Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 09, 1875, SUPPLEMENT, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Textw M I & n , v . 5, u ' ?j" ; niimjj-iin,i.i-iaiffffg? A Polk County Romance. Homo time since vu gave n -tory of real life over In 1'ollc; how a California 3:in cninc mid settled there, purchasing a Hue farm for $W,0U0 anil biought n young futnlly to live upon It. After awlillo Polk county was liuy-toiigiled nliout a lady who camo from California with her father, hunting a lost husband. The new coiner was the object of their hearch, and It teems that, possessed of that infatuation which sometimes gets the advnntagomf men, and which always pets possession of some woman at the tame time, ho liiid left a comfortable homo and considerable property behind to wander hi other lands with a new love. Here In Salem he one day met a Callfornlan who recognized him, and that resulted in his wife learning his whereabouts. In company with her father, she came to l'olk county, search ing for the errant spouse, and after some (li'Iuy on his part they met and came to mutual understanding. She had a fair portion of property deeded to her for her self and children, and returned home. Women are strange ci futures, anyway,, and this one parted from her "tyrant man" with no expression of hatred or ill will; fur to the contrary, si ic put her arms around his neck and gavo him a parting kiss thut had no touch of betray al In it, but was a memento of the year of their first love, of the tlmo when they weie each true to the other as needle to the pole. She left him with words of uf leotlon even, and ho responded that he .ould not tell what evil spirit made liiw false to the wife of his youth and the mother of his children. Men are strange creature", too; torrlbfy inconsistent ones at times and we ima gined when wo beard of that parting that it would not be long before tho true' wife would be called back to ilve on the J'.ilk county farm of which she became half owner during her visit to Oregon. Polk county hain't a good cllnin'v for people who forget their true marital relations, yet it has a capacity to over look human weakness when it oueii7h and is repented of, and some way the new comer had succeeded in making friendf, and was so well liked before the uKuutiou of ufliilrri was revealed tlsat srundiil f-curcoly wagged her tongue at him, but spoke of his firror in low wh-is-per; virtuous people felt more soranw for the three unhappy ieoplo than in clined to pillory them before tho bai? of public opinion. There were so man; re deeming traits exhibited that thoviorld found ks cause for censure than regret. The denouement of the wholo ufi&lr is bout to 1)0 realized now, for the Polk utility home is deserted at the i.jresent time. The now comers are gone away, and we learn that the unfortunate girl who was the object of Infatuation, returns to her parents well piovlded for, and that when the llresldo is visited again by Its proper Initiate", It will he tho old wife the true one and her children, unci the name of the inmates will lu changed to that they bore of old when they pllgliUtl faith in other lands. 'Tts certainty bt-t-tm-Mi than that three lives should con tinue to bo In false position to the cud. Tho Murder of McMahon. It U seldom that wo aro called upon In this inlet ooinmunltv to chronicle tiieoocnrremo of so lUstardly a crliuo us was tho murder ot Dutilol MoMahou, who beoamo the viotim fclmply bBcnuso ho was the possessor or a kiiiall bandnt'sheop. In auother column ot to-day's piper we clvo all account of tho arrest of tho parties clalmlug to havo purchased McMahon h sheep, at or near CanVonvllle. Their names we have alnoe learned are lUrileii and Cary, tho foriuor being tho oli'or of the two. Upon their orrlval hero they were placed Iu sepa rate aiwtineuu-liardeu In the County Jail ami Carey In the Statlou House.- Since nisi eonlliieimmt Carey bad, uuder prom sea ot Ijtilono?, raVoalod sutUciout fotjto justify tho conclusion that McMahon bad beeu mur dered, aud as to the locMlty In which the minder had boen committed, and tho where abuuls of the body. On Wednesday after noon, Deputy Sheriff Kent, in company w th Dr. Callendar, started for Unite Creek with lbs I Meuilon oftlndlng tho remains It possl blc, ud prevent their Ivalugiiistuibed. They arrlvod there about midnight, and pitched .i,..i- ..,.,..! in ilia lnpalitv where McMahou was anpiioieil to have boen burled; but their hsaroh that night proved fruitless, owing to tho lutento dmkuew. Tho next morning they, In ooainnuy with others, ovunuienned ny, In ooaPuy with others, vvmuienoea nVearch, whtet, but for tho actions ot a dog at was with the puny, would very likely ,ve proved uasiicoossiut iCr UniO S5 'east, tho that TUI; attcutlon was attr.icied to ihoSpot ; ny thii doit's oainnuniclug tncrutah aud sn..'uug nuiotig the dead l(uivi), sad upou iuvesUa tttin It proved tn be tho Identical apot desciib. oil by C.iry us the builil pi.vo of McMahon, aud was only a, fuw lods tllnlaut I nun the jilaeo w heio Callendar and Kent had stopped lining tho night previous, and who In their search tuiut havo p-sed dlrecllv over tho sixit, Ilu had beeu thtowu Into thU gully, and a few brauchcsorchlwtlirtwnoverhlui. An examination of tun body showed that he timl beu shot Iu the bond, tho ball entering a little abovotberlghteMraiid ranging down, ward, tearing avv the wholo of ouu side of hN head aud a prt or the Jaw, aud Iroiu tho nature of tho ouud he must have born walkiUi; down a declivity a few step Iu ad vance of Harden at the time ho wax shot, and tht-u dragged or tarried oyer to the uully in which ho was fouud. JatkvonrilU' fvutlati. MAUi'tQUa MiKUiKt'.-r.Sjuis fellow, who U not to be trusted with odgil tools, has qut' the railing on the long br(dge aoroaa Mill Creek, on Church street, dfcla It badly and doing damage fur.whlch he ought to bo I-rostcutftd., Th work, was done with an ax. . FHTJIT-DEYING. Ths Altlcu Procc3s-Imprcvcraent3 in lis r..ccessesWhy Changed Corers and I'eelersllarkets for the Products. Heart at I'm State Pomnlnfrtnil Wletynt Lanvllig (JilclilgaL), by W. If. Scunjler.j There arc now on record In the Patent cif- flce of tbo United States 77 different pitent dryers. Whether this largo number or dry ers is tuo cause or me enect oi cue unprece dented drouth of, the past'two or three years, I am not sufficiently skilled in, meteorology to determine. For, the apparantly simple process of tlr.vlng.,a large class of persons seem to think it is a yeryeasy matter to, con struct a machine that will surpass all, others In Its drying capacity, qulllty of products, cheapness or,constraction and economy of, management. . The sesquipedalian terms, dehydration, pneumatic evaporation, saperinatnratlon-.and other actions, and tho theories and. scl;atlfio treatises put forth first by.Charles Alden, a man of genuine scientific knowledge an ex perience, copied to a greater or less degree by the large number of persons who think, they have Invented something valuable, and who havo patented a little dry box, have so euro! oped the subject ot drying fruits in the iogs and vapors of ungramnialcal and technical phraseologies, that it is necessary to have these mists evaporated to raako It clear to an ordlnnry miud. This subject has been in vested with too much tboory : too llttlo actcal experience and results have been promulgat ed. The fruit-growers and farmers do not care to know what is the theoretical cost rxw pound of its product, what quality theoretic ally can bo inado (some nice loohyng spec-;-mens can be produced in almost any litt.e theoretical box); but thov . want to know how much have you produced as a corumer cial article from season to season on rognlac day by lay operations for months In each' vear; wbatits average quality thus miinufac tured in iLhrge quantities; what its market' value; what does it cost; what the deunanc.1 for It; does tt command remunerative price,, and what valuable disposition is made of tho waste cores and skins, etc. These practical suireosllonn t shall attempt to- answer as to-- tbo AUUn process in which ere now iny ed million and a half of dollars, and which i.ihomltr nrocess that ha arisen to sum- cient dignity . and, Import.no. to - -au tor its pnwiwM u"u.----- --- kAmiuiAMiiun nriiiHi in iuu --- -- .-. Hy request of the President I preparedI and read a a paper on tho Alueu yroeess to-1 fore this society la 1871. I was thoroughly conversant with the subleot theoretically auu' talketl ouuo ierneui, a Hi"-i - Slatta JlHp.,r:l.iu. etc, but my .wPffleuw, operations", and ronsequontly limited. S, i.. , nruMli!alexa8mencebs..lo- ..tw.i tr M. fttW WfeHiiW j-w(mv -' . f.. ..i, l.. ....i hu vflrr IllilllH- nioiistrate.i tuas uu,",,""X',.r,,;-' '",,;, . . , . i.i t'nv rsnnnAntrtl them- obUhedVand modifications had continually n.,U.O er which has to contend with so mauy dStferoiit phases and vaddeo changes iu the atmoere) ."V"" Huocliliuns or penoriu if -- " when a,manmuvui'"n "" " TV " ",,, oaltern- In regular day by day oiwratlons,. l"i,, rr '." "b,r0,.t nature. Aftor one reuulawrt , wo found steam facto- lu eorotruenou u uHo.-- ;"--:-- - fnw in mtt,oa8suaiironuble (although a row,, fL.? -SSSaUv favoraUu cireiiuismnces. uuuw -j- .,,Tthow urn nn .:,. ,.ii.. sn.inn.l nrreaonstrueted, steaM K:iMnhl with. Vith our pernancy cwuinvokmeut or.over fifty thousa im om larIn sfam factories, wo prefer to takeno mote Mwin in ours. y orOinsry vern who hax ever ran steam works of any ktad is ivwars of the trouble, vexation, aelay and oVpon" incurred. Yoar pumps, or year va For your pipe-, or trap, or some thing are iu iierpitual rebeUisu, some one o llm refusing to do duty Jnst at tho lime thai is I."V?.X"J""LJ And then that- remark- uliW. imrGounce. a ttrst-clavs onaineor, .s a uoeoJitv IUs theoretical knowledge is jii mvyTpXrect, lint he usually falls, proctlojlly, ittuo most critical .fiouient, and a machine :;...?, ..nnntlnned tinkering and tin eudless oxpensoarelndlsrenanlo sov ral'?ln.c .uoV improved method by SE our several years' experience I as modlUed the Alden process qui e ma torUlv In details, but the great general prin- cip e oJf moving Pl?,0'" uTas rants ot' heated air with tho current uas JSSS the Kd Proved the corree, method aud 10 fait toa nlh), with tlSbt-fUting K moved by endless obal-.R?n8, etc. The vapor wr w -'.-." rieuds hyrTrahi: out of the top ot evaiwrator, whlcU exwnus The nrs8t year we put the fruit In at the top and took it out at Ilia hottonvon the theory that fruit to be properly dried should oome mat irun w h 'lhlind. however, that o r fruit w twdry nudbrlttlsto have th. removly this oy piatiuK f" , . mouturo. couductfld on the flrat tloor. o 'lls?.I0;,;" w, coiild use a much higher degree of heaUn this iunner,.atUo?m fruit only li ! icc'od W IM ii'Bnen uf"'i "" v-v . -. , 'onlyXu (vLU W ta$ffl W .W tinea minutes. Our ) fE?m?o Nllo. last Ml, I r:w ".gularly a ta-, lo JP0 heat tat bottom of ovaiKrato ,)aml uwao thsflnrstmiitw.. er vr"d ouu It m ssom paradoxical A-id iwsctoullf o todry J In mofst air, but oui- V.'.hSoUtuw in Im t'iB true m.'tbod tliat tue moisvuro koj tho p'ues op tl'.l the Utm tnicted, whUo lry hwr cl?T,l thl5So? M cruMlng over the outside M?"i',geJStaS evapowUHl, instead or ft .tH not worm"0 sutircUmly dry when taken ""VKs bSiu tho exiierluuce at all our w'e,V drv tho tiow tendeuoy to mai " J "tf . for when they dried beyond , WJ bek iw they ;tuough wolatuwv wcome plUbl.. and wunot be ,pwked ;y"". crunibltiiK to ple.-, thus Injuring luk J aueoaudfiI. For prpntjor haudllngu'0' apiearauv and wl, .d. for ,uae, only siiulcieni amount of .waUr should be axtxaoj- UU1U4VU umvwm .t.rw. -.-.-.-- --. - - - ed o maliimn.ptvallou-tbiJi much less thaa la gnrlly supposed, havs xptrimautfd cousldsraoly in that direction, wiShavo bwn surpruwd t.tb wsulu w ihlo aud buauttnil, bat actual trial frequently . fur, . ot- tholr rH)uctH upo the prc-eul time proves tlxmi vey delusive. atnWjW' anaV'uud wo aro JusMnterlng tho regular seawn lino llttlo dllUouities, which had uotboen an (0? tl)0 af.iWo a,ifcd frll!t, lrKdo (IVbruary, Dies, i ''ii"''. ,, fB(lt or ;jitf feet gnuuro hare obtained. . , . '-, ' ' i haviproVabJy donawort.axperlmanUag f pin, hi iJJK11.JLMUUJ..'JVJJJJg In drying on a scale eufflclcnt to olvo a Jus. basis for facts, than any person in tho WBt. My experience has demonstrated that to dry or preserve fruit, In a commercial way, lapld ly and economically, and to make it ot the bent quality, a rapid circulation of air in a small, vortical chamber, with close fitting moving frames and high heat ore ej-scntiel. This will give each franieof fruit tho same decreet ot heat successively, bsing subjected to the highest tlrst. 0r evaporators, tnatwe made at llrstovor five feet square, we now make onlv three and a half fuel. No regular even hent'ean be maintained In any dryer or any room of large diameter either way, espe cially on windy days and not oven beat can bo regularly inslutalned'in any outdoordry. er en such davs. and fruit cannot be madeof good and even reality wnsii iremw are sta tionery, as some are snojecioa eiuiruiy iu htgli and dry heat others to varying heat and tiisture. I Hd alMi a twa storv butidinir where the frult'la-token out and packed1 on second hor 'more convenient and desirable than a single story where the frait bas to fce laicen out una packed" hi the muss and wasto-of preparation 'room. . ', Onr three and a half ieet evaporators hare proved to possess even greater aapaolty, whan run to tieir full esent, than we supposed. At Bentcs Harbor 112 busbelst at Ypsllantl 10S bushel, and at Colon 100 Uoshels apples were run In n day tr bundled bushels ha ing been considered their full capacity. Thin miMtnrnf RuDrxitv is usuillv theoret- Ir.ol miH Immrlnurv: A OeDtlflineU WhO thought h bad invented a dryer, called ,on mo too pas; year, ana1 in uiscus-oiik "' -chiue said it had a capacity of about SO bush els In twelve hours. Upon inquiry he said he could put i a frame, when everything w favorable, everv live initiator, ami his frames held abent a third of a -peck. I :uirdItout for him as follows: Qe fraruo nvery five iilntituH would be twelvan hour -one-third pok each would bo twelve t in! pecks (one bushel) an hour, aud iin-twelvc hoirs twolye v,i,'a1m inir,ri nf thirtv. There is nothinir ' like flouring up in 'detail boforeLtiiid when when vou arogoiutt on me iubui.v. Thero aro two, aud onVy two, kinds of dried fruit known, or quoted, iu our large- markets common dried and Altlen Jruit the latter rauuiDg from 100 to 200' per cent, higher Iu twice than thctormer. I havo beeu gathering some statistics for the past two or-tbreo moMhs, and -Jnd there have lioen crown! over Jwo hundred Alden Uvaoorators, tind that over 1!,000,OC pounds ( Aldeu products were i:nufrtctured In 1S74, I1.niiilrt..r of which-(or over half amll- 11o(1n wa prot10eii by tie Iiehlt;on Alden IH),ilirieSi Tho-Alden products of Michigan ,.(ir 187t wpru Rpips, pumpkin, squash, green corn, loiuutoe-trHspot-ii.rs, ptkn.uu-, io"i Kreen po-is, w)-.orlleberritH aud cherries the '1 -' . ..A-.!..., last, nve tn iiiu'.ieu (iuaiui;i-. uwiuj m uw ous reasons vhich 1 will nt now stop to ex- pluln. TlioUr,ior ponton or tuo tmcniuau factories have rli-iposed of cither all, o-r a ma- M.,n.li unil AnrilV The co-tor Allien pro ductsatthodillurtntfActo7iesvarysomuwh.it per pouud, owiJ lo the er.perlencecaro, en terprise aud Ocongmy in management .though all, so far as I biivo.lourn&d.dul a satisfactory business durin&lho pat,t year, ani several are making .wnWineuUklroaay to-enlarge, by adding new evaporator this yea-J. 'taking apples as a standard, it has cotut theTarions factories trom throe to live cents per pound to convert thoni.iuto Alden fruit, iloptmding upon the quality of theapples nsei'.vand skill anil economy of management. TJo cost of tul has been fjoru one-fjnartBrtotree-tlfths of a eont per pound ; at our Niles fiMHory (an thrclte coal from Chfeauo) it wasthreo-lit'ths nfi ...mi? at Kbnton Uurbor (woml) three- tenths; at Colon, two-fiUhs; at Cobden,30 100 ... . . :.. A..n 'IM trttal -rt nfthn Al. t dou apples, of course., depended upou the ...i nf l,n L'lvnu. Tnhere tho aronriotors- worked up other apple.i than thostrom thelaj own orchards); at mis piaco iuuy eru mi-.ii.. ed, aud ranged from lto 1!5 cents, Mr. Hoi comb leports his to cost eleven uad onu tllty three cents pen pouud packed; Mr. Brush's twulvo cunts; at our :Slles lactovy thoy cot tcnaudabalfceuis pich-eu. x uibhi result of thirty-two days' operat'xms at Mies last tall on apples. Amount runwith two dryers) 3,710 iu. Amount Aldeu iruit (." 18-10 lbs to bushel) - jJ'H'?3' Ain't evaporated cores and bkius.... -ilJilus. Total evaporated product 5.1U'J Jjs. Green apples cost (.41 5 tie i bu.) .".os (w J'otal cost ol iuol (15-50 K lb.) ?- -' Libor iu recolvlug, preparing, evap orating and packing, cot of pack ages for Aldeu apples aud cores ...,,i iA-Ww (ni-lilnnuilH. etc.. S1.00U 02. Total... .....$l,iOl oi Cores and skins netted cash at tho factory ....?l,Ul b- Net cost of 33.W.0 ls. Alden apples packed ready for shipment (10) c per pound) ...j.,oW tu 1 sold the whole 30,960 lbs to one wholesale Grocery house in Chicago for 20 cents, ir. per cent off, orl7ceu net cash. This left me a net uaiance mwt uouiis e,., .v..,-. ti 037 uo. ThU same grocery house, three years ago, refused lo buy a barrel of Alden apples, saying they could never be sold at 20 cents iier pound. Right hero I'waut to say a word about the market lor evaporated cores and jklbs, I made a contract last summer with the Alden jolly works at Neshanic, N. J., for 300,000 tha Alden evaporated cores and skins ntC cents per pound, delivered in Now ork. After ap propmUug to our own factories what we i....fri ,m r .u.rrthntnd the remainder to all . ' .a- .inJ..(n fpdlffkttf nFA nf the othorAlden factories, and thus furnished .-...,. i, D, rnuii the ceres and skins made in tho wost-th6 amount furnishod overrun a little tue ;uu,uuu pouuuo, u. kj -- y" cepted and paid tor in cash, as delivered dur nThlsUmr'ket will' be permanent and is to ......!.. tl,a nmnllt Vflir t)V luCreSSOd tiCll- "'cs of the Aldeu jelly work's east, and prob ably by tb erection of a jMlyfacUuy in Mich '8;' ,..., , ,., i.V ollna iriil wiixtfl is an importaut item in tho success ot a dry ing establishment, I wouldulso here remark that lor the pust two years gieatordifnculty has been exirlbiiced wllh machlues for preparation thau any .ovher-oor ovapora tors being comparatively perfect in iheir l Welha" olu vpntcd two or three theoretically perfect oorers and sllcers. but they failed uractlcally to perform as they were Holentifl calwWstructodtodo. Wf round uo ma olilues tliat were of any value for manufac turing purposes tour yoiw ago. aud could ludDM So uiauufccturer- of apple lrer to make such, a machine, unleaa we would coutract ror a largo number and pay u ex--. .- L 1, 'J7:.,....,. w unn found we would KwTOwiwih.iwtallbJwf.to tho car load each season, u we wswwu tbelrwe, .Having ,iws vorabU opinion nf our own inventlva powers, la that dlrac- hj n after our nfevloua failure, we turnea our , AuS to nuking ' PWfiS ' lnvsntloos, uid, proved , iucosss, in ?r; 'il We' employ, ,mif nfiKrw under our Instruction, one hundred ma chine, wo paving costs of now patterns, etc. We had a heavydurable mfcchineconstruc. ed (weighed 14 Ku.) but buvo been coni polledto make many changes and improve uibtits from year lo year, tact; year It is better, and for th present year wo xpect to havo added Mish jnrther improvements as will ren.iwr it a eoitiprtively perfect peeler, corer and sl't-er onajbliini. Last year ne had girls at our N'les fnc-rv thst Kl--'l each twenty bosh s or gi,.l pple- In wi ., nollnir enrlnif HUll slil'llliC thill'. I Birrles raspberries, blm-kberriexnud wlior- fcieoerrice wo u,u wu .. - Y . ftult at a cost of lJic and 2c. per pound lor the dried fruit. .... , tU Green corn has ens', inctudlng co of tb M.n ., iM, ,n AOr. Iihr liiiL.tril f.ri. oo AV average, when evaporated, from 8Ktr u 10c per pound.- Alden pumyki ududlug price of green, at JO per ton, com about 10c. pev pouud. JIAKKET-I. The success of any manufactnring Indaa try or the growing of any products depends np on the market its demand and value. Tkere never has bees an overprodnction.and never can be, of the staple fruits and' vegetables. Thero may ber and frequency 1st a lack: of proper diotribuiion or these perishable pro ducts in seasons of plenty (like green apples the post season.) The remedy-lies in con verting them Into Alden comccerolal pro ducts, in which shape they can be economl cally transported to all parte of the globe and their u extended over the whole year. To many apples, peaches, or berries- cannot b grown in Michigan, if thsy bo properly ered for and marketed, the choice select in the green state largo)y, tho remainder of tho good fruit chiofiyBrf Alden produst; (no per---son Is entitled to a market fir,poor;froit.) Notwithstanding thu ureen atitle market. 'Aldeu apples havn muinulued th price, of l:UC in umoago ior iirMt. (fraut., tuuieu uti 17 to "0 cents) and live thnes tl amount weru soldifroai September' 10 Jauuary las', thuu have ban sold any previous voar In. I tie same period, and the levular active dried truit sutmou (Febmary, March, April) was not reached. Mr. Davenport, of Davenport ArCo., New York, who owus tho Alden jelly works at fslmulc,-J. J., and two Alden factories (oue Rt Medina, N. Y., the other at'Suniuiervlllo, N, J.) told me last week they bad 3?OtOOO in vest iu thtir workH,and that they were now running on a government contract ior 100,000 pounds Alden upples, and that the Kreen ap ples they wern theiirunnlugupon, oust them in January only ouo dollar per barrel 2,200 bbls. being bought In ouo lot at that price, lie said this was tbeir second government contract this year, am' that they had just completed one lor SOfr.OOO pounds of Aldeu onions. FUr the ouiaus they received So cents nor ppuutl ior the Aldeu apples, 21 cents per pound, to be put up in 15-pound tlrkoaus or oses, costing 3 coots, leaving 21 oeuts net. What otliw contracts lor Alden products the government has made, or expects xt make, this er I do not know ouiy I know it always ptuehasos lar.io quantities otAiden potatoes each j ear. Four years agulbe Unl Vd ytihOovernment would only actopt 2,000 uuuuds of Aldeu products on trial. The New . v., Pi- Al.lnti PmnnRjiv have an attp.t In i2u York rope, and have bad one thero at ditfeient times during the ast two years,, aud the nrnsneet for.au Earopen market for Alden products to a large amouut, among the .'nulls)!. Pronch aud German KNVernments, Mid to th8hlpplngnd general inds, is very "eiicouraelng. The. Alden Company is tbu doluua'sood wora. lor tue lrult growers in -Michigan and elsewhere, in establishing a foroluii demand, o? market, for thpir fruits. Tho dnllest Alden arodnct on the market has h.un i-nra. This is owlnc to two I'.iclh a .very largo stock of canned corn at,axtreuiuly i,iYgml tioorAlCen corn that has been put on the uurket fiotn iuexparienca and care-lessness-iu manuSioture. A good.produut of Alden corn, propeny put up,wiuwa.yunuu a ready aud revuuueratlve muriut, in my iudgmaDt, as itJa both much ctw-aper (costs not over nan; "" "" . fuou. Aldoti corn is now selling from Hi I to 20o In Chicago, nice, teuder corn put up in one, live and ten pound packages brlngtiic the lat ter figure. MrTitfiller. of Colon, one ot the most en terprising audi carelul mauufaotures of Al drfn Tirndnctaiold me last week he had dis- poied ot all bis corn except toua barrels, (he evaporated a good many thousand poubds tho past veariat 13c. not at his. factory. Ak den raspberxies are now out oV market; they soil roadlly at ."0c. por pounih Aldeu bUo borrins aro now worth 3.1c. to 40c, and tbe supply exhausted. The same la true of whortlebort'ios. Apparently an unlimited amount of these three Alden berries miftht now dud a market, Alden peaches aro scarce, aua worm toi "" umd.u, IUc to20o. Alden peas are a very fine article, and iu good demand at 40o, with no supply. The dltnculty as to peas is tbe great cost of shelling but from some experiments' last year. 1 am Inclined to think they can be J ... ...ii.nnt.lln n rhft tvrl. varHiat i,AhnirKtnf nreDarftUonnomlnak Alden pulnpkln and squash, both in flour and crouna, are now m oufru - ...,, -. fn our market at I8e. to 20o. for unground, and ?3 a case (12J pound packages) for the Iin. ' 4 From tho avariolousness of one factory, however, the flour is not In as good repute as la year; the proprietor, tblnking 80e. ner pound did not furnish him sufficient profit, adulterates his with corn starch largely; (costing Sc. or Pc). Only one party, I am happy to say, engages in such an ad ulterated proceeding. T'he popularity of Alden products dopends largely upon a knowledge of the prupor mothod of .their nreturatlon for tho table-experience iu cooklua they requiring dlfforeut treatment from either common dried or grceu fruits and vegetablss. Tho longer they aro used In a family where a reasonable degreo of klll aud intelligence ore employed in their preparation, the mow popular tltcy become. eratUoinciket, with ftn experience of tiro "w In develoVlng and perfecting Its i math. Odi. irediiclug tbe cost of machinery, ot nre psiuon and ot manufacturing, the Alden pwesrt now becomes au Important aud ucc oary factor in suectsslul fruit growing aud farming. siikm. February 0. 13T5. aa V5av"' l.b,"""- --" !-. A. D. Dickknson, 40 Murray street, .Nov, York-Iear Sir; The undersigned, offlcors of the Alden Fruit Preserving Co., ofSalom, Oregoni hereby certify that Aldeu ovapora torsTpurchated by ue pf you, have accom pllshid a much work, and of as good quel hy,a3 represented by tbe patents, (signed. O. J. Caub, Secretary, i i Jmo. J. McFABXANni&uW An ancient, but generous-hearted feamle, named ainnaiGo7Ssmltb,dwn in Jeffer: SonpS,Vil to give 50 towards the eree tlon of a home tor superannated editors who ner.r publUOjed Ue, Md who never charged for old Prr ut under carpeU!'' Who la fir to apply RwioomT Wisconsin letter. Wassav, Wisconsin. March 17, 1375. Mn. r.DlTOR; I havo caught what people hei e call tho "Oregon fever." Yes, indeed 1 have, and If 3 feet of snow and the merenry down at 4 below zero, as it was this morn IniMind oly 10 above ot 12 yC. Isayifthat will not gte man tho "Oregon fever," then1 I do not ktiow what else will; bntnot only Ij." nit, a good more liave o'.'th sme lover. Most winters are bard In northern Wiscon sin, but Ihl one beats them all that I have"" experienced here.lntbe unl'nterrnpted sever told weather,, This winter Is severe enough, to discourage any 'farmer in this section of the country and 'drive him to seek' & milder, clime on the wide fauieci Pacific toast. My attention has been directed to your State, where farmers are not obliged to feed stock for 7 months in the year, like here!. The- ground here Is yet frozen solid to tlMi depta of front 2 to 0 feet and God only know' how Much deeper, so'that wo'ftmers can't put i our spring crops until along ln-Mayy' when comes the almost worst thaa African beat to make np tor lost time in order tht crops'naay grow and ripen. The fanner here has to work under the greatest disadvan tages an the year around, for Instance w have occasional night frosts," hard enough to kill garden vegetables, up to the 4th-of July,, and right after; tbe 4th it begins freezing agaiu. Perhaps you think, I am exoggera- tlngr but H am nop all the people here IT asked must say, it is but too true'. Once, I' raeollect that csrtainly, we had frosr lu every' month or the vesr. As a general role .Inly Isexceptedt But' enough or onr climate;. I want somo'iutrfrmatlon about Oregon, ind therefore enclose a ?2 Postal Order as sub scription for the WlCtAMETl'M FATOHER. If possible send me all back numbers since January 1st; 1875j so that I may, from the local items, compare your winter with ours. I'f'you cannot furulsh back hnrtibera, then send the PAuiikr from date of receiving this. B think tbe enclosed amount will 'pay my subscription till I get there, for I am deter mined, if nothing happens, not to winter over here again. Yours, . ALnKltr ZfeMKE. VnBESJK 3ETHS BARK "AEC"EiITECr." Tho.Sliip.a.Total LossThe Crew. Saved. The Bulletin or to-day says tbe bark Archi tect, which went;ishoro on Clatsop Spit on Monday last,. while attempting to lollow an other vessolilnto harbor, has become a total wreck. On Monday night the sea broke over her with fearful violence, and the crew, to gether with- the Captain and his delicate wife, were compelled to take to the rigging for safety. Attar a night of terrible suspense and much suffen!nrr each minute of which threat ened tholr instant destruction, tho famished people Denein cue tug Astoria epproacmng thorn in the gray of tbe morning,, and com lug'as uearuM is compatible withnsalety, her craw manned the life-boat, previously ob tained trom- Fort Stevens, and udthe immi heut risk of,thbir,lives they pulledi manfully forward through tbe breakers,, and at last, aftM- mauv hair-breadth escapes,. reached tbe vtffl. A. II tie was thrown ou board aud the Twlluof the Captuiu, being the only lady on board, was the first to molte the trip through tlio beethiog and bbwing waters; but at lasti she reached the bolt, into .which she was- lifted by the gallant rescuers. ICuch member of the crew followed, the i captain kelm; the last to loavo- the vessel, and latter a dangerouspassage through the break- aj ,li... .Uup nlf,.M..l .... hMitl t)..k (,... li'hura. van .huj ..v.u j.'-v;.. .... nwt.. . ,...( ,., t. u v. w r oyervthjnc was ttouo to make them cotnfor- , table and alleviate their snfKriog, and at last uiuy wvroiuuut-u raiHij- ujuu tuo wuari w. A-tori, snatched, as It were,. from the jaws, of deasi. The uood people of the place, who. 'wele deeply interested in their welfare, re- cei vet) tnem in a hospitable manner,and tney wer soon all cotnlortably quartered with, fiicnJw, who spared do effort to make them, feel that they wer'i indeed welcome. Te vessal went to pieces about an hour after the crew wero rescnel, and nothing oF her now remains to mark the spot whereon sho was wrecked. Tho Aiohetect was built iu Rockland, Maine, in tuo year 1S55, and was owned by ti. 11. Shoiwood, or San Frau ciaoo. A Maniac Attempts Harrier. The Bulletin Rays for somo time'past the stiu of Mr. Lauehlin, a rospected farmer on the North Yamhill has been suffering -from Illness. Ou Tuesday morning tbe invalid called one of the children to him aad asked him to bring the gun, he wanted to look at it, as it reminded him of the days' when he was well and could go out into' the woods shooting The little brother, not thinking, . urougut me gun to mm. ue examinee, li lt being very heavily loaded then placed it near the head of his bed. la a short time the father entered the door, wheu quicker thn a flash he seized the gun aud tired, the full charge taking oflect In" Mr. Langhlln'a abdomen, He was1 picked up, carried to bia bed, and medical aid summoned. At last ac counts Mr. Ij. was'suflering intensely, and lc was feared the wound would prove fatal. Tbe cause is satd to hr.ve originated iu tbo boy's brain during the temporary insanity. He Imnglnd that his father was trying to poison him, kill him and get him out of the way. The Oregon ian's account of the above gives no names and is slightly dlflereot, but sub stantially the same, ' , ! Ttck Trui: Auab. T. K. W., iu describing a huut in India, iu Spirit otheTiWfJ, speak ing of tho Arab horse as there eetu, fays: "If the s?.tne palus had beeu taken with tho Arab, as wss dono with tbe oglUh thor oughbred, there is uo knowing to what a nltoh of excellence he would have now ar- rlvoi. A real Arab (Ilirba, and those Gnir Arabians passing- muster on tho contiueut aud in Englaurt ior the genuine article, are not so) never exceeds 15 hands 3 inches in height, which is very large, and generally are U huudj, or 14 bauds one iuch only. They are mero pouies, though they stay' for ever, and carry welter weights up to 210 founds. Tbe best racing Arab I saw in , odla was Grey Leg. His stride was consld e:ed long-, and it-was only 15 feet 7iucber. Au ordinary English racer's stride, of 18 hands, Is 22 or U feet. GladUteur, General Peel, and others were said to cover 20 feet in each stride. This is the real secret of act Arab never winning when pitted against an KngMah horse, though it la unsuspected, and attributed to want of1 stamina. When it comes to racing, 'they are Immediately 'cat down."'- , i i . i - . i i - . AitMU&1&&i'!WM! , JtAfc..