The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-12-17
MR.. FAcINa-s0TH.WAYs.

"be opened for business from Corval-
" lis to the bay by the close of the
year 1881. We shall congratulate
!" the people of Corvallis and of the
upper valley upon the success of
the enterprise"
So wrote the Oregonidm of the
7Sfi instant. In the very same paper
appears a statement chat the Ore
gon Pacific Railroad Company had
complained of the republication in
New York Of a review" of their
prospectus and circular published in
the Oregonian month before,
which republication had been gar
bled and did not follow the original.
It then goes on, as the republica-
6 ton in New York was neither done
nor procured by this journal, it has
I" nothing to do with the natter
On the stliy of December the Ore
.Qonia,a published what purported to
special dispatch to the Orego-
ln from Washington giving the
Pstance of report to Commission
Williamson, of the General Land
Office, OF special agent named Pros
ser, sent to examine the. Cascade
mountains military wagon road. 1t
was headed An Oregon Fraud.
Land Agent Presser Makes an In
teresting Exposure-How the Will
"amette Valley and Cascade Noun
tain Military and Wagon Road
Company Attempted Big Grab
on the Public Lands"
On the 9th of December, the Ore
gouian published a nice compact lit
tie leading article headed, "Discov-
cred at Last; )" saying, amongstaother
choice efforts, Of course it is an out
rageous fraud, both upon the general
government and the State of Oregon"
On the 1lth of December the Ore
gomSd,a was kind enough to publish
two letters, one from Mr.. Jason
Wheeler, the other from Mr.. John
A. Crawford, the president of the
wagon road company. The effect of
both was to declare, with all the re-
sponsibility attached to a published
statement over signatures, that no
fraud whatever, nor the semblance
of one, had becn&sttempted or per-
petrated. That real good road
had beer duly completed in aecor-
dance with law, at a very heavy cost.
That the Special Agent Prosser had
declared to both these gentlemen
on his return to Albany that the
statements attacking the road were
lies.
No mention had been made of the
Oregon Pacific in connection with
this road business. But the Orego
MAN could not let the chance pass of
side hit at the object of its aver
.sion. 1t could not leave the double
contradiction to produce it's proper
effect upon the public mind. There
fore it published in the same paper
an editorial: " We are mindful of
the fact" says the Oregouiaaa, :" that
Considerable part of the lands can
hardly be. described as worth
much, though, if we mistake not,
they are the same described in NJ.
"Hogg's recent prospectus and letter.
"as selected lands of great value.
: Either too much land was given for
this wagon road, or Mr.. Hogg's ess
innate of its value is far too high
So let us sum npsthe transactions
of the last few weeks, as concerning
the leading organ" of Oregon.
As soon as the Legislature had risen
appeared its adverseeriticism on SEN
ate bill eighty-two, the common
carriers interchange of traffic bill,
with the publication of the majority
report of the enemies of the bill III
committee.
Then came the correspondence
with Mr.. SOL Hirsch, who had viii.
fed the Oregon Pacific in the State
Senate, and sea ndalized> all Oregon
by his wanton attack on the citizens
who had promulgated their estimates
of the wheat production Of the val
ley counties, a nd then the Oregoniass
sneers in this fashion. 1t appears
" only just tossay that this Yaquina
Bay railway scheme. in its present
: hands,does not seem tohaye much OF
anything IN it,.
Next item. The pnblicatiyA of
Mr.. Examiners " review, Teslra in
our minds as a. collections of all the
venomous lies that could be broughs,
together by the united genius Of
Portland critics and their New
York allies.
Then a fewdays@S&r appeared what