Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1893)
THE -OREGON "MIST IT ;.M ( M- 't '! ,. at .t I' A 'I '1 SI ' l W'k ! ' ' i . i : - VOL; 10. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1893. NO. 16. if ' ! , -i ' i ' - ; t " t'KMKVKHV rillUAV lUONMIHHl . '-- j . Kin ii .i i ! i , 1. 1 . ;:i i :. : ,: ',,!' !1 0 .'. I, i -(,. i :.' .),. i:mm' PUBLISHING COMPANY, ,' J. iCEBQLE, Manager. On, oitjr on, yaar In Jrams.;. ...... OnoH', l moullu u,,........, 7J tUllKl xHf ., ' AdvertUm Ui- ProfrnNtoiiitl ranUuiie year I I it. Wimeuluiiiumi, yaar... ...,...,.......... ...kmc Mull tiiiluinii uii, year ,.,........, 'J yil.rlaruuhlniliuna year..,,. ' I Onv Inch ne mouth.,. ....h..i--.ii.i"m'i- una lui'h thrra iiiuii l h.. j J Vo IiiiIi .1 inonlln , .... I.uwtl iinilr..lltv,niir line (or firm hewr- lion: is cvnu pat litis hir each iiliiiieiil In- Mf"jIii'il4irt(fiiliiili. P'l- I"" tlrn ;..irOiiit. and 76 ,nu on luehfni eaoh niiiM .,, HUalll'UaOrllylt, . , , '' cur.tfMui; vovnty diuixtouv. l -oi-'nt. wusrecae-asBSSM tr at nsx .sirs.: KTt ; - 'jiiils.,.'.;'J.M-.M... . Don Tllaiirnatd, Ralular "' i;lifi .....X .... ' K. K Quirk, Helen, 1 KiLriir'.. a.,....,.; :..'. .. a. Mb, M.Mifi;j .Tmuwr t(i.... M. Wharton, i;tiniialla:iir . Hunt, ol MiuaUi.m iHaeUia, Vrnili iiww .i...... ! ' urvyr ...,.... ... .A. B. I.lltl. Kaiiilm "u ., 0, 8,.nu ,,,, Vnrnoula tontinlialiuera. w, B M4KlK-fr' IIkImh Ko. S -Ri(iilr ,iiiimuilli..rtl.n nr iil mini MHHirdM In nh month i7 dor. M. mMiiiilo hull. Vllt Iiik iu.iuU, lii giHxl tmiilini ImliuJ tu Kt ' Mii.j.fc.l.ldlVr: Wjr.:'No. ji-wtKi.4 nuii'tlnpi HnliinUy nn r beliiwiiiu h full moon lit 7,au r. m. t4l MkxiiiIc IiH, r limlinl', mr ' VliilitiiK inamlMira in uud mni.llnn In .tlMtlO UUIlrt,.. . p dm. VakLuoii 44t. Ulnu Ixiilite No. 117 M.,111 lory Bmiiiily iiltc lt. t7 i 0 1 runmonl hrnihrvn In tol uttnillui rt'llkll' liivlioii in .!(". I.I. Ilowu 1 1 v c (l)t) rliivna lit l) I, . I rtvr (Uti cl(i n r. . -' Ih mill lor Vornniila nrt Mit'lnir l4v ' 1 HI. Htleh. M,,nJj, Wc.nw1r tnl rrl1 t a m. r. d'ba (tihII lor MmhlnM-luknl, anrt Mtt I.ve. H'ilu Muli lv , WaJuny anU KrMny ", U irklJ r) ' tittli t lua a' 10 a. fur ((liana at v r. , Travel ii4-HTtr Hanira. ' tiTajKaao. w. Cnv- Uavon w. IUIn Inr Cuitlaad at II A. . l ui.Uy, Thnrmln ml . ttnttirday.' ! . Ileln, Inr i;iall(nl Muuly. Wiiw-U ! rlil. at a.UU M. MTKtMti lUUarM t, Hel.n lor I'ort larni 7,4(i . H, rctiirtiliii at II W r. u, ,hTx luatrll Ki.nv)u-lavet fi.r I'uttlnuil (liill) tJ!"'!" Hinil) at 7 . .. r rlvln at T'ortfaiKl t 10 Mi rutunilnk, liif t'urUaur at If- airUInx at Bt. lUlan. at 4. ) .- ; jPHOIf'KHtilUNAIj.. 'r.HYjslCIA.VANO SUiiOKON ' ft;t ) ,.' "'Hi. HelotlK, pr-K".ti. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, ' "') Cvluntl'U cnunly, Or. $tlRVEYOR and V':'; V'Ct i 'r.i-ClVIL'.ENGINKER, s ' i-.' . - : : "i'W ' "Ht. Helena, Onni, , ' v :,' .Onrtiiy'ii6ryor.' I.ninl turVfylnir.tuwB "J, jMitiiug, and eiigtiicerlitg wurlt, promptly VV. H; CONYERS & CO. Silii4 I' Hi f i, I! i.'i ,i 1 ; ,!;:.(! r: . RtEstateand Insurance t-f to Baal Batata bonxht, aold and m.nn.d oo ' , !i (!' aouiiBlaalon. nana aojlaetetl au4 : ,(.-. ,t.i.!.i I.,. uM'aia oau,: ,,.., ( , :,..i ji bit ii i aok'Mtb fob thb j JiFiers arid Meihants r s ! .':';''s ;. German, American, ' j ii-'Aad othar laniKonr Cnmpnnlf", with u , ! ;,,4Hiiua Auata ol tl,ll),0W. .. ;, :- nu-ffcyvA ill V,-PVHWC , ;' ' CUi.liant, . """' '':"--'-'-.'''f;'.".v i1.-':,)..V1:,::;',.,r i .' T.. I , ; 1 4 8olwUoAiMrleo -. siw-i,':FS ft:-'.n iMaoy tla. JWJ-V Hjr TNADB MAIIKt. ' SMji2rZ. Oi'lON aATIHTB. " OOPVRIOHTB, atoJ WftOTrpawaa.aaanllra u tifmiaiit a.(or Um liubllo tij a uouoa (Kan (raa of ariat In tha 'wnrld; ilaniitair'lM"ni'a!i. Tmoiiiiaul nan ahoi Id l without It. Waaklr. 3.tl"t a, ruarl VuKatZ mootba. Audrain MfJNN A CO, TIIK MTF.AItlKIl ti his Irotu 1 AKP0INTnrr03:P0RUANiJ Jail,y..toi)t, Wednesdays; a , LBAViml OA K POl NT: : .'..!.. .4 140 A rM. fir. HK1.KN9,.: ,.H:(K) ... Abiiko rOR'X'I.AND. .. 11:00 ,w, Vr'et'u rn i no . ! a,;Li(iTM pottti;AND,;::,;.:,;;;,M;,v(WP. 'Abbiw8TBH.A...!.'.,k.. ....,( :5. W. E: NEWSOM. "I, kiatmoKM(; In thfiMnnltCoiirl iifllio Hml of Oiemm (or t iiinwiijin county. . Whbii Hwoi'K, I'IhIiiIIIT, i v. i John IIki.mi: mid TiiuNah J. Aimnh, Ueffn. To John Miiiiiii mill TlMniHitt J, Aitmnii, the do fciiilitiilK hIkic nainuil: IN TIIK NAMK OKTIIK HTATK OKOKICGON, I yon urn hirnliy HMitlri'i li Hiiir and iiiiRiorilttlnllll"ii('iiiiliilnt iH'h-ln hv TudmlHy, Hi. Kill diiy ol tiny, )Hti:i .Dm imuiitt' living Uir llr-l ilnv in th Hill mil m term of thin court I 1 1 i w 1 1 1 h thx XI ration nl Um mihjiiatlou or iuin riiiiiuionii; nun ii you in 1 1 ni in tiit,titir mul pin-ucr. furuiiiit llii'ii'ol i lie iilnliiilH wlll n.ily In tliu imirt lor l In. i'nMf ili.iintiili.i in i coin. iiliilnt. to-wlt: K,,r h JiiiIkii t nitnliixt wild iln- iMlilunt, Jullll llcliim. fur Um loiltl of 7UoUO with iitti'ro.t thui'noti itl tlid rule of leu )x.r (tint, in r auniiin nine. Murcli il. lH:i, iind the iim of flui) no mill I lie iiwia mill illxlnirMiiiiiiln ' of thin Mill : mill for ll lr(Tiit foroclimliui h rurliiili uiort Hum' t'SiMMiti il liy miid .loliii Hi. Imik tu MkIIIiIh II Iiidwii, on Miiri h Ii, IHiil, mill uhii ii I io l oiili'il on mn .107 in liook "Iv nf icciini of iiioiIiiiii'hoi t.'ulutiiii'ii ("iiiiity, (iri'ifuii: 'I'hut thu ii'iil ."title ilimrrllii'il In niilil iiiiirlir iKtf lie ohl In tin iiiiiniur iiti'ii'rllKiil liy Imv, hum tliu rocfi'ilM Hiiuil in Hit ifiUIHfiirltoil of (llilh. ifl JuilKini iit; rcitl 1'ninin Ih-Iiik rmnli u mlv di -ii'rllii'il im fiilluua. lo ull: T hu wnilh- uiiot 'uiirlpr of Mi'i-iloH Vi. In (ounslilii A norita ..I runi. ii i.-t of W 1 1 lit ' MimIiIIiiii, Into. IiiiiiIiIh rouiity. ilrfitou. mid I'oufiijuiiig Itti; hcivh: (hut yon Ih hni-il n ml forci'loscii of nil luti'roMt lii hiiiI in unlit roul iinlittii, exri't't the filltv of ri ilrm )il lou, mill tint I 'lnifitH1"H inort iiiikc Im hiIJii.Iu'.I ij lir a.flrnl llwu liiun uld irnl i'.i.Ic. ',..: i . ) , 'Chin Hiimtiioliii In Mcrvtiil tiimn you liy oiiIiIIcH' linn hy onli-r of ilm IIhii. 'IIioiuiim A. M..irldi JiiiIkb of I hv Filth JiiiIIiIiiI l'1-liln of iri-uon. hu til ordi'r lit'liiH mnilr nuil dnli'd th. 14th dny of Murch. I Kiel, K. II. III'HTOV, iiiI7mi."i Alliirnoy for I'liiliilllT. In'tlm finiuil Ciinrt o( the Hlnli: of o'ri'jtun. for ( nliiiiibiii l.'imiity, w. Mi imikt, I'liiiiniir, , ,i T. ',.:: ,- . M. Muikiw, IMcnilanti -" l ' ! ( To M. MuiIki'I, ilffiiiiliiiif : TS 'I II K NAMK OK TIIK STATK V I Or-itiifi, you arc hurrhv ri ililnil fn Bf niir iiml iiiiKuer tin- n iain 1 1 I 1 iiKiiiimt you in tli above miltlcd mill liy tlie lirnt !(y u( tin- nrxt tiTin of aald court follow- lK till' lift lllllllirBtlllll Of llllH HIlllllllollH, (uwll; on 'tui'tUuy, tlie UlU il.iy of Mny, 1HI1.1; niul if v"ii tfit'ii fail fo nnwr-r or np u iir tlu iiliiitilill' will iipi'lv I" -ai'l imirt fur thv ri'llof pritved fur in nld iMiiiinlnt, to wlt: fur iIitp liBiliiiK" tlie tmnil" of inntriiiinny now xltlnK' lietweeu yourKcK niul I'liiluilll', ami fur Mich other ri-lu f uiuy U Juki. '1 hi Miiiiimoiia Is nerved hy puhllrntlun liy ordur of the Huh. 'I liuiiiat A. Mcllrfilp, juili'o uf alil courl, iiimlo tlu 'i'.'ml ilnv of Mnrrh. IW. s T. J. liKlHI.KH, iit ilin 1 2 Alturmy fur 1'lointill' In the Circuit Court of the Slnto of Oirxun fur uliiiiiuliicuiinly. K. M. ToMFKi.ua, IMhiilil', v. Mill Jknkik WnioiiTund N ti.u Ihioi.KT, Defli To JiuhiIk Vrihl anil Ni-llie DiHiley, U ftliiliintn : . , . . If TJIU.NAMK OF TIIK feTATK Of 1 flrwn , vuii , uml rarli of juu. are lii'irhv ri'iiiiri i to niiur in Um .nbovc en tllh il courl uml aimwi'r tlie i'niiiiliiinl lllnl hkhIiiH you ill the ithuve utltlml itctloli, oil or iHM'orii Tiicwlny , tlie lull tiny of Mny, A. Ii lH:i:i, ami if yon fail -lie mi nniwtr, tha iniuliir. foe WAfil lhi:rcu(, will, luk )uil incut AnioHt yuu fur tlie Mini of nine huii dicil ilolhirn, with inii rii-t Uieroon from the Tin (Imv of lieceuiher, IsirJ, unlil .iil. at the rtif of ( it lit ru r rent. n r antiuiu ; br jheeOtJ'of.thi, acdnii, Ar.d all i.n)n r Ku licf a pruved for in the i uniliiint. i'hi'i iiiniftiurii H imlilixlieil in imruance uf an onli r iiiinle hy lie ll. TIiuiiiiik A. Me llrlde. juil:,euf liie rift It Judicial liitiiit of Orcfjun, luuile atehaintwra un tha UU" diiv uf Mnreli, Arl..liU.' : . ' iiiITiuA W. J. KICK. , , s, Atlqniey for rlaiutiir. " IVtitlon for fiq'ior LIcpiiso. To the lionorithle, the t'nnnty t'utirt of the Stnlc t,f Orcniiii, fur t'oliiinhia eotinly : We, the nnilerxiKueil Ictiil votcra In IH-er l.lunil irei'ini't, I 'oluiuhitt ciiiinl v, State of ftreffon, rrKifct(ullv etiiiuii thul a license he unintdd In Wil'liiini Miller niul l.iul Hrailley,' to ell' Hnirinnin liiiiur. in mid urcoirVl. tn"(iiiiiitiiic lri thim one gallon, fur a ieriii(l uf i months. (Signed:) Hen II Seer, Chnrle F Viiiiou, .V I, Iturnei, lieiiulM NichulH, CluirlcN It I flchnitdt, JnmeK l,..nl. WlllUm Wllxon, Wllllnm llnrtlcy. lmi Itutt. JaniPK Taylor, 1. 1. Klncalii T I' Noyer, K Krlcksmi. II Ulnae, Jue HuM-k. M II (lai-klrlh, A Nm-r. llllaui Iiuwd, T H MHelu ll, Horn- Keit, A lliuineu, K I' Itmllmi'h, It llimir.l. It l.iviuin loii, 1" Itrleti, J hevernwin, M A Kuwler, t:. Kialt uhe, J H lluley, Joe hnwrence, t I tiiiltor, Of Fuwler, Kilvvnrd Hlnek, M Mcliernmll. lienrKe linrrett, 1 I. (Oay, U I'lli'idieruer, An hlu Kilty, Tliouut ToiniiKon. B Meeker, (i (' Jiiiiui-h, laui. flel Munn, Allien Wldirer. Kred (ifldner, ll llnm luoMI", Crank M Konler, (i H IH-ier. P Vnl', It H PVwter, l.atetiman, V Viitdun, Jnlin JoueK, T II lliu keter. I" II Klfer. II WiHidhiim. h'riink Tiiiirntoti, W O MuiUKanlner, IliH'tur li.illla. IV I it YoilliK, vtllllnm Vaiiiivur. J IC i iiiiliov. W .1 Itelli hnrlM V I.lulL M W llrnd lev, Kiiill Kluwiief.it llatanl, -Tuii Meounnld, U Hlehmani JU Mnrkn,. William Hrltrnl", Kleh nrd Mumiii. Hum liuwen. M MeKay.. V Kmine, .iiuti..(.f Nainlilou. Cii Poaler, t) Uuk, Kit Hiiiiieit, (TinrieN llnwii, I Ii Urlnkmnn, Wlllliuii I. Ink, John Unlhen, K Kellert. U M i-owler, K Z Wller, John IjuiioiiI, I, Krlekauu. tl V Brown. A J tiiu'riffon, John Cmldtr, .huneN Kminedy, John W Kevin, ri I' lloadlev, W II Hiuith. Jan e Hart, K K FuKier, Wlllliuii Tomllunan, 1 M Fewer, K II Kowlnr, 0 W- Kurrt Tliotun. Joliuduu, . I, T Ymwner, Charlen ChiiilKrwi, (l .f iw,M' Miikhndor. - - .. rditlon for,i'quor Uceusow Ti Hie HoBurll'rllllt Ooud f ('olimt , j hill (jonitj.vj Slit.( r)'Wl',: 1 I 'e, the iinilerslxneil lejrul voter re'ldiiiR ill I'lduM prtajiiHit, Culillwl.iil iioiiiity. lrt koii, would ti'Kpeeifitlly petition -j-onf 'lioh uriilih' I'udv nt ill lie.xt rt-tf illitr term of cnurt, tn he held in Hie cimrtlioiiie, hi the (own of Ht. Jleleua, l.'oluuiliijt county, Ore. mi the.'lr.l dny uf Mny, IWi'l, that a li reiClw ftnmled h'rOrriii A -Wood nnd N. Kettn Ik lo sell ntiiiituim.. vluuua ttJld luall liiiuiit'M in less (ilitntltles tliRil 'one KAllnh, in I'liiiiu irceh ''"liiiiiliia rotiitty,; Mre Itun, nnd thai haul license lie Issued fur the perlnd' of -'one Tnr"frunr-thr' rtntfof anld lerin of coilil; fur wliieh your petltintlt rsi will ever prny. t Hitincd.;) , I KnfiA MetfrS. K KwlrX l Mef'ay.llW Hall, M Klndeii llnrrv II t'lllT. Heaker. JW HoolflK lc , wpj Vlay, fl Vt MptKiner. A ,f llxhur, Chin MUntei J fi lliasiill,?J- H Nunwr A Kll(, V M Miles.' W IHnl(.Hley. IV lllnkes lee, Hr IIiiiik, li.l iriW(Ier,;H tl itarrn, .hiinea Wiitso, W A Meeker, ll Mpiiln, fieo A Hijtin, Jnhii ri ('luuliiimr, V I Kneetlniid, J luiiilnii, H A Miles, W H fillhird. J M Decker. Thonnis Cooner. Jit HMHt, W ,1; r"itlrfiOli.i R KlJItlek.CH Sliin.sonrr Konkle, If KelM , llertiy Hei er, W U SIiioii, M K Hiimni, I. H" LmlovriK, i"t I'cn neit, Milliner, K I) 1'otier, V A Friiiil,K Kitflle. John Kiirth, liTlllaialiarth, K W'lekslroi, E Mnrlon. c N (Jnhlu. ' ilin(:s..,W, C Evorsoitl, A A Kililth John II Wllvcr.llliK, iJoiKU'U Iiiliiit, Joxeph tltdenkl, Mux- ci. .InAi Hmiitlu, iM (1 ('iimminirs, .Hurry ila. V. lunHe.. f junk' Krlekson, J ri'iicher. Kl) t.iuiinii, is Siuilvr, II X. Chrllss. (1 Unwind",' J n llmrlslT; R Mrfiay, ft ItiNik, R fPiiri), Dll I'owa, i.hJmoiJir SMwr velit, Androw Keuomke. Stephen I.iiiiiiui, John Jlnlnore, I. H (Iniilrns; Michel fierier, Aherluan Wenvr,t: W linrrlson, If (I Meeker, V str,cuin, Frml H. iHiiiihflM MrMn, ,i If e.akunk. K Moakm't I' i Hiul,e,lAlhart4Vldiiii'i W H Stevens, Jnmes Stniirt, ll (.: Ulitrrlmnt, y. Weud, 1 M Hint, Hohert Winltli, (ledree W Hue, Jusej.h Clark J ll II. hei'.W II Fiixo.l, V'Wintneri W ' Youijir, 1. Wludmeler, (ton Molni, . johh Watson, thrlst Vonhink,.J T Widker. Alea A. tlouderson, Ihivld Heiisuiivv, .nqorito Kelly, Jnmes t,:nXj Chillies llfnwn. ei)rnr riiiadhy', W llobli mt, A,Kelno, T V tt'iitliUl.t iti'NUlly, l( liodsoit.illiite FIumi-oii, lieuriic It Uiiuont, Wlllliuii Huvls. Joseph llay hiiTii. Mitehall Mny, 1 N Brlun, Willhnii Btlnn.. J tl Wlekstniui, V, K Slmiwun, J amen liUv, John Atkins, John Wlnliirs, M K Weaver, It lulchl son, 11 ltm ko, W K Keiirlel. tMuirle Tboaark. J NlHveus, H l ursen,,! Bliodfrey, John Wltehell: Jiuueii atrwehun, John i'rniit, liana fuh A Weth m, J W elllntfton, Addrewa, H Searcy, H T Orw,U. , i, ,. THE PACIFIC COAST. More Bogus Chinese Certifi cates at Astoria. AN IMMENSE LEDGE OF GOLD. The New Blnck-Sand Enterprise ' Bids' Fair 'to Become an Im- portant BualneaH. An armory will prulmlilv be built (or thu (.imiil 'H I'ttHM tuililiii tliiH. rminuicr. The discovery Iiiim "jiiMt ln-cn niiide in Oregon Hint this C'liilii-HO llioitsttlit fi.-exlg on wild onlM. The liiiitor (Ii'iiIith at Ih Aiik'I' Pro pi we to llVhl the liigli liceiiHc onliimiiccs to lht luthur fiid.' .7 In the election at Albuquerque, N. M,, every liciiiiHTiitic candidnU), from tup to Ixittom of the ticket, whh electod excupt one ScIiikiI liircclor. The tlrst 1 1 irot i;;l i tdnite from Yuitriiiite Vnllny han rwiu-lii'd Wawmin. 'J'hu ac- l'i ihiliii(i hiiiiw in the hiirh HicrraKimr- uiilced line Wiilci lulls this lui'iiiiicr. fiiiit ii(;iiirist the Southern I'neilie iiaa Im-cii instituted at Sun llernardino for 10,UKl hy the lirotlicra of Sninitel Foley, who w as run over and killed a few vteolla Uiley IIunimi'Hley, a proHH'tor in Jo-i-eiliiii'e county, Or., Iiiih Hlruck a two f(mt quart?, ledire on .limip-ollMoe crot'k, nixty poundrt of which Iiiim produced tm. . Tha ranchcra in Iiwcr Oiliforiiin op tion) Uio h'i;i adinineion of Hour into Mexico. The tirow iii of hrciulstuirM on the peninsula hits Imtii instituted on a lariie g. nli'. , j tiovernor Maipliy hits exercised the veto power tlirne times duriua the fire enl term of the Arixonn ls-i;islKtiire,' uml ill imu Ii cuse the bill lute U-en pa-sed over his lieiid. , . ' . The ililHculty with the' union aailoraat San I'edni is timtidtlud, iiw in to the op position to the cxeuution of wurrnuts hy a Justice, who favora the lausrj of tho NtrikiitK acuincn. .. t-hipnicnte of ornnjiea from Kiverside are now Is-ing pushed vigorously. I'p to dat over MK) cai-UmuIs havis liccn ehipped, and it Is estimnted that 1,0' Hi ciiriosdn nmiain to la' wilt Fitst. Tho HntdHtrect mercantile ntrenov re irt aixti-en failure in the I'aeilic Coast bUUx and Turrilorica for the p:usl week, aa compared with ten for the previous week and thirteen for the correspuiiiUiig week in ISli-'. !- A prospector tiauied IfniiHon haa dis covered tut iuiuii'ii' lediie contiiinins? irojil in, the potplivrv hills three miles Botith of I'ttl ISur, thirty-two milen east of 8nn liietto. The new find is a ledue fifty feet wide, t-itrryiliK ifuld nt the rate of, W to 4 -tti pt-c toil. Muclu xciteiiieiit over the lind l fH'iii) iiianifci'ted. : A atriet aurveillaiico of nli visitors to Ihe various hunks ut lis Amides is now maintained, anil all who cany Mitcln ls liavo been o-periully sci iitinized. ! This . iiwi.ii; u h Ucis received hy th" liank i' wircutenin;? ;Ur blow them up with i.Mi'.mite miles they, aeiit iiiom-v in a tt i . iiu iv jy to tim parties duiiuuUint; it. Aiue 1kms Chinese ceil ideates have iniiual up at Aatoiia. This time thn si infiire itnl still of .ludur I'leveliitid I ins iaeii t'irs.'i(l. A tnontli lejo a iwlillcute that had lnvtt iiresenled on the ( ana (li.iu border w.is, sent to Astiiriu. tin i s ilinitnttiuii Mr. ('leveland fjund th.tt bin immemd se.il (Mil been, placed thereon, in a rather clumsy milliner. Tim new ble.ck-xiind enterprise, by which the iron is t() be exlrncted fiynu the sand, bids fair to lifetime an iinpiyrt imt business. Works are to In1 imrnodi alelv cMtulilitilied at lfogue rfVor, eay the'l'ort Orl'ord Xribnitu. Their tmcceVc means vai iotm factories alone: tho bench, nnd thev will furnish emplovineiit toa- Ini'Hi' number of men and make bettor An immonso canal projwt has Iwen iiiuiiKUtateii in the western port of Inyo comity Involving the irriutttinti of a strip of hind eiehtv niilea in lonttlh and it. is .now atutorl that a railroad ia prujetjted to begin at Hislitip'd creek about twenty miles north of independenco and ten miles from the upper end of the canal. The 'line will pass tlrmuph Independ eniK, Isme Pine, Olaiielui, Hose Spritips A'allev nnd Inditui Wells Valley. Thence it will liear to the wtvl. antl end at Mo jave, the total ength K'iiig 140 miles. v i Tlie Southern, I'aciflt) hau decided to at once licciii the. -ofuiatruction of its line .north from Sanfa Moiiica .to Jloutalvo, on the branch from Siiurus to Sniitn Itarbarai j Tltua when the hue now laing bnilt from tlie latter place to..8im I'ntn eiseo is eompletiHl the company will Imve a throtish Mud to the (ioliton tiute, nn paralleiV for iH'nuty of scenery, freedom rom heat aiid dust and shorter than tlie present route by aeveral hours. ;: ,, ., A real California". lionj micaauring Iw tween five and six feet', is declared to have taltem tip his quarters within the domains of some . of , tho residents who comprise the ' hamlet of R.ws Valley, It is stated that he bee betm-dneonnteri'd by Will Kittle, Captain lirillitha and si'veial .othors. tiince tlifj m, ,jsitor has iiiiule Ills hppearanee otitdoof enjoy uieit'iifteratiuset hae iu1 gem'r.ili Uwn. dictintfluu.f4 throuj,'hont the eutue, val ley. A reward of 60 has boon oH'ored for the animal, ilea(l,oralivc. f tiiformatiou has just reached the Pan Francisco jotliees of the "Count Purvey rt jpectinu the proposed Alaskan work for the summer.-liour American parties will go into the iitvhipchufo country of SoiitlieasUirn ' Alamka, htotkitiK back to the thrrty-itiilo limit, where the inter jurtiniuU boiuuUry kiuc i suiuwt)(i jo, he. The fhiet wxy'rk wjIV he the tloraf(ii of of the Stlckeeu river country. Assist ants (Kdcn of WasIiiiiKton City and Mi linilli of-.Ht, Umls will, makoasurvi i- of Takn inlet and river, 'and after tinisliiHj that they will .transfer fheir parties to the iStli'kaen rivwi.ThW lllmt-tkikem' party will be jq fhar of AssiHtant Titt man ol Washington Ctyvvlio w ill ptsh tho work' forward -Hittfl joined by the parties of Ogdon-and Mc(lrnthr-'-ICtieH will operatic,, iHduDPiidcntlv. Assistant Iickons Uud' his temporary aid, Unify' iwiwanis,"wiii make a rorttnnoiasauce ol Utink riwr;' which ftripties into Hehm cartftl near Portland inlet. Thoy'will'ae company the Oanadinn party expected to bo at Una point in tlieir exploration, ' , !.-.(; ' ' NATIONAL CAPITAL. Chief-Justice Fuller Announces tho Decision In the Case of the N. P. R. R. vs. Walker. Stjcrctary Smith lias directed the re moval of twenty-iivo pension examiners now in tlie field. It is said the jiolitics of the examiner was not considered, and that tlie only question taken into ac count was that of proficiency, The State Department has boon in formed that thb owners of the conces sion for building a railroad from the City of Mexico to the Pacific Coast have deposited 20,000 in bonds with the Na tional Treasury as Tequired under the terms of the concession. The builders of the road are to receive a .subsidy of 12,000 a mile. , . . i .' " As a result of the controversy between Mark W. Harrington, chief of the weather bureau, ami J. B. McLaughlin, chief of the executive division of the bureau, Mr, Harrington has demanded of Hecretary Morton an immediate and full investigation of tho administration of tho bureau. McLaughlin was sus pended by Harrington for insubordina tion and recommended to the Btx-retary for dismissal. McLaughlin responds by filing charges of corruption against Harrington. An investigation by the management of the bureau will be made at once. Secretary Carlisle has received from Edwin Walker, Chairman of the Com mittee on Iegislation of the World's Co lumbian Exposition, a letter raising certain questions in regard to the sundry civil act, in which is included the appro priation for the Wrorld' Fair. " He asks especially for the construction of the Congressional action authorizing the coinage of the $5,000,000 souvenir half dollars for the benefit of the fair and afterwards passing an act declaring the exposition must furnish security for the payment of 570,8S0 appropriated for awards, etc. Tho directors of the expo sition are in doubt as to how to construe these acts. Secretary Carlisle referred the question'to the Attorney-General for decision. United States Consul Seymour at Can ton, C hina, has cabled the State Depart ment that 10,000 C'lynese actors, etc., belonging to rival companies, have left Shanghai for the United States to visit the World's Fair, where they will land at Vancouver, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco and other places. In accord ance with this information Assistant Secretary Spanlding of the Treasury De partment has telegraphed tlie customs ollieers on the Pacific Coast and North ern frontier to exercise the closest scru tiny that none but bona-lida exhibitors or employe whose services are required by tlie exhibitors at the World's Fair Exposition be permitted to enter this country. This exemption as to the Chi nese exclusion act in tavor oi exmmtors, etc., was made by Congress to cover just such cases as tins. Chief-Justice Fuller has announced the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Northern Pacific against Charles Walker, Cimntv Auditor, et nl., from the Court of Appeals for the Kighth Circuit. The railway company m i:hi tsgnn suits against the Auditors of twelve counties in North Dakota for injunctions to re strain them from assessing taxes against certain lands, the title to whioh vests in tho county. The Chief Justice stated the amount involved in any one county was not sufficient to give the Circuit Court jurisdiction, and indeed the rec ords show that the total amount in the twelve counties is not sufficient. The judgment of the Circuit Court was there fore reversed and tlie cases remanded for further proceedings. No disposal was made, the Chief Justice explained, for the reason that by tho time the cases aro returned the amount involved may be sufficient, in some one of tlie counties, to give the court jurisdiction, but it can not obtain jurisdiction, he said, by com bining the amounts of issue in two or a dozen counties. The Supreme Conrt haB announced its coustxucuuu of the proclamation, by the President and act of Congress in 1880, opening the Creek Indian reservation in Oklahoma. They contained this provi sion :'' "Any person who may enter upon any part of said lands, prior to the time the same arc opened to settlement, will not be permitted to. occupy or make en try of such lands, or lay any claim thereto." Alexander F. Smith, a rail road employe, living at Edmund station at the time the lands were opened, en tered a quarter section. His right of entry was contested by Eddy B. Town send" and decided in his favor by : the lo cal hind officer, but on aptieal the Com missioner of the general land office, the Secretary of the Interior, and. the Dis trict Court and the Supremo Court of Oklahoma successively sustained Town senrr's entry, and Smith appealed to the rUlpreine Court of the-United States. Justice Ilrewer announced the decision of tho court in an opinion review ing the facts and law in the ca.-e, con cluding with the statement that any one who vra within the .Ttiiritoi'ial limits at the hour of noon April 22 was, by both the letter.aiid spirit of, the statute, dis qualified to take a homestead therein. ; ! , The : Assistant Secretary of. State has been , dirocteA by, Secretary Grcham to examine' more' thoroughly than has been ustomarv into the personnel of ihe Stare Depiirtnient. Svith tho view, it is. understood, of determining the fitness of the employes for the positions held by thuniv- JX-is reported, and on good au thoritv, that tradition and precedent wtlLnvt obtsiti in the State Department during jthofneumlMmry fof I Secretary lireshftin, and that tltcre will V less red tflpo and-greater dispatch o4- business hereafter. Secretary HokeT'ihnith has already riegun to carry into effect his policy of dispensing with tho services of illl incompetent clerks in his department,' or those tippoiuted-'purelf tor political rcitons. i'n4t the-direction of Chief Clerk Wardlo, the, individual record of the clerical force ot, thoeciuWs office hj being thoroughly examined, and all the clerks found to fie deficient will be dis missed. It is Secretary Smith's belief thatr the work ,-of -the 'Hfnsii, Bhonltl be eoniplefed by. the end of th calendar year without asking an additional appro priation from Tmigress, but to do this lie is convinced there must , be, not only economy in expenditures, but each em- min"ustV)'Coodnd ethVient work. nderstOodValso, .tbek clerical ' force, of the general land office will soon un dergo tho 'rofiesr"lt,ren0'v1itiotftw' which some atU'iitron IwiU be given tb pension and othef bureaus, Witji a view of putting theui on Btrictly business" """siiHO - - EASTERN NEWS. Amount of Real Estate Owned by Virginia Negroes. NATURAL GAS IN KANSAS. Battle Between Farmer and Rail road Men Over the Erection of a Warehouse. Tlie Michigan World's Fair Board will make an exhibition of its newspapers. The grave of (teneral Winfield Scott Hancock in Norristown, Pa., is yet un marked. The building of electric roa ls in Ohio is said to lie " developing the proportions of a craze." The Colorado Senate has passexl the Railroad Commission bill over the Gov ernor's veto. It will require forty cars to carry Krupp's exhibit for the World's Fair from Baltimore to Chicago. ' A great flow of natural gas has been struck at Cherryvale, Kan., and the cit izens are expecting a boom. Secretary of the Interior Smith docs not expwt the Cherokee Strip to be open to settlement before July 1 next. Kev. Dr. Parkhurst of New York has organized a corps whoso business it will be to see that all local laws are obeyed. The Legislatures of New York, Con necticut and several Western States aro making eliorta to suppress the pool rooms. - ' Reports from Southern Illinois an nounce that the proHpex:ts for a good wheat crop this season are most promis ing. ,t- .. Lands which were selling two years ago in the Red River Valley, N. D., for $10 to $12 an acre now bring double those figures. , Tlie capital of the lumber trust, which seems destined to control the lumber business of -this country, is understood to be $32,000,000. Jav Gould's children are about to build a church to tlieir father's memory at Roxbury, Maware county, N. Y., the place where he was born. Mrs. Jane L. Fowle of Dedham, Mass., has been awarded $450 by a Boston jury against a dentist who extracted a sound tooth instead of a decayed one. The new Testations for the govern ment of the navy provide, among other tilings, that naval officers shall not act as correspondents for newspapers. The Chicago packing firm, which started thirty years a'o in a little butclt-er-shop witfi "one wagon, increased its capital stock last week to T15,000,000. Evidence has been secured of whole sale registration frauds in Chicago. Of 34.5IW names added to the list 5,000 and possibly 8,000 are said to be fraudulent. It is reported from Guthrie, O. T., that hundreds of Texas cattle are being unloaded at Ponca in the Cherokee Strip to graze, and waiting settlers are indig nant. The Massachusetts Senate has 24 to 9 passed a bill providing for the submis sion to the people of a constitutional amendment establishing biennial elec tions. According to the report of the Auditor of Virginia the negroes of that State pay taxes on real estate valued at t9,425,(W5 and on personal property valued at 3,- 842,950. . The wreck of a gunboat which was sunk during the late war, and which lies in the regular channel near the Cape Fear bar in North Carolina, will soon be removed. The large petrified snake, claimed to have been unearthed In Colorado some time ago, turns out to be a fossilized palm tree which grew in that State be fore the climate changed. " ' '" - " ; The three vessels of the United States and Brazil Steamship Company were sold at auction at New York. - The Alli ance Bold for 183,000; Virginia, 81,000, and the Advance, 194,000. The petition for the rehearing of the celebrated Chicago lake-front cases was overruled by the Supreme Court of the United States, but a second petition will be filed if opportunity offers. Philadelphia members of the Sons ol tlie Revolution are about to start a move ment against the removal of Liberty Bell and the original Declaration. of In dependence to the World's Fair. A brakeman on the Central Railroad of New Jersey has obtained a verdict against the company for $25,000 for the loss of a leg which was crushed by some cars "cut loose in violation of the rules." The Wisconsin Legislature has adopted a memorial to Congress asking a sub mission of an amendment to the Federal Constitution providing for the election of the United States Senators by a popu lar vote. . At West Union, la., there was a battle between the farmers and railroad men over tlie erection of a warehouse. Seven or eight were severelv injured, and one will die. The railroad won the point in contention.' : it . f ,.-). , f '' According to the Baltimore News the new city directors indicates an increase of population for Baltimore during the past year of 36,000. The gain is attrib uted largely to the growth of manufac turing interests in the city and suburbs. Senator Roach of North Dakota, whose record Mr- Hoar vrants to have investigated, is accusscd of embezzling a large amount of money from a national bank in Washington, of which he was an officer nearly if, not quite twenty years ago- ' S '" ": " :'v : v The Supreme (tourt of the United States has decided that a fugitive from justice removed, under extradition pro ceedings from oho State to another may be constitutionally tried in the latter State upon, a warrant charging another offense than the one set forth in the war rant of extradition, without being first returned to the State whence be cajne. ; i In contest for a title to a quarter section of land on the Creek Reservation, O. T.k which was thrown onen to settle ment,, tha Supreme Court of the .United States has decided that "anyone who was within the Territorial limits at the hour of aeon April 22 was, within both the letter and the spirit of the statute, distjuaJiflei to take a homestead there- i PORTLAND MARKET. PBODUCE, V8VIT, ETC. Wiiiat Valley, 1.12(ai.l5; Wafla Walla, 1.05a;l.O7 percental. Ftx)UB Standard, 3.30; Walla Walla, 13.30; graham, (2.90; superfine, $2.60 per barrel. Oath Choice, 43(8 45c per bushel ; fair, 40c; rolled, in bags, $tt.25&6.60; barrels, $6.60(6.75; cases, $3.75. Hay Best, $1113.50 per ton; com mon, $910. MiLUiTurrs Bran, $18.00: shorts, $22.00; ground barley, $23(224; chop feexl, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 80 (it 8.5c per cental; middlings, $23i24; per ton; brewing barley, 90fft96o per cental ; chicken wheat, $1.10 per cental. Butts a Oregon fancy creamery, 27.! 30c; fancy dairy, 2225c; fair to good, 17XCO20C; common, 12! (5e 16c per pound; pickle roll butter, 30(d.35c per roll ; California, 4045c per roll. Cheese Oregon, ll(gl.'3c; Eastern Twins, 16c; Young America, 10c per pound. Eoob Oregon, 17c per dozen. Poui.tsy Chickens, mixed coops.$4.50 (5.00; fancy coops, 6.60tt6.00; broil ers, $6.00 per dozen ; dressed chickens, 10 (?-13c per pound; ducks, $0.507.60; geese, $10.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15c; drettscd, 17c per pound, Vkostahlks Cabbage, $1.60(31.66 per cental ; onions, $1.75.'o 2.00 per cental ; cut onions,75'a90c; rmtatoes,$1.40forGarnet Chilis; $1.66 1.75 for Burbanks; new, 6c per pound; Oregon turnips, 75,g90c per sack; young carrots,75ciSf 1.00; sweet potatoes, $2.604.u0 per cental ; cauli flower, 90c per dozen, $2.75 per crate; celery, 90c per dozen; artichokes, tiOc per dozen ; lettuce, 40c per dozen ; aspar agus, 10!gllc per pound; parsnips, 86c per sack ; beets, $1.60 per sack ; radishes, 25u per dozen; green onions, 18c per dozen; rhubarb, ,6is7c per pound; Or' egon, 60c per dozen; green peas, 10 fa 11c; spinach, 3$c per pound; cucumbers, 1 1. 75. u 2.00 per dozen; string beans, 20c per pound. : Fbuits Sicily lemons, $5(i6.50 per box; California new crop, $4-60(45.00 per box; bananas, $2.60(4.00 per bunch; oranges, seedlings, $22.75 per box; na vels, $3.00(g3.60 ; cranberries, $12.60 per bar.-el; apples, (1.602.25 per box. BTAPLB OROTEBllCa. ' Hoket Choice comb, 1517c per pound ; new Oregon, 16 g 20c Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s, $16.60; 60s, $17.60; stock, $10.60 a 11.50. Dbikd Faurrs Petite prunes, 1012cj silver, llrai4c; Italian, 1214c; Ger man, 10,? 11c; plums, old, 5;S6c; new, 79c; apples, ellc; evaporated apri cots, 15 10c; peaches, 12ial6c; pears, 7llc per pound. Rice Island, $47535.00; Japan, $4.75 per cental. Coffee Costa Rica, 22c; Rio, 23c; Salvador, 21c; Mocha, 20fS30c; Java, 24,30c; Arbuckle's, Midland, Mo kaska and Lion,' 100-pound cases, 24 85-lOOc per pound; Columbia, same, 24 35-lOOc ' Beans Small whites, 3c; pinks, 3,Sc; bayos, 3,c; butter, 4c; lima, 4c per pound. Sybup Eastern, in barrels, 40o55c; in half-barrels, 42(i57c; in cases, 36 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California:, in barrels, 20(4 40c per gallon; $1.75 per keg. ; Sugar Net prices : D, 4c ; Golden C, 8c; extra C, 6c ; Magnolia A, 6Mc: granulated, 6Jic; cube, crushed and powdered, 71jc; confectioners' A, 6o per pound; maple sugar, 16316c per pound. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.76(52.00; peaches, $1.852.10; Bart lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.37i9 1.60; strawberries, $2.252.45; cherries, $2.25:52.40; blackberries, $1.85.32.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25 J 2.80; apricots, $1.66(s2.00. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.101.20; blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.15(33.50; peaches, $3.60(44.00; apri cots, $3.60(0,4.00; plums, $2.76(g3.00; blackberries, $4.25 4.60. Vegetables Corn, $1.60(31.75; toma toes, $1.101.15; sugar peas, $1; string beans, 95c per dozen. Meats Corned beef, Is,' $1.50; 2s, $2.40; chipped, $i.554.00; lunch tongue, Is, $4; 2s, $6.76; deviled, ham, $1.75$1.86 per dozen. " Fish Sardines, Js, 75e$2.25; 8, $2.154.60; lobsters, $2.30(3.50; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25$1.50; flat, $1.75; 2-lbs, $2.25(32.60; -barrel, $5.60. - ' LIVE AMD DBXSSBD MEAT. Beef Prime steers,' $3.85(34.25; choice steers, $3.75(5" 4.00; fair to good steers, $3.003.60 ; good to choice cows, $3.15(-3.75; common to medium cows, $2.50(u2.75; dressed beef, $6.00(37.00. . Mutton Choice mutton, $4.50(34.75; fair to good, $4.00(3:4.50; dressed, $8.00; lambs, $4.00(34.60; dressed, $7.00(38.00. Hoos Choice heavy, $7.007.25 j me dium, $0.50(0,6.76; -fight and feeders, $6.00(3,6,50; dressed, $9.00. , v . f Veal $4.007.00,, . ." - , ' Smoked Meat axd Laed Hams, large, Wtgie.c per pound; hams, me dium, 1516c; breakfast bacon, 15 16c; short clear sides, 14144o; dry salt sides, 13(i l34c; lard, compound, in tins, 11)(3,120 per pound; pure, in tins,1515Bcj Oregon lard, ll12,c "' ' MISCMXANEOVS, - i.:''.'. i . Nails Base quotations: Iran, $2.25; steel, $2.35; wire, $2.75 per keg. ; . , Ikon Bar, 2c per pound ; pig-iron, $23(3j25perton. v Steel Per pound, lOe. i Tr--I. O. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.53 (fi 9,00 per box; for crosses, $2 extra per box; I. C. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, $7.60(g8.00perbox; terne plate, I. O., prune quality, $6.88(37.00; 14x20, $14.' ' !- - ' - '''-: Lead Per pound, ic; bar, 6e. , Naval Stores Oakum, $4.505.00 per bale; resin, $4.80(3.5.00 per 480 Eaunds; tar, Stockholm, $13.00; Caro na, $9.00 per barrel; pitch, $6.00 per barrel; turpentine, 65c per gallon, in car lots. ' HOPS, WOOL AND niDES. ' Hops Quota 12316c. . "I ' Wool Umpqua valley, '16817c; fall clip, 1315)c; Willamette valley, 15(d) 18c, aocortling to quality : Eastern Ore gon, 10(3;18c per pound, according to condition. ,,. . , Hides Dry hides, selected prime, 6ig8c; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; Under 55 pounds, 3c f sheep pelts, short wool, 8060c; medium, OOfSOc; long, 90c$1.25 ; shearUngs, 10ig2Oc ) tal low, good to choice, 86c per pound, i -; " 'I'M St BADS AND BAOQtNG. V- . Burlaps, 8-ounco,, 40-incb, net- cash 6c; burlaps, , 10'-ounoe, , 40-ineh,, net cash, 7c; i burlaps,,: 12-ounce, 45-ineh, 7Jie; burlaps, 15-ounce, 60-ineh, lllae; burlaps, 20-ounoe, 76-inch, 14c; wheat bags, Calcutta, J 211x86, spit, '3ej f-bushel oat bags, fyc , , " '" ,' '..''f' AGRICULTURAL. , . , . i ' , ' A ' - . '-. ; ' ".; t. ; Salt Injurious if Given to Pigs in Large Quantities. '." REASON PIGS ARE SCARCE. Farmers Honest Enough to Admit . That It is Largely Owing to i Careless Methods. i Some of the farmers that have no hogs at present are honest enough to admit that it is largely owing to their careless methods. There are others who have regarded hogs too troublesome to raise. Still another class have no pigs simply because the necessary cart and thought were not given them. )t latt it class is a large one, and its Members are the heaviest losers, bavin a nad the expense of maintaining brood sows and having money Invested. Dl ring the breeding season losses come fiom careless mating, inbreeding, use of poorly bred boars, etc. In the iarrowing season the lack of at tention and poorfv arranged pens result in many pigs , wing overlain, rigs die when small from the effects of poor food given them and their dams and from, poor shelter, lack of clean bedding, from" drinking unwholesome Water andafrom having little sunshine ana exercise. Ihe pigswnich lived through the first month were given corn and water with their dam instead of food suited to the build ing of bone and muscle in the. pigs and to the production of milk by the sow. If. thev nad been given shorts, rye mta' oat meal and other bone and mnscle- toming food with slops, very different resuiis might have been obtained. Such troubles astulds, scours, costiveness, etc., are usually the direct results of careless feeding orof exposure. In recent years many fanners have neglected their hogs mat more attention migut oe given, to grain-raising, there are not enough hogs in the country to supply theworkl's demand, and will not be during the next eighteen months. U the price of corn remains below 60 cents per bushel, it will pay to hold hogs during the coming year until they reach 300 pounds weight, provided one-fourth of this growth is made from clover or other grasses. Halt for pios. A veterinarv correspondent writes to the Mark; Lane Express: I am often asked about giving salt to pigs. Person ally I should not like to allow them a free supply, which is what putting a lump in the trough' means, and especial ly to 'in-pigs or suckling sows or very young annuals. . Salt, is decidedly inju rious if given to pigs in large quantities, and leads to a condition thatiadeecribed as salt-poisoning. A little will do no harm perhaps to large pigs ; but, whether it is prejudice or because experience has demonstrated that it is bad for the ani mals, salt is never placed in the piggery. The oases where I hare seen do mischief is where brino from tlte piekle tub, has been mixed with the: wash butchers' waste and that' from hotels commonly smtainins far too mne'.i.i The same thing applies to soda,; which often gets into the wash when dishwater is emptied into the tub.- I strongly advise against the use of salt for suckling sows any one may bid good-by to the youngsters if they get any quantity. Even the Jiq uor in which salt meat has been boiled has been known to upset them. Afar greater essential for pigs than salt is small coal or other grit. It is useful also where pigs do not get the liberty of a run to cut sods of turf, with plenty of , soil adhering, and throw to them in tha FARMERS SHOULD BE rBOGBESSrVB, Whenever a body, of fanners engaged in any 'branch of agriculture get together and talk over matters one would think theirs, the only branch of farming that was worth carrying on. This is as it should be, as one will always succeed best in that which he believes to be the best.. It is not as it should be, for when one thinks too much that his is the only thina; worth doing he is apt to be narrow in bis views and selfish in his regard for the rights of others., We want broad minded, whole-souled farmers farmers who love their branch of husbandry and are willing to help their brother farmers in ' other lines of farming men yrho make the most of their own work; but accord fo others the same right. One wnv to accomplish this is to attend in stitutes and other meetings where men engaged in the various branches of farm ing are gathered together and the - large ness' and importance of each ia . dwelt upon.,.,,, t r ,( !..ii;.,4'-' , TAfiTi FERTILIZATION. , ' 1 . :' Many tons of commercial fertilizers are bought and used by farmers that can not afford to use it. Until farmer saves and uses all the fertilizers available on the fann, he cannot afford to purchase fertilizers with hie hard-earned dollars at $25 to $40 a ton. It will pay to dig out tlie soil Under the stables in many instances and spread it on the land, as it contains a great deal of ammonia and other elements of fertility. Use the ma nure from the henhouse on hills of corn and potatoes or in the garden, and it will give excellent results. If a farmer will keep his eyes open, he will discover fertilizing material about his farm going to waste in sufficient quantities to grow quite a field of corn. ; Some way ought to be devised for saving all .the liquids about the stable, as it is worth nearly if not quite as much as the solids, ! : .:'-'' hotest- . j ' Get up the summer"! supply of wood before you are rushed with the spring work. ,. . , . -,, ., ,. ... , ; . ' Where is your plowT Wnat condition is it in? Do not wait to find ont till ready to use unless yoo know just bow itis. 'j i-.VM v,ii:-f ' How long shall we milk bur cows? There is no rule as regards age f it all depends upon how long the cow will pay a profit on her eost of keep. ' a . Feed contains just so much milk j to get this milk we must use the feed, in such a way that it will be readily eaten and digested y then, if the cows eating the feed are- of the, right kind, we will get all of the milk. . , , , An abundant supply of pure water on the farm is essential both for health and profit. : If you have not such, it might pay to Invest some of your surplus earn ings toward securing it.' While you are about it get a supply that will suffice (or Um house, the stock and th garden . t