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February 28, lb&S
To (.de Rsaiifkh :
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to rupply actual prepaid subscriber and we cannot sup
ply back numbers.
If It Is desired by subscrilicrs to secure all Issues they
BoitMranMlosenillu their renewals In ample time
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Another Important point: ALL COMMUNICATIONS
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'WIIXAHKTTE FARMER,"
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REMOVAL NOTICE.
OurrendcrH will plcace bear in mind
that our.present address is Salem in
stead of Portland. All mutters will re
echo prompt nttention if addressed to
the WnxAJii.i.-n k r.MiMKH, Siklem, Or.
Did you get our circular? Will you
waist us in making tho Faiimi.R bettor
known? Wo hopo you will try. If you
cannot get up n club, got nil you can.
The "peanut hoy," who has tho traffic
on u railroad train, might be a very use
ful member of society, but is usually an
agent of some extortioner who pays
the railroad for jhoprivilego of trading
on tho tniiii", which ho impro 09 by pur
chasing mi inferior and chrnplotof enn
licH, nuts unil fruitu to he retailed to
travelers at about four times thoir rea
sonable values. If the transportation
companies would see to it that passcn
gertt are tuppliod with nctunlly goal
lunch eatables, and nuts and con
fections, as welt as current literature, at
n fair price, it. would bo kind tientment
that tho public could appreciate and
tend to make tho world bclicvo Unit cor
porations uio not entirely destitute of
rJUlllB.
Kvehy friend who recciveH a copy of
our circular will confer 11 favor by rend
ing it carefully. Wo trust that ns many
an can will introduce the subject to their
neighbors. If overy 1 cider and well
wisher of thoF.niMEU will do thiK thcio
will bon inluahlo acquisition to our lists.
At the low prieii at which we olt'er to
send this paper in clubs of ten thoio
ought o be no troublo in doubling our
lint. We me milking n valuablo paper
mid can do still lxdtor if wo had moro
mimes nu our h-t. Aa no huvo often
miid wo cannot afford to bond vt soliei
torn or ciiuuiHwiri, bcciiuio tho eountiy
- ih as yet spaisoly settled and it costs
mini) than tho subscription prion of the
paper. We will send specimen copies to
any who may wir.h thoin.
CORPORATE MANAGEMENT.
The nblo correspondent of tho N. Y.
Times, writing fiom Califoinia, which
Htnto wa long his home, alludes to the
tyranny practiced by tho railways of that
KUitc, iiudgivos many, piirtjenlais of
their extortions, Ho recalls that those
11 ads weio built by t)id people and liter
idly cost t!ieir reputed owners nothing.
Yet their chaiges tiro much greater thuu
those of liny other roads in the I'uitod
States. Fiom New Yoik to Onialia,
marly l.."00 miles to tinel in ,flrnt
(iliiss ciin and out excellent roads costs
.I'i 60; and from Oinihti to Am Fruit
oUeo, 1.M15 miles out inferior roads
equipped with lesa comfort&ijlo cars,
ioU $! j. .Tiu)l on Eastern roads to
Omaha in - 1-10 cents a mile and oil ih
tuids wet of Oiuaha it is 5 1-10 cents.
The ro id-that oot iheirowneis nothing
nri made to oaiu eiioinioin prolits on
.ti"k that did not eo-t 11 dollar.
The-same vv liter goes on ,0 lov tlu
outragoMi- -ystoni practiced whore, the
i.ulnu I agent reiiuiies the shipier to ex
pl.iin ov.'iy pirt of hi business1 and puts
mi 11 fivliilit.tM.tItV that "Isnllthu eoods
fnulxNit" They mt allow tho maim -
fneturor and nivdiu'er to live and woik
loYtheiii. llis.i pvstoni of oppio"ion .Kst of till boil it, using it in tho shape
(lint cannot 1h roited with success; of tea or cofti e. Wo Know of a lady who
Kvanso the railioad has no master and had siifl'oiod muoh from the stoniach af
'jikiws no law If tliKslnppor M'sj.ih the ton rossing thi plains, and a dootoi "Ug
tax (mj)n IrnittwrAijoMiln-fjiMVi gosiod tint it might bo something of
tukmKlS.aS)nL&CMUoTAta this soil niont.oiml. hoaokiiowlodgod
is UelpliMN! riil wIitVjnviHiwnUytf'ir roj a passion for diinkuu fiom every stream
lHvf.5jTliSyrAh41nvt iroV.tdi'onx ivr spline thoy otM-M. A-ouTocmetio
liunarrn -ViVtWlli ''i yi-gui". 01 a roi
si- --- ,A,f ti'TKt . nr' r. ITT
nuVUl l)J wift Kills. 01 a ron -
(Mug public, Ml) Mit'ir iiuiucnse gtiinii
to buy up tbjjilatUrinnd Railroad Coin-
ini-ssiohcn. eThj.vm,w constitution of
California Vii'pOuTless instrument iu
v ,l j .. . -.
long ns these railroad sharpen-hao tril
lions to use annunlly for bribing and
c orrupting the people's agents and rep-reentatives.
Tho story of railroad oppression in
California is n frightful picture of hu
man weakness on 0110 hand, and of or
ganized cupidity on the other. Tho
merchants of San Frnncisco hnve hoped
for relief from the Northern road and it
seems thoy have rejoiced over tho re
ei'int. of c-oods bv this route, but wc
hear later that they fear tho Northern
Pacific management will go back on
its promises nnd leave them sit tho mercy
of t.ho onnres"or. The monstrous
wealth of the Central Pacific manage
ment is all pen nding nnd almost omnip
otent. It is possiblo tho Northern fn
cific managers fenr to gi apple with it
knowing that tho policy of this opponent
is to ruin where it cannot rule. It is
ctn possiblo that some- coils of this
monster nre throw 11 around the Northci n
Pacific nnd have p.iralyed nil po-ibiIi
tics of relief.
Tho Central Pacific magnates havo
been nblo to acquire the control of every
opposing interest, and to-day own and
eontiol ovcrv transcontinental route to
the houth of us. AVhilo there nio 110111
innlly thrco routes to tho Pacific south of
tho Oregon line, this Buaius anion:
corporations reaches out and eontiol
them all. Itis moie than po-iblo that
its arms may if they have not yet
done so- reach out towuid the 1101th
and embrace the Noithcrn Pacific i.iil-
way. All men have their limits and if
tho Central IVifie, which hrs so much
to lose, bhould tempt the picscnt ninn-
ngementof our roads, theie i- no leanm
why they should not sell the eontiol to
them. H would be a common business
transaction.
Tho Noithoimn.id siem'to beembii-ras-ed
andstiugglingin financial tiou
blos So far as w o can judge the pooplo feel
kindly toward" Mr. Yillnrd and hisn-so
ciates. Thee U no leii'-on why theroid
should not pioioa magnificent succes-.
"Whatever its tioubles may be they nre
only trivial and oianescent. Yeryooii
tho rapidly peopled country it tiaverses
will supplv plenty of buines-. The
qtietiou to be met is: will our people
haie to suffer the oppression the Central
oiowd inflicts on Nciada, t'tnh and Cul
ifoiniaor shall wo hae a fait "how to
produco and niannfactiiie? Tho rule
so often followed to levy freights to the
limit production will bear is tyranny
nnd oppicssion. This people will not
submit to but will liso up against it.
Legislatures will bo elected to make law s
to couect tho evil and severely paiiidi
cases whoro wealth is Used toconupt
the courts and law makers, nnd buy up
tho Commissioners tho pcoplo appoint.
Should anoppiessive policy be puisucd
tho voters of tho Pacific Noithwe-t will
not lest until they pioiidu 11 remedy.
Thetiue jiohcy of ooipoiutiousistogo
to the o.xtent of liberality sons to induce
settlement and eiicouinge pioductiou
and niaiiufaitiue. WIihIomt buihU up
11 country builds up all -neb entorpiies.
NaiiMWinindediiOfs i out t pi ice when
corporations such as the X ithcin I'll
cilio have aland giant thin w ill so no.uly
repay tho cot of constitution The c.-
nuiple of the people and l.iilio.uK of
Califoinia sjiould have iulliioiuu to pie
ent such acouiseas makes the laihuiid
interest at odds with all tho iO"t of the
coiumiiuity. If wo fall into the hands
of Staufoid and Ciockerand Hunting
ton wo know what toexpivt. So far the
nanio of Yill.ird has been 11 .yn.nm for
a blond anil vigorous policy a'ld tiilth
fulnoss. If that impie-sion i" to con
tinue it can only bo by the pursuance of
a policy that will be jut and rcwmahlo
to the working anil producing cl.-es
whose bio id shoulder" sustain the Stale
and maintain the gie.it ontoipiios pe
culiar to out ago.
OUR DRINK1NO WATER
All item tolling of the oxpoiioiu o of a
lady in I'oitTownsend piompls us to say
that people must bo 111010 c.iii'ful as 10
Jho water u-ed in drinking. This lady
after suH'oiing -oiim three mouths fiom
hor stonueh, finally iui-tod muni
ovoro emetics, which u moved tlnco
animals, sumotlinu like water lizauK
which woio alio, and which undoubt
edly weio taktn into the stomach in
Idiinl.iu hydrant water, ."she had
foiod excruciatingly all the time.
nf
No ' wntoi from livdraut? 01 spi'uus should
bo uod without straining or liltoiing
, uroueiit nuiuuvu
of
i small ort of in
sect looking like a "iivv-bug, all alive,
and of Miiioii" ago-, showing thst thoy
bred in the toninch. The writer iw
thorn and can vouch for tho truth of
WILLAMETTE FARMER- SALEM. OREGON. .NOVEMBER Hi, In3.
this. Xo doubt that many people who
are in ill health and suffering from stom
ach disorders are sometimes affected in
this very way, ns several other instances
of similar sort havo come under our ob
servation. No one should drink from a
cup without first looking into tho vvnter.
Kspecially is spring water to be sus
pected of living orgnnism. Well water
would not Iks apt to contain anything
objectionable unless coming in from the
top of the well. Littlo children should
bo warned, as they are always wanting
".1 drink." nnd cautioned to always look
carefully before putting to the lips.
WATERINQ "STOCKS.
A news dispatch of Nov. 1st, soyi :
The business of importance before tho
chamber of commerce to-day was the
piesentntion of the report of the special
committee on lailway transportation nnd
on the watering of the stocks of corpo-
Mtions. The commissioner's leport
states thnt stock watering operations
similai to the late issue of .$1,000,000 of
Manhattan elevated railroad stocks con
stituted n ginve offenso against the com
munity and should bo made a misde
meanor by law; that capitalization of
surplus earnings should be piohibited
by law ; that increases of capital, either
by stock or bond issue, should be do
lined by strongest legal foimulns easily
understood, nnd only peimitted for good
nnd sufficient public lenson", and not
because it can bo shown that a corpora
tion can bo made to pay n fair dividend
on nn inci eased capital; that the public
welf.ue lequires that corporations should
bo subject to government supervision
and control; that such government su
pei vision should have power to legulate
and eontiol within icasonable limit the
chaiges of these corporations ; that ordi
nary differences arising between these
coiporntions and their customers should
be decided by goveinmentcommissioneis
without the expensive nnd tedious delays
incident to n law suit. Then there
-hnuld be no fixed limit to tho rate of
ca"h dividends, corporations acting
under such supervision as above indica
ted may pay to their stockholders by
ic.ison of superior management of their
affair" or increased prosperity, but such
questions should be left to the legislative
power which created them todecide upon
the necessarily vaiying conditions of
each case. Tho committee further say
that whoie there was competition be
tween the different milroad lines the
public would be protected in the matter
of rates. Pooling on through traffic,
however, had to a great extent abrogat
ed competition.
Wo heartily cndoise the spirit of this
repoit. There is a dishonest intention
in every act of a corH)ratiou cieating
stock that never was paid foi and such
acU should bo foibidden bylaw. Kvery
corporation's stock should represent
money nctunlly paid in and the public
should bo protected by law fro"' being
deceived in lelntion to values of prop
el ty, as well as protected bylaw, from
paying too groat a profit on money in
vested by corporations..
TAXING MORTOAOES AGAIN.
The I.inn County llusiness Council ad
vocates giving the MoitgagoTax Law a
fair trial. Tho effect of the law at pres
ent, under its opeintioii assessing mony
at its lull fac e is disastiou. Mnnngo
to equalize money assessments so as to
coi respond with aesed values of prop
erty and there can bo no objection to tho
law, except that taxing money leads to
domoialmition and encourages perjury.
This is. because dishonest men vvilltiy
to cv ado it. A tax-pa er of Marion coun
tv who doesn't know whether his home
is in Oiogon or at Walla Walla, illus
trato this. lie some lintb ago gave ii
his assessment in piesonee of n gentle
man, who said "llovvdid you manage
to give in your money at !fl!l..")00 when I
know of .$40,000 you have loaned outV"
This man's answer was "You see they
assessed ni land and property for me us
they plened and I gave in my money in
tho same proportion. Thoy rated my pi op
city at one-third what it cost me, and I
put 111 niv f 10,000 of loans at the same
rate, vv Inch is $l!l W0." That man's con
science was easy, but he must have cum
mitted porjiu.v. Il this nioitg.ige tax
law encourages such perjury Aosayit
produces an evil effect tfyat should be
avoided, if ossiblo, To tax propeity
and permit no exemption for debts and
not tax money secures a full revenue, pro
duce" no evil results, and obviates all the
evils louiplainod of. Still we can give
the inoituage tax liw a fair clmiuo.
Hotel Keepers Speak.
Tho hotel keepers continue to bo an
noj ed by the United Carriage iV Bags.igo
Transportation Company. Their repre
ontatius go on all incoming trains and
olicit patronise. Thoy, to our personal
knowledge, doeoiv i the people, and wo
have witnessed the deception. Thry
tell traveleis that none of the hotels,
havo 'buss.es or hacks to moot the train
atKist Portland This is in a measure
true, hut all ticket" are printed by the evei thing tint was planted did well.
anoii" companies to include the traii-i tbo.uh there was not a diop of rain'all
for across tho river, whifh is virtually alter the middle of May. The capacity
the cud of the roid. Of course none of of the -oil to retain moi-ture nud n-.i"t
the hotel" have coaches at Fast Tort-, drouth i wonderful. Orcharding and vine
land. Wo decidedly stamp tho V. C. growing must Uvoine very important
- 1). T Co as an imposition upon the branehe of fanning all along the Co
traveling public, and when wo see one luuibia. Treo grow well on upland
of their runners deceiving stranger, but the sandy itrueh of Umatilla coun
again wo will interfere iu the matter, ty is ckvo to the Columbia, and level,
Wo propose to show this concern up in. scarce ri"ing to hilts in many ni'les
its true colors. . 1 xx ill affoid excellent ground to "grow all
EASTERN OREGON SOUTH OF THE CO
LUMBIA.
Recent travel by tho writer in the
counties of Wasco and I'matilla affords
personal and reliable information con
cerning a wide district that has been
much neglected and underrated, and to
day offers the grcatost inducements for
settlement of all the eatitcrii country.
There is so much to learn concerning
tho ''Inland Kmpire," as the eastern re
gion is aptly called, that we nexer make
a journey through nny pait of it with
out realizing the fact that all per-onal
knowledge is inadequate to the actual
resomccs nntt capabilities of the "I'ppcr
Country." Very littlo actual knowledge
of that country was had until compara
tively n recent date. First enmo the
rush to the Walla Wnlla country' and
south of Snnkc rixer, which a'trncted
immigiation fiist of all. Then people
became nwaro that Umatilla county pos
sessed wondrously fertile districts, and
eastern Umatilla, near the Blue Moun
tains, Avas rapidly Bettled. this gave
liso to thriving towns Weston and
Centerville and made Pendleton grow
greatly. Only three years ago public nt
tention was attracted to the "Cold
Spring Country," which lies between
Ccntciville and Weston and the Colum
bia river. This was owing to tho fact
that Mr. A. F. Parker, now of Lewiston,
wrote a graphic description of that rich
locality, nnd showed thcro was room
there for a thousand or moro pre-emptions.
This graphic description wo pub
lished in tho Faiimeh, nnd something
like 2 0,000 copies of this paper nnd an
extra edition were sent in all directions,
causing eastern Umatilla county to rap
idly fill up with valuable settlers, who
nre making the bunch-grass uplands
and plains into beautiful and highy pro
ductive farms.
So the country south of the Columbia
to the eastward of the Umatilla river was
rapidly settled and developed. Also, n
great tide of immigration poured into
the Palouso region, north of Snake river.
All this was to develope a country over
a hundred miles eastof The Dalles, while
no attention or but littlo was paid to
the region west of Ainswoith, on the
north side of the Columbia, and west of
Umatflla river on the south. Some en
terprising Portland gentlemen purchased
5,000 acres near Umatilla Landing, or
Junction, and considered of little value,
as much of it was "sage-brush land and
sandy." These gentlemen have demon
strated that such land produces good
crops,and following their example, many
locations arc now made in similar land,
extending tho arable limits of that
county greatly, and enlarging its enpac
ity to produce ciops nnd create valu
able homes.
Still west, in "Umatilla county, thcio
is. 1 stietch of plains that bear excellent
bunch grass, leaching from the Umatilla
rivor to the Wasco county line, sixty by-
forty miles in extent compaiatively un
settled, and only occupied by stock men
w ho did not permit a good opinion of
the country to spread, but insisted thnt it
w as unfit for agriculturo. At the present
time tho most inviting field for settle
ment in tho Upper Country, is to bo
found in western Umntillnnnd northern
Wasco. Western Umatilla is rapidly
filling up. The so-called desert, be
tween Willow creek and Butter creek,
twenty-five by thirty-fivo miles in area
is found to be good farming land, with
watei easily got by digging, and nbund
anco of forests in the Blue Mountains
south of it. This has been rapidly filling
up of lato but offers homes for thou
sands 111010.
Eastern Umatilla has this year turned
off almost a million and a half bushels
of wheat. Western Umatilla will soon
do as well. Tho x-alue of that section
and of the country between John Day
and Deschutes rivers is equal to that of
any portion 01 tno upper country.
Theie may lo considerable land that is
inferior but the extent of good land is
immense. v asco county has no moun
tain barrin south of it. It reaches back
far south, and possesses amble lands
that nre actually unknown. We latelv
have met reliable per-ons who havo trav
olod ihroutili inmiUe Urenon. who nsert
that for nearly wo bundled miles south
of the Columbia, good farming land
nlxwnds, land that is well watered, orenn
provide water easily, and with timber
growing not far off. As to tho products
of the losKm south of the Columbia,
the to-t already made show s that lauds
farmed iluro produce as well as the
farms clo-e to Walla Walla, which is
saying enough for any country.
The uplands of all that country bring
the finest possible gardens. Xenr the
John Dav
unit Uolummn rivers, Jlr.
Mariner 1 x-t summer grew melons of all
kind-, potato's and com, and in fct
sorts of fruit trees, more especially
peaches and grapes. The future will
bear us out in this assertion Having
ncentlv devoted much attention to the
district alluded to. we sum up our find
ings and conclusions as above written,
conscious that it is not easy to do justice
to nny such extent ot country in n unci
sketch of this kind.
PRODUCTION AND TRANRP0KTI0N
In reply to tho charges made that Ore
gon f aimers arc deficient in entciprisc,
"o that hundreds of thousands of dollars
go out of the country to buy vegetables
and fruits that could be raised at home,
n fanner tells the Oregonian that the
freights charged on our local roads are
so hiirh ns to discourniro production. It
is tine that ocean chaiges nre much
less than by railroad; also true that
freights must come down before produc
tion can reach the point it occupies in
California. It is also truo that railroads
must have enough business to do before
they can reduce tho freight rate to the
lowest point. Our producers need not
doubt that freight rates will come down
as soon ns they produce a sufficient
quantity to justify it. I'ailroads owo
their existence to tho people and are un
der popular control. Tho people can
regulate freights by law, but w e hax-o no
idea that the corporations wo havo crea
ted will compell us to mnke laws for
their regulation. The tine way is to
produce all we can so as to givo no ex
cuse for high torifT and then demand
reasonable rates if not already granted.
This country is having loads built in an
ticipation of its development. This is
hard on the roads for n short while that
development is only small, but tho man
agers must seo that the true policy is to
make a tariff thnt will let tho farmer
live and thrive or else he will not
be encouraged to produce, nor xvill pop
ulation be encouraged to come here and
become producers.
The title policy of our people is to
fax'or improvement of the navagation of
all our rivers. If the Columbia and
Snake rivers could be navigated at all
seasons to their head waters, and the
Willamette as well, then the producer
would have a perfect, check on transpor
tation. We must have free navigation
of our rivers to secuie the best good of
producers, and we confidently believe
that in time the great water courses of
tho Pacific Northwest will bo opened for
free transportation. As yet our region
is new and the transportation question
is not dex-eloped by settlement and pro
duction. Our farmers should produce
all the country needs and loavo the re
sult to be decided by circumstances. If
railroads will not act fairly then tho
voteis of the country can make laws to
suit the circumstances.
ELECTIONS.
The elections last week had the fol
lowing results. In Mnssnchusotts, Gen,
Butler was defeated by 10,000 majority,
though he got 13,000 moie x'otes than
elected him Inst year. Moie votes vvwe
cast than cv er before. He nnnonnces
his intention to be a candidate in 1884,
and considers his largo vote very satis
factory. In New York, Carr, the Republican
candidate for Secietary of State, had
19,000 majority, while Democrats elect
ed the rest of the State ticket by 10,000
to 14,000 majorities. Maynard, the Deiu
ocratic candidate for Secretary of State,
was a pronounced tcniperanco man and
tho brewers boast that they defeated
him. The Legislature of Xevv Yoik is
strongly Republican.
In Viiginia. Demociats succeed. M.i'
bono is badly defeated, State majority
30,000; Legisl.itute also .Democratic
Negroes weie intimidated by tho riot at
Danville, wheie five were killed, and
refused to go to the polls to x-ote.
Mississippi goes largely Democratic.
Legislature 130 Demociats to '27 Repub
licans and Independents.
Pennsylvania elects the Republican
ticket by '10,000 to 17,5000 majority.
New Jersey is Democi itic by about
8.000 majority and Legislature his five
Democratic majority on joint ballot.
The race conliu : at the South will
cause national agitation and surely di
vide the country a,'.iin on the presiden
tial question. The murder of the five
blacks at D.invtlle, a, cau-ed colored
people generally to resuiin away from
the polls in that State. This will, un
happily, revive que-tioii- that should
rcmiiin silent. The presidential issue'in
lst will practically bo tho South
against the Noith. It i time tint i-suo
was dead and buried.
Gone to Victoria. B C
Mr. K. E. Purver, long a re-Mem of
the lied Hill-, south of falem, left last
week, for his new home in Driti-h Co
lumbia. He takes with him a p- rtion of
hi? stock and implements. Ve wi-h
him success in his new home and trut
pro-rvrity w ill follow his earnest efforts.
He leaves a circlo of friends here who
wish him God speed.
THE MORMONS,
The Edmunds bill, thnt ninny sup.
posed would answer the purpose with
Utnh, merely gnve control of that terri
tory to tho once married Moiinnn men
and women. The devilish system re
mains nnd rules. The U. S. Commission.
crs did their best but accomplished little.
Mormonism is leceiving thousands of
recruits from Europe nnd spreading into
Idaho, whero it controls tho south coun
ties, so thnt Idnho will be Mormon if the
north counties nre nnnexed to Washing
ton on its admission as a State. Also,
Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona have a
largo proportion of Morinan population
and are becoming as foieign to tliiff
American Union as Utah itself.
Tho whole nation is puzzled over this
Mormon question. Our republican ideas
are not competent to cojio w ith so despi
cable and criminal a svstem. Igiiorance
and lust are the foundation of thi" ss
tem and perjury nnd murder are its I
working principles. A strong handSVV
should be upon it and compel obedience w
iu iu. j.iiu .uuuiu.un -ueauovv umssa'
ere which was only one of many
damnable deeds has never been pun
ished, much less avenged. All the ter
ritories in tho gieat basin should be gov
erned with an iron hand. Tho people
should be kindly gov erned, when it is
possible, and should bo kindly educated,
but with consistent kindness there
should be unyielding firmness until t
curse nnd the stigma of Mormonism i
wiped out and the infernal system U ex
terminated. PROSPECTUS.
TOR THE PUItPOSE OF PLACING THE
W 1LLAMETTE F,L
Within the reach ot etery farmer In the Pacific North.
cst, ne shall alter this date reduce the price as
follows :
One Year, la Adtnnce, $ !.).
flubs of Ten, (money ith ninies) 15 M
Chilis oT Five. (mone with names,) g,;j
Vt-Clubs can be composed ot old and neu suhacnbcri
Postage Stamps will not be taken for Subscription.
This new schedule of prices is meant to accommc
date all class and leae no room for complaint or dA 1
MM.IW.UUIH n. 111. .D II.UICU uu, , UUS pCT
the cheapest on the PaclSc Coast.
As man persons hate objected to bin; asked
pay In advance ue reduce the subscription price
those who make adance payment and shall nevtr i
deiate from the term9 statu. You can make money
by prepayment, and wo prefer Out all should pursue
that plan.
We Intend to make a farmers' paper that ever; I
farmer In the land will need and will not willingljr I
We understand the Interests of agriculture In ' W
this region and intend to continual! stud) and work I
for the adancen.ent ot the class we represent.
We have corretpordents in all sections ot tbel
Pacific Northwest whowill reixrrt the success of farm I
iny In eery locality. ,4s
We shall lslt all sections a'd personal! repwt
our observations. We shall compile from our content I
porarles of the press all faus relating to detelopmeot
and , and material Interests of farmers In all
parts theccuntr.
We shall Weep pace with production In eery de
partment, and report, through corresponlenU and
from personal observation, all important facts coaceri
ing farming In all Its branches, including production
ot grain, grasses, fruits and egetable I conceroia?
stock raising, tie alue of cattle for meat and for
dalring; of hordes for all purpeses; of sheep for a?-"5t
and mutton, or both ; of wine and poultr). AUo,ul
to bees and honey.
We shall continue to stud) the markets and inform
our patrons on all points, so that they will be able to
Judge the situation for themseh es. Our old patron!
will bear witness we hate worked faithful!), in tni
connection, in. the past. We shall do so in the futnre
N'o dali newspaper in Portland has eor ;lientb
producers of the country such clear views of tb
world's crops and markets as the Farmer often doej
Our market reports hae. been uorth hundreds of thw
sind to the producers ot this region.
We shall cartful!) cud such mlsce'hneoujm&OJ .)
for use aa will btnellt and instruct loth joucjul
old. Thn Farmer aims to be an ejucitor In eT
department of life.
Our editorials will free'y anl Independent!) discus
ever) quotion tint incerc-si? the people fnm tie
standpoint of rhjht. so far a we lute influence,!
shall be exerted in fa or of .rood principle", SJ gov
ernmjn', true relUion,e nperance and f:r ,Junt.oi
of the m.sses of the Oei era. and State Coi ernuienu.
The Home Circle is eli'ed k a lad) of nuto"
eperien e In the Isbors ol the f.raier, ani !
scpi-ilnted th the wa)s of the werll. sbeintere
herself In all the duties and p.. i.urts of home. Tt
eandi" bear witness to the yod init .ence the Fii"
exerts in man) homes o make the Iliei of BOtbeJ.
wilts andchidreii ln-tter and happ'er. ft"
It Is as a U.V piper that the Faruir iJ"
the clown rvlitMiii to the people and eierciiea th
Ul-Mt ttJ.Ul.TOl 'i 'hi v
ni. Will ik t tfvn Unit local Inchmctn
a the iiauic lurnt nl a I jou u belieie. It"
nan el U'teili ve.n a o when the Willamette Valli.
wai Orc.-ui, but ich.t ,unded ani rownwitil1
ri.Mh of Uio .nu tr ai.l repre.euo all the ajnet
lure of Orw 'n ji-j vvihieon.
This I. the farmer's own or,-an, open for all"
rchie e;crlc"ice, seek !nformatl:n, ml SUM
r 1, .... iv nut have ta commJun of ajalnjt
mrand nateer t-eks to opprew or deceive thffl
Our (olumns bploni to tre people, ani the 'u
vn ciien) uepenas o.-i ,mu p, - - -- .
ence of S3 )c-ir pent in tni ri ., --jzj
knowledge of the country; n.ar.) H "V-VSI
(n wi ." ".;, .. ; . intuwt
w th kcriiulture ani lel v "' r"""
with mn) ot nuln the columns of '"",
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mat it will r.nn(increaici, -ma..'.. ,.r.,,cii;
friend to aid is jt that respect, and "' arp""
thesuod 1I10I all MOO
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