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PPWIW WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 5, 18fi0. t i rS h n & h ,7'RL F - TV.- brntU ni7 irk by Mm WnXAMSm ftUBMKB rtTBLHUNO CO. nun or subscription r. (Posts p14. In (drum hic UatiuMimODatw111b, ptrmooU) is .. , ADTIRTBINO RATES I MrertiMmtat CI to Inserted, protlJlor threw rpuhl.. a Um fonowtiv ubl ifnum Onlneho( tuMMfwr raonOi t ico rhrw Inch orrcpOT Moot 6.00 Jns-btJf elumn per month 6.on " column pr month , jg.W MTSsapIt ooplM Mnl frM oa sppUcsUon. Addrt all ktUrs to: S A. CLARKE, Muisgtr. STKnUni In 1 Wuhlnfto, 1 at offices at Portland, Ot . v., at Third cits mill mai won, after. ml THE STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Not nearly enough Interest is taken in tills society, which could 110 much to udvanco im portant interests If it Mas conducted with en ergy and Its meetings nnd discussions partici pated in by tho fruit growers of this region. It is conducted now ly a few who do all they "an to build it up nnd tuako its efforts valua ble, ,The President, Mr. Henry Miller, has long and successful experience nnd takes great interest. It was owing to his especial effort that tho horticultural display at the Mechan ics' fair was so excellent. As it is now, tho society is mainly composed of professional nurserymen and orchardists, anil a few fruit growers who live near here, but tho great ma jority of fruit growers through the country em to bo IndlUcrcnt. This certainly should u6t be the case. We personally take great interest in attend ing the meetings of this society and in making public the opinions there expressed by veter an, orchardists who have made fruit growing life work and a lifo study. We have the sasie interest in it that all fruit growers should have, and consider it a delightful study, even as fruit growing itself must be tho most flsllghtful branch of our agriculture. Kvsry home is incomplete without an orchard and it is necessary that small fruits should bo culti vated by evory intelligent family. While it ia necessary that fruits should be provided for household use, it is also desirable that fruit culturo should be made a ataplo of production among us, 'as Important M any other, Tho indMersnc with which most fanners view this matter strikes us as remarkable. It is true that our cllinato and soil produce finer fruiU in the line of apples, pears, plums, prunes and cherries, than aro raised iu Cali fornia and equal the best raised in tho world. Last Hummer canuers lit California sent hero and paid 2 cts. a pound for Oregon plums and prunes to can there. We have the wholo world for customers for dried fruit and as loon as there is ullroad connection established with the Ki oar loads of green fruit will be ahipped to Chicago ami Now York. Fruit growing offers a good permanent business for all time, and the fanner who keeps an orchard in good, order has a store laid up fur his old go And a bank for his children to draw on. Orchardists here have established that cer tain fruits aro a success with us, aud that cer tain soils and localities aro suitable for produc tion ot certain fruits, which gives the intend ing fruit grower tho advantage of other's expe rience in founding his orchard. To a certain extent he works as a certainty then, and can yeuturo with more assurance than tho fruit grower could ten years ago. The trouble is that the great majority of farmers pay no at tention to this Important matter. They want something that will yield returns immediately and cannot afford to put their time and mouey into trees that will not bear fruit to remuner ate them for half a dozen years to come. Of course, there are many who caanot afford to et out large orchards, but It seems stranga that in view of the rewards offered iu the future many people who have means to spare do not make fruit growiug a specialty and plant orchards extensively, Thero are some large orchards of plums and prunes In differ, ent sections that should soon begin to bear largely and pay handsomely, and when they commenco to yield such returns as may bo an ticipated, we shall seo a gnat excitcmeut in the way of planting out trees, but as thero Is a reasonably certainty of profit from Judicious fruit growing we cannot see why mora general attention should not now be given to plantiug extensive orchards with a view to makiug fruit a staple product. Hut, even though a man may not devote especial attention to fruit growing with a view to Iweoining an exporter of the oaine, either In dried or green state, he may still take inter est in sustaining the State Horticultural So ciety and iu being Informed ont all points of fruitgrowing, aud there ore hundreds of farm ers iu tho Willamette valley that have exteu alvs orchards gone to decay which could be revived and mode valuable with pioper prun ing and caro. There is much of interest to the farmer as a class iu connection with hor ticulture, and the Horticultural Society de serve far more consideration from all formers than it receive. South, East and West, there is a general pre velence of good time; laborers are employed at good wages; nil Industries flourish nnd busi ness men aro satisfied, so well satisfied that they dread any change, and have thrown their Influence largely into the field of politics to prevent any change. Manufacturers, too, strongly support tho Republican cnuso this Fall, and tho cry of "protection" is heard through the nation as not uttered bsforo for a generation, Tho national credit is actually above par, to that as n nation we pay a rata of interest not believed possible even ten years ago. Money is mora abundant nnd interest lower than ever was known 011 this continent, and last, not least, tho administration of Mr. Hayes commands tho respect of the pcoplo fully, and stands as 11 strong endorsement of tho party that elected him. Perhaps it is not too much to say that tho Republican party to day owes much of its success to tho purity and honesty of tho present administration. Ad ded to all tills wo must nlsorecognia that the appearance of the .Southern element iu politics and the couttol it bos lately had in Congress has roused tho Northern pcoplo to resist tho party that claimed to bo backed by tho "solid South," Let us hopo that from henceforth our national politics can bo conducted without sectional prejudice, and that the ilcnd past shall bo buried beyond any hopo of resurrec tion. Tho South must give up every hopo of undoing tho issue that wero decided by tho war, aud when it docs, tho Jvorth will lay pre judice aside and then the nation can divide on great questions of principle and not on tho hateful prejudices of scctionsl dilTcrcnccs. If the coming administration succeeds in preserv ing the prosperity we enjoy to-dsy, and in dis solving the bitterness of sectional and partisan feeling we have suffered from iu the past, we can be a happy and prosperous people. A lover of his country, of whs tovcr politics, must rciognize that political bitterness ha lately reached a point too unhealthy for any nation long to endure. The timo has come when tho universal sentiment should bet "Lot lis have peace." WHEAT AND SHIPS AQAJH. THE RESULT. The election is over, aud, so for as known, the returns point to tho success of tho Itepuh lican party aud the election of Mr. Garfield as the next President. Since the Stato election held iu 0,-tolwr in Ohio amMndiaua there ho been every reason to auticiiata this result. The Republicans did not expect to carry In diaua III October, and their success there was strong Indication that the peopls of all the Northern State would follow that example. Had the country beeu troubled, a it laUly was, by bard times, when farmers were suffer ing from many evil and manufacturing was at a low ebb, there would have beeu a great tendency among the people to require change ot administration a possible relist from ex isting evils. Hut, by combination of fortunate ctuaea our country 1 at the greatest height 4MttUf U Us Tf katwi. tfsrtk Mi Tho remark was mado to us the other day, that we were takinga very great responsibility in setting forth our viuws on the frciuht market a we have done, and intimating to farmer that they can expect a decided im provement in tho price of wheat within three mouth, and at iarthcrcat within four month time. This remark was addressed to us by several gentlemen who aro interested in ex porting wheat, and who, ot course, are biased in their own favor and will not be apt to make public- facts that work against their own interests. They conccdo to us, how over, that freight aro turo to decline after awhile, when ship become abundant. Wo recorded last week the charter ot ships to be available March lit, at San Francisco for 05s, while San Francisco quotations are now based on freights at 7'-! Cd to U. K. This then, anticipates a decline there iu freight of 17 Od within four months, which is equal to 12) cents a bushel, and a wheat that is already stored can bo held and insured time month for three cent a bushel, it look very plain that tho nun who holds will make handsomely by so doing. Hut the fact is, that whatever w may say, there i 110 dancer but that enough will be old to provide- cargoes for all vessels to arrive iu the noxt two months. There is already wheat stored iu Portland to lead all the ves sel uow Ii tho river. Some farmers are cer tain to sell, aud if there was a panlo among them to do so the touscqueuco would be that the market would be glutted and freights go up to five pounds. That would bring wheat down to the lowest point ever known, in Oregon, and of course would suit the specula tor, who would then buy up all offerings and hold for the rite that is sure to come. What the speculator is so anxious to do the farmer can as well do himself, aud make what there is to be made by It. That ia wliat we advo cate. It is not prudent to rush too much wheat upon the market at this Juncture, and there is no fear that all the Oregon crop will be marketed iu t hurry, because those who are able to hold will do so. It is estimated that all ovr the United State a great portion ot the surplus of the present year will be held lck for a raise, wheat is now lower iu Knglaud than often know 11 in Ortgon history, or nearly to. Tho demand for breadstulTa will be greatly quick ened by the low price. This fact will be felt in the year's biitiu, The American sur plus ha probably been overestimated, which may become another point iu our favor a time passes. We have shown that with shipping known to l 011 the way to San Francisco, and with reasonable calculations based ou the de mand for tonnage there aud here, it is prob able that shipping w ill arrive there aud hero within four mouths with tonnage capacity equal to all demands for wheat shipment from this coast up to harvest, aud many vessels are sure to arrive between tho first ot March and aud the tint of July. It is evident, then, that tonnage will be here and that we con allord to wait for it, and to hold our crops until it comes in preference to paying the ex treme prices now asked. It is alittle rough 011 our farmer that wheu they are ottered ex ceptionally low price for wheat they are charged exceptionally high freight. It re mains to bo seen if they have the grit to hold their wheat, aud moat of them uo doubt have. Now, while thero is certain to be tonuage enough to answer all demands betweeu this and spriug, it is not at all certain that the entire surplus will demand tonnage, cither here or iu California. It is more thau prob able that without a decided rite In price in Knglaud not over two-third of the Oregon aud California surplus will be shipped, Mr. Kinney ot Salem Mills doe uot expect over two-third will be disposed of, andthisgTeatly strengthens the probabilities Iu favor of tho wheat grower, for if he doesn't sU freight wiMwiiUcUtawhttttiMaaif) owav is willing to take a good living pricu for freight the farmer can afford to sell, and not before. Another important fact to be kept in mind is, that when wheat is so low in prico as at present, it will not bo necessary to rush it to market so as to reach Knglaud beforo harvest. It is likely to bear a better prico after harvest than at the present, which will bo tho argu ment that will influenco one-third of the pro ducers to hold over their surplus. Wo con sider it then, safo and prudent nnd proper to show all these fact to tho wheat grower, and give him all tho opportunity tho posses sion of facts and arguments can furnish to judgo for himself whether ho will sell or hold. In this connection wo cannot refrain rem referring to tho flattering estimation in which our paper and its views on tho wheat market aro held by prominent farmers in dillercit parts of tho country. A gentleman from Vamhill was in the ollice last week that says he wa offered $1.00 a bushel lost year, but refused to sell until our market reiwrt came. and on tho strength of what Im read thero he held his wheat until he got $1.10, Another gentleman iu lien ton county had his wheat pooled with a ncighW, and two years ago, judging from our reports in the Spring, wanted to sellat$l.02J but his neighbor in slated on holding longer, and they sold a Inrgo lot finally at 03 cents. We do not pretend to bo infallible, but these facts provo that Wo study the market with great care, and give opinions with caution that aro generally fol lowed witli success. At any rate we have only tho best good of tho farmer at heart and havo courago and Independence to work for. tlicm. J Ids world js greatly made tipi-of. cowanis who nave not tlio Independence- to form opinions or the courage to express them when formed, if they antsgoiiizoinauy degrio men who aro the possessors ot mousy or power. THE ANF.UIC.tM lMOM Tr.LEUR IIMI MM', OREQ0K AMD CALIFORNIA WHEAT. Tho shipping houses of Ihla city ,ao sain plo bags, sent them from the S. F. Produca Kxchang, of the way wheat is graded Iu that market the present year. These samples aro numbered 1, 2 and 3, and wo aro stnick with the fact that the lett shipping wheat, maiked No. , is not nearly so good an article at tliu average clean white wheat of tho Willamette valley. In tho California No. 1 there is 'a proportion of shriveled grain ami somo cheat and oats.whlls our average valley wheal I plump aud clean if it ho passed through a well known warehouse. It really seems then that with the quality of Oregon valley wheat alxive the average, there, should le a prico offered for it abovo what Is paid for California No. 1 , because our wheat is really worth much more, or thero is no trust to be put in appear ance. Our beat i certainly equal to Califor nia gilt edged milling wheat, which I quoted a high a $1,021 lr cental, and yet the' quo tations for our valley wheat are IMSJtgf 1.43 per cental only. , , AILKOAB .XfTKM. The narrow gauge ho reached Scio. Travel on the now branch to Lebanon is very fair, and the O. & C, inou aro in good p riU over it. Chief Kngiucer Scar i now giving his specisl attention to the mountain surveys of tho Oregoniau Company, limited. The new stations alone tho narrow saiiL'e. wo understand, will be named after nronii- neut citizens. One w ill undoubtedly be called Better and another Thompson, The new excitemont in railroad circlet Is about the Oregon Pacillo llailroad. Through; out the valley towns above Albany peoplti discuss nothing but Yamiina bay prospects, and are much encouraged over the news that the Oregon I'acltio is having little trouble in floating its bonds on the New York markets. A party of N. P. It. U. engineers left New Tacoma Oils week to run a line from Wilkcaon to Mud Mountain, and from that Point transit line will be run to Grecu river and through the pas lately ditcovorcd nnd ex plortd by Tilt Sheet. The work w ill bo con tinued a long a (now iu the mountain will permit. 1 , About the Cth of next month will see an. other change ot front iu the running of trains lietween the Dalle aint tue upper coumry. The wharf Boat will bant lllalock' landing, 37 miles above Oliro, and the. other one will I dropped down to the former site of Coyote! Station. TltU decrease the steamboating b) nlxl.it seven hours' run up stream and six hours' down stream. This is the last change that will be made until the track is laid for the entire distance, when tho gauge will lie widened out abovo Coyote to tho standaid and trains will then be run with sleeping cam attached. Seattlo M ; A surveying party under the lead of Mr, W, II. Maxwell camo down from Tacoma last Wednesday night, and yesterday afternoon went out to Jvewcaailu, Theio were nineteen men in the party. They w ill proceed at once to the summit of tho moun tains, and taking the Suotiualmio piu, make their survey eastward, Mr. Maxwell stated that ho would complete this work and bo baik I 011 tlio souuii witlilu six weeks. Uo. vynn, quiie rciicem, aim uiu. not caro iu uicio the plan of operations. From tho present time 011 there will be contiuued activity in railroad circles. The day of awateniug .is near at namt is uow bresKiii)) ana laugh ing prosperity will soon sit within the home ot all. The grade of the 0. It. & N. line it finished to llaytou. and the force 11 now at work on tho urade between the Touvhet aud the mouth of the the Tukanou. Track ha beeu laid for ten mile below Umatilla. It is expectcd.the track will lo laid aud trains run to Cattle Hock, tweiitv-four mile lielow Umatilla, by the Hth of November. Cattle Itock will be the point where boat will land and take ou Ireignt and passenger until the track is laid from Celilo to that pomt, sometime during the Winter, A very laroi number of rails for the O. H. Jt N. Co. and N. P. H. It. Co. have beeu landed at Umatilla. At Wallula junc tion a Urno force ot men am busy cradiuu the depot grounds, and for Y aud other tracks, The work of laving the track between the junction aud Aint worth will probably be commenced next week. Finc Qoli. Mr. J. A-Shoudy, a merchant of KUensburg, W. T wa In the city last week, with tome Wautiful specimen of gold, taken from the Swauk and Paabastin mine, ou a tributary ot the Weiiatchie. The gold consisted ot " chuuk " of the native ore. worth from tweuty to thirty dollar etch Mr. She-udy bod fullv on thousand dollars' worth of Uieae "chuuk "with him. He re-. porta Um Hwauk aaisw m way up. Tho energy, cnlcrpriso nnd renmrka- 1)1 0 wigncity exhibited by the latest ri val of the Western Union Telegraph lOtiitiany, tlio American Union ih worthy of tlio highest praise and illiiH- tiates more forcibly than any other mod ern achievement wo now recall, what can bo cllected by capital backed by pluck and brains. It seems scarcely crcdiblo that this giant corporation, which only sprang into existence on Muy 15, 1870, saysthu St. Louis Glole-titmocrat, should now own nnd control GO.OOO miles of tele graph lines, and that by tho new year it will havo 10,000 miles more under its immcditito juiisdiction, thus effectually and forever breaking up tho monopoly of tlio telegraph business, mid creating an active competition which must inevi tably redound to tlio permanent advan tage of tho people of tho wholo country by giving increased facilities and caus ing a great reduction in rates. Ilia mere statement of tho fact that nil this lias been accomplished conveys no ado- quatoidea to tlio mind of the vast sums of money employed, tho enormous mid seemingly insurmountable obstacles over come, or the stubborn nnd persistent MtrOgglus entered into, both in tho courts I and in tlio open field. At overy step tlio now organization J 'as compelled to ineot and fifdit its pow rful antagonist, tho 'Western Union, which (securely intrenched, as it confi dently bcliovcd, bohiud its contracts for tho exclusivo rights of way upon all tho railroads and highways of tho country) brought everywhere tho intchinry of tho courts into piny against it anil en deavored in overy way to thwart its ef forts mid to render abortivn its attempts tcjcoiuttiuct its lines. In many cases the contracts of tho Western Union had been held by tho courts to bo sacred nnd in one instanco tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company had been restrained from interfering with or using tlio lines of( tho Wcstoni Union. Tlio cxtranrdi nary claim set up was the excliutve tw- anion of almost every foot of availablo ground for tlio building of telegraph lines in tlio wholo country. This claim hill to bo met nnd overthrown, of course, beforo anything could lo done, and tho suit instituted by tlio Western Union lwforo Judge Harlan, in the United States Circuit Coint for tho Dis trict of Indiana, to restrain tho Ameri can Union from putting up its lines on tl0 Wnlnish railway brought tho mattor of exclusive right to an issue, and, to nil intents nnd purposes, settled that dis puted point by a decision in favor of tho American Union. Tho judgo hold that the, contract, so far as it purported to grunt, rjgtit of any nature to tho exclu sion of other telegraph companies, "was void, being against publio policy, and in direct contravention of tho laws of tho Rovcral States mid of tlio act of Congress granting to all telegraph companies, ac cepting its provisions, tlio right to con struct, maintain and operate its lines qlong all pott-roaJt." Numerous de cisions to the samo effect have since been obtained, und it may now bo regarded as 'established beyond controversy that there can be no such thing as an exclu sive privilege so faros building telegraph lino along post-roads is concerned. The instances referred to are only some of tho many that barred jho road way to success, and thero wero not want ing those who predicted that tho Amer ican Union was moiely a speculative concern that would, 111 tlio end, bo absorbed by tlio Western Union, after the manner of the Ameiican Telegraph Company of New Jersey, iu 18CG, nnd tho Atlantic and Pacific, in 1877. In spite, however, of all obstacles aud of all predictions of failure the American Union is to-day an assured success, a moot substantial and gratifying fact. Its systems of linos embraces eery city and town of any importance in tho Union and in tho Uritish pos sessions; it has two separato lines bo tween Nuw York and Chicago, commu nicates with San Francisco oyer the lines of the Union Pacific Railway and its branches; has tho exclusive uso of the cables of tho new French Cable Com pany for tho term of twenty yeais, be. sides having, by rwuon of its control of .Canada lines, connection with the Di rect Cable Company, which practically gives it tho use of two submarine cable lines. con- 1 hi: .north luanc kaukoau. Tho annual repoit of tho Northern Pacific Railroad shows that tho total number of miles operntul duiing the past year was 722, against C 17 during tho previous year. Tho uross earnings wero 2,230,181 81, S1,10G,210 05 last year; expenditures, 81,021,093 25, leav ing a Imhinco of $709,188 GO. Theru was spent during tlio year for improve ments, developments, mid equipments, 8514,002 99; interest, $ir9,r37'2G, mak ing a total, in addition to tho operating expenses, rentals, auu taxes, cuii, 500 25. Tho report states that the com p.iny intend to build a bridge across tho Missouri River ut llisinarck. Ihey havo also concluded 11 favorable contract with tho Western Union mid North western Telegraph Companies to put 11 lino of wire along tho road, thn Rail road Company to pay one-third of tho cost nnd letnin one-third of thu gross re ceipts; also, to havo their own telegraph business transmitted free up to a cer tain union nt, tho remainder to lie opera ted at half rates. The contract is to re main in force for a period of fifteen ) 0 irs. Tho report also states that tin Luko Su perior Khivator Company havo istab lished cloven now grain elevators along 1 lie lino of the road, including ono nt Duluth, with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. Immigration agencies havo been established at Liverpool, Now York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. According to tho Treasury report tho preform! stock of the company had been reduced on June 13th by proceeds fiom sales of Inula $in,U2,GI5 12, of which there, was in the Treasuiy ns nil uset $1,111,830 10, leaving in circulation $30,100,818 02. Tho bonds outstand ing ninountcd ut tho above date to $3, 881,831 41, of which there havo been since wold shout $520,000. Thu Treas urer reports that tho entire flouting debt will bo retired this year. Thoro nre still to bo completed sovcral divisions of thu road, including ono of 120 miles from Thompson's Inlut in Wisconsin, to tho Montreal River. When thesonm finished it is stated tha', tho STATE NEWS. A caso of scarlet fever is roportcd at Hillsboro. Capt. Geo. Goodman has bought the brig Sea Waif for $G,250. Diphtheria is found nt McMinnvillo,. but so far has not spread much. Sixty women boro torches in n Demo cratic procession at Lebanon lately. Families that desiro to scttlo in As toria cannot find houses to occupy, Theio is talk, the Inlaml Empire savs of starting a nowspaper at Piinoville, A little Mn of Ben Pierce, of Cor. vans, was killed by a kick from a horse, Ben McCauloy, formerly of Salem, is mail route ugent on tho West Sido Rail road. II. O. Paigo lias had two' indictments found against him nt Umatilla for robbery. jIis. Hchatnpf, aged eighty-two, ij again, out in Jncksi 1011 HOW TO CcUKQB THE ADDMM OP Hf OU. Wo are in receipt daily of request to "please change my paper to uch-aml-tuch a rest oltice." Be sure to tell ua when you write, whcn you are, now getting the paper; our litt it uow so largo that we eauuot easily find a Kama where it come, a above stated. This MMflf-U company will havo in operation 1,20,'U miles of iuiui, mm nuvu imu 10 ji,.iui,uuu acres of land. TERRITORIAL. Tho Gypsy women about Walla Walla aro a hot far more biazeu than honest. Total coal shipments from Seattlo in October was 45,910 tons. Gov. Newell has arrived at Olympia and been warmly received, to tho papers siy. Tho Watchman says tho fall races wero a failure 011 account of rainy weather. Tho Yakima llttonl counted over twenty teams of emigrants in 0110 week that wero hunting locations, Privato Bonnet of Company K, at Walla Walla, decamped aud let loose two prisuer, who went with him. Tho Union learns that a, new depot will bo built at Walla Walla, 011 the north sido of Mill creek, to cost $4,000. It is reported that Fort Oolvillo is to bo put in complete rejtair for tho accom modation of three companies of troops. Tho Territorial Fair nt Olympia was a financial success, because when ex penses weio paid they had $300 left. The ll'ii(cimm says malaria and typhoid fever prevail at Walla Walla, and gives quite u list of people who aro ill. Aneldeily shoemaker from Victoria committed Miicidii at Tacoma by shoot ing himself. lie had refused to givo his name. Tho Port Townsend Frea tells how a party of Englishmen from tho Victoria Navy Yard took nshup for a two weeks trip to hunt mining the islands and home spiteful man, who was not nllowed to go with them, hid all bands and the vessel arrested for violating our law. Thu Idaho Htutemnan gives u full ac count of tho recapture of the convicts who recently et-enped from Idaho Pen itentiary. The I'hwh says tho Walla Walla Agricultural Society propoto to buy jouud ne&r tho center of the city for an eJennt Pavilion. Henry Metsic, the Russian murderer in jail awaiting trial ut Port Townsend, has teeaped, iuppesed to hap had out side usb.btir.kx1. Morton Cox, from Victoria, who was probably insane, as he had been iu the Asylum two years ago, laid down on tlin blull'at NewTacnnm and shot himself twice, uud vn found dead. Tho Walla Walla Ulatuman says the twenty-milo race created much sport, as homo of the cayusts balked and smiie bucked. Each rider had four horses aud tho lookers on had lots of fun. A Beautiful Hat. Who will not stop and admire a beautiful list when they see it passing by. There is noth ing seta oft" a woman a a new hat or bonnet, aud the question is how to get a stylish, neat and nobby hat. All wo can say in reply it to call ou Win. Millican, Coinmircial ttreet Salem, and see hi well selected aud assorted took ot suUUasrjr, hat and fancy goo-la. cutting teetl; cDimty. Thi' Attorian hays Charles Mcintosh lost his lifo by drowning in Blind Slouch auuve jviiniipii. A littlo girl goVhcrnrm liadly brokon on tho Wallula road, Wasco county, while at play. All the bridges aro finished on tho narrow gauge road and track laying will soon reach Scio. W. Simmons has tnndo a gift to Mir. M. Mooro of ton acres of rich bottom laud near Hillsboro. Good crops niako good times in Tveh valley, and substantial improvements a 'O the consequence, Tho Antorlnn say thn channel across Columbia bar now used is not the one dragged by engineers. Et 111 st Biidiam, son of Win. Biglmm, of Spoknu was thrown from h horse and it is feared his injuries aro fatal. Winier, Simmons ct Co., of Walda, took out $10,000 in cold ou n partial cleanup and had Boverul clean-ups bo- lore Unit, Tho Aittorlan says forty-flvo patients havo been treated nt St. Mary's Hos pital there, since it opened ou August- 11 tn. Tho Jacksonville Times says that Skaters it Briscoo have manufactured a considerable- quantity of sorghum syrup this season. . ' Hall, of tho forks of tho Santiam, who shot his son riouio time ago, for sun posed incest, was sentenced, nfter trial, to six months iu thu Penitentiary. Hong Leo stolo goods from II. L, Darrot at tho timo his store was burned at Foiot Grove, and thrco other China men aro supposed to havo done tbe- bame. Weston pcoplo havo donated' ten acres of land for tho uso of tho academy the Presbytery of Idaho propose estab lishing, und thoy expect it will grow in to n liistclass institution. Tho Jllvernlile says a farm threo miles, below Independence containing 3G0 acres, without any buildings of valuo lately hold for $13,500 to Mr. Lawlor,. lately from Novada. Two sheep herders, on Robert Grant' ranch, between John Day and Des ChutiH rivois, named Anderson and IIcKinney, got into an affray and it is thought McKinnoy will die. Friday night Jailor Johne, nt Tho Dalles, cuino back from supper and couldn't find any prisoners; they hud got through tho outer door 'and scaled tho wall by a rono made of towels. There were six of them and they got over into Washington Territory. A number of immigrants aro moving into St, Helens and new houses are to be built, a now school houso is in pro gress ana Uiifincss is reviving there. Hie Muckle Bra's, null turns out 35,000 fee.t of lumber daily, A schooner of 240 tons bunion, 100 feet long, is on tue stocks thero, near completion. A. Movvery, of Fifteen-mile Creek, Wasco county, while attending the machinery of his mill, had his arm badly broken by nn accident. While Mr. Welch was on tho way to IleppiK-r with a loaded wagon, his four-year-old child fell off tho wagon and the wheel broke its arm near tho elbow. Tho Dalles Timta says J, II. Wilson, of Kuumis, is in that city and intend fo buy stock cattlo to drive East next Summer. He will canvass Wasco county for that purpose. Tho L ifayelte jail has two occupants ; " a Chinaman who broko a pitcher ovor the head of tho Dayton hotel keeper, and u chnp from Wupato who stole a lit of lied clothes. At Union on Sunday evening at tho . M. E. Church, just an the congregatioa were dismissed, some wretch threw a stone through tlio window, and $50 re ward is offered to discover who did it. 'a 1 A Ciiink.sk Brctk. On Thursday last Mr. t John E. Woods, foreman on the narrow 1 gauge, and having in charge a gang, dis- .1 charged one of the number, Ah Joe, a pugi list. Hf soou packed up hi bundle, includ ing a tent belonging to Hop Sine, a diminu tive fellow- labon-r, to which Siug objected by hying hold of the pack. Thi so incensed the burly Ah Joe that he picked op a club aud knocked the other down, lwatins him inv to iustmibility. and hail not Mr. Woods in- terfered would have murdered hi victjm out- , right. After the commission of the dastardly deed Ah Joe began to measure tic in the di rection of the peaceful Santiam. TbebarT barian crowd stood mute spectator of the tight, evidently fearinir thn uvaire Ah Joe. The wonnded man lay insensible in hi gor iw mrer neurs, lilt comrade reluslng to reu -der the eliithtett asti.tai re. Itevrml earivinZ him to camp by order of Mr. SVood. Siirer- . : ' i. -.,, iTwr,r.ni. jl-i.il,.iinimi TTT
