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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1886)
Fr WILLAMETTE FAKMEJtt : SALEM, OREOUN, JUNE 18. 1880 4 III irmHi vory Woeic by th lio;m u. i AUu:itrrnL!Hin. co, TKIIMH nv HUllSCIUlTIO.t. v f in rtar, (PotUgo paid). In Klrnc I J.00 111 mooth, (rMtogo pW), In Klnw.. l.M Uan thtii nix raonthi will be, pr month SB AllVKOSISWO BATES I AdrertUrarnUinIll bo Inittied, protMlngtn i mk1a fc f Itn faltnwrlno. tAblfl ol rfttd i Oat loch oipce-er month '.W Cm Inchci of ipoco pel montn w IBt-htll column per month . . w 00 eolamnper month . 8.w J3mplo eoplea wnt froo ou pf.llct!cn. this paper ;: MAYnp.vtJU.vnoM tn.K at i:o. i. itotvj;r.Ti &. co'M WewnpalnTAdvertUliiBllnrenudOfcrilUCB BTBeirf), wiibiii: At ilCUf VflDlf M. II. 13. May, of Orogon City, has sent U8 a Hiiuill box of seedling cherries thntprovo tlio fact that Oregon con pro .duco needling fruitB of rare quality. Thcso "cherries rcaomblo tlio Ulack Bo publican in shape, color and sizo, iib well ns flavor. It is Holid enough for shipping, and comes several wcokB car1 lt'or tlinn tbo Block Republicans, which i'b nn nd vantage. IIo writes that ho planted two hundred and fifty scchIb from which ho soved only two to roiso. This ono pays him well for all his troti bio for it is a valuable variety and well worth propagating. If ho will soud us somo budding shoots wo shall bo glad to try to rniso ilium. Tin: want ok nu.v is vory sovcroly felt in ninny parts of Oregon and there will not bo good spring crops of grain unless wo have it eoon. Doth on upland and lowland thero is need of falling mointuro to freshen tho fields and rovivo tho pastures. Small fruitB ' show' tho hick of moisture, nnd straw borrioH are drying up nnd tho Into bor rioH will provo it failure. Tho mondows will bo tbo bolter for it genuine Juno rain, nnd within tho week wo hnvo bud indications of falling weather that wore not fulfilled. Hardens need moro rain thnn thoy aro apt to roccivo and rnin mny bo dolayod bo long that it will do more harm tlinn good if it does come. The Giianoi: Picnic that was held Inst wook nt Jefferson, in tho river bottom on tlie i.iiin county sine, among uio beautiful and luxuriant furcHt thorc,was a drcldud hucccbs. Wo had a sick horso that mado it impossiblo for us to nt tend, but tliot'o who wuro there scorn to believe thnt tho attondnnco wnH larger than for 1885. Wo seo no reason why it should not bo it well established fonturo of ovcry Fnno that tho grangers of tho vnlloy counties shall osscinblo thoro ami camp ing out nmong tho river forest, hnvo a good time as well n an instructive one, listening to well prepared addresses nnd having tlio wholo tempered with feasting, inuslo nnd a good timo, gonorally. Linn county 1ms not tho peal of itn displonsuro on two gontlomon who hnvo ovcry olnim to cousidoration and respect but failed to net in harmony with pub lic! opinion. Messrs. Black and Mon lanyo helped to olect Senator Mitchell, mid Ulack tampered with n favorite measure thnt I.iiiu county originated and is proud of. It is nmusiug to seo tho importance tbo voters of that county attach to such n trillo as tho measure Mr. Hlnok Introduced, which commands tho approval of n majority of business men. It is time that farmers as busi ness men assumed more cliarneter nnd prominence nnd looked lit matters with out being afraid they may agree for once with n banker or merchant, They should form opinions of their own and stand by tboin courageously. TUE ELECTION AND ITS LESSON, Thorn never was an election in Ore gon where tho amount o! "scratching" was done that occurred last Tuosdoy. People wore independent in their action and wbllo Domoorab cast their votes without change Republicans woro lively in their changing of names. It will naturally bo asked, "why did thoy change?" So far ns party fealty is con cerned every candidate was reliable enough and in a general kiiso compe tent enough, but that party has gone through IoIbhUuiUvi of Into years, that rouso tho indignation of many veterans ot the past. It has boon noticeable that iu tho Oregoniun war has been made, during nil tho canvass, on cortaiu nomi nees, us tho representatives of Senator Mitchell. That journal singled out Col. Cornelius and Mr. Mnrstoti, cuudidntes for Governor nnd Statu Treasurer, as closely allied to Mr. Mitcholl, and it is only reasonable to suppose that tho voters of tho Stnto have takon excep tions to thoso men and "scratched" them so that they are deafeatcd. So far as can now bo seen Cornolius, and Marstou aro deleted by a largo vote which sigui- fics that thoy owo their defeat to being associated in tho public mind with Senator Mitchell. Then it may bo con sidered thnt tho Itcpublicnn party, being largely in majority, has sot tho seal of condemnation on Senator Mitchell, nnd havo manifested their unfriendly fool ing townrdshim, by defentinghis friends, or nllowing thom to bo defeated. It re mains to bo been if tho losson will go homo nnd bo appreciated by thoso con demned by this defeat. If not, wo mny expect to bco wholcsnlo . Democratic victories in elections yet to come. Tho defent of Cornelius nnd Marstou means that like poor Tray, thoy sutler for tho company thoy keep. Wo opposo .1. II. Mitchell, noisonnlly, bocnuso wo beliovo him to bo politically corrupt. This viow is alno tnken by many of bis own party nnd somo hnvo emphasized thoir opposition to tho man by nlnughtcr ing his friends. This nction, if basod on Bound principlo, should produco bonlthy results in tbo future. Corruption per vades our politics and to cure it wo must insist on good men and true for all offices in our gift and reject, boldly, all who aro tnintod with corruption. Of Into years Multnomah county has mvon tno maionlics upon tnc stato ticket nnd tho rest of tho Stato hns been a Btand-off. This year wo seo Judgo Waldo dofcatcd by corrupt prncticos in thut county which fortunately wns dis covered and oxposcd. That county goos heavily ngninst him, but tho country districts rovcrso tho previous ordor nnd gnvo him a heavy vote. Ho mny not l)o oloctcd but tho voters of tho country hnvo given tho metropolitan ring to understand thnt they enn voto for a man on his merits, though tho city prccicnts shall nil bo "put up" against him, and money largely oxpended for bis defeat. If Judgo Waldo received n voto that Is a robuko to tho Portland wire-workers thnt can lay to heart and profit by at another time. Long live tbo pcoplol nnd thoy will livo and reign though city loafers auction off their votes, as thoy did on Monday of last, woek. This mntter assumes Importance as it shows thnt money nnd bossisnt aro not omnipotent in Oregon elections. Tho individual nnd tho party make no ilgtiro in our view ot tho quostion. Judgo Striihan is an excellent man and a good lawyer and wo havo ovory reason to hopo will provo satisfactory in caso ho bocomes a Supremo Judge. If it was rovorscd so that tho satno inlliipnccs hodJ been exorcised to defent Mr. Strahan wo should tako tho same viow of tho caso and resent ring rule nnd the effort to defeat a cundidato for Supremo Judgo by corrupt means. What infltienco this journal possesses hns been exercised, fourteen years thnt wo havo conducted it iu firmness and honosty to all parties and in loyalty to principles. So it will bo bo long ns wo livo to kcop nt this work. NORTHERN PACIFIC FORFEITURE. Tho Senate hits passed a bill of for feiture of tho Northern Pacific Itailroad grant to tako effect on tho passage of thobill on all portions of tho mid not then constructed. A motion to havo (ho for feiture tako effect in '79, against nil lauds this side of tho Missouri was lost, only twelvo votes being in favor of it. Tho Sonatora bcllovod that in nxto a forfeiture bill of tho kind passes Congress tho Supremo Court will de cide that tho tonus of tho grant aro such that tho pnssngo ot an act was necessary iu 18711, or thereafter, to have legal effect and no act can effect lauds earned up to time of its passage. That is thn opinion ot all or nearly nil emi nent lawyers. The bill passed by tbo Senate, if it passes tho Houso will only effect boventy live mites of mountnn road, but thnt includes tho coal mining region on tho west of the ratigo, that is of immense value, ns coal and iron abound thoro of the finest quality. Hut tho Houso will probably stand for forfeiture of all tho grar.t west of Blsmark, as iU members, many ot thorn, aro working tbo anti monopoly uido of legislation to win popularity. Tho whole thing may fail this session, but some such measure should prevail. Congress has lost tho opportunity to reclaim immenso areas ; it seems liko coming in at tho elovcnth hour to forfeit soventy-five miles of mountain land when an act passed in 18S0 would have suvod twenty-fivo millions of acres to the people "Hotter lata than nover" is nearly worn gut in this instance. Tho Seuato has passed tho N. 1 B. It. forfeiture bill with Vnu Wyck's amend ment. This amendment declares forfeit cd lauds co-terminus with tbo portion of tlio Cascades branch no; completed nt tbo tlato of tho nussaco of tho bill. Tho amendment provides for tho confirmation titles of actual settler?. PIONEER. REUNION. Tho gathering nt Oregon City Park Inst Tuesday was qtii'o largo and con sisted of a fair number of Old Pioneers from nil ports of Wostcrn Oregon, but wo did not recognize a single ono from East of tho Cnscados or from tho Wash ington side of tho Columbia. Col. J. E. Rosa enmo nil tho way from Jackson county, but wo learned with regret thnt ho received somo hurt tho evening boforo, at Portland, that sent him to tho hospital instead of to Oregon City. There were, of course, moro attending from tho near vicinitv thnn from a distance, and it would bo advisable to have tbo reunions held at difibrcnt places different years, so as to givo moro pcoplo tho pleasure of attending them. It would not bo easy to find another spot, however, so entirely adapted to the occasion. It was nt "Tho Falls" thnt our onrly efforts for govern monts took form nnd effect j nt this plnco tho flist town grow into boing, und it wns hero tho first troops equipped when tbo American ecttlors wore forced to avongo tho doath of Whitman nnd othors, in 1817. At this beautiful and rornnntic spot wo stood on a jutting crag that overlooks tho falls, and thoir con stant roar camo up as n dcop-soundlng and harmonious necompnniment to tbo martial straitiB of tho band, tho melody of tho Arion Gloo Club, and to tho ora tory that welcomed our annual day. Tho samo crag that looks down on tho scene which fifty years ago was Nature's wild and almost impregnablo gatoway to our beautiful Willamette valley, with not a sign of civilization near it, now ovorhangB (literally) tho rnllrond track of to-day, and looks upon n town whoso mills and enterprises, while thoy provo the mostimportnnt improvements of our dny, nro only a beginning of tho busy works that anotbor half century will seo. Tho sidos ot tho bluff, tho benches of laud with beautiful young groves, tho cold BprinK branchos, all form a charm- ing rosort thnt is well calculated for any such purpose. "Tho Falls" havo become classic ground ; thoro tho Pioneers should meet in preferenco to nny other pluco wo know. Tho attendance was about two thousand, somo thought, and wo do not put it at less than fifteen hundred. Capt. Apporson, as president of tho as socintlon, mado a fow openiug remarks, welcoming pioneers nnd their frionds to tho beautiful spot. ltov. John Scllwood offorod a prayer appropriate to tho day ; then tho orator of tho day, Col. John Kolsay of Corvallis, delivered tho annual nddrcss, in which bo roviowod tho prin cipal facts of our early history. Ho said, towards tho close referring to tho death of Kpaminondns, tho groat The bau, on tho battlo field, who when told by his friends that ho left nouo to in herit bis greatness that as Kpaminon das claimed that his two groat victories would over remain to represent him, so tho fame of Benton and Linn, Missouri's Souators, who were true fiiomls to Oregon in early times, would with us lie preserved, so long as tho mountains shall surround our valley, by tho two great counties named in their honor. Mr. M. t. lieorgo followed with tho occasional address, which opened with an amusing account of tho hardships ho ex perienced whon nn infant, eighteen months old, ho "camo tho plains across." Ho hcoms to havo dovoloped much patriotic feeling for ono so young, and to have been remarkably conscious and thoughtful of tho wolfaro of thu family. The address was interesting and listened to with attention and npplauso. Col. Mosior. of ltoseburg, responded for our Indian war veterans iu uu inter esting nnd vnluublo roviow of all tbo Indian wars Oregon has known. Many incidents were related to give especial value to his effort. It is vory appropriate that tho veterans of our past savago wars should celobrato their by-gono campaign by annual reunion ; that they should uuito to mako n joint reunion with tho Pioneers is nlso appropriate. If thoy will furnish historical data at each reunion, as tho Pioneers havo so successfully dono, it will result in securing greater accunwy as well us moro details of important history. When tho speaking wns over com panies of friends spread out abundant feasts of things ontnble upon the sward, and barbecued meats were served up fresh from tho wholesale gridiron im provised for tbo occasion. Many young people were in attendance and young and old appeared to enjoy tho day and its attendant circumstances. A Mr. Farr, who was presont from near by iu Clackamas county, told ns that his father desired to bo presont but was hardly able. Ho himself was a man woll advanced in life, fully three score ; his father celebrated his hundreth birth day early in tho year and voted at the Into election with all (he interest possi ble, whon ono hundred years and fivo months old. He came to Orogon when sixty years old and must bo tho oldest and most vcncrablo of our Pioneers. If tho facts had been known in timo somo suitablo recognition of thorn could properly hnvo been token by tho associa tion. If bo lives to seo another reunion it will bo well to celebrate tho fact in some manner. Tho Pioneers grow fcwcrl Soon tho scenes that know them will know them no morel The writer of this ib engaged in woiking up history that Bccnicd to be passing away with tho actors of our pnst, and has been success ful in bringing to light many interesting nnd important facts. It is the duty of nil who can do so to furnish matcrinl to mako Pioneor Days as elenrly understood and ns woll known ob possible. 0RE00N AND CALIFORNIA COMPARED. Wo have alluded to tho remark mndo by Mr. Flint, who camo up to represent tho California Patrons of Husbandry, at the Oregon Stato Grango, that ho is surprised at tin numbor of Oregon for mers who hove been in tiosition of political honor. This remark was mado at Buttovillo nt tho Pomona Grango meeting there. IIo said plainly, that in California it was soldom that a granger became n legislator. In that nsscmblago ho had around him F. X. Mnthiou, J. W. Grim, Jacob Voorhos, Mr. Goer, Judgo It. P. Boiso nnd porhnps others were present who havo boon legislators;!). J. Pendleton who is just elected ; and Wm. Cno was for a long timo county commissioner. This sounds well for our Stato and shows that our politics nro under popular control and not run in the flush way that prevails in California. In tho Marion county legis lative delegation just elected, two of tho threo Souators nro farmers, nnd of tho six representatives nearly all aro sons of the soil. We coneratulato our- solvcs over tho-o fuels but Portland, with its schemes and rings, is a boss- governed town and ring-ridden. Most of tbo scrent cities aro infested with a class of voters that aro purchasenblo nnd market their votes with utmost dis regard of all principle. Wo nro divided oliticnlly, nnd reasonably so, no doubt, but this ulcor thnt towns form on modorn civilization requires heroic treat ment. Wo must cut nway diseasod parts to savo lifo and it is necessary to meet the troachory and crimo of city politics by prompt nction nnd resoluto purpose Wo aro not frco from this crimo of selling the ballot in Salem, or Albany, or clsowhoro. At tho recent election votes wcro brazenly trafficked about, though it is not easy to soo bow any purchaser can bo euro of his purchase Our now law worked well hero and tho nature of tho l.vw stands approved. There was no strife, uo drinking, no figtging, but an election that cnllod out more excitement thnn any held for a long timo passed in quietude and pcaco. California could not pass such a law or enforco it if pass ed as it was enforcod in Orcgou. Our State began with economy nnd holds to it yet. Thoro is a gonoral tono of com mon souse U our people that has as sumod rt permanent phneo. Thoy may call us dull nnd slow, but wo aro honest and safe, which fully compensates. BEE NOTES FOR JUNE. I1Y K. Y. CHABK, Handllne Bees. Some ono asks tho question, "Is it necessary thnt wn should receive thoso merciless stings, or bo introduced to what 'Josh' colls the 'business ond of tho bco?'" Porhnps there Is uo moro causeless or common dread in e.xlbtcuco thnn this of boo stings. When bees are gathering thoy will never sting unless provoked. When at tho hives, especial ly if Italians, thoy will rarely mako an attack. Tho common belief, too, that somo persons are more liable to attack than others is, I think, erroneous. With tho best opportunity to judgo, I think I may safely say that ono is almost as lia blo to attack as another, except that if ono person is moro quiet than tho other, ho is less liablo than tho moro nervous. Occasionally a person may have a pecu liar odor about his person thas augers tbo bees and invites their darting tilts with drawn swords venom tipped, yet although our beea aro thickly placed in a small garden nnd closely passed, and repassed by my family and numerous visitors, nnd are very frequently over hauled and examined in tho various operations of dividing, uniting, queen rearing, honey extracting, etc., and though various persons, somo of thorn visitors, handle them frcoly I still await tho first proof that ono person is more liablo to be stung than another, provid ing each person carriesbimsclt in a com posed manner, that a distinguished apaiarian says, "is so pleasing to the bees." Somo pcoplo filled with dread, and tbo belief that bees regard thorn with special hnto ondjmolico aorjso ready for tho battlo that thoy commenco the strife with norrous bcad-shakcB and beating of tho air, and thus forco the battlo with tbo littlo fellows who, like a bull faced with a red rag, aro not slow to respond. Thcso persons no doubt nro regarded with Bpocial uvorsion by tbo bees. Honco I beliovo that "no ono need bo stung." Boos should novcr bo jarred or irritn tod by quick motions ; thoso who aro very norvons ncod not givo up, but at first better protect thoir faces with somo thin gauzy stuff; I find black silk bob binetto tho best, as it obstructs tho vis ionary but littlo and is cool nnd nice; gloves upon tho hanJB, unloss mado or rubber, aro worso than usoleas, they do not answer tho purpose if mndo of leutbor or cotton unless bo thick that they pro vont frco uso of tho hands. With practice ond tho uso of tho smoker, of course uni ted with tho exertion of boiiio will power, ono will soon cooeo to fcur nnd will work with calmness nnd precision, particu larly when ho llndB out that oven if ho docs now and then got a sting ho is not immediately killed. Tho poison of bco stings is ono to which tho Hystcm soon becomos accustomed, and by frequent repetitions of tho inoculation soon censes even to cause swelling or much pain. Docs aro moro cross when thoy arc gathering no honey, and at such times blnoka and hybrids especially uro so ir ritable that oven an experienced apiarist will wish to wonr a voil. A bco veil sbctild bo mado of black torloton or silk bobbinotto, sowed up liko n bag, half a ynrd long, without top or bottom, ond with a diameter of tho rim of a com mon straw hat; gathor tbotopwitha rubbor string so that it will just slip over tho crown of the hat, draw It over the head down woll nround tlio neck ami tuck tho lower ond well undirtho vest or coat collar. For ncrsons who aro always in scorch of specifics for tho ills that flerii i" heir to, tho following remedy for rheumatism may not bo unintorcsting. I tako it from tbo Gleanings for June. It is said that in this caso tho romedy was suc cessful, and tho discaso has not returned. Somo ono please try it und report, Maxwkm, la., May Ifi, I860. Mil. Editor: I havo been afflicted with rheumatism forsomo timo and have tried most of tbo remedies said to bo good for such a diseaso, but received but littlo bonofit. Ono day last week I thought tbo good Samaritan bad come in tho corson of a friond, Mr. Dlubakcr (porhops you know him), ho has a bco ranch south of town; is n clover follow too, bo is. Ho told mo "bee stings wcro tho best in tho world for rheumatism and if ho hould over havo it ho would try tho boo remedy, sure. Thinks I, wo'vo got tho modicine right hero at home, it wont cost anything and wo'l just try it, I think pcoplo as a rulo tako too much medicine, anyhow, better try somo homo remedios. So, provided with a small papor sack mid somo courage, I held tbo open sack at their ontranco nnd soon had it woll filled with tho buzzing crea tures. I then mado straight for tbo houso and gavo tbo sack to my wife, and hold opon my pants log ami inid, "Now start 'em up ;" she pushod sack and all up at arms length, laughed a little, and said, "aro they going?" Says I, you bet, whoop 'eo! just thou ono ad ministered, and I grabbed for him, as is natural on such occasions, and from that ovory ono laid to, and four doctors and eight resurrcctors couldn't do busi ness so lively as thoso bees did. I, in rather a commanding maunor and tono screamed to wifo to tako 'cm out, but she scorned to bo slow about it, so I got out and left brcccbos and bees in tho samo room and wont to bed iu untold misery, and two tlmos as mad, to think I was ass enough to try everybody's remedios. Hay Seed I) . Married. At St. Peters church, Dorchester dis trict, Boston, Mass., May 27, I860, by ltov. Glcanor, Miss Julia Moriarity of that city to Mr, Daniel Cofiby, of Salem, Oregon. Tho abovo announcement and the happy couplo arrived at the samo time. Mr. Coffey is a son of the late II. Coffey, who was a successful fanner und owner of "Prospect Hill." Dan has the good wishes of many frionds, who nro pleased to seo him como forward and take the place lately made vacant by the bead of tho family. Success and happiness to you, Dan and wife. Go to Armstrong it Boss for black smithing, wngon-making and horse shoeing. Drugs at Port's, 100 Slate street. ,f
