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SALEM, OREGON, MARCH 3, 1876.
Volnmo VIII Number 3.
BAMBLIHCr NOTES ON OLDEN TIMES.
BY W. X., ADAMS, M D., A 51., LI. D.
Many of as In ynuniror days rand an account
Of the expedition f Li.wis'ainl Clark annas
the continent inlsiM, with tbo most Intense
interest. VVn can even now, nluu st o their
camp fires, h)1 along up tlm Mi-s url litter,
feel tho Intensely bnter frosts that sent their
spirit thermometers down to thirty degrees
btlow Fahrenheit zero.and follow them wt nd
log tbir way amorist s.vaiies till they dim: It
on the same day waters that ran Into b'irli
oceans Our Interest, in the mirrativ was in
creased astbey descended hlthe'tnunpxplnr
ed wild-' thnt lined the hunks of ilia O.hiiiii
bia, and became doubly mo as thev nenrud
the end ot their journey, and uradun'llv drew
back tho curtain ihai, tint s,s yot ioiiis-alud
from Christendom the rrmitti perhaps of the
New World a land, where, lor aught we
litiew, would jet be rcaliz-Ml by some of ns
theiond autliiiiulon of Queen Isabella nnd
her pruteio, wiio saw inward tlie sun a
land of plenty rivers of n.tat pnrltv,
mountain white with perennial shown, rich
in goldeu ore, and washed utihoii- bxsa by
n ocean of peace.
Thslr rapid j.iiimry down the Columbia,
Iheir gloomy winter among the f ms and
storms neir Astoria, and their huatv trip
homewards by the mine rout In the Sprlnn;
were uns'isfelory to its w ho desired u more
extruded look at. the country Tom JXf-Tsuu
Jbad sent them ho far to retool; nevertheless
we believo the country was tlmr. We spent
bourn iu gazing at that put of North Amerl
a as laid down on the man, wondered what
kind of a ooantry it wav, believed in It, fan
cled wemlgnt some day see it, and felt posi
tive tbat an empire in population another
New England would ere long rest; on th
Columbia and Us irlbutaris. We sa- it
mged on the brain, in the dim distance, fsr
lwyoud the western nlond hanks, just nudor
the brilliant colors tbat shot up from tho f ot
tingsuu, with no path leading to it, nive h
narrow trail through, almost nnpenn'rablo
forests bristling witii 8"tlptne lst.lvtis, aovts
roaring rlvsrs, end Ihronirh rook" d tiles,
that none but savages sud diriiig ad ventur
ers Mould nwr esay to ists,
Jjong yesrHattorwnrds our trip across the
Continent embracing hI.- tiionthsot ox team
travel enatired rmr views o'llin route, but
more than resl'zl onr fondest anticipations
ot llio country. How well w r'i emher
haltlneonr loam ne.tr thirty years etro on
the head wateie of toe Colorado, and nfr
tmzlntr baok alomr the rrtd behind us, lead
lujjthrouish narrow detl'es, nnd overcount
Js nMKed inouiitadi npni-s wo nsuWImetl:
"(lie man who thinks a r.iilroiil cm ever
be built through this lountry la a fool."
Time lias shown tbatsolentlilo enKinoerlnt;
Taxable toopwu up ways that wo who fol
lowed Indian trails know not of The Wil
lamette valley wastbeu hut-pr3Hly coitlfd
Out tjj ooidlal welcome xtMidtl to new
citnnra, theautlaty nianif.is'ed by ail thtt
we should fettle in their IroitindUta neigh
borhood, the ttnliuiitt'd nnirn for onrskelo
tonotltle, fer snts covored prairies the
leitilo oharact'r ot tho soil, tho oxhinst
1b lorehts evpryw hor adj mint to tho v.il
leys, tho purity of the brooks and rivern, lad
by tnountulu Hptfiijrn, its mild n'lJ heslthv
climate, atid l' baiiiti'ul f,renory, ttiade ns
nil feol hh thoimh vvm were more lhan uatd
or the hardahlps of tho tiip. U'e realized
the vtMi of him who, tired and disKUftoi)
with the hollow pwintry, f-tiUisb avsrii-n,
and lawnliu cyropluimy f a Ajoflety wheie
deception, tatcohooii, trickery and dishonor.
were l,ut becoming rfwpfiftiible nt a part of
Jegitimatn ' biielues-" " oriel out
"Oh, for a lolpe in some at wildcme;"
Wo nev-rsiecteil to livolnHeen railroad,
und didn't care much If wu didn't. Wu
hardly dared to hope overtnpeo a trttamtn.u,
but rather wished we could, even if it were
no faster thaq the one Fulton fiiet I ropllwl
About as t;isi as a diiii could walk, to the as.
toulfthment of all the enntnesta of the world
Tossoiir rivers lined withefeimboals, to
ride on a railrod in Oregon, to pi'istluoub
the lockaat "Tuia Uhuolt," to witness a cfly
spring up on the banke of the Willamette
liver, daily papers filled with dispatches
every uioroiOK front New York aud li'widon,
nrst ctaas uiubtratea monthly, ana wiioio
ale stores crammed with al kin 1h of ma
chinery, fancy articles and yankee notlous,
with even a decent wagon road leading
to lr, was more than e exported to see.
To be Buro we expected that posterity
would tea all this and more; but the mot we
dared to ask for in our dully prayers w us to be
able to exohant;eotir tin dishfs for earthern,
to swap off our ox team for a plf of borsrH
jtnd set of harne--B, to ullnt; our old wooden
xuonld board plow Into the fenon corner aud
iltob to a steel plow; to bear the hum of
a threshing mscbiue in harvest, to rx
change our moccasins for a pair of cow-
Bldo doom, in see wneat wortn liny cents a
busbel iDcload of thirty, to get our mall
once a month Instead ot ouce a j ear HcresA
the plains or s.ouua i.Hfie Horn, tntiuvea
post office nearer than thirty-live inline dis
tant; to tear up the old 'puuthtou" and lny
dowu a lumber floor, to bavi- a t;O0,l Itrst
mill in the neighborhood, with an tuuirs-t
jollier, to lite on a piece or land with n title
to It, to know tbat the products of our labor
on it were our nw n and then hungry and
wearied with toll to sit down to a smokim:
iotdloner, prepared mi a cook stove, with
puddings and codec, with suron the tub
We said, Good Lord, crtve us but these, nod
we'll ask for no more, tor our cup ot bliss
Willsutoly bo full.
This we hoped t.ir someday hot wflro no
sanguine about swlnt; it, uulss we lupo-ui.
al to live to arnid old He wh'ch, ol tsniit.
we enme heroin do. Toe nrfatest inedr.f
that lime mod to b? tf bxxv, which we
loved pant ioualel j , l.ur some bo w oons"Ie'ii e
orwnii-iiiirik' uim tiuuq us asiidoieu to to
t'luilo tho thing in our prsjeri
Konernlly raised a little and kept a "few
hands" bangluK up in the cimoko houso,
which, women like, they were always will
ing to "divide," a long "as it lasted, "it was
in lliosprlnvcof NO thai the kind matron ou
whom we most depended told i's as she tore
opcmatwlst and vavo iw alltMiral half, it
wns the latt"hand" she hati on hand. It
was it men anil itinulity but prfcions. It
wasn't over three days afterwards, tbat we
started to hunt a ciliin thirty llvn miles
dMsut, surrounded by tlr trees ou Ihtmost
bank ol the Wlllatue'M. vvbicti ilnsy otllfnl a
'Portland Store." Wo iound the trail that
led through the woods, and looted it tbroiiRlt
tho ttuibor, leaving ploc-s ot an old rtgiod
crfn blunket uw with a hnjre pocket on
eitlursideon the bushes through wliich we
ciawled. We found a shanty wldch thouh
rather uninvitim; on Wit outside was inw;
nilioent within, fortlioro our pladdoned eyes
savvseyeral boxes of black toi and a coll of
'trail rope" tnb-.i d wound into iv cotl hlaik
couo, and pluned together wi'h wooden
pus, whtuh rhe murohant sold by the yard.
Wo soon tilled our (locket with te.v, and ex
hamedfur funds ptyirio: for avardof trail
rope, w.dch wo depoMtfrt in the other
Sxket, aud sUrtfd tor bomi thinking that
reoti w.s naming out, and thai. Portlaad
was lt commercial emporium. Wo now
m t'l'iinly wbyOroKon City wat joalous ot
h-r riv.il twelve m'los blovv, (.'online; events
rspldlv cast th.oir shadow b' fore after this,
for it whs not lout; till statidiu; one day on
tlie btnks of the Yamhill near wbero latnn
now is, we f-aw niu Klldlnp up tbo river
In a skill' with a cook s ove, or, what hpd
been on, for tbo burnt, broken, and dis
torted frajftueots were patched 'ogettter so as
toenxble a close observer to seo what tbo
thtnir hxd bieti bnlore it was worn our. and
thrown awny, to 1m picked up bv some
drayman, who bavini; wjveral tonsof siml
ltr old iron s'owed away In his stable in
Now York, shipped it as ballast, worked
bis passive round tbo Horn, and set up in
Oregon City as a hardwttro merchant. Hie
a-oie cost nine dollars and tho lucky owner
of it Immediately took rank atnoni? us com
mon folks, who tM'inlt iiiou dollars, as nn
wrisf.noriitj'o'jt''anhlttpm iu society n niiioh
s the hsrdwaro UMfchanr, nd his Ismily in
Oregon Citv'otltranked incohanics and com
mon merchants w ho only hid a fow rusty
tillers and Sandwich I!.nd salt, dirt, and
limn mixta, to sen ty me runnel nietsureu.
I'hat stove put tlie dovil of Jealousy into the
wnoto ne'g in;rnoi, l.il soirio hiiot who
hss monoy build a fitly thousand dollar
house, nnd all ilunkevdom feels au iul'eri..ri
tv in bis pronee. Mrs. Jones, wilb a five
hundre.1 dollar shan't. r'ves devotion from
the heaits of a mj'rlty of women in church,
and fills them with 'envy and a burning
desire to have a five bund mil dollar shawl
to t. Wo de-plse such weakness while we
perhaps bav e symrtomsof thesnmedlsordor
or. iind fhpii at ltas',or we concluded to
like a lotd ol wheat to Orejjou City, nnd by
some (.'teat piirchtNe b-couio an" aristocrat
too Tlie result of our trip wps a pair of
hoavv coiduroy pint, which webomthtat
Dr. Mr-Lon.i hint's btoro rlhe pants were all
of one hIc i stood tit for a slx-tootcr,
wnitrbing two liuudred and twenty five
pounds, As we welched just a bnnrlrod
iviiiiids less, wn cut a soirv figure in thoe
corduroys as sn iritlA.orat, nt a select url,
fur the women all lmiuhed, nnd svld wo had
got on Dr Mofi'iughllu's breeoluH. Wo
stoutly denied the soft fmpcsohnjcnt ami
honesilv ntirradd tho purolnso ntthoctore.
'Woll," tbey e!d. "the doctor hud all his
dollies made iu Utgland ami sent lisck his
owu palter, to muke bv," The otium cum
d'giutiile we hoped lor iu society wo didn't
oxhciIv Iind. Mo we donned tho oorduiovs
tho next-uiornini' nnd it pslrt d to the potato
patch throuvth u dre irv tain, which las,nd all
day, mio carried barrels of water down our
bumbled b-elc, end m.nle us feel Ihstiit last
we bad setn thooceun Kittle ItidlirBin a taly.
If we 1m(1 bu weighed at iiitrht, tiawe
drayed onr weary itfet botnowaius, wo
would uo doubt huvo weiffhed, brecchrs,
wster, mud and what would-be arirtr craoy
there nat insltte of the corduroy, lully two
hundred and teutj-lHe pounds. Wait
Shore.
For tho Willamette r.irncr.1
0ECHARDS-N0. 4.
Kortho WilUmcllo Farmer.
STHAWBEIIBIE3.
It ia now time to set out straw berries, The
land should be deeply plowed, or dug Dp;
and If not naturally rich, should be made so
by biisb manuring. The soli cannot be too
deeply plowed, or workod, for strawberries,
uor too rich, yon Keep off the runiiax.
VAIIIEIII'8.
Jucuvila. If you hate a rich, aluralnouc,
or clay h,. II, keep oti all runners, and give
hiih culture, litis is one of most profitable
straw berries known. It otteu falls in soils
unsuitable to it. But whole all the oondi
tlnus ate favurabie it Is a most magnificent
fruit. It U vary large, and bat few sniul.
ones. It U enormously productive, aDd
worthy u place in the girdan and field.
Tnumphe tie Ouml. I havo no favorites,
but if I bad to have one, this would ba toy
fovoriU). On good land, with good culture,
this ftult never lall. It Is vory large, Irreg
ular la form, but lieautiltil to behold, is a
bright othnwu; flush firm, crit.p, rather rVi,
aud of a mild llivor. With me, tho lloju
er, Willson, Jucunds, Trlumjiho do Uand,
ArftlcullurJst, Loogworth'a i'rollllc, have
done b'tter Until any ollitrt. I have' tried
nlun thirty varieties. There is tometbini;
metaling, ricn mmi ueucious auout too
strawberry,
Pruninj.
Not all tre os can ba pruned alike; cnoh va
riety According to its nature. Hero in Ore
rou heavy pi uulng is necessary. Tn coun
tries w here trees do not beer fo young nor so
full nnd tegnlarly, revere pruning is not
done, but if we vere to neglect it for a year
or two wo would soou have no fruit aud no
trees. Wo cannot therefore follow any rules
laid down in tho books; let naturo alone, will
not bold good with us. Ijiolumrvs and for
esls nature plants tho treat, and thus they
support one another and seldom or never
overbear.
Ah stated above wo must prune according
to arity of fruit. Some bear out to tho
tlnsot branches and such must be cut btclc
one half last ypar'a growth. To this class
belong the Winesap, lUuibo, Swan", Ortley,
fl-jxbury Ktiesft, Mammoth Pippin, Jcnnet
intr, aud others of loose and straggling
growtli OitiQisnood but little cutting buck,
ret tbo Gain, Northern Spy, Lady Apple, Fall
Pippin, lied Astraran, and others. Apple
trecN must havo all limbs cnt out tbat are in
auy way injured by breaking or by black
spots or ere crowded or over long.
Pcam in general want but lllt'o pruning;
thinning out of crowded or jDJured limbs is
about all that is necessary. A few varieties
need shortening. Cherries had hotter bo left
tiloDo entirely, except In cut oil broken or
datnaced limbs, - Never out away a large
branch, if avoidable, from a cherry tree.
Plums must b.' well prurjed by shortening
aud thinning. Poaches, shWdjba kept with
a compact had, .imsji'tfcjioj, Qiitnces
are lell almost alone.
Gropes on trellises or stakes are sharply
cut luck, almntt all is cut away oflastyeor's
grow ing, but if you can let a vine run over a
house, or b3tlor, a tree, ou will be astonish
ed what an amount of grapes it will bear.
Currants and gooseberries should bo cleared
of much of tbo old wood. Blackberries and
Ktspbei ties have ull tbe old s'oras cleaned
out ovory spring, and in tho summer when
the new shoots are five feet high, out off the
tope, and when the brinchos grow out cut
them all btck to 12 or IS inches.
It is ditUuuIt to gtv fixed rules for prun
ing, much must be lelt to Judgment and cir
ounisunrn; for Instance, wlioro high winds
p.-c ail a closnr lop should he preserved on
nil irnlt lin,) b it one ruls for all tret.s Is:
Hvery year cut out all branch's that are
sickly or broken or croadod. and cut smooth
avoldlUK large wounds, as the'o never heal
oer. Thny may grow over, hut are sure lo
lot down into tlie treo or liuib and finally
csuenit to break und die.
Tiino for pruning 1 the whole year. Cher
ries are much hotter tilmmed in siimimr af
ter tho Irutt iseithend. Thtm thev heal
easier. Winter is tho only tlmo to prune
severely apples and plums. Ir" thus 'cut in
siimmui' it would check tho growth too
much
Old ndlrctcd orchards can bo ornushl to,
by very ssvern pruning and irultivallo l, in
two or throuiears.
IlBKny SIir.r.Ki;.
I em most rcssJcnalriy fond of
We triiHted KHtwhiK. and ca.tng tbie, of All fruiu. the
thytv ou,eu who euttUd for that, as tbiy tito:,: lmlous BUillealOirul. jiji.
From Wasco County.
Eniroii Wili.ami.ttk Faumkr: Hero it
Is scarcely tbo middle of February, yot the
beautiful rolling prairies of this county have
put on their green spring robf s and the mer
ry birds gently twitter tbelr'Hweet nnttsof
welcome to the tiny flowers thai are begiun
lo thrust their blushing heads above grounds
Itrtmeiif.e hords of cattle and horato rush
pell mell down (he Ionj slopfii, throw lug
their heels In every conceivable direction,
showing the utility of green bunch grass us
w ell as its beauty, 'i he sturdy farmer, wbl
t'lng, lays aside bis coat, barei hiabawiy
arm, and prepares for Ins spring woik in
earnest, taking it as a matter ot coarse, for
getting that this Is a winter month . Tint
when we rt fleet that spring nearly always
opens in this month iu this county, wo arc not
suprisnd at bis seeming unappreclativentss.
Truly Dame Natiueliieniont toward us, and
wo tan vvtill sympathize with our mud-be-grimed
fellows of the Willamette valley, who
will have to wait qtilfe a while yot beforo the
weather will permit the mou on their backs
to dry enough to be shaken off. We think,
too, of our friends In the Eit, with their
cold weather, deep sno-v, and cold noses!
How we would llko to havo soiuo of them
hero n ftw day in Older to thaw them out
and noto Iheir xurprUe. Dot wo wilt not
vvasto our tiino iu vain regrels. They run
com t if tbey wish we aro uot selfish I'litn
tv of vacant lands, plenty ol iiiur. iiltutv
of good water, nnd plenty of fine weatl cr
wiiaiiuoiKuouiu tuoy astcas au ltntuieuient?
Wocordlall welcome any cood-mcmliiir
person to thl county wiio is willing to won:
when spring ccmoa n lbrnary,
IJl'llHAIJl ltIXtC,
rtn. nH ifli n.K-l. tr . ,u ht.,
XlllVVU J1U VlbPA, ilUi 4? iiu. I
To the People of Oregon.
As I have now ntarly jompleted tho work
of collecting and shipping the conteunlal ox
blbl. ol Oregon for the World's Fair, I deem
it due to you that a short statemeut be made
of what has already bean accomplished and
what is still uore-istiry to bo douo to complete
tho work and make It a success. I havo al
ready, with tbo assistance of contributors
from various parts of the Stato, obtained ma
terial Bttlllelont to fill lorty-tbrce largo boxes
containing over 500 separate packages, lo bs
placed la tbo department for ourStaloexbt
bit In the conlonuiul buildings in tho space
already secured for their ucep'lon. This
uialerUl consists of all our choicest varieties
of grain in tho sheaf and sack, flax and its
products in oil, oilmeal and lint, seod and
straw; grass and seed cultivated, and nil our
native variety; all our native wood and
tlmbsrc; our medical barks aud roots; flour
from our wheat, meal from our oats; all our
fruit-1, dried aud prepared; our wools iu
fleece aud on card; our flora, mosses, ferns,
etc.; our fauua; the prepared skius of many
o! our natlvo birds, mineral paint, porcelain
clay, condensed older and, in fact, spoclmens
tt almost ail our natural resources except
our minerals.
Mv colloaguo, Mr. Virtue, will doubtless
see that our mineral resouiccs are properly
ropresi titcd. I have also made arrange
ments fir woolen manufactures from tbu Or
egon City woolen ml I In, Iron and Iron ore
from the Oswego iron works, fish from onr
salmon oannorips, also a map of our Mate,
and tho educational, civil and social history
of its advancement Irom tho emllest rwriod
of Its settlement. Tbe historical work has
been put In the bandsof Dr. U. H. Atkinson,
nnd Hop, Ii. Li. Rowland, our etflciout rjiato
SupetluULiidentutBlucsllon, wto ylth tbiilr
MtvArat (M)mm'Hj. nrtuturftjo itjkVHthls do
p.utmnut a creditable success. Tlierealo
also arrangements made by which nil our
fruits aud vegetables will be roof lved In their
season. In accomplishing this work I have
been mater ially assisted by some of our
prominent Iwrtlmra, and havo also been giv
en fr e passage aud transpnrtitlon ou tlie O.
,t O. It. it., and on the several lines of the
O 8 N. Co 's boats wMitn tlie S ate. These
accommodations liavoenahled motopsr'orm
a iaige amount or worK tuat ic wonia otner
wise have been imposslblo to accomplish.
U. W. Woid I r, agent for I ho O 8. S. Co , lus
a'sn billed all tbn material shipped as fir as
Sau Francisco, freight lino, 'lo pn cure pro
perly care and prepare for shipment, trrius
versti tections of our htavy limbo's, I havo
paid out 83 0 63, fir tbo most of which I havo
vouchers of payment. Of llils amount I
havo received bv private onntiibuliou from
U W. Corb. tr, J-.0; Henry Ftllbi't, 850; W.
S. L-tdd. $Vlj It It. Thompson. 50; O. it O.
it. It, $0j Corbltt it Maolmy, 8J0; J. t'
Hawthorne, $20, and J, 11. Motitgomury, ?-0
making In bIJ ?.I10.
Tho work thus far vvjlhln the yiato has not
lipen done w Ithout a considerable sacritieu of
tlmo huiI a small outlay for mv owu pilvate
expenses, but funds must now bs mUnil to
) tho Ireiiiht and terinitud olmrgot in ail
v.inctt from Sa'i Francisco to I'hll idulphia.or
tlio work must slop where It Is These char
ges fioni the ue.-it luforma Inn i havo ii'-n
able lo obtain, will not be )s than frtOJ
ahall the material iiolorwurt'V Funds must
n.n be prncurrd lor piepating ll'u space
with suitable platforms, counters, railing,
shelving, shorn isc, ito , and It can liurolv
boeiprri ed tbat one man can attend to and
perloroit.ll the woik uulbsJ assistacco und
mruns bu lurnislied him.
Doubtless tbe peop'o of tills Stale, through
thflr legislature, anoiber all will muko lull
approprialions tor these oontlucent exM.nos,
but tbo necessary erponses will havo to lie
incurred previous to that time. Will our
capitalists and merchants, onr railroad men
and hankers, our laud holders, farmers,
manufacturers nnd speculators, who are all
iuierosted In having our 8ialo properly ad
vertised to the world, luruish tlie means to
comple'o the work? The O. V. It. Jt. is
making extensive arrangements lo have tho
material from their land tiant prominently
F laced on exhibition at the coming show,
four people neglect this opportunity, nev
er let them complain that C'allf'jrnUug stop
nil tho Immigration in tl.tlr fif(o,
A. J. Dn'i'im,
Portland, Feb. Hi, 1875. Commii slouor.
0at3 Fr?9 fvQm Smutv
Eni-foii WitAMurrc pAnMKn: In your
last isiuo is a letter from George Belshaw, of
Lano county, headed " How to ralso Oats
frco from Smut." Now, in regard to his
remedy for smut, I havo nothing to say, ex
cept tbat I would put double tbe quantity of
viulol to tho saino amount of seed that he
recommends. In his communication, he
says: "Side oats smut less lu Oiegon than
any other know n variety, aud in ail respects
aro the best to raise." Now, I beg leave to
diflur materially from Mr. lk.lshaw. My ex
perience la that tho side oats smut more than
any other variety I bave attompfod to raiso,
except the Surprise oals, which aro about
equal to tho other in that r sped. Now, as
to tho best variety to raise, I do not think wo
havo any one variety adapted lo all tbe dif
ferent soils of whloh tbia Stato can boBSt. If
I had a rich, dry sol), and could get my oats
in any tlmo from September to February, I
would sow the Egyptian oats, and. from my
owu experience and that of my neighbors, I
would expect a laiger yield than Irom any
other va-lely, aud expect grain that would
weigh, as well as fill tbo measure.
If my laud was Inclined to bo wot, I would
sow tho Hlaolt Winter oa's, provided I could
get them In any tlmo bbtaro th last or Feb
ruary, as they Btand bv.h water und lrctt
first rate. If I could not get my oats In uuttl
late, say Marob or April, I would sow tho
tide oats, or a variety we call tbo Laro Eu
gllsh oats, which resemble tho Scbonen oats
sent out by tbe Dnpiriment of Agriculture.
I have lrid qulto a number of dlUeront va
rieties sent out by tho Department, but, from
my experleuoa so far, 1 should con 11 no my
self to the varieties above uamed, and in
making my ohoioo of those I should tako
lutMwiaHrAtlou-tho Maon of tho year and
the kind ot noli. AtryTjrViu-rtirtHj-wMwil.!--iialiiedabovd
will far outweigh tbe eide oats
of the same bulk. Tju Er p inn natj stand
Irost firstratej' tint will not stand tho water so
well as the llbu'k Wilder eats, but stand
titber better than the side oats. ,.
Tiros. Smith.
Xtosuburg, Feb. 2?, lS7(l.
Anothor Romedy.
Uunon FAiuti:it : Allow me to glvo you
another method lot railing o.ita ireo from
sumt, when tho sprli.kllng process given in
tholaat week'j Faiimkk id i) nut woik well.
It if, to steep tlie oais in a solll.lo'i of blue ,
vl rlol, about one poiuuf of vitriol to eight
buslinlsof litis, mid let it htstul overnight,
jrunlll lint grain is thoroughly satuitmd.
Oil our flit lands nin inUIirt does nut always
accomplish the desired rt.mlr,uii(l wo lltid it
ticoessity to givo lliHvltitr.l time to peno
irato Ihiough llio tough cml or hull of tbo
oh In tttls way wo kp eouijiaratively
fuo fioni Hiuiit, John J. CouKtt.
St. P.tul, Mhiluu Co., Fob. II), 1871).
Eastfrn OsKaoN. It. (J.Oglesby, writing
to tho lUdi ocl: Demoa at, from Weston, snys:
" I wnssurprisid v. lieu I came to Eastern
Oregon to find everything an pormaneti'
(owns, farms, schools, and churches lor 1
expected to see nothing but the stock raiser
follow bis herds, aud the minor huuttng
gold; but, to rny surprjso, when I arrived ul
this placs (Weston) last fall, I found nko
fii'ms, garners tilled with the best wheat,
oats, and barley, farmers contented und hap
py. Thero Is more uniformity in tho eoll in
Eastern Oregon than iu any place I havo
over been, lully rewarding tho ttrmer for
his work. 1 bis country must b't one tiny a
great one, with Its rich minus iu the mniin
taltiK, Its broad gras lauds und productive
soil; its educational Interests uto ahead ot
most new countrh s "
Tbo Yamhill Cr u ily Woman Hulfrago A
socimioti Just wo.jh eltctoil o(ll;eisas f.iilows:
President, Mrs. l, A. ilanua, Lafayiifle;
vlo prtslderit, MUs Virginia Old, MuVllnii.
villai recordlns tecru ary, Miss Laura
Iisugliary, Amity; corresponding teexo'ary,
Mr. AtinM. Martin, I.nlavette; Ireesuter,
Mis. 11. 0. Crown, ot North Yamhill.
Explosion.
Um vtim.a, Marcli 1 i P. M, II o srow
ol tjlranl A S.oi o whs blo n up nt Umntll'A
IltphUtt tan o'clock this moiuing Ihutol
iowlutf porsons, who wtto onuuiuid with
the w-orU, aieall rlgh :
Coo, lliseii, Mij-kt, Flnnernon, Kusscl,
Tabor, Slotie, Miooks, .McGlonln, Uiay.
l''ollowin' tiro the nanitu ul tuoao who aro
mlsjing:
Connelly, Hanson, Manirnn, Sullivati,
Fogg, Kiuss, llaiiiawni , Hinder, MiNully,
Watty, Teiibtook, Ntvvell, Mufube,
Every precautiuu hsd betn taken tint was
posiibht. Csruidgts nad tKtn loudo 1 and
j.'luced in the wauir. Powder, lilso and caps
litd been completely put away aud tho oidir.
had been given to turn away on capslauv
when the cxploluu look place appareutly
Insidq ol the calilu on tho boat, 1 lio exjilo-.
slou was so terrillu that It shook tbe build-,
lugs in Umttllla, six miles distant. Tho,
boat was h'own in'o pieces, a complete,
wreck. Grav was badly hurt and takw out
of the water by tlie small boat. As yot only
V'ct'abo's t otly has bfou recovered,
LOCAL NOTES.
Julius A. S.'nticn has been nlctf d Cloik
of the litt r I rif Capitol I'oiutuls-.inners, In
thophtcool l lj Willis, resiened,
The .1t-tcrt ) snyr; Mr. lloiwit Thomp
son, Assisau. Warden of tho PoiiUeutl iry,
hss had ix force of 8 to 10 convicts under his
charge during the Winter at iUtn' saw mil),
ami UHs luiutshod llio t'mbor, iuinbtr and
Nbingles lor the now tannery constructed on
the prison grounds. Ho has his (;uu,j tnir
plo6d at present on lumlier for the vats.
The tannery will soon lie finished and will
be of greav service in utili.ing the convict la.
bor ot tl o Htate,
TUo Meicarj nays mat two men, who re
cently biartoil irom Kirn's i'rilrio, Marlon
county, to thn liuanville minus on the
Hatitiam, tliil uot proceed far ou their tv.iy
witentney enoiiunioieti titeii snow, tuoy
lie.'amo bewilijeied, and wandered ah mt tor
tinned its in tho mountain, und mm of
llwm bri'Aiuo snow b.liid, .iu.1 It was viitli
dilll 'iill.v tbu', hlii ivniiiivlo c u'd gt him
ultuig They liiuill) (Mine to Va i r . )(, an I
folluwod It dojvu to tint rual, liieiiceoii to
Q'iarlllle, otto ot thtm with h'a feel badly
liozcn.
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