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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-01-27
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Mobile, Ala.
JAa. b. CHILuKEss, Proprietor.
n. G. RoHBISs, Manager.
DICK RorEH, Chief CLERK.

Having been kept open throughout the SUM
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a. regards the sleeping apartments, bedding
etc. The Battle House is fully prepared TO
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~ Rates for an looms above the PaFlof
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HE SLIPPERY EARs-Did you ev.
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When you 60 to church and hear a
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81, Paul bids US give heed to the
things heard, lest at any time wc
should let them SIP. Alas, how
many Sunday-schooi lessons and
sermons pass through our ears and
produce no effect upon our lives. be
cause we do not take heed 10 tbem.
Many OF Us are like the little boy
who told bis teacher that he had a
poor memory aud a first rate for
get'ery Too often DO our cars,
IKE the sieve, let the GOOD soedslip
through, bat keep The tarcs.
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A Mrs Reed, living in Calhoun
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lv
Iad.s d ror-c SAYS It's BIS intc1-
lion to assign tHr Supreme Juf 1shil
about ihc lst ot February.
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EVERYBODY NEEDS,


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which has been established for years the county
Chckasaw and has been ho friend Of the Tax payer
and the advocate Of the rights Of tie people as whole.
Inshe!"arUHE in ,he PAST the 'Ie4>eaaer Willie
Conservative but Democratic
the core Saunch in its adherence to the principles of the
only party upon which the South rely for the preserya
ton of sembauce Of liberty, but
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the MESSENGER vo low homes. government and the
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every family Ccasaw County and conceive
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county items.
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giving be of interest readers
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To
EWVGWtOvs & MCeNN0N IS.
Jan IS, 1880.

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The Messenger.
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EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01
rue slLrrz nrsEnyArrox.

bad heard so often and 10 much Of
the peculiar beauty of the region known
by the above title that j accepted with
more than ordinary pleasure the invi.
tation TO become the guest Of the agent.
Mr.. Il. A. Swan, which came to me
through the kind offices Of Mr. X. A.
Benseil Of Yaquina Bay. The Reser-
vation embraces tract 24xl6 miles in
extent, superficial area 2i6,000 acres,
of which $4,000 acres are returned nv
being miiable for agricultural purposes.
j shall not indulge at this time in a
somewhat chronic disposition to drift
into descriptive writing. Sailiee il TO
say that / have seen no part Of Oregon
which better deserves the nam of
"beautifnl" thnn the valley OF the S,l,Tz
from the northern boundary of the
Upper Agency farm 10 the southern
boundary of the lower farm. IL is
probably sixteen miles between the two
points. The liver throughout the On
tire length has cut far itself u deep
gorge which renders the inuundation OF
any portion OF the farmin. lands in the
widest floods a thing neither to be ex.
pected or feared In this respect, per.
haps, no more desirable region can be
found in the state. The valley lands
are cold, the spring backward and late
So much for the geography and climate
Of the Siletz.
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WHAT has DEEM DONE Z

had spent several days in this To-
cality before asked Of any one ques-
ton as to how long time it had taken
TO bring about the present aspect of
Affairs 50 far as it relates to houses,
farms, fences, barns and cultivation Of
the soil. For be it distinctly under
stool that the casual traveller
who should by chance tind him
self on the southern boundary of
the farming region of the Reservation
and should ride leisurelv along the high
way to the upper, or Uice versa, not
knowing that he was on a reservation,
and not seeing the occupants of the
houses, would, If he was a. Al fair
minded man, be forced to the conuiision
that he had stumbled upon pioneer
settlement Of industrious people not
differing in any marked degree from
other pioneers remote from COOL lumber
mills and sash and door factories.
This is a plain statement Of the case as
it stands. The fences, the harms, the
houses, would do no discredit to any
new settlement La chanee aonver
sation with Mrs. Boswell, the wife ot
the present agency surgeon, / made
! s,me remark upon the many evidence:
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NOTABLE LANDMARKS.
ALONG THE BEACH.

The lands aligning the ocean beach
from the Alsea TO the Yaquina are
settled either by pre-emption claim
ants or homesteaders. Much Of this
land il of excellent quality. LOCAL.
ties were pointed out to mo where
the soil has yielded 400 bushels Of
potatoes 10 the acre. Oats, where
cultivated. do well. The owners of
these lands arc for the most part in
clined 10 think, and ] fully agree
with them, that tho true outcome Of
these lands will be found in the dairy.
Some of the owners are sowing por-
tions Of their land 10 Mesquite grass.
Upon this point | shall have more To
say before closing.
On my return to Newport, after
visiting the points above alluded to,
/ ayailed myself OF an opportunity 10
visit
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aiNTrATIvE.

The-general health of these Indian
children is good but among many
there are visible the hereditary re-
suits OF disease. Under present
arrangements there is no hospital
ward. The health of all, the morale
of the school, the best interests of
the reservation would be best con-
suited by the erection of hospital
building whore the hopelessly i'll
could be segregated from the healthy
and properly cared for,
These notes are already fuller
than I expected or intended them TO
be. Much moro might be said but
must be left for perhaps a future oc-
casion. l came he. not as much to
see the Agency as to look at the
country as an integral part of the
region geographically dependant
upon the construction of service
able harhor and safe entrance al
Yaquina Bay certainly did not
expect that visit which has lasted
a fortnight would last longer thar
two or three days. The country is
interesting, but the Agency is more
so. I have had time and oppcr
nifty to form an intelligent and per
fecfly free opinion of the workings o
q system of which I knew nothing
except by conflicting reports. Re
membering that in my long marcl
from the Mississippi River to th'
Colorado twenty-five years ago,
saw among all the tribes I encoun
tered evidences of civilization onl
among the tribes of the Indian Tea
ritory and the handful of Papagoe
at the Mission of San Xavier del Ba
in Arizona, I had my doubts OF ill
| correctness of some of the reports (
progress which / had read. re
membering the squalor, the furtr
character, the blood-thirstiness of th
Apache, what / have seen OF pro
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Tng ALsEA SECTION.

Before speaking of the Aisea river
and bay | note few memoranda OF the
country between the bay and Cape
Pepetno. Nine miles south OF the bay
the Yah-hat river enters the ocean;
here six families have taken up pre-.
emptions aud homesteads ami careful
estimates report room for p 10 10
more settlers where good homes can se
made on the bottom and bench lands
contiguous 10 that stream. A eood beach
road TO the Alsea OF pack trail to
Siuslaw, over Cape Pepetuo afford out
lets for sale OF produeeor purshaseof sup
plies. -Four miles back of the beach
abundance of good timber can be pro.
cured. Three and one half miles south
OF the Alsea, between 1t aud the Yah
hut is Big Greek with u ane body OF
land covered with Salmon berry brush
and vine maple with room for hon
Is 10 20 good ranches. What II to be
expected of the settler ON these lands
and what it will he necessary Tor him
to do will be spokea Of in the course
of these notes.
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gress here, in what I find to be the
actual condition Of affairs at this
Agency, prepares me fully to accept
freely the following report. or es.-
tract therefrom, of General Clinton
Il. Fisk of Arizona. He says (P. 81,
Report of Board Of Indian Commis-
sioners for 1SS1.) +" The success Of
the Peace Policy is admirably illus
trated In Arizona where but a few
years since no white man could
travel at large except under strong
military escort to prevent his slaugh-
ter by the rowing, numbering
Apaches; but now the chief danger
to the traveller is from maTauding
groups of cowboys" and bad white
men whose aim is robbery and from
which / was protected by Apache
Indian Scouts.
The Report from which ] hare
quoted and the Report Of the Com
Inissione. Of Indian Affairs for 1870
furnish much interesting Informs
ton TO the same effect. Taking
these reports in connection with whqt
1 have seen, reading them IN fhe
light Of the character of the distiD-
guished men whOse statements and
reports are embodied therein. / am
constrained, for one, 10 hope that a
system which has accomplished 90
much may be permitted to have its
perfect work. nm well aware that
the system is the subject Of fierce at-
tacks. ! hope the system viii sur
viye them. Any departure from It,
any return to the old system of blud-
geon, bowie-knife, revolver, rife and
double shotted canon will in mr.
opinion only furnish some writer
hundred years hence with good ma
terial for the initial chapter of
another Century of Dishonor.
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THE rAoulxA BAY EEeIox.

So much has been said about Va
quina Bay, so much in its favor and
30 much against it that | feel as II
was about to enter upon twice told
tale. Having no personal interest
near or remote in its fortunes, good
or bad, thinking IL extremely doubt
ful whether / shall ever see il again,
| submit what / shall say simply a.
the utterance OF man who having
once spoken well of place, has after
full investigation and material delhi
Grafton found no reason to change bis
opinion or modify his views, but on
the contrary is: more forcibIy than at
first impressed, with its natural adapi-
ability TO present wants anil future
Improvements.
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heel. and this latter like sin, ought to
he regarded as areproaoh to any people.
Rev. G. II. Atkinson in one OF his asl-
mirahle articles IN the resources Of
Oregon discusses the durable qualities
Of the valley lands aud sums up his
aroument by saving that in the future
s.t5e hest farms of Oregon will be those
which are now covered by dense for
ests . This il even so; and the trath OF
the Reverend gentleman's proposition
will be nowhere more fully established
than on this western slope Of the Coast
Range from whence am now writing
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raE BAY nAnBon At rnrsrsr.
FROM notes kindIy tlrnished


From notes kindly furnished .sIss
by Mr.. J. s. Polhemus, tire United
States Engineer now IN charge Of lie
projected hsrbcr improvements, /
make the following statement. Thn
bar proper is three fourths af a Iniie
from Newport, the present town %
the Bay, perhaps one-fourthof sniIl,s
from the entrance. 4 channel One
eigth OF a mile wide, with sufsieiriik
water for vessels of very large cias4
extends from Newport to the Tar.
which is 2,c00 feet Nide. This ciau4
rel is what Is ksOwn as Tie
north entrance aud is the one whicfx
il is proDosed To deepen aud perTna.
nenily improve. At times what s.
known as the south entrance exists.
In Agust, 1880, from Z TO S fs.es -
water was found in this south CHRIS
mel. AT the time OF taking these
notes MAY, 1881 this south ehanne4
was closed. It IL opened by the ioriIi
west winds of summer and clsssed q.
the south west winds of winter. On.
cial reports of water on the bar &
north entranceare as follows: Chase
survey 1860, o feet Capt. Wooslsk
survey, Nov. 1879, 8 Fl. PolhemuA
survey, August, 1880, I f Polhe
mus survey, May, 1881, 10 feet Is
extreme low water rise Of tide,
feet. These figures must be taken Is
the groundwork az all calculations
On either side of the bar on nortil
entrance, being 2,G00 feet across and
one-eighih of mile wide, are rocks
walls, which have been there probazI
bly, since the coast line was estalE
lished by the Almighty, and will re-
main there probably until the nd ol
time. II has been contended thai
the same reef broken off some ten
feet below the water at low tide, con.
stitutes what is known rs the Bar
Mr.. Polhemus is of a different opisi-
ion, and points to the discrepancies
between Chase's, Woods and his own
surveys as corrohorative of his view
of the case. He does not deny tli&
existence of the frsetured rec be-
tween the two walls, however. HIS
observations, however, do not enahle
him TO fix the depth ID which tie
sands. .borneto and fro upon the ineoin-
ing and outgoing tide have accnmu-
lated. He is confident however thas
the construction of the proposed jet.
ties, which will close pernlanenllv
the shifting and uncertain sApth
channel, and confine the inflow ahtl
outflow to the north one, securing
away the accumulating sands and
opening up a deep and permanent
channel to the sea. / violate no con-
fldence in giving these views of Mr.
Polhemus, in whom those who are 81
deeply interested in the prosecution
and completion of this importa
work have, am sure, an intelligenl
and disiaterested friend, as well as
a competent official. Let me add one
word. It has been contended and
believed that blasting between two
walls would be necessary At pres
ent and until the sand On The bar
removed. by the artificial current "a a
created by the jctties e - cons trIle.
ed, this process / am assnred ~ NF
Polhemus is unnecessary and i'm
practical.
I
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AS TO ALIENATION.


/ have. alluded above To the fear on
the part of SOME of the In.liaas that
their homes will be taken from them.
do not hesitate To say that hope no
such notion will prevail. have heard
it stated thtt ''the new me niar" from
this state flvors the removal OF these
Indians i do not know that this is
40. | have also heard that Senator
Slater has introduced bil looking Co
the confirmation in severaliy to located
Indians OF the tracts, not exceeding
l60 acres in extent, now occupied by
them, while the remaining nnoc.,ipied
lands are to be sold to the highest
bidders. In this connection have
only to say that to invest these Indians
with titls in fee simple to their lands
with power Of alienation wonld be a
farce Tho attention of Congress, how
ever, has heeu fully directed To this
view Of the case (See Ii port Of the
Board of Indian commissioners for
1880 p!s 90, $40, CO. 81 that il is
not at all likely that eoyetous men who
are looking forward to the time when
they can exchange Cayuse pony for
an Indians title to l60 acfes Of good
land, will succeed in their aimlb'e de
signs.
METHOD AND EXTENT OF ASSISTANCE.
1t is unnecessary to so into details
AS to the method and extent of assis
tance rendered by the governments,
through the local agent, to the Indians
on the Siletz reservation. Seed wheat
oats and potatoes and vegetable seeds
are furnished in ample quantities tC
those in need of them. Hoes, ralSes
/ plows, axes and cross cut saws arc par
Of the regular issues. Rations are is
sued to new comers, the inGrm, and t.
the wives and daughters Of the meI
who 60 out into the valley to work
Many do so. / was shown more thar
one wagon and harness purchased b.
/ Indian men with money they earned
There are fifteen or twenty such wagons
Lon the reservation.
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TIMBER RESOURCES.

About the first thing which attracts
the attention of.the visitor to Alsea
Bay Is a large body Of timber probably q
mile and halffrom theentrance. There
is so mueh "bprnt timber" in this sec
ton of country that the contrast is
agreeable and relief to the eye,
upon this timber QUESTION but few
words suffice for this Giyision of my
subject. In this iipInediate vicinity are
large bodies Of as fine spruce timber as
grows out Of doors. And in the near
future this will become 0ne of the most
valuable resources of those sections OF
country where it is found. In addition
to spruce, there are immense bodies Of
Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Ash, Alder, and
Fir, all Of which must eventually be-
come tributary to the prosperity Of
Alsea Bay and It's surroundings. As .
4 after Of course mills must be built,
markets opened up and other prelimin-
aries gone through with,
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Special business notices in Local cel
umns 20 cents per line Regular Local
notices 10 cents per line.
For legal and transient advertisements.
81 90 per square for the first insertion slIsl
so cents per square for each suLseqIIenf
insertion.
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rRoPosEp IMPROVEMENTS.

The estimates Of the engipee -
charge of the works incInels Is s MI
jetty, to be one-half OF q nile 80 s.
to be constructed of ma II&<t aIl4
cribs, and north jetty - c6..I
Gated and expensive. It isunnecessa-
ry to enter into a description @0f the
manner of work. The place teex-
plain that is before the proper COM
mistee in Congress when further ap-
CuScIUDED on 4TH PAeE.
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Journal above alluded to as "barren
aud useless mountain tracts OF this,
however, more anon, as / shall a.
lude again TO the Alsea region in my
summing up.
BEAVER CREEK.
About five miles north of the Alsea,
Beaver Greek debouchos into the
ocean. At some former time the
stream has evidently been, as the AL
sen, the Yaquina and other rivers are
now, n tidal estuary. IL is no longer
SO, although quite respectable in size
and navigable for skiifs and other
light craft for several miles. The
lands aligning Beaver Greek are rop-
resented as tbeing fine, productive
bottoms. Twelve families have al-
ready found homes along its banks,
and it is estimated that there il room
for twenty moro families. One set
Tier on Beaver Greek, Mr.. Manning,
went into tho unbroken forest n few
years ago and has with his own un-
aided labor made wagon road three
miles in length to his place. He
drives a fair trade in butter, eggs,
and other farm products, and pre-
sents, in the results which ho has
achieved, fair example of what may
be accomplished in this particular
section of country by industry and
perseverance,.
NOTABLE LANDMARKS.
Ia this vicinity, and extending
down tho coast TO, and in front of,
the hospitable ranch and home Of
AIR. q. W. Collins arc the noted Seal
Rocks, with their surrounding reefs.
This locality is fayorite resort with
the campers who seek summer hol-
iday on the coast. CLANS, crabs,
rock oysters and mussels, besides
many varieties OF fish, abound. Made
accessible by steam, few more at-
tractiye localities are To be found on
the long coast line from San Diego
10 Sitka.
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BEACH MINING.


BEACH MINING.
Between the AIsea and the 1ahliut
river are eleven recorded beach gold
mining claims. There Is as yet
scarcity of water for working these
claims, at least al OF thtm Where
water is obtainable the claims worked
average | am informed on what | con-
slider good authority, from so to SD
per day to the hand. The average yield
per year for the past five years Is esti-
mated at about four thousand dollars Il
year. The yield for 1881 is estimated
at $4,000. As'aboye intima1ed all
the claims will not be worked hy reason
Of insuiIiciency of water. The pay
dirt, or black sand, ranges from III.
10 two feet deep and the bed rock Is
shallow. | heard it intimated during
nv STAY in that section that a move
ment looking to the consolidation oi tie
claims with ample working capital was
contemplated During my ramoies |
met w. Z Ready, ex State Printer a
work on his claim. lie seems satisfied
with the prospect. ] was his gaess for
a day or two. Daring my visit he cor
lided to me the fact lhat he Vas well
contenled with the change from the air
of the composing room TO the free at
mcsphere of the woods aud beach.
His chief trouble seems TO be that oc-
casionally the supply OF tobacco IN
camp gives out when, to use his own
pathetic words, "Life seems tn him but
a desert waste" This is a digression.
Above the Al>ea some three miles, Is
the mining claim of @. ". Collins q
ca. from which $4,000 have been
taken. From what | saw aud heard
on the subject of beach mining in that
section, I am constrained 10 believe that
there is money in it and that eventually
it will become an important element
in the prosperity of that region.