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ft-" VOL. 4. DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY; APRIL 26, 1873. NO. 6. ! 7 t a I ! S Iu liberal ,3)flubU can OFICIAIi PAPER FOR POL.K COUNTY. Ii Issued Ever Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. P. C. SULLIVAN PROPRIETOR, SUBSCRIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year, $2 00. Six Months, $1 25 Three Months, flOO For Clubs of ten or more $1 75 er annum. StbicrijjtivH uiut be paid utriclly in advance ADVERTISING BATES. One square (12 lines or leas), first insert' n,$ 2 50 Each tfubjequent insertion- 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. Transient advertisements tnu?t bo paid for ir. advance to insure publication. All other ad 'erasing bills must be paid quarterly. Lejal tenders taken at their current value. Blanks and Job Work of every description uruisbed at low rates on short notice. THE ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, is in every respect a First Class Magazine. Its articles arc of the highest interest to all. It teaches what we are and how to make the most of ourelve. The informa tion it contains n the Laws of Life and Health is well worth the price of the Magazine to every Family. It is published at $3 00 a year, liy special arrangement we are enabled to oflVe the PmtexoLonie.il. JoenvAi. as a Premium ler a hew lubscribers to the Oum;on Unrein icax. or will furuish the Piirknui.ouk'AL Joi iisai, nnd Oregon 1' kitblicah together for $1 0 We commend the Joi iimal to a t who want a good magazine PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC R P Boisb P L Willis BOISE it WILLI S, Attorney at faw SAI.IIM, OHLGON. Will practice in all the courts in the State F'15 73 ly JOU J. DALY, Att'y & Consellcr-at-fjaw. DALLAS, OKCGOX. Will practice in the Courts of Record and In ert r Courts. Collections attended to promptly. OFFICE In the Court House. 4 1 tt P. . SULMVAA', Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1 J. b.J Sites, m. - 1 J, c, cri bbs, a.m., u. i DRS. SITES K& Gill CBS, GPliysiciaris and Sixrgens, OFFER THIER PROFESSIONAL SER vices to the citizens of Dallas and viciu Itjr. OFFICE In rear of Nichols A Hyde's Druz Store. v Felr22 73tf xv. ii. nv B E lil.. DENT IS T . Office one door.North of tho Post Office DALLAS...... ...OGJf. Particular atentlon given to tho regulation children's teeth. AH work warranted. yrfrP AD VERT IS EMU NTS Q HEAL ESTATE. GKO. II. JONES Real Estate Broker J. M. rATTKHSOV Notary Public JOAES &, PATTERSON, REAL ESTATE AGEfiT . Negotiate ffiaus, Make Collect sons, f AGENTS FOR UHlOlJ FIRE IflSUAWCEiCC of San Francisco; an J MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO , f New i'ork. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK salism on i:c; .v. OUR RULES : We buy or sell only on eoiomiosion chiirjrJos; a j'cr ceutae fur the amount whirh the r.. ertv is sol i or traUl, for our ?er'ues, duo when the cm tract of iale or trade is made We will introduce purehasirs to the owners .f the rerljr. and leave theni tree ii m.ike the best turiiu they can, without .my interference on uur ;art We ny all advertising expense", dep. riding on our coniuii-.-iuti, when a sale or trade is male We how all property, where within reach, or irive letters of introduction to reliable parties living near who will ;-h nvt All letters of u tuiry j r Hiiptly au 1 ful'y an swered We have many applic.itions fr m jro.nl, prompt paying men, who will pay I 'J percent for ui-.ney, an J give fir.-1 class personal r reul estate f ecuri ty,Hid pay al! the expenses atU'ii-lm tn.ik iu nut the paper-, Ac. Parties havio iiiuif-y to loan will do well to apply to Ui b-firc placing it el.e where WV charge the U-ndcis ii' tint:.; t' t our services ; the borrowers pay us K -aire S itialae tiun given regarding the seeuriti .s. Aftetiiion is ealied to description A property for t ile i it the WkkiviuY Sr.vn-.su.iN. i Feb lj'Tt ly Nrr.VI BATCKRY. FA Mil, V C It '(' It 3 I Orsielcer IMsxiiuliiciiry, Commercial Street, Salun Oregon. FeLlj1?'. ly 1) Ii. II UD SO N . M. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. OFFICE. Over Fouthcr's Store, Cor Commercial A State St., Sakin, Ofc,n Kith Dr. Ilichardson. Nor 9, tf . s. s i i, v a: 15, No. 130, First Street, PUUTLAM), - - - - OHCGON Wholesale and Retail Dealer in DRY GOODS, CLOTillXO, LADIES' DUKSS UOODS, ItOOTS ANI HIIOI2S, HATS & CAPS GROCERIES ik PROVISIONS, Highest Cash Price paid for all kinds of Country IProcluee. DALLAS LIVERY FEED & SALE STABLE Cor. Main and Court Streets, Thos G. Richmond, Proprietor. HAVING PURCIIASKD TIIR ATiOVK Stand of Mr. A. II. Whitley, we have re fitted and ro stocked it in ueh a manner as will satisfactorily meet every want of tho com munity. Huggleti, cringle or double, Hacks, Con cord Wagons, etc., etc., Furnighed at all hours, day or night, on short notice. Superior Saddle IIorBen, let by Xht Day or Week. 'ITBHWS, IIBASONAI1J.B. T. 0. RICHMOND IN CALI- 1'OKMA. Letters from California Planters to tho Resources of California. IIoi'KTON, Meuckp Co., Cal , Jan. 5, 1873. (Joo. F. Silvester, SeeJmau, San Francisco. My' Dear Sir : 1 am pleased to see the interest manifestd by you iu the extension of cotton cuK ture in this State, including an attempt to promote it through the di&trihutioD of selected varieties of seed. I cheer, fully comply with your request to furnih you with such instructions relative to the preparation for planting and cultivating it, as will enable the btgiuner to treat it intelligently. Pre liminary to cuy directions relative to plauiiug and cultivation; it may not be unprofitable to indicate the localities from which satisfactory results may be expected. I am convinced that cotton may be successfully aud profitably cultivated anywhere iu California between the isotherm 'i I Jiues tf t-ixty and s.vcnty digress. Certaiuly in thn valley ol the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Kern rivers. I would not risk an. ex tensive planting" upon the low Lud bordering on the Coast. Hut upon dry dryer lands, or on the pLins, in season of oruinarv rain fall such as that of 171-:! was. or that of lS7L'-o j promises to be cotton should be tested j thoroughly. 1 he indications of my experiment in J.'s Angeles county 1n71, lead me! to ho! suece.-sful results fu.m the I inunetiM regions i-ferrcd to. One of j the results o! that experimant was the d'jinon.if rut'on of the influence f the; .im ail iiii'in M'uirle. Tln viiil if lln i -honest staple and current variety pltuted in the South, yielded there, : put which Kistern ph.ntns or.l brokers pronuneed equal to sea i.-laial. ! The character of the land selected for planting should be modcrate'y moist A soil fr. in which the moisture is rraduailv and urel'' exhausted as the season progre.vses. Cotton is not a I oraeiitu ftedcr like com, and a damp, I cold soil in whieli corn would flourish, ! is an unhealthy locality for the first named plunt. Tho crops on the Mer ced river, in Fresno and Keain coun ties, were all injured the past ycir by j tho excessive moistures in the soil. In j other respects, the plart flourishes on j ull soils, sands and clay alike. The ground should be plowed early, !n i the absence of facilities for irrigation, 1 i j plowed as deeply and thoroughly as j possible, say fiom eight to ten inches. After plowing, the finer the tith to which it be reduced by harrowing and dragging the better. The planting should be finished as ca rrly as possible after tfie frosts of spring cease to fall. The cheapest method of performing this work, is. through the the use of the planter. Cotton feed planters are made here at a cost of $25. With this implemcut one man aud hocse will ifurrow off and plant eight acres per day. A bushel of seed 30 pounds per acre is an ample quantity. In eight or ten days after planting, the cotton will be above ground. If l. ..l, '..i.i : i ,i ! wucua .-oouiu sjonig up ueiwccu iou row, they should be exterminated promptly. For this work, the best im plement I have discovered in Strong's Horse Hoc is the best substitute. When in tho fourth leaf tho plants should bo reduced to a stand by thin thinning them to ono plant for every foot ; ono plant for every foot in tho row gives a perfect "stand." The rows should bo four feet apart on good land; on low, moist lands, the distance should be from 4i to 5 feet. Af long as tho wceda con tinue to come in the space between tho rows they should bo exterminated by the horse hoe. It will not bo necessary to use it more than twice in tho same row. So too, tho hand hoo should bo used to exterminate thoso that spring COTTON up in tho drill, among the stalks. The work of thinning is executed by hand hoe from hx to seven inches iu width A man and horse can go ever ten acres per day with the horse hoc. This ends the work of cultivation, and costs from six to seven dollars per acre. If tho plant possesses facilities for irrigation, the work of applying water should be first pftibruicd. If the hnd aJhould bo thoroughly irrigated before plowing, cotton may be success fully plantt tl npon it. If the plant thould piaiuly indicate the necessity for it, then no more fchould be applied at ence than au ordinary raiu would aiioru. Iu California picking is a simple process. The requisites are a sack, a man or boy, and a place to stow the IV 1 cotton. uimri'' is a like simnle th gin is put up and set to work by the j seller. Anyone who understands the mau- a-cment of a hay press can press cot- j ton. An ordinary strong hay press j will answer for tailing, but a cott n press is preferable. 1 he best gin uow iu use is the (jullett ; of this patent there are two kinds, the Steel I omh s I Jin. the tv!i li"!if draft (I ulhtt. called i J I J ' ;j - --p.-- - - - - Magnolia Ci... The former costs $5 '0 j CUI, hc .ppHatvd by the construction per saw, currency delivered iu New j u iiriatin dihc, the cost of which York; the Utter per saw, freight nomia. I Fresno county the to San Frariciscu, coin. A fifty.; Ki, KUerand San Joaquin Canul saw jiin will turn oil 1 ," pounds 'f'is being pushed f rwar 1 vigorously, i: : -v ',... 1. 1 ...i . . i i ... . i. tan eouou " ij ujjs. .vineuvi iu , . ! tLe hoist power in oiiimon Use, six burses art r quired to drive it, , - , The best cotton presses in use are (nil- ; h it's IHnd iit -H aiid U iub rt Plantution Com; res. On the former : three men can bale twenty bales of l.aOlbs to f0Olbs weight each, per day. On the litter with the ad -it on of a inuh , the same nurber of hdes will ' be reduced to shipping dimensions f, r the Kuropoon market. 1 he price ; . i : , a l - r I f...:..l.i ! piompt a'tention. The profit of the cotton culture te ,ie line of Ihe railroad, and to conve past yiar varied frcm to .64:$ fcr ; nicft si , j ri,j n p(,;tlts. The soil of acre. A gentlcmau planted Mariposa Fiein0 a:.j T(.rced ,s a sandy loam, CioA,in this county, twenty acres on j xcel t lhc riviT DOttonis atui anjs shares with me. Alter paying all bordering a shugh which take more of expenses, including 5- W per bushel for seed, he realized a net profit of 7" per acre. I regard 10 per acre net profit, the legitimate result in good season, llespeclfully yours, Jn,o. L. Stuonu. The Visalia 7Mays ; The success of the last' year's crop has been such ns to encourage a party t ii 1 . in San rrancisco to commence! uic in Din rrancisco io commence, niu , ,x manufacture ot the staple. Our . 1 farmers will do well to give it thtir attention. Herewith we present a statement which we believe may be relied upon, and which gives great promise of high profit. Hero it is: Crop of Turner k Helm, Mariposa Creek, for 1872. Cost of preparing, planting and cultivating : Twenty acres atJ$S25 per aero 00 l'ieking 14 hales at f .J per acre 3S0 00 Twenty bushel secil at $2 50 reracrs 50 00 dinning auu bailing at $S per bale 1 12 00 Total $707 00 CIIEPIT. By 7,028ths lint cotton, U bales, at 20 eta. "ft It, .f 1,405 60 420 bushel food, at $1 pel bushel 462 00 Total $1,87 00 Not profit, $50 per aero 1,16060 Other crops netted from twelve to thirty-eight dollars per aero. Cotton im Vlntura County. A correspondent of tho Santa Barbara ; Judex writiug from the Santa Clara Valley, Ventura county. January, 13, 1873, says "Mr. Win. Ramsaur has been cxper- mentinir with cotton. He planted two varietiesthe common up land and the Sea Island. Uoth kinds grew well. The Sea Island has a beautiful long, line fibre, but the bolls did not open bo well as the other variety. He in formed me that that the soil he plan ted it in was not good for cotton rather saliy and having some alkili mixed with it ; also that it was to near the coast. Uut he seemed confident that further from the coast, near the foothills, it can bo raised with success the soilther being a sandy loam, and just suited to its growth. I was out near Uakersfield. some time ago, and got a sample of the cottou raised there. The fibre of the cotton raised by Mr. Uamsaur is superior to that raised there PuoFiTs of Cotton Culture. Kimtok Bulletin : Ueing almost daily receipt of letters from planters in the South, who comtemplate emmijira- ti(1J, t0 itiiU, fur tiiC purposo of ! engaging iu the culture of cotton, ! nermit me to reply through your j,mrn:1i. u tue counties of Fresno, Tulan Merced and Kern , (iovcrnment )aluls adapted to the growth of this staple are open to pre-emption. The i majority of these latins do not possess w if , " A.ift.r privileges except in Kern, where .1 :. ..t l.,..,. ..f Ull'll.' IS llll u,niii.un.u vu P4ivi ""ii." catjal IsUWUtU 1V a lOilil klUCK ' (,,,.,,. v roimiri?inL' some of our most i enterprising citizens, who have alwap - - - - .- . I '. fj,(lW!) a vt.ry liberal spirit toward the 3L.tual .-ettkr and w ho are rea ly to ex- t nd their canal as the detnand U r water nny created. Th completion if this canal will make' available a 1 irgc area of hind now unproductive, exc et t in verv wet seasons, lo those . . , . - - - - J ... )IUIIVU HtW MIIV- " " " " ' part;c4 who wish to cultivate moie'uutwarj dccoration?, which are very. .Uul tmn cun be purchased from the . ... . . . cut ur-on the proximity to towns alony an adobe nature. The lands here called adobe correspond mot nearly with the cane bottom land of the Western cotton State and the black soil of the west Ivistcrn States. In Kern the area adapted to cotton culture is "limited probable to 50,000 acres The sail of Kearn valley is vegetable loam, capable of producing by judic- ious irrigation and cultivation, 400 pounds of lint cotton per acre. On : . . . . . . i- I lands planted by me in the Kern i ' ; J . , tyr , I alley last season, prior to the Joth i . ,. o - ., , oi 'ayj tiiu jieiu iw iui muivv pounds. As only a small proportion of the crop was planted before this date, I will take that portion as a criterion of what could reasonably been expected had the entire crop been planted in due season. The cost of preparation, cultivation, packing, thirty five dollars per acre ; yield of same 400 pounds at 20 cents per pound, S80 leaving a net profit of forty five dellars per acre, l ue rawroau not uoiuir eom 1 V .i m i 1 pleted to this point, tho price of labor ; wes 50 percent higher than in Merced anc other points further north. From the above figures if will be seen that tho culture of cotton in California is a paying business. Thoso desirous of purchasing largo tracts of land will find the owners of many of tho largest parcels in San Francisco, where they re side. From conversation with them lean stato that tho most of them aro willing to disposo of their land at prices which are cheap as compared with similar lands in tho South,, and on easy terms to pay. As irrigation is a matter which Southern planters are not familar with I will say I have thoroughly tested it and tti ched the operations of others who employed it, and can state, as tho result of my own experience, that when judiciously applied, it satisfactorily takes the place of tho summer showers of the South, By placing the advan tages of California as a cotton growing State in its proper bearing before tho people of the South, a large immigra tion could be induced. Hoping to see this matter taken hold of, I remain, very respectfully. W. G. Allen, Jr. San Francisco, Ca!., Feb. 2, 1873. TUB V112NXA 1SXPOSITION. . The buildings of the Vienna Expo sition are now completed and in readi ness for the reception of the articles to be exhibited. Several changes have, we learn, been made in the general plan. Tha center space of the Palace of Industry, instead of being divided up, has been converted into ouc colos al rotunda, the largest roofed building ;n existence, measuring feet iu diameter and 300 feet in bight. Tho iron work of the toof 40,000 tuns, and it may be imagined that it n quired .10 small effort of engineering skill to raise this enormous load to a h;ght of nearly ;J00 feet. The work was accomplished i I....... n 1 j h - ,0 m m thrcc m0llUl' in0 j central structure of iron, covered with ! outr Cuating of nirisourj connected with the inUror by girders. Some idea of the ilimcnsious of the vast fabric .n rr i 1 1 tru-Yi flin f:i(t that ft i "'V -b ' ' ..fit i i regitiicntVif in fin try numbering 1,400 j men cothl conveniently be paraded on the architc-cural coinico which ruus rouud the inside w litre the roof joini the jcolumus. The materials of which buildings arc composed are mainly iron, wotd and glass, but the walls, wer not clcar unrl(iil rn fill.-il in with brick. TIol j imposing and of i V . " jute spai 'led with iroJden ornaments has been selected as a wall covering, which contracts agreeably with the dark red of the supporting columns. The machinery hall i a simple brick building with no pretension to archi toeural display. The motive powers cranes, Wilers and engines are all themselves exhibits. AH engines under seventy-horse power and cranes lifting less than tuns are excluded. Borsig'a engine. IJorsig's engine factroy. iu Berlin, which turned out its two thou sandth locomotive for the Paris Expo sition, in 1S07, will exhibit its threo thousandth in Vienna. : The supplementary structures will consist of edifices for the accomodation of distinguished visitors, and annexes to hold the excess of not finding room ju the great galleries. The Austrian Emperor is to have a magnificently fitted up pavilion, and it is stated that the French and Oermau buildings will vie with it in grandeur. Krupp, of cast steel renown, will stock a special edifice with his own invention, and tho Neiv Free Yress boldly aspires xto out-do tho Loudon Tbnts whoso machinery was last year exhibited, an - ... e . liOtulon, by erecting a pavilion of; Us J own- One space of 1,600 square me ters is appointed to hold German edu cational apparatus and appliances. Pander from fire is almost'' be yontiho reach of possibility. There a a largo basin of water in tho grounds filled conveniently from tho adjoining Danube, which might at any moment convert the whole area into ; a lake. The basin was constructed at a cost of 12,000, and in addition thereto, lire engines and hydrants are provided ,iti sufficient numbers to inundate every gallery iu the buildings. Total eclipse of tho mooo on tho -IU of May. 1 1 f i