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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1873)
mzifZ&m! pTr ' -Wjyr' , x'j-Trr - Siilcm, Siilunlny, October 4, OREGON STATE FAIR, 'ifor i m-; :t, Commeuces Monday, Cct. 6lh, AH IIISTINL'I.S I STII. NnturilHy i:ruliii:, Oil, 1 1 fit. In mlilltinii to m I .)( in premi ums, the Society oiler over $6 CO In VOI.D AM) mi.vi'.e: ?u:iiai.s. Tlio premiums mi cuttle iiid largely In created on those of former years. No fttlbit wilt bo spim-d li.v tin1 Hoard ol Managers to inula- the occasion one of UIIUHIIIll lutcicst. l'llllll letters urclvetl, ed, it is believed Hut itllciiiluucc mid ex hibition will liuntiicrlor to those of any former yenr. The l'rcnil ii mt of IM'J. Of the $'.',r.no ihi(. on premiums itf.'.hVJ, it llio flows o thu Knlr, over f.'.oon have been pnid. All persons to whom prciiii iiiiih nro iliiu etui olitnin tlieir money nt tho Secrcturv'sollleo, on or uflerthe first iuy of tho ('ah- timing the week), in hill, In V. S. woln. Kor pnrllciilurs, uddics K. M. Waiti:, Secretary, Hiilein, Oregon. Xollce to Shippers lo the Stale Fair. All nulmiiN ami frelnht for inhibition AtthoStuto Pair will he ilellvereil this I cur o)i (If uniHiiitii. thereby suvlin: trou. ln und iluluy of tiuvcl mill t r.i )ii mrtiv- rwin llio MWuni depoi. K. M. Waiti:, Seo'y Oregon State. Ag'l Society. A llMuinlmlnmliiig (orrctltil. Thu IlilpruKition seems to linve gone ubrouil that ineinbeu of the Oregon Mule AKrh'iiltiirul Hocluty are churiicd tills yrnr $.1.1)11. This Isu mistake. The rule mw Is tho one which hits heen In force ?;tr years, to wit: :?.'I.Oi to become u mom-t-tr; hut, If a ineniher, then SI. Ml tore- iln luelilliership. K. M. Waiti:, Sce'y Oregon Mute. Ag'l Society. What is tin: Avi:iiii:.-Wo desire lo publish to tho worlil I'oircel Inforniu Hon us to tho Oregon wheat crop of 1ST.'), mid we ask persons lo send statement of the ylehl on their fiiims ulso on the furins of their neighbor, unil to mnko us reliuhle estimates us possible of the uvorugoylchl In tlial vhilollv or eonnty. 'I'll Ih Is a mutter in which nil mo Inter ested, anil wo hope our rentier will tulie hdiiiu pains to ohtuiu unil furnish us all tint iuforiiiatioil possible to eiiuhle us lo luuUo known to tint woilil reliable facts j of tho pioiluetlons of our .Mute. e shall wuit until uhoul Nov. Inl unil then iiso Ihoucctimulutfil inuteriul, milk ing freipieut notes in tho mean time. DoputloB of tho Stato Grange. l'nriiitvii uf llrouii Hint Wioliliutiin, nrniilc for rir trilrt Hun utnl for Ilic I'liui.lilriiit'iit uf Hie liulnx Irlnl ptir-ullf. Tit ritrlliutu IliU irrk, I hiir toiii- iiiImIiiii lhnfiilluliii( rr In liillliitif(lriiii;t'ii In Iliiu Juiinllilloii, it- m; llriill": Tor l)mii;U, mid Hit' ('i.iinllis. mhiI'i nf it flimifjF.Tm Mllt I'. l'll..lltllll' T.iIhui, I I v l-t.tuc-II.N. Illll, .liinitluti Alullnnumli Jitioli.li.lin-Hrt. Kil ruill.in.l 'kickt'm-r. I'url'tMi. Kli'iVnk, IU-iiIiiii-'A. HIiiiiiikii. I'lirtnlll Vmlilll-A. II llfitrv. Ijifiiytllr Wtt.lilni;l"ii- V, II. Iliiiiiiliii'jr, IIUUIhmk. Mrl.iu-ll. A. Vltl. Turner -II. M. l.lnn-lt. II. l'miiilii.'. Tuini'itli nm l'jrii, Hclti, Kiirlrni llri'iron, lll'l'tn WifhliiJlon, ami luitliti It. I. Olil. Wnlltliurii, W T 1... II'. I.I...F.. I!' 'I' 'IIIIIUI'.", MI... .11...... KmiL irllun. mIIa wiu, w. r.. nt". i lilt liter, on) ion, w, I lull IIANIKI. CI.AIIK, MltT Main Hln); cf Oregon. Hilli'iil, Oil. I. IWI. At Tin: KAiu(Si:t)i:Niw. Wo vImII od tluiStutti KulrKroiitiil.ionTliiirMluy mid rutw iirt'imrntlons jietlvcly jjoIiir on for tho lu'cniiiiiiiiilalloit of exhibitor mid vjsltorn. Alroail.N Micro woroniiiuy arrlvalrt of Mtn'l;, lino hloodeil lior. oh wero lii'liitf lod uIkiiiI lil.uiUolod, hoollis worn nlronily ojionoil forMilo of noco.ssarlos of llfo and somo uimooossu. rloH. Tho tniok M liolut; wot down, to lm In porloot order for tho ooniliij mocU, mid tho road from town to tho loiiiuN will lm sprinkled llinrouu;hly duriiie; Knlr woolc. The Stowarls of Yiiinhill luivo tliulr stock on liiuul for oxliibltlou, and W. ('. Myor, of JcU.-on county, liamirilvod with his in:(j;iilllcoiit Tor ohoron liorso.s, iiiuro.-, iiml colts, which will astonWi boholdors. All thliiK ho tokon it mo-it ravonihlo tiniii for tho l'alr. Wasiiinuton County Kaik.Wo j'ouiiil It lniHs-llil to lHiioont at tho WiusliliiKtoii Counly Fair, as wo had intended, and aro pleaded to loam from tho Oiriionitin that the l'alr was pecu niarily and in ovory othor way Micros, ful. Tho crowd of other matter this wook and tho near approach of tho an nual .Stato l'alr, wlrnii inuchoftliosaino stock Willi ho exhibited, und of couio uotlood by us, iiiaku it laipo-i'll'li' ' dovoto tho hpnoo to tho Washington County llilr which wo liouIl lo picas oil to jrlvo to it. i):noc'(i li:i:r. Wo inoiitloiiodsonio wookuaRO that Thomas Cnivs luld con tr.ioled for a hundred lioad orbcofont ttotobo lirouglit over tho iiuninialn.s from OvIkk-o. Tlioy have arrlvod In pmd order, and tho iuarlors prosont a Coition appoar.uioo, as inoy iiiuik V, riiiKBWstlvo of tho nunlltloM or Imucli L'rass Wo hoUovo that othor HaIoih innrkots have been furnished with boot" mm KH-ti'in )rotroii tliNM-a-un. Oprn our Itlicn. About tho most Important work of intornnl Iniprovomont that remains to I lio done for tho development of tho uy-1 riciiltural interests of Orof,'on and Washington, N tho openlnt,' up of our i rivers to nitviyntlon tho whole your round, as the eoiisoiiuont chenpenlngof freights will add more to the wealth of distant coiintlo.s tliiiu can bo aceoin-l plMiud byuiiy othor moaii.s. Tho vnltio ' of wator-coiir.sos for cheap transit of produce has been demoiMmted o tho roughly that it noed.s no argument, and the advantage of water communication for cheapness over railroads is another fact that cannot bo .successfully ques tioned, It Is therefore important to ov ory .section to liuvo water-courses made available whero It is possible, so tho qiioNtlon for us to decide Is whether It is possible for the navigation of the Co lumbia and Willamette rivers to' bo muilo available for the accommodation of the commercial needs of the produ cers of those .stations. A few dny.s ago, we heard Col. Teal of Portland who doubtless .spoke for tho capitalists who own the canal and lodes tit Oregon City Miy lit Albany that ho would furnish the best of bonds to the niiiouut of half a million dollars that, with one hundred thousand dol lars furnished by tho general govern ment or li inn any .source for that pur pose, he would permanently Improve the navigation of the Willamette river from H.s mouth to CorvallN, so that It could ho " propelled " by .steamers ov ory day In tho year, carrying not less than llfly Ions of freight. A .small .-urn more, ho said, would open the distance beyond, lo II irrlsburg. That would give tho farmern of this valley great additional facilities for the trau.sporta-i lion of their products, and place an ef fect mil check to the power of any rail road cororatl()U lo become 1111 obnox ious monopoly. If It Is true, as mi .sta led, Hint the navigation of tho Willam ette tiui bo improved for so small ifMim, ' and that majestic w.iter-couro be made ' available Hie year round for tho com merce of this valley, thou it .should ho possible for our Congressmen to obtain that .sum from the general government ' for that purpose, for certainly that Is a! small Mini to accomplish such great re- Milts and confer Mich lasting benefits. Hut u more liiixrtunt question .still, relates lo the navigation of the Coluiii-1 bin river. A great agricultural district is located on its upper waters, and the farm lauds in tho Walla Walla region, alone aro .said to have a .supply of u million bushels of grain tho present year, which .stands Idle In mills and ; warehouses and hams, valued at not , much over one third wliat it would ho1 worth on .ship-board at Portland. Thej farmers of tho whole upper Columbia I region aro anxiously looking at the' i Columbia river and pondering hi their , , minds tho importance of making it ' .available to cheaply transport their i products to market. It Is said that such I improvement is feasible and can ho ac ! coinplishcd witli comparatively moder into outlay, and it Is therefore very ini I portaut to have accurate Mirvoys and 'estimates made, ami then, If consider ed practicable, to combine all available intliieuces to .secure the sum needed to ncconipll.sli llio work. Whilst it Is (mo that KaMcru Or egon and Washington comprise a re gion that Is much of It mountainous or else covered with sago-brush plains,, and that much of the hotter laud is el evated and dry and unlit for cultiva tion, it is also true that miiiio of the, most fertile valleys in tho West aro. found there, and these in tho uggro gato possess great value and uro capa ble of .sustaining u vast imputation and of furnishing Immense products, If It wore only possible to convey them to market at a freightage that woulihnl low that population to live and thrive. TIkkso men who represent Oregon iiml Washington In Congress should all combine strength, olforl, and iiitluence to .secure those groat public Improve ments. Whoever actually shows thoi energy and ability requisite tonccotn plWi the-e results will descrvo well of this North Pacllhi people, undboMirot to reap a harvest of gratoAil iipprocbt-l tioii. Talk at home of what they will , attempt to do, Is of less Importance) than to talk to the point In Washington i and got It done. Tho commerce of Oregon and Wash ton is thirsty for cheap Internal water, communication, by nieaiisof which, at nil seasons, tho products of thv interior cnii bo brought fo the seaboard, mid tho solution of that matter lies In the removal, at an early day, of the ob structions to constant navigation of tho Columbia and lllaineiio ituis. Head the liotlio under the head of" IT pjreent." Anyone wishing u place lu town, will find It a bargain, . oi ('Oiicuf. , "WILLAMETTE FARMER - 1. Einurieor Monopoly .;Storin, to monopoly, and not on. We have lately had an example oftlie,lv nilVillll.0 the candltliiii of those who ' evil of monoiwly brought quite home to . duc8re )(.re, but make tho way , us in tliooperationsof I. Kricdlandcr.llie ftjr ft ,nrgl, immigration of luldi- wheat king of San Francisco, who lw,(Snnnl Ilim,UTH to come hither from chartered all tho ve-els running from Ru n u , f(ir n,0 farmers to there In the Oregon trade, and so mon- wmli(Ki nn, MffinlM when every , opollzed tin- freighting business be-; h,u pxs(N msorp,ml for self-, twoen Portland and bun i-innci -i". This S'liiipMin lino of packet, consisted of fourteen vessels, and Kriedlaiu er has rented or chartered them all lor , , , .i f.ti,. the .season, unil nns iitivanceii ..i;.,...: -. , ( from Portland to San Francisco oiiol h , dollar per ton. Heforo that, these vessels AbQUl itveri,i.,r. received four dollars per ton for carry- Ing grain and produce, and now they , Among the complaints mm J the charge live dollars per ton, and n, thu class of people who I.ululgo their mor vessels constitute tho entire, or nearly bid propensities at the expense of tews ...... 1..I...H ,.. i... .. iHiimiM ti vi. rv fronuont one Ii ng.unst monopoly of the carrying trade to San Francisco, and shippers must pay Ids! prices, or, perhaps ot ship at all. Of course this dollar a ton Is a direct tux enure iircuon ucet, rrieuuioiii.-i n.n . on the producer or on tho man to whom . . tho nroducer has sold, and who paid a "" "n-v UJ1'" lu ""'"""n " -t "" '""" " r11'" ' price based on tho existing rates or rending matter, and that of thu most earnest efforts, tho Masters of tho Stato transportation; not only so, but Fried- select chnniclcr. Oranges have profited to hint a very lander inuv porluips take It into Ills Wo occasionally hear such objecllons Lgaiit gold-hcadcd cane, valued nt head to purchase a great portion of the '" relative to our own paper, and s-,f Ulj t,e y.stL.r.s f tho Order have Oregon surplus himself, and wliat Is to this finally Induce us to given few , hlimvn their desire for remembrance, ns hinder him? Without thine fourteen 'Horns about newspaper, in general and , Wl. , their good will, in purchasing ves-cls It Is doubtful ir wo can ship II ; advertising in particular. Wo coiill- for his use a pair of elegant MeoVo but away: Ihen whv cannot Frledlander J tlontly n-eit that newspapers, on tho iI1H; so if ho wears their regard upon decline to ship miy save liNown wheat, average, are the poorest paid for their i ,eove, it cannot bo witli indifrcr untl dictate thopiieo ho will pay for it vj labor of all branches of htisine, the 1 0,.,., .udgo (.'.irretson promises us Ifhehas In his hands and under his. control all tlio available tr.iiisportation.bave great cr-uiauon hi large ernes, i... ..... ...i i.t. .,u-n tirlcnii OreL-nn nro- and even of tlioso vo iissert that there 11...1 ...i..... ,. OIICIS, OIIII'SS Wl'nill llll.l llllll'l IWIIIIIIK to do the work. All these matters form serious .subjects for tlio consideration of farmers. The State Orange has an in teresting problem to solve, ready at hand, and wo believe they will furnish a f.tlr solution of it In reasonable time. One of the most llngltlotts attempts at monopoly wo have ever known of Is detailed In a Info copy of the 11 tillti tt'atta f'm'oii, for it seems, by that pa per, that the millers of the Walla Wiilla valley have coiuhlni .,i i -,..,..i..i. ,i,! price of wheat and I ibil-h niiadvauc .i- in tli "fi ... of Hour. They refuse, to grind tor reasonable toll more flour than tho farmer needs for disown use. Men representing $7i,00 of capital have formed n lolnt-stock company, and pro- peso to dictate terms to land-owners mid fanners who uro assessed at n mill- Ion dollars. Tho ermine has. fortunate- ly, readied Walla Walla, the Patrons of Husband mills of their own, which thuy can eas ily do, and devise ways and means for conveying the million bushels of wheat in that valley region to market, and se curing for tlio producers there a fair price for their surplus. Judge Oarrelson informs us that the Master of the California Stato Orange writes him that ho is satisfied the com bination of the farmers in that State for self-defense and protection has resulted in securing for them at least twenty live cents a cental more than they would otherwise have received for their wheat during tho present year. This must makn an aggregate in their favor of at least two million dollars for the wheat products of tho harvest of ISVil, even with the existing deficiency. riiatlsn very handsome divided for. the granges to make, on wheat alone, w,ol nt San Jose. Mr. Clark is one of tlio first year of their formation, mid iUo bt'-t representative! of tlio farming speaks well for their power to do good , '''terosts of Oregon, a man of onorgy lu tho future. They have nlruady In-, Ull(l character, well known, and respect tlm.itcd a desire and intention to work j 'd at home and wherever known, liore- in liarniony witli Oreuon producer.s.iind tiltl us In establishing our independence of the inflictions of monopoly. Last year, so we aro Informed, Friod- lauder speculated on freight charters so a to got control of all tho tonnage, or nearly all, coining from Kastern and foreign ports to the Pacific coast, lie lorniui intiii we can suggest; indeed, thus monopolized all the freightlngbus-,''"''" w't we know of California in luess, nml ground down tho producers Koneral and the farmers of San Jose In of Oregon and California terribly, particular, wo rather incline to wish we There was mi Immense crop of wheat i-ould share tho good time he Is Miro to raised, and wheat lu Liverpool nniljhnvo. Tho idea of his mission I, to ce elsewhere bore as good n price as it did . mtllt ln fraternal bonds tho farming tho vear heforo or as it does, to-day, but ' lntersets of the two great Pacific States, tho speculators w-oro upon us, and their n1 that end is ono most worthy of tax win two millions of dollars, wrung 'perfect accomplishment. Tho Iwtter from the html earnings of the people. ; w " friends, tho more certain we aro Our Slnto taxes weru largo enough, but to prosper. this speculators' tax was larger still; it assessed twelve and a half cents a bushel on all the wheat raised forship-1 meat in California mid Oregon, and Hi exacted payment with the Inexorable! rl,-..r ll. .f .lUiuiHe numniwilv ..veivt.... ... ...... , , . on lis victim You, farmers of Oiogon.tr,. . , , , , ,.,.., " ,'" ' h ' , States, he Is Informed that thero is a were Its victims During tlio past week, the Master.,ofiM..,i ......n i,i). i. u... ii,, u.i ,..i.. theORinges lu Washington Territory iby iUe Territories, will bo represent-' m,a,'tlHl " ,,t'ful for rtificial irrign and in this State, wero in council hero' wi at tho next mcot ing of the National Uon whk'11 '"dientes that they can a, a Stato Orange, and they havo or- o range. 0 movement known to mod-! thrmvan H""'"l amount or water with gnnUed and left an executive com- oril (iu,s ,,arA,.s t,s organization of! ,HO,,wle power. inittee, (niiM)scd or giKHliiiisinos., niii- tho producers cfAinorica for self-pr.)-; ... terial, to labor for the common kikmI. i teetion and Instruction. The Order hits' kathkiskoiiii & Co. have recently It seems most nroluble that the fanning jmI ready a good tooting in thu JoinIiiton I 'vvlvl a ohoU-u ruiiply cf toilet articles, Interests of Oregon and Washington 'of Canada, ami the huglMi people are IHTfuniery, c, In their Hue, and are pre will Ihi soon combined ami organized 'iipplynfg to have a branch of It ostab- pared to put up compound medicines t.. under the grange sj stem, nnd that the I lisia-d uiiiong them. order a, iwmd I .lflfi,nM1 IlIMi ...if.Jriten-t. It MHtninse, ; U njoj ,ml,ortnnt nf awl ,lltl.ri.s,s has lt,arne1 tj10 i0.o:, that " In u of all iaoorii i, , 1 "oi uhu. , ie.irot.-ti iiiu n.-- union iiiciu , ,...,.....,.. ..-. . - tho amount of advertising they con- tain. There is a proportion of the world -not a very largo one-l hat prides t-, self on never reading what is In tho advertising columns oi a i ow.spa,,er , t it.... l. !,.,. I n.,i4lttM(V lull ufillfl I . . . ..... exceptions new- u iuw papci, uu Is not n siinrle onomibllshed In the Kn -. gllSII l.lligliugo on ute i.tcii oi me mini. that could live a year without tho In - como of Its advertising. This is n broad ,, , ,,.iii assertion, and wo make H understand- Ingly und decidedly, mid have uodoubt of its entire correctness-. c u .. .... i ... .. . .. ..I,- So It appeara that newspaper reader.- throughout tho world are under the greatest posililo obligation to liberal nlvi.rilse.-s fur iliov i-lvo to newsniiior iulert sen, for lhe gle to newspaper men the encouriigenient, the actual means and money, to do business witli. L ,.... - .. ..I...ltllllfc. ""-"cj- - - CJ -- ... Circulation seetires mlverlisimr. foripraln. All tills wuiirololil hyu Wash- . . ... when merchant and Heaters Know a paper has a great many readers they are anxious to advertise In It, and that Increases the ability of newspaper pro- i looters to Increase their -reading mat ter, and, as n ..-, newspaper owners "" ambitious of publishing ll good pa- IWi "(l ro ro "I't to starve them-1 and wo hopo 'wives to feed tlio columns of their pa rv will IniHil I l'er!, than to defraud their readers by not publishing us mucli matter as they can afford. So funis tho Wir.t.A.MKTTi: F.UMi:u Is concerned, wo are doing alt wo can to make It valuable mid interesting, nml our advertising patronage isa great benefit to the subscribers and readers of our paper ; we modestly Intimate to them tint If wo had twice as many s u I iser Ibers wo would be suro to have twice as much pay for our advertising, and our readers would reap tho benefit of it. fraternal Dclrgalc. Mr. Daniel Clark, Master oftlio new ly instituted State Orange of Patronsof Husbandry, Is now on his way as fra ternal delegate from Oregon to the n "range or i uiirornm, which meets loloro I're-iuoiii oi our Mate Agrlcul ,, , , , . , ,, i , ,. "'Is to work Iiisi rrlend y way with us, those who desire to build up imd iin- ,...,. ,,..,,, ' '. ' ,. it,, , , ,. and wo have only to say that wo recog- prove tho condition of ngrcuture. ,...,,,, J ,. , ,"",v" ... , ,. ,,,,, ... , . ., , nlzo (hat our success and existence de- i it i rt ii'ii'i v inn i iiiniiiiiiai iiiiiiinir i......in.i ...... ......., iw iiii;KuuiI1,(I11i ,. ,,.,, C.0H... ...III. II... ( people of tho Golden State, mid have j doubt tlieir hospitality will tlo more J ill rec tional ItNlhilllT t 1 11111 iHlltlMlr Wf.itj-t ?K..n. ' ,v V "" h'K --" v.r.wKe.s j. x,,v- I l.fTlilml mill Mm 1.'.icIa... i probability, and almost li certniiity, OitAMii: Itkms.-Wo learn froin ; 1Uo';0 l,r't to public view the actual Ice Oarrotson that, in a recent letter "'"""'" oi no v.eioDrated Sluthour elved from tho Mastor oftho Mi- '.". V' V . U"U'" " ,s ""ont for " Orange, who is engaged at the 0,,,, . wrT' V " c1" sI'eak of the nnniiiv of llio Xntlonal Grancc. The !pHmpr 0nJTto week takes to ClfriIn Jlt(I(r0 j;. f, Onrrctson, of f who ,ms (.01111,Ic(c(1 -,-, inboM for (ho lll,tItutIoii of (Irangcs of tho Order ()f ,,,,.., 0f Huslundry in this State, ouvos () wh stut ,, Sub. anu , mnMH ,tructocl to work on successfully. . , . u mnn f hil in1 umiMumlng characteristics, who ,as nmdo Jlluiy friomis during his . .... ,ni. n.. .. i.. ... .... stay unions us. iimuiuuuiuuuiiuiu stay among us. In having such an earnest and accom plished representative lo come ns Its apostle among us, and lie has devoted himself with untiring sollcltudo to do its work, traveling 1,010 miles In Or egon and Washington Territory, mid spring neither time nor effort to do his work well. 'J he success of to Order horu SCOn.s assured, and if it fo lows ,hc n0 markod there can be no doubt of Us resulting in great good, both pc- The success ot tlio Oruor I at II.. i . 11... . I. cmilarliy aim socially, 10 i o peop.e. 4 .. . ... t ...ii tC niifirmitflttritl fif litd , oirtMInmil notes or matter- at mo iast, which wo shall expect with interest. I , I in illOII Illll I Two Gool) How. Hon S. J-. I.lng of Vti it Willla I'OlIlllV, IIVIIIL'Oll llloTOIl ;on tho To 'chet, near .Mullen's bridge, has two wnn, , Kel nwretlyoly 10 nii.l I 12 years. l)u- rlog tho last ten mouths theso boys nttn(U( -sIl0ol llvo mo,lt,( ,u t,0 ,'c. i niiilnlng time was devoted to work on thu farm. In this period they did tin; plowing, harrowing nml roll ng on lnnd ( mt hJylMeiX ., Joj bushels of grain. They also put lit ten ueres of rye, six ncros of flaxseed, anil broke twelve acres of lnnd twice. They further cultlvntcd ft u K.m0I1. 1M1I .iHi thuchorcHiibout , thu farm. Tliu only assistance their fit- i tlifrrt'iiilcri;il them was In sou-liis the i in ngton Tenltory e.xelutnge. Oxr.t ioon Hoy. Wo oll'et the above story of "two good boys" by tho nc count furnished us l)y 1). 11. Lnfollet, who Uvea In Marlon county, opposite Wheatland, of the work dono by his little son, Bryant Lafollet, who is only past twelve years old. Last season ho cultivated without help sixty acres, which was plowed twice, sowed to oats, harrowed, and rolled, alUby himself and raised l, 100 bushels, which would have been 0,000 bushels, only that the smut Injured it. In addition to this, llryaut did chores and cultivated n garden, and did other work about the farm. He has gono to school regu larly ever since winter, and Is said to lie one oftho best scholars in the district, as of course would ho natural, for It takes a smart boy to make n good far mer. Those Walla Wiillu Inoys and our lKy would make a farm team hard to beat. Tjti:.Wii.i.AMi:TTi:FAiiMi:uANi)Tin: C! hanoi:. At tho late tension of the Stato Orange a resolution was passed recommending the farmers and Patrons of Oregon "for tho present to patronize tho Wii.lamkvtk Faumkii, tho only agricultural newspaper published lii Oregon." Not being connected with tlio Order, wo had no claims except that wo ara devoted to its principles, so far ns wo understand them. Many friends havo assured us tho Intention I . . . " "M" V'"I'"'V ,,... I..I-- fanners, and on po,ses,ing their entire coufideiico as a represeutativo of their interests. Wo luivo no other business, no other expectation, and so far ns we aro able wo devote oumelves' to tho work. Wo are .le.i,ed to know that our paper received it warm endorse ment from many members oftho State Orange who nro Its readers, and we shall hope to make earnest friends of all. A Vai.iwiii.k Piii-Mr. Keelcr will be prcent at tho Stato l'alr. nnd Knowledge, ns we saw them in ojiera tion iHith in New York and San Fran cisco, and when lately lu the latter cltv learned that they were iimidlv br-tii.r ... . i i,..i'r:iiiiiii.s in nil. iiniii. ,,.(. .....n. , I I !' ..u... irvrUIIUl
