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: R I VOL XV. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1883. NO. 18. orrc0mlenc letter Trom'tJoldendalo, W. T, Goldendale. W. T., Juno 1, 1883. .Editor Willamette Farmer : In my last letter to your paper I prom ised I would tell you what ati improve ment there has been in this country since we came here five years ngo. Although it has been sometime since I made this promise, I will now fulfill it to the best of my ability. "live years ago, to the north, south, east and weft of us was one grand grazing field for the herds of cattlo that had for .years roamed over this valley at will ; but 4o-day how changed ; look which way you will you see extensive grain fields, lences, nouses, and barns, all showing what will and labor can accomplish in a few years. Then there was at one time but few houses within sight of ours, but now it would take too long to count those that I can see from our door. Districts have been organized, school houses have been built, and now we have as good schools as any new country, and such as any might feel proud of. Tho improve ment is not confined to the country alone, uui our county seat aiso nas snared in public enterprise. What was then only a struggling little village has developed into quite a mile "city, containing scv eral hundred inhabitants. It contains three large dry good stores besides several smaller grocery stores, drug stores, har ness shops, blacksmith shops, livery and feed stables, three large hotels, and three churches that would do credit to older and more pretentious towns than Goldendalc. It has also two largo flouring mills, a photograph gallery, u barber shop, jew elry store, two millinery establishments and two restaurants. The court houso is a very good building for a new country and the academy is a better one than many an older city can boast of. It is divided into four departments and affords ample facilities to those desiring a good common education to obtain one without the expense of attending school away from home in somo larger city. Thero are some nice residences in Goldendalc, and situated as it is, on the pleasant little Klickitat creek near where it flows down fiom the mountains, is a very desirablo and healthy place to live. There aro two weekly papers published in Goldendalc, the " Klickitat Sentinel," R. O. Dunbar editor, and the " Goldendalc Gazette," W. A. Wash alitor. I can not tell what those papers aio like, as I am no judge of newspapers, only that we like to read them because they give all the home new 1 ao not iiko man as wen ostno .t aumer, perhaps because they do not humor us childien and do not givo us a corner all to ourselves where wo can write and get acquainted with each other. Our prospect for good crops aro very favorable at the present time and promise a large yield. Wo anticipate a fair price for our gram when it is harvested. Hope we will not be disappointed, for the peo ple oi KiicKitat valley nave worked very hard to make for themselves homes and they deserve a good crop at fair prices. Tho cattlo have been sold and driven out of this valley until it is hard work for the butchers to find fat beef cattle with which to supply their shops They pay seven cents per pound for beef dressed. Milch cows have advanced in price until it is impossible to find a good cow for sale for less than about forty dollars. Respectfully, Isabel Ham. same, claiming that they aro an infringe ment of the so-called driven well patent of N. W. Green, and Whereas The parties above referred to have misrepresented and otherwise acted in a strange and unusual manner which was calculated to mislead and cause any one to doubt whether they have any legal or moral right to collect any royalty whatever and, Whereas Using the words of one of the above parties, they now say that Judge Dcady, boforo whom they will be brought, will multiply their own price by three and give them judgment for three times as much as they sue for ; and Whereas The so-called N. W. Green driven well patent has been declared to be null and void by an emminent uidee of one of tho highest courts of our country to-wit : The judge of the U. S. Circuit court of the State of Iowa, before whom, as we are informed, was brought all of the ma' tonal evidence both for and aeainst the patent and was therefore for that reason the only fair trial ever had in the case. Therefore 'bo it Resolved 1st. That neither N. W. Green, or any other person has any valid claim against any person for constructing or using the ordinary drive well in general use in Oregon. Therefore, should suit be instituted against any person in Oregon who is willing to contribute his equal share in proportion to the number of wells (or pumps) he may have in use, it would be the duty in that case for each and every citizen of Oregon alike interested to contribute an amount sufficient to niaKe up a iunu to deiray all necessary expenses in defending tlie case of any person so contributing, should they or any ono oi tnem bo sued within one year from this date for an infringement of the N. W. Green patent, and for the numose of raising a fund for that purpose, this meeting docs now appoint R. V. Howard as corresponding secretary, with whom all interested persons in ,this State are respectfully solicited to corresDond. tho object being not tocollect any funds at present, but to get a sufficient amount subscribed and ready should there be oc casion to use it. Resolved 2d. That a copy of these resolutions, together with the proceedings of this meeting, be furnished the Wil lamette Farmer for publication, and re questing other papers who favor fair deal ing to copy the same. After the adoption of tho above, a sub scription was taken to the amount of $800 and upwards. The meeting then adjourned. W. J. Gregory, Chairman, w. m...uouston, secretary v" Domestic Animals Breeding Table. Portland, Or., June J), 1883. Editor Wdllamete Farmer : I lately saw a table in your paper giving tho time required in the incubation of poultry. I have a table giving the time required for incubation and gesta tion. The way I do is to keep an alma nac handy that shows the dav of the month as well as the day that it is of tho 365. For example: This date (Juno 9th) is the 160th day of the year; I find also that incubation and gestation takes place just so many days, whilst the prevailing idea is that its so many months, etc. For example: Supposing I set a Guinea fowl to-day, then I take the day as follows : 160x32192, or Wednesday, July 11, 1883. These calanders can be had for the asking of any insurance agent throughout the valley. The domestic animals breeding table is as follows : COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON. COAST REGION. AND THE DATS IKCVBATIOIf Swan RJ Guinea fowl 3 Turkey ai Perfowl... , 80 Goou , .... 30 Duck so Hen 21 Canary.....' w; Mire or ass. row Deer , Sheep Pi Dmr Cat Hare or rabbit. DAYS OESTA1IOK. 338 SS9 244 154 112 OJ 60 SI Yours respectfully W. D. Crop Prospects In the United States. Another Pioneer Oone. Forest Grove, June 11. 1883. Editor Willamette Farmer : Antl-Drlven Well Meeting. Junction, June 10, 1883. Editor Willainette Farmer: All persons opiwsed to paying royalty for using the so-called kelson W. Green driven well, aro requested to meet at Baber's Hall in Junction City on Satur day, June 9th, 1883, at 1! o'clock r. m. Many Citizens. Pursuant to tho abovo call a goodly number of citizens of Junction City and vicinity, met and was called to order, and Mr. W. J. Gregory was elected President of the meeting and W. M. Houston Sec retary. After stating tho object of the meeting by tho chairman, Mr. R. V, How ard offered tho following series of pream bles and resolutions which were unani mously adopted by tho meeting after some discussion upon the subject of the so-called driven well. Whereas Certain parties in Oregon are demanding from 15 to $75 for each ordinary driven well now in uso in this vicinity and are threatening to bring suit against all iiersons refusing to pay for the Lewis Linebarger died near Tangent. Linn Co., Oregon, May 29, 1883, of ery sipelas, aged 82 years 7 months and 21 days. Deceased was born in Lincoln Co., North Carolina, and at the age of 21 ho was married to Miss Jane Henderson, of Jackson Co., Indiana, February 7, 1822. At the ago of 22 years ho joined the Methodist church and lived a member of that church 14 years. He then joined tho Christian church and lived in that church a d6voled Christian up to tho time of his death. In tho year 1843, witlj his family ho emigrated to.Oregon in c'om- pany'With.a small train that came '.across in that year, enduring all the. trials and hardships of an early pioneer. They crossed the plains withox teams and at 1 he-Dalles sold their teams and hired Indians to bring them down tho Columbia river in canoes, as that was the only conveyance to be had at that time. Their 'sufferings were great, losing most everything they had by ,the canoes upset ting. Somo of the company were drowned, but fortunately all of his family escaped. They were almost at tho point of starvation when they landed in Wash ington Co., Oregon. Ho then settled on what is now known as tho John Curts' farm near Greenville. He lived there ten years, and in 1853 ho sold his farm and moved to Linn Co., Oregon, where he lived up to tho time of his death. His wife died eight years ago and since that time he lias been living with his daughter, Mrs. Lovell Knighten, tho only remain ing child he had in Oregon, the ret being in California and Washington Territory. He had many friends as he was pos sessed of a kind and affectionate disposi tion, and was dearly loved by all who knew him. Ho leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his death. The family has our heatfelt sympathy in the loss of so kind and affectionate par ent. California, Illinois and Indiana papers lease copy. MRS. S. A. WALKER, A Washington dispatch of June 9th says : "The condition of winter wheat is reported lower than May throughout the entire area. with few exceptions. The decline by Sattes is 4 per cent,, in uonnecticut, 14 In JNew York, 2 in Ohio, 8 in Indiana and 7 in Mis souri. It is slight in Michigan and generally mrougnout tne noutn. The general average condition is 73 against 83 in May. In June, 18S2, it was 99 for winter wheat. It now is, by Sta'es, as follows : Connecticut 92, New York 63, New Jersey 101, Pennsylvani i 97, Delaware 83, Marylmd 98 Virginia 93, North Carolina 95, South Carolina 95, Georgia 96, Alabama 95, Mississippi 83, Texss 60. Arkan sas 88, Tennessee 85, West Virginia 88, Ken tucky 77. Ohio. 69, Michigan 80. Indiana 67, Missouri 70, Illinois Gl, Kansas 89, California 88, Oregon 90. These figures indicate the condition of growing wheat, and without reference to loss of area by plowing up the winter killed area. The snrincr wheat area will be increaied about half a million of acres, near 5 per cent. Wisconsin reports a reduc tion of 1 per cent.. Iowa, 2; Miunes. ta makes an increase of 5 per cent., Nebraska 7, Da kota 40 and Montana 35. Spring wheat Stats have an average of nearly ten million acres. The condition of spring wheat is everywhere high, averaging the same as last year. The area of barley is increased 5 per cent, the tital acreage being about 2,350,000 acres. The condition averages 97. There is an increase in the area of oats of 4 tier cent. The area is nearly 19,200,000 acres, and the condition high, averaging 96. Columbus, June 7. Secretary Chamber. lain furnishes the June cron report of thn ("Ohio 8tate Board of Agriculture, based on I PAOrt lnnt..1ll.1 HnnnHB far... ...Ll-t- t- -ii l,uw tufuuiK lojiviw, liuiii WIJIUI1 IIU esil mates the probable wheat yield for 1883 at 52 per cent., or 23,250,000 bushels, aiaiust 40,uuu,uuu ousneia iu isai. UMieial dis patches received from other States give the following per centage of the condition of wheat as compared with June 11, 1882: In diana 66, Iowa 86. Kami. 71, Kentucky 50, Wisconsin 86, Tennessee 82, Nebraska (spring wheat) 111, Minnesota 88, Illinois 38, Michigan 61, California 87. These twelve States last year produced 367,000,000 bush els, and the above per centage indicates that they will produce this yeir only 217,000,000, making a probable shortage of 120,000,000 bushels. Chicaoo, Jne 12 The farmer llevUw, in its issue toimrrow will have the following condensed crop summary, based on reports from its corieqiondents iu California. Ten nessee, Kentucky ami sixteen Western States and lerritones ; There is no change in winter wheat, but for the Morse, if any. Spring wheat is (tooling well and growing finely. OaIs aro improving and promise a fine trrp Tl.o first planting of orn is poor, but the second is coming out better. The Effeet or Heat on Flour It frequently happens that wheat or rye flour, in r-pito of tho greatest ciuhj in baking, yields an inferior loaf, and tho failure is commonly attributed to adulter ation ; l)ii t when submitted to investiga tion, neither iiiicrot-copic nor chemical tests reveal any adulteration. Such (lour is returned to the miller or dealer as unfit for use. The miller cays the flour was in jured by tho heating of tho Mono, und the dealer attributes tho defect to tho cir cumstances that the sun mut have shown upon the backs during transportation. It has been proved by numerous experi ments that flour cannot bear the action of tho sun, even when not exjiosod directly to its rays. When flour is cxiwd to tho heat of the sun an alteration takes place in the gluten similar to that produced by the heating of tho stones. For this rea son it is advisable that the transportation of flour should take place, if jiOHoible, on cool days or by night, as well as that flour iliould bo Htored in a coul place. IJoeton Journal of Chemistry. We lately published a sketch of Colum bia county, but wo find the following ad ditional m the Daily Oregonian of Juno 6th, winch gives practical ideas of that section of. Oregon. That paper says : A correspondent writing from Columbia Citv, calls the attention of immigrants to the fact that there are excellent opportunities for settlement near that place, which is now only two hours away from Portland by steamboat, and is s on to be brought even neirer by rail road. He says that in the country west of Columbia City, and between that place and the famous Nehalem valley, there is much ex cellent land of the quality known as "alder bottom, " which can be very cheaply brought under cultivation. Much of this land has been bought from the state recently, at 3,1 tier acre, by speculators, who are now selling it at per acre; ana at tins price it is cheap. Any one desiring information will be supplied free r( charge by application at the postoffioe at Columbia City, ft i'b a little rrore difficult to open a firm in this lightly timbered coun try than on the plains of Eastern Oregon or Washington, but once cleared, the land is equolly productive and is available for a much more varied and consequently more profitable agriculture. But the great advan tage is the nearness to market of the Colum. bia county lands. The farmer th' re is always within a dav's travel o' Portland, and not only enjoys the advantages o' a short and cheap water transportation, but is able to Ret irs perMiable .products to the i-ity market in a fresh state. In looking at the broad fields Hundreds oi miles awav it should not be for gotten that t 'ere are inviting localities near at hand. There is not room in Columbia county for a great population, lint there are exceptio' ally good opportunities there for some hundreds of families. Wo will explain the location of Colum bia county so that readers can understand its advantage of nearness to the Colum bia river and to Portland. Tho Willam ette river runs northerly from Portland to its junction with tho Columbia and at that place the Columbia also turns north for about forty miles, then takes a woetorly course to the ocean. Tho courso of the river is about duo north for fifty miles from Portland. Columbia county lines come within fifteen miles of Portland and Columbia City is in direct line, not over twenty-seven miles from the metropolis. All of Columbia county is on tho great thoroughfare tho Columbia river and lies between Portland and tho sea. Tho Nehalem valley, by air line, is twenty fivo to forty miles only from Poitland. It is separated from the river by a range of hills, a section of tho coast mountains that enclose it. Tho whole country contains the liest of soil, and is as well adapted to tho purposes of a great city as it is suited to dairying, stock raising, market gardening and mixed farming in general. Tho man ,vho secures a good quarter section of land anywhere along tho Columbia river, lie low tho mouth of tho Willamette, will have tho advantago of nearness to tho city of Portland and tho demand that a great ocean commorco will cicatc. It will cost labor to clear land, but when cleared it will bear a prico proKrtioncd to itsoji portunities. As to tho extent of vacant lands thoio, we should say that Columbia county offers room for thousands, or, at least, that tho Nehalem valley docs, for a considerable portion of it lies in Clatsop county. Tho grant of land to aid tho railroad from Grove to Astoria is valuable. It is probable that it will offer inducement for building tho road. Tho lino surveyed winio years sinco followed tho Nehalem river in its windings. It was claimed that the country was so rough no other course was ojien. Tho Nehalem valley will soon possess railroad facilities, which will givo it an outlet to Astoria and Portland. Tho building of this road will open for settle ment a timbered section between tho Willamette valley and Af-torin. Tho soil of this forest region is excellent, ond all the good timber land will lxi in quick demand. Two years ago wn wrote up tho coast region, loth north and south of tho Co lumbia, predicting a good future, ami ex plaining the vast resources all that region po-sejvses. Columbia and Clatsop counties have mines of coal and iron and very neavy loretis. ino mirfacool both coun ties is commonly rough, though capable of cultivation in great part. Tho soil is excellent; the varied resources certain to soon require development will attract a working force to accomplish it. Railroads will be required in a short period of tinio to meet the wants of the Nehalem region in Oregon ; also for tho Shoalwater Hay, Gmy's Harbor and Chehalis county of the Columbia. We predict that within a few months' time all the available land in Columbia county will lie taken up by permanent settlers and so bring a new and very im 'Kirtant section of country within easy reach of Portland and tho Columbia river. Providence In Oregon. " I never advise, a man to leave his own town," he said to a small crowd surround- him at tho Union Depot tho other day ; " but if any of you aro bound to change locations, Oregon is tho the country to go to. I am on my way back there, and there's nothing you can ask about Oregon that I can't tell you." "How's tho cli mate?" "Superb. It's never too hot nor too cold. Providence watches the weather out there Iiko a hawk." " Lots of Injuns?" "Yes, but they can't do ony damage. Providence always gives the set tlers ample warning, or else leads tho red man into a trap." " Somo hard cases out there, am't there?" "Not very hard. When a man gets too bad Providence kills him off." " How did you lose your leg?" asked a hack-driver, as tho conversation flagged. "I'll tell you about it. I'vo mentioned Providence and Oregon in tho same breath, and I want to provo that there is a special dispensation out there. I was going up tho Delros road to a grist mill one day last September when I found a four ounce bottlo of choloroform in the road. About a mile further on I met n grizzly licar as largo as a steer. I had no n'o wcapdrrrTrnd I know I wis boxed un. To run was useless, and no living man ever iookcu a grizzly out of countenance I always try to nmko tho best out of every situation, and when I found myself cor nered I opened tho bottlo of chlorform and inhaled sufficient to make me uncon scious. While in this stato tho bear mado a breakfast on my left leg, and I never leit ono smglo twinge of pain." Thero was a sensation in tho crowd and all pressed nearer. "When I camo too. tho bear had disappeaied, and just at that time tlio lied Valley coach drovo up. Providentially, two of the passengers had fallen over a precipice so that there was room made. When wo got to Brown's Hill wo found a surgeon there who had lieon chased in by tho Indians that very morning, and ho fixed mo up iu an hour. I saw tho hand of Piovidenco all through it as plain ns I see that hotel over there." "Did Providence get that cork leg for you?" inquired a hoodlum near tho door. ' Certainly it did, I lay in bed two months and when I took thostago coach for Port land wo camo across tho liody of a poor stranger who had been murdered by high waymen. He had n cork leg and it was my fit. This is tho identical leg, and let mo add in conclusion that I haven't begun to givo Providence and Oregon half their just does." Detroit Free Press. EXPERIENCE OF AN ASSESSOR. James A. Sterling, assessor of Douglnl county, writes as follows : For three months past I have role hero and there assessing, and I am convinced by ex perience that district assessors are the proper ones to assess, and not one man for 100 miles of county and be six months in the fieM through rain and sunshine. Douglas county should be in six diatriots at least and let the people elect their district assessor the same as constables and justices are elected by th people of the district, and before they com mence to come together and got a ratio to assess llV. Now I am ahnni fia.n.tl,i.J ).,. in my county, and I know about one-sixth of the population. In my 23 years' residence I always lived in the north end. and here in the south end I am comparatively a stranger. Now I do not know where everybody lives Bnd havo to hunt them and oftentimes miss them, and cannot help it. Such would no1! be the case if ono was a district as'.ossor and knew his neighborhood; and then the district assessor knows the land, stock, etc, of his neighborhood. While one is assessing as a county assessor. Deonlo are movino uiv inn parts assessed, and are missed thereby by the assessor. A district assessor knows every one who is at all liable to poll and property tax, and the six can get done in this county iu a month. The Electroscope. Tho mo-d astonishing claim yet made in behalf of electricity is that it has been proven possibly to convey by its vibra tions of light, so that It is praeticablo not only to speak to a distant friend, but to seo him. According to tho Otaga Times, Dr. (iitidrath, of Victoria, has invented an apparatus called by him tho electro scojm;, which accomplishes this. The paiier in question says that a public test oi tins instrument was made in Mel bourne in the presence of somo fortv scientific and public men. "Hitting in a dark room, they saw projected on h large uisK oi wmte nurnisiiwl metal the nico courso at Fleminglon, with its myri.ul hosts of active lieings. Each iniiiuto de tail stood out with perfect fidelity to the original, and as they looked at tho won derful picture through binoculur glasses, it was difficult to imagine that they were not actually on tho courso itxelf, and moving among those whovj actions they could so completely wan." Kasii.v I'ikivk.v, It is easily proven that malarial fevers, coustipatlon, torpidity of the liter and kidneys, general ilebill'v. nerwiua nets, and neuralgic ailmuits itiM readily to this great disease comiueror lion Hitters. It stops the ravages of disease by converting the food into ri'h blood, and it gives new life and vigor to the aged and infirm always. Mr. A. II. Garrison has found five bee trtek this spring near llillsboro. He intends to let Ihein stand until June u lieu he will take the homy anil captura the bees. The b will have some fun about that time as well as Oar-lison. A few weeks ngo when traveling in Douglas county wo motMr.'Stcrimc:, who is an old friend of ours, and talked with him about the assossiuont law and its faults, which aro numerous. Ho expressed himself more freely than ho writes in the letter to a contemporary wo quoto above. Ho discussed during tho brief time wo had for tho purpose, tho general features of tho law and tho need for a competent Board of Equalization to adjust tho rates after tho assessors havo dono their work. Such a Board should meet beforehand and suggest a relative scale of values pro iwrtioned to tho different districts of tho Stato and afterwards should overlook the work and see that valuations aro equalized. Another fact that ho demonstrated, was tho almost impossibility of preparing a list of mortagages and adjusting the (axes on mortagages provided for under tho new law. Every assessor will explain tho ad vantago to bo gained from taxing nil property when found, whoever may loin possession to bo responsible for tho some. At tho present time wo aro in a feaiful nuiddlo over tho taxation of mortgages because capital refuses to loan on Oregon property. Wo aro told that no money eau bo got, even on good Portland property because of tho law. However that mi y bo wo aro firmly convinced that tho Stato and tho counties would havo mado n much larger revenue of ull property that was taxed where it was found and all in terests would bo prospered under such a system. Assessors would have much easier times aasessing and all tho woik of collecting revenuo would bo expedited. Wo have no sympathy with any views tho money lender may have or any dedio on his part to fill his ptirso. but wo havo a sincere conviction that tho tiuo policy of the State w to tax property wherever found and to exempt money and its rep resentatives. Wo havo given our reasons for this too often and too recently to need lo icpeat them now. Iiavksvim.k, Ohio, Keb. 11, 18S0. I am very glad t'l say I have trie I 11 .p Hitters, and never took anything that did .,.. in much good. I only took two bottle and 1 would not take SlOu for the good thuy oul inn I recommend them to mv imtieotH nod get the best results from their use. C. II. Mkhckk, M. I) TliK Oregonian says " tho fr(nt that de stroyed fruit in Western Oregon did not extend to Jnckhon county." Tills ghes a wrong impression, as there bus. been no severe frost sinco fruit trees worn in bloom The destruction of fruit resulted from early bloom, followed hy cold rains in April. Tho edict of there cold rain w.is to check tho flow of wip. The Unit blighted and fell oil' Ikh-iuiso there win not vital force in tho tree to keep it glowing. It is said thatulong tho ocean sometimes a " black fog " lasts for sou-rul days und has a bud effect on somo kinds of fmit. It probably comes just at tho timo tho young fruit is forming and needs pour lihmoiit. It checks thu flow of sap und thu fruit blights in conwquoncc. 1 III I S-L TO. With Diamond Dyes any U.ly an g t as g-l retults as thu li-t practical dyer. Kviry dye warranted true to naii e and sample.