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, 1881-04-23
The Northern Pacific Controversy.

Will, the rumor that the postponement of
the Yillari Northern Pacific railway suit is
premature, it is not without. foundation. Il is
learned here that Mr. Willard has asked for
committee Of conference and such a committee
has been appointed 10y the Northern Pacific
company. There has been no meeting yet,
and il is not known what conclusion will b.
reached. Between this time and aext Thurs
day there will no doubt be a full and free con
ference, and if further legal proceedings can
be avoided without injury to the company an
agreement may be reached which viii put
stop To the matter, as far aS the courts are
concerned. On one side it will be conceded
that the issue Of stock Is not new Issue in
any sense; that the stock HIS been reported AS
issued for years at the stock exchanges in
New York and Philadelphia, and on the books
of the company, and in the annual report.
The Willard party Will hold that, while they
do not own majority of the stock, they do
hold such heavy amount that they are en-
titled 10 fair recognition by the majority, and,
further that the property Of the Oregon COM
pany on the Pacific coast can be used to nj
vantage by the Northern Pacific railroad com
ami that The interests of the two CON-
panies ought to be made Identical 1t l. known
that twenty years ago the Northern Pacific
company was violently opposed tn anything in
the nature of i compromise with Mr.. Wizard.
President Billings secuted the idea of such
a thing, and it was intimated in the highest
quarters that the suit would he fouy ht to the
bitter end. Whether there will he any com.
promise is, of course the merest conjecture,
but there was feeling to-day in financial
circles, that this course would not be entirely
dlsadvantaseous to either party. 1t Is
case" said a gentleman largely interested IN
the matter, ''of great magnitude, not only to
Mr.. Willard and the railroad Company, but To
the public. There may not even be IN at
tempt at compromise, but | do not THINK there
would be any harm done if an effort was made
to get the matter out of the court. The stock
is virtually tied up, 10 the injury of everybody,
and settlement Of the que tons nnsoived
would be the quickest method "f relieving the
holders from the inconvenience they have
suffered for some time. | believe the com
pany is right and Mr.. Willard is wrong, but
don't see why there should not he an arrange |
ment male in two hours, ii n d;s0osition to |
effect il was manifested"
, 1881-04-23
Dayton Notes.

The Vigilants are on the war path and IN
cendiaries had better keep mum.
Geo. Ihri; and wife were the recipients Of a
very enjoyable surprise party last Friday night.
Did YOU ever notice how sensitive some men
ar. IS to their calling? More especially if it
b. a degraded one
Talbot has traded his town property to j..
\. May6.ld for his interes. in the Pioneer lir'
cry stable.
Arbuckle L Hubbard, Updike Bros, and
Dusenbery & Stencil, had new signs placed IN
position this week.
BIooner, Hosler & ca, have dissolved paIt.
n.r,hip. Bloomer runs the upper part Of the
mill and Hosler the lower hereafter.
"Ovid" and '.Rattler" are two different CON-
binations Of the alphabet, and our prosecuting
attorney wants it understood that he isn't
s.blarsted' newspaper correspondent
The members of the Dayton Cornet hand
have all joined the Dayton Grays and will be
detailed as band. The Grays will purchase
naw uniforms soon and intend to ''cut swell. !"
4 c.,uple of ex-soldiers named Riley and
Bedke, having in,bib-d considerable OF the
tan.le foot, had little misunderstanding which
terminated in Bedke's trying to relieve the
other Of his surplus cash. He didn't succeed,
however.
H.G. Murch, deputy sheriff, returned from
Idaho last Wednesday, having in charge Geo.
Ab,es. who WAS accused Of having stolen some
horses some two years ago. He di1 not get the
n,rtie. he went after. but Was Just few days
b.bind him all the time. He received two out
of three Of the stolen horses however.
The discussion now in progress at the Uni
rersalist Church will probably have some good
effect in this, that each Of the debates charge
the other with having misquoted the bibie and
outsiders have tn read their bibles to tnd out
which knows the most about it, and IN so doing
comply with that part of the book which COM
mands them to search the scriptures.
RATHER.
, 1881-04-23
E The Sale Of Liquors.

OuFebruary e2l President Hayes caused to
he issued general order prohibiting the sale
Of al intoxicating liquors at military posts and
stations. Since tine PRONUNCIATION OF tie or
der large number of letters from post traderS'
suffers, etc, have been addressed to the War
D,partunen., making inquiries in regard to its
intent-whether cider, beer, etc, were IN
ciudeti in its prescription Adjutant General
Drum has issued general order, in which he
saws, referring to his order Of February I'd:
The words intoxicating liquors" are un-
derstood in their common acceptation, and en-
brace what arc generally known A. ardent
,nirits = brandy, whiskey, gin, rum, and
liquors containing a large percentage OF a,eo-
hol. and do not include light wines. cider,
beer or ale.
Thi, order has been promulgated for the in
formation generally Of the amy.
, 1881-04-23
APcn Picture of Henry Willard.

| well remember Henry Willard as "ne of
the frequenters Of Newspaper R'w, opposite
WiIlarI's, in Washington, in lS6l-G2. He
must have been twenty-five then ] WAS i
CORRESPONDENT OF the Tr;t~ac, and ran out IN
10 Viryinia whenever there was battle
Willard was on the same paper, but l never
kn.w him % do anything. doubt il he could
write. He certainly never did. He had some
sort of a su.cial commission from the manag-
ing editor, Sidney Howard Gay, to hang
ar,u,d headquarters and find nut what he
coull. He was on good terms with Whitelaw
Eeii Horace White and Adams Hill, and
knew his business WAS legitimate but 1t was
never visible. He ssaid there three or 'our
v,ars- an,l then he a. struck 1t fat When
the internal revenue was clapped on whiskey
he was in the syndicate that prohted by the
secret information, bought heavily OF distilled
s,;;r;.s. and made 21,000 to $4,000 apiece
I never knew how much Willard made, but
remember that he was unco'nmonly bland and
smiling afterwards, and appeared IN new
stovepipe hat, the first of a long and shiny
series. recall him IL sturdy young man
with broad head, biz ruund eyes, and a hia
round voice. Shortly after this, probably IN
1864, he disappeared. and next heard oi him
in Boston He was secretary of one OF the
;nnumerable societies of that city, but whether
it was devoted tn wnmans rights. social
science. or the a,nelioration of the condition of
psppooss.s in Patagonia, or wS run to turn
men on earth into angels in heaven. | never
knew. But it belled him, for ne maie the
acouaintanee of a pretty daughter If William
How'd Garrison and married her. Shortly
after this. in 1870 or 1871, he MAS chosen by
the Fr-nkfort creditors of Ben. Holiday, who
had ne-uti,ted in Europe sll ,0oO.o 900 OF the
bond, Of the Oregon Railruad and Steamship
COMPANY. This gave him great responsibility
and :. a chance" Likewise, when the Kan
sas Paciic defaalted he was chosen 10y the
same parties IL take charge, and he became
the receiver. This was only SIX years ago,
and now "they say" that this bold and a,i-
dacious operator contrals S27 coo OF the
stock of the Northern Pacific, and viii throw
IN. present officers overheard
Who says this isn't great country *
Paul Pioneer Press
, 1881-04-23
The Flume Question.

The extraordinary conduct OF DR.
Baker in trying to force his hume through
the property of tax-paying citizens car
only be accounted for by the fact that h.
has been SO used to having his own wal
both in the courts and out Of it, that h,
began to imagine that he was infallable
and could hereafter do Just as he pleased
without why or wherefore from the
| community at large He had as much
| right to run his fiume where he did as
any other citizen would have TO build a
| railroad through the store of any of our
business nell. Ii was a piece Of con-
summate impudence tha, came near being
successful by reason of its outrageous
ness.
The check this business has received
will, We hope be lesson to be well
studied over and learned by those who
imagine that their wealth is all sufficient
"a
When the Oregon Improvement Com
pany commenced operations near Dayton
flume was an almost indispensable re-
euisite TO the fu:theranee of their plans
for the speedy and thorough development
of the country; to this end they waited
patiently until they could obtain legal
right to build said flume; much precious
time was wasted in this endeavor, but
with all their wealth and power they did
not attempt To infrinse upon the rights
of the settlers along the stream they
wished to build. Surely what this COM
pany did not attempt to do DIR. Baker in
his individual tnr corporate) capacity
shall not accomplish.
The question is already being asked,
=" Tho or what is this DR.. Baker that he
.:uld ride rough-shod over the inherent
'ghts 81 the People"
Who or what he is, is of no Seriors
aoment, the fact remains that he has
received a serious check which 1t is tn be
hoped he will profit by:
There is already struggle commenced
throughout the United States between
monopoly as represented by capital On
the one side, and the working class as
represented by the people IN the other
In the sens. that onr people here at
home have shown disposition to guard
snd assert their rigLts, we ar, glad that
the recent lesson was administered, and
We 60 still further and sa, that the Mill
Creek farmers have doae something to be
proud of they must 90 still further,
and make this purse-proud. would-he
monopnIist fear them through the law
surely if he had uo RICH, to push his
flGme in opposition to the wishes of the
property holders, they can surely make
HIM pay for the damage he has already
on their la;,ds by destroying
their timb + aud otherwise trespassina.
, 1881-04-23

Without wishing to brag, the STATES
MAN claims :he largest weekly circulation
Of any paper in the northwest "n;siIe of
Portland. Il Is ready to prove the same
by comparing It's paper l.ills for the pas.
twelve months with any other Office, the
daily issue not to be included. Eighteen
months ago notification was .eceived that
the STATESMAN even then paid the highest
postage. Advertisers will bear this in
mind; the STATESMAN has jurisdiction In
Idaho and Oregon, as well as in our own
Territory, in fact embraces the whole
country as IN independent newspaper
should.
, 1881-04-23
THE NORTH PACIFIC IDEAL. I"
ALI the Papers Talking About
Henry Willard.
Gossip IRON Various Quartefs about
His Operations With . State
ment OF the Way
"HE GOT HIS START"

The eifarts OF Heary Willard and the Ore
gou Railway { Navigation pool to secur
control. OF the Northern Pacific railway com
pauy and TO oust the present management 4
! the next annual election in September, con
! t:nue the subject Of general discussion il
eastern railway circles, and the contest be
tween the various f.ctions is watched with
much interest. 4 correspondent Of the st
Paul Pioneer Press has interviewed sll tn,
parties on both sides interested in this cou,
test. The following accoun. OF an interview
with
ME. HORACE WHITE,
Treasurer Of the Oregon Railway L Navigs-
company, will Ire read with more than ortli-
rary interest Mr.. White holds his own
against The ravases OF time. His hair is not
quite as glossy HACK as it used to be in lSGO
wher he was the Chicago TriGme's corres-
pendent IN Washington but lie has not
grown day older since 1872, when saw
him standing on rivkety table in IN ante
room at the Cincinnati convention trying to
rally the scattered delegates from Illinois for
Davis at the very moment that the yells Of
the convention announced TO
THEIR DISCUSSED EARS
The nomination of Greeley 4 third baby,
by the way, was born last week to Mr.
Whites pleasant home. Many happy re-
turns of the day. | am sorry to add that
iu Mr.. White the taciturnity OF the capitalist
has eclirsed or extinguished altogether the
sympathy of the journalist, and that he
helped me very little concerning the subject
of my quest, Dad he know how much OF the
No thern Pacific stuck Mr.. Willard. or the
0. K. K \. ca had secured, No, he did
not Did he think they could coutroi tue
Northern Pacific company at the next elec-
ton. He really could not say. How much
hah
IR- WILLARD
Go. OF tn new issue: Do You know Was
he going to hay any more? Could not say.
Did Mr.. Willard control So, 900, ,0oO, Did
no; know. Had he re liy bought Sl3, ,000,.
900 worth of the proprietary privileges:
Could not say. Was there any news, what.
ever, about anybody, Frightening up, and
leaning on i les,l pencil, he said Yes, the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company had
Just concluded not to wait two Years TO finish
its system OF roads to Oregon rs expected
but MAS using
EVERY EFFORT To CoIPLETE
Durin. the current Year: First, the Colrm-
bia river line from Portland tn the Dailes, 90
miles. Second, from Umatilla on the Col
lumbia, across the Biue Mountains to Baker
City, I60 miles Third, from Walla Walla
to Colfax, in the PalouSe country, with
branches t. Dayton ani Patal:a, I64 miles
4IJ miles in all. To do this We have called
in s., 900, 600 uf the new capital stock of the
600 more. and bGa bGafTs as sIa iaan Gf about $500
Oh, yes; knew him well; nice man; | would
like him, he thought Wha, WAS the colo-
Of his eyes, Never noticcd. | finally
learned from Mr. White that Willard Was
native Of Spier, in Rhenish Bavaria. and that
he came to this country alone when he wns
l6 wears old knew the rest myself.
, 1881-04-23
VERITAs.


"Dh, said the editor
Unto his creditor,
Keep on your shirt,
Can't Won just wait awhile:
Fortune, you know, viii smile
When business gets pert
"Then all viii be serene
And Tor your pork and bean
Ill pay you cash.
"Yes," says the creditor
Unto the editor.
Such talk is trash"
For" then continued he,
You can't bamboozle me;
Look at your ads
Where's ali the money that
Comes from those ads 20 fat,
Where's all those brads:'
oh - sighed the editor
Unto his creditor,
The hangs a tale.
"All those big ads don't pay,
NO matter what they sayl
Cash on the nail.
Then our subscribers, ton,
Don't think a year or two
Amounts TO so much
ITO those fat editors
Who 10 their creditors
Have u talk Dutch.
Then there's our paper read
BY the great tribe deadhead,
LESS said soonest mended.
/" "Ah, well" said the creditor
Unto the editor,
Interviews ended"
"Shake :" said the creditor
Unto the editor,
4" sympathize.
1--WE have our woes below.
But when We both do 30
Up to the skies
Wen both get our reward.
Just You insert my card
Groceries at Flys.T
, 1881-04-23

OUR city is now within "a honrs OF
Portland, and the DAILY STATESMAN will
now reach that point only one day after
publication, and intermediate towns like
the Dalles hy next morning All who
want the news from the upper country,
which can only be supplied by the STATES
NAy viii take notice of :his fact We
have a telegraphic correspondent IN every
toun Of i,nportane up I" the mountains,
and enjoy facilities M n'h-r newspaper
can possibly obtain. T. The travelling
pubic, the business Community, and to
the STATESMAN the new arrangement; viii
bc 4 Al. .Hesleaiahl- advantage
, 1881-04-23

C,crrs Srocx. San Francisco Chroad-
n. saws: 1T has been found that grape cut
ting. inserted in the trunks of the cscta On
the des IT grow and thrive a. vigorously as
in cultivated land This fact is Of great ''a-
portance to the people. BY the use "i a
chisel a man can plant = large vineyard IN =
day, and the vine 50 pl4ntel viii climb the
cactus and grow lurarously without cuiisa-
ton or irrigation TIE dry. hot sani1 OF The
desert viii afford /. fine place f'r drying
,s,s,n.. In addition to grapes 1t has he-n
uroved that MELONS, cucumbers aid tonna-
toes will grov from the cactus stock, 50 hat
the d..ert NAV SION bloom as the rose.
, 1881-04-23

As usual With the Union ii slops over
on the side OF the money power, and
had not word to say in favor of the
farmers Whose rights have been infringrd
upon along the line of the Mill Greek
hume. As an organ of monopolists and
snobs the Onion Is success in the sense
that funkeys always are L e. discharged
AZ q moments notice, when no more
dirty work IL to be done.
, 1881-04-23
SPRING

Spring, spring; thou comest with all thy
soodly Train,
Thy head with flames, thy mantle bright with
flowers.
The zephyers curl the green locks Of the plain,
The clouds for JOY in pearls weep down their
showers
, 1881-04-23
The German Carp.
Mill CREEK FARMER.

The fact that Gen Grover has taken the
.nitatory steps towards securing some carp
for the Garrison ponds, has led several Of
our farmers to make inquiries into the mat
ter. Several Cf them have already spoken
to II, and state their intention of establish
ing carp ponds. Everyone cannot have a
profitable fish pond. There arc two reasons
for it. The firs. is there is no suitable place
on many OF the farms for such an institution.
And second, many men have no talent, apti-
tud :, or taste for such improvements. And
vet there are in our territory thousands Of
the very best locations for fish ponds, which
would produce pro6tably many KINDS of fish.
But every testimony goes to show that the
German carp will flourish in some ponds
where more delicate fish will not. Anyone
who has spring which can be drained into an
ARTIFICIAL POND
Should make himself acquainted With the
history, habits and merits of this fish. The
United States fish commissioner commenced
{, import the carp five or siI ysars ago. They
multiplied rapidly and showed their superior
adoption for such purposes Prof. Baird
estimates that one pair Of carp is sufficient to
stock an acre Of water, as the spawn from
one single fish will produce from five to ten
t,.ousand young fish. They will live and
flourish in water where other fish will not,
and are superior fish for the table. They
are vegetable feeders and can support them.
,-Ires on the vegetable growth of ponds and
streams. but, like farm stock, grow and in
crease enormously when carefully fed on
boiled corn. bread crumbs, cabbage leaves.
or the general refuse Of the table. They will
live and prosper in suitable pond
WITHOUT FEEDING,
Doing their own grazing and hy catching.
We know of several places IN the country
where the srandest fish ponds could be made
with comparative little expense. which wo1ld
Ie one of the best sources Of income to the
farm and add more to the pleasures OF the
table than any other part Of the farm. In
the government Innds it Is SAID there are
carp four y arz old which weigh from ten
to fifteen pounds. The carp is rspresented
70 be the chicken Of the water, its flesh Is 80
much sweeter and more delicate than the
ordinary fish. It is generally fed on dry
corn from the CRIB at any season OF the year.
and boiled. There are but fev springs which
come out Of our hillsidss or At their base
bat could be easily constructed into pondH
In arranging the ponds provide for - LITTLE
drainage into them - posab's from rains o.
falling snowa relying solely on the water
from the spring. Then there viii be bat
little danger Of breaking the banks In hoods,
and losing all the 6sh-
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TIE backvardneM of contributors to
, 1881-04-23
Waitsburg Notes.

The Presbyteriaas are having large revival
conducted by Revs. Boyd and Gamble.
The town trustees meet every Tuesday night
and seem delighted in calling this little burg
town.
The postof6ce is very neat and handsons
structure and is furnished with Yale lock
boxes.
Business seems to be lively in town, end
plenty, as Waitsburs is now noted for sessseiy
cash town.
Crops throughout the Touchet valley -
looking fine and the farmers feel iubilane. A
great fruit crop is expected this season GraD-
Roppers have not yet made their appearances b
the valley.
The Masons have fne tvo-stny building
which il used By the Masons, Odd FelIosa A.
O. Z. W. and !. o. G. T. The A. o. q. W.
Lodge is very strong here and very ProspseoW
having membership Of about u.
The young spris Of the Law who trisd tAs
validity Of the town ordinances. bet ~ btn
that he could ride across the bridge anaese1ee
fined, out was beaten and il cnst him absuso -
for knowing too much about the Law.
waitsburg il making fast hssdwsy b ~
line of building. DR.. Maston Is pattias - .
three-story building Jo1so, part d shieA vu
be used as hospital The Haaafosd hsss 3
receiving . new coat Of paint. Drk. Aesss
and Southerlsnd have their Offices in fns
building.
l. ~ A.
named Doc Eat,n, Of walia W>IlA, aad HI
pal to.skip out ON the dusty road lase ssek
They went in grand style. Our sister tosns
should do the same thing and clear the tef,i-
tory Of this thievins set ct sccundrels wAs -
too lazy too earn their bread. PAS theA aSoaG.
waitsburs now sports one hotel fosr ssisty
stores, three general merchandising stnses.
three saloons, one blacksmith shop, ons nli-
merry shop, one bakery, 4 fine barber shop tvo
excellent drug store, well stocked hardware
store and also two large livery stabaeA wsifs-
burg will loom up this summer - lumber .
turned out day and night by the large plsning
mill situated few blocks from town. fhfs
mill has lately received new machineU md 10
turning out fine lumber.
wsifsbury d becoming noted for H. spsiss
fghtcn." Thsrs wore no less than thsssfths
on Saturday. A manipul.sor & ths P's~ I'D
some words With one of the disdPl@ d 2ses-
lapua, which resulted IN ths aid daciPissalng
IN sx On MD plosnss's besd n nAko
SeS a.d costs toward tom i1evalks-tAsgss
yssy nucA sssded Tvs 'tan Ps.Asn ha4
II X.l-A--.l = R>>I,. .~l.o. ~ksrA u0nIH4
| n nns hadly masked fass I'D - - tosasd.
! more s;dewalku Waitsbspis eiey nasAA
makes il lively for the beys.
O~,vvvpux,. HosrspvrxrR-M IL tUu1P
, 1881-04-23

TIE backwardnesa of contributors to
the Worlds Fair fund remindeth the
Standard the fate Of subscription papen
cireul.ted among Oregon democrats for
election parposes- And that reminds the
STATESMAN Of somsthing worse still.
, 1881-04-23

Liscoln Post, No. 4, Grand Army OF the
Republic meets every wednesday evening.
This recently instituted order in this city is
in fcurishiug condition. 1t has succeeded
in bringing together many of the old soldiers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07
The Shenanaoaa VaHey Railroad.

President Frederick J. Kimball, OF the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, has
let contracts for the construction of sixty
five miles of the ninety-hye-milc extension
southwark from WaynesbOrO to the Norfolk
and Western. The contractors VIII begin
M the ends and work towards the middle
The parts covered by the new contracts are
from Waynesboro forty miles south, and
from the Norfolk q Western at or near R0a-
noke station, twenty-five miles north. Mills
& Rowland. McNlahon and Green, Griffith
x Purcell, Fairfax x Diiiendal, Reynolds *
Angel. Newcomb & GoOdl0e, Best& Murch-
ler. Walton & Smith, Patrick Cogan, and
John Rawlings are among the contractors
receiving awards. The work is 10 be finish
cd in October. II IS quite possible that II
viii be all the construction necessary ioi
the main line Of the Shenandoah Valley
road. Forty miles from Waynesb0ro tAe
road can strike the Richmond and Allie
ghany's Lexington branch, and by q track
soc arrangement with that Company use
It's rail toits junction with the main line at
Balcony Falls. and from there follow the
main line of the Richmond and Allegheny
up James river a fs~ as it Is ip the same
line, which Will bring it near to buchanan.
-Etctaage.
We are informed that work began on the
Wayncsboro extension ON Wednesday Of
last week and that, in addition TO Che con
tracts let as above mentioned, Messrs. Me-
Cram x Stewart, of Lancaster, Pa, have
been awarded fnteen-mile contract between
the North and James Rivers-provided the
trackage arrangement above noted is not
contaminated. As the line of the $. Y. II.
r.. is through the mineral region, it is more
than probably it will build its own road
entire. and not enter into the trackage ar
raugemeat with the Richmond and Ale
chany road as suggested above. Eight
thousand tons of 56 10. Krupp steel rails
for use upon the extension have already
been purchased. The Tredesar Iron Works
at Richmond will supply the fastenings-
splicc-bsrs bolts, g..