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It docs not seem right or just to expose the lives of such a large niim her for the simple greed of money. We havo just such shambling old buildings in our own town of Putlind, anil when they go a treat lost of life will bo entailed. They will not be lemoved until the firo fiend sweeps them from our mi 1st. Wu ncid not lefti to thrsoileath sehing ho'es, as they are patent to mi ly one tin v isits our city, and are being continual!) iilluiliil t) b) the pni-s. Sullii.li to hay: Hniiltm, wl i u )u MHit I'ortljiul, tto that ) mi put up .itmfi. buiMiiij!, whirr llie tl uipts are h iiidy anil wliciu tin) Invoi.is) mi in of i'M I. i iik seme cpiisi(iis of o inicn from tlilltrrnt Eouu'is lelatiio to our a' niiilniinicnt of thu news ilipiitment. To suit all sidis in this nspect wu havo iom.lii(liil to make a wmlly synopsis of all important news, foii'igu anil domestic, si tint mn uadiis jliall have means to know what important events aro transpiiing; but wo shall not de vote a much space as heretofore to thoe subject'. Wo wish to fill completely tho idea of a fni m jounnl ami a liteiaiy au.l homo papn, giving Miluiblo intelligence mi all im pirtaiit subjects to suit the spint of the times wu livo in. Nothing basu or tulling iters ly, or calculated to suit a inoibiil taste, but spiightly matter to loiiw extent, and lound reading ill general. SuMk kaics ago the Patrous of I.aoo county organi7ed a busuuss euteriristi that was suctcsstully conducted by Mr. J. 11. McCltiug, of Dugiue, an aceoniplished mer uliiiut .mil houoiablo man. Wo lead in the (Itittnl that the l.ano county Meieautilu Assc nation has liuall) sold out to Mi. McC'lung and A. .1, .luliii'oii. Tins ilofiis the attempt at cii-iipoiatiun in tint', county, which has outlasted all nthcis, far as we iicollcct. This llu.il tl ilmgof ci) npi MtiM' stoin plainly sIiiims that f.iimcis of (luv'ii do not tiku kiudl) to thu methods that succeed at tho l!it. Wo wish Mr. McClung succiss. He st i vtd l.ano county Patrons well for many )i'ai, and only for Ill's Miluiblo services tho asMH'intu n could liiully havu lasted so long as it did. Wt nio rxtivuiel) aony to stu such a large iiuiubci of om exchumi's acwpting in p.iy mi lit for advertising space a publication inti tleii "Kendal's Ti6atise on the Horse." When the tl.idu gets so h aril up as to In) obliged to take cheap books at tegular rates in p.i) incut for adtcitisiiig space, they should hang uptho outfit, prtsscs and all, on a mil, ami await the adv'cut of a cash inuni, nibsoiiber. 'I ho gent has made his boast that he has i out rait ed for uihci Using space to tho amount of 00 000 oopies of his wink, which, to siy tho least, is tuthcieut o suppU all Oiigou and Washington, .so we would like tu.isk.tur uewspipt'i friinds how they luttiul selhug so man), unly they don t expect to silt them all Wu havu a ctci iii.ii ) surgtHui couuti'ted mthum paper whovull glidl) antwir any geuiiil ijurstiou and glvu remedies tlianiijli thu medium of the Ivumkii. Oil. ur Tllk. stixmgist punifs of the health of our country, and of tlu eit) of Portland itself, uvfound 1 the family of a promiueut cititi'ii who is known all over tho Pacific Xoithwcat., I '(hey have had a Ui go f mil) of children, soino of whom were Ittrii in the old honid iu the Mississippi nllt'J, and some weio born hero, Those Imm Knt inherited the uulanoiu ttuilcuclea of tholimlof tlielr birth, while the chihlrin Utrn lure havo per fect health The contrast i so striking of ehlldioii b) the sxine piicnW pivisissingccu. stitutltui. that IclUct the health of llie s-o tiou vrlieie tin) wne Ihiiii, tb.lt It .illords thu strongest possible pivof of tho health of this leiiion We have alv)s histtatisl to ,) as much for the health of Western Oregon as tho climate uWiws. The l'ppr Culumbii le giou it CQu.iMi.rtHl ir iMXiJVwc the mutt healthful on the coast, bat It alio true that the region ut of the Cauudtxi com pair fa- orabl) Hithaii) gthtr potion uf tho I'mted btatet. rs r CIVIL BEBVICE REFORM. In the Senate debate on the bill now pend ing, Democratic senators have made some very pungent critcisms on the fact that tho Republicans have never rcaliied the import ance of the measure, until alarmed by tho elections recently heard from. It is true that politicians have ignored this question, and both sides still desire to enjoy the spoils of of ficial life. What the people desire is honest government well administered. Tho most im portant measure, to bo accomplished to-day for the good of the nation, is to do away with this matter of patronage, and take away from elections this motive that corrupts every branch of government. The true idea of civil service is to select good men regardless of party, and require honesty and efiicieucy only as qualifications. Do away with sinecures, and require faithful service of every place-man, and pay only reasonably for services rendered. The man who enters the civil service, should be in tho line of promotion if ho deserves it. Kfficicucy slioulil bo tcqtiircd there as much as in tho transaction of ordinary commercial airirs. '1 he got eminent should do b) a faithful servant, exactly as a meiehant or manufacturer dots. Kvcry inducement of of fice holding as nrowaid for paiti'no. cfTort, should be ii'teily ab lished. 'litis is so need ful that one can truly say tint good govern ment cannot be carried out without reform of the civil service. We have not time to fol low out the matter to all its conclusions, but can trace it far enough to show that every honest ma-i in tho nation is intt rested in the matter to preserve his own identity as a voter. The corruption of tho civil service leads to conuption of elections, to spending money il legally to carry elections, and that involves the oier'iding of all our rights and privileges as citizens nnil voters. Co-rupt practices in crease in geometrical proportion when they once get foothold. Begin with destruction of tho hydra-headed monster that infests the civil service, and that will lead to reforms ill other branches of government aud mako tho country far more happy and prosperous. England, and the monarches of Europe we speak of as tyrannical governments, have all found out tho value of a good and honest civil service. Wo may model after tho English s) stem to great advantage. Coiruption reached its worst thcie, but was put down by tho force of public opinion. Tho United States occupies the "had en inencc" of having tho incst eoiiupt civil service ol any of the great nitrous. I-ct us change all that, and have tho most pel feet, instead. Tho i cform should reach to tho ni'iior ollices of county aud State, as well as of the nition. Wo must not stop until tho inovonient reaches to the minutest particular of public life, and discovers the politician of tho potent capacity for evil tint Ic has learned to use so well. Pens tots and repiesentativos should not bo able to oiler olhccs as n reward for political trickeiy, aud should go to Congress to work for tho truo intereits of tho State, instead of intriguing for their own future success, and to reward those who do their bidding. Such inconsistencies exist in Oregon, even, that whilo our surremo judges receive only $2,000 per year, clerks aud sheriffs of a dozen counties get fees ranging from twico to ten times that. Take tho steal out of office-holding, and wo shall find less trouble in securing efficient men iu office. Just as good men can be found to servo at $1,200 to $1, 800 per an nuui as are nocded for such positions in even tho city of Portland. Every voter is interested that no politician shall find enough pnzo in auy office to bo hungry for it. FARM PROFITS ' We heal it asserted tint the faim is a poor piece of piopcit) that c.inn it be dipeuded on to cam ovel font pel cent, on its capital. If that is true, it is tune thu fanner went to woik to study unproved agnculturo and keep up with the agu ho lues lit. If it isn't true, the farmer ouj-ht not to permit himself to be misicpiciscutcd, W'o believe it and don't be lieve it. It depends on tho farm and the farmei. Some farms aud some farmers can be dependid on to do very little, but wo don't care to accept them as types or a class that ilesnvc om lespict. In a series of articles wo published laot summer we attempted to show that grass paid mom profit than wheat; Our assertion was that an aero of pasture, w oil prepared, sow u with a variety of grasses, will support live sheep thu vcar round, with BOmu feed in wiuter months. Pive ewes can be depended onto bring four lambs worth $2 each $S, forty pounds of wool at 25 cents is $10; total earnings per acre, SIS. Against this tho cost of land is $.10; cost of seed, $3j of plow mg and seeding, $2. SO -12.50, which makes a total of J.W per aero for tho whole plant. The figures are all high, so as to be above ques tion. So then, after the sheep havu paid in terest ou tho capital invested $5, and after allowing auotliei $5 per acre for the care of them, which it $1 each, wo still hkve $8 left. All aero of laud will earn $1$, of which $10 is for the piofit over and above all reasonable in terest aud cost of winter feed. Otherwise, A mau with one hundred acres, really good pas ture, stocked with sheep, after buying CO cents w ortli of w inter feed for each, and pay ing teu per cent, interest ou the cash outlay, will have $1,000 left for hit own time ami lalor during the yer, A man can rout ICO acres to be put in summer-fallow, M) acres a year, he to have ore third the crop for the rent of the land. A fair ) ic Id w ill Ik' 25 bushels to the acre, though c,chhI cultivation should briug W Ho gets eue third of 2,000 biudiclt-Gu' buthelt and if ho sells at 0 cents he has $.1X1 at hit an nual income, Th it i teu per cent, lute rest ou laud worth $X1 ail aciv, which it a fair valu ation for good wheat land. Hut wo onl) give time fixities to show tho absurdity of such statements at that laud onl) p.i)s four ptr cent, iuteivtt. W e told, some timet ago, of the smvt-M of Mr. Joseph Thompson, who retted land iu the Keel Hills, and received, WILLAMETTE PARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY two years ago, from his share of the crop, 14 per cent, interest on the value of the farm. Good farming, close management and econ omy in buying and taking care of farm ma chinery, and farm stock of all kinds, will pay well. We have in mind a farmtr who this year sells off of 320 acres, wheat worth $1,500; pork worth $200; besides which ho bad $100 worth of wool and $100 increase in sheep; two fine coltsworth $200, several grade Jersey calves and an orchard that will pay well. Besides these items he has all his sup plies off the farm. He keept a hired man four months at a cost of $100, and has fully $2,000 of cash income to go on with. That is what any man can do that has a good half section of land in this valley or East of the mount tins, if it is well improved. Of course, a new settler, with a farm not fully opened and wild Ian 1 to subdue, has not the chance ho will have in time. There is no use in magnifying aud exagger ating the advantages of any country, nor is there nny sense iu putting too low an esti mate on agriculture. Go through Oregon and Washington and )ou find many successful men who owe t'ltir fortunes to good farming. You find moro who do not succeed, because they ilo not deserve success. ' Mn'n strength and awkwardness" aie tin capital stock of too many who are willing enough to labor, but do not work with judgment. To study nature aud work the soil understanding!) is a beau tiful occupation. To merely plow and sow and reap, or phut and dig, is drudgery alto gi ther, unless the workman intelligently works accoiding to natuial lavv. So with every branch of husbtndry, it is possible to win success many times where now efforts fail. Thn farmer thould bo a student himself and become a teacher as soon as he has a son who is capable of understanding. Tho father wha commences early to teach his boy the secrets of cultivation, the why and the where fore of the modes of farming, is preparing him to like tho farm and to bo a farmer. These are the causes of too many of the failures that occur in farm life. THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL. Tho Pendleton lull, that has passed Cin- gresss, asserts in the preamble that all citi zens, duly qualified, should have equal oppor tunity tor employment iu the civil service, and that open, cimpetitive examination should be substituted fr the present s)stem of appointment. To cany out this system, the President, by consent of tho Senile, shall up point tin ee eomiiti sinters, with salarits, $', 500 a )cai and traveling expenses. This com mission shall aid tho Picsidcnt in framing nilis to carry tho act into cfiect. All offices aud places aro to be arranged in classis, to be filled by selection by competitive examination of applicants. Those standing highest in each grade to receivo appointments. Appointments at Washington, in the differ ent dt partments, shall bo apportioned to the States and Territories on the basis of popula tion, as shown by the ceusus. A probation is required before absolute appointment. The commissioners shall appoint boards of examiners to sit at Washington, and in each State and Tenitory, to consist of threo per sons in the service of the United States. Heads of departments at Washington arc to classify all psrsons through the United S;ates, in the public service, to be examined as to fit ness under the act. After six months no per' son can enter the public service, or be promoted in it, oxcept as provided under this act. Tho act provides that no number of Con gress shall use influence to secure appoint ments; or shall give recommendation, except as to character and residence of applicant. It also ptoluhits membeis or officers of Congress from soliciting or leceiving coiitubutions for a political putposu from any person in tho ser vice ot the United States. Severe penalties are affixed to tho violation of the ltw, the tine being $5,000 and imprison ment for three years in extieme cases. Both houses of Congress have now passed the Pendleton bill for the reform of tho civil service. This p-ovidcs merely for regulating the iniiior offices of gov ernnietit service, and does not relate to important positions iu any department. It is a good commencement, and tho people will not rest until they secure as much reform as shall bo necessary to place the civil service of the Uuited Stites on the high est plane of perfection. We hear it said that politicians assert that no act that can be passed will prevent any party coming into power, taking possession of tho offices. That is exactly what U desirable to prevent. All the people netd is to have offices under gov ernment ably and honestly filled. Give us a civil service, so regulated that no incumbent of officd shall interfere in (olitics, more thai any ordinary citizen should, and let him remain in office so long as hit duties are faithfully dis charged. There is a difference iu tho higher positiout, for each president may have a na tural ind proper wish to till the leading posi tions with men, who shall thoroughly reflect his views. THE DRIVEN WELL PATENT Some )eart ago Col. Green in?enteel the simple idea of driving pipes to reach water, and did a great thins; for all sections where it is possible to get water in that way. Many farmers have bought drive nellt without pur chasing of the rial owners of the patent, aud have been imposed upon, but so far as the patentee is concerned he was as much enti tled to his ro) ally as the inventor of any other good thing Suits have arisen here, and in many other States, for the protection of the patentee in some instances, and in others i... ...... i.. ; i .. i people rcaitt the collection of royalty. The ' Supreme Court of the United Statea hat , Hunt's Remedy, the great ki Iney and liver finally sjttled thit important question by a. , medicine. Thit medicine it never takrti with .;,,.,, .1, ,. .1, i,.. . i .v. !..... ... ii I. , I out benefit. If nerv out about ) our kidneys, hrining the val.ditv. of the driven well patejt , lU,,,ir i,rnr ',. ., , HnV. and a strife that hat laitcd many jcirs. Throughout the Wetteru States tuch wellt I . , , . , . I haxe been very convenient, and uuuy farmert have drivrti down pipes supposing they had a right to do so. Tho Western granges have taken the matter up aj a grievance, and have appealed to Congrejs for protection, but Con gress cannot set aside a patent once crauted, any m"re than it cin take away the farmer's farm. The man who makes a drive well car. ries out tho invention of Col. Green, and if ho is not willing tt pay the royalty has lo right to use a principle Col. Green has patented. Somo plead ignorance, but that is no excuse, either in law or common sense. Now that tho vexed question is finally decided by the Supreme Court, every man who has a diivenwcll is liable to pay the royalty de manded by the patentee when he drove it. Quite a number of such wells have been driven here in Oregon, so we give these par ticulars ai information to our friends. We have no information as to who is interested. No doubt patent rights lead to troub'o in many case, for the farmer, who takes a trav elling agent's word, mav bo deceived into do ing what is illegal. It is all the more necos sary for every man to I o sure aud cautious in all things. There is no reason, however, when the farmer or mechanic, or otrcrp eism is swindled by a tiavclmg fraud thit he should blmic tho inventor that this fraud is also sw milling Wencv era) inpathizid w ith the giange position on patent rights that seeks to plica the fanner, win) has illegally or ig norantly, become user of a patent right, above ti.o owner of tho patent. Many a farmer is also an lnicntir. Suppose you invent a plow, harrow, pate, seeder, anything, in fact, m )our line of business, or otherwise, and after a few years ascertain that your invention is s'i valuable as to have gone into general uso. People hive, traveled and sold it to other fanners without tolling them it was patanted, and without obtaining the right from you. What would you do? Is there aiiy reason you should give away the fruits of your genius and labor? Not at all. You would naturally go about collecting the royalty you always charged, which is jour honest due as much as any claim can be honist. Of course, it is right that strict aud severe law's should pass to punisli persons who fraudulently sell patented ideas or articles, but every man must ece that the grange asks too much when it demands that tho patent laws shall be im perative tow aids its members. Whatever we can do to pit tect the farmer )OU can rely on. Our columns are open to expose every abuse )ou suffer or to assert your lights, but not to make you lidiculous by claiming that you aic above tho law. Wc, as farmeis, aio as much interested as nieii ps iblyeau bo in hiving tho protection of law, and cinnot alloid to weaken its hili prerogative in the least particulars. STEAM POWER VS. WATER POWER. A company of leading capitalists have or ganized in Pentland to build a flouring mill that shall grind 750 barrels a day. They will, of course, use steam power and compote with up country mills that use water power. The mills on the line of valley roads receive wheat and ship fiour at a rate, only equal to wha'. wheat pays from any point to this city a very rea:onabl jand favorable arrangement for tho country nulls, So milling at Portland will havo no advantage in freighting, and the cost of manufacturing flour by steam power is com puted to be 17 J cents per barrel more than by water. B sides this, tho cost of a mill site hero is enormously greater than up the valley. Computed at a reasonable calculation, it is as if a mill here was required to have 8400,000 capital to do the same business, that a mill run by water, up the vallov on the line of the railroad, could do or. a capital of $150,000. If milling can pay profit enough to enable cap ital hero to compete at such a ruinous sacri fice, it is tin u the leading farmers of the coun try organized to build and run flouring mills to grind their own wheat. Here is the best possible field for co operative effort. It is as serted without question that Salem mills, iu the year ending July 1st, 1SS1, cleared a profit of $S7,000, aud wo know of smaller mills that cleared 20 cents a bushel on wheat ground that year. Such being the fact there is encouragement fur farmers, who have mon ey to invest to baild mills to grind their own wheat, They can mako themselves safe be yond all clangors, by themselves growing the grain they intend to grind. Just think that matter over awhile. Mining In Grant County. The Grant County AV icj contains a review of mining interests in that county during the past year. It shows that while the bonanza days are over, when placer mining paid great profits for labor, there is yet money to bo made w orking placers, and quartz Terns offer inducements for being worked largely when ever the construction of railroads shall make transportation (osible at reasonable rates. Tho jNVim enumorates different creeks on which 479 men are at work mining for gold. During the year S3 quaitz veins have been located and recorded. A number of them have been prospected with arastras sufficient to show that under favorable conditions they can be worked to advantage. In the future the mining districts of the Blue Mountains will be operated w ith large capital, and made to add greatly to the worU'a cash in hand. Quartz viins that contain gold and 'silver in paying quantity abound, not only on the waters ot John Dav river, to the n est. but on all the w atera that feed Snake river on the east. Time and building of railroads will de velop great riches in Grant county, and In all other districts that inrround that mountain range. A Grave Error. No error In the conduct ot physical life can be gieater, or of more serious consequences, thau to Buppose that pain in the back and loiiu, fluttering of the heart and disturbances ' the urinary system are trivial, and will 'vo at thev came. lo ne'leet such ivinn- toms it a sure way to incur teriout and often fatal diseases. The true cure for them i itemeiy. , , "', . .'"; 7. TT" . Ladiet and tickly cult requiring a con al- holic, geutle ttimultut, will find Brown's Iron Bitten beneficial. 12, 1882. Treasure Worth Havlnjr. "Harry, not right yet, try again," Baid grandmother, as she handed back tho book. "It's no use," replitd tho little boy, with tears iu his eyes. "I study over so much harder thau George. Ho learns his lessont in no time, while I am often sent back to study mine over." "Try again, dear," said his mother, who fat near; "and when the lesson is learned I have a story for you." That promise cleared the little boy's brow. The lesson was soon mastered, and he nestled down at his mother's fest, while sht began: "Once upon a time two young men were doomed to die. What their crime was I do not know, or if they had really done a crime worthy of death; but t.ie king had said they must die. They loved life, tbey feared death, and prayed, "Grant uj but thro days, and we will bring such rich gifts to our lord that he will pardon and grant us our life." And si they started forth t gether. From out a bush flew a bird. Its plumago was of gold; its song tho sweetest melody. Fli.uing away hat aud cloak Podro followed it through bush and brier, up hill and down; but tho bird wheeled in its flight and alighted on his brother's head. 'It is a gift for tho king?' cried Percy, as he had it in his bosom. High on the rocks gre a flower pure as the snow, filling tho air with perfume. 'No such flower ever grew in mortal garden,' cried Pcdio; aud over the sharp locks he climbed and gathered it. Alas! it fell to pieces in Ins giasp, and with only tho stem in his bleeding hands he joined his brother; and iu Percj s hand was tho flower's twin blossom, fair and fresh, though not so frail. 'While vni i limbed the rocks I found this by the rojdside. It is a gift for the king.1 Within tho walls of a garden grew apples of gold. But a dragon held tho kej s, and with him must Pedro fightif he wouldpossess the fruit. But while exhausted and bleeding ho paused for breath, fairy hands flung the fruit into his brother's hands, and his fight was all iu vain. The three days were over, and the brothers stood before tho king. With eager haste Percy brought forth his treasures rare birds, sweet flower, and priceless fruit, while Pedro stood with djwncast eyes and bleeding hands. Tne king took tho gifts, but his eyes were not upon them, but the bands that bore them. ".My son, you have won your treasure too lightly," he said. "Where are your scars? Go earn) our freedom by bringing me that which has cost you toil, or tears, or blood." Then taking in his own, the bleeding hands of Pedio, "Theso hands, wounded for love for me, aro a thousand-fold more precious than any t-easure." "My boys," added their mother, (for George was at her feet beside his brother,) "truo treasure is not lichtlv won. That which costs )outoil, or tears, or blood is a a ticasuro wuith possessing." Too Much Cleanliness. There was woma'i who had such a mania for being clean that she scrubbed her floor e.ery day, until she finally scrubbed through into the cellar and was heard of no more, and the writer of this lecalls a mother who was the direct cause of the death of an only child, because the persisted in having his loom clean before he had fully recovered from an attack of diphtheria. It is usually the households which havo the most need of comfort who are afflicted with the cleaning mania. The woman who makes the husband leave his boots at the door so that he will not make tracks on her clean floor or compels her boy to walk on stilts for the same reason, is a positive afflic tion. A writer on beauty in the household says: "Wiser mothers leave their households to a certain confusion while they choose the better part and mako themselves the compan ions o their children, the careful guardians of their health, manners, minds and murals. Some housekeepers are perpetually dusting and sweeping. An old humorist called one day at one of these houses. He looked at the heap of dust, then at tho woman, and his eyes twinkled as ho said: "Why, you must bo tho cleano-t woman in tho world. My wife might sweep a week and she would not get such a pile of dust as that 1" There are ladies who, in their own houses, will move a book which a visitor has been looking at, and restore it to its former position, unconscious th it their rudeness is a violation of the rules of hospitality. A nervous man who was call ing on a lady was astonished aud alsrmed to see her spring from the chair, run ball up the wall aud catch a fly w Inch w as prt ambulating there; "I spent tho whole fouiioon," she ex plained, "m getting every fly out of the the houso. That ouo must have come in when )ou dull" It is desirablo to bo kept in a chronic state of dampness aud soap with the constant in junction not to step here or there, do this or th it. It would be preferable to sit down in the dut of ages in pence aud comfort to tip toeing through life on newly washed floors. Cleanliness is often an over-rated virtue when it monopolizes some of the best hours of life. and makes everybody uncomfortable. The little i'rince Imperial of rrauce used to cry because he was dressed up so fine ho couldn't g) out and make mud pies wi h the little canaille in the happy freedom ot the streets. We recall a young mother who, rich, wealthy and beautiful, picked up her rosy, romping child from among his playmates, and holding in her arms, encased in rich silk, said laugh ingly, "Where shall I find a place clean enough to kiss on )our sweet, happy, dirty little face, my bet ?" while her fine associates claspel their kid-gloved hsnds and said, "How shocking!" It is only the discomforts of cleanliness this article dealt with. We are not sympathy in with tho man who could wear a clean shirt six months, nor with the woman who whitewashed the legs of her hens, nor with people who can eat off of soiled napery, but a constant brushing awav of infinitesimal dust, of scrubbing human strength and heart and hope into insensate boards, is foolish be yond measure, for life it worth too much to be frittered away in such a fashion, Ex, The Seattle InUllliencfr of the 9th says: Not a thing has been learned as to the where abouts of A, G. Garrison, who made bis es-' cape from the officer in charge of -him Satur day rrorning. He of coure will attempt to make bit way to Victoria, in which case he is safe from the clutches of the law, far a time. at least Oeo W. Painter, who shot John Woods tlfLar Wall Wntln. hA him tirvtiminirr nrsm. 'nation ou Tuesday and was ditchareed. Tho J gun with which the tragedy w at committed was introduced into court for the defense, to . show- that the killing was none during a vio lent struggle, ine weapon was bent and twitted and the stock broken in two pltcet thowing conclusively that both men were in earnest one to kill and the other to defend. A live'v bor can obtain a tituttinn n 1n, tho printing trade. A boy who has hid a lime experience wculcl do. Columbia stiver Exports for It8t. The following is a complete list of the ships that cleared from the Columbia river during the past year ending January 1st, 1883. Wt aie under obligations to W. K, Boone, of tht Commercial Heporter for these figures. TESSSU! DMTlltATIOX. Atton Queenst'n or T I resident. ... do Oban Hit do iA-tceOefcl...... do Soot'h Chieftain do Bitiff,hlru Liverpool Mandalay .... Quacnetown Snr-ik Bell . ... Llrerpoo! furopa do City of SpirU.. t'. R Don Enrique.. .U. K. Bold-n U.K. Helen Dennr..U. K. Tlmaru t.U. K. Nebo U. K. or Cont John O Uiunt Abeona U. K. Jane rorter....U. K. Robert Wxon..U. K. or Havre J. W. Marr U. K. or Harre Putrid in do Alumina. . do Lsucadla ..Liverpool Cordelia U.K. Cumbria Queenstown Ob-r-n U.K. CSSTALfl. 20,932 81,175 31,609 25.385 47,182 sV.osi 39,304 39,100 20,619 22.441 33,140 45,901 Sc9M 30,124 39,22 40,731 39,315 25.21T 5,390 30,18) 37,010 Vitus 43.06 60,(01 66,409 40,19t 75 4S1 62eo w.sii ei,oj 61,221 32.7M 35,018 01, OU 73,500 506co 48,000 65,009 63,671 62,009 41,400 8,227 31,509 50,509 Viola ..U. K Olenshce Dublin ...yueenstottn do do do ...U.K. . .l(Ueeii9town 82,500 41(00 42,000 3S,0'1 41,000 62,406 62,400 Pi-nshiiv Wakefield. . Clengit er Eastcrhlll . frit?- Kmpirc . . Hrlutinla Arjrjlshire AstorU Kv lercoru CurrloDelap . Ilirkcr W.II.Starbuck 25,870 25,911) 23,782 27,' lit) 57,310 31,390 f.'i S.17 7.1,510 D(I,02 1 55,11') 05,001 01,921 51.90J CJ,9fc 71,467 68,287 64,191 01,9SO Cl.PM 50,611 Ouecnstown do do Josle Troop... Queen-toun Elizabeth. Liicrpnol MclUiinc .ejucclistown Lako Ontario,, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR 1881. Kept by Tho. Pearce, Eola, Polk County, Oregon, Latitude 41 57', Longitude 123' 6', Altitude, 500. TEMIERATCRK g 5 3 g J! 'A oT,ts. if gi I" Kf pi5" !; fg. l wl-1! s 'a , - Jdliuat 40 ll JO la 6 too 6" 13 Februtry. .. 40 21 36 1)9 1J 9.01) 3 13 Starch.. . 56 31 40 01 13 2.72 8 IS April 61 37 10.40 12 2.57 10 8 May 70 42 53.35 7 1.51 14 19 June. . . . 78 60 81. 03 4 .01 17 I July 74 55 03 90 4 .01 22 t August 74 53 63.21 2 .03 28 3 September... 10 46 59.21 2 .62 21 3 October 6J 40 43.61 16 7.61 4 10 November.... 49 34 51.33 12 3.59 9 I December .... 65 29 43.24 20 9.76 6 C Total .... .. .. .... 118 44.51 117 I 98 Light snow foil on January 10th, melting as it fell; 10 inches snow on 26th and 28th, and left by the 31st. Light fall of snow on February 9th, 10th, 12th, 19th, 121, 23d, mainly disappearing on the day it fell. Ohe-half inch of snow on March 3d; 2 on 4th and 17th; 5 on ISth. All disappearing on tho day fell, excepting that of tho lStn which tarried until the 19th. Frosts occurred on April 0th, 7th, 10th, 11th, aud 13th. Also on May 8th and 19th. Ou September 1st, 2d, 3, and 4th tho. sky was obscured by smoke. An aurora on November 12th and 17th. The Most Extensive Manufacturing Establish ment in the Northwest A firm which had for many years been re cognized as the leading manufacturers of agri cultural implements in the great stretch of country known as the Northwest that of Seymour, Sabin & Co. was last spring merged into the Northwestern Car and Man. ufacturing Company, with a capital of $5,000,000, and headquarters at Still rf-ater, Minnesota. Tho business was largely in creased, a number of the leading men of the Northwest became incorporators of the new company, and it now stands as high as any in stitution in the world in solidity and financial backing. A glance at the members of this mighty enterprise reveals the name cf John S. Fogg, the Boston banker, John C. New, ex Treasurer of the United States, Commodors Kittcon, the St. Paul capitalist, Senator Windom, of Minnesota, Isaac Staples, the creat lumberman of the Northwest, P. H. Kelly, tho leading wholesale grocer of St Paul, and several other bankers, capitalists and wealthy business men of various cities from Norwich, Conn,, t the Missouri river. It is a showing over which the people of Min nesota may well feel proud. The capacity of tins great industrial estab lishment has been increased during the past year until now it is capable of turning out ten threshers, two portable cugines, 2,000 barrels and twenty freight cars per day, and tw o passenger coaches per week regularly, be sides many other special articles made as oc casion demands. The company have their own mines, eawmills, etc., and manufacture from the stump, manipulating the material from the time it is taken in its natural stats until it stands a finished product. They have eight branch houses, with headquarters at Stillwater, Minnesota, and their high stand ing enables them to buy anything in the lines carried by their home establishment or branches at the lowest figures obtainable by anyone. Their branches are mostly supplied by the parent house, the branch at Oakland, Cal., doing a small amount of manufacturing and putting together many articles sent in ho white, that is, unp tinted and in knock own shape. Several years ago a few of their goods wert sent to Portland with the intention of open ing an establishment if the outlook was favor able. The excellent qualities of the articles sent out was soon made manifest to the farm ers and other purchasers. An increased de mand was the result. The business thrived, and the company became satisfied that in Portland w as to be found a field worthy of their greatest efforts. A larger and better assortment of implements was sent here, their storeroom was expanded, and durintr the past year the extensive building, 200 and 202 First street, extending from First clear through to to Front street hat been rilled with a stock of all kinds of goods in'their line, which undtr the efficient management of E. W. -AUea, the affable manager in Portland, are daily be ing distributed in every section in Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho. The year 1882 was the first in which an attempt was made to secure the trade of the Pacific North west with a full line of goods, and the com pany will bend ever)' energy f rem this tlrns henceforth to develop the trade, believing me neiti to lie one ol tne greatest in tne world. A full line of all agricultural imple ments, engines and mill machinery will be carried in stock, and everything sold at the mott favorable figures. 1 he Minnesota Chief thresher rauks as high among grain growers as an) thing of the kind ever invented, and approaches perfection as nearly as human skill attuned. ReudimVs Ruttia Salve has genuine merit, as all who use it will testify. Pri 25c. Try it.