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tho Willameetti: Kaiimer, Salem, Or.
DriiiN'd the past month, and in fact
nil the post fall, we havo had a pleasant
increase of nainos on our Mib-cription
list. With this iimnhor wo commence
tho now year, enter upon 18Sl,and with
in a few weeks wo Bhnllcoiiiiucneoanew
volume of the Kaiimkk. During tho
month of January we complete fifteen
years of newspaper lif. Wo have hecn
with you a long time, friends and we
havo tried to servo you well. We know
it is rather haid timo, but awry fanner
in Oregon and Washington can s-pare-'f:!
for a good newspaper. Do what you can
to swell our subscription lint and you con
fer the greatost favor possible.
We are glad to know that moic clover
and gras seed is sold in Oregon every
year, for it means that our funnels are
waking up to a knowledge that thCie is
more money in a good pasture or meadow
than in wheat growing. We lately met
Mr. Alf. Hoveuden, who went Kat in
Octobor and crossed tho ocean to' his
early homo in Kngland. He till of the
good pastures and line gi,npi grown
in them, that will carry a grc.it number
of animals, but Kngland ha- -i moi-t
summer climato and grasses gi'nw theui
all suinmur, while wo have diyMiinmeis,
m cannot equal Knglish pastures'. Hut
even here pastures can cany a gicat deal
of stock and piove very piolit.ible.
Many a fanner is winking hard to laise
oi op- when he could make moie money
with stock if he'd hud tcood justuie.
TnoTTiNo iioiiiK-t have been improved
very rapidly of late ycnir-, The number
of fut boihi's incic.ises in greater num
bers evmy year as Wallace's Monthly
shows; it gives the number of nci-oehionf
to tho list who inado the 2 !10 gait in
18S2, as fully one bundled and lifly and
asserts that the number will inciiMse to
ono hundred and eighty in ISS.t. The
recorded number who luiNe nnule that
speed is quite large and tho peed teM
lowers so wipidly that jt is believed thai
within a few yc.u-, t-onie hor-c will make
a milo insido of two minutes.' We pub
lish elr-ewheio. wh.it Hubert Homier hat
to say about the trotting horM In n-
publUhing this AValliii'oV Monthly mi.Vk
it agree with Homier s piactice bitter
than his theory. In practice he mates
the fastest horse to the fa.to--t mare and
tho product is an impiou'ineiit on both
m a usual thing. In theory he advocate
the iibo of tho pioduet of a trotter, .and
a thoroughbred to pioduco a fa-t horse,
while in prnctico he pays no attention to
the thoroughbred blood but mates Hived
with speed, and Mieceedi. at it.
A New York eonojpondent in Cali
fornia writeri a prophesy that, within
five years not a ton of wheat will be
bhipiHsl around Cape Horn, and that
within twenty yen- wheat will be grown
in California solely for Jiome demand.
The lira! par of hU prediction is deriud
from tho pieteniion of the Southern
racitk ralhcuU to Ut able to cam-
wheat to Galveston or Xew Orleans., to
bo shipped thence to Europe. Ah to the
olhor prediction, that wheat production
ill leaao in California, he claims that
while the hoil of the Pacific northwest
gains by cultivation that of California
losc,and while ngiicultute will ineren-o
with u it iniivt diminish in California
niitil wheat production h.ll ultlnmtely
ocuse. In its ted will le a land of
fruit tree nml vine. A new Fiance in
the American republic. Clifojni has
about tho same acreage as France, and
California lias the best soil and climate
and could support thirty million ceo
nomicnl Frenchmen as easily as it now
does one million extravagant soi-disant
Ainericnns. This writer says the world
will soon prod uc more food than it can
cat, but it never yet ban done so, and
has barely a supply in this A. I). 1S83.
There is much truth, however, in what
he says besides that and in that ho has
appearances with hiiii.
up Amono all the great cllorts of the
present Congress to accomplish what the
people demand without doing anything
to make either party objectionable- for
tho coming prcidential election, it is
not easy to see what will become of the
tarifr question. The Democratic party
is in a way pledged to tariff reform and
will havo to study up what that trite
saying may really mean. The Itopubli
cans arc divided on the tariff question,
some influential journals favoring free
trade. Somo Democrats in Congress aro
in favor of u piotective tarill' while a few
Kepublicniib are in favor of free trade.
Tho tiu iff question is decidedly mixed
and it is piobable that very little chango
will be made in the existing tariff law
this winter. Congress is so evenly
divided that no hasty legislation can be
expected. While the Senate is Republi
can the Jloimj is Democratic and parti
san legislation need not be feared. Such
a wholesome division of power in Con
gress ought to insure wholesome legisla
tion, but tho truth is that there will
be little good accomplished. Each party
will lie afraid of doing what may count
against it next fall and in working for
the pieidcncy will not do really good
work for the people.
Mil. Jlrcxnv Kieni: writes n- that
they have formed a farmers club that
meets at . the Kiene school house, near
Aumsville. Heie is n good beginning
that we hope .will extend through tho
whole valley, and through all the coun
try. There is a great deal to result from
tho organization of such clubs. The
members will meet and discuss farm
topics and quote their own and their
neighbors experience. They will tell
what they read in agricultural journals
and some of them will write up sketches
of these meotings for the Farmer. Wo
believe in fanners' meetings and clubs ;
we believe in tho Orange; we believe in
everything that brings farmers together
and makes them work together. "We
have no half way idea of matter?, but
think tho produceis of tho country
should have their full share of its wealth
and pro-peiity. We think farmers
should organize and co-operate to secure
what they have a light to claim. When
we hear nun talk of the extortion of
coiporationh.it -oeius to u that we havo
no right to complain. Having the
'strength and powoi'' tU-it Judge Noise
tells about, we ought to tako cue of our
elvc and see that no imposition i-
practiced.
Whi:n Gr.NKUU Chi.ton died the Con
tral I'licihc lo-t a ery able man. For
omo time the coiuts have been tiying
toditcimiuc if ho had any interest in
the rnilio.nl company. His heirs claim
some millions as their shaie, but Hunt
ingtuii, Staufoid and the rest, say he
had veiy little interest. The opinion
prtv.iils that his partners, the rnilroad
manager-, wMi to cheat his estate.
This litigition hai. brought to light ev
end hundred letters that Mr. Hunting
ton wrote Ceneral Colton fiom Wns-li-ington
arid New York, in which he talks
ultnit memhcrN of Congxess who were
friendly and unfriendly to their compa
ny, fin thehe litters Mr. Mitchell, of
Oiegon, i plainly alluded to several
timis. At one time ho was their friend
and at another Jay (iould had him on
his side. Theie wa plenty of money in
tho railroad lobby .it that time and these
letters from Huntington tend to prove
that our Senator got his share of it.
Such a thing is disgraceful to our State,
but wo may hopo that our present Sena
tors cannot l lought with money and
will not fail in honest motives.
For a year past the papers have been
telling of tho efforts of the government
to secure tho presence of ex-Senator
Spencer, of AlaKmia, as a witness in
the star route triaK Having secured
hi presence they teui to haenouse
for him, but ho gives his statement of
Dorney's doings and nays he is only one
of tho smallest of the operator; Unit
Dorsey- had a Jong meeting with him
yeats ago and win the nuvt abjirt crea-
tuiii imaginable m uew of his guilty
eonmvtion with these matteis. Spencer
claims to have told 1 'Ostnuihter Ueneral
.lanus, years ago, that he could give
him the niot important information :
but when (Uriield vu killed, James
went out of ortlee and nothing has been
done. According to Spencer' nana
tho there bus been no honest intention
to convict llratly and Dorv bv Bliss.
The government luu conducted the
sC-
trials in a farcial manner to enablo the
robbers to escape, and thoy havo es
caped. Spencer says that all that was
needed to comict them was to procure
proper evidonce that was easily obtaina
ble, but they did not do it. Merrick and
Kerr, of the star route counsel for the
government, have withdrawn therefrom,
for the reason that they do not beliove
that District Attorney Bliss has any in
tention to convict Brady and Dorscy
and they do not care about any longer
assisting in a national farce, oven if
they can get well paid for it.
Conversing with somo good farmers
the other day they united in asserting
that they could grow good crops of corn
on French prairie and average 3.j to 40
bushels to the acre, but they said tho
difficulty lay in preserving the ocrn after
it was grown. The corn spoils because
moisture settles in the cob, which is of
a upongy nature, the corn becomes
mouldy in consequence. How to save
the corn is the important question. To
shell it immediately after it is ripe and
kiln dry it in some easy way, would
seem to be possible and ought not to be
very expensive. If wo can average
thirty bushels of corn, as these gentle
men assert, then we can make all tho
corn meal we need and instead of summer-fallowing
land for wheat can grow
a crop of corn alternate years.
These same farmers remarked upon
tho difference between corn fed pork
and meat fattened on wheat. One was
Mr. Alf. Hovenden, who has just re
turned from a journey East and has vis
ited Illinois. Ha asserts that tho corn
fed pork of that State is not nearly equal
to our wheat fed pork; that the corn fed
is soft, oily meat. "Wo published, ten
years ago, Mr. Tliomas Cross views to
tho same effect. He then asserted that
Oregon meats were worth on an average
2 cents per pound more than Eastern
pork products for this same reason, and
said tho U. S. Quartermaster at San
Francisco put the same valuation on it.
THE NEW YEAR.
Tho time has come to mako another
change and place another figuro to our
date., This change comes regularly and
mnkes tho passage of years. We cannot
stop to moralize about matters and
things but it comes natural as tho old
yenrgocs out and the new year comes in
to wi"h our friends "n Happy New Year"
and exchange a few thoughts about the
time. The passing years arc working a
wondrous change in this region. Somo
of us who have lived hero to see it re
deemed from its wilderness state receive
thoe changes with sincere satisfaction.
It is a pleasure, to see at last railroads
traversing different loute.s through our
own near country, nnd to know that the
iron mil is laid all tho way to tho further
shore. We really belong now to the
great world, and have intimato connec
tion with it. Before this we havo been
too remote and isolated to feel ourselves
10 ue intimately connected with the great
world.
A few ye.us moic will sec as many
people occupying Oiegon and Washing
ton as now occupy California. Befoie
long we shall havo a million people here,
and not very long, as the world iuhr, say
half n century from now, population
will swarm here ; great towns and cities,
busy factories, a dene agricultural pop
ulationall these will fill up the wide
territory fiom the ocean on the west to
tho Hocky Monntains on the east. Com
parison of countries shows that on tho
Atlantic, occupying the samo space wo
occupy on tho Pacific, are New England,
"New iork, ew Jersey and Pennsylva
nia with lateen millions of nonnbuion.
Think of tho time to come, which will
ccrUiuly come too, when the population
of the Pacific Xoithwcst will equal that
of this corresponding territory on the
Atlantic. A'e have seen great changes
nnd are seeing rapid development now,
but there are those now living in Oregon
who will see what we speak of. The
years go by and pass on ; generations
will come and go until thronging mil
lions will replace the fow thousands of
today. It makes the heart leat quickr
to think of it and think that when we
are gone greater things will happen than
we even know.
A Woli Club to t formed.
Mr. Lewis Pettyjohn has requested us
to call the attention of wool growers and
farmers xenerally to the fact that there
will i a wolf elub formed in the dis
trict, bounutMl a follows; South and
west of the railroad from Salem to Jef-
erson. .u unners living in the above
deseriUxl district and all others who aie
interested in exterminating wolves, etc.,
will please inett at the brick stor in
South talem on f'aturdav, Janiurv 12.
18S1.
ajvh i (,ti mr nine or place.
Tho government superintendent of
forestry recunvmpnils that timWr InnrU
hfl wiriirtiwii fr.Mii en!.. o...t ii. a:...v
be sold but not the land, and that a por-!
lion of all other land be planted in fruit
uee8' '
FARHEKS AS CITIZENS.
While wo honestly and sincerely do
all wo can to advance tho interests of
our class tho producers of the country
we do not like to put their claims to
consideration on the ground that so
many do, that farmors as a class are
much abused and do not get their just
deserts. It seems humiliating to confess
that they can be ill-used when they have
such power and inflncnco tit their com
mand. Every false claim is injurious to
any cause. The exact tiuth is, that some
farmers aro unsuccessful and others do
woll under tho same circumstances.
Farmers sell out and move away from
this valley, because they cannot suc
ceed here, and their places are taken by
other farmors who thrive on the samo
land these other ran in debt on. The
samo fact is true of lines of labor from
the highest professional to tho lowest
worker. To place the truest construc
tion on the farmers' condition he is
master of the situation and ought to be
a controlling power. By co-operation
he can accomplish all he requires and
bo all he ought to be. If he fails to
assert himself and goes about complain
ing that he is ill-used, doing so is merely
calculated to lessen his standing. He
complains too often of monopoly when,
if he made himself felt in the world as
he should, there would be no such mon
opoly to complain of. He complains of
tho cxacttions of middlemen when he
refuses to support an agent of his own.
Take the common field of politics : In this
tho farmer, who control votes enough
to rule tho county, plays a secondary
part, very often, and allows the profes
sional politician to "manage" him with
out a reason therefor; farmers are divided
in many respects, where they should pull
together. That was what the grange
was instituted for, to bring farmors
together for united work in a common
Tho rrranee became a cause of
cause
difference with many, rathor than a
means of harmonious action. What
shall be dono for and with the farmers ?
This is a wise query : There is too many
of him to manage easily and be lacks
confidence in himself and all his neigh
bors. He is rather to be envied for all
that, "for the earth is his and the full
ness thereof ;" next to the Omnipotence
ho is king, but there is always too many
of him to rale well or wiselv.
ENGLAND, ILLINOIS AND OREGON.
Mr. Alfred Hovenden, of French Prai
rie, has recently returned from a visit to
his old homo in England, which he left
forty years ago, and from a visit to Illi
nois whenco ho emigrated to Oregon
thirty years ago. He gives an inteiest
ing account of his experience in the old
country where he hunted up friends of
early days, visiting them in different
parts of the country, at different occupa
tions. He found them working away as
their fathers had before them, haid
work and small piolits. The fields
seemed smaller than they used to; all
England is but a small countrv, les in
arena than our Pacific Northwest. One
man was plowing with tho same plow
Hoovnden saw his father use two score
of years ago. Improvement and progress
had been slow there in some pailicul.irs.
People aro leaving wheat cultivation for
grasses and root crops; their orchards
were in grass almost entirely, and then
pastures weio wonderfully good. The
line grasses that fill the soil there mako
excellent grazing and their damp -uni-
mers that are very unfavorable for wheat,
insure growing grasses through July,
August and September. English pas
tures carry such an amount of stock a-
we wouiu noi ueneve possible. Tney set
out a great deal of small fruits, siioh as
currants, gooseberries, blackbcrrits and
raspberries and they pay good profit.
Stock raising is the chief business.
He visited what was once the famous
"Smithlield Market," in London, and
saw cattle there from all sections. Grade
short-horns make the best beof, or as
good as auy; the Black Cttle, or polled
Angus are good beef cattle also, apd
with Devons and Herefords rank as
large beef stock. About the most popu
lar with the mmket men are the Irish
breed of cattle, red with long tarring
horns that aro ery hardy animals and
make very sweet, good-llavored beef.
They are small si?e, long bodied, close
built and make very superior meat.
They fatten but few swine in England
but breed the very best known in the
world. Sheep are entirely of the lanre.
mutton breeds, Cotswold, Leicester,
Southdown and Shrophshires. They
hud no merino hheop that, he saw ; all
were mutton and wool breeds combined
and wether:, would average 100 pound
diessed meat.
What he was most surprised at was
entire a ant of hospitality among the
people of the common laboring class.
He wouW alk ,mlM to ,iuut "P wine
or woman who was loy or girl
when he wn young and they would ac
tuallv sit down to meals and not ask him
to partake. One old fellow was pegging
away at a pair of shoes and never stop
ped to shake hands even wlicn he
claimed old acquaintance. It seemed as
if life was hard work and poor pay and
left no chance to improve the social na
tures of mankind. He found the old
country disappointing in many points,
and though ho enjoyed his visit he was
astonished to sec how everything seemed
changed and less than he had anticipa
ted from his early remembrance.
Before coming to Oregon, Hoenden
had lived two years in Illinois and he
stopped to see his friends there on his
return home. There all was kind, pros
perous and cheerful. Friends were glad
and hospitable and he paid their good
will by tolling about Oregon, showed
them Oregon grain and ether things and
backed up his description by actual
sieht of things produced here. In Illi
nois he found accommodations easier
than in England, where ho sometimes
went miles out of his way to get a meal
because no one would give or sell one to
him. Like all the other "pioneers" who
have returned, he enjoyed his trip very
much and comes back fully convinced
there is no country that excels ours. It
is pleasant to note the universal satisfac-
4fnn ...ft!. .l.?nl. iWr. irtl.l nArri. f..'
I.1U14 Willi millU LUC Ulll V1CV111.1U
comes back to this country, after a few
months absence, and renews his allegi
ance. IS BARBED WIRE MONOPOLIZED.
We talked over the barbed wire ques
tion lately with Mr. C. H. Dodd,who
deals largely in it, and is disinterested
we suppose in what he says. He claims
that bottom prices are reached and there
is no monopoly. The makers pay the
patentee a royalty of a dollar a ton,
which is one-twenteth of a cent a
pound, and there is considerable com-
s petition in the manufacture. The
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freight here is quite an item in the cost.
Mr. Dodd asserts that dealers are satis
fied if they make a very small profit, as
small as 2 per cent, on heavy sales, as
it is a staple article. We see a great
deal said about the monopoly and were
surprised to learn that the manufactur
ers' royalty was but a dollar on 2000
pounds. If a man wishes to make a
mile of fence and uses three strands of
wire he will require about 200 pounds
of wire which will cost him in Portland
for the best galvanized wire, about $150.
On that the manufacturer pays a royalty
of one dollar to the inventor, and the
merchant claims to be satisfied with a
profit of less than if.'i. The fence builder
accoiding to these figures doesn't suffer
much imposition but gets bih fence
cheap enough. As wiie is coming down
to about the cost of iron he ought to bo
satisfied after awhile.
We don't swear to these figures and
may be mistaken a little, but they are
not far from those given by Mr. Dodd,
Wo inquired because we were expecting
an older from a friend. Last spring we
bought a roll of wire at ten cents a
pound, and already prices are greatly
reduced. Good wire can bo purchased
for six and one-hnlf cent', wholesale,
ana tlie best, we think, was seven and
one-half cents. When we nf,kp.l "UV
Dodd what was the prcspect for a fur
ther reduction he said prices were about
as low as they could be furnished, for
the ieaon above stated. At the best
only a small reduction could be made
below present rates.
Somebody will probably accuse us of a
con-piracy with the "barbed wire mon
opoly," but we have got used to that.
If any of our subscribers East of the
Cascades wishes to get barbed wiie we
win no anything in our power to heln
them. No doubt dealers in the interior
put on a good profit. There is heavy
crmpetition heie just now and money
in hand will bring barbed wire or any
thing else down to bed-rock prices. ,
ne Modoc.
The last of the terrible Mmlrv. nf
Lava Bed fame, a writer in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat says, dwell on a tract
of 1,000 acres near the village of Sene
ca, on the dividing line between the In
dian Territory and Missouri. There are
twenty-six families, numbering one hun
dred and six persons. They are lo-siii"
their warlike character, and are htcom'-
ing agriculturalists, and in doim tl.i,.
they are still asMsteU by the general gov-
rruniciu, iwiicu supplies rations and an
instructor in agriculture. .Most of them
sjieak English. A Modoe woman, who
is the tribe's best interpreter, cultivated
live acres of corn without anvassisian e
whatever, and got a yield of 300 bushels
this year. The reservation hru been sui
veyed into forty-acre lots, and th. rat,.
ins are being removed from the cluster
in wnicn thty stood, ami ere long ever
laiiuiv nui mo uii us own iortv-ar,
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than the mere gossipof the street t be
. J. 31111 SaVB 11 lllllt.1 I1HVJ1 liura
lieve anyunng evil against Villard. Hav
ing known him well for manv vear the
editor considers his good repiit.ition and
honorable character alove such street
rumors and jealour.
PROSPECTUS.
F
on THE PURPOSE OF PLACING TUB
W 1LLAMETTE FARMER
Within the reach of eyery farmer in the Pacific North
west, we shall after this dale rcduco the price as
follows :
One Tear, In Ailtiiure, $2.00.
I lill)S or Ten, (money with names) 15 00
(III lis of Fl c. (money vi Ith names,) 8,jj
T3,Clubs can be composed of old and new subscribers
Postage btamps nil! not be taken for Subscription,
This new rchcdule of prices is meant to accommc
date all class and leal ono room for complaint or dis
satisfaction. At the price named above this paper
the cheapest on the Pacific Coast,
As many persois ha e objected to bi Ing asked to
pay in advance e reduce the subscription price to
those nho make advance pijment and shall ner'er
dev lite from the terms stated. You can roako money
by prepayment, and we prefer that all should pursue
that plan.
We Intend to make a farmers' paper that every
farmer In the land ill need and will not willingly
do without.
We understand the Interests of agriculture In all
this region and intend fo continually study and work
for the advancement of the class ve represent.
We have correspondents in all sections of the
Pacific Northwest ho ft ill report the success of farm
ing In every locality.
We shall visit all sections ai-d personally report
our observations. We shall compile from our content
porarlea of the press all facts relating to development
and progress, and material Interests of farmers In all
parts of the country.
We shall keep pace with production In every del
partment, and report, through correspondents and
from personal oben ation, ail Important facts concern
ing farming in all its branches, including productions
of grain, grasses, fruits and vegetables; concerning
stock raising, the value of cuttle (or meat and for
dairying; of horses tor all purp:ses; of sheep for wool
and mutton, or both ; of swine and poultry. Also, aj
to bses and honey.
We shall continue to study the markets and Inform
our patrons on all points, so that they will be able to
Judge the situation for themselves. Our old patrons
ill bear witness we hae worked faithfully, In th's
connection, In the past. We shall do so In the future.
No dallj neaspaper In Portland has ever given the
producers of the country such clear views ot the
v.orld'8 crops acd markets as the Farmer often does.
Our market reports haie been north hundreds of thou
sands to the producers of this region.
We shall cartfully cull such miscellaneous matter
for use as v. Ill bmeflt and Instruct both young and
old. The Farufr aims to be an educator in every
department of life.
Our editorials will freely and Independently discuss
emy question that Interest the people from the
standpoint of right. So far as e have Influence, It
snail ne eertea in lavor or good principles, good gov.
ernment, true religion, temperance and lit education
of the masses of the Gerenu and State Governments.
The Home Circle is edited by a lady of mature
experience In the labors of the farmer, and well
acquainted with the ways of the world. She interests
herself In all the duties and pleasures of home. Thou
sands bear witness to the irood Influence the Farhkr
eerts In many homes to make the lives of mothers,
wives and children better and happier.
It Is as a family paper that the FiRKRR-sustalni
the closest relations to the people and exercises the
most salutatory Influence.
The WiLLAJime Farmer is not local in character,
as the name might mislead cu to believe. It was
namedfifteen years ago, when the Willamette Valley
was Oregon, but It has expanded and grown with the
growth of the country and represents all the agricul
ture ol Oregon and Washington.
This is the farmer's own organ, open for alf to
relate experience, seek information, and state any
grievance they may have to complain of against who
ever and whatever seeks to oppressor deceive them.
Our columns belong to the people, and the value of the
t AR.VFK chiefly depends on such popular utterances
The Editor brings to jour assistance the expert'
ence of 33 j ears spent in this region i Intimate
knowledge of the country; many vears connection
th agriculture and twelve jears' acquaintance
B"hJ?ny ' ou In the columns of the Farmer.
.wT'Ln?dK'itl0'. ' priie! i8 ma '" expectation
that it will bring Increased circulation. We ask every
ih,,e,oi?wii?or.'iU,haotdroert'and ,ha" ap
OLDS&KING,
I8 First Street,
PORTLAND, OR.
We call special atten
tion to our Large Assort
ment of
LADIES AND
CHILDREN'S
T1 1 , CLOAKS.
Jlhich ne offer at the
lowest uossiulenrlcpH for
good goods.
Our Stock nf ilrv nnaAa
is always kept complete
ip every department.
By sending an order to
us by mail any reader of
me HA.MJU2R can ob
tain goods as satisfactor
ily as if icrsoiiallv in
our store.
T-?.The arraa.leajt ran v,- I
in aiuag uraer by mall.
St Helenas Hall.
Boarding and Day School
for Girls.
THE FIFTEENTH YEAR BEOISS SEPTEMBER
Mh with a conoe cf fourtn tAt.. m..:
ouSh Instruction In Enllsh, Ancient and Modern
Unrouee; Vocal and Irutrumental w.i, r.rr!r.
PinUnir and Calisthenics. The pupils hav.dallv walk.
1 mpanj with a teacher. For further Information
AddreM IJISHOP MORRIS, Rector; or MISSMARY
B. hOO.NEV, Fnwlpal, Portkni, OrLc
1 Jul) Cm
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INGTON TERRITORY.
rTEREAFTER WE WILL RE ABLE TO SUPPLY
II copies el maps ol Oregon and Waablnttoa at
Itllo-ina-rates. Tnm maps are put op In coarealent
line Ucary In the jclet. Enclosed In a stiff kcard
r. They can ht otulnrd at the tcllowlne- prices:
Mas f retosi,.
Map f Wsuklststaa,.
aad Waahiactan Cc-Uned. I.U
aWhemlt tjr rental Ordir et KerUUred latter
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Adrts :
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If igcvuuieVt.eu-h, at all principal Dm;
can be
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