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OCHOCO Vai.I.kt. Feb. 1873. 'Km. IIkgistkh : Now that we have resided In this jxtt of Eastern Oregon since (he totter rarrt f Ortorwr, mm twiiig pretty well thawed out from what is termed here annminally hard a inter, It may he-interesting to por tion of your venders to learn a few items srlatiug W ear climate, the health, -and tck inter. The 'weather In October and to tlte last of November, was clear and pleasant, with oocasienal high mentis Jroia the south and west through the day, from the north at night. Snow fell two and one-half Inches about the first of Oeoeaaber, laying near .ten 4a;rs going off with a light : r.n, grass the while being uncovered. The weather varied a few days soft and pleasant, then a cool wind, then clear and bitter cold when, on the 17th, commenced a tall of simpssive snows, finally reaching a depth of tweuty-one Inches, settling down to seventeen, clear days intervening, some of which were pleasant, while on Christinas it storied furiously the entire thy, followed by a night of in tense eeld, the mercury Jailing to 18" below zero, TV cattle came lu from a .thousand 1 ills and hollows tributary to Ochoco and Crooked river, driven by tlte storm, lowing most pitifully, seeking abetter, and collecting hi bands ot one and two hundred liead, wandered down stream, bewildered and blind, knowing no home, carrying along even those dally fed, from five to twenty miles away that gave their owners and bearders a Job of two weeks, to return them to their range. We were made glad I a few days atter by the warm wind springing from the south, termed here the Chenook, which caused the snow to melt rapidly when a sodden blow from the north crushed the snow. But so changeable Is the atmospheic that by the 7th of January the south hill sides became bare, while the valley s were covered for ten days longer On the fourth day of!Fcbruary snow fell to the depth of fourteen inches. remaining on about a week. To a few of us in this vicinity it was a day long to he remembered, for near the whole day, upon a bleak point lu a most terrific snow storm, we were digging the grave of John Macey, an estimable satuten, late from near Harrison rg. who was striken down at the age of W years with apoplexy while convers ing and apparently in good health. The reads have been quite muddy recently, the like of which has not been since the settlement of the valley. The weather is now mild with soft w inds. The cattle are seeking their old range in pursuit of the young grass, now appearing from two to three inches high upon the south hill sides, wham, from toe quantity of melted snow absorbed in their granu lated soils, will spring forth more luxnriuat than for years. I think there has not been a general loss of cattle of more than one out of forty, being mostly of cows that be came reduced from their calves run ning with them the wholeaeasM un wearied. Hundreds of cattle have survived the storms thus tar without other feed than greasewood and other The winter at Camp Polk has been severe, the snow falling very deep. To save their stock, owners drove them in on the lUescbutes. From Upper Croaked river and Bear Creek, cattle done weU-the snow fell about the same as here. It Is not advisable to drive stock from the valley to this country in the fiJL They arrive frilgued and foot sore, fill up with the dry grass which seems to produce inward fearer, and they became poorer, so that daring the sort weather in witter they are unable to extricate themselves from the mine or beaver holes, or cling on Mp pery trails. A person topi uttsi half nan with cattle, needs a stock of thirty to 11 cows, and fifty yearling and two yearokl steers. He then will be able to sell beef for cash, and keep up by the increase, and thereafter yearly compound. He will need hay or oat lands for winter forage, to out ami stack each season, feeding only when the grass is under show, which requires a foot depth or more. He may sot need it for two or three years, yet the winter may arrive, as It bas this, and take it all. These bot tom lands are rich, growing forty to fifty bushels of wheat to the acre of barley and cats cue fourth more. Barley straw Is relished unite ss audi as the wild rye, oats or wheat Cat wlaa the grain Is In tlat milk, it Is equal a timothy, producing two to three and a half tons to the acre, de pending upon the Quality for brigs- iMajafiil t f baef aih! &m comlitf la rather fcnlted, and net vaJSev, of w09M i wjtf wMtaVe cent sale, steers, 'two year old next spring, brought (32 GO, and yearlings jU7. KlfimmtAM lire hand ef c:tt tie, thirty head, at an it vera he oT i.'n tier head, fourteen. i)0 cow, and the nmalnar ,T ... . 1 mi i,wv year onw. ns ww awn sm- Ue are offered. Mtr hills during the r ws abound ed with the Jwidte-tall o. .. . running in -herds of ten to thirty, and many were killed. Wild animals arc not numerous several lynx and cata mounts have been killed by the hunt ers and a savage cat they are. The climate is indeed lienlthful. nothing more serious than bad colds whir, do not seem to effect the lungs. Some jicrsons receive slight attacks of rheumatism in our clear, cohl weather. In all, there has beeu sevcti dcatlw in these two valleys only one of which was from any sickness produced here. Yet we need a minister, ami in case ef emergencies, which have occurred frequently, a physician and surgeon. We have two stores, with fair va riety. Also three smith shops ami two saw milk pine lumber at ten dollars per "m." one thresher, anil a farmer's mill from which good gra ham can be made. The grain crop the past year was about 4.000 bushels. Price for wheat, one dollar and fifty cents ; Oats ami barley, eacu one Hol lar. It is remarkable what relish we have for our food In this country, of which there is an a tmnditncc, although butter Is very scarce. e get no pa pers to learn of the outside world the latest dates I have seen was Dec. 8 It Is an outrage that this population of six or eight hundred cannot be sup plied with mall service. These valleys are an token up a large portion being owned by the W V. A C. B. Co. No lair situations excent tliose further eastward. These seeking health more than large profits, can, however, find locations for stock. but limited ground for winter's feed In this country we are liable to heavy taxation. Court expenses being Im mense. Jurymen are called 180 miles to trial, which, in State cases are fre quent and not speedy ; but as tlie citi zens become richer and more numerous they may be lighter. I realize that the Willamette Valley is the great agricultural country west of the Rocky Mountains, and Indeed a paradise in the Spring, Summer and Fall, with every convenience and lux ury necessary to the comfort and hap piness of a iiuily. This i a pastoral region, unlimited ; with small but fer tile valleys where the herds ramble at will, feeding and multiplying tlie general interest and production ot the country, the took of conversation rendering those most happy who have their care and possession. JAMES ELKIXS. ATTMt WEW From the Dalles Mmntainm of the 26th we copy the following cattle Items, furnished by J. W. Parker of Klicki tat. Washington Territory : If r Rent. Suirjes has lost about one hundred head of cattle out of a band of over three thousand that he wintered in the Yakima Valley. Hi band are nmr dnimr well. Mr FiMtcr ot Yakima has lost only two fend of cattle out of a band of thm hundred. Mr. iota H. Golden of Klickitat nas lost hot fire head of cattle out of three hundred Mr. D. B. Butler has lost only one bead out ofhls band of Angora goats. The hand to doine exceedlmrly well. He ha lost a few sheep, but nothing to speak of. A number of horses that were taken Into Klickitat last Fall, by immigrant! from the Willamette Valley, have died. Nva A Wa Wren's band of sheen on the Klickitat. Mr. Parker says, are the ' la. m finest band he ever saw. Their was this Winter has been very light. The iiniwrnortkm of the Klickitat Valiev Is now almost entirely clear of snow and the large bands of cattle are data well. We team from Mr. M. T. Mulky of Rock Creek that the cattle tn that sec tion n' our countrv are doing well, ana that he loss dnrin the Whiter from Use severity of the weatner nas MT ItnVtlt. Mr. Mm Todd ofTygh Valley, trim ham a lama hand ofoattfe en the shares, holnwlH tn I Vilonei John .StORS of tni city, reports mat navy are w wel and that he has nstajned no toss b i .. . ji during the winter. . -. Thenews from the Bridge Creek and John Day rivwcflottry M all of an en- iiiwSn ruttmnR. Mr Jf it. Phillies of this citr, who has a band of cattle on the Coliimbla, nM k. mnurli of Uw John Dav River, informs us that they have got tnrougn tlie winter all right. Mr. Z. DonneB, of this city, who was aupposed at one time (Ms Wtotor, w Sim, . hH nnmbarof hincattle. informs us that as far as lie was able to learn they were getting along fine- Mr. Mile seeanayttos kead of sheep ant of a band Mr. H. BarmsmefOraM Valley, en m cast Am of Ifeeobeaas, has tost km bead out afa band ef two red. tsiu M afr.Thsedore W, Pytt f awSTl ! Ui.l bi.e . "if and 4awnanemeatT JnttaSSS! haw net lost mm than twa Messrs. Wlggernian and I.ttsclier of this city. whoTate last Kali purcMsed tlie band of cattle running in the vi- PPi Jmefc- 4alwhatengwt to tne earalc oi Cornwall, me ')"" auiv Everv thhisr considered, these gf ifenien have been very for the cattle were scattered all over (mVcountry ami tlie storms set In to- fore they coUhl be got together, vm as tliev were well acquainted with the range tla-y got thrmigh the V Inter aii Mr. Hrslge ami others rrom wnuro Vallev arrived on Thursday and report tliat tiiere lias been no Ios to amount to any thing in that section of our country. , , . Captain McNtiltv has succeeded in bringing bis band through tlie winter without losing a slugleWioof. ! i.vi IVivi-nnorl has lieeu tlie most . . . .. unfortunate man. He lias lost tlie j largest per cent, of cattle of any per son lu this section, but exactly liow : many we do not know. A gentleman w lio Is well po4ed in ! cattle matters estimates that tlie en tire loss n Eastern Oregon from storms and want of feed and water, will not exceed three hundred and fifty land. The loss has been principally confined to sheep and tills has been caused probably more from being dis eased than tor want U Iiksi. I Mr. Connel. of Rockland, Klickitat conntv. W. T.. inforntes 'us that lie i will not lose over one-third ofhls band of calves. Tliose that nave died' Iwd j all the feud tliev could stand to. but i perlslied from exposure Several weeks ago we Were Inlhrthcd from what we then MinpoiwaHe)ha reliable source that Mr. Coouell would lose his entire band of young' calvW f Wit we are pleased, to 'make tlx) correction. Mr. William Tunibiul, of Yakima Valley, who arrived in town on Thurs day evening, inform, us that be suc ceeded In getting through the winter without losing a single boof of Ids large band of cattle. Also tlat Phelps A .Wadleigh, out'of a band of over one thousand, lave not lost but four la-ad ; and that the cattle on the Indian Res ervation wintered without any materi al loss. On one occasion during tlie Winter the thermometer indicated 18 degrees below aero In the neighborhood of where Mr. Trumbull resides, What few cattle were lost In the Yakima Valley mostly perished In the swamps where tliev had broke through the ice and mired down, and being un able to extricate themselves, died. Relation or IcNOUAM.it and ithmk. A Washington dispatch of the Otb November contains the follow ing! hies: Hon. John Eaton, Jr., Commis sioner of Kducatkm, is printing a se ries of statistics to be embodied m his annual report, setting forth the rela tion of education to crime in tne aew Knsland States. From this, It appears that, tint: Eighty per cent ot the criminals in these States have no edu- c it 'on, or not safldent to a-rve their available purposes in life. Second: Eighty to ninety per cent, of the criminals have never ieareedany trade. nor are they master ot any skui jd taoor. Third : Not hir from seventy-live yer c;nt of the crimes committed are by persons of foreign extraction. Fourth: Eighty to ninety percent, of the crim inals are intemperate. Fifth: K iuety five ner cent of the juvenile otfenders came from idle, ignorant, virioos, and drunken homes. .... A member of the British Home of Lords the other day, in a discussion on the American claims, presented to tl a Government the foitowtnt questions : If A and iif partners, sue V tor trawl, and defendant C proves that B, one of the plaintiffs, acted with him In com mitting tne i raw i, vr newer sncn proof would not be a complete answer and bar all damages ? Applying this to the question at issue wttn tne v linen mates, he argued that the North and South are now partners in the Alabama claims, and it this law in the ease or persons is good It ought to bold good in regard to nations. Forty Years' Experience have tested the virtues of Dr. WiOarU Valtam nf WM Charj, and the result Is that it is the best remedy extant for pulmonary and lung diseases; embracing the whole range from a slight cokito a settled consumption. H ere it not for lu merits, it would long since have "died, and made no sign. J3w8. - - in sms. "I weeded my friends,' mid aa ec centric ok) man, "by hanging a piece of stair carpet out of my first-floor front window with a constable's an nouncement affixed. It bad the desir ed effect. I soon saw who wen my friends. It was like firing a run at a pigeon bouse. They forsook the build ing at the ftrt report." An Insane Chinaman lately entered a house in Butte conntv, California, in the night, armed with a sytbe-blade, with which be stashed ammtat every thing. The man of the hause at leneth knocked him down with a club, when It was found that the maniac had cist off two ofhls fingers with his mj .I a ..1 i, f;.j ii They have a new way of getting np surprise parties hi Troy. A laaflent receives an anonymous letter' stating that a senprlse party will be wRh him on a certain evening. He prepares for it ooouy comes, tie u surprised Almost anybody wecJd be. An eetabhabmentat New IJsben that occupies a corner, keeps a little sign upon the side of the house, bearing tins Inscription : ''Three ieafcrs won't work." It has the desired effect There are never any loafers seen on that comer. A lady noticed a boy sprinkling salt on the sidewalk to take off the ice, and remarked to a friend, pointing to the salt: "Sow that's betievolence." No ttalnV arid the boy, somewhat h dkjnanOy, "It's salt." "Why doo't yon get down and lead tbehotwf That h) the way to keep oaya b lueih. horse, and 111 eaafiday, "Me," rcattai FURNITURK. C. MEALEY, DEALER 1M And MANUFACTURER FURNITURE Cabinet Ware, BEDDING, Etc., Dormer ! First and Broadalbln Sts., ALBANY, OR. Iai-ticlar ATTEWTIOlf PAID TO 01DEI8 OF ALL WM JUST RECEIVED FiOM 8. F. AMP THE BIST, THE LAatBT LOT New and Elegant EH IIOOONT TO AUAftlf! ,!r4" ton It nil hiiwiw: 19 iiillai iui WM DRUGS, KTf. " They Who Bare Nothing for Sale are farthest from Market " A. CAROTHERS & CO., WI10 KNOW TlltS TO EK TM'K, Arc aw kecpine, and also cr.nitai.tly rc-.i eciving additions to, The Largest Stock of Goods ttSOAS. TO THBIR TR4J9B ABOVE PORTLAND, AT SUCH PRICES That Purchaser Shall be Satisfied. Besides a Large Stock ef iRICi, CBEMCALS, PATENT MEDICINES, Paints, Dve Stuffs. and Oils. Thry keep Yankee iaotions. Oonfootionery fiaest Twee A Cigars wosTEiraoijrs ootlbit, mCSSi PERFUMER r, TOILET SOAP, Sverythlng USUALLY OBTAINED IX A tTBICTLT 108 EtTAIUINMENT. . T.' ,1-1 1 O ABTiCLB M10 : ' Mhl what a 4uaraateeI Ta Be JUST AS IIWcffNTEii Acst Arctic Soda! CO. r XT .1.1' . -"' ''" ' I k . .!,. i J' 'Vii ..." MILLINKKY, DRESS MAKING KIL1INSRT, DRESS IftfiM; V-AWU- , LADICK ASD CHILDREN'S FURNISHING HOUSE I rpitE l?snEKTOWKIWAaontltKn A I new StOek of iiillliiH'ry ("!, trim. mill!, lmltr!,' tinil elilhll-en's liiriiWiind siwils, of alt kiiiils. ot the latest unit nrn-a la.liUnmble sij les, wliieh site offers t I tie laJle' nf Albany am) snrronnmii(r country al the lowr-U iwes. In the Dress Making Department I mtaranteo entire satisfaction. t1in- liberal, SPECIALTIES i 1othln. Always on han't, la(lle,anl riiitiuvns' teady "Je uuder ctetlliny, eluaks, Nicks, aprons, etc. Rrem TrlnnninK. An extensive va rletv nf silk, satin, entton and auolvu (tivis trimmings, always in tire. lllii(r. llnnev-cimiKastnielian and aler-irHI io; n, oi inr nesi (junimet. Vara, Me. Laities' and children's rom plctc acts nf inn and swandoa n, if IhIchS siyies. S'lilanon. Latest styles constantly on hand, at low figures. M raeetlansew, Unings and fliKUnm of all grades and iualitl(!S, a fall amin inent. ' JAUIN'KTS MtJSI.INS, KMItUOIDKHIl-N MAI'KIt LINKS. Kill AXIt ALL O T H b It VAUIKTIIW or liLOVKs, itosK, irlvr. Mv determlnallon lwtng to alvt wttrfae tlon' in style and quality of wrk and prices, 1 ask a share of nnblk ratronagit. tall ai store Opposits A. Oarotheis a. Co., rtrat street. Albany, Oregon. MKNIIKN1IAI.I. A (.ODI.KY. MIIS. C. r. MENDKKIIALI.. Hits. HAIIAII O. OOW.KT. tdTAgent for Mrs. (iin'enter's Cn.r, nRATED DKi-ss Monn.. Nov. 4.7l-v4 1'ATBNT GATE, ETC. 8elf-Oponing and Srlf-Clasinf GATE. TATENTKII I1Y JOHJf IIIOKASOX, June i, 17. 'I'llK GATK IS W) roNWRt'trrKli That J wlicn Ihr Vehicle apprnnclics It tliu wIhwIs on onr sldr jioss over a k'ver wliicli is roiinected to the itatr liiaa uj a rwl, thnsuiwninx the irate txrfore yon and lust enln It open. After Rolnx Ihmnsh, tlm eftrriugr lnssc over a similar fc-vr i , alls, connci'tcd wlili lhPKteliiiii,caiislnglhn trntc. In its rotation, to shut behind you and fasten. No Getting Out of Tour Vehicle ! So Raising ot Latches Nor Pulling of Strings, Kxeept th "rthlmna" of your team. It Is often culled THE " LAZY MAX'S GATE,'' And a "Oead Open and Skill. ThU rate Is nlmple in Its construction, both of Iron and wood work, and not Hkely to eel out of order. If u neat, cheap aate lsdesiTOl.il nwy be made light, with three cross burs ol wood and ono-fonrth inch wire, neatly curved at the top, the tower end hid In the bottom bar, which Is the slvlc of n factory made gate. Tlie sales are now in practical use In several of the coiintirsaromid Sin Francisco, and plenty of testiniouluals can be given. THOMAS i. SAITOH, Ilnving purchased the Kight for Linn Co., Oregony Has now on hand, and will manaCM'tum tlie above described gate. Wherevtrlt has been used It has received the lttfrfceat en comiums, as the large number a certin--cates from prominent farmem to all parts, of the conntry, now In say saada, will testify. CARRIAGES AMD WA(iOXP Of AH On hand aad maniMhstiad tord.. Blaekssalthiag an aasoairutf none tn order at meat reatmnahl rate.. Khop foot of Tern street, apposite BraelK. Montelth CCS flouring aaOls. THOHAB j. sarroRii. Albany, Oet. SS, BM STOVES INSURANCE, ETC. OLD STOVE DEPOT. ' JOHN BRINGS, ;. . . "':f' Malar la , R A N OES. COOK, PABW)R AND BOX, STOVES J Of the best patterns. , TLH, NHEBT iaaB And the nanal aasertsaent ot furntehlng jooda to tw obtained la a tin store. Repairs neatly and promptly executed. aawsa ill noNT mnv, t. Bee. (., WSS-t