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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1882)
I. I'! .'I i i r i Yi i L. K KM every Week by the WUUKKTTK rABMKK IM BIIHHIMU lO rKRMB OP HUBHCHIlTIOlv. Ersar, (Postage paid) In advance I J.M aonths, (Postage paid). In advance l. than ill months will be, per month 25 ADVERSISINO katks: Advertisements will be inserted, providing tn Opt inch of ipace per month.. I 4.60 rare incaes oi ipiw uwhhi ,.w Qae-baU column per month 15 00 n oolnmnper month 80 00 (.Sample copies aent free on application. Publication OIBce: No. 5 Washington Street. Up la'rs. roomi No. 6 and fit B VlllUMn.Wa A.NNOI F.1IKNT. The following are authorized to receipt for sitbw rip tlona to thin paper. MTW here we have no agents re iDlttanccfi JIlJbT lie made, (expenses paid), to us by Registered Letter, or Money urucrs, or repress. ALL PAPKItK IHSCONTINUK!) AT TIIK F.Xl'IHA TION OF TIIK T1MK I'AIU tun. Amity nil Simpson Aurora Geo Miller Lctstnon. ...G W Smith Lew Isvllle. HCJIcTimmonds Looking Glass. ,M Cochran Lincoln I, Abratns McMlnnvillc.J Mcl'hilllps MeCoy . ..8 Itobblns Mt Pleasant. FHThaver Brownsville w II Kirn Sutteville. . John llateheller utte Creek. .K bkervln Brooks.... W II Harris Belleviie . . . Jeff Ilavls Orawfordsllle..l(cbt (llass Oottoi'eClr..J II Short riilfc-c Corvallls ...Mcjir Harris Champoeir, . ..A Jette Marl... ..It II nuthcrford Mohawk . ..J 8 Churchill Monmouth.. W Waterhouso NoYamhlll. OVVSanplnjrton Powell Valley.TK Williams Pilot Hock.. . .K Gilliam Pendleton,. Lot Livermore Perrydale .J W Mcfircw PleasantHM GWIIandsikir UUcrslde C F Knowles I.ocburi?...8 K Ravmond Damascus... K forties Dayton KOIIadiwa) Drains Hon J C Drain Dallas J I) Smith Dufur -A .1 Dultir, Jr Knla Thomas l'earcc Elkton A II Haines Eugene. .Hon J HMcClunir EllemburK...Hon M llilcj rarest Orovo 8 Hughes Sweet Home... .'. II Mois Salem S W Church Stajton A 1) Gardner Sublimity. Jno Donning Scto J 8 Morris Plmld W Jl Powers fox Valley... A I Gardner Ooahcn J Handsaker naston AG llavnionrl nervals ."Mitchell! Tangent John Luper Turner Y S Mattcson Ooldendale , II r Sai lors ti Harrlshurir...llon II snmii Halsey .. . Illack, I'carl Ac Co Irving AC Jennings Independence. W I, llo-litfn Jacksonville... Max Mullcr Junction WII lUbcr Jefferson JW Roland Wilbur. ... Hon Thos Smith Willamette F... M Wilkins Welles A A Williamson Weston LHWood Waltsliurg. ..WN Smiili Walla Walla J Jacobs Kern 8 SGiinble YlfK State lias two new counties. Kin math county is made by division of Lake county, and Crook county by the division of Wasco. The lath. Legislature provided for a Sixth Judicial District, giving Judge Stort tho single jurisdiction of this county, and including the remainder of this district and Wasco county In another district. The Govfhvou vetocl a bill to provide for fish way or ladder, at the foils of tlio Wil lamette, but the two Houses passed it over the veto; also, a Mil for tlio relief of Umatilla county. Bills tu incorporate, or to amend the in rorporation of tho following-named places passed tho lite Legislature: McMmville, Sheridan, Ashland, Kugene, liuina Vista, Dalles City, Hiker City, Portland, Nowport, Jefferson, Kast Portland, Independence. It Seems that it is now poossible to tax mortgages in tho counties where they aro re corded, so that it will not be easy to defeat taxath n and conceal property as has been too often tho case. Wo can see how this wilt work and bo prepared to legislate further in connection with money loans, another session, As the law stcod, this amendment was very necessary, AfoNo UTnin good measures that did not become law, the bill to provide for rcghration of voter failed, and it is much to bo regretted that it did not become a law, becauso we need all the safi guards that can be prnv ided for insuring honest elections. With a stringent and efficient registry law, properly enforced, illegal voting would hardly be possible The 1'ohtai. Skkvice of the United States haa for tlio first time in tho history oi the nation, readied the point of being self-sustaining. Only for the tremendous frauds, involv ing millions annually, committed by llrady, such might hive been the casejinoncr. Tho loneaty and efficiency tnat wus inaugurated by Poitinastur-Oonrr.il James, is having won derful r suits. Thu service has been per formed for $3,000,000 less than llrady esti mated, when in ollico, mid tho government actually had a surplus of near $-000,000 over expense s. Such a reformation is very healthy to the bedy politic, though it has filled tho air with sulphur to accomplish it. One or THE saddest events wu have had to chroniclo nceurvd last week at S.ilein. X. Uaas, a kind nun ami geml citizen, whom mo had known n long tuno, had become addicted to ell ink and una making an effort to leave oil. The craving fur it drove him to despair. Ho repeatedly said he would rather Kill himself than 1'otuin to the h tint, and the other thy, win n with his family, driven friutio by thu insatiate! thirst and determined uecrtngivo up to It) in a moment of temporary madurss ho shot liliuse'lf mid fell dead, All tlio license mom y over paid in Salem can novel' compensate, to tin- world for a good, e'i'.icii undone and for it husband aue' father lo.t. Skvhiai, Hills etoed by the Governor weie passe dovnr his veto, hut thu act creating product astesaora una etoed by him, perhaps because it leave the Statu no way of assessing fur the next two Jours, as iltimcel by the assess ir of this county list week. Also a bill relating to insurance was vetoed. A bill relating tu location of railroads through pars' and gorge, and also a bill rt litiug to marking iniiusla outhe ear, were both defect ive fiom having no enacting clause, so were notlaw s, an I Mer) returned with no action by the Oovenuir. That must have been the fault of the K'lrolling Clerks and the Kurolling Committee In A I. TK interview with a reporter, the hundred millionaire railreuul man, W, II, Vkndcrbilt, being asked how set me act of his would suit the public, said i "The publls be tl J, JUilrewds aie run for business, not (or sentiment." The poaxjaiou of unlimited wraith has inait Vanelirbilt rather indepeif ileut tf the public lie talks about bu)igup lueuaa if they ue'ro muikoUhli me chandtto, titw imty of t'len ar-. Hieeuu that he bat a lubit of m i b "that l v! a" at a cur. rent phras, and it is very likely, as he aiys, the remsrk was not intended, or noticed by him, hut even if he didn't say it, be has often acted it, and there is great truth in the old adage: "Actions speak louder than words." All great franchises are inherent in tho people, and yet those who po sess them too often think they own them in fee and can run them to oppress tho people. The popular mind is at the present time aroused to the encroach ment of monopoly, and all such remarks as this inadvertent one of Vandcrbilt'a are caught up and repeated with effect. The time is at hand when such men will have to be more careful how they damn the public. WINTERS EA8T OP THE CASCADES. While the winters Kast of the mounteins are efimewhat wintry, they bear no compari son to the winter climate of the Northwestern States, or even of Northern Illinois. Steck often do well on the range, and last winter, when there was ninety days of snow and sleighing, horses ran out all winter without other food than the bunch grass. The winter weather there was an nctuil benefit. Snow laid all over the 1'alouse country and the s-ttlers ridged bob sleds and hi tiled their wheat to mill, actually taking grain from Farmington to Cheney to find a mill, a dis tance of 50 miles, hauling heavy loads with eae. There is a great deal of work that can bo done in w inter by the aid of a snowfall. The farmer will actually wait to haul his grain to market then and he wilfc also improve that season to haul timber and lumber for fencing and building. Every wheat farmer knows that with his fall wheat well up, there can bo nothing more fortunate than a good snowfall to rover and Keep it warm and safe uutil spring. Here in Western Oregon it is well known that a good snowfall insuies a good wheat crop. When the farmers of tho East ern country prepare themstlvcs for prtper culture of wheat, by summer-fallowing land, they can produce immense crops ith great certainty. PRODUCTS OP EASTERN WASHINGTON. By a lato steamer the laud department of the Northern Pacific Railroad mado a ship ment, to bu exhibited at the East, of fruits and grain of iliilircnt varieties, representing tho growth of 1882. The fruit was some i f it gathered from tho orchards of Dr. Blalock, Philip Kit7, II. P. Isaacs and Others, of tho following varieties : Apples Yellow New town pippin, fall pippin, mammoth pippin, Uue pcarmain, northern spy, golden russett, rambn, white winter pcarmain, yellow bell HSwer, etc. Of pears : Winter Ntllis and lleurru Easter. 1 he fiuit sent waa of particu lar excoltence. Another assortment of similar fruits, apples and pears, was furnithed by F. J. Parker, of tho Walla Valla Slaltiman, gathered from the orchards of Messrs. Isaacs, Winans, Louden, Cusker and Irwin, and especially fine vegetables from tho garden of Mr. Oeorgo Stcrrctt. During the early fall specimens of gr-lu and various products were lent from tho land oflloo of tho N. P. R R. Co. to the Kast, re presenting the various agricultural districts embraced within that company's land grant. We ha vo read in Eastci n journals an account of a special car fitted up for this display, with other products from thu company's land i, and know that it attracted groat nttcntinn. No doubt these fruits will be uejually attractive. Thu exhibit to be seen at the Bureau of Im migration is simply excellent, at el not sur passed, wo bcl eve, by any ever mado cf grain in any country. It oxcites the wonder and admiration of new coiners who visit that bureau on their arrival. Ono stand a very beautiful one, made of Oregon woods, that waa used at the Paris Exhibition contains specimens of grain and seeds in glass; am.ther stand shows sheaves of wheat of ninny kinds; another, specimens of oats, rye, batley, etc., and still another has sheaves of grissos of many kinds. There are good samples of corn in tho ear and stalk, showing that corn can bo grown to good nelvantago in many dis tricts. Tho display of vegetables is good, es pecially ef potatoes, of which thero are single ones of remarkable sire. THE TONNAGE 0UE3TI0N. Tho farmer wishes to know how to calcu late upon tho future, so as to make) up his mind whetner to sell his crop or hold it for a nettcr price Oenerally, the rule holds true that tho man w lin aeci pts a fair price and re alires as early ns pra-ihle after lu(ot fol lows a safe and prudent eemrse, and comes nut beat in the end. That is e-y true, but wiih us the iuetion lieeiue'iitly nrsus : Is itnifoto sell too fieely and give tho enpirter the ad vantage of securing f rain in advance of his needs, which puis him in a position to "bear" i tho niarhet ! The present eir lnings us a universally dull market in the old world, Exporters claim (hut they daro not do any speculitive busi ue'ss, but confine themselves to tilling oiilets rrveivod. Theio may bo some truth iu this, but wo kneiw that tho nurket ispnverned considerably by the freight question, and ton nage only comes along tow slowly, not, in deed, enough to supply tho demand, so rreighU remain film and have gone up a little during the month. What the farmer who holds his wheat ne-eds to kuow is; if the pros pect Is good for lower freights after the New Year. Wo notice that iu hit annual address to the California State Agricultural Soeirty, Presi dent II. M. Larue asserted very decidedly that tho total surplus from that State for ship, ment the ensuing yecr would not exceed JWO.OOO tons, which, added to the iiuantily hold over ami the 200,000 tons to ship fioiii tho ColumbU rive-, vrculil require only 750,000 tons of actual cairjing capacity, or alMUt S0O.O0O tons measurement by rej!iter, t elisroae of the tot d supply o! our cotst Shipping appear plentiful iu S:n Friuci-o, andfi'tihts aro ivaionably lew, say -13 to WILLAMETTE PABMER: PORTLAND, OBEQON, KOVEMBER to 47s (Id per ton, or 10s less than with us. That thire will be plenty of tonnace by spring cannot I double 1. It is possible that freights will drop hero to fiOsby Fibruary, so there is no cause for fear in this regard. As to the price of wheat abroad, (t is already low enough, and will hardly drop much below the figures that have ruled for the last six or eight months. All things considered, the aspect of the tonnage ques tion is favorable for the fanner. It was anticipated that the Southern Pa cific Railroad would transport grain fromCal ifoniis to New Orleans, to be then put on shipboard for Europe. If freights were well sustained that company might enter upon this trade with spirit, but the low rates now ruling may prevent it. It remains to be seen if the railroads can make low freiehti. If it cannot and business men have generally pre dicted that it will not- then railroad trans portation will not soon enter as an influential factor in the transportation of ur ttaplcs to the world's markets. AUNT HETTY HOME AGAIN. It seems gcod to be at home once more in our own goodly Stato of Oregon, and we are glid, too, to bo nearer to our friends of the Home Circle, from whom we have been parted almost a month a month of delightful sight seeing. Having been in Oregon over thiity years, of course, this first visit to California was quite an event to an Oregon pioneer like myself. No doubt, there are many other la dies, who, like myself, have not been out of tho Sttte of Oiegen since they "crossed the plains," and could enjoy a little picture of California life and trael, even if it be but a poor pencil sketch. Frequently, in traveling, I met tourists, and fourd that they had but little or no idea of Oregon. It was all Califor nia. Even in speaking of our salmon, it v as called "California salmon from the Columbia river." There is no denying the fact that Cali fornia is a wonderful country and San Fran cisco a wondeiful place, with its suburban Oakland to eke out its greatness, surrounding this city of the hills with beautiful homes across the bay; the metropolis with its forest of shipping and busy wharves, where vessels aro daily unloading from all quarters of the earth. But to begin with, a sea voyage under tho best of circumstances is a dear tribute to pay for pleasure, even if the voyage is made on a floating palace, as was the magnificent steamer Columbia, but the discomfort lasted only tw o days, for in that time we were at our journey's oud. I was bound to stay on deck to see the bar of tho Columbia, that dreaded and much fa mous hindrance to navigation, the one thing that draws the attention of the commercial world, and grand it was to stand on the deck of tho noble steamer, and watch, as her brow parted the white capped billows, as she plunged into one rolling sea after another, scattering spray over the guards. That Cap tain Gray mu-t have been a brave man, or found a smoother sea, when he headed that namesake of our own vessel, the brig Columbia, fiver the bar of the Great River of the West. The coincidence of name goes hick thirty years when another steamer Columbia, the first ot a regular line, made monthly trips be tween Portland and San Francisco. At that time Portlanders got up nights to realize the hour when her gang plank should be thrown on tho muddy shores of the Willamette. ThoBo wore da) s btf ore we had wharves, or had made possible a telegraphic dispatch from Kalama, Capt. Gray's wife sent the medal, given to her husbaud by the Stato of Massa chusetts for ids discovery of the Columbia river, to the State of Oregon, and it is now treasured among its archives. Tho Btaunchcst heart succumbs at times, so, after viewing the bar passage and the beauti ful headland of the river, I went below and waited wearily for the voyage to end. It waa a lovely morning, of an autumn day, that we sighted tho Heads. A ha.y light was over a 1. It waa just like a picture, so calm and still. Vessels were idly rocking on the bay, "like paiuteel ships upon a painted ocean," so still wore the waters of the great inlet that could almost hold the navies of the world. Slowly heading towards tho landing place, wo passed Alcatraz, a fortress built upon a rocky island, perfectly isolated, though so near the busy hum of a great city. As e come near, the hilly nature of the city is more apparent than after we land. Where traveling facilities are so perfect we think very little of the steep grades. What first struck mo was tho network of street cats, horse, cars, steam cars, ami cable ilruwn cars passing in all dire'etirus, hut iu to s)stemat o a way that any ono soon becomes iibe'd to this maze, and, iu n little while rau t ike advantage of all these conveniences for tirvd and foot-soro people". Five cents can take jou live miles if jou chooso to go that far. I likeel best the e'able rosds, because they saed tho 1 ihor of poor horseflesh. These cars aro open on all sides, tome uf the m, and aro admirably unangud f t sight-seeim;, and from the higher points a tine Mew of the city, the' biy ami tho ocean can he had. Soti.o miles out is Lino Mountain Cemetery, where are in tered our once Senator, Col. E, D. Hiker, and California's ltroderick, and other great ones w hn are uo more. Beyond there, by a change of cam, we reach Hay View Park, that has mi. limited possibilities for the future. Tens of thousands come tome days seven miles tn vis it this spot, so full of beauty, that has been redeemed and made to blossom from a waste of sage brush and sand, the undulating face of the country giving opportunity for a varied landscape. Conservatories caver a large ex tent, and contaimiiiny delicate plants, exqtica brought from many lands. There are three divisions, with different degrees of heat each, to suit the plants within. Palms tower iu the domes of glass; immense tropical ferns thrive in the humid atmosphere; a large tank holds a specimen of tho Victoria Revma, one leaf of which, i it lies on the water, will hold up I sixty round' wu'ght. The blossoms and buds 'of this It guwatertily a c fragrant ud be..u. tirul; the leave-, as they lie on the water, are five feet In diameter. We sp nt hours wander ing about, without visiting all the grounds. Many fine turnouts bowled along over the smooth roads; flowers growing in greatest luxuriance bordered the paths and road ways, while tangled thickets vied with Nature m its wildness. It was enjoyment of itself to watch the people, with crowds of children, enjoying this bit o' Nature, away from the everlasting din of the city AnxT Hettv. STAR ROPTE MATTERS. Robt. G. Ii gerso'l, the notorious i, fidel, is attorney for the Star Route thieves, and is filling the world with reports that the govern ment attempted to buy up the jury to convict Brady, Dorsey and others. The true solution of this miserable scandal seems to bo that the Star Route rascals actually succeed d in foist ing their agents on the Attorney General on pretense that they knew how to secure import antevidence, and while commissioned todo so, they did approach members of the jury with assurance that they were in the confidence of the Attorney General, and that he was deter mined to convict by whatever means and at whatever cost. Of course, that was not difficult for unscru pulous men to do, and there seems to be no doubt that Brady's gang did it, and that In gersoll is helping the fraud by all these rep mentations, procuring affidavits from men who were approached by their own agents, thus foisted on the Deraitmeut of Justice. The department shows that whereas these men did come and claim to possess the clue to evidence needed to convict the Stir Route de fendants, that the government soon saw through their falsehood and discharged these men in disgrace. It is also show n that the de partment had no funds, at its disposal, to use for any such purrose. The who'e affair is very improbable, as stated by Ingercoll. It is evident that Wm. Dickson, the fore man of the Star Route jury, was from the first an accomplice of tho defendants, and has been a medium through which this lost schemo has been carried out. The design, of course, is to create public opinion to influence the new trial. Brady and his trang have millions, of which they lobbed the government, and cin employ counsel snd have wealth with which to subsidize or purchase newspapers, and cor rupt juries and suborn witnesses; but, for all that, there is great hope that on the nxt trial the robbers will be convicted and made to pay tho penalty nf the law. Late dispatches an nounce the arrest of Wm. Dickson, and of some of the instruments used to bring discred it on the government in this matter. While the peoplo cannot afford to be rohbed by con spirators of a dollar, they have millions with which to prosecute fraud. This man Dickson evidently deserves all the punishment that should be inflicted on the chiefs of tl e Star Route frauds, as he has certainly lent himself to their corrupt use. STATE INSANE ASYLUM. Our ment'on of the Insane Asylum oct was incorrect in some respects i Ah, for instance, .the Superintendent is appointed for four years and the families of Superintendent and Medi cal Assistants are not supported for the Asy lum supplies. The bill goes into effect imme diately, but the Stato will have to contract with tho Hawthorne estate to keep the pa tients fivo months longer than Dec. 1st, until tho Asylum can be completed. The State also appropriates $14,000 additional to finish the new Asylum and $40,000 to furnish it. The total costwhen ready for use will be $184,000, and the use of convict labor. t'olnmlilu Hirer Exports. During the month just closed, thero were 13 clearances from tho port of Astoria. These cargoes were to U. K. at a far lower rate than last year, except the Dauntless which sailed in ballast to Manilla carrying a small consign' ment of flour and lumber the first ship leav mg the Columbia in ballast for many years The cargoes embraced 481,736 bushels wheat, worth $4fl8,899; 40,873 bsrrels flour, worth $170,058; 0913 cases salmon, worth $33,076. The total value of all cargoes for the month tnai went to loreign ports, being $001,060, The exports for the preceding month atrere gated in value $543,7-(, and tor August $1, 217, 1S4. The August figures included tho bulk of tho foreign salmon thipmcuts. The total foreign expoits from the Columbia from January 1, 18S2, to date, aggregate in value S7 :l!IS Kfl7 .,- , - 10 HI IMJEO.NM, Representing the National Surgicsl Institute Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Ga., and San Francisco wilt be in Portland, Oregon, at the St. Charles hotel, from Nov. 2d to the Utli inclusive, prepared with an cxpensivn ouiut oi tno most approved apparatus, for tlm ire'a'incnt oi ull cases ot elisease ot tlin spine, hip, ki ee, nnkle, crooked limbs, club feet, etc., etc. They will bn prepared to mako the mot ditlicnlt surgical operations, including cataract, crors e,e, hare lip, eleformities ot the face, dividing temdoiis, operations for eliseaso of the genital organs, pilex, fistula, e'o. A rare opportunity is ollend these net d ii'g tin irserv ices. OldatiVnU are especially requested to visit them. Milton Shearer, of (ioldendale, sold a dressed hog weighing 363 pounds at 0 J cents a pound. Besides the kitchen slops the ani ma! consumed i worth of wheat. Count up the profit. Wasco Sun: We have in our front window- seven ears of different varieties of corn grown by Mr. L)forel upon high ground, upon the hills south of the city, where he has been obliged to haul water for family use all the season. We never saw more perfect corn. Two of tie varieties of the ears wxe fully eleven inches long and the kernel full to the end. Others were ten ami niun inches long, and with one exception kernetcd to the end, this exception being the small fliuty Canada corn. The experiment of Mr. Leadford ia an interesting one, and shows what can be done by growing corn on the high land without irri- gat I n. ,... Lv.i t, . ... , t0.rcatlir, ribbons, velvet, can 1I be col. nndMv'hnUlnr,hat "'StheDU. - nnel Hjrct. 10 cents for any color. ot mom! 3, 188?. STATE NEWS Flour is selling at $12 a barrel in Baker City. Duels and geese are vory numerous in Lake county. The new fire bell at Salem has been ac cepted. Silverton merchants are receiving incir ran supply of goeds. A church will be itedicatea at Biivenon on November 12th, Thtre are a dozen patients in the Jackson county hospital. Eoirs are 40 cents a dozen in Ucos county, and none in the market. The Salem mills are paying 80 cents for wheat with only light receipts. Fruit pickina and potato digging is quite fashionable i-x Southern Oregon. Knrhteen marnaee licenses were issued in Marion county during October. U. S. stages are now running on Winter timo across the Blue mountains. frineville wants a fire eneine. Merchants are willing to donate liberally toward it. Seven hundred thousand pounds of bacon was put up in Grand Rmde last season. The subject of dyking the Ochoco river is under advisement by citizens of Pnneville. The corner s'ono for a now Meth dist church was laid at North Powder on October 25th. F.li7AVth Small, wife of Rev. Thos. Smsll, of Marion county, died on Oct, 21st, aged 76 years. EUventh annual fair of tho Union county Acricultural Society will be held on Monday Sept. 17, 18S2. Snow could be seen on the hills west of Sa lem on Tuesday, Oct. 31 an unusual occur rence for October. Three deaths havo occurred in the A. O. U. W Lodge at Eugene, within the past three months. Business is increasine so fast for the city marshal at Rnseburg that a deputy has been appointed. Thcv are talking of making tho Masonic library at Salem accessible to everybody for a small consideration. Cant. George Flavel pays taxes in Clatsop county on S120.0S4 ; just $78,539 more than tho U. R. & N. Co. Eighteen dollars nor ton is the price paid for hauling freight from Weston to the rail road camp on tho summit. There will be a race for $100 a side between CribTolman'hPercl'eron filly and an unknown horse, at Jacksonville, Nov. 4th. An effort is on foot by Borne of The Dalles capitalists to purchase the old foundry at that place, and nt it up I r a stove factory. The assessment books of Curry county show that the to'al amount of taxable proper ty is $302,820 ; poll tax, $174. The Weston Leader calls loudly upon the police of that city to perform their duty in keeping the hoys on the streets at nignt, Forty-otld atrests for gambling were made in Prineville last week, and the Prineville jTfie. says about fifty more of their citizens are scared half to death. Tho mill at North Powder is running night and day, and is unable to supply the demand for flour. Teams going there from a distance are frequently compelled to return without nour. From the Pendleton Tribune we learn that the railroad company is pushing the tunn'l at Meacham to completion with all possible speed. Gangs of men are working night and day. Tne Baker City Reveille says that Thomas rinlayson planted 100 pounds of potatoes on less than one-eight of an acre of ground, and his yield was 5500 pounds. This within one (juarter of a mile of Baker City, without irri gating. Says the Raker City Reveille; On Thursday last the sale of lands for dept purposes was consummated, the citizers of Baker paying Mr. Stewart $1250 for the ground and pre senting it to the O. R. & N, Co. This action definitely settles the depot question. Game is coming in plentifully from Shoal water bay; one man brought in 250 pounds of geese anil ducks to-day to Ilwsco. The sloop Mary H, was driven ashors on the Ilwaco beech yesterday during a blow and was con siderably damaged. There is a heavy surf on Chinook and a break across Sand island. The Weston Leader says that on Saturday last Mr. Waller, living on the mountains east of the city, exhibited a sample of a very sweet and palatable turnip raised by him, weighirg five pounds. The soil in Mountain precnut is attracting attention by its adaptability for raising iruits and vegetables. Two thousand dollars in c in 3,000 bushels o: wheat anil two and one half acres of deeded land is the bonus which the enterprising farm crs of Genesee offer for the erection of flour mill in that precinct. Mr. Mulkev has no copied the proposition, and will erect tho mill without delay. The 77mca Mountaineer says that orders have been issued for the construction of an other light-draft boat above Thompson's Falls. The Katie Hallett has had such rough usage that she is almost entirely tiseel up. The dimensions nf this new boat will be 150 feet in leng h, 32 feet beam, and 4J feet nom, one win etraw only lo inches ot w atcr. The wife of Cyrus A. Robo, who resides at vveston, Ur., wants to hear from or of him. Roby in 1878-9 lived iu Walla Walla and sold agricultural implements for Newbtrrv. Haw. thorno it Co. From here he went to Weston. married aud cngiged in the hotel business. un the ith of June, 1SS0, ho suddenly disap n.'ared, leaving a viife and child. When la-t heard of, in the spring of 1831, he was at iinrenaw, Arizona, The (Joos Bay .Veil' makes a note of the fact iji.ie it un un iw eauie a pair ot twins, which appleologists pronounce miitn .-nr.'n.ii.r They are of the "maiden blush" variety at d came from a tree n T. J Davis' orchard on Isthmus slough. The tw o apples grew on one stem and are united at the sides, but still dis tinctly two, with two cores, two sets nf seeds and two well developed lilo'som ends, the whole measuring 10 niches one way by 8J the uener. Poetry and Pact. Iu Keat's beautiful poem, "Lamia,' 'a young man nu ueen lea captive ny a pnantom girl, and is made the slave of her beautv. until an old teacher comes in and fixes his eve upon the figure, and it vanishes iu its trua form nf a slimy serpent. This is poetry, now torjaet. isiiease in various iorms seizes upon young men old. and especially does it affect th li,l- neys and liver, aud begin insidiously to work ruin aud death. "But Hunt's reme.lv. atli old teacher, comes in, and the .limy serpent of disease glides away. At first men think that a diseased liver or dis-rdered kidneys is a mere rluntom, aU( mj f n their wav nMlAt. ing the evil, and not realizing their danger. Bn this is not tomethiug te be trifled with. Cill in Hunt's remedy at once: it will Intl, ... ... ii,i,a icme-eiy m once; u will reveal tie demon and c'stit out. For ki. lr.iia unnary omptainU tlre is not like it. Inev, nothing TERRITORIAL. Diphtheria at New Tacoma. Sprague wants a harness stiop. Dayton has a 37-pound turnip. Tacoma is to have electric lipht. fioiao City is full of house breakers. Hogs bring four cents on foot at Union. A woolen mill is talked of at Olympia.' aeaitie now claims to be a wholetil Bunch grass is growing very fast in KlielS tat county. ut' Tho Spokan Chronicle comes out flatl. r ocratic. The Tacoma Wewa has enlarged tn .t.i.. nolnmn naner. a A mimlior nf pattta thlbv.. I.-... t I j ,v I w ""vo oeenin. dieted at Yakima. " A large barn at Goldendale waa unrooferl The western part of KKckitat county is i fostcd with cougars. A gentleman named Miisgiove, is about to Blalb i,ar3, aw Mia.nuuu, Geo. Huffy is under arrest at Walla Walla for passing a forged check. Smallpox has broken out among the Indians at the mouth of OkanogaD. voai nas oeen discovered in the hills a short distance west of Yakima. Steps have been taken towards rsorganizinj tho Olympia board of trade. The new time table on tho Northern Pacific went into effect on the 30th ult. Chehalis county, W. T., has doubled her population during the past year. The Statetman wnnts Walla Walla to c!o:e ner puouc scnoois on account of diphtheria Eight thousand cases and 3000 barrels will bo the pack of salmon ou Puget Sound this year. Fifty thousand acres of land was sold iu the Olympia land district by tho government last inonin. The N. P. R. R. is making arrangements I for the erection of shops and round houses at I Hillings. A Chinaman at Boise became sufficier.tlj I Americanized to drop dead with heart diseut I last week. Three hundred car loads or about 400 ton of wheat have been shipped from Waitsbors this season. Oats for use at tho Walla Walla garni aro brruglit from Portland, and cost two cents per found. O. H. Barker, one of the oldest citizens of I Vakima county, died at his residence in tbtt I county on the 27th ult. One hundted and fifty-eight locomotives I aro e-nploj ed on the Northern Pacific railroad I 134 on the eastern division and 24 on thi I western. The Palouse Gazette wants tho Chenev JW liune man appointed lighthouse keeper sixty I miles from nowhere, on account ot his hid I English. The mo-t feasible route over the Cascade! for the N. P. r-quiies a 9100 foot tunnel Stampede pas, at the head ot .Sunday creel, is tne place. Both Democratic aud Republican candidate! I for representative in Yakima are in favor of I prohibition, and temperance seems to be widslj I agitated. Paiker, of the Nez Peres Netct. claims that I the Republicans of Walla Walla, want him to I start a paper in that city, promising bim a I gooo support. A New Tacoma girl refu-ed to marry hei lover until he performed some hero'.c deed, and he gratified her by eloping with her mother. iJ James Hubbard has sold his farm, located near Waitsburg, containing 774 acres, to W. r. winans oi vvaua waiia, lor s-o.v, being $30 per acre. The tax-payers of Chehalis county ha brought out D. J. Gaddis for sheriff and assessor. Mr. Faddis is the present incum- beui ot those othce. The Yakima Record tells of a carrot two! feet long and over eighteen inches in circum-l ferencc, that was raised in tho garden of il citizen of that place recently. The Snraeue Herald learni from felfakki sourca that the road-bed from Cabinet totntl end of the track is sunken so btdljl as to ho almost impatsib'e by trains. At Stmahmoo, W. T., a little Indian chiUl was picki d up on the beach. It was subjectl to fits and had evidently been left to cerutl by its inhuman mother. It was conveyed ttl Tuallip, to be given in charge of the Sistentfl vvnaruy. The letting of tho contract for the gradinil of the N. P. R. R. extension, from TacomaWI Seattle, was postponed on the 19th ult. onil week on account of the extravagance of thai bins submitted. Ths Northein Pacific Company are puttinjB wi m ..mg ucjnj, uimeiing at lemno, a puiwu.j ot which is two stories, slid lathed and plas-l tered. Numerous improvements are beirH made at the juncticn. Till Northern Pacific Company have at tracted for a gigantic transfer f rrybaat cap) hie of carrying a whole train of car across tin Columbia river. The ferry will be built witk indefiendau; engines and paddle wheels. Last Tuesday morning in the mountains it me neau oi me louclict river, Mr. Willm Web r attacked and killi-,1 n ni,tl,r whirs had I een killing sheep iu that nciuhhorliooil mm uuee recently Killed two large dogs. An old white man, named Hall married I Indian woman aud was living at Burrardtl let, shot and killed bis mother-in-law recentljl Tho old sriuaw had etoln hit ninnnv ml tJ making oft when a leaden messenger caujil I he ralnu'e Gazette sajs that it Ins in thai office saninles of nirui.i Mmwli vnv,i.nn vml and Red Cheek Pippiu apples) grown on thai farm of Jisse Walling, in that county, uliicsl nu, w.uiiuuc i.ivoraoiy wiin any apples grc on the coast. The Waitsburg Time says that never iatbsl nisiory oi mat city lias she shown such evil dence of real prosperity as at the present timet New and substantial buildings are going ci iu every direction, as rapidly as obtainabi inecuauicB cau ouiui mem. .twenty Luildinja c ii-jw iu jhix-cso ui cunstruci'oq, and otha would he if lumber and caipcnters could b obtained. Mrs. Geo. Pmails of Walla Walla, imsgiil '"X mat ouiue uue liail Been BtMlinr; h- wrtl armed herself with a revolver and watch the wood pile. Hearing a noisa th atmnasssl into the yard, and in doing so tlie revoirefl was mscnargeo, tne ball cnteung her rip ii g auout five inches above the ankle. I ctming out near the heel. 'Ihe wound i punlul but not serious. The Wall Walla Uuum tsi. tl,.f It V. Davis, the Skagit hon grower, had ninet acres in cultivation this year. The prod jailer man usual, ar.il is estimated in aggregite at twenty .tne tons. This rroda i.,n,v prurus-at Oil cut per pound, w bring to Mr. Davis $20 469, His yield tlH tear was above tho snnw ml lna r r H ready for o arket in the finest possible conSl uuu.