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ZZi-t&i'SSfSbl WILLAMETTE FARMFK: PORTLAND, OREGON, DECEMBER 9, 181. - ttj-BT ' -wj r Iul every Work by tho IXitMCTTK PARMER MIBM.IHIJfG TERMS op sonscniiTioi. me yew, (PosUiro paid). In advance 9 2..r0 Jlx months, (l'mtaics palii), In advance . . 1.25 Urn than nix months will be, ptr month 25 ADVitnsmisa iuTia . Advertisements will bn tnwrtnl, providing in aro rMmM.tal.li,. At. thn fnllnurintr talila af rate : Ono liieli of mwon ner mnntll 3 Threw inches of space prr month Ono'half column per month One column nor month crSawpIo copies sent frou on application. Pulillaatlnn Olllrn: No. 5 Wihl:lton Street Lp ttalrs. roomfi No. S ami 54. CO. 2.WI 5.01) 15.00 30 00 tlie city means to defend the country from STOCK IHTSaESTS OP WASCO COUMTT. harm, aaita best ; friend. , ! W. have lately meTTwo gentlemen from in iuubbKra pouticai. dig country nasi noma ! --- r nr i i .. ,,' . , a. j different parts of Wasco county which is ' ' J ; . ' ., ' ' ... .. itself m largo or larger than some of the spect we .ay nothing. If the country, with it, , Statawho peculiarl , t tllB power to put its own interest, forward 8tock.raii(i intere3t3 f tt p ,, State convcntun", and in the Legislature, , . . . " ,. .i:. :..-..-.. ....... .... -.,. ..r.... ,1,. ;.... i may he considered as representatives of that 7 '' ", . " "'" , " , . , ,, important industry in all scti-ns of the exten imta nf -... nnnnfifilnnlil Hirt Ilia CI a fit If T 11 n I " better ; such a fault reflects on the ability of the country to sustain itself when it has num. lien and power in its own hands. But we do insist that a moderate outlay of capital, to be repaid with a fair interest, and the energetic manifestation of a disposition to protect pro ducers from all unreasonable taxation ami im- sive grazing regions East of the mountains. SHKF.P rx SORTUKIl.T WASCO. Hon. E. B. Dufur is one of the firm of Bufur Bros., living on Fifteen Mile creek, not far from The Dalles, who own 5,000 head of well graded sheep of the Merino type, and are probably as well fixed to carry on sheep hits PORTLAND AND THE PB0DrCEB3. The people of Oregon and Washington are very much interested producers especially in studying the indications that point to the course of commerce and transportation in the future. Enst of the mountains there is a gen eral sentiment in favor of a great commercial point cm Puget Hound, and for a direct line of communication across the Cascado range. While that section looks to such an outlet an essential to its future, the valley region of Western Oregon looks with the greatest eager ness to some new nutlet for its products, and hopes most ardently for the realization. of the promise that Ynrptina Il.iy shall liecnmo a sea. port and the construction r.f theOicgon Pacific liidlway enable them to ship their products by that route Failing to realize this favorite project, we venture to sny that the producers of tbis val ley and the Unipqua will h glad of any other outlet that will make them mora imlepende.it of Portland. They will gladly see a railrond to Astoria and thus ship their products d.mit to tlio ocean, or will prr-et with satisfaction any scheme that will take their crops to any suitable port on Plight Sound. Wn venture t" say that ninny pcrmiiH in tint Willamette val ley ,ir prejudiced against the Vill.ird enter prises, lieeaiim they promise to make Portland a. great railroad center and look to this city as the future metropolis of the whole Pacific Northwest. This biinr an exi-ting fact, it can do no harm to look it squarely in Mm face ami ask: Why are these things so? Taken individually, probably the producers of these Western valleys have no personal en mity toward! Portland merchants. Their prejudice has a wider basis. It is tho aity taken with its li.istory ami with all its an tecedents, that excites prejudice. What then, has the city done, or failed to do, that has made it the aversion of the great diss of pro ducers so necessary to its prosperity? Perhaps tho answer can best be furnished by .wiring : What has Portland ever done to satisfy the country, incrcae its prosperity, bring it near er market, or bring tho market nearer to producers? What has tho city doni to accom modate tho business the country semis to it? Looking at its own prosperity and accumula ted wealth, all of which has been based on production, what have rich men hero ever done to show recognition of the country and a desire to advance the prosperity of tho pro ducing classes? Of course, "every tub stands on iti own bottom." Country people must lcok out for themselves. They must tike what they can get. All tho while, however, the country is full of hard working farmer, who have to bo content with very limited incomes as reward fr their invested earnings and hard labor, .and these people naturally form impressions that are certain to make themselves felt in time. They kimwth.it they are the foundation of the great structure of government and society anil tno pcrcnniil fi initiation of wealth, .ami that their good wid n worth pos cssinar. The fact that they ro prejudicial is so commonly known and so well established that we cannot doubt it,nd the certiinty that it will in time react ou Portland makes it worth whilo for those who represent Portland to stir them selves to make friends of the country, for it is a stiring truth tli.it Portland standi isolat.il, surrounded on the north, south, east and west, by a population that has to put it mildly more ja1ousy of than sympathy with its aspirationi. We allude to appirent facts with no desire t.i increase prejudice but ta allay it; or ratlW to rail attention of Portland capitalists to what th country needs. If Portland will f.ir once anticipate these needs, there ill 1st no room for prejudice. The country needs monev at reasonable, rate of interest, for the time has come when pro duction cannot pay ten per emit, per annum n loam and they intend to pass a law fixing lower r.itt of interest ii it necessary nut elev iters and warr. houses, on Urge scale, shall be jonstrnctfd here if Portland is to he .a tjreat ennimrrri.il city, and owners n satisfied to collect rraaon ahla charges for all siuh ervice. It ii noces.iry that eie y penny shall be avrd the people who produce and business conducted in their interest, as well ss for prof it to thosi who handle prodiuti here. The country believes that Portland taurs products to the- highest iwibl point, whereas, compe tition should prnvld tlie best possible conven ience f.r commercaat the lowest figure pos sible - The complaint comes from foreign ship mas. tr that their vessels viy outrageous charges fur f llotage, towage, harbor dues, and that all the fscilities furM'tn d them are at exorbitant raU Th prtxluoer read this and knows that lia pays thj btil. The producer is not a fool. If Port'and cannot secure re li.f rem this en ormoui tax on home lnduttry, then horn In dustry, will always rsvolt against Portland and seek any cdher channel for its commerce in preference. To sum up the case thus far i Capital should freely invest, expecting only mo-Urate returns, to that merchants hers can transact dullness to th Wt advantage, and giTa their customers lh prolocrn- the Uncrit of the same. Portland should put don all Impost, tioa on commerce, ami show prodnctra that position, will win tho city of Portland the ' bandry as any of the great flock owners of unaivmous rcipect and undivided support of I Oregon. Their range consists of extensive the great class of producers on whom its com merce and its prosperity di pend. THE NATIONAL GRAKGE." Tho Iflth annual session of the National Orange met in Washington Dee. 15, and was verylirgcly attended. The annual address of Worthy Master ,T. J. Woodman is pub lished in our exchanges received by last steamer, hut is altogether too long a docu ment to ins published entire. After a suitihle introduction the speaker alluded verv forcibly to the importance of the intereits repre sented viewed as industrial and wealth pro ducing, by which the soil, when productive of an abundant harvest, mveits every channel of business with activity and prosperity. The importance of extending Orange work and stintii. ing a Orange press waj dwelt upon ' claimed are not often infringed. and tlie advantages of co operation set forth, with a plain review of the failures as well as successes that had been met with in attempts so far made, and the necessity of a well or ganized co-operative plan for universal fol lowing was argued at some length. The speaker freely admitt- il that former efforts to establish manufacturing and business en terprises by the Order with State Orange funds had been unsuccessful; tho ship had cai'iied too much sail; they had attempted to grapple with great business enterprises with out the experience and skill needed to man age tnem. v line disaster Had resulted in some Stites from such attempt4, thoy had learned valuable lessous and saved the Order from- similar losses elsewhere. The National Orange next recommended co-operative asso ciations which had organized with various results; some succeeded and others failed; just as somo men succeed in business and others do not. Enough succeeded to show the wisdom of the system. Some Slate Oranges employed reliable agents or responsi ble business Hrma to act for them. This had provulof much value to members. Wheie Oranges were afar from co-operative stores, they sometimes raised a purchasing fund .and kept a snpply of necessary articles on hand to be distributed as needed. Such beginnings sometimes resuled in extensive business growing out of small endeavor. Efforts to receive from Congress legislation .is relief against evils of the patent laws by which thousands of farmers are being prose cuted for use of inventions that had seem ingly been ahindoned to the public, and then when used royalty demanded by expensive litigation, had failed, but they must continue to demand their rights and secure them by their own power to elect smtible men to office. The Orange had taken the initiative against tin) tyranny of monopolies, and tho ablest statesmen of our land vindicate our action by their endorsement. The organization of the Orange is considered the best medium for the tr.insmi.aion of the publications of the Anti Monopoly League to the masses of producers of the nation. Tho Worthy Master referred at length to the benefits of education and the work of the Orange in that connection, and, in closing, spoke of the l.imentihla results of the spoils system in national politics anil the terrible crime that led to the death of President Oar-ti'-ltl- Thu system, false in principle and corrupting in practice, had grown up under our indulgence until now all the power of popular condemnation was necessary for its overthrow. Increased Responsibilities. We learn that by order of the President of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Mr John Jlnir, who has been general freight and paaienger agent of the O. R. ,t N. Co. will hereafter also bo Superintendent of Traffic on thu.V. P. R. R., Western Division. This great increase of responsible duties shows the high consideration in which -Mr. Muir is held. and will furnish work enough to puzale one human brain. The cluster of enterprises un der .Mr. Villard's man iiremeno are officered liv men of lining business ability, and .Mr. .Muir is rsiK-euH, a man of business fori e, which he a nappiiy rxeni es with a degree of official conrt-sy that aeconnta for his popularity wher ever known. pasture lands near their residences, on Fifteen Mile creek, and also a great tract of swamp land on the mountain side, towards the east ern base of Mount H od, about thirty miles from their home farms. They drive their stock to this mountain pasture in Hummer, when the grass becomes dry on the plains, so as to preserve the pastures there as much js possible for Winter feed. The mountain grass is very excellent, and answers until the Fall season makes the approach of snow storms pos sible. It is the general custom of dock-masters in Umatilla county to drive their sheep to mountain pastures in .Summer; and as these lands are not settled, the right of use is deter mined by custom, which accords stock men privileges which are so well understood and so generally accepted, that rights so But this relates to the Blue Mountains, through which the open pine forests without under brush puimit grass to grow, while tT.e mountain range nf the Dufur's is on a bench of the Cas cade mountains, nearly a hundred miles separ ated from the Blue Moun.ams, and more rugged and inaccessible, so that they do not afford many such facilities, though thero are extensive swamps on elevated benches of the range that afford good range in the Summer time. It neoms the Dufura diacovered thu great tract they own and have taken it up under the provisions of the swamp land act ot our State. With this explanation of the situation wo proceed to give Mr. Dufur'.i ex perience with sheep. For seven years past Dufur Bros, have crossed thoroughbred Merino bucks on the common coaare-wooled sheep of the country. Thay used large, likely ewes, and have kept up a judicious selection, selling off at times the cullings of their stock, and the result has been satisfactory. They have bred from the Vermont Merino stock brought to Oregon a number of years ago by Hammond, and the present product is a sheep of good size, round, thick .and compact body, short legs and deep build. Wethers weigh, dreased. To to 00 lbs. The stock is hardy, easy kept and long lived. These improved sheep are as hardy at teu yea-s old as the original cuarse-wooled stock from which they camo were at six years old. The chief ba id of 4,000 head the past season turned off fleeces that went over 8 lbs. Two years ago, after an unusually favorable year in all respects, their fleeces averagrd !) lbs (5 oz., but that was a year when all sheep averaged better than usual. The wool of last clip was sold rather early in the season, befoie prices came up to the best point, and brought at Tho Dades 20i and 'ii cents, but could have sold later for 21 cents per It at Dalles City. Such heavy fleeces are of course due somewhat to yolk in the wool, but Mr. Mia to, who is ex cellent authority, asserts that there is not more grease in uumr Bros, wool than is necessary to preserve the quality of the stiple. It will bo seen that the Dnfnrs have made a success of sheep husbandry, ami it may as well be understood that they have a talent in that line, for certainly it amount, to a tilent when people achieve such success based on the ex ercise of good judgment; for protitaUe la the business is when well conducted, there are many who fail utterly at it, because they have no natural qualifications, and lack judgment. Probably Dufur Bros, have doubl.d the weight of fleeces and the value pr head of their sheep by judicious improve.nent of the breed, and their seven years' experience, which we are able to give, is of great value iVe proceed to give the particulars of their methods and practice. Sheep are always herded in the range, ex cept when a snow storm drives them in. As Of lata years many settlers have come in, fenced off the watering places and are making farms where the land was formerly used only for stock range. This diminishes the chances for cattle and horses, while sheep that are herded can find water, because they can he driven to it and the fence laid down to let them enter. Mr. Dufur thinks an extensive country lying between John Day's river and the Des Chutes, and what is called "the desert," south of Prineville, will bo found adapted to sheep, and will replace in great part cattle and horses that art now pastured there in great number?. As tho native grass is eaten out sheep do better than other stock. The hardy Merino grades have especial adaptibilit to Eastern pastarei and the dry climate of that country; they eat closer than the ordinary stock of coirae-woolcd sheep, and herd better toiethcr, don't ramhle, and, as a consequence, are easier kept, and will do iVell when other sheep will not prosper. Mr. Dufur furnishes valu ible testimony as to the qualities of good Merino grades com pared with other sheep. It is Ilia experience (and he is a man of very investigating turn and good judgment), that the better they are bred up in Merino blood the hardier sheep become and the easier they are kept. If you go into any mixed bands and pick out tat sheep, they inyariab y prove to be high grade Merinos. Mr. Dufur ays the range is so well suited to sheep in his regi- n that with ordi nary care sheep constintly improve. He is couliilent the Merino type will prevail and satisfy the highest idea a sheep-grower has of p rfect on, to secure the. best results tor both wool and mutton. It is Mr. Dufur's opinion that eventually the Eastern country will be tilled up witli population that will combine farming wito st. ok raising, and that sh ey husbandry will be the most popular branch of 3tock because the most easily followed and the most protita b e. Take the country through and in many directions good fanning land lies contiguous to land only valuable for grazing. Fencing is expensive, and water not always convenient, so he believes that neighboi hoods will soon combine on a co-operative plan to fence in th, ir lauds in common ta save expense, own and herd their flocks perhaps m common, and by combining, make it possible to secure at least moderate success, making the farm provide Winter feed for the stock, as well as the family, and depending on the stock for profit. Mr. Dufur gives the following as the scale of prices in Northern Wasco county : Mutton sheep, $'2 a head for a band of picked wethers; for a band of good sound ewes, $2 50 to S3; graded Merino bucks, ?5 to iJiO; pure bred .Merino bucks, 1540 t i'lO. In th s valley full blood bucks command 315 to 20. A UBEEAL OFFER. Purdy'a Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gardner ia the best journal ou fruits, gardens and flow ers, published in the United States, price 31. As this is a standard journal that every family should read, we have made arrangements to elnb with it and to furnish its premiums to our own subscribers on the following terms: Any person wishing to renew subscription, who pays 8.1.25, or any new subscriber, who sends us 33.25, will receive the FaEMKII and Fmit Recortler one year, and can have any one of the premiums he may name in addition. Any subscriber who has already paid up, can send us 75 cents more and have the Re corder one year and a premium. Any person who will send us 32.50 for a new subscriber, can have the Fmit Recorder and either one of the premiums as compensation for trouble in procuring us a new subscriber. The premiums are : 2. Twenty-five plants of the famous Sharp less strawberry. 3. Six plants of the new early and most productive, large, black cap raspberry known, tho Tyler. 5. Six plants of Taylor's Prolific, the hardiest and most prolific blackberry known. 7. Two strong, well-rooted, hardy and beautiful roses. 8. One Helena Honey Suckle, the most beautiful grown. 12. Purdy's Small Fruit Instructor, 64 pajes, all about growing fruits, with plans for dry houses, green houses and hoilbeds. It. A spleniid and almost life size en graving of our dead President Garfield; by ono of the most eminent of living engravers, worth one dollar. Simply give the number opposite the pre miums, and don't describe it. Letter tram Pollc County. THE FAPJIEE A3 AN EXPOETEtt At the present time the European grain market is depressed for the pressure of ship ments towards England has that effect. It ii estimated that the world is 50,000 bushels of wheat short of a good supp'y, but that is a small proportion of the quantity consumed annually. So it appears likely that we shall not see any decided advance until latpr in tlie se..-cn, if at all, Last w eek a wooden vessel, we understand, was charteied at 77s 6d to U. K-, which equals SOs for iron, at least. Now if our farmers could combine to load a ship at SOs and get it off by the fir3t of January, it could be expected to arrive in England by the first of May, or if a ship was to leave the lat ter pirt of January it would be apt to reach there June 1st, and if any advance can be an ticipated then it would be about that time, and the shippers would have the benefit of tlie market. Let us compare the December market with the market next May anil watch the result. We believe it will b- safe to make the venture, though it may also be safe to wait until April for lower freights and ship tben, hnt a ship leaving May 1st and reaching i here September 1st, would have to accept the result' of the next harvest and the possibility of lower freights in April or May are perhaps noteqn.il to tho cerainty of interest accruing in the in terval and the possible falling off in price in case the world realizes a good harvest in 1SS2. We hear that there is still a great deal of wheat up this valley, and a great deal left in the Umatilla and Walla Walla com. try, and some etlort on the part of pioducers to sl.ip their own srain will have a livenincr effect on a rule, they are not sheltered, though some- the market and turn attention of foreign ship times the ewes are, and are fed wheat or owners this way. If the bnainess can be done timothy hay. Wheat hay is preferred, and proierly and safely the farmer can set all McCoy, Dec. 2, 1381. Editor Willamette Farmer : Having a little leisure time this evening I thought that I would write a few lines for your many readers. In the first place! wil say that McCoy is sititcd on the broad gauge rail road about twelve miles below Independence, on a very nice rolling piece of ground. It has improved a great deal in the last year. It is composed of one dry goods store, one drug store, two shoe shops, one blacksmith shop, one saloon, and three hotels, and plenty of arehouse room for all storing purposes. It is surrounded by as fine a country as there is anywhere in Oregon. I think as good grain and as much of it to the acre can be raised in the vicinity of McCoy as is raised in the Wil lamette valley anywhere. The farmers as a rule are in good circumstinces, and instad of selling out are improving their farms both by good buildings and by grubbing and clearing off their land. The farmers of this section took advantage of the low price of wheat last year and summer-fallowed a eteat deal of land, consequent ly there is a large acreage of Fall-sown wheat, w hich looks unusually well for this season of the year, ami are still sowing some of their stubble land. So if nothing unusual happens to the growing crop by another harvest, you w i 1 hear from McCoy in the way of bush els of wheat. Mr. Editor, if any of your readers are look ing far a hnnw iiv a ni,l l,hl. wa w. wmli give them a cordial invitation to come and see us before sa'tling elsewhere. Harrt. NEW FALL GOODS, JUST RECEIVED AT J. F. D. WRINKLE & COS NEW Silks, Satins and Velvets NEW Black and Colored Cashmeres, NEW Plaids, Plain and Fancy Dress iioods, NEW Rucliings,Laces,Scarrs,RiI)bona NEW Fringes, Gimps, Buttons, Etc NEW Cloaks, Dolmans, FIsters.' A FCIX LINE Of Domestic and Souse Fur nishing Goods. A Complete Stock of Gents' Furnishing Goods. All of tho irooils sold at the LOWEST CASH JPJtlCBS. Samples Sent Free nn Application. J. F. D. WNRLE & CO., 981 FIRST STJtF.F.T, TOtt. K.ILHU.Y, Portland, Oresnn. Or r correspondent from r'armuiton thinks the railroad outlook very bad. The existing iytem is a monopoly. The people of this country seem to labor under manifold ditficul ties. When the country is all new and unde veloped it is ladly in need id railroads, and u soon as a roai is hunt It tiecomes "monopo- v e shoul.1 like much to help all out of ly." their troubles. Hw to do it however pamei human comprehnjion. The question narrows uuwn w una : men is preleraMo : no rail roads or no monopolies ? We give it up t Tlie conundrum h too heavy for us. But we ire in favor of maling U the river navigaUe as soou as possible and sooner u possible. Ph. Oio. 11, Loutsn, Commissioner of Ag riculture, ii an piring politician, and in a late Intsrview with the National Orange poU of hl intention to have the duti tnlarged to include other indi. Orange unanimously "iat down on" Oeorgi wheat is grown entirely for that purpose, but both wheat and timothy are cirt before the seed u ripe, and in the case of wheat no gram is formed, and the hiy looks green whe. cured. H hen feed is allowed to get too dry and ripe, iheep cannot digest it. The annual increase of the Dufur flocks is about emhtv percent, on the number of ewes. Lambs come through April and to the 10th of May, Last Winter much stock died beeanse of the protracted inclement weather, hut Dufur Bros, did not 'use any. They bought hay at 10 per ton, besides feeding ont alt they hail grown, and estimate that they fed for eighty days at a coat of $1 per head. That was an unusually hard inter; average Winters do not require mora than ten to fifteen day feed, I and then, are Winters when no feed is given out The Summer of 1SS0 was very dry and crass very short, o that sheep went into the Winter in poor condition, while the present i.ason finds them actually fat as Winter eomei, beeanse grass was good ill Summer, and early Fall rains caused a late growth that placed thera in the belt possible condition. The custom is for itock men to put up a cood ecf Mi office' tono1 hly' thlt ""oiuUtea from Winter tries but the I t0 Wint" tlut extraordinary bad wVleorse"! ' ttAa Ca,, lh'm rePal'e', SheeP " herded i th approach v iw J asriirition.. by MMintr reiolution, that the : "' re ur,uS' aom OP did not desire to hue tho duties of the office J 0 " lnter Arul ean "! for incase of include othrr industries. They were rubt. i severe weather, wh,l cattla ind hnrui r an extensive mow fall canno! incuiie omer imiuimei. iny were rvnt, i severe wtatutr, wti,j cattle in foragrieulturconuiniimporunccnonghfor usually allowed to roam ovr any uh officers eal to n.ar lUtlf out uron, !.. t i i. Hal thii it .ill r,i,. .K. v., ,l it L,. ' na'' a,ul in CM0 ' kcavy mo to aI) Iw in u on to krp th vanity and j l S' UP- In '" 'hey do best alone to tat hum nun ui i.nrj ui cures, j mair caancei, cnuer orrunary circumiiancci. there is in the market for his wheat, and if he does that he will make all the money that he thinks the speculator makes, so his failure to act for himself looks vrry much as if he didn't have much faith that the exporter made a profit. Exporters here have to go into the market to charter ships and just now some of them are doing all they can to cheapen freights, o tho farmer who becomes a shipper ha the benefit of their efforts to manipnU.e tho freight market. Frcm Lane County. Irvj.xo, Oregon, Nov, 2Sth, 1S31. Editor Willamette Farmer: Wheat seems to l a drug in the market, as we can hardly get money on wheatwhen iold; the railroad teems to be unable to carry it off fast enough. Some warehouse! have already orden to lhip grain enough io consume a moa h' time at the preseut rate of from one to three, car per day ; and to long as the present ttate of thing, exist we cannot expect any life in the marktt. There has Ixen little wheat sown this Fall, on account of unfavorable weather. Hoping tie Fanucn may meet with in creating patronage, ami may well guard the the intertill of producer, I am, very respect fully, youri, ,. C. Jes.mncs. Letter from Marlon County. Spblimitt, Dec. 5, 1SS1. Edi'or Willamette Farmer: Lofty as we are in name, here, way out in the woods, we are not out of civilization. A stringer came to town the other day, on foot from Salem, wet, cold and exhausted, claim. insr to be a runaway sailor, without money, so he oftvred to sell his coat. By cunnin? ways and comical songs well sung he won his way and sold bis coat, then hired a horse and went oil; but soon after John Minto, Deputy Sheriff, came in pur-uit of a fellow who had stolen a suit of clothes on Salem prairie, and after a cold and muddy ride overtook his man. One who stays at home hardly knows how neighboring t .wns prosper unless by reading t-e pap-rs. I take the Farmer for that pur pose. A few miles ride tha other day gave me news about Marion Station. Change of 'gents at fh railroad there lately created" con siderable excitement. Also the Scio telegraph office was moved and the post effice walked to other quarters. As the measles prevail abont il nou sen. ols are temporarily dismissed on thai account. The family of Dexter Robbins have been down with the disease and it pre vails in other families. Fall sowing is very backward on the San tiam prairie. Sublimity improves rapidly. The old store housd ia torn down and replaced by a new building. The hotel has had its looks improved by a coat of paint. Changes in the interior make it very convenient and everything is done to make guests comforta ble. The s"ore has a warehouse added, that also helps the looks of the place. Mechanics who live alnt here find all the work they cm do. Health is Generally mod on the. beautiful bills. Considerable Fall wheat has been sown ami some are itill putting in wheat. P. B. O. Stark! Fruit Eancn. We have a time or two before made mention of wb.t Amos Stark is doing in the fruit busi ness at Columbus, and tow give the result of the crop for 1881. His orchard consists ot 40 acre., but 20 acrrs re yourc trers, not yet .?!!: The,Pach croP this year amounted to 30CO euiheli irom which he will realize nearly S2.CC0. He baa dried about four tons of peacl.es, has shipped ami aold 40 lacks of reach ied at 3 centi a pound, and has vet en . . -Tr i" " . M?ziuea mat ne SELLING OFF AT REDUGEDPRICES ESTATE OF Newbury, Hawthorne & Co. Morrison Plows, Wliitewaker Wagons, ' Farmer's Friend Drills, : Esterly Seeders, Centennial Fanning Mills, Sliovels, Spades, Road Scrapers, Horse Powers, anil Uu.tloPl Automatic Pump and Windmill octSS-Jm Ofpics or United WonsnmMEX's Co-Opbratitb Boot aXd Snoj JtAscracrcRisa Cojipast, V 41d Mamut STasii, San Francisco, Cat J The Mens" anil Boys' Boots, Boys', Nlsses' and Children's Shoes, Man nfartured by as rorMrssn. PBOTZ. MAX Jt DEFItAXt E, are aU Custom Hade Expressly For Ihem, out of our Best Material. We Warrant Every Pair. Very Truly Yours, UNITED WORKINGMEN'S Boet and Shoe Man'fac'g Co. Referrinir to the above, wn wii, fj,.,,t,ii.k .. have a very Lira stock o their goods on hand. PROTZMAIJ- & DeFRANZE. S. W. Cor. Third and Alder Sts.. Opp. MaaonJat TempU. noTi.tf Ir you send in a now tusscriber you get four months credit on your own tubscnp-1 .: . r.. .. v -t ...(..... .. - ...,. iiuuiiuriNuinw lUMcnocr ycu tret viebtfiuu acrw of im anch UnA . k;- u.i - -., . .. . -: - uuuini. n Pienutul lupply of water for it all and months, and for three caw narce a whol year. There u no neighborhood in Oregon or Washington where any roan who will take a little pains catot get thrte new name if he will make a itight effort. jj NEW GOODS! We xre now opening Our Fall Importations or Dry & Iirnishing Goods Which consist of the Largest Stock we hati er onereo. We call attention to oar new Cloaks, Ulsters. Shawls, Curtains: Linens. iJomestiCS. Corset. SilIcs. Gloves. Plitshes, Itibbons, t civets, EancyG'ds Iress G'ds, Flannels, Blankets, Hosiery, vnaerwear as fast as he i able will devote it to the cul . ... iiuiu icere are up and down the Col nmli i river thonsa d of acre that can be tvMo picduce tn like n-anner.-CoiWafa Gents' Fiirnishing Go'ds, OLDS & KIXG, IVo. ISC First Street. octSS-Sm --SMtSSmSSSKKJ-J! 'iw$C2; ZZ&Z3S3?ZZ2ZXZ&rrrt!riT- Vl,Tnrwwl