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VOL. XII.
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'Sditor Willamette Farmers
As there is mora demand for wheat abroad
than anything elie the farmon in Oregon
rata, would it not bawite that w. should well
understand the best modes of its culture, in
order to produce a better quality and a larger
yield per acre, than is being raised at present,
in all the States as well as Oregon. I am
well satisfied that there might be a million
more bushols raised yearly and of better qual
ity than is now raised in the Willamette val
ley alone, saying nothing about all other
lands in the United States, by a different eye
tea of farming. I tIsw this subjeot as one
at great importance to the nation, but espe
oially to the farmers of Oregon, as the pro
duotlon of wheat is our main dependence for
elollars and cents, therefore it should be well
studied by the farmer, and his labor properly
applied) all that is requlntd Is a practical
knowledge of the business. There are at pres
ent orer three hundred varieties produced in
the United States; these should properly be
confined to certain districts, climate and
noils; tho spring varieties are mere or less flinty
ad succeed better in a warm climate, while
the winter ones do better in a more temper
ate or even colder One and always make a
liner quality of flour; tho causes of so many
varieties is tho result from tho climates and
soils. Few soils are capable of producing
good crops of wheat any length of time with
out deteriorating more or less; but thcro are
soils in the Willamette valley that have pro
duced more crops in succession than any
others I have ever been acquainted with. It is
believed by many farmers that tho seed by
constantly using it on the samo lastls will
soon deteriorate. The wholo matter is in tho
proper management of tho soil, for I have
used tho samo seed for fifteen years, the color
and quality remaining as good as when first
used. The soil must bo kept up to its proper
strength or richness, by either graasos, fallow
ing or fertilising manures, and tho seed well
matured, a defect iu the soil er soed it would
then undoubtedly deteriorate. I am alto
aware that some varieties are much better
adapted to the different localities, soils and
climates than others, for instance hero in
Oregon, we have been growing moro than a
doicn, yet some of them aro much hotter
adaptod than others; for proof of this, .tho
White Velvet, and what is known as the White
Oregon, are both winter varioties, and are
the best for fall seeding in Oregon; they aro
well adapted to our climato and soil, and aro
two of the finest and best wheats we havo for
shipping and flouring purposes; their color is
very whito, bran thin, and when seeded
in their proper times no winter in Oregon his
ever injured them. For spring varieties
Chilli Club, Red Chaff Club and Red Chaff
Mammoth are all white wheats, and when
needed in their proper times, on dry soils, are
the best we have and may Im relied upon for
good yielders and shippiug varieties. Wheat
for seeding purposes is not generally prepared
as it should be, sometimes without being
cleaned at all, at others crowded through the
machines so fast that a good many foul seeds
are left in the seed, which causes some'to say
that their wheat has turned to cheat. We
cannot be too particular in preparing wheat for
need, better have it as perfect as possible, as
it depends very much on tho crop. For early
maturing, seed should bo chosen from a warm
olimate, which gives it a vigorous growth,
and whenever selected from a cold one will
generally fail for early maturing. Another
improvement can be made in tho seed by se
lecting the best beads, which gives a larger
growth; nevertheless skill must be used in
the seeding to preserve it fine quality; also
proper management of the soil to increase the
yield; for instance, forty years ago the aver
ago yield in England was only twenty to
twenty-five bushels per acre, now it is thirty
and upwards. This increase is by abetter
system of farming. Now let us see what the
average of our own nation is. In 18J7 the
average of all the States, except O.regou, wa
only thirteen bushel and a fraction, and that
was nearly two bushels more than before or
since. The average yield of our own Stat
for the last three or four years was from sev
enteen to twenty bushels, nevertheless by a
better system of managing the land for wheat,
the time of seeding, and the proper varieties
used, in the Willamette valley it would be
nearer thirty, bat by continually cropping in
succession, bad selection of seed and poor cul
tivation, it has deteriorated until one-fourth
and perhaps more is not merchantable, and
every year getting worse, a course, if contin
ued long, the wild oats, deg fennel and cocklo
will be the predominating crop, and the loss
to Oregon would be a million dollars or moro
annually. But in order to be successful in
the raising of wheat the nature of the soil
must bo understood, the proper time to seed,
and use none but tho best varieties that aro
adapted to our soil and climate, end will bear
shipping to any nation, and sell for first-elsss
prices. But to produco a perfect crop in
quantity and quality requires much experi
ence, more 'thin many are aware. I know
there are many who believe that to produce
a larger yield and better in quality tho stools
must be large and tho straw rank and tall.
In my experience of forty yoars I have never
found it so. Nearly all varieties vary in the
length of straw, nevertheless there is a proper
length for evtry one to reach to be .perfect
crop, same by the stools. Less than three or
moro than firo head from one grain i an in
jury to both the yield and quality, Thi can
only be governed by first understanding tho
strength or riohnes of the soil, and regulated
by the quantity of seed per acre; if the toil i
very rich more seed is required in order to
reduce tho quantity at tho stools, also to
bring the straw down to it proper length.
Soil can be made too rich as well as being too
poor, either is injurious to the yield and qual
ity. The proper time to seed in Oregon with
winter varieties is from the first of Septem
ber to the middle of October; it growth will
then be moro porfect than at any other time.
Somo believe June seeding to be good, other
November and even later. Seeded in June the
tlmo is too long for its growth, rob the soil
more, and goes too much to straw, the bran
is thicker and the color darker; later than the
middle of October it does not get sufficient
root to withstand the wet and frcexing.win
tors we have; thcioforo its vigorous growth is
chocked, straw too short, heads small and
grains diminished. To accomplish seeding in
September tho land should be fallowed, and
that is what most of tho farms need at the
present time; most of the spring varieties will
also do better at that time. I have over a
hundred varieties now growing that I seeded
last September, the land dry and dusty, they
have now a vigorous growth. They are most
ly now varieties, received from other nations.
Winter varieties are the best for us to raise,
they are better for shipping, sell higher and
make a finer quality of flour.
Quality of seed to uio per aero should al
ways be governed by tho richness of the soil,
and the different kinds used; for instance, if
tho grains are large, or stools but little, more
would be required, er the soil very rich more
must be used. In Eugland the quantity is
from two and one-half to three bushels, in
Oregon seldom over two and generally only
one and a half. Whore the soil is in a proper
condition for a crop, the quantity I prefer of
some of the best varieties nsed at the present
time, White Winter Velvet, two bnshel and
a peck; Oregon White Winter, two bushels;
English White Winter, the same; Odessa
Winter, two bushels; Mammoth White Win
ter, two bushels; White Chaff Mammoth
Spring, two buihsls and a peck; Red Chaff
Mammoth Spring, the same; Chili ClubSpring,
Uo; Ninety Day White Spring, two bush
el and a peck; Ten Hcsdod, two and one
half; To rell Whito Spring, ono and throe
pecks; Mediterraucan, two and a half; Sonora
White Spring, one and three pecks; Clawson
White Winter, two bushels; Golden Amber
Winter, one and three pecks; OolJon Straw
inter, one and a half; Fish I'olo Spring,
two and one-half; Red Chaff Spring Club, and
White Chaff Spring Club, one'and three peeks.
The above quantity is what I use with the
drill, if broad-casted, mare, and where the
soil is too rich more is required, and if veiy
poor, less.
The causrs of rust are numerous; location,
closely surrounded with timber; thinly seed
ed on rich soil; a lack of sufficient wind;
sudden changes of the atmosphere from cold
to" hot with more than a proper quantity of
moisture in the soil at the time effects it tho
most; seeding done too late in the season.
Some of these causes tend to enlarge sud
denly the flow of sap which bursts the straw
and escapes before reaching the beads, and
the finest varieties are affected tho most on
account of the straw being thinner, never
theless, if the seeding is done at the proper
time, with the right quantity used, no dam
age from rust may ever be expectedi The
white varieties are best for us to produce,
they bring a better price in all markets of
toe world, make whiter nour ana are never
rejected on account of color. There are
some farmers in Oregon who aro advocating
and bringing before the public red varieties.
I believe tbey will generally fail to be suc
cessful, as a largo majority of the world pre
fer the whitest flour and bread, tho produc
tion of varieties, by careful selection of su
perior kinds, and judiciously crossing those
that possess properties that is desired should
be combined and perpetuated, effen a fitting
field for experiment to every wheat grower in
the United States who would wish to ad
vance the welfare of a Nation by devoting
practically to in'reaso the production of the
staff of life. Well msy it be a just causa
for surprise that it has shared less attention
PORTLAND, OREGON. MARCH 12, 1880.
of improvement than fruits and other plant
in general I am experimenting at present
with a hundred varieties, received generally
from other Nations, they aro mostly white.
I seeded most of them in tho month of Sep
tember last, and follow that where dry and
dusty, they bavo withstood tho winter re
markably well, and somo aro now eighteen
inohes high with a prospect of a vigorous
growth; when seeded late in tho Fall it get
bat little root, henee is injured in it growth
by our wet and chilling winters. The aver
age yield of wheat per acre in all the State
except Oregon from IMS to 1870 Wa twslv
bushels; 1S77 nd 1878 thirteen in Oregon
from seventeen to twonty, and thi 14 entire
ly too email for a soil and climate so well
adapted for wheat. Our land need to be
tallowed and fertilised with grasses, then we
might expect nearer thirty, and even mora
ean b produced where tho soil i in a proper
slate of richness, a perfect crop of whit,
velvet Is 45 bushels, any more the quality is
iijured. The proper length of straw U
five feet; seed per acre two and one-half
bushels with a drill, the hoc should net be
more thsn four inches apart, I use the
term perfect, because any moro or less will
not bo a perfect. Agriculture i a knowl
edge of principle which govern judicious cul
tivation. A person may soon learn to plow
and sow in the old routine way he ha been
accustomed to, but to improve the soil and
increase tho yield requires moro skill. Suc
cessful cultivation of the soil, Is to realise
the largest and most perfect products with
the least labor and expense. The growth of
new varieties of grain and vegetables ha
dono immenso good; assisted by improved
culture. Howover far we may fall below the
highest excellence in farming wo yet have
some reason for congratulation with the sue
ecu of the products of our State at the Cen
tennial, especially on wheat, having received
a diploma and medal for the best of all
Nations. Again, with oar exhibit at Paris1
tho State reoeiving a gold modal la some proof
that there is no country equal to the Wil
Umotto Valley for tho production of fine
wheat. Oio. Ukuiiaw.
Wasco County at a Farming Country.
Editor Willamotto Farmcrt
Perhaps a few items about this section
would be of some interest to tho many read'
er of your paper. Tho section of, country I
wish to speak of lies between the John Day
river and Deschutes, from the Columbia river
to tho Cross Hollows, embracing an area of
country some twenty mile square. The loca
tion of this country for farming is delightfal.
u iu lues, sou as 10 mo productive quali
ties of the soil, this bos pot as yet been thor
oughly tested, as I have ever heard of, but
the growth p( wild vegetation remove all
doubt as to the producing qualities of this
soil. Tho greatest drawback to this section
of country is tho scarcity of wood and water.
Whilo staying over night with Mr. Eaton
about the first of last December, I ascertained
from him that wood and lumber could bo had
at Grant's Landing in any quantity at a rea
sonable prico. This landing Is nlno miles
from Mr. latons, in Spanish Hollow, I think
plenty of water cau bo hod by digging. Quito
a number of citizens contemplate giving it a
trial the coming spring from this section, and
if water can bs had by digging in sufficient
quantity to supply the demands of the coun
try, tills will, in less than five years, be the
leading county in tho State for the produc
tion of wheat, oats, barley, etc.
If the herd law ever becomes a law in this
section, which I think it will, all wa will
have to do is to hitch on and go to plowing.
There is section alter section almost entirely
level, that will produco 30 or 40 bushels of
wheat per acre, all vacant. This section of
country is about thirty miles from the Dalles,
the county seat of Wasco county. When the
railroad, which is now in progress through
this country, is completed, this country will
have all the advantages of most any part of
Oregon, and the time is not fsr distant in the
future when the Willamette Valley as a farm
ing country will only be a side issue com
pared to Eastern Oregon and Washington
iTerritory. Wasco will afford many a home
lor tne nomeiess. Hero is the place ror spend
ing money, instead of paying it to Chinamtu
for grubbing. C. D. II.
Isabll, Lane Co., Or., March 4, 1SS0.
Winter Killed.
Mr. Stephen Roberts, who lives ten miles
east of Portland, thinks tho blackberry vines
on his placo are killed down by the winter.
He has Lawton's and Kitiatiny's, and both
seem to havo suffered. If the incs aro gen
erally killed in this way it will came a loss to
city customers next cummer as well as to tho
country- If friends will give us information
as to the prospects for orchard and small fruits
through the country, we shall be glad to have
them do so.
SMftM County Hhtim.
(The foilowiag U from a responsible citlaen,
Md whit w take no part in politic wa see
no objection to n little plain talk, and that 1
all thi amounts to.)
Wilbur, Or., March , IHt).
Editor Willamette Farmert
Knowing that you do not publish politi
cal journal, I am well satisfied that yen do
not want any political article for publication,
and I presume tho majority of the farmer of
the Stale are wetl pleased that you do not
make political journal of It. Still after
watchlnk the political cauldron begin to bub-'
bl I taaaght I would drop yen a few Una.
on the Mltieal situation in this county of
Douglas, Just to show how the rogues and
pollticw. wire pullers are endeavoring to
eoeapet the farmsrs and taxpayers generally
to (Upyirt the ring nosslneas. Yon probably
hav. Uataed ere thi that the two old peliti
at psirsise, the Republicans and Democrat,
have tuiltsd their forces for the purpose of
dsfeatitWthe will of the Monte. Ther sun
posed tut the Independent would make .
regular ticket a they did six years, go, and
so censuasttited a political marriage for the
ptrpoM of defeating us. From present ap
pearance it aseras that they intend to place
their two respectivo ticket in the field for
thi purpose of imposing on the unsuspecting
voter and making it appear a though they
re fighting a real political battle, whereas it
1 nothing but sham, and in fact there isnoth.
lng but sham between them except the spoils
of office; they aro in earnest about that, so
much so that if neither party can secure all
the loave and fishea they will each take a
part, a thoy propose to do now.
Their full tlokeU will be put in the Cold
with some honest and capablo parties named
on each, with the understanding that on the
day of election each party will ignore a car-
tain portion of it own ticket 'and support the
nominees for tho ssme office ori the otlior
ticket, and by theso mean get In, the Witt
cat tricksters, a'loVoPUroneCa real tltourm
on the county, a portion of them men that
their neiggbor would not trust with twenty'
five cents unlets they intended to give it to
them, as thoy know they would never see it
agsin. As to real political battles they have
nono to fight. Neither party dare advocato
any financial system; the same party is one
thing in one State and something else, in an
othtr; and so jt is with tariff and ree trado
and all other national questions at issue to
day, they aro 'following or trying to follow
the will of tho' people in the different locali
ties, net leading them, as becomos the lead
ers of great political parties. I suppose you
are awaro that the two political organs of this
county have Joined hands and aro under the
control of tho same political ring, for such is
tho fact.
, Now whst I want to get at is this, why do
not tho farmers throughout the Stato look
into this matter and see if they con tell what
they gain by adhering to old party organisa
tions! The farmers and taxpayers in this
couuty, as a class, have broke loose from all
old party associations and vote for none but
honest and capable men men that havo a
personal interest in the prosperity of tho
country. Tho interest of farmers mechanics,
merchants, and all others that have the wel
fare of the country, Stato and Nation at heart,
are idontical. Ilio farmer' interests in par
ticular are the same, and why should one far
mer pull against another merely for political
reasons that do not exist, when tho matter is
brought down to a point! That wo have
gained, and largely too, in this county, by
the course we havo taken, is clearly seen on
examination of the financial condition of the
county a compared with the condition un
der partisan rule.
The Independents have concluded, for the
present at least, not to make any nomina
tions, but to hold on and see whst tho two
old political parties will do. If they place
honest men enough on the two tickets that
we can make a ticket from, then well and
good; if not, we will bare to make somo
nominations, as we are determined, if poasi.
ble, to have none but honest and capable men
in office. Thcro is another thing I wish to
Impress on, the minds of tho people, and that
isi havo nothing to do with men that seek
office, but let tho office seek the man, as office
seekers generally have some end iu view that
is antagonists to the welfare of the people.
If the ludopendents were office seekers they
could place a ticket in tho field with a fair
prospect of success, but if the two political
parties placo honest and capable men in tliu
iieM, our end is served, and wo havo noth
ing further to do but to toto for them and so .
help to placo them iu office. ltilWKMHCiT. '
Cov.ur.cuuu, I!y a private iioto from PUaj
ant Iioiuo wo aro informed that; tho mtao of
tho German who accidentally shot himsilf
ntar that place, wu August Itonctz, aged 33
years, and a shoemaker by occupation,
Aiiiut ajaTantt., 1M0.
Sooth Yam Hat, Feb. 29, 1800.
Editor Willamette Farmsr:
There i men said aboal taxes And inter
sat, and a it it not anoommaa to imm nam
ion on that subject, I will girt mine in af
brief a manner as possible. Wean required
to pay too ranch tax on our property gener
ally; our river bottom timber land i valued
aa high, or higher, than it would sell; our
cultivated land i not assessed too high, but
our improvement, I think, are rather Ugh;
our improved land is, I think, put at ubont
$15 to 18 per acre; our improvement 'are
then added, which iwcll tho amount, but
perhaps thi would be proper if there wa not
to much property that esps taxation,
rack a charch property, bond, etc., besides
there is property bid away in on. way or an
other to evade th. assessor, which briage
the burdsn more heavily upon thse who art
willing to give true list of nil they have,
and there are men so base a to say that
money should be exempt, tbey could then let
it for lea rate of interest; while thsre are
other who ay that land should be taxed to
its full cash valuation or what it will sell for,
thereby heaping the burden of tax upon the
farmer. There are farmer who have bought
farms that are paying 'heavy interest, in fact
a greater per cent than mtfarm will pay;
there i no farm that ill j pay twelve por
cent on what it would sell for, and
pay It running expenses. Of course, un
der the present laws, the indebtedness i
taken out, which is somo relief, but there are
people who advocate that a person ought to
pay tax on what ho owes, tho 'same aa in Call
fornia, which i an outrage. Think of a man
paying twelve per cent on from 12,000 to
S4,O0O and paying taxes on it besidesl
A man buying a farm ought not to pay but
seven per cent on the purchase money. Tho
law should bo such a to make it a penal of'
feme to tako mora than eight or ten per cent
on special contracts, and if bonus is required.
anouiu lorieit sue entire Travs; u a g
tcrest is so high the resource of Oregon will
never be developed Wo should manufacture
all our agricultural implements instead of
sending East for thorn. Snob, an amount of
freight and profit to tha dealer is more than
wo ought to bear. T cannot see why we have
not timber good enough for all practical pur
poses, and we certainly havo beds of as good
iron as tbero is anywhere in the United
States, nearly oqual to Norway and Sweden.
Alt we lack is machinery' to manufacture it. A
vast amount of excellent water power i wast
ing for want of energetio men to Improve it.
But money at twelve per cent, cocured by mort
gage on real estate, is a good investment, and
in many instances a bonus is paid over suffi
cient to psy all the tax and other expense
attoadant on money loaning. Thereforo cne
mode of improving the country I by reducing
tho rate of interest and taxation.
Yours, A Sdhacribsii,
Answer to Correspondenoe.
Fox Vallxt, Linn Co., Or,, March 5,
Editor Willamette Fanner!
As I have received many letters and cards
recently Inquiring about ilio cultivation of
artichokes, I will answer through tha FK
Mm. I have tho red Uraiiliau and tho white
artichokes that grow very largoi the whito
are more proliiio than tho rod IlraxiUan, but
it is claimed by tho Iowa farmer that the
red is tho richest. My method of cultivation
is to first prepare tho ground' the samo as I
would for potatoes, plant in row 2 feet
start, ono oye in a place, from 8 to 10 inches
apart iu the row, I then cover with the har
row, which leaves the ground lovel. They
can bo plsutcd earlier than potatoes, s tho
frost will not hurt them. I cultivate the same
as potatoes. I have tried tho old plan of lotting
them grow without cultivation but I find it
pay well to cultivate them as above de
scribed. I believe tho whito artichoke, if
grown on rich soil, will yield from 600 to
1,000 bushel per acre. I believe they are
Uie best food we can raise for hogs! Horse
aro very fond of them, and so are cattle and
sheep, but 'they require to bo washed bofore
feeding other, stock than hogs. As a vegeta
ble for table use I triod them in many ways,
but And them not very inlutable; somo use
them for pickles by slicing thin, laying iu
boiling water ten miuutts, then put in tino-
gar; I don't even fancy them then. As for
making fodder of the stocks, I ilou't endorse
that idea; tho seasons aro too wet to save
them; tho leave fall off w lit n dry by handling
them; tho stalks aro of too much wUdy sub
staucq for stock. My artichoke groir from
ono to tuo inches in diameter and from eight
to ten feet high. Yours, A. I), OAkUNr.it,
il.tmilKK At the houto of Win. J, How.
Utt, J. P., February 13, 18.S0, Mr. Htury
Oantcnbem and Mis Mary J. Poe, of Sandy
Ridge, C'l&ckamai county, Oregon.
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NO. 4.
Itarp IbNtftif.
Kim's Valut. fsbren JL IBM.
KdatorWlskusitttsFanneri
I have been n reswear wwinlr rislsr of
MurnaBorsinoa tha bsat "- " ' ' '- J
fSwywWWihW. IhasWtyki.
A-nerloan Atftftttfttint, a .
two other agricultural papers, far I wnwtsajr
that the FAkktsn beat them all. I Ilk. it
very much, and so does ray wife; she says
she would rather have ths WiLLninrra Fan- .
mn than all the rest of the papers in th.
Stat. Your letters from different part of ,
the BUte are both interesting and ia-trso.;,
tib. I hav. often thought Oat farmern
might team much from each other by. In
terchange of ideas that would be ot. practical
volte in their .very day life. I hare livid
and' worked on farm for twenty jrenre, all my
life I raltht sy, and am Just UstnUf hew ta
farm successfully. Farmers learn by
experience. Experience teaches n slew and
dear school. In Ave yoars time s man of or'
dluary InUlligtnoe ought to become a good,
farmer, with proper oare and attention, where
as many persons toil and dig an 1 work alt
their lives trying to farm and really know
in the end nothing about their occupation.
Our fathers in thi valley were good farmers
they were successful too, a their large and
cultivated Holds could certify. Those old
pioneers must have bad excellent ideas ot
their calling, yet these idea perished with
them. ' And why is this the case. The jurist,
tho statesman, the physician, or he who en
gage in any of the so-called professions,
write down and leave imperishable behind
him any knowledge or new discoveries ha
may make. Tho farmer alone, whose prof,
ion is the most noble and useful, i content'
to plod along slowly and loop nearly every
thing from his. own individual experience.
We should read more, learnl more from
each other, write more of what we know
about farming, whtv.we know1' about" raiting;
oats, wheat, .barley, ctl,',J.og,' sheep and ,
tho. various. other prodsoiona of the tmak.
We should Ulraoonr, stf,wr)t-bwVii
hundred miy learn In a short time what took
iu year of labor and oxnerienoe-io And out.
I have learnodjnuoh during the (fit Ave years
that would hare been of invaluable benefit to
mo had I known It ten year sooner. Per
hap this information mlgnt havo been ob
tallied (a half an lipurs talk trlth some good
farmsr, or in reading some ,gpod paper devo
ted to the interest of farmers. Hut I hav.
written enough for the first bat 'with your
permission, Mr, Editor, I shall write again.
, ' L., J- ?,
VnmMjttlt Cntk.i ,.
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MYmafcwx;)DoglMCo.,'Mr.4- '
Editor WUlasnetUJ'ariowi I It ',
In suoh severs winter it may bo interest l
ing to some of y'oar reader to know how it
is, with the. farmer in thi portion of tha
SUte.i Wo bavo had a vsry bed. winter, and',
the end Is not yet; about two Inohes of snowV
tills morning anil tha thermometer' below'
freezing point' The grain is not nearly all
! ll.'i '.il.i . .. . .' t't
iu, mm livery umeoi iv up, ana what Is,
is looklpg very sickly, Sheep are being daily
reduced in numbers by the' severe weather
and wont of feed; thcro is no grass on, tho
rauges, nor in tho fields, and jiay is becoming
scarce, tha roads aro lad, and consequently
business in every department is dull,-but wo'
livo in hopes that'spring'will soon bring tho
growing weather when everything will as
sumo a, moro cheerful aspoci, and the tide ot
prosjKrity that is spreading over the eastern
and western valleys of Oregon may also in
the near fature reach these Isolated valloya
of the Uropqaa. Very respectfully,
I). K. Udiox.
;i Work to be Pushed.
We are' Informed that ovety prepration his
been made forVnihliiir work nn tha Nilmrfan
and LtAnpn(bfanche ot tho Oregon A Call-
wiuwii'iuviui sue first installment oi
money to bo used in construction of these
branches' hi been placed by cable dispatch
with A. 0 Cunuluuham. the treasurer nf lh
compauy,'aud thoi balance will he supplied as
last a neeiiea, lliu company lias bought in
fian Pranclaee'7rifl 'tons nf nnuc irnn .,! I.
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now shipping from Orcein to San Franciso
I50O Jons oi old, rails, tjo,barcrolled and return
ed. Hurveyiuu uartlcs are notv in tha ilnhl
and iti hvyond doubt' that tho branches will
lit) pushed to completion.
From the Uauks of the Hudson.
Nibwiu, N. Y Oct. W, 1B70.
11. Hi Waiishii.V fii.. UiU'itrjTvii W V
Oeiitkiucni "A lndv nf nvur unniiv v.i
of nge, in fiiilingOu'iilth for over a ytar, has
been rising Winner's Kafo Ilittuix on my ru-
uuuiiiiciiiiiuiuii, ni.o no' -very griuoiui jor
iiiu ix-iioiiv iiiu owl uumvii invroiroiii, ana
says that until ilio used it her stomach could
bear no tetnhlc foul for over thrvu yuara.
1 bvli'jru It to bo a certain speuilla for lys
poiuh. J. T. JiMX, M. 1).
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