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WILLAMETTE FARMER: MALEM, OREGON, MARCH n, j. : i . im ? imed Tery Week by th WIIXAMKTTE PAKMRRrrRLIRRINU CO. TEItMB OP BUUSOnllTIOb. nt tmi. (Toetaire paid). In linnet .. I.W' ktx aionthf, (Poiiaffa paid), In adranco... mako a success of them on a west slope Wo hear of young npplo trocs that were injured by llio January freezo nnd wo lind somo beautiful young cherry trees of our own damaged the eamo way. Tho warm weather early in March start ed tlio sap in thoso thrifty troos, fivo yenrs old. This wus followed by snow tpoiW.paTd,inadYanc ,...., p-iB um. a ms wus lonowcu oy snow than tkmonUia win b, per month "and cold woather so that tho sap having Btartcd tho frost congealed it nnd caus- tho bark to burst nnd split open. Wo had split clap-board sot up on tho south ADVER8ISIK0 RATES ! AdTtrUaemenU will bo Inaerted, rrorldlng-tn art apactable, at the following table of ratet t a Ueh of rpaoe wr month 12.(0 Kara Incboa of rpaoe per month ... 00 I aa-hali column per month,.... 15.00 tft) eoromnper month 80.00 jaUBample coplM tent free on application. PUIP PnAdvertlitri can obtain admUrinK ratta UnluAUU of LORD a THOMAS. 45 Randolph U nnnix In I'hlladelphla uie nawnpaiwr AUrff. THIS DAPFRaV l-v" i I " ""'-it n r f Mmnra. n. wATKciaaun. , our an thor Urd age n ta CINCHVATTI adertleri can call at 17S Vino etreet, and get estimate. Our ag.nt are 1'AK INK HOWS. FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quota farorahte rttci-21 Merchant! Exchange. THIS PAPER i! fAYliK FOUND OM '1I.KAT KO. V. IIOW1SIX a CO'H ITawapaper Adrertlelnff Bureau (10 Braoca HTBBRT), WIIKHB A IV 1" V ODIaf YKKTIBIKO CONTIUCTS MPfV llfll. nay bo mudororlt In II fa II I Vlllvi ORCHARD CHAT. During tho past week we hnvo been pruning in tho prunonnd plum orchard nnd feel liko giving somo observations based on experience. Somo' trees arc hardy and long livod nnd boar regularly and thoso nro tho kinds you wish to cul tivate if thoy possess tho pcrmnnont nd vantago of being good fruit nnd market nblo. Homo trees bring fruit that is not vnluablo nnd it makes little diflbr- enco if thoy nro hardy or not. Coo's goldon drop in n primo favorito as it cans well nnd mnkoH n very rich dried fruit. Tho troo is tondor nnd wo hnvo hnd, in ten yenrs experience ninny losses to replace This winter wo find much dead wood through tho two-year-old trccH. Fruit spurs of 1885 growing out four to six inches, nnd many spurs that wero fruit buds in 1880, aro dead and thoro nro space along limbs wlioro nil tho fruit spurs nro dead for four to eight inchcfl. Tho trees inado fair growth of now wood last year and prom iso well, but wo cannot think that tbo goldon drop, or silver pruno is n trco that it will pny to rniso in largo num bers. Wo already hnvo nearly n thous and growing nnd when thoy nro com pared with tho Italians nnd French prunes (potito d' Argon) tho difference is nil in favor of tho last named. Tho Italians grow to bo qtiito largo and rug god trcoa and will bear iivo to ton bush els that wo have soon. Wo hnvo scon thorn on peach root that nro flftoon years old orlongornnd npponrnshonlthy ns possible. Tho French, or potito pruno d'Argen grow very largo and aro vinoing in tlioir growth, making thin nnd long limbs nnd many of them, but thoy bear woll. Ouo would mako moro to put thoso prunes up nt 8 cents per pound than tho goldon drops at lficouts, as thoy scorn to bear thrco times as much, l'cnch plums wuro in great demand nomo years ago but nurserymen now cannot find sals for thorn. Whilo wo lmvo lost n groat many in tho past w find scarce any tload this winter though wo havo had somo sovcro wonthor. Wo find ntnoug tho ones remaining somo of tho flnrt tmd in tho wholo orchard as thoy appear to Ihi vory rugged and hnvo grown 'largo. Tho Columbia is n fine fruit but wo cannot say yot what wo think of tlioir hardiness. In ono spot six trees and in Hiiothor eight trees died togothor. It may bo possiblo that thoro was u dish in tho bedrock that hold wntor nnd that their roots standing in thiH water killed them. It la a vory rank growor nnd a scrawny treo, growing down nnd sido- ways in preforonco to any good shnpo, but with a littlo caro nnd pntlonco to in clino tho twigs you can mnke tho treo grow to suit your wishes. Tho fruit in certainly excellent nnd makes a good dried product. Tho Washington is another troo that booius vory hurdy but wo don't know what use there is for it except to can it as it don't seom to dry very 'well. Wo have not liked it but it ma) improve on Acquaintance. Tho Heine Olaudo may have hurt itsolf bearing heavily when young. Wo havo lost nbout one in five of these and tho rest had a deal of dead wood on them. Wo havo a very flno lot coming on that nro now flvo yearn old and shall try to bring them up In tho right way. reaches hnvo Ikhju uufortuunto this winter as during tho waun weather in Jnnuary many buds almost buret, and a few days moro would havo aeon them in full bloom. The weather changed and wo had cold and snow that killed tho buda thnt were too fur advanced. From what we hear it is probablo that tho peach crop is destroyed on tho low lands. Wo havo a nice peach orchard out and shall do all that is possible to frost that did tho harm; perhaps tho boards kept eomo of tho trees from fool ing tho sun'fl influenco ond tho sap Btarting ns it would otherwiso hnvo dono nnd so snved mnny trees it n good thing to do to set up such boards and keep them up winter nnd spring. Pruning should bo dono now before tho sap starts, cspccinlly if nny largo limbs hnvo to como' ofT. If such limbs need to bo cut off do it this month. It uoo8 not matter so much nbout tho wood of last year's growth, though it would bo fully as well to do all tho pruning in tho winter and not wait for spring, Grapo vinos must bo cut imme diately or thoy will bleed when sap muriH. ji is moro important to pruno thorn cnrlior than fruit trocs. Bomo vions need moro pruning thnn others nnd you must learn tho dlflbrcnco to ono of thorn went through somo form of indication that was explained ns "mak ing medicino" to induco a "chinook wind." Tho following day thoy hnd a chinook wind that mndo tho navigation of tho Columbia river dangerous nnd tho Indinns hnd full faith thnt thoir "modicino work" did it. Tho Chinooks occupied tho north sido of tho Columbia for nbout fifty miles from Capo Hancock, including tho point opposite Astorin thnt forms NtOSFBItOUS SALEM. sido of tho chorry trees, but it was tho Bakers Bay. This was Chinook Toint sccuro good results. VETO OP BIVER AND HAWJOR BILL. ino prcfliuont lias neglected to ap provo this bill, so essential to tho pros perity of our region nnd no doubt ns cs- sontinl to other States ns to Orogon, and work must Btop for tho noxt two years on nil tho hnrbors of Oregon nnd our mors must remain oncumbcrod ns thoy arc. It has been for many yonrs n well established priuciplo for our government tl.nl Jl. .1 . . . turn, uiu niiuunui treasury sunn lurnisu tho monns to effect uich improvements nnd no section stands in such need of thorn ns do wo. Tho prcsont bill, too, was frco from tho objoctions mndo here tofore thnt monoy was squandered in objects of no importance. Tho half million appropriated for this icgion wns nil needed and of tho utmost importunco to our prosperity nnd tho prosecution of tcntly. a necessary commerce It is discouraging, whon wo havo finally succeeded in winning tho good will of congress to find its action thwnr- tcd by tho imperative object of an ox ecutivo who knows nothing of our wants and seems to caro nothing for them. He had tho bill sovornl days and could havo informed himself in timo to roturn it with his objections whon it is probablo tho two housos would have passed it over his veto. Hut ho chose tho Btiror way, to keop it in his desk and allow congress to adjourn without tho knowl edge of his intention. If thoro was scarcity of monoy nnd to iiiuku niceo improvements worked a hardship it could bo oxcused, but monoy is moro thnn abundant and its passago would not only effoot much needed im provemcuts but would havo given em ployment to tons cf thousands of labor ers of all dopartmonts. Looking at tho actual facts in our own enso nnd not doubting that many other States havo equal nood of buoIi improvements, wo nro compollod to feel bittoil at such trifling with our intorosts and such dis regard of tho rights of nil sections. It looks ns if tho executive wns ohorish- ing porsonal piquo nnd roviowing him Bolf on thpso who differ from him, ns tho wires hnvo asserted. If so it is a poor, pitiful way to exorciso tho grcnt ofllco ho llllt. It is not onsy to mcasuro tho wrong dono us ns n Stato. Wo feel sick at heart to think that no work will bo dono at Ynquiuu ; that tho Cascade looks crumblo for tho want of monoy to proa ccuto tho work ; that tho mouth of tho Columbia will not bo n good ocoan on trunco and that nil tho contemplated improvements wo havo so earnestly hopod for as n people will fail of nccom plishmeut, nil for tho want of apprecia tion of ono mortal who holds our des tinies to somo oxtont in his grasp. nnd faced tho ocean. Tho up river na tives recognized thnt tho wind enmo from tho chinook territory nnd so named it. Tho influenco of it is won- "Wo boliovo derful in changing winter to spring. A heavy snow will literally disappear in a fow hours and it dries up jnud immed iately. It is proccded by a humming rasping sound in tho upper air, possibly causod by a chnugo of air currents, tho chinook wind moving abovo tho lower corial stratum. Whon it comes down "to business" this sound disappears and whon it is henrd it brines joy to tho heart of tho stockmnu. It comes off tho ocenn swnraps over Western Oregon nnd Wnshington, rushes through tho lower passos nnd up tho rivor coursos, nnd enow disappears ns if by mngic. It may bo a cold wind but its effect is tho enmo. Tho snow disappears sometimes without being slushy or mnking tho ground muddy. Tho effoct of our western ocean wind reaches inlnnd for n thousand miles. It is watched nnd wnitod for ns anxiously in Montana nnd Wyoming ns in tho tho valloy of tho Columbia. It ovon roaches ns far north ns tho vnlloy of tho Snskatchownn in British territory. Mr. Minto tolls an amusing sfry of how Wm. Beasloy, tho sheep mnn, thinking his 2500 sheep wero starving, tried to buy tho straw stacks owned by French Chnrloy, on llock Creek, Gilliam county. Charloy hung out for a big price, bo cauBo ho thought ho had tho drop on his noighbor and ho didn't liko sheep any way. Thoy bantered and According to tho Statesman Salem is "gathering n boom" in which tho citizens have confidence. It is a boom not for a day or n month, but for nil time. Tho Nows is glad to bco tho awakening, nnd accords to tho Statebman, which is Itsolf enjoying a boom, the credit of arousine ino capital city into new lifo. By its agi tation tho first bridgo wab thrown across tho WJllnmotto; In every issuo tho advan tages of such an onterpriso wero set forth in strong and forciblo language, till at last its suggestions woro acted upon nnd tho structure spanned tho river. Tho States man, not content with this great achieve ment, persistently points out other enter prises, ami will novor coaso until Salem becomes a largo and prosjcrou8 city. Tho Lord mado tho earth ; tho livo nowspa- per man makcB tho town. N'ortland ORCnARBlNO. News. The SrcciAL Election. As overvbodv Knows, or ougnt to know, there will bo a Bpccial election on Tuesday, November 8th, to consldor tho threo proposed amendments to tho constitution. Thoy aro tho prohibitory umondment. that giving tho legislature power to fix tho salaries of tho stato officcm. nnd tin. nn. changing tho timo of the general election from Juno to November. If tho latter passes, as it prolmbly will, tho election In 1888 will bo hold tho first Tuesday af ter the tlrst Menuay in November, nnd tho present county officers will hold their offices until December 1888. Tho county judgo elected last year under tho old law wouiu noiu oinco for four yonrs, nnd his term would oxplro Ji'Iy 1st, 1800. It is nn open question wlictliortho county will hnvo any judgo for the six months be tween mat timo and tho tlrst Monday In December, 1881, unless somo special pro vision is mado, or unless tho now law is interpreted bo that his term expires on tho first Mondav in Dnrnmhnr. IRflO Ifltin lltn ntl.n .11 A ' ' muii uiu uiuui uiucura ku out. If you nro intondini? tn nlnnt i don't forget that you should hnvo them out and growing as soon as April first. Somo nursurymun do not liko to boU trocs lator than that dnto becauso thoy think it is not usually, possible to mak ft success of troo planting so late in tho Bpnng. Wo hnvo given you nil the in formation nccossary for yourguidanco in making selections and can now only Bay that tho tiees you ecloct ohould bo planted without delay, rrospecta for fruit nro excellont nnd wo havo ovory reason to boliove that orchards of right nnoiios, pinnted on good ground, nnd in good locations, will yiold moro profit than any crop will otherwise. Wo hoar of orchards yielding f 500 per acre. Last year wo nbout did that or at that rato, no quarter of an acre of chorries. So we nro willing to boliovo it cun bo donn. Thero is a gocd denl of hnrd work nnd many losses and discouragoment in lifo and also in orcharding, but tho busincsB is ns plonaant ns any other can bo and promises equnlif not greater rowards. A hen will consumo about 000 ounces of food in ono year, or tho equivalent of ono bushohof whoat. She must lay at least 00 eggs to bo profitablo to her owner. Being- Btor Pleasant To tho twto, moro .coentablo to the stom.ch ?. mo" V"lV bcrieflcLl in its action, the famoui California I,1UI1 fruit remedy, Syrup of Fig,, rapidly iupersecding all othen. lr' " mar trade all tho foronoon and finally ad journcd to tho Btraw stacks. Boasloy was about to buy at a dear prico when suddenly ho looked up and listened in- "What Is it?" said French Plinflm. . Hlla Mm It.... vf iltn i.tttnAn1. If VJ.'J . AMI btlU Willi, JL bUU UUIUVUIV, said Bcnsloy, "and you can keop your Btraw stocks, its no trade." Suro enough, tho chinook was soon thero nnd tho sheep Wns nil right. Thceo snmo straw stacks had accumulated for ton years and tho owner was wailing for a bad wintor to mako a salo. The Nakhow Gauoe. Tho tomjiorary I change of timo on tho narrow gaugo, says ino aaverton Appeal, will cnablo Hccoiv- or Scott to havo engines and track put in condition for mall eervlco, which will bo put pn .March 20. Now offices will bo es tablished along the road, nnd tho con vcnlonco thus inaugurated will provo of great yaltio to tho narrow gaugo folks. LVOrybodv is Wlslllni; till) tmrrmv mum ........, f.: i I...V -.:..--. ".". '"-""( iwr iiiruuuy uiu rilllllCSS iianu 01 comotttlon is felt, hut withallno by boat iu ouiuiii iiiuv it ru trniiiiiL' i in r utinrii rr uukcu oiiicin inieincss oy making a through rato Ced&rPoBts. u . u Zimmerman, of Aurora, will furnish split cedar posts, delivered on tho cars, at 9 cts. each, nnd whero n Inrgo qunntity is desired, tho buyer will find it to his ndvantago to writo to Mr. Zimmormsn for terms. TBB CHINOOK WIND. Khowhoro wo publish como verges written in responso to a banter from Mr. Minto, that have a humorous tono. Con siderable has been said recently con cerning tho chinook wind and tho numo has como into familiar uso far cast as tho influence of Tuoitlo coast wiuds are felt. Tho origin of its uso lias with the Indians, who looked earnestly for an up stream wind and "made nudicino" to secure its coming. Mr. Minto recalls to mind that twenty years ago ho was asoonding the Columbia in company with Indians from far above, and that thoy had a strong down stream wind to retain them. Coming to a broad flat ueck in tbo river tho Indians landed and CHOP FRO8PE0T0. Wo do not learn that much if any dam ago was dono to tho winter wheat when tho snow wont and wo had n few frosty nights and tho snow was rathor n bono fit than an injury. So far as wo can loarn tho wheat fields nro in flno shape. Tho spring will bo lato becauso thero has bcon no good working woathor as yot and thoro may not bo through March. Whon good weather comes farmors must hurry to got in their Spring crops and gardons. Tho fruit crop prom ises well becauso of tho Into Spring. If tho woather keeps flno when good weather comes thoro will bo littlo danger to fruit. Wo nro beginning to mako fruit pay us a handsome profit and a good season will encourage many to plant troes who havo not yot dono so. Now is tho timo to bo sowing grass seeds for tho prosont yenr. If you desiro to sow nny of tho grasses there is not much timo to loose. Thero is a gouornl looking to stock-raising nsannltcrnntivo ngninst wheat ns n constant crop. Tho stock mon must hnvo mendows nnd pns tares and tho great question is, what grasses nro best. Timothy for meadow grass, or orchard grass and clover nro good as thoy ripon together well. For pastures mix your seeds ; a littlo clover of tho different sorts, and 6ome of every grass you can get Mix and sow woll and you can tell by "tho survival of tho fittest" which is tho host for permanent investment. This matter of sowing gnus seeds is of great importance for tho mnn who has good grasses can mako tho easiest living of all. on grain to Portland and taking It toSa iem for milling; und from tho Portland ond thoy coinH.'to for Orogon City busi ness by boat. This, together with tho advent of a Sunday train for Salem and tho briuht ( heretofore dark) nrnHnort nt n rnllw,n;' bridgo at Ray's Landing across tho Willamette, will surely show that thero is indeed something in tho narrow gaugo. Aitointmbnts. Gov. Ponnoyor has mado tho following appointments sinco March 1st: Notaries public, G. W. Walk er, James A. Fee. Pomllnton ? J. M. Tinw. ' .r n M-m ' .. . 1 ' T'"" JVW" or, mn. u. uonnor, 11 ward Uroft, E. E. Long, Geo. P. Holmnn, Albert N. Gam bell, J. G. Chapman, Portland; D. B. Montoith. Albanv: A. W. Gnunn. .To. Beph; Jas. A. Hunter. LoBllno. Wnllnwn. county; L. W. Darling. Condon, Gilliam county; u. a. EclilUredo, Oakland ; Dean Hlanchard. Balnier; J. T. Gregg, Salem ; Irven Stephens, Ploasant Houcc, Multno- mnn county. uommiHHionor of ueods, Edwin 8. Bolknap, 7 Beekman stroet, iiuw iorK. AiiiiHionai niugo of district, G. W. Walker, Pendleton. Sixth Orrgon Kidney Tea cure backache EGGS FOrHIaTCHING I From Wjnndottcs! Plymouth, Rose ami Blii'ilo Comb Leg horn, Pekin Ducks. FIFTY GRAND KREEDERS ! All (elected and prlio winning blrda. Sixteen yeata experience In bandllngflua itoc. Wraailottt, mott Comb B. Inborn. ra per letiloiro! 13 t a.oo Single Comb B. Kgharn and I'll mouth relilit Bark Ecu per letting of 10.. '.'."'.',". t 00 JtX&Pr&Si1 hopW m,rlt lt,;'" ttLHATItifACTION CVABANTEEU. GEO. D. GOODHUE, wtf"" Silftn, OreKOti. Doty Ttmbr. A friend says that ho has found by cxperionco that doty timber (eo-callcJ, though there is no such word in the dictionary) will outlast sound wood in a fence, if not put near tho ground. A frioud told him bo, and in taking down an old rail foncn he afterwards noticed that all tho dozy, or doty rails were in tho best order of nil. This is worth knowing, for doty trees ore thought to bo worthless, and where timber is Bcarce such a tree is worth saving, mrlluo rltlcm'a Armlta Salte. Tbo Boat Salve in tbo world for CnU, Brulaea, Sore, Ulcort, Salt ltheurn, Fever Sorca, Tetter, Cn.rcd Uau.C.utoUi o Ooroa, aud 1 Skm Kcuptiona, and poaitively curcaPilea, r no pa, reouircd. Itiaguaraa teodtogiropttfect ati(acrioo or money re fandod. Pnco 'ii cuoti e Ux. For sale by Putt & Sob. A Fine House. Leon Smith arrived homo Monday evening from a trip east, having been gone nbout Boven weeks. He went ns farns Now York. Tim ni.. iect of his trip was nrincinnllv to hrlnt. out a flno stallion for Dr. Horace Cox. Ho boiiullt this horso til Oinclnnntl Ulilo, of N. &p. Diihmo, nnd brought him to Salem In flno shape, being sixteen davs on tho road. The horso is a stand ard bred trotter, two years old, nnd Is n half brother of Nutwood and Wedgowood. Hoisn Hambletonian, nnd his namo is K080inon. No. flL'flO. slrnd bv Tlnlmnnf 04: dam Sea Gull, by Strathmoro, 405. no is a line annenr nt? animal, nml la worth a pretty uood siir.ol farm. Ho Ih now at Minto Bros.' Mablo. Foil Two NioiiTH. Miss Nollio Boyd, an old favorito with Salemites, will ap pear with a strong company, at tho opem iiouho, i-riuay and Saturday nights, In " Unknown,1' und ' Passion's Slave." From many flattering press notices the followilll! fs taken, from Ilin Wntilmr Telegram, Philadelphia: "The ordor of tho night, at tho Globo Theater, is 'standini: room onh-.' TliU. nt n thontor in... . . .:t . . .. ,---.....;. jmo uiu uione, is reaiiy reiuuikablo. It is due to the attractiveness of the ro mance "Unknown," in which tho actress Miss Nollio Boyd apmrt nightly, sup ported by her own evenly-balanced com pany. Next week, the fifth of its run. will bo its last. Tho company will po to Havcrly's Theater, Chicago, where 'Un- unown" win no produced teb. 17." At Wasiunoto.v. Tho following no tices are clipped from the Washington corres)ondenee of the Sunday Orcgonian : "Congressman Hermann was announced to deliver a speech at Mount Vernon, the tomb of Washington, on tho ?2d inst., Washington's birthday, but owing to an indisposition and congress being in ses sion, he was unable to fulfill his engage ment on that day." "McKinlov .Mltrh. ell, of Gervais, Oregon, left hero for New Orleans on tho li)th instant, to attend Uie Mardi Graa. Ho expects to be in Wash. ingtou again about the l.'tli of March, and soon thereafter return to Oregon." H. DIAMOND, TEACHER OP .... 7 Violin, Guitar and Banjo, Dealer In all Kin ! r.1 l .... .... D.f Awntorrror UcV lfuilc.il CharU. BnalpUoM Ui'.nr1U,rFo".' rdK' Wor,h"' Uulcal Jouinal. rM""e lurnlihM lor p.rtlet on ihort notice. w iunrui ouni, paieni, or. mrllml ML aVH 14 nil N n A? SI" HHrl'll'lllaW1 rl 1 nliii Til ibI.i nw vaiiiH aHi HHI: IfeBEEFfi It baa been poaltlveljr atierted br many prominent pertonf, that alter a good trial ol hundrede ut luppoe. cd rrme-llea lortLedrrad illxiuvinr ihbi !n.. if... bowele and tom . all to no tOcci. one bottle ot Dr. IIen,e'tCvlcryl Beeland Ircn haa worked a wonder. lul chanse. Dr. llenler niaku no urut ni k. .. srcll-nie of hU wondtrlul iptdflc. It it compoaed iiff aTAl Avar Ika tiAa mml MA ..a-. a a r... ".V . " niu,eairaei oi oeer, ren nu trlU..ua and Imlir.tlDir, and prophoepbtto cl Iron, a KTcatblo.-d Unleaud alao rood lor the brain. For hale by all dtu.'tUf EVERY FARMER THE BEST A HIS OWN istiie V. MILLER CHEAPEST. Monday's Siiootuno. lank Harris and John Craft got into an altercation about some cattlo, when the former shot the latter, the ball going in at the back of the neck, ranging through the fleshy part and coining out in front. The pis tol was a 38 calibre. The wound ia mn. sidered dangerous and Cratt'a recovery ia doubtful. Harris was arrested and bound over to await tbo action ol the grand jury. EEPnranMjlH I lIlPB 32HffirJMtlMCt. IS?!.V2 ,!' U Ha4 ik rum. mit attll m1I!1 J?'! 1",J1 aWCarrlci. atari a tat On,. B5SrfV" aaMtaa,aa4iMar . v. a, wxs Kieiu a rvtrcZ, M7ia, u. A ! M .Jim. Mmaiuu. itmaa.j Jtti. .jaWraaifAtA. k ! 1, Joa-AMijaW1 '