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WILIAMETTE FAKMEK : POKTIiAND; OREGON, MAY 12; 1882, bti E" H B Ri 'A IV I M I K J n Lft ft Ife P l? r 'if BUI i-ui every Week by the W UAHETTE FAIIHF.B rt ItUHilUfCS TOj TEItMS OF MJBSCKIITIO.. One;ear,(Potai(e paid) In advance f 2.60 Six '"finths, (PosUce paid), In adrance 1.25 li, ban six months will bo, per month M 25 ADVEU.S1SI.NO BATES : A Tertlsement will 1m Inserted, providing tn are rcsrrtctablc-, at the following tahlo- of rates f One Inch of spate per month $2.50 Thrjo Inches of space per month 5.00 On .half column per month .... 15.00 fn column per month 30 00 a.Smpie copies gent free on application rulillcatlon Office: No. 6 Washington fctreet. Up laird, rooms .V. Sand !l session of a well-regulated mind. A great part of the statements wo know to be false, and while we have no interest in his attack on Villard, whom we do not know, and on Hoi laday who (Elliott knows) was our bitter, avowed enemy, we perceive that ho has not told the truth about them. If the papers think so much of Elli tt'a lucubrations, why didn't they contiuue to publish them? KlliotV is a poor creature, whose deeam of being a railroad monopolist degenerated into his be' coming a crank. He denounces Judge Boise as having been bought to rule against him. The only reasonable excuse lor him is that he is demented he has still cense enough left to sell out liis efforts to interested parties. rrflLISIIKKM AINor.NCEMKNT. Tho follow Injr aro authr.ilztd to reulpt for subscrip tions to this paper, tst W.ire we hare no agents re mittance MUST be made, (expenses paid), to us by IlegUtcred Letter, or Montj Ordirs, or Express. AM. I'AI'EIIS niSCOMINt i:i) AT THE EXPIRA TIOX Of THE TIME I'AID I-Oll. It U Simpson Am tv . It f, Simri Aurora.. . .Geo Miller flrownsvlle. .W It Kirk Butiev llle. . John II itchellcr Butta Creek .E bktrvln Brooks .. W If Harris Bellevue . JtfffJ.ii Is Crawfonislille. Ilobt Glass CotLiffo Or..J If Shortridge Corvallis .Mejtr Harrlsl Champocir . .A Jctte Damascus r. rorbes: Uavtori.. I, O Ifad-iwav Drains. .Hon J CJ Drain DalUs . .J D .Smith Dufur - .1 Dufur, Jr Eola ...Thomas I'earcc Elkton. .. .A II Haines Eugone,.Hon.I If McCIung Ellinshunr . Hon ,M llilev forest drove .. .3 Ifuglies Fox Valley.. .A l Gardner flArtto .T lliriflh.aLrl Oastmi .. A O Hawnond Hicdd nervals ..II Mitchell Tangent. Ltiraion . .0 W Smith .cw Uv llle. 1 CMcTImiiiond Looking Glass. .M Cochran Lincoln L Abrums Mclllnnullc .J Mcl'hlllips McCoy ...S Ilohblns Mtl'leasant .KSThavcr Marion. ..II II Iluthtrford Mohawk ..J K Churchill Monmouth.. W Watrrhouse .Vn Yamhill (IWSapnln'ton l-ontll Valley.TKWillums I'llotltotk.. ,E Gilliam Pendleton.. Lot Ltvermore I'errjdalo ,J W MiGrew I'lcaiantlllll.OWIIandsikcr Itlvtrside ...OFKnovvles Koicburir. 8 K Kavmoud Sweet Homo .Z II Moss Salem . . .BW Church Stajton ...A I) Gardner Sublimity Jno Downinir Sclo . ..JS Morris v M rowers .John Lupcr Ooldend lis. II I' Haylor.V (Yi.Tilrni r . . K H Mattcwn Darrlsuiirif.. Ilnu II NmlthfWIIhur Hon Tims Smith llalsey,, Irving Wick, I'c.irl .V Co' Willamette F. . M Willilns .A (1 JcnnliiA'U'cllcs . . A A Williamson Independence V. I. llodirinjUtJiton Jacksonville., Junction Joffurson Mix MullcrlWalUburg V 1! IlibrrlWalla Walla. J Y Itoland Zeiu I.HWood WN SmWh , .1 J icohs .8 H (limbic OREGON AND WA3IUNGT0N FARMER. On the lint of Juno w shall commence publication of a monthly journal, with tlio any vo title, wii'cli will lm dovoled to tlio pro gress and development of tlio Pacific North west. The journal will bo intended for circu lation at the East. It will contain compila tions from all the journals published in Oregon and Washington, showing tlm dcvdopinmt of each section, and aUo many original articles prepared expressly for tlio Willamette Fak hkk and the monthly edition to bo styled as above The fact that a great interest is felt abroad, and tliiough tlio United States, concerning tlio Columbia Kiver region, and tlio necessity of fuinishina rcliablo information concerning this region, has induced us to commeiico such a publication. W'o.aro awire that iii.my people in Oregon nro ilu-irnus of sending news hick to friends Kast, a'ld this monthly publication will contain just the suit of information they will wish to send. To secure tlio success of this enterprise, Mr. Clarice will travel a great part of the time. Ho will visit in parson every important portion of this wide rot?ion, and write up, on the spot, all facts of interest. In this way wo iiitcnl to make tlio Kammkii interesting niiil reliable. Tlio pi ice of the OimioN and Wasiiiniiton Faiimkii will bo one ilutl.tr a year, and wo commend it to thoio w ho ilesiro to send rclia blo inform itiou tn friends in oilier States, conccrniiu all parts of tlio Columbia icginn ami other portions of Oregon and Washington I.v THK whole course of Oregon history it has never happened that a representative in Congress lias been re elected. A single term is only sufficient to introduce a member to hfs sphere of duty. It is only reasonable to be- Iiveothat the man who has dischargedhisduty in Congress well the first time can do himself and his constituents much better justice on tho second term. This is a question for our people to consider in casting their votes at the coming election. Wo have as much personal regard for one candidate as for the other. TheJ PARMER, seldom expresses an opinion on par tisan politics, but presents questions of com mon interest from a standpoint of common sense It looks sensible for the people of Oregon to retain tho services of any member of Congress who has shown integrity and abil. ity in their service. Personally, we shall vote for the best men, and in doing so shall select candidates for State oflico front either ticket. Thero i", at this time, lit'lo iliHercnco in prin ciples, The two political parties could swap plutform? without the least inconsistency, merely substituting the word Democratic for Rr publican. I'coplo are sure to exercise con siderable independence this spring in using the franchise. If we have a Congressman who has learned the roj.es, has made friends for Oregon, and instead of running political games and schemes has worked faithfully in our in terests, the question is whether wo can afiord to replace him witli any now man, however competent. Our motto is, vote for the best man for overy office, whatever ticket ho may bo on. There is more money in blending wheat farm ing with wool crowing, than in either alone, and when that course is practiced Willamette Valley wool will constantly improve in char acter, weight and quality. The deterioration complained of bv wool buyers no doubt exists, and results from using sheep to clear lands of weeds making scavengers of them and ntt'lecting them. They can be mado useful in tint., respect without such continued neglect, and wo believe such neglect is wrong and cruel. Good treatment will pay, because it will secure better wool and more certain increase. Sheep cannot do well in bruth lands and rough pastures. They may thrive on merely rocky land, if tho class of food is there they like, but sheep rarely do well on rank grasses, PORTLAND. The Albany Democrat savs : Immigrants complain of the treatment they receive at l'ortland. 1 hey need all the correct inlor mation concerning Oregon they can get. But it is not git en to them. They are first ad vised to settle near Portland or East Port land; if this does not suit, then to go East of inu .Mountains. j.ius is in penect aeuuru wuii the short-siuhteduess of Portland. The time will come when Portland will be obliged to do without tl.e Eist of the Mountiti s and appreciate tho Willamette Valley more than it dpes now. If all the trade of the Willamette Valley centers in Portland, the cit 7 will be the leading citv of the Northwest. It is all that makes it a city now, and by no menus does it depend on the territory East of the Mountains for its life and rjrosneritv. while it t .j.... . . ... does rely on the trade of the Hlametto V al ley for its very existence. And if the city persists in making n bridge of the Willametio They crop close, and thrive best on short valley to fill up Eastern Oregon and Wah ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. TiiKOur.dONANii Washington- I-'aumkii, to be issued e.ich month, cuiiimi ncing Juno first, will bo nun dollar a jear nnd tluait copies for two dollars. Wo should like to Inn o good canvassers lor the twopapeis, monthly and weekly, and have the gpuntiy thoroughly worked up for subncrilids, To put Ki.i.nrrr fajrly before tho farmers and anti-monopolists of Oregon, no ask tlum what opinion thoy have of a man who ilu nouiiccH Judgu Itoiso as a pcrjuied Judge. Wo Hipposo no man stands higher with the people, is considered more incorruptible, than ltcuboii P. lloise, Somo iliciHiou the Judgo niade did not suit Elliott, and liu told us at tlio timo llmau was bought lip. If am not mistaken, the tamo thing is intimated in his J pencil. Mn. Ci.srkk has gone up tho Columbia river to ho gone a ouk or so, ho hopes tho eliango of climate will relieve him of malaria and giyo I im liack the strength ho lost a week ago by illness, lie will work up notes of travel by tho way and try to givo interesting ketches of the country ho will pass through. From this time on he expects to put in con idorah'o timo traveling so as to obtain suita ble matter for the new monthly to bo devoted to immigration purposes, which is announced elsewhere. Hi AmitiHT our granaries and warehouses will be eltectually closed nut and nil tho sur plus w heat shipiwd abroad. Wo shall coir, menco tho year with no bn ad stud carried over, and tho protuhility is that freights will stay at a reasonable pi ice. The foreign mar ket is now low, at least is not high, and Eng lish wheat buyers show ciiulldenro in tho fu ture by buying all the cargoes wo have to sell it rales that have been i m lent for months past. Theio is no great piolit in growing wheat at Irts than IK) cents, Tnr. Oi.mion and Washington Faumkh, to bo iumvd hereafter monthly, w ill contain all that the Wh.i.aJi:ttic Kaiiumi has pub bshed lelating to the progress ind devclof nient of the country, bushles other original matter, ami will bo just tho thing for you to end Rttt to your fi lends. As w o are anxious to havo it eiu'iil.ito largely in tho East, in tho interest of Jmmigr.itii'ii, wo make the follow, t.ig libetal oiler i To .end to any address that may bo given one copy for ouo dollar, thieo copies for two dollar, ten copies for six dollar. As each issue will contain solid read ing, gotten up with groat oire, tho ptpor will be very cheap at tho piico rained. AmmiiMi Tii thk papers, somebody East has telegraph) d nil for permission to publish "Elliott's great speech" in New Vol k. We know that the fool are not nil dead, but are not jet prepared to Miein that any fool Kut telegraphed anything of the kind. It is imply one of Elliott's made up games. Any eiinblo luau reading his '."O, (XX) wonts of steak Ursde must sen that the writer is uot iu pot- Wo aro glad to seo tho interest so generally manifested in thi very important question, and welcome correspondence that comes di rect to tho point. Mr. Eilcrs this week ex presses his views and makes tho point plainly that money hhould pay its share to support the Stato. Tho man who has money has the power to acquire property ami needs protec tion of law for himself and his interests, so should pay his share of tax. Wo agree that ho should, nnd should pay more t! an his share; but while a faun tint would cost $10, 000 would only bo assessed at .",000, nnd a debt of that much ofloct the whole assessed value, it cannot he denied that to tax money at its faco would tax it double what wo tax land. Then wo need n remedy, for tlio money lender has n right to being taxed equally, and it seems that if we givo him an excuse to com plain that ho has a grievance ho manages to evade tho law and doo-n't pay taxes at all. Wo need a law that will bo just to all. Mr. Eihra properly suggests what steps shall bo taken to kccuie full returns. Tlio samo thing has bom timo and agam shown in tho cdito rials of the IAltmi for many years past. Wo havo constantly reiterated it, that every man should make his return in wutmg, sworn to. As we do not wish to tax property twice, the question comes : shall we tax tho mort gage or tho land ? Exemption of property is shown to givo excuse for not paying taxes on millions of property, so a strong feeling is growing ugaiust allowing any exemption. The school and road districts come up with complaint that all the land is mortgaged, that the debtor claims exemption and there is no revenue for their use because the mortgages are assessed elsewhere lietwoen the common exemption of house hold goods and the oll'scttiug of debt against taxation it might happen that a district con taining property worth $100,000 would not have a dollar of revenuo that could bo col It ctod by law. No argument is ucoded to show that Bueh a condition of things is absurd aud should bo speedily amended. By some moanor other tho property of each district, town or county, should be made to fully bear its proportion of local taxos, and that can bo done, whether tho tax is levied on the debtor or creditor The duty of tho Stato is to mako all property pay its proortion towards tho exponscs of government. It is rather of public policy to consider how this can bo done without injury to individuals, but the oasiest way for the Stato will lw to assess all property that is in toulit to tho persons who appear to be its own ers. Oflsotting debts would uot roduce as- sessment if the matter was miniged honestly, but thore seems to bo great dishonesty iu many reseets. People aro studying up tho matter to ad vantage aud one consequence will bo that tho members of the Legislature will not bo ignor ant ot the question or of the importance peo ple attach tu it. So wo may hope for somo good work, WILLAMETTE VALLEY WOOL While tho average clip front tho Columbia Itivtr region becomes more popular ivery year w ith Eastern manufacturers, wool from the Willamette Vallcydcterioratea as steadily as the grades from other districts improve. The reason for this, of coistse, is neglect on tho part of farmers, h uo sheep chictly as scavengtra, to clean summer fallows and let them roam over waste lauds aud highuaji much of the time. It is a fair question to sri-ue whether there would be nioro profit to the owner if his sheep received more, care aud wen better brd. It is a favorite belie! with us that every farm should contain as much permanent pasture u wheat land, uot includ ing rough lauds that caauot be cultivated. herbage. When running in brushy foot hills, among long-jointed grass's and mountain browse, the sheep neither prospers in increase or in yield of wool as well as on open ground. fhu wool catches in the brush aud is torn from the sheep; the fleeces look ragged and weigh light and never bring what they are woith, because running through wet, high fern aud low brush washes ofT the dirt and lessens the weight, w hile it really adds to its value per pound. That is what wo have noticed in such localities. To keep sheep well will pay, and no branch of production pays unless well attended to. Thero is no good reason why Willamette Valley wool should deteriorate in qua'ity. Our ilimatefavors even texture and continual growth of staple all the year. An important question to decide is : What grasses are best for sheep f Other stock w ill do well on w hat- ever sheep will thrive on, but the converse is not tiue. Sheep will not do so well as cattle and hoi ses will on the long, rank grasses. If some of our successful sheep men in this valley will smd us some of their valuable ex pcrienco in tho form of a communication, working up the important points of this sub ject, wo shall ho much obliged to them. Wc consider the wool product of our region as of tho first importance, and whatever encourages sheep husbandry and makes it more protitaole adds very essentially to tho permanent pros perity of our country. TERRIBLE CRIME IN IRELAND ington Territory to favor railroads in which t'ortlanu has no interest commercially, it will, iu time, find a dredeer larce enough to scoop the city out if it cannot tho channels of the river that leads to it. It becomes the people of tho Willamette Valley to look to other sources for immigrants to Western Oregon. our comments. Wo have good opportunities for under standing how immigrants nre treated here, as many of them come to tho Farmer office, and we think that the Democrat is mistaken in its supposition that immigrants aro turned away from the Willamette Valley. Tho Farmer crtainly docs all it can to make this valley appreciated, and sees no effort on the part of auy one to turn people away from Western Oregon. At the Immigration Bureau we have seen immigrants who ii quired for information and have heard them well posted by Colonel Moorcs as to tho advantages of this valley, aud especially concerning Douglas and Jack son counties. The fact that a wide extent of open land can ho taken East of the Cacades turns the multitude who have small means in that direction, while many who come with means go up tho Willamette Valley. We have seen hundreds of new comers go up the Wil lamette this spring, and we hear that Salem is crowded with new arrivals who temporarily stop thero while they decide where to locate. While we waste no time or words flattering Portland, we feel like doing the city justice in this particular. DeLONO'S PARTY DEAD. house was built in Cheney, and to-day it num bers six or seven hundred inhabitants with every kind of business represented here, four church urbanizations, ucnevoicni oroers, ana, Las we write we hear tho school bell calling the students to Uie Cheney academy, an institu tion which will compare in etry way favor ably with similar institutions in the East. We have given yon somo general ideas about this country, but remember no one can deacribo it; so you will not be disappointed when you come that is so you. can get a crrec idea of the appeaianco of things by a description We who are here have left i Id States to make homes here. We all intend to stay here. It is not necessary to misrepresent the country to iudu-o others to come. But when you do come, you will find those who will welcome you. STATE At MS. - The world has had a great deal of sympa thy for Ireland, and greeted with satisfaction all liberal notion of England towards that people. It is not easy to undo 'the misrulo of many centuries, however. When Gladstone attempted it ho took a great work on his hands, and has had both England aud Ireland to contend against. A few days ago ho made tho best move ever mado for Ireland, liberated Parncll and his friends, nnd even turned loose all those suspected of crime not known to bo guilty of unpardonable sins. On Saturday the now Secretary for Ireland, chosen to carryout the new policy of reconciliation that Parncll accepts, and which was expected to result in the "Homo Itulo" that tho Irish so long for, was sw orn irito ollico. He was a man of such gentlo character that tho enemies of Gladstone laughed at tho idea that ho could till tho position. Soon after his installation ho and tho Under Secretary, who boro the his torically Irish namo of Burke, were walking in a public park, when thoy wero attacked by masked men, who inhumanly butchered them both, in a manner a Modoc Indian could not exceed for barbarity. Novcr in tho annals of time has a more terrible tragedy happened, or at a more inauspicious moment. The Irish peoplo wero everywhere jubilant because they hail won from England concessions that amounted to victory, nnd they could believe the realization of their hopes not distant in the future. Of course, tho world is shocked. and tho best clement of tho Irish are appalled at the terriblo catastrophe. Tho only solution wo can offer is that these assassins were Feni ans, who represent in Ireland tho destructive policy, as tho Nihilists enact it m Kus.sia. Thoy are only a small element of the nation ality, and are condomned by the priesthood. The policy of FeUianism is to terrorizo tha country until England abandons it. The dawn of a day when England shall do such justice to Ireland as to pacify the Iri.h peoplo and rcconcilo them to bo still a part of the United Kingdom would destroy tho Fenian stock iu trade, so this damning atrocity is perpetrated to iufuriato the English people and cause the downfall of tho liberal govern ment of Gladstone, to five further excuse for the murder of landlords and a continued reign of terror. Gladstone contemplated still fur ther improvement of the land laws, which are working already so well that Irish farmers would gladly resort to the land coutts, only that Feniauism often visits murder and arson on those who do. -This terrible deed may re sult iu good, if the Irish people are capable of actually repudiating it, and showing thit it is merely the deed of fanatics. We do not be licvo it will destroy confidence in Gladstone or weaken his own faith in his policy. It is, perhaps, only tho natural result of oppression that Ireland haa suffered for centuries, and should lead to practical reform rather than to further oppression. Ore of the most gallant men in the United States Navy was Liiutenant DcLong, com mander of the wrecked Jcanette. It requires mcu of extraordinary force of character to face death in the arctio seas, and the records of artic exploration form a continuous narrative of the death from arctic ritrors of such men as Sir John Franklin and Lieutenant "DcLong, for DeLon, and the dozen men who breasted with him the bleak and frozen solitudes of the Siberian Lena have been found dead The other boat, manned by Lieutenaut Chipps and bis crew, no doubt have met similar fate, but may never ho found. Only by the merest accident, that thoy struck a direction that led to Siberian stations, did it happen that Mel ville and his crowescapod to toll tho tale. We hear fuithcr that the Rodgers, another looker after tho Jeanctte, was burned in tho Arctic sea", and her crew is struggling for life among such difficulties as we cannot imagine. Haven't we had enough of this sacrifice of our best manhood! Do tho widows and orphans find compensation that t'lcy once belonged to heroic men ? Can the world spare its noblest types for what little there is to learn? It really docs not seem as if "tho gair.o was worth the candle." Diphtheria is prevalent in Corvallis, Oregon. The Itemizer says Independence escaped tho earthquake. Grangers of Polk county are going to pull their wool. A number of immigrants are in Lane county looking for land. The Dallas Brass Band has iust received a $700 outfit and uniform. Centerville, Umatilla county, is to have a $7,000 school house. A boy named Frank Colman, of Coburg, Laue county, killed two cougars last week. The Wasco Sun has forsaken its original cause, and is now a "patent outside" paper, Umatilla county 'teachers' Institute will convene at Milton on May 11, and continue three days. The Evangelical Church will hold a camp meeting at Independence, and continue a week or more, commencing on the fourth Sab batn iu June. A Chinaman attempted to commit suicide Wednesday last at Eugene. Cause, no money and no friends. He is being cared for by the authorities at iugeno uity. The newly elected city officers of Corvallis are as tollows : Mayor, Jr. A. Ulienoweth; recorder, S. T. Jeffrie ; marshal, Al. Pygall; treasurer, S. L. Heudeison. Two little sons of J. P. Irvine, of Inde pendence, were riding a horse and fell off, se verely injuring one of the little fellows. He is improving at last reports. The stockholders of the Minto Pass Road recently held a meeting and re-elected officers: A Burt, W. Brcymau, R. M. Wade, J. V. Berny and John P. Frank, directors. All un paid subscriptsons must be paid before June 4, 1882. Over 130 reserved seats were taken for Muldoon s Picnic at Salem on Saturday last. Specimens of stone coal has been shown the Times, found on Evans' creek, Jackson county. The annual picnio of tho Willamette Uni versity occurred Monday. The steamer Nel lie was chartered and tho party was taken up Soundi and Looki Metropolitan. A stranger coming" to Seattle now cannot fail to realizo that he it in a city. We u. cast off our rough appearance and stumpy on. dition, and can no longer be nic named ''stump-town," an appellation given uj lom two or three years ago by a corre-pondent of a California paper. We to-day present an aclive and city-like appearance that compart, favorably with Portland", Oregon, Oakland ot San Jose, California. Ot course, Seattle it no so densely populated, but what we lose jr. numbers wo mako up in location and general appearance. We have the continued buzz of four large saw-milb, together with the racket -of a boiler shop; these coupled with the caulker's hammer and the arnval and depar ture of the cars and steamers make the city sound extremely metropolitan. Oui appear a co is our winning card, for from the water Seattle presents to tho view of the wsferv traveler a beautiful city by the sea; risine gradually from the water's edge ton moderate hight and then sloping back, proving that the is and always will be provided with a natural drainage. Her buildings are eoual in am, . a city of her size both in size and beauty of design, and in manyinstances rare taste being displayed. Our merchants exhibitamnnrtk.:. extensive stock the productions of every coun try under the sun, which can be bought at moderate pricos. Post-Intelligeiir. More Coal. For the past few months Mr. Denny, in charge of a party of nine men, has been en gaged in exploring and prospecting the Green and Cedar river country, in this county, for coal, in the interest of tho Washington Coal Company. The party discovered and located eight veins. Six of these nro of a fine quality of bituminous coal, and tho remainincr two ar small veins of anthracite. The largest of the eight discovered measures six feet across, of solid coal, iralls have been cut into each of the veins discovered, and a number of cabins have also been built, so that the work of de veloping these veins may be pushed rapidly as soon as the weather is sutficimtly settled. Whil" here Mr. Denny will increase his work ing forco to about forty men, with which he expects to be able to make a good showing during tho presei.t season. Seattle Pott-Intelligencer, A Friend la Hie friendless. Spokan Agricultural Society. A number of the best farmers, of Spokan county assembled in Cheney, recently, to take the first steps towards organizing an agricul tural society and holding a fair neat fall. Col. Smith, of Medical Like, was called tu tho chair, and Francis II. Cook, of the Spokan 7'i'ihm, was elected .ecretary. Kemarls were made by Wm. Bingham. Esq , of Spokan Falls, Hon. I). F. Percival, Judge D.C. Lewis, J. N Glover, Esq., of Spokan Falls," Judge A, A. Smith and others. A committee, con sitting ot one member iu each precinct, was chosen as a committee of arrangements, to meet in Cheney on Monday, June Ath, Alter some appropriate remarks from vari ous gentlemen the meeting adjourned. There is great interest inthe scheme of organizing such society aud it will be a success. Married. At Itockville, April 30th, by Rev, J, A. Varney. Chis, L. Carson and Miia Piml.Y. Hale, both of Wasco county. One of Many. Northwestern Trlbuno. Tho following letter Postmaster Bettinger hands us with a request that we answer. It is a sample of such as wo receive almost every day, and wc have found the task of answering all of them too much for us. Here is the letter: Werster Co., Neb., March 30, 1882, P. JA, Cheney, IV. T. : There is being quits a large colony organ ized in this Stato to start for your town iu May. I would like to know how those who have located in and around Cheney are sat itfied. What State is the largest represented iu your county. I would like all the informa tion you conld-givo me on the subject. Yours truly, Wm. M. Carothehs. In answer to tho first inquiry "How those who have located in and around Cheney are satisfied," we do not hesitate to publish our belief that every one is well satisfied that they nave (tone uetter ftere than ever did before. The second question "What State is the largest represented here" is more difficult to answer. It is not sayine too much, wo think to say that every State in the Union is rep resented iu Spokan county. The first settlers iu Washington Territory mostly came from Oregon and Missouri; but it must be remem bered they had crossed the plains some yoars before to bettor their fortunes in the great West. Late yoars people from every State have heart! of Oregon and Washington Terri tory, and are comiuir here to makn lmn ,i establish educational, social and religious in stitutions. There is not a more moral, enter prising or lawabing people in the world than can ve found here. The last request to "give all the information you can on the subject" is too broad aud indefinite for us to undertake. But presuming that your colony is mostly made up of farmers, or those who wish to take up or purchase lands, we will say generally Eastern Washington is almost entirely an agricultural country. The topography of the country is rolling, aud in some places quite broken, but there is plenty of good land for thousands of comfortable homes The country is well watered from small streams or Bprings. The timber is principally pine, which is used only for fuel and building purposes. The country is admirably adapted to the growing J kind' of small graiu, and rai.ing stock of all kinds. Many people make an exclusive business of raising horses; others, cattle; others, sheep. All Viuds ot stock are remark ably healthy and free from diseases incident to stock in the States. .For growing all kinds 0,..vsetil;le. t,,.u ""-ntry is almost unex- , The h,n,'r "" will do well. leople take an active iuUrtst in school matters. In nearly every district in this coun ty n bo fouud a small, new school house, while the larger towns are beginning to enjoy the advantages of aci.lm!. ..Ti .. i schools. About a year and a half ago the Ant the river. A public ' meeting will be held at Butte Creek Grange Hall on Saturday, .May 13, 1882, at 2 o'clock r. M by the farinersor the purpose of devising means to ship their own grain thisFall. The meeting will be ad dressed by Daniel Clark and J. Voorhees. A prisoner in the Pendleton jail attempted to everpower the jailor at that place last wecK, out was overpowered. The Chinamen employed on the Oregon Construction Company aro on a strike. They have been getting S'-6 per'' month, but they want 30. There aro 400 employed. The A'. O. says much freight is iromi: over tho mountains from Umatilla. The Klamath Wagon Road -Company Has filed articles of incorporation iu the ollico of the Secretary of State. Object, to build a wagon road from Linkvillo to a point on the southern boundary of the State of Oregon, TEKKITORIAL W Walli Walla is infested with burglars. The measles are prevalent at Goldcndale, J,. An inhabitant of Port Townsend has in vented a "iloatirg afe." Next. Tho Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital has been formally opened at Tacoma. A Sunday School Convention will be held at New Tacoma about the first of June. Boise City is going to have a city hall, and the Statesman publishes an extensive diagram oi tne same. H. H. Blanchnrd, confined in the county jail at Dayton, W. T., escaped last Thurs day. Tho sheep commissioner of Garfield county reports that there are 32, 190 sheep in that county. A lot has been donated and there wilt bo a Catholic church elected on it by the citizens of Colfax. Twenty applicants for teachers' certificates were examined by the school superintendent of Walla Walla county one day last week. There will be much building in Walla Walla this season, says the Statesman, and cites a number of parties who contemplate building. Mr. A. N. Brown, who lives one mile north of Waitsburg, informs the Timet that a water spout visited his placo on the 3d iust. The base ball game played by the Dayton and Waitsburg niues was a draw game, and the score stood 19 to 21 in favor of the Day ton nine. George H. Bartges, sheep commissioner for Columbia county, reports the total number of sheep in the county as" 14,475, and the total number of lambs 6,019. The Washington Standard says that the 'ruit blossoms indicate a bountiful yield this year. The late season, if it is productive if uo other good will insure the buds against frost. A man full of liquor rode into the town of Waitsburg and before he could stop his horse ootii went ovi r a bulkliead into tbe Jouchet. The mm got a ducking and was fined $15 and c sts in all, $23 Dayton has a new engine company officered as follows: W. H. Kuhn, president; Jay Kellogg, secretary; John Berry, treasurer; Geo. Ihrig. foreman; L. A. Davis, 1st assist ant; T. H. Dupuy, 2d assistant; W. R. Parker, 3d assistant. The Waitsburg Timet says that never in the history of that county have the prospects for an abundant crop been more promising on the first of May than they are bow. Every where the hills are carpeted with grain that could not possibly look mora promising. There are between 70 and SO scholars in the Territorial University at Seattle. Frank Warner, the man recently afflicted with small-pox at Newcastle, died on Thurs day, after a few days' illness, and was buried at once. It is sincerely hoped that the disease will not suread. aud to that end a strict uuar. antine is enforced. Tbe new Catholic church At Seattle is to be &0xlM aud 48 feet high and 112 feet to top of tower and will seat 800 persons with ease. The ceiling will be 31.7 feet high and will be handsomely finished inside and outside. The contract calls for its completion by August St. Jjseph Saturday Djraocrat, Auj-. 27, 1431. Sorrow and sickness is the tso eommon he-itago of humanity, and when we see how little is done to alleviate the miieries of thn great mass of humanity we are almost out of patience with life. Even where the inten tions are best, Jgnorauco is prone to bid the afflicted "suffer and be strong," instead of "ministering to tho mind di-eised," ur laying a hand of healing on the poor tortured body. Ah I when Science and Philanthropy, with love nnd sympathy and skill, come to the aid of the sufferers, they feel as if the angel of an nunciation had drawn near. Samaritan Nervine really is salvation to thousands. I speak from a full heart when I say it, for friends very near and dear to me have been restored to health and happiness by means ot it. ' God bless Dr. Richmond," said one of them to me the other day. "I feel as I know the man mentioned in Scripture must have felt when he went from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thioves, and when robbed and at the point of death, was befriended and re stored to health by the Gojd Samaritan." "Yes," he contiuucd, "that was exactly my condition. I have spent a fortune in doctor's bills and patent medicims. Everything I could hear of I tried, so desperate was my situation, but 1 grew worse steadily, until some kind friend told me of the Samaritan Nervine. Since taking it I am, as you see, restored to perfect health. With such incontrovertible proof of the beneficent nature of the remedy, it is not strauge that an editor, always solicitous for an accurate knowledge of what could benefit the world in general, should take the earliest opp irtunity of visi'iug tlio invenUr and pro prietir of the medicine at the World's Epi leptic Institute. We found the doctor iu his elegant private office busily engaged in superintending tie gentleman whose business it is to attend to the details of the immense correspondence w hich is a natural result ot his wide-spread reputation. On making known our wishes, he very kind ly accompanied us in our tour of inspection uiuugu boa mugiuuceub uuiuung ana grounds. Almost as soon as we entered the offi.o our attention was arrested by a wonderful collec tion of photographs, numbering somewhere in tho thousands. All nations ages and stations side by side with the picture of the humble artisan ; innocent childhood and withered old ago showed in their counterfeit presentments the gratitude they could not speak ; doctors, lawyers, ministers of the Gospel, soldiers, la borers, plain mothers of families, haughty children of wealth, rich and poor, high and low, black and white, all were represented. It reminded me of the miracle cures of Europe, only instead of the cratches, ban dages, gold, silver and wax images of tbe re cuperated pilgrims, left before the shrine of tne miracle worker, Ur. Kiclirhond nas as testimonials the pictures of his deeply grate ful patients. ' You must feel very happy, doctor, when you look at this collection," we said. "Ah I yes," said the doctor, pleasantly, " but if you'like my Art Gallery, what would you say to my Library !" He led the way to the next apartment, and we followed, expecting only to see perhaps one bookcase filled with dusty tomes of ab stract science. Instead, the walls were lined with very handsome bookcases, containing over one hundred thousand unsolicited testi monials, from those whom the' Nervine bad cured. " How wonderfully fortunate as well ai talented you are," we exclaimed in amaze meut. "The Nervine has nroved a nerfect gold mine " Ihe doctor looked at us reDreaohfnl. "1 am not one' to underestimate the value of wealth," he answerer1, "for I have known what it is to be without it, but what is the most cellossal fortune that was evei in the grasp of mortal man in comparison to the g od my remedy is doing f Picture to yourself, if you can, what must be the feeling of au epi leptic. Think of him with hit dreadtul disease so long pronouced incurable. He cannot take part iu the studies, duties, employments, "rec reations or amusements of an ordinary fellow beicg. He is au object of horror rather than of pity to hi friends. His malidy never stands still; i. is constantly growing worse aud more dreadful in all its phases. Last ard most dreadful before him stands the au ful phantom of insanity. Sleeping or waking he feels that it is there, and that sooner or later it will clutch him; and it does. An epileptic must be, like Jon, tempted to curse Heaven and dh . Why, it would bring tears to youc eyes to read a letter I received from a grntle man at Potsdam, Ne-Yoik, telhng bow he had two thousand dreadful fits in eighteen months, and is now. thanks to the Nervine. entirely cures. That poor fellow can scarcely find words strong enough to express his feel ings. That' the kind of thing to make a man feel happy. V 5 MdtWtiilU.A'fllhM-i' 'JWst, ' .. i .LuAt i . ,. t tliiti Tili.ttislsliillrV ,-J .'-iyi.-Mfe .hsugi'rWi .AhsAUb&HsL -AJ3flstiiifos1t ' s -