Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-26
EUGENE CITY DILTRIC'

Sheridan quarterly conference.
EUGENE CITY DILTRICT.
w. T. Chapman Presiding Elder
Albany ...........I Isaac Dillon
Ashland .... To be supplied.
Brownsville. . d. A. Croweu
Corvallis. To be supplI ed
Drain. II. 3. Goodpasture
Eugene. .......I. ID. Diver
Jacksonville .... J. B. Sharp
Klamath. l.. NJ. Nicker> on
Lebanon To be supplied
Mary's River Circuit To De supplied
Monroe. p. Nj. Starr
Roseburg. 1890. w. H. Hurlburt
Liberty. S. A. Starr
Springfield. j. H. Wood
Ashland College, l.. l.. Rogers,
President Ladru Royal, professor.
L. j. Powell, Superintendent Of
Public instruction for State of Ore
gen.
PUGET SOUND DIsTICT.
Albert Atwood. =. .. Presiding Elder
Astoria. John Parsons
Centerville. w. p. Williams
Chehalis. ............T hos. Magill
Cowlitz. It. Nj. Reese
East Portland. II. l.. Sails
Ferndale Indian Mission. To be
supplied
Lewis River C. Derrick
New Tacoma. ....... j. +. Devore
Olympia. .... ID. G.. LeSourd
Oysterville. To be supplied
Port Townsend. -. w. l. Casper
Seattle ......W. S. Harrington
Seattle Chinese Mission. To be
skagit 49,. To be supplied
Tumwater. ......... John o. Finn
Vancouver. L. A. Banks
Whidby's Island. . To be supplied
White River. To be supplied
Rev. j. Mccormick will engage in
Bethel work at Astoria under the
direction of Chaplain r. S. Stubs.
IT will be seen by the following
article which we clip from the Ne
chanics' Far Daily, San Francisco,
that our former townsman Mr.. H.
L. Chapman, has entered the field
of invention with good prospect of
gaining notoriety if not some profit.
The device will be fully understood
by our transfers and expressmen.
Tie spring will be on exhibition at
ear coming fair.
Mr. ii. l.. Chapman certainly deserves
honorary recognition from the Society
| for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In
deed. If the thousands of poor team
horses in this city had the gift of Ian
| guage, they would at once move him 4
vote of thanks. Mr.. Chapman has placed
on exhibition at the fair, a neatly gotten
up rubber spring for relieving horses
nec&s of the weight and conclusion of
wagon tongues and poles.
| The device Is intended to form Il portion
OF the chain connection between the
dOubletrec and forward spring bar, or
rocker, and it can be so adjusted ~ TO sup
port the pole at any desired hight. The
result IS perfect success. by this attach
ment the neck yoke is rendered entirely
tree from the sharp, vertical jerks impart-
while the team is under brisk trot. The
, invention especially commends itself 10
the drivers OF twO-horSe wagons, as the
continuance saves their horses necks from
being pounded into gaping sores.
A similar device is made to DC hooked
into the chain extending from the forward
>pIing To the reach. moments eXami-
nation will convince intelligent teamstcrs
that this article is the right thing in tn,
right place. IL relieves the vehicle as
hn fna fro, oil "a Ian St,.,i
incident to rough usage and fast driving.
BY attaching the brace-spring and pole
rest, the forward gear OF a wagon can al
ways be kept in proper position; the spring
bar will remain vertically over the axle.
tree, and monthly blacksmiths bills will
be materially lesSened. and besides all
this the cost of the article Is much less
than the expense of curing a horses neck
after it has been beaten into q jelly by
Overwork and carelessness."