Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, June 23, 1882, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti r IV ' i ra il- ; ii. ( i m I n i WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON. JUNE 23, 1882, srarasiiii jrauea every Week by the IIXAMETTE FABJIKK Pl'KLIAHINCl CO. TERMS OF SUCSCRItTIO.S: One rear. (Portage paid). In advance I 2.60 Bix momns. (rosutge paia;, in advance 1.Z0 Less than six months will be, per month 25 ADVERSISlNd RATES : Advertisements will be Inserted, providing tn are respectable, at the follow ingr table of rates : One Inch c-f space-per month $ 2.50 Three Inches of space per month 6 00 One-half column per month 16.00 On column per month 80O0 fORTLArTD'S EMTBaPBEaE. m.amnle couics sent free on application Publication Office. No. 5 Washington Street. talrs. rooms No. 6 and tk Up I'l lifIIKIt'.-t ANMUM IMIKVr. Tlie following are authorized to receipt for subscrip tions to this a)er, jf3"Wcre we have no agents re mittances MUST be made, (expenses ald, to us by Registered Letter, or Moncj Orders, or Express. ALL I'Al'I.USIIISCONIIM Ell AT THE EAl'MA TION OK THE TIME I'AIII lOli. It I, Hlimnon Amity It I, .Slim Aurora , .Oco Allllcr Brownsville .W It Kirk Bllttevllle .JolinlSatclicllcr Hutte creek r. bkert n Itrooki W II Harris Bcllevcio Jeff Davis Crawforusuile Ilc-lit lllasi i Lebanon . .0 V Smith r Lcv.isWIIr.llC'McTilnlnonu' : Looking Glass.. M Cochran - Lincoln L Abninis i McMlnnvillc.J Mcl'bllllps illrO'O . ...S Robbins i Mt Pleasant K S Thacr i Han.. ., ll nullierforil ! Mohawk ..J 8 Churchill i Monmouth . W Waterhousc NoVainlilll. OWSappington nelMalley.TKtt lanui ' t'lioi iiock.. .k uuiiani Pendleton,. Lot Llvcrmore Pcrrdale ..IWMcGrcw l'lcasalitllill OWIIandsakcr : Riverside Cr'Knowlcs i Itoscburir...S K Itavmond Sweet Home, ...7, I) Moss ' Salcn S YV Church ..A D Gardner Jno Down nv Goshen J Handsakcr.Hcto ... . .J8 Morris Cottwe Or. .J II Shortrldjrc CorvaiHs Meyer Harris unampoetf, . ..a Jctle Damascus . E Port. Ilaton , ECHadiuay Drains ...Hon J C Drain Dallas , .ID Smith Ditfur .. .-A J Dufur, Jr Kola , ..Thomas I'earcc Elkton . . .A II Ilalncs Eugene .Hon J II McClung Kllenslmrir ..Hon Jl llllcv Forest Grove. ,S tliuhcs Staiton Fox Valley., .A D Gardner Sublimity Gaston ,,,A C ILiyiuoud nervals M Mitchell Ooldendale.il F Sailor Co! IIarrls)jtirir...IIon II hmltli Halsey.. IJhck, Peirl ACoj Iriing A C Jennings independence w b llodirln Jacksonville... Max Mullen Junction .... WII Ilabcrl Jefferson J W Roland Zena Shcild W M Powers Tangent John Lupcr inrncr r .viaucRon Wilbur. .. . Hon Thos Smith Willamette F....M Wilklns Welles A A Williamson Weston LSWood Waltsburg . .W N SmIMi Walla Walla J Jacobs ..8 BGlmblo HI'KCIAL NOTICE. Wo havo agents In the field who are duly authorized as follows: Mr. K. M. Graves, who resides at Sheri dan, will canvass Yamhill and adjoining counties in the Interest of the Farmrr He Is duly authorized to receive and receipt for subscriptions. Mr J. W. Range, of Chcency, W. T., Is also our agent. Mr. Alfrod Slocmn. at present In Umatilla county, Is also duly authorized as our agont. The Ohelisk in Central Park, New York, will have to bo protectee! in lomo way, as our climate bids fair to ruin tho inscriptions, hawing indications of crumbling away. Moses Taylob, a man being identified with leading efforts in New York City, died a few days ago. A steamship on this coast being named for him, makes the name a familiar ono. Tim 0, & C. Kailhoaii Company aro push ing work towards Jackson and Josephine counties as fast as possiblo and will this year probably roach Upper Cow Creek, near tho lino of thoso counties, but tho grading is very heavy and expensive-and tho work must nocos aarily proceed ulowlj. It will probably re quire two more seasons to finish the road to tho California line, aa it will lie heavy work nearly all the way. When the road shall bo completed it will mako a great change in Southern Oregon. The Monmouth, III,, tow, of May 20th, has a notico of tho death of Major John C. Bond, one of tho oldest residents of that coun ty, and highly respectid. lie was aged 83 years, and playod au important part in tho early history of that section, having filled im portant offices and borne a very oxcellent reputation. Major Bond was a near relative of Mrs. Jesse Ixxnioy, wife of the oarly pio neer who settled near Jeflorson, Marion coun ty, and the Hands' of Linn and Lano county aro also his relatives. It is evident, from this sketch given of Major Bond, that tho family ws as highly respected in Illinois as in Ore gon. A M.W railroad project is now talked of, with huso of operations at Spokm Falls, A company luw incorporated to build a railroad from Rathdiim, uliove Spokan Falls, on the lino of the N. 1', K. H., to Cu-ur d'Alcno lake; also to put steamboats on that lake autl tho rivers running into it, Tho railroad is to bo exteudod towards r'armini'ton, in tho I'alouso country, and used to transport wheat from thero and timber and lumber from tho Caur d'Alcno Mountains, As tho mills at the falls now use logs rafted ami run down Cjom Gvur d Alone Lnko by water, it looks to us as il there was uo chance to build a railroad to bring iIiihii lumber as cheaply as tho rivor brings tho logs. Portland cannot lie strictlv called a rjlace Rl of great enterprise, except in the narrow way - I thai tf Lata nn hanrl at. full nrirota at-ywdra nf goods to meet the demands of country cus tomers. The railroad corporations whose business centers here show a broad apprecia tion of tho situation, and will undoubtedly supply in that connection all the facilities the commerce of the whole conntry may require, but the town has no such appreciation of needs, and confines itself to the wants of trade. To be sure, they have lately bought a tug to place on the bar, but that is expected to earn its way, and may even pay a hand some per cent, on its cost. What I'oitland wants is commerce. The town is located up two rivers, and one hun dred and twenty miles from the ocean. The natural seaport is one hundred miles lower down, and yet the power and wealth of Port land draws the commerce of the whole region one hundred miles further up stream. We havo no objection to make to all this, only we do not wish to see tho production of tho coun try pay unnecessary tribute t ) this city, and wo do think that tho immense wealth accumu latcd here should do something for its own commerce. For instance : We all know that the bar of the Columbia needs improving, and that bars between Astoria and Portland inter fere with commerce. This city is abundautly able to havo this work done, and if it showed appreciaaion government aid would bo more readily obtained. Conversing with a gentleman of considera ble wealth, wo asked why the bars were not scraped to improve navigation during the present high water. He replied that it is too much to expect Portland to do this work un aided by tho rest of the country. Let us seo how that is : Outside of Port land there aro few rich men in tho State, not a dozen who can bo considered magnates to compare with hundreds in Portland who havo grown rich easily. The gentleman we con versed with had a little town property that made him rich. A half dozen men in this city represent ten millions of dollars. They made their monoy in trade, with the country for customers, and by the rise of town prop erty, or in transportation schemes that were great monopolies. Having so many millions that they actually are put to their wit's end to find safo investment for them, and hoping to double their wealth by the future of Port land as a seaport, thoy actually wait fur the countiy to como to their aid and dig out tho rivers and the bars. The country is hard worked and never over well p.id. The country earns all it gets by tho sweat of tho brow, while tho wealth of Portland is so great that single individuals could apply ono yoar'a income for that pur pose and keep tho rivers and bars all cleared, so that vessels could reach their wharves at all stages of water. When such is the case it is plain to tho country that Portland enter prise is not equal to tho situation. We repeat what we have said often, that the producers of tho whole regiou have no in terest in clearing the bars above Astoria. Portland alone is interested in having ships come to her wharves, and her capitalists country Eist of the Mountains, and may make some difference with their harvest. If the present indications continue we place the exportable surplus of the Columbia river for the next harvest year at 260,000 tons, same aa for the year just passed. As this in cluded last year 40,000 tons held over from 18SC, even that will show 40,000 tons in crease in actual production, which will be 60,000 tons increase in the yield East of the Mountains. The Oreqonian alio predicts that freights will bo lower, and that wheat will sell at $1 55 to 51 CO per cental here. In its calcu lations about freights, that paper counts on a much larger quantity of wheat to ship than we shall probably have. California may also have a light yield, probably much less than they claim in their prints, nipping will be here in excess ot our needs, dr ut least a very full supply. Tho exporters are reticent about freight", but say charters can now bo made for next fall for 55s. Our view of it is that tonnage will be abundant, and that freights will be as low as 60s The world's crops pro mise large yields, and we cannot expect great prices if all nations have large crops, but it may be that crops will not mature as well as they now expect. At all events wo are cer tain of abundant tonnage and cheap freights, aud if English prices are held up fairly w e may get 1 75 per cental for 'wheat, and can hardly fail of getting $1 60 Another fact about Western Oregon is that tho area of land in wheat is not increased. Thero may be increase in some localities, "and cx'ra good crops in some localities, but that is not generally the case. Many prudent farm ers are putting down their old wheat helds into permanent pastures a erv sensible thing to do and will benefit by so doing. Grass is more profitable than poor wheat, and many fields need rest and recuperation. At timet this past season grass seed could hardly be supplied to satisfy the demand. It is a pity that hundreds of thousands of acres that have been long and steadily run to wheat can not be put into grass. decline in importance or be put on a different basis. Farming here has passed the era of virgin fertility, when the eager soil gave crops without more than half cultivation. We have riached "hard pan." and will bo apt to "bump bed-rock," to use familiar mining phrases, if we do not take a proper view of tho situation. We have repeatedly alluded to the fact of decreased production here, but the country is not by any means less valuable, it has merely changed its conditions, as all land does after a generation of occupancy. All we havo to do is to adapt our system to these enn ditions to secure success. The fertility of the soil is unquestioned. Clover grows now where it could not bo induced to half-wny thrive a few years ao. That is a tremendous gain. Other advantages present themselves here that are worth improving; grasses that would not thrive here years ago now do well, aud use forgraoes is greater than ever before. This subject may well engage the attention of experienced farmers, and we hope some such will take it up and show in full what we have only crudely handled. . THE LATEST HOEROK. CHAN (JED CONDITIONS OF WESTERN OREGON. Wo are coming upon a new era in Oregon production, based on a change of commercial conditions. It was only lately that we confi dently said that the Wiliametto Valley was Oregon. It was the general belief that the country East of the Mountains would remain a pastoral region, and was only fitted for that use. A great deal depended, of course, on the want of transportation in that region. The most sanguine mind had no conception, -..w ,,.. w, V1 nuat ww iu me near , . , - ... future, or dreamed it possiblo that a railroad I h,ai1 10 atupe!? t''cmselves w"h l'q"' before Kuvy uuuiu uuug eueiiiaeives iu cne ioui wortc. With advance in the world's progress come also the attendant vices that curse the civili zation they spring from and distort. Of late this region has known its full share of crimes and murders. The haunting demons of vice are with us constantly, while only a few years since we wcie measurably freofrom such evils. Portland is infested with as vile crea'urcs as any city can furnish, and now that the Brad ley case has come to an end, as conservators of the public good we unwillingly refer to it, not to recite the vile facts that polluted tho cars of the listeuing crowd an I w hen trans ferred to the columns of the daily press did all that was possible to debauch the minds of all who read, but to draw the lesson of the crime and show the duty of the citizen. All the ficts show that the murdered man Brown was deliberately enticed into this den of prostitution, and because he dared to accuse its inmates of a crime of a light order, licfore a grand jury, he was drugged and mur dered. The particulars of the case are horri ble to believe, especially when its chief actors were women, but a fallen woman is often a fiend. The evidence all shows that the vic tim and his murderers were drunk when the deed oos done. The man Brown had been drinking and the woman Bradley and all her accessories had become beastly with liquor before they could bring themselves to perpe trate such a hellish deed. The miserable men who pandered to these wretched creatures, and at their bidding aided in concealing the deed, QUEEN OP THE PACIFIC. This is the name of the new steamer, just launched by Messrs. Crarr.ps & Sons, of Phila delphia, for the Oregon Railway and Naviga tion Company, to be put on the ocean route to San Francisco. Some idea of the way in which this company provides accommodations and safe conveyance for its passengers may be gathered from the following paragraph, taken from the Nautical Gazette This new vessel is by far the finest specimen of naval architecture ever turned out from the establishment of the Cramps, notwithstanding men iiauuiwum is marKea lnaenuiy ULOn some of the leading steamers in the Atlantic and Pacific coast trade. Tho external appear ance of the Queen of the Pacific is very pleas ing to?the eye of the competcnfcritic aa well as to those who can only judge of a vessel by her proportions and beautv of outline She is pronounced by all tu be a I cautiful ship in model. BVmmetricil nr nor ion, in iipfttnp..a of design and finish, and in all tho points that go to make up a superior vessel, while inter nally art has Produced some marvplnna rpsiiHa in her adornment, so that to day she stands without a peer in tho richness and elaborate liess of her exterior decorations Her cost will not be far from half a million dollars when ready for sea. The Queen of the Pacific has been built to obtain the highest class in bureau Veritas for transatlantic ser vice, aud holds a ceitificate U V at effect. She is 330 feet long, 38.7 feet beam, 22.6 feet hold and 30 feet to awning deck. Slie is 2,727.80 tons, custom house measurement. Sim Lao 1,200 tons, dead weicht eiarcn fimiv Ann tons bunker capacity on 16 feet draft. She is nan urig nggea with iron masts in one piece, and is well canvassed. She has an inverted direct-acting compound engine, with 45 and 90 inch c linders and 48 inch stroke of piston. Sho has valve pistons, the first ever applied in this country, similar to those on the Alaska, aud is expected to develop 3,000 horse power, and a maximum speed of engine of 80 turns pui nmiuiu, which, wun iuu pounds ot steaTi, will give her a speed of sixteen knots an hour. Sho has eight b ilers, 11 feet in diameter and 12 feet long, with shells 1 inch thick and 370 square feet of grate surface, and will bum about 60 tons of coal per day, working up to full speed. The propeller wheel is IB feet in diameter and 23 feet pitch, the blades and a spare set on board, having been made in Eng land of manganese bronze, costing (with duty added, 40 per cent.) about $15,000. It is ex pected that the Queen of the Pacific will be a very fast ship. Working on about half power on her trip, she has made 60 turns, easily develnping a speed of over 13 knots; which exceeded the expectations of her builders and special super intendent, J. C. Henderson, to whose good taste ana liberal views much of the credit is due for such a perfect ship. Martin Bulger, who has been the superintending engineer from the time her keel was laid, will go out in charge of the . machinery, assisted by Chief Eugineer Paterson, from the Cramps' shops. She will be under the command of Capt. I. E. Alexander, with C. Erickson as chief officer, and Ueo. W. Edwards as chief steward. should rocognizo that faot and act upon it, Even in respect to improving the bar at the ocean, this city has the most at stake and should see it done at its own cost rather than havo tho work lag. Pugot Sound has all pos sible advantages for commerce, and our pro ducers can trado there if they can offer tho heat inducements. Portland has its very lifo at stake and cannot invest a hundred thousand dollars a year to any hotter uso than to aid its own commerce. It can sparo that much an nually bottor than tho country can spend one tenth that sum. It has so much to gain and can so well allord to spend money iu insuring its own future, that it would seem as if one hundred thousand dollars ought to bo sub scribed at tho mere suggestion of its Board of Trade, by tho wealthy individuals who can be found on Front and First streets. PROSPECT OF CR0P8 AND PRICES. Now Til t horso-raisiug becouus an imort ant btiiueh of business in Eastern Oregon, horse thieoa are cry numerous and inflict great loss upon itockinen. It is commnu to road how horse thieves are caught and strung ap by sultcring fanners of the Western coun try, and there is great pru ocatiou w hen such scoundrels nib working farmers and honest stockmen of aluablo animals, There seems to bo an organization that carries on horso and cattle stealing systematically, running alock to Nevada, or Salt Lake, or off North. Cot tain it is that if thieves carry on their in famous liusiiivici thuy may expect to moot sum mary justice some day without the help of court or jury. Tilts Nkw Yoitk Jltmht shows up the tricks of the demagogues in tho last legislature of that Htate, and the management of Could and Ysuderliilt to prevent any legislation concern ing ti asportation. The lrtrisWturva of that State Imu been bought and sold fur eara by these railroad managers, oun legislatures especially elected on a pledge to carry out the popular u ill. 1'iually a bill has pawed pro- viding for a railroad commission, which shall bo appointed by the Governor to be elected next fall, with the consent of the Senate, but the tlrrtilit osaerta that it w ill either be etoeel jt will be pionouiictHl unconstitutional by the ourU, and that the demagogues who let it pass knew, it hail mu-omtitutional features that would annul it. That is what ailed nur bill to rrgulite fee of clerks and shcriUi. Our crop prospects iu this valley are not as good .u wo thought they wore a mouth since. Winter wheat suffered from freeziug, and re ports from the hills, in some sections, aro to the effect that tho crop is seriously in jured by the winter. Then, our late spring prevented putting grain in early on low land, and the continued dry weather has prevented its making good growth sinoe. Some wheat on French Prairie is only just up, Thero is no chance for such late grain to make a crop, with such a season as we are likely to have. A month ago, with seasonable rains, there was reason to expect a good yield of spring wheat. That mouth has given us such dry weather that the opportunity is passed for expecting a fair average crop. A contemporaty the Orryon'mi this week prodicitcs expectations of low prices for grain on certainty of an im mense crop, which is no certainty. A month ago that paper predicted that Western Oro. gon would havo 230,000 tons surplus for ox port of wheat. That wa oue hundred thous and tons too high, uuder auy circumstances. and wo now put tho probable export surplus of Western Oregon at a hundred thousand tons, or not to exceed 3,500,000 bushels. Last year's surplus was 120,000 tons, and a few oars ago we had a surplus of 160,000 tons, Wo, of con ie, would like to givo hopes of a greater yield, but we are hero tj tell the truth, aud not to mislead by making extrava gaut predictions. It is also true that the hay crop w ill bo light, and, of eoure, other crops win sillier if tho rains hold off. East of the Mountains they have a soil that retains moisture and can support a growing crop mi less raiu thau'is needed iu this valley. Dr. lllaK-k, from Walla Walla, was here last week, aud says his 2,300 acre of grain loAs well. It was put iu iu the fall, and will make a good j ieM beyond all doubt. Spring graiu promise well there, even though rain is system was about to develop the whole Uppei Country; that instead of that wide region being only fit for stjck raising, it was about to become the favorite home of agriculture, and would be, as it now is, looked to as the most desirable region, for settlement in all the Tar West. To-day the question is not: Where can tho country be farmed East of tho Moun. tains ! but : What part of it is there that does not invite agriculture? Development show that everywhere in that Eastern coun try farmers can locate to advantage', and stock men may expect to see their ranges con verted into farms aud homes as rapidly as immigration can find its way there. Eastern Oregon and Washington can furnish farms to hundreds of thousands of people, and the set tlement ot the country will proceed as fast as railroads can be pushed into these available regions. Enough land is already supplied with transportation, or has tho immeJiate promiso of facilities, to accommodate all who can como hero in tho near present. The steady stream of travel from tho States, arriv ing by every steamer, pushes up the Columbia and locates in some portion of the inviting inland f.mpire. The Willamette Valley is no longer the granary of tho North Pacific. The develop ment of tho Upper Country has brought about wonderful changes. One sure result is to bo the building up of a great city hero at Port land, and with the influx of population will como a demand that will cause manufacturing to grow up here in Portland and in the valley tuwns. vt e near tnat a great woolen factory is to bo built at Salem. Flouring mills ore increasing to grind our wheat for foreign mar kets. Airricultunrl machinery should be made here, and we shall soon hear that it is to be manufactured here to supply this great and grow ing trade. All the conditions are chang ing. Instead of being the productive region i'f tho North Pacific tho Wiliametto Valley is to be dwarfed by the growth of the interior, and it destiny must be to manufacture and produce for the supply of Portland markets and for tho necils of its own towns, that mav grow with a manufacturing population, and to supply the needs of the Upper Country by breeding good stock. Whoat growing will continue to a great ex tout, but the men of judgment will appreciate the situation aud prepare to reap the rewards that await enterprise. Like G. V. Hunt, of Sublimity, they will import sheep for mutton as well as wool, for this market will everv year demand better meats and pay better prices for thorn, lite unproved Meriuo is well enough fr the Up Country ranges, and auwersfor wool, but down here our profit will lie in catering to Portland appetites. Tho growth of a metropolis is our opportunity. Wo must grow beef and mutton, pork, chick ens, butter, eggs aud fruits for the waut of the city; and as the city has alwas made us pay her heavy tribute, let the farmer now try to get eeu by furuishiug what the citvwill consume, in tho moat acceptable inauuer, Tho cattle busiueas of Eastern Orem has dwindleil greatly. In many districts, where the grass w as eaten dow n by great numbers of animals, it waves now luxuriantly, without any to crop it. The herds are goue, never to return. The meat supply for Portland and the valley tow us must be furnished at home. and graia will hereafter be a profitable and The lesson seems to be that we should in dict and put on trial, and banish from the land, the chief agent that caused the crime, tnat leads to almost all crime and breeds crime as naturally as like produces like throughout all the world. If there had been no liquor to stupefy and inebriate there would have been no murder. Only that this demon, drink, exists to prevent and paralize moral sense, crime would not could not walk our, streets at midday and at midnight. Sum up all the evils that the of use of alco holic d'luks causes and let us strike the bal ance. There would be crime and selfishness. to be sure, for human nature is erring enough without tkis incentive, but without prisons and poor-houses would be few and far be tween; murder and robbery would bo less a matter of course; gambling houses would close their doors, and such dens of infamy as this woman Bradley kept, would lose tho active principle for e il that gives them such dread ful power. There would be a decrease in criminal expenses and consequent taxation that would leave the world s easy iu pocket as free of soul. But in this city where such horrors exist, liquor sellers, the very men who feed such vice over their counters, aro potent in politics. They grace the council board of the city rul ers. When election day comes they earn po litical promotion by patriotic deeds for party success. Victories are won and planned here in whisky saloons, and the same is true of all the cities in the land. The lesson wo draw is that the corrupt in fluence of cities and towns must bo held in check by the less corrupt citizens of tho coun try, who ore not so overawed by vice and have the power to control legislation and institute reforms. In time if we are ever to approach the millemal era it must be by banishing evil wherever possible, and this must lie the work of the people. Rum and politics go hand in hand, but tho reform element of tho world, in town and country, is certainly superior in numbers and strength, if it can be organized to demand its rights, and that includes pro. tection from the multiplied vices that strong arms: encourages. Those who are coming to Oregon can feel all confidence that the ocean voyage will be made with all possible comfort and safety, as tho ships already on the line the Columbia, Ore s;uu aim iainornia, and new, iron screw steamers, perhaps not equal in size and mag nificence to the Queen of the Pacific, but they are models of marine architecture, and every skip of the line was made as strong and safe as human skill could perfect. FAIR AT HILLSBOROUGH. A reporter of the Oreyon Tribune says that the horses already on the grounds are the most CELEBRATED STEPPERS Ever congregated on tho Pacific coast. About fifty of the most noted horses from all parts of the country are already on the grounds, and twenty more are expected the coming week. Piobably, by the time the fair opens one hun dred horses will be in the stables. To the liberality and forethought of tho di rectors of the association, must be attributed the extraordinary and unprecedented gather ing of horseflesh. The purses offered by them aro large enoutrh ti be au inducement to own ers of the very best animals, many of them be ing a small fortune in themselves. The course, fiom an early hour in the morn ing, until 9 o'clock, presents-an animated and attractivo appearance. Our reporter arrived uton the ground a little late, most of the horses having been led back to the stables. As he walked up to the course, through the crowd of jnckej a and horsemen, Jerome Por ter's running horse Trade Dollar was Hying in on the home stretch in fine shape, sending a thrill of admiration through every lover of horses on the grounds. Later on Tempest, a 2:38 entry was put around tho course in very good shape. THE TRACK Is the best in the Northwest, and will be in excellent condition when the fair opens. It is a mile course, as level and smooth as a table, and from tho grand stand the horses can be seen at any time. The following trotting entries have already been made. Our readers will detect among this list the names of many noted trotters: 2:30 class. Dexter, entered by James Meisner, of Port land. ' Sweet Home, entered by Hoggoboom, of Walla Walla. Gold Foil, entered by L. B. Lindsley, of Rcedville. Gold Foil was formerly a Walla Walla horse. Milton Medium, entered by H. Smiley, Jr " owned bj Dr. Clowe, of Walla Walla. 2:38 class. Tempest, entered by diaries Russell, of Walla Valla. Stranger, entered by James Meisner. of Portland. ' Pedro, entered by L. B. Lindsley, of Reed ville. Gen. Crook, entered by P. G. Martin, of Portland. 2:50 class. Nellie Russell, entered by Charles Russell, Multnomah '.ounty Pomona Orange. Editor Willamette Farmer: greatly ueeded, but the dry weather is some-1 even more profitable than wheat. Tim alley what of a hludrauco to the crop of the w holer1 needs au infusion of new life, and mutt either July Meeting and Baker City Races. The following is the programme of the July meeting at the Baker City race course : July 4th Saddle race; purso $100; 70 to urse norse, j.u to second, IU to third. Same day Dish fifth of a mile for two-year-olds; purso $180; first horse $120, second $50, third $20. Dash of one mile, free for all; nurse $200; first horse $130, second $50, third 20. July 5th Dash of one mile for Policy, Sky Lark, Tim Brainard. Buckskin. Iln Tv,.., filly, Sunbeam, Annie Brainard, Fanny Holt, Daisy A., Rosa Whipple. Rialtn n,l .M n,.,. year-old raised in Oregon, Idaho and Wash, ington Territories. Puree $150: first horse 100. second $35. third 115. Same day Trotting for three-year-olds and uuuerj nueo-year-oius io carry ISO pound ' and two-j ear-olds 140 pounds. Puree $200 first horse $130, second $50, third $20. ' July 6th Dash of ono mile for three-year-olds. Purse $150: first horse Sinn ..nn.i $35, third $15. Dash of half a mile, free for all. Purse $200; first hone $130, second $30: third $20. ' All entries for above races close July 1 1SS2. Three or more horse of a class to cu ter aud start in each race. Entrance ten nr ,--. Ce'Ut. Rmuuso' Russia Salve has proel its etli J Try it Multnomah District Pomona Grance No. 6 held a very enthusiastic meeting at East Port- land, Saturday, June 17, 1882. Grange met at 11:30 A. M, and was well attended by members from Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties. Under the head of un finished business the following resolution was taken up, briefly discussed and adopted by a unanimous vote : Jtesouva, mat indebtedness within the oeatesnoma oe allowed on State taxes, in debtedness within thecountvonennntv t and indebtedness within the district on dis-1 trict taxes. According to previous understanding It ...... ar.anged to have a strawberry festial at their June mecttng, and hence the Worthy Master declared a recess at 12:30 p. u. for .,i .,,, pose, and after all had toyed with the berries and enjoyed themselves in social converse for a. uuii-ieui rengm oi time tbey repaired to the organ and made the hall echo and re-echo the beautiful hymns of the Grange for a short uuie, wuen me Master resumed the cl air and proceeded with tho regular order of business. Under the head of suggestions tor the good of the Order, the grange was favored with an excellent selection of music, entitled 'Mur muring Shell," by Miss Ida L. Olarko; also, addresses by Brother J. B. Knapp, O. E Hajes, A. R. Shiply, O. P. Lent auJl others, all of which made the meeting very interest ing and instructive. The next mMtma of l-. grange will be hold at East Portland; Satur- uay, rtugusi iu, iosv, at 10 o'clock A. m. In compliance with the Worthv rf,,r. .. quest, the grange will be favored with the following programme at said meeting, viz. : . lecture on "fruit," by Brother GBuck. man; a lecture on "Stock," by Brother C. N Bryant; an essay on "House and Surround ings," by Sister C. E. Shiply; a lecture on tho "'""S". oypuiers. 1 Hayes; silect pi.ee. reading by Jliss 1. L. Clarke,- a selection of music, by Miss U Shiply. and a lecture on "Education," by brother T. H. Prince. Such a programme cannot fail to make said meeting very interesting and instructive, and it is hoped that all fourth degree members who can conveniently, willfavor us with their presence. '", juii.nsos, secretary. Priueville JVVim: Reports are mlv from the surrounding country to the effect mat the crop of wheat, rye and oats will be very light unless a thorough wetting rain soon visits this section. It is also reported and confirmed that grasshoppers are fast destroj . ing much grain. Owing to the dry nature of the soil, tome of the spring sown grain ha scarcely sprouted. Up to theprcrent time the rainfall has been barely sufficient to keen the irrass iu a flourishing condition; and yet those ..iic. pretend to know say that a cood cron f cereals may bo expected even if it rains within the next two weeks. The harvest is very late, aud it may seem very strange to Western Oro- gon farmers to bear of oats that "ore sow n in June, producing an abundant crop of well tilled grain. Yet such is the case, as has been proven by several of our OeSnen I,,m tl. coming harvest cannot be estimated, a.',.. ture u necessary to the mat,,,-;.. ; t Oleander, enteied by L B. Lindsley, of Reedville. Gen. Crook, entered by P. G. Martin, of Portland. Stranger, entered by James Meisner, of Portland. Bartell, entered bv Jerome Portar. of V. est Grove. Maeeie Arnold, entered hv -T. Ten.nL ni LinkviTle, Lake county. ' THREE-YEAR-OLD CLASS. Jane L., entered by L. B. Lindsley, of Reedville. May Wintler, entered by John Pender, of Vancouver. EIna J., entered by E. . Jeffries, of Port land. Kisber, Jr., entered by Joseph Buchtel, of Portland. Zillaphone, entered bv J. Beach, of T.lr county. There are twenty entries. Among the runners now on the grounds ore the following: JEROME PORTER'S STABLES. Trade Dollar. Caddie Tt ! f ...-. old named NeveHa, owned by R. E. Bybec. of AVERS AJJD .STEMLER's STABLES. Fred. Collyer. Jim Rennick and T,nn Sin. cer a two-j ear-old by Norfolk. W. O. SCOGOI.n'h 8TABLES. . Jim Merritt, Rosa May and R. S. Perkins' Mayflower. Foster's stables. Conner, a very noted horse from California, Pomeroy, Lulu Rinra. anil thm fl. ,. year-olds. molkey's stables. Just arrived from Ralrar p;t. Ta. tt...h Premium, Jessie B., and Hillie C. Mr. Tomkins, of Forest Grove, has a bay nlley named Mollie Denver on the groundi. Oood Work. Wednesday afternoon Mr. F. F. Hanna, traveling agent for D. M. Osborne & Co., gave a trial of the new 1882 Osborne (twine) self binding harvester in the rye field of William Kirkman, Esq., about two miles north of town. Tho rye was green and heavy, yet witn one span of horse the binder worked like a thing of life, binding the sheaves tight ly and neatly. The prominent feature of the 1882 Osborne solf-biuder is tho perfect con trolability of the binding apparatus. Left to itself it will perform tho work with automatic precision, binding all the grain that is de livered to the binding table, and depositing the sheave at regular interval. This is all that is required in an average and even growth of grain, but there are thin places which Would Yield but half 44,. i..l;..., .;...! l,n. die. and spot where short groin is met with, and these inequalities are provided for. The f vtr J7 U8'"g the foot "P controls the siz of the bundle, so that he can average it in iieavy or light grain; in short straw he can ad lust the band to the proper distance from tho buts y turning a wheel at hut elbow. This can all be accomplished without stopping the team or the progress of the machine. Walla If alia Union. While the present outlook i not the brightest there is no cause for desi,V f, . "i .ff ?J! W0 ?uy bri."S t grain out in wod ciency ty a test of 75 jears' constant use. iTrYE: i 'S' "P1 '" tor The Pcoet Houmd Mail say that the most disatrou flood ever known since the settle ment of the Skagit, took place recently, and a hundred thousand dollars will scarcely cover the loss to crops, dykes, improvements, etc. Some 2,500 acre of wheat baa been ub- mergea ana wm prove a loss; the logging camps havo also suffered, ThU paper nrgea all to unite in a system of dyke for protec tion in future, working in harmony under the dyking law. their labor in ,:' .; L """ "wl .icabditv of7ilK; .!iu,"'fw,"l Pe- " -a w 6o urusn sou. Ashland Tidingt; The Indians in Modoc county, Cal., eat large black cricket, which appear in great number in that section every summer. Tho Adin Atyut. of last week, aarit The festive cricket appear in our volley now in sufficient numbers to appease the appetite of 6ur Indiana: consequently, they stand 0a J their dignity when aiked to work.