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JOB PRINTING. !MVKr VKV fklOAY.) 3BANON J. H. STINE & CO. .... .-. ... Publisher B,iy o.imiptlon at . . Joq Printing Done on Siiort Notice. Legal Blanks, Business Cards. Letter Heads, Bill Heads. Circulars Posters, Kfcc. TtHMH UI Bt'BSl'RIPl'IoN. On Yrar .....W 013 Bit Mouth. 1 as Tbrw Month S t ryaii m xlnim,) TERMS oFiknVKRTlSINa. (lltoAl. 1 One inre, (Irst Inwrtfcm WO Kch ..hli.Umal utavrtion 1 AO VOL. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1887. NO, 31, Lor Nirtlrr., iwr lin. ISwntt K?.tiitr ntlvertta.-ment Inat-rU! upon Hhwal lrrtn. ff.f.-aXttl la food tj! sod at fowaat U.lnf THE lj " " """""" J A V 1 SOCIETY NOTICES. LERAKfVX I.OPOE. SO 44. A F. .V M : Miwt. at thnir mw tivtl in MfWonie Klock, on SaluiUajr .vanltts, on or hefurv tne lull mom. J WASSON, W M. LEBANON TaITMIK, KO. 47. t O, rt F.: MitU imtay .renlng of -h wn'k. al 0M Krllw'. 1111, Min trmt; lUiig btvthren cotiltally lnrttvd to attend. J. J. CHARLTON, H. U. HONOR I.OPOK Wrt. Si A. O. V. W, T.-hanon, tigim: Mot rvery nrat ntt thltM Ttmw.ljr .tra ins. n lh. mouth. F. II. RotfOOK. M. W. 4. 8. COURTNEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON, LKBVSOS OUTMOST. trOffl -p in brick bull.llr.fr, orr M. A. Mil lei' 1-rUK Suns. F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public and General Insurance Agt LKBASON. OBKGOIT. OMirrtloin and other biwirieai pr..mptlj attandrd to. Otfice on Main atrevt. DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL DENTIST. Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. ORKCIOS. OflJoe In V. C. IMersoa's jewelry store. 45TAU work warranted. Charges reasonable. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, LEBANON. OBKOOJT. Shartei, Hair Cutting, an 1 Shampooing la Ik LftUMt and BEST STYLES. tW Patronage respectfully aullcdtrd. St. Charles Hotel, LEBANON, Oregon. X. W. Conwr Main ul Pbenran Stretta, lira Bluoki Lut of R K. lp.. H. E. PARRISH, Proprietor. Table Supplied with the Best the Market Afford. Sample Rooms and the Prt AexomTnodationa for -GENERAL STAGE OFFICE. C. T. COTTON, DEALER IX Groceries and Provisions, TOBACCO & CICARS, SMOKERS' ARTICLES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, CONFECTIONERY, Qaeew.ware smd la.ware. Laati and Iasma Flxt.rea. Mala BC, I-ekanon. Oregon. LEBANON Meat Market BI IIL KELLEXBERCER, Pr.prlet.ra. Fresh and Salted Beef and MUTTON, PORK, SAUSAGE, BOLOCNA and HAM. Bacon and Larff always en Hani. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. . L. Cowan, J. Al. Kaiuton. J. W. CrsicJr. BANK OF LEBANON Lebanon, Oregon, Transacts a General Banking Business. AC30?n's Eept Subject to Check. EXCHAXGK SOLD OS Sew Tor!, San Francisco, Portland ani Aloafiy, Oreion. Collections Made on Favor- able Teems. l C. PETERSON & CO., -NEW- Livery, Feefl & Sale Stables, LEBANON, OREGON. To our many friends of Lebanon and vicinity, and those ot other towns, e deair to ca'l attention to the fact that we have opened on Mapls Street, Bet. First ani Second, HK MOLAKb' BARaKSS SllOP.t A NEW LIVERY STABLE. 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GrO AH, XT ndertaker, Dealer in BURYING ROBES & COFFINS CONSTANTLY ON HAND Also Doors, Windows and Blinds. 171. A. MILLER, DEALER IX . Drugs, Medicines. Paints. Oils and Glass. ALSO A Complete Stock of Stationery, AND LADIES TOrJLETX' ARTICLES. Prescriptions a Specialty. Next Door to W. B. Donaca, Lebanon. Oregon. MITCHELL & LEWIS CO., Limited. aet.rr: Bula. TTU. Braackt rrtl. MANUFACTURERS OF THE MITCHELL FARM AND .SPRING WAGONS. THE MITCHELL WAGON. Los, Header and Trucks; Dump, Hand and Road Carta; Open and Top BugglesT Pba.tona, Carriages, Buckboarda, and IIABNESS. General Aanta for Canton Clipper Ilowa. Harrows. Cultivator. R.ad Scrapora, 01 Chilled Plow. Ideal Feed Mills acd Wind MUla. Knowl ton Hay Rakes. Horse Powers. Woxl Saws. Feed Cutters, ew. W. carry the largest and best asaorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest Coast. All our work is built especially for this trade and fully warranted. Send for new 1887 catalogue. Mitchell k Lewis Co., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Our goods ar. sold by F. II. ROSCOE & CO.. Hardware Dealers, Lebanon, Or. G-. E. HARDY, Watchmaker -. and . Jeweler. .DEALER nr. Watches, Clocis, Jewelry, Silrer -AGENT ROC.CFORD w " i Qslck-TrslnV aaa mm I w -w brim - sawi n -W.kt. a j T' WZf'M nAinUrf I C4 T fc . "itv f J ar K.43oWMv,W'v Ma e a o o o e o LaoomAV Nb2 !l,-T eauiaatr O O O . ewctoraand oaber 2z&m0 wvirm) . wtas a EaUwajr an. la'T hUWamair. .. also Asairr roa tb. I. F. & H. A, Singer Sewing LEBANON. i Done at Short Notice. in stock Furniture. Plated fare and Optical Goods. FOB o o o o o o o V7ftTCIIES a VHAVfiiA All Work n a. j re-' lTUH.ra.II IJrlHIl Barr. sold Machines & Macliine Supplies. OREGON ; x... . - OFFICIAL TESTIMONY. Letter from Attornr.Ceneral Bradford of Kansas. How Prohibition Prohibits--"Fanatical Tyra ny".. "Bleeding Kansat"--Judgo Grozier's Decision. -The Law a Splendid Success. Toprka, Kansas, Sept 27, 1887. Lexlir. Butler, Esq., The Dalle, Oreyon Dkr Sib: Your laror of Hepteraber 21, received and contents noted with plena nre. Tbe elippiiiii joa sent me is an extract from an editorial written for the Leaven worth Standard, a democratic anti-probi-bitiou orgnn. It does not state tbe facts correctly, nor does it foreHhadow tbe elTect that that decision will bare upon prohibition in Kansas. Jutle Crosier decided that tbe law of lHBl-the first prohibitory law wns uncoustitutionnl and Toid. Tbe supreme court, bviweTer, decided to tbe contraiy, and being-the court of Inst reoort, and baring the las gness, is upheld by the people. Judge Crosier, agnin in 1S80, heM that a section of the law of 1SK5, which gse to the count attorney tbe power to subpoena persons before bira and take their eri dence and reduce it to writing, which er idence should b attached to the informa tion, was also void; bnt tbe supreme court has again held that information Sled, verified upon information and be lief, having attached thereto the evidence of witnesses taken by the county attor ney in the manner designated in section H, -tbe section decided by Judge Croeier to be unconstitutional was good, and sustained the verdict of the courts below iu finding tbe defendants guilty upon such an information. As a matter ot faet, the decision of J ndge Crozier has do bad effect whatever npon prohibition in Kansas, as his decision related to a matter peculiar and local to T-eaven worth City, l'ermit me to state in this connec tion that in Leavenworth in lHHfi, they had two hundred and eighteen saloons, in a population of 31,000. I commenced op erations in Ijeavenwortb in 1HK5, and bad as my chief opponents Messrs. Baker and Fenlou, two of tbe most prominent law yers in Kansas, who in terms seemed to have tbe favor of Judge Crozier, tbe J udge ou the bench. It seemed that sue ceas was absolutely impossible witbont some of the machinery of the law to aid me in my prosecutions. Juries were packed against ma, the court would rule against me, witnesses would prevaricate; consequently it seemed to me that I was powerless to do anything. When tbe leg islature of 187 convened, I conceived the idea of a law which would provide for these rebellions cities Atchison, Leavenworth. Wyandott and Wichita a metropolitan police system, to be ap pointed by the state ofilcers now in pow er. The bill was passed, and police com missioners, consisting of two republicans and one democrat, were appointed in tbe citiea orLeavenwortb. Kansas City, Kan sas, and Wichita. The police commis sioners appointed by tbe txecntie coun cil appoint tbe police judge, tbe city marshal and police officers. With these implements of warfare, I proceeded again to Leavenworth, and as evidence of the success of my crusade I will say that iu "JO days there was not a saloon in Leav enworth, and where the eye was met with saloon signs on every baud not or.e to day can lie found, except in a pile of refuse lumber it some back yard. The police judge has fined 125 persons from 8100 to $'A0 each for violations of the prohibitory law in Leavenworth City. One of those parties, beiug fined a num- ler or times, sought tbe protection of Judge Crozier' s court in a habeas corpus, and the court rendered the opinion of which your cupping was a Tcry imperfect synopsis, ion win ooserve rjy tnis cup ping, that Judge Crozier holds that the police judge and other police officers were de facto ofllcers. and that their acts were valid, but tbat tue law appointing com missioners wbs unconstitutional and void; therefor, it follows that, notwithstanding Judge t.'rozier's decision, the police judge of the city of Leavenworth will continue to fine violators oi tue prohibitory taw aa before. As a sort of retaliation for bavins scst me the clipping you did, I send you here with two, as explanatory ot tbe success of the movement iu V ichita, where a snort time ago there were 75 places running where liquors were sold unlawfully, and. 1 am sorry to any, bad the sympathy of the public press of that city, except, per haps, two or three papers. 1 he prohibitory law gives me the pow er, as attorney-general of this state, to en force the prohibitory liquor law in local ities where the county atUvney fails, neg lects or refuses to perform his duty. The county attorney refusing to perform his duty 'in Wichita, I proceeded to appoint as my assistant in that county the Hon. J. It. Ilallowell, who, until the recent change of national administration, was the United States attorney for the district of Kansas, a powerful and vigor ous prosecutor. I gave him full instruc tions what to do and started tbe ball roll ing by causing some arrests to be made, and convicted two persons on informa tion of nine counts each, and securing their sentence to the county jail for nine months and 8900. and the costs. - One other person was sent to the county jail for eight months, accompanied witu an $800 fine and costs. Col. Ilallowell has filed informations in Wichita against 44 persons, ranging in counts numbering from one to 208. You will observe from the cliDbing herewith inclosed that the individual charged with 208 violations of the law was convicted on each and every count, and consequently receives a sen tence from tbe district judge of the mini mum fine and penalty on each count. making his couts aggregate seventeen vears and eight months, with s'iO.NOO hne. You will also observe what CoL Hallow ell says on the subject of the masses in Sedgwick county. He says: "The peo ble of Sedgwick county make as good jurors as can be found in any county of the state. W7hen I commenced operations in Sedgwick county, the violators of the law would snan their fingers m my face and say, "What are you going to do about it"? The people here don't want the saloons closed." I said to them tbat they were mistaken, and when 1 commenced operations and succeeded in three cases, they then began to say tb me: You had better go a little careful; we will turn against you politically," to which threat I replied that "when the time comes for you to do me injury politically, remem ber that there is a probability that you will be in jaiL." How far that prediction has come true may be interred from tJol. Hallowell's letter contained in the clip ping inclosed Herewith. With me the enforcement ot the prohibitory liquor law M attorney-general of this state is strictly a matter of ofllcinl duty. I propose to perforin jny duty whatever the conse quence may tie. That mv life has been in dnnger at diflVrent tin.ro, there can be no queation, as I have gone into commit tees where it was supiHiaed absolutely nothing could tie done in enforcing the law, aud by perwmtf nt efforts have won the confidence of the people, and bare succeeded. There is scarcely a saloon in Kansas to day. It may be said that there is not an open saloon, in the manner tbat saloons are kept open in other states, in Ksnsns ; bnt that thee are places where liquor is sold contrary to law, there can be no qnestion. We have a law that says that men slisll not steal horses ; they shall not murder; they shall not commit arson ; yet horses are stolen, boases are burden, and men and women are mur dered. It is safe to say tbat tbe prohibi tion law is enforce 1 in Kansas as well as any other law npon the statute-book. Inasmuch as you are about to vote up on the subject of prohibition in Oregon, it may not lie out of place tor me to here state some of the evidences of the benefits of prohibition in Kansas; and before stating what tbe facts are, 1 desire to pre face it by giving you the manner in which I have arrived at the conclusion that I have. Until I came Into this office the attorney-general brd no jurisdiction over the enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law. When the prohibitory law of 1881 was enacted. I was then county attorney ot Osage connty, a county inhabited largely by miners, a great number of whom were foreigners whose habits of life had been fixed before coming to this country, and who absolutely believed the prohibitory law was unjust and tyranical, and that they were justified in swearing falsely upon the stand in order to protect themselves from its operation. I had great difficulty in enforcing tbe law in ttsnge county aa county attorney, and felt relieved when my term of office expired. After having been elected to the office I now bold, the legisle.tr.re whether acting upon their observation of my experience as prtwecutor in Osage county, or not, I am unable to say put a provisioj iu the law of 18H5 making it the duty of tbe attorney-general to enforce the prohibitory law in every county where the county attorney failed, neglected or refused, or if from any canse the law bad not been enforced. That provision of tbe law more than doubled the duties ot this office aod brought down npon me a deluge ol curses and praises that wilt long be re membered. I went at tbe violators ot the law with ungloved bands, end at tbe close of the year 185 to see what the re sults bad been I addressed a communica tion to each of the county attorneys, clerks ot the court, and probate judges, with tbe view of ascertaining tbe number of saloons then in the counties and the number of caar-s prosecuted, and the gen eral result of the year's work. I found tbat the saloons bad beeu decreased 33 per cent aud that there was a general good result reported. Tbe legislature ot lSWi, at my suggestion, made new amend ments to the prohibitory law. At the close of the year 1HW5, I again made a summary of the results of tbe enforce ment of tbe law, and found an increased benefit; but also found that there was an imperfection in the prohibitory law of 18S5, which permitted the drug-stores to sell liquors simply upon the statement of the individual who desired the liquor, that it was necessary for medicinal, scien tific or mechanical purposes. I suggested to the legislature the propriety or amend ing the law restricting tbe sa'e by tbe druggists of the state, andjequiring per sons applying therefor to accompany their application for the liquor for tbe excepted purposes with en afi'davit, giv ing the disease for which it wes necessa ry, or the mechanical or scientific purpoee tor which it was desired, the name ot the t atient, it required for medicine, ard tbat the person applying, sign bis own name to the application. I also suggested that there be a restriction or penalty placed upon the sale of liquor by the druggists for Bny other purpose except tbat for wliijh intoxicating liquors could lie ben eficially used as a medicine. This bad the tendency toimmediately decrease the sale of intoxicating liquors iu Kansas. Since this law went iuto effect, I have caused another series of questions to be answered by the various connty ofiicia's, also by officers of the penitentiary, with a view ot ascertaining the effect ot prohi bition upon crime, pauperism and insan ity. I am now armed with a series of statistical tables on tbe subject of tbe effect of prohibition on crime, the other tables uot being yet completed. I Lave taken the same number ot years prior to prohibition tbat prohibition bas been in effect in Kansas, with a view of compar ing the percentage of crime to the popu lation before prohibition tbat we have bad since prohibition has been in effect. These tables show the convictions in every county in the state for the several years from 1H74 to 1887, inclusive, and for what crimes they were convicted and sent to the penitentiary. We find that in the year 1880. the last year of the t rum shop act, there were 291 convic tions for felonies in tbe state of Kansas, with a population of a little less than 1.000.000 reoile. Although 4he popula tion of Kansas was continually increasing year by year, we did not reach the maxi mum of 2l until in the year 1885, at which time we had a imputation of 1,425, 000 people, showing a decrease in crime since prohibition or more than 25 per cent Take tbe crimes that would be the natural outgrowth of broils, saloon rows, and other crimes incident to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors. and the decreaae is even greater than 25 per cent There is one thing that must be taken into consideration in figuring this result that would be against tbe favorable showing on tbe subject of pro hibition, and tbat is that in 1880 there was no city in tbe state with a greater population than about 20,000. and per baps not more than three or four cities in the state with a population greater than 10,000; while now we have four or five cities iu the state with a population of 20,000, reaching as high as 40.000, and more than twenty cities in the state with populations ranging ebout 10,000; and it 5 . . .1 a i 1 in sale vo aay mm ueuaeiy pupuiuieu uis- tricts. such as cities and towns, has a tec dency to increase crime. I expect in the near future to have a complete compila tion of these figures and statistical tables on tbe subject of the effect of prohibition on crimes, pauperism and insanity, and when completed will take pleasure in sending you a copy. I am satisfied that tbe showing ot tbe ellect of prohibition upon insanity will be more favorable than that upon the effect npon crime. So far as pauperism is concerned, it is safe to say that the effect is wonderful. In com munitii s where saloons were prevalent the disgusting scenes of beggary and want, of dilapidated sidewalks, unhinged doors and broken glass, have almost dis appeared. Instead of a debauched hus band reeling about the door, comfort and pleasure, well-fed and comfortably-clad children may be seen. Taking it all in all, it is Eafe to say that in Kansa&j where prohibition succeeded with a majority of a little less than 8,000, were it submitted again it would carry bv from 60,000 to 75,000, and possibly 100,000 majority. I hope that your people will adopt pro hibition in the constituton of your state. 1 shall be glad to 'hear from yon from time to time during the progress of the fight, and if I can be of- any benefit by furnishing you in the future, evidence upon the subject, I shall take pleasure in doing so. Yt urs truly, S. B. Bradford, Attorney -Generalof Kansas, AGRICULTURAL. Devoted to the Interests of Farmers and Stockmen, Il.rwe Radish Horse-radish is II. ot t. Raise. an entirely Jiardy slant, hence can be planted either iu all or spring. The practice, however. fa to plant in the spring ; aud among those who make the most of their Isnd, and crop every foot as much as it will carry, it is placed in the ground lor example. 9 a second crop. The method is somewhat as follows : In tbe fall and it may be one of the lat crops to lift and harvest, as a frost does not hurt it all the young eid shoots taken off from the main or market roots are selected for the next spring's planting. These are cut into pieces six inches long or eo, tied in bundles, and stowed away in boxes to keep fresh until wanted. It ia said that care should be taken that all are planted small end down. Henderson recommends that the top part be cut off cquare, the bottom slanting, as there then would be no difficult r t planting time. In the spring-, where land is no object or as we said before, the fall will do each set should be in serted in the ground with a dibble, so as to be just Ultjw the surface, thr hole being made perpendicular, aud the set made fast by a back-thrust of the dibble. If no other crop is to be taken off, they may be set 15 inch apart each way in a hole 10 or 12 inches deep. Ordin rr cultivation during the summer will I y fall give a oiin nxi; omeurni-s a nrni pound in weight. As a second crop iher are lined between early cabbsge and any other vegetable. The crop of cabbage for first use is generally about two feet apart Line out a row every foot and plan the cabbage every alternate row ; when through, plant the horse radish sets between. The eArlr crop will have become nearly ready for the market before the hors radish makes much of astir, and by the time tbe cabbage or other crop comes off, and the whole land is given up to horse radish, the latter is ready to take hold. and will bring nearly as good returns aa if given the entire land to perfect in. Of course this double cropping can only be done with good soil and toal which ia well manured. In all casea whre ordinary field cultivation is depended on, one crop will probably be the better. Near large cities enor mous quantities of horse-radish are sold in the full to men who make a business of putting up in bottles Urs pleacant condiment, and shipping to alt part". Formerly each family cut up and grated its own a wanted. It ia now put up in vinegar, but it will not, however, keep very long, hence it cannot be treated aa ordinary canned goods. Cattlvatl.a r sparajr.. The best land for asparagus is a deep sandy loam. Any 1-tud that is mellow and not lumpy, and free from tones, will answer; stones and lumps make he sprouta grow crooked and unmar ketable. The land should be prepared by previous tillage, so as to be quite free from conch grass and other weeds, and is prepared by plowing under a heavy dressing of manure early in spring, after which the land is har rowed and furrowed deeply with a Urge two-horse plow, running it two or three times in the same furrow, and then shoveling out the loose loam with long-handled shovels. This will leave furrows about ten inches deep below the average level of the field. The furrows are made three and one half or fonr feet apart, and after making two furrows the cart is driven along side to spread a little fine manure in the furrow, and then the plants are set at one foot apart along the fur row, taking pains to point the heads of the plants in the direction of the row. This will tend to keep them from spreading sideways, as they are apt to when planted carelessly. The plants are covered by the hoe only an inch deep at first, so that they may start quickly. After planting two rows, then two more can be struck out, or, if phosphate is used in the furrow, tbe whole Geld can be struck out at once. But a manure cart can not be driven over such deep furrows without destroying them. The object in setting the roota so deep is to allow flowing the who'e surface of the field over the tops of the roots to destroy wCfds after the plants are well estab lished. - The plant are raised the'yesr prev ious by sowing seed in rows hi teen inches apart and treating the plants like onione tbat is hoe an J weed them often. There ia considerable differ ence in tho varieties of the asparagus used. After planting the asparagus the ridge between the rows may be planted with carrots or beets, which will not interfere with the asparagus, and will pay for keeping the land clean the 6rst year. The second year there should be nothing else grown upon the land. In spring it should receive a good dressing of manure or of some standard fertilizer containing a liberal portion of potash. The sur face should be plowed entirely over with a one horse plow and then har rowed thoroughly with a good smooth ing harrow. A law has iccentlv b.en enacted iu Germany v. hih forbids tho is: of colors or color pro pa n;io-.is containing antimony, arsenic, barium. catliiiiun copper, coralino, jjamboe. lead, mer cury, pnric at id. tin. uranium or zinc. in the making of anv article of food or confectionery. .V. Y. Le fger. According to the United State? census of 1870, of the total steam and water power em plored 48.18 per cent was water. In 1880 tho percentage of water power had decreased to 35.33 per cent From this it will be seen that water power is fast falling behind in the race. Boston Budget A striking experiment in the com bination of colors was performed a ihort time since by Prof. Vogcl at a meeting of the Physical Society, of Berlin. He wished to demonstrate the incorrectness of the popular notion that yellow and blue, when mixed, al ways make green. He took two phials, one containing aoid yellow, and tbe other aniline blue. He mingled their content together, and the result was a mixture not green in color, but of a fiery red hue, & Ltdgtr. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest ia a Condensed Form. Around Philomath, farmers are busy putting in full wheat. Heavy mountain fires are raging south of (J rant's Pas?. A toboggan club lias recently been organized at The Dalles. Snow has already fallen on the high mountains in Southern Oregon, The firemen of Dallas will dedicate a new city hall, now completed. Atoria citizens have raised the $150,000 subsidy asked for the railroad. Claim jumping is the popular pas time in the Canyon creek mining dis trict. Miners everywhere are getting readr for winter, says a Jackson county paper. Th snrvey of the Umatilla reserva tion by the contractors is about com pleted. The name of the postolHce at Itooster It'jck, has been changed to Litourelle. Gen. Jobn F. Miller has the contract' to furnit-h the Yainax Indians with 63,000 pounds of beef. A uew poBtofiiee has been established at Mo wry, Crook county, with Mark A. Carson as postmaster. A new postoflice has been established at Elmira, Lane county, with Martha A. Ballman as postmaster. Mrs. Henry Miller, of Corvallis, ia reported to nave gone insane from the effects of a felon on her finger. During the rodeo in upper Summit Lake valley the complete skeleton ot a white man was found near Ana river. The tug Pelican, in attempting to enter Smith river, was thrown on the rocks, where she remained at last ac counts. Jack Thompson, who killed Shelly, at Antelope, has been held without bail, to appear before the next grand jury in Waco county. The latest developments from the Canyon City-Baker mail robbery indi cates that the thieves succeeded in getting away with nearly f 2,000. Sheriff Walts, of Columbia county, hs offered a reward of 1 200 for the arrest of George Upton, who murdered Dt journette near Bradbury landing. Tbe Blasdel syndicate have paid 1150,000 cash for the Kelson placer mine, south of Baker city. They will ' take possession of tbe property in No vember. The Chloride mine on Rock creek. owned by J. P. Malar key, has been bonded for f 25,000, for a period of six months, to J. K. Komig.of La Grande, and other.. The M. E. church, south, h es tablished an organization in Granife Pass. The new organization proposes) to erect a new place of worthip in Grant's Pass next spring. Cattlemen have just finished the fall ride. The are now able to make a close estimate of their losses last inter, and place it at about 40 per cent-f ays an Ochoco paper. Capitalists propose to build a $50,000 hotel at Ashland, providing a sufficient Hon as be raised by the town. An effort is also being made to get the matter undertaken by a joint stock company. The C. F. Bradley Mining Company, of Sanger, have about got their mill in running order, and it is expected that they will commence cru.-h ng ore in a short time. About seventy men are now at work in the mine. Mr. Street performed the feat of las.-oiug a five-point mule deer on Hampton butte. This ia a rather novel way ol catching deer, but the bucaroes of Crook county have many novel ways of doing things. On the Hue of the Oregon Pacific, about seven miles above Mehama, the body of James Minot waa discovered banging by a bale rope to a small tree. He had committed suicide, probably in a fit of despondency. His knees were on the ground and he had choked to death. The general merchandise store on the Siletz Indian agency,- owned by Mrs. Chambers, was destroyed by fir a of supposed incendiary origin, Mrs. Chambers being away fr.m home at the time. The amount of the loss is unknown ; but it is supposed that it will be quite heavy. . AtBeaverton there ate about 80 acres of mltek-Jhind (they call it Beaverdam land) occCpifidhyirenty seven families, who raise general pro duce. The most important crop is onions of which 800 bushels to the acre have been raided, which were sold last spring at $1 50 per bushel, also f 1000 worth of rhubarb, $1000 worth of horse radish, and $000 worth of as paragus have frequently been raised to the acre. Some of this land is renting this year at $41 per acre cash. One man is giving one half the crop for rent, which will amount to $150 per acre rental. The land sella readily at $230 per acre. The muck is from two to twenty feet deep. Maj. Hafkins, in command at Fort Canby, received a dispatch instructing him to stop all work and bold the gar rison in readiness for departure. Aa Fort Stevens was abandoned some time ago, this would leave the mouth of the Columbia river without a mili tary garrison on either side. The As toria Chamber of Commerce held a meeting and instructed E. C. Holden, secretary of the chamber, to make proper telegraphic representation to the military authorities and Oregon's Cengressionil delegation, urging the recall of the order and suspension of action till a proper showing can be made justifying the retention of the rcops at this important post. A Butte special says: W'ni. Galvey met a terrible, death in the yards at the depot He went between the cars to uncouple them, and the engineer backed the train to facilitate the work. As no signal was given to stop the en gineer began to back. Presently it was discovered that Galey had caught his foot in a frog ; the train had pushed him down and the wheels ran npon him, cutting him to pieces and wrap ping his mutilated remains around the wheels. His heart was torn from him, aud teeth were found scattered alos the truck,