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Anrhonu's Creek-James L. Rider.
OvERsEERS OF THE PooR.
Jo.,:al..~x n:.X.:,x Jnl,, I ;,>,,, L

Letrisburg District ohm Lips; Fort
Spr,.y--Campbell NJ. Lips; Blue
Salphur-A. ID. Hanna Irish Corner
j. NJ. Rodgers ; Meddop BluD-A.
II. McClung; Falling Spring. ohm
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Assessor


Lotcer District-Everett b. Miller
Upper District-John w. Legg.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
State Sendte-Thos. z. Davies and
n. &. Mcneil.
House of Delegaies-Willlam IL. Nc.
Chung and b. +. Harlow.
County Superintendent Thomp.
son.
COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS.
John w. Arbuckle, James Withrow
Is. +. Harlow and Chas. G. Larew.
NoTARIEs PUBLIC.
w. &. Walton, Alexis NJ. Buster,
James T.. Mcpherson, Samuel ii. Aus
tin, :. II. Turner. John NJ. Price
Geo. III. Lewis, Henry A. Robinson
Perry w. Martin, Chas. l.. Davis, AL
bert & Williams, I. Ii. Dennis, Jas
Williams, Henry Gilmer, Il. A. San
dige, Cyrus S. Larew, JamesC. Mccoy
Washington Wallace, VIM. III. Shields
David A. Dwyer, ID. w. Weaver, John
F. Caring, William +. Nelson, j. w.
Young, George Kirkpatrick, M. &.
Jamison, l.. J. Williams, ). w. Os
borne, b. F. Harlow, Jas. w. Goodwin
Mason Mathews, ID. &. Rife, John A.
Blaker, Lualzo Rupert, A. G.. Handy
Quin Morton, VIM. ii. Burns, NJ. n
Humphreys. &. Il. Smith, John NJ
Summons, J. 5. Wilkinson, j. A. Mil
Ter, J. NJ. Skaggs, Geo. NJ. Harrah, r.
l.. Harper, b. +. Burns and j. W.
Dwyer.
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS.
Circuit Court convenes as follows
Third Tuesday in April, fourth Tues
day in June, and the first Monday il
November.
The Commissioners Court will bt
held four times a year, viz: On the
first Monday in January, second Mon
day in April, first Monday in July, and
first Tuesday in October, respec
lively. The Jaly Court will be tn.
fiscal term.
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GsEENssiEs OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,

Judge, J. NJ. McWhorter States At
tOrncy, John A. Preston County Com
miSsiOncrs, John &. Patterson, Pres't
Henry A. Wallace and J u. Arbuckle :
Clerk Circuit Court, Jonathan Mays
Clerk County Court, Chas. b. Buster
Sheriff of the County, :. Hill n ickcll
dcputi es-John III. Crawford and John
G.. Dwyer Surveyor, J. Austin Burr.
JUSTICES.
Letcisburg Dtstrict--James &. Nc
Pherson and A. J. Wilson Fort Spring
$. r. Patton and T.. ID. Hanger Irish
Corner-M. n. Humphreys and J. w.
Longanacre White Sulphur-D. w.
AyreS and -. -. --; anthony s
Creek-R. w. Ramsey Falling Spring
David Jameson and w. l.. Kershner ;
Willidmsburg-D. &. Rife and J. 5.
Wilkinson; Meudotc BluT-W II.
Burns and Homer McClung-Blue
Sulphur-L. A. Mahan and Thos. j.
Flint.
CONSTABLES.
Letcisburg District-Henry Holly
and Chas. l.. Neal williamsburg
+. Burr and &. }. McClintic Blue
Sulphur-J. NJ. Kershner Meddo,r
ing Spring
Fort Spring.. +. Barker Irish Cor
ner- White Sulphur
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INSPECT THESE GOOD

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REPORT ON RESULT OF EXAMINATION OF
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FURNITURE, CARPETS
LOW GRADES

OF mATTINGS and lOc. a ward -,
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Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A GraphaphOne.

The Corvallis Gazette calls itself
a republican paper, and that is the
only evidence on earth to that effect.
For years a green parrot at the
head of its editorial columns would
have easily done its work, with the
the aid of a stenographer. One in
cessant TRADE against the Oregon
ian and Joe Simon and a sickening
beslobbering of Mitchell and Mitch
ellism is all that it contains on
which to base it's claim to be a re-
publican newspaper. Did you ever
see an article in the Gazette up-
holding and praising the great
principles of the republican party?
Do you ever read anything in its
editorial columns about the great
men of the party or the great
actions of the party, either assist
ing it in its fight or defending it
from attacks. Never Its paltry
business on the face of the earth is
to pander to and support faction
in Oregon against ali corners, and
this it does for reward. These fac
tional editorials are not read by its
few subscribers, nor is it expected
that taey will be but marked
copies of the paper containing them
are sent to the different parties who
have paid for them III advace.
The proprietor of the Gazette is
now postmaster of Corvallis, and
as we have said before, he ought to
make a good one, but running a
venomous factional newspaper is
not calculated to help him in that
way
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Pleased With a Rattle.

The pitiful straits to which the
popocratic papers are reduced for
something to say is made plainly
manifest by their feeble little cackle
over the result of the late eastern
election. What they have to cackle
about surprises our understanding,
Are they proud of Tammany?
They can't be, for low as that gang
are, they still have brains enough
to repudiate free silver, and Tam
many only won by division in the
republican ranks. Ohio is republi-
can, Maryland republican and in
all of the states where it was ex-
pected that honest money would be
maintained it was done. The ma
jorities were not as great as for
Mckinley year ago, but the issue
was not the same, nor the danger
as great. They don't accuse the
republicans of any failure to per-
form their promises, nor of any
derelictions whatever, but they just
simply rejoice in their little souls
at everything that they think is a
misfortune to their royal foe.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

Pres. Apperson and Secretary Yates,
of the board of regents. visited chapel on
Thursday.
Rev. III. Barden, of Portland, delivered
a very fine lecture, on the American Civil
War, for the benefit of the Athletic Asso-
citation of the college, whici, was quite
well attended.
The football team is training hard pre-
paratory to their final game with Eugene.
All the men that were injured in the Che
mawa game are getting into practice.
Prof. Letcher delivered a lecture on
Sunday before the Y. M. c. A. and Y.
w. G. A. at the college chapel.
There will be military ball given on
Thanksgiving Eve, given by the officers
of the battalion, for the students, faculty
and alumni.
Senator Mulkey, of Polk county, visit
ed chapel Wednesday morning and de-
livered quite an interesting speech to the
students.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A Taxpayers Opinion.

EDITOR UNIoN:--Considerable has
been said in the Times of late, in
regard to the reduction of the banks
assessment by the county court,
the latest being a test of the legality
of the courts action. AS to the
legality of the courts proceedings
| know nothing, but | contend that.
as matter of justice, not only to
the bank, but to every other tax
payer in Benton county, the court
was justified in reducing the as
sessment of the bank stock. I will
assert here, without fear of contra
dietion, that the present assess
ment placed by the county court
on the bank stock, is as high, if not
higher, than the assessment on any
other property in Benton county, in
proportion to the real value of the
properties. In other words, admit
ting that the bank stock is worth
it's face value, one dollar, and is
assessed at sixty-fve per cent, I
contend there is no other property
in this county that is assessed at
more than sixty-five per cent. of its
true value, and but very little pro-
perty is assessed at more than fifty
per cent. of it's true value. They
can prate about the law requiring
the assessor to assess all property
at it's true cash value, but so long
as the taxpayers elect the assessor,
no assessor will ever be elected who
will not place a low value on pro-
perty. AS every other property is
placed at a low valuation there is
no good reason why the bank
should be assessed at higher valu-
alton. AS the UNION iutimated in
an article on this subject some time
since, no bonafide taxpayers have
any complaints in regard to the
courts action in this matter as they
all realize that each one has very
low valuation on their respective
properties, but the principal howlers
about the matter are those who pay
no taxes, and imagine that their
bowling against the bank may
secure the votes of those who are
prejudiced against banks or any
one else who is fortunate enough to
haye anything. But we think their
purpose will be thwarted and all
this howl about the bank assess
ment will come to naught
A TAXPAYER.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Harmony.

Harmony is sweet sounding
word, but it does not sound well
from a mouth filled with govern
ment slush. Harmony under some
circumstances may be a crime.
We are as anxious for harmony in
the republican party as anyone, but
we do not intend to sacrifice any
principle for the sake of harmony.
We will sacrifice a good deal; for
instance, we are willing to forgive
you, (and you need it), we are will
ing you should have all the plunder,
willing that you should claim all
the virtues that will set well on
you, but you have the cheek of the
devil to ask us to say that your
evil was good and we will never say
it. So the best thing you fellows
with a prefix to your name can do
is to come back into the republican
party and try to behave yourselves
for the future.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A HOggish Monopoly.

The American Book Company is
not satisfied with it's monopoly of
sales of school books to the children
of the state, but is gathering in the
professional scalps of teachers who
criticise its school publications.
This gigantic book concern should
be satisfied with it's immense sales
and should be set down on Y
school boards, when it undertakes
to interfere with school matters.
Many of the text books that child
rem of this state are compelled to
use rate as second class among
teachers and our teachers should
say so without being coerced into
silence or bounded by this publish
ing company.
A lengthy communication in a
recent issue of the Oregonian from
Miss Crookhan, displaced teacher
of the Portland high school, is an
illustration of this baneful inf1u-
ence. Miss Crookham taught sue
cessfully for nine years in this
school and was schemed out of her
position by this publishing concern.
She incensed the displeasure of this
monopoly by criticising its text
books.
The contract of the company
with the state expires in two years,
when the people should repudiate
this gigantic fraud. Candidates
for state and county superintend-
ents will be required to define their
positions on this question before
being trusted with nominations.
They must be- on the side of the
people, not tools for this book con-
Germ.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
ga TIMELY WORD"
To the Bread Winner of the
Family in Behalf of His
Loved Ones at Home.

The TACT Is now so generally admitted 1t
needs no argument to convince those upon
whom the duty rests, that life insurance is
the best protection for mans family, his
estate and his old age. The question with
most men is, what form of policy Will best
discharge the duty and in what company
to place so sacred trust.
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company offers to persons needing insur-
ace an insurance policy of the most
definite character perfectly adapted to all
legitimate wants. conceived and admin
istered in perfect equality, guarded by
ample and undoubted security, at the
lowest cost that economy and good man
agement can accomplish consistently with
absolute and perptual safety.
A policy which after two or three prem
iums paid becomes by its own terms and
without surrender, fully paid up for an
amount each year stated in printed table
upon the policy.
25, 80, 35, ETC., years, may be surrendered
for cash sum stated in a table printed
in the policy.
A policy participating in the surplus
earned which there are no stockholders to
share, so that each members insurance
costs him only just what it costs the COM
pany.
A record of fifty-one years of business
economically, conservatively and success
fully managed. Its strength and stability
are unqueSt1Oned, Its reputation unSullled.
the care and economy with which its
business is managed and the resulting
benefits to its members unsurpassed. 1t
invites investigation.
Since organization in 1876 the Connecticut
Mutual
Received in premiums. .......... Pill ,S05 60
Returned to policy holders or their represen-
tatives:
For death losses and endowments 1O2, ,6S3 GIG 81
For surrendered policies 23803,729 p
For Dividends. ............... -. 56,966,763 "a
Total returned to policy holders 49,, Asa, lO9 90
Received from policy holders in
excess of amount returned d. $685., ,695 70
Received from interest rent, ETC.. S4,h32. .793 65
Expenses sofmanagement OF d taxes. 81, ,20S, ,S17 7t
Saving fl ON interest earnings. 81, 32a ,975 81
Net assets January l, 1897. 60,981 :67l 81
Other assets. s....................... l,970,677 27
Present admitted assets held for
policy holders :. ............. $685., 1888 Ss
In the administration of any trust this
tells the whole story.
The Oregon general agency rooms II and
Is, Hamilton building. F. NJ. & ]. W. Ma
thena general agents, Portland, Oregon.
Any information desired in regard to the
same will be furnished by John D. Daily,
editor and pu ublisher of the Oregon Union,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Bank Stock.

We simply want to define our
position on the bank stock assess
ment question, and then as far as
we are personally concerned you
may tax the hank out of existence,
if you can, and this seems to be
the desire. Bank stock is not
money. 1t cost money, the same as
your horse, and it may sell for
whas it cost, same as your horse,
but is your horse assessed for what
it cost? A large part of the stock
of the First National bank here is
invested in real estate. The as
SCISSOR refuses to assess the real
estate of the bank like other pro-
perty, but insists on assessing the
money that was paid for it. How
would other property holders like
to be assessed for the full amount
they paid for their property? Does
it go for nothing that no bank in
the state is assessed at a higher
rate than the property around it?
Or is the dictum of two or three
who have the public ear here, to
stand for more than the accumu-
lated wisdom of the state? Don't
you want bank here? If you do,
how long do you think they will
stand being taxed twice as high as
other property around them? The
law distinctly declares that all
property shall be assessed equally.
Is not bank stock property? Is it
your object to drive all mol ey out
of the county for investment? If
it is, you will probably succeed, for
money can always take care Of it.
self and when it is threatened it
hides.
There is an object behind all this
that will develop later. 1t is not
the difference of few dollars to the
revenue of the county that these
fellows are fighting for; it is the
county offices.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A TAXPAYER

The result of the bank tax agi-
tation going on will be that the
valuation of all property will be
raised 25 per cent. This would be
a good thing if it was done all oyer
the state, but as it will not, the re-
suit for us will be the additional
state tax on the increased assess
ment, with no corresponding bene-
fit to the taxpayer at home.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Newport Items.
NEWPORT, Nov. S, 1897

NEWPORT, Nov. 5, 1897.
Heavy thunder and plenty of rain last
night.
Fifteen newcomers from Minnesota, are
here looking for land or small improved
farms on which to make homes. They
had heard of our mild winters.
Mr.. TAFT, the cooper, is busy making
barrels for our fishermen.
Mr.. Holgate, of Alsea, was in town
to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinney Ii # for their
valley home last Saturday.
Henry Nice, of Alsea, is in town, on
his way to Portland, He put up over
5000 cases of salmon this season.
Mr.. Coggshall, of Topeka, Kan, is a
guest at the Briggs House.
Mrs Mort Abbey left for Seattle this
morning to visit relatives.
P M. Abbey went to Albany on a
business trip this morning.
Jim Lewis, the cattle buyer, is in town
this week after shipment of beef cattle
He is leaving lot of money in the
vicinity.
R. Abbey, of Elk City, is in town after
some fine Jersey COWS for his farm.
The little daughter of John B. DAILY
died last Saturday at noon and was
buried at Newport on Monday. She
was five years old and had been sick
since last July.
George Bla ner brought some fine ripe
Strawberries to town saturday. Just
think of strawberries and cream on the
9th day OF November.
Mrs. Erwin moved to Portland this
week to join her husband.
A few salmon are still running and
they do lots of jumping. SEA FOAM.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

Relief committees are being
formed in both San Francisco and
Portland to send provisions to Daw-
son City for the miners there who
are threatened with starvation be-
fore summer opens the river. APP
plications have been made to the
secretary of war to furnish trans
portation which he says he cannot
do without authority from congress.
Congress will convene next month
and the matter will be brought be-
fore it.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
From SiIetZ.

The following from an Indian on
tile Siletz is the right kind of talk,
and local politicians, who are trad
ing on their influence with the In
dian vote, will do well to heed it..
The Siletz Indians know what they
are talking about.
SILETz, Nov. S, 1897.
we having pretty rainy weather
now the Siletz river raise about five
fest last saturday night and still
raining yet there was dinner CIV
ing to the member of the M. E..
church by the pastor and his wife
in homer Of William Sutton who
was to depart the next day from
here. we are sorry to see him go
fJr he has been sowing good seed
during the time he been here
preaching the word of God Suit
ton is full blood Indian who lives
at Jefferson and has been living
among the whites all his life in
speetor Mcconnell pay visit to
this agency last week and we were
pleased with the way he treated us
he is both willing and ready to lis
ten for what they have to say
and he wrote a nice letter to the
department concerning the money
matter for the people here and
some of the old people ask after he
is going if he is in old inspector
and when they find out that he is
new man they say that's why he
treated US that way he is repub-
lican so this makes the Indians
faith in the republican party
stronger than ever 50 the people
will see that we are not sleep we
know everythings that's going on
T. j. Buford has nothing to do
with our vote last election or any
one else we vote in our own way
and we are not sorry either but
we are proud of ourselves and the
party we belong and that we are
men and will not have any man
in Lincoln co or in the state of
Oregon to lead US around or have
us under his small finger we have
our own mind as a men so please
don't quarrel over our vote or ac-
cuse any one controlling our vote.
every body well at present except a
daughter If Chas. Depoe were
pretty sick. SIwAsH.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
School Clerks Attention.

Your attention is again called to the
law, which requires all teachers holding
state diplomas or state certificates to
have the same registered in the Supt's
office. A certificate of either the above
class is not valid in this county, unless
it bears the Supt's stamp of registration.
Very Truly,
G. w. DENMAN,
Sup't OF Benton Co.