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4 WILLAMETTE FAJJMMt: SALEM, OKEGON, JANUA1U' -28, lb. ft. WttSSi&WJffll&SStt. Vftfr wf -9wr '! t 1t iMUed Tfjr Wek by tht WILLAMETTE IMKMKR IMIIILIUIIM: . TEKMB OF BUBSClMTlOIi. Out jreaj, (FMUgo paid). In adyanw I .fi Itx montha, (I'MUse paid), In alrncv l.-f Um than ilx months will be, pet month U ADVER3I81N0 RATKS S AdTertlMmontu will be InMfiod, f'ovldlng tn aro Mpctabl, at tho following table of rates t On Inch ofapaca wr month I 2.f0 KbrMlnchetol ipac per month CO Int-hall column per month lB.COi On column per month...... 90.00 ULoampio copica aeni iroe on appiionn. CHICflGO'i AdveUlieri can obtain advertising rain LOKI .tTIICMIAH, 45 Hamloipn pfAY JIB FOUND ON KII.H AT ilVM. V. IlOWltr.Tj Si CO'N .'Vetvepaper AdvertlaliiK llureau (10 HI'llUCR ktiikbt), wiiK.ui: ad BIFUf If nil 1 VEHTtMNO ;oNTIUOTS MW lllKR limy bo mailo fur It in llaUBW I WHm Uontllnlnl'lilladrlpliU ntthn Nowmntrir Ailvpr rltslntr Affpnnv tif Hnm. j.-tt .. . - . :t --".: r?. : " " :r- mil CUlf our ouiaurucungeni ONCINATTladurlUeracancallat KSVInc alrect, and get citlmatee. Ouratntare l'AHtlNS'HO.NS. FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quota (arotable ratea 21 Mercbanti Exchange S1.000 DOLLARS THIS PAPERS THIS PAPER N'.W.AYKRAaol Wo nro compelled to pay demands mado upon us Hint will Tail duo during Fcbrunry mid tlioy nmount to $1,000 and tho only wny wo can do bo will bo to collect moiioy from persona wbo owo Lroumi niui tw0 bci0Wi uhoij Bubscriptlon nccouiit. Wo hnvo Milt to nil statements of what tboy owo us, and wo must insist upon n response to our juBt claims. Thcro fa fully $2, 500 duo us from parties all over this State both for advertising and sub ecriptions. Wo do not intend to inflict our reader, wbo bavo paid all demands, with dunning articles bo wo ebnll make this notioo short. gjTVQ not delay but attend to this matter at oncoj if not piomptly paid tho accounts will bo given to a collec tion agoncy that havo full facilities for forcing collections. THE PEACH BORER. Mr. Geo. W. Mitchell, of Ncwborg, Bonds us n piece of a young prune tree, that has been killed by borers. With us tho borer attacks tho peach roots under tho ground, on which tho pruno was grafted, and girdles tho young troo of ton, but does not touch tho plum wood above, or any trco that is four yoars old, or boro in bolow tho snp or inner bark. With Mr. Mitchell, it has not gono to tho ponchwood, probably becaueo it was too far below tho ground surface It has bored into tho wood, to the very heart. Ho scorned to havo dug out tho worms, but Mr. Dickinson, to whom wo showed it, cut out a worm in tho wood. After wards wo split tho stick and found an- othor worm in tho very heart of it, coiled I up for n winter snoow. It is, appar ently tho regular peach boror, that is npt to go into plum stock at times. As tho trco was sot low tho worm mndo its homo in tho plum or pruno wood just under tho ground. Mr. Dickinson snys bo koops them off his trees by washing them with n solu tion of concentrated lyo. A can of lvo will mnko a groat doal of solution, at least fivo gallons, and ho thinks tho uso of this has answered tho purpose. Ho recommends, an a rnoro ofllcicnt remedy or prevention, to uso coal tar to paint tho trco six Or eight inches nbovo tho This, bo says, We cai.i. attention to our extensivo corps of contributors. No paper in tho State him n hotter lot. Tlioy dircuss all points and with much logic too. Corres pondents will Bond in contributions. Wk io not Need an oleomargaiino commissioner to protect our butter in terests. Gov. l'cnuoyor in his messngo alludes to this fact. Tho govornmout ban taken this matter in charge, and if sho cannot protect tho dairy interests, it will bo hard for a single individual in Portland to keep tho oleo flouds in check. Don't squander tho State's money. TiiKitK is a bill before tho Legislature to establish a system of weather predic tions. Such a system is in vogue in Ala bama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Minneso ta, Nebraska, Ohio, Tenncstee, Mississ ippi, and the Now England States. It has proven valuable to tho agricultural features of theso Slates mentioned and wo believe it will bo to this State's ad vantage to adopt it. The bill proposed to establish a central ofllco at the Stuto I'niversity ait Jhigono. will cortainly keep them off and not hurt tho trco, though it looks a littlo as if such uso of coal tar was liable to shut up tho pores and hurt tho trco. IIo says it will not. It is very easy to wash thorouchlv with lyo wator and such washing is healthy for tho trco. If that docs not keep them off, try coal tar. Tho diffi culty is that in plum wood tho worm makes no gum oxudo by its work, and hurrying itself deep in tho wood, cscapos notice; but they should bo soarohed for and dug out, at, whatever cost of labor, and then wash repeatedly with lyo water. This worm comes from an egg laid on tho body of n young treo, a fow inches nbovo tho ground. Tho worm hutches and commoncos to work down in a groove ho digs in tho bark. Itpcnotratcs tho bark apout two inches bolow ground and on tho peach, n great mass of gum exudes and tolls 'of its work. When small, it is often found in this gum and close to tho bark, boring holes nil ovor tho surface. Wlion larger it bores in under tho outsido bark and plays havoc with tho inner bark and sap wood, often making a comnleto girdlo of and killing tho treo. It is not of ton thntmoro than uuuur uvu uru louuii logctnor, tnougii in a larger root wo havo found nearly twenty. If tho uso of lyo wntor will prevent their comiifg it should bo ap plied onco a month, beginning in tho tlrst good Spring wcathor and continu ing until Wiutor rains sot in. One doso of coal tar will do for tho season. Wo givoabovo our own exporionco of tho insect's habits nml it corrcsnonds with tho best authority wo havo. method of election by legislatures, be cause it might bo cxpoctcd to chooso men of charactcrand standing of ft high er class than till tho lower house, which is olected by a popular vote. But there are moro and bettor reasons at this tiino for election of tho Senate in tho samo way. Lcland Stanford represents Cali fornia it is true, bettor and moro ably than any man may who would bo elect ed by n legislature tho California rail road oligarchy can control. Better tho master himsolt thnn his hired man. Michigan will soon bo represented in tho U. S. Senato by two timber kings who nro supposed to havo bought their wny without the Statesmanlike qualities Hint ho dofented candidates possess. Thcro is a largo proportion already of money bags in lhoSonntc,und whilotho chiofs daro not try for it in porson tboy havo their agents to back up. Yes give us a popular election where a man will havo to Bland up and bo criticieod, While- it may givo places to occasion nl domagogucs it will not allow monopo lists to enter thoro. Tho pcoplo nro woak as individual, very often, whilo tboy aro strong as a wholo tlioy cannot easily bo bought up for monopoly, and if tboy aro it can bo proved and made odious. Tho theory of our government is by tho pooplo and for tho pooplo. Wo can trust tho pcoplo ns a ninss whon wo do not know who clso to trust. INTER-STATE COMMERCE. If is to lo Jiopcd thntsomething will lx) tlouo dining this sossion of the logis ture body to show respoot to tho Into Ex-Governor Giblw. Ho was n man of largo henrt, ho filled his office with dig nity and discretion. His body should lo brought to Oregon and hurried with tho honor duo one of his position and worth. Thu publiu treasury is full tho titato owes nothing, unless it is this tribute of lospeet to the wife and fam ily of Gov. Gibbs. WHAT THE SUBSIDY RAILR0AD3 OWE THE GOVERNMENT. Tiik railroad men say they will have tho Inter-state Commerce bill tested by the courts, but they will only forco the pooplo to insist on more radical legisla tion In i'mmi this not failr, Tho nation domnnds, anil eircunibtnnceri require .mhI snuetion, some measure of a gener al nature for regulation of transportn (ton. .No mini of fair mind wishes to wrong tho corporations, and yet there aro many evils to correct that can bo reached in no other way. Thoro aro iwints whore the roads are interested and need protection ns well as the peo ple, and fair regulation will wrong no one. There is a section in tho bill that answers all objections and without which wo should not favor the bill in our own interest ns tho pooplo to whom long hauls must coiuo and from whom they must go. That section authorises tho commission created by this bill to carry out its provisions to mako such Arrangements as its mombers shall think just whoro difficulties shall nriso as to long hauls. So long as this commission enn rogulato matters, if necessary, wo (hall not fear the consequences. Seoietary Manning at request of tho l'. S. Sennto, hns inodo n report of tho money duo tho United States by tho I'ncifio Railroad Compnnles. It seems thnt tho principal of bonds issued for thoso rnllroads was .f01.023.G12, intorost to January 1837, 70.S5l.:i25, which $ 21. 052.1 1 1 has been imid. lenvini? duo of ntorost to dato $U.:I02.1S1. Tho inter est to accumulate to 11)07 when tho bonds will bo duo, will bo $1:1.100.021. Tho total to bo duo in 1SD7 will reaoh $167,332.01:1. This nieo littlo sum doos not equal the wealth of tho moil who built the roads and have mndo good u&o of this opportunity. Of courso tho iiMuu imvu uiirncti mo interest nut as tho law did not specify they should pay it to the government tlioy havo put that muiili mom in their poekeU The in tere.it account during the tiino tho londs are maturing is nearly ono hundred and twenty millions of dollars. They havo made the most of their opjwrtunity and Stanford hns millions to give away, which is clover on his part. Compound tho interest for thirty years and you will see what immense things thoso great linanceo havo had to work on. Tho bill to rogulntointor-stato com merce has passed tho Senato and will bocome n law. Men who aro abovo sus picion as to motives woro opposod to soino of its provisions, in pnrticular tho ono that forbids moro to bo charged in proportion, for short hauls than for long hauls. It was urged that this provision will dostroy tho newly acquired trade with ton cargoes from China to Now York and England and divert it to tho isthmus, or around tho Capo of Good Hopo or elso givo tho newly opened Canadian Pacific railroad n monopoly of tho tea trade. It is vory probablo that faults and defects will dovclopns tho bill is put in oporation, but tlioy can bo cor rected by now legislation and to pass tho bill with n fow faults in it is far bet tor than to let transportation havo no rcBtrnin. If thoro is any fault in tho bill, wo, who livo on tho western rango of tho continont will fool it most, becnuso tho long hauls comes to us. If, then, it will mnko freights higher at n groat distatico than at proscnt, it will work to our disadvantage, for nil that, Congress will bo nblo to remedy any defect mado by futuro legislation and it will not bo possiblo to frame eo important and far reaching a Btatuto without possibility of dofeat. It shows tho great power of public opinion when in pito of all tho financial strength of coporntions. Con gress responds to tho popular will by legislation of bo radical a nature. Our Senators voted for it, though Mr. Mitcholl strongly opposed it up to its passage. Sonntor Sherman, of Ohio oppojed it, believing thnt faults ho named could bo corrcctod by dolny nnd further work in commit to. Tho bill passed tho Sonnto by a voto nbout threo to one. to Oregon swamp lands, nnd it involves officers of National government ns well as swamp land claimants. It is possible that in few cases hnvo tho claimants complied with the law, mado tho recla mation required, or paid tho money de manded by Stato law. If this is so, Son ntor Haro's bill will givo tho State back its land again. In any caso it is neces sary to proservo tho rights of actual Bot tlers, for it is a fact that these land grnbbcrs havo mnnnged to hnvo land certified ns swamn land that is irood. dry prairie. And two hundred or moro ensos nro mentioned where sottlers hnvo had their claims contested. Tho roport special ngont Shackleford comes most opportunity nnd it is to bo hoped, for tho crodit of our State, and tho rights of honest settlers, that tho Horo bill will pass and becomo a law, and tho swnmp Innds havo n fresh ex amination to prevent such fraud ns Ucn Owen nnd his ilk nro so capnblo of. THE RAILROAD BRIDOE AT PORTLAND Ilicro is great noed of n bridge at JL'ortlnnu, to accomodate tho trains that arc to como from nil directions to the Oregon metropolis. Tho pcoplo of Portland nro interested in hnving tho proposed bridgo so built as to best nc nccomodnto tho ocean and river trade. ami tho pcoplo clsowhoro demand a bridgo Hint shnll not bo n monopoly, or intonded only for ono lino of rnilrond, but bo built whoro it can accomodato all tho railroads nnd conducted nnd man aged in tho interest of all alike, as near ns possiblo. Tho Willnmctto must bo bridged but as fow bridges as nossiblo should bo placed bolow tho falls. Tho Stato is interested in this maltor, bo- cnii80 nil pnrts of tho. Stato go to its me tropolis to trndo. If any singlo intorest shall control bo important a matter as tho bridgo will provo to bo, all other in terests will mnko bitter complaint nnd work at disadvantage ILLINOIS AND OKEOOV CLIMATES. Differences inclimato strikes ono who comes at this season from tho East, and tho following is told of n man lately from Illinois. Whon ho left thnt stato it was 2fi dogrccs below zero, nnd on reaching this city tho thermometer wns CO degrcos above. Tho chnngo in cliraato was so radical that Smith wns prostrated for a week. Mr. Smith nnd family havo como to remain and havo rented n ten aero picco of land north of East Portland and distant nbutit ono mile. IIo will prob ably engrtgciii thocuitivation of a great variety of berries. A gentleman living near tho land Smith has rented pro duced on threo quarters of on ncro in ono year SloO worth of Btrnwbcrries. which wcro sold in Portland nnd East Portland. Tho samo gentleman Btnted thnt in four yours ho has mndo in tho production of berries on one-half ncro of Innd 51030. Mr. Smith states thnt tho condition of n lnrgo proportion of tho farmers of Illinois is simply deplor ablo. They aro making nothing and a great many aro heavily involved, with no prospect of ovor getting clear. Mr. Smith takes possession at once. Letter From Jackson County. Somk youxo womkn who woro trviriL' ing to securo clerkships in tho legisla ture nort that in ono iti3tnnco tboy wcro met by indecent nnd dishonornblo proposals. Tho mnttcr is talked nbout without namos being given nnd in this Bhnpo mny reflect on somo innocent party and do harm. Such n chnrgo should not bo allowed to pass unnoticed but should bo inquired into iind proved ono way or tho bthcr. Tho only cluo wo havo is that tho porson who is nccuscd has had similar charges mndo acainst him when occupying a position as preacher of tho gospel. Tho Orcgonian's correspondent says, tho gcntlcmnnnsked if theso charges moant him and being told tboy did, said it was nil n joke. As wo hnvo no knowlcdgo ns to tho idontitv of tho mnn, wo can only say thnt ns n jokor ho is n failure, nnd it is tho duty of his fellow members to detormino if ho was n success ns n blnokgunrd. Central Point, Or., Jnn. 18. Kiiitor Willamctto Farmer: I thought I would sond you n fow itctrs from here. Mr. A. L. Johnson, a bnnkor nnd real cstnto ngont, of Med ford, Oregon, failed last week, nnd tho Bhock wns too grcnt nnd ho attempted to commit suicido by jumping from tho Itoguo river bridgo, but wns provontcd from so doing by a friend who wns with him. Ho stripped off his honvicst gar ments bo ns to cnablo him to swim to ahoro if tho full didn't wind him up. Mrs. Shultz houso nnd nil tho con tents woro burned on tho night of Jan uary 10, 1837. It has boon mining for ton dnys nnd farmers nro laid up for ropairs. Minors nro jubilant ns they nil hnvo plenty of wntcr nnd tboy nro mnking good uso of it nnd to good ndvnntngo. Thoro nro somo cnpitnlists looking nt n coal bank that hns been struck on Evans creek, with n viow to building n narrow gungo rnilrond to Contral Point. It is supposed that it will bo a good in vestment ns it will not only lnnd tho coal in tho iniddlo of tho valloy but will pass through tho most productive part of Jackson county, for a distanco of 25 miles. Tho parties aro well pleased with tho prospcot and think thoro is no ond to tho coal and thnt tho conl is of good qunlfty. B. Jay. Tho Whiter in Whitman County W. T. ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS. Mr. Herman has offered in Congress a resolution that provides a constitutional ameudment for election of U. S. Sonn tors by n popular vote. It is n lament able fact that tho Sonnto is becoming n refuge for millionaires who uro not Stntesmon. Such men cnu buy up a legislature, or intluonoo it in 60tno way to thoir own advantages, whilo they could not securo a majority voto of tho pooplo they ropresont. For many good reasons we hnvo favored tho present OIIEO0N-S BWAMP LANDS. Sonntor Hnro hns introduced n bill that provides for tho forfeiting to tho State of nil swnmp lnnds whon tho fillings do not comply with tho nets of 1878, nnd nil thnt hnvo not been re claimed or paid for ns provided by said nets. Further, thnt tho State Board shnll cancel all fillings that do not strictly comply with said acts, aud nil lnnds not reclaimed ami paid for, and nil enscs whoro amended fillings hnvo boon made. Tho Commission is author ized to commouco suits to set asido patents for such lands issued on falso representations, and $5,000 is appropri ated to pay for such proceedings. Tho hnds so forfeited shall bo sold in quan tities and on tonus provided by tho act of 1S7S. Tho omorgeucy clnuso gives tho bill immediate action if it becomes a law. Mr. Shackleford, lately here as a special agent of tho General Land office, has mado a report that is mado public in Washington, whoroin ho gives affidavits of swnmp land claimants con cerning ngent Ankony, (who proceeded Shackleford ns such spccinl ngont), that directly or indirectly tboy paid him monoy and gnvo him an interest in their fillings. Also, that Hon Otvon tried to bribo W. 11". Odoll whilo ho was Survey or General of Oregon. Others swear that Ankony did not inspect lands that ho certifiod to, amounting to 30,000 acres. Ho claims to possess conclusive proof of collusion potwoon Ankony and swamp land claimants in n contract ho mado and signod with Owen and Fisk. If Mr. Shockleford's charges are true, thcro has boon foul conduct with regard From tho Columbia Chroniclo pub lished at Dayton, W. T., wo learn tho following : Tho weather bo far has been commented on a good deal, tho gcnornl verdict being that it is n very peculiar wintor. Tho lowest tompornturo record ed hns beon 12 nbovo zero. On Christ mas night snow fell nbout oight inchos dcop, but it wns nil gono by Now Yonr'e. Sinco thnt tiino wo hnvo had rnin, sun shino nnd plenty of wind. It is Bnid tho ground is more thoroughly saturated with wator than for years, which prom ises an nbundnntcrop next senson. This winter hns shown clearly tho groat influ ence tho chinook winds exercrciso on tnociimato of thisBoction. They hnvo mown with considerable regularity up to tho present timo nnd tho conseoueneo is n mild winter. New EUMonery Store. Mr. Lewis Snvnge, familiarly known ns I.uto Snvngo, hns purebnsed tho stock nnd good will of E. L. I,. Johnson's stationery storo on Commercial strcx-t. opposite (no muto Corner. .Mr. Snv ngo is wen known m this vicinity nnd having many personal friends, he will bo nblo to work up n nieo trndo in tho stationery line. IIo is a son of Mr. Lowis Savngo, who died somo yoars ago and whoso widow now owns tho largo farm cast of tho Stato Insane Asylum. no intends to carry a largo stock and a cholco lino of goods. Mr. Harvy S. Jor dan will be employed, and with two such well known and popular young men, wo feol safe in bespeaking a successful bus iness venture Itemombcr tho plnco and givo them a call. Anxious to Furnlah Vegetables. Farmors nnd gnrdenors nronlrcndy np- plying for furnishing tho canning estab lishment at East Portland with pens, green corn, oto., for noxtsenson. Mr. Shannon has not yet quito settled on tho prices ho will pay for tho difforent articles ho will ncod, but ho will en deavor to uso nil that is brought to him. Tho supply of vegetables nnd fruits for ennning could bo grcntly incronsed if thoro wns only n demnnd, and it is to bo hoped thnt boforo long tho presont can ning ostnblishmcnt will hnvo grown to proportions becoming tho city nnd stnto, nnd thnt others mny bo stnrtcd. Thero is no troublo nbout n market for tho out put if it is kopt up to tho presont high standard in quality. Orcgonian. Thoso who aro about to sot out npplo trees will bo glad to hear that II. W. Scttlcmire, of Tnngent Nursory, hns n good nssortmont of young npplo trees that nro frco from aphis, n matter of importance. IIo also has a full lino of fruit trees of all kinds, shrubbery and vinos. IIo has been for n long timo en gaged in tho business nnd hns n pride in furnishing his customors trees thnt nro perfect nnd rolinblo to name. Wo have several times bought of him and hnd no mult to find. Among the mnny excellent exchanges that wc arc receiving, wo desiro to call nttontlon to tho Now York Stnr. It is tho best nnd nblcst edited Democratic nowspnper in Americn, nnd wo recom mond it to nil who mny wnnt n nowsy Democrntio paper, thnt supports tho nd-ministration. Tho sow thnt has a litter of pigs re quires plenty of water. Her food should bo sloppy, but pure water should bo pro vided also, Sho should also have a mess of crass or cut haw steamed, with shorts (middlings) twico a day. Only a small allowance of corn meal is neces sary. Maorandyn is n viqo that meets nil tho requirements of hnbit, benutiful fol- ingo nnd persistent bloom, tho flowers of which very strongly resomblo tho fox glove. It blooms constantly nnd is very showy. It grows rapidly from seed, nnd will do fairly well in the houso during winter. IlV1ln a n ..)- I . . iu""""ow pruviueu innt tney can grind any kind of food eaten. Grinding food for them is therefore not necessary, unless for tho purpose of feeding a mix ture or variety that cannot bo given in any other shape. They should always havn nlontv nt .rmi-al tn- :.,. i:.. poses. '&auas- St A45fcfiA& i.'Lioiat
