Willamette farmer., August 11, 1882, Image 1

VOL. XIV.
fycmfyimtUntq.
SOMETHING FOR FARMERS TO CONSIDER.
Editor Willamette Fanner :
On every firm more or less slaughtering of
animals fs done; a beef is killed, perhaps sev
eral of tlitin, according to the size of the fam
ily, to supply the wants of the table. Where
sheep are kept (and a few should he kept on
every farm) they are killed from time to time
for the table; the hides and pelts, if properly
taken olfanil preserved, have a market value
and command the cash as readily as any other
product of the farm. Care should be exer
cised in taking them off without cutting. A
few outs, if discovered, condemns it as a cull;
it should be spread out and hung over a pole
under a shed, flesh ride out, to dry, or, if
' near transportation, maybe sent at once to
market. The sheep pelts should be spread out
in the same maimer, always under cover, hi
stoid of throwing them over a stump or fence
to bleach in the sun, rjin and dew, rendering
them culls and detracting from their selling
value 33J per cent.
In slaughtering hogs many farmers cure
their surp.us hams ami bicou instead of send
ing their dressed hos to n.aikct; the object
is to add value to their product and make it
bring more money, all of which is commenda
ble and in the direction of true economy. Hut
let us take a look and see how they do it, and
how they defeat the veiy object thy are
striving after. They aro careless in cutting
the hams and thouldcis, leaving angular cor
ners and ragged eoges; some smoke too much,
giving a blacked and scorched appearanco,
others do not smoke -enough, giving the ap
pearance of being green and uncurcd; and in
sending to market they use any old sacks or
barrels or boxes they may have; it receives
' rough handling and tumbling at every ;hang,
and it arrives chafe. 1, grea-y and dirty. Con
trast this with tliepn ducf of the city packer.
He cuts his sides straight, the hams and
shoulders neatly trimmed, the angular cor
ners rounded off; he watches the smoking
process, giving it the neat brow n appearauco
most desired, and all uniform in color. He
loses nothing in value in trimming, for the
pieces go into tliu pot and are rendered with
the laid. Now, how docs the market values
of each compare ? Look at the quotat.ous all
through the se,ons, "city cur jd," "ouutry
cured;" one to two cents per pound in faver'j
of city cured and against the farmer, and a
still greater difference, in the ictail rates, gen
erally not les than three cents per pound.
Now this difference is a direct loss to the
farmer of from sin to ton per con1', merjly in
the difference of curing and handling his
bacon. Nor u this all the loss. Tho city
cured takes the preference, is used .first while
fresh and sweet before there is any shrinkage
in drying out. The country cured oust tand
back and wait Its turn three to nine months,
shrinking in weight, losing time, loss of inter
est and often less or damage by flies getting
into it. "But,"" says the firmer, "I don't
understand thcoatting and I haven't the con
veniences." If you have any convemtenoes to
do it at all, it isaust as easy to do it well, and
if you do not understand the cutting and
trimming, learn it; make a trip to the city
dnring the packing season, step in and look
. on; you can lcani .the whole trick in five .min
utes. The city packer bought of you the meat
to pack; at the outset the quality of vours
.and his were alike, no dilltrencej he under
stands the value of putting his goods on the
market m a neat, -attractive and merchantable
shape, and he makes a profitable business,
makes money w here you throw it aw ay; he
flourishes, dresses his wife elegantly, drives a
good team, w hile j ou complain of liard times
andihiukjou arc cheated.
Dried Fruits. Iu a former article I liave
alluded to the marketing of green fruit, and
the importance of using pnly ripe and well-
matursd for drj ii g, making an article of b'rst
quality. Some farmer put up their dried
fruit ery creditably in boxes of uniform size
and weight. If they would carry their im
provement a little further and mark neatly
with a stencil, as some do, their products
woukl take rank at once among case goods.
But while a few give no cause for criticism in
this matter, quits too many pack fruit and
end it away in aoy sort of a package that
they may have on band, sacks, boxes, sugar
kegs, etc. They argue as the man did about
the veal "The fruit is just as good." True?
the quality of the article is not affected by the
sise or shape of the package that contains it,
but its market or selling value is affected.
The farmer who puts up his products in a
abpc to meet the demands of trade, obtain
the first sales anil at the best prices, while
the careless have to wait and take a leas price.
Manufacturer! understand this principle; they
study the demand and wants of trade, and
cater to meet them. Tho principle should 1 e
observed w ith all tho ptoducts of tho farm,
and it will be monoy in your pocket. Small,
i nfer i .r potatoes are worth something to feed
ti your stock; if sacked and s ct off
good it lessens tho inirket value more than is
gained in weight. During the shipping tear-on
last spring 1 rcceiv.d a shipment of potatoes;
tho shipper wrote : "They are all good and
well assorted." I examined them 'and found
them faultiest, and had no difficulty in dis
posing of them at 1 per bushel, while others
were selling for 90 to 95 cents. It paid him
t. bo caieful.
J. 11. Katt,
Porlasd, Or., July 20th
The Marriage Association Swindle.
Dkxtfr, Or., July 30, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
I see it is claimed by the Ornjoui'tii that the
Northwestern Mariiage lusuunco Company,
of Portland, Oregon, are a very clever set of
fel'ows, pa) ing to tho policy holders "dollar
for dollar. " It is bad puough foi tho hoiutt
youth of the country to be swindled ont of
hundreds of thousands of dollars by a 1 ital
ized company of scoundrels ha iug their head
quarters in Portland, Oregon, but for an old
paper like the Orrgonhm, that has had the
support of the people of this State for the last
thirty years, to come out in support of, or
apologize for such swindlers, is the worst cut
of all. I think that a lit lo more than human
nature is called on to be ir, w lthout making an
attempt to get the facts before the people. It
is tale that the company have paid dollar for
dollar to tho policyholders; they ha e made
no effort to redeem their promise to the in.
sured. The company set forth to the people
that they were the strongest men of Portland,
morally arid financially, and intended an lion
eBt business, ami olfered large inducements to
thn unmarried to insure wi.hthem. Alter
doing a largo business, amounting to millions
of dollars, they then made use of the press
and portrayed theuvibiof marriage insurance,
and tho rascality of all such companies but
their own; and naturally enough, just as they
expected and intended, they scared oil' about
four-tilths of their policy holders, of whom
they collected a large amount of money, in
order that they might get legal possession of
the same. As soon as any marriage was re
ported the remaining policy holders must be
disposed of, so these same good, m.ral fel
lows, directors of the swindle, called a meet
ing of the band and passed u resolution en
trusting to one A. A. McArthur (the chief
devil of the concern) the task of an equitable
adjustment of the funds in hand. This arch
fiend notified us immediately, under tliesig.
nature of the company, what our fate was.
By sending in our policies and transferring
them to some unknown party, we would re
ceive certain amounts of mooey as an equita.
ble adjustment, but no one, to my knowing,
-received as much as was paid in by from
thirty to sixty -dollars, These men have swin
dled the people out of a large amount of
money, and should receive the reprobation of
the good of all mankind.
Respectfully yours, Thomas Bakes.
.Items from Turner.
Tcbxkk, Or., Augusts, 1SS2.
.Editor Willamette Farmer:
Four immigrant wagons direct from Kansas
parsed throuph this place yesterday. Their
jaded horses and dusty people reminded me
of '53, when your correspondent was
"another" (Me Airs. Dunniway). Tiicso
people had come ria Boise City and up the
Malheur river, via Princvilln and Lebanon
road across the Cascades, and I am informed
that they aro buund for the cosst j ortiou of
Washington Territory. Tbey have passed the
unoccupied lands, and are astonished at the
price of Land here, and tln-y aro still moving
on and ou. And thereby hangs a tale. The
price of land here sends. nearly all newcomers
to Eastern Oregon or Washington Territory,
and very few stop here. There is an abund
ance of land for sale, a superabundance, in
fact, as there are a great many who want to
sell out at a good Injure, and with the pro
ceeds "go to bunch grass," where they can
take advantage of the cheap lauds and abund
ant ranre to better their condition. But un
fortunately for the tale of lands here, the im
migrant can do tbo same, and the discovery
of the value of bunch grass lands has thus
materially affected the price and sale of lanl
here. Railroads also come in as a factor in
equalizing prices, and since the building of
the narrow gauge the O. k C. H. It. no longer
holds its monopoly of the price of lands con
tiguous thereto. It. 0. II.
BrUnt's Disease. Dtabstea, aiinej, Liver
or
urinary uueaaet.
Have no (ear of any of these diseases if vou
use Hop BitUr, as they will prevent and'eure
the want cases, even wben you have Men
made worse by tome great puffed up pretended
care.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1883.
The State Fair.
Salfm, Oi Augusts, 1SS2.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
The time for holding the Annual Stato Fair
is rapidly approaching, and I am making
preparations for it with better spirit than for
years past, i.vcrj thing points to a gran i
finincial success if the weather is favorable.
The pis'c-s v ill be exhibited thioughout Ore
gon, Washington Territory and Idaho in a
few days. Tho exhibition of cattle, sheep and
S'.wue will bo unusually go. id, especially of
the former, in Jcrsaas and Short Horns, whi'e
the Pavilion exhibit promisos to equal any
former year. If all arrangements can be per
fected, as now desiicd by the Executive Com
mittee, our receipts will be much larger in
somi departments than they lnvo been for
two years. Of courso the public understand
that the society offers no money this year for
racing, but notwithstanding that, tho best
trills of speed ever seen at any fnir will bo
witnessed this year. 1 look for a fiuo riitplay
of fi nits, vegetables and fai in products, and
fo- a general exhibition of unusual interest
aud attraction. E. SI Watte.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
Mr. James K. Kennedy, writing to the
Walla Wall i (W. T.) T.iify Union, puts forth
the following interesting facts and figures,
rinse figures will be of interest to many, so
we append thorn:
Tho Mlowmg table shows tho number nf
inches of rain that fell at Walla Walla, fiom
Jauuaiy 1st to July 31st, in each joir com
tntiiicing with 1873 and ending with 18S2:
1S73.
inehci
11 SO
IS75
inches
9 56
1877.
inches
14.31
1S70.
inches
13.41
1831.
inches
13 31
1874.
inches
8 20
187U.
inches
0G0
1878.
inches
7 87
18S0.
inches
0.24
18S2
inches
10.09
Of course, th above figures are trao only of
Walla Walla and its immediate viciuity.
Much more rain fell in the above months on
tho higher ground, as the elevation increases
towards and along the mountains, and much
less on the lower, as it drops towsrd the Col
uinbii, but the mciease or tho decroisc, no
cording to the general laws governing rainfall
in this part of the world, was proportioi nl to
the figures given abov . What is worthy of
attention in the abovn table is this: 1873,
1S75, 1877, 1879 and 1881 had each, in tho
months that go more towards making our
crops than tho others, several inches more
rain than 1874, 1S70, 1878, 1880 and 1S82.
Leaving out July and making out the cal
culation from January 1st to Juno 30 ih of
each of tho shove yeais the ratio is tho sime.
so that for ten years at least and we have no
tables of rainfall here for over that time tho
crops must Irave ben best in tlio odd yars.
1 present tho above remarkable (is I think)
figuroi without comment ctlier than that
wliero the ratni has been so constant for such
a length of tim", the probability is that it will
continue, for rainfall is governed by natural
laws which have a thread of uniformity run
ning through tlvm. Whatever tho case may
be iu the future, however, it is clear that
those, farmers who leaped their summer fal
lows in 1873 and the other odd years, must
have got heavier crops than those had them in
the even.
While this may all be true enough yet in
fact of the proper cultivation of the soul can
not be ignored. It's not the quantity of rain
that falls always, but much depends upon the
season nnd time of the year when such water
falls. Again, would it not be well to plow, so
as to reach the moisture? Here, ton, lies au
important point, (io deep enough to reach
moisturf. Some farms need deep while others
need shallow plow ing. The farmer should ex
periment and ascertain when and whore to
plow deep or shallow.
Kext Meeting of Butts Creek Orange.
To the Patrons of Husbandry of Butte
Creek Orange, No. 82, Clackamas County,
Oregon: Notice is hereby given that tho next
Grange meeting will be held the fourth Satur-
lay iu September. Old and vounr. married
ainlsingb", iich and poor, aro carmstly solici
ted to attend, as matters relating to the
Grange Fair will be discussed and arranged.
No ihirktng or lame excuses, but come boldly
foiward, put jour shoulders to tho wheel and
give it a turn in the right direction.
By order of P. J. Ruiixcis. Master,
h, Kowrxi., Secretary.
Grange Heeling.
Notice is hereby given that Multnomah
District Pomona Grange, No. fl, will convene
at East Poitland, in the hall of Multnomah
Grange, on Saturday, August 19, 1882, at
10 o'clock A u. The Grange will be favored
with quite a lengthy programme at said
meeting. We cordislly invite all Patrtfns to
attend. Jasfku J, Joii.sho.v, Seo'y.
A correspondent writing to the Pomeroy
Indeirultnt reports that Major Truss has a
large warehouse, 48x192 feet, under wav of
construction, with a chute one mile below, ou
me same sine oi me river that tin present
warehouse is situated. The chute and ware
house will be built upon the latest improved
plan.
"ehapalba.
Qu-tk, couplets core, all anoojln- Kldrey. JiUMtt
art Urinary Plsnats. 11. Dreg-rUts.
PUYALLUP HOP-OKOWINO.
The First Growers In the Valley Thilr Suc-
ceasis acd Discouragements -list of
- Present Growers, with Acreage
of each of the Great Yield
of these Lands.
The following very interesting article on
hop growing in Puyallup is taken from the
Tucomn Leilijer of a late elite. We nould be
glad to republish such articles concerning the
hop yards of our own State, provided some of
th-' papers would take pains to prepare the
nrticlo. Such articles do much toward e'cvcl
oing a State, and as wo aio sending 5,000
copies East each mouth tho reader will sio
how much co d can accomplish;
Tho b-st information wo have is that Jacob
R. Meeker, tho father of Ezra and J. V.
Meeker, was tha first hop grower in Puyallup
Valley. .Is job came to Washintou Tciritory
1S51, taking as a Donation claim what is
known as the Goer place, on the edge of the
prairie about fivo tniks from New Tncoms,
sou li, there residing until 1SU2, when he
moved to the neight orhood whtro Sunn cr
now is, takinp a pre-emption eliiui, where his
wilow and family now reside. It was nit
from any special knowledge of hop-growing
or the adaptability of tho valley's soil to this
kind of agriculture that Mr. Meeker, tho
older, was led to make the trial, but It was
through the advice of and inducements held
out by Uncle Charley Wood, of Olympi i,
whose object was secure near nt linnd a mffi-
c ent supply f In ps ii"ar at hand for his own
brewing. Uncle Chailuy was an old settler,
farni'r nnd brewer, who lesided about fivo
mih's from Olymnia, nnd Mr. Meeker, hap
poning t) bo in the capital city on one occa
sion, met Undo Chailoy and was persuaded
by him to promise a trial of hop-raising, pio
vided tho roots weio sent. Shortly afttr re
turning to his home in the vally. Mr. Meeker
received fri m Olj mpia n lot of hop roots, lo
tifcen n peck and and a half bushel in bulk,
J. V. Meeker having packed them on his
back from tho prairie, at a point wliero thoy
had been laid by the carrier from Olvinpin, to
his father's place. But still not appicciatmg
the project ho was undertaking, nor ever
dreaming that jt would develop to an extent
that would make the little valley famous, he
did not regard it as the beginning of a branch
of farming that would bo permanent with
him, and so in planting tho n.ots ho set tin ni
out in his apple orchard between row-B of
trees. Ho thought of it as a small venture,
involving littlo or no risk, by which he
might make a few dollars in the year just as
one would on a small potato patch. At tho
end of the season ho had as a resu t 185
pounds of cured hops, which had been cured
by spreading them in a loft over the kitchen
and depending upon the ordinary heat of the
kitchen stove to dry them. In the fall ho
sent his product to Olympi i, and to his gieat
surpriso Mr. Wood gave him 83 cents per
pound for the 185 pounds of hojs. He real
ized raoro out of these few hop plants than
trom all the balance of his place latt year.
And such was the
BKOINNIMl OF HOI' (1KOWIMI
In Puyallup valley, which was in tho spring
of 1800. Encouraged by his unexpected suc
cess ou this small scale, he was not slow in
dotcrming to venturo upon a larger scale for
the next season, and thereupon ho sent to
E. A. Light, at Steilacoom, who was known
to havo a few hop roots in his garden, and
obtained all that Mr. Lmht could spare, pay
ing the latter's charge of $125 per thousand.
Tho supply so obtained added to tho roots or
runners from his own littlu pioneer patch be
tween the applo trees, gave him enough to
plant two acres for the jcar 1807. The quan
tity of yield for that season was large and ti e
prices continued good. Ho sold part of that
crop to Mr. Wood and pait to Capt. S, W.
Pircival, both of Olympia, for "5 cents per
pound, a result than which hardly any agri
cultural crop could be more encouraging.
The first roots planted by .Mr. Meeker, being
those obta'iied by Undo Charley Wood,
proved to bo too small aud of an inferior kind,
being light and seedless, becauto they were
without stamens, and would not yield over
400 pounds to the acre. But ho improved his
stock and was fairly in the business as u per
manent undertaking and means of livliliood
and profit. In tho following year, 1808, he
raised another and still larger crop, which he
dried in a little
KHOKK IIOtlSK,
And the cured hops of this crop were mar
keted in Portland by his son Ezra, who sold
them for 25 cents per pound. But afttr the
grst year's experience among the apple trees
he was not alone among his neighbors in lion
culture. Knowledge of his success stimulated
others to try. Adjoining the farm of Jacob
Meeker waa that of Mr, L. F, Thompson, who
also had taken a pre-emption claim, covering
the place whero he now resides at Sumner,
wbo had the enteiprise to go vigorously Into
th business. Mr. Thompson, now ono of tho
foremost hop growers in tho Territory, fo med
a nattnerchip with his near neighbor, K. C.
Meade, and with A. R. Williamson, who is
now in hops up the skagit river, for the pur
pose rf sharing the expense nnd profits nf
what was then regarded as a lonsiderablo
venturo in planting, on Mr Thompson's land.
They sent to Flint, n hop grower of Sicra-
mento, and bought 4,000 mo's, which filled
two barrels and Btockcd four ncics of ground.
Altliouch they did not plant theso roots until
May, did not pole tho vines until July, nor
tiam them until August, yet they had tho
astonishing yield of 600 pounds to tho a:io,
which equals tho averago yield of Germany,
where for centuries they havo grow n hops n
a vi ry largo acieagc, aim stiiiiie I ami experi
mented to attain to the
BKST MKT1IOIW
Of hop raising, ilcmonstratiiii; in n very
marked way tho adaptibility ot the Puyallup
valley soil to this particular culture. The
2,000 pounds raisud by thein in 1807 wero
sold for 55 cents, which was 20 cents per
pound le-s than tho pneo obtained by Mr.
Meeker tho same year, owing probably to tho
lateness of their ciop In that year tho only
hop yards in tho valley woro those of J. R.
Meeker and the above named firm. In tho
fallowing j ear Ezra Meeker went into thn
business in connection with A. R. William
son, who shortly afterwards moved to Skagit
valley, nnd in that y ar and during tho year
following up to 1871, thcro woro only thrco
l.op yatds in the valley of tho Puyallup In
the year last ine ntiontd J. P. Stewart and J.
V. Meekr planted hops nt Puyallup, and
thcrj wero then fivo yards in tho valley. But
prices wero not sustained to nnywhero near
tho point attained in 1800. From 25 cents in
loTiS they dropped down in t'io year after,
reaching in 1870 to as low as 4 cents a pound.
These prices so discouraged Messrs. Thonip
sou & Meade, who romainod in partnership,
and naturally enough, that in the spring. of
1S7I, after a disastrous market, they wero
about 1 1 plow up part of their hop plants
Their acreage had buuii iucroiscd bjyoud tho
capacity of their hop houses and tha
I'llICri IlKINfl -so LOW,
With no indications ahead of any iinprov-tt
ment for the next J ear, they did not think it
worth while to go to the expenso of enlarging
their facilities for curing, but rather that
would bo hotter to decrease, their acrcaco to
accommodate tho curing facilities on liar il.
Indeed, their vines, when Era Meeker's son,
Marion, went into tho field with a prcposat
from his father to lease the portion about to
be plowed, which was two acres. I'ho lease
was given, and Ezra Meeker cultivated tho
tci ncres, getting tho unprecedented yield,
except previous crops on this samo yard, of
2,000 pounds to the acre. Tho extreme, fluc
tuations iu price and consequent great hazard
of this business aro illustrated on tho fortu
nate side by the outcomo of this lease. From
a low market of 4 cents a pound, and the con
si quent disheartening effects to a high mar
ket and perfect fovcr of success ropiesented
by tho quotation of CO cents a pound, is a long
distance iu prico but a short ono in experi
ence. Mr. Meeker sold his 4,000 pounds at
tho figure last named, a yield in gross of
$1,000 an acre, and ho could in that season
havo sold at 20 cents higher with the full in
formation daily of tha statu of tho market in
San Francisco and tho East that the hop
growers now havo. From about that tuna
dates the
MANIA full Hill' flUtlW'iV
Iii Puyallup valhy, and it will answer well
in thu stead of a detailed account of tha in
cream in number of yards and acrnagn fiom
year to year, with names of recruits and their
varied experiences to now givo n state-mout
showing tho names of thous wlioaro at present
engaged in tho business, with tho acreage
planted by each. But the following statement
submitted for HiIb purp so is in a few in
stances apprnximito only as to acreage :
Mason HajKirJ
Prank Youn
wiiiiiteii nru
WlllUin Harmon
duo. Vi. Harmon
A HuruelU.
VV Jbwtimm
h. A iJirenz
A 1jiMe
II. Ikxkctt.
T. K. fatten
Vn Otfle
A, J. ljucrry
Clirii lldim.1,1
liol.t (Jr.lntir
Artliur Hlitrnmii..
It, MiCumbra
Tailor
II. Winkler
A. Wui'ery ,
Miiii Klncl.l.
K. C. Mal.
'John Camo i
S. I', fitewart
A. Miller
W. J. Itouiiiall
II M. lions
lira K.A. Clark
A. 0. llallirwa
J. V. Meeker. .
(lea. A. Cook
-VK. Sleeker & (Jo
7!ll. Crockett. . . .
II H. V. Jatkion
,(,' II Knliiiilni'.
It. NU
H. llonncy ,
Itobcrt Moore,
Win. Una.
A. J. Oliver
I. K. ThoiniHton
U II. Ityaii,
w. C'.nibba.
Win. Korreat
Z. A. HU.no ,
I). M. Annla
II MrCnuii
II. Alvcy
Kit. I I link It man
J, K. Ilickluwn
John KlncaiU
II. M. biilnniiiir
), 1). Gilliam ;
Total
John Murray
Some of the best informed hop raisers esti
mate the average yield of the Puyallup yards
at 1,000, and a few even as high aa 1,700
pounds per acre, but a more conservative and
NO. 36.
undoubtedly a reliable estimate is 1,500.
Contrast this with tho nvemgo of Germany,
tho leading hop luoituciiig comtry of the
world, which is only 500 noun's per acre.
Washington Territory ranks fourth among
tho hop growing States op tho Unijn accord
ing to the iiturns of tho last federal census,
which giwo the crop roj orts fjr the year 1879,
as may bo seen fiom tho following table :
Sta'cs. Groncia. Acres. Pounds.
New York. 9,705 30,072 21.028.931
Wisconsin. . 2,317 4,438 1.1100,427
Ciliforuia 89 1,119 1,141,077
Washington Tcr. 55 534 703,277
Michigin. . 433 499 200,010
Ortgon 70 3t 241,371
Twelve other States aro listed in the census
repotts as hop grow b g States f less prodto
tion, Kansas being tlio lowest at 500 pounds
total yield for the year. Tlio average for the
whole of Washington Territory for tho year
1879 is thin seicu to bo 1,317 piiinds por acre,
onanist only 553 for Nuw Voik, 113 for Wis
consin, 1,290 for Ca'lfeiic.h anil S03 for Ore
gon. In avoiago jiuld par aoio it is therefore
fur ahead of all tho SU is and Tei i itwiet of
tho Union But Puyallup vslloy in ighbor
hord, as above shown, now has a uroatcr
nnmlier of hop groweis and ncieago than the
wholo Tort Italy had in 1870 tho repoit now
hcing, as show n, 57 groweis and 099 ncrcs.
Yet .i ion t 100 ncrcs aro in new hops, and aro
tlicicloru tn uo cxclii'lea f-n tlio count in es
timating tho probable yield of thu valley for
this year. It is deemed quite sifo to calculate
upon 000 acres, which, at thu averago named
of 1,500 pound , would givn a y lei I of 900,000
pauiids for the be.ason. Some of this has
already been so'd nt prices lower than the
present quotation, which is 40 cents, but esti
ma'ing tho proceeds at the .average rato of 30
censs per pound, this yu.u-'j crop will bring
into tho valley for distnbiition tho lirgo sum
of $270,000. It may not be amiss to speak of
thu possibilities of Pnjallup valley as a hop
district, considering whethnr it may not
eventually go foremost ol all tho other hop
districts of the United State. The soil is n
sandy loam tho alluvial deposit of the
Puyallup river and tributaries, and what is
now tho valloy is reckoned, to have been in
times long ago, for miles iii from tho bay, an
arm of Pugot Sound of great dopth. It is
thought 1 1 comprise fully 30,000 acres of land
of thu peculiar kind from which suqli good n
snltshavo already been obtained.
Cottonwood naiiysnlngs.
The town called Cottonwood, Hokail
county, is situated in thn b.-st portion of
tho Big Bend countiy, and wo think tho
best portion of Eastern Washington, with
the possible exception of tho Walla Walla
country.
There is at present but ono stoic, a govern
ment foragy station, n post-oflice, blacksmith
shop ami the inevitable saloon to constitute a
town, but a rite of metropolitan dimensions
has recently been surveyed and staked into
lots, which will bo offered to speculators in
"city property" soon, Mr. J. C. Davenport
and other prominent bn-iums riu'ii of Cheney
are tho principals of tho movement, and it is
hinted that tho namo of the town has been
changed to Davenport.
A largo number of immigrants, chiefly from
California, of a very dcsirabli class, have
lately settled upiii government and railroad
land a s'io' distance north ef Cottonwood.
An enthusiastic school meeting was held at
tho California house, about threu miles north
of Cottonwood, last Sutiirdiy eeniug, A dis
trict four miles squan v.n organized and
trustee! elected,
Tho family of .1, I) Gnz.z.lo is alllictcd
with measles. I'M s has nec-iteted a tern
p rary suspension of the Hind.vy school at
Larono,
Mr. Roransin had his mllai bone fractured
lait Tuesday by beitig tliinwn from a w'cious
horse against a fcuco.
Mr. A Strjut, who won serioinly wounded
recently, by the ncchlenUl dischargo of a
putol, is slowly rccoveiiiij.'
Crops of nil kinds arc making a vigorous
growth, and tho earliest growth is turning
yellow.
Our able School Superintendent, Professor
A.J, Stevens, made an ollieial visit to this
section latt week. II', IK. Union.
Flavoiiimi thk Mkiiii, An exchange
says that any desired flavor ran be imparted
to waterinel.ini by following the annexed in
struction i "A couple of ilajs before pulling
tho melon make an incision in the stem, a
few inches from tho fruit, and insert in it nnn
end of a llauiicl string and place tho other end
in a mmi containing diluted extract of vanilla,
lemon or soino other Havering extract. In a
few hours it will absorb tke liipiid, and then
you will have a nicely flavored inr-lon."
Krt! what David Cole A. Co.
this week's issue.
havo to say in
The Boston assessors have placed upon the
city a valuation of $072,400,100 State, county
and city taxes aggregate 810 10 per 11000.