was
crowded la.-t night with dancers. Mr. and
Mrs. Parrish are meeting with great success
with tlieir school. The satisfaction given
seems to be universal.
I'f.ilsiNAI.. Hon. J. ti. Wilson an,f Col.
K. Wiiigate of the Hallos arrived in thiselty
by last evening's train. They will return by
the earlv train to--lav.
HKill Watek. -The river was two feet
higher yesterday than at any thr.e during the
winter. Large nunutitlinf drill wood went
Hooting by.
Mail. -On account of the mud, the mail
from Corvallis to MoMtiivillo is now carried
on hor.-elwck, so we are Informed.
Fuick.-The Salem Mills shipix-d to Port
land during the present week seventy tons
of flour.
Strkkt Cit'si.i;s.- Joseph Churchill of
late lias been "doing" the cross-walks
nicely.
I. O. ;. T Regular meeting of (Yipitnl
Lodge, No. 11, I. O. H. T., this evening at 7
o'clock, sliarp. A full attendance Is desired.
On the Hunt of Grass. A drove of cat
tle assed through town yesterday in search
ot green pastures, which they m.tyflnd, but
we rather guess the odds are against tliem.
Fri-m Sunrli'ij'g Llnil'j.
Swamp Land Claims. In response
to an iiiijuir.v made by a subscril)er in
Coos county, we yesterday visited the
Swamp Lauds Department and were
introduced by the Swamp Lind clerk
to the mysteries thereof. After satis
fying our proper iuipiiry we made
otlier inquiries anil got hold of cer
tain humorous features of life under
the Swamp Land Act. The most com
prehensive claim yet tiled was presen
ted by the ex-Senator over In Polk,
who commenced "'three marine leagues
at sea" and described the State boun
daries and laid claim to till the swamp
lands located therein. It is safe to
call this a joke but there it is regularly
on file and an undoubted satire it is
upon I lie Swamp Laud Act troni high
Democratic: authority. Tliere is a
rough joke current in this connection
that lie'ing asked it he had tiled on all
the lakes, the jokist replied that his
ciaini didn't include the lake of fire
and brimstone which he left to lie
taken by Hen O , of Lane county,
and as that gentlemen has quite lately
filed on a million acres variously loca
ted, may he lit! has concluded to lap
over on to the remaining lake. There
is a storv. also, that lie.u. Haydon et
al.. filed a description of certain 2.1XKJ
acres over on tlie Kickreal and clamed
same as swamp lands. The descrip
tion tallied with the ex-tsenatoruil
farm, and when the clever gentleman
who acts as Land Agent, carefully
read over the allegations of those alli
gators to the statesman whose swine
feed on the swamps of tlie Kickreal,
he consigned Ben. Hayden et al. to the
lake of lire and brimstone aforesaid
and declared that he intended to file on
Beu's underwear as school lands. This
was another joke, of course, but that
gentleman s jokes are apt to verge on
satire, and this one is just as good as if
it was of record. lliese little inci
dents show tliat tlie Swamp Land
Act, discreditable as it is, serves to
point a moral and adorn a tale.
State Temperance convention.
Thursday of this week is fixed for the
meeting of the State Temperance Con
vention and the indications are that
the attendance will lie large, as the
Chairman of the Committee on Cre
dentials is receiving information tliat
.l.tonsitic Invp twoii mnptrtllv olei-torl
fortTie counties west of the Cascade
mountains. By tlie rules of the State
Teinierance siciety all the churches
and .schools are entitled to a represen
tation of one, delegate for every twenty
members, and it is desirable tliat they
elect before the day of the meeting of
the Convention.
Wheat The steamer Shoo Fly de
livered seventeen hundred sacks of
wheat at the Salem Mills yesterday.
Lakc.e Class. I here were one
hundred .and seven dancers at Legisla
tive Hall on Friday night.
Akhested. Insist night Gen. James
McAuliff, Sheriff of Walla Walla,
ca ne up 011 tlie train with a requsitiou
from the Governor of Washington Ter
ritory on the Governor of Oregon for
the arrest of James Sbafer, who was
cliarged with the crime of grand lar
ceny committed iu that Territory.
Gov. Grover issued a warrant for the
arrest of the accused, who for several
weeks has been 111 the charge orsilierifl
Miitlienev. the arrest having been duly
ordered by McAuliff, of Walla Walla.
Shafer will be taken back to Walla
Walla, where lie will be tried for the
crime of grand larceny.
CoxCElfT SOCIAIH.K. We y'innouiice
to-day that on Tuesday evening a
Musical Sociable will lie given at the
Opera House for (lie benefit of J'rol.
Stanley, a gentleman who has lately
come to our city with tin intention of
following inuic as a prolession. rrof.
Stanley is a very accomplished piano
ist and musician, and that, tint, when
nature has denied him the blessing
of sight with which to prosecute his
:frt. Tliose who have hoard his jer
formance neep not be told that the en
tertainment will be a success esjecially
with tlie assistance of Salem ladies who
will provide elegant refreshment tor
the occasion.
East of the Miuxtaixs. Mr.
William Craft, a former resident of
Salem, writes under date of Jan. 31st,
from Yakima, that his cattle were
doing well, having lost but two wives.
He liad plenty of leed to last through
the winter. Mr.. Nelson Mulrany,
who lives near Ivgh valley, writes
also, under date of Jan. 22d. to Janus
Hamilton, ot Polk conntv, tliat out of
seven hundred head of sheep he liad
lost two hundred and titty. Snow
was five feet deep and feed plenty.
LlCCl THE AT the Umveksitv. On
next Wednesday evening Ilev. I. S.
Knight will deliver a scientific lecture
before the Normal Cla of Willamette
University Subieet : " liinl s wings
and tails." As an ornithologist, Mr.
Knight has no sntierior iu the State,
anil we shall expect to reiKirt a large
audience on the occasion of his coming
lecture.
Stilt. She Bisks. The river was
rising steadly all day yesterday, and,
judging from present indications, it
will yet lie considerably higher before
it gets lower.
Occri.iST. AVe publish to-day a
card ol testimonial to Dr. Wilson, 01
culist, who has practiced in Oregon for
six months past with success and has
many more such tokens of his skill iu
his possession.
Nice Wokk. Frank Cook can bind
sheet music in book form as neatly
and substantially as any one can jkxs
sibly desire.
Twelve persons joined the Good
Templars last night. Tlie rest of the
city will unite with the Order on next
Saturday evening.
Personal. Mr. K. O. Norton, an
ex-reporter of the statesman, came to
the city by the train lat evening and
will remain until to-morrow.
M At;i;n:i. On Howell I'rairie. Feb.
1 itli. by 11. F. Fletcher. J. I., T. .1.
Kdmimsoii. Ksi.. of Waldo Hills, to
Miss Liietta IJrown, of Vernon.
SuciiTi.Y Damaged. Tlie steamer
Alice run against a snag yesterday
morning;, which detained her at this
place for three hours. Nothing serious
resulted.
l'.iiNFs SrM'EMd i). The Salem
Mills have not In-en in 'oix-rntioii for
three days past, on account of high j
water.
THE FLOOD.
The late attempt at a deluge has re
sulted iu a flood. The warm rains not
only sweihtl the rivers but they melt
ed the snow accumulated iu the moun
tains and caused the rivers to overflow
and to some extent spread disaster
along tlieir brinks. All tlav Sunday,
md Sunday night the waters rose witli-
in the hanks of the Willamette until
they only lacked a foot of being as
high as they were in l(i9. iIonday
morning a swift current flowed behind
the island and through the slough.
sweeping out from tlie boom ot the
South Salem Mills of Moores, Miller
ct Co., a large number of logs, of
which they succeeded in saving only
seventy, the loss being the value of
five hundred dollars. Standing ves-
terday at the Commercial street bridge
the back waters of the river were soon
spread over the mill pond and the mill
llunie was all under water. Eastward
bore the appearance of an inland sea,
while weastward the river w:ts spread
out over all the liottoms and was
sweeping masses of drill downward
with terrible force.
IIASTEItS OX THE RIVER.
Besides the loss of logs froth the
slough occasional ones went down the
river from above, but no large lots
were seen to pass, so it hoped that the
huulicrmcii 011 the Santiam were not
sufferers to any great amount.
It i reported that a tiarn went down
stream on Sunday night and rumor
adds that four horses were in it, but
we don't hear the last iKirt ot the story
confirmed though the barn was seen to
go by. Several corjises floated down
yesterday of cattle that had perished
somew here above on tlie river bottoms.
One small house in sight across the
river, belonging to the ferry company,
was swept down stream. The water
rose into several otlier houses built on
the river bottom over in Polk and the
inmates were forced to abandon them.
Huge trunks ot forest frees that had
stood proudly and looked down con
temptuously on former floods were
uiierniiued at last and bowing to fate
plunged and went whirling ocean ward.
Not that we saw them do any part of
'that, but if they didn't it is none of our
fault.
ON THE RAILKOAD.
Sunday morning tlie cars came down
on time, and just above the depot were
stopped by rinding trestle work washed
out by the overflow of Mill creek. The
train backed to the last station and
prought down timbers to use in tem
porary repairs and by this use tlie
locomotive and baggage were taken
over wheu the repairs also were washed
away. During yesterday, the waters
haying receded, a heavy force was put
on and tlie breach, which. was tlien
considerably widened, was repaired.
The engine went to Oregon City and
returned yestertlay, not being able to
reach Portland on account of tlie ovei
flow of the Clackamas bottom. It
went back to Jefferson with the train
and came down again last evening.
We hear of no great damage done to
tlie railroad, more titan can be repaired
iu a few days and fortunately all tlie
bridges have stood, and it is quite a
triumph tliat the Harrisburg bridge
lias stood the present severe test.
LATER.
The cars only go to Jefferson as tlie
bridge ' there lias received damages
which make it unsafe to cross and will
require several days' time to repair.
Some of the piles were washed out
entirely, but timbers were taken up
yesterday by the train, and the Santi-
am had fallen so mindly that it was
not doubted that the bridge could be
saved. v
ABOUT TOWS, ETC.
Tlie bridge at the north end of Com
mercial street was carried oft" its
feet yesterday morning, but was
caught and fastened nearby. It is to
le hoped tliat a Utter one will re
place it.
The mills of the Capital Lumbering
Company arc still, the water having
risen so as to persuade them totakea re-t
The Salem Flour Mills have not ran
tor several days, and their turbine is
novf entirely submerged.
The w ater works may Ik- con-idered
a monopoly in ordinary stage of water
but they have difficulty to maintain
that reputation just now. The boiler
and furnace of then: works are fortun
ately well elevated but the steam is
setit down into a well where it feeds
the stuffy Title engine, which, though
considerably submerged, pulls and
fumes away and goes on with its regu
lar knitting just a if it did not care if
school keeps or not.
The only mail that arrived yester
day was lt-otn Dalla, and had it not
been for the invincible determination
and goa-head-ativeness of the stage
driver, J. C. Lewi, we wouldn't have
been blessed with even that. Lewis
ferried the mail bags over in a small
boat, leaving his team a mile above
on the river. That stage driver will
do to bet on. for you can ilt'is-nd on
getting your mail even when there's a
Hood 011 1 1:1 1 id.
Commismon Issi i:i. We learn from
Mr. Kdcs that he is now ready to pro
ceed to Alaska and enter upon the
duties of that Collcctorhlp of which so
much mention has lieen made. His
ollicial bond, or rather the form frit.
was sent from Washington to Sitka
and that deferred matters. Litcly the
Department telegraphed to tlie Col
lector at Portland to know what had
become of him and word was tele
graphed back by the I'nited States
District Judge that the bond was filed
and approved by him and he received
word in response that Mr. Kilos' com
mission was issued and tliat he was to
proceed to Alaska Whenever George
really gets away with himself in that
direction we shall make particular note
of it, but having disappointed him sev
eral times to no purpose and licing sat
isfied that he won't go until he makes
a start, we shall wait ln-fore making
further items at hi expense.
Di:ownei at ('(his Bay. We learn
from Mr. McCormlck that the 111:111
who was lately drowned at Coos Hay
was a countryman of his from Ayr
shire. Scotland, and named Koliert
Heuchiu. He was about :!." years 01'
age, and came to Oregon about live
years ago in company with a friend
from the old country named William
Steward. Tln-v purchased land near
Sublimity, whore Steward yet remains
but Heuchiu sold out to good advan
tao-c last Milliliter, and removed to Oxis
Bay where he took a claim. Mr. Me
Cormfck represents linn as a man ot
correct habits anil a good and indus
trious citizen. He had no family, and
ha no relations in this State to inherit
his projierty.
Ocuix'o All IIksiit. Levi Ilenvn
inlorui us tliat be lias woi-d from Ocln
co of late date that alljthing tire favor
able tliere, stock doing well and none
lost 011 account of the severe weather.
It seem that south ot the Columbia
river a tew miles then' has Ih oii no
snow to prove disastrous and the loss
of stock lias not Im cii as great 'is was
feared. So many people from this sec
tion have driven stock to and settled
over there that we feel more than ordi
nary interest in knowing that they
liave wintered well.
Entektainmknt am Smtai:i.e.
The entertainment and sociable to le
given by Capital Lodge I. O. (. T.. at
lined". ( ipera I louse on Thursday even
ing next, promises to he the most en
joyable a flair ever gotten up in the
city. For a week past various coin-niirteos-
have Ix-en at work, and tlieir
labor so tar arc said to lie highly sat
isfactory. We are not furnished with
a programme as yet, but hope to make
all nt-cessirv anuouutvinent.s.
Ml SlCAL NK lAItl.K. Becollect that
to-night the musical sociable takes
place at the Opera House, where Prof.
Stanley will ierform 0:1 the piano and
will lie assisted by the amateurs of our
city in giving us an excellent enter
tainment. iM-sides which the ladies of
Salem will furnish nn elegant supper.
Covnty Loixn:. Marit n County
Iodge, I. O. O. T., meets in this city
at tlie Hall of Capital Lodge, on to
morrow at. 10 o'clock, A. M. As busi
ness of iniMirtaiice is to lie transacted,
a large attendance is desired.
COMMITTKE Ml.KTIV'1. Member of
the several committees making ar
rangements for the t'ood Templars"
Kntcrtaiumcnt are requested to meet
at the hall of Capital Lodge this after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Movi.D. Yeste'-day the offices of
County Clerk "and Treasurer were
moved back to the Court House. The
gentlemon of those otlices will be very
comfortably situated titter their liooks
and tapers are placed iu position.
Nkw Oi'Ki.'Arui;. Mr. T. .1. Leahy
is now U'legttiph erator at the depot.
His predecessor. Mr. G. If. Shaw, has
been removed to the west side to do
duty at Cornelius in the double ca paci
fy of agent and oH-rator.
Take Xotick. A wsscnger train
bound north will leave the depot at 11
o'clock tlii morning. A train is also
exjH-cted to arrive at thi place from
the north at 4 '.. o'clock r. M.
Ileal Kstale Transfers.
Ileitis llleill'or nvunl ill the Clerk's nfiiee
Iik-o Kel. 17, Is"".
John Hawkins to Jlin W M.-Ca-Oln, lots
.1 an-. in block 7i, Nortli Salem ; ciiiisilcr;i-
tiop, $.m
A J Monroe to J W M.-Casliu, hall' of lot 1,
liloek 63, Salem ; eon.-i'lenition, J1.."IIH.
Cajiital l.iinilicrlnir Commny to John W
Mct'astin, lialf of Itlm k 70, North Salem;
i-onciilcration, $1,000.
F M Hlee to America J Heeler, jiart of sec
tions 13, 1, 2;!. aii'l 24 In T S SR.S W, con
taining S:i.64 acres ; consideration, f-yxHi.
Kichanl P .Miller et al, to V I, Thomas, 320
acres of linw", more or less, In T 6 S It, 1 K ;
consideration f i"0.
James M Morris to David M Morris, X W
quarter) section 1, T 9 S K, 3 W ; c inisi.ler
ation, (COO.
Baltimouk's Gkeat Inuvstkv.
Baltimore lias a very extensive trade
in oysters, and the oyster -nicking
business is one of the mntt prominent
commercial interests of that city. The
waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries, from Swan Point to Cape
Henrv, a distance of about 140 miles,
furnish the supplies, the whole lxt
tom of the bay, except in a few lncali
itie.s. being oiie vast ovester lied, com
prising, it is estimated, an area of
about :f,000 square miles. The amount
ot capital embarked in this trade is
very Large, and gives employment to
'JO.OOO iersons. iluriiig the packing
season, which Lasts from October 1st to
May 25th, it is estimated that forty
million cans of oysters are packed and
shinned awav. "About one-fourth tlie
oysters passing through the hands of
t tie packers are put up raw anu snipped
to various points west and south in
ice ; while the remainde'r are slightly
steamed and then sealed herroitically
in cans of one, two and three pounds
each.
Ouk Timber in Europe.
The New York Erminq JVwf says'.
Oak Timber is disapiHiaring from Kn
rope with great rapiditv. France, with
an annual production 'ot 1.320,000,000
gallons of wine, is espeyially injured
bv this change. In ix.u she inqiorted
5tl.VUU.0UO staves; in lSljil she import
ed (S,000.000. irt a cost of $'.l,0)0.000.
Most of this t'unlier came from Aus
tria. France reqnires t-K-r)- year 1.
.M HI. 000 cubic feet of oak timber for
wine casks lilO,OvOfi licrrk-et,.E"0,lKK
for railroad ears, and 751.000 for build
ing purposes. In iSii oak staves were
worth six eeuleavh of our money ; in
18 Hi they were, worth fourteen cents
each. In lS2(i tlie tot.-tl vahHjof im
ported staves Wtfci e.jXHl.OOU; ttvslav
the total value ' :N.U00,0IH; A siiii-
tr increase iu the iuipartatlou of oak
for the next thirty yvtrs wiid proba
bly double tlw preswut price.
ranee, alter hiring AK-.ce and l.o-
rainc. contains t.1iWX),(H acres,- of 3
which 20,000,ttf tire eoWrvd with h
ton-sis.
In Xorwav the Central Administra
tion of forests declares, thai it is neces
sary to stop tin; cntcing dorm ot tim-U-r.
In France, fciuw ISIBV ik has
been felled mitil fall grow 11 ; that is
until thirty years ot its probable decay.
The cou-imipsiou. of oak tiuiber iu
France has dwubled daring the last
fifty years. Iu ISM ? 30,'HW.noo worth
were" con-nmciL of which $3.H0..000
worth were imported, nganst sf'JS.lKM),
(HH) consumed in 1ii)rvi which $2,
000.000 worth were imported.
The same enormous consuniptiou. is
coing 011 all over Kuroie. France
st ill possesses 20.1MI0.WM) acres of wood
land, while Italy has 1,250,000 acres.
Ktiglaud has no hearr timber hut her
traditional oaks, and livu imports are
twii-e as large as France. Hercolonies
furnish very little timber, a special
restrictive law having hn enacted in
India. March 1st, lsui. to preserve the
forests from dcstiuctiou.
Holland and llelgirau are also nearly
denuded of timber, and are large im
porters. North (lerniany Is rich in forests,
but wit bin half a ccussirv she lion le-
gnu to cut down vol tun trees, and i j
now importing from France. 5
Austria has sold her forests at auc
tion since railways have lieen intro
duced. Spain and Greece are almost abso
lutely woodless.
The German Government tue just
issued a decree creating sixty-three
forest "-administrations" in Alsace
and Lorraine, each to superintend 1L
OOlt acre of land, thus following up
with vigor XaRleons measures for
preserving the forests.
Woman vs. Female.
The term "female" as a symotiym
for woman, is a vulgarism that cnght
to Ik- scourged out of good society. A
it is equally applicable to one-half of
tlie brute creation, its use instead of
woman. lady, or girl, tends to lower
the dignity and position of woman
hood. When if .is used without the
pnicr substantive, one is sometimes
provoked to inquire w hether it is the
female sheep, or bear, or swine, that
is intended. Those who have a true
respect for w oman would never employ
a term so indelicate and objectionable
as this, it'tlwy realized how bad it was.
There may be oci-asion when its u-e
is correct and unavoidable: but tosjx-ak
of schools for young women as lemale
seminaries, or female colleges, is not
1 ii'y'titigraninialical. but ts; ntlitly vul
gar. .ail Hamilton holds up a young
lady to ridicule liecanse thject to
being called a female teacher. The
objection is reasonable and just. We
do not sav " male" teachers, "nxile"
schools, "male" colleges " liwilc"" j
clubs; certainly the great army nf pa- -.
tienf. 1 1: 1 rc i working, underpaid woman, j
should have the privilege of being called
"women," and not Iks set diwu as i
female." I
How ali-unl it would seem fo hear ;
people say. Harvard male university i
Yet is that any more riduculott than
to say. Kutgers female instil titr. or
Troy female seminary? How i.tl.in,
we hear men sK-ak ol" meeliug " fe
males" in the stii-et. Would rhev feel
complemented or insulted, were the
ladies to pass them by as " males?"
The use of this term is another evi
dence of the low estimate placed rtiioii
women for these long, weary ago. It
is the result of tlie harem idea, which
regarded" her as a mere human animal,
created for the sole purjiose ot pleasing
the fancies of her master. Woman i
now struggling to free herself from a
debasing lliralldom; yet custom is so
pow erl'til that even her friends constant
ly, but thoughtlessly, u-e this epithet,
which tends to degrade her. I'sitilly.
when one makes an elfort to win. the
standard of womanhood, then' are ii
posing bigots w1k quote the Ilible in
it condemnation. But the Ilible.
whose teachings an- the foundation of
the woman teachings, are the founda
tion (if the women cause, is a model in
respect to the use of tlijs objectionable
epithet. In no place do we find" fe
male' used when woman, or maiden,
or damsel, can lie efnployed. Those
why desire to havtfjf its authority on
their side, should follow its example in
tins respect. ,nw B, Lh-trust
Death
sneer.
We learn frotijl he Santa Cruz AVt
tfi.i' that Samuel Thompson, a pio
neer, who settled near Monterey in
1S-J2 and was lmrn in London iu 177s,
died at the home of Charles Martin, in
the mountains near Santa Cruz, re
cently. When he arrived tit the age
of foiirticu he sailed from London as ,-i
cabin boy 011 hoard a merchantman,
with the view of finding an elder
brother named William, who had gone
to sea some three years previous. For
thirty Jyears he sailed, visiting every
ocean and sea. but his pursuit was
vain. Wearied at last, he lelt his ship
at Montvrey in IS"":!. One day in the
Fall of lsit he espied a ship anchored
ntf Santa Cruz Mission and his desire
for sea life relumed, lie accordingly
made his way ai-ound the 1',-iv of"
Monterey to Siuta Cruz town, where
among the men that were engaged in
taking tallow and wheat oil Uiard tin
ship lie found his brother William.
Strange as it may seem, the two broth
ers, without a word of inquiry, greeti-d
each otlier as brother, and was as cer
tain of their relationship as .-ifler con
versation provi-d. Situ e that time the
two brothers lived constantly in the
vicinity of Santa On. Mis-ion. until
the year . s.V.I. when Willian. the elder,
died. Since that period Samuel en
joyed the U-sf ot health until the last
year, w hen he had occasional fits, in
one ot which, it is supposed he died.
His account of the old missions ia.
very interesting. The Lathers, he
said, did not treat the Indians like
human Wings. The latter were hud
dled together in stable-like apart
ments, bolted and barred Imm w ithout
at night time, and ted. iu the earlier
times, from troughs like animals;
their food often consisting of damaged
grain w hich an ordinary horse would
have relused to eat. The old man was
very kind to the natives, and few, iu
earlier times, had greater Influence
among them ; but extreme age had
rendered him indifferent to their needs
and demands, and a few years ago he
broke all connection with the people
with whom he bad lived for almost
half a century, and was khidlvcared for
to the date of his death by Martin, at
whose home he died.
The Oi:i:;on Statksmax comes to
us in a new dress presenting a beaitli
tiful typographical apiiearance. The
STATESMAN" is one ottlie liest .papers
011 the Pacific coast, a xirtion of the
country noted for the ability and en
ergy of list newspaper men. An at
tempt was made not long ago to assas
sinate the Statksmax editor, by the
keeper of the Penitentiary, a lleino
cratic rough appointed bv the Gover
nor to do his dirty work and that of
his jiarty, but the attempt failed. I he
would-be assassin was fined but $500.
The rovenior approved the act. for lie
did not discharge him. The Democ
racy of Oregon are meaner, will stoop
lower, and are more rotten than the
South Carolina Ku Klux. The next
election, however will wi)c them out,
we trust. Knntia Etoju're.
The following comparison of the loss
es by great fires, will be of interest to
many: Chicago. 1S71. -2uO,(JOO.0O0;
London, lOW. 5.000.(100; Xew York,
1835. $20,000,000; Portland. 18fi5. $10..
000. 000; Pittsburg. 1845. $10,000,000;
New York, 1845. $t.0:i0.000; San Fran-cisco,1851,$.l,500.0tl0;harli'stoii.lsi-,''.
faoOO.000; St. Louis 1-U9, $"1,000,000;
Albanv, 188S, $:i.000.0l0.
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Varnishes, Brushes, Colors, Putty, &c, &c,
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