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VOL. XIII.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The Boise City St.it.sman says: An aver
age of twenty wagon loads per day go through
or eity, most of them containing immigrant
bound for the Falouse.
It U said that an error has been found in the
boundary line between Wasco and Umatilla
counties. The error, if corrected, will gi7e
about thirty miles more territory to Wasco
county.
A correspondent of the Itemizer writing
from Buena Vista says that the yield of wheat
(a not ao good as was expected. Fall wheat
is light, spring wheat good. An average crop
la too result. ,
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The narrow rouge has been completed to
Airlie and a warehouse is being erected there
by the company, but thoy will -not obtain
much grain this season, having been too tardy
In their movements.
Mr. P. Jackson informs the Hillsboro Inde
. pendent that a piece of his wheat is badly
rusted, though it struck the crop too late and
has not apparently damaged the grain any.
This is the first account we have of rust iu
this county this year.
Malheur Indian Heervation has been aban
doned by the United States, and will soon be
thrown open for settlement. It is hoped by
our members in Congress that no job is put up
by the. cattle kings of that region, and add it
to their already enormous range. The common
peop'e ought to have some chance to get
home in Eastern Oregon.
On Monday, August IStli. two additional
route agents were put on the Columbia river
route, who will go through to Dayton, W. 1.,
without change. Heretofore the route agents
went only as far as The Dalles. This rapid
transmission of the mail will be a great con
Tenience to the people of Eastern Oregon and
Washington.
"m7. M. T. Crawford, Superintendent of
Schools for Whitman county, furnishes the
Palouse Gazette the following statistics:
There are in the county 2,100 persons of
school aee. an inci ease of 400 over last year.
In tho Colfax district there are 1G9 persons of
school age, an increase of 31 over last year.
Sohools have been taught in 51 districts dur
t Ing the school year just ended.
Iu regard to tho value of slashing, the fol
lowing from the Hillsboro Independent is a
good recommendation! Last week W. B.
Jolly harvested seven acres of wheat sown on
"slashing" rhere the stumps occupied a large
part of the gronnd. Two acies of it was
sown in Mould's White Winter wheat, which
yielded 32 bushels to tho acre machine meas
ure, amlhe believes it willga 40 bushels by
weight The rest of the piece was sown iu
another variety of wheat and looked equally
aa well as.the other.
From Auditor Bragg's office of Whitman
county, the Democrat gathers the following
statistics:
Total value ol all property assessed J2,S34,733
Total value of rcafeatate .. &Ht37tJ
Total value of impiovemento thereon lefl.OW
Total value of all personal property . . . 1,144,308
Number of acres of land esaeesed 238,853
As compared with last year, this shows an
increase in the total value of all property as
aesB id of $595,3S5. In the value of real estate
of $241,129. In the value, of improvements
thireon of $25,045. In the value of personal
property of $128,011. The tax levy last year
was 14 mills on $1,730,353, giving a revenue
of 25,G9I.57. The rate this year is 17 mills
on $2,334,738, giving a revenue of $48,010.53,
an increase of $22,828.06.
"EASTERN HOP MARKET.
Prom the W ttetyiUr, (N. Y.) Times of
August 18th and 231 h, we glean the following:
"There are but few transactions the past
week. Picking baa began to quite an extent,
and there will probably be some put on the
market next week. Those who have been
picking the early hops are getting a lighter
return than was expeHed, and expect the
same in the late crop. The weather is fine
for kt oping and hope still continue to look
fine, thereby making an outside appearance
whiuh is to a certaiu extent deceiving. lied
rust has appeared locally in yards; but is not
genera . Lice are not geueral, though a few
yards are atlcUed. Nine bales of ISSO's
brought 19ic Of 1 SSI's, 14 bales of fine
Paluicr seedlings forexp rt to Europe brought
&jc A few bales of Humphreys sold fur 25c,
The home market stiV has an extremely
quiet bearing, and dealers have nothing to do
bat guess and speculate on the incoming
crop, which is looking better and better; and
we have no reason to change our former esti
mate of 25 rr cent, oil" of last year's crop in
Ihu Huu, jui J (Ota 13 in this vicinity, unless
lonuiuit.i little more favorable. The out
look is a Lngiit one ftr an average crop of
Lest qua ity In old hops we hear of a let o(
60 bales of ISSO's which thingnl hinds at
lSlc Choice ISSO's are gettiug tevee, and
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but few are held in this vicinity by growers,
while dealers have very few. We consider a
choice 1880 hop worth full value now. Two
or three bales of the new Palmer seedlings
were obtained in Madison county for 27c
We also hear of a lot of 3 bales, bought this
week at 28c, but the ruling price has been
22c, and quite a number of bales have been
transferred at the latter tiguie. Picking of
early varieties w ill begin to some extent next
Monday.
WHEAT AND ITS OUTLOOK.
LETTER. MJMIIKK TWO.
ForksT GnovK, Or., Sept. 6, 1881.
Editor Willamette Fanner:
In my first paper I endeavored to show that
however important to the development and
material interests of this Northwest coast the
railroads now and prospectively building
w ouhl be, there was still a greater interest to
be considered, namely a Panama ship canal.
And lest I be understood as a croaker and un
friendly to these railroad interests, let me say
that no one hails them with more joy or more
earnestly desires their early completion. And
to these gigantic interests I address myself
with no less earnestness and respect, than to
the agricultural and other interests. And
because the railroads are now building to car
ry, not the products now raised, but those to
come, makes this question rise in huge propor
tions before them. For, as I said before,
wheat, their most important article of freight,
cannot be raised for shipment abroad under
paying prices, nor the development of the
great wheat empire go ou with much success
until a mote reliable market obtains. It
will be very unw iae and extremely impolitic to
trust in the future, as we have bad to do in
the pasr, to vnc caprloe ot tonnage at home
and the accident of misfortune abroad. To.
day we are at the mercy of ship owners,
At all reasonably accessive points to
Portland, wheat should be quick at one dollar
per bushel under the quotations from Li er
pool. Give us a ship canal, and we can sue
cessfully compete with the great Mississippi
basin, which is now tho barometer to the
wheat market of the woild (live us a ship
canal, and the uutouched lands of Eastern Or.
cgon and Washington and Idaho Territories
will rise up into one vast wheat field, and the
Willamette valley will soon more than double
its crop. Then would the i ail road cars groan
under their loads, and the locomotives tire
under the bending rails of the upgrades. But,
without a ship canal, the locomotives may
havo an easy time for ) cars. We are an in
tegral part of the United States, and all inter
ests should stand as far as may be on a com
mon basis. At present we are at a great dis
advantage in what we buy as in whit we sell,
and all growing out of this euoimoua freight
tax. We have had to stand it in the past,
shall we alwavs do so in the future?
W. L. CCRTIS.
From Yamhill County.
Wapato Lake, Or., Aug. 27, 1881.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Not having seen anything in your paper
from the lake, doubtless ou think the people
are not alive to the sense of duty in this sec
tion, as I think it is the duty of farmers to
write and give the paper all the news they
can about their crops, etc. If the farmers do
not take an interest in supporting their home
paper, how do they expect for our editor to
give them the uews of the country generally!
Our farmers are very busily engaged harvest
ing their grain. Most all the Fall grain is
about harvested, and is turning out a fair
crop, while on an average Spring grain, where
the land has been properly cultivated, will
yield more per acra than Hal. grain. Barley
is generally good; it is thought by some of
our farmers that their best barky will yield
SO bushels per acre. I don't see why the
farmers don't raise more barley and not so
much wheat, as I think barley will pay the
best on foul ground. It most always makes a
fair yield, and brings a fair price in market
and is the finest of hop feed. Oats are fine
on the lake this year. I helped to harvest a
piece of oats for our neighbor, John Flett.and
they went 67 bushels p r acre on an average;
they were good. Would say to thoie who
want to buy nice, clean seed oats, that they
could do no better than to call on our well
know citizen, Ceo. Myers, who has for two
years, with hit labor and a (mall cost, been
enclosing and draining a piece of lake laud
that most people believed and told him he
would never get his cost out of. liut he has
now 100 acres completely drained nice and
dry, and has about sixty acres in oats this
year that will stand five feet high on an
average, and it :s thought by most everybody
wbo.ee them that they will thresh 00 or 100
bushels per acre. He also has fine specimens
of beats, cabbsge, rutabajaru, onions, carrots,
etc. The land u or a black loam, mixed wild
tho sediment drii&id from the hill find, wi h
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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1881.
sand enough to make it eatily cultivated.
This present anil first crop proves to Mr.
Myers that he has got a piece of laud that he
might call the garden spot of earth. Tho
heavy rain yesleiday stopped all harvesting
for a few days Ueokok.
A Home Industry.
Union County Tteooid. f
Among the many industries ot our country
the ono deserving special mention in these
columns is tin fruit drying establishment of
Mr. S. G. French, in the Cove. The crop of
peach plums had just been gathered aud
dried, the yield of which is over 20.000 lbs.
Tho other varieties of this fiuit will not r pen
for two or three weeks, and will probabljj
yield more than twice this amount. The
prunes will not ripen till October. The pluur
orchard consists of three thousand trees, alL,of
which are thriving wll and have been literal
ly "dead loaded" many of the branches
breaking under the weight of the fruit. There
are alo large oichards of apple, prune, peach
and pear trees, and all i f tbem are in nice
straight rows, and have be:n carefully set out
and cultivated. The peach p'ums atta'p an
enormous size; a statement of the dimensions
would hardly be credited by one who has not
seen them. They are fully five inches in cir
cumference ou an average. This estimate,
however, is not based ou actual measurement,
but is, nevertheless, none tio high. The most
interesting part of the work is the drying
business which requires constant attention and
a great number of operatives. The first thing!
which attracted our notice, was alxrat a dozen
girls who were engaged in pitting plums. This
is done both by hand and machine the pro
cess depending upon the nature of the fruit.
The frcw tum. ro-lu ccIlj-IH.w.-arOT'
ting in halves. After this tbey are ready for
tho dryer. This is of simple construction, be
ing nothing more nor less than a close n,om
with tho necessary attachments for holding
tho fruit, and having a heafer beneath. It is
kept at a tompeiature of about ISO degrees,
Fahrenheit. The time required in drying is
about twelve hours. The capacity of the drj
iog room is nearly 2,000 pouuds, and as it is
kept filled night and day, the amount ot fruit
diied in twenty -four hours is two tons. Quite
a large quantity is also dried in the sun, but
this process is much slower than the olherand
is not considered as good as drying in the
kiln, since it takes about a week to dry in the
sun in favorable weather, and besides the dif
ference gained in time the kiln drying process
may be cairied on at any time, and ktcps tho
fruit free from insects. Being a little auxious
to know what would be done with so much
fruit, we asked the proprietor how ho intend
ed to diiposo of it, and w. re told that a great
deal of it had already been sold to supply the
home demand. The remainder ho will prob
ably send to Idaho, where a ready sale is ex
pected at good figures, as the quality of the
fruit is far better than that generally in the
market, and having a sin rter distance to
freight it, will bo able to undersell all other
dealers. The value of such industries iu our
midst can hardly be too highly estimated.
The products of which will be an excellent
advertisement for thiB country and is likely to
be the means of inducing still greiter enter
prises of this kind. It is also a rich harvest
for many young people who, if not euipb'ytd
in this way, would be idle. The number of
hands employed by Mr. French is from forty
to forty-five, at an expense of about ninety
dollars per day. Whatever may bo his suc
cess one thing is certain, that fruit of an ex
cellent quality aud In immense quantities can
be grown in Eastern Oregon. Thcie are many
other orchards in Union county, which, al
though smaller than this one, give farther
proof of this fact, and the only thing we have
to regret is that there is not more of them.
Eugene.
State Journal.
Mr. H. E. Hayes, a prominent farmer and
fruit grower of Clackamas county, was in town
this week on a brief visit. He had nut been
in Eugene forsn interval of sixteen yar,
and was v cry much surprised at the vast im
provement of our burg since that time. He
says tho building now going on, both of stores
and dwellings, impress a stranger with the
ilea that business must be good and increa ing
For beauty and a pleasant place to reside, he
considers Eugene ahead of any twn in Ore
gon. On account of this and tho superior
educational facilities, he may at some future
time make this place Ins homo
The Credit System.
Cut Ore-.-onUn.
Tho bano of this countrry is the intolerable
habit people havo gotten into of dealing ou
credit so extcnvivtly as is tho custom It i
the bl.gtit of every branch of trade. Wbou a
man docs a piece of work o.- sells an articlo lie
is eipectol, to itseomr, to wait ayrar rmor.
for lus ruj-cj , an 1 Ltn tl.u timo expires the
.-in .dH&JT. ''- jni'.ii. . , .,". urn
creditor in many instances has to discount his
bill or pay portion .of it i to an attorney for
ohllecting the balance. It is often harrier work
fl secure money after it is earned than to earn
it. All classes are subject to this criticism
one almost as much as another but w e think
if there is any difference the farming clement
of our country is more especially opin to this
reproach. For past action we do not at all
mean to condemn onr farmer friends, as a
clas, for we regard them in all communities
t the bone and sinew of the land, and we
know that in too many cases necessity has
forced them into this practice against their
will. Now, however, since nature has granted
them such abundant cvops, there is scarcely
one of them that cannot get square with the
world and alter getting square their aim
should be to hold the ground thus acquired.
It is better for themselves and all others that
this loose way of doing business should be
abandoned, and we hope to see a reform inau
gurated that will go through all classes of
men. There arc some individuals who would
buy an elephant or a kangaroo if they could
get it on time, but they aro always in the
mire. The man who deals on a cash basis is
master of the situation.
Weather Report tor Aurust, 1881.
During August, 1881, thcro were 3 days,
during which rain fell, and 1.24 in. water; 17
clear and 1 1 cloudy days, other than those on
which rain fell.
,Tho mean temperature for the month was
61.23 . Highest daily mean temperature for
th9 mouth, 70 on the 10th. Lowest daily
mean, 61 on tho 27th.
Mean temperature for the month, at 2
JaVlivk.p M ,.73.1Q,g Highest temperature
r the month1, M ,-at 2 o'cloeltr.'Ji.on the
18th. Lowest temperature, 49 , at 0 o'clock
P. M., on the 27th.
The prevailing winds for the month were
from the North during 20 days, South 0 dajs,
Southwest 4 days, Northwest 1 day.
During August, I860 there were 4 days,
during which rain fell; 1.30 in. of water, 22
clear ami 5 cloudy days.
Mean tempera' ure for tho month, 02 89.
Highest djily mean temperature for the
month, 72 on the 2Utli anil 21st.
Lowest daily mean temperature for the
month, 55 on tho oOtli.
Sept. I, 18S1. T. Pkauce.
The Malheur country.
Baker Countv flevlelle.
From C. M. Foster, Surviyor, we learn that
Malheur River bottom is eleven hundred feet
lnvvcr than Baker City. He says tho country
is fast settling up by a good class of emigrants.
A ditch, some ten or fifticn miles long, is be
ing constructed for irrigation purposes. The
climate over there is much warmer than here,
and hence the countiy w ill be a good one for
fruitgrowing as will as vegetables of all kinds
and tho ccicals. Evidently there is a great
outcome- for that country in the Hear future
The timo is approaching when a county will
be orgairzcd of that poition of Baker county
lying south of the mountain", 'limber for
fencing, fuel and lumber wi 1 he floated down
out of the mountains in tho Malheur Ami
the time is not very distant when timber will
also bo furnished the settle s by the railroads
now rapidly being coiutructed.
Large Harvest Eest of the Mountains.
Walla Walla Union.
During the wtck we havu aikcd a large
number of farmers from many parts of the
valey, "howarelhe wheat fields y hiding?"
The majority anw. r by stating that the j ield
is not as great as tin y expected it w oul 1 be,
but that the quality of the grain is in every
respect first .lass. Dealers in grain, men
whose business it is to keep posted on the area
and )icld of the grain fields, express about the
same opinion. Many fields are reported which
jicld over 40 bushels to the acre, some going
up to 50 and more bushels; but the general
run of answers by farmers is, "between 25 and
3J bushels." Wo have heard of twn or three
field, located on the light lands between the
lower 'i'ouchct and Dry creek, which did not
r,rodi.eu 10 bushels to tho acre. The aiea of
such fields it vi ry limited, however, Ono sin
gular fact, as expressed I y one farmer is "that
the man who did the poorest farming is thu
j ear getting the lct crops." To tho hot, dry
weather which prevailed during tho mouth of
May, the total rainfall being only ,19 of an
inch a'ajriit an average fall dining May of
1 33 inches, must l att ihiittd to this state of
alfairs, as the carefully hamwed aud rol'cd
ground was baked lard ami dry, whito tl.o
roughly t-llcd soil rs Uiued its uioisturo and I
lightness. The pruv iliug opinion anion; grn.u
1 alters and dciler is hat wheat will give an
aver ge yield thi y ai, in Walla Wall s conn
ty, or Iclvvii-ii 2.s a- si 30 busliu'i ci' acre
I'he ' est judrrs asscf t that thu area In wheat
ju N -Ha Wall c uuty a Urg r than ever bo
fore. Putting together all statements iu regard
to yield anda.ea, we think it is safe to say
that thcrew JU b mora whmtt to sell this -tear
in Walla Walla county, than there was in the
"big crop j ear," 1879. The total shipments
ov er the W. W. & C. 11. It. during the year
ending June 30, I8S0, were 39,202 ions of
wheat and 8,302 tons of flour. Umatilla coun
ty wheat fields are repotted as giving a great
er average yield pur acre than fields in Walla
Walla county, while thu arc is vciy largely
in exciss of any previous year. It is possible
that there will bo shipped from Umatilla
county of this year's crop, from 25,000 to 30,
000 tons of wheat. Thu fields of Olumbia
county, particularly those in the Dcadinan
portion, are reported as exceeding in area and
yield any previous jear. We have no data on
which to base a careful estimate, but think it
prubablo that thcro will bu this season an ex
cess in Columbia county of over 20,000 tons of
wheat. We have no means of knowing what
the harvest is in tho Pulouse and Spokan
countries aud iu Northern Idaho, but believe
that they have a large excess of wheat to ex
port. We should not b surprised if the re
gion of country lying East of tho Columbia and
West of the Blue and Ca-ur d'Alcno mountains
has for export this year 100,000 tons, or over
3,500,000 bushels of wheat. Could 50 cents
per bushel be guaranteed to thu farmers next
year, tms excess would ne more man uouuien.
Immigration to America.
TheNewYoik Tribuuo says: Agents are
now here from Colorado to obtain 500 farm
laborers w ith tho promise of plenty of work
and good wages. Tho demand for fnim and
other laborers is greater than ever befuru.
Fully 50 per cent, of thu German immigration
will settle west of the Mississippi river, urcat
efforts are being made by Jay Gould and
others interested in tho Texas railw ay to eu
courage immigration to Texas. Ciiculuis
have been issued. to ocean, steamship lints and
booking agents here anil in Europe authorizing
the selling of tickets to inimigiants desiring
to Bettlo in Texas from New York to any point
in Texas at a unifoliu rate of $25, with 10 per
cent, commission to agents. There is a mark
ed eliauge in tho destination of linn immi
grants, as a greater percentage aio settling
in Missouri and Arkansas than formerly. A
large niimbrr of Italians arc going to Ohio,
and a sptcnil ellbit is being made to attinct
them to Floiida by capitalists who have pur
ehased large tracts of land in that State.
Scandinavians inu going to thu Noithwmt,
but not Mil fast as inforiutr eai. Tho ma
jority are settling iu Nebraska mid Minnesota.
Umatltla Crops.
Kast Oruiruniiwi.
The woik of threshing has ao far advanced
in this county that n general idea of thu result
may be ai lived at. Dr. lllalock, on his ranch
n?ar Walla Walla, seems to stand at the hi ail
of our wheat producers, lie has sold the en.
ormous quantity of 7(',000 bushels, and some
of his laud ran as high as fifty bushels to the
acre. Tho Prospect wheat farm stands next
and will produce -10,000 butluls. They are
now threshing thu crop there. Among our
"smaller farmers" thu season has btcn equally
favorahlu. Mr. Brown living on Wild Horse
has 10 000 or 12,000 busluls; .1. C. Long has
4,000 bushds or mure, and to look thu wheat
region over it seems an innnlublo rnj sti ly how
thu grain is to bu gotten out of the country.
We have heard "f no crop iu thu county that
has produced less than thirty bushels to the
acre.
American Wheat la. Canada.
A large deputation of Ontario und Quchr u
fanners waited upon tliu Canadian Ministtrof
Finance ami the Minister of Customs of Otta
wa, lately, with n view of having h'jiiiu change
etlectcd iu the bonding system of American
wheat. They asked that the word "products"
should bo changed to an equivalent under thu
existing regula ions. For every four ami a half
oushels of American wheat imported they en
ttr into a lxnd for the export of a barrel of
flour. Owing to tho sofruess of Canadian
wheat, they are unable to produce strong
baker's flour and compete successfully with
American flour. With a view, therefore, o
ovi rcome this difficulty, they claim that they
should lie allowed to mix Canadian with
American wheat in equal proportions for homo
consumption or export, at the case may be.
Ihu inatts-r will bo laid before tho 1'nvy
Council for consideration.
Eaunikt Uailkoak Boiluiso, The Sacra
mento Record-Union of August I5th saidi "A
gentleman who lias just arrived from the East
slates that the Union Pacific Hailroul Com
pany is using all tho men it can piocuie upon
thu construction of its iifwlinu from Granger,
Wjoiiihig territory, to liouo City, Idaho, and
s..l it is M lis extended from thereto lort
Ui.il, Oregon Ho aajs not only are nil the
men cmplovid that can be obtained, hut that
women uro ciuphivcd as cools all along tho
line, ami tho work of gra lli' and Uyiug rail
is bcui pu::rtd upidly forvt.rd,"
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NO. 30.
B0QUS EJYEH VALLEY.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
'The principal watercourse ot Southern Ore-
Ron Is tho stream, known lloRnsi iWer(or
Gold river.) The river derives its name from
the tribo of Indians which inhabited tho vol
loy, formed by tho basin, through which
tho river takes its way. These Indians wero
veiy mischievous, and hence the name Roguo
river. Too noad 01 uogue river is situated iu
tho Cascado range of mountains under tho
shadows of Mt. McLaughlin, and adjacent to
Crater Lake, ono of the wonders of Oregon
scenciy, from which, somo Buppose, it derives
its origin. It comes tumbling down from its
native place through canyons, and over rocky
precipices, and on by fertile plains, and finally
'orcc a passage through the Coast range of
mountains, and empties into tho Pacific ocean.
My letter at present shall treat of tho
Itoguo river valley from an agricultural stand
point. The valley is 40 miles iu length by 15
to 20 miles in width, and comprises evory
variety of agriculture. Wheat is extensively
cultivated, and our authority states that the
yield of the valley for tho present year will bo
200,000 bush, all of which will be ground and
find a market iu the valley and surrounding
mining camps. There aro several excellent
flouring mills in tho valloy; ono is situated at
Jacksonville with two run of burrs and a
chopper with a capacity of 12j) barrels per
day. This mill was built lost Fall by Messrs.
McKoime and Foudiy. Tho mill is furnished
with all tho latest and best Improved ma
chinery, and is run by strain.
There are threo other mills; one at Phtenix
and the other at Ashland, also one between
Pha-nW and Ashland; of the other mills wo
know but little not having visited them.
There are three towns situated in the valley,
thu principal of which is Jacksonville. Hero
an ectensi v e business is carried on in merchan
dise, etc. Jacksonville is situated to the East
of tho valley, rustled in cloou to tho mount
ains; it wan originally amining Uinnniidderiv
cd iti origin from Kith Gulch, ono of thu
richest jilacir diggings in Southern Oregon.
Thesu mines are now woiked out, but in their
stcail has growli up an agricultural communi
ty, which although not so uTciting, yet is
ijuitu as piofit.abl.1. Mining and agriculture
combined give this r-cction good timui most of
thu year, mid money is quitu pluutiliilly scat
tered about, Thu location is beautiful; to thu
South dark ovei -green, fir clad mountains rifco
up ami hems in the valliy; directly iu
flout, or East the Cafculo rnngu, with Mount
McLaughlin standing sentry to thu natural
pass formed by Uogue river in its westward
course to thu ocean; while still further to thu
right, the Cascades form a ciicle, ami in front
of which is table lock a high lock which
rises with abrupt mid seemingly tmsuimout
nblu side, thu top of which appeals level and
uninhabitable. Here, during the Rogue river
Indian war, one of thu severest battles was
fought, and at onu placu on thu lock, it is
claimed, an old squaw leaped ovtr thu prec
ipice, anil was diu-licd to pieces and instanta
neous death Thu sccneiy all along i grand;
wo climb thu mountain in amending tins
course of thu river. All through thu vidley aro
nestled quiet aud beautiful faun homes, many
of which speak of comfort and nflluence. At
thuuppir end of tho valluy is sitiuttud Ash
land, a beautiful spot, which is Hindu none tho
less beautiful by the hand of woman und her
love for flowers. On every sida blorsoms
piofuscly giowiug gttct us, and the air is fill
ed with their fragrance, Thu homes are neat
and tastefully adoined. Good school facilities
and milling Industries inaku Ashland a busy
and quite uu important placu. There is an
excellent school under the iiiinagcment of
Prof, I j. L. Rogers, w ith an ablu corps of as
sistants, Tho woolen mills intend rncreatlrg
their capacities double what they now are,
next year. , Wm, J. C.
When Stephen Grrard died fifty years ago,
ho littlo thought ol tho maguitudu to which
his bequest for the foundation of a college for
orphans would grow. The college commenced
with 300 oiphau pupils. It now contains
1,000, and accommodation for still morn is in
course of construction. Its finances have been
managed with thu gieatest fidelity and judg
ment, and its revenue for I8S0 was $SS(J,753.
Thu real estate ho left to the college, especial
ly the coal mines, has incrcastd iu value
beyond all eiception. History furnishes no
example of a college whoso success has been
so great. It was opened for the reception of
pupils in 1818. Tho buildings thus far havu
cost alrout $2,000,000, tho main one, iu tho
form ol a Co iitlnan temple, being 1CJ feet
long, 1 1 1 feet wide, 07 feet high, ami is said
to bo tho finest iiecluicu of Greek architec
ture of modern times.
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Dim At CastJfc Rod., W T , Rosa I.'el'
infant daughter of It C, aud CUra 11 "
agr,l four months and tlncu dav
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