6 s0ar ottnrif. cnntalc-Eound Valleys of Marlon County The hint for this pper i derived from Satit Vtrhorum, published in tho CoUmU for March: Tho eastern frontier settlements of Maiion county have been for years past creeping up the vallies unci rising on to the benches of the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains, the summit riiljjo of which forms the" east bound, ary line of the county. For mist of the dis tance across tho county these foot-hill farms and clearings do not cxttn! ten miles from tho plain of tho Willamette Valley, and many ol them next to it were easily converted from ferny openings and hush patches Into cleared farms. As the advance is made eastward, the timber prowth U'ci lues a more formidable ob stacle towards making a farm, so much so that most native Americans, who leave the Willamctto Valley to seek new localities, go esst of the Cns adp range rather than here begin anew, ho that these lands are being mostly takin up by Germans who thumork out a rugged mil hardy independence. Tho advance of the settlement, except in the southeast corner nf tho county, will not, I think, aver'en moro thnn twenty-five miles from the Willamette river. In tint corner, however, it extends forty miles tiy following so far the valley of fie North Santiam. At this point and h'r a few miles further wist there is yet vacant government and railroad waiting for settlers. "Some of these lands have fern opening", but most are clothed with very oxcelli-nt timber, which willsomool thesedays pay handsomely for cr,nverlnn into lumber. From thl point northward for fourmilensnmo land has lioi-n taken up, but there arn only a few familial settled on the Klklmrn branch of the Little Santinm, which enters tho renin stream nti.ir Mehama, twelvo miles west of this, It vnnd tlnse few sittlers. noith to the boundary lino between Clackamas ami Marion counties, lie the mountain-bound vallevs of the "little river," as it is here railed. From this point ea-tward, up the main stream, it is forty thren miles to the summit or dividing lino between Marion and the new county of Crook, created out of southern Wasco. With the character of tho water sheds of Ilntto crick, Aliriua, Silver and Drift creeks, I am unacquainted, and evm with the Littlo Santiam my knowledge is mostly secondhand I know its territory, however, sufficiently to say that thcro are many locations within it well worth the attention ot cattlo breeders of moderate ineuns. With the main valley I svn more familiir, although not so fully informed i I 1 opo to bo btforo tho cIobo of this year. Fott'v miles from Salem this valley n'srows till it insy be callud a gorge, for a distance of six miles, when tho highest and most wt,ed portion nf tho lango seems to bo passed. The valloy here In gins to widen out, and fi'ty threo miles fioni Salem another cnnfluiiit oomes in from tho north, giving fully one third tho water to tho main stream. Tho bot tom lauds Inch margin thu river hero are for the most )virt pavid, under a thick coat ing of moss and a thin coating of soil, with rounded sti ne As we proceed eastward thesu long bottoms, (as tho sett era call thorn) become lietier lands, tho mountains hecomo apparently much lower, thcro is a poiceptil4u ohangii in the air, and twenty miles up stream brims us into Independence valley, at a point nearly south of, and seven or eight miles from the baso of Mt. Jefferson. Hero we hvo piissid through fifty miles of timber region, most of it of the most valuable kind and if u'.agnificent cmwth for lumbering. As it clothes the highest Mid tho most ruggid of tlicso iminnln ns to tin tr tops, it robs tho clouds id their rain, and for t hit rtoson this mountain bound v.ill y at its upper endhas largely the dry air of Haiti m Oregon, spiced with thu miiiglul odors ol alltho pines, tho mountain I aim and thu inanzineta. I liavn never feen in nn other part of Oregon so many vaiiitiis of piuea as grow near togothor here. Much of the timber in this valley aro around the ensti rn and wi stern base of Mt. Jefferson has hi-ni killed nlnngtimnnvo. The wni in Ui mid belter of this valh y may bo judged from the fact that tho orditmry-shor steuiinid wild stiuHbrriy ripens hero at the ssme date huh the same variety ripens on the sand duniH f Clatsop pluius, near tho mouth of the Columbia river. In iimiintolv north of this valley, between it nod Mount .Irlluson, is a body of gratH land, variously estimated i.t fioni 1,000 to 1,(100 acres, in which all tho grasiis in Kist ern and We.it in Oregon scorn tu find a onti genial homo 0 i all tho cu ifluei.ti thatflow into tho m tin valley here, so tar as examined, small pitches of braver dam land or raall lake beds, vsrrvinu cnirsu seiky grass is found. Kioiii thiH point it is thirty miles to the nearest sett lei's liouso in thu iltamette, westward, and about eighteen miles eastward to the nearest settler on the Matolias, a branch of thu Duii-liiltUw. Up to this point tho salmon ai'ond from the Willamette for breeding purposes; they also asc ml tho Ma tolias to its very head spiiugs, at the titse of flack llutte. On both fides ol the summit sin ill likrs and trout atriann aro so plentiful ns to iiiisLo eltlier a very paradise for the "Will Wimble" of either Knglish or Amer ican i-nciity; indeed 1 know of no portion of the Pacific C nt so mnr a natural siimmor gaino purl, m a block of country ten miles from Jtllrioii, south, and twenty miles east would maUi, Hut 1 am reminded that I a'li not writing for the "Will Wiinblo" who are dovotod to the rod ami tun, but for tlitno who have got beyond the idavtinio of 1 fo and wih to work out a purnoiul i d petitioner on laud of their own. For such I know of no place within our county whioh nlfurs so ea-y a ohaneo to begin, and which promts a bo much of development as this lndept-iidencti valley and its lirauohss. I oumot my how extensive thu country is susceptible of settlement, but wi'h even a wagon ro id from l'riiiesville to Salem and Albtiiy pissing tlumigli it, which 1 reuard only as a tU0.limi of time, it will soon bo oo oam'til by enuiigh sttltrj to form a s;iiiil ueighb rl tntl and found a town. Shoulu a railrojil bo laid through it, of which them Is hop-, noiiiiOied by tho possibility of the Ore gin Short l.ii n amending the M.tlliour wesl waul Inim Sniktt river, crossing th country kiiswu as the Malheur Ileservatlon and tho Crooked liver country to Salem, Portland and Atori i, or some other deep water port, this cntiro vall.iy would suddenly Ktoomo noisy 1th sawmills, and lumber wool I leave i buth. east and wrtt in Uige t)uantitit. A railroad omld hi Isld from Salem to lnJeprn donee villey liy fo low inil the meander of tits river, with a grade to its fall, estimated at from forty to nut foot pjr mile In tho mouo. talus. I'Y in heri to the siimuiit is ten miles, lateral spurs making out "roni themsin ridre on both aid j, s.irtin to cummin ohaervat'on offer sy nmsus of laying a r'dri"d oyer it. flio distanca is twenty mil-s from what way be callol tli pi tin of ilia Wilhniftte t that f the Drschuttr. ami no man who hat setti the iff vis oi tho West 'ile railrotl ri from lm Widunstto at rnrtlintl M hi lutiaua suVih wti'ild think tin enginei-riii dull Jultiea of crossing from plain t plain uiuurmauut. able. Tim rid w admit of ssitlemeut ti r tho top ou each aide, while tu wild trasses W of Eastern Oregon come to and over the sum n It in places. The valley I have tried to describe has tho best climate for permanent pasture when the forests, which are the natural product of its warm and comparatively moist climate shall Im! removed. From Halem or Albany to the larye springs of the Matolias, well out on the Deschuttes, is ninety miles. From here to the west edge of tho Juniper plslns, called the desert, which is the liest natural winter stock range of Kastern Oregon, is short ten miles. So inviting is the sir do, water and grasses of the east slope of the range during the summerand fall months th i. tho east side stock graze frequently up to and even over the top in places, and further north setthrs aro coming over into the upper valleys of the Clackamas.., it Into in Colo't. Seattle as Seen by a Stranger. Tho following, written by a new coner, wo take from a late Iowa paper : I am now s'opping in Seattle, a city beau tifully located in what is known as Eliott Hay, which is part of I'uget Sound. This is tho largest city on tho sound. It boasts now of a population ot six thousand aitnal set tlers, besides a floating population ot two or three thousand moro. " The ci'y is on the eaat side of tho bay, has a gradtd nso from the watir front lock for over one mile, wincn gives every street a fine view of the sound, and I will say that no picture I ever saw cin portray a rceno iiko me or.o oeioru us. n. m thu bonst nf this izrcat Northwest that I'uget Sound is the finest hai bor in the w orld. I ho Oreat Eastern would float with sifcty within 100 feet of its bank", and most of tho tune it is like a sea of glass, and at all times is i-afo from storm, being about 90 miles back from tho f'acifio Coast. The coist rango of snow clad mountains aro in full view from all parts of the sound, although beinir 60 miles away, yet they have the apiicnraiico of no mir-t than live n.iles Mount Kanhr of the Cascade range is also in full view with an elevation of nearly three nines, ueing ine nignesi. in me territory, and Mount Hood and other peaks all heir to make up as fine a picturo as tho eye ever looked upon. The cltmatn is as hue as ono could wish for, mild as a summer day both summer and wintiT, if you could cull it winter. No high wind or severe storms at any time. Tho rain always comes from tho south, and brings with it a warm gentle air that one wanti to get out ami enjoy, ito have had about four days rain in tho form of mist within tho nait two weeks, and the bal ance of tho time as fine a sunshmo as Iowa or any other State can boast of. Every new comer is in rsptures over this fine climate, and enn hardly realizo that wo are Btill in the winter months for most of the States, yet the old sotthr.s say this is tho worst part of tho year. If this is so, I can hatily imagine what tno spring, Bummer mm tun iiiunt u. A. to the business of the t.'Wn, thtre is a perfect rush in all departments everything is on tho rush from morning till night. It looks as if every one was on the tngli pressure gsit. Many ot tho streets have a penect blockade of lumber and brick, as largo blocks re toinir un in ovcry direction, anil privato dwellings by tho hundreds, all through differ cut, newly laid out additions. I am living over a mile from the iiusincn comer, yci nicy aro building all kindstlf business houses almost to my door, and I expect to be well filled in by fall. They expect that this will bo tho Chicago of tho west, and the building tush is similar to that of Chh ago after tho tiro. They hold city lots at fabulous prices, and aro build inir bnck from tho water front over a mile. Many (inn residences nre going up among the native trees and stuinns. They havo two lino lakes back of tho city, ono within its limits, which will add to to its scenery, it anything could make it more attractive. A Trip North. It....- .!. .t ...... I, ,. !,,,! nnnunn t Uu,,Br. ..- .........- tike a hasty trip north, as far a, I me creek: Wo vis.ttd ilcnrsee, Moscow, four anie, PalousoUity, fariiiiiigtou, ueep iretK, i" Cove, Paloueo llridgo and the country inter-1 vening, We noticed many changes for tho better in all the townsnud a deciilediinprovo- j inent upon many of the lanclies of farmcis, silica we passed through most of tho suno section of country last year. Moscow, Four Mile and Viola adjacent. Paloueo City ar.d Farmiugton, as towns, had mado good addi tion to their number of buildings and all in dicated that they felt confident and hopeful that each was hound to grow and thrive ns towns where their business, derived fiuin the immediate district of each, wou'd bo ample to nuke each thrive from their own district to maintain a lively and steady trado for years to come, whilu somu of them seemed to euteitsiu strong hopes that they would soon absorb such an excess of trado that they would cause the others soon to dwindle to such in stgulticaucu as to tumble them to soon annihi late the others ami leave them only as agri cultural ranches. Several days before we reached theso towns wo found tho Moscow people had for a long time before, been per meating these northern districts, both by button-holing and public speaking ou the question of the removal of thu county seat, ami had made a great many highly colored and false statements in regard to tho people of Luwistin, and the situation and claims of Moscow to n county seat at tho present, ami by these misrepresentations uncontradicted, as no ono from Lewistou was there to contra iliot them, many had come to the conclusion that the charges against Lowistnu must bo true. We went out to gather the gist of thoso and to defend tho right and, if possible, dis f abuse the public mind of tho falsehooiUwhich hail been scattered broadcast among tho peo ple north of tho Seven Mile mountain. Wo met tho people in live places, one each day, at 7 l'. M. and with the little time wo had dis coursed to them upon the question of reloca tion! its orign, history ami lacts. un escn oi ili niaevenincs Mr. Oicutt. of the lloom- tranj, assisted us, and Mr. McKcrn, of Mos cow, stoke against our position and for ought, we could apprenoiiti, sougni to jusiuy me -legations which had been mado ag Inst tho people of Lewiston, and whined because the other speakers would not, as he affirms, suffir him to occupy as much time of the meeting as each ol tho other speakers had, notwith standing the Moscow man had previously oc cupied the tield and had given no notice to tawiston that they were to meet the people publicly and discuss the qinstlon. We ex plained the situation fully, and still he whim d and complained of abuseandwaut ot court-sy. Itut the people did not aroit i" that light ami permitted Iewiston advocates to take what time they wanted. Hut this with what Mr. MoKern aluorWl each eveuiug, detained the lwonle at each ulacx of leaking till from 12 tu I o'clock och night. The result will show wl h what effect the cauvass was nude upon each side of the issue. e returned to lien . .T t i ., l -I-..I.... . I .. cure aud there remained inivugn cieuuuu us; . it tiowu us ugiit us Hssiiiies in iitu nun and took an active tart in a mure private and jp 0( PocoiiiW'r ho opened his silo and individual manner, with others of LeVm' . found the corn us swivt and fragrant as to aid us m endeavoring tu present the claims of Lewistou and the reason why the couuty est should remain where it now is, and we then came home saiittiod with the result. l.tuUton Ttlltr, USE ROSE PILLS L&Alfl TE FABMEB: PORTLAND, OREGON, JUNE Miscellaneous Why Do Teeth Decay 1 The Americans generally have poorer teeth thnn other people. Various explana tions havo been ofTcrcd. Eating sweet things, catinK sour things, eating hot food alternating hot drinks with cold drinks, and other practices, havo been suggested as causing the trouble. No doubt troth are injured by such means, and it will bo well to avoid any excess in thoi-c direc tions. Dr. Dio Lewis attributes the decay of teeth to neglect to keep them clean. "Keep your teeth clean," says he, "and they won't decay." Keeping the teeth clean is one of the most important means of preserving their decay. Toothpicks should tic used nftcr each meal to remove food lodged about tho teeth and then the mouth should bo rinsed with water to re move other remnants of food, and before retiring at night tho teeth should bo brushed with clean water. AUmt twice each week tho brush, after having been wet, should bo rubbed upon a piece of castilo soap and the teeth brushed with it. This is highly promotive of health of tho teeth. The state of health of the person has an important inllucncoovcr the teeth. A person in poor health, with n. deranged digestion, is much more likely to lo.-e his teeth than one who is in good health. There is a difference in teeth, Some per sons' teeth are much harder and more en during than others and will resist decay longer. Some teeth are very brittle, some what soft, and decay readily. Every one should endeavor to maintain good health, keep liis teeth well cleansed, and try to preserve them from decay. II. Reynolds, M. I), in New England Farmer. A Cheap Paint for Farm Buildings. Professor Knnpp, of Iowa Agricultural College, says that experiments upon tho collego farm have decided in favor of tho following preparation as a very excellent paint for outbuildings, and ns far as tested it seems to answer nil tho conditions of moro expensive paints: To three parts crude petroleum and ono part linseed oil add sufficient mineral paint to give tho desired body and apply with a brush. For better buildings whito lead may be added in the proportion of one pound of lead to five pounds of mineral paint. Crude petroleum costs only from six to eight cents per gallon by tho barrel, and can be obtained through any druggist or dealer in oil anywhere. A barrel would bo handy for any farmer to have in the house, w'ho might then do tpiantities of painting at odd times. Not only ought barns, fences, hog pens and stables to bo painted, but the roofs and floors of these buildings. An Old Battlc-Fleld ot tho Plains. Two miles from Mandan has been found a vast burial ground of some pre historic age, which embraces one hun- aeros, and is filled with the remains of ... MM. II..,., ,1........ PUIIIi; (i'.lui 1,1.1. ...v.... , ...i ..,. )f , tl.L,lu.iu,s (,lled With I TiQ ()f ,( (,mk iniltol.il, delicately finished, nn,i .,s lij;lit as wood, showing tho work 0f u 10cili? skilled in the art, and in n high 8tuto of civilization. Tlio burial ground is evidently tho scene of a grand battle, where thousands of men and horses were slain, and marks the resting placoof some pre-lnstoric nation. An out iiuuan, on lioing asked who they were, taid ho knew nothing of them ; they were there before the red man, Fargo Argus. till 1110 -llll lll-u, UIU Kitlib lumni; - tween New York and Brooklyn, spanning East river was opened with appropriate ceremonies. It is acknowledged to bo tho greatest monument of engineering skill in structures of this kind that lias been erected. The famous Menai bridge built in 18111-25 long and considered as ono of tho wonders of tho world has a span of 1,050 feet. Tho Niagara bridge, completed in 1S55 is 2,220 feet long. The Clifton bridge, over tho Niagara river is 1,2(18 feet long. Tho ICielf bridge, 2,f)(!2 feet j tho Cincinnati and Covington, over tho Ohio river, 1,0(17; the St. Louis bridge (entiro length) 2,225 foot. Tho latter consists of three arches supported by abutments at either shore, and two piers in tho river. Tho New York and llrook lyn bridge is 5,1)8!) feet. Tho length of tiio river span, hung upon towers that aro 278 feet iiIkivo liigli water mark, is 1,505 J foot, and each of the land spans is SKIO feet. The Brooklyn approach occupies 071 feet, and tho 'New York approach l,5ti2J foot. Tho work was itogun Jan. I), IS70. About if 15,000,000 havo been ox ponded on tho bridge, and tho total cost, when all improvement aro made at tho approaches, and tho arches aro tilted up for warehouses, will not bo much short of $1,000,000. -.. .1.. inn. :.. . .1 i I. ..:.!.... I... ThoNashua (N. II.) Telegraph tells how n Yankee- farmer improvised a small and cheat) silo bv sinking n molasses hogs head into tho ground in his ham collar. Ho cut up all his corn fodder with a hay cutter, supposing he had enough to till nliout four hogsheads, but on packing found it wouldn't fill one. Ho then bought of a neighlnir ns much moro ns one horso could draw, and still there was room. Ho then cut up tho stalks from a piece of sweet corn, and with a lot of rowen man aged to fill his hogshead. He mado a closo titling cover, and with a jaekseivw set under one of tho lloor timbers, pressed ' .. , . .- t . . . .... :I1. 1.. .1 :.l when put in. r rotn the hogsheail ho leu ono cow halt n bushel of ensitiiKO morning mill night for two months, ami considers it tho Itotd producing fivlthnt can bo fed. This yc.ir ho proposs. to (ill tho hogshead with oats cut just as they aro in the milk. GENERAL NOTES. "Why is a young man iiko a kernel of corn?" asked a young lady. "Because,' said another, "lie turns white when lie pops." Kcccnt losses of farm buildings by fire as reported in various parts of the country, should serve as reminders to careful farm ers of tho importance of insuring their premises without further delay. Bella has just started out with her swain for a walk, when her little brother Johnny culls to her, "I say, Bella, don't you bring that feller back hereto tea with you. Mamma says there ain't mor'n enough biscuits to go round as it is." Dear met" exclaimed Lucindia, "what a tiresome talker that Dr. Jelkcr is! His long talks would tire anything!" Whereat her brother Tom, the wheelwright's ap prentice, said : "I'd like to sec him talk long enough to tire a wagon wheel!" Lady (to deaf butcher): "Well, Mr. Smallbones, how do you find yourself to day?" Smallboncs "Well, I'm pretty well used up, mum. J-Jvcrynus gone; they've almost tore me to pieces for my shoulders, and I never had such a run on my legs." A member of a fashionable congrega tion called at a music store and inquired : "Havo you tho notes of a piece called the 'Song of Solomon?' adding, "Our pastor referred to it yesterday as an exquisite gem, and my wife would like to learn to play it." Tho system of co-operation in France is rapidly extending among fanners for the purchase of seeds, manures and im plements of the first quality, The mem bers of the society bind themselves indi vidually to guarantee the payment of all orders given. In many parts of tho South cotton lands davo decreased seriously in value since the war. Mixed husbandry is be coming the rule rather than the exception. Ccorgia farmers, as well as those of Vir ginia and tho Carolinas, are paying in creased attention to truck farming. Somcliody said to Bobcrt Hall "How many discourses do you think, Mr. Hall, may "a minister get tip each week?" An swered Hall: "If he is a deep thinker and great condenser, ho may get up one ; if lie is an ordinary man, two ; but if he is an ass, sir, ho will produce half-a-dozen.'" India is becoming a sturdy competitor in the grain markets of Europe. England is doing all in her power to develop the wheat interest by the increase of trans portation facilities, the development of tho Indian railway systems and in tho gene ral cheapening of freights. "Do you know what bulldozing is?" asked li man of an old farmer "I thought 1 did," said the granger; "but tho bull wasn't dozing ; he was only making be hove, and being in tho middle of a for ncro lot, I naturally had to make pretty quick time to reach tho fence nhead of him." A debtor who was sued by his creditor acknowledged that bo had borrowed the money, but declared that tho plaintiff kncw'nt the time that it was a Kathleen Mavoureen loan. "A Kathleen Mnvoui een lonnl" "That's it, judge ono of tho 'it may lie for years, and it may bo forever' sort." Henry Orosjean, tho French Commis sioner of Agriculture, who has been in this country several months studying its climate and resources, has returned to New York. He states that his extended tour through the country has convinced him that Manitoba, Minnesota and the Northwestern States generally, were not adapted for French colonization. Wo parted in silence, we parted by night, On the banks of a beautiful river; No sound but agurgle, as, its out of my sight, Swift she satik, with scarcely a shiver. The idjhtengales warbled, the stars sweetly shone, And, though she will rise again never, No sorrow was shone for tho life that had flown For that cat is silent forever. "You see, grandma, wo perforate an aperture in the apex, and a correspond ing aperture in tho base, and then by ap plying the egg to tho lips anil torcibly m lulling tho breath, the shell is discharged of its contents.' "Dear mo!" exclaimed tho out lady, "what wonuerfiu improve ments they ilo make! o; in my younger, days they just mado a hole in each end and sucked." A youth was endeavoring to enjoy an evening in tho company of a young lady upon whom he hail calico, but lounil a serious obstacle in tho person of a stern father, who at length ventured very plainly that the hour for retiring had ar rived. "I think you are correct, my dear sir," returned the unabashed young man. 'We havo boon waiting for you to go to bed for over an hour. Hawthorne once sain that caresses or expressions of somo kind aro as neces sary to the life of tho affections as leaves aro to tho life of a tree. No ono would think of disputing this; and yet how few really tender words aro said by members ot tho latniiy to each other. Thcro is many a woman who lias novcr since her courtship heard a wonl of love from her husbauil, until possibly on tier living bed some expression of his love for her has been wrung from him. Men who aro cap able of bettor things must lo greatly moved More they express in words half they fool. nice ot Fannin Lands. A letter i before us from Henry Warren, of MoSlinnvilte, this State, who writes to Horace Root, F.sq., here, inquiring the price of good farm land and pasture land near Ash land, Mr. Wan en states that he writes for some friends lately from Indiana, who wish to know something of our country. The let ter is similar to many others ireeired by us and others here, and we shall briefly answer I it and others, past and future, by giving as 1883. . . :t-i. mnfh information as is sccirateiy as puea"" ought: , , . Good improved farming land in thii i rortof of Eogue liver valley maybe vmhutdi. from twenty to ooo hundred dollars per acre, depending upon the extent and value of im nrovements, advantage or duadvant go of fat', character of the oil, water fac.fl.les, etc etc Two excellent farms, about two miles apart, lelongine to the same person containing about 4 0 together, havebeen sold rice.'. tly for $3,000. Another good farm in the same neighborhood, containing about 300 a is. fferedf.irS7.C00 These are wholly arable land, with good buildings and all mod ern farm improvements upon them-choice p'acts. The price, therefore, must not be regarded as what might be loosely epoken of as the "general aver gt" for the farm lands in this valley. Some of the most productive land may be boughtforon.-half or one-fourth the figures given. Many partidly covered wiih timber, or a part of wl ich is too hillv or lo-ky for easy cultivation, may be bought at much lower figures and turned into excel lent farms. Small fatms upon which orchards could be mado the most prominent source ot ircome, can be bought at a low figure, and there arc many placis about in the valley where some work at clearing oil brush and timber would reward the illustrious father with manv acres of tho best kind of arable land Ea'stof Ashland much of the hill land, which has heretofore been used only is pas turage, will in the not distant future be pro ducing good crops of grain. It is now chtitly owned in large tracts, but when therocomt'S a demand for it fcr grain production it will be speedily cut up into onunary oiei ii..g. The advantages of soil nd climate htre, which admit the growth of all kinds of grain and every variety of fruit known to the tem perate zone, make Rogue river valley a favored epot. Here mixed firming wid bring the best leturns. A good orchard, bearing apples, pears, plums and peac'ies for the city market", a few colts wised every year, a small band of shet-p or cattle or hogs, and a surplusage of grjin theto are hundreds of farms in the valley which should yield a good profit every year from each ona of these sour ces of income. Graiu wid have an unlimited market after the railroad is completed, which will msko it impossible to raise mure than can be sold to advantaee, and rs we havo fre quently declared, the peach crop should be made the sp cialty of our valley, All tho peaches that can be raised here will find eager buyers in the Willametto and on the Sound. As to pisture lards, tln-re are extensive stock ranges in and Rupouudiug the valley, the ad vantages of which are now enjotod and will be still moro fully enjoyed by the owners of farms or ranches borduing upon the range. Farms and ri-nchcs of all kiuos may be pur chased in our valley to tUy at prices which are reasonable and low, considering all thead vantages here. For partcularization, how ever, persons at a distance will have to make inquiries of our dialers in real estate, reliable antl eitternrisine representatives of whom keep t' cir cards and addre-ses in the local papers. mm Comity I'njitr. "t e;ms imposs b!e that a reiredy made of s lull common, simple plants as Hops, Buchu, M ndrake, D mlelion, etc., should make so many and such cures as Hop Hitters do; nut when old and young, rich and poor, pastor and doctor, lawyer and editor, all testify to having been cured by them, ou must belitre aud try th m yourself, and doubt no longir. Three yeirs ago several thousand young shad were let loosa iu the Sacramento river, California, by Piof. Iltird, of the National Fish Commission, merely as an experiment, in the hore of stocking that stream with this favonts and valuable food fish. The benefit has been far beyond thu highest expectations. Not only has the sicraineuto ruer become thoroughly stocked witli shad from this siu gle transplanting, but rian Francisco Bay and aP the inlets of the coast as fir north as Pucct Sound as well. La-.t yoar several shad were caught in the Columbia river at Astoria, and this season they are in compilative good i-upply, and shipments are made daily to this city. In another year, doubtless, we shall have them in great numbers. The shad fully grown is about h-df the size of the salmon, and in the Iresii itite is scarcely less valuef, TRUE Temperance Is not signing a pledge or taking a solemn qath that cannot be kept, because of the non-removal of the cause liquor. The way to make a man temperate is to kill the desire for those dreadful artificial stimulants that car ry so many bright intellects to premature graves, and desolation, strife and un happiness into so many families. It is a fact! Brown's Iron Bitters, a true non-alcoholic tonic, made in Baltimore, Md.,by the Brown Chemical Company, who are old drug gists and in every particu lar reliable, will, by remov ing the rraj'ing appetite of the drunkard, and by curing the nervousness, weakness, and general ill health result ing from intemperance, do more to promote temperance, in the strictest sense thin any other means now known. It is a well authenticated tact that many medicines, especially ' bitters,' are noth ing but cheap whiskey vilely concocted for use in local option countries. Such is not the case with Brown's Iron Bitters. It is a medi cine, a cure for weakness and decay in the nervous, muscular, and digestive or gans of the body, produc ing good, rich blood, health and strength. Try oac bot tle. Price $1.00. A. ROBERTS, ....SUCCESSOR TO.... FISHEL & ROBERTS, Cor. First anil'Akkr Sts, Portland, Ore. THE LEADINQ Clothier, Merchant Tailor, And Hatter. OF OREGON, Oiinnuitccs to sell the very best CLOTJmro for less Money than any oilier house in the state. Juneltf JOHN A. Ji U IMLYUJ), Salem Marble and Granite Works. Commsrcial St., South of Post Office (Post-Otnce Box 89, Salem, Oregon.) -STANirrAVTIIKKR Of Scotch and California Oitnjt antl Marble monuments, Head Stoog CEMETERY LOTS Enclose. with California Granite Ul 'allsbulltof every dtscrlptlos j' ntw Bb(-Hun-fs lilist Hall COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. W00D8URN NURSERI. J. II. bETTLEMIKIi, I ItOl". K EEPS A FULL STOCK OK FRUIT, SHADE, ORNAMENTAL, AND NUT TREES. ines and Shrubbt ry at verj low rate rees v. hlch aro ruining so tntnv tr, ca r-Sond for Catalogue. No pcrts os n this Cosjt riY5Sc!ilsrri THE GREAT VUttti RHEUMATISM As It Is for all the painful diseases of tie! KIDNEY8. LIVER AND BOWELS. It ale&nae th BTvtam of tt an-ia n.tm that causes the dreadful snileslse- wtuch only the -victims of Rheumatism can rcaUze. I THOUSANDS OP CASES of tho worst forma of this terrible disease nave Deenqutcluxreueved.andlnBhortUmc PERFEOTLY CURED. rnrci, $i. liqiid or dry, sold by nr.rccuisj iWELIS, SICHARTJSOir & Co., Unrllnt-hj-t Vt ss- l)rr can be sent dt mall. tftUSKprsaKYSBSSSluYjBsrYSpaaatrrcxj Kti H sf KPsAVTsa B iTt:, MirHB w Basssmstaaue rvi- w, n 3: r- to-j co c H CO Z: o m5 LUX CO lo5 p o (A ESlVVBtlSHEDSl845 THEFmTYEASrORBAKNGPOW WiWNrm ITS PURITY AN D WRENGTH ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE MOST ECONOMICAL BREAD PREPARATION MADE. - SAW IVIIIjIj. "We make a full assortment of all sizes of Enjflnes ana Saw mills. . If you want the best sen for circular. RICHMOND MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, IND. Dana' Whlto JictalUe Ear Marking tate. "tanu4 to order with rome, or name and addrer s and num. C n. JJANA, TVest rVanos., Jf.Bs C UT THIS OUT AallUtsnMsS .. 1 vaa'U hnI Sj bull. GcU,. Bo,of O-oJUk.t sRI kn J "" iMTl.OMUathlkM.ts.lnf llaNm. A's yl(VUI.t. M.YoUfeltXimaokfcSL.K"'9"' ASTHMA & HAY FEVER THEIR CAUtI CURE. 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