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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1872)
$2,50 por Year, in Advtmco NOTICK TO Sl'BSCHIBEHN. The dalo nppenrlUK alter the printed name on the paper In the date of the FXPIKATION or nbeerlptlon. Dcstructhe Fire In Portland. Wo copy the following from tho Bulletin of Monday last : At half past nine o'clock Sunday forenoon a tire was discovered In a wooden building on tho cast side of Front street, In this city, by Police man Mercer, who gavo the Depart ment the alarm from No. 1 bell, wliluh lifniMvltf tn Mm ftnotiA m t lin llri run mil ! forco of tho city firemen. The firemen ' were quickly stationed in positions for active sorvieo, out noi uiuu uie lire had made such headway as to be for a timo wholly beyond control. The result is most disastrous. There have been destroyed over twenty buildings lying between Morrison street on tho south and "Washington street on the north, for tho space of two full blocks on tho east Hide of Front street and thrco fourths of tho block on the west side of Front street between Morrison and Alder. OKKIl.V OK THE KIHK. Tho flro was originated In a careless manner by some Chinese, who were boiling pitch and tr, which wn being, USCd hi' them to till cracks 111 the lloor OI iiicirupnriiiieiiis. iiii'iiuujm nun to make the flooring waterproof, so -. -r ..-.,. m .!n1. nA. nnA that in their washing operations there should bo no leakages upon tho ten ants below them on the wharf. Ono of tho kettles In M'lilch the composi tion was being prepared boiled over into the Are, and throw tho Celestials Into such n terrible fright that they wero powerless to do anything to stop tho spreading of tho flames, oven if they had been possessed of senso enough to do anything. BI'IIRAD OK THE KI.AMKS. The wholo row of buildings adjoin ing that in which tho flro originated was of tho most inflanimablo materi als, and burned with the quickest flash and wonderful rapidity. From Kast & Richards' to tho corner of Alder street tho entire row was soon envel oped, and the crackling embers wero carried across tho street, to Carter's flue, largo thrco story building. Tho Franklin Book Store, a lire-proof brick, was burning simultaneously with Carter's building and the Intcn sest heat was thrown out, with a brisk wind from tho southeast, which caused tho greatest consternation on First street. When It seemed impos sible to stay tho progress of the flames, everything moveable was taken out from tho Tost Office, tho Occidental Hotel, and places of business ou tho east sldo of First Htreet from Morrison to Alder. Luckily this was unnecessary and tho flro was stopped in tho center of the block before reaching First street. It was thotigbt at nan-past leu wto u tho tiro would ue subdued at Alder street, ou tho east side Front, but In n.iu nil worn mistaken. It kept down tho wharves until Washington street was reached, and four more fine i brick buildings owned by Messrs. H. W. Corbctt, Jas. W. Cook, O. Rlsley und Wm. Masters, besides several twp story frame buildings, Mere wholly destroyed before the flro was under control at twelve o'clock. Tho heat from this row caused damage to the fireproof bricks on the west sldo or Iia nfrnnf At tho root or Aider street mere was vniit accumulation of Inflammable ":r.-i.1. . -ul..,. lin.ilr trnnl with many thousand, of feet or planed and seasoned lumber and several nun- dredcsofdry wood. Tills led the1 lira across tho street and around In tho re of tKick buildings occupied by .G. Walling, job printer, G. L Hlb-' baiaCo produce and commission merchants i. B. Congle, saddler and Cbw. HopklM, hardware dealer. wi.m KMiiAinm. withstood the flames w - o- "'---; - .. . ,... l 1GWII w - a - . - Mf ab tn a names huiuuvuij thought tho American fcxcnaiige building must go. Butjust before the flit retched thU point the wind, which bad been blowing freshly from the south, suddenly veered around and ort Kea't SrSTSS " V : ; building; $10,000. ffilMoff burning cord wood In Jlieir Partially ," . f, $, ... SALEM, curried the heat back toward tho iIIh. trlet already burnt over. Here the KIHK WAS CHECKED. , At half-past twelve o'clock It was found that there need be no further i fears of the tiro spreading and It was I Indeed mot fortunate that it was enecKcu wnere it was, because the next building In the Hue to be destroy ed was the American Exchange Hotel a largo frame structure, of sufficient material to give the tire a fresh start that would be sure to end In double the amount of damage which we have to record as It K INCIDENTS AND C ASCIITIE. In the heat of the lire the north wall of Carter's building fell out Into Alder street wiin a tcrriuio erasn, paruany uuryiiijr in tue ruins several men some of whom Including James Galla gher, Foreman of No. 4 Fire Company, who, it Is feared, cannot survive their Injuries. Itobcrt Holniau, Roliert Austin, and young man named Moores were alo carried of. "badly hurt. l,ater, in the afternoon, Thomas Ityan was badly injured by a falling wall at Corbet t'H building, on Front street. Two book binderies and n largo Job printing office, tho latter owned by A. O. Walling, were destroyed by the loss of the row on Front street, below Aider. J ' 'c '' ' Yrec of p nt ng by u T MopM-ml..!.- W. miitnraTnml in Air. waiting's omce was 1110 aihui- ndcrstood "' ....... ..v ,.......v.. that not even so much as a proof- sheet or page of the cntiremanuscripts or this important work was saved. Even tho notes and memoranda made by tho principal compiler, J. M. Mur phy, wero lost. Some or Mr. Volluni's material was saved, but not enough to bo of use to him, and besides this he had a largo quantity of work on hand which goes the way of tho rest. Tho malls were all taken out of tho Post Office and removed to a place or safety. This was a wise precaution, as It seemed for a tlmo very certain that tho wholo building In which tho Post Office is situated would go. In tho afternoon tho malls wero returned, but tho office was so torn up and dis arranged that business could not nt once bo resumed. The partition in which tho boxes were situated was all torn out to admit the passago or tho hose and firemen through tho building so as to bring streams to bear ou tho mass of burning materials in tho rear. J. B. Congle's stock of saddlery and harness, ns well as furnishing goods in his line, was wholly destroyed. No effort was mado to save any portion or tho stocks In that locality. It would have been useless. ItECAI'ITULAHOK OK LOSSES. H. J. MeCormlek, books and station ery; $27,000. $5,000 Insurance In Union. C. H. Woodard & Company, drugs; $18,000. 59,500 lusurance-artlally In tho Phauilx, and balanco in other Companies. William Currier, clothier, $30,000. About $25,000 Insurance. CM. Carter, building at corner or First and Alder; S35.000; adltlonal on opposite sldo or First, $5,000 total, $40,000. $25,000 Insurance. O. L. Hlbbard, grain dealer: $10,000. $3,000 lnsurancoln Union. Charles Hopkins, hardware; $15, 000. $2,500 Insurance. O.W. Vaughn, buildings and wharf; $30,000.' No Insurance Mathews & Pickering, lum!cr, $10, 000. No Insurance. Charles Welberg, Dunning; i&,- uw. J. No Insurance. B. Congle, saddlery; Sl,OW. Slfi.000 lllHUmnCO 111 PIlOMllX. A'. O. Walling, Job printer; $1,000. $2,500 Insurance. . - E. Cohlln, boots and shoes; $7,000. No Insurance. Kast & Richards, boots and shoes; $10,000. No Insurance. Flager A Harris, clothiers, $3,000. Partially Insurxsl. B. Ii. Stone, Jeweler, $.,500. $3,000 insuranee-equally divided betwoen . T..,.. :.,w li noo limumnee In the Union. Occidental Hotel, damages In mov ing goods; $2,000. No Insurance. K. Marks, tailor; $2,500. No Insurance. 4titnl v VUV I " -"( .r....... - - . -- -F OREGON, DECEMBER J. Harrison. Oriental Saloon; $1,500. 1 threo fourths of the farmers of Old ! Wiley llnulnmn and Mr. Drowry Nnllu"rvlfi('' i in i -, Linn will put their tluiinlw to their 1 HwlgcH, of llonton county, nay tho NnsimMM!" y nosCS nml my HlBiilllcnntly to Hen ' yield on their farm where tho drill P.O. Stewart, jeweler; $4,000. No Jlolladay, "We don't know you." was u-hm! far exceeded their expec Insurance. A word to the farmers of T.lun: (atlons, nml they say they would not S" O00en,Nor Insurance l"l,fcc,,0liew'' j You hnvo boon In tho habit of going he without the drill hereafter, ns tho VJ. Jubltz. Occidental Hath-rooms: . o tho warehouses mul getting sacks 'extra yield per acre would pay for $2,000. No Insurance. A i K " J. M.U MeCov, policeman; SHOD In I furniture and clothing. No lnsur - nn,Sre" . ....,,. . . i ho'nseflNo teES.'" W"K' Bailey & Wnll, saloon; $3,600. No insurance. I i. j. uniiitiiu, i;iriier-suup, ?i,iuu. No Insurance. K.W. ltyan, J. P., Court records destroyed; $1,000. No Insurance. Beck fc Waldman, clothiers, $1,000. No Insurance. John Clark, saddler; $1,000. No iiiMirance. Win. MeAuley, liquors; $250. No Infiirauce. A. A. Colin, dealer In hides 250. 1'iilly Insured. E. F. Russell, personal property; 1,000. No Insurance. C. E. Dubois, furrier, by moving goods; 500. No insurance. S. Levy, toys; 1,000. No Insurance. P. Coakley, saloon; 1,000. No In surance. Hall & Hanley, wood dealers; 1,000. No insurance. Besides the above, there are many others who suH'ercd looses ranging from one thousand to ono hundred dollars, whose names are too numerous to mention. Tho total sum of tho losses, tho Bulletin says, amounts to $411,170, or which $111,000 Is covored with insurance. Thousands or dollars' worth or property destroyed nro not Included In tho above list. In most cases we havo only been able to secure the amount of stock on hand, exclusive of the buildings which In nil probability belongs to nnothor party. Large amounts of property wero lost or destroyed In tho hasto at tending tholr unceremonious removal. Thousands or dollars' worth were soaked beyond all redemption. LKTTKK FK0X LINK COl'XTY. Ei. Farmkk: Probably n few linos from this wheat - growing county might bo of somo Intcrost to tho many readers of your most valuable paper. In tho first place, I would say that wo havo had ono of the finest fulls and winters so far for farming pur poses that ono could wish for, and the farmers generally hnvo been making good uso of this golden op portunity by plowing and sowing, there being moro plowing done than over bofore in this county. Thus far tho prospect for a large wheat crop next year In this county Is very flattering. Tho suplus of wheat on hand of Inst year's crop Is probably ono half of what was produced last year in this county, or nearly so, being held for better nrlces and lower freights. ns it costs ono fourth of tho amount sold to convoy tho other three fourths Recollect, economy is tho ground to Portland; or, in other words, tho work of our experimenting, and, If farmer has to give ono peck out of economy Is worth anything, let us every bushel to get tho remaining p have. 'l "li- three pecks taken to Portlond. Now I hnvo nmdo some considerable In you will plainly co why ono half of qulry In different localities, and find the wheat produced In this county, that thoio persons who havo used lust year remains unsold. Rut wo i tho drill this last season speak of It farmers anticipate n change in this jas superior to the broadcast system ruinous system as soon as tho Locks of sowing wheat. Mr. 8. J. Arch!- are thrown open and the Company's boats smoothly glide over tho pure waters of tho Willamette. Thon tho wharves In Portland will bo literally crammed with wheat, taken by tho Company's boats at fair rates. Then 28, 1872. to haul your wheat to tho wurehouso ,n' for tho l,urJ)OS0 r storing your whent in. This moile of procedure has been quite an accommodation trom the warehouseman to you, yet Ht thp ""p . '"" "I th W,ru- houseman quite an advantage over you lie ships your wheat In the sacks that you filled and sowed upnt 1 home, as fast ns you haul your wheat I to the warehouse, In which it rarely ever remains two months, und In I many Instances not half that tlirio, j mid the farmer is charged live cents per bushel .storage for the same when I the wheat Is half way to Liverpool, I Its plnco of destination; yet tho far - mer is virtually giving the ware- houseman u capital to work on, with- out ft dollar's outlay from himself. Still the farmer imys the five per cent., while his wheat Is halfway or moro to Llvoriiool. Now, Farmers of Linn, would it not he better for you to procure your own sacks, which can lie done at Portland nt fair rates nml ou sixty or ninety days' time, and ship your own wheat, thus saving the flvo per cunt, which you havo been In tho habit of giving to tho warehouso, and expend tho sanio in graveling tho public high way, which, when done, will enable you to take your wheat to ninrkot, wlionovcr tho prices will Justify you In selling, and bo of vast importance to tho traveling public besides '.' Theso suggestions 1 merely offer ns u remedy in part for the gross outrages practiced against tho pro ducers mid tax-payers of th Is county. In No. 33 of the Faumiui I notice that Mr. Flulayson challenges my self mul Judgo Uubour to meet him on Mr. Luper's farm next spring, and there sow flvo acres of wheat each, ho (Finlaysou) by tho broad cast system, and I or Judge Rnliour with tho drill, and then and there, I suppose, test tho merits ami demer its of sowing wheat by either of theso processes. Now, Mr. Kditor, this Is just to my hand, as I shall be , intruded on your patience, as I have happy to meet Mr. Flulayson ou Mr. j extended these suggestions much Luper's farm, und I will show to Mr. ' longer than I Intended nt tho com Flulayson or nnyliotly else that econ- j mencement of this article, omy is the groundwork of accuiiiu-, C. I'. IIl'kkiiaut. lation und prosperity, and that no' Albany, Dec. 1!0, 187:!. man can prosper without ho learns to economize. I will rule Mr. Flu - layson down to sixty-five pounds of' from till tho States glvo Grant .'1,097, wheat to bo sown to tho acre, und I 771; Greeley, 2,8r0,8,TJ. Grant's ma will sow tho same amount with thojjorlty, 710,028. Tho fotul vote was drill. You must use only one spun IG.IIUJOI, agiilnst.,710,7881ntho year ot horses, as I will uso but one spun bald informs mo that tho drltted-ln ' Ism. 4 nm l(f.J .W... Inul ftA ..I..1.1...I about flvo bushels per aero moro than tho broadcast sowing did. Mr. David Ilouk says his wheat that was drilled in was far the best. Mr. Volume IVt Numbor 45. mo irm in one year's sowing on ti common-sized farm. W. C. Powell says that while ho was Imvlng two headers .un during last harvest, he found Invariably where the drill had been u.ed In sowing the yield was heavier than where the broadcast wnsused. lie also says It would be far better for the farmers who con-' template heading their grain crops' to use tho drill, as the grain invaria bly annuls up the best, and or course can be better taken euro of nml u much neater job done. Mil I i .a . 1.1 i ins smieiuoiii oi .Mr. rowoirs alone Is of vital liiiportunce to tho 1 fanner who heads his grain, because the need of some process or other to prevent the wheat from straw-fall lug, so that tho header may bo able to do the work us it should bo done, Is of great benefit mul economy to tho producer. Now, It Is my earn est conviction thnt tho grain drills nro the lulwr-suvlug machine for the farmer to use, as It liehooves ovory farmer who makes this part of the farming industry his special pursuit to economize ns much us osslhlc, especially where ho profits by sa do ing. As l tun not it manufacturer of cither the driller the broadcast seed sower, or a capper for either, I think I am capable of satisfying myself of the merits of these machines. On the other hand, I do not Mipposo I could convince, If I wero to try, my friend I'lnliiyhoii, us he Is tho getter up of n broadcast seed-sower, and Is ulao u manufacturer of the same. Ills seed-sower Is u very good onu of the kind, In fact Is u line machine, und I urn proud to hnvo machinery manufactured in this country, and would like If Mr. Myers, of tho Sa lem Agricultural Works, would get tho right to manufacture tho Stager drills here, us u vast amount of mo ney would thus bo saved to the State which now goes nway to pay for the same. In conclusion, I hope I have not 1 F.I.i:TION'Rktuiinh. Thurotiirns 1818. Increuso In four years, 727,810. Philip Ritz, who Is now out ou the survey of tho proponed Walla Walla and Grand Rond railroad, reports the routo much more favorable than was expected. The grade coming out of the I'liiutllladoes not exceed 60 feet to tho mile, although the obstruc tions are vastly less tiiun wasexpected. Wo learn by private letter from a gentleman In Oyiterville, that Pacific county was considerably shaken up by an earthquake ou Tuesday night, De cember 18. The shock commenced at 10-30, lasting about ten seconds, the vibration being north and south. Na damage but thy people were aaiue who. t scared. Echo.