4''i i i c . ire $3.00 per Year, in Advance, For the Willamette Fanner.1 CLASSIFICATION OF GEAPE3. BY A. F. DAVIDSON. Concluded The Villa -12 itlvaliB, or summer grope The young leaves are downy, 'with loose, cobwebby hairs beneath, smoothlsh when old, green above, fertile panicles compound, long and (lender; berries small (one third to one-fourth or an Inch In diameter), black, with a bloom, Grows in thickets and groves, climbing high. Flowers In May and June. Berries pleasant; ripe in October. It is a misnomer to call a grape which ripens so late us October, a summer grape. A sum mer grape should ripen In July or August. Botanists hare, however, given this species this name Vitls .iEitlvalls; or, In English, vltis, grape, anil, warmer summer, and vails, valley hence, vitls aestivalis is grape of the summer valley. It Indeed requires the warm summers of the valley to ripen It. jfome of its varieties will not ripen even cere. The Herbemont, a representative of this species, will not rlpan well In the Wil lamette valley. There are others of this aperies which grow and ripen well here, as CyntblatJa. Norton, Pauline, Eumelan, Els Inburg. These 1 know do well, for I have grown, acd am now growing them, and, with me, they do finely. The Notion and the Cyntblana are only wine grapes; the Eu melan and Elsinbuigare early table grapes, and also good wine grapes. This species is phylloxera-proof. Why? Bscause the roots are tough, wiry, and run deep In thn ground, defying all attacks of the phylloxera. Here, then, we have a fine spe cies of grape upon which wnmti rely. See, then, the importance of classifying grapes, of knowing which is which, of knowing that the JE nivalis speoies is healthy, free from rot, mildew, and other diseases peculiar to the Labrusca; free, hIso, from the ravages of those scourges whloh destroy the Vinifera or Europeen wire grape, the gall-louse and the root louse. But, by classification, we And another tipecleu, though Us leaves are n hab itation of, and Us roots are slightly affected by, the phylloxera, yet, owing to its vigor, they cannot injure to any extent, much less kill It. And this gmpe is the Vitls Rlparia, or riverside grape. This is also known in the Northern States as Vitis Coidifolla, or frost grape. Cord I lb) la means, cor, heart, ud folia, leaf, heart-shaped leaf; in full, 1m vitls cordifolia; or the grape of heart-shaped leaves. Here U thn botanical description Leaves Ibln, not shining, heart-shaped, acu minate, sharply and and coarsely toothed, often obscurely tbree-lobed; panicles com pound, large, and loose; berries small, blue, or black, with bloom, and sour until afer frcst. This species promises to be splendid for wine, and some of the varieties are supe rior table grapes. We Ilins see that, while tbe Labruca, the tsorthern form, as Concord, Perkins, Marlba, the new grape, Lady, llentz, Hartford Pro llflo, Ac, are more or less hardy, fruitful. od generally healthy, they are yet not, in the full sense of tlm term, phlloxera-proof, andarolieble to mildew and to'; and, while tbe southern form, ah Isabella, Catawba. Ions, Israelis, Cassady, Maxatawnv, Ao., are tender, with small, delicate roots, hut superior fruit, and wholly Incapable of ie sitting the attacks r.f the phylloxera, and, while we Me that the Vinifera (toielgp) Is already showing, here, mildew, with other disease, and that this noblest of oil specie, for both Utile and wine, is utterly Incapable o! resitting the phylloxera, we nevertheless do sen we have at least three apeclen which are healthy, vigorous, of good fruit, and phylloxera proof. To Ibis point, then, cbwifl-ntlon has brought us. The South can rely fully on the Vulplns, while tbe Eastern, Middle, North ern, and Western, witb tbe Pacific States, en rely on tbe Rl purls. A large portion of tbe Middle, Southern, So nth western, and the Pacific States, can rely on another, the -Eitl Talis. We, of tbe Pacific slope, are peculiarly Tored. Free from disease, our soil and Climate an favorable to tbe healthy growth f mora specie and varieties of grapes' than ayoiherportloa of North America, abould 4he Labratoa fall, abonld the Vluifera fall, tilt we cm grow, to perfection, the Rlpatla and tbe JEaivaiis. And, by Improving these, by raising newaud superior seedlings mm these, we can, if prudent and energetic in time, produce the finest American grspes, and the finest Auieiicau wino tho woild has ever seen. With a counlry pr?nd In all its features; Jtabedby tie gnicdcit of occno Heed, en A Four-Pago SALEM, the oast and tbe west by the grandest of mountains; laved, on the west, by one of the grandest of rivers; with immeasurable lor est, dark and darkly beautiful ; with level prairies, hill, and dale, and a climate un equaled from our great thermal current we haVfc four months of rain, surcharged witb ammonia and carbonic acid from the tropics; rour months tho moisture is descending, six it is ascending, two In equilibrium though we may have four months' drouth, yet our crops never fall we bavo a soil, the debris of ages of convulsions, of ice, of snows, and of storms glacial and glaclo-aqueous action poured down our soil in hills, bultes, and plains. Ah, it is rich I Wbat n grain-growing land ! Rich in climato, rich in soil; rich in grains, rich in fruits; and richer in the happy faces of a beautiful race a race who live in the Willamette! In the first or this article, published last wetk two mistakes wore made by the print er, namoly, "Vitls Candlcarls," for Vitls Can dicans; and in tbe 14th paragraph occurs this sentonee : " Plants, like auimals, as they propagate, spread out, following the lines of least resistance, or those lines not congenial totbeir nature " ; for not, read " most." Correspondence from Ohio. ' EJItor Willamette Farmer: Our political atmosphere has once more become clear, though every one that yon can interrogate on that point will tell yon tint for so wet a time it was tbe hottest timo ever experienced In this latitude, we having in fact passed through the real essential ele ments which wholesale politicians bad pro grammed for the presidential canves of '70 Between our agricultural maneuvering and our political jugglery, a few designing indi viduals have almost demoralized Ohio. For lustame, Delaware county, in 187-1, not satis- lied witb ber already ample and very beauti ful fair grounds, purchased thirty-five aores of land from a speculator at f 300 per acre, and all thin to have grounds upon whfoli to construct a race-track. Of ciurse success perched upon this side just in proportion as they could mooted lu electing men to favor their pt-t Institution. Iu February last, at the agricultural election, tbe candidates were selected with regard to their sympathies for the horse and the bull. Money, whUky, buer, lying, and cheating, hail full sweep. Taurus went uuder, Bucephalus went over, and thn lovers or tbe turf triumphed. The running of homes was quickly lultiated as a part of tae agricultural programme. Tbe fourth of July was spent in bone-raolng. The regular two-days' races came off in tba month of September, in mud bub-deep ; whisky and prostitutes were on tbe bill of fare, and the pious city of Delaware looked askance at Columbus, because tbey (Dela ware) had horse-r&ces loo. Now the tfleut has been aomethlng like tbls: tbe really re spectable olasa stay away; the ronghs run tbe fair, with boys and second-class society fjr their attendants. Nj more Is heard the lowing of tbe ped greed herds of S. K. Joy, nor of Hills and Jones. But, in their stead, I saw one representative of Taurus (t hate to say bull), which any stout, active, energetic man, ot well-regulated morals, could take by the horns and by a skillful backward movement fix as permanently iulo a beeeh tree as doei the anchor that, trie to the la-as of gravi atlou, f .situs tho ship to the ocean's xatidy bottom. It was painful to hear the ciiticisms ou thai iunou-jiit bwist, wbotoall appearance was not contaminated by any mixture with Bitot's herd. The inanavers, n amped in their )at pur chase, took every opportunity to charge, and !)unday.acliol pinnies and pleasure parilos were all made to pay tribute to Caar. At length tbe Granger thought to have a coun ty picnic, and have Grand Master Ellis de liver an oration. Rut the representative of tbe Order, when apprised that tbe tax wonld be 45, Indignantly declined. I noticed Mr. Mlnto'a paper No. 3 on sheep, and tbe remarks on cioestDg the Merino stock with Soutbdowns and long-wool fami lies, and my bsrd-earned experience la that its effects are pernicious, and that continual ly. I know not what tba dinette difference between here and there might be upon the sheep thus crossed, bat here tbe naif-breeds are of course Improved la alas, bat spoiled la fleece, aad at two year of age look elder tbsn a merino at eight; betides, 1 can keep 100 Merinees on tbe same pasture that is ne cessary to sustain w tioeMr or norop- sbires. We have been well ventilated in this department out here, and the Merino stands the adapted favorlto of all, and tho finer the better. We lm? ocmawuai eccentric JJiptlt'. Supplement with tlio OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1875. minister out here witb tie, who, for native and acquired theological ability, beats Bercb ororSpurgeon, and as a revivalist entirely overshadows Moody and Nankey. The Rev. gentleman has many friends In your State, who will no doubt be glad to hear fiom this youthful marvel, and If yon will give pub licity in theFAKMEn, I will eendyon a sam ple discourse, and It-will I bavo no doubt be accoptablo to your many readers. John Waters. Leonardsbnrg, O., Nov. 8, 1875. Tne Hood Eiver Colony. Tin: Dallks, Nov. 221, 1875. Ed. Famier: The cnlonUts from Pennoyl vsnla, about ninety in number,hava arrived, fl. S. Parkhnrsttind W. 8. Allen leaders the former of Pennsylvania, the latter of Il linoishave arrived. Rav. Mr, Parkhnrst and family were detained at Omaha, Mr. P. having a severe attaok of typhoid fever. In regard to their geneial appearance, allow me to pen tho corapllmeut of the upper Colum bia river captain, to wit, that tbey were the finest appearing lot of people that bad ever papsed up tbe river since be bad been on tho name, and bis title raiiks of ancient dale. The prioclpal'portlon are from in and near Mansfield, Penn., and some from Illinois aud Minnesota one German t mily. We bad comfortable quarters erected for them on their arrival, and, notwithstanding the stormy weather, which was unprecedented for this place and season, euow falling some seven inches in depth, '.and remaining a few days at this date it is mostly gone, aud tbe sun shining. They all, with two or three exceptions, are delighted with tire appear snee of things generally, especially the wo men, (as yon are aware, they are not given so much to fanlt-findlng as tbe men, save In Sister D.'s presence,) almost unanimously expressing an agreesble surprise. Wbat most attracts tbelr attention Is our fine fruit, most of whlob is in tbe orchard yet uninjur ed: our tomato and bnao vines green as in midsummer up to tbe 18tb Inst. Calling on two professional butchers to assist in diess- ingo three-) oir-old bullock, tbey were re quested to guess at the weight, which was ISO pounds an the maximum of each, when, to tbelr astonish merit, tbe down weight was 700 pounds. " Well," said one, " to drive up beet off the gras this season of the y ar, and tho weight get Bway with me at that rate, I surrender iu favor of Oregon." The colonists are busily engaged in fitting up, securing supplies, selecting and purchas ing homes, with a seal that would Indicate business in right good earnes-. Tbe individ ual interest of tho oolony is segregated, one oftbe principal features being to settle to gether, thereby building up school and edu cational interests of a high order a village or town wttb the different mechanical bran ches and industries, for which purpose the Hou. E. L. Smith and tbe writer have donat ed over fimr hundred acres of laud, river front principally, about one half of which goes to the colony, aud tho remainder being in tue interest of educational purposes. Ou the payment of twenty-five dollars and oth er appendages, being considered favorably entitled to inembarsbip, secures the title to one town lot (drawn try lot), aud iurtherse cures tlm right of franchise urrd the iirhileue of selecting or pure asinjr as tho tiitiueap pears In ortler ou the colony ledger. Toe colonists contemplate building various mstt ufaetories, for which, and together fur Irriga ting purposes, it Is the intention to brinout Hood river, tor which a bid has bien made by a practical minor to construct a ditch that will carry ten thousand Inches of water, .'or three thousand dollars. The water in the river is in great abtiudaoce; he distance to dilob la about five miles. With tbe water ditch completed, who can predict tbe pros perous future ol tbe valley? It Is safe to say tbat It will be tbe great fruit orchard of North America, and with tbe Northern Pa cific Railroad completed, and it being tbe finest snd only sunsulne, Santa-Clara cli mate near the city of Portland, (tbe peculiar Wee of which dem'anti a future article), will materially .contribute to its being aosae tlsne a bsautllal suburban Tillage of the city of M ui uauu. TV. r. VT ATBOIf. Are yon right sure tbat you are so physic ally constituted as to tie exempt from all at lacks of Cramps, Cbo'era Morbus, Disrrbcos, or Dysentery ? If not.lt would b prudent to provide yourself with Dr. Javne'a tJarmlna. atlve Balsam, a safe tnedlciua for these alfo tions, and a sure curative forSninmor Com. plalut, and til Diseases of the Uowfcls, lu li ttler children or adults. The) Grttk Journals announce, tlio dfath or lit. Wotk, Hyrrm'ii "iiiald of Alliens." Mho v ia. fctvvijly.&ix jtaMof Jie- Farmer this Week. STATS 2T2W3. Durlng the storm of last wrek a tree blow down and tell on a boiie on thn N'irith Fork of Coom river, crushing it and killing two men iustantlv; one, a 'yonng man named Calhcan, a son Of Jndae Catctrt of Douglas county, snd the other a vonng man named Stemerrnan.who has been residing ou Coos river for several years. The La Grande Sentinel says the wind blew so furiously In tint valley on the 18:h that the siage hordes refused to travel aunlnst It and the driver had to turn around and return to the station. That evening be made the trip utter tbe storm abated. The Frlthlof, a schoonor in tho Coot bay trade, lost a man overboard on ber trip up, off Cape Meudoclno, last Thursday. President Marsh, of Paolflo University, is ou his way bok from the Eist Several neu students have lately enlored. The Rev. Mr Knight, of Salem, will deliver a course of thirteen leotures there this wiutar ou ornl thology. Ed. Fleming, tho lad who shot himself ac cidentally a rew days ago iu Washington county, while ont shooting wild geese, Is im proving. His right arm was badly torn, and the bone shattered, but it may be saved all right. H. M. McDonald, of Forest Grove, lately sold property he seized on a Judgment fur $6,000, on a debt tbat had run for twenty years. Wm. Mannerinar. who lost thoslirht of an eye about seven years ago, reoovered the u-e of it in a remarkable manner last week, at Bandnn, Coos oouuty. The dwelling on Judge Albertson's farm, four miles from La Grande, occupied by an emigrant fimlly, was burned doivrt a few days ago. Loss not ascertained . The Cons bay New of tho 24th learns that Daniel JSH was drownl at the mouth of Beaver slough, last Mondtv ulxht, by the upsetting of a snull bt in wtiioh ho was taking some freight to the Coquillo. L. G. Suiter, of Lifayetto, mot with a serious accident a few days since. Bo was running n saw at the furniture establishment of Smllh A rv. when the saw struck n knot and flew off. Bafore -n could stop the rorwatd motion of bis arm the saw struck bis hand and tore the flesh- from tbe thumb and iudox finger. Rev. J. F. Knowles.IoteofN.iw York, who wbs sent, ont by tho Uooio R.iard, a-, a inin slonitry to Fort Col villa, W. T., being unable In consequence of tho lateness oftlie season. to reach Ills des'liiHllnn, will fill the pulpit of iriri i-resuyiortau cuurca in uorvallls, iruiisirarjjy. The nlnern of Josephine county expect n Hui-cessiu- minion season, ss water is plenty and liable to continue so. Those who are not already at work are busily engaged making preparations to get at mining as soon as pos sible. The State Board of Piiblln Instruction bnld a meeting at Halem Nov. 2(1: li. at which tlmn Mrs. John Gray, woo has served a term of years as Matron ofthe Deaf Mute School, tendered her resignation of tbat position and Mrs Frank Cooper was appointed to fill the vacancy. One day last week a family by the name of Hall, attempted to cross Williams creek, Josephine county, whloh at the time was considerably swollen by tbe late storms, and when near the middle thn wairnn npet. spill log the whole lot into the creek and drown ing one of the children. J. E R'lwea. agent of theEnulisb comnanv owning too extensive placer inlii"S at Oallos creek, reports that digging on the ditch to convey water rrorn ton creek will noon be sirspended until next sumirer, when it doubtless will he finished. Work by hy draulics will soon commence. Judiro Whltson. of Idaho, writes his friends from New York I tint he Iibs lonnd dnc'ors wuo assure lilm that tliny can oure his ills Thnesla'eof tho late Col. Jo. I. Meek I' as osen appraised at ro.il estate, $1,400; person al properly, $ 1,131. The stock ofthe nenlv-organlzod woolen mill company, at Albany, is being libeially subscribed. A grando has been nrpanlzsd at Beaerlon i-BOltsl stock JJOO, wiili power to Increase I o ?5,000. Hlxraltle, bMnniMng to Mr. Vn-vel.on tho CVqulllo, were killed by'a treo falling upon them, Tbe Coqnlllo has been higher than for a long timo in oonsenuenoe of the latu limw rains. A tree fell on a house in Btker Oltv. Coos county, during the late storm, and crusbed It, Tbe mall carrier reports all the bridges down between Jacksonville and Roseburg ou iwo icei oi snow on tne mountains. Hon. L. F. Lane started for Washington, D. 0., last week. biDoe tbe rains began the healtbfulneas of roresi urove naa muoti improved. A eteamboat is being built on Coos river especially for tbe Coos river trade. Bnlldlng improvements are going on at Hlllaboro. Tbe flour mills at Albany are all running on full time. The Hlllsboro Orange has incorporated. Epplng Forest has at length been restored to tbe ptibllu. Two thousand seres offsud which had liren unclosed ami built iijhiii will lie thrown bxek. mukini: the whole extent eome'liln;; likHS.oUl ucres. The larga nnd usaiitltiil inansloiis wil not bo removed, but a snecUl ground retitexaclod of thoovUtrsto ucon via umcus fount lu order. Volume VII Number 42. Wiihat. Ibo New York Produce Jit change in its reference to tlio condition of British wheat market says, "that tho supply of wheat and tlour tor tho two marketa of August aud September was SZ,3I(,408 bush els, while the consumption was but 27,(372,000 bushels, leaving In n store a surplus for tbo eight weeks only of 5,274,108 bushels, while for the corresponding two months of 1S74 the supply was about equal to tbe consumption, or very close to 27 millions of bushels. This surplus supply stilt keeps up. For the meeU ending October 0, tho surplus of wheat and Uour delivered in the market was 077.700 bushels more than tho consumption for that week. Should tbo supplies still continue Great Britain will commence the -year wltU fully six months' supply of herowti growth, aud stioh an accumulation of foreign growu wheat in ber waiebouses as must exert a great influence on tbe markets during tbe uext six or olght months, aud put off till far lutn 1870 any teudonoy to advance In pri ces. Too free shipments during the first half of the harvest year cannot but bring fiaanolal disaster to tbe shlppors, says our contemporary; and tbo large shipments of July, August and September having given au exoass of supply, we now bavo tho low averages and the light margins, with tbe bal ances generally on tho wrong side of the lei Kor. II ion Watku. At tho present time tho WillamoUo river ut this point Is considerably higher than ot any time last winter and still rising. The lloor of the Farmers' .wharf is all under water but fortunately tbo current makosout mom toward tho center as tbo water rlsos and overflows tbe west lunk. From Mr. Tbomaa Cox, deputy postal agent, wo learn that tho river is lilgbur at Harris tmrg thuu it ban been for six years past, and be also informs us that the 3aiitlam Istalliu to-day. The river rose at tills point all day yesterday. Tho snow melting In thn moun tains witb the warm rains Increases tho flood. Theks. T. B. Allen, ot Salem, Is agent for the Wood bum Niiruery, ami can bo iouud with a lino assortment of fruit, shade, aud ornamental trees, of all varieties, at Martin & Allen's storo, CommercUl slrbOt. Mr. A, llmoudbu hud a vuluable bono run over aud killed by the railroad trulu, last Friday, ntar Gnrvais. Tho Verdict. VjcroniA, Nov. 23 After threo hour's do liber .Lion, the jury returned tiiefoll'iu'iiiu: That the body is that of Thomas J. Farrell; that the said Thomas J. Farrell osino to his death by drowning; th-it tutt said Tuomas J. Farrell was a passenger on board tlio Aumri uan steamship Pacifin wliluti sailed trorri Vic toria, B Cf'irSan Fraucisra, on the 4th of November, 187A; that tho stid stoiinihlp Pa ul Ho sunk alter a colll-lon with tho American ship Orpheus, off Cape Flattery, on tho night of the 4th of November. 1875; that the Paoltlc struck the Orpheus on the starboard sldo with her stem, a very light blow, the shock of whloh should not have damaged the Paulfio, If a sound and substantial vessel; that the oilllsiun between tbe Pacific and theOrnhuus was oausei) by thn Orpheus not keeping the approaching Pucifit's light on the p in how, as when first sunn; but pntliu;; nm helm hard to starboard and iinjiis'iflilily crossing the t'rtdifio's bow-; thai (ho wat.th, ou th rloekof tho Pacifioat the llmsof thueolllslou, was not sulliuierit in -uoilinr to kiwip u proper lookout, the svd waiuh oouslstlmr only ofthriH. nio, uaiiuilv; hum ntthi wnuwl, one supposed to bo on tho lookout, and tho third mate, a young m.u of doubtfiil exp rieno. Thn I'sclfiu hal atsiut2M pur.ous on hoard at the time of tho collision; Ilia', ttio P-iOiIll liad II V't leiatri, wiuhh uUnroi ut crrjiugcipacity did not exeunt ItlO pimons; thut tlio boats wero not and nihi no( bo lowered by thou'idl-nlpliiibdand liftiin jlont crew; thut tho cap'alti ofthe Oiplieua sailed away ufier I ho collision and did not rsttialu by trie Paultiu to nsitHrtilii tbo amount of damago she had suauuiod. . Man Pitorosvs, Gon Disi-oskh A short liuiH sIuoh, it will be rriuiiuibred, Us v. II. t(. Parkliiirst, president ot a colony of Penn sylvania Immigrants, was hero looking lor land. A part of the colony arrived a few eeks ago, and immediately proceeded to Hood rlvrir, where the oolony iaods are located. During the trip by the railroad to California, Mr. Parkhurst was taken 111, aud be. with bis famllv. stonned over at Ouden. aud by the stewmshlp AJax, which reached here Saturday night, there arrived the widow of Rev. Mr. Parkhnrst, accompanied by three oblldren." He died a few weeks ago at Ogden, where he was taken sick. Mr. Park burst waa greatly beloved by the members oftbe oolony, and bia unexpected deatb will prove a severe stroke to t he enterprise. Tbe grief-stricken widow and fatlisrleae oblldren avotbe klodast sympathies ef the commu nity in their sore bereavement. Wo under stand Mrs. Parkburst proposes to tukstipa psrrnaueut resldenoe la this State. Orego nian. Mothers, ssvh lliollvo ot your daughters when mTeifed with coiiNiunpilvo cough or vlnliuit iwihls, by Hiliuiiiisixriiig lu itieur, without delay, tho Klatidiid Spodliu, Hula's Unui-y of iiorithoundMUd'i'Hr. X'lkti'al'outbdchuDiopicurtiluouciulauto.