The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-09-19
rRom Willow PRAIRIE.
arrsr o. 1890.

or allowing others 20 compare their
crops with ours, append few exasn-
Piles or yields:
JN Galbraith had oats threshed Tint
averaged over 90 bushels per acre.
j II Gnlbrnilh had some fine beans,
but ] did not get the yield
w w Howes had wheat that averaged
so bushels and oats 84 bushels per acre,
and all his grain WAS sown between the
lst aud 10th OF May.
Elder Shea, our Mormon pre-
siding elder. hnd oats that aver
aged 80 bushels, besides they were
cut with liasld binder aud quite II lot
were fed out In the sheaf The elder
has the finest crop Of onions he ever
raised, and almost every man that has
crossed the mountains will tell YOU
that they are tlrst-class, ns they have
eaten or them (nnd, by tile way, II
can prevail on The old man, he will
bring few 10 yotl the first time he
comes TO Lebannn. Your correspond
ent buaght a few some days ago, aud
being struck SO fivorHbiy with the
large size, | measured one, and found
that u was l9i Inches one way aud l54
the other.
The Russell Brothers Ind two sorts
OF oats; the best averaged 80 bushels
per acre and the others 90 bushels per
acre, and they weigh "A pounds To the
measured bushel Their spring wheat
averaged 36 bushels They have n
squash that measures o. feet around
one way aud 81 feet the other, and
quite n lot that will compare favorahly
with IL. Their beans made 10 bushels
per acre, and buckwiieat so bushels per
acre.
VIM and Jno A Thompson did not
thresh their oats, but their yield was
estimated by different ones at from ~
To 10 bushels per acre; hut they did
| thresh their potatoes, and the fellow
! Ing Is the result: One hill produced 3S
/ large potatoes, aud this SO astonished
Uncle William that he did not think
To weigh them. However, something
over week later, his nervousness hav.
] Ing somewhat subsidized, when he dug
another hill. and by the request of
some one, the old gentleman weighed
one Of the largest, aud found II weighed
II 8 pounds. II. S.-Editor of Plains
Vile, ILL.,, Observer please copy The
| potatoes referred 10 are of the variety
known as Early Rose.
/ Joshua Nichols raised some wheat
that wns not thrs shed, but was ,sti-
mated by good Judges at from 40 to SO
bushels per acre.
Gaibraith and Morehead had wheat
that made 81 bushels per acre.
Now VIII II community can furnish a
/ nose substantial reason why people
should leave the cyclone belt aud set
| tie In this, the gfandest part Of Oregon.
Men can buy farms, improved oi
lunimproved, very cheap, or they can
| find good government land subject "a
homestead ar prescription. Remembei
these reports nre not for less than acre
lots; for instance, Russell Brothers
oats went over 1900 bushels, and Gal
braith and Morehead bad near 10 acres
wheat. | speak of this to show that
lid not cut out little pieces, but took
whole crops.
/ Mrs VIM Thompson has fully re
covered from her sick spell. and now
all the Willow Prairiles ARE at homt
well and happy. except its wayward
son, Andrew ] Nichols, aud he IL e.
pected home soon, and, by the way
some really believe that he will eaptur,
n better half while III tsoitra and bring
her heme. BE that as Ii may, we ds
know that when he comes home, tha
he will get some venison soon after.
Joseph SteInpransit reiurnrl honl,
from his vacation, pitching bundles 20
a thresher ON the prairie. He says /
IL n good job, hut oh, myi how thes
put fellow tbroughl Joseph bough
n Winchester rifle and expects 10 ftAas
VAA NttlFfi eAiAA ttiAN A4NtNts
Mrs ] A Powell and Bert aud Minnie
from Lebanon, and o III Russell, are a
Lower Soda recruiting their lost ener
gies. Hope that they will enjoy them
selves To their hearts, content, return
thoroughly reiuveuated and bring bacl
plenty of venisan and fish.
Mrs Joshua Nichols has SOM
peaches that are said To be the hest ii
the country. They are the California
Chill variety. The tree is full, ant
they are sweet aud delicious.
. Joshua Nichols Is preparing tothresl
his wheat He will soon complete hi
: kitchen, and then, goilyl what an oys
: ter sup eri Just stand one side, please
Frank Steingrandt promised you
correspondent a piece of venison with !
two weeks. II he comes TO time, IL
send half ef II TO the editor.
Bud Mealey and family are visitili
, his mother. They have gone tn FisI
Lake for pleasure trip. joy and WI
went with them.
! Miss Lola Reafuer gees again to A
: hanv to-morrow, to stay ov-r winte
: with the parties she spent the SUNNI
! with.
: Charley Howes killed cougar q
! George Zullner's place that measure
! nine feet from tip OF tail 10 end of nose
o. Judd Mealey has some hogs fl
sale He sold SOME to Mr.. Nichols II
1 81 cents growth. REPORTER.