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VOL. XV.
JPORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1883.
NO. 7.
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Matter of Intent to Farmers
Oak Grove, Or., March 26. 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Spring seeding is about at an end, and
there never has been better spring wtather in
Oregon than we have enjoyed this year in
March. Farmers generally have made good
use of the fine weather, and got through on
quick time; even low laud is as dry now as
is usual in May. But rain is badly needed
now, though we had a little shower on the
23d inst., but not enough to wet the ground
through. We notice in the Farmer of the
23d inst., in response to inquiries, that most
of the correspondents in their answers think
that the yield will surpass that of last year.
With favorablo weather from now till har
vest it may possibly equal last year's har
vest, but as guessing seems to be the rape
just now, we will guess that it is sure to fall
below last year, for the reason that few fields
were bothered by wild oats last year, while
this year it is plainly to be seen that some
fields are gomg to be completely taken by
wild oatr. Fall sown grain is not so apt to be
ruiDed by wild oats as spring sown, as the
oats grow too rapidly for the wheat plant,
and choke the wheat out. We saved about
forty acres, partially, of fall sowing, but the
prospect looks slim now for even twenty
DUBneis per acre; it stands too thin, two
thirds of it having frozen out, but we de
sired to save the variety fur seed. But there
is no denying the fact that the farmers are
getting very, uneasy about the much needed
rain, for should we have a failure of crops
this year it would break many farmers com
pletely up, as most of them had to go in debt
for their seed. They have not been able to
save anything fvm the proceeds of their
crops, as the prices have rukd low, and all
the farmer has to buy is exceedingly high,
from a thrasher down to a pair of boots or a
pound of sugar. A thrasher is put on board
of the cars in the East at 5400: we have to
$800. Labor, on account of scarcity, is very
high in harvest, as we have to pay S3 to S3 25
per day for team and wagon, $2 for field
hands, sack sawjers, strawbuck, etc., last
year, e thitik there is more cUar money in
stock raising than in wheat, in our present
situation, as the expenses are not to be com
pared M ith grain raising. Let us surrender
grain raising to the Upper Country until they
wear out the alkali, when they will be' glad
to teed to graBS again. The Holstein cattle
are wanted in this country. Why don't some
enterprising stockman import them largely ?
Tbey are superior to any other on the farm
and for diiry I urposes. 1 hey are hardy, good
size, good enough for beef and the beet of
milkers.
As we shall not have time this summer for
scribbling items for the Farmer, permit us a
iew worm ior tne last time, uongress has
labored and brought forth (by absorption) a
mouse. As you will remember, we said that
is J. A. Patten, and the hogs were of the
Berkshire breed
Mr. Cross says the last lot of hrgs he
bought of me only averaged about eighty
pounds. That was the best I could do
with a mixture of the Berkshire and little
White China, but since I have been breeding
the Lord Western Essex, my spring pigs
average from 80 to 200 pounds, from four to
nine months old, as my pigs come any time
from March to August, and we fatten every
thing off every fall, as no man can make anv.
thing out of hogs in Oregon by keeping them
over, rhis is where the Essex stock comes
in. As to the insinuation that the pigs ex
hibited at the last State Fair were over nine
weeks old, that neighbor, perhaps, breeds the
Berkshire or some rival hog. What I said of
those hoes was iust their ace. and as I am
responsible for their age to the pariies I sold
to,-and.Mr JCrois is no gentlemanor he would
not make such an assertion Mr. ' Cross in
sinuated this same thing to a prominent gen
tleman from Lane county, and he, neverthe
less bought two of those pics at the fair and
one since he returned home, and I sold to his
neighbors five or six more, in all sumo nine
head, so that insinuation must have helped
some, but I am ino'ined to the belief that
with all Mr. Cross's appliances for fattening
hogs, his pork costs him more than it brings
in the market, so a prominent butcher tolls
me who deals in pork. I ask pardon for
Dunging in this personality between Air. Uross
and myself, as the public are not interested
in anything but the best breed of hogs for
uregon, as we should produce suthcient pork
to supply our own market all will admit, but
from the fact that Mr. Cross never writes of
hog raising but he sees my little Essex in the
fence 'a strong rival td his pet breed.- No use,
Mr. Cross, the public will see through it.
Altogether too thin. In my next I may have
something to say as to what Mr. Cross's
neighbors think of the hogs.
Q. W. Ho.nt.
wave in the first pait of February, but since
the 19th of February we have had most
beautiful spring weather, which the farmers
have made use of to the utmost of their abil
ity in reseeding their frozen out fields, which
tiny have nearly completed, besides consider
able otherplowing; and a good many are get
tting anxious for rain, win h commenced yes
terday in a gentle mist from the north, and it
still continues without intermission. The
halm trees are out in nearly full leaf: the
plum, cherry and peach trees are in full
bloom, and everything betokens an early
spring and a fruitful and prosperous season.
John Lutsk.
Up-Rlver Navlgatlon-
The
Its Prospects.
Letter from Polk County.
Polk County, March 19, 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer:'
Having a few spare m aw its of time, we
will try to scribble a few lines for your many
readers. Seeding in the hills is about done,
and we'already see'that we are sure to have a
heavy crop of wild oats, if nothing else.
Every grain of wild oats in the ground seems
to sprout this spring, for we find sprouts eight
inches deep in tho ground. Cultivating the
seed in is evidently the best this spring, as it
roots many of the oats out. Rain is badly
needed and farmers are beginning to feel un
easy. We again see an interesting letter in
the Farmmi of the 16th inst. from A. B.
Marquam, in answer to our letter of February
23d. We entirely agree ith M. on the first
part of his letter, but that simply means a
tariff for revenue and incidentally, protection.
But he jumps too high when he says, "We
are not far from having such a tatin in our
present lav ;" that is to say where outside
competition can come in. When Mr. M.
penned the above we had a 28 i dee tariff on
atari rails, per ton. Is that near the line
Results of the Freeze on Grasses.
Whiteaker, Or., March 19, 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
1 Farmers are nearly done sowing wheat; it
is too dry for plowing; agriculturists are
rather blue over the prospect ahead; times
are good, however, and money plenty. One
feature of the freeze you have not mentioned
is, our grasses are badly froze out mesquit
nearly all gone; orchard grass nearly half;
but the timothy is mostly saved; ilentucy
blue grass stood it bravely; this grass will be
more appreciated by and by; but the wild
oats can e from the lower s irface right along;
we hoped they were all killed. G. W. II.
North American Review.
In the Worth American Review for April,
the scriptural and the legal aspects of Divorce
are presented respectively by the Rev. Dr.
Theodore D. Woolsey, well known for his in
sistance on the indissolubility of the marriage
tie, and by Judge Jchn A. Jameson, a jurist
whose long experience with divorce cases in
Chicago, both on the judicial bench and at the
bar, lends to his observations a very special
value. Dr. P. Bender, a Canadian, who has
studied to somo purpose the political, social
and ecouomio conditions of his countiy, under
tl e title, "A Uarautan view ot Annexation,
makes a forcible presentation of the reasons
which incline many citizens of the Dominion
to regard with favor the idea of absorption by
tho United States. Senator John A. Logan
sets forth tho need which exists for "National
Aid to Public Schools" in the several States
and Territories. The Rev. Dr. Howard
Crosby writes of "The Dangerous Classes"
that menace tho 1 erpetuity of civil order and
the peace of the community, meaning the
manipulators ot corporation stocks, and the
men who, having amassed enormous wealth,
use it f r nefarious purposes. Jamps C. Well
ing, President of Columbian University, treats
of "liace h mention, the problem that con
fronts the philosophic statesman, of tho pres
where competition can come in? Who but the
they were simply trying how not to do it. Of consumer and shipper pays for those dear
course, internal revenue on bank checks is a rails? However, we see it has been reduced to
17 per ton, but it should have been reduced
great burden to the poor man.; so also the
duty on tobacco and cigars and cigarettes. Is
it not a great wonder they did not reduce the
revenue on whisky 7 e believe the majontj
were personally interested in the latter art!
cle, but they evidently take it straight, avoid
ing all water and sugar. Sugar is no longer
an article of luxury, but of necessity with all
closses. Are your many readers aware that
we consume about thiity-nine pounds of
sugar per capita per annum. On every dol
lars woith of this sugar we pay 55 cents
duty; besides, we pay an annual bounty of
i,Ull,3b4 to forty-nine sugar refineries. J. his
amounts to a clear profit of about 29 per cent,
on the capital invested in them. Is it any
wonder the farmer complains, as he has to Bell
his nroduce in competition with the whole
world. The motto of this Republic used to
be : 1'rotect the poor man; the rich man is
sle to protect himself; but Congress has of
late years reversed that motto. But next
year we shall likely hear it thunder.
Respectfully, G. H. Eilirs.
What I Know About Hog Raising.
Wiiitaker, Or., March 1, 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer.
As the raising of hogs is in the order, I, for
one, am convinced that wheat fed to the right
ktnn of hog will pay one dollar per bushel
sod leaves the hog farmer a fine lot of
manure. As to feeding, I agree with Mr,
Cross. Wheat and oats mixed is a good feed ,
w we have no cheap corn to fall back on. As
to breed, I prefer the Essex for the general
firmer. They are prolific and very hardy;
aire no weakness for chickens, mutton or
luch like, but are distinctly a grain and vege
Uble hog. Raise your chickens at the same
tough. The ham of this hog is very fine and
toe Essex is the largest of the small breeds.
My second choice is the Poland China. This
oog although too large for our purpose in Ore
gon, "u not a blood hog. The sight or smell
jf blood does not sit him crazy, and among
the Urge breeds he is the quietest among
other stock and fattens the easiest. My third
choice i, the Berkshire. He is a batchers'
The smell of flesh or blood sets him ou
jae lookout and woe unto any chicken or
"" or ether weakling that may happen
Jfonnd. A gentleman here a few -lays szo
a iBire to get dpwn in her stall, the stable
hS wDfi.opn hi$ ""K 'DJQrel ner ,0 ,ne
i auieu w enJ ner misery; his name
to $10 per ton. Take sugar for instance, and
is Mr. M. aware that he pays for every pound
about double its cost ? If Louisiana is going to
turn into a desert, if the tariff is taken mostly
off of sugar, let her "desert" and we will try
to get a few pqunds more somewhere else.
But let us apply the same rule to other States
and see how it works. It is well known that
we can't raise corn in Oregon equal to Mis
souri or Illinois, but does Oregon tnrn into a
desert on that account! They raise orScges
and figs in parts of California, and why are
they not protected equal to sugar and steel
rails ? Is there not danger of California turn
ing into a desert? We must have revenue and
let that incidentally give protection to home
manufacturies, but a large majority of the
people of Oregon will never again, in time of
peace, indorse protection. Our pockets sneak
louder than words. Protection, as we have
it, may be good in theory, but we desire to be
excused from the practical part of it. It
simply gives one party a club to strike an un
protected party with, at his own convenience.
Very respectfully, Geo. H. Eilerh.
A Dakota Farm.
Strabane, D. T., March 10, 1883.
Editor Willamette Fanner:
Thinking it might interest you to give a
slight description of our mode of farming in
Dakota, I have taken the liberty to do so.
We do all our breaking between the 15th of
May and the 15th of July; if done at any
other season the sod will not rot. As soon as
we get done breaking we plow it again, which
is called backsetting. We break from an
inch and one-half to two inches and one-half
deep, taking three inches more when back
setting, and very seldom raise a crop the first
year. I have not seen a self-rake reaper since
I have been heie. We use silf.binders alto
gtther. My wheat averaged twenty-five
bushels to the acre last year; oats, fifty bush
els to the acre. This is not a goodcorn coun
try as the season is too shoit. We have had
a very seveie winter, storming half the time,
and are having to-day as I write this letter
the worst blizzard of the season, lours
respectfully, Ciiarlu Stovek.
Letter from Tangent
Tav.bst, Or., March 26. 1553.
Editor Willamitte Farmer :
The fall sown cram in this part of the
country was entirely cleaned out by the cold
Sy. terns" by Prof. F. H. Hedge, "Street
Begging" by Rev. Dr. Charles F. Deems, and
"Criticism and Christianity" by O. B Froth'
ingliam. Published at 30 Lafayette Place,
New York, and for sale by booksellers gener
ally.
The last issue of the Commercial lieporter
and Journal of Commerce, ol Portland, comes
to us enlarged to an eight column folio. Mr.
B.ru, the proprietor, has, by untiring energy
and a thorough knowledge of commercial
matters, raised the Reporter to such a stand
ard as it nevir before realized. As an au
thority, it is perfectly reliable, and has the
confidence and support of the mercantile
community. It will be a long time before
another commercial paper can enter the field,
and expect to win enough laurels to pay salt.
CK il'KGII OX III MI4TEK-I.VLAW.
The Earl of Dalhonsie, of London, Eng
land, has presented his compliments to the
editor of this paper and 'wants to know if a
man can marry his dead wife's sister, lie has
also propounded the same inquiry to tho gov
eroois of the several States, with a view to
finding out what Americans think about such
a transaction. Ualhousie wants to introduce
a bill in parliament to legalize such marriages
if he can cite the sentiment of the United
States in favor of it If Dalsie wants to
marry his dead wife's sister he had better
come to this country, where he can do any
thing he wnnes, even be a city councilman of
Portland, which is a position not to be
snorted at. In some portions of the country
jou can marry your live wife's sister; in
other portions vtu can unite with the
whole famliv including the old lady. The
general rule is however to take your pick out
of the lot, and then invite the crowd to come
ami live, with you. The sentiment of the
country on the subject is unreliable. It do
pends a great deal on who tie parties are,
how he votes, and what church he belongs to.
If he is a "hale fellow well met," he is talked
about behind his back but is not held up to
public scorn; if he votes the democratic tick
et, an effort is made to indict him, and hi
crime never out laws; if he belongs to the
Presbyterian church, why, it is just nuts
for the other congregations. Then, Dalsie, if
you want to fall in on your sister-in-law and
yuur wife wont have it, or refuses to die you
can do thi; you can put your wife in Bjcon's
portion of Sherlock's block, and Itt her woik
toies in the Palace theatre, while your sister-in-law
stays at home and dots house work
That is the way some people do it, and the
law and public sentiment does not effect
them. There is no place like the United
States in times of teace, and if law aro made
that do not suit, renple no not pi any atten
tiou to tbem t'ome over Dalsie and bring
Dout loot
Columbia river presents more and
greater obstacles to free navigation than any
other river of equal magnitude on the Ameri
can Continent. Appropriations have been
made and work, is still in progress to over
come these obstacles on the lower river, and
by that means render its navigation more free
and less expensive. A project is now in con
templation by the 0. R. & N. Co. in the
spring to run a line of steamboats from Priest
Rapids to Kettle Fulls. The route is beset
with some difficulties between the points
named; there is very rapid watca at Rock
Island, some 20 miles above Priest Rapids.
The next difficulty met with is at the mouth
of the Chelan, another very rapid place in the
river; but none of them are so difficult but
what navigation is possible by boats of power.
The navigation of the Columbia, to the high
est point named, would open up for settle
ment a Urge district ot country that in its
natural state is well adapted for the raising of
cattle, horses and sheep. Tho east side of
the Columbia, is, in the full sense of the wont,
a bunch grass country. Its adaptation to tho
growth i'f cereals is to a large degree favor
able, and its accomplishment by no means
difficult, except as to the provisement of tim
ber for building and fencing. There is some
timber in places, such as alder, birch and cot
ton or balm wood; but its growth is confined
to narrow strips along the Columbia river and
above the mouth of the Chelan. The moun
tains, however, just close to the river on the
west side, and are covered with the finest
kinds of timber, from Priest Ranids to the
mouth of .the Chelan, a distance of over fifty
miles. The bottom land that is levol and
suitable for cultivation for that fty miles
below the mouth of the Wenatchie. is onlv
about twolver or thirteen miles long, with an
average width of one and a half miles. It
possesses one of the finest climates to be found
in tho Territory, and will grow all kinds' of
tender fruits and vegetables, such as peaches
and grapes, ad kinds of melons and tomatoes,
all of which ripen fullv as earlv as tho fruits
and vegetables do in the valley. Tho hills on
the west side of tho Columbia river, from
Priest Rapids to the mouth of the Wenatcnio
river is one immense stock haven, to which
large bands of horses, cattle and sheep are
driveu from the Kittitass and Yakima valleys
to make their own living during the winter
months. For many years the stock so win
tered came out in good order in the spring,
with but one exception, and that was two
years ago, so en-eighths of all tho cattle de
pendent on catching what they could find.
perished by reason of the heavy crust on the
snow. The whole of the country from Priest
Ripids up to the Wenatchie slopes to the
east, and in consequence is shut off from the
cold winds that prevail so generally from the
west, by the great altitude to which the sum
mit rises between the Kittitas valley and the
Columbia river. The east Bide of tho river,
from the confluence of the Snake up to tho
mouth of the Chelan, is devoid of timber, but
covered with a heavy growth of bunch grass.
The quality of the soil is good on all the val
ley hills from White Bluff up to the Okan
aian, except where the mountain heights are
too steep to admit of cultivation. The hills,
too, in the vicinity of Crab creek, are com-
Eosed of a rich black soil, which the writer
elievis would be first r te fur the production
of winter w heat. The whole region, however,
here described is in the dry belt of country, iu
which irrigation is more or less a necessity,
the country along the mouth of the Uhelau
is embiaced in the Moses reservation, which
extends north to the British line. So long as
the reservation is held for the exclusive use
and benefit of the Indians, there can be no
material development of that portion of this
fertilo region, It is true the country is not
used by Moses nor any of his little band. He,
as well as the rnajonty of his subjects, spend
the most of their time in Yakima county,
wholly removed from the land awarded them
by the Howard-Moses treaty. Moses has no
use for the reservation and dout't want to live
on it. Why is it held from settlement and
cultivation by the whites, is an enigma that
can only be solved on the ground that those in
authority aie ignorant ot the true state ot
facts in reference to the life and habits of
Moses the Great and his band. The facts in
regard aro known to the military officers who
have lived at Fort Chelan ami Camp Spokan,
it is reasonable to suppose that the existing
state of affairs have loi g since been communi
cated to Washington authorities; but no steps
have been taken to alter tho condition of
things in that valuable country. The naviga
tion of the Columbia to Kettle Falls would
give Colville au outlet for her products, that
would be a vast benefit to that isolated re
git n. It is highly probable that the Moses
reservation will ere long pass from his posses
sion, and be thrown open to settlement for the
whites. It must necessarily take several
years to bring the country into cultivation,
and until that occurs, the business through
that channel must be limited; but something
of that kind is needed to give the country a
start, as well as to hasten a more rapid devel
opment. The main reliance for business on
the upper river must come from the east side,
where, at tl.is time, but little progress as yet
is mad. We like to see these new channels
of trade established, as they are powerful
auxiliaries in the development of any country.
been practically and successfully tested by
fie raising of quite largo field of excellent
corn in various portions of the Walla Walla
valley. Tho Helena Herald, In discussing
THE WELCOME RAIN.
Reports from all seotions of Oregon are to
the effect that rain is falling. No apprehen
ston WAII fnlt. for if iMinrn la anvfliinrr aura in
H.I. ...l.ti -I-: .1... ...!... 1.-11 " ' O .-.-
'"",7" um,m" '"" n""S "" Oregon, it is rain. The grass, so parties from
?.,. Is 5? our own experience than the tho u pper Count ry and f rom the South say,
exhausting effects of continuous wheat grow- . . ..,.,,,. ,,
inc. It is within the memnrv of thou, livim? ' Knowing fast, and stock is all doing well.
that that the Genessee and Black river v&l- Much spriug grain is sown, and good return)
leys oi jNew; York were the bost wheat pro- will be realized. In some sections tho
it v3"r. e?:S! w -PPo-ed to be killed, but. as
from a variotv nf faun itanl. tw. it l.n. sinco th n commenced it has started
camp unprofitable, and the now lands of sue- again. Somo few varieties have been killed
cesstvenew Stvtes became tho center of this Below we append a report from the Wil
rt'SK Thl Sff ME U,"0tte .. .! Oregon :
iawyalus, Denton tjoounty, March 23,
srsss
a rule,
given up wheat growing as too uncertain and
unprontaoie. Uorn is a hardier crop and tho
area of its succeful culture is much wider.
For two years past, however, this crop has
met with a partial failure. Any attempt to
make these or anv other ornns our ohief stanlo
mm soio reliance would oporato disastrously
upon our fortunes.
Our wide, rich prairies are exhausted ia a
very few yoars by any system of culture that
does not return to tho earth a recompense fo.
wbat is taken from it; Stock growing meets
best the demands of a more prudent culture.
Cattle, hogs, sheep mid horses make a return
to tho soil that prevents for a long timo their
utter exhaustion that has come upon many of
the once most fertile portions of the oountry.
Virginia raisod tobacco till her best soil has
become her poorest and a ohango of industry
nas oecome a necessity.
Instead of sending abroad so large a portion
of our products, it is our better policy to have
them consumed at home, and then all tho
waste and refuse is returned to enrich our own
Boil In proportion as we can profitably use
up our own products at home w shall be tho
cainer. Wo prefer that tho starving people
Europe would come hero to bo fed than that
our com and -vheat should bo sent abroad.
We wish and expect to sou tho day when all
cotton product, greatly increased, shall be
worked up at home, internal commerce is
better for us to cultivate than external com
merce. In manufacturing what we grow we
can make a greater profit than in the grow
ing, and a home market is bettor in overy way
than a foreigu ono. IK. It'. Union.
The Qullleute Country.
A. J. Smith, in a recent letter to thr Port
Townsend Argun, wrote as follows of the Quil
leuto country, on tho ccean coast of Washing
ton Territory:
Quilleuto is coming to tho front. Settlers
aro coming in, Mr. Lnon.iller, the blind man,
who located hore in September, has lefused
$200 fr,r his claim. Mr. Ford has been offered
$500 for his, but refused; he asks 91,600 for
h s (matter s right. 1 he man who wanted his
claim found ono vacant that ho likes better
than Mr. Ford . It it estimated that thcro
aro 1,000 claims vacautin the Quilleuto valley
that are good farming lands, besides thousands
of acres of the best timber land in Western
Washington, There aro thirty-three voters
and more ooming. If united we will soon
have our influonco at the polls, that is, if we
get up our telegraph, so that wo can send our
returns in in time to be counted. The west
end of Clallam county is the best part of the
country. It has the best agricultural land,
and thu most of it. Quilleuto is bound to be
most populous and wealthy part of the coun
ty. Tho claims that havo been taken are most
all prairie, black vegetable mould from two to
four feet deep, with a yellow clay subsoil.
Most of the farming lands has been taken up,
but there aro four streams which form the
Quilleuto river, all of which have rich bottom
lauds, that are as good as any river bottom
land In Western Washington. One of the
newcomers has a river claim, and will put in
ten acres of hops in the spring. Some other
fiarties will enuage in tho same business. The
umbering interests here will be immense, and
tho company that gets tho firet foot hold will
get a fortune. Tho coal fields whenonen will
add wealth to the country already rich in ag
ricultural resources. Our cattle are running
in the timber and are doing well. The weath
er is warm and pleasant. The frogs in small
water places are croaking to-day as if April or
Mav had come. Flowers are in bloom out
doors ami unprotected. There aro plenty of
game and fish here. Also a good store, and
prospect of another soon. The farmers had
good crops the past season.
It was clear yesterday and to-day; but
only a alight sprmklo this afternoon, hardly
enough to lay the dust. Growing grain is not
suffering. A moderate rain would be a bene
fit to unplowed land, much of which Is
already too dry to work woll. At least two
weeks will bo required to finish seeding in
Benton county, and the only injury to rosult
from oven a protracted storm would be delay
in this work; barometer, 20.87.
HiLLsnoRo, WashingtonCounty, March 23.
It commenced raining here about 3 P. M.
and continued until 5 P. M.s looks like giving
us a good rain to-night. The shower was
heavy, being about all that is nnprinfl for .
week. Crops were not materially suffering as
yit, though this, in somo moasuro relieves
the anxiety for the future.
MnMiNNviUK, Yamhill County, March 2.1.
Very light sprinkle hero at 2 P. M. It will
be of very little benefit to crops; weather
clear and very little indication of any moro
rain. Spring grain sown before the 12th of
this month looks splendid. Throo-fourths of
tho wheat to be sown this spriug in this
county is already in.
Euoenk Citv, Lano County, March 23.
Light showers from 4 to 7 o'clock; not suffi
cient rain to greatly benefit crops. Grain has
been growing fairly during tho past few
weeks. More complaint is mado of tho un
usual quantity of wild oats springing up than
for lack of rain.
Albany. Linn Countv. March ?3 Scarcely
enough rain has fallen to lay the dust, and
wio Biijr is again olear. Whilo rani would bo
beneficial to crops, still thoy will not suffer
if we do not have any for a week or two
longer.
Ohkiiov Cm, Clackamas County, March
23 Gentle rain fell during tho afternoon and
ccasod about 5:30.
RosKiiniw, Douglas County, March 23.
No rain as yet; indicati' us aro very
faorblo.
Salem, Marion County, March 23. No
rain has fallen here for the la t thirty
days,
vnnr lllter.ln l&W Wlin VCU
around Parliament because there is nothing
in it.
Diversified Crops.
We have frequently urged the farmers of
Eastern Washington to laise something be
sides wheat, ami we have been much gratified
duricg the past year or two, when riding over
the couu'rv or conversing with our farmer
friends, to learn that our suggestions have
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Michael Strogoft
This is the title of the play now running at
New Market Theater. It is dramatized from
ono of Jules Verne's thrilling stories. This
will be followed next week by another attrac
tion. Manager Stechhan is doing all in his
power to bring before Portland audiences
good shows. The pint of Michael Strogoff is
a thrilling one, and Is as follows :
The story centers in the hero, Miohael
Strogoff, and this givis opportunity for the
full display ot the excellent histrionio talents
and natual gifts of Joseph R. Grismcr. From
the very first appearance of tho captain of
the Imperial messengers on the stage, to the
last act in the drama, there is an intensity of
manner in Grismer that makes every ono feel
the heavy business he has in band so that
tho real Michael Strogoff appeals before the
audience all the time. It is one of those raro
cases whero the man is entirely forgotten in
tho actor. There is not apaco in this articlo
to follow him all through his series of trials in
his wearisome, perilous journey over the ter
rible Ural mountains, and through hostile
bands "to save Irkutsk." The meeting of his
mother at the battle field of Kolyvan; the
blow from the whip of the traitorous Ogereff;
the doom of having Ilia eyes burned nut; the
journey through fire and water to Irkutsk;
and above all the last terrific encounter in the
grand duke's palace, were scenes that wrought
the audience up to its highest degree of in
tense feeling. Miss Osborne as Strogoffi
mother scores a brilliant success; hss a great
deal to say and do, and thn both says and
does it well, Brave as a warrior, full of pa
triotic fire and fervor and yet strong in her
intense love for her son. she goes through her
strong and difficult part without a fault. Miss
Pliiiibu Da iea as "Nailia Feodor" has not so
much to do as in some other plays, but as is
always the case with her, it is well done. She
is a very prolty'youn lady and her large lus
trous eyes are particularly charming. She
knows now to use them, too, in a way to add
greatly to her dramatic power in her expres
sions nf the varying emotions of frar. love,
anguish and surprise. Mrs. Mabel Bert does
better in this play than in her last week s
performances, Miss Carol Crounce as tho
innkeeper, appears remarkably well. Clar
ence Wilkins as the villain "Ivan Ogereff,"
divided honors with Mr, Grismer, but having
tho disadvantage of an unpopularcharacter,
he did not gain the sympathy or interest of
the audience, like the other. His part was
admirably performed, ami in the last fight
ami tne (tying scene, the intensity oi the reel
ing in the audience fairly gave way to rounds
of applause for his realistic acting. As to the
scenery and stage setting for this greit play,
not half enough can be said. To describe it
would exceed the limits of this articlo.
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