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t- -VOL. XIII. THE TR' TTDfa HORSE. Certain Demand In the Near Future. It wa a question onco often asked, what mnranco U thcro that trotting horse, will produce their like? ami a strong impreasion for a whilo prevailed that breeding trotter, was about tho moat precarioua businesa a itock man conld engage In; but we aee by the leading authorities In stock matters that thia important matter has, for tho last few yearn, been pretty well decided favorably. There has been great attention paid to tho breeding of trotting stock and as the utility of the trotter Is far beyond that of the thoroughbred race-horso for practical urea, he has Ixcome M important an animal upon the turf as upon the road, and as his capacity and utility do ponds entirely npon his endurance and hardi hood it is not too much to claim that the American trotter ia today at the head of the list for vaWhlo qualities as he has quickness and strength to make hi n valnablo as the liorao of all work, or tho roadster, in case he doos not equal expectation in becoming phe nomenal with regard to speed. .As tho years pass b tho fact seems well established that wo are creating, by careful selection ami Ju dicious breeding, a distinct and reliable race of trotters of certain excellence, ami thia ia no longer a question, for it ia proved that like beget like." We have liccn fortunato in having fair rep resentatives of tho trotting families already introduced into Oregon and shall anon sco the ofTcct of judicious breediug in tho production f ...... 1 .uu.t.li.iu hh.1 .1... B..n(il ilitivilnnm.nt i i.ui lio-! ii'i.'iiiuin nun biiu iti-i.i i v,''in. - v t 'of tho country, and acquisition of wealth j , among is pripnring a good market for speed & horses. Wo predict that thia market will certainly improve and bo reliable. Tins calls out an inquiry How ahall the demand bo aup plied? Ifcie in Portland we havo already a demand for good roadsters which must im prove aa road am mado in all dlrectiona. If we do not raise tint horse they will l im ported, for wealth ia reckless of price and trouble when a t lotting jicrs is wanted. It ta desirable therefore that wo should raito such stock at homo and it ia fortunately with in our power to supply thia demand that promise to lio so certain and remunerative. t line no man can no certain 01 proiwciug n world' wonder in tho character of a trotting hora mo licllovo that the judicious breeding of snitihlo marcs to well-pedigreed stallions that show capacity and have essential quali ties as standard aniiiuls, will result in pro ducing many horses with raro qualities of speed, and whilo tho avcrago will excel in that respect, all will poises tho good const), tutions ntul hardy natures that aro auro to bo found iu well-bred trotting sires. We have always felt that our Sttte was under obligations to. thoso enterprising stock men ho have broujsjat well-brcd'animals here and havo doue so much to give reputation to the Oregon horso, especially as they have not always been well rewarded for their enter Uprise or outlay. Some years since Sir. John Redmond of anthill county, brought a good m lot of hones here, chiefly heavy farm stock, and did well w ith them, but he became ao partial to tho trotting hone that he gave up J tho others, and going Kat, to Orange county, Jfiw York, mado selections of several animals front breeders of tho best established reputa tion, the animals selected being from the most popular familial of trotting atock known. On liis tetiirn to Oregon be established himself hero in Portland as the center where fine ani mala will Io most in demand, and the lovers of fine horses be most apt to come. Kisber and Duroo trWe were purchased lof the famous "tony Ford atock farm in Or anire county", New York, owned by Mr, Char les HUckiuan, ono of the leading breeders of trotting hoiaea in tho United .States. Gov, Leland Stanford, of California, went to Ston Ford for flue horses for his own use and brought several from there to his stud in Cal ifornia. Wo havo read a description of Stony Ford stock and farm in Wallace's Monthly with trre.it interest. Kisber has made a rec ord of 2:30 on the State Fair ground at Salem, and iu privato trial when put to speed his made his milo in 2:20, which places him nay down in the list of trotting-stallioua. It was confidently expected that if not used iu the stud this j ear, but with good training instead, he would .how a mile inside of '.MS. Kisber lias the advantage, ot being of kind disposition and a handsomer animal than is utual among trotters; he i of Hamblctouian stock, about eight year, old and hardly iu his prime; w liilo Duroo I'rineo it lour yeaas old, bred from Me-M-siiger Duruc, ao tha'. both hare aa good trotting blood as the world affords. Hoct'.ril tha tlnnl annniL . bou'-lit of Maj IM1I, also cf O at'go county, X. Y., known - a sucess'ul breeJtrof trotters an-l thmou4 a haw g rered Alexander's Ahdal- lat, i .it all the diploma he reeds, as the horse maia iu fetvut reputation, j Theao three animals arc owned by Itcdmond & Smith, and their pedigrees aro fully given in tho advertisement to bo found elsewhere. They represent tho beat to bo had of approved trotting atock, hint aa their owners havo aliown enterprise and "horse aenso" in bring ing them here we hope their confidence of sufficient support and appreciation will bo ful ly met, as no doubt it will. To bo auro there aro many coarao animals that could not bo bred with advantage to ever so fine a trotting horse, but we have many fine, attire mares, medium sire, good form, well galted and dlspotitioncd, from which it is reasonable to believe that colts by a rclia ble trotting alro will grow up to bo fast trot ters and will command good price from the coming purchasers that are sure to abound aa our country dovelopea and richea inereasa. I- I 1 I L i I D. M. OSBORNE. In thia age ami country we aie men come tip In all walka of lifo and achieve success in all directions without regard to antecedents and ancestors. Tho senior member of t'o irrcat luanulacturing firm of I). M. Osborne fc Co., whoso business extenda to nil parts of the. world where wheat fiolda are harvested, la now on a visit to Oregon, accompanied bv w ife and daughter, and in converaatlon wo find him the typicyl American manufacturer, practical, carmat, energetic and without boast or Muster conducting ono of tho groat ea'ab lishmenta oecnliar to thia nhenoininal ace. Alluding to his youth he spoko of his father a a poor ami nam working lannt-r. mere was no hesitation in making th's alluiinit and no word or act to indicate, gratification at lil own success, yet the son of n poor mm who ln built up a vast trado anil h bceomi- one of thu world', grutt and successful manufac turers, with a pav roll that numlieis thous and", whoso machines curry hi namotoall land and to lioth hemispheres, ami whoso In ventions and improvements revolutionist tho working methods of all previous ages, has something to be proud of even it too modest to announce it. Tho world has so changed inco the present century Iwgan thanks to tho inlluenco of American institutions that every civilized land is allowing native genius and human energy to assert itself and work its -way to eminence, but with us far more thau with any other land this is tho rule rath er than the exception. Mr. 0Wna visits the Pacific Cf-ast where, heavy sales are made of his firm's harvesting machinery, to see for himself the cluractei of tho country and to form his own opinion of tho want of our farmers; ho has conio among u in a delightful season and must carry away n good impression. Ho infer ns u that ma chines that aro mado for Colorado and Cali fornia have to be stronger and heavier than those used here, because tho straw there is heavier than Iim-c. Our wheat is lightcrstraw and wo uso tho machines which aro in common tlo in the older States. Mr. Oslioriir-oxiirois- c the confident opinion that tho sulf-himlcn must come into more gcmral uso in California ami Hast of tin mountains, than heretofore. His machines aro immensely popular with fa'mer in this valley and we nopo to gain something in the way of their efficiency by the viait to Oregon by the chief of the house at thia time. Walla Walla. Tho Watchman aaya, where and what ia it! ia frequently asked by Kastcnt Journa lists whoio knowledge of geography has been nipped by tho froat when very young, but suffice it for us to say that W alia alia is in the land of the living and is a lovely little valley in the Territory of Washingtoji, which is on the Pacifio coast, commence at the foot of the Illue Mountains and gently slopes to ward tho majestic Columbia rivir. In that valley ia a city, also named Walla Walla, which contains abount -1,000 inhabitants. Within its limits we find a splendid new Court house, not quite fioiihod, an Odd Fel lows' Temple, the prite of the city, an Optra IIou) a li.tity Theatre eight fine churches for eight dill- rmt denominations, ami tho cud ia not yet. There ate also four lodges of Odd Fellow's to of the A. O. U. W. one of Knight Commanders of the Sun, a Post of the (irand Anny of the Republic, two Militia companies and thrco (ire companies, said to lie the most eUcient fire deiurtmant for it size, this side of Chicago. The valley iUelf, ought to be called. Pleasant valey or tho Kilon of the Noith west. Now accept thia brief description of the land of w heat when reading about it in those reliable, elaborate journals of tho Fast, always remember that Walla Walla is not in California, Nevada, Oregon or liritish Columbia, but in Washing ton Territory, which wants to be a State, The Last of an Influential Life. Gen. Joseph Lane is said to lie near the cud of his earthly pilgrimage, and tho' failing fast has perfect possession of his faculties and is making careful preparations for the end, hav ing a tomb constructed for his remains and disposing of his effects. It it pleasant to see the old soldier who was bom with tho cen tury, still retaining his mental strength w title the lody fails, and though many have differ ed from him in political principle-, all u ill re spoct hia service to hit country iu field and foiuut and hope that it will be well with him as he pawea through the Dark Valley toward tU Rttter Land. Fur many years ho waaa pr- inineut actor in our national history and won an honorable name on hi. country, tat tle fields. PORTLAND, OREGON, REVIEW OP rORElON MARKETS. Dates ta Tib. 15, 1831. t.NOLANU. The wheat trado has shown more firmness, though very littlo animation, and cargoes of Red Winter wheat oir the'eoast nro about la. per quarter higher on tho week. On tho apot aiid for forward delivery pricca have alaolieen generally in acllcra' favor. In Franco tho trade haa been firm at fully former prices. Tho shipments from the Atlantic ports of America have been on a still smaller scale than iu tho prcviouf week, ss will havo been aeen above, and the "visible aupply" has, at the aamo time, further decreased. With ref erence to the United States generally, it had been observed in last wcclc'i.Kcview that suck moderate excess as there mlghtlw iu the total exports over thoso of last year could appar ently Ihi only expected fn-m California. Some of tho advices received thia week Irom the latter State, mako it appear that, instead of thcro beinrf a surplus from thence of -1,000,000 qrs for exportation during tho season, tho quantity might lw only :t,200,000 qrs. It ia difficult nt all to understand ao great a diver gency, and tho latter reduced estimate aictiia almost undeserving of credit. It ia, however, the fact that tho California exports, during the first seven mouths of tho campaign (from the 1st July tu tho 31st January) havo been only 1,700.000 qrs, and that accordant to tho mer cantile advices, which ought to Iw accurately enough informed on thia point, tho total ton lingo of tho vessels apecillod aa being on thu Iteith and on passage tu arrive in tho next aix mouths was equal to 1,000,000 qrs. Accord ing to this tho supplies to lio expected from California aro very much smaller than expect-i-d, and n cousidcrablu portion of tho namo can only arrive at a most distant period. At one timo it had lccn represented in tho San Francisco Proditco Hxchang.) that California might supply, aaabovo stated, 4,800,000 qm, and tints there seems to ho a largo defalcation from the earliir estimates of tho quantity from tlancc, as well as from the Atlantic ports. In South Australia and in Yictoria. it ap pears, according to tho last mail advices re ceived this week, 'that tho first mifsvorable estimates of the crop wcro true. In South Australia theavrrago yield is ml expected to exceed six bushel per acre, which would givo a surplus for export of 173,000 ton. From Mrllnmrno the reports say that iu some iin ixirtant districts the yield is much less than Lilt year. Tho following shows thu actual I Cxports for (!rca llritalu dur.ng the (mat year, according to tho latest estimates ot the Kxports Probablo Export, to U. K. in IBM). to U. K. in 1831. South Australia.. 8S0.000 1UW.003 Victoria 4!H),000 3.-.0.00O New Zcataud. . . .riOO.OOO '.W.U00 Total.... 1,0.10,000 l.U'iO.OOO There will thus lie a probable deficiency com pared with last year of aliout G00.O0U qra, which, however, to a great extent, may likely lie mado up by incrcatcd shipment, from India Regarding the prospects of thu next crop, there is reason to hope that they may lie favorable i( the weather should soon hecotuu dry and seasonable, which begina to lie urg ently desired in the country. UEUMANT. Last week there was a complete change to snow and frost in this country, and this week tho weather has remained cold, Thn trade tills week has ruled firm for wheat mid steady for rye; llerliu closes rather higher on the week for both articles, hut Hamburg quotes no change. Last week at llerliu siiot wheat was neglected, its inferior quality keeping liuyers at a instance, iorlorwanl delivery business was limited, and prices hail fluctuated, closing, however, with very little change on the wtck. Ityo was decidedly quieter, with moru olfera from thu Herman and Itiissian Kaltic porta. At Hamburg thuo was a fair demand for apot whtat, and stock, being small, full prices were obtained. Stocks of Saale barley were nearly ilcared; ihoite Kaale to arrive by rail was otlered at 4is 11 to 48s M t' 448th f. it b., down to it'Js to 4'.'. fur common. At Danzig business is almost at a standstill, the poit Ling still frozen. HOLLAND. There had been a return of aevire wintry weather iu thia country, but within tho day or two rain haa leeu reiortcd. In lie country markets the wheat trade has been alow with an occasional decline, owing to the bail quality. At Rroniugen supplies were small, but wheat declined (id t' qr; oats were unaltered. Rye has met more demand for inland consumption, and American mixed maize at Amsterdam is quoted at equal to '7s t 4801b. 1'IUNCK. The, weather this week has been less favor able for field-work than during the previous week, a considerable quantity of rain having fallen in some puts of the country. The wheat trade this week has exhibited a firm tone, but not much auimstion. Farmers generally are imliiwcd to accept any further decline, and oifer sparingly, but the demand, on the other hand, also remains very limited, partly owing to tho unremunerative sale of flour. Foreign w heat ha also been alow to sell, but clow with more firmness, ICed Win. ter, free on railu ay wa,'on at Havre, Uiug quoted at equal to 17. M to 4f4 .'M t' 1801b, and at ltordeaux at 4S ) IS01U The quanti ty of American wi" at on passage to France by sailers, at lattst postal dates, is !XJ,'.!oOqr FRIDAY, and that of m.ilre llhnOOqra. Last week's shipments to the Continent, reported by ca bio, were G0,000qrs wheat and HO.OOOqrs maize. Tim net imports of wheat and flour into Franco in the first half of the present scaton, viz., from August 1, 18S0 to January .11, 1881, are officially returned at .1,014,000 qrs, including :ill;C,00O.irs from America, scainst C.ll.'JG0irs (including :i,2.'.t,000.irs from America) in the corresponding period last year, lno nariey trstte In trance rt mains without much animation, and ou'y the finest qualities maintain late rntis. It ap pears that in tho Saumur and Vicimc districts thcro is atill a largo qtlantlty of tho better class ol barley unsold, mo large farmers rciua lug present pricca. Oata havo been firm ami in demand for seed, and rye has bteu steady. KLOltlM. There baa been moro firmness iu the wheat trade hem this week, yesterday's telegrams from Antwerp quoting prices firm. The quantity of wheat on pasaago to Antwerp at latest postal dates wa 03,:t00qrs by sailers (including ro.uwqrs irom lalliorma) ami about 40,000qrs by steamers. arnTiiu-iic.soAuv. At Pestli .but week thcro was a better feeling iu the wfyrat trade, and prices advanc ed from !i to lOkrj the low price of Hour had alan attracted moriiattentio.i. Thotclcuvaph- ic iiunt.ltion from L'eatli this week shows nil advance on tho week of nhout"kr for Spring delivery. llCHHIA. Advices from St. i'etcrsbiilg dated 10th February, stated that rye remained too high in prico to allow of exports, all tho more so as foreign reports quoted lower price'. Indige nous wheat no lonuor entered into bii-iucst. and h'ro and there was some inquiry lor lorciyu wheals. 1-or Saxon ka holders tie maiided 17r with buyers at Kir. (hts wue iu moro demand ami about l'J0,(XHI diet had Im-vu purchased for export at the re-opening of navigation; fir 8A was asked and fr 7.t oile cd nt ilnto of writing. At Odessa the tradu remains In tho same Inactive state, the export business growing leas ami less; prices are sta tionary, and holders, c-ufident in tlutr ex pectations of next to jto further siivmlie. from thu interior, are not disposed to stimulate business by concession llcerliohm, - Mr ialrci;kvHorse BrssiWr. Some years agn wu. gained a aiibscrilier in thu person of a genuine Scotchman, Mr. Chat mera, who settled near Cornelius in Washing ton county, and soon after showed .1 tatto for tho breeding of good faun hones. For wiine years post this vetcr.n has h.id Ida tun half bred Clydesdales in the field, with great sue- ten, nud it ha come to bu nn istiblished fact that when Mr. Chalmers wanted a hone it was auro to bo well worth having At the present time ho ia probably the owner of more excellent draft stallions than any man iu this valley, ami true to h'l native atock he pre'era the Clw'csdalo to all others. He writes us that ho has purchased Merry Mason, imported Irom Scotland keteral years ago by (Jiiemon A Piigh of ShIo-ii, a horso with mi superior on thi coast ami with few rquils, and we prom ise that hu will givu a good accotnt of that favorite prize winner. Air. Chalmers t ss thrco remarkably flue half-bred Clydesdales that he oiler for tho stud this season, "Clin- cer" at Cornelia farm, near Cornelius, Wash ington county; alto tin two well known hoi sea JWnianco. ami "Atlrance" will staml at Turner, Scio ami Staytou, as annoiu-rrd else, whiro. Mr. Clislmera hat recently purchased a farm in Fox Valley, lust of Sciu in Linn county, and wu consider it rather fortunate for thu many reader, of the FAiiuru in that direction that he has interests there which will permit them to liecomo acquainted w itli his griiuiue "horso sense," ai-d we leave then to appreciate him and hi. stock a tiny sha'l get better acquainted. The Growth of Weston. The editor of the- I 'end le ton Tribune w rites i About to year, ago wo passed thiuugh Weston on our way to Walla Walla, but had never visited that town since until Sunday last. Thete tw o years have wrought a won derful changu In that pretty little city. We knew it must make a town of considerable im portance for it is surrounded by one of the most beautiful agricultural countries "in tho world." It has nothing of the speculative or ephemeral look now, but ia a aiibstantial, well-built town, ami can boast of many fin bnck business houses that would be a credit to any city in tho State and we wtro sur prised to aee so many neat and attractive residence.. Tho people are full up with the times) ill tho line of public improvements; they liavo nearly completed thefr city hall, which is an elegant two-story brick) have built good aidewalka and aro constantly doing something to make their city attractive. Grain Orowlnc About Klamath Lakes. from A.l.UnJ TUIntrs. Uncle George Nurse sajs hu will build a grist mill at Liukville (hi. year. He estimates that two thousand acre, of grain will hate Ih,cii sown iu the Klamath basin this se.iwu, The situ chosen for the projected null i. mi tho river just below tho saw mill. There is already one grist mill iu Lake county -at1 L"l. .,!. A.......... !...( f. 1... . 1 . , a., (ttaiuatH b-iv, I'm iv iio. oven very little used, APRIL 8, 1881. NO. 8. OUR NATIONAL SYMBOL. LViHiuknliv. Among tho most wairiur.peopUs the ea,jlo has been a favoritu emblem. In mythology and history, it is everywhere present. With outstretched wing and flushing eyes, it seems 1 1 dominate over the w hole world of fable, al ways sacred, nlw ays venerated, even feat cd, fur in its grasp tho lightnings kindle. Among the Persians, Mithra, or tho sun-god, wishing to reveal himself iu a visible form, assumed the figure of an eagle; and this Image, sculp tured iu gold, Cyrus placed on the crest of his triumphant standards. The Unmans adopted the eaitlo-aymiKil at art early period of their history, At first they crowned with it the sceptre of their kings; afterwards, when they had toppled down the throne, they mado it tho ornament of tho staff of their warrior-chiefs, nud tho only en sign of their legions. Under tho republic, tlo Iloman eagle waa carved in wood; then in silver, with a thumb rbolt ot (told in its tal ons. Cn-sar was tho first who had the whole cast in gold, hut he deprived it of tho thun derbolt on which it had hitherto rested. To mark his iudefatlgibhi activity, nml his con stant yearning after new conquests, too Un mans always represented Cnsar'a caglo with outstretched w ings, ns if seeking to incloss the entire World iu t lio grasp of its shadow. Kach legion had its golden eagle posed at the point of a lance. They regarded it with the moit religious veneration; they made oath by it a by a divinity; and these oatha were es teemed peculiarly sacred. Tho warrior-bird displayed, also, a protecting character. The guilty soldier, on the point of Mug sni.ttcn by tho centurion's axe tho prisoner doomed to death, mly.ht obtain life and pardon if they pi iced themselves under the safeguard of the eagle, by clasping closely the lance of the standard-bearer, On tho days of the tri umph of victorioua generals, the eaglo was adorned with all tho garniture of victory with crown, of laurel and garlands ot flowers. When a legion pitchcd'lt caip, tho caglo was placed in its center; and if it happened thxt two legions eacamped together, they erected upon thn limits of tho two camps n ilnublu eagle, with heads and wings npjmscd. Ifnltomaii army were defeated, the eagle was not sullered Iu fall into the hands of tho ciioiiyj when thu stand-trd'henrcr saw thu rout licgin, ho broke hi lance in twain, and buried iu the earth that portion which was crowned by tho imperial symliol. It is to thia precaution that thu museum at Munich owe. the possession of tho only legionary eagle that has been preemd to modern times. It wis found in (iermany; isofbrtuuo gilt, tlnee inches hijh, and weighs eight Hiunds. Thus thu enemies of Itninu might be victorious, ami yet unable to display thu most ho lOrablu trophies of their victory. Yarro, one of the greatest of general., nud thu most probfio of Jtomaii authors, however, incurred the disgrace of seeing hi. legions beaten hack, and their eagles captured, wherefore no divas, tcr ever more keenly wounded the haughty spirit of Home. The German l-'mperor adopted the eaule as a symbol, and for a long time Uuo but a single one, nut una vn in iciiiemiiranceol the Hu man Cie-sara. They afterwards asviimud the two-headed eagle aa a symbol of the double Finpiruof Home and Constantinople. (Mho 1 V. beini! the first 1 1 euurave it mi tho imm-r. ial seal, and finally it In came adopted as the loiiuuaiion ci u (lie heraldic mysteries ol thu empire. thu KusaiaiH, a their power increased uiew (ualoua of this emblem, and the Cur Ivan III, considered himself deserving ot the sainu blazon. He ordeied a double-headed e-.iglu to be engraved upon hi coins, In every resjiect similar tu that of the German and (Jieckcmmrors: but instead of hcinirrenreert til with expanded wings, like tho eagle of tho Cu-Mtrs, its wings were folded. Ivan had no sooner ascertained this distinction lctwt.011 thu Russian and thu German eagle, than he veiy I mperly caused the desiuuers and cut-ra vers of his coins to be hung. The Muscovite eagle remained with folded wings, but in its territorial flinht it has not onlv eouallcd. but evcu distanced tho eagle of the Germans. J he rrencnemiileiu was notalwavs the vic torious erglc. Following a custom preserved for soinx centuries amunust most modern na tion, the French kings adopted at first the religious banner of thu saint in whose inter cession they had tho greatest confidence, and this wa St. Martin, one of the foremost spo. ties of the Gauls, and tho reputed patron of the French monarchy. It remained for the first Napoleon to bring back the Casariaii eagle, and carry Its glittering wings through thu triumphant scene, of Marengo, Austerlitz and -leu a, aa well as amidst the disasters of thu Russian campaigns ami the fatal day of Waterloo, where Its broad pinions for the last time were spread ovsr the fortunes of the am bitious Corsican. Tho adoption of the cattle for our national device was suggested In 178.1 by the motion of '1 hoinas Jefferson to make legal provision for a coinage. Hut it was not until 171).') that the n.liit was put into lull oiicratioii, ami the na tional syml.ols adopted for thu coinage. The Senate proi;td the head of the President who should occupy thu chair at the time of coinage. In the House tho head of Lilicrty was suggested, as being less aristocratic than that of l'le.idtnt having less the stamp of rovalty. 'Hie head of Liberty was finally adopted as the duvice for the face, and the eagle fur thu ruvc.e. A0AIKDT UNIFORM TEXT B0OK8. Lank Count, Or., Aprils, 1881. Falitor Willamette Farmer! Thinking it would not bo amiss to say a few words on school matters I send you these lines! Thu education of tho masses is a aulj. Ject that interests every cition of thu SUt alike; but unfortunately wo cannot all see sliko with reference to it. Our Stato Hoard of Kducatlou may think that it iaiu tho inter est of education, to sell tho laboring classes of this Statu by ono atroko of tho pen to tills or that publishing company, Just as often as tho publisher's Interest may demsndi and force tho people to buy a large lot of their school looks; hut tho taxpayer believe It, to bo great detriment to common school nlu. cation to often change the text books. It is detrimental in more wava than one- but especially iu thu wastu of our money, Kvery dollar taken from tho pooplo and given to these book grindors is that many dollars taken irom me sonool lund of the State, thereby crippling the common schools ami maklm, It impossible for many of tia to school our chll. ilren. To ua it may bcoiii a snall matter to buy it few school hooka, but in the aggregate the amount i large, footing up to ninety thousand dollars tu urtt change that was mado by the Hoard. What thu sn1,..,.,f changes have cost I havo nut means at hand to ueUTnilno, but tho amount is doubtless larerf). Tilt-rn mau lu. i, .Itir..... ii...l r tt " air ; . . '""c "'i i tail to aco it) between being handed over to a publiahlng company for ninety thousand doll ars, ami Stato olllccrs under construction of law to put their lund. into hu Treasury and takeout tho ninety thousand. If our school fiiudvvaswaJitedhytheiiiwh.it better ia the Uanl of hducation doing! Tliey aro certain ly wasting tho remainder In achool looka by i-oinpclling the people to pay It out to some .....Mi.im.K luuiLHii.y. jn incso Hani times it behooves every man to look well to his ox. ptnaca, and my advico to the school dlstricU in the present emergency la to rebel againat the enforcement of tho present change of text Uioks and leayo our money in the Treasury rntherthan givolt to a set of hungry book grinders amrschool our children in thu best way we c.n until tho matter can be set right by the legislature. We do not want a Stato Hoard of hilucation for common schools; wo simply need a law compelling the directors of e-ucfi district to provide a uniform system of book, for their district. This would make Stato Hoards and county school supci intend-eut.5111iH-ees-.11y ami useless. Tliij plan would lie much 1 entailer and equally eirective; ami tlicrcnv ri-Hnvfi m .r i... i.i. i......,,. -' iill time to come. Statu uniformity we reject ItwmikH lie If u.. Mr.. Il.l.l. ... I- r . : ... .1 : 11 , """'" ,u " "' out at any time to a publishing company fur ninety or a hundred thousand dollars. T, Haiidik. Cold Spring County. Tho Weston Leader savs. the nub tn n..- Cold Spring section of ccuntrv f. e-. -.. ... eourtiging. Thousands of acies are being lo- wen.-.! mis npring, ami tliere is yet room for more. If the yield this year is good, the amount of irrain to lieahlnnnl u-ill 1. In....,,.. far out stripping anything of former years. The area of new ground broken up Is much vrifttcrtluin any pitviors year. The view from the foot hills of thn 111,,., M,. ..!,.!... r. away to the Columbia river ia grand in an agricultural tmup. . In.ll,-nin.,, ii. .,-,. the hardy grauuers are making. For uliout i!() mile, of thu WJ or 40 West, the aurface is LM.L'cbf'il llV tllllirfiLs is (l..Mu ....!.. I.. ..f j sw.a I.S.1U4 i jihiii in vnn (uUof AilVMicuiiivnt, wliiloheyouiul that ...v ,-,.v1.l.luv.4Hi.i,vtii, uiim uuirni Bill. llll' ffcU'llltillif Him tts.nl., ... X ... I . a I .. .. t 1 PIMrtunity lieforo all U Ukea and price lilLlti flits-1 1 frrini tin t-ta!lsm..1 n.......A.. ' ...... a((v (iiusatt llallVVlJlt Iherldan Orange Ho. OB Will intfct In riTMtn ai'iisjini. nt UI.....M(... .... . ... .-f . .... n lltlbllliatl VU 1110 mini naiuiuay in April, at 10 o'clock A. M , at which time Judge Hoise, Master of Stato Grange, will deliver an address on the aims and objects of tho order as viewed by the National Grange at its last reunion. Special Invitation extended to tho editor of tho Pan uk it. I'.rn. J. II k', ,...,. .,,.1 11... n... , --- . . ... a..M.., h..-, ,,,, UWI Clark, as well aa all P. of II. of good stand- ing, ami an interesting time hope.l fur, T. H. Ucwur, MasUr. M sstlnf or Multnomah District Orange, Notiso is hereby given that Multnomah District Pomona Grange No. 0 will conveno at F-ASt Portland in tho hall of Multnomah Grange No. 71, Saturday, April 17, at 10 o'clock A. M. Ilusiness of special Importance to lie transacted and a full attendance do ired. J, J, Joii.vhon, Secretary, Tha Leadlnx Photographer Of this city is Frank Abell. And in every sense of the worel ho deserve, the title. I)ur ng thia pleasant weather excellent neiratlvei can bu taken, and, as a coiwoqiicnio, good photographs are the result. Here la the Teat. Diziiieaa. lunui-n .ff-knAii.l,.n l.....ir, loss of appetite, inflammations, gravel, female unease, ami an irouniu 01 thu urinary organs, au-l bladder, aro quickly ami surely removed by Warntr's Safu Kidney ami Liver Cure.
