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"WAiTsnuft;, "Walla, Walla Co.,?
January 24, 1SS0. S
Euitou Jouuxal : It was my in
tention to write to the Joukxal
sooner. Waiting to learn more of
the country must be my apology for
delay. There is much to interest
the reader by giviug a description
of the whole route from Boise City,
Idaho, to Walla Walla City, but 1
must overlook the route for the
present, and speak of Walla.
After crossing the Blue mountains
by the Thomas and Nuckles toll
road, we cross a corner of the Una
tilla reservation aud reach the town
of Weston, situated in a fine farm
ing district. It was the 5th of Sep
tember and the harvest was not near
all cut, but the headers were at work
in the fields aud the header wagons
were coining back and from the
threshing machine; then in a trot
for another load. The horses arc
generally large and well built, at
least I never saw on an average as
line teams iu any farming communi
ty as I did here and in Grand Round
Valley, Oregon. There are two
things strike the eye of the Btranger
as rather odd, one is to see no level
land, all high rolling country; and
another is to sec the piles of sacked
grain corded up iu the fields as if iu
a ware-house, six hundred to one
thousand bushels sometimes in a
pile, you would naturally ask Docs
it never rain?
The roads arc deep with dry dust,
and looking at the dry appearance
of things gen oral I j you arc sur
prised to see such fino fields of
grain.
There is very liltlc prairie, the
laud being pretty much nil farmed
and well fenced ; occasionally thero
is a farm where the' have not been
able to reach water, and here we see
them hacliug water for the harvest
ers and the learns; (his is the picture
presented all along in the fields,
whilo many who have got their
threshing done, are hauling tjie
wheat to market. "When did you
have any rain?" we ask of some of
the farmers. "Not since last May,"
was tho answer, aud the rain don't
generally commence till October.
It looks strange to sec forty or fifty
bushels of wheat to an acre where
thero has been no rain for three or
four months. The point is this, that
the grain is 60wn any lime along
through the winter,whcn thogrouud
is not froze, but tho greater part is
Bown in February and March ; then
the grain is well rooted before dry
weather and when that docs set in,
it is not hot; the weather in summer
is seldom hot and the nights are
always cool. Another point is, the
soil is a heavy loam. You can dig
poBt holes and never press the spade
with your foot, and yet wells are
dag and left without curbing, and
remain good for years. The moist
ure appears to rise to the surface. I
have seen pieces of boards which
had bcou left on the dry ground iu
the ovening around the camps, have
the under sidcre in the morning.
It is generally regarded as one of
the evils of this territory that the
atmosphere is too damp, and while
it promotes the growth of crops, it
is serere on those who are most
subject to throat and lung diseases,
and also on young children. We
6eldom hear any one complaining of
anything else than colds; fever and
ague, and kindred diseases arc un
known. Diphtheria was very severe
a year and two years ago; great
numbers of children died of it, but
I have not heard of it anywhere this
wiuter
This territory has settled very fast
for the past two years; a heavy
immigration from California is
pouring in all the time, and the laud
is being taken up very fast. The
place I write from is about eighteen
mil C8 .nearly due north from Walla
"Walla City, aud I know of one farm
oflG0 acres about a mile from town
being sold about a month ago for
$5,000, aud this is not an exceptional
case; farms arc all held at high
figures.
Nearly all the immigration of the
past season has located north of the
Snake river, in what is known as
Pollu6C country and Spokeaue Falls,
Four Lakes and Deep creek. A
considerable town called Colfax is
central in the Polluse county, has the
U. S. land office there, aud is distant
from here about sixty miles. Spok
cane Falls is one hundred miles
nearly due north from here. The
Northern Pacific It. R. is surveyed
through the latter town, aud will be
built past that point the coming
summer; the graders are at work
since October last; they have com
raenced between the forks of the
Columbia aud Snake rivers, aud that
point is called Ainsworth. Rail
road iron and all supplies are
hipped by boat up to this point.
About one hundred white men and
some four hundred Chinamen con
stitute tho present grading force;
the contracts for the ties were let
some time ago. The division which
they intend to complete next sum
mer will extend from Ainsworth to
Pen Deoral lake, which is some ways
east of Spokcanc Falls. I was talk
ing Id-day wilb Mr. Cooncy, broth
er to our friend Clark Cooncy ; he
has a large herd of cattle and horses
down near Ainsworth, and has been
furnishing beef to the company
there. He is well posted in regard
to the country, and he thinks that
the emigration the coming season
will go further west down near the
bisr bend of the Columbia river; the
climate will be belter there than in
the Pollnsc country, that is it will
be warmer; most of the country
north ol Snake river is pretty cold
for farming; wheat does well, but
for garden slufi, such as vines of all
kinds, the frosts very often injure
them, aud for fruit it is pretty cold,
but everywhere on this side of the
Suake river fruit does splendid.
When we came.to Walla Walla last
fall the apple, pear and peach trees
were all loaded down with fruit;
trees 6uch as I never before saw in
any country ; all had to be propped
to keep the branches from breaking
off, and grapes of the finest quality
in great abuudance; apples sold'at
tho orchards at one-half cent per lb.
for windfalls, and three-fourths of a
cent to a cent aud pick them off tho
trees; peaches were a little higher.
There were several people camped
in a grove east of town who had
long tables made for drying apples
on, and werelikcwise canning fruit.
The fruit crop of Walla Walla coun
ty has been immense the past sea
sou; scarcely a day after the fruit
was ripe but freighters wore start
ing out with loads of apples to
diUcrcut points iu the newer settled
districts.
Tho climate is something that is
hard to describe; there is uot much
frost, nor aro there any severo
storms, yet some would as soon
have the climate of Nebraska as this;
the reason is thero is so little suu
shine. I have seen two whole
weeks together iu which thero were
scarcely two days of sunshine all
put together, aud this is the way it
is in winter. A little rain or boow,
sometimes foggy for two or threo
days. There was only oue cold
spell, and that was the only time
since I came here that the wind was
from the north ; it lasted three or
four days, ending on Christmas day ;
the coldest here has 23s below zero,
while in the Polluse country it was
about 35s below zero. It can change
from cold to warm weather here the
quickest of any place I ever saw. I
haye seen six inches of snow on the
grouud at 9 o'clock at night, and
then the wind shift suddenly, and
blow a strong gale from the south
west, and iu the morning wake up
and find the snow all gone. Theso
winds are called Chiuuooks, an In
dian name. I think they come from
tho sea, and will melt off tho snow
and dry up the ground faster than
strong sunshine.
This part is not much of a place
for stock, as all the laud fit to farm
is farmed, and no stock range left,
but iu some other parts of the terri
tory they keep large herds of cattle
and sheep. Sheep men say they
have no sheds for their sheep uoth
iug but a grove of timber to shelter
in, aud some hay to feed in bad
weather. All open sheds are built
to face the north, the wind being so
seldom from that point.
The town of Waitsburg has three
dry-goods and grocery stores, two
hardware and drug-stores, two sa
loons, two butcher shops, and any
number of citizens who rejoice iu
the title of professor, judge, major,
preacher, etc. There is a fine school
building with three teachers, aud
over 100 pupils. School is kept up
for nine months in the year.
Some one will naturally ask, when
harvest commences. I believe about
the first of August, generally, and
continues till the grain is cut, which
is often six weeks after it has beeu
ripe, without damage, or loss by
shelling.
At the rate immigration has been
coming in, this territory will be
overcrowded iu a short time. Some
parts of eastern Oregon are as ad
vantageous to settlers, and afford
better Block ranges than this terri
tory. I topped over at Boise City, Ida
ho, and Baker City, Oregon, about
a mouth in all, aud worked at har
vesting in both places; this recruited
my team, which was getting pretty
well tired out, but, as George Bar
num told me when I traded with
him for the mules, they never left
me fttuck iu a mud-hole, aud only
once on the whole route did I hitch
auother team ahead of them, and
this was while fording the Platte
river, west of Laramie.
James Scully.
Roone Comity.
Editor Jouun'al: For a long
time I have deferred corresponding,
thinking perhaps some one else
could write np the "news" from this
vicinity better than I. During this
long time the pen has indeed been
silent as regards the busiuess activi
ty and prosperity of our town.
Albion indeed, is rising above
boasting of a very few houses, and
doing scarcely anything in the line
of improvements and prosperity.
On the other hand she is all life and
business activity since it is a cer
tainty that she like the mauy other
towns throughout the State is to
havo her railway.
We havo now a large lumber yard
just starting under the favorable
auspices of your wide-awake and
energetic townsmen, Messrs. Jseggi
& Schupbach.
George Ricdcr is doing a flourish
ing business here in the mcrchantile
line, and gains customers every day,
which speaks well for one who has
recently "pitched" his tent among
us.
Our railroad, when completed,
will give to us varied exhaustless
advantages which could not be over
come while we were without the
rail transportation facilities. We
j uave a good stock aud agricultural
couutry enrrouuding us and reach
ing out to the vast rich lauds milfes
northwest of us; these will bo trib'
utary to this town for many years
to come. We are now where Co
lumbus was one year ago, or ap
proaching that point in our business
relations that will give an impetus
to the growth of our town and the
general prosperity qf its citizens.
This will bo n large shipping point
for all kiuds of grains and' products
of the farm, iucluding that of stock
business.
We have a bank; the proprietor
of the same is from Red Oak, Iowa,
and seems to be a man well and
thoroughly experienced iu that busi
ness. This indeed ha3 beeu an in
stitution which the community has
wanted for the past three years.
Lewis Bros, are still the old pro
prietors of the Reliable drug-store.
L. C. Dearborn, who has settled
here, has a drug-store under flyiug
colore and is gaining a liberal pat
ronage from the people.
We have threo doctors in our
midst, but we are glad to say that at
present there is but little sickness,
which relieves them of growing rich
at the expense of the public.
Niuo lawyers I believe can bo seen
on our streets every day aud it is a
dilemma to us how they all can
prosper, as but little disturbances of
any kind take place among our
people, who arc disposed to settle
their own little afiairs between
themselves.
We have four general dry goods
stores, and they all seem to he pros
perous. Throe blacksmith shops are in full
blast all the time.
Two harness shops are kept busy
constantly.
A new hotel is going up, and still
the demands are such upon our citi
zens that we need plenty of housed
to let, which would be a payiug iu
vestment to those erecting them.
Riley & Clark have a large hard
ware stock aud aro preparing for
the spring demand. They keep all
kinds of farming implements on
hands for the farming public.
Galbraith Bros, are a great acqui
sition to this town as business men ;
they havo a largo building chock
full of stoves and shelf hardware,
besides in their yard can be found
anything iu the shape of farm ma
chinery, that man desires to culti
vate the soil with.
We could, if wo were not crowd
ing on your space, give you still
more items. We will try at some
other time to give other and varied
information. "Settler."
For tuo Jouit.NAi..
.Stock: Cloip.
I.
Mu. EniToit : It is an undisputed
fact that our beautiful State is well
adapted to stock of any kind. No
oue can deny that stock as a general
thing pays best. Add to this tho
fact that of the different kiuds of
produce of our soil, corn, oats aud
barley which chiefly aro fed to stock
are the surest and most prolific
crops. From all this follows that
it is best to raise slock, and yet not
everybody can raiso any kiud of
stock. While tho geueralt Bmall
farmer can have only one or two
cowb and raise a couple of calves he
is soon for want of room, or pas
ture, or hay, or money, compelled to
sell his calves. He at least realizes
a little something for them. But he
cannot enter upon cattle raising to
any extent. He may al90 raise a colt
or two by having them in pasture
with some one. But there is one
kiud of stock that everybody can
raiee and that is hogs. Every farm
er can have a few or mauy hogs
according to his liking aud ability,
aud if he only gets the right kiud he
can make mouey by it. Wo say the
right kind. Each one of tho pre
vailing finer breeds have their good
points. No one can despise the Po
land China, the Chester-whites, the
Essex aud others, but the writer,
after trying a number of other
breeds, prefers the Bcrkshires, or at
least a good cross from them. Thoy
are easily kept. In the spring, sum
mer and fall they board themselves
on prairie grass, wild artichokes aud
other roots which latter they dig in
tho sloughs and ravines. And then
they easily fatten. The National
Live Stock Journal of December
last contains a report of an experi
ment made at the Illinois Industrial
University farm, the substance of
which is as follows as far as it re
lated to difference between a Berk
shire aud a Poland China, both fed
on old corn :
Wtlgtt Sapt. 6. Sept. 19. Oct. 17. Qiin.
Berkshire,
lf0 lbs.
175
190
225
214
lb
39
lo'il China. 17rt
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The same advantage of the Berk
shires over some, other breeds is
established by many facts. Their
early and fast maturing is beyond
all qnestiou. Let me quote once
more from the same journal of No
vember, 1879. It contains a state
ment on page 498 made by Hewer
Bros., of Bolvidere, III., to the effect
that a Berkshire sow of theirs far
rowed April 21, 1879, weighed on
Sept. 15, 180 lbs., on the 23d, 194 lbs ,
on the 30th, 204 lbs., on Oct. 7th,
220 lbs., and Oct. 13lh, 23G lbs. She
was then 5 mouths and 22 days old.
Such facts as these and the writer's
own experience induce him to give
the preference to the Berkshire
blood in full or in part. More anon.
Breeder.
"When two funerals meet at the
cemetery, it is embarrassing to have
one undertaker call to the other,
"How's business?"
Mwitit Potato Cnltivtttion.
First, select your ground, which
should be very loose and mellow,
sandy land being the best; but any
soil is good if not too hard, and if
your ground was plowed last Spring
it is all the better. Have your plants
all ready, aud commence and plow
furrows lengthwise, running north
and south being best, four feel apart,
and when this is done, turn and run
the plow right back in the same
furrow, makiug it deeper aud throw
ing the soil out at the other side;
now, turn and plow this right back,
going twice on each side; thus you
have large ridges of loose soil, and
if naturally loose it will not pack
with heavy rains, and, being loose
deeper under the ridges, the rain
will work under right where it is
wanted." Now take a plank about
ten feet long, tying the ends of a
rope to each end of the plank, hav
ing the rope three feet longer than
the plank, and hitch tho team to the
center of the rope. Turn the team
in, one on each side of the second
ridge, and go back and forth on
every third ridge, making the top of
the ridge about one foot wide. Now
the grouud is ready for the plants,
aud it is necessary to have the plants
ready for the ground, and set the
plants ou the rido two feet apart,
aud makiug a hole for the plants
with a smooth, sharp slick oue and
a half inches in diameter. Drop the
plant into tho hole, leaving one or
two inches out of tho grouud, and
press the soil around the plants.
Always set the plants iu the after
noon or a near night as possible,
keep clear from woeds, aud keep the
vines rolled up on the top of the
ridges so as not to let them take
root along the vines. If not dug
when the vines are killed by frost,
the vines may be cut off close to the
potato immediately, or the,; will
soon spoil. Then, the sooner the
potatoes aie dug the better. Keep
in a dry, warm cellar, packed in
barrels with dry sand. If this is
done you may have sweet potatoes
the year round.
JOHK TANNAHILLL.
She hung upon his arm so loving
ly, aud beamed up. in his eyes with
all the radiance of those pale blue
eyes. Her heart would speak aud
yet the tongue refused its utterance.
But lovo and admiration broke the
spell aud from the rapture of her
soul she breathed forth: "Your
mustache is beginning to grow."
A great many boys and girls fall
desperately in love with each other,
and rave over disappointed hopes,
before they are old enough to tell
the difference between the heartache
and the colic. Very few such cases
prove fatal.
Said a parent to his little sou, who
had committed some act of indiscre
tion : "Do you know that I am
going to whip you?" "Yes," said
tho boy, "I suppose you are, because
you are bigger than I am."
A horse in Chicago drank two
gallons of beer'by mistake for water,
and iu about fifteen minutes he
danced around the wagon and
wanted to know who run the town
if ho didn't.
Much is said about the healing
power of imagination. There must
he something in it, because many a
man supposes he is well "heel'd"
when it is only in his mind.
Sin always begins with pleasure
aud ends with bitterness. It is like
a colt which the little boy said was
very lame in front and very wild
behind.
"A hair ou the head is worth a
dozen iu the hash I" says an ex
change. But then it doesn't attract
near so much attention.
A sweet temper is to the house
hold what sunshine is to trees aud
flowers.
Worryiug will wear the richest
life to shreds.
LOUIS SCHROER
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
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In the United States for 5 cts.
Jf.K.TTJBNER&CO.,
Columbus, Nebraska.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MAJtMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLII.11 BUM, HETI.
A new house, newly furnished. Oootl
accommodations. Board by day or
vreek at rsasonahlc rates.
13TSet a Flrat-a Table.
Meals,.... 25 Cents. I LdglngB....2iS Cts
3H-2tf
$300
A MONTH Euuranteeil.
$12 a day at home made by
the indnstrlouH. Capital
nnt rennireil: we will. start
you. Men, women, Doys arm Rinn maxc
money faster nt work for u than at any
thing elBe. The work is light and pleas
ant, and such as anyone can go right
at. Those who are wise who see this
notice will send us their artdrc.ses at
once and see for -hemselTcs. Costly
Outfit and terms free. Now in tho time.
Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money. Address TRUE
& CO., Augusta, Maine. 481-y
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A GOOD
FARM FOR SALE
AlLro l&Q acres of good land, 80
KjHfi acres under cnltiration, a
mSSfiflcT good htiuse one and a half
story high, a good stock rango. plenty ol
water, and good hay land. Two mile?
east of Columbus. Inquire at the
Pioneer Bakery. 473-Gm
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DALE. Western Agent,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
CHICAGO NORTH-WESTERN
The Great Trunk XJno from the Wert to
Chicago and the Bast.
It 19 tho oldest, shortest, most direct, conrenlcat,
comfortable and in every rcrpect the best line voq
can take. It is the greatest and grandest IUUw?
organization in the United States. It own or
controls
21 OO MILES OF RAILWAY
PULLMAN IIOTEX CAKS are raa aloaa
by It throHgh bfltweea
COUNCIL BLTJTTS & CHICAGO t
No other road rnns Pullman Hotel Cua, Or any
othtr form of Hotel Cars, through, betweea tha
Missouri Klver and Chicago.
PASSENGERS GOING .EAST .should bar
fa mind that this is tha
BEST ROUTEoICHICAGO
AND ALL POINTS EAST.
PASxrngers by this ronte hare choice of TITS
DIFFKKENT ROUTES and the advastaga of
Ktxlit Dully Lines Palace Sleeplag Car
from CHICAGO to
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK,
AND OTHER EASTERN POINTS.
Ta-!.t that the Ticket Agent sell joa ticket by
the North-Western Road. Examine joor TIelceta.
and refuse to bar if they do not read oyer thU Read.
All Agenta tell them and Check ussil Baggige
Fret; by this Lino.
Through Ticket via this Ronte to all Eastern
Point can be procured at the Central Pacific Rail
road Ticket Office, foot of Market Street, asd at
i "Sevr Montgomery Street, San Francisco, asd at
nil Coupon Ticket Office of Central Pacific, Uoloa
Pacific, and all Western Railroads.
New York Office, No. 415 Broadway. Boatoa
Jfflce. No. 5 State Street. Omaha Office, Hi Pars
lam Strc t. San Francisco Office. 2 New Mont
gomery Street. Chicago Ticket Offices : 62 Clark
street, under Sherman Hooso ; 75 Canal, corner
Madison Street ; Elnzie Street Depot, corner West
KInzIe and Canal Streets ; Wells Street Dtpot,
corner Wells and Kinzie Streets.
For rate9 or Information sol attainable frasi
joar Lome ticket agents, apply to
Marvih HroniTT, W. II. Stzsmktt, '
. Uea'lMasg'rtCUcago. Qen'll'aii. Aet,CblcM-
NEW STORE!
Him Qmmi gso,
(Sue-censors to HENRY & BRO.)
All customcr of the old firm are cor
dially invited to continue their pat
ronage, the same as heretofore; together-
with us many new custo
mers as wish to purchase
Good Goods
For the Least Money.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Hale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific
R. R. Land for sale at front $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or on five or ten years
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have aNo a large and
choice lot of other I.iiuN. improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reasonable term. A Iso businesi and
residence lots in the rity. Wc keep a
complete abstractor title to all real es
tate in I'latte County.
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COIVOI RES, WEB.
$66 :
"WEEK in your own town.
and no capital risked. You
can ive the busiuess atrial
without expense. The best
opportunity ever offered for those will
ing to work. You ehoiilu try nothing
else until you see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. Na room
to explain here. You can devote all
your time or only your spare time to the
business, and make great pay for every
hour that you work. Women make as
much as men. Send for .special private
terms and particulars, which we mail
free. $." Outfit free. Don't complain of
hard times while you haTe sutch a
chance. Address II. IIALLETO & CO.,
Portland, Maine. 4SI-y
FARMERS!
BE OF (100D CnEER. Let not the
low prices of your products dis
courage you. but rather limit your ex
penses to your resources. You can do
so by stopping at the now home of your
fellow fanner, where you can find good
accommodations cheap. For hay for
team for one night and day, 25 cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
bunks, in connection- with the stable
free. Those wishing can be accommo
dated at the bouse of the undersigned
at the following rates: Menls 2. cents;
beds 10 eents. ,1. B. SENEOAL,
mile en9t ofQetrard's C orral
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