Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, July 07, 1882, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextI) II M WILLAMETTE FAHMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 7, 1882. i i i mi ii . 1:1 If Pi iil I! i !! . i suil every Week ly the ItLAMF.TTi: I'AIMIKIt I'l RMMII.'VG CO. tehmr ot suiiscnimo.N. One oar. (Postaire pulfl). In adianco $ 2.&0 Six 'onths, (Postage ;nlrl), In iulvar.ee - ... 1.25 Less than aft month' will lie, ptr month 25 ADVERTISING KATCS ! AIrertlcmentlll bo Inserted, proildlng In are rosp I'UMe, at the (ollOHing uiw 01 rates : Out; U'.h ol space per month ........ .9 2.50 flir Inches of upaceper month . 6.00 On .-M( column per month 16.00 On foiumn per niontii ww r3,liiiii!e copies sent iree on nintm-anon. 1'ulil'mtlnn Olfieo: No. 6 Wa'hl.v.ton SUu.i. Up tafrs. rooms So. 5 mil fil riui.i.oiHiK'.s Avii"M'i:iu:vr. Tlio lollonlnif are authorized to receipt (or mibrcrlp lion to tlilt paper. -Wluro we haro no agents re mittances MUST lie made, (cYpenuM paid), tu us oy Rci-tcrcd (.otter, or Money Order, or ICprc. 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Rnm.', rd Cliecncy, W T., Is also our accnt. .Mr. AUreil M.icum. ut present In llmatll eounlj, Is aluo sluly uutlioilrisl as our agent. Bomk wkkkn Ado we saw a notice in a Clio ncy paper that crickets wcro ilratrnying crps at Cotton woml, in the liig liomt rogion, anil as wo I'nil left tliat place nlinut tli tiino tlio letter wai written, ami neitlier a.iw or liennl f uttcli troulilo from crickets, wo iliil not copy tin- item Now tlio satno writ-r oi'ifoMes his fliiNtake just as wo oxpectoil. Wo mitlicr ' r.r In mil of any nucli iloatroyitiR lausu in ajiy portion of nil tho regions wo have visited 'jlivru were boiuo liig crickets near tlio luiti 8, !joiit twenty miles west of Cottonwood, tlsnt were jtiniptng about ill tlie graaj where there wcr no crops near. A UKNKliAl, order has heen issued from Com missioner I.andlirun, that tlia lands of the Nortliern I'aciflc Hailroiul shall hereafter only he bold in 100 tracts, instead (if allowing peculators to hay them in great quantity and hold them f ' r a rise. Of late many sections (if v.iliialilu laud have liceu bought up in this way and when Immigrants need land they nay ho nt thn mercy of theso speculators who all old not ho allowed to monopolize land in this way. We hclievu in saving Inn. Is for ne tual settlers at rea-onahle price anil arc glad to sco this policy adopted hy tho Northern Pacific. It is heat, eventually, for the com pany as well as for actual settlers. Last I'm hay, Juno .10, thn assaa-in Gui'tcnti was hung and his worst blasphemy, If possible, was uttered as a prayer on tho gallowa, when ho viciously condemned to hell all his cnriniis and the ('resident, Court and olliceis, who at tended to him, closing with tlm aasmance to (led that he forgave nil and luted none. The uii'Cramu wreli n career is emleil. Unuyear from tho day ho shot flat Held ho was was granted unhallowed burial in the jail prem ises. The autopsy shows a brain in normal condition, and tho only conclusion io can rea uoiiahly univo at is that ho hid become miir ally and to'ally dopraved; that Ilia nature was Iven up to evil. Thoro are plenty morn like him, and when they meet their fato wo need waste no pity rdi them, NO CYCLONES KNOWN HERE. We. bavu continually r.ad, in tho news dis palo' es from thu Hast, ( cyclones, tornadoes and MirAiidii, that not only devastated wide regions of country and destroyed urcat value f property, but cost hundreds of huiuan lives, Wu havo watched theso reports for months past. Theru is never weok passes, and seldom n day but the Si ires bring tciti mony of fearful damage douo and lives de af rucd. Theso cyclones hive, occurred in all p.nti of the count I y Kaat of thu Hocky Moun tains dining the. piitig jufct gone. Wo read at ouo time, within three tlaya, of a tiixcn atorm that raged in tho Xnrtliwtat, another in tho Southwest, another at tho South, and tliero was a deatructivu wind storm th.itsnept through tho KiuUTIl, Middln ui.it Now Kng Und Ktavs. It feeiiH ua if no portion of the Kaatem Siatis, or tho Allautio Ocean, was f i on from theau destroying storms, They do lliiMli'idablu lUinayi and not only des roy crops but tear towns to picocatkit aioiu thu'r course. Tim late terrific storm that swept Iowa and tho Northwest, costing millions of ilcllara mid hundieds of lives, was a fraifol story ft ilea h mid disaster. Such storms are frequent them and milder Miranda that do leas h (in aro ao frequent that they am not ru sordid. Wo iH't'.iaionally mift hero with U'eaurii nun who give almost iuore.liblo ao vuuts of such atoims, and some arc lu-ie whu mro mined by null destruction of property. A tiitltiuau living near Salem, who has Ixin sevi'ul yiara in Oregon, says the immunity w. enjoy from such destructive teinpetts is full 0i iiifiia.tiun to him for coining to Ore gon. S. mo years ago w e w ere taken aback bo caoao a Severn wind storm swept through our country and throw down name tall lira. Apirt from that no damage of vouaequem-v occurred . After the storm Inquiry was made and nono of the Jiionccrs of tho country could recollect that any atorm of magnitude had ever happened here. We landed in Portland thirty two years ago and no storm haa occurred in all that timo, save tho one alluded to, which bears a comparison to tho cyclones constantly occurring to the Eastward, There aro per sons hero who wore connected with the Hud son Ilay Campany fifty ycirs ago, and they assert that no severe storm has ever occurred in their recollection. The face of Naturo can bo read like a book. Had any cyclone vis ited this region for hundreds of years paSt, the forests would ehow its marks, but they show no such event as ever hiving occurred since those forests have grown. It is no trivnl matter that a region as wide as this extending from llio Hocky M untain, five huudrod miles inland to the Pacific Ocean has novcr suffered from tho rage of the elements. Those who come from the Kast will also miss the fearful thunder storms they aro so accustomed to there. Once in a great while wo have a few peals of thunder, but they come very seldom, and bear no comparison to those of tho Kast. Wo do not recollect such nn occurrence for a year past. Take our region, all in all, and it knows few extremes and is ignorant of tho elemental strife that prevails so commonly in neatly all other countries. To show the consistency of tho above wo mid that the foregoing was written one even ing and the next morning's news contiined dates of duly 1st that told how "a. storm of unequalcd severity occurred yesterday" at Oregon, Ills., dozens ot families homeless, houses struck by lightning, a man killed, buildings carried away, crops destroyed and bridges carried off by wind and flood, besides which railroads wero damaged and Btock killed in almost cvciy pasture. From Chicago, famo date, tho next pirarnph says a terriblu storm was then prevailing in tlio Northwest with dainaqo to crops in Illinois, Iowa and Wiscon sin, and from Cedar It ip'ds that a fierce tor nado was then dcmolistiiug everything it struck. A dispatch from Pittsburg said the Rime day a tornado did fuirful harm neir tbeie. So wo add a postscript to show how literally our remarks aio sustained by facts. All tho history of nun and of Naturo show that no flueli storm lias ever occurred in the entire Pacific Northwest. THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. Whatever may bo said, and justly said, of all tho rest of Oregon, thn choico region of thu State is tho portion lyinu' west of the Cascado Mountains and I''ast of tho Coast Kniigo. Delightfullyshut in by those ranges, the Willamette Valley lias tlie adv.intago of proximity to tho sea, and its climate, both winter and summer, is tempered by ocean winds and currents, Ileru thcio is an an a of nearly lour millions of acres of arablo land fiat is all watered by living streams and crossed by belts of timber. It can hardly be possible for any region to possess greater natural charms or more natural advantages of every character than aio found in this val ley. The new-comer with more energy than means, and who wishes to reap all the advan tages of a new country for his lioyi and girls, goes up tho Columbia and locates where a piolilic soil invites and government gives the homestead right. Hut it is no detriment to the wide interior, with its wonderfully rich soil and perfectly healthy climate, to say that tho Willamotto Valley invitos tho man with moderate means to come hero and buy land, and idlers him inducements to mako his home here. Tho reader must bear in mind that tho Willamette Valley lus been settled upon for Unity years; the hrt American emigiatiou ciiino hither hi 1842, forty years ago. Of coin so it is not a new country. It po-scsea hcau'iful towns, colleges and schools, and m.uiyuttractivechurcli buildings All through ihisvalli-y.onohundrud and fifty miles longand fifty miles wido, tho school housu meets you in every neighborhood, and farms and homes, gardens nuj oichards. grain fields, meadows and pastures, show that you hive a tcttl-d community and a matuied civilization. Wo venture to boliuvo that few Western States of thu samo ago and growth ksscss more social advantages, or have u population possessing moio steiliug woith and inde pendence. The element of newness found in this valley extends around tlio foothills of tho mountains that encir.'lo it. Hero is found a newer popu lation and a country that is being lovelop.il. The lieautiful hill reacliej of tho main valley and tho spreading prairies that fill tho inter vals were open to tho settler, but tho foot hill aie more or less covered with under growth or forests. The valley proper is a lovtly retiion, but tho foot lulls possess deli cious springs and pure mountain air that con st! uto them the most healthful as thty are the most lieautiful regions that lie between theso mountain walls, No thu tiai s of this portion of Western Oregon are remarkably diversified. Down in the main valley, all through the nine magnificent counties tint Mibdivi lo i(, every one possesses cluracteristics of its own. Multnomah is at the junction of tho Willun ettu and Columbia, and was created for fruit growing and market gardening. Washington has its Tualitaii plains, consisting of timbered reaches and prailiu opo'iings witu circling fo.it hills, while Clackamas is almost all a tint Iwieil country, valuable because near market, and steadily becoming' moio wealthy as tho forests disappear, AH tin so comities havo cattle ranges aud sheep pastures Then we come to the iinnilicent wheat fields that ex tend through Yamhill, Polk ind lUnton ou the west, and through Marion, Linn aud Laue on the Eut, tlia ipper part of I.ane rx'iug a lull region of great lieauiy, All around the mam valley smaller valleys ueftle betwieu the ranges and push their arms towards the summits. When tho country is understood many homes will be made in valleys that the mountains hideaway, aud ou foot lull Iwnche with li.-h soil. IX you wish a prairie farm, or to perch on some charming hill side, or to have a valley all your own among the foot hills ? Then you can come to tho Willamette for it. Do you wish to raise grain, or to grow fruit, or to be a gardener ! Then you can como here and be satisfied. If you wish a stock range It is to be had here. You can choose accord ng to means and inclination, and suiting your tastes to your, financial ability, you can settle down in this lovely region and bo located among 'people who appreciate life and true civil ization. As to the amount of money required to set tie down here, you must judyo from the price of land. The price ranges from $40 an acre down to as little as you my ch-'Oso to pay for wild brush land in the foot hills. All sorts of land and all claves of improvement can he bought, and the purchaser can take his own time to study the situation and make u-e of his acquired knowledge. You will ask : Why do people in this fa vorcl region wish to sell? It is catural enough, for folks die here occasionally, and the heirs take their proportion of the estate aud go East with it. We stand on the verge of the Occident, and reverse the legend "Go West!" The Inland Kmpiro is over this mountain wall, only a day's journey now, by rail. So the young man takes his inheritance and seeks fortune theic, and if he has no in heritance he takes his fortune in his hand and goes Kast of tho Cascades to find a home stead of 100 acres to let it thrive upon. Then, all men are not iqually fortunate; many with small means sell out and strike for fresh fieldB aud pastures green beyond tho mountains. A man can sell and pay hi debts and make a new start to pood advantage now, while tho chance will soon be gone, so ho g es Kast with bis eons and sons inlaw, and plants the vhole family in vigoious soil on their own home teads. It is plainly tc the advantage of many to sell out and remove to Kastern le gions of Oregon or Washington, A great many of tho new comers, who have means, go up the Wil amette Valley and purchase land tliero, often land fully improved, with nouses, barns, orchards and all things needed to live well. This Willamette Valley, as wo show else w lire, has entered upon new conditions anil has a changed destiny. It has outgrown tho f.oniier style of cultivation and society, and the man who know s nothing else can better sell out and move Kist of the Mountains than remain here. Wo nctd hero now keen-witted, energetic, wide-awake farmers, who con make mixed husbandry pay, and who know the lilts of good farming. Such can thrivo here and no othcis can. There is no better hi Id for a farmer w ho understands his business and will bo energetic about it, than this val ley now affords. Its great advantage is tho near vicinity to maiket, for it is all within 150 miles of ocean tonnage, and tho vally is perfectly supplied with tiausportation facili ties. It has four railroads and a navigable river to convey its products to market. Such as it is, any man with inodirato means, and wlio understands mixed husbandry, can come heio and do well, in a climato that knows little about summer heat or winter frost. MINING INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST. We are informed thit mining experts aro visiting this country with a view to ascertain ing the value of mineral deposits and enlisting capital in developing such mines as aro consid ered worth working. In former yeius mining quaitz mining was a precarious business, more so than now, when experienced men ex amino lodes of ore, and from a practical aud scientific standpoint, detcriniuo whether they possess sufficient pay to warrant development, also, whether the ore U easily reducible, tor, in m.iny instances, ores are so refractory that they cannot be reduced aud their store of wealth saved by any economical a'id practic able process. In the Cascade Mountains, on the headwa ters of the Santiatu and other streams puttii-g into the Willamette, mines have been pros pected and worked with partial success. On the Canal Fork, and at the head of tho Little Noith Fork of tho Sautiani, in Marion coun ty, a company has tunneled in on a ledge, and while they say little of their prospect the fact that they kiep at work, and will put in ma chinery to reducu tho ore, is proof that they think they havo a fair paying mine. Through that region there are many quaitz lodes that carry precious metals, and we feel confidence that in due timo mioins will be cairied on with some success all along the mountains, for the ores found in Douglas county are even more promising than those further north. In Douglas county, on Cow creek, within nine miles of Canyonville, is a mountain of iticktl, said to bo greatest deposit of the kind in tho known world, tnat assays a large per cent, of that metal. Una great ore bed has passed into the bauds of Mr. Adams, of Oak laud, Cal., a man of great wealth, who will no doubt cause it to be worked. Through thu Blue M- untains, over Kisteru Oregon, where placer mining has been cirricd ou for twenty years past, there aie numerous quartz biles that cany gold and silver, but they have only been made to i ay for working in a few instances, in Union and llakercoun- tim. In Uu on county there is copper ore aud the dep 'sits are extensive, but the ore has not yet been made to pay for working. Lead exists in the Cascade range, miiglcd with other iuii.er.iU. The invention of some process that can better reduco base ores and separate the gold and silver will coma in, and, when it comes, will give value ti mineral deposits all thiougli Kastern aud Wcateru Oregon aud Washington, for ores of gold and silver are found iu the ranges bordering Puget Sound aud the Columbia. When traveling, lately, iu Spokan county, uear Medical Ike, we heard of quart ditcoveiies, aud met a man who was interested in them. He showed a sample of ore supposed to eoutaiu siher and gold. We cite this fact to show how univerally ore de posits containing preciouj metals exist through all this regiou. Kveu the sands along two hundred mile of the coast of Oregon arc to impregnated with fine gold as to be worth mining. Gold can be'found on tlio bars of the Willamette: fcVef.'and gan, (, Chinese can bo Been 'working on the bars of the Columbia froauThe Dalles to Lewiston.. Those thrifty people will not work for nothing, and they must made a dollar a day with their primitive rockers, or they wou'd not continue at it. The era of placer mining is gone by, but the source from which the float gold came ro mains. Southern and Eastern Oregon have known a brilliant season when their placers were worked, but now those districts aro al most deserted. Northern Idaho saw a period of excitement not surpassed, even, by the greatest discoveries of California in 1849, and there was a timo when mines acted as a mag net to draw thousands of adventurers to Northeastern Washington. The timo may again come when theso districts will bo re vived in popular interest. The development going on in all directions is inducement for mining enterprise, as it reduces all the cost of prospecting and working such mines. One natural result of railroad progress in this region will bo to call attention of mining experts to these northern fields, and if they find inducement for capital to invest, then mining will be a source of general wealth, for the farmer must tupply the needs of the miner and the mechanic will have to build for him, so it is a matter of importance to have our mineral wealth explored, and make it pay its quota towards general prosperity. In this sketch we do not allude' to the im mense deposits of coal and iron that are found along tho west coast, and must be a means of great wedth in the present and future, but to mines of gold and silver that aro waiting do vclpmentiuall parti of thu Pacific Northwest. Tho more solid snd reliable mines of ci al and iroii exist in such extent tl at we may look to tin in as one of the surest sources of wealth in coming jears. WHAT DR. WHITMAN DID FOR OREGON. In 1842 Dr. Whitman lived at his mission, near Walla Walla, and, one day iu October, went on a professional visit to Fort Wallula, a Hudson Bay Co. trading post, where he heard of a company of Canadians and half-broids that had reached Fort Colville, having made the journey across the coutiucnt. He also heard a Hudson Bay mm exclaim that with this re inforcement the English would hold the coun tiy. Whitman was keenly aliio to the future importance of Oregon to thn nation, and was deeply interested in preventing tho British from owning the country. He heard the boast made that Gov. Simpson, of the II. B. Co., was in Washington, and that no opposition being possible he could secure Kngbsh su- piemacy. All theso things made such impres sion on him that against the remonstiauce of his brother missionaries he resolved to go back East to make known the true facta at Wash ington, and to induco an American emigration to cross the plains next season. He started across the plains in the tall and reached the frontier in January, making a mid-winter jour ney that was very hazardous, and encounter ing difficulties and dangers that would appal the stoutest heart incited by a less patriotic motive. Gen. A. L. Lovejoy was his sole companion in this journey, and tells the story of its haz ard and hardship. Geu. Lovejoy is now aged, and dislikes controversy, but Mrs. Lovejoy assures us that he was aware of Whitman's aims and motives, knew that his great object in the journey was to save Oregon from Brit ish rule, and gives him credit in great part for accomplishing his patriotic intention. This meeting with Mrs. Lovejoy and heariug these truths from her, and witnesing her auxiety to secure justice for Dr. Whitman's memory iu this connection, induces us to revive a question that has been debated with more or less ill feelii-g, for strango as it may appear, there are those living who would rob this no ble martyr, who modestly mailo no claim for himself of glory in this conuection, of the hon est meed of praise that posterity is willing to accord him, and who even brand his memory with the accusation that he was mercenary under circumstances th it Gen. and Mrs. Love joy and others of the emigration That returned with Whitman in '43, pronounce false. It is plainly proved that ou his arrival in January, Whitman went on tho frontier and did what he could to induce people to emi grate, bv assuring them that wagons could be driven to the Columbia river, and that he would join the emigration in time to pilot them through. Gen. and Mrs. Lovejoy were in this emigration. Then ho went to Wash ington and laid the facts before Secretary of State Webster, without effect; then In found President Tyler ai d made such an improsion that he received the promise that if ho could take an emigration through with their wagous, no treaty should lo made to relinquish Oregon to Great Britain. He took direct issue with Gov. Simpson, of the II. B. Co., who had said that the country was only fit to trap and hunt iu, and that no wagon road could possibly be mailo across the enninent. Having accomplished all this, Dr. Whitman went to the ollice of the Homo Missionary Hoard iu New York to bo reprimanded for his acts. The Board was dissatisfied, an 1 evident ly he had no business as a missionary to cause him to make the terrible journey. His fellow missionaries, his friend, and his :orupauioti, Gen. Lovejoy, all say his object was to bring Americans here to hold the country and con vey correct luformitinn to the Government at Washington. All this be accomplished, and in so doing he saved Oregon to the United States, or at least he prevented any possibility ot transfer of Oregon t K-'gland. Whitman was no boaster aud never clairred any superior credit for his acts. Ho was an intense American and a genuine patriot. He was murdered, while in the discharge of his assumed duty as missionary to the Cayusea. All his life is a heroic picture cf self-sacrifice and self-abnegation. It does seem as if no man or woman should be found to with to dispar age his memory, or fail to accord him due praise for his tremendous effort to secure American supremacy on the Columbia fiver. It is useless to argue whether a treaty could have been compassed to transfer this region to Great Britain. All we claim is that British supremacy was sought to be established by bringing over an emigration to create a major ity of British subjects here, and that Gov. Simpson was in Washington trying to show there was no value to this country, that no roads could be made to it, and that it was al ready peopled with British subjects. This was the case that Whitman met. Ho hoard the boasts of British subjects, and ho made that mid-winter journey to warn tho adminis tration, at Washington, of all tho facts, and piloted safely across the large emigration that settled the question of supremacy, to which he was a good angel as well as a guide. It was enough for Whitman's memory to have won the love, respect aad gratitude of the ear ly pioneers that he p lo ed across those un known wilds. It is ton much at this late day that ho should be accused of making that emi gration pay him lor his services when there is ftt 1 evidence that he rendered such service freely and without charge. Whether or not the transfer of Oregon to Great Britain was immiment may bo a ques tion; whether Whitman prevented t at trans fer may be matter of doubt, but that the Brit ish sought to ctlect emigration and be in maj ority; that Gov. Simpson did his best to influ ence .the administration these seem plain facts. It is also as plsin that Whitman thought such was tho situation, and went that winter journey to present the true facts in Washington, a. d to induce sufficient immigra tion to place tho Americans in ascendency. Why the merit of attempting this should be denied to him by pretmded historiaus, at this late day, when the claim ho never made is so well sustained by his devoted friends, it is difficult to undirstaud. CARP CULTURE.- Wo know of an instance of successful carp culture near Salem. Mr. George Leslio has two good fish ponds, and last year he pur chased eleven carp and put iu them. He was disappointed that they did not propagate somer, but they now show a remarkable in crease. When put ui the pond the fish were six inch' s lonji, now they are twelve inches long, and tho water is literally alive with young carp that are an inch and a half long. So friend Leslie has carp for salo at reason i ble rates, and those who can locate fish ponds to good advantage can correspond with him at Salem. There are, no doubt, many places throng the country where carp can bo cultivated to advantage, but we latt ly trai eleti over a re gion that seemed to be made expressly for them. When traveling to aud from Medical Laku we saw a succession of lakes and ponds, many of them grown up with flags or tules, that seem to be just the place for carp, that love the ponds where vegetable growth is found on the edges, as they live on vegetable matter. Theie are many small lakes of this kind between Sprague and Spokan Falls, and where they aro pure from alkali traits they would grow fish. Various persons iu Oregon have made a suc cess of carp culture, and with their experi ence to govern, the culture of carp should grow in importance continually. They are said to be dainty eating; they like still water that is not too cold, and where any person can lead water from a creek and make a pond, without danger of flood or overflow, they can grow carp and have plenty of fresh fish for family use, a matter of groat importance as a means of health, and as a change from usual farm house diet it would be classed as a lux ury, but one that is within easy reach of many farmers. STORMS AND CYCLONES. The storm that raged on the 10th of June in Iowa was most fatal in its career. It is thought that a hundred people were killed, besides many others being crippled or injured bodily. A traiu of thirty-one care, each weighing, loaded, 40,000 pounds, was lifted from the track and overturned. The town of Qriunell, having a thousand inhabitants, was almost destroyed. The coming of the cyclone was described as just like the sound of a dozen railroad trains thundering along. Soon the wind struck the town, and in three minutes tho rain fell in torrents, while tho whole space was filled with flying timbers of demolished houses and fences. Two immense water spouts camo at the same time, and iu less than five minutes tie once lovely city was a complete wreck, the wter a foot deep in the streets, while men, women and chil dren were screaming in fright and agony, Many people tan to the cellars as the only place safe from flying roofs, furniture and treis. The great disaster may be imagined when it caused tho Governor to issue a pro clamation to tho people ot Iowa, urging those who lived in ether parts of the State to help the atllicted. The worst of the tornado was iu Central Iowa, reaching into Michigan. Grinuell seems to have fared the worst, though many other towns suffered much. The engine house at Griunell was wed for a morgue, aud eighteen dead bodies laid there at one time. Severe storms were reported on tho fame day in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New Yoik. Ou those great level plains through Iowa the wind storms have free play. So far as is known, Oregen has never had but one wind stoun, and that was one that iu acy other country would hardly be noticed. The Barlow Road. As it has been published that this mountain road is now free of snow, w call attentiou to the statement of a man who lately crossed, who says there is deep snow for six miles ami per ins who cross suffer great hardship, and many are waiting for the snow to melt before they can cross. He says the report that the route it clear has done great injury to many who Mieve it, and that the passage should not be attempted before the middle of July. RiDMNo's Kuasia Salve, best family salve in the world, and excellent for stable use. 25 cents. Condition of Crops. As the season progresses the certainty of a light harvest increases and we should to-day rather lower than increase the estimate pre viously made as to surplus of wheat for ex port. All through Western Oregon, ove though the fall wheat averages well, still the to'al yield of winter grain will be lighter than for some years past, and spring grain, though it looks often a solid green, is a month behind its chance for a good out-turn. The contin ued dry season prevents good returns from any section, for while we have had a fine shower here of late, the fourth of July is too late to bring crops out ot the kinks. East of the Mountains they have also had refreshing showers, but the trouble is there havo been too few of them. But all this demonstrates the need of thorough cultivation, for while 'spring grain promises little, the average show for crops tor summer fallow is everywhere good. We collate from exchanges the following concerning crops. The following from the Eugene Guard is about what we hear from all part of this valley. The Qutirtl says s From tho best information we can gain Lane county will not have a full crop this year. The spring gram is backward nn ac c unt of the continued dryness, and will yield poorly. The fall grain, and that sowed on summer-fallowed laud promi-cs well. The yield of oats will imt come up to the average. The hay aud gran3 crop will also be short. East of tho Mountiii-fl we gither as fol lows. Walla Walli t7nioi : Tlie indications, from what we have been able to collect from thosa who are advised, are that tho wheat crop this year will fall considerably hort of the yield of last season. The fall wheat is said to lie a'-out th-s same as last year, but the .spring sown fields in some loeuiiiies win uouovic-s givu iituiwaii uverage yie'd. The cold spring weather js one of the causes of the present backwardness of the grain; it kept it from growing, allowing the weeds to get in advance, uud to an extent crowd out the crop. While the Walla Walla Statesman has the following : A talk with farmers operating in this vicin ity assures us that our f ars of a short crop are dispelled. Just prior to the last welcome rain some fields of grain had begun to suffer somewhat, and there was a good ileal of un easy feeling, but happilv the rain came, anal the ('(Foot has beeu almost electrical. The farmers can almost see the grain grow. That they are joyfully joyous only half expresses it. Tho Weston Leader says of the crops ia Umatilla county : The.most sanguine cannot gainsay the fact that the wheat crop, especially the spring sown, is being materially injured by tho lack of rain this season. If it o onus now it can ouly partially prevent tho loss. Also : From Mr. Isaac N. Dodge we learn tint the grain in the Van Syclo country looks remark ably well, and gives good promise of a boun tiful yield.- The volunteer giain alono seems to bo suffering from the drouth, and even that is not likely to be injured very much if the present cool weather continues. Leader. The Eitat Ortyonian, also from Umatilla county, save : The yield of this year's crop will not be over one-half what was expected only a few weeks ago. On account of thu scarcity of rain a good deal of the spring grain will have to be cut for hay. Some of the fall sown grain ia burning. The summer fallow is standing the drouth splendidly. On the road from Center ville to Walla Walla the traveller sees only two beautiful fields of wheat. The balance is very much damaged by tho hot rays of the sun. Concerning crops in Northern Idaho the Nez Perce News says : The cool weather and frequent show'en of last week have had the ctlect of freshening the atmosphere and strengthening the croc. although we need more ram and nted it bad. Crops will be lightest in that portion of Nez Ptrce county lying soutn of Clearwater, while the bulk of the harvest will be produced ia Geuesee and Potlatch. Paradise valley will produco probably only halt a crop. I he ex perience of this season demonstrates the su periority of summer fallow and fall soning over spring sown grain. A Successful Hunt. A party of six, Sttaud Long, John Scott, William Scott, James Scott, Build Johnson and John Mahr, left the city u week ago last Sunday for the first camping excursion of the season, and jidging from tho accounts they give, they had a way up time. Tney went to the head of tho Alsea, about twenty-five miles from here, where they camped for four days and hunted with excellent success for the sea son of the year. The books of the deer tribe are now only found well up in the mountains on the high peaks, and it requires no little work to find them. Howevor, the crowd suc ceeded in bagging ten fine ones, and they w ere all buck too, the does being passed by whenever seen. In addition to t ie deer killed a large black bear fell under the unerring aim of Straud Long, whose good fortune in cross ing his bearship's path made him the hero ot the trip. The bear was a very large one, about as tall as a man, and estimated to weigh 500 pounds when fat. Mr. Long has tho thanks of the office for somo fine jerked venison, and some of the bear meat, fruit) of the hunt. Benton Leader. Farm Produce. At this season all kinds of farm produee find a ready sile at prices that will repay the producer. Oats cell at 80 cents per bushel, barley at SI, aud very little of the latter to be had at even that price. Potatoes are quoted at SI per bushel, but none to lie found in the market at any price. Hay sells readily at $20 per ton. These figures aro very little over average for the ruling prices the year round, except in price of hay, which will be plenty at $10 iu a few weeks. Bat the prices paial for farm produce of every description are good enough to encourage its production, and the only wondr is that more attention ia not given to it. Prmtvitk aVese. Bed U the rose, So is his nose. From drinking too much Rye-er. To change that nose To white from rose. Use Pfnnder's Purifier. Wue.n your cow has sore t-at, or your horse has saddle or collar frails, or scratches, Sloan's Ointment will core. Brcry bottle srAtvntjwl I .