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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
WHAT IS WELLS AFTER 2
ED1roR GAzETrE:-T have read

EDITOR GAzETTE:-T have read in
your paper lately two letters, signed
by w. A. Wells. It is very hard to
tell, from those letters, what w. "A.
is after. If he is trying to enlighten
the people on public money matters,
then picking extracts from the .vari-
Gus newspapers of the day refecting
on the policy of Secretary Sherman,
stringing them into letters and pnb-
fishing them over his own name, is
certainly not the way to do it.
II w. A. Wells thinks that he has
the stuff IN him which makes pub.
lie man or d statesman, Jet him dis
play his abilities for the public good,
and let him begin by broaching some
scheme which will place the financial
affairs of the nation on a firm basis,
and put an end to the mistakes and
illegal proceedings (as he calls it) Of
the Secretary.
Perhaps it would be as well, first,
for W. A. Wells to let the public
know just precisely where he now
stands as to political party: Is he an
advocate for silver, or is he green.
hacker, or is he BOTH? Then let him
try to better the political situation
by writing something useful and
practicable, instead OF grumbling al
things generaIly-second handed.
Avg. IL, 1879. PLExUs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
SOUND ADVICE.

An old gentleman who has con-
Quoted large farm successfully for
many years, attributes his success
mainly to the strict business princi
Piles which he has followed. He says
it is bes. to always have distinct
understanding with the hired help
both those on the farm and thofe. in
the house-as to term Of service,
amount of wages, time of payment,
hours of labor, and the usual duties
to be performed, so far as they can
be outlined. Leave nothing unsaid
or undone at the beginning of the
season. that may lead to misunder
standings, hard feelings, or the break
ing of contracts when in the midst of
hard work. In bargaining with them,
do not ask of help to promise things
that you know to be over-exactiifg.
Demand full days work every time,
and pay for that work promptly a,
the time specified in your agreement.
Give help good tools, and exact good
usage and care of them. Instruct
men who handle teams, or who have
charge in any way of the domestic
animals of the firm, to treat them
with kindness, feed them properly,
and care for them as if their own
property; and discharge those who
disobey such instructions, for they
are costing you money they do not
earn. Cruelty to animals is am ex
pensive indulgence. Impress upon
hired men, and upon your own sons,
the importance of thoronghness in
their work. It is not alone how much
they accomplish, but how perfectly
it is done as well. Sighted crops
give slight returns. Set good table
for farm hands. It is not cake, pies,
and sauces, but good bread, variety
OF meats, and plenty of vegetables
and fruit that they crave, and they
constitute the most healthful and
strengthening diet.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
NOTICE
TO DONATION clAlNiANTsI

NHE ATTENTION OF CLAIMANTS To,
i donations of land, their assigns and la
gal representatives, is particularly called to
that part of section 6 of the act OF Congress,
approved July 18th. 1854, entitled !" An act
to amend an act approved September TWEEN.
ty-seyenth, eighteen hundred and fifty. to
create the office of Surveyor General Of the
public lands In Oregon. etc., and also the
act amendatory thereof, approved February
nineteen, [fourteenb eighteen hundred and
fifty three, which reads as follows, to-wit ::
All persons claiming donations under
this act, or the acts of which it is amenda.
tory, shall give notice to the
Surveyor-General, or other duly authorized
officer, of the particular lands claimed as
such donation, within thirty days after be-
ing requested SO to-do by such officer; and
failing the claimant or claim.
ants shall forfeit all right and claim thereto. )"
Now, therefore, the undersigned, being
such 'sother duly authorized officer" do
hereby give notice, to each and ever, per-
son, his OF her assigns and legal representa-.
tiyes, claimants of donations of lands. with.
in the district Of lands subject to sale at the
United States District Land Office at Ore
gon city, Oregon, under said acts of Con.
gress that each and every one of them.
within thirty days from the 9th day OF July,
A. d. 1879 fbeing the day of expiration Of
six weeks publication hereof), give notics
to the Register and Receiver of said Land
Office, at Oregon City. Oregon, .sof the
particular lands claimed as such donations ~
and failing such notice the
claimant or claimants shall forfeit all rights
and claims thereto"
And each and every person claiming the
benefits of said act of September 9th, 1850.
and the legislation supplemental thereto.
will, within six months after the expiration
of the aforesaid thirty days, cause to be-
fled in the United States Land Office at
OREGON City, Oregon. the proof, as required
by law, to complete their claim to a dona-
tion of land, under said act and failing so
to do, such claims will be held for cancella-
tion.
In witness whereof the Register and Re-
ceiver of the said United States District
Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon, have
hereto subscribed their names this Sth day
of June, A. d. 1879.
L. T. BARN. Register
l6:30w6 j. w. WATTS. Receiver.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

DANIEL HARKER. of Wilton, Iowa
is another old.time Republican who
has returned to the party after con
sorting for year or two with the
Greenbackers. He says, correctly,
that the differences i'm the financial
question are submerged by the great
er question OF human rights and the
perpetuity Of the nation. He renews
his allegiance to the Republican par
tv because the Greenhackers elected
to Congress cast their votes with th"
old rebel element of the South.
These are good and sufficient reasons,
and they are daily impressing them.
selves with convincing force upon
thousands of men in all partT of
the country who left the Republican
ranks under the dclnsion that the
Democratic party had accepted the
results of the war in good faith an,f
that hereafter economic questions
would be uppermost. The accession
of that party to power has convinced
them of their mistake, aud they ar.
rallving again, in unbrnk, n columns,
in defense OF human rights and the ma
rion's life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
ALASKA TERRITORY.
ORGANIZATION OF A PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT.

A civil government was fully organ
lied by citizens at Sitka on the 2d
inst, the same having been resolved
on at public meeting July 25. The
preamble of ordinance adopted sets
forth the fact OF danger to person and
property, existing for want OF all civ
il law, and inierentially takes the
United States government somewhat
to task for its neglect. Ii then gives
reasons why no previous efforts could
be male to form government
among themselves and exl Ekes con.
fidence that it is the intention Of ebe
government to ke. p the place protect
d from Indian violence, and co1se-
qnently they feel able to organize. a
provisional government to last until
snpplanted by regularly enacted
laws. A chief magistrate and FIVE
selected men, cacI, i'm separate pre-
cincts, are provided and authorit y
given to try civil and criminal cases,
to attend to the municipal affairs of
Si,ka and to take charge Of estates.
All citizens have entered heartily in
to the matter and everyone entitled
voted except at the mines at Silver
Bay, where they first vo ed accepting
government, but afterwards were in
dm.ed by defeated candidate for
office to revoke their decision, but
now accept the situation. The Off
GERS elect are Collector Ball, chief
magistrate; selectmrn, first precinct.
P. Corcoran; second, T Haltern;
third, N. G. Matropoloska; fifth,
(cannery), Thomas McCauly. There
is no test of American citizenship !;
all white men 81 years OF age aresyot
ers, SO the collector and priest are
not deharred BY their offices from
serving in positions To which elected.
The officers elect constitute together
a provisional council which regulates
and sets in motion the machinery and
details of government, hears appeals
from seIectmtn's decision aud tiles
grave offences.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
THE pCkY EXPRESS.

The first regular line communica
ton across the plains and ever the
Rocky Mountains was opened jus,
nineteen years ago. The question oi
such connection was difficult one
hut was finally solved by the enter
prise of a'private firm, Messrs. Rus
sell, Major 6 Waddell, who had been
engaged Az contractors for the con.
veyance of government stores. They
determined to establish kind of ex
press mail, by which letters should bt
conveyedin about week between the
two extreme points, depending partly
on the commercial public aid partly
on the government for an adequate
return. The contractors first built
stations along the line Of ronte, al
convenient intervals, stocking them
plentifi,lly; then purchased six hun
dred ponies, or strong, serviceable
horses; then engaged a corps OF
fearless and Trustworthy riders; and
finally provided an equipment of rid
ing dress, letter bags. revolvers and
rifles for the men, On the 9th of April.
1860, the service commence. Two
pony conriers started on The same day
-oRe from San Francisco, to come
east, the ether from st. Joseph, Mo-.
10 go west. Whrn pony had done
his stage, at twelve miles an hour. he
was replaee ed by another; and when
a courier had dane as many as he
could accomplish without rest, anotl-
er took his place. Thus the. mail bags
were travelling necessarily at the rate
niles an hour. Each mail
accomplished the nineteen hundred
miles in about seven days and a bali.
The men suffered from fatigue, hunger.
cold, heat, and especially from the at
tacks of Indians, but they persevered
until the Pacific Railroad left them
nothing to do, and their occupation
was gone.
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Mr.. Nash was then called for, and
shortly afterwards rose, and after
claiming the indulgence of the meet
ing on the ground Of sickness, went
on to say:
That he appreciated fully the very great
Importance of the subject on which they had
been called together, and recognized the ne
cessity and duty of meeting in every pos
sible way the wishes of the managers
of the West Side Railroad, as indi-
Gated by Mr.. Kohler's' letter. But, the
speaker went on, in our anxiety to do this
we must not throw away any of the natural
advantages attaching to the location of our
city, and destroy the possibility Of that
healthy rivalry between river and road on
which the future business prosperity of the
city must largely depend. It is true that
Mr. Kohler in his letter speaks of the inten-
tion of the railroad to compete with the
river, but on this he grounds an application
for the absolute vacation of portions of three
streets, and the absolute grant of so large q
portion of the river front of the city for de-
pot and station purposes that it amounts,t to
the railroad being interposed between the
city and the river, and in effect precludes
the possibility of the rivers competing on
even terms for the trade. Our friend oppo-
site (Judge Chenoweth) disputes that this is
what Mr. Kohler asks, and says that if this
is what his letter expresses it is surely not
his intention, and may have slipped into the
letter IS clear, ably expressed. and perfectly
intelligible, and is farther explained by the
map lying on the table before us. He asks
in plain words, and the plan shows that he
requires, not the mere right to lay down a
track on certain of the streets, las Judge
Chenoweth explains it, J but the absolute va
cation of portions of those streets, and this
1 gather from Judge Burnett he admits is
beyond the possibility of acceding to. I
think, therefore, that committee should be
appointed to consider the practicability of
the proposals before us, but I suggest that
it be an instruction to that committee not to
pledge the city Of Corvallis, directly or indi-
rectly, to the absolute grant to the railroad
company of the river front of the city, or
the major part thereof. The resolution be-
fore the meeting does not, to my mind,
touch the real bearings of the case. pro-
pose therefore, though unwilhngly, to move
an amendment, in which desire to adopt
the precise terms of Mr.. Kohler's suggestion,
but with the addition of the instruction to
the committee to which l have referred
The amendment proposed bv Mr..
Nash was adopted. The question
then recurring on the motion to
adopt Judge Burnett's resolution as
amended, 1t was carried.
Thereupon the chairman appointed
the following committee: John Bur
nett, F. A. Chenoweih, E Wood
ward, Sol King, J. r. Bryson.
On motion, the meeting adjourned,
to meet next Saturday (tomorrow)
evening, to hear the report OF the
committee.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

ANOTHER STORM IN ENGLAND.-A
dispatch Of the 18th inst. says: In
consequence ola storm traffic liz sns-
pended on the railway between Ches
ter and HolyMad. The viaduct at
Lfand Dnlas, Wales, has been washed
away, and also some Of the bridges.
Several'sewers were burst by fre>hets
on fIIe lines OF Liverpool railways.
Birkenhead is flooded. There have
beer thirty hours Of continuous rain
at Chester. Iii Derbvshire. Trent and
Derweut the. river ov4rtIov ed, and all
low lying lands are flooded. Whea.
is gradually foftiig, and any crops
left standing will not pay for cut
ting. The rain at Sheffield was go
violent as to wash away the founsia
tioDs of FIVE houses in course Of con
struction.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
HEAD mol IRE NCRIH.

The advantages of lying with the
head to the north at night, which
has been before advanced, is again
brought forward by a learned Ger
man, who says:
In sleep any position except north
and s,nth is diSagreeablc. but from
east to west almost intolerable, AT
least in onr hemisphere. Tire cause
of this remarkable phi non~non can
obviously be found only in that great
magnate which is formed by the
4astI, with it's at atmosphere-i. e.,-tcr.
restrial magnetism. The terrestrial
magnetism exerts on cert lain persons,
both hearty and otherwise, who are
sensitive, peculiar influence won
dprful enough to disturb their rest,
and in the case of diseased persons
disturbing the circulation, the iIerv-
Gus functions and the equilibrium of
the men.al powers. There ale per.
sons the head of whose bed il to the
north, ard who, in order TO wakt
early. will reverse their usual posi-
ton IN bed, but without knowing the
reason why beyond that ley could
always wake. earlier, the sleep being
more broken. 1t is related that at n
military hospital in Russia, there
were some = ok patients of highly
sensitive natures. and who were. rap
idly recovering. When necessity
compelled them TO be removed TO an
other wing Of the bnilding they did
not get on SO we'll 7 in fact ,-prostra
tion seemed 10 be settling in : aud it
was found advisable to get them back
into their former wards as quickly as
possible, where the heads OF the beds
were TO the north. Horses, also, have
become blind through changing heir
position from north to south to tifat
of east To west.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
Ame's Process

II EEPS MEATS, FISH. BUTTER,
n Eggs, Vegetables. and Fruits sweet
aud good without sailing. cooking, drying,
or sealing up. 1t also stops fermentation in
Cider or Wines, cures the scab on sheep,
and is excellent for other purposes 1t is
not injurious to the health, and costs but a
trife. Family rights $40. County and
District rights on reasonable terms. Writ
ten guarantee given. Money refunded in
case the Process cannot be made success.
Genuine testimonials from prominent men
testifying to its healthfu.ness and success.
For further particulars inquire OF
GOLDSON & MATTOON,
Corvallis Benton county, or Albany, Linn
county, Oregon, general Agents for the
Pacific coast.
Corvallis, July 25, 1879. l6:36tf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

A HAPPY FAMILY.-The New
York Democracy are having much
the same kind of time as that en-
joyed by the monkey and the parro,
while the family were at church, and
the New York Tribune says that to
the eye OF the casual OF server it would
seem as if the irresistible had encoun.
tered the inmoyable. Kelley is ar
rayed in solid phalanx against Tilden.
and az neither John nor Samuel is an
amateur at the business, the prospect
is good for an interesting fight, or as
Tammany expresses it, ga fight for a
funeral" Mr.. Kelley says plainly and
positively that he and the Tamman.
organization, of which he is the ,itu
lar chief, will NO, under any circum-
stances support Governor Robinson
for reelection. Il is known of course.
that in this instance Cove rnor Robin
N stands for Mr.. 1'ilden, and that
rammany chiefs shrill note Of def.
ance means simply that between him
and the Sage of Gramercy there is to
be presently locking of horns and
scratching of gravel. The situation
is thus defined by the Tribune. Mr..
Kelley must defeat Governor Robin
sons nomination OF ab,iicate the lead
ership ). Mr.. Tildcn must secure the
Governors denomination or throw up
his ambition and leave the field. The
party has to choose It's dictator from
the two.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
Or 10000 200 acres of. land culti-

OF 10000, 900 acres of land cu|ti-
waited in ireland in 1877, 10000 acres
were last year returned "a abandoned
TO barreness. The total number of
Eoccupiers of agricultural land during
last year. was 531 ,442, being ,2o4 less
than 1877. At the rate Of decrease,
all of the now cultivated land in
ireland wiiIbe unoccnpied and barren
in about l7e years. All this is un-
sloubtedly the result Of the injustice
Of the laws OF Ireland, and the feeling
of disquietude and unrest that they
have brought TO the Irish people.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

~ - - WEEK In your town, and no
~ acapital risked. You can give the busi-
MA ness a trial without expense, The best
AIN MWH3 opportunity offered for those will
~ ~ ~ ling to work. You should try nothing
else until yau see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. No room to explain
here You can devote all your time only your
spare time to the business and make great pay for
every hour that yOa work. Women make as much as
Send for special private terms and particulars
which we mail free. SIS Outfit free. Don't complains
of hard times while you have such chance Ad-
dress II. HALLLTr s. CO., Portland, Maine 16:31y1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
NEW. ARRANGEMENTS
NEW STAGE COACH.
From rorvallis to Newport.
CARRYING TIE U. s. MAILS.
New Steam Launch.

A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL 80 Nl0-
Toad % ssass ssas. G1aea; in care efana Of eooa F
careful sober driver, will leave :. ,y-,--.
davs and FRIDAYS, connecting with the new Steam
Launch at Pioneer at P NJ. The Steam Launch leav-
ing Pioneer on the first tide, arriving at Newport IN
turning to Corvallis at p NJ. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Through tickets s5 co. reduction Tor
families Good for Pasturage at no
neer Prompt attention to express business and fast
freight at reasonable charges Better facilities for
travelling than have been the route TO the sea
shore The boat is managed by competent NEIL
namely Ed Carr and Mack Grow.
We expect to receive public favor by first class ac
coinmodations and close attention to business
1874 NJ NJ & NJ. T. CROW.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22

A GEORGIA newspaper expresses
the opinion that the dreadful scourge
of gambling in futures has done more
TO impoverish the South than the
drouth, the caterpillar, the Freed
mans bureau, spurious guanos, recon
struction, and life insurance compan-
les all combined.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-22
CUR GRAND EMPIRE.

Webster's eloquent description OF
the British Empire is familiar to ev-
cry reader but we doubt whether it
is generally realized that we, too,
have dominion on which the sun
never sets. II will hardly he believ
ed, perhaps, without an examination
of the maps, that San Francisco, in
stead of being at the western limit
of this dominion, is only about mid
way between our eastern and ives
tern limits; and vet it is fact thai
the farthest Aleutian isle acquired in
our purchase OF Russian America il
as far TO the west OF that city as
Eastport, Me-, is TO the east of it..
Between the northwestern limit of
Washington Territory and the south
eastern limit OF Alaska, there is a
break of few degrees, but with the
slightest deduction, our territory ex
tends through 1877 degrees of long,-
tude, or II degrees more than hall
way round the globe. Hence, when
the sun is giving its goodnight kiss
to our wesiernmosI is.e on the con
fines of Behring'S sea, it is already
flooding the fields and forest of Maine
with morning light, and in the east
ern part of that State is more than
an hour high. AT the moment whei,
the Aleulian fisherman warned by
the approaching shades of night, Is
pulling his canoe towards the shore,
the wood chopper is beginning to
wake the forest echoes with the stir
ring music of his axe.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-17
BULLION ENCAMPMENT NO. 10.

HOLDS REGULAR SESSIONS ON THE
III Third MONDAYS of each month, at
~ o'clock, P. NJ, at Odd Fellowe' Building.
Sojourning Patriarchs are invited to attend.
BEN. @. LEVY, G. P.
s. d. HENRY, Scribe. je4tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-17
SOCIETIES.
AMERICAN LABOn UxIoN.

T,HE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE
Il American Labor Union will be held At
Armory Hall, on THURSDAY EVENING Of
each week. Any person desiring information
In record to the Union, can obtain the same by
applying to the Secretary, at Armory Hall. be-
tween the hours Of 2 and O'Clock p. NJ, daily.
A. G. BISHOP, President.
A. NJ. CAMPBELL, Secretary. ap17-n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-17

BEATIFIC LODGE, NO. :, TX. OF r.,
MEETS EACH FRIDAY OF EVERY
lNl month, at Z 80 o'clock p. NJ. at its Castle
Hall, in Odd Fellows building.
All Brother Knights. in good standing, are
fraternally invited to attend such meetings.
G. L. BROY. @. o
II. B. MCKEE, x. of n. and S.