WILLAMETTE FARMER; SALEM, OREGON, FEBRUARY 25, 1887.
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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.
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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. BOWEVrt LAKGE IlluttnleJ DeecriptiM
and Pile Catalogue ol Vegetable, t lower, finer,
Oiauand AllaUa ateJ, containing Valuable Informa
tion (or the Oirdener. tre Farmer and the 1'amUr,
milled ritKK to all applicant Addreai:
E. J. Ittmeu, Seed Merchant.
815 A 817 Simomi itnet;Surraidco, Cal.
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GEO. 1. GOOU11UE,
SALEM, 0KEG0X,
Tha Leading WYANDOTTE and DROWN
LEGUORN breeder of the Nrthwat.
Knclo lUnp for circular.
Jersey CUW far Sale.
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