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VOL. XI.
INFORMATION WANTED.
r Tlio Willamette Fakmcii ilcaircs infor-
nation of tho whereabouts of
l.qCIitB HCNCAN,
ito of Tangent. Wo wont about 815 worth
If information, that being tho nmoiiiit ho
res us. Ho probably only nceils n gsntlo
gmintlcr, when found, and will pay his debt,
id w lien ho pays wo will givo him puulio
rcdit. Holias left Tangent wo nro told,
jidleft without satisfying his debt to us.
Uso
i). v. ELLimie,
ito of .Stimmcrville, Union county, is
among tho missing, and wo iiavo tho samo
ltorcst in him, and to tho samo amount,
in Squire Duncan.
Wo would liko very much to havo
m. J. HAVE",
formerly of Lena, Umatilla county, call and
lcavo Ins address with sonio postmaster, to 1o
forwarded to us. Wo aro much concerned,
and fear tho Indians havo got him will give
ItS for his release, if that Is tho caso. Ho
only owes us $22.23. Wo will sell it cheap.
! Theso aro large ones, but hero is ons of only
40 tho causo of this is
nil. E. L. CADV,
Of Harrisburgi that was w hero wo sent tho
paper. Hut ho don't got it now wo have
stopped tho paper.
To bo plain about it, wo with to mala it
known, wherever theso men may lc, that
they havo treated us in this way never paid
what they oo and if they will remit they
can-dopend upon it that they shall havo duo
credit.
There nro many others who aro several
yoars in nrrcars to us, but wo hopo tlioy will
pay up without requiring n public reminder,
and next fall w. shall closo all accounts, and
if delinquents will not answer our call any
other way, wo may havo to namo them
publicly.
OR10IN OF THE MERINO SHEEP.
Mr. K. Oldcndorff, who was commissioner
from tho Argcntino Hepublic, to tho Center..
' nial exposition, and is iiow editor of a Ger-
man newspaper in this city, wrote ft very
feablo and learned nrtielo on tho abova topic
for the Bulletin of tho National Association
rof Woolen Manufacturer!, which lias been
republished in soveral leading Journals. As
hairy shcop havo occasionally been found in
pure blUl merino flocks, ho concludes It is
sot a freak of nature, but a law of reversion,
and he snms up his lengthy paper on that in
teresting subject, as follows t
"To conclude my argument, I beg to reca
pitulate in short the aforesaid, viz.! That
most likely the original coat of our sheep was
hsir and wool; that wool with neglect, expos
ure, and hard pastures, will turn back into
hair; that hairy lambs are bom vary frequent
ly in pure merino flocks; that all tho ancient
authors on sheep agreo that there wcro two
very distinct breeds of sheep already at a
very early date (long, smooth, and glossy
wooled tho one, short wooled and crimpled
the other;) that most likely importations of
tho long wooled sheep have taken placo at a
very early date into Spain; that, later on,
smooth, glossy, and long wooled Knglish
sheep wcro introduced into Spain, and finally
that crosses between the Knglish and merino
sheep of certain types will give vflspring of a
very soft, glossy, and long wool. I think
after all this evidence 1 feel Justified in say.
ing that the birth of the original Mauchamp
in a Merino-Kambouillet flock was not a
freak of nature, not accidental, but most
likely governed by a law the law of reversion
going back to a source we know not how
Temote."
Not $5,000,000.
The State papers are publishing a story
that the Northwestern Hallway aud Naviga
tion Company have paid five million dollars
for the property of the 0. S. N. Co. The
tact is that the nominal stock of that corpora-
tion is five milion dollars, but no such price
was paid for it. It would be a safe guess to
put the purchase price at not to exceed two
millions, and we have an intimatiou that
that was about the price paid. Five millions
are not picked up every day and it is not
every steamboat company that is worth
five millions. It is ridiculous that newspapers
pretending to havo common sense should
publish such extravagant rumors.
Ocr old friend John Millard, of Albany,
Jeft at our office this week a small box of the
most delicious strawberries we ever ate,
-which were exquisite in flavor, delicate, and
-we judge "not transferrable," in great quan
tity, but if a body bad them in a garden to
-pick as wanted to be eaten there could not
possibly be anything more desirable. If
"God never made a better berry than the
trawbeny," this must have been the kind.
H (rv yJflVPKR i m I vBhjkBI0VJ w7 n T lJTjfC-a'i .i m eMBmtfK- j".- Is. , .L
FROM WASCO COUNTY.
Our old friend Davis Shannon, of Howell
Prairie, returned this week from n visit to
Wasco county, whero ho spent two weeks
with old friends who used to bo his near
neighbors as citizens of Sihcrtou or Howell
Prairie. Ho spent tho timo on Ten Milo
Crock and Fifteen Milo Creek, and comes
bnok well delighted with tho country which
ho says is fast settling tip and proves very
productive for grain and especially so for
fruit. Ho says tho finest wheat fields nro
now found on tho bluffs, where now farm
aro mado and tho land proves excellent.
Thcro is soma difficulty in procuring fencing,
as timber is twenty miles distant, but they
uso jiost and rail fence, or post and wire.
The land is not nil taken up yet and many
new settlers can rind homes and good land to
cultivate, within a few miles of Dalles City.
Ho gives us sonio account of tho prosperity
of tho friends ho visited.
Watkius, formorly of Silvcrton, is woll
fixed, has about CO acres of grain on Fifteen
Milo Creek, and a lino band of horses and
lots of sheep.
V, J. Cooper, formerly of Silvcrton, has a
splendid placo on Ten Milo Creek, whoto his
orchard of 3000 peach trees look magnificent
ly, and will bear about 300 bushels of fruit.
Mr. Cooper is very piospcrousand hlsorcha.d
shows no mossy trunks, and his applo trees
look bright and healthy. Ho has 4,600 sheep
and COO head horses, and seems to havoovory
thing ho wants.
Geo. II. llarrett, who used to lio nt Sil
vcrton, has a good placo on Fifteen Milo
Creek, with CO acres of wheat looking splen
didly, ICO head of cattle, somo sheep and a
very fiuo orchard. His old friends will bo
glad to know that ho is doing well.
Sylvester Simmons, formerly of Howell
Prairie, has a good place on Fifteen Milo
Creek, with CO acres in wheat; ho has but
Just commenced w ith good prospects.
Eastern Orogon Wool.
Tho Kast Oregonlan saysi
"Mr. J. II Hackott has placed on our tablo
ten different samples of wool clipped from his
band of owes this season, all of which are
oqual to any samples of wool wo havo over
seen. Tho wool is clean and looks almost as
if it had been scoured, aud notwithstanding
it is generally said that Kaatcm Oregon wool
is to a great cxtont injured by alkali, these
samples prove that it is only necessary to
tako proper caro of sheep, and as good wool
in all rcsjiccta can be grown in this country as
anywhere at leu cost and more of it to tho
sheep. Mr. Hacuctt sheared 1,760 oues,
1,350 of them with spring Iambs, and from
them clipped 13,830 lbs of clean nice wool, an
acrago of nearly nine pounds to tho owe.
This wool ho sold for eighteen cents a pound
at the corral, uotting Jimmy the snug sum
of SJ, 8 19.40, this too without any chances of
loss to him. If our farmers would adopt this
plan of selling their wool at homo, we think
they would find it to their advantage, for it
would have a tendency to bring buyers here,
and when onco here, a comiietitiou among
buyer would get better pi ices and the pur
chaser would havo to tako all chances and
run all risks. Theso speculators who take
wool to sell on commission must all make a
profit and if bujers direct from tho factories
come here to buy, the wool-grower will be
saved this commission of from two and oue-
half to five per cent, and will not be com
pelled to ay the interest they ha e hereto
fore paid on advances and be delayed for
several months every clip."
While Mr. Hackett did well with his wool
wo hapeu to know that another lot of
Kastcni Wool, brought to Portland by the
owners netted them 23 cents here, and as it
is not possible that it costs 5 cents a pound
to ship wool from his corral to Portland,
Mr. Hackett can form his own opinion as to
whether he did better to sell at homo or
bring his wool to market himself. The
WlllAMCTTe Fabmkii has givtn the particu
lars of the wool market more reliably than
any other (journal, from the first of the sea
son, and we venture to say that if Mr.
Hackett had read the Fahuik and acted on
the information received, if his wool is as
good and lino as represented, he could have
cleared from $300 to M00 thereby, In the
next placo the reliable commission merchants
of this city ore not "speculators," but work
fairly for their consignors, and further we
venture to say that no agent of any foreign
factory has been to Umatilla County, so
there was no competition there. We work
for the wool-grower against the world, and
we believe every wool-grower in Olegon or
Washington should take the Fakmui, and
would make money by it. We hav e removed
to Portland expressly to be where ve could
study the markets, and we give them from
the producers standpoint and net from that of
the merchant or speculator.
PORTLAND, OREGON, JlfoTE 27, 187 J).
COMMENCEMENT AT STATE UNI
VERSITY. KuohNK Citv, Or., Juno 17. 1870.
Kditor Willamette Former:
In all probability your many readers will
bo pleased to hear of tho commencement ex
orcises nt tills place. So far your correspond
ent has been warned to Keep clear of tho
halls of learning, where anxiety sits enthroned
upon tho brow of tho timid, joy and mirth
rippling over tho facos of tho more self-reliant.
Hut wo nro glad to say, so thorough has
been tho work of both tcachoraml pupil, that
"fall" is almost unknown.
Our first visit was to Prof. Straub'i do
partment class hi Progressiva Higher Arith
metic, where tho pupils showed how thorough
ly they had been taught. It was really ((rat
ifying to follow thorn, as pago after page was
roviawed, and not ena rule or question incor
rectly answered. Wo congratulate the
Hoard of llcgcuts on having so proficient a
teacher.
Notwithstanding tho fact that wo hoar that
"boys are mora profound thinkors, better
this, that and tho other thing," still wo must
say that tho young ladies rather excelled.
Tho class in German scomod mostly new
beginners, hardly knowing if thoy wcro right
or wrong, answering with much hesitancy.
Soma few who had lx.cn studying it longer
answered at if it were tho native tongue, do
ing tho Professor much credit.
Tho class in Latin Header was listened to
with much pleasure.
We find Piof. Condon a very amiable, ac
commodating, enthusiastic and intelligent
man, one wo are proud to number as ono of
tho Faculty. One of his amber specimens is
a perfect beauty, and has n fly in it, clear as
crvstal. His collection of native birds is
very flue, also shells, etc. So vast is his col
lection that it would require far more timo to
cxamino and toll of tho curiosities, aud more
space than your friendly columns could allow.
Wo were just a little too lato for a peep
into Mrs. Spiller's department, but were just
in timo to witness tho pleasant oxerciso of
calisthenics. Tho littlo folks rather excel tho
intermediate in this exeiciso.
Wo spent somo two hours in Prof. Ilailoy's
room. 'I'll o class in trigonometry passed a
very creditable examination. So kind, so
gonial, so good is this man, that all tho ambi
tion and good there is in a pupil is brought to
tho front, and he is impolloJ forward by a
thirst for know lodge. Although wo havo
hints (privately given, though), of secret un
derstandings between teacher and pupils
whon visitors are present, still we will not ad
mit that such is tho caso at our State Uni
versity, as the average standing is something
over DO 100 being tho ttaudard of perfec
tion. Wo very much enjoyed listening to the
advaucod ideas of the Professor, one main
one being that men and women must have the
same degree of education.
It is being strongly urged to allow only
tiireo studios instead of the five to seven as
has formerly beeu allowed. This we think a
step in the right direction, aud will tlo away
with tho cramming process so prevalent on
this Coast.
The class in zoology, under Prof. Condon,
passu! a very creditable examination so far as
classification, Latin names, oto. wcro con
cerned, yet it u somewhat paiuful to notice
with what diffidence the practical was ap
plied. Names are remembered much more
readily than the real object of the Latin
namo. It is something like teaching a child
his alphabet without the letters. He can say
a, b, c, but place them before him and be
docs not know but what' it is p i g. You see
it is a lack of a practical understanding,
Pleaso do not infer that all the class exhibited
this lack of the practical, for assuredly many
of them were very thorough, aud do the Pro
fessor much credit.
At the exercises of the preparatory de
partment, at 7:30 t. ., we find the auditori
um beautifully decorated, and between eight
hundred and a thousand present. Beiog
rather below the medium height of humanity,
please pardon wherein we fail iu description,
for verily our eyes w ero on a level with the
sea of shoulders in front.
General Calcsthenics first. The joung
ladies were dressed in white ; littlo girls
white dresses, slippers and pink stockings.
Our inward exclamation was, "Ols! tho littlo
fairies'," The boys and girls all carried bags
of sand, about a pound in weight, ou their
heads; those of the former wire red, those of
the latter wkite, and almost covered with
w reaths of flow ers and iv y, Tho declamation
of D, W, Clarko was rather gool and showed
careful training. Paper read by J, McCoruao
and E. Potter could nut be called a success;
reading only passable. The Mellow Horn by
Miss Boise's class vras very pretty for the
little folks. The Heathen Chinee, by Darwin
Bristow, was remarkably well spoken, aud
brought down the house. Shamus O'Brien,
by Lewis Potter, was splendidly declaimed,
although spoken" littlo too fast. Declama
tion by Joseph .VjJitnoy, allowed a careful
training in gestures and elocution, and vras
pood. Extracts from Hebrew Poetry, by
somo thirty-five' pupils from Mrs. Spiller's
room was good,-and spoko of tho oxcellcnco
of that lady as teacher. Solo, by Mrs. J. F.
1 tcmonwny, was most beautifully sung. This
talented lady stems to bo a general favor ito
with tho peoplo.bf Fugcno, mid well alio do
serves tho plaudits of on admiring people
After rccossamusia by tho String Baud.
Wo must say if thoro is ono thing Kugcno
latks, it is good musie. Wo presume alio
will havo it in Cine, as tho different bands do
a good deal oLpracticiiig and soma serenad
ing. Dora Camp, Anna Patterson and Wal
tor l'akiu, woro'unable to go through with
their part ou tho progrnmmo, being so un
fortunate as to' bo sick. Kentucky Bill, by
Mary Dorris, vras beautifully spoken by this
littlo pot or fairy of Kugcno. Tho showcr.of
boqucts and burst of applauso told well tho
appreciation of tho audience. Somo Folks,
sung by tho littlo pcoplo from Miss Boiso's
room was woll rendered, and tho littlo folks
seemed to liko it very much. A declamation
by John Homcnway was tho best (0, hardly
cither), of thu evening; It was comio; was
well spoken; represented an old Dutch tidy
in troublo with her man; she "scratched his
hair and pulled out his ojos, and ha don't
did conciliate oi all." This ouug man show s
a great deal of elocutionary talent. High
Tides, by Miss Anna Pengra, was admirably
recited. Johuuoy Schmokcr, sung by tho
littlo folks from Miss Boiso's room, again
brought down tho house. Paper, lead by
Misses F Cogswell aud M. Underwood, was
woll read audgooJ.
"Kxcc'lsior," by tho prize class, was n per
fect success.
Wo cannot call tho "class farewell" by both
departments ft suUcss; it is surely not suited
to so many j)a uA big .voices.
Tho commencement exercises of tho col
lcgiato department occurred on tho evening of
Juno 10. Tho first to appear was Miss Mary
Hays, who was very handsomely dicsscd in
white. Her subject was "Our Aspirations,"
and wo will givo a few quotations from itt
"As prisoners in castles look out of their
grated windows at tho smiling landscape,
where tho sun comes and goes, so wo from
this life, as from dungeon bars, look to tho
heavenly land that shall bo ours when wo are
free. In avcry soul there is an innate desire
which is continually drawing us onward, lift
ing us to plaiua of higher thought and fceliug
a desire for a life and deeds better, higher
and nobler thau any wo havo hitherto lived.
Tho human mind, must havo a standard of
somo kind placed hoforo it, whether it bo
high or low, ordinary or extraordinary, to
which it is striving to lift itself. Let them
be to us as tho lighthouse is to tho sailor near
the rock-bound coast; so long as the lamp is
kept trimmed and burning, it sends its beams
far across the treacherous, turbulent waves of
old ocean, ever aud at tho samo time, both
pointing with its warning fingers to tho rocks
and shoals at its feet aud offering toguido tho
weary mariner into the friendly harbor near
at hand."
Tho oratlou by John McGinn, "Oregon
Past and Present," was very good, although
his delivery and gestures could be much iin
pioved. The essay by Miss Julia Adams was
a lino production.
In reference to tho orations, each one show
td that they missed tho drill iu elocution and
gestures uuder Mrs, Spiller. Mr. Percy's
vslodictory was very good.
Miss C. Cornelius was very U'comingly
dressed In white. Her subject was "Wind
ings of Life's Pathway." She read In a clear,
distinct tone. We quote a few linesi
"As the great tablets of rocks and carvings
of the glacier beds are leaves in nature's long
revelation of life, which tell tho epoch of her
history, so man in his ever-winding pathway
at every turn leaves sculpture and signs by
which we may know where and what bo may
have been. In grotesque cliff or gentle sIojmj
we may find the impress of the ias!on of a
moment. Suspended down like heavenly
garlands from the throne of the Creator, at
regularly reeuu big intervals along the high
ways of life are sjuibols which guide, star
like, our souU far into thu depths of life's
mysteries." Mm. I. L. Hillkauv.
Sabbath School Convention Postponed.
The Executive Committee of the General
Sabbath School Convention, proposed to be
held at Salens July 1 I, find that they must
jokt(oue the convention to October, two or
three days before the annual State Fair.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho papers will
confer a favor by publishing this notice.
G. H. Atxixdox,
Cor. Sec. 8. 8. Convention
Poktlaub, Jose 10, 1879.
Cultivators and Flows.
Cottage Guovk, Juno lGth, 1870.
Kditor Witlamotto Farmer i
In answer to nn inquiry in tho Fakmeu in
regard to cultivators, I would say: That
Van Brunt it Davis' seed sower is good to
cultivate com, otatocs, nnd fallow ground,
in fact it is a good thing to kill weeds (espec
ially sorrel) and to loosen up tho ground that
has been well plowed during tho wintet or
spring. By having regard to tho width of
the machlno nnd plant tho crop just wido
enough apart so when tho horses nnd machlno
stands nstrida of ono row tha wheels of tho
seeder will stand just insido of tho rows on
each aido. Then set tho center plow back
and up so it will not hurt tha plants. Then
go ahead, and ono man can clean as much
corn in ono day as thrco could with a shovel
plow.
I also notico that the Grangers proposo to
discuss tho question) Which is tho best plow
to use. Now I proposo that tho best way to
kill tha majority of trash that prcocupics our
ground (our ground is not worn out, hut pre
occupied) is to smother or stranglo it. And I
proposo that tho Oliver Chilled with a jointer
will cover tho trash tho deepest and tho
most perfectly and complete. And being tho
cheapest and most durable and lightest draft,
it Is tho best plow for tho majority of farm
ers to uso.
But somo hill laud that w ill not bear dcop
plowing is too sticky for tho Oliver, then
tho Garden 'City and Molino comes in, and
are splendid aud nice to handle, but are too
expensive for general uso.
I noticed ono man speaking, somo timo ago
in tho Faiimkji, of tho ashes vt straw as
manure Now if it were tho ashos that
mado his grain grow so, thu surrounding
fields would havo received almost equal bene
fit with the placo where tho straw was burnt.
Doubtless tho ashes did good wherever dis
tributed, but it was tho destruction of tho
seeds and rootlets which preocuplrd tha toll,
that made the great difference. Aud that is
tho caso whore brush heaps aro burned on
new ground.
Tho folks about Kow-towu aro fixing for a
grand celebration. Yours truly,
J, P. Tavi-ok.
Important to Donation Claimants.
Oregon City Fntorpriso saysi Wo are in
formed that as soon as Dr. Watts recoivos his
commission as receiver of the laud office, the
register and receiver will issuo a notico to
thoso who took claims under tho old donation
act of Sept. 27th, 1830, or their legal repre
scuatives, aud havo not furnished a definite
location of their claims iu connection with
the publio surreys, requiring thorn to do so
within thirty days, and also those who havo
not made final proof will bo required to do so
within six months. In those cases where the
requirements of tho notice shall not havo
been complied with within the period speci
fied, tho claims will be hold for cancellation.
This notico will be giveu pursuant to instruc
tions from? tho comisslouer of tho general laud
office.
From Washington County.
Sciioll'is Fejiiiv, Juno 23, 1370.
Kditor Willamette Farnivn
By request I will give you a few items from
this part of the county.
Iu regard to crops I never saw s. lwtter
prospect for a large yield of Iwth fall aud
early-sown spring wheat and oats. The wheat
looks as if it would yield from 20 to 60 bush
els per acre. But a small amount of oats was
sown early, but what was looks as well as it
can at this timo of year. The late-sown
grain looks well, but a very dry, hot summer
might make it a littlo short, lhat is aouie'
thing we do not look for in this State the
best place in the world,
A horrible accident occurred a few days
ago. Mr. Grablo, living near Minter Bridge,
went out to mow some gra4 for his horses,
and set his scythe over the fence. Ho then
climbed over, aud as ho got dowu ou tSu op
posite side of tho feuco ho slipped and fell
with his kneo ou the scjthe, out the kueo cap
oir, and nearly unjoiuted his leg.
A large black bear was hilled tins week
by It. K. Klines, iu eonijany with J. MeCur.
lieu. It has been in thunuighborhou 1 for sev
eral years, living ou pork, mutton uud apples,
but all efforts to get him hail heretofore
proved failures. ' A Suu-sc'Iiiukii.
Xanon Coanty Pomona Orange.
The next regular meeting of Marion Coun
ty Pomona Grange will bo held on Friday,
July 4, at the Grange Hall in Salem, com
mencing at 11 o'clock a. m that is, if a
quorum convene on that day,
K. Strong, Secretary.
Salim, Or., June 23, J 870.
NO. 10.
At Foot of Chohalem Mountain,
Laokkl, Washington Co., Juno 18.
Kditor WiUamctto Farmer:
I becamo a reader of your paper by chanco,
as I was formerly a subscriber to tho Bco,
and am very well satisfied with (ho change,
and as my timo of subscription is out I still
wish to tako tho FAiimeii.
As this section of tho country is entirely
negloctcd, I am prompted to try nnd writo.
I-iurel P. O. is situated on tho foot of
Chchalcm mountain, nino miles south ot
Hillsboro, eighteen milos west of Portland,
In a good, fertllo region. This is a now part
of tho country, but wo havo churches and
school houses plonty, aud wo havo a flourish
ing Union, Sabbath school iu our neighbor
hood, and intend having a Union Sabbath
School plcnio next Saturday. Wo shall havo
n banner, with a motto on it to road:
"owoh runnATii ncnooir- ix nonwi TnusT."
1 think this is as good a country for fruit
Krowing and vegetables, as there is in
Oregon, and as for grain, it looks woll this
season, but our land la hazol brush and
timber land mostly, and ncods cultivation
two or thrco years before it is fit for small
grain. J. W. M.
Tho County Map Question.
MuMinnvillk, Juao II, 1870.
Kditor Willamotto Fanner:
Having socu iu tho West Shore a brief al
lusion to a certain Atlas or Map of Marion
aud Linn Couuties, as not giving satisfaction
to thoso who havo purchased thorn, I deter
mined to mako an inquiry, which I did,
while at tho Stata Grange, and thoro learned
that such was tho cose. Now there ore a
great many who havo subscribed for tho
samo Atlas to which is to be addod a map ot
Washington, Yamhill and Polk couuties, and
if tho same dofcel is to attend tho second
edition I should bo glad to know if thoro i
any remedy for such an outrago upon tho tin
suspecting inhabitants of our Stato. I
would bo glad to hear from thoso who read
tho Faiimeu about this matter, as to tha
satisfaction given; and to propose a remedy.
ouns, B. F. Fullkii.
FROM TURNER.
Tounkii, Juue2lst, 1870.
IMitor Willamotto Farmer:
Campmeoting commenced hero to-day.
Three Celestials have rented a houso in
this placo and will " washeo, waskoe;" and
wo bogin to look forwanl to tho timo when
sufficient of the institutions of civilizod
society will be ours that wo may begin to put
on city airs.
Tho Turner dratnatio and litorary society
has rented a hall in Cromwell's building and
that institution has now a " local habitation
and a name."
Only ono hotel in Turner.
Tho rain that camo, on tho ovoning of tho
21st, to lay tho dust, still continues to-day.
The hill farmers say, crops need rain; tha
low-laud farmers say thoy don't. But all
unito iu tho assertion that crops are vy
promising. '
Wagons nnd agricultural machin'iry of
various kinds are being displayed in this
place, Kastcrn made of course. Small
wonder that we complain of money strin
gencies. All the Orogoulan's monoy goes to
buy that which he could niako himself, and
how can he cxpoct to havo monoy, and send
it Fast too! 8.
Wheat Cleantri and Hone Powen.
Alxiut this timo you should road the adver
tisement of Mr. Thomas Holmaii, of Salem,
who manufactures the best kind of wheat
cleaners and has for sale a few of tho well
known 1 'el tun Horsu Powers. Probably
thuro is no man iu Oregon that can do you
more good iu that line of goods, aud when
yo'i patronize him you aid a home industry.
Death of Mri. Crump.
At u meeting of Salem Grange, Juno 7th,
the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, thu Death Angel has aaln vititod
HjIciu (J range and removed our worthy Sister
Tabitha Ciuinp, therefore,
lUsohid, That by her death thu Granga
has lot an exemplary, a faithful and devoted
member.
P.ueolvcd, That tho relatives havo our
heartfelt uympathy in their sad bereavement.
lle.olvcd, That these re-solutions bo en
tered in tho records, ami that a copy be fur
nished tho Faiimkii for publication.
Kmsha SrnoNO, Secretary.
Odk Salem subscribers will bear In mind
that Samuel W, Church, at tho Money Order
window, Salem, has full authority to rcsoipt
for mouies on our account. Call aud see
him.
One good turn deserves another; but a
shirt-collar is only capable of two.
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