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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1884)
Sf WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON. MARCH 7, 18M. WSSM .eued every week by tbe VlTltUlMKTTK FAKMF.R PrRUSMUfi C. finally died from blood poisoning. Mrs. Williams was forty-thno years of age and a remarkable fact w.is that she had bcon the mother of fifiueu children of whom twelvo remain. Mr. Williams is a man of such genuinely sympathetic nature Hint this loss of the partner of TKR1IS 01' hL'IfeUr.UTION. One lilt, (Ponton Slid). In iliincs J.oa Ai::::. 3 hU working life, will be a great trial but AuvKFjjjsiNO hater : i no win nave sympauiy irom a large cir- Arfrertiaenients will be Inserted, prsTMhii-ta are',.,, of fripndft Mr Willintrm in frpiiil. eipectobc. mt the foiiowinir fabi. ci nio- ' oiu 01 ineuus. mr. Williams is geinv One mh of -pwe per month iso inoly a friend of the Grange and few do afeirM InrhlX fit intra nwnth EM " ---- ---" " -"-w fi .uvea. a . a IMIMKIIII VtW - fa.! i w-hii column per month 15.00 . as much as ho for its bensfit. Wo have om commn per mon'h , 10.00 HJS.repl' ccplm sent free on ann'lcetlon. Publication Offlco: No. ft Washington SltetU Mrs. room No. 6 and Ci Vp Notice to Subscribers. Orrioop Wmlakctti FiRHEit, ) Fcbruir) 2S, 1835. J Toocu HMtri" We publish only a jvHeltnt number of the Fixit o supply actual prepaid aubM rIVr and ne tannot ajp ply back nu ujl.tr . If It ia denirtfj bj eul rtbers t secure 11 Usu? a they eunt arrange to scud in their ren"vuln Irt ample time to reach tnls rhee before expiration. rAll subscriber, can trll bj the printed UfronYl MTtbflr paper exactly when their time v ill cxplre.1 Anofltr Important point. AM. COMMUNICATIONS AXD T.ETTKRS SHOULD Mi ADDRESSED TO TUB "WIl.t.AllKTTt: t'lKMEB." long known and respected him ns a good man and citizen and counted him a personal friend and such friond-diip give3 one moro satisfaction in lifo. His affliction receives an earnest wish that he may yet livo to bee that family grow up to bo what ho has taught them to be and to do many yoaiji of such good work aa he has already done. a-rANYONK KKCKIVJNU A COPY OF THIS 1'AfKll WILL CONSIDlUt IT AN INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE. Only i:ioiit years ago Vitginia CRv, Ni v.ida, had a population of :S5,000, with three banks three daily newspapcis and otner tuingt in proportion. JNow the population has dwindled to r,000, tho titnki have retired from business and very interest of the town is fast going to decay. The Comstoek mines which supported Urn town bav given out. Tiii'SKCKEi'Anv oftlit British Loya tionat Pekin", after careful study of Ibo m.itter of population in Cliin.i, 1h annihilated the romantic tales of the crowds which are stippotd to lind scarcely room enough on dry land for habitation. Largo districts of the mpiro aro vwry sparsely inhabited, and in all tho empire possesses but 250,000, 000 inhabitants, that being largo enough number, but small for China This IABOR supply is a question that is always important to farmers and it is one that will hereafter bo more favorably solved than heretofore. The amount of railroad work to be done will be lest than heretofore aud tho discontinuance or completion of many enlerp-i&es will leavo many working men unemployed the present season who were at work on railroads. Some of those will sock loca tion of land and go to work for them selves. Many will find work among far mers, ihe supply of labor will natural ly be greater since wo have bettor facil ities for bringing peoplo to this coast. Wo may look for a better labor supply, therefore, and for lower wagos pcrhap. The dcvelopemeut of any new region calir. for a gieat deal of labor but most ol the new cozni.s will depend on thoir own exertion The n"vr mines will briu'j fhoiiMiids to Cojur d' Alone, a great, majority of whom will not realize their expectation. At liiit these mines may attract all who lriuj money enough get there but we can depend on it that they will eventually incunse the labor supply of tin's u'ji'in and that to. be foro loiig tion of tho law then you must bo willing to pay some share of the public k bur dens. Aa to exposing private business that is much to be preferred to the State losing it rightful revenue Wo believe the scheme wo havo out lined hero is very near perfection. It is a subject wo havo examined and care fully studied for years back. We aro aware that tho subject has occupied for centuries the ablest minds of governing statesmen and, therefore, touch it with something of modesty, yot wo believe this scheme possesses in brief the best solution of a gioat and important sub ject There can le a no more important matter for action before tho next Oregon legislature and it should receive early and constant attention until purified and crystalized in the statutes as the law of Otogon finance. PABMIMa IN POLK COUNTY. Some veiy ancient ruim havo been discovered near Magdalesn, in Solium, Mexico Thero is otio p.wainid which Iiiih a base of -150 feot, antlri?s to a height of 7t'0 foot. U has a winding roadway from the bottom. Hundreds of rooms, from fio to ten to sixteen or eighteen foot mpiuie, havo been cut in tho sides of tho mountain. They are of tkiiitt stone, with no entrance except at the top, and no windows. On the walla are numerous hieioglyphies. ASSKS.SMF.KT AND TAXATION 'I'm: Ai.ii 1 1 m: of the '(t?ur il'Vlono mining district is much less than is rjonurally hiipposed, aud a gioat dual la-s tli. in almost any of tho hitherto larger r.unp- The iltitiulo ii'tne the ant Lake ',' .fOieillo is 19)00 feet; thatot Itiitlm urn. 2.'0; and of Kaglo City mily IX 100 Cieur tl'Aleno City has an altitude of about 12000 feel, tha miuo lis I..iku Pen iVOieille. Snow usually eoiiiinunoes to f.,l in tla vicinity of llagle (Jity about ?stot. 1st, and continues , until tho lint of Apiil. Wk uivi: nowr known toil to be m liner condition than it isthit. spring. Wo had a small piivo of hill laud plowod i.iit wook, 'iija it iirouo up witiiout any clods, loft loo-e and friiblo liy the recent fiMii, In many icnpects tho seisin is faorablii to agiicuUuro btit we fear that eaily hpring weather may enlail winter in Apiil. If we lorn tho fruit crop again it will l a xerious mutter for many who depend on fruit growing. Otherwise th:n that fanning operations cecui to Iki in gootl fhapo and with r-piiug grain in early wo may lme. n lully prtvpemus jtvir. Tur l.niTon of tho Wukcu Sun eoin miltl Hik mn.it nmanly act iKwuiblo v. In n ho onco ivpeatcd, with intent to ini.co tho editor of this pajier, what ho p eteiulotl was a privatu convocation bail in ur own lioinw under pro.fession of fiiendshiji Tint conversation ho fal-illcsl, of course, as ho cannot ho truthful oi honeM. Sinca this dipioa' bio act w.h pronsl on him ho spjiws no ellort to do mnl asy othor unmauly thiugh In miiirx'pnent tho man his word was not g-,Kxl enough to nijuni. Wo h io hitto timo to u.'i-le on privatn dif foiviuYA. This man l.sng, iH well enough ki.owu nt Tho DaHos to iuhhI no tiliouiiig up tluuv. Wo Lnuw iU .standing with honorable men at homo, which is very far below. ix and We untuie finally before out loaders with a. pku for Uic3smeut and taxation that wo present a thu coiubiuod M'ews of many who have written for tho Fah- meu, and which wo believe is entitled to tho respect of all who havo studied the important question of public finance. Tho law ha .ilwaj s boon v r.Vct in 'licgcuer il idea but was in' k.ng in par ticularity. Thoas-cssiir is generally in strnctcil to a.hcss all pv.'ty at its full cash valuw. That puts t k much re sponsibility on one man. If the 1 iw can be iiuiondcd k a to jiruvido u silate lioiird of eoualiaition that hhall lay out tho work in each county, then i.ssessors will have a specific duty to discharge and can do it with easo aud dispatch. Ho mint be provided with as'ossing-blank-i, in which all real and iieroiial pi-opcrty can bo enumerated, and all in debtedness can bo stated. This tho tax pii cr fills up with great care and makes oath to. lie puts down all items of in tlcliteduebs that ho wishes to oiTset and all moneys, notes or ncounts duo him. I Tho assessor then puts tho valuation to j all projwly prcuciibed by the board of eipmli.atiou for that county. When tho tax collector comet lound ho has only to receipt iveoidk'g to the avess- ment The tA-payer pay tho full uu, Hveiving as suggested by Mr. Jury in a late paper, a receipt from the tax-collector for the tax pud on indebtedness sought to bo oiToet, which should lx madu a legal rolcabo between him and his creditor for interest due on tho mon cy tie is owing said creditor. This i not a complex system but is simple aud can not help but work well. In this way tho Ptito secures taxes ou all property within its limits from tho holder of it Tho legislature which i to moot next winter can easily driw up such a bill and make a specific law that shall covt r tho whole field When property is assessed at its fair valuation it will go forth to tho world that Oregon has $.00,000,000 as.essiblti allien and tho world will look at u with respect Tho ollbetting of $30,000,000 of debts will not seem such a burden as it doen now. Tho tu. levy wilt be llvo to fifteen mills foi total taxation in any locality and will not Mvun onerous, while now taxes avcmti two ami a half to three per cent, on !is.ebod value. The mortgagu Utx it entirtly proper but die not go fr enough. To in ike Mr. Croly, of Polk county, was in last week and wo talked with him about farming. Ho rents most of his land but farms some and tries to do it well. Last year he sold tho product of forty acres of oats for over $1,G00, which was $i0 an aero. He has common valley prairie soil and had it in first rato order. plowed in fall and replowod in tho spring, and thoioughly pulverized. He put it in early in March and reaped about ieventy-five bushels to the acre. When we asked why it was that farmers only had an avorago of thirty to forty bushels of oats, ho said it was because they kept putting in wheat us long as possible and when too late to risk wheat put in oats not giving them half the chanco they do wheat fields. Hi3 policy ia to put in his oats in good soason and ho always has had a good yield, equal to last year. Speaking of summor-fallow-ing : ho mid his plan was to plow early as possible after his wheat was sown in tho fall. Then ho plowed again in tho spring, with thorough working. Every third crop he went down fully nine inch es and othor yoars plowed six inches, but always worked land thoroughly, using the idler and clod masher. He gave the second plowing in the spring and then cultivated through (he summer as often as grow th of weeds or wild oats made it necessary. As a consequenco he nei or fails of good crops and clean wheat. He says those who wait until spring to plow miss it ery greatly. Plowing in the fall brings the soil under influenco of sun and rain and frost, com bined, and insures a good crop much moro coitainly than whou plowed first in spiing. .Mr. Croly iows this pleasant weather with iilmm u-. to result on the fruit crop, but we may lw mistaken. His sjsteni of farm work ho pronounces no fc.yr.tom at all. Hii suecos in life seoms to be duo to working thoroughly and carefully. Ho ob-ervos and goes by observation anil exporieneo. No man can succeed in lixi d rules bee.iuso cir cumstances vary and the farmer must adapt his rule to theoircunistanccs. Mr. Croly has made wheat-growing a special ty and does uot now personally cany on his several farm?, tentiug them to prac tical men. sec actual work done, that fact amounts to more than oft repeated assurances that can never be fulfilled. Some peo ple look forward to see the Central Pa cific get possession of tho Oregon and California road. That is not beyond possibility and may happen. If the Northern Pacific, tho O. R. &, N. Co, tho Union and the Central "Pacific compa nies shall all become interested incur commerce we may look forward to some thing like competition in business The opening of the Yaquina route for use, in connection with a good steamship capable of handling the products of this valley, is a very important under taking. It will afford our valley produ cers a shorter and more direct connec tion with San Francco. They will soon be able to test its value to them. TEE FARMER'S TOOL CHEST KA1LK0A.D FKOSrECrs almost below criticism Yit such a nun em gel i.voiro. of ome typo ;t eflioicnt, the- law hhould dnnaud emch roprotui' for casJi)u nnd ink unit tuo them to .lander utlwrs j a fn cxj,ibit of money or It with. We have no answer to uu.U to kitions sto gia noehmce f, thu iiivaiineivs uud malice ol a nun who is not hi much of a ei.uik .ss lie ila.t.ild. . a ciJtxl and all at once it tako an actixitv Ijot the uivpaycr fjvoify his civuit in and energy Wi: liKiuirvwry much t read of tho death of Mrs. Klhu Williams, wife of T. K Williams, Ki of Powell' Valley. hf lutd inhered for ewral month, and We mentioued Kimti w 1 1 ago, ihnt surveys weie being run by parties con nected with the Oregon Sh6rt Lino and Union Pacific road, through Middle Ore gon, from Sniko river to tho Cu-cado .Mountains. About the samo time'nko, work was resumed on tho Oregon Pacific road from Corvalhs to Yaquina. It is now aserted that a fine ocean steamer, that carries twelve hundred tous of freight with only a draft of twelvo feet, has left New York to ply on tho route between San Francisco and Yaquina Bay. It is evident that something now has entered into tho management of the Yaquina Hay road, something that has (strength iu the way of capital and mcins business. Eastern Ore"ou iournals con ncct the movements of Short Line sur veying partita with tho operations on Yaquina lJjy and speculate as to tho in terest Jay Gould may havo iu tho busi ness If Gould has any iutcrest it is in the Union Pacific and Short Lino and tha road, with its connection made at lUker City with the 0. 11. it N. compa ny's system, will hardly care for an out let nt Yaquina, though they may find it convenient to be independent and claim batter terms from having connection with the Pacitio ocean at that place. It is evident thru new life and energy lus possession of the Oregon Pacific. Their policy ha hitherto b-vn very tinde- Every farmer should be enough of a carpenter to do ordinary work about tho place. Ho can easily learn enough of common work to put up sheds and out houses, oven to build a tolerably good barn. Then there are always gates to bo made and mended and a thousand things that afford work for rainy days. Winter work can be furnished by a little caution in laying in supplies of lumber to work up. As you ride through the country you see many places that require a littlo work done in a great many places. No gates, no good sheds for machinery to be saved under, no neat chickon house such a place is torribly out of orts and might be mude moiecomfoi table for the occupants and moro attractive to all the world with very little outlay. But, you say, I cannot afford to keep such a lot of tools 1 That is a small item, if well ex pended. A good hatchet, two saws, a square, some large augurs, an adze, a drawing-knife, chisels, a brace of bitts, two plains, a grindstone ud whetstone, all can be had for 12 to $l."i, and thou you are outfitted for many a year, if you don't break or lend them. Tho good work a man can do with such tools pos sess easy computation. He can fix up things for his wife, shelves in the kitchen, closets in the house, little improvements through the entire" premises, th.it will add to the comfort and happiness of the family. Tho education of a farmer's son should include tho knowledge of common work with ordinary tools. The man who can do his own work will save enough in a lifetime to make a competency almost, to say nothing of the comfort of being able to have things dono when you want them. A farm should be solf-utaining and bo should a man. The ability to do means ability to save. Time is money and timo lost is money lost, -o the time lost hunting up u mechanic to do home littlowork that you could easily do your sen, is auuiiionat expense. 'Hie nian who has a kit of tools and knows how to use them, aud keeps on hand lumber, nails, el- to be ready to fill some sudden want, can utilize his time to the bc3t ad vantage. Time is money as well on a farm asol-owheie Well expended tlu days woikm.iyp.iya large interest for years ta comu. ft doesn't seem necesi ry to argue in faorof a kit of good tools on a farm, but how many of your neigh bors havo them? Are you sure that you h'lve thorn youisolf ? Following Washington orders, suit has commenced against Charles B. Reed to vacate forly ncros of land in tho Roseburg district. John Donegan filed on it, ran awny and left his family in dia tress. Then this man Reod chimed tha land, which has a placer mine on it that gave a support to the family. He got the woman to permit him to claim it under false pretenses then turned her out of doors and drove hpr and the chil dren off. This excited indignation ani this suit is the result of public feeling. To poinon a well ia one of the wont ( Crimea. It ia worse to poison the fountain of life far one'a self and for posterity. Often bj earplesaness, or misfortune, or inheritanej thin haa bern done. Aver'a arsaparilU ipea hick of the symptom, picks up tbeao im pure eecda from the Mood, the vital stream, and restores appetite, strength and health. NEW THIS WEEK. JUST RECEIVED ! A Large Invoice of our SPRING STOCK Direct, from NEWYORK. Other Shipments will soon follow. OLOS&KING, The Leaders in Low Prices- 186 First Street, PORTLAND, OR. tsj.Th.i arraateart care taksm I in filling- Oidera by mail. '"" ' 11111111111111 Tell tho children to cut rrat and tare the eomls ttlfconetto pictures as they spier from tssna to lame Thc7 will U plmawl wltli tna ooltoctloa. -ifcrji. This space is owned bj BLACKWEIjya BTJX&. Of course we mean toe famous anlxnsl appearing on the label of cery genuine package of Slack well'a Dull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Ewrr dcaler keeps this, the It Smoking- Tobacco mads. None genuine without tiade-maxk of the ltolL """" ' ' "F"" MISf-LACEO SEASONS Iu the icj-ulnr otder of Nature Febru ary should be n wmtry month with some pleasant sunshin-. followed by March with cold and rain that make it prover bially an iinplei:- m t me. Then comes April with shown, bo not much touch of winter. M.iy fallows with genial sunshino and deli -fitful growth of grass under foot .iud oi loliaga on the boughs overhead. L 1st ear winter laid a hun b.j imim .m t-ruriuiry uiu, March was sunny ami delicious as May. The or- ch.irds blossomed ..ml fruit all set thickly on the boughs. It looked as if we had exchanged seasons with Florida and wore stopping at onco from tbe Arctic to the Tropic zone April came o-i forbidding as .lovemoer and as spiteful as March ever dares to be. We exchanged months April for M.ircb and how bitterly wo paid for it was atto.sted by orchards that were barren far and near. It is not healthful tochango tho courso of Nature. It is very unhealthy. We pay dearly for any interruption of Nuture'i roirular course. Wo have now entered Slareh with Minny skies and tho crimson glow tl. i II..!.. . .1. . -r. . ...... iv.il. mu aniT-i-untet tfeams over eaithwitha wiml radiance. We fe.tr i urn inoom-iasiiionedsU'rm of hleet a iMThitQ mmmm UMUHUiiriMM teiSSfiS rr THE WELL KNOWN MITCHELL WAGON IVIL h ' I K ALMI A K r. SPR.. WA0S. Kl 'l'U KUAKS. 1'HAETONSiU.d RlGIES. full and lot it le a public rt-onl oiicn for 'any LnowUtl-;t whatever -on-.-riu i'moiuI 1ml wn.. l k,. .... r.V. . . i "lullBII, LEWIS all to inpeot. Then it will net l tvtty 'r.iilrvud miilvrv .inywlivrt. ThecoCji'K lv.i!.ant time j n ,. ' -''MDrACTDREBs. .1 ... . - I "v I-UIU.I-IL-'.I ta uvnJe tlie law Ik-cmusc tlie nqjuveyeii of me illarvl seOfm.'s li.io boen mkI- I .Murch has come in like a lamt n I ....i.i:.. . .. .. . t.... I .......... :i :j im...I.i.... ..i ,iii..,i t - - ..! . . . " ... 'mo ami we iumv. u4iv ". iii. ii ... IM9IHI u . iiv ui-.i uuu ..i..t .... ii re-...- u. sk ...truin; qtii' Wedt. not pretend,to hare1 rein, Ihe regular March .-huter and oo- Co., ery will be in.K "This U inipjbition.' Wh.tt If it i If u luvd the pwt.v- to uot claim to Luon much. When a r.iillWid tMiuiaiTici-. to In built, and we iuj uhii. io s exit nice a roaring lion with April to keep up t). mir a,i t,(, Imrni a It did in 1S5:1. W. H. MIT41HKLL. Jfuitfrr. BnJr.. k Rort,flrm STALIOM SHOW I J ho TltlKD ANNUAL fiTALION SHOW and tiraiid I'arado of Stalhoai, will be Hold at Salem, Ogp., Saturday, March S9th. Horses from the a.ljoiniog conntics arc ei iwctwl to lie present and participate in the exhibition. It is bt h'oved that this ahow will be the lirvtt ! the kind ever held in tha atal'- G u.vrs Fisueii, 'illOS. F.1JMD.MISOS. ma",-f Coraniittte. STRAYED. A.,UL m Wllk co,r etrayd from my prera lita '" f10""1 Sl'elu about four weeks ago. She i branded P on the right hip; has soma white in forehead, also white on belly and white hind lega from kacc down. Any pcraon fiivmjj Information aa to her whereabouts will be smUbly rewarded. E. W. BAENE9. ALL FOR 30 CENTS i;s ecaoiBDgf Trough gourd, l?lZt!Ha.tl fulfil.. anmAnm.lA ifftolceiijiijj.oiulelocciwlnmi lnpi acrt to liold fromour to five oaf i. tacK ' iVlt K afylJk navl m I.ll V.. aiiyat WALDOr MROWN BOXlXoxrORDOHlQ- HtlTI.ioa'Ut7BiaJI a J H I W. 11 Gollra, MlI I W. P, (naciH, nmrfcart". i J .r.rlr