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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1880)
s&eam-- - .jf -la' .. jg. sWs W.w V WILLAMETTB FAKMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 20, I8S1Y IK!! ' ,- Jts-Jtd every rTeek by the ) miL.bitTi'K F.innKH ri hushimco. TF.UM3 OP HUJJSCMITIO.V t ' One jetr, (I'oiUn paid), In advance J2.R0 Six nionlht, (KUn paid). In sdrance ..,.. 1.23 Less tls III months will l, per month. .,...:... .55 i. ADVERTISIKO RATES I Ailvtrtl-emcnt will to Inserted, jirovMlnr the ira rocUUf, it the following- Ubls cl ritcii One Inch ofipace per month ....I S.M llireoliiclic-ofi-pace per month ,,.. 6.00 Oro-hulf column per month 15.00 On column per month 94.00 aMTSainpl ceplestnt free on ppllcatlon, AlJrcj nil letter to: B A. CLARKE, Mipager. tirr.nUr&Wn m-t offices t.t Itortlsnil, Oiegrm, ami Waililng-ton, n, I), u, Third-chui mill matter. Ccloctlsg Breeding Etock. In tlio Kn'nvisTimncr of lite 'ilfito wo find tlio following sensible remarks muter tho live headingi This is n matter w liicli recoil loo littlo at tention niiiong fanners,, and by this habitual iifjliail-or .iiioio cfUiij want of pioper tyfor uiatifiii aulikct themselves to much loss. .Most farmers i have only grades or common slock. If they would make it an unvarying rulo to eoiiplujione but tlioroiigliIiif.il males witli their grade females, tlio vnluo of their (.took, wltli decent care, would double in llirco yean". It Is not enongli, liowcver, to provido the bust thoroughbicd males; tlio female should lio kelectcil onil llQiio but tlio best saved. Let tho butcher hnvo the culls. Ho will invar!' ably select tlio lioit and leave the farmer the culls if allowed, and by this sliort-alglited process in selling tlio best because they will bring n few ilultaru more money, a farmer lias soon found his whom stock a lot of cull, which yield but n pittauco of profit for their rare ami fowl, wi?n If ho hid reserved all of his Irait hoifir" calves, ewo lambs and sows, mid: bred them to liouo but thoioughbrod males, lili sales of stock to the butcher would toiiii aiiiouiit to double what they usually do, mill in place of a lot of culls he would invati ably have selects for sale. l'Vmcrs, for convenience or economy ill judged uconomy, liow ever are often tempted to Kccp.n line looking grade bull calf to breed from, iiis'tonly of converting him to n thrifty, Rudy-selliiigtiteer. They consider It both a (rouble) nnd uxk-nsa to hira the unices of thoroiighbivd nuiiiiali .1 neighbor may have, ami thn time hut in driving back and foith at n busy season is allowed to sway their Jiul, meot, but if a farmer feels himself tiniibld to own such mala stock he should allow no tri lling considerations to stand lietwcen I ti lit and tlio improvement id Ids breeding, stock, on which he should rely as tho ptincipal source of his future income. Very few farmers should attempt tq rois-; iiialo stock to breed from, but patiouiru pro fejwional lifroders; purchatii tlio use of bulls, bucks and boirs from men wio mako n spoci- ultv of' thoroughbred stock. Two, three or inoro farmer could often very profitably join in tho purohaso of male nnimnls, or they might osclmngii animals after having used them two ye.tr. G-opcration among farmer might be mule very advantageous in stock ruisiugi or an association of fanners might supply them, wlvus w ith every clans of the most Improved stock, including high bred horses, with a con trol, oonvtmlrnt point nt which tfi keep such stock and ft trusty man to take r.ire of it, No other arrangement thoy could inter into would piy them better than n well organized jjiK-i.itioii for the iiupnivenifliit of arm stock. The "Western Grating Dullness. Tor some fiftoju or twenty ye the bust hums of grasing cattle In the West (spcakiug in a general sense), has become of command ing interest, involving Urge capital. In Texas, Kansas', portions of Missouri, Arkau M.W, Iowa, Nebraska, and even tho Territories of Wyoming and Colorado-, the business is rapfdly lucrtasing. Texas, specially is ex. tending this Interest over an immense area of country, and building up a trade that bids fair to rival that in Western wheat. It is al ready the leading interest in Te-x.is and Kau. .u nnd has at tested tho piogro cf grain culture in Missouri, Kanias m:d Nebraska, nud bids fair to covtr an area of ono million it.pi.ua milc4 of territory. The inducement that leads to this is tho ascertained fact that a stock fanner can double his money in twen ty mouths in cattle, nnd he cannot possibly doiu well in any other way. Cattle, liko most other stock, multiply mpidly when left five, with ample pasture at all seasons, and nut let led on too freely for the market. Horses that have run wild on the plain have multiplied into immense droves mid are con-ide-iwt a uu.sat.ee. The bison multiplies iu thoinoway, with all it enormous destruc tion, Hut domestio cattle ale not allowed to urn w ild, This trade has Wcome of such tin poitance as to have acipilred the command of the domestio hide and ha tint market, and even to, have already established an export trade iu hides and leather. The giazlug district of the west extends I from Uritisli Auienea to Mexico, and is in valuable in extending our settlements nnd fui nulling business for our ntw ruilwuys. It it already far ahead of nil other cattle legions, mid if the trude keeps on utiln. tuniptodly, America will become as famous for Iwef, hides, tallow, glue nnd leather, as she ulivady for cotton, wheat, corn, pork and lard. A few year ago Texas alone repoited some 4,000,000 head of cattle. What the pivsent aggregate is iu the whole region we uiuuqt say. Oeriusntown Telegraph. s Mr. Jatne Cook la IcastiT Saud Island of tho Government, and ha been, christened "Uoveruor of Saud Island" by the .ls'orfii. The Bennerlnn. Tiie bavarian is playful, in his ponderous i-ay. A popular flguro in tho. village dancij says much for tho sturdy plrytlfjuetof thooo plcj in this strango pcrformancetho male dun Cor finishes wlthabo undin thenir, and, rest (in licad and hands on the shoulderst of -his fair partficr, beat a tattoo on tlio ceiling ; Villi' Ids boot-soles in quick timo to tho imisic. And Iho trainlijg of Jho girls TsjwRulijied lo mako them robust and self-reliant aa well. It is (II t licit It to conccivo n moro unnatural list for a young woman than that led by tho .Soulier I i ... .-.-i .... .a I..... it!...... ...... .it.' I.. urn, or ucru-girj, tor av iciisi. iiuci; mumim in every .Summer. liicli peasant proprietor has hit stretch of pasture on tho mountains, as well as his plot iu tho valley; and to. tho former tho ciltlo aro driven each year when the mouutiiu grass becomo luxuriant. TJie tolit.irj' girl Is sent in charge, nnd there ahe remains under the satno roof with tho cows, who are her solo company for six days out of tho seven. The cheese-making, prettymply occup-ics her in tho day-time, nnd wo doubt not that she sleep soundly" nfter her labors. l!ut not tho less docs alio lobk forward lo tho aovciith day, when sho Invariably tmoy count upon a visit. For it is do riguciir that each tScnherinu should havo hcr'young man" and the long flirtation with tho young lady in tho mountains is tho duly nud pleasure of each Summer .Sunday, When she leads down her flock decked out with flowers at tho end of tho season, nnd tho villgo society turns out to welcom her, the lover, gives 'A visible symbol of his allegiance by presenting her in public with a liotiquot of wild flowers. Hut sentiment stops short with theso tender pre liminaries, which, by the way, aro hardly con iluq'vo to rigid mornlity. Tlio stiliscqumit marrtago Is as much rl mattcr.bf bargain' ntn barter as any arranged among tho minsions of Uclgravia. .Stock is previously taken of the goods on either sldo; nud the brido drives herself to tho dwelling of tho bridegroom seated pn n pilo of "plenishing'," w iiicti formi part of her dowry, and includes n cradle among tho other "nrticlcs. Tlio Saturday Iteviow. A Toacber Btruiilo with a Buck. George Clement, of Oakland, a school teacher, narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon- whilo hunting m3 Hall's valioy, nljout I i miles from town. Ho cnino across n fino buck and fired, Tho animal fell to tho ground and lay a if dead. Mr, Clement hastened up to tho loly and was engaged in nn inspection of its fine proportions, when tho animal suddenly sprang up and rushed on him. Mr. Clement was taken unawares, but instead of retreating hogiaipcd tho antlers of tho infuriated animal, and for a fuw mo ment, held him at arm's length. Thoy stood facing each other sovcr.il moments, when tho hunter begun to yield gradually to ids moro forinidablo antagonist. Tlio buck finally seemed to be infused witli new life, and with a desperate cllbrt hurled thu hunter over a till'. They both rolled down together to tho bottom of tho procipico, about 80 feet. The buck wa killed before ho reached the lioltom, and Mr. Clement had hi collar-louo broken and ustalnod sovcro bruises. Wliou Mr. Clement was ublo to rise ho crawled up tho clilf, nnd after a great cflbrt mat aged to reach Ids horse. He rodo to the nearest settlement, sutToring great pain. Dr. Caldwell, of Han Jose, was summoned, and visited thu ittflurcr. Tho man is now at .Shatfvi's ranche, iu Hall's valley, and will bo laid tqi for somo time 8.111 Jose Herald. Early Maternity. (111 ruce IM, ul. A., 01 J.I10 Journal, we published an account of n giado tShort-horu heifer owned by' Klbridga Davis, who, lives five miles east of Cambridge, Henry county, Ills, that nt "tho ago of elocn mouth and lUU'cli dtyn dropped a strong, likely heifer caltV !Ag.iln, on page 107, Vol. VIII., jnay be found circumstantial account of a Short shorn hvlfcr owuetl by W, P. Swift, Ottawa, Kai,, that dropped a calf when only eleven months old the fact certified to by W. 0. I'iekrell, tho Sheriff of "the county, who -at that time owned tlio heifer, And on page UlOof tho same volume wo published a state ment from Jacob Vernon, of Independence, Mil., formerly Clerk of the Ciiyuit Court at Shslbyville, Ind., to tho effect that a Short hoi 11 heifer owned by him when living in In diana, droppod a calf at three days less titan eleven months old. Sho had not liven weaned, but ws sltll sucking her dam when sho gao birth to this call. In this caso the site of tlio calf was aoiii6 idruo or four month older than tlio it.itn, white Iu thoc.iso' of Mr. rickruH's heifer the bull va m large tluttho stood on nil-four vuvii ho sered her., Live-SWk Journal. UkLi. steel slutll in the not remote futuie rephce ireui ery geuvrnlly fur the current uso of Vh Ust named .metal, it will puule most people to know what is to liecome of the continually Increasing output of steel. The capacity of the steel works of tho world at the present time is figured at about 1100.000,000 tens per year. The ltessemer work of tho United Kingdom, with 1'JO converters, con tribute to this total from 750,000 to 800,000 tons; the United States, with proliably half as many converter, but much superior plant and management, produce 750,000 ton more Ocnuauy ha lately greatly increased her capacity for steel production, and at present can produce about 000,000 tonij Franco pro duce 273,000) llelgium, 130,000; Austria, 'UO.000, and Swvcden and Hussia, about 130,000 tons. TllK scale which ily from iron being work vd at forge, iron trimmings, filing or other ferruginous material, if worked into the soil aliout fruit trees, or the more miuuto particle spread thinly on the lawn, mixed u ith tho earth of flower beds or in poU, aro moat val uable. They are especially valuable to the peach and pear, and, in fact, supplying nec essary ingredients to the soil, For colored tlow em they heighten the bloom and iucreaae the brilliancy of whit or nearly white t!)wcrof all the rose family. Am. Machinist, ABE LINCOLN'S BOYHOOD. Sixty year ago a boy of 10 and a girt of 12 wore living alono with their father in a rough log-cabin in Indiana. Tho cabin had no floor, and only holes iu tho sido for a door and a win dow. Instead of chain thcro wcro threo-lcg ged stools; and for a bedstead there was a row of poles with ono end stuck In a forked stick, driven iuto tho'gound, with some boards laid across tho polo, and upon, those a heap of lcares covered with skins and old potticoats. Tho boy and girl wcro dirty, half-dressed and reglectcd. Their mother was cicad, and their fatlior wa a rough, hard man. Onco lio left them for aomo time, and when ho camo back ho brought with him n splendid bureau, a table, a eel of'chairs, a clothes-chest, bedding anil other lurniturc nml a now mother for tho children! She, poor woman, had sttppoS' cd sho wa marrylnj- A respcciablo, well-to-do man; and had como with him all tho way from Kentucky, oxpoctingte find n good homo awaiting herself and her thrco children, and instead of it sho found this forlorn place. Hut liko a bravo woman sho rnado tho best of it. With her furniture and her caro sho soon inndo tho cabin home-like. The two children, Abo and Nancy, wcro soou'cleancd anil better dressed than they had ever been before. Both of them wcro good children, and sho lovc.l them both. To the boy her coming was tho beginning of a new life Sho sent him to school whontvcr-tlicre wa a chance, which was not often; sho encouraged him and sym pathized with him, 'and wa a truo mother to him, the only mother Iiq ever knew. Many years nftcrward ho said to a friend, with tears in his eyes, "All that I am or hope to bo I owo to my angel mother." And aha said of him, after ho was dcadi "Abo never gavo 1110 a cross word or look, nnd never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I rcntics' ted him. I noror gavo him n cross word iu all my lifo. Abo apont most of his timo working on Ids father' farm, or, when ho grew older, working for tho nclghtioni. Any family wa glad when he camo to stay with them, for he wa not only a good worker in the field, but wa full of merriment and fun. Whan ho was 17 year old ho wa six feet four inches high. Ho wo wiry and strong, witli a small body and small head, long arm and logs, nud big hand and feet. His cninploxioti was dark and akin shriveled and yellow. Ho wore a 'possum or coon-skin cap, n linsey-woolsey shirt, tight buck-skin breeches too short to moot his low shoes, and showing 12 inches of hi sharp bluo shins. This queer, homely fellow, with n fnco very sober when ho was quiet and full of fun when he talked, was a favorite wherever he went. Ho wo shamefaced and gaw ky, yet ho liked the girl and thoy liked him. Alio had fow chances to go to school. His school-days altogether in.ido hardly a year. Hut ho was nu eager reader, and not only read every book ho could get Ids hands on, but, as those bonks wcro very few, ho read thorn over nud over ngain. Hut ho did not really love work. Ho loved to talk and to listen, and to read. Ho loved to lio under tho shade-trofl, or up iu tho loft of tho cabin, and read and cipher and scribble. The family woro too poor to burn candles, so at night he would read by tho light of the firo, or cipher on tho wooden fire-shovel. When tho shovel was fairly covered ho would shnvo it off with his father' ilrnwiug-kulfo and begin again. When iu hi reading ho came across A pnssago that struck him, ho would copy it out. If he had 110 paper ho would write it on board. After a timo he got a scrap-book in which he wroto out tho things ho liked, liecatiso most of his IkxiIu were borrowed and had to be returned. Among tho Itooks ho read many times, and copied from, were". lUop'sK bios," "Pilgrim' "Progress," a "History of tho United Slates" and Wccm' "Life of Washington." I lo was very fond of speech-making. Iu the field ho would sometimes leave work, gut up 011 a fence or stump, and begin speechifying, all the Inuds would tpiit work in an instant and gather around to listen, with great do light, until his father would como ab.ng and roughly pull him down and set him to work again. Ho had a wonderful memory, and on Monday morning would repeat with exactness tho sermon he luul heard tho day before. Sometime, when tho father and mother went to church, Abe, at homo with tho other chil dren, would take down the Hiblo, read a verse and preach, while tho other "did tho crying." When ho grew up to be a joung man ho went down tho Mississippi 'to New Orjeans as a flttboatinau, mid afterward became cleik in n country store iu Illinois, Ho wo not is 1 for hii good-fellowship; for his strength and cour age, and for Ids e-agerne to lwirn. (,rent stories aro told of his strength. One of his neighlior declare that ho saw him pick up and walk away with n chieken-houso that weighed COO pounds. It seems to bo well authenticated that when harnessed in with strap ho could lift l'JOO pounds. Another old neighbor say, "He could rink an ax deeper Iuto wood than any other man I oversaw," It w as a rough Imckwoods country, w hero not wrestling but fightiut was much in fashion. At any contest of this sort Abo wa a very dangcrou canny. "He was cool, calculating, but w ift iu action, and terribly strong.1, Hut ho loved peace and hated a brawl. There were a ict of hectoring fellow in tho neighlior hood, called tho "Clary' grove boys," Some of hi friend bragged about hi prowess, and it beeaiuQ a matter of talk whether ho or Jack Armstrong, tho leader of the Clary's boys, wa tho better mau. Knives and whis ky and money were bet on the result of the wrestle between them, Abe held olT, He saidt "I never tussle and scuttle, and I will not; I don't like thit wocling and pulling." Hut at laat the best way seemed to bo to have the thing out, and so they met. They strug gled tremendously for seeral minute-, but neither of them could get any advantage. Then Abe lifted Jack clear olT the ground, but he oame elowu on his feet a square aud firm a ever. "Now, Jack," mid Abe, "let's quit; you can't throw me and I can't throw you," Hut Jack's frieudi cheered him on, and getting desperate he tried an unfair triok. At till "Abo's pa ticntco forsook lilm, and ho took tho bully by the throat, ho held him at arm's length, and shook him liko a child. Thcro was a great cry of "Fight?" Jack' backer' claimed that he won, and Abo stake-holder, fright and confusion, was about to yictf' the money. But Abo said tho money nad not been won, and should not bo paid.' Ho atood with his back against tho storV surrounded by eiicmlos, and declared thai opposed n ho was to fighting ho would lght Jack or the w hole act sooner than yield. At thi point nn influential man of the villago rushed in na peacemaker. Jack undcj: all hi roughness was goodn.iturcd, and ho now declared that Abe was "the best fellow that ever broko into their settlement." Abo could got on with all sort of pcoplo if they had somo gooducss nt heart, and ho and Jack Armstrong becamo great friends. Wherever Abo was at work, Jack "did his loafingi" and when Abo was out 'of work ho spent days and weeks together at Jack s cabin, where Jack's wifo, "old liannah," mado him wclcomo and stuffed him with bread and honey, Ho bocamo tho most popular ma in tho iicighliorhood, and could do moro than any ono elso to stop a riot or rcconcilo enemies. Ono day a stranger camo into tho settlement, and Jack bce-an to badger him after hi old fashion. He called him names and worried him, until tho stranger backed up to n wood pile, got a slick, and knocked Jack down. He was up in a moment, and ready to givo tho man a tcrriblo thrashing. Hut Abe camo upon the ground and got a hearing. "Well, Jack," aaid he, "what did you say to tlio man!" Jack repeated his words. "Well, Jack," ro plied Abe, "if you wcro a stranger in a strango place, as this man is, and you wcro called a d el liar and the liko, what would you do t" 'Whip himl" says Jack with an oath. "Then this man lias dono no moro to you than you would havo dono to Mm." "Well, Abe" aaid Jack, "it's all right;" nnd he "treated" him. Jack w a always ready to "treat" or do any thing clso to show his goodwill, when Alio had made him ashamed of hlmsolf. And Abo was always acting a penco-makcr. His old friends tell how ho would often bo talking witli ono of them In tho store when there would bo signs of a row in tho street, nnd ho would Jump up, saying, "Lot's goandatoplt," Ho would push through the ring, acparato tho fighters, and call for a talk, And when it camo to talking, Abo's good sense and wit wcro sure to carry tho day. Whilo lio was tending store, and n hero among tho villago boys, ho wa eager ns over to leani all ho could. A ho began to bo prominent among tho pcoplo of thu town, ho foresaw that he might bo called to act in somo capacity where ho would need to know the rule of grammar, of which ho was wholly ignorant. Ho talked to tho school-master nliout this ns thoy satathreakftat together, and tho school-master told him that ho couldget n grammar at a place six miles away, Abo got up from ttie Ublo and strodo off after it ns hard a ho could tramp. In a very littlo whilo he came back, full of pleasure at having secured tho book. Then ho studied it closely. Sometime a customer would find him stretch ed 011 tho counter poring over it) some time lio would go oil with it into tho woods where he could lie quiet) and at night the i illago cooper let him sit in hi shop and keep up n firo of shavings to read by, after every ono clso was in bed. He borrowod all tho books ho could, and every viiitor to tho town who had any sort of scholarship wa laid hold of by him to answer questions. Whilo ho was yet a boy, ho found among the few books iu his neighborhood tho "l'cviicd Statutes of Indiana)" and as it owner, who was a coustablo, could not lot it bo taken from his house, Abo used to go there to read it. Now that he wa older he found other law-book and set to work studying them in good earnest. Sometime lie was found lying 011 his back under the treo by the store, with his Uiro feet dpagaiustthotrce,decplyougagd iu a law-book. And ho ho mado his way along. Tho story of his manhood I shall not try to tell hero. Ho did not become suddenly rich or famous, lie liecamo a partner iu tho store, and failed, nnd was a long time iu paying oil' hi debt. He ran for thu Legislature and wa beaten. A young lady whom he tenderly loved, and hoped to marry, died, and for a timo it made him almost crazy. For many year ho quietly did hi work a a lawyer, loved by hi friends, trusted by all who knew him, but .with 110 greater success or wido popularity. Ho took no very actiie pnit in politics till the attempt to carry slavery iuto Kansas roused him to oppose a great evil When ho began to speak agaiust Senator Douglas, he said 1 "witli me the loco of audi! tion ha been n failure a flat failure; with him it ho been ono of splendid lucccs." Wken some one told him that ho wo spoken of for tho presidency, ho said that I must beamisUko; no one would think of him for so high n place; wosr't there another IJncoln down iu Massa chusetts? that must be tho man. Vet it wa thi homely, honest Abraham IJncoln whom the American people called to lie their presi dent at the greatest crisis in their history; it wo he who led them in that tremendous war w hich ended before most of you boy and girl were born; it ia he whom wo older pcoplo honor and love more than any oilier American; and whom you will honor and love tlio more, you Know 01 nun. To HUM of Tide. The hight of tide is augmented by converg ing coast lines. A laid down by Ueach, the eastern coast of North America ha a great "Southern bay," between Florida and Capo Hatteras, a "middle bay," between Hatter and Nantucket; and an "eastern bay" north of Nantucket; and, while the tide i one to one and one-half feet at aoutheru Florida, two feet at Cape Hatteras, Nantucket, the hight is seven feet within the "southern bay" at Savannah, five feet in the "middle bay" near New York, and ten feet iu the "eastern bay" at Hoston. In the narrow Bay of Fundy it reaches forty feet, and sometime levcuty feet at the spring tide. r roKTLA.m The svs-ral Coiumerrlnl t'cnler of the North ..West. f It has n population of 21,000. It is to Ore gon, and tho territories of Washington and Idaho, what New York City is to the, State of Now York, nnd bears tho samo relation to that state ana those territories that Uhlcago docs to Illinois, St. Louis to Missouri, Phila delphia to Pennsylvania,, nnd Nerw.Orlcans' to Louisiana. It ha moro territory tributary i It Al.MH ...,, tl.HH ti,.'-.. 41... f t:im.i ct.t. tu 11. lu.ii uujr urn.;, in,? ill , uiuiviiuuiwd. and will soon bo numbered with tho foremost cities in tho Union. Even at this timo tho hammer, aud saw can bo heard in all ports of the city; the demand for buildings is so great that tho inclement season of winter docs not check tho onward march of its growth. ith the vast number of shipsinport, freighted with our constantly incrcoscing agricultural pro ducts, and tho numerous railroads now tribu tary to, or terminating at, this city, It will not require moro than ten years to awcll tho population of our beautiful and growing city to 100,000 souls. Having a larger territory than San Francisco to support it, ,wo may confidently assert that in less than a quarter of n century Portland will bo tho foremost city on tho Coast in point of wealth and population. Portlnnt! City Uomrslentt. Tho land in this enterprise lio adjoining the city, and is only from ten to fifteen min utes' walk from tho court-house, nnd n less distance than that from ono of tho best public schools in tho city. ' ' THICK.- All Iota will bo sold for 8100.00 each, paya ble in installment of $5.00 per mouth, or tho small sum of 101 cents )&r (lay. No interest will bo charged, nnd a good and siilficicnt Bond for Deed will bo 'givon upon tho pay ment, of the first installment of $3-00,' and a Warranty Deed upon receipt of last install ment, both without expenso to purchaser. to rcnciiASKrw. Those not finding it convenient to make their payments when duo, will be granted twenty days graco in which to mako such pay ments, as it is dcsirablo that alt shall havo every possible opportunity to keep up their payments'. Thoso desirinir to mako full payment nt tho timo the Bond is issued, will bo entitled to a reduction of $10.00 on each lot, or $5.00 on each $3000 palil in. As the JIOAD TO WKALTH la tho most .certain and. rapid through real cstatn Investments, this enterprise oucrs far more inducements to tho public than any other on tlio coast at tins timo, ns tiiopncoamipav incut nro within tho roach of nil. Do not let this chnuco pas. Buy a lot, build and mako yourself Independent. Many of you who live in rented house pay more every year for rem man wouiu purcuaso a lot ami uuiiii a roof over your head. You then would ba in dependent of exacting landlords, and in truth havo a place to call "homo." DOKTronflET That not many years ago aomo of tho beat lot In San Irnnclioo wcro sola tor an ounce 01 gold dust, and that now they could not be bought for $100,000. Also, remember that In Clilcairo aomo of tho licst business lot were once traded for a pair of old I100U. How of ten Is tlio rcmarK maiio ny oiu rcsiucuia 01 Portland that onco thoy could havo bouuht lots for $100.00 that $20,000 would not buy now. It i not wise to "despise tlio day of small things." 1TI8TKUK, That of real estato investment tho homestead fdan is lio best and safest, all who invest aro ntercstcd in making tho wholo propcty more valuable To illustrate: Suppose A builds a honae on his lot, and 1) own a lot adjoining; B got the benefit of A' improve ment, whilo A Is not injured thereby. This philosophy will apply to tho entire property. Wo havo donated n lot to eoch'of tlio prin cipal churches for church proposes. Iu addition to tho above, two lot nro sot npart for publlo school purposes. Ono thousand and twenty-four lot, fifty by ono hundred feet in sizo, with streets sixty feet wido, KAILIIOAI) ruRCHAHr. Tho Overland, Oregon k California, and the Wosteni Railroad Companies liave purchased all tho lauds from the east line of the Home stead (which is Ninth street) to tho water front for tho terminus depots, machine shops, etc.; also tho main lino of tho. Narrow Gauge Railroad (limited) will locate their terminus near by thu tho greatest Hailro.nl center on tho Pacifio Coast-7-lays in cloo proximity to thoso lot. This"purchao has earned a rise in all surrounding property of ono hundred per cent., making the lot in this Homestead from seventy-five to ono hundred per cent, cheaper than any other real estate iu tho city of Portland, Inasmuch, as this Homestead was advertised to be aold for a stipulated price liefore tho re cent advance, unpleasant as it is, we shall srrictly adhere to our advertised contract with tlio public to sell theso lot for ono hundred dollars each for tho next ninety days. The two hundred lot that were reserved for actus! settlers are now all sold, and the demand to svlect'lots being so great, wo have been compelled to ptaco more lots 011 the mar ket from which the public may select for the next ninety day. This affords an opportunity for persons, so deririug, to purchase tlio most beautiful resi dent property, TO 1-A1ITIK.1 Pl'-SIRI.NO TO 1-CI.CIIA8R. This property is now selling very rapily, and thoso wishing to buy will do well to call or rend immediately for a lot or lot. All but the first installment must lie paid nt the Hanking House of Ladd & Tilton, in tlio city ot 1 01 mint. rr.KKo.we ritoM a distasck Desiring a share, may forwanl $3.00 to the (ieneral Manager, and a Bond will be imiiio diatelv forwarded. Money may be forwarded by registered let-J . ... -i.1... sa'.ii. v. t. r .! Kx press, at my risk. Forfurther particulars, apply to J. M. Kick. General Manager, Portland, Or., Or to Haiuiit & McLacuiili.v, 32 Morrison St. CntTTFICATK, I certify that I am tho tho owner of the lauds in the Portland City Homestead tho title thereto is perfect, being a U, S. Patent ana 1 authorize J. .M. rtice 10 seiisani proper ty on the foregoing plan, P. A. Marquam. RErttlKMCK.'i. Geo. It. Hlincs, Wm. Iteid. Hon. L. F. Grover, Hon. J. H. Mitchell, J. A. Strowbridge, Mier & Frank. A liW TMXCi. Oonnui Srrup Is th spselt.1 ponnipllon of Pr. A. U.h, t. calcbratal Unutj I'hrsieUn, said Is acknowl, eJjtd u b ans ot th most fortunst dUoot rrits In UMxIiclne. It qulcklj cure Couth, (fcldf, snj all lntf troubles ot tin scvtRtt lutur, rciuoln.-, u It docs, th mum of th i.ffcUUon and leaving th parts In a st-ons-and health condition. It U not an iptrinwntal audi- flat, but has stood th tMl of 1 ears, filing satltfaetlon In cvtry caw, which iu rs ,rdlj iluoa r liH-reaMUtf sal Terv mil coaotma. Two million bottles sold annually. Bvrar of rudiclns of atniilar nauea. late Iv IntMluo.! Hon' Oenaan Sjrrup ms Introditosd la th I'altod Slates In ISrtJ, and U now aold In sverr town and UUjj la th ciTlUsed world. Thn dam IU rtlltn u n. dinar cough. Pric U cans. Saaijd botti, 10 casts. FOR HALF. OK KXCHANUR. A delightful homo in Salem and a tract of 03 acres hill land one nnd a half miles distant on which aro 15 acres of wheat nnd as many' more in an orchard of ,1,000 plum and prune trees, just commencing to bear this year, will bo aold low for cash or exchanged for land on favorablo terms. A aplondid investment for a farmer wishing tomovo to town and educate Ida children, Ouo acre of land and extensivo stablo is at tached to tho homestead in Salem, and tho fruit farm is tho most valuablo picco of prop erty in Marion' county. Knquiro of K. Strong, Salem. S. A. CLARKE, tf , Farmer Office, Portland. STOCK KAMII FOR ttALK. A valuablo tract of land, 010 ncrcs, ouo milo cost of Mohama and ten miles cast of Str.yton and tho projected lino of tho narrow gaugo railway now bulling, Ono half of this land can bq reduced to cultivation nt a cost of $3 per ncroj 400 ncrcs under fance, CO ncrcs cleared; n cabin nud good sheep shed on tho placo; CO ncrcs seeded to .mosquito grass and all can ho seeded so at small expense. Tho country around is thickly acttlcd and n good neighborhood, store, naw mill and two schools not half n milo distant. Tlio land I part valley 'and part hill land, of tho riches mountain Boil, haa groat features of natural beauty, and tlio location is healthful and de lightful in every particular. Price $3 an acre) terms, half cash mid bal auco long timo. Many Germans aro settled in tlio vicinity. Inquire of J, J, Blair, Mchama, or H. W, Crnig, at Statesman ofTico Salem. S. A. CLARKR, tf Farmer Office, Portland. HOP BITTERS. IA iiledlelur, not a Drltile,) CUXTAtXS uorw, nucuv, jiandhakk. mvnnjnu Tot rvsiiT 4xr Birr Jtioicui QviirnM TALL OTHIS UITT1BJ. Tm-rsr ji i --m tllllie&IMAf ehaniwnak 1A,Ata 'TIUkJ I a Users, sad I'rlnsr Orcsns, Kerrouss Sls- nu ci.irciaur t emsio lonipisials. S1000 IN (.OLD. IfUlbfl natd foraeaiathi-vwllt itnl-nMA.ti.1fl a. for anrtMng Impure or Injnrlous f onnd In Ihctn. I Ask our druggist for Hop Hitters and trthem uciuriT7uuf.icc-p, lami nn oiacr. llor Coruu Ccm Is Iho nrtctcit, safttt sad best Ailc Children. The 'tea- Tatj for Piomaeh, Liver sn.l nidntrs ti au-n-xir 10 all others. Ailc Dmgcliu. p. I. C. If an sb-olntc sort trreilstlbt can foi ArUO-.CUCn, MtU III UJIUUI, IUIJT.CCV, UI narCOUGS. aJVswaJi . Bend for circular. tfaSJawawai gtU.b-.,l4VT.rcTU. 11 BllwHf(.C.rU.Uur,N.T Ague Mixture Chills and Fever aro permanently cured by Br. JT ajrae'ft Ague Nlz tare. With a littlo caro on tho part of the patlont to avoid oxposuro, and tho occasional uso of Jathk's Sana tive Pills, this romody will bo found to bo certain In IU oporatlon, and rad ical In its olTocts. In many sections of tho country subjoct to Aguo and othor malarial diseases, It has an es tablished character as a popular spo clflo for thoso hnrrosslng complaints, and tho number of testimonials ro colrod show that its reputation is constantly increasing. Intermittent and Remittent Fevers aro effectually ourod by Dr. Jayac' Agao Hlxtare. In these com plaints caro should bo taken to fellow tho directions closely, anil especial ul ton tion given to tho ltvor, which Hhould bo assisted In performing its functions by Dn. Jayne's Safativb Pills. llODOK, DAVIS & CO., WroW Dalers, PortUndJ Orriron King of the Blood ITarM all dlsordsrs rtiultlog- (rota Imporltr of th Blood, InduJlnf all Scrofulous Diseases, fiklo Eruption,, Salt I-beam, 8wUInr, Dripepsis, Lirt Complaint, DtbUltr, Catarrh, Ac. Nine-tenth or all chronic and temporary disorders are caused by disturbance of the cir culation of the blood, which depends greatly upon the quality. If impure from want of proper food, air, light, exercise, change of Ktne, or from overwork, the whole system feels it. Sometime it impurity U indicated by one of the diseases named ; sometime by a gloomy, despondent, dull, uy recline commonly called "THE BLUES." implying lack of efletfjf', debility, and general vnhappinfss. Nothing is so magical in it effects a this KING OF THE BLOOD, at once a tonic and alterative, so called becauso it tona and alttrt the stagnant functions, and healthful activity results. Numerous testimonial the Genuineness of which is guaranteed by our standing offer of $1000-and full direction can be found in the "Treatise" accompanying each bottle. Price $1.00 per botdc Sold by all dealers In medicine. D. RANSOM, SON fc n -., rroprteton, Uuttalo, If, Y, a Wv