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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1884)
m&wmwjsm yfsi sirrtBuKt. ; - . tm)acamxg$&f0QBSKIES&& ! ? . i gf iwiuea erery Wwk by th WILXAMETTE rARMF.R I'l nl.l8H.ttU CO. TERMS OF 8UBSCIITJO. One you, (Fostae paid), In advance 200 II months, (Pcatws paid), In sdranco 1.2& Lata tian ix months will bo, per month 26 ADVEItSISINO BATES : AftMrtlsemenU will b inserted, prnridlntn aro nAtM(. at ih fnllowlnir table of ratofl ! One Itch of hpaoe per month 1 60 (arm Itichw of space per month .00 v Aa.hn.lf column nor month.... 15.00 in eolumn (K-r month 30 00 tj-.'-Umr-lt! copic s "it (roc on application. rnMtatlon Offlco: .So. 6 Washington Stroet. lp air, rooms No. n anil fj Notice to Subscribers. Orrici-or Wijumktit r'ARvrit, ) rchruur) 28, lSW. J To ocr Ilraum-: We itibthli onlj a mill Irut nninbcr cf tho Kakksr so suppl) actual prepaid sulisulbcr and we cinnot sup ply tuck number. If It is delred bj subscribers t'l secure all Uiuca tlic tuust urranRO to send In their reiwal? In ample time to roach tula o'Tko bt foin expiration. 4WA11 subscriber can Ull by the printed tairon- OT th"Ir iper txucllj nlim tlitir timo will cxplredji Another Important Hut: ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND LETTERS SHOULD UK ADDHEbSED TO THE "-wii.AMi.rri: rAKMr.it," ALL I'At'EltS IlISCONTINUri) AT T1IL KXI'IRA new ok the time paid ion. wanyoni: ni;a:iviNc7A corv of THIS I'APKIt WILL CON'SIOKlt IT AN INVITATION TO SKlfeCIUJll', The Mouth win Tax Law rcquiios Unit ull mortgages kIiiiII bo taxed nntl as mortgages mo locoided in tlio books of record the only way tlio tax collector can get nt them is to take lho"0 records and make n libt of them. At leiist that is what the nfwws-or of Marion county did, n no are told, last year, tho eftbet of which wan lo gioatly incaea"c the asses,). nent toll of Unit county. Ah these coun ty records have been kept a long (hero uro a groat many mortgages on record. A gro.it many of them linvn been friid oil', but tho looords do not show that thny hao l)een cancelled uh thoy ought to. This Ls dun to neglect, for whenever a moitgage is paid oil" tho holder of it hhould go to the cleiks olllee.takc tho hook s-ii' mortgage", find tho iccord of that jurtivuliir one, and endorse on tho mar gin in ml ink a Ht.itoinent of its cancel lation, duly dated and signed. Owing to tho universal carelessness of all par tios to mortgages tho usfcusor seems to have made n I urns of a gieat number of paid up mortgages and tho county lni.s Tqturncd tho (-am" to the State. The ef fect is that Ibe county must pay the Stale tux on all thehO mortgages and will come out heavily loner unless Mime wa.v r ic licf can ho dovihod. Sl.NATOIl DOI.l'll e-llUlVFi PXCellollt Jl'lise in asking Cougict-ri toappropriate $750, KX) tor the cannl mid looks at thoCas cadca of the Columbia. Thcwnil done there has been of the bent ci It and lookh as if il. would ln-t forei i 1'lien tliein will be tho noil; of pelting mound tho Dalles, that will co-it millions tnoie. Our nmiiiliciri or Coiiguirt mu-t ui-o all thiir cftbits to mvuic the impiovimient nt the peat tiier ho that it can do ltd id into towmdrt tr.m.sporting the pio (luctrt of tho einiutiy to the km and to i liu wot hi. I'oitl'iml wll evidently liud out that bet pinnieriiy dejieniN gieatly in having the iier s,t-tem of Iranspor tntioii. If i-tiMiulio.it'i can run fmiu Ar. (Ariii to Oohillo and LcHibton all tho ,m'iu i omul roithimt b.v.i nothing to fcar fi'oin iiny tily t?roing upon I'tigct .Sound. The produceis of tho whole noithwi'il me iuleu'sleil in hainj; oui i ier made u tvicitblo m) they can assist ommeiee. Wntei ti'MiiHportation i- t'liuiipir than laud li.ivel and t'ongtess can woll ulbiid lo hpeud the nullioiw moi-ai foi tin-cimnli.N i well north developing. We onii t.n-o lill, millions of Imsbi'liut wheat for -poit and that is mill north the encoui. moment of Con-s'ie.-s. Vi. in, tt of a join ig man. or at le.st one Jiibt iu Ufe'h piime, wlifi by hard work in his piofovs'nm nnule a good start, siy 10.000 or S1'J,0(0, and liming made a m.illy hhrewd iuvestiuent in Albiua he sold out in the nick f tuueand iralied muily tSO.iKH). which he put into Ore gon and Tniiiontiuoiital and lo.-l, mil only all hi" s))eeulatie gains but bis professional oiii'iilus the icsult of u do.en j earn of haul laUir Tlie man who found hinif elf on the load to for tune suddenly ?ar his lucky ."iKVulation disappear In thin air. He grieed oei it until bis niiiul gave way and he ij watclicd un b leejx'rs. Hero is- u itrikinilltutiatiiinof tlieuulie.illhlue.ss t making inoucj too easj floury made or lununl in (lie regular way ivt" nioiv eHtidfm-tiou and i more apt to liH, Th'efiirnu'i'wliopiuilentlylivcs ami works ItnH the inal eoitaiii muwm uid if lie U eontmtOl, vitlial, he in happy, more happy than roeiv orMliu arc. The pliy "Lipids o' London" toaoluu a les son. The young go to the great city full of Lope tu Kevt it, thousand light a I hoy ntrik the eye. The old go lek wMiily to the old country home, poot and brokon with tho tierce battle of life and for life in London, to die, and "till ibe lights o' London glimmer and entice other jounglo rush thilher and meet their fate w) often an unhappy one. Tun (.iiii..." of Minion county liuc been somonbat exnrcised, s wo leain, over the increa-(d tiixe? put upon them. If not increased taxation at least in creased assessment. Wo met a gentle man a few day since who, at the request of ono of hi" own near rclathes, had been to the a"cinent roll to discoier the cause of the trouble. This gentle man is a piadical farmer and a land owner, and he found hh own land as sessed at Sl'J an acre for 188:5 that had never before been rated biglior than 10. Haling thi pe"oiuil intciest, rh well as acting as a lepresentativc of othci", be made the de.-med investigation. It seems tho asse"or had hcaul many complaints that the law leipiired full valuation of property and that valuations were ncier half,scarceoiic-lbiid, tho value of land, so he added a little to former rates of assessment to moio nearly coinplj" with the law. Oui friiud laughed beaitily as ho explained tlie matter. Said he: "You have been right all the time in the Faumeii, when ion slated that all prop erty wan iisie-iuil far below its value. Wo have all been Inning our land ap praised at $10 an licit! and are excited oicr it because the assessor has this jear put tho as.-ejHinent at $12 an acre. Now, tho fact i", theie is not ono of us would soil his farm and impiovcments for less $!10 an acre, and you see what a stir wo all make when our land is assooncd at 10 per cent., when before we have only been aisCsed at J SO per cent, of it- actual Millie." inter-state commerce, Congie.ss Inn liefoie it seieial bill- for the conliol of intei-State commerce, which means for tho contiolof tho trans portation sy.slem of tho United States, where lailroads, for instance, lie in the ten itory of more than ono State, for any company whoso businoss is all within a State must lx governed by tho laws of that State. Tim public demand fair legislation for the preservation of popu lar right," but wo see it intimated that the 111011 that can be expected is the cre ation of Homething like a National Ad visory Uonimihsion, similar to the rail lbad commissions of Massachusetts and Now York, and authorio 1 to examine into and tepoit on mattci to which their attention is called, l'oihaps such u commission., if well conducted anil consmting of men reliably fiiendly to popular light", may do good woik, but tlio anti-monopolists of the country will not bo satisfied with half nay measures but will demand uuliral action tocontiol the great corporations and icMtict their ability to impo-e charge? on the public. L'here must Im eventually, 'Uong action on the put of the 'slates and the Tinted Stale", loeipiituil transh)i'talioii. There i3 a deep sealed feeling that the gieal coiporylioit"lmve too niiteh license; that their power to impose taxes has no limit, and as i.uhoad- aie seldom actually in coiupi tition theiois need for peiniiineut authoiilv to hold them in subjection to leason. Tho povvei of i oiporation"giown very steadily and they have such linan einl slieugth to be plain such wealth at eouiiniiud tu bin their way through all court" mill li'gisl.uuiv", the public fear thai it i" lx) ofteiulono. liutwlulu the povv r of capital inoiea-es theie i au increasing spii it of opposition to moil- opolj' in the laud which acquiics such fence that it will end in revolution if no otbei means ei-t to seciiio justite in that eonnecliou. It i light that the in terests of ibe po'iph should bepioteeted by tliegovenitiKint.and there is nootlier vriiy to secure eaee and barmonj'. The establishing or -onio ueh eontixil a will seeuie jus'tite ami fair dealing all lound, i us niuelt for the iiilerestotcorpouitious as for the public Whatever will secure to thi'in a fnir tide ( e.uning", without public puMiidue oi undue livalry be tween cotnpeiuig uiilio.nl-, will le a" much for tbt ir advantage a- for tlial of the imblie HARD TIMES Then is lui evading ihc eoinlu-ion thai urn ic.ou u- expeiieiicing hmxl luiKi' Therv me abundant xe.ison forit and we ecriaiulj have it. The eolUpe of lailioa'd nintteieost the inouicd men of I'oitlaud ptttliablj not les than live millions of dollar. The stoppage of woik lo some wit nt and the tetionch incut thai ha" Urn eonmieiu'Jil on all sides siU'ccts ihou-.iiuls who we're not capitalist:1. Money is made scarce by thi deticii of $5,0(Kt,0(W. IVoj.le are ex acting payments of iiccounu due them and in some place dUtivtu is occjioued. The woi'-t ani of mII i. the failure of eloju in a niea'tiiv through tlio wholo Ooluiubiii res'iou. VUon the farmer falls behind the woild siiU'ers. The crop pitwpeet mv fairly good. Lit yearcmr woit wciillierc.iinelho liit week in rb- WILLAMETTE FARMED: SALEM. rimry, but that has gone pant find our wbi'iit fields ate in lierftct condition. If tin l'scillc Northwest leap" a good har m -t and has full crops' of all f-orts foi ISM we can defy all trouble". So far as wo can judge the winter has proved fa vorablo to stock. If March doe" not como us a terror the wool clip will be largo and all stock will come out of the winter in good order. We all look to tho prospect the labors of our producers being abundantly blessed with freling" of inteno interc't. Tho effect of this money stiingency iv ill be to prevent building and develop ment at Portland on the scale anticipa ted. There will be depreciation in real estate there, and very likely elsewhere. Farming lands can hardly bo hold at supremo figures when tho country is universally "hatd up." Mechanics will not find work as leadily nor wages as good as in 188:!. Tlie general draw ing in of expenditures will' bo a health' indication, for economy will bring us out of tiouble. AVe aro not croaking, nor do we wi"h to dibcourage tho world around us. Wo havo man blessings and great advantages, but the farmer can make up his mind to go slow for once, and try to go suie. ' Slow and sure" is tho watchword for the present time. All tho natuial resouices of our wonderful countiy remain unimpaired ; all wo have to do is to work on cautiously and prudently. Many a faimor is in volved because be wanted lo increase his acres. Many have done so and now whh they had not. There is a woild of meaning to that littlo line, "A little farm well tilled," Almost as much a" in the twin of the couplet. "A littlo wife well willtil." Thero is nothing better than both combined. ANSWERING A FRIENDLY LETTER. Wo have a kind letter from an old friend of tho l''Ar,MEii, Mark Sawyer, Esq., of McMinnvillo, who complains of the Faumeu'.s position on tho Lis law and 8.1J-8: ''Somo think j'ou made money by so doing." Evidently our friend does not think so, so we wont fret otusclves about his neighbors who prob ably borrow his paper and havo opinions that do not cost them anything. We hear this accusation from different sour ces and what we widi to know from the-e wise people is: Who is thereto pay us for out opinion? It is so easy for pis .pie to be HU"picious and unjust that we make no complaint to this unjubtico, but we do fool that the WillwAtti'. F iiimeii is entitled to the icspoot and confidence of the farmeis of this rogion. So far as it is possible wo studj' their in terest and have never failed them and it is unpleasant to see a disposition lo mis-tiu-t. The tax law of to-day pirtially fills a want this paper was the first to set foi th. At least three years ago wo showed that ten millions of money es caped iiMch-ment and protested against it. The law a" it stands is in a great measure the result of the constant pre sentation of the need of such a law in this ).tier, because no oilier leading journal took such giimmK Now that this aw is parsed, wo have shown again mid acain that we need still mom legis lation, to force mono to make letiun", and liiiieshownth.it a mj complete system of returns is- nceess.uy. Tbi" law is good a far a" it gors, but it only reaches mortgages The KuiMrii deserve" eiedit for intro ducing at an early d iv, the need of amendment to the (a. law so as to in elude all money and make tax returns explicit beyond the pos-ibilitj of evu sion. The present law is only partial in its operation and money still evades the iis-(sor. Let us hnin a law made by the ne.t Legislature that will require a written statement with oath made to it. And let there le such a penaltv as will inaki it dangerou? to Iritlewith law. WANTS 0F rARMEBS. Mi .1 C. Itiisbnell wntts toils have often thought it would lie a good plan to devote a email space iu (be J-' vu mi i: to the 'Wants' of the farmer. We farmer" sometimes vvimt help and don't know just vvhero to tind it and have to wait until we can tind it, while, if we could make our wants known through the column" t 'our jiaper,' which is Had by thousands evuj week we might get nhiit ive want without huiin-; to wait very long " To this -ensibie sunt inimical sugges tion vverhv that wo vill hivut such no tice m tho TiU'iMi, in a siw'fial column, fortive cents aline for one i-stn and ten (vnts fur one month, This i a lnvv rate, the lowest at which wo take resit Inr di.'played advertising, but we w ill do Jallwei'-m to fiivor the fanner without letting money ut it. Stoeknuen from K.Vstem Oregon who visitPttitlRTid'M1 the m'-isvu has Wn very favorable, for all kiuiU of Mock, cut tle not only nuk u lieof it Nit actual-l-have kept in Cur order. OREGON, FEBRUARY TltE ASTORIA RAILROAD AND NEHALEM COAL FIELDS. It seems probable that Congress will revoke the land grant from Astoiia at the lequcst of one thousand or nioro cit izens of that place and elsewhere, who beliovc that tho interest controlling tho grant has no wi-h to build or seo a l.iil road built thero. It is claimed that thero are wealthy parties who aio desir ous of developing the country back of Astoria, who will build this road if tho land giant is revoked, but will not do so whilo it exist". Tho idea i" that the land grant will enablo tho owner." of it to build a compoting road at any time and is a threat against tbo-e who shall build such a road now, so they ask its repeal and will no doubt be successful. The temper of tho country is against such giants and especially o whore no effort has leen made to build tho roads. It seems that theie are imineh-o de posits of coal of cxcellont quality back of Astoria, on the line of the proposed rail road, and tho intention will be to de velop all tho resouices of that region. Thc-e comprise, besides coal, deposits of iion and foiests of very excellent timber. Atorians assert that Villaul and his as sociates havo been interested in the Ore gon Improvement Company, that owns tho roads and mines connecting with Seattle, and weic therefore inteiested in not haviug another mining district oponcd to come in competition with that. However this may be, Oiegoni ans arc all interested in whatever build" up Oregon, and will bo pleased to know that there is a groat probability that tho Nehalem country will furnish mines of great importance, as well as timber, that can bo brought to tho Columbia or its bays, and crcatda coal and timbar trade equal to Unit on tho Sound. Of comse, the world's domain! for timber will in crease in tho future, and so will the do- mand for coal on this coat. Wc may then look for the development of great interests in that direction. Astonans say, that as tho coal districts exist half way to Foicst Grove, thero will be in ducements to build through and give connection with the Willamette valley. 1MPR0VIN0 OUR RIVERS We am all interested in having the commerce of our country facilitated for that whjch reduces charges on transpor tation. Our producers pay the tow age and the pilotage on tho Columbia river. Their eiops load the ships and the freight chaigo i" a lien on the cargo. Tho entrance of the Columbia rivei will now admit a vessel to cro's drawing twenty-three ftet, which will accommo date the laiger numlier of sea going vessels but the ships drawing heavily arc tho ones that regulate freight charges. A ship that can cairy three thousand tons amounts to something in the way of competition. 'There are time", bow ever, when the Columbia bat is not safe for ships drawing twenty -one ft t- The bar i" unceitain and needs to be made eeitain. In 1881, engineers came out to examine and repoit on the woik neces sary to improve the ocean entrance and if tor studjing the subject carefully de cided in favor of a stone wall to cost over .:'. 000,000, to tun out fiom Clatsop point acios" the line of bunker". The- Astoiin chamber of eomineico advocated tho driving of piles in place of a stone. wall, claiming that nand and brush, log". etc., would gather and make a permanent sea wall. Since then their theory lias been siit.iined by tho history of piei nm out on the noith-east from Cl.d-op Point. This fills up every j-ear with i In action of the tide and urf and has to In extended furthci as a consequent e This demonstrates that piling co-nug one-tenth the money, can bo made to answer all the purpose of a tone wall. It is impossible to dilvc piling in that Columbia entrance sand. No now m ran force a timber down, but Astoria p.uties have a simple invention that doe it for nominal .pcne. An iron piiw goes down along side the stick and a pump foi CO water down it, so the action of the water washe" out the sand aud the timber goes lUiwuby its own weight. This ha lieen tried siu-cci-fully eW wheie. The people who have the con tra t to extend out the Tint Stevens pier told (Jen. lli'o", when he iva there a few weeks ago, that they were ooiitldent they (ould build out a pier of piling that would stand the surf and m.hiii gather and hold f.ut a ridge of sand that would for small expense nnwer all the pmpo-e of tlie projtetod stone wall. The senible thing to lxi done is for our government to trj this expoiitneiit aud, commencing at Clatsop 1'oint drive out a few bundled yanls of such piling aud watch the result. If it works ell the piling can l continued as far as necessary. The surf was washing away Clatsop Point so tlmt it was ac tually team! h few year ago that Fort SteTen" would l swept into the .. It treiiv." that the pier we have alluded to ' lias served the puqo" of tejirting the s IS84 surf and has created a sea wall that has sai cd tho fort. With this actual expe rience in favor of tho piling piojcct it docs scorn as if Congress should make the experiment and seo all those millions can be saved. At Puget Sound an in sectthe torcdo eats all wood, such as piling, but the water of the mouth of tho Columbia is too ficsh to allow tliein to live. WINTER WMEAT. Mr. I). T. Phillips, of Forest Grove, has been visiting a eon at Salem, lately, and from him wc learn of a kin'd of wheat that stood all the frosts of last wintor. It seems that at an early day Gen. Lane brought to Oregon,tho seed of a wheat that is variously termed, boing called "white Tennessee wheat" for one, and known in Washington county as "Phillips' wlieaf'J because a brother of Mr. Phillips brought tho sood back with him to Forest Grove when ho returned from a, visit to Douglas county, tho home of General Lane. Mr. Fhillips had cultivated this wheat with success but had abandoned it for other kinds on account of its rank growth. It often made a growth of six feet in height and was therefore diilicult to harvest, Ixiing apt to fall down, in fact it would fall down a good deal, so he tried something else. Last year a neighbor, whose field touches him, sowed somo of this White Tennessee and Chile Club wheat on twenty acres of summer-fallow. In the spring the Chile Club was all killed, just as it was in all other localities, but tho White. Tennesse was there, alive and well. It was thin mi the tjiound but made a fair crop. It is Mr. Phillips' opinion that this wheat will resist any winter weather. The fact that it is gioss grower necessi tates a large and strong root and that no doubt gave it capacity to resist the win ter when most other i ai ieties failed. We asked if he ever pastured it, and he said he once permitted a man to tuin a hun grv band of cattle on a piece ol it. They ate it oil' clean to tho ground,litcr- ally mowed it, and that was in Aprib but it made a grow th of six feet and three inches after that, An argument lto advanced in favor of drilling in wheat at a good depth was that when it was in deep enough and well rooted thero was less danger of its falling down. There does not seem lo be a general supply of White Tennessee wheat in the country but it can be had no doubt in the Ump qua. If our friends there know about it they will confer a favor if they will tell us their experienco with it, and say if ivedesrvib" it coirecfly and if it is tho ame in linughis county as Mr. Phillips deenhes it in Washington county THE OREGON SHORT LINE. It seems that the Oregon Short Lino niilroad has designs that reach beyond a connection with the O. 1!. & N. Com pany at Hnikc river. The engineers of that company weie running prelimina ly lines down Snake rivor in thodiiec t ion of Lovviston last j'ear and very i e ct'iitly they teem to have been surveying for a route aeio.-s Middle Oregon to cro"" the Cascade mountains into the Willamette valley. .Mr. John llackle man, who was as-istant St ite Treasurer some half dozen years ago, returned last week fiom Prinoville, where hero sides and says ho had very lately piloted a corps of engincem belonging to the Shoit Line, from tho crossing of the De schutes to JJl.iek llutte, which is on the ! lino both of the M into Pass road and i tho Lebanon road, lie says they found (a much better loutc than they expected 1 s fid report that thoy found a good cioss- uig of Dc"ehutc.", thirty-live miles south of Prineville, They also say they have laid out a good and feasible route from Miake rivir bending aiouiul the Blue Mountain to the south and following watercourses in a natural way from tho Illue Mountains to the Cascades without encouiiteiiug impassable goiges or high ridgo. As soon a" Spring shall ojien, this force of engineei." will survey the route--, across the Cascade. At nie-cut they sefcm to think the choice will lie between the Minto P.w. that euissej on the route of the North Santiam near tho bace of Mount .letfer-on. and a pa-.. furthci south, this side of the Pengra mute. Prom what we have seen and heard we conclude that the llnon Pa cific people have entertained au inten tion to have mi independent loute to tlie mouth of the Columbia or to Pngit Sound ot Ihith The latest u,.w-s fiom New York shows that .lay Gould and his set are- taking some interest in the Northern Pacific. It is predicted they will si sin have eoutrol. If he controls both the Pnion Pacific and Northern Pa cific road" there will lie no further in ducement for him to build the Short Lino through a," an indeiiendent enter prise. Then schemers hi toss about millions so handily, work iu (lie dark to a certain extent, and hauv to do o. ure hall watch the-outeonin of these railroad movements with interest. It mnv l po-siblo that it is the Short Lino that ; proposing to build n railroad from Asto ria to Tualatin plains as soon as the land grant-is revoked. SALMON SEASON OF U84. The Astorian says that already nrem rations aro being mado for tho coming run of fish. Material such as salt, tin twine, etc., aro being brought from the - wharves to tho ennncrios. Boats and nets aro being overhauled and put in order, though not as active as in former years. Co-operation and a uniformity in tno price oi tlie tisu caught is neces sary to tho ow ners of canneries. It ii asserted that the high prices naid 1a4 year will break up every establishment, vvnilo tlio iisiierman did not roan ant bonefit, as tho eighty and ninety cenU paid for each lish only increased dm number of fisherman, ho lcssoni'iit? tho lvj , , , , " " ro average caicn oi cacu man. . The days of big profits are cone ns it the ca"c in every other business nowa day". Tho N. P. It. It. has dono one grand thing. Heretofore tho salmon i linil in rt cliittrni1 in CnMtrmln n.1.n !1 1-1-s" -' -..-.. . .... nuracil ,S was liable to bo relablcd as Sacramenin Sv fish, which is not as good as that caught in mo uoiuinuia river J no .Northern iiiciiic win carry it directly j-;ast and it m aistains its own representation. iiiOMis cross died Tuesday night o! complicated diseases, and after severe suffering. Ho camo to Oregon over1 thirty years ago and has been one of our most enterprising "citizens. As a stock man lie had few equals. As a goodman, though somowhat impracticable, ho com-', niandcd respect. As a friend he was worth having and we feel that wo haie I lost afnend. Mr. Cross was over sixty years of ago, probably nearly sev enty, and led a very active life, render ing much good to farming and stock in terests, though not eventually success ful. There aro some men who find life a stiugglo and meet it manfully. He did. Whatever may be said of him and his faults, his good qualities predomina ted and ho always meant to do right. Ho was sincerely a Christian and, now, that lifes troubles aro over, ho will find, wo and many hope, peaco and rest be yond tho confines of Life and Timo, and work to do in tho great field of immor tality. Farewell. Ilazlett, tho pilgrim printer, is again heard from. Tho last timo it was Ari zona'that this famous typo was heard from; now it is tho Wallu Walla lock-up that holds his restlo-s spirit. The last timo wo saw him, home thrco years ag ho was standing on a Portland sticetcor ner. Ho stood with his arms folded, Spartan like, and immovable, watching with contemptuous indifl'erenco his fel low unfortunate'sof the calaboose as they slowly and unwillingly bwent tho ever dirty sheets of our metroiiohtan city. l'or his contumacy he wore a ball and chain. Wo tinned awav in sorrow and pity. AVe ought to be able to afford a "character' oven if no havo not tho an tiquity of a Loudon, or tho advantaces ot "Com Is," "Inns," and a '-Temple Bar" hi iv men to iinio its old inhabitants. Dickens would have made Hazlett im nioital. OLDS&KING, I8C First Street, PORTLAND, OR. Wo call snecial atten tion tu our Larue Assort ment of MIHLS Al ( lIIIMiRll.V.S CLOArfk Wliivli wo offer ut the lowest possible prices for good goods. Our stock ol' drv iroods te always kept complete ii every department. 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