Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, October 26, 1883, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 rStlttlri-trR- mrMiiiEn !r!9r MUM every Week by the nrtUAMETTE FARMER PIBtlgHl!t;0( WW ppvnua nv UTTIlKfmlPTIOA. Ourear. (Postase Bald). In advance -00 Hz oonthi, (Postage paid). In advance.. i. Lew than six months will be, per month xf ADVERSI8IN0 RATE8 : Advertisements will be Inserted, providing tn are snoetable, at the following table of rates : One toon o apace per month.,.. I J-JO brM Inche of apace per month J.OQ ,HLV.HMlnmnMr month 1D.W On eotnmnper month 8"0 LSsnple coplea sent free on application. Implication Office: No. 6 Washington Street. Up Islrs.'rooms No. i and M ALL PAPERS DISCONTINUED AT THE EXriRA TION OF THE TIME PAID FPU. Notice to Subscribers. Orric or Wlilakette Farmer, ) February 28, 1883. TO Oin Readers : We publish only a sufficient number of tho Farmer to supply actual prepaid subscriber and we cannot sup ply back numben. If It Is dealred by subscribers to lecure all Issues they nrast arrange, to tend. In their renewals In ample time to reach tnl ofllee before expiration. tsTAU subscribers can tell by the printed tag onTfci tWthelr paper exactly when their time will explre.TU Another Important point: ALL COMMUNICATIONS AMD LETTERS SHOULD HE ADDRESSED TO THE "WILLAMETTE FARMER," Drawer 13, Portland, Oraron. ON THE MOVE. e Jmvo mado rnthcr a suddon deter mination to reiUOVO tho WlIXAMKTtfK FaBMEK to Saloni ; thcrcforo wo send our Bubcribers a half sheet rather ahead of time. Vo have a family homo at Salotn and a farm cloeo to town, so that it, is quite an object to livo thore, and thore is no reason, that we can soo, why wo cannot servo our patrons from thoro as well as from lioro. iMr. Clarko will innko up the markets from Portland, as now, every week, and except tho moro substitution of tho nimo Salom for 1'ortfaml, there will bo no chango whatever in appcaranco and published mattor. We moved here, livo years ago, think ing tho advantages would bo much gteator than wo found them. Known as well an wo aro, find boing independent of local interests, wo can retain all tho advertising cuHtom as woll as all tho subscribers wo now hnvo, and be ourselves inoro happily situated in many respects. 'Wr. atie saying considerable about dairying, lately. Tho reason wo say it is that' every day Portland groccrymen sell a thousand rolls of California butter at a dollar a roll. It may not bo exactly a thousand rolls a day ; it may bo two thousand. Imported buttor goes to ovory town and village in Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Montana. It may not bo amiss to boliovo that we buy a million dollars worth a year of foreign butter and cheeso. Wo no doubt pay out an other million for jwrk products. There fore tho Willamettk Fakmek urges that wo should mako our own buttor and chceso and raiso pork to manufacture into bacon and lard. Everywhere wk hear that warehouses are hill to overflowing and tho wheat surplus is larger than was nnticiimtod. Tho crop of 188:1 is romarkablo and tho most remarkable part of it is the fact that tho crop and tho country generally was favored by tho excessive Binoko that all summor spread from tho Kooky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. That smoko tempered tho ntmophoro nnd enabled the crop to nmtnro without rain. It preserved tho health of tho country nnd wni beneficial in manv respects. It I ia not too much to say that jwstilonco and famino was nearer to us this season than over before and wero nvoidod by the presence of this shielding nnd pro- tevting agency that most of us were bit- VtoragainHt whilst it lasted. We she a statement made that Mr. Vlllard is bargaining for Urge and safe steamers to connect at Duluth, on lake Superior, with tho trains of the Northern Faciflo ltailroad nnd take wheat from thore to Now York. If lake navigation can bo made easy for vessels of nutiiciriit draft then they ran loud at Duluth ami unload ot I.iverjwol or any other Kuroio an port.golug through the WelUnd canal around Niagara uud down the St. Law rence. A lino of steamers that can sail lakes aud ocean aliko can bo very useful in solving tho questjon of 'wheat trans portation from west of tho Hocky Moun tains. One ditucully that uevcr can bo overcome is tho freezing up of the great lakes in winter. Such tnuipportntion will cnly ho possible iu tomporato sea sons of the. y oar. Esfpusii t't'iiiJOATioss make a great o Jq about vulgar Americans who travel in Europe, whoso milliners aro execrable, who talk through their iiomu, but pay all the extnrtionato charges nnulu tit English hotels without grumbling. It is jHirhsjm true llitit Americans travel who are not highly cultivated. Crm cituu is however too unkind tolm well meant. Americans nro not destitute o culture and refinement and while many who have made quick fortunes air thom- selvcs in Europe and are disgusting m their want of manners, thoy cannot be moro thoroughly contemptiblo than were a number of saddled English gentle men, who were lately as guests of Amer icans given tho tour of our continent. Instances aro given of snpbbcry and vul garity combined that imposed on our Nation much worse than Americans over have on Europe. It was 'never known that any traveling American perpetrated the gross indecency and petty meanness that Englishmen, who claim to be gen tlemen, hnve recently been guilty of in our own country. The number of people who como from the country to attend the Mechanics' Fair is shown by the loaded trains that como down the valloy and down the Columbia river and tho crowds that fill the hotels from all directions. Tho Me chanics' Fair grows into a Statu holiday. People time their visits to tho metropo lis to suit tho Fair nnd do their fall trad ing and shopping then. Our farmer friends will feel tho same satisfaction that we do in finding the chief nttrnctu n centered in the south west corner whore tho agricultural display is collected. Portland is a fine and growing town but tho greater it grows the more its depen dence Will be on tho farming world. That is a fact they recognize and there fore agriculture is treated with due re spoct and given a place of honor. The way railroad stocks tumble some times is worse than a wonder. Of late, Transcontinental, that holds within itself all tho Villnrd properties has tumbled from what it cost, one hundred conts on tho dollar, to thirty-four cents. It was dono by Wall street sharpers, and how it wns dono ono cannot well see, for tlic properties it holds aro valuable. There was once an old fellow who owned a lion. Ho had nothing in the world but that hen, and all of a sudden his hen died. But ho was a philosopher, and calmly said : "Them that has must lose." o doubt those unfortunates who hold Transcontinental ort a margin aro equally philosophical; if not, wo commend to them tho story of simple John and his lion. ABE WE SELF-SUPPORTING? From what wo learn from tho lending morqhauts of this city wo find that tho country will bo benefited by having direct through connection with the East, as tho tariff of freight is lower than has over before existed. Cheaper freights and quicker transits will bo a great ad vantage to us as a people. Whntevor changes tho conditions of a country oper ates for good or evil nnd it is worth whilo to study cnrefully tho effect of this great ehaiigo iqion our region. At the outset it disturbs all commercial rela tions. It brings hither a host of drum mers from the East who seek customors throughout the country. This dktrubs Portland wholesale trade, perhaps, but tho competition is whols-ome, for all that A condition of things that keeps up tho interests of city and country is to bo pro-, ferred but Portland merchants will no doubt hold their own. They hnvo equal facilities for buying goods and can sell as cheap as others if thoy havo capital nnd credit. Portland will rustle for a living for awhile, and may havo to accept smaller profits than its jobbers havo been nceustomed to. Where wo fonr danger to our material interest is in opening up competition with our agricultural and other products, Ono house has commenced importing butter from Elgin, Ills., and another, as wo stated last week, imports grass boihIs ami hog products. The cheapen ing of the cost of grass seeds is advan tageous but the samo house pulls down bacon and lard two cents n pound. Wo fenr very much that our farmers cannot afford to fatten pork when brought into competition with Iowa and Dakota lxirk packers, who buy pork at four cents and sell good bacon nt eight cents. It is truothe railroad favors our producers by putting on a higher freight tariff than U put on many common staples, but evon then we sen our bacon and lard reduced to a tiguro that leaves no chance (or profit when fatting jwrk on wheat worth ono dollor a bushel. We are purchasing from abroad a vast amount of farm and garden stuffs that wo ought to grow at home. Califomin steamers coin,' every three days loaded down with produce. We quoted this fact lut week from tho S. F. Commer cial Herald. That paper congratulates California iuterets on retaining such a hold on the tho N'orthwos, expressing wonder at tho demand we keep up for their vegetables and fruits. What we havo to fear emus to bo want of energy and force on prt of our own producer They will l0 crowded to the Wall unless they come up to tho demand and keep out forvigu I importations. We lately W1LL.AMJSTTE ffARMEB: PORTLAND, OREGON, OCTOBER mot two farmers on the cars who,plainy expressed tho opinion that Oregon far mers don't like to work. They said Cal ifornia butter went to the townB aronnd them and farmers often had io buy it or go without. It is disgraceful that any butter nt nil should be brought and sold to our interior towns. How to help it is a question that only our farmers can answer. Every steamer brings cabbages and all other vegetables and fruits, but ter nnd cheese, and pork products of all kinds to a country that we claim has few equals for fanning excellence. It is shameful that it is and we cannot suc ceed as a people so long as that state of tilings continues. Some few may suc ceed, but tho whole country mus,t run behind when it lacks so much of being self-supporting. This has been an unfavorable year, but it has been equally so in California, jet California is actually feeding us and reaping a great harvest from it. Wo complain that theso things wont pay to raise them, yet wo do not like to say our soil is inferior. It is not ; we can grow all theso things. Something is lacking, but it is in tho people not the soil. TAXINO MORTGAGES. We lately saw a gray-haired gentle man from Marion county, who had cvory appearance of a well-to-do farmer, try to sell to Portland bankers some $10,000 of mortgages ho held on Marion county property. Ho loaned tho money at 9 and 10 per cent, and the passage of the mortgago tax law had levied two and a half per cent, tax on his mortgages. Under the old law money was taxed, and if this gentleman gave in his money properly, we don't see how he could well avoid paying the same tax the new law calls for. We aro not disposed to discuss that feature now, though it is an interesting one. This gentleman a farmer who had loaned money was anxious to con vert his mortgages into money again at some sacrifice nnd could not find a pur chaser. The tax law is odious because it is dishonest to capita1, as wo will show. This $10,000 was no doubt loaned on property fairly worth $25,000. That iB about the proportion of loans to values. Wa would be safo in wagering some thing that this property that is fairly worth $25,000 was not assessed at more than $10,000. That is about the propor tion of assessment to values. The man owing the $10,000 offsets his indebted ness and pays no taxes. The lendor of tho $10,000 pays 2J per cont. on tha sum, and there is no other tax paid. If the property was fairly assessed there would bo no wrong done. If it was assessed at $25,000, tho monoy loaned on it would be offset and tho ownor would still have to pay tax on $15,000, tho louder on $10,000, and eaeh would pay 1 per cent., instead of which tho money lender has nil tho tax to pay and the mortgage tax law leaves him no loop hole to escape. He cannot ovado the law as it stands, and so complains. It is impossible now to borrow money on property, because banks say they will not lend money under tho present law. The law is well enough if prop erty was fully assessed. The wrong is in the custom of assessing property at one-third to one-half of its actual value. The remedy is to adopt soino way of assessing property for its full money value, or for equalizing money assess ments to tho corresponding values of property. We believe in tho mortgago tax lnw because it compels money to show itself, and if money is to bo taxed wo must hnvo a law that cannot bo evaded. Hut any law" that taxes money two and a half times as much ns other property is taxed is unfair. THE OREGON AMD WASHINGTON FARMER. The Farmer makes a specialty, which no oHier journal does to tho same degree, of collecting all the information contained in tho niauy newspapers of tho Pacific Northwest concerning tho progress aud development of tho coun try and tho generol rango of production aud resources. This is an interesting matter to many and comes naturally within the sphere of n journal that rep resents the agriculture ot the whole re gion. Wo compile this matter from tho Weekly into the sixteen-page Monthly that contains moro practical information concerning onr Pacific Northwest than is contained elsewhere. This Monthly is iu good shape to send East to friends and we are acquiring a handsome list of subscribers for it. We offer it to our subscribers, who wish to send informa tion back East, at reduced rates. The rugular price is ono dollar, but subscrib ers can hao it at 75 cents. Wo will send specin.cn copies to all who wish. Send us jKwtal curd, giving yonr a 1 Iress, and no will send (ample copies by next mail. Tlnvo copies of the Monthly for $2.00 to any addresses desirvd. For a cough or cold there is no reme dy iv4unlto Amnion' Cough Syrup. FRUIT INTERESTS. The Oregoninn is not exactly right in treating the question of fruit raising, though it is correct in its assumption that this is a good region for ( many varieties of fruits, and that fruit raising should be a very, important branch of production. Our own experience for many years is that fruit growing requires tact and ability that all do not possess. Also, many have planted orchards and have been disappointed in tho returns. We know of 'a number of very Urge orchards that have never paid a profit. The unfortunate experience of some affects others. Many orchards havo run down with neglect and require to bo pruned and trimmed with care for years to bring them to a productive point. It is also true that many orchards were planted on low land and can never be revived, because that was not the place for them. Wo have for years past done and said much to encourage tree planting, and havo planted, under many difficulties, one of tho largest prune orchards in Oregon. So far this orchard has never paid for tho care and labor expended. Nine years ago wo commenced with 1,500 trees, and few orchards have been as well tended. It is not possible for a grea' many farmers to set out large orchards and wait ten years for returns, and no one can expect largo returns sooner. Trees may bear some fruit meantime, but ten years are required to bring an orchard up to good bearing age. Had wo to begin now, with the experience gained, we could do much better ; but wo candidly confess that if we had to do it over we should hesitate before expending thousands in such a manner. However, we have tho orchard and have fuith that it will prove a good investment.. Whatever peoplo may tell the editor of the Orcgonian, there is much good dried fruit made in this country in ordinary years, but this has been an un favorable season, as fruit generally blighted. It was so also in California, though not to such an extent as with us. The Orcgonian should know that the market for green fruits is very un reliable and easily overstocked. The only safe way is for the fruit grower to be proparcd to dry or can fruits. Then he can sell green fruit when tho market justifies or preserve his fruit in ordinary seasons in a dried or canned shape. It is not difficult to prepare good dried fruit, nnd that is the only way a fruit grower can bo independent. Tho Orogonian talks about importing fruit to this country. No fruits that can bo grown here mo ever imported, except it may bo in this exceptional year. We send abroad largely of green and dried apples and pears and plums, and shall continuo to do so, no doubt. Wo cannot grow peaches or grapes reliably, so have to import them from California. Event ually wo shall grow them in Southern Oregon nnd cast of the Cascades in favored spots. So far as fruits aro con cerned, wo usually havo more than enough for home uso of all kinds that we can grow successfully. The asser tion that wo have never supplied the homo market is unjust, nnd if it applies to applos, pears, plums, prunes, cherries and small fruits, it is untrue. Wo buy early fruits of these kinds, but no other. As an illustration of the uncertainty of tho trado in greon apples, we have a friend who has a lnrge apple' orchnrtl. A few years ago wo persuaded him to Bnve and ship the fruit to our order. Wo really believed it would provo profitable, and wo handled it ns well as possible, shipping some to Californin, but when tho season was over nnd all lots of fruit were nccounted for, our friend had scarcely got paid for his trouble and time, to say nothing of his fruit. We learned something that year about the green fruit trade. Sinco then we have met good orchardists, liko Judge Grim, of Aurora, who regularly pack and ship winter apples and make a fair success of it when other peoplo fail. Thoy suc ceed because they have been at it for years and havo built up a good reputa tion. Their brand is found to denote good fruit, and dealeis know it and pay for it. Tho value of a good reputation enhances tho chance ot getting a good price for good fruit. ODS VIEWS. We met J. A. Hoffman, of Salem, an old-time friend of tho Farmer, this week, who wns rather out of conceit with Oregon nowspapors, because they did not deal with "monopoly." He do- uianded to know how tho Farmer stands on that subject. We have no hesitation in answering that wo have solid prin ciples that are consistent with the rights of the people. Corporations have rights as positively as any rights can be held, Tho great enterprises that transport freight and passengers need full protf e- tion as nuicn as wo claim for our homes and no more. The capital in 26, 1883. vested in" railroads and telegraphs ought to earn a fair interest on cost and noth: inff more. When a man of transcend ent trcnins accomplishes groat results, ho ought to be rewarded liberally, but ho should not bo allowed to manipulate the enterprises we, the people, intrust to him. to create fictitious wealth that is mero robbery of the public. When a Wall street sharper puts up a job that results in watered stock and makes a railroad cost tens of millions more than it ought, nnd so create's'a debt that tho producer will havo to work all his life, nnd his sons after him, to pay tho inter est on, that is a crime that our people are unwise to permit. So far as legitimate enterprises arc concerned, wo favor ns many as the country can use. Let us have railroads and not imidec fair returns for honest investment. The movement that will soon. command popular nttention in tho near future will relate to corporations ond their encroachments. The National and State Governments will regulate the wages of common earners, lhat is a matter the people hold in their own hands, and they have only themselves to blame if they are imposed on. Wo are and always shall bo on the side of the people. Our columns aro open for expression of thoir views on all important subjects. Railroads aro so new and so needful that people gener ally consider them a great blessing. No doubt, as the country settles up, tho time will come when lower rates will be adopted. All such topics aro open to fair discussion, and our columns will exnress all views that aro put in proper shape and properly vouched for. looks Like Fraud. The "United Carriage and Baggago Company is probably a good thing in some respects. It conveys passengers and baggago at reasonable charge from trains and boats to any place in the city. So far so good, but somo of its agents perpetrate frauds on passengers, and that is mot good. Farmers who come to the city can always find car riages and baggago wagons from the leading hotels waiting on the West Side. They can get their baggage checked when they start and nt Portland, at the lower ferry, can hand the chocks to tho hotel agent, who will get tho baggage and bring it to the hotel free of charge. The agent of the United Carriage and Baggago Company seem to have a mo nopoly on tho trains and boats. They go through asking "Any checks for baggnge V This deceives many, who pnss over their checks when they do not need to do so. If this runner would ask if the passengers have any baggage they wished carried to any part of the city, that would bo all right j but the passenger is often misled by the de mand for tho checks. We call attention of those interested in the U. B. & C. Co. to the manner in which their agents go through tho trains demanding checks. It gives tho world reason to denounce the company as a fraud. There is legitimate business enough for such a company, without interfering with tho hotels and imposing on travel ers. Yakima Indian Reservation. The following from the Signal shows how little wo have to fear from Indians in this country and what progress the aborigines aro making on their rich land : Thore aro about 1,500 Indians on the reservation at tho present time, and somo of them seem to bo making the most of tho advantages given them by the gov ernment. Some of the farms arc well kept and in excellent condition. The buildings erected during tho lnt two years are as fine ns any to bo seen in the Territory and reflect great credit, not only on tho government which provided them but also on those who inhabit them nnd keep them in order. The reserva tion is the largest on the coast, but the most perfect order prevails among all the inhabitants and they seem to fully appreciate the advantages given them by the Great Father at Washington, but the reservation is much larger than nec essary for such a small number of inhab itants. Klamath County Property. Tho following is taken from tho assess ment roll for that county for 1883 : 225,023 acres of land valued at $181, 550 i town lots, $29,480; improvements, $24,084; merchandise and implements, $50,182; money, notes, accounts, etc., $84,092; furniture, carriages, jewelry, otc, $11,731 ; 2,861 head ol horses and mules, $S :,825 ; 7,312 cattle, $145,812 ; 4,131 sheep, $6,891; 174 swine, $57g! Gross value of property, $632,323 ; in debtedness, $97,291; exemptions. $47, 707. Total taxable property, $487,374. Number of polls, 162. We would call the attention of our renders to the advertisement of John A. Child & Co., druggists, in this issue! This is an old reliable firm that prido themselves on dealing only in pure drugs and chemicals. The best only of for eign and domestio fancy goods, perfume ries and toilet goods. Orders by mail will bo carefully and promptly attended to. Their place of business is corner of Mcrnsan and Second streets. PROSPECTUS. F OR THE rURPOSE OF PLACING THE W ILLAMETTE FM Within the reach of every farmer In the l'aclflc North west, we shall after this date reduce the price ot follows : One Year, In Advnnee, la.no. Clnlw of Ten, (money with nimet) IS 00 Clab of Fire, (money with name,) 8.75 V3.Clubs can be composed ot old and new subscriber Postage Stamps will not be taken for Subscription. This new schedule of prices is meant to accommo date all class and leave no room for complaint or dl satisfaction. At the price named above thia paper the cheapest on the Pacific Coast. As many perso s have objected to l In; asked pay In advance n reduce the subscription price those uhj make advance payment and shall nenr deviate from the terms stated. You can make money by nrepsyment, aud we prefer that all should pursue that plan. We Intend to inake a farmers' paper that every farmer In the land will need and will not willingly do without. We understand the Interests of agriculture In all this region and Intend to continually study and work for the advancement of the class we represent. We havo cormpor dents In all sections of the Pacific Northwest who will report the succe's of farm ing In every locality. We shall visit all sections a d personally report our observations. We shall compile from our contem poraries of the press all facts relating to development and progress, and material Interest ot 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 production of grain, grasses, fruits and vegetables; concerning stock raising, the value ot cattle for meat and for dairying; of horses tor all purp:ses; of sheep lor wool and mutton, or both ; of Bwlne and poultry. Also, ai ' to bees and honey. We shall continue to study the markets and Inform our patrons on all points, so that they will be able to judge the situation fcr themselves. Our old patrons villi bear witness we have worked faithfully, In this connection, In the past. We shall do ao In the future. No dall; newspaper In Portland ha ever given the producers of the country such clear view of the world's crops and markets as the Farmkr often does. Our market reports have been north hundreds of thou sands to the producers of this region. We shall carefully cull such miscellaneous matter for use as will btneflt and Instruct both young and old. Inn Farmer alms to be an educator In trery department cf life. Our editorials will freely and Independently discus every que-tlon that Interests the people from the standpoint of right. So far as we have influence, it shall be exerted in favor of good principles, good gov ernment, true religion, temperance and fcr education of the misses of the Oerera. and State Governments. The Home Circle Is edited by a lady of mature experience In the labors of the farmer, and well acquainted with the wa8 of the world. She interests herself In all the duties and pleasures of home. Thou sands bear witness to the tcood Influence the Fauir exerts In many homes o make the lives of mothers, wives and children better and happier. It is a a family paper that the Farmer sustain the closest relations to the people and exercises the most salutatory Influence. The Willamette Farmer Is not local In character, as the name might mislead you to believe. It wa named fifteen years aj,o, when the Willamette Valley wo Oregon, but It ha expanded and grown with the growth of the country and represent all the agricul ture of Oregon and Washington. This Is the farmer's own organ, open for all to relate experience, seek Information, and state any grievance they may have to complain of against who ever and whatever seeks to oppressor deceive them. Our columns belong to the people, and the'valueof the Farmer chiefly depends on such popular uttcrinces. The Editor brings to your assistance the experi ence of 33 year spent In this region; Intimate knowledge of the country; many year connection with agriculture and twelve years' acquaintance with many of you In the columns of the Farmer. The reduction of price I made in expectation that It will bring Increased circulation. We aak every friend to aid us in that respect, and shall appreciate the (rood will of all who do eo. Orcgou Railway uud Itaviga Hon Company. OCEAN DIVISION. Between Portland and San Francisco. Leaving Ainsworth Wharf at midnight, as follows: FROM rORTLAXD. MI Inlt-ht. Cct. FROM (AH rRAKCUCO. 10 A. M. Oct. Columbia, Wednesday,, I Oregon, Saturday, Queen, Tuesday t State, Friday II Columbi i, Monday It Oregon, Thuralay 18 Queen, Sunday, n State, Wednesday 14 Columbl., Saturday.. ..! Oregon. Tuesday, 30 Queen, Monday, 1 State, Friday, 5 Columbia, Monday, 8 Oregon, Thursday 11 Queen, Sunday 14 State. Wednesday 17 Columbia, Saturday 20 Oregon, Tuesday 23 yueen. rnaay re state, Monday 29 Through Tickets sold to all points In the United States, Canada and Europe, RAILROAD DIVISIONS. On and alter Sept. 2, 1883 LEAVE: Portland at 6:15 A. M.; Alblna at 7 A. V. ARRIVE: at Albina 7:45 P.M.; Portland at 8 P. M. MIDDLK COLUMBIA, WIU.AMETTB VAtlUILL K1VEB DIVISION. AMI Leave Portland I I I I i for Mon. ITues. IWed.lThur Irrl. Bat Dalles and Upper ioiumDia.,., Astoria and Low. er Columbia... Dayton Vlcteria, B.O.... Corvallls and in 7 AM SAM 7AM SAM SAM 7AM.7AM7AM 7AM 7AM SAB oA'si SAM S'MleAM SAM 7 AM 7AM SAM SAM j AM la AM SAM termedlate pts General Tlrkrt 0Uce Cor. Front and D Btt, C. H. PRESCOTT, JOHN UU1K, Man?'. Sop of Traffic. A. L. STOKES, F F. ROGERS, Ass't Sup't Traffic. Qcn'l Agent Pass. Dep. A. L. MAXWELL, Ticket Agent. NOTICE! WANTED TO RBNT-A SMALL FARM WITH In from one to three miles of the city of Pert land; with house, barn and never falling supply ef water with at least from fifteen to tweniy-flve arret under plow. ISAAC HADLEV, oclltop nervals, Marlon county, Oregon, STOCK MEN, ATTENTION! A Bare Bargain, SM acres of land three miles north of OoUeudale. W, T., aud thirteen mile from Columbus, whleh tl tltuuated on the Columbia river, opposite "Orf 8tatlon,- on the O. R & N. Railway. Of this tract W acres Is bottom land, and 100 acre bunch gran. Back Hou.itain range cannot bo cut off. Branca the Klikltat river run through th whole tract- ... IM acre, under ferce, Is in Timothy, Wheat, Oats aid Barley. House and Large Barn. The above Is offered at a bargain en eaynns For further particular apply to . - OLDEJiOORFF HARVEr. Washington St,, P""."' " 8,O.DCJBAR. Julr27-Sm Qoldeadale, W. x. "THt ltT IS THt OHCAPKST.'' SAW IHUnuoi HILLS. EllllinCailNurVf-v (Tor ll amlon. and purposes. Write for rrrampWH aadfrtcts tolheaultmu laTajtorCo.. Mansfield. Ob