The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-03-18
A POLICY or coNTRol,

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ing on at strange spectacle.
The State of Oregon resembles {
yonng man who has "gone west,
and there set himself to found {
home. He is not very highly taught
nor very cute; but he is strong, hon
est, Industrious and good-natnred
The land he has settled on is rather
rough and brushy, and with but ont
pair of arms to do the work, he find,
progress slow, even if it is sure. Ye'
he works on, and begins to see flu
ture of contentment and gradual de
velopment. The field round the hut
is cleared, and the crop is in; and he
has borrowed a little money, only a
little, to make the road out to his
new place; but 10! the contractor
failed and the road is bat half com.
plete. Still he works on and he sees
way to add to his little stock of dol
lars, and if he can't get that old road
made, he can just lay out another.
See him sitting there on the fence
one evening after his days work is
done, the pipe of peace in his mouth,
brooding little over the hard work
he has had, and the hard row he has
to hoe in the future. Who rides up
and asks for nights lodging? Who
is this black-coated and stove-pipe
hated stranger He will tell him
after he has had supper. So he snps
and hides the contempt he feels for
the meanness of the hut, and the few
dishes of the supper. And they
round the fire and talk. And the
young settler tells the stranger all
that is in his heart, his work that he
has done, how much lies before him
in the same dull way, and of his
trouble about the roads.
/ can cure that for you, SAYS the
stranger. / have got plenty of mon
ey, and l will buy up the boats on
the river, and then l will build the
road for you. How about tolls ?
says the settler. Oh, mere nothing,
says the stranger, and it will be so
much better for You to have boats
aud roads and all, under one man
SO much cheaper. Well says the
settler, go ahead. So he goes.
Go look at them next year. The
settler is hard at work as ever. But
where is the stranger? gore East, and
his boats ply on the river, and run
down any other boats that venture
on. And see the roads. The most
promising out from the farm is closed
up altogether, but the road along the
river render the rocks is being work.
ed at by five hundred Cinnamon.
And the tolls!
Go and talk to the settler. "Wal,
says he, 81 kinder thought I'd jine
the neighbors, and work on that road
out West-It's much the highest, and
the grades aint SO bad. We calc'lated
we'd get along with half the tolls
this - of road along the river III
cost. .'Well, why don't you?" "Why
don't /? Because this teller as owns
the boats won't let u.s." .Won't let
you, how can be hinder you?'' .Wal,
jest this way, he's been and bought
all the boats, and says as he'll put up
the freight on us if we go after ere
another road, and then he's got hold
of the store keepers and made them
promise to sinch us all if we go after
this new road, and then the feller
that we sent to town to fix up things
for US. he follers him at every turn.
and cusses him for all the thieves in
creation; enough to sicken him, amt
it :?
"But aren't there any more roads
put besides his 2" "Wal, there was
one coming this way, and dog
gone if he hav'nt gone and froze
on to that one too.'' "Smart
man that, eh?'' "You bet,o l sup
pose he's coming to live here and
settle when he gets everything fixed
,p?" "Settle here? No, sir, not
much, why all the tolls and freights
Ind that, they're all sent East. II
guess he might as well have my place
altogether; he only leaves me just
enough to live on-and / can't stir
hand or foot without asking him."
That is about the way of it. With
his grand difference that the hand
suffs are on the wrists, but not locked
yet. The key is produced, tits being |
fitted, and if the poor prisoner will
but hold bis wrists still for a moment
he fatal click will be heard, and his
serfdom passed for good. Listen to
he promises being ma lie; bark to the
)regonian. That is great stroke
f policy for beth companies is cer-
ain, and the snlt will probably be