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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1883)
T T" To the Farreri. We have many luquiriee from farmer and ntbera aliuut cio tmispecta in lialitie other than their own. In order that we may Iw able to give a dill statement of the condition of the condition of the cro in all parte "f the cuu ty we have prepurod the following question which we desfce otir farmer friend to answer in detail. We would like to have a letter from every neighborhood in the county. The an ewer may be given by writing down the num ber of each queetinn as we have numbered GUAED SUPPLEMENT, LOCAUTEMS. Thoa. Vinduyn of Cohurg, haaar rived from amwtliH mountain, wh a drove of borne I I berof each question ae K. M. Mulliollaiul, of Junction, fml them, and theu write the answer to each ques nmi mnVii hiu l.iit u..n n lln.t l, ,1 t . ........ inn uiuj ntvi n ui VII1U, wliern h expeeu to n-Hidt hereaftej Lant wwk 2000 head of iiheep, W lotiin to Dr. It L Willnughhy pancd through Cohurjf en routn to Easf-m Oregon; also a drove of cattle heling irij to Mr. Wyatt. Married, in Eugene City, June 25, 1883, l,y Eld. It (J. Gallium, Mr. .Vim Simpson and Miss Anna RoImthoii; hoth of Siuslaw precinct. The) hippy couple immediately left for Yauuina Buy. , ! The. .following teach'ra from Lane) county have Iiwii in attendance upon tlm State Institute at .Salem: E. E. Burke, Alness MuCornack, Nettie McCornack, Mrs J h Kenton, Mrs M C Kenton, TCJudkiim, J N Goltra, Mrs M P Spiller, and Stella Whitra-ker. A ntuge was Htoppedand tho passen gers roltlied in Montana la:t week. Tim editor of the Inter-Mountain was was aboard and tlm rohWa got from him one dollar and a half. So far thn dispatcli contains nothing marvelous, Robberiec of sua;es are amnion enough and editors with a d illar and a half are occasionally to he found, hut when it u'oes on say that the Kind editor had tion opposite it number. We will make a full report iu our issue of the (Ji'ahd of July 7th. Hence thoee who eend in answer will please tend them by July 6th. We he out friends will make Inquiries among their neigh bors nuon the noinU contained in the aum e question and then answer each question sepa rately. The following is the list of questions. 1. Will the March towing of Spring wheat be excellent, good or iuferior. 2. Will the April sowing be excellent, good, or inferior? 3. Will the May sowing lie excellent, good, or inferior? 4. I there any Fall sown grain, and will it be excellent. Kod. or inferior? 5. What proportion of the acreage of wreat is March sowing? 6. What proportion is April sowing! 7. What uronortion is May sowing! 8. How does the acreage sown to wheat compare with the acreage sowu to wheat hjst year: , o T liAif AvHkllnk riwul or inferior? 10. Is hop crop excelleut, good, or inferior? 11. How does acreage compare with lasi J'ear: , 12. Will potatoes be excelling good, or in 1 ..m9 13. How does acreage compare with last year. 14. What is the proHct for apples! 15. What is the prospect for peai! Id, What is the prospect for plums. 17. Will garden cr..pi lie excellent, good, or inferior? Let each ueraon who answers the above ques tions do so iu a spirit of candor; remembering that while it is our boast that we have a couu 11 'oes on Miy iimb no- iwm run", unit j wiai. wuue iv w um wo 600 concealed oil his person the roll-, try that produces never failing crops, yet, our ... ....... . ! 1 .a! I .. .... till. Iiers did not find, it is too incredible. for Mief. Now Mr Uorsey threatens to make public certain ducu.u.'iits which lie tells liia friends will seriously damage Blaine, MacVeagh, the late ostiiiaiiter general James, and, indeed, all tlih Re publicans who deserted him in his ex tremity, including the President In that case Mr. Dorsey will lie. abln to arain focus the public eye in a very brilliant and Ulimted m inner. The Repulilican party in Ohio is again balancing itself in another effort to perform the treat feat of carrying a lieer keg on one shoulder and a jug cf cold water on the other. Mr. Beecher says it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes u rich. That kind of philoso. phy won't go down with the man who holds a holi-tail flush. The New York Times saya that Mr. Tildcn "was buried aeven years ago under a load of popular defeat. Lord, Lord! how this world is given to lying. crone are sometimes short. Iet us have the condition of the crops as they are whether good or bad. Real Estate. Harness Shop. H AVINO OrENED A NEW SADDLE AND HARNESS SnOP 0 8th 8TRE1T, west of train Hios., 1 am now prepareu w lurnwu ecrjvuum iu ... .. -- TllH Mot Competent Workmen Are employed, nnd I will endeavor to give satisfaction to all wlnlna favor iiih with a call. . A. S. CIJKHIE. Smith & Cox -GENERAL DEALERS IN- Having lately issued a circular descriptive of Lane county of 15,000 copies, I can furnish the same free to parties wishing to send them East to friends. They furnish more informa tion, such as the immigrant wants, than you could write iu a letter of 20 pages. I am also operating with E. J. Haight Co., of Port land, Oregon, the most active, energetic and thoroughly advertised firms on the Pacific Coast Parties having real estate to sell will find it to their advantage to place the same iu my hands, as I am comtantly increasing my advertisements, an I am fully determined that Lane county shall have her share of the immi gratiou bound westward. Geo. M. Miller, . Real Estate Broker. Office, Willamette St, Eugene City, Or. The circulati u of the Guard is rapidly increasing. Advertisers should make a note of this. Nonet A third payment of 25 per cent has been authorized by the Hoard of Direc tors of the LC, M. A. Stockholders can get their money by calling on John McCluug. Rosco Ksox, fec'y. Agricultural Implements. We intend keeping a full line of first-claLs Farming Implements.con sisting of D. M. OSBORNE & CO.'S CELEBRATED TWINE BINDERS, REAP ERS AND MOWERS; STILLWATER ENGINES; MINNESOTA CHIEF THRESHERS; JOHN DODD'S OLD RELIABLE, HOLLINGSWORTH S, REINDEER AND RED BIRD HAY RAKES; THE KETCH UM WAGON; MITCHELL'S WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES, ETC., ETC. It is our .intention of staying here and we guarantee all goods sold to give entire satisfaction. . Prices as liberal as any house in the Northwest. Warerooms on Willamette Street, Opposite the Guard Office.