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g?,ii in frt; .,. ;vrrT-,;rff .. .- Wrf "V. V. j WILLAMKTTfi FAKMEK: S'ALEM, ORKOON, AUGUST 26, 1837 ;xxg SK& idfflrtt&!it) ii- iwaed ererr Wwk by th WIIXAHKTTE FAKHKH PUBLISHING CO TRIIMB OF HUI18CIUIT10!! 0ayMr. naoo tbi, (PoiUc twd). In tdrtncv Lit m ilx months will b. txr month 56 beta than ADVER8I8IMO 11ATE3 1 A4TtiMmenU will be InMtted, prOTldlDgta 9m Inch o( tpe it month 1 1.60 An IncbM of iptctpei month,.,. ,.,. 00 I M-hiU column jwr month 11.03 a column pr montn. bv.w WLBmpl ooplM Mat If (x on tpplloUon. CniCAGOV, Adrcrtlntri tun olUln idmtMnKrttti LOBII A TII03IAR, 5 luniloli.n CIMCINATTI admtlKra cn call t 175 Vini street, and get etllmetti. Our vnt are I'AHI I SB' SONS. FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quota favorabla ratti 21 Merctunta Exchange. THIS PAPER: TAYliErOtWDOX KII.KAT KO. P. UOWLiICO'JI Newspaper Advertising Iltirenu (10 BPnUOl rwrruiMO Coktraots HhW fUKK. on flln In Philadelphia we HAWfrnarMT AtlTer. IT. wVAVM ON.' tiling Arrncr uf Xmn, our auworuea age bi Important notice. Under tho items of our salo, nil pro paid subscriptions will bo continued for time paid for. All unpnid accounts be long to us nnd can bo paid to either tho old or now proprietors, as is most con convenint to tha subscriber. Wo will shortly send out statements of accounts to all. HAIL, AMD FAREWELL. Tho present iasuo closes onr con'icc lions with this journal, nnd probably with nil journalism, for all time In July 1872, n littlo over flftcon years ago, wo purchased tho Willavkttk Faiihhh, And havo devoted sinco then, tho primo of lifo's physical and mental nctiviticH to working for tho farmers of tho Pacific Northwest. Looking bnck ovor this past wofleonofailuroornogloct,of inten tion. Wo know that wo havo tlono good work, and havo boon loynl nnd truo to tho interests wo havo served during that timo. Thcro may hnvobcen errors, bocavifio "to orr is human," but with sin gloncBs of purpose wo not tho editorial "Wo" mcroly, but tho family, who havo nil labored together to conduct this jour nal havo dono all wo could to Bcrvo our patrons well. To conduct a journal well, icquircs constant activity and domnnils all tho timo nnd nil tho nttontion of its mana gers. Timo brings weakness with ngo and gray bairn, nnd with us tho ques tion Ih: Which of our occupntionH Bball wo surrender? Wo havo other in terests that domnud all our timo nnd ef forts, nnd ns it has become imporntivoto lesson lnlors th.it havo becomo oppres sive, wo havo concluded to sever our con nection with tho public, nnd dispose of tho Wu.lamkttk Faumeii, and in so doing hopo to transfer our subscribers to Another journal, that lias tho u'.mo aim nnd object, nnd is ciuully idontiflcd with Hgrioulturu in tho Pacific North' west. It Ih no light matter to eovcr such long COIIIUH'tloilH. Tho WlM.AMKTrK Faumku was founded in February 18(5!). almost twenty years ago, Slid quite n number now on its lists, hnvobern thero from tho beginning. During most of this long time tho Faumkii has been con ducted by tho Hntno management as now, nnd ns all of cur family havo been brought up in connection with it, and havo grnduabd from incuses tot.ko their part in life. To surrender it is to tour away from many luippy nssocla tious. To alt friends nnd patrons wo reach out n haud grasp nnd say "Hall and Farewell 1 1 Unexampled hot, dry wenthor hn pre vailed this summer in Ireland. Tho tho thormonuitor has reached 01 dog in tho shade, nnd for several weeks camo up every day to 80 deg. There is great complaint of failuro of grain nnd grass crops in cousequeueo. O.ta and bar ley nro jKKJr ; there are few and poor crops of turnips for wiutor feed, and tho grass crop both for now nnd for winter supply of hay is deficient. This condi tion of thlngH will make more odious autl ditllcult the coercion polioy, on which the government is a determined as ever. Hot weather has prevailed in this country to au uiitteual degree while tho labors of haying nnd harvesting were in progress. These are not so eovero as formerly, but even jot tunny moil are permanently disabled by overworking with tho thermometer in the eighties or nineties. Particular care should bo taken when much hard work is to bo done to eat only the most nutritious food, und to avoid all stimulating drinks, which tltutroy fnr more than they help. StTfei TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Hcronftcr the subscribers of tho Wil lamkttk Farmer will receive tho Kural Spirit nnd Willamette Farmer. Tho North Pacific Kural Spirit has pur chased tho Goodwill and business of tho Farmer and with the combined bus iness of two paying newspapers it should bo in position to makoa flrst-claes fami ly and farm journal for Oregon and tho wholo Pncigc Northwest. It will bo seen that its proprietors announco that thoy proposo to hcronftcr mako thoir journal servo all tho interests of Agri culture nnd it will not bo n stock journ nl mcroly us indeed it never has boun con- lined to thnt important branch, of farm ing interests. W. W. Bokcr St Sons now havo n splendid opportunity to build up snch a journal as this region is in ncod of. Tho Senior has filled tho position of Dairy Commissioner and in that ofllco has gained experience of great valuo. Thojjcldcr son is now Oregon's Stnto l'rintor and this position gives him moans and cxpcricnco that is of no small importance They nro a family of workers, ond with tho Willamette Farmer's Hat added to their own, wo soo nothing to hinder thorn from win ning unqualified success for tho con tinued journal. To our subscribers wo say: Stand by theso gontlomcn ; respect their efforts to givo you n good and independent farm journal and Hhow tho world that Oregon Pobsoss n farming population that ap preciates tho valuo of a good farm journ al and has tho liberality and professional prido capablo of supporting it. EXCESSIVE USB OF ELEOrUIRITY. Tho Philadelphia ltccotd Says : Tho olectricinns and manufacturers ot clcc trical supplios aro not only uiodoratoly but extremely busy. Electricity is be ing applied as a motive power on a largo nnmbor of street railway lines. A Daft car has just bocn started on n Mans Hold line. Four cars aro running on tho lino in Detroit with Fisher motors. An olectrio road, to bo thirty miles long is to bo built at Los Angeles, nnd eight motor cars will bo used on nn olght-milo road in San Joso. A now elcctrio road is to bo built in San Francisco. Tho Edison pcoplo nro running printing presses, olovntors, shirt factories and sowing mnchinos in Now Orleans. Tho Tho snuio company is operating coffco mills, sowing machines and other small machinery in St. Paul. A groat many small machines nro being run by elec tricity in Galveston. Tho Thompjon Huston Company Is making small ma chines spinn Providcnco, and is run ning lathes, cofTeo-millB nnd stone-cut ting nndffpolishing machines. Tho prico is from $100 to ?1G0 per year. Tho Dally Courier of Lowoll, Mass., runs its prestos with a 7 horso power dynamo. A great deal of small machin ery ii being run that way in Iloeton. An olectrio system of railways is to bo inttoduced in Omaha. Six thousand feet of elect rio track aro need in n Lykons valley coal mine. Tho weight of the train is titty six tons. Also that there is great oxcitoment throughout tho nnturnlgns regions, and abundant cnpltal is (lowing in todovclop now nnd promising teiritory. Thj Standard Oil Company is taking n now hand in the game. Thero is great ex citement in Pa Ohio is developing con siderable now teiritory, nnd, as n conse quence, all kind of drilling and boring machinory and applitneos nro in g.'cat' domniul. Now machine shops nro spiing iug up, and old ono aio being oxtcndotl. Editor, wo know of itcqoniutances in Ohio, who have no other way of heating tho house or of cooking, except by nat ural gns, which is brought into houses all through tho town of Fiiullay, about tho same nn water is brought, n saving of wood, dirt und dust making no heat during the summer in the kitchoii. FRUIT O01HQ TO WASTE. We are told that great quantities of peaches, apricots, and pears aro going to waste in California, simply for tho rea son, that laborers cau not bo procured to handlo those immense crops of fruits that spoil quickly if not attonded to. That evaporators and canuerics cannot get sufficient help. Tho cry of a fruit famine in tho east would imply that there would le a ready market for nny amount sent east; grapes aio flvo cents a box in California; peaches and pears, bartlot pears, can bo had for asking, was it a good idea to check so suddenly and closely tho immigration of Chine v help. There was much said about tho idle men and boys in California cities whom there heathens had deprived of the privi leges of work whero are these men uow? OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. This well known and old established institution of learning is better prepar ed than ever to roceivo pupils. Wo send out this weok a supplement illtis tratlvo of tho buildings. Tho town of Monmouth is a moral, healthful place and an able corpso of teachers havo been ongnged. Wrlto to D. T. Stanloy for cataloguo and any Information de sired regarding tho school. Tho narrow gnguo railroad runs through tho town of Monmouth. DROUTH IN TOE EAST. In tbo sovoral Western Stntos great loss has occurred by drought that at latest advices still continued. In some localities no rain except light showers has fallen sinco May, and tho ground was then modcratoly moistened. Water in somo towns is so difficult to procuro that it sells for n dollar a barrel. Past ures aro completely dried so besides suf fering from thirst, thero is dangor that cattlo will dio of starvation. It is oven difficult to procuro enough water for supplying locomotives and as a conso quenco somo trains have been abandon ed. Fires aro froquent, tor such herb ago ns thcro is on tho fiolds is liko tin der, nnd n spark communicatod endan gers houses and othor structures that can only bo protcctod by plowing about them making raw earth n barrior ngainst tho spread of Are. This situation oxists in Wisconsin. Illinois. Missouri, Iowa and other States, not in all parts, it is truo, but throughout oxtoneivo districts whero tho summer now nearly passed has brought no rain, Husbandman. From nil jonrnnls wo glean tho fact that this has bcon an exceedingly dry year throughout all tho Stntos. Whilo for tho two provious years, thcro had bcon less rain. From a largo town in Ohio, that boasts of fino wntor works, wo learn that tho citizens nro not allowed to ueo water oxeopt for household con sumption. Tho lawns nnd gardens havo to tako tho chances ot showers. In tho South, great distress is felt from tho premature drying np of springs nnd wntor ways. T nalti m.9 Ana 1M4 tlAKil X. AtatU Ut VUI ntlAAGU AAA U ITU ftews comes Irom Washington that . ames Drown, woll known in Orogon, is dead. For a fow years ho has lived in Washington, holding a position undor tho door keeper of tho Scnato; thcro as hero winning tho friendship of many distinguished mon by his wondcrfnl ability to mako himself useful. Fow know him by any othor namo than "Ono Arm." About 1853 ho was coming to Oregon with n wagon train, under Gon crnl Joel Palmer, lato of Yamhill comi ty, and when traveling through South ern Oregon, lost his arm by tho discharge of n gun ho was pulling out of n wagon. Somo days after it was found necessary to amputato it, nnd Gcnornl Pnlmor used a common hand saw for tho opera tion. Thero were no nnnsthctics pro curabloo tho ladies of the train held him, whilo ho was operatod on. Somo timo after it was again operated on by n sor go n. Fow mon with both arms over havo proved ns handy ns Drown wns with his 0110 hand, lie becamo mosscn gor in tho Indian Superintendents offico nnd proved invnl inblo thcro under many changes, and for many years, without over claiming recognition as a man in social life, though filling humblo stations nnd being unassuming to tho last degree with many, ho himself a man of uncqualed resources and most reliable friendship. As a friend nnd ready ally, wo always know him and found him ever constant and truo. To our family, and many others, ho filled a placo that no other can ovor occupy. A fow days ago wo received a letter dictn tod from his sick bed, tho last net of friendship. Thero will always bo in our hearts a warm and pleasant remember- unco of "Ono Arm Drown." "May tho turf lio lightly above him. VK Fruit Famine. In the eastern maikets nil eorls of dried fruits are at a premium, with a vory short Jcrop of green fruit?, and no old stock of dried fruits. Thero promts es to bo no doubt but that everything In tho fruit lino whother dried or canned will command high prices, especially ns tho npplo crop is short every whoro. Wo used to boast ol our fine apples, but tho coddling moth Is fast making inroads upon our orchards. Thoro aro somo conscientious peoplo who use care nnd endeavor to check this evil, but goner ally his neighbor will bo indilFerent, for unices thero is n united effort tho work of a few will not keep this pest down. Wo havo for five years gathered every bit of fallen fruit havo got tho privi lege of picking np at tho next yard so we have at this timo our home trees loaded with fino fruit with scarce a worm among them all, a fow blotches amonK tho tree, havo hardly anv that are perfect, and tho wormy fruit has made U10 trees ready to double tho cron of codling moths for the next year. In the country its easy to let the cattle and hogs gather tho fallen fruit, and when this is dono tho moth is not had, then tho trees ought to Im pruned thorouahlv piving the tree a chance for new rigor ous growth and uo chance for tl e moth y s to hide its cocoon lu the old bark Mind In Famine. Tho idea has generally prevailed in tho past, and possibly tnoro by farmers than olhors, that for tho business of farming but littlo Intellectual training was necessary. A willingness to work on in tho old routine, thnt has been transmitted from tho practice of -tho past, was all that could lo safoly relied on for success. This nnn-ow view, born and kept afve by ignoranco only, is a mistaken fnl acy of tho past, fast dying out, rather than tho sontiment of intel ligent, present thought. Tho agricult ure of tday is not based on maniicl la bor alone. Tho education of the mental facultlcsa8 well as tho training of tho hand to work skillfully, is rccojjniznl as an CBScnM.il in fitting for tho hfo work of tho farm. Upon these, intelligence nnd labor combined, rest tho hopo of jifj.voo .it ..e.iv.....u '"" J " mav bo auostioncd il larmcrs rnllv nn prcciato tho valuo to their children of a homo training and education in tho work and in tho business of tho farm. Each year thero eo ont from tho farms young mon and womon to assume tho work of managing farms for themselves. Aro theso yountc men and women as well educated nnd trained in tho work and business affairs of tho farm, as they, tho sons and daughters of farmors, ought, with thoir opportunities, to boT Wo fear thcro is yet too much of indif- fcronco in parents in teaching tho chil dren tho businoss of farming, not only as a trado, but as n profession. It ought to bo kept constantly in viow that tho training and education needed by tho farmer can largely bo lonrncd at homo, and that tho practical knowlcdgo thus gained will be of incstimablo valuo so much cnpital with which to begin tho business of farming. Hot Versas Iced Tea Tea, taken hot, is certainly moro wholcsomo thnn iced tea. This is well shown by tho enormous population of China, which could never havo increased to its present numbors if epidemics had ravaged that empires as thoy hnvo thoo of tho West In spito of overcrowding to a clccroo olsowhero unknown, nnd in describably filthy surroundings, tho Ohincso havo remained healthy. Tho only redeeming sanitary fenturo of their lives is tho almost universal uso of tea as a bovoragc. That is to say, of water that lias bcon boilod. This lesson in practical sanitation is of moro valuo man anything brought lorwara by our numerous boards of hoaUh, national, State or municipal. In tho prcsonco oi an epidemic of cholera, typhoid fovcr or dysentery, tho wisest precaution to tako ngainst infection would bo to boil nil fluids used for drinking pprpascs. St. Louis Globe-Domocrat. Held T jhtly tr the Bontenold Tether. Tho womon of tho country should glvo moro timo to rest and relaxation and less to routino housowork. Thoy should mako fowcr pics nnd less enko nnd do more sitting down in tho rock ing chair on tho porch. They would bo fnr moro useful in their familios ns tho years go by. Tho woman who stays nt homo ovcry dny but when sho "goes to meeting" on Sunday, who is always "doing for tho family," will soon not only havo no idea beyond tho family circle, but nono thcro to its advantage, Sho will bo worn out physically and mentally early in life, nnd nor children will begin to fgnoro her beforo they nro gone.- Chicago News. Hr4 Tbli. If you wnnt any photographs taken go to V. P. Johnson's whero you can get the best out, tho bonofit of the re cent reduction in prices. Johnson is al ways willing to divido tho benefits with his patrons. A recent drop of prices on goods enables him to g!vo n liberal re duction In pricos in all works in his lino. Itemcmbor tho placo Commer cial stroot, Salom Oregon. To Remote Fruit Stains. Fruit stains upon clo.h or upon the hondtfrnay be removed by rubbing them with tho juico of lipo tomatoes. If up plied immediately, powdered starch will also t-iko stains out of table linen. Loft on the spot a few hours it absoibs every traco.ot tho stain. Hop Orower Attention. Wu would liko to call tho attention of Hop Growers to tho fact that Dr. Cox at No. 100 State Street Salem has a largo quontit of Diimstono which ho will tell cheap, remember tho place, tho Old Port Drug Store on State street. Give n man in an agricultural school a knowlcdgo of thoso refined and beau tiful sciences connected with the farm teach him tho structure, chemical and physical, of soils; teach him how crops grow and how crops feed; the coui)osition of manures and the func tion of each element; surround him while voting with an agricultural atmos phere and you will aa naturally d.-aw him to farm life as the tree will grow just a the twig is bout. Thus equip ped, placo Iiliu on mo lanu ; nte is 1101 a drudgery; tho farm is to him a source of income and also of happiness. Oieater benfiU may be derived from the vacation season, if at the same timo, tho bood is being cleansed and vitalised bv tho use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. An increase of appetite, vigor, and bouy- ancy of spirits attend the ue ot this medicine. I Salt as a Fertulxtr. Thirty yours' successful uso of salt upon nil kinds of crops has proved its valuo to me. It should not be used on roltl, li.tivyoi moiKt soils, nnd if any ono docs he will bo disappointed in the result, as its tendency is n o keep tho ground cool aid moist. It will do such soil mure harm than good. It should not bo cast upon vory young or tender plants of any kind, as it will bo very euro to kill them. Judgment should be employed in using so strong an agent. I had a friend who heard mo recom mend salt on onion beds, when I strictly urged thnt it should bo dragged or worked in before tho seed wns sown ; but. forei'ttlni; what I snid. ho did not salt until tho onions were nbont two inches high, nnd it killed them all; but sowing anothor crop properly it turned - .UUb HWICIlUIUiy. IlllU UO WIllll'U 11 U 111 tho tops wcro as big as n larco pipo stem, ho might have covered tho ground an inch deep, and his onions would havo dono finely. Onions should bo sown on tho enmo ground year nftor year, as they continuo to improo. Thero aro yards 100 yoars old, nnd thoir yield would astonish tho common grower. Tho tops when cut off should bo scatter ed over the ground (do not leave thorn in lumps), as they mnko tho best food for tho growing onions; then eow salt and then put on a cont of manure Salt is not much of n fertilizer in itself though plants tnko it up, as you can tell by tasting and by tho stiffening and glazing of straw of n plant grown in salted ground. I think it nets upon and assimilates tho gross matter in the soil, ro ns to mako it nvailablo food. It should bo in evory garden. London Horticultural Times. More Sinner Far Yaar Work. If yon improve good opportunities Halletl & Co., Portland, Mnino, will mall free, full information shnwiug how you can make irom -f 0 to r-o and up wards n day nnd live nt home wherovor you are located. Hotter wrlto; somo havo made over .f B0 in a day ; all now. No capital required ; started free. Doth soxes ; nil ages, buccess forevcry work er. Rend address and soo fr yourself. About Salt creek. Polk county, all- sown wheat nnd oats aro yielding well, but spring sown grain is in general Ehlppor'i Golden Rule. Don't yon forget it, and never daro to iolato tho rule : "Put up your fruit as you would liko to havo H put up, if you were to buy it!" Whon you Bortovcr apples, pears or ponchos for market, you may s metimes bo in doubt whether a specimon is fit for shipment or not. Bo auro that every such specimon of fruit about tho nropor place of which you arc in tho slightest doubt, belongs among the culls, and thero il should bo thrown without fatll Qlvo to tho hogs their duo. If evry fruit grower will do this, the markets will givo thorn their just dues. "Facts are htuhlorn things," and suf ferers from chills and fever find this com plaint n very stubborn fact until thoy commence tho uso of Ayor's Aguo Cure. This medicine ucwr fails to euro oven tho worrt case?. Perfect Hair Indicates a natural and healthy condi tion ol tho scalp, and of tho glands through which nourishment Is obtained. When, In conicquenco ot ago nnd dis ease, tbo bair becomes weak, thin, and gray,Ayer'a Hair Vigor will strengthen It, reatoro its original color, promote Its rapid and vigorous growth, and import to it the lustre and freshness ot youth. I havo used Ayer's ITalr Vigor for a long timo, and am convinced o( ita value. When I was 17 years of ago my hair began to turn Rray. I commenced using the Vigor, and was surprised at tho good effects it produced. It not only restored tho color to my hair, but so stimulated its growth, that I have now moro hair than ever before J. W. Edwards, Coldwatcr, Miss. Ayer's Hair Vigor, Bold bj all DraigUts and r-crfumert. Ir tod abb Bumimta from debility and losa of appetite; if your stomach is out of order, or your mind confused; tako Ayer's Sarsaparllla. This medicine will restore physical force and elasticity to the system, moro surely and speedily than any tonic yet discovered. For six months I Buffered from liver and stomach troubles. My food did not nonrish me, and I became weak and very much emaciated. I took six bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparllla, and was cured. J. M. Palmer, Springfield, Mass. ft Ayer's Sarsaparllla, Prprd by Dr. J.O. ATrfcCo.,LowUllftM. Bold by Drogjltu. Price 91; tix bctU, ai, FREESTORAGE of WHEAT! To Urp Uiwl!l. th tlinn, II SftLEM FLOUR NG MILLS COMPANY. A IK IHUl'lD.!! TO OH'l.li Sri'KOIOK IN- 2. tlur nu m irt'r l"inc bl lor le. II your ht" l .f id l'l, u M p.) !, hljlH nuiktt pru , -i.J J olJ to u. oil m .lor. n ABSOLUTELY FREE! IttoUlto "! i l lite . t.r.T Itr Itrcriiic on toitor . m'm-i l Kill ciuU r tuthtl. To pil !" J'' rr vjri ih o'htr uf. htutxlor -! , m-t'lrtl to;) kernels ti.m torant; muto. F 'K "m a .-; -;a 0 i V .! Mi . - .,'j .:' - .''a iri h !iJL e t ' f M-rftt Yf f : - h.t SO. 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