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WILLAMKTTE FAEMEK : PORTLAND, OREGON. APRIL 13 18-3. IfjurUcnliuraL An Earlv Crop ot Peas. Tlier. are tu.i eituti .et class's f p as; tliote witli email rum it tenle, tla other with much largei, irn-fciilorly slnpe.l peu, tl e suifaceof which u wiinLUsl. Tliu m linkleil, sokIciI, or marrow puis, are as much better thtu thu other as amct coru is stipetiur to titlil eorn. Therouiul pet, while not so rooiI, are much hardier and eurlitr than the otners. Unle i" the sod is warm and they germinat- quickly, wrinttieei peas will eleuay o lore liey can come up. The round peas aru vastly better than no peas, and are very acceptable until the oth ra come. To have eat ly peas thty must be suwn tarly the earlier the better. After the si il has thawed for the lirtt four inches, even if it is solid below, sow peas. If the ground were manured ami plow td last autumn, all the btttei; if not, edict the rich est available spot, ami open a drill four inches deep. Peas should ha covered eUeper than most other se tls F r varieties, the Early Kent is one of the beit; it has almost as many names as there are dealcis. Daniel O Rourk is one of the name of a good sttain of this pen, Carter's Firkt Crop. is another ariety, and every sprint; new early extra tarly sorts are sent trom fctiglaud, winch usually turns out to be the old Eir'j Kmt, with anew name. Thu pes should be sown in the bot tom of the drill rather thickly, at least one every inch, and at first covired with ubout an inch of soil. It is well to put about four inches of coarse stable manure over the rows; this is to be left on in cold day ; but when it is sunny and warm, pull it off with the rake, and let the sun strike the so 1 over the peas, replacing it at nijjh'. When the peas spn ut, gradually cover them with fine, warm soil placing the coarse manure over them as needed, until the covering ot roil reaches the level of turface. If a ride uf soil, a few inches higher than the peat, bo drawn up on each fcide of the r w, it will greatly protect them from cold winds. When the jlauts are a few inches high, draw tome fine il up to tiiein, ana stick in the wit h Inn tin suit become dry and warm, the main crop of wrinkled peas may be sown. American Agriculturist. Our Market Abroad for Dried Fruits. It is a mistake among many farmers and fruit raise is in tht United States to think that the different varieties of fruit, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, goosebe rriei, etc., arc piown in greater perfection in Europe than here. It is not the fact. We raise these as abundantly here and in as much perfi ction us the do in Europe, and with not more than half the labor ut d expel se. It is true, however, that moid pains are taken there, and that their modes are more system atized; but the cost of producng a crop, we repeat, is very much greater there than here, but still the pn fit may be greater, as neany all kinds of truit sell at a much higher price there than here. We have in t a doubt that the United S ates, i re many years, will be come the greatest fiuit raising country in the world. Our soil and climate partake of eveiy description, and if one kind of Iruit is not adapted to a particular place another is; hence the wide extent of our territory pre sents to us a me 'lis of cultivating su cessfully all kinds of fiuit. For years wo havu been shippu g enorit ous quantities of apples to nuroj e, ami inn txpoitatioti is steadily in creasing and will cintmue to increase until the traoe shall become one i f national iirtpoit anc. In diied fruits, such as peaches and apples, the i xportatioii has already .acquired large pr portions, and in ten yeats mor- it will go on multiplying in extent until fruit rais'nL, will Income a far greater and more prtfitalde t ranch of industry than ut present. With such a matket open to us we can never grow an o e rabund nee of app cs and peaches, while the'-e, in addition to cranberries, in their natural condition, fresh frrm the tiees and vims, oul.t to be, and no doul t will be, produce d in quantities suthcicnt tomut any demai d. The very cheapness with w liich we can send them uhtoad will open up for us an uuliniitid n ark t for till with which we can supplv it. Gfrmalilmrii Ttleiiiajih. Be Ready Early. A season of activity is near at hand. Spring is coming, with its pressing work. Are farm ers ready for towing and planting ? Every im plement should be provided befotehund, that no time may be wasted in making purchases or repairs after the work should begin. We have havu known a half day's plowing to be lost becaote the whifuetrees were not at hand. S une farmers Btart out with their spring plowing without a smgio plow jon.t in stock, a (1 when one is needed the team is taken from th held and driven to the Btore. Such a loss of time is a lerions matter, and should te thoughtfully guarded against by ample provision of all such ai tides of the farm. Ic is a poor time to mend a harrow when it should be at work in the field. We do in t favor that economy it may be so called- that relies npon the neighbors for many of the tools of the farm. Ihere are certaiu farm implements tint may be owned partnership, as a roller or reaper, but the constant bunowing rakes, forks, etc., is not a wise tint! economical practice. Be provided with all these essential farm tools, and have them in good order and at hand when the time arrives for using them. Now is the time to look to these matters, and make all needed preparations for the busydavs that will soon t here. In the p'eace of winter prepare for the war of spring. Flaxseed Production. The report lately issued of the Flaxseed in spector to the Chicago Board of Trade for the year 1SS2, has brought out the astonishing fact "that the t.tal inspected receipts of flax seed at Chicago during the year 18S2, amount ing to 10,243 carloads, equal to 5,040,023 bushels, contained impurities to the extent of 320,42o bushels, and that the to'al inspected shipment during the siiue perioel amounted to 4,203,145 bushels and contained 237,757 bushels of impuriti'S." The wsp cor add to this statement the following remarks, which deserve tD receive the widest iOssible puldicisy, as they may lead the intelligent aud progressive farmer to bestow ou his Max crop a mora careful and rational treatment than he has hitherto been wont ti, and thus to nutke it considerably more remunerative I . The total flaxseed crop-of I8S2 of the I A a . -n0UrUha,f c,nli0t Le aim,.. Western a-d Northwestern states, has bteni. , ' , , estimated by Metsn. R. S. Wallace. 1 Co., .O nd get us up a club. See our ofier on flaxseed merchants of Chicago, at alout the eighth pab-e. 7,6CO,OO0 ".mbehj, 500,000 bushels of wheh art Hill eipc-cted to emve, while about 2,C0,. Caquille City israpidlj improviig. of 000 bushels have fouud their wavtotheSt. Jjouis oil mills and other puiutj. It is, theie fir. .safe to assume that at Ic St 1,000 car loads ol mipuiities intermixed nith the llax seeel have been sent to the dilferent maikets. on which f I eight, storage, commission and other expenses to the amouutt fat least $12j OtO has been paid which might and ought to li.lo b en saved. With regard tn tlio suggestion of the flax seed inpector "that the fanner should pro cure puie seed for sowing," it is to bo feared that this will not be possible, because all the h me grown flaxseed, without excction, has been rendered so impure liy many years of careless management and the sowing of im pute seed, that seed deserving the name of pure seed, that teed deserving the name ot "pure" does tiot at all exist in the Western States. Another reason is that all the West ern grown seed, in ordtr to save expenses and turn it without loss of time into cash, is taken from the field where it is taken off by the steam threshing machine, direct to the text elevator or shipped to the market, with out any cleaning of it being consideied neces sary. Apart from its extreme impurity, as evi denced by the above stated facts, it must be remarked that American i-rown flaxseed, having never been renew ed to any large ex tent since its first intioduction, over a hun dred years ago, is thoroughly degenerated and only capable of producing a dwarfish. sickly plant and a small quantity of seed of inferior quality. In order, therefore, to raise flax cultivation again from the state of degradation into which it has fallen in the West, but .especially in order to raise the yield of seed (torn seven or eight bushels per acre, as it now is, to twelve to fifteen, as it was teu or fifteen years ago, and in order to improve the totally deterior ated quality ot the seed, it will be indispens able to sow nevt season the best foreign s.ed that can be procured. Deep and Shallow Flowing. Farmi g is an empirical science, and its trae ends can be attained t nly by intelligent experience; and the product of this experi ence is valuable in proportion as it H the re sult of carelul and repeated observation. No t.-t can be made from a single expciiment. And yet the great mass of farmers draw what they call satisfactoiy cm elusions from but one experiment, A great deal has been said aud written ou the value of deep plotting versus snaitow plowing, uttiers nave ex hausted their effervescence on the advantages uf shallow plowing. A little thought would obviate much dis cussion. There are no uniform and unexcep ttonal advantages in fjvor of deep or of shal low plowing. ' A deep soil is always desirable. A sure way of obtaining it is by deep plowing and thorough manuring. But if, wmle securing mis end, a lean sun-sou oe turned up, and a surface feeder be planted it i very ;ertain that the crop harvested will bo a small one. But if deep plowing be continued until there is no pour sub-soil, but a rich undcr-soil be turned up instead, then deep plowing may be a success, though not a necessity, lor sur face feeders. But on the other hand, it a shallow furrow were turned on a heavy clay soil, autl then planted in beutB, it would not be dithcult to torctell future events so far as beets were concerned. Every t-rnier must determine for himself when he should low deep and when shallow. rentcmcering that this is dependent upou numcrcus contingencies. Notes for April. For early tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, beets and onions, sow seed now, either in hot beds or gieeu houses, or if uu have neither, fill a shallow box two-thirds full of earth ut el an inch of clean sand ou top, and in this sow the seed, keeping the surface properly watereii, bufhcicut to kep the sand fioni getting dry. As soon as they arc- au inch in (tight tians piaut into other boxes or iu rows say two or three n.c1 es apatt and anitich ap.it u rows, an I vv hen they are three or four inches high, tiansplant again in bankets or boxes say four to six plai.ts to a qutit box. If they are likely to run up too luh or spindling before time to set out doors, nip them back t j cause the to grow stocky. Of course onions aud Leers can remain in the Beeel box or bed until the ground opens and then transplant cut doors. Flower reed should bu sown in the same way, and by the time danger uf fr-st is over jou will have a splendid lot of pkuts to set out, and those, too. that will come in bloom oi e to two months etrher, and hence bloom much larger and oelter. Sjw peae the first time the ground openR, and if the land is por, scatter the l.ttle manure jou may have right in the row with the peas. If Btrawberry beds have not been mulched heretofore, scatter enough hay or straw over them new to just hide the ground and plants from aikht. Kemember the most trying test for the plants come with the frei zing ant thaw ings of curly spring. Leave the mulch on, and the plants will grow up through it aud ielel a much better en p. 1 be old wood should be cleaned out of blackberries and raspberries now if not done beforM. Manure scattered over the strawberry beds now that have born one crop will help greatly in their yield. Hot beds should be started at once. A depth of at least one foot of new manure well trodden down la not too much; iu fact, two IB belter. Bank up well around the Leels with new manure. Ihroivagcod fork ot coarse stuff around each raspberry aud blackberry bush to mulch well and protect from drouth. Purtlift Fruit Reara. Whitewashing Trees. Don't whitewash the bark upon the bodies of fruit a d omatnectil trees. We are at a loss to kuow for what purpose tome persons thus coat the bark of fruit and shade trees about their premia-s, unless it is to make them look cite. It certainly does them more harm thau good, as it serves to obstruct the respirator organs an 1 in a meature prevents a tltrilty growth. Should the hark become d, teased and rough or covered with moss, scrape it thoroug ly with a hoe or a sciaper of tome suitable description, after which wash thoroughly with a str.ng solution of soap and water. It this is d"ne pi perly ever) season H w 11 ptove a great Uncut by dentrojitig the ins cts wiich prey upon the bark, and otherwise promoting a healthy con dition thereof, aud increasing the vigor and vitality of the tree. Ji;m7jo Tribune, W'k call ct'.ention to the fact that the Faiimeu is the true advocate of all farmer? 6r i a Vr 91m Honing aira. Till: TKANSCONTntMUL. A I'rtr I'aliils Concerning l he 1'iiclflc Coast llallrond Sintrttl. From Dally Standard Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific Kailroid, with his party, consisting ot C. A. Spoflbrd, private secretary, Gen. J. B. Fry, Dr. L. Weberand W. B. Mead, hvae ar rived in San Fiaucfsco and will proceed at once to this city. In conversation with a re porter, Mr. Spoffard, speaking for Mr. Vil- lard, satd, in relation to the Uregon Traucon tiuental, that in pursuance uf the objects of its organization, namely, to aid in the) con struction of the main line of the Northern Pacific and other systems of lines trlbuarv to the latter road, it has been negotiating for some time with the Uregon and California Railroad with reference to a contract for the construction of the remaining por tion of the main line to junction with the Central Pacific near tho boundary of Call f rnia, and secondly for a lease of the entire Oregon and California system, which will consist of about 500 miles of main line and branches of standard giugeroad. The negotiations resultedin an agreement' between the' two companies," accordn g to which the Oregon Transcontinental Company shall com plete and equip the remaining 125 miles of the southern exteusicn, and receive therefor $3,600,000 in first mortgage bonds, issued at the rate of $20,000 per munth, and $3,800,000 secured by aecond mortgage bonds. The Oregon Transcontinental company will lease the Oiegon and California system for 99 years, perpetually paying a rental of, first, the amount of tho fixed charges, being interest on the first and second mortgage bonds; second. $20,000 per year. To maintain the organize tion of the Oregon and California company; aud third, $300,000 per annum for three and one half years, to be distributed as dividends at the rate of 2 per o nt. per annum on the preferred stock of the Otecon and California company, and fourthly, to pay from and after Juiy 1, isou, to tne tes-or, 3.r ptr cent ol the gross earnings, with a guarantee that this percentage shall be sufficient to pay the fixed ohares, and $20,000 a year for the mainten ance of the orgamzetion, and a minimum of 2 per cent, dividends on the pieferred stock Both the construction contact aud its leae will be a very profitable arrangement for the Oregon Transportation company, as it is known that it already holds a controlling in terest in the Northern Pacific and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. He also stated that tho perp tual lease of tho Oregon and California-completes its control of the en tire vast railroad s stem, represented by th main line of the Northern Pacific, and its various branches, built and to be built, in -Mi nesata, Dakota, Montana, Oregon and Washington Territory, as well as eveiy other existing railroad in Oregon and Washington Tenitory. The Oregon and California maiu line, on completion of the southern extension, will extend from Portlantl to the California bouu- dary, and form, with the Central Pa. o lines in the Sacrament valley, and the liues uf the Northern I'acme, west and uortli Portland, a continuous line from San Franci'co to Puget Sound, representing a total length ol nearly one thousand miles. The line would then be one ot the best pas seunger lines in tho country, and will control the entile transportation business between San Fraucico and Portland, Washington Icr rite ry and British Columbia, uow carried by the steaintlups t f the Oregon Railway and Navigation company, the Oregon Improvn meut company mid the Pacific Corst steam ship compmy. This passenger traffic already amounts to 100,000 pissengers, noith and south, a car, and is increasing at the rate ef 30 per cent per annum. The No tliern pacific has already paid a scrip: dividend ol 0 per c. nt inter, st ou the 11.1 per cent on all preferred stock, which was in full of the claims of the preferred stockholders up to July I, lbS2. As to any further eltvidends which might be paid, or whether any was contemplated, ho was una ble to say. The road will be completed the 1st of Aiuuit, and will be ready for business in September. A me ting of tho Oregon and Transconti nental will te held in Portland at n early date for thu purpose of p rfecting the details of the northern lines. Speakii a iu relation to the existence of the line to Astotia he said he could not enter into a di cusslou of this subject. In answer to que-tiou as to whether Villard contemplates purchasing the Mouth Pacific Coast railroad, he said he was not prepared to state. heth cr any return freight would be shipped from Oregon eastward, via the Oregon Shor Lino, he was unable to state; likewise as to the ef fect on Poitland of the completion of the Northern Pacific to Kalama. THK LIttlOK LICENSE. Extensile Llllgallon for llie (Ity In eiect. I'ro. Ftom the SUndaH, April 10th. The new liquor license ordinance passed Wednesday night by the city council, is to be productive of much trouble as anticipated, The statement that the new law givei gen eral satisfaction is not the fact, as a majority of saloon keepers are determined to atand out against it. At the meeting of the anion yes terday about 140 dealers were present and though their deliberations weie secret, enough has been learned to warrant the an nouncement that there will be a formidable resistance to the operation of the law. That the matter is badly mixed will be seen by the following statement of facts 1 The at torneys for the Liquor Dealers' union called at tiicc of the auditor uud clerk yesterday aud obtained a copy of what they were tnlormed or believed to be the ordinance that was passed. 1 bis provided in section one that be fore aii) person could encage in the retail bus iness of selling liquor, he must pay a liceme of $300. In another section it piovides that bclort the license) is is-ued the applicant mud pay to the city treasurer at-d obtain a receipt thcr-dor. which must be prcaeute.l to the audi tor anil cl rk withiu five days before the com mencetiieut ot the tiuarler. 1 his put the II censu at ;-CXX) per ) ear, by tho actual terms of the ordinance. While it is well known that such was not the into ti"n of the toun cil iu tixin. the amount of the license, yet if it is gooo. for an, thin it cau be enforced, pro viding it is not faulty in other respects, sup posing it to be sound as it reads, it Cannot take effect until five days before! the commencement of thentx quarter, and tho saloons will not lave t- piy licence bet re that time, as thu old law 11 repealed, and a penal law cannot be retroactive. Ou ,- ... . 1,, ... 1 ..... ... 1 .ml thb.11 i.f.r fl.uf (ImI ...ktlial ' v.ii.M.u, . .. .... .- ..- - .- -j . the copy procured by the attorney is not a copy 0, the urdiuance that WU signed by the major. I his, of course, ra'ses a question The liquor (ltal:rs will calm that anew copy of the ordiuauce was made after the fatal errois were diacosertd awl aligned by tlitr rcayor during the adiournuieut ol the council. lhen iciin it is ilalmed that the o lirinal , Lond giv en at the ccmuit ncement of the year , and accepted by the major aud auditor and clerk, i gioil for the jesr and cannot be changed or vitiiied, ami business done uuder it runnel or abolished without proper uotieo and time. 1 hi-, thin, is the condition that the inaiter is in at present, and it is certain that enough of the saloon keepers will contest it so as to m ike a bill of costs. It is under stood tn bo the intention of tho city attorney to commence proceedings against parties who aro running without license and thu first caso will bo nude a test, and it looks very much as though the city is bound to lose in the ond, which ever way judgment is ren dered. In the fiist place, the saloon keepers do not object to pa) l ,g licet so w hich they consider reasonable, so that in caso judgment was rendered acainst tho.n. tltev could nnlv i .-. j . . '. . c-uuiv;.eii m a lecnuicni violation; next, if a case is mado it will, in everv ntnhilnliH- go to the supteine court, and may not tie reacneeia lor uireo or six months, during which time the saloons would continuo to do business, and pay no license. A quarter is understood to include three calendar months, beginning with the tint day and ending with the last. Whether an ordinance could change the custom so as to make the quarter beaiu on th e 1 1 th day of a mont h or auy other than the first day of every third mouth may come up in a judicial investiga tion. These are the chilly facts about the license matter, and it shows thprn ia n irrr fault Bomo where. Either the law-makeis have 'been to haitv int their endeavors tn amenc? the law, or else tney are not pi sted on the philosophy of laws. The fact that an entire business system of thd city has re belled against the operation of a certain law that affects them alone, is sufficient nmu for the belief that there is something wrong somewhere, aid it is wise that caution be employed m the settlement of tht difficulty. It has become a matter of con siderable public importance, and will have to be adjusted in some manner. If tho sentiment of tho community is iu favor of high license or total prohibition, and the council has mado bo g'aring a mistake as to make a law that virtually defeats the wish of the people, theu that body will have to bear tho blame, and it mav be uukindlv said hv some thoughtless peiaons, that tho members gave more attention to voting themselves sal aries than they did to making la vs that arc needed. Tito matter cannot bo mum at in n rough aud tumble manner, because the par ties affected appear determined in the action they hive taken. Whether prosecutions will bo commenced before the meeting of the council, uext Wednesday, is not detcrnrncd. THE O A C. I..XIEV.HIOV. Much activity along tho lino of operations of tho California and Oiegon railroad has been recently manifested, and the force of men has been considerably increased during the past few days. It is proposed to push the work forward to a speedv conclusion, but from tho nature of the country north of Red ding and along the line of the Central Pacific railroad in that vicinity, progress has been uuc-esnuruy stuvv. in several instances it nas bceu found necessary to construct circuitous wagon roads so as to reach the lino of survev , ?n.d on which the piopiseel route has bee n laid. Tl is work is not only arduous, but ex ceed!, gly slow, and accounts for many of the vexati us do av s lit tho past. Over 200 la borers have been emploved on thi particular vyoik for upwards ot six weeks. On comple tion of the Colorado liver extension of tho Southern Pacific, the gang of m 11 at present occupied ti ere will be tiausferaed to u point some sixty miles from Redding, and a .van tage) taken of the annum r to push tho woik as much as possible. Masonry has been com pleted through tho most tlillicult poiuts soine miles beyond Redding, wheru massive retain ing walls inside of tho mountains have been built, together witli a number of ptcis and cuhuits, 111 the coi struction of which to gether with other improvements, .'(00 men were engaged. Three u. gineenng parties 210 1 owning the piclimiiiar, eurvevs along to u per Sacramento canyon, and also inuktng lmal looatlOLS, and will extend their labois along the whole line of the road. It is ex pected that a gtading fmco w ill be sent for. ward 111 a few tlays, mo-tof whom Will be brought from Culm ado. Shipment of mate rial to Redding has commenced in goed earn est, and thcie is on tin giolllnl alieailv enough of steel rails weighing GO pounds to the id, including ttiiiiiuing , lish plates an t 120,000 raiiioad ties, to build ut least 40 miles of road, It is not improbable that th p.iut of the upper laciaiiiiito nv.r which the railroad ci osses seven times, will be the scene of extensive railroad ei giiieeiing, Thu question of spanning tin river by means ol lion bridges has been considered, For the present, however, wuoden bridges aru con sidered as answering all requirements. A large number of laborers left San Fran cisco ou Friday for the sceae of operations o 1 the line of the California and Oregon tailroad, and on arrival at Redding will hee-in. the work of grueling. It is pr posed to cuter upou the cousttuction of the rouel already clearest to a distance upward of filtucn miles from that Eoint, bo that track laying will be coinidera. ly accelerated during the uext three months The Mojave branch of the Southern Pacific railroad is nearly completed', and will ruac the Colorado river at the Needles inside of to weeks, It is now within eight miles 01 the river, but a great deal nf heavy work will have to bo done ou the remaining eight miles, owing to a range of hills th it has to no cross ed. At last advices the Atlantic aud Pacific railroad, with which the Southern Pacific connects at the Needles, was within 30 miles of thu river, unel was being energetically pushed forward. It is expected that cornice tiou will be made within a month, when a through line will be opened bctweeu St. Louts and San Francisco, through thu South em Pacific, the Atlantic and Pacific and thu St. Louis and Han Francisco railroads, which, it is understood, aro all virtually under the control of the Southern Pacific radio id. On completion of the Mohave branch of the southern Pacific, almost the entire working force at present engaged there will be trans ferret! to Redding. Itruiriuber Tills. If vou are sick, Hop I liters will surely aid Nature in mating jou tecll eehen all else tails. , If jou are costive or dipcjitic, cr are sulterlti from ny other of the fiumeoous diseases of the stomach or boHfcls, it is vour oan fault If ou remain II , for lie Ji Hitters arc a sovereign remedy laallauch coinjUluts Jf vou ere wasting awa with any fcrui of hldm) disease, stop temjtlnt;l)cath this moment, and turn for acute to Hop liltt-ri. If jou arn sick with that terriMo slckneas Nervous nets, )cu will And a ' Halm In tallem" la the use of Hon hitters. It vou are a fretjutnltr, or a resident of a niiasn-att. dittrlet barrlc de vour sj-tein squint the seouriro ol all c-CJUiitrUs nmlarUl, epidemic, bilious, an X it.termit tent fenrrs by the use of II p Utters. I vou have rouh, pimply or sallow st in bad breath italns and aches, ana feel ulerable cencril lion lilt f . ..1., .a... ..... .-1. .1... .1... a....a -'. ...:. l(S "in al'v JOU laif lam, lieu u.wu, .. .v,w, . .. ....... .... orrain. neaiwi, an j counuri. 1 In short they cure all UUcato ol tne nLiuh iSfZ'tS l' -n.at poor.Vdrldden, invalid .lie, sl.ler mother or u.-htcr, can be made the pletu e of health 17 )' . ottlca ol Hop Uliuri, evsttoa; but a trifle. Vulljou I Notau alcoholic beverage, but a truu an reliable family rredicine is Urowns Iron 1 itters. Ml.ldtrON IKMI'I. The Stlvcrton, Marion county, Apjieal has the follow lug good word to siy of its town aud its opportunities : With tho tide of immigration which ii.utt necessartij p mr into the Willamette valley this yoir, every town in the interior will ab sotb tome pei cent, of the coming population In order to receive and retain our share of the now com rs, we must make an effort to pro vile lor them If there ate no houses fir rent, that will constitute one I'reatdrawback. It often happens that immigrants of means desire to stop and rent for a short tune m order 'o look about them to Cd it suitable place for a perinatiint hication. Finding no vacant houses tiny niturally goto some other eon u wncru such accuilllliuiiaiioil call OR loltnel and, as a rule, invest where they stop Sil vcrton ueids 30 vacant dwelling houses, to I o leased to new comers. Its largo real cstalo owners should als i survey and p ace npon tl e market suitable lots upon which thepuichasir can build. That is the only way to build up a town, aud land sold in the manner above described, would yield a handsome profit-to the owners. We have ono of the finest loca tions in the valley. One of the best trading points tor its size on tho coast. VVb want a woolen mill, a tannery, and a furnituee man ufactory. They w ill nil pay. Pit nty of water power at hand, ready to be utilized. We want more good, industiious workmen per manently identified with the place. There is also a demand for good, steady hands to clear up land and to work on the farms. " Consumption Cured.- An old physician, retired from practice. having had placed in his 1 ands by an Kast In dia missionary the formula of a simple vegeta ble remedy for tho speedy and permanent curs for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung affections, also a positive ami l aelical cure for Nervous Debiiity and all Nervous Complaiuts, after hav ing tested its w onderf ill curative pow ers in thousands of cases, has felt it his tluty to make it knovyn to his suffering fclfows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve .suffering. I will send free of charge to all who tUjsire it, this recipe, in German, Ffich or English, with full tlirectious for prcpariuganil using. Sent by mail by addressing with scamp, naming tins paper, vv. A. JNovks, 14 Power's Block, "tough on Kilts." Clears out rats, rule. , roaches, Hies, ants, ed-bufr skunk, chipmunks, gophers 15c. Druiorlsts. WOODBURN NURSERl. j. 11. isLTTLi:Jiit:u, nt or. TT EEM A FULL STOCK OF FRUIT, SHADE, ORNAMENTAL, AND NDT TREES. Vines and Shrubbery at tr low rates. No ix.sU en 'reca which are ruining1 to many tne iu this Cuoi ta.Send for Catalogue. TIMOTHY, CLOVER, AMI SPRING RYE Just 1 civ cd by last str. A full s ply of tho alio', u uatiiu gr aocd ami grain. MILL R BROS. BONE MEAL .AND BONE PHOSPHATE. a puiti: Aim li: In S3 and 100 pound sacks at MILLER BROS., fcb2t2 2U.I Second St , I'ot I lid t::e xjctgee & conard ccs l.l.AL 1 it III. I. V l.lMll.tlOMl.MJ & VI t IV' W l.PLHNDID POT PLANTS, specially pro r ..red lor hnmeUluto Bloom Delivered t truly hymu t i"!liiui,utiilli t ffiuH.sti leu (1 varluk. your choice, uUUlxlfil.for tfi; t2 1ir2s IDforS?: rafor04l SSftrCSl 73 lor CI 3; 100 for sin, WE CIVE a Hirc!omo I'.eberitufcholcoauit valuable RO&C.JU to w 'jutryonkr (Jur NEW GUIDE, """7 'fi Irta un Or itii, ',(, jip tleffintht tllavrattil Jm f"f' THE DfNCEE & CONARD CO. T o'vers, Vcftt drove, Chcitrr Co , , HowWeTesfSeeds. Protil ly ftuin the fjet that fur lm cifrtcnce Practical Oar Jenrri, ma U ut reallte the tietcitltv more ttwiirflj than rnoit used dealers, e very e.wly io out -ccr ecniiiien injiugurAier me practice; t,f leiliiiL' K i"U Lclurc truing, Trom the tutJi teMi Ugua in v, v"i iiniies lias caicuucu biiu 14)1 URIC kO tVh tenia liic.i that the uit teason It re )uired the rnti.e ukc of one d our largest ifrecnhuuKt fur our teed tcit dur Ing the i!! and winter, nd afterwards in gyring U tbe tut n jfround we had tet out many thou land plan ti, rcn resenting the stuck In vegeUblo uredi alone of over J li-roweri All these tet are tarried nn under the per sotialsnppnrislonofpkM H 111 NDI'KSON.snd aailie author or "tiardenlii-jr. fur lrflhas had as Ion ami as varied an eiriunie a mott men in operations tuti netted witli ire toll, it Will lie leVtl Iht Mrs-am i.lmsl In a ixAincn to Ju iye, not only at to the Kcrinlnatintf prou triKf.lsut wlaiit of far muie Importance the purttyif es (; sin it 1 1 term uci luuaa icr an varuenmi I. urboset II there for a rom us an 1 we think II you cm buy seeds, as cheaply Tyou will .umpire price you I will (rrtAinlw I, in vmir Int. will find Out you Cn-il will c ertainl est iliu r i hIhIochv ft i itafjnf Kver thing Tar tltf limritm L uv rcjy and will te mailed free on a; plication PETER HE IDERSON & CO., 33 & 37 Cotl.andt St., New York. JOHN A. JMUMhYtiJ), Salem Marble and Granite Works. Commercial St.. South of Post Offlo (1'ont 0(11 co liox 8'J. Suit m( Orcyofi ) u a s r i.4 i i it k ie o i ricoUh atid Cisllfcrnla firaut tiiU Mar bid monument), Iltiul Hlotn CEMETERY LOTS Kncloseul with California Granite) ! SUji.ei vv alls built ot s tty 1 se rlj.tloi rltrs Itriluri-il Our . Ilnli COUWTRY ORDERS IROMITL1 ATTENDED TO. Ui.H9rlM I IIKw fjr fr3 rfP E" g tmOIE.sS 2( Eastern Cranberry Vines Foil su: titoM ' A. J. BUR VS BOG. Olympla, V7. T. 1,000 W, .$ J.oo S.UMU li.es, .-,ooo ib.ooo lines.. . :rrjw .S.tI,d.."'"e " "eKl'tcre-d Utter, Jloncv Order or Vie I s, fargoi Co' , with dlrcetlons tor forwurJuiK. In 1877, 1 planted tl.rca 60 teet beds ot tht, Jctrer cranberry vines. I planted tlicm IS lmlie apart, cacS way; sanded one bed sit lmlies deep, one three Indies, and snotlicr I planted on the! natural boif Tho sanded Wt jlel.nd bill a few berrlen an. an dj.ntjout In 1850 1 fathered trout the natural bed two Urn sumr barrel fuP ot btmfs, and on v on barrel front i oth tho sand it ones. Muck or 1'cat laaat tliatoierfloxs until al ciltlic first ot Xlav la tho best tor the Cranb rry. Ke . the water on tho vines until tho late frosts aro over, and vou will have a trood cro everyvear. " r riant b dropping the vines 2 feet by (1 Inches, an lorclnfir into th mn.t nlll, arn.L.t .i,a. . ' , shaped dibble. Hoe out iho weeds the first vear; i uS them out by hand the second, and the thl.d joar titer Will taka Pfl nt t n.n..l.. A. J. BURR, Oljiupla, Thurston Co., W. T. ocllm3 C. N. POTTEK, NURSERYMAN, SALEM, OR. 7 Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Vines Etc. tS0.Ha an especially fine lot oftat PLUM and PRUNE TREES, or THK VERY BEST VARIETY. Address C. N. POTTER, NovlBtt Salem, Oregon. USE 1U3SE PILLS. GEO. F. SILVESTER' IMPORTER AND Wholesale & Itctuil Detiler in Fruit and Evergreen Seeds, Plants, Etc., Alfalfa, Grass aud Clover Seed, Iu largo quantities, anil offeree! In lots to pureh sers 1 1 EDGE SHEARS, l'KUMNQ ami IIUDDINU KMVES, GREEN HOUSE &YIMIL&, ETC. SEED WAREHOUSE: no. ji; wasiiinuton h-r. ban francisco. REMOVAL THE OREGON SEED DEPOT Wo have fouml found it nt't eoHiir to Bouiru la rife quurtcrit to aiLOiiuiiuiiuLo our cuiitluuully iiri:isi; iusixkss. Ho iec have Icascil eno nf tliou flno new stores em H.eoml strott, cornur of Ki.liiion, ulicro veu will W Jilus etl to meet all of our ul.l un.l new :u6totners. Nrvs SrrilM liuvs nrrlvlntr. tiHl Inr 'alis .tllliitlou. i.i:ii iiuos. leiKUCjllsl "111, Mill I Ul.l. oil JaclSiuJ Mil TANGENT NURSERY. II. W. ScUlciiiirc, rroprivtor. Hiurii'ii is'ij. :id iinrsii iirii3iiiuii. A 1. 1, .son is or lltlll, IIKNAMhM II. mill MM UK Trees, Vines and Shrubbery. -jrvtinl ui'lmitnt, On yon, for prlcu Hat Mill do trlptlvu I'a'aloifiiu do l&tf HFCBRr&r PSStiaZ iPCTw iWPsiMi fLSIV WMUAL' iFOR 1333. 1 mln art). t atll annllMnl .. w .s m ttuiit a aB 'iueuia, aau n wuv totnent or Uat year wlUiout orilarlulf IL It conUliu "" iiiii'wirn, wwiiiiimiouiiiin, irivon, iwurftld dmrripUonn aud .valuable diructiouH for pUtttlnjr l&uu vatietltrt of Vcwotablu aud Flower HoMa, i'lauU, J rult Trues, etc. I u valuable to ail, tuvao. jaijy to Marvrt ciarcienfrn HHiiilfnritl T D. M. FERRY & CO. Detiioit Miqh. SEEDS, SEEDS, H. HANSON, - NO 82 FHIINT Hlltr-KT, (NKAK (lAK ) I'OHT land, (frm-orr, kttt all kind ot (jrirdru, I'lrlfl, Hmrr. IIiiII.n, Tree Hrvtt ut1l Ctmm tsntit Guillen Implt uif nl i Alnfi u LOiu1ctu iinsftrtiueftt t Ornnuii'iital lin, H,fii U ry, Cms Ke- iThl'KClAli KWKfa T 1 JKAkhJlS Hiwi r-lmuutiii ulILu No, si r lont utit, noar Ow, Portland, OrcKon, d clu tl n ARdCLL afcUKukWry tfr t'rodiirtdt ttf nd fur full account aul BUamifulcfcrnaiOvf it TU f tl iiirh le it- If 6 at rsl SMALL FRUITS. iVj! ""'''"' " 'utl vartcl a, !i a tuirrlar alotk of VruM I r IvctfaHMallPrulU 3 ara M Utit Cil i, brill it ut 1 ir ilettrtd (cultiral tiljiaj, uil I iitf lipw Ut ! au4 (run trtw, I littiirat tit arr 1 til Kiiia, for irlcri. Ilia ti 41 fcuifinr ai -1 usful fruit aialuf a t'ar .1 'I IOl.ll. little Miter, N. J ( Hutf brry 4 Ma nhttitr aVirKtVtrr, BLISS'STMERICAN WONDER PEA Kitra Kurlr, Vi-ry IMvarf, (K Into tVlirO, Uetiulri 11 nu IliiMtiliik' l., "Nit.' l'luor. At t on Icdtf c4 by alt to t iln (i n 1 earlier Pea troa. VAIfTlOV -Alirr aultrrr in li market - e "AsBcrw-aa Wun-irt mix 1j ui. u ci th U gsum tiitt't AairKan Wmler rttlCT-i. Half til H-kue V5 cruli , nt IS eU ajt, Mtf f by mm, itti O.K. BLISS A sons HAND BOOK FOR THE FARM AND GARDEN. 900 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTIUTIONa VHk richly iIrl lata) of a Grtvupcf carttatWn ant a atVttniHita uiinl nf l i, H-llat 1 1 U-WiKaiiei V at rAILti wedw ith imeh uulw infviuialiou u,suq ihcu uiieta ' i; ruilc 1 ail i pi 41H t 1 11114 b t,t;ni Oar llliiafrMtrtl Nuvrllf rarfl, -nunimif 4tir (liItaa I i tlt fe., w 4ttir4niii nulls ifrtti iu alU it Jot. ItlaWa lllualralrtl I'wlulw ( HUUalutt, coniLmtnir bat lyni aawlts. I Ulv-V, tUi ( lii ' Cilt. UsJlU tu tJlUO- mci lotr-ila . K. UUsSAeON, St llanUjrlitrctt,.cw VrtW $fe BJw rflwl Jgvjgj sJSaBnsi WMm