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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1882)
Published Every Friday Morning S. WOODCOCK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Payable in Advance.) Per Year 82 BO tix Months 1 SO Three Months 1 00 Single Copies 10c AH notices and advertisements intended for pub cation should be handed in by noon on Wednesdays. Rates of advertising made known on application . ATTORNEYS. M, S. WOODCOCK, -A-ttornev " at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. KELSAY & KEESEE. .Attorneys - at - Law. CORVALLIS, -18-22-yl. - Oregon. A. CHENOWETH. M. JOHNSON. CHENOWETH & JOHNSON, .Attorneys - at - Law, Corvallis, - - Oregon. 19-26yl E. HOLGATE, A.ttorney - at - Law, CORVAMJS, Oregon. SPECIAL attention even to collections, and money collected promptly paid over. Careful and prompt attention given to Probate matters. Con veyancing and searching of records, &c LOANS NEGOTIATED. Will give attention to buying-, gelling- and leasing real estate, and conducts a general collecting and busi ness agency. Office on Second Street, one door north of Irvin's shoe shop. 13:43yl PHYSICIANS. F, A. JOHNSON, 3?h.ysician, Surgeon, Ani Electrician. Chronic Diseases n.ade a specialty. Catarrh suc esfully treated. Also Oculist and Anrist. Office in Fisher'B Block, one door West of Dr. F. A. Vincent's dental otfice. Office hours rom 8 to 12 and froui 1 to 6 o'clock. 19:27yl T. V. B. EWBREE, lYl. , JPhysician & Suraeon. Office 2 doors south of H. E. Harris' Store, Oorvallis, - - Oregon. Residence on the southwest corner of block, north nd west of the Methodist church. 19:21 yrl. : mtttt VOL. XIX. CORVALLIS, OREGON, AUG. 18, 1882. NO. 34. City Stables i Daily Stage Line FROM ALBANY TO CORVALLIS. THOS. EGLIN, Proprietor. On the Corner West of the Engine House CORVALLIS, - - OREGON. HAVING COMPLETED MY new and commodious BARN. I am better than ever prepared to Keep tne BEST OF TEAMS, BU33IES. CARRIAGES AND SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE. At Reasonable Rates. &&T Particular attention given to Boarding Horses Horses Bought and Sold or Exchanged. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. Having secured the contract for carrying the United States Mail and Express ' FROM Corvallis to -Albany For the ensuing: four vears will leave Corvallis each morning at S o'clock, arriving in Albany about 10 o'clock, fnd will t-t art from Albany at 1 o'clock in the aiternoou, returning to uorvstus aDout 5 ociock This line will ) e prepared with good teams and care eul drivers and nice comfortable and EASY RIDING VEHICLES For the accommodation of the TRAVELLING PUBLIC. 19-27yl IE W GOODS ! G. R. FARRA, M. D, DPhysician. & Siargeon. 0 FFICE-OVER GRAHAM, HAMILTON CO'S Drug Store. Corvallis, Oregon. 10:2f.yl DENTISTS. E. H, TAYLOR DENTIST The oldest established Dentist and the best outfit in Corvallis. All work kept in reoiir fre-? of charge and satisfae on guaranteed. Teith extracted without pain by ha u.ie of Nitrous Oxide Gas. ffy .looTia up-stafn over Jacobs & Neugass' new Brick Store, Corvallis, Oregon. 19:27yi MISCELL.H EG US. J. IT. NORRIS, WAGON MAKER, Philomath, Oregon. Blacksmithing and Wagonmaking a specialty. By constantly keeping on hand the best materials and doing superior work, I expect to merit a share of public patronage 32ui3 J. H. Nonais. F. J. Hendrichson, Boot and Shoe Maker, Philomath, Oregon. I alwavs keen on hand snnprinr ttil. terial and warrant my work. I ask an examination of niy goods before purchasing elsewhere 19-32-lyr F. J. Hendrichson. F. J. ROWLAND, Blacksmith & Wagonmaker, Philomath, Oregon. Mr. Rowland ia prepared to do all kinds of wagon making, repairing and blacksmithing to order. He uses the best o material every timo and warrants his work. iy-32-lyr MDORE & SPENCER: ucccsiur to 7. J Buford.) Ikw Shampooing, Hdr Cutting, Hot and Qold Baths. Buford's 01.1 Stand. .. JL . : 18:36:ly 0. H. WHITNEY & 00. Having recently located in Corvallis, we take pleasure in announcing to the trading public that we have just opened our Spring stock of Dry Goods, Furnishing- Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps. ALSO A FULL LINE OF Fancy Dress Goods, Silks, Satins, Fringes, Laces, Buttons, Corsets. Our stock has been selected with the greatest care, and for quality and cheapness is second to none. Having a resident buyer in the leading markets we -are enabled to purchase latest style goods at lowest prices. Call and ex amine our stock before purchasing, and save from lO to SO Per Cent ON PURCHASES BY DEALING AT OUR E FRICE STORE. C H, WHITNEY & CO 19:1 4vl R. MERRXMAN, AGENT FOR THE WORLD-LENOWNED THE YAQUINA HOUSE! Ia now prepared to accommodate travelers IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE. MEALS AT ALL HOURS FOR OilfJUT 25 CENTS. HORSE FEED Constantly on hand, at the LOWEST LIVING RATES. Siluaued on the Yaquina Road, half way from Corvallis to Newport. 19:12m3. P. BRYANT. HUTTON & MILLIARD, BLACKSMITHING AND Carriage and fluggy Ironing, Done Neatly. HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Corvallis, 19-27m8 Oregn. DECKER BROTHER S PIANOS, Acknowledged now to be the best by all musicians, and used by the celebrated queen of players Julie Rive-King In preference to all others. J. & C. FISCHEE'S PIANO, The leading and best second-class Piano on the m et. ALSO THE Old and Established Standard Mason & Hamlin Organ. Will be In Corvallis and vicinity from time to time to sell these leading instruments of the world, unfair and unprincipled opposition to the contrary notwithstanding. 13-27m3 TOSSING THE HAY. Out in the meadow, tossing the hay. An old, old man, one summer day. Sighed as he worked, and weariiy said: "The flowers of summer will soon he dead. And the leaves of the trees will wither and die. And the bees' hum cease, and the son? bird flv To the sun-blessed South: and the harsh winds blow And the earth grow cold with the ice and snow. And long months pass ere again we see The roses, sweet roses. Ah, me! Ah, me! For I am as weary as weary can be. Out in the meadow, tossing the hay. Working as though the work were play, A brown .faced boy right cheerily said: "The apples and pears are turning red. And the grapes grow sweet, and the nuts grow brown, And the maple will soon wear a fiery crown; And when it is faded old wintcr'il be king. And the rivers will freeze, and the sleigh bells ring. Then, ere long, for tne days so snort win oe. The roses, sweet robes, again we'll see. And I am as happy as happy can be!" LIVE STOCK IN MIDSUMMER The latter part of summer is often very trying to live stock. Pastures are short, old grain is high, the new not yet fit to feed. Milk may be in great demand and the farmer loath to cut in upon his corn loader, in tended for curing, to feed off the aftermath; he is lucky who can turn his young stock of cattle and horses into mountain or high wooded pas tures, where they will have water and may make at least halt a living upon underbrush, etc. Early sowed fodder corn comes in well now for milch cows, and there is really no other good use for it. It cut for curing it is hard to dry without molding and decaying, and if left to stand until after the middle of Sep tember, when it will cure well, it will be as woody and tough as "corn stalks." When fed to milch cows, fodder corn ought to be cut short and sprinkled with two to four quarts of coru meal per cow each day. Ihere will then be no complaint of the quality or the quantity of the milk. Ifthefceare fed without the meal, the milk will surely be thin, and the cows are exhausted by the increased flow, and soon fall off in yield. Horses in pasture are often ex tremely annoyed by flies. If they van stand when not in use in dark sweet stables, by all means turn them into the pasture only at night. Gnats and mosquitoes are of little annoyance to horses, but the larger day-flies, and the (Estrus, or Bot-fly, set them almost crazy. Ewes and lambs are usually sepa rated in August, aud while none of our domestic animals is moreoften used as a type of maternal affection than the ewe, yet the agony of sepa ration will be of short duration, and not especially painful if the two flocks, dams and lambs, can be pas tured so far apart as not to bear each others calls. It is well to put with the lambs a few wethers as flock leaders, or a ram or two if there is danger of annoyance by passing dogs. The ewes should be penned and their milk drawn enough to relieve their udders several evenings in sue cession after taking the lambs away. Wounds on any kind of animals are liable to be fly-blown and very an noying. The best treatment that we know of is an application of strong carbolic soap. lhat vhich is sold as sheep dip is very good; but be careful not to use the arsenical sheep dips or anything of that kind. Soft soap or semi-solid soap strongly impregnated with crude carbolic acid is good, and any one can make it. It will be found good for all kinds of raw sores, galls, bites, scratches and the like on man or beas. The place for pigs at this season is in the apple orchard; the falling fruit is wormy, unless indeed a gate shakes off sound fruit, and the pigs unconsciously slay thousands of in jurious insects. THE MANURE HARVEST. In the midst of the grain, anu grass, and harvest of tubers, we must not forget the compost heap, in which we garner and store the un sowed crops of a future season.' The saying that "anything that grows in one summer, will rot betore the next," is a safe guide in collecting vege table matter for the' compost heap. When sods, muck, and weeds form a part of the heap, it is not alone the material which we are assiduous in collecting, and put into the heap, that constitutes its whole value. The fermentation induced by. the dug and liquid manure, 'and the ac tion of the lime or ashes added, work upon the earth, adhering to the roots of the weeds, and forming a consider able part of both tods and muck, and develop an admirable quality of plant food. Henoe this element of the compost heap, which is generally over-looked as possessing any special value, should never be wanting. It has, moreover, its own offices to per form, in promoting decay, in the for mation of humus, and in preserving. locking up, and holding on to valu able ingredients of plant food. The coTjpost heap should always be laid in even layers, and each layer should go over the entire heap, for thus only can final uniformity be had We do not mean special-purpose composts, and those made for gen eral farmxrops. It would be well if every particle of dung, liquid manure, straw, litter, leaves, weeds, etc., eould be worked together into uniform fine compost, and there is really no substantial reason why this should not be done. The gardener would plead for certain special com posts. It might perhaps be well to make a special hen-manure compost for corn in the bill, and taking the general compost as a basis, to make one for turnips, by the addition of a large percentage of bone-dust. All this may be done establish once the rule to compost everything of manu rial value, and we have in prospect an abundance of farm-made fertilizers at all times, and for all crops vic tory over weeds, a good place for decomposable trash of all kinds, sacred burial ground tor all minor animals and poultry, w'nose precincts ueed never be invaded. There will besides be no stagnating pool in the barn-yard, tor all liquids will go to the tank to be pumped over the compost heaps no nasty, slumpy barn yard, for everything will be daily gathered for the growing com post heap, and the harvesting of the manure crop, and its increase day by day, all the year round, will be source of constant pleasure to master and men. THE PEACH HARVEST. On the whole promises to be large in the noted Peach districts. With in a few years, many have planted Peach orchards in localities not here tofore regarded as "Peach regions," and these will probably market their'; first crop this year. Comparative novices will have to compete with experienced growers, and must con form to established customs. Crates for sending Peaches a long distance are preferable to baskets. Tlio stan dard crate consists of two ends and a middle-piece of f-inch Btufl". These pieces are 7 by 14 inches. For each side of the crates, use four pieces, 2 inches wide, and 23 inches long; for the top and bottom each, one piece 6 inches wide, and 23 inches long, the sides, top, and bottom, of f-inch stuff. The strips should be. well secured to the end and center-pieces by nails. If the crates are to go a long distance, a strip should be nailed across the top and bottom at each end; this, when they are stacked upon one another, will allow of sufficient ventilation. In packing peaches, more care is re quired than with any other fruit; a single over-ripe Peach will spoil the sale of a crate. Hence, Peaches, as they are picked, should be turned out upon a table or bench, and care fully examined; every one that may become soft before the fruit will be sold, should bo rejected. In filling the crates, they should be so full as to require some pressure to bring the top to its place. Assort the fruit, but let each crate be of the same quality all through. It is cus tomary to make three grades, dis tinguishing the "extra" by "twig ging," that is, by placing a leafy twig of the Peach-tree upon the fruit before the cover is nailed down. Mark the crates plainly, with the name of th e consignee and that of the shipper, and -always Inform the commission merchant in advance of the shipment by letter or by tele graph. SHEEP IN THE WEST. The enormous growth of sheep culture in the West makes it im portant that the center of trade should be in a Western city, and Chicago, situated as itjs, half way between the spindles and the loom? of the East and the great ranges of the West, with it unparalleled trans portation facilities, is the natural point at which this trade must con centrate. Within the last three years the number of sheep west of the Mississippi River has doubled, and the increase of the flocks instead of being marketed as lambs, is now kept for wool because of the greater profit. In Kansas, for example, the number of sheep in January, 1881k according to the State Board of Agricultural, was about 808,000. In January, 1882, according to the same authority, the number had in creased to over 1,000,000, and Kansas is not an exceptional State. The same is true of Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, and others of the States and Territories of the great West, where the limitless ranges of wild pasture invites flocks of a siz that cannot be fed in the more thickly settled portion of the country. The almost fabulous profits that have accrued to those who have handled sheep on a large soile, and the small risk of loss in the high and dry climates, has drawn an enor mous amount of capital into the busi ness, and the statistics of the next census will astonish the world. In JNew .Mexico and. Texas, and to a certain extent in Kansas and Colo rado, stock companies are being or ganized with capital of hundreds of thousands of dollars for sheep rais ing, and flocks of 25,000 and 50,000 under single ownership and control are now grazing upon the prairies. ine natural increase ot sheep is about 75 per cent, and so great is the demand that the herdsmen are not sending their Iambs and ewes to market, but are keeping them for the profit they find in breeding and in wool. The grade is being rapidly improved, and under the auspices of the woool-growetV associations that exist in every State and Territory, blooded stock is being introduced. Inter Ocean. American Manufactures. The collection and classification of facts relating to the material progress of the people periodically intrusted to the Census office, furnish in gener al, valuable milleetones in the path way of the nation's greatness. How ever uninteresting to many, the de tails are full of instruction to the statist. As the mountain nil, minute and inappreciable in its source, is constantly s .veiled by other streams, and goes on wide'ning and deepening in its course until it is swallowed up and looses its identity in the ocean, so these streams of knowledge, pour ing in towards a common reservoir from every factory, hamlet, town and state, appear at length to be merged in one vast and useless aggregate, de void of either individual, local or general interest. But the great col lection of truths which they serve to swell may bear up the&ark of a na tion's hopes and confidence. The re sult may form a subject of national pride and gratulation, and may, like the ocean itself, become impressive to all nations from its grandeur. The statistics of looms, spindles and fac tories, and of a thousand other in struments of ' creative industry, be come the representatives of almost every form ot national aud individual happiness, exertion and power. The computation of statistics of American manufactures exhibits an increase which is something remark able. In 1830 the amount invested in cotton manufacture was little more than 40,000,000. The number of spindles was 1,250,000; of males employed, 18,539; of females, 38,057. The amount of cotton used was 194, 3a0 bales. Fifty years pass away and the number of spindles has increased to 10,769,147. The amount of cot ton used in 1880 was 2,000,000 bales. The number of persons employed is 181,428, and the amount ot capital invested in mills and subsidiary work is more than $225,000,000. From 1870 to 1880 th product of our woolen manufactures has increased nearly $20,000,000. The silk pro ductions of the United States rose from 12,210.662 in 1870 to 34,410,463 in 1 880. The growth of the iron and steel industry has been remark able. In 1810 wo produced 50,000 tonsofirou. In 1J80 the iron and steel works of the United States pro duced 7,265,100 tons. In twenty years the capital invested in the man ufacture of machinery has increased from $5,000,000 tr $40,000,000. The future promises to be still brighter than the past. N. Y. Economist THE DAIRY COW. "Many are the eulogies that have been written upon the noble horse and sagacious dog; but the cow, the most valuable friend to man ot alt the home animals, is allowed to send her tributes to the domestic kingdom without praise or thanks. From whatever standpoint we view her contributions to the food supply of man, she becomes an object of inter est and value. Upon the purity aud superlative nutritive character of her product frequently hangs a life pre cious to humanity. She furnishes food aud sauce to the poor man's board and a more than royal luxury to the table ot wealth. Withdraw hcr products ; and the culinary art has not the skill to make viands for the table palatable. The dairy cow is the product and necessity of civi lization. Her contribution the wealth of nations in milk, butter, cheese and beef aggregates annually a tremen dous sum; but this vast amount is but a trifle when compared .with the contributions to the life, health and. " comfort of man. The horse belongs to man's luxury; the dog to his weakness; the pig to his cash balancrs,but the cow to his home necessities. We pay the tribute of respect to the cow while passing to speak ef her in relation to the dairy, where she must be regarded as a machine to manufacture the products of the farm into milk, and the inquiry is for the machine of the greatest power and capacity. It may be well to define what is meant by a good cow. In general terms the following are some of ber characteristics: 1. Nature has given her immense vitality, perfect and well-balanced organs, and preserved her in the highest bcalthfulness. 2 Her digestive and assimilative organs are of the greatust capacity. 3. All food digested, above what is required to mautain the animal in full health and vigor, is converted into milk. 4. The disposition, the size and symetry of the animal, the udder and the labor of milking are the most desirable kind. As a part of financial consideration the animal, in stylo ard color, is a creature of beauty and possesses such purity of blood as to be able to trans mit all her excellence. A just im pression of the cow as a maohine is not conveyed by any general state ments. Let us explain the marvelous mach ine. The eyes are prominet and in tellectual, but mild; we can handle her wkh safety. The mouth is large and lips full, giving notice that she likes to rat; her head is slim and cleau, bnt not so long and straight as to iudicate obstinacy; her horns are clear, slim and short, and fre quently look like a heifer's horns; her neck is lean and ewe-shaped; her chest spacious, but deep rather than wide; ber stomach ia large and her loins strong; her skin is as yellow as golden butter, but is not underlined with tallow; her legs are short, show ing she has not squandered surplus material for racing. Look at her magnificent udder; it is square, even quartered, well formed, covered with soft, long hair, and with teats that are a perpetual invitation to ihe milker; the life-currents of the ani mal are concentrated there." Pro- feasor S. A. Knap. Tie Horse Disease. Doctor Detmerssays that the horse disease near Corpus Chnsti is an epidemic, though not contagion; that it is owing to a combination of circumstances which is not likely to occur in many years. 1st. The horses passed through the winter in better condition than usual, and had a plethora of blood when the sudden warm weather came, and the system was not pre pared for the change. 2nd. The rains in the spring caused an excess of pond water. which, under the influence of the summer heat, became unwholesome. These two causes rendered tho stock more liable to brain diseases than they would ordinarily have been, and the heat produced brain fever or. meningitis. He recommends depletion as a preventative, and the removal of all animals to running or pure water. Bleed as a preventive only. After the brain is affected, blister the poll thoroughly and administer a good dose of saltpetre. This is all that-' can be done in the way ot treat ment. Texas Live Stock Journal