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, 1881-01-27

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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
AMERICAN FLOUR.

The Commercial Reporter says
We take the following from an
eastern exchange of recent date:
"Our Consul at Bristol, England,
writes that the future for choice
brands of -four in the English mar
ket will be unlimited. The perfec
tion of our milling and the studied
experience of our experts will event
ually wipe ont the slow plodding
millers of this country (England).
The weekly supplies from the States
have increased fifty-fold; many of the
neighboring millers buying it in bulk
and selling it from their mills as of
their own production. The United
States Consul at Bremen, Germany,
writes as follows: The American
-four, which is prepared, in better
manner, and cheaper rate, prehaps
than that of any country, has been
interdicted by duty of twenty.fv
cents per hundred pounds. This tax
was established by the Reischstag
at its last session. The duties on
Indian corn, buckwheat and barley
are six cents per cwt., and twelve
cents per cwt., for wheat, rye and
oats.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
THE MONOPOLY QUESTION.

A correspondent of the Statesman
very appropriately says:
The "Oregonian" of the first instant
contained an article signed by Mr.. Da-
vid Newsome, the venerable pioneer,
which is calculated to mislead the pub
lie as to the true grounds of the objec-
tions of Mr. Wizards management in
Oregon, and the approval of Col.
Hogg's. The objections to Mr.. Willard
are that he has adopted plan of in
fating the cost of his enterprises to
three and four times the amount of mon
ey actually invested, theresult of which
is exhorbitant rates of freight and fares.
In regard to Col. Hogg, all the people
know of his transactions up to this time
are his declarations made in his recent
speeches made at Corvallis and Alba
nv, in which he stated that all his COM
pany expected from the public was a
fair return upon the money actually IN
vested in the business, placing himself
fairly and squarely against the watering
of stock. The Oregon Pacific Rail
road will afford competition, and it is
but natural that long suffering people
should look forward to its completion
for immunity from the high rates of
to-day.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16

The Posts Washington cor
respondent says: Sparks (democrat)
of Illinois says there will be sharp
agitation of the tariff question this
session. Exactly what shape the
fight will take has not yet appeared:
but 1t is comeing, and when it
breaks there may be time at least
for serious divisions in what has been
the democratic party. It is pre-
sumed that new school protectionist
democrats would make trouble, but
free traders are going to make a
square open fight and trust to the
future to show the wisdom of their
boldness. He believed that Illinois
would approve revenue tariff re-
form movement by 5000 majority,
and in greater or less degree by all
states of the grain belt. Sparks en-
phatic language, taken in connection
with other western leading demo
Gratis, bears ont the belief held by
many that that wing of the party is
about ready to swing away from
leadership.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
YAQuIHA BAY AND RAILROAD NOTES.

We hear from the Bay that work
is going rapidly on in the preparations
tor constructing the railroad wharf
and warehouses. We learn that the
vessels will lie alongside the wharf
in l8 feet at lowest low water, with
a level mud bottom, and still have
upwards of quarter of mile of water
opposite. varying from "a to 40 feet
in depth, for them to turn round in.
The average rise of tide is seven feet
and elght-tenths. The spot selected
is entirely sheltered, and affords fa-
cilities for extending the wharfage
alongside the deep water to any nec-
essary extent. Our readers will re-
member that.an hours towage, or less,
will take the ships from alongside
the wharf to the wide ocean. There
does not seem to be then very wide
scope here for the exactlons of a
piolatage and towage monopoly. On
Wednesday, the 7th of Dec, the
schooner emily Stephens" from
Portland, entered Yaquina Bay, fully
loaded, under sail, at dead low wa
ter. She came in without the least
trouble and was safely secured along
side the wharf at Newport before the
inhabitants had finished breakfast.
We expect next week to give the
exact draft of the Emily Stevens"
on this occasion. Our authority for
the above facts as to the ship is Mr..
Polhemus, U. S. Engineer. He is
now in Portland preparing his report
of the past seasons successful work.
The mill yard at Oneatta Is stacked
full of lumber for the fiat cars and
box cars for the railroad, and yet but
small portion of the number to be
provided for is yet completed. This
car lumber is of the finest quality,
clear and level, and all cut from the
biggest size of logs that the mill can
handle.
In the reports of the blasts that al
most daily reach them the inhabitants
of Corvallis have pretty good evil
dence that the rock gang on this
side of the summit is buslly at work.
We mention this fact to re assure the
editor of the Willamette Farmer, who
has been telling his readers that his
"faith" is "dampened" and his 'ardor'
Cooled" by virtue of reports that
all works have been stopped and that
there is no money with which to
carry on the work. We should be
very much concerned that the vir-
tues of the Farmer should be so
weakened without any good reason
just when after a severe course of
incredulity, he had announced him:
self convert to belief in the success
of the Oregon Pacific.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
P0lYGAMY.

Appearances at Washington in
dicate that Congress will after so
long a delay probably take some
active steps toward bringing about
such measures as will put a stop to
and punish the crime of polygamy in
cur Territories. President Arthur
in his message comes down upon it
with terms and recommendations
that cannot be mistaken. Congress
is however, too apt to look down
upon a Wholesale commission of
crime with indifference. But if was it a
single individual in some far off and
secluded place they would put in
vestigating committees upon his
track until escape would be out of
the question. Yet polygamy a crime
against morality, decensy and the
whole of civilized mankind, the
world over has been rapidly pro-
crossing and increasing in numbers
and territory for over a quarter of a
century Immediately under the eye
and knowledge of Congress, and
without denial or excuse upon the
part of the participants and still the
Congress of this great United States
of America quietly condone the
offence and pass it by without even
a good wholesome rebuke.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
A Big Country.

The total land area of the United
States. Alaska being excepted, is 2,
100000 square miles. The total
water surface, which takes in the
rivers and small streams, lakes and
ponds, is 55, 800 square miles, while
the coast waters are 1920 square
miles more, making total of 1923,
900. This is about thirteen times as
large an area as is included in the
Austrian empire; nearly thirty times
as much as Great Britain and Ire
land cover, and only exceeded by
tho territory of the Russian empire,
which is more than twice as great.
Texas is larger than any European
country except Russia, and the
newer states as rule, will average
as large as the countries of the Eu-
ropean continent. Truly this is a
great country, and we are not likely
to forget it.-Lynn City Item.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
THAT caoss-wALk.

Some of our citizens some days ago
concluded to furnish the necessary
funds on their own account to build
a cross walk across Main Street in
Corvallis at or near the postoffice.
AS the City Council have control of
the streets, in o DIR to begin in the
right direction about twenty-five or
more persons petitioned the Council
asking that permission be granted to
make this Improvement. But the
Council in the exercise of their su
preme prerogative completely sat
down upon this newly contemplated
project by refusing to grant the priv
ilege asked for. Thus reminding the
humble and reckless petitioners that
they should not be SO reckless III
wasting their money.
This action of the Council was un-
expected on the part OF tie petition
ers, because a cross walk is much
needed at the place designated. A
great many people have to cross at
the place designated in going to and
from the postoffie or else walk around
at either end of the block. Frequent
ly ladies can be seen crossing over
this muddy street in preference to
going so far around.
Why any person can object to
this improvement being made upon
any good and sufficient reason is
upon which great many
of our people would like an explana-
tion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
Monopoly StiH Grasping.

An exchange says: The o. r. & N.
Go. took possession of Capt. Flaveps
dock and warehouse at Astoria on
the lst inst, having leased the same
for term, thus securing for itself all
the available dockage and steamship
land of any Importance in Astoria
at present."
The above is no moro than has
been anticipated for some time past.
1t is only another link in the great
chain that is being perfected tor the
ultimate purpose of gaining entire
controll of the transportation facili-
ties of the northwest. With a view
of continuing our people and their
posterity in perpetual bondage to
pay tribute to this ever graspinc
monopoly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
The Pope Of Rene.

An exchange says: The intel.
iigence comes, with some appearance
Of authenticity, that the pope will
shortly leave Rome and take up bis
residence either in the island of
Malta or at Salisbury, in England.
Independently of other reasons, it is
stated that The lack of efficient pro-
lection by the Italian Government
induces the Pope to contemplate
making an. immediate change,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16

The San Francisco Call contains an
account of the discovery Of gold
and silver-bearing quartz. in San
Mateo- county, in the vicinity of Red
wood City. DR.. II. G. Bontee, -secre-
tary of the University of. California,
IS credited with the discovery. and
with athe, statement that the ledge
traverses the county A company
has been organized to develop. the
mine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
Work on the Canada.Paeifie.

The Department of Railways and
Canals in Canada have Issued a
notice asking for sealed tenders for
the construction of that portion of
the Oanada.P Pacific Railway between.
Port. Moody, Bufrard Inlet and
pointsnear Emory's Bar, on Fraser
river, British Columbia. The dis
tance between the two places, as
surveyed, is about eighty-fvc miles.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
N O OTICE

U. S. Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon,
November 20, 1881.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Mary A. Rosebrook against John A. HenkIe for
abandoning his Homestead Entry No. 1866, dated
April q, 1879, upon the N. W. Of N. w. /, s. of
N. w. and S. w. of N. E. Section %, Township
10 South, Range IL West w. NJ, in Benton County
Oregon, with view to the cancellation of said entry
the said parties hereby summoned to appear be-
fore Ed. G. Phelps Notary Public, at his office in
Newport Benton County, Oregon, on the I'd day Of
January. 1882, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandon
ment. L. T. BARN, Register
J. W. WATTS, Receiver. is:4ew5.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
Locating Railroad Line South of ROseburg.

The Roseburg Plaindea'er says
that Mr.. Habersham with party of
nine men came up on the train and
went sou tn to locate the line of the
O. & G.. r. r. from Wolf creek to
Rock Point. Mr.. Morris. chief en-
gineer, went south Wednesday to
personally superintend surveying
operations.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
Admitted as . Stals.,

An effort is@ being made in,s the
present Congress to have tho Ter
ritory of Dakota admitted as state.
The effort will probably succeed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon.
September 29th 1881 J
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has fled notice of his intention make final
proof in support of his cain and that said proof will
be made before B. W. Wilson. County Clerk of Ben
ton County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1881,
Viz: Thomas E. Parker, Presumption D. s. No s50z
for the w. of N. E. of Sec. 81, T. IL s., W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of said
Hamilton Cox and John johnson, of Oneatta, all Of
Benton County, Oregon.
Is:4s-w5 L T. BARN, Register
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
NoTrCE-

The undersigned hereby notifies all persons con.
cerned that he will not be responsible for any debts
contracted his account unless the parties apply
ing for the same have my written order.
1S-38m6 H. C. LEWIS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
Notice to Creditors.
In the matter Of the Estate

In the matter Of The Estate
of
R. J. Hudson, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UN.
IN dersigned that he has been duly appointed Adj
E.inistrator of the estate of R. j. Hudson deceased
and the creditors and all persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby required to pre-
sent them. with the proper vouchers to him at the
Office Of Kelsay Burnett on Monroe street, between
Sd and 4th in the City of Corvallis Benton County
State of Oregon, within six months from this date.
Dated Decembcr9th 1881
JOHN S. BAKER,
Administrator Of the estate of r. J. Hudson, decd
IS:59w5s
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
SOLD !!

D. o. CRANE, Corner Ninth and Streets Wash
ington. d. c.. attends to Pension and Back Pay.
Bounty Claims collected. Contested Land Claims,
Mineral and Agricultural, attended to before the De-
uartment of the Interior and Supreme Court. Land
Land Scrip, and Additional Homesteads
purchased and sold. 18:44tf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16

Designed for the business education of both sexes.
Students admitted on any week day of the year. No
examination entering.
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19

A year or two ago one Of the W ashington cor
respondents described the dispatches Of another
as ''hog wash" The term became permanen
addition to the vocabulary of the guild, and is ap
Piled to wordy and watery dispatches and CORE
spondence which are very meagrely baasted witt
fact The letters from Washington, from an oc
casional correspondent, published in the New
York Herald Of late. are nothing more than hos
wash They windy and watery, void of fact
and characterized solely by childish abuse of the
President and Secretary Blaine. The attempt t.
make sensation out of the vapid productions o
this anonymous penny liner has been decided
failure
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19

Postmaster General James, in his remarks at The
recent Chamber of Commerce banquet in New
York said. in speaking of the Investigations now
In progress in the Post Office Department BY d
rection Of the President
Let me say that they aimed at a system and
not at men, but if this inquiry should disclose tina
any persons have been guilty Of corruption anC
fraud they will be handed over to the Department
of Justice tGreat applause
Second the country may be assured that no
mail service necessary to the welfare of any com
munity will be abolished OF curtailed, while all TN
necessary and wasteful expenditures shall be re
lentlessly cut off (Applausel In other words
1t is proposed that the postal service shall be con
Quoted and distributed with strict regard to aetna
public requirements and not with view to serv
ing private interests applause
will only add in further reference to this sub
ject that it is the intention of the President, as
embodied in his explicit instructions to myself
and the honorable Attorney General, to pursue thi
investigation until there are no more facts con
nected with II to be asceraned. prolonged APP
plause
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19
Maine ShIpoWners.

1t is quite time the Shipowners Association
organized in March last, at Augusta, Me- was
heard from. 1t is said to be composed Of 800 sub
stantlal members, who believe that the prosperity
OF the country at large is about to make itself felt
III the shipyards Of Maine, and that they propose
to aid IN the revival of the great industry for
which the State has long been famous We are
advised that this organization perfected by
the election of permanent officers, who have
enough at stake to secure their best services
This Association represents many millions of
dollars. hope its officers will confer with the
committee appointed at the late convention held
in Boston, to represent the shipowning interest at
Washington, and arrange for another convention
with fuller representation Of boua tde shipowners
and that shipbuilders may not be excluded The
early part of October would be the proper time for
holding such convention. Let us not delay moving
in this matter until the heated term is upon us.
American Ship
The bill for the relief of shipping engaged in the
foreign trade has passed both Houses of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature, and received the signature
of the Governor, who has been in favor of the
measure from the first. The Boston Herald says
The shipping relief bill passed by the present
Legislature, while not as liberal as the bill now
pending in the New York Assembly, is still an ex-
cellent measure, and is he first sign of new de-
parture with regard to foreign shipping the part
of the maritime states While the New York bill
absolutely exempts all foreign shipping from taxa
ton for the term Of fifteen years. the Massachu-
sets measure based on the English law, makes
only the net earnings of such vessels taxable as in
come. The result of this progressive step will be
that all the maritime states will have to do some
thing for their foreign shipping, and Congress will
probably step in with general comprehensive law
relieving all American vessels engaged in the for
eign trade from the operation of state and mum
cpal taxation. One cannot help feeling a senti
men OF state pride that Massachusetts should have
the honor of pioneering this needed reform, and
Of first giving substantial encouragement to our
depressed shipping Governor Long deserves the
thanks of the mercantile community for his sug-
gestlon of some measure Of relief, suggestion
which has taken form in the present bill
Mrs Mary Jane Lee, sister and last surviving
member of Hon Zachariah Chambers family, in
New Hampshire died May 18th at the residence
of Rev E W. Kellogg, of Manchester n H in the
eightieth year of her age Hon. Eugene Hale and
his wife, who is niece, and her mother who is
the widow of ex Senator Chandler, were in attend
ance at the death bed. The remains will be taken
to Bedford, her native place for interment
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19
News of Belfast and Vicinity


other in 1871.
We congratulate our friends in Bucksport on the
appointment of Rev. Theodore Gerrish the Metho-
dist church in that place.
The chorus formed in this city to take part in the
Lake Maranacook festival will meet at the Univer.
salist vestly next Tuesday evening for rehearsal.
William IIeintz, the seaman who kille, Mr., Me
Phcrson, second mate of the bark Alice, of Port
land, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the courts
at New York and is now waiting sentence.
Geo. f. Bracket of Belfast left on Wednesday
for Topeka, Kansas, where he goes Il. d delegate
from the Maine Grand Lodge Of Good Templar, to
the annual session OF the II. w. Grant Lodge Of
the world Mr.. Bracket will he absent from two
to three weeks
As mentioned last week the celebrated actress
Maggie Mitchell, supported by a first class compa-
ny, i, to appear at Hayforl Hall, in this city to-
night, in the play Little Barefoot. The lady has
heretofore played to a Belfast audience. and her
talent is well known to all.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Andrews Bros. of this
city are Offering new goods in the shape of mems,
boys and rhi'lrcn-' clothing to which attention j.
called. They have large stock and are selling
! cheap. \ boy l. wanted AT their store ID W.
Lang Offer, for sale in Brooks very fine farm Of
s0acres..,.I. +. Pierce Of Belfast, adycrtiseS for
sale Il nice farm on waldo Avenue Henry II.
Grant, of ~earsport, win SEN auction the 9-i
many articles. see his advertisement.
The Bath Daily Times has a long account Of the
| launching of the ship A. !, Fuller which occurred
at that place Friday last. The ship l. line one
of SIS tons, and is owned by the builders Chapman
x Flint, DIR. Al Fuller, of Bath, and others Tin.
| shin To b IN Tt.,,I,,.
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19

He would be content to have Judge Robertson
appointed to any of the offices of the State save
that of Collector of the port, to any Office out
side the State Indeed at the time when the
nomination of Robertson was sent to the Senate
he (Conklng) was engaged in an attempt to ar
range distribution of the offices Of the State in
manner which would recognize the Robertson
function and be satisfactory to the Administration
[Conkling's Caucus Speech
This is sublime cheek. ale would be
content to have Judge Robertson appoint
ed,' etc. He was "arranging a distrbu-
ton Of the Offices" etc. One would hard
ly suppose from Mr.. Conkling's remarks
that the appointing power is vested in
the President. But Conkling is so blind
ed by his egotism and vanity that it is
possible he is, or rather was, under the
impression that he is the President.
The Republican journal., 1881-05-19

Su!rrNG ITEMS The new schooner Andrew j.
York was launched from the yard of George Rus
sci, at Eaat Deering, Thursday. Her managing
owner is II. N Sargent Her dimensions are III
feet long. - wide and deep. -. Fourteen ocean
steamship captains we're indicted in New York
May 10th, for carrying an excess of passengers
Sehr. Joseph NJ. Hayes was launched at Bath on
Wednesday afternoon of last week towcd to Rich
monl loaded with 40 tons of ice, and was ready
for sea at half past five Thursday afternoon :. A
court Of Inquiry has decided that the steamship
Belize was lost at sea, because too deeply loaded
She was laden with corn in bulk The Yacht
Maggie. of Ellsworth 43 tons, has been sold TO
Capt David Poor of Portland for pilot boat
Launched at Bath, Friday. BY Master John Nc
Donald, from the ways Of Benz Flint, of New
York, ship Of eighteen hundred and forty, eight
tons named for Baths old physician, A. j. Fuller
and owned by Messrs. Flint Fuller, Capt. P. T.
Colcord formerly of ship Pactolus who commands
her, and others She is first class ship in every
respec receiving the highest rate IN the record of
American and foreign shipping