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VOL. XIII.
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UNH COUNTY FAIR.
EDITORIAL CnRKESI'ONDENCK.
Albany, Sept. 28, 1831.
The Linn County Fair vas advertised 'to
commence on Tuesday and end Saturday,
thus occupying five days; and desiring to get
better acquainted with Linn county people,
and also to do justice to their praiseworthy
. effort to hold a County Fair, as well as to
have some mention of it in the Farm En the
present week, I camo up on the evening train
Tuesday and found accommedations at tho
Revere House, that the proprietor, Mr.Kieffer,
hail kindly saved for my use, though his
rooms were all in demand, I did not find the
town excited over the event, or the hospitality
of tho Albany landlords taxed to tike care of
thegiusts from abroad. When Wednesday
morning came there was no din and clatter
through Btrects, of impatient hack drivers
urging the world to emigrats to tho Fair
Grounds, which are a mile and a half away,
but whan breakfast was well over und the fog
of the early morning had melted oil the frost,
myself and friend found a conveyance tnd
reached the grounds in good season. The
grounds and track are situated souhteast from
town, an easy drive of fifteen minutes, and
when reached we found that the Fair was in
no hnrry to get under headway, but was
waiting for entries to be completed, and the
liberal terms of the Society permit entries
until Wednesday evening, so there was a sort
of natural chaos all around. Wagons weio
arriving all day, dispnrsing articles for entry,
all departments were unfinished, without
entries t ct made, so that tho state of affairs
could not be determined from the books. Of
course no one was to be blamed for this state
of things. I had simply arrived a day too
soon for my own convenience, so I have done
the best I could under the circumstances to
get an idea of what is on exhibit.
But here I will make a suggestion to the
association, that if they expect people to come
from any distance, an inducement might be
held out by having the exhibit days limited
to two, and by having entries all made tho
day previous, for which purposo experienced
and swift clerks could bn get, to make an
easy days work of entering all objects and
articles to be exhibited. That will be more
satisfactory to the public I am certain. Say
entries made Wednesday, the exhibit to bo
held Thursday and Friday, and all go home
Saturday. There is such a fault as "too much
of a good thing" you know.
HORSES.
Arriving on the grounds, tho first man I
met was VVrn. Townsend, of Salem, who was
there with some excellent draft horse stock,
and he kmdly offered his assistance to look
after the horses, so we commenced w ith his
own stable. Townsend shows his bay mare
Dolly, 11 years old, and her family consisting
of Brigham Young, 3 years old, an iron grey
stallion 6i hands high, weighs 1,700 pounds,
Percheron stock, as ho was sired by White
Prince; Hoodlum, an iron grey, 2 years old
stallion, weighs 1,200, is from Louis Napole
on, also Percheron ; Hancock, light gray
stallion colt, 1 year old out of Wide Awake,
a Percheron horse; also Nazro, a suckling colt;
making a family of horses of which Mr.
Townsend may well be proud. Dolly aud her
interesting family deserve more special men
tion, Brigham Young is as good a grade Per
cheron, w e venture to believe, as can lie found.
Dnring seven years Mr. T. has bred this mare,
raiting seven horse colts that have sold for
$400 and $500 each, and putting a fair value
on her family yet unsold, she has earned him
$3,300 inside of eig'.it years.
His bay mare Fanny, 12 years old of equal
ly good qualities, has a suckling colt by her
side barn March 2S that weighs 700 pounds at
six months old. He also shows Nelly Grey, a
light grey filly, one year old past, out of Wide
Awake, a three quarter Percheron, that
weighs 1,300 pound, wjiich looks like a large
story, but she is truly a large filly. Dolly, a
light grey mare, 5 years old, is mother of this
prodigious filly, and is a remarkably good
animal, weighs 1,600 pounds. Mr. Townsend
is a natural horseman and has a genuine affec
tion for his stock, which it is a pleasure to see
them all reciprocate by fi iendly caresses be
stowed in response to his care.
Mr. John Sawyer, of Amity, is here with
Belmont Jake, a 9 year old bay stallion, of
Clydesdale and Belmont cross, which will
compete in the class of draft animals. He
also has some good trotting stock.
E. M. Dudley, from Soap Creek, Benton
county, has a light grey stallion, taken ii,'lit
off a horse power, he says, that ho c IN Soip
Creek Chief, from White Prime. b a Moig.n
mare. He also shows a pair f ot1 road
iters, and the sorrel uiare Ju.i.Ui t-ierul tlie
grey stallion) with a fine suckling colt by her
side.
W. M. Kyal, of Benton, shows a 2 year
old brown stallion colt seven-eighths Per-
chsronj also a mere one-half Percheron with
seven-eighths Percheron colt by her side.
Guion Gibson, of Aumsvillc, shows a sorrel
mare, Mary, with horse colt by her side that
is of Percheron stock out of Edmonson's
Wide Awake, a colt that will be hard to beat
anywhere in Oregon, weight about COO lbs.
O. P. Taylor.of Aumsville, enters a sorrel
mare with a good Wide Awake colt.
Y. J. Kilinouson, of Waldo Hills, Marian
county, has two mares, with suckling colts
from his Percheron stallion Wide Awake, and
taking the colts of Townsend, Gibson, Taylor
and his own, he will compete for a family
prize, and it will be stranco if he dots net
win it.
Trotting stock is also . ell represented.
Johu Sawyer, of Amity, shows Billy Keed,
a sorrel stallion, 4 years old; and Johnny Lee
same color and age, the latter of which is said
to bo enough of a flyer to incline the other
owners of trotting stock to bo a little afraid
of him.
Geo. McKnight, of Albany, shows Edward
Kverett, a bay stallion.
Geo. Simpson, of Albany, shows Kitty
Linn, a hay mare.
Frank Wood, of Albany, a brown marc,
Lady Nell.
Dr. Harris, of Albany, a chestnut mare,
Betty.
G. M. Cofl'ey, Albany, a bay stallion, Gen
eral.
John Worth, of Halscy, brown stallion,
Sacramento Boy.
Franklin Knight, of Albany, Lusby,abro-n
mare.
The show of diaft horse s'ock is certainly
good, but the question comes iu: Where aro
all the Linn county work horses ?
Trotters are out in some force and make a
ereditable showing.
Thoroughbreds I have not had time to work
up.
CATTLE.
Mr. A. S. Powell shows a Halstein cow and
a yearling and suekliug calf from here by a
Jersey bull, and appearances justify the be
lief that the cross is a good ono. Mr. Powell
is interested in dairy stock and in solving an
important problem. We were ratlur sur
prised to know that there were no other ex
hibitors in this class.
SWINE.
Quite a number of pens were filled with
rjally good swine, chiefly Berkshircs, but we
were unable to get particulars, and can only
say the showing was large and creditable.
WIEEl'.
The sheep pens were not numerously filled,
but the showing was excellent as far as it
went. Thomas Frohman, of Albany, makes a
good show of American Merino bucks; ewe
and buck and two lambs; a French Merino
buck and five lambs; ewe two years old and
ditto one year old.
C. P. Burkliart, of Albany, shows several
pens of. French Merinos, including two year
old bucks and five lambs; one buck lamb, two
year old ewes, one ewe lamb. His sheep are
evidently bred with care, but we wonder, as
we see the empty peps: What has become of
all the rest of our sheep-growers ?
D. M. Guthrie, of Dallas, Polk county, who
is never far out of the way, has entered tw o
New Bedford bucks, which will be here to
morrow, and their fleeces are on exhibit in
the Pavilion, one of them weighing 17 pounds,
the other not far behind, and the quality of
wool superb.
THE PAVILION.
There was a rapid filling up of the pavilion
during the day, and I pronounce the display
very creditable, even though not nearly what
Linn county could, do if it tried. Potatoes
are here in prodigious force, and it is said that
the potato crop is unusually good aud large in
this country. Vegetables of various kinds,
including corn, are here of huge dimensions.
Squashcsand pumpkins, onions, beets, carrots,
etc. Fruits are ingrcat perfection, of all Fall
varieties. Wonderful apples, good looking
peaches, quinces, pears, etc., while the dis
play of melons is appetizing.
There are good showings of dried fruits,
also, jsllies, preserves and pickles, grain in
sacks, honey that you look at aud wonder to
gee cells two inches lone. The display of
flowers furnished by Mrs. Uackcnttoand other
ladies, add much to the appearance of things,
and all along the north wall arc, arrayei the
myriad of articles, fearfully and won.leifull.t
made, that the ladies denomiuati "luiicj
work."
During the afternoon the people cune then
in greater numbers. There w. cr-t tl enou0h
to start when tho running race vauiu o l', aud
t leinile was luuda in iitl, luthtr 1 w time
owe may t'i t., l-ut ou" oi tie i.sg- a
Likcll GUI O tl.e poo', t-" y ald, t e '. be
A sis.V. st 1 p- J. ""V .H k CfSPJJP'ljsw W
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881.
fore, oud they showed the collar marks and
sore shoulder to prove it. Evidently this fair,
hasn't run nil to race horse. To-morrow, it
is predicted, the people will bo here, and If
truly hope they will,-but just at this moment
there is a southerly wind and a threat of rain.
S. A. C. "
Letter From Yamhill County.
SliKRlliAN, Or., Sept. 18, 1881.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
This is Sunday and thinking of nothing
better to do, I will send yon a few items from
this section cf country, which is four mile
North of Sheridan. Harvesting is about two
thirds done, but owing to the heavy rainfall
of yesterd iy and last night it will be delayed
several days. Tho wheat crop is better than
lost year and the acreage larger, and we will
have a larger surplus for export than ever be
fore. We will hold for the favorite pi ico of
SI, or even more. Tho oat crop is extra fino,
and never before was the like of garden "boss"
known in these Bed Hills. Tho wheat arounil
here will average about 20 bushels tortile
acre. Tho crop vas mostly spring sowed
grain. We read a great many articles in the
Farmer about crops not turning out as good
as was expected, but they don't tell the rea
son. I know, and every fanner knows, that
it was no fault of tho soil or season, but sim
ply bad farming. In the first place last sea
son was a rather dry Summer, and those eum-mer-fallowB
did not grow much wild oatB out
of the ground; and in the second place, last
Winter was a warm, wet one, and ,tho prts
ent season has had plenty of showers; the
consequence is i-uch farmers have more wild
oats than wheat. Hoping the Farmer will
reach our fire side every Saturday night, I re
main, A Red Hili.ian.
WHEAT, AND THE OUTLOOK-NO. 3.
Forest GnovKL Or., Sept. 22, 1881.
Editor Willamette Farmer: ""
If there be any one thing more than another
that connects itself with every material inter
est upon this Northwest Coast, it is a Panama
or Isthmus ship canal. It underlies, overtops,
overlips, outweighs, and outineasurrs all other
helps or advantages conceivable. Without it,
iiothwithstauding the tivo lines of trans-continental
railroads already assured, w hose value
I would not in tho least underrate, we must
remain in a greit uieasiiro isolated, sepcrated
and distant, to the great national metropolis,
New York, and the vast commerce and trade
that find their natural center within her am
ple means and facilities. We cannot conceive
of a single mau upon this western slope, but
would be materially benefitted by such a
work. It would send its "mystic cords" to
every bushel of wheat, pound of wool, side of
bieon, box of fruit, foot of lumber, dozen of
eggs, pound of butter, box of cheese, or can
of fish. It would touch every band of horses,
drove of cattle, flock of sheep, or herd of
swine. To every mine of mineral, acre of
tillable land, tree upon the mountains, every
steamship, vessel or railroad car, every mill
stone, trip hammer, plincror factory spindle,
it would give an exhilcrating force and move
ment by the completion of such a work.
Wheat, that should have ranged a wide
margin here, above one dollar per bushel for
the last month, could not be forced down to
80 cents with bucIi a work in operation. The
swindling now going on under the thin guise
of lack of t'nnage could uot then exist. Thus
uu have i glimpse at the things we produce
and have for sale on this western slope. Let
us now cast a glance upon what wc have to
buy. From a bunch of matches up to the
largest ocean steamer could then be bought at
a corresponding advantage. But to the farmer
it comes home with greater force than to any
other single line of business, for the reason
that most of his products must find a market
beyond the seas. It should occur to every
one that the farmer has no voice in fixing the
price of any of his products when it goes be
yond his own farm to be sold. He can no
more set the price upon a dozen of eggs, a
bushel of wheat or railway ticket to tho near
est station, than he can set the time for the
changes of the moon, or the rising and setting
of the sun. Under this inexorable law of
trade he must submit, and could do so cheer
fully were the legitimate laws of trade allow
ed to work out their results unfettered. But
alas! Hern's the trouble. With no lack of
capital, the bulls aud the bears set to work
and ecaU prices down, to buy, and up to sell,
and with the help of the pool men and the
tonnage men they carry prn.es fur the pro
ducers down to zeni, and to the coli.uiuers
Up to 100 il greet in tbu ibado To tne.e
qmstioiis we unlet ihlre oureltc wit.i an
ciriie.tiieniu.il letermnutiuii that will ku w
no defeat. ."U.lt, " mtsoiie, 'what uni we
do ' Ktvryt nig. The (aimers uf this vouii
' tiy on ehct .my good man Piuaiilrut they
li' -v etioox; to el tl, and alwipat two-lii.nl
iiiajjiitynicai.il wuk oi Cuiijien. "Jiut
says one, "what can one man dot" Every
man can walk to bis post office and sign a pe
tition to Congress to have the government
render necessary aid to build such a work and
t-cgvtlate the tolls thereof- JL w i-m1. I..
previous paper, Congress would reauily re
spond to such a call were the matter fully
represented to them, as Congress would have
nothing to lose, while this coast and the gov
ernment would have everything to fain. The
vast railroad interest near us could not afford
to be indifferent to such a work, as each in
the main would have a sepcrate line of busi
ness, and both would supplement each other.
I have seen nothing iu the papers of late con
cerning Capt. Eads' ship railroad, but if his
enterprise proves a reasonable substitute for
a ship cJiial, (and ho says it is) why not ex
tend to him the congressional aid he asks for
its completion! Is it not time such a work
was accomplished? How long would it take
the A'hcat interest with its rapidly increasing
product to pay for such a work with tlu por
tion of each bushel it is now cheated out of!
History informs us that tho Spaniards in 1328
agitated tho subject of a ship canal across lie
Isthmus of Durin, w hich was at or near the
time of the discovery of the Pacific ocean.
Over five hundred and fifty years have smeu
passed. How much longer must it slumber
W. L. Curtis.
GENERAL NOTES.
Weston Lnultr: B. F. King, fiom 2SI nous
of wheat, trot an average of 4.1 bushels of
beautiful wheat. John Kirk had an average
of 45 bushels in 00 acres of Fall wheat, and of
30 bushels in 214 acres of Spring and Voluii
tecr w heat. That is good.
Salem SlolMumi: There was on exhibition
in front of Paul Obciheim's bakery, u large
aud healthy looking tobacco plant, raised on
the farm of Paul and John Konco, near
Urowu'a L.la.n.1 u tu rtv.rt It is ftaitl to make
tiist class smoking tobacco. This proves that
tobacco can even he raised in Marion county.
Pataha Npirit: In the region of Littlo Ken
tucky river it is so extremely dry that fanners
are disposing of their stock at very low fig
ures. Ono farmer who has 1,300 acres of laud
has not raised enough to feed his stock. Fine
blooded sheep go for 80 cents per head; cows
are going dry, and in some neighborhoods the
people have to walk a iniln to get water.
Fall City (Oreuon City) : Tho onion crop in
this county has lieen stricken by blight this
year. On the farms of Mr. John Zumwalt, of
Pleasant Hill, Mr, Cumining, of Middlcton,
Mr. J. K. C Thompson, of Tualatin, and, we
learn, Mr. L. A. Starkweather, near Milwau
kie, and several others, the tops of the onions
have died down before they came to maturity.
There is noticeable a fungus growth upon
them, and a minute insect may be found
which seems to feed on the stalks.
Salem fittttrnwaiir Seventeen acres of wheat
on tho farm of J. W. Ncsmith, at Derrv,
I'olk county, yielded on an average Mi bushels
to the acre. This is the largest ) ield that we
have heard of this year the Willamette
valley. Who can beat it? Wo would like to
hear from any one who has had a better yield
than the one above referred to. And itisreport
ed on good authority that if the sage of La Cre
ole had not stopped his plow to answer "Bill
Wutkiuds," that his whole crop would have
averaged fully as well.
Mr. Thos. Gilmore arrived in town one day
last week, says The Dalles Time, fr. in Mon
ument, in tira.it county. From him we learn
that the fanners all along tho road are har
vesting one of the largest crops of grain that
has been harvested for a number of years
past. The principal industry in his section is
stock raising, and he sajs cattle of all kinds
are in splendid condition. Last Wiu'er thin
ned the herds considerably, ami this lias made
the price better this year. Mr. Gilmore had
several fine antlers of deer with him, for one
of which ho will accept our thanks.
Mr. W. P. Walker, during the week,
brought into The Dalles Timet illice a a;k
full of as nice cars of corn as we have seen
irrowii in this country anywhere, These came
from the ranch of J. 1'. Walker and brothers,
beyond the Deschutes, on bunch grass land,
which has been considered worthless except
for grazing. Some of the ears measured fully
a foot in length, and the kernel were lurge
and full. Mr. Walker thinks that if such corn
can be raised ou'our hills without irrigation,
farming the uplands of Eastern Oregon is no
longer an experiment.
The decrease in the number of sheep in
Wasco county since the lout yearly tuuuisii.cut
numbers 161, 158 head; cattle, 10,255 head;
horses, 1,705 head, A great proportion of this
Iocs of stock can be accounted for beui j driv
en to an Eastern market, but many cattle,
horses and sheep wcro killed by the icvciu
Lather last Winter. Notwi hsUndiug this
t-n-ajie, the assessable property this year
will approximate somewhere in the neighbor
hood of three and a quarter million dollars, in
comparison with twenty-eight hundred thou
sand last year.
"lbTnena'itttrtrr."r'reiira'SB,lmvn
on Wood Gulch, 20 mi'cs from Walker's and
23 miles from Coyles' Banding, on the Colum
bia river. It is just in thedge of the timber
ami is pleasantly situated. 'Three miles away
is the McFarlaud saw null, now operated by
Osborn & Weaver. It supplies the whole of
this Alder Creek country, and sends consider-
ablo lumber over to Oregon. Tho prices of
lumber at tho mill aro 510 per thousand for
fencing, $12 CO for common wido lumber, SIS
for second class and $22 for first class rustic
and flooring.
Baker County lltel'tlc: Last week a friend
brought us a sack of products consisting of a
few B.utlett pears, egg plums, largo onions,
weighing nearly one and a half pounds each
ami a largo radish--which compute in size and
quality to any wc havo ever seen. Theso came
from the ranch of Jack Low, which is situated
about 4J miles west of Baker City, and is hill
land. In addition to this, Mr. Lew has raised
during tho past Summer 1 ,343 bushels of grain
and ."i0 tons of hay from his forty-aero tract of
land. Theso facts aro not given for tho pur
pose of aiding Mr. L. in selling lii3 land, as ho
won't sell, but for tho purpose of showing
what our land will do. Washington Territo
ry will have to get up beforo day to beat it.
Ilakcr County Herirlle: There is no t
Oregon or Washington Territory, which, a
cording to its sio and population, is growing
faster than Pendleton, iu Umatilla county.
Eveiybody is busy. Tho hotels, and res
taurants, and boarding houses are all full
sometimes overflowing. Tho hotels now aro
among the best. The town is growing both up
and down the river. Business of all kinds is
thriving. Nor is this prosperity ephemeral. It
is mainly due to auriculturo. Within tho last
three or fouryears it has been ascertained that
tho bunch grass lands on the hills West of
Pendleton pioducctho cereals iu great ahun
dance. And the consequence is that many of
tho citizens of Pendleton havo taken up lands
and are now reaping great harvests, some of
them producing forty and fifty bushels to the
acre.
Walla Walla Wutrhman: Our farmers
watch tho wheat mai ket as they would a mule's
hind leg, and we don't blame them. It needs
watching, yet oiui may watch the wholo year
round and then miss it. During the week
several sales have been made at 00 cents per
bushel, but the real price, justified by foreign
quotations, is about T7 cents heie. However,
tako all you can get, and if you can afl'oid to
hold on, do so, for we now have reason to be-
lievo that wheat will be as good as gold beforo
another haivest. It's true, a man can't bo
well a wheat raiser and a wheat speculator,
too, but it never hints, to use discretion, and
iu most cos.es it is better to sell wheat at a
easonable price, than to borrow money at
uiiiensonahlo rates. A hint to the wise is suf
ficient. Nez Perce AVicit; For tho first time iu tho
history of Northern Idaho it may bo said tint
we hae this year a surplus of wheat for ex
portation. In the language of tho poet, "we
raise all wo cat, and more, to." In short, we
aie not only a self-sutalning community, but
we are now in a position to enter tho innkets
of tho world aud compete for the honor uf till
ing foreign granenes. For a country so young
and so new as Northern Idaho, this is a re
markable exhibit, and when we take into con
sideration the fact that but a fraction of our
agricultural lands are cultivated that we
have here the largest scope of unsettled soil in
the United States we may well bo pardoned
for reiterating the fact that Noithern Idaho is
the best country in tho world, and that Its fu
ture is already tinged with the golden rays of
dawning prosperity.
Palouse Ontfllr: The track of tho Northern
Pacific is now completed to Lake Piescott, 20
miles West of Lake Pen d'Oieille, 218 miles
from Wallula, and daily trains run regularly
to Ialo Proscott. The grade is completed ten
milts further, and a large force is at woik on
a trestle, 2,200 feet long and liC fict high ill
some places. The trestle requires 7iO,000 feet
of lumber. It will bo finished within two
wuoxs, Pile driving for the bridge over the
head of Pen d'Orcille Lake is being pushed,
and it will be crosseil by December 1st, Tho
liiidehauncl piles aro 1 10 feet long and 2 feet
in diameter. Four pile iliiiuis ie at work.
The line is located sixty miles beyond the
lake, and grading will be vigorously urged
until Spring. The company has only 1)00 men,
and were never able to get any more during
the ecasoii. If 2,000 able-Uxli d men, what
ever their lace or color, will uppl.si n t'u
can get employment for the i.l. I.
Colfax Drmucrat.
The luneit m tins conn-
' ty is drawing to a cW, ln . tt
NO. 33.
possible to form an estimate of tho average
yield per acre. In some portions of the coun
ty the yield is fully up to the average of for
mer years; in other portions wheat has fallen
ni Li ! mi 0 i1 i I' .-- 'y,
where the average will fall short of 25 bushels
per acre. Oats and barley, as usual, have
turned out well. Tho Watchman mentions
soma heavy yields in Walla Walla county as
follows: "Mr. Edwards, a very rcliablo farm
er, makes affidavit under oath that ho har
vested and threshed from thirty acres of land
2,108 bushels of 'tlieat being a fraction over
70 bushels to tho aero. Jos. Hall, on Pataha
flat, threshed over .",000 bushels of wheat
from eighty acres; this is a littlo-over 62J
bushels to the acre. A foity-acre field in the
tamo locality yielded over 2,000 bushels.
Many othois make similar glowing reports."
Union County lteeonl: Everything gives
promise of this being tho best fair over held
o: tho Union County Fair ground. Tho offi
cers of tho association havo secured the ser
vices of John Crainbitt as superintendent of
the pavilion, and Mr. Crambilt will put it in
order in advaneo of tho fair. A new floor has
been laid, and everything done and being done
to make the pavilion comfortable and atti act
ive. All it needs now is that tho ladies come
outaud lil tho buildint? with their handiwoik.
Thornc'rng will probably ho the best ever wit
nessed on the Noith Pacific coast, as four of
tho fabtest horses that ever met on our shores
ernio- -
t it. I l'10 ""'t'"t horses that ev
will meet hero in the free
oniiiuJp,,, f,lsU.st of any in the
-co for all. Our track is
ic State, and we may
confidently oxpect to see tho bent time made
here ever mado North of San I'limcinco. In
the fifty-mile raco there are four entries, and
each rider is provided with ten good hoi ses.
The men aud horses nro so well matched that
betting is about oven. In oui next wo will try
and give names of men and horses in each of
tho principle races.
Baker County lterhlle; Tho road between
Prairio City, in Grant county, ond Baker
City, is ono of the best wo over traveled over.
'There are a few places whoru the ascent and
descent is somewhat abrupt; hut, taken as a
whole, it is a splendid mountain road. There
is ouo place which is being much improved by
l'arki r St. Co. ; anil when completed m planned
it will bo i grcatNiinprovcmcnt on the old
route. Wo talked with several merchants and
businessmen in Canyon City and Prairie City,
and they all said that when the railro.nl shall
bo finished between Baker City and Umatilla
Landing, they will order their goods shipped
to Baker City. Of course, they will if govern
ed by sound business principles, The road
between Tho Dalles and Canyon City is two
hundred miles long. Besides, somo of the hills
are very long, and steep, and rough. One hill
or mountain we should say is over five
miles long. Wo allude to that which loads
down to tho toll gato on John Day river.
Whereas the road between Baker and Canyon
Cities -as we havo already said- is a good
mountain road and only ninety-live miles long.
Our business men should piepaie themselves
for the good time coming in tho uearfutuio.
MIDDLE COLD BPRINO.
M. S. Leo writes the Wralun Lmder;
"Times are lively in the Cold Spring country,
tho roads are lined with teams hauling wheat
to tho landing. Thcru urn two platforms at
our station, one owned by Saling k Heese, of
your city, and under the management of their
agent, J. Henr) Brown, tho others owned by
Geo. I). Clark, one of our Middle C Id Spring
farmers.
In tho interest of our farmers Imustsayi
When we first began to settle in tills country
there was a small class of people in that part
of tho country that tried to keep people from
coming down hciu by informing them that it
was impossible to iai-e gram heie. What
with the trains thundering along the track
and occasional steamers on tho broad Colum
bia makes ono think of home and civilization.
It is no uncommon thing to see trains of 30
and 10 cars. Ohe, one of our teamsters,
watched ono of these intently tho other day
for a minute, then said, 'great Jehu, ain't
that feller iot a craekiu' leader,'
Necessity is the mother of invention tln-y
say, we have found that struw spiead on the
sandy roads will mako them solid when they
aro otherwise almost impassible. Next wetk
wo begin to straw tho road flow tho canyon
tu the liver, a distance of I miles; t-ueli team
will load two or thieu hundred Kiuud of
struw on the top of his load and by tho cud ot
the week we will havu all tbu bad p atca
strawed."
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