Willamette farmer., April 14, 1882, Image 1

VOL. XIY.
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Letter from Lane County.
Knox Butte, Linn County.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
I partly agree with "Rcdhillian" on the
butter question, for I see a great deal of but
ter that is not fit for soap grease, let alone for
a person to eat. But all the moat of it needs
is a little more elbow grease. It is not neces
sary to work more than once in cool weather,
if the workers will do their work well. How
ever, there is something in the kind of salt
used. Wo use the best, and pay as high as
five cents per pound for it sometimes. Dur
ing the month of March just passed wc made
from four cows 110 pounds of No. 1 butter to
sell, besides furnishing enough for a family of
five grown persons, of which wo kept uo ac
count. One was quarter Jersey, ono was hilf
Jersey, the other two were common grade
Short-horn, and were only fed on dry feed at
that hay and bran. They were stabled every
night, and in the daytime when it was stormy.
We received thirty cents psr pound for it, as
we do lor all we make the year round to our
customers in Albany. If any butter maker
does better than the above I should like to
hear from him. ,
Farmers aro getting along slowly with their
spring sowing hero in Linn county. Winter
wheat looks first rate. There was not near so
large an acreage sown here as there wa3 last
year. J. W. Pkupst.
Taxation Again.
St. Paul, March 30, 1882.
Editor Willamette Fanner:
I see in your issue of March 24th afew very
just rematks from Mr. Pliun Cooper in reeard
to debt and taxes. I think Mr. Cooper's re
marks and ideas are as near right, in that way
of paying taxes, as any man's can be. I say
with him, let the first bond holder pay his
share of taxes equal with the poor man; and
also let the man who holds the mortgage on
another man's estate pay the taxes due on it;
but compel the debtor by law to make a state
ment to the assessor of the names of all per
sons to whom he is indebt-.-d, and then go for
them. What difference is it to State or
county .who pays the taxes, .as long as they
are paid ? But I suppose the maxim is, when
a mau is down with poverty, to keep him
down, end give him no chance to raise his
head above water to keep from drowning,
That is a maxim of John Bull's government.
I left there on tint very account; they give
you no chance to rise, but keep you down, and
give you a kick to keep you down. So- with
the rule of making the man whose property is
all under mortgage pay taxes, and the man re
ceiving interest go frc, with that poor sickly
man the bond holder. Equal justice to all 1
Yours truly, J. C. ArLiN.
Wanted a Cattle Basse.
Elm Mills, Barbour Co., Kan., Mar. 22.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
Can you give me any information in regard
to Southern and Central Wasco county ? Is it
adapted to stock raising summer and wiutor?
If so, what is the per centage of loss; also of
increase? Are there chances of locating ranges
unoccupied; also price of cattle from one up?
Where do you consider the best 'ocahty for
cattle raising ? Here we are too crowded, and
I wit.li to make a change, for the better if I
cm; would like to get where there is an open
range if possible. I should be glad of any in
formation you can give. I write you expect
ing to get reliable information, Please send
me sample copy of Willamette Farmer and
oblige, yours truly, S. W. Strung.
Answer Southern and Central Wasco is
certaiuly the country -Mr. Strong seems to
want, and a man with some means can un
doubtedly locate there to good advantage, but
we cannot give definite news of a region 350
miles fiom us. We send him a copy of the
Farmer, some months old, where we gave full
information of that region as a stock range.
Mistakes in Fruit Growing.
St, Paul, March 31, 18S2.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
In your issue of March 24 th I see a very
good and inttructivearticle headed "Mistakes
in Fruit Groning," from J. S. Churchill, and
I think he is very correct in his views in re
gard to the peach stock being a short liver,
and by no means a proper stock for grafting
the plum. I speak from txpe.-bnce. I lave
in my orchard at one end one hundred peach
plums, which I bought at one of our leading
nurseries seven years ago, and now I have not.
len sounil trees in the whole lot. The bark on
the south side of tha tree and tha wood is all
rotten and peifectly white, only about half of
the bark on the north side holding the tree.
The location is a cuoJ one imUil l.n.i ..i
4 a high rolling knoll. I havehad a professions!
orchaditt to attend to them for stvral years,
but they decay in spite of all wc can do for
them, and the peach is sprout!1 g up from the
old stock. Will Mr. Churchill please givn us
his views in regard to the time and method of
planting the plum pits for grafting stock, as I
wish to raise my own grafting material. I
havo all I want of plum on peach Btock. 1
yfmld also like to have his ideas on the best
and cheapest method of drying fruit; also on
dry houses, and how many degrees of heat is
n quired on different kinds of fruit. Please
answer through the columns of the Wil
lamette Farmer and oblige many.
G, C. ApliV.
While Mr. Aplin gives his experience, we
also have ours, w hich is that wo have 2,000
plums and prunes on th peach that are four
and five years old and perfectly healthy, but
wo remember that Mr. Potter, the nursery
man, lately told us that it was his experience
that the peach plum was hard to raise on the
peach stock harder than all others; so it
may be that Mr. Aplin has had the disad
vantage of that exception.
Grange Matters.
Siu.slaw, April 3, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Siuslaw Grange is in a flourishing condi
tion, receiving members at every meeting.
At their last meeting they adopted the fol
lowing resolution :
Jiesoleed, That the business in the State of
Uiegon demands a reduction of the rate of in.
te-rest to G per cent, per annum, without dis
crimination.
Tht y aro going to havo a picnic on the
second Saturday iu May. All Grangers are
respectfully invited to attend and take part
in discussing the following subjec's : "Pilot
Towage," "Freights and Fares on Railroads,"
and "School Book Monopoly."
F. M. Nighswander, Sec'y.
Linn Cou.ntv, April 1, 1882.
Kditor Willamette Fanner :
Pursuant to law, Linn County Grange,
Oregon, semis tho following delegates to the
Annual ' State Grange, to be held iu Salem,
commencing the fourth Tuesday in May,
1882, viz: Brother mid Sister R. A. Irvine,
Brother and Sister S. S. Train, Brother and
Sister F. M. Kizer. Eleven granges were
represented in convention.
On motion, the convention adjourned sine
tlie.
R. A. Irvine, Chairman.
J. W. Propst, Secretary,
Marlon County Pomona Grange.
Salem, April 10, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
Manon County Pomona Grange will meet
at Rockpoint Grange Hall on the fifth Satur
day (29th inst.) of the pre-en t mouth for the
transaction of such busiuess as may come be.
fore the grange. All fourth degree members
of the Order are earnestly solicited to attend.
Time of meeting, 11 o'clock A. M,
By order of the Grange,
E. Strong, Sec'y.
The Port Orord Post does not reach
many of our readers, but the Pout is a very
sprightly journal even if it differs from us
and doubts our sincerity. It insists that
mortgages shall be taxed and that there shall
be deduction for debt. Wo favor no scheme
that shall merely tend to the benefit of money
lenders, and we do not insist on the plan we
favor that property shall be assessed where
ever found, and that notes and accounts shall
not be taxed though we present that view of
the subject as sceminely the most certain to
secure full and equal taxation. If that plan
cannot work without being a hardship to
to property owners who are iu debt, then it is
not the best to adopt, but if interest can be
brought down to correspond, then we insist
that it seems entirely the best.
Wr kin li in our memorandum book a note
made a month ago, that Mr. John Craig, of
Aumaville, on the narrow gauge, has 200
bushels of W hite Rususn Spring Wheat,
grown by himself, that he will sell for $1 a
bushel, delivered at the railroad. He lias
grown this wheat to excellent advantage, and
knows what it is. Those who wish such seed
will do well to drop him a line. We regret
having overlooked the matter so long.
Mis Sloan With Her Friends. Capt.
Joseph Sloan yesterday received a telegram
from Bloomington, Illinois, informing him
that bis daughter Nellie had arrived there in
safety and was with htr uncle, Mr. Lichten
thaler. The scoundrel Lawrence has, we
learn, again telegraphed and written to the
lady he deserted imploring her to rejoin him
and stating that he "can't live without her,"
If such is the case he appears to be likely to
meet a fate be richly deserves, as she has
placed the communications in the bands of
her counsel, Mr. Woodwortb, with instruc
tion to inform Lawrence that he must cease
his importunities, as she will have nothing
more to do with biro. So the best thing he
cm do is to "go off and die."
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL
CENER VL K0TE3.
Eugene Guard: We learn tint Kratz,
Wahburn ct Howard intt ud to immediately
commence the reconstruction of their Bteam
llourm ' mill, recently destroyed by the fitry
element at Junction City. V. Kratz went to
Portland last .Monday to superintend tlic pur
chasing of all the necessary machinery for a
first class steim flouring mill. Tho mill will
have a cap city of about 200 barrels per d y
with three run of burrs. The proprietors pre
fer to secure a desirable location m the south
ern portion of the town if possible, but if they
tail, they will rebuild on the old site. c
have no doubt but what the enterprise will
prove a payii.g investment, as Junction City
is located iu one of the best wheat districts in
tho State.
Eugene Guard: A very fine blooded bull,
beloncina to Charles Goodchild, died one day
this week under what seemed suspicious cir
cumstance'. He at once opened the stomach
an.l found at least a half a pound of lead. It
was still a mysti ry how the animal .came by
tho lead in its stomach: but, after ex miininc
the grain cutting box, it w as remem'f red that
he had worn out two lead rollers m cutting
grain, which explained tho death of tho ani
mal. A 1 tarmers using lead rollers in cutting
b xcs should discard them at once, for it is
very dangerous, as lead poisoning is su'o
death.
The Corvallis Gazette' Yaquina correspond
ent says: Wc took a run up the bay Satur
day as far as tho Oneatta mills. We called at
the railroad wha'rf on our way up, where Cap
tain Winaut has been unloading iron for the
road, material for cars, grain, feed, etc , for
the last week. I was surprised to see the long
rows of car wheels that lined the wharf; the
piles of iron, the barrels of bolts and the
stacks of feed that all came out of one ship.
Men were as busy as possible preparing cover
ing for the cargo. Halt after raft of tics are
being delivered along the line, and piles for
the cxten-ion of the new barf were coming
iu from every direction. In fact, the place has
tho nppcaranoe ot a railroad center more than
tho begini.ing of a new road. After stopping
there for some time wo drifted on up to the
mill. We found everything astir there. The
previous announcement that R. A. Bensell's
new steamer that has been building for some
time at that place would be launched on Mat
urday, had brought a great many visitors out
ot curiosity nice mysell, wno nan never seen a
steamer launched. At half past ten the me
chanics announced that everything was ready.
At fifteen minutes to eleven she struck tho
water amid enthusiastic shouts and choirs.
The bottle of wine (?), of course, was broken,
and sho was christened ''Mary Hall." She is
a beautiful model, and rides the water nicely.
Walla Walla Stutcsman: With the excep
tion of land lying adjacent to tho Touchet riv
er where some of the wheat has been winter
killed, grain looks very well and bids fair to
Yield very well. 1 hero is at least one-third
more wheat sowed this spring than ever
before, and with settlers plowing in every
section where there is covernment or railroad
land vacant, it will be a very few years before
there will he none left.
Waitsburg Times: A brief visit to Weston
tho early part of the week, impressed us with
tho knowledged that spring was upon us in
earnest, trom the amount ot (lust we encount.
ered on the road. Farmers in that neichbor-
hoo are putting a finishing touch to their
spring work, and aro thinking of taking tho
world a little easier. Fruit men are concerned
over the peach crop. Walla Walla and Wes
ton gentlemen fear there will be little or no
fruit, as the buds are generally frozen out. At
more favored Milton, however, we noticed the
trees in full bloom, and they present a very
pretty Bight.
The Dalles Mountaineer: A new town in
Wasco county is not fairly represented by its
name, as it has sprung up with a great deal of
energy, a dozen houses, two stores, one saloon,
one blacksmith shop, and one institution
which always springs up where law-abiding
people gather together. e nave the pleasure
ox me acquaiu&aiici ui ;ur, wariwngni anu
others who have had a share iu this local es
tablishment, aud we can assure our readers
that they are not Jossils,
Baker City lttvMle: A gentleman, just
from the Malheur country, informs us that
cultivable land iu that section ol which there
are thousands of acres is fast being taken up
and settled upon. Large tracts of sage-brush
land are being brought under cultivation by
means of irrigation. Several parties from
Nevada have been experimenting with ditches
during the'pist year, and if they are success
ful our informant thinks that nearly all avail
able land win no settled upon immediately. J
Stock, save sheep, have passed through the
winter with no unusual loss, and the loss of
theep would not have been so great had not
the supply of feed early failed.
Watchman: We are glad to learn from an
authentic source that the Indians on the
Umatilla reservation are becoming more self
reliant every year. This year thty will havo
some twelve thoUi'and "acres under cultivation.
They have a flour and saw mill, also a thresh
er, reaper, header, etc. Last season there
were over seventy thousand feet of lumber,
most of it dressed "run" through for the new
boarding school.
Walla Walla Statesman: It has alwavs
been a source of complaint to our fruit grow
ers that they have been unable to ship their
fruit to any part of the lower country by rea
son of the high ireight charges. This is now a
thing of the past, and a market has been
opened even into Portland itself by the re
duced rates of 50 cents per hundred from
Walla Walla to Portland. This will leave
quite a handsome margin for shippers is ap
ples are quite a scarce commodity at that
place,
Sesttle Pott-Intelliiicncer: As an instance
of the rapid strides made in the lumber busi
ness on the Sound and its tributary waters.
we will cite the developments on the Skazit.
T.vo years ago there were but two camps from
the mouth of the river for a distance of forty
miles, while at the present time and within
the same limit thero are seventeen. The lum
ber yield of the Skagit for this season is.isti
matid nt 50,000,000 feet, and should prices
continue good until next season there will be
at least double that quantity put into the
river.
Jacksonville Sentinel: A couple of our citi
zens, to sati.-fy themselves as to the number of
deer slaughtered in this county for a year
past, made enquiries of our local hide buyers
tins week and found that nearly 10,000 deer
skins had been sold during that period of
time. Docs our legislature want any more
convincing ptoof that a stringent gi'inc law is
needed in tins State?
Olympia Courier: The beet sugar tactoiy is
engiossiug considerable attention along tho
Sound, and it is expee'ed that ill a few days a
gentleman will arrive here from San Francisco
to canvass for a suitable location. It is
thought that a tract of land can bo obtained
near Seatco, c'oao tn tho coal mines, and if
such be the case the sooner tho Graj 's Harbor
railroad Is b.iilt the sooner this town will be
gin to prosper. A prominent San Francisco
man says that if the lino is built a sufficient
guarrantee will be given for the transportation
of 200,000 tons per annum over tho lino, all of
which would probably pass througu uiympia.
The Plaimlealer says: Mrs. Flourney, who
is 86 years old, walked from her son-in law's
place in French settlement, Douglas county,
to Looking Glass, a distance of 7J miles, aud
back again last Saturday, feeling no particu
lar inconvenience on account of her long walk,
and, the next day, lelt rather better for it. A
fifteen-mile walk for a lady of her years is
pretty good.
John Moser, living four miles cast of Silver
ton, had his home burned, April 4, about nine
o'clock A. M. Tho men were out plowing sumo
distance from tho house, and one of the little
girls ran and called them, but before they
reached the liouso it, was all in flames, and
they wcro able to only save a few articles.
The house cost $2,500 and contained much
valuable furniture, which was all consumed iu
a fejv moments. In addition, tlin smoke house
was burned, containing about $250 worth of
bacon. The wood house and shop and tools
all shared the same fate. Loss estimated at
$5,000; no insurance:
Princvillo A'ctcs: On last Tuesday, April 2,
a gentle warm rain began to fall, and con
tinued off and on all day. In tho afternoon,
however, some snow fell but only a few scat
tering flakes, though up iu tho foothills the
snow fell to the depth of several inches, but
soon melted. This is the first real beneficial
rain thnt has visited this section this rpriug,
and the benefits to farmers and stock men aro
not to bo estimated. Plowing and sow ing are
the general order of tho day now, and al
though the sky brightened up after Tuesday's
shoucr, there aro good indications of another
rain before many days.
Paget Sound Mail: The logging' business
promises to be very brisk in 'this (Whatcom)
county the coming season, for in addition to a
dozen or more camps on tho Skagit, five or
six will operate in the Samish and Padilla
Districts. The timber supply on the Skagit
and Samish is practically inexhaustible at
least, for tho prcient generation. To be sure,
the very choice and most desirable tracts,
close to thu bay and river, are being rapidly
taken up under the timber act, but by the
time the front claims are worked out, a system
of railroads to the interior belts will be in
augurated, so that a few miles distance will
not be so much an objection as at present;
aud thei, there is the Nooksack and the
region of Lake Terrel and Birch Bay yet
untouched. Camps are uow being established
as high up the Skagit river as Winkler's saw
mill, some forty miles up the river, and indeed
may go twice farther clear to the Portage if
necessary, for that majestic stream is capable
of floating the largest boom to the sea.
We hope the loggers will prosper beyond
measure, for theirs is the hardest and most
laborious work imaginable. Iustead of five
or six dollars a thousand, they deserve ton.
Speaking of tho useless and extravagant
habit of t ibacco using, tho Portland Welcome
thus illustrates : When good, rich, fanning
lands aro worth $50 per acre, and cigars five
cents each, every time a oung man smokes
one he dissolves into smoke and ashrs tho
price of nine square feet of good land, upon
which can grow at imo crop wheat enough to
keep a man iu bread for a day, or corn suffi
cient to feed a fattening hog for the same
time. Now, young man, if you must smoke
something, put thess facts in your pipe
smoke the n and bo wise.
Oregon is getting just a little too prominent
in a reputation for murders. As a gentleman
remarked in our office, "they must hang
somebody soon." This is a short way of say
ing what we all must feel, that the enforce
ment of our la 4s is too lax from somo cause.
and a chinge is d manded. House of ill-
fame are taking the lead, again crying out for
energetic measures to suppress these hot-beds
of vice and villainy. How seriously respon
sible are those who encourage such flagrant
evils I Public sentiment must be progressively
educated. H'ttton Leader, ,
Not Guilty. The caso of the State of Ore-
gon vs. I. Ts. .Moore, under indictment for
murder in tht killing of A, Boyntou, was ou
trial in tho Circuit Court of Waci county
from Wednesday last to Saturday aft-irnoon,
when it went to the jury, under instructions
of the court. The jury was out all Saturday
night until Sunday morning about half past
10 o'clock, when they returned a verdict of
n"t guilty, an'i the defendant was discharged.
14, .1882.
Lesser Value of Red Wheat.
Mr. George llclshaw answers in the Kugeno
Guard tho letter of Mr. Huston, wo litely
published also from the Guard, in which he
gives the following letter that is very conclu
sive as to tho rekvivo value of Odcss i and our
best wh tc wheat in England:
Mil. Bklmiaw, Dear Sir: As you with mo
to givo the relativo merits of tho ditlereut va
rieties of w heats and why red wdieats aro not
merchantable, I will say it is, because they
will not make as white a quality of flour as
our whito wheats. Our white wheat is sold at
a premium in all foreign markets, for the pur
pose ot mixing and giving color to flour made
from red wheats. As you wish me to stato
tho relative values of whito and red wheats in
othT markets, I will say that from personal
knowledge I will speak of tho Odes'-u, a red
variety, w hich is grown inoro extensivel,' in
this county than any other, and has inoro
friends than anv other variety of red wheat;
the amount produced soon mado it evident
that wo must find some other market than our
local millers, so in the fall of 18S0 I sent thrcu
samples of this variety to as many firms in
Livernool. and reciuested that they quote us
its selling valuo in that market, and tho reply
from all tin eo was the same, "from three to
four shillings on the quarter below our best
white wheat." And now our local millers will
only buy a limited amount of it for mixing.
Again, millers and warehousemen aio all dis
couraging tho raising of red wheats iu this
county. For shipment to foreign markets it
never can compe'e with our best varieties of
white wheats. Any one that will tako tho
trouble tocxamino the San Francisco Produce
Kxchange reports of values will sen that all
amber colors or red wheat are quoted fr, m
five to ten cent on tho central below tho
club, which is not equal to our whito velvet or
the old whito fall wheat introduced hero by
the Hudson Bay Company.
Respectfully, yours,
W. J. Ufiirkn.
Mr. Bchhav adds: Mr. Stewart EaMn has
just returned from the Eastern States bring
ing back somo of their patent flour madj fiom
their red wheats; ho gave mo a sample, we
both went down to tho Eugene mill as I
wanted to compare it with Hour mado fiom
our white wheats; when wo arrived at the mill
they weie grinding some white velvet of my
own raising, which I had previously sold to a
perbou; u compared tho two flours, and it
was very easy to see that the patent Hour
from the States mado from red wheats could
not compare in color and fineness. Any ono
wishing to Bee the two Hours can do so by
calling at my linisc, for I havo them labelled,
and 1 presume they can bo seen at the mill as
Mr, Eakin left somo there. Hliere aiaiu are
Liverpool quotations, iu tho Willamette
Farmer, of March 17th: "California whito
club, per cental, highest, 10s lOd; lowest, 10s
7d; American red, highest, 0s 8d; lowest, Da
2d." In conclusion, I will say that I havo
nothing to say in regard to Mr. Huston's Und
being better adapts! as ho believes to produc
ine red wheats, us I am not acquii.ittd with
tho quality of its soil. But I do say that who
ever raises any nioro than will supply our lo
cal market will raise it at a loss for shipping.
I will say that further I have fivo different
qualities of soil on my farm, and I havo whito
varieties that will maturo and fill more perfect
than any reds I have over yet tried, and I
havo something near fifty of each.
Tha Breeder's Oazette.
This magnificent weekly comes out March
23d enlarged to thirty-two pagos, and filled
with tho very choicest of matter pertaining to
tho breeding and management of all kinds of
stock, from horses to chickens. Ou the first
pago is a boautiful engraving, almost equal to
a steel plltc, showing a group of
Short-horns. Another illustration is a plan,
with building specifications, of a pen for
breeding swii.e. Among tho leading articles
we notieo tho following The Grand Ditches
Tribe of Short-horns; Millet as a Cattle Foad;
Wi-iter Food for Calves; The Holstcin Dutch
Friesiau Controversy; Lambs for Spring Mar
ket; The Lainiartiuo Cross; Color in Cattle;
Battle of tho Bulls: The Escutcheon Tluor ;
Pulled Angus, or Aberdeen Cattle; Butter
Records o' Jeiseys; The Coming Sheep; Suc
cessful swine Breeding; lireeds of hwiue; Line
Breeding; V.aluo of Different Foods; Alfnfa;
Millet and Hungarian; Siren of the 2:30
Trotters; Great 'I rotting Blood Marcs; Math
ematics of Tro ting Blood; How to Breed
Trotter Lampas; Indigestion; How to De
tect Lameness; Habitual Colic, etc., with
some six piges of interesting news items
about stock and stock breeders. It is beau
tifully printed on the beit of paner, ami is
published weekly by J, II. Sanders & Co.,
Chicago, III., at?3.00 a jcar.
Seeding to Clover,
Our best success lias been in scattering tho
seed over growing wheat ou a cool morning
early iff April, when an inch depth of frost
opens tho ground in cracks, into which the
seed falls an 1 is lightly covered by the thaw
ing earth, lijtli this and the wheat, but
especially the clover, are usually benefited by
a broadcast sowing of ground plaster in May,
So marked is this sometimes, that one can
write his namo iu large letters with plaster
sowing, and the letters will be distinctly vis
ible iu the more luxurious green, when the
clover pilots, at first protected from the sun
by the w heat plants, have a chance for full
growth, after tho wheat is cut. The exper
ience of inauy who raise much clover is, that
a good catch is most certain, if the seed is not
sown until the soil is warm and mellow. The
clover starts into growth at once, and strong
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plants are quickly obtained. The cluot dan
ger ol delay it I hat tin- still feebly rooted
p'nnts may be caught by d y h t weather a id
killed. While plaster ft a good top-dressing
for clover on most s il., if one's own exper
ience, or that of hi near neighbor'sdocs not
indicate this, other light tc p-Iresrings may
bo useful some soluble feitilizor, ns super
phosphate or lmiristu of potash. Clover re
sponds to any at'cntions of this kind, and
makes a good return in tho mass of foliage
and rich material it gathers from the soil aud
air material that, when plowed in, richly
prepares the soil for other crops. Am. Aijri
culturis'. i: IMTI'.K MI'.MI.VY.
IS t'rlrbi'Ullnii lit Trinlir Clirfrrh null
Oilier 1'lnten on Miiidn.
The Easter scrvic s nt Trinity church on
Sunday last attracted an overwhelming atten
dance, both morning and etening, taxing to
its utmost capacity, tho spacious auditorium.
aud many who, not even being fortuuate
in seeming standing room, were reluctantly
compelled to leave the building before the
commencement of tho services. Tho chancel
nf tho chinch was beautifully decorated with
floral qmblrms m honor of the occasion, and
in the oveuing tho artistw effect was greatly
higliteued by the addition ot a largo illumina
ted gas jet cross which occupied a conspicu
ous placo in tho chancel window. The great
attraction of Easter (.erviccs is its musical
portion, for which Trinity church has enjoyed
a well merited reputation in the past for its
efforts in this direction, and the rendition of
tho music ou Sunday was not only no excep
tion t.o tho general rule, hut excelled all pre
vious attempts. Professor Kinross, tho utE
cient condutor of the choir may well feel
proud ol the triumph achievod by himself
and excellent choir, the members of which,
seemuur to be stimulated with the idea that
the individual effort of each and every ouo
was required t secure an artistic success, and
had gone to work with u will to accomplish
such ndiieratum. Mr, Edgar Coursen pro
sided at tho grand organ and was assisted
vety materially in the seveial uumbeis by the
pr. senco of n lull string band. Miss
Griilin, a )ouug lady who has lately
acquired considerable prominence iu musical
ciiclcs, sang thcBOrano sobs in a most
charming manner and apparently was iiovm
iu better voice than on this occasion.
The excellence of the musical renditions was
a subject of general reiuaik, and many were
the complimentary allusions madu to it. Ruv.
Mr. Pluiumer, the roctor of thu parish, deliv
ered an able am1 appropriate! discourse both
morning and evening.
Easter Sunday being g. uciully regarded as
tho day on which- thu votaries of Fashion
chooso to mike their first appearanco iu
Spring toilettes after the discarding of Winter
rnb s and siinbru hues of tiio Leiitou season,
Tho display in this diiecti u on Suuday was
very mediocre, but few le.dly handsome cos
tumes being noticeable, wlulo in the matter of
herdwear, tho real y handtoiiie bonnets were
made only too conspicuous by their scarcity. '
In nearly all the churches of tho city,
faster was moro or less observed, the pastors
choosing as a subject for their themes the
lessons tauuht by thu crucilixiou and triumph
over death by the Savior of man.
New Channel. Tho surprising fact has
recently been devcloyed that the current of
the Columbia river Ins taken an independent
freak and mado a channel of its own, right
through tho center of St. Helen's bar. Here
tofore steamers and other vessels drawing
deep wat r have been compelled to hug the
shore. Within thu past few days tho discov
ery has been mado that a new channel hag
been mado by tho action of thu current
through the center of the bar. The latest re
ports ore that thero is 22 feet of water
thlOJgh this new channel at the present low
stagu of water, Tho ship Iteporter went
down a few days go drawing 21 feet and
made lur way tlnotigli the new channel.
Dkaii l.'onv Founii. On Tuesday last the
decomposed body ol a man was found in the
brush near Mill creek, about four miles above
the city. Tho body is so ludiy decomposed
and eaten by hogs that it is probably itast
recognition. Several articles wiic found on
thu body, such as plugs of tobacco, an old
buckskin purse, a Grity theatre ticket, fine
comb , ducking overall, flannel shirt aud
chutk shirt, but nothing to lead tn identifica
tion. Spiuuted when was found iu the
clothes, Tho body is that of n )oung mau
with light hair.
Shocking An.-ibE.vr, .Robert Smith, a ship
carpenter working iu Hall Bros. ' shipyard at
Port Blakely, met with a frightful accident
last Saturday, says the Seattle J'ont, by a pot
ot boiling pitch falling on him. It sjems he
was removing thu pot ami slipped on a plank,
the jxit filling and scattering its contents over
his faco and bauds, burning him in a frightful
maimer. He was brought over to Seattlejoa
the Success and taken to Providence Hospital
for treatment. He will undoubtedly bo dis
figured for l'fe.
Fair Sport. Messrs. 1, K. Bybef, WootV.
sou Scoggins, Henry Coibctt and Chas. L5i
have returned from a fishing excursion U
Dairy Creek, Washington county, They ro
port the creek rather high for comfortable
fishing, and the fish not inclined to take the
fly freely, htill they appear to have been
rather successful, thu tako averaging six
dozen each.
Lo.ses Ar Davto.v. Tho loues of tho 'Vari
ous insurance companies by the late fire at
Dayton, W. T., approximate $20,000. There
were nine ageuU present to adjust the losses,
one of whom, C, P. Ferry, adjusted thirty
threo losses in four tUya. The entire loss by
the tire was about 170,000.
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