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To TIlnsK WHO KNOW Ralph C. Gcer, Ks.,
the rnirniam of ttio Corvallis Onzette will lit)
appreciated wli-n it accuses him of having
got riili at " good farming " How niiny
yearn is it since his friends made him County
Clerk to s.ivo him from ruin? Wo don't care
to follow up tlm delicate subject, hilt tlio
Gazette will have to take some other text to
make out a cane against us than ltalph Oecr's
financial micce-is as a farmer.
1'kom Hon. Jam II. Si.atf.ic, U. S. Senator,
wo havo nci.-ivcd a package of Agricultural
Reports. They are oxcccdii gly inteiesting
anil profusely illustrated with colored plates.
The several subjects considered are of intoicst
to many, nnd uro composed of articles on
"Sorghum," "Injurious IiiBects to Trees and
Fruits," "Native (Irassea," "Swiuo Plaguo,"
"I'leun- I'lipumoiii i," nml many other inter,
osting subjects. Wo will send to a limited
number of our subscribers a cony upon appli
cation. They will bo sent post free.
Wim.K imviNii peach plums wo made two
ace n rat m lests to iletcrmino the yield nf dried
fruit in proportion to tho green. Twenty five
pound', in two nepirato cHorta, turned offOj
pounds of good dried product, making 1.1 J
pounds to .til of groun plums. In this fruit
80 pounds counts a bushel. Tho yield "ns
then '-'7 pound in 100. Wo can sell choice
dried Iruit at 10 cents, so a bushol of green
plums will yield dried fruit woith ?2. 10, ami
after deducting tlm cost of drying and pack
ing tlm fruir, wo have $1.75 per bushel lift
proceeds for tlm greon Iruit in the orchard.
To hrinu n i;ood prico tho fruit must bo nicely
cured. Unless it is it will remain "a drug on
tho market."
AcrimniNil TO THK Corvnllis (iiizette the
people of Oregon all way, cout tuully, that
Mr. Villaid spends his timo telling us what to
do. How to go to woik and disprove this
terrible aui-iisatioii wo don't know. When
we think of it, it doesn't really allVct us.
Tho churgii is against Mr, Villaid, a gentle
man with uliom wo luvo no neijuaiutaiici-.
Under tho eircu instance wo drill leave it for
tho (lazdle a d .Mr. Villard to settle their
own iliil'er ucix. The only way uocau pi as
the Corv.illis Oautla would bo to iub'isli that
the O. P. H It. Ca's. ro id to Vniiiilna as
bui't and in running order and tU.it Col, T
KgertouItoggisagre.it c.ipitilist mid man
of truth. As wo uuiiiot say this with a goo 1
conscience, wo sli ill luvo tJ do without nu
compliment from tho llautle. If w want
Woodcock on toast (or on a touting fork),
wo know how to get it wlieneuT tho "guuo
is woith t o c.iiiillu."
Tilt: Coiivau.m uipeis place us in a situa
tion wu dip mo when they appropriate tliu-o
columns, letwoin them, to ourM-H. Wo
haven't the conceit to think our realers caio
to lmvo any ib fouse wo could mako against
Col. Hogg's i ryun". If wo have mined the
prospects of i he V,n)iiiua road wo are oir,v fur
It, but it ciuildii't bo much of nrailrmd that
the Wui.AMi.TrK l'AUMKit could kill without
inU'ii- i git. Instead of tt sitting mi niueh til
ent and editorial pieo nnd all the slimier tho
Uatrllt v-nt, we suggest that it would 1
gootl idea for Cnl. Hogg's org ilia to go ti wnrk
and eleir Cul. llu-g'tchaiaeterfioiu the pain
ful i-hulii ol circumstances that now tluiiw a
shadow from it. If they will only (uuii.li
fact that l-ill bi utfil fur this pill poHx wo
shall bo gl.ul in assist. Hut they iienlu't tiy
to driiiulisli us; it c.n't be ilon-j. Many sm ill
wits have tm-il it, already, and toinuwuy
haveu'l iIoiik it. Wo still liio to help the
next until woo wanta to build a lailtvud to
Yiimiii Hi)'.
l'llltTI.MI Ulls.N..-iS Cou.iuk The pill's
pent) ol this uM isiublnh d iustitntio is as
aurul as tin lo was all ntU'iuUiU'o of IM olui-
am (( l-i h sevws, Thu ages of s.liolus r-iugil
from 1 1 to III e irs. The reputation of tli
"Old N.i in al" li is in iiowiaii lo en lessoiusl
under the nv iii.iuagment, but, to tho iwn
tiary, I us U i n unit is still leading all others.
Tlitf lnii-oit.nl. 0-- of a butiniM tdiu-jtiuii fur
tho mi us i Iniiiii fully apprtvi ito I. It is
not nu t for young man to think tint ho
mult .il all ln time In a ltteiar isluoa
tiou. I icon: a busineta inlucutiou is aboluti
yuec.ks r)-.
FRUIT DRY1H0.
We cemmenced drying peach plums, in the
new Acme dryer, oti the first of August.
Kruit drying has to be learned like any other
business, and no dryer has or will be invented
so perfect that it will ran without brains to
manage it. The inventor of trio Acme was suc
cessful in designing a good theory and de
serves a great dial of credit, but owing to his
injudicious instructions one of the driers al
ready built on bis process took firoand burned
up in part, all because he asserts that fruit
can be put cloin down to the heater. Wo havo
already discovered that the brick wall should
bo built up 18 to 24 inches above the top of
the heating apparatus, instead of being nearly
on the level with it. Th creation of a hi t air
reservoir bcluw the fruit is advis.ible, as the
heat will thus have chance to equalize itself,
whereas now, notwithstanding the inventor's
assertion that tho he-it will lie equal through
out tho compartment, it is far from being so
when his instructions are earned out. Also,
on his instructions, a very inferior quality of
sheet iron was used in making the covers and
deflecting pans, whereas a trifling moie cost
would have recured a much better article.
Wo became disgusted, very thoroughly, with
this fault, and shall have to build the brick
walls at least a toot higher bo'ore they can
answer a pcrftct purpose. Still at-other fault
of the inventor is in not providing sullicient
draft for the hot air. We discovered lhat
when the air circulated freely and carried oil
the steam quickly, tho result wss much hand
somer fruit, and at length we goc the fruit to
be amber and color slid almost transparent.
The dryers put up in Poitlaud have that fault,
and it should be remedied in all others that
are const! uuted.
Whin wo Bhowed sainpUs of our dried fruit
last week to the gentleman who bought of us
list year, who is a buyer always in the mar
ket, we wero inuih cntifiod to have him say
that the fruit wu sold him last year was finer
than any ho saw in the inaiket all the season.
Perhaps ho didn't ree all tho good fruit, but
his satisfaction was matter of honest prido ou
our part. Tho fruit we make now is really
superior to tint of a year ago Tho diH'eren.-o
is duo to tho improved process, f-r the regula
tion of hc.it in the Bonn process gives all tho
facility that can be desiied. Wo profess to
bilievo that no human skill can make finer
tliietl fruit than was turned out from our
Acme ilrjcr last week. Wo drill givo ocoi
sional notes of the wotk for tho benefit of our
readers, not fiom mo ives of couctit, but be
cause we desire to havo our experience, which
has boen costly, bo of ue to the public.
Wo belieVH in cleanliness, anil the Kditor of
the Homo Circle insists that everything shall
bo dono, as well at tho factory, as it would bd
done in the kitchen of thu most fastidious
housckteper. It is needless tn say that the
Homo Circle takes a great interest in this do
pirtment. A man has lui especial business
about a fruit dryer, except to bring in the
frj.it, keep up tiies, and do heavy work, A
woman is worth more, when used to the dry
er and when she understands how to regulate
boat, for which purpose theie are ther
mometers to judgo by, than any mail. That
we found to be the case last yi ur.
Kruit should never be used until it is per
fectly lipo. No one can haul fruit, miles in a
wagon, to a dryer, and have it in as gooil con
dition as when taken fresh from the tree, and
carried to a dryer in the miiUtof the orchard.
It is easily cathoieil, for our pi hi is to spreail
a largo sheet, with a slit to admit tho body of
thu tree, and go through the orchard daily,
shaking each treo gently, so throwing down
tho ripe fruit, which falls in tho sheet, and so
is kept clean, is then poured into baskets and
taken in to bj worked up. In caso any fruit
falls on tue giouml, or if there is any suspicion
of dust or dirt on the fiuit, ic is carefully
tvashud b foru pitted. Tho factor) Hour is of
b-st ilooiii g, ami can bo clciutd easily. We
keep every fiainu and wire cloth tray, us clean
us need be, and believe that when, in future
years, people who appreciate cleanliness tii d
that our fruit is cured with so much ctu,
they will creatu u demand fur it. It pays to
do such work well, and thu fact that ur fruit
got a good r- put.U ion last ear has enabled us
to contract in advance to pirties ho bought
it there.
We h ivo said far more than wo intended to,
on this subj ct, but found facts to talk of and
so kept on. Anothtr mutter ol actual impott
unco is to pick fiuit in good merchantable
shape, to suit tho trade and take tnu custom
er's eye. It is t-ay ei.ough to do all this.
Without cue and skill you uauunt dry fruit
successfully, and often all thu profit lies in tho
skill with which such articles aio pre par- d fur
market. Ore. on ln-s auih an oppoituiuty to be
rich by fruit growing, and so much prosperity
of the future is involved in this matter, that
wo havo dwelt on it at somo length, and in
tend to work it up as fully as netdabofrom
time to time.
TUE MARUIAQE INSURANCE MATTER.
Mr, lttrhro, of Line county, last week
spoke very plainly about the msuiier in which
the Murige Insurance Company wound up
Its affairs. As we advertised fur tint company
wu ful under obligation to state the facts of
our connection with It. 1 he concern staitol
with the nsmes of some of tho most responsi
ble men of tins city as its directors, men who
arugenernlli considered lionoral le and n-spoii.
be We we; e assured by the agent that the
enterprise was pnn-ressiui! very f ,vorbly,iid
that tho first mouth upmed wit'i nil em riuons
amount of business. Hr also atsurid us that
tint scheme wit i.r.utio ililj and conducted on
a plan that lu.l suooeok-d will elsewhere,
Sj we took the a.herti-oineut aud uia.le fa
vur.tble mention of tlio business. When it
discontinue I wo wero inform. d that the com-p-viy
was hint rally refunding all priiuiumt
necivinl. Wo were phased to think tlm
they were acting to honorably, T' e state.
menu now uu le ro u t sitisfnoUiry, and we
legret that w ever did .inythiuj lo induce
mir readers til pitrotiim the soli- me, lit con.
chimin, wo frel much surprise, lint the indl.
idutlt who lent tluir Mines to culor a
scheme that is liable to be denounced aa a
fraud should allow the concern to fail and
their good name be questioned. The lo-ses
cannot be so heavy that such men cannot
easily pay them. Their own tredit demands
that whatever loss occurs should not fall on
those who believed the names of the directors
insured the responsibility of the company.
IMPORTING INSECT PESTS.
Of late a great deal of California fruit has
been brought to Portland. After the arrival
of a steamer from Sm Francisco hundreds of
boxes of this fruit are distnbut tl through the
city and forwarded to all inteiior towns of the
Willamette Valley and up the Columbia. If
there aro insect pests in Californii fruit we
are importing them and sparing no pains to
propagate them and spread them broadcast
through the land. Take apples that come from
that State and you will rind that many of
them are wormy. That worm is the grub of
tlio codling moth, thu most vicious of all in
sect pests. Take up any number of the
Hural Press and yr.n will read about the loss
occasioned to California by this pest, aud
efforts made to destroy it. It is destructive
to fruit wherever it is known, and considered
a scourge to fruit growers. If we escape it in
Oregon t'ds year it will be a wonder. Karly
in the season, at tho suggestion of P. P. Brad
foul, Pbq an extensive fruit grower near
Portland, we called attention to the
danger to be appiehended, but there was
then no remedy possible. We write this in
obedience to our own appreciation of the dan
ger, having intended to allude to it for some
weeks, but we aro directly reminded of it by
J. H. Lambert, K-q,, of Milwaukie, one of
our most successful fruit men, who siu-g- sts
that during the session of the Legislature,
which will meet next month, suitable legisla
tion shall bo passed, providing, by the most
stringent statute, for examination of all im
ported fruits, with a view to excluding such
as cannot show n clean bill of hoilth.
The importance of this matter cannot bo
over-estimated. It means the saving of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to producers.
Onco admitted hero and uo shall have an
etcrna. fight against thesa destructives. Ore
gon has been exempt, hitherto, from such
damage as Cilifomia complains of, hut m
shall not long be exempt if unrestricted im
port it ion of L'rccn fiuit is allowed.
In presenting this matter wn request our
friends to express their views freely as to the
best means of legislating against this danger.
Wo also urge its importance on the priss of
OrcL-on and Washington, and hope to see a
united effort of all journals to make the facts
known and secure the passage of a law that
will answer the purpose.
PROHIBITION.
At tho piesent time thieo States in the Union
Maine, Kansas and Iowa prohibit the sile
or manufacture of spirituous liquor. In the
two last nauud tho peoplo have adopted a
couxtitutional amendment to that cfTecr, a
course far m-ro elfectivo than a law which a
legislature limy p.-lfs or can repeal. It takes a
majority of the popular vote to change the
constitution, and thu peoplo of Iowa and Kan
sas will hive a fair chance to test the results
of prohibition it tln-y will honestly enforce it.
The succi ss of tho friends of Temperance in
these thieo Stites will encourage temperance
men cvcrywhuie to labor for icform. The
evils of iiitempciancc cannot be overestimated.
Cmne lives on alcohol, nnd mi-ery has its
fountain head in strong drink. The only u-m-cdy
is to destroy tro i-ouree. The time is cer
tainly coming, when moral scut'iuent will as
sert itself atrainst tho existence of a cause that
is so often a curse. Tho uses for alcohol in the
arts and in the expeuments of eieuco can be
met, as wo provide the deadliest poisons for
their legitimate uses, but the use of alcohol as
n drink is uucallo I for. To what xtent we
should uo in prohibition is an important urns
tion. Wines aro not always perni don-, ai d I
t'io moderate use of beer and cider may
mt
bi always objectionable. Certainly, tho us" of
these beverages by many leads to no evil con
sequence, but there uro many others who com
mence as wine, beer or cider drinkers, who
ond as sots. Tho appetite giows ou such per
sous, and their mill involves disgrace and
(ldisro.lation, misi-iy nnd suffering, fur their
families. What the world needs is a strong
policy that shall root out the evil.
The Legislature- meetB soon, and the tem
perance men and wointn of Oregon should de
mand of their Senators and Representatives
thu passage of a constitutional amendment fa
voi ing prohibition. The adoption of such a
resolution by two successive Legislatures is
necessary befoie thu submission of tho amend
ment to the populir vote. Tho member of the
Legislature who votes against such a ptoposi
tion simply refuses to allow the voters of the
Statu to decide an im rt-nt question for
themselves. They cannot afford to take the
c,ruud that their misters, the voters of Ore
pon, aro not fit judces of such iiuestious of
publi) morality. Their constituents win may
oppose prohibition, will not dare to find fault
with them for r-ferring this matter to tho di
rect vot of the people.
What we desire is to have a popular verdict
tor or against prohibition. Wo dull acquicce
if the xotu is a"ainst prohibition, beiause we
believe tho will of tho majority shi uld rule;
but uo demand the opportunity of having a
full and fair exprvs-ion of the popular niiud
on this ini0rtut question.
Mil. KiciUKlis, the correspondent of the
Dry GookIs lltjtorter, of San Fran- isco, c died
at our office tint week, Mr, liichards in
tends visiting every section of this State,
Washington Territory an I llritish Columbia,
and neks reliable information as to the re
sources, iirosluctlout, etc., Ot the .Northwest
for public itiou in tho columns of the J!e-
fKirltr, o hope both merchant and farmers
in the different placet he visit will givo him
every facility iu their power to learn the
truth regarding what believe to be the
lairett arid m.ut promisiug section of our
uttiou.
GRASSES AMD PASTURES.
.NCMBI-R HI.
In traveling lately we have noticed the
dried-up pastures with melancholy interest,
because they indicate a lack of something
most essential to agricultural prosperity. It
has been a very dry summer. As a conse
quence of this drouth, eriis'es have ceased to
grow, and pastures look bare and seem to of
fer, in many instances, little food f-ir cattle or
stock. At the same time, when there has been
a clover fit Id, and after the first crop of hay
has been taken off, you can s-e the second
growth alieady half-knee hi.h, and lo.-king
tempting to even tho human looker-on. Why
not havo clover fields for mi Isummer pasture?
You may say that if cbely pastured the clo
ver field will look bare enough, and here
comes in a fact, connected with nil pasture
grasses, of very great impoitance. If you let
stock run over and muss and trample on
giass, they spoil nearly as much as thev eat,
and you fail to receive anywhere near the ben
efit from pasture land that you ought to se
cure. Fen:in way pays a good profit to the
fanner when it divides up good pasture into
small lots. Instead of one field of 40 acres,
m.kc f urof ten acres, and use them alternate
ly, and you will be able to keep one-half more
stock than you can keep on 40 acres all in one
field. Say that you pasture each lot oue week
and rest it three weeks. During that interval
it makes growth, freshens up and bi comes a
temnting place for the stock to enjoy. Nine
tenths of the world fails to appreciate the fact
that cattle, horses, sheep and even swine,
havo perceptions that are worth cultivating.
They all know and enjoy what tastes good. A
fresh bite of clover is a lare "tid bit" to an
animal, as much to as a choice item of rating
is tn a man. The man who cannot learn tint
animals have tastes, appetites and apprecia
tion of good food and good, kind treatment, is
unfit to own a good horse or a choice cow.
Therefore, it is the best policy to study the
tastes of animals and gratity those reasonable
tasteB when possible, especially so when there
is piofit to vour-elf in doing so. It is a fact,
also, that it always pays to do any and every
thing well. If it can't be done well, it won't
pay to do it all.
To illustrate this: Make a pasture, subdi
vide 1 as we have said above, ai d you will
soon find your stock looking forward at the
end of each week for the change into the fresh
field. The very sense of change will be n pleas
ure to them, and you will find that they will
show steady improvement under treatment of
this kind, when, i ruumi-g iu a common pas
ture of the same dimensions, they would do
very poorly, This fact, (that pasture subdi
vided and allowed to rest and recuperate will
support one-half moro stock) is not guess
woik, by any means, but is the experiei ce of
good farming the world ov r. Estimate the
jost of the fencing requisite, and the good ro
suits to he derived of it, and you must see
that no good farmer can afford to havo all his
pasture in one common field with no chance
for rest and growth all the dry season.
A branch of business that the farmer too of
ten neL'lccts is raising aud fattening ot swine.
We allow the Western pork packer to ship his
mea's and lard from Chicago, and St. Louis,
and Kansas City, or Omaha, aud fill the Port
land market with meats that should be grown
and manufactured in our own country. Peo
ple say they cannot afford to winter hogs, and
in many instances they are very poorly cared
for, sun mer or winter. A good grass lot, es
pecially clover, will kep swim- thriving much
of the time, and the farmer who fixes himself
for it by fencing oil' laud for tho pm po-o in
small lot', so that he can change from one to
tho other, can make his pasture do a great
pirt towards keeping his pigs, aud tho man
who is thus prepared can raise pigs and fatten
them to much better advantage than if they
starved on thu highway up to the ti-,o u hen
ho g ts ready to put them up to fatten. The
hog tint has stirved and squealed thnuidi the
win'l'". Pri"g and summer is not in condition
to fatten easily in the fall. Keep y ui1 pigs
growini; and thriving, and they will make
purkquickiri they will make heavier and bo
better meat. When your merchant learns
' ow your pork is made, your cur- d meats w ill
bo sought or by his best customers, and you
will get an extra price for having a good re
putation, especially if it is well deserved.
That pastures should be made with care,
and p S'ess every rood quality that grass cmi
give them, wo believe, is bojond question.
The extravagant man may waste money iu in
judicious experiments, of course: but the pru
dent man w-ll go to work to test thi matter
sen.iblv, father the experience of oilier and
11 f !.: , , -..
oavr uu ui ins owu, ann no win soon realize
from well directed efforts such results a will
be entirely satis'actory.
THE COMINQ STATE FAIR.
The coming State Pair promises to be an
exceptionally good one. Efforts are being put
torwant to harmonize the whole affair, ami
exhibitors seem tn tako icuewcd interest in
trying to bring it back to its old standard.
The geii.ral fe ling stems to be to put out
every effort, and if they fail, then so fails the
rair Hie society has valuable grounds, and
ha spent immense sums fixing it up. and we
do hope to tea it have a prosp-rous year. The
superintendents of tho s vcral exhibits will
hereafter be chosen at thu time of th i awards,
thus doing away with any attempt at partial,
ity. This item doue will plea-e many. Still
another important item will be a circus. So
to enoourige tuch thows the society hat given
the circut free ground rent; all they will lie
ohligsd to buy will he ticket It seem a.
though a circut would h.lp to draw a crowd,
and the effort to e.et such a show here will
tueet with general favor.
State pipers inteics'ed in the welfare of
the State Agricultural Society will please
C1'V-
They don't have taint ut Wett. A cloud
just ttuntert up and examines a town ami
then collapse right over it. Xi.bo.ly escapes
but the newspaper reporters aud the book
t;ent.
STATU iBiVS
Sherman's circus Lad a $1200 house at Wes
ton.
Weston has a big trade with the Umatilla
Indians.
A white gopher has been found in Jackson
county.
There was on August 1st ten feet of enow
at Crater lake.
The thermometer recently s'.eod 108 in the
shade at Weston.
The salmon havo ceased running in the
Fr?er river, B C.
Oue million cases of salmon is the estimate
made for the Pacific coast.
John Hailey has taken charge of the LiaL
villa Port Kluuath mall roule.
tVquille loggers receive from ?9 to 10 s
thousand for their white cedar.
The Jacksonville S'lttinel says stiges are
arriving and departing ou lime acaiu.
Pacific Univ.-rsity has just recaived $5000
to he i.pulied on the new building fund.
An entire outfit ol ne.v mitenal hasheen
ordered for the Sentinel, of Union county.
Gov. Thayer has appointed John S. Kays'
of iiuena Vista, notary pubt:e for the next
two years.
The Coos Bay Kews says that Messrs. Ping
and Wluteaker are at work on the bay select
ing swamp lands.
The city marshal ol Walla Wnlla refuses to
issue permits to street brokers to ply their
trades ou Mindays nnd Tuesdays
The Ashland Manufacturing Company is
having a lively call fiom the cities of the
c as t for its supeiior white blankets.
Porty-five men are at work on the telc
graph line between Klamath and Bid well, aud
r .. Ml u :.l 1 .... L! .. I .. lll.l.
lb win uu iiuisueii y oepteiiiuci ivbu.
The Point Adams Packing Company in
terms the Aslorlm that they will erect a can
nery at Upper Asioiia next season.
At the firemen's election held in The Dalles
on August 6th, .Mr. George Munger was
elect- d chief by a majority ol five votes.
The north spit at tho mouth of the Coquille
river was gradually washiog away and the
prospect was good for a north channel soon.
The city council of La Grande at a regular
meeting levied a tax of ten mills for Dublic
improvements and the assessor is now on bis
rounds.
The recoiid bridge across the Umatilla river
on the Baker City branch road is finished and
the track layers aro going rapidly on to Pen
dleion. A letter has been received from the manu
factory from which the Eugene hand engine
was onleied, t-iat it will be about 30 days be
toieitcau be shipped.
Maikctable hogs have been sold for as high
as 71 cents a pound grost in Rogue River val
ley, and are i-oi-cj at even that price. These
jro top figuns, however,
Mr. J H, Moore, of Portland, who owned
i he teirv between Salem and Polk county,
has sold his interest therein to Thos. Holma'u,
of that city, for SI 2,000.
The Overland Stage Company have settled
with Mrs. Bine, the latter of whom was in
jured by im up-et near Ashland recently. Tho
company paid $1000 and costs in full settle
ment. The colleciatc vear of the Wasco Inde
pendent Academy will commence Sept 4-h
witli a tuft ana uiile corps ot teachers. We
are not advised as to tue members of tho
faculty.
The camp outfit belonging to W. M. Tur
ner's company of surveyors was burned iu
Like county last week while the men were
ut in the field, and the loss amounts to
about S100.
A Umatilla fiend was fined for tying a stick
of wood in the mouth of a neighbor's horse
that had been breaking into his grain, lie
plea ed guilty like a man and paid his fine of
S15 and c sts.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
will build a telegraph lino from Umatilla to
Piuilletoo, a distance of 41 miles, and expect
to havo it in operation as soon as p.les can be
secured, put up and the wires stretched.
Mr. James Putnam, who had his arm so
badly mangled by a thresher at Oak Grove, in
Polk county, had the same amputated, near
the shntildir. by Dr. Reynolds, assisted b
Drs. Hall and Jeffries, of Salem,
Tho following is tho vote for officers of the
Astoria Pire Department : W, J. Barrv re
ceived 67 lor chief engineer; C. H. Stockton,
received 37; for first assistant, F. P, Hicks
nceived 1(0; for second assistant, Joe Cnar
ttrs got 87.
The Yaquina bay railroad has 0000 tons of
st' el rails iu the warehouses ol Sau Franci.-co.
on which SIOS.OOO tariff must he paid All
of this m .st bo paid by the valley farmeis to
protect Pennsylvania millionairts. A fine
thing is protection, for the wealthy.
The Ku.ene Guard says farmers have been
busy this wiek harvestinz Fall rn-ain. From
all n ports wo have heard, it seems that the
grain is turning out much better than antici
pated, ami even better than last year. All
available machinery will be at work Monday.
Many if the cram fields in tho vininitv of
Cnquille City and Myrtle Point, says the
Mail, have been harvested, while those still
standing look well, but the farmers generally
c niplaii of short crops in conscqnence of the
mm uiuy ury season, wnicn lias been favor
able for hay makers.
The coining race at the State Fair promise
to be by far the most interesting ever held in
Oreiiou. This department will bo under the
immediate supervision of exnerieneed rnoo
horse men, who will leave uothiug undone to
add to the encouragement of fine stock to par
ticipate in the several contests.
The Salem Statesman says Marshal M. G.
ll.irbcrd has been appointed U. 8. deputy
in erahal fir this (list net. There wa great
strife among a few for the place, but Mr. Har
hord was Considered the most fitted for the
p .sitiou, which doubtless he will fill with
efficiency and profit to the government.
At the present time, say the lleeurd, there
is unusual interest taken in horse trainiug in
preparation for the fair, which begius five
wieks from Monday. Several Dead Shot aud
Anvil two-year-olds will be entered. There
are al.o several young horses from Walla
i am in iraiuing at the fair grounds
hour or five emigrant team passed through
1 eiidletou this week which had a prnawroui
look about them. Pine auimals, nice wtgons,
cl. anly dressed people and tidy looking chil.
dreu. What causid the East Orejonian to
i old up it hand and scream, wo the fact
tuat one of the paity wore kid glove.
The county clerk of Jackson county 'hi
notified all road supervisor to exterminate
the weed known as the dagger cockle-burr in
their respective districts, and on their neglect
or refusal to atteud to thit act at once each
supervisor shall be liable to a fine of $25, to
be recovered by suit of the district attorney.
An Indian by the name of Geo. Colwith
was examined before Justice Backus, of Hood
river pro-cinct, for tho crime of larceny of a
horse a few day ago. He wat held to antwer
the charge in the turn of SiVl f-,llln,. tn ...
which amount, he wit remanded to the county
jiil, and Sheriff Storrs took him in his cut
tody last Tuesday evening, lavs thu Josji.
ta'uutr.
The Roseburg Plaindra'rw that the ma
chinerv has arrived for th- flouring mill above
that tnwp. Work is leina pushed on the
race and in 40 days the m-icliimry will be in
operation. It is to run three sets of burrs
and operated by improv.il mar imry and
good water power. It will be ready for this
year's crop. There is room in th'-ir building
for a large amount of s-iked and bos-i grain
and flour, every inch of wn.ich n i d ubt will
be utilized.
TKItRITOIMAL
Eigs aro worth 40 cents nt "Seattle.
Wheat is GO cent per buhel .it Wnitsburg.
The Olfax Democrat has been moved to
Palnuse City,
The Seattle papers want a street railroad to
Lake Union,
A $10,000 farog-imo was opened in Walla
Walla a few days ago.
Buildings in rnur'e of erection iu Seattle
will cost nearly $250,000.
Waitsburg will soon be blessed with a real
bakery shop.
Venders of trifles are obliged to pay a
license at Se-ittle or a finn
The Congreg-ttinnal Association ol Wash
ington is in session at Sesttlo.
Gov. Newell ha been det-,ined Eist by '
some sickness in his immediate family.
The Co'fax Democrat urcres nron-"r oreven
tinns oeainst fires again occurring in thit sity.
Pierc coun'y proros" to -U the old court
house at Steilacnom, which has done duty for
the past quarter century.
The thirmrmeter last week reached 110' at
Yakima City.
Good coal has been discovered near Horse
Shoe Bend, Idaho.
The county commii.iner" havo made, a re
duction of 4 mil's of the t.--x m the valuation
of property in Walla Walla county
A .pn of marble ri-nilnr. i' no equal to the
finest Italian n-arbl, has been discovered at
Lake Pen d'Oreille and has since been sold
foe 810,000.
An Indian on the Simeon reservation while
fcedint? n thresher the other dsy, had one of
his hands cut off by the s-prator. Klickitat
Pete was his coennmen.
Tho historical ske'eh of Walla Walla
conntv. pnhMhed bv Col. Gilbert, will be
brought out about Nov 1st It will reach an
edition nf over 2000 eoru'es.
The Yakima Record learns that a few cases
of black-leg has anpearnl cmon? tho cattle tip
on the Ahtanum. Extreme cafe should be
taken to prevent its spread.
The Walla Walls, ITn'mn psys that vege
tables of all kinds ar scirci and high, caused
liv the demind to supreV the railroad em
pl"ves on the line ol tV N P. R. K.
Much impr-ivment is und-r way at Snoho
mish Citv. New hnues are building and old
houses repairing, whil-nib!itiiins, repainting,
etc , are under vicorons wav. So that bright
little paper the Eye informs ns.
Tho new ofhVers nf Port-. Townsend are J.
H. Van Bokkelen, enm-riinlng magistrate; R.
C Hdl. clerk; C M Bradshaw, attorney; D.
H Hill, treasurer; P V, James, surveyor;
C. H. James, harbor rr.ater, and D. H, Hill,
assessor,
Mr. J, P. Stewart, of Pnvallun. has Dicked
7030 pounds of berries from one acre on his
nlncn this vear, 1000 of which he nut un. and
6000 he has sold nt an nveragK prico of 10
cents per p-und over nod above the cost of
(licking. He has pml $100 to Indians for
niokintr them and realized at these figures
$(100, which is a very fair showing for one
acre.
THE O. P. R. R.
If the Benton Leader and Corvallis Gazette
could write as sensible an editorial as the fol
lowing from the Albany Herald, they might
tako equal rank with the Herald in jour
nalim :
Tho question is asked us frequently,
"What abonr tho O. P. R. R. J" "Are they
coing to build it!" "nave they sold out ?''
"What do thev mean?" "What aro they
tryinutoget through them?" "Why don't
vou cive them fits ?" and so on ad infinitum,
world without end. We do not blame the
people for being anxious to know something
about the condition and prospects of the road,
nd we do not blame the railroad company
for keening their business to themselves. So
there it K you se, six'of one and half-dozen
of the other. If you know anything more
about the prospect of the road being built
since you commenced reading this article keep
on, and the chanc-s are you will find out
something; more about it after a while. If an
editor has anv vlnablc rews he should cive
it to the pople at the first dash, and not cru
cify them with a long preamble. That's the
wav wo do. if it take all summer. That's
why so many editors fail to make their papers
interesting; they havo no knack of coming
right tn the piint, whether there is anv point
tto como to or not That's where we excel; we
always mnke it a point to come to the point
whn there is any point to come to, and if no
point is in F-ieh why we keep right on com
ing anyway. It is lamentable to pick up a
newspapr, especially when you are in a great
hurry see the point ? and to have to digest
hslf i column of middlings to find one kernel
of wheat, nnd when you do find it, what have
ynu found ? What do you know more about
the O. P R. R. than yew did before you
commenced reading this article? What do we
know ? What does the company know?
Plowers and Seeders.
Staver & Walker are just receiving a very
large and complete itock of the celebrated J.
I Case plows, harrows and cultivators lor the
fall trade. These goods have been made ex
pressly for the requirements of the farmers of
the Pacific Northwest, and their superiority is
universally conceded by all who have used
them. They will soon have a full supply of
the "Triumph" grain drills and seeders.
These machines are made" by J. W. Stoddard
k Co., r.avtnn, Ohio, and are nneqnaled for
beauty of finish and perfect working qualities.
Considerable attention is being devoted by
them to the saw mill trade, and they are pre
pired to furnish steam outfits, on short notice,
for any power desired.
Still In the Workshop.
To do good work the mechanic must have
good health. If long hours of confinement in
close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dim
med his sight, let him as once, and before
some organio trouble appears, take plenty of
Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuvenated,
hit nerves strengthened, hit sight become
clear, and the whole constitution be built up
to a higher working condition.
The hide and fur dealers of Walla Wall
hve bought thi year $50,000 worth of skins
and pelts. One dealer, M. D. Wisdom, pur.
ched 2.400 beef hides, 1,800 sheep pelts.
1.000 elk hides, 11,000 pounds of deer skint,
800 pounds of beaver skins, besides furs anil
ikins of the otter, mirtin, lynx, fox, etc
Sit Hats."
Clears out rats, talc, rosxbet, file, tots, bed.bugt,
tkunxt, durauctls, joi-hm. (c. PnurjrUtt.
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