A IfoiiJT-Page Siipile3siont with. h&f Farm erv this Week, i ' i i i . .... i i , $3.00. por Year, in Advance. SALEM, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1875. Yolumo VII. Number 29. School Talk Papers No. 7. Ed. Fabmkii: It la field that the property must educate the masses, and that ptttolio education ia publiu economy. A bilo thst is correct, evert parent febould regularly, jtrompttyand cheerfully send hU children to the schools thu sujiported, and In ases whore parents are absolutely too careless to ana that tbelr children atlend school the low shorild be so framed an to provide a mnnnsof comlieRlnp tbem to sepd thera. 11160111 munity should have something to say. Men nhouki not be allowed (o keop their children from school to grow trp In IgDornnceaml run the chances of Increasing the already vast number"that throng our jalis and penileii tiarlos. I apperid some statistics prepared by a New Yoik Committee on Ednculon. It says: "In France trom 1607 to 18GSJ one- half of (be Inhabitants could neither read nor wJte, and this half furnished ninety-live per cent of Uiose arrested, and eighty-seven per cent of those com itted of crime In our jsix Xevr England States, only seven per cent of the inhabitants over ten years of ape, can neither read nor write, and this small minority commits eighty per cent of tbe crime. In New York and Pennsylvania an ignorant person commits seven tlines tho number of crime that a person who can read and write commits, and In the whole country tbe proportion rises to' ten times." Then howneeessary that tbe public schools should recolvo our hearty support and patronage, alnoe It is much cheaper, safer and easier to do tbla than it Is to build extensive State Prisons capture and try criminal and keep them afler thny bae been convicted. Not but that every parent has a light to control his own children but this right must be suhjaoi to the good of'tbe public and s ciety. Iifery child has a rfgttt also; and this is, that he sbnil have snob a course of educi- tion as shall fit bim for usefulness in an en Jlgbten6d communlly; and the right of tbe pment is never advanced mora than wben It brings the child lo crjoy those pri ilexes, and means of luiprotement which this Stuto so liberally furnished. Society alto demands that these rights of children should not bn encroached upon, so that In iuture Ihey may not go ont into the battle of life to become Inmttcs of our J ills and almshouses, hut rather that they may take tbe position which this inalienablo right gives them, that or titling themselves now tor tbo great future, for upon tbelr shoulders In coming lime are an appn clallve publiu sentiment. Tbo Opmlon is too prevalent among; those who never vtait the schools, that fivo or six hours a day In tbo school room, m ith all tho rest of day for relaxation or amusement must in sure to tbe teacher a delightfully eaty modo of life. Tboy Utile know tbo thousand per plexing cares and anxieties 'which help maka up I ho teacher's daily experience; they little know tbe forbearance, patisnee tsctandrklll required to manage from forty to sixty chil dren of different ages and dispositions, to aay.nnthtng of efforts to instruct them; they little think how much of the teacher's v.ork is necessarily done outside of tho school room. The truth is tho teacher's work is laborious, soveroly taxing he energies of mind and body. In these days ot progress, the very best results are demanded of the teachers, and it requires constant effort in tbe way of preparation, In studying new methods devising new plans to keep up with tbe requirements of tho times. To be a successful teacher now, both the pbj steal and mental powers must contribute tbelr tit most towards the attainment of the wished for results. It should also boborn.e in nilud that our dearest interests are committed to the toaoher's hands, lor the future prosperity of a community depends in a great measure upon the condition of its public schools. Let the teacher then b8 recognized as a laborious, faithful and deserving public sorvant and benefactor, and let this sentiment And aae quate expression, both in words of encourag ing appreciation and In tbe cheerful award of a )lberal compensation. Joints. Yours truly, Tiieouald. From tbe Commercial Reporter. ' Trip to North Yamhill and Vicinity. Angora Goats. the burdens of political end social rcspou nihilities to rest. Therefore would Ave urge upnn all parents that Ibo only lawful cause which can morally excuse tbora from sand ing tuelr children tojour schools loitulsrly is sickness or its attendant causes': We are decidedly in iavor of a compulsory educa tion law. Allusion may well be made to a practice indulged In by many. parents, at least countenancing frcquelntrluost nightly eutertainmemi of some sort for their chil dren, with nlilch tbe evenings of teho'-)-timearo grca'ly diu'pated nud lost, not to ny tbo day also, which is largely lakcti up iu discussing, or at least mujlug upon tbe jray evening before and the next to enme. Wo have nu wish lo suppress innocent amusement, or to cost a damper upon auj ttasonahle diteislou. But wo cm not think it, reasonable, or lit any way deslrahlx, to tax ourselves to such an extent to piovide teach ers, and so many co'lly appliupics fjr the training of our chilJren, aud then take a course t Uich its more than half subversive of tbe very ends we aim at. It seems like poor ocoDOiny, a prodigious -waste of money filling a barn and setting It on are. Of taxes or teachers should people complain o much, eo long-as they persist Iu ways that nro tbe undoing of wbal tbey pay tbelr teachers lo do? and ia it indeed true, aa it may be al leged, that our children need or have time fur tbi round of recreation? Consider that they are iu school less tban rive boors, full half their time is tsken up Iu re Undoes; two boors U a short lime for pieparlug tbelr j lessons. If tbey spend not a part of every welling la study, they will fail, nint-tentba of them. Soma study oat of school ia a neo- aslty, and besides our youth are congregated each day save Saturday. Ia there not change in ibis from home life; or must they needs run again wbea night sets InT Augbt sot parents to ponder tab matter, and consider whether school-time should not be regarded with more aacredneaf, and be more fully de voted to tbe eiiils for which the school st -jJon fa Instltutta? Cooperation, in short, is tbii Hold. Will ihu cooajiuuiiy, v ill tbo family to ontn in etfjrtwlili ell whokuro oorscbru! iu chaigoiw. to roako tbeincvcn jnoro Uu.'iul thvu Utt-y tuiT Iu l r.clti'loi) Jet mo or, helrsetw's need Jbtibeia'y u'iiaj.'Mi LltJ!i La'i l Uaa Pohtland, Ang. 21, 1875 I have Just relumed frum a hrlef vNitto (he bHauiliul Jintln llelds of Yamhill and win say, mat ono can only oe impressed with too wuudurfnl rtohneM of soil and adaptability of oli mate of that 'portion of 0-i.-nn, ly being surroundod on nvery side by flelus f gruin not equalled pn tho 1'acltlu Hlnpe. The harvest is well commenced and activity is apparent 011 every hand This i-eHftou the (uop iu this section Is laigely wheal, which si uuis to be yielding about as folio h: Winter sowiug trom S3 to 40 buli ols 10 tbe acre, some running e en to EObunh els and over, aud upon laud, too, that has been croi pel lor many years without appar ently baviug been allowed to recuperate. Spring wbtat, owing to the extreme w.irm w ealher Just v ben cool damp weather whs essential to proper filling, hits become shrun ken somewhat, and the averaee of this kind of grain will run below the siaudHrd, but it will still lurn u say, irom ja to a misnais' perarre, wn cb, wtien taken in oonneo ion wl'h tbe yield of the west Mississippi Val ley, the "Garden of the World," that Is from 10 to 15 bushels per acre, is not in Itself bad. Indeed. Oregon has a bountiful harvest. V Is quite sate to belle vo that at least 0110 hun dred aud twenty five lb.0nfr.1nd tons surplus of , tbe choicest ot wheat will be for xaln from tbe harvest ot 1875, and at iho handsome price of one dollar per buslel or $1 6di per ceutai, which is now currenr, huu nut iiKiy to permanently decline, wlil leave the round sum ot over $I,OUO,010 for our Hirplti" wheat thirt ieuon. Win 11 llio (.ojUta.llou ot Oregon istHk-u Into accouut, turn is really a. very flue i-li'.nlnj, Muy In iLnlnfciIor bellovo the oat crop to he lutttmitlly tlo nu tixeraee, mid this m y bu k. Still local wants u-tucot put oats ut bu oxtieme fiyuie, but owing lo tUu drought iu IVllforuU, and thrt CfiUSfqiiout Khiluklnj; oi jrope, a ileiuaqdj from ihero may arUe to carry oats tp a high figure Still, for tho benefit of tboso who are inter sted especially In this lino, I will say that oatn tire not raised throughout tbe" State ot California, ns In othT Slates; but tbelr pro duction Is more confined to the coast coun ties, where there Is moisture; hence failures in tbe itst crop of California are not as Ire qunntor as marked as are the failures of wheat, and as oh la remain high, it Is barely possible there may not be big money in keeping oats My advice 10 tbe farmers ot Oregon Is to Mil tlietr grain from tbo field wben they can get good prtds, aa arn now currcut. Upon ibis basis, they arn alwajs comfortable and kuow. just what they have to depend upon. ItiKioiuch as II hss frxinpntlv ben stated ol Isle that the crop ot Oit-gun for 1871i would lau iar Deiow an average, i win ssy mat my belief in to tbe contrary, owing chiefly to tbe Increased acreage throughout tbe State. Tbe outlook for Oreaon irom a purely business stand point is certainly ubaeriug. W. IT. Hitchcock. Dud At tbe realdenos ot David Thomp- aon, in Xane county, June 28th, 1875, of pneumonia, Henry D. Hsmilton, aged SO jean, 10 'months, SDd 25 day. Tbe pioneers or uregon are rase passlog away, we came to Oregon in tfca year W5. My father is liviuKlet and lu good beallh. lie is now in hit 71atyrar, A. N. Ham:ltoi. DjyD. Mr. 1'. f. DIfuro dlfld at Washcu gal, W. T., ou tjo 10 Ji of August, efrcd "3 venre, Tfio djcead w Clhtr of 111 a. D, I 111 UiCWI.td exdU-rpe tho UiU, 'V, 'ttiiUv, am! 1 Ct-'oiul ih.Ul in iu. August 20. h, 1875. Eorron WiLi.AMETTK Fakmkr : We a-e now passing Oitkland with our llttlo band of Angoras wo started with 2,-100 head, but we hat e lost a few and sold a part on the road, aud now have left 1,800 for the Willamette, will stop at Albmy Fair on our way to Silem, and will be attbo'Stato Fair with a full turnout of drcssod pfcltf", manufactured floods of mohair, in different styes, n I so all tbo different grades of puro breed Angoras, and hopo to onjoy your Fair as wo did Inst year, and u 111 ho hbluto make a much bettor exhibit. Whaebtua long but pleasant trip thus far since we left Reddiug. Our first 300 miles from Montery lo Reddlnp, was nil ihroujh iaues and farms, weather very dry and hot, it run our .gnats down poor, tiiore at Itedding we entered the brush and since that time our goats, have eaten little else but brush, and fattened like they had been In a gruntield; they 'are now in good order and tbo brush continues bountiful on tbo road. , t I bave visited most of tbe flooka on tbo way. Did not see Mr. Hergerdlnes at Ash land but bn said ihey w'We'"flrie and hn was stngulne of a success on JdV place; had lost a few kids with vermlp.j I ,aw Mr. Marks' goats near Asblaad theynwaro the fattest goats I had seen for yeaisj, and showing n fine fleece. Mr. Ammermapiha's a lot noar by him but did nob go.'tib'ere, but learned from Mr. Marks tbtttrtUeyjwere fattrr than his and that Aniiut'rmjn raised 107 per u-nt. of kids, counting bis. wliple band to breed. Next I visited Mr. Man if-goats nwr Jackson ville: found his looklnaiasqo.as animals could, look and UuecifarhtfUor Jhsu tho aamey goats dldjiaCalirorbla, be is delighted, wt n them. Hexc 1 woni to ueroyvtiio anu siw Mr. Nancko'dandMr. WoodoooU's, tbey were In about tbo fame, condition, as tbe others and had saved ab'oat 130 per oout of kids, and Mr. Nanekesuldlf be had under stood handling kills as lie now doo, be could have savjd over 150 per cent of kids. Mr. Sawder has near Kerby 130 head of ewes and kids for which be gave Mr. To man 100 head of cattle last spring, they are also looking well. Next I came td Judgo Smith's at Rose burg, sw oue of his wethers drowsed It w temurkably fat, almost too lat to cat, thero tho Railroad Hotel purcbussd it and tbo waiters cried in tho mornlug pork steak, beefsteak und angora chop,, and I saw it pussed In freely and heard many compli ments patted on the goit. Judgo Smith sod 140 per cent, of kids or about thuf. I did not tea Mr, Master's goats, though bo said tbey would look as well be thought as nnyl hd s-cu. All the gnats I hao thus far teen are running at will iu the brush without a herder, come home at night to tbelr salt and sheds wllh'.-ut driving. I hae seen one other little band I did not ontillou at Rocky Poiut belonging lo David Ilurda- eyo; tboy llio on the brush near his bouse are uot gone be ssys more than 2 01 3 bourtt of a day aud aro fat sunnier and jylntor tb,y eat butlit'.loor nogiass at all, ho lys he made a shed for Ihein and put In a rail: and tilled it with hy last Uitor aud he thinks they did not e&l 50 ponmla of tbe hay during lbs winter, I sold him a fiae pure bred buck for them, also oue to Woodcook, one to Sawyer, one to Hill, one to Cbavlner and ono to Smith and one to Barnum, nod to others. We have with us now 18 bead of pure breed bucks aud 4 head of puro brtod ewes, and think we will bate another lot of pure breeds sent up by steam er U Salem Fair. The sheep on tho ion e aie generally looking well; have aeeu many Hocks of handsome long wools, Cotswo'd and Leicester, bave not space to desorlbel tusm. Hon. Thos. Smith, of RoseburK 'has a vorry fine little Hock of Spanish Morlnos. Tne ff d for sbeep is abundant to tbe C'nllfoi nl Wine, and I ffeel lor tbe ooor Californlam whose sheep aro now dylug for want of grass aud the bard part ol the season net near at hand, while there ia feed enough going to waste and will decay in Oregon to tare milli ons of their dying stock If they could get it, though the leach is killing many sheep in Umpqua Valley. Respectfully Yours, Wm. M. Ijajiduum. K1SIKKX WVSimOTOS TEUr.lTOUY. Description or Iho Walla Mnlln and V: lottsc Country, and the Imlitcnnrnts toi Immigration. i:n. Fahm i:r : The Wnlla Wnll.t re gion is a large; country, otiuutod to con tain one mlllloti ncre.s of good farming lntiil, nnd tlie nverago jii'ld of wheat throughout it Is placed at about forty bushels to the acre, ninety bushels of oats, and fifty bushels of bailey. Klnx also grows well. It is most undoubtedly the best vegetable country on tho coast, and as a stock country It cHnnot bo ex celled in tho wot Id. Cattle-raising is curiled on upon a. large scale. The sheep business is, however, at the present tlmo the best in all that country. Meu who have been engaged In blieep-ralsliig any length of tinio occur to me who ure will ing to be named In this connection, so I will quote a few of those who aro suc cessful sheop-breedorn. Mr. J. Fr.i8.er, of Blroh Creek, Umatilla county, has 14,000 head, and is worth $40,000, and coni meii'ced sown years ago with 1200" head. The Adams brothers, of Wild Horso Creek, in the saino county, have made $00,000 in the past ten yeais ; Jerry Des pain has in ten years made $50,000 in the same business, and various others havo uiailo large sums of money at it. The available grazing area of Eastern Washington and Oregon has more than ten times the extent of the Mllametto valley,, The 1'uIoubo country north ot Shako river is one hundred miles square, and is all live richest of soli, lit for culti vation" anuf'tbe tops oftthe hills even have a deep, riuli loam. This couutiy invites thousands of families, and oilers the greatest inducements to permanent settlere, as it contains au amount of ara ble land as ricli as mid more extensivo than tho Willamette, which will be icachcil and developed by, llio construc tion of the Noithern Pue'llle Railroad that now promises to bo soon built, and will pass directly through It. The only diatvbacl: to this interior region Is that tho cold is sometimes'' great there in tho winter lime, but that does not materially detract from its value for settlement. Tho wheat croP of tho Walla Wull.v valley for tho piescut year is esilinuated at a million bufclicla of excellent quality. The towns aro all piosperihg. Walla Walla oily has 3,000 iillinbitantu, nnd busiiieus Is, transacted tlierd 10 til" amount of 51,500,000 per annum. The town of Waltsburg Is a good trailing point. Dayton has an active business. VYcstou and Pendleton In Umatilla coun ty, OrCgOil, Sfo thriving points. A realdciico of live yoaiti iu (heparin of Eastern Oregon icferred lo enable the writer to speak with knowledge of Its icsnuices, aud I am convinced that be yond all doubt it is tho best country lor imuiigiauts or person with small means to get a home. As a fiuit couutiy iilsn It cannot bo surpassed. TI10 boats of tho O. S. N. Company will be put to their utmost to transport tho surplus products of this upper Co lumbia region to market tho present year. A great deal of complaint is mndo ol the charges cm that route, aud no doubt freight and passage aro ordinarily high, but to any immigrant wishing to Inspect the country they extend half fare rale, and heretofore tho products of the Walla Walla valley have been trans ported to Portland ut u rato that, consid ering the distance and tho ditllculty of navigating It, does not comparo unfavor ably with the charges made iu this west ern part of Oregon. ,. I desire through your paper to call the attention of new-comers with small means to the advantages oll'ercd by tbo region I have described in part. Jamkh Wjikixa.v. Tub EasTKnnOnrooN Mines. Tbe qnarlz and placer mining interest In Ksateru Ore gon are bting handsomely develi pd, as Is evldenctd by the conMsnt receipts 01 the pre cious moiale, Iu the V.t Dorado UUlrict wa ter is plcnlltul, and all tho ground ta'atu up In pa.ving ttry lianrtnnly, Horns liiavy hill ilecotlls lirte Ijfeen dl'iotoied, whldi tiro heluu workrri with hydraulics, and Home miners are conlldeut thai lhay havo strmk 11 lontluuatiimof IbotUdtly know ''blue l.-ad" ol Northern Cilllorultt. Jiulletin, Warehouse at Turner. Wo called at this now warehouse the other dayauil found It almost coniple'od and ready ta rusiio j,ralt. lly tho tlmo this lssuo lenel.iH our r.adors the IjuIMIii;; U11 bu cofnpkted and jut to racllcil uto. Wo foui:il Mr, Jacoh Contor, tbo aichiltct and uiRS'.cr builder, there whu we oallod. The Willametto Hivcr. "IAJl Till! tAltll !" TlIKSOl.WCM 01" A.V AOOM.KO bOUL. , I wish to anlmai) virt for it brief spco on tho stupidity and lack Of juritineiit wliich has no lur oh irauterlzijd tho aiUon ol K,'V ei u metil Itiulal-, I'onchrnlug tbo iuiptot oirinut ol tho upper Willamette river. 'Iho appro piiation or$2' OHO is likfllj to lapso irOin in action. Tim OAiiels ot the. llijht draught boms bavo concliiiltsl to suspend afninpls to penoTato 1 irther than S ilem, nnd tho In tin' ileplornblo condition on tLelr return Irom a trip to Albant, jnsiillus that aoi.uliislon wheols wrtvUui, Hint hulls badly ilnuinriil. In tho tneantlnio lied 'rtto blandly hu0iis InoUlije, nnd vnluablo tltne whloh now and f r tho psht six witUsMlvfUltd, hato beiimi! r'd 111 ibo lniprutMiiuut ot tho ntir, Is wasted. It 1 rripotii-d tnit a gvornmniB stmeyls msklnu 1 F amno ot thtt bats, bnt aifveysmc not u hat aib iliccnary. A'wiU ordsWiod ckl"j nin sen t herj work is want id, .vithoul the ntleos-lty of trlangultlionsi a ad a gnvnrninent ollliul oue;ht to bo equal ly as peuotr.iting.anil enooinnats tho obsorv utlon without tislug n i ouinas. Tor the pros out stalo of nil tlin, naltinil indignation gives way to propriety, aud a good vigorous cos ing o'lght 10 be admlnlHtuuid, Instead of prayers, for " thuso in authority oor ut.," who a,re guilty of tho folly and stupidity that has so lar impeded the ttoik. I c oil you to "inako Rou.o howl," or oUd know whofo intere-t It is to do nothing. Is it con sideration for tho rallrnud? Is it political policy, or is It onlv red tare? SteiunbOKt men grow livid nwetiring at ibu condition of aflairs, and the Interest tho govern tnout should feel in tho morals of Ibe people ought 10 induce It 10 progt ess with this work vow, when it is so much heediid. Rxciisesaro not justitlable. The work should havo boon commenced six weeks ago, and still tho gov ernment ollleltl reposes. Would that wo had Gabriel's horn, and standing one loot on R inky rapids and Ibo other on lHghtmuu' bend, could call In mioi stentorian notx us would even nttaksu RedTapo hliubblt, "I) tin tho ttalerl" Xilku tho Irit-hmau ttho tvits 'six weeks Hpacholtss in the lomr mouth of Juiih, my sole cry Is water! wan 1!,!" To those whom this ought to concern, but whom it donli'lrm only "may oi)niorn,"r snl s ! Hie myself, Youns Tnur.y. Otrtomun Attkmit at sJuiciuk II Irry Spiddon, n 3'oung gentleinan, aged about.' 25 years, son of the County Cleric of Clatsop county, uud u clerk ia tho custom Iioiik), iinulo nu ijuiiuc csssful attempt to cnuiniit suicide ut Astoria on Tburfcduy availing. About Oo'uliik on tbo evbniiijr mnutiui id, Hie young man v. ma to tho Goad Teutplsi Ljdgo, which was lu session. Ho was met in thu au'o loom by a joung luily and a youug geutlmuuii, who were HtaudluK nur thu iloor enuatd in con versation. When yi ting Ppedilen entered Iberonin tbe ulrlturnwl round and indnthn rouitrk: " Why Harry, you arn late Ibis evening." Without hIiswhi Ing her, hpi ddon tiirned totbHyotuig nun and shook hands' heartily with him. An instant later ho drow a small derringer from his unrket, and press ing lbs iuueIo against his breast, discharged the tNtwpon. The ball took effect bnlow tho left iilpiile, pitsked just under tho hnrt, ami ranging upward nnd imukword, gruMl tho right side of llm spinal vertebra, and cauio to tlthlu an iuoUof ibu skin, lie was run- itui' UUtonjoimis )orinno from the ner vous shock, nd 1' IW aut'j'ostd that tho shot had if sullen li;,j. Moon t,tr hoiMl lied, but his mind was psntaly Oi;lr'"is, IToa-'lied lor the pistol, on finding i. fc.l1 first ellnrl at fell-ilostrnetlou iisd proved ud-' snncicslul, hat tlie riquent was of eoiunii, duuiod luui. ft In ii our inloriiiiitit left .Vsto rlt, jes'.irday luognlng, young Jsiit'ld n we rerllug Lomparallvely mir. , HHIimigli hii tinndlti in was cofsldiud critliwl in llio ex Ireine. Ills injurlLs m not ro.arilt d at tieo im.irltr it'iil, but the 1 1 -lilt Is er i iihii-iihiij. UnreqiillCiI I iviih leuin-(l to hsvebttn tho occasion ot the suit Hal ultempi, but our in lormaiit was itnablo lo fUo us tin, lest cni.e of the ellort at Wilt-murder. Up to iho liui'i of hating, no effort lial been mid,i to ex tract tbe ball Oitgonxan. Patrons and Politics. The Jition' Jelpcr says: "The following advice is given to Ibo toter by a prominent politician lu ICentuoky, which Vo dosnv worthy of serious condiUrallon by etery voting patron lu fie laud, us well as others The o'llef roi'oriin aro to bo elfrn'od ilirons''l tho btlht box;' "The bad cltiz:a stajs nway from primary men lugs ami from the polls ou election dM mid does not mingle lu politics, lie says no man should decline to be more or less a politician who Is not op posed to a republican form of government. Tho stay-away evil is growing to proportions that render It absolutely aa dangorous aa avowed hostility to the established form of government, because It is throwing control of tbe government Into bands familiar only with wicked ways; and General Mawley'a example In denouncing It should be follow ed by every man of any Innuenoe in the United States." Australia shows an Increase during seven years of 11 ,000,000 sheep ".'000,000 hoiul ol cattle, without counting home consumption uud tho quantity of meat uxportid iu tins. In Now Zealand timing llio samii porlo I, the incivtifo in thu number of nheun nnd cuttlo w.u equally leinarkithle, thu former multi plying IIOIIl IS.HH.oTIJ IO l!,IKIi,bbJ llllU iIioIbUqi from bT.'.S'lo to 101,11!!.