Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, August 22, 1884, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textte JStffiiSSSF " M. Ill A VOL. XVI. orrcoiwlemrij. MOKE I.1UIIT WAHTKD Ki'iii.NdiiKi.n, Or, Auk K', 1881. IMIIor Vismitte Vrmrr : In your initio of Augm-l 8lli there is mi article on "Ants and Aphis," in which llio nut are given Mie blame for the growth and spread of the aphis. While there inny Ik- apparent reasons fur such 11 statement, 1 cannot endorse it without furllirr proof. At well may we credit th bees with the lr'il of the insect that causes the honey dew. It is true Hint hoiiiii writer still pay thai alitn ! ujion n hul)liiiice si-creted fiom the body of thu nphiii'JH themselves, but they for murly held to the opinion that honey ilcw wnn necreti'd from the Ixxlien of iiij-erte, lull it ix now iiTertaiueil thnt the K)('nlli(l honey dew i jin (titiluti'ii from the leavt'H of plants puticttiii by iriKcct.i. The old notion that nir henl the ajihiilcH, and that they c.ei I mich wlwloin iim to careftilly loeiito the upliin on thu yoiniK and tenilcr phu I ini'Mwiry to iu exiHteiK-e, reipiires us 1.1 heliovo iu the iio-MmfioM of a reiiti r degnxi of Wnovle(lf;(i ly the nnta lliaii hiiM heretoforo heitn Kiveu to animal or iiiK(ct. That nntM hIiouM know the food and IcKiitioti uoccnHiry to Mm e.veIence of a eluHh of iuHeetH whose hahitM are ontiroly ilillVnuit from llmiiiMtlve", ih nc I'ordihf,' to them a di-Kreo of wisdom not IMj.iw.ivd by Minii) of our civilized mew of man. That llio riphirt can Ik iniido to produce a hoticydiko iiiihrfnucc nt th( uill of Mm nut, and that it ini-tereted from tho body, ami that it in done at Hiieli tiuicx m the antfl tap upon thu apliin if lo iniich fur ordinary eloddioppoiH to Udieve witliotit more li(hl it ) ' u thu tuliject. In the article of .Mr. DuvuImjii upon the etTivtf of fiirtiliation there mint hu an error, iu nttrihtitiiiK the power of our variety of plant to influence the frnil of another. If that were tjuo then we could widl Udicve the ntory of an apple hein half Kiihutt and half llaldwiii. Ami if that, why not a greater mixture Mich a part of the apple ripening all the time fiom that of Karly llarveit to that uf the American I'iipin. .Mi. Dav idson refciH to the "I Jural New Yorker," hut the editor of lliat journnl dic,lainm the prnmiilKatliui of Mich doeliiue (!rom fertili t'ioii may, and we know docs alli'i't the seed of fruit, but that it aflVu the fruit itJclf iiipat be inuri dually proven bufore the frnil f.'nuver eiui bi". e Iim npciratiollH on th.it Ii "ry. I. S. (JlU'KCilII.I. Luuo Countr l'ulr Ki'iiiM.ni:i.i, ()i., Ahj;. I ', 'Hi. Klilor lluurtlc Kirini-r: The lid .inuiial fair of bai.e county will he hi Id at Ku'cno City on the lii'ith, 'Ji'ith and 27th of September A nplon- lid mile track lutf been completed, tho pavillion ii ready, i of amplo fie, and MiociticiiHof the town and county gen erally dinplay a coiiiiiicihUMo eal iu nltcmptri to :nal:o the fair a hiiccoh. Already the pinniped cvhihita aie mu ah to warrant tho uiaua rs iu making tho announcement that tlmappiouohin;,' fair will greatly exceed any former of fort, both in attendance and exhibit. Theio is a general ilceiio aiuonp; the peop'o to pUMh forward to miccch any tiling tending to enliKliten the people or improve their intcrcxtri. Concent r.itod uimrjty yicldri to noMiinj,' but miporior force and Kiimt indeed mux! be prejudice and h,'uorniiL'o if nothing ih learned, or no Ixiiiellt iniiie to inhabitant1. J. H, (Jiiitiii!IIII.i Sec'y- Almka and tlio Yukanon Rtver. (icoiko Wiil'ilninii in tho Oveilaud Monthly him tho followinj,' ploui-inK article on AIuhIhi ami vicinity. On July lOlli the HuhIi teamed out from Oiinaliihlcu hnihor, headed north ward, and wuHWMiii under tho cncoiirajjiiiK inllucnc-e of a Hniith-wcntcily breci'.o. Wo TI5H!1,W S A L KM , O had been told that "iim noun an wo ot north of tho parallel of the fur-heal inland-i wo hhould have Miimbiny weather, butour exM'ri(ii(e all llio way up through l.cluiiiK mi and UdiriiiK Htr.iila into the Arclie umh miicIi ih to dinpcl the idcaof cli in i-kicr-in ilie region vim'tcd. SoundiiiH were tulw n at iutmal all alonjj up from Ounalahka, giving only lo to '20 fathoms at M to CO milcx from land. The eastern fide of Hidiring aen iH very idioal. Tho luihkoipiim and Yukon, both iintuciiHc river", bniif; down hundreds of t-mis of mud daily, which iB dcpo'ilcd and spread out iiIoiik tho shore and far to "cawanl. The Yukon, like the .Mimi-Mopi, has an enormouB dcViit at hen, coinpcUilin the water lo Kek Mich outlets as it can force tbneih the im uiciiHe bars Its mouths are numerous, but all shallow, pretention v 1 of any conaidcrablo draft from cnlein or oven approaching. Onco in, hoiwur, the river itwilf irt aa lare ami a- n.ivipdile as the Father of Waters. On the Kith wo pnsul Fan way r "!, which showed up miked ami nlx.ipi, ri-iiiK fW feet aljoe the water w t.eiut so miii-b as a t'onfid of soil or a af of vegetation upon it. Fail w.it ro l .aieN jlltt "ouMi of the Iiomcde il.u. i-. Im tweuu which, only live miles. a rt, the line runs which separate A.-in from America, Hussia from the United Slates. From (Jape I'riuce of Widen to the most easterly of the two Dioinedc is -) miles; from Kant Cape, to tho larger and mos-t westerly is 25 miles ," fioin otitHldo to outside of both is alroiil '.) mill", making .M miles acrois fiom (ontinint to coiitinent, wilh two Meppilif,'-.toncs, be tw'is'ii. 'Die narrowest iiil, howoer, is a tiillo nurth of thi-, where Mie cioss in,' can Is-made iu a direct lino, in IS miles. Intercourse between liio natives on either side has long Isvn maintained longer than we or they can tell. They luv( m)"Md from one continent lo the other iu ht'go ocu boats, and still do ho for the oMdiiuiU't of commodities; and (loiibtlu.-- for hiiudrcd-, if not thousand'', of years lit fore Columbus eroded the Altai, tic there was marrying and giving iu mairiaKc lwtwiou Asia and America At the pii -cut lime tMiisidcrablo trailic is eanied on by "'pirates" with our Indians on tho hIioiv of Itehring strai's and the Aiftie in whalebone, oil and walrus iwiiy. Hum is bought in Honolulu (or Ti cents a gallon; it is watered onoduilf, and a gallon of this diluted but villainous drink is givm for a pound of bone, which is worth S5 This tiallie resulted iu a number of murders a few ye.nn ago. lium and bioechdoiuliiig rill en weie furni-hed lo (he natives hi exchange fur their coin niolitic", and tho losnlt was nos con ducive to the wolfaio of the natives, piotitablo toihe levenuos of (he country, nor just to legitimate traders. Tho Yukon liver salmon arepionouuc cd tho fiuenl on tho I'lii'llic coji-l. Thoy laiiKe in weight from 10 to 120 pound, and are very fat. and well flavored. Tho Yukon ia a wonderful river, cap able ()f tarrying a toniiap,o equal to (he .Missistippi, hut Micro is nothing at pre.-cnt tributary to it that is capable of creating u comineice. Two stern-wheel steamers upiciir to bo capable of Hiitinfy ing tho wantH of coinineivo upon tho Yukon at proout and for a long time, to ooino. There aio Hiiid to bo immenso valleys of bottom land of jroat. lichness of soil along tho Yukon and on somn of its tributaries, and upon Mm ICuskoipiim, south of tho Yukon ; but tho richest soil is valueless! if tho climate be such that' nothing for tho benellt of man will grow and lipen in it. Alaska isically of little viiluo to our government bevond what is derived fioin tho seal islands, rout and ha, and the vague bonelits from thu fur trmlo iu general. For people, their habits and customs iiiuyjomonts auddro's; for scenery and cl mrdo at this season of the ear; for salmon and wild grown cggH, and an iiipotit(it)iutiH backed by dij;eiivo organs oitratordinary thm i ono of Mio most interesting jiIhcch to which civilized pooplo of wanner climes could make suuiui"!' OM'urcious, albeit somewhat, out of tho mute of palace cars. Hitt for a porinanoiit icsidcnce it cannot bo rceoni innndod. There are some half doj u wlilU'H at .St. Michael's, and thoy appear T y REG ON, Jlil DA V," lo enjoy life; but their inindH aro gen ally occupied by (piestions of trade, and, moreover, tlicy all look forward to a tiiiiuof leaving th"conntry and returning to the haunts of civilization .St. Michael's ib a good place for tho curiosity hunter to visit. Tho Indians up this way, with feathers through their noo-1, their fanciful fur clothing, their skin boats, their dogs and slislgcs, their ivory-headed Hjiears and arrows, their Htono hunpH for burning bluhlxr, and a hundred other (ii(s'rcoinmoditiey, furnish a fertile hold for the collection of curios. Mammoth tukH are moie plentiful ;ibout here than fore-t trees, and they can bo had cheap a. fire wootl Even stone axes are to be obtained occasionally, though they may be numlsied with tho friction lire-pro ducers among implements ii"w obsolete, 'flu re ate no gardens at St. Michael's. What could you oxsct in such a country, although just now it is delightful? Last week wo had the thermometer down to :iii degrees, and 10 degreos is considered "away up " In the wintir the ther mometer goes down !K degrees to 50 de grees below zero, and it is winter bote eight months iu thcytar Agriculture will never form nnimjiortanco feature of this part of Aladca. It would lie a peculiar country which would produce walruses and polar bears, watermelons and tomat'jcs. As a purely agricultural proportion I do not hesitate to put it down that jwlar benrs are worbo than coons for green com, and walruses aro more discouraging than your neighljor's chickens to a tomato patch. As long ns polar bears and walrues are iiermitted to run at large in this territory, I he corn and tomato ciop cannot jirospor. St. Michael's is seldom or never represented by mammoth vegetables at agricultural fairs. Where tho ice crop cannot le got out of tho way before tho middle of June, where the tojis of tho hills are morasses all summer, and whero the inhabitants will ri:k being diowncd for tho sake of blublier when the oil-skin at home is in a collapsed condition, it is iisijcs to ex poet gigantic pumpkins and 7 foot cucumbers. From the .outheat to the southwest extremity of Alaka,lhe Itu-h has not visited a spot to which it would be advisable for any person to come who may now have a home and be able to earn a livelihood. Nor havo I seen a man iu a position in Alaska who would advise a friend to come out here as a -cltler, either in trade or agrieultuie. (iiurge W.irdman in Oveiland. The September number of IIiiijvt's Magiuino promises to be iu itself ipute a tour of Kuropo. Mr. Hideing will de scribe "A Hun Ashore at IJiieonstown," including lUarney GVtlo and Killarnoy, with many illustrations', pacing on to London, there will be nuie of Ilev. Tread well Walden'a acioimt of "Tho (boat Hall of William Kufus."v.ith its portraits of the early kings and mucus; crossing to Fiance, .Mi.-a Humphrey's pen ami Mr. lb'inbart's poind will do cnbo tho hfo at the French sea-sido lvsort, Troiivdle ; and, finally, the artist Hough ton will stroll faither m Holland. At home, Mr. Finest Ingoroll will describe the "Wheat-fields of the Columbia," wilh itliwtnil miw hv l!itKvrwil ninl n TMitm by .1. (!. 1'yle, with illutrative diagiains, win explain "J lie liecrvior system now uiidi r c-iiti,I i-nelinn to enitnlive tlie supply of water iu the Mississippi. There win in' shi'icnes, won mie poriruits, oi f teori'n tciilliir liv I'ninL- I). Arillof nnil ---r- - -- -....., ...... of Charles Hondo by ltoboit Duchaua, tho fiontispieco of the number being a ICJIIOUIHUOO (11 (UK) (II J'llUUI S pillllllllgS. Ilirlher mt,ilmmi4 ,f liut'u Vtil nm' Seiiid Story," with Oibson's and Diel- . :lt.. j;.. r il 1.1- ,. i..i?i loans iiiiiiuaiHiiis , oi uiacK s Jiuuiii Shakes)oaro;"of William Sharp's "Trau- rferllitri from Viitur, " with Alfrml I'io-- son's illustrations; short stories by "A Working tun anil Hose lerry Uooko; n one-acjt comedy, "A Cloud on the Honey moon," by Julian Miu;nus;iind a number of poem-', by Will Carloton and others, will till out, with tho editorial deptut- menis, a Initliunt number. New Ileal Estato riria Mosrs. Warrinerand Harno's, who are well known iu this city have opened up a real estate olllco' They have a choice lot of lauds and some splendid samples of product from many sections of tho county. All who havo farms to soil would do well to call upon them and let them ex amine their method of business. Thcv will send thoir list of farm to all who may apply. Tho following apjtointinonts were made by thu (Sovcruor on the lltli: Notaiy public, K. N. Chandler, Tvgb Valley; (jnmmi-sioncr of Deeds, Henry W. Steven, ''oiicoid, N II ; 1j, Meininger. JlOli Montgomery stroit, fc'au Franci-ci. M fr& RgSMWiiSiffl F '-V"-,H 5 IT r- ftMS2MJl AUGUST ga ,1884. Salmon Pack fur 1684. Ilelow wo apjiend the sabnon catchof tho Columbia river for the year 188-1. Tho cannery and the proprietor together with the amount jml up, is to be found. The statistics are interesting : lirand. Cases. James Williams 10,000 Wat i en CWarrendale) 0,000 Ocean Canning Co 15,000 Union Packing, Co 18,000 J. G. Moaghor 20,000 Hajigood it Co 10,200 Scandinavian Packing Co 20,100 Thomas it Knowles 20,000 Anglo-American Packing Co. . . . 12.500 J O. Hawthorn & Co 18.000 Fishermen's Packing Co 15,(KK) White Star lo.oOO Point Adams '. . . . W.OOO Hadallet &Co 22,500 A. Booth t Co 20,000 West Coast ltf.000 Occident 17,000 Columbia Canning Co 10,000 Pacilic Union Packing Co 1 1,500 I. X. L 11.000 J. A. Devlin k. Co 2,00 M. J. Kinney :,400 S. Klmore 12,000 Cutfing Packing Co :i2,000 "Washington Packing Co 18,000 "W. Hume (Astoria) 17.0' 0 W. Hume (Kagle Cliff) 10 500 G. W.IIume .. 12,000 Geo. T. Myers 10,000 J. W. it V. Cook 20,500 Knappton (Jo. Hume) '20,200 West Shore 17,000 Aberdeen 29,000 Pillar Itock Packing Co l.'J.OOO F. M. Warren (Kathlamet) 12,000 Eurokn Packing Co 10,000 Total eases. 023,550 A $300 Running Baca- At a meeting of tho executive com mittee of tho Oregon State Agricultural Society, held in this city on August 15th, a purse of 100 w as offered for Oregon rained stallions for running on Monday, Sept. 15, at 2 v. m $200 to first; ?70 to second, and $.'50 to thiid horse; four to en'er and two to start. Entri'uo 10 jereent. of purse. Entries clo-e on Wednesday, Sept. 10th, lSvl Entries to be made with Major J. L. Hallett, Dilly, Washington county. This purse is offtred in lieu of tho running purse advertised for 2-year-olds, which nice did not fill. Tbospeed programme, with this additional pur.-o, is complete as advertised. The races will be unusu ally interesting, iw there are many horses entered for all purses. Present indica tions promiso a good fair, which will attract the largest gathoiing of people ever witnessed at tho State Fail. Parties interested in, securing' booths, privileges, etc., should bear iu mind that August 20ih, as advertised in another column, is the day set for this sale. Fire at Koseburj. Telegraphic advices inform u of an extensive fire that raged in IJoseburg on Monday morning. The princip.il busi ness portion of the city was destroyed, aud lo-ses of human liTo aro reported. The fire originated in he Metropolitan hotel and spread south as far as Abranis it Whooler's store befoio it was stopped. The loss will foot up jifobibly 175,000. That is considerable for a small place like Hoseliurg. The proprietor of the hotel and twootheis aro rejK)rtvl burned and one lady who was injured died a few hours afterward. Ceo. A. Sturgis, who farms tho Dur bin place, near Brook's Stntion, threshed two pieces of wheat last week ; one averaged 5!) bushels to tho acre "anil tho other 11 bushels total product 1(553 bushels, lhat must havo been good farmiiiK and ceitainly is rich laud. At omul Brooks and toward lake Lnbish is some of the richest land in Mm-ion county. Sturgis has spring wheat that win yieui io miMicis. mis win no a year of good I arvests and will prove that the Villametto valley yet stands at the front of good farming. The thresher behmging to David Early and M. Martin, of tho Waldo Hills, was binned on Tuesday, midnight, together w itli two wagons and about sixty bushels of wheat Tho work of an incendiary. The machino destroyed bo longed to' Wright, Wado it Co., of Salouij one of tho wagons was tho property of David Ij.uh , the other belonged to Mrs. Hartley. . C&la tit. ' s-ffy Kt s..ll fc' " "01 M-. ""Hk ' f.Vr . jK.. in 4 r o w-. NO. 28. The 0. P.. ii N. Lease- From private sources it is learned that matter? j"rtaining to the propo-ed lea-e of the O. It. it X. by the Northern Pacific are not hurrying along at a very rapid pace. President Harris has not yet made his report, and the transaction is not much nearer a conclusion than it was six weeks ngo. Every separate piece of property comes in for pepcrato negotia tion3, and preliminaries are likely to last until fall, with the baro possibility of not coming to a focus at all. As Presi dent Harris said in substance when he was here Tho Xorthean Pacific wants to lease the O. It. it N. and the O. It. it N. i" willing toleaeona basis of G jiercont. rental for the first year, 7 for the second and 8 per cent thereafter. ""We aro now negotiating around that basis." That is the esRct status of the matter now. PcUon In Tin Cass Tho Mining and Scientific Press says that serious if not fatal results have re sulted from eating fruits, meats, eta, that have been put up in tin can?, is a fact generally acknowledged; but the source of the joiuon seems to be a mat ter of much doubt. At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, F. Outzgow said, referring to the belief expressed by members of the previous nutting as to cafes of tin poisoning which had been reported of persona who bad eaten of canned provision?, that ho had investigated the matter and found that the poison did not come from tho alloy of tho spurious or ba--e tin of which the cans are made. The amount of lead that is taken in solution by the acids is too infinitesimal to lie in jurious, and besides it is precipitated in t) o tolution. Tho poison must be from other causes or sources. Mrs. James A. Garfield and 5UJ othir residents of Clevoland, Ohio, have pe titioned Congress to pass the bill pro viding for the return of the Xez Perce Indians to thoir old home in Idaho Ter ritory. The settlers in Idaho and East ern Washington, whose relatives and friends wore massacred during the oui Ineak of these Indians, protest vehem ently again-1 having them again for neighbors. The Nez Perces are as in telliuent and honest a tribo as can be found in the West, but they aro novcr tbele.5 savage, and when thoy got angry at the whites," they K'gan what thoy called war, in tho usual savairo fashion, by falling upon the homes of the de fenseless settlers and murdering their wives and children. "Waitsburg Times. The countv assessment of Walla Walla is .lt0,000 "ic-s th in lat year. The following lcturns of county assessments nro rendered by Ascs-or llarkncss: Assessment on nal property, !?2,0S9,fiSl; assessment on improvement. !?l)lfi,179; asst.;munts on XTnnnl proportv, .$1, 7:57,01' ; total, .f.").:i52,800; amount collect ed on poll, jJMMj number of acres assessed, :50(,90C; number of improved acres, 1 12.S01. A cloud burst in Cajon Pass caused the water to rise to a height of twenty or thirty feet in the canyon iu a short time, envrvuur ei.'int pines ami immenso lowlders. before it. Carriages, wagons, bams and out-buildings were carried away and distroyed by tho great force of tho stoini. Tho water spread over the plain and ran past San Iternardino in .bo usual watercoursos at a depth of ten or twelve feet. If our rmders noiico tho fact that we have little telegraphic news abbreviated thev must lay it to tho fact that tho daily papers aro full of nothing but po litical news and scandal. Governors Crosby, of Montnna, and Hale, of Wyoming, met August 19th in the Yellowstono Park, for tho purtiose o co-operating in bringing to punishment violatois of tho game laws. IIB "BOSS" THRESHER. Tlia "New MaestlUon" Heard From. Su.vntsoN, Ore., Aug. 11, 1S8.'5. We, tho undersigned, havo this day seen tho "Xow Massillon" !5.1-inch Separator and Uussoll Ten-Horso Solf steeiing Traction Engine (purchased by W. ti. Daws of T. U. Wait) mil, and pro nounco it tho best threshing outfit we havo ever seen. It threshed fast, mid can't bo beat separating and cleaning. A. CooLinuK & Co., C. McAi.n.v John lt.u.vcs, Q. A. Maksiiiunkh, F.McChAi.v, W. H. Timi'i.v, C. Stall, John Daws, II. T. VOX VOLKKXIUUIK. 1 concur in tiro above statement. W.G. Daws.