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E1QIIT PAGES. DAILY EAST OHEGONIAV, PENDLETON. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1908. PAGE THREE. NORTHWESTERN COMING. cue E EMPIRE FIRMS n How to Save Moisture In Soli. This may be done and good crops may be grown every sea- son, over the greater part of the inland empire, by 1. Fail dink land that Is to be summer fallowed the follow- Ing season., 2. Fall plow and leave rough lund that Is to be seeded to SDrlmr croDS. oats, wheat, bar- ley, corn, potatoes, etc, etc. 3. Tut a mulch on all your land In early spring, so far as possible. 4. In all soring and summer plowing work down dally, roll- lng down with some compacting tool of the subsurface packer type. S. ' Subsequent cultivation should be sufficient to keep soil clean of weeds, and covered with loose dry mulch. The knife type of harrow Is best for this purpose. Among the concentrated addresses on farm subjects given by the Instruc tors on the farming demonstration train over the O. It. & N. Ilneg In the Falouse country last March, was one by I'rof. Geo. Severance, agronomist of the state college at Pullman. Pro fessor Severance jald: 1 The previous sneakers huve been urging the Importance of growing a crop on our land every year, but with the majority of farmers the rainfall is not sufficient to grow a crop an nually. Careful experimentation has shown that we have enough to grow abundant crops every year Is a fair proportion can be caught and held in the soil to feed the growing crop, and I am going to suggest a few prac tices that will help to save this mois ture. First, the precipitation of fall and winter must be caught and allowed to percolate deep Into the soil. Land that has been fall disked or fall plowed 'will entch much more mois ture than land left hard nt the 'sur face. In one Investigation on the College Farm soil, soil with a loose surface whs found to have taken up three times as much moisture as soli six rods nway on the sand slope, but with n tine surface. We suggest, therefore, fact If land Is to be summer fallow It be disked In the fall. If the land is to be put In corn, potatoes or other spring crop, fall plaw Instead of disk ing and leave rough. The water will be rau;ht more completely, the rush of work the following spring will be relieved, the weathering of the soil will improve Its physical condition, the forming of the furrow, which should be done on spring plowing to prevent drying out. and must be done at considerable expense for labor Is done. In case of fall plowing by the picking effect of fall and winter rains at no expense to the farmers. Ixxiho I'-urtli on Surface. Second, after spring opens up the moisture of the soil evaporates very rapidly from the surface and pumps up from below as fast ns It evapo rates from the surface, as oil moves up a Inmp wick. Experiments have shown that If we work up three Inches of loose, dry and moderately fine earth on the surface.thls loss may be quite largely overcome be cause moisture will not draw upward For a compacting tool the Camp bell subsurface 'packer type of tool will pack the bottom of the furrow and leave the surface , almost un touched. This tool consults of a se rles of skeleton wheels with wedge shaped rims about one inch wide and five Inches apart. A tool of this type should follow the plo(w pretty closely and If the soil is gottlng dry or there Is considerable trash to plow under, It should be gone over twice with the packer. The subsequent working of the soil, whether in a cultivated crop or a summer fallow should bo suffi cient to keep clean of weeds and keep a loose, dry and moderately fine mulch on the surface. Weeds sap the moisture from the soli and use up available plant food. Whenever rain beats down the mulch the soli needs harrowing to renew the mulch. To cut off the weeds and loosen the soil, mulch as frequently as is usually necessary without fining the surface too much. A knife type of harrow or cultivator Is the best. Thcso are made In all sorts of forms and for all sorts of pieces, but the es sential thing Is to include a knife or a series of short knives or shears that will rut under the surface, cutting off all weeds and permitting the soil to slide back over the shear and lie very loose without betng much pul verized. A proper use of the Camp bell subsurface packer type of com pacting tool, and the knife type of harrow and cultivator will do much toward solving the moisture prob lem, and will largely overcome the objection so commonly urged against Idaho and Oregon Will Ho Tapiied hf New Lino to the Count. Another report confirming the ru mor that a proposed extension of the Northwestern railroad through south ern Idaho and Boise on through southern Oregon with a view to es tablishing a terminal at San Francis co, has been brought to this city by F. W. Hatch, of Chicago, traveling representative In the west of the Wycroff Advertising agency of Buf fulo, N. y., who arrived here the lat ter part of last week from the Pa cific coast country, says the Boise Capital News. U wus learned from Mr. Hatch to day that there seems to be little ques tion but that the proposed line into southern Idaho in the ultimate pur pose of the extension of the North western, for wheh surveys have been run into parts of this state" and are now being established towards Bolqe. He states that the primary Idea of the promoters Is to extend the road from Lander, Wyo., through southern Idaho to Boise and either make this city Its terminal or extend' the line from here through eastern Oregon striking a pass over to the Pacific coast in the southern part of the last 'named state, coming out of the moun tains near Medford, and then run ning parallel with the Southern Pa cific to San Francisco. At the present time Lander is the terminal of the Northwestern and al though that city has been dead, So to speak, for a long time, It is now booming owing to the Increased traf fic It has obtained through the rail road and Its future prospects of being one of the main cities on the western division. While reports of proposed railroad extensions have been numerous In this city for some years past, Mr. Hatch Is Inclined to think that the North western people are nlmlng to connetft Our Special Inducement For you to dress well on the Fourth of July and during your Summer Vacation. We will put on sale commencing Wednesday June 1 7, our entire Spring and Summer line of Stein-Bloch Smart Clothing at 25 per cent (1-4) off this grand offer will last until July 5th 1 908. The man of 1 7, the man of 30, ihe man of 50 AH have different views All are reflected in their Clothes tastes and in Stein-Bloch Clothing .'. We can please you all at a sacrifice of 25 per cent while this sale lasts See Big Window Display The Alexander Dep't. Store Store Closed all day Fourth of July thorough working of soil to be seed-Jrtolso with the east. This means In cd in wheat. WAIL 1HOM rUIXEVILLK. the end a through railroad for Boise. Pessimistic View of the Crook County Situation. The Prlnevlllo Review prints Hit following pessimistic Item on Prlne vlllo conditions us a result of prohi bition: The maddest man In town Is Mayor Wurzwellcr. He has the city finan ces on his hands, and ns It is heavily in debt he naturally wants to cleai up some of the bills against It and i finish Ills term with his usual good J record for economy. I Hut It s all off now, unless an oc cupation tax be levied upon business houses and professional men to meet the deficit caused by closing up the saloons. The mayor hasn't called a meeting of the council yet, and prob ably will not until he thinks he has the means of getting the problem solved. We do not deem an occupation tax advisable, and the council will un doubtedly share this view. It is com posed entirely or business men who would resent the Imposition of a tax on their businesses. And an attempt to tax professional men would have exactly the same effect as ordering almost half of them to leave the city. So It Is presumed that the city af fairs will be allowed to drift as they aro for a time or until the people grow accustomed to the new order of things and are willing to dig down Into their pockets for any money the city may happen to need. Everything will straighten out In time. Thinks It Saved His Life. Wester M. Nelson, of Naples, Me., says In a recent letter: "I have used Dr. King's New Discovery many years for coughs and colds, and I think It saved my life. I have found It a ! reliable remedy for throat and lung complaints, and would no more be without a bottle than I would be with out food." For nearly 40 years New Discovery has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies. As a pre ventive of pneumonia, and healer of weak lungs, it has no equal Sold under guarantee nt Tallman & Co.'s drug store. SOe nnd Jl. Trial bottle free. xvr iwiwi'u .iii i m irr-JCT Dam Gave Way. Deep creek dam, nine miles from Malad, Idaho, gave way Friday and a wall of water 20 feet deep swept down the valley, doing a large amount of damage. Considerable stock was drowned. Prisoner Escniiexl. Robert J. McNamara escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Walla Walla Friday night. He was wearing Irons because of his attempted escape a week before, but filed them off. He has not yet been recaptured. Garden Hose and Refrigerators Are something that everybody needs now that dry and warm weather Is coming on and It behooves everybody to get the best for their money. If that's what you're looking for, call around and examine my line of refiigeraun and garden hose. V. STROBLE 810 K. Conrt (ttroetl hone Blar im FOURTH MODF.L V.MIM AMOIT HKADY. TO KXTKXI) TO 8XAKE KIVEH. Electric Line From noise Will Tup Well District. One of the most feasible proposi tions which has come up In the rail road discussion Is the proposed road This road Is to continue on from Caldwell to the Snako river, says a Caldwell Kent. This Is to Intersect n boat line which will ply on the river from Huntington to Swan Falls. The Interurban Is also to run from Cald well to Payette, nnd on to Welser. This will make quick transportation between nil of these towns and be the means of making a thickly settled country all the way up and down the Hoise and Payette valleys. The proposed road from Caldwell to Snake river will probably be com menced In the near future for It has been definitely stated that the plans nnd data have all been prepared and that movements are on foot to fl nance the proposition. through moist sol, nor coarse soil as!0' tne Bolse & Interurban railroad, fast as through fine, nor through loose soil ns fast as compact. Stubble Innd that is to be plowed during late spring or summer should be disked as early as the soil Is fit to work In spring, to form the de sired soil mulch. If tho disk breaks the surface Into chunks It should be harrowed to break up the chunks. Farmers who have tried this find that the soil will plow up moist and mellow In July, while adjoining land not so disked will begin to plow quite cloddy In May. Besides holding the moisture the early disking will In duce the germination of considerable foul seeds before plowing. Chop the stubble In so tho furrow will work down better nnd lessen the danger of "burning" and keep the soil In better physical condition. Fall plowed land that will not be seeded for three or four weeks after spring work opens snouici receive a narrowing as soon as fit to work. Harrowing Fall-Sown Wheat. Fall-sown wheat should be-. har rowed when It becomes crusted In the spring before the wheat covers the ground. If the wheat has gotten well established tho harrowing will do It little harm and will do many times ns much good. Alfalfa that has stood two years or more should be tnorougniy aicKea in tne spring or worked with some tool that will loosen thp surface thoroughly., In short, wherever the moisture prob lem Is a serious one the farmer should aim to come as near to form ing a good mulch over his entire farm In the early spring as his crops tools nnd force of teams will permit. Clow the Soli Down. Third, In all spring and summer plowing the soil should be worked down as fast as plowed to prevent the furrow drying out. The desired re. suit should be to pack the bottom of the furrow down tight onto the fine soil underneath without pulverizing tho surface too much. In nearly all parts of tho Inland empire thorough working of the summer fallow Is said to aggravate the puddling of the soil In the wtntej because It becomes too fine. In certain places this ex cessive pulverizing of the surface ag gravates drifting. This necessitates the substitution of more appropriate tools than the smooth roller and the spike harrow. Escaped Lunatic nex-nrtured. After wandering at liberty for over four years, a lunatic named Brock who escaped from the provincial asy lum In Westminster, B. C. in 1904, was recently captured at the Gold- stream ranch In the Okanogan coun try and returned to New Westminster. Tho man Is unable to give any ac count of his whereabouts during his long absence from the asylum and remains a hopeless lunatic. Marked for Death. . Charging him with being responsi ble for the death of his brother-in-law, John Murray, a few weeks ago, Postmaster T. W. G. O'Connor of the little town of Nasel, In Pacific county, Wash., has been greatly alarmed by the receipt of anonymous letters tell ing him that he Is marked with death and that he must "make peace with god." Log Driver Drowns. Richard Riley, a log driver work ing on a boom near Skykomlsh, was drowned Wednesday. Riley attempt ed to pull In a cable; his hands slip ped and he fell backwards, going un der the boom. The swift water car ried him 1000 feet down the stream, where he drowned In two feet of water. A. J. Murphy, a young man living near Almlra, Wash., who was to have been married In a few days, shot himself Thursday at the home of Jens Welsman. No cause Is known for the act KoKiilin Experiment Station Is X ear ing Perfection. The new experiment farm being In stalled adjoining Rosalia by citizens, to be operated by Mr. Seneca, late of the experiment station of the Wash ington State college, under the direc tion of Professor Elliott, head of the department of agriculture in that school, js progressing nicely," says a Rosalia correspondent of the Spokes. man-Review. The f mn consists of 20 acres nnd Is less than a mile from Rosalia, A I modern barn Is being built and other improvements will be made. A por tion of the farm will be planted to or chard and small fruits. Alfalfa, clo ver nnd other grasses will be grown, Five Jersey cows have been purchas ed and a number of hogs nnd chick ens will be placed on the farm. The object of the farm Is to show what can be done on smnll farms In this vicinity. Mr. Seneca has under taken to produce not less than $1000 worth of products per year from the 20 acres This means $50 per acre, nnd it Is nrgued that if this enn be done annually the value of the land will advance rapidly. it tins small farm Is tho success that Is expected, It Is likely the same plan will be tried on larger tracts the talk now being to try a farm of 40 nnd another of 80 acres, using scientific methods nnd farming the land Intensely, raising crops every year nnd never summer following. The result of this experiment will be watched with deep Interest by a great many people. It Is along the line suggested In one of out recent editorials nnd Is, we believe, as prac tical work as the state can enter In to, especially when these stations can be made Self-supporting, or very nearly so. Your Fourth of July Needs at a Saving We are now passing through the most prosperous period in our history, undoubtedly due to the simple but effective method of supplying just the merchandise wanted, at just the price one wants to pay for it. Two Injured In a Wreck. Fred Hind and another young man. name unknown, were severely Injured In the wrecking of a freight train on tho F. S. & N. railroad, near Arden, Friday morning. Hind had his shoulder dislocated and his Jaw crushed, nnd the other man had a leg broken. Both are at Harvey hospltnl In Colvllle. ml .m-iJ;A 'Mi m mm The Only Difference between our clothing and the high-class merchant tail ors' Is the PRICE, Ours are made especially for us by America's foremost tailors whose designs are the best In the world. Every garment has back of It our guarantee absolute satisfaction. 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