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tl&Xi&l&t&f t-"- a . h V i , ! i if V WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND. OREGON, FEBRUARY 9, 1883. wt? TAjkc?.. "fflofrjfv iwuea ssrery Week by the WlaXAMKTTF. I'AltnDIt PI HLISIII.VC CO. TERMS OF BUliSCIlIJTIOA. One year, (Postage paid). In advance t 2.60 Six months, (Postage paid), In adtancc 1.26 Lew than six monthi will be, per month 2b adversisino rates: Airertliements nil be Inserted, prmldlngtn are respectable, at tho following table of rates : One Inch of space per month.,. $ 2.60 fliree Inches of space per month COO las half column per month lfi.OC 4a column per month 30 00 V3L9ample copies sent free on application. Publication Office: No. 6 Washington Street. talrs. rooms No. 6 and H Up PI IIMMIKK'ri A.NI MXHE.NT. The follow In? are authorized to receipt for sul-scrlp tions to this paper. S4I Where we hate no agents re mittances ilubT be made, (expcnRes p.eld), to us It. Registered Leitir, or Mone Orders, or E-epress. ALL l'AI'MIS IHSCO.STIM Kl AT THE EXl'IItA TION OK THE TIME I'AIII roll. Amity U I. Simmon Aurora . ..Geo Miller Browrmlllc. .. ,W It Kirk Buttesllle. JohnBatchillcr Lebanon .0 W .Smith Lewis-Mile HCMcTlmmonils I-oohlng ulass..M Cochran Lincoln . .1, Aliramj- Butts Creek ., . .E bkcrvln Lafaiette JWl-lran-ni Brooks W II Harrii MiMlnnnllcJ Mcl'hillips Bellevue .Jeff Davis. Mf Cot . .K llnMilm. Crawfordaillo..Kobt Class lit Pleasant. V S Tliaur Oottage-Or..J II hhortrldge MarL. . ..It II Rutherford Oorsallis ..lltjer Harris Mohawk.. ..J SCliurihlll Champoeg . ..A Jttte !,tonmouth.. WWalerliouse Hmascus. . ..E Forbes N'o Yamhill. OWSapplngton Daton E Clladaal'ocII Valley. TKWIIIiams TM19.. ..nun w u uraill eilol ISOCK.. . ,k sjllllatn Jallas J D Smith Pendleton.. Lot Llvermore Iflliur -A J uuiur, Jr rerrjilale . .J W McOrew coia. people tho loss of many thousands of dollars. In that instance we had proof that they were swindlers. Of course, we do not know or say that all who claim to represent Kastern nur series are dishonest, but if vse wero wishing to send to any hastsrn nurseryman it would be safer to send direct than to trust some self styled agent, when so much fraud is prac ticed by these traveling peddlers. The nur serymen of Oregon do not advertise liberally enough to deserve championing from us, but we believe in homo industry, and consider it our duty to protect those who do patronize our columns. You will be lafe in purchasing of those who advertise la tho Farmer. ELECTRIC FORCES. ..Thomas I'earcc Elkton A II Haines Eugene. Hon J ItMcClunir! s.iienD-irg., lion Al line) Forest Grose S Hughe Fox Valley... A D Gardner Ooshcn J Handsakcr Oaston ....AC Ramond Oerrals t Mitchell Ooldendalo.il F Savior Co aa!sey...Illack, Pearl & Co Harrlsburg..,Hon II Smith Irving a u Jennings Independence. W L Ilodgfn Jacksonville... Max Mullcr unction WH Ilabcr Jefferson J W Roland Zens. 1'leasantHlll.OWIIandsaki.r Illterside C F Knosvlcs Roselmrg...S K Ttatmond Sweet Homo 7. II Moss Salem SW Church Stayton AD Gardner Sublimity... Jno Downing Scio J H Morris Shcdil W M Powers jTangent John I.uper wiiiiur.. ..Hon Tlios Smith Willamette F....M Wllldn. Welle A A Williamson Weston LB Wood Waltstnirg WN Smith Walla Walla (Jacobs ..S SGimble Seo the new ad. ike 6th page. of li ahindlor & Co. on Odr friends who make our columns pleas antly varied with correspondence havo our thanks. Communications on all practical sub jects, and especially upon farming topics, will Jb,e always welcome. Tub mailing department is weeks behind, and any one who has paid and remitted tnoney will pleftso bear with us for another Week, when wo hopo tj liavo everything in food working orJer. Klcclricity is tl e coming force of the world, mil is destined to eclipse all the wenders of this century. Klectric lights arc seen in all largo cities, and makes night as bri liant as day in many factories. The nreit saw mills on the Sound are lit up hj tho new light, an 1 even the lumber yards are made so visible that they ship lumber all night long. The ex pense of this light mostly comes from creating the power, but science and invention look to even the winds and the tides as motor princi ples. The near future will show wocders greater than the world has ever known. Where water power is so abundant as here. tho expense of making electrical light should be small. It is but twelve miles from the falls of the Willamette to Portland, and there seems no reason why the utilizing of that im mense power shall not supply this city with light and with electric motors to drive all the machinery that it can ever require. Another invention of late promises to storo up elec tricity in jars or reset voirs so that it can be transplanted Mid used elsewhere. If this can be made to work well, and with economy, it ...Ml .! ;. i rt . . win uu awuy wun norstucsn in many res picts. With his stored electric power, the farmer can drivo his plow or run his harvester and thresher. It is not possible to define the extent of electrical force or limit its uses. One ccitainty is that electricity con tains potency beyond our present comprehen sion, and the greatest minds are patiently working out tho possibilities. operation, so that under its "protection" some industries havo outgrown all dependance and become intolerable as monopolies. We need a revision, so as to secure protection, and pre vent imposition on the psople. There arc successful concerns that use protection as a cloak to extortionate overcharges The idea of protection is simply to give enough advan tage to home manufactories to enible thim to compete with foreign markets. Tint is all that is necessary, and is enough. Mr. Marquam has the logic of facts in hi favor iu this argum-nt. The years of protec tion nave generally been epochs ot prosperity, whereas the periods of low tariff have in eluded the most serious of financial nrostra- tion and panic in trade. The war came and ended the long di cushion in the nation over the tariir. We had to have an immense reve- nu and levied duties to bring money into the treasury. All paitiei accepted the situation, l'ho industries of tho nation all sympathized with the tariff and heme well nrotec'ed carried ns through the terrible days of civil war and the after years of paying off the debt. There was never a nation that incurred such a debt so maguai imously and that paid it off to rapidly. If wo had been in enjoyment of a low tariff, merely instituted for revenue, the industries of the country would havo died oui; the thousands of wheels and forges would have become still, and the tens of thousands of spindles and looms have ceased their music. The United States would only have grown wheat and corn and vs ool and cotton for other nations to eat and Bpin, and would have lost the inditiduality that makes this perplo so renowned. fence that money and talent can devise, and can corrupt juries as wc'l as subsidize uewi papers by means of their stolen wealth. Bow Flues Become Defective In coLversation with Mr. II. li. Myer, of Salem, an experienced brick mason, he ex plained to us his view of danger from defec tive flues, ils says that many, in building chimncjs, when they reach the roof, let the brick project over the shingles, or sometimes when reaching a floor, let brick rest on the juists. As a natural consequi noo of the settl ing of the heavy chimney, even a very lit le, which will often occur, the roof or the floor Mill h ld the upper part, and cause a crack below. He named many instances, w here he had taken down chimneys end found these op ni.igs to exist, and says it is far more reasonable to believe tl at defective flVs come from such faulty construction than from mere failure to completely fill the space between bricks with mortar. Even if bricks are laid carele'slv, the space thus left must be verv small indeed, ai.d not enough to permit a uuu o'e aimrK to pass. it is plain mac mis theory is sound, and to all persons who build anew or who improve their premises, we urge the necessity of havinir everv Hub or chimnev stand free of all such rests and remain int ct for all time. Too much care cannot be taken to preserve one s home from destruction. California Railroad Commission. The newly elected railroad commission of California have passed a.rcsolution requir ing the Central Pacific and its leased liens to make a specific answer as to the operation of its lines and the income derived from them. K. J. Harrison filed a long complaint from merchants' and farmers' associations against overland roais. It demands that railroad officials shall bo summoned and examined. A pearances indicate that the commission will insistjon reducing rates to satify tho pub lic sentiment. Of course, there will bo a long struggle in the courts to test the validity of the California state law, creating and empow ering the commission. Tho first Board of Com nissioiiers seemed to belong to the cor-1 poratidi, and the ism was sharply drawn tt I the Mate election. There is net another c.-.sr known in the United States where rail oad prerogative has such arbitrary and vindictive assumption as in California. The people will more sternly insist on their vested rights, as their claims are thwarted by the tyranny of railroad magnates. It will no doubt result in testing the question of railroads and the pub lic fully, and leave no point or principle undecided. The Agricultural Review. Wo do not consider tho Paiimkr this week h up to our standard of excellence, Our pology is on account of sickness and other causes. Tho weather has been so cold that U oar force, including the editorial and me chanical staff, has been prostrated by aid-- 8M8. In writing about tho profit of fruit drying last week, by an oversight wo said in ono place that plums yield twenty to twenty-five pounds of dried product to tho bushel, where as we meant to say that thcyyield that much to tho hundred pounds. Wo afterwards gave correct wcicht of certain vanoties from our Own experience. Somk time sinco a dispatch stated that fipr i-ntativo (Joorge had asked for $B0,0O0 BONE MEAL FOR FERTILIZINO. The Wickcrshanl establidiment for grind lug bon-B has lately been put into operation near tho car shops, East Portland. The ma chinery is expensive and the apparatus is completo for tho business. Hereafter our farmers can procure tho best of gonuiilo bono inoal and superphosphate o( line, made thero, at loss coat than is charged at the Miit. This gives us opportunity to renovate old gardens and orchards, and to do whatever elso is necessary to insure good crops at a reasonable cost. Our market gardeners will bo sure to appreciate this advantage. We hopo to see moro general attention pud to unproved agriculture, especially in this val loy, where production will be immediately stimulated by growth and enterprise, and whero soils will be drawn upon for their greatest out turn of crops. The market gar diners and fruit growers near our towns use or tho const! notion of the canal ,l ll,. , """ "'. ' recognize the value Ul UUI1U Illt'Ul. If protection has carried us through so momentous a crisis in history and served us for over twen'y years as a beacon of safety, we should at least be cautious in making a new departure. If free trade can benefit any, it must bo the producer, but ho is interested in having a home market for products. Here, in tho far Northwest we grow grain for European workmen and if we cou'd import their manufactured goods without duty it would be a saving to ui, but we, too, luok for factories to commence work and many mouths to feed. Take the nat'on at large and a pro tective tariff answers its needs and builds its prosperity. Wo must be patriotic and look to the n.tion's good, not doubting that in time industrial progress will reach our shores and make the Western divisions of tho Pacific K-l....nA -I. - At.- I V r- i. , m .. Aivi mrvcoe lautt. ns euu aw .ngianu 01 tftr Pacific coast. " Whon W con'idor the tariff question it is evident that the nation has a tcmlc-uey towards free trade that will eventu ally prevail, but the time is not fully come. Our manufacturing interests will soon fear no competition, owing to the superior invention as an offset to European cheap labor, and to tho other fact that labor is more and more asserting itself in Europe and will, not many years hence, claim a reward for a days work that will make the "pauper labor of Europe'' a bygo-no tradition. As to our navy and coast defenses, wo are certainly behind the woild in theso respects. We have a trained force of officers, however, who are thoroughly educated in knowledge of We have received a copy of the AricuUural Review, published by Jos. H. Reall, World Building, Aewlork, S3 per year. It is re pleted with good, sound agricultural reading, among which we mi'uht mention the following articles and their authors : Oregon Short Line. "What Advantages Does an American Boy Possess ?" by Hon. Edward Atkinson "free irade, by Henry J. Pnillpotr, Esq. "Carp Culture,'' by Capt. Mil-on P. Pearce. "Blue Hill Farm," by Henry M. Smith. "English Calf Hearing," by T. Bowick, ijfiiuru, ,ngi4nl. "Shorthorn Cattle," by Lewis F. Allen. "Protection," by President Hamlin, Mid dlebury Collepe, Vermont. "Hie btorrs' Agricultural School," by Hon. T. S. Gold, of Connecticut. "The Objects and Internrrtitinn nf Sl Analysis," by E. W. Hilgard, Professor of Agriculture, University ui California. -motes on farasitic .fungi, by T. J. Bur- There is good authority for tho statement mai tnc engineers ot the Oregon Short Line have found the Powder river a better routo for a railroad from Snake river than the Burnt river iou to now occupied by the forces of the 0. K. & N. Co. The new route leavna Hnnlcn river al out twenty-five miles further down the stream tlian the mouth of Burnt river, and leaves Baker Citvas manv milra tn tb,. ..t As we understand the country, the Powder nvur rouee, wnue iurnisiimg a better line for a railroad than Burnt river, does not pass through asfmoand productive a section, and thus a load down Powder river w-nnlil hum less local traffic than one down Burnt river. This loss, though, is balanced by less grades oiiwivriuuie. in ems connection, wc under stand that the residents of Summerville are prepared to snow railroad enmnura .1 elmrtnt- and better route over the Blue Mountains than the one now occumed hv the O. R J rv. If the statements mado to us are verified by the 0. S. L. engineers, who are now exploring the Powder river and its tributaries ami -n. pairing eo can on tnc summerville TMintilfi fnn thd ririnliilonil Mii.l.-M -..-. al. 111. . rill, Professor of Botany and Horticulture, UhIu no TnTbrfo Zl"! 1 llnota InnnatriA llnivt-mfv .. -ti 1. . ...,. w . .. --.... .iw, wm ue staKing out tlie route of tho Orecon Sltnrr. T.innititn Will ll'!l ti. i , b r;T,;r. r. ,'"f ", ;r,,:',".vi;. " ,o.ui11 p- m, i.wt iui nuuu nana ro rjiiro ennm 1 uccion in tins matter. What, we are not pre-1 pared this morning to suggest, Walla Walla union. I linois Industrial University. "Some of the Advantiges of Dairy Farm ing," by John Gould, of Aurora, Ohio. "Mineral Constituents in Plant Growth," by Dr. C. A. Goeseman. Massachusetts A. cultural Coll ge. New Life is given by using Brown's. Iron Bitters. In the Winter it strengthens and' warms the system; in the Spring it enriches the blood and conquers disease; in the Summer it gives tone to tile nerves and digestive organs ; in the Fall it enables the system to stand the shock of sudden changes, In no way can disease be so surely prevented as by keeping the system in per fect condition. Brown's Iron Bitters ensures per fect health through the changingseasons.it disarms, the danger from impure water and miasmatic air, and it prevents Consump tion, Kidney and Liver Dis ease, &c. H. S. Berlin, Esq., of the well-known firm of H. S. Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Le Droit Building, Washing ton, D. C, writes, Dec 5th 1881: Gentlemen: I take pleas ure in stating that I have used Brown's Iron Bitters for ma laria and nervous troubles,, caused by overwork, withi excellent results. Beware of imitations.. Ask for Brown's Iron Bit ters, and insist on having it. Don't be imposed oru with something recom mended as "just as good! The genuine is made only by the Brown Chemical Co Baltimore, Md. Webster as a Farmer. tho Case-ides, but it appeals now that thosiini imcd in tho bill introducid was fivu hundred thoiMand dollars, also, S.'.'iO.OOO for tho har bor of refuge at Pi.rt Orford, and fliO.OOO for tho improvements of tho Ccquillo river. Ah .vo havo taken pains tj treat tho AttorUm with courtosy and kindness, wo do not seo what excuso its editor has for his re cut discourtesy towards tho I'aiimkk, Every lino wo pub labia letup for our solo use iu our own nllijo, and wo certainly do not obtain business by false pre'euces. If that piper, uuder misapprehension, has said ugly things, Jt cannot iillord to let them stand. If it wil futly intends to slander us wo only need to rralizo that fact to know what to do. We Mo miller no obligations to maintain relations with journals that wilfully misioprcsent us, veil tliout'li such attacks cannot do harm. To qnnto an old time story : We "appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober." IVu t...il. 1.... . . t, r. i- 1, 1,, 1 Quoin uitrii'ieusi(iii 10 learu the conditio 11 of wheat fields west of tho Cas cades as tho l.at cold wave came suddenly upon us after a warm rain. The giound was thoroughly wet, and 1111 anything liko low laud must h.ivo retained so much water that (iiddin fireiing would canso the laud tosprout and throw out the young who.it plants. In cast) of oaily snun and well rooted wheat Helds tho plant may liivoatiwd film, but It i more than prtdnble that wheat sown iu No Tcniber has been more or lest injured, ICist of tho CiscMilca, wliciu snow was on the 1 ,1 I A. .-.II ... , , sjiuiiiui, mi, mivai iieuis wouiii sutler much leu harm than in the wanner and wetter climate west of the Cascades. There are many farmers who cm also afford to experiment with the same to learu its effects. Bono meal is made by simply grinding the b mes up and the nioal is put into 100 pound sacks. Scattering this broadcast over land produces an effict that will lat for vcars. and is rvcoinmende 1 tor orchards and peren nial plants. It can bo used alono or with compost. A little cm he dropped in hills of corn, potatoes, etc., before planting, aud only injures when too freely used. Superphosphates are mado by tho action of aulphuiio acid on the bono meal causing part of tho lime to become gypsum, and makes soino of tho phosphurio acid Boluldo n water. This feitiber nets much quicker than the I'niuiiei 1 0110, as it is quickly availablo to tho plant. Of course, the superphosphate wil not endure as long as tho ground bono in tno soil. We pmpoe to iiiako uso of these fertilizers, and report tho dill-renco iu yield of ground' inns icrtiiircil and that not so enriched. While it is coitain that stiblu and barn yard manure is the best fertilizer known, it is also true that many cannot procure it in sufficient quantities, and the bone is supposed to havo forty or fifty times tho valuo of ordiuarv all the progress the world makes in naval affairs, and, as friend Marquam intimates, it wont take us long to catch up with the rest of them, when we begin. Peaco prevails with all nations and we may hope ti have it con tinue. There is no indication of trouble any where. There is an old saying : "In time of peace prepare for war." That old maxim we certainly disi ovarii, but can hope for tho best so long as no danger is in view. THE SECOND STAK ROUTE TRIAL stiblo numiro. A ciKNTi KMA.s of oui acquaintance who located 111 Wb tuiaii county, W. 'P., over a year ago, mar Spangle, south of Cheney and Spokau Kails, thinks hu has fallen upui as good 1)1111 t'i-1 as can bo fount iu the Noitli west, and u lioewr knows the clurictor ot that locality il not elipute tliecjaiui. That Jt a vi ry choice spot of earth. As a sample of nat mat ountry will elo in a elry stutou, he tedls us tint bo plowed up soil last April, own I thci list of April and had sixteen bu li tis of uhiMt to tho ikto In a m, son when ware any rain fell after the giam aa sown Sowing od laud is very umvrt.iin. Old ground well put ill iu M ly, akmt Spangle, It counts il good feir tlurly-tlvo to foity.tite' tuiihels to the acre in ordinary yran. LOOK OUT rou TKAUD We luo heard neuial liinis of Ut0 that tree po Idle is fieuti the Kast nie infesting this countiy an I selling their wares far and n. ar. Some fn.y, an ago the Kuiumi had a .iece of it with come of tlieiu fillowt, and ft,r proung tint they bad previe usly swindled will known farmers bv mllim- f.,r ,. - , n ., ,, v,f. THE TARIFF QUESTION. Our subscribers will read with interest the eliffe lent lew s expressed by our correspond ents concerning the question of Free Trade and Prediction. Just now- (Vm-.. ;. .. idering the propriety of reducing tho tarill on many articles and many changes will no doubt be made. This Congress believes m protection, with our friend Maripjam, whose views wo publish this week. It is a matter of nis-oiy, mat cannot tie refuted, that this country has been most p-osperous during the years w hen a high turill has be. n lev led. Our maiiufaetui ing interests require pi otection and under it haui tlirt t-n and prsiHred so well that now we can eoniii to in soimi r.,i....... with the world, as was evidences! when American haidwaio was sold in Shellield, the 1MV.11 s.-at 01 1, gusli manufacture of hir,. ware, an.! our cottons wire seen in Man shes'er, the cs liter poiut nf the cotton in iliistr of KngUmi, Hut the missiou of pro tection will be unfinished so long as any per lion of our country cannot sstabluh its own factories. Here in Oregon and Washington we. are iiiM-simg m wixs'eii mills and enter prising in. n are about to go hrgely into iron miuiiiu ami manufacture ot iron ufro arv two of the greatest nidinlries known that are iu uciiiisia piiiue meters 111 the prosperity of curiegieii, II these succeed tne-n other en toipiisci will follow, ihoy can only uo.-erd i nil 01 a piotitie tariff. The sheep Kiunri, su, nas an interest in protection, 1 niou. ,,,w. .,,,,. ,,,. that were ..,. B ci. , , Zf X'l T' ' we ,lnethsnioff ,.. ,,,. ,h Our Present tai.Ulu, been . W. ,.'... . :.. " ." tU wort'il. The progress of the Star Kouto trial shows tho method pursued with regard to Star Routers in Oreg. 11. The ring of conspira'-s rs, including Senator Dorsey as silent partner, bid on routes much less than they ciuld do the work and selected as sgent to carry out their plot Andrew W. Moore, who was this week placed on tho stand by tho government and testified that ho was promised ouo-fourth interest to act as agent. Ue was provided with credentials, including a lett r from Senator Dorsey, that promised that weekly rates should be both increased and expedited, that is, that they should bo increiseil to semi. or tri-weekly trips and timo shortened, all of w Inch would increaso tho pay. In fact, pay was in:reasol from five to ten times tho con tract made at first. Moore was to como out lure an! sub-let the routes. Wheu con. tracters refused, becauso the pay was too little, he would show tho letter from Dorsey and promise tho sub-contractor forty per cent, of tho expected incicase and so was able to sub-let the route to good advantago When ono contractor told him it wou'd not bo possi bio to get the increase and expedition, as he could cany all the mail to Cauyou or Peine ville iu his pocket, ho told him to hold on and he would show him how it could bo done. Sohodrewuppetitions.towhijlihfgotsL-uer. asking for increase, etc., and, aecordiii" to fin ring instructiOLs, left room between the ptti tion and signatures so that he could cut it off, putting instead a ditteient petition, ask mgmoro thau the signers were willing to dc nnud. All theso routes were expedite.! ly Dorsiy's innueuce and Assistant- lWinaster. (leneral llra.lv, '3 conusance. The ni g made tiii ccacruimni pay liui dreds of thcus.iuds of dollars more thau the public senice re quiied. It was a conspiracy beyond ques ti 111, and as time pasjes ami more facts are kmwii, the eiden;e becomes more certain ud full. The Star Koute rings swindled tovornment to the extent of $1,000,000 in a f.w yeais. Since these frauds have be. 11 stopped the postal dcpaitment has met its expuuc, and list car had a suiplus cf $1,500,0000 to its credit. It looks , .. if government weuld certainly conskt Djimj am! llrady ou tint trial, after which there w 11 bo other cases to try against o her Star Kmto comtiiustieus. One trouble it, that t se lillows, lmug robbed the nati u ot mill 11 ns, have abuudint nu-ans at com miud with w hich to carry en the able.t de- To the end of his long nd busy life, Dan iel Webster retained the lovo of tho eounlrv and of farming, which he had acquired as a child. It was always ovith joy that he re turned from the scenes of his public labors and triumpl s to the cosy home at Marshville, and his well tilled fields at Franklin. The quiet pnrsuits of the farm, the rearing of his cattle, his sheep, his pigs and hens; planting his crops, tho improvement in cultivating lands; the care of hoisesj all interested the great statesman fully as keenly as graver questions of state and oratory at the capital isjiu uuv 11a asKeu nis son p eEnhnp nn. n iriena, who was visiting him, to go with him to the barn and see his tattle. He fed them with delight, and, turning to his companions with a smile, said: "I like this. I had rather be nere than in the Senate. It is better company." When at Washington, engaged in ahsorbins duties as Senator or Secretary, ho seldom let a day pass without writine to his farm nwr. seers at Marshville or Franklin, telling them just wl at to plant and what to plough, what nuioea iu uuy anu wnat ca;tie to sell. Mr. Webster discovered the value of kelp, or sea weed as a rich manure for land, and brought it into general use in his neighborhood. He was probib'y as skillful a farmer as ever lived in Now Kngland, and showed the same wis dom 'n this as in public affairs. Historic Sketches. We have received the largo volume of his toric skctehes, by F. T. Gilbert, in relation to "alia Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Gar field counties, W. T. The book contains the early history of Oregon and tho Northwest, and thus particularizes as to the counties named. It covers a great deal of early his tory and local matters pertaining to that sec tion, and of special interest to the people there. The work contains mnw ...;... of trees, public buildings, and of farms and nuu-s an inrougn the counties referred to and the adjoining county of UmatilU in Oregon. If a pers. n intending to visit the "u,"'"r, , , K "rough this volume he would scarcely believe that its illustrations l""lu sepreseni. noues mado within a few year, iu the vicinity of the region ho expects to locate in, but such is the case, and he can achieve the same uccess. I ersons recovering from wasting diseases, such as malaria, fevers, etc., will be greatly benefite I by the use of Brown's Iron Bitters a true tonic. A tire at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 4th, which mgtnated ii Thomas & Leigh's oil refinery extending to the Standard Oil Company's - ' u. uvoir.uvEU 111 iiii.-ri.v i.m rnn i-nii.n .s Onnn nnn --r---rf " -uiuo ui .tnr'? Uaioa TcleKph Company filed a bill in tho U. S. court at Chicago pray ing for an injunction restraining the recently icensed company of the same name from doine business under that title. "......uuuanuB, comrauands are one-rating along the northern border of Mexico, rrom the American railuiav m ,(,'., ! i ' a large quantity of goods were recently smug gled across the Kio Grande. During the removal of Prince Jerome to Autoiii, a strong guard was placed to prevent his escape. Nu vieitors are allowed to enter the asylum where the pr.nce is placed. The pnnco has become very dejected. Lommercial reports place the number of t acinc coast failures for thn nr.n . co t.- l , . l Mfc jcui tie- SS, of which l were in Calitorma ami fn,,. 5onnrrf,fn'i.a."d,-i1n..Vtich tlle assets were 620,000 and the liabilities S.30,000. Jersey City had a $128 000 fire on the 4th 1 he losers are Seobrm-ky & Son, millinery; U. W. Clerbin, clothing store; Cowan & Morcley, dry poods house; H. Cassidy, gro cery store; rl. Strape & Son, A. Burton, An drew Potts, Chas. Pheper and Charles P r rand. ' A statem ht is published at Chicago that the Atchison. Toneka and Sunt P., T...i ... considering the question of extending their line to Benson, connectin with the Sjnora ..nj, iu ouaymas, a town with a fine har bor on the gulf of California. The plan, il earned out, is said to be of est.b isning a linj of tteamers to Japanese, Chinese, Australian and I acilic island port'. A BARGAIN. FOR SALK....320 ACRES CP THE CHOICEST' ... H.h?.at 'J1,1"1 ln Umatilla county, Oregon; si miles, north of Pend Hon All ,!! I- V-i. 'j " t ..."? tlvation last jea, Wl. rent ,0 cd'res, epa, SS Corbett's Fire Proof Live ry Hack & Feed Stable. Corner U and Taylor Streets. Portland, Oregon. Is. B. MAGOON. Prop. TELEPIIO.M: NO. I....IIac1i , N. "-.V-.22- " 24-26. 20. 27. . Orders for II .eks and Baggage w. cons . .promptly attended to day or Bight BONE MEAL AND BONE phosphate; A PUBE ARTICLE In 25 and 100 pound sacks at MILLER BROS., fcb2t2 209 Second St., Porland. USE KOSE PILLS. Cold Rings. So id, 18 K., Kolled Gold, only 1. hxquisito finih, unexcelled in quality -a most desirable and magnificent article, orfered to our readers, at oe quarter their value, bv Messrs. Gar lele k Cj., New York. See their advertisement in another column. Bone Phosphate. Miller Bros, are the agents for the Wicker- sham phosphates. Their place of businesa ha. recutl) been removed to No. 207 Second street, between Taylor and Salmon streets, Portland, where they keep seeds of all kinds," reoise oniers tor nursery stock and all sorts of trees, shrubs and plants. They intend to ox'eud their business to cover all implements and wares connected with gtrdeuinu and frit gro.i. g, aui are agents lr the Monarch beo hive, invented hv M. V. Knslev 'I i,.. 1.:.. . ....11 .-:. 1 . ' . " """ "issa "l" "'" iTiccnieei, ana are perfect and con venient, though rather expensive. We saw one of them lately on ine ay to Adam t vens, Ksq Salem, and shall in time learn what his experience is with it. The Chicago Driving Park has opened four stakes for tiottinc colts and rill,... 11,, a.... is the Ashlai.il stale, for three year olds to .u Hi.nra euv summer meeting eif 1SS'! 9ll)0 eutrance, in three installments. $ll'oO 1 V 1 . .! "'? ,UKe. "T fear yea. olds, to be tiotte.1 at the same meeting ard n the same conditions. Third am! fourth same stake, to be trotted at the summer meet ing o lij same conditioi s, with $-.XX) ,. t'tdiel; entries to all elose March 1 ISS'l The races will he mile heats, best threo'in'tlve hi luic, oett-iivouve ier cent, of the irance ice, lor.eiu 10 per cent, to n third. FARMSJVANFED. BUY TARMS, " "Oregon. We are novs irTamrnsr 7i more tf aBoecaltv. ri.h ir..n,i .. (Dared aa ncir a- ti.cu,i . .. . customers Rhodes re. tobuFa tuST "PW " ilse ealo of IVrms more. t I'nng 10 ue prejiarcd WE INVITE all parties sjhi Ish to sell iheir lands Mate 0, Oregon, cither In .Voe'cTor un ,p JR ueres" se. tl r-T, Kt,"'" " " number uf tj reah the farm from l'ortlan I, etc pV1m V1H i.U, L0?"1 p"t0 and " terms. Write InTuV u" ssant a Urge Lumber n v. 1 .. .- i,, ' ' ,""' " gkttirw,, Address! E.O.IIEIGIITACO., MJIorrison t I criland, Oreiron. JOS. WAGNER v& CO., il Xorlh Front sireei, ruriland. Or. Manufacturers and Dealers Id French Burr Mill Stones AND PORTABLE MILLS, shaHlnr, Gearing, rmiles. ,nd all Special I on tsorU for t'lourluic Mills. J.B. CONGLE&Ca " "oni oireet, cast Hide, Portland, Oregon. Again in DusineM. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OK.- Saddles, Harness; Bridles, Whips, Saddlery Hardware Etc.. Repairing Neatljr aud Attended to- Etc., Promptly NERVOUS DEBILITY A I ure Cure Guaranteed., DF WErS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT pent a specific for I!vti niTjT ?.."T ntal Depressloa, Loss of K-ny.InsolunUr; Emts :"ultly o er-exejtlon, , hich leads to misery . Kail. I ox i o itafn. n,";,. ""' "'. rnt cases. ftf. or.'.". Dimness, Cooi. . " ;. Jtirnuii llAnroaaln. Sjff&ttSS. belf.AI,uoro;:r-Yndue?rhTchbfeid.Crtoe & orsixlsne fr ,-" .T 'r.',en': l.0abox, 9'P.' e. Vt aSajS" .7 i-.p IP'1!00 'J 9,ld. purchaser our pi- '; - s irwirsni ntuu i - . -- .7f fiSSf .a-J&W-W W : it and added mouey to first 3 icondj anil 10 pr au t "3 c!jfe "" TTu- iVTTWriy Incorporated 1864. Home Mutual InsuranceCo- OF CALIFORNIA. FIRE OXLY. Losses PaidS ,334,633.44 LossesPaid OgnjS $162,363.29 Oregon Branch Office, GEO. L. STCmY, ranager- Southeast enmrrnr First and Starlc S-retU, Opposite Ladd i Tiltou's bank,
