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-n ynwjjift rv- fsss"-'- m m pimnum mii. .. g H, l""asj-astssssstM V "-w 1 -rr- i tn rn'inr"!-! "i lTtU.COIAC,M.D. C B. O0tDM, M. D ...rtiHANS AND SlKOKONS.- I..,M--Al'h n3' DrUf Star, oppe ",c ' ,i.ih-C.tr.llltl. Jd. McCohwAC It United Sutes examln I -!. ..-. illiirlel of southern Or-gon, purftw C, Wi TOWER, M. D Y5ICIAN AND 8UKOEON.- Lt-s-Jptne Holland tlulUIInf, opposite, tits nnci i.nrn 0(. Front tuect, ManWltld, Oregon. J. R. CLEAVES, rEWELER AND PIIOJUUKAi'llKK, tiAkniViitLU, oskoOn. p S.-WIII be at Coqulllc City the ,,tw.kcfp?.ooth. J. I, W. DENNETT, ........ itm rniikluvinu 11 Oinc-At the C001 lUy Ntwi ofllc, ManlifoM, Ot-gon, . 1 1 . 1 SIGLIN ft GRAY, TTORNKYS AND COUNSELORS AT uw, ferricl-tn Ihc lUllsnd Holding, oppotllt llit HUico Hotel, front lueci, Miftnnciu, vr. ICI4 ;, UKIIAT. A. M. CKAWroKU CRAWFORD & LOCKHART, TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT ,uw ahp notaries i'Ojmc ; BlIKU la Webllrr's new building, Front itiwl, mci inntw, urrgoa. Wi it crtMird lo'i funftti abstract- of.tHM , uAli wl.Miuj lo lHy Of itf Wal eltttt iotamatr en mottfiie stcurlly and will it irxvUl AUMllen to. Mmini&r lltUs-tand Ihitaril Intruittd lo our car Ircmpl HInUcn, U.UAkST MitL iglt 1 . wffh . ? vv- MAIL. VOL. VI. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1884. NO. 5d THE EARLY EXPLORERS OREGON. OF lx.(IAUIU, ItllUDKM fWIUOM, HAZARD & WILSON, TTORNqYS AT LAWr Ira City, Cooi county, Oregon. Jn C..B, WATSON, ttorkky and. ;couNsiax)R b '- I.AW. OrrfCK- I'.uruK Cur. Jyi O. DED'. SCITli;' "l IURQICAI. AND MECHANICAL PsarTiso:., Room: otr Kcnyea's store, opposite wnuneys market, Front street, MAK3IIF1KM), OREGON, Il mmn m mm county. fr f' ari,- QrTICK.WlT?l T 0. OWEN. ESQ.. a R ft TlmmtttmM'it New BH4U, t MAKSIIMKID, OREUON, v PE lord FECT MAP of kit lumped i iurui)ca on ibort uollcc. wteion-toi Pft8BMAKIJ!ra rs. W. m Sill TMIW MCSIDBNCB. NORTH WONT :.Uinh67M " fflture Watbhm I JinJik J4W4M; 1 Frtt'imt, MutHtM, AoNRT0H'? I:,0AR 8TRi. NEXT r. . WWUpBSCRIfTIONS PU wppIWd i EASTKRN l'UICES , AND PtId with BMtHeii( per(ectIo wd .. IIUHKUKAMI. t-r TCEJ J ' A; BOSS, Sprinljtettr ass ! riioGaylordJPatoiit! f am now Manufacturing nuMiiinbfttmyiliop,t the kU : , 7 'B my mop, at the amp nu'r ?he"Mlt n'1 "P-ln mnt- .-; "o DOL'O or UT.k. . . -r- "- -"!. II ilnIvl, ......r. 1I..I.1 and adapt ' put Upon tlila . dujii..:"",u7,.! ronu buiu t; cy . wi.'i Ity Mm """vy. ,n7'W0( all Wiufc andUlBiun ,. . i . . iu). (h? '" Orogoi od Iho drat nro on state fair. toleaale, M 60, ilnr!'?8 y.mf ,tttre49,ixainlBe S -rati aastf! IVof. V, D. Kynuin In tlio OrreonUn. A ho ii no of HadnoitH jwrvadcu llm Joy wllh which wo vlow tho nrelw'iit mo. Kru of onr Mato. T(io old Orrgon In Bono. Hit Isolation, IU curoleuH liohj.I tallty, Hh onHo, IIh hurolnni, Km f.olf-(lo-nlnl, It imthon ara pnst, DNtrnd thereof wo hnvo rnllromlH uml olovutom, burulnrH and llnvcont ploccn, iimnnard roofn and Itnllnn oitora In MhOrt, all tliu nppllnncc'N of common place civilisation. "Wo nro Jnt "liko othor folk." ltnt Homntlmo aurona thla chniiKiiiK proNont falla a nhadow frofn tho paHt. Ah'Uuj well-ordered unity of civil ixntion innrchrn ukii thin ijocxlly land, marking iU nllil oncump montN with rinhiK clllod, and Km dully Imttto flold with tho mnoko of vnncitilHh- I'd fonrhlM nnd tho spoil of lovolod grain HeldH, our inlndo turn hack to tho old nkirmiah-lina of plonoorn who, forty yonra uo, fought tho biiown nnd dizzy height of unknown inuuntalna and icy rlvoni anl Htornu nil tho (jiillioii'd forcoa of nuturo nud through thorn nil hliuod out n pathway for thu hofllo that wuro to follow. Diaoawt and cold and liuiiMf lurkod around tholr cam pit and xavago oyun of iiwit nnd bdMt glared at hem through thadarkueaa, Often tho only monumenta left on tholr bat-tlvWsTdaV6ri' aUrvIng catt!ffand alMndoned teams and, Mrhnbri, shallow. and hasty graves where some woaried veteran or patkrH mother or prcmnturit will rwl ly-auod child found the first rest o'f n iff. ) time. - J hit lloworit Mooin on graves. And tfo as tho .whilclialrfd horors that, ru tn'alu from tlial old vangliarcT )ob1t hack, on those, graves left in the desert, they soo tho flowers nnd fruits of civiliiation stretching from grave to grave, from one deserted camp to another, across the prairies nud through the mountain defiles to tho very edge of tho continent ATI "hero tho ocean chants at tho samo tlmo a rcipiieiu for the dead and mi an Uiom of welcomo for the living. And when wo icarli tho sea, our minds turn hack farther yet, bo yond :Ue giiptioers of tltalaMi io tho far older pioneers of tho ocean. Then wo must multiply by six tho fortyycani of pioneering on the laud, Tho history of navigation is, In largo mcasuro, tho history of man. And so as wo stand on Capo Hancock and scp the mng nlflrout steamers of tho present tima with swift ludiiTerunce crossing tho. onco-dreAded Iwr, a- 'mist deems U rinu from tho ocean and the great steamship melfs into a Spanish caraTOI or English man-of-war or Yan kee fur-ship. Instead of tho portly figure o(nn 0. It, A N. captain, o ten tho swarthy face and nnxious brow of Juan Do l-'uca, or Ilecetn, or hear tho stearn command of Vancouver or Gray. Tlio haxu of history and legond rises higher and tho light-house liesido which wo just now Mqodjs transform ed, Into an Indian signal tiro; and, a iU ruddy light crimsons tho sUlmraer Ing water, tho Astoria' uHhliig-boats fade into pinetrco canoes and tlm.bluflf Is'lined wiUi natives gazing in awe at Uw white sails of the Spanish or English navigator in the ofdng. Ana yet during how short a timo, af ter all, hnyfl. tlio wwnly sQlitudes nnd grim crags of tho Columbia seen pass in review heforo them barbarism, discoV- i . .. .., . i ery, exploration, soiuemeni, uovoioii-mhntl ike all othor countries, Oregon muijl rform those successive stages of pro gress, ami she Is now entering strongty upoa W(0 (tist. , .f It itf our purposo to describo thV sec ond nnd Jliiploi , (ho sorijis. They forp three natural topics i First Voyages of discovery, cpvorkig tho period from tho beginning of tho slxtocntli century to tho discovery of tho Columbia river by Jtolwrt ,Orny,.ln tho your J170U. Sec-i oiid Explorations of Uio.Cohiinbhi ana its tributaries from "tho ocean. And, third Kxplomtfons froux ittolalKlward oiio thing in connection Witi our his tory will especially surprjsp us, that, is, that this coast was oxplora4 so oarly. Aftor tlio world had risen from' its ten cetUary s-leo during tlio nicdiieval dalkaess, and ospoclully aftor Columt bifa, lko anotlior croutor, ha bidden n now vforldto?MHJ from pea, thought had a.vlgorj Uiaglnatioi) a wanton lyxv urahcof and action a rockUss onbrgy never known buforo or uinco. sjieclally was tills shown III naviga tion. And whon wo considor tlio rudo ships J a which those old Noptunes of th6 slktconth ahd seventeenth contUr lesisotouton their daring oxpodltlona, witli none of tlie knowlodgo or instru ineiits uow considered ossoutlal, wo lw- come ainated ut the rapidity and ofllcl and ra ocsi GKofXVlrt. I'j'i'i :i,i'utr iV'JJtSP!irTWl' KCUTP4H, A THN. i , 'UU AT 8AM FRANCISCO PRICE. TO WK eupy of their movements, Tho idea of Columbus that tho nowly ,iiinvi. ldi.w4'ihef'iterHJ " A.uSioV & atsvrovM,iiina JforWii wlli Uie greatisirori'iof tM litoes .was toilBdi,'rg to -Asia through tlai new continent. ' In 1606, only eight years after tlltf grat discovery Ly Columbus, u, ?ortu eso named Guspar qprlproal was aqld to havo sailed WlwardrOm the Atlnn" Ho, tlirOugh R strait which ho callod Anlau, Into a great sea which lu it turn conimunlcated Willi the Indian ucomi Thoro was, no doubt, a )ma supply of Imagination connected with tills voy age, inn it is qiiim likely that Cortoroal really jwiictraU'd Into Hudson's bay. Hut from that tlmo tho strait of Anion was tio great object of iwnrch on tho pott of suilors. They thought ItMtntorod tho oastorn sldo of tho continent in lot. CH diif.. and thus furnished a very direct onto lortsin. Hut It eluded discovery, and north, west and south tho navliMlnrM ht tlio four great tuitions kept looking fdr wig passagu, Tlio Spaniards, aS at first, took tho lead in those explorations. And In 1513 the daring Ilalboa, having first scon "from a tKak of Itorlon" tho vast ox panso of the western ocean, descended into It, and with tho bold assurnnce of tho times took twjgscsstbh of It and ull tha lands washed ly IU waters in tho namo of tho king and queen of Spain. Utile did ho reallzo what he was tak ing jkjbicbijIoii of. Tlio Spaniards, pushing further nnd further south, ut last, unilor tho lend of Magellan, enter ed a turbulent , and iTormy strait, wiilcli conducted them to a vast but tranquil ocean. Magellan gave his own name (o the strait, and the ocean lm called Pacific. fcq tho riddio of tho geographical sphinx was solved at lost, and into tlio unknown sea rushed Spaniard and Englishman togother to scito and hold the El Dorados with tha gold and gems which imagination gathered there. Hernando Cortex, that man of iron, with nerves of Btcel and heart of flint, was tliu first to plan and execute sys tematic exploration on iho l'ltclflc coast. Tho Honthorn .part of California was the fruit of these endeavors, mado be tween 1032 and 1540. In tho latter year came gorijcoiis reports of Cibola, one of seven mighty cities, visited by Marcos do Uixu. No doubt, thought the greedy Spaniards, hero is a country richer than Mexico and Peru comblnod. In tho attempt to And it, Fernando do Alarcon nailed nearly Ureo hundred miles up a great rlvor, which wus no doubt the Colorado. Itnt the stone buildings and the gold and pearls of Ci dola nnd Totontoac were never hoard of again, and no doubt wero mostly loca ted jn the active brain of tho ivorthy Marcos do Uiza. Thus far tho Spaniards had confined themselves lo the south. Hut they soon began to turn their adventurous prows northward, and in 1542 Cabrillo Ferrulo reached latitude S3 dcg. Cab rillo dying not long after, Ferrclo in tho noxt year went as high as 44 dcg., and named tho capo now called Mendoci no in 1st. 41, tho Stormy Capo. During tho next thirty or forty years was tlio great buccaneer domination of tho Fuel lie. English and Dutch pirates established themselves on the coast and islands of South Amorica, and from their hiding places swept like birds of proy upon the richly iaden galleons of tho Spanish main. In 1578 tho boldest of these frqcboolora (doserving, indeed, the name nud honor of a great explor er) Sir Francis Drake first, ,unfurled his nails to tlio brecxes of tliq pacific, Drako readied lat. 43. Hero ho says that hlsraen, "beipg thus speedily come out of oxtrenio heat, found tho air so cold, that, bolng pinched with tlio same, they complaiuod of the extremity there- of," OnthoJTlhofjruuo, J570, Drako anchored in the bay of Sau Francisco. A ook, ontltlod "The World Encom passed," declares that ho rcachod lat. 43, Unit lo, Incidents of this narratlvo are so unreasonable- as to muke Uieir truth very problematical. - . Hut in. the mean timo, while oxplora lions from thu bouIIi wero thoso of prac tical importance, the old id 04 of a north west passage incited explorers of alt na tions to search tho northern peas. Wltli tho natural Inclination of ox? ,lorers ta follow something of tho lines of latitudo of jthoUpwn homes, tho English nnd. Dutch took tho load in those- daring' Voyogcs in search of the fablcdntralt of AniaW THelr Intervals of leisure wero, turnpd. to practical uso by1 plundering Siianish fleets. Thoro is, Jjpwoyer, a very interesting story told by the veracious Muldonado, a l'ortugudse. Ho narrates, with great particularity, a voyago pf over 3000 miles through tho continont, from tlio const of Labrador lo a point on tho ra dii c ocean in Int. 00r Tills story was bclioved for many yen.rs. Another story of n later date (1040) was that of Fodi'Q Jlarlolouio do Fonto. This bold navigator, whoso valor was ap parently surpassed, only by his vigor of imagination, rolutes a voyngo along tho western coast of North America, In, tho progross of this voyngo Fonto pass ed many islands, and In lat. 53 entered a largQ.bWiM Lik" ,yxJil?U lio. called Lake Holla, Qu,tho lake was a city liaodonassttl, Alter sundry ad von turea about ithtslako, Fonto conclu ded that tho South son did not commu nicate with the Atlantic by'ttiOAU of a Vorthwost ljfl9paisi . t ' ' llut.theua! fulod voyages wore intor- ppprseu with Iwow In whieli tliero was at least icW.lkUwt! X ''UW1" noiit nmung thos was that of Aiwstolos Valorianoa couimonly called Juan, do Fucn. His namo is commemorated in tlio great slralt on our northern bound- in mm ins exploits ucscrvo more ex tended notlro than tlioso of any that preceded him. A Greek of tho city of uopnaipnia, Do Fuca had for more than thirty years been in tho naval ser vice of Spain. In 1590, and In 1502, he sailed jn Hoarch of tjio strait ol Anian. A broad inlet of Iho sen, after which, ns ho said, "ho passed by divers Islands In that' Sailing; and at tlio entrance of this said strait, thoro Is, on tho north west coast thereof, n irrcat liendlnnd or Island, with an exceedingly high pin aclo or spired rock, liko a pillar thero- UJKJIl." II he jienelrated deeply Into tho ro ccsbcs of tho "Mediterranean of tlio northwest," what a plcturo must have met his gazo. Tho future Londons nnd Now Yorks of tlio sound had not vet displaced the forests, and as tlio weird old Greek pilot icr-red with eager eyes into every inlet only "the giant woods with an occaMionul squalid Indian hut wero there lo welcome him. Hut along tho eastern horizon the successive waves of green forests nnd bushy .fjjothills nnd purplo moutitoin ridges, 0110 after an other, broke against tho sky into tho surf of snowy HummiU capped with clouds. And, towering over all, bathed In the purplo light of morning or even ing, or with its outspreading miles of snow nnd ico, mocking thojglaroof noon; rose the vastnoss of Mt. Tacotna. With its sublimo regardlessness of tho centu ries lapsing at ila foot, it stood tiiero as the fit symbol of this Jatcst land to feel tho thread of civilization, waiting in patience for its redemption. For grand est of all about tho mountains, they can wait. Their sublimo calm rebukes our icverish haste. Some havo undertaken to entirely dis credit tho account of tho voyago of Juan do Fuca, and, indcod, ho does claim to havo sailed through those straits into tho Atlantic. Tills is, of course, a fabrica tion or mistake It might possibly havo been the lutter, since, asGrccnbow sug gests, tho breath of tho continent was then unknown, and Do Fuca might havo sailed around Vancouver's-island, and, after entering tho ocean on tho upper sldo of tho Island and returning by the samo route, ho might vory .naturally havo supposed that ho had really ac complished tlio great feat of sailing through tho long-soughf "northwest passage." But, whethor tlio bravo old Greek pilot was altogether trustworthy or not, thoro is no question that ho was tlio first European to enter tlio straits which now immortalize his namo. In 1603, Aguilar, a Spaniard, anchor edso Torquemada tells us in lat. -13 dcg., near tho mouth of a great river, tho current of which was so swift as to forbid entrance. From this point, he says, tlio shore begins to trend northwestward. Now, it is not impossible that this was tha Columbia river, Binco nothing olsa on tiio coast answers tlio descrip tion. Tho inisUko of throo degrees of lati tude mlghtliave tcen made lri tlio vdr ious viclssltudei through which tho ac count pg880cLpgfor) bglni; definitely slated in history. The Spaniards at once concluded that; this was tho strait of Anian. On tho maps of that time, Cali fornia was, therefore, represented as an island. From tho timo of Aguilar, ajranofono hundred and Hoventy-otjo years occurs in explorations to tho northwest coast. Itetween 1774 and 1770 there were thrco important voyages made by tha Spaniards, in which this coast liad a geuoral examination as far as lat. ft) dcg. During tlio socond of tlicso ex plorations, under llecota, liodega and Maurello, wlillo searching for tho straits pf Fuca and tho great river described by Aguilar so long heforo, thoy saw, on, tho 15th of August, 1775, tho mouth of n mighty river which tlo swiftness of me oouing uue provemeu incm ciuor ing, It was' in latitude 40 de. 16 min utes, After waiting a day In tho vain at tempt to cnter Uecota' gdvo tlio order to proceod Boutti. ' , Ho named, the .river lllo do San floes, In latitudo C7 dcg. they turned southward, having though not then knowing It ontercd tlio long hidden northwest paBsago, tho only strait con necting tho northern oceans. , Ah is fitting, the strait now comment orates tho namo of tho gallant Retiring. Ily the time, therefore, of Heccta and Bodega tho Russians had becomo pret ty well established in tho fur trado Of tho oxtrcmo north, and wero in a posi tion to rival tho natipns coming from tlio south in their 'occupancy of the ancient Oregon. In 1770, tho Ulysses of modern discov ery, James Cook, was commissioned by George III. of England to go by way 6f tho capo of Good IIojks, New Zealand and tho Sandwich islands to this region, which, with the customary British as surance, thoy called Now Albion. Cook's voyages, though the most care ful of any yet made, curiously failed of any especial important discovdries. Ho touched tho coast of Oregon in lat. 44 deg., then sheered off the coast just long enough to miss tho Columbia river, then grazed the coast again at cajxj Flat tery, and bounced off so as to miss the straits of Fuca, ono of tho special ob jects qf bis search. However, ho discovered Nootka sound, and proceeded tlienc.0 to the highest point yet reached lat. 76 deg. 29 min., further progress being checked by ico. But wo must for n moment leave the Boa, and glance across tho land. It is a curious fact, if wo may digress cnougli to make a philosophical obser vation, that a great geographical oincov ery seems always to cast its shadow bo fore. And in tho shadow a whole crop of traditions and rumors springs like Jonah's gourd, into sudden immensity. Tlio shadow of Columbus' discovery of tlio new continent, with all its attendant stories, stretched like a presience across the sca-iort edge of Europe. Tlio old continent felt as by an electric thrill'the existonco of tho new. So w'iien Colum bus bad made his sublimo voyage, tbero was a vague feeling through the world of expectation realized. It was tha samo with tho discovory of tlio majestic Columbia, our great river, which oven n daily view can never make commonplace to tho true Oregon ian. Long before iU actual discovery there were vague descriptions of lt in circulation. In 17C6 Jonathan Carver of Connecticut made a journey to the upper Mississippi. While thero ho heard of a great river of the west, called tho Oregon or Origan. Tlio headwaters of this river were said to bo in the near vicinity of those of tho Mississippi and St. Lawronco, and it was supposed to empty into tho strait of Anian. Most of the maps of that time represented a river on the western side of tho contin ent, variously named, as "Tho River of tho West," "River of Angular," "Tlio Thegayo," etc. A story is given by a Frenchman, Lepage Dupratz, as related to him by an Indian called. Moncaclitabe. This Indian said that ho pad ascended tho Missqurl to ita source, thence had cross- cu n uucrvuumji riugo, unu(,jiau de scended a great stream that flowed to ward the setting sun. Moncaclitabe af firmed that at tho mouth of this river ships with white men on board had been seen. Tlua was as early as 1750. Such jls n specimen of tho vague stories, floating hero and thero, which kept tlio restless souls of navigators and pf avar icious kings constantly on the alert. Passing without comment tlio expedi tion of tho .French undor LaPerouse in 1785-0, that of, tho Portuguese under Hanna in tho samo years, and tho Eng lish undor Portlock, Dixon and Berkley. a littlo later, wo find in 1783 a. uiucli more important voyngo. water of tho bay and ocean, discolored from the annual flood, must have been Itself a sufllciont proot of tho presenco thero of a vast river It was, however, upon this semi-discovery of Mcares that the English afterward based their claim of priority of discovory of Oregon. But in the mcantimo great events had occurred in tho colonies. The American revolution had become an accomplished fact. Released from tho narrowing in fluence of foreign control and witli na tivo enterprise stimulated by- growing national'prido, tlio new republic began to stretch her fingers out Upon Uie mountain crests and along the sea coasts. This continent Was her natural heritage. Slio did not purpose to have England or Spain snap it up from bo rioath her hand. Sevoral American vessels, most from Boston, embarked in tho fur trade on this coast. Among the others was tho Columbia, Robert Gray being master. Gray spent two or thrco years cruising up and down tlio coast, trading with tho natives, before making any remarkable discovery. But in May. 1792, ho set sail for the mythical river of tho west, resolved to put the matter to a thorough wst auu gee 11 mero was tnero any magnet of fact round which tho floating particles of rumor and fancy might cluster in some definito order. On tho 7th of May ho entered a fino bay in latitudo 40 dcg. 53 min. Thrco days having been profitably spent in trading with the Indians swapping old iron for furs at a profit of several thous and per cent. Gray attached tho name of Bullfinch's harbor to the bay, nnd took his leave. This bay is now ap propriately known from its gallant dis coverer, as Gray's harbor. Immediately after leaving Bullfinch's harbor, Gray continued south till he camo abreast of a bold headland which he thought must bo Hecet-Vs Cape San Roquo. "Hero, if at all," ho said, must be the mouth of tho great river. Ho set nil Bails and boldly entered between tho breakers, May 11th, 1792. He sailed up the northern shore to a point prob ably n littlo above Knappton of tho present tlmo, when ho found that the channel "gave out.' So after a week or moro spent in trad ing the natives supposing his vessel to have come from heaven a common delusion of theirs respecting the whites ho turned his prow seaward, giving the namo Columbia to the nvor, and to tho capes tho names of Adams and Hancock. So the mystery was solved. Tho ghost of tho ancient strait of Anian, chased through twenty-five degrees of latitude by the navigators of seven na tions, its misty and uncertain form haunting tlie waking dreams of bucca neer and priest, of explorer and trader alike, was exorcised at last by tho cool, calculating eye of tho Yankee fur trader. Tlie great "northwest passage" found a secure hiding place beyond tho ice ramparts of the Arctic circle. And there, under tho guard of bristling ice bergs, it continues to defy tho fleets of man. Thus ends tlie period of search. The river was found, named, labeled and pat away in the geographical collection of tlie world. Another paper will properly bo taken to consider tho exploration upon the waters which for so many ages had heard no sounds save "their own dash lngs." Miscellaneous Advertisements. MRS, M. TOWER, MILLINERY AHD ( DEESS-MAKIM! EMPIRE CITY, OREGON, HAS ON HAND A NEW AND fine stock of Millinery nnd Dress Making- Goods! C3TAU orders promptly attended to. BLANCO HOTEL, Marahfluld, Coos County, Oregon FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS And Jtenitonable Cliarges. Having lately completed a large addi tion to the above hotel, and having had an extensive experience in thhl line' of business, we can safely guaranteo to our patrons comfort nnd nccommodntions ex celled by no other house on the bay. CSTTho reading room of this hotel contains the leading papers of tho At lantic States and the Pacific coast. JFJiltnEYX- IIOT.TLXD, scplO Proprietors. THE WESTERN HOTEL South Front street, MarshCcId, JOHN SNYDER, :::::: Proprietor I HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN CHARGE of the above-named w-ll-cjtablishcd hotel, and am sparing neither pains nor expense to In sure my guests the best of accommodations. THE TABLES AT THE WESTERN Are supplied with the best the market affords, and patrons of the house receive prompt and courteous attention. TERMS Doard and lodging, per week., .$$ 09 Board by the day ,,,.! 00 au7 Single meals ' '50 Ti, CENTRAL HOTEL Corner of Front aad A streets. MAR8HFIELD, OREGON, JOH?T J. KUOXHOLH, Proprietor THIS WELL-KNOWN AND FAVORITE HOTEL has just been entirely refilled and refurnishyd throughout and is again open to the public for patronage. New beds and spring mattresses hare been placed in almost etery sleeping room of the house and neither trouble nor expense has been spared to put everything in first-class order, . At the bar Is to be found the best brands of wines, liquors and cigars. A new entrance to the dining room has been made that opens on Front street, and the tables will always be supplied with the choicest the market affords. m73 J- J- KRONHOLM. Proprietor. Oregon's Small Exhibit. E. W. Allen, ono of tho commission ore from Oregon to tho world's' fair- at New Orleans writes to J. W. Crawford of Salem, stating ho arrived thero on the fVitl. Ami tlirt nrti. ,wnlnlnr. rirAnnn'a exhibit arrived on tho 27th nnd was u ti ll! that year two vessels, tho Folico and Ipbigunia-r-flying the Portuguese colors, but undor tho genorul chargo of two Englishmen, Mcares nud Douglas -sailed from Macao, China, to Nootka spund, Itko most of their predecessors, their prjmary oLject was to carry on tho fur trado. Incidentally they wero on tlioi lookout for any openings either in trado, in conquest, or in tho frowning Rdque, tho capo pu tho north sldo capo coast-lltie, which was gonoraliy thought Kan itoquo, ana tt)ai on fiiu south capo Froudosa,. This was, of course, tho Columbia river. To tho Spaniards, then, belongs tho glory qf first seeing tho mugniOcout sweep of water Vith which tho Columbia moots tlio sou. To them belongs aho tho inglorious' noss of noglecllng to folI6w Up aud utilize tholr discovery. From this timo voyages canto thick aud fust. A')l tho groat inaritmo pow ers wuro jn tlio fluid,' eager to bo tlio first to claim thu vast regions of tho Pacific, and especially to get control of tlio fabled strait of Anian. Tho haughty Spaniard, tho dashing' Frenchman, tha. indomitnb)6 English man, the patten' Dutchinunj and tho Sirewd Yankee. tdl seemingly actuated y oue Impulse, converged upon this uorthwest coast. Tho Russians nUiBt not bo forgolfou, elthor. For, In tho oarly part of 1728,' nn oxpedlttpn under Vitus Retiring, himself a Dano by birth, had made ready on' the 'coast of Kaint chatkn for a Voyage to tlio extreme north. "Tiiifr northward cc-nrse-'h&Yltig boen checked only by closing lee to extond almost unbroken from Snn pranclsco to Nootka. On Juno 20 tho Feltco entered the Straits of Fuca. It -was Moaros, in factt who flxod'that appropriate namo upon the beautiful lnlot first Been by tho old Greek pilot so Jong before. '' ' Eight days lator, Meares entered n bay in lat. 40:10, the supposed placo of tho lHo San Roque of tho Spaniards. Ho sailed dfroctly into tills bay, un til ho reaChOd seven fathoms of water, whon, becoming Hlarmed at tho break ers ahead, ho backed out. Without further examination ho con cluded that "no such river as tho Pan Rqiio octets, as 'laid down op tho Span ish, charts'. So Til) gavo tho' liame'of Qapo Disappointment to tho riorthorn headland nbw more commonly callod Cnjpo Haiicock and tho bay ho called' Deception hay. It Is very curious-that Moaros should havo Bhown 60 littlo bersovoranca in following up a discovery 'which ho had taken so much pains to mako. Especially is it surprising whon wo re mombor'tliat at that season (July) tho loaded on tho 29th, then everything was apparently in good shape. Ife also states that thero is much confusion there on account of the unfinished build' ings, and overy person -wanting to get their exhibits ready for tlio opening on the 16th. Ho says that our exhibit looks small when compared with 25 cars from Kansas, 40 from Nebraska nnd 30 from Minnesota, and no money to make any show with, while other states have from $15;000 to (50,000 donated by the different states, bo they can make a fine exhibit. Allen suggests that it would bo well for Crawford to send back fresh samples of fruit, as that which was taken will soon lio wilted. It is therefore requested that all who havo nico apples, pears, or samples of dried fruit, to send them in to Crawford op or before December 25, so ho can hiako a shlpmont by tho 1st of January. Thpstf Bending greort fruits should in clude about ten of each kind in a pack ago and tho specimens should bo thor oughly cleaned and wrapped in papers. Dried frnits bhould be in five or ten pound packages. MARSHFIELD LTHTOH HOUSE AND RESTAURANT! (Formerly Behrle's.) MATX STOMA, Jr., Proprietor HEALS ATALL HOURS f From IS Cents to $1 OO, Till after Midnight, when they will .bo From SO Cents to SI OO. tST Board by the Day, Week or Month. A variety of tho best brands of San Francisco Beer always on hand. Also, choice Wines and Cigars. EST Fresh Eastern Oysters by overv steamer served in any desired style. ih-ciui uiicuuuu jium 10 .uauics nnu Families. Givo mo n call. oc25 MATT STORA, Jn. HAVING RETIRED FROM BUSINESS at the Empire City and MarshSeld mar-, kets. all parties indebted to me at said markets are requested to forthwith call at the tame and square up their accounts, as I am preparing to acpan irora ine county ana my Dusiaess mast be settled up before I go; therefore persons in debted to me will save- roe extra traefeteaBd them-clfes exlra and unnecessary expense by at once complying uith this request and making prompt settlement without further notKx. ' All engagements that I have outstanding to receive cattle will be fulfilled by my successors, O. Schetter & Co. In this connection I desire to yeturn my sin cere thanks to the pcopta of Coos bay and vi cinity for the many favors I have enjoyed at their hands, and I bespeak for my successors in business, a continuance of the liberal patronage accorded to roe. H. P. WHITNEY. Marshnetd, Or., September 04, 18A1. Hear Y Having to visit tho east iH'a'short time, I am compelled ta collect all money due mo, on note or book account, nnd notice is hereby given to all parties Indobted to me to call Immediately and sottlo accounts, 1 nm not doing this through envy, hatred or malice, but through actual necessity, and coubo quontly will have to resort to law if this notice is not heeded. W. Q. YfttkrsM, R. mas n s J MERCHANT TAILOR! FRONT STREET, MARSHFIELD TUST RECEIVED, FALL -" WINTER O-OOIDS- ' i Stock of Foreign and Domestic Hata aud Fancy Salts of , kkao'-:haie CLO'jrMixa, Which will be sold at BOTTOM TRICES., 43" Ready-mada goods bought at tills shop altered and pressed free of charge. Give me a call. R. MAINS, fseto Wanted A girl to do general houso work. Apply to Mrs. O. W. Tower, Marshfield. - NOTICES FOR FINAL PROOF, Land Oitics at Rosebueo, Orrron, November so. 1884. -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT JJ tUif follow iog-nained settler has filed police of his Intention to make final proof in support -of liht claim, and that said proof will bo nude befo-ejlba; clerk of Cpofc county,. jit Empire City,,., , Oregon. , ' Oa Friday, January1-; m ' "' .' Viif John Kinvon, pre-eroplloa declaratory ' ' statement No. 4073, for the vest half -of thq , , norilieast cjuartrr and the east half of tle north west quarter of section ir, townships., south, range 13 west, Wilbmette meridian. 1 . .4, He names the following. wltneisei, to, pioya Ills continuous residence upon and cultivation ' of said kind vii . - W H .'1 Willuni Saunders, of Empire City,, ami Will- j lam Noble, l.ynun Noble and Claries Fox, ol" Marshfield, Coos county, Oregon. "" " noa-td WM. F. BanjAwiH, Rglkr, ' , ( ..