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L r i iD s. :t VOL. xiv. QorrcfyomUnti. SOMETHING! FOR FARMERS TO CONSIDER. Dairy Products Editor Willamette Farmer : There is so little cheesa made that tl'tro is not much cause for criticism. What is made is done bj' those who understand the business pretty well, and tako pride enough in it to send it to market m fair condition, lint what shidl I say about butter? I can truly siy it is a grcavy theme, and olten has a rank smell T can furtlui say that, sn far as it has come under my observation, there is a visible im provement this year over former years, and a desire on the put ot producers to improve the quality of their product. Among the dairy men those who make it their husincs tnerc is mrro unitoniiity in quahtj, more neatness in the siy'o of rolling, clothing and sending to marl et. They semi it in chests made expussly for the purposo, with tight fitting covers, which ate tent backwards and forwnids, doing duty every week through the season. Tlio rolls aro set on end in tho box made to hold jmt so many rolls in length and so many in width. If properly clothed and packed in this May, it will almost invariably arrive in matket in as good condition as it left the dihy. These butter chests are always scalde 1 e cry timo they are used, and as much pains taken to keep them perfectly sweet as with the churn or any other utensil of the dairy. Contrast this style with tho practice of the average fanner, or the country mer chant ho tikes in from the farmers. The fanner will pack it in a basket or apple-box, the country merchant in any sort of a box h" may havo in the hack room, no matter whether it has held dry goods, boots and shoes, candle, sap or coal oil; invariably . they pack on the side, and stow them in any way to fill up space. Thoy arrive, corners bruised, rolls chafed, flatt-ned and mashed out of shape, with marks of dirty fii gers all over it. o examine and find some of it with texture not iufeiior to the average dairy, evi dently had been made by some careful, pains taking woman with an honest purpose to do it just right. It left her hands faultless but the abaminablo treatment it received in the changes and transit to market has marred and soiled its appeal anco and diiuinshtd its market value fiom 2 cents to 5 cents rer pound, and the poor woman is defraud d that much; her product is classed with tho inferior aiticle because it is found in the same company and bears tho fame external n arks of carelessness; it is neglected on accountof its Miabby appear ance, anil pet Imps becomes stale and rancid beforo it icaches tho consume!, entailing fur ther loss; w hereas, hail it presented n neat and unifi rni nui earance. it wou'd hive been disposed of at.d consumed before becming. stale, he fault lies first with the farmer, and the refot ination must commence with the farmer; it must begin in the dairy. It costs no more timo or labor to make a good article than a poor one. He should take pride enough in it to put his own stamp upon it, so that it may ho known whetever it fcoes. He should takecuffio cnt interest in it to seo and know that it leaves for maiket in perfect older; that it is surrounded with conditions likely to ensure its safe arrival; he should even refuse to sell to the country merchant unle-s fully assured that his mcth ds of caiing for and nanuin g are sucli as to ensure its transit ana safe arrival in good condition. Think you, Mr. Farmer, that your interest in it ceases when you have delivered it on the country merchant's counter and received your pay in drv t,oods and groceries ? By no means. The pneu you obtain is gauged by the price he ob tains in the market, and if his manner of bani'luur, is careless and slovenly, v. our inter est is depressed and sutlers by it. Hence I .say the leformation must commence wiib you. Ytu have the power to do it, then enforce it. If you do not look sftcr your own interest, who will ? The country merchant looks after his interest, and sharply too. And you must look after jours. He will bay anything you offer if he sees any proht'iu it, simply to p'easo you and Keep jour tiade,.for the profit of couisc. Last jear I received sundry con signments of butter fiom country merchants; it was go d, led and indifferent, all mixed together. Occasionu lj-1 found some wretched stufl ; it w ould be an insult to butter to call it by that name. I called the consigners' atten tion to it, and askttl them ; "vVhat Io you suppose I can grt for such trash?" They re plinl : "We don't want to see it; we know all about i", it don't matter what it brings, sell for what J ou can get; we shall think you do we i to sen it at any price. I remonstrated with them for buying sueh stuff at all. They replied, "It was a god customer, and we didn t want to give offense; we piy in goods, and we make it up on them. Ami further.' they said, "We have certain customers who bring us a little butter; we buy it, and after they are gone ne thrjw it to the hogs as unfit to go any further." Ivor is this at all an isolated in stance. No less than thrre different mer chants of the State and Territory told me the same story as a sober fact; "they did not want to give oiiense ana made -it up en the goods." Now, Mr. Farmer, where is the economy iu such transactions ? Had you cot better throw- it to the heps and pay cash for the goods? or rather tutn over a new leaf, make an acceptable article and take sufficient interest in it to see and know that it reaches the consumer in good condition, a condition that will command the catlt, and not subject you to the liability of having it "made up on the poods." The cases cited are extreme ones of course, but there ii uuite as much poor and indiffer ent butter nude, and there is urgent need of a widetprerd reformation in the manufac ture and mode of handling and marketing. If ) had the money that might be saved in firs years to the products of Oregon and Vathington by such a general reformation in dairy management, I might sit in ft nv roceo cusluonel chair in th back parlor of a bank iu company with Mr. Lvd.l and railing, and havo plenty of rin ncy tor loan and discount. Thrift comes of indu-try and economy. Care lessness in dairy matters is gross wastefulness and breeds hard times Pork and veal aro incidental products of the dairy, and should be put in good coudition beforo sending to market. If neatly dre.-scd or slovenly done a half or ouo cent difference in price is often obtained. A few days ago a farmer sai 1 to me, "You don't pretend to tell mo it makes any diffcrcnci how you dress a veal, you send it to market with the skin on, don't you ?" I replied to him, "Yes, sir, 1 do tell you that thing." "Well," said ho, "I'd like yon to tell h ivv you do it." I re plied, "I will first tell jou how j'ou do it : You first cut off the head and let m bleed ?' He said, "Yes." "Next vou cut oil the feet at tho knee joint!" "Yes." "I hen you hang it up and take out the ci. trails?" "Yes." "Well, when you are thr- ugh there is always moie or less blood about tho neck and shoul dci, and the ski i on t'ie legs draws back (roin tho joints, leaving them bale for an inch or two ?" "Why of cour-e, that's alwrys the case in butchering " "A iel as soon as you have dono you take it to tho landaig?" "Of course, I havo to get there for tho boat." "And, by the time it coos aboard the boat. the joints look as though you had cut tho feet oil beforo KKUng the annual and it ha I inn around in the dirt on its stumps ?" "Well," said he, "What of it, it don't hurt tho meat?" I asked : " hat did y u get for jour veal to day?" He replied "feiv cents " "And you think you got the market prico !" "Well I don't know; the fact was the flies had Mowed it, and they said it wasn't worth that; so I thought I'd b tter tako it. I believe tncy swindled me though, lor jmt as soon as we traded, they took and played tho hoso on it, and wahol oil (he fl blows, and when I pas.d another shop they said they'd give, 7 cents for goo I veal. "But what did they say thej' would give for flv Mowed?" "I didn't say anything about that." I see they made a dollar out of me mighty quick, and that would buy a pound of tobacco.'" "See here, my friend, 1 think this is about the way to put it; you lost a dollar mighty quick by your miserable, careless, slovenly ways." "Oh; your city folks think jou are might smart to cheat a poor farmer. You can't teah me anything about farming I guess your veal would bo flyblowed if you brought it such a hot day as this " "No, sir, nary llyb'ow, even in the hottest days." Let me tell you how I do it I dress it the night before sending away. After tumlowu, when the flics are going to ro.st, I ttlect a clean place on the grass, and strike tho animal a blow on the head with a hammer. Itdiops senseless without kuowing what hint him; then bleed him by cutting tho throat, divid ing the skin closn to the head. After it is dead, hang it up, take oil tho head at tho first joint; in taking off the feet, run the knife aiound li inches below the joint, and cut the skin, then take them off at the joint; tho sktnu when drawn back will still cover the joint, and keep it clem; open and remove the en trails as neatly as possible, then w itli a cloth. and clean, water, wash away any little blood that may be about the neck and lower parts; theu take a box of black pepper, and sprinkle around the kidneys ana along the snine; this is offensive to flies, and they will not trouble it. Let it hang till morning, when it will lie dry and stiff and in perfect orier for s-ndiug away. You started with j ours limp and drip ping, still warm with the animal heat; a tempting feast for the flics and they accepted the invitation "whose fault was it, yours or the flies? ' I think the flics got tire best of you, if "I can't teach you anything about farming." Now, what have you to say? "Oh, well, come, let's take a drink." "No, thank you; I never drink. Well, take some beer and a cigar." "Thaukou, no beer; can't smoke." liut hold on, lietoro vou go let me say a little more. Yesterday a man came in from Washington county in a wagon aud drove to our cti or. eaid ho, "1 ve got some nice veal; what ran yon get for it?" I replied 7c. Said he, T'Como and look at it." Thcie was plenty of hay in tho wagon, ami wrapped up in a clean sucet were two nice veils neatly dressed As soon as I saw it I said that li fine. 1 think I can get hilf a cent ex'ra for that, iicrhaps, more. "Well, jou sell it for mo." So I soon hunted Mr. Butcher. "I have some fitie veal; what will you cive?" He renlied 7e. 'Can't take it; it's extra. I must have more; come and look at it." He did so, and took it at 7Jc, jo above the market Half a cent extra on 220 lb", venl'is SI 10, saved by a little careful painstaking. You lost a dollar fur tho want of it -tho difference between von and that man is $2 10; and if you and he keep ou in the same trark miking that difference between vou every time you come to town, in ten years he will bo a rich man, ami jou will not have enough left to bury you decently; and if jour friends don't look out sharply after you, you will he flyblowed before thev eret vou under son. ivooic nere before we part. 1 want to ask, "l)o you take any papers?" "Yes; I take oie, ami it's all I can afford." "What paper is it?" "The Musouri Demtxrat." I wanted to keep track of how the boys wcrea-duing at home and how the party is going. "Well, I thought so." "Why ain't tnt a good paper?" Certainly,' I have no fault to find with it. But would it not be Well to take a paper here that tells you what is going on in your new home, that gives you tin market price every week of everything you raise. If you had tb Wil lamette Farmer, you might have known the price of veal before jou left home. What you nave lost to cia would pay lor it six months. J. II. Ksapp. Pohtla.vp, Or., July 2Jlth. Garrison, on Third street, has the largest assortment of sewing machines in Oregon: ho has every sort that is made, though he makes a specialty of the "Household," which u the favorite machine in the market. Giv el mm a can anu asic price xor joureu. j PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 188S. Tab Oregon State Agricultural Association Management. Tl'UNFli, Or., July 31, 1882. Editor Willamette Farmer: I havo been on the lookout for some an- nouncement in the Willamittk Farmer of the coming State Fair, and reading tho article in jour piper of the 2Sth inst. reminds mo of the experiences of tnc last fair. Together with other good eitiens I take especial intei est in the' fair, and I also hope to see the reputati ui of tho State (and the State Fair also) fully sustai.icd. But if there should i of being a grand exhibit, will it be owing to the ncghgenco of the producers themselves or to other ciuses ? People must have some confidence in tho management of a fair to induce them to turn out enthusi astically. However littlo consideration may be at tached to the speed dcpirtment of tho fair, this department is specially provided for, while exhibitors in other departments aro not oven promised that they may expect any 1 ct ter treatment thin at tho last fair. Tho racing was put into tho hands of a special committee because tho horse-men demanded of the Bond of Directers that somelhinir should bo done to protect their interest, declining longer to submit to the usual ma' ngement." Is it to be presumed that the rest of tho exhibitors are classed as "clamorous brawlers" who hive no rights w hicli the management aro bojnd to respect? Quein saba f I am not prep red to condemn horse racing at the fair. It is as legitimate ami uselul a department as any other. It has its attendant vices clusteiing iu its shelter, hut I have yet o learn that the other departments aro im maculate. That gambling device, whisky drinking and debauchery arc not confined to the racr-track no ouo need go outside of the offices or l'avillion to ascertain, and yet, on tho fair ground, whatever need there may bo for more efficient police, or more ttringent rules among the thousands who are gathered there from all parts of the Pacific Coast, and who fepresent every nationality, color, condi- ti m, degree of intelligence, morality and dis- position for good or evil, on two continents, vio, gathering tor an annual "blow out," only cxprct:iig to stay a week, and having everj inducement to "turn themselves loose," as good order is kept, with only the society's evanescent machinery, as could be done in even as pious a city as Salem, or as perfect an one &s Portland, with all their aids of churches, societies and schools, police and all, constantly in running order, and therefore supposed to be as perfect as possible. The fact is that there are at all times and everywhere evil disposed persons ready to trespass upon the rights of others, who must be kept in check by the strong arm of the law, backed by a healthy public sentiment. If this is well done gambling devices won't hurt tho moral class if they let sueh devices severely alone, neither will any amount of tangle-leg disturb their equilibrium if kept on the outside. Even a horse-race may be made a matter of pure enjoyment if you have a good seat in the grand stand and don't bet on the wrong horse. But the great question for our Annual State Fair I, how to make it popular, aud how to get the society out of debt. In this latter it is in about as bad a way as it well can bo and exist at all, and it is to be hopod that the membf rs will come up to the-work this year and get us out of the slough of despond into which we are fallen. And is is also to be wished that soma of the society's office n may shovi their sincerity by no longer sacrificing their interests to run an institution which has become practically bankrupt uuder their ad iiunistiaiion, Then let me fay to every member of tho Oreg..n State Agricultural Society, conio t.i this fair and do your duty, or' forever after hold your peace. A Pavillio.v Exiiiuitok. More About Honey Dew. Fox Valley, Or., July 29, 1882, Editor Willamette Tanner: Can you tell me where I can get Bermuda grass seed. Has it been tried in the Wil lamette Valley ? If so, does it do well ? It is highly recommended in the Southern States for pasturage. Horses, cattle, sheep and hog are fond of it and will cat it in preference to any other grass. Where can I obtain the Russian mulberry seed or science ? Please answer in your valua ble paper and oblige. I notice an item in the Farmer of July 2lt headed Honey Dew in Oregon. Worcester calls it a sweet substance ejccUd upon leaves by certain insects of the genus aphis. Now, let me give you an item tht I think will ,e a problem for some one to answer if they can. in the fall ol JWJ'J myself, wife and some others Went on the summit of the mountain on m yuartsville road to gather huckleberries, Tho morning w as clear, and the sun shoue quite warm. About 10 o'clock theie came over us something like a cloud, and a init fell fiom the appaicut cloud, aud that niist was honcj' dew. Tho bushes got so saturated with it that wo had to cairy wet cloths to wipo the lionej- off our hands every few min utes to keep the beiries from sticking to our hands. No i this was leal honey dew. Our clothes were quite wet with it; the el ij' logs and boards were all alike saturated with it. Now the question is, where did this honey dew conio from ? Success to tho Farmi u Youis, A D. Garun'mi. Letter from Ohio Li-ovvRDsnur.il, Ohio, July 17th. Editor Willamette Pannei : Notwithstanding tho almist incessant rainy season, which has prevailed here since last October. Tho woild wags on, and Iudepeud ence Day, as usual, was commemorated with bad whisk', fire crackers and toy pistols. A long lino of casualties, as usual, aro repoi ted from tho 4th, and seven cases of lock jaw aio repoitcd fiom tho use of toy pistols; and light here I would say that lockjaw should, occur to every bod' who lmiiiifactuics, sells, or ue firo crackers or toj' pistols. In this civilied age, how absuid tho modes of celebrating the two greatest events in the world's history, to wit: tho birth of Jesus Christ and tho Uni'cd States of America. Drunkards and roughs, prostitutes and bojs, Joim the bulk of thnso who aro ever ready to hail and celebiatu Christinas and tho Fomth of July, when, in stead of either, tho fiist day of Apnl would, it seems to me, bo tho most befitting dav for tt cir holiday Perhaps this may draw critical fiic. But in tho words of the linmnrtil Henrv, "Let it conio." I iope.it it: "Let it come." The great commonwealth of Ohio, impotent to cr.fprco its liquor nil 1 Sunday Hws, lies help less and prone at the mercy of the brewers and beer guzzlers of i's large cities. And so far as Ohio U concerned, the American eagle might as well make its nest in a brush heap niul roust on a five rjil fence, and the Amen can flag (that even foreign nations delight to honor) be mado into summer sliirta for politi cians. If our boasted Legislature enact) a statute, it costs more to run it through the courts, to know whether it be a law or not, than it is worth, when helpless to enfoico it, as money buys out eveiythiiig now-adajs, and honor is miilo meiclunili.se. But, pr haps, you would hko to hoar something of our agricultural interests Tho w heat crop ciiuc on with a rush; fly wcovil, army worms, and all, And tluough snatches of rain ami sun shine but mostly rain, tho crop has been har vested and foot-t up little over a good hall crop. Oats look like they ha I como from the Wabash, while corn is rarely seen bootleg high. Old or last j ear's corn is scarce at 80.) per bushel, and hogs, of course, fell at 8o p r pound, un tho Htn instant, the creat .iL'L're- gated humbug and sponge (Forepaugh's show) stopped two long railroad trains at Delaware, showered in an almighty, gushing, continuous shower of rain, and, good financiers say, car ried five thousand dollai'sjn cash away from the foe Is, who went to see tho sights, drank beer, and smoked mild cigars. When will peo ple tire of paying their hard earnings to gratify public thievery, and look at stinkini: animals and monstrosities? Preachers anil gray-haired Christians, all mingled in one confused moss, listened with f'xed attention to clownish ribalry, spitted tobacco saliva on each other's backs, and got their Sunday clothes soaked with water from above, "so moto it always be," Tho great show tent, nea I K as lirge us tho noted Amphitheater of fttatillius luurus, was Jammed to sullncatinn, whilst over the scene tho heavens wept. I see by the Willamette Farmer a member of tho Oregrn Legislature, who bears my cognomen. If he comes from Ohio or Maryland, near Havre de Grace, he is a relative. Will tint -.. , r.. n. . . . gentleman or you, Mr. Editor, tell me Suc cess to tho Farmi.r and its other relative lately spoken into exatence, n copy of which I would be very highly gulified in beholding Havo those two littlo Kansas girls, whoso let ters appeared wcok before last, and w hose parents were booii to follow tho course of em pire (to the mournful ditto of "over tho hills aod faraway,") yet landed in the land where rolls tho Oregon and tho Webfoot feeds on salmon? If so, lit them write again, and tell us all about it. I have not piven over the idea of seeing your boasted laud, shainig your hospitality, beholding your bold, romantic sccuerj'. Anil if 1 do not desire to icmaiiii I enjoy the luxury of bidding vou a Uarful adieu; still in friendchip, kindly remember mo, John Water. Turner Station Items Born July 30, 1882, to Mr. and Mrs. P. Januej', of Turner, a sou. The father is as pleased as a pig in clover. If your readers that are troubled w itli slugs on their cherry tree's will dust them with unslaked lime I think they will be rid of them. I tried ashes on my young trees with good success, but believi lime to be better. Anil don't shoot or frighten away the insect- eating birds. Dont I oi7 You are shoot ing jour very best friends. Better shoot your workmen when they come for their pay; you will bo no more fooluh, no more morally criminal. If jou can't or wont pay the birds for their services, co out of the business: end grate; go to bunch-gran; anywhere. But do i. i. i.:..t. i v let the birds alone. Naturalist. ta.Tho Diamond Dyesalwavs do more than they claim to do. Color over that old ilre. It will look like new. Only 10 cents. Apple Tree Lice. Sin riiian, July 27, 1832. Editor Willamette Farmer: Plca5o tell mo as so in as jou can what to do for my apple trees. Tho lice aro killing them, and oblige II. W. Scott. Bli'LY. Theio l.ave boon matij' remedies suggested by our orcl.ardUts here, but the most cfTectivo is whale oil soap It can bo used in the following quantities : Ouo pound whale oil soap to ten gallons of water. Apjjjj with n large sjiingo orgaiden hoso. This will notjitirt green apples, but does hurt chenics rind ripening fruit. The lice do nut kill the trees, but simply strip them of their foliago and fruit for the year, as well ns destroy the piospects of tho next year's crop. The trees grow just tho tame. If lift totheniselvcsihey will dio oil in nbout three jenrc. It seems that they have nii'mal enemies m tho Juno bugs and a specus cf Mac!, ant, who follow them up end devour tl.em, and in tnno com pletely ipo thciu out. Our largo nurBorj men heio irect (anks capable of holding several bauds of this mixture and -hivo up to a tieo covered with lico and completely' drench tho tieo by the use of a garden Imnd liosn pump. Wo ndviso our fiieud to tiy this remedy, and let us know what was tho lesult. Death of Mrs. Turner. Tiii.mii, Oi., July 27, 1882. Editor Willametto Fanner: Mrs. II, L. Turner, of this place, died at her home yestei day. She w as among the pio neers of this State, coming to Oregon w itli htr husband and family (two sous nnd ouo daughtei) at an eaily date. Mr. Turner, who has been dead soma yens, was well know n as n mill-man at Scio and nt Aumsvillc; also, as an extensive land ownei, being ono of tho succi'sslul men ct Uiegun. .Mrs. turner lot lows her husband at the line age nf 82 voais, having two sons and a daughter, all of mature years. 1(. O. lit Well DlgKlnE Machinery. Alkali, Wasco Co , July 2.1, I8h2. Editor Willamette Pannci: Can you give mo tha address of boiiio com pany that has the machinery for boring wells? There is plenty of land that would produce good cropi and would be settled up if there wcro any way to get water bo'ldus digging for it If jou will help me to find tho addicu of s line- company I will be ever so much obligod. Yours, E. II. Kirum. The Sluslaw. rjorresjionJcneo I'lif-enc (limnl. I took a trip to tho Siuslaw country to find out its resources and tho availability of tho river anil bar. I can say from what I saw and from what information I could gather, that there are very large quantities of tho very best fir timber in that part of the country which I passed through, and was told by roli. able parties that thcro aro much larger quan tities of the best of this timber up the main Siuslaw river abovo the mouth of Lake creek. The timber could bo run down theso streams with a small rise of water to tnln water and caught byn boom. Tho bottom lands on theso itreams are of the finest quality, and not heavily timbered. Coming to tide water I found fine bottom lands all the way for homo twenty miloi, ana a deep river with bold shores. Wo then came to tho tow n of Flor ence, some fivo miles from the mouth of tho river. It is quite a small town, ono store and post-ofllco, nnd a cannery. Tho river from heiu is as fine n stream aiu pcison could wish to sec. I sounded the bar in cuiiipiuy with Capt. V A. Cox and Willaril Palmci. I took lime casts of the lead, nnd found the hast water to bo twelve feet at low tide, and full tide would bo rightecn feel. The bar is very short and straight out to se-a, which makes it veiy practical' of navigation. This river is ono of I ho finest on the coast for salmon fishing, not excepting any but the Columbia. Thcro aro also several fine mill sites on the river, and as soon as the govt in. ment surveys tho lui it will iivo capital a chance to come in and make a good country out of it, for it has tho resources for a good country. On my return trip fiom the Siuslaw I took a good lock at tho country On the mam Siuslaw and the north fork ami other streams tributary to it, there is still a large quantity of good farming land open to settlement, and enough fir timber to employ ten large saw mills for at least thirty year. The people of Lane county aro building a good wagon road from Eugene City to tide water on the Siuslaw, which it may take another year to finish. I like the general appearance of this coun try Letter than any other part of the Pacific Coast that 1 have visited. I have no intucst at utake further than to see the country opened up for the public good, and what 1 have said concerning it has been prompted bj honctf convictions. Yours, K K. Pac'KAM). A Specific for liver Complaint the Ore. gon Blood Purifier. NO. 25. The Mines or Yakima County Some tight j'cars ago placer mining com menced on the Sw auk, and has continued with paying success ever since; but although a good deal of aru gold Im Wen found, re muneration for tliu same has ln.cn small for tho amount of woik dono. The mining in that way is co fined to two white men and eighteen Chinamen, in three giugs of the lat ter. About a j'cai ago a hunt for quartz de veloped a rich deposit of gold-bearing quart iu what is now denominated the Hotnestake lode, assajs from which I have sent yon in a previous litter. The discovery natii'ally in stituted touch in ncichhoriug district', and sinco then other important disc ivories have been nudo of eqtul valuo if not gt cater; and now the opinion prevails to a laige extent that rich depo its extend over a 'nrgu district of the suirounding country. Tho discovery of tlio (lumestikc was inadi by Louis Oj.citsch and Homy Livingston, both men of opciicuco in quvit. tinning. Tho latter is nowengigid iu running a tunnel on the llomestakc. Livingston has inoro or less experience in tl." quart nines of Color ado and Nevada, while Qiimbch has been scouring tho mountains iu the vicinity of Nig ger, i'eshastiii and Iug.ils CiceUs for th last four years. Tho hilcs on tho Swank, with tho exception nf the Coulelia, run northeasteily and south westerly, which cuts tho Hoinestake, and other lodes luuniug parallel with it, almost at light angles. Tho pioneer piospectors, the Livingstons, both h.no an interest in the Ilonicstak", wlulo tho indefatigable Qucitsch has fu oxtensivo c'nim on the same lode, and all tluce havo an interest in tho Cordelia, which may yet provo to bo the host of them all. Tho Bonanza runs parallel with the Home stake, which is thought to bn good enough to justify tho election of n mill theieon. Loon hard sajs ho thinks ho will put n null ou the sauii: some, time In feu o winter sets in In u year or so jou may prepare to hear BOmo fa vorable nccoui ti from this auriferous region. Thcro is no small wonder that such rich dis coveries should have lemaiiied co long unob served when placer mining his beou going on for the last eight yeais iu Mich close proxim ity. Two other parties have taken quart claims a few miles below the lloiiiestako. They have their families camped near bj havo a cow, chickens and their teams, and am fixed with camp equipage for a summer's work. The men are opening tho claim, and fiom tho rock already til: 'ti out the women have obtained gold by ji -tuiling the rock in u common mor tar. I have not socn this, but reliable persons have informed mo that such aro the actual facts. Tho writer has tlio utmost confidence in the good paying quarU deposits of tint Swank, The ore banked at the mouth of the tunnel on tho Homestako has been pronounced by ex perts as high rado ore, and tho lode well de fined, Since writing the above I have seen a large quart, specimen, weighing some sixty pounds, that h is one surface ahuust literally spangled with fieo gold, which H tlm fmct specimen tho writer Ins ever seen. io cousiihicd. and is from the Lockwood and Cooper mine on tin roauasiiit. Snako IUver PlaoorH Messrs A J. Sands and 0 (', Miller recent ly n turned from a visit to the place r diggings of Ed, S. Taylor, o-i the Snako Iliver, says the Aratiiiirhr, and uie enthusiastic ever the method used thcro for saving the gold. Iu fact, thrro is but ono verdict from all who have seen Mr. Taylor's inachinu work, and that it is the best pnuess, so far discovered, for use on tho Snako Itlvei bain Everything indtcatui that Mr. Taylor has not nveicsti nuteil hts leturin', but allowing that they am only one half what he claims, tlm working nf this gravel would still bo the Inn I thiug in the count!-. Messrs, Miller and Sands own some good ground adjoining that of Mr. Taylor, and as they aro both gentlemen of means, it is probable, although they havo not intimated as much, that their visit may result iu some thing more practical than nieru right-seeing. In our ni i don the o )y thing mu ilcd to -juke Snake Iliver Valley swarm with inon and pro duce millions of dollars, is a ditch whereby plenty of water can bo obtained. Such a ditch is bound to be constructed, and that lie fore any great length of tunc hat elapsed. Acme Dryer Company This company has incorporated in this city, huvniL' purchased the pitent right for the ctnintj, ti inaiiuf icturn thoAcun) Dryer. Mr, J, II. Knapp, 207 First street, communion incrchsiit, is the agent for tl.o company, and a house near by has been rente) fcr tlm pur pose, and a fimt-clasi dryer Ins been con- ntnicted within it, so as to t)ew by its prac tical operation now win iiwcuks. All par tem visiting the city arc invited to cail and uiamlne. )
