Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-07
DALLAS, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1870.

PORTLAND legal tender rates, strong at SHE
MoyED.-Lieut w. R. Dunbar, who has lat
terly been living at the Grand Ronde Agency.
moved into Marion county this week.
WEAvISG.-The looms in the Glendale wool
en- factory were put in motion this week. The
first goods turned out will be fannels.
By the conditions imposed in his letter,
t'0ld Bachelor can know nothing of "Old
Maid whose description of Solf was given
last week.
PoLTTIcAL SPEAKINc.-J. g. Wilson and J.
III. Slater, opposing candidates for Congress,
will speak here on Tuesday next, at one o'clock
p. m.
SowED. - Capt. Lafollette, Agent at the
Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, has sown
wheat and oats on the 100 acres that he plowed
during the winter. and the grain is now up and
growing nicely.
Book BIyDISG.-By an advertisement in the
the Salem paper we notice that the firm of G..
D. Snyder Co. has been dissolved and that
The work from this biEdery is equal to that of
any bindery on this coast, and paaties having
old books OF magazines to be bound cannot do
better than send to Mr.. Snyder, at Salem.
Mr.. j. W. Jasper, formerly of the McMin-
vile Courier, called on us yesterday evening.
He is looking well notwithstanding The abuse
of Democratic papers. The reason they abuse
him is because he bolts the Sth resolution Of
the Albany platform, and is now stumping the
State against repudiatiou. He spoke here last
night on that subject.
CROPS AT GRAND RoSDE.-Capt Lafollette
informs that $50 acres of wheat and oats
have been sown the Grand Rondc Indian
Reservation. This land has been we'll propar-
ed and the young plants are looking exceed
ingly well, better than at any time within the
past ten years. The amount of land being cul
tivatedis greater than heretofore.
DAILY MAIL.--We saw a note from Postal
Agent Underwood this week stating that the
contract for carrying the daily mail from Cor
wallis to Portland on this side of the river has
been let to J. d. Carr and G.. ooggan, for 50, ,0O0
Carr is part owner in the Oregon an Cali
fornia Stage CO., and Coggan is freighter in
Eastern Oregon. This new company has the
means with which to stock the line imme-
diately.
BURsED.-Mr. John Friar, mal-carrier from
Lafayette to Corvallis, informs us that on We'd
nesday night last Hunts lager beer brewery in
Iso
known how the FIRE ignited, though it was
somewhere in the second story. Workmen had
been engaged about the premises until about an
hour before the fire was discovered. At that
time every person was abed, and although the
night watch discovered il, he was unable TO get
the town Alarmed until it was too late to save
the property. Nothing was burned but the
brewery. Loss $1,000, partially insured.
AEsuAL.-We have received the Animal Of
Messrs. Hudson and Monet, for 1870. 1t Is a
book of 216 pages, and contains information
that should be In the possession of every bust
ness man who is alive and keeps up with the
timcs. OF all the advertising agents with whom
we have done business, we prefer Messrs. II. &
M. They are more prompt and accommodating
than any firm with whom we are acquainted
From this fact alone newspaper men would
rather receive orders through this firm thar
directly from headquarters, and advertisers car
always do better by giving their orders to Hud'
son and Monet than to the newspapers direct
or to any other firm that we know Of
WEATHER FOR APRrL--T. Pearce's weather
record for April shows that there were 10 rainy
days with 5.52-Io0ths inches Of rainfall, /
cloudy days and Ii clear days. The rainy
days we're from the 1st TO 4th snc!nsive, 7th Il
The clear days were from tho 14th to goth, and
one day was L72-looths inches, on the 10th