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About Morning daily herald. (Albany, Or.) 1885-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1889)
"in" THE MOliNING HEBAIiD; TUESDAY", AUGUST 13, 1889. glowing gailtj m& TBI MAILS. II ails at thaAlbaay aaataflceclee r all omces aorta Xha Eastern itttM l ie West Side A ad tbs Narrow Gauge ft. R Km Portland and Salem... twrrallisand Yaa,aiaa Sic seath..... 6.S A. ..11 A.M ,.12:K9 r. .7:3 P. M The postottice wilPae clawed e.k ram six ta sevea a'cleck. cvei.iu Registered matter for thrfjeirly raerainf traio should b mailed before 8 a tlatk the preyiel ercaiar. OREGOS PACIFIC TIME TABLE. Arrives Departs I'jjieengtr... Freight .ill.15ajnll.a0pm .If)TTIKGS A BOOT TOWN. Boots aad shoes at cost at Read's. Salem has two new cigar factories. Table linen just received at V. 1'. Reads. Regular raetii) of the city council to night. . Fine peaches at 90 cents per box f t LaFoiest & Thompson's. The Le.st kid glove ever brought to Albany for $1.50 at Read. Li. L. Blacknian will sell bis en tire btock of books and stationery :it cost for ."0 days. "Fun enthe Drinoi' next Thurs day evening. Secure your seats oarly at Blackinan's. Hnest yellow Crawford peaches at their bwt for canning at I .a Forest t Thompson's. Stoie to let, fixtures for bale; Ualance of stu.-k below cost. Ap ply immediately at Blum's cigar tore. io and try some of the cream oats just received at Parker Bros. It beats rolled oats in eeveral re spect. Horses run away, boats tip oyer, .Kxidents are always happening. let a policy with Win ia the Travelers. A special train bringing passen gers and fast freight from the steamship Willamette Valley ar rived from Yaquina at 6:6 last evening. The finest Crawford peaches, hich are now in their prime for canning, Bartlett pears, and all kinds of fruits, can be obtained in iantities to suit at LaForrest A Thompson's. Cteorge ("line, of this city, re ceived yesterday from Yaquina a box of "fine razor clams. They re semble a rock oyster in size and shape and are said to be very pal atable, being reckoned among the finest snell-flsh obtained at the bay. The Oregon Pacific river steamer Three Sisters on leaving Portland yesterday for Albany run afonl of and tipped the dressing room of the free swimming bath into the river, sne is tnreatenea win noei on her retnrn trip unless she makes good the damage of $250. Haarisoaaaly Curard The employes of - Frank 'Wood, 1 tne Oregon Railway & Navigation who have jest completed the stone . (;0mpauy, plying the Willamette foundation of the woolen mills,pre-1 riTen It will thus be seen that sented him with a fine gold-headed ' liel. facilities of transportation are cane Saturday evening. The donors I as to f lYC jier a powerful ad were C. Milem, Fred Fisher, Will j vantago. Few western cities can Welton aud Geo. Nettleton, who ; e,lUan,t.r in : this respect, and her called at Mr. WtMid's reidem-e and' 01je aj,preciate that fact. The took him completely by surprise ; ,.itv contains as many progressive by presenting him with the cane ; .mi-j jo.aliead-people a can be as a token of their regard and the , joumf in any place of her size in mutual gfNxl will between employer ; tie land and a more hospitable, and employes tie mills. wiuie wording on . lr. .loba K. IMIkiagtoa. Surgeon, oculist ami medical specialist, ot rortland. will be at ; the Reveie House, Albany, all day Tueday, August Rlth, and will j (jonomiuations. All can find a ive an xpert-s examination and j ,a(.e ner0 to worj;hip according to opinion free to all sufferers from i tjie dictates of their conscience. In eye, ear, bronchial, lung, chronic, ' the waT 0f educational institutions Icidirey, liver, uterine or rectat ; ghr j,mdiarlv blessed. Her diseases. Several hundred refer- .,1,1. sch,K,l building is heated ernes given. Catarrh, neuralgia anU iurn;hed after the most ap or rhe nmutiiu cases are specially ' Iir...,t methods, and accommoda- invited. Thi Elcilrif Light. Work was commenced yesterday at the elootrk light station pre paratory to putting i the new dynamos, which will double tWe capacity of the '-'000 candle power arc syptem. A new build ing will be erected and no pains saarad to makft. the liznts first- class in every respect. i -ii taildlae; aad . Vf mm Aaa-Utia. The Tegular monthly meeting of the Building and Loan Association will be held onrFriday evening, August 16th; lo c be paid on or before that data at the bank of 11. F. Merrill. By order of the secretary, Jay W. Blain. Will Lrf im Albaay. Messrs.? E. 0; Star's and C. E. Barrows.-c! Cnicafa, are in the city.' They have been engaged in an extensive boot and shoe estab lishment there, and are here for the purpose of locating. They say that thev have come to stay, and expect to engage in business in Albany. They are men of lueans and are rustlers, and will make a success in whatever busi ness thev engage. Avalri tha Rnaa. Parties wishing something food .- D-r-f natato.is will do well to in ine way 01 irons, of f rnits. vegetables ..n arW and tet the first chance, and avoid the usual rush on the arrival of these goods. Willamette, Packin Co. Paula af a Slrrat Fakir. John Crothers. one of the two street fakirs who have been in the citv for several davs with a doll habv and ball game, died at the; Exchange hotel in this city last evening of chronic diarrhoea. The ' remains will be buried to-day by the count v. SfUriora. SWaar. Immense stock at Stewart fc Sox's. 1 he best quality and any size or style. Call and exai our stock. Stewart & Sox. line ALBANY'S PROSPERITY. What the Eetrcit Frsa Press Bays Conoem. in This City Many Advantages. The last issue of the Detroit Free Press contains a column and a half article from a staff correspondent concerning the advantages and prosperity of Albany. Among other things it says : Albany, the county seat of Linn county, is a busy and bustling city of 3,500 souls. It is situated on the east bank of the Willamette river, fifty miles inland from the sea coast at Yaquina, has an alti tude of 157 feet above the sea, and is in the midst of country as fair as ever beckoned a man that wanted a home for himself and children to come. All around her the soil is rick beyond computa tion, and watered by many beauti ful and grand streams which ueander through fertile valleys, containing thousands of aces of rich alluvial soil, admirably adapted to farming and stock rais ing. Albany is the natural, mark eting and distribute point for a vast stretch of country snch as this which is capable of sustaining a compact population, and must be come thj home of thousands of thrifty and prosperous farmers, who will bo attracted by the fertile soil, seemingly inexhaustible in its reserve of all that plant life needs. These, in urn, will be followed by the mechanic, to afford at once a market at home for the products of the farm and to convert on the spot, into the increased values of manufactured articles, the wool, hides, Max, timber, grains and fruits which this land produces in such rich abundance. The steady and rapid growth of this favored section wili find a reflex in Albany, which is and must continue to be its chief commercial city, and to the impartial observer it would appear that she is bound to experi ence in the near future an era of prosperity and development of which she has not hitherto dreamed. Besides being situated on the majeBtic Williamette river, which gives her the benefit of water trans portation. Albany is the junction of two great lines of railroad, which lend their aid to the general pros ierietv of the citv. The Oregon & California, being a part of the great Southern Pacific system, runs from Portland on the north down throuah the full length of the Wil lamette Yallev and furnishes con nection with San Francisco on the sonth. The Oregon Pacifio extends from i aqmna Bay on the west to a point some twenty-five miles east of Albany, and is being extended on through Eastern Oregon to Boise City, Idaho, T.f where it will connect with the immense Chicago & Northwestern system, forming another great trans-continental line. These roads being under entirely different " management 1 jbanv is thus made u competitive railroad point, ana sne aiso enjoys similar river competition between tli Wnntm nf the Oreeoh Pacific aiid " irenc rou se ,rrrfllw .r nf men ca" nowtiere I be found. Albanv has been termed "the City of Churches," and not un : ;nctiv St i-intains no less than .nm.i-pnt i lmrch buildimrs. 'nr.Knt;n.r Hs many different ' tion is afforded for GOO students. ! She also has a collegiate institute, under the auspices of the Presuy- terian churcn, ana a oainonc school, where an academical course can be obtained. She has a tine opera house, two daily and two weekly newspapers, a complete electric light system, several fair hotels, most of the secret and benevolent societies ; many hand some residences, and numerous cottages surrounded by lawns kept green by constant care and cul ture, numerous large wholesale and retail establishments, which occupy substantial brick . store houses and transact a large ana i lucrative business' with all the i surrounding country; Several ! banks, with ample " capital and large ucpuali.9 , uiiu hualctci cioc belongs to the modern and pro gressive city of to-day. Her growth has never been crowded or spas modic, and hencd she has nothing to fear from relapse or business torpor. ' Her citizens are thorough ly alive and imbued with the spirit of progress. In her vocabulary there is no such word as fail. She has done much in the past, but the future holds still greater accom plishments in store for her. ' Real estate has gradually risen and will i go still higher. Choice purchases can now be made ot intrinsic worth I at moderate cost. There are abun dant opportunities nere ior mvest- ment, and the returns cannot fail I to be sure and profitable. j In enumerating the adyantages enjoyed by Albany, a prominent I phice must be accorded to its splen- ed by u canal, with a capacity of 20,000 running feet per minute, constructed irom a point on tne r . South Sautiam, some fourteen miles distant. A small proportion only of this magnificent water power is used at the present time in running the factories already here, and in supplying the city w ith water for lire and other pur poses. Should occasion demand, its capacity can be doubled, thus furnishing ample water power, the cheapest and the best for all the demands of a Lowell or a Mar.ehes- ter. The city is already richly en dowed with manufacturing enter prises, among which may be men tioned as the more prominent: Three flouring mills, one saw and planing mill, two sash and door factories, two wire factories, two foundries, three furniture factories, one soda and candy ;actory, an ice factory and other smaller institu tions of similar character, and ex tensive woolen mill?. All of these factories are oper ated by water power supplied by the canal, and are doing a profita ble business, which extends be- voml a local retail trade. The ! . flouring mills are supplyin a de-1 mand from Puget Sound and San Francisco. The wire works are shipping their products all over Washington and Oregon, and tne furniture manufacturers and foun dries are sending their output all over the west. These facts estab lish beyond doubt or preadventuie the advantages of Ah any, not only as a manufacturing but also as a distributing and shipping point She has cheap and abundant water I power, and the raw material in abundance. She can reach the markets by rail and by river, and hei position as a xreat manufactur- j ing center would seem to be as- i surod. The wide agricultural sec- tion in the heart of the Willamette j Valley, the peerless water power, the superior shipping facilities, the , rapid growth of Albany, the public; The steamsnip Willamette Val spitit and progressiveness of her 1 iey arrived at Yaquina at 1 :'M citizens all 'hese would conspire yesterday after a rough experience to render any such enterprise prof 1 U a dense f"g off the coast, which itable heie. I know of no better ( delayed her entrance for two days location in Oregon or in all the ; anj" nights. She had the follow west for the investment of capital ' jng passengers: B. W. Wilson in any kind of enterprise which ! an(j wife. S. M. Sox, 11. E. Ferris, would find m cheap and abundant 1 airs. YV.'N. ( ieulding, Miss Nellie power, wealth of raw material and i Goulding, Mrs. Spaulding, J. D. accessibility of markets. PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS. Albany, Aug. 13, 13S9. ti EaiTOR or rnE Herald: The recent disastrous fires which have visited our sister cities of Seattle, Ellensburg and Spokane Falls, bring prominently before our minds the wisdom of our city council in adding to our facilities for subduing the tierv element, by their recent purchase of a new !,r rwr-nr. nmvhasft of a m-W steamer. The mossbacks in our midst, as well as some of our most progressive citizens, blamed the council and criticized them serious ly for this apparent extravagance this burdening of the city with an enormous ( ?) debt of a few hun- dred dollars. Recent events have .1 4u f i. ,t., than their critics, and simply did what thft fated cities above-named ought to have done. Those who 1 criticized the action of the council most seriously now unite in saying that their action has proven that thev were not reckoning without their host. The result of their! timely action gives our city a fire ; department that, in all probability, ! could eope successfully with the j most disastrous fire. Albany does not furnish an exception to the ' general rule. She is not alone in possessing what are inelegantly, but justly, styled '"kickers." Port land has them, Seattle and Ta coma, Spokane Falls and Ellens-, bur- all have them. But in one respect Albany differs from - the enterprising cities named. She al lows the "kickers" to shape public opinion. lier enterprising citi zens are afraid of tho influence of thoje who have so largely devel oped in them the propensity of the paternal ancestor of the mule. They are afraid to run counter to their claims or for rigid economy in til f.ifw (yvlth monf l'hpv liatA iajw v w. j -' -" , to pusn iorwara lmt'iovements al ready begun, because some one might object. Albany possesses natural ad vantages which no other city on the coast possesses. She is situated in the heart nf a valley that needs but to be tickled by the smile forth an abundant plow to; harvest. . She is rapidly becoming a railroad center, and yet she is not the slaye to any railroad corporation. Nature with open handed generos- itv hog oivan nor rim " KAsiiiriiiii i the "Ueautiiul Willam.tt. whinh of all timaa places a check on exborbitant transportation rates. She has a water power that is second to none on the coast. Her water works, the property of one enterprising citizen, are of suffi cient capacity to furnish her citi zens with water enough to make the yards and gardens blossom as the rose. She inclines gradually j from the southern suburbs toward , the water front, and can conse- quently be drained at comparative ly little expense. She nas a cli-: mate that California, the boasted '. garden Bpot et the world,-may: lual but cannot excel, and tne, scenery within range ot the unas-'. sisted eye is so grand that it . wrings from the tourist oC every ; fttim avfilflmaHflnl rtf rl ol i nr h f at. its picturesque rrandour. What is there, then, with all these natural advantages to keep our beautiful city out of the front rank of the progressive cities of tne coast : Absolutely- nothing but the lack of that large open-handed public spirit which so eminently charac terizes the go-ahead men of Port land. Tacoma and Seattle. We bave but to stretch fn.,i. tortn our nana to pluck the golden fruit of pros- perity as those cities have done , and are now doing, and not sit! wistfully waiting for it to drop into our laps without any exertion. Your correspondent is not a pes- j simist. He is disposed to give i honor where honor is due. Our city has made vast strides in its in-; ternal regulations. The cows have gone; bad sidewalks are giving place to new ones ; street improve - raents have progressed more satis - factorily than ever before. Lyon street already begins to look like a live boulevard. But why do not the council push to completion the Baker and Kail road street sewers? If they will not linish both, finish the one that can be earliest completed. Let the ' council continue with the same en- terjirie it has a!r disposition to exert. a ly shown a Thev will be criticired lor extravagance, but the wisdom of their action on the con struction of these sewers will dawn upon the "kickers" when the work is completed. A few thousand dol lars of indebtedness amounts to nothing when there is placed on the scale against it a thorough sew erage system. : Can we blame strangers for not coming here when death lurks in the air we breathe and in the water we drink? The enterprise of the gentleman ly host of the depot hotel has done much to advertise our city, but neither his enterprise nor the en- terprise of other public spirited ... -ii fi L; citizens win avail anyiiung wuri a ; constant stench from cesspools and (decayed vegetation to offend the ' nostrils of the "stranger within our gates Your correspondent has talked with many visitors in our midst, and he lias yet io find one who does not express fear at the danger staring us in the face from lack of proper drainage. The council meets to-night. Let them keep on in the way they have been "01112 and take immediate steps to complete the sewerage system already begun. E. TWO DAYS IS THE I'OO. Tha WillaaeUi Vallij Arrives at Yaqniaa After a Rough Experience. Guiss. Mrs. A. S. 0;den, J. N. ; Maxwell and wife, J. A. Water 'itan, Miss S. A. LaRue, W. B. i George, F. A. Enos and wife, J. E. j Chenover, T. Cameron, A. Mc ! Eachern, David McEachern, P. Peterson. The following resolntions were passed by the passengers : Whereas, We, the passengers of the steamship Willamette Yal- j "fr J8 1 I 1 t o her i raucisco iu 1 aquiu i..g Deen ueiayeu ior two aays ana nights off the coast of Oregon by a dense fog, we bereby desire to pun licly express our thanks to the offi ! J-11? u ,0,tlu f""" and courteous ti Z this trying time cials ot said steamship ior their treatment duir and express i ? inan u" ruluu lu ?av.: , Patton, the efficient master of said it 1 A.-A 1 A I 4. . y8el, ior his so icitude and care or his vessel ana passengers, and Mr. Place, the purser, for his kind and encouraging words, and Mrs. Kennedy, the kind and good stewardess, and all other officers of said vessel. J. N. .1. K. J. D. J. A. Maxwell, Ciiexover, Gl-iss, Watekman, Cuhmittee. PEKSNAr; MKNTION. Horace McCluie, of Eugene, is in the city. Mrs. J. K. F.lderkin is quite ill at Yaquina. Damon Smith and wife, of Hai risburg, are in the city. Merrill Fish returned yesterday from Spokane Falls. J. L. Cowau and family returned yesterday from Yaquina. M. W. Parker irft last evening for a trip to California. W. L. Lister, editor of the East ... VYafi;n toman, n wi the city. J. G. Crawford and family re turned yesterday from Yaquina. H. Y. Kirk patrick, editor oi the Lebanon Express, wnt in the city yesterday. C. .!. Stuart and wife will leave to-day for a leu dan trip to the Snnnd. II. F. liulbutt and family re turned esterdjy f,in. a trip to the Soda Springs. G. L. Claekiukii and family and Jay V. Blain and family re- turned yesterday lrorn Yaquina Hon. R. A. Irvine and J. O. Writeman will leave to day for a trip up the McKenzie river in Lane county. it h-.w low; Kxorrciii. f Colonel WQllj what's thq matter now ? rrivatc I've got liver trouble and dys pepsia, and onght to get leave for thirty days. Colonel I'll give you ten, and if you take Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla that will be long enough. : Fred II. Blecker, of the Baldwin Hotel. Sun Francisco, writes: Ihuvespcntmany dollar for medicines, but the only thing thatever Btoppcd my Hvertroubleand d vs pepsia was Joy'a vegetable Sarsaparilla. Gustav Solomon, of 223 Valencia street, fwu rrauuisuo, wrues mai n nas entirely i (rnA him r hi imtiwin.. -0. headaches. w ASTSR A COMPKT1ST OIRLTO 0 aSNKSAt. housework. Apply at once to Dr. o. ('. Abrey. . : it iTZ T1' ' r ' ro IV D Eli. for .Inliiis't (Jrad at u; express wohl and fold at his Itule Bazaar in (.ioldcn OXK POUND CANS AT 2o CENTS i eu:c AN (Juaranteed to in every Respect. first-class Tui.irs a i:mvoHL. Mil STATE DISPATCHES. Miiist t Ii:rseh Anives ia Portlaci flews sraa the State Capital. Special ta ia HitRALt.j Portland, Aug. 12. Hon. Sol Hirsch, the recently appointed en voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to'Turkey, arrived home this morning from Europe He is not in the best of health. He has been granted a six weeks' leave of absence, and will leave with his family for Europe at the expiration of that time. SAL1M NKWS. ' Salem, Aug. 12. The governor appointed N. A. Davis, of Milton. W. A. Leslie, of Joseph, H. E. Cross, of Oregon City, and II. D. McGuire, of East Portland, nota ries public to-day. Deputy Sheriff Smith, of Baker county, arrived in this citv this morning with Mrs. Anna Brinker, 01 Baker City, for the insane asylum. She leaves a husband and one little girl to mourn her misfortune. Mrs. Brinker is a tailor by occupation and is highly respected. This morning a young man by the name of Eugene Morrison, who was working with a steam thresh ing outfit near Turner, went to start the belt on the beam shaft which had stopped for some cause, and as he climbed up and loosened the belt it started so quickly that it jerked him forward.turning him a somersault and throwing him on to a circular saw which was used for cutting w ood for the machine. The muscles of the right forearm were cut clear through and the bones were almost severed. The leaders of the loft wrist were also ; cut and torn, both arms being i badlv nianded. The saw also 1 threw him violently and he struck j on his hips, spraining them but! not seriously. Dr. Wm. Smith, of j Turner, and Dr. J. A. Richardson, of Salem, were called and dressed ; the wounds. They think they can Bave the arms and bring him out all right. Ileld ia S'iOOO Bonds. Bernard Wensen, alias Barney Wilson, who was arrested for shooting Nick Zimmerman, was arraigned in Justice Humphrey's court yesterday. He waived ex - amination, and was held in $2000 bonds to await the action of the grand jury. In default of bail he went to jail. The prisoner is a youth aeout 19 years old, and is a German, ammerman is still in a : critical condition, and the attend-' ing physician thinks will not re cover. Work Commenced. , Yesterday morning work was I commenced on the bridge across the Saniiam at Stayton. This is the bridge that Linn aud Marion counties are building jointly. It is to be completed within 50 days. l ine Saitiaga. Just opened, at L. E. Blain's tailoring department, the very latest.patterns in . piece" goods " for suitings and trousers, which will be made up to -order in the most approved style by Mr E. A. Schuf- tier, the experienced tailor who has charge of that department. Call early and get your choice of. patterns before the stock is broken. i ' , ALBANY CREAM (CRT- FRESH HILK delivered ta aor sari af tba citj Wm' . Merei-i". Orders ca at left at Caaa Bras, or at t L,. Keatan't. Baiiel Uobertsoii, SEW FJJiJi! XEW GOODS!- Are now established with a tirst-c'uss stick of STAPLE FAMILY GROCERIES. , On the corner of First and Ferry streets, opposite Stewart & box. A complete line of canned goods, gro ceries and provisions of all kinds, do- ' tions, etc. Fresh fruit and vegetables every , iiierning. Prices reasonable. arCALL AND SEE UStui Ir Comino. HOPKINS k SALTMARSH, lttiner ii'. STOVES tare and Hardware, All work promptlv done at reasonable rates. First Strut, rmn Bi.oai' Urlk for Hale. T UT ' KILN OKB MILE: EAST OF , L town, ar delivered anvahere in tliecity. W. it. CASS ELL, Albany Or. Contractor anil Balldtr. mHK UNDERSIGNED HAVING LOCATED X in Albany solicits patronaze from city and country. " Will contract to build bridges, barns, and all manner of dwelling houses, j including Oueen Anne, Eastlake and Eliza- ; bcthian stvle of building. Will furnish plans and Hptcificating (roe of eliarjres. Satis , faction guaranteed W. V. CASSEL-U lasportaat Xallce. I HAVING LEASED THE KONTEITH j pasture from tha Oresron Pacific Co., all ' persons haring stock therein on asture are j hereby notified to remove them at ance, or , make arraiifrements with me. Failing ta da so anch gtock will ba turned out. JOHN SCHHEER. BROWNSVIl.LE. o. r, nevv a .. Ileal Estate and 1 ys U11A NCE A CEN9 Y A NASAL IN'SKCTOI! tris with each 'tottle nf Sliiloh's Catarrh Ke edy. Pi ire A) -rnt Foshay fz Mawi in i p. n:. F L. -SCALER IK- Staple and Fancy (HiOCEElEB tlso Cfiviee Candies, Nuts, Cigars and Tobaccos, Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. TEBMS CASH Subscription Agent papers and Magazines. j0NEArv THE POSf OFFICE. k SUCCESSORS TO WALLACE, THOMPSON & CO.l FLINT'S BLOCK, ALBANY. The Ldiii , to : ; ! Carry tlieUrgett sttt i 1 v anv ai f rer SPECIALTIES I Table Luxrie,Obie Tas and Coftet,CrJi-ft evj Butter on I9, CroaM Oke8, if anaed Coods, LUNCH GOODS, ETC. -ALL vjonstantlj on m STEWART & SOI -Dealers in- General D'on, Steel and Coal Wagons and Buggies Hope and Cordage Blacksmiths9 Supplies Garden anil ki all lniptats ! (j j.- HAW KIN l"' 'AKK1$1L ALBANY FURNITURE COMPANY Does 'an immeie business in all kinds of furniture, bedroom seta, parlor sets, chairs, bed lounges, kitchen sr.fes, and all kinds of tables, etc., etc. Also have a tine eelcct:on of wall paper and window shades, which they are offering at close figure 1, Call and see them, on Firstystreat, opposite Stew art & Sex. Kenton JlNI) pbicbs low. for all Leading News- A LEAKY, OREGON Tliiiw im tle city. eiatViinj he i. ? i. "L -' 4- want m mu cnsimi. - and Band. Grocers. Hardware -AN- Carpenters' Tools Builders9 Hardware Powder, Shot, otc Giant Powder AFuse Saws and Axes. Orrass Seeds Dscd by Farmers !