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February 2S, 18S3 J
nin. Rradsiui :
We pulillnh only a sufficient number of the FiRMrn
to npply actual prepaid tulucrlbtr and we cannot up
tity back pumbcra.
II It la denlred by iiibarrilicni U accurc all liio the)
Kit arrangn to fcrnl In their n nea In ample tin c
to reach tnla otl'Ce before expiration.
JWAII aulmcriberj can tell by the prln'ed tair nnTft
MTthoIr pjper exactly when tlnir tlmo will ixpln "frt
Anothor Important point: AM, COMMUNICATIONS
AND LKTTKKS SHOULD HE AUDI h-SKIiTll Tilt
"WILL HI IT! R IAIIMIK."
Draper 13, lor' and. On ton
TlIK I.r.'HPIAIiriiK of Wllbhillgtotl "ill
ave to make i-everul new countis lhi
W!Wion, but we will unit until tbiyaie
all made befoio wo (ell wlmt thoy arc.
DuitiNU Tin: week or two past Villard
tucks have climbed up somewhat anil
irland linn at tho rt coven d piico, but
lliey ar Htill fur lx-liind last summor'H
quotations, and it !h matter for doubt if
they recover nil the ground lout for a long
"time to roimi.
Hknatok Doi.i'ii liaH gone Kust to be
prepared for work when Congress jnoiii
Wch. Wo do not know if Senator Slater
ban Rturlod, but ho will soon leave, lis
XJongresH mcetH tho first week in Pcecm
licr. Those gentlemen differ in politics,
Vut wo hojH) to learn that thoy iigreo to
work together for Oregon interests.
Jiiixik It. I'. IIoise, Master of State
Orange, went Kast last week to attend
Mm coming meeting of the National
Grange. Prothcr lloiso promiseH to
write and keep us informed on grange
natters for tho benefit of our readers.
Wo hoo to bear from him, ho as to ex
plain tho work in hand.
Ootoiu'.k ih not a month to emigrate
in, but wo learn from the Bureau of Iih
ligration that u steady Htreain of immi
gration leaves the Kast for xiiiti in
Washington or Oieg n. During the
xiohth this ban amounted to .r() a day, or
l,ri(M) for tho month. Wo shall watch
"with intoiost the influx for November
louring this timo inanv aie coming by
learner to Portland or I'ngel Sound.
Wk auk satisfied that wo niado a mis
take in discontinuing tho nons featme of
"Uio Kaiimkii, and hIiiiII renew it in brief
hupu so as to give a siinun.iiy of all im
portant events, local domestic and for
eign that transpiie. Vo should much
prefer to make the Faumeii iudocndeut
( news but, as so many prefer it, wo
ahull concede to tho common wi-di and
spare a few columns for news Skeins.
The Ouk.oon City Knterprisu calls at
tention to one of thy evils of changing
BiciulH frequently, as follows : Clacka
- muiIih a large county and elects a new
Mtioasor nvery two yearn. Tho new man
ary naturally omits- numerous -persons
arni the assoaeiiioiitaud has to learn the
holo county every timo, whereas, if
looted for a longer term ho could do his
work much better. This is an argument
kx favor of precinct assessors. Take a
itixen, well po.sunl, who has lived long
enough to know all his precinct and he
Mtn make a correct assessment of that
fHcinct, while he could not as correctly
mpm all tho countv, Tho assessment
few needs a general revision and tho
mttxt legislature should try to do it
Ukeat boasts aro mads because wo
are rapidly paying off tho immense pub
lic debt that resulted from the civil war.
.I a fow years tho whole tlebt will bo
wiped out." It striker) sensible people
that this generation endured it full aharo
of loss in giving tho lives of 600,000
men in the prime, of life and in paying
and losing billions of treasure during
tint timo tho war lasted. To tax our
xelves to pity all tho debt during our
lifetime may bo bravo and iij no doubt,
vwy unselilsh, but there h no just res-non-
why wo should do so. That tlebt
mould bo paid oil' (luring the next ecu
tury and no complaint made. This gen
ejrtttiou is.ctrtuiuly too hiaily titxed for
'tbiii purjHMO, f
Tn Nohtukun Paoitlo llailroad has
wet bceu iu oMration Ion; enough to
Immt whothor. iU comjtiUon elltxts
radt( but wo have the word ol a promi
Mttt wholeaale ineahant who briugs
MHch freight ovor Uie road, that bla gtxxli
Mst'inuch leru now than )eretof ore; lc
aaeefrf ight is considerably lower than
it used to bo over the Central Pacific
route. That means that competition is
resulting in our favor and the producer
will le taxed less on his purchases. We
notico that San Francisco merchants
have agreed to furnish the northern lino
$1,000,000 in valuo of freights for the
year to come. That is nlso Im?ciuso of
competition boinir effective. It looks a
little as if the wholocost wantH to de
rive practical benefit from the opening of
tho Northern line.
If oun fanners could f-ce the immene
quantiticH of California products that
comes on every steamer they could gatlji
or some idea of the wants of our country
and of tho articles we should produce
bore. Each csel brings tons upjMi tons
of butter and cheese andall hortaof fruits
and vegetables. We slull get the p.irtic
ulurh of these importations from some
Portland dealers and gne them to our
rcidcrs next week. Every country that
buys what it can reasonably produce doc
buiness at a disadvantage. It is the
sunu way with eveiy person. Economy
means producing even thing in r nomi
lily ran that wo consume. Tiu'i)u-l"eaon
has been nnfjvor.iblo and is not a f.iiv
iet of production. The rapid growth of
tho country, makes a gieater demand
than U"iial, which accounts in niiio do
glee for tho present statu of things.
In its shaip reflections on Oregon pro
ducers, the Oregoni.in forget", or fails to
gio weight to two important facts.
One is that the heason ju-t pa-td by has
Ik en very unfavorable for pioduction and
does not show what ordinarily would be
the supply of home products. Again,
tho rapid growth of population in citios
and towns creates an unusual domaud,
greater than eer existed before. IIcio
tofoie, the farmer who took pains to grow
root crops or anything out of the com
mon way, found no leliiblo market for
such "market stuff." This has often oc
curred, and it has discouraged experi
ment by enterprising fanners. So with
fruit, as wo showod last week. Hereto
fore our market has been easily over
stocked with the very articles and piod
ucts we now require from California. We
believe tho demand for California prod
ucts will never bo so groat again, unless
some unusual cause exists, as now, to
creak) the demand.
The Okeoonian wants to see vino
yards planted in .Tackton and Josephine.
Wo havo for soinu months past taken
pains to interview men fiom Southern
Oregon as to tho capacity of that region
to grow grapes and peaches, and have
liccu disapHiiut"d in finding no enthusi
asm on that subject. Wo shall try to
visit that valley (Ifoguo ritor) as soon as
the loud is through, to get solid factsJ
So for as we can leant, tho lands l cully!
favorable to tho peach and ginpere
limited in extent. That is tho icfison
we have not .-aid more on the subject.
When we get time to isit that country
we shall give leliable facts as to its
adaptability for tho-it fruits. ' Eton
where tiny glow gr.ipi s, it ni.ij bo pos
sible they are not equ il to those grown
f.uthcr south. Wo pi i for to learn more
before we advise people to go there and
engage iu tho growing of such fruits,
though wo fully believe it to 1k tho best
pint of Oregon for fiuit.s of all kinds
and for growing corn.
WASHINGTON" AT MEWBEKO.
A fortnight ago New York celebrated,
with groat ceromony and dignity, tho
closing act of the revolutionary war,
when asluugton broko up camp at
Newberg, on the Hudson, and, dclhcrihc
Ins farewell address to lus army, seutlus
worn out but victorious soldiers home.
The last two years previous saw little
lighting. Negotiation was going on for
peace and for freedom and thoy resulted
in success for tho American colonies be
fore the disbanding took place. Onu
hundred years havo passed, and we se
as great a people along the ahores of tho
Pacific aa was then to bo found on tho
Atlantic At that time New York was
not more populous than Portland, and
no city in America posMwaed, tho wealth
and population that San Francisco lias
to-day.
During the century sinco Washington
gathered the faithful soldiers of tho re
public around him to bid them farewell
and send them back to piths of (tcace,
the world has soon many anil wonderful
changes, not the least of which related to
the romance of history enacted on tho
l'licitic. Just it century after the closing
act of tho revolution tho older cities of
the great republic welcomed back the
Oregon pioneers, This baud of stalwart
men and gra -Inured women a third of a
century ago comjuoivd the wilderness of
the Pacific Now that our region is
open to tho woild they take the first
train of the new transcontinental road
to revisit the scenes of youth. So, with
in a century, the Far West sends back
to the Uttlo-seiirred Kat a Kind of .that there are 13,273 newspapers pub
veteraus who conquered savage hordes l lishod in the United States.
WTLLVMETTK PA.RMER: SALEM, OREGON, OVEMI3EB 2, 183
as well aa sulxlued the savagery of
Nature.
While the century has gone by tho
nation has spread and civilization has
spanned a continent. The century to
come will fill up ccry vucant place and
create wealth that will make tho United
States of America not one whit behind
tho most illustri jus nations of the world.
During tho century just gone tho world
has accomplished more than in sixty
centuries that wont before
TBE MECHANICS' FAIR.
The Mechanics' Fair wound up n suc
cessful exhibit Saturday night after be
ing open tluoc weeks. Tho Portland
people did i ot give it as much attention,
or not moro 1'ian e.unn from tho coun
try. The largo pavilion was beautifully
illuminated at night and when filled
with a human throng became a very
lively and attractive sight. Many im
po tant industries wtro to be studied
tbeie, s in several instances the works
were in rctual operation. It was an at
tractive place for young people, and in
structive as well.
One of the chectors expressed to us a
hope that people in tho country would
forego all feeling of piejudico or jealousy
towards Portland in connection with tho
Mechanics' Fair as, hosnid, it needed .ill
tho strength of the people, of town and
country to make it a success. Ho said
thoy had now had it in operation five
vears and it requited close management
and gicat energy and enterprise to se
cuio succe-s. He said tho city and
countiy should be directed to make a suc
cess of the State Fair and the Mechan
ics' Fair. That both aro important and
each was pioperly located.
This is a sensiblo view to take of tho
matter, and one we believe the majority
of farmers will approve. Theio has been
omo apprehension that Portland people
wished to obtain control of all tho great
fairs and center them ator near tint) city.
This feeling has been justified to some
extent by tho action of prominent indi
viduals, who now seem to be fairly in
clined. To disturb the State Fair would
not ho agreeable to many farmers of this
valley hud would create much ill feeling
towards Portland. That city has wealth
to uc to carry out any plans that may
bo desired there, but such plans could
only Ikj carried out at thoexponse of tho
harmony and kind fooling that should
exist, so wo second, very heartily, Mr.
Dekum's wisli that no prejudico of local
nature may over interfere with the pros
perity of tho Stato Fair at Salem or the
Mechanics' Pair at Portland.
Tbe Fionesrs
Tho 200 Oiegou pioneers, tho youngest
of them a settler of 18."1, who have just
auiveil in Sow York on an excursion,
could tell some wonderful storios of pro
grcss, heroism and trial. Turning their
faces tovvnul tbe setting sun in the days
when the star of the empire shone but
very dimly in tho west, they have lived
to see stately cities giovv up whore they
coi railed their wagon trains on a path
less pranie, to seo railroad tracks Jlong
their old trail, art and culture wheie
they fought with painted savages, and
iiopulous industry whero they found a
wilderness. Moro honor should bo paid
to them than to haughty lord or be
wigged justice from across tho Atlantic.
They aie the men who havo planted
now stars in tho ting, sown the seeds of
civilization, refinement and liberty, and
watchetl and guarded their work till the
wastes blossomed. Not knowing, per
haps, tho magnitude of their work
through danger, privation and discom
fort, they toiled on, and the whole land
lias shared m their reward.
Good Corn.
Southern Oregon may well bo called a
corn country. Wm. Hnscoe, of Tablo
Kock precinct, has raised a good deal of
corn this year tho dry year of the last
decade or two and tho remarkable fea
ture of it is that the crop never had a
drop of water upon it from the time it
wae luanuxi unm me ears were niatureu.
It was planted after tho spring rains,
when tho ground was so dry that much
of tbe seed fsilod to sprout; it had neither
rain nor irrigation, yet the crop was an
excellent one the yield good and the
ears large and well tilled. J as. Matter
field brought us a good bunch of it, and
we slK-nk from personal knowledge.
There is a natural sub-irrigation to the
land in that vieiuity which enables the
fanners to defy drouth, and strange an it
may seem, emits ore never miured by
too much water, even in the wettest sea
son. Ashland Tidings.
The November number f tho North
American Ileviow contains n contribu
tion from Dr. Norvin Uivon, Pn sident of
the vt etern I nion Company, in opposi
tion to the proposed government man
agement of the telegraph; also, an arti
cle on John ltrovvn, by the Uev. David
. liter, which is calculated to sen
ously affect the popular intimate of l ie
hem of Osavvatoinie.
We have received tho annual news
paper directory, issued by tho atheriising
firm of Kdwiu Alien A Urn., Cincinnati,
Ohio. It is a comprtheusivo and valua-
lil.t Itauvl? fur rttfr. n.it IK it ivt titnl
The Agricultural DUplay at Mecnanlc' Fair
By far the mot important nnd inter
esting department of the fair is that of
that containing tho natural products of
Oregon, and which is lodged in the
southwest cornerof the pavilion, ground
floor, in the room occupied during the
former fairs as a refreshment hall. Two
oxhibits are contained in this depart
ment, one by A. J. Dufur for tho Me
chanics' Fair Association, and tho other
by D. D. Prettyman for tho Northern
Pacific Immigration Bureau. Mr. Du
fur's collection occupies the western half
the wall room and most of the floor space,
and of tho two is considerably tho larger.
In it every section of the State is repio
scnted. Forty-two varieties of wheat in sheaf
and grain aro displayed. Tho arrange
ment is neat, affording every advantage
of easy view, nnd each sample is marked
vvithits special name, tho place of pro
duction and the yield per acre of the
crop of which it was a frnction. A finer
exposition ofthovvhe.it gi owing capaci
ty of the country could notpos-ibly have
been made. Mr. Dufur was agisted iu
the work of collecting this admirable
exhibit by Mcssis. George Del-haw anil
M. Wilkins of Lane county, I. L Hib
bard of Marion, N. W. Randall of Clack
amas, and Dufur Bro. of Wn-co.
Itjo, barley, oats and corn from the
various sections of tho State were lopic
Minted by somoscoits of samples. The
display of coin is remarkably fine. All
of our pasture grasses, thirtv -three vari
eties, are repiosvntcd in tine sheaf sam
ples, collected principally in the AVil
liunetto valley and in Wasco countv.
Wo believe that no such display of
Oregon wood as that now in Mr. Dufiu's
department was ever before made.
Thirty-tluee samples in the block, vary
ing in size from a big butt cut to a twig,
are shown in their native, tatc sawed iu
in different ways to show the grain. All
aro without paint or polish, showing tbe
wood as it grows.
A bundled samples of potatoes, in
cluding thirty or more varieties aro
shown. The effects of differtnt soils.dif
ferent degrees of moisture and different
methods of cultivation are easily traced
in various samples of tho same varieties.
Tho collection is remarkably fine. Of
particular interest is samples of four va
rieties of sweet potatoes grown in Linn
county by Mr. C. P. Buikhart.
The exhibit of genoral gaiden vegeta
bles is very fine, and comprises a list of
samples which would almost fill a col
umn. All varieties of tho garden are
represented in choice exhibits.
The fruit department, too, is complete
so far as Western and Eastei u Oregon are
concerned. There are, all told, not less
than 1,500 samples. The superiority of
the Eastern Oregon exhibit, most of it
from Wasco county, is noticed by all. A
fiuer collection of apples was nevi r seen
nnv where. The display of Oregon grapes
is tho best, we believe, ever made. Mr.
A. It. Shipley of Clackamascounty, nine
miles fiom Portland, and Mr. Luelling.
abo of Clackamas countv. display rich
Hwllections of grapes, and it puzzles the
Wvt judges to fail ly award ihoptlm
or, to use tho modern cxptes-don, the
cake. Both certainly are veiy line.
Tho assertion so otien made by tlii
join n.d that Oiegon is the linest daiiy
country in tho woild is proved by tht
line, though small, exhibit of dairy pro
ducts. Major Bruco di-pl lys some gilt
edge patties made fiom the'ercum of hi
Jeisey cows on his farm in Washington
county. From the liecdvillo farm, in the
same county, some line samples nio dis
played. Pieico Bios., ol Scappoosc,
down on the Columbia, show soino fine
samples, as also does Mr-. Cardiner, of
Oak Itidge, Sauvies Ibland. Hiram
Stone, of Sandy, shows a fine collection
ol choose, none of vv hich, to the n'port
er's regiet, were cut. N. K West dso
exhibits a fine collection of cheese made
at lis farm on tho Clatsop plains.
So far as it goes, the wool exhibit is
good, but it does not go far enough.
Only two exhibis are made, one a fine
frame of Cotsvvold and Leicester samples
from the lteedville farm, in Washington
county, by Ladd and Heed, and the other.
two frames of Oxfordshire samples bv M.
wiiKins ot Lano county. Neither East
ern Oregon or tho Umpqua valley aie
represented nt all.
There area great number of minor
miscellaneous exhibits in this depart
ment. Oregon honey, On'gon almonds,
Oregon peanuts, Oregon filberts, samples
homo-made bread, bottles of home-pre-erved
f ruita, etc , etc., atld interest and
variety to the department, which, as a
whole, is the most interesting feature of
this interesting fair. Mr. Dufur under
took tho task of collecting this exhibit
at a late date, and has done wonderfully
well. He would have done even better
had he been notified at the proper time.
Tho immigration bureau of the North
ern Pacific ltailroad occtipies tho north
sido of the products exhibit hall, and
displays a fine lot grains, grasses, fruits,
etc. This collection was made by Mr.
D. D. Prettyman, who is in phame of it,
and who takes the highest pleasure in
explaining and answering tho thousand
questions which aro put to him. His
samples are a fair average of the crops
from which they were taken, and are
drawn from every part of the Slate.
Among tho woods of the immigration
bureau's exhibit are several slabs of mvr
tle, a beautiful furniture wood which
grows in great abundance in Coos coun
ty, on the soul turn co.ii.'. lis general
tone is a rich, daik" vellon, veined with
daiker MMims, hkemnrblii. Wh ndros-od
it has the lustvrnf iiiaiiojauv, with more
v.uit'iy, an I as fr Mir,ias-tj walnut in
hamy a tho b'.itor does red fir. Ore
g mum
Trick on tLo rnilrjad between Pendle
t in and L i Omude has been 1 tid within
a mile and a half of the summit
Union county is overrun with tho
worst , hsa ot Citizens,
GENERAL NEWS.
Overland rAsSEXOEii tiains now leave
Portland with tho moils and passcngcis
for St. Paul, at 0 o'clock a. m. A P-'"n-ger
train for Walla Walla leaves at 7 :30
in the morning.
Tue Ashmnd Tidings figures up tho
work of threshers in Jackson county as
follows : wheat, 143,7i'i7 bushels ; barley
and oats 135,000. Total of grain about
280,000 bushels.
Great excitement prevail' in Spo
kane county over the discovery of a sil
ver miiio in that county two miles from
tho town of Fairweather. Experienced
niinirs s.ty it is very rich quartz,
The hark Whistler lately went ashore ,
ten miles noi th of Cape Disappointment; home hut Mr. Weiderman's aged mother
another case of stupidity on the part of nd two o,- three of his younger chil
the navigator, but to be charged to the - "ow the fire caught ,s a mystery.
comineiLcof our river, of couue. I Kuoeni: Guaud: The Siuslaw fjir was
Since Americans have got to work in j held last Wednesday. Tho display was
Mexico tho mines of that country pio- splendid, especially tho grains and vege
dtice five times what they did. It is tiblos. The people of that precinct aro
claimed that Mexican mines will produce t
SSO,000,000 in 1SS4.
i i t ...1- ;
A I.KVD man was found last week in
Pyle's canyon, about six miles above
Union. When found ho wiubiuied upl
and had b en apparently beaten to deatn
somn time tuning tue iiimit. n ,
employed on the i.iilioad grade.
1 ' I
Wooden tovvi,h will burn, as was
proved when Weton, Umatilla county,
was nearly destrov ed bv fire two weeks
ago, nndwhon a $25000 fire occurred at
Tacoma the week after, and by numer-
ous fires that occur.
W.MTsnuno Times: A much larger
amount of fall wheat sowing is being
(lime this season than heretofore. Not-
withstanilinir we have had but little rain,
much ot the cany sown is up ami lous
ing well.
Ben Hoi.ladw has returned to Port
land nnd will soon, they say, commence
4 it i m ft . -.If-.l-
suit against Jo Holladay, his brother, fori
recovtrv of vast wealth in the shape oi
property that ho put in his brother's
f ' -i... i ii. i. :. r., . ,.
name when he thought it unsafo to own
property.
Becent DisrATcnES say that the late
wheat in Minnesota has been almost en
tirely ruined by sharp frosts. Elevator
companies refuse to receive it. This loss
amounts to four millions ot Dttsneis in
tho region north of the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
Mr. Villaiid issues a letter to the
people of the Northwest,very pleasantly
thanking tbent for their kindness and
attention to his guests and the hospitali
ty bestowed upon them on their way
from tho lakes to the western ocean.
When a Chin.tmnn in British Colum
bia wants to como to "America," he just
foots it over the liordor. All Chinamen
look so much alike no man can tell the
difference. Tho restriction act don't
vvoik well theio, except when they try to
cumo by wnt r.
Klvmvtii county is closo to tbe Cas
cade mountains near tho California line
and is not considered a giitin county.
This season their crop of cereals was,
oats 7,500 buhels; barley 1,075; rve
2,031 ; wheat 850 ; tramped out 1,000.
lotal of grain 1j,.)0G bushels.
The lOLi-owiNO is a summary of tho as
ment of Union county fwr the year 1883 :
Gross valuo of all property, $3.31(5,005 ;
increase if 384, .27,iiidohtedness,!r'!)12,933 ;
912.933; increase, $55,174; exemption,
$317,010 ; increase, $2$, 459. Total taxa
ble properly, $2,035,425 ; increase, $297,
039. Walla Walla Statesman : The re
sult of this year's harvest has been so
satisfactory in yield that tho majority of
ur wheat growers aro genenillv adopt
ing tho successful plan of sowing their
wheat in tho dust, as soon as possible.
Vast quantities have already been sown,
and every ono in the business is actively
engagud in fall sowing.
Earnings of the Oregon and Califor
nia Railroad for seven months ending
July 31, were $523,212; net earnings,
$114,281. During the first week in Octo
ber tho Northern Pacific earned $359,400
against $223,946 for the corresponding
weed last year. Earnings of the Central
Pacifiosofar this year are about S 1.000..
000 below the earnings for the corre-
spuuuing pan, ot year 1802.
The man Cannon, who worked for
Senator Yoorhees,of Marion county, and
when discharged got a pistol and coming
back to Voorhees' house shot him artd
intended to kill him, has finally been
found guilty of an assault, on tim b.
ond trial; the first jury dUagreed. It
iooks very much as if bloody murder
was at a premium, when such acts can
be committed in a civilized community
and go practically unpunished.
The S vlem Statesman lately told of a
pear tree that bears two crops. Wo have
before us a number of tvars iiwt ;i..a,i
off a Bartleit tree that grows in our gar-
' "" '" core uunches of bios,
soins that came late and resulted in small
fruit that was growing when wo gathered
the hrst crop. The first lot of iars wcie
very large and extra fine. Those just
ripening are surd! and do not resemble
the Bartktt in shape or flavor, 'but
havo , god flavor. They aro mostly
wiUiout seeds and are very peculiar in
looks. More still hang on the tree.
Thee pears have developed to about half
the size of tho regular crop and have
mnde their growth chiefly since the first
crop was picked.
8iJ-8 that
Daniel Walkor & Sons recently sold inn
head of their cattle ranging on Spragu9
river to Mr. Mill or, of Siernt countv
Cal., for .f35 a head. James Taylor o!
the same locality, sold 25 head of two
ycar olds to Mr. Storms for $32 per head.
On Wednesday night Miss Laura
Clark, a young lady aged about 20
years, committed suicido at the Cottngj
Grove hotel, Lano county, by taking a
dose of morphia. Sho was omployod at
the hotel at the timo of tho tragic event
had beon employed thero about six
months.
Benton Ll'adek: The houso of Eu
gene Weidcnnan,alout throe miles south
of Philomath, took fire and was totally
destroyed on yesterday morning nbout
10 o'clock. Mr. Weidermnn amlnnrt i
i his fiimilv were in Portlnml nnn.i!
th0 Mechanics' fair, and no oim .
thoroughly awaKc to the niipottance of
hiving exhibitions to compete with each
oilier, in a irienuiy manner, tlio cli cwl
aili(.1() th(iy pro(mce A , J
0f people were in attendance.
a i.vur.i: amount of land withdrawn
ror thc benefit of the O. & C. It.R
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mun on account of tho routo deflecting
to tll0 c-t aml hanging tho limits of
the giant to sid road. This land is
mo-tly situated in Douglas county, and
is subjoct to pre-emption and homestead
seiuouieiu, ami to entry, wuen surveyed,
at if L 25 per acre.
During f.art spring and summer the
Northern Pacific raihoad lands north of
Sunko river, and particularly along tho
line of tho Palonse branch railroad, r
la - ts vvtlaf-l rt ta r Fttmn tivrihlpnt ..J! I
were withdrawn from inarkot pending
examination of snme. Gxamina iom
are now completed, appraisements made
and the lnnds are again restored to mar
ket. Many applications for purchase
have been sent to the Portland office.
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i some nnrts of the civil rmnts act. trmt
declares that all persons shall have
equal right to travel or to attend publi
places, without regard to color, to be un
constitutional. Tho 14th amendment
merely (so the Court says) confers on
tCongre's the power to rescind State laws
that contravene such rights, but does
not givo Congress any power to legislate
on the subject. Colored people are very
indignant, but the court seems to be
right in construing the constitution.
The Pai-ouse Gazette bpcaks thus of
tho condition of that country: A ride
through tho Pulouse country will con
vince the most skeptical that this section
is enjoying an era of nio-t unprecedented il
iio.puiitj. new uiuxuiugs aro going up
on almost every farm, and tho character
of the structures that are being eroded
svfliciontly indicates tho easy times tht
prevail among our agriculturists. The
gr.inariesaro filled to bursting, tho prai
ries aro tlottcd with stacks of hay, and
cattle, sheep and swine are wandering on
every side.
A teleoiiam from St. Louis stating
that a new cluo bad been found to Char
lio Ross has boon corroborated by a
statement by a gentleman from Wyoming,
who says that llenry Mosher, brother of
tho Mosher who admitted kidnapping
Charlie Ross, was lynched near Chey
enne fivo weeks ago. Mosher begged
that his life should he spared twentj
four hours, nnd said he would give the
world information for which it had been
seeking for years. He admitted to hav
ing in his custody n person held for ran
som for moro than a year, and said ha
had been driven too far west by the hot
pursuit of detectives. Timo was not
allowed, and the secret died with lum.
Says tub Prineville News: "It is often
said that all the good land in Crook
county is taken, but this is a sad mistake
Every day we bear of some ono locating
where heretofore the land has been
thbught to havo been worthless, but
which is really the bost grain laud in th
country. Experiments made within the
lat few years have proved that the sag
brush or bunch grass land producer
more ana oetter grain without irrig
tion than any other, and of this then
aw thousands of acres yet unclaimed,
which offer homes for the homelesi
Our country is not settled, but offen
abundant inducement to the industrious
and energetic to come here and locate.'
The following is a list of the taxabl
property. in Baker countv, Or.: Acres of
land in cultivation in the county, 86,946
value ao&,421 ; value of town Iot,ib
945; value of improvements. $258,63&
value of merchandise and imploment
$265,910; value of monoy, notes, ac
counts, shares of stocks, etc., $340,290.
value of household furniture, carriages,
watches, etc., $39,881 ; number of horse
and mules 10,800, valuo $322,561: num
ber of cartlo 34,708, value $450,715.
nutnlior .if aiirvnu 'il! lYU union 70.215.
number of swine 1,379, value $-4,854
Gross value of property, $2,154,470; in
debtedness, $578,838; exemption, $1V
900; total value of taxable property,
41.-1:10.7:19. Vi.mt.pr r,f i ills. 939. Tax
levied for county purposes 10 mills on
the dollar; for school purposes, 5 iiiiUs;
for State puriwees, 5 3-5; total tax levied.
19 3-5.
Gra is Kotlc.
The Patrons ofSalem Grange arc in
vited to meet nt Salem Grange Hall,
November 3d, at 10 o'clock a. m., on
which occasion a good time is expected.
The Jacksonville Times
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