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WILLAMETTE FARMER; SALEM, OREGON, FEBRUARY 25, 1887. tiSShfil iMtied arery Wek by the '(XriUAMKTTE FAHMF.H PI BLISIII.Vf) . W TEIIM8 OK 8UBBCKIPTIOK On year, (Toatage paid). In adranca J-W Mx month, (foetage pld), In adranco .U tats than afx month! will be, per month 25 ADVER8ISINO HATES I AJTertltemenU will ba Inserted, prorldlngtn are One Inch of ipace -Mr month....... I . Kkree Incfact o! apace per month 00 IBe-nau column per montn. '" Co column per month 30-00 fMJSwopla eoplea Mnt Iraa on application. and goes to tlio root of tho matter. So fur as can bo judged this net docs nil that is possible to rectify tho ovils of past recklessness. The Govornor do servos our respect for taking hold of this mntter so firmly, and wo hopo to sco tho Stnto board nnd tho courts carry out tho wish of tho peoplo by enforcing this act without delay. Wo shall notico othor features of leg' islation hereafter. CHICAGO?.' Adverlliera can obtain idreitlelng rate LOICII A THOMAS, 45 llandoipn I In onfll In I'hl'adr Iphla Willi . I IIIJ HJlrtn""1'0 Ncwipaper AdTcr- Mi W. AVER SON, ourwithorUcd agent. INC'INATTIadertlet can call et 175 Vine treat, and get o-tlmatd. Our wntare I'AIHIM HUN8. FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quote fiTorahle ratc 21 Merchant! Exchange, MAYnEKOUNnoM Wll.KAT KO. I. llOtVKE.TACO'M New. paper AdrcrtUltiR Ilureau (10 HritUCa HTIIEKT), WIIK1.H Jw VBHTISINO CONTRACTS tony lio mono lor n in THIS PAPER i! NEW YORK. We publish in this issuo a complete list of tho bills passed at tho recent leg islature, nlso n full list of tho appropria tions a passed. Thoy nro interesting fact nnd should bo filed away for rofor-enco. Tub winter seoms to bo hanging on noil, as ninco last wcok'a Issuo tlioro Jias not been n day during which snow has not fallen. In fact for nearly two tho last fivo yearn Inter on lower wcoks it has bocn an incessant snow. Such a thing wo do not romombor hav ing occurred in our time. Wu hoar that thcro nro some, even in this valley, who nro not supplied with tho necessary focd with which to supply their stock. In Enstorn Orogon stook is not doing as woll especially cattle as could bo do- sired. .It is predicted that good boot will bo hard to find and that prices will reach a high II guro. It is reported that loss of lifo among stock litis nlrondy commenced in this valley. This will teach tho farmers tosavo their straw. HIBTORY OP AW OLD ORCHARD. In 1845 Jesso Looney sottlcd in tho Santinm Valley nnd planted an orchard of thirty acres ns soon ns ho could do so to ndvnntngc. Ho brought seeds of various, kinds from "tho States", and from tho seedling apples ho grnftod tho best vnriotles procurnblo, getting scions whenover ho could It is safe to say tho orchard is now thirty-fivo years old, that is on tho farm of his youngest son, Norris II. Looney. It wns planted on very rich soil nt tho foot of tho Loonoy Uutto, n largo and sightly hind mark that risos in tho fcrlilo plain. For many years no special caro has bocn taken to cullivato tho land or to pre serve tho trees, and they stand as evi- denco of their own hardy natures rather than tho caro of man. They paid largoly in tho fifties, whonsuch orchards wcro rare, and gavo Mr. Loonoy nbundant Toward for his onterpriso and hard work. Two scparnto orchards woro planted ; lands. corresponds with this remark. Tho Stnto will no doubt profit' by n good, healthy growth nnd with settlement and cultivntion of Islands it will realize pormnnent prosperity. No doubt wo nro throwing opon our lnnd to n'l tho world nnd inviting many that aro un worthy to como and tnko our national tho order of Patrons of Husbandry wero nnmed ns repre.ontutivofl of tho order to ndvocnto them whon tho session oc curred. Thcro was then, no secret lob bying, bat open nnd nbovo board effort, nnd if we nro not mistaken tho Oregon ian itself advocates most, if not nil, theso same measures. Tho crnngo hag domain. Tlioro is a question whether pronouncd principles nnd works openly TIIE LEGISLATURE AND ITS WOUK. Tho session is over nnd tho legislators hnvo gona home, having dono somo good work nnd omitted to do somo things that aro of prime importance. No nuscstmont law has bcon matured and passed, nnd nil tho work of tho com mission appointed by tho Inst legislature thnt was accomplished nt considerable oxpenso, hns boon thrown nwny. Per haps it may servo somo good purposo yet in maturing n suitnblo law. It wns hardly to bo supposed thnt any legisla ture, composed largely of new men, and with no experience na to formulating rovonuo laws, could perform such an important work in so brief n session. Thnt will always bo tho enso so long ns wo hnvo only forty day scseioiiN, and wo need not expect tiny revision or amend ment of tho rovenuo law while present conditions latt. The Portland bridge nnd tho 0. It. t N. Co. leu hi woro important bills that ro law without the Governors consent. lloth of theso aro important measures to our Stnto nnd wo cannot seo where hnrni ran result. Tho npiHutimunent act seem to bo as fair ns possible. If nny county Iiiih n preference it is Marion, arising from tho hesitation naturally felt nt unseating nny member of the Senate. Tnko tho actns a whole and it is fair and equal. Hills to rcguhto fares and freights failed to beeonio laws and it must bo al lowed thnt it would not bo easy to nny what rates should bo chargod in a coun ty so now and graving. If it could havo boon possible to regulate such charges without injustice to tho trans portation companies tho public demands it. Tho commi.sion established imtjad, should accomplish alt thnt ii dosirablo at present. If cupnblonud f jrceful mon nro apointcd they will accomplish something and cull out f lets that will aid future leglilatlun. A fish commissioner is created, with mi appropriation to maintain a hatch ing. Wu have never felt that this was a duty that devolves on our State, but rather on tho general government aud tho parties whoso operations destroy tho fish nnd create tho need of such works. Washington Territory it ns much inter ested ns we aro aud should bear a share of tho expense if it becomes a charge on tho State. Tho Stnto in taxed for the benefit of cannery men who exterminate tho salmon in carrying on their busi ness. Tho peoplo of Oregon pay twice tho price for fish on account of these fisheries, nnd then nro taxed to keep up tho salmon supply for tho benefit of those canneries, Tho taxw thoy pay will not nearly loop up tho commission and tho hatching, and tho Stato aud publio recoivo littlo benefit. Tho Swamp Lands act was nrceaaary Thin has been dug up and sown to wliont. Among theso woro many Rox bury Itussotts, which rnn in thrco rowa from tho hill to tho bottom. When dug up every trco wns (load. Tho samo wns truo of tho Bed Ohcok Pippins, othor varieties stnnd in condition ns wo shall nnmo. Tho Northorn Spy rnnks first, but tlioro nro nlso Wnxcns. Ilclflowcrs. Itcd Homnnltes, nnd American Pippins that aro not only nllvo but havo no dead limbs and nhow conclusive proof that thoy aro very hardy trees. Another class show vacancies hero and tlioro nnd somn of tho largo limbs aro dead, but many nro living nnd con sidering their neglect may bo considorcd aa doing woll. Thcro nro Baldwins, Yel low Nowtons, Pippings, Ilnmbos, liluo l'cnrmnlns, Ithodo Island Greenings, Gloria Mundi.Spitzcnburg, Golden Itus sott, Early Harvest nnd Ited AHtrnchan. All those nro doing fairly woll under tho circumstanced. Tho Northern Spy, Mr. Loonoy con siders tho best of all for an Oregon np pie, though it hns a tendonoy to bear Tory noavny every otnor year nnd vory light tho off yenr. This Is probnbly dii3 to overbearing. If tho fruit was thinned out properly, it would probnbly bo n god bearing treo without nny off yenr. Tho othor vnriotles scorn to boar well nnd rogularly. Tho Wnxon Is a full bonrer ; tho lto-unnito benrs like a cur rant bush. Tho 8o-cnllcd fall npplos, with good caro last until February and Mr. Loonoy now hns Hambos in good condition. Thoy wntor-coro but aro good keepers for all thnt. This orchard contains tho same va rieties, almost without exception, thnt we hnvo bcon recommending na tho best to plant in Oregon. Here is proof that they havo succcodcd in an orchard al most forty years old. Tho treea thnt aro in tho first class Northern Spy, Holltlower and Waxen aro boyond ques tion. Tho Amorican Pippin nnd lto manito nro only valuable as vjry Into Loonoy litis n number of ponr treea seedlings forty years old, thnt boar proof that Oregon is unrivalled for pears. Every trco is ulivo nnd somo nro forty feet high, nnd vigorous lwyond comparison. Ho also planted pencil pits, nnd trees that live and Ueaito this day from stones thnt woro planted in 1615. Seedling peaches aro not ia very g"eat roputo, but somo of theso nro very good fruit nnd their being alive nnd producing this long conclusively provos thnt penohca will grow in tho Willamette vnlley. Tho growing of pears f jr export la certain to bo n great traffic in tho future, as peaid do not succeed woll in many of tho older stntes, nnd winter pears of good llnvor and character can bo shipped across tho continent. LAND rOK OUR CHILDREN. When the question of sustaining tho Stato Hoard of Immigration was dis cussed in tho Houso n fuootious gentle man ro marked that ha alroady had considerable of a family and expectod to seo it largely increased, thoreforo bo was willing to eoo vacant lands remain unoccupied "that tho children could havo a share whon they grow up." Thia was decidedly counting chickens before thoy aro batched, but the fooling of man tho lnnd had not better lio vacant nnd unproductive than belong to poor nnd outcast creatures thntennnot npprccinto tho privileges of froo govornmont nnd whoso influenco nt tho polls is corrupt nnd baeo. If our nation could hnvo been kept as tho outgrowth of tho lib erty loving, patriotic nnd generally worthy nnd intelligent settlers who set up nnd maintained tho standard of lib erty and uttorcd that Declaration of Indopcndonco that is tho prido of our nation to-day, then its charnctor and standing would bo superior to any peo plo upon tho earth. But that could not woll be. Wo nnturally welcomed nil tho nnglo-Bnxon raco as our own broth erhood nnd ns naturally America be camo tho rofugo of tho oppressed of nil nation. No doubt tho comingling of races nnd nationalities has had tho ef fect to mnko us n strong people, in n merely physionl sense. Tho combin ing of mental forces nnd drnwing out of rnco qualities hns given moro charac ter and strongth, on tho samo principlo that woll informed stock mon breed to combine tho good qualities of various rnces of nnlmals. Wo havo ovidently gained somowhat by infusion of fresh animal nnturo into tho nnglo-saxon rnco hut how far that is n boncfit remains to bo seen. To cnll from nil nations nnd rnccs of men tho best physical, mental nnd mor al typos to minglo with our own nation ality nnd rnco wns well enough and cvon desirable. Wo had need of strength, and numbers to givo us a pluco among the nations, but wo throw wido open tho gates and set no watchman to turn away thoso who wero not desirable. A gcnoral infusion of ignorance and bnso humanity Is tho result, and the United States of thrco mil lions population a contury ngo is become n pooplo of seventy mil lion strong in 1687. And in this strength thero is much of wenkuoss. Ig- noranco is weakness, but thia is n fault tho common school system can rcmovo in or.o generation, though it cannot rc movo tho stolid natures thnt hnvo re sulted from nges nnd nges of degrntion and tyrany. This is an ovil but wo must eradicate it by common schools. Tho worst fnult ia thnt vico comet hero for change of pnsturo, nnd wlckodnoss adul terates nnd infects a pooplo boyond tho reach of education to romove. Hered ity is against us. Tho ignorant, tho do graded mm stolid, ana tlio vicious nro hero by millions nnd every voto vhoy cost is in tho interest of wrong-doing. It wns n mistako thnt Amorica was mndo so frco to nil tho world. Yio nan somo into guard mat an ocenn lay botweon us and tho iguor nnco, vice nnd degrcdation of the old world,but wo had no resourco against tho shipment to Amorica of thousand i to whom old-world nations bid good rid dance mid whoso passago nnd expenses thoir governments woro willing to pay to bo woll rid of thoni. Sinco that game is scon through wo assumo more vigi lenco, but it ia not easy to doteot vico when it wears a clean shirt and has its pnsiago paid in advauco an.l some cash in bend. Wo nlso hnvo hero in Oiogou some protection in tho distauco that sopnratca us from tho older States, and Oregon- ians may tako higher rank ns a class from this fact. Let us mnko tho most of it. Utnh serves as an illustration, for mormondom ii peophd by ignorant and debused creature that tiro mostly from tho old world. Utnh i i peopled by ig norant tnou nnai wno uo ins win oi a fow far-tijhtoJ unscrupulous and cell inl ine mon. Whntovor evil shall rosult and much have already readied from mormon rub, is churgcublo direct ly to tho fact thnt our foroigu immigra tion is in pirt made up from tho very sweeping of tlu nations. for their achievement. This is differ ent from ordinnry "lobbying," which is usually for tho aggrandizement of persons or corporations, and is not healthy for tho public wcnl. To advo cate right principles is not objectionnblo undor most circumstances, and all wo can seo that is qtiestionnblo in Judgo IJoiso's conduct resolves itself into n plea of political nnd judicial morality and good taste. Tho man who has so long occupied high jndicinl positions owes moro or less to such considerations, and it may not be compntiblo with judi cial dignity for such n ono to soil tho ormino by meddling with ordinnry poli tics. Whcthorit is doing so to intcrfero personally and directly with tho cotirso of legislation, men must iudiro for thomselvce. Judgo Boiso seems to be convinced that his duty to tho world includos a personal intcrforenco to so curo tho passage of tho laws ho must administer on tho bench. So wo invito tho Orcgonian ns a matter of justico, to arguo tho question from this standpoint. INJUSTICE CORRECTED. Convincing Vertncatloti or Wldecwt Public Statements. To Ocn ItEADEns: In common with many publishers nnd editors, wo hnvo been nccustomed to look upon cortnin stntcmonts which wo hnvo scon in our columns ns moroly uuiuib UUVLTliaiUg, Consequently wo foci juBtifiod in tnk ing tho liborty of printing n few points from ono of .our largest patrons, as a sort of confession of faith to our read ers. Wo quote: STATE BOAKD OF IMMIOKATIOV. Tho Stato Board of Immigration will ccaso after April 1st, to which time thero will bo funds to enrry it on. Tlioro hns boon stronc opposition townrd thin Board in somo parts of tho State, per haps without foundation, though nat- urnl, where tho locnlities referred to did not ronp tho ndvnntngcs nnticipatcd. In tho houso qulto n feeling wns mani fested nnd tho ground wns tnken that tho Stnto nt lnrgo did not roquiro or wish for grcnt increnso of population. Tho good, if nny ncorued to tho whole sale trndo nnd gencrnl businoss of Port land and tho railroad corporation that hnd tho ndvnntago of increaso of trnvol. This seoms a narrow viow for n Stnto to tnko nnd it is certainly an unusual ono for every Stnto fools prido in its growth nnd prosperity. It is not nn nltogothcr incorrect viow nnd tho corporations and morchnnta intorested will no doubt maintain tho work of tho Board by moans of privnto subecriptiona. They will hnvo nn ndvnntago in not being hnmporod by Stato laws nnd can push matters in their own way. Ono member remarked thnt tho ex hibit enr wns in n mensuro n frnnd, ns it wns not n fair average, but no ono who saw it supposed it to be so. Thoy saw actual products that thoy knew no State East of tho Ilocky mountains could oqual, ovon by selectod Hpecimons, nnd judged that it must bo a good country that could turn off such production. It now romnins for Portland capital nnd tho grcnt corporntions intorostod, to put their means and business tact to work to carry on this work with oven moro good results nnd prnctical effect than beforo. Thoy certainly enn rniso tho ?."),000 por n.nnum without much inconvenience "We hnvo convinced oursnlvnn ilni l. tolling whnt wo know to bo true, wo havo produced at last n pormnnent con viction in tho public mind. Seven years ago wo stated whnt tho national diBcaso of this country wns, nnd thnt it wns rnpidly incrensing. Thrco years ngo wo stntcd thnt a marked chock hnd bcon givon it. "Tho statistics of ono of tho lnrgost lifo insurnnco companies of this country shows that in 1883 nnd 1881, tho mor tality from kidnoy disorders did not in creaso over tho provioua years: other companioa stated tho samo thing. It is not presumptious for us to claim crodit for checking theso ravages. "Sevon yonrs ngo wo etntod thnt tho condition of tbo kidnoys wns tho key to tho condition of health; within tho past fivo Vcnrs nil Cnroful lifn nmnrnnnrt companies havo conceded tho truth of this Btatomcnt. for. whereas, inn vmr ago, chemical analysis to determino tho condition of tho kidnoys wns not re quired, to day million of dollars In risks aro refuted becauso chomlcal examina tion discovers unsuspected diseases of tho kidnoys. "Seven years ngo wo stntcd thnt tho rnvngos of Wright's Discaso was insigifi cant compared with othor unsuspected disorders of tho kidnoys of many mis leading namos; that ninoty-thrco por cent, of human ailmonts nro nttributn bio to deranged kidnoys, which fills tho blood with urio ncid, or kidnoy poison, which causes theso many fatal dis eases. "Tho urio acid, or kidnoy poison, it tho roal causo of tho majority of cases of parnlysis, npoplexy, honrt disoasc, convulsions, pneumonia, consumption, nnd insanity; ovor half tho victims of consumption aro first tho victims of diseased kidnoys. "When tho recent death of an hon ored ox-official of tho United Stntos was announced, his physician said that al thouch lio wns sufferinrr from Ttridit'a Disoaso, thnt wna not tho cnuso of dentb. no was not frank enough to ndmit that tho apoplexy which overtook him In his bod, was tho fatal effect of tho kidnoy poison in mo dioou, wincJi uud enton nway tho substnnco of tho nrtcnos nnd brnin ; nor wns Lognn's physlclnn lion est enough to stnto thnt his fatal rhou nintism wns cnuscd by kidnoy acid in tho blood. "If the doctors would stato in official reports tho original cnuso of death, tho pooplo of this country would ho nlnrmod yon, nenrly panic stricked, nt tho fenrful mortality from kidnoy disorders." Publlo Sale of Blooded and Oraded Stook. SHOULD A JUOQB BB A LOBHYI3T7 Tho Uregoninn severely criticises Judgo Uoiso for bolng a "lobbyist" nnd is disposed to put tho worst construction on tho fact that ho seems to tikj a per sonal interest in influencing legislation. It does not particulnrlzo whnt objects tho judgo favors or objects to, aud it is only jiut .to him to say that ho repre sents tho'guinjo as a personal agent, and wai hvoring tho passago of acta through tho legislature that tho order of which lid ia chief has formulated in somo instances and approves in all Thoso measures werj publicly aunounced as wai the fao: tint certain members of By rufuienco to our advertising col umns it will bo soon that Mr. It. W. Carey, of Maolo.iy, is offering at publio siilo some-choice Abordnou nnd Jcrsoy cattle nnd Shropshire. Tho Abordoon Angus bull, "Constable of Hillhurat," is n prizo winner in hia class at all tho last meetings of tho Stnto Agricultural eo- cioty. Thq Abordeon cattlo hnvo taken such prizes ns to plnco thorn in tho front rank of all the brood of beef cat tlo both in England nnd Ameii:a. An Abonloon wou tho highest award nt tho Kansas City stosk show held in thnt city tho pott year. Tho Shropshire sheop offered aro good, nnd woll bred animals and tho cuanso is urougiu aoout lor tno pur pose of infusing new blood and thus keeping up tho standard of oxcollence. All the stock is thoroughly discribed in tho advertisement. Mr. Carey will mnko n visit east soon nnd buy n largo quantity of now stock. St. Nicholas comes n meat wclcomo visitor to tho family. As suited to youth it cannot bo surpassed, its elevating character caunotbjlp but havo its in fluence on tho minds of children. The contributors aro from our beat Amori can authors, as they should be. Thero are many good stories running through tho year. Last year we had "Little Lord Fauntleroy," a story calculated to cause every youth to try to emulate those high and magnanimous traits of tho littlo American Lord. Wo hopo to see somotbing of tho same character again. Tho writors of tho nbovo lottor givo theso facta to tho publio simply to just ify tho claims that thoy havo mado. that "if tho kidnoys and livor nro kopt in a iieaitny condition ly tlio usooi Warner's safo cure, which hundreds of thousands hnvo proved to bo a specific, whon nil othor remedies failed, nnd thnt hns re ceived tho endorsement of tho highest medical tnlent in Europe, Australia nnd America, mnuy a lifo would bo prolonged and tho nuppinoss of tho people pro sorved. It Is successful with so many different diseases becauso it aud it alone, enn romovo tho urio acid from tho blood through tho kidnoys." Our readers nro familiar with the preparation named. Commendation thereof hns ofton ap peared in our columns. Wo boliovo it to bo ono of tho best, if not tho beat ever manufactured. Wo know tho proprietors nro men of char acter and influenco. Wo aro certain thoy hnvo awakoned a wido-sprcad intorcst in tho publio mind concerning tho importance of tho kid noys. Wo beliovo with them that thoy aro the key to health, and that for thoir restoration from discaso nnd mainton nnco in hc'alth, thero is nothing oqual fo this great romedy. Tho proprietors Bay thoy "do not glory in thia universal prevalence of discaso, but having startod out with the purposo of spreading tho merits of War ner's safe euro beforo tho world, becauso it cured our eenior proprietor, who was given up by doctors ns incurable, wo foci it our duty to stato tho facts and leavo tho public to its own inferences. Wo point to onr claims and to their publio and universal verification with prido, and if tho publio does not beliovo what wo say, wo tell them to nsk their frionds nnd neighbors whnt they think about our preparations." As stated nbove, wo most cordially commend tho perusal of this correspon dence by our readers, believing that in eo doing, wo aro fulfilling a simple pub lio obligation. SEEDS! E. J. 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