WILLAMETTE FARME
PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY 1, 1881.
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ABVERTfSINO lUTMl
MTtriiKmmti will tw nitrtal, prorldlnc Uitr r
faspactahl, at Uii fonowtn tattle if Ml.: 7
" men or snao rf month . . .
Jhm InehMol spac rr month
Jnt-half eslumn per monlfc
wrolumn par month
argample eoplae Mnt fre on pplltlon.
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A. CLARKE, Manser.
VjRnJcndla postofllws at I'ortlsnd, Oregon, sml
Wuhlnton, l. a, u ThlrJ-elaw mall matter.
Co-Operation.
IN. Y. Time.)
It seems lo 1m) prokihlo Mint tlio noxt stop
in advance lo 1o nmdo in nriculturu will lio
the iiitrcxliictfon of somo sort nf co-opcrntivo
association runoiijj firmer. At tliu presort
timo .(riciiltiiro in tha only Imsincss In wliicli
misn not singly, nml eonflno their operations
thtir own rciojrueii, What would h.tvo
boon tliu portion of thing now hml other
business enterprise Iwon limited in tlio sama
manner. There would havo hecii no line of
teaman crossing tho ocean) no telegraph com
rsmloi spanning tlio world with their wire
anil cables, no milm.ids opening up vast wil
elcrnoascs rich in every source of wealth, hut
deatltiito of associated lalmr And capital no
mino pouring out gold, silver, iron, or tliu
till more valiutliln nnd iiidispeus.ihlo coali
i) funmcos to convert ores into mctnln;
maildnd, in fAct, would hsvo lieen only par
tially civillroi knowledge) would havu lieen
confiiiuil to liArrow personal experiences, and
thin great continent would Imvu hcon tlio
homo nf tha savage, excepting n imrrow atrip
long tho se.t en.tst in which men would Mill
Iiavo delved, dug, plotted, mid reaped hy
hind without tliu lieli of m.tcliiiieii or of nuv
civilized aid. Iml it wai nil nnnociated
aflort that first peopled tin cant. Commerce
ami civilization coulil nuver hato lieeu tint for
association of ideas, of lalmr, nnd of capitol.
Co (.iteration It economy, developed in pro
iwrtiou to tlio rfToctivt'iii'M of the nvociatiwi
u'lio enormous ope rntionshytt heat thatisgrotvn
inchinply in tliu North-west nroco-ojcnitivo.
Associated cnpittl procme-i a vant tract of
(aihIi stock it Willi tho most cllectivo iundo
menu nnd machine! introduces nil cflectivu
system of division of l.iliori hnn nliumlniit
moan to entry on work until tliu crop nru
harvested iiml sold, nnd hy tho extent of tliu
hlpmciit in nhlu to secure tliu very lowest
tranipm tatioit nnd nt tliu belt market. Hero
aio present nil tho elements of success, nnd
tho ordinary fanner net a theso eiinrnmiis
ipmnllticH ol wheat thrown upon tho market,
and reducing tiricos to tho lowest point of
production, Tho unaided aiuglo farmur might
a well put hit urop Into lag ami haul it in
Id wagon n thniianid milea to n market nnd
Iwpo to compotu micccHifully with tho railroad
or tlio canal, a to hold hit own with n rone
Uiiatiun, ti.nt can fnnn 00,000 nrrti of land,
mul ahip oOO.OOO lui.lieU of wheat in
(canon. Tliu very kaiiiu thing in occuriiug in
regard to livo atock. On every hand tliu
faimir liny neo couililnatlom forming with
which hu mint coinpcto clugln liaiuled, nml
riuharraoeil hy nn uuirotitalil exi r;ndili"
of Ida capitol, or at rant n portion of it, lio
Mlxirn under tha itiwidvnutago of n diversity
of cropn, mid of a cotiatnnt cliaugo of employ,
incut; of it largo amount of money invented In
tooU nnd machinery that could do ten time
tho aervicu which hu can uct from thitii) of it
a mall retail liuaincM. which coiU greatly
more In proportion than it run heari of pur
clinncn madu ill tlio aama nmall way, and
chitlly tiMit long cnxliU nt tho higheat pricun;
o that wlillo Id investment of capitol piyn
liut A very luw luteivat hvcnuau it la Idlu A
largo portion of thn time, Ida income. U loo
aoncd a'd Ida outgo is 'ucivaaeil nt tho aamo
timo. Thua, ho la pieaied n between tlio
iifther nud tlio upper inilUtouen, ground mid
cruahed by tho forca of an nverwhrl'uiug
coniHititlon, with tha pHiret mo.uu of meet
ing it. la thcru n reined) t Tor every evil
tliero ia aomo icmely. And thia ia mi il
that ! U'coniing hardly felt. It aeema nt
llrat night tlutt ngriculturo mutt nei-ea.nrily bo
can ied on under tho nnnio iucIIkhU on other
induitriea ami other liuaiuean, Thincnu haul
ly Ik! dUpiltcd. If thin iatruc, then it follows
tint tho common lmaineaa methoda mint lo
applusl to agriculturv, Wu know they nro
not, nud that tho JMil.ttiou of tho farmer is a
grievance mid nu injury to him, liisomo w.ty
lio miiat relievo liliucff from that aiulcnca
and Uolation of interest from which other l
iluatries havu oui.tucip.tttd theuutlvoi. Hut
how shall it Ihi done?
It is scarcely xMili ns yot to dcllno any
system liy which interest to aomo extent
auUgonistio can Ik lurmonited nud commit
tUtrd) liut tliero nro way nud means hy
which mutual help mil Iki given, A notable
iiittanco of how almply men mav coiubiuo for
thin purpose, ia nlVoi iled by tho Husaiau Men
liouitea of Knusas. Thcau jHMip'o buy nud ow II
their co.tly impleiueuts nnd machines in com
mon, na far as possible, A whole act of ma
clilnery aeeil drills, moweis, rcupera, thresh
ers, uud liny rakes -is owned by a partnership
of soventl lieighhonug farmers, and n thou-
aaud dollars worth td costly tools serve to
da tho satuu work that may bo done tlsow heiv
liy hi seta owucti oy aa many scp-trnto
fanners. Hero a thousand dollars serve
tha purxso of ten thousand, without any
tlitllculty, loss, or incriMsutl wtvtr amktr.tr,
for such machines depieei.itu iiiorowhoawyiug
idle tlin wlmii in oireful uao. Tho facTtnay
indicato that thcru is a way to imxt tho
whole case if farmer would only seek it.
Corn Meal and Clover Hay.
(Nillonsl Lire Stock Journal.)
"Dairyman" nayn ho lion n heard of 20 cow,
which will nil coma in in Kotcmhcri mid nn
ho must reap his harvest In winter butter, ho
watitn to know whether clover hay mid corn
meal will ban good combination of food for
winter milk nml butter, or how much meal?
Corn meal nnd good clover liAy will bo n
proper combination of food to produco milk,
for corn in rich in ntaroh nnd oil, both good
for butter; nnd clover hay It ricli in caneino or
checto, no that they ponncnn both tho carbon
aceous mid nitrngcniruin elements in proper
lialance. Hut corn meal in n heating food
nnd ttitint be fed with good Judgment. It
must not bu fed alone, but mixed witli n por
tion of tho clover liny. A portion of the
plnvrr linv ktmnlil l.n ruf li.tn kt.t.rf Imwrtl.
nml the mcnl should bo mixed with twlcu its
bulk of cut clover j tlio cloter licing moistened
to that tho meal will ndhcro to tho hay. nud
both bo eat"li together. If tlio meal in fed
wiiii inreu tlmtn m liulk of cut clover, no
much tho better, Tlio meal bcim? mlxe
with hay, both will vo into tho stomach to
gather, nml tha meal, instead of being uivmcd
in a lump, or bolus, will bu distributed
throughout tho contents of the stomach, will
bo raised nml rcmnsticnted, mid thus not lie
likely to produce n feverish ntnto of tlio nyn
teiu. Xicelv cured rnrlv cut clover Is n imnd
nlnglo food for milk, nml com meal will ndd
oilier qualities no ns to givo ininn nnctyi but
theso two fwxls in.ty Iki improved by adding
others so ns to givo variety. If dairymen
should grind half corn nud half oats together,
or even ouo bushel of oats with two bushels
oi torn, It woulil ileciileilly Improve tlio ra
tion. Oats no excellent fur milk. It will
also bo an improvement to mix f0 lbs, of
bran or wheat middlings with 1 00 lbs. of corn
meal. It should nlways ho Ixinio in mind
that tho greater variety in tlio food of tho
cow tho hotter better for tho health of
tho cow nml bot'er fur tho llnvnr of tho
milk nml butter. If corn inc.il oidv is
fed with tho ilovor, then ndd 0 quart
of meal, fed in two feeds, or better in three
feeds, with nix or nitiii quarts of cut elovr nt
each lecil, ll brnn do inlxinl, tlii-n II lln, of
too mixture ner ilavi II oats mm corn nro
ground together. H lbs will do. Thu cows
nhoiild nlno hnvnnll tho I ng liny they will
eat. This ration, with good water nml a
well-ventilated atnblo will givo n return, from
Managing tho lock.
Mrs Stock Joi nl,
Tho inodo of conducting
for profit will vary nccoidii
cost of food, Near tile larj
nnd on land upon which ah
best compensation for tho f d consumed, the
rain lambs of tho flock will rincipally bu (lis
pojed of nt n few months o
tcr pr fit nt thia than at nu
iod. The forty pound fat I
food than any forty pounds
aft-rw arils, nml brings nboi
pound. If, then, a Hock of
being crossed with a purelih
Cotswohl ram, for t' c purp'
foundation nml building
breeding Hock, it will lio
oidv the own lambs trr.iitn
Imi kept for btcedii g, hut gr
;reni improvement over to
mil to it rain fo tho same b od ns their niro.
p, in grading tip n Hock tot u
breeding flock
ly to locAlity nnd
Easti-ru markets,
p nro kept ns the
nsnllbrdinghet-
subsequent per
il) costs less in
' growth added
thrco prices per
oininou cwos fa
1 .Southdown or
u of laying tliu
an improved
)lltablo to keep
mm should never
u ewes will bo a
mon ones when
A BEAK HUNT ON THE D0SEW1LP3
"Tell usalHiiit somo of your hunting adven
turcs Willam," wo said one Winter evening
ns wo sat around our bright fire.
Will is nntout, young, half breed boy, whoso
homo is on tliu Uosewilps, n river, which
Hows Into Hoods Canal, I'crhnps somo of
my readers may not know whcroltco.i'j Canal
is? If they havo never been on I'uect
hound, or nro not poscsned of a largo
Western Washington, Territory it will
To tell the ge of a Cow.
Tho ago of horned cattlo may generally bo
known by rings on iho horns till their tenth
year, after that timo they givo no indication
of age further than that thu animal has pass
oil its tenth year. The first ring appears on
tho horn after the animal is two years old
soon after, ns n general rule, though some
times before that ago. During tho third year
tlio ring gradually increases, nnd nt theo years
of niru it is conmlctclv formed. Tho nccoud
. . .r .i. -...i
map of i r nf appears miring mo iourtu year, im
i.. tlie lilt i vcnriin commote, niicrii iivnu.. ....
additional nut! Is formed each year. I'hisrulo
King of the Blood
hart! for them to realize tho "maun liectit ills. . .,,, ....,"... ...i rr...
tances" of theso far reaching. Inland sea, with ' 'i. 'but' K.STracUco to c,l.f.hl.5 ton d '" "S? ".
ood, i cow's ngo on her bonis. A cow ttitl. thu ---". - ,"-""""""". "'
their many beautiful tributaries. Hoodi
rdsn pure blood
tho (amis each
market K.ich
lirernuilniarerto
irnctically iqual
use of fradmg
winy tno'o oi irood lorm mil prinio liei
should bo kept for bictiliug.) The lirst
qmsiiu oi n proiitaiiio annual i a good n
tlto ami active ilii.Mtion. A l.ibitiinllv n
gooil cows, in uvory way satisfactory.
to 3f. hi ur.uiiuir ti
. m " . i' i . ..
iirmtitiou lined, nliout hull '
year may bo nold for tho eai
xciierntioii will iinroxim.ito i
tlio piiroblixid until they arc
for mutton or wool.
It will bo neeti that tho ex
up this Hock over that of conlion bivo iimr i
baldly worth considering! tilt, in fact, tho
nun or wether lambs ni.ttketil each year will
bo enhanced in value muehlmoro than tho
cost of thu putu blood ram ovl u common ouo.
Hut whilu theso ewe lambs nrgrow iug up to
breeding ngc, thu dcfi.titl ones iiillst Ihi
weeded out, nnd not peiiift'id to breed.
icra
ro-
line.
ilil eater nh lild lilttavs bo il-eai.led. u lint.
oyer beauty of extern I fioui i mxy possess.
Xo p olit uvercoiiies from nslju' l nlir. Tlio
breeding owe, if alio raises gitsl l.iu.l.i, must
secietu n lllienil miantitv of nilk. mid this can
only bu ilouo liy nlargoconsiiiipth nuddigen
tionoffood, Tho yoiiiul owe! should not lio
nreil iieioru ll to III mouths old; earlier breed
ing is not eonilticito to vl'-or of constitutiou.
As thu Hock increases in ii'umbcr.'. ur nt t
caracan cniistamly bo given to n-lection of nml
tho ewes to bo hied -lirceihiig always from up
tuu iiem, i ue mini cmss will git e ewes oi t
pure blooil, ami this can bn accoinnlished in
four Viarsi two years moru wLuld glto lo 111
blood; no that six yearn would grado up com
mon ews to lifteeii-sixteentlis blool South
down, Cotswohl, or other puro liinmi. It it
not, thereforo, long to wait far n thoroughly
imimiveil flock. Wlicll will, tiraetienllv one
nil tho higher IiIihkI, After tlio llftli ciom
with puro blood rams, or tlirtv onu tlilitv
neco' d p.trt of tho puro blood, tho lams of
mis cross may no considered, prepotent, nud
may Imi used for breeding often even tho
cross below this w ill bo found prepotent ns
in. lies, inn r.iigiisu nnori oorii Herd nooic
admits four crosses to record an Short Iionim
ami thu nmuo rtllo would hold w itli sheep,
Hut wu think breeding together crude of low
degreu tends to bring puro Mood into dlterc
slit, and is unprofitable.
Sheep at the Fat Etock Show of 1880.
(Mstlonsl I.lf Hln. k Journal.)
Though giHMl, thu disnlay of sheep at tho
latu I'at-ntock .Show wan far short of what is
warranted by tho magnitude of tho interests
of nheep husbandry, and tho capacity of the
men engaged therein. Fow new names weru
to be found nn tho list of exhibitors, nnd no
very marked illflcrcncc were observable in
tho number mid character of Iho nniimd
shown. .Such diliorcnccs ns oxlsted wen-,
however, in tho right direction, I. u , n rcdiiu
tion in Iho number of inediocro animals
show ii, atldit higher standard in tlioso brought
before tho public. In thin far it may bo con
sidcred such an improvement upon it prede
cessors as to warrant increased cirbrt on tho
part of liith managers nnd exhibitors to sup
pi)' through comparison and intelligent
triticiima long-felt want among litu-stock
breeders.
Tho penn were luontlv filled with Cotswohl
nud Southdown (tho latter prrdominating),
nnd tlieir grades. Ilotli bleeds presented
nomo lino niitvimens, nil sbowing utrcfiil ban-
iiiiiiK nun uiK-rnt leeiiing. in met, soii " I l. i , ,, . ...
tho long wiKilswtm w.-l fcrtnocominitteen 0h,lfw mit that somo of them were from
It Mutt be Stopped!
!.! Stock Journal.
About forty thoufand head of cnlvcs hao
lieen brought from Kaitcrn dairy districts to
Chicago within tho post livo months, nml sold
from hero to go to various sections Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri,
etc, I Where did theso cahes como from!
Wo wish wo could tell, but wo cannot. It in
saiil that they went mainly from Northern
fi.i.. i it- . i ...
uinuaiMi iicsirrn inw lolK! lull now do
iieiiuj too (at. 'or prontaiiiu iii-cnsiuir siul " pietim pnctiirouia Inleetcd regions of Kew
fhttlng. S mo interestiux sneciineiis were to Jersey, hiu-orn Tensvlvnnia nnd .Marvlan.U
bo n- I.. ...r-p.n .lnu.' i Bi--' IfTi: ,t i -"" ' Pt'n "
crosses, very nearly ni.prpacl.nic tho Ideal , ,,,17, ,,, viuw of t,10 C0I1(U.
standard of a nro ltablc feedliiu nhecn. llieol . ".... . '. ...
l.ro taluc feeillliu sheen
nro tho sheeii upon which th iivenigi. farmer
must ilepritil lor mutton production, ns tho
drn.aud for thon.ughbiud animals for breeding
iMtaea will long keep the prico ol at.eli
stink als.vt. that warraiiietl by any possible
coiitiugriu'if of tho meat market. Tho grade
sheep ii tho only ot.-i within naclt tif tho
majority of feeders which peascsacs to any
coiisidcntblfl ilegr-o tl.oso charAcleiiatics of
hnnlinea and rapidity of fattening for which
tho Cotawolda and tho several Down aru ao
ronspicui.ua. Tho results from using rams nf
Cotswolds, Sntitl.dow ns, Sliropshln. Downs,
mid Oxfordshire DoWnn, an seen at tho I'ut
Stock . Show, word highly t'l.coiiritgiiig to the
ndmirrraof ench of tlioas xipulir tau'etics
emphasiliiig all that has beoii said in way of
eulogy in their behalf.
Adulteration of Butter.
Ut Mock Journal.
Dairy circles, its well as consumer of but
ter generally in till city liato lievn wry
much vxorcisvJ of late over tho discos cry tlut
oiioi moils quantities of a ct.mpouud, consisting
ol alsut onudialf to two. thirds of bog's lard
to ouv-ha'f or one-third very ordinary butler,
ia living uiantifacturvd and sold a butter in
t'li city. If wo woro aluolutely certain that
tie animal grvaso Used in tho u.ai.uf.tcturv of
till stulf w a pure loaf l.tnl, a ia claimed bv
tl.oio dunged in the business, it would not bu
iiuiW so lud, but how do wo know that this I
ho case? How do wo know that the vilo
-otluct nf our city rvitdering i-atabliahmeut
tot Urre'y use.1 lit tho inauufitcturo of this
tiiuatio ? Wo aro glad to know that tho
meu of this legion as well aa our city
Olliccr aro looking into this matter.
iness of food adtiltt ration seems to ho
not of ltc, and urgtiitlydcituiuda at
What tho farmer want in tho shape of (tock
is thu lcat ho en. get. If he is breeding for
Iwcf, no pKir man can all'urd to usv a mean
siio and no rich mail will. Tho same U true
is he is raising milch cattlu; ho must not only
till out tho incut milkers, but in n she of
the Inst milking strain tit 1 ld. lor the
lltst wu havo tho .Shorthorn, tint Hereford and
tha I n von, for tho'lsttci the Jersets, thu Hot
sttins and tho Aflsliiia-n, It Is, u.ui-ottr,
possililo to get a isnorthont or Hereford bull
llt.m a g'HKl milking fau.it)', nnd tliero aro to
lio iccumuicudvd, in our estimation, aa lirst
best) because nf weight of carcass when
llu-tlly sent to tha block, A sire, Iiowcmt,
front thu ilillereilt herds mentioned, llulstciu,
Avtt'shiro or Ji ivv. w ill lo of immeuso ser-
vicotutimaii or a uoigh!oiloid hating 40 to
IKI cow s to breed fur milk or butter, and no
tow luliip in tho settled West or South ought
to Ik witheut ouo. Alt oxcluinso pertinently
ruiiiutka, Inmetcr, that Iho next thing after
good lilooil is gis.l iced, and then good care,
Vlrusl, feed, cue, aro thico-third of surer-
nil cattlo husliaudry. (IwhI tirrcslt amount
ti. nothing w ithotit proxr and itbundsiit ftod.
They amount to but little w itlt proper and
abundant food, if not pivprrly shcltcicd and
rared for. They must have suitable pasture
and soils, ami tho surface of tho rountty must
Ik) adapted to theirrouatitution. ThoShott
horn and llrrrftml nro out of place on broken
pasture and hilly r.tngt;thu Avrshiic.Dctou
ami Jersey are tliero at home, Tho llolsteiu
delight in rich allutial mead and succulent
bottom grass laud. OikhI cattlo are a nuvs
any udjuurt to good farming ctrrv where, and
always accompany it. Thu iutosluctioit of
good stock into any farming community n'
way ha a good rtlrct by stituuUting it to
In-tter rll'ort and K'tirr fnding. It puce a
higher sUmUrd U-foro tho farming public. It
excite a fatorahlo emulation that wotk cood
to all U'luatl. it iutlueuct. (!xxl cattle atv
tho highest typo of agriculture.
tion of thing in the Kaitorn dairy district.
It i like playing with inatcbt overn hjw
dtr tl.agatll.e; and if it shall lie preinlt'td
aiiolher season, wo ran tcarcely even hope
that our Wsttern herds willcsrnpe infection.
Congirss must, nt it next session, enable the
Western States to protect thenistlvts from
this menace, by enacting somo such law n is
inked for in tho rosolut on idopied nt tl.u
imctiug held 1 1 this city on tho 17th tit.
Wo cannot possibly atlunl to Vto theso tinny
district eniptn d upon tin another season, in
tin reckles manner! ami wotlull iitou every
nader of Tho Journal who owi n tow or it
steer to nit out or copy tlio petition to Con
gress which will bo found at tho Ixittoiii nf
tho third page of tho rover of tin number,
attach it to n sheet of writng faiHT, circulate
it among hi neigliUirs, and, tr.thln ten date,
send it to hi memlier of Congress, or to tho
Speaker of tho House of Kepi, teutaive. At
Washington. Wo hate dallied with thia dan
ger to longalre.tdy. Let us wno upCoiigrc
with it dtluguof pstitouantouce, l.w-ry man
must work.
and
Ciieh tut It.m. - Tho Chchali titer
other stnams are very high.
Tho little steam schooner, Kate and Annie,
front Portland to Mei.tea.tno, broke her shaft
ami drifted ashore on tho North side of (iray
llarUir, on tho '-M iust. At tho timo tliero
w a a strong . Southeast wind and high tides.
Sho found anchorage on A 0. 1 vinous patur-
ge. A cluiaiel u now being dug, ao a to
get her utt.
Cuial is a Southern arm of I'ugct Sound.
It is sixty miles long, averages two miles in
width, and was no called because a man nam
ed Hood won killed on its shore by Indians, a
number of years ago. Its banks on either
sido aro high wooded hills, with occasionally
n valley, down which noma swift stream brings
its Hood from tha mountain depths. Thu
Dosuwilps is ono of theso rivers, it few men
havo iundo hoiiios upon its banks, but tliero is
very littla oneit laud, Wooded hillsntruteho.it
in every direction, dually rising at tlio North
in to tuu wivuipian .Mountains, i uroiigu
theso woods ilham has hunted every nim.0
ha learned to handle n gun mid has had somo
exciteing adventures.
"It wits about thu ii iddlool last September''
Mid William, when 1 Blurted out for a dats
hunting, I had poor luck though, mid tramped
tliu woods no illy nil day without seeing any
thing worth shootiuc nt. Ahuut sunrut I
ciinudown to thanter bank ami saw that 1
ns nine ur ten miles above homo, iust then A
little dog I had with mo began to lurk and
looking up tha river 1 saw n lic.tr eating nllih,
raising my shot gun I tired nt liiin and ho fell
oil thu hank iiro tho river, hut Houmlernl
mound, got out nml walked awny, thinking
to nukunhoit work of him I stood my gun
against n trto nml taking my revolver in my
hand followed him, I noon overtook him nnd
lired liittii.c him in thu ilcht shoulder, ho
g.tvo a big grunt but rati oil. Tlio third timo
1 anno up with him ho wan going nnnilid a big
enter t.eo and I was behind another tiro
aliout eighteen yards oil", its i Hied ho turned
seeing tha smoakr, run nt mo, 1 cliiulicd
ouo liljili rock, ncross which ciotv tso
siemier iiio lunpies, ouu nlKivu thn other. 1
(talked out on tlio lower, ono holding on tho
upixroiio to steady myself, I thought tlio
near would not trust his weight on them ami
o could not get at me, but intse.id of climb
ing up nn tlio rock ho cmno n round tinder
lie.tth thu maples nnd rearing up neied thu
tines in his mouth mid btut It brenkiu it, tids
lowering mono that ho could gut luu around
thu hints nml pull mo down, thou ho gradually
worked tin to mv waist aiminc to cut at inv
throat. I kept my left nnu up to ward hnn
olf nud let him chaw on that, nftern ttisslu wu
would both bo tired out mid havo to lent,
l'l'mill tho bear mado a spring mid feelting on
my shoulder began to bito nud tear my hand
which 1 held up so keep him from my throat
I had a dirk knifu in my ixickct but tho
bear had his paw on mv right baud, uud when
ever I t'ied to get tho knifu ho would roll ovtr
on mo in such away thai 1 could iiotn.ovo my
h.iud; ho struck inv mm with his p.tw oncu
with such n forca that I thought ho had bro
ken it, th-n liuel.iwe-dlny head, nil tho timo
trying to get at my tliro.it. At last tho War
yot kind of worried out nud I made n ere.it
ell'uit nml throw him oil' mid got nwny, I then
went a short distance nml jumped into n pond
of water mul wnshed tho blood out of my uyes.
1 li.ul tin to deep gashes in ono thigh, two on
my head nml my left arm and liotlt hands
weiu putty well clawed up 1 got my gun
and went home, ttading the rivir thix'o times,
1 wan burning hot and thu noxt morning was
cry still' mul sore, but wtnt nit with my
l.rothir offer tho bc.tr. Wo found him in
the pond w hele I had washed myself, lb
w.ia.UaiJjuxHfTPbtft1rthInTrTTSrTrwM
consult rahly cltwrd up and I shall bear tho
marks n long us I lite."
"What did you do with thoskiu!" wo asked.
"Sold it for n dollar," wn the reply. I
tent it with seven others to San IVmu-isco and
got only a dollar apiece for tho lot."
I.UKLI.1M1.
rinifs i r V.-.11-H old I Willi four rillL'S SllO 1
seven years old. o now rings nro fortiHtl.
nftcr tho tenth year; tho deeper rings, how-
over, nnd tho worn appearance nf tho horns,
nro pretty suro indications of old age. I
Consumption Curotl.
An old physician, retired front practice
havinc had nlaccd in Inn bauds by nu K.tst
India missionary tho formula of n simple veg
Eruptions, Bait Illicum, Swellings, Dyspepsia,
l,ITCr L.UIIIJJIHIMI, Al UHlty, VDinitR, &C.
Nine-tenths of all chronic and temporary
disorders arc caused by disturbance of the clr
culation of the blood, which depends greatly
upon the quality. If Impure from want of
proper food, nir, light, exercise, change of
scene, or from overwork, the whole system feels
it. Sometimes its Impurity Is Indicated bv on
tn i in renin v Inr t in ntieedv n id nciinai i-m .,.., i. i .
-- -- - -- -i - . . ., , onnciiiscascsiiJiiHii ; sonict me oyasioomv
cilia for Consumption, lhouchitis, Onttnli, , . y gioomy,
Asthma, and '.ill Tliro.it and Limit Affection, despondent, U"i ! b-cllug tiommonly called
also n posituo ami radical emu lor JSei toils
I'elnllty mid nil Sertoli t,oinpi.tinis, niter
having t sted its wonderful cur.ttito liower
in thousands of cases, has ft It it his duty to
make it known to his sulfurii g fo'lows. Aettl
attsl by this motive and n tlcsirj to leheto
hiiuiaii nufleriiig, I will send lieu of charge to
all who desiie it, this I eel lie, in (lerm.lli,
I'leiicli, or Kugllsh, with full directions for
pi'viurinc mid using. Sent by mail by nil-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper.
W. W. SHKllAlt. I III Towers lllcck,
liolllm.l lloclinster, rs, l.
.liiinU I'lower
Tlio Imincnso silo nnd gicat popularity of
firecnVAuctist Kltwrr in all towns nud villa
ges in the civilized world has caused iiuny
imitator) to ndupt similar names, expecting to
roan anil narvost lor themselves ntuio expel to
of tha nlllicttd. Thin im-dicino wns introduc
ed in I80S, nnd for the cure of Dyspepsia, and
I.Ivor Unniplalut, with their cllects, such ns
Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Sick .Stoinaih,
Sick ileadache. Indigestion' Palpitation of
thu II nit, verticil, etc.. etc., it Hover hits fail
ed to our know ledge. Thrco doses will re
"THE BLUES."
Implying lack of energy, debility, and general
tinliappuicw. Nothing is so magical In its.
effects as this KING OF THE BLOOD,
nt once a tonic and alterative, so called because
it temt ami ir the stagnant functions, and
healthful activity results.
Numerous testimonials the genuineness of
which n Rinranteed by our standing offer of
$1,000-and full directions can bo
found in the "Treatise" accompanying each
bottle. Price $I.oo per bollle. Sold by all
dealers In medicine. D, HANSOM, SON it.
Co., Proprietors, Iluffalo, N, Y.
Hove nny caoof lhnpcpsiit. Two million liol
tics sold lost year." Price To cents. Samples 10
cents.
AGENTS AND CANVASSERS
Make from vv.t lo H.'iOprr rrL stlhni; psl (ol
H.(l.llllil'.()Ur&Ci. lo llnnlsr strict, swu.k,
Nritil for tlis.tr titsloirus and trruis.
Before Buying or Renting
fijnj for our I.ATI'.ST Illustrated Cstsloirus (ii pp 4 to.
wlllt NKWKItThTVLiai. at it'll ami iinwanl; or M.il
'eripurirr. snj up. ii,.vi iiihi. tin-no a Itaui
lit or.-uil to.. 1M Tieniont htrcti. H-t ti: so II
HlliMrnt, .Ns York; ItU Wrba.li Asonue.l1ili-.mo.
Totho Farmers of Oregon!
iseo.
llirrr up cur heart sn.l Id tit shin,
Ami nuke Ilia urJi.J el. I tlty rlnj.
The I'Ucu uu sought Ii fcuuil at Ut,
And many thnea inr door ) ou yuied.
When sou corns to town cil ollrn stray
To otlirr itnres o-it ul tli Hiy,
Oh, fanlhh msnl t me It shn s.
You don't know wluro to purchue elotlics.
WlirMsMsoii, ILvaikw" W Ji, ' '
-JtlliHi-ht're Wurth a urMt Urtl mors:
II soti'c utroi.lts Ilia Wcr'-ln rush's Storo
UroaJilotln o( tha rlitiest Imr,
Ague mixture
tnuilrar,
Sometblne New In Entono'.ojy.
1'roin tits lMrull I'ns 1'rtss.
List Sunday n Mr Joue wu returning
from church with hi family ho 4itcovercd a
new mid singular looking bug tit I.I front
doorstep, A ho wits something of n scientist
ho was naturally pleased with the now speci
men, and, forming hi pocket l.indkticliief
into it sort of cage, ho (Httiuccd dot. n on it mid
aucctfded in rapturing it. ' .
"Ilrnig tho microscopo children," he cried,
"and tell jour ma to hurry; 1 want her to
look nt It; I'm suro it U-loug to tlio Heinlp-
it,., v..- hi .. .iv-, v, ,,&,,, it.ir,
Cl.atlie, put otir ryo to tho oculai sido and
tell mo w hat you co. I
"t)li, imi, ain't it splendid? It's t.-ot font;
wing, eight er, nnd, oh my! ain't it a
sivarkltr, though? lied, and green, nud jcl
In-v, and on, It Is getting away mul I
pa !"
I hen it isu t tlcMilr rnctl .Mr. Joue. ii
ecsUsv; "I wa-s-n't iptl-i-to uro whether it
u.ovisl or net. Ut mo look I Ves! it' a tcr-t
restrial, 1 think, ntttrull; it belougi to tho
genu Peiitatoui.t tho aiittiin.u hat that
iH-culiar tlexiblo look; ainl yet. now that I
linik again, thu rye serin to indicate that it'
i a pi.) tocoris, in w hich roo it w ill lc very
destructite to your in.i' phut' ami we must'
kill it unco. Ill ask Prof. Sill. It will 1st,
in any cue, a valuable addi'iou to icienco. -Maria,
w hero's tho chloroform?"
"l!p tut tho clock shelf; w hat aro you going
to do with it," asked Ml, done who had j
been giving hi r undivided attention to, tho I
laty.
"Kill thi bug a soon a you havo exaiiin
cd it." answered Mr. Jones in a lofty v.ice.
"lslullprcse.it it to the IKtroit acicttitlo
aiViation ,
"Wrll, 1 gues not. Mr. Jonca," bivk in
hi wife, who wa looktug with much uteres
at tho new tpccimeu. "1 vtiil fi for tha
l.'ii; last week to wear on my i.ew lsuiuet,an
I must havo dropptsl it oil' when 1 can., in
It li'longs to tho genu luillitier-u, tin.
couldn't bo any deader if it Wii Ikvii K.lej
for a century. Science will liato to get alii
without it. Jones, it' already cluitii
Poor Joue)
J1
Amendment to Assessment Law.
IU it enacted by tho Legislativo Assembly of
tl.u Stato of Oregon i
Shtion 1. Tlut section 10, of tillo n of
chapter A7 of tho niisiellaneou laws of ((lo
gon, relating to tho nsst-bsiuent of propeity
mid tho lcty nml collection of taxes, o
niiieuded so an to rtad ns follow i
Ski. III. Thu assessor, aftcrsptnllifyiiig, a
prescribed by law, h.tll immediately procure
tioiu tho county clerk n blank assessiutut roll
and foithwith piocce.1 mid assess all taxable
property within liis county, and shall ictiiin
to such county cleik on or U-foro thu lirst
Monday in Scptcmlicr next following such as
scssiii. nt roll, with a full nud complete nssc
meiit of such taxable nrouertv rutried tl. cro
on, including n full nnd pixcisu description of
tho lauds or lot so ow ucd by eaih poivou
tliciviii named, which drcr.ption shall corre
spoud witli tho plan or plot of any town laid
out or loconleil, nud said lamia or town l ts
shatl l v.tlued at their tmo c.isli talue. t.tk
iug into toiisiilciAtiun tho iiuir veiueiita o
tho laud. Ai.d in the nuriouuding eoun ry, tie
otulity of soil, it coiitruit lieu to transpotta
A .,.'.. ....II! 1 ...Ml.. 1 ...1..V .
tlO.l I1I1CS, IIUUIIO IU Ills, nulla mi'l IHII "-
vantages. i't ue t.t!tnluo shall bo held ami
taken toMiitau tho amount null mopem
uoiihl sail for at .1 Mil.ll.t.trt sale liudo III the
ordinary course of biisiues, and not what it
woulil I'ting nt puiiiioauetioii or lurcist uij
Thu isiutit) cotiit of nny county may, if iie'
Sktiy, bv unlet made bWoiu tho first MtntiM)
iiiMpteliiber. extend tho timo for retuni.uj
tho nasosiucht roll until tho lirst M mla in
tOctoWr follow inp " "
WVmsNsn rwilr losi-lltutou !
If IMI IVfl.lt 11). ..I.iii.Im- I,, ua.. .m.
cu inu.t laiy joureourlliii'ilutlilinr litro
Tho ctothes sr as fill (nul to rar,
Tlity lut for months ami will nut tesr.
l"or fruitr ami Hurkrr In tliu -olt:
To nutih tha ork luw tlis a-uoJt.
IU rain w refcr lo else,
That eurwlrts and jou ran lltr.
Our trads Is squsrs and no cout,re -fsuic;
We sell to stcr-f on Hi same,
II us don't visa tslue, wa atk nn )ay,
Or iraks It cxxl some otkrr -.;
Ho try on null, Jut tor ths tut,
Or II net niore, trj pints snd test.
Now sin; this son-; and sing It well.
And sll jnur fritnds ha sur lotrll.
And hoilt tlu-s Mnrdt froin lind to sa,
Tlut Hit WOltlil.MDIIUN'h aTuItt: Is lh place
lor ma,
Vrrilnsmt'n'H Store !i!) First
.Street, ril!an(l, Oroon.
T. CHAMBERS.
octSm!! PUOPKimoU. '
i-
Chills and Fever nro permanently
curod by Dr. Jay lie' Ague Mix
ture. With u llttlo enro on tlio port
of tlio patient to avoid cxposuro, nml
tlio occasional ttso of Jaymk'h Sana-nviiPiLLs.tlil-iromotly
will bo found
lo bo certain In lt operation, nnd rad
ical In IU olTccU. In ninny sections
of tlio country aubloct to Aguo nnO
other nuilnrlnl (llscjtscs. It lias nu es
tabllshod clinractor nn a popular spo
cldo for theso harriisslngtoinplalnts,
nnd tho number of testimonials re
ceived nhow that IU roputution U
constantly Increasing.
,. ....-..uni-anaR6mItfent Fevers
aroolfoctually curotl by Dr. Jnyuc'at
Ague Mixture. In theso com
plalnU enro should bo tajprii to follow
tho dlrectUpij-losoly, nnd cspcchtl
nttontlon given to the llvor, which
should bo asslstod In performing Its
functions by Dn. Jaynk's Sanative
Villi.
liniiriE, MAVIS. CO., Whnlc.1. I..sltrs rcrtlind
Orscoa
MrouVEW
Hie cuRitw
41 iii0kA.ur.ftk 1
ns tjtliCntrmJnnf '
UUT MUlaC alVitld
fetlrauUnURnit use
HOP HtUtsTsVU
If you art youn nnd I
dlM.rtion or iuMt
rleJ or 4iitrU. cLl ur I
poor boattU vt ItutuUik I
Whor yottrrs.
whtfoevrr yo Itrl
iaai ynur nysttm j
ncdt ckaRilntf. too-1
Imr or Uruuwtitnr,
withouUxftMrtcitiNt; j
olt-.,io,
IIISI
nTymirfv
vruniuryroisv
tWrt. Moo J.
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You will be
cured, rvou use
Hop Bittors
Uytxttrvilnv
J Ifyouiooa
ituUJiiiioi
iwM woik. til rf
tntto ldu.ii iivtve and
waive, Um Hop B.
tufferimr from ny In
iivHl i )U4uniiuar
youiMr.fulTPrUtir (roui
nu on ba oi sue.
litters.
TDeuunataie an
i nuAllv iruLi femiaa
ffortn or Kidney
ha tfn priia(t(
L oy iiHiwiy umo(
nopviuert
piy wea k aul:
111 It may
nve your
life. Ithns
avea nun
drodi.
03 1. 0.
U a atatiluU
anu IrrvMHa
Utiuri for
'drunkaoaeta,
,'vm of c,4uiu.
'uiVt
SoUbydru,?'
H.ta. M. ia.ir..ss
CtrcuUr,
nor mmu
rrt. i-o.v
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TrvM-.Oat.
THE DINBEE JbCONARD GO'S
BKAVTIVVU EVEH.HLOfrio
ROES
V e deliver 8TltOXa PUT Roaicts for Winter
la nuj frail a Main's Tropical Leaf of IUrsalu
snai. s lOMTIVt: 111 MKDT for alt tha dUu. i
!. win. Initio iuwtrrsrl ct th iKslt-lir Toni
User llcsilsibcs Jsmll--I)lMlor. (irsttW M.
arts, snj all ditcultli-s of tlis hlJn.ts, Liter an4 l rt
nsry l.rjsui, tor 1 KM AI.E llM:.Srj. VoatM) ilrn
lruitnn.acililorlasl,r-naDc), It r.a. no) at It
rolls. ttserfaiu tlut aits ths hlooU; sn.l I. hence
wiM IL. U.t BLOOD rtl;ltEr.b. It is tiiuonly
Un ruui.il, that currs r.rUhfs l.ea,e. IV r IU.
br. 1.1 wAithr. aik niATurrw cniE.
Irrba's tj Utu.-.-i,t acd all laltrs at tl.tt pr
- "i ;i in tiia wiikfi. irj u
U.a.WarnorAfo.,
RoailioaUir, N. Y.
ltloora and I'all 1'lsntln,
IHiaiHimcea.
an taneieii.
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