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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-15
Family Flour.
At Fort Colvllc, W T.. 1000 lbs more or less
Fort Klamath, OREGON, 5000 HIS.
Fort Wala Waia. W. T 10000 lbs.


At PORTLAND, Oregon, Is. AS lbs, more
or les. Beef Cattle; Il go lbs, more or less,
Four; -. 900 lbs more or less, Family Flour;
500 lh-., more or les. Corn Meal; 1920 lbs,
more or les, Island Brown sugar: ..33i gal-
Ions. more or les. Cider VINEGAR; 2l,3u0 lbs,
more or les, Fine salt; 6,s9i lbs, more or less,
Crackers, assorted: 2,6,s 2-lha. cans more or
les. Oysters; So Lib. cans, more or less, oys-
tiers speed: LIS 2-lh-. cans, more or less Sal
mon. 2,30J hoXcs, more ,r los, Yeast Powder:
$50 los, more or less, Corn Starch.
The above articles to he delivered at such
times during the fiscal year ending june 30,
ISL. ~ The Chief Comn~,ary OF the Depart
mcut may direct
Proposals must be accompanied 10y guaran-
tee, si-uod 10y two Responsible persons, and
sworn 10 before some magistrate having au-
thunly to administer oaihs, stating that If a
contract j. awarded they will enter into bonds
for the flhful fuliillmcnt Of the contact.
sample of the articles proposed to furnish
m,at cNcrptcd), must be submitted with the
proposals.
rropo-als for any part Of The above will he
considered. the United States rcscr>ng the
right To reject any or all bid,
Prices in L. :. currency written rs well as
expressed in figure.
for further information, copies of insirnc'
lionr To bidders, &c. apply to,arh Acting Com
mis.uiy Of Subsistence OF the post concerned,
or at tbs office.
Envelopes .hould he endorsed "Proposals for
W II. BELL,
Captain and {. 5.
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For Transportation U. S. Military
Mails, &c

Route No. 6.-Between Canyon City, Ore
gon. and Camp Harvey, weekly.
p Route No. 7.-Betwren Linkville Oregon,
and Fort Klamath, Oregon, tri-weckly.
Proposals Tor transportation on any or all OF
the routes above named will be received
The Government reserves the right t. reject
any or all proposals.
Blank proposals, form Of contract, and print
cd circulars stating the estimated quantities OF
supplies to be transported, and giving full in
formation Us to the manner of bidding. condi-
tions to be observed 10y bidders, and terms Of
contract and payment, will be furnished on APP
plicaiion to tins office or to the office of the
Chief Quartermaster, Military Division of the
Pacific, san Francisco California.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for Transportation on
Route ----.' and addressed to the I'M
designed.
RN. BATCHELnFR Major and c. @ NJ,
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PROPOSALS FOR TRANSIT oETA
TON
OFFICE CHIEF On Mr..
DEPT. OF THE COLUMBIA,

DIfT. or THE \plt NINA.
PORTLAND. OREGON, March b. 1876
CkALED PROPOSALS, in iliplcatc. subject
- to the Usual conditions, will he received at
this Ollie, ana al The Office of the Chief Quar-
tcrma,ter. Military Division OF the Pacific in
SAn Francisco, Cat. until Il O'Clock noon. on
" ,dmc-day. May Sd 1876, al which time and
PLACE. they viii ne opened III presence of bid
dcis. for Tie transportation Of Military supplies
on tine following described routes IN the De
parimcnt of the Columbia, during the year
commencing July !, 1876, and ending June 50,
1871.
Ronic No l.-5000) lbs, more or less from
Wallula. or Palousc Landing, ". T., to Fort
Collville. w. I.
Dallc., OREGON. to Camp Harvey, Oregon.
Route No 3-200,O0O lbs more or less. from
Wmnemucca, Nevada. TO Camp Harvey Ore
gon.
Route No 900 600 lbs more or less, from
terminus O X c. i. L California Branch-to
Fort Klamath, Ogn.
Route 40 100000 lbs, more or less, from
Rosellrr. oregon. to Fort Klamath, Oregon.
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atsnrnurrr 9lnacpruacnt,
SATURDAY. APRIL Is. 1916.
Dairy Produce.

MY Is lndl OF the UtdIN. DUl III inns
country. we believe this industry has
not received the attention it demands
at the hands of our farmers. 1t Is
natural that this is 50. for in a new
country. sparSclv settled. and with
limited communication with the out-
side world. there /, not that demand
for dairy productions ;ha; there H. IN
older communities; this is true Of al
most any production, bat particularly
is it true with the dairy. The far
mcr turns his attention to raising
stock for beef. which upon foot can
be moved from one place to anoth-
cr, at a small expense, and supplied
to the trading posts, military fort
and the dimes. at a handsome profit
But ,hi, state of things viii not al
way continue. The country chang
Is from frontier settlement TO a sub.
staniial community, and the new or
der Of things demands Il change in
the industries Of the people. Naric-
~ Of production is now wanted.
y 18th the growing State grows the
wants of the people. The simple
life, in the rude hut OF logs. with the
wild cattle upon the range, must NOW
give way, gradually, to the more
complex life Of the energetic COM
munitv, engaged in the various indus
tries, which are the certain mark, OF
the steady advance Of civilization.
The first stage has given place to the
second.
Clarke county, with her hundreds
of farmers, her merchants and me
chanics, her school, and churches.
has already passed, in q great meas
urc, from the frontier stage &C log
huts and wild cattle, into th,~ second
stage, where the times demand moe
of the people than they did twenty
years ago. And it hchoovc> every
man in the county. and especially
the farmers, to look toward the more
thrifty and profitable cmploym mis-,
open to ali, everywhere ihrou- aoui
this growing community
Or all the industries which ave en-
gagged in here, there is none more
profitable than dairying, and ii is
safe to say, none which in proportion
to their importance are 50 much neg
lcctcd. Favored with a climate
wherein cattle thrive winter and
summer with comparatively little
care, with grasses, vines and other
tender heritage, forming cXccilcnt
food for mich COWS, for butter and
cheese manufacture, with the me.
tropolis Of the northern coast (wi.hin
an hour and half by boat from the
county sea'), for market what bet
ter opportunity : there for the in
d"strlo"s d'irNn1an'han Clarke conn-
~ affords. Inc low lands along the
bottom OF the Columbia River sub
lec' 10 Overflow ana often unit tor
""y'l''"s ""' 9'"'S growing 'lI''d'
'he '''es' OF pas'ur'gr. hHtfer and
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Beef on the Block.

To troops and Others who may receive Sub
sietrncc at
Portland, Oregon, Camp Harvey, Oregon
Fort Klamath. Oregon, Fort ColNille. W. r.,
Fort Lnpwai, | r Fort Boise, |. T.,
Fort Walla Walla. ". T, Font Townsend, W. T.
Fort Stevens, Oregon, Fort Vancouver W. T.,
Fort Candy, W T., Fort Wrangcl, Alaska
Stha, Alaska.
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Proposals For Army Supplies.
OFFICE CHEF {. s.,

DEPT. OF TIE COLUMBIA,
PORTLAND, OREGON, March "a. 1876.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in tripicate, with
- copy of this advertisement attached TO
each, will he received at this office and at the
Office OF the Acting Commissary of Subsistence
of each post, for which supplies are required,
until II O'clock NJ, Tuesday, May I'd, 1876, for
the delivery of the following Subsistence sup
plie.. Viz.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20

dense cypress brake situated in the marshy
basin of the Middle Beaver Creek. This
cypress swamp covers an area of about
one and a half square miles. Extending
across this swamp, in precisely an airline
direction between the two groups of
mounds, is a sort of levee, raised even vet
two or three feet above the marshy lard
through which it passes. This ancient
roadway is straight as line, cutting the
swamp directly through for the distance
OF more than mile. From this fact there
can be no doubt that the Mound builders
knew how to run lines and build roads.
Col. Louis J. Dupree, editor of the Aus
tin (Texas) Statesman, has given much
attention to the subject of the archaeology
of the Mississippi Valley, and his observa-
items contributed to AppLeton's Journal
and to the Southern Magazine are of no
small value. Col. Dupree has personally
examined many of the remains of the
MOund-builders found in the valley, and
he has traced well-defned line Of defen-
sive works, extending from the st. Francis
| to the White River, across the country in
Arkansas. He finds evidence that a
mighty struggle once took place in the
valley of the Upper White River between
the Mound builders, who had been grad
ually pressed back by the hordes of bar
barians from the North, and had made
their final stand, met with an overwhelm-
ing overthrow and were destroyed or
forced to flee. 1t was the Armageddon of
the Mound builders, and we are assured
that vast field Of human bones yet exists
in that region.
The character of the works examined
by Dupree go to prove that the Mound
builders knew the art of defensive con-
struction. Prof. Edward Fontaine in his
work "HOw the World was Peopled,"
goes further, and expresses the opinion
that the bayou system of the Southern
valley was once utilized for purposes of
transportation; that the levees to prevent
foundations built by the Mound builders
may still be traced along the Mississippi
and 1azoo Rivers south of Memphis, and,
finally, that these people we'll understood
the physics and hydraulics of the Missis-
sippi River. These remains of their work
prove that among the Mound builders
there were engineers of no small ability
the Capt. Eadses of their era.
We may thus infer from an examination
Of the situation of the mounds, whether
erected for sacred purposes as outlooks or
as works of defense, showing admirable
engineering skill, and from tracing the
highways and levees which they con-
structed, that the Mound-builders were
not destitute of the higher faculties Of
constructive art They may have had
bridges and handsome boats, but time has
obliterated every trace of these perishable
things.-.St. Louis Republican,.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
4 R0thschiId Wedding.

| FINISHED my last letter while themar-
rage Of Mile Bettina de RothschiId was
going on in the Israelitish Temple, Rue
de la Victoire, and went out in time to
see the grand procession drive away, but
only from distance. 1t required larger
dose of curiosity than | possessed to make
me push through the crowd that thronged
the streets on all sides, blocking up the
sidewalks as on the day Of Deiazet's
funeral. Although the ceremonies began
in the afternoon, 1.-the peOple"-the
democracy that is so down on property
and society-came as early as eight o'clock
in order to get good standing place near
the Temple, and there they remained
until the last gala carriage had left the
street. As general thing Royal Prin-
cesses alone are able to attract so general
attention on the occasion Of their mar
riages, but Mile. Bettins may be called a
Princess, being the daugG ter of the king
of finance. No people in the world show
such striking contrasts as those Of Paris.
In the midst of their republican orgies
few years ago, when all were engaged in
scratching off the Imperial eagles and in
writing the word equality upon all the
walls, they stopped to acclaim the liking
of kings the Shahin-Shah, the most
despotic monarch of the East, and any
thing like a royal pageant captivates them
at once But there is a reason for the
popularity Of the Rothschilds with the
crowd. In the first place they give large
sums TO the poor and support a number of
charities. Secondly, it is known that the
Baron is very Woodworking man. His
wealth imposes a great deal of labor
upon him. He rises at seven O'Clock
i'll the morning and goes directly to
his bureau, working there steadily
throughout the day, having his midday
lunch brought to him. When in need
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
A GiIded Statue of Prince Albert.

IT is a curious coincidence, says Lon
don letter, that at the same time that the
question of calling the Queen Empress is
under discussion there should. have been
unfolded in Kensington Gardens a huge
golden idol, sitting like Hindoo god in
golden tenn pie. This is another fancy
of the Queen-a statue Of Prince Albert,
gilt all over, as the center piece of the
glittering-at any rate it once glittered-
memorial to the &c Great and Good" 1t
is impossible for almost any language to
convey an adequate idea of the unpleasant
and grotesque effect Of this preposterous
figure. When the sun shines on it, as it
did to-day. no one can look at it without
blinking. You see only confused flash
of glowing yellow light, and can distin-
guish neither the features nor even the
attitude of the figure distinctly The
statue is in a sitting posture, one leg stuck
out before the other; and, as it is perched
very high, this produces rather an aWk-
ward effect from below. When the figure
was seen in its original bronze this was
not SO perceptible, as there was Il certain
amount of rich shadow to disguise and
modify it; but, now that it stands forth in
simmer of gold, it certainly presents
the appearance Of some unnatural mon
ster akin to the divinities which are wor-
SHIPPED in Eastern pagodas. Indeed, it
might easily be mistaken for the golden
calf, and bids fair to be the laughing
stock of the town. Another serious dis
advantage of the gliding is that, for the
present, it makes the other decorations,
which have now got rather shabby and
furnished through exposure to the weather,
look still more shabby. In striking con-
trastto the gimcrack temple and the gilded
statue are the white marble sculptures
which stand around and which are really
noble works Of art 1t is a mercy that
they have escaped being painted or gilt,
though perhaps that may yet be their
fate, in order to keep up the harmony of
color.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
Rifle Manufacture.

MASTER ARMORER ALLIN has been pre-
| pairing an exhibit Of the armory work for
the Centennial, which contains in little
| space very complete showing of ell the
| operations that each of the component
parts Of the Springfield rifle goes through
| in the process of manufacture. The
pieces are fastened on boards, the arrang-
ing of which involves an immense deal of
care and labor. Thus the barrel goes
through no less than forty-seven opera
tons, and specimen barrel after each is
presented with a label giving the name of
the operation, the machine by which it is
done, and the number that can be done in
an hour. First the original barrel mold
is rolled eight times, the capacity Of each
rolling machine being eighteen an hour,
Enlightened with hand-hammer at the
rate of thirty-One an hour, bored at the
rate of fourteen an hour the first time, and
again at the rate of three an hour, and so
| on to the end, the sights being added at
the twenty third operation, the rifing be-
ing done at the thirty-frst, Until the
rough-looking cylinder with which the
process began comes out the nicely-fin-
ished rifle-barrel. Similarly the bayonet
requires forty-fve operations, besides
twenty-three on its fastening, and other
parts in proportion, and just the effect Of
each operation and the gradual process of
each piece is set forth in a very interesting
and instructive manner. The barrel takes
up two OF these boards, which are about a
yard square; the stock, which goes
through ten operations, takes another, the
bayonet another. The parts which are
peculiar to the breech- loading system take
two boards, one being occupied by the
forty-siX processes of the receiver, while
the other pieces of the system, including
the breech-blOck, thumb-piece, hinge pin,
extractor, cam-latch, and smaller pieces
require no less than 146 specimens. The
board to show the mountings of the rife,
su ch as the bands, butt-plate, trigger,
guard, tip, swivel and ramrod stop, con-
tains 175 pieces, the largest number of any
board. Ramrods and bayonet scabbards
are by themselves, the ramrod going
through twenty-seven operations, and the
scabbard and spring fifteen. The compo-
nentS of the lock on another board, re-
quire 135 pieces, and the rear sight re-
quires seventy-tbree operations, which are
shown by themselves. Besides these ten,
showing the comronents Of the rife, an
other contains those parts OF rifle car
bine that are different in size, and two
more are to show the swords and scab-
bards used by cadets and infantry and
cavalry officers, making about $50 pieces
in all. The boards are all symmetricaIly
arranged, and reflect great credit on the
taste and diligence Of the master armorer.
This display, which is so instructive in
itself, will be doubly SO in Philadelphia,
where the frames will be hung close by
the armory machinery, and each will be
Of great use in explaining the other
Springfield GLASS; Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
French Vengeance upon Germany.

THE French give new translation of
the Bible words, and say. vengeance is
sweet, and [ will have again my nail
liards." The Germans never could have
wrought out such mode of revenge, so
sure, so effective and so mcrtifying, as
the French are wreaking on the German
nation. The whole country is flooded
with notices, pamphlets and addresses
from the Bon Marche, and all other lead
ing houses in Paris, containing samples
and prices of goods, fashions, models,
ETC., that are so much better, cheaper and
more tasteful than German work and
goods, that scarce a woman, even if she
have but one dress year, does not order
it in Paris. The merchants here have
protested, appealed to the national pride,
and used every effort to break up this
ruinous competition, but even with the
submissive German women, the one
womanly weakness is too strong to yield.
A pretty dress and cheap dress are If
resistible. A society is about to organize
to petition the Crown Princess to be its
ruling head, whose object is 70 Danish
French goods and French modes, and
originate their own fashions.
May the patron saints protect us! The
poor German women, who have the
knowledge of harmony of coloring suit
ably and fitness Of dress, in degree less
than any other nation under the sun, ex-
cepting the English, to be guided by
member of a royal household that has al
ways been celebrated for it's lack in fit
ness of apparel. | have been told the
Grown Princess always goes about with
half.laced shoes, or the rubber cores
stretched and worn. This [ do not know,
but do know she never looks elegant,
and on the ice this winter she wore
costume in which any tasteful American
girl would blush to be seen; and had it
not been for her handsome husband-whO
was good-naturedly trying to teach her to
skate-no one would have suspected her
high standing. If any ambitious dress
makers wish to make themselves name
and a fortune, now is the time for them to
come to Berlin.-Berlim Letter to C5nc57a-
natl Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
The Terrible destruction OF the Dam
uhe Floods.

FIFTEEN THOUSAND people, who have
lost shelter and home, are being fed at
public expense, 1000 at Buda- Pesth
alone. Many of them were owners of
houses which have been leveled 20 the
ground, or are now lettering to their fall.
hundreds who have been living in easy
circumstances are now reduced to extreme
helpIessness. The same tale is being re-
peated along the immense stretch of wa
ter throughout Hungary. Only last week.
When thewater at Buda-Pesth had become
caImer, the town OF Mohars, down the
river, was half destroyed. The name is
marked IN the history of Hungary as that
OF misfortune. There, in the year 1862.
the Magyars suffered a crushing defeat at
the hands of the Turks, who consequently
ruled over Hungary for nearly $50 years
after. The walls, which stood the storms
OF 600 years, have been swept away by
this flood in one short hour.
The whole extent of land under water
at the present time is about 600 square
miles, including 100000 acres of titled
OF arabic land, which means ruined har-
vest hopes, calculated at 100000 flor
ms. As to the loss and damage accru-
ing to the whole country, sixteen to TWEEN
ty millions viii hardly suffice to repair
1t. Not sunbeam has been visible for
three weeks. The sky is lowering, and
long-lasting rains are pouring down at
short intervals, as if there were not enou oh
OF this liquid element already In some
townships, situate near the banks, the or
der to illuminate the houses at night is
still obeyed, in order that all may be
ready for any new emergency, and it is
feared that the dykes are loosened by a
three weeks incessant motion of the waves
ripping to the top Vienna Letter to N.
7. Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-20
Man-Eating Tigers.

ONE Of the most curious, and, at the
same time, well-attested peculiarities OF
the tiger is that he does not naturally
possess, but easily acquires love of hu.
man flesh. AT first tigers appear to bow
to that instructive dread OF man which is
natural to all ANIMALS. The natives are
aware OF this habit, and carry on their
usual avocations as grass-cutters, fruit
gatherers, herdsmen, ETC., close to a
thlcket where tiger is known to be lying.
1t Is not merely fatalism, as might be sup
posed, that renders them thus apathetic,
but the knowledge that so long as tigers
can procure other food they will not in
Jure man. Even when one of their cattle
Is struck down, they run up and often
brighten the tiger from the body of his
victim by shouting and beating sticks on
the ground. These ''aheers," or herds
men, too, armed with what Aristotle calls
the courage derived from experience, will
conduct the sportsman up to the "kill'
with fearless confidence. Like the cobra,
they hold the tiger in superstitious rever-