JOHN HUGHES, DEALER IN aROCERlES. Bacon, Lard, Butter, Cheese, Flour, Grain, Feed AND DOMESTIC PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS. Paints, Oila and Window Glass, American and English Coach Varnishos, English and American Furniture Var nishes, Gum Shellac, and-Japan Varnishes, White Damar and Asphaltum Varnishes. CASTOR OH.. LAUD Oil,, NEATS FOOT OIL, ELEPHANT OIL, DOOriSH OIL, l'OI.AIt OIL, LINSEED OIL, l'UTTV COLONS' LAJIPI1LACK, OHA1NINO TOOLS, Jtc Ac. WALL PAPER, Lime and Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Shingles. Wholesale and Retail. Cosh paid for all Kinds of Merchantable Produce JyXt JOBC3ST IJXTG-IJBS. ' COOKE, DENNIS & Co. MANUFACTUItK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS MOlcUXDLSS, RUSTIC. AND ALL TIIK LATEST HTYI.R9 of lndde and outride flnl-li, oftliu bct quality vf clear cedar lumber ocr uu'd In Salem, i AND TURNING, DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH CEDAR LUMBER AM) SlitiifrlcM ltr Sulo CIcii. Ileal or Work lit Lowml I'rlco rific glvo u a call, eo our flock, learn our iiilcc.audglvou)oiiririler. Special attention gleii to orders from rARM BUS, and Information freely cltiu gratia to our palrou. Miop nno Illock East of the C'hcmckita Iloue. JcW-tf MARBLE WORKS, MONROE A STAIGER, Dealer in MONUMENTS, ANU Head and Foot Stones. ALSO, MANTELS AND Furniture Marble XO 01YXI2R. ADUKKSS: .t.J.SIOMIOI!.! Skm, Oregon, f i wnr. rtaigeii, 1 Albany, Origon. iioifty 111.0. II, JO.NCl". 1. M. TATIinfOS. Jones & Patterson, Real Estate, Insurance, GENERAL AGENTS. COMMERCIAL HOTEL HUIUDINO, Salem, Oregon. SPECIAL ATTENTION CIIVEN TO THE role or Heal Ettato In all parta of Oregon. A largo amount nf cry delroblo CITY PHOP. EltTY, conflating of Duelling Iloutc, Lot, Half Illock and Mockr, Stone, Jte, ....Alto.... Impnned FARMS and Valuable Uncultivated lalltk In tbc State i rairio and Timber Land, iltuatid In tlio licmo- .. ... ,i. -,... .Alio.. Renting and Lratliig of all kind of propirly. Collection or Claim. Ac, Jtc, will rewrite prompt attention, .ii AOENTS FOR The .Mutual Lifo Insurance Co. Oi' INo-w York, ....AND.... The Union Fire Insurance Co. Oi" an ITrnnclHoo. .W For complete, deacripllon of property ap I'ljattliclr office. M IST" Correspondent promptly aniwcnd, and all luormatlon gireu free of rliarce. Addrc., " JO.NKS A 1'ATTERSON, OctSs-y. Uoi S'tO, Salem, Orccon. SXE31 FLOURING MILLS. Best Family Flour, Baker's Extra, XXX, Superfine, and Graham, Middlings, Bran, Shorts, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Highest Price in Cash PAID roB WKBAT, AT AXA TXMV. B. O KINNBV. Agent 8. F. M. Co. WILL CHINA NUT OIL, COAL Oil,, HAW AND DOILED OIL ft. D. BOON, liEALEn IS.. BOOKS, STATIONERY MUSIC, Periodicals, Newspapers, Wall Paper, ....AM).,,, Musical Instruments THE CEI.EIIItATLI) BURDETT ORGANS ....AMI,.. Hallett and Cumston's Pianos Aiwa on hand Tlicrc Instrument aro FAVORITES with all minlclan. and thl More I the ruortof all who Wlfll to 1)11) (IoodcllC!l, ii. d. noon, StMcrtriet.Sah.nl. Dec-1. OREGON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIIK UNDKIIHIftMiU WILL CO.1I nienco rollclting fur a Business Directory THE STATE OF OREGON In a few day j aud, to make It uccelul, rripcct fully risiucit tbe co operation of all person Inter- cted III the mlfarc of tbc country. The State lia now- reached, that podtlou when a jiatly rum- mary of ber progrc I ticcceary, benco the alur or a work which will combine, lu a condinred form, all matter of public lutcrcft. Tbe work In contemplation will embrace apt n c rl kctch of tbe State i lie pbj lcal arpcel, gcol 0,7, climatology, botany, roology, commerce, manufacture!, roclctli, public building, produc tion, and all other inbjccl on whlib information I required. Tbc work will be Mutinied with tkclchc ol omc ortho leading proinlniut iccucry of the State, and it compilation will be under the charge of J. Mortimer Murphy, Esq., Wlioo recent work on Wtfhlngton Territory ha bem highly comnunded b) the pre and public. Tbo BUSINESS DIRECTORY of ich town aad city will be complete ; and that, w lib ketchc of each place, thould make It iinaluablo to tbe mercliant, fanner, and mechanic. A an admtltlng medium, it will be the belt jet Introduced in tbo bute.a It will be of rucb Im portance that It will alwaj t be retained in a prom inent poilllon for reference. The rate of adurtl.lng w 111 be a. follow : One Vmse.....' Half race ,0 Card 5 rr Adverllcr Uklng one pige will reethe a copy of the book grtll. Price of the Work will b....3.50 f- The book will be dlitrlbated on erery route oftrarel aid In .rery pubUe plae. In the country. s. j. Mccormick, PUHI.IBHHB, 106 Front street, Oct. SO, 1.71- POBTI.ANB. AMETTE FARMEE. SMcm Farmer.' Club. Salem Farmers' Club met nt Sim nions' school 1ioum in Salom IntN, Mny 17, 1S7D. The resolllttnil illsiniwl mu, l(,.. splvcil that llio I'lii'itpcst inotlo of tlirniliiiijj prain Is to cut it, haul it on sleds without biiulinj: and Mtde oil' to endless chain machine. M. l'lsko slid the farmers of Linn county practiced this method largely nnd had found It the cheapest, lie thoughton small farminbig machine nteupall the prollts. Tlio co-t per bushel was as high as lti to L'O cents, Tlio method described In the roolu- tion was much cheaper. L. U. Jtulson did not wish to op- pose tho resolution altogether, but thought small crops should bo put In tho ham, and thrashed nt conven- i,,, f , , , , leiice nil feed the straw to stock. J.l. Colo said the plan proposed had decided advantages; three men could pick up ten acres In a tbiv with I.-.I.,., t.,.J ...i.n it , ,. , .. , barle. forks, w lie It took four to oiiitt ns mucli. Tlio grain could be saved bettor by forks than by bind- ing. A three horso iiower will thrash coiiipnrlnjr tlio tllllerent methods or .'iO bushels nor ilnv ii funk ..niiu.ir. wrll? forgraiii. Thought large nm--', uus'uslertli . It took com par- vMwi Uo 1h,s( ,,.,u, wrk o,,. umei.view iiuiKis to iiireMi wim u small machine; tlita wasn decided ndvnntnir,. in iw.lrrt.lw.rl,,.,.,! i r. had tried stnrln.' L'mln iinilirmlnxl i ..... i. . U? . f ' " "'"'"' "llt "lOMgi" 'i was iniicn lh0 ordlnnry way. Said he hnd better to thresh lu the Held. On large ' taken both kinds to the milW, mill farms It was not praclicnble to store mlllerscould iiotillstinguish between grain in the sheaf. ,,l,"i tlioug'it that headed grnin T-n. him , , 'made us much Hour ami as good, nntl J. Mlnto said ifho wasn large grain lllmk. moro i)ra ml ,r,H.s. Ho producer ho should practice this' liked to have plenty of bran and method, but storing gniln unthresh-1 shorts, ami wheat fully ripe, made ciliii tho barn seemed to him the,"1""'- ' -II--l this was tlio ........... i i hi .1 . main objection the millers had to most economical method, as the straw liemk,(, JKraln. .r,,y ,,,lit, a ,,, was practically worth $5 per ton, nnd .more for tho Hour than for early cut themnuuro niado by this plan wivs' grain. Tho country was constantly nl.t.... ni.i.. ir ii.,. ...i. i ...i.. Imnrovlnir In new methods of farm Ji.,,i.i i ...i -.ii.. ..... i... i r t. should bo cut fully ten lny.s before It mi? uciiu ripe, it woiiiu iiiuku uoi- as ciicapiy as possune. nciico ma ter Hour and the straw wotild inako'chlnery was necessary, ami farmers better feed. He contended that grain ' l,ml ,'1t'l, obllgedlo use it Instead of ., ,., ii... i . ii i muscle, becauso hired labor wtis not thus cut would make mom Hour per 'niwnys'nttnlnablo ttien neede.l, nnd bushel. Ho had a crop of whent that miiiicIi or It was almost worthless. weighed (iO lbs jier bushel measured. , On largo farms, tho header aud largo Die inillor thought it extraordinary. ' II. wus not sure but the plan of eut - ting ami unuiing umi stacKing matlu tho best wheat.- II. v ciittlnir enrlv and letting tho wheat stand In shock , the iiiIIUt, to get all, paid the extra r, sometime, It finl.shed tho rlnlnKift,, Srgrff Um" b,,0H,,, process. Ills renter had stacked -. iL.r(. i,ml cut his grain with loose grain last year, and it did not cratllo ami thought ho could do It do well, tho miller refused to buy a cheaper than with machinery, lie U.WI..H ..ni .... ni,,.,,i r tu .... i.n belluvctl lu cutting, binding, s hock portion of It on account of its not be- , ,, misl.llll,,:,, l(,M, f,H grain Ing well cured. f()r Ht.c,,i 1,.,,,, it looked better and A. P. Davidson The farmers of ho believed was better than most of Hiissln, and other countries bv long h uclglilMirs. He sold forlMl, when .vl,f.llllll.nU Imvi. !.... I.. II i' - r... ...w ..,.. elusion that to thrash grain iinmcdl ntely Is not the best plan. Wheat nlwavs went through a sweating pro- The tpiestloii ho thought was tenable cos, and If threshed Immediately It " '" , l''u'!,iVa,SH-. (,'r"1" l,",ll,, .' wouh. sweat. u the bin an,. If In largo toW, .'Ja.'.Sk's bulk it would have a tendency to twlco as fast us bludlngautl as clean, must. That did not make bo good .and tho grain carefully placed on Hour nor would It como up well thus Mods, could bo put throusli tlio ma- n.mslinil Tin. 1,1,111 ,,r sinrkliif- wns . t-'hluo us rciidily iis bound grain. It thrashed, l Ho p an or stacking m ,,, ot ant )(.h ,,,, to,ircl.s, j, prcrerablonltogethcr, then the wheat n this way than ir stacked, licnco matured Itself and wns belter fitted , binding, shocking and stflcklng worn for nil practicable purposes than unv I wasto of time and money lost. Ho nil,.,. , .bad known somo parties that thresh- ,1 ... in ii . i C(1 tl,ulr K"'1" with hori-es, and It J. A. Colby said ho could take up j onlv c0,t fiiem ton cents per bushel twlco ns much with barley forks ns to do so, nnd tho grain wus not crack could bo bound. Two yenrs ngo In' oil. nnd henco wns better for seed, lu tholr section they used n small1 l-Mr. Kdltor, wo hayo uliiied to mach.no to great advantage. Hut a - &',, ns'oVSffi'ns MS small machine to lie made prolltnblo'olways remembering your injuiic ulinnlil ho run with irond lienvv linrsos tion to liiako no loilL'-uIndcil rennrU. light horses would not pay. Twol"?,,:tl , ,,,.,, Imiivv Mi'in run lii.i.i nliAnt ... 1. 1 ' M- l''I0 M1 ' MllltO WerO llp- en span run tlmonbout would 1Klllltw n TOII1,itt.0 to Linifur with thresh ns much ns l!(M) bushels or other clubs on tho wool ijucstlon. wheat per day, aud moro of oats. T. U. Davidson, h. 11. Jtidson, nnd Mr. Wngoner-Cun looso grain bo J- OiU;, weroiipjMiliitedncoiiimlt- put through n mnchlno profitably?- jjj" '" """ u,u i-"'' "' "" Tho fern in tin; hills nmdo loose grain ; T,70 res,)lutlon for tho next regular imppictlcable with him, nod a small meeting Is tho following: machine could not do tho work. A Hcsolvcd, That dairy farming enn- Kinnll iiimcIiIiio uttuiiiiiteil to thresh ! not ',0 ,nU(, BCon'Hy successful III sma I matin no niiLiiipiLij 10 tnrcsn i ((J Wi.nllll.tu, vnlloy. for him and wns soinu two days y, j,, Davidson, Koc'y. threshing something overn hundred bushelH, tho inachlno was out of re- jAMiW Hiuiokh' I-'diituni Juihch palrn good it of tho time, und Until- JlrooksdleU richer than hu wns silli ly tho owner run n mule through tho ised to hayo been. ()fth property machine and wont homo d.sgt.tod. jHMi" ?llr?i S Ho thought grain should bo bound, m.Wspaper nnd reul estitto is worth nnd nlarge miichlne used when there . fU.V),0O(i tho Fifth-uvonuo house $00, wusmuch fern. " oOO, nnil tho I'acHlo Uinds foot up ,. , -,., ,, i$li.,000, liesldes tho Washington Tho Secretary said ho giicsied Iio1Iin ... Tho "ixirsoiuil nnd mixed" was something or an old fogy in some things. Ho had followed tho old plan of cutting and binding, and stacking. He tudseen others thresh loose grain that was stacked, but he could not bo Induced to follow the plan, ns It took u notnl six horM Hia ohlno nil day to throlf.'OU bu-lu-ls of wheat thus iiinnHgi'ri. Tlio same niaehhic would thnisli twice as imicli botuul gniw, and it wn" much easier handled, lie thought the mUckcd wn t lo a tiling' was not always the snfost or the best. Oregon wheat was beiilniilng to degonerato, and it was dlllleult to obtain good Hour nt the mill-. Wheat thrc-hed in the Held was so dry sometimes that a machine would faiily grind It. Such wheat was not good for seed, nor are the cracked grains .-o good for Hour. It was the Interest ofOregoiiiaus to keep up tho reputation of their wheat. Oregon nilsed the best wheat in the world. There was a much greater waste In threshing loose grain, many WI" vimlM fmm ,,!l 'i,J,1' "" touched. Ills own observation cou- vlll.(M, ,,,, mt (ll0 wlsto , llinwh. ng Iooh grain and extra time in threshing it would more than pa. fl,r WmllMBmicI stacking, ami If grain was nicely stnckeil, It would stand ,l0 ni1 ,, wn9 i t-ot lior safer tlmn ilinwliltiurlntlio He Id -Mr. Wltzel made a lengthy peech, er done by them anil saved time to the farmer and his family. Inclined Id think tlio lieailer tlio clioiincst iiutl ooiitendetl that grain hciided could liiotlw told from grain taken care of management. Ho wanted to keep ,,.,-,, tlie times, ami dooverything nmi'iiniPri eneaper iiian any 0II!1ilta R"! WWi'i hine. Was enabled to get S.i cents because ho keit natt at liome. and 01 ITS muni KOI mil Ml Cl'lll-, Tlio President thotiirht tlio discus sion hail taken u witlo range, but was Had to see nil tho points discussed. property, comprised In the last pnru LTnnh of tho will, embraced among tho lKisse.ssions a lurgo amount of sUK'k In various Western rullrond cempaules. Mr. Jl rooks' fortuuo at tho time of his death was not lens than $1,2.70,000. t llitj insr through Agents. Indi:i'i:nih:nti:, Oui:o.v, 1 May i!,7, 18711. Kdltor Wlllami tic r.irmcr: Thu various und well printed arti cles written by leading agriculturists over the little State of Oregon, show beyond u doubt the firm and determ ined purpose of tho fanners to resist oppression of any gr.uk and charact er; and thinking that it might prove of some interest to tho numerous rentiers of your paper to know what Polk county Is doing In the matter, sutllce it to say, that wo have three Oranges of the Patronsoriltisbandry, one at Oak Point, one at Monmouth, thu other nt lluetia Vista, all inline working order. I longsluco saw the necessity of farmers organizing, yet tho how was a Mrloiw tptostion for mo to decide. IT farmer. were to organize in a manner that would pro tect their Interest, capital and mo nopolies would become oft'ended ; hence n war between labor nnd capi tal, either at the ballot bov or the bayonet. Viewing the situation from this standpoint, the farmer hnvo remained perfectly silent, until' capital has become almost uucoutroll able. Tho Inwscnnnot belnroived It bribes Juries, biases rulings of Judge of law, And Its way to tlio legislature thenco to Congress, ami shields till grade of crime, from defalcation to cold blooded murder; and, ir farmer ask for tho law to be enforced cap ital stands a the shield of the ancient Unman, and wards oil' tho divinely appointed darts of Justice. And now fellow fanners, It Is for you to say how long these grave wrong shall be committed. Von clothe all and feed all, you build palaces for the rich, the foumlitlloii of which costs more money than the product of your farm lu a whole year; you furnish him with u Hue carriage and silver mounted harness tti drive and wear away tho hours In which he is not employed lu planning Mchcmrs to cheat the laborer out of his haul aud honest labor. Now, it is not argued (hat fanners should organize so us (o bo oppivs.slvo to any, or that they should become politicians further than to command Just laws. Neither aro We to suppose that tlio catiM) of hard limes is to bo found rolely in any one cause, but in u variety of causes, for wo suH'cr our grain to bo handled by a hair dozen spccul.ito.is, each one taking u prollt ill our expense, and likewise in what we buy; lake for Instance the article or machinery, (for farmer aro like tho iiiuto that danced among the-goslings- every fellow takes euro of himself). When a farmer wants u thresher or header, ho goes to somo agent and buy, generally tho near est agent ho sends to Portland, nntl bo lu turn to Sau I'miicl-co or tlio blast. Of couro all get n per cent., und thu farmer pays tho bill. Now I Insist that wo hnvo no tiso for theso inachlno ngenls.as they an; no benellL to tho iimmifuctiircr, and a great det riment to thu fanner. When farmers want machinery, let them .send direct to tho manufac turer, aud ask him Just to knock oil' that '.'.7 per cent, thai hu gives fo his agent to tell thu farmer that he needs a machine. It Is needless to say that the man ufacturer would not act with us, for really ho has no moro iiso for tho agent than wo have, for think that ho would prefer having his machin ery sold before 11 leaves thu shop, us to have it scattered over tho .Stale to bo peddled out by agents, und 1 would llku to sco thoshapuurit man ufacturer that would refuse nu order Tor ten threshers, ten percent, lu ad vance, und thu Imllaucu to coiled on delivery. This, tho Patrons of Hus bandry proposo to accomplish, and wudou'toxpfcttoitccomplishit with outopitosltlou.for woaru well sal MU d If this rulo hud been adopted ten years ngo It would have saved to Oregon In tho price or machinery uloiiu ouu million dollars. Hut It Is argued that thu fanners havo not tlio Intelli gence to do tholr own business, and as it little pun from Portland u few days ago told ouo or my nolghlsirs, that tho farmers hail not tho Intelli gence to charter a vessel and send it itmd of wheat to l.iverHol. If that wore tho hardest matter that wo hnvo to uttend to, I am sure that it would bo soon nccompllNhcd, but wu hnvo to touch Just such chaps as ho to plow, and we rear that (hoy not only lack tho Intelligence but tho brains. L. W. Hoiikutmo.v. Tlio Chicago At'uv, which existed for threo months Inst year, squan dered $28,000. Salem, Sept. Htf