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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1876)
V WILLAMETTE FARMER. 3 'wO tilliimttt Jraniwr. SAL.KM, Fill DAY, AUOUST 11, 1870. L1ND3 OF EASTERN OHEGON. Tlia follow lug circular, which gives a vory reasonable M-ccmnt of the portion of Intern Oregou liorvln described, lias been Kuedliy Hi-tiov.Clen. h. Curry, aeont tor the com pany which owns the laud gmnt Military ltosd leading from the DilleH; via, V , li- n ' i w ' . Mouu,a,r' lo I b there are ,.10,000 acres In a bodv, of from Missouri, mo or more torn Helena and . Mm,,r8 ' V", '"" V" J" '"'"' ',;, I ortHoi-e, through Wasco, Irani, and 11a- tho dnest timber land in Oregou. Til's land j,is,aruk or lA.rt I iiirsilii The lllacU Mill J '-A( '""''' " ttl'1'"" "! mam" -keru.uuties. Our columns contain tho ad-' wlU iw iht moro valuable, as It is ue-vr tho "ls"arch, or j-ori i.mcoin. jo jiirik iniix tt (,ui,er mwlt nlt."tl or lietitK-Ml. or tjofti. verlisementof the Secretary, otlering tbee &52 'ItJTT '7,m e Unton ,' Ti f , ' V "". niU "wlrer , A mechanical manure mellow the soil land tor Ml and we have no leLn to , 1 '" l the C1Um"la B,ver' ? J "f",!.M; n" , eU T, rk.01 I reduces it to a Hue fill,, .'or instance; ,f. doubt that they otter great advantage forl,h settlement Tbe Cascade range of mountain, crossing tho btate of tlreou from north to south, dl - vide it into two main divisions- the Kastoru and Western each division having Its own distiiicthe peculiarities of climate, soil and topography. Kwern Oregon is un elevated pi.r.tMu. miersectea with numerous water couises llowlng in a general nuriherl vdirso- tfu iuto the Columbia River. Tho Klamath Baiiu. situated in the southwestern comer of ' this liivision, ilchari:es its waler throusb icade aud lilue Mountains through this coun- lie rhersof X rtlioru Calil'oruia. An le- ly, are well adaptod to the production of .iied ride, called the liluo Moiiutalns, i vritotahles, grain, vines and Iruits. More cros-es llntein Oregon dlaaonally from ' especially is tho soil u.ul climato adapteii to northeast (o southwest across tho icntral ami grapes, hop-, peacties and the muro delicate southern pans of that division. gsrdeu vegetables. These allevs are spirso- Tliispartnf the:Slate has a uumbet of tine l.v settled upon, and a largo portion of the villus, including tho Grnuile Koutle, l'ow-1 county s but an unbroken wilderness. Tbe der ltlver, Umatilla and .lolin Day alleys ' groH Columbia runs along the northern in the north, the Uarnoy Lwke vallev in Hie 1 bordor, i's continuous navigability being central psrt, and .sink Uh er, Lost ltiver, I broken nt Tho Dalles, where a portuen of ''tirague I'.ixcr aud other allos of the lourtmn miles is made liy railroad. The Ivlamaih Hislu. Tho iiivlgalilo rivers ere ' Deschutes Is a large stream rising in the too iiro id, mil magnificent Columbia, on Us southern part ot the country aud runs northern hinder, and tho Snake on Its oast- north, emptying Into tbe Columbia fifteen em border. 1'he valleys aud labia lands ot miles eal of The Dalles. The John Day's tins division, (.oiiipilsiue more than two-1 Kiver eutei from Grant county, audaftora thirds of its entire area, are prairlo land. I course of about twen'y-live miles east ot tho Timiier ol ecelletit quality, embracing I uiouth of tbo Doschules. 1 he Dalles Military s-vet-il vineties nt pine, lir, larch and cot- lload, after crossing the Deschutes four tonwoud, grows on tho high ndg03 of the miles above its mouth, follows the divide mountain rinjesandalongthe watercourses, ' between that river and Jolin Day's, a dls As a ccneial thing it is convenient ot acco-s . touon ofllfiy miles when it follows the course tiom the valleys, supplying the settlers wllb of the latter river into Grant, county, whoio iilmiitlaiit niaterisls loriouclngand buildiug itstris-s tho lertlle valley of the Upper purposes. Mohn Dav's and follows that to the Blue TIih settlements in K'asteru Oregon are Mountain divide, wbeu it crosses a branch ehlerty couliied to Ibe valleys of the north-1 of the Malheur and strikes the head of Wil bm part Mid lo the mining regions. This I low Croek, and Hows dowu the valley of psit ot the Mate has an extensive mining that stream to the main Malheur, nearwhere territory, very muoh of it -till undeveloped it IntersectH the old emigrant road, which it -mil capiiblo ot atlortllug emplovmeut tori follows slxteon milos to old Fort Boise ou labor aiiiI cup.nl ior many years t remun- erative rates i ue mining population maues a ho.iio market ior the products of the farms and dairies of the adjacent valleys un im portant tait uot to be overlooked iu forming an estimate of its agiicultural advantage. INsteru Oregon consistiof high table lauds aud lolling prattles, with a number of val leys alone us water courses of considerable extent, iaknuas a whole it is especially ml Af.ty i grazing purposes, although its val ley, contain farming lanus t.mal in p.oduc-1 tlvi.w ti, iluisnnt i,,niii ,,,,,1 , h ' "rcuUit Feut ciirw of B?alii 'K amVorllm mflamls lent trortKiit jram. J lie soil ot the uplaiiiis is ii loamy nature, producing m Us natural stale a btavv uitiwih ol wilU lunch grass ot i the mo,t uutritious rpjallty. It springs up fresh aud green Iu tue tlrst warm days of only piing, and in a few weeks stock bo Kins to latten on it. It was the custom ofthe Indians of Kastern Oregon, iu former years, to raise huge herds of houes without pro viding auy food for them for the whiter. The settlers and etook-raiB-jia there now raise aud fatten every year thousands ol cattle, glaz ing them tho- year round. Fat beef cattle, wintered and latiuned on the "range," have Wen shipped down the Columbia and thenco lo Victoria, t VauiHiver Island, to market, as early in ttieNprinz as the middle of March. Tue vallevs ul Uastoru Oregon have a rich soil of bla'k loam, producing wheat, oafs, bailey. corn, vejretable aud fruits. Wheat uecirdsl equally aa well aselsewhere, while lutlevdjes much he ter, ofien jieldlng a.s hiuli a.s sixty to eighty bushels nor acre. Corn makss a good crop, the warm summer wt-athsr of this region being alapted to its growth 4iid maturliy. .Home of the tender liuit-s ard vegetables, aa peaches, grapeu, melons, tomatoes and sweet potatoes, are be iug generally cultivated with the nest suc cess. Iu a general nso the range of farm produces mrii- vry little lrvui that of other rarmiiig sections, making dun allowance for l he diiterent adaptabilities of a dry climate. It is i-ialms I by the people of Kawem Oregou that t ir pro,luctivuiM its vallev cannot be excelled on the Pacific Slops, The absence of tiuilxtr iu the valleys is considered a dis advantage by oiiis; this , however, Is more apparent than otherwise from the fact that the UHlithboriug mountain stford an Inex haustible apply. Tlw winter ot Kutero Oregou, though of short duration, geuerally brings with It several inrbes of auowou the table-lands and io ths vallevs. The weather is usually dry and cold, snow remains from three to six weeks iu the mouth of Ddcwtnbor and .lanu ary, some seasuiis; in oUiersa few dys. It is usual lot stork to be iad through those mom lis withniK iulrrnpiiou. The Spring begins In Febmaryaud lams to the end ot May, with w-arai, plt-aauit weatber, and raiu NUtUrieni to give life and vigor to vege tation. Tlit s-uuimers am warm but not op pressive; the irrnhnetis of the mountain air renders the days pleasant and the ulidits r.Ki! and ratietliing; and continued invalids have found Ibe climate and luvignratlng, aud iua number of cases surprising restora- , Areie war iu Arimia was a consequent of tiou to perfect health has beeu attained. the Mexican war and our occupation of the Six hundred thousand seres ot land In southern plulus. We hi how tithline Ltsteru Oregon, situated In Baker, Gram, , i,1,i-- J,.w i ., , . . . , , Mid Wa-co counts, are ofl-tred for sale ill1 '"d.'"H wbose hands weie nm rai.e.1 such sld tracts as purclnsers may duslre, against us while tbe rebellion was auts m M '; mt acre, slid upwards, according to height. If there are twemy-tlve thousand quantity and quality. One fourth of the sioux ol all Units ihxt m. ..n.i ,.. . i. . purchase luouev must ss paid at the time ol , .x' ol ,l kl .' ' H, tUhy "te fl"'' . ' ' l0 sale, the deiernl p-tyments Ui be annual for "bole number Ol Indians east of the Missis three jears. with ten per cent, interest. The sippi when we met Pontiao in war, one bun. til Int.. iiinlaii'l Is luuispuuhle. drbd and twenty jears ago. That was the Here isHtiordedamostfavorableopportuu- ,i,.. f i,h.. , . ., ilyuilmmlurants and taMtleraseeklng f homes i" of Indian, computed between the and low priced lands to acquire both ou the Mississippi and the Atlantic in l".iby Mr. most reasonable terms. These lands are ex-' Parkman. Pontine attacked every fort from cellent tor farming and graIng. On mo; ol Magra and Pittsburg to Detroit and Mack the tracks nu cruhluag, or other preparation . ., 0, "" " -'ivi of the laud lor plow iu is requltiM. A inK' IllH 'ox ro now fenced outlrom crowthofiiu'iKI us L'ras-t i-over tne uplands, our sitlleiueiits by a lluo of lorLs built alou an.iniingtrioiit.ini n-vsiurag., vvnne in tne vallevs airl Imtioni lands the grass can be mowed and m-vJe iuto hay. L.uiig sprlmrs fe B tl ' aud s'r.ianw wit'er tlie lauds in Tarlous directions. The uplands, or rolling land", i -.an h tint into c-iHis with tbe most sitisfac- tirv returns. Fruit, particularly tscbes, tiiiiua,i.'raHiMlniipleK, )ars and chtrrief, as " i" .-irrinioua uimo piauis was i ism ...ous uio incut-ior, gooutoi tun watr ' ,..;, 4V,)(J; tir. shhltiiaT lrilormwi u a o n well as iIih iiii tiler fruits cin Lo grouiiiu promptly fullowwl hy ruiiuiug railroadu to ' and dou on iIih kiuH, uml s doen inunruu I J uJy ho liad h'ojs or having the Una, grr-at Hliiiidaiu-o The climato of l.i rn Pacific, ami In hioux City and Hinnurcl., mi riing I-hmooh thtfiii srd tlm nia may turn I Hint that tho yoium mui was gtittiug hloriu Nregoui-yrv iMUhfiiJ. 'nW?n ' ,blt .M,.wlllr. r.rer. T,1(, furlU(1, ..,,, ,l, ' tl.ou.iti,U .,i tuci.. inland. Th.dr.ai, ,Ju,...,i ur Uner than would iihiui aUly r.rc imihi nt uoiivt'inmii ikiiihs ior iraiut' ; , , , . I '- ';b.,I uimIhi- In, li iimstitiiciiH v ,.ii tht mails hik rtxfiiMrlyouvoied througont UiU-r nud-, uVsign,.d to wo through to tint drlv n tow rd th, sltugbli-r ground slowly, ,,i,t, ,,rt"uilis igii Dr. MiolUiii Ainutatt"l fuats'vtioii.aniliiiirotperoiiti );)iiU:luii is Pacitlc, vwru oIhiomous to thu Moiix, asthfy sotii.il limy uii u A heconifi ovcr'ifatijl, tho lo id yonugnr huixUvr 01 th , 011.1 now I .tlromly okUlillrliH, ououpiMl in larining, t.fOKMMi tho hunting region, llm lat ruht-is. ' "", would uij.o tho lor. Tlm Kiliiii la ' liijiirud. Mr. I. T. ilaikaUr (,M hmn k o-'kuro-.ving, and various otlmr pursuits. . . f . n.k . lllH ,.,,, r ,,., ...,, dnno liy hlowsor tin. head witliuluU, t ,r ntisii uf our Matunuly ulxiula, year. Hit is MeamUiats M v regular ly on tht Columliia '" "r tho Dakota In statu, tnaturo. 1 ho ku,u M)lnKfc.(,y ,.rulw. .,,, ',, u. a gr.iilua'ool .Mi-Komi,, t'o .f,, j'n., uj rher,hnd.lurlngtheloatiiigMasononsnake mil of tho Jvnrthfrn I'aciln) Kallruad, Ills, ken oil tho aU is oovurod with aooatruc of diiiluie tlm hist yoar nas liu MiL'aL'M In ner, ttnnes;ticK the rarious ceutreiioftradt.i'iarcl:, is tbo ba-e of tuppllts lor thb po,i .sjarnt, grlr.l hair, which is plucked .ut. tvAcliiu;.-li(i'd, ' " J and population with Portland, the commor. cial metropolis of Oregon. Stage run dallv carrying a dally mall between the Dalle" anil Canyon City, the county seat of Grant coun t.y,,amL!",m.tlielu;e by diverging routes to ZhllWto,mnZlL county. The Unds which are now for the tlrst time placed In market are located contiguous to prVJZ trteMcd Ji7rom' DfcK on the Columbia rlvor, to old lurt Rolse, on Smlie rhfir. Aboutforty miles of the west- ?,r" t"?.?f 'i!8... rn nearly parallel with fMiit of the.;beoitherri Pacific Rillroad, and is prnirie ,,. n DdlPN-vla '"id welladap'od to the raising of grain.,""0 euc lL . I Wlthlu llfty miles of the eastern terminus of miles nor 'l"4.,"e,,,adaP:0'1 ','h8 ralsl,1K f "' Gnnt. south bv Lake, and m v tlm f'no- t'de rauwe of mountains. Area 1(3,(X)0 square ,m'iw - Population :i,HVJ. Assessed value of property 1,013,62(5; county sent, Tho Dalles. The name Wasco Is or the Indian language, signifying grass, and thin la emphatically u graltig country, being unsurpassed in this respect. But itn agricultural capacity is not ,eoutinod to the production of grass, as largt .areas comprised in the numerous vallevs ot "ie many streams that lloiv from the Cas MiaKeiiiver. Git VNr Uoi i v Bounded on the north by Umatilla, east by Baker, south by tbe State of Nevada, and west by Lake and Wasco. Population 1,85:2. Area 21,000 square miles. Assessed valuation of property. gl.OSVti; county seat, Canyon Citv. Gold was dis covered on Can.vnu creek near the Upper John Day's river iu lSiil, aud since that date it Is estimated that upwards of $10,000,000 Z.7C Z i ",- i WK"U' "'al county. The yalleya ot tnat river are very fertile, as well as the lautls watere.1 by & brU(,,!0. Tbe road passes through the centre , ,.,., ,.,, ,n. ,njQ11'r , ,-.f, .. rhnm,XnvM,tZi Q, . .. -.. i.i.r .. ' ..; i.'.'t. are very extensive, the native grasses being abundant and nutritious. Tbe winters are mild and tbe climate remarkably healthy. forests 01 tne niuerent Kinds or lluitier com mon to Oregon are sufficiently distributed i iu, an vun u bob oi ine larmer, mechanic aim miner, when the immense mineral, grazing and agricultural wealth of the mountain, uui, piBiii ami vauey xnau nave tieen ue veloped. The l)lle Military Knad traverses the entire breadth of tbe cmitii v and a mall stags makes regular trips Horn The Dalles iu Wasco county, on tlm above named road, through Grant and Maker, to Hots Cllv.coti necfint; with (be Unit from that dace to Keltouou the Central Pacific Railroad. IUkkii Coi'.niv -Hounded tiorlh by Union county, oast by tbe Territory of Idaho, south by tbe State of Nevada, and west ly Grant county. Tbe county is of great area, com prising all that portion of the Slate south of the iinrth fork of Powder river, and eat of the Ubth meridian. Powder river and Burnt river, tbe Malheur and Owyhee are considerable s-f reams entering into the Snake river or Lewi' Fork of the Columbia, which runs along the eastern border of tbe county. mo vaueys ul mo rivers auil streams are very fertile and tho hills are covered with luxuriant grsss. The moiiutalns are filled with untold mineral wealth, which to a great extent still remain UDderelopd. The Dalles Military Road tuns lor a distai-e of dftv miles through what is known as the Willow Creek Valley, an excellent section for agri cultural, and slock raising purposes, As sessed valuation of iiroiwrty V'lTtMtfd, Patiu lation L'.sM). - i Iudian Wars. The Americans havehad thre great Indian wars, each raging otiincldently with a foreign war. The tiret was Willi iIih VIonUlu na lions, to wblih in Chlppeways helongsd, led by Poutiac. It IiouicilUuly followed Ibe overthrow ol the French pner iu Amer ica. Tbe second was with the Iroquois, allies of Great Britain Iu our revolution, Tbe third six-omiMnlod the teoond war with Knuland. vv hen T.iiiiiaili r..nMA.I Un ,1.. trllBB brtww,,, j4,k K , , , u , 1 tbe wattr channels of the Missouri, "i ellow-' .,,. ,.., . , ., , . . hl,,"H ","1 ' Ul " """l "r "biuh have ! flSLllA.I -III... II... .t..ltll .. l t. erecteil since the rot ! I Ion , as their names inillcatc: Fort Reno, Fort L'ui-olu, Fort ' iticu, fort Misty, l o-t Russel, elc. Tho re-, ...... ..i ,.c .,.. . i ..... f. ... . . i.i i . i ... ... . iiu.l.ln ' in .ill a rulHor uiaiiv iull liin ,u.. , in tLo laud of the Dakota, which are ooriitnu-, ...., i.l i ' nlcHtwl wltl1 hy stettmr8 running once a. "lotitli . Those steamers go sevonil hundred mile up tho current to reach the junction of Yellowstone with the Missouri, llo.i. rivers are nav liable. The Yellowstoue aud "" branches, of which the Hlg Horn and the Uo'elnul are two, flow northwfstwaid, and ' '' " b th "" s,'0' Rs tne Jtcky Mountains He there, and emit the snows aud springs. It Is SCO mile frotli every wlieio to tbe spot wlierotbeSlou, I . OUB""u,!u ?.""" ""' ",. ",.' ucouutercd Sheridan a olllcers .Wt) which so much has been written, Is aw miles to the wet. The game of tbe continent has been driven lo that lofty reglou of streams, cmyons and mountain ridges, and -0 tribes, seeking to get subsistence there, are kept in mortal fear ol the Dakota. Their numbers, radical difference lroin other lmlians, skill asiiileis, and superior ir ami courage, make them overboarlug. Intelligent, rest les, unprincipled aud despotic, they are . made up of bands who have scon civilization ' ana otners wnicu seiaom or never saw a white man of outlaws and barbarians, many sided as Mohammedanism. Gen. Sitting Bull. Ho la a Teton-Sioux, and only thlrty-tlvo lion and leaching tho lw: portions are lost, ye'tra of sge. Captaiu MiUairy, ol the I Uvaporation removes from iiianuro carbon, steamer It'Ulon tells me bo has known Sit-1 in the form of carbonic acid; hydmgon aud ting Hull about the Upper Missouri Hading- ovgen, iu tbo lot m of water; and nitrogen, posts lor ncany years. His principal barter- ' In tho lorni of ammonia, lug place was at Fort Peok, though ol late I Leaching removes it large portion oJ tbe jeirsbe and his band have, followed the soluble psits, tho most valuable, for the buffalo north ou the Souris and Pembina I roots of plants can only take up the soluble rivers, and have bartered their robes and I portion, llenco the great importance of pre tongties for nuns aud ammunition with the ' venting manure from evaporating and leach Fionch lmlf-brot-ds of Manitoba. Sitting j mg away. Bull was a convert and trieiul of Father A free use of absorbents, under cover, will D?Sniot, who taught him to reaJ and writo i pievent both. A good, tight floor, or atauk, French, lie has always scorned to learn I will pi eent loss by leaching; and charcoal, Ungllsli, but Is a lair Freuch scholar, in tho i Dakota laugiMge he is also versed, and de- clared to bo a gieater orator than Little Pheasant, Chief ol the Yanktoiinais. Cap tain McGarrysays he knows thatSitllng Bull has road the French history of Napoleon's wars, and believes that he has Uiodeled his generalship after the little Corslean Corporal. Silting Hull has never accepted an o ertme of peace, theieport that he gave in his ad hesion to bully, to the contrary uotwith standing. Ho lias always been an unrelent ing and vindictive savage to Ibe Americans what Schamyl was to the Russian. Father DeNtnet kept the Teton-Sioux from the war path until lsiiS. He then left the Upper Missouri, and Mt'ing Bull became a chief. No organized ellort was made to array tbe Sioux nation against the whites uutll after the Minnesota massacre of 1803, when the Sioux were driven west of the Missouri into the bad lands and mountains of Dakola Sitting Bull aspired to the leadership, but Red Cloud, spotted Tail, Little Pheasaut aud the Ogslalla Sifting HulU'hia1 repudiat ed him. From that lima ,b haa been a malcontent, and at war with "the chiefs of tbo sloux nation, though he has by bis persuasive ails of oratory seduced many hundreds of tl eir .youinc braves into his ranks. He is also largely reinforced by oiiiik bravestrom the frees aud AssiuiboiiiN ofMaiiifoba. Uvery summer for tivo yeais he iihs been up north among these tribes, and now they are Mocking to his standard. J)ak ilu i'un . (Vhi.ii.i Tribune. Message irom the President Wsiiism,,N, Aug. 1. The following mes wigs was reistived by the Senate from tbe President to-day: 1 ii i eioiin to I he i esolutiou of the Situate of July I'.lH, calling upon the Prmideul to comiiiiiuicatt, lo the SuaMaiiy information In rt-Kajd lo the slnugliter of Aluerluau oltl ens it Itaiiiitiirx, S ('., I have the honor to nulii lit llieliillowliu siil-Io.sU! us. Herefol lowni a u ii in I.mt of jiapers relative lo the Haiuliuig iimsxicre 'I into enclosures eai hra'HHlliliH liirormafion iu my poasension liuctilug tue Ul" ttisgrscefui and brutal slaughter of iinofteiidliig men at the town of Hamliur, S. c. My letter ti Gen, Cham Ixirllu contains all the coiumeuts 1 wish to make on the aiibject. As allusion U made in Urn iHMttr in the ixiiiditiou of other Slates and psiti'Mi'nily I.idllsUus and Mississippi, I havnadtiMil to the enclo-urss, letters and testimony lo regard lo tue lawlesM tionditlnn ot a portion i i the latter va'o. liwegard to Louiiaii stlslrs, iiiiirdtrs and massacre ot' luuis-eui men for npiulou Hake or ou aooonnl ot isilor, have Iwon ni' tisi recent date and of loo licqiieut ntMirrMiis toretiulrerecapltula. tiou or (estimoiiy here. AH are faiu liar with theii horrible ilnlsils, the ouly winder being that many Jiinilfy ihem or .logl.4 for them. Hut rewntly a cummiifw, i,f the satiate visit ed the aiaio of MLss,ssipii to lake iwtlmony ou i he nilii.-i nt Iran. Ii. aim violemst in ebsi tiotis, 'I Imir r"iit has uot Iwen made pub lic, but. I await il furthcoming with a feel ing of iiiuidHins thaJ it will fully sustain all tht' I have staled In relation lo fraud and v mimic in the Siale of M li-,liii U. S. Gnsr. I vi i I nv r. M vs-i-fN. list lulv. '1 he Alsssa Coiiimsritial Coui any is mak ing an enormous prolit out of lis loulract with theGoverntiiniii by which It Is allowed to kill '),ihi seals yearly iu Alaska waters. It Is 1i-.IIbv.-I that sue'i tleplelioii does uot eudauger the oxisteucA ofthe sis-is Iu that uijiifhlioiLiiVii . iwu-iiiiMsiii an tne males are nvr i i . is.rt.ous t.. It. ..! -triiilttel liy otlieraud stronger lt upon tlm same ground with , ' " I the 'uiial&s, whlcli always herd toother, and tho killing U doitft wholly aiming tbe bachelor nals, a tlmy arervalled. t cer it-iirthe WIllimcttoKarmer.l Manures -Their Value. firming is a very practical business; and no one can succeed in Uniting without fine practical abilities, l'ood Is at the bottom of alt notion: lood is n umius used to produce end; lood irlw s IHe: loid Is a force. Ma nures contains iood-lor'o, s'ored away, ready to lie used when applied. Manure Isoi-gaiiic and iuoreatiio matter, uul, w lien judiciously used, is food for plants; flicse nre food lor animals, and those are food for man. Iluiice -h M oncn tho valuo ot mat.nre. c, when applied lo a mnuly soil, eats, or roughens, tlm ptrticles of sand unlit mis it, aud produces a compound, silicate of pot ash: and this compound Is a chemical ma nurd. Proprrlj . iiKM-banlciil in mures mel low the soil, as slit)' clav Is ciiitnbled bv lime, and chemical ui.iuurns are ittrrft fooil for plants, us caibonioaelil, silicic acid, Ao. Many manures are only utVwrtifKM, as car bon, peat, tin'', muck, Ac. These retain chemical manures, so plants can extract I them through the action of the simugioleM which ramify tho sill. There is a great uMitv of mauiirn all over our coin try, through caiolossness. All ma i mm1 should be under a shed, as hyovnporu- cinders, dry muck, tan-bark, Ac, will retain by absorption tho othorwiso escaning gases. Tho iiuuiurti question is a deep, an alt-lm- portaul one. If we vvouM muuuiHOtir fields judiciously, they would never wear out. livery species ol manure should, muit, iu order to keep up tho leitillty ol tho 10. 1, be scrupulously saved, and applied to the Holds. A groat Kulish statesman was once asked " if tho Bulk of Kiiulaiul was not (lm main prop of tho Uuglliih nation." He wisely au sweied. "N'o; the real prop of tho Ungltsh uatiou is Ace b'inl o mttnurc." Ainu. t'.ir tin vrtl'sini'tle Ksrnier. THE MOON AND THE 0AX. One night, sad and weary, 1 went to my bed, And I scarcely had entered my room, When 1 saw, thiongli tho window, the wlde spreadiut; oak Bowini; gracefully to the bright moon. The blight queonol night was silently gHzlug Disensliig her silvery light, Through the gieen leafy lioughs ol the brave old oak, That so olt has been luy and while. The calm-looking moon, as a monarch, doth reign, Rulos tbe ulitlit, aud tbe restless tide, tier silvery light aud the glittering rttara Illumine the universe wide. For centuries past, tbebiave-hearted oak las stood under many a storm, Has shelter'd the flocks ou a cold, stormy uight." And shaded when summer was warm. These majestic trees, tor graudnur ami strength, No otheis excel, or improve, l-'uduru as the oak tlia. strikes deeper its roots When the storm outers Into the grovs. Tliough the branches aie bare sod the leaves swept away By the winds and the cold brumal blast, Yat again they'll put lorfh their verdure so ureen, And nourish, forgetting the past. The sweet little birds, they have mine from the south, Stately klns of the forest to. see. Now their nests are susuded, they'll tear their young Iu the greeu branches, tenderly. The young feathered so misters, how swsetly they chirp As tboy tly from spray l sjiray, But tbe time will come when lliatjr will de part To their warm, siiuny home, far away. O. may I, like the birds, seek a country atar Thai will lead me to mansions above: O, may I endure all the changes through lite With patience, with kindness, aud love. All Hellish swtils scatter'd alar from my heart, Leaving room for rich blessings to coins, From our Father alsivu, who doe comfort mid love All II ischildreii,aud welisimetbetn home. Mahy T. WxAVr. l,lillomntli,.liily J'A ISTil. so iiiols Au inr.vi. The ioliowiog partio ulais are given ol the accidental sbootlbg of T..I. Haii'lskr, eldest mi of Postmaster Haudsker, at Goshen: While riding ou the Dos Chutes with his cousin, G, VV. Handsale er,ol Dxt'ir, tlwtlr liorstvi Iwamo uilrsti Iu a swHiiip, anil in the act of getting oil", Mr, J.T. H.'srilUi tell Irom his Haul and dls cliarj.'vi the (umiHiits low his left leg below the kime, sluuteilug tint laigs- isiua and carrying aw j a large iiriion Fortunately Messrs. Averill and ittsllord, of .Stuuruer luke were uearaml reiiilHrtsi all ttwt absist s n ixi Iu limit jxiwer. Iu the iiarkuktil the night thy viAiiiir man was couvuywi a dls- tain'ii ol twuntv livn iiiIUim in llm tsimstf. nf Mr. Higdoii, wlmrohu was Undly catritil for until tiitstl aid ooulii r'tv-h liiiu. Dr. T. " Slmltwi, was iwmeillatoly callett lor, but u I niii ii iinl.iiii, vi;u n..i .Uil ii t . mt. -.. Ll. Illiuilli aiiri nu-i rn ! I' aisa, r W lUVlw II f rtMiihiug him until vitiirOrvv. As, soon i , tlm woiuiu was ilrutsixl, tU, young man w as conveyed to tbe rtviiiiiiiiee of bis Isiri.r, 1. W. WXATBIRTOHt. Weatherford & Co.. Wboli-tialeRnd Ketatl Dealers In DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, CLASS. Patent Medicines. CHEMICALS, JPer jtxl Tim ery TOILET GOODS, Etc., etc. PU21E WrNTES and LIQUORS, For Mi iticiiint purfioLS. Medicines Compounded, and Prescriptions Filled. Weatherford & Co.j .lai I'.-y CommcrLiiilrlrcet. NALRn, lltlifMB.VS TO SI!'. HAD! Spring Trade of 1876! ii. & i:. as s r: sc ii, tucti'c-Dr-to lit rumii V Micth.) COV.Mi:il I .Via hT., .s VhKM, UKIXiOX. I luxe Low on Imml AgCoiiiploU' and Well-Mi'i'led Stouk GENERAL Sullcil to ttiu Count r) Ti'Ude, Ami inform llu'lr iuiliinu'i-s .-tint nil nilu-rx that Ihe-tv itoiwfit Lrl, AND WILL UK SOLD CHEAP! They un pn puri'il to ul.e GKEAT DBAIifiAIIVSS For Cash in Hand. Ml pi-rcoiip rtillliiL. on Hit m w ill litivit the full hene iltof Hut GENERAL DECLINE In prices ut bun l-'r-iiiclwii uuil thu l.'aul. hHlinii, May n, 1S1I. ltui'I Pacific University VM TUALATIN AI'ADKITIY, ri4Mt. Cimvi, Ort'KOUi H.tCIJl.'SYi ItiK S, II. MAKSII, 11. !., Pn-lili nt, anil J'rofesi or of IiiMIituiM I'tilKinMilir. Kav.UOItAtJK l.YMAN, A. M I'nileKsororRhet erlcuiiil Ilintiir. --mi .. (1KO. 11. UOI.I.IKIt, A. M., I'niktrur ofMU. umaltos. IIkv. r. CtiNliUN, A. V J'niloKeor or Natnratt History. JOS. W. MAltalf. A. ii.. P.-nfcor of Latin KliiH riek. .1. 1). IIUIIII, . M . frlii il of Academy. Mas. J. I'. SI'II.LKIt, l'.-iTuitrci-. Tim H'lioul yciruiii'liH !' tldmi tennt. liec.llinlrii r,vnctlcly on tlm flint Wcuhciiiliy nf r3uptoiiibcr. um utiHir, Mini .tmrcn In llm I'lilvrrsllv the tulllnolii VI.1! 1KT rear, and luflii XntiliMiiy Aflll iier cw luyutilu ncr tcrui io- idumv. tliMUil ihii imlisil ai Iruiii H to t nor week. Kvumlniitliiii lur iiilinls-iiuii will lie held ou S teiulnir iff, at 'in. in., ni tttv tolinyn, fr rtirllicr liiliirnnillii.i, nndrei's UK l'M-fldelit-or-anjr otfior iiii,iiilier ot' Hie Kuniltv. LEBANON HOTEL,. .KlltVOV, ;y,V. (. H U, VVM'VHKiN, - -i ProtH-Jetor,. FIltIK uudiirFiliriieil would HHuuittui to tlirltleu vf JL l.lnu and adjuiniui; cnuntlei, mi d to the traveling fuitillc. that he lm ltirmjnli,'j reiltu d and mfurnli'hiii lilit wnll-kiuiwn lliitul with adw f uriiltiira tliriii:k- UMt,fciid Ib now prefmred to aicomf uiMlote taunt. wln may ravor nini won a ran. la ine. mum naiiviiciury lUtlllli-r, Till! Tt'tH Will b U!llT KUpliisl with ttiu twit tlio market h(m1". and tbe av.iiutt iJii will li taken to pl ao all. Knpeclal palm villi he uki-u to .rurure cominitahlfc coiivvanees for rartlen wlifclnir ' to vlult thu HlllM HrttlNDH nt riiHlaTillr, thw lu'.ten trom Leliuuan, wnerea lew tiayiMir even wtsrns muy he pieiniiiuiiy patsldurin' the heated Uirrn, mavw. n. ii. i-i.Aiiitniun. DH. i. a, IIKLT BliLT As SON, tthicccMvtit t L'i.i X lltli.) Druggists und Ajiotliccaries l. It) Ullt KI1H IS CIkmhIchIm. eri uniejry, IutMt nodlclmiN, I'ure wiuun itnifeLltiitorM, Ac, .V miius' lllntk, C'uuuii rclnl hfti 1 1, HAI.KM. IV II IHUV MtAH will Imvi lmve chili.;) ol th I'n iKTripl lai lli-tir.m.hL apt lit lV.trioize Homo Mnnui'twturcB ! WILLAMETTE Slt-oxro Xf7"oirls.gti fJAVINd 'fllK IIKST lAI'I'KIIN III' h'KIVKH JCL nuw niaiV.uiiil Die Utt1iiii'rOHiiiiiitn. nubi I avjiu fVtirintf "Jtiivi t 1 The Lowest Rates. (aimi HOLLOW W VltK mat nil -Tilth KVIKsH ' (! uiioriliiK. VVciiiu.! r.i. itullv Milltli )uur.I. nilmi'M filf till "OtfS !5W tl it (4ffVZ70. HI('fll3U.s A. UOIIKI.UK. I'lllSTI. IVII, !, ir.iprleti.r. iT.il.tli I,IH Hi J , MO Mid.. i, L lilll-'lll-l. Wugon-Mak?ng and Ucimiring- II.S..IOKVa M ll III Salrm II ir, u ! If MAT WAGONS AND OAIlIinZAOES i iikK in iiitlil I: i W' riWt.H V (iriirral lll.u Usiiilllilna. , a ll .,rli Hindi nf Hi- Ill.st I rn ut Snilvo kutuit'erl ,1 ii'l In Mi. I."i M.uiili.r. V ftalwu, 'f'.l is, 1-c.u.l w, wuTifiaroRn. v. n i f,$ ...'