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atace u mi il tola antiquity. Nothing but tlx eUliaheat km of great enter-
priase Uiat will foster the industries of UiU region, and oompel tlx derelopmeBt
of IU niM mwn la each a manner aa la draw arerything hither, beeeuae
U is ie the best and moat proauhle place la which they m o, Till matins
Portland io bur poaltloe M U metropolis al lot Northwest. If aha due not do
UiU other place Willi and area if aha does, aha will probably ban la compete
with alliar elllse etrlring la atuin lha aama object. To maka an effort la lo
lire) la all in supine Idleoae la to die, and oaa who la Dot blinded by ignorance
aaa taa that aha la dying fast,
Win la It that ao many store, an recant and lha placard "To Rent" la aailad
t to Uia wlndowa and doorpoeu of ao many hnamf Why are many of our mer
ehant falling or closing out Uiair buainraa? Why an firm from othar cities
who ham branch houana hen closing Uieu Bp and withdrawing from lha oity?
Ara nut Umot alarmini eymptoma of commercial dissolution? II la nut ao in
Taooma, rVallle, Astoria and othar plaere where Un Imainaaa mas are pnaaaanr.il
uf public epirit, and demonstrate their rialit to lira bjr doing aonwUiing for
Uieraaelraa. Look al Taoomai eludy our tlluatratlona of that Uirlrini oitrs read
what wa bara la say ahual her enterprise and bar progress despite Uia hard
limaa, and Ihaa aomua hor with Portland. It baa bam 11 faahioa of oar
boslnree men to turn Bp Uietr boom and amila aaroaeUcally whanerer Taooma
waa meatheMli and many of lham do It rat. Thy effect lo enmiiara bar with
Kalarne, rk. Helena and othar would-be rlrala of timra peat. What auioidal
fully! Nauolnm onaa aaid thai Uia wont thinf a general oonld do waa lo under,
rau Ilia etmiglh of hka opponent. Thia fatal error Portland la committing.
Hona lha Nnrthara Peeia will reach Pact bViund aoroaa Uia Caaeaibw, and Ihaa
what? Taeoma ami Haaltla will bound forward under lha Impulae Ihaa girea
them. KaaUaa Washington and a portiua of Kaatara Oregon will be aa aoerasl.
ble la Ihem aa la thia ally, and II la ao aaoret tlmt Ihoae aactiooa ara antaaoniatle
lo Portland. Nothing but liard work, enterprise auoh aa aba baa Barer yet die.
played, and enenry far greater Uiaa aha aaema lo poena, will be of avail la keep
her la the pnaltloa ah bow ooouptae, a railioal and Immediate reformation la
kerbualnaaa pulley la all (hat will pmeot Portland from dropping into the
aaeuad, and atea third, plaee la a few years, while bar daapleed rlrala win the
pries abe bow koiila.
Taa loee uf stork oa the great lanaea daring Uia paat winter baa not yet beea
ilenullely determined. One thing, bowerer, la oertaJn-it la far leai Ihaa waa
aaserted by alarmlaU a few waeka ago, A atrung effort baa beea matle lo die-
aourage the Imporutiua of - pilgrim " eatile into Montana, Uia poaitira opinion
being girea that Iherwoald be enable la "reed" oa lb range aa the aaUraa
da, and would die of etarralion. In the height of the eeaaoa reporta were widely
etreuUled that Ibia pradiothm bad beea rerined. and pilgrima and "trail eattla"
from Taxae ware dying by lie handmla. Later reporta ahuw to the ountrary.
Il aeema Uiat the mortality among Uia pilgrima, Uiough naturally greater than
aaeuag Bailee, from pieeenl lodioalloae,ill sot generally uoeed nr. per coat,
though, la UaUneae, It may nateb ten. In rWw of the fart thai Uia paat araaoa
waa aaa of aaaeaal amrity, Ihia U quite encouraging la thoee who dmlre to
Mark lhelr rangea with eaperior breeda from the Miaataeippi Valley. la Idaho,
ttragoa and Washington, wher only Bali re aallle ara found, lha mortality la
generally reported aa not la eaeeaa uf Urea per eeat, The Wee oa aberp oannot
be erea apimiilmalely eetlmalnl. A few bawl here and there hare beea almost
annihilated, while other ham beea eahyaetrd only lo Uia aeual oaaualliee. Thia
great nrtaUua la dae chiefly to Uia bipograph, of Uia aoaalry la which each
band we located, aa well aa la the distance from food at the 11 aw the anereet
ataruMueeurnaL Aa a rale, ahsep hare passed the winter la good ooodltioo and
with a low rale of mortality. When the aeaaoa baa all been eammed ap, It will
U hmad Ikel eoulh puewfaj anraaHwl baa be nuW la fa,, of keeping a
apply of bay aa band for emergiwioa, area if U ia ami nary to fall bank apoa
it only earn la three or four year.
In tie of the rapid aoalrartioa of ealll nugm b; the encroachaunt of eet
llemeaK and the etiaaejaeat aaaually larriqaiag aaoaaaity fur leading etoak
arareor badartngOMWa BorUoua of lha wialar aeaaoa, a mean of procuring
aad etortag fund eeoeueitcally ahoeJJ reMre the alUali. of euka. Alfalh
aeemala be ret the thing Beaded. Il ukm dee root aad eu&te dry weather
atdeaabdlywbeallbaaaaea beea well atarted. Heller Ihaa aay ether graea il
Ihrtraaaadrylajei Wltk ImgaUoa frwa three Wln,andueU,in,
aere aaa Uaei horn a good alfalfa parh,twu a four arop. Uang rut yearly.
Ueaeeedlaaly aalriUoua, and fur wlaler feed fur oalU. oaaaot beoelled. la
tU.eude three baa.lred Ibaaiaai pouada at alfalfa aead ware pal la the ground
"". aaJ eeea aeaatl ly will probably be pleoied the eoaung arseuu. Tarn
will make tl.irty thooaand aoraa of that clorer in the State. It i. a great crop in
Nerada and Utah, and ahould be oulUrated extn.irel ta arery oatUe country
in the Wert. Something about thia gram, which I. alao known aa "California,
or Chile, clorer," will ha found in another eolnmn.
To TBoaa who bara bean led to beliere by aome of onr worthy " Commlaeion.
era," who bara already tamed their back on New Orleana. that the Oregon
exhibit ia a magnincant and creditable one, wa eitend a oordial Inritation to
call at Taa Watt 8no offlca and eiamina photographa wa bare procured of
the diaplay. Theae ahow beyond qoeation that the exhibit ia far inferior to that
waaea arery year in aimply the Agricultural Department of the Portland Me
ohanioa' Fair. And thia peltry collection repreeenU the great Stat of Oregon in
Ui World'a Pair I There aeema to be a oonflict between the aaaertiona of thoae
gentlemen and lha camera; but we are remlndrd of the characteriatic remark of
Nairn sV-urfaVr, Uiat " the machine don't lie." What little U aliown ia good, and
red ecu great credit upon Mr. Allen Uiat be baa made ao much of ao little.
Oaawig, "the land of big red apple," enema to take a front rank at New
Orleana in the quality of her fruit diaplay. Out of nine antriea of apple for
competition ahe won aix Iret premium. Had our Commiaaionera been able to
diaplay auch a Uriah quantity of fruit aa would hare made an impremion equal
lo Uiat created by ita quality, Oregon' fruit reputation would hare been made.
A unirereal farorablo opinion of onr fruit mean thouaanda of dollar annually
to our orchardiat and dealera. Instead of "sample lota,n fruit ihou'd hare
been taken in quantity, aa it la to be hopod It will be to the great agricultural
axpoaiUoo lo be held ia Louiarille. No expenae should be pared to giro Oregon
fruit a world-wide reputation.
Taa attempt made by the men In charge of the land affair of the Northern
Pact no to kill the town of Yakima oannot be too aererely condemned. The road
paaaas Uirough the city limit of Yakima, and yot the company will neither
aatahliah a station there nor atop it trains. Nearly four miles beyond has beea
laid out aa opposition Iowa on the company's land, with the Browed Intention of
killing Uia old place and bnlldlng ap the new. The ciUtons of Yakima bar
appealed to the oourte lo secure iuetios, and Uiough the final result will prob
ably be la their faror, If they carry the oonteet Uirough all ita stages to Uia
Supreme Court, atill it is to be feared that In the meantime they will suffer Irre
parable damage,
Taa Benato bill for throwing open Uia OmaUlla ReaerraUon ha passed the
House, and will probably become a Uw, It b mad subject lo Uia raUfioatlon
of a majority of the male adulta Uring on the reeerretion, who, it la generally
BJideretood, are in faror of the measure. Thl U what the people of Pendleton
and other lawn on Uw border of th reeerratlon bare long dealred, aa It will
throw opea lo occupation thousand of acre of fertile land tributary lo thoae
plaosa, wboaa settlement will add much to the business, population and wealth
of Uiat region. Pendleton especially will be bonoflted by It, aa the boat land in
the riclulty of the city U embraced ia Uia raeerraUon,
ADomito th suggeatlou of the Ute Data of TroeatUrtL that Kn t
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any mean becomes poaaaaaed of an idea be should, a a matter of charity, " gin
u to in board of Trade," Tag Wan Baoaa would like to bestow a small one
apoa Uiat body. Lot them endcaror lo derUe eome means to keep our business
man oat of the relontleee dutches of their wires aad mother. The number of
attachment and aaeignmanta Ulely caused by each heartless reUUrea ara cbIcb,
Uled la make ub ordinary aiaa feel Uiat It U dangerous to got marriod, or area
to be bora. Protection la this inatanc will be la th intorasU of free trad.
Let aa bar It at once,
Ia a region that a few yean ago knew only Uia wild ateer, coyote and cowboy,
two Bow aountiee mm tj k. il. l-i. r '
wreuua aaviaiaiara, Horrow and
QiUlam wan earred out of nortlnna f w. .j n .m i.l .
. ., viBKuua, wiia county seau
at Hmpaar and Alkali raspeetinly. Btill another county will probably be ore.
ated ia Kaaura Oregou by tb next LagUUtura, embracing Harney Valley and
the aouther of Grant Count,. Th. work of dWopmt prognmm. wUh
Draiao the deadlock on InanaUl ouaaUona In the Uia rw i i.i..
uiiwwtlll, B
ganalBa aOort waa made al a eompromiaa br Hon. T. J l. .
bill permitting borrower. U tract to pa, Uxa. apon morlgagea, Thu biU
l . umagn amarnej ao aa to realricl noal. i --v.. . u ... .
, ... rM vwi, air. rjiacc
ia-Utledtoth. thank, of Ih. ppU . iW-wi urging a reliei maa-r.
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