WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 28, 1882
Edited by Mrs Harriot T. t'lnrke.
AT LAST.
JOHN G. WHITTIEB.
When on my day of life the night is falling,
And in the winds from unsunned spaces
blown,
hear far voices out of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown,
Thou who hast made my home of life so pleas
ant, Leave not its tenant when its walls decay;
0 Love divine, O Helper ever present,
Be Thou my strength and stay.
Be near me when all else is from me drifting
Earth, sky, home's pictures, days of shade
aod sunshine,
And kindly faces to my own uplifting.
The love which answers mine.
1 have but Thee, 0 Father 1 Let Thy spirit
Be with me then to comfort and uphold.
No gate of pearl, no branch of palm, I merit,
Nor street of shining gold;
Suffice it if my good and ill unreckoned,
And both forgiven through Thy abounding
grace
I find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place.
Some humble door among Thy many man
sions, Some sheltering shade where sin and striv
ing ceases,
And flows forever through Heaven's green ex
pansions. The river of Thy peace.
There, from the music round about me steal
ing. I fain would learn the new and holy song,
And find, at list, beneath Thy trees of heal
ing. The life for which I long.
OUR OOOK TABLE.
Harper's Young Folks is one of the very best
of juvenile papers, and its cheapness makes it
possible for every family to take it. The pic
tures alone are more than worth the subscrip
tion. Anew story, a mate to "Toby Tylu,"
ii on hand, that keeps the interest alive in
that famous story mentioned above. Maga
zines like this help to educate the children in
principles of honor, truth and humanity.
Harper's Monthly is the great national mag
azine, for it is to be found everywhere from
the homes of wealth and luxury to the squat
eer's cabin away in the back woods of the un
settled country on tho frontier. The IVeeLly
and Bazar each have a mission of their own.
The weekly keeps up with the daily news of
passing events, profusely illustrated with en
gravings, while the Bazar keeps posted in
fashion, dress and fancy work. The pattern
sheet, which accompanies the magazine, is a
treasure to those who are their own dress
makers, while the fashion plates are the mojt
reliable, and best adapted to ordinary use
over any other fashion magazine.
The Antiquarian is published at Chicago,
by Stephen D. Peet, and as its name signifies,
is devoted to antiquities, but more particular
ly to the investigation of the aboriginal tribes,
or people who once lived on this continent.
It is a magazine that is edited with ability,
and is deservedly popular where1 it is known.
Many pages have at times been devoted to
matters concerning the tribes on this coast,
and the legends and language of the Indians
of Washington Territory, by Rev. Mr. Ells.
The Century, which is 'the old friend of
"Scribner," in a new dress, along with the
new name, opens the July number with a
most excellent article about Alaska, which
comes near home to us Oregonians. The piece
is finely illustrated with pictures of articles of
Indian manufacture and of scenes that are
familiar to us, and true to the subject. "A
Modern Instance" keeps up its interest, also
"Through one Administration." The "Topics
of the Day" arc well discussed. This maga
zine keeps np its vigor and interest even
though the pen of Holland fails to individual
ize. The Century is four dollars a year, and
well worth the money.
Baby Lam?, by Lathop & Co , Boston, is a
capital work for the very little ones, who are
just able to read, and would be attracted by
the nice little stories and picture). It is
printed on excellent strong paper. Every
child, in those days of cheap literature, should
own an individual magazine.
Exterminating Bedbugs.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says : In answer to an inquiry respecting the
extermination of this loathsome pest, I will
state that having once moved into a house
(just vacated by a noted housekeeper) that
was overrun by these vermin, we immediately
set to work vigorously in applying coal oil
and fine salt, well mixed together, to closets,
base boards, etc., and in a few weeks the ver
min were driven to parts unknown, aud we
were never again troubled with them; never
had one in our bed-rooms, though living in a
mining district where these iutruders were
thought to be inevitable adjuncts to sleeping
apartments. I have traveled much through
mining and tanning districts, sojourning
therein for weeks and months together, and
havo been compelled to lodge in cabins on the
plains, and among the mountains where clean
liness was a virtue unknown, and where, from
the abounding numbers of these creeping,
biting pests; there was no sleep to my eyes or
slumber to 'my eyelids the whole night
through, but I have never had one to intrude
into my own home. Especial care has, of
coarse,' been observed to search trunks and all
luggage being carried np stain, at well as un
remitting vigilance in making a thorough ap
plication of the salt and oil after the biennial
house-cleanings, and at other times if appre
hensive of any danger.
To any one who haa not used this com
pound, and wishes to avoid the nuisance of
bugs, my advice would be to have the bed
stead thoroughly washed, and when dry ap
ply the mixture to every possible crrvice with
a painter's small brush. Keep a supply of the
mixture in a wide-monthed vessel of glass or
stone-ware, and well corked. If used faith
fully, this will drive tho vermin from the
house and keep them at bay. The oil and salt
do not injure carpet, matting or floor if
dropped upon it, for the oil soon evaporates,
and the salt can be swept up. This was an
original idea of my own more than twenty
years ago, when driven almost to desperation
by a nuisance to which I had been a stranger,
and having recjmtnended it to many whohave
proved its complete success, I am desirous
that others may avail themselves of the same
means of relief.
811 Raisins at the South.
The possibility of producing silk with profit
is beginning to agitate the people of some parts
of the South, and visions of prospective wealth
are giving an impetus to the enterprise. A
writer in tho Louisville Courrier Journal
says :
Silk culture in the South can be carried to
the greatest success, owing to the mild cli
mate and the long seasons of good weather.
Silk culture can be managed successfully and
profitably in the South, in rooms of all sizes
and kinds, so they are dry and airy. I have
sent samples of raw silk grown hre in Mem
phis by myself and friends to Lyons, France,
and the reports of it are the highest, com
manding $11 a pound o' tw elvo ounces. The
French of Lyons aud Marseilles express their
astonishment when informed that we havo
mulberry trees in great quantity without
trouble, oven whole forests of them.
One person raising silk in the South can
make as much as five persons can with cotton,
and with an outlay of only a few dollars in
starting. I have, at great expense and labor,
prepared an exhibit of silk raised in the
South for the Atlantic Exposition, but have
been delayed in getting it placed in position,
owing to a severe spell of sickness recently.
A number of capitalists of Memphis, to
gether with myself, are to establish a filature
of silk, also a moulinage for reeling ana pre
paring the siIk raised in tho South for the
looms in the East. To give your readers an
idea of the silk industry in the United States
at present, I give an article from a journal
devoted to the silk industry. It says :
No industry has had more wonderful
growth in this country than the manufacture
of silk. There is now invested in this in
dustr7 about 818,000 000; the total product
of the silk looms annually is 27,000,000,
and there are 18,000 operatives, receiving in
wages annually S6.000.000. In the town of
Paterson, New Jersey, there are 32 silk-weaving
mills, having 74,000 throwing spindles,
23,000 braiding spindles, 730 power looms,
203 hand-weaving looms, and employing
enough people to make a good sized city. The
first silk mill was established there in ISW.
The demand for raw silk is so great in this
country (United States) that most of the raw
silk has to be imported from trance and to be
woven by the looms in our country.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Nice ginger wafers are made of one cupful
of sugar, one cupful of butter, one cupful of
molasses, half a cupful of cold coffee left from
breakfast, two even teaspoonfuls of soda, one
tablespoonful of ginger, and flour enough to
make a stiff dough; knead it hard and roll
very thin, and bake in a quick oven.
A good currant cake is made of one cupful
of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful
of sweet milk, four eggs, three cupfuls of
flour, half a pound of currants carefully
washed; after they have drained, sift flour
over and through them; use half a grated nut
meg for flavoring. This is nicely baked in
small tins, or in gem pans.
Satin can be renovated in the same way that
velvet often is that is, by taking a hot iion,
placing a wet cloth over it, and holding the
satin in the steam, the wrong side nearer the
heat. Of course, when the satin is worn off
this does no good, but when it is crushed or
wrinkled the effect is surprisingly good.
Johnny Cake. One pint of meal, one pint
of sour milk, two tablespoonf ula of soger, two
of melted lard or butter, two eggs, two heap
ing tablespoonfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of
soda, and a little salt. Sweet milk can be used
in the place of the sour, if you use three heap
ing teaspoonfuls of baking powder, instead of
soda.
Soft Ginger Cake. One cupful of molasses,
one cupful of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk,
half a cupful of butter, one egg, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; ginger and raisins to
suit the taste. Stir in flour enough to make a
soft batter, not as thick as ordinary cake.
Bake slowly.
Molasses Cake. Two cupfuls of New Or
leans molasses, four cupfuls of flour, one cup
ful of water, one cupful of butter, one egg,
two teaspoonfuls of soda, one orange; grate
the peel, put that in, and also the juice and
pulp.
Fresh Heat from New Zealand.
The sailing vessel Dunedin, belonging to
the Albion Shipping Company arrived in the
East India Docks, London, with the first con
signment of frozen meat which has been sent
to England from New Zealand. This shipment
differs from all other importations of frozen
meat, from the fact of having been made in a
ailing vessel, which has been ninety-eight
days on the passage, during which time the
holds of the ship containing the meat have
been kept at about 20deg. below freezing
point. The vessel had on board 5,000 sheep,
and the apparatus for freezing waa fitted up
by the Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigerat
ing Company,
The meat was in fine xfhdition, and the
shipment has been managed by the New
Zealand and Australian Land Company
(limited).
The success of this refrigerating sailing ves
sel ought to lead to a great extension of the
trade of tropical fruits between New York
and the West Indies. By the use of a refrig
erating machine, the immense losses now ex
perienced by our fruit ships may be wholly
overcome, and the finest fruits may be deliv
ered here in prime condition. Vegetables may
also be brought from the South without loss.
Scientific American,
for hc hililrcit.
ASHES.
BY CHARLOTTE L. SEAVER.
The fire is out, and cold and dead
Upon tho hearth the ashes lie,
I did not think the coals that glowed.
So fierce and bright so soon would die.
How slow it was the unseared wood
To feel at first the new-born fire;
But when at last the flames leaped forth,
Ah, high they rose, and yet still higher;
They filled the chimney, filled the room,
And all therein with warmth and light.
And strange, sweet pictures in their depths
I watched, while sitting here last night.
The fire is outl The night is past,
And the window, chill and gray,
The dawn steels in; and from the street
The bustle of another day
Comes floating up; and I must put
Away the dreams that come with night.
The world has little room for dreams
Or dreamers in day's garish light.
And there is yet work left for me,
Much work to do. Tis better sol
The dreams have vanished, yet for them
I braver to my work can go.
OUR LETTER BOX.
We can imagine that many ol our readers
aro out camping now, some in the mountains
picking berries and fishing, while others are
on the ocean beach enjoying tho salt sea air.
We shall look for some very nice letters by
and by, telling of the various things that you
all saw, and what you did, and what hap
pened on the journey. It is strange that
while our dear little boys and girls can tain so
fast and chatter all day, that when they begin
talk to Aunt Hetty they all at once grow old
and solemn, aud choose their words as if there
were not many to use. Some of our little
folks write easily,, but most of them seem to
make hard work of it. Aunt Hetty does not
mean to find fault, she only wants to tell you
that she knows that every one of you can, if
you will, write longer letters, telling of what
you see, or of what you observe around you.
It may be only about some animal or bird,
how you saw it hiding in its hole, or how a
bird builds its nest. When a little girl we
used to sit on the ground for hours and watch
the bees, how they would carry away and kill
the drones; and watch the ants carry things
to their nests. We always knew where thero
were birds' nests, and would take such
pleasure in watching their ways; but wo never
told the boys, for most boys havo the bump of
destructiveness so large that it won't do to
let them know any such secret as that. We
had once some tame squiirels that would live
in the guitar; they would gnaw the strings
and get into' the hole; perhaps it made them
think of some hole in some old'oak tree that
they knew about when they were little. They
used to hide the nuts we gave them all over
the house, and grew bo fat and mischievous
that we one day turned them loose on the end
of a long, old, dead fir tree, and they gladly
ran off into the woods again; but we fear that
a life "of idleness and luxury had spoiled them;
likely they never laid up anything for the
winter, and may havo died, unites some other
squirrels took them in.
Minnie sends her first letter, which is good
for a beginning. She must keep a copy of her
letter, and then when it is printed in the
paper sho can compare them and see where
there have been mistakes, which can be cor'
rccted next time.
Jane says she has flowers; that is a good
way to keep busy and not feel lonesome. Cul
tivate a bed of flowers, and they will take the
place of pets.
F. M. and Otis both send their names for
the temperance roll, and wo hope they will
never forget that they have in this way
promised not to use any sort of intoxicating
liquor. To keep one's word is the mark of an
honorable man, and any one who breaks a
promise is never considered to have much
principle, and will not be respected by those
with whom you are acquainted. To tell a
falsehood is as mean as to steal. Our boys
are going to commence now to lay the founda
tion for a good name and character. Joining
the temperance roll is the first step towards
this.
John sends a good long letter, which is well
written, and shows care in both composition
and writing. He too sends his name for the
temperance roll with his brother's.
Halsev, Or., July 4, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle:
I am a little boy 10 years old. I am going
to school; our school will be out in a month.
As we have no school to-day, I thought I
would writo to the Farmer, as I wish to send
my uamo for the temperance roll. It is
Otis C. Taylor.
Halkey, Or., July 4, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a little boy 8 jears old. I thought I
would write a few lines to the Farmer. I am
going to school; we have school three months;
I study reading, writing and spelling. I like
n y teacher very much; her name is Jennie C.
Wilson. I will send my name for the temper
ance roll.
F. M. Taylor.
Hakrihhuro, June 28, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
I am a little girl 12 years old. I go to
school; our school will be out in a week; we
have speaking every Friday. Mother is going
to give a dinner on the Fourth of July. I have
four brothers and two sisters living, and three
sisters and two brothers dead; they have been
dead eight years. We have a good many
flowers this spring. I and my brother wash
the dishes when we are at home from school.
I will send my name for the temperance roll.
if I see this in print I will write again. I
will close for this time with best wishes to the
Faumek. Jane Knv.
Acmsville, June 29, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
I am a little girl 8 years old. I live one
mile from Aumsville. My pa and oldest sister
have gone to Yaquina. We are very lone
some, for our school has been out two weeks.
I havo no pets. 1 put in my time helping ma
when she has any littlo chores I can do, and
and when she has none that I can do I play.
I will close. This is the first time I ever tried
to writo a letter. Your little friend,
Minnie Browx.
Pilot Rock, July 9, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I will write a few lines to the Farmer for
the first time. I love to read Aunt Hetty's
page of the paper to hear from my little
friends, though I do not hear from many of
my Wcbfoot friends. Near Albany was my
birth place. I am a twin; my lit'le twin
brother George died when eight months old,
and I sm a boy 12 years old. It will be three
years this fall since I left Webfoot. Wo live
12 miles above Pilot Rock, in the Blue
Mountains. My pa and brother has a band of
sheep; I have five head of sheep in their
band. Birch creek runs near our kitchen
door; it is a fine stream; there are lots of
salmon come up in the spring of tho year, and
there aro a great many trout in the creek at
this time. I would like to know whero Aunt
Hetty will spend the Fourth; my brother and
I expect to spend ours in Pendleton. Before
I close I will answer some of those questions
asked by my little friends. You will find the
word girl in the Book of Joel, 3d chap., 3d
verso; andinthellockofZachanah, 8th chap,
and Gth verse the word girls. I send Tommy
Jordan's name and mine to be put on the tem
perance roll. If this is put in print I will
write again. With best wishes to the Farmer,
1 remain, Yours truly, Jons Jordan.
COUNTING THE COST.
Aro you intending to buy a new sleigh this
winter?" asked a mechanic of Charles Wallace,
as he met him on the street.
"I havo not decided yet. Why?"
"I have some good ones on hand, and will
sell you one nt a bargain. Come and Bee
them."
"If I conclude to purchase I will give you a
call."
"I will give you time if you have not the
money just now; can wait three or six months
if you like; be glad to accommodate you."
-"Well, I'll think about it."
Charles Wallace was a young man just
started in lite. He had bought a Bnug little
farm, with a cozy cottage and good outbuild
ings, and brought hisj'ydung wifo theru to
help him enjoy his new home. He paid eight
hundred dollars down and gave a mortgage for
the other thousand dollars, to bo paid in year
ly iu8tallments of two hundred dollars princi
pal, and tho interest on the remainder. Ellen
had a little money that she had earned in
teaching Bjhool, and she furnished the house,
as far as sho could without running into debt.
She was a sensible girl, and preferred buying
fifty sheep to furnishing the parlor. "It will
not tako long," said she, "for the sheep to
bring money enough to buy a parlor set and
carpet, aud w e shall have them growing all
the time, and wo can wait; our sitting room is
good enough." So hen her husband came in,
and told her that Jones would sell him a
sleigh and wait for his pay, she shook her
head and looked grave.
"I would not do it, Charley. Wo shall not
drivo much this winter, and that old box
sleigh of your father's will answer."
"You don't think that I can afford it, I
Bupposo."
"You know that in three months thero is
two hundred dollars, besides sixty dollars in
terest, to be paid, which we must not fail to
meet. Lot us see where it is coming from be
fore we agree to pay fifty dollars more for a
new sleigh that we can get along without."
The young man looked rather serious, and
ate his dinner very quietly. That evening he
sat down by the stove, while Ellen was clear
ing the table, and said: "I reckon I shall
havo to give up the sleigh; I havo been think
ing over what you said at noon, and unless I
sell off some of the stock I cannot, for the life
of me, see how I can raise the money for a
payment on the fani. in three months."
"That has to be done, Charley.and e must
not sell the stock either; it would be like kill
ing tho goose that laid the golden egg."
"Have you sent for your parlor furniture
yet?"
"No, I was in no hurry; we should not use
the room half a dozen times through the win
ter; so I put tho wool monty into the bank till
I needed it."
"We had good luck with our poultry; that
brought us a hundred and fifteen dollars; but
I have to pay some out of that. How large a
store bill have we, do you suppose, Ellen?"
"I have no Btore bill, Charley, or any other
bill to pay. 1 havo sold eggs and butter for
groceries. "
"I owe something for nails; perhaps adoen
dollars or so."
"Then there is twenty-five dollars yet on
the sewing machine."
"Yes; aud is there not a balance due on the
pigs, or have you paid it?"
"No; ten dollars there! And twenty dollars
more on the colt; and say ten dollars to the
blacksmith?"
"Anything else that you think of, Charley?"
"My boots! Three and a half! Let me sec;
it seems as if there was something more. Yes,
you know I got a meat barrel and a water tub
six morel"
"It will take about all the poultry money
to pay these bills, and I would pay them
right away."
"They ought to be paid, sure! But, Ellen,
where will the money come from to take up
the first note?"
"You have some grain to sell, unless you
conclude to feed the lambs and fat them for
market."
"They are yours. It would pay to fat
them!"
"Oh, we are going to pay for the farm,
whether the p-j-lor is ever furnished or not;
and, Charley, we will keep out of debt, il pos
sible, for the future." '
"I did not suppose I was owing so much."
"Little debts count up fast, and it does not
take long to make them large. I hope you will
settle them all up right away, so as to begin a
free man, A man in debt is a slave to his
creditors. "
"Suppose wo get a hundred dollars for the
lambs; how in the name of goodness ate we
going to raiso the other hundred and sixty
dollars?"
"There is the money for tho wool, and fifty
dollars of tho butter money; and I reckon,
Charley, you can cam twenty or thirty dollars
iu three mouths."
"But, Ellen, you want a new dress or two!"
"No; thank you, I am very well off now.
You never asked mo what I did with the
money that you gavo mo when your checks
came for tho butter, and as I did not need it
for household expenses I thought It best to
save it to help pay off tho mortgage, for I am
in a hurry to get that off our home, so that ivc
can feel independent."
"You aro a dear littlo prudent woman, and
I am as happy as I can bo to sea my way
clear!"
"As happy as if you were riding in Jones'
new sleigh with a lien on it?"
"If you had said one word in favor of it, 1
should havo bought it, Ellen; I had not
thought!"
"Then there would have bocu another debt
to pay! Wo can be just as happy to ride in
tho box sleigh till we aro really able, to have a
better one, and wo shall feel better by a fifty
dollar bdl next spring."
The next day Jones saw Wallace and urged
him to buy one of his new sleighs.
"No," replied he, "I am not intending to
buy a new one this season."
"If I had dono as well as you havo this
year," said the other, "I would havo a hand
some turnout to givo my wifo a ride in once in
awhile."
"My wife would not enjoy riding in a sleigh
that was not paid for, and I shall not buy one
till I can pay for it. I am going to pay for my
farm and home before I dash out in much
style, and my wife feels as I do about it."
That night Jones was in tho stuic, and
made the remark that Charles Wallace would
be a rich man by the time ho was forty, for he
had a sensiblo woman for n wife, aud he had
common sense himself. Farmer's Wife, in
Country Gentleman.
A Sketch of the Coast Country.
A correspondent of the Yaquina Post fur
nishes the following interesting description of
the Alsea valley, which Jics south of Yaquina
and west of the Willamctto valley. Wo call
attention to it as describing in a general way
the characteristics of the whole coast region
of Orogon and Washington, and it clearly
illustrates the resources and products of tl.at
region:
Agreeablo to promise I writo you the fob
lowing very mcagro description of Alsea val
loy: -Of this valley Hon. M. C. George right
fully said in his speech when presenting the
memorial to Congress, drawn up by the citi
zens of this valley, asking an appropriation
for the improvement of the Alsea bay and
river, that "it is boundod on tho west by the
Pacific ocean, and on cither side and tho East
by a mountain barrier." In approaching the
Upper Alsea from tho Willamette valley, you
pass over quito a high and steep mountain.
So steep is tho mountain road leading from
the valley to Corvallis that it bars the raising
of wheat for profit by the citizens, notwith
standing tho soil is unsurpassed in fertility
and productivo qualities. These samo moun
tains, however, are rich in tho amount of tim
ber, as fino a quality of cedar, fir, yew, etc ,
as can be found on the coast growing here,
with any amount of water furnished by tho
Alsea rivor for milling purposes going to
waste.
Tho settlement known as Upper Alsea, or
Upper Alsea valley, extends dow." the river
for fifteen miles, with a width of from one
hdlf a mile to a mile and a half. Comfortablo
farm houses greet tho eye on ovcry hand as
you pass down tho valley. School privileges
are good, thoro being three school houses, and
over one hundred children of a school age. 1
was informed that tho teachers employed at
the present timo aro giving good satisfaction.
During the past winter tho successful ex
periment of Hat-boating freight down the
river to the bay was made, and, in conse
quence, farmers wcro realizing for their lard
and bacon at homo as much as was being paid
in Corvallis for tho samo articles.
Lcavit g fio Upper Alsea, you pass dowi -tho
river to Tidewater, a distance of twenty
five miles, over a very good mountain trail.
Fine forests of timber extending about one
half the way will again attract your atteii
tion. This trail ii on tho liuo of a regular!
surveyed mountain road, which is as yet not
opened, though an effort is being made to
raise money to do so soon,
Quito a number of good claims remain yo
to be taken along the line of this trail. I be
liove that I could pick out an eighty-acre
tract ot bottom land of which two-thirds
would be ready for .tho plow without any
mere work than an ordinary prairio (arm in
its native state would require.
Reaching Tidewater, I found a shingle mill
in active operation, making a flue quality ot
shingles. The abundant supply of splendid
cedar timber makes first-class shinglo making
an easy thing to do, At this point, if you
want to go any further down the bay, you
must embark in some sort of a water cralt j
if you are afoot, a skiff or cauoe will answei
your purpose, if on horseback then a "scow"
is absolutely necessary. From the "head of
tide" to the harbor entrance the distance is
full twelve miles. Claims seem to be pretty
well taken along on either side of the bay.
The steam schooner Kate aud Anna maket
occasional trips to Collins (tho name of the
postolfico at this point) to carry in and take
out any freight that is required, Tho depth
of water in tho entrance to this bay is some
ten or eleven Icct at low tide, and of course
some eight or nino feet deeper at high tide.
Should Congress grant the amount cf money
prayed for by the people for this bay, then
all can raise wheat that wish to do so, and
reach market by boatinp down to the mouth
of tho bay, when coasting vessels can carry to
San Francisco or other points, as may bo desired.
More of the Big Bend Country.
The follow ing description of tho now region
so npidly being settled in Northeastern
Washington, isfiomthc North wist Tribune,
published at Cheney :
This region embraces an extent of country
largo enough for one or two good sized coun
ties, and contains millions of acres of the
choicest farming lands. An enterprising emi
gration is following into that country at a
rapid rate. Not less than twenty-fivo hundred
acres of railroad land has been sold in that
district this season, and a much larger quanti
ty has been taken up under tho pre-emption,
homestead and timber culture laws. The soil
is a rich, black loam, covered with bunch
grass, lnpino, sunflower, yarrow, and wild
geranium. Water Ircsh, clear and cold is
found everywhere in abundance, and sufficient
timber for present use is accessible. This
country is teeming with industry houses of
all descriptions are going up in every direction
as if by magic; tho vi'gin soil is being turned
over not only to fill the requirements of tho
railroad company, of twenty acres on each
tract purchased and the requirements of tho
General Government, but the now settlors
conscious that such soil must produce an ade
quate return for their time and labor in pre
paring tho Boil for next year's crop have gone
at it with a will, and from the present outlook
a largo amount of tho cereals w ill be harvested
in 1883.
'iho country just described is a continua
tion of tho low. Hat spur of the C'eeur d'Aleno
Mountains, extending in a northwest direc
tion, separating tho waters of Hangman creek
and Spokan river from Pino, Rock and Crab
creeks. Farmington, Garfield. Lone Pine.
Rock creek, Rosalia, Spangle, Cheney, Medi
cal Lake, Mondovia, Fairvicw, Crescent, Lar
ene and Cottonwood aro all located on this
broad ridge, which maintains nearly the same
altitudo above sea level from Farmington to a
distance of thirty miles beyond Cottonwood
Springs, making a total distanco of over one
hundred miles on a broad ridge, unbroken by
a singlo stream.
It is tho universal verdict of all observing
men who hao traveiscd tho country from
Farmington to Cottonwood Spiings that
it is tho natural route for a lailroad to
drain tho rich agricultural belt through which
this unbioken ridge passes, and that the
hranili hues must eventually make their con
nection at Chotiey. Tho country lying
around Cuttonwood Spriigs is capaWo of pro
ducing, when properly dovelopi.il to its aver
' o capacity say 00 per cent, under cultiva
on, in wheat, oat and barley not less than
ten million bushels annually.
A Good Flouring MU1
Tho Walla Walla Union gives this desenp.
tion of tho splendid flouring mills at Pendle
ton, in Umatilla county, Oregon, in a hto
lHauo :
Tho largest aud best flouring ni'lliu Eastoru
Oregon is situated in Poudletou, and is com
monly known as "livers' Mill." It belongs to
W. S. Byers & Co., and tho flour is branded
"Pendleton Mills." The mill was started iu
1S70 with ono run of stone. To-day it con
tains five pairs of French burrs and two of
Gray's roller mills, with F. Wcgeinanu's poi
celain rullcri. These rollers are protected by
letters' patent, dated March 8, 1SSI, and are
used in making the favontu patent or roller
flour. Tho mill building is a handsome struc
ture (iOxliO in siro, and has four floors includ
ing the basement. Attached to tho mill is a
granary 40x7S, with a storago capacity oi
some 50,000 bushels. Tho machinery in the
mill is driven by a. ,'12-iuch till bine wheel pro
polled by a 21 foot head of water, taken by a
ditch from the Umatilla liver, giving 75 horse
poAcr. Tho machinery is all of tho latest pat
terns and patents, and includes Defiance mid
dling puiilier, Kuiuika smut machine, Rich
mond brush machine utid a chupp.r, having a
capacity of two tons au hour.
Children
CRY
FOR
Pitcher's
Castoria.
Mother like, and Physicians
recommend It.
IT IS NOT NARCOTIC.
CENT AUK LINIMENTS ; tho
World' grunt Pulu-lteltovliitf
ruiiivdlcH. They heal, houUio mid
curuIluniHWouiidH, Weak Buck
and JtliuiimutUm upon Mnn.,
nnd rJitruliiM, GitU.s, mid Lamo
iicmh upon Beaut. Cheap, ijtilclr
aud reliable.
SPURT of disgusting Maoos,
Snnmes, Crackling , Paine lu the
Head, Fetid Breath, Deafness, and
any Catarrhal Complaint, oan be ex
terminated by Wei De Meyer'
Catarrh Cure, a Constitutional An
tidote b Absorption. Tho moat Im
portant DlscoTerjr since Vaccination