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4 WILLAMK1TE FARMER: SALEM, OKEGQJN. MATE 20, l7 9Srfv.cvf lamed trerr Week by the CKTItLAMKITE FASHES rtlRLISHI.NU O. YV TKRHS OK SUBSUlMiTIOll. On year. (ToeUge paid). In adranee t .K U moothi, (FoiUee pud). In adranee l.& Mm Uun ilz months will be, pr month .it ADVERSI81NO RATE8 t A4TertiiemenU wilt be Inserted, proTldlng tn ate HpecUbU, at the following uble ol rate t One Inch of (pace net month ...I 1.60 Are Incbea of apace per month... 00 f ne-half oolumn per month 16.00 tfa column per month SO.OO XBinpie eopiM tent rree on triplication. rtrtUtn can obtain dvtltiniiiem LIIRIt A TIIOMA". 45 lUndolPh tmm 3'UIO rnrnlnnnlnlnl'hlladr1pbla HIS WArrKat the Newpapr AcWer ,S!iS iCLhUtUlnirARrncr of Mr Mr. IWTAVKWA eON.ouf authorized agent. CINCIN ATTI edrertliera can call at 17 Vine elreet, andpetcitlmatea. Our age nt are PARI KB'IBOHS. FISHER : SAN FRANCISCO Will quote favorable rate 21 Merchant f,ctunge. on tlio mountains nnd liigh ranges all nlong tlio Snnko mid Columbia rivers. Tliero is deop biioat nil through tlio Dluo mountain rnngn. Tlio weather 1ms been so cold nil nlong, that less tluin tlio usu al amount of water lins yet como from tho winters snow. Tho old Baying tbnt a "wet Easter Is n ininy spring" holds good nnd wo may look for much loss of stock nnd property if not anticipated. Tho Portland merchants on tho river front, have all mndo preparations to moot tho worst contingienccs wn hopo all tho readers of tho Fakmeh, who nro subjoct to flood will boar this in mind. THIS PAPER i, JAY UK FOUND OM rII.KAT KO. I". IlOWKXT..ACO'fl nwipper AdrtrtUlne; Jlurenu (10 Hr-HUCM mthukt). wnr.iiii nif uFUf if flair tbktisiwocokthaots fjfcfB fllfl. tuny to marto for It In HfciWW 1 !) The McMinnvilu: Hkpokteu is crow ing over tho fact that nn order for seven ty car loads of lumber has been ordered by a Dcnvor man, from tho mills of Mc Minnvillo. Pastures nro vory fino in all tho Pa ciflo Northwost, and mcadowB aro far moro luxuriant thnn last year, Hay now bears a high prico becuura of scarc ity, but that will hardly bo tho complaint noxt spring unless California Is our ens tomor. Ci-kau WxATHKii is assured us now. Probably ninny do not boliovo in tho maxim that if it rains on K.istor Sun day that it will rain for tho noxt sovon SundayH following. Well, it has boon provon so tlila year, nt nny rate. Hut now tho sovon wot Sundays nro past, nnd wo look for good weather. Okain fikmw everywhere look moat promising, and tliero is reason to hopo for a great harvest. Abundant rains havo fallen all through Kaitorn Orogon nnd Washington, and crops thoro novor lookod iih well. There is incronsa of ncrcH in grain, and tho output from tho Columbin river for 1887 mimt exceed anything known in tho past. We regret to nnnouuco that Mr. Goo. D. Ooodhuo, who for tho past two years has contributed much to this paitcr ns editor of tho poultry department, will not 1)0 nblo to longer havo chargo of that interesting dopnrtmout. Fino poul try in very dull salo those times, and Mr. Qoodhuo docs not fuel that ho can spnro tho timo nccossary to run tho do pnrtmout favorably. Ik Tin: viiuit crop oscajicH tho tribu lations of climato nnd season in tho fu turo as well iih it has woathorcd tlio storms of early May, it will form an im portant factor in tho production of 1887 and witl uiiiko our Stntc well known in Eastern trade. Wo only need to be nblo to supply enough of canned mid cured products fruit and vegetables to lo worth tbo world's attention, to mnko tho dosirablcness of our goods known, and canso n doinnnd far in excess of our pro ducing capacity nt present, that will stimulate further production. Hun. John M into, who is in attend nncoou tho National Sheep-growers' con vention at St. bonis, Mo., has been elected as ono of tho Vico-PrivmlcntH , and wo also note tho fact that ho has had toniethlng to say about sheep, nnd we venture to sny thut ho has told them a thing or two that mndo thorn open their eyes. Mr. Minto lins taken this trip at his own expense, and wo venture to say that his visits and talks while a way will do moro to call attention to tho subject than any dozen previous at tempts, We Hindi soon bo enabled to present our readers with some of John Minto's thoughts and observations on what ho saw while East. They ciui bo counted upon as containing many in teresting idea. Tin: Washington Farmer, issued at Ynkimit, is n live paper, nnd the iRxinltt up there dro up and doing with what wo should consider bus nntunil advan tages they nro booming Eastern Ore gon, The Farmer tells of a lino im portation of Uolstotn-Prissian eattlo by Thorpe who is nlso starting a cream rry the same issue, notices tho starting of a broom Factory, A lot of broom corn already on hand to use and tlio product of Washington Territoiy., too Tho Farmer has no patent inside or outside. With regard to newspapers few papers in any State uro ahead of tho Post-Intelligencer, another Washington Territory paper of Seattle, it would do credit to nnyAtluntio city. Is is believed by tho old settlors nnd mountiun men, tlinl tho tlood which is riuro to como in June, will Ui disastrous, tliero being unusually deop snow now O00D WEATHER AT LAST About tho 23d of April tborc wnB a warm, beautiful day that scorned to an nounco that spring had finally como to us, but this was tho procursor of con tinued storms that lasted for weeks, so that wo had, in tho earlier part of tho present month, ton days tlint for cold and blustering rain and storms was not oxcccdcd by any ton days of tho preced ing winter. Thoro woro several hnil storms, and altogothcr it was ns discour aging a spell of wcathor as wo over ro membor to havo known. About last Monday week, on tho Oth instant, tho weather clcarod up, nnd on Tuesday and Wednesday sharp frosts occurred along tho wholo Pacific coast valloys. It must bo that in this moist climato frosts do not hurt vegetation as much as they do In dryer districts. Within two or threo miles of Salem, in tho Hod Hills, no damago resulted of conscqiicnco, but further back from tho Willametto wo hear it said that thoso frosty mornings killed nearly nil tho cherries, nnd caused great injury to plums nnd prunes, ns well ns other fruit that is Inter. Wo Mud very few strawberries in tho hills whoro tlioy abounded last yonr. It is ery probablo that small fruits linvo been seriously damaged by theso frosts, as ico froo nu eighth of nn inch in thickness on thoso mornings, wherovor there was standing wntor. At hnlf-pnst bovcii on Thursday morning wo found ico in tho streets of Salem. On that day Dr. Cardwcll said that ohorrios woro vory light at his orchard, four miles from Portland, nt Summit station. Other varieties woro somewhat light bearing thoro. Messrs. Stavcr fc Wnlkor had a lotter Wednesday ovouing from Mr. Winston, of Hosoburg, who is a practical fruit man, saying plums nnd prunes nro a light crop at Itosobtiig. From what wo gather that scorns relia ble, it Hccms probablo that theso frosts may havo canned considerable injury to fruit and gardens. All tender vegeta tion suffered, nnd onily potatoes wcro sovoroly bitten. Theso snmo morning frost devastated tho vinoyanls of Napn Villoy and other valloys of California. Tho young grapes woro all killed in many localities. Tho injury doro was so great that boforo night, ns the news readied tho wine makers of California, the prico of wino wont up 23 per cont, owing to tho cer tainty that tho product of 18S7 would not equal tho demands of tho trade. So noma, Glen Ellon, St. Holenn.Calistoga and Snutn Hosn Valleys nro among tho badly injured, whiloSan Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stockton and Sonoma reports say the damage thoro is light. If tho vino yanls sutlerod so much, tho orchards could hardly havo csenpod froo of barm. It is probablo that somo injury occur red in all parti of Oregon nnd Washing- BBCBNT OATTtB IMPORTATIONS. Tho Yakima Signal notes tho nrrival into that section of a car load of Hoi stolns, numbering thirteen head. They nro from New York Stnto, nnd nro all registered. It is a fact that much now blood Is being brought into tho eattlo grazing sections of tho Inland Empire. Even in tho Willametto Valley wo note many recent importations. It is n wiso pi nn to kocp up tho purity of tho strains by constant change. Hut breed ers cannot bo too careful of tho blood thoy bring. It will novor do to import chonp animals to this country now, for in after years it will work grcnt hard ship on this great industry to find that tho foundatian stock in our bords was cheap and undesirable. Wo hopo im porters will keep Vhls point well in view, and bco to it that wo start on a solid, substantial basis for tho formation of our vast herds. Wo expect to bco in tho years to como mnny brooders of all tho loading kinds of livo stock. Western and Eastern Orecon nnd Washington uro peculiarly adapted to tho growth and raising of fino stock, and while this is truo, wo oxpcot to bco tho Wilamotto Valley tbo nuclous from which tho im menso herds on tho grazing lands cast of tho Cascades shall draw their supply of " blood-infiiBore." This is so ovon now to a great oxtont. Among tho rccont importations mndo to tho Willinmotto Valley wo noto that Mr. W. It. Caroy has brought in somo ''blacks." Tho last importation of Jcr oys brought in by W. C. Meyer, of Ash land, wo nro informed, is tho choicest over brought hero. A lending breeder of this Btoak informs us tlint ho intends gottingn young bull of this importation, nnd sooms to think ho wilt got somo ex coptionnlly good milk strains thereby. Wo havo ono thing to sny for Mr. Moyor, nnd tlint is, tbnt whnt ho imports is always of tho best, and ho never consid ers tho prico so much ns tho quality. where times havo improved nnd busi ness is moro prosperous. Wc hrnr that California realizes improvement and im migration that results in permanent set tlement, suoli as was novcr known thoro before. Tho Western Stntca aro pros perous, and thcro is a march of " boom ing" prosperity townrds us from tho East nnd South. Certainly, Oregon is unsurpassed in its qualities, nnd not often equalled, and as our climato makes our region desirable, wo mny look for groat incrcaso of population so soon as tho world can aflbrd moans to get here. Whito it is not positive that tho wheat market will equal our hopes, there is good renson to bcliovo that breadstnffs havo got to tho lowest point and tho sarno is truo of wool and must tako nn upwnrd turn. MULES FOR FARM WORK. ington, but do not expect to hoar that fruit, us n fact, is a short crop. Tho probability Is that California and Oregon will this year test tho world's capacity to market a greater amount of fruit, when ripo, ns well as canned nnd evap orated, than was ever produced horn in tho past, doing through a Hold of wheat n few days ago, wo passed botweed that sowed in the fall and that sowed In tho spring. The former wns badly " fired," looked rusty, nnd half tho leaves were brown, whilo the spring grain wns a vig orous dark green. Such wo understand Is tho fact with regard to nil winter grain. The season was not favorable, for whilo thcro is u heavy stand, tlio quality is seriously damaged. Wheat that Is tired cannot regain its strength and vigor, nnd tho heads will not (111 well. K.ist of tlio Cascades the wheat crop will bo immense ; greater acreage and greater yield than over was known. Western Orvgon cannot compare with Eastern this year, though wo shall not havo a poor crop, and far from any fail-uro. Tho Salem wood pumps havo 4 repu tation that is not oqualod by any wooden pump made. Wo havo ono on our plnco that lias done good service and which novcr fails to bring water in two strokes of the handle and that too often having stood umibod for a week. Call and see them. TEE IMTER-8TATE LAW'S WORKING. Tho railronds undertook to mnko tho long nnd short haul section of the law odious to business men, nnd thoy havo vory goncrally succeeded in disgusting tho business mon of our section. Know ing of tho coming ohango in rntcs, duo to tho Intor-Stato Commorco law, our merchants went East, nnd prior to its coming into operation, they purchased and shippod groat stocks of goods to carry them through tho spring and sum mor. Tho Commissioners, having sus ponded this section for tho Pnoillo Coast, their action was unnecessary, and thoy hnvo thoir warehouses full of goods they do not noeil, and seo that tho trans-continental roads havo again returned to low freight rates. Had thn law boon sustained, thoy would hnvo richly prof ited by thoir ontcrprlsoi but ns it is, they nro considerably involved by hav ing such great stocks in storo. Many of them soil goods nt low prices, mid folks who nro blcssod with cash in hand can mnko bargains. It is not easy to foretell tho naturo of times to como, but thoro aro somo rea sons to hopo that tho nour futuro will bring more of practical prosperity to our region than has been roglized for four years back. Provious to tho sum mer of 18S.1 wo had nil tho excitement which nttonds tho building of grcnt rail road enterprises, and tho genius of Jlonry Villnrd did much for this coun try ovor nnd nbovo tho prosperity that attended the outlay of many millions under his management. Ho realized that to make his enterprise prosper, tho people of the countries they developed must bo prosperous, and ho sought in all things to study and advance tho con dition of the citizens of the Pncitio Northwest. When the financial crash camo in tho mil 01 lbbii, railroad work almost on tirely ceased ; many of tho rich among us were heavy losors to tho extent of several millions, It is known by the de cline in value of tho securities ho had created. Hy this tho country lost tho flush of good times it enjoyed, and cap italists and merchants w ere cramped so that they could not carry out tho plans already projected. To mako tho matter worse, India became our most formida ble competitor in producing wheat, nnd ths price of our two greatest staples wheat and wool declined 25 to 10 per cent, in tho vory midst of our most try ing vicissitudes. Still moro trials were in store. Tho flow of immisrntion hither from tho Northwestern States almost entirely censed, for hard times seized upon thoso States, and people could not cell property or raise tho means to removo to tho Pacific. Hut wo have gradually grown stronger and moro capable to manage. Our peo ple, by industry and economy, aro moro independent than they wore, and havo quit tho credit system of trade Every- A year ago wo had horses at work, and by accident nnd disoaso buried threo good animnls, lenving only a young mnro and hor yearling filly. Theso wcro good animals, and by adver tising a wish to exchango wo traded off tho two for n good pair of mules, in thoir prime. Thoy woro not lnrgc, but wcro low built nnd fnir sizo nnd could haul a cord of wood or do any ordinary farm work. It was a good trado for us, as it proved, and nn oxcollont ono for tho Polk county farmer who wished to quit plowing for whont and raiso stock. Ho now has threo choice animals, all females, nnd soon his mules will result in a band of good stock, rapidly increas ing. Another year thoio should bo two colts, making flvohend in nil, nnd wheat growing would not yield him tho in crcaso ho will have from the maro and fllly. Hut our point now is ns to vnluo of mules as a team for farm work. In many yenrs wo hnvo novcr had work dono ns satisfactorily ns since these low built mutes hnvo boon passing under tho limbs of the orchard trees. Thoy work fiiuglo, nsjjwoll, and though not near tho sizo of tho horses wo lost, ono of them manages to pull a 1-1 inch plow, sot to go about ten inches, nnd wo plow up to tho trco so that tho unplowcd strip is only ton to twclvo inhecs wido. Not onlv havo they proved useful as work ers but thoy havo been economical feed ers. It certainly has not cost much if nny moro thati ono-half to feed thoso mules that it did to feed tho horses wo used to hnvo. Auothor fact is thoir hardiness and oiidurancc. On much less feed and few much less oats n mule will outwalk a horse and ho can not well bo overworked becauso he won't bo. Pull a heavy load on a hill, or n plow ii tho furrow, and when tho mulo wants to stop, nnd knows ho ought to rest, ho will have his rost whothor or no. That in a good quality, for tho bost horso wo had died of overwork, but his tory docs not toll when a mulo ever did. Tako tho mule, in all shapes nnd con ditions, and ho is bxscly slnndcrcd. Our mules never ofl'er to kick nnd nro ns gentlo ns need be. Thoy nro tough on tho bit nnd start when thoy got ready, but when they do start they keep agoing nnd nro rcnlly n fast plowing team. Wo would not trado thoso littlo mules, for orchard work, nnd ordinary farm work, for tho finest team in Oregon. It is truo that tho mule's cars aro sizablo nnd his idea of vocnl effort is npt to bo parodied by tho small bny, and nt times by tho humorous bray of older growth. Whoa wo occasionally ride Barney through the streets of our capital city, or drivo him in tho cart on somo business trip, our friends nnd their small boys mako fnudu lent attempts at riot, flapping thoir hands nbovo their heads for cars and aro seized with n dosiro to imitato Bar ney's guffaw tnlonts. Wo follow his ox nmplo nnd ignoro theso efforts, for wo find tho mulo usually moro dignified than bis imitators. Honlly and truly, leaving tho question of beauty nnd vocal performance out of tho quostion, wo wonder why people don't raiso moro mules for work teams. Thoy aro more long-lived than horsoa ; less subject to dlscoso ; cost less to keep nnd nro moro tractable nnd serviceable. Wo bco a fow teams of mules, but not ono whoro thcro should bo n hundred. Thoy command a fair prico and deserve to bo w$ll appreciated, becauso you can lot a reckless hand, who might ruin the tompcr nnd habits of n spirited horse, drivo your mules in perfect confidence that thoy will hold their own. Thoro nrc, truly, many hired men who imposo on animals, nnd it is somo comfort to let such have a team that cannot well bo imposed on. Tho mulo deserves good troatment, of courso, ns docs every nni mal that works for man, but tho mulo can got along with abusive teamstors far moro comfortably than can n high spirit ed horso that an ilt-tcmporcd man would soon goad to frenzy or make sullen and balky. Mules aro ncgloctcd here in Ore gon, nnd in this wholo region, nnd wo commend tho fact to attention of brood ors as well as thoso needing teams, that in all matters of utility nnd economy, long lifo nnd endurance, tho mulo is the animal for tho farmers 'or teamsters work, nnd especially tho poor man's friond. Fits posstivcly cured by Dr. Strykor, who has opened a privato dispensary nt 2GG Commercial sircot, Salom, Oregon, whoro ho will successfully treat nllcura bio cases of chronio and privato dis eases, nuch ns consumption its first stages, piles, scrofula, and diseases of women, etc. Corrospondenco solicited. Electric belts and appliances for sale. mar-25-m Letter from DousIai County. Oakland, Or., April 2, 1837. Klitor Willametto Farmer: Wc hnvo been having lots of rain this spring, nnd tho Umpqun has been rcnl high, but now it is falling. Goo. W. MoElroy is talking of build ing a stoamor to run on tho Umpqun, nnd It will bo a great help to nil living on this river. Tho LnChnnco brothers havo four young dogs that aro only four months old, and they run deer into the rlvor. Thoy nio h nlf breed bloodhounds and ono of thorn has not returned yot. Thoy nro good dogs, nnd will run doer bottor thnn nny other breed. P. LvC. KNAPP, BURRELL & COMPANY, j. injiuri vi Agricultural v Implements, WAGONS. BUGGIES. CARRIAGES. ENGINES, Etc. OFFER FOR THIS SEASON OF 1837 The Following Lluuof First-t'luss Implements A Machines. Buggies and Carriages, Krom the Columbu Duny Co , and other h all knottn miktri. The Racine Spring Wagons, Duckbotnlaaml Road Carta. Tho Rain nnd Olds Farm and Democrat Wagoni.n The Buckeye Forco rump, And Iron Turbine Wiod Ulll. The Hiillulo IMtts. T,,S?IS?S!i Porlttb, The Biillalo Pitts Engines, And Uonc Powtra, The McCormkic Harvesters, Ktjxr and Moaara. The lleering Harvesters, Kcapcra and llooora. Hodges Improved Header, Uijlil, bttvnir aud Durable. Tiger and Holllugsworth bulk) Hay IUIim. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY. Belting, Barbed Fence Wire, Etc, together with a Complete Assortment of Small Implements, STEEL GOODSx DAIRY SUJPPZIES, ETC., ETC, 0( tittj deecrlpfiOQ to ue on the turn. Illuttrated Catague for l&ST, or merutactaim' Pamphlet tent to any adkieea upon application to ut or oar atnt. Tarre-apoutltare ftlirilrl. maim ernes 1 Gor. Front, First and Ash Sts. Portland, Oregon. BKAMTH WALLA WALLA. W.T. SPOKANE FALLS, W.T. TACOUA, W. T. uuihes: COLTAX, W, T. CHENEY, W, T. ISLAND CITY, Oil. ..'- 'jfr M v: J 'A . fcg ' .Wl -,'V .Al