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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, FEBRUARY 9, 18b3.
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THE COMINO EMPIRE.
"It's a big countrvi in't it?"
Mr. Robert K. Stranliorn, who hai jmt ro
tamed from a two months' tour of the North
west, unruled. It was a complacent smile, not
nmixed with pity an! pe'haps a little
contempt.
"Hig, ib you say ? Well, yes, I should say
it is rather large." Crossing his lg com
fortably ami boking at tho Tribun' man
tho ightfull, ho continued : "The ilianige
of the Columbia river covers an area ot four
thmiMml Biiuare miles. That doein't look
cry big, docs it N.ij it doesn't convey a
rery graphic idea of tho extent of the North
west. lSuf y u'll understand it better when
you look in your atlas and learn that it is
larger than all of New Ktigland, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa. That's about the sizq of
the Northwest, comprising Idaho, Montana,
Ort'gon and Washington. There's enough
room up there for almost everybody, for the
country is more adaptoJ to and h more huv
ccptible of close habitation than even thickly
settled New K'iglandii Why, if it valley,
were Bett'ed tiB tlitno of Trance, they w uld
contain 33 000,000 people, or those of Km?
land, r 000,000 .ibout 2.'),000,000 more than
we now h ivo in all of the United States.
There is no limit to tho gieatness of the fu
ture which this country has the qualities to
achiove. It lias been two years since I
made a t,ur of the Northwest. D.d I see any
change! S'esj more thin I can tell you of,
and more than you would have room to print.
I can mention one change which will give you
a general idci of the development of tho
country in that short period and that, loo,
before tho tia of railroads had dawned. On
thi trip I saw miles and miles of farms along
the Columbia river land whi h, when I was
there two years ago was considered abso
lutely woithlcHR. It is suiprising to mo how
thatf.ir-oll toi.ntrv mvlo any advance. The
obstacles which stood in the .iy scemeil in
surmountable I,i tho first pl-uu it nusucm
parativcly uiikno mi, nnd not at all correctly
known. Add.-d '" thia was the dilli ulty
which tint hi Ul i I. ul in reaching i'. Tl.cio
was not much to ti'inpt a iii.m to travel i0(i
miles liy stage i" a country which common
report Haul w , w t enough to diown him, or
cold enough to fsico him if hu should escape
death by the- In t v 1. Hut in the face of all
these sii pposi'l d uigors, 7,000 pcrsniB lute
settled in the N nthwest tho past year."
"I undent u d lint the raihoad companiis
have hid .ig tits in Kumpo for Bevcral yeara
wlvertiiiiiij tlio Northwest, and using eviry
effort toilui'ct emigration to that put of
America," haid tho reporter.
" That's cry true; but the 7-1,000 who
went there tins year did not com.) from Ku
rope, or fiom many parts of tho United
Status. They were pioneers, men w ho knew
what a wild life was, and went prepared to
enduro it Many of them had a few thousand
tlollam in thi'ir pi ckrts. They ero fiom all
Iiarts of the eountiy. hut pnncip-illy Irom
una ViHuouiii, Illinois, iMimuuii and
Ohio, Stales which weui not vny long ago
commit led 'out West' by the ttay-at-hoino
Ni w Kiiiilaiidtis. And tlicru wtm not n few
from K'iiisis mid Nebraska. I naul a nioiiiviit
ago that the clun.ito f thu ci uiitry had been
so t grui;ioiily rt'piustnteil tint I wondired
anybody dun tl brave it. So it has. I don't
belieu llicre ib a moiu ueiigiiiiiii ciimacu in
tho wurld than tint whiih belong! to almost
tho entire Noitliweat, excepting, of course,
at some Hi-anona the dumpncsstif thu coast and
I'ugt't Sound. Kven on 1'ugut S und wo
found rust's and other flowers bl'ioming in the
open air m Dieember. If it had bciu a very
sevcro climate I think wu would hhvo disoov
enil it in our lecent trip. We left Denver on
the 1-ih of October, aud wire gone two
months, I uAing a day. During thu coldost
weather mtur Caldw ell and wife and my
wife ami I hlept oil the vrouutl with no eovor
im: hut a f bl ukets most of tho nights,
aud 1 no in it oii I didn't take cold until I
sit pt in a S in I'ranciscM luitul. No one could
ask a better climate than one which will per
mit him to hlet'p on the ground in winter.
"Tint lifgiiining of the country's growth
will dattt with tin coming ytar. Thu year
which will t ml in a few days has been an era
of railroad lon.titiutiim in tho .Vntliwtst.
TheNoitli in I'acilic has built a lino of road
across the N .rtheni borders, and the Orwou
Short Lino of the Union I'aeltio has hem
pushed into tho heart of Idaho, and buforuthe
end of nnotlitr )ear will have made o mnec
tionwi'li the (hegoii Kailwa) aud Naviga
tion Coinptnj's road at iikcr City, which
will furnish a direct Imu from Omilia or Kan
sas City to 1'oitUnd Oregon. What is tliore
in this i-ountry that should wariaut m much
railroad building beftuo immigration has
faiily be'gun, tl you ask! S n u.ly, 1 tliuiW
It would tie eader to tell ou w lut thcio is
ot in the country thin what theru is.
There am four pursuits which a man can
follow in the Ntiitliwest with mm o show of
success, I tluA, than any s hero elsi', naui'ly
wheat raising, muling, lumbering ami tUhtug
The great win at belt extt mis from Hoise, in
Idaho, to Walla Walla, in Washington Ttrri
tory, anil iiurili into the Hritiah ji tssessions.
In tins licit thrrt) are lifty million nensof
land, ou can olculatu tho capacit of this
gigantiu whtat I'nld by estimating tho yield
attwtut) ImslitU to the acie and you will
have Olio thoua aid million biishels as the rev
alt; iiioio tliitu is retain ed to feed Aiiiflioa,
Kraiicn ami (irnit llrituiu. Kwryunii m (Jolo
ratio knows MUiiethiug alHiut the mines III
Idaho and Montana, and in meant to this In
dustry 1 will only ssy there arti 30,1X10 toes of
orvUmg in the vicinity of Hailey waiting
slupino' t, Tim Hums in tho Noml riUT
oountry are panning out even initlor than it
was htlleu'd tliuv wouhl. In taut with the
Ortgon Short l.iuo up there t'atly next priug
1 wouhl not le summed to sea the imimU-
tiou, production ami general actiMty, which
eh trat tt rued 1. adullu Its srcontl year. The
timU'r iiittrists in the Northwest are gi eater
than one would believe. I lie trail tins ear
amounts to more tlisii Hires hudred million
feet Lumber nun will appreciate the extent
uf these li.urcs. SeoieUry Steward said
when up in that country a cood many yt ars
go that the navy yartl of the world would
some day I e on the shores of I'uget Sound. I
ould not be sui prised if his pnttiction wouhl
some day be fulfilled. All varieties of pint
and red lir, a very valuable ti iiher, are to be
found Hi almost boundless forests, This red
ir is exploird in South Amines snl France,
whtreitusel in ship building, aud many of
the coa-tmg m tls on the North Pacific are
eoiutrucUslof it,
The tiihrrirs are already so exienive that
leu thousand mm are given employ meiit in
Sim. They stretch aloni Columbia wer
I Tuget Sound for hUudreds of mile.
Almost every variety of fish is to be found
there; the salmon, cod, herring, sturgf-on,
smelt, trout, perch, grayling and halibut.
The whaling interests mayalso be recKonen
with the fiitheriej. I do no: see why those
shores should not some day boas' the greatest
fisheries In the world, greater than any of the
French or New Foundland or Mediteranian
fisheries. The product of this interest thu,
year brought ten millions of dollars, "hen
ono considers the natural advantage! which
tl,o rnnntrv nossesses its creat mines of
precious and baser metal., its wheat fields,
farming land, valleys in which fruit will grow
as well as California; inexhaustible timber
r..t. .n.t ront fisheries: when ono thinks
of these things and couples them with the fact
that the Northwett has not yet mod- its fiist
long stride towards civilizition, one cannot
help feeling that a great K'npiro will one day
bo built there, and that the day is not far
distant.
"How about the towns!" askel the re
porter with a thought of speculation in cor
ncr lots. , ,,
"Htiley, Boies, Baker City, Walla Y dls,
Portland and Seattle are very promising
Portland you probably know, is the second
wealthiest city, according to population, in
tho United States; whih Hailey, on Wood
river, now the smillest of the number, bids
fair to be the Denver of that country. It is
beautifully locate I in a mineral region more
promising thin was Coloralo ten years ago,
and having tributary to it a magnificent farm
ing, forost aud stock raising region." D'nrer
Tribune.
THB WAY OTHERS BEE OUR
STATE.
During tho summer Mr. Bowles, of the
SprinirfMd trpublican (Miss ), paid our State
a visit, and among the many letters published
in tho Ittpubllcanvro publish the following :
Oregoniam have long cherished a deep
rooted faith that their particular corner of the
earth would sometime become one of its most
important parts. As tho day approaches when
the Stato is to securo railroal connections
with tho East and Cilifornia they grow more
confident of the future, and talk CLthusiasti
cally of the grand devclopm nt that lies be
foro them, of which they already see tho be
ginning. This is not atrange. The State has
hitherto unfortunately been isolated. Its pop
ulali n is very small. The people who came
hero to tho Willamette Valley forty years
ago, and the r followers since, have built up a
stur y, vigorous civilizition; tiny have pros
pered materially, but they have sufl' red seri
ously in many wajs on account of t'.e many
ditliuilties and slowu.'ss of communication
wit'i tho Kist. Tho motto that rests ou tl o
Stato escutcheon, "Alii volal propriU," "lie
flits with his own wings," is singularly apprr.
piiito tot'ie ciicunistaaccs of Oregon's settle
ment and tarly career, and tho free transla
tion tint is popular here, "-sho paddles her
own canoe," is a perfect epitomo of the State's
history. Sho has made luadway with hei
paddling, but it has been slow progress with
out tho railroads. It is natural now that her
citizens, thoroughly familiar, as many of them
are, with tho wonderful resources contained
within her broad area should not only joy
ously welcomo tho opening of a railroad route
to tho East, but should regard it as the burst
ing of the bonds that have so long kept their
State from realizing her rightful destiny of
pown and prosperity.
The forerunning igns of the new era that
is to open with tho completion of railroad
connections aro apparent in all the older com
munities of Western Oregon, around Puget
Sound in Washington Territory and wher
ever settlements have been planted in E isteru
Oregon and Washinirton. Nuw buildings are
Loing up everywhere, labor is Bcarca and
commands high wages, the railroads and
steamer lines are loaded with freight, tho
movement of people coming and going is
heavy and incossiut. Tho railroad is tho
powerful factor bohind all this activity, stim
ulating and leading it. Tho Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company is itself laying out
large sums, not only in extending its branch
roads into tho Eistern country, but in build
ing stations, freight depots, eating-houses
and hotels along its lines, not to Include its
largo building operations at Portlend. It is
obviously for tho interest of tho road to de
velop tho country rapidly aud draw popula
tion, aud its policy is accordingly directed to
thoso ends. Although its freight harges
would bo rated high in an old country, here
the people seem to be perfectly satisfied with
them, anil tho public feeling lu regard to the
uompanyand Its management is decidedly one
of frieudlincsa and gratitude. Fortunately, the
company is served by an able carpi of otli-
oials, who are popular locally, and to that
fact the good feeling is no doubt in somo
measure due. This season tho railroad has
hcun charulng a uniform rate of fS per ton
for bringing wheat to Portland from Eastern
Oregon and Washington, the latter part of
the way by boat, as the western section of the
reiad has been but recently completed, seek
jug thus to eucouragii settlement along its
nely open'd lines. Wheat on the Pacific
Coast is always handled in sacks. Sales are
mado by tho cental, and shipments are by
weight. No elevators aro ue'd, and whenever
iiractb able tho s.uks are loaded directly
rom me ears iiuu ine noma en uiu vtastis
which take them abroad. For the long voy
ago round the Horn it is not considered safe to
carry graiu iu a loose, free mass. There is a
steady Increase from year to year in the
amount of wheat exported in tho form of
Hour, and the milling interests at Oregon
City, Salem and other places are becoiiiiiu
more and more extensive, Other mauufac
turinu enterprises re alto gradually spring,
iug up. Paper has been ma lo iu the Willam
ette Valley for some time, and the woolen
mill at Oregon City have met with moderate
success. Recently they have been re-organ
Irani on a firm footing, and are expected to
pay larger profits. For several years a bed of
iron at Osweuo. six miles above Portland on
the Willamette river, h been worked, the
ore treated in furnaces at the same place and
utilited successfully in manufacturing s'oves
and other articles. Withiu a few weeks a
company with 13,000,000 capital has bought
the entire property, propose to develop it
fully, and to establish rolling mills and all
acceasoriea for conductlog a great iron and
steel business. It is a large enterprise, and
will be watched with deep interest by the
Oregon public
While manufacturing is likely to attain
considerable importance in Portland and the
neighboring older tows as the country be
come more thickly populated agriculture
must, in the natur of things, always be the
supporting industry of this section. There Is
a good supply of coal in Washington Terri
tory arountl ruget sounu, mere may ue some
otht r iron beds Itesides those at Oswego, and
the precious mcta's are found East of the
Mountains, but all in all the mineral re
sources of the Pacific Northwest are not re
markable. Its riches lie in iti unlimited sup
ply of timber and fertile lands. To the farmer
who has some eapital to work with it offers
large Inducements. The climate is not se
veie, and is uniformly reliable, the soil is
rieh. eoailv worked and very productive, the
lands are well watered, and wood for fencing
and building can ordinarily be obtained with
out undue expense. The salmon fishing Busi
ness, which for years his been and is so im
p.itint an industry, is likely to gradually
,lo,.li,,n nanrpBiiknf the ovpr creedinesi of
the fishe-imcn, but with proper Taws for the
prottction of the hsh ana a well conaucieti
system of propigation it may still be pro
served as a peimin nt rource of revenue to
tho country, even though on a reduced
tcalc.
The Northern Pacific Hiilroad by which
this great n rthwebtern c irner of the republic
is to become accessiblo from tho East will be
epen for through travel by the 1st of January,
18St, if not earlier. So at least its managers
now confidently expect. A gap of 4.'5 miles,
all of it in the Territory of Montana, now re
mains between tho termini of the Eastern and
Westtm divisions, which will be reduce 1 to
380 miles before the close of the year. And
over much of this intervening space the
htaviest grading work has already been done.
The completed road will measuro from Like
I .. . Ann . ', IL.
Superior to Portland, 1,932 miles, or over the
Ca'cade mountains to Puget Sound, when the
branch is built, 1927 miles. From Now oik
to Pt.itland by tho Northern Pacific will be
3270 m les, almost exactly the same distance
as from New York to San Francisco by the
Central Pacifij, ths diflerence, according to
present measurement, being only tour miles
iu favor of the old route. Oddly enough the
Oregon Short Line, which the Union Pacific
is building, though opening another rout' to
Oregon will not apprecably reduce the dis
tance from tho East. Aecording to the latest
calcubtiens tho distanco by this lino from
New York to Portland will be 3203 miles.
From Portland to San Francisco by rail will
be 785 miles, making the j mriicy from New
York vi i the Northern IPaeific and Portland
to San Francisco -1001 miles long. But the
ilistinco from New Yerk to Yokohama by
way of the Northern Pacific and Puiret Sound
is 700 miles less than via San Franchco.
Upon this advantage of tlistance and the pre
vailing winds of the Pacific ocean, which are
stid to favor a northern passage, the managers
of the Northern Pacific b se their hopes of
building up a great tra le with the Orient
which shall flow over their road and in aud
out of Puet Sj'Jiid.
The Northern Pacific will bo ouo of tie
most attractive routes for pleasure travel in
America and tourists to tho Pacific coast will
be apt to chooso it in piefeience to any of tl e
otheis, cs soon as it is open. From Lake
Superior all the way through to Portland, the
scencrv is nltiruatclv picturesque, richly
beau iful aud wildly grand. Hardly any pirt
nt the ri.ute is dull or monotonous. The
forest aud lake country of Eastern antl Cen
tral Minnesota is well worth seeing; tho rich
prairio lands of Western Minnesota and East
ern Dakota afford exquisita landscapes at all
seasons. West of the Mis ouri river theie is
a touch of alkali, but the land is arable, and
is already being broktn for farms, and the
surfaca of tho country is uneven and far re
moved from desolateness or monotony. The
bad lands wi'h their strange eruptions of the
earth inio hills or butes of singular shape or
color are not only curious but extremely pic
turrMiuo. Through the valley of the Yellow-
stone which is intersected by a great number
of smaller streams and is now largely utilized
for cattle ranges tho journey continues full of
interest and novelty. At Boieman a branch
is now building from the main line 00 or 70
miles s'uth into tho Yellowstone park. At
this point too the road begins to ascend tho
continental mountain divide and tho scenery
grows wilder. The highest point attained by
the track is barely more than 5000 feet and
the grades are comparatively iigni. ui me
views along this part of the route are grand
and imprcnive, and the mountain scenes con
tinuo to excite and interest the traveler for
miles and miles over the divide and down
Clark's Fork to Lake Pen d'Oreille, beyond
which tho road again strkes into open agricul
tural country ami swings down to the mighty
Columbia, which it follows to Portland. As
a winter route for travel the Northern Pacifis
will bo quite as comfortable and safe, rather
more so, titan the Union and Central Pacific.
The snows aro no worse at the north on the
plains and are not likely to be so troublesome
iu the mountains as on the southern r mte, on
account of tho lower altitude. The opening
of this transcontinental line, which has been
so long thought about, talked about and
labored over will bo au impoitant event in
tho railroad development of the country, and
more than that, in the history of the great
West ittclt. it will untoiu new anil inex
haustible resources of wealth, power and
prosperity such as our Eastern people have
not dreamed that this tiuarter of the country
contained. It will connect the East, to the
advantage of both sections, wit'i a State that
is alreads one of the most progressive of the
sisterhood, and prowises to become ono of the
strongest and richest. It will do much to
ward bii ding more 010861" tho people of Ore
gon with tho people of New England, toward
siukiug the differences that exist between sec
tions, exaltim: the common interests and
making tho republic more national and more
homogeneous. Thus it will be truly a great
national blessing.
Plant Trees.
No oue blanch of agricultural irtlusty in
this soctiou of country is of more importance
than tho rrowth of timber upon our prairies.
Kvery quarter section, whether a timber cul
ture or not, should bo enriched aim ornaiiieut
eil with trees. No gnat amount of labor or
expeuse is involved in making a good begin
ning in this good work, and in investment
will bring lirger returns ot profit. The North
em l'jcilio Kailroad realites the truth of this,
aud is setting out large numbers of trees all
along its line. They recently entored into
contract with I'hilip Kilz, of Walla Walla, to
plant autither largo lot of trees at diTerent
stations btttveen Ainsworth an I Ri tville.
Tlioe planted last year are thrifty and grow
ins finely. Many groves planted in the upper
part of the country on prairio Und are alo
titling well, and far exceeding the expectations
of the most sanguine. A great variety of
trtMs are adapted to our sod. Among the
kind uod by the railway compauy are maple,
ash. chestnut, catalnv. loemt. etc. Alder and
poplar are alio extensively punted in some
localities. We hope to see a great increaseof
youiut timber on our fertile priines during
the next year or two. It will pay in every
way, iiut Orroonitin.
The Hoard of Trade of Portland has pre.
pared a memorial to Cougress aaking that the
duty on tin be not increased. It is much used
by the cannery meu of the Columbia river.
A firm by the name of Proebstel Bros., o!
Weton, Umatilla county, packed Hi bogs
and put up 7,000 pounds of UrJ in two
years.
A California Tree.
There was recently fcl'cd in Sonoma coun
ty. California, a tree which cut up rs follows:
The Petalun a Argut says tl.it the details ran
be relied upon. Hie standing height of the
tree was 317 feet, and its diameter near the
ground wss U feet. In falling, the top was
broken off 200 feet dUtant from the stump,
and up to tho point ot breaking the tree was
t ,i .n,,n Vrnm the tree saw logs were
cut of the following lengths antl diameters:
1., Hfeetbtng, 9 feet diameter; 2d, 12 feet
long, 8 feet diameter; 3d. 12 feet lunft feet
7 inches diameter; 4th, 14 feet long, , feet 6
inches diameter; 5th, 10 feet Ion. feet
diameter; 6th, 16 feet long, 6 feet 10 inches
diameter; 7th, 10 feet Ion.', 6 feet 6 inches
diameter; 8th, 10 feet long 6 fc t 4 inches
diameter; 9th, 16 feet loiy, 6 feet 3 inches
diameter; 10th, 18 feet lone, 6 feet diameter;
11 th 12 feet long, 5 feet 10 inches diameter;
12th! 18 feet long, 5 feet 0 inches dianieter
It will thus ba seen tint ISO feet of this re
markable treo was converted into saw Iocs
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toiuera of lastyear without ordering' It Hcontalna
loom ItOwuna, otv iuiimui.uB. fui., wvui.
ileivrii'tloua uid valuable directions for planting
1WU wnelio of
Vtveuble aud Flower LvvU,
Plant, Fruit Tree etc
iUMiuabia to au, twpeo
iu
faliv ki Uarkel (irJnersV. lenalfaritl
D.M.FERRY & CO. Detroit Mich,
To Whom it May Concern.
IK ts:s i nocaiiT one uaIf interest in the
Pacific Nunery of The raw D, Jones, h belnj, the
head of the flitu of Jouee fc FotUr. and claiming to be
a i)rofeLonal nurerjrutan, and hating eollevtol all the
Kiou for frtUntf and w-trrante4 all th atovk to be
true to name. All person having bought tree ot
Frtt)iuan Jt FvMtcr tuat hare not proven coirectto
n me can e that we were not tobUnie for the mU
Ukee made by the aald Tnouiae l J one.
Signed. iAll D. FKGTTYMM.
January SO, ISSS. Jii-:t
AsfsU'sFsf. cn bow rrajp a fortune. Out.
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to cu-
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(Mms" l"rW V its P
ri-HLDS IMPROVED AMARYLLIS
Tn.aim.rutrei.r..fntnnrbc1u
i,?; 1 i mm nroTi ""lylSintillotelynlurplantrilnii.1 creoti"t n PcnsnUonv.hcrcvcr ;tecn, ltgroil2( u
f.wi,VJ i"l i iliwrVIvcr f far"",I'iiroWte,nntl twretFcenteil l'lanled In tho csnlcn tlietrblo. i during Jar.
V ,'i, i iiv Tutii! pots i thiv vvlllMoom nlo InVV Inter. Tn thoroughly lntroUtico tlienivve rfftr lirce felert
. K tir! low nrliSS mi fend tlieui by mall post pu.d. packed secure Irt.m Im'tai'il Bi-rnntcot Jocrrlta tn
i A-idltit'ii l'o"iBe"tnriins nccepted for .nv. T its stock wc nupply Htho onljr ono In tliownrMpf thetru;
timl coatimt .n. i" !. "" J ls .,' (.,; miur,. irinci'til.SIori.ofnt.ltroi-!J.,icnti,a
I mv .sli ul he i ?nc TbShtl I ga orter lir from 1)1.1 it ls'cenH etch, nti.1 by pii-clw-1 vr ' ibt rnr t ,l , n ',
KWn,L,.no,.llne
irin; r . re the iawe"iret.uler nf n uutd (Jlidlo'iw in the world. We will pcti i i.vimu pojt new in-uperb
Amcricn. cnTQiicinryvy.TKyiiiB i, iin-i TuiRrniftnrS3cent4: ft linn h inlv 1 1 lector TcpnfcL
i.SAtniuiirothcrJiilnloPer. t r llluttrate.l book orLllieailescrmesaiuvar let irianti umh now to provr
iwiS iv Snl. rVr com p.,J'-pnil. rrecrvo I H ndvt at it may not appear ititiin In i tlilirnrjT.on.lri'ineiiiber
tuat "6m Eood li "o an PeUibiiIac.1 repuution, aro warranted true, an.l iro lo all parti of tho n 1 1. A.WrcM
tuat0"E J. LEWIS CHILDS, Qucono, N. Y
.,..1 nimiiAiim in rnrn i rtiini n, ,
"
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LaieML flV','wt S
-SEED
ATAL0a
ffr.ioufta.Sft'f.rf,''5
Ullmlting t me. iuuuuuibj TfWlT
JCID Llcmaut, a lUll ueinuiau. a IS
I tower ana vege'ane a'' t"!,
j car, i-wm, i-ctufi, uri ;'',':,'- '
$!
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nil ,.;. ti-.T art tut y
IV .''I' rmmm. mWf Wt - -
iitlA.'WZn rnn
Flower
.-"'"...'...- ,if
'r' .inwiniumi. zimakw m,
tnrn i--p irriiiiuo.
2 GeruTnum;
MMsyTinrunHiii jszwcii dLIOH
tnnntaJa otot! tMn chap, ma
THE STORRS &
t i l i i x i ii i"H 'l1
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rheceoi Th. .5.7.
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MUmWWtwi-.iii9. "f-4wwrrvlawiwHa
B wKiaIiaiawhwiiwnwtrawkTASaawB
wsaiifSilMkBH
I if r-ai - we lllend abovo splendid collection of 15 "",! L. hnlins bctu i ritsidoncnerliut
SiQj n U . i iinTnll..ii. mmt ptdI flo known, 11 o UCttM rn s u," ' . ..
pit Knd floeti Oats ever imu.
hUHI
mtAt. OK BBU. ttW i . , .. a 1
j;".r ti VrTWk.. .
......1 nMn T.ofn
i " t: .,.: kv" iC-! hrrrri.m'swfet com. or d.uciou. ':!'"""'-''....,,;.:
r.,.V..l.n,cpCorrot..m
awec.,niiiu. uirpi'o.Aira-r. . - . - ;""
, marvcuou- dibuij-, im huuihj, .'"""'; .'v. li.
1 tible Mitlckllna-. Hound Dork Kcd ItttdUh.
Whiter
S775.QD nurreeVpeed.. Competition
I tlieSen" lojourrrUnd. and gtt them to .end wltn
11UFR SEEDS iiL
ilci, with full direction, ror eullurr, tor oiuj wn
1 lc. : ... .nUmoIete I .tltloiroo nnbll.taf.il. rabrula. Garden, .leia.na.iowj, ,.----
Bulb.. Small Fruit.. Thoroughbred 1 It. block, I ancx I'oultrj, ho. arupwrmn. .w.w...- -.
W. ATLEE BURPEE &&mWiJ&&
W tPw)'.
Eastern Cranberry Vines
FOR. SALE FKOM
A. J. BUR VS BOG,
Olympla, W. T.
1,000 Elites,
.1.1)1X1 .Inra.
IU.UOO tinea.
.$ 7.00
SO. OO
.60. OO
Send in neyby Reifiitereil Ulter. Monej Order or
Wtlla, Faro 4. Co'a , withtlrcitioni (or forwarding.
In 1877, 1 planted three 50 leet beds of the Jerter
cranlicrr) l ine. 1 pi mttd tliem IS inthea apart, each
way; stmlcl one bt J sU inches deep, ono threo Inches,
and another 1 planted on the natural botr.
The sanded hid. jlelJtd but a few berrlea ani" art
dylnirout In lbSO 1 tntthcred from the natural bed
two large au.-.r barrels lull of bvrries, and only one
barrel fr mi i oth the aand.vl one. Muck or Peat land
thatoterttows until at ttlie first of May la the beat
lortheCranb rry Kt p tho water on the vines until
the late frosts are ovtr, and jou a ill hive a good crop
ever) ) ear.
Plant bj dropping the lnes 2 feet by 6 iuches, and
forcing Into tho muck with a forked atlck or wedtre
shaped dibble. Hoe out the w eeds the first 5 ear; rail
them out by hand the second, and the thi,-d ) ear they
ill take care oft much es.
A. J. BURR.
OljmpU, Thurston Co., W. T.
ocllmS
C. N. POTTER,
NURSERYMAN,
SALEM, OR.
Fruit, Shade and Ornamental
Trees, Shrubbery, Vines
Etc.
ta.Hu an especially fine lot ofia
PLUM and PRUNE TREES,
or THI
VERY BEST VARIETY.
Address C. X. POTTER,
XovlSti Salem, Oregon.
IU VsH AjBsayfs1
yn -sEffisa&A v
TREATEA and CATALOCUEfor 1883.
Mr Verc table and Flower Seed Catalogue fen
1888 will be sent i-KBB to all who apply. Lusiunieriof
last teason need not write ivr tt. All bcc.ii sent l rom my
establishment warranted to be both fresh and true to name,
to fir. that should it Drove otherwise. 1 azree to refill th
order gratis. My collection of vegetable seed is one of
i tne most extensive 10 ue lounu in any American caiatogue,
j and a larpe part of it is of my own crowing An the
original Introducer of Early Ohio and Iturbank
Potato?. Marblehead Farly Corn, the Hubbard
Bquoah. Marblehead Cabbage. J'hlnney'a Melon.
Ami n crnrp nf otlier new Ve tret able. I invite (he natrnn
age of the public. In the gardens and on the farms of I
those who plant my tee4 will be found my best advertise
ment. damBB J. H. uregory waruieneaa, wass
mr ID liriTIIUUUII-Ht .(Jiuituii
"BautifulL'atalvuueofuliut 100 paaet.rti.
ThafampUB Kiefferllybrid I'ear. 81 .GO
BSSfia. LeCunte l'mr. S?l t C) amvion
1nK&EW&.Ouince.T R wnLst Javantt
nt. inmmLL 'mx liwa.fi t.'hentn u.t. fruit im.
"in .nyStA Bz 4 ks. Triifiimiiv I. rfn. rutpL
r ravT.t sntnlm9KRNV'?rUtniiliilLui3tan&luU
--.. . at ... .. . . r .&1f Ma ' Kprlansit1iA
FKvellloiMninalMlsElKJJaiw
'a m nn vfen mJftT 4k.ACBV.lcfv ftnlr rmi .irnrliif
l'J2lioeTofi.uiaf7io.u,iwfrorncM,Njwga 3 V(
- flJ. Jl Cm..t fill , mtrnrnt, i m At
AllvVoriirsj CTTCbymaU. or
Sred. 40 Steest Chtt'nuta. etc., CtCiSTtXWKspni
I ' W".VB7;3gvJ
HARRISON CO. iflltuco..ol
w- " - .- r"j-t
1'l'UfWfWf
7inni-rin nrrnn I nr III! h
WiWtt d.occuo Atic nnn-
KquaU None Uettcr. To Induce thousandi of new
- . 1 !!.. K.I. .! si I bhuI fnt
CUilCQItr I0EHB mtm iyr man -- - --- --
bo cts. one packet ach ot the following ncwuj
HioWat varletl.! The CITBAft QDEEN
mtloui grown rroni our Seed, Lit se.ion, weighed re- m
rpilitlJ.JOaibk,9!lbk.ndtll)lba, 10O
Ys VAtall JItlZl2 rur 18S.rrbc;lg. 0
melon, rw.ea iroui our fbu,.. mi "
CrecnlSutmec Melon, large.! on record, one oiel
Si .tlgblug Sutbtu lh. tl .ta? ' "
Montreal, grown this kuob. New Ho. a Cubbane, (
er earhr, a uro header or line qu'J. ,".,0"t
Whlto fUUun Onion, grown o wclgt 2' to lb.
eacb.mnd and plea.ut. Wc wl I r.y B& CASH I
1IIIZEH for larce.t ofthese Onlona. lilllll'l.ft.
CLIMAX TOMATOES, the belorllTon..toe.. (
ttruSnli l cllmoJ ifrrtcllon. New Perpetual
Lettuce. One.t lettuce ror Mtullr uic. one ;owioi w
win do for whole ttuoi, Jnpuncac Ne.t-1.SC W
t or nettt egg., lkjduuu h .---. .
wIl.ai.h.l.aliraijrfect.h.i.qUhlh.wJ
.ondirtnl acepcr. inu.. - ..." ----.
S I'Pdtf'Xe'SVoVSrcuUur' ii ?K
loVicLrta .tn.u.l wleca eo.t . J'-i'"" -
J
. . - . -. ... Ar th fnllo nr
X n.. Iktrnvr
JiEt T.uceced. eer. where. Itottnu a iow '"-
Klnlllutrll LUOect .,."- ....-... u
,B. nil 'alii UI?IZfa BIBI
- - , . - iW(l, i uturaucr. muunv ..
...ir initio ml skin and crisn, Drill ic nc-n. isoia
lra earlr, Inteaio rid tkin n'' ij ' . The seeds name!
17 ll'VU. HBHIII.
for O.M.I
opin w .all. Pee "..logu. '?" ,JXr$.
jou. u coror.ei ....... -- - - ,, , ,
.vic
. """,-:-"-,-" Yn hei KT A M 1". OKDI K M'"l
5giwag,M,
TliU iiiJ.OtB & COWARD CD'S
itUJLVl 1 Ul. r.t .u.lii.uujaaw
bPLvNDIDPOT F-i-.Jr., jpccinllypre
pnrrd lor ImmealdM tlooin. Del vrrpa
c ttvi tyma'liit:'-ti,Jti.Jiti.ttftt.sO i.cj
d. 1 arieccf, yo'..rr.iioico,n,lLlt.lttl,lorti: i
for $2i I0foi03i C3f t01: r3forCC; "SI'r
SI 0: lOOforCir. VIZ CIVE aM-.-'l-cne
Presemofcrio'comirtvnlunblor.Oik.-i.c0
w.thoerj order. Ou NiiW CUIPci, J" r'l'"
Ti lui.t i ri ., 7ll'n. ;,!' Ui3 rn ' r
lo, til THE OINCEE A CONARO CO.
Jj...- ,,,,, We.t Grove Ct.cs'rr Co n
HowWeTestSeeds,
Probably from the fact tliat our lonf experience
Practical Gardeners, made us realize the necessity more
strongly than most see4 dealers, wt very early in ur
career as seeltmen Inaugurated the practice of testing
alt trd before selling', brom the small te.u begun in
187a, this practice has extended and become so syl
tematixed that the past season It required the entire"
of one of our largest greenhouses tor our seed tests dur
Ingthe fall and winter, and afterwards ta spring in the
open ground we had set out many thousand plant, rep
resenting the stock tn vegetable seeds alone of over
DMaait Atl .tiA .u. b-4 a.. ,A4r th Der
sonalsnperwlslooofPliTEK HtNDERSON.and as the
author of Qsvdcalac for Prolt " has had as long and
a vncu cxpcri.i.ce ro o i men in wieiw" -
necteJ with tho mil. It will h md. that we are plated IB
a position to Judge, not only as to the germinaungprop
enles. but what Is of far more importance, the purity w
and the kinds of seeds best suited for all gsrdentog
urposes. If therefor you can buy seeds as cheaply
rora us. and wc think If you wilt compare prices you
will find that you can it ill certainly be to your inter
est to do 10 Our Catalog. for ltfflj of ETcry-f'.f
far the Gardea is now ready, and will be mailed free
oa application,
PETER HENDERSON & CO.,
SS J7 Cortlaodt St., New York.
TANGENT NURSERY.
II. W. Settlemlre, Proprietor.
Slartrd I85J.-3 Tear. Kurirj-.
Trees, Vines and Shrubbery.
TSd to tagt, Or.ion, k t'
crlptlr. cataiofua
u