The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-26

ING TO OREGON-THE ca USE
ETC, ETC, ETC
FUGENE CITY. Lane CO.. Oregon.
May 5, 1875.
To the Editor of the MoRRIsrows GAZETTE:
We are having that delightful
weather now, and have had for the
last month. and expect to have for
the next six months to come. that
no other country in the world can
have but Oregon. The winter was
not as rainy. but colder than for
many years. l. e., a deg. above Zero.
1t is not necessary to say "the fields
of grain look promising or that
"the fruit is killed." to one who
knows the fact that OREGON HAS NOT
HAD A FAILURE IN TWENTY FIVE
YEARS. CThis boast OF the weh-feet
is considered by Californians as our
particular soFTNEss, for they boast
of Gbeing able to have one failure
out of FIVE, and then live better than
we do y So it goes. But this year
is their failure.
From the u. S. Signal Office find
that the annual rainfall is much less
here than in Knoxville. Tennessee.
The warmest day in 1873 was 81
deg. and the coldest was IL above
Zero, and an old Oregonian assured
me that "he never heard of that
town Zero until some Of these Min.
nesota fellows came here and man,
ed it,
The yield of wheat is from Is to
20 bushels per acre. and of oats from
40 to 105 bushels. and the weight is
from 3 to pounds heavier than your
standard grain. and the expected
crops of the State will be about ten
million bushels, and with a price of
about q cents per bnshel. The vast
acreage sown will require more mus
Gle than Oregon has got to harvest
it. Although it has over two months
that not a drop of rain is expected
to fall on it. and it is predicted that
those fields that "stood over" or
will not average over 20 bushels.
they will have to cut for hay. The
incoming immigration will help us
out some, for with the one hnndred Il
and fifty thousand that will come to
this coast. at least one-fourth will
come here. Five hundred is now on
the incoming steamer. 1t is said an
opposition line of Steamships will
be put on the route from San Fran
cisco to Portland, reducing the fare
and freights very mneh This new
line is necessity, and the Steamers
are first-class. having been in the
Pacific Mail Co s Line, aAd are new,
while the John l.. Stephens was an
old hull lin the days of 40" The
Ajax is new. a propeller, and trolls
awfully." Joaquin Miller who once
published a paper here) has written
a poem called the "Sundown Sea-
but literary people, when they read
that and ride on the Ajax that $50
miles. fini it difficult to separate the
pleasure and poetry from the pukes.
have just talked with that per-
sisteut emigrant who wheeled his
trap the plains across" He says
he enjoyed his trip. His wheelbar-
row is now in store at farm near
Stockton, Cal. and she thinks of
taking a ride back to the Centennial
next year in it, He averaged I8J
miles per day on his trip from Oma-
ha to Stockton.
1t is a rare treat to sit and listen
to those old miners and trappers tell
their old adventure. They meet with
that sympathy and fraternity of
feeling that Masonry has to ac-
knowledge as its equal. [ will tell
you of one Of their feats where most
of the parties live in this county, and
are known as our best citizens, who
are renowned on this coast for their
large hearts and plenty of coin.
will mention Z. w Rhea, who was
born in Greeneville. Tenn. and Hen
ry Hill at the crossing OF the Ken
tucky road and Sycamore.
At the time of the Canyon City
Gold mine excitement. the Snake
Indians were killing all that strayed
beyond the out-nosts. A miner was
killed. Leaving enough to mind
camp" they "synched" their cu0ias.
and after Mr. To. went, and succeed
ed in capturing one. and took him
back for punishment. The friends
of the dead miner we're for burning
him at stake, while others were
for lighter punishment. At this
juncture q man came into camp with
some "patent medicines" and want
ed to be called a Doctor, but the
suspicious miners doubted this Doc
tors ability, and to test the ability
of the "man of Pills." and TO punish
the Indian. they sentenced both at
once. The Doctor prepared himself
with butcher knife and saw, but,
not being very familiar with Gross,
Miller or Pagett. made . s'square
flint leaving no flap on the Indians
leg. Now. after the amputation and
arteries were properly litigated. they
buried him partly in the ground. and
then administered three pills. which
was expected to further test the Doc
tors ability. Henry Hill was paid
to guard him. but one night being in
want of an eye-opener,- went down
to Royal Arms saloon. and with
her "fiowery tongue" and good whis-
ky. forgot bIr. Lo. The Indian pull
ed out, and Gen. Harry recaptured
him on the head waters of the Malk-
ner river il 1868. and he is supposed
to be the only wild Indian who ever
had the pleasure of an operation of
modern surgery performed. / am
well acquainted with DR.. @. He has
O good practice. but laughs very dry