THE ISTEW AGE, PORTTiASrD, OREGON
THE W. G. M'PHERSON COMPANY
r Heating, Ventilating and Drying Engineers
WARM AIR FURNACES
'"NOTHING BUT THE BEST" 47 Eirst Street PORTLAND, OREGON
DRIFTED SNOW
FLOUR
"The Purest of Pure Foods"
Tacoma Warehouse
TACOMA, U. S. A.
THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
BEST BY EVERY TEST
For Streets, Driveways and Crosswalks.
WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
716 Oregonian Building, Portland, Oregon
HENRY WEINHARD'S BREWERY
Manufacturers and Bottlers of the
Well Known Brands of -Lager Beer
" EXPORT "
" KAISERBLUME "
"COLUMBIA"
IN KEGS AND BOTJLES
Trade and Families Supplied
Breweryland Office BURNSIDE & 1 3th STS.
DAVID II. IIKKnir.lt, HIDNKY CLAKK,
I'mlilout. LMhlor.
Union National Bank
Incorporated 1890
CAPITAL $100,000
Pays Interest on Time Deposits
THE OLD BANK CORNER
Grand Fork.
NORTH DAKOTA
O. C. MCINTZ, Mmidgcr.
PACIFIC IRON WORKS.
STRUCTURAL STEEL AIND IROIN
Steel Bridges, Upset Rods and Bolts, Cast Iron
Colums and all Architectural Iron. Sidewalk Doors
and Lights. All Kinds of Castings.
EAST END BURNSIDE STREET BRIDGE, PORTLAND, OR
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SPOKANE
First National Bank of Rock Springs
HOOK hl'KINUH, WYOMIXU
CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $100,000
I1VUUY ATTIINTION CIIVHN TO HUSINHSS
1!NTRHSII!I fO US
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The Model Dry Goods Store
of the Model Western City
VISIT SPOKANE. WKmi you do. vi.it THE CRESCENT.
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lit moaei store, ana one or ine moil interesting snow placet in
what Elbert Hubbard has called, the model city of America.
Visitor will find hara Bureau of Information wkr
rcliabU information of nil kinds regarding tk city may
ba obUiaad. Also fraa Parcel Chock Rmsttu, Public
Talapkonas and comfortable waiting rooms witk lava,
tons for woman.
Spokane Agents for North Star Blankets; the kind used on
mil Pullman coaches.
and Sperry Mi
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Phone Cast 57
I.Watson Drug Co.
Wholesale and Retail
The moat complete stock of Drups and
Patent Medicine to be found In the Inland
Empire. Prices guaranteed a low as the
lowett. Our Prescription Department
merits your confidence.
421 Riverside Ave.
Marlso Block
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Annnnl Ijoaaea Dae to Inflect.
If tlio power of tho mosquito hnil
not been proved to us beyond n doubt,
we would bi Inclined to regard the cs
tlumte of 7700,000,000 nununl loss to
our fnrin'iif,' lutereHta cniiBcd by In
pecta, which lias been mndo by tho De
partment of Agriculture as too Btnrt
llnjj to bo true. Tho following table
shows tho basis of tho calculation :
Annual
Product-). Value.
Cereal ...12,000.000.000
Amount
p. c. or t-os.
10 1200.000.000
Hay 630,000,000
10 08,000.000
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i.ui.UII ....
Tobncco . .
Truck crops
Hujjnrs ...
Fruits ....
Farm forests
Mlscellnn'us
crop ...
Animal prod-
000,000,000
63,000,000
206,000,000
60,000,000
136,000,000
110,000,000
10
10
20
10
20
10
00,000,000
6,300,000
63,000,000
6,000,000
87.000,000
11,000,000
68,000,000
10 ' 6,800,000
10 176,000,000
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Total ..$6,831,000,000 1605,100,000
Natural forests and forest prod
uct 100,000,000
Product In storage 100,000,000
(Iran J total $705,100,000
Huch nn Immense sum being well
worth tho saving, tho department has
In Its employ a largo staff of men who
aro studying tho llfo history of the
pernicious Insects to find out where
they a ro vulnerable.
Tho work has been going on for sotno
years and much progress has already
been made. Tho cotton worm which
formerly levied nn annual tnx of ?30,
000,000 on tho cotton crop, Is now con
trolled by Nprnys; It has been proven
that tho ravages of tho Russian lly
which sometimes have reduced the
wheat acreage In Ohio 40 cr cent and
In Indiana 00 per cent besides greatly
Impairing tho yield of tho remaining
acreage, can bo considerably checked
by planting wheat at seasons when tho
lly Is not so rapacious; tho coddling
'moth Is controlled by arsenical sprays
nniN .'0,000,000 worth of apples saved
as a result.
The orange and lemon orchards of
California have been relloved of tho
whlto scn!o which threatened to de
stroy them," by tho Importation from
Australia of tho ladybird, a natural
enemy of tho scale. Many other In
stances could bo given of the wisdom
of watching tho Insects.
Cli!rr-MUltiK.
l'ho Apple Specialist, In nrmvor to
nn Inquiry, gives tho following Instruc
tions how to make elder and keep It
sweet :
"In order to mako elder tho Julco
must bo extracted from the npplon.
This Is dono by grinding tlio apples
Into n pumleo nnd thus pressing the
Julco out. Tho pumice is laid up In
hoops and held In place by old sacking
made by ripping gunny sacks. It Is
laid up In chcexo form, one abovo tho
other, and pressure applied at tho top.
Tho elder works out through tho snek
Ing liud Is caught In n tub. Hand el
der mills aro made that are excellent
for tho work, and sweet cider mny bo
had at any time. Ther Is no way to
keep cider sweet without nicking It off,
drawing It from ono barrel to another
Bevornl times, letting It run through
several thicknesses of flannel to take
out tho sediment. It Titust !x allowed to
run very slowly so as to keep nil sedi
ment In tho bottom of the barrel. When
thoroughly purltled tho barrel must bo
plugged tight and kept In a cool place,
lly boiling and skimming the elder It
will keep sweet, but has a slight cook
ed taste. Wo have made thousands of
barrels of elder and have tried all
kinds of schemes to keep It sweet nnd
luivo found nothing equal to racking
off. It Is n slow process, however, and
unless well done will not prove effect
ual." .
Four-How Corn Marker.
Thu following suggestion, which
seems a good one, comes from n farmer
who has built and used one. Ho says:
"This will make four marks at a tlmo
ou ridges or In furrows. To turn at tho
end of rows, pull gang polo out of bole,
lay It back, fold up outside runners,
and you bare Just two runners to turn,
tho same aa an ordinary sled. Tut
sketch will clearly Bhow the construc
tion of the marker. On stumpy (round,
raise the outside runners as wbaa turn
ing, aud so right along.
Farm Notaa.
One-fourth of the dairy cows of the
country do not pay for their fedt and
more than half of them do not return
any profit.
In nlno months 4,1S4,181 doaea effs,
valued at lSti5,t37, were exported from
the Uulted States, double the number
sent out durlug the sanio period last
year.
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Alfalfa na n Weed Kilter.
Probably no other crop, without a
sluglo exception, presents so many
characteristics o,f value. As It Is stud
ied moro nnd more, nnd as new experi
ments are made with It In different
capacities, Its wonderful capacities be
come moro nnd moro manifest. A very
eminent authority tins discovered that
It Is n weed eradlcator of unfailing
power. This will seem llko contradic
tion to renders who hnvo been cau
tioned about weeds, and which will
provo more destructive to alfalfa than
any combatnblo Influence. Neverthe
less It Is strictly true that the plant Is
tho greatest destroyer of weeds known.
This comes not so much from any qual
ity contained In the alfalfa plant, but
from the Inability of tho weeds to en
duro having their heads cut off so
many times In summer close to their
feet. Tho moot strenuous weed soon
will succumb to this harsh treatment,
whllo the nlfalfn plant will thrlvo nil
tho better tho moro it Is cut. If weeds
can be kept bnck from choking tho
young alfalfa plants until they, tho al
falfa plants, aro tall enough to bo
mowed, tho question of weeds In tho
particular parcel of ground Is settled.
Therefore, It Is wlso to select a weedy
ploco of ground for tho nlfulfn field,
but beforo sowing tho seed every pre
caution should bo taken to kill as many
weeds as possible. This can best bo
dono by simply following tho oft-ro-pcated
Injunction to thoroughly pre
pare tho seed bod beforo sowing tho
seed. If this bo done, nnd the tract
harrowed and rolled after plowing at
n time when tho tiny weeds begin to
show green over the Held, and again
Just beforo tlmo to now, thcro will bo
the cleanest Held on tho farm beforo
tho year Is out There aro many weed
Infected farms nnd many farmers who
hnvo despaired of over getting rid of
tho weeds. Alfalfa suggests tho means
of riddance. C. M. Qluthcr In Agricul
tural Epltomlst
Turk? Which Sold for ITS.
255
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Hero Is n flno specimen of n nronze
Tom Turkey, bred In Massachusetts,
lie Is 3 years old, nnd sold for $173.
I)rr Knrth na n Disinfectant.
It Is well known that flue, dry dirt Is
ono of tho best of absorbents and dis
infectants. It Is also plentiful, and
costs nothing but'' the labor of han
dling. It makes excellent bedding, If
covered over with a few Inches of
straw, and It 'really keeps tho cows
clean, even when used In tho stalls
without straw, as It Is easily removed
from tho hair with a brush. A stall
bedded with dry earth can bo cleaned
out In a much shorter tlmo than when
tho enrth Is not used, and, as dirt ab
sorbs tho liquids aud gases, qulto a
saving Is effected In that manner. Its
use goes beyond tho stall. As yio stn
bio should bo cleaned dally, qulto a
largo quantity of dry earth will bo
used In tho cour of a year, nnd It
will necessarily be added to the heap
Itself, yet Its presence therein will
doublo tho value of tho manuro by pre
venting loss of fertilizing material. It
Is a better absorbent than straw or
corn stalks, and Is easily handled when
tho mnnuro Is haulJ to the fields.
Teatluv Individual Covra,
A circular by tho Illinois Station em
phasising tho Importnucu of studylug
tho production of Individual cows con
tains records for ono year of eighteen
dairy herds In Illinois, Including !E!1
cows, Tho nverngo production was B
010.1)0 pounds of milk nnd 220.03
pounds of butter fat. The best herd
averaged 350.17 pounds of butter fat
and tho poorest 142.05 pounds. The
best ten cows averaged SSS.75 pounds
of butter fut and the poorest 10,100.42
pounds. It Is believed that at least
one-third of the cows In tho ordinary
herds are practically unprofitable. A
marked Improvement was observed In
herds where grading had been prac
ticed. It was found possible to remove
Ave cows from a herd of ten and there
by Increase the profit 17.02 per head.
Milk Fnt,
Of 810 samples of whole milk analys
ed by a Canadian station, forty-five
were pronounced adulterated and
eighty-five doubtful. This waa more
unfavorable than the results obtained
In previous years. Twenty-nine sam
ples of cream examlued showed per
centages of fat ranging from 12.03 to
S3.B1. The author believes ths,t the
following standard should be estab
lished In Canada; Whipping cream
not la than 25 per cent fat. and table
cream not less than 17.0 per cent.
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! ST. PAUL MINN. f
Alfred J. Krank
(Successor to BCIINEU, & KltANK.)
DEALERS IN ALU KINDS OP
BARBERS' FURNITURE
AND SUPPLIES
FINE CUTLERY
RAZOK WORK A SPECIALTY.
142 Q. Sixth St., Opp. Ryan Hotel.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Aguilas and
Seal of Minnesota
Cigars
ARE SOLD ON ALL TRAINS
Kubles & Stock Co.
MAKERS
ST. PAUL - MINNESOTA
EL FIRMA and
DUKE OF PARMA '
CIGARS
You Will Like Them
HART & MURPHY, Makers
ST. PAUL
KltublllhcJ 1883
Incorporated 1900
GRIGGS, COOPER & GO.
Manufacturers, Importers
and Wholesale Grocero
242-264 East Third Street
ST. PAUL MINN.
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any railroad to any place in United States by
Omaha Transfer Co.
Office 208 So. 14th St.
When Coming into'Omaha give your checks to our uniformed
agents on trains or at depot and receive cheapest and best service
New cabs to all parts of;city.
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NORTH STAR
WOOLEN
MILL CO.
Manufacturers ot
Blankets, Flannels
and Blanketings
Minneapolis; Minn
A. lUcKD.ua
C. A. Backdaiii.
A. Backdahl & Co.
DRuaaisTH.
Opposite Milwaukee Depot. Inscriptions
are fully compounded, sis Washington ave
nue South.
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Yimmr
CYGNUS $3.50 SHOE
Manufactured by
North Star Shoe Co.
MINNEAPOLIS
MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS
OMNIBUS AND
MATTISON &
237 Hennepin Ave.
MINNEAPOLIS,
I LIVINGSTON-
UNION MEAT MARKET,
A. O.HASELER, Prop.
CHOICEST
FRESH AND Sill MEATS
Game and Fiah In Season.
Livingston, ----- Montana.
F. B. TOLHURST
Taxidermist
for the Tourist
OPPOSITE DEPOT,
Livingston, Montana.
GEO. W. HUSTED
Prescriptions, Drugs,
Patent Medicines, Ci
gars, Toilet Articles,
Finest Soda Fountain
on the N. P. Railway.
Opposite the Depot
Thin card rntltles you to a trip through the
National 1'ark, providing you alroiih
"THE SOLO"
And can mako ontlfctory arratiRemonts with
tho tf aniportallou companies.
The only first-class place of the kind la
Livingston. Dottle Goods a specialty
FRANK BUSS, Proprietor
117 W. Park St LIVINGSTON, Mont
J COUNCIL BLUFFS j
S. T. McATEE
Fancy Groceries, Bakery .
Goods and Meats .
Supplies for Dining and Private J"
Cars Given Special Attention j j f
230-32 Main St. 229-31. Pearl St.
TeUphone J9I
Council Bluffs Iowa
For Medicinal Purposes
We revoniDMnd our
Black Buffalo
Pure Rye Whiskey
Unexcelled in
Quality and Excellence
The Pederson Mercantile Co.
Wholesale I.tquor Importers and
liblemlo I.tijuor Dealers
Moorehead, Minnesota
Northwestern Agents Anliuiuer-Iliincli Ilrow
lug Association's Celebrated lluUwelser" lieer
SKELLY & LITTLEHALES
Dealers In
Groceries, Flour, Feed,
Hay, Grain, Coal, Wood and Build-
H Materials
NM03 FwteuUi St North
riMM Pacific ill
Cars Fluccrs Portland, OftgH
CARRIAGE LINE
FOYE, Proprietors
Nicollet House Block
MINNESOTA
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