Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 08, 1887, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextfsaaaasteacausisixsmitimmituMMu JjtBSC9ysfRiHM(m WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON APRIL 8. .7. 4 I I imtd Trjr Week by ths Y TKBM8 OF BUBSCMFTIOli. tairiu, (Post paid). In adrane fvo Ml aMaths, (Postac PM). " ! ' fctw Ihtn nz moDUK will b, per moata .so ADVERBIS1NQ RATES t AaTsrHtemenU will b Inserted, fnMUog tn are On Inch ox spec er month....... hTAree Inches of spec per month,... I se-halt eolamn per month. M column per month LSmple ooplM lent tret on sppllcaUon. 11.60 00 16.00 10.00 nUintPflAdrertlMn can obtain dr rrtlalnirratts bflluAUU oPtOKD t THOMAS, 45 lUndolpli Sftlnnfillnl'hllarlhl Hat the Newspaper AdTer. 7tl,tn Airenrr fir 1MIT1 JhSdM. our authorised agem 7, CINC1NATTI admtlsers can call at ITS Vlfi street, nl get eitlmates. Our sgant ars rAKTINH BOMS, FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quota favorable rate 21 Merchant Kicliange. thoy can woll afford, tlicy can rcnp a fair harvpst in freight incomes, wbilo the former thrives on his products. An orchard takes half a generation to be como mature, and for many years noeds work and manuring to sustain it without giving any returns of cousequonco. Then tho fruit-grower tntmt havo some solid background for his efforts, and not work on uncertainties. If freights aro too high, wo must neglect our troes, or at least will bo apt to do so. Lot tho corporations then rcconcllo thomsolvos to arooeonablo course, such as they seem tothavo willingly entered upon. no greater fault will bo found. While wo bolievo our Stato roads havo served tho public fairly, no doubt there have been unfair discriminations and unjust practices and wo hopo to see all theso matters settled on a just and reas onable basis. Sinco thoabovo was written, the Com mission has agreed upon a Olcrk. J. It. N. Bell, a prominent Democrat from Douglas county, is tho fortunate, man. DAMAGE TO FRUIT TREES. r DAMAGE TO FBI THIS PAPERS Mayubkjukdon Vn.v. AT KO. P. ItOWKWbCO'fl N.wipuper AdrertlsInK lnrii (10 HrKOC HTRRIST), WIIKIIH AD- II F III lfflPlf TBHTlSlNO CONTRACTS IUfL tnay bo ipailo for It In 11 11 SPBIHO WORK. Soraotimcs our spring commences in February and again in March, but this year 1887 will bo known as one in which no continued pleasant woathor como until tho mlddlo of April if oven thon. Wo aro having'un average of two rainy days a week, without any damaging frosts, howovor, and tho ground drios oflf quickly bo that plowing can bodono and seeding comes botwoon showers. Wo had a snek of grass scod that was for gotten until last week, when wo scat tered it over an musod pasturo hardly hoping to havo weather to bring it up woll, but it so happens that tho season could not havo boon more favorablo, though ground Heeded well to grass last fall failed to stand tho winter. Fall wheat ovorywhoro looks in tho best pos sible condition and thoro is ovcry pros pect that wo shall havo a superior yield. Tho prcsonco of heavy bodies of enow in tho low mountains indicates n Into Spring, whioh is being realized. It will no doubt continuo as tho rains wo aro having aro not warm enough to moot it and must incrcaso rathor than lesson tho quantity. Wo may expect moro or less of showers through April and Mny and with such a Bpring tho harvest will bo a littlo Into and tho crop thoroughly matured. Tho rains an) also folt in tho country East of tho Cascades atid thri outlook ovorywhoro Is remarkably good for all grain crops as woll as fruit. Our orchard, in tho hills, and all others wo know of, aro backward, not boing yot in full bloom and this fuct warrants tho expectation of a good yiold of all va rieties. This is important as our fruit interosts aro assuring importanco and adding much to thu income of producers, (lardun work should lo dono next wook, if not already dono. As a usual fact it is well to put in gardens during tho firm ten dnys of April, but cold rains somn times rot tho seed in tho ground so there is no advantago in planting until wo J havo hcttlcd weather. Tho gnrdeiiMs of groat valuo to tho farnjer and a many luxuries to blos his table. Sinn fruiU havu sull'ercd considerably from tho haul winter and if not killed entirely in many indnnccs havo died down. Moro should bo replanted next fall, if killed, and whoro tho tops aro doad tho vines should bo dug around, manured and tho doad wood all out oil'. Theso fruits aro too luscious and lino to bo neglected and ovory farm houso should havo orchards, gardens and small fruits in abundauue. 8HlPPINa WOOL AND OTHER PRODUCTS. Tho rates claimod to hav been adopt ed under the iuter-stato commerce act for freighting our products to thu Hast, nro so enormous as to preclude any shipment of wool or products of any other sort. Wool at $5.40 per 100 lbs., ngaiuHl f0 cU. in 1880, is a tux no wool grower can stand, when ho can ship by tho ocean route at ouo-third that rout. Wo expected to havo ten or twenty tons of ovaporated primes to send Kant it tho crop is of average extent, but last year it was high enough at 11.60 per 100 lb, to Chicago, and this year it will incroiiso several times that figure. Oregon products mutt havo tho ad vantage of reasonable freight rates to give us a show in tho great markets. If they could carry wool at 60 cts. they should tako dried and canned fruits to Chicago at 75 cU. yer 100 lbs. Tho pro ducer of Oregon need encouragement and wo must have cheap freights to on- Wo havo alluded to tho fact that the Bovcro arctio spell following tho warm days in early January had tho effect to kill and damago many fruit trees. D. Simpson of South Snlom, had applo trees split and tho bark camo oft" so thoy aro killed. Wo had Bomo beautiful cherries five years old which split tho bark and nro badly injured, but wo bound thorn up and hopo to savo them from total loss. Tho samo hannoncd last year and placing split boards on tho south west eiuo utu not savo thorn, but no doubt lessened tho damage Mr. C. P. Ilurkhart, of Albany prairio, last fall planted Bomo 500 choico poach trees and all aro dead to tho enow lino. On our hill peaches now bloom but not full. Fcachcs on Snlom prairio had their buds klllod. Mr. Fullcs, of Fox valloy foot hills, says his trcos sustained no damago. With us, in tho hills ono and one-half miles from Salem, no fruit trees aro seriously injured and all hold back and will not bloom for yet anothor week, or a fow days. Tho Hillsboro Independent says : It is learned thatscrioiiB damago was done small fruits nnd vines in Washington county by tho cold weather of February. Wo havo refrained from making this statement till authenticated reports could bo received from different parts of tho country. Mr. Hoove?, of Cornelius, Bays many of his young chorry trcos nro killed and all his choico blackberry vinos aro dead. Mr. Zina Wood, of Hillsboro, reports his small fruits in like condition. Wo havo talked with mon from all parts of tho county, nnd with out oxecption tho reports of injury nro tho samo. Itosos aro killed, and tho only hopo of our dudes is in a big crop of sunflowers. 1'onr and npplo trees havo sustained but littlo injury. Fast of tho Mountains orchards havo sufTonxl sovoro loss, as tho cold was moro iutonso than here, and fruit trees moro exposed. Iu regard to planting orchards very much dopends on location nnd tho difforonco in that rospect will mako somo rich while othors witli equally good uppoarnnccs, but roally not so reliable, will spend thousands thoy can noVor retrieve. So far April has been n good month for planting fruit trees nnd mowing grass seod ; which Inst wo aro tosting, having forgotten to sow in February or March as iutondod. VEROIX.K. PRINOLK. Over thirty years ago wo wore living on a donation land claim, flvo miles south of Salem, in tho red hills, and our jjearcst neighbors woro V. K. Fringlo ii uu ma sons uuu uauguiers. Jiu uumu to Dragon in early days and moved from Salom, whero ho had business, to tho hills, and wo know them all for many years. Ho camo to livo in South Salem somo years ago, and ho and his beloved wifo had a charming homo for their old ago, whero at over fourscore years thoy both enjoyed life to tho full. Mr. Fringlo had tho Asthma, from which ho died a woek or so ago, and was gathorod to his fathers. Mrs. Fringlo survives him and is tho object of solid tudo to many children and grand chil dren and has twclvo great grand chil. drcn. Thoir days havo truly been long in tho land. Vergil K. Fringlo was an honest man nnd good citizen and kind neighbor. Now that ho is gathorod to his fathers no ono lives to say his lifo was ill spent, and many cheerfully re call tho timo when ho was nctlvo and disinterested in his labors for tho world around him. Klamath county tins a much larrgo area of ground reeded to grain this year than last, A largor area than ur'ual is bciug planted in potatoes in Southern Or egon. On tho Washington territory side of tho Columbia, tho winter wits unusually severe, but tho losses of sheep havo not been so great as on tho Oregon sido. The Morrison St. bringe, Portland, it now open for travel. Tho buildings used for tho Indian School at Forest Omvo nro turned over to Pacific University as they woro built on its ground to belong to that school as long as Used for thnt purpose. A fine display of stallions was niado at Hillsboro Saturday by thn West sido stallion society. j:i ox'S TUB CHOLERA C0MIHQ NORTH. STATS RAILROAD COMMISSION. fox- iovornor Pounoyer has namod Sonnlor Slater, of 1-a Grande, union county,-and Hon. (loo. Waggoner, of near Uorvallis, Denton county, as tho Stato Railroad Commission, and theso gontlomen aro now in eossiou nnd or ganized for work. Thoir duties aro to bo dovoloped by timo and circumstances and our Stato Commission will no doubt try to work iu uuisiou with tho National Commission appointed last week also, under the Interstate Coin- net that passed Congress this winter. Tho Stato Commission will havo to lis ten to all complaintumado by our citi zens, manufacturers, nnd producers, and arbitrato iu all cases that como under thoir notico. Tho histoiy of Massa chusetts, proves th it such a Stato Com mission is unfailing in providing reme dies for all proved errors, Tho rail roads ot that Stato uover failed to res pond to tho good sense of tho sugges tions made by thii board and did not dare to refuse- thoir assent, because they realized that when a legislature should meet it would enact statutes to compel tho corporations to do what tho com mission had provod to bo right. Thoy did not dare to neglect tho suggestions made but by liberal and ready com pliuueo showed a desire to do right and a willingne&i to change any wrong sys tem. No doubt this will havo the same re sult in Oregon and all reasonable com Tho San Francisco papers givo tho following account of tho counso of tho cholera towards us : ''Tho cholera originally appenred in Ihionos Ayros, where it still prevails. From Ihionos Ayros it worked westward. Throughout Fobruary tho daily mortal ity in tho city of Rosario was from CO to 100, nnd 70 per cont. of tho cases wero fatal. At Tuouman, in tho northern part of tho Argon tino Itopublic, thoro wero somo days as many as 500 cases, but Mcndoza, on thooastorn slopo of tho Andos, sufTorcd moro sovoroly. From Mcndoza tho discaso crossed tho Andes to Chili, tho first caso appearing on tho 20th of .December . laBt. Tho mortality has boon vory groat in tho city of Santi ago, wnoro ou per cent, ot tno cases proved fatal, and several cases woro ro- portod at Valparaiso, on tho coast. Thoro is a largo grain trndo botween Chili and England, and wherover theso voshcIs touch thoy aro likely to carry discaso, ovon if Peru nnd llolivia escaped In some wny, nt nil ovonts, tho discaso has roachod Panama, and from thenco it is likoly to reach Mexico." It is very posslblo that vcssols coast ing on tho Atlantic and Pacific will lis plauguo to tho seaboards of our nation, and it will bo necessary to usestrict mothods and excrciso all that eporiouco lias taught tno world as to amtnry motlious. II tlieso nro main tained, wo do not fear that this plague (through which tho writor onco passed in its worst phase) will provo disastrous to Oregon. IfiC f s '' - Jj) m I JS7 tlT llur ew CalalOKUrt r 1887. nulled frconn ippllcauon, conUIni Up crlpilott eii.i iirk ol rce Ubla. rlnwer, ur.ua, Ulor.r. Tree and Fli-M 8edej AuitreiUu lYco end Shrub Hutu; lutive cillfr la Tree and Flower 8cd, ruli Trece. and many ne noteltlei Introduced In Kurope and the UrUtid stair. THOS.A.COX&CO, 4H,4V,i, -415 Saiisomo Street. SAN FHAVCI8CO, - - CAL. Music of the Proper Kind FOR HU1BAV SCBMttM l a grout aid In ucccettu! i- rIce. Ecr echolar will Join In t . ilniflnirof bright, eplrlted, yet appropriate Ponr an I hymn', of a wonhlnuil natdre and Judlcl outlv elect- d. There III be found In the f ollowlnr. giod bookt: For the Sunday School, Songs of Promise. ViVitoB!S?d Pnre, S3ct. j or W.M p. r doten A great rarlety of cholue aotiiricnnUllmteil by many able wrltere. llutloaud wonli inuetlynew, A eplendld book for the UabUtb ichool. Try II. SnrifT "nrnroViin " '' " Kmereoo and W. OUIlg WOrSmp.K. jherwln. rrlceSScti.; cr,t t.f 0 -1 il z. Thoee hodelrrd txcrllcat and well arrni'nl wngefor the 8ui.dy School, will tiki: llil book. It la the work if exrxrlenctd vintio era. TYfllh "PlrfOTftrci For Ihe Infant data By J lOHIl .E J,UWerS. Kmma Pitt. lrlce2Scti or l2.4o per dot. Thr title eiprawet tho nature ot tht ..nit In thla delightful book. It la a charming an.l dainty production which the little people and their teachera III w'co'ne Singing on i he Wa,y.JD)' ' 'I j" 3ScU, or S3.00 per dt icn. O md pieces for the children to Irani; many choice longs, hymni, "occasional" plecea, etc. 1ST IM'cl for reUII price. Oliver D It son- A Co., Boston. Qrt C. 11. Dllaon A Co., 807 Droadwai, N. Y. h. W. ALLEN, (.ucccaaer to 11. HANSON.) Ill Second St., I'ortlniHl, Or. Wholesslt and IleUII Dealei In FARM. GARDEN. , AND .... FLOWER SEEDS. ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE A Mi S UTS OF PLANTS AND ttllKUlMKnY and all varieties of New OKOWTII Oraaa Seed. CHAS. H. DODD & CO. Front, First and Vino Sts., Portland, Or. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HARD- lL -31. IJLJ JBBm&, IRON. '-aallliaillWaaVetLaiU -7 JU-jz mmmssmt zit WARE.gLfflPj 111- " inrn courago (ruit-growera to oxtond their plaints will havo quick hearing and simly redress. Thoro will bo n groat benefit iu tho harmony of labor be tween tho National and Stato Cominis- opcrations aud to induce others to outer into this class o( production. Wo havo n region especially adapted to growth of jtho choicest fruits known sions and tho best results liuiut follow, iu tho teinperato tone, and with encour- - We nro inclined to bolievo that many A subscriber at Colfax, W. T., has sont us a 2.00 postal note, but ho neglected to sond his name. Will tho party who sont it pleaso forward their names so wo can givo propor credit. Frank W. Waters who has established hhusolf in tho produce business on Commercial street opposite tho post- oflico can do bettor with farm produco than any merchants and dry goods dealers. Call and see what hn can do for you. Cash paid for all kinds of country produce. Wk aro unable to presont our renders with an installment of tho article on glanders by Dr. Jeffreys. V. S owing to his absonco from tho city attending professional calls. Ho promises us another articlo for next wcok. STEEL FARM-MACHINERY. Bolo AtenU for Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho for tho 4 BUCKEYE REAPER AND MOWER, t Those Machines aro too well known to need comment. Thousands of Farmers havo used them and speak of them with praise. Thoy aro tho only Harvesting Machines that will glvo ontlro satisfaction to tho purchaser, MILLER'S NEW MODEL VIBRATING THRESHER, PHCENIX STRAW BURNER ENGINE, Tho most Hiroctlvo and Successful Combination for Threshing and Cleaning Grolu over Constructed. ' h BUCKEYE . STEEL . FRAME . TWINE- BINDERS, r- Tho features that distinguish thlsTwIno-Illndcr Is tho Lightness ot Draft, combined with It Extraordinary Strength and Durability. Tho Illndor Is of tho Appleby pattern, tho only really successful ono yet known. We havo two styles, tho Klovator Hinder and tho Platform Hinder both excellont both recommended by hundreds of patrons. Bchuttler Farm WaKons.Doeroriows, Deere Sulky Plows, Cook & Co,' Car rlftgos, Phsotons and Top Dugglos, Four Spring Mountain Wagons, Duokboards, Superior Drills and Seeders, Corbln Dlso Harrows, Hodges. Ilalnos Headers, Halsh Darbod Wire. SEND FOB CIECULAES. a lmB UNIVERSAL COMBINATION FENCE! Tho Jivst. and Cheapest Stock, Rabbif, Chicken, and Hog Fence Made. Latost reports from tho John Day country indicate that tho loss of sheep there is about 14 per cent. Tho mortality among cattlo is probably fi por cent. In Eastern Oregon and Washington shearing will have to begin early this year on account of tho condition of the wool. Shoep got poor during the storm, and thriving so fast now causes the wool to shod. C)XSt7ltrTIM tTBKB, An olj uhytlclui, retired from precUoe, hiving had pUtedlej his UaJsbyM Eut lodla mlwlnnarr the fonuuU of t slrupls tegeUble remedy for th spaed; sad parmuteot care ot Coniumstiou, UronchllU, O.I rio, Atuiou, sou ui lorxui sua bunc juiecucns, imi oelUt sad radical cure for Neirous DeUUtyend sll Narroua OouaUloU. altar httlni tasted Its wojultrful cur&Un power In Oiojasads of cue, ha felt it his duty to bus It kno u to his suOeriu lUos, Actu stedbythtanoUnesii'l sdealr to reller bumaa suf, lerloc. I will Mad fro ol cksor. to ail who daelr It, this recipe la Oanoau, KatUea or r'Ttnch, wUh toll direction far prtpxiiu and ualng. Bent hy scail h; addreaalof lta aumu and naulur this paper, W, A, IVIBW r" I'KNCK v iiilill.v.i Richmohd Champion Fence Machine Weaves a Very Heavy Wire. Fur Sale to Farmers or Others, price $0 per Mnchiic. Circular and other aluablt Uloima fTlUK KTHet;T AMI MUST ItlKABIC ' IEJIU&U X tluluniltied ouaypiuaihiu. AdJrea; II. It. REED, box tt.8, 3r No County rights Sold. Portland, 4ir. e jfli ,43 ..sspfS3rissVand m. .SSSSSSSSSSSSalBBsVTWhllBtVWAllBBBk. sfsssElr0vfiiv9iik wrmt ! r m feSBSBMaSBSBSBW WBS -aSBBSBSBSBSBV tj You WiU Not Find?? ptsUr IrsetlUr thu Stanley! seed saitd iron th odds tsos of vanoas crops; acta reuca irora wnaiiana oaioos, hesilkea cabbaft. apno(Un( carrots, or rcf is beets. (lammtutL.rtlkimnutJltMk.) li yoa want Morthera seed, hoocsujr raised, bcate (nnra (aot more than two other catalogs contain at seed warrastM (at in arm), Taiuaw aortinca. soane an to o lona u no ur, aena lor say Tegriui ana lor 1H7, riuuc to su. itcoataiusoa vane Peart, 41 ol Cabbage, u oi Melons. 44 of sVnretvaeed caulorae (or lM, FaUUt to aO. ol Heaas,4) ol Peart, 41 ol Cabbages, jj etc.. etc. Dealdc a Ian and tbotc varietv of agoiuent by tho corporations such as e honest mou will bo disappointexl that aeco. MOTM IIS Power's Block Hochestet .H.V Btsa JaJIKSJ. H. OfcUHiOKT, KarkUhtad, Vaaa, ! flower 1