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VOL. XVI.
orrcomlcncij.
I'a nil lamIi--3omn of their TialU
Nr.w Ctt.v, Or, Aug. !), ISM.
K'lilor WilUia. tin I'miiK-r:
A good situation will "Don hi) made
viirmit hi (lie young man who him been
ociipying it linn given notice tlmt Im
will leave nl (he i-jih utiou of thii time
for which he hired. He hat n better sit
tuition i.ll'eleil him, and his old employei
pin Ih willi him with much rcgul und
gives hini it In-aity iicoinmeiid to those
who Ihivo offered him hi, now position.
Tin plaf" lie loaves will be Viicillit ill id
milHl he tilled, good wages will he paid
mul u good home ollcred. '11 jo woik
thut i to he done jh not h.inl and llieie
i. considerable business to atleiid to in
which therein money to he handled.
Set atill! Set still, yoiiiiK man, until
you are done smoking at least, you may
scatter fire out of yotir pipe, ho v.-iv
direful! Oil, yen, I lwivn no doubt hli'
you arc "very careful," hut you never
lul it straw stack nnd bud tfthor people
kindling fires arounil it, so you don't
know jiiHt how it feels. Ymi think you
'would ho the very follow for tho pi.tcc.
Woll! may he you are, hut answer me
thesa questions : First, -did you not
when you win at work for Smith make
thii Iiothuh trot at their irtion of the
work, hut w hih) at your own purl of it
you went vory alow and sometime
(topped altogether? and wtm it you Hint
out of carelessness broke tho tunc hinc,
and then thought you would make it
right bybig swearing. Don't swear! (I
beg your )iirdoii). It -wan tho other fel
low that swore. Wan it you that was
left in charge of a piici) of work while
the propiiitor went to town, who Mini
that now you hail a good thing ; Ixrys
try and get over iih much ground but
you need not he so particular how you
do it. The old mini will never lind it
out. He's too p.utii'ular always ah ut
all hi work, nti niiy.
Again, yon mid tho other fellows r.en
iiallyuiitt nftir woiking bonis for a
good lime and como crawling into bed
some time during the night anil hao to
ho enlled twice or thico times in the
morning for hieakfa-t, and then you
niovo around .-low and sleepy as though
it was not your intention to get fairly
waked up until after woik 'tig hour
hours for the day. Tho wage I gel
when I can gut work in so khiiiII J jenlly
'an't take any other time to Imin of the
woild and enjoy inwclf than to take af
ter hour in tho evening. That in the
very pm it, young man, I wNhed yon to
get out . would you put that vital i norgy
into you i day lahor thai yt.n ..ite in
your mvl.t icuJ.i youi Vitges Mouhl he
iliciea-i-d ; u wou'd IK ot m 1 n u.j,
of eniploxnntiit. Vou arowakhul whiln
at wotk when you little ilienm of it, and
a viiluo in placed upon your hibor and
you aro paid for all yoiearn in tho lahor
market. lo you mippoMi that iwiyhody
will hiie you and voluntarily lo-u money
on you? You are very fiH'li.ih if you
think co, and if you liino inner stopped
to think tiHiii the jnmt r it would ho
gieatly to your own iuteioht to nitiko a
few llguieis. I had an well he plain whilo I
am talking. If you lime hut little hIm
than phynical Htrength tooll'er a Iioi-m1 in
better than you inc. You will ho paiil
nothing for your company, hut your
menial ability and good kiiimi is what
count. J know n U thocaxo that the
lighlt'Ht wotk gets tho hi-Kt pay, hut it
miiht have hiains to hack it. You may
Jill tho hill hi you can (akojho place of
thu fellow who in doing to leave, hut wo
will let you know if wo want you ; if you
nhould receive nothing from us you may
coiiHider that we have reasons for not
wauling you. Yours rcHpectfully,
llt'tlt.STSP.
Tho fruit nop, cHpiu'iiilly pluniH,
tliionghoiu Linn county will bo oho of
the largest over known. Almost nvoiy
oichaid eonlaiim tices tiial am bicaklng
down with thu heavy loud of fruit.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY,
Bugnr Beet la Croccn
A corte-pondent of tho Oiegoiiian,
under date of August, !)h, .-ayn :
Tor n'Vernl jours pact L have Ih-i n
raising tho hiigar lioet in Oregon and I
lind that it has Ihtii a sore nop eveiy
ear, with the iroer cultivation, and I
lielieve it may cafi ly he said that Oicgon
is one of tho hiKt liK'atious for raising
tho hi ot ami iiiangi 1 win .el existing,
and if tho beet coiitauiH Migar notigh
for the piof'K.ible uiauuliicluiing thete
fiom, a cry iiosirliiul ipietion can he
solved, viz a prolit.ihle liiisim ps to the
funnel' and a gieut saving to tho .Slate,
for iimlead of importing sugar to the
amount and even moio than our whole
home cnn-iiinption of whuit, we might
ho able to export sugar and give ei.i
ploj incut to many more citi.iim and
nit n at-e our prospciity
Our old wheat lands will raise tho
sweetest of fiigar Isi Is, with proper nil
livatioii and fertilizing, and will yield
from eight to liftn-n tons pur acre.
My method of cultivation on old wheat
laud ia to fall plow the laud and fertilize
with well coinstiil homc-nmdc fertil
izer, top drecs'-d, in the fall lefon the
laud gets too wot, and in the spring plow
thu laud twice and work vory fm, drill
tho seivl in rows thirty inches apart,
ami when ntioiit four inches high hue
tbom out and thin toten inches ap.ut in
tho rows; then run a smnll suliNiil plow
drawn by otiu horo twice in a low at
fri(Uent intervuls. 1 nuido a cheap stib
K)il plow out of mi old steel plow by
taking ofT the mould plato and i titling
juvay the ehnro to u point of about three
square inches and fastening tho handles
anew. One horao will draw it to the
denth o' eight inches or moro very ean-
ily, and keep the ground as mellow as
an asli heap, and the roots ran then Ik
easily pulled in the fall. Twice hoeing
by hand will then bo suflicicnt. If any
one wishes to have the sugar heol tested
as to their i-achariiie properties tiny can
obtain a supply by addressing .lames.
W'ithvcomhe. liillshoro.
Tlio TlshtneiB of tho Money Market
S.vn I'lt.VMisco, Aug. !). Usually at
thin season farmers, wIiomj crops are in
their gnuiariei, have had no dilliciilty
in borrowing money, and so have Ixvn
nl le to hold their giai n foi Im (tei pi ice-;
hut lliis year tlieio -ecuis to he a eoti
ci i t'il uiovcmeut upon th - pari of hanks,
acting with the grain men hunt-, to force
farmers to sell. I'armcis tiud it impos
sible, to borrow money to supply their
urgent pioenl neci-sitioj. and aro una
hie to wait for higher prices. A g. ntli
mau at the Nevada hank wai quite pos
itive that the only rclii f was through
the mle of grain "!'ir tho hist thr e
veins," he .-.ml, 'fniinei-s have made
nio-t of tho money on the crops; rbip
pcrs have lo-t. fjisl year the principal
ilnppiis in tins cit lost nut les- than
$"..000,000. One man' lo-t al least 1,0,)0,
00(1. All that money went to tho laim-
ers. Now this year the farineis want to
borrow money on their wlr , it and tho
sliipis'i's luivo not got it to loud. The
farineis have spent the piolitsof thela-t
fiv years in improving their places and
in buying inoielaud, and of lour.-ohave
not L'ot. auv iciidv money. Thi- vear
they Imvti to stand the brunt or tho
Htiingoncy."
d'eorgoW. MoN'ca:,a prominent wheat
buyer, said "Tho farmers have npent a
great deal of money in buying laud in
Arizona and Oregon, and have sent a
good deal of money out of the Slate,
That is one leason why money is se uco ;
yet they can borrow money al(S per cent,
on grain in wareliousen, If tho farmer
becomes ii speculator and holds his wheat
for higher prices he has to run risks, like
other men, mid one of these risks is a
tight money market. The niatket can
he loliovcd very easily if Iho fanner .-ells
his grain."
Blioep ItuUlue la Lake Comity
Ono of the pleasing exchange, we gel
is iho I. ukc County Ksaminer, published
at I.akovinw, "i.ako county, Oregon,
Typogrnphically it is far ahead of many
of our Willuntetto valley oxehunges.
Wo take tho following interesting arti
cle from its column. Speaking of the
advent of a" band of sheep it says;
Though jh yet in its infancy, it Jiih,
ni'vnrtheleH., become ahoudy uu import
lint factor in the revonuo necessary for
Iho support, of our county goveinmont.
Al 11 rough ostiinuto, thero aro riow in
l.ukooountv, Jibotit 00,000 head of sheop,
and nveraging tho yearly clip from thi'so
at about fiJ to l pounds, it would pro
duce HIIO.OOO to IKiO.OOO noiiudri of wool.
The valuation of tho live stock ami this 1
,
lrodii"t, at the lowest ea-h estimate, can
not he lesa than SIU.OOO, and h.iing
lIi'(! liguies upon last year's rati h of
taxation, Lh lax di'i'ivid,' ought, there
fore, to amoiiiit to nl xu t .(MKK). Hut
the direct lux on the sheep ii not the
only ilem of income deiivcd fiom this
source, for in addition tin rcto, the. ma
jority of our sheep raisers, in order to
-i cure for theninilvcs permanent shear
ing and dipping places or camps, pnr
chti'c govermiieiit or Mate lands, the
principal portion-of which mo located
however on tr.it t.s whien would scarcely
be titled forugrii oltur.il purposi s. I'ho-e
ilaccs icipnriog iinprovement in the
shape of huildiiigs, fun is, etc., n.iUir
ally add to the wealth of the county in
this direction. I!enles giving employ
ment to the on rcbii"!- and mill men and
they in their tin n to the teamsters, who'
on their part by requiting teams and for
the latter feed, again lam lit the stock
raisers and farmers, and so we might go
on, enlarge upon, and mow that it is not
only this clus-i of the community alone
that are benefitted by this industry, hut
as the links of a ihatu, one works with
tho other for the bcm-lit of the whole.
To revert to the hands of sheep in this
county, we aro pleased to note that all
of our herdsmen take particular pride,
not only in improving tho breeds, but
also to kcp them free from all scab or
kindred diseases To carry this into full
effect, they dip the hheop regularly, and
tlm principlo din used heretofore seems
to huYe been sulphur and limo.
Our broad ami fertile valleys, sur
rounded as tlmy are by hills nnd moun
tains, with tbeir ahuudancc nnd variety
of nutritious food, afford room for an
immensely larger amount of sheep for
summer range and tho closo vicinity of
our so-called desert for winter range,
known as the safest and securest place
to winter stock, places in in the happy
position to say to our less fortunuto
neighlsirs in California or cbuwhere,
come ye, to share in our benefit- and the
blessing. . kind providence ha- be-towed
UM)ii us. There i plenty of room for
yon and we will bog!. id to extend to you
our hospitality and as-ist you in making
vour home with in.
rruit Meats.
In the household tho u-o of fruits i
at once a sanative and economical habit.
Fruit froh, dried, preserved may well
take the place of meat to a very ureal
extent, especially with the young. .Meat5
call for ten or collee, those -timuluto and
in the depicsiing oll'orts of active life
may lead to more activo and conse
quently more dangerous stimulants,
sedatiuM and narcotics Fresh fruit is
iiio-t healthy, plea-ant and satisfying;
then to tido over the want of tho fresh
article or pievent its wast , next come
' at which i nicely dried. Preserved
r . aro co-tly and not as healthy as
given or dried. Canning hns many ob
jections. In making preserves thero i
great cost incni ml ill the smrar, .-o it
becomes a lux . to be sparingly Used,
instead of a pib'uipal di-b Practically
about, two thirds of the sugar used in
preserving fruit by boiling is lot bv
inveisioii into grape sugar or glucose.
' 'into a saving may bo ellected by uioir
j ape sugar or gluco-e at once. Very
mach of tho preserved fruit of the store
is so put up. Thearliile is itself healthy
and unobjectionable and much cheaper
than refined c.uiosiigar Sometime.-) the
acid used in its manufacture remains in
excess, but that can be easily detected
and corrected by vu alkali. In putting
up fruit, especially thoiti of pionounced
llavors, it will Ik) found economical,
healthy and substantial, to use gelatine
or staich in making it up for uo at the
table. In its preparation foe keopiusr
over, the moro concentrated and dis
tinctive in its flavor and general charac
ter the bettor, but it will often bo found
that in u-iug at the table a little can ho
made to go a great, way by tho judicious
u-o of some "body" as starch or gelatine.
Th 1 -so hints are given to open up the
pi.u-tioal questions of the rationale and
economics of dietetics.
A Homely Frieud.
It is astonishing how ropulsivo tho
toad is to most people. ITo is a very
homely fellow but like many other
homely folks has some great virtues.
The Toronto Globe tells us of some of
them as follows:
"Thu toad can bo both tamed nnd
trained to tin extent which will amply
repay tho necossrry troublo anil patience
expended in tho undertaking. In proof
of this let some plucky reader instead of
GmmThr!s
AUGUST I 5, 1884.
ecrraming and kicking the next rpei ;'-
men that cros-e his or her path in-ol
the wiiyiilo guttr-, " i.'ly take it by the j
"Fcufl'of the iuek ' ( -vo.j't bite) plnf o
it on the window sid and watch the re-1
suits, i'resetitlv
II v come within
reach, when like u Hash it di.ajipears on i "' u,,s nTllc' wns oen " il n-poricr urn
the tip of the creature's tongue, "pear, d I morning und said: "I rate thu KnglHi
a)piiieiitly with a prcciion tlud would hop crop -is equal to l.r0, 000 to 180,000
warm the'soitl of nn Afghan. Another of ollr v,.rll ,i0., and I estimate tho
and another share-j the same fate, until , . , .-, -,, , T ,
., 1 . t , .1 , . shortage at .J.j'i' .- per cent. Jja?t week
the fciipplv or cap icily fails ottr'kingl I . , , , , -,, 1
of the lance' the while maintaining an I W! f-hipp.il to I-.ngl.nid 8000 bales. Lng
iinieriuibah!e gravity of d.-menrior. nn-' land bus 011 bund MO.000 to .'J"),000 bals.
broken by even a wink as the savory Fiu-in'' on this tliov vi'l have to im-mor-els
follow in quick -ucce--ion down ; ,,. ,rt from (..-rmanv arid America about
itscaparioumhn.iit It is not generally I io.OOO hale-. Tho hops in this .Stuto
known perhaps thut- the ton'uo of tlie tbi-. ar are fieo from mold, and mo
niiiinal i- s. cuii-triii led that it can U,- ,.ni.uz out clear and white. True, tho
proi.ctedfiilh iwoinehe. ami as already .j,,,,,,,,., t hUggfd along for tome
ietima'.d, toe aim is in unerring on.-.! moii"is, and ha- Urn almost dead. Th s
The pro-ess of ci-ting its "kin, in which ,!,., .,. an unfavorable season foi
the cieature, iifU-r rending its outer yr-1 r,r,.w, rs 00. tliouuli statistics show that
ment, di-pose-of it, rodv sleeves mid
all, by slowlv -wallowing it, bus been fro
q.icntly d.scrilied, und is an exceedingly
inter 'ting performance. In (2 rent
Britain, and presumably on the Con
tinep as well, the e.-istenco of half u
dozen or icoie of these creatures hop
ping about in tho lawns nnd gardens in
a semi tamed condition is quite common,
and instances have been known of the
little animal's return to its box every
evening with the greatest regularity."
Nature seldom dashes the earth with
rain, while the sky is clear and the sun
is shining. Therefore the husbandman
may infer that he makes a mistake if he
sprinkles his growing vegetables at
noonday, or when the sun shines. It is
heist to apply tho water by night or when
the sun is obscured by cloud. It will
also be seen th it, a naturo understands
her woik, it is important that the appli
cation be made not by "immersion'' or
'"pouring" but by "-prinkling." It will
do well, now und then, in imitation of a
shower to give a light dashing of tho
leaves with waier, or even for 11 few
minutes topouron tho water bountifully,
but the mob beiicficialapplicationisth.it
which is made slowly, but continuously
for several hours if possible, and then
allowed a rest for several days. This
will s..tuiate the surface toil and .mI-
uiidy strike down to the roots of pL.nts,
nnd'bv diolv.ng the material for iil.uit
growth aid in puhin? along vegetation
fc.
Eroakln; up Sitting Jlcas.
Mr. George M.i-on, of Montgomery
county. Town, write- the Prairie Farmer
Unit he -ucceeds in accomplishing thi
sometime- difficult thing as follow- : lie
has two movable coops with slattid -ides
and ends, tight loofs and grouuil fjr
il or. '1 he.-i afl'ord light, air, and shade,
.il! necessiry in summer. In the eve
ning he catches the broody lion and
puts them in one of these coop for four
nights ami da.-, giving thuiii all they
will eat and di'iiik. On tho fotiith day,
tow.ud evening, he hts them out; at
dn-k thoy will hurry to the roo.-t, for
getting all about the nct. Two nights
after catch them again, using tho other
coop, anil repeat ultcrnuto nights four
times. Mow the coop each day. lie
wart our to-ido'- f t-y "- .-. ' reno-'t
lesults.
Oregon cto:l for tUo Blind.
Tho regular annual jession, of tho
Oregon school for the blind will coin
nienco in Salem on Monday, September
S. All blind persons suitable for scholars
will bo received. An industrial depatt
ment is organized for the session ; board
and tuttion free. Thoso who are able
will bo expected to furnish for thoir uso
towels, combs, brushe-, ami napkins, also
sheets and pillow slips, and such extra
articles of furniture as they may desire
for their rooms. All articles that go to
tho laundry must he plainly marked.
Pupils will be received at the boarding
hall three or four days before the
opening of the session,
bast S.iturdxy evening as Mr. llyron
Ilalteiuoie, who resides somo siv miles
northeast of Salem, was unhitching his
team from tho harvester he mot with
the following accident: Ho w.i-working
three horses to the machine and bud
unhitched two when the third lifetime
frightened and attempted to inn nwtiv.
Mr llaltetuorowas in front of ilu- sickle
nt the time and the muchino was jerked
upon him cutting off two lingeis of Iho
right littnd, split the fi-ont liutr of the
loft, made a duel) and ugly wound in the
small of tho back. This itilheino-t seri
ous cut of all and will be apt, to cripple
him for life.
NO. 27.
The Hop Crop,
Xi;v Yoiik, Aug, 7--A member of the
fin ,,f Lihonthal Ihoi., hop bmkr r. in
W.ter -Irn-t, who has j-istrcturnod from
,. ..i,, ,.( ,,.,,. , ,j, i,tl ., ,,,,,4;,.,,-
ruoi L4i in mv itvff I'ytttiij jm;i ii'Jii,i
t . '.. . . ,.. , .,!
M increased 10 per cent, last year.
California, hops, in rav estimation, com
pare erv favorably with other States.
The hop crop of the Pallia; coast has
quadrupled during the pat four years.
California will ship from 35,000 to 40,
000 bales this year, which will have to be
sold abroad. The shortage in this Stato
this year will average about one third,
and 1 he entire crop of this country will
probably fall short from 25 to 30 per
cent," From other sources the reporter
learned that hop merchants and brokers
were on the lookout for a big squeeze in
this commodity, and that it will come
before the end of the present season." .
Tho city assessment roll of Astoria
foots up .-f 2,193.980 ; i72,095 is allowed
for indebtedness, leaving a balance of $1,
727,S01,on which isleiedan assessment
of 12 mills for the expenses of running
tho city Government. On the tax list
are 0(il names; a 12 mill tax on $1,727,
S91 aggregates 20,731, which would
make each of the (IBl whose nanus
appear, pay a!out $"dl apiece for their
share of expenses in the Astoria citv
Government of 1SS1.
The new coal fields on the Cle-el-um
are noi to exceed three miles from the
projected lailway line through the stam
pede pas. The coal is bituminous, of
superior quality, easily obtained, and un
limited in quantity. Prospecting parties
i.u tilting neaily evi-rv dav for the Cle-
1 el-urn mm 3. Cooler says there is
1 1
enough gi o I prying rock in sight in tho
bullion lotto to gustily putting up 10
duction or -melting works. Tho copper
in this mine is fully GO per cent.
The stories of the sufferings of tho
Groely party are being told. Thoy aro
horrible in the extieme, and taint of
canibalisni. As fat a ono of tho com
pany dad the body vva devoured, and a
report s.iys thut one comrade stole moro
than bis share of the flesh and was shot
by the lemuining and devoiued. Offi
cial in a position to know, decline to be
interview oil alvitit the matter. Greely's
report is looked for soon, and that top
with much interest.
Mis. II. H. Savage, south of Snlom, n
daughter of Mr. Charles Claggett.of this
city, was thrown from a horse on Mon
day evening and killed ahnott instantly,
'if bad been a !' j''' "rs to o'-t-iin
help for the harvest field and was return
ing when tho accident occurred. Her
neck was dislocated near the baso of tho
skull.
Thoso who have ordered maps of us
will please be patient. Our publisher
iufoims us that he will havo some soon.
Tho price, by consulting tho adv., will
be found to bo higher -?! and $1.50 re
spectively. We will have a full supply.
A pnitv of masked mon. on tho 11th
In t. . broke up th" Mormon organization
in Lowis and Hickman counties, Ten
nossee. They are supposed to have killed
three elders who were conducting the
meeting.
1
THE "BOSS" THRESHER.
Tho "!ew Mm stliiou Heard From.
Sii.vKitsov, Die., Aug. 1 1, 1SS.1.
We, tho iteileisiirned, have this day
seen the "New Ma-illon" il'l-inch
Separator and Ko ell Teii-Hor.o Se-lf--tcering
'fraction Fntiino (purchased by
W. G. Daws of T. II Wait) inn, and pn
nounco it tho best thre-hing outfit wo
havo ever seen. It threshed fast, and
can't bo beat -epamting and cleaning.
A Coaunau & Co., 0. MoAi.mr
John Kain-s, Q. A. Maiisuiuxks,
RMcClain', W.II,Ti'iti'i:,
0. Stall, John Haws,
If. T, von Voi.ki:niu:ce.
I concur in tho ubovo statement.
, W.G. 1)AW8.