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.
Rv scniliii" mi ill-slop to
us by mail any reader of
I tlie Jbu:jTEIt can ob
tain floods Hs satisfactor
ily as if personally in
our store.
tv.The trreateRt care taken
In Ailing Oi dei s by mall.
SedEKickasriWinFeoN
afcMk.
aaa svalarf. a sMlias tfc sjtfaa, nssta swat,
I n.arr M auks haua as aaaatuWlalaatlka BSM
vitlatl
- r"r Tit najimsat riffn t" T
u Srr lMM,aato.Mkl sass tlBassMtjsaii. Csiasil
u
Waak tm
UataVssr. ffk
ffsTSUS
4wttUtjr
Matf , r $ aallaaa I
sstarogM antk. f w Miaju att tsar
j- rrrrv
BBbC it $ WVn WfS EBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl '
Ifltfc
amaVsasJK
ays
rdi
K'
aEi-MriaHataM