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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1887)
gBSfct& fi9ftK3KE2u ZinttVUaXSJSJiCSaiasMiMmm WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM. OL-tKOON, JUblZ 22 887 I tM t Jficwn jpciattmcut. Bute and Territory. Mnnngcr Oak, of ttio N. P. II. K. Co.. gives tlio wheat into from nil points in KiiBtcrn Washington over the Surtcli bach nt ?5 por ton to Tncoinn, or tho bonmi. Tho nHPB-ol vnluatinn of IiomoimI property in Al turns Co.,ldalio this year -wilf omonnt to $1,000,000, exceeding Inst year by $500,000 Wnlla Wnlla pnpor: The first now wheat of tho season was delivered nt Schwnbnclicr's on tho 13th of July by Tat lluesoll. During tho past year tho vnrious x)8tofiiceh in Washington territory 1h sued money orders nggregating $991, iwo fiG. Stockmen report that notwithstand ing tho favorahlo spring they newer paw tho Yakima range bo poor at this time of year. It is overstock d and eaten down, largely tho remit of tlcp grazing over it. At tho rccont meeting of tho Gilliam comity court, Treasurer Tlionim re ported ?G(M(5 47 in tho county treasury. Harvest limidn nrc scarce and in de mand, says the Wceton Lender. Wages ofTored nrc goul, and no one need bo without work. Six lnimlrcM Chinnmcn and one hundred and twenty-live Swedes were shipped from tho north to the railroad front on tho Siskivous n fow duvB ago. Gilliam county his 100 bands of elicop, nggregating 112,580, Iambi not included. There me liftorn bands nf fected with scab. Thero have been about 18,000 wetln-rs driven out of thin country thin spring. At a meeting of directors of Jack sonville school district tho following teachers woro olected for the ensuing year, beginning Soptombor 12, 18S7: Ct. II. Watt, Diilnry $1200 per annum J Wm. l'ricst, salary, $075 per annum j Frank Xeil. salary $150 per ennnin ; 1 Initio Xvubury, salary $150 )or an num. Says tho . Oregon City Enterprise : "John Forsyth b.i brought to town for tho collection of tho btnto Inir commit loo two samples of ryo taken from his field. Ono bunch shows 101 stalks stool from ono kernel, and tho other shows 73. Tho straw stands about msvcii and ono half feet in bight and is very strong. Counting and avorngo of thirty kernels to tho bond, tho yiold from ono hundred would bo not ono hundred fold, but 510 hundred fold. Of course this could not I counted upon under any circum stances. Last yonr thero woro 1300 bales of hops raised in tho Yakima vnlloy, which amount, according to tlio estimates of Charles Carpenter, who is tho recognized nuthoiity for tho hops of this section, will bo increased this year by two hun dred bales, Jloccnt reports noto tho strengthening of tho market, owing to danger from lice in tho English yards, and tho growing domnnd resulted in tho 8alo of tho Stevenson 'fiG Imps at Milwaukco, where ono-hnlf cunts was realized. Tho wheat crop in tho immediate vicinity of Walla Walla is estimated at 500,000 tons, to carry which out of tho country would roqniro fivo daily trains of twonty cars each for a period of a year. Says tho Signal of a rccont dato : On Saturday last tho first car lond of flour over shipped from tho Yakima valley was started ovor tin mountains for Seat tlo. This industry promises in timo to ho of much importance. Tho Yakima Stookgrouors' associa tion has completed tho round-up and reports tho stock In poorer condition, for tins season, than Known for yoars. This is partly tho remit of the i uoads mado by tho sheep interests and partly tho light fall of snow and consequent lack of moisttii'o for tho gni's. The stockmen will make a concerted movo on tho next Legislature for the pa-ano of a restrictive sheep measure for Yak ima and Kittitas counties, similar to tlio ono in force in ono of tho counties of Western Washington. They claim that thy ca'.tlo intorct8 are not only the moro valuable and bring greater wealth to tho community but that tho sheep destroy tho grass and drive oil' tho cattle, and kill nil vegetation, and that land over which sheep aro accustomed to ronm making them totally worthier. Through tho courtesy of Assessor Konmiuo and his deputy, II. C. Griffith, tho Columbia Chronicle obtained thy following facts, taken from their books. Number of ncics in tho county in wheat, -18,530! barley, 0429; oats, 4130; corn, IMS. total. 03,757, rcrea in grain. Tho total enrollment in tho public hchools, at Sjwkano Falls, during tho past year was 047, 317 boys and 331 girls. Tho avcrago number belonging to the schools was 439, nnd tho average daily attendance was 880. Toachers' wages for tho year amounted to $1455, averago of $01 25 per month per teacher. Spokane Chronicle of Thursday: The uurveyora ol tho Spokano & Farming ton branch of tho Washington tfc Idaho railroad will return to Farmington to morrow with their field notes and raako their report Tho distanco between tho two points is sixty miles, and it is quite likely that grading will bo commenced this fall. Pugetsounl exchange; Indians are wanted up bound again lor nop-picic-ing. The Seattle association alono can employ 2000, besides lots of while peo ple. They have nlout 4 10 acrea to pick. Columbia Cnroniclc: We are in debted to tho city assessor for the fol lowing items from the as-csbment rolls of Dayton, W. T. Heal estate, ?17,4 13 j improvements, $215,210; personal prop erty, S272.G98; total, 035,351., This is an incroasc of over ?40,000 sinco Inst yoar, notwithstanding the fact hit tho ratings were not qnito so high this year, ilinnfinit Mint nnr ll'HIn fntVtl 1 ITfl'VlIlL' 'steadily, in spite o hard lucV nnd the I Murray Sun: Tho clevationB ue- tmnnn Tlmmmnii Fiilla mill Mlirr.lV lire thus given by Mr. Blnkcsly; Thompson Falls, 3,000 feet; Mountain house, 4,300 feet; Summit houso. 5.000 feet; Summit, 5,800 foot ; Cujur d'AIeno saw mill, 4,350 feet; Murray 3,000 feet. Previous observation hero with an aner oid barometer mado the elevation 2.S00 foot. Walla Walla Fnion Delegato Voor hecs has given notioo of a competitive UA4.llllllK.jUll l . 'l' V" . w .. .j. P.iiu Militnrv AnmlnlilV. llin nxntllllin.- tion to take plneo in Walla Wnlla Sop- lemuor if 1001. rounwing nru iu-jiu f.tfu rtf ttin nvtimitiiiirr liiVirM A. T. All dorhon, president of Whitmnn collcgo: f...1..n I? 1? TTniitin .tr.,l,.lfik tllilim flf Walln Walla county, and Dr. Jamos P. Cropp. Tho Canadian P.iciiic hn mado an nstounding reduction in round trip rates. TickctB to Boston nnd New i ork nnd return aro $110, nnd to Montreal S1J0. nr 00 loss thnn over tho other transcontinental lines. M. Becker, of Kllensburg.in spenking of tho varied rich products of tho Yak ima valley and tho fortunes in waiting for thoM) who projicrly and intelligently cultivate tho soil, inforniH tho Yakima Signal th.it in tlio manuiarturo oi ocor ho had tried both the l'nyallup and the Yakima hops nnd that in his opin ion they were tho equal of any grown. In this connection it will also bo rcinein beml that Hanson it Co., tho great hop merchants and initiators of Milwaukee said that "Yakima hops aro all good and in fact as fmo as any from th coast." Tclcxrapnlc News Tho Tilden eslnto has 138.000 valua tion in England. Owing to not propogating salmon, tho dinners on tho Sacramento river aro unablo to oporato. Tho pack this year will bo about one-sixth of wheat it was in 1882. Oregon should toko duo warn ing. Tho weather in tho Hast is hot, and Cooplo nro dying in tho streets and tho ospitals aro filled. The hot wave ox tonus all over tho East. A 'Frisco dispatch of July 17th, says: Itecoints of wheat for tho first ten days of tho now harvest year aro 05,000 cen tals as compared witu zw.wv centals during the riimo period last year. Tho grain so far received docs not grado ns well as that of last year. During tho Cloveland campaign, Gov. Hill, of Now York, was an ardont sup porter. Now, tho samo gontlcman Ms just the opjxjsitc. Ho is working tho ling order for all its worm. Continued reports of tho light catch of Columbia river salmon havo advanc ed prices in Now York to $1 401 45 on tho river. Stocks' hero aro held at $1 05 to 1 70, ns to brand. Information hns just como to hand, that tells a horriblo talo of tho murder of Arcbisliop ScghcrB in Alaska, by n com panion named Fuller. Tho murdor was premeditated, and deliberately executed in tho nresence of friendly Indians. No cauo is nssignod for tho deed, and groat indignation expressed. luo murder happened November 28th last. Alouts in Northern waters havo Bent a petition to the President of tho United States, written in Russian, asking tho Government to send a rovenuoatonco to thoso waters to protect tho Mtal from depreciations. Still tho intcuso heat prevails in tho Knst, and is causing much suffering. Tho U. S. Government baa tondored the Australia as an especial convoy to see tho Queen to her homo on tho Sand wich Islands. Australian wool is now shipped from Victorin, II. C, to Boston. Berlin dispatches report brighter ! rosHHJt8 throughout Prussia fot crops. President Cleveland is traveling throughout tho Eastern States, and is leing received favorably. There will bo a commission to Oregon in August, to investigate tho Oregon Land Grant Wagon Bonds over tho Cascades, and to see whether said roads havo been constructed nnd accepted by tho Government. Tho pntont oflico has refused to lot u whisky linn patont tho letters "K of L" or "Knight of Labor" as they could seo no connection with whisky nnd working jwople. Tho Land Commissioners has lately ruled that will mako considerable trou ble, as follows: Its purport is that no amount of cultivation and improvement, and no showing of good faith in othor re spects, can ntono for lack of actual rcsi deuco on land sought to bo Bcouiod.and that even actual residenco docs not give validity to a claim, except in ho far as it shows an intention to mako such resi dence pcrnaraent beyond tho acquire ment of title. Tho party interested had cultivated 50 acres and constructed irri gating ditches and built bouse at a cost of $1200. His claim was cancelled and ho was sold out. A heavy and damaging fire is raging nt (tanntablo Hook in the Standard Oil ! works. Loss $ 1,800,000. I Ono million buthels of wheat was burned up in an elevator at Minneopolis. I'roauh nt Cleveland visited his bo., -hoid home on July 19. Arrived in "Washington again on July 20. Tun Georgia Legislature has before it nr act to draw tho color line, and makes it a $1,003 fine. Dr. Carver tho celebrated shot, has briken 1.C00 gtu-s lialls in 41 J minutes. Thus beating nix pruviuus record of 45 minutes. Smoky weather prevails throughout tho Willamette Valley. V "ST How to Curs Skin& Scalp Diseases with the CUTICUr Remedies. Tortuiu.no, tnsriKUiuNo, itcui.no, scaly ml ji inplj ll-tin'S 1 1 the Mn. tcalp nnd blood wnh 'ot of lulr, Iroinln'aim to old kkc arc curcl b) Uio Cina r Kkuiuur., CuTici'ru IlKsatAi.tMlieXim nioo.lPurlHircliinc tha blow and )tcrrlrilou ol LiMC'euitilnlnf ! merit, and thui row r the cai r, Ci'tuviu So.tr, in cmiuIsIU Slln noutlfltr, la in. ilNpc 'Mule In triatlm.' ski i dlicaaca, bab) humor akin blerol lie chapptil and ollr akin. ClTKTm HKMtmtK aro the ur.it akin H-aitlflcr. Bold everywhere. Prloe, Cltici ra, MV, Soat, -JS", CiirtilCALC , Dflnrnv, iUm. tfi. Sen If r "How to Cure Skin Plica'ee." JTtD nlth the lovxlle-t delicto) la the akin UHIifl WIUl 11 TICCRA MRI'ICtltll V1AI'. Tlr Ir. Ilenlei'a nerve toil. Owing to the lame demand and aale ol Dr. llenlej't womlerljl rime tonic, Cclcn, Ileal nd Iron, It icme timea hap ena that this ari.de la out ot stoik tor a few da) a; but do nit Irt iinicrupultua iloilera palm off any other preparation. Wi It a lew dajra and cat the original, Dr Ilea ey'a Celory, Deef, and Inm, the riure.t and moat clttctlie cure for nertouaaeea, a'erp' euneta, neuratcla, InJIfntlon, and all ntrvou tr mblea the world ur knew. l)miri(UU and eountr) atorta keep It. Oldest House in the Trade. A. ROBERTS, 135 Firat atrect, Tortland, Or, CLOTHING OF ALL KINDS! Men's Dress Suits. Men'H Itusiiicss SultH. Youths' Suits, Hoys' Suits. A lull .norl5;ttol FurnLsliing CioodK, lints uud Caps. t. A complete atock .t koo.1i fmhly bouicbt that cannot be undertold unl fiVi LUTE SAVAGE, ill Coinmeralal St., Saltin, Orecon, Books & Stationery Articles Arllat llaftrlat, Mu.lful Inatruiurnta. School Itooks, Music Itooks, fUjIiif Carda, Calllnj; (Vrdi, and an tndltaa tarietrof poktt cutleiy. I'.UUCUH. .10! UVtl-rt mid CAHII BOOUH of all kind and prlcet. Lattit atylea ol papertrlo oka, I'ena, t enclla, etc I'hotOKraph Abtirut, .ut wraph Alvuina, all cl thr latest atylea. Ala)a a ull ataortmant ol Lotell'a Llbrar) and Dim Note!. tiT Auy rrrludlrnl I uulahrd on Kliurt Nailer Ht atritular I'rlcra. OVERLAND to CALIFORNIA. OKMaOX A' CAI.J! OUMA K.K. And Connections. THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE- Cluae connti-tlone uaJe at Aahland with U(ta ol the C'allluriiia, Oregon and Idaho brace Company. Only SO Miles of Stnj-iin,' J lime UUetn Eugene and ban Franeuco, Only 3(JJ Hours! t'nl I fornla Kirea Tralna. Mnlly. South. urtll aCOpui fi J7 p m B jo a m Lv 1.V Ar I'ortianU balen. AthUnd Ar 1 10:iuam Lv 8:13 a ru L i 6 40pm iocal fAimisoaR iaai uailv lucan ai'PAT). S0 a m fLv fortlaud "Ar"3: p iu HXWamU Salern Lt lU.Mpiii 3.30 Dm Ar Eoirene L 00 a m DIllllllU lll'fl'lT ISl.Kt I'KHH. Dally bcttteen Portland and Aahland. The O. & C. It. R. Kerry make conntitlxn ltli all the revular tralua en the Kait fcl'li DlrUlon, from the foot ol t atrcet. PortWrid. WOtT KlUK llIHION. KclwrcM rrtli t'nrtitllla. MAIL TRAIN IIA1LV F..M EIT hUNDAV) uiii. r AaaiVK. HMVU C.lJl'll FRY'S SQUIRREL POISON! The Chcnpcht nnd Most Klfoc- tivc in tlic Market. 1-orUand 7-)lUjnlli. norrmllli.. lJOfM PoiWand. KXPREiU TRAIK DAILY (Z1CEIT SUNHAl. LIAtr. I ARRItB. Portland,.. . 41'MIMtMInniUle, ...8 OCrM McMlTnTtlle,. .t:AVllrortlarl 8 09AM At Albnr and Cortalla connect with Ualna of tta O. P. for Yaquiua bay. p.- ...,t .(....!. ..idlntf iiui miu. etc. eallonCompant'aatnt. I K. HCillLEH, K. P. HOOER8, Winii.tr. O r Paaa. Art. ""HB SS??? Arzx" Mum - . Is uarnute- (i it Sure and speed)' Death t' Squirrels. ..- OKLY IN 1-LB CANS. PRICE 25 CENTS. DAN'L J. FRY, DRUGGGIST AND CHEMIST, S25 COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM, OltEOOK. KNAPP, BURRELL k COMPANY, Importers Of i Agricultural Implements WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES. ENGINES, Etc. Ot'l'ER JFOlt TJIli SEASON OF 1387 e rolkvluj: Line of FirHt-CIims Iinplcnicnts Machines. Hu!KicH nnd Curriuges, I mm the Coluniliua lluiffy Co., and other well; known niakcra. Tlu; llnvine Spring Wagons, lluckhoanlaand Road Carta. The Haiti and Olds Fur in and Democrat Wagoni.i The Ituekeye Force rump, An I Iron Turbine Wind Mill. The Kufl'ulo IMlts, . ,',ffiKiloriab,c ?l..ll...... .n.l U.n.,n,,l.l T1V.!. .. tt",v W" lllJ tnglnCI. Tlio Kufl'alo rifts l-nciiK'K, And Hone I'owira The McCornifck K(arvehtei, lte.ipra ainl Moir. The Ih'crlnj: Uttntstcrs, Reaer and iioiri Hodges Iiupriivtd IZettdcr. Llcht, Htn iik ai.d Dural le. Ticcrnnd IIoIliiigNAVorth butty Hay IUkra. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Itching, Ilarhed Fence Wire, lite., together with a Complete Assortment or Small Implements. STEEL GOODS, DAIRY SUPPLIES, ETC., ETC 1)1 every dncrlrllon In u.r cm the faun. lUmtratfilCataguefor 1K7, or inahulacturera' I'aruphlita , nt loan) aduru a upon application to ue or our agrnu. Corrrapondrurr Hullrllrd. IIRANCII IIOI'HEH I WALLA WALLA, W.T. COLFAX, W. T. SPOKASE TM1S, W, T. CIIENRY, W. T. TACOM , W. T. ISLAND CITV, OR. main of tier, i Cor. Front, First and Ash Sts. Portland, Oregon. JOHN" C. WRIGHT. 287, 890 Commercial Street. Salem, Oregon. GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE GEORGE STARRETTS Walla Walla Garden-Seeds For Wirti'ti) Oregon and WHhihgtoii itaiiiory. THEY ARE GROWN Tn'tHE NORTH BEST ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE. Tlipy an- (iiiiintntocHl to bo Prcnli nml Truo to iiaiiiu ntul kfowii from tlio Clioioot i-oloclion ol Vi'Kctiihli'ti. They can lie t'ound for Sale iu all the Principal Towns in Oregon and WnhiiigtMi Territory. fF Ask yonr nim-cliRiiih for llicui nml if tliy luivo not Kottun tlicm wind your onli-r to JOHN G. WRIGHT, 1. O. ltox 1127, (hncral Ak'i1, Siilum, Orison, I also keep on hand a full line oi bulk and Grass Seeds at Wholesale prices. tc. Cfitnlogun Sont Troo on replication. inrlBmll aaiaaiaa.aM M-r-aana mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmKmmimmmHmmmmmmm WILL CURB WILL' CURB WILL CURB WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL CURB CURB CURB CURB CURB CURB CURB Diarrheea anil DyiteBtery. Pimples on tho fuco, ami Freckles. Old Sores nml Ulcern. Wind in tho (Stomach. Headache and Nervous DepresiiOB Scrofula. Summer Complaints. Rheumatism and Gout. Palms in tho Denes and Joints. all Skim Diseases. 4? i I FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS ANO CROCER8. I M N 1 for.K IwrlshU. aiid brUlto " I fur younr mn developing iliefr Uate for eu sloerrlnx. mechanic, auueurrect fariulnir. tiuitrsiU it fit ixia ur. ftnuri 4 MUitt. . Uunlil f da tktir war ftrftttll. Tf Wcople .labia, Irun Ii.a4 trlr., iraduatM clrcla ami polultr tut rrajllae af rMaottbiaexiao.ioncraQuaiMi rvu.uu i.riiri, vwv anri-M.aiu.iut wUliutii 7o. CaaU wlltt vr!r. lutlrucllvua wliu dMrra. doubl. .lUo.luu Iraqi inuaiLM cirrin buu hiiuiti. iimv. IMlruiaaut. Circular f re If wautl, ..... . .,. 'zL Z O. CrrKKRYt Mpfy AUTOMATIC LIVEL COm TBNN. rtTmtmra,Bia1 agBM3KgvB.,HTrMirft-riiwrt. ' mrwxxmtHfyaiuv .;r.TiffWaiiiaiafiWi..r8aaa)iaw r-rf3CS:,w"? &S3fittfiSSCBiS miwuiaaaaira- T ' "