Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, February 22, 1873, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FARMER. 4z yT ' -yr i 'v virvr- ? rr WY--' Snlwii, Snlimliiy, Kb. 22, "J'.wtM nut Sau: Head the adver tisement of Mr. .lo-eph Jt. Fo"e, in (i-diiy's paper. Ni:w(hn lien. The M. V.. Chinch South, of Salem, has puichaid ground lit I In; inn tin ul corner of Coiul mill Liberty stitelf, ninl lible -lute of thin;,'-'. proceeding l i-H'ct u chinch building doubtful wholher the liulf bus ever lliorcon. ihe, edifice Is to be of wood. Ijouii old. K very body knows the Sonutoilal contest begins before the Senatorial Klccllons. There are many good reasons why the Pio-idciit should lie fleeted by illreet vole of the people. And there arc at least as many good reasons why I. S. Senatoi "liould be elected In the amo way. There never was any good eno In the present system, and Its evils arc Ik coming niore anil nioic iippaieiit every year. The prc-cnt squabble in Kuu-ns Is bring ing the matter before the country. The mere charges of fraud mid cor ruption in (hcni-clvcs Indicate a fer- And It is very Ship niilhlln?. Itnek Point Fanners' Club btul a regular iiiicflug, Feb. Mb, anil elected the following iiauicd as oiltccis for (be cnsulnglcini: Pie-ldi-nt, (1. W. Hunt; Vice Prc-Idi-nl, John P. Aiulcr-on; Legislative nominations aro made. It goes on after the election until the time of balloting, mid often continues the better half of the 'c-Ion. And, Sccrctmy, I. K. (Jlen-on; Ai-s'tSee.y, t" -y nollilng of the frauds that uro (J. S. Downing; Troii-mer, .lohn practiced, me mere inetsoi our logH Dnwiilug; l.iliiniiuu, i:. T. PoikiiiH. 'latlvo H's-Ions being thus waited, . i and of our legislators being 'elected Cai-iioi. Commi'-siim:ii. Hon. , In view of this election rather than Kauiiicl Itinun having declined the In view of their (piallllcatlons as law appointment ofCapltol ('oniniNloni'r, 'makers, are sulllclent to condemn Mr. Samuel Allen, of Mai Ion county, , (he present system. It is well known litis been appointed to the place. All , that the best part of two out of three the CouinilHsloneis have now aceepti d'of our own legi-latlve sessions N ninl qualified, ami picpaiatlous w 111 ! worse than wasted by these demur M'mii be made for win U. The Coimiils- ,,t,, eontests. We ask our pollll- iiiiH-ioiieisine, .loiiu i . .Miner, iiemy iwl oxflmnirc-. ill all candor. Is there ICIhiiiel, ami Samuel Allen. It 1 liudcislnod Ihnt.liiscph llolniau, l!-i., will be scleclcd its the Sllpciiutcu dent ill tbi wolli on I lie ginllllil. No In Iter selection roiilil I m inaile. any good lou-on why the people of the .States should not elect their Sen ators by it direct vole'.' Stair Toiiiii'r.iin'c llllancr. CiuAi;i:its. Some kinds of ero.ik- , ors we like and some w e don't. Men whocroak about hard tlmcsaud never This body nut liiSalciiioiiTliui-iliiy, do anything to make times better, we at HeeiPs Opeia I (mite, and oll'cclcd ( imvo no paitieular liking for. Crows n peiuiaiieiil oii.-iiiiiiitloii by the that croak In the nlrmulqiiiirrclovor election of I :. W. Ityiui, of Poillaiiil, ' (l(, 0in, (he .streets aie not the riesiiieiit; i. ii. i mm, ('. II. Nalkci, ,., ,m,,,.a r )ir(N) though when H. Iloweis, Vlee P.eMilen; M. Miller, , . ,n Mte sociable. Wo heoie taryj . ! . V ... I, Cor. Sec' vj J. l.almn( ,mt ,Ije ti,n S Wl, as we do lliichesaud robins. Hut tho truest ofall croakers a re in the brooks and ponds. They aro frogs. Their croaking means spring. We have heard them more or lo-s for several weeks past, though a few evenings past they have .-ecmed a little doubt II. D. lleiiileiMin, Chaplain; Win Lemon, Sergeaut-at-AriiiH. A couiinlllee on CKilculhils wa appointed, consisting of I', flays, .1. (Minn Tboiutiin, mid A. '. Walling. The hs-Imii nf the afternoon wiin rather bolsteinus and dl.-onlelly, C.lll-1'll I IV till I ll lit! I I if till, llll,lllltl(l, on eiedeiuhils, which i.- mnciMc.l I f"' ,,Im"" l'Hlng their heads above tho exclusion or delegated fioni the i water. We have strung hopes that unman Kiiirmge enncnilon, on (. nimther week will drive doubt away, gioiind Hint they iepiVM-nti.il u politl mid frost aNo, mid that thereafter citl oigaiiintinii, and choiilil not be J every evening will bring a full cho lepliselileil In Ihe Alllaiiee. The ' "is of cio.lkeis to the surface. wiiiidliigi iis. - I Niir Ai.um:. The faiiiier of Oie iiImi adopted, , gnu me not alone In the pro-cut ngl iiitiinhictiiiii of latlon eiiiicerulug freight, innnopi- polilieal or -irlniliiii ui.itleis In ills lies and self-protection. 'I'lie prc-cnt cui-kIiiiic; an.l one liiuitliig hpral.lug ' awakening Is national. (lure.cliau- to live minutes. j.,.s f,.,,,,, ,.v,.lV p, t of (he f'nloii lu- A ' ""' '" lesoluiioiis was dlc.itea wide-spreail feeling among Tippolutid-t;. W. Volliini, J. I,, luoducer.i that nmttliiiiK nuixt be P.urlsli, l. NewM.u, l. Wall-.auil A. ,(H, .;Verv gieat leAirm begins M. siulili. AN., ii .omn.ltiee " with Just stud, agitation. We doubt ....Mltut on and by-laws- l.elan, , , ,,,,,,, vv, ,K, nm(kj , 1 , V V1",' ,k', "' u-vl""' " their haste to right things many will '""':; , . advocate etienie and huitfnlnieas. .i iiir i'm'iiiiik m'"simi, ii eiv nun"! lepoil, after llllleh lliinll.s mliiplcil. Iti'Milnl Inns were doelmlug naaliist (In- We nre Indebted to Guv. (!Ihb for a paper containing oino statistics on .ship building In Maine In 1ST:!, s hich we condense, as follow.s; Number of vessels built of all fla-st', 17U; (on nage, IO,o:).j. The conipaiNou with (lie greatest tonnage built in former years is as follows: 1 "!, 10,003 tons 1S(JI, Kil vessels, .7,.,liS tons; ls7i', 17JJ vessels, I0,(J!13 ton. Tho excess of tonnage in 1S(!1 was due to the greater proiorlloii of hlj)snnil bark's. For lhol, the icjiort says that u much gieater number of veels will be built than In 172, and propo-ed ves sels are named amounting to a total 37,0(10 tons, mostly alieady undor contract. Thenggicgate fortheye.tr Is expected to reach (13,000 ton-, or H,000 tons more than In any former year anil there is every prospect of going beyond that figure. "2sext year will witness the lnile-t season for many years among our shlji-bulld-er.s, and Maine may not only recover her poitiou as a ship. building State, but take the llr-t In rank." 'f'he report continues: ' The turn ing polutln theliistoryof .ship-build-lug In tho Tutted States has at last been reached, and the actual work of the year IS72 Is such us must give great gratification, alike to thoe who were discouraged by previous misfortune mid incredulous of pre sent Improvement, as well as to thoe who, like ourselves, believed that a new and better system was mioii to be attained. AVith very little, Indeed practically nothing, of legis lative aid, Ihe year IS72 shows a re cord of wooden vessels built nearly pifiial to the best year of pluvious hl.story, and in iron vesels a very la rgeevces over any previous period. The Act of June 0, 1S"J, remitted Home portion of the duties charged on materials entering into shipbuild ing, but very little opportunity was actually afforded to benefit by the proposed measure. In fact, Its im portance had been greatly exaggera ted, mid, the shipbuilders of Maine appear (o have paid very little atten tion in it. In a detailed report of ves.ols actually built in Maine dur ing 187:!, made nt Augusta, Dee. IL, ultimo, no mention is made of the law or Its application. The calcula ted dlli'ercnces bclwcen huildinir sailing vessels In the ports of Maine, as compared with like building In the IliltMi Provinces, have been Il lustrative, and toa great extent un founded in practice. The s.tine N tine of all calculated dill'erences be tween Iron shipbuilding on the Del aware and on the Clyde. When practical builders get to work most of the iis-crted dllleience tlNap pear." olv In Orciron at anv time, and (lie veiopc as we an ..u ,u . , ,. ,. .,lV ue- cgon farmer has' now a choice of llevo it will, (ho Columbia will prove more and butter methods of getting us (he Willamette has proven an ..",. i...f n.,..i over be- inelllclent and costly channel; but, I is .- .! ,,ll'" . i ...t.lln Ikiv nfii lifitli Html. It snnm-j fore. Ho has the common rami, ........ v. ..... ---, ...- el, Inn-roved over Its condition of (o me (hata.,(ean.er, wi( . apowerfu . ... sttwviiifi nnii n niniiiifir m i itriir.i iniir ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago; ne yi'"- ""- ; " - as the river, al-o much lmimved keel-boa would be ho cheapest over what it was last voir; mid he iikmih of dellve.ing llla.uetto vnl- ha lendlrooflhoeast'.ldeand ley pn-ductsa( As(o.ia-((l.ey should i...ir i. . .i.i,. nf the AVlllani- never be .slopped at Portland.) Tho HUH lll HIU M,WI -.'s. ... .--- ette river, taking the heavy pio- ste.uuer could town lot of such boats cuiwd was in mteuilnuce, aside I'mni the iiieuibelH of the CiiiiMieliou, w bo aliine numbeied nearly two bundled, i (leu. Palmer w'ii iiiliiillted torepiesent the MM. lteiallon, and .1. I.. I'm rlsb (Ik, IVnllciilliiiy. I An iuellleliiul allciiipt was made to admit Mis. A. .1. Iliiiilwny in a dele gate limn the Mute nl large. A li'siiliitlnu asking lhi I,edslatiii(. to i slabllsli mi iis 1 in ll fur iiieblbilis uu's. Ititt lii the end the agitation will biing thedesired result. Out of ih, ins order will come at last. I.et farmers be everywhere awal.e. I.et (hem nrgaiiie, lead, think, and write their thoughts. I.et the mis siles of healthy agitation fly thick and last, and the battle will be : sooner ended. A PiniMiiAi. I 'a i it. Prominent wnsp.s.,, jiU n,. toap..ilnl thieein,tl,,,m ''W xuuro proH)sng peisouslu .Miliioiiiu.v iii bold ine.l- ii'migurute a permanent Interna- IngsMt least miiva niiiiitb. tioiial ehibitiou in that city. It is Kev. S. Il.meis ibeii dil(eied mi designed to erect pcimuucut build- elitieut and poweiful addicssou (be ings of an expensive character, mid subject of teiiipci.iiuv, of ueai ly an make the exhibition excel miylhliig hour In leiiKib, wbbh was IMeued In of the kind ever witnessed. ICach w lib lhcgie.itei.t attention throughout. State and Territory Is to have a de- (In Pild.i.v nun iiIiik a u'siilulluii was partiiieiit for (he display of Its pio- passed admitting Mi. Dumilway as duets, and I'm elgn count lies are to be delegate at huge. In the afternoon, granted such prhllege.s asare grant- seveuil amendments lo the cuistltu- ed at all World's l-'aiis. Thebiilldlng tlou weieadoptnl.aiHl about f.uly del- is m bo uearlv one thoiisuiid feet Kiile- wlliiihvwfinuii the Couxei.tlon. M,uim, iUll ,h, fltrU, h,Blli ,,.. ""' niouuted by a domeofgl.is.sand Iron MMille, l-Vli. IT.-Jium s04ltt) .ull,.K,ug aiiyllilug of the kind m MUileiit at tlie Iciiilinr al I ulveislly, .i, ..nri,i irili..s..l ,., I wan fomid deinl In bis b.,1 at the V'.'0"11, , Ul1 vlu',,u, muvons- I'lilMislly boimllng hous,. yeMeidiiv ,u wo predict that this exhibition iimmlug. It Is MipiHocd lu die'd will be one of the leadlngatli-.icllons daring mi epileptic ill, ,is ,!,,., lv r., ....,.., i.i i i ' evblenees of st niggling iin.l Ids u.m nun nice m MUiuwiiat luulfcd llie fteawrl Hosiery l'oiupuii ul l.,ll.-wiV.t l.t.t.lkJI....... I... I -. ... -, in iiipriaii', iceeiv.si a er luvonuiio notice In a late number Hie Ju'W York Mi-ivautllo Journal. Km.uu.i i."TlH(iAoe.s;irfil published in Portland, byllenrv IT. , llermmi, N much eularged mid im proved In appearance. It is now printed in elght-iuige form. The (iu'stlons or flu flay amount Farmers. IMIlur WIIUiiu'IU' rarni. c Classed amongst the tillers or the ground, but being -o unfortunate in my location as to not have the ad vantage or a farmers' club, ovliy so, I cannot tcll.i it occurs to me that 1 can, through the columns of the l'u.Mi:n, take a part with all the clubs now oigaul.ed In dlcuslng the ipiestloiis that are pressing tlii'in selves upon the attention or the pro ducing ii.ises of this State ye, I might .iy of the entire coast, fertile agricultural prcs of California N ringing the change.s upon the anie themes that me now being o gen erally dlseiisscd here. The first and most prominent theme Is railroad monopolies, -,, called. In the l.it number of the l'MiMim, "Itex," writing from Chi cage, "Argil-," n-oni Poitluud, ail dress ItoYorc the I.lun Co. Farmer.' ClubXo. I, mid alo from a meeting or r.irmers at Salem, make that the bunion of their discourse, and mo nopolies, rings, mid Individuals, w ho are supposed or assumed to be in the way of nioie Just mid laii comiuer eial nial Ions U'tween the Oregon pi-odmer and the consuming world outlde, come In mr their proportion of blame fertile pre-ent condition of the farming Interests of Oregon. Now, Mr. Kdltor, 1 cannot mo the justice of many of these complaints and charges or " monopolies," in truth, then never h.i been a nionop- .... it... ..I...... . i 1 1 l tliik(nvlll(l tin inn. luctsor three-fourths of the larget "P " "V" "" ' .. ...... .."" cultivated area of (ho country, nt "1 Midi .streams us me luiiiiiiii.&nii cheaper rates and more expeilltlous- tlmn, and upper branches of the Iv than ever befoie. We, as produ- Willamette, and dropped down cers, have a choice of at least three loaded, by the aid of a few hands. dllleieiK modes of .sending our pm-. These two-the Astoria railroad, and duels to maiket, and one of the-e at single steamer mm required nuiiiucr lea-t cannot be aflected bv nionopo- of keel or lighter boa(s-aremyplan lie or rings. , man can force us or creating a more healthy eonipeti- fioni (he coninioii road; I therefore (ion In our carrying trade. I do not see no jutice in the charge made wih, Mr. Kdltor, to assume (ho po- against "rings who have combined .sltlon of teacher on this subject, for to steal from its our hard and honest , I confess It Is a .subject on which I earuiii"s." " llot well posted, and will leave it ThaUho-e who have Inve-tineiits to such men as Mr. Win. Ruble, who made in (he earning trade of Or- seems (o be giving Kills attention, egon charge as high rates as they ' The next question or importance can hope (o get consistently with (ho is (lie production of crops. This most growth and mturo development or important question Is di-scus-cd by their business, is nio-t true. That both the Highland and Hock Point they may sometimes raise their Farmers' CIuIh, and (he discussions charges too high, Is also moit proba- are published in the P.n.Mi:it. As tde; but can we fanner.-1, as a class, both Clubs ropro-ent upland districts Justly complain or others for the-e Mich as the lands I cultivate, I am kind of mistakes '. Do we noi often nmcii inicrcstcu tn tiioir discussions, do the .same'.' i.et wheat, for in-1 The President or the Highland Far- stance, go up to one dollar per buh-' 'er-' Club seems to speak tho gen- el, and how many raise In their de-, eral views or the members when ho maud Tor a higher price V I.et wool, gives wool and mutton as his first under a speculating demand, as last (mid I Mippo-o) most important crop, year, go up to llfty and llfty-seven j ami Mr. Henry Allen, who teems to cents per pound, and how many of' lean ftrongly to grain as his prlnci us are willing to st.l fov hn (Attn all 11 crop, fears he has injured his Hiurktt iclll ijlvt i Is the prlncl-' 'ami by too deep mid thorough plow pie or asking and taking all the mar-. Ing ids "plow will no longer hcour," ket will give, less Just when applied ' - Uglit has the Mill become, and lie to capital u-cd in ciftrylng crops than ' now proposes to let the sheep cat the when u-cd In their production '.' 1 1 weed, mid see ir they can put tho think not. If, however, there can soil In such condllioii as will "turn n be any means adopted lo render pro-1 furrow." ducers more iiuUjwmloil o( those Iet me make a suggestion to my who are engaged in the carrying i friends Uccr mid Allen: .Voir oirj trade, or the nilddle-men, as' the '"'w such land as you can get in commercial clas are called, 1 think . such condition ?s Mr. Allen de ll pei-rcctly proper to adopt such , scilbes, and do not stir it again with means. On this ubJcct,Mr. Flnlay- the plow until the combined hay son, in his address to the I.lun Co. and palurnge aro not as profitable Farmers' club No. , has some good as a grain crop. I am now plowing thought-'. Ho evidently believes orchard-grass cod, laid down in 18(11; that the producer's best means of It has yielded crops of wool and getting hi crops cheapest to market niutton every year since, and now is is to have all the competition po-sj. I a much tinner, consistent sod than bio In the carrying trade, mid there-, when originally broken. Would not lore he counsels tlie u-e of both the a sytem or one year in fallow crops liurninl ther.illio.ul. it seems to for wool, niutton, or mill;, one to me that the policy of farmers.' com-' wheal, one to oats, and four to grass bluing and building their own grain for wool, mutton, or null; again, bo warehoii-es, N feasible hi Mich , ,l K,M,d .system? That is the sy.stoni dou-o communities r grain farmer-, , of Hffht-lund fanning In (front JJrlt- iis thoo of Albany prairie, in I. Inn aiu, nnd proved s0 good during a county, mid Howell and French I hundred years as In many cases to i iinries, in .Marion county ; but if iiaiiruple the value of such land-', they have Mich a surplus capital to If -Mr. K.I.. Hlbbard Is correct when withdraw from their running opera- ',0 M.v, he knows he can produce una Magus or maii'-old u'nrinij tlons as will enable them to build and maintain a -y.-tein or river (rails portation, (heir condition as fanner,, is certainly not as deplorable as the nddrcs-. isued by the farmers' moot ing at Salem would Indicate. Mr. Finl.iy.son lots the wind out of Mime of these loud complaints about grind ing monopolies when he tells that he can now go to Oi egon City by rail for four dollars mid in Amr hours or lime, instead or oven dollars and twonty-rour hours of time he uod io nave to give to the Sune tiin be cheaper than Mr. Cranston can buv bran and shorts, and I have no doubt he can, (lion Mich a system as 1 have outlined will prove better and more profitable than grain after "'" .luiix Mi.vriw Di:aiu or .v Pio.i:i:it.-()jJn Kellogg, Senior, father of Captain .loseph Kellogg of lNu tliiml, died at tic ie.ilei.ee ol his miii, last Frldav, and the leinalns were moved for ...iM.iu.Mi iii uie .Nin-onle ('emeteiv ---''- W(1VIW Kill! . I I I I ll'lll llll. IIIIIIN I I...I...I. fill J. tho m.lroad was , or.uli,,.-' ili a WClMffi Ibis Indicates progress In the rbdit Vi""1 ",0 Vixvi)-i Lodges of this oitv. diiootlou. .Now, if we de..i.e.isor ,,wMw,VM,0,1,l,,,IIY';re!,'"'l'-,'l '' P. tho Willamette valley could mid lo wayea,,f,SU::va- ..... im-viii moans oi .sending oil' '" ?l Pamcersot urcgon, and up to products another Hue of railroad m r.",0 i hl? ,ll',,.m 1""1 "Iwavs from Salem to Astoria, which .hi tiUZt take all the .,,, ,,;,,, , ,- lltf of the Mate, taking an active p.lrti.t li ilhumtU tuft,, at Wll uweem,i,t to ! ' ;V".01r.ri"cs ''or,,l,L' P"''"-' Rood. theiMntt.r mnn.,.:,., n i....',... J !c V ls IvaI.V "o ( the fathers of . , ., ' imieo.v .HiiMinry on lo Pae I e Coast lmvl.i., ino the time as well as the present '.Bli theehaiterV.m, M it, Z -- -- ...v 'V -Vk A. ' - ---- -"- llsFII oofreshlpmonLsat M 2 (IT "" the llrwt Lodge, ..lit. .is ii... -1".11 '.fllna ' ". 1. at Oregon Cltv ". "V:rM ' .l ". neom rc-eords show that tY. ,.,.-i..'K."?" 'V"1' ,,fl,'r t'e ancient enormous oxpen Portland, mid II and watage between there and A iiiriti titutt ink. ...... .4 .. .t..A - ... "V " V Vl k-'" pomi woiiiu be ;,,"""", nio Many cauopv of gained, and either Mr. Flnlavson or V ,,7rV,,M hills .""'rounding his his Kra.u crop could ,,. &$m . AlUmy to Astoria at little moro, I,.,.. Lodge In rail, L , '; !."i.V'.1 . ', ---, - - -- . mis lllll llllll'll ....ii uie ami nccessiry cost (ban will now pa-s tneni iroi 1( is well eiiou year ISW. His remains -". .....ii n ill now ,.., fl.. i . .. ' ". 'iiniins .Mluny (o Portland, ra ,. JJ , tf ...--gli (o talk of tho plv., Mirvlved i',v . L ... " L".' '' .Kle. P as a "lio.l-in.ide channel or com- 'fjf"'" . A rrpected and woithv ...eive," In, if the country Is (ode- lWlJ.fcffin? M" "