VOL. XXV.
tyvrvefymuUntq.
Assessment and Taxation Again.
New Era, Or.. March 25, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
1 see I have got into trouble about my idea
of taxation, but then, through the medium of
the Farmer, even as weak subjects as our
selves may cause a faint ray f f light to fall
upon a daik subject. In reply to II, E.
Hajes, Farmer Sweeny and others, I will
make some statements in regard to indebted
ness First, it is a voluntary contract entered
into bctw ecu two parties, and from a business
point of icw; there is no unfortunate force
work about it. A agrees to u-c a certain
arm unt of money belonging to B for a speci
fied hire or interest. The money or its equiv
alent si ould bo in A's hands, and all that B
holds is n piece of piper, its valuo dependent
entirely upon A's responsibility financially.
If A has overstepped himself, got too much
money and pajs too big an interest, is B to
blame for it? B did not forco the money
upon him. Another class gets into debt by
running stoic bills. They send to town after
tobacco, tea, coffee and a hundred other
things, with tho order to book them. Thi
merchant books them correct, but the farmer
does not. The merchant watches its growth,
but the farmer does not. The farmer thinks
truck and trade, such us eggs, butter and
many other such things don't pay to bother
with; grain is what he is after, but somehow
it did not turn ( ut as well as he thought; he
did not get as big a price for what no had as
he expected, and his store bill was a great
deal larger than lie thought for. Tho mer
chant must hae his pay, so away the farmer
goes to the money lender (m ike a note of this,
the money lender did not go to him). Now,
Mr. Morey Lender figures (exactly w hat the
farmer didn't do). Want 800, ah ? 100 acies.
Homestead title. Ask 3,000 for it. Land
buyer olleis 2,400. So note, 10 per cent, in
terest, and mortgage finishes up the business.
But the money lender still figures : Placo
worth $2,400. Farmtr owns SI, COO; I own
SSOOinit. Assessed at 51,200. He takcB out
SS0O indebtedness, and pa) a tax on 400, at
2 per cent, interest, equal to 8. The farmer
pays 10. So ho gct3 off with fivo mills on the
dollar for the pioperty. He, in fact, owns,
while tho farmer pajs. Money lender still
soliloquizes : While the laws discriminate so
unfairly againBt me I must hold a stiff bit
and look out for myself. The laws may
pamper bad management as much as they
please, but still they cinnot .prevent disaster
coming in time, I have been in debt, and
know how it pinches. X started out careless,
and the first thing I knew my biat was nearly
full of water, but I did just what the farmer
had better do, sold at a sacrifice, and started
with a clean slate.
Now we will consider tho banker with his
$200,000. Ho holds forth in Portland. He
his all his money loaned out at 8 per cent.,
and leceives, $10,000 interest annually. He
pays 2 per cent, taxes or 4,000. Multnomah
county get it. Clackamas Mation, Linn nud
other counties deduct the 200,000 as indebt
edness, at tho rate of two dollars for one, and
exempts (admitting the 200,000 is there and
assessed) still 200,000 from any 'taxation
whatever, which is unfair to every man in
those counties who is out of debt. Another
proposition : Had the banker lent at 0 per
cent., as he could have done, and it would
bae been all the same to linn if he had toe
hae had the taxes to pay, would not tho
taxes have gone to where they more properly
belunged, in those counties where tho money
went to, and the pr. perty, in fact, exists that
is security for it.
Again, two men own an equal amount of
prnpertv or places valued at the same amount
after all debts were paid. A is out of debt,
and pajs 100 taxes. B is in debt, and
through the diflcrcneo between money and
real estate assessments, escapes with but 50
taxes. It looks that w ay to j our scr aut,
Thomas Bcckmvs.
Letter from Turner.
Turnkk, Or., March 2S, ISS2.
Mr. It. D. Sandford, of this place, the man
who is demonstrating the solution of the
problem: How to make a living on twenty
acrea of land, lu set out tour acres to straw
berries this spring. Mr. Sai.dford believes
that strawberries can be marketed at a price
that all, rich or poor, may eat their fill, and
yet leave a handsome profit tor the producer,
and bis faith in this is shown by bis works.
Tw o j oung men of this placs solved this
problem during the winter just passed in this
wise : Taking 75 of their summer's earn
ings, and instead of l)i"g around tov.n all the
Winter aul investng it in grub and beer,
they invested it w nlles, trap, grub and
camping outfit, and struck out for the Cas
cade mountains, without a thought of how
cheap Chinese labor had mine 1 them. This
was in November. They have just returned,
and hae 175 deer skins, 15 wild cat, 2 cata
mount, 2 beaver, 1 fisher and 1 otler, and
over 1,000 pounds of dry venison to show for
their winter's work, besides any quantity of
fun they had. Now they are ready for the
season's work with over 100 cash in their
pocket', their rifles and traps foi next Win
ter, and a largo fund of hunting experience
to spin yarns on. Tho Frc-ident may veto the
Chinese bill whenever h pleases for aught
that kind of men care.. B. O. Hlksian,
Protect the Birds
Lfbos, Or., March 21, 1SS2.
Editoi Willamette Farmer:
Will you bo kind enough to publish a little
item in jour paper in regard to some golden
pheasants that O. N. Denny sent to this State
to be turned loose for the benefit of the State.
I hope it will be advertised in all the leading
papers warning hunters against killing them,
for a number of years at least, so that they
may have a chanco to increase and scatter all
over the State. My brother wrote me that he
would send or had sent abont thiity of them.
I went to Portland, and brought chem up to
Linn county, and turned them loose on Wash
ington Butte (sometimes called Peterson's
Butte) twentj-four or twenty-five in number,
when turned out, seven of them males. It is
to be hoped that no one will kill them. There
is no danger of mistaking them for oar wild
Oregon pheasant; they are much larger ami
far better colored. 1 he males ha e a rather
greenish head and neck, and a white ring
around the neck; tho tail feathers are very
long, and altogether a very beautiful bird.
He also sent tome from China twenty Lang
Slunjowls, ten Peekin, five Mongolian (these
are curly) and fivo Japan Bantams, all of
which landed safe. He also sent some ducks
from Peekin; they all died but one. If you
sec fit to publish this, or part of it, all right;
at least print a notice in regard to the pheas
ants, for I want every one warned against
killing them. No more at present. Respect
fully yours, John Dlnney.
The Scotch Fife Wheat.
Philomath, Benton Co., March 20, 18S2
Editor Willamette Farmer:
In your issue of the 3rd I saw a communi
cation from Mr. Belshaw. in which he speaks
of the Scotch Fife wheat in a rather disparag
ing manner. Now I do not intend to enter
into an argumcut with the gentleman about
the matter, or pretend to re as well posted,
but w hat little I do know I know certain, and
that I am inclined to think is not the ease
w itli Mr. B. in regard to the Fife wheat. I
laued the Fife in Minnesota for twelve yean-,
and three years ago I procured four pounds
from there, and as w heat had rusted there
the year before, it was badly shrunken, as
our spring wheat here was the same year that
I first sowed the Fife. -I sow ed it on black
laud at the edge of a slough, and the last
week in April. It is a well known fact that
nearly all wheat sown at that time and on
that kind of soil was not worth cutting on ac
count of rust. The Fife grew nicely and
showed no signs whatever of rust. I ne
glected to cut it as soon as it was ripe, and
thepreket gophers destroyed a good deal of
it, but I saved just 15 pounds. Hie next
March I sowed the peck on a measured half
acre of poor, heavy fern land, and by tho
side of the little club which was sown in the
fall, H bushel to tho acre; the club onlj
yielded 10 bushels to the acre, and from the
half acre of Fifn I got 74 bushi Is strict mea
sure of clean wheat. Li March I sowed
the 7J bushels on seven acres of stubble bj
the side of summer falluw which was sown to
fall club. 1 ho Fife yielded 34 bushels more
to the acre than the club on precisely the
came kind of land, except that the laud w hi:h
the club had been sown on had been summer
fallowed.
Now, of course, all this does not prove any
thing in regard to the quality of fie wheat or
tho tlour which it makes, but a refertnee to
the quotations of the Eastern and Euglish
markets it will be seen that tho Minnesota
tlour brings tho highest price. I had my
year's flour made from Fife wheat ground at
Corvallis, and shall do the same next fall, and
if Mr. B. will call and seo me I will treat
him to as light, white, and well flavored
bread as can be made from Oregon whitu
wheat flour.
The great flouring mills of Minneapolis
Minn., grind nothing eUe but flint wheat, the
leading anc-ty of w hith is the Fife. Many
other var.eties of wheat have been tried
there, but none of the solt wheats make as
good flour there as the hard wheat.
We used to ruse one kind called there the
China Tea or mammoth wheat, a white, soft
wheat, very much resembling the Chili Club,
but the millers could not or would not nuke
as good flour from it as the) did from the
Fife, and as that and all other soft wheats
brirg fiom 5 to 10 cents less in the markets
they are not very extensively raised.
Having spoken a good word for an old
friend, which I always like to do, I will leavu
the subject to better writers. Yours respect
fully. K. II. Ciiaim -.
The weather east of the mountains has been
ery warm for some weeks past.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1883.
GENERAL NOTES.
The Eagle Valley c rrespondunt of tho
Baker City Democrat as: This valley will
compare tavorablj- with any portion of t'io
State, and it is far ahead of many places. The
soil and climat" aro well alaptcd to the lais
ing of fuiit, vegetables and grain. Wo also
have a very desirable location for stock rais
ing. Hoises do well on the range without at
tention; cattle need but a small qunntity of
hiy during tho winter months; hogs do first
late, with but' little care or expense to the
owners. What we now need aro industrious,
energetic families to fill tho places of bachalors
who are admitted to be a detriment to the
pr giess of a commiiiiily, by not lending theii
assistance to pr cure go d schools,
Jacksonville Times: E. P. Pickens, of Ta
ble Kock informs us that H. Hilvcr, ot Ben
ton county, is now in the valley for the pur
pose of purchasing 75 head of good horses of
medium size for lho company of capitalist"
and farmers engaged in tho construction of the
railroad between .Corvallis and Yaquii a Bay.
Ho is desirous of obtaining Jhe entire number
heie, and will piy a reasonable price. The
horses of Jackson county sustain an enviable
reputation throughout the coast.
L. Leonaid, a heavy dealer in stock, this
week, purchased GOO head of wethers fiom
Wm. Bvbeo and L. Solomon, pajitig $1)00 for
them. He has purchased a largo number of
cattle and sheep in this section, as also m Del
Norte ami Curry comities during the past few
mouths, bujing 2700 head of wethers in tho
last named county alone. They will be driven
to his ranch in Lake county first and from
there to the California market.
A heavy immicration to Southern Oregon is
expected from east of the Rooky mountains
next spring. We aro constantly receiving let
ters inquiring fur information concerning this
section, and propose presenting a description
of our lesourcesut length in some future issue.
A very largo number of peach and pruno
trees aio being planted this season to supply
the demand for these favorable fruits. There
ought to be plenty of apple and pear trees in
every orchaid, however, as their fruit is als i
qui' e sa'able.
Weston Leader: The Willow Creek coun
try, between Heppner aud Pendleton, is des
tned inside of a month to become a tccne of
the liv ehest agricultural stir. Immigrants are
pouting in rapidly, and hundreds are waiting
for the opening of fair weither to take up
claims, it is fair to assume that before 18S3
i-ll the most desirable portions of Umatilla
county will be, not only claimed, but be pre
pared for cereals. Of course, this docs not in
clude puts held exclusively for stock ranges.
Many people in the Eastern States charge
that our reports of the productiveness of
Umatilla county are too highly colored, ami
that we aro simply tiying to induce immigra
tion here. Wo will just instance one caso to
illustrate, what has been done hero by hoi est
industry and quiet attention to business. W.
M. Htlmer, one of our thriving men, came
here four years ag with SI, 000, bought a
ranch for 1,800, nml has paid off tho debt and
cleand over $1 000, besids, with no unpaid
ma'e help. He has now a comfortablo homo
and well stocked ranch, aud has all the con-veui-mccs
for fanning. Now, why cannot
others cc me and do as w ell ?
Lake County Examiner: The lorg continued
cold weather is beginning to tell on the stock
in this section, and if a change does not come
soon the consequences w ill be serious. There
is a sevrcity of hay in the valley, and if what
there is should be consumed before the snow
gets off, so that cattle can do for th'iiisclves
great loss must ensue. In tho valleys to I he
north cattle aro getting thin, having aban
doned the dry grass and begun to fecilon the
soft young grass which is springing up, and
which has few nutritious qualities. Stock
men in that section do not anticipate any lo-s
as in a w cek or tw o the yourg grass w ill have
gained Bullicient strength to make excellent
feed for stock.
Bieber Tribune: The party mentioned in
our last issue, who accompanied Mr. Calavan
to Laugcll valley to assist in saving his stock,
returned last Tuesday, and leportcil that their
trip was alni'Bt useless as they found only
twelvo head of stock out of one hundred
nino alivo and three dead. They slmwed a
willingness, however, to help a good man in
distress. They say that the eattlo I ave evi
dently been driven off, is they would not
have left their accustomed range voluntarily.
Corvallii Gazette On March 27th, tho
schooner Sea Foam, Captain Winaiit, 1 1 days
from 'lan Franctsco, sailed in over tho bir on
an ebb tide. .She brought ear wheels and iiou
fitting fur two construction trams, cir wheels
and fitting for two complete roek gangs, a
large assmtment of iron, steel ami railroad
material generally, and a quantity of oats aid
feed for"tlie horses on the grado. As the first
ship of tho fleet, and as the proof of tho steady
carrj ing out of Col. Hogg's intention to have
the line from Corvallis to Yuquina open in
time to carry the crop now growing, tho Sea
Foam was received at Yaquioa witl great do
moustiations of delight.
The managers of the Oregon Pacific railroad
are making extensive arrangements and all
preparations necessary to commence active
work with a lartre force to speedily put tho
railroad through from the laquina. Some
large contracts. have been let, and more will,
no doubt, soon be consummated.
Albany Democrat: Fruit-drjing in this lo
cality is Decominy quite an industry, and it is
having the -ffec't of putting our orchards in
good condition. There is more money now in
dried fruit than in win at, and there is no
chance of overstocking the market.
The Democrat sas; It is now a settled
fact, and one we chronicle with pleasure, as
we do every addition to our business inter
ests. The Albany Farmers' Company will
construct their flouring mill, so that it will be
leady for the fall grintllng. It will be built
near the warehouse, and in direct communica
tion with It, As near u can be ascertained
from tho present nlans. it w ill be 3 or4 sto ies
high, and ptobabty 42 by 00 feet, making it a
large structure. Its cost will be between
$8,000 aud 12,C00. The latest machinery
will be introduced of the most approved kind.
Thcie will be three run of burr-, which will
give it a largo capacity. Withal it w ill be one
of the finest mills in the Valley, and u decided
addition to Albany.
Walla Walla ktatesman: Interviews with
many of our fruit glowers indicate that the
iieieh crop this vear will bo ncarlv a failure.
but that cherries, plums, apples aud pears
will be pleutitul; apples will not bo so plenti
ful as last voir as then tho trees boie too
heavily, but there will be enough for all and
to spate.
Seittlo Pott-Intell'tuencer: A mcctine of
the Si atc, Fuget Sound and Gray's Harbor
Railroad aud Transportation Company was
held, Thursdiy night, in Seattle. The Presi
dent, Gov. New til, and other members of the
Uuid, were present A leport was received
from tho engineer, who had made a survey
over tho proposed route, which represented
that tno grading and trestle work wnullbe
comparatively small. The locatiou of the ter
mini on Puget Sound and harbor was not de
finitely settled; Steilacoom, Johnson's, Dof
flemver's and Brown's noints aud Olvmma
wero carefully discussed, but no conclusion
reached. 1 he load will be about titty miles in
length, passing through one of tho very best
aud most extensive regions of fir, cedar and
spruce timber in tho Territory al'ing tho val
ley of the Chehalis, well known as one of the
most fertile valleys of the Sound country, al
ready highly cultivated and thickly inhabited
It was resolved unanimously to press tho en
terprise vigorously, and, if possible, to seaure
an early construction of the road. Meetings
will be held along the line td interest resi
dents, and to assute them that this is in the
hands of residents of tho Territory who desire
only its best prosperity.
An agreement on the part of the present
owners of tho lands of The Dalles Military
Road Company, says tho Grant County Xeict,
to sell to Leigh, Payno & Co , of Chicago, has
bci n filed for record in tho clerk's office of
this county. Tho number of acies to bo trans
ferred is C'(!2 557 09-100. Tho price to bo paid
is 000,000, 180,000 by April 1st, and the
balance in bi-monthly payments of 140,000
each, beginning with July 1st. It is provided
that if L., P & Co. transfer tho lands to an
incorporated company of London, England,
the bonds of such company to the amount of
420,000 shall be accepted in lieu of tho last
three cash payments, lho above lands aru
situated in tho counties of Grant, 1'aker and
Wasco.
Stock raising is tho paramount interest in
Grant county. I'ho tecent order to romovo
stock from the Malheur reservation is a ban
blow to that uitcicst, and efforts will bo mmn
to have the o'dcr rescinded. It is impossible
that stock ho moved at present, wlulo thcreis
so much snow on tho ground, whatever may
be tVo intentions of the government.
I'laimlealer : The railroad surveys on the
extension of the O. & C. road south of Rose
burg are progressing with amazing rapidity.
The line is already permanently located be
yond the foity mile post in Cow Cipe-k can
yon, whero Mr. Volk and an able corps of en
gineers are diligently at work pushing the
fine forward as fast as tho 'nature of tho
ground will permit. Mr. Habersham's party
is camped near the crossing of Cow Creek on
the stage road, and they aro as diligently at
work locating the line from tho tunnel down
tho creek, to connect with Mr. Volk, Mr.
Dolson is on the mountain beyond Grave
creek, and Mr. Huilburt is in tho Siskjou
mountains near tho State line. It is also
understood that two more fully equipped
C'impauits will soon tike the field, aside trom
the engineers on construction.
Walla Walla Watchman: Every new comer,
w hen speaking of the excellencies of our love
ly country, Would always say : "This is the
v cry paradise for fine horses I how peutlo and
yet how active I what perfect limbs and what
power of endurance!" What causes this su
eriori'j ? Is it climate? is it good treatment,
or is it blood, which tells so potently ? Cli
mate aud blood lmy havu something to do
with it, treatment has ,ot, for horses in this
couutij, as a general thing, aro tho most
abused of all domestic annuals, yet they seem
to thrive for all that, and must, therefoie, be
come, ere long, ono of our elm f productions.
The season is now at hand, when every lover
of a good I ore, ought to seo to his herds and
improve his stock. It is need'ess for us to
urge the matter too explicitly, jet let him
w ho has ears, hear, aud mbraee the oppor
tunities ollercd by sundry partus, thro ighout
the laud, si us to supplant our cayusts and
Indian ponies, with blooded stock, which will
answer for the military fcervice, tho cainagu
and the pi w. Don't wait from season to sea
son. Do so now, and then when your country
calls for horseflesh, oti will bo able to re
spond and put money in your purse.
Waitsiii'i.o 7'ijnM correspondence: Sprague
w ill be tho center of immigration to the upper
country for the next two jeari at least. Jt is
the nearest town to a vast area of nnoecupied
land, and I hould not be surprised if III tune
it becomes a railroad center also. I believe
that the company in building branch lines
will give it tho preference over other point.
A is the nearest po lit to the Oolwlle Valley,
and is almost as near as Ifarriitou to the Big
Bend, and is quite accessible from the Palouse
country via Pleasiut Valley. Already the
denizens of Lord's Valley are disturbed In their
dreams by the trains bound to the Big Bend
via Mosquito Springs. On the other hand,
the residents of Little Criekare startled by
the shrill whistle on tho Harritu and Big
Bend Snort Lino. I hear of an Iowa man
looking up a location for sixty families that
mean to immigrate to this country one ear
hence.
Minister Sargent, with his family, left for
the East Monday,
Grango Dalegatlons.
Gkvmik Hvll, April 1, 1SS2.
Editor Willamettu Fanner:
Pursuant to law, Uiupqua Grango met in
convention to elect delegates to' attend the
annual session of tho State Grange to bo held
in Salem on the fourth Tuesday in May. On
motion, James T, Cooper was elected Chair
man, aud, on motion, Brother James P.
Duncan was elected Secretary. On motion,
Brother James S. Coopor ami Sister Harriet
Cooper were elected delegates to the State
Grango. On motion, tho convciitii n adjourned
line die.
Jas. T. Cooi-kh, Chairman.
Jas. P. DlthCAN, Secretary.
HiLLsnoiio, Or. April 1, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
The County Convention of delegates from
the various granges of Washington county
met, pursuant to call. It. Imbrio L. D wjs
elected President, aud R. II. Tyson Secretary.
Tho following granges wero represented:
Butto Grango No. 14S; delegates, R. II.
Tjson, J. A. Richardson and D, G. Olds.
Farmington Grunge No. 110; It. A. Carpcntir
and C. Jack. West Union Grange No. 72; It.
Iinbtie, J, Freeman aud W. Mauzy.
Motion made and carried that vot'S of
absent members bo cast by delegates present
fiom the v arious granges.
Ballot for delegates to State Grange re
sulted in the choico of 9. D. Powell, of Farm
ington Grenge, and Sister E. B. Heath, of
Butto Grango.
Resolution passed, That we aro in favor of
a Statistical Bureau by the National Grange,
to furnish through that channel reliablo infor
mation concerning grow ing crops and pros
pcctive prices throughout the world.
Motion earned that each giange in tho
county elect five delegates, to constitute a
Business Council, to meet quaiteily with tho
various granges, beginning with I'nrmington
Grango on the fouith Saturday in Aenl at 10
o'clock A. M.
Meeting adjournal.
R. H. Tvsov, Secretary.
Pomona Orange Meeting.
Notico is hereby given that Multnomah
District Pomona Grango will convene at East
Portland, in the hall of Multnomah Grango
No. 71 (above Dalton's hardware store), Sat
unlay, April 15, at 10 o'clock A. m. There
will probably bo an address given by Bi other
J. Knapp on "Butter Making," ono by A. R.
Shiply on "Assessment and Taxation," and
ogo by It. B. Haves on "Mixed Husbandry,"
and also one by Sister E II Clarke on "1'hu
Home." There will doubtless bo addiesses
given by other member", and an intcrestirg
time is cxpi cted. All fourth degreo members
aro cordially invited to attend. Please ho
prompt at tho hour above stated.
Jasi-kk J. Johnson, Seo'y.
Blloi and Ensilage.
Since issuing of tho J'louahman of the 28th
of January and my address before the Worces
ter South Institute, I have been plied every
day with letters from all parts of the State,
asking questions about silos and ensilage.
Some of their comments aro very encour
aging vi; that a great many small farmers,
who have been ou tho fence, will now jump
down and build silos at once, thanking mo for
my outspoken criticism ot some of the speak
ers at Bridgevvater, w ho t' row a wet blanket
over silos. The small farmer now sees that
ho can keep moro cows on a small farm than
formerly on large farms, with not so much
labor in tillage. Thi see the question solv id,
as suggested in tlu I'towjhmiM, how t'i keep
our sons and daughters on tho farm ami swill
the tanks of progres ivo thought in old New
Euglat d. Instead of sen ling oui best blood
Wst, tbey will stay with us, and wo rhill
see New i'ligUud lulls once mole clothed
with the king of crops, corn, Another savs,
after reading tho J'lotiytimim of the Sbtli, tint
ho felt like firing seventeen guns for this new
output for Now England ugneu tine, which
will thus be lifted oat of tho ruts of prrjudi
cnil formulas, which servu as a great in ubiis
to"lhe New England agricultural and domestic
improvemcnti!.
1 will now proo cd to answer somo of tho
many questions propounded in the letters,
I. Ao fanner who has a barn should wait
one day before he bcyiiw a silo. Select ono
conn r of jour barn, raise up v our floor foui
or five feet, dig down as low as ou can, put
in a light wall, the size you want jour silo, to
the top of tho ground. Cement tho face two
inches, double with matched boards and tarred
paper lietwe-en. In this way jou can build u
silo for 25 which will hold twentv-fivo tons
or mi re 'lho bottom ends of the boards
should project over theedgu of tho wall. Into
this you can nut clover, row en, Hungarian,
oats, grass, of any kind without cutting.
Wilt a little, except tho rowtn,
Rje and oats should wilt more than clover,
tspcelally oats. Tread well and put on some
poor foddcr-brakts or weeds, thtu weight with
one and a half feet of stoma. Wh'.-n it k3
settled, open and fill again. It should remain
shut for four or five weeks
My friend Clemens hat four silos, I have
NO. 8.
three, and a friend another 25 ilo nud will
build moic.
If any one doubts thesn statcinuts, let him
c iino to Southbridgo and see for himself.
Serins is believing.
Our cattle rue contented and never looked
better. One burse-power and cutter should
bo bought for 180. L. W. Cuhtiiii Stasia
chunetti I'lomjiiitaii.
IN MEMORIAM.
William Coyle.
At a regular meeting of Powell's Valley
Grango No. 81, the following res iliitions were
passed :
WuriiKAs, In tho dispensation of nn all
wiso Providence, death has visited our grange
and icmoved fiom our midst our much loved
brother and Overseer, William Coyle, ou
March 7, lb82, therefore bo it
ewlrcd, That we bow in humble submis
sion to tho will of our Divine Master in this
beicavcmont.
llewtced. That in tho death of Brother
Cojlothe Order has lost a valuable member,
his aged mother an affectionate ran, his daugh
ter an aflcctiouatu father, and the community
in which ho lived a good and vuluatdu citizen.
lltmhcd. That wo extend to tho family and
relations of deceased our heartfelt sympathies
in their great distress.
Jlmolied, That lr. token of uspect to tho
meiuorj of our deputed biothui, our charter
bo draped in mourning, and the memb rs
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days,
Hcnolivd, That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the fnmily ot thu decease 1, a copy
bo SLteul on our minuus nml u copy bo stnt
to tho WliLVMhiTK Farmer for publication.
Eli.kv Hoiikrts,
OlIVK WlILtLH',
T. K. WllLIAMH,
Committee.
WllHaiu B Prather.
Died, Match 18, 1882, one milo south of
Bucna Vista, Polk county, Oiegon, Mr. W.
B. Prather.
Ullle Bill, au bu watt commonly known
thioughout the Willamette Valley, was born ,
in Frederick county, Viiginia, November 3,
1813. Ho was OS ytais and four months old.
Ho emigrated to Oregon in tho vol y early his,
toiy of our country in tho )car 18(4, settling
on a donation claim, wheio bo has ever since
resided, till at out noon last Saturday, when
death enmo to his rcsjuo and boro away our
aged piiueer to that country where tho good
aro rewarded for the deeds dono in tho body.
And if so, Uncle Bill's reward will bo great,
for low men were so noted for acts of benevo
lence as he. For iiiiii e than thirty-seven years
hij table was cverRpicadforthohungry, with
out moncyor w ithotit price And his granaries
opened wido for tho poor farmer who was
struggling to raise a eiop, but too poor to
buy his teed to sow tho ground, or flour to
feed his family while ho tilled thu soil. Tho
writer is unable to enumerate tho number of
persons who wero heaid to make 'ho remark :
Wo should not have known how to havo got
along when wo first camo to the country if it
hit 1 not been for Undo Bill Prather. Aud
tint thirty eight years of his Oregon lifo has
beon Bpent in toiling, not only to support'and
educatu his own family, but in scattering
seeds of sunshine in tlkhhearts of hundreds of
poor worn out and diseotiragid emigrants.
One has truly said that "Thoso who feel for
others' woes must himself thnio woes have
endured," Mr. Prather crossed tho plains,
so wo are informed, in company with Col,
Ford, old man Burch (lather i f Hon B. V,
Bureh), II. Helmwick, Major Thorp and
David Johnson, all of whom h ivo preceded
him aeiots the mystic rivir except David
Johhcnu, who still resides in this county.
None hut tho old pioneers of our country can
rcaliu tho privations, dangers uud hardships
that this baud of biavu iiiii undiiweut in
en Kmg what was then tho longest and
most dangerous route of travel in thu world,
to build up thu foituues uud to help develop
a o untiy that to-daj wo proudly call Oregon.
Alinrnt thirty-eight yeara ago Mr. Pi ither
it od on the hill jint west of -v Jut is now
Buina Vista, ami pointing auross tho prairie
to thu south towards a certain fir ttco, said
to his com-ades ; "Youdei I shall pitch my
tent, till tho- soil, bnild my hotiso and live
theio till I die;" and tiuo to thu maxim
"That the stone that keeps lolling shall
gather no mos," Uncle Hill kept his word
until he had gained a legacy amounting to
1,400 acres of good farm land, not left, how
ever, for nttornej a and probat to m iiiipulate,
but about a week beforu his ilcnth he deeded
to a"h son enough land for a good farm, and
after settling up all his elfccti', ho expressed
his willingness to ilepait. Sjoii after his
arrival into thu valley Jie was married to
Mr-. Birbara Caiter, whoso husband died ou
the plains, and who only preceded Mr.
Prather to tho spirit Uml n few mouths. Tho
notice of her death was previously announced
in your paper, Luu and throat troubles were
the immediate cause of Mr. Pruthcr ' death.
Tho funeral sermon was preiched but Sabbath
in tho .M. E. Church by Key Mathews to a
large and attentive audience, after which the
coskit which contains all that was left of our
esteemed neighbi r was come ye. 1 to tt.u
I, O. O. F 'a cemetery and interred to await
the resurrection morn. It. F, W,
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