mo . Mid i. WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OKEGON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1883. Km IMM every Week by tho WILLAMETTE FAKMEK rrBLHHIftfi t It, TERMS OF 8UBSCRIFT10I.. Om year, (Postage paid). In advance I 2.00 HI ItlH, rtf P"")) 10 WTUICT,,! 1.Z4I bats) loan six saonths will as, per month 26 ADVER8I8INO RATES t Ad l St St a eats will be Inserted, providing ta are ssasastnMS, at tho following table ol rates : 0e laaa of spaoo per month I t.b0 AfM Una" of ipaes pet month 600 f De-half column per month 16.00 M salaam per month WOO faajtaaapU osptee Mat free on application, publication OSSce: No. 6 Washington Street lairs, rooms Mo. t and H Up ALL PAPERS DISCONTINUED AT THE EXPIRA HON Of THE TIME PAID FOR. Notice to Subscribers. Omci or Wuwrrm Fiun, ) February 28, 1883. To en siuni : We pabllsh only a sufficient number of the FAMisa to supply actual prepaid subscriber ud we cannot sup ply beck number. II It U desired by lukicrlWre to secure all Issues they Ut arrange to send In their renewals In ample time a reach tnls office before aspiration. JaTAU subscribers can tell by the printed taf n"M aaythelr paper exactly when their time will espire.C Another Important point: ALL COMMUNICATIONS AMD LITTERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE 'WILLAMETTE FASHES," Drawer IS, Portland, Oregon. els where ho anticipated COO. Wc hear of many valley farms that disappoint in tho same way. The best expectations, last April, were that the Columbia river would reach 300,000 tons, or 10,000,000 bushels of wheat. At one time, in July, expectation fell so that the estimate was reduced to 200,000 tons, but tho excel lent yield reported in all directions, gives reason to believe that we shall yet realize the first cstimato of 300,000 tons, or ten millions of bushels. OUR TBAVEUNO. AGENT. Mr. J. 8. Churchill, of Mohawk, Lane county, is duly authorized to recci re sub scriptions and advertisements and receipt therefor. Ho is at present in Lane county. Postal notes aro now given for tho small sum of thrco cents commission. Any money order office can draw them. Jf you wish to send tho Farmer your subscription you can do so easily. Mb. T. J. Vaughn, of Lane county, ends us a bunch of llollnnd barley, a new variety that ho received from Vick's seed farm, Rochester, N. Y., and has carefully propugatcd. Wo shall make a display of tho beautiful heads so long as they hold well together, and next spring will sco how it grows on the red hill land near Salem. If this grain equals expec tations it will be a valuable addition to OUT list of cereals. JIB. Villard informs tho people of Astoria that the Oregon and California ' Railroad Company cannot build tho road Irom Forest Qrovo to that place because it will cost 1.10,000 a niilo and they can not raiso over $110,000 a milo by salo of bonds. Ho states tho case very plainly And forcibly and says, if any other party il willing to build tho road ho will do all that is possible to facilitate tho success of the enterprise. Astoria cannot bo more than bo fifty miles from Kalatna and a railroad enn bo built down tho river, probably, easier than across tho const rung. Mb. Boiieut Imurie, of Washington county, is well known as a successful "termor. Wo tried to learn his methods the other day, for we beliovo Buccess is based on good methods of business. Mr. Imbrie say farming is a business that leaves no time for idleness, and what ho bat made has been earned by work ing earlier and later than tho world generally works. In other words, a far mor who works ten hours and quits, is apt to have to work always, if he lives to be A hundred, but tho farmer who works a long as tlioro is work to do, and as long a he is able, has a chance to gain some thing. Thoro is a strong suggestion in this. Tho farmer has a deal of work to do and can only succeed by making overy hour count for somothing accomplished. Talxino at tho State Fair nbout tho changes that take ploco in wheat cultiva tion in this valley, Mr. C. P. Burkhart gave interesting experience. Wo had in mind tho California Spring wheat that was sent up and sowed laBt spring, which baa given general satisfaction, as it yields well and ripens earlier than our earliest spring varioties, but the suggestion was made that it was rather flinty which might bo an ebjection. Mr. Uurkhari said it was his experience that llinty grain grow softer when cultivated here h few years. Sonoma wheat was very flinty but now is not ; there 1ms boon no olr jectlou made on that account for some years past. Also red v. heat Iom's its color. Tho Kinney wheat was objected to by millers some years ago,ns red, but now it almost white in color. We reap in tho Kastcru local papers that wheat everywhere, especially in the tho Palouso Country, is turning oil' K-ttei jield than was expected. That is the fact in this valley, us wo can inMauco on the farm of Mr. John Wiles, of llento 1 Wo met him at tho State Fair. Mr. WiUv lias a fine valley farm of sexcral thousand acres. He says ho expected (V00 buh els on a piece of thirty acres, but it ga machine niuuro, S'M biuhoU, and u tin berry is plump and heavy tho actual weight gains boum to eight bushels on the bumlrvd, o ho really geU 000 bush HOME PRODUCTION. The agriculture of Western Oregon will soon bo governed by different condi tions. Tho products of this region will be required to supply tho wants of a city of one hundred thousand population, and other business points, on Puget Sound, and the Columbia, will require as much more. It is within reason to believe that a quarter of a million population of cities in Western Oregon and Washington will havo to bo fed within ten years from this date. It shall be the aim of our agricul ture to supply the needs of this home market so thoroughly as to leave no room for California products to find sale. At tho present time the carrying of products from California docs much to support tho lino of steamers between San Fran cisco and Portland. We import butter and cheese by tho ton twice a week: fruits and vegetables, dried and canned products, manufactured products of many kinds that could be grown and put up hero are brought hero by hun dreds of tons, and in return wo send them tho money received for our staples .wheat and wool. A condition of things that should not exist. There is better dairying country along our rivers and along the coast counties than California can furnish and there is no reason wny wo snouiu purchase a pound of dairy produce from any other region. Early fruit and vegetables will naturally and properly find their way hero and fruits and products of wanner climes must be imported or gone with out. To some extent tho law of exchange must exist but not to the extent that now prevails. Homo production is tho great est possible relief for hard times. So long as wo import what we can profitably pro duce, there is something wrong and tho balance is the wrong way. It is not easy to acquiro tho art of mar ket gardening and dairying to jierfcction but we now have such industries estab lished and tho question is to increase them sufficiently to supply tho markot. It is a sight that would astonish our far mers to see a steamer's freight unloaded overy thrco days, iiunurpos 01 dray loads of southern products aro sent to tho different dealers and by them distributed, not only to the grocers of Portland, but sent up tho Willamette and Columbia to overy town and village in Oregon and Washington Territory. Of theso supplies tho greater part could bo produced at home, and should bo. Thero is no ex cuse for such an import trade unless wo concede that wo aro content to raise wheat and wool and buy all other neccs saries from foreign growers. Not only should wo supply tho homo markot but we should supply tho mining regions of Montana and Idaho that will havo a greater demand at soon as their mines aro fully developed. Our farmers talk about the need of manufactures but had as well look noarer, to realize tho ne cessity for stopping this continual impor tation of agricultural products that can ment, extending their researches as circumstances may direct. Another branch of business for these societies shall be to get up annual exhibits of county products. These can cither be shown at County Fairs or made part of tho annual display of the present agricultural society. At tho late Fair four counties made credit able displays. That is to say, the same idea occurred to four influential gentlemen in four counties, and Clackamas, Wasco, Marion and Lane counties were well rep resented, but not as full as could be de sired. To sum up tho suggestion, it is pro posed that this work shall bo under the parent guidance of the State Agri-1 cultural Society, one object being to in crease tho influence for good of that soci ety. Tho faculty of the Agricultural College consent to tako a leading, or at least a helping hand, in organizing and conducting theso branch societies, or farmer's clubs, not with any intrusive spirit, but as helpers already enlisted in service of tho State. These gentlemen also suggest that the Willamette Far mer shall initiate the movement in its columns, as we do now, and take active interest as an agricultural journal in re porting proceedings and discussions and forwarding tho success of clubs or socie ties so organized. This work we cheer fully accept and invito tho co-operation of all other journals in forwarding so gooo. a cause. We have already presented the matter for general consideration. It is to be re gretted that the work had not been ini tiated at the beginning of State Fair Week, duo announcement having been given beforehand. Had that been done farmers from different counties could have met, initiated the movement and when at home carry it into fuller execu tion. How to mako a beginning is the im portant question. October is the time, and fall and winter tho seasons for work of that kind. All are invited to make suggestions. Wo havo tho machinery necessary in tho Stato Society and the faculty of the college. Tho assistance of the Stato press can bo heartily counted on. To carry out the plan as proposed will bo to organize all the agriculture of Oregon in friendly league for kindly work. Some may say that it will inter fere with tho Grange not in the least. Tho true granger will make our best and most reliable member. All cannot be got into tho Grange but oil can come without question or complaint to join a Stato organization. For onco let all the fanners of Oregon, east and west of tho Cascades, put their hands to this cultivator and seeder and not back until tho agriculture of the State responds to the movement. Success has attended such movements in Michi gan and Kansas and no just reason ex ists why we should not realize success for it in Oregon. management. Should, by any possibility, tho control of all the Pacific roads pass to one great corporation, we cannot look for even a shadow of competition and scarcely for reasonably liberal manage ment. The Central and Southern routes are supposed to be good properties and the local traffic is counted on to maintain them. Tho local traffic on the Central route amounts to four-fifths of all its bus iness income. The Northern Pacific pos sesses far greater assurance of success in the future than do either of the roads to the southward. This country has rich mining interests to be developed all through Montana, Idaho and Washing ton, and has far more good, agricultural lands than the others possess to become productive and increase it3 traffic. In the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains we lately saw wheat and other grain fields excellent gardens and meadows, whilo the bunch-grass hills carry cattle safely through the winter. It is impossible to estimate the value of all that northern route and tho country tributary to it, but enough is known to assert that from the Missouri river to the Cascade range, on that line, compared with parallel territory in Utah and Nevada, thero is several times more land for production and in ducement for a much greater population. Also, tho Northern route has immense wealth of iron ore, coal deposits, and boundless forests, besides the greater in ducement of agriculture. The Northern line posesses undoubted assurances of success and the development of tho coun try tributary to it will give it unequaled business prosperity. CORRUPT FBACTIC , STATE FAIRS Iki grown at homo. FARMER'S CLUBS, TUBAL OR COUNTY SOCIETIES. AQRI0UL- Tho faculty of tho State Agricultural College, represented by Prof. E. Grim, son of Judge J. W. Grim, ono of tho Pio neers of Marion county, recently called our attention to a project that seems not to Iki difficult of accomplishment and is important for all agricultural interests if it can bo carried out. Theso gentlemen wish to thoroughly identify themselves with agricultural interests. Prof. Grim is a graduate of tho college, who after wards took a degree at the Stato Aricul tural College of Michigan, and so became well qualified for the important chair of Agricultural Chemistry, which ho now holds. Ho was born in Oregon, son of a pioneer, Judge J. W. Grim, of Marion couuty. 1 lie faculty at Lorvnllis wish to identify that iuMitutiou with farmers a: a class and farming as an interest. The college 1ms not nearly the memlHnhip it deserves. We do not hear that Denton county has done au thing for it but to appropriate the M'liolnrr.hik.. The Pro fcsxois show coiuiut mlablo zeal in pio poMiig to take hold of the interests of agrieultuie' in nil the counties and assist in forming and conducting county socie ties. TIicmj (hall discus all matters in common. At Stato Fair timo an annual session or convention will bo held, repre senting all tho agriculturoof tho State. These societies can havo regular debates and discussions concerning important features of farm life and mausgt- THB BAID ON NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCKS. It is wonderful to see what Wall street can accomplish against all reason and how terrified men will becomo when the bulls and bears play their respective games. Of lato tho street has been "bear ing," or pulling down, tho Villard stocks. The complotion of tho railroad places the Northern Pacifio upon a well-assured and positively safo basis, yet the enimies of tho road havo organized a raid and con ducted it so well, or ill, that many who held tho stocks have hastened to sell at a great decline It has really been a tre mendous gambling scheme where tho sales mado wero not real. Men bet thoir mony that stocks will go up or down and when tho time comes that tho bargain ex pires they settle the difference. Stocks are not really sold in such cases, without a man insists on his nghts. Tho bears havo lately gone to tho world with a state ment that ViUiml has been so oxtmva- gant in finishing the road that it is invol ved more than it should be, which was the basis for tho raid. A statement is published by tho company, which shows that tho enterprise is all right and its af fairs well conducted. We showed tho other day that it was not an impossibility for tho majority of tho stock to bo acquired by the jre.it mo nopoly that already controls die other fnniseontlnental routes. Ii is claimed that Gould and Huntington arocarrving on this depressing war ami it is reported lh.it tho Transcontinental Company, which held tho controlling slu,-es of the Northern Pacific, had been obliged to soil largely of thee stocks. If this is true it may not be impossible for Villard "to lose control, though what we know of his pru dence and the strength of his following gio confidence in his ability to hold tho There is an old sa3'ing that "honesty is the best policy," which should become a maxium of the Oregon State Agricultural Society. Things that are immoral are not honest, and we believe that the enforce ment of the maxium in the Society's management would be the best policy. Temporizing with wickedness may seem to secure temporary success,but tho future will demonstrate the folly of it. It is painful to us, representing tho interests of Agriculture as wo do and known as the organ of tho State Society, to see its negligence to use a wild phrase de nounced and read in the Oregonian such paragraphs as this : "The most nefarious schemes were runing during the last three days, and bold faced swindling was carried on openly and unmolested." It goes on to ctlisure the Board of Directors for per mitting such things at all. Somebody is certainly to blame. Thero should be a State Fair police provided for by law and the law should enact stringent penalties for violation of our common statutes respecting such things. It seems that the State Fair is used to cover up wickedness. Men get license to keep refreshment stalls, or to do some ap parently proper business, and under this shield they sell liquor in defiance of stat ute, carry on gambling schemes that amount to actual robbery. Wo have talked plainly on this subject heretofore and we feel that it would be better to abandon the State Stato Fair rather than to sustain it as a licensed highway to moral ruin. Thero should bo no possi bility to sell intoxicating liquor on the ground and no gambling device should bo allowed. If pools are sold, let it be done outside and prohibit betting of any una at tno track. .Let us have a straight forward and honest State Fair, such as tho character of tho members of the Board of Managers seems to warrant, or let thero bo no Fair. It is not proper for tho association or for tho State of Oregon to bo compromised by such immoral pro ceedings as we hear of every year and could witness if we choso to investigate. The attendance is not as full now ...I..... .l.n 11111... .. It nucu mu i iitituieuu vauey nas over 100,000 population, as it was a score of years ago when tho country was new and people scarco. The best people complain of this immoral conduct and many refuse to come. To adopt such a plan as would lie above criticism and leave no chance for swindling schemes, gambling or drunken ness, would, wo firmly believo, give better satisfaction and better returns. It is not necessary, to make the Fair support itself, that its managers should enter into a league with xin. It will bo far better to adopt a high standard of principlo and stand firmly by it, and command thereby the respect and support of all honorable and honest men. for the Mayor $5,000 per annum salary and agreed to pay $1,000 per annum in any case, to indemnify him for the timo lost acting as Mayor. This delightful scheme was canied so far that Chapman is Mayor, out tno sMiPmprs havo not been able to elect themselves to tho positions named. The coin was found to bribe voters to elect Chapman, but the City Council, bad as it is, could not be counted on to carry out the Mayor's wishes and pay his liabili ties. Besser has had to content himself with the minor position of clerk to the Chief of Police. Wo havo held up, to our readers, for a year or so past, the muddy nature of Portland politics and havo warned the country that the greatest work it has to do is to counteract tho schemes for plun der and the general corruption certain to be fomented in that city. Hero is a spe- cimea. of the way things are done there. In all that has been proved concerning political corruption in the Tweed era, was New York City under a more un blushingly corrupt ring than is Portland now. The present Chief of Jfolice does not represent the politics of that city and does not possess the history and reputa tion to entitle him to fill so responsible a position. He has been the most bare faced instrument of corrupt practices and has done as much as possible for an unscrupulous tool of politicians to do to wards demoralizing the politics of the State. Of this he openly boasts and the story of his political career he brazenly tells as if dishonest practices were at a premium. How he came to win this ap pointment, what bond was signed and what money paid, and to be paid, is a matter that would interest if it could be known. That venal conditions pre vailed in that as in other instances, we have no occasion to doubt. A BONO OP THE PIONEERS. Mb. Johns, of Halsey, a pionccr . returns East with the Pioneer Excurs" next month, sends us a request to 'k' lish several hundred copies cf the si of Pioneers" that we wrote some " turn n Ua .n ( !, T: "& 0v, . w .,b ... , i iuueer Kcunj0 Salem. It was iTi ai well sune thn t, ., , lQt Orange Gleanings. ii management. Our people would not like to seo their railroad system pass into the hands of ajnyotJier management that tliey know oX. ToitWy have rc.tson to believe that Mr. Villard has broader ami more liberal views and will carry out a juster policy than they could expect from anv other THE DISORACE OF PORTLAND. On Monday the Oregonian published and vouched for tho authenticity of an agree ment, made, written, signed, sealed and executed with all the formality of law, whereby Lucerne Besser and Tom Cou ncil were to spend money to elect Dr. J. A. Chapmau Mayor of Portland, and were to bo appointed by him respectively to tho office of Superintendent of Street's and Chief of Police. Also, this mn Bes ser pledged himself, under his bond and seal, to lobby the legislature to secure Stafford, Or., Sept. 24, 1883. Editor Willamette Farmer : On the third Saturday of August, pur suant to an appointment, tho Pomona Grange of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties, met at tho Oswego Grange Hall at 10 o'clock. Subordinate Grange was called to order, conferring the third and fourth degrees upon a candi date, after which Pomona Grange opened in fourth degree. Among other matters of business a committee was appointed to take into consideration a plan for Grange work in these counties for the coming winter, said committee to report at the next meeting, which will be held at the hall of the Evening Star Grange on tho first Saturday in October. Brother Richardson, of Butte Grange, called the attention of the Patrons to the matter of our unloaned school fund. Brother Bryant introduced the subiect of the mortgage law, speaking in ita lavor. Brother Buckman, of Tualatin Gramrp.. followed in opposition, which brought out very interesting arguments from mem bers of various Granges, the discussion being closed by the Worthy State Lec turer, who took decided grounds in its favor. The meeting was well attended, much interest was manifested and all united in the sentiment that the day had been hap pily and profitably spent. On the first Saturday of September, in company with the Worthy State Lec turer, who had been solicited to address tho Evening Star Grange, we proceeded to their new and commodious hall, where we found assembled a goodly number of rairons, to comer the third and fourth degrees upon some brother candidates. After enjoying the delicious Harvest Feast, tho Lecturer spoke upon the sub ject of tho unjust taxation levied upon mo .niucm-mi uyumHunsi, ona me im portance of thorough discussion throuch out tho subordinate Granees on all matters oi political economy, which met thy hearty approval of all present, as wits manifested by a unanimous vote of thanks. Brief remarks wero made bv a feiv of the brothers and sisters, but the time was so limited that many were prevented ex pressing their ideas upon the subjects in which they seemed deeply interested. This Grange is in a very flourishing condition and its members, both brother! and sisters, seem to feel the importance of their work. At tho close of tho well spent afternoon, we bado adieu to our many friends and accompanied Brother and Sister Clark to their beautiful and picturesque homo on Mt. Tabor. On taking leave the day following, we regretted that this must be our final visit, as Brother and Sister C, with their inter esting uaugnier, expect soon to retire from business, leaving their home to seek one elsewhere. In their departure Even ing Star GraiiEO loses three enrrcptip nH valuable members, but their loss will en sure gam to the u range near which they mm 1rtfntA no l1nr n......! ; -. Salem Glee Club and well received bytba noneers wno neara it sung, since th Pioneers pay us tho compliment to Jj! to havo it on their return EatffoJ! publish it this week and will gladly W nish copies of it to any person who will send us their post office address. 18 7 8. Nora. The following long c mnoied h. u . Clarke, lor the occa.ion, w.Aung tyProl K u'-l ford, aultted by aeretal ladlci and nntknlT' Cr,- Pioneer re-unlon of 1878 J fntlemeii, at tin t. Oh! to many yeari hare flown, Since the newi of Oregon Beached our hornet bejond the mountalni fIf Since we harneaird up our team ' When the Sprfng-tlme'e sunny gieami Showed the path acrou tho plalmand mountain,-, Tramp, tramp, tramp the tralna came mareM Weitward, t 11 wettward, aee them come- Sometlmee n age tribes the fought, ' "' " ! uajr Inoy Drought, And benetth It j fold each freeman found a hon. ii. Up the Rocl y Mountains' height, Now their camp-fires blase by night Or, open thesaisge plains they thickly gi. Now the weary legions pass, ' Where the frowning can ona dim Or they swim and ford the swiftly runnlng'atretn, P Tramp, tramp, tramp the trains came merctlw' Westward, still westward, day by day; Kb Standing guard the lire-long night Ever ready for the fight ; To plant our flog three thouicnd miles away. m. Through the land of sarage foes, See, the long prcctaslcn goes ; Ti I It camps upon Columbia of the West, Where the mountains blotk the streea And tho Cascades flash and rleara As the sun sinks to his distant ocean rest. Tramp, tramp, tramp the trains came marching. And now tho deadly plains are passed; ' ' were s sun ttie river trail, Or the Caseade Range to scale, Then the fair Willamette homes are reached at kit i And 'tis well that Pioneers Should thus meet with passing yesrs, While the locks that rnce were dark are turning not To rec 1 the olden story ' That shall be their children's glory, How we crosaed the plains and mcunUlns long ajs, Tramp, tramp, tramp the trains cjme marching, S'nging and marching to the West ; Till all dangers were behind, And the home wo came to And, Smiled upon us from Willamette's Vale of Rest. I 8 8 S. Being asked to republish the Song of the PIobmh Uctubtr 2d bv the Plnngr r.. i J ia. . rf r.e."'flC nii- Ur CUrk,,h" ''J the foiled f I. Now the bugle sounds again For a march upon I he Dlain For tho passage of the hills and mountains grey; wo neara ine accents fall. Wo havo gathered at the call. Bound for homes we left so long and far away. Tramp, tramp, tramp our trains came ma ching. Singing and maMilug to the West; Now tbreugh pass and over plain, With the evtr rushing train We plow the vale and skim the mountains' eroat. Forty yean are nearlr spent Since our steps were Westward bent, Since we made the ways to Rivers of the West. 8tlll the legions marching on, And the homes of Oregon Of all the homes of Earth aro Wng the best. Tran-p, tramp, tramp ou- lives go marching Onward and ever to the West ; And as now we follow back On the Old-Time danger track We're passing to our home of final rest. All the world may sing the fan Of our ViUard'a honored nam.. Who puihed the railroad from the East unto the WntJIJ cut me men who made the ways O'er the plains In early davs. Share the honcrs with the ncblest and the beat. Tramp, tramp, tramp the trains came marching, Singing and marching many a day ; Coming bards shall tell the story Through long fears of Western glory, WJen Pioneers shall long have passed sway. PIONBEK'B EZOTJBSIOM BAST. Over 300, wo understand, havo token 1 advantage of the mtM ntr f- vf Pifineor KxpllrflJnn nav .A1. Ti Ml t. ? .... uv nron, it will Lfj a pleasant affair, so many of the old pio-f neers together will enjoy the journey andlj have a jolly time. Wo regret, greatly,! that we cannot make the journey witl J mem, dui lound it impossible to get mats ters arranged so as to leave. Our beif wishes go with them all and wo hopeffl some goou mend will make a point of wntmg the particulars of the trip to th WILLAMETTE FARMER. may locate, as that orc.inizntinn ovor..a with them to be an all-important factor in society. Tho Tualatin and Oswego Granges unite with Butte Grnmre in Washington county, m an agricultural exhibit to be held hi their hall on the Inst V.Nlnnc?n,. in October. There is also to be held at the same place a public meeting on 2d of October, which will bo addressed bv tlm Smtn ii.l and other brothers of the Onler. S. L. II. Rememtwr.if yen want health and strength oc mind and mascle.me Brown's Iron Bitters. Mechanic' Fair. The fifth annual exhibit of the Tori-. land Mechanics' Fair commences on Ocv tober 11, 1883, and will contiauo sixteen days. The management has taken' great pains to make this tho fintex.'. hibit ever offered by the Association.? Reduced fares have been obtained overs. mi me nuiroau lines. Further particu lars can be obtained by refering to the , uutciiux.-iiH.-m in another column. Bftl1tnin.ati tnM..H ..- ? ..... wuwua U4CU1SJV. The nest regular meeting of Multno-. man Pomona Grange will be held cn Saturday, October Gth, at the hall of tM Evening Star Grange, at 10 a. m. A. F. Miller, Secretary. Elsewhere viill h fnnnrl 1.A .ri.tlmeatr of Ladd A Reed, in wMch they offer for ii 53 a choice lot of stock. Vj