PROSPEROUS ! , I IN OREGON A Happy and Contented Plan I Answers Disgruntled Kan- sas Kicker - i - i CAMEf TO OREGON BROKEX IN PURSE i AND HEALTH AND IS ! NOW PROSPEROUS. HAPPT AND I IIEALTHT THE PRICE OF SUC i CESS IS INDUSTRY. (From Sunday's Dally.) Editor Statesman: , 4 ...J Seeing M. B. Valentine's' tale of woe fn your da 11 r of February 13th thought t would like to give some of our experi ence of Kansas and Oregon. The writ er emigrated from Ohio to Kansas' In the summer of 1873; . had good health, some money, , wa$ T willing and knew how to work and care for stock; put bli (k large amount of hay at quite an ; expense, bought a fine band of cattle; thought I was on the high road to sue Cess; such vast stretches of grass that Cost nothing but herding the cattle; such fine, green-hay for the making. Why, surely I would soon be rich! I But the 1st of April. 1S74, told a dif ferent tale. That was said to be a very bad winter. Oly winter's experi ence cost me $3CW0, and no fun at alL More than that, I have never got over that winter's work and exposure, but' Ufter all. Kansas Is a 'grand and good Mate, with many fine farms, homes, porks and people in It; but the climate. fl and health will not compare with I Experience With Oregon. i On the first day of December, 1900, we landed In Salem, the writer, the bread W inner of the family, breaking down in health and poor in pocket book, caused ;by failure of crops and poor health in the, East, rented a house, moved in; iworked ail that my strength would per mlt, but was soon strong and happy. Then rented a ranch of 260 acres. That iwas October,' WOt,' and from that time : things on ! this ranch began to move. jThis ranch is less than two miles from i where Mr. Valentine lives. Now he Buys all of the land is poor in Oregon. ne cannot agree with him. On this i ranch we : raised so much grain an'd ! hay we could not store it in two large j barns. One field of wheat made thirty- ! five bushels per acre. We were told ! that there Mas room enough, in the j grain bins to hold grain, straw and all, ! but when we threshed we filled all of ; the four large bins full, built another, fileld that, then had 600 bushels of fine ! wheat We had to haul to Salem and i sell; had more hay than we could use. j ilea cam to the field and bought It; ! did not wait to be looked up. Aside from that we kept flften cows, fifteen ! young cattle eighty head of hogs and i live horses on this ranch. lie also faya this is no stock country. i Now, let us see. In November. 1901, the writer turned a band of eleven head of young cattle and two cows out on pas ture. They were out all' winter; were fed hay four times; no grain, and yet In the June following, part of those young cattle sold for beef at a good. round price.' . Also this last fall I turned out a band of young cattle in the same nasture. They have been fed once up to this date, and they look fine. We are at this time carrying a stock of seventy two bead of hogs, thirty-six cattle, five horses; have plenty of feed; in fact, we will sell some (that Is, we can sell it in the iow town). " Our experience has cost us more than $500. but we have got it all back and more with it, besides good health which is better than money. As for fun, we have had our share of that. In fact, we would not take $1000 for the fun we have had.' It was fun to see three large piles of sacks of golden grain af ter the thresher was gone. . It was fun to got to the bank and receive S3S0 id gold for our surplus wheat. It was f unf to see the bay shocks so thick we bad to sell f0 worth to take care of it. It sas fun. to draw $400 In gold for hogs we could not eat. ? It was fun to draw $430 for milk. It was fun to see and eat the splendid garden truck and fruit of all kinds that grow here. "It was fu to take two weeks oft and in to the coast and have all the fish of many I kinds we could eat, also game, all at a cost of less than $10. ' Back East the same trip would Cost $200. It is great fun to be; well and happy and able to worki and make things go. Aow, as for Mr. "Valentine, he is on good and productive ranch, and if I he had gone to work instead of sitting around the; house and quarreling with his landlord he would have had more money and more fun. He speaks of Mr. Jones as bei eg fast. He is mistak en. Mr. Jones has a fine llttel ranch. and he could sell it at a. fair price any day. He told the writer a short time ago that he was satisfied here and would not go back East. ' The writer Is "more than SO years old,' has traveled over the" United States from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and from the Atlan tic to the Pacific, and has never seen better, if as good, stock country," cows and sheep attaining! a perfection here that no other country fn toe United States can compare with; hogs, horses and goats "do as welt as anywhere, and as for markets, the '.; writer has sold hundreds of dollars worth of stuff la the short time he has been here. . and never had to beg for a buyer;; in fact, when we go with a load of feed to have it chopped, men run out on the street to stop us and; try to buy It. and most every time we go to town somebody wants hay; in fact, everything that the farmer raises t ready sale grain, hay, stock of all kinds, fruit, poultry, eggs, milk, butter, vegetables, etc. acting for County committed to the IJodab, the latter Insane Asylum. The illness cf the Unfortunate man is attributed to over work and also1 to an acute attack of la grippe just before Christmas which" left him in very bad condition" both physically Tand men tally. He Is a Methodist minister .and a native "of England. He has always been & hard and faithful worker and it is to be hoped his recovery will be complete and rapid.: His age Is 66 years. - ; - j- FATIENTS FROM ALASKA Two patients " were received Satur day night at the Insane Asylum from Juneau.-' Alaska. , Their names are Wm. E. Carroll, -a. native of Tennessee, and Daniel Saunders, 55 years of age, a na tive of Sweden. They were escorted by two guards.; COMMITTEE ON CARNIVAL Will Go to Portland and Look Into Details of the Pro ' posed Fair ' . WILL INTERVIEW MANAGERS OF THE CATtNIVALi j SHOWS WHO DESIRE TO EXHIBIT AND MAKE DETAILED, REPORT TO CLUB WEDNESDAY EVENING. INTERVIEWS :M WITH PEOPLE s it Frosty Weather Is Doing Con siderable Damage to Low land Grain THE UPLANDS ARE IN GOOD CON DITION TP WORK. ; .HOWEVER. AND GRAIN DOING WELL THE STOCK SUFFERING SOMEWHAT FOR LACK OF PASTURE. V , V (From Sunday's Dally). The special committee on carnival, appointed last Thursday night at the meeting of the Greater Salem Commer cial Club, of which Hal Patton is the chairman, will go to Portland this morning for the purpose of interview ing the representatives of George ia bour and aiso E. J. Arnold as to the relative merits of their respective ag gregations, the number and quality of separate attractions, the best terms which can be conceded in putting the shows on in Salem, and to acquire all such definite information as will enable the Club and people of Salem to choose wisely in the matter as to whether a carnival is to be held here . The committee will return this even ing and next Wednesday night will Rive a full report at the meeting df the Club of their investigations, arid all members of the Club and others who are in xavor or a midsummer carnival for SSlem would do well to be present Wednesday night and hear the report of the committee and offer such sugges 110ns as they may think proper. A LONG TWENTY MINUTES. A. H. Harris of North Carolina is here promoting the. Appalachian f orest reserve plan. He was formerly a law yer In St. Louis. One day he lefthis office to go to luncheon and hung 'a sign "Back In 20 minutes" on the door. He never did go back, for while he was out he received a business offer from North Carolina arrtf left for that state at once. When Harris entered the House res taurant today the first man he saw was Representative Joy of St- Louis, who had the next office to him 20 years ago, and whom he had not seen since. I thought you were coming back in 20 minutes, said Jay. Well." Harris replied, "I meant 23 years, for I shall be there for the world's fair in 1904." N. Y. World. "When do you like children most?" The ascetic bachelor was thoughtful and then answered: "When they are too old to recite 'Little Drops of Water and too oung to recite 'Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight.' - . (From Sunday's Dally). ' Reports have been coming In for the past three or four days jto the effect that the f reeling weather of the past few nights, followed by warm days, have seriously injured the fall grain in certain localities, and a Statesman re porter made It a point yesterday to In quire of a number of farmers as to the extent, of the damage. Mr. P. Feeley, who resides about seven miles south of Salem, was the first man Interviewed, and said:,. "There has surelybeen some damage done to growing grain and to pastures also. The ground has been frozen hard every mgnt tor the past week, and we also had a severe cold snap about two Weeks ago. When . the ground f reexes at night and . the-Weather somes off warm the next day it has the effect of cracking the frozen crust and lifting the grain out by. the roots. The roots thus being exposed to the warm sun soon die and in some fields there, may now be seen , large spots" where the grain is turning yellow. The same may be said 'of grass, and Jw this .weather continues, the damage ynu be serious." air. r eeiey reports Kaipn Giospn, a resident of his neighborhood, who has been down with typhoid fever for the past month, as being able to sit up and it is thought he is now out of danger. riaent -that ? since ... the brewers must baye the tops they will be wnng to pay a fancy price in the near future, j ' "" FIR LOGS FOR PULP. , ' TV G. MeClench. of Snrine Valley, has t moved to Salem' in order that his sick wife' may be near a doctor, and Is In teresting himsel fn mining ventures. ' He reports that he has a crew of men at work on his" farm along the river, cutting "white fir logs for the C. K. Spaulding 'Logging Company, to be made Into paper at Oregon City, 4 At present he is getting out about 10.000 feet per day and by the middle of March expects to nave sw.uuu leei rail- j ed and ready to be rolled into the river and rafted io Oregon City. ;t; j , When some tnen f pear of a neighbor losing his good name they are proba bly glad they have none, tor lose. StHATORlAt: SITUATION KSTREIi ft (Continued from page 1.) uous FROM POLK COUNTY. X. E. Brown, residing in. Polk county about three' miles from the city, was the next man Interviewed' and said he had noticed that some damage was be ing done Dy r the cold weather to fall sown grain. The damage, .though, so far as he was aware, was all on low ground, where v the water has been standing. The high land is dry and on the hills almost dusty, and on the high ground he Is Certain no grain has been injured. Mr. Brown said he was. more interested in hogs than anything: else: and Informed the reporter that there is no better country for raisincr hoes than Oregon, and that the Ilea that corn, is necessary to make bog-raising profit- able is erroneous. Mr. Brown says he finds that carrots make good hog feed. and that he feeds carrots up tb about three or four weeks before the hogs are ready for market, then he finishes up with wheat. He thinks his process Is"' cheaper thancorn even where corn is plentiful. p. 'Defeated. : V""y';-" -i . H. : It. 180. by ? Caraahan, amending 2G94; Biage special orusr . 7:30 o clock this evening. . . ; , , Third reading . House Bills. ' l H. B' t5, b"y" DaVey, reimbursing In dia a -War Veterans; indefinitely post pqneL , . , .3 , 1 v'. : . ... H. B. 2rG. by Ginn,' an act o facili tate sale of school bonds; passed. tlJ B.J 217. by1 Lai Eollett, appropriat ing '$2.feC0 caCh for relief of Mesdames J6fes, Tiffany ajid Ferrell, whose hus bands wre. murdexed by Traty and Merrill last June;, considered in com mittee of the'-whole; under " cohsidera tidn. ' . . SO-i! ' f Best Salem' s Store MjiBitomii'Y SALE - HOUSE. ? ' ' : (Afternoon Ses'lon.) Special order"? p. m. H..B., 227; Galloway, to provide for and regulate .sailor boarding houses; , i We place on Salo WeInolrt3 TJiurlay ul FiiJ;i3 onty the choicest and prettiest . embroulerica . showu for Hie Jiprin season of 1903. ' Better' valueS-anl larger -ttssoitineiit than uv ' Lave ever shown, varying in width from 2 to 12 inches You'll sun ly need embroideries; and when you inns' pav lull price agifu lhol you'll appreciate thef :-sntin you make In coming on these safe days Manyv of the thhlce d si;ns can not be duplicated later in the season. ? Notice our Court street display with "reduced pries. ticket on each piece, but these arc only samples, step insMr. and s e the stock. ' " : ' . ; , .t. ' Remember, these embroideries at these 7 - : j- f- -7 1 - : ' : prices Wednesday, Thursday and Friday only. Choose while there's plenty. FROM WALDO HILLS. W. H. Downing was in from his farm in tne Waldo hills, and ln?speaking of tnp damage done to grain by the recent cold weather, said: 'The only damage done so far as have heard is on low, wet ground, ant. do not think it amounts to nrurn so far: but If this weather should con tinue for another week, a great deal of harm will result. The hills are in good condition now for .working and the farmers generally are busy." . ITCHING ECZEMA All Oiler Itcli, BiMir and Scalj Eruptions. s j Instant " Relisf and SpserJy Cure Afforded by do we like Oregen "; :r ; Tes; e would not r back East to lire; we intend to build us a oipe mm. We like Oregon and its people except our present law makers are law break ers. , i !.-.. ., - . -; A HAPPT AXD CONTENTED MAN. Salem, Or.. Feb. 14. 1903. Cntfcnra Soap, Olatnent aid POLS Wla All Use Ml COMPLETE TREATMENT, $1.00. COMMITTED TO ASYLUM - Rev. James Matthews, a resident of Ocean Park. Washington, who, with Mrs. Matthews, has been visiting their son in this city, was examined Satur day by Dr. J.. A. Richardson and Jf. J - The agonizing Jtchiug and bornlng of the skin, a in eczema; the frightful scaling, as In psoriasis ; the loss of hair and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled head ; the facial disfigurement, as in pimples and ringworm ; the awful suf fering of Infants and the anxiety , of worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tet ter and salt rheum, all demand a rem edy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope wth them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills are such fttand proren beyond all doubt. 3fo statement Is made regarding them that Is not justified by the strongest evidence. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent care, the absolute safety and great economy, hare made them the standard skin cures ami humour rnniUx n tt civilized world, i s Bathe the aCected parts with" hot water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales and soften lhl.thlvK?n6d cotic,- Dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oint ment freely, to allay itching; irritation and Inflammation, and soothe and heaL and, lastly, in the severer forms, take Cntlcnra Resolvent Pills, to cool and nf 010 blood- A single set U often sufficient to cure the most torturing 'figrcing and humiliating skin, ecafp and blood humours, with loss of hair, when all else fails. A. Carnjobst, of Liberty, drove Into the city yesterday with a load of as ttne apples as have been seen in Salem this Winter. There were thirty bushels In the load, all of the Baldwin variety Mr. Garnjobst came : to Oregon from Knox county, Nebraska, last spring, and without losing any time in looking around, purchased a farm near Liberty and settled down to business without any preliminaries: He raised and mar keted over 500 bushels of apples the past season and has a. few yet for sale. "X have no complaint to make against Oregon." he said, "and though I have been here only a short time, I am not aorry that I came; on the contrary, the country suits me very well." L. R. Livermore, of Dallas, was In the city yesterday, transacting busi ness and talking politics. Standing on the street corner enjoying the warm .. ..... w. mitiuwu sun, ir. ljivermore com mented on the contrast of this weatb cr with that of February, J8S3, lust 20 years ago. At that time all was frost and Ice. every bit of fall grain fa the vauey being killed, and a good many fruit trees were . winter killed. While we are Having a good many frosty mgnis, n is aotng little harm to grata. .ma ia oenenciai to tne fruit crop of the coming season. AH of the insects will be killed, and there is no danger i me sap starting and then the trees oeing irost bitten.. He said that hop men around: Dallas were very enthusi- rbiic over the busines. and r An larging their j-ards or setting out new ones. ; . Considerable activity In Imnrove iktbu 19 snown in Dallas, Wm. Faull. the hardware man. having rorontw built a new brick buildlnsr ta mooato his , business. Abe Ualow. th Dallas capitalist. . is Just comnlotliir . good sized brick store building, which win De rented, and is partly in use now...;,, : ,. passed unanimously. ? " ' H. B. 217. La Follett. -1 to relieve Susan E. Jones, Edna Tiffany and Sylvia. Ferrell: motion, to indefinitely postpone lost; 20 to 1H failed to pass. Introduction of bills. r . H. B. 361. WTays and Means Commit tee; appropriation for State Prison. , H. !B.' Z62. Ways and Means Commit tee; appropriation for state .expenses. Hv B.-S63, Ways and Means Cotnmltt tee .appropriation for general ex. nenses. H. B. 364, OrtonJ to establish . f erry across Willamette at Portland. ' J IL p. 365, Dannman, Incorporating town of Oley H. B. 366. Galloway, amending sec tion 393 Code, relating to the saHries of county officers. H. C. R. 30, by Judd. to Include Into the special, or claims appropriation bill, an alowance of $1,000 each to Mrs. Susan E. ' Jbnes,' Mrs. Frank B.' Ferrell and Mrs. B. F. Tiffany, on account of the death- of their respective husbands. who were killed during the escape -of the convicts Tracy and Merrill. II. J. R. 6, Jones of Multnomah, au thorizing tbq printing of .additional copies of official records . of Oregon Volunteers ' in Spanish-American War; adopted, H. R..V 20, Davey, sessions of House during remainder of session be from 9:30 a. m. to 12 In. from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. and from f.jii p.m. to 10 p m.; adopted. r H- It. 21. . Gill, authorizing State Printer to print . 240 copies ; of state came and forest warden's report; re ferred Special order. H. B. 298. Whealdon, to enrourage the poultry industry of the state; ap propriating $500" ' annually . for five years: adopted: failed to pass. Adjourned at 4 p. m. until 7:3d. R BROS: V ill pay you This week in trade 22 l-2c per dozen for eggs 50c per square for butter Above Salem lie per pound for chickens prjecs lesa lO' per cent for caslu ' V": ;'v;' V ' v. Aumsville Nehamn THE MARKET ' IN GENERAL Wheat Warket Strong With Signs of a Steady ; Advance! -f There are 57 different metals, but If a man has plenty of sold he doesn't have to worry abVwt the other 56. . j NO PASTURAGE FOR STOCK. 1 Ai H. Coyle, a stockman who honcrv, the state fa ram on the Polk mnnhf hills, was In Salem yesterday visiting his daughter Jennie, a student at tne Willamette University, who ha. Phoid fever. ,:' - 3 r-" Mr. Coyle has a larae herd nf cattle on his farm and mv v the state fcrm on the Toiir since the i ground was covered ' -ttw snoa and now that the snow has nuit ed the weather is so cold that grass mil not grow. Mr. Covle i. M..t latlng himself because lie kept no sheep to w Inter as sheep pasturage Is becom infa K'riou problem with farmers. Work wis commenced ixt VMv the Shepard and Bently sawmill and Mr. Cbyle wm take advant of convenient lumber vard nd 'hmM large barn before harvest, in order to be prepared next winter, with an, am ple supply of feed for any extra storm which may come. He "is still linMw his crop of hops, which are of extra noice quality, and says he feels cofl- TMngs to Buy Now Im piemen ts Deere Plows . Deere Disk Plows Deere Leaver Harrows , Deere Cultivators JJerre Weber Buggies Weber Wagons . Moline Wagons Empire Cream -Separators Barbed Wiro , : Wheelbarrows ( . ; ' Hardware Carpenter Tools -Builders Supplies Stoves and Ranges 6teel Goods Pocket Cutlery -. Table Cutlery :. Barber)s Supplies Clothes Wringers Axes and Wedges ' . ' Picks and Mattocks Rlannihg and . . . . FeruGon i - Are prepared to sell you these and; many other artic les which' you will use this spring and our prices are the best, our goods are all new and clean all up-to-date. .. . Give us a call, wo can take care of your requirements. - Store and Office - Comer Stmte aad Commercial, FEARS OF SHORTACfE IX SEEP SUPPLY BEGINS TCf DEVELOPf OATS GO BEGGING WITH NO DE MANDPOTATOES AND APPLES , ARE MORE FIRM. Warehouse - Ptrkhmrst's Old St tad. The wheat market yesterday, showed an advance and 68 cents; was quoted lfor shipping: purposes, however, the mar ket cannot be said to be1 very strong1 at this figure, and some buyers still quote 6" cents as the Trapeif price Feed stores offer any price Trom 70 to 73 1 ; cents per bushel; in order to keep; -a sufficient quantity on hand to supply their .local demand. .Farmers are dis covering that seed wheart is Sv-arce. and those who were, depending upon buying their seed when they needed tt. are now grooving u little: anxious. -and are offer ing as high as 85 cents ier bushel ror good spring wheat. " :' ij , ,' ' . H The Commercial Review pf Portland, Oregon, contains the following comment under date of February 12th:. 4 . "A few - unimportant transactions auring the week is about all that can ' be said for the local- market. -Vessel si fcrlriMii UF O m4 Wld iMUlM fcM wHiw kunun Im). -H 1 tor 1'irtloil.n, TnlrMK M "fflW (W ..l,n,l.t; n ' tar Mall. 1 .( T.nimlai. 4hr ferieficed In'finding buyers for jvil that is offered." 'Ohe dealer said yesferJar that he did not 'see what was Koing to be" done with all the potatoes in the county as more were produced than there is any market for in sight no fr; 2$ cents per bushrel. sacked, is tiine fng paid by shippers, and 30 cents In trade by the grocery stores. ; Apples Getting Scares. ! Apples are getting scarce, several stores being entirely out yesterday and could not buy any.. Fairly good quality will bring 50 to 69 cents per bushel, and most "any old thing" will sell for to cents. A quantity of Hood River apples of the Xew'ton Pippin and PiitzenlerB va rieties, have been imported, and are l Ing sold to the "elite"' at 12.50 per box. Hay Soars a Little. Hay is getting a' little scarce In the local market and all varieties pell :tt the same Hgure, from lift to $12 it ton being paid, .according to quality. THEY, WILL DECLINE UNION REPUBLICANS WILL NOT ..ACCEPT tHP PROPOSITION . , OF REGULARS. DOVER. Del.. Feb- 16. Thft-X'nion Republicans .this, afternoon considered the counter proposition of the' regular are receiving prom ot dlsnntch , o., s-4 a short time the harbor will be prac--. 1XePubIa8. ,ofering to give and take tlcjly cleaned out of ' chartered ton- j United States Senator from e-6 nage. There are aew vessels here n t faction to enter tle Delaware confro rr,Jltr.lS bUt hC ner of'the xersj-. provided J; Edward AddkW .mrcf mowir than the withdraws. When the conference ei warrants. .Stocks in first hands are over it Was announced 'that a commit lm ,n.t.ma er and two-thds of. thel tee had been appointed to draft a lar w heatjn the country Is the. property of f mat declination. I Today's ballot thf exporter. Millers are the principal United States Senator was without re- k--- v fitrnc-iit, an? are paying vrtmiHm u secure guitahlo mm) still a is: Some verv laraT lota nt wneat still held lrr the country by the weal tjhy farmers, who refuse to sell at present prices. What hard to say; possibly, they1 may set the ngures they have placed on their hold lngs; the trade' here jsay'nlt.". There is considerable wheat tat tidewater here sua on fuge. Hound.' and it does not looa as u tne exporter his to go out In the market to purchase ' wheat to load any or the vessels chartered as the Sam was provided for ahead, fit looks as If the balance of the crop unsold will have to be sold to, the miller or carried over unuq next season. Quotations are: Club wheat. 71 77c: Bluestem, 87c; and Valley, 79c per bushel. t t Oat Market Dull. j r' The oat market continues dull, barely 30 cents being obtainable for shipping purposes, and feed stores are paying from! 23 to 35 cents tn limited Quanti ties, but report that more are offering than, they can use at these, figures. The farmers are still ..holding; their surplus for 40 cents per bushel. ; . : PoUtoes Are Moving. Potatoes have . been moving i quRe freely the past few days, several good slated; shipments havingheen made from Marion county. The growers ore offer ing freely, and some difficulty is ex- sult. ; .. Adiiikt U tiers . at Threst. Wilmington. Iiei. Fvi4 ij-.j: i:Jw;rJ . Addicks today issued a' formal nnf ment to the Rsrnibiicana of Pol a v. a re Among other thnigf. h ' sa'-l: "'t ne : Urifon Republicans" will noniinatJ . ' straight ticket In 'Wilmington hl throughout the late lit th; lore 1 ture. As to the appointment. Congress man Ball cannot get the Federal ap pointment. After March 4th. appoint ments according o the custom, ought to go to the chairman! of the I'oion Republican State Committee and the National Committeeman. J. Edward Addicks. We will see where the power win He." ; ; - . - Nate Salisbury and "mil" Nye great friendaT. When the humorist first , engaged In newspaper work and took ft house on Staten Island, the shewman went to dinner with him. Nye exploded ? some new stories and Salisbury, turn ing to'hls host's little girl, saldr "Very clever papa you've rot roS. dear." ' " ' "Tes," responded the demure little. miss, "when ' ; there's company.' Louis Star. St.- ar ths -' Si I'M 3 Hl?B klmn fc? Bigutars r I