VOL. XV. Tillamook County An Isolated but Attractive Reclon. The following taken from the Astorian, gives a good idea of the coast region and shows how easily the beautiful region of Tillamook bay is reached in a few hours from the Columbia river : A visit to the country immediately south of Clatsop county shows a great stretch of coast line, equal to any of the coast counties, and a country whose nat ural attractiveness is a source of surprise to all new comers. Leaving Astoria at 6 A. M., on Leincnweber & Co's new steamer, A, B. Field, a run of six hours down the Columbia, across the bar and out to sea along the coast, and wecomo to Tillamook bay, the natural entrance to a region rich in resources, and which is destined to play an important part in the futuro.history of our great State. The bay which is of ac cess opens to the southeast; at its enter ance is a bar which has fifteen feet of wa ter on it. To tho right as wo enter is a sand spit, a long narrow peninsula, widen ing to the south, and extending down tho ocean coast for several miles. This is a resort for tourists and pleasure seekers, who contemplate abiding for a season by the sea shore. Tho east or bay shore af fords admirable shelter in which to pitch one's tent, while the west shore has a broad and firm beach on which a wheel would scarcely make a dent forming a natural roadway for miles to the south where a great cap puts out its spruce-crowned summit. Crossintr the bar. and ronndim .f in a covo to tho east wo come to Garibaldi. At this place the Miami river finds an out let. About two' miles up this river, is a large tract of fine land, now known Foley valley, so called from the Foley river which heads above. Cedar, spruce and fir are to be found of a size and quantity one would scarcely expect to see so close to the coast, and so situated on benches as to be easily got out. On tho point at tho south side of the Miami Joseph Smith has a force engaged in leveling off for a mill site, on which he will build a saw mill. A short distance below is the now town of Hob sonville. Hero all is bustle and activity. Leinenweber&Brown have built a cannery and extensive buildings, including a well stocked store, boarding house and out buildings, and aro making preparations for the beginning of tho season's salmon pack. Last year this cannery began oper ations, and the experiment has proved a success. Tho enterprise has infused new life into this part of country, and will form a nucleus for permanent growth. Heading to the south we strike the channel en route for Hoquarton. On the left we pass Fuller Bros, saw mill, anil farther south Idasville comes in view ; be low, tho Kilchis empties, and still farther south Wilson's river comes from its far-off mountain sources. This is a splendidly watered region, as well as a spendidly timbered one, and a country that has such great areas of timber, through which flow logging streams need wait but very little longer for the echo of the settler's ax. On each sido of tho winding chan nel stretch great areas of rich bottom lands, covered with a luxuriant growth of grass on which feed herds of fat cattle. These .tide lands aro only covered two or three times in the year, and at a com paratively small outlay, could bo dyked so as to insure permanent immunity from overflow. The channel grows inrrower, and it is only by the utmost skill of our captain that hocan keep the A. B. Field from running into tho projecting banks. At a distanco of sixteen miles from tho entrance wo reach Hoquarton, Lincoln, or Tillamook as it is severally styled, the county seat of Tillamook county. This is the largest settlement in the country, is the county seat and is a thriving and prosperous fittlo town. It is situated at tho northern extremity of tho Hoquarton prairie, at the head of navigation, and has all the natural elements of successful erowth. Tho country immediately sur rounding Lincoln is fertile and yields good grain and root crops ; tho town is headquarters for a large settlement. Until recently a saloon in tho placo had things pretty much its own way but now the proprietor feels like one who treads alono some banquet hall deserted, as the good templars have displayed renewed interest in the formation of Tillamook Lodge No. 415, which at present boasts of 55 mem lers. The climate of this valley, and in deed tho whole country U similar to our own county; cool foggy mornings, brac ing breezes from the ocean throughout the day, bright sunshine and a nevor fail ing rain supply. Tillamook is emphati cally a dairy country ; in that industry lies its greatest present source of wealth though the natural resources of the coun ty appear almost inexhaustible. To the sporUman and hunter it offers unrivalled attractions. Its waters teem with fish ; its woods aro full of game from quail to grizzly bears, and whether it bo fur, fin or , feather that tho tourist seeks he can be L amply accommodated. There are few sections of Oregon which contain more vacant land than Tillamook county. It was more to look into this matter of land than forany otho rpurpose that we visited Tillamook, as there is constant inquiry from intending settlers. The best land in Tillamook county is of course, taken up, and some of it has been in pasture for a generation ; there is very little cultivated land; the chief reason seems to be that a good living nnd an easy one can be made from dairying and stock raising, by those who were fortu nate enough to get in to Tillamook at an early day. Anyone coining in now, if he has some money can buy good land at what wo consider cheap figures. He ought to have enough over after buyi-ig his land to stock it, and with a fair industry ho can make money and grow rich. The settler without means can find good opportunities to make a home. He can homestead or pre-empt 160 acres and from tho start can make a living for himself and family. 1 no waters would give him trout that a king would enjoy, tho shores and inlets abound with clams, his rifle ought to fur- msa lum with plenty of fresh meat, and a garden patch can give vegetables which neeil but planting to grow. But without he has grit, energy and goaheaditiveness ho cannot expect to amount to anything. It is hard work ; there is brush to cut down, land to clear, tho sunlight must bo let in, roads must bo made, and though such a life has attractions for the men who go to make up a country, it might scare a lazy man or a slouch who prefers to stand with his hands in his pockets if ho started on such a job. Tho reward is certain. An anxious man whose wants are few can in a few years have a fine homo for him and his children as long as they wish to keep it. But anyone who wants a soft job has no use in going to such a country as wo traveled through tho first three days of this week. Nature has done much for Tillamook country ; sho has been lavish in her gifts ; she fur nishes soil, climate and resources of great value. There aro in Tillamook county men who discourago immigration, men who think now peoplo and the bustle of industry may interfere, with their present pastoral style of life. They aro well-to-do because they couldn't help themselves, and are unable to see that nothing can so add to their own prosperity as the coming of industrious men. It is not the province of this articlo to attempt any description of the county. From where tho Nehalem flows into the ecean JJto that wido tract of country towards the Ncstucca, which was burned over many years ago, and is now practi cally a prairie, there is throughout a di versified area of land that might justify any intending settler on any part to tako up an unoccupied tract and improve it. Along Trask river, and farther south on the Tillamook, is a stretch of country that ought to be made produce a largo amount of dairy exports, and what is needed- most is men to open up the country. A Cradle of Oreat States. The New York Times says there is a line of five Territories lying between Min nesota and the Pacsfic Ocean, upon tho development of which the Northern Pa cific railroad is destined to have a re markable effect. Their united area ex ceeds by more than 100,000 square miles that of the entire rango of Atlantic Estates from Maine to Florida, which comprised the original union of States, and they contain some of the richest lands on which tho sun shines. Tho great streams of migration from all directions are pour ing over their eastern and western fron tiers and building up the material for great States. Farms spread over the plains and through the country as if by magic, and towns spring up in a month at the touch of enterprise and industry. De posits of priceless minerals await tho miner, and water power of stupendous ex tent is wasting itself on cataracts and wild streams alive with undisturbed fish. Cap ital and labor, eager as they aro for pro fitable employment, are embarrassed by the extent of their unused opportunities in the great Northwest. A letter from Portland, Oregon, gives some idea of the rapidity with which imp utation is pouring into that region and preparing to work its unlimited resources and of the impetus which will be given to its development by tho completion of the great northern lino of transcontinen tal communication. As soon as the main iinets through it will begin to throw out branches and feeders into the adjacent Territory and make connections in every direction. The process is destined to go forward on a scaloand with a momentum unknown before. From the very nature of its attractions this region is acquiring a population of an industrious, sturdy and useful character. It has no use for idlers. Capital and industry aro tho means of winning the prizes it offers, and J PORTLAND, OREGON, people are going in from tho settled States and from foreign lands, and they are of the witio awake and industrious kind. For these Territories census statistics grow old in three years. The enumera tion of 1880 put the population of Wash ington Territory at 75,110. Our corres pondent believes that before the end of tho present year it will bo 175,000 and by tho closo of 1884 225,000. Dakota, on the cast of this great range of Territories, had in 1880 a population of 135,177, which was more than twice that of tho State of Nevada. It has been growing with great rapidity since, and probably does not at tho present moment fall far short of 200, 000. These two Territories will probably next winter ask foradmission to tho Union of States. A movement looking to that has already begun in Dakota. Indeed, the question of admission of tho southern part of tho Territory has already been agitated at Washington, and it was oj posed on tho ground that Yankton coun ty had repudiated certain bonds. That stain has already been removed, a new location has been fixed for a permanent capital at Bismarck, and it is probable that by the time Congress meets a State Con stitution will bo presented for acceptance. In Washington Territory action is a lit tle mare tardy, but is likely to como very soon. Should these two territories apply for admission next winter, one as the sister' of Oregon and tho other as the next neigh bor of Minnesota, there is every reason why they should tako their places in the Union in timo to have part in tho election of tho next President. Their population will bo more than sufficient to entitlo them to a Representative in Congress, and their material development will givo them the right to a full share in the government of the country, of which they will form an important and growing part. Their ad mission would add at least six to tho number of Presidential Electors and the votes of their peoplo would represent an intelligence and character equal to that of the best of tho younger States. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming will soon be follow ing with equul strides in tho race of de velopment, and tho great northern lines of States will in a few years bo complete, and they will unquestionably add greatly to tho strength as well as to tho wealth of the 'Union. Good Vacant Land Not Far From Portland. This is what the Hillsboro Indeiien dent has to say about a foot hill region in Washington county : Two weeks ago, in company with Messrs. A. H. Garrison and S. I). Powell, we went out into tho mountainous coun try north of Dairy cieck and east of Ne halem, from twelvo to fifteen miles from Forest Grove, to examino the character of a largo body of land reputed to bo valu able for stock range and farming pur poses ; and wo were surprised to find it much better land than wo expected, easily cleared and even. Messrs. A. H. and J. M. Garrison havo taken up two claims at the very beginning of tho tillable land, in Township two, rango three, west of tho Willametto meridian, tho former's being government, nnd the latter' railroad land. On tho mountain sido toward the South fork of Dairy creek, running west forthreo miles at a distance of a milo or two from tho creek, and about five hun dred feet abovo its bed, aro a succession of flats or bodies comparatively oven land coursed by creeks fed by springs of purest and coldest water, tho many flats being divided by creeks running in steep can yons. Tho first fiat, beginning at the Garrison's claim, is more or less wooded, covered with maple, cedar and fir, with an undergrowth of vino maple, aider and hazel, and the wild pea in somo parts is as thick as oats and from two to five feet high. There is an extensivo lxxly of fir on this flat that would make good lum lcr, trees often rising to a liight of 200 to 300 feet high, 25 feet in circumference and CO to SO feet to tho limbs. This flat is big enough for a tier of half a dozen farms of 40 acres each, if each occupant would Ijo satisfied to take 40 acres moun tain and 40 acres prairie land. AIkivo this flat is another lxxly of land which we will call Hig Flat. The timlier on this flat is mostly killed and much of it is de nuded of undergrowth. There are aider fiats along tho brooks and creeks that flow through it and some small marshes which could 1k. easily drained and turned into excellent meadow land. The soil on this flat is much lighter than on the ono wo have just described and fern grows rank and abundant. It is much wider too than tho flat In-low, and would afford land for several furms. Abovo this, east of "Lookout Mountain," and south of "Green Mountain," is what is called "Volcano Flat." It is a largo basin wooped out in the mountains which is interspersed with moundii, ridges and alder flats, the latter being quite rich anil would lo capital for meadow or vegetables. Tho most of this flat has a light friable soil and is covered FRIDAY, JULY with fern, and tho timber has been burned out leaving big cedar and fir stumps. Clover would grow here and afford fine pasture. Mr. Garrison found a bco tree on this flat. The streams we aro told aro full of trout, and we saw plenty of deer sign and some deer. A mile and a half west of this flat is another largo body of land in a "big burn" on which Charley White, who lives near Reedville, has lo cated a stock ranch. We did not have time to visit this land but are informed by W. D. Tittingcr and others who have hunted in that region, that it is valuable for settlement. Mr. Pittengcr says also that there is a still larger body lying to tho north of Volcano Fat that is still bet ter for farming and stock raising than any we have described. Wo also examined a body of land north of tho first fiat lying on tho north side of the ridge where two or three farnjs might easily bo got. This land, too, is fertile, and has been burned over so that clearing would bo comparatively easy. There is plenty of cedar, mostly dead and down, to make shingles, lumber and fencing. On the higher reaches of this mountain land, as Volcano Flat, for instance, snow lies on until about April, as vegetation is not advanced so much by two or three weeks as on tho first flat. But this would have the advantago of tho lower land in not being subject to scvero frosts in the spring and autumn, and fruits would do much better thore. The southern sido would be good for tho culture of grapes and peaches. Perhaps there are in the region wehavo described nearly two townships fit for set tlement, most of it easier cleared than that in the valleys which fetches from $5 to $10 an acre, and much of it being bet ter than that now held at $20 and $40 an acre. Mr. A. H. Garrison, who is anxious to have this, region settled, wishes to guide persons who wish to see this country, and ho is acquainted with it, having traveled and hunted over it for many years. It is nonsenso to go east of tho mountains when such land as this can bo had six or eight miles from Greenville, and but two or tbreo miles from settlements on Dairy and Quick's creeks. Carp and Carp Culture. Tho very general interest felt in fish culture, and especially in carp, justifies printing every scrap of information on tho subject. In this vioiV the following ex tract from tho fifth annual report to tho Bureau of Labor and Statistics of New Jersey, will bo accepted gratefully by many readers. The paper is by Milton 1'. Pierce, assistant United States Fish Com missioner: The carp is partial to stagnant waters with a loamy or muddy bottom, rich in aquatic plants. They will live and thrive in water where most other fishes could not possibly exist, such as small pools in bog-meadows, or in localities affording no regular outlet. Of course, it must not bo expected that such waters will produce as good flavored fish as pure waters. Tho carp subsists upon vegetables, and, to some extent upon worms, larvio of aquatic insects, etc., which it turns up from the mud with its head, or gathers from aquatic plants. It will not refuse the olful of tho kitchen, slaughter-houses, breweries, etc. It attains a much moro rapid growth in warm waters. In a climate where tho water freezes or lie comes quite cold, they will hibernate by burrowing in the mud. This they gener ally do in groups of fifty or moro. They select a deep place, and forco their heads down till nothing but their tails are visible uIjovo tho mud, and sometimes they disapjiear entirely. They group in con centric circles and remain immovable, scarcely raining their gills for the purjxtso of breathing. In this iiosition they con tinue till the water Womes quite warm again, during which time they do not tako a particle of food, and what is very re markable, (luring thishilxirimtioii they do not diniini-li in weight, but uiKin leaving their winter quarters at once commence feeding and increasing in weight. The carp is a prolific breeder. A female carp, weighing fivo jtouiids, contains live hundred thousand eggs. In the middle States it will probably commence spawn in May, while in southern States it will spawn earier and continue later, and in the north vice versa. When all tho conditions are favorable, tho growth of the carp is almost incredi ble. The ago of the oldest carp that I havo ever seen, was hut three and half years, and they weighed fourteen jioimds each. They wero of tho " leather" variety, and had never received a particle of arti ficial food, but had an ample jxinil rich in natural food. Tho growth of can), of course, depends much utmn certain con ditions. The best results are attained in 6, 1883. small ponds of warm water, which of course are more rich in natural food sup ply than are large, deep cold bodies of water. Overstocking of ponds would Ik) attend ed with the same results as the overstock ing of pastures with cattle. Large, deep bodies of cold water, with stony or gravelly bottoms, are not favorable to tho success ful growth of carp. Their growth will vary from year to year in tho same waters, aeconime as the season is a cold or warm one, very much as farm crops will vary according to tho season. The season lias undoubtedly much to do with tho food supply of waters, It has been practically demonstrated that tho waters of this country mo far richer in fish food thai, those of Europe. To what ago to carp live? How Iarce will they grow? These are questions fre quently asked. Those who choose to learn by experiment arc advised to com mence tho propagation of century plants, expecting to seo them bloom. There arc carp in some of tho preserves in Austria, known to bo about 150 years old. There is an authentic record of a carp being taken which weighed ninety pounds anil numerous records of their weighing from seventy-five all tho way down to thirty- tivo or forty pounds, tho latter weight not being usual. Carp known to bo but fifteen years old havo been taken, weighing from forty-five to fifty pounds each, and oven more in somo few cases. A fifty pound carp is said to bo about four feet in length oy three leet m circumference. I have not been ablo to obtain any data showing very accurately tho number of pounds of carp which can be raised in a given area of water, but by a careful ex amination of all obtainable data, I find that their a crago growth in European ponds, in tho latitude of New England, is more than two pounds each annually. Wo may reasonably expect better results in this country, particularly in more south ern latitudes. In Europe, hundreds of thousands of acres of tho most fertile lands aro devoted to carp culture, which is pretty positive proof that these areas of tho most profitable account. Tho propagation of carp, in Euprope, is becoming universal, and is prosecuted on every imaginable scale, from immense artificial lakes down to tanks holding but a few cubic feet. It is said that in China carp are reared to a great extent in ordinary wash-tubs, and fed with vegetable refuse. what tbe Orange Did In Michigan. In a recent address, C. L. Whitney, Post Lecturer of Michigan State Grange, said : What aio tho benefits of membership? The truo object of tho grange is not a financial Having, but the elevation of tho social and educational condition of the farmer. It has, however, been financially of immense benefit to its members. One instance is tho famous "plaster war" in Michigan. Tho plaster urinilors clubbed together and formed tho North western Plaster Company. Then they set the prico of plaster at $1 a ton, and declared it could not bo made for less. .Some 80,000 of this are used annually in .Michigan, and the Slate Grange took the matter under consideration. They went to work, built a mill and furnished it at $Hh ton, and made a large profit. The Northwestern Company camo down to $2 a ton and the State Grange to $1.50. Trade left tho Northwestern mill and went to tho Grange mill till, finally, the Northwestern Company could not sell their plaster at fifty cents a ton. What was the result? Why it was found that plaster could I") furnished at a fair profit at $2 a ton, which has established the prico from that day to this. Hero is a saving of $2 a ton on 80,000 tons, or $100,000 to tho farmers of .Michigan, and in the six years this mill has been run ning it has amounted to U(50,000, Somo financial hcm-flt surely. Another case is the matter of freights, wherein a small fruit section saves each season from $ 1,000 to $0,000. What Every Boy Bhould Learn. Every boy should learn to lift himself by his hands, anil to hold on for some time. It is not necessary to go to a gym nasium to learn this. Boys in the country in climbing trees am soon able to lift themselves by tho hands. It is a good thing to have a jxile placed horizontally, just high enough to allow the feet to be clear from the ground. With tliis and a rojio of good si.o hanging down from a secure fastening, many useful foots may Ikj learned. The x and roxi moy lx under a shed or in the barn. To lift tho body by tho hands and to move along on tho ik)1c, to hang by ono hand and to swing in various ways will strengthen the arms and hands. Tho rox ic-niittsi of the most difficult feet of climbing it. At first learn to climb the roje by the aid of tho feet, pressing tho rojo lotwecn them. NO. 31. After this learn to go up, using tho hands only. In going down novor slide, but go down hand-under-hand, otherwise tho hands may be badly hurt. One who can command himself whilo on a ropo may at times find the ability to do so very useful, It is easily acquired, and tho timo spent in such exercises is not by any means wasted. Orange Thought In tho busy farming season grange work must not bo wholly neglected. It is true, tho crops and other farm interests require constant care, and this tho pru dent farmer will give ; but there aro in terests of primary importance that do not appeal to physical effort so much as to the mind. Tho grango looks to the outcome as well as to tho methods of labor. Sowing and reaping lead to profit only as they aro directed by intelligence', and however full tho rewards, as measured in tho crops, they arc of small account to the farmer except as they may bo wisely bestowed. Thought must como in to di rect. And tho collective wisdom of the grange, in this case, is better than un aided thought of tho individual. Hence tho vnluo, even tho necessity, of confer once, for which tho grango it an available) means, tho efficient agent. While it inv poses no harsh conditions, it offers freely tho lessons of experience, of observation, tho products of thought applied to the great interest that becomo tho easy prey of designing men when left to individual caro. The Crop Outlook. During Tuedy we interviewed a good many farmers, millers and grain dealers, gentlemen of intelligence and observation from various parts of Walla Wall, Umatilla, Columbia aid Garfield counties, and 'we are pleased to stats that they all agree in pronouncing the fall wheat everywhere as good as could be wished. None thought the fall grain required rain, but nearly all were of the opinion that rain now, followed by hot weather, would do more harm than good. The heads are reported filling finely, with enough sap in tho stalks and moitturo In the ground to make the berry plump and full. One farmer with 440 aores of fall wheat declared ho would not sell hll growing crop for 45 bushels per acre. Some of the gentleman interviewed by us thought that a large portion of tho spring wheat whioh, by tho way is only a very small part of the wholo, would give fair yield without rain; others were of tho opinion that rain would not save the late sowing, whioh is a still smallor portion of the total. Making an average of all tho reports we obtained from over a score or morn of practical, observing men, who have been over tho country, w conclude that the crop of fall wheat in Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Umatilla counties will bo greater in quantity than In any provlous year, and equal in quality to any former year. Wo aro also satisfied from the reports of tho crops in the Willamette and California, and tho yield on the l'aciflo Coast will be small this year, thus insuring a good price for Walla Walla. IK. W. Union. No Puffery. Nothing can be mora offensive, to conscien tious journalism than indiscriminate puffery. Hut it is a nlcasuro to speak candidly and cor rectly in praise of such a medicine as Hunt's Remedy for tho kidneys, bladder, liver and uiinary organs t a speciflo and positive cure that has been before tho public for twenty, five years, ami has rescued from suffrring and the grave even the victims of Ilright's Disease, The facts in regard to Hunt's Remedy, the great kidney and liver medicine, aro attested by high authority. The Proper Eacts. A. Mathiot, tho well-known grain dealer of Walla Walla, writing to the Ortijonian In reference to an interview with Hon. Philip Ritz about the Inland Umpire wheat pros, pect, says : Allow mo a small space in your columns to express my views, ami when the season Is over you will see that I was not far from tho maik. While anyone will allow that rain would havo done some (jooil if it had fell some teii days ago, still it is not particularly niedeil. Wo have been having remarkably fine weather, the nights being cool and dur ing the day it has not been an warm as usual for the time of year. The fall who it is ripen ing slowly and finely, and Is entirely out of danger and will he ready for harvest bv the 20th of July, and will be of superior quality and of heavy yield. Many fields will yield from thirty-fivu to forty, and some as hi'idi as fifty bushels per acre. The barley emp is remarkably good, ami will be one of the best ever raiseil in this country. The spring wheat is in bloom audit woui 1 have done better with a good shower, hut still, with the exception of a few locations, it will do well and will be a fair yield without any rain, Take it all in all the country eastof the moun tains has no reason to fear or complain and the best harvtst ever gathered can now be looked for, and it is perfectly safe to lay that ono-thiril, if not oue-half, more wheat will be shipped out of this country than was ever shipped before in one season, and that the fall wheat particularly will bo of fine quality. After rating each meal take a dose of brown's Iron Hitters. It helps digestion and relieves the full feeling about the stomach.