u
OUR GUESTS.
Salem's Reception to the
Californians.
EXEECISES AT THE CAPITOL.
jovernor Pennoyer's Address of Wei-eome-A
5 umber of Eire Hent
Speech Made.
The journey of the two excursion trains
from Ashland down through tbe Rogue
fcjrer, Umpqna and Willamette valleys,
Sonday,waa a continued ovation. A start
til effected from Ashland at 7 a. m., the
California train of eleven coaches taking
tbe lead, and tfe Oregon train following.
The weather was beautifully cool and
clear, and made a typical winter day,
Though it was Sunday, and demonstra
tions could not therefore be noisy, large
crowds collected at the depots of every
1 station along the line. Tte first stop was
txiide at Medfurd, where a liberal display
of fruits and vegetables was made. 8 tope
were made at Gold Hill and Grant's Pass,
where addresses and speeches of welcome
Were delivered. At Glendale the Oregon
delegation went aboard the California
train, and at Koseborg returned to their
quarters with tweoty or thirty of the Cal
ifornians. Speeches were made and
hearty expressions of good wiil manifested
on either side during the remainder of
the trip. At Eugene and Albany there
, vers the usual stops and speeches and
the trains arrived at Salem at 10 :Z0, over
so hour later than the time announced.
At- 9 o'clock poople commenced to
'gather at the freight depot here, and
waited with patience the arrival of
the excuisionista. The tediousness of
the delay was enlivened to some extent
by the strains of the II. A. C. band, and
when the trains arrived they found about
500 people awaiting them. No formal
reception was offered, but welcome was
tendered bv members of the Salem com
mittee, and mutual acquaintances were
formed. The guests remained in tbe
sleepers all night.
salem's bkcektiok.
Yesterday morning dawned cold and
foggy, but such a disagreeable condition
of the weather had no chilling effect upon
the welcome tendered to our California
and Portland guests About 8 o'clock
the streets be if an to re nued, ana at v a
procession was formed by the active re
ception committee, and, headed by the
11. A. C. band, marched to tlie state
house. There about 700 people had al
ready gathered, and this number was
swelled bv the arrivals and East Salem
school to aljout two thousand, in the
hearts and a pun the hps of every one of
whom was a rizht roval welcome to the
southern visitors. The exercises took
place in the representatives' hall. After
the guests were comfortably seated Gov
ernor Pennnver entered and amid ap-
plane took hi seat on the rostrum with
ex-Congressman Horace Davis on his
right. The shakers took their places on
the platform in succession, when invited
by the committee. The reception opened
with
'' OOVERXOR I'LNSOYEK's OPEECH.
Ladies and Gentlemen and Gentlemen
of the California fleleg.ition : On behalf
of the people of the state of Oregon, I bid
you moot hearty welcome to Its capita
city, iouareinvaiiers.it in true, upon
our soil, hut we welcome yon for the
reason that your invasion is one o( peace
and kindly greeting and not of war. l on
come as friends and not enemies, and
therefore vou have fuli privilege to over
run the whole land. ion have come to
celebrate the completion of the railroad
which is to hereafter serve as a stronger
link between the two Utr states. You
rejoice over that event as we rejoice
Hut permit me here to say in all kindly
feeling that there is abroad among our
people the idea that you have also come
to spy out the lant. And, it so, permit
me to give you a friendly warning. You
remember that during the forty years'
journeying of the Hebrews in the wilder
new, upon a certain time twelve men
were sent to sdv out the promised lan I
They were iuptrncted to refwt what sort
of land it was, whether the psople that
dwelt therein were strong or weak, what
cities tbev bad. whether they dwelt in
tents or stronghold, whether the land
was fat or lean, and whether there was
ny wood therein. The v. however,
choose a more propitious time to spy out
the land than vou have chosen, as they
went at the time of the find, ripe grape.
You have chosen, if yon really have come
to spy out the land, to cooie when the
if loom of winter cover it with its pU.
Rut coming as you do in winter, we aie
assure,! that vou csn ascertain that we
have a fat land and not a lean land, am
that ah hough we have no large cities, we
nave a multitude of happy, comtortaoie
home; nd we are further assured,
coming as you do from California, that
jou wUl report noon vour return, that
we have a welt wooded country.
And now let me rive von a word of
caution. You also remember that ten
out of the twelve men went back and
reported thst tbe promised 1-iihI was
ha land that eateth ud Its inhabitants.
Do you remember what became of tboe
ten men? Every one of them fell by the
piague, win the two men who mane a
favorable report lived to enter and enjoy
the promised lan. I. But, citixens of Cal
ifornia, before you make vour final re
port, we bid ou come and vit w again
at a more propitious time. Come at the
time of the first rip-grape when our
land is burdened with its abundant and
never-failiog harvests, or come in the
goodly summer time, when under our
clear and cloudless ,ky, there will be
stretched before you a splen
did pjnoraroa of. our magnifi
eent prairies clad in their emer
ald and golden wheat field and he
girt about with our evergreen forests, or
come in the early spring time when all
nature hi clad in its fresh garniture, and
when mountain and meadow.hiUaide and
pin are all resplendent in their unriv
alled vernal beanty.
We have here a goodly land, and to it
. we bid you a hearty welcome, whether
yon come to visit us or to cast your lot
permanently arsons na. Inin mtnti
men, allow me on behalf of the Mix
of the capital city and on behalf of the
people of the whole state to bid too a
most hearty welcome.
The coventor closed amuf tmtwuUu
applause. His speech, happily delivered,
was interrupted by frequent outbursts,
especially when be raised a warning fin
ger and conjured the Californians to re
member the fate of the ten men who
made an evil report of Canaan.
Gov. Fennover next intmltuvul rv.i
ha. F. Crocker, vice president of the
B. P. K. E.. who made a rr ,.lm. nt
and witty speech. This." he said, "is a
proud day tor me. to see these two trnited
states of the West, and may their friend
ship, so auspiciously begun, never be
broken so long as time continues and tbe
waves of the Pacific ocean danh rint
oar shores." Mr. Crocker exhibited the
last spike." made of Mire vnl! whir-h
brought forth load cheers.
Mayor Ramsey, on the oart of Salem.
welcomed the guests to this city, in a few
onei ana appropriate remarks.
Mayor Davis, of Oakland, Cal., fol
lowed, and aaid that he was drained not
of his car at California's capital, Sacra
mento, ana made to speak, and be. felt
proud to be called upon to do the same
here. Mr. Davis, who is tbe law Part
ner of W. Lair Hill, formerly of Oregon.
made a brilliant speech, dwelling mostly
upon the commercial aspect of the rela
tions between the two states.
Jj "II. Albert, president of the Salem
board of trade, then welcomed the visit
ors on behalf of the business men, in the
following language: " 1 have the honor,
en behalf of tbe business men of this
capital city, to welcome these Califor
nians all, and to congratulate their busi
ness men as well as our own, upon the
inauguration of this new era in our inter
state commerce. We of Oregon expect
to profit by it ; so do you of California.
Mayor Davis, of Oakland, has just told
ycu how we wiil both be benefited.
Profit to both has so far attended its
gradual development, and will continue
to do so. When we first shipped you
our "socks and pickles" and bacon, vou
sent us in return only the glittering dust
dug from your hillsides, the only thing
you produced which would keep through
the Long sea voyage from San Francisco
to the Columbia river. Later, you sent
ns in exchange for our apples and salt
salmon your era pes and vegetables, the
former, however, having exchanged their
bouquet before we received them, for the
odor of bilge water and the redwood saw
dust in which tbey were packed. Yet
we rolled them aa sweet morsels under
our tongues. As our shipments in
creased, we were furnished better fa
cilities in the neeter and more
sea-worthy ocean steamers that sue
ceeded ttie old floating coffins "Pa
cine," "Oregon," ami "Sierra Nevada."
But through all these years our com
tnerce has been handicapiied by the ne
ceMtity of first sending all our product
out of the United States oa a sea voyage
before they could reach you, and receiv
ing vour products in exchange by the
same circuitous route. The men who
have removed that obstacle by complet
ing this treat direct highway for our
commerce, although they have justly
earned our applause and gratitude, are
working for something more tangible
than glory. They are shrewd business
men. who expect and have faith that
everv dollar they hve buried in yonder
mountain tunnels, and shoveled into
these valleys, will come back to them,
bringing another dollar with it. It re
quires great faith to see the profit in thin
great enterprise, but these men, the
chief of whom exhibited to you the
golden emblem of victory, see it ; and
have shown their faith by their stupen
dous wrks. (There is great virtue in
such faith.) Henry Villard saw it, and
his well laid plans were thwarted only by
his temporary overthrow. Yes; Ben
Holladay saw it, when nearly twenty
years ago, he pointe t his iron rails up
the Willamette, toward the south; rail
that have been extended and extended,
aain and again, by bis siu-ceseors, until
their southern extremities dip into the
gulf tides if the Atlantic snd unite out
chief commercial city with New Orleans,
neariv 3000 mile away. All honor to
lien Holladay, to Henry Villard, and to
Ctias Crocker; may pleasant memories
of the former's energy and enterprise be
recalled by every passing train that
glides over those rails, and may the
others both live long to receive the bene
dictions of thoee who may enjoy the trip
from state to tdate without being exposed
to tne perils of stage coach or the sea."
Mayor Gregory, of Sacramento, and
President Sanderson, of the San Fran
cisco board of trade, followed. Mr. San
derson said they had come not as shop
keepers, but had left their price books at
home and came as younger cousins from
the south to viit their elder cousins in
the north.
After te petted calls Mr. Frank M. Pix
ley, editor of the San Francisco Argonaut,
followed. After a short prelude, Mr.
Pixley mounted his bobby, and defined
his well knewn posit ten as a member of
the American party, "America for Amer
icans." Mr. Pixley said in conclusion :
"As I love m wife better than I love
vour wife, as I love my home better than
1 love your home, so do I love my coun
try better than I love any other country."
Mr. Pixley wan suffering from a very
severe cold, but his speech was full of
deep feeling snd eloqience.
Col. John P. Irish, the talented editor
and paragraphia of the AlU California,
was the last of the speakers. Col. Irish,
in a speech of eloquence and wit, seldom
equaled in Salem, goodnaturedly carica
tured Pixley and his penchant for vent
ing his spleen against all foreigners, es
pecially the Jews and Irish. He
declared that Pixley was, during the
entire trip, filled with unutterable
woe, because he saw over all
theee broad lands and fertile valleys the
shadow of the pipe's great toe, and he
related one or two irresistibly funny anec
dote that convulsed the audience. Out
side of its wit,the effort of Mr. Irish was one
of polished oratory, his magnificent voice
penetrating, without any apparent effort
on the part of the speaker, to every part of
tbe large auditorium. To bis reputation
as a journalist of consummate power and
pungency, Mr. Irish is entitled to the
name and fame of a finished orator.
The exercises closed with three rousing
cheers for "Onr Guests," by the Oregon
ians, the Californians reciprocating with
enthusiastic cheers for the entertainers,
and all joined in three tremendous
shoots for Col. Chaa. F. Crocker, who
blushed like a school girl.
The speeches throughout were good,
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audience broke forth in repeated rounds
THKOUKGON STATESMAN; FRIJLA.Y. DECEMBER 23. 1887,
of applause, whenever a happy allusion
was made or an oratorical eljtsT
reached. That the feeling of friendship
generated between Californians and
Oregontans in this demonstration will
prove lasting, was a matter of conviction
with every one as he departed from the
chamber. Headed by the 1L A, C
band, the excursiooisU marched to their
trains, which stood on tbe crossing at
State street, and their elegant Pullmans
were soon rolling on their way to Port
land, the California and Oregon guests
mingled in the first train, and the volun
teer excarsiooists in the second.
Tbe demonstration was in sreiv war a
success. The Californians departed
from Salem with a high opinion of the
enterprise and generosity of. its inhabi
tants, and will undoubtedly bear to
their southern homes many pleasant
memories of their visit here. To tbe com
mittee of arrangements all credit should
be given. Tbey were untiring in their
efforts to afford tbe visitors an agreeable
time, and their endeavors were rewarded
by gratifying success.
Tne guest will be back through Salem
on their way home probably Wednesday
evening.
HILL CITY.
A New Town Located On the Santiara
With a Sawmill, Store, Hotel,
Blacksmith Shop, Etc.
Perhaps the Statesman fraternity
would like to bear that on the banks of
the Saotiaro, away off here toward the
end of civilixation, has been started an
embryotic city which some day in the not
distant future may attract the attention
oi the outside world. Mill City is situ
ated at the point where the O. P. railroad
crosses tne sanuam river, and is so
named from the fact that an extensive
sawmill was the first enterprise set on
foot. This is being erected by the San-
tiam Lumbering Co., of St ay ton, who
have already expended a large amount
and have quite a force of men preparing
timbers, digging ditches and perfecting
all arrangements for a first class mill
Wm. Sims is in charge of tbe scientific
part of the work, including machinery,
while Thos. Sims, of tbe firm aforesaid,
is the main man in charge the outside
work. The sluicing of the race is now in
hand and the anxiety with which Tom
watches its progress has suggested to the
poet laureate of the crew a little addition
to tbe lam ilia hymn.
"Thar U a fountain ailed with wad.
Prawn iron Tom Mima's drain,
Ad4 ererj day to keep It good.
Tom prari to God for rata.
"But when that drain'a a cryital stream,
and on lu banks mill.
There will be heard tbe saw's wild scretm.
The bander- wants to nil."
It will be hut a short time now until
every thing will be complete, and as the
location is in tbe midst of a magnificent
belt of the best timber, it is expected to
be a paying institution from the very
start.
A well supplied store, a restaurant, a
hotel and a blacksmith shop constitute
the present business houses in the city.
although on the immediate outskirts is
a very nndeeirabld adjunct of all places
where plenty of work is going on a
"deadtall," misnamed saloon. Bv the
way, it is hinted here that the fellow
running it has no county license and
such is the case our people would like to
see some of our county omcers pay him a
little attention. These man-traps, away
from official supervision, are a source of
the worst annoyances and the very
curse of tbe working man, who would
not otherwise think of the brain-eating
stuff while at their daily toil.
8 soon as the railroad track is com
pleted to this point a postoffice, will be
established.
Side tracks are being put in and a
depot will be located here.
Contractor G. W. Hunt has been at his
headquarters, three miles above here the
past few days, with stacks of gold and
silver, paying off all bis men, and work
for the whiter has been entirely stopped.
Should this find a place in your col
umns, the progress of Mill City will be
occasionally rljorted in the future by
Peregrine.
Mill City. IVc. IS, ia7.
THE BLIND AT WORK.
A New Industry at the Blind School
Broom MaMnir The
School.
Yesterday, through the kind invitation
of Uev. D. B. Gray, a Statesman re
porter made a brief visit at the blind
school. Among other things, he had tbe
pleasure of witnewing some of tbe male
pupils engaged in a new industry man
u'actnring broom. Having been en
gaged only three weeks in this occupa
tion, and working after school and on
Saturdays only, it is surprising what a
knowledge of the art they have acquired
in so short a time, and the rapidity with
which they work. It will be but a short
time nntil these young men will be able
tm train a livelihood a their new industry,
and it is a very wiae and prudent under
taking of Mr. Gray's. It affords them
means of gaining that livelihood with
their banda which their blindnes well
nigh deprives them of. While the re
porter was there four were engaged in tbe
work, one separating and selecting the
straw, another working at the ginning
machine, or "gioniag," as it is called ; a
third turning the most difficult part of
the trade for both blind and those who
have sight; and the fourth sewing,
which completes the broom more than
the trimming, the work of but a mo
ment. An v one of the four young men en
raged in the work can sew two dozen
brooms a day. Mr. Gray informed the
reporter that Fred Cooper could make
one dosen brooms per day outright. Mr.
G. has twelve pupils in his school at
present, and expects three more the first
of tbe year. Three new ones were added
this year.
Tbe past summer twenty-four feet of
an addition were built on the east of tbe
school; 800 feet of sewerage were re
cently extended from the lot. The
grounds and surroandings appear neat,
and the rooms clean, and it is very evi
dent that air. Gray is tbe proper man to
be in charge.
FROM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY.
Tux Jsrrasos Isnrmrx. This is one
of the oldest schools in Oregon, having
been opened as a school of academic
grade more than thirty years ago. It
would be a piece of interesting history to
manv to have the history of this old
school : written up. with its long line of
pedagogues. The enrollment of tbe
present school year has" reached 140 pa
pi la, with about five more to enter yet.
Several boys and girls are in from a dis
tance, and are boarding themselves.
Three teachers are now employed. W.
T. Van Scoy, formerly of Turner, is prin
cipal ; Lotus Barzee is teacher of the
intermediate department, and Miss Flor
ence Tbotnas has charge of the primary
school, toe scnoot is luuer this year
than usual, and tbe teachers are working
bard to perfect the grading, so that each
year tbe school may be in a more sys
tematic shape. The directors have done
considerable this year, by way of fitting
up the rooms, thus making them more
comfortable and pleasant for both teach
ers and pnpila. The music for opening
exercises consists of violin, organ, and
vocal music, using the day-school song
books. Cases of tardiness are few, the
daily attendance is excellent, and tbe
chief attraction now in play is a foot
ball.
Ajcotheb Ekoch Asdeh. An Enoch
Arden from Oregon has turned op in
Georgia. A dispatch from Georgia says :
"The return of John Johnson to Danville
to-day recalls his singular disappearance
twentv-one years ago. He was a son of
one of the most prominent farmers in
Madison county, and bad married a
daughter of a near neighbor, whom he
had known (rom childhood, several
months after marriage his wife had oc
casion to visit relatives. When she re
turned home she found the door locked
and her husband musing. For twenty
years she mourned bis absence, when
she obtained a divorce. To-day tier ex
husband put in his appearance, dressed
in western cowboy style, . and with his
pockets lull of money, tie has been hv
ing in Oregon since he left here. He bas
now a herd of 2700 cattle, and has fine
large bank deposits in Portland. He pro
poses to re-roarry his wife and take her
west with him."
The Coxcekt. A small bouse greeted
the H. A. C. band last night, on the occa
sion of their annual concert. Tbe pro
gramme from beginning to end was ren
dered in the band's usual excellent man
roer. Encores were tendered to Miss
Pearl Scott, Miss Hallie Parrisb and Prof.
J. M. Coomer. The orchestral pieces,
the horn quartette's renditions, and tbe
band s selections were much sppreciated,
The artistic finish of the pianissimo
strains was greatly enhanced by tbe me
lodious cracking ot peanuts in the gal
lery. It is to be regretted that a larger
audience did not greet the band boys.
The small house ran not be ascribed to
any decrease in tbe popularity of the
band, but to the unuaual number of en
tertainments, free and otherwise, Which
have been given recently.
PROGRAMMES lfKUSIIEU. the pre-
grammes for the teachers' institute of the
Second judicial district and . Douglas
county, to be held at Oakland, Or., Dec.
27th. 28th and 2ith, have been issued.
The executive committee consists of
Supt. Geo. T. Kuseell, ef Douglas county,
Sopt. A. W. Patterson, of Lane county,
and Prof. F. W. .Benson, of Douglas
county. The programme consists of ad
dresses, music, discussions, etc., and such
educators as Pres. Van Sony, Pres. D. F.
Stanley. Prof. Condon, Prof. Hawthorne,
Prof. Frank Kigler, J. K. N. Hell, J. B
Horner, and others will participate. Sunt
McElrov will preside, tlie institute will
no doubt be larcelv attended.
Old Repisotox. Editor J. W. Isl
ington and Hon. J. L. Morrow, of Hepp-
ner, are in the city. Mr. liedington is
accompanied by bis faithful dog Dah
who, while pcbresing an anectionxte dis
position and a rare fund of native intelli
gence, has never liefore seen a railroad
or a ntetmrmlia. Mr. Kedintrton visited
the theater last evening, and found it
necessary to lmprinon his dog in the
Holton house cellar. Persons living
within a radius of three blocks will now
understand tbe wild cries of anguish that
broke the foggy air around tbe hotel last
night. It was the Heppner dog sighing
for his native heath and refusing to b
comforted. Oregonian.
Stole a Yocjkj OeCHako. The larcen
ies of other places are furnishing a
regular holiday article of news just now.
One thief over on the sound stole a young
orchard that ha just been planted, and
consealed the theft for some time by
planting willow switches in place of tbe
trees, another. Singleton Pauley, got
away with a big fleck of sheep from
Supriee Talley, Nevada. A reward of
flouO is offered for tbe Utter gentleman's
arrest and conviction, but there is little
chance of bis being caught, having now
nearly a month's start of the sheep own
ers and nothing having been beard of
him.
Started Back. Sheriff Itoirdan and
Deputy Dixon yesterday started back
for Lincoln eonnty, W. T., having in
charge tlie borsethief Ernest Cooley.
Sheriff Koinlan says that Cooley, though
a very yonng man. is an old offender, and
lie will hare a bard time escaping tbe
clutches of the law. Yesterday at tbe
depot be conducted himself with tbe
greatest nonchalance, and he did not
appear much disturbed in mind over bis
excellent prospect for a number of rears
in the penitentiary. He lightly alluded
to hia handcuffs as bis jewelry. Cooley
will lie in jail at e1 Prague until next May,
when lie will be tried.
Kroi cnow or Fabes. The opening of
the Oregon and California line has caused
the O. K. A N. company to make some
move in self-protection. It baa therefore
reduced its passenger fares to $16 first
class snd 3 steerage, or $30 for the first
class round trip and $15 steerag for the
round trip. The Oregon A California
Railroad company has reduced fares as
follows, between Portland and San Fran
cisco: First -claea, unlimited, from $30 to
$25; first-class, limited, from $22 to $20;
second class, or emigrant fare, will remain
tbe same as heretofore.
Sarah
tc.
silks la all shade at the Whits Oral
FROM THURSDAY'S DAILY.
WHEAT, HOPS, A5D OATS.
Holders are beginning to offer wheat a
ittle more freely than heretofore, the
nominal quotation being 67 cents. Dur
ing the past week, however, 69 cents
have been paid for a round lot, and would
be again.
No change can be noted in tbe hop
market. Mr. Herren has just sold kt
Chicago fifty-five bales at a price that
nets to tbe producer 7 cents. These
bops, however, were second quality. No
reliable quotations are obtainable, and
holders who desire to sell now have no
recourse but to instruct commission men
to de tbe best tbey can.
Oats bring from 38 to 40 cents a fair
price. Not much is moving, nor will it
until the good roads in the spring enable
producers to bring in lots they have been
holding. i
A Lively Chase. Yesterday afternoon
two vagrants, by name J. F. Price and
John Hughes, the guests of tbe county
for terms of 15 days through tbe kind
ness of Justice Strickler, while engaged
in sawing wood at tbe court house; with
four others of the same ilk, determined to
make a break for liberty, probably think
ing they were not watched. It took but
a moment to cut with an axe tbe staples
of tbe shackles fastened to them, and
then they struck out for tall timber.
Ttiey ran np Court street and turned
down Cottage at Mrs. Jos. Holman's.
Striking Center they turned east and
started for the outskirts of town past the
East Salem school bouse. Their ab
sence, however, had been almost imme
diately discovered, and deputies Ed.
Croisan and Thede Potter Started
out in hot haste after the escapes, the
former going up Court and the; latter
crossing to Center street. There he
sighted the fleeing vags, whose escape to
them seemed by this time assured, in the
vicinity of Summer street. Kunmnir
rapidly along behind woodpiles and
trees and walking when in sight of his
game, to escape observation, Mr. Potter
got within a block of them before they
discovered who he was. They were
then near the old East Salem school
house, and they started again at a break
neck pace. The deputy yelled three
times for them to stop, but they paid no
attention. He thereupon pulled his re
volver and fired twice, and the tramps
immediately drew op against the fence
and threw up their hands, begging him
not to shoot any more; which he! didn't.
Deputy Croisan bad been keeping np
with the procession alone Court street
and was in at the finish. The runaways
were returned to jail without difficulty.
A Bcgqt Item. Talking about buggies,
the writer yesterday visited the ware
room of Forsytbe & Co., at 59 State
street, west of Commercial, and there
saw buggies enough to make him bug out
his eyes for a week. They made three
car loads, and when thev are set up there
will be 120 buggies of all grades, BtyL?s
and prices. A member of the firm, who
knows a good piece of timber when he
sees it, went East and picked them out,
and they are all in white wood. They
will be painted and put together here.
All tbe wheels will be boiled in oil. It
would be a good scheme for every one in
this section who wants to buy a buggy,
or thinks he will ever want to, or has a
friend who wants to buy one, to go and
see these before they are painted, and
examine ail the woodwork. Here is a
good opportunity. They also have a new
style of tongue, which is away up. W.
Last Visit Dikixo 1887.. Dr. J. B.
Pilkinirton, medical specialist,' whose
name aa a successful diagnoHticator of
disease has become a household word all
over the northwest; will be at the Che
raekete hotel all day Tuesday, Dec. 27th.
All persons suffering with eye, catarrhal,
lunir, rectal or chronic d in any
form w ill be given a free examination by
applying at that time ; 300 cases ot piles,
ulcers, fiissures, etc., cured without using
the knife in the last two vears. 8ix cases
of congestion how getting well, that have
been given np previously. Names and
addresses gi ven.
Wbkck to be Solp. Capt. Geo. Poje,
of Portland, surveyor for Lloyd's Register
of British and roreign Shipping, has
been at Yaqnina examining the wreck of
the steamer Yaq'iiaa City, io tbe inter
ests of the underwriters, and to see what
was the chance for salvage. In view of
the fact that it is not advisable to at
tempt to repair her, he has recommended
that the wreck be sold. The freight saved
is not likely to bring much more than
the expenses incurred in saving it. Capt.
Pope returned to Yaqnina yesteniay, and
the wreck will probably be sold in a few
days. He says Capt. James li. Bennett
is a man of undoubted capacity, and be
showed his pluck and seamanship in
saving his passengers and crew, having
himnelf jumped into the sea and saved
two lives at the, risk of his own. Grest
credit is due him for his conduct through
out the affair. The Yaqnina City was
built as an experimental craft, and had
many peculiarities, among them a rudder
nine feet long. Tbe f 123 ,000 insurance
on her will now buy a mnch better boat.
The wreck lies bigb and dry, ami a wagon
can be driven around it. Sand is filling
tbe hull rapidly, and should another
heavy rtorm come on the wreck would
probably be broken op and the machine
ry rendered worthless.
Bovsd row Home. Yesterday at 1 :30
p. m. the California excursionists passed
through Salem homeward bound. But a
few people were at the depot to see Ore-,
gun's guests go by, and the Californians
were not by any means the gay crowd of
Sunday and Monday. Continual travel
and the unremitted festivities and dissi
pation of their trip have worn them out
and no doubt they will be very glad to
reach Kan Francisco. Tbe visitors went
op to Bonneville Tuesday, on the steamer
Multnomah, and enjoyed their trip thor
oughly. Speeches, views of the magnifi
cent Colombia scenery and Alt. Hood
snd a sumptuous dinner were the chief
features of tbe occasion. The train yes
terday consisted of eleven coaches aud
was a double-header. The tag was raised
on the state boose in recognition of their
presence.- Tbe afternoon train was side
tracked on tbe penitentiary switch for
half an boar, awaiting the arrival of tbe
excursion train.
OBEGOS'S WAS CLAIM.
Prosper ta of Its Adjustment and Pay
ment Darin the Present Ses
sion of Congress.
It is well known that tbe stats of Or
egon has a claim against tbe general gov
ernment to the amount of $3d9,454.19,
and interest theroo, for expenses iocwrrel
by the state in protecting our f roc tie at
the time the government withdrew its
troops for the field during the first year
of tbe rebellion. This claim, cmrmhttlj
prepared and forwarded by Secretary
Ear hart some five or six years ago, has
been nntil a month ago filed In tbe war
department without having any action
taken thereon.1 Last spring, at the in
stance of tbe governor, Secretary Me Bride
addressed a letter to Senator Dolph in
regard to the matter, requesting him to
expedite the auditing of it, if possible.
The senator in answer stated that the
claim was before the auditing board of
the war department, but that it would
not be reached nntil the claims of the
state of Texas were adjusted. When
Governor Pennoyer was East last fall, he
made a personal request of tbe president
that he should sid him in having the
matter, so long delayed, speedily ad
justed. As a' result of this re
quest the war department commenced
an examination of the claims, when
it was ascertained that the audit
ing of them under the law belonged to
the treasury, instead of the war depart
ment, and the secretary of war turned
such claims over to the treasury depart
ment, and apprised the governor of such
action. Tbe govern ar thereupon ad
dressed a letter to the secretary of the
treasury requesting that such action on
the claim would at once be taken "as
will allow congress at its forthcoming
session to make appropriation for its pay
ment," and asking the secretary to ad
vise him if such action would be taken.
In replv thereto, the governor has re
ceived the following letter :
Texasi-ey Department,
Dec. 8, 18&7.
Hon. Sylvester Pennoyer, Governor ot
Oregon, Salem, Oregon Sir: Replying,
to your communication of the 23d nit. in
relation to the settlement of the claim of
the state of Oregon against the United
States, I have the honor to inform you
that the third auditor reports, under date
of the 6th Inst., that tbe claim will be
taken up and adjusted during the present
session of congress, in time for an appro
priation for its pavment, should a balance
be found due tbe state. Respectfully,
yours, Hi oii S. Thompsok,
Assistant Secretary.
It is tbe intention of the governor, in
case an appropriation is made during the
present session of congress aad the mo
ney is paid to the state, to recommend to
the next legislature that it should be ex
pended in the building of a portage road
between Tbe Dalles and Celilo by the
state, under such arrangements that,
while it will benefit eastern Oregon large
ly, it will be unjust to no other portion of
the state. It was with this object in
view that the governor ha used every
exertion to procure the speedy adjust
ment and payment of tbe claim. The
governor has written to Oregon's con
gressional delegation apprising them of
the positive assurance of the treasury
department, and asking them that they
see that the appropriation is made.
LEVY FINALLY MADE.
The State Board Declares tbe Tax
Levy for 1888, Yamhill County
Officials Having Reported.
Yesterday afternoon a special messen
ger arrived from Yamhill county having
in his custody the certified abstract oi
the. assessment roll of that county, the
non-completion of which by their dunder
beaded assessor has delayed tbe making
of the state levy for five weary weeks.
Govornor Pennoyer, Secretary Mc
Bride, and Treasurer Webb, who con
stituted the board for making the levy,
immediately met, upon the receipt of the
roll, and upon the estimates previously
made and thoe ensbled to be completed
by the filing of the ro", declared a state
tax levy for general purposes of 4.9 mills.
In addition to this, the special levy of one
tenth of one mill for the nniversity of
Oregon made by the act of 18X2, and
the special levy of one fifth of one mill
made by the act of 1K87, swell the total
rate to 5.2 mills.
Tbe board estimated that the total
state expenses for the year 1888, includ
ing deficiencies of IRKo and 1887, and
scisl appropriations for public buildings
and other purposes, -at $482,709.37: de
ducting from this amount $06,755.33, the
surplus in the treasury in excess of $5000,
snd there remains to be raised try taxa
tion for general purpones $415,954 04.
This amount will be almost exactly se
cured from the levy of 4.9 mills on the
total state asaesament of $84,888,580. The
rate of 5-2 mills will make the entire
state income for 1888 $441,420.62.
Tbe abstract of the estimates wss
turned, immediately after the levy wss
msde, ever to Printer Baker, and he will
have printed a number of copies of them
to-day, so tliey can be sent by Secretary
Mc Bride to the various county clerks of
tbe state.
RmxxxD Home. Tlie bevy of bright
eyed Oregon belles who have been in at
tendance at Mills seminary, Oakland,
Cal., during tbe past five months pasned
through on yesterday morning's expires,
on their wsy to their respective homes to
snend the Christmas vacation. Messrs.
Myra Albert and Aggie Earbart stopped
in Salem, and will remain at their homes
nntil some time in January when they '
will return to Mills for the rest of the
year. Tbe climate of Oakland seems to
sgree with tbeee yonng ladies, and they
could not be blamed morb if they were
anxious to return, which their parents
have reason to believe tbey are not.
There were in yesterday's party, Misses
Aggie Earbart, Myra Albert, Salem;
Laura Goltra, Albany; Roxina Dekum,
Stella Smith, Lizzie Smith. Gertrude
Smith, Jessie Gill.. Portland; Minnie
Krotx. Walla Walla; with Mr. Smith,
and Mrs. J. K. Gill and baby, of Portland.
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