The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-08-03

CcNsTpEaAnIE AI.1EN- Has been Gre
a;@si among the settlers zroeiAi Detroit BIZ
the appearance Il Special Aeeai farke, Q:
the general land o.asce. Who l. making a
personal inspection q all the claims In
townships l8-5 and in-6 S. East. 10 deter
mine the character al the Land. wIih vlez.
Il Is supposed of caaoellaiioa- These
TOW Faships are within Tire limits Ct the Cas-
csaSse gsserse. AID ;ise lAad zas classs8 BY
the government surveyor a. timber land,
and uusEi far cultivation. hat l0sc4;0rs re-
eeivezi wora fro,n The Register q toe Oregon
Ciiy land district. ls,f0Ee settlement. Sb0.
in reply 10 the Qrsesilcn, ''if person iies
. homestead on a quarter section oi tInhsr
land iha; Is raCTr valuable for tlEatsr than
il Is foE cultivation. can another n1an .lae a
timber claim On the same by proving thai
IL Is more valuable fur is ;imSssr than for
cslltiyatlout' - - houlFstrAdex who files
on visce of tlmlsr land AEd complies
with tire requirements of the homestead
law can hold toe land and isse title OF
patent therefor. notwithstanding il may he
more valuabls for its tltnlseg than Il j. for
agricultural pSFposs.s'' Itis advice WIS
I followed by great number ot persons.
Notwithstanding the opposite decisions a
the iutcgiuE department and the supreme
court. and grea, harsisllips will eEasue ii the
law il strictly construed, as many of The
houssteAiers have made valuable improve
tnent> and have faithfully complied with
4ll the requirements Of the law as 10 resi-
eence. cultivation. etc--oreg0nlan
j Az EARLY 6oYERSoR.-The Salem In
dependent gives the following sketch Q:
Z 0regon's second governor. John Gaines
Z On inquiry We interviewed ex-1iod Chad
I sick 10 whom we are indebted for cGI
, principal information; and 10y the way Nj
/ Chadwick alone deserTes The credit
for the excellent likeness OF Goy
Gaines hanging apon the walls at Oregon
capitol io>iay. We take this opportnnii.
Of throwing some light upon enc CT Ore
CONS great men Of early days
John Z Gaines was the second gOvernoi
Of Oregon after her recognition as an or
ganized territory 10y the United States
He was appointed governor ot Oregon il
September ls49. by President Zackar,
Taylor: and sailed for San Francisco vi'
Cape Horn. January ;. 1850. ia the Unite,
the, Brooklyn navy yard TO transpor
Supplies to the Pacific squadron. Upon ar
! Tlving al san Francisco. Governor Gaine
: and party sailed for Astoria on the Unite
States sloop Falmouth. arriving ther
August II. 1850. On the l9th of August d
Oregon City Mr. Gaines assumed the dutie
Of governor. and remained in office unit
relieved by Governor | \ Davis in Apri
1854 Governor Davis resigned the otfi,
the following August. Governor 6aine
l ran for congress in 1855, on the whig tick,
and was defeated by General Lane, den
A ocrat Governor Gaines died about lS5i
and his remains are buried in the Odd Fe
: lows cemetery at this city. Daring his o'
fetal life in Oregon, Governor Gaines pr,
tected the best interests of the territol
with unremitting care. 1t was at a tin
before the Indians at large had becou
fully rccouciled to the rapid flow OF imm
grants into the territory, hence lndia
disturbances and treaties engaged much I
his attention but with good results. As
citizen he was cordial and ever ready
do his part. He was highly respected
his several stations Of lfc.
DRAMATIC RUNAwAY.-S saturday afte
noon ] c Mohr's horse took fright M
dashed down main street with buggy a
tached. Several weeks ago Mr. Mo-
figured in runaway in which his team w
drowned, and he was laid up for thr
weeks for repairs to his damaged rib
Forewarned by past experience, when b
horse dashed off Saturday Mr. Mohr d
did not follow. He simply struck an au
tioneer's attitude and sung out, "Ho
much am | offered for the rig?' A b
a stander shouted out, ''S2 so, ana Moi
!, Numbered back Sold" Meantime Il
"a horse continued his flight, and never halt
a till the buggy was reduced to kindhI
. wood. The bystander got the vehicle
!, Corvallis Times.