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8 WILLAMETTE FABMEIt: SALEM, OKEGON, OCTOBER 22. Ibb6. 3 : V. M i I 'k 4 ommurcial MARKET REPORT. Thcso prices nro for Portland and rcprmont wholcsalo r.itcn from producers or first hauds. WIIKATs- Valloy, $l.20?81.27J por cental. Wall Walla, 81.20, 7L0UIJ:- Statidanl, $3.75 per 1)1)1. BAULKY: fl.l0&31.1'2 percental. OATS: 3S&30a per bushel. MILL FKKI) I MlddlliiK", $22?2.r per ton. llrn, Sl'2Si:i par tun. PROVISIONS t IlaniH, 10 Ho per pound. Shoulders, 7Bo per pound. Sides, firm nt 78o per pound. Lard, Kutorn palls, 10tlo per pound. Oregon, in tins, U8jo pur pound. Id half barrels, 10'rfillo per pound. CHKESK: California, ISo per pcund. Oregon, 1 to per pound, HONKV i- In comb. I8M)20o per pound. Strained, in 0 nillom, 101llo pel lb. ORKKN 1'IIUIT: Applm, COSOOa per bushel. rOULTUV'. Chiakt'iiH, 32.50i?3 per dozon, Turkeys, llvo weight, 1012o per lb. Ducks, i.'V,$(l por ilorcu. VKOKI'AIILIH! I'otatoes, old, r0(10a par bushel. Potatoes, nuw, ijtolio per pound. Onions, la per poiiml. FKKSII MKAVSi I'ork. Iivu weight, .'la; fat, .'I Jo per lb. fork, dres-ol, -l((IJo per pound, llcof, on foot, 'Ma'.t,u per iioiiihI. Mutton, '.'Jo per pound grois weight. Vcul, 8(c)llo pur po'iud. Tnlloiv, (juotu Do P'T pound. nuri'Kitt- Cutiiiiion, 10fifll')O per pound. Chnico rolls, i2'2J'l!7io per pound. KOOSt Krisli laid 1 I 1(1 cents per dozen. WOOLi i:storn On nun, lll'.'lo pur pound. Valley, 20(ii)2lj per pound. UiiiMpu, raiio n trltlo higher. flAYt- Ualwl 3I0$I2 per ton. (1KASS HIIK!):- Tuuothy, 71'iHu per pound. Ilcd ulnver, IflnlUo pur pound. JlOl'St- Qimtu '20 n'JIopur pound. KlUKi Cliina No. !!, bi.'io pur pound. MjiihwIcIi Island, (liiUo p-ir pound. TKAS i Japan, .'tllii lOo pur pound. Illsuk, -IOn7Au pur pound. Green, U.Vi75o pur pound. COlTKHt Costa Kic.i, 12ilfopor pounl. Isva, '.'Oii'.'-o pur pound. SUCUUSi- 1), in bids, IJo per pound. 0, in blilx, Jjj per pound, l'Utra U, in libit, r4u per pound, Crushed, ulo , lit bids, II fo por pound. In half-bbls lo inoru. SYUU.I't- KivaKllon kcjji, "Oj pur gallon. grades o nl oil, !Ki i2(J!u per gil. lloilrd l.insuuil oil. 80o per uallon. lUw liuseud oil, 77o por gallon. Tiirpeiitliiu, 70s per gallon. 1'uru Unl oil (fl.Itt) pir gallon. SALT: Stook, b.v, $1(1 per ton. C-irnn'ii, liruim, ?1S pir ton. Co i no Ltvurpool, $20 pur ton ma ipulity, $IHs$2.1 per ton. COMMERCIAL. lOKri.ANI), Out. '21, ISStl. Tlio wenthur linn been pleusaiit, oven if thu iiiurkuU hnvo shown no improve ment. Hy rofuroneo to our Murk Lano Uo port it will lu HiTii tlmt tlio foicigu market nro uleady, ami at thu tumo tiino dull. In tlio lCiiatorn Stnlos nota bly Cliioago mill Now York quotations ro 7;i ami 811 cents per bushel roHpcct lely while tlio San FruneUco limitations mo llrui with freo ili at l.:i5u(-f l.!17 per cental. In Portland it ranges fioni $l.lfi?l.22J mill dull imteeil. Kaatoru UnRoiifl.i:i(!t$l.lU. All liiaiu'lu'.s of Hour run from $11.75 to :i.8.pi ami littlo iloinj: at that limine. Oatn for shipping ;$(( lOc per bushel, whilo a choice aiticlo of milling will lirinj; l-o. Tlio touo of tlio iiiaikot is weak. Thoro is nothing doing in wool, as tlio crop is all marketed. Kiistorn iuotu tioim, however, are -lojiuc. Dried fruit is (it fair request, ami wo quote us follow : Sunilrieil quartoreil apples :i(ii-Io, hlieeil ttffto, ohl factory frJ, blcachcil So, now prunes 10iiU2o, Froncli prunes vSo, gnuleil St 10c, pitted" plums .StsJ l()o, comniou penciled 10(1 1 Jo, 1iKh1 I'JJoJtKlo, grapes rJtflo, now llartlott iwiirs 80lOo, raisins $'JiS2.25 per full box (or now. VrovUlons quotable as follows : Ha cou, Um,UJo; hhouKlers, 08oi Kastern bums, l'JJtflHo; lmcoii,l)QtJ ; breakfast bacon, 1010)o; Kastcrn lanl in tins, 88Jc. There is only a light request for Oregon lunl, tina being quoted at 7ASo for now. Hops 'Tlio murkot rules low, but nr rivula for Kastern account nro comiug in fast, and Pugct Sound is ehiiiping quantities of tlio product. Quoting is diflicult matter, but 20(g27c is believed to bo wide enough for nil buHinc.9. At the East thoro is a niodomto demand, KnglUh 1880 quoted 2235c. Gertiiun 233ic, best Now York 2022c, and Pacific coast 1520. As Sun Francisco unmet 20:i0c for now it is hard to reconcile the diflurenl figures. Poultry quoto $2.1 for extra choice. Eggs at !)5c mid scarce. Mark Lane Review. Loxnox, Oct. 18. Tlio Hark Line Express, in its roviow of the Uritisli markets, Bays : Values of wheat have hardened slightly for good samples. The native nvornco has fallen Id on the week, mid now stands only .'Id abovo the lowest point of last year. Sales of Eng lish wheat during the week were 58,1118 quarters at 29s 8d, against 70,01)2 quar ter at ItOs lid during tlio corresponding period of last year. Tlio harloy trado is in its full season. Tlio finest picked is getting dearer, but the rest is cheaper. Husincs.i iu foreign wheats is Blow and valuos are steady. Flour maintains its prices, except 301110 American brands, which aro lower on account of inferior quality. Threo cargoes of wheat ar rived ; six cargoes woro sold, threo wcro withdrawn anil two remain. At to-day's market valuos of wheat woro very firm for all kinds, lluyinir was limited. Fine malting barloys woro 2d higher. Tho Uop crop. Itoviowing the situation tlio World says: Tlio grcnt bulk of hops is grown iu Now York, though tlio yards of tlio Pacific Coast nro rapidly becoming im portant factors. The groat interest ma terially centers now in tho yards of New York, and from full returns received and reported upon by tho department at Wellington it nppears tlmt in many countios, as has been prcdictod, tho crop is a total fniluro, mul nowhoro iu tho State is 'it nenr nn avorago. Tho same story comes from all directions; promising condition mid good growth till the middle of Juno, and from that time forward a scries of calamities which have resulted in the most dis astrous fniluro over known to groworB. Tho first enemy encountered was the Aphis, or plant-louse, which mado its appearance during Juno in unprece dented numbers and severity. Tho usual remedies for this pest woro triod, hut with littlo apparent ell'ect, and the plants attacked mado but sickly pro gress. Following us tho result of this attack of plunt-lico (Aphides) thoro has boon wido-Hpread datnago from honey dew. Iu some yards this substanco has been found in quantities sufficient to produce a miniature shower, blackening tho ground beneath the vines. No sec tion of the Stnto bus apparently es caped this attack, ami iu somo tho en feebled plants luivo been visited by mil dew and other blights, so that it is esti mated that fifteen per cent damage has been done the roots of tho vines. According to commercial authorities the crop of tho State last your was from 150,000 to 175,000 bales of ISO pounds each, of superior quality, whilo esti mates of the crop of this year range from 5.000 to 15,000 bales of very inferior quality. Sinco tho irreparable damage to the new crop has become ap parent prices have already rio from llvo to eight mul n half contain twonty live and thirty cents per pound. Mr. I'mmct Wells, of Now York, nn authority on the subject, says: "The crop iu this State will bo about 10,000 bales, tho quality of which will bo simply trush. There nro 51.000 brewers iu tlio I'liltcd States; it is doubted if New York will bo able to givo oach brewer ono bale of decent hops. The failure is tho most complete on record. Tlio Pacific coast is expected to turn out l.i.OOO bales of lino lions; these with tlio old ones on baud will go a good wav towards supplying our homo brewers the coming season. Largo quantities of English anil Gorman hops will unit market Here 11 our prices aro high." The Hop Market. Ni:w YoitK, Oct. 11. Tho now crop of Pacific coast hops is beginning to arrive. The quality is fine on tho aver- ago and the best samples make a better appearance than tlio finest Oerniau hops nave shown, memo coast can no called strong at :tO(U5c- for good to strictly choice. Tho best Germans aro steady at about tho t-umo. Ono of tho most reliable i.omiou nop merchants writes that tho oxKrtablo surplus in England is not over 5,000 packets choice. Twelve thousaud packets good to prime English bops have be received, mainly from uiiierent n poor grades. SEE our promium offer on page 8 of this issue who wants a knife free. Renews Uor Youth Mrs. Phoebe Chosloy, Peterson, Clay Co., Iowa, tells tho following lenurkahlo story, the truth of which is vonclitd for by thu les idents of tho towni "I am 73 years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many ytMM; could Lot dress myself without help. Now I am free from nil pain and soreness, and nm nblo to do all my own housuwork. I owe my thanks to Ktuotrio Hitters or liaviig renewed my jouth, and removed Lotnplotely alldheasuaud pain." Try 0 bottle, only OOo at tho Port Drug Co. 4 American Fruit Drier. Wo again call attention to tho adver tisement of this evaporator and com mond it to tho notice of nil persons who bavo fruit to save. Whilo fruit was ,en orally cut off,n9 cold rains in May caused growing fruit to blight and fall off, there is generally a good crop of apples. The scarcity of apples East, and every where, causes a considerable advanco in tho price of dried fruits and especially of dried apples. They now command eight cents iu Portland mid thero is a possibility of an advance. You can Bond for circular or catalogue of driors, or coino to Salem and mako practical uso of ono sot up nt our houso. Wo hnvo wood, apples and a parer, and any pcr bou can soon test its working quahtios for themselves, and are wclcomo to try it. fO.VSlJII'lIO.X II ItKII. An old tl) ilcUn, retired from practice, hat Ini hsd placed In tils hands bjr ai East India mlsslonarr the formula, of a simple reifotablo remedy for tho speedy and permanent euro of I'oiuumntion. UroncliltU. Cat arrh. Aithma, and all throat and I.unif Affcctlom, aUo a poiiure ana radical euro tor Kcrrous Debility anu an K!frtli fVitiititi. I Hta all,.a I. 11 !.. t nU.I I a u.ah.IIii1 VI vwuv VMIl'iaill feS. Ul k VI II 111 IVBbtTU 1M "UllUtllUI curative powers In llioutamli of canes, lias felt It Ills uuiy 10 maao 11 Known 10 lilt uuerlf.fr rellows, Actu atcd by thlimotlie nnj ailcilro to relleo human suf' fl t Will .H.l I..... A. .k... ... .11 .-t... ., I.- I. .v..l.r t ... iBl.ll IICDUI Kll.r(V, IUAII WIIUUQ.IID Hi this rcclpo In Herman, EnirlUh or r'rench, with full direction for preparlnr and iiilnif, Sent by mall by mircs!iiif wiiu innip anti naminir mis paper, tv. a. nuiu in rowers ijiock iiocnciicr a, nvm GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE. W rrOYAL'ft&'flf J 'ft J uwm$l AKIHC POWDER Absolutely Pure. Thli powder nerer fane'. A mariel of purity trcnifth and wliolewmeiHM. More economical than thi ordinary ktndi, an I cannot be told In competition with the multitude of low lest, short wclvht, alum or phonphtte )owiler. Sold onl; In cans. ItOVAL 11AKINO rOWUKIl CO., ICKI Wall bt.Y Y. decly rBBTeu: & r We will send the FARMER to one old subscriber and one new subscriber, one vear each, for $3.00 and cdve to the getter up of the club either a splendid Knife or a pair of T. JB. Terry Shears, we warrant these Goods. Chas. H. Dodd & Co. FRONT. FIRST AND VINE SIS., PORTLAND, ORECON, lurormuis or Hardware, Iron and Steel FARM MACHINERY. Solo Agonts for Orccon and Washington for a. AjATriK SHv THs flH iVHBJHHinHHHil fvllv yjjysgLSMMWBWKJ DEERE'S PLOWS. mhft tlnntin llrtirr Tlnnl Dlntir Hunts o Doum ri-a. Tliey areaolnileandcomeioneartoabenluts lilt! IJUUlU niilY'lJudl rlUW perfection that thoie who lia utcd them or nen them wurk cannot aajf eiiDuh In their pnilx. Power Lift Jobn Decrc Snlky PlowJi;.ou?n In one of the recent teats, a Walking l'low culling SO ruble Inches had 321 oiiiid actual draft ; the Dcero Sulky Jow cut sd cubic Indict with unly an actual dralt il :"Ji huihU. Wo aro aUu agents for All our Rurlor Drill", alio Ilroadout Biudon, lue (iru Seiil AtUchmcnU, 'orco I'enL hole Aircnts for REPOIVT OF THE CONDITION OK The t'lret Nation il IUnV of Salem, at Salem, In the Slate of OriV'ii, jt the cloe of huilneH, Oct. 7, 10. RitoiRcm : Ixmih snd dUcouuti Otcrdrafti . . . I', b. lloncU tueecure circulation Due fnm apprut il recrto auontt Due from other National Hanks Due ffuin State banVs anc lUiiaert Ileal ritate, furniture, and lltturrs Current ex,ien04 and taxes paid Prviulums ld Cherktand othtr cash Items Iltlls .if oilier lankt Krartloiul 4ttr currciic), nickels cents HjH'ClO Leyal lender r.otcs fr ideuiptiun f und with U. S. Trraiurcr, (J per cent, of, circulation tl07.43I.O-J 431.71) 15.1KMU0 !,UX).l'i 10,00.00 t0.32 t.iM 71 1.U.VI.7S WiCS l.'OOO 15.04 11.7ID.65 '.'11.01 675.00 Total 154,055.2! LUBILITIU : Capital Stock tvtld III 00,000 00 Surplus fun 1,200 00 Uiulltide.1 proHU 5,077.Bi Naiional lltnk notes outttamllnii .. . 15,000 to In Iridual depoilts subject to check (0,951.19 Dem'iidcertlrlcttrs of diKMlt 10,03,71 Due to other Natlsiul lUnki 11,432.10 Tttal ...15l,ll5.M State of Oregon, county cf Marion, ai.i I, Jno.MoIr, Cthler of I lie abots named bank, do oletuiily itu Hut the above tiatemeiit II true to the belt if mi kcoledk-e and beliei. J.S'O. JlOllt. Caihler. Subtcrlbel and sworn to htfor me llili 1Mb ilu of Oct., 16H'. Jt. I, OIIAUIIKULIN, Notar; public. CoBsr.eT--At(ct. W. N. Laduo, J. ISeyuoldi, M. L. CI aiuberlln, Dlrtctors. FOR SALE. IHAVK FOK8ALK SIX THOU' oughbrvd I'reiKhUcilnolUuit, eo larte ne. nooi ana aiuiton, ri fl 5 each. Clase In fury rfUH'cL van on or au jrrai, Price. Silncrtou, '. Or, A 1'uptalu'a I'urlunalr UIcociy, Cpt. CoUmu, scltr. Weymouth, vlviug botwreu Allautio City wut N. Y had been troubled with a cough so that he was utudlo to sleep, ami was induced to try Dr. King's Kw Discovery for Consumption. It not only i;ave him instant relief, but allayed the ex. treme soreness in his breast. His children were similarly alVeted ant a single dose had the tame happy alloc t. Dr. King's New l)u covery it uow the standard remedy In the Coleman household and on board the schooner. Free Trial Bottles of this Standard Rrmedy at Port A Son's Druir Store. 4 The wort J.rnone.l U acre 1-oriTBT rtRI Mr HM IISUi, Hut !) li.ra ironti'l St,hv annually le bavlnan tmmeute eaU. TelU alwul bou.ee. ruu, IncuUUon., tmH. er cMrkrix ami rwi. K err man.wcraan ana ehlM thoul.t iva I It. I'ri.-e sv. SIm ta. km, ILILMlU'licU, cs liU'iu tuChlcairo. n IrjliiMlloViHalllnill d IMIsjmilkM.lfgfUflil ORGANS. Honors at all On'at World's KxhlMtlocs for ear litl at) lea, la to U. tor laaji, Kajy , it Ileuti'd. Catalogue, M piv, 4to, f rw. PIANOS. The IrarroTe.1 Meth.xl.ot Slrlnijtne. Introduced and perfected ty Maaox IULIX, Is roncedeU br com. twtenl Judges to coualllute a radical adtanco la lUno. (ortecoaiiructton. . . , , Do not rwutre one-o.oartcr as much tuulnj as llanos Cvnerally. DetcrlplUe Catalotrue by mall. llk-tu-u i tneltTn i Pajuieuta, IlldtfJiilrldMillltill 'VMTnaBtBi.,Bctca. H9WalssiTs,01Jc4o. 46 E. Htt BU (UbIm Bcp, , T. Sopcrior Seed Drills and Snucrior Broadcast Seeders, and sm complct Ith neck-)oks, doublcticee, etc, and are K!tlto l'i Corliin's Disc Harrow and Seeder, Msy? Snutller Farm Wagons, t&ZVW$z&Uamn' Ch""nsc r,t4 Uall's Safes,:-: California Powder,: , jiTKi'iiil lor HlH'f Clr 1st I ri-iilurk und l'rlco 1,1st BELLS AND SCALES FREE. Offer Extraordinary. THE BRONZE FARM BELL. AVe liavo inndo a contract with nn oxtensivo manufactory in tlio East wliorcby wo can offer Farm Dolls nt n nominal cost. THESE BELLS have n Deep, lUch Tone, nro 1CJ inches in diameter, woiffhs, comploto with hanginpr, 05 pounds. Trice ... S10.00 tjLSsnt carriage paid to any point In tho Willamette valley. THE FARM SCALES, Thcso scales will weigh from $ ounco to 210 pounds. Thoy hnvo a brass benm heavy tin scoop in which to weigh small articlos, also a. platform, 10x13 inchos upon which to woigh largor parcols. This is undoubtedly tlio most useful nrtido to Im) kopt on a farm. Trice 10.00. XJTSeut carriage paid to auy point la the Willamette valley. Correspondence Solicited from parties at a distance. How To Get Either One of these Prizes Free ! OIIT.lt Ml. I. To anions tcndlni: us a clua of Kid IIT entirely NEW SUIlBCRinEilS t ,., .. will send either one cf theae articles thst the club niKr may chooee. ill I I'.U o. . To snjono tending us a club of FIFTEEN su rlbcrs at i W each, wo lll send cltho ths Pell or Scales Just as the club ralitr dictates. t0 Act nt onco as this offer will remain in force only until January 1, 1SS0. Send for Order Dlank and other information to, Wx. J. OLAKKE, See'y V. F. Fub'LCo'y, Salem, Marion County, Oregon. HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. Tin: choicest HEu wbit or MW YUIIK, "VOUNO STOCK, conitantlyon band and for sale at reasonable prices. AAOUIi:, .r.Tlir.Kl,AMI, and MKItcr.lii: strains larsolr represented In herd M head of herd tho cholco butter-bred bull NETHERLAND CARL (3279). Farm nfty-flre mllea west of UCroite, Wis., on Southern Minnesota pulsion of C. M, Jt St. 1' It II. JUEA1,L1S, Ialnours, Fillmore Co., Mlnu. jjria MARLI1T MAG-AZOJB 3EU:3FX.3EI sfss tislBslsisk -Ftrta-t: T-- s-riT-.-.. yncr-r1 r OBost Xxx TJtto "World. 1 or larst or small rame-M calibre. 49 rralns powder i M caU M JVr'efsuracT puranteed and trie onlr absolutely safe rtBs ontcsmE .. .1 ,:;..,' VI m. T.T. Js 13 Tl Gal err. Sportlni and Tar. . .. . T.v f tfmtmtmmMtMM r Hides, world renowned. Ths standard for tatet snootlnc. Luminz. n.i u,n.nin.il.ri.. in.iiv,.. .. .1 ...... ..v. - j.TT' . .""".-""..",,M'..'vl.WHi aw.iu iuiuircu uiaerrui siyies, prices ITOQ 1UJJU up. Utai tit Uliutrated caUlofCS. l BBBBBBBBBBB7 MARL1N FIRE ARMS CO., - New Haven, Conn. ."LPtt.ul?i? T"0.0?? or our a calibre rifles, twenty oonsecnUesabou after rUtf aboU bad already tn Bred anj do claanlnx dnrtns lbs entire aeeentr lwI?.SSrSS $f,.BMf u P"84 t" bcB 'i