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VOL. XIV. jjorfmtlhiral. Letter from Yamhill County. .Sheridak, Oregon, March 1, 1882. Editor Willamette Farmer: This 13 the fust day of Marcli, and no wheat sown vet. February has gone, hut it didn't work l'ke the old eaying (i. p., if it came 111 like a Hon it would go out like a lamb), for it came in like a lion and went out like the . We have had inoro snow, more rain, nioro cold weather and dry weather than we ever saw in Oregon in the same time, and to-night wu can hear the rumbling of dis tant thunder, which, when it is taken into consideration that it is in Oregon, it seems as though tho weather clerk is acting badly. Feed, especially hay, is scarcer than I ever knew it to be befoio at thu time of the year, though stock generally looks well, as we had an open wnitei up to February, and of course we expect plenty of grass for all loose stock by the 1st oi April. Fanners generally are mostly done plowing. I know of only one field of forty acres of win ter sown grain, whilo last year almost every farmer had from twenty to Beveut -five acres in. The leccnt cold snap froze a g eat many potatoes in this sec. ion. Jl heard of one man the other side of Sheridan who engaged Ins potatoes thtre at 60 cents per b.ishel, but found them somewhat damaged when he came to deliver them. He was only allowed 60 cents per bushel; consequently, we will not have many spuds for market this Bpring. Jofin and James Wlialen, in this neighbor hood, butchere-' six head of hogs lately that 5 weighed, dressed, 1,900 pounds; the two largest went 820 pounds, the larsest one 424 pounds, the smallest 241 pounds; averago, 333J pounds. They were common stock, with a small strain of Berkshire, two years old, fattened on sprouted wheat; single sides of . the largest, cut and trimmed, weighed 82 pounds. I will not say anything about dogs this time, as Red Hillians are going into the hog business. I will tell you in the future which one ha made tho b'ggest hog. I had a letter from a relative 'in drouthy Kansas, asking the usual routine of questions: if Oregon was a wheat country; what beans were worth; how far to "wild Injins;" what kind of guus had he better bring, and did we have any watches or revolvers here; if "paint ers" ever catched grown people; if we have any hounds out here, and how far from Pott land would a man have to go to take up 160 acres of all plow land witn ruuning water on it and others too numerous to mention; so we just mailed him two copies of the Farmer; if they dont answer his questions he had bet ter come and see. Sheridan is all excitement over a new invention that-a man from Wil lamina proposes to make, to furnish water power to run a flouring mill they talk of put ting up soon, without the use of a dam. Par ties have been surveying a ditch lately. So, hoping my taters did not all freeze. Yours truly, H. W. S. Assessment and Taxation. 'Walla Walla, March 7, 1882. Editor Willamette Farmer: 1 failed' to see your article on Assessment and Taxation referred .to and endorsed by Thomas Buckman. I am well pleased with the idea of farmers exchanging views on all subjects with'which their interests are con nected. This should always be done in a can did manner, and in a friendly spirit. I am not prepared to endorse some of the views of Mr. Buckman. I know that assessment and taxa tion are exceedingly difficult to adjust; per--hips no other subject has demanded the thought or engaged the attention of, the legis lator to the same extent that this one has. Honest and capable men have taxed their minds to the utmost, and still defect! appear in every and all plans adopted to secure the result. One thing is plain to all,' that assess ment and taxation ought to be equal, and ought to be on all property. Mr. Buckman aays "Notes and accounts are not property, and should not be counted ai such." Of course we are to understand that notes and accounts are not to be taxed. The premise in this case 1 regard as unsound, and, of coarse, the conclusion wrong.. Mr. A. is a banker. His cash capital is 1200,000. When the as sessor comes around, Mr. A. tells him he has no money on hand, but has note secured by mortgage en real estate to the amount of (200,000. But if notes are not property, then Mr. A, is a pauper, a non-tax-payer: that is, he has nothing But the fact is, Mr. A. has $200,000, and ought to be taxed to that amount The reason is plain. Those.notes are negotiable; they are bankable; tbey pos sess a mercantile value, and hence they are property. It can be readily seen that if notes are nofproperty, and hence not taxable, all our banks can easily manige to do a large (frCrgTTSgyjrs, g WL Jl L M m vC M 1w AMllliL k(?v 1 and profitable business, enjoy the' protection of liw, and call it to their aid in iorec'os ing mortgages, etc., and still pay no tax to maintain our civil institutions. A tax law exempting notes and mortgages exists in Cal ifornia, so I was told in that State four years' ago. The result, as stated to n.e, was that very little of the enormous amount of caxh in the bank was taxed,. But the farmer had no way to a old his tax ours as ever, Farmer Sweeney. From the Palouse. Editor Willamette Farmer: We are not afraid to talk railroad or poli tics here, as we have none of the former, and very little of the latter, and hope that wo may continue in the same streak of des titution, rather than be bored as we think some of our neighbors on this coast are. In short, we are really enjoying tho peace and quietude of the frontier. Spring is upon us, and soon wo expect to take pleasure' in riding over thoso beautiful gross-covered hills, where the vast herds roam at will. Here is where the poor class of people can have equal rights and privileges with the rich; the poor iniu's stock has tho same right to the grass on the hills, and tho splendid water that flows from the hundreds of springs; and also the poor mm has the same right to make his selection of a quar ter section of the public domain, and then build, fence, plow and enjoy the fruiti of his labor, unmolested by land monopolist, as is the case to a great extent In the Wil lamette Yalley. Wo feel the ' necessity of transportation facilities, but we do not feel like encourag ing that commodity at the expense of our liberty. Fur the benefit of those intending to come to this country, I will continue the weather report : During the month of February there were 10 days on which snow fell; 4 days on which rain fell; 7 clear days and 7 cloudy, other than those, on which rain and snow fell. The prevailing winds were southwest 15 days, southeast 8 days and north 5 days. The highest daily temperature at 2 r. M. was 46 degrees on the 25th; lowest at 7 A. M., 18 decrees below zero on the 18th, that being the coldest day of the season. F. S. Baizee. Farmers and tne Road Law. Marios Co., March 10, 1882. Editor Willamette Farmer: I saw two reports in your valuable paper. iately, on the roads of Oregon, and I think it is high time every farmer and every citizen ought to give attention to road making. Mr. Peterson says the law is better than the prac tice, so the fault is with the farmers, no doubt. If the farmers won't help themselves in all local affairs, how are they to get help? They need to make roads all over the country, This is the first improvement; then the farm will go up in value. Any man coming from a country where good roads are the rule, can't see his way to get along with roads wanting a bottom. I am not acquainted with the road law, but from my observation upon Butte Creek and the Abiqua the settlers have a hard time in getting out on the roads. All along the foothills the road to Silverton is a model road. Where I have traveled there is abund ance of road matenal. The best mode of road making is to ridge in the middle, putting in culverts in low places. The road supervisor will see when stone is wanted to bottom the r .ad. On gravel ridges gravel ill make a good road, but on low ground roads waut to be bottomed with stone, if convenient to draw; wood makes a good foundation when bedded in this mud and covered with gravel. Gravel can be drawn 6 or 8 miles with profit. Every county might be laid off, in divisions to suit farmers living on both sides. A road tax of 3 mills would do to commence with, to be re duced or augmented as circu instances might require; every division to use its own money and every person do his duty. Without unity the work will stop. Keep the right man in for overseer. David Bkodic From Cottage drove, Lane County Editor Willamette Farmer : I am surprised at your long lift of delin quents (we published only a beginning.) It is injustice to you and your patrons to allow such accounts to accumulate. Stop the paper when the time is up, and your readen will seon miss it. If they do not, their patronage isn't worth much. I noticed that Mr. Huston is exercised, be cause red wheat doesn't bring as much as white varieties. It is, because the Oiegon club is at a premium in Liverpool. My experience in pasture grass is Kentucky blue grass for overflowed bottom land; mead ow oats for poor, yellow hill land; orchard grass for rich, red land; herd's eraas for wet, swale land; velvet grass suits the greatest va PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1882. riety of land, but docs not give so treat an amount of feed on any. All mixed together' and the clovtrs added makes the. best pasture; many are afraid that soms of these will take their farms; if they do they will make good pasture, and after .they have run you out some one elsewhere will raise good grain on the same laud. 1 he weather is fine, the rround in good or der, but drying fast; plowing for grain about half done here; stock wintered well; beef 6c on foot, net. J. P. Tailor. Debt and Taxes. Douglas Co., Oregon. Editor Willamette Fanner : Please allow a few remarks from one who believes that every man's property should be taxed equally, from the government bond to the poor man a acre of brush land, if lie is not in debt for it. The theory put iorth by Mr. Buckman is: that if a poor man, wishing to make an honest living and get a home for himself and family, borrows money of Mr. Buckman to pay tor a farm, and, as is often the case, pays one-third more than he could sell the same for, is willing to pay Mr. Buck man interest, it would buveiy wrong to ask him to pay tax on Buckman's money. If he wants interest without taxes he should invest in government bonds. Mr. Editor, if you should be fortunate and get all that sum ot money due you lrom delin quents, and you wisli to exchange the same lor good notes drawing interest, and some poor unfoitunate man borrows from you to pay for a farm, toiling late and early to pay you interest, and in h ipes of some day owning the land that he calls his home, would it bo justice or fairness in the law to tax this man on what he does not own, and perhaps never will; to exempt youou what vou do own while you are piling up the gold received on in terest. PLINN Cooper. Bv the Editor. Mr. Cooper misunder stands the Farmer's positiou, whie.h is that tome way should be invented to properly tax money, which now evades taxation in many instances. Mr. Buckman thinks that if notes and accounts are not taxed that interest will lower that much, so that tho debtor would not be loser. The same law that would exempt notes and accouuts from taxation could lower inter est rates to correspond, and that would equalize matters. It is not the correct thing to have ten millions of property, one-fifth ol all the assessed values, escape taxation. How to effect just assessment and taxation is the most important question for legislation in this State. We agree that the poor man's chances ought to be considered always. Fruit Growing. Mr. Briggs, fruit grower at Davisville, California, purchased in Sacramento recently the paper necessary to line 250,000 raisin boxes. He proposes to pack 250,000 boxes of raisins tor market, a large portion of that amount having aheady been packed. From the vineyard producing these raisins he has already sold 400 tons, at an average price of 43 per ton. ine raisins will sell at tne vine yard for at least $2 a box, making the gross produce for raisins alone $500,000. The gross receipts for grapes already sold is 820.000. A fruit grower living upon the American river above this c'ty sold $10,000 worth of fruit from twenty Acres of land. His entire profits from this season s crop is a little over $7,000. It is estimated that the fruit shipped from that section will bring into the State about $2,000,000 the present season. Farmer and jrruu urotcer. The above shows what our enterprising neighbors are. doing, or rather it shows what they have done, for they are now reaping the reward of their industry and foresight. Call -fornia was settled by the Americans after Ore' gon, yet we bnd her people selling ten, yes a hundred times the amount of fruit that the people of Oregon do. Whenever Oregon can offer for sale the. product of one hundred thousand acres of orchard fruits, then we may expect a reliable and steady demand for all that we can raise. When it is known that we can supply even any ordinary demand, then we may expect freer sales. When we can support an ordinary family on twenty acres, then we may expect better home markets, more manufactures and betfft times. When these times come we may expect a better ed ucation of farmers' children. J. 8. Churchill, Mohawk. A Choked np Itream. Mr. A. J, Wayland, of Clackamas county, writes : About the 27th of hut month I no ticed the river falling and raising near where I live. It was the dirtiest water I ever saw, The water rose eight feet in two hours. I was bound to know what was the matter, so I took a stroll up the north fork to see what was the matter, and about six milea op I found the worst smash-up I ever saw. Sucker creek puts in there; it has timber on both banks, lying and standing, of all sizes. The hill had slid into the gulch and swept everything be fore It. It swept, the gulch to the bedrock and the conteuts have gone into the Molalla and backed the river up for longdistance. Vacint lands in and around Prospect, Ulna, tills county, are being rapidly taken up. MISTAKES IN FRUIT GROWING. I have read w ith interest all articles on fruit glowing published in the Farmm;. I have been well paid by a careful perusal of the diftcreut articles, and much of tho advice is w orth more than tho subscription price of the Farmer; and there are also many things sui'gettd thciein which I cannot endorse. But that is to bo expected, and I write this to call out expressions from our experienced and practical fruit growers. Fiuit growing as a profitable industry is in its infancy in this State, and the diversified opinions of fiuit growers in the differ.. ut parts of the Statu would do much, if published, to add a more extensive intciest in planting orchards of the best fruits fir profit, and a greater practical application of such kuowledgo and experi ence, thereby insuring a greater degieoof suc cess in the planting and management of orchards, and in tho gathering, marketing und drying of tho fruit. In the absence of sugges tions frum the more experienced, I wish to criticize sumo of the methods adopted and advocated by writers in the Farmer. First, as to budding or grafting plum snd prune on peach stock, I know that it is easier and cheaper to obtain peach than good plum stock, for whilo it is difficult to get plum pits to grow, we may confidently count on niuo tenths of the peach pits, and also, whilo young, the latter stock is much more vigoious than tho former. That tho peach is not ndipted as a perfect stock for the plum is evident from the almost entire absence of healthy peach trees in the Willamettu Valley. However, many say that th root of the peach is perfectly healthy, and being free from the liability to send up suckers, so common to the plum, it is better adapted to a stock than any thing else. Bight here is a question pertinent tothe subject : Does the root stock, through the material supplied from it, affect the grow ing tree ! If sj, then our position is estab lished, for we all know the tendency of the pencil to put out bloom very early in the spring, thus rendering it liable to be killed by fiosts. Also the peach furnishes sap very thin and much more watery than tho plum, and continues such Bap in circulation much later than any other of our fruits, which, by the way, is one great cause of our failure in peach growing, as such later grow th renders the tree tender, and iu bad condition to with stand the alternate freezing and thawing. If neither reasons aro good, I have others. which, to me at leasr, are sufficient to pre-. elude the adoption oi tno peacn as a biock ior the plum, except in my experimental grounds, and wheie I wish to gaiu an early crop of fruit and a short lived tree. It is urged that the peach and plum are both stone fruits, and so nearly allied as to mako an interchange without Any perceptible effect on either stock or tree. So are the almond, apricot, sloe and cherry; and here we fiud the cherry growing anU prOUUCing me liurui. tuunijr ui uuii, uiuov abundantly; and mire it is suited to the same conditions of climate and soil as the plum. But the most formidable objection yet urged is tho character of soil best suited to plums and peaches. All know that the majority of peaches in the Willamette valley are insipid and of thifd-rato value. This must be attri buted in a great measure to climatic condi tions and character of soil, for excellent peaches are grown in Michigan along the lake coast, and almost as far north, and where the temperature is much colder than that of our valley. Our best land for plums is in the foot hills, and consists of a close and often heavy clay soil. It is by nature suited to the plum, and ummited as a refuge for injurious insects. It has been stated that the curculio cannot multiply in an orchard where the prevailing temperature in the night time is below 60 degrees. Then our clay soil must present a greater obstae'e to tho successful deposit and hatching of insects than the loose and warm sandy soils. The plum, therefore, being best adapted to clay soils and the peach to sandy, it becomes a question of importance as to whether it is advisable, or even pcrmissable to use the peach as a stock for plums. The best peaches I ever ate were grown at the very foot of Mount Shasta, within a mile of perpetual snow, where the summers were very hot and the soil very open and porous, composed nf very coarse sand and small gravel. There, under the fitrce beams of the sun, the ground would burn the naked back of the hand, and scarcely cooled during the night. Here, thej, we have the conditions for the full development of tree and fruit in the peach and plum almost directly opposite. How, then, can we bring them in accord. Dowuing, authority on fruits in America, re commends the using of plum stock for plums, prone., apricots, and also for peaches in heavy soils, or where it is desired to render it (the peach) hardy, Purdy, in the Fruit Re corder, page 60. for 1881, says, in answer to a subscriber from the Province of Ontario, that the "plum and cherry can be successfully bud dd on peach stock, but it is not a stock to be recommended." Again, on page 84, he says : "The peach stock is not as good for the plum as plum stock. Don't let any tree agent or nursery man fool you with that stuff." Have wo any fruit growers who have made a careful and comparative teat ? If so, their experience would be worth much to those in tending to set oat orchards. Fruit growing is destined to be one of the leading industries in Oregon not many years hence, and the greater the amount of truit produced in mer chantable shape, the better the market; and the greater the amount of knowledge diffused throughout the country, the better will bathe quality and the grtater the profit. We can uot depend on the local demand for a market, and therefore practical orchardiits have nn cause for withholding information in regard to the planting and management of oichards, There is another objection to the method adopted by some fruit growers and mnscry men, that is tho preference given to grading over that of budding on plums and prunes. It is urged that by colliror root graltmg, Tiie tree will send down roots from above tho graft, and thus, in time, stand on its own roots. Then why use the peach for a stock at all, as these plum roots will bo as liable to send tip suckers as though on plum stock. A tree, if budded a distance from tho ground, has more of the seedling stock, and ought to bo hardier than if none of the seedling stock appears abovo ground. Tho practice of set ting tree-i in a dead furrow, or on a raised knoll, shallower than 'they stood in the nursery is to mo very objectionable. If I am wrong, I havo lost a great dual of labor, and will be gladly set right. It is my practice in setting even currants and gooseberries, to dig wide nnd deep holes, and fill in with surface) soil. Then I aim to have tho tree fully as deep as it stood before, with the whole surface as level as possible. What excuse can there bo for raising tho tree on a mound, unless the location be a wet one, in which case the land should be underdrained, and thus per mit a perfectly level cultivation. I bclicvo in early cultivation, with sub-drains to carry off the water, and, if necessary, nipping the end of shoots to ripen wood early in tho fall. I set trees quincux form, rows ono rod apart, thus making trees over twenty feet apirt by 16J, and 160 trees to the acre. I plant nothing in thu orchard except brans or potatoes, or some hoed crop, in which case it is best to manure such crop. My methods are adopted from tho experience of others, modified to suit my own individual experience; therefore, when a hotter method than mine is shown, I adopt and practice it. I watch tho agricultural papers eagerly for suggestions of value. J. S. Churchill, Mowhawk, Oregon. An Indiana Inquirer. Ed, Farmer : Please explain what you mean by price of wheat not to farmers; also price of lands, and if claims can be taken in Willamette Valley. There is 8 or 10 families often wish to come to your country. answer: Tho "net" price of wheat is, what the farm er receives clear of all 'charges for sacks, trans portation and storage. Land in this valley is any price up to $50 an acre. Good farms can be had, all improved, for $10 to $30 per acre. Land in this valley that can bo taken up now, as homestead, will be brush or timber in the foothills of tno mountains geucrally, as all the prairie was occupied twenty years ago. East of the Cascades there is abundance of ODen land. Tin re is a great deal of timber and brush lauds to be taken along the Columbia and back from it, in both Oregon and Wash ington. The immigrant who comes here can learn all about the country when he gets here, anil then chape his course to suit his circum stances. If he has $3,000 to $5,000, he can fiurcliase improved land anywhere. If he has ittle means, the best thing he can do is t strike for the Eastern country. If be wants work, the railroads have need of thousands of hands and pay good wages. BTATE NEWS. A nw county jail building is to be erected ar Roreburg the coming Summer. A new Odd Fellows' Hall is being erected in Milton, Umatilla county. Mr. Philbrick, the contractor, has begun operations on the new bridge at Silverton. N. O. DeardorlT, of Oakland, recently grad uated at thu Medical College of Keokuk, Iowa. Three thousand dollars has been subscribed towards the ereotion of a grist mill at Lake view. The loss of stock during the past Winter, in Union county, has been compaiatively small. Tho town authorities of Pendleton are tak ing the necetaary steps to rid that place of all disolute characters. The I'laimttaltr states that all the bridge and trestle work is completed for the first four miles of the O. & C. II. K. extensiou. . The Tellurium Mine in Douglas county has been "jumped" by parties who claim that the company, formerly working it, have forfeited their rights thereto. The proposed tunnels on the O. & C. R. K. through the Cow Creek and Qrave Creek mountains are to be 1,000 and 3,300 feet res pectively. Dr. Wilson has gained his suit against the city of Albany, receiving judgment for $51 and cost, on account ef a fall occasioned by a loose board in the sidewalk. The Pendleton Tribune states that a "peace committee" has been organized at Centrerille, Umatilla county, and notice given that rough characters will no long.r be permitted to annoy peaceable and law-abiding citizens. The Firm Oinkiution. It is seldom in these degenerate days that any one is favored with a glimpse of his ancestry any further back than a grandfather, and one living long enough to interview his great grandchildren may well consider himself a patriarch. A laughter was born to Dr, and Mrs. Aiken, of Jacksonville, on Wednesday last, which re presents the fifth generation of living persons with but one broken link its grandmother, the wife of Alex. Maitin, having died here about four years ago. The great grandmother is Mrs. W. W, Fowler, of Oakland, Cal and the great great grandmother is the venerable Mrs. Myer, of Ashland, now 00 years of age. It is a singular fact that the lint child of each of the five generations hai been a girl. NO. G. Death of J 8. Eozarth. '1 lid Willamette Farmer has lived long unough to win a circle of friends, to whom thoso who conduct the journal feel tiucero at tachment and respect. They consist of sub scribers, who have upheld us in the struggle for existence and given us w ords of encourage ment as well as the means to w oik with. When one of these is gone from among his fellows, wo griuvo as for a friend. Such a grief we experience in the death of J. S. Ikzarth, of Pekin, W, T wjio was a man of prominence in tiat section of country and al ways used his influeneo for good. The coun tryman ill aflord to lose such a citizen, and all sympathize with the family that has lost such a husband and father. Kccogniziug tho need of lioinoi;cnity among farmers, and the great xaluo of pnro influence, Mr, Bo?irth early joined the Grange, and has from the first bees one of tho most active, earnest and influential of the members of that great order. Mr. Bozarth suffered from heart discao, snd af fection of the brain also, and the mortal part was exchanged for immortality on the 13th of March at his home, on Lewis' Kiver, near Pekin, W. T. We can only weave this chap lot of words as tribute to his north, and join with others who knew him well to cherish his memory and tender our consolations to the family now bei caved. He leaves a widow and ten children, five of whom are alrealy married. Delayed Communications. We havo quite a number of very interesting communications that came too late for publi cation this week, snd will appear in our next issue, Mr. Clarke was away attending to the planting of 3C0 moro trees on tho fruit farm near Salem, and had to prepare matter in advance for tho printers, but these articles, we trust, will lose nothing by a week's delay. ' A cheat manv havo taken advautage of our offer to club with the Fruit Recorder anil Cotlaye Gardener. Wo order tho Recorder from Now York, and as a consequence it does not arrive for at least a month after the subscrip tion is paid to us, so our patrons must have patience and not keep writing to us that they do uot got tho Recorder. It will come inside oi a month after being order, d. A law compelling tho taxation of mortgage in the counties where they are recorded should be passod by tho next Legislature. There aro hundreds of thousands of foreign capital invested iu Orogon loan?, having the protection afforded by our laws and courts, which entirely escapes taxation. A law of this kind would add nearly a quarter of a mil lion dollars to the taxable property of Lane county. Guard. Gained a Hard Name. Smith, the man who shot and killed Johnson at Weiser City a short time ago, says tho W, W, Union, is now undergoing trial. The murder, foi such it was, was a cruel and unprouoke.l one ; but owing to Smith's being well provided with coin, and having many friends wh i aro inter ested in his behslf, it is generally believed in that section that justice will gn unsatisfied, Weiser is a mushroom town between Baker City and Boise, supporting a population of some threo or, four hundred inhabitants, and is considcied the toughest 'place in Idaho, dince the Smith-Johnson affair there have been several other fracases iu which weapons huvc been used. Threats of mob violence, to bring poacr- and quiet out of chaos, are freely indulged in by residents. Addition to Aldina. The work of con stiucting the dry dock below Albina snd the location of the O. It. & N. Co.'. road through that town has caused great activity in the real estate market in that region, and now Albina, following iu the wake of Portland and Kaia Portland, is to have an addition. Ten acres of land lying north of tho town, the property of John Brendle, was yesterday surveyed and laid off in town blocks 350x280 feet. This giVes room lor an alley through the center of the blocks, a great convenience to the parties who will locate thereon. Clcakkd. British bark Sam Mendell, Crowell master, cleared for Queenstown, with 37,333 bushels of wheat. The American ship Storm King, Keed master, also cleared fir the same port, with 37,683 bushels of wheat. ANN0HNCKMKNT, The National Surgical Institute of btae spoils with branches at Philadelphia, Atlanta, (ia., and San Francisco, which has a NatiouaJ reputation, will permanently establish a branch at Portland, Oregon. Two of the skilled Surgeons of this Insti tute, prepared with every needed apparatas for the successful treatment of cripples will meet this year at the following places: Portland, at St. Charles Hotel, April 8, 10, and llth; Albany, April 12 and 13th The Dalles, April 17th; Walla Walla, April IB and 20th; and Seattle, April 25 and 26tb, and hereafter at Portland, Oregon, on the first two weeks of May and November of each year, commencing November, 1882. Beware of all traveling doctors who may claim to represent any other Institute, for this is the .only surgical institute on this coast with facilities and experience for treat ment of deformities. J,M.IIinkle,M.. Oeii.W.IIam.y.MD. . Surgeons in charge, National Surgical Insti tut-, No. 310 B-itlcry St , San Francisco.