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WILLAMETTE PARMER: PORTLAND, OJGON, APRIL 14, 1882 v.Hrsr mVl&T' '' irf- -irV-" CO, iwuert every Week by the WILI.AMF.Tli: aMIMIKIl I. Ill.lftill.W. TEK.MS OF 8UI!SCItIITIO I )me year, (Postage paid). In advance $ 3.50 Ml month. (Pontiuto paid), Iti advance 1.23 CMS than the muliUM lll be. pur month 24 ADVKKSISINO RATES : Advertisements will bo Inwrfol, r-rovlHnfr tn are rtepectolile, at the following tablo ol rates : oe ln-h ot spice jn.r month .8 2.M) Tilee Inches of wpitce per month 6.00 Je-Ualt column per month Vt.Ofi column ier month 30 00 js"HTupl copies went free on application. Vilftllcution riitlcrt No. 6 WaalilnirUui Street. Lp ratal, rooms No. 5 and W n iii,iiii:if.i anmu m:iii:.t. The folio Iwrare authorize lo receipt for subscrip tions to this paper. jTsrWI-in: wulimu no ajrents re mittances JIL'bT bcni.icle, n.Xn'.ca paid), to in by Hej-I.tcrul Uttir, or -Mew Unkrs, or Express. AM. I'AI'EltS IIISt.'O.NTIN' I.I) AT THE EXI'IKA 1IO.N OK TUB Tllli: PAW I Oil. Lebanon . . .0 W Smith l,.ul-nilli- UUMcTlimnnmls tier the loose system of Oregon warehousing; but ho cannot know whether it was so used or not, and when afiro consumes a warehouso with ten thousand bushels, there may bo no way to show that it did not contain fifty thousind, so the farmer whoso wheat was stored there has no recouise. Amltv Kl.Slmionn Aurora ...Ceo Miller Hrowiiavlllu W It Kirk Buttci tile . . John lliti li-ller ButbeCrctk .. .K Hkrrt n rtmoki W II Harris RwMtvuo .Jclfltovlsl (Jravonrifstile..l!ct;t Olass' Marlon. ..V).Oij.-e(!r...I II Shortrldjfc Moll ink Looking ijlafS..M Cochran Lincoln . I. Abralns McMlrjiiwllc. ..; Jlel'lilllips Mefoy S HobbliM Mt 1'luasant . . F 8 Thayer It il liiitlivrfonl .JSCIiimliill Conallls. ...Mtjcr Harris Monmouth. W Watcrlloil-o Oiampoerf. . ..A Jute NoYaiiihlll..)WKapilniftoii Uailiivsciis .. K Forbu Powell Valley. TKWlllhnu Oajtoii.. .K C lhl.iajl'ilot l!ok K Uilliaui Drains... .Hon .1 (! Drain Pendleton. .l,ot l.lvermore Dallas ) l Sinlth'I'crmUlo. ..I W Mrflrew Dullir . ..-A .1 Inifur, Jr l'lea.iutllill.(IU'llandsaker Kola ..Tiionii i-iiirco iiiicrsiuo i; i iwmwiea Etkton A II IIalnes'Ilostbnri,...8 K Itawnond Eocene Hon .1 II McCluiiziKwcct Home. ..7.11 Moss Kllcisbnrir Hon M llllci Salem. Forest (rme. . .S lliiL'lit.SSt.ijton Fox Valley A D Oardnir Sublimity Coslli'll J llamlsikir Sclo. Owtnii A (' K.-ijliionilb-lit'ilil. .. (IcriaiH MMitcllcllTuliirulit flold'inililc. II F S n lor.v Lo Turner Harrl4biirv...lliui II KiiillliiWIliiur ..SW Church ..A li Gardner ..Ino l)ounin;r . . J S Morris .V M Powers . .John Lupcr .F S MatteNoii . Hon Tlios Smith .lals.y...lllnck, Peal I A-Col Willamette F. ...M Wllklns Inlliff ...A(' .leilllliursAVcllcs. ...A A Williamson Independence. Vt' I. llodjdnKWston . .. I. H Won,! Jarkionil!e...Jlax MlllJeriWaltslnirif. . . .W.N Sml'h Junction . W II ilabcr Walla Walla. . J Jacobs A-fti-non ,.J W llolaml.Zena SHOImblo IfS.O. Ki.liutt has any money to spare, it will look hitter to use it in paying old Salem hoard bills than in publishing and secretly circulating a pamphlet venting bis spito against us nud against those who are de veloping the country by building railroads. Wo are morn convinced than ever that Klliott la merely a tool for those (liko the Central Pacific men) u ho are opposing Oregon pro gress. The greatest human fraud is the man who don't pay for bis victuals. A "dead boat" is a poor agent to intluenco public opinion, O.vk of the host men in l'olk county, ldm tilled with our State history and prominent always in Stato allium, writes from Inde pendence : "I endorse your views mi anti monopoly, and, like yomself, I have no faith er confidence in the FJlintt". Your paper is a good one, and wielding a largo lnllucnce, engrafting itself on the confidence of the people. May its miscion educate and enlighten the pcoplo in ngriciilture, tem perance and all that is good," When we receite the kind endorsement and encourage ment, of a good man in such words as the above, it reconciles us to tbo wearisome labors of life that fall tnourttharo. So FAR As heard from, tbo political situa tion this Spring presents leas partisan feeling 4iid more independence of the machine than baa been known for years. Parties aru putting up their best and unst loli.il.lo men, and the itrugglo at tli-j polls in ,luno wiil depend n jre.it deal on ho stundiui; of R.iudidatus rather than on the dictum of party. This sort of feeling in the popular mind means good legis lation next Fall, and judicious management of Statu all'nirH. One great recommendation for immigration is tbo ccrtaiuity of good and c luiinicnl Stato government, and in th.V respect our Stato standi well and his laid a strong foundation for the lutuieto build upon. Tiik mosi- kkmahkaiii.k Winter pear wo know of is otio originated fioiu t ho mt-d of the Winter Nellis, by .Mr, .1. II, Sultlomoir, of Wood burn Nursery, a sample of which he tends to us. It is rich and juicy, and just ripe now the middle of April a time , ben only tho pound pear is to be had, which is aerer lit to ea union cooked, This seedling is rusM't in color, and considerably larger than the Winter Nellis. It comes ripe at n time hen no other pear is known to be in market. There is cveiy reason to believe that it will be a rich fruit to grow and shin to either Chicago ami Iscw iork, or to Calitoruui, and its h;iv tig been originated hero gives more reason to tllrt it Will tirilVl, ltHlfltl TLiti r-fMlllfrt- iu IJi --,.-- .- ,.....- . . .... v,.., v,j , S wjfcinlly adapted to pears, as is proved bj site iiiAiuiam-u wuu which nicy grow, ami inu nliibility with which they bear. Ai-iilL so far has furnislieil cool und nleasaut rather for the farmers to drive woik in, and juchas iscalcul itedtobriugoii vegetation grad ually and s.ifely. The season is three or four weeks later than 1881, but that is an adv.in--ngu to all grain crops and also to fruit of all UuiIh, which would have sull'ered seviu-ly Xroui the frost of last Friday if it had Oen more forward. There has been no warm rather up to this time, and with an average rainfall through to July wo may expect boii'n riful crops, with tho jiosaiblo exception o( gram sown in November and receniU-r. Cxperienen goes to prove that while grain sown iu October generally does well, it is more ruky to ow lit November and December than to wait until February. We know of ground that was aumnur-falloMrcd, but was not sown hut Fall, and is biing put in this present ssontll with good piospcct of yielding well. FAltMr.lls akk especially interested iu a kafe and Millkii'iit warehouse system. No farmer iheuld store w heat with any man who lu uut public coufido'iee, an I is not able to make all hi contracts good. 1 1 is eay for f arnii'i to lose, when they are Iu tho power of dishonest urn, as for instance t Suppose tho ware, houseman has sold and shipped more wheat than li owned, and w ishra to balance his ac counts and get rid of hi debts. If he is ilia honest, thtro Is no tasirr way of so doing than by a lire, whloli settles account In a wanner that defies accountability, The farm r'a wheat may ii.vo been ground into Hour, slipped to Furope. and made iuto brsud, un- I Oun oi.n Fitir.Nii, A. I). Gardner, writes from Fox Valley, Linn county : "That edi torial you wrote on tho 'Duty of Citizenship' pleased the people so well out here that they say you are tluir man; if you will stick to that rrinciplo they will stick to you, Some al ready say as soon as their time is out with other papers they will take the Fakmkii. I tell them you are working for the farmers, and they should supp rt you. A few more editors that have backbone enough to follow suit would wake up tho people to a sense of duty. Long live tho Fakmlk 1 To which we say that tho r Alt m Kit, under our manage ment, has for ten years taken tho tamo bold and independent ground, and is no nt.w con vert to tho cause. The fanners are more in terested in lione.t management of public adairs than in pirtisan politics. We think they are cn'itbd to such gfod government, anil to blame if they do not insist upon it. CoN.sinF.uiM, TIIK certainty with which ruit can be grown with u, it is (something strange that no more attention has been paid to plant ing out new orchards. Wo believe that our Oregon nurseries have sold more trees, to go California, this reason, than to be planted in Oregon, yet wo have better climate and soil for growing that fruit than Califoinians have. It is enterprise that is lacking. Californians know that it will pay them si ell, hi cause they reali.o already the profit in their canneries and dryers. The construction of railroad will mike us a good market. If we have cherries to sell, as soon as the iailroud is through to Sacramento and Sail Francisco, poopla thoro will buy them. They can be shipped through in one day, and when our latu cherries arc rip-, iu July, California will not have a cherry of h"r own to use, so will gladly, buy ours, besides which, our cherries excel anything they can grow. That was why wo' sit out 200 cherry trees two weeks THE ANTI-CHINESE BILL. Tho people of this State aro so much inter estcd in excluding tbo Chincso; in preventing them from filling all tho avenues of labor and taking tlio place of artisans nud small dealers, that our readers will be glad to know hoiv that measure stands. Wo see no reason to condemn tbo action of tbo I'rcsident, wholly, for bo profekscs himstlf as in accord with the motives and conclusions of Congress, while he siiggcs'H some dillicultics that will be obviated by a new measure, already introduced, and which will no doubt bo speedily passed to a law. The 1'resideu, says, speaking of the ISurlin game treaty: "It gave to voluntary emigrants coming to tho United States the right to travel there or reside there; with nil privileges, immunities or exemptions enjoyed by citizens or subjects of tho moat favored nations. Under tho opera tion of this treaty it was found tho institu tions of the United States and ifs pcoplo and their iniaiis ol obtniniiie alivililioc.il mieht In seriously allected by unrestricted introduction of Chineso labor, and congress attempted to alleviate this condition by legislation, but i lie act wnu.li it pas-eil piovitl to I u in violation of treaty obligations, and beinu returned bv the I'ribideiit with his obj ctious failed to be- lo.iio a law. lliplouiatiu ltlicf was then sought, a now tnaty was concluded with Chi na. Without abrogation of the llurliiigumu treaty, it was agreed lo modify it so far tb.it the government of tho Uliitetl States might regulate or suspeniL the coming of Chinese la boieia to tho United States, or their residence tlui i in, nut that it should not absolutely prohibit them, and that limitation or suspen sion Bhould be reasonable, and should apply only to Cliinctu wl o might go to tho United States as lahuicrs, other clashes not being in cluded iu the limitation, It leaves tho United States by its own act to deteiinino when and how wo will enlorco those limitations. China may, therefore, fairly have tbo light to expect that iu enforcing them wo will take good care not to overstep the L'rant and make -moru than has been con- ceiieu to tnu L nited States, it is lint a year sinco this new treaty, under operation of the uoimuiuuon, iiecamu part oi too supreme law of tho land, mid tho present act is tho first at tempt to oxerciso tho moro enlarged powers which it relinquishes to the United States. llytheliist utticlo tbo United States is em puwuied to decide w hoi her the coming of Chi nese lab, rnrs to tho United States or their lesidence theruin ntrecU or threatens our in ti routs, or endangers good order either within tbo whole country or any part of it Tho act recites that iif tho opinion of tbo government of the United SUtes tho coming of Chinese laboreis to this country endangers the good older of eeitaiu localities thereof, but the net itself is much broader than tho rcujtal. It acts upon residence as well as immigration. Its prmiaioim aro olleetivo throughout the United States. 1 think it mty fairly bear an expres sion of the oniiiiou of cougress that the com ing of such laborers to the United States or tluir residence hei-o atleets our interests and endangers good order throughout tho country. On tl is point I fiel it myt duty to accept the views o! congress," As to tlui period of limitation, ho adds! "Tho examination which i have made of the treaty and of the declaration which its nego tiator have lelt on recoid, of the meanii.gof its language, leaves no doubt in my uiiiul that ueither contracting party in concluding the troiity.rtf 1SS0, contemplated placing tho act of prohibition ot immigration fur 20 years, which is nearly a generation, or thoui.li. that such u period would bo a reasonable suspen sion, or iutriidtd to change tbo provisions of the lliirlingamo treaty to tlut exteut. I re ganl this pmviriou of tho set as a bi each of our national faith, and being unable to bring myself ill harmony with the views of eoinjress on this vital point, the honor of the country constrains me to return the act with this ob jection to its passage, 1), eply convinced of the necessity of some legislation on this sub ject and concurring fully with congnss with tho objects which were sought tolw accom plished, I will avail in) self ol the opportunity to point out some other fcatun sot tho act, liicli, iu my opinion, can be modified to ad-vantage," Speaking of the prosperity of this coast and the great bcuefiU that aocrue from our trade with Asia, and especially China, lie aayst "I have said that good faith mpiins tho Unite I States to susnend iiuiuieratiuii of i"ln"- l re laborers a less period than 20 year. I now a Id that good policy points in the tame direction. Our intercourse with China it of recent date. Our first treatv with that power is not yet forty years old. It is'only since wo acquired California and established a great seat of commerce on the Pacific coast, that wo may be laid to have broken down tho wall which fenced that ancient monarchy. The Huiliiigainc treaty naturally followed. Under the spirit which inspired it many thousand Chinese laborers came to the United States. No one can say the country has not profited by their work. They wero largely instru mental in constructing the uilways which connect tho Atlantic and Pacific slope. The States of tho I'acifn are full of evidences of their industry, and enterprises profitable to capitalists ana to. laborers ot (Jaucasm ougin would have been dormant but for them. The tune has now coino when it is supposed they arc not nicded, and when it is thought by congress and by those most acquainted with tho Mibject, that it is best to try to get along without them. There may, however, be other sections of the country where this species of labor may bo advantagcous'y em ployed without interfering with laborers of our own race. It may bo tho part of wisdom and good faith to fix tho length of experiment al period with reference to this fact. Fxperi enco ha3 shown that the trade of the t ast is tho key to national wealth and iniluences. The opening of China to the commerce of the whole world has bencfittd no section of it more than the States of our own Pacific slope Tho Slate ot California and its maritime ports especially nave reaped enormous advantages f i oin this source, Itlcsscd with an exception al climate, enjoying an unrivaled hrbor. with the riches of a great agricultural and mining Stato at its feet, and the wealth of the uholo Union pouring into it over its lines of railway, San Francisco has an incalculable future, if our friendly and amicable relations with Asia remain undi-turbed. It needs no argument to show the policy which we now propose to adopt must have direct tendency to repel orieutal nations from tho United Stitc, and dilvo their trade and commerce into more friendly hands. It may bo that the great and paramount interest of protection of our labor Iron) Asiatic competition justifies us. in permanent ailoptiou ot tins policy, but it is wiser iu the first place to make a shorter ex periment with a view of hereafter inaiutaiinuc permanently only sue.i features as time and experience may commend." Thus it will bo seen that wliile the Presi dent objects to tho bill which lately passed Congress, he fully concurs in tbo necessity of legislation and realizes the situation of this poitionofthe Union, if left to depend alone on Chincso labor. He oven states that at the end of ten years further legislation may be necessary. It is ccitain that the modified measure, to bo introduced by Senaa'or Miller, of California, will accomplish f r ton years all that Wo dosiro in restricting Chi nese immigration, and will command a much larger support in Congrors of conservative members who voted against it .before, and also through the nation of many good citizens who considered the other bill unreasonable, and opposed to tho great principles of our na tional constitution. A COMPARISON OF CLIMATES. Ono of tho best claims our country must have to tho regard of people Kast of the Kocky Mountains will bo the immunity wo enjoy from storms and Hoods of a disastrous nature. During half a century tbo history o' our region shows that only one storm ever did damago ot a serious character, and that oc curred in January, 1SS0. Kveu this storm did no injuiy to compare with what we continu ally nail of as happening in the East; and while wo have had ono severe blow iu all our history, storms, cyclones, tornadoes and huiri- lanes aro leported as continually occurring iu all tho West and N irthwest, through tho South, and even through the Middle States, while the Atlantic Coast is olteu ravaged by fierce gales, and. its shores strewn with wrecks. Kvery day for t!io week past tho dispatches have been burdened with th se stories of death and disaster. Taking up tho New V'ork 'J'ime of two weeks old, wo find it containing columns of filch news, coupled with cany deaths from tho terriblo changes that have followed deceitfully pleasant weather. We venture to assert that no single week passes, iu all tho y.ar, when tho K.istorn journals do not record numerous storms and land disast ers, as well as occau lossesof life and property w bile the journals of our Western Coast have no such talcs to toll, or few in eomuiison, and the Columbia region, in all its entirety, h free from them. We do not easily realizo tho advantage wo poss.-ss in this respect, and in many other respects, until we meet and con versed with some man who has lived iu the West and narrates the sulTering and loss com mon to that country. Compared to that part of our nation, Oregon and Washington must seem liko n paradise. It is truo that Western Oregon sometimes has tedious rains, but they aro delightful in comparison with tbo vicissi tudes of an ordinary winter, ami besides this they insure to our tanners more reliable crops ibiu- aro realized iu any other State in tbo Union. Our w inters are mild, and so aro our summers. There is seldoia excess of cold or heat; seldom a time when the earth is fiozen, or a timo in summer when tho harvester melts with undue heat, while our summer nights aro so cool and refreshing tint they rapidly repair tho frames that are exhausted with labor in the harvest field. Take our seasons all through, ami they admit of more working days than are known anywhere else, even iu California. Our planting season is so pro longed that our wheat harvests last from July to Octolier. Free from elemental strife, uur climate favors the laborer in making himself a home and farm. All things considered, we may safely claim that tnis Pacific Northwest has nioie and letter qualities to invite popula tion and development, and to enable our people to wiuBUcceas, thau any other portion of this continent can otlcr. It is well tn.ugh to keep these facts in view, ami let the world krow tho very great advantages we possess in respect to climate. The soil it unsurpassed. Other regions may have fertile soil, but they have not such certainty of harvests, such salubrity of climate, such immunity from at mospheric changes and disastrous war of the elements. Here man has only to possess and enjoy, and the fruits of his labor aro sure to come iu due season. Sit Mi name aud address to Cragin & Co. hiUdolphla, P., for cook book free. ItllSOLlTIII.Xri. The following resolutions were adopted by the Teachers' Institute for Washington and Vamliill counties, held iu Forest Grove, April ,"tli, Ctli and 7th : Jterolceil, That this Institute has been a success. Hemtvrtl, That no certificate should be granted to any teacher who is addicted to the use of tobacco, intoxicating drinks or profane language. Ilrsoleetl, That a "Normal Institute" should be formed by the teachers of Washing ton and Vamliill counties as soon as practica ble, and that a session of said "Noimal In stitute," when founded, bo held once a year for at least two weeks j and be it further Jlmok-eil, That a committee of five teachers, consisting of Superintendent Haker, of Yam hill county, and Superintendent ltobb, of Washington countv, with thtee? other teacl its whom they designate and annouuci before the close ot this Institute, be appointed to correspond with the teachers of said count: s upon the advisability of forming the proposed "Normal Institute,'' and that committee be and are empowered to call a convention of teachers at such time aud place as they shall deem best for the purposo of perfecting their arrangements, Ileiotced. That the countv superintendents of the several counties of this State be re quired to grade tho schools as follows, viz. : 1st, 2d and .id grade. lleaoh-cd. That any teacher holding a first class certificate be entitled to tench iu all the grades. l'ttoh'ftl. That a teacher holding second grade certificate bo entitled to teach in the second aud third clasps. Jlmolml, That a teacher holding a third grade certificate bo entitled to teach iu the third grado only. UtKolred, That two sets of questions be pre pared bv the Sta e Hoard of hducution for the examination of teachers. Itesoletd, That in order tn obtain a first- o'ass certifici'.e, the applicant must correctly answer at least SO per cent, of the questions upon lie ioiiowing branches : urtnograpny, leading, writing, mental arithmetic, written arithmetic, English grammar, gcogiaphy, modern history, elements of geoinetrj, algebra, bookkeeping, rhyaioluirv. natural nhilosonv. ancient history and Constitution of tho United States. Henotrnl, That in order to obtain a second grade certificate, tho applicant must answer at heart SO per cent, ot all questions asked upon tho branches specified in sub-divioion 8, .cction 25, of tho school laws of this State, and for a third grado certificate, at least CO Ser cent, of tnid branches enumerated in sub iviion 8, section 25, of the school laws of this State. Ilesohed. That the thanks of this Institute are due ond are hereby extended : First, to the O. & C I!. It. Co., for reduced rates of faro; second, to the citizens of Foro-t Grove, who have cxtendid the hospitality of their homes lo visitinc toachers. and third, to the ladies and gentlemen who havo so pleasantly entertained with music the Institute during the entire session. JteioUvil, That the s crttary of Mm Insti tute be instructed to forward copies of these resolutions, for publication, to the Daily Sliinthml, Dally Oreijonian, Washington County Iiulejieiidenl, Vamliill llejiorkr and Salem Statesman, W, N. Fkiikix, L C. 1IAKKII, N. Davis, Mils. Tekwulicikr, Mit.s Wood, Committee on Kesolutb ns. J. D. Ronn, Chairman. H. C. Liesek, Secretary, for a suite, depending upon location end character of building. Tho smaller class of shops can be had at $12 Co $25,ar.d good store rooms at from $30 to $103 per month. Kents arc higher hero than at other points on the Sound, but for obvious reasons. The town is the largest and best. Business center) here, aud is undergoing an expansion of 'the most gratifying character. No place on tho Pacific Coast has better prospects than Seattle, and we believe no other place has as good. The whole Territory is now iutused with a lifo and possessed of an activity in excess of anything of the like heretofore seen. Its pop ulation is being rapidly augmented, and its resources are being developed in a mere than correspondii g manner. For all that is pro duced there is demand, and more is produced hero per capita than by any other equal popti lation in the United States. Tho exuoits bv ship of the past twelve months have been about 100,000 tons agricultural produce, 200,000 tons coal and 500,000 tons lumber, or an average of eight tons for every man, woman and child of our 100,000 inhabitants. AU this, besides oysters, salmon, fu niture, b irrel in terial, furs and skins, animals, etc., aggie- ui.iii in suiuu u leas, one million uuiiaro. This is a peoplo of producers, and their pro ducts go direct to tho o nsumers in California, Mexico, South America, Hawaii, Australia, China, Great Britain, the; Atlantic States, etc., though too" often under the guise of pro duce of Oregon. It is hardly possiblo for one coming here to miss it. A thousand chances aro open.' Trade is nowhere better. The times aro good, and money plenty and cheap. Wanes aro high, and land can be got for the asking. Lumber men, coal miners, bricklayers, carpcuters, painters and mechanics and laborers of all kinds are wanted, as well as men of business, brains aud money. There are at present but 100,000 of u, while there is room for 10,000,000. ' MEMS MY TELEGKAPft. The crop prospects in Illinois aro above average. The new Secretary expects to assnmc his duties this week. The crop reports from Northwestern Da kota are very encouraging. The river is fa'ling at New Orleans and the situation generally improved. Senator L-ean is unable, owing to bad health, to go to tho Hot Springs. It is understood that the Secretary of 'u li 13 modified Sergeant Mason's sentence. Frank James threatens vengeance on the Foi d boys for tho murder of Jesse, ids brother. Over 10,000 emigrants arrived within the fo'ty-eight hours endiug April 9th, at New Yolk. The olficers of tho burned steamer Golden City have been indicted for involuntary man. slaughter. Arthur Mueller, absconding cashier of th Central bank, Indianapolis, is short $30,000 in his accounts. Qoldendale. It is with a real sense of relief that theie is one spot found iu this community where a majority of the people decide they can thrive better without the free sale of intoxicating drink. Goldcndale has that honor. W. It. Dun bar was elected mayor, and an eutiro board of othcers favoring n full prohibition of this un safe traffic. A direct issue was made in the eliction as to prohibition or fieo sale of liquor. We wish it was in our power to convince our neighbors in this city, who sell liquor freely, and those who approve of its sale, of tho inev itable blighting lnlluerico of such unlimited indulgence as is daily seen in our midst. Let any of our citizens, who make the sale of liquors a business, quietly in their own hearts sum up tho terriblo evidences winch are clearly traceable to excess of its use, placing them upon the debtor hide, the certainty with most men who indulge in it. habitually, of the disastrous effect thereof, and we cannot but believe that thoy would much rather obtain tho comforts of life for themselves and those that depend upon them from something else than this. Mountaineer. Lands near Market. Clackamas county is destined ero long to be tho richest and most thiek'y settled county in Oregon. Situated on the Willamette river but a few miles from tho head of navigation, and with a railroad running through it and two others in close proximity to its borders, com biutd with tho fertility ef her soil, her mag nificent timber, splendid water power and un developed mineral wealth, her future is a brib liant one. Tho land in Clackamas county will iifjvei' bo held in largo quantities by specula tori or farmed in large tracts, because of the rolling surface, numerous streams and large bodies of timber. The consequence of this is that tho farms will in time seldom bo larger thin 100 or 200 acres, aud as nearly tho whole of the county is susceptible of cultivation, tho time is not far away beforo every quarter sec tiou will bo the homo of a family, thus giving to this county a very largo population. The timber lauds of Oregon and Washington Ter ritory that are situated on the bsnks of nav igable streams, bays or inlets of the ocean arc fast being cleared, as tho piei-cut homo and forcigu markets take all that is for talc. Logs aro easily shot into the largo streams, and tho ouco fine bodies of timber along Pugct Sound and the Columbia river, are even now almost a thing of the past. But in Clackamas county it is entirely different. Little or no timber has been nit, except to supply the home domand. The immense bodies of ash, fir, larch and spruce are still not only untouched, but com paratively unknown. Hardly a creek exists in tho county but what has large bodies of government lanu on its banks, just waitu g tor soiuo ouo to throw a dam across the stream, put up a mill, and commence sawing, with the logs necessary to run for years, all in sight. No country in the world lias as much water power to the square mile as Oregon has aud no part of Oregou as much as Clackamas county. Tho saw-mill business is. one of our uudevelopul industries. It is not necessary to go back into the mountains to find 4arge liodies of available timber, as they sre to be f Mind on the creeks and rivers in the midst of settlements. Some day and tlut not a distant one, these timber lands will be valuable. When cleared of the timber they will be valu able for agricultural purposes, as all the good timber laud is blessed with a rich soil; that on the river banks is valuable for meadows, ear dens, etc., and that on the uplands for cereals, etc. Those who have exhausted their home stead and pre-emption rights, can obtain pos session of these lands without residing on them, by paying tho government pn.e of $2 50 per acre, at, also can auy one else who sees fit to invest for either present or future use. These lands cau be purchased from the government in quantities, uot exceediug 160 acres. KnterprUe, A correspondent of the Lcwiston Xew, writing from Union Town, W. T. says : This is the nicest weithcr for tho commencement of work we havo had iu four years, Prospects for good crops are very flittering; ashoit, dry warm soason is all wo want. With all our advantages, thero aro men complaining of a hard Winter and talking of going away; they must recollect that there is somo kind of Winter everywhere, and even North Idaho don't get its Winters made to order. No wonder some men get dissatisfied when they fei ce up their straw stacks and let their poor stock suffer for want of it. Stack your straw in good shape, brother farmers, and let vour stock have tree access to it during the in ter, so that it will fill the two-fold purpose of food and shelter. iSome men burn their straw; all the southwest hills hcte need manuring, and it will pay to clear up around the stack yard, and haul and scatter where it will do the moit good. Some of our lamest land owners will not put iu but half a crop became they say wo have no market. When we get our iwn land in cultivation, and raise cnoueii grain to fill our grantnes and warehouses, it win attract the attention of capitalists, and they will build railroads when they see our farmers are willing to farm to keep it runuiitr. Parasites In Sheep. Washington Territory. The Seattle Vcut-lHtrtliyeiictr, answering questions from abroad, says : Passenger rates on tho Sound range from three to six cents a mile for first-class transportation, four cents being about tho average. These rates ore for travel by rail and steamboat. Rents are Poio, Or., April 8, 18S2. Editor Willamette Farmer : My yearling sheep have been dying. I ex amined them and find iu their lungs and windpipe white worms, from ono half to threo inches long; the air' cells aro full of them. Auy remedy would bo thankfully re ceived through tho Fakmek. G. T. Shukt. Remark: Tho parasites found in the wiudi ipe wire strongylus filaria. When they are introduced into the bronchia tubes of sheep that are in an impoverished condition, they reproduce themselves with fearful rapidity. Treatment Consists of improving the con dition of tho sheep by feeding liberally ot oats, bran and oil-meal cake; sulphate of iron, 1 lb; gentian, J lb; ginger, i lb, to be pow dered and mixed. Give a tublespoonful in feed to every four sheep every other day ftr two weeks. James Withvcomue, V. S. Points In the Art of Breeding. Mr. Howard, an English authority, whilst "recognizing the uncertainties attcuding the breeding of animals," is nevertheless "con vinced that there are certain laws pertaining to tho process, which, liko all of natures op erations, aro fixed and unalterable, and which cannot be disregarded with impunity. From my own observation, from conversations with tho lato Mr. McCombie, and comparing notes with other breeders, I have come to the con clusion that the following cardinal points iu the art of breeding have been fairly estab lished: 1. That from the male parent are maiuly derived the external structure, config. uration and outward characteristics the lo comotive peculiarities, inclusive. 2. From the female parent are derived the internal struc ture, the vital organs, and in a much greatir proportion than from the male, the constitu tion, temper and habits. 3. That the purer the race of the parent, the mero certainty there is of tnnsmitting its qualities to the off spring. Say two animals are mated, if one is ot purer descent than the other, he or she will exercise the most influence in stamping the character ef the progeny, particularly if the greater- purity is on the side of the male he, apart from disturbing influences and cause i, if of pure race, and descended from a stock of uniform color, stamps the color of the off spring. 4. That the influence of the male is not unfreqoeutly protracted beyond the birth of the offspring of which he is the parent, and iu uiara, is icit upon subsequent progeny. reasonable. In this city dwellings range from S3 per mouth to S30 $15 and $20 beinu about the average. There is a wider rauge for places 5 h "' . transmission- of diseases of the of business. Eligible office, rate at from fib 2? . '.".?" $H "!. .M. l 1 U 2i for a single room, and from f- to t0 ' aide of tb?mTe p7enT" ' The Chineso legation at Washington is in receipt of congratulatory messages on the veto ot the Uhinese bill. Jas. Fitzgerald has been indicted iu Boston for defrauding Charles Francis Adanis out of three checks,' and held in $25,000 bail. Another dynamite mine has been discov ered beneath tho Nicholi railway at the fourth station from Moscow and many persons ar rested on suspicion. On tho Oth a passenger tra'n on tho Colo rado and Santa Fe railway was boarded near Plum station by fivo men, who robbed the passengers and effesteJpi their escape. In Surrey county, Pa., Mrs. Gray and Mr. Jones died shortly after drinking coffeo in which it is supposed arstmc was placed by a servant giil Jicob Bale", under arrest at St. Louis, charged with being old man Bender, the Kan sas finnd, is well known iu that country. He has lived about Uniontown for many years. The First Assistant Postmaster General has gone back on Hayes' civil service order, ond eays that postmasters now havo as good a right as any ono to run the politics of the country, Two men, named James Irving and Joseph Fisk, have been arrested in New York under suspicion that thoy had stolen $100,000 worth of St. Joseph, Mo., bonds, which thoy were trying to sell. Gen. Sherman telegraphs a friend that he rejoices over the passage of the bill for the compulsory retirement of army officers at 62, and on no account does ho desire an exception made in his interest. The House committee on foreign affairs last .Saturday heard Capt. Eada explain away the objection made at a previous session that a railway across the isthmus will bo impracti cable on account of ciades, which would not be successfully overcome. The commission to investigate corners and dealings met in New York last week, The witnesses so far all testify that cornering is both bad for the consumer and railroads, and .it js regarded as a very demoralizing species of gamb'ing. Following is a list of the year's appoint ments to the military academy at West Point from the West : Arizona, Horaco R. Appel ; Californi i, Cecil Stewart and Thos. G. Hon son, and Jas. H. Humphrey, alternate; Mon tana, John Gib.-on; Oregon, Ed. C. Brooks; Wyoming, Albert J. Brackett, and Michael Harrington, a'ternato. General Shu-man and party arrived at Tuc son on the 10th. On Via 10tb, O. It. k N. Co. stick was quoted at 1 10J in New Voik. Thu nominations of Chandler and Hunt have been favorably reported. In the Star route cases the motion to quash was overruled and tho indictment stands. Joseph Potts, a prominent minor and a 32d degree mason, died at Eureka, Nev., on the 10th. Tho loss by tho burning of the Powell Tool Co's. forgo at Cleveland is $25,000; half in sured. Tucker Basham was assassinated in Kansas by tho James gang for turning States evidence. The conference now being held at Indepen dence, Mo., is making a vigorous war upon polygamy. Thomas Brown, a miner at Virginia Citv. was killed by being hit on the li-a 1 by a fall ing rock on the 10th. It is reported that cx-Seuator Taft of Ohio. is to succeed Minister Lowell at the court of St. James. Duriug the past week 60 deaths occurred in Cincinnati from smad pox. There are now 200 cases under treatment. Dennis Humphrey, who killed Deputy Clerk Kelleher at Virginia City, had his sec oud trial .last Monday and was acquitted. The north bound train of the Gulf, Color ado & Santa Fe Kail road was robbed near Ctelurne on the 10th, by six masked men. A number of Italians created a disturbance at Fort Plain, N. V., on the 10th, caused by a railroad contractor failing to pay them off. A tiro occurred at Red Wing, Minn., on the 10th, destroying tbo half block bounded by May, Bash, Third and Broadway streets. A large mass meeting was held on the 10th at Buffalo to protest against the action of the British Government iu imprisoning Amer ican citizens, A very destructive! firo occurred at Hamil ton, Ohio, on the 10th, burning the. greater part of the town. At last accounts the fire Was under control. Commodore Luce is unable to account for not hearing from the U. S. training ship Portsmouth. Ho has heard nothing from her since her departure from Hampton roads. A resolution was adopted at a meeting of the trades assembly, at San Francisco on the 10th, calling for a general convention to be held at San Francisco, April 4, for the pur pose of devising some plan to rial the commu nity of the presence of the Chinese. A suit able call has been prepared, addressed to the Tacific Coast States and Territories. 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