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Salem, Saturday, Dec. 21. i
ItRTIOVAIi.
-Tlie FxiiMtft oftlC" lm bocn.reinomlifo Stow
n.t'n lilotk, Cviiunoulnl
nor nl Hi"" left.
trf ft wp Mnlrfi, Ilrt
itUMoviui. ll.D. lloonhasiuinovcd
his stock of honkx, stationery,' and
musical Instruments to tlin building
formuily.otctiplcd by GUI. .SI eel & Co.
on Ftnto "trout.
PaidTi'. -Win. Giovc, lvj., Tieas
uciMfif Jivnton cqunty, came down
Jast Wednesday, mid paid ovev to tlic
Statu Trcnsuiur tho mnount (if taxes
.hie tin- State from Denton cginity.
flio total amount was newly 5i',W(i.
I ' 1 1 1 llll Jltil.lliAM'. John (.
Wrlylit. Hi .Uftinl,. displays n line
flock -of liollilny good". 'J'hciu Is
lothlugtn please tin- little folks that
cannot he hud at his slum in the line
nf toys. I live him a mil.
ft'Ol.n Out. tllll, Steel & Co. have
sold out their entire stock of books,
stationery, mid musical instruments,
to. Walter Jackson, lvi., who will
'continue tho business In J'atton's block
mi State SI reel.
Dim i smipn,- Itev. I'. I'. Campbell,
i'rehlilent of .Mouinouth College, and
Vrof. Chancy will soon commence
.idhcussloti on tho oilgiu and charac
ter of the Itlhlc. I'm (land Is to furnish
the arenn for the Intellectual eoulllct.
Ni.w I'r.itM. Monday last was the
commencement of u new teim at
Wlllainetto Dnlvcislly. CullHthenlc
and exercises with dumb-bells have
been introduced.
KoicTm: Ktsi. i:. I.. .pilegutc,
lj., Is on the point of starling to the
KiiNteiu States, wheic he projiose.s to
make a lecturing tour, for the puipdne
f laying before the people Information
oncernlng the climate, re-onives Ac.,
.if Oiegon.
LlTK.ANT OlWAN. i0V. (iroVcr
Has appointed the Dallas lli'intblU'iiii
iiHlitlgimt organ for Polk county, a
tniuuhiso heretofore enjoyed by tho
Monmouth Minm nitr. A change of
jwiiership in the latter paper, wo
presume, necessitated another ap
pointment. TiinMonor AVaii. The HlntcHiunu
liiihllKlu'H the following dlnpnteh fo
tho BuiRTlntciulcnt of Indian AHalr.
Jt istholntrsl lufoniiiitioii we have
rrouithe scene of the linllau dlllk'til-
ty:
"Jacksonville, Dec. 17. 1'xpres
urrlvtsl hint nlnbt. Kelly'x vonunnwl
with In ten hiIIch of the IndlntmA 'ol.
(Irccu will not penult attack until all
the forces can be concentrated. In
fuutry will probably arrive there to
duy. The Indians are entrenched on
'lie south side of Tide Lake, and a
tllit will ccitululy take place within
a week."
Cauioilnia. The tiaklaud Trim-
wrlpt wiyn of tho creeps 1
It is not immature to xneoulaio ,,n
. '..... A . !. .. ...
the crons tit the next season. Already
wie ciin,Y nun are piovniK 01 me very
greatest benefit to our iiurlcnltiir.il In
termix. The earth rclklim much of
the moisture of lust year's rains, so
Mint, with 1cm than the usual iuauti
ty ofiidu duiluu the eiiMilnj; winter,
(air crops will be -cciirc.l. In some
counties the limes Is already up and
rowing tliioly. , Inrnient will doubt
wll
y
leiw ov
'mlire ftrMn tlils'yfar than
Tust
KuviVAUA : religious ivvisal Is
nowproirrvMliiK at. Jefrerson, uiuler
LUm misptlc ol- the Vnltd Brethren.
fGrent lutcn-t Is Mild to he inpnlfotetl
In the meet lugs.
Tht.rpi''rf3)-hVit n pros
IHi'tina mxtx. Jiiu ,reuirH, from the
vleinlr?:bf'tW'l,lirfo,Fiitenl In the
CiiNomle inouutulus, with fifty omicfs
of Kotd nnd some prtvlotin utoncs, Tlie
r,y,t!SiiWUM,r-
Tho little child of Mr.J-VUUvt
C?Ji"ItyAL,nLt
urvwiiiUK 'O luurnjj imo a, uyiwig.
When found it WPt ntirely uncos
fcciotM, bul.ftfttr tiwrml boura Ubor
wu miUMltMt.!, ' '
HUg3f2ttaHi
m vUJMLTiaiiu.:'fKK&t
i-atT'r -epfpT 'v -
mi kit. !
'Individual, ns well ns for the country,
YVo hnvo before stated that almost is to sell each crop of wheat nt tho
tlie only nrtlelo for which Orcgoninns tiiuo It is gathered for tho best price
do not send abroad Is bread. Of that , it will bring. Wo believe Indlvidu
urtlelc wo have UMimll surplus which inls have lost by storing and paving
wo nro disposed to sell when we cm their wheat oftcner than they liavo
got a good price. Wo think every ! gained, hud we mo sure tho country
ono who looks carefully at tho pros-. at largo is not beiicilttcd by mo pon
enfeondHlQii of tilings must see that i cy which saves ono crop and refuses
wheat is to be tho main dependonco I to raise another becatio the prices
of tho country. Whenever our soli jure low.
promiccs 11 mihicjuiii. suiiuuu imii
article to nay for all tlie iirtieles that
w o import, money will bo sullleicntly I prophecies about weather hn ofiUica
plenty in our valley to keep the so far. There lias not been in this
wheels of business in motion. l!ut1valldy tho usual amount of rain, but
when we fall to balance our account thu weather has not uccn a""""-1-in
that way, tlie scale will turn. as many expected it would, ino
,.,,,.i.wt ..unii i.w.iif.v win ho M-m-ci! ' wind has been variable, ot?!i s:;oi
Mil! husinev slack. Of cour-o lliero
n i i..i..u n,,,( ,.. i.
produced with profit, and exported,
Itacon and dried fruit, butter and
cheese, and vinio other products of'
and garden, may yield
ns. Hut we believe bread
. ..
the farm
.small returns,
is to be the stall' of life to this valley
in moru than one particular.
'IMin ttkl.l.i.it i .ill., trrrm'tl. mill
'"" inuwirili m h'"
mil iiiii:il:ii iiiili ii;l jnt iiil. mw t
ducts of the soil must pay the bill.
The soli Is our capital and tho yearly
crop Is tho interest it yields, n mo
interest Is not collected regularly,
linril ft. .wis .in. sunt in enmi.. irill'il
.i ...m ...i iui f,.
iiuii'.s m u.iiiiu i.iiviivi v ..w.i.i. " i
produce the usual surplus, or when-1
over the prices are so low that the'
urpiusisnoisoiuoriioes nut ......K
a siilllcleut return. Tho past seamm
we produced our iintiai surplus, or
more, but prices nro low. Tho wheat
.sold has not hi ought a fair return and
many fanners have not sold. Tho
consequences are felt in every chan
nel of business.
And now a new danger stares us
in the face, llecmise of tho present
low prices iiiuny iiiriin-rs iiiu jui-iihk
mill 11 win not pay 10 .sow. .vie. 11
wo nrodiico next vcar less than our
.. ..'. :.,., -i
usual surplus wo win 1111 vu mo miuiu
difficulties, though the prices may
better.
What is tho conclusion of Iho whole
matter'.' Kvidontly it is that the
true policy Is to plow and sow with
out any regard to present or prospec
tive prices. Tho farmers of Oregon
must realize that as yet their influ
ence is barely felt in the world's
market. A million bushels of wheat
is really but a small Item. It is only
as our resources are developed, and
our surplus runs up into tho millions
that our influence will bo felt and
our produce sought. It is only ns our,
thousands of acres of idle hut fertile
land are brought into cultivation,
that we can hope to roach the final
proof of our material wealth and the
full realization of our hopo.
Tho aim then of every land owner,
great or small, should bo to break up
his wild acres and make them do
their duty. We do not rsiy that men
.should go beyond their means in
laying out work. Hut wo say all
avallablu strength should bo employ-
prosperity then, is to a great extent, r tin- mountains mere '""
in the liands of our land owners, if several severe snaps, and ,tock has
tho people of Orcgoiumistilress well Ullered considenibly, though thero
and tsnjoy all tlie superlluous luxuries lmvo been no sovcre los-o. Xso
... .-..t..i i,..iu ,m n... .....'know several ner-ons who liavo
K'd in developing our resouavs. No u,0 bill for building a railroad. It
I 1......I Ul.. .1.1.1 I... I. It.. 41. .1. I.. L.M.....I. - . 1. . .
hand should be idle that is strong
enough to work, nnd no eye should
bo blind to tho trim cause of our tllf-1
ficultlcs, and the true way out. of;
tiiuin. .m matter wnni me prices
are, we must produce wheat, ami
sooner or later wo must sell it, wheth
er it lo high or low. DltVeront things
will make prices vary, hut nothing
11 uoiiiiug
10 law that
isiierltv of
xsperiij 01
can causo a variation in the
is finally to govern the pro.-
this country. ltliuuliv for farm-
ers to sit in their
IlklM ltjllf ikk lt IVllf 4t
houses or get to-
l'elln.r In tho eoiintrv shire mid
irriimbU, about eornew." " inonon-
,, .7 .. . . 11 . .. '..'.ousiry 01 every kind to flourish.
olies," " .speculators,u Ac. l.ven If I The truth is Oregon docs not manu
ull theso tilings were as thoy ,upioso 1 facture 11 tithe of what she ought to,
they aru. they are facts over which order to better enjoy tho products
tliev have no moro control than over.1. 5. !ilr.own Kr,'" ntunl wealth. I
the wluo and tides.
If ther4' are not ships tnuough to
cause healthy coinpetltlou in carryr
J lng our wheat, toKuropv, HH1 freights
are high In, cpiiscquonco, ,wo can
ouh' accept the inevitable nnd do the
beat wo, can. .Woinaku to direct ACjUuk.-i$tcaiucniwlhhereafter
UKgeston as io the .disposal oX.the 1 t Cxafova'ge'i wharf, whlctihai
prevntwpwyofWhealp)Utaatule!ben'lea - 1 .
"WILLAMETTE FABMBR,
wo bollovo tho best policy for the l
,
i Tin: Wj:athi:k. Nearly
all tho
' rounrt tho rompass several
daw Tho vanes on our
times u
church
steeples lmvo been kept busy .
, y tho timo this paper reaches lis
rentiers mo iuys v. . , ?
j to lengthen," and If tho cold docs
not -onn begin to .strengthen," e
! ...... ..... ii.un....t. 41... ...luff... ns iisiinl
...in iii.. n.vn.nii. Hit. wlnlor ns usual
I Mill riii i...u..(j.. ..- -
with nouso for slelglis or sluitcs and
illttlo incoiivenienco to stock. Kast
. .. ........ ... ........ 1 ,
hands of cattlo in that legion with
out footh, who aro unite uneasy about
tlicni. it would only tako a few
days of severo weather in January
to cause serious loes to some. Our
i improvident friends
must hold their
-
breath and wait.
Tjn. ,,,,,1,0 ,,00plo of
.... . .. t .. , , .,.,,.
rary tastes, iiave reason to bo thank-
...., , . ,
Ail to the proprietors of tho Orerhuul
.Vonttfi for furnishing every month
a feast of Just such dainties as are
suited to their tastes and sympathies.
There aro two things we bcliove this
niagazino honestly tries to do: To
I represent tho interests of tills coast
l in its iagos, and to encourage young
..,,.i
promising writers who havo
grown up here. For tlicso reasons it
I deserves tlie patronage of all maga
. r11(inrs ,. fl.n enast. Wo urn
1 dad to note tho evidences of Its
growing merit and popularity.
U1.0011 Wilt. Tell. Philip Bow
ers, near Silvcrton, in tills county,
killed a three-year old steer tho last
of November, that woighod 9'tO
pounds net. Tho uiiimal was of
Grand Admiral blood, bred in nnd in,
nnd hnd Not been fed a bushel of grain
in his life. it. C. Gcer, of the samo
neighborhood, also klllod 11 steer ono
year old, which weighed IIU pounds
netAoue-fourth Devon and three
fourths Shorthorn, of Grand Admiral
blood also. Both animals wore rais
ed on grass and hay only, and tlioso
who nto of tho meat pronounced it
superior beef for any country.
JlffiK Counthy. McConnlck's
Almanac puts tho area of tho Dis
trict of Columbia nt fifty-five thou
sand souaro miles. If tho rest of
this country is to bo strotched out in
proportion, wo should not like to
travel across it on foot, or to ' foot "
is a mystery to us now nny prooi
reader should havo overlooked so
egregious 11 blunder.
Mas ur.uTOHY. A manufactory
for nil kinds of Implements required
by farmers will bo ready for opera
tion in .saicin uoxt year. Uy natron
ilng this worthy
1'ii'K mis wormy nomo
Jllu farmers of Oregon wll
,arf 'lreprtto " mone
Sent outer the State to
nomo eutcrpnso
111 causo tho
money hitherto
circulation and put to gootl use nmonir
00 Kopt in
I flllt llll IWMlltl.l tll.ll U ..J 1 ..A.....
our own innnilatlon. And in count'
I
C.1 wUl "Hven trndo. aud causo ill
I . in . iiiuiivj iiuisiuveri'
.AUd l..1....lll. ..n .11A..1K. ...... .1.....
li.il ..-III 1...1I......
I Huthtln,
WAimil'u'hs Th rialout Water
Comiwuy aro new laying malaplpe
along Court street in front of the pub
llCfqUttVe, , ' " .,
MHLMXa VKKSIS kuw"'
Ev. Faiimeiw I wad an article
with the abovo caption inyour paper
of November Oth, and ailm red all
Sat the writer said, excepting to
oft.handcd dig bo gave the grain
drill I mn not n manufacturer of
.... .....ii . .. I.vnmhuut lli'Uin HOW-
rrriim iiiiun. u. v.v.. v
... 1 s.A..an..mnfK call tell
what I know about sowing grain ( R QQi ?0nso'n faVor, 'Wnsliington
without prejudice, fetus or favor. I COMnty may bo" o.Vpectcd to give a
I ain in favor of ilrillfm, fr at least satisfactory report tho next harvest,
four reasons: 1. It wves seed. '2. It Thiols tho right kind of pluck to see
puts tho grain In bettor, because it Ij,, fanners. That whether prices be
covers f(Wthc,grnIn tho proper depth. 1 1,! or i0W) erops Aill,ior short, to
a. it is the cheapest. 1. All (or near-1 soe tj,0 farmers push right on, tm
ly nil) good farmers that hnveonco avorlngnndundiscouragcdputtinj,'
used the drill, continue to use it. tn0 stet.i IV nttj tjoepor eacj pow.
Mr. Flnlnvon gives no rcasoMis: why 1 ln&) plying tlio harrow n llttio more
ho is opposed to drilling, but, boing1t,l0,.ollghiyi roning a little more
an Inventor or a nroaucasi suv
sower, lio sows his objeetlons broad
cast j but that will not do, Friend
Finlnyoii; you must give us some
thing moro tangible.
In 18H9, T saw tho first grain drill,
mid two forty-acre fields of wheat
tlmt had been sown with it, in Clark
county, Ohio, in the best wheat-1 fans a hlglfmotlon, then romovo all
growing district of tliat .State, and it iho screens except tho lower one;
looked line. In tlie fall of 1810, It then put n stout boy to tho crank,
again saw the same fields in wheat, nntl it man on tho other sido with one
and tho nice straight raws showed 1 hand hold of the shnkcrniul tho other
that the drill had again done tlie , iuuui to adjust tho food. Then start
work, and In tho fall of 1S70 I again n with motion enough tocarryovory
passed the-o two field-, and it was. thing entirely over tho tail board on
certainly the llne-t prospect fori t0 ti,0 floor except tho largest and
wiieat that I ever .suv. Tho stumps plumpest kernels of wheat, which
had all disappeared, and tho rows of I yml W1n flmi coming down tho spout
wheat were ns straight as an arrow g00d ordor. Tills is far more ex
and as rank and green its a leek. 1 seditious than tho slow process of
told the man who was with mo at j hCrCcning, nnd does tho Job much
tho time that if these fields of wheat i,0tter.
were in Oregon our cllmato would j ,IUI3t iloro repeat my surprise,
make them yield at least sixty bush- ( munti0ncd in a former letter, at thi
ols per acre, but ho said that twenty- rmv ngricultural papors taken by the
live er thirty bushels was all they fa,.mor3 of Orccron. 1 liavo rnllod
could expect there,
mi... r....... ..II I
J IIU 1UI11IUI3 till
used drills there, unless they sowed
corn ground; then they used gang
shovels, and left tho ground rough,
to protect tho wheat in winter.
Now, tlioro was n test of thirty-one
years, 'and the result satisfied 1110
that tho drill was a success in Ohio.
In Oregon, tho ten acres of wheat
that took tho first premium nt tho
State Fair was drilled, so I nm in
formed by Davis Shannon, on whoso
farm it was raised.
The best and cheapest way to ralso
wheat in Oregon is what wo (tho
farmers) all want to know, for on
this knowledge dnpends our success
ns wheat-growers. Wo havo the
boll nnd the climate : now for, tho
best nnd tho cheapest modus optr
audi in raising nnd hnrvesting.
Wc lutvo sown iilwut elghty-fivo
ncros this yenr ; wo plowed tho land
once only, nnd that Inst spring and
summer, and pastured sheop on it
until tho wheat came up last 'fall
Wo sowed about twelve acres In Sep
tember broadcast, ono bushel nnd a
half per acre, nnd harrowed It both
ways, lapping tho harrow one-half
each time. Two or thrco weeks la
tor wo drilled in tho bnlauco of.tho
field with a six-inch drill ono Una n
quarter bushels per acre. It all looks
well, hut tho drilled looks bcstf and.
next harvest I will bo able to Judgo
by experience which is tho bat. I
know that drilling is tho cheapest,
as ono huml can put In ten acres per
day with 0110 span of horses, and do
it well aud easily
In regard todrllllug, I um t-01110
like the boy I ouco heard of, who
said his mother must be a very nican
woman, for everybody sitld shp was,,
nntl what everybody said inusti bo
true. Now, every person who tries
drilling wheat says It is flic, cAcaicW
ami bci. I. am eompelied to beliovo
it, friend Flnlnyson tor tho icontraryj
notwithstanding. It. C. Geeh.
Vrnll FarriilIiirioli Co.t Iev. W.
jyjt'ZtZl
.,. .....!, " -.- - -""-
rauroiui, wr uityvumew uwi.
grain wits intendeti forishipment to
California. ' The -pneo at the latter
market was $22.2r, ir hundred.
poutuR 4 )
. '''! North-WMteru Stage Company
haT put en' four-horse stage coach,
;r"v, v -
Letler Troin Washington County.
Foukst aitovi:, Dee. 1-1, 187,
Kiv PAKMr.it: Tho farmers of
Washington county have now a
largo breath of land sowed to wheat,
and many havo soweda good quai.
tlty of fall oat. They also have lm
nroved tho excellent leather fortlm
lAf-f it. .nA1 In l.lnwt.in. nn.l ul.r...i..
I ..innnthlv. and sowlncr onlv thn Imu
of seed (horoughty cleaned. And
hero let me give tho expense of an
old silver gray in cleaning seed ns 1
'have yet 6ecn hut few good fanning
I mills ill this State.
Take any ordinary mill, and tin-
eouplo tho pitman s0 as to glvo the
iqulto extonsiveiy on the fanners of
this county, nnd can persuade but
few of them to tnko your excellent
paper.
Tho most general reason assigned,
is tho lack of means these hard time
nnd low prices. Brother Farmers,
you mlstako tho ends of economy 01
tho best menus to secure it by refus
ing to rend your agricultural paper.
Knowledgo is economy itself. I have
never known an instance whero u
fanner took an agricultural papor and
road it, nnd observed tho benefits
derived fromlt, but would acknowl
edge that ho was enabled thoroby to
save much moro in casit during the
year than tho price of tlie paper, and
I am confident that an exception to
tho caso cannot be found in tho Stato
of Oregon.
Farmers of Oregon, lot mo toll you
in nil candor that you havo a grave
question to solve! Wheat is u your
staple crop, and the history of the
whoat plant overy where domon
statcs that tho essential ingredients
of its food nro easier lost, and harder
to bo restored to tho soil than. that of
any other grain. Thero are whole
counties Just; cast ofdho great mount
alns, thatiwhon first cultivated yield
ed 2G to 35' bushels of wheat to the
ncrp, that in twonty yoara would not
avorogo 10 bushels por acre, nnd in n
fow more years, must coaso tho culti
vation of it altogether. It is It fact
patont to every observer in this State
11. 11 ...l..n aaj nAt ..lnl.1 no It t. ctml
U1IU flICIHUUV.lllU.JIUl.l.."V
to do," nnd tho onlyromedy offered
is better) culturo'l deeper plow
ing." Uut d.oepor plowing has its
limit Keeping stock over tho mount
ains does inot .furnish you manure,
neither is It at handiin tho market.
What Is to bo done? Can hands
without a head; solve tho problem?
I tell you farmers place in your fam
ilies yourugricultural paper flrst,thcu
tho best others published, nnd road
thorn closely, aud soo that your sons
and daughter rend them also.
. W. L. Cuhtjh.
llKK.-ThooTergpodfWf
,iuwo had no causo rorcompiainttnus
far tlo present winter. Tho butcher
stalls aro1 well supplied with as fat
and tender beef as the most favored
season of the yea'eouid, produce.
The teamen Shoo Fly and Success
toucked at the Salem wharf 'a few
minute en Monday, or their upward
beuadtrip, (ThIs Is Ue,flnt tripthe
BbeoFly has made for 'sometime.