The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
the WILLAMETTE RIVER AND TIE Pa.
TlENTS.iMPR0yED CGNDiTI0N.


treme pain that existed at that time
is not quite SO severe. His appetite
is fast treturnlng. He lately ate for
breakfast ham and eggs for dinner
beef steak and onions, and for supper
a general variety of good things, and
relished them we'll. At the last ex-
animation his temperature was 9s,
pulse 80, respiration ls. But he can
not become convalescent until the
water rises in the Willamette river
and disperses the malaria from ID and
about Portland. His condition OF
mind however is slightly improved
since last week, because at that time
he was not going to permit the coa0-
ardly representatives in congress to
divide the river and harbor approprl'
atious- and cause any part thereof to
be appropriated for the benefit OF the
different parts of the state, but insist
ed that they should become less tim.
id and force congress to appropriate
the whole thing for the purpose OF
dredging the Willamette below Port
land for her benefit.
Since that time however, in the
issue of the 10th, the mental alteration
of the patient has SO far subsidized that
he only demands that these objection
able and cowardly representatives
cause only sufficient amount to be
appropriated for the purpose of inn
proving The Willamette river to such
an extent that the malaria will all
be washed away from the city of
Portland and SO that single vessel
to load with grain will not have to
pay the small sum of ST. ,e25 as light
erage OIL a single cargo between
Portland and Astoria. When all
these are accomplished, and these
eowardly representatives cease to rep
resent the whole state and give eqnal
attention alike to all parts of it, and
become the slaves of a grinding
monopoly like this poor patient is;
then his Affections will no doubt sub
side and his diseased imagination will
assume normal condition.
There is however one more thing
connected with this whole thing, aud
that is the people of the Willamette
valley have determined that no per-
son shall hereafter be permitted to
go through the farce of representing
them in congress unless they are
such men as will fairly and impair.
TALLY represent, protect and promote
all sections of the state without bias
for or prejudice against either.
Most of these monopoly men and
those who seek to gain seat in the
halls of congress for. the purpose of
putting forth all their efforts in favor
of some particular section of the state
to the total disregard of all other
parts of it, are pretty well known and
spotted, and when they rise to the
surface their cases will be promptly
attended to by the people.
Since writing the above, still an
other article has appeared in the
0regonian of the 18th, in which it
said: "No objection is being made
TO the construction of the Cascade
locks, to deepening the entrances of
Coos and Yaquina bays, and to con
struction of the Port Oxford haabor
of refuge; in fact each and all of these
undertakings ought to be prosecuted.
The mind of this organ has vastly
charged since appropriations were
first sought for these different places
In fact a great change is continually
taking place since the issue of the eth
for then our representatives in con-
gross were denounced as cowardly
because they presumed to scatter riv-
er and harbor appropriations and
devote some of it to the improvement
OF other localities than the William
cite river. This assertion of the
Oregonian undoubtedly meant. if the
English language means anything,
that appropriations were not to be
scattered, and as the one locality un
der consideration was the most I'M.
portant. That only the Willamette
and Columbia rivers should be i'm
proved by means of appropriations
We further affiFm that this asser
tion was not made in the interests Of
the farmer, because it was intended
to intimIdate our representatives IN
congress and thus prevent them from
using their influence to get appropri-
ations for various localities in the
state SO as to prevent many localities
from being improved. where good
eatlets.to the sea might be made, and
By doing this and securing all appro.
,.,.;e f;o,,a so fh;a -ef ota far The benefit