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Cattle-Raising la Eastern OreionLlfe la
Harney Valley.
Duuiilas Couhtv, Jn. 22, 1881.
IMitor illamctto Farmers
I ico ly your valuablo paper, which my
brother, Amos Miller taken, and myself ami
family arc nt present on a viait to him and
read tli o Faiium., that you Invito correap -n
ilcnco. In tho year 1800, D. A. Lcven, o(
Conyuiviilc, furiiialicd me with a lew hun
ilrcd cattlo nml liorsca enough to mo in cuing
for tho cattle) woilrove to UoosoLak yalUy,
arriving thcro In July of tho aame year. I
wai to taUo rare of them at my own expeme
nml to pay him $2 per heail. I remained at
Oooso I-uko thrcd yean, and then moved to
llauioy vallo, Omit county, Oregon, It lw
ing liy far a liuttor giaaa country. I have ha I
somuautuiu Winters unci consequently hoay
losses in that way. Wo. an yi u know, weio
in thu luidtt of tho raida of the l'iuta and
llaunock Indian war) loss in that way quite
licivy, hut owing to id ao application to final
lira, I wnsahlo to noil out to Peter Fi ench. of
Stlan Mountain, lait Fall. After all debts
and expense wero paid, my cattlo iutorest
brought tlio mini thlrty-uino thousand dollar,,
and I still havu a hand of 250 horaea hit.
'I Iiia I think ia prutty g od, starting ai I did,
a 1 on credit. Other on do aa well If they
will only diligently mid attentively atay with
it, for 1 think prices will have a tendency to
giup fio-n this tiiuo on, instead of a down
want tendency, n gran ia getting scarcer an t
tlio huiineaa vetting into fewer hands. The
I irjer ow nera nro continually buying out the
.in ill lull. In, and right here I will say that
Peter 1'iviich ia tho moat punctual aa well as
.mrgilla man in tho Harney valleyi he is
eo npaiutlvdy n young man, only about 33
years old) ho his tttia Winter about 3,000
licof ati'ers, which ha is holding for a raiae in
bief. Ho h.ia aa yet always met his promiaes
i'i money nutters promptly, and diservea sue-
Ona great wrong inflicted oi thepeiploof
tho Il.irney omntry, an I oxtoudlng through
K is tern Oregon, la tl.o ao-odlcd Military
Roils, known ai tho Fengriand HoL-g roads.
Thoy luvj auicccili-d in getting the land
gnntod by the got ernm -nt and havo notmaje
any road) only surveyed and placed mila
kUI.o ') they do not go' a pitont and will not
a ill to settlers, only keep the laud out of
market and pay no taxes.
'Iliu hull in UMUation t'at takes in most
of Harney alley ia another oriat humbug)
not an Indim nu it, nor has there been since
Ihu lljnuick war, n it interim!, aa they wer
all ronouil to tho Yakima reservation eoon
after tliu war u.w over. Thcro ia an agent
and a few umployn still there, but for what
purport) no into hero can even iirmise. Thia
lutenucuiit lined sumo '.',300 am a to every
Indian tint was ever on tho paper of the
agency. It la a very gooil graaa country-sur-roii'.dcd
byci'tlo ranches, or men engaged in
onttlo r.iiaiug.
!. l li. ... lot mn aim. .1 nf (It A amm niltraflxi
ondi, ml on a fow of ua by thoao very men we
line voted and worked for all the time. It
ia as phln aa thu suu at noonday that ofllce
Mvkera ai a general jhlng care nothing for
thu men who elcutvd them) just so they get
t,io iiionuy is all thoy care l r. Our vo'es
cud our hard earned money ia all the uae they
h ivo fur ua, and to prove) thia I will relate to
) on a inio facts, (lr.ua on know grows e ery
cir now after the Indiana a' oa' taken away)
u did not for u moinont think w e were doing
auyhaim to them if our cattle did eat some
nf this gras on thu ruse, v l-u, so did not try
1 1 keep them olf, Uie cons queues was we
wero sued aa trotpiaso s, and held to apr
IxifouJudgo He ly at Por-laud, some 300
mite away, and thou a flue Imposed on me to
thu tuuo o( $S0(i. This graas woull have'
rjtt d o. bteii Im nt up if wo had nt uaod a
dttluul it and watched uvct it. Judge Ueady
tit hit iiiatiuctioiia to thu jury, said no one but
men of iliarcputaMo ihiiactera would aettle
near or adjiniig to an Indian. reservation,
nml that hu uould hold them juat aa guilty as
though they had driven their catt o on to this
sacred ao I. Nuw iir.' on) so sueil lived oft
o this Und in qucitimi; whilat those who
liol dlivctly on it, hiving their homes and
all tiny had on it, not ouu of them were mo
letted. Olio othur grovt out aije to our peo.
l!o ia in thu pciiainning of Old Sally Wiune
lime. Shu ia known to Im a prineeaa of easy
ir in, often dun k, and of no earthly ue to
tho (luvoviiiiiont; hut tho p ople's money was
Htl to pay hir $75 per month. Kot satisfied
ul'litlni, thetiemr.il must get her pension
".tat ftKH) a ear, room and rations tj Irro at
V.inuouirr. Thcie ia anine lio'ier use for the
people in nmy Iha-i to waatol thua. Would
it ut have been hotter to hive hrlfnd the
widnus and orphans mwlo liy th"si aame In
diana. There liea in Happy valley, near
Stem's mountain, a cipphM wld w with Are
tiuill chihlieu) a'.ie taunut vtalk without the
tut) f ouu crutch. Her hiisKin I, John T.
Stn tli. ami hi f ither, wore kill il and burnt
up by thorn tame Imliuui fieir horse and
vnttlo killed and ato'ru) but not one Word do
wuhear in h.rbvhalf. She exist by cluritl
from thoao who also sutlered.
Jot)); 8. MutiR.
WILLAMrTTTK PAllMKRt ronTLAWP. ORFX10N. FKBRUAKT 4.JM1L
.t r"ln IS.W! ha was the aire of the
OBE00W HORSES.
Sketch ot Eartr Horse HlstorySplenmd Stoclc
of sU Kinds Horst Bice lng In East
ern and Western BtctlonsOre
fon not Surpaasii by Kcn
tuckr for Natural
UorsePastures.
nr jamw wiTiivcitnr, v. .
We aro fortunato In bring ablo to prcflciit
thorevlcraof tho FAUMrn wltlian ablo and
carefully prepared nrticlo on Oregon hore,
film shed by Jamui Willi, combe. Ksip, a t-crina-y
aurgeou of education and experience,
well kn wn In thl. city, who has dono omplo
jirstico to this very intcreating aubjeet. In
all caws welmoto rcipieat breiity in ench
communl-ati'inn, ai no dhall rouil inc all in a
double inue, intondod for cireuhtlou In the
K-.t, but this s ibjcct, eapei ially, admits of
much fuller tnatnicut. Ortgmi ia tho natural
home of hu linrti. Wo have nil gr.idoi, from
the Shetland puny to tho imported Clydesdale
or Norman, Inehidlngil o hct blood nf thor
ooghhreds. I'onter, OnO of tho moit uoteil
hon s of tho inolern stud, went from Oregon
to win Ilia great foiiMiillo ra:e in Cilifor ir,
that gave tho Dual "Auction to his faimv Hut
wo value most our grand laco of roailatir
and work horses that cannot bo excelled. Mr,
Withvcoiiilw exprcaaes tho belief that fifty
draft horaea ciu In picked out in I'orilaud
that cannot be excelled in any city in the
United 8tatcs.
TIIK (IIIMnS II0II1K.
That there is an excellent t po of horses In
Oregon, all horsemen tint ecrlaitcd oui
State admit. Whilo liool ia an important
factor in producing thoio auprrior apecimem
of tho equine apeeiot, our anil ami climate
muat lie credited wi h tho lion's portion ot the
honor. Thcro is probibly nocnuntiy in the
world that can excel Kitcrn and Woitern
Oregon in the production of fine horses. Wi
hare tho advantagu of both soil and climate
Eastern Oregon aurpiaaoa Western Orcgo i in
producing hor os for roa I and speeil purjioea
owing to the poculi v dim ito and unlimited
rsngo, comprising a vast open, ratljir hill)
country, nf coiiiilcrahlu n'titude, dry iliuiaU
and prodiici.ig generally an abumlaiico of
bunch graa, which ia ery nutritious; watei
is rathor scarce) hors s ofun go tun lido
from their ranga for water, alttaya with a run
or fast trot, which keepa them In the hii'hcitt
degree of muacular ilevelonmcut from tho time
they are foaled until takiu fiom tlio range.
It ia remarkable that in connection with the
facilities allonled for their plijr.ical develop
nient, the graa. should be ot audi a ,v. ry mi
tritious clurocter. which is of such great im
nortanco in prodiuiug the growth ot colli
that are rrquiied to traiclso much. Nnt
withatanding thoao ore trials the immature
horao ia aubjtct to, I have novor knouti one
to suffer from an impvifect nutiitiun nt Hie
Imiios. ltiokets and bighrad are unknown
here.
estern Oregon ia more of an agricultural
coun'rv, consequently the rangu for hono ia
limited. Horxu genorally glow cry fast and
large that are taiod here, largely attiibutable
to the abuiidaiKO of nutritious fnod and lew
physical exertion rrquind by tho rolt in ob
taining feed and water. It is miicrally con
ceded by h rsemen here that stallions tint are
brought here from other .Statin outbrecd
themselves, i. e., the progeny it larger than
the tire when nutimnl. a rule. W'lulo the
horse that are aiacil hro aro not geuoially
oonaidered a touijh as tho Uiiti-r.i Oregnn
horaea, nevertheless they aro atruii J, healtliy
animals,
OKI'IIM n tub onmos llor.-'K.I,
The pioneers evidently beforo ttaiting'to tl's
country took into i-oaanleration tho long,
teilions joumiy that the) wrrogniugtoniider
take, c-'lisi-quriitly n-lc-U I lioiv, principally
mares that had pi'ivou tl'eiuwlir to have
noted
horo"lluinlKililt"oneilby tho smo gen1
t'emani about fio saino tuno Mr. Olenby
brought "I.niniiiuxt" al-o Mr. Moaa of Oiogou
Citv bought "rimoleon"and aCoppirlioltom
hone; nlK-ut 1B.V., Mr. Young of Linn conutv,
hrmmlit a larco hone called "John" slid lobe
..i.i i.-i-i.....l.n.."(rwk. in IMS. .Mr. John
.Welch, of I a'io county, brought "'Kinenian
by inmnrteil "litviicnu) nwiiii ino win.- .,
Mr. Winklo broiiRht "Mardial" afterwards
own-d by Mr. K. M. Wmlu, rialeni) almt the
aamo tiiuo Mr. Smcltrer. of l.i.m uiunty,
brought a "Hutrand" hurse.
iNTiiotii'CTinx or Tnorr.M.
In IfiOO J. I.-ane ot New York, Wight
"Paul Jones," a lilac k Hak her c, a red by
McCrackcn'a lll.uk Hawk, he by Vermont
lllack Hawk; Messrs. C IMlacoii and Win.
Sherlock, of Torfauil, paid 81,000 for half
interest in hlni) ho mado a radical improe
iiiciit in tho hones of this country) his get aro
well-kii-iw n and eatccnio I for acti ity, hard!
nesa and docility) limb clean, with good loiir
heavj, round Imily, deep chrata, short, strong
lck and Wad quarters, with pic ty nf speed
nt tho trot combined with great endurance.
In 1801, Mr. Culver brought "Lion Heart," a
Canadian bred bono, into Southern Oregon.
In 18(12 Mr. W. B. Titus brought "Kimgrtnt"
aired by llil'y MLCiaeken, he by J. O. Mc
Ciackou's lllack Hawk, ho bv old Vermont
111 nk Hawk. His get were very similar to
I'aiil Jonua', aomu ot them davelopcd Into fast
tiottcn.Tho samo year Mr. Wallace of
Albany, hmiUjht "Cnmctj" in 1873 Mr, Smi
ley brought "Mvslcry" lioth trotting bred
hones; in IS01 Mr. II Welch brought "Jack
liiior;"nl.out 180.T Mr. Mii.lsoiibiought"Ver-
nnnt" into Southern Oregon) his ret wero ex
ClII ntrovdhors S) ho also has the honor of
liclin; the lire of the two faateat trot' en evci
railed in Oregon; "Parrot,' and "Faustina."
Vbou't the aMiio time Mr. W. C. Meyer, -of
ahlaml, brought "Cohur" and "Captain
action, stylo and enduranco.
'fli.it thorn is a brilliant future, and not far
distant, for the hono raisers of Oregon, is
very evident. Tho rapid growth of our al
ready largo commercial interests, and tho
springing up of largo cittci, will necessarily
rrcato a ilunand at homo for our horses, The
moat rciiumcratlvo business for the farmen ot
tho great corn growing States will bo in pro
liteing meats to supply tho enormous demands
in England, which will causothem to abandon
-nrao raising and look to Oregon for replen
ishing their atock. Kot only havo wo tho fa-cihti-
s for nroditcing largo numbers, but ot
very Miperior quality. Whcnover thoy bo
come known they will torn a listing rcputa
tion for themselves. -
It is almost impossible to recount, at brief
notice, all tho good horses of early times; Dan
Clark ot Salem, had "Leviathan,, a well-bred
bav horso that left many good coltaj Mnreso
Cnsp, of Yamhill, brought "Crisp's Jim,1' a
gray very pmly bred) A. A. llankaof Scapoos,
brought "Magna Charta," a Morgan horse,
from .Michigan) besides many others camo hero
in early times. About Ib7 On. Xcsmith
hrough two sires of old "General Knox." all
Morgan Stock, alio, Ik-law nro a thoroughbred.
Iteu llolliday brought souiogood hones, but
it ia almost impnaaiblo to naino -nil, tho pood
'lot ses that over camo hero. ,i
Winter Oati and Wheat In Oregon.
Country Gentleman.
In yotir valuablo paper tor Oct. 28, 18S0, P.
090,O. P. H. makes Inquirj- about Winter
oats, saying that the farmen in 'his' locality
never heard or such oats at these Winter
tats aro sowed in Oregon at any timo during
tho year, say from last of September up to
tho middle fi March; provided, of comae, the
..round iainafavoralile condition. The ground
houhlbein aa good condition!! aa if to !)
sown with rye or Wiut-jr who it. Tlio usual
irld, depending much on tho condition of tho
.oil, ia from 40 to SO bushela to tho acre.
Theao oats are used principally for'mllling.
They have a larger grain, heavier and more
jiuiform aa to sue, than Summer or Spring
-.if . It I ...I. .... I ! -I ., ICi-u 11
llidiam. ol Waaco county, brouaht "Ilcll-'Aats. honeo they aro lictter 'for millingpur
founder,'" attirwarda owned by Dr Mack, of poaca. They usually command from'l'Jto)20
Valla Walla: hu was nro-cmincntlv the sreat
iie of trot en of thia country) lie has proba
bly aired mnru colts that can trot a mile in
lir-e iiiiuutca than all the afalliona ever
brought to Oregon. Mr! lligham alao brought
01110 1 xiolleut specimens of the thoroiighbriM
111 "Foster," "Hoc. Llndaay," "Wilkes,"
"Luther" and "Norwich." About tho same
time Mr. P. Smi h brought "l'athfluder;" he
nml many exctllout poiierabpurphae'liorsoa.
1'heru are a great many hones of more or loss
.lotorio y tli.it could be mentioned, but spate
fuibida. Among the moro recent introluc
tion of honea la -'Hambletoniau," brought
hero by Dr. J, C. Haw thnrne, of Kaat Port
land, afterwards sold to Mr. C. P IUcon, of
I'orthud, and called --'Uacon's Hambletoniau)"
ho is a grandson of Kycdyck's "Hamhlctoic
iaii)" his get prnutlaea to bo a valuable aquid
tion )n too State, being uuiformally ot fine
it,Iu, Urgewith good bono, plenty of action
tiid of aiiiiablodiipoaition. Mr. Neamith, ol
Polk comity, brought "lllack Stianger)" Ida
get are a very useful claaa of horaea. Mr. L.
Llndaay brough "F.ph Maynard," owned by
Mr. C. P. llacon, a hone and alio Ida colt a
noted for (.-re it endurance Mr. J, Iledmond,
of MoMinuiillc, brought pmbibly moro uae
ful h -rsea to tho people at large than any
other.nersoi in Orrgon, Including "Kiabar
(aonofltyo llainbletoniar), "ltockwoo.1,"
"Duroo Prince," very highly bred trotting
horses; alao "Milton,' a celebrated sire, and
several fair specimens of dr. ught horses.
CLYnr-MMMU AMI rKHCIIKRONH.
Mr. S. 0. Heed, ot Portland, has' brought
several excellent Clydesdales and highly bred
trotttri. Tho Clyde stallion 'Oleneld. '
brought and owned liy Major James Bruce, ot
Omvliua, it considered tho best horse of that
brood in the Stato. Messrs. Oricrson A Pugh,
o! Salem, brought somo fim Clydeaj alao the
ill aught bono "Hob Roy," a noted sire of
farm hortea. Mr. Itaiikiu, ot Illinois, broaght
several good horn's here, Clydes, Percherons
and Coach horses. Mr. W. C. Myer has
introduced rome fine specimens of the Per
rheron hono and tho 'Shetland ron. Mr.
uimo , 01 itooao i-ave, naa nrougnt some nne
trotun; tl.o puniic lias beeii repcateilly in
hail strong couatitutloiit with giei ruduratue,
reganlles of Id k1. 'I ho principal rtalliona J jjr)0
nseil Iiere from IM.. to iNiii b.vl n great Inlu- trotun; tl.o pub
Inn nf tin. ll.nmu -liliinl in tl.nlr l.rpediiui formed thnnuh the n ess of their nualitv. It
tin then tl.o trottjrahM. taken t'.r, lead. The iciydouldul in my i.dnd whether the in
. . , . ... .....i- , iru mcuun m ,110 iy.iui aim rcixneroua la
fintandmnatauf Mfuli.il was Ol.IQi-org ; ca.i.' to fu.nroe the Oregon honeai il will Im.
was br- light hero b t.'.u I te M, L. Savage, 11.1 'illy sun by honemeu th the breeding
of Salem, alio t 181 ;uup.u;o y atan-li vo y of the Oregon hon a is exceptionally good,
high In theiv-tlii.iliiu of Oifg.il fain.oia! nt with :i thor ug bred foundation, and that of
horao of all work. I'lmy Wire vety jH.wor.'nl,
durable and ami iti ia, r-inbiiu-l with giMMl
tUe ami gn-at at le. I in-y man pm r 1 1 icui
scIvm formidiblo ei o-uiea to tlieir aula .., ,jU
on the race track in liot'i numiii-'. i.l tmttlu
larji-, sirou ami usrlul specimens.
and la1
tc.lywith "r4ickliawk,"''Morsn,, "Cana-
iluu ami iiiiMlern bre.1 trotlnid crones.
which, combined with our salubrious climate
aim nimiiiianee ol nutritious Ired, bat gnen
20fl
ner buabel than tlio nnlinarv oais.
Thoy do very well In tins latitudo,-although
wo are in about Mme latitude as Montreal, but
wo do not havo so continuous cold weather, or
11 much snow as in Vermont. We have had
eight Inches of snow an'd a week of cold wea
ther, but tho snow has now all disappeared.
Such cold weather and so modi snuw ai we
aro just had, ia unusual at this siason of tho
rear. Tho vr-ather has bien quite 'dry.
Many firmere o mid not do tho nanal amount
if plow imr. but .inco the snow- and mill fell
during tbeinst week, nearly all the tannen
in this Willamette, valley can sUirtheir plows
ami do very satisfactory work. The wheat
crop but season was good, and 'the quality
nipcrior in every respect. In consequence of
the lack of the usual numlier of ships port at
this aeaaou of the year, only a small portion
nf the crop has been sold or shipped, Ths
fieight to F.urone aro ery high. Wheat
commands In sack, on the warf, 1.42 to (.1
IS per cental, while if freight wee now at
the price ot last year, priceswould be (1.05
to 81.60. ItKADtn.
PonTUtwii Oregon Dec. 13. 18S0 -s
Marreof thia ativk aru er huidy pm I at ns horse of g.io.1 ttamiua, endurance, action,
present to birol hlgi i-!as r it h-nei from, superior styluand size, frequently specimeii
About lc5, Mr. Hvim. ol V'-nuliU cc-m'y, w ighing fro.u 1,300 to l.tlOO ikhiiii, which
brought "V'auhiU ltu So. ;" a'.i.ut t'u n...e cerUtuly aiulargoeiioOghfor all practical pur
time Mr.Youu;er,of Yamhill roicity.l Height a pfera. I will aeuture toaay Uiat the draught
Urge gray horse of the 'Henry tiKKj".Mr. II, Ikuxm in the city of Portland cannot bo ex
J, Mat, o( Polk county, brought "Laplan rU u any nty of th wot Id for tnng 1-,
DrlTtnc Stock Eatf. , .
From a HoL'o City Iper.
Captain John Mullan ha written a litter
recommending to Die peoploof Eastern Oregon
and Washington Territory, in drjvfng their
stock to an Kaatern market, to taEe 'tho Mul,'
Ian wagon road or tho Peni d'Oreillo river
road to Missoula City, then up Hell GaU val
ley to Deer Lodge" valley, and thontvia the
Little Blackfoot to the .Missouri river lie
claim that the distance is considerable near
er to Chtyonne and the grass ia muou better
on this northern route than up the Snake
river valley. Whether this be so or not, it I
to be hoped that tho cattle drovers will here
a'ter Uke the northern route. There is no
greater cure; to the ttock growing Interest
of a couutry than the largo bauds o( cattle
that havo been driven through this couutiy
for the I ut few-years. If the same number of
cattle should be driven for two or thrceyiai
more they will consume all the grass in the
Snake river valley. Thus far they have driv
en along the thoroughfares and swept over a
comparatively narrow strip of -country, but
on all they did pass over the grass wo eaten
out and trodden down so tbat it will.not
come again for several year. The stock men
of .Southern Idaho are already iecliug the in
jury seriously, and while there ia much incon
venience and trouble in securing their own
cattle from mixing up with these drove and
lotting them, there is a greater dinger tbat
their great ranges in Southern Idaho will bo
eaten out altogether by the cattle drove- It
Is fortunate for st-ckraiaeis who aro able to
find a location where these herds do not nasi,
to ito so; and it will be 'still more fortunate
for the country when the railroad come and
tak th cattle and carries them to market.
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