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CROOK COUNTY. QREGON. THURSDAYAUGUST 31, 1905.
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
(STABLISHED 1888
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M AC pNI WHEAT PAYS
Will Yield 15 Bushels Jo
the Acr.
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Successful Crp Grown by flovern
mttt I2xprimtntilt Where
But Minimum of Mete
ture Falls. f
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Guy Elliott Mitchell, eecre
ttuy of tlie Nationul Irrigation
Association, in an article on tlx
"Resources of the American
Desert," fy$i
"A single crop which would
i!on fuse the prophecies of the
Englishman Malthus, who long
ago calculated that in a ineas
urable time the human rnc
would be obliged to deliberately
block lis own increase lest it
numbers should surpass th
food-producing power of the
earth, and later of Sir Williuni
Crooks, who foresaw within a
few decades all the wheat-producing
urea of the world taxed
to its utmost with an increasing
population crying unavailingly
for biend, is the recently intro
duced macaroni or durum wheat)
which has found for itself in
the American Desert an area,
vast as the state of Texas, now
occupied principally by snge
brnsh and cactus."
"The macaroni wheat belt,"
said M. A. Carlton, the macar
oni wheat specialist, of theBu
reati of riant Indu8try "ex
tends on an average the width
of ttm United States. The ma
caroni wheat country would in
clude a very large fraction of a
million tqlmre miles. Out peo
ple are but beginning to realifco
dimly the utterly Vast agricul
tural wealth Which lies latent
in this enormous area. The
Department of Agriculture is
pushing this desert reclamation
with great Vigor. No year goes
by that doc-S not lind some one
oi two or three entirely new
varieties or species of wonder
fill drought resistance. Macar
oni wheat will grow with ID
inches of raihfnll and yield 15
bushels of wheat tb the acre
where ortlihary wheat is an ab
solute failure. This is two
bushels more than the -average
wheat yield for the United
States .
The writer goes on to say,
"Therein', as indicated by the
experts of the Agricultural De
partment, millions of acres oi
extremely fertile land in the
Weal, With but sligjit rain
fall, which however, througb
the selection cf proper crop?,
and equally important with
proper icultiVatlon, will sustain
prosperous farm communities,
without irrigatidn. The differ
ence betVeti failure and silo
ceiswhefe the rainfall is per-
Jmp.S' but 1 inches a. year, is.
likely to be the drflorenco be
tween -plowing the doll, oh the
on lialndv three hfolfes deep and
giving it ' Vottple of cultiva
tions a Yeasoiij and on the other
hand, ploHviril it eight lilohes
deep wfth six or 'oigttt dultiva
fions, this retaining all of the
nioi8fttWfo,rtlith"Ho of the crop
and rediioiifjt th"e eVapoi'atlon
to-a fninlm'Hftj. Vnder Vhat is
VnoVh m Hhe 'Campbell' '.oil-
culture iVgtWtf!, wliloli has bgeu
rtotWlSiy W(ed on ac6'ns,ld-.
rkbl rkm 'in South !Pkkota,
KansaH alid TOdhtfo Hkiiid
astfrh nRPnny
NKING CO,
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Tl! DA1.UJ8. OHEOON.
Hote
vrfm. All Work iutt.
cropped to grain, alfalfa and
orchards. Professor Cumnbell
liimaelf has demonstrated that
by this method 'dry furming'
can bo carried to the foot of the
Mockies, while the semi-arid
farm lands ranging 200 miles to
the eastward can be made to
produce double their present
crops."
NORTHWEST HA8 BIG CROP
Tt'legrnm.
According to the most relia
ble estimates now available the
total wheat yield of the North-
L il. ' ...fit 1 t
weta huh year win ne oetween
45,000,000 and 50,000,000 bush
els. This is a trifle better than
last year's yield, which was re
garded as a splendid crop. It
is too early yet to make an ac
curate estimate of the probable
yield, even with the best facili
ties for information, but it is
thought that when the season is
over the actual figures will not
vary far from 50,000,000 bushels.
The harvest is now well under
way in Eastern Oregon, South
eastern Washington and West
ern Idaho, and the yield is good
Cutting is largely completed
and the threshing is getting well
under way. In some districts
the wheat is averaging 30 to 45
bushels to, the acre, though in
others 20 is a fair figure. The
Pall grain is much better than
the Spriofl-sown, however and
this niUBt be taken into account
in making the final estimates of
the yield. All the Pall grain
through the entire Northwest is
yielding splendidly-. The ear
lier spring grain is nil right,
too, but the late-sown Spring
grain was damaged by Hie re
cent hot weather to an "Uncer
tain extent.
In Umatilla county the yield
is good throughout. NeW grain
is now being received rapidly
at various points, and ship
ments are beginning iVom Mis
sion, a station east of Pendleton.
Conditions in Walla Walla
county are oh the Whole satis
factory, and when the crops are
all hauled in it is thought the
tatal yield will show an increase
of 10 per cent oVer last year's
yield.
In the vicinity of Pullman,
Wash.; and Moscow. Idaho,
Pall grain is running from :i0 to
40 bushels to the acre, and is
averaging 5 all throughout
that seotiom
Within a week or 10 days it
can be learned with more cer
tainty how much the hot winds
damaged the late sown Spring
giain and accurate estimates of
the probable yield Can be made.
Crook 'County -Journah The
county "Court at its session last
week in passing fuvoVably fipon
the petition for the Frank El
kins road also crranted that part
of the petition which prayed'.
for a vtfoatiitg ot the ueninns
road fro'ttito point at the begin
ning of the Elkins toad to the
north end of Fifth street in the
town Of Madras. The matter
did not appear on reoord in tltfe
commissioners docket and in
co'hseuetice was not published
by the Journal in its summary
of the cdhrt -proceedings.
r V 'il.loliiun fa 'ir I'm 1 1 flVant'fnr
Hi jjuumm -a
toorWoh WlonTlfe Inluftiica Society,
&m of the oldwit ! strougeat qf tue
oid-ffue cdlnptilU. If s&U tfeelre In
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SURVEYING M'KAY
IRRIGATION PROJECT
" L. D. Wiest, of Bend, who
fornieily had Charge1 of the en
gineering work for the 'Pilot
liutte Development 'Company
and ivho laid out the townsite
of Bend, has been making the
preliminary surveys for the Mc
Kay irrigation project near
Prineville. This project has in
view the reclamation of the 40,
000 afcres of arid land lying be
tween Prineville and the base
of Grizzly Butte, . and all who
have passed over the Shaniko
Prinevtlle stoge route are famil
iar with the beautiful tract of
sandy bottom land which it is
now proposed to make product
ive by bringing water upon it
from the McKay and Ochoco
The preliminary surveys by
Engineer Wiest are about
completed, and will soon be for
warded to the Eastern capital
ists who have interested them
selves in the project, with esti
mates of the cost of the work.
While not as large as some of
the other irrigation projects in
tills county, the McKay project
is looked upon ' as one of the
most feasible. The land to bo
irrigated lies in a compact body
and practically every acre xf
the 40,000 acres to be brought
under ditch will be cultivated.
Supervisor S. C. BartrumJ of
the southern division of 'the Cas
cade Forest Eeserve, very nar
rowly escaped death last week
while attempting to ford the
North Umpqua River. While
on a tour of inspection of the re
serve it became necessary for
him to cross the North Utnpqua
at a point known to be quitu
dangerous, or else make a ride
of six miles to the nearest ford.
As the supervisor was anxious
to reach his destination without
delay, he attempted to swim his
horse across die river. The cur
rent of the North Umpqua,
which is very swift at that
point, swept the horse from un
der Mr. Bartrum, who suc
ceeded in reaching quieter'watei
and swimming to shore while
the horse was syept over the
falls a short distance below and
its life crushed out on the sharp
rocks.
Sheep shooting has again
broken out in Wheeler county,
the first offence of that kind
this season being committed
last week about 12 miles from
Mitchell near the Keatou saw
mill, when about 200 sheep were
killed. The. sheep belonged to
Butler Bros., Wheeler county
sheepmen. The sheep-shooters,
disiuised by means of sacks
pulled over their heads-, over
powered the herder and then
beiran shooting into the band
of sheep with Winchesters un
til the band was , badly scat
tered, 200 head' having been
killed outright.
Crook County Journal: In
the neighborhood of 25sporsons,
who will appear before the red
eral grand 3ury this week in
Portland left on the Btages
Friday and Saturday, froba
blv the gr&ater number of them
will be "Held ovtfr to glVe. testi
mony in file land trials which
comftidnde on September'5, and
will be absent from the city "a.
m6nth oV more.
fY in Heed df 'tofhtyoM, write a
trntil'tirS to the Watts Mftrbfe wort of
Vkc-IWs'Wa.ilwy will sw&ycHKi.
jSgni'foaMceVcfo Wtolt trip wk'tHU
Here
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Those Prunes 20lbs, for a $ I ; Better come arid get seme. Bey are. geing'fasf.
...Rice A Special Price...
Sugar, per sack, $7.00
14 lbs. sugar, . 1.00
10 cans milk, . 1.00.
60 lbs. Sk.-table salt, 1.00
100 lbs. Slcstock salt, 1 40
2 Cans Tomatoes, Corn,
Peas or Beans, .25
A Big Assortment of
X GALLON AND DRIED FRUIT
LENA M. LA MR Pron.
4 ......Pblmehn Building......
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
Thfc entirt fctbek of goods of
T. J. MALLOY & GO.
is offered by the undersigned at
prices far below their worth for
Cash.
All persons indebted to said firm
are requested to make settlment
to me.
J. M. FOSTER
fou the Merchant's Protective Association
Just Arrive!,.
SHINGLES, LIME & CEMENT
BINDING TWINE
SHOES
SHOES SHOES
For good shoes at bedfock prices
go to the warehouse of
MADRAS MILLING & MERCANTILE GO.
Tea
WE HAVE A (H)0D SUPPLY OP STOCK M DiffiY SALT ON HAND
and
WE Mfc. jLfjfcDED WttH TEA,. Atto COFFEE
QUALITY - UNSORPASSED
MADRAS M.& M. COMPANY
Madras, Oregon
Special
Sale
FOR 3IXTY DiSs ONLY IN
BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING,
Of klsdV, ATe also carry a full and complete line of Groceries
and nartlwarw- Agents for Mitchell WagonB, Hacks, liugglw,
'ciVte, Plows, llarneee, Drills aud all kluda of farming Implements
ana toe).
JOHNSON, BOOTH & CO,
taain St. PrineviHei Ore; fl
ust.
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