Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 29, 1887, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textffittvn cjinrfmeiif. Telegraphic New Two ships londcil with sugar lcuvo San Francisco for New York, Iving the first shipments of this kind. Gov. Semplo was inaugurated at Olympia on Saturday. Ho niado a brief speech, in which he laid down no defi nite policy, in promising a faithful and honest administration. Dlaino at Chicago wns visited by Irish And German clubs, but at his request no speeches wcro made. Tho frionds of John Sherman are tak ing an activo hand in New York politics, wun a view 10 eunping immurs in 1113 in terest, and aro Bald to havo worsted tho Blaino interest. Tho Intor-Stato Commorco Commis sion has madoan order suspending tho fourth section for seventy-five days, sub ject to revocation, and with the proviso that intermediate rates shall not bo raised above thoso in forco on April 20th. It is announced positively thnt tho 0. It. & N. leaso to tho Union Pacific has boon consummated, and the final papers will bo signed to-day (Monday). Thos. J. Totter, ptcscnt manager of tho C. 1). it Q., will bo president and general man ngor of tho allied lines, tho Union Paci fic, Oregon Short Line, and Oregon Itailway fc Navigation, which will bo operated as ono system after May 15. Castio Garden authorities roport a steady incrcaso in immigration. Tho total arrivals for tho thrco months end ing April 1 was 87,305, against 00,052 for tho corresponding tinio last year. Two officers in tho City of Mexico quarreled, and a challcngo was sent Thoy both fired at once, and they wcro both killed instantly. Tho latest news from Stnnloy,, tho explorer, who is leading an expedition to relievo Emin Hey, says ho has mado good progress, and is confident that by Juno ho will render effectual scrvico to Emin Boy. Great oxcitoment was caused in Franco by tho arrest of Schnaebcls, on the frontier, whoro ho was acting as an agen t of France. Gorman authorities claim that his arrest was on Gorman soil, and that ho had been previously indicted by German courts for conspir acy with French officers against Ger man influence. Tho Popo is said to have offered his services as mediator between two nations on tho Schnaobols affair. During tho Bovcnty-fivo days of tho suspension of section -1, tho Intcr-Stato Commission will dovoto ita timo to in vestigating of tho long and short haul clauso, and railroad men givo their opin ion that in the timo named tho suspen sion willl bo mado pormanent, and tho old rates will be at onco restored. Emphatic denial is mado that cholera exists at Magnttan or uuaynac, in Mox- ico, ns roportod lately. Tho Governor of Sonora makes an olficial denial of tho report. English news states that the coercion bill will pass, if amended, but if not tho Tory majority will break np. Tho Intcr-Stato CommNsion has sns pondod tho action of sctlon -1, on tho long and short hand question, for 75 days, as to tho Pacific railroads, by ro quest of many porsons and associations on this coast. Tho leaso of tho O. II. tfe N. Co., to tho Union Pacific is consummated and was signed on tho 21th. Tho San Francisco Chroniclo says tho Canadian Pacific road will carry tho pro ducts of tno iMcilio btatcs and can con vince Iho Transcontinental roads, unloss thoy nro trying to break down tho law, that they do not need to chnrgo such high rates ns now fixed. Tho report thnt President Clovelnnd has assorted that h will not bo n can didate for reelection, under any circum stances, is denied. Cleveland says ho novcr said so and the papers print col umns about it. Miis Dolph in to marry Nixon, of Now Orleans, corrccxndont for a leading journal there, who linn made a fino rep utation ns a writer. Tho wedding will corao off tho last of May and bo a grand affair; so tho yourg lndy nmrricH for lovo and not for wealth or honors. Ho conies from a good family and is a poet as well as a proio writor. It is thought non-intercourse with Canada may have to bo resorted to, to secure proper concessions in ttio part of tho Dominion, as tho proposition of Sailsburg makes fish frco and our fish ermen don't like that feature. In tho English Commons thero has been very ncrimonoous debates over tho Irish Cocrcian bill and ono Irish mem ber. Healy, was suspended for giving tho lio to an assertion. The friends of Parnell and Gladstone aro making a bitter but unavailing fight against it to work on tho country, which seoms bit terly opposed to tho bill. Tho Times has published a lettor as suming to havo been written by Parnell, apologising for denouncing the Dublin Park murderers. He denounces it as a forgery and so does tho man to whom it claimed to bo addressed. Tho Interstate Commission is busy studying tho law and defining their powers and stoutly defend the law aa good and sensible and capable of being properly administered. The Union Pacific road has already commenced cutting rates, in accordance with the Miepension of Sec 4, by the Inter-State rommiseion. Probably old rates will toon be restored on all the lines. Oregon Kidney Tea carta backache. , WILLAMETTE FAKMER: SALEM, OBEGON State and Territorial News. Wool is beginning to arrive at Arling ton. Coyotes are said to bo quite numer ous about Lincoln, Polk county. Tne West Chuhaleni grange will ded icate thoir hall the firs Friday in May. A rich vein of coal has been discovered in tho mountains near Forest Grove. Sheepmen claim, snys tho Arlington Times, that mora sheep perished on an average this season, in Eastern Oregon, than has been for sovernl yoars. Seeding in King's valloy, Benton county, is progressing very slowly, and farmers almost despair of getting their grain in in timo for a harvest this year. Over 25,000 sheep pelts and 1000 eat tlo hides havo been handled at The Dalles this year. This shows a loss of stock in Wanco county tho past winter of $70,000. S. G. Reed nnd others, havo bought of N. S. Kollogg, tho discovorcr, two mines in Couor d'Alcnc Sullivan and Bunker Hill for $1,500,000. Something nils horses near Salem, as there havo been many deaths from dif ferent complaints. Milton F. Davis, of Oregon, a cadet at West Point, stands fifth in a class of 140 members. Secrotary McBridc is trying to havo tho laws published within tho 90 days in which they take offoct, a thing novcr dono before. Gov. Penoycr refuses to tako any ac tion as to tho accoptanco of resignations of tho members of the State Board of Immigration. Ho says thoy should not bo disturbed. Tho Oregon and Washington Territory R. H. Co., is to build from Wnllula to Pendleton this senson in timo to movo tho crops of Umatilla to tho Sonnd vin tho N. 1. road nnd branch roads aro to reach all parts of Umatilla county. Thos. G. llcamca haa resigned his po sition ns inspector of mail depredations in Oregon and adjoining Torntories. Thoy have a surplus of 1,000 horses in Grande Hound Valley nnd horso buyers aro numerous. Six families recently from Kansas nnd Missouri hnvo taken land claims in Wallowa and thero is lnnd for hundreds moro, tho Wallowa Chieftain says. Many new comors by overland roads aro looking for homes in Eastern Wash ington. Immigrant from Arkansas nro locating in middlo Idaho. A vossol recently arrived nt Portland from San Francisco, had hay as part of its cargo. It looks rather queer that wo must bring liny lrom abroad. In many of tho Case ado foothills, says tho Silverton Appeal, thoro is a growth known as Inrkspur, which, when it first makes its appoaranco in tho spring, is poisonous, often proving fntal to cattle when eaten by them. Later on, when in bloom, stock may ont it without dan- gor. The usual remedy is to givo lard or oil to stock when suffering from its noxious ellecU, and whon takon in timo they can usually bo saved. About Ritzvillo spring grain looks fine, nnd most of tho fall sown is fair. Tho barloy that was sown last fall proves a failure. Yakima valloy was favored with nn other good soaking rain Tuesday night. This natural irrigation pleases tho far mers and gardncrs. The construction of tho iron bridge at Klamath river has been dolnycd by the lack of n certain portion of tho struc ture, supposed to havo been lost some whero on the voyago from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Tho falso work of the bridge can bo used in tho crossing of trains, if desired, boforo tho missing portion arrives from tho East. Waso county has seventy school dis tricts that hnvo reported and aro en titled to draw school monoy. Number of children, It 10-1. Amount of monoy reported by tho treasurer for tho April apportionment, $0510. Thero aro 119 schools districts in Umatilla county. Tho total amount of funds apportioned is $12,014 84; tho amount nor canitn SI 78. and $50 to each district. Total number of persons that draw school monoy, 4278. East Oregonian : Tho assessment of tho town of Pendleton is comnletcd nnd shows a total taxablo property valuation of $740.51)2 93. Last year it was $501,- uio. 1 nis indicates an increase in ono year of $178,077 93. Next year it will doubtless bo fully a million dollars. Tho grangers of Polk county will eel ebrato Labor day with n grand picnlo at Salt creek. Western Leader: Tho cold April weather has been injurioug to tho sheop interests of tho county. Many young lambs hnvo died from oxposuro. Morrow county exchango : Fruit trees are in bloom, and tho balm and willow trees along the streams aro budding into leaf. But tho Bluo mountains aro still full of snow. Seeding in tho vicinity of Ploasant Hill, Lane county, is progressing very slowly, and somo of our farmers almost despair of getting their grain in in timo for a harvest tnisyear. According to the county clerk's report tho present indebtedness of Morrow county is: To outstanding warrants, $8211 24; duo school fnnd, $4077 18; duo Umatilla county, $5,705 01 ; total, $17, 993 43, And the resources amount to: Funds in county treasury, $3,931 10; unpaid taxes, $4,424 05; total, $8,358 75, which, if paid out to tho county's credi tors would still leave $9,G34 68 unpaid. The amount of $4,077 18 due the school children of Morrow county will have to be collected by an additional ntiaeament levied on the property of the county. Enjoy Lire. Whit a truly beiutifnl world we live in I Nature gives ui grandeur of mountains, glens and oceans, and thousands of means of enjoy ment. Wo can deiire no botter when in per foot health) but how often do the majority of people feel like giving it up disheartened, ditcouraged and worn ont with dlieaae, when there is no occaaion for this feeling, as every sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory proof that Giiken's Auocst Flowkr, will mke them free from disease, as when born. Dys pepsia and Liver Complaint are tho direct causes of seventy-five pr cent, of such mala- uici ae uuiionaneis, indigestion, Sick Ucsd ache, Costivcneu, Nervous Prostration. Din ainesa oi the Head, Palpitation of the Heart, and other distressing symptoms. Three closes of Auousr Flowkii will provo its wonderful etlect. Samplo bottles, 10 cents, Try it. l Most of tho insects that destroy our (crops now-n-dnyB wcro unknown to our ancestors, nnd it Ramotininn sonma nu , 1 if cut rants, cabbages, potatoes, nnd grain wore uuumuu to nuniiiuution. inu somo- how tho markets aro kept supplied bet ter than ever with all tho threatened crops. Increasing difficulties havo Ho voloped among farmers increasing skill and activity, and probably each now form of pest in timo finds its natural enomy and destroyer. Sated lit life. Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horso Cave. Ky. says ho was for many years badly alllicted with Phthlsio, also Diabotc; tho pains were almost unendurable and would sometimos al most throw him into convulsions. He tried Klectrio Blttoisand got relief from Qrsttottlo and after taking six bottles, waa entirely cured, and had gainod in flesh eighteen pounds. Says bo positively bolioves ho would havo died, had it not been for the re lief afforded by Klectrio Bitters. Sold at Gfty cents a bottlo by Port & Son. 0 Says n Wostcrn exchango: Fruit raisers admit they woro moro wared than hurt by tho February frcczos and thnt thoro will bo an abundnnco of peaches, cherries, plums and small fruit. Correspondence from Eugene : Lato frosts havo as yet dono no damago to fruit in this part of Oregon. Tho peaencs woro mostly heavy snowstorm of cherries nnd other thoio will bo plenty. killed during tho Fobruary, but of fruits raised hero Dr. Henl)lrj-, Bfefand Iron. This KTttt nerve tonic ha gained Its reputation through thamarvclnu mulls It bufciven, II ( known to have cured where oth.r remedies till. It counter acts the rlilnoui effect cau.ed by (KcnilrtuMol to bacou; cigar and liquor. It build up tho debilitated and restores them to new IK and vigor Hating anion? It Ingredient the greatest nerrlne of the ege, It euros all nervous Ultorder. such as neuralgU, nervoumtei, ileepleuncu ami nervous headache, Cclory, combined with tho blood giving propertlei, beet and Iron, serve 10 cur dvinepala, Indlgeitlon, loaa ot appetite. It I a grat help to young girl turning Into womanhood. It glrcs them blood and strength. Thousands ot women were benefitted by this tonic. LUTE SAVAGE, 575 Commeralal St., Salem, Orevon. Books & Stationery Articles Arllat Material, Jlualml Inntrutnente. School Hooks, Music Hooks, Playing Card, Calling (UrJs, and an endlet varletr o( p-cktt cutleiy. T KDliEKit. JOUKAAM anil CASH BOOKS j ot all kind and price, Latet style ol papertrl Ink, Tens, Pencil, etc. PhotoirraDh Abums. Autxiranh Album, all rf the latest style. Alway a lull aasorturnt ol Loveli' uorary anu iiimo novel. UT Any Periodica! Funlvtied ou Hbort Notice al Mrgular friers. MRS. II. J. .1Y, AllMNY, OltEOON, HRKEDKK O F ... Brown Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks and Imperial Pekin Ducks- Eggs $2 a Sitting. A few OnePekln Drakes (or s tie. E. S, LAMPORT, Manufacturer ot and Pealer In Harness, Saddlery, Whips and Robes. Having bought out theHtnck and Oood will ol J. D. Jordun V Sou 1 hope that their cu'nuiere will eiteud to we the .me liberal patrnniire that 'hey did to them. I will sell only tie II 10T quality and (tylea ol mil li Mr or Clove Maud. Driving Tram. Uufiy and Carriage llurara and Saddlery. X1L Of mr own make and at a price I hat cannut be beat by aey firm In the Stale. Call awi . Tketol fcavlac bred baiugiil at a law price I aui prepared U give bargala. EDWARD LAMPORT. At the "Old UUad," tat Commercial street. BSEEEfflJ AHIIL 2). Ibh7. STAVER & DEALERS IN Farm, Dairy, and Mill Machinery. WAGONS, BUGGIES Si GARBAGES. Hinder Thvine, IteltiiiLr, Oils, and Machine Supplies or all Kinds. 208, 210, 212, and 214 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. BRANCH BOUSES : Walla Walla, W. T.; LaOraude, Or.: ami Moscow, I. T. AGENTS AT ALL POINTS N NORTHWEST ,1. 1. V,ihc Agitator. Ituns lighter, threthes fti r, I Ins liable to ret out otordcrandsavtsgralabo'lerlhin any .ithcrThttehtr. Acino Harrow, lod Smasher, Crusher and Lsveltr, weight much less than any other Pulterlilnff Harrow, sells for about one-third leet, ad withal doc the moot thorough work ol any. "if S IA Siudclinker Wagons. Thlmb'e FMn, Hteel Hkeln, Tubular Axlo Wagons and evir)thlni; on wherl. J. I. Ca To ky. Cn-r and Walklns Plo, liar ......,ln.lil..i;r. Wn rmrrv tho InrL'OHt Htook In CnrU, Sprlnir Wnfjonn, nml Vehicles of a e. fell h m a a .-ll will pay nil Intonilintf piirunnHorH to can nivtij WA Iloas Feed Cutter, sutranbred beat In tho Worhl HsaaaaaaaaaaaHBajPHaalaBlBlBlBlH fellaAtMisi I MaaaaaaV JtrStFMrfu! Si hA fflkB.aBaakreai 4AwMMiLT'FSBJBSBin MSi e'rasaaBBBBBBBaTaW ntdMal9fl,vUa4P'r . FU! i&JU'WT aaaavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaW.. ?aaaaaaaaaaaaaaak p'Ei!aVtii?'TS?,;- BS.aaBBBBBBBBBBkBl I JBBBBm Baa. mW7 -l-4 Jim ' Slrt.ZjL,-' BaaaaaaaaT"' jTST 'TammWMMy W W JR. W7 fHRBaSQJBBSAfilF 11 DEDERICK HAY PRESS : Over throo-fourthB of a'.l tbo hay baled in tho Unit d .States and Canada is bnlod by tlicso preHooa. aajt;SMPattaaaaaaBa.aaaahaBBJMJZJ SJaaaaaJSyajJUJIaaL -EmT' Tl. rsAaic Boaa For tho convcnicnco of our patrons wo havo catubliulioil Ilranoli Jloueoa nnd agenclcH at nil poinU of importanco throuubout OroKon, Wualiinyton mid Idnbn, where we carry n Mock of our varioim maciilnea and vohiclef, mid also ropuirn for name. Wo oarnoHtly aak that you call upon our nenrctit local nijont, oxnnilno ntirKOOiU nnd obtain our toruiH nnd prlcen buforo nocu in tho line ol .Maclilncry, VelilclcB or HupplloH. If wo have no local agent near you, plciiMO writo iih what you wish t- purchase and wo will tend full information and pricwi by return mail, or havo i no of our traveling enlCHUien call upon you. Should there ever ariso any diwmtinfaction in your dcalbgri with ursolvoa or AgontH, plcaho writo us all tbo facta and wo will co that nmplo justice t done you. All our goodH havo been especially built for tliit trade of 11." I v-t material NtroiiKiy nnd durably made, finely finished und painted, and gunriniictl counl or Hiiperinr to all others of their clawi manufactured in tbo United K uim. We thai) hope, by furnibhing you tho and cotirloi)B and bonorablo treatment, STAVER & WALK Kit. 208 to 214 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. WALKER, A Buggies and Carriages. Knl Bprlnfr, Side nprlnir, llrew.ter spilnir, Tlmken print; Durg-tc and all klmli of Carriages and Vehicles. J. I. Cats PorUble, btr w bund g, Traction and Skid Kniittica, Uost l'owuilul In tho world. Hooslcr Force Feed Drills and Sesders, with Truis Ail anil WldsTlte. amjRHRD Ntudnlriikcr. I'. i' w.,. r a "'" I'" ..-... tlio Northwcflt (if Itniririnri, Currincca. all kind" nt prittw to milt ovorylxxly. It . m . I naaatatiiai.t jxaaaat iial .a ata 1 fltl.l.tlak ItHlaAii "-"i u" ' mm uihi ifit.H. Bisseil Chilled Plows Warranted hct r hnllt and better working1 than any other Chili Plow made. Bob Sleighs Hpeeiall. hullt for our Trade and flrht cIiihh In every respect purchaoing oleowhcro nnythitiK jou may best goodt), by fair pr'cei. icral tonne. to vecure your onliro p.ttron.i);i.