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STOVES, RANGES, PUMPS, CROCKERY,
TINWARE, PAINTS AND OILS
Hardware
GUNS, AMMUNITION, AND
BLACKSMITH SUPPLIES
' ' ! " '
T. T. Nelsen
Funeral Director and
Licensed Embalmer
1 VALE
Oregon I
City Livery Barn
ALL NEW RIGS
Prompt Attention Given All Or
ders. Rigs Delivered and Re
turned on Application
REASONABLE RATES
Phone 44
J. W. Stephenson
Proprietor
VALE, - - OREGON
T. T. Nelsen
Dealer in all kinds of
Linoleums
Furniture
Carpets
Rugs
etc.
Vale
Oregon
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
VALE OIL LANDS?
The Future Looks Bright
with the development work now
going on. Four Standard Rigs
are racing down for the coveted
fluid.
I Can Locate You Cheap
If Yon Act Quickly
Lands, Leases and Stocks in sev
eral companies can be furnished at
prices that will attract you. Get
in on the ground floor, while the
opportunity lasts. Oil Lands can
be obtained now for very little
more than the cost of locating,
which in from 80 to 60 days may
be worth thousands.
Write me about it
H. P. OSBORN, Vale, Ore.
THE HOLLAND CITY LOTS
Which for the past year have
been withdrawn from sale, are
again placed on the market, and
we offer them at very rcMeaibU
pritM. The lots are close in and
the most desirable in the city for
residence lots. Terms 25 per cent
cash, balance to suit.
HOPE BROS. Agents
Vale, Oregon
J. S. WOODS
Blacksmith and
Horseshoer
Iron jammed at our shop
in the best and most
skilful manner
All Work Guaranteed
SHOPS:
Few doors south of P. O.
and also A street
Bayles & McDonald
CONTRACTORS
&
BUILDERS
Shop one door East from Enter
prise Office
VALE, OREGON
FOR SALE
FIVE HUNDRED CHICKENS
Pullets from April to June
hatch, strong and hardy
good blood. Will be sold
at a sacrfice. K. G. W.
Leghorns, S. C. B. Leg
horns and B. P. Rocks.
Write or tee
NYSSA FOUR HUNDRED
POULTRY FARM
MRS. CLARA ROACH. Prop.
Mt. Hood
Commercial Co.
409 Washington St.
Portland, Ore.
atffii" Family Liquors
When in Portland don't fail
to call and see us.
W. H. BARD
JOHN S. COPIY
VALE TRANSFER
COMPANY
...OFFICE...
Rose Saddlery
Prompt Attention Given
to all Orders
MEET TRAIN DAILY
C. E. CHARLES, Prop.
Phone your orders to Residence
or Vale Saddlery.
VALE DRUG STORE
PRESCRIPTIONS A
SPECIALTY
Choice Line of
Candy and Cigars
Stationery
School Supplies
BOS WELL & JOHNSTON
Proprietor
T. A. BARTON
Undertaker
Undertaking Rooms, A street,
three blocks east of U. S. Nat'L
Bank of Vale. Phone No. 4
GLAZED CEMENT PIPE
The Best for Irrigation
and Sewer Purposes.
Manufactured by the
Idaho Glazed Cement Pipe Co.
For Information See PETE Du FORD, Vale, Oregon
First Class
Cafe in
Connecton
Electric
Lights
Hot and
Cold Water
in Every
Room
Steam Heat
Drexel Hotel
FRED L. JOHNSON, Proprietor .
'17.- , Yil': -...' t.'-?""--.rr r-- '.
sKii wi -ry.-v
Installing
Telephone
System in
Each Room
Private Baths
Largest and
Best
Equipped
Hotel in
Eastern
Oregon
ESSENTIAL FEATURES
IN DRY FARMING
Bv Prop. Thos. Shaw
"Where the rainfall is not more
than fifteen inches per year, and es
pecially where it is les than ten inches
during the growing months, the
practice of dry farming should be in
troduced on arable lands. The least
amount of rain, during the growing
months, on which a crop can be
grown will depend first upon the na
ture of the soil, and subsoil, and sec
ond on the season at which the great
est precipitation falls. Soils con
taining an excess of sand are so
leachy that it may be difficult to farm
them under the dry farming- plan.
Clay loams, or silty loams, underlaid
with a close subsoil have highest
adaptation for such farming, but
where hard-pan is present, it should
not come too near the surface, other
wise root growth cannot feed deep
enough in the soil.
Early Crops the Best
"In nearly all localities where dry
farming is practiced, winter wheat or
winter rye will succeed better than
crops sown in the spring, but in many
instances several k:,nds of spring
crops may be grown successfully. It
is better, however, to give the prefer
ence to varieties and classes of crops
that mature early in the season, as
where dry farming is practiced the
summer and early autumn months
are usually the most lacking in rain
fall. The best spring crops to be
grown, as a rule, north and south of
the parallel 45 degrees, include Dur
um wheat, speltz, hulless barley and
spring rye. Oats may sometimes be
made to yield good crops, but the oat
plant requires more moisture to grow
it successfully than the other crops
aamed.
How to Prepare the SoiL
"When preparing the soil for these
crops, it is necessary in many in
stances to summer fallow the land
the previous year. In doing this, the
land should be plowed deeply, and at
that season as a rule when 1t can be
plowed at the least expenditure of la
bor. The day that it is plowed and
not the next day it should be press
ed down with a roller or disk. If a
disk is used, the disks should run
nearly straight. The harrow should
then follow to make a dust mulch on
the surface, and the harrow should
follow again and again after each
rainfall of any importance. The
autumn crops should be sown early-,
probably not later than late August
or early September, that the plants
may have a good start before winter.
If the land has been summer fallowed
as indicated, it will seldom happen
that there is too little moisture in the
soil to germinate the grain when
sown. In Oregon, where much of
the rainfall comes in winter, it may
be preferable to begin the summer
fallowing in the autumn of the pre
vious season.
Grain Should be Thinly Sown.
"Where dry farming is practiced,
the grain should be thinly sown. Us
ually three becks of winter wheat per
acre are sufficient, five pecks of rye,
four pecks of speltz or barley and
four or five pecks of oats. If too
much seed is sown, there wilt not be
enough moisture in the soil to prop
erly feed each plant, hence the yield
will be small.
"Another essential feature in ory
farming is the careful attention that
should be given to the harrow'ng rf
the grain. Winter wheat should, as
a rule, be harrowed at least once in
the fall, and from one to three times
in the spring, and spring grain should
receive from one to four harrowing!
according to the conditions. The
first harrow'ng should be given when
the grain begins to push up through
the surface of the ground, the second
when it is three or four inches high,
and other hsrrowings if needed later.
The harrow used should be very
light, and should carry with it a wide
sweep in order to go over the land
quickly, At rule, alio, tbt tilth
1,250,000 ACRES OF LAND NEAR
VALE OPEN TO HOMESTEADER
On Account of the Big Demand for Copies of Enterprise Containing Des
ignation of New Tract of Land Subject to Entry, the Following With
Added Information is Reprinted From the Enterprise of October 1st
One million and a quarter acres of
land tributary to Vale has been placed
on record In the local United 8tats
land office as subject to entry. The
north boundary of this tract lies due
west of Vale, the nearest section being
25 miles west of this city end the tract
extends to the Harney county line or
the west boundary of this land district.
The land extends south for distance
of 75 miles.
This tract Is designated by the land
office department as non-irrlgable land
and the larger part Is said to be espec
ially adapted to dry-farming. Home
steads are obtainable under .the en
larged homestead act of February 19,
1909, which in part states that 320
acres can be taken up. Five years res
idence must be made and entrymen
must show that ' part of the land has
been cultivated." Commutation Is not
allowed under this-act ' '
The Acting Secretary of the Interior
on September 10 of this year designat
ed the following list:
T 18 S R 38 B All of township.
T 19 S R 36 E Sees 1 to 18 inclusive
Sees 22 to 27 inclusive.
T 19 S R 36 Sees 6 to 8 inclusive Sec
13 All Sees 17 to 21 inclusive Sees 24
and 25 All Sees 28 to 33 inclusive Sec
86 All.
T20 S R 37 E Sec 1 All Sees 5 to 8
11 to 14 17 to 20 Inclusive Sec 24 All
Sees 28 to 33 inclusive.
T 21 S R 37 E Sees 3 to 10 15 to 36
Inclusive.
T 22 8 R 37 E Sees 1 to 29 33 to 86
inclusive.
T 23 8 R 37E Sees 1 to 4 inclusive
Sees 10 and 11 All Sees 29 to 32 inclu
sive.
T 24 S R 37 E Sees 5 to 8 Inclusive
Sees 13 and 14 All Sees 18 and 19 All
Sees 23 to 26 Inclusive Sees 35 to 36
All.
T 25 8 R 37 E Sees 1 to 4 8 to 36 in
clusive. T 26 S R 37 B All of township. .
T 27 S R 37 E All of township.
T 28 S R 37 B All of township.
T 29 S R 37 B All of township.
T 30 S R 37 B All of township.
T 18 8 R 38 B Sees 1 to 3 10 to 15
22 27 34 to 36 Inclusive. , ,
T 19 8 R 38 E All of township. ,
T 20 S R 38 E Sees 1 to 24 27 to 38
Inclusive.
T 21 S R 38 E Sees 25 to 27 34 to 36
Inclusive. . .
T 22 8 R 38 E Bees 1 to S 10 to 15
22 to 27 34 to 36 Inclusive.
T 23 8 R 38 B Sees 1 to 3 10 to 15 21
to 28 83 to 36 inclusive.
T 24 8 R 38 B All of township.
T 25 8 R 38 E All of township.
T 26 8 R 38 B All of township.
T 27 8 R 38 E All of township.
T 28 8 R 38 B All of township.
T 29 S R 38 B All of township.
T 30 8 R 38 B All of township.
T 18 S R 39 B All of township.
T 19 S R 39 B All of township.
. T 20 8 R 39 E Sees 1 to 20 Inclusive.
Ts 21 to 30 8 inclusive R 89 B All of
township.
T 19 S R 40 B All of township.
T 20 S R 40 E Sees 1 to 18 20to 27
Inclusive.
T 21 8 R 40 B Sees 6 to 9 13 to 86
Inclusive.
Ts 22 to 24 S Inclusive R 40 B All of
township.
Ts 27 to 30 S inclusive R 40 E All of
township.
T 22 8 R 41 E All of township.
Ts 23 and 24 S R 41 B All of town
ship. Ts 22 and 23 S R 43 E All of town
ship. The designation of lands under this
act does not permit entries to be mads
If the lands are not subject to home
stead entry or are under suspension or
withdrawal or In a forest or other res
ervation. . ,
The removal of the suspension, with
drawal, or reservation of these lands
subjects them to this act, If otherwise
subject to homestead entry.
OREGON SHEEP WILL HOLD
THEIR OWN IN BIG SHOW
Says G. W. McKnight, President of the Oregon Wool
growers' Association Sheep are Fat and Late Rains
Have Brought Out the Green Grass in Splendid
Shape Tariff Agitation Only Drawback
should have' a backward slant. The
harrowing not only prevents the es
cape of moisture, but helps to keep
the fields free from weeds.
Crops That Furnish Humus.
"Where corn can be successfully
grown, the cultivation given to the
corn summer fallows the land almost
as well as it would be fallowed by the
other process. Corn thus grown for
the grain or fodder, or both, should
more than pay for its culture, and the
land will be left in fair condition for
growing a crop of grain after the
corn has been harvested.
"Alfalfa can be grown with much
success in nearly all dry land areas,
but for hay it will only furnish one
rutting per year, as a rule. It will al
so put an abundant supply of humus
in the land in its roots, and that is
what is always greatly needed in dry
areas. The humus greatly increases
the power of the land to retain moist
ure. It is probable, also, that in such
aress it will be found possibls to
grow crops of alfalfa seed with con
siderable profit by sowing the iced In
drills about thirty inches apart, and
cultivating the toil daring the period
of growth," '
Oregon sheep can hold their own in
competition with show animals of
(ny other state, in the opinion of
George W. McKnight, of Vale, presi
dent of the Oregon Woolgrowers
Association, who was in Portland
yesterday says the Oregonian of Fri
day of last week. He said this fact
will be demonstrated at the coming
convention of the National Wool
growers' Association, to open in the
Armory January 4.
"We should have the greatest sheep
show ever held in America," said he.
"Our Oregon breeders have a great
opportunity to show how well they
have bred and fed their stock, and if
they win in the coming competition,
they can take their sheep anywhere
in the world. ; ;
"The National Woolgrowers Asso
ciation is the oldest organization of
livestock men in the United States.
We are assured now that the Port
land convention will be the biggest in
the history of the association. We
will have men of nationla reputation
on the programme for addreses.' The
state convention of sheepmen had
voted to hold this Winter's meeting
at Baker, Ore., but that place wa'ved
its claim to the honor so we could
meet in Portland just prior to the Na
tional convention. The exact dates
will be determined later.
"The coming tariff agitation that
the woolgrowers have to go through
promises anything but well for them.
Our product has fallen away one-
third as the result of last year's re
vision. The price of sheep in the
markets, however, has been maintain
ed well because there has been s big
corn crop in the Middle West and the
demand is good for feeders on that
account.
"Oregon was particularly favored
over any of the other range states
last year.. Losses have been less se
vere her during the Winter than in
any other sheep state and the Sum
mer drought has dons less damage
than elsewhere. For example, the
Montana ranges were practically
cleaned off. I look for good prices
for Oregon sheep. This stats will
bs called on, at always, for stock to
replenish the ranges of these other
states.
. "Range conditions in Oregon sre
excellent. The late rains bars brought
Out tbt inio trail la iplmdld tfasps.
Sheep are fat end will go Into the Win
ter In good condition. Aside from the
tariff agitation that the wool grower
has to face, the outlook Is excellent
This Is the only cloud on the horizon
for the sheepman."
While In Portland, Mr. McKnight met
the officials of the National associa
tion. He Is co-operating with them
fully In making arrangements, for the
Midwinter convention and sheep show.
While visiting In Vale stop at the Ar
lington Hotel.
Settle It Now
Settle It Right
For constitutional amendment
giving to cities and towns
exclusive power to license,
regulate, control, suppress,
(or prohibit the sale of intox
icating liquors within the
municipality.
328 X Yes
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