WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 12, 1881.
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MAJiKJJT HEVOliT.
SILVJCK COIN Jn I'ortlanil tliu banki
jnoto at par lniytng, soiling.
iiomi: I'ltoiini: .m.ii:ki;t-.
The following represent wholcsalu rate,
from producers or first hands :
FLO UK. In jolliing lots standard brands,
$4.23; Lest country biands, SJ4.0rS4.2a.
WJIKAT. Valley Sl.SJ&MO. Walla
Walla, Sl.'JTJ&fl.A'j.
OAT.S. U liitc. feed -KAii-, V bushel
ONIONS. Ilc.
I'OTA'IOKh.-New, "O&UOc per cental.
MIDDLINGS Jobbing, for lecd, !'.!0.00
2'.00 rtiu. Shoits, SlSCo.20. Chop, i'Mlh
125.00 V ton.
HKAN. Jobbing at 3121 f ton.
BACON. Sides 14 cents; Hams, countrj
oat, 1415ci City cured, lOfelOo; Shoul
ders lu(allc.
LARD. In kegs, 1 4(0)1 fie. Oregon leaf,
tins, 14c; do in pails, IGglGc.
BUTTKU. We ouote; Extra fresh roll,
26c; fair to good, 18J(S,22ci common, 15
v20c xolidinkegs, 22(g(20cj best pickled rolls
In bbla or half bbls, 2f)C.
CHKKSE. 1314c.
DHIEU FRUITS. Apples, sun dried quar
tered, 8c; sliced, 74c; machine dried, Of&lOc;
Pers,inaehinodrie(l,810c. l'lums, sun dried,
pitted, ll(Ojl2; machine dried, ditto, 1 life 15c.
POULTRY. Chickens, small and medium,
1,00 per doz.j Full grown, $4.GO6.00 and
targe receipts.
EGGS. Near bv fresh laid, 20c.
HOGS. Dressed. OSSH.e.
BEKF. Livo weight, 2Ju tor choice'
SHEEP. Live weght, 2c.
WOOL. Eastern Oregon, 18(3,2flc Wil
lamette Valley, 2l28c. Uuipqua, 2HS(30c.
HIDES. Butchers' hides, (fry, lfi16c;
oountry curod, dry, 15l(ie; culls, A off; Green
bides, salted, "feHJc; Country, ditto, "(aiSJc;
Deerskins, dry, 30o tf lb; Dry sheep pelts,
Moh 25(5,31; Dry elk, 8c If tt..
TALLOW.- -Quotable at 0J6c
HAY. Market from,lJ13lClj" ton, baled,
F.NKKAIi MKKfllAMHHK.
RICK. China, No. 1, 6c; China No. 2,
Bio: Janan. 7c: Sandwich Islands, 8&Dc.
TEAS. Japan,406005c; Black, 4076c;
Green, 6580c.
COFFEE CostaRica 1020c; Java,28S0.
SUGARS. Crushed A 13o; Fine Crushed,
I3Jo; Cube, l.ljcj Extra C, 12c; Golden C,
11 Jo; Sandwich Islands, No. 1, lie.
SYRUP. Five gallons- 75o.
CANDLES 1316c.
RAISINS. California, $3.25$2.75tf25 II
box.
80APS. Good, 7Sc1.75.
OILS. Ordinary brands of ccal, 2,ricj high
endes. Downei Co., 374c; Boiled Linseed,
Raw llmou oil, 40c; Turpentine, 70c;
Pore Lard, I.10; Castor, $1.20fefJ1.40.
YEAST TOWDERS. Donnelly, $2 If dozj
Praaton & Merrill, $2.25 ? doz.;
BALT. Stock, bay, ?12 If ton; Carmen
Island, 1121; Coarse Liverpool, $'20; Kino qual
ity, $25; Ashtnn's dairy. titto, SJ30.
THE FLAX CROP.
The (lax cropthroiighoiitthu alley is report
ed more promising than In past years.
Several large fields in Linn county, sown
early and on good soil, are said, to have at
tained a growth that insures a heavy yield of
trod. Flax grown for tho fibre, which is a
different variety from that produced for tho
seed, is not succeeding ho will, probably
on account of not being acclimated, as it has
been but a few yeais siueo its production was
commenced in Oiegon, Telegram,
To which the Albany Democrat says:
Allow us to correct you by saying that
such a favorable year for the culture uf lint
flax has never been known in Oregon. Lint
or fiber flax for the Willamette valley car
ried off tho first prisu at the Centennial 'Ex
position in 187(1, where it was in competition
with samples fi urn Ireland, Holland, Russia
and Australia. If wu lemembor right the
specimen shown there was three feet long,
and this season wu can show over 150 acres in
Linn county that will beat that measurement.
six niches. Besides wo can show fifteen or
twenty acres that already measures four feet
plrjp juuhes in length, and by the time it Is
ready to bo taken from tho ground it will in
all pruhahilitiy be fully five feet long. This
latter is an experimental crop raised by Saiu'l
Robinson, well known to newspaper men on
J.hj coast, ami is from soiuo of tho celebrated
'Riga seek Imported by him from the old
country last Winter at a cost of about 910
prrlmslul, Mr. Jas. Thompson, tho gentle
men who put this flax in, is an old Befutt
Irishman, mid the remarkable nu-ees of tho
cropshoun that ho understands its cultuin
thoroughly. Although the Telegram made a
mistake in icgHld to our (lax crop we know
it will voiy gladly cornet it, and thus asMkt
in attracting attention, to what will soon bo
ono o( tliu chief industiios ou tho Nuithwtst
coast. Wo now have a twine mill in AlU-tny
whic'b is jui-t getting in shape and will do a
largo huniiKMs this year; wo ttiv confident
that in a fon yeais linen fnctouos will
bo nioio plentiful Hi ()iegoi than woolen mills.
In Ireland tho lint IU is about -S incites lout
and their toil has inn down to milt an extent
that at tho l.mt annual meeting of tho llilfut
Flax Association the Seon'ttuy was onlctctl to
coiiospond and asieitaiu whore the cii'lnro or
flax is most suecosfttl, to that thiiiii.tiiuf.ietur
cr would know wlieio they eniihl ilriw their
supplies of raw uuttcti.il fiom m tho futuie.
It m-ciiis to us tint flax foul and fix o feet long
is about what they am looking for, and if the
should import a few cargoes from this country
we woitlit im)ii itavo soiuo ot thtirimlU met
hero. Already this season onto two or throe
factories, have hern luxmcht over from lrcllud
to tho Ktcrn States, and they of course
think it is piotiuhlo to itisko the change or
they would not conic. If it is profitable to
workup flax in New ork ami new Jersey,
and to import cotuidcraule of tho raw material,
laying a duty, they do, of &I0 per ton,
how very much iiioto profitable would it Ik to
4lo llto mantiiaeiiiiing noic, where tno w.t
tlax in tho world is raircd, and wheto the
climate Is H-culiarly adapted to the woikiug
of llax libor. Wo ask that tho newspaper
picstoi oiir Mate no hi at lltoy cm to gvt
this ma ,ter bofoio the wot Id, and tho limit
is suio to I hi of great l-vnctit to Oregon.
What mo have raid of the length and quality
of tl.iv now being raised hem in Albany it
absolutely cornet .is Y)0 will prove by ttrding
tiiinlc" t' i wi k tho 1-iihI PcpAitnitiit ol
tht 0. A C. R. R. Co.
FORESTS IN OREGON.
Orrgon Colonist.
The Cascade mountains, the Coatt range,
a'ld the Cnlapooia mountains, at well as a
largo part of the valleys of western Oregon,
arc covered with foi eats, affording an inex
haustible supply of hard and soft timber. In
tho vallews different Kind of ash, oak, maple,
balm, and alder, as well as fir, c dar, spruce,
pine and yew, grow in great abundance. In
the foot-hills scattering oaks and firs, with a
thick second growth in many places, arc
found. The mountains are mostly covered
with thick growths of tall fir, pine, spruce,
hemlock, cedar, latch, and lam el, without
much underflow th. Two kinds of cedar,
(Thuja sp. ) tin ec of fir, (red, yellow and hite,)
and four of pine (I'liiti? monticola, I. nobilis,
I'. coiiterti, or black pine, and P. poiiderosa,
know as pitch or yellow pine,) ale indigenous
to Oregon.
Trees attain an unusually tine develop
ment, both as regards height and byminetiical
form. In tiie northern part of the State the
red fir (abies DougUsii) abounds and often
measures two hundred to two hundred and
fifty feet in height, with nino feet in diameter
clear of branches up for one hundred and fifty
feet. Out uf such trees eighteen rail cuts
have been made, and five or tea thousand feet I
of lumber. Alder polts, from eighteen to
thirty inches in circumference, and hazel
stems from ono to five inches in diameter are
of common occurieuee. Planks are savwi
from alder saw logs measuring 20 to 30 inches
in diameter. In the forests South of the
Umriiua yellow pine is found, as also an
abundance of sugar pine, tho wood of which !
is in great demand. For commercial and in- ;
dustrial purposes the red cedar, red fir, hem
lock and sugur pine, maple and ash are the
most valuable. Black walnut and hickory
have been introduced and eulivated with
success.
An Englishman In Oregon.
Mr. R. K. Purvcr, a leading farmer in Mar-
ion county, writes us as follows: I farmed in
Hants, Fng'and, and fooled away twenty
years of the best part of my life and the most
of my money, so was compelled to emigrate.
I came to Illinois, where after three years
residence my wife, daughter and two boys
were prostrated with ague and fever. Hear
ing of the healthfiilncss of this State wo etui-
grated again, about broke, that taking our
little money, so wc had to begin in 180'.! at
the bottom of the ladder. We came up the
river May 14th and bought 100 acres of land,
no fence or building on it, sparsely covered
with oak timber and oak brush. Five weeks
later we were living ou our land in a 12x14 ft.
sort of camp. Our friends in England assisted
us. 1 built our house from sill to shingle
without aid except from my two boys; finished
it before September rains commenced. Wo
had no money, but wo helped harvest our
neighbors' crops, earning a little wheat; our
cuns and fishing-rods supplied us with meat.
With a soi ry team we commenced plowing
for wheat, my youngest boy and myself grub
bing and charing before the plow. I must
not needlessly lengthen this, Imtdescribe these
iambics. It may meet tho eye of some poor
braiitwonifd English farmer who van do as
well in this fine country as wc have. To cut
this short as possible 1 will just give an m
ventory of our stock on our now fine fatm of
450 acres: We have a flock of 100 sheep, 10
horses, 2 mules, 10 cattle, 8 hogs, nearly 150
acres of wheat, and 20 of oats. We have ap
ples, pears, plums and cherries fiom trees of
our own planting, currant), gooseberries,
raKplienies in abundance, such as an English
man can scarcely dream of, and with health,
ami wheat at a dollar a bushel, we shall get
luck what wo lost in England, I think any
where ou the coast, fiom Sail Diego to Van
couver Island, B. C, is the best part of
Aim i iea for at. Englishman to come to. No
rates, no policemen pottering around, no door
locks. Wu do our own work, and united
ourselves and property better than .by deput
ing others. -Oregon Colonist.
The Railroad Surveying.
Atltland TMlnip.
J. S, Howard's surveying party reached tliu
Klamath river, near the mouth of Willow
creek, the lust of tliu week, and then return
ed to the summit to begin work again. The)
are camped near the Toll House now, and
stirted yesterday moining upon the lino dow n
this side tliu mountain pass. Mr. Hiirlburt
has also sent a surveyor, a Mr. Austin, front
Portland to Josephine county, to seek out a
route from this valley to tho coast. Mr. Aus
tin will employ his assistants in Josephine
county. Hits moe looks as thutiuli Vill.nil
means to take possession of the coast route
wo mentioned last week. It would undoubt
edly suit the Northern Pacific to Itavo u lino,
between I'oitlaud and S.tti l'raucUco, entirely
iiidcrcndcntof the Ccntr.il Pacific. A hnefroni
this alloy dtioet to tho coast would suit tho
people nt Jaekstm county very well, too.
A United States Bouniiry line.
llostun TnwlU-r.
Tho iioitliciii boitudry of this country i
m.itkid by stone chains, iron pillars, wood
pillars, c.uth in unds and timber posts. A
stone chain is so en and a half foot by eight foot,
an carts mound, seven feet by fourteen feet,
high, eight 'inches square at tho Utttotn and
four iiichts at the top tiiuDcr posts tio feet
high and eight niches mpiato. There are oS'J of
those marks U'twccu the I.iko of (he Wood
and the base of the Rock mountains. That
jHittton of he boundiry which lies East and
West of the litil liiver valley is marked by
cast-iron pillais at even utile interval-.. The
Hi Itish place oue every two miles and the
United States one between each British post.
Our ptltats or marker were made at Detroit,
Mich. They aie hollowed iron castings,
tnreccii;ht of an inch in thickness, in the
loi in of iCtiuiicitisl pyramid, eight feet hih,
eight Inches squaic at bottom and four inches
nt tho top, as before stated- Tho. hae at
tho top a solid piiMiuidal cap, and at the lt
tout an ivtajjon.il things one inch in thickness.
lpou the oppoMte facts arc cut in letters
two inches high the inscriptions, "Convention
of Loudon," and 'October 20, ISIS.'' The
inscription being about four feet six inches
above the base, and read upward. The in
teriors of the hollow posts are filled with well
seasoned cedar posts, sawed to fit, and secure
ly spiked through spike holes cast in the pil
lars for the purpose. The average weight of
each pillar is eighty five pounds. The pillars
arc all set four feet in the ground, with their
inscription facing to the North and South,
and the earth is will settled and stamped
about them. For the wooden po.'ts well
seasoned logs are selected, and the jioi tion
above the ground painted red, to prevent
swelling and shrinking. Those posts do very
well, but tin Indians cut them down for fuel
and nothing but iron ill lust ery long.
Where the line crosses lakes, mountains of
stone have been built, tho ba-ses in some places
eighteen feet under water and the tops pro
jecting eight feet above tl.o hikes mrface at
high water maik. In forests the line is mark
ed by falling the timber a rod wide and clear
ing away the underbrush. The work of cut
ting through tho timber swamps was very
great but it has been well done ami the
boundary distinctly marked by the commis
sioners the whole distance from Michigan to
Alaska.
Bro. Overnlser's Carp Pond.
The following extravagant fish story is fiom
the California Patron:
I A year ago last January, Bro. L. Overhiser,
living two or three miles from Stockton, hav
ing prepared an artificial pond, occupying an
area of about half an acre, planted thirty-five
1 young car), five or six inches in length,
therein. Nothing was heard or seen of them
until a shoit time since, when a stock dealer,
who had made a large purchase of Bio. O.'s
shorthorned cattle, and while prying around
i to see what ho could find suitable to have
I thrown in with his purchase, heard a great
splashing of water in a place surrounded with
trees, which he mistook for a duck pond. Up
on reaching the top of the embankment over
looking the nond. he observed maov larcre fish
cavorting around, as if they were very nutner-
ous; whcieupou he hailed Bro. O., who was
greatly rejoiced to behold his pets for the first
time since planting. Upon closely observing
the margin of the pond, it was found literally
alive with young carp, from one to three
inches in length. Upon throwing a large piece
of bread in the water, it was scudded along
like a miniature boat by the young fish, in
their endeavors to have a haivest feast.
Bro. 0. related this story at the Stockton
Grange meeting, when Bro. (irattan shook his
hoad, saying that he guessed Bro. O.'s young
fish were nothing more nor less than tadpoles
having raised nothing else in his carp pond.
Upon invitation, the Doctor rode out to Bro.
O.'s to see his "young frog-fish." Upon ex
amination, he was forced to admit that they
wero truly young carp.
Bro. 0. is now engaged in figuring up the
present number of his finny tribe. He arrives
at an estimate thus: Thirty-five carp were
placed in the pond eighteen mouths since. He
finds, from his Piscatorial Manual, that each
fi male carp is capable of producing 1S.000
egis annually. Estimating that there are
twenty female carp out of the thirty-five, the
annual product would be 3(10,000. Add to
this, the probable product for the additional
six months would give an aggregate sf 510,-
000. Allowing 40,000 for contingent losses, it
is presumed his pond contains about 500,000
young cat p. Estimating that these young fish
will sell 111 the market one year hence at 1-J
cents each, the product m ill bo equal in x-alue
to $02,500. Besides this, there will he the an
nual increase, which, according to the esti
mate above; will equal 5,400,000,000 !
Crop Prospects Lane County.
Kugeuc Guard.
Never have tho prospects for a bountiful,
ctop in Iano county beeu better than at per
sent, notwithstanding the eiics ot some who
are alarmed about rust. Within tho pist
week wu havo conversed with reliable men
from every section of the country where
wheat is grown, and have been assured that
the yield and quality w ill be excellent. The
heails aio large and well filled while the
stiaw is of good length. The report that the
rust will injiite the crops near Irving consi
derably, we aro informed by a gentleman
living near iltere to bo unfounded; true there
is some rust on leaves, but that very seldom
fails to Appear on late sown grain. The crop
is far enough Mlvanced so that tho yield can
not lie materially alleeted fiom that cause.
Fall and Winter sown, especially where the
ground has been summer tallow ed, appear to
bo tho best. Wo do not think wo overstate
when we say that Lino coiinU will have
1,000,000 bushels surplus this Fall.
Products of Whitman Co., W. T-
l'lom th rakaue llazi-ttr.
The fanners of Whitman cc uuty are request
ed to send to tho Colfax office of the Oregon
Improvement company, samples of the present
eiop of wheat, rye, oats, bailey, llax, fruit,
xeget.tbles and other product of the Paiouse
couutiy. These w ill bo placed ou exbibiton
at tlio comnany's olhcos in Walla Walla mid
Chicago, The samples should K" sent in such
cot tlitioiia.s to show tliu excellencies of the pro
duct, together with tho locality where gtoun,
the quality, name, uuinU'r ot actts sown, the
j io d per aete, lieu seed and w ben harvested.
All s.uiples in packages should K mat Wed
(.on. T. 11. Tamiatt, (len'l Agt., O. 1, Co.
Uood tor Sjeni.
It soonis that another company of Poitl.utd
aipitalists have orgaiiird to own and make
use of tho abundant water power at Salem,
having purchased the Capital Flouring Mills,
in itoith Salem, and the site of tho old woolen
factory. If they conclude to rebuild the lat
ter and extend manufacturing' business in
otlter directions, as is probable they will as
soon as there is promise of stitltcient demand,
it will add greatly to the business prospects of
Salem and the surrounding country.
uneteo Valljy.
I Pott OitorU Ouri) fix I ost. J
The to are some of the tlucst farms iti the
Chctco vallcx to lie found in the Stale. That
region of country was explored early, as is
evinced by the numlxr of donation claims
Uat.sl 'The luck country down there is
much of it iimte aluable, Iwili for cultivation
and sheep ranges The uttUrs have an out-
let to the ocean through Chctco harbor, which I
there l
has long Uuiutl.ued by mall craft
GENERAL NOTES.
2,000 hop pickers will be needed to secure
the incoming hop crop of the Pyallup Valley.
Picking will begin about the 1st of Sept.
Walla Wal'a Union: Farmers arc paying
from 2 to $2.00 per hand; -laborers seem to
bo scarce, even at these figures, as men are
constantly asking for laborers on the street.
East Oregonian, ( Umatilla Co. ) : Our
fanners have about concluded their harvesting
and had cood crops and splendid weather for
cutting and stacking. Consequently they arc
happy.
Klickitat Correspondence: Out' farmers
are all busy harvesting one of the best crops
ever cut in this alley. The yield in some
instances is cnorin us, averaging 50 bushes to
tho acre.
Our sheepmen have sold their wool for a
good price ranging from '.!2c to 30c. Wm.
D.itton got for his 27c, an average of 2
per head, net, payi-ig all expenses from Uma
tilla Landing to tean Finiicisco. Hcppner
Cot respondent.
A specimen of timothy from the farm
of McDaniels and O'Brien measures six
feet in length, while some of the heads are
one foot long. It is simply superb. A sam
ple of wheat from farm bea'.s Derrick's for
ijcing plump ami lined.
E. C. Maddock exhibits at Oregon city
some fine specimens of oats, their height be
ing over six feet, with heads to feet long.
One was counted and found to contain about
700 grains. They were raiscu on his place in
Beaver creek precinct.
Old "Father Worth", as he was familiarly
called, died at his home in Halsey after a
sickness of several weeks, aged about 83 years.
He has been a pastor in the United Presby
terian Church tor many years, and has lived
for quite awhile in Halsey and Brownsville.
Alsea Bay has produced the champion pie
plant of the season. Mrs. David Ruble re
cently cut from her garden a stalk which stood
almost four feet high; the stem near the
base measured six inches in circumference, and
the leaf around tho outer edge measured 21
feet.
State Journal: Some evil minded person
has said that rust is coming and most of the
farmers aie cutting their grain for hay. In
reply, we say let anyone visit Creswell and
vicinity and be convinced otln noise bv look-
over the waving fields of grain reaiing itself
above the level of the fences.
An insect of some kind has been destroying1
wheat in Yamhill county at a fearful.' rate,
cutting the stalk off at the surface of the
ground. Some of the farmers have lost very
heavily ou account ol it, Jos. Watt, Esq., of
Amity, looses 200 acres of whtat, and other
farmers loose quite largely.
Goldendale Gazette; Tuesday M. R.
Brown of Clackamas county Oregon, a
brother of Mrs. Hicinbotham of Coumbus,
called at this office with his boyhood friend
Slieriir Wills. Years aco he roamed over these
plains after cattle, and has made several trips
with stock between here and British Colum
bia. The Oregon City Enterprise says : Uncle
Sam Miller, resiling about two miles from
here across the river, was stricken with
paralysis last Saturday afternoon, and at last
accounts was no better. One side of his
whole body is completely paralyzed, and he
is scarcely able to make himself understood,
and is entirely helpless.
Oakland Tidings: James Helms, of Wanner
creek, recently shipped a quantity of dried
fruit to Portland, from which he received the
returns this week $250. Dried apples
brought 10 cents per lb; pears 14 cents, and
phut s 18 cents. Such prices will pay very
well, and we wonder that theio is not more
dried fruit oxpoited from Jackson Co.
Jacksonville Times: Tho tluee American
merino bucks, purchased in California by Jay
Beach and John Smart, of Lake county, last
fall, sheared G2J lt of wool reeeutly. Ordin
ary care was given them and their fleeces
ere of less than a year's growth. We he
lievo they are entitled to the ribbon, as no
shearing equal to this has been reported to us.
It would bo a noteworthy one anywhere, how
ever, Pal ties having the Ninth Fork of Cold
Spring inform us that the trials made in the
production of alfalfa are entirely satisfactory,
that the soil and climate seem peculiarly
adapted for its most luxuriant growth. With
the disappearance of the vast stretches of
bunch grass upon which our herds formerly
loaiKed at w ill, tlie introduction of alfalfa as a
substitute for pasturaeu is most opportune.
Enterpiise: A. 11. Sturges, of Molalla,
brought to this office soiuo specimens of bunch
peas last Monday, The seed canto from New
York, four in number, live ears ago. The
first year ho cot a putt of seed. Now he has
a largo field tliat piodnces fifty bushel-, to the
acre, Tito stocks ho brought us measured 4
feet and 5 inched liich and half an inch thick.
anil the pods grow in clmtcis on tho extreme
top oltliu vine.
It is suited the Oicgoiii.m Railway Co.,
limited, have decided to ignore the town
freight and passengers. The road now p.is'es
r.eaily a mile ta the right of the place, and
tho company claim thai Scio has uever civeii
tlu- road a pound of ticijht or a ixissetiL-er
nice it was completed. Now the company
proposes to take no Height or passingers trout
,-e;o, though tho ti.uu will tun within sight of
the town.
Tho St Helins Columbia says: John Hniry
Smith, an old pionct r now a resident of Linn
Co., Oregon, was in town on Wednesday and
loft for I'oitlaud. He has litely been "pros
pecting in the moittains near the headwaters
of the CW llU Kner. He has found 2 ledges
which assay ."SO dollats ti the ton, but very in
aecissible. He will still continue his explor
ations. W. T. White and brother are ot his
paity,
Weston Leader: Considerable ilitTculty in
gettfng men to laW in the harvest field. It
the neighliorhood of Weston is an index to
the whole country, there w ill be much more
hay for Umatilla county than ever before.
We have received samples of wheat from
ditt'ert'iit paits of this xicintty showing that
the yield r-ronitsns to oe even more than usual.
l'he plumpest Heads we ltae aie from l,eo.
. lVrtiek. J- tv faliug a) lie can Inat It
We await his sample i
Vancouver lu.Upeutciit- tiav Hajileu,
, ., .; . .i i
r.!ii.ointlinSn.ei,.thew-a of straw-
"ernes, a itc hhih, nun which nc tins
berries, a new variety, irom which he this
week picked a third crop of very large bernes.
The original plant were brought from Call,
forma by Mr. Hsydeu. If, alter full trial
I if two jears or more, they continue toproJcv
as they have begun, they will he a grand ac
cession for the gardeners of thi3 country. The
plants were said in L03 Angf les to bo the
Monarch of the West, but that was evidently
a mistake, as that variety bears only one crop
of inferior berries.
Farmers will do well to look out for barbed
w ire patent agent w ho are going about estab
lishing agencies to sell wire. They will give
a farmer the ageney for his township. Tho
commission is in the form of a contract and a
share of stock in their company. Under this
membership certificate the farmer is entitled
to have barbell wire at actual cost to a cer
tain amount, usually to half the amount of a
note, which he gives. So soon as the sharpers
get possessi '11 ot tliu note it is sold at a bank
and the farmer will have it to pay. Pendle
ton Tribune.
Baker County Reville: Eight or ten
emigrant wagons passed through town last
Sunday. They w ere en route for the Spokane
country, and tlio mot of them were from
Pennsylvania, travclinc by railroad as far as
Ixelton. Judging from their conversation and
the appearance ol their wagons, horses, &c,
they are the better class of emigrants. Baker
county contains to-day better land and climate,
and is better country generally than that to
which they are going; but it is the supremest
folly to try to cause anybody with the Spokane
fevertosettlein Bakereountry. This fevcrinust
run its course like the typhoid and other low
grade fevers
Lebanon Correspondent Albany Herald:
Our fanners are reveling in anticipation of
an abuntant harvest and some are wondering
if they will, as usual, have to haul their grain
to your city for storage: but we think not,
as sonic of our live men are now figuring on a
wheat house, which we are assured will un
doubtedly be built in lime to store the present
crop. Mr. R. Koehler, President of the O.
& C. R. R., has renewed his oiler to give the
84,000 subscribed by the citizens of this place
to aid in the construction of the Lebanon
branch, to the people Of this vicinity to assist
in building a warehouse, and we now think it
.. :ii t. t.-.rii ii .- i. l i.i t-:..
win uu mini, us uiu parties luictcsteu ccriuiu
ly cannot afford to refuse this liberal offer.
Mr. A. Dodge, wo also learn," will go ahead
with his warehouse, as ho has the material all
ready to put upon the ground.
Traveling correspondent Albany Herald:
A year since was at Brownsville, and again
called there last week; was struck with the
markul improvements during that time and
the air of business activity thero at this sea
son, while most towns in the valley are doing
little. To the completiion of the railroad
some of this stir is due, and also the com
mencement of regular trains to Wooilburn
this week. Tho South Santtam bridge is
ready and stood the test of 140 tons, and
the road 1 now in good order all the way and
most of it. graveled, etc. At Brownsville a
large force is layiag track on towards Coburg,
the proposed present terminus. A company
is putting up a large "warehouse, 44x80 feet,
with steam cleaners and elevator, and a new
passenger depot will soon be up. New dwell
ings already front the depot, and others to be
up soon.
The Nestucca Country.
A. O. Yates writes the Enterprise about the
Nestucca country, as follows: It cannot bo
denied that we have the finest Summer
resort on the Oregon coast, and when the
road is complete 1, will be the most popular
place. The road will be of an easy grade, as
it follows the course of tho Little Nestuckeo
river for half the distince of twenty-five miles
through the most varied scenery ot the finest
timber, winding along tliu river around grad
ed bluff's, and crossing the river four time, it
arrives at last in the settlement, bursting
upon a beautiful scene of the roatlway of the
river to the bay, with birdseye view of Sand
cape in tho distace. Passing along through
the settlement, it at last terminates on the
beach at the heail of a pretty littlo freshwater
lake, which forms fine camping grounds on its
banks of sand, covered with clover. I should
have mentioned before that the road touches
at the White Sulphur t pring, which will be
the half-distance camp, affording tine pasture
for horses as soon as the owner fences. All
through the mountains can ba made fine
stock ranges for the hardy pioneer who dares
to burn and clear away the rotting logs,
which is much easier than carrying out a ranch
in the tl use green timber. Cbver and grass
will grow almost spontaneously, and the
coldest and sweetest water is running every
where, the rivers abound with trout, for
fifteen miles up the river.
Union County Correspondence.
From Weston Leader.
SiTMMEitriLLK, July loth, 1881.
1 returned to this placo by way of the
foothill road in order that I might see more of
the country. A more ferfilo or productive
tract it would be ditlicult to find. The hay,
'which is now being harvested, is the fittest I
ever saw. the yield to theacieis immense.
The wheat and oats, which have just headed
out, give great promise of a bounteous har
vest. Not in isolated patches does this condi
tion of affairs exist, but all along as tar as I saw,
Last year there was produced within a radius
of eight miles 384,000 bushels of w heat. This
year the acreage is greater and the yield bet
ter. A jtrrat deal of last year's grain is still
in tho granaries, waiting better prices. At
present, parties in Baker city have bought in
this precinct 10,000 bushels of wheat to be
delivered at Baker for U'JJ cents per bushel.
It is slid that this will p.ij. Xo better graz
ing and hay growing couutiy exists than that
su'i rounding ."-u.nmerville.
Railroad to Palouse.
From the Palouae (?.uctte.
A railroad man from Teas Keny. who was
in town this week, said that a large number
of working men on the Umatilla division of
the railroad were this week tranferred to
Snake riier, to woik ou tho bridge that will
span that stream. He also said track laying
on this fide of the river would commence
within two weeks. A thousand men can
obtain employment by applying on the work.
33 miles of grading having been completed
this side of Texas rerry. The grade will be
finished by the first or middle ot Septemlier,
and Colfax ean re-uonably expect railway
communication with Portland by March 1st,
ISsi
Kev Grass In Southern Oregon.
Oregon .titlqeL
The June and July rains in this latitude
have started what some call buffalo or bunch
,,v. IV1, i ,..-vt.m with mat aviditvbv all
,,!, 0f tock. The blade of this grass is of
a ,erv ue ture and seems to 1m very
nutritious. Stockmen and others h'ave notic-
vl this now grass all over the mountains and
, am,kmimk that it thc tir,t Sum-
Im,r they have it-tlced the new loader.
In,r tllt.
Copious
climate,
evtiufe
Copious suiuuur rams, so rare with us in tins
, are ewiienuy gooti iur someming,
our farmers do crumble at them as in-
terfering with their harvesting operation.
PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE.
This old established Commercial School,
wnicn lias occn now running lor ntttcti years
is continued under favorable circumstance!,
and with improvements in fttrnituro and an.
pliances. It has A. P. Armstrong as principil
and he has first class assistance to make the
institution of the best practical value. The
importance of business education, for farmers
as well as tor others, we Iiae heretofore'
alluded to. The Portland Business Colleee1
..mi- tt.io n mt.iiltnl- ... tnit.r n, ...1...1. .
..u ....o .. .......Uw ux ....j oiimeuis, anu wetj
do not sec why youni ladies in the countrv
cannot avail themselves of tho oppottunity to
become posted in onunary business affairs
Mr. Armstrong oilers greater advantages than
heretofore in the way of books, furniture etc.
for imp i ting instruction. The graduates of fc
tho sclto'il have a standing in tho world that
speaks well for tho success of the institution
which is no light recommendation. There is
also a class in telegraphy, winch is tauuht
thoroughly. Tho Business Collego has always 7
iiiviiwi jiwi oui,,uii. Hum uiuut'g zarmeis
and is determined to deserve its continuance,
uiiiier picscui, management.
Those who feel interested can learn full m,.
ticulars of tho instruction given and all that t
pertains to tno scnooi, py aclilresssing Mr.
Armstrong throuuh the mail, when hn .iii I
send copies of the College Journal containing PiS
all the ilcsired information. s
Survey Toward California.
Sentinel.
K. ai. uarnett intorms us that the R. R.
survey has been completed over the Smith
river divide, on an easy grade, and no further
trouble is anticipated on the other side. Mr
Hurlburt cxresses the opinion that is the best
aim most ieasioie roiuo yet surveyed being
both the shortest and the easiest to l,;i,r
Mr. H. is expeeted here next Tuesday to
iuiccl tiie uuici suit eying parties under his
cnarge.
Janios Logan of Pine creek, Spokane-
county, raises 20 bushels of llax to tho
acre.
T. A. WOOD & CO.,
Loan & Real Estate Agents,
I. O. O. F. Temple, Portland, Or.
Wo aro prepared to give you a barj,niln either In
Farm Laads or City Property.
if!
We hare some splendid fi, 10 and 20 acre lots near
the city, Improved and unimproved. 40, ISO, SO and up
to 000 a.iro farms nlthln 14 miles of Portland. A large
list of Wheat Farms and Dairy Ranches, scattered up
and down the valloy.
Wealno have some nlco City Lots, Iiwcllliiirs, Busi
ness Property and Vacant Lots.
Glad to receive a commission from on cither to
nay or Sell Lund, narrow or Loan Money.
We know where we can Invest some moncv for you,
here your can make 3 per cent, per monthor double
your capital hi two years. Give us u call or write to,
Yours truly,
augl2-lm T. A. WOOD & CO.
MONEY TO LOAN !
IMPROVED FARMS "
realIstate,
For term of years, at 10 per cent Interest.
NO EXTRA. CHARGE.
Ineiulre or, or Address,
inti:v.iiA niters.
Juryl5-3m Salem, Oregon.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Ciirsullls,
Orrjcon.
The next session begins on
SEPTEMBER I, 1881.
Sixty Free Scholarships.
nrnnliii: Taught by Miss K, Mrt'iulilrn.
B. L. ARNOLD, President.
The BiskopScottGrammrvrScliool,
A noAKDI.Mi AKI IAY srllOOL FOR
KOVS A.VU VOIMi J1K.V,
WILL DEG1.V ITS FOUHTII YEAR UNDER THE
present maiuement September tf 1K8I
For cataloirues, or anv further information, address
the Rector, UISIIOP MORRIS, or tho Head Master, J.
W. HILL, M. D., Portland, Oregon. atisl2-2n
ST.
HELEN'S HALL.
The Christina term nil! opui on
ThurMlnr the flrt tiny of Seplriiibrr.
Arnlicatlons for the admlfc-n of iKunlln pupil
shouM bo nuile early to 5118 Mary U. l!otlne orto
imnop .Morris, roriurm, ureon. ausw-"
J011 .11 1 MO,
BREEDER OP
MERINO SHEEP,
rilAKES PLEASURE IN OFFEULVG TOTHEWOOL
I LTnutnt of Oregon ami ailloiiitii? Territories ih
chaneo to purchaso Thoroughbreil Merino, and aasurinu
parties interested that they can, ami will endeuor M
sell Mtetp of the lurnc quality and value at much cheapci
riU than ueh can powibly ne imported. Evmiinauon
and comparison with other heep in the market are co
dially inUtul. Addres.
JOH.N JU.ViU.rsUcn., ure-on.
The Ham and lUm Lamb of the flock can be seen on
the Inland Farm, mltuinlni Salem. The Ec at tht
Mine place, or at the Hill Farm four and a half mile
eouin oi me cuv.
IaTlITIdu n d s .
Liberal Terms,
Low Trices,
Long Tithe,
Low Interest.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPAXT.
OFFER THEIR LANDS FOR SALE UPON THK
Iollo1nif Mural Mill One-fourth of the pnc.
lit cash; Interest on the baUnee at the rate of seven pr
cent one year afur ule, and each follow lnir year one
tenth of the nrtneipat and interat on the balance at las
rate of teten per ctnt per annum. Both prlndpal
lnterot pa) able In V. S. Currency.
A dicount of Un per cent will be alio ed for caah.
Letters should be addretweU to
1'AUL SCHCLZK, Land Aient,
tSo O. lCIt.lt., Portland, Ore)i.J
lMt.WITHYCOMBE, V. S
vj?TEnrxAi:Ys una box,
rorllauil, Orrsun.
Write. Fretcrfpttons for Pieaeof all cUe of itocl.
rl.-v, fl for each prescription vritten. State iynip
tout and a;e of animal aa uearu polt!e.
onirr C, F. Racon'l lUackhavk Stables, 9i Secooa
St., bet. fetarl. ajulOak.
l.rIUmrc Cor. Tulttniilb and Ta)Ior S't.
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