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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
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