f
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Methods of Increasing Crop Output
Will Be Discussed.
The Dry Farming congress is now
organized, with some persistency anc
determination to be heard from in th
matter of urging its claims upon the
attention of the public The faith thai
the promoters and operators of this
association have in their claims of drj
farming methods, well carried out,
cannot be questioned, says the editoi
of the Twentieth Century Farmer. Th
experiences and results of careful anc
persistent work in crop growing effort!
are the evidence that is offered in tes
timony of the feasibility of dry farm
ing methods and dry farming as an in
dustry. It is not surprising that there an
the doubtful, the skeptical, the unbe
liever in converting the dry land of th
arid West to agricultural purposes, the
growing of crops, the cultivation ol
orchards and forests, the establishing
of homes and the building up of com
mercial interests and industries ot
these lands; we say that it is not sur
prising that some hesitate, that the
doubt the availability of sufficient
moisture to grow crops; that they fore
cast seasons of drouth, etc. All these
things had their period and have exert
ed their influence to discourage and
prejudice the mind of the public as the
settlement of the country has pro
gressed westward for the last fifty
years, and yet cultivation has been the
civilizing influence that has conquered
riwlttl) pot wifinq pnq
of the plains and prairie countries that
are now the dependence in production.
The Fourth Dry Farming congress
will hold its meeting at Billings. Mon
tana, October 26, 27 and 28, 1909.
This will not only be an institute for
dry farming farmers and dry farming
instructors and teachers, but it will be
an exposition of dry farming products
such as this or no other country has
ever witnessed. There are pledged al
ready exhibits from thirteen Western
states that are engaged in dry farming
work. The organization by states, to
show what each is doing and capable
of doing in the raising of grain and
vegetable crops, without irrigation, is
a feature never before undertaken in
this distirct and promises some great
surprises for visitors.
The area of tillable lands in the
United States not yet turned to culti
vation is comparatively small, and un
der present conditions of demand by
the homesteader will last but a few
more years at most. It is only the part
of good business judgment that the
dry farming districts be investigated
by those who contemplate getting a
home under the free homestead law.
Good lands and the best locations will
be the first taken. Each year will re
duce the quality of lands to be disposed
of as government homesteads.
The Dry Farming congress will be
good place to visit next October, in
view of getting dry farming informa
tion and dry farms on which to put it
into prictice. The Dry Farming con
gress announces that there are 200,
000,000 acres of arable land awaiting
development by the dry farming meth
ods. Many a man is an expert hand at put
ting his foot in it.
k.cience
invention
As a substitute for the baby carriage
a trencn inventor nag Drougnt out a
portable hammock by which an Infant
can be carried between two persons
by straps from their shoulders.
A new type of electric locomotive,
of which the New York Central Rail
road will soon have twenty, is capable
of 4,000 horse-power at high speed, the
armatures being mounted directly on
the driving axles.
The new field gun of the French
army requires one less man to oper
ate It than Its prototype, as the recoil
opens the breech block and ejects the
cartridge, the block closing automat
ically when a new cartridge Is In
serted. The Pennsylvania Railroad Is ex
perimenting with heating ordinary
passenger coaches which are run over
Its electric lines by steam secured
from boilers mounted on baggage cars,
to which electric heat Is supplied from
the third rail.
English experiments In the sponta
neous combustion of stacked hay In
dicate that the phenomenon Is due to
bacteria, as hay that would not ignite
when sterilized did so after being
tho hrrnn.i. I sprinkled with water containing earth
or ordinary hay.
The Hon. C. A. Parsons says that at
the beginning of his experiments with
turbines. In 1884, high steam velocities
had to be avoided because of the cut
ting action on metals of minute drops
of water entrained by the steam, and
hurled against the surfaces at a ve
locity of 3,800 feet per second. This
was sufficient to erode a hard file one
of Qie American ambassador; Bridge
weter House; Chesterfield House,
built by the great author of polite
letter writing; Apsley House, the
home of the Duke of Wellington;
Devonshire House; Grosvenor House,
the custodian of a vast treasure in pic
tures, manuscripts and sculpture;
Lansdown House, with Its great gal
lery ot busts and statues; Stafford
House, whose great staircase alone is
worth a king's ransom; Wlmborne
House these are only a few of the
number. There are many other houses
of minor Importance which would be
starred in the first line If they were
anywhere else.
There, for Instance, In Arllng street,
a small, narrow thoroughfare close be
hind the Rltz Hotel, where Wlmborne
House casts Its great shadow, are a
dozen mansions which contain treas
ures almost beyond belief. The Mar
quis of Salisbury lives there in a mag
nificent palace magnificent as to in
terior, insignificant as to exterior.
Sir Alexander Henderson, a great
railway magnate, hides the nobility of
his possessions behind a modest street
frontage. At No. 17, a house built 150
years ago by Lord Carteret and now
owned by Lord Yarborough, lives H.
Gordon Selfrldge, late of Chicago. It
Is a simple-looking London residence,
but the vast Interior, spreading out as
you progress, Is a perfect storehouse
of beautiful objects of antiquity.
Here are the most wonderful Van
Dycks, Greuzes, Rembrandts, Reyn
olrlscs, I,1ys and ORlnshorouehs; sral-
lery arter gallery, room after room
filled with them; books of great rari
ty, bindings that would make the cu
rators of most museums giddy with
delight and furniture that one only
finds usually surrounded by chains to
keep off the curious public; and this
is only one of the dozens upon dozens
of old London houses.
As a matter of fact, this does not
at jw -i v"-m . i ' w .- r"i v iw w w
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the si-ma
ture of Cbas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 0 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-good" are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children lixperience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine- nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and AVind
Colic. It relieves Teething? Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the '
Stomach and Bowels, giving1 healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
S7
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CCNTAU 4.4MPANV. TT MURRAY STRICT, NCW YORK CITY,
Ml WV1P WIBWW
tIZS i T
Plenty of Company.
"Loak shark, is he?"
"I should say not ! There are whole
ichools of him in this town."
Mother" will find Mrs. Wlntlows Soothing
Byrup the belt remedy to use for their cliUdre J
luring toe tee thing period.
COFFEEC
TEA SPICES
BAKING POWDER
EXTRACTS
"JUST RIGHT
CLOSSET ft DEVERS
PORTLAND. QUE." J
DR. W. A. WISE
a years a Leader in Painless Dental
( Work in Portland.
Out-of-Town People
Should remember that our force In so arranged
that WE CAN DO THEIR ENTIRE CKOWN,
BRIDGE AND PLATE WORK IN A DAY if
necessary. POSITIVELY PAINLESS EX
TRACTING I'REE whi-n plates or hridaea are or
dered. WE REMOVE THE MOST SENSITIVE
TEETH AND ROOTS WITHOUT THE LEAST
PAIN. NO STUDENTS, no uncertainty.
' For the Next Fifteen Days
We will Rive you a arood 22k sold or porce
lain crown for $3.60
22k brldsre teeth 8.50
Molar crown 6,00
Gold or enamel CUlnara 1.00
Silver fillinirs 50
Good rubber plates 6.00
The best red rubber plates ; , 7.00
Painless extractions 60
ALL WORK GUARANTEED 15 YEARS
Dr. W. A. Wise
President and Manager
The Wise Dental Co.
(INC.) Third and Washington Sts.
PORTLAND, OREGON
THE NEW CURATE.
Mother (nervously) You know what I told you, Johnnie.
Johnnie (who has been told not to make personal remarks) I wasn't
saying anything. I was only looking at It. London Weekly Telegraph.
thirty-second of an Inch In 145 hours.
But in the compound turbines now
used this erosion is practically elim
inated, so that brass and copper blades
can be used. Advance has been made
In the reduction of steam per horse
power. In 1897 the Turblnla con
sumed 16 pounds per shaft horse
power; in 1901 the King Edward con
sumed the same amount; but In 1907
the Lusitanla consumed only 12
pounds and the Mauretanla 11
pounds. In large turbines there is a
loss of about 80 per cent in the total
energy, but It may be possible to re
duce this.
The growing use of metallic fila
ments for electric lamps, formed of
the rare metals tantalum and tung
sten, attracts much attention to those
metals. Tantalum is pure white and
as. hard as the best steel. When hot
it can be rolled, hammered and drawn
out Into wire. Its tensile Btrength
exceeds, that of steel. For lamp fila
ments It is drawn Into wire hardly
more than one five-hundredth of an
Inch In diameter. Its electrical resist
ance Is much less than that of carbon,
so that the filaments have to be much
longer than the ordinary carbon fila
ments when they are used with the
usual 110-volt lamps. Tantalum lamps
have high efficiency and long life, and
give a brilliant white light. Sometimes
when a 'filament breaks It can be
mended by tapping the lamp while
the current is on. The ends coming
into momentary contact are welded.
Tantalum melts at 2,300 degrees Centi
grade. Tungsten melts at 3,030 de
grees Centigrade. Like tantalum, it
has a much lower resistance than car
bon. Tungsten filaments are some
what delicate, and must be handled
carefully. '
LONDON'S TREASURE HOUSES.
Mnnr Private Mansion. Could Rank
as Mn.eunis Elsewhere.
The men who built the great man
sions of London which endure to this
day prepared them for the reception
year after year of the most, beautiful
objects, bo that now hardly anything
remains to add to them. There are a
hundred great houses In London ot
which the least Important could be
taken to any other great town and
proclaimed a wonderful museum.
Dorchester House, the present home
apply to London alone. All over the
country, north, east, west and south,
there are strewn country houses dat
ing back to other centuries where
great treasures are stored and jeal
ousy guarded. There is no other coun
try in the world which contains so
many.
The French chateaux Buffered too
much during the troublesome times Of
the revolution. They were burned and
sacked and hacked about and their
treasures scattered to the four winds.
. Germany never had many. The
Italian works of art were kept mostly
In cities like Venice, Florence, Verona
and Genoa and in Its numerous mon
asteries. But In England, where the
country houses have hardly been dis
turbed since the time of Cromwell, the
work of collecting has gone on unmo
lested, generation after generation.
I here are still many undiscovered
finds scattered about here and there
In spite of the cry that nothing more
Is to be purchased.
Although the Carlyle Memorial at Ed
inburgh was projected as long ago as
1895, only 100 has been received from
linety-two subscriber.
Better than gold Like it in color
Hamlins Wizard Oil the best of all
remedies for rheumatism, neuralgia,
and all pain, soreness and inflammation.
DAISY FLY KILLER
placed 7
. kill mII Diet
Neat, dean, qiiia
mctitul, oonvet
tMit.'hpaf. l.afttfl
all . Mailt
of metal, oannol
spill or tip ott.
will not soil of
injure anTthinv,
(liutranteed alltMfc
tire. Of all dealers or sent prepaid for oonts.
HAROLD S0MERS, 160 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, M.Y.
A CURE FOR FITS
Nuremberg still has over 1,700 houses
that were built before the seventeenth
century, and 3,537 built in the seventeenth
tnd eighteenth centuries.
Shake Into Tour Shoes
alien's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures
painful, Bwollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes
new shoes easy, bold by all UruKirista ana tno
Stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sumple
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Fifty thousand dollars a year is spent
on Itegent I'ark. in London.
SOUR STOMACH
"I used Cascarets and feel like a new
man. I have been a sufferer from dys
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
fears. I have been taking medicine and
jther drugs, but could find no relief only
lor a short time. I will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the .only thing
tor indigestion and sour stomach and to
keep the bowels in good condition,
tliey are very nice to eat."
Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Fa.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good,
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe.
10c, 25c. 50c. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped C C C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 826
The Treatment Is to Accomplish
What Science Has Been Strug
gling to Attain for Centuries
The Intense Interest that has been manifested
thruuKhojt the country by the wonderful cures
that are being accomplished daily by epileptclde,
still continues. It is really surprising the vast
number of people who have already been cured ot
fits and nervousness. In order that everybody
may have a chance to tertt the medicine, large trial
bottles, valuable literature. History of Epilepsy
and testimonials, will be sent by mail absolutely
free to all who write to the Dr. May Laboratory,
543 Pearl Street. New York City.
PNU
No. 28-09
w
HKli writing; to adrertisers pleaaa
mention tins paper.
C. Gee Wo
The Chinese Doctor
This wondeful man has
made a life study of the
Properties or Roots,
lerbs and Barks, and
is giving the world the
benefit of his services.
No Mercury, Polsona
i 'I r. .j
iSpjka'tt Operation or Cutting
Guarantees to cure Catarrh, Asthma, Lung,
Stomach and Kidney troubles, and all Private
Diseases of M n and Women.
A SURE CANCER CURE
Just received from Pekin, China safe, lure
and reliable. U..failing in Its works.
If you cannot call, write for symptom blank
and circular. Inclose 4 cents in stamps.
CONSULTATION FREE
The C. Gee Wo Medicine Co.
16216 First St.. cor. Morrison. Portland. Or.
, , .
m
Effect of Color on Animal.
The effect of color upon mind la
most easily noticeable In dumb ani
mals, becausa they make no effort to
curb or control their emotions. Wave
a red flag at a bull and he becomes
violently angry. Shake a red shawl
In front of a turkey gobbler and he
will storm around 'fearfully. I made
an experiment In the country one sum
mer to see If this same fact held true
of other animals. On my farm I had
an enormously fat, lazy pig that dis
liked nothing so much as to move.
All day long It used to lie asleep In
the sunshine, and sometimes even the
attraction of food could not budge It.
I took a number of pieces of silk of
the same quality, but of different
shades, and, after waking the pig,
waved each strip of silk in front of
It. For the blue and green It never
moved, but when I waved the red and
orange stripes It lumped to Its feet,
stamped about and appeared to be
thoroughly angry. Time and again I
repeated this experiment and always
with the same result. Frank Alvah
Parsons In Good Housekeeping.
You can never make a woman be
lieve that she Isn't saving money
when she spends 10 cents in car fare
In order to obtain a dollar article tor
98 cents.
(RESCENT
Egg-Phosphate
WILL DO ALL
THAT ANT
HIGH PRICED
rOVYDER WILL
Q DO AND
DO 'J BETTER
IMlCPOWDER
A FULL POUND 25c
Get It from
your Grocer
UOUNCES fj,
Guaranteed under
all Pure Food
Law
Improve
Your Baking
K C Baking Powder wil do It! Get
a can. Try it for your favorite cake. If
It doesn't raise better, more evenly, higher,
if it isn't daintier, more delicate in flavor,
we return your money. Everybody
agrees K C has no equal.
BAKING
POWDER
Pure, Wholesome,
Economical.
( :
i!
'Vaques Mfg. C,
Chicago
"sjp