" VOL. XV. tfyorrtfyixnftcntq. LANE COUNTY FAIR. Si'iJiNoriaui, Or., Oct. 20, 1883. Editor Willamette Firm-r: List of entries and premiums awnrd od at the Lano County Fair : Hoif.es .1. JI. McFurland, thorough hrod more, 1st pre. Horses of all work : J. H. McFurland. one year old filly, 1st pro ; John Cooley, sticking colt, 1st pie ; Isaac Barclay, Arahian mare, 2nd pre ; 0. F. Knox, 2 year old Allies, 1st and second pre; John Simpson, carriage teani,2nd pre ; J. It. Sellers, o and 4 year old horses of all work ; J. Vandorwort, walking 2 year old; Marion Martin, sucking colt, 2nd pre; J. C. Wallace, stallion, 1st pro., ono year old filly 2nd pre, roadster to go in harness, 1st pre., htullion with five colts, 1st pro; Jus. llobii'ft't, Aiabian maro, 1st pre ; O. F. Knox, walking horso; A. Miller, trot tor, 1st pro; Albert Hunt, roadster 1 year old, 1st pre: lioscoe Knox, walking liorse ; John Cooley, horse of all work, 2nd pro; Jas. Huwlcy, carriage team, 1st pre. Graded draft horses; John Cooley, stallion, 1st pro ; "William Stew art, sucking colt, 1st pre ; J. K. Sellers, 3 year old mare, 1st pre ; Jas,. Wooton, 4 year old mare, 2nd pre ; Geo Belshaw, 2 year old Clyde,lst pie, 1 year old Clyde mare, 1st pre, sweepstakes 2 year old horse, 1st pre, sweepstakes maro without regard to blood, 1st pre; D. D. Huff, draft team, roadster team; C.J. Soars, 2 year old Clydesdale, 1st pre. Saddle horses; O. F.Knox, 1st pro; J. A. J. Crow, 2nd p; II. E. CollUou an A. Mil ler entries of saddle horses. Sheop Spanish Monno : J. D. Coch ran, one year old buck, 2nd pre, ewe, m. K. ltiley, tho chaHengo systeuiof cut 2nd p; Aleck Taylor, buck, 1st p; w tm"g',"lsit phoninghan urgan, lstp. one and two lambs. 1st u ewe lamb, 1st p; O. F. Knox, Newfordshire, 1st p; Angora goats, 1st pro. Swine and Poultry Geo. Belshaw, best 2 Essex pigs, 1st p ; best pigH with out regard to breed, 1st p ; J. It. Sellers, ducks. 1st p; H. N. Garoutto, ducks, 2nd p ; J. It. Sellers, bull geese, 1st pre. Farm products Goo. Belshaw, wheat, sweepstakes. Best and largest variety of grain raised by ono exhibitor in glass jars, 1st p; Sonorn, uiawson.voivei, goi tlen chalf, white chaff mammoth, seven headed, ninety day, red chaff mammoth, imperial, Canada, Hudson bay, chili club, Landreth, chuff club. Sample flour, on each, 1st p ; D. 1). Huff, barley, 1st p; Geo'. Landioth, buckwheat, 1st p; J. H. Shortridge, Irish batiu flax s-heaf, 1st p ; It. Carey, hungarian grass, 1st p. Vegetables Ira Hawloy, mangel wurtzel 1st p; II. C. Voatcli, mangel wurtzol 2nd p; S. B. Jackson, blood beet, 2JJ pounds, lstp; cabbage; Mrs. Ithoda Cathcart, mammoth, 1st p; J. Katon, flat dutch, 1st p; A. Eaton, drumhoad, 1st p ; Ira Hawley, kohl rabi lstp; long orange carrot, 2nd p; II. C. Veatch, long orange carrot, 1st p; white Belgian carrot, lstp; Isaac Barclay, ev ergreen sweet corn, lt p; William Stew art, thoroughbred flint com, ears 1(5 in. long, 1st p ; W. It. Gilfrey, yellow corn, latp; A. F. Johnson, raisin grapes, 1st Pi C. W. Boren, mission grapes, ltp; Ira Hawley, citron, 21 IU, 1st p; Pota toes. John Buoy, white elephant, white tar, lato rose, each 1st p ; garnet chili, 2nd p ; John O. Grubb, peerless 1st p ; J II. Crow, white kidney, leopird, early goodrich, each lstp; Ira Hawley, gar net chili, ono hill of 20 lbs, and Foster, each 1st p; II. C, Veatch, snow-flakes, bluo kidney, poachblow, garnet chili, each 1st p ; I). D. Huff, half bushel va riotyj Squashes- II. C. Vcatch, two 1ft and one 2nd p; I). I). Huff and J. II. Crow, one each 1st p , W. J. J. Scott, perfect gem and golling, each 1st p ; J. 11. Crow.Kussian Minitower, 1st p; J. It. Sellers, smooth red tomato, 1st p ; Geo. Sears, radish, 1st p. Turnips: A. F. Johnson and Iw Hawloy, 2nd p; IL C. Veatch, 1st p; Orvilio Phelps, white ru tabaga, 30 lbs, Irt p , ' I). 1). Huff, 2nd p; Mrs. Mnrv Sellers, butter, 1st p; Mrs. Geo Belshaw, butter, 2nd p , Mrs E A. Jackson, butter. Fruit J. 11 Shortridge, Imldwins, 2d p ; H C. Voatch. gloria mundi, 2d p ; baldwin; W.J.J. fccott, gloria mundi, lstp: rambo, 1st p, esopas epiUcnburg 1st p, Jamr Monro, vonoty, m p; Hoscoe Knox, baldwins, lHp, yellow belltfloner, roxbury russet, golden run set, northern xmesonas Miitzeiiborg, Carolina red, oiio lot northern spy 21 applet weighing 20 lbs: one plate, pro visions, taken by Jno. Simpson beans, 2 kln'ibf 1st p, gos cherries, lu'ure expected to par,s upon a consider vauucu. .truit Mrs. Uircu. ramjeu p, pea1 1st p, grapes, 1st p, cherries to kinds 1st p, sweet corn, 1st p; Mrs. O. F. Knox, canned blackberries, plums peaches, pears, and cucumbers, each 1st j. Jellies Mrs. M. Ilenfcr, crab apples, 1st p; Mrs. O. F. Knox, elderberry, peach and blackberrv, each 1st pro. L'idies' Fancy "Work Mrs. Levisa McKonzie, nig, 1st p, sofa pillow; Mrs. Mary Sellers, 1 pair of pillow shams, 2d p, chair tidy, 1st p, mat 1st p; Mrs. Gik). Gilfrey, zephyr wreath. 2nd p; far mers wreath, lt p; wax fruit, lstp; lounge pillows, 2nd p, three hearth rugs, 1st p ; Mre. S. M. Adams, lambrequin hair work, 1st p; Lucy Adams, tidy; Mary Adams, tidy, 1st p ; Mrs. L. M. Oliven, aged 72, two piece quilts; So I'lnano Wallace, aged 10, quilt; Mrs. folk Currin, worsted quilt, 1st p;tidy, lit p , Mrs. Nettie Wallace, pin cushion, 1st p; A. F. Johnson, stand cover, 1st p; Muttie Chrisman, bofn pillow, chair tidy, 2d p; calla-lily mat, 1st p; Mrs. O. P. Adams, pice quilt, -2d p; Sarah Gilfrey, sofa cushion, 1st p ; Nollio Gilfrey, pin cushion, 1st p; Mrs. John Belshaw, dry bouquet, 1st p; Mrs. Geo. Belshaw, lamp mat, 2nd p, chair tidy, lstp, sofa pincushion, raised work, let p, pin cuh ion, raised work, 1st p, chair pin cushion, lstp; Mrs. Molvinu Mann, piece (milt, 2d p . Mrs. Ithoda Cathcart, three piece quilts ; Mrs. M. J. Vcatch, piece quilt ; Mrs. S. J. Sears, pieco quilt ; tidy patch, 1st p ; Ada Medley, pillow shams, p, pieee quilt, 1st p ; chair tidy ; Marti Medley. Pin cushion, 2d p; Mrs. J. Modlev. hand mado liusey, 1st p, carpet lstp; pieco quilt; Mrs. Mhda Seam, mat ; Mrs. J. Sears, wreath ;Mrs. Dr. Harris, quilt, 2d p; piece qiutt, 1st p ; Hottie Parsons, slipper case 1st p ; tobacco case, 1st p ; cigarette cae, 1st p ; hanging pin cushion, 2d p, glove pin cushion, 1st p, hair basket, 1st p, geolog ical cabinet, 1st p; Martha Stanton, zephyr wreath, 1st p ; Belle Wand, tidy ; Mrs. Wand, piece auilt: Mrs. 0. P. Adams, ludiestrimmod hat, 1st p ; Mrs T o secretary is unable to decide whether tho two following entries should be placed in the ladies' fancy work de partment or under tho bond of farm products : Edith Wallace, girl baby, 1 1 months, old, weight 22 lbs, blonde 1st p, 1,00; Aleck McKenzie, boy baby, 21: months, weight 15 lbs, blonde, Kt p, SLfiO. Pictures and paintings Helen Adams crayon drawing, 1st p; H. Ttionipwin, water colors. 1st and 2d l): A. F. John- eon, picture, 1st p; Mattio Chrisman, water color, 1st p; J A. Mann, pen drawing, lstp. Miscellaneous -J. it. oeners, telescop ic rifle, 1st p ; Mrs. Geo. Belshaw, petri fied saeo brush, petrified mushroom, each 1st p, 2 specimens of silver ore, 2d p, collections of shells, 1st p, specimen alabaster, 1st p; Mrs. Melvina Mann, specimen of silver ore, 1st p ; Mell-on & Pratt, diamond iron narrow, 1st p. s In all, thore arc 207 entries, divide as follows: Horses. 41 ; sheep, 8 ; pigs, poultry. 3: groin 111: fruit, 17; canned fruit, 13 ; jellies-1 ; vegetables 51 ; butter 3 ; fancy wort, 12; paintings o; miscellaneous 143. This is the second annnal fair and tho exhibits aro good considering tho fact that it has poured down rain the whole timo of the fair Taken altogether, it promises much for the success of future fairs in the county There aro some ex hibits that require special mention which will Ikj mado in tho future. J. S Churchill, So 'y. Ohio correspondence I.EO.VAIiPSni'Kti, Oct. 8 Editor V illamotte Farmer: By your crop reports I sco that you of the Occident aro getting on better than wo hero in tho land of constitutional amendments, Scott law and free drinks. The nights of tho 8th, 9th and 10th of September put tho imprint of Jack Frost on overy article of vegetation, and ruined at least three-fourths of all the crn fodder in tho Scioto valley. Tho excefsive drought throughout the months of July, Auguu and September made plowing next to impossible and seeding late, and yet a larger per cent, of wheat is being sown this fall than at any previous time within the knowledge of the writer. There is no good corn, and the failure of the wheat crop makes lasting and pungent impressions on the minds of many .Many farmers profited by experience in their exjeriments with new ami largo varieties of corn with a scikiii cut shoitat both ends. And almort every farmer is trying to get a sov mm pigs to feed, behoving that tuch -tock eats oft corn tho best. I myself hao thrco paterfftinili-', who, with their progeny, SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER able amount of Besorab.i and Mammoth Dent com, cut short of its great proini-e by untimely frosts. I see in the Fakmki: the advertisement of the Newark Com pany's clover hullor, and can only won der if any of those excellent machines will over find their way into your beauti ful valloy. The Pioneer excursion will no doubt prove a rare treat to tho-,e old veterans who can but wonder at the difference of time occupied in making the trip as compared with their going out. The drift of emigration seoms tending to Ne braska at tho present time, and many oven on tho down-hill eido of life's journey uro selling out and going there. I will not attompt to disguise the fact that real e.-tat has depreciated in value in central Ohio, in consequence of what seems to be permanent ami serious draw backs, climatic and otherwise. Many of that class who never aro but always to be blessed are delving into carp culture and hopo to realize a fortune, but, from the amount already engaged in that yet untried enterprise, tho profits will bo seriously divided. The sheep husbandi y has taken a dead lock, and many aie closing out Iwcauso of the unsatisfac tory workings of tho last tariff on wool. Hoping for wholeHoino laws tor tom- iicrance m Uino, I am, as ever, yours, Jso. Wate: An Oregon Pioneer In Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., Oct. 12, 1883. Editor Willamette Farmer. I have been to see a herd of Short horns to-day, and to say that it was fine is hardly sufficient. The color, in par ticular, is red, two cows in milk, I am suro will compare with anything in that lino for richness and quantity. I came hoie prejudiced against Short-horns for milk, but I find that somo families have been biead to milk until they aro not only suro milkers but they transmit it to their offspring. Tho bestinilkers lean to red in color. I also saw tcnlayii lot of Shrophshires just from England, and they were nice. Thoy run on brush pastures. I see now that I kept mine too fat or too w II. They will keep fat on plenty of hazel brush. 1 asked Saun ders, of the Itieeders' Ga.ette, just home fi uu Kngl'uid. how thoy were holding their own" in that country. He said thoy were the most popular breed in all Eng land. I like Wisconsin, with its beautiful lakes and rolling prairies. The people here ore wealthy, especially the large land owners. 1 get lots of white-fish, but give me salmon. Mr. W. C. Meyers, of Jackson county, is here looking after horse interests. We visited the Gazetto office together. Mad ison is nearly surrounded by lakes. Poland-China hogs are tho popular breeds here. Yours, etc., G. W. Hunt. Front from one Swarm of Bees. Salkm, Oct. 17, 18811. A Elitor Willamette Farmer: I wrote an nrticlo last wintor, and it was publibhod in the F.vumkk, giving my experience and tho profits of raising lx"s, and I promised to rojiort sticcoss this season. 1 am now ready to rc-ioit. I had one stand of lees and no swarms ihsued from that this season. That one has made no more honey than they wanted for their own use. Tho profit lias come from what they have done for me in other directions. I have raised under glass a crop of cucumbers and melons, tho bees fertilizing thorn; with out their lalxirs 1 should have had nei ther cucumber or melon. My crop of cueumliers, after paying all expenses of marketing, netted mo $350, and I re ceived for melons, above expenses of marketing, $20, making in all f'170, tho profit of one swarm of lce. Some one may eay this is not tho profit from the bees but from tho garden. Well, divido it then letweon the !xx;s and the garien. The garden is no more necessary than tho bees, and we nave ib; tor me gar dou and $185 for the bees, which still makes a fair profit. What wonders there aro in nature; a purjjoso in every thing ; nothing croated amiss, and all for man's lenefil. It is too often the capo wo receive the gifts without thanking the Giver. Dkxtkh Fiki.k Letter from King County Woodviui:, AS T Ot 1R, 1883 Kditor WillurmtU) Karmtr. Kudosed find $2 for one new sub scrilcr. My neighbors aro twenty-five years behind Eastern improvements. They haul hay in 011 sled, and let lice stay on fruit tin'. This country is cur.-d by S-.illleited filing on lands and holding and proving up bv one another and have no actual roidonce. Lots and lots of claims can oasily bo eontrsted. Send act'tal settlers this way, for lauds and locations are choice hero and plenty yet. Send them to Martin Hubbard, Waneta, King county, W. T, and G. 11. Miller, living on tho east side of bake Washington, opposite the island. Ho would locate six or eight families well. Send good, reliable, actual settlers this way. This wholo country is cursed with non-residents. Wo have no roads, society and nil connected, mostly on account of this. My thanks will over be to you for directing mo this way, for I am well suited. If it rains lots, tho grass will grow, also stock and fruit of all kinds. Yours truly, C. W. EsTAimooK. Handling Bees. AfW we have procured our t.tock of bees, it is essential to know how to handle them, be they Italian, black or hybrid. To the practical hand it is no task to open a hive and "go tbiough" it, as the bee-men .-ay. But to the novice it looks like a great undertaking to open a hive with its thousands of stingers that seoni. each and every ono of them. ready to pass out and plant themselves where tliey will do the most good. fow the secret is this: Bees, when filled with honey, aro not inclined to sting unless they are squeezed. To cause them to hit themselves with honey it is only necessary to friuhteu them, and they will rush to save their most valuable property. Closing tho entrance and rapping upon tho sido of the hivo a few times, or blowing smoke into tho en trance, or down among them, from the top will mako them load up and be docilo. But tho actions of tho person Jiavo much to do with it also ; it almost seems as though hoes know a jwrson who is afraid of them. In going to a hive and opening it, make slow, deliber ate motions, afid keep your hands away from your faco, unless put thcio slowly. I have known many persons to bo stung by quickly throwing their hands up to their face when an angry bee camo around, the bee taking it as 11 challenge to fight. First, get a good bellowH smokcr to begin with, firo it up with dry, rotten wood; approach tho hive fiom the sido to bo out of tho way of the Hying lccs, and give ono or two strong puffs at tho entrance. Wait a minute or two for this to have etfocl, then movo the cap with as little jar as possible, remove the auilt, or honey board, as carefully, blowing a little smoke as you do so, and give the bees 11 little timo to fill themselves with honey. Tie little fellows will be seen with their hends r-tuck in the cells, hipping away fordear life. Now, mako slow motions; pry the frames over with as little jur as can be, iiiid while looking at the combs keep the breath from striking tho bees too much, or you will think you have been struck with a hot poker. Patience and practice will soon givo tho novice confidence. I!ut do not abuse your power and smoke the poor bees out ot their hives, us I have seen somo do; usually three or four puffs from tho smoker are enough. Exchange. The QulUeute Country. It lies on tho western s1om of tho coast rango of mountains, extending down to tho waters of the Pacific ocean. Tho river of that namo empties about.'IO miles Fouth of Capo Flattery, by route of wiiich the Quillloiite country is gen erally reached. A strainer from tho Sound goes around whenever the busi ness will justify, while more frequent trips aie made by schooners, especially those ciifiBgcd in Indian trailing and for sealing. Tim most ordinary mode of communication is by canoe of the Indi an by Noah Bay or by tramping it over tho toughest kind of trails for that place, or inlets further mi tho Straits of Fuca. From ijiulleto to the i;ap the coast line is of the hardest char.tetcr, unbro ken rock towering high and threatening deatli and destruction. South from tho Quilleute the country lowers grad ually until it becomes a flat in tho vicin ty of Shoalwater Bay and the Columbia. The obstacles in the way of reaching and making jt home in thih land have Wxiii many,"nd most inninnountable, jft they have been overcome by two score of rough urid lurdy ba:kwoxls man. These men (and some women and children), urn but tho forerunners of a counties hor.t, who will .-0011 bo crowding in by hundred and thousands. The better land is up tho river, where rich and beautiful prairies, all ready for the plow, can bo found to the extent of tbouiuuds of acre. Theae landn atu mill 3, 1883. to have no superior on the faro of tho earth. Tho timber lands aie also gnod. though in fertility, am not to bo com pared with the prairies. The timber it self is valuable, and consists principally of spruce, hemlock and fir. tho latter being of a smaller growth than that ol tho Sound. The river is navigable a mile and a half from its mouth. Beyond that it Js very rapid, loiug traversod by tho Indians in their canoes. Tho finest of salmon abound, tho inhabitants thinking them tho best on tho coast. Off thosboro are the fur seals, millions of which sHrt in these waters, furnish ing prohtablo employment for tlto Indi ans in their capture. Back nearer tho mountains are the greatest bands 01 elk to be found in tho world. Theso noble animals stand higher than cattle, the fe males weighing from 500 to 700 pounds, and the males 800, 1000 and even 1200. A considerable traffic is enjoyed in their hides and antlers, while the meat is as palatable as beef. Boar also abound, of tho black or brown species, and birds and other game. The Indians aro of tho original kind, but littlo tainted with the vices of the whites, and are hospitable in every thought and act. Seattle l'ost Intelligencer. American Fair Tne Nortbern Pacific Rail ways Exhibit of Cereals, Roots, Etc. There aro many superior and interest ing displays at the American Exposition, ninny of which have already been noted in these columns, but there is none that presents mure interesting and attractive, as well as suggestive, features than the extensive exhibit of the products from tho great Northwest, made by the North ern Pacific Railroad Company. Tho products shown from Minnesota, north Dakota, Montana, not them Idaho, AVash ington and Oregon, the vast region traversed by the Northern Pacific rail road, oxtending from bake Superior to the Pacific Ocean and Puget Sound, a distance of about 2,000 miles. The ex hibit of cereals is very fine. It embraces wheat, oats, barley and rye in the straw and of threshed grains; also the various plants and grases -flax, hop, timothy, clover, millet, alfalfa, Hungarian orchard and the nativ grasses. Tho native grasses of the western part of. north Da kota, Montana, northern Idaho, Wash ington and Oregon -notably the famous bunch and buffalo gnusrs -tiro un equalled for their nutritious and sucu lent qualities, and thoy cover the most extensive and well watered grazing ranges in tho United States. The humpies of wheat from this great wheat bolt at tracls the notice of all farmers. There are samples of fife, the famous hard upriiiK wheat fiom Minnesota and frtun each of the counties of Cass, Itunsom, Barnes, Stutsman, Kidder, Burleigh, Morion and Spink, in north Dakota. This wheat ranges fiom 28 to 10 bushel, to the acre, weighing from (il to (il pounds to tho bushel. This ia the wheat from which tho best flour ;s manufactured by tho patent roller process in voguu at all tho large roller mills at Minneapolis and at other points through that section. There is flour on exhibition from the gloat I'illsbury flouring mills at Miiinetiiiolih. The lurgot of tho 1'ilUbuiy mills has a ca pacity of 1,500 ban ols of Hour per day, and their group of mills u capacity of of 7,500 bairels per day, whilu.the Wash burn mills have n capacity of about 7,000 barrels, and various other mills at this point have a rapacity of 15,000 barrels, aggregating total capacity of ulxut IJO.OOO barrels of ilouf icr day The consumption of hard spring wheat at Minneapolis is about 23,O00,O(X btchels per annum. The display of wheat from Montana, WashinKtoii and Oregon is in great variety and of notably fine quality, tho yield ranging from 30 U 00 bushels to the acre, weighing from fil to 05 iMiuniU to the bm-hel Tho varieties shown embrace white Uusrian, Austral ianclub, white Au-tralian spring, white winter, Odet-SA, black African, purple club, littlo club, whiter too, etc. Spk-n did hamplea of white rye, llax, barley and outs fiom the different nUto and Terri tories ma Im' Hjkii, while the samjilois of vegetables from north Dnkotu and Min nesota aro wonderfully huge Tim sam ples of potatoes nrf particularly fine, the yield ranging from 200 to -100 bushels tothoHeru, mid the b'-eU, turnips, cab ImKes, onions (which yield us high as 800 bushels V) the .tcie), etc., excite uni versal comment as to fi. and appear ance, coming, n they do, from a -eetioii heretofore thought iquriugly productive, lint which is pioving from the evidence of practical experience to bo wonderfully productive In all the ctiral and veget able crojM. Every farmer in thin ceclion NO. 38. should examine, this exhibit critically, as thoy, more than any others, will appre ciate the superior character of tho sample so lavishly displayed. The display 01 mineral specimens from along tho lina, collected from Montana and also from the I.nko Superior regions, has lieen de layed in transit, but is expected to nrriv at any moment. Tho product of the precious metals in Montana has reached a total at the present writing of over 100,000, and in Washington and Ore gon of about $50,000,000, whilo tho co per mines of Lake Superior are anions; the richest in tho world. Tho product ol iron, copper and load, tin, coal an'd other ir.inerals in Montana are on a broad scale, and specimens of minerals from this country will bo examined with great interest by a largo number of our citi zeus. Mr. P. B. Great, the general emi gration agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, with headquarters at St, Paul, is here, relativo to arranging tho exhibit. Mr. A. J. Quin, the. New England agent of the Northern Pacitic railroad, 298 Washington street, has charge of ttw exhibit. In the completion of this exhibit there, is rounded up a group of displays ot tho agricultural and natural products of several quito diverse, but all very de sirable, sections of ouroxtensivo country. Hero in this group of exhibit- -wo have tho products of the groat Northwest, tho groat Southwest (including Texas, Lousiana, Arkansas and Missouri, and. the great South -for thev are nil great in their way in tho view of those who aro looking for certain advantages ol soil, climate and natural productions, to determine 111 which direction tuoy suau. cast their future lot after leaving New England. These exhibits should ah be seen by evory farmer in New England, and a view ot them alone is worth u vitdt to Boston and to the fair. Bostoa Herald. The Craur d' Aleue Mines. A party returned from tho Oomr d Alone gold fields last Saturday evening, and from T. J. Dynan we have some in teresting information relativo to th mining outlook there. To begin with, Dynan considers the mines rich in goldr paying well now, even with the imper fect modes of mining iu ojie ration. DnHt pahcs for legal tender in the mines and. goes readily at ninety cents to thopenny we'ght. The largest nugget yet found was valued at something over $.'18. Old miners are of the opinion that the ficM is rich, and the work in bedrock will dis close riches in vastly gi eater quantities than anything that has yet anpoarctl. Mr. Dynan estimates that ton thousand miners can lie accommodated in tho camp, and thinks at least half thai nnm lier will be there in the Hpriug. The en tire) region is covered by a thick growth of cedar, the trees ranging from 175 to 250 feet iu height and 15 to Hi feet in circumference. Tiik New Insane asylum is com pleted. The patients were removed last week, Tuesday, fiom the old Hawthorne asylum at Hast Portland, to the the new quarters in Salem, owned by tho State, and wero transferred to the care of Dr 11. Carpenter nf superintendent, who has m ably aided the plans mid construe tion as consulting phy-ician acting with the slate hoard. The patients are much pleased with the new and elegant quar tess. Before, thev wore necessarily -, 1 , .1 i.:l.. 41 1 croWllCU mgi lliei ; wiiiiu nun uiujr imv" aliiindaiit room. We havedewribed the building herctofoie and need only s.iv that, in its completed form, it fully reai i.m all that was anticipated The Slide ikisscssi'K an asyluin for its insane fully up U tho latest improvements 111 sunh buildings and expressly linen ami 1111 nished for the comfort and benefit of the unfortunates whom uusou is unsealed. It is not known that so good an asylum was ever erected lit the same cost. JlTercreen Millet Mr. Htillwell, of Wasco county, givi the Wasco .Sun his experience with over gnn millet, kh follows: His sued was sown on very dry land where ho did no have siircens with alfalfa; that his crop was splendid some of it as high as his head- and tUat it was now green. Ho wild ho bail gathered by hand 150 pounds of seed and Hhould gather 50 IkhiiuIh more. Mr. Ktillivrll thinks that much of tho disapisiitituient which baa Ixjen oiperieiuisl by Uiiimi who tried wn the bad charict;r of the California seed, which, would not grow here. Mr fi says his was grown on the dryest soil u be found The wrccKid bark Kival, which hiw Ihjcii quietly reHning where it went ashore two years ago, on Peacock spit, started to wa last Hunday