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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, MARCH 4, 1881. 1T4 ,' Issued trirj Wk by the "fUUMETTK IMMBK rrBUHMNO CO. rcrtits op suji.scntn'io.N. yer.(ro.tA)teIU),liilvnee, . , 2.W tUtnontli-, (llMtua pid). In sltsnc- . . ,. l.U Its thsn ill month! will ba, ptr month S3 AtlTF.nSISINO HATES ! , Aoertl-ments will b lnfrt!. providing In srs tsptsbl, it the Mlowlni Ubl el rst I Ob Inch nt Ipscc rf month. .... .r. J-JJ Three Inchssol spses pf " .J-Jx Ons-hsH column per month JJ-jJJ 0t I column ptr inonlli .... .oo flTBsnipl" oplos iwrit Ires on spp'ltstlos. OUR EXTIIANPMBER. Wo shall Imiicdlatcly lsuo n largo rtUtion of thoFAltMKIt, of itoulilo wire, consisting of two full sheets, (printed in nixtecti pages In tend of tight, half llio niro of tlio regular page,), tlilrty-two pages In all, which will lio tltclud and trimmed in pamphlet shape, to contain descriptive articles compiled from the regular edition of this paper for tho lant nix months. Thcro wilt tie n general description of ail tho Cnlumhla river region, Knst and West of thu Cascade range, hy counties; maps to lllustrnto tho same) essays of a practical character, from experienced men and our most prominent agriculturists and stockmen, to illustrate all hranches of agriculture, es pecially wheat growing) with a sketch of our tock Interests, including a general history of Attic, horses, sheep and swine. All this wldo cglon Is carefully ruvluwcd) its varied Inter U depleted) its great and undeveloped re- Ottrcei recited) thu difference of locality anil liniato explained, and towns and cities de. cribed. Thu great enterprises of tho tiny will lio fully alluded to and projected railroads shown on tho maps, ns well as tliosa alicndy constructed, This edition is olfercd for snlo at 10 cents a copy, and persons sending us that prb-o will bnvo tho uiimher o! copies they limy order sent directly to thorn, or single copies will I hi sent, postngo paid, to any address thoy may namu in thu United .States or Canada. Wo heliovo this is tho most valunhleaccouut ft! this region over published) containing, as it docs, tho ei.nsus tables of Oregon for IBM), tatlstics conccrnlugvacautlauilsineaeh coun ty) Cv.-Jcrniiig schools-and practical Informa tion, w ithout uxnggeratiou or sensationalism, Wehavu conscientiously done this work, tho result of great laW and many years oxcr lence, hoping it would widely circulate for tho liencllt of thu legion described. All Onlrrs mini Itr srnl In Immrtllntrlt, s only llmllcil, unrulier Mill lx published nil llirrr'wlll probably lie nu Hrrimit :!! Han. . THE mEIOUT PROBLEM OP THE rUTURE. After rending thu 'reported interview with rrcsideut Ulniul Stanford, of tho C-ntial Pa cific and Southern i'ncillu Railroad Couipnii- les, rtnliing thu iinportnucu of tho matter to tho pcopto of Oiegou, wo uddiotsed n letter to Oov. Stahfotd, refering to tlio mint1, nud ask ing a Ki'ilio eudoiseiiit'iit of it, anil wo have received tho follow int reply: Sis I'iiam-imii, (ill., Feb. 21, ISSI. S. A. Ci.au kk, F.-q., I'ortl.iml, Oregon, pKAH Slit - Voiiim i)l tho lllth int received. Wui-xpcct to hni tho Southern Pncilio Hail Iliad completed through to thu tlulf of Muxl to dining tho coming jvir and when it is opened as .1 connected lino it w ill compete successfully. 1 think, for tho enniagonf the wheat of Cnlifoinit and of Oiegou. It I largely with Ibis expectation tli.it the nud i li-inc; cuuttl tU'tiil. Vouis tiuly, Lh-amiStaskuiii. How tho eonntiuctiuu of this railway cnu ervj tho purpose of Oregon whent-gioweis can bo moro 1 caddy uudertiKd w ten wo mid that wo hnvo an intimation fioni a very iclia bto source that tho intention of thu Southern Pacific manager is to put 11 lino of heavy freight steamers on tho ocean, to connect As toria, ftt tho liiouth of tlio Coluuibin, with tho IVrt of Willuiiiigtiiu, l.owir California, which will bo olio noun teiiuiuus of thu Southern I'acitlo Itailrond, and no mnUu it easily w.i ble to transfer tho w heat crop of tho Colum bia riter region to mnrket i tho (iulf of Mexico, In tho future, the intention is to connect with tho Oicgonlaii linilway Coin pany (limited), as has beilt stated, but the transfer by stcuiucis, its piopon-d, is as feasi ble, as to ttuiispult our wheat all tho way by rail in tho future. Tho subject possesses in terest, and tholono of Mr. St.tufoid's lettet shows an earnest purii'. FLAX CULTURE EAST Of THE CASCADES. . Wi learn fiom Mr. .lolin Mulr, (ieiicral Freight Agent of tho Oiegou Ituilway and Navigation Company, who has lately Uvn Kast of tho mountains making estimates of produce that will need transput tation, that thrroisiisw- two thousand tons of llax teed warehoused along Suako river, waiting trans portation to San Francisco, It seems that the interior region is favorable for llax cul ture, which would almost necessarily follow from thu fact that llax grows wild all over it. Farmers therato inclined to make special, ty of it, as thu prico ($.',o0 a cental lit S.iu Francisco) admits of traiuputtatioit for that distance. They say thu ield is 1'J to 1.1 bushels to the acre, and nt that price it cult be grown to a profit. Tlio 0. It. S X, Co. is desirous if encouraging tho cultivation of whatever staple can lo inadu rotitahlu in tho Upper Country, and so will make spccially favorablu rates for deliseiing llax-seed in S.111 Francisco, Mr. Moore, of Walla Walhi, has gonu below to see at what rate the llax grown another season can lw coutiactcd there, and if favorablo nrraiic,iin-nts can U insdo wo skill look for a greatly iucicascd tlav teed Clop in the counties of tlio Upper Columbia, W: Nona: that'the old linn of Ijord, Hrew- istcr A Co., advertising agents at Chicago, Is succeeded by I.' hi A Thotmis. If thu new . lit 111 will bo asp oiiipt mid leliabbjtts thy old J one '.u wo w ill l satislicd, 1 JAY HAWKERS ABOUT. A publication called tho Jtural Spirit criti cise tllO Wll.LAMKTTK FaIiMKH as lollott-si Headers of tho Wii.i,a.mcttk Faiimkii, many of whom who have stood by and supported that pnicr for a numlicr of yearn, will regret to call to mind now tho fact that that paper devoted much of Its spaco n few months, since in opposition to all others publications, to try and make the peoplo throughout tho country believe that wheat would advance Tho ad vance proposed, as the reader will rcmcmlier, was lnsed on the nrgunicnt that thcro would lie quantity of tonnage hero in tlmo to carry our surplus away, and that too, at reasonable rates. Tho Faiimkii claimed to bo In posses sion of such Information. We call particular attention to theso facts nt this time, because such ndvlco proved detiimciltil) for, hnd not thnt p.Tpcr's rendem placed confidence in its assertions, those who hnd grnin would hnvc tnndo ample provisions) but before they could discover the error they had liccii led into tlio senson which wns so fnrjtono that they could not help themselves. What Is tho condition of things? It is that If wo wero now In a situation to order tonnngo it could not reach hero before the next crop, nnd ns it cono ipienco wo are liable to holdover nt least i!00, 000 tons. Itii enough for n newspaper to uivo the news nud facts. Allowing tlio Faiimkii has nny thing liko tho iullui nco with it claims for itself, it is not unfair for us to say that it is resH)iisiblo for the situation. Leaving nut of sight tho lnd grammar tho object of tho nbovo is to discredit this paper. Thcro seem "to bo n gteat tunny people Inter ested in putting down tho Wii.i.amkttk Fak- mkh. Asnmntterof course all tlio classes of society, of trade- nnd of politics, that w ish to fatten oirtho farmers of this region, nro in terested in lessening tho iiillueuco of tho farm ciV advocate. It is nnturnl enough, nud wo don't complain, for our friends among the f.rruiers seo through thu guinea nnd s'nnd by 111 (irmly. Wo do not know of nsiugloono who tnkes tho Faumkh, who in thu pruscut stnto of collnpso finds fault with us. How u tu they? Wo took the received opinions of ntl California authorities ns a basis, and show ed, that even if California had 8(M),(HK) tons surplus there would ho abundant tonnsgo for that State nnd Oiegou through the season. So there would have been. Kvery thing wo predicted or atscited would havu been sub stnutintcit on that basin, but in thu middle of January) l'lu I'roduto Kxchaugu of San Frnu- cisco proclaimed that tho California surplus would reach n rally l,:WI,(KK) tons, and the Farmers Meeting held in San Francisco in February slnwed that it will reach cloven hundred thousand tons, so that tho unexpect ed surplus, in thu lowest estimate, will be .100,000 tons. This unnounctnicnt drove far mers there tu sell so largely that freights went up and wheat went down. It was n con tingency wo had noreniouto expect And it knocked all our calculations in tho head. Hut whllo this charge, inndo and icitmtcd by so many, that tho Faiimkii has Itccu to blamu in its course and has caused all fanners to bold, it a line compliment to our iiillueuco, It is neither logic nor excuse. Our position has been that farmcis must only let wheat go its It was unutcd, and not permit scculntors to get such stocks in liniid that they could pull prices down nfteiunnls its low ns they pleased, Thnt position is takin bv tlio wheat growers' mi c ting in California, by tho farmers in their meeting nt Itnseburg, and will mot eeitninly bo icpented by tlm fnimirsnt thtir meeting nt Salem, which wo hope to attend nud toicportiu this isuo, if Mu.sihk-. Utility, then, tho mature i-oiicliiaion wheat glowers have arrived nt in February, in con vcutious held in Calif, 1 nit nnd Oregon, is ex nctly what tlio I'.utmi: saw nud iinunuiiffd last Octolieri that pinduccni cou'd only pro. tirt their own iuti rests by holding their wheat until it was wnuted for shipment, and not sell too freely, and mi glut tho m.llket, uiul cause n boom in freights. Tliis s.11110 Spirit echoes tho spirit of the touiinge speculators when it says tho Faiimkii "is responsible for tho situation nud w lit 11 it nlu mjst "had not that paper's readers plaeed eoiitidiuci' in Its assertions, those who had grain would have inndoniiiplo provision," 1 low would they have done it? hatdipe sition havo fnt'iuirs shown to ordtr tonnage? Some speculator in freights has no doubt put this 111 his hind and very likely something elfe in his povket. Tho bal.tucu of tho same editorial in thu Ituiitl Spirit is 011 a )ur with its silly dccl.ti ntlon that "wo ate liable to hold overnt least ,"00,000 tons." 'Hut is pnrticulaily good, when our tolnl surplus for ISMI is placed tin der 21X1,000 tons. Wo tuo tho eommt'iits of our coutcuipomiy meirly us n text to show how anxious many are to iiiauufactiiio public opiuioit ngsiust us. It is decidedly vuiiotis, but wry ivmfoiting to us, til noticoth.it whllo so liilich ellott is made tu disciedit this journal in tho eyes of piodiiccrs, its patrons seo tluougli the iiiihs turo attempted nlul stay with us "through thick nnd thin." Thu funnel's of this region have gooil reasoning faculties of their own and iiutku scmihlc tto of them, WHEAT FliOM WALLA WALLA. It is of sumo iuipuitancv just now to know w list surplus of whe.it tho dilletent sections of this region w ill hive for export. In round numbers wo should place thu surplus of West eru Oregon at 200,000 tons of who.it, ami Mr. Muii, of tho O, K. A. X. Co., furnishes u with estimate of thu wheat suiplus of thu Upper Colmnb:a section, as follows! Theiu has been stoicd in Wtill.t Walla twvlto thous and tons, and earlier in tho season it was sup, posed that thu country sroiiud had twelve thousand tons more that had not been hauled. Of this last, proUibly ono third has kvusinco thru (til to stock in sowiu weather, and that would make thu total of w heat surplus forthu Walla WalU country twenty thousand toitsj add to this live thousand tons to como fivm other sections of tho U pper Country, and the sum total is 2.1,000 tons, and at least 10,000 tout has already been biought down, u that ;U,IXX) tons may lu considered thu actual stir- plus forthu UpiHr CvlyiuUt ivgiou lit thu harvest year of ISM)' I. W lit, her this sue- plus will all K actually exported isatrther ijucstion not easy to ituiwer at prcsu t. S0CIETT OF Wo find In tho Astorian of February 2."th, nu account of tho tenth annual meeting of tho nliovc society, which has Its headquarters nt Astoria. Tho meeting was held 011 tho ii'Jd, President .lames W. Welch In tho chair. Tho regular meeting ot tho society, on motion, wsi changed from February 22d to May Hth. Officers for tlio society for tho coming year were elected, ns follows! For 1'reildetit, H. W, Morrison, Kwj.j Vice President, Capt. T, H, 1), Gray) Correspond ing Secretary, Ifon. W. II. (Jrayi Itccording Secretary, 8. T. MeKcan) Treasurer, Hon. A. Van Duscn) Kxcctitivo Committee, James W, Welch, P.. C. Holdcti nnd John Hobson. Society adjourned tu meet ngnln May II, 1831. ' Tho report of Hon. W. II. (Iray, Corns- ponding Secretary, givesnn interesting reclttl of tho early nttempts nt organinttion, nud tho necrology of tho society, including among tho early organizers! Henry Spencer Aiken) Jni. Welch) Hon. Joseph .fellers) I'.wid Ingnllsj Diana M, Owens, wifu of John Hohsoii) John Jcwett) ltobcrt Shorten, with interesting sketches of his journey to Oregon in ls:i!l; nUoofMnry Mildred Ileal, wife (f Truuinii Plensant Powers) Xnncy Dividsou, wife of I.uku Tnylort Samuel Coal Smith; Fredeiikn Vitht Hester Ann ltose, wife of Mr. Lamp hair) TIiuiiim (leorgu Xaylor nnd S irn Story Xnylor, his wife) I.ydia Cornia, w ifu of An tlerson Dukard) (iislfrvy Lincoln! D.lvid Franklin Cunithcrs; Jnnu White, wifoofCapt. .1. C. Ainswortlii Dr. Jnines C". Hawthorne) Samuel It. Tliurstoii) Alouzo Albert Skinner, with slight sketch of each individual named, Mr. II. If. tlray also mado n inecial report. refering to tho nuoweil ell'oit making to erect a suitable monument to the memory of thu unselllsli nud christian patriot, Dr. Marcus Whitman nnd nisociatu dead in thu Wailatmi massacre. In connection to this matter Mr. (irny has made n trip to Wnlln Wnlln, tolocnte uniuiid forjtho inonumeut nnd nrmugu for tho fencing in of the location when surveyed nud to plant the same with tiecs nnd shrubbery. which was duly arranged, to !u attended to bv Hon. A. Keuves AyerK, of Wall Wnlln, Owing to divided opinion nlmiit suitability of location at Wnlln Walla, two subscription a iter were started to test the preference its to site by amount of money to bo sulncriU-d 1 lio necrotary tlilukstuemoitsuitaiilo location will Jkj near or at thu scene of tho massnero. Tho Secretary alludes, in sarcastic language, to tho fact that Mrs. F. F. Victor lias attemp. teil to provo to thoCnliforninn Magazine that the popular belief that Dr. Whitman, mado n mid inter journey to Washington for thu purposu'of saving this country to ho United States, nnd that ho was In any way instill mental in thu result, was preposterous, where as she had set forth tho facts and mado thu samu claim herself in her book known ns "tho Itivtr of thu West)" and that the Califoinisn hnd ungenerously refused to publish statement to sustain tho claim nud show-that Mrs. Victor has stultified herself as wcllnsfalsillcdhistory. Weather lteport February 1881. lvil.i, March 1st. 1SSI. During February, IKSI, there were 21 days during which lain nnd snow- fell, and an ng givatuof 10.82 in. of water, thu leniaitifng 7 d.tys of the mouth wero tloudy. Tho mean ttiucraturu for tho month was ll.lsr 1 1, glint daily mean teuicraturu for tho mouth ,'li' on the 27th. lowcst daily menu 20 deg. on tho loth. Mean tempcrn'tiru for the month nt 2 o'clock r. l. 111. Iddeg. Highest theruiometir for tho mouth (iOdcg nt 2 o'clock p. m. on the 22,1. Iittost ther mometer 21 deg. nt 7 o'clock A. l. 011 tho 17th. Ono inch snow fell on tho urght of the Hth, all which di-Kipo.ired on the I2th .'! inches suoiv tell on tut- I,", nud nil diappearoil on tho IS. I'nxU occtirreil on the II, 7, 12, l,", III and 17.' The prevailing winds for "thu mouth were from tho South diirim; II tlnys) Soutlttvest, 1 1 days; North II days, During February ISSI there were S days iluiing which ruin ami mow fell, ami l.2tlin. of water, ." clear nnd III cloudy d.ts, Mian tempeiatmt', for the month ;WV7S,li-g. Highest tlady niiMii temperature, for thelnoiitli Cl.leg. oil the 20. Iiwist daily mean temperaturu for mouth 2deg on the III and 27. T. Pkaim-k. arntn Can be Cleaned In the Field. Aliiinv, IVb. 7, ISSI. 1-Mitor Willauictto Fariuen 1 will givo. von an item 011 1 grain cleaning, us it is important to thu farmers to know- how their grain it to ho cleaned. I am receiving iuipiiiies fiom nil over thu Statu nlniiit my grain sejumter, whether I build tin into at tach to threshing lii.tchims. 1 expect to build 11 largo uumlK'r this scitson, for that purpoie. I built several Inst season, Ixith for Oiegou and California, and thoy gavu tho K-t of sat isfaction. 1 look for tho time when thu farm er will clean his own gram at thu thresher, as It does not attach any luoiu expt t:o to clean .mil thresh at thu s.tmu time, so why uot save that two cents a bushel that is pi id to ware housruieu for t, leaning, nnd also for .ickinu when tlio wotk can all bo douu in the ticld? ' IiMllfunii.il a cleaner that will attach tu tho side of the thiishcr, but will take thu grant from tho thresher and clean it without any extra labor, and from thu cleaner it cat ho sacked ready for nuikit. If any further information is wanted n(. dress inu at Allauy, and ple.io s.ty what t-IH-r you .iw my card 111. Oasikl 11et. Manufacturer of Wheat Cleaners of all siza, and cap-witics, AlUmy, Otvgtm, VERY POPULAR! Wo have sold thousands of our great ext double iiuiuKt, and havu a lot still on ham, but those who wish them had best send titer orders soon. It is thu most popular work 011 the 0.i.t X'otthwcst that was everpublishcd and cove every fact of importance relative to ever; nook and corner of Oteguit and Wasltiugtci Territory, Pticu 10 outs a copy and mailed to an U'tiicd address. Sprluj ciotMnjr, Messrs. PUhet A KoU-rts hao a compleb and excellent assortment of youths' and boy' clothing. They rang from the smallest t thu largest person, and can l obtained at ojr desirsblo pi ice. Anything bought at tin tinit s luV'oc-f business cau Us tvluil titvutaii no siitKiity gtXHis kept in stock .. .. .. - We hone hi see our Itiei'.iU pativmu' a tinu of such uu,. . inc. ! PI0KEER AKD wihi.it ;kohirh, wakliuhxkhun axd Hi:niitrt .WKKTum. Salkm, March 2, 1881. According to announcement the meeting of farmers and others at Salem, called by tho Farmers Meeting ot Koschurg, met at Salem at 2 o'clock P. M. this date, about one hun dred and twenty-five persons being present, the majority of whom wero delegates from different granges of tho various counties of tho Willamette and Umpqua valleys. Organization was effected as follows) Judge Itoisc was elected Charman; S. A. Clarke, Secretary! J. ' Fnrrish, Assistant Secretary. On motion it was declared that all persons interested in the objects of this meeting shall bo considered incmlicrs of this convention. Commlttco on Order of Ituslncss appointed by the Chain W. F. Owens, of Douglas county) D. S. K. Huick, Douglas county! Win. J. Hcrrcn, Salem. Committee on Order of llu'iness mado re port as follows! Your committee respectfully report reading of: First lteport of committee heretoloro np pointed nu touiinge nnd amount of wheat sub ject to exportation, Second lteport of committee appointed to confer with bankers in regard to obtaining loans on wlunt stored in interior warehouses. Third New business, resolutions, etc. II. S. I. UrifK, Chairman. Tho report was adopted and W. F, Owen Chairman of Committed on Tonnage, rend stino nud nu inoticii of Mr. Mlnto to ndopt, Inclusion followed, Thu report, nt L'rent length, refers to many matters, including thu evils complained of in relation to tonuago and pilotngoon theColuni hia liver, which deter vessels from coming here, Thu rcKirt asserts that Great Ilritain is replacing her sailing mcrchniit-ahipi with steamers, to a great extent, and surmises that this will soon placu a great deal of tho old tailing marine, of P.nglaml nt tho diaposnl of Pacific- const commerce, A complete synopsis is impossible, becnuso J. H. rnrrlsh borrowed '.he document from tho Secretary of tho meet ing, Mr. S. A. Clarke, nud did not return it. Mr. Miuto thought if sating of time indue id P.nglnnd to discard sailers for steamers, ns 4ati'd in the report, that some inducement existed for having railroad transportation to storia. Mr. lluiik spike of tho amount of wheat in tlo country. Tho report stated tho amount tt be shipped front Western Oregon at 82, 1X0 tons. Mr. S. A. Clarke said the adoption of the retort was an adoption of the wheat state milt, and perhaps, it would lio well enough tomake further inquiry, Mr. Jennings said in I.ino county ho knew ofll,000 bushels not Included in thu state mint. ilr. Owens gave the method by which thess llgires wero arrived at. 21 r. S. A. Chttko reasoned that wo should ham two million bushels more wheat in this v.tiey and Umpua than in IS7U. J. K. Sears, of McCoy, said theio was tli ice the wheat at McCoy stated in rciMrt. Mr. l-'arrisli said 17.000 tons camo down tho Columbia from August, 1870, to Jnii'inry I, ISM), and l.'i.OOO tons samu time in I SMI. , of HubU-iril, chiimed that thcro was Hiiro wheat than lad liecn reported in his W.inity. Mr. Wilkins.' of hiuo county, thought it vas tho duty of country merchants to olitaiu itcts concerning crops ami uinku tho s.uiie luoivntothu wot Id for the benefit of their lu.tonurs. Tiiu w holesalo trade of tho conn try should do this, also. Ho thought there vim much wheat in I.iuii county not reported. Let us' go to work nud find out what we h.tvu tot and mnku it known. The committee had rolktb!y been n litttu too hasty. Mr. John Downing, of Mai ion county, said it his neighborhood there was thousands of litshels, nnd other p'nees, not named had con- iiderabto wheat in store. Mr. Mulxiiiuey, of Turner, a merchant thought theio was it very largo discrepeuey Vctwccit thu amount stated nnd thu actual x heat on hand, and moved that thu counties leprcscuted heiu appoint committees to confer villi tlio eominittcu making tho report! car ried. Mr. Dan Clark mured to recommit thu re- ;xirti cnrrutl. After a recess, in which ditlVrent counties .xamiiii'd thu amount of wheat 011 hand in ai-lt, thu Comuutteu on Confcroncu with tankers at to oiitaming 10.111. 011 wheat stored jt tho interior in.tdu it res)rt us follows: Salkm, Or., March 2. ISSI. To tho Warehousemen's M.etiug at Salenti Vint coinmitteo appoiuteil at thu I'oitl.ind iteetiug. Febnury 1.1th, t interview thu Portland Hankers upon tho subject of loaning' aiouey on interior warehousu uceipts, ask to inbuilt tho following tcporti Tho cashiers of tho several htnks that wo lavo interviewed, with otta exception, inform t.l us that on account of somu decisions that a.ui been made in tho courts of this State, that waiehmisu rectipts weru not negotiable. r.tper, anil mat tueir isoant 01 nirtv-tors n.iii decided to not loan money on warehousu re ceipts. Mr. W. S. l-wld iuforineilii m.unU'r ef thu comitiitteuthatwhen a hoitie was know n to ims tivtpoiisinlo and reltablu in all resHVts, that they iini not otqec: to taking wareiiouse J loecipw as m11.11vr.11 toioij. i iu i-oitiinii- HO IICS1NS IU I4il IIIVMIIIHIIIMI l-l 111V IIUVllll to the fact that in their judgment much of the discredit that attaches to warehouse ruvcims arises from the wry reprehensible habit that somo warehousemen havo of shipping or sell iug short, so that thu amount of wheat repre sented by tho receipts of house is not always to Iki found in thu house. Also, the tiubusi-ncss-like way that somo houses havo of buy ing in wheat and canceling tho fanners wheat account on thu Istoks of thu house, without the return and cancelation of tho rectjpt. In tlio judgment of tho committee the. ci edit of all interior warehouse receipts would bo very much improved if all the warehouses would adopt tho system of not delivering or buying any w heat without the return and cancela tion of tho receipt. W. J, Hckriiv, Chairman. Mr. Dan Clark spoko of the importance of this wareiiouso question, ami the common practice of shipping wheat botoro the fanners had sold it. Mr. lleiTon said one lutuker informed him that the v badl-ecnbit bvlmviuir receipts Which 'id uot represent wheat there was none then - . Mr. Oco. Downing favored the report) was confident few warehousemen held the wheat. Letting it go, as had bicn tho custom, gave tlio fanner no show. Wo should keen tho wheat in our own possession. If a mill can grind hundreds of thousands of bushels of our wheat Ijclorc it is sold, mcy nro iniercsica 111 keeping tho prico down. It is doing business In nn nxtrnvngant way. It would ho better if we could not liorrow money on wheat. Mr. Huick had different views) was not op posed to borrowing money on wheat. Vt 0 hold tho wheat as means to do business and must havo some sort of a warehouse business. From what we learn of tho picscnt warehouse system it is not strange that luiukcrs do not wish to loan money on warehouse receipts. Opposed having his wheat sold by tho ware houseman liefore ho sold it to him. We should have a good warehouse system, ono so reliable that we can borrow money, when we desiro it, on receipts. Tlio present custom Is ono very unfavorahlotothofarmcr.and ono for which ho seems to be himself to blame. Mr. Tongue said if tho report meets with our npprovul, we should ndopt it. Thu banker wont loan on wheat receipts, liccatiac it ii not good security; legislation can be hnd that will innko n wnrchouso receipt eipial to n certifi cate of deposit, so that no wheat will ho de livered without tho receipt is given up. Our duty is to tlo what wu can to secure such leg islation. Mr. J. II. Foster spoko of a banker who had trusted to warehouse receipts, and thu in dividual who gavu them to him afterwards drew thu wheat nod applied It to his own use, leaving thu baukir loser. Did not think much wheat was uied in Albany until it was paid for. Mr. Miuto said the banks had found out that warehouse' receipts were lint sullicicnt; it was n gimhliiig game with middlemen! nil thu Inult ol our practice. Vo neeil a moro oust-ncss-like manner. Thought the 1 iw was suf ficient nt present, if lived up to. Kvery man should keep control of his own grnin, nnd he can iKiirotv on his own note, with the wheat ns security. Mr, Dan Clark said, in 187.') this valley was divided into districts, nud no miller or wheat buyer invaded another's district) this wm lie foru the trrmiL-o existed, and we seem now- drifting hack to thu old order of things. Tho grange has got slack, and Its warehouses nio again In the hands of speculators. Mr. McKiunuy was a middleman, and didn't think tho discussion ought to lxinti one-sided. There was no denying that in the nut a great neat 01 wneai nan oecit snipped ty some wai-housos, hut it was unkind to ftccusu all warehouses of so doing, ns it wns luldom thu case now. lie thought tho hank here would mlvnncu on wheat deposited In .alem ware house, or in the wnrchouso at Turner. Jililgo lloiso s.tid tho ipiestion whether thu waruhonso receipt was negotiable wns uot so important) it cairnosom ami secured as col lateral. Tho reliance-is on tho wheat; the re sponsibility of thu liorrowcr is one fsctor, nnd the validity of tho receipt is another point. A remedy would be that tho receipt should specify that no wheat would ho delivered till less the receipt was surrendered. That would probably satisfy thu banker. Ho then illus trated the relation of tho warehouseman to thu farmer, in law. Special legislation might strengthen thu farmer's claim 011 the wuio house, so ns to enforeg tho law criminally and civilly. In case wheat is used without the OAiier's knowledge. That also would strength en the farmer with thu btukur. Warehouses nt ICola, (lervnis nnd Lincoln hnvo been de faulters in this vicinity 1 that showed tlio uncer tainty of thu present system. lit answer to inquiry of Mr, Irvine, Judge lloiio and Judge llurnutt each spoko as to the question of tho remedy for the person whoso wheat has been converted by a warehouse man. Rich thought the penalty might bo made for double damages. The rciioit was unanimously adopted, W. F. Otten m.ido an nuieuded reOlt that amount of wheat, additional, i Western Die gon. aggregates IK), ISO tons, iirVtcnd of 82,01k), lidding Irom Ijtiu county 7 tons, Marion county 10,000 nud I.inii county lO.Ood, with overestimates lom Douglas county of 1HMI tons and from Polk county of I.V tons, leaves 1 lie balance ns nlsivo ivportedi lenoit. ns niiieniieii w is niioptiii. Mr. Wilkins, under lie id of now business. nrgid tlia'. nil t'o homo preptrtd to cull 11 meting of tsicli iicighliorhnod to nriniuiu- win chouse business 011 such n b.uis ns has been shown ntcossnry. lio hoped that suitable- legUlatiou would bo perfected to mako the tciuoify perfect. Judge llurnutt of IScutou offered tho fol lowing! Wiikiikxm, Tho interests of tho producing el.i-1 of tliis country demands thu truest and inot direct accent M thu maikcts of the world for thu s.tlu of surplus products; nud WllKltCAS Past experience deiuoustates the fact that succes-ful competition in the curv ing trade can only be maintained by the estab lishment of competing channels of tnttlic, therefore, ho it Ukmii.vki), That wo commend tho actions of our Senators and lteprescnUtives in Con gress in their efforts to secure favorablo recog nition of the importance of improving our rivers and coiutw tse harlws, and wo hereby undone the efforts lioiiit. put forth to coune'et thcte points with the interior by railroads. And spoko earnestly a to the need of com petition in tho carrying tradu and all the dis advantages wu lab r under. Our remedy is ! that wu must etieouragu American ship build ing and uot bu depending on foreign to'ntiago. It was a disgracu that American commerce had so decrvusoo.. A repeal of our navigation laws is needed. With a reasonable freight charge, tiiu prico of wheat tluougli Oregon should bu at least SO cents to-day. 1'osohttiou adopted. The fodawin.' was offered by D, S. K, lhiickt lh0LVKii. That John lhirnett, W. F. Owen and , I. W. Xesmith b appointed a com mittee to examine Into the system of pilotage on the Columbia river, nnd'rcco.iiinend such changes in the law regulating tho same, as they nuy otm necessary) to confer with hankers and itsceitahi what legislation, if any. will bo accessary to sccuru loans upon wheat jtuvfd , interior warehouses! and also, if isuslliK, liivvsti tigatu thu shippius interest and the came of, and remedy for. the present hii.li rate of jraiu charters to F.uropean ports, nnd rrpoit their findings by publication itt the hading papers of thu Statu, Discission follow ed 011 tho pilot monopoly at thu Columbia rivtr and the importance of legislatou to remedy the evil in that cotinec. tiott ctinplaiiiol of, that drives commence from tlo Columbia river, participated in by Judge toise, W. F. Owen, and Joint Miuto. l.i'sactioa was sdonteil Mr. Kitick otlered tho following (relative to withholding wheat): I.i-mi.yku, That it is the tense of this mectitt;, that the interests of the wheat grow ers of Oiegou will 1.- subserved by a judicious system of co-operation on the part of wheat owiiert, to withhold the same from the mar ket until shippers feel disposed to offer a fair pnee fir it, tu wttt Liverpool prices with res sotublt freight ami charge deducted thuv from. Mr, Owen opposed the motion, lit caso of a .. 4in commercial circles it unut cause a p nli. ?iat will foire tho wholesale louses to draw on tho Interior merchants and in turn compel the former to sell nt any sacrifice. Many farmers must sell unless thoy can cot advances, It is proper to feed tlio market cautiously, and thu result of such a course in Salt Francisco is to weaken freights and strengthen the wheat market. Judge Burnett said every man would sell who had to, nnd nil would hold who could do so. Mr. Tonguo thought the resolution was a declaration of war, and would do harm, would destroy tho market, and tell tho world what wo arts going to do. Let us endeavor to secure a fair division and be satisfied with that. Resolution was Indefinitely postponed. Adjourned, OREQON STATE FAIR 1881. Sai.km, Oregon, Feb, 22, 1881. Kditor Willamette Farmer! As tho premiums on Garden Products for tho Fair of this year differ from former years, I nsk that you will give place in tho column of your paper for tho following! Dcst (I heads of lcttulco $1 $1 II beets, long variety, table use. 2 1 1 1 "(I beets, tiiritp variety, tablo use., "(I turnips, table use tisu 2 1 ' "cabbage .1 specimens , . 1 "and largest vtriety of cabliaga I "carrots, 1U specimens, table use.... 2 "cauliflower, 3 specimens 2 "hrocoii, .1 specimens 2 "onions, nny variety, 10 specimens. .. 2 "onions, I peck 2 lb-t milnns, largest variety. 0 specimens each,,,, ,, lies 1 potatoes, caily, .1 varieties, I) speci 2 I mens ench -t 2 llcst early potatoes of nny ono variety, (I specimens ,'.2 1 llcst potatoes of growth of 1880, 2 varie ties, I) specimens of each 1 2: Host squash for table, .1 specimens 2 I "tomatoes, II speimeus 2 l "radishes, (I specimens 2 I "peas 111 tho pod, onu peck 2 i "string beans in pod, onu puck 2 1 "sugar corn, (J caw 2 1 llcst early com other than sweet corn, (I specimens 2 I llcst early pumpkins for pies, .'I speci mens 2 I SWKKI'STAKKS. Lnrgcst and best exhibit of vegetables taking first premium 10 IF The-jbovo premiums nro open for Oregon. Washington and Idaho grow as. In tho list, where cut sreeiiiipiis nro (n im exhibited as for instance, I.utitice, Cabbage,. Cauliflower, Ilrouoli, Tomatoes, 1 leans, Corn, etc., two specimens ach may bu grown lis boxes or pots, nud shown in place cut spec!' mens. Tho object of this rule is that timeta bles of this class may lie taken to the Fair without injury, nud still ictalu their freshness, nud vigor during the entire exhibition An other ndvautngu is thnt siglo plants in this. way can bo brought to greater perfection, unit consequently present grcntcr ntlTnctmn to visitors nt tho Fair. K. M. Waitk, Secretary. The Tuorouchbrod as a Foundation for the Trotter. Mte-SUxk Journsl, If, by a long continued courso of crossing; upon tho Thoroughbred, and by selection, with a view to speed as trotteas, wo havo succeed ed in producing certain families of horses that, possess all thu stamina, courage, and reiolu tion of thoitMtitcat Thoroughbred, with lumin al trotting speed as n family characteristic ad ded, for what purpose shall wo again leioit to the Thoroughbred, if breeding tiotturs is out object? And will nny expel leiiecd horVmnu nllirm that our recognized trotting families of poises aro not now- equal, its a rule, to the vcry best families of Tlioiouchbicils in stamina. courage, nud resolution? What proportion of the Ihorougliliicil hoists of i-.iighiiid nud America could stsml 1111 under wars of train ing nud coiniMiugiiig, such ns rtiitiired of the overage Hotter on tho nice track? When did tlio ruiiiiiug turf ever liehuld tho etitial of I Sold- smith Maui 111 tho very qualities for which the Thuuroitghhrcd is especially pricd? Tlio fact is, wo havo n'ready got from thu Thorough bred all it can gitu us that is of nny value in tho trotting horse. Wo givo it credit fur what it has done, nud theio wu leave it, just ns the bleeders of thu rat-O'lmrse haw left the Arab, the Turk, nud thu llarb, which was their foundation. Wo aro now- after something that wns never known to exist in tho Thor-. oiighbrcd, nnd we .need not look thcro for it. Wo hate mado good tirogrns in founding a breed of fast trotting norsiqandif wo continue to follow the well established laws of hcivdity, mid breed only front animals that xmss and transmit exception iloxccllcuco as trotters, our breed of hotting horses will eventually Income as firmly established as any other breed in thci world. "OrowuiE Vounc Aealn.', A gentleman, the cashier of a Western Kink,, who had used Compound Oxygen foi-n little over a mouth, says in n latteri "I gained eight pounds while I was taking it, nudaliuost began to thinlcthat 1 was graving young again. As 1 had no distinct ailment but only a gener al seiico of good fornothiiigncss accompanied by extreme nervousness and inability to sleep lung at a time, my case is not tustnking ns many othtrs which 1 havo read of in yotu ikiinphht; but these must be multitudes in my condition who would use your preparation gladly if the, -knew of it." Our Treaties 011 Compound Oxygen, which is sent free, con tains a largo amount of information in regurd to bis new treatment. Address Din. Stahkky .V Pairs, 1100 and 1111 Oirard Street, Philadelphia. Merry Mason for Sale. F.lscwhere wo publish the advertisement offering for sale- that excellent and well know 11 Clydesdale stallion, Merry Mosou. We do not need to make any comments, as then animal is rated high by fanners in this valley. For the part three years he has served in the; stud in this State and no dissatisfaction is. known. Also, at the same time, there will bo disposed of several other Clydesdale marcs and fillies. Messrs tiricrson.t Puch imported this stock of horses in 1SJS from France. We hopo for a general attendance at the forth coming sale. , Sksii in immediately for a copy of the. Fakmek extra. The most complete thing; ever issued m Oregon. TI10.0 who liave sent in their orders will get their mimUrs this, week. Wo have been delayed in gettingthem. finished. The edition is cpomlete and no ex pctijo was soared. The sum of $000 was ex peitded in getting it up. Send in your or ders. Stamps taken. A Physician of Great Prominence in Thirty-sixth street, Xv Vork city, was unable to even help Mr. Wm. McKce, of Pat erson, . J., suUeting the agonies always at t.ieuiitupvndiw. ii.lmxs. Asan honest man ai-i i,ra, ,.t. m.. I... .,......i .i ... 1 1 him by using o.e U ttie if aruer'sNife Kid uey and Liver Cute. 1 1 1 I I