Willamette farmer., November 30, 1883, Page 2, Image 2

WILLAMETTE WARMET.: SALEM, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30. 1688.
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BETTER THAN GOLD
.Better than grandeur, Letter than gold,
Than rank and title a thousai d fold,
1b a healthy body and a mind at ia?e
And simple pleasures that aluaya please;
A heart that can (eel for anbthert woe,
With aympatniea large enough to enfo d
AH men as brothers, is bitttr than gold.
Better than gold ib a conscience clear,
Though tilling for bread in a humble sphere,
Doubly blisaed with content and health,
Untried by the lusts and cares of wealth;
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and enoble a pcor man's cot,
For minds and morals in nature's plan
Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
Iletter than gold is the aweet repose
Of the son's of toil whin the labors close;
(Setter than gold is the poor man's skip,
And the balm that drops on his slumber deep,
JSring sleeping draughts on the downy bed,
Where luxury pillows its aching head,
The toiler simple opiates deems
A shorter route to the land of dreams.
JSetter than gold is a thinking mind
7 hat in the realms of books can find
A treasure surpassing Australian ore,
And live with the great and good of yore,
The sage's lore and the poet's lay,
The glories of empire's passed away ;
The world's great dream will thus unfold
A yield a pleasure better than gold.
iietter than gold is a peaceful home
Whore all the fireside characters come,
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
Hallowed by mother, 01 sister or wile ;
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with soirow by heaven's decree,
The hlessiups that never were bojght or sold
And centres there, ate bettir than gold.
I'nlin Itian.
How We Furnished Our Parlor.
''Yes, I think it is pictty." I said to
my littlu friend Kittio King, iih we stood
in tlio doorway of my littlu patloroue
bright morning i" June, surveying its
iijipoinliiicntri. "Ami flt.'i supplied neai
Jy till tlio jii.itei mis."
"Thirty iivo ilollnrs 1" cried kittio ;
"why, Mollio Merrininu, you uro surely
losing your wnses! It would tako ten
times that to supply nil the piotty things
aliout me."
"No, indeed'" I replied ; "one small
jmir of hands, sometimes assisted by n
larger pair, and considerable thought (if
1 do say jt), a good amount of ingenui
ty, with a little brains, did it all. Hut I
miiHt lirHt tell you, that Hurry had the
hardwood iloor laid bofoio ho maiiied
me, and mother cut the nigs for these
four rugs, and grandmamma and she,
with a little of my help, sewed them to
gether, nnd then knitted, or ehrocheted,
or hewed tlium on at their leisuie.
Don't j on lumcmbor that jou contribu
ted several garment", and various rng
biiUH filled with gaily coloied scraps f
Heboid tho insults! Ain't they ama.
ing? 1 think bo, but it only .-lions what
Unco women can accomplish. Of course
the hardwood llooi and the niti-tie rag
rug do not count in my outlnj.
''It was iigieed between Unity and I
that the p.ulor, after being limned,
Nliould bo left until wo weto married.
J should bo allowed fioo com mi to deeo
rate it.iiocoidiug to my own will. I bad
novel Keen this deal old homo until t
i nmn into it one beautiful moonlight
livening in October, when the nil was
very sweet and deliemu.-, nud the land
hi'apo of lock, iier and finest peifectly
glorious a night neei to be fuigottoii'
We had taken a wtddiug journey, and
now had come to our home. I Tuny had
ween to the uiraugi incut of the various
riHims, with the aid of mihio lady
ftiends, but the pallor was vacant.
' I confess ntj luaitsaiik a vveo bit,
when 1 saw its foi loin appeal auee sim
ply a baicioom, echoing with emptiness;
three gieat etiitninloss window, plain
painted wall of dingy jellow, and,
positively, a big beam uinniiigall across
duo side o( the wall at the ceiling, and
that was black and grim with smoke and
tlllhtl
'But the sun shone brightly the net
uioining, and I asked ljany to biing a
bucket of lime, and mix it with water
n i ul a handful of salt, with a cupful
nftiiuct milk and n little Italian ted,
und a whitewash brush, and tiuiihfoim
this ceiling into an almond tlovvci tint,
I wiimiiibuod my one Mtt.il! handmaid,
with oruhbing bni.-lies and pails tilled
with weak ljo, nud wo tian-forined
tho-odiitv, jellow walls. Then 1 found
u dapmieso'p.ipcr which by being putou
lengthwise, and m that an illuminating
bonier could como diuvtly uihhi the
painted wall, would produce all the effect
i..' a dado, and still another, that now
looks so very imposing as a friwro
What vvoiidious elVicts.i little whitewash
mid wall paper can i tTci t, when matiip
uluud lij tasteful llngois, fair uniiilen
you tiro now called upon to k hold1 And
ltd whole cost was a little mote than four
dollars."
"Cun it U HiMibleT" eiiod Kittle. "I
redly uli'ouKI have klioved that all the
'Mt uiigltt have been expended upon
these walls alone. The Cliuto-v fau-, -o
nnttilv tii d with biicltt riblsin Ikiws in
the cent to, and placed in the corner Of
tlii ceiling, mu-l have cost you nme
lubor at UHMt, and n little inonev , I
have Ihi'H wondering how they could bo
hltachod to tilt DlasU'inur'
"I can ouaily tell you," I replied.
--"The fans tiro w.'wed on pasteboard, and
the bows attached ; and then tho whole
arrangement is lightly tncked to the
plastering. Of course Harry helix! ine
there, as well as in many other ways.
Vhen you aro on tho lookout for a hus
band, my friend, bo sure and selerta
man with 'gumption.' You look horri
fied, as if I were talking slang. Well, 1
beg your pardon; 1 meant u man of
brains, who will appreciate your efforts
to ple.tse him. In truth, I have been
paid a hundred times over for all the
work I have done in thishou-o, because
Harry praies mu so much It takes
brain-, however, to appreciate brains,
Kittv, therefore be euro to cboo-o your
l, ni.it. ...1 tiifli ilmt. idea. Thero he
conn snow to tako us to drive; blithe
must wait till I tell you about my furni
tme. You have only beheld tho cllects;
now lisWn to the details. When one
ha- plenty of money and can go into a
furnishing store and order whatever suits
li ti.aff. if innut be. 51 ti pnv matter to
make the wilderness of an empty parlor
l)loom out line a rose ; nut we urn iuiih-er-,
you know, Kittio, just commencing
l.C. Tli.n -ntnfnr?iihln chairs I found
in the attic, and as they wtro broad-seat
ed, and could bo -iiorteneii oy Kiwmg
r.fl tin. l.liwl- !" mi inch and a half. I
u .. tlw.tr m.ii.iliiHtiVs 'it. rain trlance. and
said 'wo must have these.' Harry said
they belonged to his great-grandmother,
and had been in the attic at least fifty
years ; and he could not believe that I
could make them suitable for our par
lor. Hut I dipatchtd him to the village
for some varnish and soft brushes, after
he had brought down the ix chairs.
Then I took oil' their faded leather cov
erings, and the braH nails which stud
ded them around tho edges of the cush
ions, and thoroughly du-ted thc-c, by
beating them with sticks. Tho backs are
prettily carved, you -ee, and the front
legs are clawed over balls of wood, and
I knew that stvlo was sought after, and
that they would look 'just lovely,' nftei
theyweie polished. They are of hard
wood, cherry, I believe. I smoothed
them down with powdered pumice-stone,
and then ransacked my boxes for mate
rials fur the coverings. You see there
ate no two. dike. I had pieces of plaidcd
lmil.ms nnd uf diamonded linen stair
e.upc ting, ulu cloth, and some decora
tive felts, and for many wuks all my
spate moments weto employed in work
in1' them, in Kensington stitch and with
applique figiues."
"Anil tlio curtains uiu you aiso cm
bioider them?" asked Kittio.
'Viw! there is riotliinir here ill linhol-
steiy that is not the work of my fingers,"
1 smil. "ino curtains, you see, are 01
open-wot k scrim, worked with a vino of
olive, old gold and scarlet crewels in sjm
ulu Mtitrdics of noint russe. Tho edging
is imitation antKpio lace, and very inex
pensive), for the l.imhicqiiins I pur
chiihed brimson Turkish toweling, Tit
indies in vviittn, i tmiiK, ami i cut tiicm
IS inches in length and straight across,
and lined them with old gold canton
tlannol, and put on that caterpillar
worsted fringe, which was III! cents per
yatd. They ptove quite as effective as
more expensive materials, and reauy
give a finishing effect to the parlor. The
walls being so low, it did not tako over
five .v ards of scrim for a window, and I
bought it for 18 cents a yard. Then I
looicd back the curtains with crimson
wtitiiwiil rililinll ullich f 11111 chllscd lit 11
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bargain to trim a white dress, but saved
it for tlio cm tains.
"1 should siippo-e that all your thirty
fiwi ilnllnrs must liuve been consumed
in the cuitains alone," said Kittio.
Oh, no; they cost me almost a thud
of it not quite. You see, wo paid out
nothing for work. Hairy made the
flames and hung them ou nails, and I
(lid all the sewing. It is not only the
material which make the expense of
such attieles, but the labot Learn, my
dear Ktttie, to be your own upholsteicr
and seamst less, and jou will litul it a
great saving"
"The muslin daisy lidiis mi that
lotiuuciuo very lovely," su I Kittio; "did
jou make them?"
"Yes, anil you can make one in a low
houis," I said. "Take two inch stnps of
white tin latan nuishii, and galliot them
into a lo-ctte Tako yellow cph.vi
worsted, and wind it over your fingeis
tie it tightly in the coutie, and cut and
fringe it till it is smiKiili and feathciy ,
then sew into tho center of tho tOM'tte.
Make a linger one foi the centre, sew a
chile of small ones alHiut it, and con
tinue to make and sow them till you
have a tidy the suo you dosiie. Or you
cm make one with single ephvr
worsteds by winding over Unco lingers
until vou have quite a thick roll. Then
tin it tightly in tho middle with very
a-oarso tltioml, and cut tho ends with
'riiiudl-iKMitted soissots, (tinge them out
and cut them into a round sluqsi and
flatten thiuti, and when verytlutVy and
soft, thov aie ready for their centres.
Takovcllow rephvr, make it as foi the
muslin tidv, and fasten it in scciuely.
Thread a worsted needle with scarlet or
green single rephvr, and stiitig togethci
seven or nine daisc. String the wool
each way, making a net-work, and 1k
tvvoeii the oihmi spaees vvoik a ciiclo of
the worsted, or sew it across fioin the
corners, and fasten it to the chairs or
cushions diagonally '
"Hut vou have not told me how vou
obtained this comfortable lounge iiikiu
winch wo are now sluing, ciusi jviuie.
Oh ' That is my chef d' teiiv re. Will
vou U'hovo that it is made of tho pack
ing Ikics which brought my share of
the Issl and table linen and cotton for
tin household' 1 akil "Hany muled
tho Ikixc together with -tups ot wood,
s.ivved oil' the cuds, put on i aster and
arranged the frame woik I rummaged
in the gai lit t"i old quills si died them
UJMU tin i"p .mil hud Irur over them,
mid tlu-ii i uveit d the whole with tills
! protlv oivt.'iide. tivvk thivo feather piU
llovvstiud shonk them down into square
pillow, an I covotiHl tliem alx). lite
I cost w'.tlilll anil uariy nuns a m
IctVilingly cotufi'itable to he on after a
lianl Uuvs work, vvitiio it anus 10 tue ap
IKuraiice of the room somen hat Could
I have covered it with crimon or olive
brown woolen rep it would have pleased
me better, and then instead of a box
plaited flounee, tacked on with braid, I
should have had gimp and brass-headed
nails. Hut that will come bye and bye."
"It is so comfortable and pretty now,"
saidKittic, 'that you must therewith l
content. This Queen Anne table jou
surely could not have made. Where
did you obtain that, Mollie?''
"From that same garret, wliere it Had
lain in tho shape of an old pine wash-
stand, painted red, lor nay years, anei
now, like a buttciilj-, it has come forth
from its chrysalis. First I pulled out
tho brads which held the back piece on
to the top shelf, and Harry sawod off tho
legs an inch nnd a half, and took ofT
tho top board with the holo in it, and
nailed one that would project a uttio an
around the top. Ho had learned how to
make a varnish for ebonizing wood by
dissolving an ounec of gum shellac in a
pint of alcoholj and when all dissolved
smoothly, adding lamp-black enough to
make it coal black. "With a. varnish
brush I put on one coat of this all over
the table, excepting tho upper and lower
shelves, spreading it thinly and letting it
dry thoroughlj-. Then another coat was
added, and when dry I nailed over the
top that worsted crimson plush, tacking
it on with upholsterer's tacks, and then
tacked on a valance six inches in depth
around the lower shelf, and finished both
shelves with a chenille fringe of gold
and crimson. You see how handy the
lower ghelf is for newspapers and maga
zines, and the upper holds the pretty
lamp j-ou so kindly sent us to light our
ways, and a va-e of roses upon the pretty
tilo j-ou painted forme crowns the whole
with beautj'.
Those brackets aro Harry's and my
work. Ho sawed out the three-corncrpd
boards nnd smoothed them with sand
paper: I ebonied them, and he fasten
ed them to the wall with cleats; ho has a
workshop in the barn, you see. 1 ho lam
brequins, I made at my leisure dining
tho winter, for, Kittie dear, you know
that Home was not built in one elav', anil
our parlor is the woik of months. Hut
aftei the hist three weeks ot our marneil
life we had imido it habitable, and with
tho soap-stone stove and j-our blight
lamp wo enjoyed tho winter evenings
exceedingly, lltiny read aloud to mo
wlnlo I embroidered tho-e lambrequius ;
and the scarlet poppies, blue corn-How eis
and urovvn cat-tnus, eacn leu ineir own
story to mo of quiet happiness. You
doubtless remember when I painted that
placquo of apple blos-oms anil yie humming-bird's
nest? And when you
brought mo that clam shell w ith the iow
of ill lighthouse oil' Montank Point as a
trophy of your nowly learned accom
plishment Andwhon we iiotn painteu
tho panels of forns and sumachs and
bullrushes and culls, and don't they
adorn our surroundings now ? And can't
you see that :I5 can bo niado to etend
themselves woiuliousiy, wnen one Knows
how to expend them? Daisy Ej'ebiight
in Country Gentleman.
POLICY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC FOR
SALE OF ITS LANDS
The Oregoiiian recently sent a re
porter to interview Mr. Srhubc, the
(ieneial Land Agent of the N. P. K. R.
Co, concerning their methods in sale of
lands, tho object lieing to answer num
eious inquiries from tho K.ist and else
wheie. l'or the same le.ison we give
Mi. Sehule's icply to questions asked
concerning the land policy of the com-panj-.
Mr. Sehulzo said
Tlio policy of tho company is. so far
us possible, to dispose of its lands to ac
tual settlers at a fair valuation. Our
pi ices in Kastorn Washington Teiritory,
that is along the Pond MOtielle division
range fioin 2 C0 to 8 00 per acre.
Pastille lands will average aKuit tfl tiO
and agiicultttnil lands fioin f.") 00 to
.(5 (X) peraoio. We sell either for cash
or on live v cars' time, in the latter ease
icqiiinug one-fifth down at the end of
the litst jcar, with seven pet cent. in.
tciest on the lcmaiiiing font fifth , at
the end of the second j'ear a second paj
nient of one fifth of the prim qui and In
tel e-t, and so on euoh year one-tilth and
iuU'icst until the whole is paid in five
j ears. Nodilleienco is made in mice
between time or cash sales In s'lling
agricnltui.il lands along tho Pond d'
Oicille divi-ioti wo icquiio the puivhas
ei to cultivate in a good mid hiisbaud
likn milliner at least one sixth of the
acreage puichascd within two j eats from
the date of the purchase. This require
nient will bo ligidly enforced. Pui
chasers who do not comply with it not
only cannot obUtn titles, but will loo
wliatevci thov may have paid on the
land. The object of this requirement is
to prevent speculators from getting hold
of our lands and letting them lie idle
while waiting for a use Indisposing
of po-sturo lands wo require improve
ment, such a the election of buildings
and fence, equivalent n 10-t to about
the oMK'nso of cultivation.
On the Paoilie division, that is between
Tacoma and Po'tland, o require no
cultivation of agiicultur.il land. TIicmj
lands aro generally cov ered with brush
and are not sought by s(ks ulntois. The
people who buy them aie in nio-t c.ises
actual settlers. Tho pi ices range from
$ it to ifS per nero. The tiniU'r lands aw
examined bv exiorienied "cruisers,"' tho
amount of "tunls'i e-timited, and the
prices fixed aevotduiglv As a rule tun
tier lauds ate sold foi e.i-h olilv. and the
price lango from ? " t l jvi iwn and
upwaid. I'ho puces -'t 'ilr.uuculuirnl
lands ate fixed by nie tuidei instruction
fnmi the band t'otnuit toiur lqs'n the
roK)its and doscripuon-s uf air laud ex
aminers, who examine oich lOaeio triii t
ami nKrt on the miih' 1 ixuurol tho
examiners by making fixspieut triiwovor
the Unds ami oi'iupaniig tue ivi-orta
with my own observation-. In fixing
the price I conidcr the quality of the
soil, pioximity to tianport.Ukm lines
and stations, general lay of 'he land,
natural vegetation, facility of obtaining
water, and all other facts havinir a bear-
intr upon the value of the tract. Dur
ing the -eason just elo-ed, that is from
tho 1st day of April to the List of Octo
ber, there were examined in tho Pond
d'Oreille division over 2,000,000 acres,
and in tho Pacific division about 200,000
acres. Xcarlj' all the lands of the Pend
d Oreille division have now uecn exam
ined; and are therefore in the inniket.
On tho Pacific division the examinations
aro being continued through tho winter
and I hope to have .them completed by
the first of August, next year.
THE TIDE OP 1.MMI0KATI0X.
Tho influx of immigration over the
Northern Pacific since the opening of
tho road exceeds most snnguine expec
tations. You undeiotand that this is not
the season in which people generally
move. From mj' experience during the
last twelve years, I have found that the
immigration to Oregon and Washington
is alwaj-s the heaviest from the 1st of
March to about the loth of June, and
from the middle of August to the end of
September. Since the 1st of October to
yesterday the number of immigrants
having left St. Taul for Spokane Falls
and points westward that is, Cheney,
Sprague, Walla Walla, umatiua. lite
Dalles, Portland and othor points in
Western Oregon, and last, but not least,
Tacoma and other Puget Sound points
averaged, including Sundays, fortj--four
adults per dnj. This is surely xery
satisfactory. Add to that the steerage
passengers arriving on steamers irom
san Francisco two steamers a wecK to
Portland, which average not less than
iiinetj', and one steamer a week to tho
Sound, averaging eighty per steamer
and you will agreo with me that this is
a lomarKauio immigration, jisiiiu uum
what I call immigrants pioper that
is, those who tiavel in the steerage
and on imniigiant trains a large num
ber of well-to-do people como as first-class
pa-scngors on the trains and steamers
and these aie not included in the figures
just given. Many of the latter come
with latge means with a view to invest
ment, principally in timber and town
property lands. However, the present
immigration is but a small forerunner of
what wo may expect next spring, The
facts will bear me out when I say that
the imniigiation over th Northern Pa
cific iiiho.ul to the Pacific Nbithwest
will exceed in numbers anything wit
nessed in tho movement of population
in the United States.
ASlsTAXe'i: TO EMKinAMS.
The immigrants scatter broadly allj
over tho territory, along our vari
ous railroad lines. I hear of very fexv
leturiiing dissatisfied. Quito a number
return to bring back their families and
to report to their neighbors in whose in
terest they came. The land department
has now local agents at Spokane Falls,
Clienej-, Sprague, Ritzvillo and Ains
w orth. These aro wideawake and activ e
men, who woik entirely on commission,
that is to say, we pay them commission
on the lands wo sell through their ngen-cj-.
It is tho duty of these local agents
to meet immigrants on the trains, take
them out into tho country and show
them our lands, and receive their appli
cations. They ai e not allowed to charge
land seekers for thoir seiviees if land i
bought, but may charge n fair and mod
crate sum if the patties do notpiuohasc.
This system works to great satisfaction.
You can icndily understand that six or
seven active men who-e interests lie en
tiiely in the disposal of our lands and
the settlement of the conntiy can do a
great deal. These local agents have
plats of our lands, descriptions and
prices. Tliej make monej' if they sell
much land, and earn nothing if they
make no, or small, sales, which is the
liighest incitement for them to do then
duty. To prevent the disposal of large
tract of laud to single purchaseis wo
limit the payment of commissions to sales
of 1120 ncie's, and under, to anv one ier
son or association. Next spring local
agencies will bo established along the
Paloiiso branch, just completed, and
before tho expiiation of this year it is
intended to appoint local agents at New
Tacoma, Seattle and probably Chehalis.
WIIEltE THE IXIMlliliVXT ARE C.OIMS.
Within the hist j ear largo numbeis
have settled in what is known as the
Cottonwood and Crabcavk country ,w est
of Spokane Falls, northwest of Cheney
and noith-nortliwest of Sprague. A
gieat many aro now going to what is
know n as tho Big Uond country and tho
Badger mountain countrj-, which le
gions mo settling up verj- rapidly.
There is also considerable inquiry for
lands near Uitzvilliyind of late for lands
half way between our main lino and the
Paloiiso" branch, almost duo south of
llitmllo and east of Pataha. Heie until
xery recently it was thought that the
land would not produce grain, but our
laud examiners have found a number of
tow nships of excellent wheat land and
since this fact has Income known thero
is quite a rush for these lauds. Even
from Ainsworth, xvhcio public estima
tion has held tho country as a de.-crt, a
good many inquiries, have of late boon
received. ' Several hard-working and in
telligent (ioniums have made exieri
iiienU near that point with the raising
of fruit and XTgotablos, which experi
ments have turned out well and pu-eil
among tin m and their friends veiy san
guine expectation- They claim that
there is a -trotih of country along the
Columbia noithwe-t f Auiswoiih which
equals the very bo-t fruit land in Wash
ington territorv.
A irn!it lu.iiiv ivtwnle have settled
within the last vear m Oregon, south oi f
the Columbia river, on llutter cieek and
Willow creek m Umatilla oouuty; also
about BUlock'a and at other points in
Wasco count j-.
Iu western Washington there is quite
a demand for lands along the Cowlitz
and Chehalis and east of Tacoma in the
vnllevsof the Pnjallup and its tributa
ries, in the Stuck, Wbito and Green
river valley, and back of Seattle, espec
ially on the Snoqtialmie, and in Cedar
riv or valley. There is also considerable
inquiry for timber lands within our.in
demnity limits near tho coast, which
will soon be placed m market.
In the "Willamette valley the demand
for lands, belonging to tho Oregon and
California lailro.ul i- incieiising im
mensely. The fact is that tho company
lias sold in the piesent year more of its
lands than I had thought possible. They
find first-class lands all along the foot
hills of tho Casdade and Coast ranges of
mountains. Just now there is quite a
lush to theltogue river allev-, which the
road has just reached, and the latter re
gion is especiallj' attracting fruit raisers.
I predict that the lioguc river country
will beoomc the fiuit garden and vine
x.tid of this eoast.
HLCCESS OF
sew comehs
f.vil." "crtors NEVER
Hep. Did not the unusually dry sea
son in eastern Washington this year dis
courage new comers?
Mr. S. No, sir ; so far as mj' obseiva
tion goes, not in the least. The dry
season on the contraij- has proved that
with proper cultivation and early sow
ing good crops can be raised on tho
rolling prairies of eastern Washington,
3vcn in tho driest season, and I have
ample proof to make good this assertion.
Rep. You think that settlers as a rule
are satisfied with the locations which
they find?
Mr. S. Yes, sir ; decidedly so. Last
fall I disposed of nearly a township of
land to a number of well-to-do fanners
coming from Colusa countj', California.
These have expressed gieat satisfaction
with their locations, which aio in tho
Crab creek countrj-, and they state to
mc that wheievcr the ciops have been
sboit it has been the fault of the tiller,
and not of tho soil or the climate. I xvill
give you another instance: Mr, John
Rimini, of Camptonville, California, an
intelligent and well-to-do famfbr, bought
fiom us in 1SS1 some four sections of
land in tho Cottonwooel countrj'. He
started to cultivating tptitc a portion of
that land, and has given me in sevei.d
letters his experience dining the past sea
son. These letteis bear date October 17
and November 0, and I will read from
them: "My expectations as to the jield
of grain have not been reached, owing
to tho drj- season, so that bailoj- jielded
only foi tj'-three bushels per acre, and
wheat as Iow as 21 bushels ; oats I am so
far not advised of cannot even tell if
any were threshed. Being the last sown
grain it was probably taken hardest bj
tho drouth. So far as I can see by my
experience in that p.ut of Washington
teiritory, I find that the 'early bird
catches the worm.' Early sowing and
thorough cultivation can be mado profit
able, and slovenly aud careless farming
will give tho coimtrj- a bad name until
good farmers got hold of the land. I am
sorry that I was thwarted last spring by
tho failure of two banks, locking up con
siderable of my funds unawares. Tho
drouths of this and last, summer do not
eliscourrge mo a bit. As remarked
above, proper cultivation aud sowing at
tho proper time, earlj-, will give a sure
cYop in a drj season and a heavy ono in
dantp ones."
In annother lotter Mr. Itamm writes:
''Mj1 son writes me that vegetables turn
ed out well, excepting on a fexv spots
strongly impiegnated with alkali. 1 have
turnips,solid,xveighing 18 and 19 pounds;
beats weighing 12 pounds, cairots as
big as your arm, and potatoes from four
pounds down. This, for a remarkably
dry season, asmi os mo that we can make
crops anj' summer, and if the weather
is nioio favonible, as in lSSl.vvhe'ii I first
want theto foi examination of the coun
trj', inise verj- extrnordmaij' crop.
The potatoes my son fpoaks of, some
weighing four pounds, were plowed under
the sod xvith a six-horse team and a
lfl-horso gang-plow, and dtopped, or
rather carefully laid at tho edge of ev erj
other furiovv about two feet apart ; thej
wore then cultivated by a pulverizing
and comb hairow aud left to themselves,
and they did not get a drop of lain after
planting. I am inclined to predict n
gieat future for that couutrj', owing to
its peculiar soil, which can get along
xvith little or no rain and again can bo
cultivated six hours after tho heaviest
rain occurung there without tho foot
prints of the horses injuring the soil or
causing it to bake."
Now tin voluntary expression of
opinion, coming fiom a practical and in
telligent farmer, ought to have great
weight. Even near ltitzrille, which
coiritry has been given a bad name by
interested parties, goal f.irmeis have ob
tained good crops. Mr. James G. Ben
nett, who settled there about thrix; je.ir-e
ago, and had not good lesiilts at first,
has since bad very satisfactory crops of
grain and vegetables. A Mr. Wells,
lately from Pennsylvania, informed mo
veib'allj' tho other day of a verj- remark
able crop of jKit.itoes w Inch he rnised on
the soil, the potatoes not getting a drop
of lain from planting until digging.
That. I think, disposes of tho drouth.
niSOWTll OK THE TOWN.
Spokane Falls has grown rapidlv; they
have had a kind of a "boom " there, but
I do not see anything unhealthy in it, the
demand for aal estate continuing.
Cheney has has had oine misfortune on
account e-f the reckle-s -pivul.ition of
ono or two men in that town. But it
has overcome tht-. has, grown -teaddv-,
and proini-os well I hive great tatth in
Chenev. not onlj on account of it be-
i mir
tirrpundi-d by a highlv fertilecoun-
j try, but bocmi-e f the vnterprie aud
, activity of its inhabitants. To give j-ou
j an example, the geod jKiple of Cheney
.have routed and tunu-hod a large end-
grant house, in which thty offer emi-
giants and laud seekers arriviug at
Cheney temporary shelter free of charge.
Sprague has grown beyond precedent
and thero is now such a demand for
town lots that I am about laying out
another addition. Tho country about
Sprague is being rapidly taken tip, and
that town is bound to havoo largo coun
try trade. It has already lost its dis
tinctive character as a railroad town.
Even at Kitzxillowc have quite a de
mand for town lots, and Ainsworth does
not fall far behind. In regard to the
towns I lmve one trouble to contend with.
Almost everj- ono of them have an over
zealous and over-patriotic editor, and
each seems to think that bis town can
only prosper upon tho ruins of tho
neighboring towns. If a stranger roads
any of the nexvspapers of either town
lie must necessarily gain the impression
that that town is the only one worth
existence, and that all the- others aro
frauds. Now this kind of a thing is all
wrong, and-tho people ought to teach
their editors that they can only prosper
if their neighbors prosper; that their
growth and prosperity depend upon the
growth and piuspeiitj of "the whole
couutrj and its people. The local
jealousy is very unfortunate.
1'UC.ET SOUXDASDITS CITIES.
The growth on the borders of Puget
Sound is very remarkable, indeed, and
the immigration thither equally so. The
vallej's of the Snohomish, Cedar River,
Stuck and Puyallup and other vallej-s
have been settling up and aie being
brought under what I may call an inten
sified cultivation, that is, diversified
farming in smaller tracts. The devel
opment of the coal industries and tho
revival of the lumber trade have stimu
lated production largely. There is also
a very noticeable grow th along the coast
at Gray's harbor and Shoalwater bay ;
also along the Cowlitz and other streams
coming from tho Cascades and Coast
ranges of mountains." You are more or
less familiar with the growth of the cities
of Tacoma and Seattle. Tho growth of
Seattle speaks for itself, and so does that
of Tacoma. But I xvant to call j'our at
tention to one thing, xvhich is gen
erally ox'orlooked. I hardly think the
people of Tacoma half understand tho
x"ist resouices of tho country which must
fine! its outlet at Tacoma. First, to speak
of the agricultural lesourccs of that re
gion: Take tho valley of the Puj'allup
and its blanches, tho Stuck river x-alley,
White liver and Green river vallej's. I
nij'self bad no conception of the extent
and fertility of that region until I sent,
during the past season, land examiners
into that locality and read their reports.
Theie is a x-ast amount of highly fertile
land which can be brought under culti
vation at comparativelj- small expense.
I knoxv what I am speaking of, and I
predict that the rural population in that
region will double within the next twelve
months. Then there is tho Puyallup In
dian reservation, which cannot much
longer be withheld from settlement, but
will be thrown open. Take it all in all,
I believe tho country immediatelj' tribu
tary to Tacraia can support a rural pop
ulation exceeding that now dwelling in
the Willamette valley. Then the coal
industry is j'et in its X'ery infancj'. There
are now being woiked the South prairie,
tho Wilkisou and tho Carbon hill coal
mines, which find their outlet at Taco
ma ; and other vast coal fields, and better
coal, have been found up the Puj-allup,
which will not bo allowed much longer
to bo undeveloped. Thero are also ex
tensive beds of iron oie near the coal
fields, and of limestone, all of xvhich must
find their outlet at Tacoma. Summing
up, I am of the opinion that lacoma is
not only destined to become important
as a port, but as a manufacturing center
as well. With vast forests, gooel coal,
iion and limestono at its verj- doors, a
rich agricultural cDuntrj at its back ;
with its railroad and shipping facilities,
it cannot bo otherwise. Of course the
fact that it is the Puget Sound terminus
of the Northern Pacific will help Taco
ma, but the facts to which I have called
the attention xvill contribute more
to its grovth than all that rail
road managers can do. Another
feature which will contribute to
tho growth of Tacoma i- the
ucainess and easj-apptoach of Mt. Ta
coma and its glaciei-. Their gi.indeur
nnd beauty will attiaet many wealthy
tourists, whooxpeit omtoi table and
luxurious euteitainment. and ate willing
to pay for it. Thi will also take oil
tho "rough edge" of Tacoma, and tend
to general lefinement. Another met,
through the niunifiionee of Mr. Chailes
H. Wright, of Philadelphia, Ticouia will
soon have two educational institutions
which I think will exuto the envy of
Portland. Thej xvill lie under cbaxge of
Bishop Paddock, whom I consider ad
miiably fitted, bv all the qualifications
of scholar-hip and culture, tor the man
agement of "ch institution.
Hep. From what j-ou have said, Mr.
Schulze. v on seem to take a very hope
ful view of the f unite of the country.
Mr. S. Ccitainlx, sir. With me it is
not hope but absolute certainty. Hav
ing extensively traveled over the country
for jeais, and all the facts pertaining to
its 'growth coming dutly within my
knowledge, I think I can speak advised
ly in saj-ing that no part of the I'nited
s'tates has a brighter future before it
than this Pacific northwest.
It U teldom we ipek eebtoriilly of a bun
Leu nun, but it Uwith pleiiuretbat vrewrlte
of Unix r i S, Animeo, tlie projirtrtor of the
fauioui Amine.. ' CouU S tup Mr. An.uitn
ii a tlioromh I tuiiirx nun, ami Lai reduced
the idvtrutlu I uiufi of an r.itslu inn to
ru evict iclrnce Hr lielirvv tint his Sjrup
la public liH.ctu, ma lAirrtl-ci It iu evety
couLty in tli "-!. n i exwu iivly through-
'cut the tcr ituni H :a one of the lubiUn
tut liutue inti of Me I.d, un.l we rtcom.
i men I htm to tne Leni'piper fratermtv ai one
ot the tniut pi.mipt pijinj adve.ti.eri in the
cMintrv Kiitori I. I umM 'a , ja Knui-ct-c3,
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