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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 :
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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
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SAM
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7AM
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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.''
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(Tor ll amlon. and purposes. Write for rrrampWH
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