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SOMETHING FOR FARMER3 TO CONSIDER.
Editor Willamette Fainier:
Iu early dav s of Oregon thero were a few
tanneries in o oration; they tanned the hides
and made an c xeclletit article of leather. We
have the finest quality of bark and hides and
pure w ater, all the elements for a fiist-ebss
article. Wlure are now those tanneries!
Echo answers, where ? I knew of one still in
existence; sticking to it with bull-dog tenaci
ty, and doing a good business. The middle
men made you believe it w as cheapei to buy
than to manufacture; said they: "Labor is too
dear, sell the hiib-s and buy boots;" jou t wal
lowed the sophistry, demanded something
cheap, and jou'vo got it. Ycir hides are
bought, go across the continent to lm tanned,
the leather made up in Lynn and Boston and
sent back again in the sha(je of boots and
shoes. Instead of having the tanner and the
shoemaker, with their families, near at hand,
as consumers, to take your products iu ex
change for a good, substantial honest, article
of boots, nnd have their help to build loads
and support schools and churches, you buy
cheap boots iu w Inch a certain amount ot the
products you have to sell are represented; rou
pay two freights across the continent, and
raise wheat to sell at less than one dollar per
bushel to pay for it. Nor is this all what
kind of boots do you 1 uy ? Cost thiee to five
dollars; you demand it must bo cheap; rau't
go above five dollars; they look pretty well
outside; jou put them on and wear them, find
them stutled with scraps; you can go through
two pair in a winter; j'our twelvo-year-old
boy will use them up in a mouth and call for
more; mine will, and not half try. Then you
curse the middle men for their cheating.
Where's the cheating ? They were made to
supply the demand for something cheap. The
middle men study the demands of tiade aiid
study to supply it. The fact is, they were uot
made to wear; the y are like Hodgo's raizors,
made to sell and you are badly sold. Then
patronize your shoemaker, demand they shall
bo made of good Oregon ta.ined leather. lie
will not cheat you, because he expects to live
within sight and hearing until they aro worn
out. Suppose they do cost ten 01 twelve dol
lars, one pair will outlast four such as you
buy, and you save the annoyance of breaking
four pair instead of one, which is some con
sideration to me.
Ycu pursue the same line of action in the
purchase of yonr clothing; you go for the
cheap, and get it. Shoddy mixed with cot
ton, made in a shoddy manner; the seams
will rip and buttons fall off before you have
worn it a mouth. Perhaps what wool there is
in it was raised right here in Oregon; it has
been across the continent and adulterated and
sent back to you; you patronizing at eery
turn the very middle aien you s i much com
plain of and want to get rid of. I believe I
stale tire truth when I a-seit that your woolen
factories psy better average prices for your
wool thau is paid by those who buy to ship it
away. Then patronize your woolen mills;
Oregon blankets and cloths are unsurpassed
for substantial fabric and honest material.
Pay moio attention to the quality of your
clothing ma total, jour booti and shoes and
be willing to pay for it, instead of trying to
jew down the price to the level of the shoddy.
Make a demand for Oregon leather, for Oregon
made boots, shoes and harness, bet your face
liko flint, that jou wont have any other, and
you w ill toon be able to get it ; it w ill bo a mm e
in the right direction, in the interest of true
economy.
Yesterday a farmer came in, and our con
versation drifted into this subject, which I
urged upon his attention. After listening a
while, he said with a little impatience; "Look
here, you talk pretty well, but are like some
of these preachers, you don't practice w hat
jou preach." Why don't I, i a I ? "Well,
look at your boots, ou buy them at a store
tho same I as do." Not at all; I had them
made to order, and they were made of
Oregon tanned leather. "The shoemaker
might have told you to just because jou
called Jer Oregon, they will iw indie just as
well as merchants."
Cut 1 obtained the leather from the tanner.
I took a side to my shoemaker and ordered
the bcoU. "How much did they cost?"
"Twelve dollars." "That's outrages; I can't
stand that." "How long have you worn
them!" "Over two years steady wear."
"And pretty good jet; anything else J"
"Yes; my under clothing is all Oregon. For
whit it would cost to buy a set ind change
for rnj self, 1 bought u bolt which furnished
tLe whole household, awl we are all bitter
clad for half the expense." " ell, that will
do to tell; but if oj wanted a plow, I'd like
to see jou get it without going to the store for
VOL.
V
it." "Why that's easy; I have a plow I
ordered made last spring." "You have ? I
didn't know such a thi gwas mado in Ore
gon; how much did it cost ?" "forty-five dol
lars !" "You must bo crazy; I can buy a big,
four-horso 14 inch plow for $23, and that is
oig enough for any man." "You arc mistaken;
the best plow I can find at the store will not
last my team in my work so long as it would
take to hitch on to it. We arc breaking new
ground in the timber, and take out the
'stumps as wo go. My plow was ma le of steel
throughout, very strong, warranted to stand
five joke of tho heaviest cattle." The fact is,
you can get almost anything in Oregon you
want. It is true there aro no plow factories,
no factories on a largo sc do for anj kind ot
implements, but a beginning made in a small
way for most kiuds, nnd it rests with the
farmers whcthei these shall grow and flourish
and furnish you w ith a sribstai tial home
made article, building up a home marki t for
farm produets, or whether they shall he
squelched, thwarted anil froze out by tho
class cf middlemen who want to sell jou
cheap, articles mado to.sell, on the pinfits of
which they fatten at your expon e. You have
tho power in your own hands to temrdy this
It needs no calling for conventions, passing of
resolutions or flourish of trumpets, or even
any particular co operation. Let each and
every tanner look arourd him, patronize
home mado articles of boots and shoes, and
harness, and clothing fabrics, and furnituio
and farm machinery and implements, and
when v. hat j-ou want cannot lie found de
mand it and wait for it; stick to it as jou
would to a religious principle, aud the revo
lution will be accomplished. Thero is in this
city a manufactory of boots and shoes mak-'n t
excellent article', started five or fix years ago,
holding their own, but making lovv progiess
Thero is a disposition among manj- farmers
to bnv a better article and patronize homo
manufactures. Then whero is the rouble?
Half the farmers, perhaps, don't know tha
there is such an establishment. The middle
men have an nrticlo made to sell, on which,
although freight has been paid on it across
the continent, they can make greater prrfit
than on these good honest article?. Heme
them in tho background and sell you the
cheap; and so long as you oontinue to buy tho
cheap, eo long will this state of things con
tinue. Tho reformation rests witn the farm,
era. Another boot and shoe factory was
started on a large scale in this city about
the beginning of this year. The middlemen,
who would like to furnish you all you buy and
sell you cheap, aro masters of tho situation ;
they hold the channels of approach to you;
they do not look with favor upon those new
enterprises' unless they have them entirely
under their control. And what was the conse
quence ? They were frozn out and retir d in
disgust; and you have not been permitted to
even try their goods. How long will you
stand this Btate of things ? Yon cry out'
against middlemen, you complain of hard
times, growl and grumble, but continue on in
the same round and round year after year
without making any effort to extricate your
selves, just like a blind mule in a bark mill
About the beginning of last year a manu
factory of agricultural implements, started iu
this city, intending to grow and branch out
on a Urge scale and furnish any I Inn? and
everything wanted in thit line. This is not
in the interest ot certain middlemen, nor of
the transportation companies, but is in the
direct interest of tho farmer. What do you
think of it! Will yon patronirc it? "Will
you sustain it ! Or will you allow it to die a
lingering death, while you continue jour
growling? Wo will watch the result. It
rests with the farmers. J, 1$. KxArr.
colic Symptoms and Remedies.
lMjr.i-ESUK.NCK, Or., Aug. 0, 1682.
Editor Willamette Farmer;
A few weeks since I wrote an article in
your journal on "Bots in the Horse," con
cluding with the promise to writo soon a let
ter on Colrc. Iu the following number of the
Fakmkr I saw an answer t my views on hots
from the pen of Dr. Withycombe, V, S.,
which I will answer as soon as I have time to
look up the authorities on the subject; being
a farmer my time is taken up with harvest.
fiVAMiauia touc.
The attack it usually very sudden; there is
often not the slightest warning. The hone
begins to shift his pasture, look around at his
Hanks, paw violently, strike his belly with his
feet and crouch in a peculiar manner, advanc
ing his hind limbs under him he will suddenly
lie, or rather fall, and balance hinnclf upon
his back, with his foet resting upon his be'ly.
The pain now stems to cease for awhile; the
respite, however, is but short; the spasms re
turn more violent, and every indication of
pain it increased. In the space of an hour or
two either the spasms begin to relax or the
torture is augmented at every paroxism; the
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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 35, 1882.
intervals of ease are fewer and less marked,
anl inflammation and death supervene
Among the causes of colic are tho drinking
of cold water when tho horse is heated thero
is not a surer origin of violent spasms than
this. Colic often follows the exposure of a
horse to cold air or wind after stiong exer
tion. An over-loaded stomach is anothe
cause of it, ami particularly so when water is
given beforo or after a hasty meal that the
horto is not accustomed to. Fortuuatelj' w e aro
pcqnaiutcd with several medicine! which will
allay these spasms. Snlcratus is a favorit
remedy among horsemen for tho cuio of colic;
being nn ant-acid, it combines with the free
acids existing in the digestive cavity, and
thus neutralizes it. The benefit which might
be derived from alkali is often pi evented bj'
mixing it with milk or molasses; both contain
an acid, n'ld must thereloro partly neutralize
tho alkali beforo it reaches the stomach
When saleratuj is given, wo advise six ouncs
disolved in water as a proper dose for a horso.
Hut we have, pel haps, had better s,ueccs with
laudanum in severe cacs than any remedy we
h ve made use of. Givo oi.o ounco in a pint
of water, milk warm, and repeat in thiity
minutes when relief is not ob'aincd. Wo
have nevor yet failed in a enso with this
remedy. We would further adviso to keep
tho horse w ull blanketed and kept in motion
most of the time, though not cxcreiri d f ster
i an a walk. Another good remedy : Pow
dered grainsof paradise, ouo teaspoonful; povv
dcre I cai iw iy, half n teispoonf ll; oil of pep
permint, twentj- drops; powdered slippery
lm, one tnblcsponnful; warm water, one
pint. Mix together and gtvo from a bott'e or
drenching horn; injtct one pint of soapsuds
into the rectum. This is especially good
w hero the ariniar labors under pylorous ob
struc i in.
The old adage, "That nn ounce of pre
ventive is worth a pound of cure," we vvould
amend by saying a ton of cure. Thcieforo,
uso thn same precaution with jour hoisc as
jou would with joursclf; hi careful about the
a-rount of water he drinks when hot, and tho
amount of feed j'ou give him when hungry.
Wo find it tho best metbo I to feed regularly
niiil have a measure and give the same quan
tity at a feed Alter exercising your horse do
not hitch him up in the cold rain or snow to
chill: that is not only inhuman, but conducive
o colic any many other diseases, Entangle
inciit of the intestines is produced bj' colic.
Wnen tho animal rolls and throws himself
about, portions of the intctines become en
tangled so as to bo twisted into nooes and
knots with aelegrcoof tightness scarcely cred
ible Nothing but the extreme and continued
torturo of the animal could lead us to suspect
tba this has taken place, and could we ascer
tain its existence there w ould bo no cure,
Theio aro three kinds of colic, spasmodic,
flatulent and stercoral. Tho symptoms of
flatulent and spasmodic ore veiy much the
same, except in the former caso tho belly
swells round, but mostly on the right flank,
and one of the best remedies is sulphuric
ether, combined with tiucture of opium, and
if relief is not obtained in an huur bleeding
should be resorted to. Stercoral colic is
caused by an obstruction in tho bowels or in
testines, and symptoms do not vary much from
flatulent, except a lack of passage, which ol
Btructiou must bo reliovol by large doses of
linseed oil, say one pint three tunes a flay; at
llie same time keep etown griping with lauda
num or tincture of opium, say two drachms at
a dose, By steadily pursuing this system of
treatment wo have succeetecl in establishing
a cure in some of the most stubborn cases of
colic. It. F. W.
The State Agricultural society and the People.
Toknek, Aug. 14, 1682.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
I have read Sir. Waite's little article in
regard to the State Fair, published in your
paper of the 11th inst., and in view of the
dissatisfaction at former Fairs, and of tho last
Fair in particular, tho statement of our Sec
retary is not very satisfactory tu me as a pa
villion exhibitor, w hatevcr it may Iw to others.
The exhibitors have always trusted the Socio
ty, or ts mauagirs, with what result they
best know, until the "horse-men" refused to
do to longer; hence the placing of that depart
ment in the hands of a "committee." Are
other exhibitors in any better fix ! Are these
eo gulliblo as to come forward this year more
enthusiastically than ever to repeat the sarr.e
old process, under the tame old regime, and
relieve themselves afterwards by "bawling ?"
If they are, perhaps I am wrong, and
should do so too; but until I tee this done
shall insist on a tquare deal.
The Secretary says: "If all the arrange
ments can bo perfected at now detired by the
Executive Committee, our receipts will be
much larger in some departments than they
ha vo Ixen for two years." Yet? Hut bow
about tLe Society 's receipts ?
A .1 . llVf 1L-- It. .
""" '" vi luuric, me puono under
stand that the Society oflers no money this
j'-ar for racing, etc." I don't. Dcn't j-ou
givo the Bpeed department certain of tho re
ceipts of the Fair? And isn't that equiva
lent to n.oin'y ? It la true that you don't
handle it; tho racing men's "committee" does
tint; but the speed department aborbs its
proportion of tho Fair all the same. Am I
not correct !
I w ish most sincerely for a good exhibit, and
I also hope to a e aonu features of "unusual
interest," nnd I hope in view of the financial
condition of tho soeietj' to seo tho iiicnibcis
pre-cnt to that end. Lt in have a square
deal iu th-j future, "Itiglit is right, and right
w rongs no man," w ho is w illiug to do light.
A, 1'. Kmiiuiioh.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.
How Oregon Commercial Interests aro Con
sldered Abroad.
Li l nroot., July l.i, 1SS2.
Donald Madey, ' , President of the Port
land Hoard of Trade, Poitland, Dear Sin :
I am favored with j-our important letter of
the 13th of June, containing details of five
wrecks which occuircd within tho last twelve
months, and which made a great noiso on
'Chaneo here, to the prejudice of your put,
leading private underwriters to add five per
cent, premium on all risks. These di tails aic
valuable, for although it is policy on my part
to avoid anj' convcisation orr tho subject of
wrecks, yet when they arc referred to I am
now enabled to show where the blame r. sts
I may mention that the clamor ngamst
your river was rmbi'tered in the minds of
shipowners from a belief that although jour
Hoard was using nil possible erf its to im
provethonivigation of the liver, yet as to the
towage of ships j'ou were helpless, because of
n certain monopoly granted bj tho State,
Now, although from tho earliest times (going
back to 1851) I had great faith in tho future
of j-our State, jet, recently, as jour repre
sentative, I was, rrjself, chilled in mj- efforts
nnd wishes to ho useful, because that question
of tow ago rendered it almost impossible to
do any good.
Tho receipt of tho news you convey, that a
joint stock company, formed by jour mer
chants, will be prepared to take the business
of towage iu October next, is an announce
ment that w ill remove from j-our State -the
evil edicts of a mistaken act of your govern
ment, and so soon as the fact beeo.ncs known
to all liritishsl.ipowniis, tho timid and the
prejudiced, instead of continuing to turn
away from your river, will now head their
tonnago in that direction. Already on
Change here, owners think thn news too pood
to be true.
The pamphlet, containing sailing diiections
and parfrculars of the lighthouses, buoys, etc.,
together with the list of port charges, is to
hand; being a condensation of valuablo in
formation; most useful.
I consider the labois e f the l'ortland Hoard
of Trade deserves tho thanks of everj-citun
in the State, for tho benefits of their judicious
labors are being rapidly unfolded. This last
act eoncerning towage I consider the crown
ing point of all thi ir efforts. The information
you have now placed in my hands enables mo
to go on Chango with a confidence, as your
rcprenentative, winch I never had In fore.
I may incidentally mention that on a visit
homeward several years back, being appointed
the rrpresentatrve to the San Francisco Cham
ber of Commerce, tho result of a fiw months'
labor on my part was to introduce to the Cali
fornia trade a fleet of tho finest iron built
ships afloat. At that tiino the port had sii'h a
bad name none but iron ships thought it
Aorth their while to go there. Afterwards
the Chamber acknowledged that I did more
for the benefit of the port, as it regarded tow.
age, than was done by all the other English
houses put together, I am animated with a
similir desire of removing, as far as possible,
the prejudices, more or less unjust, towards
your State; and am quite hopeful of success
now that the steam tug difficulty is removed.
i remain, uear sir, yours very truly,
VYM. MOVANN.
-"Magnificent tromuct aonu him en
Hi paltry performances." A magnificent ex.
exception to this is found in Kidney-Wort,
wiucn inv-aiiauiy periorru even more cures
than it promise. Hero is a tingle instance;
"Mother has recover d," w rote an Illinois girl
to her Eastern relatives. "She took bitters
for a long time but without any good. So
when she heard of the virtues of Kidney.
Wort she got a box and it has completely
cured 1 er Irver complaint."
OBITUARY.
into At his resldi-rie, Wialili irton Co, Otfn.,
Auirutt IStli, lis?, Wlljon H, Tlrd, wed 64 jtairs,
11 months and 6 da)i. WlUonM, lljrirj torn In
AtUiius, came to Ortgtn Iu :.'!, and In the uiui
reir located on the farm nl.Itli I.m rer ilnc Utii bis
reildcnre. Houi chiller rnnuUr , ( ullo fjmn.-t.
P. cf II., and will U tadlr nilised by all int-u.ltr. I
thtrecf, to nfcom he tad Ictou Incnn w a rrue man I
snd taltlful Lroiker loeierr reaiaxL I
ritoiiuiLK Mritin.it.
Mrs. M, van linimiie, of Kasl Porllllilil, liot
In the lletiil, una Supposed l lie
intally Viniindril.
At a late hour last evening two boys called
at the office ol Dr. Kaftety in East I'nrtland,
and requested him to go to tho assistance of
Mrs. W. Van Damme, who had been shot in
the head bj' some nukuown person, and was
supposed to bo fatally wounded. I'roin what
i Standard reporter was able tu learn ton-c-iniug
tho matter, it s cms that Mr. ni.d
Mis. Van Uainmo reside about a quarter of n
inilo writ uf the car shops above East 1'oit
1 on! 'Ihey mo natives of Holland, aid lit
elustnoii", tiugil peopls, who havo b en in tho
Stale about two jems All ut 8:30 o'llock
last evening two jouug 1'itii weio puaMiig
their plac, when they hcaid a shot firn I, and
Mr. an lhmtue, who was out cf tin- home,
run iu and immediately shout d tint bis wifi
was shut in the head Coiouor Cook started
for tho scene a littlu butoin midnight, at
which time Dr. Italnty had not returned.
The alTair seems n very inyst"rious one. Mr.
ami Mis. Van Diinuie are each about Il.iviars
of age, and it as said, only lion mauled about
two cars, have no children, nnd aro hi'ldj'
usp. cted by their mighbirs
A llurillile AITiilr.
Wo have just nccived itel.igence, siys the
Seattle Chronicle, of n sickening alhur atlueli
occurred Iat week on Oicas Island It teems
that ono Charles Emerson has for a con-id r
nble length of tnno lived upon the isl md alone
nnd at some elistance from ncighhois. He
bad not been seen for -oine time-, ai d, on Sit
urday of last wcik, Mr. hhattuck, one of his
neighbors, hiving iccasion tu pass near Ins
house, thought he would call upon bun Ac
cordingly he approached the I uildiui; uVl
found the door standing opt n. Looking in. ft
ho iilrlu sight met Ills viivv, '1 he body of .1
nun, torn into fia units bj hocs, laj upon
the floor, which, upon invcstigition, proved
to be all that iciuaiued of the ULfuilnU
Emeisou.
He hfd apparently bieu di id fin some
duys, and the suuuuiidii gs indicate that he
had died by his own hidid A gun liy Insula
tho body disehaigod, and with a long stung
tied to the triggei in sueh a manner as to lead
to tho conclusion tint tho weapon hid bitu
used for tho deadly puipoaoot self ile'ti no
tion, though tho remains weio so feanully
mangled that, ot Ciluse, no wounds Ci.llM be
found
Our informant eould give nu idea of llnur-
sou's auli cedents, ai,e or plaeo ol bath, but it
is supposed that ho was u I. nely reelusf,
without liieiidHur means. Attn tho usual
piehuiiiiaues in sueh eases, ho vas buncd I V
those among whom he had livid.
Uoakk os TitADK Annual Mkkti.nii -On
Monday evening, September 11th, tho 1'url
land Hoard of Trade will hold its rigulai an
nual meeting for the election of otliceis, tho
appointment of committ-es to tcivn durn g
the ensuing jear, to hear 1'resident Matleav 's
address, Secretary Arnolds report, liuaiicuil
statement, and icpnrt of assistant fccii'tuij
and statistician, Mr. Cohen and either busi
ness that may be priseuted. In vu w of the
fact that the board never had morn cnergo'io
and clllcient ollitus than those at present in
the chairs, it would be policy, if possible, to
induce those gentlemen to scrv c another tei in,
The board rooms have been elegnntly fur
lushed, ami mcmheiH may be rongratulated
that they have a place of meeting iu which
they can receive commercial dclegites from
other cities without fear of invidious compari
son, The board is in a more flourishing mid
prosperous condition than since its organiza
tion, nnd it is to be hoped will be kept ill the
same condition by tho re-election o! the olh
cers at present filling the positions of respon
sibility. Journal of Commcrir
Kim.hi iiy LimirNlMi I'cter II. Watnei,
a pioneer, was killed by lightning in Stanley
basin, August 5th' says the Idaho Snitmel,
while working hit placer claim with one of his
partner, A, 1 Chullis. TIioCoiIIih M-tam
Wr, in giving the particulars, sajst Ho and
Mr ChalliM were cutting a drain toojxn up
tho bed of the creek. Dining tho forenoon a
thunder stoim earns up which lasted for eotne
time. At cighllnliiutcs to eleven o'clock (ms
watch was slopped at exaetlv this tune) the
dread tliuriilcrl-olt struck luin. It rent his
clothes from his body, tore his bonis: Irom his
Int. and stripping Ins entire nnnarel into
shreds, scatteied it for a circuit ol fifty fret,
leaving his pi'Mou perfect'y baru and teiribiv
mangled. .Mr. Ui-dlis was stunned so that
he did not recover for some time, but was not
siriously injured 2
Dkan or thi: Woman's Con wit. Mus
Jennie Twigg, A. II., who cauin in nu the lint
steamer, says tho Stulfiunn, ha been chow n
IJeaii of the Woman's Collide of Willnmitte
University, and will enter upon her duties at
the beginning of t'te term Sfptembe- 4th
She is now spending a short timet with fnen '
at Craw r(irdville, and tlicucu will co to
Walla Walla to see a titter w houi the hope
will return with her to attend this school
Mlkl Twil'i fu A (TfLillifttft ti lfitttfVir,f l i. .!..
College, I'enniylvaun, and is well rwim
. I t - i .. .. ::.. .i. ..
iiiuii'icii i'i ma jii niLiefii itv lluw occupies
She is thnple in manner and style, entiicK
free of alf ctation. and annens to Iu n m'A
ladj', She will Iu in Silcrn Septomb rial
J lie rooms are being rapidly taken at the
Woman's College ami a successful yenr u an
ticipated. ' William Nilltall gathercl from 33 acru of
ground an average of 47 buiholt tn 1 one pick
ol lirttclatt wheat.
Of,'
The Acme Drier.
Our editorial, cnncrruipg th; drier, list
week, has called out fac s and done good,
though in it we uniutentionallj did injustice
tn tin inventor, whoso sjstem contained nu
impoi (ant acnt for the ilifTuenc," of boat that
was omitted by those who put up the earliest
driers, because they neglected to read careful
ly the specifications and omi ted this feature.
Mi. Hums, the inventor, was nwnj' East of
tin Mountains, could not person illy supervise
the putting up of driers. AUr, tho mechanics
who put the lion wink togotlur l.oiu used in
ferior maternal violating tho contract an
gave us thu cause of complaint wo made. Tho
pin chaser, in future, eiiu depend e'H getting
good work. So far as tho quality cf fruit mado
in this eliierls concerned, wo n'FTt that with
nulinniy cam it will be peifee t,os good ftR can
bcmailn. We have mniu confidence than ever
befoic that fruitdijing will bo nicc'efsfii!, and
that dried fruit will bouicfirnd to canned
fin it. Dr. Caldwell, who has a hi go orchard
near this city, has a 24 section drill' in opeia
tinn at Ins orchard, nnd ispeifectly satisfied
with K Those interested in fruit drying vVill
ha repaid for the tioublo of calling ut J Ik
Kn ipp's, 207 I'ii it street, who lepichcnta tho
Acme Flint Drier Coiunonj, and has a largo
drier in oper.a'ion near bj
Ilnttle Moore Opern Company.
This excellent opci i company, under thu
lcadeiship of Miss II ittio Moore, Ins been
playing the past week to good Ionises at New
Miukot Tlitatir. Olivette ami I.c Alavolle,
and ftelli Taylor, loaeling comic operas, are
bung petfnruicd. 'lhu audiences nro pood
the homo being lilleel each night. .Miss Mooro
to our tuition is exceedingly pleating in7.e
Mus ottc, iu which thu takes tho leadug role.
Harry Oalcs is splendid rn the interpret itiou
ol tho ilihVreut charactirs he lucnuiice. This
is ono of tho laigest combinations that ever
made a tour of Oieou nnd Washington. We
cannot give tho exact date this week, but will
publish next wei It a list of appointments of
the company. They will piobahly visit Oie
gou City, Salem, Alb my, Corv illi, Inde
pendence, Walla Walla, Diyton, W. T The
Dilles, Tacoma, Seattle, Fort Tnwrisend and
Victoria. Wherever they go our citiuus and
leaders can rest nssuieil that thoy will lie
tie at d ton lirht-classciitertainnioiit. Manager
Ktcchnn has bom furnishing our theater go
ing pioplo with some very excellent enter
tainments, and wo uudiistuud he villi havo a
first-class troupe at the Opera lb uso in
Salem during 1'iiir week.
Salmon at tho Falls
At Yalu bridge, remarks the Sentinel, aro
salmon in great numb., la that have mole their
way nearly a quarter of a mile liom tho I'raser
river, and aro now struggling day and night
to climb the rough rapids of the creek, now at
low wnter mark. The salmon irt from 12 to
20 inchui long, and appeal in good condition,
except thu noses of some badlj worn by strik
ing against the rocks, etc. It is amusing to
seo how haid they work tn get up tho stream
sometimes progressing, and ttgiiu dnveu
back by the twift current. They can bet
tjiovchd out or caught by hand, as they get
into shallow water or Indgu niuuug tho rocks.
Thousands grow weak and die, and aro carried
away by thu water running into tho livei.
Last evening wo took a ramble up the west
hwik of the creek, nnd found the salmon had
asci nded sonio score of falls foui to i ight feet
in bight About two'tlnrils of a mile above
the Cariboo ioul luidgu at one point only one
could bu seen, while a di in mils further up
hilfndoeii salmon wcru togeth I, At that
point the falls appuir to bo an obstruction not
easily overcome. A peculiaiity of the Balmou
up the crick is tho leddish appi inuco they
picsent. It is aaid they arc "sick salmon
vvlit.ii of that In k. Certain it is that they ap
pear very much hrunod and badlv titeel.
The Oolden Gate Evaporator.
Lust year we saw this elrier at work in Dxst
I'nrtland and saw the pinduet that was male
from it. Thu dnerU the invention of Mr.
Evauts, who then operateil it, it was a do
ci led improvement on any drier rver useil in
Oregon to tint time ami has the advauUuo
t'nit its trays nie put in at the bottom ami aro
iluvatei! as fast as others are put iu, so
that the giren fruit is always iie-jnst the fire.
Auothei feature of Mr. Kvants drier is that
the trays are several fiet alsove thu heat-
i, giving room for ah dy of hot air to be
h Id alwavs in res-rvn ami equally distribut
ed through the drier Whit's thero are many
good fr atuica to this drier, one gieat advant
age in it is its moderate) cost, 'the proprietors
claims that ihej -an build n drier for half the
rnonev any other costs to do tl.o tamo work.
Thi (lot leu (into Drier, (the Common Seine),
will manufacture a lirt-cl.e article of fiuit
and nil who iutcnl prepiing for fruit drying
slioiihl teo for theiiuelvci befoie invittiux
Mil, Uc'itNs, inventor of the Acme Fruit
drier, will le at Salem this week and will re-
-iv piiijKjsals for tale of county rigMt in
(lutpirtof tho valley Ho hat mado telu of
tcrn'ory alna-ly iu thn State anil W tug
ton Tnritori, ami everywhere (nut men
appreciate his invention.
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