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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 13. 1883. 4 - - nunif if, wtimiiw issued every Week by tht lXriUAHtiTTE FARMER V BLIBIU.MS CO, WW TRHlfA tV RITILKCllIPTIOllJ Jns Tsar. (Postaire paid). In advance ?? lt months, (Postage paid), In advance. l. cm than ill month will be. per month xs ADVERSISINO KATES 1 Advertisements will be Inserted, providing In re iMpactable, at the following Uble ol rates : Jnelnch olipaceper month 75? JbrM inches of space per month too lie half column per month ljjw n anlnmn rjer month WW .Sample coplea lent free on application. Publication Office: No. 6 Washington Street up inlrf. rooms No b and r ALLrAPFltsniSCONTI.NUHi AT THE 1.XFIIIA HON OF THE TIME PA1II FOlt. Notice to Subscribers. Orncr or WtiUMmR Tasmisr, 1 February 28, 1883 f rn oca RrAnrM : We publish only a sufficient number of tho Farm " supply actual prepaid subscriber and w o cannot sup i'ir back numbers If It Is desired by subscribers t secure all Issues they i ust arrangn to send In their renewals In ample time. I., reach tnla office before expiration r All subscribers can tell li) the printed tag ontri tJthclr paper exactly when their time will explre.TH Another Important point- AM. COMMUNICATIONS AND LETTEKS SHOULD HE ADDIIESSED TO THE MvH.LAm.TTK FAItmit," Drawer 13, Portland, Oregon See the advt. of tlie sale of 200 pure bred sheep. The Willamette University ha s their an il lUiicemcnt in this weeks issue. Tne sue e si of this old and popular institution of learning has not decreased any in the past years. It is more than sustaining its well i) rned reputation. The school is in a flour-l-llirig condition. It heehs to us that the State official should oiler ft larger reward for those escaped con victs. Tho farmers of Oregon don t relish the idea of their being at largo and would prefer to sco these thieves and murderers sufely housed than at largo causing anxiety and fear so the housewife. A suiheieut re ward would be an incentive to " gather them iu." DuRINO the past week crop reports are ini proved. A friend from Marion county said to us that the out look was improved anil that tl causo was heavy dews which prevailed during the night time. In some places tho p aoh crop is improved, especially is this tiue in tho valley counties. Tho grapo vino m ems to flourish best under theso warm diiys the vines wo saw being full Iadencd. DCKINCt the past week tho writer of this waa in tho southern part of Marion county. Oar observation of tho growing grain was complete, and in every instance the grain was looking exceedingly well. The advent of a In vy ram would do great harm us it would o use tho heading grain to fall. The hay i- well nigh cut as tho season has been a very favorable one indeed. Wo saw but few good uppla orchards. By means of tho drainage) of land tho va rious chemical actions which tako place through the action of ho atmosphere on the Hiirfaoe ami aro carried down to a greater or lets extent into tho subsoil, for as the water level is lowered th air enters from ahovo to rill tho cavities of the soil. By dramigo, also, tho depth to which roots will ponotrito is increased, for roots will not grow in tho absence of oxygen, and rot as soon as they ri aoh a permanent water It vel. The number of patriotiu pipers issued for the Fourth of July was numerous and on tho t hole uniijup. Tho A'usf Orrjowmi, of I'oii ill tu, came to baud with a full llediied flag Imprinted nn its entire breadth. 'I ho llaker City Jltdroei. Demon at was printed on the U.-tial white paper, whilst tho outside pages or printed in red and the inside pages of blue ink. Tho l'otneroy, W, T., 1 niltjitiuUnt furnished an illustrated title pago of the American eagle. Down to 1850, Mr. Mttlliall stystho United States used at intervals to Import wheat from Eump ', whereas it produces at present one fourt'i of the world's crop. I'revious to ISM Australia was led with Chilian flour, but some of tho Australian colonies now annuilly xport twenty bushels of urim per inhab itant, Facilities for transportation havo so far improved that wheat grown on the Missis sippi or in New auIiiiuI is sold as cheap in Europj as tint raised on tho Don or the Dan ube. A FEW weeks ago we expressed an opinion of the jury sjstem, not expecting that so soon the lesson of jury incompetency or dishonesty would bo repeated in ,ljriiig form, but here comes a Mai ion county, jury of which four men tiud that tho man who shot down Jacob Voorhis with promeditattd intent to do mur der, loiniiiittid no crime. Comment la tut urcessarv. Junta frtiiii'Utl) Molate justice mid ili fiat law, but Marion count) has fvir uithed several instances where crime rather cjors applauded than mines punishment. Tin re is iiio-e bus in storing potatoes than i storing anv other crop. Hitting all wastes fiom lot, thire is u he-av) shrinkage both III iU mtity ami weight A bin holding 100 I) ihe,! will shrink in sue nearly one. tenth, besides t gretter loss in weight. A bushel bisket full tint will weigh sut) pounds m October when taken from llm soil will not weigh so muoh ultir being stored in the cellar , through th.iw.ut.ir. Tho shrinkage ,., weight ls muoi le. whet, kept It. piUelos.lv eorere-el itb ituth, for there is then lr utaiicv for vaporatioti To a cut el id ob ervei It is clear that horses r.vno ami fitting to bo mom fully dasl-1 Aid thin foi meil). l'liue the horse that it bjit adapted to road purposes is placed at such work, and the horse that is suited best to the plow and heavy hauling has his own proper work assigned. Hence the advantage of breeding for a purpose. The man who makes the best success of raising horses is th one who clearly understands the situation and breeds what is most desirable to his custom ers. RAILROAD COMMISSIONS. Itnilmnd Commis'ion? npjtfiiiitcci by the Mcrnl States j-cctn to settle the dif ferences between corporations and the people nnd remedy Mhik., in a cry satis factory manner. In this MiiKMchusctts took tlio lead, and it worked so well that New York lutj ear tried the experiment In California tlie Constitution gives abso lute power to tlie Comiiiivion, but the two HoiucN elected heitlofoio li.tvo been actii'-ed of selling out to the laihoid" The last news wo hive is that the Coni miioncrsof that State h.ive ngieid on very niaterial utluctimis. It is ery likely that indue time the Commie-ion in Cali fornia will woik will. Theie i general opinion that r.ulroitl" tontitil that State by biilnry and f-owiely oiiiiohh the iKiiplc. The Commission newly np- pointul in New Yoik mouis to s.tti-fj ex pectation; inanj abuses aro lciiicchccl already. Theie is no nason wit) corjior ations houlo control or oppress any com munity in the Unhid States if the people secure good repiiM'nlatnis and proper legislation. As much Double ionics to raihoads from wars among thinn-chis as from any other f-ouiee. Legislation that will lcgulato matteis mj as to moid those eonllictsand secure af.tii tiadetoioads.it reasonable price foi sem'icsicndeied will do tho coipoiations as much good as it cm do the people It must he that rail roads shall he legul.itid by law, and it is n matter of general eongiatulation that results obtained from State Commissions work so wii!l. In tune wo shall Me all the Statis it presented by Kuilio.nl Commis sions, woiking in harmouj with a Na tional Hoaid. That is the line solution of this vexed tUcstion Editorial Correspondence EASTERN UMATILLA COUNTY. Waha Waha, July 1,188.1 As I was (Ioniums of seeing the wheat fields of this legion when they weie ma turing, I le.u hid this place a few das ago and have passed own that poition of the wheat belt that lies along the haso of tho Illuo Mountains, in Walla Walla lounty, W. T and Umatilla county, Oie gon. This is n leniaikable legion in many icspicts and capable of hecoiiung exiiedingly pioduetie. 'I he natui.il tentlency is towanls wheat fanning The stttlei who is scant of means hut who owns a team and is willing to work, can locale himself on land any wheie ne.ii the towns and manage to pull thiough until such time as he can niise a eiop Kveiyhotlv heie has faith in tho riiuntiv. The meichint will lulplliu faimei who has a good homestead 01 pic-ciuptiou ami he can liuj iinplements as well as sup plies on eiuht It takes two cars to se euio a croji though many who ate slant of means can scum mi income the first j ear if tlii'.v will turn oci sod and glow ioi n that ye.u. This yieltls sometimes t!() hush(is on sotl and leaves the giounil in excellent condition foi fall sowing of wheat. In tins nmnuci thiMMt nest vvoiker could succeed in making a i nip tho fust j ear and then go on with uimo eeitaiuty than if ho watted to pioeliico a wheat eiop From Walla Walla to Pendleton is n diivoof Ili miles The Illue .Mountains have a coin so funn southwest to ninth east. Out course was almost due s.iuth, I'j miles, to Milton Tom miles south fiom Walla Wiilln, vou reach the Oregon houiidiuv and tho ivl of the join no lies in Umatilla countx.Oiegon I'ight miles south of Milton ami 20 miles almost due south fiom Walla Walla is Weston, and three miles west of it is Centeiville These two last me places of tlniving trade and are in the midst of an excellent fanning eouutiv Twentv union from Coutei wile, southvvist, lVmlloUm, on the Umatilla, a place of I, .ItH) nihibitants, though ltXMt.il i'ij unfavorablv m some ixjvets. With this huef tlcse'riptiou of ItKMlities, I pm ccexl to tlesenbe the agiieultiual fe'.itiues and pixispeetsof thecounttv vvotuneiseHi It is almost iniHsilile to le.un anv thiiiginp.uticiilai eoncoiiiinganv eouutiv when tiavehug tlutiiigli it hv public eon veviiiice I was foitiuiate in sexuiinga seat in the himgy of Mi W J Dvei.of Walla Walla, so that we eold follow wh.it eei mute we piefeueel ami stop to make iiotis hv the vvav wheuevei it was desir ahle to make ih itic impnes 1 will ivn'ivo anv paitieiilaiN eoiti'crii mg all i Walla eoiintv foi a future let ter Enough to sav that all through tlie Walla Wall i vallev cnp aie foiwiiitl anil carlv iswii fall gram is i.ipiillv growing iiuiij foi the sickle This is thee. im with wheat litlels southoftli.it town to the lU.I ill til at Is I, l I 11 f tl I I I .. V II ixf t ttlillllll ..mhnuiHl in the Wall i Walla vai ,,,,. t,V muHt lower than the fount! U- j, ond there. )utli and vviM of Milton, on one siilii, anil noitli ami f,tt of W mtstmrg on the other Tho Walla Walla region i a allev that i wateixxl hv a wonderful ostein of lixiiin. Ill going ten miles. ti Milton, wo eros..Hl livelv stix.inis everv mile. Tho Touchet, Hrv Creek mid tlir streams, come in and join the Walla Walla, towards the Columbia, nnd liftlf a score of living treams nnd springs conic together to make the Wnlla Walla itself. Tho net work of waters that exists here is cry niccssary to the iicauty and fertility of the region" and enable ex cry farmer to irrigate whercxer he finds it necessary. I came up the Columbia witli a feeling of despondency ns to the fate of the crop. I knew that it had not rained forsix wicks nnd that the soil must be parched hex ond any former experience. It seemul bc jond theicachof faith to hope for good crops The first impression I nccivid was of wonder at seeing nature so gucn and luxuriant in orchards and g.utlons and tho ripening grain fields so promi-ing. Conxcrsing with farmers along the road, thov Hfincd to be contented with the prospeit and claimed that the x ield would not bo greatly diminished by the diotith. The feeling of di-couragement giew weaker as we went on, and djs,ippi,iud altogethei as wo mounted the hills bev ond Milton and from those summits siw the landscape hlaikcnid with fieltls of giain that wove then hues m accoitlanie witli their progiess towanls maturity. In this more elcxatid region the wheat lit his were not as forwaul as those neaiei Walla Walla. I.ate spimg wheat was d.uk ami luxuiient and late sown fall giain w.t all hc.ulid out, but as .xit had no touch of gold Full grain put in carlv sav in September was of ,i golden hione com plexion, but none of it was thoioughly turned The stone was peifcctly beauti ful to look upon. Oil to the south and east the Illue Mountains iosci, fai ms git .lin ing on their hiawny spins, sometimes leaching the xciy summits. The foot hills aiochctiiuid with waving giain Ileitis that leflectid every stage of piogn, something like the colors of a kalmlo siope. Itetwien us and the mountains, was a lolling piaine ten miles witle, en more, of fruited lands that waved iiivuad heads of grain befoie the hot siiocco liom the south ami west It was tho chinook wind, so priid in winter nnd springtime, that is feared in July as much as it is hopid for in Fihruaiy. We passed, on an especially good point fot outlook, and took in, as far as eve-sight lould do it, all the golden gloiv of Umatilla waiting foi the harvest. East anil west and noith and south tlie rolling landscapes shaped themselves into a be How y ocean of bend ing grain The golden brono of the fast ripening wheat contiastcd with the white ciosts of tho foi oxer bending bailey and tho deep green of less niatuie wheat Occasionally a field of corn lent a dcepei color to tho scene Thine is xeiy little oats grown in all this region. Here .mil there tho foliage of a timber cultuie was disc ci liable; peih.ips one foiutli of the entire sniface we.us the blown hue of the summer-fallow, gathering ammonia and nitrogen from the air to use next jear. Eastern Umatilla county is ns beauti ful a legion as can heeonceiveel of, with the exception that it lacks the beaut of living groves and living springs and stieains. If it had tlie purling brooks and belting woods of the Willamette lountiy it would he pai.idisc. Such as it is it spioads out hioadly fiom the crest of the mountains to the banks of the gieat Columbia and from the Umatilla to the Wall i Walla, an aic.i foity miles square, the gieater p.ut of which is the most fei tileof wiil, unhioken hye.invons or up hevals, puio soil, spu'.itl out in most at tiactive shape, inviting man to plow and sow anil leap without fear that hanosts will not follow. Take the eountiy about Weston and Cenlenille, thiity miles siiu no of it, and not one aeie in a hun ched is waste land The soil is deep and productive; theie aie but few vvater-couiso-i, but wells can lo d'ug any wheie and A.ilei found. The absence of timber is not so much of a chaw back asfounerly, because posts of cedar can be had at a fair price and b.ubcd viie becomes cheaper eveiy xe.ir. As railroads aie extended they will foumish coal to tho upper coun tn, and also hunbei, so that the most im IKirtant questions tlie settler asks can bo easily answered. As to the condition of the crops, on this route from Walla Wall i to l'enelleton, I sum the matter up as lollows- Near Walla Walla fall wlie.it is rapidly niiitui ing and cannot bo injiiud hv any e tiemeof weather. Fanners ay they will have an aveiage icld. The univer.-al explosion among those I met is that the jield is s,tifactoiv Some think that i.iuis iu May and Juno would h.ixo i'l siued a bettoi vulel The land imiiicdia telv around Walla Walla is light soil and holds alkali 1 tigely , so it is probable that it does not retain moisture as peiniauontly as the sandy loam of the Umatilla up lands Hut it is btiv ond question ti no that crops in this icinitv will bo full average llu lev is heading out low but the vield is s.itisfactoiy Com looks line and where cultivated properly promises well. Pota toes ami g.mlon stull aro rank grow Hi and d uk green although sc.uvo anv i.un has fallen in six wiek. hat few oats I have soon does not look well Merchants hcio hero aro exulting ovei piospoe ts and aro making extensive sales of hirvesting niacluneiv Wosavvnunx new tluosliers and olhei machines, on our travels It was an oxfiioly hot dav (tho 2'JtlO when wo drove to l'endlcton Wo iicnmed at Weston, remained there until evening, then drove to mulleton at umlit. inakmg twelve miles of tluMoumey on the north side of Wild llorso envk, through faun lands South of Wild llorso the Umatilla ludiius Msts and tlie eouutiv liHiks as it did thuty xoars ago, s.no tli.it tho gr.is U eaten out. " One side- of Wild Horse creek shows farms and hoiiics and oveiv acre waves in mag nificent grain, the other sido waits thousands of white citrons wait while Mr l.oelaiiii the torntorv to pasture his eav Use's on It is a teiriblo eiiine against civilization that a thousand quarter -ev-timis of as tine laud as the sun illumines hew iiiicultivattHi in tho niidst of a thriv ing eomniunit) that could in ike it pro ductive, dot it with school houses and plant that desolation with prosjiorous homos. At Weston I met with several farmers. including Mr. W N.Sttvn,who expressed' themselves satisfied with crop prospects. Mr. Stcen estimated the j ield of wheat for that locality at twenty-five bushels to the acie. He is well informed, and the general estimate coincides with him. home think spring wheat will go fifteen to twenty bushels, and others flunk it will prove a failure. The proportion of land in spring wheat is xcry small, about Wcton nnel Ccnterx ille, not over one eighth of tho whole. Other sect'ons have not over one sixth. Spring wheat through all the region wo traveled (fully 100 miles going and ictuining by diffincnt ionics) will not average over twelve bushels, as some of it will not j ield at all. The pro portion is so small that it is best to kavc it altogether out of the calculation. Thirteen miles fiom l'endlcton I met with Mi. I M. Watru, a farmer who has lived there five jears and has experi ence to govern his opinion. He agreed with fanners at 'Weston that fall wheat is all right as good a crop as ever has been harvested in Umatilla Ho did not elteael any failiuc in spring wheat because he said "this is not a spring wheat eouu tiv, and it was time eveiy bodv found if out and fanned accordingly." He spoko of the piospict of many very large j iclcK, with confidence, and believed many fields would turn oil fifty oi sixty bushels to the acre. Bailey was shoit in straw but the wild was all light. Mr, Watius is a nun who doesn't appear visionary. He looks the thorough woiker, and his views coin- tiele with man othei. Between the Oicgon line and l'enelleton, for thiity miles together, tho woild is a solid giain field such as I have never seen elsewhere on the line of the earth. The ield (if no untowaid event follows the hot days of July) will simply ho immense. No exact computation is possible, and the attempt to make any is ludicrous, but whoever goes over that eountiy must siy that with good lctiuns at harvest Umatilla county will need a fleet of liei own to cany away her surplus We met at Pendleton a gentleman who is sniveling thiough tlie county and so has familiarity with all sections of it. In answer to my inquiries ho said tho good, arable aiea of Eastern Umatilla could lie placed at thiity by thirt) -five miles in ex tent ; of this thiee-fourths is in cultivation, tlnio-fouitlis that would aveiage twent live bushels to theacie. It is easy enough to figiuo out this sum, which would give Umatilla countv east of tho Umatilla river ten millions of bushels of wheat. This is as much as, in view of the good prospects of last spring, it was expected that all Oicgon and Washington would furnish for export from the Columbia lixoi. The actual result cannot bo over one-fifth of that, which would give Uma tilla two millions of buahels for its har vest in 1S8H Stopping over night at Pendleton we had good opportunity the next morning to see f.umeis fiom the eountiy arouncl theie and gathei items of interost. Among others wo met Mr. T. Heale, foi meily of Linn and Lane counties, now settled near Pendleton. Mr. Heale had brought in samples to show that wheat hail been badly biuneel the two pievious ela.xs (the 28th and 20th). Ho was ap piehensivo that the hot sun and wind of those two ilas had caused very senous iiijuiy to wheatgeneially. The wheat ho showed had turned a elead white color, and the giain was shriveled. He said it had been done within twcnty-foui hours. At Weston, the day befoie, wc heaid it asserted that the vvlieat near tow n was not binned and was all doing well. Some suggested that the efhetat Pendleton was 1 ec.uise in some pots hard pan came the suiface. General opinion, however, was in favor of n good xielel, and farmeis expiessed confidence that fall giain was all right. Leaving town at noon onS.it uiday, and passing out in a northeily di rection, wo found many fields of grain that weie turning ellow that contained spots tinned white and burned up ex actl as Mr. Heale said. All tho grain w as not damaged, hut it is a serious ques tion whether any giain not further ad vanced could withstand the continuance of such sun and wind as wo had eneoun teied the pieceding day. Wo doubt it. The Prospect Farm, of 5,000 neics, lies only twelve miles from Umitilla station anil thiity from Pendleton, is a "sand and sago" legion whoso qualities aro being tested. Mr. Leo Morehouse, its superin tendent, was in Pendleton last Friday and ieoited to Mr. Haily, of the East Orego nian, that they had in IkOOO acres that he expei'tenl would jiohl an average of thiity bushels, and .")00 acivsof volunteer wheat that ought logo twenty-five bush els, making 100,000 bushels from one faun alone. ANo m the sand and sago country. aeios tho Umatilla, west of Echo, is the Whelan faun, with 1,000 acres in, and they think it will gotwent.v livo busjiels. These reiorts aro xeiy th ree t and apparently reliable, and speak of tho least like! section of the country. Being desirous of seeing as much of Eastern Umatilla county as possible, wo undertook to find our way across tho head of theeiin.xons that put down to the Columbia, and so loam something of tho so-called "Cold Sprine. Countrv." This we did, passing through tho new vil lage ot 1 telex, sta.ving all night with Mr 1 H. Whitman, who, half a dozen .vears ago, lived near Miblinntv in tho Waldo llilK His homo is in Corking Flat, north of Centorvillo six iniles. Finding it vain to attempt to reach Walla Walla that night, wo stumbled upon Mr. Whit man s pio.is.int lomo alter dark and wow taken in kindly and well eared for. All that iorticn of Umatilla count that lies ten to twenty miles north of the moun tains is diversified in feature, but it all has tin K'st eif soil and lies faxorabl for e ultivatioii drain i not as forward here iis.it Weston and Centorvillo, perhaps not so farwarel .is near Pendleton It is much newer in apjieirauco and has less urea under the plow than iiiMrer the moun tains, but appe'.irs fully as comjictont to sustain cultivation There is no bettor countrv to bo found, so far as I can judge and have soon I was told bx conqiotout IKTsons that tbo arable area extends north towhero the uplands break down to the Columbia nv or This giv e a breadth of forty miles from the mountains to the river, find ns much length. The total of this makes Eastern Umatilla tho greatest grain field in Oregon, with capacity for raising more grain tnan tne same area can produce anywhere else. As to the safety of the wheat crop, I have serious apprehensions that the con tinuanccof such fervent heat as wc en- rountered Saturday may cause wide sriread damage to grain in this section that has becun to turn j ellow but has not reached the stilT dough stage. It may be tme that this effect has been produced only on exposed localities, facing south, where the hard pan is too near tne sur face. We examined fields north of Pen dleton for five or six- miles and found manv burned up urist part. The grain and stiaw would be brittle nnel have a dead white color, instead of Kolden xellovv ; the berry was shriveled and worthless. All the grain in the same field was not dam aged, some being not so foi ward, ct it is a serious question whether the remaining portion can upon without ram or mois tme to picseive it. and whether the late fall sowing and spiinggram can perfect with what moisture tlie eaith now letains. The nature of this soil a sandy loam and its usual gieat depth and looo na- tuie, easily enable it to retain mo sturc. One lestilt of this is that gardens planted on the upland look well ; potatoes weie largo enough to cat two weeks ago; coin does well with fail cultivation ; root crops, such as canots, boots, turnips and man golds, all produce w ell on the highest land. 1 heard of numerous instances, all through Eastern Umatilla, where farmeis were tr ing alfalfa on upland, all efforts suc ceeding. Cabbages weie doing will on high land. They plant onions and cab bage usually on the low draws vvhere frost is most apt to strike, as those crops don't mind cold. Timothy hay is nowhere founel in all this section. One fanner said that it was too fibrous ; that stock do not like it and it doesn't yield well. Wo founel a great deal of the best wheat cut for hay. Mr. Beale, of l'endlcton told me that he had a large field of excellent wheat near town that would turn off nearly four tons to the acre and sold it for !f8 a ton in the field. I saw thousands of acres that need to be cut for hay that I have spoken of as badly burned by tho wind and sun of the 29th. Tame grasses have not been made sure of for meadows and the experimenting with alfalfa I have spoken of is with hope that it will turn off a good crop of hay the last of Juno and alibi d good pasturage all the rest of the season until winter. Oichard grass ought to do well in this section. 3Ir. Oliver, near Pendleton, has succeeded well with reel clover. Clover and oi chard grass would do well together. It looks like folly to cut wheat for hay. Peo ple here should find some grass to put into meadow permanently. This county is new and needs experiment to test many things. Mr. Beal has succeeded witli all root crops, and made sod coin pay lo to to 20 bushels to the acre, while his neigh bor planted corn on old land and got 150 bushels. Corn can be grow n for fodder to advantage Mr. Whitman of Gcrking Flat, and Mr. Caviness, of Cold Spring Ranch, say they hav o attempted mixcel fanning with fair success. The best suc cess, and most leliablo because most pei manent, will attend tho farmer who raises stock and grows feed for it, as well as put in wheat. Wheat alone is not a safe in xestment, though theie isscaico a county known that can conipaic with this in ripening crops without rainfall. They have had no lain in six weeks, et their crops look and piomi-o well. One cer tainty is, that this as Mr. Watrus puts it is not a springwheat county. llus inoining wo left tieiking rlat, six miles from Centerville, and drove to this place, twenty miles, part of the way oxer tho uplands of Umatilla, that must bo a thousand feet above the Walla Walla level. We left fall wheat that was headed out with a tinge of bronze, now and then, and camo down into the Walla Walla val ley to find wheat waiting for the reaper. There is a difference, in this two or three miles of longitude, of two or three weeks in tho season. As you come up from Wal luliixou observe a stern ridge that rises like a wall all along the west side of Wal li Walla liver, for thirty or foity miles. It has a foibiding aspect and ou deem it the hairier of an inhospitable legion, but onco surmount that nggenl hairier and ou find cl.vsi.ui fields spie.ul broadly out. Rolling uplands stretch away west and south, that aie rapidly becoming occupied as homesteads. Soon it will be peopled all the way from tho Blue Mountains to the Columbia river. That is the region I h.ixo described ns the route wc returned by. Coming to this bluil", about fifteen miles west of Walla Walla, xvc wound down the terriblo hill for miles, seeing sheep ranches niched in the nooks of the hill-brakes, and when wo camo to the foot were in Walla Walla xallev. There is no comparison to make as to desirability and fertility of the sago and sand of this low land, and tho waving bunch-grass and smooth billows of tho charming upland, yet down here, where tho aspect suKcests desolation, fields aro fenced, ripo grain waves, bio nl meadows and mown, while Hooks and bonis grazoon the surrounding mil ridges, it is a wonitciful countrv that can otfer inducements to jieoplo such wild-, but purling streams and gusling springs enliven this region and givo it bloom. T he charm of the Walla Walla valley is the capacity for irrigation; the magic it makes clothes tho ilesert with Wuuty As a conclusion then, we niii-t recoc- nizo that all this region waits for tho har-xe-t, not without apprehension, but with fair confidence. It is iniiiosible to sav what tho average is or what will be the? ield, but this much we can leheve, that unless some untoward event comes to change appearances this Eastern Country win loin iiiunv as nuicii grain lor export .is has Uvn predicted 1 met this even ing with Mr Ed Huunester, who latolv came down with Maj Truax from lands tlurvown near each other in tho Deftdman eountrx, Garfield county, not far below I.ewiston Riunieister has 400 acres of sod summer-fallow . put in but fall, that he thinks will yield 30 bushels to the acre without rain. That locality is 2,500 feet above sea lev el and fall sown wheat is only just in bloom; spring sown is just head ing out. Refreshing and cooling rains would do much good. That region is later than this, ncaily a month. The nights ore cooler and there is less elanger of hot winds and sun. The unfortunate fact is that rather more than half the wheat of Columbia and Garfield counties is spring sown. They were afraid the wind would blow away tho snow and al low tho wheat to winter kill, so many sowed in the spring, with unfortunate lesults I expect to traxel that way soon and will make my own observations where I go The results of fall sowing maybe anticipated as fair, but spring grain will not ield as much as many hnxc antici pated. I shall endeavor to get at reliable facts and show tho state of things exist ing all through this Eastcin country and what the prospects are for the present and the futuie. S. A. Ci.aiike. The Folly of Follies Many persons aro accustomed to disregard Jill tliiht symptoms of diseases, saying, "Let it go ite it tame." Hut when one feels the symptoms of Kidney Di caso such as pain in the bick and loins, palpitation, urinary de rangements, etc. to neglect them is the folly of tollies. Kidney, bladder, liver, tnd urinary-complaints aro alwajs hiblo to end fatally if neglected. The euro lor them is Hunts Remedy, tho great kidney ami liver medicine. There is no symptom or form of kidney disease that Hunt a Remedy is not master of. In digging potatoes, known to ba pure seed and of the same variety, frequent variations may often be noticed. Some of these are due only to differences of soil; but others are true sports and will reproduce their kind if planted another year. If these sports are unusually productive and valuable they should be carefully saved for planting. In this way some of the bestvarieties of potatoes have been originated, one or two kinds of late Rose being prominent instances. American Cultiiator. 'For years Mrs. LydiaE. Pinkham has been contending with the terrible hydra known as Disease, with what surprising success many who were in the serpent's coils will testify. Often has the powerless victim been snatched trom the open jaws of the destroyer. In smiting the heads of this monster Mrs. i'mk ham's Vegetable Compound is far more effica cious than the processes of potential and ac tual cautery. PROSPECTUS. F OR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING THE W ILLAMETTE FARMER Within the reach ot every farmer In the Paclflc North west, we shall after this date reduce the pries as follows : One tear, In Aclwuirr t 2.00. Hub of Ten, (money with names) ... 15 O Clubs of Five, (mone) with nimei,) ... . H.JS K jLCIubs can lio composed of old and lie w subscribers. This new schedule of prices Is meant to accommo date all class and leave no room for complaint or dis satisfaction. At the price named above this paper is the cheapest on the Pacific Coast. As many persons havo objected to b. Ing asked to pay In advance we reduce the subscription price to those win make adxanci payment and shall never devhto from the terms stated You can snake money by Drepayment, and we prefer that all should pursua that plan. Wo Intend to make a farmers' paper that every farmer in the land will need and will not willingly do without W'e understand the Interests of agriculture In all this region and intend to continual study and work for the adianceo.ent of tho class we represent. W'e have correspondents In all sections ot ths Pacific Northwest who will report the success of farm ing in every locality , We shall visit all sections and personally report our observations. We shall compile from our contem porarics of the press all facts relating to dec elopment and progress, and material Interests of farmers in all parts of the country. We shall keep pace with production In every de partment, and report, through correspondents and from personal observation, all Important facts concern ing farming In all its branches, Including productions of grain, grasses, fruits and vegetables ; concerning stock raising, thm value of cuttle for meat and for dairying; of horses for all purp:ses; of sheep for wool and mutton, or both ; of swine and poultry. Also, as to bees and honey. W'e shall continue to study the markets and lnforas our patrons on all points, so that they will be able to judge the situation for themselves. Our old patrons will bear witness we have worked faithfully, in this connection, in the past. W e shall do so In the future. No dall newspaper in Portland has ever given ths producers ot the country such clear views of tb world's crops ard markets as the Fibuf.r often does Our market reports have been worth hundreds ot thou sand to the producers of this region. 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The Wiiumitti Farsisb Is not local In character. as the name mi.-ht mlsleal you to believe. It was named fifteen ) ears ago, when tho W illamette Valley was Oregon, but It has expanded and grown with the growth of the cou.try and represents all the agricul ture of Oregon and W athington. This is the farmer's own organ, open for all to relate experience, seek information, and state' any grievance the) ma) have to complain of against who ever and whatever seeks to oppressor deceive them. Our columns belong tu the people, and the value of the 1 akmir cMtfli depends on such popular utterances. The Editor brings to )our assistance the expert-en-e of S3 years spent in this region; iutimat knowledge of the countr) , man) vears connection with a.-rUulturo and twelve years' acquaintance with rainy of you in the columns of the Farmer. The reduction of price Is made in cxputioa that It will bring Increased circulation. 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