Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, November 24, 1882, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextM 4 .awl every Week by the WILLAMETTE AKHF.lt I'lllUSHIJie CO. TERMS OP 8UBSC'R1IT10. One jrer, (Pottafe pId) In dnce f Six months, (Postage paid). In advance. .... l-JJ LSoot&an six months will be, per month ADVE11S1SINO llATM : Atvertlsementswill bo Inserted, providing tn to rejvpo itanlu, at II"! folle-vi ins table o( rates : One Inch or iace per month... Thru Indies of spate per month sou Ont ball rolurnn per nronui -- On column per month.. " rs.s.nn.le copies sent free on application. ful.Htlor. Office: No. 6 Washington Btreet. Up l!rr, rooms No. Band M 11 KMKHFJrH IAOl.NCUIKT. The following are authorized to receipt tor subscrip tions to this pap. r. tH W hire v. e have no agent re mittances JIllbT be made, (expenses paid), to us by Reghtercil I,elter, or Money Orders, or Express. All, I'Al'KHS D1SCONTINUH) AT THE EXPIRA TION OC THE TIME PAID FOR. .tnltV III. Simmon Lebanon O" miwi Aurora Oe-o Miller Lewlsville.HOIcTinimonds Looking Gl-ws. 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AC Raymond nervals M Mitchell Shedd w M Power Tangent. ...John Luper Turner. ...K8 JIattcson Ooblendale.il V Saylori Co irarrlsbiir?...Hon II Smith ITalsoy...l)lack, Pearl &Co living AC Jennings Independence W L llodirln Jacksonville. .Mix Muller Junction WHUahcr llbur. ... lion J nos nmuii Willamette F....M Wllklns Welles A A Williamson Weston LSWood Waltsburir ....WN SmltJi Walla Walla J Jacobs JeCcraon J W Roland Zenn 8 SOimble THE CHAIN LEHQTHEN1N0. Last Momlay tho first roular passenger train cninmenccd tho through running from Portland to tho Cascades, and now tho pas senger bound for Montana, Northern Idaho, Kaitern Washington or Oregon, can tako the can at Albiua, opposite Portland, and go speeding over tho railroad for five hundred miles, or whatever lesser distance is desired. Of tho two thousand miles between Pugct Sound and Lako Superior only four hundred miles in Montana remains incomplete, and thousands of laborers arc steadily working, day and night, to picrco tho backbone of the con tinent tlic Rocky Mountain tunnel and to grado tho highway for tho locomotive over that intervening distance. The foity mill down tho Culun.bia from Portland to Kalarha will bo constructed at an early day, and within a year, and possibly within ten months, complete railroad lines under the Villard management, will bo in operation from Seattle or Taooma on the Sound to Chi cago, and connect with friendly lines to tho Atlantic seaboard. It now requires seven days' timo to make thi journey frpm San Francisco to New York, but vtithiu loss than a year to come pissago can bo made from Portland to St. Paul, Minn., in four days' timo, and from St. Paul to New York in two easy days' join ney; so we shall bo one day nearer New York and Chicago than is San Krsncisco. Tho emigrant for California will require to mako the full journey, almost, to reach a listing place, but the great wheat fields of tho Pacitio Northwest will be only four days from Chicago, three from St. Paul, or fivo from Now York. Of all tho progress ever made by this State the most important iu its consequences is tho completion of the railway from Portland to tho Kvstward, aud with that roul oxtoaded to mako a complete iron track aoroas tho grsat North American continent, tho act will be completed rtiiui situ for the working out of the retl destiny and tho perfect Greatness of tho Columbian region. Thereafter no exertion v. ill be neces sary, for immigration will pour in upon us from tho Kna't in a continuous flow that will occupy and auKlue overy available nook of the agricultural lauds wo possess. The power of immigntioii cannot easily grasp the im patience to us of these wonderful tokens of progress, or picture the graud results that will certainly accrue, Tiik graving dock at Ksiiuimault will bo an immonsi affur when done. Wo haveu't any duros for It, bat we can say that it is intend ed ts accommodate a bigger ship than tho big. gnt tint has yet floated on tho 1'icilio O.'can. The entiro oxca atiou i ill be i i 000 feet ong, aud must bo 400 feet wide at the top, while its depth is 60 or more feet. A station ary engine hauls the little cars loaded with earth up au incline, wh'ii tho earth is used iu filling up civitiea in the surface of tho coun try adjacent, which aro sufficiently numerous iml great to take all the earth to spare. The f wit u( tho dock ii composed of a most sub utautiataloiiu wall, while tho inside will ho I'omeutod, several thousand tons of cement biing ueoossary In the great work, A num ber of yoira h tve already been used in the construction, aud a nmulier mora will yet be required, while the cost of the work will bo probab'y a half milliou dolla-s. Its location ii bctv.Mii the town of Kniuimalt aud tho ua val jard, midway, and directly opposite the auchoraga ground o( her Majesty's fleet. Annual Meetinc. Tho Hoard of M singers of the Oregon State Agricultural Society will meet in Salrm on Vueeday, December 6, 1832, at II a. . The )bject of the meeting is to arrange tho list ot premiums for the fair of 1 883, to hear tho re. porta of the Bocrvtary and Treasurer and to transact nil other business pertaining to the interests of the society ior the year ending 18S3. 'e have a full icport of the Heekecpcr Convention held at Oregou City, Nov ember S3, sudwveral other iiittr.stiiig communica tions willapptar mxt witk. Corrcspondeuca aoliolttrtl upon all topics) of au agricultural barcUn. (Conttnned from first pse.) in their summer retorts. The herder is always with them; he puU up a rough shelter for himself, and builds corrals to which he drives the flock at night. Animals dangerous to mutton are not more numerous in the moun tains than on the plains; with ordinary care there aro few loss -a. The herder has his callies or shepherd dogs; these aro often trained to be as useful as human bings, ai d far more fleet. TIIK IIFKDFR AND HIS FLOCK. Mr. Wilson had three bands of sheep, well into the mountains; it required another man to go back and forth to bri.ig supplies, etc. The sheep owner knows enough to provide good supplies for tho herder to keep him con tent. Ilfgular wajres arc $40 per month "and found;" unless good supplies wero furnished tho I erdcr might not be found, or tho shefp cither, when wanted. Hit duty is to put the sheep over new grass aud keep them distinct from other bands. Once mixed it is not easy to separate them. Many f the herders are careful and aaving men v. ho lead this solitary lite to earn "a Btikn" for themselves. They get gooJ pay, but for it they lose themselves in tho mountains from May until October or November, seeing no one, having no social life or privilrgcr, only sharing their solitary lot with a couplo of intelligent shepherd dogs and 1,800 innocent but very ttupid sheep. Unco in awhile new supplies come to cimp, and tho messenger bring! out the accumulated mail and reading matter. While some hrJers aro careful o'hew arc reckless. They finish tho year's work when they got back to camp, and draw their pay. The twenties burn the pocket. A new suit of good clothes helps to ileplcto tho sum; thin commences an orgio that lasts often not longer than a week u.itil tho gold is all gone. Ho sobers, up enough ti sell Irs "store clo'hes" and goes on another sproa with tho proceeds, and when that is gone, resuming his old garb and shep herd's crook ho is rcidy to commence oik for another year, but he is within "a wiser nor a hotter man." You will ask s What re liability can be placed on such a character? Put them away from all temptation and with out money, and they make good shepherds Wo give this picture as a specimen of the tra le, very gladly stating that tho specimen given is far from being the rule. HOW IT PANS OPT. Mr. Wilson has a homo ranch and rango whero he pats up hay aud raises farm sup plies, whon the season threatens, or snow be gins to fall, the flocks go bleating towards the valley and are wintered on the bunch grass range. It snow comes tney crop tne dry stems that rise above it, and winter cleverly on the dry stalks of tho grass they refusoj to touch in its moro succulent growth of May previous. TIIK UAYH OK RAT'8 CRKKK. Kay's creek, b uth of Hcppncr, a branch of Willow creek, was named twenty years ago, after a settler who cai,o up fiom the Willam- ottte, and I cctmo a stock man. We met Mr. Hay tho other day, aud got much interesting information from him. He had been iu the shoep business for seven yoirs psst, and ha b"en very successful, He and his family oc cupy Ray's creek for several miles, which gives them monopoly of tho range on the up lands for as for back as stock will range. If we m'staku not they claim the creek for at least ten miles. Thoy aro near the mountains and pursuo tho same, course as Mr. Wilson docs; only they have 23,000 sheep among them all. Ot course that necessitates more euro and a wider range. The Iiays originally had tho country to themselves, for thirty miles Kast and Wott, and from the Columbia to tho heart of tho mountains, had little stock when wo wont over it in 1802. In 1870 they went into sheep. Along the creek bottoms, which are narrow, produce prodigiously, so that 100" bushels of barley wculd be nothing extraordinary to tho acre, they raise that grain to cut it for hay and grow rye on the hill laud, also cutting it'for hay. This feed is kept for years sometimes, unused, aud then a hard winter cornea and requires it all. During the winter of 1880-1 they had one band of 6,000 sheep, chiefly wothers, that wintered with little, loss on tho bold hill points. Hav ing scarcity of ftod, they took up a laro tent to use as a horse stable and kept tho horses at work with a snow scraper, hying bare the grass, so that tho sheep could follow and dig it out for themselves. That baud went through with small loss. Sheep can bo kept alive if you givo them half a chauco is tho testimony of good sheep men, K1IKM' WALKH OF TIIK I-LAIN.S While most of those who ha vo sheep drive them to tho mouutaius iu summer, to give change of feed and save tho homo pasture for fall and winter use, there aro theso who keep them 'ou the thins all the year. Sheep are successfully kept in tho country botwoen Walla Walla and Snake river and never go to tho mountains. Also, lietweeu John Day aud tho Deschutes near Hake Oven, sixty miles from The Dalles, Mr. Geo. Young is Interested in 8,000 shoep. By agreement, tho shoop men sell otT the iucrease eaoh year aud retain only the original niimbei, s as not to overatx'k the rango. Wo met Mr. xoung last spring, after ho had sold his wool, for which he received $10,000, or $2 each for his lleooes. His sheep being highly bred to Mer ino, gave a little over ten pounds average flWcs, which hold for J0 cents, netting' about the same as Mr, Wilson's, which were not so highly bred, averaged 71 pounds each, but old for '.'1 cents per pound. Mr. Hay's shoep are of diuVreiit character aud grades ot wool; some flocks give sev-m pounds each, aud one lot, very highly bml, had fleeces weighing over eleven pounds. Taken aa an average, K tab ru Oregon fleeces seem to be w orth about l,"3 to 2 and net about $1.50 after paying expenses of shoiriug aud transportation. This fall gtxxl vcthcisaud ewes are held at 3 aud laml at fully $2. The immense profit ot tho butiuess has caused an improvement iu piicts, aud tho steady advance iu meats makes muttou more of an object tbau it hat ever before been in this region. WILLAMETTE PARMER: PORTLAND. OBEGON, NOVEMBER SHEEP IN WA8C0 COUNT.. THE CASCADE MOD.NTAIN3 FOB SUMMER KSOE. Many sbeep are kept south of Tho Dalles, along the Cascade Mountains, snd a'on the creeks that put into the Deschutes. Among tho most successful sheep breeders of Oregon are Dufur Bros., who live on Fifteen Mile creek. They own several miles along the creek and their summer range is iu the Cas cado Mountains. The others we hsve written about hive their ranges in Umatilla county, a hundred miles eastward, and include the ph as mt slopes and grassy reaches of fie Blue Monntairs. Tho Dufur'n occupy the lower foot hills of tho Cascades as their heme, and pursue very much tho same course as others we have described. When the shearing is over they r tart their flocks towards Mt. Hood, lor towards its base they have laid claim, under State laws, to a gi cat tract of swamp land that is fed from tho mountains melting snows. 1 his u their summer pasture, thirty miles from the home ranch on Fifteen Mile creek. They movo by slow and easy stages as they do not wish to tire their flocks and they keep them gaining all tho time they are on the drive. Ou the mountains the sheep piospcr. There aro taw animals to trouble them if a herder has good dogs and is careful. They stay there all through July, August and September and aro driven down by the storms of October. Then they have the home r.iuj;e that has been fairly well preserved for them and unless they have an extraordinary winter, with deep snows and excessive cold v. eather, they do well all winter on this range without other feed. They must have plenty of sslt and water and exeiciac, and there can lake care ot themselves. A VETERAN BREEDER'S EXPERIENCE. We met Hon. A. J Dufur, father of tho Dufur family, who is interested with his sous, and when traveling with him up the Columbia the other day, received many interesting par ticulars. Last winter they did not feed the common flocks a pound of hay and thoy came through in good shape. It is not well to feed sheep unless they aro in actual need of it. They depend on being fed if it is commenced, and when compelled to rustle for their living they benefit by the exercise and it keeps up a a-lf-rcliance and courage that is necessary for thoir own safety. Mr. Dufur explained their experience in bad winters as follows: As long as possible drive out the herds and have the herder send them over the snow in search of grass. If it can be got jt they will dig for it; if tho snow has a crust and the grass stems stand above it, they will crop them off, and, when possible, will scrape the snow Off to get tho rest. L t them go to water after feeding and give them salt to aid the digestirn of dry feed. When it becomes so that when they cajnot get at feed, haul out wheat or oats or hay, or any feed ou have, on a sled, and scatter it over the snow, then open the corral gate aud send the sheep out. Make them go around after it, and so get exercise, and then drink water, and they are all right with very littlo feed, whereas, without exercise, feed them all you will and many will die. Mr. Dufur sajs it is necessary to spread down straw to make beds, and that is better than shelter, but many claim that shelter is neces sary. Mr. H. P. Isaacs, of Walla Walla w horn wo mot the same week, says that in 1802 the case of Joseph Watt vs. John Booth was referred to him, Mr. Booth had several thousand sheep on shares, of Joseph Watt, of Yamhill, and lost all but ten per cent, though ho had plenty of wheat and oat hay. It was given in evidence that Orville Olney rented aheep the same year and out of 500 lost only 50, thoush he had very little feed. He made a shelter by tligging into tho bank and erect ing somo brush covering to protict them from the cold. All the fted he had was a .ittle barloy and the barley straw. He deled out the straw and gave them perhaps a tablespoon- ful and a half of the grain apiece each day and they did well on it, whereas, tho mtn who had no shelter and plenty of feed lost ten times as many sheep. Probably he also gave his aheep more exercise. Mr. Isaacs considers shelter very necessary. He is also an exper ienced stock man. A HIOH PRESSUBK SIIFEP TRADE. Mr Dufur sold, threo years ago, a thousand ewea to Mr. Charles II. Staughton for $0,000, to be paid, with interest, in six thousand dol lar yearly paymeuts. The bujer has paid up punctually for the third year, and has antici pated $1,200 on future account. His state ment is that besides paying up his regular payment, and interest for three years has sold $12,000 worth of wool and sheep. Trt'iaa wouderful story to tell, but the names are given and the faoU cau be proved. It is sus tained by other facts, as follows; The Dufurs, when they try a inau and find him reliable and careful, sometimes make this s. rt of a bargain with him i "We will rent tou a thousand kwks for three years. The wethers of the in crease shall belong to us, and we w ill tako them every fall. We will pay taxes; half the wool shall belong to you each year and all the ewea stay in the baud, and wc will divide them at the end of three years. All the time we shall have control of the sheep, and can re claim them whenever your management don't satisfy us. You shall take up a ranch that is vacant, and occupy the mountain range that ii adjacent; you shall raise feed for winter use. This sort ot bargin has been made with several, and has resulted in a nun getting a valuable ranch by filing his pre-emption or homestead claim upon it, and he occupies a range that constitutes a good claim for ita fu ture use. The first year he has $750, worth of wool aa his profit, with which to "pay ex penses; the second year his wool is woith $1,000; the third $1,500. He has made enough off the wool to pay all expense and fix up his ranch, and at the end ot the three years, when tho band is divided, he haa 1,000 to 1, 500 ewia with which to run his own ranch and occupy his range. The sheep aud tho land secuietl will easily be worth $4,000 to $6,000, all earned by three years' patient industry, and the ueat three years he oucht to tiud him self worth a small fortune. Twelve hundred ewes, well 'ha- died for three years, allowing $1,000 a year fcr expenses, oughs to become worth nearly or quite $20,000, which illus trate, the immense profit of sheep-raising in Oregon at the present time. Mr. Staughton had $12,000, besides having paid Dufuia S3, 60 , which was cl-ar of all expenses, and he had his original band and increase to some ex tent remaining. His case must exced our estimate. If a band of ewes worth $3,000 cm be made worth over $20,000 in three yetrs, what excuse is therefor a man to permit them to die'in'some hard winter for want of care? He can easily aflord to spend a dollar such winters on them if seviru winters come, and we who havo lived here thirty yeara know there have been in that time, only three se vere winters, with three others, partially se vere, all tho other years, twenty-four out of thirty stock needed no feed in all that region. THE PASTURKS WILL IMPROVE. It has been often asserted that grasses are being fed off and tramped out, but the best evidence is not in that lino The Dufurs bought a worn-out range, as the seller as serted, for ho felt sorry for them after they had bought him out, but they say that wheo the big bunch grass has failed three or four kinds of fine'grassc sui'cd to sheephive come up in its place; in somo places the flower is taking in, a plant so nutritious that s'eep, horses, cattle ard even hogs will get fat on it. Mr. Dufur aserta that their range will carry more than double the stock now it c uld orig inally. He says, too, th it their horses and cattle do not shun the sheep range. We showed last summer that this whole region will produce alfalfa, and we believe an acre of thst will carry four to s'x sheep. We saw thirty acres of alfalfa growing n'ar Dalles City, and have no doubt it will do well ail along the Columbia river. The Dufurs started with a bU band, and lost $4,000 worth of sheep the first winter. They say : Start small and work up gradu ally and have all the points sure and certain, and you will havo no losses. So maiy men tail that th3 world doesn't like to believe the truth of others, but the fact is, sheep raising, well managed, is immense not easily ex ig gerated, but if not well managed there is not only nothing in it, but there is great loisin it. So far as the range is concerned, any man can afford to look on at leisuro before taking one up and venturing into the business. There is a creat deal of sheep range unoccupied through all the eastern country, but those who come to occupy should be careful to un drstand all tho points of climate, of soil and grass, water and the want of it, and of the soveiity of winters, before venturing. A MONTANA MAN'S EXPERIENCE. On the same journey wo had a long talk with an enterprising man who lately came from Montana, where he had wiutered sheep hst winter on his way East with them. He had returned here to buy more stock sheep and wether?, but prices were so high he could not risk it. Wothers averaged $3, and taking the risk f driviug to Montana in the spring, and wintering them here, into consideration, ho was afraid to try it. That gentleman's description of raising stock in Montana was more interesting than anything we have ever read. Montana is a country lying on the head waters o; the Missouri, and consisting of bold mountain ranges that put out from the Rocky Mountains and of foot hills and high table lands, all of which carry but very little tim ber. Last w inter ho drove his sheep to almost tho summit of bald mountains, where they ate bunch gtass from the wind-swept points, and got through in good shape. Though such, a mountainous country, its altitude is not so high as Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Ne vada or Wyoming, and owing to tho absence of heavy frosts and undergrowth, the bunch grass grows on the very summits, therefore nearly all the surface area of Montana is good grazing country, and as Chinook winds p-c-vail there as here, stock of all kinds thrive and winter well. Sheep are being introduced successfully and do very well there. They cannot raise crops, but there is a short, thick grass that is nativo to the country that makea excellent hay it they can irrigate it. They get water on this graBS and then cut it, and even when irrigated it is not over eight inches, but so heavy on tho ground aa to make several tons to the acre. From appearances, Montana offers wonderful advantages tor stock raisers, and must rapidly become stocked. A WONDERFUL COUNTRY MONTANA. Our informant had occupied about the mid die of the north half of the Territory, north of the Northern Pacifio road. According to his statement the ranee is even mom exten sive and grasses more certain than in our own region, and, despite its location, the winter climatx is alleviated by the winds and cur rents of the Pacific Ocean, whose mild influ ences ame'iorato the seasons of the far inte. rior. This account agrees with mauy other statements, and is above question. Montana is already reached from the west by bands of iron to ally ita interests with ours, and will grow great in unison with the tier of States that must arise along the pathway of the Great Northern Railway. It seems that from tho Pacifio Ocean to tho Missouri river, on this liue, the wholo region possesses great ca pacity t j raise mutton, licet aud wool, and to produco maguiScent horses, endowed with such bone and sinew aa warmer olimatea and lower latitudes never can possess. INCREASED VALUE OF ALL STOCK INTERESTS. Brief examination of the subject will show that stock raising hss attained preater im portance than ever lie fore in Oregon. Horses are grow n to great advantage, and tho demand for good roadsters will always increase. Cat tle aro worth twice as much as they were ten years ago, aud beef retvils at fifty per cent advance on a twelvemonth since, and hojs are worth six cents on foot, whoa they did not couimand that price dressetl. A few years ago sheep averaged at $1 25 each, and many banda sold for $1 in Kuteru Oregon, where now $3 per head for a whole band is avked, and we recite a case where a man lias ac quired a small fortune buying 1,000 ewes at 24. 1882 a ..!. on rradit. and selling off $12,000 worth of surplus wool and mutton in the first three years. Our lesson ii that a vast terri tory is yet unoccupied, and that Western Oregon farmers should start their sons East of the Mountains with small flocks and let them grow to great ones. Also, tho wneat ......rno.B who does not make part of his farm support aheep misses it ; he should keep sheep for bis summer tallow anu ior in. .... grown wheat fields, and should have half his land in grass to make more money off it than he can mike on wheat. Besides that, the new comer who will commence properly and con tinue cautiously, can mako sheep pay him all it does any body. "Both Can't Survive," Sljs Pennsylvania, on all her Sttto docu ments. The Key-Stone State means that there is an irrepressible conflict between tyranny aud freedom, and one or tho o her must succumb So there is between health and disease. Every force that fights success fullv aciinst disease ehould be heartily, wel comed. Such a force a host in itself is Hunt's Rem dy, and its special lino ot aitacK is aga'nst kidney and liver elUcaies. over which it achieves a wouderful triumph. If you nave uoany weaitiieas, u iwinug ..,.., & eral sense of weariness or inertia, or dropsical L ... It IU Mrlnairc, ff ltvof AfH llo- synijuuiiia, it vw .i.uwjo v. . - --- -- ranged, there is no such medicine as Hunt s Remedy. It gives notico to all such diseases to quit. Pennsylvania is right; both Hunt's Remedy and these diseases can't survive, and it is thoy that are conquered. Breeders of Swine. Tho follow in? arc reliable breeder of swine in Oregon : A. Hutsenpiler, Albany; Thomas Cross, John W. Gilbert, and Mr. Chamber, Salem; also, Morgan & Ellis and F. X. Moisan Bro ks & Son, of Portland. An inquiry was mado a few days since for the above, and we take this means of info ming inquirer and the general publufcj, "TTnVildden ruests are oft-n welcomed when they aro gone." Diieaso is an unbidden guest whieh Kidney-Wort almost invariably "shows the door." Here is a case in point: "Mother has recovered," wrote an Illinois girl tn her Eastern relatives. "She took bitters for a long timo, but without any good. So when she heard of the virtues ot ruuney- vv on she got a box and it completely cured her, so that she can uo as much work now as she could before wo moved West. Since she got well every one about here is taking it. New Photograph Gallery. Geo. W. Davies, who has been so long 3-n-nected with F. G. Abie's photogroph rooms, has established himself in business at the cor ner of First and Tailor streets. Mr. Davies is a fiist-class artist himself, and, as he will employ none but the best of help, will bo en abled to give complete satisfaction. His par lor is a model of neatness, and is second to none in the city. Among the ladies who may read this there may bo several sickly ones who have made up their minds to act on the. old law which specifies that "What can't be cured, must be endured,'" While the truth of the old proverb is self-evident it is just possible they may have erred in judgment as to the possibilities of the healing art outside of the medical profession, and before giving up in despair they had better test the efficacy of Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound, which is now attracting universal at tention. l.MTKI) (STATES JUKI'. The following have been drawn to serve as jurors in the U. S. Circuit Court for the term beginning Nov. 28, 1883: D R Lakin, farmer, Eugene City. David Moseby, farmer, Cottage Grove. James McLaren, saloon, Kugme City. Rodney Scott, farmer, Springfield. U F Norman, farmer, Junction. J B Ferguson, farmor, Long Tom Frank Bdwell, farmer,. North Yamhill. Cyrus Smith, farmer, Amity. Joseph Brisbine, farmer, North 'Yamhill. O H Adams, lawyer, Brownsville. Hugh Dinwiddie, farmer, Albany. John Beard, farmer, Lebanon. Philip Baltimore, farmer, Albany. J W Compton, farmer, Scio. Harvev Jones, farmer, Roseburg. Adam Holder, farmer, Corvallis. G SV Spencer, farmer, Corvallis. Haman Lewis, Jr., farmer, Corrallis. J as P Wilson, farmer, Corvallis. Ososr Sturgis, farmer, Mollolla. A D Putiou, mechanic. Oregon City. R M Woraham, farmer, Oregon City. John Welsh, dentist, Oregon City. S H Humphrey, farmer, Scholl's Ferry. U M Adams, farmer, nnisnoro. J C Moore, farmer, Greenville. II A Hogue, millman, Portland. F C Smith, foundrymaii, Portland. Samnel Brown, merchant, Oorvals. J M Kirkland, farmer, Rickreal. W M Furgus, farmer, Ituena Vista, A fl R iberts, farmer. Kola P W Hally, firmer, Monmouth. .1 M.Stiats, farm, i, L wis .'die. T J Haytor, farmer, Dalla. Answers to Enqulrlss. Mr. R. Simmons, wiiting from Leaburg. Lane county, asks wher.t he can obtain infor mation regarding cranberry culture. In re ply, we will refer him to Mr. A. J. Burr, Olympia, W. T., who has a large bog, as well as roots to sell, Cesisamptlon Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having ha I placed in his hands by an East In dia missionary the formula of a simple rezeta- b'e remedy for the fpeedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth ma and all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thous ands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it Known to Ills suffering fellows. Actuated b this motive and a des re to relieve human sul feting. I will send free of charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, (taming this piper, W. A. Notes, 119 Power'i Block, BocXetter, K. Y. 3 mo A distressed and destitute wife desires in formation of the whereabouts of one Augus tus Covert who, there is reusou to believe, is in Washington Territory, and his alias may le Brown or August. He is 6 teet 10 inches in height, about 60 years old, long narrow face, whiskers rither thin, sprinkled with cray. Any information leading to his deteo tioowi'l be thankfully received by his wife, Mrs. N. L. Covert, Clinton, Wisconsin. Washingt in Territory papers please capy. Twill curs jour cold. STATE ITEMS. Ro3tbuig cast only 129 votes at her r.. ection. "" electio Scarlet fever is raging in Douglas county. Co''" Ulley, Farmers iu the vicinity of Wflbn, k... their crops nearly all in. "" Eggs 50 cents a dozen in Grant counlv ..j the hens still rcfuso to lay. ' D Work on tho Crescent City vr.. . over the mount tins has been resumed, Tho U. O. says the peonhof Ceutervillea opposed to the division of Umatilla county It is leported that Lafayette Pewtherer hi, leased the Reed hotel at Salem aud ill . the samo for a first-class hotel. Prof. McElriy, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is visiting Ewtern Oresm, in the interest ot the public schools. The liquor license qilestion is troublmt th. people and authorities of Pendleton. Th! council recently raised the stme from Jjiyi.! $1000 per year. A large number of cises on tho docket for tho District Court in Umttdla county that convenes at Pendleton on tho 27th inst. ' There ara thousands of acres of laad tasl lie nealec'ed at present in Southern Ore, which will make pleasant homes for those who are industrious enough to clear and improri them. A new sawmill is in course of constructs on Rigue river, about ten miles from iu mouth. Messrs. John and Wm. Hunt'cy an the proprietors, and the mill will le in opera tion iu a short time. The vacant Government land situated oi the hills adjacent to Butter creek, Umitills county, especially ou the east side, is lapidlj being located, and lo and lumber homes tn to be s en on every hsnd. The first frame building put un in Snuthm Oregon was tho old svwmill built at Athlaid by A. D. Heiman and others on the Helmii homestead lot at that place. Tho old land mark w as last week torn down. Montgomery Station, on the O. & C. R, R., in Douglas couuty, contains thirty-five houses,, including several stores, saloous and boarding houses, all doin? a thriving business. A ssw mill cuts 25,000 feet of Iumbei daily. Oregon Bent off during the last three montis nearly $100,000 for bags and baggiog mate rial. No better place in the world to raiss the material aud manufacture this article than in Oregon. It certainly would prove a lucrative enterprise. The wheat crop in Goose Lake valley wis. not as badly aamijred.by the storms as at first tunposecl. The grain that was threshed while uamp is much injured, but that which was allowed to dry before threshing will mass pretty good flour. The crop was light, Speaking of the new school house that his just been completed at the Dalles, the Sim says: "There are four rooms, each 27i32 feet, and the seats are of the latest patten. They are heated by a fnrnace in the base ment, which is a great improvement over th old stove plan of heating. All the rooms ars furnished with large windows, connected wits which are appliances to open and shut them at pleasure. We hive received from Mr. A. J. Shram, of Cherry Creek, in this county, says tht Itmu-JUounlatneer, a specimen ot sorguam, Dressed from amber cane crown on hia farm, Tnis syrup is very clear, has an agreeabls taste, and will warrant us in saving that Wasco county is adapted to the growth oi sugar cane. We nope tne experiments inaas will induce our farmers next season to culti vate this product, as it will prove very re munerative. Wm. T Pciry, ono of the firt pioneers ot ! Oregon, died at .Norway, uoos county, on ins 4t'i inst. A Die oi History connected wita his life may not be out of place. Perry was born near Hartford, Conn , November 19, 1809. In 1839 he was married to Ann Abel!, who died at Norway June 10. 1879. To this union wero born six children two sous and four dauffhters all of whom are liviuz ex cept one son, who died in infancy. Perry was one of the first pioneers of Oregon, hav ing crossed the plains in 1812. He first set tled in Oregon City, and in 1843 he moved from there to Clatsop plains. In lool, company with Aaron Rose, who settled ca tho plain on a part of which the town of Rose- hurs? was soon after located, while Perrv set tled on the adjoining plain on Deeroreek, and soon atterwaras erected on tnat stream us pioneer uounng nuns oi tvougias couu.j, which added materially to the thrift and prosperity of the then young town of Roso uurg. in 1803 rcrry moved to tne uoquua river and located en the old homestead near Norway, where he resided until' his death. 1ERRITOSIAL. Pataba City is growing very rapidly- u The N. P. company is getting its snow plow? ready for use. The Sprague hotel, at Spokan Falls, opens on tne xvin. The hotels at Seattle are crowded to then full capacity. The new hotel at the Wallula Junction hi open for business. Beef is being shipped from British Co lumbia to Puget Sound. The First National Bank commenced busi ness at Seattle, last Wednesday, Three large steamers of the O. R. & N. Oo. are running on Snako river above Texaa Ferry, Mrs. John Dickens was thrown from a horse at Texaa Ferry and severely Injured, last Monday. Hon, N. H. Bloomfield, prosecuting attor ney, at Vancouver, was married to Miss Maria Petrain, last Tuesday. , C. B Reynolds has purchases the Moscow Mirror, Mers. Ivan Chas k Oo. retiring. The paper is to be independent of politics. The contractor for nine miles oonstruotioa of the Puget Sound shore line grade has ccra pleted all arrangements for vigorous work. Smallpox is prevailing at Missoula, and the citiiens are disinfecting the town by burning the old shanties. Walla Walls, having outgrown her cltt charter, wants the Limitation of her indebted ness extended to 920,000, otherwise tne of taxation will have to be inoreased. R.lwal-,1 Rjivnnl.l fur tri mnrrtar of Q Allen, has been on trial at Walla Walla. Th j'iry, it is thought, will not be able to agrw. Tka W.t.:n.n TpJt.Mu 1ffMlatnre ia TO1 port-d to stand as follows i Council, 0 Repub lican, and 6 Democrats; Boose, It Democrats and 10 Republican. As illustration of the great value, present and prospective, of hops, says the C'AroaJr'e. wo may state tnat a nnn ia o offered $400 for a single year's rent for a hop a.l mnUtnlaa fr.lnn flVtf 10 SCrOS IB this couuty. The estimated yield of this bop jard is 3000 pounds per acre. sWThe Scarlet. Caidmal JW, d QoM, Navy Bin. Seal Brow. D VVL perfect roesJts fT fashicsiabU color, U cent. , J.